thh press, YUWUBHJD DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOUTIBI; nAOHIW.FORHIT. QIHOI. No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STEIIT. fHS DAIIiY FaSSS, Ptrmß Um Pirn Week, t«.rabl« to thonatmt Killed to BtLbMrlben out or tbo Citr > l Btvaa Douuu, Pi* imnt TiMi Dollars a.vd Fivtt Cists vox Si* Holms t Ow .Dollar and Skvkntt-fiyr Gixts vox-: P W RH IioVTXA l&TarifcblT 1* idYanc* to* th* tint OL' c Mr* AdVtttUUMnU Insartod *t ths unal nt**. n* OnutoiutUat* * «ORRse. . VIIB WB.I-XVTSEKX’ir PRKSB, Hilled to Bnbwribor* oat of tbo Cltr *t Four Dollar! Pi* Aim. U idTRRoo. ' , COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAVY OLCTHS. WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS’ CLOTH HOUSE, l&'M. South SECOND and 83 bTEAWBERBY BTB. ‘ /ABKY AND NAVY. 6*vßlue Flannels, 8-4 Dark Bine Cassimeres, Bdo. do. Light Blue do. - ■> v do. do. 8-4 Jteik Blue Doeskins, !M“do. do. 8-7 Blue Clothe, B»i do. Castors. 6-4 .do. FUote, 6 4 do. Beavers. 8-4 and argjßs. RADIES' FANCY FURS. JOHN FARBIRA, K». TU A*OH STREET, BBLOW EIGHTH, Importer and Manufacturer 9JA&XES’ FANCY FURS Kt awortmeat ofPABTGY tubs for Ladlee and Chil dren Unoweomplet*. and embmeini every variety that Will be faehlonablo durlnt the present «e**on. All told at the mannfMtnnn' prises, for (nth. Ladle*, plea** tfTemeaeaU. oeo-im OPENING OF FANCY FURS. 4 OHNA. SIAM BACH, IMPORTER HD MANUFACTURER OP LADIES’ FANCY FURS, MO. SJIB ARCH STREET, BELOW BUTCH, ttai now open a aplendld stock of ' LADIES AND CHILDREN’S HBS, Whl*h will be eold at the LOWEST GASH FRIGES, o«S-Sm |IDRS! FURSI fiEOBGE F. WOMfiATH, JOB. *1» AED M.T ABCH STBEKT. BAB KOW OPBJT _ A PULL ASSORTMENT or LAPIES 1 FURS, Which the attention ol the public U barite dL mKMw PHOTOGRAPHS. IF E-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS COLORED IN OIL. THOMAS SMITH’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, 808. 14a ABB I*4 NORTH NINTH STREET. An aeeortraent of FRAMES constantly on band. SKY-LIGHT ON THE GROUND FLOOR, aeZ-lm ' * YARNS. yijr oo 'z On band, Md coneienments daily arrlylnt, of TUB AND FLEECE, * Common to Fnll Elood, choice and clean. WOOLEN YARNS, M 30 nts, flue, on liand, and naw supplies comint ODpTON YARNS, Nos. 8 to SOs, of makes, N. B. AU numbers andiescriptions procured at once, ■m OHere, ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, noll-mwilf CURTAINS & CURTAIN MATERIAIiS. jQURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS. 8i P. lEIT & CO,, DRAPERS IN OCETAIKS. CURTAIN MATERIALS, ' FURNITURE COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES, 5 , HOLLANDS, ' . UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIAN . BLINDS, Ac. N. B. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT. so2B-lm SHADES. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN PHILADELPHIA H. K. SLAUGHTER’S, 5X7 MARKET STREET. \ Bpa-lm . ' . , ■ WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. IA HANDSOME VARIETY OP ABOVE Goods, of superior Quality, and at moderate prices, frept constantly on band. ■f ' • FARR & BROTHER, Importers. deia-ft>tr 334 CIIaBTJfUT Street, below Fourth. WILLIAM KING’S ALCOHOL, CAM • FHINB. and BURNING FLUID, received ftesli dailrfronr Factory. and for sale by WM. KING. 117 ARCH Street; Factory, 1347 an* 13*9 FKANKFord CIVIL LIST. Black Cloths, 80. Doeskins,' Fancy Coatings, 80. Cafislxaerw, Esquimaux,' Chinchillas. Super Velvets, Russian Sables,- Tricots, True Blues, Soarlets, Billiards, Bagatelles. Lcceeded in replenishing onr Hew Styles of beautiful del-lm In Warp, Bundle, and Cop. 18 North FRONT Street, Philadelphia; VGL.7-M 117. RETAXIi dry goods. gPEOIAL ATTENTION SOLICITED TO OUR STOCK OF BLANKETS . Having unsurpassed faoilltle* for obtaining all the best makes of BLANKETS. we are now prepared to offer the largest assortment of goods in this line to be found in thlß country. Our long experience in this branch of our business gives os the opportunity to offer such. Inducements to the public as cannot be found in any other establishment. Selling more of these goods than all the trade combined, enables na to handle much larger, quantities, and thus gives tu great advantages over others who do not devote special attention to this department. TVe have noxo in store the folloioing celebrated makes: ■ ROCHDALE, ONTARIO HOLLAND, NORWICH., ... YOBKBHIRE, ; COCHECO, CUMBERLAND, HAMILTON. In their various sizes and qualities. GRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS; A Good Assortment of FOREIGN BLANKETS, Blankets Ranging in Price from $3 to $35 per Pair. The best AU-Wool Blankets in the City at $7.50/ the same as others are selling at $8 50, Alarge lot of good, warm Blankets for Hospitals will be sold LOW, for that purpose. To the Trade we can offer extra inducements, either by the pair or package. To Hotels and Schools at Wholesale prices. OOWPERTHWAIT & GO. If. B .—We would call the attention of buyers to our Immense stock of Sheeting and Shirting MUSLINS. 10*4 Pepperell and 10-4 Bates Sheetings. To the Dorcas,.Ladies' Aid, and other charitable Societies, would invita attention to our stock of WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Red Twilled Flannel, heavy, at 45 cents by the piece. COWPERTHWAIT & GO., N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sta. noZL-mwftdeSl g o Y S’ CADET SUITS, ADAPTED To' MILITARY SCHOOLS; ALSO. JACKETS, PANTS, AND OVERCOATS, OF FAHCT CAfeSIMERES, BELTONS, tin. COOLER; &'fcOMBD, \ NINTH AND •: MARKET. deS-tf M. AfEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, ' OFFERS FOB SALE DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LACE GOODS; LOOT Real Lace Collate, in eYery variety, from 50 ceate to $l6 each. 600 Lace Sets, from $1 to $6O eaoh. 600 Lace Veils, fromsl to $4O each. . 600 Valencienne Hdkfs., from $2 to sl6 each 100 Pointe Lace and Pointe Applljfa§, from $5 to $5O. Coiffures, Barbei, and every, variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBKOIDERIES. 600 Embroidered Hdkfs., $1 to $lO each. SOO do. Collars. 25 cte, to $5 each. 800 do. Eete, $1 to $lO each. Edgings, Insertings, Flounciaigs. and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. IN handkerchiefs^ The best assortment of Hdkfs in the city, including every variety of Ladies’, Gents’and Children’s Linen Hdkfs., In plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders, &c., &o.» from 12 ctß. to $6O each. Persons iu search offusefal and acceptable-presents would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. If. B.—Twill open’on MONDAY, the 14thinst., afresh Invoice of desirable goods, in Eich Lace Capes, Coiffures, Barbes, Hdkfs., Veils, &c., &c deS-tf "OLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES. A> —lam now selling large quantities of these goods much less than they can be bought. .Very heavy White Blankets at $4;. finer do. at $5; extra-size do. at $6; one casevery heavy all-wool at sB—these are very large; and two cases of the largest and best $lO Blankets in the city. They are all-wool and very heavy. Also, many kinds of better and finer ones of all sizes, that are very cheap. Heavy Blue Blankets, heavy Drab Blankets, and the heaviest kind of Gray Blankets that are made. COUFOKTABLES of the heaviest kind. lam baviflfe a large lot made that are filled with wool, which makes them much warmer and softer than cotton. They will be opened-on Tuesday morning, and the price will bo $3.50, $4, and 5; one lot of Pink and Blue Counterpanes, heavy, at $5 ; : one lot extra quality Marseilles, .at $lO auli $l2, that are worth $l5 and $2O, and cannot be imported, for lees. I bought them at Auction and offer them as &• great bargain. GRANVILLEB; HAINES. deli- mtuwsat4t 1013 MARKET St., above TENTH.- JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH STREET, would call the attention of the ladies, to his immense stock of DRESS GOODS, most of .which has been reduced for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, consisting of French Merinoes, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool and' part Cotton Delaines, Figured and Striped Mohairs, English Merinoes,.Wool Plaids, Plaid Dress Goods>..Cali coeß, &c. dsi-fcf 818 OPENING, gjg AT THE IRCB-STREJCT CLOAK STOKE, •W ■ A SASBBOK3 ASSORTHEKT Of LADIES 1 AND MISSES 1 CLOAKS. ao6-tf -gD. GR OS JEAN, ’ 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Respectfully calls the attentionof the ladles to Ms well selected stock of LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS- Also, a flue collection of Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Gents* and Ladles’ Handkerchiefs. INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered in the latest styles and in the beet possible manner. A fall assortment of EMBROIDERIES, NIGHT-GOWNS, CAPS, CHEMISES, GARIBALDIS, COLLARS, SLEEVES, COFFS, HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DRESSES, NETS. GLOVES, &c. /CORNER OF EIGHTH AND SPRING V GARDEN! BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS 1 PBICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE I We are selling beet quality of French Popline, all Silk and Wool, for »1.62>s per yard. Sold down-town not legs than $2. THORNLEY & CHISM. All-wool poplins and reps, lor 11. Excellent FrenchMerlnoes for $1.25. A fine stock of Delaines and Calicoes. All-Wool Plaid Cashmeres in great variety. THORNLEY & CHTSMr Corner of EIGHTH and GARDES. rpHOßN^^f^ Power*Loom Table Linens, Shaker and other Flannels, Extra Super-super Koch dale Blanket.*. Frosted Beaver and other Cloths,Caseiraeres, Jic. ,&o< VERY CHEAP. TTEADQUARTERS FOR SHAWLS l A-i- Long and Square Broche Shawls, Long end Square Blanket Shawls, Plaid Shawlß, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, &e. » Children’s Shawls, Misses’ Shawls, Gents* Shawls, Lone and if qua re Black Thibet Shawls, At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, 8. E. Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. QILKSI SILKS! Good Black Bilkk tor $l - for $1.20. $1.60, $1.75, $2, and $2 25 per yard. Plain Brown, Bine, Purple, and Green Bilks, for $l.OO, Black figured Silks, Plaid Silks, Ac , Ac. BEAUTIFUL BROCHE SCARPS, A LARGE STOCK OF BALMORAL SKIRTS, And all other Wnderf Goo^oonjj.rWna At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, no2l-2m Jt.B. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. I0»4r CHESTNUT SfRE&T. E. M. NEEDLES, load CHESTNUT STREET, Invites attentlonto his extensive assortment of goods suitable for USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS. - IN LACE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, EMBROIDERIES, VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS. 1034-CHESTNUT STREET. Tj'DWIN HALL & CO., 26 S. SECOND AJ street, have— -. LADIES’ SCARFS in great variety. JaADIES’SCARFS at $1 00. LADIES’ SCARFS at $1.25. LADIES’SCARFS at $1.50. LADIES’ SCARFS at $1.75. . LADIES’ SCARFS at $2 00- LADIES'SCARFS from $2.50 to $7, . SCARFS—WHOLESALE ANI> UtiTAIL, delO tf KETAIYj DRY GOODS. OPEN. RICH AND RELIABLB FUBS Of oar own Importation and Manufacture. HUDSON'S BAT SABLE, •ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK, REAL CHINCHILLA,' DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, In every fashionable style, for LADIES, . MISSES. AM) CHILDREN. FURS MADE TO ORDER AT TUB PARIS MANTH.LA, CLOAK, AND FUR EMPOR If ®, 930 CHESTNUT STREET, JT. W. PROCTOR & GO. noG-mwf*2m, qjSEFUL,' NEW, AND ELEGANT HOLIDAY PRESENTS. NO W OPENING FINE RACE AND BROCATELLE CURTAINS. SATIN, TERRY, AND REPS EMB’D LACE AND MUSLIN DRAPERIES. RICH TASSELS AND GILT CORNIGES, FRENCH FURNITURE COVERINGS, FLUSHES, &c. Also, PREMIUM BLANKETS, the Bnest (lu.lity made and MARSEILLES QUILTS of ell sizes. Superb Double DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, of aU sizes, with % and X NAPKINS to match. And H ANDE ERCHIEFS, Imported expressly for the ser.son. for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Youth, compristnc some very new and desirable styles of dol'd Embroidery, Hem-stitched, and Corded Border. SHEPPARD. YAK RARHK9EK, & ABBISOK, ds7-mw6oi 1008 CHESTNUT Street, JOSEPH AND~ WILLIAM E. WOOD, IMPORTERS’AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, CASSIMERES. TESTINGS. AKD ' ' TAILORS 1 TRIMMINGS, WHOLESALE AND BET AIL, NO. 8 NORTH SECOND STREET, de9-Im PHILADELPHIA. T£LANKET3, BLANKETS, Blankets, -- LJ CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP. Having bought moat of my stock of BLANKETS some time since, I am now able to sell'them at leas than Wholesale prices; 10- All-wool BLANKETS, $6.50/ > 11- do. Uo.. $B. 31-4 do. do., verv heavy, $lO 12- do. 'do., slightly damaged, $l2. 12-4 do. d 0.,, extra heavy, $l3. 12-4 do- do ; super quality. $l5. - - GRAY BLANKETS, GKA7/BLANKETS. One lot All-wool Gray Blankets, weigh 6 lbs, $3. 60. Do, do. do. do., slightlydamaged, $4.50, Do. ' do. Blue do., weigh 9 lbs, $5.50. A large assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS always on hand. Cali and examine our stock;- . ’ JAMES DENNY, dels 6t* S. E. Cor. ELEVENTH and LOMBARD Sts, TOW-PRICED CORSETS AND SKIRTS, at MR9. STEEL’S, 10T South TENTH .Street; below Chestnut. Paris Werly Coraets on hand. . - del6-6t* H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL • attention to their Stock, of FINS DRESS GOODS, all bought at very low prices, early in the season, and at Die recent Auction Sales : French Merinoes, 76c to $2.60. French Poplins and Reps, 87&c to $175, Dress Goods of every variety, 20c to $3. 8;000 yards two-yard wide Jtferinoes, $1.25. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $3.25 to sl3.'- Broche Shawls, great bargains, $9.50 to-$l 4. Circulars and Sacqnes, of all kinds of Cloths, at low 3*rices. Fancy Silks, $1 to $5. Plain Poll de Soies, $1.25 to $2 50. Moire Antiques and Corded- Silks, $3.60 to $6. Nos. 713 and 715NorthTENTH Si. 1 Lot All-wool Shake? Flannels, 62>aC, worth 80c. no2S JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &c. (jgjJETS FOR TBE HOLIDAYS. . »5 PER CENT. SAVED BY'PURCHASING TOUR WATCHES, JEWELRY* BILYER-PLAfSB WARE, D. W. CLARKES, 60a CHESTNUT STREET, Where may be found a fine assortment of the-followins Goods, at Twenty-five per cent, less than ah any other csteUyhment: GolaWatchea, Silver Watches, Plated Watches, American Watches, English Watehes, Swiss Waiahea, Bracelets, ’ Setts, Pins. Ear Rings, Finger Bings, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Medallions, NeckGhains, Guard Chains. Chataline Chains. ” Vest Chains, Pencils, Thimbles, Pens aai Cases, Tooth Picks, Gents’Bosom Fins, Gents’ Scarf Pins, * Gents’ Scarf Rings,. Armlets, 1 Charms. Watoh Keys, Watch Hooks. Watch Bars, SILVER-PLATED WARE. '' ** Tea Setts, Wlue Castors, Dinner Castors, Breakfast Castors, Cake Baskets, Card Baskets, Butter Coolers, Sugar Bowls, Salt Stands. . Call Belle, Goblets, ' Cups, _,, Spoon Holders, Napkin Rings, Syrup Pitchers, . Cream Pitchers. Table and Dessert Spoone, Tea and Salt Spoons, Egg and Mustard Spoons, Dinner and Tea Forks, Fish and Pie Knives, Tea and Dinner Knives, Oyster and Sono Ladles, Children’s Knife and Fork, Butter Knives, Ac., Ac. One eall will convince the most incredulous that the cheapest place in the city to bay Watches, Jewelry, and Silver-Plated Ware, is at 609 CHESTNUT Street. N. B.—Fine Watches and T ewelry carefully repaired by the most experienced workmen and warranted. ' no!8-tde31 WATCHES AND JEWELRY. J E. CALDWELL & CO., 822 CHESTNUT STREET, Have received a large assortment of Rich Goode, of heir own Importation, comprising NOVELTIES OF THE PRESENT SEASON OPERA AND FIELD'GLASSES. RICH FANS, entirely new designs. COMBS, in Gilt, Shell, and Steel. ENGRAVED GLASS VASES AND CARD RECEIVERS. SPLENDID DEOORATED FRENCH PORCE LAIN VASES, CARD-RECEIVERS, AND FLOWER STANDS. DRESSING OASES for Ladies and Gentlemen. RICH JEWEL CASKETS, GLOVE BOXES, WRITING DESKS, LIQUOR CASES, So. CORAL, TORTOISE SHELL, AND STEEL JEWELRY. BRONZE STATUETTES, ANIMALS, INK STANDS, MATCH- SAFES, CANDELABRAS. MANTEL CLOCKS,-Marble, Bronze, and Gilt. RICH JEWELRY, Diamond, Pearl*, and all the Precious Gem*, Gold and Enamel, SUPERIOR WATCHES, Amerioan, Swiss, and English. SILVER WARE, of every description. PLATED GOODS, American and English. nol4-tde2S ft. EUSSELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH Street, has just received a very handsome assort ment of FINE SEAL RINGS. . no2*3m 455, PINE WATCH REPAIRING fiK attended to by the most experienced workmen, and every Watch warranted for one year. G. RUSSELL, . no2-Sm 33 North SIXTH Street. Q.OODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Nearly one hundred different kinds of GAMES AND PUZZLES, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP PAPER DOLLS. Two hundred different kinds of TOY BOOKS, Beautifully Colored. A B C BLOCKS AND CARDS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, JUVENILE BOOKS, Sc., Sc., At Low Prices by the quantity to dealers. T. ELL WOOD, ZELL & CO., Wholesale Booksellers and Stationers, and Manufacturers of Photograph Albums, . Non. 17 and 19 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. 4,16 Ctlp Bwad, floor. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1863: %\i -jins*. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1803 The King tear of Edwin Forrest* “King Lear” was on Monday evening produced at the New Chestnut for the first time this sea son. By very many it is considered the character of ShAkßpeare, and the impersonation of Mr. For rest. However clearly the standard may be under stood, taste will sometimes differ in its judgment of genius, and reasoning upon so affluent a sub ject will never direct &U minds to the same conclu sion. Shakepesre, who, by the way, has nearly completed his three-hunOr.edth year, has presented the world with so many instances of beauty and sublimity, that he may be said to have sucked the fountains of dramatic resource dry, and to have left but slender chances to less gifted followers. His characters were, real men. and wo men, not a parcel of words, with the name of the character who was supposed to speak them prefixed. Consequently, his plays are something more than a mere jumble of the parts of speech, although the unwarrantable freedom which, playwrights and adapters have taken with them would seem to sug gest that they considered them but little better. ‘'Lear” is an instance Of this. It has been cut Into and out out of; speeches have been interpo lated and exscinded ; the plot of the playwright has beep intertwisted with the plan of/the poet, a wheel within a wheel, and the original tragedy has been “adapted” to the. requirements of stage effect. This is just as much the fault of the publio as of any individual. It should long ago have had intelligence enough to know when the Shakspearian text was adhered to, and energy enough to disoourage impertinent alterations. Mr. Forrest has taken pains to preserve entire the character o l King Lear, knowing that without such care the beat performance would be but a travesty. The manner in which he delineate* the childish, loving, passionate, broken-hearted old king, is something to be vividly remembered for years and years j to be treasured up as a wondrous picture upon which we delight to gaze from time to time, and to be witnessed with a thrill, and sus pense, and holding of the breath, suok as cannot be created by any other actor. From the flrßt scene, where Lear appears in a room of state in his palace, to the last over the body of the dead Cordelia, lies & vast field for the display of passion. The enacting love whioh pets