the press, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) by JOHN W, FOBBKY. office, H«. m sourn fourth street. Tins DAILY PBKSS, I'ipibf.n Cbkts Per Week, payable to the,carrier: mailed to Subscribers out of the city at Sr.yKS Doixar* jrr Akhts; Three Dollars asp Frfrr CEsra.ro* Six SfOKTB«:-OKK Dollar anp Srvrxtv-five Cbkts for Three Moxths, invariably ia advance for the time or dered. ‘ - 49T Advertisements Inserted at the usual rate*. Bis lines constitute a square THU TBI-WKEKLY PRESS, Hailed to Subscribers out of the city at Four Dollars >br Asuan, In advance. . ...... - HOLIDAY GOODS. jp A Ii Li O H FLAG SI. FIELD GLASSES, FRENCH SASH AND BELT BOXES, SUITABLE FOR PRESENT S;. EVANS & HASSALL, 4lB ARCH STREET. JJOLEDAY PRESENTS, LOUIS LIDOMUS & CO., DIAMOND DBALEHS AND JKWEtERS, NO. 802 CHESTNUT ST. A. new and beautiful assortmentof _ ■ : DIAMOND FINGER BINGS, DIAMOND BREASTPINS. ; DIAMOND EAR RINGS, DIAMOND STUDS, and DIAMOND SETS, Allof‘WKick’wUl bo sold at lesß than usual prices.^' * jWATOHES. Also on hand A large and beautiful assortmentof GOLD And SILVER WATCHES, suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Boys. Borneo! our Ladies’ Watches are of beautiful dosiffne, erpreaslr adapted for : :>•. HO bHUf PR E'WIEMSjtf.S;. JEWELRY. We hare In store a splendid assortment of JEWELRY of all hinds, consisting in part of Sets of Jewelry, Braoe* lets, Sleeve Buttons, Beal Rings, Studs, Gold Chains, At., Ac. SILVER WARE. Silver Spoons, Forks, Ladles, Napkin Singe, besides a large variety of Fancy Silver, suitable for HOLIDAY OR BRIDAL PRESENTS. de3l-t3l (4HTISTMAS PRESENTS, HOLIDAY GIFTS. Boeewood Writing-Dosts, . Ladles’Work-Boxes, Ladles'Dresfting-Cases, Gentlemen’s Dressing-Cases, Ladies’ Jewel Boxes, . Officers’ Despatch-Desks, Photograph Albums, Wood, Ivory, and Bone Chessmen. Backgammon, CheßS. and Cribbage Boards, Ivoir and Bone Counters, Pearl and Ivory Paper Knives, Gold Pens and Silver Cases, Fine Pocket and Desk Cutlery, Glass and Fancv Inkstands, Also, a large assortment of FANCY''GOODS, Counting- House and Office Stationery, at • - • MOSS & 00., Blank-Book and Envelope Manufacturers, *3* CHESTNUT Street, Two doors above the Post Office. pAINTBOXES. WRITING PORTFOLIOS, PHOTOGRAPHS, A.LBUBIS, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, In great variety. at SGHOLZ & JANENTZKY, AND JEWELRY. BAIIiEY & CO., 81* CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. are constantly receiving* by every arrival from Europe* a fine collection of Goods suitable for the Holidays. Their assortment of FINE DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVER, WARE, has never been as complete as at present. There can be found a great variety of the finest FRENCH PORCELAIN GOODS, sets of 'CLOCKS AHD ORNAMENTS FOR THE MANTEL. Rich Gilt-mounted CHINA ORNAMENTS, BRONZES, of every description, FINE OIL PAINTINGS, BEST PLATED WARES, of Sheffield and their own manufacture. SILVER TEA SETS, FANCY SILVER GOODS. for Presents. FLOWER VASES, Silver and Plated. DIAMOND, PEARL, AMETHYST, AND CORAL JEWELRY, of the very latest designs, Articles in Jewelry and Silver ware made to order. Watch and Clock repairing strictly attended to. de!6-9tif JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. INTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, TIES, MUFFLERS, GLOVES. EMBROIDERED SUSPENDERS, JOHN O. AREXSON'S, )8. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. lelß-tf .TERS’ HEADQUARTERS. LADIES' SKATES, of every variety. GENTS. 1 SKATES, of all kinds. ■ STEEL SKATES DUMP SKATES. BO (IKES SKATES, , BHELL-QKOOVE SKATES, a enperlor article for learners. - ■ FABLOB SKATES, all sizes. * k PHILIP WILSON & GO. % ' 409 CHESTNUT Street :ristmas presents. PORCELAIN LANTERNS, BRONZES, iXIBIiE DROP-LIGHTS, &C„ &0. A FXNB ASSORTMENT FOB SALB. WARNER, MISKEY, & MERRILL, 4 e 17. lot TlB CHESTNUT STREET. iIDAY PRESENTS, McINTIUE & BROTHER’S, ENTS’ FURNISHING HOUSE, Ho. 1035 CHBSTHUT STBEBT. 86ftrf Fins ami Rings* ffeokties and Cravats, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, jFiNßsr select: IN THI ■Ua2-< • IBY HORSES BOYS’ SZiEBS, CLOSING- OUT CHEAP. 3tooo Hobby and Cavalry Horses. 2,000 Goose-neckand Boya*-Fancy Sleds. ItOOOßoye* Wheelbarrows and Carta. 1,000 Boya’ Government Wagons (new article). 3,000 Ladles’ Fonoy Sewing Stands (new styles). iQOO Children’s Toy Gigs and Coaches, unsurpassed variety of Fancy, and Toy Willow and id Ware, for sale at bargains. ..ItOWE & ETJSTON, IST and ISO North THIRD Street. . Three doors below Race. & G. A. WEIGHT, 624 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer a beautiful selection of IHSMitAN CLASS TOILET. SETS. WAV AND BOHEMIAN VASES,' )NZB'STATUETTES AND: BUSTS, ' 'VED BRACKETS: AND BOOK-STANDS, R, TOBACCO, 'AND; MATCH STANDS. AND LIQUOR CASES. , ANDTHAVELLINO BAGS. ICHAUM AND BRIER PIPES, ui - iat variety of Fancy Articles salted for Holiday Ael-lffl V. XfBW-TBAR PRESENTS, AND OTHER SUITABLE 113 South EIGHTH Street. Wrappers, Gloves, Suspenders, Umbrellas, Sc, 'ION OP SILK SCARFS E CITY. ' VOL. 7-NO. 124. HOLIDAY GOODS, anj> niiiuAL chets, OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY, HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, 922 CHESTNUT STREET, ELEVEN BOOKS ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. JOHN A. MUBPHEY. delC-lm (4ANES FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. EBONY CANES, ,old head. MALACCA CANES, ivory head. LADIES’CANES GENTS. > CANES. SOLDIESS’ CANES. CANES oi every variety. creme Wl lsqn < b K A . , MENT OF A SILK AND GINGHAM UMBRELLAS, SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS, roa sals nr JOSEPH FUSSELL, delS-lOt 2 and 4 NORTH FOURTH 'Street.Phlla. (40 BN ELI U S & Bit BE, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, GAS FIXTURES, BRONZE ORNAMENTS, &C., &C. 710 CHBSTNUT STREET, MANUFACTORY-831 CHERRY STREET. del6-t3lif JJOLIDAY GOODS! CARVED BREAD PLATES. PATENT MAGIC RUFFLE FLUTING IRONS. PATENT STEEL SKATES, a new article. FAN 0 Y GOODS, AT WILLIAM YARNALL’S HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE, No. 1030 CHESTNUT Street, dell-tf (Opposite the Academy of Fine Arts). UMBRELLAS 'f' FOR PRESENTS. WILLIAM A. DROWN & CO., 246 MARKET STREET, Have now ready their usual large assortment of UM BRELLAS suLtable for Presents, del4-tf TXOLIDAY. GIFTS.—GOLD SPECTA cIes* Gold Ere-Glasses* Stereoscopes and Stereo scopic Views, Cara Photographs, Photograpa Albums, Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, Spy Glasses, Opara Glasses. Officers’ Field-Glasses for Army and Navy use, Pocket Compasses* Mathematical Instruments, Kaleidoscopes, Thermometers* and a variety of other articles—appro priate gifts for the season. p hcallistbr & brother, del-tial-if T3B CHESTNUT Street RETAIL DRY GOODS. E D U C T lON ' IN PRICES. WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE 0? OUR STOCK OF LADIESAKD MISSES’ CLOAKS AT A GREAT REDUCTION FROM FORMER PRICES. J. W. PROCTOR & Co,, THE PARI& CLOAK AND FDR EMPORIUM. 920 CHESTNUT STREET, noS-tuthsa2na ]VI. NBEDIjBS, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET,' OFFERS FOR SALE ■* DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE IjOt.II>A.Y PRESENTS, IN LACE GOODS. 1,000 Real Lace Collars, In every variety, from 50 cent* to SIS each.; ... , W 0 Lace Setß, from $1 to #6O each. SOOLaco Veil*, from#l toJUOeach. ■ ■ -i (SCO Valehelenne Hdhfs., from #2 to #l5 oaeh. - ! lOOPointe Lace and Points Applique, from #5 to #5O. Coiffures, Barbes, and every variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. too Embroidered Hdkfe., #1 to #lO each. , • 600 do. Collars. 