THE PRESS, TOLIBHID DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,; ■T NOHJ, W. FORNEY. OYIIOI. DO. 11l SOUTH YOURTH STRUT.' tub DAIZiT PRISB, Wnmm Cura Pnm Wbei, payabl* to tha earrlwt'; Mailed to Bubaaribera out of the City at Shtbs DonniM Pib Mnm; Tran Doi.LAUa Ann Tiftt Cbotb tob BnU Mokthb; On Donnaa ah» Sbvbhtt-pitb Cans worn : Yhbbb Konn. Uyariablr in ady&n<* forth* tine or imi Mr AdrortlMaaßta Inserted at the tunal rata*. Rx llßaa sohitltnte a aquare. ■HI ■M-WICKKI.T PRESS) Hailed to Bnburlberi oat of the City at Poor Dollab* Pi* AyynH, 1b adyanta. COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAYY CLOTHS. WILLIAM iTisODGRASS’ 'colothhouse, 0. 3* South SECOND and 33 STRAWBERRY BTB. ARMY AND NAYY. 6*4 Blue Flannels, 8-4 Bark Bias Casslmeres, 8-4 do. * do. 8-4 Liihl Bias do. 6-4 do. do. B*4 Dark Blue Doeskins, 6*4 do. do. 6-4 Bine Cloths, 6-4 do. Castors, 6-4 do. Pilots, 6'4 do. Beavers, B*4&nd 6*4 Meltons, TrimmlnMß, 4c. Unexpectedly, we have su< Stock with some entirely CLOAKIJQS. *£iHE ATTENTION OP THE TRADE ,18 CALLED TO , OXJR STOCK OP SAXONY'WOOLEN 00. all-wool Plain Flannel*. TWILLED FLANNELS, Vartoua make*, in Gray, Scarlet,and Dark Blue. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. ,i PREMIERE QUALITY,” Square and Long Shawl*. WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawl*. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 OZ. • JFANOY GASSIMERES AND SATINETTS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, all grade*. BED BLANKETS, 10-4,11-4,12-4,13-4, COTTON GOODS. DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRTINGS, &0., from various Mill*. DE OOUBSBY, HAMILTON, REMOVAL i LINFORD LTTKIBasrS . HAS REMOVED FROM no. 81 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, TO V. W. CORNER SIXTH AND CHESTNUT Where he now offers a * large and elegant stock GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Embracing all the latest novelties. PRICES MODERATE. The attention of the public Is respectfully so* fclelted. SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER. oc3o.Sm SADIES’ TORS. FANCY FUSS. JOHN FAREIRA, " M». Til ANGH STREET, BELOW EIGHTH. Importer and Manufacturer or LADIES’ FANCY FURS. . "a Kri»»ortm»nt of VJLHCY TONS for Ladies and Ohil- Ann 1. now«omplet«. and .mbraoing every Tarl.tr Brat Will b* fa»hlonabl« durlni tb. »M«.ni ..worn, All .old At the ,rises, for .ash. Ladle,, plea*. Bira me a ealL 0.6-4 i» QPENING of fancy furs. JOHN A. STAMBACB, IMPORTER AND MAND7AOTDEBK OF LADIES’ FANCY FURS, *O. BKB AEOH STREET, BELOW MINTH. MM SOW open a iplendii .toil of LADIES AND CHILDREN’S lUBB, Whieb will be ,old. at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. QiS-ft. JiORSI __ FURSI CEO K 0 E F. WO MEATH, 80S. *l* AMD *l7 AEOH STBEET. HAS HOW OPB* A FULL ASSORTMENT or L A D I ES’ FXJ RS, Which the attention of the pnblic !■ invited. ae26-4» YARNS. ■vwwv'^vvva^vvvwv'r. \ ✓ o 0 L On hand, and consignments dally arriving, of TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Full Blood, choice and clean. WOOLEN YARNS, IS to SO cuts, fine, on hand, and new suoplles oomlng COTTON YARNS, Hob. 01c 30e. of firat-class makes. In Warp, Dandle, and Cop. ft. B. All numbers and descriptions procured at once. on orders. ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, 18 North FRONT Street, noll-uiwftf CURTAINS & CURTAIN MATERIALS. \"iAVvVA"//iAV,VWWV QURTAINS AND CURTAIN materials. 8, P. IFILL & CO., *i>EALEKS lit GUBTAINs, curtain materials, FURNITURE COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES, HOLLANDS, UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIAN BLINDS, Ac. El. E. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT. no2B-lni SHADES. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN PHILADELPHIA B. K SLAUGHTER’S, 517 MARKET STREET. tto2l-lm • WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. I handsome variety op above floods, of jujien'or qualitu, and at moderate prices, Ifceot constantly on hand. • _ • * FARR & BROTHER, Importers, delSUfptf 334 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. APARBON OIL—SOO BARBELS NA ■' TRONA. and other celebrated brands, in store, and Cat sale by wm. kino. ur arch Street, a,2-im' CIVIL LIST. Black Clothe, Do. Doesklna*' Fancy Coatings, Do. Casßlmerea, Esquimaux, Chinchillas. Super Velvets, Russian Sables, Tricots, True Blues, Scarlets, Billiards. Bagatelles icceeded in replenishing our New Styles of beautiful del-lm Philadelphia. VOL. 7-NO. 119. RETAII. DRY GOODS. gPECIAL ATTENTION SOLICITED TO OUR STOCK OR BLANEE TS. Having nntnrpassedl faellitle* for obtaining all the heat makes of BLANKETS. we are now prepared to offer the largest assortment of goods in this line to he found in thla country. Our long experience In this branch of our business gives us the opportunity to.offer such, inducements to the public as cannot be found In any other establishment. Selling more ofthese goods than all the trade combined, enables us to handle much larger quantities, and thus gives ns great advantages over others who. do not devote special attention to this department. We have now in store the foUoxoing ' cdebr(tied makes, ROCHDALE, ONTARIO HOLLAND. NORWICH. YORKSHIRE. . COOHECO, CUMBERLAND, HAMILTON, ■ In their various sizes and qualities. CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS; A Good Assortment of FOREIGN BLANKETS, Blankets Ranging in Price from $3 to $25 per Pair. The best All-Wool Blankets in the City at $7,50; the tame as others are selling at $8 SO. Al&rgeloi 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. CO WPERTH W AIT & 00. N. B-—We would call the attention of buyers to our immense stock of Sheeting and Shirting MUSLINS. 10*4 Fepperell and 10-4 Bates Sheetings. : 49* To the Dorcas, Ladies’ Aid, and other charitable Societies, we would invite attention to our stock of WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Red Twilled Flannel, heavy, at 46 cents by the piece. OOWPERTHWAIT S CO., N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. Up2l-mwftde3l OPEN. RICH AMD RELIABLE FURS Of our own Importation and Manufacture. HUDSON’S BAY SABLE, ’ ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK, REAL CHINCHILLA, DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, In.every feshionable style, for LADIES, MISSES. AND • CHILDBE*. FIRS MADE TO ORDER ' AT THE PA.RIS CLOAK, AND FPR EM P 0 RIB M;, 030 CHESTNUT STREET, J. W. PROCTOR & qo. no6-mwf-2m . M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFERS'FOR SALS DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LACE GOODS. 1,000 Real Lace Collars, in every .variety, from 60 cents to $l6 each. N 600 Lace Sets, from $1 to $6O each. 600 Lace Veils, from $1 to $lO each. 600 Valencienne Hdkfs., from $2 to $l5 each " 100 Point© Lace and Fointe Appliga6. from $5 to $5O. Coiffures, Barbes, and every variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. 500 Embroidered Hdkfs., $1 to $lO each. 600 do. Cellars. 25 cfcs. to $5 each. : 300 do. fcets, $1 to $lO each. Edgings, Insertings, Flonncings, and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. IN HANDKERCHIEFS. The best assortment of Hdkfs in the city, including every variety of Ladies’, Gluts’ and Children’s Linen Hdkfs., in plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders, &c.. Stc.. from 12 cts. to $5O each. Persons .in search ofjuseful and acceptable presents Would do well to examine my stock before purchasing, £f. B. —I will open on MONDAY, the 14fch inst., a fresh Invoice of desirable goods, in Rich Lace Capes, Coiffures, Barbes, Hdkfs., Veils, Ac.. &c deB-tf H STEEL & SON WOULD. CALL • attention to their Stock of FINE DRESS GOODS, all bought at very low prices, early in the season, and at the recent Auction Sales: - French Merinoes, 75c to $2.‘60. French Poplins and Reps, S7>£c to $1.75. Dress Goods of every variety. 20c to $2. 3,000 yards two-yard wide Merinoes, $1.26. