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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1863.
g.THE report of General Halleck and the
unessagc of Jefferson Dayis make The
Press of to-day well deserving of preserva
tion. These documents form a very striking
.contrast.
The Message of'Jefferson. Davis.
Mr. Jefferson Dayis is forced to make
the most out of the past year of war in Vir
ginia. In his review 61 the war he can find
no campaign that can by toy means be dis
torted into a rebel success, excepting that of
General Lee. Looking to the West, he be
fioTds nothing; bijt Federal victory. Vicks
burg, Port Hudson, Little Rock, Chatta
nooga, aie overwhelming triumphs, which
even he, with all his ingenuity and auda
city, dare not falsify or undervalue. It is
well, then, that he glorifies the successful
defence of Charleston, and taunts us with
our failure to take Richmond. He rests his
declaration of strength upon these negative
successes, hilt can find no affirmative advan
tage to balance the tremendous gain of the
Union. The weakness of the rebellion is
admitted by the very boast of its leader;
the contemptible boast that all is not yet
lost, which means that everything is im
perilled. The message of Mr. Davis is
very fine in invective, but it is finer as an
ironical panegyric of his own Administra
tion. What a pitiful record of victory!
What a monstrous record of defeat!
Disaster that cannot he denied need not
be wholly confessed, and. by this truth Mr.
Divis profits; hut how can he hide what is
known to all the world—the loss of a rmy after
army, of battle after battle, of State after
State ? the ruin of the rebel finances, the mise
ry of the Southern people ? How can he hide
their growing apathy to the cause, which is
his, not theirs • the universal despondency,
and his own terror ? He cannot conceal the
nnconcealable. This message was written
by a trembling hand. There is no sincerity
in its assurance that all will be well, but a
terrible earnestness in the declaration that
the people must sustain him or see the Con
federacy perish. There is the earnestness
of a man Who fears that he will be deserted,
who has already heard himself denounced
in the Congress of the rebels as the cause
of all the misfortune and suffering of the
war. It is the earnest appeal of one who
begins to doubt himself and his fate, yet
desperately resolves, like Macbeth, to fight
on to the last, though Birnam .wood should
come to Dunsinane, and Macduff be an
adversary of woman never born. To us
this message is a ciy of despair. A ssvoeter
pound could not come to loyal ears. ,
That part of the message devoted to the
foreign relations of the Confederacy ac
knowledges that European nations are not
only ceasing to be neutral, but becoming
unfriendly. The British Government Mr.
Davis accuses of injustice, and is especially
bitter because he originally expected great
assistance from its action. He ■ depended
upon England; and now England has net
only deserted the rebel cause, but distinctly
asserts that she had never any intention of
sustaining it. Having failed to establish
treaties with foreign nations, Mr. Davis
thinks his relations with Europe are now
controlled exclusively by international law,
and laments that the Confederacy cannot
effectively resent French and English injus
tice.. Retaliation, by the declaration of a
paper blockade of the United States coast, he
cannot recommend, but yet something,must
be done. He, therefore, suggests that the
declaration of Paris that “the neutral flag
covers enemy’s goods, with the exception of
contraband of war,” should cease to bind
the Confederacy. This is an admirable sug
gestion, which, if adopted, is certain to
hasten the fall of the shrewd statesman who
has made it. The rebel leaders are not in a
condition to punish European Governments
for fancied insults and injuries to the Con
federacy. These Governments have in
truth given Mr. Davis no offence, having
simply said : “ Before we can recognize the
Confederacy as a nation, we must he con
vinced that it is not a rebellion^’.
Tlie finances of the rebellion demand the
earliest and : most earnest attention of its
Congress; in this opinion we agree with
flfir." Davis. Their condition is certainly
alarming, when the paper currency is over
six hundred millions, and rapidly approxi
mating the value of si-x hundred millions of
ciphers, Mr. Davis advocates a compul
sory exchange of currency for Confederate
bonds; he also insists that taxation be made
efficient, and speaks of the general aver
sion to pay taxes as one cause of the
miserable state of the finances. This he
confesses,- regardless of having previous
ly said that the “spirit of the people is
50 devoted to the cause, that they are
ready to make any necessary contribution. ”
Greatly troubled also because of the failures
in repeated attempts to strengthen the army,
and the extent of desertion, he also proposes
as a remedy conscription without exemp
tion. Here is another illustration of
the devotion of the people of the South
to the rebellion. Mr. Davis also recom
mends the employment of negroes in the
army, and justifies the impressment of pro
visions for the use of the army, on the
ground of absolute necessity. He states
that the Government cannot purchase
provisions at its own rate of appraise
ment, and cannot afford to pay the
high prices demanded. What a revela
tion is this of the desperation of the rebel
leaders, who make poverty an excuse for
robbery, and deliberately tell the sufferers
that a compulsory exchange of bonds for
currency is the method chosen for their re
lief ! Everywhere we meet the same con
fession of misfortune. Communication with
the States west of the Mississippi is admit
ted to be almost wholly cut off, and legisla
tion is asked providing for the exercise
of temporary authority in that depart
ment. A sort of limited viceroyahip is
to be set up in that department, receiving
discretionary powers from Mr. Davis him
self. Can any one fail to see that this is an
acknowledgment of the opening of the Mis
sissippi, and the division of the rebel States ?
In speaking of the difficulties which attend
the exchange of prisoners, Jefferson
Davis- is guilty of direct falsehood. We
shall not here argue a matter which i 3
already familiar to the public ; it is enough
that of the revolting inhumanity, inhuman
practices, the unchristian hate, the savage
ferocity, the intolerable cruelty, which- he
charges upon the people of the North, he
himself is the hero. This very day we pub
lish the news of his refusal to receive pro
visions for the Union prisoners in Rich
mond. It is a refusal which informs the
loyai Etates of the certain starvation of their
sons. Too well do we know the con
dition of those unhappy men at Belle
Island to trust to the mercy of their captors.
Jeefkrson Davis has dared to accuse the
Iqyal people and their Government of every
crime known to human nature, while him
self authorizing the commission of an out
rage unparalleled in the history of war. No
further answer to his calumnies need be
made. But let it be remembered that, while
Abraham Lincoln was offering magnani
mous pardon to the enemies of hi 3 country,
and appealing tv all tfet gvßwvsity oi tus
North in their behalf, their leader was wri
ting this dastardly attack. Jefferson
Davis is .well earning scorn in the presen
.and punishment in the future.
The President’and'the mock-Presiclent
have spolten; the one to all Americans,
the other to those in rebellion .only; the one
offering pardon and peace, the other insist
ing upon perpetual war; the one addressing
a vast majority of loyal citizens, prosperous
andstrong, because they have sustained their
Government, the other a minority of trai
tors, and the victims of traitors, who are
miserable and weak; the one appealing to
the country in behalf of freedom and Union,
the other advocating slavery and chaos ; the
one disclosing the strength of a Government'
to which attack has only given dignity and
power,' the other revealing the rottenness
tipon which the insurrection was begun.
Opposite principles were never more forci
bly contrasted than in the messages of
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis,
and the eyes of the world may see in their
revelations a spectacle like that of dawn, the
Blately ascension of the sun of the Union,
the gradnal declension of the night.
A Glance at tne Future.
As, in these first fair days of winter, the
eyes of the North, glowing with the glad
nesß of prosperity, survey the richness of
her agricultural homes, the growth of her
trade and manufactures, her varied, success
ful efforts in sea and river navigation, the
inventions and improvements in her me
chanic arts, the unrivalled activity in her
professional pursuits, and, above all, the
achievements of her well-tried armies—
achievements which stretch with far-reach
ing arms into the future, and which in their
results embrace all time—they wax won
drously expectant; beholding the broad sea
of vision thus spread before them, they
proudly, encouragingly smile upon the stal
wart’uplifted hands of the loyal; they foresee
the imminent eternal destruction of rebel
lion, in all its horrid and unnatural form's.
"When, in the stillness of reflection, we
recall the events of centuries ago, picturing
to ourselves the panoramic past of barbaric,
or of classic, but very commonly of war
like ages, we inadvertently compare that
past with this present, and contrast nations
obsolete or sadly dwindled away, not so
much with other nations of the present era,
as with our own. Through all the turmoil
and anguish which have been ours, with the
full knowledge of plenty of foes witkout,
but with the compensating consciousness of
not one solitary fear within, we have confi
dently fought. We have battled for a future
more glorious than ever the past has
been, and we desire no augurs, or ora
cles, or divinations to ambiguously fore
tell what common sense alone should
teach us is inevitable. The future is
a quarry whence busy hands will sculpture
shapes of matchless beauty; the present is
but the portico to the temple soon to be de
dicated to the cause of universal liberty.
To the unsympathizing, language like this
may afford subject for all the -sarcasm they
are: capable of. Be it so. There is such
abundant reason to regard ourselves at this
era not only with hope, but with confident
expectation ; such strength remaining in
those very resources which have been so
largely drawn upon already, such a,'cling
ing love to the cause which the rebels impo
tentl'y curse, such a dead-set animosity to
that which they espouse, such an unity of
feeling between all who deserve the sacred
tide of loyal men, and such a tranquil trust
in the destiny'"of the United States, if for
no other’ reason than that it is the United
States, that to brood for a moment on an
impossible dark side should seem incompre
hensibly unnatural and absurd.
Those versed in history wokld remind us
of the rise and downfall of Assyria, Baby
lon, the Empire of the Medes and Persians,
and so on. But we are neither Assyria nor
Babylon, and those who founde'd the mighty
empires of the past, which have long since
dwindled into less than nothingness, never
looked to the possibility of the existence of
such a Government as ours; a Govern
ment founded upon the wisdom of all an
tiquity ; a Constitution to which none that
exists, or ever existed, is comparable ; a na
tion which, when other nations differently
founded would yet be in infancy, is striding
on in young manhood ; a past which is fall
of glory, and without reproach; a present
which, though over-clouded, it is true, by a
fearful trial, is yet settling forever a ques
tion of incalculable importance—can it be
possible that a future should lie before us
incompatible with these constituents ?
We throw out these few thoughts because
we think they embody the sentiments of all'
loyal hearts. It is not necessary to appeal
to such, for they need no appeal. Their
breasts are fructifying soils, where the. roots
of liberty strike deep, and over which the
boughs of freedom scatter their all-embracing
' protection.