25 cte. to #5 each. , 300 do. Sets, gl to #lO each. l Edgings, Inserting, Flouncings, and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. j IN HANDKERCHIEFS. | The best assortment of Hdkfe in the eity, ineindin# every variety of Ladies*, Gents* and Children a Linen Hdkfe., in plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders* &c. ,&0., from 33 cte. to $6O eaoh. j Persons in search offusefal and. acceptable presents Would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. jj B —I will open on MONDAY, the 14th inst., a fresh invoice of desirable goods, in Blch Lace Capes, Coiffares, Barbes, Hdkfs.* Yells, &c.» &o. deB*tf T O N G BROCHE SHAWLS, FROM JLi sio to $125 a piece. Open Centre Lone Broche Shawls. Blanket Shawls, PJaids and Stripes. , . ; A large assortment of Misses’ Blanket Shawls* from $1 50to $7 apiece. i: . Indies’ Scarfs In great variety, from sl'to $7 apiece.* Ladies'Cloak. of the latest 4 m> de23-tf . . No. 516 South SECOND Street. . 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. E. M. NEEDLES, 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. Invites attention to his extensive assortment of goods suitable for Useful and acceptable HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LAOH GOODS. HANDKERCHIEFS. EMBROIDERIES, VEILS, AND WHITE GOODS. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. /COMFORTABLES AND BLANKETS V/ iT have a very large stock of these good, heavy Comforts, filled with wool, at $8 50 and $4, that are bet ter made than what are generally sold ; Blankets at $5, that are real good r better d 0.,, nil .woo Wood she 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 ▼arlouß patterns; heavy Counterpanes,- pink and blue at.fVand *5, and a very large assortment of white at all prices. Honeycomb Quilts, at »2 60. . GRANVILLE B. HAINEB._„ i No, IQI3 MARKET Sir,et, abOTS TENTH, i PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1863. QLOAK CLOTHS JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. WOOD, 818 OPENING-, 818 AT THE AKCH-STBEET CLOAK STOSS, A HASEaOME MSOBTltHirr 01 LADIES’ AND MISSES’ CLOAKS. no6-2ra . . JN CONSEQUENCE OF A PROPOSED MANUFACTURERS OF JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., Are new offering at low prices— BLACK TAFFETAS, in all w'dthsand qualities. COLORED TAFFETAS, in all desirable shades. SMALL-FIGURED, SINGLE-FACED SILKS. SMALL-FIGURED. SILKS. BLACK GEOS GRAIN SILKS. STEEL do, do. do. BLACK OTTOMAN do. RICH STRIPED OTTOMAN BILKS. IRISH POPLINS. Together with a Ml assortment of Drees.Goode, Linen Goods, White Goods, Linen Camb. Hdkfo., Gloves* Shawls, &c. Fine open-centre and small-bordered Broche Shawls, at greatly reduced prices. • ’ de23*Bt . PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. ABE HOW CLOSING OUT THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OP HANDSOME SILKS, at reduced prices. SILK POPLINS, at reduced prices. ALL-WOOL POPLINS and REPS, at reduced prices. FRENCH MERINOES, at reduced prices. : SHAWLS AND CLOAKS, at reduced prices. 1 Lot Figured BILK POPLINS, choice colors, reduced to $1.65, sold early in the season at $2.25. 2 Lots FRENCH MERINOES, choice colors, at 75 and 873-fc, worth $1 and si.!2>a. . 1 Lot ENGLISH MERINOES, choice colors, fall IK yards wide, at 87K, worth $1.25. BEST FRENCH CHINTZES REDUCED TO 37#c. (Gros, Odier, Roman, & Co.’aprinting.) 60 pieces, over 3, COO yards, comprising a good variety ol These goods have never been sold lees than 62Kc, and We guarantee them to he the Of all kinds, at greatly Reduced Prices, to close out our stock in season. Ladles’and Gents’Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. Laides’ Embroidered Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. Swiss, Cambric, Maltese, and Thread Collars. Cambric, Jaconet, and Nainsook Mnslins, Nos. US and 715 North TENTH Street. de2l-4t . ■ MO HOOP SKIRTS. coo U-wO The largest assortment, and the best qna-'J lity and styles of HOQF SKIRTS, to belobtained in the /city, are manufactured and sold 'Wholesale and Retail, at No. 638 ARCH Street, bkirts made to order, altered and repaired. : delB-6t* HPT A IT. DRV fIOODS. CL© A K 8 , COOPER & CONARD, NINTH. AND MARKET. lUFORTKBB AND DBALBBB IN CLOTHS, CASBIMEBES, TESTINGS, TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS,' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. NO. 8 NORTH SECOND STREET, ■ PHILADELPHIA. change hv our firm:, At tlie end ai thU Tear, ODE GOODS Are now offered at MDCH REDUCED PRICES. SHARPLESS BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTHISts. No* m CHESTNUT Street, ■Ear. steel Ss soisr WINTER DRESS GOODS, GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, Which would make useful'and cheap CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. NEW AND RICH STELES. BEST FRENCH CHINTZES IMPORTED, DRESS GO.ODS WHITE GOODS OF ALL KIND 3 AT VERY LOW PRICES. A BABE CHANCE IOR BARGAINS. QHEISTMAS GIFTS! EYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCH, IS IS THEIR USUAL CUSTOM IN THE TWELFTH MOUTH, HAVE REDUCED SOMETIME SILKS, SUIWLS AND POPLINS, TO FAVOR THE LAUDABLE PRACTICE OF MAKING VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS! FASHIONABLE RICH SILKS, : EXPENSIVE LONG SHAWLS, ' GORGEOUS PIANO COVERS, BALMORALS OF FINE GRADES. LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, MEBINOES AND POPLINS, DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, delS*tntbs-tf " . JgD. GROSJEAN, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Respectfully calls tie attention of kbe ladles to his well' "l Mtaa LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. Also, a fine collection of - - Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Gents’ and Ladles’ Handkercblefs. . INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroldered ln the latest styles and in the beat possible manner. A full assortment of EMBROIDERIES. m * I0 «&1BES. 8 ES. a ™UKB,'SLEEVES. CUFFS, HOOP SKIRTS. HEAD DRESSES, de3-im NETS, GLOVES, fltc. CHARPLESS BROS. ABE SELLING Ac REDUCED PRICES, their stock of FROST* D AND FAS OF BE AVERS. Also, BLACK CLOTHS and BEAVERS. deM-tf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Street,. TOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH "- STREET, would call the attention of the ladiw to his immense stock of DRESS GOODS, moat of which has been reduced for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, oonsiatini of French. Merinoes, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool and part Cotton Delaines, Figured and Striped Monalrs, English Mexinoes, Wopl Plaids, Plaid Dmbs Goods, Cali coes, Ac. ' deirtf IJLACK VELVET BEAVER. jURt received) ONE PIECE OF BLACK VELVET BEAVER. s SHARPLESS BROTHEHS. . delfrtf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL • attention to their Stock of FJNRDBBSS GOODS, all honfht at very low prices, early in the season, and at the recent Auction Sales: TrenchMerinoes, 78oto $3.80. - • Xrencb FopUns and Reps, 87&e to 91 79, Dress Goods of every variety, 20c to $2. 8,000 yards two-yard wide Merinoes., SI. 25. