THE PUBLISHED DAILY (BUB DAYS EXCEPTED) BY' JOHN. TV. FORNEY. OFFICE, Ho. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAIIiY FHKSS, FIFMiSt; Cents Per Wrkk, payable to-the carrier; mailed to Subscribers ont of the city at Bhvhn Pollers Mr Annum; TrrREE Dollars and Fifty Cents for Sir Months; One Dollar and Seventy-five Cents f»e Three Months, Invariably in advance for the time or* dered. Advertisemente inserted at the usual rates. Bin lines constitute a square. THE THI-WEEItr.Y PILES S, Mailed to Subscribers out of the city at Four Dollars Per Annum. In advance. COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAVY CLOTHS. WILLIAM T. SXODGKiSS’- CLOTH HOUSE, WO. 34 South SECOND and i*3 STRAWBERRY BTS. CIVIL LIST. Bl&ok Cloths, Do. DoesklUt 1 •Fancy Coatings, 80. Caesimeres, Esquimaux, Chinchillas, Super Velvets, Rasslau Sables, Tricots, True Blues, Scarlets, Billiards. Bagatelles. icceededin replenishing our New Styles of beautiful de2-lm AKOTAND NAVY. B*4 Blue Flannels, 5- Park Blue Casßimeres, 6- do. do. 8-4 Llfkl.Bloa do. 6-4 do. - do. S*4 Park Blue Doesklis, 6-4 do. do. 6-4 Blue Cloths, 6-4 do. Castors, 6-4 do. Pilots, 6'4 do. Beavers, 3-4 and 6-4 Meltons, Trimmlnff*, 4rc, Unexpectedly, we have eu ©took with some entirely CLOAKIfIGS. T H E ATTENTION OF THE TRADE IB GALLED TO . OXTB -stock: op SAXONY WOOLEN 00. all-wool Plain Flannel*. TWILLED FLANNELS, ;; Various makea, In Gray, Soarlet, and Dark Blue. -PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. «'PREMIERE GTJALITY," Square and Long Shawla. WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawl*. BLA@K COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 31, 2S OZ. FANCY OASSIMERES AND SATINETTS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, all grade*. BED BLANKETS, 10.4,11-4,12-4,13-4. COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRTINGS, Ac., from various Mill*. DE COURSEY, HAMILTON, * EVANS, £3 LETITIA Btreet. and S 2 South FRONT Street. 0«37-fmw3m TffOTICE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND A! SHffPBKS. 80,000 UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS, All Linen, Weliht 30 onncec, ffh* Beet and Cheapest Baa In the market. * Also, BURLAP BAGS, OfaUSliea, for Cora, O&U, Bone-dust, Coffee. *#., *re ff>nnfActnrfld nnd for sale, for net ea«h,tor OHABLES H. GBIGG, Agenl, Mo. 137 MARKET Street (Seiond Story). Hate of 119 Church alley.' gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTOHXN- No. lift CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOX THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODB. I oe!3-Sm JgAGS 1 BAGS ! BAGS ! new and second hand, UAMLIBS. BUBLAV, AEJ> RUJfBT B A OS, OoututlT on lura4. JOHN T- BAILEY <* OOi, ■a. 118 ITOKIH BBOITT STBSM. 3tr wool backs rot sale. GKJfT'S VHBNISHING GOODS. REMOVAL, LUSTFOK-ID HAS REMOVED , FKOM Ho. 81 SOUTH BIXTH STREET, TO I. W. CORNER SIXTH AND CHESTNUT Where he now offer* a LARGE AMD BLEGAMT STOCK OF ©ENTS 1 FURNISHING GOODS, . Bmbraelni all the latest novelties. PRICES MODERATE. 7H~ attention ol the pnblle la respeetfnlly so ileited. SHIHTS MADE TO OKDBB. qbobgb grant* ■O. «!• CHESTNUTHSIMI lu mow r.tdy A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Of kit own ImporUWon »nd ' " Hit celebrated “PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," manufactured under the euperintendenff of JOHN T. TAGGERT, (formerly of Oldenberg & Taggert.) if, UiO matt perfect-fitting Shirts of the W 6, 1 Jn m Order* promptly attended to. jyl3-thstu«lm J? IR S T PREMIUM SHIRT AND WRAPPER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. G. A. HOFFMANN, 606 aboh street, Would Invite the attention of the Public to his large ‘And complete stock of GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, Among -which will be found tie largest stock of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS IK THE CITY. Special attention given to the manufacture of <FINE SHIRTS AND WR APPERS TO ORDER, Every variety of Underclothing, Hosiery, Cloves, • Ties, Scarfs, Mufflers, Ac. des-mtnf-3m YARNS, 0 0 L . On hand, and consignments daily arriving, of TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Poll Blood, choice and clean. WOOLEN. YARNS, 'IS to SO cuts, fine, on hand, and new supplies coming COTTON YARNS, Jfos. 8 to 30s. of first-class makes, In Warp, Bundle, and Cop. IT. B.— All numbers and descriptions procured at once* on orders. ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, 18 North FRONT Street, noll-mwftf SADIES’ NUItS. RADIES’ FANCY FURS. rexxrr rwisnixiA, *O. TIB ARUH STREET. BELOW EIGHTH. Importer and Manufacturer OF LADIES’ FANCY FURS. Mr aaeortnent of FANCY FURS for Ladle. and Oliil- Aren l« now aomnlete, *ud imbruing ov«r variety that trill bo fa*bionable during tba »re»ent nuox All lold at tbo manufaatnrer*’ arleee. for tub. Ladle*. alec** aivemtacall. o*7-4n QPENING OF FANCY FUBS. iOH N A, STAM BACH, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OP LADIES’ FANCY FURS, ITO. S»0 ARCH GTE BET, BBLOW NINTH. Hat now opts a apleodld itoak of LJIDISS'-AHD CMILDKM’B TtTKB, Whltb will ba aold at tba LOWEST CASH PEIOES. oc6-J* JiUBSI __ FDBBI CEORCiE F. WOMRATH, HOB. *l* AND *l7 ARCH STREET, BAS BOW OPBB A FULL ASSORTMENT » LADIES’ F U RB, Wiltb tha attaatloß of tba pnblle la lßTltad. «ei7-4* CURTAINS & CURTAIN MATERIALS. QURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS. Si P. IFILL & CO,, DBAIBB3IK CURTAINS. 0 DETAIN MATERIALS. FURNITURE COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES. , HOLLANDS. UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIAN BLINDS, &«. W. E. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT. &028-lm WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. A HANDSOME VARIETY OF ABOVE Goods, of superior Quality, and at moderate prices, kept constantly on hand. FARR & BROTHER, Importers, de&fptf 334 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth* CARRIAGES. WILLIAM 9. BOOKRS, Beech and Light Carriage Builder. ■Ol. low Ul 10U OHSBTHU? BTHBH. a»ui» WftAMttJWA, VOL. 7-NO. 125. p A R L O H FLAG- S. FRENCH BASH AND BELT BOXES, . PEBSENTS;. EVANS & HASS ALL, de2l*tSl £lB ARCH STREET. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. DIAMOND DEALERS AND JEWELERS, NO. 803 CHESTNUT ST. A new and beautiful assortment of DIAMOND FINGER BINGS, DIAMOND BRBASTPUfS. DIAMOND EAR. RINGS, DIAMOND STUDS, and DIAMOND SETS. All of which will be sold at lesß than usual prices. Also on hand a large and beautiful assortment of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, suitable for Ladies,Gentlemen, and Boys. Some of our Ladies’ Watches aTe of beautiful designs, expressly adapted for HOLIDAY PR E S ENTS We have in store a splendid assortment of JEWELRY of all kinds, consisting in part of Sets of Jewelry, Brace lets, Sleeve Buttons, Seal Bings, Studs, Gold Chains, Ae.,' Ac. SILVER WARE. " Silver Spoons, Forks; Ladles, Napkin Rings, besides a large variet y of Fancy Silver, suitable for HOLIDAY OR BRIDAL PRESENTS, de2l-t3l JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. : i GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, TIES, mufflers, gloves, EMBROIDERED SUSPENDERS, AT JOHN C. ARRISON’S, Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. delS-tf - QHRISTMAS AND BRIDAL GIFTS, OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY, HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, ELEVEN DOORS ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. JOHN A. MURPHEY. delS-lm QANES FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. EBONY CANES, gold head. MALACCA CANES, Ivory head. LADIES’CANES. GENTS.’ CANES. ■ SOLDIERS’ CANES. CANES oi every variety. lor .ale WILSON * 00., del-]® 409 CHESTNUT Street. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. FINE WHIPS AND CANES. CHARLES P. CALDWELL, de22 et* Nos. S and 1 North FOURTH Street. JgKATES—FOR LADIES, GENTS, AND BOYS. The best Assortment in the City, A.T BURNHAM’S DEPOT OF THE UNIVERSAL WRINGER, 37 Sonth SIXTH Street. Formerly at 721 CHESTNUT Street, Masonic Hall. / delO-lmo rjTHE GREAT SKATE DEPOT! A large and Well* selected assortment of LADIES’, GENTIMEN’S, AND BOYS’ SKATES) Jutt received and for sale by / TROTTER & DAWSON, deZ-lm No. 919 MARKET ST., FHILADA. jgKATERS’ HEADQUARTERS. Philadelphia. QHRISTM AS PRESENTS. FLEXIBLE DROP-LIGHTS, &c., &c. WARNER, MISKEY, & MERRILL, del7 lOt 718 CHESTNUT STREET. jjoliday presents, NcINTIRE & BROTHER’S, GENTS’ FURNISHING HOUSE, gear! Pina and Rlnge, Neoktles and Cravats, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs. THE FINEST SELECT IN THI delS-tJa24 JJOBBY HORSES BOY S ' S Xi' E D 2,000 Hobby and Cavalry Horsaa. 2.000 Goose-neck and Boys'Janoy Sleda. I.OOOBoys’WheelbanowsandCarls. . 1,000 Boye’Government WagonH (now article). IiOOO Ladlei’ Fmo, Sgwlnji Standn (juw dylu). lido onuaißn'i Tor qiss ana Gansu. An imsnraHed varlatj orinacy anil To, Willi wind Wood Ware, for sale at bargains. & Q. A. WRIGHT, BOHEMIAN GLASS TOILET SETS, PARIAN AND BOHEMIAN VASES, BRONZE STATUETTES AND BUSTS, ' CARVED BRACKETS AND BOOK-STANDS, CIGAR, TOBACCO, AND MATCH STANDS, ODOR AND LIQUOR CASES? DESKS AND TRAVELLING BAGS, MEERSCHAUM AND BRIER PIPES, and a great variety of Fancy Article* tailed for Holiday Presents. : , , del-Im TTOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR GEN •*•-1- TLBMEN-—A magnlflcent assortment of the rarest novelties in : BCARFS. 80ABFPINS. BCABF-KINGS. NBCK-TIES* MUFFLER 6. UMBRELLAB. Openlne at Holiday goods.—all the Newest Stylos Of FANCY COMBS. STEEL AND JET JEWELRY, . FANCY-FANS. PEABL BEAD-DKEHSES AKD NETS. With » full asaertpwnt of Fancy aniToUet QootUh Snintoil tn the Hnliiley man FKIOSS TBS MOST BITISFAOTOBTi _ no- s*i s. siagta 1863. HOIIDAY GOODS. FIELD GLASSES, SUCTABLS FOR LOOTS LADOtfIUS &CO,, WATCHES. JEWELRY. 922 CHESTNUT STREET, LADIES’ SKATES, of every variety. GENTS. ’ SKATES, of all hinds. STEEL SKATES DUMP SKATES. HOOKER SKATES. , , . SHELL-GROOVE SKATES, a superior article for learners. PARLOR SKATES, all sizes. PHILIP WILSON & CO. ’B, 409 CHESTNUT Street POBUBLAIN *,ANTERITO, BRONZES, A FINE ASSORTMENT FOR SALE. No. 1038 CHISTNUT STREET. Wrappers, Gloves, Suspenders, Umbrellas, An, TON OF SILK SCARFS E CITY. CLOSING OUT CHEAP.' ROWE & EUSTON, 157 and ISO North. THIRD Street, Three doora below Raoe. 624 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer & beautiful selection of WRAPPERS, HANDKERCHIEFS. GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, CARRIAGE RUGS, Ac.. Ac., Ac.. J. W. SOOTT'S, 814 CHESTNUT Street, Four doom below the ' ’Continents. ” HOMDAY GOODS. ESTABLISHED IN 1812. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. WILLIAM WILSON A SON, Southwest Corner of FIFTH and CHERSY Street,. SILVER WARE. Hare on hand a Large. Hondgome, and General Assortment of SILVER WARE, suitable for Holiday Present., of oar own manufacture, of the finest quality, and highest standard of Silver. Also, PLATED WARE. A. large and general assortment of superior PLATED WARE, of English and American make. WAITERS, TEA SETS, itc. Jar Old Stiver bought and taken In exohange. Highest price given. ' .. . do-O-tditl Q.ENTLE MEN' S WRAPPERS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT JOHN G. -A-HtStISOISr’S, NOS. 1 AND 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, FIRST STORE ABOVE MARKET. deB-t3l |?OR HOLIDAY GIFTS, BOXES, HANDSOME INLAID AND PLAIN OASES, PLAYING CHOICE OPERATIC AIRS, BALLADS, POLKAS, WALTZES] ftto* A Handsome Variety at Moderate Prices. FARR & BROTHER, . 3»4 OHESTNDT STREET, BELOW FOURTH. AN ELEGANT ASSORT- A MBNT OF A SILK AND GINGHAM UMBRELLAS, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. FOB SAl.fi BY JOSEPH FUSBELL, delfi-lOt td and 4 NORTH FOURTH Street,Fhiia. (OORNELIUS & BAKER, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, GAS FIXTURES, BRONZE ORNAMENTS, &C., &C. 710 CHESTNUT STREET, MANUFACTORY—SaI CHERRY STREET. del6-t3lif JJOLIDAY GOODS 1 CARVED BREAD PLATES. PATENT MAGIC RUFFLE FLUTING IRONS. PATENT STEEL SKATES, a new article. FAN C Y GOO D 8, AIT WILLIAM YARNALL’S HO DSE-FURNISHING STORE, ' No. loao CHESTNUT Street, dell-tf (Opposite the Academy of Fine Arts). piBRELLAS FOR PRESENTS. W ILLIAM A. DROW N & CO., 246 MARKET STREET, Have now ready their naual large assortment of UM BRELLAS suitable for Presents. del4-tf HENRY HARPER, 530 ARCH STREET, Manufacturer and Dealer in SILVERWARE, FIRE JEWELRY, WATCHES, SUPERIOR PLATED de!2-131 TEA SETS, FORKS, Ac. THE PRETTIEST PRESENT FOR A LADY, IS THE GOLD COMPOSITE PATENT DETACHED LEVER WATCH, Jeweled in 13 actions, Beautifully engraved Hunting Cases, by Raskell of Li verpool, $25. FOR A GENTLBMAN, . THE OFFICER'S WATCH, Detached Lever Movement, 13 Jewels, in Sterling fine Silver Hunting Cases, with new Patent Time Indicator, just invented for the Army. The handsomest and most useful Watch ever offered, $25, The Gold Composite can also be had in Gent. size. Watches sent for inspection before payment. Every Novelty can be seen by sending for our Catalogue. Agents wanted in every regiment and every eounty on unusually liberal terms. ARRANDALE & GO., Importers of Watches, 313 BROADWAY, N. Y. . de2l-mwf-lm-4tW jpg) HOLIDAY PRESENTS. JACOB~HARLEY, (Successor to Stauffer & Harley,) No. 622 MARKET STREET, 4 Has sow on hand a beautiful Stock of wxr&nm. jac^Ets.*;* fiILVER AND PLACED WARE. BDITABLE TOR HO LID AT PRESENTS. - delO-lm £ HOLIDAY PRESENTS, CASBIDT & BALL, No. 1* SOUTH SECOND STREET, Would invite attention to their stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, * SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARE, Suitable for Holiday and Bridal Presents, all of which 'will be sold at reasonable prices. de9-lm gOLIDAIY PRESENTS. G. RUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Would lnTlte attention toils well-sslectod JS ft*«toek of FINE AMERICAN and as, WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY. SILVER WARE, &0., SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY FBESENTS. . del-lm ELEGANT CHRISTMAS PRE CESSER! FOE A liADT, A. BEAUTIFUL GOLD COMPOSITE. BUNTING CAS KB WA TUB. IEWSfIBB, An, - Por a fl.»a emaa. _ . . TBBJSTAGIO RAILWAY WATCIf. - 11. _yub Patent Tims Indicator, Showing the Hour without opening case, very handsome and reliable, $l5, s@=»The Gold Composite can also be had in Gentleman size. Watches sent for inspfetion before vayment. CHAIRS in great variety, Gentlemen’s,sland upwards; Ladies, $2 and npw&xds. Send for circular AREUNDALE ft C 0 .4 , Importers of Watches, 313 BROADWAY, N.Y. de2l*mwf lmo-4tW J 1 P. DUBOSQ & SON, manufacturers op FINE JEWELRY, 1028 CHES T N U T BTRE E T. Watches neatly repaired and warranted. Pearl Work of all descriptions repaired. del-lm J7OB CHRISTMAS.