Mr. Cobdeu’s Rochdale Speech.
Mr. Cobden’s speech to the electors of
the borough of Rochdale, in Lancashire, is
far too noticeable a declaration of opinion to
be passed by, at this time and in this coun
try. It must be borne in mind who the
speaker is, what class he represents, and
what are his personal relations with the elect
ors of Rochdale.
Mr. Cobden, in the first place, represents'
the popular feeling of England. Ever since
he took cause of the people as anta
gonistic to that of the aristocracy—ever since
he proclaimed industry must have cheap
bread, and carried his point, compelling
even Sir Robebt Peel, the wisest states
man of the time, to break down the exclu
sive privileges of monopoly, this same
Richabd Cobden hr.s been the leader of
the popular party in England, with plain
spoken John Bright as his lieutenant.
His right to lead was never challenged but
once, and that was in April, 1857, when his
-peace opinions, the carrying of which into
operation would have struck off about
$40,000,000 from England's annual na
tional expenditure, were objected to, and his
re-election for one of the Ridings of York
shire was defeated.
In the second place, no man has a better
right to represent the People. There are
several gentlemen in Parliament who advo
cate people’s rights, hut are not of or from
the people. Mr. O. P. Villiers, and Mr.
Milner Gibson, both Cabinet Ministers,
are known as people’s men, but one is next
brother to an Earl, and the other is a large
landed proprietor in Suffolk and Middlesex.
Mr. Bright is eminently a popular leader,
but he has not sprang from the people. His
father, a wealthy manufacturer, gave him a
partnership when he came to age,- and,
though he cannot boast of haying been
taught at Eton, or graduated at Oxford, his
education has been of a high order. Mr.
Cobden, on the contrary, is the son of a
small Sussex farmer, and worked lis way
up into the proprietorship of a cotton factory
in Lancashire, and thence to Parliament, by
sheer force of will, perseverance, ability,
and character.
Lastly, his relations with Rochdale are
very creditable to the electors a 3 well as to
the elected. Mr. Cobden resided not far
from the borough of Stockport, where the
Anti-Corn-Law agitation was organized.
Soon after the accession of Queen Victoria
fin June, 1887 ) there was a general election,
at which Mr. Cobden presented himself to
tire electors of Stockport as a candidate.
Local interests overpowered him then, but
there was another election in 1841, and
Stockport then made him one of its Parlia
ment men. In this capacity he acted until
July, 1847, when another general election
took place. In the six years of his sitting
for Stockport, the son of the Sussex farmer
had made himself a man of note by carry T
mg the Bepeal of the taxes upon food/
against the united power of the Toryism
and the Aristocracy of England. There
fore, the West Biding of Yorkshire, which
liad paid similar konor to Henrv Brougham,
the hero of Beform in 1830, returned Bichard
Coeden to Parliament, in 1547, without his
being put to one siiilling of expense. He
retained this position in the election of
1852, but -lost it in 1857, owing to his anti-.
war opinions, and, at the same time, for
the same cause, his friends, John Bright
and MilneSr Gibson, were rejected by Man
chester. Bright remained four months out
of Parliament, and was then returned by
the electors of Birmingham, without any
solicitation m br peril fri ®?-
eight months, MilneklGibson was elected
member for Ashton-under-Line.
Miv Cobden remained two years out of
Parliament, and employed that recess chiefly
in foreign travel. In. the spring of 1559 the
Derby Government found it necessary to
“appeal to the sense of the country,” as
the phrase runs, by a general election, and
the electors of Bochdale—who are only
about 1,400 out of 30,000 inhabitants—nomi
nated Bichard Cobden, and returned him
as their own member of Parliament, with
out' opposition or expense. Mr, Cobden
was making his second, tour through the
United States Che had been here thirty years
beforeJ when the news of this, his unsoli
cited and unexpected return to public life,
reached him. He hastened to the perform
ance of ,his new duties, and was met, on
reaching Liverpool, with the intelligence
that the Derby-Disracli Administration was
broken up, and.that Lord Palmerston had
formed n Ministry to succeed it, based on a
coming measure of Parliamentary Reform
and upon the broad principles of liberality.
Mr. Cobden was met, also, by a communi
cation from Lord Palmerston, offering
him the Presidency of the Board of
Trade, with .a seat in the Cabinet. In
1646, after the triumph of Free Trade
had caused Sir Robert Peel to quit
office, Lord John Russell, his succes
sor, could not find it in his heart to offer
Mr. Cobden, who had really placed himself
in power, no more than an inferior position
'as a mere underling of the Ministry 1 The
former’s son was then considered gentle
man enough to sit as'a colleague among
the peers and baronets whom Russell had
collected around him. In 1859, Lord PAL
MERSTON was less exclusive or more poli
tic. But Mr. Cobden declined the prof
fered seat in the Cabinet —certainly a high
position for any British publicist, be his
rank lofty or lowly;—frankly telling Lord
Palmerston that he could not take office,
from a conviction that he must differ with
him, soon, or late, upon his war policy;
even, m fact, as he is at issue with the
Ministry now, on account of its war pro
ceedings in Japan and China, which he de
nounces as discreditable and unnecessary.
From these facts, of which it was neces
sary to remind our readers, (perhaps to in
form some, of them, jit will be seen that
Rochdale and Mr. Cobden have full cause
to be satisfied with each other. Rochdale,
unasked, restored one of the leading men of
the country to a seat in Parliament, and
Cobden cannot but feel grateful to the
electors for having done this. During the
recess he has scarcely Bpoken in public;
the exception was to his Rochdale friends,
on the 24th of November. Most of that
speech is devoted to the consideration of
the American question.
He noticed the opinion of some people in
England, that to the war theretould be only
one issue—a separation between the North
and the Bouth, “ I did not myself believe,"
he said, “ that the war would end in that
way, and I said so in the House of Com
mons ; .but,” he added, “there has been a
lamentable display of ignorance among
those classes to which I refer, if we may
judge by the organs of the press, which may
be considered the exponents of their views
an ignorance of the geography, as well as
of the resources of the United States. “It
is in utter ignorance of those resources that
the opinion of the ruling classes in England
has been come to.- But I, whom accident
perhaps more than anything else has made
as well acquainted with the politics and
geography of that country as with my own,
I have never believed —and I believe now
lesh than ever—that I shall ever live, or that
any one here will live, to 3ee two separate
nations within the confines of the'presenfe
United States of America.” As for the
cause of the present contest, it had been
stated, and'many in England believed, that
this civil war originated because the South
wished to establish free-trade principles and
the North would not allow it. But Mr.
Cobden said, “ This is a war to extend and
perpetuate human slavery. It is a war not
to defend slavery as it was left by their
ancestors—a thing to be retained, and to be
apologized for. It is a war to establish a
slave empire, where slavery shall be'made
the corner-stone of the social system, where
it shall be defended and justified on scrip
tural and'etlihological grounds.” * *'* “I
say that it is an Aristocratic rebellion against
a Democratic Government." The. aggression
was commenced when the South fired the
! first shot at Sumpter.
■ Such opinions from a great publicist like
Cobden, emphatically a Tribune of the
' people, reported as being greeted with “ tu
multuous applause,” by an untired audience
during two hours, must sink into the hearts
of all foreigners who are not feeble in mind
or corrupt in principle. Their utterance
does credit to Mr. Cobden’s boldness.
While the opponents of the Govern
ment denounce it for its mismanagement
of the war, they , are answered not: only
by the success of the war, hut by the
changed course of the rebel administration.
The legislation at Richmond this winter
twill attempt to improve the condition of
the South upon the principles of the legis
lation at Washington, and the only wise
suggestions of Jefferson Davis’ message
are stolen bodily, from the war policy of
the United States. But the difference in
the application of these principles, is re
markable. _ The legislation of the Union
is based upon the voluntary consent of the
people; that of the rebellion presupposes
compulsion in all departments. The rebels,
however, admit the wisdom of our Adminis
tration by imitating it to the best of their
ability.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, Dec. 13, 1803.
The heads of the Departments and their
respective chiefs of bureaus, civil,' naval,
and military, have sent to Congress their
several reports, to which the striking events
of the war have given an extraordinary, and
almost a romantic interest. Heretofore,
there has been no reading so “dry ” to the
mass as these same official documents. To
thinkers, and writers, and staticians, and,
of course, to legislators and statesmen, these
papers have always been edifying and in
structive ; hut even to the most of these the
labor of digesting this voluminous matter
ha 3 been a work rather of duty and neces
sity than of pleasure, Now, however, a
thousand reasons combine to render all the
reports of the Departments and bureaus im
portant and interesting to every class and
condition. In all the literature of these
wonderful and novel times, nothing is at
once so intensely interesting, and so crowd
ed with eloquent compensation to the gene
ral reader, as these documents. They are
the picture and the proof of the gallantry of
our army and our navy, of the resources of
those not in the armed service, of the kind
ness of the Government to those who are,
and of the miraculous vitality of our insti
tutions. The mother who has a soldier son,
the widow who has lost her only stay, the
capitalist, the workingman, the historian,
the private gentleman, the newly-arrived
emigrant, the philanthropist, the brave wo
man who is giving hertime in the hospitals,
the men of science, the lawyer, and even
the poet who seeks for inspiration, will find
in the reports and recommendations of the
various, heads of Departments material for
profound reflection and unspeakable satis
faction.
The message of the President, which is a
compend or resume of that*.which is more
lengthily described by his constitutional ad
visers and their subordinates, will go to Eu
rope as an admonition that a so
able to . take care of themselves, and to
sustain a war of such formidable dimen
sions, must be respected by foreign Powers.
And when this great paper is succeeded by
the accounts of those national stewards—
the Secretaries of the Treasury, War, Navy,
State, and Interior, and Postmaster Gene
ral, and Attorney. General—they will only
be new themes for rejoicing among our
friends, and for dismay among our enemies.
