ICHE PREBB, rVCUBBZD DAILY (HUNDAYS .aXCEPTHH. . «T JOHH W FOBjnOT. office. i»:‘ iii louth foubth strut. ■ r «, , . fHH DAUT PKKSS, Firm CUT. F*» Wkhk, payable to th« «*rri*ft MalMto BnbMrlbnn ont of tto Oltr atßsvnr Douotu ftnt Arm; Tntss Doma*b akd/iht Obktb roaßnt Komu on louu ass Bsn3TT;firii Onro »o* CmiHomn. taTuUUria advanc, frrth, Him or- JM> Adwtbutute Imnrtad at th, nanal rataa. SU Uau aontUtnt* * moan. ■ VH> VBI-WXIKLT FHm HalMdto BnbMrtbsra int of tha Oltr *t Fonit Dollae* jp»» Amro*. 1» adTanw. - COMMISSION HOUSES, and nayy cloths. IFILLIiM T. SNOfIGHVSS’ CLOTH HOXTSBj ' ji 31 South BECOND and 33 bTKAWBERBY STS. AimT ANDHATY. ' CIVIL LIST. A 4 Bine Flannels, Black Cloths. J. 4 Dark Blue. Gasslmeres, Do. Doeskins, 1 , O do. do. Fancy Coatlnits, 5- Llabt Bine do. Do. Cas«lmer«», 6.1 do. do. Esquimaux, 8-4 Daik Bins Doeskins, ChincMilas,- «.4 do. do. Super Velvets, B-4 Bine Cloihs, Russian Sables, n 4 do. Castors,> Tricots, 6- do. filots, True Blues, 6 4 do. Beaverß, Scarlets, 3-4 and 64 Meltons, Billiards. TrimmliU?* *c. Bagatelles. ■Unexpectedly, we have succeeded In replenishing our Static vith some entirely Hew Styles of beautiful CLOA&HGS. u023-lm rpHS ATTENTION OF THE TRADE IB CALLED TO OTTB, STOCK OF SAX NY WOOLEN 00. all-wool Plata Flannel*. FLANNELS, VAoub make*, in Gray, Soarlet, and Dark Blue. PKtfTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAN OPERA FLANNELS, tIWEMXEUE QUALITY,” / Square and Long Shawl*. WsHINOTON MILLS Long Shawl*. bJaCK cotton warp cloths, ,L 15,16, n, 18,19, 20, 21, 22 oz. jANOY OASSIMERES and SATINETTS. IALMORAL SKIRTS, all grade*. JED BLANKETS, 10-4,11-4,12-4, ia-4. COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, t j SHIRTINGS, &0., from variou* Mill*. DS OOUESEY, HAMILTON, & EVANS, - S 3 LBTITIA Street, and 33 South FRONT Street. jK-fmwam X)XIOE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND ,*1 SHIPPERS, 90,000 UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS, All Linen* weight 30 ounces. Best and Cheapest Bat in. the market. Also, BURLAP BAGS, 0/all Biles* for (torn, Oats* Bone-duat, Coffee. &«., are Sftirafaotared and (or sale* for neV cauh, by CHARLES H. GUtmG, Asm*. Ho. IST UABSBT Stimt (Ssooud Story), Late of 319 Oho fob Allay, CJHIPLEY, HAZARD, * HLJ'FOHIN- Dson. ■ Xo. 1U OHBSTHTJT BTSEKT, ooionssiosr meeohahts, JOE THB BALB OF FHILADSLPHIA.-MADE GOODS. o*E-6m JJAGSI BAGS I BAGS 1 NEW AND SECOND HAND, HRIWT.BKa. BURLAP, AHD OUJTJBIY B A Q 8, OouttntlT on haniL JOHN T. BAILEY dt CO:, Ko. 11* FORTH PBOCfT STKBST. OB' WOOL BAOEB TOR SALK HU AMD DRY-GOODS JOBBERS, SJVHOS- MELLOB F U RS. Which the attention of the public 1» lnTltad. «eM-4« YARNS. 0 0 L . Oaband, andconsignments daily arriving, of TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Bull Blood, choice and clean. WOOLEN YARNS, 18 to 90 eats, fine, on hand, and new supplies oomln* COTTON YARNS, Mos. 8 to 30s, of first-class mahee, In Warp, Bundle, and Cop, I, b.—All cambers and descriptions procured at once. on orders. ALEX. WSILLDIN & SONS, 18 North FRONT Street, noll-mwftf GAS FIXTURES, &c. 517 ARCH STREET. a. A. VANKIRK «* OO.i KAITOFAOTWBBa OF O H & N D E L I BBS Airv OTHsm GAS FIXTURES, aim, Pruuh Broni* Wture* and Ornament*, ForceUl* and Ki«* Shads*, and a rartetr of FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Please call and examine Goods. dtflS l? MIUiINGRY GOODS. fIQ FRENCH FLOWERS. 1863. FEATHERB,, LACKS, RIBBONS, A t NEW -STYLE HATS, i, JUST OPBHSD AT !; THOS. KENNEDY <3b BEO.’B. V Wo. TB9 OHBS/HOT Street, below SUghtli, f eel O-am DRUGS. JJOBEBT SHOEMAKBE & 00., Nortiant Corner FOURTH and RACE Strata, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, JUBTOAOTPKBRa OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINO PAINTB, POTTT. Jw. AGBJTTS PO& THB CBLEBSATRD FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. •aUraandco&nimui (applied at, VERT LOW PRICES FOB CASH, M»7-3m CABINET FURNITURE. fIABINET FURNITURE AND BIL- V/HAND TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. Hfll SOpTH SECOND STREET. Ib eon&H&ion Vita their extensive Cabinet business. are Sow manufaetturinfi ft superior article of BILLIard tables, find have now on band ajwith the MOORE * CAMPIOBTS IMPROVED ODBHIOMB. Which are pronounced by all who have used them to be superior to ell others. - ~ For the auailty and finish of these Tables, the manu fastnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout ; the Union, who are familiar with the chamfer of their work, a*el4 «ra jgILK THREADS AND COTTONS SZWIHQ MACHINES, Wtolmla *n>J ratal]. laing & maoinnis. No. 30 North. THIRD Street. 8011-Im* VOL. 7-NO. Hi. SPECIAL ATTENTION SOLICITED BLA NK E T S. Having unsurpassed facilities for obtaining all the beat makes of BLANKETS. we are now prepared to offer the largest assortment of goods in this line to be found, in this country. Our long experience in this branch of our business gives us the opportunity to offer such inducements to the public as cannot be found In any other establishment. Selling moreof these goods than all the trade combined, enables us to handle much larger auantlties, and thus gives ua great advantages over others who do not devote special attention to this department. We kave now in store the fottoioing celebrated makes: ROCHDALE, ONTARIO. HOLLAND, YORKSHIRE. COOHBOO, CUMBERLAND, ■ HAMILTON, . In their varions sizes and Qualities. CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS; FOREIGN BLANKETS, Blankets Banging in Price from $3 to $25 per Pain The best All-Wool Blankets in the City at $7.60; the ; ; 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. cowpeKthwait & 00. N. B.—We would call the attention of buyers to our immense stock of Sheeting and Shirting MUSLINS. . 10-4 Fepperell and KM Bates Sheetings. 4®** To the Dorcas* Ladies’Aid, and other charitable Societies, we would invite attention to our stock of WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Bed Twilled Flannel, heavy, at 46 cents by the piece. COWPERTHWAIT & CO.. N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. no2l-mwftde3l • OPEN. EICH AMD BBLIABLB-' FURS • Of our own Importation and Manufacture. HUDSON’S BAY SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK, -REAL CHINCHILLA, DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, In ererr fashionable etylo, for LADIES. ' - MISSES. AND CHILDEEN. FURS MADE TO ORDER AT THE PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAS, AND FUR E M FOR IU M, 930 CHESTNUT STEEKT, J. W. PROCTOR & CO. no6.fr mw2m O Y S, 1 CADET SUITS, JACKETS, OF FANCI CAS3IMBBES, HELTONS, ire; JOHN F. YOUNG, No. 70 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Will offer, for the balance of the season, THE- FOLLOWING DEESS GOODS; MEEINOS, POPLINS, PEPS, ■£JD-. GROSJEAN, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Eespectfnlly calls the attention of the ladies to his well eeleCted£l tKEN f CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. Also, a fine collection of Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Gents’ and Ladies’ Handkerchiefs. . INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered m the latest styles and in the best possible manner. A fall assortment of EMBROIDBBIES, _ NIGHT-GOWNS, OAFS. CHEMISES. ga SLEEVES. CUFFS, HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DRESSES, NETS, GLOVES, Ac. 818 OPENING, 818 XT THE iBCH-STREET CIOAK STORK, A HAHPSOMB AaaOßTjraST OF LADIES' AND MISSES’ CLOAKS. aofi-tf • gKIBTS ! SKIRTS I SKIRTS 1 M. A. JONES’. OBLBBRATXB NE PLUB tILTEA SKIRT Gem enly be found it * No. 