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of. styles. $3.25 to $l3. Broche Shawls, great bargains, $9.50 to $l4. - Circulars and Sacques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low prices. * Fancy Silks, $1 to $5. Plain Poil de Soies, $1.25 to $2 50. ' Moire Antiques and Corded Silks, $3.60 to $5. , Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH St. 1 Lot All-wool Shaker Flannels, 62)£c, worth SOc. n 025 T 0"W-PRICED CORSETS AND -Lp SKIRTS, at MRS. STE'JVS, 107 South TENTH Street, below Chestnut. Paris Werly Corsets on band. ■ / de!s-6t« jgjD. GKOSJBAN, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Respectfully calls tbe attention of tbe ladies to hie well eelected stock of OAMBEIC han i>kerCHlEFS. Also, a fine collection of -Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Gentff' and Ladies’ Handkerchiefs. ~ .. INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered in the latest styles and in.the beßt possible manner. A full assortment of EMBROIDERIES. v NIGHT-GOWNS, CAPS, CHEMISES, GARIBALDIS, COLLARS, SLEEVES. CUFFS, HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DRESSES, de3-Im NETS, GLOVES, &c. 818' OPENING,' 818 AT THE ABCH-BTBMT CLOAK STORK. A HANDSOMB ASSORTMENT 09 LADIES’ AND MISSES’ CLOAKS. sod-tf - nORNEROF EIGHTH AND SPRIJSTG L garden j • * BEAUTIFUL SEASONABLE GOODS t PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE! We are selling beet quality of French Poplins, all Silk and Wool, for sl.62>£ per yard. Sold down-town not lest than $2. • THORNLEY & CHISM. - ALL-WOOL POPLINS AND REPS, A f or $l. Excellent French Merinoes for $1.26. A flue stock of Delaines and Calicoes. All-Wool Plaid Cashmeres in greatvariety. - THORNLEY & CHISM, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. THORNLEY & CHISM A are selling Power-Loom Table Linens, Shaker and other Flannels, ; * Extra Super-super Rochdale Blai^ete, Frosted Beaver and other Cloths, Cassimeres, Sic. ,«c. VERY .CHEAP. TIE AD QUARTERS- FOR SHAWLS! AA Lon* and Square Broche Shawls, Long and Square Blanket Shawls, . Plaid Shawls, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, Ac., Children’s Shawls, Misses’ Shawls, Gents’ Shawls, Long and Square Black Thibet Shawls, At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, , S. E. Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. OILKSI SILKS 1 C| : ’ Good Black Bilks for $l. 'Better for sl*2s, $l-60. $1.75, $2, and $2 25 per yard. Plain Brown, Blue, Purple, and Green Silks, for $1.60. Black figured Silk*. Plaid Bilks, iic., &c. BIaCKn ™BEAUTIFUL BR OC HE SCARFS. A-LARGE STOCK OF BALMORAL SKIRTS, And all other hlnds ol Good^oomf.rWng At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, ao2l-2m H.B. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. E. M. NEEDLES, 1034 CHESTNUT STREET, Invitee attention to his extensive assortment of goods suitable for USEFUL AND - IN LACE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, EMBROIDERIES, VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. Tj'DWIN HALL & CO., 26 S. SECOND A-i. street, have — _ ~ IADIES’ SCARFS in great variety. LADIES’SCARFS at *1 00. ‘ LAMBS’ SCARFS At 81.26. . " ; LADIES’ SCARFS at $1,60. LADIES’SCARPS at »1.76. LADIES’-SCARFS at #2 00. ' LADIES' SCARFS from $2.60 to *7. SCARFS-WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. delO tf Guard Chains, Ch&taline Chains. Vest Chains. Pencils.! Thjfc&bles, • Pens and Cases; - Tooth Picks, * Gents’Bosom Pins, Gents’ Scarf Pins, Gents’Scarf Kings. Armlets,* Charms, Watch Keys, ' ■ Watch Hooks, Watch Bars, SILVER-PLATED WARE. v'* ?NUT SfKE&T HOLIDAY PRESENTS, RETAIZi DRV GOODS. p ADIS' POPLINS, REP POPLINS, MEBI3XTOS. EPINGLES In choice and desirable colors, at / REDUCED PRICES FOR GIFTS, And a large stock of-. PARIS AND VIENNESE BROCHE LONG SHAWLS, ® FROM RECENT AUCTION SALES. . AY.LF.SS THAN REGULAR PRICES. CURWEN STODDA.RT & BROTHER, •450, 453 j and 454-N. SECOND Street, , de!7 3t . above Willow. JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. -WOOD, IMPORTERS AKD DEALERS IS CLOTHS, CASSIMEBES, TESTINGS, I AND TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, WHOLESALES AND RETAIL. NO. 8 NORTH SECOND STREET, deB-lm ' ' PHILADELPHIA. "BLANKETS. ' From S 3 to $l9- and every intermediate price. $9, $lO. $l2, and $l6 Blankets are very desirable. * MUSLINS, . ; By the yard or piece, o f all the well-known makes. Buy them now for coming wants, and save dollars. " ■ FLANNELS.- Whites, from 45c. to SL; Reds, from 45 to 75 cts. Grays, from 60 to 75 cts.; Blues, fiom 60 to 70 cts. Fancy 6*4 Shirtings; Sacque Flannels, &c. DAMASKS Damask Table Cloths, Napkins, and Towels. Toweling*, Nursery Diapers, Tickings. • : PRINTS. American. Merrimack; &c., in figures and stripes. Neat shirting prints: Real Manchester ginghams, 60c. BALMORALS. 7 Mildewed Balmorals, $2 60; Perfect Balmorals, $3. Fine Balmorals, $3 60 and $150; Misses’ Balmorals. • COOPER & COaARD. de!7 S. B. corner NINTH and MARKET. "PLANKETS, BLANKETS, Blankets, CHEAP. CHEAP, CHEAP, Having bought most of my stock of BLANKETS some time since, I am now able to s*dll tnem at less than wholesale prices: 10- All-wool BLANKETS, $650. U-4 do. do., $B. 11- . do: do., very heavy, $lO 12- do. do., slightly damaged, $l2. 12-4 do. : i do,, extra heavy, $l3. 12-4 do do-, super quality $l5. GRAY BLANKETS, GRAI BLANKETS. One lot All-wool Gray Blankets, weigh 6 lbs, $3.50. Do. do. do. do , slightly damaged, $4,50. Do. do. Blue do., weigh 9 lbs, $5.50. A large assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS always on hand. Call and examine our stock. / JAMES DENNY, delS 6t*- S. E. Cor. ELEVENTH and LOMBARD Sts. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &c. Q.IFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 35 PER CENT. SAVED BY PURCHASING TOTJB WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND SILVER PLATED WARE, AT X>. W. CLARE’S, 80» CHESTNUT STREET. Where maybe found a find, assortment of the following Goods, at-Twenty-five per cent, less than at any other •atabUshment: Gold Watches, Silver Watches, Plated Watches. „ ' American Watches, English Watches, Swiss Watches. Bracelets, Setts, Pins, Ear Rings, Finger Rings, . Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Modallious, - Neck Chains, Tea Setts, - Wine Castors, Dinner Castors, Breakfast Castors, CakeJSasketsf Card Baskets, Butter'Coolers, Sugar Bowls, Salt Stands, Call Bells. Goblets, i > Cups, SpoonHolderi, Napkin Rings, Syrup Pitchers, ~ Cream Pitchers. Table and Dessert Spoons, Tea and Salt Spoons, Egg and Mustard Spoons, Dinner and Tea Forks, Fish and Pie Knives, Tea and Dinner Knives, Oyster and Bonn Ladle*, -> Children’s Knife and Fork, Butter Knives, _ &e., &c. - One sail will convince the" most incredulous that the cheapest place in the city to buy Watches, Jewelry, and Silver-Plated Ware, is at * w D. W. CLARK’S. 603 CHESTNUT Street. N. B.—Fine Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired by tbe most experienced workmen and warranted. no!8-tde31 WATCHES AND JEWBESr. J 13. OALDWEIL & 00, 822 CHESTNUT STREET, Have received a large assortment of Rich Hoods, of heir own Importation, comprising NOVELTIES or THE PRESENT SEASON OPERA AND FIELD GLASSES. RICH FANS, entirely new deafens. COMBS, in Gilt, Shell, and Steel. ENGRAVED GLASS VASES AND CARD. RECEIVERS. SPLENDID DECORATED FRENCH POROE LAIN VASES, CARD-RECEIVERS, AND FLOWER STANDS. • DRESSING CASES for Ladie. and Gentlemen. RICH JEWEL CASKETS, GLOVE BOXES, WRITING DESKS, LIQUOR CASES, &o. CORAL, TORTOISE SHELL, AND STEEL JEWELRY. \ BRONZE STATUETTES; ANIMALS, INK STANDS, MATCH SAFES, OANDELABRAS. MANTEL CLOCKS, Marble, Bronze, and Gilt. RICH JEWELRY, Diamond, Pearla, and all the Precious Geme, Gold and Enamel. SUPERIOR WATCHES, American, Swisa, and English. SILVER WARE, of every description. PLATED GOODS, American and English. n014.td.26 ’ ... a RUSSELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH Ab£ Street, has just received a very handsome assort ment of FINE SEAL RINGS. -v. no2-Sm jjb. FINE WATCH REPAIRING JBrak attended to by the.most' experienced workmen, and every Watch warranted for-one year. . o __ G. RUSSELL, no2-3m *3 North SIXTH Street. PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. gLBGANI MIRRORS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT. -NEW ENGRAVINGS, FINK OIL PAINTINGS, JUST RECEIVED. EARLE’S GALLERIES, 810 CHESTNUT STREET. UO2O tf PHOTOGRAPHS. I F E.