itself up, and feeds and derives sustenance from the ex pressions of doating affection it covetss the en raged disappointment whioh ensues at the diffidence and seeming coldness of the cherished daughter Cordelia; the speedy disoovery of the ingratitude and horrible hypocrisy of Ilegan and Goneril; ihe awful denunciations which ensue; the unsettlemeht and final overthrow of reason; the recognition of Cordelia' to the last hours of life; the agony and death of the old King over the corpse of the only daughter whom he had treated with harshness, yet who repaid it all with loving-kindness—these pro vide the tragedian with an almost unexampled op portunity for sounding all the heights and depths of human passion. They are rife with elements of love, pity, terror, hate, rage, remorae, The study which Mr, Forreat has given to the character of King Lear is evident not only in those grand pas sages of the poet which could not but produce some effect, even when interpreted by an indifferent actor, but in all the slighter phases of the characteriza tion. Having drunk in with pleasure the protesta tions of Regan and Goneril, the old king turns to his darling Cordelia, and addresses her, not as he ad d res seeher sisters. His voice grows more melodi ous and loving; he vacates his throne, and advances, with trembling Bteps, towards that object of his tenderest solicitude and nurture, exclaiming, in tone's bespeaking a comfortable assurance of an abundant return of the overwhelming love his bosom grants: . '‘Now, ourjoy. Although the last. not least; to whose you.ni lore The vines of France, and milk of Burgundy, , Strive to he witnessed, what can you say to draw A third more opulent than your sister*? Speak” The action which accompanies this passage in Mr. Forrest's rendition, the incredulity and Burprisfrwith which he listens to Cordelia “ so young and so unten der,” the petulant forbearance with which he grants' her time to prove that her words go not with her heart, contrast finely with the burst of excitement in the retort of Lear, “ Thy truth then be thy dower,** the blind passion with which he rebuffs and banishes the faithful Kenf> and the fierceness with which he turns on Goner&t when she would cut down his train to half its size, with - “Deterted kite r thou llest, My train are men of choice - and rarest parts, That all particulars of duty know,” eic. Perhaps the portion of the play which on Monday evening awoke the greatest enthusiasm was the ourse pronounced against Goneril, at the conclusion of the first act. It is not possible to convey to those who did not see and heat it, an adequate concep tion. It would be like describicg eCght to-ihe blind, or hearing to the deaf. Anew sense would be re* qulsite to take in the meaning. To those whn did tee and hear it, it will only be necessary tomake mention of the absolute abandonment ot the actor ‘ to tbe character. Mr. Forrest seemed not to be Mr. Forrest, He became King Lear. We feel convinced that he entirely lost the consciousness of his own identity, and became identical with the outraged old monarch. And when the curse was pronounced, and he was half borne tottering away, the applause was so tremendous and long-continued as to prove that intelligent enthusiasm had reached its highest bounds. Ab a specimen of enraged invective, the curse pronounced against Goneril was the principal point made. But it is not in invective alone that Mr. Forrest excels. In his quiet scenes he is unspeakably tender and effective. Hia reply to Regan, “I gave you all,” when she informs Mm that she will give place or notice to no more than twenty.five of the hundred knights which Goneril has already cut down to fifty, was wonderfully pathetic, and the varied intona tion and action which expressed the passage com mencing, * ‘ Oh, res son not the need—our basest beggars * Are in the poorest thing superfluous. 51 were the completest framework for suoh thoughts that can be conceived. So, in his wanderings through the storm, and in his encounters With Edgar disguised, the voice with which he makes his- frequent allusions to his daughter might have melted the hearts of Goneril and Regan themselves, had they had any hearts to be, melted. . A great opportunity to this great actor is presented in act fourth, where Lear enters fantastically dressed with flowers. The re* ply, “Ay, every inch a king,** was delivered with x royalty of look, attitude, emphasis, and bearing, which bespoke the blood of a line of kings. The re*, mainder of that remarkable passage was likewise delivered with that wonderfully expressive intelli gence which is the idiosynorasy of Mr, Forrest’s genius. The interview which soon after follows with the faithful Cordelia, is all quietness, gentle ness, full off a pathos which renders tears irrepressi ble, and prepares us for the calmness of the agony which besets Lear in the last moments of his life. The last words of Lear are very few, and he who reads in his closet those few lines is most remarks bly gifted if he clothe them with an iota of-the mournful expressiveness with which Mr. Forrest arrays them. To appreciate the beauties of the impersonation, however, requires a more careful looking Into than the mere playgoer is usually disi posed to yield, even to the most, exalted efforts of the mostexalted poet ortragedian. “Lear” ia a play which, properly studied, is of more advantage to the health of mind and heart than any mere learning of thesohools. True, we must bring this learning with us to help it, for we have not the spectacles of Shakspeare; we do not understand men and things with the godlike intuition of his rain-, bow genius; we cannot sound the depths of the breast of man, and survey all the precious spoils of that turbulent ocean washed up in tribute: to our feet. It need not. be wondered at that the older men grow the more they read Shaks peare, and the better they understand him, and that the majority of those who, in early life, attained proficiencyina knowledge of him, were precocious either in heart, intellect, or will. It need not r bet wondered at that in this, his three hundredth year, his renown is stronger than it ever was before, and that in every quarter of the globe evergreens of fame are branching out from the one evergreen of his majestic self. Least of all need it be a matter of surprise that the highest ambition of the bestactors, after the time of Shakspeare, has been fitly to in terpret him, and that the lifetime of the most stu pendous genius has never done him more than justice. Happy is that tragedian who never does him less. Beholding the sudden and Tearful outbreak of Lear against Goneril, all who witness the play in its progress are prepared Tor a similar burst of rage against Regan, If Goneril, by curtailing her father’s train of hundred knightSj thus draws herself such awful denunciations, what can Regan expect, who goeß to the length of putting the king’s messenger in the stocks! Here, in the encounter with Regan , are finely pathetic passages, which are not, however, generally dwelt upon as such, Lear's unwillingness to believe that this fresh outrage could have been intended, or, at least, perpetrated by Regan,, the tenacity with which he. clings to that one daughter, the loving obstinacy with which he shuts his eyes to the soul-sickening truth which stares him so relentlessly in the face, were all given with fine effect by Mr. Forrest. Among these pas sages are his reply to his daughter’s, welcome, com mencing ; “Regan, 1 think yon are; Iknotr what reatori I have to think so. If thou slioulds’cmot he glad, I wontd divorce msfrom thy mother’s tomb,- Sepulchring an adnltress. ” Another: ‘ Ask her forgiveness ? Do you but mark how this becomes the house Deter daughter, I confess tltal lam old ; Age is unnecessary ; on my cnees Tbeg ( kneeling ) That you'll vouchsafe 'me raiment, bed, and food,' And another : “ No, Began, thou shalt never have my curse ; Thy teuder-hetted nature shall not give Thee o’er to harshness ; her eyes are litter, bat thine Do comfort and not burn." And, again, the confidence with which he turns to Regan, when Goneril again confronts him, confident that at least “he can stay with Regan, he and his hundred knights,” until Regan, discovering unmis takably her true character, exolaims : “ If you will come to me, (For now I spy a danger,) 1 entreat you To bring but five-and-twenty ; to no more “Wlil I Rive place or notlco. ” have already adverted to the pathos of his re ply* I you all ’’—words whloh arc doubly pa thetic, coming between the harshness of those to which they are an answer and the insolent cruelty of Regan's retort, “ And ’ in good time you gave it.” Ilerc follows tho ssoao whew fee is bandied about between Goneril and Regan , and whora Lear concludes his invocation to Heaven with „ T 1„ ‘‘Yon think I’ll weep : No, I’ll not weep. I have full cauFe of weep'ngi but this heart frhall break into a hundred thousand flaws ‘ Or ere I'll weep. 0 fobl, I shall go mad!” Bnt where the character pictured by the poet is complete in itself, like that of Lear, and where the impersonation does such oven justice to it, as the impersonation or Mr. Forrest does, it iB but a par tial and ungrateful business to piok out beauties here and there. It is like discovering what part of a sun or star shines brighter than the other parts, • or pronouncing what feature of a perfect countenance we most admire. Still, where one cannot foll&w ’ line by line the poet And the tragedian, there is a cer tain pleasure in reverting to those poiotß which, ffomthe veiy circumatanoes of the oase, impressed him most vividly at the moment. In the third act Lear is exposed So the storm upon the heath. The passage, Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters, 1 tax not you, you elemouta. with uukindnaas ; I never gave you kingdom, called you children ; You owe me no subscription; why, thou, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand your slave— A poor, infirm, mad, and despieed old man. But yet I call you servile ministers, - Thathave with two pernicious daughters joined Your high engendered babbles, ’gain6t a bead So old and white as this. O! 0! ’tis foul!” was given quietly, with calmnpss, and almost with submission; but the lines, * .. “Pour on; I will endure In Stick auipnt as this! 01 Regan, Goneril! Ycur old,.kind father, whose frank heart give you all. 0, that way madness lies; let me shun that; . No more of that—” were spoken with a heart-broken and impassioned utterance, which once more reminded the audience that King Lear, and not Mr. Forrest, stood before them. : -So in the encounter with Edgar t disguised as a madman, the words of leer: # *.