THE PRESS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS KXOSPTED) BV .TOIIS W. PORJTKT OFFICE, Ho. 11l sourn FOURTH street. THH DAILY' PRESS, Fifteen Cekts Per Week, payable to the cirrlsr; mailed toSubscribersbut of the city at SEVENDoiitARa Der Annum: Three Dollars and Fifty Gentsfor Six: Months; One Dotxab anp SA^fekfr-Fife Cfiids tea Three Montes, invariably in advance for tho tlae or* dered, Advariiaaraents iiiaerted at the usual rates. Bis lines constitute a sutiere. THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the olty at Fotm Dollars DRu Aknpm. in advance. : COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAYY CLOTHS. WILLIAM , CLOTH HCOTTSB, VO. 84 South SECOND and $l3 ftTKAWBERRY STS, CIVIL LIST. Black Cloths. Do. Doeskins,' Fancy Coatings, Do. Casslmorei, Esquimaux, Chinchillas, * Soper Velvets, Bassian Sables, Tricots. Trneßiuos. Scarlets, Billiards. Bagatelles. loceedsd In replenishing oar : Few Styles of -baantlfai de2-Im ?JSHE ATTENTION OF - ABMY Altt> KAYY, 6*4 Blue Flannels, 3-4 Sark Bine Oassijneres, 6-4 do. do. . 8-4 LicbUßlaa do. 8-4 do. do. . 3-4 Dark Blae Dooskla*, 6 4 do. do. 6-4 Bine Cloths, B*4 do. Gastors, 6-4 do. Pilots, 6 4 do. Boavors, 8-4 and 6-4 Meltons, STunraingaj Ac. Unexpectedly, we bare an stock with, some entirely CLOAKIfIQS. THE -TRADE ' 13 CALLED TO OTXR, STOCK OF BAXONY WOOLEN 00. all-wool Pluto Flannel*. TWILLED FLANNELS, Variou* make*, to Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Bill*. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. / "PREMIERE QUALITY,” < Square and Long Shawl*. WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawl*. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 15,16, 17,18, 19,20,21,22 02. FANCY pASSIMERES AND SATINETTS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, all grade*. BED BLANKETS, 10-4,11-4,1»4,13.4. CJOTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRTINGS, &o„ Iron* variou* Mill*. DE OOUBSEY, HAMILTON, & ...EVANS, ' 33 LBTITIA Street, and ’ . 'MU Booth FRONT Street. 0*27-ftnw2m WOTIOB TO GRAIN DEALERS AND Al SHIFPJEJtS. 10,000 UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS, 4H Llumi* weight 20 ©mm«, The Bint end Cheapest Bag in the market. Albo* BURLAP BAGS, OI ill HLMi. for Corn, O&ta, Bone-dw>t, Ooflet. 4«.. an BttnufMtured Mid for tele, for not cash, Or OHABLBS H. GRIGG, AgenV Do; 137 MUSKET Street fSeeond Story), Late of 210 Church alley. jgHIPLEYi HAZARD, & HUTOHIN- Ki>; US CHESTNUT STREET, OOfIIffIISSION merchants, TOR THE SALS OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. f oeS5-6m, jjAQSI BAGS I BAGS! NEW AND SECOND SAND, stupsss. BUBLAP, Aim qdjpit BA a s, OomUctlr on hui JOHN T. BAILEY s* OO;, Ko. US BOOTH lEOJ(T BTHUT, Mr WOOL BACKS 808 OILS. GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS. J E M O Y A li. LINFORD I/CTBCEItTS HAS REMOVED FROM No. 81 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, TO I. W. COBNEB SIXTH AND CHESTNUT Where lie now oiler. a LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK GENTS’ FURNISHING ■ GOOD 3, Embracing all the latest novelties. PRICES MpDERATE. W The it&ntion of tiupuhli* 1. respectfully io> Jolted. BEIBTB MADE TO ORDER. o«31-Si» ’ BtADIES’ FURS. FANCY FURS. JOHIV FAREIRA, Ho. Tl«\dtCH STREET, BELOW EIGHTH. Importer and Manufacturer 01 LADIES' FANOY FUBB. 1(7 iuortiDtutofYAICGYYUXS for £adi«« md Chil dren U noweoinplete, and embruing ererr Tftriety that Will bo fashionable taxing the present season. All told sk the manufacturers* prices* for QPENING OF FANCY FUSS. JOUR A. ST AM BAC H, IMPORTER ARB MASrOPACTURBR OP BAD lESV FANCY FURS, ■O, BRB ARCH STREET, BELOW HIHTH, Hu now oper & splendid «toek of LADIES A9D CIILDBEITB TUBS, fM will be lold et tbe LOWEST CASH PRICES. oc6-Sm JIURBI FURS! CEORtiE F. WO IS RATH, HOB. *l# AHD *l7 ARCH STREET. HAS HOW OTBH A FULL ASSORTMENT 01 Ii ADIES »■ FU R S, Whleh the Attention of the publle 1» lHTlted. eeVMa YARNS. 0 0 L. On hand, and consignments dally arriving, of TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Full Blood, choice and clean. WOOLEN YARNS, •13'to‘30 cuts, fine, on hand, and new supplies coming COTTON YARNS, If 05.~6 to 30s. of first-class makes. All numbers and descriptions procured at once. on orderi. AIjEX. WHILLDIN * SONS, nell-mwftl PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. JjJEE GANT MIRRORS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT. NEW ENGRAVINGS, MNE OIL PAIMTNGB, JUST BBCEIVBD. EARLE’S GALLERIES, SIR CHESTNUT STEEIT. no2l-t( PHOTOGRAPHS. - SI Z E PHOTOGRAPHS COLORED IN OIL. THOMAS SMITH’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, WOB. 1H AND 14* JTOBTH NINTH BTKEBT. la AMortment of FBAMBB constantly on hand. '■ SHY-LIGHT ON THE GBOUND FLOOR, d«3-lm GAS fixtures, &e. §l7 ARCH STREET. €3. A. VANKIRK A 00-1 XAnvAomua or <3 HAN D E L I EBB GAS FIXTURES. dUM. Yr.n.li Bronx# Ylenr.i and Ornament., FotMlala And HIM Shad... and * variety of FANCY GOODS, WHOLESiII AND RETAIL. Please call and examine Goods. de3orly CARRIAGES. • \ waiiiiTDr Rogers, \Oo»eh and Right Carriage Builder, \ Jfoa. lOO# *nd 1011 OHBSTUD? BTBHBT, lIJ# PHiunamu. Importers of WIKIS AND LIQUOIB. LAUMAN, SALLADB, <& OO , No. ISB SOUTH NINTH STRBKT, ,*»tWBOE Chastnnt and Walnut, PhlladelDM*. G. M. LAUMAN, A. M. BALLADS, J. D. BITTING. , fIARBON OIL—SOO BARBELS ;NA- TRONA. and other celebrated brandß, in store. and tor ttl* by WM KiMO, UT ARCH Street! - 88%5? 