-'S I Z E PHOTOGRAPHS COLORED IN OIL. THOMAS SMITH’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, HOS. 143 AND 144 NORTH .NINTH STREET. An aseortment of FRAMES constantly on hand. BET-LIGHT ON THE GROUND FLOOR. ’de2-lm - Q.OODS s EOR THE HOLIDAYS. Nearly one hundred different kinds of GAMES AND PUZZLES, A LARGE ASSORTMENT O P PAPER DOLLS Two hundred different kinda of toy books, ‘ i Beautifully Colored, A B C BLOCKS AND CARDS, PHOTOGRAPH albums, JUVENILE BOOKS, &c., &e„ At Low Prices by the quantity to dealers. ‘ T. ELLWOOD ZELL CO.,’ '■ Wholesale Booksellers and Stationers, and : . Manufacturers of Photograph Albums, Nos., lY and 19 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, del6-6fclp J Second floor, i CARRIAGES. WILLIAM D. ROGKRB, Conch and tight Carriage Builder, ’ Koa. 1009 and 1011 CHESTNUT STREET. CHERRY WINE.—VERY SUPERIOB C 5 gharry Wines of different gradea. In bonded wart hon». for eale by > g j CAHBTAIBS. ' 0,09 - lga WALNUT. 80 d Ul ORANTTK T AKE SUPERIOB INGOT COPPER, L from th* Amygdaloid Mint, la etoreWd for ,ale !■ tuantltte, to >nlt. at WOSUtATH S . ■Jya-fim*. *l* ARCH Stnwl. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1863. NEW PUBXICATIONS. JJOOKS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS! FOR THE OLD, FOR THE YOUNG, AND FOR THE CHILDREN. COMMENTARY, wholly Biblical, S quarto vol., half bound, Turkey morocco. $3O. J JEWISH TABERNACLE AND ITS FURNITURE. By Rev. Richard Newton D. D. $1.50. - THE SERMONS OF REV. EZEKIEL'HOPKINS,. D. D. 8 vols . Bvo. Cloth. $4 60. .'■■■’•■ i THE SERMONS OF REV RALPH ERSKrNE, A. M. 2v015.« Svo. $3. BOOKS FOB THE YOUNG. THE WORKS OF REV. C. B. TAYLOR. 10 volumes. New Edition. . These interesting, pure, and'elevating Books have been brought out in most tasteful styles'of bindings, making an acceptable present to old or young. They ai oub follows: ' * THE ANGEL’d SONG; A Christmas Story. LKGEffDS AND RECORDS MARK WILTON: Or, the Merchant’s Clerk, LADY MARY: Or, Not of the World.' THANKFULNESS. * - ; EARNESTNESS.: RECORDS OF A GOOD MkN’S LIFE. TRUTH; Or, PBRSIS CARLETON. ...» ~ SCENES IN A CLERGYMAN’S LIFE. 1 - MARGARET; Or, THE PEARL.- SO cents per volume. Any of the above .volameaserii free of-postage on receipt of SO cents- Aleo, all the LATE BOOKS, among which- are the fol lowing : FAITH GARTNEY’S GIRLHOOD. $1.25; MISS GILBERT’S CABEERn An American Story,. $1.25, miLL AGENT. 90 cents. SEA STORIES BT AN OLD SAILOR. $1; HARRY’S VACATION. 90 cents. • • ? ' And many othirs, too numerous to mention. - w BOOKS AND GAMES FOB CHILD KEN.* PICTORIAL BOOKS from $4 to 15 cents. ALPHABET BLOCKS, GAMES, LITTLE LIBRARIES, - MINIATURE ALBUMS. Ac.. &c. ‘ ‘ Also, a fine stock of elegantly-bound BIBLES (Oxford f editions), PRAYER BOOKS, and CHURCH SERVICES,» from the large Folio to the smallest 48m0.' ' 1 Likewise, a full supplyof- PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, all sizes. i) For sale at the ' 1 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BOOK SOCIETY, 1334 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia no24-tuflm ' ■ ■READTIFUL HOLIDAY EDITIONS OF GOOD BOOKS. JUST. PUBLISHED— EDITH’S MINISTRY. BY HARRIET 8.-MoKEEVER. Author .of '‘fcunßhine,” “The Flounced Robe, ” Sic,., &c,. This admirable volume, by a very popular authoress, has been out of print for some time. The increased de mand for it has induced the Publishers to bring it out in on improved dress for the Holiday Season. , » . ■ • 2 THE CAMP-FIRES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU TION. v A NEW AND ELEGANT EDITION; BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. In one volume ocUgto. This volume, so well calcu lated to awaken a patriotic ardor in the minds of readers, is peculiarly appropriate at the present time, and ig therefore deserving of an increased popularity. The pre sent edition is in a much improved dress, which'makes it doubly acceptable as a presentation volume at thig sea son of the year. . , HEAVEN. ‘ ' C THE HEAVENLY RECOGNITION. ' . TEE HEAYEfiLY HOME. By the Rev. H; Harbaugh. New and elegant editions, printed on toned paper, and bound in bevelled cloth with gilt tops. . v These volumes have bad an almost unprecedented sale' in a plainer form. They are now presented, in a style more worthy of the great -reputation to which they have attained, and suitable for presentation. JUVENILE LIBRARIES, in neat variety. ' ALL THE NEW BOOKS. Juvenile and Presentation Books, for sale,' at low prices, by LINDSAY fit BLAKISTON, Publishers and BookseLlers, de!6-tf #5 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. “ A N ELEGANT CONSERVATORY . OF FLOWERS.” - " * FLOWERS FROM MT GA-RDEN, Drawn and Colored from Nature. BY LAURA G. MUNSON. : . 1 Volnme 4to. With Eighteen Illustrations.. TURKEY M0R0CC0..... $l5 CLOTH, GILT 10 _ The most superb gift book of the season we have yet seen. It is an elegant conservatory of many of.fche most.beautiful flovr ere that bloom. The letter-preisis as beautiful to those who can appreciate it as the rest’of the volume "—Observer. . ; . ‘•Wealmoßt fancied, as we turned over the leaves of this exquisite book, that ne could detect the odor of* Jessamine, Rose, Heliotrope, and Violet, so truth/olly are these flowers painted. Oarreaders must mako haste if they would secure one of these gems, for the pub lisher's advertisement informs ns that only 250 copies have been prepared forthisye&r.”— Jhtellioencer. " ** 4 magnificent gift book; aperies of highly-colored flowers, the favorites of the garden, to which appropriate selections of poetry are appended, the whole forming one of the most elegant offerings we have ever seen.”— 3£e- ■. thodi&t ' ? ■■■'}* .. Published by ANSON D. F. B4.NDOLPH; GS3 BROADWAY. New York. ! Sold in Philadelphia by SMITH,- ENGLISH.- 4c XJO.. J A. LIrPIKCOTT & CO., and ASHMEAD «c ,EPA*TS. • d'el6 wfm A SUBSTANTIAL GIFT BOOK. PERMANENT VALUE. , - Pr«k J. D. DANA'S MANUAL OF GEOLOI Treauns principles of the Science, with, .special ference to American-Geological History. ' Illustrated by a Chart of the World, and over One Thousand Figures. Beautifully engraved and printed. . t ■Price; m beveled mu51in*........ Half-Turkey morocco, marbled edges.s. THEODORE BLISS & CO , 113 North THIRD Street. . 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"We Khali be constanllr'rapplfed. dtubu tltt swtsom With orary variety o' _„ „ „ _ SKATBS. • m 26-3» : 'A critic across the water reminds us that “ there was a lady at Queen Charlotte's wedding, a Miss Smith, whom Walpole describes.as one of those real beauties who might have a little troubled the bride. This lady married a Mathew, who became Earl of Llandaif—an Irish peerage; and of this Ma >thew family Tpeobold, or Toby, Mathew was a member.” In fact, his father was the illegitimate brother of the Earl of Llandaff. He married early and respectably, died ear ly, and left his children to .the care of the Countess of Llandaff and her sister-in law, Lady Elizabeth Mathew, a liberal and kind-hearted woman, who gave them a good education. Like their father, they were Catholics, but the legitimate and noble fa mily of Mathew, Earl of Llandaff, were Protestants. The title, as will be perceived, though in the Irish peerage, is taken' from a Welsh locality. ' The family of Mathews emi grated front Wales into Ireland, and in pro cess of time, acquired large estates in “ sweet Tipperary,” where they continued members of the Church of Rome. They finally became Protestants—whether from conviction nr for convenience,: we shall leave others to decide. Mr; Mathew, a man of great landed property, carried hos pitality to a remarkable extent. It was this gentleman who entertained Dean Swift and Dr. Sheridan in a princely manner, and there is in Sheridan’s life of Sweft a description of the mansion with . its forty rooms for guests, like a hotel—a • sort of liberty-ball, where ev&y one lived as he pleased, called for whatever he fan cied, and only had no bill to pay when he departed. Dean Swift went to Mr. Ma thew’s, to remain a fortnight, but was so much pleased with his treatment there that the visit extended to four months. By one of the abominable penal laws of that period if a Protestant tendered to any Catholic the > sum of five pounds ("$25 ) for his horse, no .