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, rHiLAßxi.rnu. OYER THE WAX FIGURE, ijgg. Rom genuine nnleas stamped M. A. JOBSS’ US PLUS ULTRA SKIRT, WU-IHA IT A. EIGHTH WAIH. Philadelphia. TOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARC O STREET, would call the attention of the ladles his immense stock of DREBS GOODS, most of whi has heenredneed for HO LID AT, PRESENTS, conaisti of French Merinoes, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool a nart Cotton Delaines, Figured and Striped Mohali English Merinoes, Wool Plaids, Plaid Dress Goods, Cs coes, itc. , de4-t Invitee attention to his extensive assortment of goode suitable for USEFUL AKD ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IK LACE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, EMBROIDERIES, VEILS, AND WHITB GOODS. H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL • attention to their Stock of FINE DBESB GOODS, all bought at very low prices, early in the season, and at the recent Auction Saleß : French Merinoea, 75c to $2.60. • French Poplins and Eeps, 87K® to $1 To. Dress Goods of every variety, 20c to $2. S, 000 yards two-yard wide Merinoes, $1.26. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $3.25 to 113. Broche Shawls, great bargains, $9.50 to 414. Circulars and Bacques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low priceß* Fancy Silks, 51 to $O. - Plain Poil de Soles, $L 25 to 82 50. '■ Moire An k dquee and Corded Silks, 83.60 to $3. Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH St. 1 Lot All-wool Shaker Flannols, 6234 c, worth 80c. no2fl T?DWIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH J-i SECOND Street, would call attention to their stock of Cloths fur Ladies’ Cloaks. Superior quality Frosted Beaver Cloths, $8 a yard. Velvet Beaver Cloths, all-wool, fine. Tricot Beaver Clothe. . Fin e Plain Beaver Cloths. Ribbed Beaver Cloths. Chinchilla Cloths. N. B. —Cloaks for sale, made out of the above Cloths. Cloaks made to order. , Superior quality 4-4 Silk Velvets, at $l6 and $16.50 per yard. dei-tf tohn f. young, - O No. 70 North FOURTH; Street, Will open tills day, 1 case Figured Mohairs; 1 case Cohurga, at greatly reduced prices. . Also, 40 Taira super all-wool Blankets at $7.60. Un surpassed- in this raurkit. ' del-12t WINDER SILKS. »* ALfitof Fancy Bilks. Anramn and Winter styles. At very low prices. ' SHARPLESS BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. RETAIL DRY GOODS. TO OUR STOCK OF A Good Assortment of ADAPTED TO MILITARY SCHOOLS; PANTS, OVERCOATS, COOPER & COSARD, NINTH AND MARKET. AT BEDUCED PEICES, ALPACAS, CO BORGS, DELAINES. del-ia IQiiA CHESTNUT BIBEET. E. M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET. RETAIL DRY GOODS. O W OPEN PARIS, LONDON, AND AMERICAN C Xj O A.K S RICH LYONS VELVETS, INDIA GROS GRAIN, MATALBA SILK, PARIS-MADE VELOUR CLOTHS, PARIS WOOL CASHMERES, FANCY CASHMERES, PARIS-MADE FROSTED BEAVERS, DIAGONAL CASHMERES, CHINCHILLA CLOTHS, BELGIAN TRICOTS AND ENGLISH PLUSHES, ENGLISH MELTONS, AT THE PARIS MAH TIL LA, CL O AK, FUR EMPORIUM, 920 CHESTNUT STREET, „J. W. PROCTOR & CO. no7-mwf-2m USEFUL, NEW, AND ELEGANT HOLIDAY PRESENTS. NOW OPENING FINE LACE AND BROCATELLE CURTAINS, SATIN. TERRY. AND EEP3 EMB'D LACE AND MUSLIN DRAPERIES. RICH TASSELS AND GILT CORNICES. FRENCH FURNITURE COVERINGS, PLUSHES, Ac. Also. PRBMIUM BLANKETS. lE. fittest anility mads, and MARSEILLES QUILTS of all sizes. Superb Double DAMASK TABLE CLOTHSi 0l all BUe«, with fs and J, NAPKINS to match. : And HANDKERCHIEFS, irflPOried 0"pr08*l7 for the Season, for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Tonth, compriain* soma very new and desirable styles of Col’d Embroidery, Hem-stitched, and Cordai Border. SHEPPARD, YAIf lUBMNGEN, &ARRISOIC, 1008 CHESTNUT Street. d67-mwe6t M. NEEDLES. 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFERS FOB SALE DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS) IN LACE GOODS. 1,000 Heal Lace Collars, in every variety, from SO cents to $l5 eaefc. 500 Lace Sets, from $1 to 960 each. 600 Luce Veils, from 91 to $lO each. 6CO Valencienne Hdkfs., from $2 to $l5 each • 100 Pointe Lace and Pointe Appligae, from $5 to $5O. Coiffures,.Barbes, and every variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods,'at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. 600 Embroidered Hdkfs., $1 to $lO each. 500 do. Collars. 25 eta. to $d each. 300 do. fcete, $1 to $lO eaoh. Edgings. InßGrtincs, FLouncings, and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. IN a HANDIvBRGHIEFS. The best assortment of Hdkfs in the city, including every variety-of Ladieß*, Gents’ and Children's Linen Hdkfs., in' plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders, &c., &c.from 12 cts.to $5O each. Persons ia -search offusefnl and acceptable presents would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. fit; B.—l will open on MONDAY, the 14th inst., a fresh invoice of desirable goodß, in Rich Lace Capes, Coiffures, Barbes, Hdkfs., Veils, &c.. &c deB-tf TDLANKETS, BLANKETS; Blankets, CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP. Having bought most of my stock of BLANKETS soma time since, I am now able to sell them at less than whole sale prices * 10- all-wool Blankets, 96 50. 11- do. do., 98. 11- do. do., very heavy, 910. 12- do. do., slightly damaged, $l2. 12-4 do. do., extra'heavy, $l3. 12-4 do. do., - super quality, $l5- -• CRAY BLANKETS, GHAT BLANKETS. One lot all-wool Gray Blankets, weigh 6 lbs., $3.50. Do. do. do. do.. slightlydamaged.s4,so. Do. do. Bine, do., weigh 9 lbs., $5.50. A large assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS always on hand. Call and examine onr stock. • • JAMES DENUnr, ■ deB-6t» SE, Cor. ELEVENTH and LOMBARD Sts. ri OBNEB OF EIOHTH AND BPjRINO V GARDEN 1 BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE.GOODS I PEICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE! We are Beilins best Quality of French Poplins, all Silk and Wool, for $1.02)1 per yard. Sold down-town not lees than 92. THORNLEY & CHISM. A LL-WOOL POPLINS AND REPS, A f or si. Excellent French Merlnoes for $1.25.. A fine stock of Delaines and Calicoes. All-Wool Plaid Cashmeres in great variety. THORNLEY & CHISM, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. HPHORNLEY & CHISM A . ABE SELLING Power-Loom Table Linens, Shaker and other Flannels, # • . Extra Super-super Rochdale Blankets, Frosted Beaver and other Cloths,Cas6imeres,&c. ,&e. VERY CHEAP. TXEADQUARTERS for SHAWLS 1 JLA Long and Square Broche Shawls, Long and Square Blanket Shawls, . Plaid Shawls, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, he.. Children's Shawls, Misses’ Shawls, Gents' Shawls, Long and Square Black Thibet Shawls, At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, S. E. Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GABDEN. CILKSI SILKS! klr Good Black Silks for *l. Better for *1.26. *1.60. *1.76, *2. and *2 25 per yard. Plain Brown, Bine, Purple, and Green Silks, for *1.60. Black figured Silk., Plaid Silke. Ac , he. BEAUTIFUL BROCHE SOARFB, ALAKGE STOCK OF BALMORAL SKIETS, And all other kinds of Goods, comprising A FIRST-CLASS STOCK. ■ At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, noH-2m JT.B. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GABDEN. GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. gPEOIAL NOTICE. REMOVAL. : HENRY ATKINSON, . Fonnerly of Nos. 146 and 148 South Third street, Has removed to the new and handsome store, No. 620 CHESTNUT STREET, Where he will keep a choice assortment of Gentlemen's' FURNISHING GOODS. consisting of Shirts. Collars, Gloves, Hosiery, Snspen ders, Ac. . . de3 6t REMOVAL. LINFORD IsTTKIBISrS HAS REMOVED FROM Ho. 31 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, TO H. W. CORKER SIXTH AXD CHESTHU®, Where he now offers a • •i LABGE AND ELBGANT STOCK or GENTS’ FUENISHING GOODS, Embracing all the latest novelties.' PRICES MODERATE. ABT The attention of the public Is respectfully so* lielted. SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER. oc2B-Sm /GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING V3T GOODS. ' McINTIRE & BROTHER, Ho. 1035,CHESTNUT STREET. hS EKTIRMY HEW STOCK. SUPERIOR UNDERCLOTHING, HO SIERY, HDKFS, CRAVATS, &o. 49- Stocks and Napoleon Ties made to order. 