4 In Warp, Bundle, and Cop. 18 North FRONT Street, Philadelphia. —I p VOL. 7-N0.123. RET AII, DRY GOODS. (JLOAK CLOTHS CL OAK S. COOPER & COSARD, NINTH AND MARKET. OPEN. . RICH AHD RSLIABLS FURS Of onr own Importation and Mnnnfactnrc HUDSON’S BAY SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE, DARK SABLE MINK, REAL CHINCHILLA, DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, In erenr fashionable style, for LADIES. MISSES. - AND CHILDREN. FURS MADE TO ORDER AT THE PARIS MANTILLA, CIiOAK, AND FU R EMPOR I U M, 920 CHESTNUT STREET, J. W. PROCTOR & CO. noS-mwf-2m pOR PRESENTS. LINEN HANDKERCHIEF 3, In Fancy Boxes, LADIES’, GENTS’, and CHILDREN'S Sizes LIKEN HANDKEBCHIEFS, In Beautiful Fancy Boxes. JUST OPENED, direct from our Manufacturers, In Enrope, a beautiful assortment. of Ladies’ and Gents’.wida Hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS, at a very small ad vance on old prices. S. MILLIKEN & G. 0., 838 ARCH St. and 33 Sonth SECOND Street. de!7-6t JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. WOOD, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, CABBIMERES, TESTINGS, TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, WHOLESALE W.D RETAIL, NO. 8 NORTH SECOND STREET, deMm' PHILADELPHIA. 818 OPENING, gig AT THE AKCH-BTRKET CLOAK BTOBC, A SAADSOn ASSOKTKBKT 01 ' ' LADiES’ AND. MISSES’ CLOAKS. no6-2ui : , - - • ' \ ; TJLANKETS. ‘V *■“' From $3 to $l9 - and every intermediate price. $9. $10,112, and $l5 Blankelsare very desirable. MUSLINS, r By the yard or piece, of all the well-known makes. Buy them now for coming wants, and save dollars. FLANNELS.. /■ Whites, from 45c. to $1; Bede, from 45 to 75 cts. Grays, from 50 to 75 cts.; Blues, from 60 to 70 cts. Fancy 6-4 Shirtings; Eacque Flannels, 4c. DAMASKS Damask Table Cloths. Napkins, and Towels. Towelingß,'Nursery Diapers, Tickings. PRINTS. : American. Merrimack, 4c.. in figures and stripes. Neat shirting prints: Beal Manchester ginghams, 60c. BALMORALS. Mildewed Balmorals, $2 50: Perfect Balmorals, $3. Fine Balmorals, $3,60 and $4.50; Hisses’ Balmorals. COOPER & COSARD.* del7 S. B. comer NINTH and MARKET. M. NEEDLES, ' 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFERS FOB SALE DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LACE GOODS. 1,000 Beal Lace Collars, in every variety* tz cm 60 cents to $l5 each. 600 Lace Sets, from $1 to $6O each. 600 Lace Veils, from $1 to sloeach. 600 Valencienne Hdkfs., from $2 to $l6 each 100 Pointe Lace and Pointe Appliciud, from $6 to $6O. Coiffures, Barbes, and every variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. 600 Embroidered Hdkfs., $1 to $lO each. • 600 do. Collars. 25 cts. to $6 each. 300 do! Eete, $1 to $lO each. Edgings, Insertings, Flouncings, and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. IN HANDKERCHIEFS. The best assortment of Hdkfs iff the eity, including every variety of Ladies Y Gents* and Children’s Linen Hdkfe., in plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders, 4c., 4c., from 12 cts. to $6O each._ Persons In search ofluseful and acceptable presents Would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. N. B. —I will open on MONDAT* the 14th inst., a fresh invoice of desirable goods, in Bich Lace Capes, Coiffures, Barbes, Hdkfs., VeUB, 4c.. 4c deS-tf ftORNER OF EIGHTH AND SPRING v GARDEN! BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS! PRICES MUCH LOWER THAN ELSEWHERE! We are Beilina best Quality of French Poplins, all Silk and Wool, for $l. B2Js per yard. Sold down-town not lest than $2. THORNLEY & CHISM. all-wool poplins and reps, for $L Excellent French Merinoes for $1.25. A fine stock of Delaines and Calicoes. All-Wool Plaid Cashmeres In great variety. THORNLEY & CHISM, Comer of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. THORNLEY & CHISM A; . ABE SELLING Power-Loom Table Linens, Shaker and other Flannels, Extra Super-super Rochdale Blankets, Frosted Beaver and other Cloths,Gaeelmeres, Ac. >Ae. VERY CHEAP. TTEADQUARTERS FOR SHAWLS I Lout and Square Broche Shawl!, Lour and Square Blanket Shawls, Plaid Shawls, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, Be., Children’s Bhawls. Misses’ Shawls, Gents’ Shawls* Louf and Square Black Thibet Shawls, At THORNLEY «S; CHISM’S, 6. S. Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. CILKS! SILKS I K> Good Black Silks for fL Eetter for $1.25, $1.60.91. 75, $2, and $2 25 per yard. Plain Brown, Bine, Pnrple. and Green Silks, for $l5O. Blackfigored Silks, Plaid Bilks. Ao . Ac. BEAUTIFUL BROCHE SCARFS^ A LARGE STOOK OF BALMORAL SKIRTS, And til other kinds of Goods,comprising A FIRST-CLASS STOCK. At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, Ko2l-2m NE. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. T O N G BKOOHE SHAWLS, FROM $lO to $125 a piece. Open Centre Lons Broche Shawls. Blanket Shawls, Plaids and Stripes. A of Mieses’ Blanket Shawls, from i1.60t057 apiece. Ladies’ Scarfs In want variety, >from $1 to $7 apiece. Ladies’ Cloaks of the latest styles. EDWIN HALL* CO., No. 96 South SECOND Street. IPad: CHESTNUT STREET. E.. M. NEEDLES, 10H4 CHESTNUT STBEET, Invites attention to his extensive assortment of tooils suitable for USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAV PRESENTS, v„ IN LACE GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, EMBROIDERIES, VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS. IPad CHESTNUT STREET. XX STEEL & SON WOULD GALL attention to their Stock of PINE DBBSB GOODS, all bongkt at very low prices, early in the season, and at the recent Anetlon Sales: ' French Merlnoea, 70c to $2.60. ' French Poplins and Baps, S7Kc to 91. 75 Dress Goods of every variety, 20* to 92. 3,000 yards two-yard wide Merinoex. $1.25. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of stfles, #3.25 to *l3. Broche Shawls, great bargains, #9.50 to #l4. Circulars and Sacnnes, of all kinds ,of Cloths, at low prices. ' Fancy Silks, 91 to #5. Plain Poll de Soles, $1.26 to 92 50. Voire Antiques and Corded Silks. 9160 to 98. Nos. 713 and Tl 5 North TENTH Si. 1 Lot All-wool Shaker Flannels, 62Xc, worth 80s. no» RETAIL DRY GOODS, gPECIAL ATTENTION. SOLICITED TO OUR STOCK OF B L A. N KBTS. Having unsurpassed facilities for obtaining all the beat makes of BLANKETS. We WO now prepared to offer the largest assortment of goods in this ltne to be found In this country. Oar loni experience in this branch of our business gives us the opportunity.to offer such inducements to the public as cannot be found In any other establishment. Selling more of these goods than all the trade combined, enables ns to handle much larger quantities, and thus gives us great advantages over others who do not devote speelal attention to this department. We, have now in store the following celebrated makes; ROCHDALE, ONTARIO. HOLLAND. NORWICH, TOBK6HIKE. GOOHBCO. qCMBEBLAND. HAMILTON. In their various sizes and qualities. CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS; A Good Assortment of FOREIGN BLANKETS, Blankets Ranging in Price from $3 to $25 per Pair. The best AIL Wool Blankets in the City at $7,50; the tame as others are selling at $8 50, A large lot of good, warm Blankets for Hospitals will be sold LOW,' for that purpose. To the Trade we cau offer extra inducements, either by the pair or package* To Hotels and Schools at Wholesale prices. . - COWPERTHWAIT & 00. N. B-—We would call the attention of buyers to our immense stock of Sheeting aud Shirting MUSLINS.' 10-4 Pepperell and 10-4 Bates Sheetings. ' 45F* To the Dorcas, Ladies 7 Aid, and other charitable Societies, ue would invite attention to oar stock of WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Red Twilled Flannel, heavy, at 45 cents by the piece. OOWPEBTHWAIT & 00., N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. no2Lxnwftde3i PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. STEEL £. 1 Lot ENGLISH MEBINOES, choice colors, full U£ yards wide, at 87K, worth $1.25. BEST FRENCH CHINTZES BEDUCED,TO 37Kc. (GroB, Odler, Boman, 4 Co.’s printing.) 60 pieces, oyer 3,C00 yards, comprising a good variety of KEW AND RICH STILES. , These goods have never been sold less than 62Kc, and We guarantee them to be the BEST FRENCH CHINTZES IMPORTED, DRESS GOODS ,Of all kinds, at greatly Reduced Prices, to close out our stock in season. - Ladies* and Gents* Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. Laides’ Embroidered Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. Swiss, Cambric, Maltese, and Thread Collars. Cambric, Jaconet, and Nainsook Muslins* WHITE GOODS OF ALL KINDS AT VERY LOW PRICES. A BABE CHANCE FOB BARGAINS. Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street. de2l-4fc FANCY SILKS, MOIRE ANTIQUES, SILK RIBBED POPLINS, ALL WOOL REP POPLINS, FINE FRENCH MERINOES, ALL WOOL DELAINES, And All kinds of Winter Dres« Goods, closing out Low, to make room for our Spring Stock. CLOAKS, BROCHE SHAWLS, BLANKET SHAWLS, CLOTHS FOR CLOAKS. EDWIN HALL & CO., de2l-m\vm3t 20 South SECOND Street. JN CONSEQUENCE OF A PROPOSED CHANGE IN OTJR FIRM, At the end of this Year, OUR GOODS ■ Are now offered at MUCH REDUCED PRICES. SHARPLESS BROTHERS, de2Mt -: CHESTNUT and EIGHTHJSts. COMFORTABLES AND BLANKETS —I have a very large stock of these stood, heavy Comforts, filled with wool, at $3 5C and $4, that are bet ter made than what are generally sold ; Blankets at $5, that are real good ; better do., all wool, good size at $6 ; extra heavy, all-wool, at $B, and very fine at $lO. There is no mistake about these being much under the regular prices. Heavy Woolen Coverlids, of various patterns, heavy Counterpanes, pink and blue at $4 and $5. and a very large assortment of white at all prices. Honeycomb Quilts, at $2 J5O. GRANVILLE B. HAINE3, No. 1013 MARKET Str»et, above TENTH. TABLE LINENS.—HEAVY HAND LOOM Table Linens, at 75 and £0 cents, that are very desirable. One lot fine Bleached Damasks, at $1 vo, some of them are beautiful patterns. Also, a large variety of finer goods Napkins at $175 and $2, that are extra cheap. Towels at $l6O, $2 25 and $3 per dozen. Huckabacks, both Bleached and half Bleached, all prices. One lot Table Cloths, three yards long. Russia Crash and all kinds of Fancy Towellings- The best and i- cheapest stock of Pillow. Linens and Linen fcheetingsiu the city. - A large variety of the best American C ointzes for Christmas presents. GRANVILLE B. HAINBX <3e2l mtuWfi4t No. 1013 MARKET St., ab. TENTH. fi9Q HOOP SKIRTS. fiOQ VJet/O Thelargeßt assortment,and the beat qua-'-' lity and styles of HOOP BKIRrS. to belobtained in the city, are m&nufactared and sold Wholesale and Retail, at No. 028 ARCH Street. Skirts made to order, altered andrepalred. • . de!B-6t* JJD. GROSJEAN, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Respectfully calls the attention of the ladies to his .well selected stock of • : - LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. Also, a fine collection of Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Gents'and Ladies 1 Handkerchiefs. - INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered In the latest styles and in the best possible manner. A full assortment of EMBROIDERIES, NIGHT-GOWNS, CAPS, CHEMISES, GARIBALDIS, t COLLARS, SLEEVES, CUFFS, HOOP SKIRTS. HEAD DRESSES, deS'lm NETS, GLOVES. Ac. TOHN H. STOKES, 702 AROH U STREET, would call the attention of the ladies to his immense stock of DRESS GOODS, most of which has been reduced forHOLIDAT PRESENTS, consisting of French Merinoes, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool and part Cotton Delaines, jfigured and Striped Mohairs, English Merinoes, Wool Plaids, Plaid Dress Goods, Cali coes, &c. . de4-tf -CLACK VELVET BEAVER. D receivea, ONE PIECE OF BLACK VELVET BEAVER. SHARPLESS BROTHERS, riein-tf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Street.. CHARPLESS BROS. ABE SELLING O At REDUCED PRICES, their stock of FROST*!) AND VASOYiBEAVgRS. Also,. BLACK CLOTHS and BEAVERS. deU-tf CHESTNUT andEIGHTH Street,. 