•matter how valuable the animal"he -could ■ not refuse it. We have heard of instances where the owner of the horse shot it rather than thus be insulted, and robbed. Mr. Mathew, who sported an elegant equipage drawn by four blood horses, had excited the envy of a poorer Protestant gentleman, who accosted him in the streets of Cashel id tendered him twenty pounds for his uses. Rather than incur the penalties of prcnmriire, ..Mr. Mathew was compelled > surrender his 'splendid hays send take- the paltry penal price. To avoid such niences Mr. Mathew became one of /thu legal Church. In the . next generation; the family, were fully recognized as good law- Protestants, and the wealthy, popular, and influential Squire Mathew,Awho_. married 'the beautiful Miss Smith, was created Earl Llandaff. The title.has not been long extinct. [DAY GIFTS COM IRVING’S SKETCH BOOK, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. ©|* I ms* FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,1863. Fatlicr Mathew. The Rev. Theobald Mathew, better known as “Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance,” died on the Bthof December, 1850, at flie age of sixty-isfx. Having acted as Catholic missionary for over forty years, chiefly in Cork," it was fitting that his life should be written by a'native of that ‘‘beau tiful city. ’ ’ This has been done, .and well done—in a frank, noble, truthful, and gene rous spirit— by John FbAncis Maguire, Member of Parliament for! the borough of Dunganon, editor and proprietor of the Cork Examiner , and now, for the third time, Mayor of Cork. It is entitled “ Fa ther Mathew; a Biography,” has just been published by Longman & Co., London, and is complete in a single volume of moderate Theobald Mathew, born on October 10th, 1790, at Thomastown, near ancient Cashel of the Kings, in the county of Tippe rary, was kindly cared for in his youth. His mother, the widow, who lived respecta- 1 bly on their farm, had set her heart upon ! seeing one of her sons in the Church. They 1 were older than Theobald— were hand- ' some, high-spirited, gay, .and full of life, and declined going into training for the priesthood. So, Theobald, aged twelve, and his mother’s pet,t promised to gratify her desire. His noble relations were too liberal to interfere, and, with their concur- . rence, he was educated at the Academy of Kilkenny, and thence went to St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth,- in 1810. His biogra pher mentions it as a curious fact that “ the Apostle of Temperance, when a student at Maynooth, retired from the college to. save himself from expulsion, his. offence being an addiction to conviviality and sociality, harmless enough as far as. it went, but yet exceeding the stringent regulations of the establishment.” He passed from Maynooth info other training, and was ordained in 1814, the only objection’his superiors took to him being that he was too popular a priest. Soon he passed from the secular to the lowliest and poorest of the regular or ders in Ireland—the Capuchins of Kilkenny, and his fame as a preacher and confessor soon spread through the city ; but, his bishop having suspended him in consequence of a false report, he proceeded to Cork. When he went to Cork there lingered many and pleasant memories of another ' eminent Capuchin, Father Arthoe O’Leary, who raised the little Convent and little Chapel of the Capuchins, in Blackamoor’s Lane, near the South Bridge. O’Leary, one of the best scholars, ablest writers, and purest patriots of his time, the friend: of Cobban and of Fox, and the oc casional associate of .Johnson, was a favo rite in London as well as in Cork, but Theobald Mathew was as popular in the latter city as any clergyman possibly could have been. There, during the cholera in 1832, he ’worked heroically, regardless of fatigue and infection. His liie passed on, quietly but usefully; for many years, until he was called upon to take part in. the Temperance movement. -He, benefited his adopted city by establish ing a religious society for visiting the sick and needy; on the model of the societies of, St. Vincent de Paul, and the Irish Poor Commissioners bore testimony, in 1834, to its liberality and utility. He also established literary and industrial schools. Pope Gre gory XVI. gave him a dispensation to hold property (Tor this and other charitable pur- and .sent him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Father Mathew was one of the most quiet and unassuming of public men,’and did hot assume the title. Habits of intemperance, in the United . Kingdom; had gone on increasing between 1821 and IS3S. The consumption of whisky had averaged 9,500,000 gallons in 1802, 1812, and 1821 respectively. In 1831 it was nearly 22 million gallons. In Ireland it had risen from about three million gallons in 1821, to nearly nine millions in 1831, and ■ had icHkhcCi twelve millions in 1839. ; , -Tn his. clerical vocation, Father Mathew saw the misery, waht, disease, and death which arose frotti t£ih drinking, And, wiriid he lamented what, he feared, nothing less than a miracle coiild. mitigate, there came to him a good Quaker, named “Billy” Martin, who, in his advanced years, had himself abandoned strong liquor, and now desired others to do the same. His with Father Mathew was inces sant : “Oh! T.HEOBALD Mathew, if thou would only give thy aid, much good could be done in this city.” “Oh! Theobald Mathew, if time would but take the cause” in hand !” .The hour had struck, and the man was not wanting. On Tuesday, the; 10Ik of April, 1838, he tqok the pledge. “ Here goes, in the name of God !” and signed as follows : “Rev. Theobald Ma thew, C. C., Cove-street, No. 1.” ; , From that moment to his dying hour, Theobald Mathew never touched wine, spirits, malt, liquor, or any . intoxicating drink, He - was an earnest, honest, true man, and what he preached he practised. He became President of the Temperance Society, threw all his energy and power into it, and, within five months as many as 150,000 persons had taken the pledge to total temperance, in Cork city alone. He then made a progress through Ireland, with even more success. He preached, he prayed, he entreated, and he succeeded. He was the greatest practical and the most unselfish benefactor Ireland ever had. In Liverpool, Manchester, and largely even in London, he successfully labored, with surprising, en ergy, to raise the masses front -degrading habits.to virtuous and heaUhM'hb'stinence. Creed or country made no difference to'him. it is extremely creditable -to, the Catholic clergy of Cork that the immediate and. im mense popularity of Father Mathew, did not at all weaken, their regard" for him. When their Bishop (Dr, MuiU’hv, we, believe, ) was removed from them by death, they met, as usual, to make a list of three clergymen of the diocese whose names should be submitted to the Pope, as worthy to fill the vacancy. In this last, Theobald Mathew was. Set down first, Of Hignimmus , but Rome declined to ratify the nomination, and Theobald Mathew was left to fulfil his humbler'but surely not less noble mis sion. ' , Almost all his own income arose from an allowance made him hy his brother, who had a distillery in Tipperary—this was shut up in consequence of the Temperance move ment. In carrying out his admirable views, with scarcely any funds provided by the public, Father Mathew exhausted his own, and then got involved in debt. At this crisis, his services in the cause of religion and nforality being recognized by statesmen of ail shades of opinion, a pension of $1,500 was conferred upon him by Queen Yicto kia. It just sufficed to pay the interest of the life-insurances he had effected,’to secure his creditors. His biographer says he thought that $1,500 per annum for- life was a mo derate allowanoo to ouoli a man. JW haps so—it might easily have been larger —but it represents a capital, in consqjs, of $50,000. He passed over' to The United States, soon after receiving it, but the Irish here did not approve of his ac cepting any money-grant from the English sovereign ; at the same time, neither here nor in Ireland was any attempt made to collect a sum sufficient to pay off the debt 3 he had incurred for the Temperance cause, and provide him with a suitable income in hislater years. He was not in favor with the South, because he desired the negro’s free dom, and had courage publicly to -say so. In fact, he was disappointed in his American tour. He had left Ireland in bad,health, and re turned still more enfeebled. Rest gave him some relief, but he was soon attacked by paralysis, and apoplexy supervened on that. And so, stricken in the flesh, but patient and full of