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, 93.25 to 913. BroeheShawlSh great bargains, 99.60 to 914- . Glrcnlars and Sscques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low trices,- "-v Fancy SUkßtVfl to 95-< Plain Poll de Soles, 9L 25,t0 92 80. • Moire AntianeiandCordedellks, 93.80 to 98. *Nos. '713 and 71& North TENTH St. -; 1 Lot All-woplghakerFlannels, W4o, worth#,, noil THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,, 1868. CATTUBEB REBEL CORRESPONDENCE. Tl)« French Emperor and the Blockade— Ills Connivance with the Rebels—Captain i Maffltt's Troubles—The Anxiety of M. Pecquet du. Beliey—Col. Lamar’s Agency— Hlf(hiy Important Disclosures. The following private eorrespondeace of Mr. La mar, the rebel agent in England, was found on board the prize “ Ceres,” lately taken off Wilming ton* Several important points are disclosed. Capt. J. N. Maffitt, of the privateer Florida, at date of Oct. 19th, iay*:. "The news from the blockade iurmei® is decidedly bad; Six of the best boats have recently been caught, among them the Advanoe and Eugenie. Nothing [has entered Wilmington for one month.” NAPOLEON CONSENTS TO MATAMOBOS TRADE— :,MONET WANTED—TALL SWEARING. .19 Rue dr Pbnthibvte, s Paris. October 10, 1863. My Dbab Sik and Friend : I (have telegraphed to Sanders yesterday, that my friend was ready to execute his contract, provided the cotton was surely delivered in Matamoros. . I have also stated to him that the protection of the Emperor was obtained, which wouidl&Uow the goods to enter that-port, and the cotton 'ib issue therefrom, without the slightest diffi culty. , NotrcT am satisfied that we could obtain from my friend five per cent, commission upon the value of furnitures made, and three per cent,, or two per cent, ugpn all that the cotton may bring in the Eu ropean markets above the cost of said supplies, pro vided, -however, that Childs would transfer his con tract, and allow my friend fifty per cent.' of the hundred per cent, allowed to himself by the .con tract.; .This ;could hardly be refused, for my friend not only advances the capital necessary to carry on the contract, but also procures the influence of the Emperor, which assures the success of the whole Bebtmr beyond the probability of a doubt.. But I-doubt very much that my friend would ad-< vanoe the £2,000 required by these gentlemen. Could, you or.would you. advanoe the said stiin to assure the execution of the contract by us! They need not know you are the party advancing the samej and in that case, I would require, from them, besides what we* are to have from my friend as above stated, . 10 per cent, on the money advanced and 10 per cent, upon the share of their profits ;,the whole to be di vided between us. This, I think, would be a nice piece of business. What doy.ousay to it ? Had you not better see the parties and . hurry the matter, if you believe thebusinessr as stated here a profitable one? My . friend is veryluneasy lest the contract should,he executed in England; he is very anxious to take hold of it, not only because he believes it to be a profitableone; bwf'otoo because he has feen t he Emperor in person,'nml would-not-like the Emperor to suppose,that he v hasjbeen .fooled in the. matter. This, of would enable us to get from him the terms which I have mehtibhed, which terms, of course,;Beed not be mentioned to S. or Ch. * A very strong argument to uee with these parties is that, by our theygel a protection which Lord Russell worddlftever. extend'to the English -mer chants. aed which -makes the whole business a safe one—just as much as though we were in time of peace, t Should you share' iny opinion, try to convince them ; hurry them .on' to;Paris ;lfor delay and pro crastinatlbn might prove fatal to our plans. Let mo know whether youare always disposed to ad vance, what sum, and how X would be to get it, either by. drawing on you, or by you remitting it to me. So soon as Thear something definite upon this subject. I would 1 go to work; close this matter here with all parties, and .then proceed to London to help you.through the,other matter. For G-cd.sake, lose no time and answer me .fully, and telegraph me whether the parties are-forth coming, r c . PEOQUET DU BELLEY. Mfcffit has not corne as expected. Impress upon Sanders the necessity of holding his tongue with re gard to:tfce protection alluded to, for it would damn us if let out. I repeat it here again, it is agreed and understood between myself and my friend that, should we get the contract transferred to him upon these gentle men allowing him, on account of his risks, advances', or rather disbursemeDts and influence, we will be . entitled— lst, to five per cent, commission upon the whole value of the orders to be filled; 2d, thirty per . cent, upen the difl'erence between the invoice bill and the net proceeds of the cotton sold here. - These gentlemen allowing us even' five per cent, upon the®, interest, and the money advanced by you, would make it a glorious thing. I say, damn italtvihe news just in ought to decide them. ‘The thing is ready; twenty-four hours.will settle the whole thing. Damn it all, go to work and telegraphi lor our man U very anxious on account of hisMsjesty. I will go to England aod fix the railroad ooncern, and speak-ab'Qut a box of samples from.our friend, to be placed in the steel and presented to Jeff, with an offer to supply our army in time of peace and war. We would on that receive forever a commission of five per cent, also. Since writing the within letter, I have seen my friend, and he agrees to the item of five per cent, commission on the value of the goods furnished, and thirty peroent. on the surplus brought by the cofcloa in Europe* It is worth while to get, is it not? TOO MANY SHOULDER*STRAPS. \ Brest,' Sept. 14,1863. ' Dbab Sib : The Florida is overcrowded with offi cers. I bad to return Lieutenant Ramsay for want of room. .If it was in my power, much pleasure would it gtVfi'me to'oblige you, and appoint the gal lant young Jones. / ‘ There is every prospect of Bullock having it in his power to make the appointment in a short time, and -a little'more patience will have to be exercised by theybung gentleman. .. . , - Am quite unwell, so muoh so as to be under the I necessity of asking for a relief. Yellow fever, and a chronic affection of the heart, with hard cruising, has used me up, so, ere it be too late, I must try to build up again. Am writing on my back. Expect to be in Paris soon, when I will act with you, in any way, for young Jones* benefit. • Yours truly, &o.« J. N. MAFFIX. Col. A. P. Lamar, Paris. ARRANGEMENTS ?OH MATAMOROS TRADE. 19 Rue de Pbntbievib, Parts, October 13, 1863. . My Dear Sir : Upon receipt of your note of yes terday I have called to Bee my frlendß, and, in rela tion to the proposed operation, I found them dis posed, in principle, to exeoute the contracts referred to, provided the cotton’s arrival at Matamoro* be made certain. What is the quantity of bales ? "What is the price the cotton is to be delivered ay When is the, cotton to be at Matamoros? What are the objects to be furnished? Where are they to be delivered? How is our interest to be guarded and secured? &C» %?? these are questions hardly to be discussed by correspondence, and which should all be stated as to place the whole matter in its proper light. Evidently there can be no definite engagement be fore the parties meet and agree upon all these terms. Do you not think it worth while for you to accom- ] ?any your friend over to Paris? I really think so. f you cannot, fix our interests with Mm before he 1 starts from London. . j As I presume you wish me to abstain from making any statement to the party referred to in your letter, and as I suppose your letter refers to the same con tract, I will be silent in that quarter until I hear more fully from you'upon the subject. I will beg of you not to be so d—d mysterious another time, for i assure you that I felt somewhat puzzled about it. Let me hear from you soon, so that I may act in the premises according to your wishes and diree -tionß. Nav, I feel, by some sort of magnetic power, to pull with you entirely and exclusively. • Let me know, also, what has been the result of vour interview with regard to our railroad opera tions. If Captain M. is wlth you, givehim our best love. It is almost useless to say that any other cor respondence must ignore my having written to you. Yours, very sincerely. PECQUET DU BELLEY. NAPOLEON WILL AID THE PROJECT IP IT CAN BE KEPT SECRET. . 