49- An elegant assortment of Kid Gloves. - 49- Gentlemen’s Dressing Gown, in great variety. 49-The “MODEL SHIRT” always on hand and made to order. ' ooM-Sm JOHN O. ARRISON, NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, HAS NOW IN STORE A FINE ASSORTMENT OF GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS JOB FALL AND WINTER WEAR. Al*o, Maunfacturw from the Best Material and in a Superior Mannar by HAND: Fine SHIRTS InUiOLLASS. Shaker Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWBRS. Heavy Bed-twUled Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWER*. English Canton Flannel SHIRTS and DRAWERS. Buckskin SHIRTS and DRAWERS. Oloth TRAVELLING SHIRTS. WRAPPERS, STOCKS, TIES, Ac, And .old at the moat moderate pries. oe7-8m WINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. J- The anhecrlber would invite attention to hi. ' IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS, which he makes a specialty in hU bnsineea. Alio, *>*■ rt ** U IfOVELT&S FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAK. A W. SCOTT, - mtirrLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE. 9S w,b“CHESTNUT STREET. ■ . USd-tf Fonjdoora below the Continental. PORTLAND KEROSENE COAL OIL, Vim'™' aßdfor^4 b7 KISO. W AMB M PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1863. HOLIDAY GOODS. WRAPPERS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT JOFiJST C. -A-IRIEIISOIKPS, Nos. 1 AND 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, FIRST STORE ABOVE MARKET. deB-t3l LADOMUS iS CO., * 802 CHESTNUT STREET. C IIRIS TMAS GIFT & . If persona, desirons of purchasing PRESENTS for the. HOLIDAYS, will call and examine onr large stock of ELEGANT WATCHES AND CHAINS. ■ SUPERB JEWELRY, and FINE SILVER AND PLATED WARE, we will guarantee to give them every satisfaction in re gard to appearance, quality,' and. style they can desire, and cheaper than they can get elsewhere. noS-ldt THOMAS C. GARRETT, No. 712 CHESTNUT BTREET, In view of the approach of tba [CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, Has laid in a very elegant stock of WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY, SILVER ARTICLES, PLATED WARE, TABLE CUTLERY, &c., NEWEST STYLES AND FINEST QUALITY, AH EXAMINATION OF WHICH HE ASKS OF MESONS SEEKING PRESENTS. de3-td24 JJOLIDAY PRESENTS; G. BUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, JKS Would invite Attention to Ids well -selected JES% ™»atgclc of FINE AMERICAN and IMPORTED*^™ WATOHESj DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, &0., SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. del-lm QHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. CONFECTIONS FOB THE HOLIDAYS! , NOW READY, . CREAMS LA MODE BE PARIS. BOASTED, FROSTED, AND GLACED ALMONDS. CRBAM AND ALMOND-PASTE CHOCOLATES. FINE FRENCH AND AMERICAN MIXTURES, Pat up in neat boxes,' from 1 to 10 lbs each. Oar whole stock comprising one of the most delicious and Tailed assortments of HOIiXDAY CONFECTIONS EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. E. O. WHITMAN &. GO., deJ-wsmUt No. 318 CHESTNUT Street. JHE GREAT SKATES DEFG>TJ A lane and well-selected assortment of LADIES’, GENTLEMENS, AND BOYS’ SK A. TES; Just received and for sale by TROTTER & DAWSON, No. 919 MARKET ST., PHILADA. TTOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR GEN Al- TLEMEN.—A magnificent assortment of the rarest novelties in SCARFS, WRAPPERS. SCARF PINS-. HANDKERCHIEFS. SCARF-RINGS, GLOVES. ; , NECK-TIEB, ' SUSPENDERS,. . CARRIAGE RUGS. UMBRELLAS, Ac.. Ac &e: t Opening at J. W. SCOTT’S, . vwuxu* » 814: CHESTNUT Street, de4 Fopr doors below the ‘-‘Contingatali ll rj.OODS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Writing Desks, Leather Bags, ...» Portfolios,. __ ; • Chess an.d;3JueltKammon Boards, Gold Pane. Mae Cutlery. _ ~ Rubber and Gold Pencils. With a general assortment of Stationery. : For sale by ' WM. MANN, Blank Book 3lauo.factu.rer. • Printer and Stationer. deS-19t 43 South. FOURTH Street.- gKATERS'H E AH QUARTERS. LADIES’ SKATES, of every variety. GENTS. ’ SKATES, of all kinds. . STEEL SKATES DUMP SKATES. ROriKF.R SKATES. , ... , SHELL-GROOVE SKATES, a superior article for 1 career.. ‘ . PARLOR SKATES, all sizes. At PHILIP WILSON & CO.’S, . del-lm £O9 CHESTNUT Street. Holiday goods.—all the Newest Styles of FANCY COMBS, STEWARD JET JEWELRY. • : FA.NCF FANS, PEARL HEAD-DRESSES AND NETS, ' With a full assortment df Fancy and Toilet Goods, adapted to the Holiday trade; PRICES THE MOST SATISFACTORY, At H. DIXON’S. d2-lm - No. SI S. EIGHTH Street. Philada. •p P. HUBOSQ & SON, manufacturers of : FINE JEWELRY, 1028 CHESTNUT STREET. Watcheß neatly repaired and warranted. Pearl Work of all descriptions repaired. del-Ira & G. A. WRIGHT, 624 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer a beautiful selection of BOHEMIAN GLASS TOILET SETS, PARIAN AND BOHEMIAN VASES, BBONZE STATUETTES AND BUSTS, . CARVED BRACKETS AND BOOK-STANDS, CIGAR, TOBACCO, AND HATCH STANDS, ODOR AND LIQUOR CASES. DESKS AND TRAVELLING BAGS, MEERSCHAUM AND BRIER PIPES, „ . ■ , and a great variety of Fancy Articles suited for Holiday Presents. • -del-lni QANES FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS. EBONY CANES, cold head. . MALACCA CaNES, ivory head. LADIEB’ CANES. GENTS.’CANES. SOLDJEBS’ CANES. CANES ol every variety. For eale Philip Wilson & go., del-lm 409 CHESTNUT Street. QHRISTMAS PRESENTS. OPERA GLASSES, GOLD SPECTACLES, FIELD GLASSES, STEREOSCOPES, FANCY THERMOMETERS, / BESIDES MANY^ OTHER USEFUL AM) FANCY AKTICIfiS, FOR SALE BY • JAMES W. QUEEN & <30., Ho. 99* CHESTNUT STREET. B®* Catalogues furnish gratis.. n026-lm CURTAINS & CURTAIN MATERIALS. QURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS. Si P. IFILL & CO., DEALERS IN CURTAINS, CURTAIN MATERIALS, - FURNITURE COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES. . . . , HOLLANDS, UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIkN BLINDS, Sic. ; . N. E. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT, no2C-lm WINDOW SHADES). THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN \ ' PHILADELPHIA R, K. SLAUGHTEB’S,! 517 MARKET STREET. 8010-lm • : '• • 1 OCOTOH :WHISEY. GRA H A BIS AJ celebrated Scotch Whlshr for sale, In bonded wars. honse, by _ CHAS. S. & JAS. CARBTAIBS. \ ncTT 1«« WALNUT, ami aiGRABfITBStra.iI T AKE SUPERIOR INGOT COPPER, Ai from the Amygdaloid Hint, la alar* and for saLlx aoanUHwtataU, »1 ■■ WOMRATH’B i |yWtt» ' ' *l# ARCH Sir*) CURTAINS. V gROOATELLE AND LAOE C IJ.E'T.-A I N-Ss, AT LESS THAN IMPORT A T 1-0 N P R I C E S, IN SETS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. X. E. WALRA-VEN, (SUCCESSOR TO W. n. CARRYL,) MAS O N I G H A X X , ded-st, '."t. 719 CHESTNUT STREET. JEWELRY. PLATED WARE, &c. Q.IFTS FOR TLIE HOLIDAYS. 35 PER CENT. SAVED BY PURCHASING YOUR WATCHES'; JEWELRY, SILVER-PLATED WARE, D. W. CIiARK’S, 60S CHESTNUT BTEEET, Where maybe founda fine assortment of the foUoxrtns Goode, at Twenty-five per oent. leee than, at any other establishments . Gold Watches, " Silver Watches. Plated Watohfts, American Watches. English Watches. . 