hope and trust, he lingered on, we learn, until “ Death stole upon him as gent ly as sleep upon a wearied man. He died in peace, without the slightest movement. * * * In the sixty-sixth year of his age, andin the forty-second of his ministry, the Apostle of Temperance ” was called to the better land. The sexton of the churchyard, at Cork, where he is interred, informs Mr. Maguire that the sick and infirm Tesort to the friar’s : grave, and are there miraculous ly cured. But, in his life-time, Father Mathew strenuously repudiated the notion that there 'was any things up c mat urai or mi raculous in the results of his preaching and prayers. These results wouid-probably have been more permanent, had Iris strength’ and ’ health continued, so that his frequent visits might strengthen the resolutions of tempe rance which his disciples eagerly made, j In 1843, the consumption of spirits in Ire land was five million gallons—it had been thirteen millionsin 1831. The number of commitments had dropped from 12,049 to 8,620 ; the sentences to transportation from 910 to 482, and the sentences to death from 66 to 16. Father Mathew had 'destroyed half the crime of the land; and Geoege Roe, the great Dublin distiller, could say to him : “ No man has done me more injury than you have, Father Mathew ; but I forget all in the great good you have done my country.” In a notice of his biography,, in a Lon don journal, we find the following, which is too good to be lost, and is known to be true : In the household of his elder brother, John, he saw the master touch no strong drinks ; and the friar used to cite his brother’s good looks as the result of his abstinence from strong liquors ; but one night, very late, the priest had occasion tg go ipto his brother’s library, and there he surprised John, all alone, but exceedingly jolly with the whisky punch he had been taking, and the prospect, till now uninter rupted, of taking more. . -This individual case may the type of many more. We find restraint in the priest’s presence, but the pledge disregarded in his absence, and soli tary quaffing enjoyed the more, perhaps, because oi its specially illicit character. ' There are many humorous incidents— many, too, of deep pathos—in this life of Father • Mathew. We cannot refrain from quoting a miniature sketch of one Abba ham Abel, a Quaker from under the shado w Blarney. Castle, .an excellent but eccentric man, with some peculiar opinions—one being a' theory that, in the days before the flood, man went on all-fours. Who that knew Cork, five and twenty years ago, can fail to recognize :; the original, of this de scription : “ His toilet was peculiar. He commenced by cleaning'his own boots and shoes, performing the operation in a condition of entire nudity. Then he sponged and brushed his body, after which, a?send ing an isolated stool, he threw in as much electricity, by the friction of a sillc handkerchief-on the heels, as sufficed for the day. Occasionally he fasted the.whole twenty- four hours to keep down corpu lency, to which he had no tendency; but his father had been a remarkably obese, man. Oh one occa sion his left arm'vexed him by evincing rheumatic symptoms, and he determined to chastise the insu bordinate limb. He; said the fellow was a sinecu rist and waxed wanton, whereupon he made him work, imposing the duties of brushing clothes, shoes, &e., until he found the beneficial consequences. When in business he sometimes sat at his desk with, a cat at either side of him, and frequently-with a favorite tom-cat on hißback; tbeir friendly purring, he would say, made a cheerful music to soothe him in his labors.” We sincerely hope that this biography of Father Mathew may be reproduced here. Messrs. Sadlter, the leading Catholic pub iishers of New York, would fiud it we are confident, to bring it out as early as possible. The records of a good man’s life are always acceptable. Pope truly said: " For point, of faith let graoeiesß zealot, fight, Hiß can’t be wrong whose life 1b in the right.” Hist of Patents ISSUED TO PENNSTXVANIATrS F.iOM THE UHITED STATES PATENT OPPIOB, I'OR WEEK ENDXKG DE-- OEMBER 16, 1863, EACH BEAKIHG THAT DATE. , To E. H. Bailey, ot Philadelphia, Pa., for, im proved puddle wheel. * To George W. Creamer, of Fillmore, Pa., for Im provement in apparatua for lilting and removing wheel tlreß. - To Silas Dodson, of Bloomsburg, Pa., for improved machine lor polishing rice. . To Charles M. Swany, of Philadelphia, Pa , for improvement in machine for measuring cloth. To Martin Weaver, of Millersburg, Pa., for Im proved shingle machine. Antedated Deoember l, 1863. , ■ •TO Satchel Weaver, of Gettysburg, Pa., for porta ble photographic gallery. ... . To Scker‘-'Wood, Of Philadelphia, Pa., for im provement in CBBt-irOll building piece!. To Felix Brunon, of Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to himself and Joseph M. Naglee, of the same place, for Improvement In cooling and diaqharglhgferment ed liquors. ;". N w „ To FrcderiokßT.TluchftUpt, of New York, assignor to John GK Kerahaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im provement in the manufacture of Btoos. Kicissue. —To Thomas Ltovelidge, of Philadel phia! Pa., for .improvement in looms. Patented Ftbiuary 14,1860. • • , , ~ Design.—To Earnest Kaufman, of Philadelphia, Pa., for design for a metal tea set. A Case op Bribery.— A prominent New England Senator is compromised by evidence going to show that he received $3,600 for his influence in getting a person out of the Old Capitol Prison, who had been confined there on a charge of defrauding the Govern ment, and for rendering to the same person other services of a similar nature. The affair haß created the utmost astonishment among those who have heard of it. The difficulty of putting a stop to pub lic plundering is by the high influ ences which can so often be retained for a small per centageof the ill gotten gains to screen the culprits from justice after their fraudulent practices have beendlsoovered.— rrilmne. • THREE CENTS _ SEW YORK CITY. Coorre.pond.ncB of The Press 3 Nkw York, Dec. 16, tB«3. TRAITORS AND- PIRATES. Very naturally, tbe newspapers, since the Chesa peake affair, have been looking around for some one on whom to lay the blame of the disaster; and, In more than one Instance, the revenue officers have been reproaohed with negligence, and culpable dis regard of their duties. The fact is, that a revenue officer has no more authority to make an arrest than has your correspondent. Even were this privilege accorded them, their foroe would be insufficient for the purpose, when the vast number of rebels arriving here by the Nassau and Havana lines of steamers is ■taken into consideration. The greatest vigilance has, of late, been exercised in the revenue depart ment. TJpon the last arrival of the steamer Corsica, from Nassau, not only were the trunks, but the persons of every male passenger thoroughly searched, and every letter directed ten Northern men, found upon them, was placed intho custody of the Surveyor of the Port, and by him scrutinized. Among the pas sengers were a whole batch ef blockade-running oaptajns, and men of acknowledged secession pro clivities, who brought with them the fruits of their treasonable ventures, both in gold and Confederate money. Among the correspondence seized was, as has been mentioned in a previous communication, a letter of introduction from Gov. Morehead, of Lou tish a, to Jeff Davis; end besides this, were docu ments implicating men who, previously, had seemed above suspicion. In one instance, a “ refugee Unionist,” from Wilmington, N. C., who has'al ways made professions of the most uncompromising loyalty fo the Government, was convicted by letters found upon his own person, and arrested in oonse ouence, ' These atefttadts hfever glHve wii&Qut bringing oar goes of sullen and defiant Secessionists, Who, Bet tering themselves throughout the oity, are sure of finding practical aid and comfort among resident Copperheads. On arrival days there are always some merchants who evince the greatest impatience to board the steamer and “ meet their friends,” be fore the searching of the baggage commences. In this manner, doubtlessly, great masses of improper correspondence are conveyed away beneath the offi cial nose, and without the authorities being the wiser