* ‘What, hava his daughters brought him to this pass ? Cccidn’t thou save nothing? Bid’st thou give them all? ’ ; . . “Death, traitor! nothlnff.couldhavefmbdued nature. To such slowness, but his unkipd daughters,- became, between the lips of the tragedian, as elo quent as the poet intended them to be. The finely conceived piece of acting in which the poor old king is drawn away, exclaiming^ 1 * Make no noise, make no noise; draw the curtains; We’3l so to supper in the morclng," " was'llkewise unspeakably effective. The fierce invectives whioh mark Lear's speech with Edgar , in the fourth act, contrast vigorously with the mournful quietude which- distinguishes his interview with Cordelia, and this leads us naturally to the calm torture of the cioßing scene, of whioh we have before made mention. The man of refined intellect, warm imagination, and quiok sympathies, would, we think, scarcely be able to say certainly that he preferred Mr. Forrest’s impersonation of King tear to any of his other impersonations. The character seems to belong peculiarly to Mr. Forreat. The man who would venture to play it wouidindeed be excessively ambitious. Physically and intel lectually, Mr. Forrest and'the character of King Lear seem to be cut out for one another. We can call to mind no actor who unites all the qualities so ez sential to a perfect execution of this arduous role , and after having witnessed Mr. Forrest, the impres sion loft is so wonderful, vivid, /self-asßerting, that no one ever deßires to see the character in any other hands. The delineation awakens a prejudice in its own favor, which, if time overcomes, will not, at least, be overcome in Mr. Forrest’s day. The very highest powers of the tragedian are called upon, and are re quired to be exerted, not in isolated passages, but throughout the tragedy, from beginning to end. To use these powers judiciously has been the end .and aim of Mr, Forrest’s dramatic career, and in this character especially all his physical gifts appear to* the best advantage, and lend his genius incalculable aid. In this glance at Mr. Forrest’s portraiture of Lear, we have been obliged to pass over many minor beau ties. It is a character which we hope Mr. Forrest will repeat ere his present engagement terminates. The densely thronged house which on Monday eve ning hung upon his utterances, testified, as well by their hushed attention ashy their tumultuous ap plause,-that Lear was not only most artistically per formed, but that it ranks amoDg Mr. Forrest’s best impersonations. This iB thinking and saying a great deal. » Hew Publications# The first number of the Philadelphia Photographer, a monthly journal published by Benennap& Wilson, haa just appeared. It will supply a want experi enced' by the profession as well as by amateurs. Each number' 7 will Nave for itß-frontispiece a su perior specimen photograph. This month the sub ject is the “ Loan of a Bite,” photographed byF. Gutekunst; or Philadelphia, from H. G. Shenton’a engraving after the late William Mulready’s well known painting. This photograph is worth the price of the whole number, and was made with a Harrison Globe lens. The literary artioles'include, among other things, a rdsumd of the history and processes of photography; Letters to an Engineer, by Coleman Sellers; On the Relative Merits of Dif ferent Lenses, by F. A Wenderoth, and Minutes of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. If the wSll be a valuable addition to the literature of science. v. • .English Pictorials.— - We have reoeived the *K{nus of the WorJd.pt the 29th ult., and the Illustrated also, the Illustrated News of the World of the 28th, from J. J. Kfomer, «ioa Chestnut street, newspaper agent. The engravings are gene rally very fine, as they usually are in these picto rials. Can Paper be Made of the Palmetto Tree# • r' Camp 3d"Rbgt., V. S. G. Troops, ■ Morris Island, S. C., Nov. 28, isci. To the Editor of The Press: Sir; Believing that you feel a deep interest in everything that affects the interest of the public, and especially the reading public, and as the reading public are interested in everything that affects the price of paper, I feel sure that you will excuses stranger for obtruding upon your valuable time in order to call your attention to what he considers may proveto be of great importance in the manu facture of that important article. 1 herewith transmit for your inspection a samDle of the fibre of the palmetto tree, taken from a stump in a state of decay. The section with the bark on it exactly represents the tree. The balance, you will observe, I have divested of its woody sub stance. I have not examined the green tree care fully, but am convinced that the fibre 1b not the pro duct of decay. I have made inquiry, and learn that there may be millions of tons of this wood obtained along the coast of Georgia and Florida. If, upon examination, you should deem it of suffi cient importance to bring it to the notice of your numerous readers, or should wish to pursue the in vestigation further, I shall be glad to render any assistance in my power. I am satisfied that the fibre could be spun, and, therefore, made into ropes; and ropes made of the palmetto tree, just at this time, would be highly suggestive (not to say in teresting) to some of the chivalrous sons of the Pal metto. State. Hoping that these suggestions may prove useful, I am, air, your obedient servant, SAML. J. FINLEY, First Lieut., Go. A.. 3d U. S. C. T. Tile NegvoXaws in Louisville, Ky. . Louisville, Ky., Dec. 10,1863. To the Editor of The Press Sir : I enclose you a scrap from the Louisville Democrat. This paper says contrabands are arrested by the municipal police for hiring their own time, &e. This arrest is in direct violation of the military rules ofthe United States army, and the provost marsbal of this city is well aware that slaves from other States than Kentucky are arrested by the po lice oi this city and confined in a filthy prison, and have afterwards been sold. Proceedings of this character were at onetime stopped, when Colonel Moore, 25th Michigan Infantry was provost mar shal of the city. How matters are relapsing into their old state. My object in writing to you is to ask you to use all your influence in this matter to prevent such traffic. I would call attention to some of our city officials, but as I believe them rather lame on this subject, I know of none better than yourself to bring the matter to notice at Washington. Very respectfully, JUSTICE, j The Louisville Democrat, of the 10;h inst., says: i “ The policemen yesterday arrested a number of contrabands who have been hiring their own time, and placed them in prison. There is . a city ordi nance against negroes hiring their own time, and.it should be strictly enforced.**; . District Headquarters.— Gen. Rousseau and staff are now comfortably located in the palatial Residence of John M. Bass, on Church street. The quiet, order, and system in hia headquarters are only “straws” that show his energy and efficiency on the battle-field. -? His assistant adjutant .general, Capt. Thomas C. Williams, is also becoming a favo rite with all who come in contact with him.. His politenes and administrative skill in the business of his office adorn his character no less tnan his bra-. very and coolness in battle. We are well pleased with our first “official” visit to headquarters— _ pleased with the regularity, , smoothness, politeness, and^expedition with which business is conducted. We prophesy the achievement of much substantial §* ood-from the administration of Gen. Rousseau and is.effiaient staff.—Nas&vifte Press, Dec. 7.- Capt. Thomas O. williams, referred to above, iB a Philadelphian, son of Capt. Williams, of Adams; Express Company. He was orderly sergeant of Col. Biddle’s Artillery previous to his appointment in the regular army. All who know him know, that the compliment paid him by the Nashville Press is well deserved. “ Hanging on our Front.”— After the rebel de feat at Stone river Bragg telegraphed that his ca valry was “close upon Epsecrans’ front.” This policy was repeated after the evacuation of Tulla hdma, and the same taotics are. in request now. True, it is kept at a very respectful distance, and carefully wlthdrawtUn the event of any threatened, danger; but yet it flPUways close upon our front. Bragg haß evidently fallen In love with the strategy of, John Phtenlx, who held a constable down by in-; sorting bis hose between the letter's teeth. The. rebel aTmy is massed near Dalton, under cover of Tunnel Hill, not the hill of thatnameon Missionary Eidge, over which there was such a bloody Btruggle, and,will doubtless await the development of events, Bragg has been removed, and Hardee is temporarily in; command. .left' Davis has at length been com pelled to yield, and sacrifice one to.whom he has citing with a pertinacity which was the wonder of the whole bogus Confederacy. The rebels for once admit the terrible nature of their disaster, and do not attemp>to conceal its importance; but they are consoled in remembering that, it was the fault of Bragg ; and the invectives they hurl at him are of the moat high-sounding and bitter character of which it is possible for the imagination of man to conceive,—Cor. World: Mklanohoi-t Affair.