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Powder, S&ot, Wadi, Caw/ dw. ; .. eah&ll to* aoasUatty roppiwa* tateS Gw wittwwtata&ar ssA-na WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1803. loyalty and Heroism of Colored AmerE To the Editor of The Press: Sib: The negro ha* never bad an equal chance with the white man in this country, having been generally denied the common rights of humanity. Though he has been an inhabitant almost at long as' the white man, and hae done much for its welfare, yet he has not been treated so well as the foreigner, even in the free States. There is much truth anjjli force in what a highly-respected colored clcrgymaV of New York said a few years ainoe: “We are na tives ol this country; we ask only to be treated as wellas foreigners. Not a few of our fathers suffered and bled to purchase its independence; we only ask to betreated as well as those who fought against it. We have toiled to cultivate it, and to raise It to its present prosperous condition; we only ask to share equal privileges with those who come from distant lands to enjoy the fruits of our labor.” Notwithstanding the treatment that the colored man has received in this country, yet he has dis played *a high degree of loyalty and bravery. Treason and cowardice can by no means be charged on colored Americans, though they have had so little, comparatively, to call out the opposite quali ties. Glancing at the'facta that the history of the past can furnish on this Bubject, who can doubt for a moment that the millions of colored men in this country can render most effective servioe towards suppressing the existing rebellion with the opportu nity afforded them, and the powerful motive of freedom unequivocally presented before them. - The first martyr to liberty la the Revolution was a colored man by the name of Crispus Attacks. ,He : was the first man shot: b’ytho British soldiers in the < Boston m assacre of Marc h 5 th, 1770, which ooourred on. King (notr st-ato) ctrrDt. - —~ _ There were several colored soldiers at the battle of Bunker Hill, among whom wag one by the name of Salem. Particular allusion is made to him by Swett, in bis “ Sketches” ol that battle. He says : “ Major Pitcairn Caused the first effusion ‘or blood at Lexington. . In that battle his horse was shot under him, while he was separated from, hia troops. With presence of mind, he feigned himself slain. His pistols were taken from big holsters, and he was left for dead, when he seized the opportunity and escaped. He appeared at Busker Hill, and,” gaye the historian, “among those who mounted the works was the gallant Major Pitcairn, who exult inglycried out, ‘The dayis ours!’ when a black soldier named Salem shot him through, and he fell. His agonized son received him in his arms, and ten*, derly bore him to the boats. A contribution was made in the army for the colored soldier, and he was presented to Washington as having performed this feat.” In tie Revolution there was a colored company called the “Backs of America » that rendered moat valuable Bervice. At the clo«e of that struggle John Hancock presented them with an appropriate banner, bearing hia initials, aa an expression of hi( appreciation of their patriotism and bravery. The “ Bucks,” commanded by Col. Middleton,’wore in vited to a collation in a neighboring town, and, while on their way, were requested to halt in front of the Hancock mansion, on Beacon street, where the Go vernor and Iris son united in presenting the banner. At the commencement of the War of the Revolu tion, Rhode Island had quite a number ofßlaves, but she knew bow to make good use of them. A regiment of them was formed, and no braver, men went intobattle than they were. They were not, however, permitted to become soldiers until they were first emancipated, and their freedom pledged to them forever. In the gallant defence of Red Bank that regiment bore a most honorable part. In that struggle four hundred men met and repulsed, after a terrible slaughter, fifteen hundred Hessian troops, headed by Count Donop. ~ The capability of the blacks to render valuable services as soldiers, was acknowledged at the Revo lutionary period at the South, as well as at the North. In 1779 a convention of delegates from South Carolina and the special envoy from Georgia sug gested “that a force might be raised in thesaid State from among the negroes, which would not only be formidable to the enemy, from their numbers, and the discipline of which they would readily; admit, but would also lessen the dangers from revolts and desertions by detaching the most vigorous and en terprising of the negroes.” In the begriming the Georgia delegates gave to John Adams, as recorded in bis diary at the time, “ a melancholy account of the States of Georgia and South Carolina.' They said if one thousand regular troops should land in Georgia, their com mander be provided with arms and clothes enough,, and proclaim freedom to all the negroes who would join his camp, twenty thousand negroes would join it from the two Provinces in a fortnight. The ne groes having a wonderful art of conveying intelli gence among themselves, it will runseveral hundred miles in a week or fortnight.” The fact that colored Americans rendered im portant service in that contest, scyeraUeading men North and South have acknowledged, who could not be accused of special anti-slavery tendencies. Charles Pinckney, of South Carolina, in his speech on the Missouri question, and'in defence of the slave representation of the South, said : " They (the Biuret) then were, as they still are, aa valuable a part of our population to the Union as any other equal number of the inhabitants. They were in numerous instances the pioneers, and in all the laborers of your armies, To their hands were owing the greater part of the fortifications raised for the protection of our country. Fort Moultrie gave, at an early period of the inexperience and un tried valor of our citizens, Immortality to American arms, and in the Northern States numerous bodies of them were enrolled and fought, side by side with the whites, the battles of the Revolution.” Mr. Martindale, a member of Congress from New York, in a speech delivered in 1828, spoke in high terms of what colored men had done, and said: “Slaves, or negroes who had been slaves, were en listed as soldieisin the war ol the Revolution ; and I myself saw a battalion of them, as fine martial, looking men- as I ever saw attached to the Northern army, in the last war, on its maroh from Platts burg to Saokett’s Harbor.” The loyal and heroic acts of colored men In the last war with Ragland are familiar to some minds, but ought to be more generally known. They re flected honor on themselves; both on the land and in the navy. Captain Perry, writing to Commodore Chauaoy, the senior officer, said: “The men that came by Mr. Champlin ajg a motley set—blacks, soldiers, and -boys. I am, however, pleased to see anything in the shape of a man, 1 1 In the letter written by Commo dore Chaunoy in reply, this passage is found:' “I have nearly fifty blacks' on board this ship , and many of them are among my best men." The bravery of colored soldiers at the battle of New Orleans did not suffer in the least degree in comparison with that of their white companions in arms. The testimony of Hob. Robert C. Wiuthrop - to this is of great weight, especially when it is ro membered that his coarse has never exoited the suspicion, that he was particularly tinctured with. Abolltionißm. In alspeeoh in Congress, in iB6O, on the " imprisonment of colored seamen,” he declared: “I believe that I shall be borne outin saylngthat, no regiments did better service at New Orleans, than did the black regiments, which were organized under the direction of General Jackson himself, after a most glorious appeal to the patriotism and honor of the people of color of that region; and which; after they came out of the war, received the thanks of General Jackson,'in & proclamation which has been thought worthy of being inscribed on the pages of history.” The truly wise derive lessons from the history of the past, as well as from the living present, to guide them in their course of action. Do not these lessons teach us that we should avaii ourselves of the ser vices of 4,000,004 of colored Americans in the South to preserve our national existence J We trust that more and more efficient steps will be taken to bring this about. This should be done, not as a matter of mere military necessity, but as a matter of right,- and then we shall not only seoure them on our side, but God himself. A good beginning has been made in this direction, but we should reffiember that it is only a beginning. The rebels dread the movement that has been commenced in this direction. They know, and the worst Copperheads must now ac knowledge, that the negroes will fight when they have a proper opportunity. I am; sir, very respectfully yours, p. BRIGADIER GENERA!. A. P. HOWE. TAKEN BV Survri SB.