for it. TbeEe impatient. invariably have friends on board, from month to month, and by this time they are pretty well known to the revenue officers. It is highly probable that they will find themselves in the toils-before lODg,' and, in such an event, some pleasant disclosures' may be aeticipated. It is stated upon good authority that letters to Nassau are now subjected to a rigid scrutiny, and that the authorities have already obtained a mass of proof therefrom, which, at the proper time, will be brought to bear upon implicated parties. It has been notioed in certain quarters that the people of Nasßauare: terribly short of strong shoes, and case upon case of these useful articles is despatched to them, per every -Ktvnnrws ■ —wiwss-ewtw-savt-urwsmwvsißS-trwii-iiifl-j^ leaß notorious one that Wilmington is glutted mtui _ shoes, certain speculativeresults may be obtained which speak highly for the loyalty of our Copper head city. The number of shippers who “ hope they are above disloyal practices,” “who know mer chants who have made fortunes by contraband traf fic,” and who, “though constantly solicited to in vest in these ventures, have rejected the propositions with scorn,” is truly wonderful. Were these men citizens of a Catholic country, their highmindedness and inflexible virtue would procure them canoniza tion and lucrative saintshipa. Self-crucifying prin ciple is plentiful in these-days. The capture of the Cheeapeake has occasioned a general feeling of insecurity among the shipping companies of our city. Under existing circum stances, there is literally no protection against the new class of pirates. It is probable that, hereafter, some means will be adopted for ascertaining the contents of all suspicious baggage belonging to pas? sengers, and that the arm-chests of steamers leaving this port will be more liberally provided with weapons of defence than heretofore. The effect of the rebel venture is already visible upon the busi ness of American bottoms ; and exporters, as well as travellers, are showing a decided preference for foreign ships, in view of the risks which they must lun by patronizing our own shipping. The best assurance of protection which the (Government can give will be by hangingthe Chesapeake pirates, in the event of their capture by our gunboats, A short shrift, and the yard arm would do more to deter traitors from repeating the act than any other course of procedure. A STATUE FOR JOHN BRIGHT: The question of erecting a statue to John Bright, M. P.j in the Central Park, is being agitated to some extent among our citizens. Mr. Bright’s gene rous defence of the Government ever since-the com mencement of the war has procured him many friehdfe among loyal men, and there seems some probability that this idea will be carried into exeeu**°n— It ig to be hoped that, in such'sn statue will.be of a more artistic char*-*® 1, the generality of American na^ure * There is* now in the a figure of Washington,.inbrown stone, which has been the’ laughing stock of the community ever since its erection. Cut originally -by. some stone-mason, it was purchased by the Com mon Council av» prcpootoroua-‘price,.the tranßAStion being a personal and political sop thrown out to some vagabond Cerberus, at the suggestion of a member. All otJt monuments and statuary are of the most in ferior character, and have, in nearly every instance, been the results of political jobs. A-s Bright’s statue, if it Is ever procured, will be raised under the supervision of private individuals of refinement and taste, there iB some’chance of its being worthy of the great man whom it is intended to honor; The Malden Bant Murder,. [From the Boston Courier. December 16. J In our yesterday’s afternoon editions we gave some account of the daring robbery of the Malden Bank, and the assassination of one of the assistants ' in the establishment, including such details as could ■ be obtained in season for publication then. We now ! give all the particulars of the tragedy, so far as they ' have been developed, obtained from the proper ' sources by our special reporters, who were early on the spot. The bank is located at Malden Centre, in the heart of the village, surrounded by stores and residences. The crime was committed almost at noon*day, and yet, up to the present time, there is not a clue of any kind to the perpetrators* The whole affair • seems to be shrouded in complete mystery, and altogether the murder was one of the I most cool and daring that have ever come to our knowledge. The bank building is a small, one- story brick structure, fronting on a prominent street, with a small yard around it, E. C. Converse, Esq .a wealthy citizen ©f Malden, is president of the bank, and his Bon, Frank Converse, seventeen years of age, a promising young man, was the victim of the murder. He has been for about eight months employed at the bank as an assistant to the cashier, Mr. Charles Merrill, remaining in the office during bank hours, in Mr. Merrill’s absence. It appears that it has been the custom ;of the cashier to visit Boston several times weekly, for the purpose of exchanging his foreign money at the Bank of Mutual Redemption.. He has usually left Malden in the half past 10 o’clock train, leaving the bank at a little past 10 o’clock, and returning in the half past 12 o’clock train. This was undoubted ly known to the parties who planned the robbery, and that, during the times of Mr. Merrill’s absence, the bank was left in the sole charge of young Con verse ; and the probability iB that a close watch was kept on the premises by those engaged in the villainy, from the time of the departure of the cashier to the commission of the crime. Yesterday morning the cashier visited Boston in the half past ten- train as usual, and left the deceased alone in the bank, giving Mm, prior to his departure, five thousand dollars in bills, three thousand of which were of large denominations, and the balance in small notes. The other funds of the bank were in thesate, and this Mr. Merrill locked up, taking the key with him. At about twenty-ffve minutes past eleven o’clock Mr. George T. Bailey, a gentleman doing business in the village, called at the bank to get a check cashed. He found Converse seated in an arm-chair, outside : '’tlje bsDk counter, reading a newspaper. On ascer taining Mr. Bailey’s business, he went behind the counter, paid him $l7l, the amount of the check, from the cash- drawer in the centre of the bank desk, depositing the'check in the same drawer. When Mr. Bailey left the bank he had sat down a. writing-desk inside the counter, . with his back toward the cash drawer, and resumed reading the newspaper. The next persbn known to have entered the building, with the exoeption of the assassins, was a son of Mr. Merrill; the cashier, 13 yeare of age, who was excused from school on account of ill ness. at twenty minutes before 12 o’clock. The school-house was within a few rods of the bank, and he went immediately there, expecting to find his fa ther there. Not seeing any one outside the counter, he passed inside, and there found Frank Converse lying upon his back on the floor, groaning as if in great pain. He noticed some blood running from his head,* and supposing he Had fallen in a fit, he ran out in search of medical aid, and not finding either of three physicians residing near in their.of fices, he called in the assistance of several of the storekeepers. On their arrival Converse was still alive, and apparently conscious, but unable to speak, and in a few minutes after he was raised from the floor he expired without having been able to articu late a word, or in any way communicate informa tion in regard to the perpetration of the double crime.. 'When taken up his head was bleeding, but noiprofusely, and as there was but little blood on the floor, and that all in one place, it was supposed by those present, a physician not havipg arrived, that death had been oaused by a fit, and that the blood came irom a wound oaused by .the fall. Sub sequently Dr. J. A. Burpee arrived, and found on examination that the deceased had been shot through the bead, the bullet entering the left temple, passing through the head, and coming out below the right ear.