— The event* attending the demise of Thomas Scrivener, Jr,, yesterday,'are of a peculiarly distressing character. On the previous evening he attended the fair at Wesley Chapel, where he appeared in more than his usual spirits. He returneahome, kissed his sisters, bade them good night, and retired to his room. In a few minutes thereafter the discharge of a gun was heard, and run ning to hiß room, his sister found him lying upon the foot , of his bed, holding the muzzle of his double barreled fowling pieoe to his left breast, where the entire charge, composed of seventeen buolcshot, had entered, passing through the left lung. When ques tioned, he coolly stated that the act was intentional. He retained his reason to the last, recognizing and conversing, with his friends. The cause of this sad event was, doubtless, as stated by himself, a settled desire to leave this world of trouble anddtiap. pointment. He was a young man of unusual talents, was a graduate of Harvard law school, and a mem ber ol the .Washington bar. In his life and habits he was most exemplary, and in ail his dealings per fectly upright and strictly conscientious, He lingered in great agony tot patten lOTHhwEi’flsfjfttjftm Sfor, EUROPE tide. European co.VGKESS,. lari Bussell's tenor Announcing.Kng lantl’s Refusal. \ ’ On the 25th the refusal of England to t she part in the Congress was officially announced *8 fol lows ; 11 Fonnroir Oxpiob, November 2ft. “ElYl*oni>: Her Majesty’s Government ha\ T P re ceived from the Marquis of C&dore the copy of a de spatch addressed to turn by M. Drouyn L,huys, in answer to my despatch,to your Exoeilenoy of 12th instant. Her Majesty's Government having o '»■ talced an answer to the inquiries they made, wU.’ not any longer delay giving a definite reply to the invitation addressed by the Emperor of the French to her Msjeety the Queen, to take part In a Con gress of the European P owers to be’Assembled at Paris. “I enclose a copy of the Emperor’s letter of invi tation to the Queen, whioh la similar to one which has already appeared in the Moniteur addressed to the German Confederation. ‘‘Her Majesty's Government fully recognize in this step the deßire of the Emperor of the French to put an end to the dirquietude which affects several parts of Europe, and to establish the general peace on foundations more solid than those which, in his opinion, it now rests. “The Emperor declares that France is disinte rested in this queßtiou ; that he, for his part, seeks no aggrandizement, and that the interests to be se cured are those not of Franoe, but of Europe. “Her Majesty's Government may also declare that Great Britain is disinterested in this matter, that she seeks no aggrandizement, and that she has only to counsel moderation and peace. “ But France and Great .Britain being thus disin terested themselves, are bound to consider what is the; position, and what, in a Congress, will be the probable conduot of Powers Who may be called upon to make sacrifice of territory or ol pre-eminence and moral strength, “ It would be little to: the purpose to say, on this occasion, anything more of the treaties of 1815. “Practically, the Emperor of the French admits the binding force of many portions of those treaties, and her Majesty's Government as readily allow that some portions of them have been modified or disre garded. and that other portions are now menaced or called in question. “Her Majesty’s Government understands from the explanations, given by M. Drouyn de LHuya that, in the opinion of the Government of the Em peror, it is obvious to every one that there are seve ral questions, not hitherto solved, which may dis turb Europe. Of this nature there are the follow ing: . ; ... , : . “ Must the conflict in Poland be still further pro longed! . “Is Denmark to be at war with Germany, and have the Powers which formerly took a part in the disoucsion of this question become indifferent to it! “ Must anarchy oontlnue in the Danubian Princi palities, and thus at any moment tend to reopen the question of the East! “Must Italy and Austria always remain in pre sence of each other in .a hostile attitude 1 “ Must the occupation of Rome by French troops be prolonged for an indefinite time 1 ■The Emperor’a Government put a further ques tion : “ Must we, without having made new attempts at conciliation, renounce the hope of lightening the burdens imposed upon the nations of Europe by ex cessive armaments kept up by the feeling of mutual distrust? “These, no doubt, are the principal questions which either disturb or threaten the peace of Eu rope: but there is a further question which her Ma jesty’s Government consider to lie at the bottom of thia whole matter, and that Is the following: “Is a general Congress of European States likely to furnish a peaceful solution of the various mat ters m dispute? “This, indeed, is the question* which it behooves the governments of the different States to consider seri ously and attentively, “ There appears to her Majesty’s Government to be one main consideration which must lead them to their conclusion. “After the war which desolated Germany from 1619 .to 1949, and after the successive wars which afflicted the continent of Europe from 1793 to 1815, it waaposaible to distribute territories and to define rights by & Congress, because the nations of Europe weie tiled of the slaughter, and exhausted by the burdenß of war, and because the Powers who met in Congress had, by the circumstances of .the time, the means of carrying their decisions and arrange ments into effeot. “But at the present moment; after a continuance of long peace, no Power is willing to give up any territory to .which it has a title by treaty or a claim by possession. “For example, of the questions mentioned as dis turbing or threatening Europe, two of the most dis quieting are those regarding Poland and Italy. “Let us examine the present state of these ques tions, and see whether it is probable that a Congress would tend to a peaceful settlement of them. * “In the first place, with regard to FoUnd, the® question is not new to France, to Austria, or to Great Britain. “ For several months these Powers, while care fully abstaining from, any threat, have attempted to obtain from Russia, by friendly representations, the adoption of measures oi a healing nature, but have only, succeeded in procuring promises, often repeat ed, that when the insurrection shall nave been put down recourse wUI be had to clemency and concilia tion. Would there be any advantage in repeating, in the name of a Congress, representations already made with so little effect? “is it probable that a Congress would be able to secure better, terms for Poland, unless by a com bined employment of force? “Considerable progress has been made by the military preponderance, and by the unsparing se verity of Russia, in subduing the insurgents. “ Is it likely that Russia will grant (in the pride of her strength) what she refused in the early days of her discouragement? > “ Wpuld she create an independent Poland at the mere request of a Congress ? “ But if she would not the ,proapect becomes one cf humiliation for Europe or of war against Russia, and those Powers who are not ready to incur the cost and hazard of war may well desire to avoid the other alternative-. _ . “ It may be truly saia ,TaoNx>rap, tsmturoprsaeiit period is one of transition. If the insurrection shall - be subdued, it will then be seen whether the pro mises of the Emperor of Russia are to be fulfilled. If the insurrection shall not be subdued, or if, in order to subdue it, the Polish population is treated with fresh, and, if that be possible, with aggravated rigor, other questions will arise which may require further consideration, but which would hardly re ceive a solution from a large assembly of representa tives of all the Powers of Europe. .“Indeed, it is to be apprehended that questions, arising from day to day, colored by the varying events of the hour, would give occasion rather for useless debate than for practical and useful delibera tion in a Congress of twenty or thirty representa tives, not acknowledging any supreme authority, and not guided by any fixed rules of proceeding. “Passing to the question of Italy, fiesh difficul ties occur. In tbe first place, is it intended to sanc tion by a new treaty the present state of possession ! in Italy?. The Pope and tbe sovereigns related to i the dispossessed princes might, on the one side, ob ject to give a title they have hitherto refused to the King 01 Italy; and the King of Italy, on the other, would probably object to a settlement which would appear to exclude him, by inference at least, from the acquisition of Rome and Yenetia. “ But is it intended to ask Austria in Congress to renounce the possession of Yenetia 1 Her Majesty’s Government have good grounds to believe that no Austrian representative would attend a Congreaß where such a proposition was to be discussed. They are informed that if such an intention were announced beforehand, Austria would decline to at* tend the Congress; and that if the question were introduced without notice, the Austrian Minister would quit the assembly. Here, again, therefore, the deliberations of the Congress would soon be brought in sight of the alternative of nullity or war. “ But is it possible to assemble a Congress, and to summon an