— GLASS SHADES—ROUND. GLASS SHADEB—OVIL. GLASS SHADBS-SQUARB. Ferneries in Great Variety. f HARTELL ft LSTCHWOBTH, defl-tSI No. 13 North FIFTH Street TTOLID AY GIFTS.—GOLD SPEOTA ■U- cles, Gold Eye-Glasses, Stereoscopes and Stereo scopic Views, Card-Photographs, Photograpn Albums, Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, Spy Glasses, Opera Glasses. Officers' Field-Glasses for Army aud Navy use, Pocket Compasses, Mathematical Instruments, Kaleidoscopes, TIUMBABISUM. Aiid. a -irASUty A? AUxAj l AriieU«—Az>=>-^- Dlllta'EUU fOMUft UUftlL MO&LLISTGR ft BROTHER, daVMftl-U Y3B CHRSTNUT street. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1863. Q.OODS FOR PRESENTS. and a variety of other handsome and useful articles QITRISTMAS AND-NEW YEAR. CONFECTIONS FOB THE HOLIDAYS! g* NOW READY, , W Our whole stock comprising one of the most delicious and varied assortments of HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS QHRISTMAS PRESENTS. OPERA GLASSES, GOLD SPECTACLES, FIELD GLASSES, STEREOSCOPES, FANCY THERMOMETERS, BESIDES MANY OTHER ' USEFUL AND FANCY ARTICLES, FOR SALE BY JAMES W. QUEEN * GO., No. Q»* CHESTNUT STREET. W Catalogues furnished gratis. n026-lm EE>UG T I O N MANUFACTURERS OF LADIESAND MISSES’ CLOAKS JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. WOOD, IMPOBTESS AND SBAUBRS IN CLOTHS, CASBIHKBES, TESTINGS, ASP TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, NO. S NORTH SECOND STREET, deß-Ira PHILADELPHIA. 818 OPENING-, 818 AT THE ARCH-STREET CLOAK STORE, A HANDSOME ASSOBTHBNT OF LADIES’ AND MISSES’ CLOAKS. . :ios-2m 'JAS. R. CAMPBELL <Ss OO. } Are now offering at low prices— BLACK TAFFETAS, in all w'dths and qualities. ’ COLORED TAFFETAS, in all desirable shades. SMALL-FIGURED, SINGLE-FACED SILKS. SMALL-FIGURED. DOUBLE-FACED SILKS. BLACK GROS GRAIN SILKS. STEEL do, do. do. BLACK OTTOMAN do'. RICH STRIPED OTTOMAN SILKS. IRISH poplins; - Together with a fall assortment of Dress Goods, Linen Goods, White Goods, Linen Camb. Hdkfs., Gloves, Shawls, &c. Fine open-centre and small-bordered Broche Shawls, at greatly reduced prices. de2S-8t JjyD. GROSJEAN, Respectfully calls the attention of the ladles to his well lelected stock of LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. Also, a fineaollection of Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs. Gents’and Ladles’Handkerchiefs. INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered in the latest styles and in the best possible manner. - A fall assortment of EMBEQIDEBIES, GASIBALDIi, COLLARS, SLEEVES, CUFFS, HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DRESSES, NETB, GLOVES, Ac. TIABLE LINENS.—HEAVY HAND LOOM Table Linens, at 75 and 80 cents, that are very desirable. One lot fine Bleached Damasks, at 91 *6, some of them arebeautiful patterns. Also, a large variety of finer goods Napkins at $175 and $2, that are extra cheap. Towels at 9150. $2 25 and 93 per dozen. Huckabscks, both Bleached and half Bleached, all grices. One lot Table Cloths, three yards long. Russia rash and all kinds of Fancy Towellings. The best and cheapest stock of Pillow Linens and Linen hheetingsin the city. A large variety of the best American Colntzee for Christmas presents. GRAWILLE B, HAINES, df-21 mtnws4t No. 1013 MARKET St. , ab. TENTH. T ONG BKOCHE SHAWLS, PROM $lO to $126 a piece. Open Centre Lone Broche Shawls. Blanket Shawls, Plaids and Stripes. A large assortment of Misses’ Blanket Shawls, from 1.60t057 apiece. Ladies’ Scarfs In great variety, from $1 to $7 apiece. Ladies’-Cloaks of ilia latest styles. /' EDWIN HALL & CO., No. »6 South SECOND Street. riOMFORTABLES AND BLANKETS —I have a very largaAtock of these good, Comforts, fiJJed with wool, at $3 60 and $4, that are bet ter made than what are generally Bold ; Blankets at $5. that are real good : better do., all wool, good size at f 6 ; extra heavy, all-wool, at $B, and very fine at $lO. here 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 *250. GRANVILLE B. HAINES. No. 1013 MARKET Street, above TENTH. QHAKPLESS BBOS. ABE SELLING At REDUCED PRICES, their stock of FROSTJD AND FAHOY BBAVhRS. Also. BLACK CLOTHS and B SAVERS, deli'tf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH STREET, would call the attention of the ladies to his immense stock of DRESS GOODS, most of which has been reduced for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, consisting of French Merlnoea, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool ana part Cotton Delaines, Figured and StrlDed Mohairs, English Meiinoes,Wool Plaids, Plaid Dress Goods, Cali coes. Ac. de4*tf H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL • attention to their Stock of FINE DRESS GOODS, all bought at very low prices, early in the season, and at the recent Auction Sales: French Merlnoes, 76c to $2.50. French Poplins ana Reps, to $] 75. Dress Goods of every variety. 20c to $2. 8,000 yards two-yard wide Merlnoes, $1.25. -Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $3.25 to $l3. Broche Shawls, great bargains, $4.60 to $l4. Circulars and Sacques. of all kinds of Cloths, at low yricee. - : -- Fancy Sllkfl, $1 to $5, - -PULi PAO-lAfiAlAi. *LfiSU*S w. HdlTd Anlldiisi B.»a CMdsiHUIM, 13.50 l> IS. ' Hos. Tl 3 and TIB KortIiTBKTS3I l tot Aii-irijoi Staisi Hansels. 6y>4o, wWh sw, HOLIDAY GOODS. JOHN M. FINN, S. E. COR. ARCH AND ta-STS., WOW OFFERS, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, FANCY COLOGNES, FINE MOROCCO SATCHELS, POCKET BOOKS, EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, FINE BRUSHES, in great variety, GLOVES of every description, FANCI BOOK-MARKERS, HAND MIRRORS, SCISSORS, at REASONABLE fKIOSS: JOIETISr JVC. FITSTTsT, S. E. COR. ARCH AND 7th STS. de9-wem9t CREAMS LA MODE DE PARIS. ROASTED, FROSTED, AND GLACED ALMONDS. CREAM AND ALMOND-PASTE CHOCOL ATES; FINE FRENCH AND AMERICAN MIXTURES, Put up in neat boxes, from 1 to 10 lbs each. EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. E. G. WHITMAN & CO., deJ-wsmllt No. 318 CHESTNUT Street. RETAIL DRY GOODS. P R. I C B S . WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE OF OUR STOCK OF AT A GREAT REDUCTION FROM FORMER PRICES. J. H . PROCTOR & Co., THE PARIS CLOAK AND FOR EMPORIUM, 930 CHESTNUT STREET, noS-tuthsa2m No. 727 CHESTNUT Street, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, 10*A CHESTHUT SIRBST- E. M. NEEDLES, 10** CHESTHUT STREET, Invites attention to ills extensive Assortment of foods suitable for USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IK LACS GOODS, HANDKERCHIEFS, EMBROIDERIES, ■*f rr -»i f ??Voi 10»* CHESTNUT STREET. RETAIL DRY GOODS. OLOAK CLOTHS CL OAKS. COOPER & CONARD, NINTH AND MARKET. QHRISTM AS GIFTS ! EYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCH, AS IS THEIR USUAL CUSTOM IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, HAVE