- On a close inspection it was found that the hair and skin around the temple which the ball had entered was singed and blackened by powder,.show-, ing that the pistol must have been held within a few inches of the young, man’s head when die charged. No further trace could be found of the bullet, although a close search was made or the premises. . On the arrival of the cashier, ha discovered that ' all the funds he had left in the custody of the de ceased had been carried off, the check cashed for Mr. Bailey alone remaining in the drawer. There was no evidence that any money had been paid out during the absence of the cashier, except that to Mr. Bailey j but it is known that deposits were madelo an amount about equal to that paid out. No attempt had been made to enter the safe, which I Is situated in the corner of the room, dose by where the deceased was found, and the probability is that the murderer immediately left the bank by tie front door, after securing what money was in the drawee The arm of the chair in which Converse was sitting when Mr. Bailey left him was broken, and it is supposed that while he was reading his assassin may have stepped behind the counterquletly and shot him before he had time to rise. Another theory is, that the murderer went in, engaged Con verse in some business conversation at the desk, and shothim over the top of the counter. Mr. Merrill, as soon as he could leave bank, came to Boston to stop the payment of the stolen bills, all, of whioh were of the issue of the Malden Bank. A meeting of the directors of the bank was held yesterday af ternoon, and a reward of $5,000 was offered by t£om for the arrest of the murderer and the recovery of, the money, or $3,000 for either the arrest.or recove ry-of the money, and in addition, to this * reward oi $6OO is offered by the town of Maldenfor the appre hension and conviction of the perpetrator of the crime. . The Adjutant Generalof theHsrmy (L. Thomas) haa again broken down under hia labors in orga nizirg negro troops in the Southwest. He is dan gerouslyfll, and will be brought borne as soon as bis condition will admit of it. Mr Clement Barclay, tbe philanthropist, has arrived in Washington, from lot tress Monroe, having failed to got to Richmond for the purpose relieving the Union prisoners* v WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) * Wax nusse will be sent to sabserlb well (per snntun lx wHan,.) St— Jr*'. 00 "tree soples——- g oo PIT» «o»le«. 8 OO TlO COPieS.. QQ Larger Club* than Ten will ba charged at the cams file, 11. ®0 per «opy. ’ The money must always accompany the order . is no instance can these terms be deviated from, as the* •ford very little more than the cost of the paper* 49"- Postmaster* are reanested to act as Agents f*r Thb Wax Press. To the getter-np of the Club of ten or twenty, an artra copy of the Paper will beiiven. : News from Washington. COorrespondence of the N. Y. Times. 3 ■Washington, Wednesday, Dee. Iff. GEN. BUTLER TO UNDERTAKE THE EXCHANGE OF An effort is being made to give to Gen, Butler full authority to negotiate the exchange of our prisoners now languishing in Richmond. It is un derstood here that he has expressed his willingness to undertake it, and his confidence jo his ability to effect it. It is, moreover, understood that he wiu be acceptable to the Richmond authorities as a nego tiator, and that they will be disposed to treat on the basis of considering all our captured negro soldiers not claimed as slaves by their owners on the same footing.as our white soldiers. The Senate Military Committee had a long session to-day, for tbe purpose of considering Senator Wil son’s amendments to the enrolment bill. It is the intention of the committee to have the amendments ready to lay before the Senate , to-morrow, and the bill at once put upon its passage; The three-hua dred-dollar clause is stricken out, and exemption* are made more difficult of attainment. The Senate will insist that the House shall pass the bill before tbe recess, as it is to go into effect on the first of January.’ . The report of Gen, McClellan, which is now in. thehandßof the printer, blames the War Depart ment for the ill-success of his Peninsula campaign. He says, had he received the proper reinforcements at the proper time he would have captured Rich mond. He is reticent about hiß failure to follow up Dee’s army after the battle of Antietam. It is understood that he censures Hooker for hU fight at Williamsburg, and that other officers, whose testimony before the War Committee damaged hie reputation as a military commander, reoeive their distributive share of condemnation. , CHARLESTON UNDER EIRE. X letter received here from "an - officer of the blockading fieet off'Charleston, says that the shells from Gilmore’s batteries on Morris Island are thrown !?*« the of Charleston* and, by the aid of a glass, the locality ana effect of their explosion are easily discerned. Deserters/ that the city is almost abandoned, persons except soldiers remaining in the place. -The store* are all closed and the good* removed. The one of the principal hotels there, has al ready beeii Struck three shells. The house, in consequence, has been closed. Divine service in the churches wav suspended some > weeks' since. The poorer classes, who have been driven out of tb eir houses by our fi re, have erected tempor ary' habitations three or lour miles back of the city, to escape its coming doom. Destitution prevails. Half-rations are issued daily to the poor by the rebel commissaries. CHANCELLORVILLE AND CHICEAMAT7GA. It is probable that resolutions calling for General Hooker’s report of the battle of Ghanoellorville, and General Rosecrana* report of the battle of Chloka mauga, will soon be introduced in the House and Senate. ' - [Special Despatch to the New Tork Tribune. 1 Major General Schofield and staff arrived in ther city last night. The General had an interview with the President this, evening. No- order relieving hi m. has been, and probably none will be, issued until a suitable successor to the command of the Depart ment of tbe Missouri be decided upon,and also# new ooinm&nd found for General Schofield. The question has been raised whether the mem* ben of the present House of 'Representatives are legally doing business. The act prescribing an ad« StffHm OTtfrytCsgcgi paeeed by the last Oonsrew. teiing upon his duties, to take and subscribe-1 oath abjuring all connection with the rebellion. This oath was administered to the Speaker and to the Representatives by States or sections com mencement of the session, but it was subscribed by nobody. • v Every Senator elected since the passage or the law, except Mr. Bayard, who will soon be efiorded an opportunity to do bo, has signed the requisite oath. The Second Controller has, we understand, refused to pass the accounts of any officer of the G-ovem ment who has not filed the oath in question. [From tie Washington Star. ] REPORTED APPEARANCE OF MOSSBY IN WABH- A rumor was prevalent on the street this morn ing, th'fit Moseby, the 1 rebel guerilla, was in the city yesterday afternoon, and that he was bold enough to visit a jewelry establishment on'theavenue. The facts in the case, as we have been able to learn them, are that' yesterday afternoon an indi vidual visited the establishment above alluded to and made a number of purchases. He then desired to purchase a box,'and his manner creating sus picion, he was aslred what he wished to do with it. His reply was that the articles were purchased for Ifloseby, and he wished to pack them up and get them out of the city without trouble. This infor mation waß convened to the proper officer, and de • tectives were at once placed upon the trail, but the anest of the party has not as yet been consum mated. The Three Hundred Dollar - Clause. [From ihe Tribune, j The probabilities decidedly are that Congress will repeal the three-hundred-dollar clause of the enrol ment act. The Military Committee of the Senate are believed to be in favor of doing so, and it is not unlikely that they will attach a section to that effect to the amendatory hill introduced by-Senator Wil son. The other provisions of that Dill will proba bly he adopted in substance. The following is the bill as introduced: Ak Act to amend an act entitled “An Act for Ea lolliDg and Calling Out the National Forces, And for other purposes.”