The loyal journalists and public speakers in
the different States should carefully con and
select from the message and reports argu
ments to which there can be np successful
reply, appeals which cannot be resisted, and
. evidences of the justice, integrity, and vigor
of the Administration can be epitomized
from tliuau ruuHiituna of udiiiiuldtracirc ana
executive labor: These arguments and these
appeals should be thrown- into short para
graphs, or dilated upon in lectures and
speeches at the various school-houses and
public buildings in the cities, towns, and
villages of the country. For be it remem
bered that the Presidential campaign may
be said to be opened, and the intellectual
food for which the people are hungering
should not be withheld from them. It is
something to kno w that this important fact
is deeply impressed upon the loyal leagues,
and that'everywhere, from the mother and
parent of these effective auxiliaries of the
good cause to the smallest association in the
smallest community, there is constant and
unwearied woik. It is the duty of all good
men to keep this spirit alive, and nothing
will contribute more to the education-of the
masses, .and to the final and complete suc
cess of the Government in the elections 1 of
1804, than to use the plain and convincing
information-, contained, in. the great papers,
which have issued from Mr, Lincoln him
self and from, hi? constitutional advisers.
Occasional.
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHI
TO-MORROW EVENING BAYARD TAYLOR
lectures at the Academy of Music, under
the auspices of the “Bancroft Literary
Union." “Russia and Her People,” is
the subject of the lecture. The name of
Bayard Taylor is one of the few great
names which, heard in connection with such
an occasion as that of to-morrow'evening,
are always greeted with pleasurable antici
pation. A poet and a traveller, he has a
double reason to speak with justice of a
country and of a people with which he has
had the opportunity of becoming personally
acquainted. His recent experiences will
give to the discourse a zest and truthful
ness which it could not otherwise possess,
and the genius of the man will weave to
gether small details and grand events,into
a strong and beautiful fabric. Apart from
this, the people have a desire to see and
hear a man who has so often enchanted
them with books of travel and books of
song.' ""■
The following Are member* of oommitteeg, .to be
appointed by Speaker Colfax, to-morrow, a* near
ly as can be ascertained. In the House:
Committee on Ways and Means—Messrs. Fer
nando Wood and Thaddeus Stevens.
Commerce— E. B. Washburns.
Committee on Military Affairs—Robert 0.
SOHEHCK.
: In the Senate:
Mr. Sdmner, Chairman of the Committee on Fo
reign Relations, with Doolittle, Foster, and
SloDougall,
Military Affairs—Messrs. Collamer, Cokkk'sb,"
Dixon, and Bdokalbw.
Finance—Sherman, Fessenden, Cowan, and
Van Winkle.
Naval Affairs—Ramsay, Hioks, Hale, and Hen
derson.
The Banquet on Board the Russian Ves-
Vesterday, at the banquet to the members or Con
gress and their ladies, on board the Russian frigate,
after the moat substantial portion of the entertain
ment wae over, Speaker Cole ax addressed the com
pany, saying the Russian minister wished to make
a remark, followiijg which a salute would be fired
from one of the vessels of the fleet. Mr. Stobckle,
filling his glass, said: “I give you the toast of
the happiness and prosperity of the United States.
Myself, the admiral, and all the ofilsers of the fleet,
thank ; you for the hospitality with which we have
been treated while in your country.” This toast
was drank amid great applause. Half an hour later
Speaker Cole ax again rapped the oompany to or
der, and delivered the ioUowing speech:
“ Admiral : After the toast given in favor of our
great country, by that gentleman who ao worthily
represents your imperial master at the capital, and
after the salute just fired, it devolves upon me to
make a few words of response.
“ The representatives of the Congress of America,
receiving your very kind invitation, have assembled
here to thank you, under the entwined flags of Rus
sia and Amerisa, and to partake of your generous
hospitality. I need not say to you that since the
commencement of the great struggle in whioh this
country is engaged for its existence, the heart or
every American is warmed towards all those who
sent welcome words of friendship and sympathy to
the republic founded by Washington, and when
aorose the broad Atlantic came the cheering words
of sympathy in the hour of trial, from thß Czar of ail
the Russias, our hearts warmed ac never before
towards all the people in that distant land.
“Your country is great, and our country, dis.
traded as it is to day, but with the glad sunshine of
victory breaking through the clouds, Is also great.
Yours in three continents, Europe, Asia, and Ame
rica ; ours in one, but scanning the whole continent,
from ocean to ocean. On the one side, from our At
lantic coast, our commerce, with its white-winged
sails, spreads onward to your porta in the East. Oa
the other side, on the Pacific coast, oiir great nation
is so close to that of yours that we oan almost re
alize the greetings of grasped hands, and thus the
two great countries almost encircle the globe.
“ I thank you for the cordial welcome given here,
. and, in response, I give you—Russia and the United
States: May the friendship between them be as per
petual as the stars.” [Great applause.]
' Our Russian Visitors.
■Washington, Dec. 12. Reciprocal courtesies
continue to be made between official personages here
and the officers of the Russian fleet. Last night the
Admiral and several or the offiaers attended oae of
the theatres, In company with the Secretary of State
and the English, French, Russian, Spanish, and
Prussian ministers.
Rumored Proposals of Peace—Probably a
Washington, Dec. 13.— The Chronicle of to-day
publishes a rumor,which, although unable to verify,
it believes that the truth is by no means improbable,
to the effect that Yioe President Stephens, and five
other gentlemen, had come down to Fortress Mon
roe, under a flag of truce, with proposals of peace;
that they asked to be received in their official capa
city as commissionerß-fromthe Southern Confedera
cy; that their request was refused, but they were
informed that they would be listened to only as pri
vate oitizens from the Southern States. '
Inquiry was made this morning in a quarter where
such a faot, if it existed, would probably W-kuown,
but nothing was obtained confirmatory of the ru
mor. If any commissioners, or persons acting by
the authority of the O onfederate Government, made
a visit to Fortress Monroe, it was upon another
subject, namely, the exchange of prisoners, which,
for certain reasons, is more probable than the rumor
to which reference is made.
Boston, Dec. 12. —The bark Emerald arrived here
this morning from New Orleans. She was on fire,
but the flames are now nearly extinguished.
Boston, Deo. 12. —The Are on* board the bark
Emerald broke out afresh this afternoon, and the
vessel filled with water, and sunk at the dry-dock
wharf. ,
Boston, Dec. 13.— The steamship Canada, from
■-Liverpool, has arrived here.
The bark Springbox, from Cape Haytien via
Turkß’ Island, reports that on the 22d ult., while
going into Turkß* Island, she saw a large British
propeller, bark-rigged,’standing for Salt Bay. She
was informed, at Turks’ Island, that she lay off that
place three days previous, and that her*officers are
Americans.
New Yobk, Dec. 13 —About midnight,-last night,
a Btrong southeast wind set in which gradually in
creased, and this morning was blowing a gale, caus
ing the tide to rise unusually high, and flooding a
large number ol ceilars on East and North fivers
doing considerable damsge. No material damage to
the shipping occurred. *The rear portion of the new
South-Ferry House, now in process of construction,
Was blown down, and the iron of which it is cm-,
structed broken into fragments.
Foethess Monboe, Dec. 12.—The steamer Cir
cassian, Capiain Eatia, has just arrived, from the
Rio Grande on the 26th ult. On the 9thinst., when
one day out from Charleston, she captured a large
blockade*runner, the steamer Minna, with a very
valuable assorted cargo. They brought the Minna
into Hampton Roads. Her osptain tried to sink
her, but the Circassian’s men got on board in time
to stop him. The Circassian experienced very heavy
weather.
Relief for Prisoners Altected with Small-
New York, Dec. 13.—A-letter-dated 11th, from
Fortress Monroe, to the New .York Herald, states
that General Butler had; addressed a note.to the
rebel Commissioner Ould, accompanying 1 a package
of vaccine matter, for the relief of the Union pri
soners who are affected with the small-pox on Bello
Island, and received a courteous response from Mr.
Ould.
The Export of. Gild*
New York, Dec. 12.—The steamers City of New
York, which sailed to-day for Liverpool, took out
*1,108,000, and the Saxonia $105,000. ■
Portland, Deo. 13.—The trouble with the gun
boat Acacia was occasioned by the bilge valve, un
der the engine, being leit open, probably'intention
ally, by one of the firemen. She will be ready for
sea to-morrow.
An Attempt to Rob the First National.
Bank of Trenton*
Trenton (N. JO, Dec. 13.—An attempt-was made
to-day to rob the First National Bank, at this place.
The burglars secured the sum of.three dollars.
" New York, .Dec. 13.—Arrived ship Arkwright
from Liverpool, ship W. S. Lindsay from Havre,
ship Webster from Liverpool, brig Mary Ann from
brigKured from Charlottetown, brig Pal
ma from Kio Janeiro.
The most important event that has .transpired at
Brazil for a number of years, is the complete triumph
of the Liberal party over the Conservatives. Out
of more than 100 delegates to the .Brazilian Lower
Bouse, only ten Conservatives have been elected.
The Liberals are in favor of opening the Amazon,
and establishing a line of steamers from New York
to Bio; Janeiro. There is no news from Pernambuco
of any importance.
' Cotton and Sugar arc both, high, and there is very
little of the latter,
Curing: ike pftßß.ge of 4ke PdibA i 1 ftrgo nuuUur
of meteors were seen, and a very brilliant one was
teen on the I3th inst., when near Sandy Hook.
Alto, arrived steamship George Cromwell, from
New Orleans on the sth. She broke one of the
flanges of Her propeller, thereby causing consider
able detention.
New York, Dec. 13.— ; The‘.cteamer Illinois- ar
rivtd here this morning. The steamer Empire City
aleo arrived.
The following is an extract, from a letter of Gen.
Meade to a friend iu Newark, New Jersey, written
just before the last movement of the Army of the
Potomao:
“lain fully aware of the great anxiety hr the
public mind that something should be done. I
am in receipt of many letters, some from persons
lu high positions, telling me I had better have my
army destroyed and the country filled up with,
the bodies of the soldiers than remain inactive.
Whilst I do not suffer myself.te.be influenced by
such communications, I am and have been most
anxious to ffleet something, am determined,
at every hazard, not to attempt anything unless my -
judgment indicates a probability. ol accomplishing
some object commensurate with-the destruction of !
life necessarily involved. I would rather a thou
sand times be relieved, oharged with tardinessbv in
competency, than have ,my consoicuce burdened,,
"with a wanton slaughter, uselessly, of brave men.,
or with having jeopardized the groat cause by doing
5 wh\t I thought wrong.?’
