FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,1863. FOBIVEY’S “WAR PRE99,» For tlie week ending SATURDAY, December 19. is rea dy. and for sale at this office. - It» contents are valuable and interesting, viz; f STORY.—The fine original sketch of “Abigail,” by “M. L. F. ” , i ORIGINAL POEMS,—The Clouds—Rainbow-Msn’t it Hard:by favorite contributors. . - : LITERARY MISCELLANY. —A melange of all descrip tions of intelligent reading. . THE WAR.—Major-General Halleck’s report in full— Correspondence from the Army; and a summary of all the'telegraphic news.v “• .CONGRESS.—FuII reports of the Session—Correspond ence from Washington, &c. ✓ . VARIOUS FEATURES. —Agriculture, Fi;ance, Edlto rial. Review, &c. • ; . Specimens of the “ War Press” will be forwarded When requested. The subscription rate for. single copies is $2 per year. A reduction from these terms will be al lowed when clubs are formed, Single copies, put up In wrappers, ready for mailing, may be obtained at the counter. Price, five cents. The Woek Before Congress. There is one work before Congress which will not be defined in any resolution 6r hill, yet will he almost as important as any, and will make a part of all its essential action. It is informal, yet fully understood by the people. It is already begun, and will only end with the session. Unless it is well done the country will, be disappointed, and its foes will have reason to rejoice in an under hand success. This work is the lull expo sure Of the secret principles and purposes. of the enemies of the Government. To do it Well is very important, for this exposure must greatly affect the coming Presidential election, and the future of the whole coun try. ■ : , Is there any doubt that the loyal profes sions of that minority, which never omits any opportunity of interfering with the war, and attacking tlie.Administration, are insin •mm ? There is nano. When Ms. Vj.ii.jj* - dioham was in Congress; how reverently did he lift his hat whenever the Constitution was mentioned! How devotedly did he adore his country—how passionately did belong to lose his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor for her sake ! But when his wish was gratified—except’ in the losing of his life—where was Mr. Yallandigham ? A banished man, on a triumphal tour through the armies of the rebellion, and in Southern cities, where no loyal Northerner would have" been safe. Mr. Vallandig ham’s friends in .Congress are now taking off their hats to the Constitution, and ador ing their country. Yet all the while they denounce the Government, oppose the war, want to send peace commissioners to Rich mond, and present a rinited front ef resist ance to all those great measures.which the loyalty of the nation has so repeatedly ao proyed. Of this Mr. Edukrton’s-resolution is an insUnjf.'<i. -ltEhiu_t'i<.",^ I—mean 1 —mean ? yaluandtgh am has been exposed; now we want Vallandiglmmism itself revealed. This work will be done day by (lay in the votes upon all important bills necessary to the prosecution of the war, and the restora tion of the Southern States. It is incum bent upon the loyal leaders in Congress that -they should shape their legislation into test questions: Wherever subterfuge is possible, it will be used by the men who are now plotting the election of a pro-slavery Presi dent in 1864..- The possibility must not ex ist. Under the pretence of opposition to the Administration, there are others who really oppose the Union ; the real nature and ob ject of their enmity must be uncloaked. The strength of a conspiracy is in conceal ment, and- the disunion conspiracy which for twenty years or more has been a part of Congressional legislation, is not ended by the withdrawal of its old lead ers. Jefferson Davis pleaded for the Union while planning its destruction, and his friends have not forgotten that the uni form of the enemy is the protection of the spy. We do Eot believe that the fifty or sixty votes regularly cast against the Government and the resolution of theloyal States are, with- out exception, those of hypocritical friends of the rebellion, but we do believe that the secret Of this opposition is disloyalty. In Con oDDortuipty than existed in the recent State elections,' this secret should be dragged into the light. We want the people-to know what would be the meaning of the election of an anti- Administration candidate in 1864; when they do know that, we shall be satisfied with all the rest. The Murder of Colored Soldiers. In June last, eighty colored soldiers, a first lieutenant and a captain, [were captured by the rebels, after a hard fight, at Millikan’ s Bend. Their fate was long unknown; but information has lately been received by the Government that, after a brief imprison ment, the two officers were taken from their cells at night and hung. Very soon after, wards the eighty men “disappeared,” a cant Southern phrase, which means that they were murdered. This is one fact, which gives importance to a second. The steamer Planter, the vessel which 'Robert Small, the colored pilot, so gallantly ran but of Charleston harbor, was lately re captured, with her colored crew, and, it is supposed, Robert Small. Are these men, in the service of the United States, to meet the fate of the heroes of Milliken’s Bend ‘r • The military authorities of the rebellion claim that they are justified in hanging all -colored soldiers they may capture, who have escaped from slavery, on the ground that they are deserters. This is the argu ment by which murder is justified; an argu ment which, if.good forgone side, must be good for the other,; must haye universal application or none at all. Upon this matter the Tribune argues so closely ■that other comment is superfluous. It says: “ Siycetfic United' States is admittedly a Govern ment, both etc facto and de jure , it must have atieait -equal rights with the Confederaoy, which exists, if at .all, only de facto. If, then, the Confederacy claims to hang as dereiters all the inhabitants of its territory found Id arms in our ranks, the claim of the United States to.haig these who have deserted from its ‘•e equally strong. It follows that, if the rebels ha\ e a right to hang recaptured negroes, a right to hang recaptured The truth is, that the barbarous treatment of our white soldiers captured—the murder of our black troops—the"injustice and cruelty of the rebel authorities in regard to the ex change of prisoners, are crimes which must ere long compel terrible punishment. The mercy our Government has thus far shown to its enemies must soon be transferred to its friends, unless these-enemies—from whom mercy is not expected—answer generosity "With simple justice. An Important Test-Case. _ The decision in the test-case of the Alex andra, -seized by order of Earl Russell under the provisions of this Poreign Enlist ment Act, had not been made when the steamer “Hibernia” sailed on the Bth instant. It had been erroneously stated' that “the decision of the British Govern ment will be made on the 7th of December. ” On the contrary, the s British Government is one of the parties in the case, certain ship builders and others being the defendants. The prosecution was at the suit of the -Crown. The verdict was against the Crown,' "Whose law- officers immediately tendered a "bill of exceptions to the judge’s charge to the jury. On the earliest opportunity the Crown-lawyers came before the judges of the Court of Exchequer, sitting in banco And obtained a conditional rule for a new trial. Subsequently, counsel for the de fendants appeared before the Court and argued against this rule nisi The Crown lawyerß replied. The Court then took some ten days to deliberate, and their decision was to have been announced on December ’7th. Considering that Chief Baron Pol lock, ("an octogenarian with unconcealed Secession sympathies, tried the case, and is -charged with having misdirected the jury, j "is head of the five Exchequer judges who “will have to decide on the question of a -new trial, it may be anticipated that the de mand will be refused. Of course, there is a ■ final appeal beyond this "We are justified.in calling this a test case. It is so in a double sense. It will test the sincerity of the British Government, in its avowed neutrality, and it will test th% effi cacy, of-the Eqreign Enlistment Act. . If that statute, expressly framed to check, pre vent, and punish, the construction, equip ment, and wailike fitting out of vessels to be employed in hostilities againßt the ships, property, and commerce, of nations with whom England is at peace, be inadequate to effect thiß, it is clear that Parliament must be immediately applied to, by the British Government, in the Queen’s name, to pass a law which will effectively "do what is required. If .an Opposition—com posed of bffice-seeking Tories, sympathizers, and discontented no-party men—get up a cry, as they will , that this demand for a stringent law is only a compliance with “ dictation from ‘Washington,” it is not im probable that such an outcry will be raised throughout too-credulous England which will drive -the Palmerston Ministry either into resignation of office or a general election, almost a certainty of the new House 6f Commons being even more unfriendly than the old. Just so, in February, 1858, Lord Palmerston was compelled to quit office, when the popular cry'was that he was passing the new Conspiracy Act especially to gratify the Emperor Napoleon. It will thus be seen that the case of the Alexandra is unusually important. , “The Country Must Succumb.” Mr. Memminger’s report of the state of the rebel finances is an admission of the itn" possibility of' maintaining the rebellion. Unless some remedy for ruin is provided, he de'clares that “the army can neither be paid, clothed, nor fed; arms and munitions of war can no longer be supplied ; the offi cers of the Government cannot be and the country must succumb.” At the same time, let it be observed, he, with all his labor and experience, can suggest no remedy, nor is there any that human inge nuity can invent. Mr. Chase himself would fail in the attempt to drag the rebellion out of its hopeless bankruptcy. It follows, therefore, that.the rebellion is considered a failure by its own leaders, and it will not be long before wo eliall..see man after man es caping from its toils, and Mr. pAyig, who ias : set liis life upoif a; cast, vainly; striving to find friends to help him stand the hazard of the die. ~ Keaction. —Mr. -Wood, Mr. Reed, Mr. Bayard, Mr. Garrett Davis, and other eminently conservative men, are still where they we]^3 —constant as needles that have rusted in their sockets ; or, if they have changed, they have only grown more con servative —more Southern, indeed, than the Southerners themselves. : Meanwhile the fctate of’Missouri has become more radical than the North, and even Arkansas is agi tating the abolition of, slavery, at the in stance of the former rebel Brigadier General Gantt. Mr. Wood and his friends call our Government despotic and horrible; and yet we are reliably informed that, in greet ing their deliverers, the women of rbaTinn *■* .wtawa -»vw\tu\ ...UjTJxoj*- threw their arms even around the horses’ necks, in their great'joy, and Wept life children. ” We are also tdld the gratifying fact,that “in many portions of the State it would be worth as much as a man’s life to advocate the % re-establishment of the ‘institution.’ ” The loyal Arkansans i re fully equal to the President’s proclama-f tion of freedom, if they have not advanced a step beyond it. Fearful of the facts that the President’s proclamation only freed the slaves at the time being in such States to' which it applied—that slaves from Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky might be brought into the State, the constitution of Arkansas prohibiting, its Legislature from preventing j slave-owners of those States from bringing j them in—it was, therefore; resolved, by a j Union meeting at Little Rock, -“ that it is the duty of the people of Arkansas to call a convention as soon as practicable, and so amend our constitution as to place the ques tion beyond the reach of cavil.” Evident ly, the world is moving onward, yet some respectable people are standing very still, or travelling slowly backward. , i . Senator Hale very naturally felt desi rous that the newspaper assertion, that he had been guilty of accepting a bribe should be examined by the Senate, and the matter was very properly referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. But we respectfully sub- : mit . this action should not be made a precedent. • Jr 0 f the loyal Senators, Representatives, CabUiot officers, and sol diers, - who have heeii charged by. reckless journalists with crimes greater than bribery; should ask formal vindications.of-Gongiess',' that-body-would have no time for the trans action of public business. