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Mailed to Subscribers out of the olty at Fotm Dollars
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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 <Mh. Ladlcc, please
give me * cell. otM>
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 <sc SON
ARB KO W'CLOSISG OUT THEIR EKTIKB STOCK OF
WINTER. DRESS GOODS,
’ GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
Which would make useful aud cheap
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
HANDSOME SILKS, at red need prices.
SILK POPLINS.t-ftt reduced prices.
ALL-WOOL POPLINS and KBPS, at reduced prices;
FRENCH MEBINOES, at re duct d pri ce s. ; * v
SHAWLS AND CLOAKS, at reduced prices.
1 Lot Figured: SILK POPLINS, choice* colors, reduced
t<^sL6s, sold early in the season at $2.25. "
2 Lots FRENCH MERIifORS, choice colors, at 76 and
87Xc, worth $1 and sl.l2>£.
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. LIPPINOOTT & GO.,
PUBLISHERS,
de!9-6t 715 and TIT MARKET Street.
IVTerby books '
XTJL FOB SflißKr CHBISTOAS.
_ . •_ W3UUBJP. HAZAKD. .
-Publisher, South SIXTH Street, ’Philadelphia.
days,
NEW BOOKS, by the Author of “ Slovenly Pet or:”
THB SPARK THAT WENT SPARKING, etc. Asa
vies of ch.arming’ ideas and drawings, with.- humorous
and quaint conceits in Verse, by Dr Henry Hoffman, ihe
anfcbor of that wonderfully fanny book, “Slovenly
Peter,” and others With brightly colored illustrations,
in fancy hoards, small 4to. 31 cents.
HEARTY AND HUMOROUS THINGS-FROM THE
.CHILDREN’S WORLD. Anewfunny book, with many
nice drawings, very brightly colored. By Dr. Hoffman.
Small 4to; fancy boards. .91 cents.
COMICAL RHYMES'O? ANCIENT TIMES. dug UP
into Jokes for small Folkg. ByC. H. R. An irresistibly
droll book of rhymes and drawings to please the little
ones. Printed in colors Small 4to« fancy binding, ulc
THE BOOK OF NONSENSE. By Edward Lear. Witt
113 pictures; from the 10th English edition. Fall of the
drollest pictures and verses. Oblong Bv<\ fancy boards.
$l. Another edition of this funniest of all funny books is
now ready. It will make any Christmas firesidemerry.
MERRY PICTURES ‘FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, , 4to,
doth, gilt extra. $1.75. A collection of stories comical
and instructive, translated from the German. With 120
engravings, brightly colored.
A LAUGHTER BOOK FOR LITTLE FOLKS-contain
ing a great variety of short and very amusing, stories,
translated from th© German, with 150 large brightly
colored engravings. 4to, cloth gilt. $l. 75.
The above contains six books in one, viz : Slovenly
Peter, Slovenly Kate, Funny Leaves for the Younger
Branches, Johny Look-in-the-alr, Sngary Tom, and
Child’s Mirror.
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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 :
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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.”
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fCoirespondence cf The Press.!
Naw York, Dec. 21, 1863,
LITERARY GOSSIP.
, A sad event, which has just ooourred in our city,
Cl \lls vividly to mind the seemingly fictional days of
toL rich Gibber and Johnson wrote, when the haunts
of the purest genius were the pot-house and the
penn v-lodging, and the work-house, the chilly attic,
or tha t place, least oheerful of all,
—: — “The.wont inn's worst room,”
the seen of its final extinguishment in death.
For sol time past, a sickly, sorrowful man, with
wild, eyes, an intellectual face, pallid,
and disflgm *©d with excess ; and shabby, uncleanly
-attire; has 1 attracted the attention of citizens in the
business part of the city/ Sometimes walking slow
ly through the streets, with the painful, laborious
gait of one labc 'Hsg under a debilitating disease;
sometimes reelii v f> 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<saiiiies of so
cial influence and aristocratic standing.