Tub Chase of the Rebel Tceaiury—attei; money
that oannot be had.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHraaTOir, D. 0., Dee. 13.
Congressional Committees.
Canard.
The Bark Emerald.
Tlie Canada at Boston.
The Gale in New York.
Capture of a Blockade-Runner.
Damage to the Gunboat Acacia*
Shipping Intelligence.
Gen. Meade on liis Late Movement.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1863.
Refusal of the Rebels to’Receive Supplies for
Union Prisoners.
Another Instance of Their
Barbarity*^
BaltTimobe, Dec. 13.—The following despatch was
received here this morning:
Fobt Monros, Dec. I % 1863.
To C. C. FuUon, Editor of the Baltimore American:
Please give notice that tho Confederate authori
ties decline receiving any mare packages or provi
sions lor the Union prisoners, ao that parties in
terested may refrain from forwarding any more goods
to this point. BENJ, F. BUTIiER,
Major General Commanding.
The Rev. Mr. Torrence, who went to City Point
with Dr. Clement O. Barolay, of Philadelphia, re
turned this morning. He had an interview with
Captain Hatch, who was sent from Richmond to
meet him. He informed him of the above decision
of the rebel Government, and gave as the reason
therefor, what they alleged to be an imputation of
their honor by the press and Government authori
ties, that they were not delivering the goods for
warded In good faith to the prisoners; and asserted
that, of his own knowledge, the officers in the Lib- ’
by prison, from the immense supplies they had re
ceived, oould set a table from their stores in hand,
equal to any hotel in the United States. He admit
ted that there had been some irregularities in the
supplies at one time, but that the officer who had
been guilty of neglecting the prisoners had been
promptly removed and punished* As to the bad
condition of the prisoners returned to Annapolis, he
eaid that they were extreme cases of consumption
and that it was n grave error on the part of the au
thorities to have relieved such prisoners to return.
For the present nothing would be received but let-;
tern and enclosures of money, and that 'Southern
money had better be sent.
THE STEAMER CHESAPEAKE,
Soullicm Kefiigecm Hal Ifux—Atrocity of
the Pirates*
Halifax, Dec. 12 —There is no doubt that the
Chesapeake left Shelburne harbor last night. The
city is thronged with Southern refugees.
New York, Deo. 12. —The United States gunboat
Vickßburg arrived here this afternoon from a cruise
in search of the Chesapeake. The steamer Cahawba
has also arrived from New Orleans.
Boston, Dec. 12.—Captain Willet, late of the
steamer Chesapeake, with eight of his crew, passed
through Boston, this afternoon, en route to New
York. The pirates forced the chief engineer, Joseph
Johnson, who waß wounded, Augustus Starbeck,
the third engineer, and three of the firemen, to re
main with the vessel, , ,
Captain Willet reiterates the particulars attend
ing the murder of the second mate, and says that, bb
a deed of unmitigated atrocity, it is scarcely possible
to find a parallel in the annals of crime.
. The dead body of the unfortunate man was allow,
ed to lay for a considerable time on the vessel’s deck,
until at length the pirates tied iron to it in large
quantities, and threw it overboard, the blood leav"
ing a dark and apparently indelible stain on the
plank where it had lain.
Portland. Deo. 12 —The gunboat Agawam pass
ed Owl’s Head at 4 o’clock this afternoon, bound
east.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Dec. 11.—News has been re
ceived from the new wrecking party engaged in
searching for the treasure where the steamer
Golden Gate was sunk last year. Four additional
boxes of the treasure have Jbeen recovered, and the
search will be continued while the favorable season
lastß.
The Los Angeles Vigilance Committee have taken
another prisoner from the possession oi the sheriff,
and hung him. He had been convicted of an attempt
to kill, and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in
the penitentiary. He had previously confessed his
guilt in the commission of murder. ’
CALIFOBNIA LEGISLATUBE.
San Fbancisco, Deo. 9.—Governor Sanford de
livered his annual message to the State Legislature
to-day. It exhibits a state of finances more favora
ble than was anticipated. It represents the agricul
tural and manufacturing interests in an imdroving
condition, and confidently predicts that the first fifty
mileß of the Pacific Railroad will. be completed
within the time required by the act of Congresß
Concerning the Federal relations, he advocates re
construction of the Union by treating the seceded
Stateß as territories.
San Fbancisco, Dec. 10.—Gov. T. F. Low was
to-day .inaugurated as Governor for the ensuing
four yeans. His message is devoted mainly to pledges
as to the State polioy, and it receives general com
mendation. He considers it a cause for congratula
tion that the election of ardent friends of the Union
to represent California in Congress by 20,000 ma
jority, must finally destroy all hope which the fo
reign or domestic foes of the United States may ever
have entertained of receiving aid or sympathy from
the Pacific coast.
A new company, consisting of leading capitalists,
has been engaged, and offer to save the Monitor Ca
manche, if-the Eastern underwriters accept their
proposition.
Sale oe Dakley’b .Dbawinss. —The valuable
■ and highly interesting series oi drawings made by
F. O.O.Darley, for the illustrated edition of Cooper,
are to be sold, we observe, in New York, on Thurs
day next, by Messrs. Leeds & Co., the noted art
auctioneers—a very interesting event to art col
lectors. It is very rarely that an original by Par
ley gets into the market at all, and how all at once
we have his most famous and characteristic styies,
numbering over sixty drawings, offered at public
sale. Ithas been seldomthat any series of drawings
so rich in picturesque variety has been offeredto the
American public. Parley, always brilliant and ef
fective, has never been so truly at home as upon the
soenes and characters of Cooper. Old Leather-Stock
ing, Tom Coffin, Fid,-took bodily shape and form
under his pencil. So thoroughly did the genius of
the artist Identify itself with the genius oi the
novelist that the names of Cooper and Parley have
. become indissolubly linked together. We hope some
of these sketches will find their way into our city.
Album Pictures.—Messrs. William S. & Alfred
Martien, of this city, have just published a beauti
ful series of pictures of birds and animals, on cards,
suitable for.photographic albums. One series, called
“ Birds,” gives portraits of a dozen of the most inte
resting birds. The other is entitled “ The Favor
ites,” and represents an equal number of domestic
pets. The attitudes and grouping of the pictures
are quite graceful,, and the coloring is exeouted with
admirable taste.
Labge Pobitiye Sale.of Fbench Goods, &q.—
The attention of purchasers is requested to the desira
ble assortment of Frenoh, Swiss,German, and British
dry goods, embracing about 376 lots of staple and
-*mcy articles, in silks, worsteds, woolens, cottons,
and linens, furs, umbrellas, &e., t. be peremptorily
sold, by catalogue, oh four months’ credit, com
mencing this morning, at ten o’clock precisely, by
John B. Myers St Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234
Market street, to be sold through without intermis
sion.
Public Entertainments.
Italian Ofeba. —This, the last week of the sea
son, promises to be the most brilliant. To-night,
“11 Trovatore ’’ should attract a great house. There
is no doubt that it is the most popular of Verdi’s
operas, as it is certainly the most melodious and
,passionate, containing some of the purest music of
the Italian school. The great quartet—Medori,
Sulzer,' Mazzoleni, and Bellini—will sing the opera
grandly. These artistes are in few respects sur
passed by any who have appeared in our Academy,
and we have beard no stronger company. The
ensemble is perfect. ,
Miss Kellogg in “ Martha,” on Saturday night,
gave new of her genius. Not because this
lady is an American -is she so popular, for music is
cosmopolitan, but because she is really an artiste of
extraordinary merit. Her voice is clear as crystal,
and charming in its purity. The delicacy and intel
ligence of her singing deserve the highest praiße.
The management will oblige many lovers of the
opera, who are unable to attend in the evening,'
by giving- “Luoia” as a matinee, on Thursday.
Madame Ortolan! Brignoli, Mazzoleni, Biachi,
Yppolito, and Collett!, will all'appear in this per
formance,
Mr. Maretzek will, we trust, keep to his promise
not to repeat operasj and produce “ Don Giovan
ni,” on Wednesday. He haß artistes ablejto do it
full justice.' * • ' " .
; New Chestnut-street Theatre.— The word
success ia a worn-out epithet to apply to Mr.lFoirest.
He achieved success years ago, and for him to
achieve anything else at this late date, would be too
wonderful to be believed. This evening Mr. Forrest
appears as King Lear, a character which many con
sider his best delineation, and which, it is unneces
sary to remark, he delineates with unequalled subli-
Johanna Claussen performs each Wed
nesday and Saturday evening with marked brilliancy
and to large audiences.
New Arch-street Theatre.—The dramatic al
liance, consisting of Mr. E. L. Davenport, Mr. J.
W. Wallack, and Mrs. Farren, have been perform
ing here during the past w.eek in a rSund of plays
which have been selected with the view of present
ing these performers in effective combination. This
evening, “London Assurance” will be performed.
Next Monday evening Frank Drew, who through.
England, Scotland, and Ireland has been .following
in the footsteps of his lamented brother, will reap
pear, after an absence of several months. He shed
a light upon the old Arch ; may he do so upon the
new.
Walnut- street Theatre.— Mr. John S. Clarke
is. in the fourth week of his engagement. He acta
in new plays as well as old. “ He performs this eve
ning '/.ach Clenck and Hem-y Dave . Of his ability we
have heretofore spoken at length.
National Circus. —The advertisement in this
day’s Press announces seven additional performers
at the great National oireasi on Mamet Mreeti
above Twelfth. Mrs. Warner, in directing the af
fairs of the institution, has already won for herself
a reputation that she may be justly proud of. The
scenes at the Circus are indeed like an ever-varying
panorama of living artists, or art and nature com
bined. This evening the public are promised the
nch spectacle of the rigs of Mr. Briggs, under the
direct supervision of Mr, N. Austin, deservedly po
pular as a clown. The baloutte leaps of Mr, T.
King, in which he is unrivalled, will also be given.
This establishment has become very popular; many
ladies and gentlemen Of refinement acknowledge
this by their presence on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons and evenings of the week.
The Tbmtle op Wonders, Assembly Build
ings, Tenth and Chestnut streets, where the chil
dren’s favoiite, Signor Blitz, holds forth, was
thronged with delighted and astonished audiences
last week, and the XJttle Magician will doubtless
have his beautiful Temple crowded, by old and
young, during tho coming holidays. Indeed, there
is no professional gentleman more deserving, and
none more succwffiil, than Signor Blitz.