. * Approved-March 3d, 1863. Be it enacted iry the Senate and House of Representa tives of ihe United States of America, in Congress as-... _ call upon fhe eeveral States for such numbers of’men for the military service of the United States as the exigen cies of the country may require. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That ir any State shall fail to furnish, within the time 'designated by the President, the number of men required therefrom, the Provost Marshal of the district within which, any ward of a city, town, or township,or, county, —when the same is not divided into wards, towns, or townships,-which ie deficient in its quota is situated, shall, under the orders of the Provost Marshal General, make a draft for the number deficient therefrom; but all volunteers who may enlist after the draft is ordered, and before it is actually made, shall he deducted from the number ordered to be - drafted. Sec. 3. And be it further, enacted , That, section 3 of the act entitled “An act for enrolling and calling out the National forces, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1863, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Enrolment of each district to consolidate the two classes provided for in the 3d section of said act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person enrolled under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1863, entitled “An act for enrolling and calling out the national forceß and for other pur poses,” may furnish at any time an acceptable sub stitute, and he shall be exempted from draft during the time for which such substitute has been ac cepted. - Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That provost mar shals, boards of enrolment, or any member thereof, shall have power to summon witnesses and enforce their attendance by an attachment in-any case pend* ing before them, or either of them, and the same witness lees and costs shall be allowed as may be allowed in the courts of the United States, and to administer oaths and affirmations, and any person, who shall swear or affirm falsely before any provoat marshal or hoard of enrolment, or before any civil magistrate, to any affidavit to be used in any case pending before any provost marshal or board of en rolment, shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding $509 and imprisoned not less than six months nor more than twelve months. STUYVE3ANT. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That copies of any record of a provost marshal or Board of Enrol ment, or of any part thereof, certified to as correct by the provost marshal or a majority of saidEoard oi Enrolment, shall he deemed and taken as evidence in any civil or military court in like manner as the original record; and that the person or persons cer tifying to the correctness of such record, who shall knowingly make or certify to a false copy or copies ol such record, shall be subject to the pains and penalties of perjury. Sec. 7.; And be it further enacted That all claims to exemption shall be verified by the oath of the party to the tmth of the facts stated, if within his personal knowledge ; and to his belief in their truth, if not within his personal knowledge; and the testimony of any other party filed in support of a claim to ex emption shall also be under oath. Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That if any person, drafted and liable to render military service shall procure a decision of the commissioners in his favor upon a claim to exemption, or a discharge from the examining surgeon procured by any fraud practised by himself; or by any other person with his know ledge and consent, or by any false statement or re presentation wilfully made by himself, or by any other person with his knowledge and consent, with the intent to evade military service, or by giving or agreeing to give to the provost marshal or either of his deputies, or either of the commissioners, or the examining surgeon, or to any other person for their use or benefit, directly or indirectly, any bribe, pecu niary consideration, or- other inducement, or by holding out or offering to them any gain or ad vantage of any kind, such decision or discharge . shall he of no effect, and the person discharged, or in whose favor the decision is made, shall be deemed a deserter, and may he arrested, tried by court-martial, and punished »b aucb, and shall beheld to service for the full term for which he was drafted, reckoning from the time of Mb arrest. . Sr.c. 9. Andbeit further That any person who shall procure, or attempt to procure, the dis charge by the examining surgeon, of any'person, drafted and liable to render service, or a decision in favor of , such, person by the commissioners upon a. claim to exemption by any such means, shall, upon conviction in aDy District or Circuit Court of the United States, be punished by imprisonment for the period for ■which the party was drafted. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall represent, directly or indirectly, to a drafted man, that he has an understanding or secret influence with the provost marshal, deputy provost : marshals, commissioners, or surgeons, or either of them, or with any other person, through Which he can procure, or aid in procuring; the discharge of said drafted men for physical disability; or' the de cision in his favor of any claim to, exemption, or who shall promise to procure, or aid id, procuring, such discharge or decision, through any such Under standing or influence, or by any similar means, or who shall receive any money or other consideration for procuring, or for promising to procure, or to aid in procuring, such discharge or decision through any such understanding .or influence, or by any similar means, shall, upon conviction in any District or Cir cuit Court of the UMted States, be punished by im prisonment for the period for which said person was drafted. - . : Sec. U. And be it further enacted, That the feeß of agents and attorneys for making out and oausiog to be executed any papers in support of a claim for ex emption from draft, or for any services that may be rendered to the claimant, shall not in any case ex and surgeons furnishing certificates of dis ability to any claimant for exemption from draft shall not be entitled to any fees or compensation, and that any agent or attorney who shall directly or.indirectly demand'd receive any greater compensation for his services under this act, and any surgeon who shall directly or indirectly demand or receive any com pensation for furnishing said certificates of disabili ty, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall, for every such offence, be fined not exceeding $3OO, or be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding twelve.months, or both, Recording to the circumstances and aggravations or be it further enaeted , That any person enrolied*who shall remove from any ward of a city* town or township, or from a county where the same is not divided into wards, towns, or townships, may, on application to the proper Board of Enrolment, be enrolled in the place ol residence To. which he has remt ved, and have hi* name stricken from, the rolls of his former place of residenceand Boards of En rolment shall have power to enroll any person whose name shall have been omitted by the proper enrollingofficer'.; . Mjss Hosmkr.-—We are surprised to see in the September number of the Art JGurnat, in a notioe of ah-Ei glish sculptor, lately deceased, the following slur upon this talented lady: ■ . * l These works attracted little attention beside the more meretricious charms of the Reading Girl anil the Xmobia, said to be by Mi»B Hosmer, hut reaUy executed by an Italian workman in Rome.” "We presume no one who knows Miss Hoamer doub'a that the works referred to are the produc tions of her genius. It iB customary for sculptors, after having moulded tneir works, to employ work men to cut them in marble, and the designs of the architect might with aa muoh propriety be credited to the mason, as to attribute the conceptions of the sculptor tu his stone-cutters. The Art Journal should hove known better than to publish so absurd a. statement.— Boston Jovial. prisoners. THE ENROLMENT ACT. _ GEN. M’CLELLAN’S REPORT. Washington, Wednesday, Dec, t 6, fSffff. Arrival or gen. schufebld and btajetf: THE ADDITION AX. OATH OF" OFFICE.