— A few days ago the officers of the 3d Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomao, sur prised their chief, Brigadier General A, P. Howe, by sending to his tent a splendid sword, sash, and belt, enclosed in a tasteful rosewood case, A correspond ent of the New York Tribune, describing the affair, says that the General, alter receiving the testimo nial and the battering note accompanying it, invited the officers of his division to meet him at his tent, at 4 P. M., on the same day, which they did, and we infer bad a very pleasant time of it. The corres pondent continues: “Thaveneither time nor space to give a proper description of this really magnificent gilt. It claims especial notice for the chaste style of workmanship which has been bestowed upon it. The olaborate and beautiful was here made to shine with taste and delicacy, reflecting great credit upon the originators and upon its manufacturers, Messrs. George W. Si mons & Brother, oi Philadelphia. The neat filagree ornaments which adorn the saabbard are made of fine; solid gold, surrounded by chased arid appropri ate scroll-work. On the scabbard the. letters U. S. and a star are. formed of diamonds, which glisten in Oriental splendor. ; The hilt end handle of the sword are studded with circles of pure pearls and emeralds. The sword, sash, and belt were eoual in beauty and Holiness, and the whole was enolosed in a rich rosewood box. The recipient is brave, popular, and efficient—has the entire confi dence of officers and men, and though a stranger to your correspondent, I am safe in saying he is a ri sing and promising officer, and at the time of his promotion held the position of major in the 4th Re gular Artillery. His past record iu the battle-fields of Virginia is an index of what we may expeot in the future.” The Expeot ox our Courtesies to the Rus sians.—We have seen a private letter from a high source in St. Petersburg, whioh says that the recep tion extended to the Russian naval officers in vhia country is producing the most gratifying results iu St. Petersburg. u Go where I may,* says the writer, 11 it is the theme of oonversation-uiuke in the dubs, in tho.theatres, in the oafds, and upon the pavd.” The writer adds that in an interview with Prince Gorttohakoff, with which he had been honored, he found that officer completely overflow ing with satisfaction at what he termed this “gor* cesus demonstration.” . Nor, to the surprise of the writer, was Prince Gortsohskoff ignorant or the smallest detail, for he even related many Incidents of whioh our legation jg !)%!<} to have - Hnown nothing.— Evening Post, THBEE CENTS Rebel Account of the Battle of Chatta nooga. , AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE. CCorrespoaderoe of the Richmond Dispatch.} Abu? of Tennessee. Ghioxamauga, Nov. 25— Midnight. The Confederates have sustained to-day the most ignominiouß defeat of the whole war—a defeat for which there if hut little excuse or palliation. For the first time during our struggle for national inde pendence our defeat is chargeable to the troops themselves, and not to the plunders or incompe tency of their leaders. It is difficult to realize how a defeat so complete cenld have oocurred on ground eo favorable, notwithstanding the great disparity in the forces of the two hostile armies. The ground was more in our favor than it was at Fredericks burg, where Gen. Longetreet is said to have esti mated that Lee’s army was equal to 300.000 men. And yet we gained the battle of Frederioksburg, and lost that of Missionary Ridge. But let ub take up the painful narrative at thebe ginning, and see how this greatmisfortune, if not this grievous disgrace, has befallen the Confederate arms. , lookout Mountain was evacuated last night, it being no longer important to us after the loss of Lookout or Will’s Valley, and no longer tenable against such an overwhelming force, as General Grant hod concentrated around Chattanooga. Gen. Bragg abandoned also the whole of Chattanooga, Valley, and the trenches and breastworks running along the foot of Missionary Ridge and across the valley to the base of Lookout, and moved his.troopa up to the top of the ridge. It was found necessa ry to extend his right well up toward the Chicka mauga, nearits mouth, in consequence of the heavy forces which the enemy had thrown up the river in that direction. The Tennessee and. Missionary Bidge approach nearer to each other &b one goes up, orrather down the valley, the width of which at some poihtß does not exceed one fourth of a mile. Across this valley, now alznoßt an open plain, vary ing from a fourth of a mile to two miles in width, the Federals advanced to the assault, their ranks ex posed to sn artilery fire from the ridge while fa the plain, and to the infantry fire when they attempted the ascent of the hill or mountain. The only objection that can be urged against our line was its length and weakness, the latter being the result of the former, and the former the result or circumstances beyond our control, it being necessary for.ua to guard the passes in the ridge, and to con form to the length of the line presented* by the ene my. The ridge varies in height from four to six hun«- dredfeet, and is crossed by several roads leading out enemy, was steep and rugged, and in some places almost bore, the timber having - been cut away for firewood. Our pickets occupied the breastworks be low, while the infantry and artillery were distributed , along the crest of the ridge from MeFarlan’s Gap almost to the mouth of the Chiokamauga, adtotauce of six miles or more. In addition to the natural, strength of the position, we had thrown up breast works along the ridge wherever the ascent is easy. The Federal axrny was marshalled under Grant, Thomas, Hooker, and Sherman, and did not number • less than 85,000 weteran troops. The Confederate army, under Bragg, Hardee, and Breckinridge, did not number half so many, Longstreet’s Virginia divisions, and other, troopi, had been seat to East Tennessee. Had these Deen present, with their steady leader at the head of them, we should have won a viotory quite as complete aa our defeat has, been. As it was, we ought to hare won the day, and should have done bo if out men had done as -well as usual;-: Possibly a .mistake..was? committed when Longstreet was Bent away, arid possibly it would have been better not to have accepted battle to*day, but to have retired last night. Gen; Bragg thought, however, that there was not time, after the loss of Lookout, to get his army safely overthe Chickamauga fast night, and that it would be better, occupying so strong a position, to fight it out. But what could he expect from a battle where the odds were co much against him? Not only did Grant have three to one in numbers, but the geographical configuration of the ground, in manceuvring an army, was as favorable as he could desire. Nature had provided an ample protection forhtoflankaand rear, and rendered his front almost impregnable. He possessed the additional advantage'of being able to matccuvre his army upon theehord of a semi-circle, while Bragg could move only upon the arc. But let us proceed with the battle, the strangest, most singular and unsatisfactory conflict in which cur anna have been engaged. Grant deployed Mb immense masses in two heavy lines of battle, and.sometimes in three, supported by large