19 Rub dePenthievib, Paris, Oot. 14,1863. Col- C. A. L. Lamar: Dear Sir and Friend :-My friend has seen the Emperor during the evening. He is authorised to proceed at onee with the business, and is promised the full protection of the French Jlag. The only condition imposed by the Emperor is that the operation shall be kept in profound secrecy . On this side of the ohanoel we are ready to, treat. Hurry your party, settle with him,and if you cannot possibly come over with him, addreßß Mm to me, with a copyof-his engage* meats, and impress upon him the necessity or being mute upon the object of his visit here. Business of that kind can gain nothing by delay. I was disappointed not to have received some news about your interview of yesterday. Push ahead and let me know what position I am to assume towards my other correspondent. Yours, sincerely, PECQUET DU BELLEY. IS ANXIOUS TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT POR BLOCK ADE-RUNNING, VIA MATAMOROS. .. 19 Rue db Penthievib, Paris, Oct. 16,1863. : Dear Sib and Friend : Having received noan swer -to my letter of the day before yesterday, I telegraphed this morning to know when the bearer • of the contract would come to Paris* I now write to inform you that myfnend is not only ready, but, anxious to go into the operation* You had better take advantage of Ms favorable dispositions at once, so aa tomakeit a sure business. He came again to see me this morning, to know if I had heard from' my parties., I told him I expected an answer, wMch I would communioate when I reoeived it* ' Having also written an evasive letter to S., lam anxious myself to hear from you to know exactly what to write to him upon the subject. •*, , What about your interview with Mr, Valentme 1 Is everything right in that quarter? .. - They are at work at the N avy Department for the wood contract. I hope to he able to write to you full detailß about them before you leave England. Let me know also when your departure is to take place. Yours, very frlendlyV . . 1 ' Pu&UET DU BEtiliEY. Telegraph to me to-morrow morning. A WOMAN IN DISTRESS. 13 Tempest Hby, Liverpool, October 22, 1863. Dear Lamar : That interesting friend of mine is now in London at the_ Coburg Hotel, 14 Charles street, Grosvenor Square. • She writes in great distress and humiliation, as üßual, asking for money to go home with. She call ed upon old Maaon, and he told her he was unable to give assistance. Take a look at her. r - Yours, truly, J. N. MAFFITT. Expect to be off in an hour. • THOMAS STIRLING RSGBIB DON’T LIKE TO PILE UP ASSETS IN THE SOUTH. - •“ CPrivate.3 No. 4 Mansion House Placb, ; • . London, Oct. 26,18G3, Colonel L. C. Lamar, Tavistock Hotel: Dear Sir: With referenoetothepiopositioncon taiiied in your letter of the 23d instant, and to the in terview of tbat date, at which the subject was more fully discussed between us, I deem it courteous to ward you to give you an answer at the earlieat possi-' ble day. I regret exceedingly that the terms you propose caimot be accepted oy me, nor do I see how to make you a counter proposal that you have it in our power to carry out j owing to my position with rerpeetto lunds due to me by your government, and also locked up inside, it would be imprudent my go ing on locking up in the same quarter; the arrange ment enacted on the other side, whereby I am de prived, without my consont. oftheuse of one*thlrd of my steamer, at a nominal rate of freight, is high ly distasteful to my ideas of justice, and I submit, Extremely prejudicial toy our: Government’s cause. By my letters, received to*day, I learn I am advised that cotton is selling at 66 and 60 cents per pound, and that exchange is nominally at 1,600 premium, but cannot be obtained even at that. This is 2d per pound—a most remunerative trade if it could be car ried on with only Federal restrictions, and with such. i craft as my two paddles. ; I shall be most happy to learn tbat you can make such arrangements as would i admit of yourself and friends becoming the owners of one or both of my steamers, and to effecttMs lam. willing to give liberal terms, but I cannot take such, payments as would only inorease my aßiets.in the South. Depending, as I should be under y.our pro- on the bringing out of cotton In these steam eis,it muitbe perfectly evident; to you that my best; plan,Jf ; l find, as I have done, all the oapltal neoes . aatyto’send.these boats .inside, is to.j scad them in . oh my bwn-account, or in ,conjunction with friends here whb would take an interest, and relieve ms of their share of purchase, and retain the profit to i myself and frtenfis, xnt Mate Hcnwal BuroM. HBADQUAETEBS lfiflj GA-Valry Division, OULTBirBit, Va., Dec.,22, 1863. General Oeukrs.—Soldiers of the Ist cavalry division, we have loat our chief. Our gallant leader, our:heroic general, our kind and sympathizing friend, has been taken from us by the afflicting hand of Divine Providence. Wo bow submissive to the dispensation, but we mourn, as mortals must, our irreparable loss. It is not forme to recall his virtues. Not a sol dier in this command need be told of his qualities. You know.his gallantry and ehivalrio nature. Get tysburg atteats his glory *, Beverly Ford and the scenes around you here bear witness to hit never dying fame. .You need not be reminded of his goodness of heart, his symffathetio nature, his high, sensitive, coble feeling; they were all exhibited itf the kind tenderness he has always shown for oursick and wounded comrades, and ttie solicitude for tlje safety of each man in his command. His master mind and incomparable genius, as a cavalry chief, you all know by the dangers through which he has brought you, when enemies surrounded you and destruction seemed inevitable. The dying words of your wounded comrade, u I am glad it is’nt the General,” bear tes timony .to your unutterable love. But now, alas! “it is the General!” “He has fought his last fight.” No more forever will you see bis proud form leading you on to victory. The profound anguish which we all feel forbids the use of empty words, which so feebly express his virtues. Let us silently mingle our tears with those of the nation in lamenting the untimely death of this pure and noble man, the devoted and patriotic lover; of bis country, the soldier without fear and without reproach. W. MERRITT, Brig. Gen. of Vols., Commanding. Republicans and Catholics—Note from Div Brownson. To the Editor of the New York Times: With regard to the charge, repeated in the Octo ber number of my that the Times had said that, when the Republicans “had put down the rebellion, they must turn round and put down the Catholics,” 1 have, since you denied the charge, had an examination made of your files, by a gentleman who was sure that you had said it, or something like it, but all be can find out of which the charge has grown, is that you once said, “Slavery, like Popery, is incompatible wiih the age, and must go,” or words to that effect. As to the propriety of class ing slavery and the Catholic Ohurch together, I have nothing, to say; but, if I understand, it was slavery, not that Church, you said must go, in which assertion I entirely agree with you. . A friend has taken the trouble io.compare tho ori gin in the Catholic papers against y ou, and the diffe rent versions of which have been given; It appears that the'charge first appeared in the Boston Pilot, as an inference drawn by a correspondent from your remark, which I have quoted. Another paper took it up, and charged you with saying it. and after that it became a fixed fact with tbe Catholic community that you had said it., I write you to say that I am satisfied that nothing like it has ever appeared la your journal, and I regret that I took any notice of it, which I did only to say, supposing you had said it, it was no reason with me, a Catholic myself, for not supporting the Republican party. I agree with you entirely in your estimate of the veracity of the so-called Catholio papers. You may believe a statement you see in one of them if you have sufficient evidence aliunde for believing it. “Yery respectfully, . O. A. BROWNSON. Elizabeth, N. X, Dec. 21,1863. The Affair of the Chbsaphake.