1 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1863. CASHMERES, NEW PUBLICATIONS. A CHRISTMAS PRESENT SURE TO BE NEW AND VALUABLE. KIRK’S CHARLES THE BOLD! JUST PUBLISHED, HISTORY OF CHARLES THE BOLD, DUKE OP BURGUNDY. BY JOHN FOSTER KIRK... .TWO VOLS." Bro. Muslin, uDcut, on white paper $3.00 per vol Half Morocco; with Vellum Cloth Sides and Gilt Top, on Tinted L&idPaper 3.50. No mere appropriate Christmas Gift could be presented to ah intelligent • friend than Mr. Kirk’s great historical work, now just offered to the public. The Atlantic Monthly say s: “We have no hesitation in assigning to Mr. Kirk’s most fascinating narrative a place withthe great achieve ments of'genius in the department he has chosen to fl.ll, His advent among historians will be‘welcomed the world over.” [From Dr R. Shelton Mackenzie.] “ The author will take_ his stand at: once among the great writers ofhis land and time." . ‘ by an Booksellers. J. B. 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LItTINCOTT&CO., and ASHMEAD & EVANS.* ■ /'' ' ' s ’ del6-wfm 4t T>EAUTIFUL WOMEN.—FOB POR •h-r TBAITS, with the Secret of-Beauty, and “Hdw to be Beautiful," s M. J, METCALF & SON, _ *SX SALEM STREET. BOSTON. MASS. ■ The only manufacturer! in the United States, of Brxu Alphabets and Figures, to any great extent* or in am variety. . Sold at wholesale at the lowbst oasitpriohs. Also, the BEST OF INDELIBLE STENCIL INK; very ehe*». BteneU Dies and all kinds of Stenell Stock. Inquiries or ardors aromntlv attended to. - - : PORTLAND KEROSENE COAL OIL, •A in store. and for wale by . . _ T* f . 4^-Utt' 1 ' WM, 117 iaga StrasS, Che Jjnss. A groat aotor is the property of a country, and his auceeiaes are among its high Intellectual triumphs. It was without any exaggeration when derrick died, that Dr. Jolmaonaald, “ his death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations.” A great-actor is known to every one, and upon his performances every one is entitled to play the critic. Some of us write about him,Bomeof us speak about him, and some of us give, him that most touching of all criticism—the tribute of our tears. For the most part the written criticism is honest, if not brilliant, beoause -every play-goer can at - once deteot it, if -untrue or, prqju-. diced.’ We once heard a great author' say,’ “ Sour- - rility is the shadow of Fame, and as often precedes as follows it.” That, author was Buiwer, and his remark; h»s the weight of an aphorism. With re spect to Mr. Edwin Forrest, it Is singular that he ! haa been assailed In his native town by scurrility, at an advanced period of his brilliant career, and at a time when his powers have ripened into some thing very dose to perfection. Unless the actuating principle of the wrltor bo a merely malignant dislike of the man, It seems almost impossible to' us that any critic, possessed of the ordinary intelligence current among the more re spectable. members of the fraternity, can refuse or be so morally blind as not to , see the wide difference existing between the Forrest of the present time and the Forrest who was admitted by the public to be the greatest American actor, some twenty years ago. At that time he was wonderful—wonderful by his Intensity, his daßhing power, his superb manhood, his fine voice, aud his noble presence. This made him a great artist. He might have many faults, but these were obliterated from the mind of the specta tor by his many and dazzling merits, which were even the more striking from the comparative blem ishes with which they were mingled. The artistic career of Edwin Forrest has now however, made a great stride in advance; He has polished, refined, and completed his style. It was ■aid of Garrick, who was several years older than Forrest when he retired from the stage, that in hiß latter seasons, he acted better than ever, and the fact that he never, even when a master in the art, ceased to tie a student, explained the caute. The same maybe said, and even with more truth, of Edwin Forrest. ' There is no living actor half so studious as himself. His mind, always under thorough self cultivation, has matured in later years, and the effects are apparent. He is so near perfection as an aotor, that it is impossible to be so attracted by his excellencies now as we might have been when contrast made them more palpable. This may seem a paradox, but it is a truth. It is only by comparing the exceeding variety of humanity, which he offers us upon the stage, that we are enabled in any way to arrive at a full appreciation of his merits, and to assert our undoubted opinion that he is the greatest artist who has trod the American or the European stage, during the last thirty years—if we, perhaps, except Frederick Ee Alaitre, whom we may be dis posed to admit to the same eminence, in large mea sure upon the same grounds. Fully to appreciate the various power of Mr. For rest cannot be done by examining him in any single character. We have therefore waited until his en gagement is nearly completed, and have carefully. Studied