Business and other misfortunes overtaking him,
however, the magazine passed out of his bands; and
apparently without thought or care for the' future,
he took that headlong plunge into the abyss of ruia
from which he never afterwards could extricate him
self. Step succeeding step, brought him to the very
purlieus of debasement. Living as best he could,
and having so other aim in life than to drug hie
natural sensibilities and incur a factitious oblivion
of self; sitting stupefied with liquor in low grogge
ries throughout the day, and wandering through the
streets at night, or drowsing off his weariness In
pauper lodgings, poor Graham passed the last
months of hiß life in torment and debasement. In
leading a life so terrible and so hopeless of rescue,
he was not solitary and the one man of sorrows,
unless natural reticence and a cynical, ascetic spirit,
may have led him to prefer that exaggerated ob
scurity whioh knows of no companion. There are
scores of others belo w Graham in the social and
intellectual standing he once held in the world who,
like him, reel through the city night and day, and
live in poverty and contumely.
Ou Friday morning he was taken with faintness,
while making his way through Nassau street, and,
after being taken into a groggery near at hand, ex
pired, a victim to his own folly or madness. The
verdict of the coroner’s jury, although rendered in
the old stereotyped phrase, “Died from intempe
rance,” waß a sad and significant commentary upon
the weakness of genius, and an exemplification of
the poetical maxim,. “ With the talents of an angel
a man may be a fool.”
The family of Bayard Taylor is to pass the winter
in tbis city, boarding privately in Fourteenth street*
Mr. Taylor’s actual home will probably be wherever
his duties as lecturer may summon him. On dU t
that B. H. Stoddard, the poet, is engaged upon a
new lyrical composition, which is to have a court
fool for its hero. It is to be of the same character
as “The King’s Bill,” his most recent publication,
which, by the way, is founded upon a legend related
by Doctor Doran, in his “Monarch’s Retired from
Business.” The title of the new poem yet
been ascertained. Mr. Stoddard is an attache of the*
Custom House. Many other gentlemen of literary
proclivities also hold appointments under Mr. Bar
ney, but as a partial list of them has been extensive
ly copied by the press, it is perhaps needless to repeat
it here. To those already published may be added,
however, the names of Edward F. Stewart, of the
Somerset and William Oland Bourne, a
contributor to the leading magazines,
and editor of ar political sheet, known as The Iron
Platform. William C. Bryant was anciently the oo
cupant of a revenue desk; and James Nack, a favo
rite writer in bygone year*, holds a poeltioa in the
County Clerk’s office. 1
Three artistic gems have been recently issued by
two of our leading publishing houses, .whioh are
worthy of commendation. “ The Central Park in
Photograph” (Carleton) consists of some fifty views
of prominent localities in the Park, while the Ap
pleton’s offer two volumes of larger size, containing
photographs from the most celebrated pictures of
the Dusseldorf Gallery and private collections.
They are perfect treasures in their way, and are
meeting with excellent sale. This success indicates
most pointedly an improvement in the taste of
general buyers, which, heretofore, h*B seemed to
lack somewhat in refinement. The English have
always sneered at our lack of appreciation for the
elegant and costly, and as far as these adjectives
modify the noun, the accusation is certainly well
founded. Our native publications have never been
slovenly, however much their cheapness may be
urged against them; but it is very certain that
costly publications, such as our trans-Atlantic
cousins delight in, have not until lately, in a com
parative sense, been sought after with much avidity.
Within a year or so the stocks on our book counters
have indicated this revolution in taste, and not only
rare books, but those of the moat costly description
are now being imported to satisfy the growing de
mand.
. In exemplication of this fact, the following works
may be enumerated, which are now on sale at the
house of the Messrs. Nunan, of Nassau street: The
“Macklin Bible.” London, 1800. 7 vols., at $150;
“Views on the River Rhine.” l vol., $6O; “Mur
phy’s Arabian Antiquities of Spain“ Robertson's
Holy Band” (complete) j “Dluatrations of Hood,”
by the Etching Club; “ Strutt’s Dress and Habits of
the People of England,” by Blanche; Mclan’s “Cos
tume of the Clans;” “Stephens’ Entomology;”
“ Karleian Miscellany,” 12 vols,, in morocco.; “ The
Physiognomical Portraits;” “Nichols’ Izaak Wal
ton;” “Universal Palaeography;” “Hayley’s Mil
ton,” 1794; “Donovan’s Works,” and “Kingsbo
rough’a Antiquities of Mexico,” 7 vols. These are
but a few of the many magnificent works whioh are
now offered to the public; and it is only proper to
state that this enterprising firm has had no reason
to regret haying assumed the risk of such expensive
importations. The works here enumerated are
nearly all illuminated, and resplendant with the very
“ debauchery of color” and gold.