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to The Press. ■Washington, D. C., Deo. 17, The Congressional Debates, &c. In the Senate to-day a resolution was adopted, on the motion of Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, in structing the Committee on Printing to inquire: as to the best mode of securing an accurate synopsis of the debates and proceedings of the’ Senate to be reported by telegraph for the Associated Press. The motion on the part of the Senator was alto gether independentof consultation with, or even in timation from, the gentlemen having charge of the Congressional telegraphic reports, but, nevertheless, it is regarded as a friendly act. At present, the extended verbatim, official re ports appear only in the Globe t and do not reach the great mass of the people; hence, doubtless, the movement to ascertain-the best mode of accom plishing this object. -The telegraph arrangements, in each wing of the Capitol, are for the convenience of the newspaper press-and members of Codgreßs, "and messages are thence despatched to all points. The Supreme Justices, • The customary annual visit of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States was postponed, on the 7th, on account of the illness of the President, but upon a formal notice that he would be happy to see them to-day, they proceeded in a body .to. the executive mansion and severally paid their,respects to him, . Appointment to the Revenue. Charitom Lewis, of Cincinnati, to-day entered upon his duties as Deputy Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue, to which office he has recently been appointed. • Claim Argument* The case of Cabmao and Ramsey against the Government came up for argument before the First Comptroller of the Treasury yesterday. It involves a claim of about $2,000,000, with interest, and has bt en in litigation for ten years. It ia on account of a mail contract for semce on the Pacific coast. William Cxjbtis Noyes, Esq., of New York, opened the argument for the claimants, and will be followed by Mil.ton Whitney, Eeq., of Baltimore (and of the firm of Whitney A Lamiiobn, of Wash ington,) who is here to reply for the Government. The case will probably occupy the entire week. Personal. General Bufoed’s funeral will take place on Saturday. ~ -General Koseorans will probably take command in Missouri in place of General Schofield. It ia raining hard here to-day. The army the Po tomac it preparing to go into winter quartern. BEOAPTUKE OF THE STEAMER CHESAPEAKE. Escape of Most of the Rebel Crew. Halifax, Dec. 17. The steamer Chesapeake moved to Sambro Harbor, which ia twenty miles from Halifax, on yesterday. The United. States steamer Ella and Annie waa informed of it, and will be at that point earl; thiß morning. The Government of Nova Scotia has issued orders for the arrest of_the pirates. There are no other gunboats here. ■ Halifax, Dec. 17.— The U. S. steamer Ella and An nie, captured the Bteamer Chesapeake this morning, in Sumbro harbor. All but three of the crew escaped.- Soon after the capture the Dacotah came up, and ordered them into Halifax, and all three of the ves sels are now here. HOW THIS CHESAPEAKE WAS RETAKEN. Halifax, Deo. 17,—The movements of the Chesa peake since her first appearance at Sheeburne, have been narrowly watched by the United States offi cials, and the Amerioan citizens of the Provinces. Her whereabouts were daily known, but the ab-' pence of the gunboats caused delay in her capture. On Tuesday the Ella and Annie, Lieut, Command ing Nickels, anived here for ooal, and was immedi ately supplied at the Cunarda’ wharf. She received information of the pirate, and at eleven and a half o’clock P. M. steamed for her, arriving at her ren erzvous at three o’oiock P.M,, but the Chesa pealieleft at 9 o’olook A. M., of Wednesday, there by evading her pursuers. The Ella and Annie immediately turned back, and steamed for Lunenburg, for orders, arriving, in the evening, . In the meantime, the officials securingin formation of the pirates being at Sambro, notified Lieutenant Nickels, who immediately steamed- for her, determined to take her, and at daylight on Thursday, accomplished it. The orew ofTered no resistance, but at the sight of their pursuers immediately fled to the wood, leavikg ft sumptuously prepared breakfast. immediately taken in tow. niid Lieutenant Nickels started for an. American port.;, Thc Dacotah soon ccmc up and ordered Lieutenant Nickels and his prize into Halifax, to await the sanction or the act Dv the Government. The vessels arrived at four o’oiock P. hi. Three or the original crew were captured; the others were shipped in Nova Scotia. ' The Niagara left Puberioo this morning hound east. • - It is reported that the officials who were de spatched by the authorities, to arrest the pirate Braine to day, were resisted. - NORTH CAROLINA. Blockade-Running into Wilmington. gen. butler raising an army OF COLORED TROOPS. NBWBitnN, K. c., Deo. 12, —Refugees from Wil mington state that General Whitney, commanding the rebel forces at that point, left with his brigade recently for Tennessee, and was relieved by General Martin. - The command in and about Wilmington consists only of one small brigade. The running of the blockade into Wilmington continues to inorease, It 1b estimated that a half a million of dollars worth of goods arrive there every twenty* four hours. ' North Carolina 4* nearly abandoned by thq rebel troops, there.being but two brigades in the State. It has .been decided by the banka, as a matter of safety, to dispose of their specie, which they are now paying out as fast as possible to the citizens of the State, giving them one dollar in gold for four dollars in North Carolina money.. ‘ * General Butler is raising an army of colored troops for this department. The three blaolc regiments of cavalry, which were recently started; are rapidly filling up. FORTRESS MONROE. Burning oXttie Hospital at Fort Yorktown -Explosion of SHells-Xoss of Life. FonTßpss Mowkob, Deo. 16.—About ninety rebel prisoners arrived here this morning, via Yorktown. They were captured last Monday, at Charles City Court House. Among them are seven commissioned officers, and also a female soldier. The names of the officers are: W. J. Hamlet, captain 42d Virginia Cavalry, A. J. Rodgers, captain 42d Virginia Cavalry. A. B. Doak, assistant Burgeon 42d Virginia Oav. F. .T. Ballarn, let lieutenant 42d Virginia Cavalry. T. .T. King, 2d lieutenant 42d Virginia Cavalry. ~T. B. Salmon, 2d lieutenant 42d Virginia Cavalry. I. M. Kodgers, 3d lieutenant 42d Virginia Cavalry, The expedition was commanded by Colonel R. M. West. Fortbesb Moneoe, Deo. 17.— About 8 o’clock last evening the hospital in Fort Yorktown took-Are, communicating with the bakery. At about half past 8 one of the magazines ex ploded. The fire continued, and shells exploded during the whole night. At 4 o’olock this morning another ex plosion tooit piece, gSYeis! Mflisgs was destroyed. one wounded man salved here this morning. BERMUDA. Movements of Blockade Runners. New York, Dec, 17. —The brig Oleander, from Bermuda on the lith, has arrived here. The steamers A. D. Vance, late JLord Clyde, and Eugene, were overdue from Wilmington; and it was feared that they had been captured. The Heroine, Coquette, and Ranger were in port. The two former loaded for Wilmington, and the other was a new arrival from England. The Denbick Bailed on the 2d for Havana, and the Flora on the 4th, for Wilmington, * EUROPE. TEN DAYS LATER BY THE CITY OF CORK AND HIBERNIAN. THE PROPOSED CONGRESS OF POWERS. American Topics, <fce. Threatening Aspect of European Politics. Grant’s Victory Considered in England. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION’. Kbw York, Dec. 17.— The steamer City of Cork has arrived with Liverpool dates to the 28th,and via Queens town to the 30thr> ‘ She passed therEAihburgli Dec. let, the Glasgow.on the 4th, and the Persia on the Bth. The PopB, in i eply to the invitation to take part in the Congress, from Napoleon, expressed his'conviction that the Congress would respect his rights td the Pontifical provinces occupied by Piedmont. The Pari? Constituttonnel attacks the English Govern ment for declining to. enter the proposed Congress, and says if trouble aad conflagration should en«ue as is probable, the responsibility would fall on those who’-re jicted*thework‘of peace and conciliation. The Italian Chamber of Deputies I1&3 confirmed treaties of commerce and navigation with France. . The Swedish Chambers have granted all the credits asked by.the. Government, In the Austrian Lowvr House of the Keichsrath, on the2Btb, there was an animated debate on the Holstein question. Some of the Deputies demanded the most eu ergetic conduct cn the part of the Government. Arrival of the Hibernia at St.'Johns. St. Johns, N. P.. Dec. 17. —The .teamer Hibernia-from Galway, arrived this morning. Her dates are to the Sth inn., nine days later than previous ad vice*. The steamers Glasgow and tudon, from Now York, ar rived at Queenstown on the 6th.; . The political news is not important -.-The Banish German question remained in stntuquo. The United States coivette Keaisags was oft' Queens town on the 7th, and relanded sixteen men recently shipped there. The Gibraltar, formerly, the Sumpter, had arrived at Queenstown with 3co bales of cotton from Wilmington, R. C. I The Court of Exchequer did not give a decision in the Alexandra case on the 7th inst. General Grant’s victory at Chattanooga - attracts ranch comment in the English press. The steamers Edinburgh, Hansa, North American, and Asia had doubtless arrived' out prior to the sailing of the Australasian, though no notice thereof comes in ear epatch, which embraces the news subsequent to the de parture of the Australasian. . - : The despatch contains no intelligence of the prize-fight between Hcenan and King. GREAT BRITAIN. English politics are unimportant. The Cabinet Ministers were - leaving town for the Christmas holidays-' _ General--Grant's victory at Chattanooga attracts the comments of the English press. . The Dafiy A'crns takps it for granted that Bragg was defeated in a position selected by himself, and that un less Longstreet was determined to risk all at Knoxville, he would have retreated- and-.rejoined Bragg, thereby r elieving KnexviUe. It thinks both Bragg and Long street m danger. The Times sees do reason to dispute General Grant’s claim to a victory, and says the rebel reverse is the pe nalty for missing their opportunity after Chickamauga It accepts the minor details with merve, and suggests that some of the reports from Knoxville may have been, a little colored to suit the exigencies ot Thanksgiving day. THE IT. S. STEAMER IvEARSAGE AND THE REBEL STEAMER GIBRALTAR. . The gunboat Kearsage was off Queenstown on the 7th inst., and lha rebel steamer Ginraitar (formerly the Sumpter) lad arrived at Queenstown, with a cargo of cotton, from Wilmington, N C. ~ *. . . THE ALEXANDRA CASE. The decision in the Alexandra case will be given on the 11th of January. . - PRANCE The Frfnch Council cf S ate was deliberating on M. Fould’s proposed loan of three huj drtd -millions of francs. It was expected that the measure would be laid Dtfore the Chamber during the week. The bullion in the Bank of France was increasing.'and it was .stated that it had now reached two hundred and seventeen millions of i rancs. , THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION.; It was rumored that the Federal execution would take p] ace at Holstein on the 10. h of December • it was resolved by the Danish Council of State to re sard any occupation of Holstein as a declaration of war. The Danish Government had withdrawn the ohiec tionableEegalPatentofMarchSOth.