REDUCED SOME FINE SILKS, SHAWLS ANH POPLINS, TO FAVOR THE LAUDABLE PRACTICE OF MAKING VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS l FASHIONABLE RICH SILKS, EXPENSIVE LONG SHAWLS, GORGEOUS PIANO COVERS, BALMORALS OF FINE GRADES, LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, MERINOEB AND POPLINS, DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, AelG-tuths-tr POE PRESENTS. LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, In Fancy Boxes. LADIES’, GENTS’, and CHILDREN’S Sizes LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, In Beautiful Fancy Boxes, JUST OPENED, direct from our Manufacturers, In Europe, a beautiful assortment of Ladies' and Gents’urlde Hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS, at a very amiUlad- Tanoe on old prices. S. MILLIKEN & CO., 828 ARCH St. and 38 South SECOND Street. del7*6t . ' - ■ OPEN. RICH AJTD RELIABLE FURS Of o« own Importation and Manufacture. HUDSON’S BAY SABLE, ROYAL ERMINE, . DARK SABLE MINK, REAL CHINCHILLA, DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, In mry fashionable atyle. for LADIES, MISSES, AED CHILDRE*. FURS MADE TO ORDER AT THE PARIS MANTILIiA, CLOAK, FIB EMPORIUM, 020 CHESTNUT STREET, J. W. PROCTOR A CO. no6*mwf-2m J^OTICE. — FANCY SILKS, MOIRE ANTIQUES, SILK RIBBED POPLINS, ALL WOOL REP POPLINS, FINE FRENCH MERINOES, ALL WOOL DELAINES, .And all kinds of Winter Drees Goods, oiosing out Low, to make room for our Spring Stock. i OLOAKS, BROOHE SHAWLS, BLANKET SHAWLS, CLOTHS FOR CLOAKS. EDWIN HALL «fc CO., 26 South SECOND Street. de2l-mwm3t jg M. NEEDLES, 1034 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFERS FOB SALE . ' DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LAGE GOODS. 1,000 Seal Lace Collars, Inevery variety, from 00 cent* to 915 each. iOO Lies Sell, frem SI ta itfl eaeh 800 LM6T6US, ttflUUltO SlOeiOl. 600 Yalentienne Hdtfo, , from ?3 to *l5 each. 100 Point© Lace and Point© Applique, from 95 to 950, Coiffures, Barbea, and every variety of other descrip tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. 500 Embroidered Hdkfs., 91 to $lO each. 000 do. Collars. 25 cte. ,to 95 each. 300 do. fete, $1 to $lO each. Edgings, Inserting, Flouncings, and all other de scriptions of Embroideries. IN HANDKERCHIEFS. The best assortment of Hdkfs in the city, inclndinc every variety of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Linen Hdkfs.,' in plain, hemstitched, embroidered, lace, printed borders, &c.,&c., from 12 cts. to $5O each.. Persons in search offnsefal and acceptable presents would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. iff. B. —I will open on MONBAT, the 14th Inst., a frean invoice of desirable goods, In Bieh Lace Capes, Coif Foxes, Barbes, Hdkfs., Yeus,'&c.,&e deB-tf T>LANKETS. AF From $3 to $lO- and every intermediate price. $9, $lO, $l2, and $l6 Blankets are very desirable. MUSLINS, By the yard or piece, of all the well-known makes. Buy them now for cyyauts, and save dollars. Whites, from 45c. to $1; Reds, from 45 to 75 cts. Grays, from 50 to 75 cts.; Blues, from 60 to 70 cts. Fancy 6*4 Shirtings; Sacque Flannels, &c. DAMASKS Damask-Table Cloths. Napkins, and Towels. Towellngs, Nursery Diapers. Tickings. PRINTS. American. Merrimack, &c., In figures and stripes. Neat shirting prints: Beal Manchester ginghams, 50c. BALMORALS. Mildewed Balmorals, $2 60; Perfect Balmorals, $3. Fine Balmorals, $3.60 and $4.60; Misses’ Balmorals. COOPER & CO5 ARD. de!7 , S, B. corner NINTH and MARKET, SPECIALLY INTERESTING I EIGHTH AND SPRING GARDEN. USEFUL PRESENTS! ’ Superb Long Brochg Shawls. , raSs iSst sa#¥«i Gentlemen’s heavy, warm Shawls. MISISi' Sls*. ISktli-SkAWII, Children’s Bohool Shawls, 4c,, in great variety, ana very cheap. At THORNLET & CHISM’S, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. WARM GOODS FOR WINTER. ” LARGE, SOFT, WOOL BLANKETS. Good Flannels. Shaker, Welsh, Ballardvale, Ac. Quilts, Crib Blankets,-and Cradle Blankets. Heavy Velvet, Beaver Cloths, Black Beavers, &c. A splendid Block of Cassimeres, Ac.. • At THORNLEY & CHISM’S. r>BESS GOODS AND SILKS, v A-' Beautiful French Poplins, silk and wool. Beautiful Rep Poplinß, all wool Beautiful colors in French Meriuoes. Beautiful little*plaid all-wool Cashmeres. Beautiful figured all-wool Delaines. BeautifuL quality in plain Delaines. Excellent Black Silks. . Plain Silks, Figured Silks. Fancy Silks, &c, With a groat variety of general Dress Goods, At THORNLEY & CHISM’S, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING-GARDEN. QTAPLE GOODS. k-' A fine stock of Chintzes and Calicoes,* Cheap Delaines and Ginghams. Bleached and Unbleached Muslins. Table Linons. Towels, Crashes, Diapers, &c. Striped and plaid Shirting Flannels. Bed, gray, bine, heavy ShirtingFJannels, &c., At THORNLEY & CHISM’S. “DALMORAL SKIRTS, &c. AA a large stock of Balmorals. Linen Hdkfs-, Ladies’and Gentlemen's, Gents’Silk Hdkfs , in great variety, ic-, AT THE OLD-ESTABLTSHBD DRY-GOODn STORE OF THORNLEY & GHIBM, IT, B, Cor.EIGHTH Had SPRIKG OA_RPBW. rtLAfIK VELVET BEAVEK. n Jaft racolvy, AMEriEfIE <tff BlAeßVaifis* BEATER. BHARPLESB BKOI’SERS. caaswcn sad fiiQHxa str-MU. CASHMERES, RETAXI. DRY GOODS. gPECIAL ATTENTION SOLICITED TO OUR STOCK OF BL A NKET S. Having ansorpaeaed facilities for obtaining all the best makes of BLANKETS. we are now prepared to offer the largest assortment of goods In this line to be found in this country. Our long experience In this branch of our business gives us the opportunity to offer such Inducements to the public as cannot be found in any other establishment. Selling more of these goods than all the trade combined, enables ns to handle much larger quantities, and thus gives ui great advantages over others who do not devote special attention to this department, We Have 7uno in store the following celebrated makes; ROCHDALE, ONTARIO. HOLLAND, NORWICH. YORKSHIRE. COCHKCO, CUMBERLAND, HAMILTON. In their various sizes and qualities. CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS; A Good Assortment of FOREIGN BLANKETS, Blankets Ranging in Price from $3 to $25 per Pair, The best All-Wool Blankets in the City at $7.50; the tame as others are selling at $8.50. A large lot of good, warm Blankets for Hospitals will be sold LOW, for that purpose. To the Trade we can offer extra inducements, either by the pair or package. ' To Hotels and Schools at Wholesale prices. COWPERTHWAIT A CO. H. B.—We would call the attention of buyers to our immense stock of Sheeting and Shirting MUSLINS. 