him in eleven different characters— Richelieu, Damon, Richard lII.', Hamlet, Othello, Virginias, Mac bath, Lucius Junius Brutus , Febro, Jack Cade, anil Lear— of these, perhaps, his Lear, his Othello, his Macbeth, his Richelieu, and there is comparatively so little difference in excel lence between his Haflitef and his Othello, hisJ'Yr gmUisand his Damon, that he mignt reasonably ex cept to us for noting that difference, which, after all, is in some measure the result of a purelv physical variation in the bodily means at his disposal for each special embodiment. Take,for example, as an instance of that various humanity to which we are alluding, the strong contradistinction made evident in his acting between the Othello, the, Richard, i&rnl the Macbeth of Shakspeare, not by the mere Tportis o the poet, but by the positive intent of the artist. We do not take Lear , beoause it is less various, and be cause the age of the character removes it more thoroughly from legitimate .comparison with the others. Age is so powerfully, per se, the opposite o middle years, that any one who embodies it fairly, - would be able to preserve the outside evidence of this variety, and it would, be as difficult to point out its want, as it undeniabiy-would be to assert its exist ence in mere words. In the other Shakspearian characters, however, we have a legitimate ground to go upon: the more evidently legitimatebecause Mr. Forrest’s study has induced him to give a widely different reading to Richard than that which has ever before been taken by any Shakspearian aotor. . There is another point worthy of attention, as confirmative proof of what we have here stated.- Great JiietiioDic aqtors have rarely achieved such a comparatively equal excellence as that exhibited by Edwin Forrest in his various characters.- We re*' 1 member that Edmund-Kean’B OthelloanH his Richard were undeniably great, but that his Hamlet was com paratively bad. Macready’s was even worse, while bis Olhello was very inferior to hizMacbelhi John Kemble’s Hamlet was his greatest Shakspearian character, if wemayjudge from contemporary cri ticism. . ' “ The almost even excellence, in ao many of his great parts, to which Edwin Forrest has attained, contains in itself a strong assertion of his right not only to the 7 first place in the histrionic annals of the last few yearß, but registers a positive claim to the highest position, as an artist, in all histrionic history to which the slightest degree of faith can be attached. To be, at the same time, a great Hamlet and a great Othello, even granting a difference in the excellence of the two parts, argues that the actor, possesses, to a larger extent than common, that in. tellectual adaptability without which it would be impossible for him to represent two suoh widely different men. Slightly deranged, a philosophic dreamer, without the capability of sustained action, energetic only by immediate impulse, the Banish Prince differs widely from the passionate, powerful, one.purposed, and sublimely simple nature of the Moor. In grasping these two opposite characters as completely as Edwin Eorrest has done, he has dis played an intellectual strength of the highest order approaching very nearly to that subtlety of intelli'. gence which is but rarely coupled with genius, but, when coupled with it, makes it a genius of the highest order. This subtlety of intelligence he develops in his wonderful rendering of Richard, as widely opposed a character to both or either of the others as could well be presented to us. For the physical nature of Richard he has preferred Horace Walpole’s “ Histo ric LDoubts” to Shakspeare’s delineation of the man, but in portraying him intellectually Edwin Forrest has simply depended on himself. He paints Richard with strong and vigorous execution, as a crafty and cruel hypocrite, with a positively une qualled subtlety of touch, rendering his hypocrisy frank and pleasant to the outside observer and co loring it with a comedy of which he offers no exam ple in Othello, and but a vague suspicion in Hamlet, His love Beene with Lady Anne is a marvellous piece of aoting, which exceprts from the oharaoter as a worthy pendant to the mad scene in Lear, It was, probably, much more easily, although more recent ly perfected by him than the latter, inasmuch as the last named was the result of careful and minute study, while the former is simply an effort of pure cultured genius, which is as positively real as stage simula tion ever can be. But this difference in character of the three extends even to those points in which Richard touches upon the two others. Richard is a man of strong passion as well as Othello, He is a philosopher as well as Hamlet. Bat pasßion is sup pressed in Rtehari under the vest of his craft. It is addressed to other objects than Othello yearns lor. It is bold and crafty. Othello is brave and honest. This is wonderfully discriminated by Mr. Forrest. The philosophy of Hamlet is reflective and uncertain, colored by study and lunacy. That of Richard is worldly and practical, subjected by him to his im mediate ambition. Here Mr. Forrest, as an artist, is truly admirable. In Hamlet, his philosophy is im pulsively given to the audience. In Richard, it is reasoned out and calculated with. . I.et u» look at Macbeth, reaching, as Richard does, at the Crown, Moat of our modern actora vary the two but little in their manner, without follow ing the line of difference made between them by the great dramatist. This difference was in the intel lectual strength oft their natures. Richard ia the tool of nobody. Macbeth la