- King ChiTstian Issued a proclamation to the Holstelnefa on the oth inst. He asserts his claims; and says that the rqamtainance of the integrity of the Danish monarchy is his dnty, and he is resolved to put down insurrectionary movements with armed force.. Be hopes that when Sol stem finds herself contented in constitutional freedom, which is granted, her troubles will end. ‘ A proclamation is also issued to the Launburgers, ihanhmgthem for riot having been led away from their duty as subjects, in spite of the oveitnresmadeto them from without. . ’ AUSTRIA. „ Count Rechberg had made in the Austrian Reichsrath a declaration fally. agreeing with that made by Bismark m the Russian Chambers ITALY. TheuNational Bank of Turin has raisedit* rateof dls count to nine percent. DENMARK. The Danish Council of State had resolved to regard -any occupation of Holstein as a declaration of war. -POLAND Arrests still continue to be made at Warsaw. The authority of the Czar in Cracow has been sus pended- INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA Bombay letters of November 14th had been received They report iliat considerable fighting had taken place at Lahore. , . The following are the latest telegrams received via fcuez: Calcutta, Nov 16. —Cotton goods are unchanged Exchange on London ia quoted at 3s. ld.@3s, Ba. Freights axe fiat Canton. Nov. 16.—Cotton goods'are advancing, Teas unchanged. Exchange 4s 9&d. Shanghae, Oct 26.— Shirting’s and Silks are higher. Melbourne. Oct 24.—Trade is very dull Sydney, Oct. 2L—Trade is prostrate. There is a change in the Ministry. B ° Commercial Intelligence. Liverpool, Dec 7 —Cotton—The sales to day were 6.000 Dales, including 3,000 to speculators and exporters:' the market cloeing firm, and unchanged since the de parture of the Australasian, on the sih instant. TRADE REPORT —There has been no market-atMan cheßter since the sailing of the Australasian^ . Breadstuffe are steady. There has been no regular coni market since .the AustralaMan. "Wakefield, Nash, and Co., report flour steady; wheat firm; corn quiet and steady. ' Provision* are quiet and steady. Wakefield, Nash. Sl Co., {report Beef quiet and steady. Pork steady Bacon dull aud 6d. lower. Tallow dull and unchanged Produce.—Sugar heSVy, and tending downward. Cof fee, no sales. Ashes quiet and steady. Linseed Oil in active at 395. Petroleum firmer; sales of crude at Is Sd Rosin quiet and steady. Turpentine.-sales small. London, Dec. 7 firm Tea quiet and steady. Sugar still declining: Coffee firm: Rice flat Tallow dull, and tending downward. Consols closed to-day (Monday) at 26(5)24 discount"" Erie shares 63@65. : LATEST VIA GALWAY. Liverpool, Dec. B,—Cotton.—The sales-to-day are es timated at 4,000 bales, including 1,080 to speculators and exporters, the market closing quiet and unchanged, . The Breadstuff market opens with holders asking the rates of Friday last. except for corn, which is easier. Provisions are dull and tend downwards. Tallow, also, has a declining tendency. • ■: Liverpool, Dee.. 9. —Cotton—The sales on Monday and Tuesday were 10,000 ba'es.'the mflrket closing quiet aud unchanged since the Australasian's departure on the Otn. Breadstuffe are steady,’and holders are asking Friday’s except for Corn which is easier. Consols closed at 90>1@90>£. • Illinois Central shares 2C@24 discount. Erie Railroad BS@6s.' LONDON; MONEY MARK!ST. —Applications! for dis count continued. Nothing had been done under eight per cent., and in some cases nine per cent, was paid. It is still feared that the minimum rate of the Bank of Eng land will be still further advanced. ' - ‘SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.* Arrived from New York December 6th, Jane W., at Deal, for Hull; Rapid passed Deal. Arrived, from Boston Dec. ssh, Thomas Whiting at Deal... - .... ' * ’ LATEST SEIPPING INTELLIGENCE. : Galway; Dec s.—Arrived from New York, on the Bth, the Washington at Liverpool; 7th, the Ocean Spray at Kingstown, Cereal at Dublin, Sea at Deal ;Venfca», vo lunteer, and Constantine at Queenstown; 6th, Cuban and Albairos at Havre; 4th, Barzelle at Glasgow; Neptune at Bordeaux. Mem The Julia from Cardiff for New York, had put =into Queenstown with her cargo shifted, and must dis charge. . The J W. Seaver, from Boston, at Hong Kong, was damaged Sn a typhoon. Wreck ol'tile Hark Warren Peters, of Baltimore. Holmes 1 Hole, Dec. 16.— Arrived, baric Kam bler, of New York, from Remedioafor Boston. The brig James Tabbott, from Ouracoa for Boston on the 7th inst.. in lat. 29 20, long. 74, fell In with a boat containing the captain and crew, ten in number, of the bark Warren Peters from Turks Island, of and from Baltimore, having left her five days previous in a sinking condition, and brought them to this port. - The bark sunk, in twenty minutes after leaving her, the crew saving nothing. Explosion of a Boiler. Chicago, Deo. 17.—One. of the boilers of the Chicago DiatilliDg Company exploded to-day, de molishing the engine house. Seven men were badly scalded, and it is feared they cannot recover. Five or Bix others were injured, but not seriously. Two men are reported aa misting, and they are probably in the*iuins. . The Gunboat Agawam Returned;; Portland, Dec. 17.— The' gunboat Agawam, which was eent in chase of the Chesapeake, has re turned here for coal. She haa lost both of.her' an* chora. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1863. The -Steamer Nansemoml Disabled by a Baltimore) Dec. 17,—The Nnnsemoad Arrived here, to-day, badly di.Abled, having enoountered a gale off Hatterai, on Saturday laat. She had a nar iow escape. Her guns and ammunition had to be thrown overboard, to lighten the vessel. She had left this poit on the 10th inst., after having been repaired.— Meeting of tlic Utah legislature. . Salt Lake City, Dec. 16.—The Utah' Legisla ture met yesterday. Mr, David Wells was eleoted President of the Council, and Mr. John Taylor Speaker of the Assembly. The Sctv York Express. Nbw York, Deo. 17. In the Court of Common Pleas to-day, Judge Hilton made a deoision in the case of Stephen T. Clark vs. James Brooks and Erastuß Brooks, allowing the motion of the former to sell the Repress newspaper, the joint property of the plaintiff'and defendants. Boston, Dec. 17.—The prize steamer Minna, whtoh was captured ,on her trip from Nassau, ,11. P., to Wilmington, N. 0., arrived here to-day. 'She is A very fine vessel, and her cargo is estimated at $300,000, . .- XXXVIIIIh .CONGBESS—Ist SESSION. A Charge or Bribery—Mr. Male Courts In « vcatlgution. Mr. HALE, of hew Hampshire. rose to privileged question, lie desired to 6end to. the Clerk’s desk,to be rend, a newspaper paragraph, charging with bribery a Senator of New England, In seenring the release, for the sum of three thousand dollars, of two prisoners of the Old Capitol. From Information which he had re-' ceived from a Senator, he was led to believe that he him seif was the person alluded to. He wished to make a statement of the facts on which the charge was proba bly founded, lie had been called on to defend two indi viduals Iconflned in the Old Capitol, on charges pre ferred by the War Department. The first case was that of Doctor BUss. Superintendent of the Armory Square Hospital. Be. Mr. Hale, came to Washington, saw the Secretary of War. examined the charges, : and expressed the opinion that Dr. Bliss ought to be allowed the liber ty oi the city. He was accordingly paroled. At the trial he was present as a friend and counsel, which re sulted in a recommendation that the accused be restored to hie place. In Boston, shortly after, hemet a friend, who said that another person was in the Capitol Prison, and he was anxious to have him, Mr. Ilaie, undertake the defence.' Large sums of money were depending as pay upon certain steamboats, and he had been retained to wait the issue.of this trial. ' He (Mr. Hale) was offered two thousand dollar*-as a retainer. It was a large sum. bnt he was unwilling to take the case on accoantof the jealousy of the people in objecting to the transaction of auy professional business by Congressmen. He consulted with two counsellors of Sirafford county, New Hampshire, and asked them to ■ examine carefully the law, and see if he had the right to undertake the case. Both answered promptly in writing in the affirmative, and one thought it not only his right but his duty. He thereupon accepted the retainer and i went to Washington. Hemetagentlemanof highsocial and professional reputation, Hon. Keverdy Johnson, and asKea to ssasuli fiia ia a asrasaal master, stating that a S"Ti '’“f'ss 4 i-ruvHsss ana, (urvujpi 3 friends, desired hm to conduct his defence Mi Johnson seemed surprised, evidently thinking him “green” in asking; the question was there any impro priety in undertaking it; Mr. Johnson replied* “Not the loasi objection under Heaven. ” Mr. Hale then said, . “ Is there anything indelicate in the ffhdertaking?” to which Mr. Johnson replied, “Net the slightest in the world.” and added that he (Johnson) ghad been doing it every week, and he didn’t know but he said every day. ‘ - The Secretary of War has furnished the charges to Mr. Brady at New York, against Hunt, the prisoner, and he tboughtthe trial would be commenced as soon as that ofßelger was through He (Mr. Hale) then asked the Secretary if the purpose of justice required his close confinement. The Secretary said he thought not; he cent the prisoner to .ftew York on parole, with orders to report to the provost marshal’s office once in every forty eight hours. Be (Hale), then .went to New York and aawHunt,, and told him what his frienas had done. Hnnt withed him to stand, by him (Hunt) through the trial, and agreed tp pay him’ one thousand dollars, . which amount was subsequently paid. - These were the fecte and all the facts. If there was 'anV~bribery or even indelicacy, it was not done inadvertently, but ad visedly and with cauttouß deliberation. Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland, remarked that he re collected distinctly that the Senator (Mr Hale) callecfon him as stated, and had reported the conversation materi ally as-stated.. In answer to'his inquiry as to whether : the Senator was precluded from acting as counsel for a person chargee, before a court martial with fraud, he (Mr. Johnson),said he saw no legal impediments in the way or even indelicacy. What he (Mr. Hale) had done was no doubt done in part in conseqnence'of this opin ion. . Senators do not cea6e .to be lawyers or doccors when called upon for professional services, either medi cal or legal. Be saw no difficulty in complying, unless the services involved neglect of public duties. He had repeatedly acted:himself upon this assumption. The only question that can arise is, whether there is any law prohibiting it. .There was.a law prohibiting Senators from prosecuting claims against tne Government. He believed some taw expressly excented cases pending be fore the courts; but one has a right to go before any other court In the United States, There wae no provision of the law to prevent a lawyerfrom practicing in his pro fession. If a case of fraud is brought before.a military c ? a , r ; l £ lawyers services are deeired. and lie has no right, because he is a member of Congress, to refuse his services, any more than he would in a capital case in the Civil courts. Mr. HALE then submitted the following resolution, which was agreed to: Ee6olved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be in struct# to icquire whether John P. Hale, a member of this bony, in connection with the case of one Hant, charged- with crime, by direction of the War Depart nieni.