10-4 Pepperell and 10-4 Bates Sheetings. ASr* To the Dorcas, Ladies’ Aid, and other charitable Societies, we would invite attention to our stock of WOOLEN FLANNELS. All-Wool Bed Twilled Flannel, heavy, at 45 cents by the piece. . ' COWPERTHWAIT & GO., N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. •no2l*mwftde3l JEWEYUY, PLATED WARE, «fcc. QIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. *5 PER CENT. SAVED BY PURCHASING TOUR WATCHES, JEWELRY, AKD SILVER-PLATED WARE, I>. W. GLARK»S, : 603 CHESTNUT STREET, Where maybe found a fine assortment of the followinc Goods, at Twenty-five per cent, less than at any other establishment: Gold Watches. Silver Watches, plated Watches, American Watches, English Watches. Swiss Watches, Bracelets, Setts, Pins. Ear Rings, Finger Rings, Sleeve Buttons, Studs, Medallions, Neck Chains, Guard Chains. Ghataline Chain*, Vest Chains, Pencils, Thimbles, Pens and Cases, Tooth Picks, Gents’ Bosom Pins, Gents' Scarf Pins, Gents' Scarf Rings, Armlets, Charms. ■ . ■ W&toh Keys, Watch Hooks* Watch Bars, SILVER-PLATED WARS. Tea Betts, Wine Castors, Dinner Castors, Breakfast Castors, Cake Baskets, Card Baskets, Butter Coolers. Sugarßowls, Salt Stands, Call Bells, Goblets, Cups, SpoonHoldsrs, Kokin Elnca, Syrup Pitcher?, Cream Pitchers, . Table and Dessert Spoons. Tea and Balt Spoons, Egg and Mustard Spoons, Dinner and Tea Forks, Fish and Pie Knives, Tea and Dinner Knives, Oyeter-and Bonn Ladles, Children’s Knife and Fork, Butter Knives, &c„ Ac. One sail will convince the most incredulous that the cheapest place in the city to buy Watches, Jewelry, and Silver-Plated Ware, is at _ „ ' ' D. W. CLARK’S, . 603 CHESTNUT Street. N. B. —Fine Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired by the most experienced workmen and warranted. nolB-tdeSl PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. JJLEGANT MIRRORS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT. NEW ENGRAVINGS, FINE OIL PAINTINGS* JUST RECEIVED. EARLE’S GALLERIES, *l6 CHESTNUT BTRBBT. no2l-tf DRUGS. CASH DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT & SIDDALL, No. 119 MARKET STREET, Between FRONT and SECOND Streets. O. W. WRIGHT. F. H. SIDDALL. DRUGGISTS, PHYSICIANS, AND GE NERAL STOREKEEPERS Can find at onr establishment a fall assortment of Imported and Domestic Drugs, Popular Pa tent Medicines, Faints, Coal Oil, Window Glass, Prescription VJals. etc., at as low prices as genu ine, first- clasß goods can be sold*" irirsE ESBBrrxiAti oiljQ for Confectioner#, in fall variety, and of the best quality. Cochineal, Bengal Indigo* Madder, Pot Ash, Cudbear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oil of Vitriol, Annat to. Copperas, Extract of Logwood, &c,, FOR DYERS* USE, always on hand at lowest net cash prices. SULPHITE OF LIME, ' for keeping cider sweet: a perfectly harmless pre paration, put up, with full directions for use, In packages containing sufficient for one barrel. Orders by mail or city post will meet with prompt attention, or special Quotations will be furnished when requested. WRIGHT & SIDDALL, WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE, No. 119 MARKET Street, above FRONT. no2B*thstuly-fip ROBERT SHOGMAKEB A OO.i Xertheast Cornu FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IK ’ FOBBIGK AKD DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, ov WHITE LEAD AMD ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. 40. Aonirra ron thb oulsbuathd FRENCH ZINC PAINTS, •alersand .onmm.rs supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. »e3O-Sm > CHINA AYD GLASSWARE. yBRB’S InrnlsWnK China & Class Establishment, CHIKA HALL, B»» CHESTHUT STREET, JMT DIEBOTI.T OPPOSITE IBDEPEHDSHOB HAM,, "8* Inthe cheapest (for the duality) and moat extensive as aortment of WHITE, FRENCH, GOLD-BAHD ASX) DECORATED CHINA IN THIS CITY. Jut opened, of onr own lmportatlon.’elrhty-one casks T.erv anperlor plain WHITEFRENCH CHINA, In any Unantlty to anlt purchaaera. Also, a iplendld assortment ofFashlonable CUT AND ENGRAVED TABLE CRYSTAL GLASS. Also, plain whit. English Stone Ware, Dinner , and Tea-. Ware, Also, Toilet Seta, in treat variety, aome very elegantly decorated. Ha- Double thick China Stone War., and Glass. ex preaalrfor HOTELS, SHIPPING, AND RESTAURANTS. BW French China deeorated to order In any pattern, Ha* Initials enxraved on Table Glass. . China and Glass packed In a proper manner. safi-.atuth-4zn ; ‘ HOTEH. JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, OHAS. H. MANN, de23-lm PROPRIETOR, Corner MARKET Street and MARKET Square. VTEtW DRIED APPLES —lOO PELS: J IBW fc,ulAroU 4 Williams! fot3-K ’ 10T South, WATER Stratf. THKEE CENTS. t Jims. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, J 893. HEW TORE CITI. f Correspondence of The Frees. ] Nkw Yonir, Bee. 23, PASSPORTS REVIVER The latest result whioh has grown out of the seizure of the steamer Chesapeake Ib the revival of the passport system, Hereafter, no one will' be al lowed to take passage from this port uponany Ame rican vessel without being provided with one* of these descriptive documents, furnished by the Uni ted States marshal for this district. The system in volves grave inconveniences, and its application will, of necessity, result in grumbling on the part of those who will find it requisite to give this species of reference; but the security growing Jrom it will more than repay the trouble and expense inourred. I t will be noticed that the system does not apply to passengers upon foreign ships, and the fact la fortunate. When passports were generally de manded the trans-Atlantic steamers were frequently subjected to vexatious delays, and a world of pains taking was incurred by their patrons. All this is at present avoided, and the burden will fall principally upon those who are taking passage for .ggathern ports now in possession of the United States forces. By these means not only will the safety of our ships be conserved, but Secessionists will find their busi ness voyages Berlously interrupted, and the current «f disloyal travel will, by the contracting force of |e system, be concentrated upon a few foreign vessels, where it can be more thoroughly and suc cessfully scrutinized by the proper authorities. Apropos to the same subject, it may be mentioned that certain measures have been adopted, which will tend to break up the correspondence now so gene rally carried on between disloyalists in the North, in Nassau, and the South. How the end is to be brought about, the public- may not ascertain, until the forces brought to bear have been thoroughly tested, or the desired result attained. Suffice it at present, that the authorities have awakened to the necessity of some specific action in the matter; and it will be peculiarly appropriate for the disloyal to know that the business letters which they have been unsuspectingly mailing to their colleagues at Nassau and the South, may, one of these days, be produced as evidence against them. A DAY OF INFELICITY. There are a great many grave faces to-day in the haunts of the sporting fraternities. Early this morn ing the newsboys dashed frantically through the streets, announcing the result of the “ International Prize Fight,” and the demolition of the redoubtable Keenan. All newspaper accounts to the contrary, notwithstanding, the fistic encounter has caused but little excitement, except in pugilistic circles. The grave interest which the people, as a mass, took in Heenan’s previous battle has not found its parallel in this case. The fact is, that this repetition has given us too much of a good thing. There was a novelty about its more fortunate progenitor which naturally aroused curiosity in the minds of a community always jealous of English superiority, and anxious to behold the humbling of London, even by the emulation of a vicious