but a plaster in the fingera of hia wife. How exquisitely does Mr. For rest mark out the two naturea. You trace Maclxlh's indeoision of purpose in hia very manner. Hia en trance in the flrat scene ia characterized by - it. The breaking off from hia friends—hia return to himself When’addreaaed by them—hia interjectional reveriea —hia uncertainty of action, are all as they are given to us by Shakspeare, but scarcely such aa we might have expected a man of IMr. Forrest’s physical temperament to embody. In Richard the ambition is positive. He does not reason of the acts which he commita. Hence, here the artiat’a aotiona are posi tive. "When he oommlta or ordera one of these deeds which tend to secure his desires or objects, it ia done at onoe. The positive decision of the man ia translated by the actor, whether it be infthe passion ate command or the sneering jest, by the oaloulated impulse of the man. Iret ua look at three of Mr, Forrest’s other characters: Richelieu, Lear, and Febro. How doea he translate the wily craft, the pitilessness, and mocking tenderness of the flrat. He renders this in so human a manner, with so little of that electrical power which ho displays in some of hia other parts, yet with so rare an excellence that we might he dis posed to believe it his greatest impersonation of were it not that we had Been him in Lear. The broken yet gigantio power of the old king, displayed in hia fearful curse upon GcneriV, ia and gives ua a new reading of the possible power of an aged'and almost worn-out Man. Hia Leer la‘sa- vagely straightforward and honest,. In the flrat scenes he sweeps the spectators along with him in hia passion and his rage. When maddened by the injuries cl hia unnatural children, he still is artful and clear. His very actions are unmistakable indi cations ol hia thoughts, and the last and greatest scene of the tragedy, as acted by Mr. Forrest, de - selves to Bland alone as a piclrue ot suffering age in wbioh past energy and paraion spasmodically assert themselves. Let this be contrasted withthe only half-aliruUted decadence of Richelieu's powers in the last act of Buiwer’s drama. One feels from the vety manner of thu artist that .this is hut partially real—that a moment of buocobs may kindle the man prostrated by bodily weakness into new life. It comes, and, for the moment he looms up before us, ailf recreated by the ruocess of his intrigue which again makes him living King of France. ; Very difl'erent feem Lear and Richetigy, is : LESLEY Ji 00., 60T MARKET Street, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2D, 1668. Edwiu Forrest. THREE CENT'S rest’s Febro, Here we have hale but honorable a —plain, outspoken, and sinoero. There- is none tV the jooularly*disaemblLDg or Aft of Richelieu /none oi* the ferocious passion of the self-discrowned British monaroh. It is an humbler histrionic picture, none the less perfectly true and real, although less striking/ We ought not omit, in speaking of Lear, to con trast his madness with the partial lunacy of Raida, latbe old King reason. Is entirely dethroned. He has lost the capacity of being aware of his defi ciency. In the Banish Prince this is not so. He ts but partially and temporarily insane. Mr. Forreit marks this with true and rare artistic skill, and it ought to be accounted his greatest triumph; for no artist save himself, through his study working with his genius, has been able to give us two such mar vellous translations of insanity, so different yet so true. These alone ought to silence the unworthy bitterness which marks the positively false criticisms of pome of our smaller contemporaries. , The limited space at our command, at this season, permits,us only to indioate the fair way of estimat ing the .degrees and excellence of Mr. Forrest’s genius, but; we have attempted to point out the means.for doing so, in a mode whioh, we hope, is something more critical than the ordinary ertti cifcm, of eulogy or abuse, which contents itself with dogmatic-assertion, touching the peculiar exceUen ties or imagined defects of this great aotor. Publications Received. F. liBYrOLPT,—I. Mother Goose from Germany, illustrated from Designs by Bud wig Richter and others. [This is a charming book for young people ] J. B. Ltppincott & Go,— Held in Bondage, or Granville de Yigne, a Tale of the Day.- By .?* One da.” 2 vola,, 12mo. [a. story of ModeratEaglish high life, evidently.written by. one who'is familial with the scenes and characters he describes.} From Littlb,- Brown, & Co. (through Ashmead & Evans).-—i. Selections from Jeremy Taylor. 2. The United States Sanitary Commission : : a sketch of its purposes and its work. 3. Hints for the Nur sery, or the Young Mother’s Guide, by Mrs. C. A. Hopkinson. 4; Scenes and Thoughts in Europe; by George H. Calvert, author of “ The Gentleman,” two volumes, 16mo. (All of thew are variously good. Mr. Calvert’s recollections- and impressions of foreign travel especially so.] > Harper’s Magazine for Januartc— Harper opensthe year with a truly brilliant number, con taining a variety of first class articles. All, except the continuation of Mr* Trollope’s novel, are origi nal papers. There are nearly forty engravings,, very well executed; The Schleswig-Holstein Question. Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 5.