-hae been guilty of an 3- conduct inconsistent with his duty as a Senator, and that they have power to send for persons and papers. On motion of Mr. WADE, of Ohio, it was resolved that the Committeemen Finance be infracted, Jo inquire whether any additional force in" clerks or messengers is needed in the Executive offices, and to report by bill or otherwise. ' ...... On motion oj Mr. LORD, of Kansas, it was resolved th&t the Committee on Post Offices ani Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the propriety of establishing what iB now known as the New Military Road from Lawrence to .Port Scott, as a post road. Inquiry Concerning the Monitor .Vessels— Naval Experiments} dfcc. ■ folio wing resolution was submitted by Mr. wADE, of Ohio, and agreed to: " Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to communicate to the Senate all official reports, de spatches, and papers in the Navy Department, relating to the action in which any of-the armed vessels of the United States have been engaged, and espacially the re port of Captain Warden, or the combat of the Monitor with the-Merrimac, and the report of Captain. John Rogtrs,, of the- attack- Darling; together with the despatches of Admiral Gol'dSbbrough transmitting the reports of Captain Warden and Captain Drayton; of the two attacks on Fort McAllister, on the Ogcehe© river ; together with the despatches of Rear Admiral Dupont, as transmitted to the War De partment; the reports of Rear Admiral Dnpont of the attack of the 7th of April, ISfri, op the defences of Charles ton harbor, together with the reports of Captain Dray ton, of the Passaic, Commander Rhind, of the Keokuk. Captain Donner, of the Nahant, CaptaiarJoha Rogers, of the Weehawien,'Captain Warpen, ofthe Blontauk,- Commander Fairfax, of the Nantucket, ■ Commander Geo W. Rogers* of tho Catskill, Commander Turner, of the New Ironsides, Commander Ammer, of fhe Patap sco, touching their .several vessels during that attack; and alto, the reports of any investigations of the condi tion of any of.the armed vessels engaged in it,.or respect ing the repairs found necessary on any of these vessels after thete actions, made-by their officers, of *any of them, or any ,official statement respecting thoseydfesels in connection with the eaid actioxt, or respecting experi ments tp.tesfc:ih».yahie of rafte tor the, removai of ob fctiucttoafc as made by those officers, or any of.ttem, or by Engineers Lovering, and also the report of Captain John Rogers, of-the action between the Weehawken and Atlanta, together with ' of Rear Admiral Dupont, transmitting it, and all other (•fecial correspondence with any of those officers with the Navy Department.-repecting or relating to' Arose' . actions,; and also the official report of the sinking of the -weehawken inside the bar off Charleston, &□! the offi* cial report of the springing aleak of the-Sangamon at the Washington nayy yard, on the eve of her departure on a cruise.-. . . % Sills and Reports* . • Mr. SUMNER, of. Massachusetts, introduced a bill sup plementary to an act, to promote the progress of Ihe use ful arts, which was referred to the Committee on Patents Mr. LANE, cf Kansas, introduced a bill to grant land to the citizens of Kansas, as an indemnification for the losses which they have suffered during the present re bellion. - Mr. HARLAN, of lowa, introduced a bill for the re lief of the Justices of'the Supreme Court in the cases therein described. 1 - ; On motion .of Mr. SPRAGUE, of Rhode. Island, the bonnty and back-pay bill wastasenup, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. A letter was receivediroih the Secretary of the Trea sury communicating the report of Professor A.D Bache f*» r the year ending November 1, 1863, and the report of Homes Brown, agent of the Treasury Department in Cali fornia: , The resolution of the House for an adjournment being taken up, Mr. bHERMAN, of Ohio, moved to amend' it bystnamg out the words “thie House adjourn” and irserting the two Houses of Congress ad joum,-” The amendment.was carried. . .4 motion of Mr. DOOLITTLE, of WisconsiiUo lay the jresolntion on the table, waa negatived. On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, it was voted to postpone the consideration of the resolution till Tuesday next yeas 01, nays 11. as follows; NATS-M.ssrs.' Buckalew, Davis, Grimes, Hendricks, Hicks, Lane of Kansas, Powell, fcaulsbury, Tan Eyck, Wilkinson, and Wright. \ -.. The remainder either voted in the affirmative orwere absent. - Message from the President T Tlve Freed- a The following message was. received from the Presi dent oitlio United States: To the Members of .the Senateang House of Rtpresen- Herewith , I lay before you a letter addressed to myself by a committee of gentlemen representing the Freed man'si Aid Society, in Boston, Few Yorh, Philadelphia,' and Cincinnati. The subject of tne letter, as indicated above, is one of great magnitude and importance, and one -which these gentleman, of known ability and high character, seem to have considered with great care. Not haying the time tcWbrni a mature judgment of my own, as to whether the plan they suggest is the best, I submit the whole subject to Congress, deeming tnat their atten tion thereto is almost imperatively demanded.' ; V- ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Mr. FOOT, of Vermont,,moved that when the Senate adjourn it be ii.l Monday next. NotagreedtoJ • The Senate then adjourned. j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The SPEAKER laid before the House'the anaualre port of the Superintendent ot the Coast Survey.' r Mr STEVENS of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of ways and Means, reported a bill* making appropria tions for consular and diplomatic expenses for the rear ending with June, 1661 ..‘Thanks to Captain Rodgers, i; Mr. RICE, «-f Massachusetts, from the Committee on Naval Altairs,: reported a joint resolution, which was passed, tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain John Rodgers,.United State* navy.’for his emlnent skill and the zeal with which he discharges his duties •Mr. COX,' of Ohio, ineffectually sought to introduce ** 5™ f udment, tendering thanks also to Admiral David iA. or ;l l r> i Ol , 1118 . efficient aid in opening the navigation of the mifsissippi . -7-t Mr.- ;pAVIB, of- Maryland, from the Committee on Fo reign Affairs, repotted a resolution to print ttnHhousand copies of the foreign correspondence accompanying- the' President s message. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Printing. ■- On motion of Mr. WABHBURNE, of Illinois; it was fiesolveai That when the Houseadjourn to-d&y it be till Monday next " ■ .. On moiion of Mr. WILSON - , of Missouri, the. Commit tee on Invalid Pensions was instructed to inquire what legislation is necessary to secure to the widows and legal representatives of personswho have died, ormayhare after die, after,their discharge from military sarvice, Tr< in wounds or disabilities received ln the line of dnty, the same pensions as are allowed, to others, s On motion of Mr. WILSON, the Committee on Public -Lands was instructed to inquire and report the necessary legislation to enable persons in the naval and military service 10 avail themselves of the benefit of the 1 Home stead law. - Mr. PRICE, of low a, Introduced a resolution Instruct ing the Committee on Roads and Canals to inquire into the expediency and; necessity of constructing and en larging the .Northern canals as may be tdcoa nect.the waters of the Hudson and .Mississippi,with the great lakes, and to leport by bill or otherwise -Mr. BOLMaN, of Indiana,moved to lay tho ; bill on the table. Dis&ireed to—yeas 67, nays 96. The resolu tion was then adopted. - Mr. ALLISON.-of lowa, offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee onßoadgand Canals to inquire into the expediency of improving the upper rapids of the Mississippi, commencing at Daven port, with leave to report by hill or otherwise. On motion ofMr. McCLDRG, of Missouri, a resolution was adopted calling for a copy of the report of J,the com missioners appointed by the President to examine into the accounts of officers and men employed in the West ern or Missouri Department of the army. .“Mr. ROGERS, of New Jersijyg&Ye notice ofhis inten tion to introduce a bill to increase the pay of the pri vates and non-commissioned officers of the armyr ; Also, a joint resolution to refund to the States; coun ties, townships, wards, cities, and municipal corpora tions: all the moneys paid by them, respectively!, for bounties io volunteers .in the union army. Mr. HARRINGTON,of Indiana,olfered a preamble, set ting forth the principteff'of the Coastuufciou in regard to personal liberty, and that the Thirty-seventh Congress paeged a law, authorizing the President to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus throughout the united Mates, and further that the President has as sumed (o suspend it in the loyal States, subjecting the people to arbitrary arrests without due process of law, denying to them the right to a speedy trial, and causing them to languish in priaoh; and concluding with, a series of resolutions denying the.power of Congress to confer upon the President the right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the loyal States, and asserting that tbe assumption of the President in these respects 1b contrary to ihe progress of the age, despotic* and wholly subver sive if the alimentary principles on which the Govern ment is bared. v The. series concludes with instructions to the Judiciary Committee to report a bill to protect the rights of persons in accordance with the foregoing declarations and the provisionsof the Constitution. ■ : : ” The resolutions w<jre rejected—yeas 67,-nays S 9. ■■ The Home passed'a bill for.the payment of in valid-and': Otter pensions for the year ending with June, 38d5: On motion of Mr, MORRILL, of Vermont, a resolution was adopted c*lhng on the-Secretary of the Treasury for all documents showing the piactlcal operations of the so-called reciprocity treaty which may be' in-hlsr pos session. : , - - Tlie President’s Proclamations-Accuser- yativeßesolutlon iiaid on the Table; Mr., EDbEETOIi, of Indiana, submitted th« -fol lowing: Whereas, The Proclamations, of the President, of Jauntily Ist, 1863, ani December Bth. ISSB. in relation to' emancipation, impose certain condlt.onß of pardon and amnesty tu persons who have participated in the exisl • ing rebellion, as 'well as the & conditions of the President to tbe re-ettuhiisbment' and recognition of the State Go* vertfm’ent in tho fctates towMcli tha-said proclamations apply, which, in the jodgment of a large number of faithful cit:/.ena,'have a- tendency to give the rebellion the advantage of a change of issue, and, to miavUorate Tlie Prlze Steamer Minna. WAsniNOTON, Dec." 17,1863. SENATE. man s Ala Memorial. Pensions. Roads and Canals. Habeas' Corpus, Ac. the otherwise declining insurrection intheSonth, and to prolong the war; and. Whereas, This House cannot bat regard with anxiety the unprecedented and extraordinary claims and as sumption of a high prerogative in the President, in the said pioclamatione; especially in view of the fact that the President, in his inaugurals address of the 4th of March, 1661^deel&red: “I have no purpose* directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution in the States where it exlkts. I believe I have no right to do bo, and 1 have no inclination to do so. ” Therefore, be it ■Resolved, Ab the judgment of this That the maixtenaoce.inviolate of the constitutional powers of Congress, and the rights of the State, and. especially, the right of each State to order and control its o;vn judg ment exclusively, is essential to the balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of onr political fabric of the Federal Onion depends ; and we denounce, as among the gravest of crimes, the invasion or occupa tion by an armed force, of any State, under the pretext or for the purpose of coercing the people thereof to modify or abrogate any of their laws or domestic institutions that are consistent with the Constitution of the United States. And we affirm the principle declared lathis reso lution to.be a law, alike to the President and to the people of tho United States. . Mr. GRINNELL. of lowa, moved to lay the preamble and resolution on the table, which was agreed to—yeas 90, nays Co—as follows: TEAS. Alley. Allison. Ames, , Anderson. Arnold, Ashley. Baldwin (Mass), Beaman, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall. Brown (W Ya), Clark AW, Clark F, Cobb, Cole, Cresswell,. Davis (tfd), Dtvis (N I), • Dawes, Doming, ** Dixon, Driggs, «• Dumont, Ellct, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield,' Gooch;- Grinnoll, Bale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss. Hubbard (Iowa), Hubbard (Conn), Hubbard, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kellogg (N