The collection of Mr. Morrell, of Fulton Btreei,
includes the following curious volumes: The Works
of Horace, Argentorate, (Strasburg,) John Rhein
hardt al Gruninger, 1498, wffft woo£ cuts; a Black
Better Bible, by John Bill, London, 1640; Sleldane’s
Chronicles, London, 1560; an original Black. Letter
copy of Stowe’s Chronioles, Ralph Newberry, 1592,
and Lavatre’s Works, imprimd & La Haye, 1731,
The last contains a scarce and valuable portrait of
Washington. He has also a reprint of “The Boke
of the Introduction to Knowledge,” by Dr. Andrew
Bordn, from whose name comes our word “Merry-
Andrew.” These instances will offer sufficient evi
dence of the literary and bibliomaniac proclivities
which have started up in our midst, and the day
seemß not far distant when an extended and assured
patronage will authorize our publishers in issuing
native productions, upon which all the artistic re
sources of the country may be lavished, without
fear of bankruptcy as a recompense for enterprise.
For rare volumes there has always been a small de
mand; but for costly works, embodying the labors
of pen and pencil, little or none. And if the people
willingly purohase English publications of this
class, there is no reason why native productions
should not meet with approbation and success; at
least, as great. No one can doubt that we possess
the ability for book-making in the artistic sense,
and judging from present indications, we may yet be
able to cast back the sneer of England, and equal,
if not rival her.
FOEITICS IN COURT,
A motion has been made in the Court of Common
Pleas for an order decreeing the sale of-the New
Yoik Express (Snivel and Copperhead), which mo-,
tion'was granted. The plaintiff, a Mr. Clark, and
owner of a one-sixth interest in the paper, alleges
that the disloyal tone assumed in its editorials is
jeopardizing bis interest to a. serious degree. The
Brookses, who are the editors and principal proprie
tors, deny the allegations; and also make isstfe upon
the question of the extent of Mr. Clark’s interest in
a manner which seems to involve an indefinite
charge of forgery against one side, and a charge of
inde finite falsehood en the other. Upon the argu
ment of the motion, Mr. McKeon, counsel for the
defendants, eulogised the cause of Copperheadisru
and the presses devoted to its service, and professed
his belief “ that ab sure as this war ends in the sub
jugation of the South, the next raid will be on the
Catholics of this country, * * * When the
knife is taken from the throats of the Southern peo
ple, it will be turned to the throat of every Catholic
in the North. 5 * Mr. Cram, for the plaintiff, replied
in a cool, yet earnest manner, and sneered his oppo
nent out of forensic existence. Some little feeling
was created in the court-room at the time, as might
have been expeoted. The Judge sat grimly through
it all, paying no marked attention to either side, and
attha of the discussion, tendered hi*
decision in favor of the motion, thereby tacitly ad
mittipg.the proposition, that disloyalty in
a paper Isa good ground for ordering its sale, at the
demand of a loyal partner.
ThisMoKeon, of whom our present Mayor, Gun
ther iaa disciple, is the leader of a wing of the De
moarsoy, and his appeal to the religious sentiments
ol the foreign population indicates that pure cop
oerhsciJist'a has lost somewhat of its magnetic
power, even with these. No mens specific and con
vincing evidence of the straits texwhioh the disloyal
are reduced, could have been, reasonably asked.
Even among vagabonds, the genuine, unalloyed artl-.
cie, is held in bad repute, an& U requires some pun
gent spice like this to ren&en it agreeable to their
political appetites. :The jphe of the matter is, that
during the riots we were'laboring under the appre
hension that “the boot,urns oh the other leg.”
Union Prisoners in Richmond.— We take plea
sure, says the Washington in publishing
the following loiter, written in reply to a query
made by a citizen of Washington t
Office osthb COMMi&siONE^o^EsjCHANOB,
. Fortress Monroe, YA., DecVlA iSjs3w
Stb-: °1 theTTyth instant,
tou aro respectfullyTnformed that the rebel autho
rities, will continue to receive supplies from private
individuals only, for our prisoners-in Blohmond.
Very rssoeetfully, your obedient asrvant, -
' 5‘V " V * S, A. MEREDITH,
Bcig.Qeh. Cortf
STUYYESAN.T*