Italian representative to sit in it, with out discussing tbe state of Yenetia? The Empexor of the French would be the first person to feel and to admit that such a course would not be possible. “With regard to Germany and Dsnmark,it is true that several of the Powerß of Europe have interested themselves in that question, but the addi tion of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Turkey to the deliberation would; scarcely improve the prospect of a satisfactory solution. And if, with regard to Poland and Italy, no beneficial result is likely to be attained, is if expedient to call together a general CoDgrets of all the States of Europe to find a remedy for the anarchy of Moldo-Wallachia ? “ Were all these questions—those of Poland, Italy, Denmark, and the Danubian Provinces—to) be de cided by the mere utterance of opinions, tbe views of her Majesty’s Government upon most of them might, perbaps.be found not materially to differ m those of the Emperor of the French. “But if the mere exgression ot opinions and wishes would accomplish no positive results, it ap pears certain that the deliberations of a Congress would consist of demands and pretensions put for ward by some and resisted by others 5 and, there being no supreme authority in such an assembly to enforce the decisions .of the majority, the Con gress would probably separate, leaving many of its members on worse terms with each other than they had been when they met. But if this would be the probable result, it follows that no decrease of arma ments is likely to be effected by the proposed Con gress. M. Drouyn de Lhuys refers to a proposal made by Lord Clarendon in one of the last sittings of the Congress in Paris. But her Majesty’s Government understand that proposal to have re ference to a dispute between two Powers to be re ferred to the good offices of a friendly Power, but in no way to the assembling of a general Congress. “ Not being able, therefore, to discern the likeli hood of those beneficial consequences which the Emperor of the French promised himself when pro posing a Congress, h€rMajesty' l s Government, foUciO' ing their own strong convictions, after mature ddibera • tion, feel.themselves unable to accept his Imperial invitation . *” “You are instructed to give a copy or this, de spatch to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. “ l am, &0.,‘ RUSSELL,” The Death of ‘Lord Elgin.; The last Bteamer from Europe brings intelligence that a lelegram had been received at the India House, in London, announcing that on the 14th ult. Lord Elgin’s life had been despaired of. With the restless energy which marked his whole official ca reer, he is reported to have taken a journey over the mountains in the season of the year most unfitted for travelling, and thus hastened his. death by a heartzomplaint, from which he hao iongheen suf fering. , Lord Elgin was born in London on.the 20th of July, 18H, and in 1830 was one of the.little group of students at Christ Church, who have since .stood in the front rank of English statesmen. It was no bad training for the future legislator to he at that age the companion of such men as Sir G-. C. Lewis, Lord Dalhousie, Lord Canning, and Mr. (Bedstone. In 1811 he entered Parliament ac.a supporter of Sir Sohert Peel, and in 1*42 hPwas offered the governor generalship of Jamaica, whioh position he held until 1846, performing his diJicutt duties with such eminent success, that he was at that time trans ferred to Canada. Here, then, was a man who, by his honesty and energy in the faithful performance of his duty, compelled, even from political oppo nents, a recognitlon of Ilia.ability. He labored suc cessfully in his new sphere of action, in which he continued until his appaintment as ambassador to China.. Three years ago he accepted the office ol Governor-general of India, and at length has been added to the long list of, costly sacrifices which Eng land has been called upon, to make in maintaining her foothold upon that v,ast empire. So the three men who, thirty years before, had together laid boyish plans'foz the iuture, have, one by one, been the representatives of magnificent power in the East; arid, one by one, have found their advancement a fatal gift. _ Dalhousie dying, yielded to Canning the office which he in turn laid down at the grave only to prove alike fatal to the last, and not the least, of this remarkable trio. All through his life he was successful In his under takings; and be was successful at the last. Heowed that success not so much to great geniuß as to. good sente, to social tact, and to a love of hard, steady work. Ex emptied! on the Plea ol'Alieapge. Si To VieEdilor of The Press: , Sir (.You will oblige numerous readers by inform ing them, through the oolumnß of fhe Press,, it claims for exemption from the draft, on the plea of alienage, will be heard after the draft has been made. The notice of Marshal Lehman reads aliens, &0., most appear on or before tho eothlnst. -Whether this is imperative, you will confer a favor hy letting ua know in an early issue of your valuable paper. 'On behalf Of the anxious. Kespeotfully. MOYAMENS^Q- Plßtl.ttVSi'FlilA, Deo, 16, 1863, THREE GEUDI^S The State Treasury. Summary of the Receipts abdvrPaymentfl at the State Treasury, from the Ist day of December, 1862, to the 30th day of November, 1863, both days . iholuaive: [Prepared at the Offloe of the Auditor General] RECEIPTS. stB*4sfo3 Auction Commissions 14,582 45 Auction Dutie5........ .. 39.065 b 7 Tax on Bank Dividends ... 228,299(36 Tax on Corporation Stocks 438,622 96' Tax on Heal and Personal Es tate, including K mill tax,... 1,7.53,401 91. Tavern Licenses 216,268 09 Retailors' .Licenses 19j,547 11 Pedleis’ Licensee i.iqg 10 Brokers’Licensee 9;20(J 75 Theatre, Circus, and Menagerie Licenses 2,136 90 Distillery and Brewery Licenses 7,053 91 Billiard Room, Bowlix g Saloon, &c., Licenses. 4,857 63 Laiicff House, Beer House, &c , Licenses 16,266 42 Patent Medicine Licenses., 1,11263 Pamphlet Laws 179 4Q MamaTaz.... digs*. Mfelere'Tax , 661 68 Foreign Insurance Agencies.... 41,CK) 74 Taxon Write. Wills, Deeds. &c., 61,729 95 Tax ou Certain Officers... ~ 12 41138 • Collaterallnheritance Tax,,... 187.002 39 Tax on Ehroimontof Law 5...... 6,310 00 Premium* on Charters 15,614 86 Wjcmiog Canal Co.. Bonds Re deemed.................. 581 000 CO Tax on Tonnage, Commutation 0f......... 360,000 00 Banks Paying Interest Equiva lent to Corn 3,001 74 Escheats 1,080 00 Free Banking Syetem G.'378 92 Dividends on Bridge Stocks 100 Oil Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny, Bond-No. 6 Redeemed-... ico.cco go Accrued Interest..... 12,596 72 Refunded Cash, Ordinary. 6,779 09 Refunded Cash, Military....... 9.786 44 Tax on Loans 147.756 31 Intereston Loans... 34,163 98 Annuity, for Eight of Way 10,COO 00 Fines and Forfeitures. 18 03 United Slates Government...... 20,221 84 Tax on Brokers and Private Bankers... 23.041 20 Fees of the Public Offices....... 3,10142 Miscellaneous (Cases of Con ■ soience) 420 00 " — —54,289,46165 Balance m the State Treasury. . November3o,lB62. available. $2,172,841 10 Depreciated Funds ia. the Trea sury, nr available 41,032 00 52,213,876 10 $6.503,327 75 PAYMENTS. Expenses of Government $445,456 85 Military Expenses, ordinary.... 4,311 50 Pennsylvania Volunteers in the • late war with Mexico 13 00 Military Expenses for defenoe of the Mate and Union per act of May 16, IS6I 125,683 79 Military Expenses for defence of the State and Union per act of April 16,1H62. and paid-out of tbo appropriation of May 15, 1861.. 53,654 99 Military Expenses for defence. &c., per act of April 14, 1863, and paid out of the aporopria- -■ tionlof May 15, 1861 2.490 65 Military Expensas for defence* Ac..-per act of April 22. 1563. and paid oat of the appropria tion of May 15, 1861, &c 25,989 2J Pensions and sr&tuitieo, ordi nary ..... S OSO 05 Pensions under the act of May 16, 1861...- 845 80 Charitable Institutions.......... 119.930 37 Pennsylvania StateAgricnltural Society 2,000 00 Farmers’ High School of Penn- sylvania 6 237 60 StateNormalßchools...... 10,000 00 Philadelphia School of Design for Women 2,000 00 Common Schools.... £17,60597 Commissioners of the Sinking Fund—viz, Loans, &c., redeemed $951.608 73 Other payments-..* 6,803 33 : — 953,412 li Interest on Loana 2,067,748 61 Domestic Creditors' certificates, including interest 13 0) Damages on the Pablic Works and old claims 1.J04 64 Special Gommissionera 3.607 33 State Library.... 3.168 02 Public Buildings and Groundß.. 8,024 20 Ronse* of Kefuge 35,029 16 Penitentiaries... 32,423 00 E'chcat*.-. 63176 Revenue Commissioners......... 9,366 42 Freee Banking System 3,945 61 Abatement cf State Tax 60,147 41 Mercantile Appraisers..... 637 14 Miscellaneous 8.845 38 ‘ ■ $4,314,964 05 Balance in tne Treasury, No* vember 30,1563,- available 2,147,831 70 Depreciated Funds in the Trea sury, unavailable 41 032 00 2,188.363 ft State of the Rebel Treasury. The following table of the receipts and expendi turea of the rebel treasury, with the funded and un funded debt for the, past year, exclusive or the foreign, loan for the same period) appears in the re port of the Secretary submitted to the rebel Con gress : BEOBIPTS ffEOK JAKTTABT 1 TO SEPTBMEEB 30, 1863. Tor eight-per- cent, 5t0ck,................ $107,292,900 For seven«per»o€nt. stock 38,737,650 For Bix*per-cent. stock 6,810,050 For five-per-cent. call certificates 22,992,900 For lour-per-cent, call certificates 482,200 Cotton certificates, act April 21,1862.,.. . 2,000.000 Interest on loans. 140,210 War tax. .. 4,123,988 Treasury notes 391,623.530 Sequestration 1,862,550 Customs. 934.798 Export duty on cotton S,IOL Patf ntlfund.., 10,794 Miscellaneous, including repayments by disbursing officers. 