Y), Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, Mcßride, McClurg. Mclndoe, . Miller,, Moorhead, '• Morrill, Morries (N Y), Myers A MyersL Norton, O'Noill (Penua), NAYS. Allen J G, Johnson (Ohio), Ancona, Keman, Baldwin (Mich), King, Bliss, Knapp, Brooks. • Law, . Brown (Wis), Lazear, Cox. Le Blond, Cravens, Long, Dawsbn, Mallory, Dennison, Marcy, ' Eden, McDowell/ Edgeiton, McKenney, Eldridge, Middleton, Ganson, Miller (Peana), Grider, 3 Morris (Ohio), Griswold, Morrison,'’®' Hall, Nelson, . _ Harding, Noble, ' Harrington, O’Neill (Ohio), Barris (Ills), Pendleton, Herrick, Porry, IMmaa, Kafiforfl,' vnconamousmesoi Mr, SMITH, of Kentucky, Submitted a-aeries of reso lutions. of which the following was the first in order: JResolved. That as onr country and the very existence of the best Government ever inatitnted by man is im perilled by the most immoral, causeless, and wicked rebellion that the world has ever seen ; and, believing as we do that the only hope of saving this country and preserving the Government is by the power of the sword, we are for the mo6t vigorous prosecution of the war until the Constitution ana laws shall.be enforced and obeyed in all parts of the United States ; and, to that end, we oppose any armistice, or Intervention, or mediation, or proposition lor peace from any quarter so long as there shall be found a rebel in arms against the Government. And we ignore all party names, lines, Bnd Usees.: and recognize but two parties in this war, viz.: patriots and traitors. Mr. CiiAVEJSS, of Indiana', moved resolutions on the'table. His motion yea* 60,‘ nayslCO. The above resol' ing vote—yeas 93, itionwas then agree nays 64—as follows; YEAS. Garfield, Gocch, Irinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper* Hotchkiss* Hubbard (Iowa), Hutitfard (Conn). Hubbard, Jenks), Hasson, Kelley, Kellogg (Midi), Kellogg (a 1), Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, • Marvin, McAllister, Mcßride, McGlung, Mclndee Miller (KT), Moorhead* Morrill, Morris (N T), Myers. A, Myers, L, Norton, Odell. ;O’Neill (Pa). _ NATS. Harris (Md), Harris (111), Herrick, Hutchins, Johnson (Ohio), Kernan, Knapp, . Law. . . Le Blond. Cravens,, . . [Long, Alley, Allison, Ames, ■ Arnold, A3hJey, Bailey, Baldwin (Mass), Beaman, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandeger, BToomalJ, Clark, A W, Ccbb, Cole, Cresfcwel]. Davis (Md), Davis CW Y), Dawes, Dtraing, Dixon, Donnelly, Briggs, Dumont, Eckley, .Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Allen, Jas C ' Allen, Win J Ancona, . B 2 Id win (Mich ),. Bliss. Brooks, . Cbanler, Coffroth, Cox,., ... Dawson, Mallory, Dennison. Marc?, Eden, McDowell, Edgcrton, McKinney, Eidridge. Middleton, English, MilUr(Pa), Finck, Morris (O),- Gamsen, Morrison, Grider. Nelson, Griswold, Noble, Hall. O’Neill (0). Harding, Pendleton, A vote was next taken, on. Mr. Smith’s second resolu tion. .which is asfollows: * Resolved, That we hold it to he the duty of Congress to pass all necessary bills to supplymen and money and the duty of the people to tender every aid in their p>wer to the constituted authorities of the -Government iu the crushing out <jf the rebeUion. ";' ■ This resolution was also agreed to, by a vote of 152 yeas —the onlv negative vote being cast by Mr. Bsnj. G Har ris, of Maryland. The last resolution ih the series was then submitted, as follows;... ; Resolved. That our thanks are tendered to our soldiers in tbe field for their gallantry in defending and uphold ing the flag of .the Union, and defendingjAhe great prin ciples dear to every American patriot.- - This resolution was adopted by a vote 6f 166 yeas, Mr Harris, of Maryland, being the only member that voted in the negative. . ' The House then adjourned till Monday. Liberia# / Abraham Hanson, Esq., has been appointed by President Lincoln Commissioner and Consul Gene ral to the Republic of Liberia. This is a judicious selection, and cannot fail to lead to important re sults to two continents and two races. Mr. Hanson is a citizen of Wisconsin; and has resided for up wards ofa'year, as United States Commercial Agent, at Monrovia. In a-letter lately written by Mr. Hanson, he thus speaks of the progressive country to which he is now accredited: 11 Allow me to re cord my honest and deep conviction that Liberia is destined to be the free and happy home of millions of the descendants of Africa, who shall return hither from the house of bondage, and live in the full en joyment of the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Public Entertainments. I'j ai.iArs Oi- 1; i: a.— We have but two nights more of Mr. Msretzek’s magnificent oompany, the best heard in this city for years, and the opera is there fore dearer as Redraws to a dose. It will be many years, we fear, before the opera will be permanently established in Philadelphia, appreciation of music is still so superficial,'and patronage of music so spasmodic. But the Italians intend to depart in a blaze of glory. “Don Giovanni,” to-night, is be yond question the nobleßt work in the repertoire of the company, And requires itß full strength to pro duce. From Madame Medori we may expect to re ceive a Donna Anna almost equal to her Norma, and in the music Of Zerlina Miss Kellogg’s finest quali ties must be charmingly displayed. Of Miss Stock ton’s ability to sing Elvira we are uncertain, but we are assured of the progress this young lady has made, who so lately was but a novioe on the Btage. Bellini,- perhaps the flneßt artist of the male mem bers of ; the company, should be a noble Don Juan, being fully capable of singing and acting the charac ter. The entire cast is admirable. . To-morrow night “ lone” wiil_be repeated, and then this brilliant season will be over. . Nxw Chustkht. stebkt Theatbb. “ Riohe lieu” was last evening produced; the audience, not withstanding the storm, being very large. Our want of space will not permit us to dwell on the many magnificent pointß which Mr. Forrest made. The closing scene, of act fourth, created the greatest en thusiasm, Richelieu’s delivery of the lines commenc ing: - ‘ ‘ Mark where she stands. Around her form I draw The awful circle of onr solemn church. ” being greeted with excessive applause. Mr. J. Mc- Cullough, as Dc Mauprat; Mr. F. Mordaunt, as Baradas, And Mrs. J. H. Allen, who looked uncom monly pretty, as Julie de Mortimer, were all excel lent, the restofthe characters being merely reaoec table. This evening Mr. Forrest appears as Sptzr ■ focus* ' Walnut-street Theatre.—’The increasing pie valence of Be Boots is alarming. It iB really epidemic in all the classes of society. Mr. Clarke should' re strain his humor, or abandon a character which threatens to make half our young men ridioulous. We will explain this matter. You are walking in the street, and meet a friend, probably a bank presi dent, or a member of the Union League, or a usually staid merchant. You extend your hand, and expect to be saluted in a respectful manner j but, to your surprise, your friend, grasping your hand, contorts his features and exclaims : “ Felixl my boy, how are yotf 1 I call you Felix, because you are my beßt friend.” It is of no use to say that your name isnof Felix. He has the Be Boots mania. He has seen Clarke, and that has ruined his gravity. When he leaves you, he makes an indescribable hop or two,, and says : “Mrs. gjvandown, I wish you a good morning.” If then you become justly indignant, you may expect to see him amble off, snapping his fin gers in the air with a. jerky jauntiness, ejaculating ; “It is nothing; to me, sir, nothing.” G-et youraelf> in a rage that a bank president should behave so absurdly, and, losing all self-control; pull his nose; even that does not restore him to a sense of pro priety. On the contrary, the infatuated man will weloome it as an opportunity of display Ing his powers of imitation, and will exclaim; “Are you aware, sir, that you have pulled my nose?” “I am, sir,” you unguardedly reply, and then he gets off Ms famous rejoinder: “Then, sir, whatdo you mean? what do you mean ?” He will end by advising you, you have again occasion to puli a .man’s nose, to pull it gently, gently, and you are fortunate if the poor wretch, telling you he is a lamb again, then hops off to imitate Mr. Clarke before some other victim. But worse than this perpetual inconvenience, you are yourself in danger orfalling a prey to this increasing epidemic of De Boots, You, too, may twist your features , into shapes that frighten your children, take the gait' neither of 'Christian, Fagan, nor man, call ypur friends Felix, and submit to the pulling of the prominent feature -of your face for the sake of a dramatic point. Why, even the ladies have tbe Be Boots fever, and we were recently addressed as Felix, because we were her best friend, bya fair creature who does not Bet our life at a pin’s fee. The matter must be stopped, or we shall all be making monstrous imitations of Mr. Clarke’s biilffant burlesque. To him we would earnestly suggest the- propriety of abandoning Be Bocfs altogether, of else, of consenting not.to be as funny as he can, any more. Arch* street Theatre. —Mi. James W.Wallaok will take a benefit this evening, presenting one of his moßt popular characters. It deservesj-and will receive, success. Germania Orchestra.—The Rehearsal to-mor row afternoon will inolude selections from; Auber, Froch, Lanaer, Halliwoda, Weber, Meyerbeer, Xumbye,,with the overture to “Egmont,” of Bee thoven. * Sale op Carpetings, * Feathers, &c.—The at tention of purchasers is requested to the assortment of Ingrain, Venetian, list, and oottage carpets, fea thers, £tc,, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four, montha 1 credit, commencing this morning, at to>S o’clock, precisely, by John B s Myers fit Co., Nob. 232 and 234 Market street. To the Editor of the Herald: Senate Chamber, Dec. 15,1863. Sir : A friend has called my attention to the fol lowing extract from the New York Herald , of the 14th instant, viz: “There was a severe struggle to oust Senator Hole, of New Hampshire, from .the chairmanship of the Naval Committee,' on account of alleged dif ferences between him and Secretary Welles, but on his assurance that he would not throw any obstruc tions in the way of the Navy Department he was allowed to remain." 1 So far as the above paragraph relates to a struggle to oust me from the chairmanship of the Naval Com mittee, I shall not deny it; nor am I ignorant of the souroe from which it emanated, nor of the motives whioh prompted it. But, so far as it undertakes to speak of asiuranoe by me as to my future courso, it 1b utterly and entirely untrue. I was ohosen Chair man of the Naval Committee because a majority of the Senate saw fit bo to do, without the slightest assurance or intimation on my part, direct or indi rect, express or implied, to any human being, as to what my course in any particular would be. I wss opposed to an improper use of the public money by Democrats when they were iu power, and am r»o less opposed to. the same thing now that my political friends are in power. I have been too long in public life to desire to hold onto it a day longer than I can without making concessions to those who would prey on the public treasury or their confede rates., Yours, JOHN P. HALE. Orth, Patterson, Perham. Pike, Pomeroy, i Price. - 1 Randall (Ky), Rice (Mass), Rice (Me), Rollloe (ft" H), Schenclr, Schofield-,. Shannon, Sloan,., ■ Smith, . Smithers, Spaulding, Stevens, Thayer, Tracy, Van Valkeuburgh Washburn (111), WashburneCMasß) Whaley (W Va), Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom. Woodbridge—9o. *• Montreal, C. W., Dco. 17.