reserve farces. The spectacle was magnificent as viewed from the crest of Missionary Bidge. He advanced first against our right wing, about ten o’clock, where he encountered that superb soldier, Lieutenant General Hardee, who commanded on the right, while Major General Breckinridge commanded on the left. Hardee’s command embraced Cleburne’s, Walker’s (commanded by General Gist, General Walker beiDg absent), Cheatham’s and Stevenson’s divisions. Breckinridge’s embraced his old division, commanded by Brigadier General Lewis Stewart’s, part of Buckner’s and Hindman’s, commanded by Patton Anderson. The enemy’s'first assault upon Hardee was repulsed with great slaughter, as was his - second, though made with double lines, supported with heavy reserves. The wave of battle, like the Wave of the sea when it dashes against a rook-bound coast, beat and hissed, and struggled in vain; for the brave men who guarded our right were resolved never to yield one fbot to the hated invaders. The oddß against which they contended were fearful; for while the enemy advanced in two and even three massive lines, theii own army consisted of only one long and weak line, without supports. Yet they not only repulsed every attack, but cap tured seven flags, about three ghundred prisoners, and remained masters of the ground until night, .when they were ordered to retire, carrying off all their guns, losing no prisoners, and but a small per centage of killed and wounded. The whole com mand behaved well, and especially that model soldier, Major General Cleburne, a true son of the Emerald Isle, and his heroic division. General Har .dee saved the army from a disastrous rout, and add ed fresh laurels to his brow. . . ; The attack on the left wing was not made until about noon. Here, as on the right, the enemy was repulsed; but he was obstinate, and fought with great axdor and confidence, returning to the charge again and again in the handsomest style, until one of our brigades, near the centre, said to be Bey colds’, gave way, and the-Federal flag was planted on Missionary Bidge. The enemy was not slow in availing himself of the great advantages of his new position. In a few minutes he turned upon our flanks and poured into them a terrible enfilading fire, which soon threw the Confederates on his right and left into confusion. TJnder this confusion the gap in our lines grew wider, and wider, and wider, and the wider it grew the faster the muitudinous foe ruflhed Into the yawning chasm. The confusion extended until it finally assumed the form of a panic. Seeing the enemy in possession of a portion of the heights, the men hastily concluded that the day was gone,- and that they had best save themselves. Just at this time the alarm waß increased by an artillery battery, which rushed down the hill to the river for a fresh supply of ammunition; the men, however, supposed they were flying from the field, and that all was lost. Nearly the whole left wing eventually became involved and gave way, a por tion of it retiring under orders, hut the greater part in unmitigated rout. ~ Gen. Bragg did all he could to rally the fugitives and reform the broken line. He exposed himself in the most unguarded manner, and at one time it looked as if he certainly would be killed. Hia staff officers’were also conspicuous in their efforts to re store our line. They and their chief were the last to leave the ridge. The day was lost. Hardee still maintained his ground; but no success of the right wing could re store the left to its original position. All men— even the bravest—are subject to error And confusion; but to-day come of the Confederates did not fight with their accustomed courage. Possibly the con • trast between the heavy masses of the Federals, as they rolled across the valley and up the mountain ’ ridge, and their own long and attenuated line, was not of a character to encourage them. . Our casualties are small—very small—too small, indeed, to he recorded along with so complete and humiliating a defeat. jlncluded among our losses are some of our best guns—perhaps as many as thirty or forty. The infantry supports in some instances fled so precipitately that there was no time left to re move the guns. There were but few roads down the mountain by which they could retreat, and this oc-‘ casioned further loss. All the artillery behaved well. The men in Cobb’s Battery stood their ground after their supports hod fled, and though they lost their guns, they fought them to the last; and, when they could use them no longer, on account of the steep ness Of the descent, they hurled hand grenades at the foe as he crawled up the mountain beneath the muzzles of thoguns. The enemy’s loss must haye exceeded ours ten to one. Our dead and some of-the wounded were left on the field. ‘ But it is late and bitter cold, and I must close. We cross the Ghiokam&usa to-night, and then pro ceed to Dalton. I write under the greatest possible disadvantages. SALLUST, THE REBEL PRESS. ADDRESS OF GEN. LEE, [From the Richmond Dispatch. 3 Meade tons recroeaed the Rappahannock, but, as everything written by Gen. Lee is of interest to hiß countrymen, we give his address to his army when a battle with Meade was expected: Headquarters Army of'Northern Verg-inia, November 2S, iBC3. General Orders, No. 102.— The enemy i» again advancing upon our capital, and the country ones more leohs to this army for its protection. Under the blessings of God, your valor has repelled every previous attempt, arid, invoking the continuance of His favor* we cheerfully commit to Him the issue of the coming contest. A cruel enemy seeks to reduce our fathers and our mothers, our wives and our children to abject slave ry y to strip them of their property and dri7e them from their homes. Upon you these helpless ones rely to avert these terrible calamities, and to secure to them the blessings of liberty and safety. Your past history gives them the assurance that, their trust will not be in vain. Let every man remember that all he holds dear depends upon the faithful dis charge of his duty, acd resolve to fight,.and, if need be, to die, in defence of a cause so sacred and worthy the name won by this army on so many bloody fields. - R.E.LEE, General. GENERAL HARDER. It has been the fortune or this .general always to whip his share of the fight, no matter what may be the general results of the day. At Shiloh he drove the enemy to the Tennessee river, an& would have run them in but for an unluoky order>froai the com mander-in-chief to retire. At Murfreesborough, in command of our left wing, he fought one of his most terrifio battles and won as brilliant'&.viotory as there isonrecord. ’ • * Unfortunately, the centre and right did not do so . well. And now again, in the .CMckamauga valley, he triumphs over the foe and captures seven stand of colors when all the rest of the army is flying m confusion from the field. / GENERAL iIEApEi [From the Richmond Examiner, December 4 3 The object of the Federal general in these move ments is popularly supposed, to be the preventing Lee from sending reinforcements to the armies in Georgia and Tennessee. A study of Meade’s manage ment since his assumption of command might lead to a different conclusion, To preventga transfer of troops is a collateral object j.but while accomplish- is not the man to be content with the second fiddle. His fi?3t aim is to destroy the army of North ern Virginia and. to take Richmond. The menace by which he holds the Confederate force on guard has a reality behind it. If it is weakened, or placed in a falße position under the suppositionthatthe atti tude of thftenemy is a feint, a fatal disaster-will im mediately follow. Falling Waters, Bristow Station, and Kellv’s Ford abundantly prove that & is very unsafe to'act on the belief that the present general of the Ttokee army will not advance in, earnest if an opportunity is. granted. The affair, wherein two brigades were separated,from the rest of the army by a river, apparently because it ww believed to the last that the manoeuvre of the enemy in their neighborhood was a pretence, is a perfect illustration of this view. It*appeata that Meade has studied General Lee’s taotle&,aa closely as the latter officer did those of Modellan, and acta upon, the knowledge he haß gained. But bo distinguished l • a master of military chess as General Lee has pro bably more than one gambit, and his antagonist may have to learn a new - game K at considerable cost, when he least anticipates it. DAY2S RELIEVES BBAGG SROM COMMAND Dalton, Dec. 2.