Rev. F. E. Boyle’s Lecture.— A torture in aid
of the New Charity Hospital at Washington will be
delivered on Thursday at the Academy of
Music, by; Bcv. E.,-Boyle. . The subject is “ The
Monks.}’ The very great Interest which has hUherto
attached to the lecture season will probably hot be
wanting in the audience thfcn aud there assembled.
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An Imfortant Movement for the En
coitragkmkbt op Ihventions The Order of the
United American Mechanics numbers in its many
councils some of the best men in the country: those
who have inventive genius, but for want of funds
are mootly unable to receive the reward due their
merits. In order to meet what may be considered a
demand which ingenuity is always entitled to, a
movement has just been made in Diligent Council,
No, 42, of the Order, which, moat unquestionably
will be Attended with the most beneficial results, if
fully carried out as it ought to be. The prime mover
in tbis attempt to develop the genius of the country
is General W. F. Small, who offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted: *
Wherecs, Many skilful and meritorious inventions
baye been projected by American mechanics, which
have never been ftuly developed and perfected, because
the inventors have been without the means necessary
for their completion; and whereas, Wiile many valu
able inventions have thus failed of auscess, others have
been unjustly appropriated by persons not entitled to
the credit or rewards due to their tiavention ; and
whereas, the interests of eclence. and the welfare of
those who contribute so largely to its advancement, de
mand that such injustice should be. prevented, and
a proper encouragement extended to the authors of
worthy discovers? and inventions: therefore.
Resolved. Thatthe Mechanics’ Institute, Library, and
Ectroftt Association of Pennsylvania be requested to
take immediate measures for putting into practical
operalion the design (announced as oneofihe objects
of their organization) of extending aid to meritorious In
ventors, upon tho following, or some similar plan: Ist.
The creation of a fund, by the assessment of a small sum
'of money upon each council represented in tho Associa
tion, to assist inventors belonging to those councils in
prosecuting their discoveries, and securing letters patent
therefor. 2d. The establishment of one or more work
shops, or other appropriate means, to enable inventors
to complete their designs 3d. The establishment of an
office, or patent agency, under the direction of a compe
tent superintendent, for the purpose of preparing appli
cations for patents, and affording advice to members of
the order de? irons of obtaining? or renewing the same.-
4th. The adoption of such other measures as may be
necessary to enable inventors to work or dispose of their
inventions when thus perfected and secured by letters
patent.
Resolved, That, in the opinion of tlii3 Council, ample
moans to accomplish these objects, after refunding the
sums assessed upon the Councils, may be realized from
a 6m all tax or charge upon the profits of inventions thus
developed and secured, which their projectors would
willingly pay for the benefits received by, them, and
that eventually a large Tevenue would be derived from
tbo continued and extended operation of the system,
which would enable the association to realize ail the
other humane objects for which it was organized.
Army Contracts Awarded.— I The fol
lowing contracts have been, awarded by Col. Gros
man, at the Army Clothing and Equipage Office,
Twelfth and Girard streets: Wm. H; Murklinger,
Philadelphia, 600 pairs boots, at $3.34>£ per pair,
army standard; Young & Leh, Allentown, Pa , 1,009
pairs at $3.34>£ perpair, do.; Wm. Matthews & Co.,
Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3.35, do,; Wm. Mat
thews & Co., Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3.40. do.;
Wm. Matthews Sc C 0.,: Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at
$3 46, do.; Wm. M&tthewß St Co., Philadelphia,
1,000 pairs at $3.50, do.; Ashton ,T. Davis, Philadel
phia, 1,000 pairs at $3.40, do.; Ashton J. Davis, Phi
ladelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3.42K» do*.; Ashton J. Da
vis. Philadelphia, 7 1,000 pairs at $3 44, do.; Peter
Obrien, Philadelphia, 6,000 pairs at $3.44, do.; O.
P.Lewis, Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3 44d0.;
O. P. Lewie, Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3 do.;
O. P. Lewis, Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs at $3 61Kj
do.; John A. Evers, Philadelphia, 600 pairs at $3 45,
do.; John A. Evers, Philadelphia, 500 pairs at $3.60,
do.; John A. Evers, Philadelphia, 2,000 pairs at
$3.60, do.; Wm. Hellerman, Philadelphia, 1,000
pairs at $3 47K* do.; Wm. Hellerman, Philadelphia,
2 000 pairs at do.; Wm. Harman, Philadel
phia, 1,000 pairs at $3 48, do.; Wm. Harman, Phila
delphia, 1,000 pairs at $3 55, do.; Jacob Keadel, Le
banon, Pa a 4,000 pairs at $3.49, do;; Jaoob Readel,
Lebanon, Pa., 4,000 pairs at $3 50, do.; Jacob Rea
del, Lebanon, Fa., 1,000 pairs at $3.65, do.; Jacob
Readel. Lebanon, Pa., 4,000 pairß at $3.60, do. • C.
£. Williamson, Media,Pa., 1,000 pairs at $3.50, do.;
Geo. D. Koedel, Philadelphia, l/OQO pairs at $3.59,
do.; Geo. Powell, Philadelphia, hoop poles, for the
year 1864; Geo. Powell, Philadelphia, white, oak,
9H feet long, at $4 per 100; Geo. Powell, Philadel
phia, hickory, 9>£ feet long, ssperloo; H, b. Me-
Comb, Wilmington, Del., 200 sides welt leather, at
46c $ fi>; 200 do. do. at 45&c Vft ; 200 do.,df>. at 4GKo
tt>; 200 do. do. at 46a lb ; 200 do. do. at 4e#c fi>.
Christian Commission on the Battle
field. —The importance and efficiency ol this insti
tution as a present help to our men on the battle
field, was shown recently in the Army of the
Potomac. During the late advance of that army,
after the fight at Mine Run, in which the 3d Army
Corpß was engaged, the delegates of the Christian
Commission were promptly on the ground, and
with their own hands ministered to the wants of the
wounded, supplying them with such delicacies and
stimulants as they required.
The field agent of the Commission in a recent
letter says: “We have beeD fully occupied in help
ing somejsix hundredfwounded men of the 3d Army
Corps. We fed them with coffee, milk punch,
crackers, Ac. The men were very thankful, and
seemed unable to find words sufficiently strong to
express the gratitude of their hearts."
These men, who, but for this timely aid, would
have suffered great hardships, and many of them
would, perhaps, have died, were comfortably cared
for by the Commission’s delegates for over a week,
untU they could be oonveyed by the Government to
the various hospitals. _ _
Navy Yard Sailmakers. The sail
makers, who recently struck for $2.50 per day, at
the navy yard, have resumed work at their own
disadvantage. They first offered to \vork the full ten
hours per day, at the rate of 25 centß per hour, if the
Government would light up the loft. -This was re
fused. The sum of $2 25 was offered to the sail
makers for short day’s work. This they refused,
; and demanded the $2.50. The Government then
proceeded to have the work done outside, and
obtained partial success. The sailmakers finally
“ caved,” and resumed work at $2.50 per day of full
ten hours. The case stands thus: The Government
offered $2.25 for a day of seven hours and a half.
Sailmakers refused. They finally resumed work at
$2 60 for full ten hours. In other words, while they
increase their wages twenty-five cents per day, they
increaae'their term of labor two and a half hours,
thereby getting the rate for increased hours, just
ten centa per. hour. ; Uncle. Sam, of course, does not
suffer by the 'transaction. The- sailmakers in the
yard do not .labor as hard as th*e same class of ope
ratives do outside.
Naval.—The monitor Sangamon, Lieut.
Miller commanding, arrived at this port late on
Friday .eveniDg last, from Washington, and now
ließ at anchor off Christian-afreet wharf.’ She leaks
very badly, and will be - placed on the dry dock for
repairs as early<as possible. She was towed around
by the United States steamer Eutaw, which vessel
left on Saturday in search of the steamer Chesa
peake, instead of the Kansas. The l atter vessel has
her armament on board, and will sail during the
course of this month. Several other war vessels are
nearly ready for . sea. The supply-steamer Massa
chusetts left this port on Saturday for the South At
lantic blockading squadron.
Pennsylvania Hospital Items.—Mr.
John Clopp, aged 46 years, an elocutionist, was ad
mitted into the Hospital, yesterday morning, with a
fracture of his light thigh. He had slipped on the
icy pavement, near Tenth and Arch streets, about 4
o’clock in the morning.
Ann Bussell, aged 26 years, had her left arm frac
tured by falling on the Davement near Fourth and
Spruce streets. She was also admitted into the
Hospital.
Erwin Robinson, aged 25 years, was thrown from
a cart, near the Bull’s Head Tavern, West Philadel
phia, and was go badly bruised that it was considered
necessary to remove him to the Hospital,
An Impostor.—A. few days since, a tailor,
bailing from Newark, New Jersey, called at the
store of Mr. Middleton, No. 1U Tenth street, saying
that he had been recommended there for work, re
uresenting himself as one of a firm doiDg business at
No. 527 Race street. He exhibited a business card
to this eflect, Mr. Middleton gave him two pairs of
pants to make up. A coat to be made up for Mr.
Fair, at Ninth and Jayne streets, was also given to
the applicant. From the . fact that neither he nor
the clothes being heard of since that time, it is sup
posed that he is an impostor. Other storekeepers
will probably be on the qui vive for the fellow.
Testimonial.—A number of the Mends
of Capt. Thomas =G. Funston, late of the “Scott
Legion Regiment,” have.united for the purpose of
tendering him a complimentary testimonial benefit.
The claims of Capt. Funston are too well known to
need any eulogy from üb. But it is in the recogni
tion of Mb aid and kindred services that the public
can apply a balm that heals. The proposed testimo
nial is headed by his Excellency Andrew G. Curtin,
and nearly every public officer, both State and city,
have signalized their appreciation of the soldier of
three enlistments by attaching their respective signa
tures.
Waugh’s Italia.— I This celebrated exhi
bition continues to fill the lecture room at Concert
Hall evesy night. We invite all of our friends to
see it before it leaves. This is the last week but
one. Arrangements have been made to sell
tickets at the Hall during the day., Recollect this
afternoon, at 3 o’clock. The Hall was overflowing
last Saturday, and it is presumed will be to-day. Go
early. ~' • . .