characteris tic. The “fancy,” however, were enthusiastic, but cautious, and seemed to repose very little confidence in the prowess of the Benicia person. The reason of this distrust rests only in their own manly bo soms, and it is only of its results that we can speak with confidence. The betting was favorable to King, although there were many who, from principle or obstinacy, ventured their assets upon the brawny party who had pitted himself against the English champion. These gentlemen are to-day in the dole ful dumps, and in urgent need of a few grains of mo ral sympathy, and, perhaps, of pecuniary assistance. Disputes have already arisen among the knowing ones, and we may expeot the usual budget of en counters in consequence thereof—that “Daddy” Somebody has chewed off the cheeks of “The Young Pegger,” and that “Patsey” is now walking about in a state of noseless serenity or eye less oblivion. SKATING AND SPEAKING. The bracing atmosphere of the past few days has sent “the ball” up again, and all Glasses are abroad on the skating ponds, “doing the skate some ser : vice.” New York, in the winter season, is the re* sort of the prominent artists in this line; and the promise of yesterday enticed a Boston belle from her local habitation to the scene of excijoment. This young lady produced a palpable sensation upon the Central Park pond two years ago, and as soon as the noise of her fame became bruited about, there was an immediate consignment of emulative ladies, all anxious to secure the palm bf superiority to themselves. In consequence of the competition among these fair artists, the public received much edification and amusement, and throngs were wont to assemble upon the banks for the purpose of wit nessing their graceful evolutions. We have now among us those who style themselves professors of the art, under whose supervision ambitious youths go spinning off like so many pairs of compasses tracing out a geometrical problem upon the ice. The skating season promises ,to be one of uncom mon gaiety, always providing that the weather is not persistently feverish, as it was last year. Our sensations for the week, as far as it haß gone, have been extremely weak and uninteresting. Last night the annual dinner of the “New England So« ciety” was suitably discussed by the members and the invited guests, among whom were numbered Henry Ward Beecher, Admiral Farragut, Generals Dix and Burnside, Hale, of New Hampshire, and Mayor Opdyke. The toasts'were unusually felici. tous, and the comestibles worthy of the digestions of the great and good who honored it. Wendell Phillips delivered an oration upon the President’s amnesty proclamation, at the Cooper In stitute, on the same evening. It was one of Wen dell’s genuine, old-fashioned philippics, and was aimed especially at Mr, Lincoln and Secretary Chase. Nobody hurt! STUYVESANT. Mr. Greeley and Mr. Phillips. 'in the Tribune of the 26th, Mr. Greeley defends the Proclamation of the President, and noticing Mr. Phillips’ attack on Governor Chase, takes occasion to give a correct report of the speech, in which the editor of the Tribune vindicated Mr. Chase: Mr. Phillips, after sharply .criticising President Lincoln’s plan of “reconstruction”—in our judg* ment, an exceedingly wise, feasible and safe one— saw fit to close with a savage attack on Governor Chase as a possible candidate for next President, coupled with an expression of preference for other worthy and true patriots who could hardly fail to be harmed in the public estimate by such a conjunc tion. Loud and persistent calls being made from the audience for Mr. Greeley—who was unwell, and had determined not tcf say a word on this occasion—he was finally impelled to speak substantially as fol lows: Mb. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : It seems to me that the time has not yet arrived for opening a popular canvass for our next President. I would prefer first to determine conclusively that we are to have a President of the whole country. Thatpoint settled, we may proceed to the next in order. And, when the proper time shall have ar rived, I think it may be demonstrated, notwith standing what we have just heard in his disparage ment, that about the largest brain and the steadiest arm that have given their best efforts to preserve the life of the nation throughout the gigantic struggle forced upon ui bp tlfl-raholdin# twiuaii am of the iuteMh&h who h&fiheen tt&de the obje&t dfsp&- olal assault in the eloquent address to whioh we have just listened. In a contest {which has taxed the energies and the resources of all patriots, his has been the most difficult and undesirable task—that of providing the ways and means required to meet the enormous, ever-increasing cost of this tremendous war. * The campaigns of a Ministry of Finance are bloodless—hhtachieveinenu fail to dazzle the vulgar eye or thrill the popular heart—yet none are more essential, or more exacting in their demands of capacity, integrity, and indefatigable industry. And, unlike those of most ypther leaders in our great contest,'the battles of Governor Chase have all resulted in victories for the national oause. And, despite all we have just heard to his prejudice, I deem him one of the sternest and most trusty an tagonists of the Slave Power. But I speak not so much in behalf of any man as in urgentappeal for charity and harmony. Though our prospects have greatly improved, so as to justify san guine hopes of an early ahd complete national tri umph, we are by no means so far cut of the woods that we can afford to quarrel among ourselves and divide into cliques, as the partisans of this or that great man. I have always admired, though I have not always shared, the confidence and trust with which our loyal millions, undismayed by the gravest and most unexpected disasters, have regarded the overthrow of the rebellion as merely a question of time. You are well aware that I have not always so regarded it, though my apprehensions have con templated rather Northern defection than Southern triumphs in the field. Knowing as I did that at one time a majority of twenty-five thousand might have been had in this city for a reunion under Jeff Davis and the Montgomery Constitution, I have often lain down at night, doubtful whether I should awake in the United States or in the Slaveholders’ Confederacy next morning. And, though those dark hours have passed, I feel that wo cannot yet afford to distrust and disparage our leaders in the momen tous struggle which is not yet ended. I honor and am grateful to them all, envying not even the ocou pant of the White House, whether for the present or the ensuing term, and feeling that whoever has worthily filled a poet in the Cabinet throughout this trying convulsion has made a great personal aacri- Aas- as. IkA Alias al his aauntspL I ml, . wkllA JL kaas isausßimii m oui uitin&u tnu&tft. ni&itk&t, in view of the inffiffferenoe or hostility to that tu* urnph hitherto evinced by so large a portion of the people even of the loyal States, we shall be indebted for that consummation to the overruling benignity of God rather than to the wisdom and valor of man. In that faith I hope