24,498,217 Total. $601,522,893 2XEEKDITUBK9 DURIKG THE SAME PERIOD. War Department... $377,988 244 Navy Department 33,437,661 Civil, miscellaneous, & c 11,629,278 Customs. 56,636 Public debt 32,212,290 Notes cancelled and redeemed........... 59,044,449 Total of expenditures $519,368,556 Totalof receipts 601,522,893 Balance in Treasury. $82,154,334 From which is to be deducted the amount of treasury noteß which hare been funded andbrought In for cancellation, but have not yet been regularly au dited, estimated., . 65,000,000 Total $17,154,334 The public debt (exclusive of the foreign loan) at the same period was as follows:. PIJNDED. Eight per cent 5......................... $207,128,750 Seven per cents 42,745,600 Six per oenta.. A 41,006,270 Six* per-cent cotton interest bonds 2,035,000 Total. ........... unfunded, Treasury notes : general currency $603,632,793 Two-year notes..l 8,477,975 Interest noteß at 3.C5 627,450 Interest notes at 7.30 122,587,200 Under $6. 4 587,095 Five-per*cent, call certificates 26^240,000 Total. $766,447,519 Deduct amount of treasury notes funded and cancelled) above referred to Total.**. .$701,447)519 In order to estimate the amount of treasury notes in circulation at the date of this report) there must be added the further sum of one hundred millions for the two months which have elapsed since the date of the above schedules. •• The balances of appropriations already made by Congress? and not drawn on September 30, stood as follows:; War Department **5395,602,698 Navy Department 24,413,645 Civil, miscellaneous, &c. . 66,240,996 Customs..**. 294,460 Total***. *.5476,451,799 The estimate submitted by the various depart ments for the support of the Government, are made to Ist July, 1564, the end of the fiscal year, and are as follows : Legislative Department $309,005 Executive Department 52,350 Treasury Department.,,,. 22,553,359 War Department........ B7O Navy Department.. 13,624,945 Stats Department 544 409 Justice Department,.,.. 222,557 Post Office. 82,908 Total $475,498,493 If these estimates be extended to embrace the re maining Bix months of the calendar year, they must be doubled, and that sum added to the undrawn appropriations would make an aggregate of $1,427,- 443,778. _ . FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. Dec. 15,15C3. This was another dull day on Third street. Gold was rntber inactive and steady at 15076 until near the close, when it fell off to 14976. closing at that figure. At one period during the'morning, it was selling up to 15076. Money is plentifully offering at six per cent., with a lack of borrowers. Capital is again accumulating, and to such an extent that it cannot long lie idle. Wherever .there Is so much money something must move.; Either real estate, stocks, or merchandise mustbecome in more active demand. The.present pause in stock specnlatioa isowing to the late scarcity of money, and the indispo sition to operate so near the close of the year. The sit tings of Congress also create a feeling of uncertainty, for we do not know what measures will betakentoadyance the public good, or by what, wire-pulling the national prosperity may be cheeked. But the large surplus of capital must find employment. If no temporary or permanent lodgment ia. effected, it must run-into the channels of speculation; and whenever loaning be comes profitless, the. temptations offered , at the stock board are sufficient'.to control the avidity of holders. Matters are dull at the stock exchange, but prices are steady, a quiet demand absorbing all the stock offered. Asaleoffive-twentieß was. made at 10G2f, and one at 1C076. Beading shares sold from 59?6 to 6076; Catawissa. preferred at3l7£iS&; Huntingdon and Broad Top at 20; Pennsylvania at 70; Little Sshuylkiil at 52; Rate and Viie at 1976; SusQuehanna Canal at 1575; Navigation preferred at 3376; Pehn Mining at 676; Morris Canal pre ferred at 136. M; Lehigh ssrip at 4976; North Pencsylva-* hia closed Long Island sold at; S 9; Ph 12ad-elphia and Erie at. 2576; Minehill at 61; Northern Liberty,Bank sold at 66 at 2776. The market sloped firm. Diexel Quote: United States Bonds, 1551..-..•*-.«. v~ U S.new Certificates of ladebtedae**.—*«—*- 9S- & 9854 n S. oli Certificates of Indebtedness 3 ,,..102?6@1C576 U! I 7 3-10 Notes -«* Quartermasters’ Yonchers ....... i...... 9776® 95 Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness* • jMis Jrdeic.. 0 old *t * Sterling Exchange Pelerson T s Defwloivfor December l*>th» is out with. a list of 34newconnterfeits, The Christmas period is ap proaching, and it necessarily* from the large amounts of pttmay pypen&efl, becomes a great season for swindling operations, ai ihe counterfeiters alwfiyß st&>fc “a new thinjr ”on Saturday evening or on aholiday. It becomes every one, then, to keep a brighMookoufc os suspi.cioo.er looking characters, and always ta,have, the latest de tector at hand for reference respecting ihe money they present. We wonld suggest toPeterscm. RroiherB,tho.n£- ceesilv of an extra issue on tha.daybsfore Ckristmas/to contain the very latest coisnterfei.iis* as a day or two before last Christmas no lea*. thin, four distinct frauds were largely put upon the. This number close* the volume for 1563. The New York Herald ot 10-day says: The. gradual decrease inloans and redaction of deposits which, have been going on among our eJfey hanks leincaiSiQ 17th. of October last.have been checked. The following tab>a shows the aggregates of each weekly statement ctejce the date above mentioned: Weekending Loans. Specie rCirc’n.T" Deposits. 42C6.635.74S 25.f8J.47S 5.615.764 175.050.617 ... . 2e4.613.670 55.504.916 5.795) 097 172.43J-.396. .... 203,32},416 25.124.921 6,971,733 171,176,254 ... 193.456.511 28,751..261 8.100,535 159.499.193 ... 182,044,630 29,177,04916,095,932 151.770.49 S ... 176,705,41 S 23 C 64,51416.122,379 145,243,846 ... 173.615.830 27;555.175 6 12G..411 189,645,661 172,957.201 27.0F9.C95 6,'178.414 138,105,914 ... 140,015,995^ Oct. 17..... Oct 24, Oct. 31-.»v Nov. 7,1..... Not. 14*v.v Nov. St •••* Nov, Dee. 6.... l>ec. 12.,.. Sr tte? ftbQTs js iw'ewa to*t tto»Ww iMisk t$V the War PBBSBI (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Wax lY.xsa vrlll be sent to cnbscrlber* by v m»U (Per annran In advanwysU- 09 Three B fro Five g 00 Ten 15 OO Larger Club* than Toe. Will l>t charged’ at Che same ate, fh &0 per copy; Tht money must always ac&mpanst the order. *%& in no instance can these tertns 0s deviatedfrom, r afford very Uttle more than (he cost of the paper.. 9&- Fosimaster* are reauested to Git u Agents fey TbsWaaFbbss* To the cottor-np of the Club of t« e t tWcnfcr* os extra copy of the Paper will begiven. Off only $371,845, while the -dendrite In creased—for the first time 6lnce October 17ch~‘$I 829,081. mere is a decrease In the aggregate amount of specie. h^ e . ver ' .°I while Ine circulation ahbyffl but slight variation. This statement will insure cc-htintfod in the money market, andkive aesnratco'of in ci’eased facilities to borrowers. There is as yet. kbw'- evO-» *lO alteration la the rate cf interest. TK\ following t&blo givos a numrcaiy view of tha offi cial report of the condition of the banka of NewYorfe‘ Elate on the 26th of September last: Capital.... ....... Circulation Profits.. Due banks. Due others Due State Deposits $142,270,018 $175.1*5.227 Loaca.... 76 130,283 203,'402,460 0v0rdrafta.......... 43.753 521,742 SSS49S' Dae by banks. 6.500.996 14.98?:-189 21.949.1*1 Real estate 6,£>1.949 2.61&5?2' 8,855.641 Specie... 29,362,832 A.71F.927 St 071.750 Cash item* 50.967,098 2.288,383 02* 486 Stocks, T. N., 85,975,9/8 84.880 222- 120 850 29# Bonds and 264,533 5.315.0 l 5i579 541 U. S-& bank notes. 25,310,010 3,403,173 58,745 18i Expends.. 371,674 299,674 771,243 Otberitema 159 1.018 1,177 The Ifew York livening Poet of to-day says The stock market opened with considerable animation. Governments ere strong. Coupon fives of 1865 are Wanted a-t 12S r end currency certificates at 99%. Coup >n sixes a( Jcdlare inquired for at IC9>£ and coupen’five twenties at 101. nLate bonds are steady, ceal stocks firm, and'bank tfaarea neglected. Sailroad bonds are Quiet, and railroad shares buoyant. Toledo, rttrafcurg. and Rock island are the most active on the list. The Michigan Central Railroad has declared a divi dend of six per C6nt.. paj Able Ist January; and the ser l>ltu on r and is very large. Before tbe first.HeßbloE: gold wa3 selling at 150X@15t*r Erie at 1C6&@107 : . Pittsburg at ■; Rock- Isiand at K6%(3r1C6% ; Michigan Southern at 83®3l r u l% u6^': at 82 : Gateaa at-' IC9@IO9K. and Reading st tJ9@ll9>L . The appended tab!a exhtbiw the chief movements of th© market compeared’ with fche latest prices of vester cay: ' ! Tnes., Mon. Adr, Dec^ U 8.65,1551. U. S. 6b» 1581, c0m....1 C9% 109 % .. U. S. Seven-thirties..-. 106 X .. yc U. 8. 1 yr cer.. c01d... ., „ r.B. lyr, car 9S 98 American Gold—..— .130 .. % Teaneesee 6*..—®. m Missouri 6a.efijf- 68>f .. ii Pacific KnU.. . .238 2!9?£ .. t- New Y0rkCea.8.....-132?f > V 3% % £L l9 Vl*V”“i 125% X Erie Prefersed— 1023€ 102 X % Hudson River. 124 122 - l>r - Harlem.. 9n)f 83# 2 Reading.m % Michigan Centra1..~...127M W% Michigan Bonthem.—. 80j£ 89 % Michigan South, guar.. 135 136 .. I rmno& Cen. Scrip 118i£ 117# 1 _ Pittsburg -..1 08% 10 7Xj M Galena. 108 K 108Jf‘ Toledo ~.118>£. ‘ l\s% 2% Rock Island IQCJ£ %' Fort Wayne.....,,...,, B 2?& H .« PltUxdft. Stock Exc (Reported by B.E. Biatmaxi TCBST 100 6cbl Wav Pref C&P.' 33% ICO do«—Pref cash bS% ICO do.—Pref -.fe3o. 33% 2CQ do.... Pref C&P. 33% SCO do.... Pref cask. 33% 23 Little Sclmyllt «... 62 £0 do 62 SCO Penn Minin?....... 8% BETWEEN 150 Pbila & Erie It b3O. 30 ! GO Eclrayl Hay pref.-c. 33%i 50 do.... Pref cask. 33/ll _BKcoap . 16 Mechanics’ Bash. 27% 1000 U (3 one-year cert? 98% 15 Penna R......4dya 70 2 North Penna 8..;. 