Gale.— A southeast'"gale and rain pre
vailed early yesterday morning. The tide in the
Delaware and Schuylkill high in
consequence, but no material damage -was done
along shore. During:the prevalence of the wind a
flag-staff wasblowndown at Columbia avenue and
Frankford road, which in falling smashed down and
broke a number of telegraph wires. The needed re
pairs were promptly attended to.
National Union Caucus.—The National
Union members of the Select Council held a caucus
on Saturday, and elected'the following-named of
ficers: President, James Lycd ; chief clerk, Ben
jamin Haines; assistant clerk, Robert Bethel. There
was no selection of a messenger. The probability is
thatH6nry J. Fougery,the present incumbent, will,
be re-elected by acclamation.
The Five-Twenty Loan.—The sub
scription agent reports the sale of $942,650 five
twenties on Saturday, and $5,000,000 for the week.
The Department will deliver during the coming
week about four millions -of the delayed bonds
daily.
Accident. A young man, named
Thompson, was badly iujured, about twelve o’clock
on Saturday last, by beingjammed between two coal
cars, at Ninth street and Washington avenue.
Fire.—A slight fire took place between
5 and 6 o’clock yesterday morning, at thß People’s
Iron Works, on Front street and Girard avenue
The loss was trifling.
The attention of mbkchants in want
of a Salesman is invited to the advertisement of
“S. Si 5.,” in to-day’s paper.
[Before Mr. Alderman White. I
Alleged Dishonest Employee.
A 1 young mon named imiranr orohcn was at*
raigned on Saturday, before the police magistrate of
the Fifth ward, on the charge oP robbing Mr. God
frey Crouse, storekeeper on Souiih Fourth street, the
defendant being employed Ln said establishment.
For some time past, Mr.. Crouse missed some bills
every now and then that he had 1 - againßt
his- customers, but he did not even suspicion the de
fendant. Duplicates were made out. Upon pre-.
seating them, it was ascertained that they had been
paid. The receipts were produced, which bore the
signature of the accused. Mr. Cope, who had paid a
bill of $.7.10, identified the pcieoner as the individual
who received the money. Messrs, J.- Tilghman &
Co., Fourth and Market streets, paid the youugman *
$7 on a bill of S7:So, the fraction of the dollar being
allowed for prompt payment. Mr. Charles Ellis,
another storekeeper, pai* the accused $4.80, and ex
hibited the receipt for the same. The billß in the
first place having been clandestinely removed .from
the deßk of Mr. Grouse* the money having been col
lected on them by defendant, and not returned to
Mr. G.j the young man. was acreated. He had no
thirg to say in regard to the matter.
It is not known how much money had been col
lected by this procsss. In order to make a further
investigation, Ybo accused was committed in de
fault of $l,OOO, to await a further hearing, to beheld
on the 15th inst.
[Before Mr. Alderman Beltlcr. 1
D 1 s i- Unxged.
r T. W. Haywood, who was recently., committed to
await a further hearing on the charge of robbing
Mr; Katie; the keeper of a public bouse, of money
and checks to the amount oi"st/.00, was discharged
on Saturday, there being no I*3*l proof ftflduoed to
wairant binding over*
Claims of the Sewing Machine.—The
moat eminfnt medical authorities in the land have
declared that the habitual use of a Wheeler & Wil
son Sewing Machine in a family would accomplish
more for its health and happinew than the moat
potent medicines, have power to bestow- The
“ Wheeler & Wilson" maohine has been singled out
for this high encomium, doubtless, from the well
hnown faot that eewing upon it i« performed with
leas draught upon the strength of the operator than
on any other sewing machine ever invented. Besides
this, it makes the beat work, is more durable, and
performs a greater variety of work well, than all its
rivals combined. We wish it waa in.our'power -to
introduce one of these invaluable labor, life, and
money-saving instruments In every household in
the land. We are glad to find that the Agent for their
sale in Philadelphia, No. 704 Cheatnut street, is now
selling an average of more than fifty or these ma
chines a day, for Chiatmas and New Year’a preaests,
to wives, brides, sisters, daughters, sweethearts,
et cetera. Let the good work go on. All machines
sold at the Wheeler & Wilson establishment are
warranted, and kept in complete repair Cor the pur
chaser without charge.
kometer.
Elegant Stock of Goods for Christ
mas Prusests. —As the present week is likely to
be largely appropriated, by the ladies of our oity, to'
the purchasing of Holiday Presents, we would direot
special attention to the beautiful stock ;of goods
ottered by Mr. John M, Finn, southeast, borner of
Arch and Seventh streets. Among a score of other
useful and elegant classes of articles offered by Mr
i'iDn, his euperb assortment of fine Morocco Satchels
are attracting muoh attention. They are elegant
goods for presents, and his prices are far more rea
sonable than the same goods can be obtained at else
where. His stock in faneh colognes, embroidered
slippers, gloves, fancy book markers, hand mirrors,
Ac., is also rioh and unique, and in all respects wor
thy the patronage of all who are selecting tasteful
and appropriate presents. There are many desirable
novelties in Mr. Finn’B stock that the reader will
find nowhere else.
“The Unionist."—This is the appro
priate title of an elegant new style of Black Felt
Hat, just introduced by Mr. Warburton, No. 430
Chestnut street, next door to the Post Office, and
which, from its grace, convenience, and comfort, no
less than Ha identity, in a modified form, to his pa
tent Army Folding Hat, which has obtained such a
universal popularity among military men, bids fair
to become as great a favorite In America as the
"Republican Hat,” “Liberty' Cap,” and “ Kossuth
Hat” have at various times been among the nation
alities of Europe. “ The- Unionist ” has everything
to recommend it to gentlemen ol taste, and has
withal ah individuality about it at once significant
of the capital name it bears, and is every way wor
thy of being the National Hat—the civic badge of
loyalty—as we believe it is soon destined to become.
We may Btate, in conclusion, that the slightly varied
styles adopted by Mr. Warburton in trimming “The
Unionist,” will contribute materially to its popu
larity with the civic public.
Nothing Convinces Mop.e Effectual
tv THAI,- A Practical Test.— There has been
much said about the various Sewing Machines in
use, but the “ Florence" Machine, sold at No. 630
Cheßtnut street, speaks for itself. An examination
of this greatest mechanical achievement of the age toe
ten minutes, convinces every person of ordinary
intelligence that in it the neplus ultra of Sewing
Machine perfection has been attained. It distances
all competitors in the strength, beauty, and rapidity
or its work, and is sold quite as cheaply as the ordi
nary Machines. The " Florence” makes four dif
ferent stitohes, the lock, knot, double lock, and
double knot; it has a reversible feed motion, is
almost noiseless, and is adapted perfectly for ail
kinds of work. The demand for them, at No'". 630
Chestnut street, is unparalleled in the history of
Sewing Machines.
Suferr Presents for Gentlemen.—
Mr. J. C. Arriaon, Nob. 1 and 3 North Sixth street,
first stores above Market, offers, as usual, a’ most
elegant assortment of Gentlemen’s Wrappers, suit'
able for holiday presents. Having devoted great
pains to ibis department, both in the importation of
the choicest fabrics and the style of their manufac
ture, Mr. Arrieon not only offers the finest stock of
Wrappers, but sells them at the lomsl pieces. His
assortment of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods 1b
aIBO very rich, and presents real attractions to pur
chasers of presents for gentlemen. Ladies will
please bear this in mind.
'GSSie Dinners. —Mr. J. W. Price, pro
prietor of the People’s Dining Saloons, Southwest
corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets, is now feast
ing his patrons on the choicest game of the season.
The Bplendid buck which for several days past has
challenged the admiration and coquetted with the
palates of passers-by, is now going the way of all
caught game. Our word, for it, Venison on the
chafing dish, served in Price’s inimitable style, is
enough to make the most accomplished epicure
weep for joy. The choicest cuts of-this splendid
animal, we learn, are to be- served to-day and to
morrow.
The “Prize Medal” Shirt, ("cut by
Mr. John F. Taggart,) and sold by Mr. George
Grant, 610 Cheatnut Street, ia the beat-made and
beat' fitting Shirt of the age. Mr. Grant’a entire
atock of Gentlemen’a Furniahing Goods la the moat
atyliah in the city, and contains many article, well
auited for Preaenta.
The President’s Compliment to the
Soldiers.—President Lincoln at,the close or his
recent message, speaking of the soldiers of our army
and the sailors of our navy, says that “ it is to these
more than to any others that the world must stand
indebted for the home of freedom', 'disenthralled, re
generated, enlarged, and perpetuated,” With equal
truth may it be Baid of our esteemed fellow-towns
man, W. W. Alter Esq, No. 935 North Ninth street,
that to him more than to any other, our citizens are
indebted for the beat and cheapest coal sold in Phi
ladelphia. Send in your orders.
Extremes in Dress.—From fig leaves to
shoddy, from homespun to velvet, and from cordu
roys to slashed doublets, there have been all sorts of
extremes and varieties in dreßS and the materials
therefor. Adam and Eve were doubtless a little
proud of their fig-leaf suits. Cain and Abel luxu
listed iifcoatfs Qf skins. the ancient Homans flou
rished the toga, the original Scotchman deemed the
kilt the only proper wear, the North American In
dian was vain of his paint and feathers, the knight
of the middle ages cruised around with an iron pot
upon his hehd, the Georgian sported his shirt-col*
lar and pairof spurs, the Chinaman wouldjdierather
than part with his pig-tail, and the discreet Phila
delphian of the present day and generation is not
content unless he can cover his limbs in elegant,
comfortable,and becoming garments from the Brown
Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos.
GO3 and 605 Chesnut street, above Sixth.
Great Guns.—One of the most- interest
ing of the Department Reports is that from the
Ordnance Bureau, relative to the progress made the
last ten years in guns and projectiles. We know, or
always supposed,there were a great many “big
guns” in the war, and many of very large calibre*
for {example, Generals Banks, Grant, Burnside,
“ Fighting Joseph,” Foote, Farragut, Dahlgren, &0.,
but when we are told the number is about 6,000, it
must mean guns of a “ cast iron” constitution. The
way that it is to be acquired is to dress suitable to
the reason, and purchase your clothing "at Charles
Stokes & Co.’#, one price, under the 11 Continental.’