—The Hali fax Citizen characterizes the capture of the Chesa peake as “ sheer piracy,” and puts the case to the Secesh blue-noaea who compliment and befriend the pirates In the following strong light: “ Suppose that on board the Arabia, which sailed from Halifax yesterday, two-thirds of the passen gers were members ofthe “Fenian Brotherhood.” Suppose that they, armed to the teeth, should sud denly surprise the unsuspecting officers of the ship, and, every circumstance of confusion in anunarmed crew assisting this combination of equal numbers and superior arms, the steamer should become their prey, and itsorew and prisoners to be got rid of in some Northern ports. Where is the man among us who would hot hesitate to denounce such a capture as atrocious piracy 1 Who would not feel satisfied to hear of a British frigate Bwiftly pursuing the pirates, and bringing back the Arabia to Canard’s wharf, with the ringleaders of the plot swinging at theyard-armt And yet such fellows could justify their course; as fully as the captors ofthe Chesa peake.” The Halifax Morning Sun of the 18th, in speaking of the affair, says: . “ When intelligence of the Chesapeake’s first cap ture was received here, the cold blooded murder of her second engineer excited, and we think very just ly, the indignation of a Urge number of our citizens. Since then various statements have been made for the purpose of palliating the crime, one of which is that the second engineerwas armed with a revolver, and discharged it several times, wounding one of the Southerners* A writer in the Citizen, last evening, repeats the story, and states that all the crew of Vie steamer were armed wiih revolvers . This seems ex tremely improbable, and the whole story is directly at variance with the particulars given us yesterday by Captain Nichols and two of his officers. They state, on the authority ofthe engineer now on board the Chesapeake, that the first shot tired was at a fireman in the engine room, and when the second engineer heard the discharge he turned rouad and said ’Stop your d—d fooling,’ and, while passing into the engine-room, was shot. Hooking at the matter as we do in the light of a piratical act, we cannot but feel pleased that the vessel has been taken ; but we much regret the escape of the despe radoes who were guilty of the murder.” A Copperhead Church.—The rebel sympatoi aer, Oldß, formerly a member of Congress from Ohio, but more recently an inmate of ; Fort. X*afayette, is going to join with Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, and establish a church which shall except the prin ciple of human bondage as a corner stone of reli gious faith. Olds and another Copperhead have filed their papers as the inventors of the New Gospel, in the Columbus as follows : Governor Medary: Dbae Sib : Will you oblige us by giving notice in The Crisis, that, at an early day, the undersigned will move for a State Convention, for the purpose of devising some plan for a new Ghuroh organiza tion, in which Democrats may enjoy the privilege of hearing. preached the pure Gospel of our Herd Je sus Christ, unmixed with Abolition fanaticism, and without beinginauJAed and denounced from the pul pit as disloyal for believing that the Constitution as it is should be maintained, and the Union as it was should be restored. Democratic papers throughout the State will far ther the'cause of Christianity by calling the .atten tion of their respective communities to. the impor tance of an early move in the premises. EDSON B. ODDS, VIRGIL E, SHAW. The Set of the Tide.—On the 2d day of De cember the Newburyport a paper which has persistently opposed all those measures and pur poses usually denominated “ Radical,” and favored the most scrupulous “Conservatives,” gave utte rance to the following language: “Three years ago to-day John Brown died—exe cuted for treason by order of Henry A, Wise, who, since then, has himself been one of the chief of trai tors. Then the great majority of the country de clared his execution just; now that same majority urgeß the war for the accomplishment of the same end that he had in view. What a change has come o (JRITIOISM OF THE PRESIDENT. A very large audience assembled at tho Cooper Institute, New York, on Tuesday evening, to hear a speech from the great orator of anti-slavery. He aaid: Four years ago this month he bad the honor to assist in giving the body of John Brown to the keeping of the bills he loved. Selfishness, which calls itself conservatism, sneered at his life as a ridiouloua failure; and some men, who had called themselves his friends, exoused his attempt on the ground that he was a lunatic. We knew bet ter now. The rebellion bad broken into the cabinets of the ooDßpiratore, and we knew of a Biuety now that the echos of his rifle* had hardly died away on the banks of the Shenandoah before South Carolina prepared for war in de fence of her system. Four years rolled away, and on the exact fourth anniversary of the day of his burial, the victorious President offered eleven re-, beilious States permission, to return to the Union on conditions which John Brown would gladly have accepted after twenty years’ hard fighting. Mar velious progress for four years! Still might he say, as he did to Theodore Parker, “ I may fail; I may expiate my rashness on the gibbet; but I open a teirible fire.” Bat the terms which would have been gladly accepted in 1859—naked and bald techni cal liberty for the negro—were not to be thought of a moment in 1863. [Applause,] After the gun at Sumpter, followed by three years of bloody and costly war, there was no safe and admissible con dition of peace but the substantial, practical pro tection of the freedom of the negro, and the ele ments of national life so arranged as to guarantee peace and demooraoy within the borders of the na tion. [Great applause ] It was In the light of this reminiscence that he was goingto criti cise the message and proclamation of thePresideut on the 6th day of the present month. Some men say, why make any serious criticism of the procla mation., of the President—we know very weU-that Mr. Lincoln did not expect it would be accepted. Ho would not insult the bead of a great nation by judging the solemn act of the most momentous hour of .Mb life to be in such mood and purpose that he waamot willing to have it accepted. No man who trusts either the sincerity or the honesty of Abra ham" Lincoln could look upon this proclamation in any other light than as a declaration of the terms upon which the President was willing; that the Union should be reconstructed. The people regarded the President as surveying the contest from a loftier outlook than was permitted to any other man, and .we should do him injustice, an injustice which the masses of the nation would never do him, to say that in bis deliberate judgment, in the full knowledge of the facts, that proclamation did not contain proba ble, possible, and secure guarantees of the future peace and integrity of the Union. Other* said: ‘‘Why criticise the President?—we know he"* is a growing man with his face Zionward.?’ He knew it. All honor to the growing man. And why did he growl Because they watered him. [Ap plause.] Why did he advance? Because the na tion pushed him on. [Applause]. If Mr. Lincoln wexe a leader, it would be different; he would so to him'; but, with all his merits —and they were many ; with all Ms services—and they were momentous, the President was not a leader; never professed to be a leader—the President was tne agent of public opinion, who wailed to know what the people would allow him and demand of him to do. His anxiety was North, in opinion, to know how much he might trust him self to act. Chattanooga was a brave sound at the White House, .and gave*its tenants sound sleep; but the election of Schuyler Colfax was ten times bTaver, and made him sleep ten times sounder, [ap plause 0 for he knew that Grant could go -to the Gulf when he chose, but he did not know whether the Northern people, culminating in the eleetion of the Speakership, meant to say amen to the most ra dical dreams ot the North ; and when he heard of that vote in the House of Representatives, the peo ple’s attorney at the White House dared more than he had ever dared before. Some WDtild say, Why criticise the message! Sla very was dead and gone, and none could revive it. WeJl, he heard that several times. After the revo lution the South said so, but at that moment the devil stepped over Carolina with a.handful of cotton seed, and it grew up till it ruled New York and Massachusetts. No, he never would believe slavery was dead until it was cleared out of sight forever. (Applause. 1 With the Government now on our side he never would give up, until the stars and.atripes were the unconditional emblem of freedom. [Ap plause.] Beecher was eloquent in England, but Vicksburg and Chattanooga, and Parrott gun* were far more eloquent. [Applause,] Europe was trying the experiment of thrones. Let her. If Europe left Republicanism to America, well, but if she interfered, then we should interfere, and assist the radicals of Europe to upset the thrones. [Ap plause.] Lincoln need not fear the South, for what Grant had left undone he would do. [Ap plause.] Only be assured, he would not sit down to dig. [Applause and laughter.] The South would have to go back to the Gulf States, for as the food would not go to them, they would have to go to the food. Four years ago, he said beneath the same roof, that the South w as no coward, and they 1 aughed at him. Now, they saw he was right, and the la*t point of the South would be a fight. The war was. not ended yet, but its end'was certain and the Union would be constructed with a eminent .which would laugh all else to scorn, All civil wars were ended by compromise; so would ours, and the only question was what she will compromise oh. The helm was in our handstand we might compromise on all but one thing, and that was that the tap-root of sla very, should be cut. [Applause] He then pro ceeded to speak of the scrip of the South.. Eng land had, with her pirate ships, $100,000,000 of this scrip, and would come to the reconstructed Con gress saying that was not worth five cents on the dollar, but they would give them that if by their votes they would give them the. other $80,000,000, and this would be done, for there was never a Con gress which could not be bought for $20,000,000. Re ferring to the President’s message of Ist January, 1863, he said the Executive had left it in the hands of the Supreme Court, and it had to pass the ordeal of a bench of Judges, who announced that a negro had no rights which.* white man wae bound to respect. It had to pass a man who had hit body in Baltimore, . and his soul, if he had one, in Richmond. [Ap plause.] Only two dissurite against that decision, and one was dead and the other missing. God help the negro, then, if he had to depend on Roger B. Taney for hie freedom. He didn’t blame Mr.,Ltn coln. He was like a tenant at will, who had a bad chimney, but because he was going out in a month he would not touch it. What he wanted from Mr. Lincoln was an amendment of the Constitution, which might be passed in sixty days, and which would say that there should be neither slavery nor invol untary servitude ou American soil. Mr. Sumner wanted those Mississippi chairsfilied in the Senate. So did he, but they should be so hot that not a slave holder could sit on them. He concluded that we could do as swe liked, and make Ifmcoln and his Senate hereditary if we liked. Now Lincoln thought he could reconstruct the Union without touching slavery, but he was mistaken. Agaiu, Mr. Lincoln set aside the Confiscation Act. If the Soulh was conquered and Its land di vided between the blacks and the white* who won it, then we were safe. .Every Union man at the South says, give them the power and they will come back; let it be otherwise, and they must be hung. Now, Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation takes this land-power away. He alluded at some length to the condition of the blaokß in Jamaica' after the aot of emancipation which made a “ tem porary arrangement” of the land, as Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation did. Give him the negro on Ms own soil, and he would treble the cotton crop in two years. [Applause ] Why, this Government did not know what democracy was l Mr. Lincoln, had one i rival jhe was in the Treasury. If he loomed up as President, let them watch. For his part, he would not rest until Butler or Fremont manned the gnu. [lmmense applause.] With such men to man the guns, or hold the helm, no man, with justice to him self, or to his children, oaa give rest to his eyelids, or silence to his lips. The speaker sat down amid enthusiastic applause. Loud oalls were made for Horace Greeley, who finally rose. He said it was hardly time to make Presidents, and he had not quite decided that we were to have another. [Laugnter.] He wished to say, for one, that he thought the largest man in this Government was the gentleman who had been large ly censured to-night—-that was Gov. Ohsse. He thought about the firmest anti-i lavery man, in spite of what we had heard to-night, was this man—a statesman who had been fighting the hardest com mand, and whose battles had all been victorious so far. Perhaps he may be, perhaps he. may not be, a good candidate for the President. Certainly the uties of the White House, or of the position of either of the Secretaries, could not be envied. He admired the confidence of the people, which he had not always shared, for he sometimes had been to bed, not knowing whether he should wake up in the Union or in the Southern Confederacy, we have seen the time, within two years, when two votes to one would have been given in this city for Jeff Davis. The meeting adjourned with three cheenfor Abra ham Lincoln. Mr. Kelley's Remarks ou tlie 3lilitary Deficiency Bill. In our Congressional report, a few day* ago, patt of the speech of our Representative, the Hon. W. B. Kelley, were credited to Mr. Kellogg, of Indiana. We, therefore, print in full Mr. Kelley’s remarks, as published in the Globe: Mr. Kelley. Mr. Chairm&D, the responsibilities of our faction on this and all other bills rest with this side of the House; and I think—judging by the results of the recent elections—that it is to the ac tions and opinions of this side of the House that the people of the country, merchants, bankers, and peo ?le of all classes, look, and look with confidence. remember to have once seen a beggar craving a sixpence. The good lady from whom-he asked the boon declined making the gift, but proposed to give him, instead thereof, some advice. “Thankyou, madam, 1 ’ said he, “I am full of it.” I feel, I must confess, a little that way now—l have had quite enough of such advice as we have been getting to : &hat is asked of us, andhow ia it asked? The proper committee of the House, that of Ways, and Means, moved thereto by the proper committee for the purpose, that on Military AfFairs/reporta a bill to appropriate a . certain sum of money—a sum within the estimates submitted by the Secretary of War, the proper officer. . And on the proposition to~ appropriate money thus called for, the Heuse is to receive a lecture on the danger of expanding the currency to the proportion of the French