— -The following proclamation of King Christian.to the Holsteihers has been published to* day: “ The order of succes sion of the Danish monarchy was intended to be a labor of peace, undertaken by us without personal ambition, in the hope of serving the country. It has been accepted as public- European law because the Integrity of the . Danish monarchy was recog' nized as being a necessity to European peace. Op position, under the mask of founded hereditary claims, has, however, been raised against the mea sure, purposing the dismemberment of the Danish monarchy. This opposition has also gained ground in Holstein, calling forth excitement and doubt. The maintenance of-the monarchy is one of our most important duties. As a ruler, we cannot suf fer officials to foster a position, and are resolved to put down insurrectionary movements with armed force. The endeavor of many years to bring about an understanding upon the constitutional relations of the monarchy have not be'en attended with suc cess. 'While, however, we intend to give to the ter ritories belonging to the- Confederacy an independ ent; position in the kingdom which has already been accomplished with the remaining portions of the monarchy, we hope that when Holstein finds herself contented in constitutional freedom and the pretext for foreign intervention is thus removed, she will voluntarily decline nearer connection with the remainder of the country.”. A proclamation has also been issued by the Lauen bergers, thanking them for not having, been led away from their duty as subjects in spite of’over tures from without. - * The CapitoH Extension. CFrcm Washington Chronicle, j We publish to-day in full the report submitted to the Secretary of the Interior by Mr. T. U. Walter, architect of the Capitol extension, The cost of marble from the Lee quarries in Massachusetts has quantity being 20,288 cubic feet. For seventeen monolithic shaft* from the quarries in Baltimore county, Maryland, $61,400 have been paid. The coat of all the marble used in the in terlor of the building, including Italian, variegated, and fancy, has been $165,333. Of the two latter kinds, about $30,000 worth that will not be required lies in the grounds and workshop* of the Capitol. The amount paul for cutting mid setting marble during the year was $156,162 ; the total amount paid fTor this branch of labor from the -beginning of the work up to the present time, $1,526,911. The walls and ceilings of the halls and stairways of the principal attic stories of the north wing have all been painted in flat tints, and preparedfor greater ornamentation hereafter, should it be deemed ne cessary. The same plan will be pursuedin the south wing. It haibeen determined to postpone the fresco painting of the Senate post office and other rooms. The fine group of statuary, designed by Craw ford, representing the Progress of Civilization, and the two-statue* representing Justice and History, executed in Italy, from designs by the same artist, are in their'places. The piaster models for the eastern door of the north wing, by Rinehart, from designs by Crawford, have been shipped from Rome, and are due in New York. The bronze .castings from .them will be executed in this country. The group representing the Progress of Civilization is placed in the tympanum of the pediment, and the statues of Justice and History over the front door and the bronze door* for the main entrance. . The marble work for the south pediment is being built with a receding tympanum-, to allow of a similar group. It is recommended that, if the modelsJor. a bronze door, ordered of Crawford for the south wing, .have not been commenced, the order be countermanded, so as to have the work done here. The statues of Franklin and Jefferson, order ed from Mr. Hiram Powers, have both arrived. That of Franklin hasbeen placed temporarily in the niche opposite the eastern stairway of the north wiag, and that of Jefferson will be placed in the corres ponding niche of the south wing. The expenditures for the Capitol extension during the year ended October 31,1563, were $373,296, leav ing a balance in hand of $33,712;- The total expendi tures from to commencement to the present time were $6,399,909; The interior of the new dome is to be lighted by Gardener’s electro magnetic gas.lighting apparatus. The great difficulty of obtaining iron, and the- still greater difficulty of finding men who can be trusted with the handling of such immense masses at such a fearful height, are assigned as the reasons for de lay in the work. The contractors could employ four times as many men as they now have. The expen ditures upon the dome from October 31,1562, to Oc tober 31, 1863, were $180,649, leaving a balance in hand oi $111,341. Tile Great Prize Fight# [From the London Spoiling Life, Dec. 6 1 Beenan’s friends are wonderfully sanguine, and there can be no necessity for disguising the fact that Sayers has a large pecuniary interest in the success of the Beneoia Boy. Nor will King lack a formida ble friend, as Mace will be at his side, eager for the welfare of his former opponent, whose triumph will reflect Borne additional lustre upon himself. . The stakes (.