Mere physical insensibility to danger
does not constitute courage. Nearly all brave
men have been of finely organized, and therefore of
nervous .temperament. Julius C®3ar was nervous,
so was Bonaparte, so was Nelson. The Duke of
Wellington saw a man turn pale as he marched up
to a battery. “ That,” said he, “is a brave'man ;
he knows his danger, but faces it.” All men should
u face the music” and purchase their Winter Cloth
ing at Granville Stokes’ Temple of Fashion, No,
609 Chestnut street.
A Beautiful Present for CHiusTsrks.
—The improved Sloat Elllptio Family Sewing Ma
chine. Salesroom 721 Chestnut street, deio lot
Cabinet Organs fob
Holiday Gifts.
J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut.
. Oakfords’ Hats, Continental Hotel.
YV TT.T.< r " Y 1! 1;v l:;i'
Sewing Maohinks,
For Holiday Presents.
Fairbanks * Ewing,
j e 9_tf 715 Chestnut street.
Geo. Steck & Co.’s Pianos
For Holiday Presents.
Soft Hats, Oaliford’s, Continental.
Willcox & Gibbs’ •
Sewing Machines, .
For Holiday Presents.
Fairbanks & Ewing,
715 Chestnut street
CITY ITEMS.
Shyer Flint Buckwheat,
The finest in the world 5
“Basket” and “Crown” Raisins,
The largest imported;
Sweet Cider, made from
Belleflower Apples,
For sale by Davis Richards,
Arch and Tenth streets.
Willcox & Gibbs’
SBWING DIAOSINBS,
For Holiday Presents.
Fairbanks & Ewing,
de9-tf 715 Chestnut street,
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Furs—the
largett And beet stock in the sit;, At Ch&rlce Oak
ford 4c Sone’, Continental Hotel.
' Cabinet Organs for
Holiday Gift,.
J, E. Gould, Seventh and.Chertnut.
Messrs . Wood & Cary, No. 725 Chestnut
street, have reduoed the prices of their entire stock
of elegant Winter Bonnets; also of their beautiful
walking Hats for Radies, Misses, and Children-
Our readers shopping for presents should not fail to
visit this popular old establishment.
Wiltxox & Gibbs’
Skiving Machines,
■ For Holiday Presents. \
Fairbanks & Ewing,
de9-ti 715 Chestnut street.
Furs at Oakfords,’ Continental.
Geo. Steck & Co.’s Pianos "
For Holiday Present..
Oakfords’ Continental Hat Empo-
BIXTH.
Cabinet Organs for
Hollibvy Gifts,
J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut
C. Oakfokd & Sons, Continental.
Housekeepers, and those about going to
housekeeping, can aave from 10 t 0.16 per cent, by
purchasing their housekeeping artioles at E. S.
Faison & Co.’s. Kitohen Furnishing Rooms, No. as*
Dock street, bedow Walnut. oe9*-thsm-*t
Military Goods, Oakfords’, Conti-
BRUTAL.
Geo. Steck & Co.’s Pianos
For Holiday Present!,
New Style HATS-c-GhaTlaa Oatford A
Sooflt CoofeiaSQlal Hotel*
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Phtladbepuia, me, u
The market for gold wae somewhat mettled
ftad the fJrice frequently between
closing at the foiraer figure. The shipment to Europe
by to-day’s steamer was about a million and a half, the
contracts for which, howevsr, were generally completed
yesterday. Tbe money market was fully supplied atB
f*cent.» althoughthe banks arenotr liberal lenders. The
reins are still a little tight at some of the more promi
nent institutions. Government securities are la more
demand and prices advanced a fraction.
The stock market was buoyant, without any esseatfcU
change in prices. v A very healthy feeling was evlneedk
and buyers are more confident, while the ‘‘shorter'*
were looking correspondingly blue. The utmost effort*
of the “bears,” who have been hammering at a par~
ticuiar stock for some time past, had very little effect*
for it is very steady, and the demand is increas
ing. Beading was moderately active, closing at
yesterday’s figures—s9# bid, asked; Peanaayl
vania Bailroad was firm, with no l change; Cats
'Wissa Bailroad (both common and preferred) was
steady; the preferred celling as high as 31#.‘and closing
at 31ft asked, % bid. Elmira Railroad declined 1; pre
ferred also 1, the former closing 36®37; the latter 53®55.
Echujlkill Navigation, common, was steady, while the
preferred declined #. Long Island Railroad suffered a
severe decline, closing, yesterday, 40 to 42; it ha«
declined to-day to 35 bid, 39 asked.
North Pennsylvania declined #. Philadelphia and
Erie #. Lehigh Coal #. Sutquohanna Canal sold at
Ifift, same as yesterday. Minehiu Railroad sold at 60#,
an advance of %. Second and Third-street Rail way ad
vanced#. Beveateenthand Nineteenth-streets # Sprue®
and Pine #. Race and Tine #. Arch-street decline-! #,
Green and Coatee
In bank ehares there was nothing done, excepting ®
few shares of Corn Exchange which sold ar 35. They
were, howover, firm, closing at yesterday’s quota
tions.
The following is the monthly summary 0/ the value of
imports at the port of New York for November:
Foreign, dutiable $10,32&&»
Foreign, free ; - G35*2D7
Specie.... 103.144
Cash duties 5.075.84 S
intered for warehousing.. 4,950,415
Withdrawn from warehouse 4,084,18 i
Also, the monthly summary of exports from that port
during November:
Domestic merchandise
Foreign, dutiable
Foreign, free
Specie
Drexel & Co. quote:
UnitedStateß Bonds, 1831 - , .. ~l‘>gy'aiOfl'r
U. S. new Certifiiatos of 93 (A
2F. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness. 102 @IQ24£
U. 6. 7 3-10 flotea. 10»£«HJ6X
Quartermasters , 97}4(<h 98
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness........ arffl ii£±
Gold.. - 49%® fin
Sterling Exchange. ..-.134 QlfiUf
The New York Post of to*d&7 says:
The loan market i 3 inactive, and easy at 7 percent.
The issue of the fifty millions of two-years Treasury
notes to the hanks, this month, is expected to release a
large amount of currency now locked up and withheld
from circulation. On this account an easier money-mar
ket is expected, and this anticipation tends to check for
the present the development of the speculative spirit.
The stock market is doll, and there is no speculative
excitement, the volume of bnslnegs is limited. Govern
ments are .strong. Coupons of 1881 are wanted atKßtf-
Co ?J^sT e - t -5 Pen , tiBBatlooJ «’ and Currency certificates
at §£@9B%; Border fctate stocks she steady; Railroad
bonds dull: Bank shares neglected, and Coal stoekd
lower. Railroad shares opened heavy and closed with!
a downward tendency, New York Central, Erie. Pitted
burg, and Bock Island, being the most active on the list.]
The appended table exhibits the chief movements of
the market compared with, the latest prices of yester-
*B.'(fcnn.3& “ T -
B. S. 6s, 1881, con. .-...109 • 109*
TJ. 8. Seven-thirties.-.. 106% IC63£ stf ji"
g. 1- in cer., g01d....102* 102 %
U. B. lyr, ear..~~*~. 98 . S 8
American G014.~..~-.150% Igo % .. M
Tennessee 65.....-,—.. 69% 59 %
Missouri £6 $3
Pacific Mail. 216 215 1
New YorkCen-B IS2 132 K .. i,
Erie ~--~..105& 105% Z
Erie Preferred*—-«.-...101 & 102 .. <1
Hudson River. .....122% 122% %
Harlem -..£9 91 .. 9
Harlem Preferred 100 100
Reading.—.....-....—. 119 U9K .. t,
Michigan Central.*—.. 127 wH .. 2
Michigan Southern.—-.. 73 79 .. 1
Michigan South, guar..l32 234 .. 2
Illinois Cen. Scrip 117# 1173 k
Pittsburg -...1053a 10SK .. k
Galena ....108 103% , u
Toledo. 113 1U 1
Rocklsland.. 101% 104% .. fc
Fort Wayne.. 8131 8135 li
Philada. Stock Eicl
[Reported by 6. S. Slaymake
iiangc Sftieg, Dec, 13.
Philadelphia Sxeh&ace.tl
BOABD.
» Rreen ACoatea RR 45
200 N Penaßß.-fiOlya 2S
•2000 Penna(5 T 5........... 99%
SCoinExc’Bank..,. 85
200 Sell Ha Pref bs£int 3i%
ICO do.-.Pref...b3o 33X
20u0 North. Branch Bda. 37
200 Schuy Hay 6’s 1876 8-3
5 Hazleton Coal 63
105 Little Schlt Ecash 52%
3) Locust Mountain-- 32%
25 Mineliill R R 6J?t
BOARDS.
fibbt i
KOBea’g R.RC4P.b3S 60
.100 do ....2dys 59%
40 Race & Vineß.fi.. 18%
50Susq. Cana1.....b30 15?,
2CO City 6’a C&P. 100}*
- 52 Pennaß R.., 70 .
105 do 70
3800 TJ S 5 yrs option... .100#
ICO d0....d0.-cash.loo%
21C0 d0....d0 100%
S6O X Penn Scrip. 92
650 do 92
BET WEES
1000 Penna 5s 1555 99
7000 Penna R B 2d m0r.106%
13 Cataw B R Prefer. 31%
RSCOfiD
ICO Caiawiesa R R Pref 31}*
2CO do do 31%
600 Citj6 f s OVIB7Q C&P.IOOM
20C0 Union Canal 6s b 4 26
. 6 Arch R B 30%
2CO do .....fc3o 30
50 do 40
3CO Schnyl Kav Pro b3O 33%
2CO do Preb3o 33%
AFTER J
40C Reading R R C&P.......
S Oataw R E Brefer. SIX
5 Cam AAmboy R R. 165
2700 West Chester Bs-. 85
BOARD.
■ lCoSchuylNavPre...» 33*£
i 200 do-. Pre— 33J£
i 2S do Pre.... 33*£
TOO Bead B B CAP b3O 60
[ 20 Green & Coates.... 4a
. 5 Cam &Amboyßß,l6s
400 New Green 1
; 21C0DeLlIu.to.al lag.