—General Bragg. h»B been re lieved by the President, at his own request, iie was serenaded last night by the band of the 4tn Florida Brigade, and being called out, that he accepted, with gratitude and heartfelt tjurnks, the compliment tendered. The association lon-exist iug between them would would leave them. He alluded the sa£7«5 a £7« *2?s? battles, and spoke of the reputation of Ms brave troops in the most feeling and SSPff took a long and sad farcwen of tjiem with th o ai. surance that tho memory of association with them would ever hold fresh in Ws mind. -• ■ GcneiM Bate was called for* and mad? a most WAR PBBIWt (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Wtf FIM WiD b. mt to labHrUmß by mill (j»r annum la ad-fan..) oo Throe r-**,r~- 5 00 Jiva »OT>itt. g Of Ten c0pie5. ............. LargerOlub* than Ten wiil bceh&risd: at th* same ate, •LSOpereopr* The money must always accompany the order, on* to no instance can these terms to deviated'frotni as then afford very little more than the cost of the paper 4®* Postmasters are requested to set « Areata for ThbWaxFmss.. 4®* To the getter-up of the Club of tan or twenty, M extra copy of the Paper will he given. beautiful allusion to the career of General Bragg? ending with the assurance that with union and hop* mony, Tennessee would next, spring ; be restored. Both generals, were vociferously cheered, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. 1 Generals Breckinridge and Hardee were also sere* naded and made appropriate speeches; 'A corps of fifteen thousand Federal troops passed through Cleveland yesterday on their way tfr Benton. The report of the Savannah Republican of the de sertion of Colonel Hollonqutot, of General Brags’* .is basely false. He acted most gallantly at Chattanooga as Chief of Artillery. Nothing official from General Longstreet, • GENERAL •BEAG G AND HIS SUCCESSOR. General Bragg has undoubtedly been relieved of ,the direction of the army now in North Georgia, and GeneralHardee is in command, whether ten« porarily or permanently is yet to be seen. General Bragg has, of late, labored under difficul ties which, independent of all military skill or saga city, would have weighed .down almost any com mander. He has not had the cordial confidence of his officers and his army, and without these the bat tle Is half lost before it commences. The cause of this Btate of feeling towards him is not easy to ac count for in all its extent/ His alleged harshness a* a disciplinarian had its effect on the army. The hostility of the newspapers by his ’rigor towards their correspondents had much to do.witk his unpopularity. Kis want of success, hiß incom plete victories,, and his many retreats, naturally chagrined his subordinate officers, and made them reluctant to follow his fortunes, while they were further alienated by frequent misunderstandings from whatever cause, And yet there are good judges who see In General Bragg the qualities of a gifted commander. If he has made retreats, it baB]?not been'without brave and bloody fightß. He has not feared or hesi tated to stake hfa reputation and his fame on the gage of battle. Ifghis constrained retreats have lost usterritory, they have yielded, no more than has sometimes been sacrificed to a mysterious strategy. From Shiloh, won his* honors, down to Chickaffiauga, he has had no bed of roses. If un successful, he has, at least, not been idle. And when we consider: the untoward circumstances against ..Which he has had to contend, we oannot but think* even after making due allowance for his faults and infirmities,.that he has been more .sinned against than sinning, and that, if he had been, better sup ported, he would have accomplished more/ 3 But whatever the reason—whether through real incompetency,-or through the.suspicion of it. and that TfnwPfy>T)‘ l ~°j vmfTT t r s TrJ ' " ,I |J ' l > ci,enured—tfrfr fltae onjrsgg’s usefulness as a commander is over. Shaken and crippled before, the unsuccessful battle of Chickamauga has left so farther room fer ques tion. Bragg himself saw it, and immediately asked to be relieved. GENERAL KOEOAN. [From the Richmond Enquirer, Dec. 5 1 The escape of our gallant raider, Morgan, together with his staffs and their safe arrival on neutral ground, will delight every Confederate in the land* The base and cowardly outrages inflicted on/that distinguished officer, in the Ohio penitentiary, ought to be remembered and avenged. The Fetors, burg Express makes a practical suggestion, which would strictly and equitably meet the case: “ Should a kind, just Providence so will it that Burnside should fall into our hands, we trust that & cell in some State prison, with a shaved head, coarse fare, prison garb, &o.» will be instantly awarded him, u it was by his order that General Morgan was subjected to the outrages which he has endured. la this instance we are for the lex lalionis in its strictest sense. An eye for aneye, and a tooth for a tooth, is imperatively demanded, and it is the only mode; by which we can compel the Yankees to conduct the war in accordance with the usages of civilized, nations.” . - A- Rebel View of Edward’Bverett J s Get-« tysburg Oration# [From the Richmond Dispatch, November 555 ] Edward Everett’s oration at Gettysburg is what might have been expected of that unreal, meta phorical, moonlight orator. It matters little to him what the facts are, so he has full scope for -toner, imagination, and rhetoric. He is always at home when dealing with dead men, and never so happy as on funeral occasions. He delights to water the flowers of bis faneywiththe blood of the brave; and his imagination runs riot when it can strike its roots into the mould of sepulchres. Hervey’s ” Me ditations among the Tombs” seem to be the model of his funeral eloauence. u A dainty plaot is the ivy green, creeping over dead men’s graves, I ween,” . Everett would be glad to have a Gettys burg every month, if he could be selected to recite what others have done. His ambition does not consist in performing virtuous actions himself, but reporting them. , When he can sing his elegiac and sentimental commonplaee over the dull, cold ear ot death, he is quite enraptured* Much as he admirer his dead heroes, he admires muoh more Ms descrip tion. of their achievements, and would infinitely rather describe others than he himself among the described. Edward Everett began life a Unitarian preacher, and to still a Unitarian, rejecting the Scripture doc trine of human depravity, which never had a better illustration than his own character. Laying aside preaching, he took to politics, joining the Whig PAity, while his brother joined the Democratic, the better to play into each other’s hands. There never was any more reality in ;the man’s politics than bis religion. The man himself to guttering and hollow as a soap-bubble. He to as cold as a frog. There is nothing genial or generous about him; no sympathy with any earthly thing except Edward Everett. It would be idle to deny him a respectable degree of scholarship, a fine fancy, and a gUb tongue. He can work out by lamplight a brilliant oration, and he can deliver it, after a thousand ptfvate re hearsals, in'a style to bring down the house. But there are few county-court lawyers, who, In the close hug of unpremeditated debate, could not; lift the oratorical dandy out of hto hoots, and break every bone in Mb body. And as to war itself, when heroes have such a strong* hold upon hto imagina tion, he would much " rather be at Gettysburg now than then. He may use very fine figures at a'Gettys buig. oration, but what a figure he would have cut in front of Pickett’s division! Any old woman with a broomstick would be more than a match for thls ea lcglst of the brave in the field of arms. - He expresses in his Gettysburg oration the confi dent belief that every Southern State; South Caro lina included, would vote now, and at any period of the have voted, if: allowed a fair expres sion of public opinion, lor the-Union. That is Mr# Edward Everett’s belief; > "Well, inay belieire anything. We believe Edward Everett a great Hat# He may not think bo. 