24 10 do , -24% 60 do 24?? 200 UB7SOTrNbIkA&O.IO6% AFTER 1 4 N Liberty Bs • .2dys 66 closing pb US6*’Sl~™**.lD9 ÜB7-30Notes**~I06% 1£6% FhUafe** ICO ICI Do new.**.*.*.lo4 104% Penna fe.**.**.., 99 99% Do Coups**-... Reading £ 59% 69% Do bd3 70.106 Do 0s *80'43... Do bda'B6con7.l2o Penns R ...70 70 Do Ist m 6s 109 Do 2dm 65.105 •• Little Schuylß-. 62 62% Morris O’l consol .. 72 Do prfd*—.l36 Do Si ’78.... •• Do 2d dig*. •• •• SshuylHaT***., 11% IS Do prfd..... 33% 83% Do 6s *B2.*- 89 89% Elmira B 36 38 $6,503,327 75 Do prfd**.-.. 63 66 Do 7s’73*~.lffl 109- Do 10s. ***** L Island R, *, 39 ' 40- Do bd5..... • • Lehigh. Nav 69 .. Do scrip.... 49% ’ 49% Do shares.. - IT Penna £..*..* 24% 25 Do 6s 25% 96 Do 10s***....** Seml-weeltljr Review of tlie Philadelphia. December 15—Evening. The produce markets continue dtul, but prices ara without any material change. Quercitron Bark is in steady demand at former rates. Cotton is firmer, and. prices have advanced. Coal is duU. Coffee is scarce* but held firmly. Pish are quiet. In Fruit there is more doing. The demand for Flour is limited, hut holders are firm. Wheat is very dull. Corn is better. Oats are in request. Naval Stores are without change. Coal Oil ia unsettled, and prices are rather lower. There & not much doing in Provisions, but prices are well maintain ed. Whisky is rather dull. Seeds are unchanged* Wood is firm. ' - v • . The Flour market continues dull, but holders are firm in their views. Sales comprise about 3,200 bbls, in cluding 1,600 bbls' Pennsylvania and Western extra family at from $7®7.75: UP bbls Blue Ridge at $3; 200 -bbls low grade super at $5.25, and 1,000 bbls City Mills extra and eatra family on private terms. The retailers, and baker* are buying at from $5 5C@5.25 for superfine: $B.5C@7 for extra; $7@S for extra family, and $3. CO up to $lO 3 bbl for fancy brands, according to quality.' Sn Flour is wanted; small sales are making-at $6.50@6.75 3 bbl. Com Meal is rathe? dull, and offered at $5. 00@S bbl for Pennsylvania and Brandywine. , ...... GRAIN. “-There is very little demand for Wheat, aadt the market is very dull About 13.000 bushels found, buyers at from 160@165c for fair to prime Pennsylvania red,and white at from 175@20Cc per bushel, the latter for choice Kemucky. Rye is scarce, and in request at. 136® ' lb7c bushel. Corn is coming in more freely, and. prices have advanced; about 20,000 bushels sold at front It S@ll2c for damp and dry new, and 123@125c for old, including 3,000 bushels of new white at Oats are in request, with sales of 12, COO bushels at 67® SSc, weight. * PROVISIONS.—The sales are limited, but prices are firm. Old Mess Pork is sellingatslS@lB.6oflbbl. City packed Mess Beef is ia steady demand at $14@16, and con but at $ll @l2 3 bbL 100 bbls Beef flams sold on pri vate terms There i» a fair inquiry for Bacon, but the stock is very light. Hams are selling at Il@l3c for plain, and fancy. Sides et 9c, and Shoulders at 7%@7%c ft Green Meats are alto scarce.. 600 casks Hams in pickle ; sold at ll@Ll%c, Shoulders at 7%<®7%c 3 lb. Lard is less active; sales of bbls an‘d tes are making at 12%@12%c» and kegs at 13@13%c lb. Baiter is in steady demand. 1 with sales of glades at 27c, and solid packed at from 16® 22c 3 tb. Cheese is quiet at 13@16c 3 lb. Eggs are sell ing at 2S@soc dozen. METALS.—The stock of Pig Iron is very light, and holders rather firmer in their v ews, with small sales of No. 1 at $44; No. 2at $4Q@4l, and No. 3 at $37@38 Manufactured Iron is in demand at fall rates. $292,915,620 65,000,000 BARK.—Quercitron is in steady demand, with sales of first No 1 at sc6 3 ton. CANDLES. —Adamantine are in fair demand, with sales ofeity-madeat £C@22c cash, for6sandl2s. ' COFFEE.—Holders are firmer in thrir views bnt there is very little stock to operate in; 250 bags of Rio sold at 32k@S4&c 3 lb, and L&guayra at S4@3sc, cash, and 4 months. , - COA L.—Prices are unsettled, and the market is very dull : most buyers aTe holding off for lower prices. .. COTTON. —Prices have advanced and the mark et is firmer; about 100 bales of middlings sold at 82® , 83c lb, cash. FlSH.—Mackerel are firmly held, and the sales ara mostly from store: %16@17 3 bbl for No. 1; $9.76@1L60 for No. 2; and $6.75@9.50 for medium and large 3s. Ia Pickled HerriDg there is very little doing. Codfish are selling at ib. " FEClT.—Raisins are in fair demand.-with sales at fr0m§4.1t@4.25 3 box for bunch and layers, 1,000 bxs Lemons sold on private terms, and 220,000 Porto Rico Oranges at $10@12.50331,000. In. dried fruit there I&mora doing; 8,000 lbs Dried Apples sold at 8%@9%c 3 ft, which is an advance; 10,000 lbs Dried Peaches sold on private terms. Green Apples are coming in and selling freely at $2.6C@4 3 bbl. Cranberries range at from $7 up to $lO 3 bbl. HA'S is selling at from $23 to 25 3 ton. HOPS are without change. Small sales of first sort Eastern and Western are making at 27@30c ?Ul>. , ’ LUMBER. —The demand has fallen off. White Pin® Boards are selling at $2S@3O, Yellow Pine do. at s24@2ff, and Shinglesat — MOLASSES. —There is very little doing. The only sale we hear of is by auction, including 3SO bbls New Orleans at from 44@6Sc, cash, and 100 hhds Cuba at 41@4ic, four months. NATAL STORES.—There is very little doing in either Rosin, Tar, or Pitch. Splints of Turpentine is selling in. a fcmall way at $3.15 3 gallon. OlLS.—Lard Oil is scarce, and the sales in a small way only at $!©1.20 gallon. A sale of Winter Sperm waa. made at $l. 95./ Linseed Oil is in demand, and selling at' 4c@l. 45 9 gallon. Petroleum is unsettled and lower; small tales are making at 2£@3oc for Crude; 43@45n. for Refined in bond, and ul@jjsc gallon for free, as to Qua lity.. '. , PLASTER is scarce; the last .cargo of Soft was Bold at §4 76^5ton. * -•'•.* RICE continues scarce; small sales are making at 7>£©t cash. . k ' t REDS.—Clover is scarce and in demand, with sales of 400 bus, in lots, at $7(5)7. lob. Timo*.hy is ln steads', demand at $2-50@2; 75.- Flaxseed is selling at $3.15 bu: 300 bus sold atthie rate. - SPIRITS. —All Isiads are firm and advancing, with small sales of Brandy. .Gin, and Rum. Whisky Is rather dull, with sales of bbls at SS@9oc, and Drudge at BU.-P gallon. ' . . SUGAR. —There is very little stock here to operate in. and the market is dull; small sales of Cuba are mokine at l2@iSKc^lb. TALLOW.—There is less doing: sales of Countrr are making at ll>£@ll>ac, and City Rendered at 12^22>£©3.37>£ but choice brands 6eli as high as .Corn Meal is.active and firmer; sales2,SSQbblsat $5.70 , @5.73 lor Jersey; $5. SO for State; SQ,-1Q for Brandywine, and $6.15 for Marsh's Caloric. Wheat is a shade firmer, with a.g.ood demsnd; sates of 34,000 bps atsL4S@l.47-for Chicago Sprina; SL4S@L 4ft for Milwaukee Club; $1.60. for Amber Milwinkee • 53® hSS. for Winter Bed sl Go©l_d3 for Amber- Michigan; SI.SS for White Michigan, asd $1.49. for olcfe Winter Bed Western. , • ... - Bye is quiet and firm at id. o>j©4 40 for. Western. State. • . Barley is steady, and-iel ;air reqj^st;.sales of 10,6001 bushels at $1.42@1 4§ tor biate,;. qOCJjsu Bhcls Canada R&sfc J (sora is about one ceni better and in fair demand ; sales of 71.000 bushels ai SJ. 24@L2=3. far prime Western . mixed, in store. • ... . - - • - Oats were firm, with a fair business doing, afc S3@9oc for Canada; S9@Slc for Western and State. ; Provtsioxs —The Pork market la firmer for prime, steady for old mess, and. lowajafor zuobs ; sales 4,200 hbls at SIS 25@18 S7K for mess i $K17.35 for old mesa; $ll5O @l3forprime. Beef is dull, with sm,ati sales at unchanged prices. la tierce Beef we notlce.sales of 300 tierces India mess oa private terms. Eeeffiams are quiet, sales of 109 bbls at $17.75@13. • Cut Meats are more active, without material changa in prices; sales 590 packages at for Shoulders* andlO@lic for Hams. Bacon is steady, with sales of 25d boxes city long-cut Haniß at and 200 boxes long, clear middles an private terms Lard is in. fair request and stead? ; sales 2.5C0 bbls and tierces at H34@l2>ie- Dressed Hogs are selling at 7^@Bc. Baltimore. Dec Js.—Flour U very dull; Ohio extra Is quoted at s7.p<*,@7.62>j. Wheat dull for white, and red steady at $V cd@i.67 Corn dull and heavy at $ll2. @IU. quiet; Ohio sells for 69c. Coffee steady* New York city. Out of city. Total. ..;..*».722,Mr mcM.sw m,M3 rut ...» 5,*14,717 28 078,513 33,423.2 f» ... 11,463,603 6,685,673 ' 17,U9 17$ .. 39.978,773 8,627,123 43 f1C5 ? 902 . 25,603 761 3.114:48 1 28 718 24fi 135,365 4:; 253,833 4.380,242 131,816,6:3 5&994.690 233,611.287 $332,850,209 $142 270,018 5475U25,2Zr ihwign Salesir J)ec.ls,"' sa» Philadelphia } *OARD. 9 Lehigh Scrips. lOOSnsq Cana1........ Lsft 7 Penna R 79 60 Reading 6O 9 Hunt & 2i) 1000 U S Five yr e Opt’n. KM 2 Morn* Can'alFref. 30 WestPhilaß.'s,,,,.. 71 50Greea& Coatoe-R*.., % BOARD. 400 IT S Five-'yr OpPn IMIC 115 Del Mutual Inggep 74 63 Long Island R...., 34 IQOCataB Pref..- 831.' 31% 4500 North Penna L05K.120% 10 Phila & Erie R,'.... 15 Minehillß.gL BOARDS. 2000 Schuyl Nav 6a ■’B27 89 Bid, Asked • ' „ Bid. CatawissaßOon 10% • Rjjk Do prid..*.; 31%~' S 1& Phila&isrieß..29*-. SO Second-street K. S 3 85 Do bonds... Fifth-street R..;. 60 St Do bonds... ** Tenth-streetß... .. ** Thirteenth-*; R- _ Seventeeath-st R .. 12% Spruce-street R.. 13% Chesfcnafc-5t8.....57% . .. WPMIa R....**79 71 •Do bonds Arch-street R.... .. Race-street R. •.. 18% 19H Green-a tree! R.. 44 45' Do bonds... Girard College E 27 W& Lombard & SouthlS Ridge Avenue R. si _ Bearer Mead E.. ~ Minehillß.,**,-., Harrisburg- ***** .* .. Wilmington B Susq Canal.-.*...' .* •.* Do 6s . *»***. .. Lehigh Valß~. .. ’Do bds****,. .. Phila Ger & Nor. .. Cam & Arab R... ** Delaware Dir... ** Do bds****.. ** Markets, Markets |>y Telegraph.