‘boards.
nr-fißTwa pj
- - j
Bidi&ted.
U S 6* *81—.~~.1C9% IC9/a
US 7-30 Notes— .106}* 107
Phils 6s 100% 100%
Do new—.«..104 10414
Pennafa- —»•.. 99% 99%
Do Coups—
Reading R 59K 59%
Do bds 70..106 <■ 107
Do 65’80’43. ..
_ - • ' Sid. Asked.
Catswisss B Con 10& n
Do pzfd...... 3\% six
PMla & Erie B-. 29# 23K
Second-street-8.. 84#
Do bonds... --
Pifth-street B-... 60 02
Do bonds... _
Tenth-street 3:». 43
Thirteenth-st R.., 31%
Seyenteenth-st 8... ¥2%
Spruce-street R.. LS# 13#
.. ..
WPMJs 5... .. n
Do bonds ..
Arch-streefcß.... SO SO#
Ra«6-streat R.... 18% 10
Grsen-atraet 8.. 45 45#
Do , bonds
Girard Collef eB 27 27#
Lombard & Sonth..
Ridge Avenue R, ..
Beaver Mead 3.. ..
Minehill ..
Harrisburg- ..
Wilmington 3>. ..
E0aiCana1........ ..
Do 6s.
Lehigh Valß
Do bds’B6 conv.ll9 119)4
Penna R......... 70 70%
Do Ist m 6s 110 111
Do 2d m 6s. 206 107
Little Schnyl 8.. 52 52%
Morris C’l consol 70 72
Do prfd~*..l36 IS7
Db 6s *78....
Do 2d mig..
SshuylSfay..... 38 iB%
Do pr/d 33% 83%
Do 6b ’82.-*. 89 90
Elmira E .. 36 S 7
Do 63 66
Do 7s 73. .-.107 109
Do 105..™ .
L Island R...... 36 S 9
Do bds —...—
Lehigh If&v 69 59%
Do scrip.... 49 5j
Do shares.. ..
N Penna E...... UK U%
Do -fa SoK 86
Do 105«..... ~
Do bds—.. ..
Phlla Ger & Nor. ..
Cam & Amb R.—
Delaware Dlt...
Do bda—..
Phil&delphjftiEarkeUi
December 12 —Evening.
There is-very little demand for Flour either for export
or home use, but prices are without change. Sales com
prise about 1,200 bbls at $7 25@7.75 for low grade and
good extra family; $5.25@3 50 for fancy do. The re
tailers and bakers are buying at from $5.75@8.25 for su
perfine; $7@7.25 for extra; S7.SQ@S-50 for extra family*
and s9©lo hbl for fancy brands, according to quality.
Rye Flour continues scarce; small sales are making at
$6.6C@6.75 bbl. Corn Meal is offered at $5.5Q@6 bbl
for Pennsylvania and Brandywine.
GRAlN.—There is very little demand for Wheat, and
the market is dull, with saies 0f6,000 bus at 164@165c for
good and prime Penna. red, and 167 c for Southern do.,
white is dull and selling at 135@157c bu. Com has
advanced with sales of 8,000 bus new at 104®10ScJ$ bu,
as to condition, old yellow is quoted at bri. Oats
are in request, with sale 3 at S7@SSc, weight.
BARK —Quercitron is unchanged and held at $36 9
ton for Ist No. 1.
COTTON. —There is a bet'er feeling in the’market and
rather more doing. "About 75 hales of middlings sold at
SC@5l lb cash.
GROCERIES. —There is little or nothing doing In Sugar
and Coffee, but holders are firm in their views,
SEEDS.—'Timothy is wanted -at Si bush. Flax
seed is selling at $3.15 bush. Clover continues scarce,
an dis in demand at $7 50. Mo stly holders ask more. 3
PROVISIONS. —Prices remain the same as last quoted,
but there is very little doing. Bacon—Hams arein-fair
demand at ll@l3c Q lb for plain and fancybagged. Mass
Pork is quoted at $17.50@1S S bbl, for old- Lard is less
activeand held at 13>£(3J13c fb, for tierces ' Butter is
selling at from lS@27c Q lb, for common to prime
WHISKY is firm, with sales.of SOO bbls,*at'S3@9oe»
and drudge at S6c gallon.
. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
this port to-day
Flour;-,
Wheat.
Corn
Oats,
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OP TRADE.
THOMAS KIMBEB. Jr.,)
ISRAEL MORRIS, > Committee of the Mouth.
JOSEPH C. GRUBB. S
LETTER BAGS
at thb kbsohams* szohakqb, Philadelphia*
Ship PhiUdelphia (Br), Poole. •••«»•••»« Liverpool, soon
Ship The Craigs, Baker. • • .Liverpool, soon
Bark Meaco, Clark.... ...Bio Janeiro, Dec 12
Brig Marie Louise (Swed).Alineida-
Brig liilla- Day......................
Schr FCofiicv Cousens.
MAIirNE INTELLIGENCE..
POR.V OS' PHILAi}SLPHIA,Dec. 11, lßo3i
gUH R15E5.,a. ..7 24 i SUN 5ET8.,™...~~-.4 35
HIGH WATER......... - 6 54
ARSIVEI).
Iron-clad Sangamon,MUJer, commanding, from Wash
ington; was towed from Newport News by the steamer
Eutaw.
Brig Isadora, Bnesey. 10 days from Gardner, Me, with,
ice to Kennedy, Stairs & Co. , „ „
Brig' } NeUie'Mowe,J > ifce, 33 days from St Johns, P B,
with sugar, Ac, to John Mason & Co; vessel to E A
Bonder A Co.
Brig Nnova Providenzia (Italian), Rucrgeiio, 47. days
from Messina. with fruit to Isaac Jeanes &.Co; vessel to
E A Bonder A Co. -
Schr Henry Wolfe, Atkina. 1 day from Milton, Dei.
with lumber to Christian & Co,
Scbr Maria Ball. Bartlett, 12 days from Eastport, w?th
laths to Trump & Son; vessel to E A Bonder & Co. .
Bchr G W Carpenter. Hatc7?,T2 days from Yinalhaven,
with stone to E A Bonder & Co.
Schr Ann Cariet. Perkins, S days from Bangor, with
mdse to J E Bazley & Co. ' ,
Schr S C Fithian, Tuft, 1 day from Port Deposit, Ha»
With grain to Jas L Bewley A Co. -
Echr Chas Carroll, Mehsffey, 5 days from Middletown,
Conn, with stone to captain. . . r
Schr E C Dennison, Hathaway, from wareham. la
ballast to captain.
Schr J H Allen, Newell, from Port Monroe. .
Schr L Mnlford, Avis, from Port BoyaL
Schr H A Weeks. Ketchnm, from Providence.
Schr R Thompson, Sharp, from Dig-hton.
Schr Alexander. Boyle- frontPmey *““* • w
Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, 24 hours from N Yorit»
to WP Clyde. _
CLEARED
KJpanisliin Saxon. Matthews. Boston, H Winsor.
Biigßanloll”PiffW-.S YPm JKBizley & Co.
Brin Benj Tarver, Perry, Sc Johns, PR, do
Brig AbbyTbaxter, Coombs, Key West.- .. do
Brig API*. Eatery, Kingston, Ja» C C Van Horn.-
Echr Greenland. Evans, Havana, G W Beraadoa A
B Eehr E H Atwood, Rich, Boston, H A Iteckschar &
Schr J H Allen, Newell. Port Royal, Tyler dcCfe
Ector L Mnlford, Avis, Port Monroe. do
Eehr HA Weeks. Ketchnm. Newbern. do
Echr R Thompson. Sharp, Washington, -. do
Echr Alexander, Boyle, ~ do •: do
• Schr 'AgE Martin. Brower Beaufort. do
Schr C P St ckney Garwood. Newbern ABoyU.
Sfht Corn -PlWff, Brnmon. Washlnjftnn, B Jones.
Scliir Oero Edwara-i. Wmluv HampL™ Roaia. A
KcliiTi'iniup. Watson. Lynn, BlsMston. Graff* Ctf.
fckr Bolivar. Adams, Warokam, EAGuintara.
Str New Jersey, Hoxie. New York. A Boyd.
StrThos E CahlU. Mortazh. WashlßStoß. «aP;«U»-
Str Kuaales, MoDenubtt. New York, w P Clyde,
str U L Gaw. Her. Baltimore. A Grovea. Jr
Str Leader, Callahan, Alexandria. Tkos Webster.
(Correspondence of the ‘KS^U.
The following vessels remain at the Breakwater this
8 i?J?kK l i : nr?PK for Trindad: St James, for New Orleans;
hr?trifc; p^u,ft h and Frontier, for Boston; Henry Leeds,
f rt r Piriladefobisrschrs D W Vaughan, for New York;
v v fVmkifn for do; George Pales, for. Providence; EF
fnr Portland: Elizabeth,with latba for Baltimore.
t «iiv Hnffnlk. for DanveTsport; John Manlove, from If
vlVv fv« Philadelphia; Velma, in ballast.for Philadel
s- g Hart, with laths for do; also steamers Planet,
Port Royal, for New York, and Dictator, .for New>
Orleans Barks St James, and Andes, with a namberjtf?
other veet els. are getting ready to b&U. " %
Tonr?, Ac., AARON MARSHALL*
(Correspondence of The Press.) .
RAEDING. Deo. 9.
The following boats from the Ifniou Canal passajh into
the fchoylkill Canal to day. bound to Philad.*4^dta v
laden and consigned as follows;
America, charcoal to Shalter A Son;
to Malone & Trainer; Wm Maze,grain to AUjnK
Stevens, limestone to Thomas, hOrton St ISU nft 04
timber to SclmylkUl Navigation Co. .
AIEMORANpA-,"
Steamship Baxonia (Brem). Trantmamn, cleared at K
Tlteauißbip CUv r orßewY l brk (Br). Kennedr. claatwl.
"'ASiffif-fiSSSS dt BtUSMSp
lDtb Inst foiN.w OrtasaJr
$11,413,592
333,MS
56.534
.. 5,436,366
317.295;««
' "6B
-.-.2,540 bbJs.
.....7,300 boa.
6,640 bU3.
.....-5.10J bus.
......Havana, soon
.....Maianzas, booh
....Barbados, soon