—A man narked Law kins, who was implicated in the-abduction of Red path, has been fined $lOO, and ‘ sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. [FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, BBS FOURTH FAGS.] Kcv. If. E. Hoyle’s X.ecture~at the Acade- Last evening, Rev, F. E. Boyle, or Washington . city, lectured at the Academy of Music, on the sub ject, “The Monks.” The inclement weather was quite a drawback to the attendance, the house not being more than half filled, though the discourse amply repaid those who attended. The platform was. ocoupled by distinguished olergymen, and the lecturer was introduced by Rt. Rev. Bishop Wood, The the institution in whose be half Mr. Boyle appeared before a Philadelphia au dience, and hoped it would obtain further substantial aid from our patriotic community. A lecture on the monastic institution, besides, was well worthy the hearing otthe people, and was a fit subject for the eminent ability of Mr. Boyle. It was one of the most venerable institutions of the Church.' Founded in the earliest ages, it had lived for Christianity g«Od cflnankimiiy and its B)Qi)U3l6afS of learning and industry dot the whole surface of the globe. Mr. Boyle was received with great applause, and throughout elicited earnest attention. He had un dertaken, he said, a somewhat formidable task, of reviewing rapidly the origin, tendencies, and results of monastioism during its career of 1,500 years. He set out with establishing the principle that the in stitution of monastioism, besides its Divine and su perior object, always fulfils great social and reli gious necessities. In military parlance, he would say that the monastic institution had always changed its base to suit the times, or, in a mercan tile way, that its supply had always equalled the demand; He would first propose to answer the question, What is a monk! Says Voltaire t “One who possesses nothing in his.own right; who binds himself by a vow to be a slave, and live at the ex pense of others.” “ One,” says Francis 11, of Aus tria, “whose practices and principles are truly at variance with the light of reason,” The popular idea of a monk is. that of a hypocrite, who has grown fat at the expense of society. How far these definitions describe the character of the. true monk must appear from his history. Prior to the thirteenth century, the monks were men who left society for the good of that society; who were impelled by various causes to seek solitude, ; and sanctify themselves; but never through hny feeling of contempt for their fellow-brethren, or from disappointed sentiment, who, in a simple vow to save themselves, became an instrument of salvation unto others. After the thirteenth century, the Monk assumed the character which suited’ his office and the necessities of the time, appearing on the world’s arena in the garb of the learned Dominican, the splendid Augustinian, or devout and laborious Franciscan, meeting the world on its own ground; discoursing of heavenly truths in market places, villages, and splendid cities, •eveiywhere upholding the splendor of God’a-truth, and illustrating it meanwhile by the sanctity of their own lives. The speaker said that as he glanced over the long roll of illustrious names, bright on the pages of the Christian world, he felt his incompetency to do justice to their characters. Yet the theme admitted of a general view, which could not but prove interesting and instructive. The Randall (Penna), Robinson, Rogers, Rollins (Mo), Ross (Ills), Scott (Mo), Steele (N 1T), Steele (tf J), Stiles, Strouae, Stuart. Sweat, Voorheee, Wadsworth, Ward. . Wheeler, White. Chilton A White, J W Winfield, Wood, Fernando Teaman—66. to lay the series of vaa disagreed to id to by the follow- Orth, ; Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Randall (Ky), Rice (Mass), Rice (Me). RoUias (N Y), l*chenck, Schofield, Sliannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spalding, Stevens, ' Thayer, Tracy. Van Valkenburg,. Washburn (III)/ Washburne(Masa) Whaley," Wilder, Williams, Wilson, Windom, Wooibridge, Teaman. Perry, Radford, Randall (Pa), Robinson, Rogers, Rollins (Mo), Ross. Scott. Steele (N'T,) Steel (£f J), Stiles. Ssrouse, Stuart, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Ward. Wheeler, White C A, 1 White, JW Winfield, Wood, F persecutions against the Christian Church during the first three hundred years of her history, gave the impetus to the monastic institution. Men; tilted with the love of the Creator, and wishing to offer themselves to His service, flew from the cities of wickedness/and blood t© the deserts of peace and security. Their rule of life was founded upon prayer and labor, beeping their minds continually fixed on Him as the author of all good. Their first rule of government was one which we might all imitate with profit—to read or write every day a certain portion of the Sacred Scrip tures. As history records it, there were as many dwellers in solitude as there were inhabitants in the larger cities. St. Gerrold informs us that he has seen 5Q,0G0 monks assembled together in con clave. They were men who judge rightly of things • they left the world in which they saw only concu piscence of the eyes, concupUcence*Of the flesh, and the pride of life. They sacrificed the first by the vow of poverty, and the second by the vow of chas tity, and lastly, they renounced the world and their own will by the vow of obedience, and thus they took their position in the first ranks of the Church, and even until this late day have they battled for God and holiness. They were not philosophers, who searched at the bottom of wells to scan the hea veDs, but were men who looked abroad around the great horizon of the living present, and met its du ties and responsibilities with devotion, firmness, and love. In _the desert they gave hospitality to the traveller • restored to life the drooping wayfarer; educated the young ; nursed the sick - preserved the literature* by their laborious la bors, so the conservators of ancient treasures should recommend them to the gratitude of all men. They were ever present to confirm the Christian in his faith, and urge him to die rather than surrender his convictions of God. Homan civilization i Bensualism. Corruption had taken hold of the last days of the Empire to an ex tent which appears to us almost incredible." The monk, in the midst of corruption, was useful to civilization. He protested againßt the crimes of the Empire, and not only with his protest, but; with earnest work shook the framework of corrupt Home, The monks confuted the sophistical doc trines of the philosophers. The monks lived their lives, and the martyrs shed their blood.to testify the faith. The stand they took against Arianißm, and other heiesies, was referred to by the lecturer as in „ stances of their earnest devotion and perseverance. The particular history of monasticism was dwelt upon, especially since the day of St. Benedict, the founder of the Monastic Order in the West. The- Order of St. Benedict had 72 articles of rule, based upon the two cardinal principles of labor and obedi ence. The monks tilled the earth, as well as the field of thought. This was duty for the monk. Obedience; in the heart, earnest, sincere, and implicit, was labor also, and was cheerfully and religiously performed. Passive obedience to men whose only law is oaprice and their own passion would be servitude indeed, and this • was no part of the monk’s duty; but hia obedience was obedience only to the mandates of the Lord. The other lulee of the Benedictine Order furnished models for good and perfect government. They breathed the spirit of republicanism and true de mocracy/ The principle of representation was care fully embraced in them. The heads or rulers were elected by the brethren, and chosen because of their superior merits and virtue. The general of the order was obliged to consult hia chapter, and, all were governed by a written constitu tion, which no one could infringe. They lived in liberty, while they served in obedience, and showed in their conduct the value of the truth, that the governed should have a share iu the govern ment. The second epoch of the history of the rno naßticiem, was that between the sixth and ninth centuries, when Europe was overrun by barbarians. The Franks, Gothß, v'andais, and other tribes, had taken complete possession of civilization. They sat down amid the ruins they had made, and rested when their work of destruction was done. What power could save European literature and civiliza tion from total loss 1 What agency could redeem it from total oblivion ? St. Benediot went to Attilla and told him that in nine years his career would be ended. The monkß met the Hoods of barbarism and turned them to the' uses of God and mankind. They impressed them selves upon barbarism by the examples of their lives. They were as brave as-the rude conquerors. They spoke fearlessly, and won first the respect of the rude invaders, and afterwards their,love and fear. All Europe is iodebted to these monks lor their conquest of these barbarians and their subsequent conversion to the faith. [Ap plause.] The monks addressed themselves to the works of their Master. Where the Homan eagles did not dare penetrate, the monk pursued and caused the pagan to kneel before the sign of salva tion. Briton was first conquered by the monks. In Ireland the new conquerors carried everything be forelhem. There is scarcely a town now in Europe which does not owe its origin or foundation to some obscure monk. Everywhere monasteries sprang upj and civilization and Christianity followed in their train. The serf who chose to be a monk became a free man, and the feudal lord who dared to violate the promptings of conscience was met by the abbot and confronted with punißhment if he dared to tear away a soul from its devotion to Christianity. The monks kept the chronicles of nations, and preserved the literature of the ancient world, and for this we should give them thanks. ’ The lecturer discussed the Crusades, and showed the relation which the monks bore towards them. The Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights, and the Knights of St. James, and other orders, which had so much to do with the liberation of the serfs of Europe, confronted the partisans of Paganism, and conquered, to the advantage of freedom and Chris tianity. Europe had been saved many times through the efforts of the monks and the knights. Many orders were founded devoted to chastity and poverty, who willingly offered themselveß as substi tutes for the poor who were forced into the armies. Tbey thus brought joy to many households, and con tent to millions of hearts. They gave themselves up as captives to save others to the faith. They were not dreamers or philosopher* or theorists in every-day life. They were noble* and generous men, full of patriotism and liberty, living for goodness and God. At all .times, the monk has, confionted despotism, and been .the. friend of the people. For justice and liberty he would surrender up his life. As to the so-called abuses of monasticism, the Bpeaker did not pretend to say the monks were in every instance immacu late'. They were men—human, like us all. If there were some great lights of intelligence among them, •neither did it follow that all were such. And if cor ruption might have sought out its victim among the great hosts, it was no contagion, but died where it took root. Mr. Boyle further dwelt upon the varied and useful labors of the monks in their capacity of founders of hospitals and asylums for the wretched and oppressed, and illustrated their devotion to suffering humanity by historic refe rences. In ooncluuion,.he glowingly , depicted his idea of the future of the Christian monk. They should live as would the Church, surmounting ob stacles and confronting prejudice by the dignity and nobleness of their acta. Their mission was the good of mankind, and mankind should be benefited by them till the end of time. The lecturer was fre quently interrupted by applause, and the audience retired with the utmost-apparent satisfaction. Bounty to Colored Volunteers.— The following letter was received to-day by Mr. Corson, general agent for tie Supervisory Commit tee for recruiting colored regiments : Office City Bounty Fund, Deo. 16; 1563. Dear Sir ; I am requested to inform you that the colored volunteers will be paid by this commission the city bounty early next week. Respectfully, S. C. DATYSON, Seo’v. Bout. R . Corson, Esq. • All colored volunteers mustered in at headquar ters,; 1210 Chestnut street, credited to this city, wiU receive the bounty of two hundred and fifty dollars Js26o) Lst the colored men come fosward add help tiff up the' city quota, and get the bounty and avoid the draft. ■ . • CIT Y IT EMS. Send nr Yotra Oedkrs.'