assignats, and other matters equally foreign to the subject. There is no proposition to expand the currency of the country before the House; nor is there any disposition on the part of the majority to make an appropriation which shall not be legitimate, well advised, and in support of the great ends of the Government. The recent elections have told the men who hold the interests of the country in their hands that the first great object, that nearest to the heart of the people, is the immediate suppression of the rebellion. This bill so well-timed, is important for the promotion of that desirable end. We are on the eve of an adjournment which may last , for a fortnight. The Secretary of War tells us he wants money on the eve ol the draft now seeming to be imminent, while , volunteering Is yet aotive, for bounties, advance pay, and premiums, wherewith to promote voluntary enlistments. How shall we • say to the people that we are supporting the war and crushing the rebellion if, instead of passing the bill, we call upon the Secretary of War to come up and tell us now he is expending the $12,000,000 placed in his hands, by the express language of the act under whichs that sum accrued, for the purpose of procuring substitutes? ~ , £ shall not vote for the amendment of the gentle man from New York; and I hope that, before we adjourn, we will so vote on this question that every loyal man In the country will feel that he did right in voting for the men who are here, because of their manifest disposition to vote all the men and money that the war requires without equivocation or dodg ing, or holding to accountability, on suggested sus picion, the heads of Departments. A word, now, as to the anti*republican means of replenishing our army, denounoed by the gentle man from Ohio (Mr. Cox). I voted/or the conscrip tion bill, and am in favor of a draft, if necessary to make our army adequate to its great work. " I have not yet seen the man in the country who is too good to owe it the utmost allegiance, even to tthe laying down of his life for it. And I have yet seen no fairer way-of getting an army than by putting all the names of the able-bodied men of the country in the wheel, and drawing there from those whom Providence shall designate as its soldiers. I take the responsibility of standing by the draft. True, I would rather see the youth or the country doing' as the. regiments from my own district, veterans,’who have borne the brunt and shooks of war for well-nigh three years, are doing, cheerfully and enthusiastically volun teering-again, determined to :fIU up the .ranks ana move on to perfeot conquest. But when there comes a pause in volunteering, during whiebthe country needs*soldiers, enforce the draft. Bet, the richest and the poorest, the humblest and the proudest, march together in obedience _to the. laws of our country to the support of its institutions. I have TWa 'WAS* PBfiSS; (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) x TSI WAE Pees. Will be tent to enbeeriben by mail (per annum in advance) at OB Three copies--- S M Eirecoplee.- BOV Ten copies.. .......15 Ot Larger Club. than Ten will be charged at the u«M rate, f L5O per copy. The money must alveaus accompany the order, M in no instance can these terms be deviated from, as oxo afford very little more than the cost of paper. dS/~ Postmasters are requested to act as Agent, for Ths War Press. I ®S“ To the getter-op of the Club of ten or twenty, M extra copy ofihePaper will be given. foiled to discover wnerein it 1* antl repuMlean to make all .tend equal before the law In their liability to perform, even to the utmost, their duty to th* country. • Mr. Cox. I can feu the goatlemaD whwc bs Mt find it laid down. If he will look in the work of Dr. Lieber, called Civil Liberty he will And it laid down, as against the genius of republican institutions, as against our traditional polioy as inherited from Great Britain, against our history as Anglo? Saxons, against the English and American Constitution*. And that authority of Ur. Lieber is now being used by the Secretary of War in codifying the laws of war for this Government. I refer the veiy respectfully, to that authority. - Mr. Kelley, I have never seen the man who waa so wise :that he was not liable to be mistaken om some point. And from the gentlecaan’s high au thority I appeal to my own instincts, and to th* genuine republicanism of my countrymen. [Ap plause in the galleries.] Arrival oJt'tlic United States Steam Frigate Niagara. New York, Deo 23.—The United States steens rrig&te Niagara arrived here to-day, from Halifax, In seventy hours. The United States transport Arago, and a number of others, were ordered back for the proper and returned to port. PERSONAIi. Jenny Bind, it is Bald, has lost her voioe. Thfcr is related to have made itself painfully apparent on the occasion of her singing in the " Elijah," of Men* delssohn, lately, in England, \ . John Brougham seems to have his hands full of literary work. Since writing the “ Bel Demonio’* for Feehter, (which is having equal success with the "Duke’s Motto," by the same author,) he has fur nished Balfewith the libretto of hlf new opera "Blanche de Nevers," and has written (for Ash ley’s) a new and original drama, called "Might gives Bight." Robert Heller, the well-known prestidigitator and accomplished pianist, a report of whose death* by a railroad accident was one of the recent sensa tions, isalive and well, having suffered but slightly from the accident alluded to. ... Bernard Ullm&n, on dit f has not relinquished' all hopes of us, in & musical way. As soon as ha gets through with a tour he is now making on tha* European continent with Oarlotta Patti l he ir coming over to America with a troupe of lyrir artistes... "Spiridion," the Paris correspondent of thr Boston Saturday Evening says that the great tenor, Tamberlik, the man with the greatuf in*hir chest, has, in effect, lost his voice; that is, hat ; Lost : the great qualities of it, through crossing and re crossing the channel so often, taking*jolds, Ac, The • present Paris favorite tenor is Fraschinii At a war meeting held in Cincinnati on Wed- - nesd&y of last week, Paraon Brownlow gave the fol lowing good and sufficient reason for his recent "change of base:" “ I understand that this is a war meeting, and that you are assembled here for the purpose of drumming up volunteers. In this matter lamin a somewhat awkward position, having recently taken to my heels like a greyhound, and made three hundred miles in short time. In the last two years, as you wellknow, I have done some brave talking, which the rebels remember. Were I not sure that I should not be treated as :our soldiers taken by them are—incar cerated in their lousey prisons—their Libbys .and Castle Thunders—l should have staid, for I could endure the lice. I did not run out of cowardice, but I well knew that if they took me I would have to pull hemp without a foothold, [laughter], so I ran," The Last New Opbba.