'We confess it to a matter of opinion. But, when he makes Buch an assertion, * liar or a fool hemdfet be, and we do not think him, a fool. That, also, we confess, to a matter of opinion# At any rate, there are many strange beliefs in the world. The Chinese believe every man has sixsouls* Most people would believe Edward Everett, at least, had not one. Not five years ago he was painting the most terrific pictures of the results of Black Re publican success; now-he is the blackestof the Black Republicans. His soul, if he ever had one, has been ' disposed of to Abraham Lincoln, who repays him by lettiDg him play off rhetorical fireworks at Gettys burg, which are very brilliant, no doubt, but not Quite equal to the pyrotechnics which will celebrate Edward Everett’s demise in that region where hypo crites wail and gnash their teeth. • "We will not argue the question with Mr. Edward Everett whether the people of the South, if left to themselves, would vote for the old Union. Suppose he induces his master Abraham to try the (experi ment. Weasknomore. Letbim call off hto blood hounds from every Southern State, disband his mili tary and permit us to do the same, and then, without a bayonet from Mason and Dixon’s line to the Gulf, let the people of the Southern States vote for or egainst the Union! Let him begin the experiment with even the border States of Maryland and Mis souri ! 'Will he do it 1 He would sooner cut off his right hand. Abraham Lincoln understands, if Mr# Edward Everett does not, that the Union is a dead cock in the pit, and that he has killed it with his own hands.- No matter what the original merits of the quarrel, the Yankee mode of conducting this war has made the union of Are and water a more practicable achievement than the reunion of the Northern and Southern States. The question of Bubjugation is one question; the question'd vo luntary reunion no question at aIL If a vote could be taken in the Southern States whether we should reunite with the bloody murderers of our sons and brothers, or with the Emperor of France or Austria, or the Queen of England, there would be one uni versal shout of acclamation for Europe. There is no nation on the earth which to so heartily detested and execrated in the Confederacy as the butcher na tion of the North. 'Voluntary reunion with them t A union with hyenas, v&mpyres, and thugs is about; as probable and practicable. The Youngest Soldier in the Army of thb Cumberland—He Bbcbtves from Gen, Boas* CRANS THB BADGE OF THE BOLL OF HONOR,— - Bast eveniDg at the Caledonian supper Gen. Bom» crass exhibited the photograph of a boy who,'ho said, was the youngest soldier in the Army of the Cumberland, His name is Johnny Clem, twelve years of age, a member of Company C, 22d Michigan , Infantry. His home is at Newark, Ohio, He first attracted the attention of Gen. Boseorans during the review at Nashville, where he waa acting as marker for hia regiment. His extreme youth (he is quite small for his age) and intelligent appearance mte* • rested the General, and, calling him to him, he questioned him as to his name, age, regiment, &c. Gen. Bosecrans spoke encouragingly to the young soldier, and told him to come and see him whenever - he came where he was. r He saw no more of :the hoy until Saturday last, when he went to his place of residence—the Burnet • House—and found Johnny Clem sitting on his sofa, waiting 1o see him. Johnny had experienced some - of the vicissitudes of war since last they met. He. ■ bad been captured by "Wheelers cavalry near Bridge* port. His captors took him to Wheeler, who sa luted him with — “What are you doing here, you d—d little Yankee scoundrel P* _ Said JohDny Clem, stoutly, ‘‘General Wheeler, lam no more a d—d scoundrel than you are, sir. Johnny said that the rebels stole about ail that he had, including his pocket-book, which .contained s only twenty-five cent,. “ But J woUto t have eared, for the rest,” he added, “if they hadn’t stolen my hat, which had three bullet-holes it received at • °He k w?B a fllaiJy paroled and sent North. On Satui> day he waa on hie way from Camp Chase to hie regi ment. having been exchanged. General Rosecrans observed that the young soldier had chevron! on hi! arm, and ashed the meaning of it. He laid he was . promoted to a corporal for shooting a rebel colonel, atCUckamaugs. The colonel was mounted, and.; stopped Johnny at some point on the field, crying, “Stop, you little Yankee devil !”■ Johnny halted, bringing Wb Austrian rifle to an “order,” thus , throwing the colonel off his guard, cocked his piece, {which he could easily do, being so Short,) and, sud- . denly bringing it to his shoulder, fired, the colonel, falling dead with the bullet through his breast. The little fellow told his story simply and mo destly, and the General ’determined to honor Us bravery. He gave tin the badge of the “roll.of honor,” which Mrs. Saunders, wife of the host of the Burnet House, sewed on Johnny’s cosh His eyes glistened with , pride as he looked upon the badge, and little Johnny seemed suddenly to have grown an Inch or two taller, he stood so erect. He . left Us photograph with Gen. Rosecrana who ex hibits it with pride. We may again hear from, Johnny. Clem, toe youngest soldier in the Army ot. toe Cumberland. ; GENHRAifeBAKT IN A HORSE TSAJ>E.—A feW f Congressmen oh the train to-day entered into a conversation about the merits 0/ diliferent general* . m our army, in the course of whiohone of them told. the following storv about General errant 1 »I°Stw Ulysses Grant when he was a little boy. We »j*ed to go to school together, near Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio. The boyaused to PfguAhiitt, dioiilfullv about a.aoise trade hs.ouce made. When ho was abonttweiye jeaiß.old,hla l&theraent him a few miles Into tie country to buy a horse.from a. named Ralston. The old man told, Ulysses to, : a .Ter Ralston dtty dollars at first; if he wouldn't, take that, to offer fifty-five dollars, and to go as high, as sixty dollars, if no less would make the purchase. The erobryolio major general started off with these. Instructions fully Impressed upon his mind. He, called upon Mr. Balaton, and tnldhlm he wished to buy the horse. . ' ' “‘How muoh did your father tell you to gtyojoc him?’ was a very natural inquiry from the ownetof ‘"'Why,’ said Ulysses, ‘ho,J°id.me toofSji; yoij fifty dollars, and If that woalto t do, to Blve.you fifty.five doUars, and If you wouldn’t taketeß* than sixty dollars, to give you that" . - ■ “Of course, sixty dollars was the lowest figure, and, on payment of that amount, the animal became the property of the young Napoleon. Conspicuous Sons_ov Nm IliMPSHiaz.—A. corresnondent of the Concord Sidesman says that the'rebel General Wheeler la a native of Newport, N. H.; that General Q. A. Gilmore was probably born In Antrim, and that General Kelly, now com manding In -West Virginia, la a native of New Hampton, both tOWSB in New Hampshire.