—One week- from tor day will be Christmas. Huadredi i.of the cele brated “Hoicnoe" Sewing Machines, sold at 630 Chestnut street, havo already been ordered for pro senfj, and those of our readers who have not yet done so, and wish to procure the beat Sewing Ma chine in existence, should order tho “ Florence” Without delay. It accomplishes what no other in,- strument has ever attempted, and la a universe} fa vorite—so much so that many who have other ma chines in use are daily (celling to have them' ex changed fortius. Go to N 0.630 ChestnutifcflP.ta;\d eee them In operation. Letter from Senator Hale* The Canadian 'Adduction Case. the CITY . my of* Music. A Hint to the Ladies— Ladies shopping for Christmas presents for gentlemen should visit R. C. Walbom & Co.'s, Nos G and 7 North Sixth street, where they will find everything that fancy could suggest or taste desire, from the most sumptuous Dressing Gown to the most exquisite Neek*tie. Their stock 1b rich and complete in every particular, and their prices moderate. Chance for Bargains.— Messrs. Wood &. Cary, No. 726Chestj)ut street, have reduced the t from twenty-five to forty per cent, of their elegant Btook of Ladies* Bonnets and fashionable Hats for Misses and Children. Pater* Shell Almonds, ' English Cracknells, ' m English Walnuts, Crown and Basket Fruits, At Davis & Richards’, - Arch and Tenth. Liyx in Earnest.—Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. It creeps over a man so slowly and imperceptibly, that he is bound tight before he knows it. Lead an earnest life and avoid both the cobwebs and the chains. A cobweb suit would not beinkeepingwith the season; while iron* olads are more in the naval way than in the human line; Be active and useful, and purchase becoming and elegant wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. Dress is essential in every part of the world, and in all walks of life. Even the savage doeß not des pise outward decoration, and the superiority of his rulers is marked by a peculiarity of costume. Then why should not a civilized being be particular with regard to his personal appearance, and wear the best clothing he can get 7 It is the duty of every man to dress as well as his income will permit, and if there be any who say they are too poor, we tell them they are mistaken. To be convinced, they have only to call at No. 609 Chestnut street, and select a suit from the shelves of Granville Stokes. The prices are within the mean's of all. Winter Clothing I ' * Winter Clothing I Winter Clothing! Winter <)lothing I Charles Stokes & Co., Winter Clothing { I 1 Winter Clothing! • .*, Winter Clothing! Under the Continental. Winter Clothing! Winter Clothing! ' : Winter Clothing! Aliutms.— At no single Btore in the city can you select from so large a.vaietyas at Oremer& Co. r B, 9r5 pfl??s are very inusti reduced. A. SeATTTIFTTX. PItBgKHT »oe The improved Sloat Elliptic Family Sewing Machine. Salesroom 721 Chestnut street. deioiot Willcox fit Gibbs', Sewing Machines, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks & Ewing, de9-tf 715 Chestnut street. Willcox & Gibbs' . Sewing Machines, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks- & Ewing, de9-tf 715 Chestnut street. Oakford’s Continental Hat Emfosiuk. Soft Hats, Oakford’s, Continental. Cabinet Organs for Holiday Gifts, J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. C. Oakford & Sons, Continental. Geo, Steck & Co.’s Pianos For Holiday Present*. A .Large Assortment of useful and orna mental Iron and other goods, Patent Hookers, Skates, &.c., at No. 721 Chestnut street. del7-8t S. Macfeeran. Ladibs* and Gentlemen’s Furs— -the largest And best stock in the city, at Charles OfcfiFord& Sons’, Continental Hotel. Geo. Steck & Co.’s Piano? / For Holiday PreteaSa, Cabinet Organs for Holiday Gifts. * J.E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. Nett Style Hats— Charles Oakford k Sons, Continental Hotel. s Willcox & Gibbs* : Sewing Machines, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks k Ewing, de9-tl . 715 Chestnut street. Corns, Bunions, Inverted Nails, "Enlarged Joints, and all:diaeases of the feet, cured without pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. Zachartb, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut street. Refers to physicians and surgeons of the city. .• , dei76t FURS: AT. O AKFOBD’S, CONTINENTAL. Geo, Steck 8c Co.’s Pianos For Holiday Presents, Cabinet Organs for '•! -' Holiday Gift*. J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. Oakford’s Hats, Continental Hotel. Wii.r.cftx & Gibbs 5 Sewing Machines,- For Holiday Presents, Fairbanks k Ewing, de9*tf 710 Chestnut street. Military Goods, Oak ford’s, Continental. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1863. The plans which-have been sucgestedjto Congress, and various others diseusstd by the ! public,to pat an. end to the Bpecnlation in gold and exchange.hava had very lit* tie effect on the prices of those commodities. Gold opened at 150%, a decline of % from last evening’s sales, and rose to 150%, closing at 150&, with some disposition to an over supply at that figure. The money market is very fully suppl'ed at 6 ptr cent., although 7is paid for loans on fancy securities. Government securities are firm and in moderate demand. / The New York stock market has been much excited for i the last day or two, and to-day it was still more so. The inevitable tendency of an easy monoy market in time 3 when a few nays see the accumulation of manymillions where formerly the same was only hundreds of thou sands, is to create speculation and activity "iu stock cir cles; and we now have an example, for almost as soon as the tightness was relieved, and long before the banks will recover iheir equilibrium, the public are pitching N ! into stocks again. It will be remembered that this aalne : period last ysar, contrary to the operations of almost ; all previous 3"€ars, a heavy rise in stocks occurred just I before Christmas. And now we have another evidence ! that the times are changing, that all speculations as to • the future government of cur financial system must be valueless The country is advancing, and until we settle down Into another and a new era we cannot calculate on tbe consequences of our present operations. How often lately, has the course of events defied all control and . derided all prophesy.' ■We must encounter new ideas and try them. We are entering a new edifice, and it will take some time to make ourselves comfortable in the ne sv seats.. So we may look to see our speculations sadly at fault, and our proioundest calculations quite upset by the advancing and- 078rteeming vehicle of human progress. Stocks, the very minute almost that the pressure is taken from the money market, like fet tered Uodb suddenly unloosed, bound into the arena of new excitements, and revel; in the forest of people by whom they are nursed. In our city, the fire'ls not so suddenly ignited, and the evidence, so far, is contradic -tory. Ourmarket is still dull,while in New York every thing is buoyant and advancing. ( Reading Railroad shares only sympathized with the upward movement, advancing to 61% in New York, sellint at 59 ex dividend, - an important advance.. Pennsylvania sold at 70; Little Schuylkill at 62%; Kinehill at 61%; Camden and Amboy at 166. Long Island rose to 40%. Philadelphia and Brie sold at SO; Harrisburg at 61. 24% was bid for North Pennsylvania; 31% for Catawissa preferred. Arch-street sold at3o; Race and Vine at 19%; Fifth and Sixthat 60; Stcond and Third at 84%; Girard College at 27; Green and Coates at 16%. State fives sold at 99#. Old City .sixes at 100 K. Elmira fives at 79. Pennsylvania Eailroad first mortgages at 110>2; second ditto »tlC6>£. 95>£ bid for North Pennsyl vania sixes; tens telling at 120>4jPitt»bnrff, Ft. Wayne, and Chicago third mortgages sold at 85. Huntingdon Broad Top first ditto at par, - ' • Canals and miscellaneous stocks were dull, but steady. The market closing firm. .. .. Brexel&Coi Quote: . . - United States Bonds. 1881. 109 ®loP>£ “ •** Bew Certificates of Indebt’ee. - - 9SAi(S) 98% 44 ‘ * Old Certificates of indebt’sa.... • 44 44 7-30 Hotes.. .lL«>l@ioe# Quartermasters’ Vouchers 97J?@ 9S Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness Hm 1 ds ©01d..-'- 150>4®150# Sterling iSxc-hange i6&i@l6sj£ Jay Cook© St Co. Quote Government securities, Sta. , as follows: . i , United States 6s. 18S1. United States 7 3-10 Notes 106>£®107 Certificates of Indebtedness, old . 102 @lo2>£ Certificates of Indebtedness,new--*..*.. ....... 9SJ*@ 98>a Quartermasters* Vouchers... 97*S@ 9S G01d... ™...150 ©MI Sales of five* twenties, $1,150,750. ’ The following is the amount of coal shipped over the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad for the week ending Wednesday, December ,16, 1563. and since January 1, together with corresponding period last year Week. Previonsly. Total. Tons Tons. Tons 1£63 4,659 . -288,713 298,377 IS62 .. 7,349 3J2,437 319,786: Decrease. The price of cctton in Eew\ Orleans, on the 6th ihst,, was tap to previous rates, and the market was quife active: Over fifteen hundred bales were received on the 4th, from-a point above Vicksburg, which were to be shipped directly to New York. The New Orleans-Pica yune, of the 6th inst., has the following report of cotton movements on the previous day: The sales comprise 240 bales, at auction, embracing 8 ntry n r eP acke <*’ at , bale low middling, at 4S?£c-.; 2 bales samples, at 65c.; 3 good ordinary at 6SKc ;11 strictly good ordinary,- at 70 ? ?; 64 strUtlylOW middling, at 7,JXc ;Y0 middling, at ~72,%c. :132d0 ; 119 and ld. at rlhc. , and 4 strictly middling at 73c.: 18bales middUng, at private sale, at'; 70c., and at auction; by United States. Marshal s orders, 71 bales damaged prize of which 2 small broken bales sold at sl2s= V bale; 10 bales, 2 lots of 5 each, at-,5222 60 ; 5 at S2SS, 6 at $240, 5 at $ 40. 4* at $247-50:10, 2 lots of 6 each, at $250; 10, 2 iots of Deach, at $207.50; sat $270. sat $2SOt 10,2 lots, of 6 each, at $506, and 5 at $312 50. This makes the busi ness of the day sum up 31&bales. The New York .Euefiinit Post of to-day says : Gold is quiet at 160,% and exchange is in moderate da mand at 164% The loan,market is active at 7. and first-c-lass paper parses at 6>i @7. Thereoeiptof live millione of currency by the Sab* Treasury thj&morniug has tended to increase the ease of the market. The stock market exhibits considerable-aefcivit3* from an increasing speculate demand. Governments are strong, State stocks steady, railroad bonds irregular, and railroad shares advancing. Before the first session gold was selling at 150?a@150%, at46@i7, Pore Wayne at Rock' Island at 112%aii3. Illinois Central at liO@U2, JPittsburg at 109@109% Harlem at 91@92. Galena at Sew Fork Central at Carton at 34@5*1% North Western at 453£@47, Terre Haute at 64, aid Michigan Southemat . t .The appended table exhibits the ehiof movements of the market compared with the latest prices of yester day: ' Thnra. Wed. Adv. Dec. U.S.Bs.lSfflL, lo4?f U. S. 6s l 1381, cou.. .109% 109)£ . ■ ' gv§. Io6>i -106# }£ U, S. lyr «r„ f01d*..,102V 102 V U. S. lyr, cur*. *****♦~ 98% qsV American Gold**-.,..m~150% 150>f .. k Tennessee 6a. &}Z 69% . .. : .. Misennries—.**.*.-*;.- 66 * Pacific Mail. 213 219 4 N&wYorkCenß 183 V 133 V .. ' .. Jrte 108 Erie Preferred w -,..«.va02£ Io2£ Hudson Biver. 194 L „ 124 V ’ Harlem., w .;„ 9i% 91 hi l2l?i .. Michigan Central.*^.*.o27* 128 k Michigan Southern.**** BJ7« ' 81 ?u ■ Michigan Soath: guar.. 3?5 136 \ Iliinois Cen.. Scrip. : 119% • % Pittsburg.... i*.: ICS% 104% ■■ U Galena......lCB>.f : W 7& / V i ... T01ed0..................11{*V 119% Book lel»ad.vM,r;. i .*..U9S u*% * 1% !; »r PtiUada. Stock Excluag. Sale, Dec. 17. [Reported br S. S. Slaymaxba. rhiUdelvhla | FLfiST ] 300 Beading B C4P- bls 61k' ; 41 do U&P 60fc ! 6CO do C&Popg&int 01>£ : ISO do ca5h......... 61 22 Lehigh Scrip 49 10 Green & Coates..... 45K 10 Girard College. 27 2Commerci«>ll{anlc.. SSX 122d&3d-eth......... 80£ 16 Little Schnyl B 6iX 10 „ do mx , 88 Harrisburg B 71 20 Union Bank 42 86th&6th-fctß: 60 betwbe: 600 Elmira B 6s. • •«; BECOfiD 6CO City 6a oyer '7O c &p 106% 2000 Penna R2d mt.. .106% IGOOPensaB let int..,,U0% -6Mirelii)l B 61% ICO Cata R PreC ... .sSO 31% 60 Little St huyl 8.... 62% / AFTER 1 76Penna E....... 120 „do.i 100 Beading B 200 - do C&P. Bid. AskeO. U 8 6fl 109 X US7-30N0te5~..106% 107. PhilaCe ICO v 101 .. 104% PeDna&?.