—The Paris papers have lately been occupied with accounts of the last opera of M. Hector Berlioz, “ The Trojans.” The story of this opera is founded upon the romanoe of. Dido, following closely upon Virgil’s iEaeid. There is fine scenic arrangement, and the duet between. Dido and Anna, “ O Soror Anna,” is described as espe cially touching. It is said that M. Hector Berllor is now ill, and that the criticisms that have been launched against ” The Trojans” have seriously dis turbed him. The Varieties theatre presents a paro dy upon this opera, under the name of ” Ajax and his Washerwoman,” At the same time “Toe Tro jans” fills the treasury of the Theatre Lyrique, for the present. . FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PHn.AJ>Bi>PHiA, December 23,1853. Business matters on Third street are very dull to- day. Gold was quiet, and fell off during the forenoon to 15I&. recovering before the close to 152. with quite affirm market. The demand for money was active at 6 per cen t. The interest existing in the coming holiday* is affecting money circles, and a general apathy prevails. Government securities are steady, with a very &ir demand. , The stock market is dull, without much change in prices. Catawissa preferred was stronger and Tose to St#, dosing at 32>*. an advance of #. Pennsylvania sold afc 70; Minehill at 62; North Pennsylvania at 25#; Little Schuylkill at 62; Philadelphia and Brie at 30#; Baoa and Vine sold at 20#; UnionCanalat2; West Branchafc 106; Lehigh scrip at 49; Bohemian at 9#; New CitysJxea sold'aclol the old at 100#; : Statefeixes at 107; Five twenties at 102# The board adjourned early to see thfc. parade. The market closing steady. Drexel & Go. quote: United States Bonds, lSSl..Alo9#@llfl g. B.naw Certificates of Indebtedness.......... 98 .© fiSJf U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness.........lo2K(f&lQ2# U. S. 7 8-10 Notes.. ......106#®107# Quartermasters’ Vouchers. 97#@ 98 Q01d.,..~_~. 51#® 52 Sterling Exchange .~~*-166 @l66# The editor of Pet&'son*# Counterfeit Detector mnfo ui the following description of a new and .dangerous coun terfeit five- dollar note on the Union Bank, Philadelphia* Penna.: 6s, imitatloa—vig. large spread eagle; right centre, female bust; left centre, fegiale standing with, her hand on. the base of a column; Five across both ends ; Union Bank in red, alee a large V. The following shows the amonntof coal transported over the Lehigh Valley hailroad for the week ending December 19, 1863, and previous since December 1, ISSL compared with same time last year: Week. Previously. Tot*L Tons. Cwt Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. »• 1,418 16 7.079 10 8.498 05 Hires. -Haris ton Sast Sugar L0af........ 784 19 5,630 11 6.315 10 Council Bidge Ll6B 16 3,9)7 11 r 4.986 OT Mount Pleasant.. 477 IS 729 06 1-207 03 Spring Mountain....... 69 00 2,702 07 2.771 Of Coleraine ....- 259 09 936 17 1,176 0* New York and Lehigh. 226 19 935 04 1.162 OS N; Spring Mountain., >.. 610 17 5,676 01 6,088 15, Jeddo- 1,40119 4,275 15 8,677 H Harleigh . 350 15 1,879 06 2.230 61 German Penna 640 19 2.534 C 6 3.225 03 Ebervale 169 01 401 07 674 05 Milnesville - 2,037 05 2,037. 05 Buck Mountain - 225 06 3.40014 3,626 02 Other Shippers. 4........ .160 10 1,604 62 1,764 12 L. M. Coal ...... 188,02 1,225 17 1.413 Ift : T0ta1.............. 7.553 08 44.5G5 18- 52,749,08 Gorrespondingweeklast year............... 23,68713 45,726 04 6Mt2 !*• Decrease The following shows the shipments of co&l oyertH®. Del&ware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, for tha week ending Saturday,December Id, 1863, comparedwifctL same time last year Week. Tear, Tons. Cwt. Ton*. Cwt. . 6,153112 318,4®'1T . 15,078 11 869.451 K Shipped North. Shipped. South' Total .... 21,232 03 For the corresponding time last Tear: Shipped North. 5,319 02; Shipped 50uth......16,013 17 T0ta1......... The following shows Athe receipts of the Delaware Division Canal Gompany|for the week ending Deeeai* ber 19. 1863: Previous in. 1963. $173 953 Conesponding time last year. 98’816 4S Increase in 1863 ,-.5715,145 fig The military restrictions recently placed upon, the movements of cotton at Memphis, Tennessee, have been, partially removed, and it can now be brought into the city .by four different roads. Large quantities ofcotton were reported outside the city awaiting privilege fop transportation. The.last quotations were-. Middling fair, 70c; good middling, 6Se; strict middling. 66c; mid dling, 62c ; good ordinary, 08c; ordinary, 50c; low ordi nary, 43c. • ■ . phllada. Stock Bxel byS.B. Slatsux: vmsT 3 100 Phil a & Erie E.bSO 31 100 do-....-. SC % 30 d 0...... SDH 5 Lehigh Scrip. 49 20 City Bank 52 100 £ace & Tine £ bSO 21# 200 do.. 21 100 d 0...... b3O 21# 0000 Penna Coupon 6s ..107 BETWEEN ICO Cata R pref....b3o 32# 20CD0 U S - year'Certif. 99# SECOND 12SPenna E........... 70 3000 City 6s, new......;10i 1000 D S 5-year Option. 10 1 #! CLOSING PUL Bid. Asked. U 8 6s *Bl——.lo9 110 TTS7-3QNotes*~-lC6# Phils 65..........1C0 100# Do new—.. .103 ll» Penna6s99# 99# Do Coups—*. *• ' Bead E ex. div - . 66# 66# Do bds 70..106# •• Do 6b'80’43. .. . ... Dobds’B6conT. *• • • Penns B>>. 69# 70. Do Ist m6s 110* .. Do ,3dm 6*: 106# Little Sehuyl 8.. BIX 62 Morris CT consol .. 70 Do prfd—...lSB Do Do Sdmtg.... ; • • Sehuyl Ifav Stcfc 17 17# Do prfd 33 83# Do 55’82.... S 6 S 7 Elmira 8........ 36 . S 7 Do prfd—. 63 54 Do 7s ’7S*~..3CS 106 Do 10s. « L Island 40 41 Do . bd» —...— Lehigh Ear..... 69 59# Do scrip-... 48# 49-v Do shares.. N Penna 26# 25X Do 6a bC Do 1D5.,....- .. La Market*. ?o December 23—Erenlnf. The demand for ■ “Flour is limited, aud the market ddU at former rates; sales comprise about J.zoo bbis.wwßty'xtj and Pennsylvania' extra family at hbl. The retailers and bakers are 'hjgylwr 9&7t®C.60 for superfine $8 7^7/or- ert , ».JJ7.2s@B for extra family; and $8.30@10 b H.£° £n v ra J?^ B, **» nnfilHv "Rx-ft Plnnrls offered at $G 60 <6« bbL Cora Meal & aS?of Ptowlwiita.at»s-eo® GRaTN Th«re Is little or nothing doing in Wheat*.* and the iriarAt Is very dull; small loti of red-ire ‘re-* SSrted am K®l 63. andwhtte at $1 70@1, bushelrr the latter for ndme Kent acky. Eye is selling in a smalt* SSvntfn 37 «bushel.-. Corn is dull, and prices hava- r declined - about S,OOO bushels new yellow sold at $Ll2®-' 113 in the cara and afloat* 10.000 Wikis do on-private* terms and a small lot of old yellow at $1 22 $ bushel.. rtetK are also dulli : and offered at 87c. weight. raRK --Ist No. 1 Quercitron is held at $37 ton. , .... roTTON.—The sates are'in a’small-way only, andtha' market is cash,for middlings. , GROCERIES.-’-Prices'are without change; -155 bhds Sugar *old by 'auction at -12&@lS3£e. and 59J bbla New- Orleans Molasses at from \u, cash. . SEEDS.—Flaxseed is selling at $3 15$ bus. is in demand at $3. Clover is scarce and wanted, wttn, small sales at $7.6C@8®64 lb; , '•‘lii’'’ PROVISIONS.—HoIders are very firm in their views, but the transactions are limited.. Mess Pork w held ajt r i fl£@lS.tO sbbl for old. Bacon and Jfeftts ara_ scarce.' New tierce Lard is held at 130 tb*, and kegSD at 14c , ,*i ■WHISKY is held firmly ; bbls are selling at 90@92c,*-‘ aT COAL d OIL a i« S bet?en Crude is selling at SOc: reflriedi in bond, at 41@45c, and free at 64@56c$ gallon, aa ta . (l are the receipts of Flour and Grain at' this port to-day Fiiiladelp] F10ur...... Wheat Cora.v Oats. O6 16,633 ll 1,187,911 OX 321,948 09 758,795 U 1,030,744.04 ....-.►*.107.167 01 8412 54 ,»....».1T3.&49 41 linage Sal«i } Dee. 33. jb» Philadelfhla Enhance. 3 BOA3D. 10 Union Canal 2 10LittleSchyl 5...., 51?£ 100 do.. .52 7 North Penna R.... 20000 Citr 6s, new. ...~104 • 1000 do ....100JC 30PennaK...... .b 570 1500 Penna fi5...... 99J£ 17MinehiUR......... 62 BO ABDB. 100 Bohemian. Min’g.bfi 9>£ BOARD. [l3 Race &Vine 20J£ (26 Webt Branch... 105 t CBS—STEADY. _ * Bid.iAskiid: CaUwlssa B Con 10>* 11. Do S2>i 323£ ' Phila & Erie 5 :. Wi 30& Second-street 8.. 84>I 64?£ Do bonds Fifth-street E.... 00 Do 1 bonds... .. . «■», Tenth-street E... .. Thirteenth-** 3. S4)tf Seventeenth-sk B 11 12j£ Spruce-street B-. 13J-£ U Chestaut-stR.... 57 57 WPhilaß..—~ .. 72 Do bonis Arch-street 8.... 29& SO Race-streetß.... 20# 21JC Green-street B-. 44 ' 45 bonds... ... Girard College B 27 27>« Lombard &BouthlB Ridge Avenue 8., 21 - Beaver Mead B . - Minehill R..~~ .. - Harrisburg-****-. .. « Wilmington 8.. •• 1 Susa Canal*.**,. •- DoV 6s. *+**-»-. »* \ Lehigh Va 18... - ■DO -- Phila Ger & Hfor. ... • Cam&Ambß... ~ f Delaware Dir-*. ~ Do bds****;. : ......,.;v**.1.720 bM* ; ..............MOO.bna. 4 , 7.7oo.bwC**- hw*