£2,000) for which the men contend are of prinoely amount, but even that sum has been cast into comparative insignificance by* the enormous wagering that has taken place upon the result, thou sands and thousands of pounds having been invested throughout the country. XING. 11 GOES IN" TO WIN. The condition of the men is thus described in the same paper: Heenan, it is well known, is probably one of the finest specimens of a man that ever stood in the prize ring. When he divests himself next week he will weigh about fourteen stone, and his present width round the chest' is forty-six Inohe*. King will probably weigh nearly thirteen atone, and his width of chest is some four inches below that of Heenan. Equally developed in their muscle, and herculean in contour,.without coarseness or “ lum ber,” they will stand together next week in all likelihood two of the most remarkable men that ever encountered in the annals of pugilism. The relative height of the men is familiar to the public. Heenan stands six feet one and a half inches, while King has the superiority, and is exact ly six feet two and a quarter inches. King, whom our official ring reporter has this week visited at his training quarters, is, it seems, 'sanguine of success, and, said the aspiring pugilist, tl I would give all my.money and forfeit ten years of my life to zoin thisfaht.” These expressions prove the earnestness and enthusiasm of the men, and guaran tee the honesty and “squareness” of their inten sions. The Payment op Colored Tboofs.— The igno minious failure of the attempt of Messrs. Brooks and Cox to out down the appropriation to which the thorough-going war speeches of Messrs. Kernan, of New York, and Strouse, of Pennsylvania, contri buted largely, was only surpassed by the ignomi nious dodging of such men as James Brooks, A. Herrick, and many others on the proviso proposed by Mr. Harding, of Kentucky, forbidding the Ad ministration to devote any part of . the money to the enlistment of negro soldiers. Only forty-one men, of whom a large proportion were of Mr. Harding’s school of politics,>aaded to whom were Messrs. Cox, Pendleton, & Co., could be found ready to record their names in favor of a motion the effeot of which was to condemn the Administration for allowing men of a certain complexion, to fight for their coun try. Such war Democrats as Messrs. 'Ward, Odeil, Stebbins, Radford, Ganeon, Kernan, Winfield, Ne-" hemiah Peny, English, and others, joined the ma jority in voting down the proviso. Even Fernando Wood availed himself of the advantage he enjoys of being at the end of the roll, and added his name to the majority, from what motive is a matter of much speculation here to- night.— Tribune. Changes in Commanders op Departments.— It is understood that the order was issued to-day re lieving General Schofield from the command of the Department of the-. Missouri, and appointing Gen. Rosecransto the command of a new department, comprising all the territory included within the De partment of the Missouri except Kansas, Colorado, and the Indian territory, which are erected into a separate department under command of Gen. Cuttis. These changes, it is believed, will be entirely satis factory to the supporters of the 'Administration in Missouri and in Kansas. There will be no danger oi border-troubles on the Kansas-Missouri frontier under officers so harmonious in purpose as Generals Rosecrana and Curtis.— Tribune, Romantic.-— Alluding to the will or Mr. James H. Boosevelt, a millionaire bachelor of New York city, lately .deceased, the New York correspondent of the Boston Post writes ? «* The most part or the affair is that the onlv legatee under the will (and the sole executrix). is a'lady to whom the late lamented had been seve ral times betiothed; cUce, even, so nearly married, that the oards were out, the guests assembled, and the expected bride on hand cp regie > but-the very necessary bridegroom did not come to tlme. The. reason why never transpired, but the couple made it up again. Still the happy day was postponed—- as it turned out a i eternitalem— but the inconsolable fiance was remembered to the tune of five thousand a year for life and the profitable berth of executrix ofa million dollar eatate. Suchlallfe!” The bulk of the property was bEqueatfcaa to found, a hospital in New York city. KotAl Good Sense.—The Rev. X C. Fletcher, describing his entertainment by that -model Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro 11, writes: “The Empress is amiability itßelf, while the princesses are receiving such, an education—practical and accomplished—as would make all sensible parents in the United States rejoice, and desire that their daughters, too, might be so wisely trained. In reference to practicality, I mav mention that each of the prinoeases possesses a beautiful sewing maohine or the Wheeler & Wilson patent, and busy needle music is heard in the palace each day at the appointed hour tot such recr wiion.” TEIB WAR (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Tab War Pages will be sent to ‘subscribers -by mail (pec annum In advance) ai- 92 99 Three c0pjjw*v>...........V/'. 59# Five copieAv along from aide to side, or paus ing to deliver 10m ? crazy,drunken oration to invisi ble shapes; there Was still that about him, which spoke of a past gei rifiity, and of social eminanee. This man, so far as own sstive existence wa«f concerned, was a aecc’®d t ß6yce, Otway, or Savage, A man of acknowledge ri ability, of fine mental cul ture, and of much exp'cadence in rifle, he neverthe less sunk to the debase* plane of Dhe confirmed drunkard, and died the dO*Ux of a pauper; William H. Graham, was knbwn vsohis-better' days, and its the earlier portion of his cesser,- as'the proprietor of Graham's Magazine , a puftricatibn which bore in its own time a similar reputoXbn to ’that cf the At lantic Monthly at this day. Zsf ' cohtritmteri al list embraced the names of the moerX polished native in tellects; and its columns were She receptacles of their choicest effusions in all the departments of lite rature/ Mr. Graham was himselS a. man of excel lent perceptive powers, a good sokigar; a facile and appreciative reviewer, and agraoefizPenayiit. His social connections were ho less envtebld’than was his position in the literary circle, and among hbs near relations were numbered many f