~ 09% IJO Do Coups*** BeadiDC K 60% 61 Do bd« 70..105% Do 6a'80’43. ./ Dobda’B6 cony.l2l Penn&B 70 70 Do Ist m6s 110% Do 2d-m 6a.106% 107 Little Sehuylß.. 62% 62% Morris Cl consol .. 72 Do pi1'd.*...198 Do 6s 76 Do 2d rat* Seliu7l Hay 17.% IS Do prfd...., BS% S 4 Do 65’82.,.. 85 .86 Elmira S 26 SS Do >• prfd..«. 62 64 Do 7a 73***.107 110 Do 10s.~*~ L Islands.™. 40 41 Do bde**... Lcnlsli Bar 69 . .. ' Do serip.... 49 49% Do share*.. .. N Penn a B 24% 25 Do 6a 85% 97 Do 10s~ la Markets* December 17—Evening. The demand or Flour is limited, both for export and home use, and the market is dull; sales comprise about 600 barrels common to choice Pennsylvania and Watters, extra family at $7.25@7.75 9 barrel. The retailers and 1 bakers are buying in a small way, at from 85.75@56.25 for superfine, 86.50@7 for extra, $/. 25@3 for extra fa mily, and $3 sC@lobarrel for fa,ncy bi an da, according to quality. Eye Flour is Belling in a small way. at $6.80l 3 , barrel. Com Meal is offered at $5.50 for Petin sylvanlm and $0 b&rrol for Biandxrwina. film. -There ig very little demand f<ft and f. a 2J2F c 2" rather lower, with siftg of 2,000 bushels at 81.62i3n.C4c for fair to prime Penn sylvania reds.&ud #1 7C@«2 for white. R?& i* held at $1.37 & bushel. Corn is in fair demand, with. sales of about S,SCO bush* Is new* Tellow at $lOBOl 16 in the cars, and a small lot of old at $l2O & bushel. Oats are unchanged; small sales are making at 87033 c weighty • „BaltK.—ln Quercitron there is more doing; 70 hhd? let to. l eold at &6@37 ton; the letter rate for a favorit* brand. COTTON—There is very little doing in the way of sales, but: prices are without change. Middlings ana good Middlings are selling at frotnS3@B6e cash ' GEOCEIUhS.—Sagar and Coffee are firmly held, bit there is very little dolngin either. ►REDS —Flaxseed is in demand, and selling at 8 Jl5 tp bushel. Timothy at Clover is scarce, and wanted ' with nnall eales at $7 5C@B & 64 lb?. ». -PBOVISIONS—Prices are well maintained, but there is not much doing. Bacon Hams are selling at 11/3113* 31 ft.for plain and Jancy Mesa-Pork is held at slB"fc bbU forol-, and Lard at 123«@13c 3 ft. WHISKY is unsettled and lower, with sales of 200 bar rels Penna. and’Western at 87@80c, and Bridge at 84c gallon. . - Tie following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port to-day* Flonr.. Wheat Com Oats. Npw York Markets, December IT. Ashes are quiet, at SS 50 for Pots, and $9.75 for Pearls Bread-stuffs —The market for State and Western Flour opened fimly, and advanced 6c & bbl, bu| closed dull and heavily. Th. Pales are 9500 bbls at $6.05@6 25 for superfine bfate: $6.4C@660 for extra State A 6 10@6 25 forpnper fine Michigan, Indiana. lowa, Ohio, Ac., s7@7 50 for exir* do, including shipping brands of round-hoop Omciatsi.4i(si7.ss» and trade brands do. at $7.60®9 SO \ e T f n r Fiollr 5 1 and firm ; sales 650 hbis'at $/. 6C@B,IC for superfine Baltimore, and $8 15@10 75 for extra do. Canadian F!our is a shade firmer, with sales of 603 nVls at s6.3C@b. 40 for common, and $6 40@9 for good to choice extra. , Rye Flour'is quiet at £4.75@7 for the range of fine and supeifine. . Buckwheat Flour is selling at $3.12K@0 37K r 2lOO lbs, and choice at $4 Bye is quiet and steady at SI 3G@1.40. Barley is sreaay, with sales 4,200 bus at 351.45@1.45 Wheat is fully one «ent better, with animproved de mand; sales 129,000 bua at sL42©l47>£ for Chicago tpring, $L45®l 49 for Milwaukee Club. $1,486,].50 o-. r ainher Milwaukee in store, and. $1 W®l 51 afloat. sLs3fe 1.58 for winter red Western, $1.;>9®162X for amber Michigan, $1 Ss@l 63 for white Michigan. ” * Barley Malt is unchanged, with sales of 1,400 bus a* Corn is 2@3c better, with a verv active speculative de mand ; sales 211,0C0 bus at $l-2S@ISO for shipping lots of Western mixed, in' store, and $l3O afloat, now held at sl. 3i @1 36. • Oats are in moderate demand at SS@9oc for Canada, @9lc for Western, and S9@9lc for State. Hat.—North Biver is quiet and firm at $1.25@L,49 for shipping and retail lots. market is dull and heavy, with sales of 800 bbls it S2@S7«. Ptb Got a Bad Cold! Cough, Cough, 'nrcEssAxrLT I Can’t Sleep at Night !— How- frequently we hear this remark! Persons thus afflicted should usa at once some reliable remedy, and from the experience of thousands who have fairly tested the virtues of ‘ ‘Dr. Swayne’s Compound Syrup Wild Cherry, ” we firmiy belief it has no equal in effectually curing all Pulmo nary Complaints. Sven in neglected cases, where the cough is seated. Pains, Breast or §ide, Fever, Bloody Expectoration, Night Sweats, Lungs Disordered, it will not fail to give relief, and wonderful cures have taken p’ace, when to all human probability it could no> be possible. Dr. SWATNE’S Priicipal Ofiice. 330 North. SIXTH Street. _ • ' • - 2t Deafness, Eye, Ear, Throat Diseases,' CATABRH, treated with the utmost succesgb'y-Dr. VON MOSCHZISKEB, Oculist and Anrlst, Numerous testl menials, and the very highest city references Of suocess ful cures, can be examined athis office, WALNUT Street. ‘ aels-5t e Dr. Sweet’s Inea-llible Liniment curbs Cuts and Wounds immediately and leaves no Scar. EIeCTRICITLY . SoiENTIFICALY APPLIRB by Dr. A. - H ST2VENS, 1418 South PENN SQUABB, Philadelphia. _ n025-tf Hair Dye ! Hair Dye l! BATCHELOR’S celebrated HAIR DYE is the Best in. the World. The only Harmless, True, and Reliable Dye known. This splendid Hair Dye is perfect—change* Red, Busty, or Gray Hair, instantly to a Olossy Black or Natural Brown, without injuring the Hair or stain ing the Skin, leaving the Hair Soft and Beautiful; Im parts fresh vitality, frequently restoring its pristine color, and rectifies the ill effects of had Dyes. The genuine is signed Williah A Batchelor; all other* are mere imitations, and should be avoided. Sold by all Druggists, &«.' FACTORY, 51 BARCLAY Street. New York. Batchelor’s neyv Toilet Cream for Dressing the Hair. _ jy29-ly ffWft mm ORGANS noSl-tdeS* ROYER—GARBER —On the 15th last-, by the Rev. G'. Sul, Mr.C. John Royer.Esq,.son of the late Judge J. Roy er, of ihe Trappe, Montgomery county, to Miss Hannah Garber, of the same Place * BAMERBLY—McILWaINE —At Germantown, on Thursday morning, 17th inst., by the Rev. I. K .Con rad, G. Wharton Hamerely toficsalie Oldmixon,daugh ter of Robert L. R. Mcllwaine. *- E.BROCK. —On the 16th inst.,' Preston Brock, aged 4fi years. - .. - . . Bis relatives and friends are respectfully requested to attend bis funeral from tie residence of his brother-in law. Mahlon Yercley, Doylestown, Pa., oh Saturday afternoon at half-past 1 o’clock, without further no tice. . •* JOKES.—On Wednesday, the 16th inst., Edwa&i S. Jones, aged 2S years. ■ ■ ' ■ ® • His friends and those of his brother, George S. f Jones* -and the members of Lafayette Lodge. No. 71, A. Y. ftf--, are veqoested'to attend his funeral, from his late resi dence, No. 624 North Eighth street, on Monday, the 2lsfc of December, at 10 o’clock; A. BS. *** STITT. -On the'lßhinst., Miss Emily St. John Stitt, adopted daughter of Mrs. Ann and the late Alex. Stitt.?** PEARCE.—On the 16th inst. f Frank Clements, son ’of Robert and Mary M. Pearce, in the 10th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of his parents No. 1633 Girard avenue, on Saturday morning. 19th inst, at 10 o’clock. ** GETTY.—At the La Pierre House, on the 16th ln*t„ 12 o’clock noon, Samuel Getty, late of Louisville, Ky. Duenotice will be givea-of his funeral. ** . HULME.—On Dec 15, 1863, Kobert P. Hulme, aged 20 ye ars and 1 month, son of John Hulme. His friends and friends of the family are invitedto al ter'd his fnneral from the residence of his fitter. No. 1726 Walnut street, this CFriday, ) at 11 A. M * .GEORGE.—On the morning'of the 15th ihst., after ft snort illness,.Mrs. Sallie A George. , Tb® relatives and friends of tne family are respect fiuly invited to attend her funeral, from the residence wet u ther, James M. Flanagan, No. 711 Pine street,thin (Friday) morning, ISthinst, at9o’clock,. * ELL IS.—On Tuesday morning, the 15th inst., Joeiah. Ellis, aged Ol years. ‘ Bis relatives and male friends are respectfully invited to attend hie. funeral, from his late residence. No. 1547 North Eleventh street, this (Friday>morning,December 18th, at 10 o’clock, without further notice. Interment at the Odd Fellows’Cemetery. . . -RANDOLPH. —On third day, the loth instant, Richard Eatdolpb, in the 731 year of his age. The relatives and friends of ihe family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late rest-. den<fe. No. 734 Chestnut street, this (sixth day)'morning, the ISth instant, at 11 o’clock, without farther notice-* GOODRICH. — On the 15th inst. ~ John Goodrich. in. th© 50th year of his age. £ .*..\...„*.109V<ai10 OLACK DRESS GOODS.—CASK- J-? JIBRSS, Velour Reps, Tamises, 3-4 and 6*4*Moo** wlines, Merinoee, Henrietta Cloths or silk-warp Cash meres, Ottoman Poplins, Irish Poplins, English and. French Bombazines, Aiepines. corded Moosselines, Aus tralian Crapes,. Baratheas, Turin Cloths, Paramatta*. DeLaihes, OrientaiLustres, Alpacas and Mohair Lustres- Eepa Anglais, Mourning Silk, Armors, Poultde Soia and 3ros Grain Silks. - BESSON & SON, 0c23 Mourning Store, No. 918 CHESTNUT Street. Tj'YRE. & LANDELL, AS IS THEIS naual custom in the twelfth month, hav» reduced srme lin&SiJks. Shawls, and poplins, tofkyorihelaud abje pracix-e of m-skinsr . VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Fashionable Bich Silks* Expensive 3>ng Shawls, Gorgeous Pia o Covers, Balmorals, of fine grades, GUARD FAIR IS aid OF THlffi CITIZENS’ VOLUNTEER HOjPIT.iL, at OON- CfclßT HALL, opened on BfowDAY. and'will be con timasd every day and night this week. We would call the attention of those desirous of purchasing Holiday, presents to the sp'endid assortment of Books, Photo* giaph Albums. Toys, Silverware ant Fancy Articles, befreshments of&U kinds are servod in the best manner. Admission 10 cents ; season tickets 25 cents. dIS-4t THE GRAND FAIR, IN AID OF EFlhe CITIZENS’ VOLUNTEER HOSPITAL, will remain open bot two days longer. A splendid oppor tunity is afforded to those desirous of procnring Christ mas Presents, as well as ass'stlnir this noble Institution in its efforts to benefit the sick and wounded soldiers ar riving or passing through Philadelphia. The merits of the Florence &~d Wheeler A-Wilson Fewing Machines are being publicly tested at'thi& Pair *day and night. . : There is also for sale a large Orange Tree (hearing fruit). SSP, and Date Palm, $l5 , Admission 10 cents. Season Tickets 25 cents delS ■wrpF R E NCR PKO>ESTAST &£s=* CHURCH’S I'AfR, now open, at ISSEMBLT BUILDINGS, ‘Large Room), uudar the care of the La-* dies of the Church. Admission Tickets, SQeents..-- delfi-vnKt* - • ' rcp» NOTICE-A MEETING OF TRE IcPstockboldevs of the THIRD NATLONaL BANS OF PHILADELPHIA will be held in taaofltae,of thu West Philadelphia Trust Company. .1429 -MASKS C Street.«on -SATURDAY AFTSS&GQSf, UlSirteltA a< * o’clcck, to elect Directors. 'aasS2fc lOAKT) owns 7 30ablkA&O. 103 H 21 Man & Mocha Bak 23 SSPennaß 78 *22 Si*! 1 . 1 *B T Ist mt. 108 | L Island 41 7fnn Si* 4 iICOO U S 5-years option. 10074 toil) Punna Oa b 5 9BK ICPON I'ennalOs .Wl' 1/5 Gam Sf Amboy 8 . .165 IN BOARDS. 1582.60 K Fa Scrip C&P. ft BOAHD. ; looßace & Vineß .... ioj£ ; ICO do i 4 N Penaa B 24# [ COOOElmiraß7« 78 i 100 Arch-st K b3SO 'bc iOARDS. jlOOßeadlDgß b 25 6tK •JO? • do Cdcl\bl7 6l>f 75 Arch-it R 3475 $ tICSS—FIRM. _ . , _ _ Bid. Asked C&tawlsu E Cos IG3£ \o% Do , prfd 3i£ 3E>i PMIft&EWeB.. 29* 30 Second-street 8.. Si 85 Do bonds... ~ Fifth-street 8.... 60 ~ Do bonds. Tenth-Street B Thlrteenth-st B. .. 34 Seventeenfch-st B .. 125£ Spruce-street E.. 13K 11 Cnestnut-et 8.... 57 WPhilaß. .. 73 Do bonds.;. -. .. Arch-street 8.... 39 31 Baee-stroetß.... 19% )9t£ Green-street 8.. 45 45^ Do bonds... .. M Oirard Collejf9 B 27 Lombard & South 16 Ridge Avenue B. SI Beaver MeadE Minehili 8.... .. Harriflburff-.**w .. Wilmington 5 * Sung Cana1...... .. M ' Do 65.. .. _ Lehigh Valß... Do .. Phila Ger & JTor. .. Cam & Arab E.„ ~ Delaware Dlv... ~ Do bds~**.. ** Philadelpl SPECIAL NOTICES. HOLIDAY PRESENTS* STECK& CO.’S "MASON A HAMLIN’S CABINET J. B. GOULD, SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. MABRIED. DIED. 2,2CObbU. 9,200 bus. 7,500 bos. 6.750 bo*.
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