and trust. lord Palmerston on Scotland. In a speech recently delivered in Scotland, Lord Palmerston said: “I feel a deep interest in Scotland, and a deep sense of gratitude towards its people. There is poetry and proee in all things. My learned friend, Sir Roderick Murchison, will tell you in proae that a part of Scotland has within historic periods risen greatly in the world—that it is twenty*five or thirty feet higher than it formerly was. Scotland, how ever, has risen in other ways besides the geological, and I would! say that there is a difference on this point between poetry and prose. One of your great poets gives a description or Scotland by no .means encouraging, but somewhat gloomy—. “ ‘Land of brown heath and shaggy wood. Land .of the mountain and the flood. ’ “ He afterwards talks of the rugged strand, and altogether gives a very unpromising picture of the country. But when we come to prose, we find that your brown heath swarms with grouse— [laughter]— that your mountains are teeming with deer, and that your floods are alive with salmon. [Renewed laughter and cheers.] All these heaths and moun tains and floods are sources of great wealth; but taking Scotland in a purely prosaic aspect, I would say that it is a country remarkable for the eduoated intelligence of its people—for the high state ol scientific agriculture which is there practised—for the great prosperity of its manufacturing industry, and: for its successful commercial . enterprise. [Cheers.] I say, therefore, that Scotland has risen beyond its mere geologioal elevation, and that it is entitled n&t anly to the love and affbofcioiL of these who hive derived benefit from being resident in the country, but also stands high in the reaped wid ©stem of tta civilize wow* THE WA.R PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) 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God that tha ancient geographioa&B&asdarie* are tiding'rapidly regained by thearmiero'f the Union, asth: “ The time is not far dfetant when theotementa of society m the United States,thus rudely and Wick er disturbed, must be ra-adjusted, and tj&rold or der Of things reeßtabli B hsti l .poiflibiy with codifies tioas . growing aa out of tbsr shook they have sustained. whom, shall the-con ditions of the re-union be negotiated and arrowed? Certainly not with the men'who caused th<r war [loud and prolonged applause,jiaod with it theet»«ri fice'of half a million of lives. National honor,, re tributive justice, respect for the principle of sta bility in established system*;. a proper regard for the generations which are 3e> come after os, and whose political organizations will derive strength or weakness from tile issue of the mighty conflict we are engage in—all these considerations demand that the* architects of disorder, who have violated the paWio peace and broken the social contraot theyhad* sworn to Ob serve, Bhall have no part in our future government. With them we can never even negotiate for oeace. When they shall have been expelled from the coun try they have devastated and dishonored; when their military power shall have been broken and their forces dispersed, and the deluded masses of the South shall have.been liberated from the tyranny under which they have been crushed, it will be time to make terms, not with the guilty leaden, but with those whom they have defrauded, plundered, and oppressed.” Senator Hale alluded to the faot that for the first time in their history the gentlemen of the New Eng land Society—all respectable men—had cotioed 1a their lists of toasts the race which had been exolu ded by the decision of a high court from oitizenshtp* By their sentiment they had been guilty of suggest ing to the men of that race that they should strike for liberty [applause], and it was then fitting that they should do so. In the struggle against slavery, he regretted that the church, which should be lead ing every good work, had to be led. In the Episcopal chureb, which was conservative, a bishop of Penn sylvania found it necessary to answer another bishop who undertook to defend him in bondage (a voice, Hopkins.) Was it not strange that, when the question involved the life or.death of the nation, its perpetuity and dignity, or its everlasting shame, that there .should be two parties in the country? It would be well to have peace, and he would be ready to make honorable sacrifices to obtain it, but there were worse calamities than war. [Applause.] They wanted peace such as two men might make with each other without either being ashamed of the agreement they had effected. The South and the Wat-, [From the New I oik Herald.] A letter has lately been published, written by Hon. T. Butler King, in June last, in refutation of the rumor that he was in favor of reconstruction. Mr. King, in his letter, “defines his position.” He claims to have always maintained the right of a State to secede from the Union, and to have urged Georgia to exercise that right upon the election of Mr. Lincoln. He says he regretted the necessity for such an act, and even hoped, after the ordinance of secession had been adopted, that the Federal Go vernment would adopt such measures as would permit their return. The war, however, put an end to these expectations, and he has sustained it to the utmost of hiß ability—having given every male member of his family to the field, and two, who were moat dear to him, to a soldier’s grave. Mr. King tben proceeds: “ But war must end in peace; and sooner or later both parties must agree to terms upon which they will lay aside their arms. The events of the past two years should be sufficient to convince every reasonable man, both North and South, that it is impossible for the Federal Government to subjugate our people ; and statesmen of the South cannot fail to perceive that the Federal Government cannot abandon the war, except on a restoration of the Union, without danger of the farther dismember ment of the nation. “ Then, unless both parties can be influenced by the spirit of concession and compromise, ‘ when,’ in the language of one of our distinguished Senators, ‘is this struggle to end!’ No man can answer as to the years; but he may safely answer, ‘not until both parties are exhausted and ruined—not until the North is reduced to a condition worse than it would have been if the had quietly acquiesced in our sepa ration, and not until the South is worse off than she would have been by remaining in the Union under an Abolition Administration of the Government. “ These considerations would lead me to favor any terms of peace that the South could, with a proper regard for her interest and honor, accept. * * * “If the people of the North would now concede our rights, and the Federal Government se. cure them to us, the danger with which we were threatened by remaining in the Union, and the ob jection we had to it, would be removed, and we might with honor and advantage return to it. * “The Federal Government has proceeded so far with the war that these are the only terms of peace to which we could reasonably expect it to agree; and I regret to say that I have no expectation that suoh terms will be proposed, or would be accepted by that Government while the Presidential chair is occupied by the present Abolition incumbent. But if fortu nately, duiing bis administration, or within a rea sonable time afterward, such terms should be offered. I am free to say that I should prefer their acceptance by our people to the continuance of the !war, which must result in the desolation bf our country, and the ruin of both North and South. A peace on suoh terms would be eminently honorable to both partie* —neither could claim the victory—while the strength and valor each has exhibited would command the respect and admiration of the other. “To thiß extent I am a ‘reconatruetionistJ But it must not be understood that I would prefer re construction and peace on the terms indicated, to a fpeedy peace recognizing our independence—it that were pocßible; nor must it be understood that I doubt our ability to achieve our independence if the conflict is continued. Butl believe it would be bet ter for ourselves, for our posterity, and for mankind, that we should accept peace with our rights secured within the Union, than to continue the war many years, giviDg oceans of blood, millions of treasure, and ruining our country, for independence. “ And yet the North has manifested no inclination to make peace on any reasonable terms ; and until she evinces a pacific disposition, and hostilities are suspended for negotiation, nothing remains for us bnt to devote all oiA* energies, skill and resources to the conflict,”. -v This is the first intimation we have seen from any influential quarter in the South bf a desire for peace on any terms short of the conoei sion of Southern independence, Mr. King does not hesitate to say that he would prefer peace within the Union to a con tinuance of the war, if the rights of the Southern States could be secured. What those rights are, and how they are to be seoured, would probably be points of difference so great and so vital as to defeat every attempt at reconstruction on that basis. We insist that the rights of the South were never in vaded'by the National Government. We have the evidence of the rebel Vice President Stephens that the South never suffered any wrong from the Government of the United States. Even Mr. King does not assert that it ‘had; his advooacy of Seces sion began when Mr. Lincoln was elected, and long, before he had''assumed the Presidential chair. Yet no man ever went into that high office more dis tinctly or more solemnly pledged, by his words, hi» acts, his opinions, and his whole political life, to respect every constitutional right of every Southern State than he. Mr. King sees and concedes that the Federal Government cannot make peace on any other terms than submission-on the part of the South lo the Constitution and laws of the United States. He knows that it can never concede independence to the Southern Confederacy, and that the utmost it can agree to is the concession of Southern rights. It has always been ready to do that. It has never for a moment dreamed of invading or withholding them., The leading conspirators at the ?■South knew very well that they had no real ground of; complaint on this score. They scouted every proffer made in Congress or else where to give them, whatever they could reason ably ask in the way of security. The most solemn assurances—the offer to amend the Constitution bo as to foibid any interference with slavery in the States, the proposed passage of the Crittenden bill, all were rejected with contempt. They declared that they wanted no terms, and that if they were offered a guarantee in blank, and asked to fill it out they would not do it. They were for in depend ence—that and nothing else. They began the war in order to gain it. When ever they ohoose to retrace their steps, and aot on the sentiments uttered by Mr. King, they can easily do so,-otherwise the war will go on until one side or the other is too far exhausted to continue it, Which will Mach that paint fLsst ILa will p«- CfiiVß. Russia and tile European Congress. The following letter has been addressed by the Emperor of Russia to the Emperor Napoleon, in reply to the Congress proposition: My Brother : In describing the profound unea siness of Europe, and the utility of an understand ing among the Sovereigns, to whom is confided the destiny of the nations, your Majesty expresses a thought which has always been mine. I have made it more than the object of a desire. I have deduced from it the rule of my conduct. All the acts of my reign attest my desire to substitute relations of confidence and concord to the state of armed peace, which weighs so heavily upon the peoples. I took the initiative, too, as far as I was able, of a con siderable reduction of my military forces. During six years I released my empire from the obligations of the recruitment, and I undertook important re forms—guarantees of a progressive development at home and a pacific policy abroad. It is only in presence of eventualities which might threaten the seourity and even the integrity of my States, that I have been compelled to deviate from this course. My most ardent desire is to return to it, and to spare my people sacrifices which their pa triotism accepts but from which their prosperity suf fers. Nothing could better hasten this moment than a general settlement of the Questions which agitate Europe. Experience proves that the real conditions of the peace of the world rest neither in an impossi ble immobility nor in the instability of political combinations that each generation would be called upon to annul or to remodel, at the will of the pas sions of of the interests of the moment, but rather in the praotioal wisdom which imposes upon all the respect of established rights, and suggests to all the compromises necessary to conciliate history, whioh' is an ineffaceable legacy of the past, with progress, whioh is a law of the present and the future. Upon these conditions, a loyal understanding be tween the sovereigns has always appeared desirable to me. I should be happy if, the proposition emit ted by your Majesty were to lead to' it. Bat,' to be practically realized, It eould only proceed by the con sent Of the other Powers QHfcr tQ Ql>ta]u *r re V ; . i: fiiatlf TfiaT 7?ay£ssfatf’ eliould specify - the question* whiclij in your ih6uld form, the object of ah understanding, and the basis upon which that understanding should be es tablished. In any case, I can assure you that the object you pursue—that of obtaining, without dis turbance, the pacification of Europe—will always meet with my warmest sympathies. I avail myself, at the same time, ofthe present oc casion to reiterate to your Majesty the assurance of the sentiments of high consideration and sincere friendship with which I am, my brother, Your Majesty’s good brother, ALEXANDER ZARSKOE-SELO. 6 (18) November, 1563. A Monument to RotTert Fulton.—The execu tive committee of the Fulton Monument Associa tion will shortly issue & circular inviting, co-opera tion of the public to assist them in erectiag a monu ment over the remains of Fulton, now. resting tn : Trinity church-yard, New York. The design for this monument has been made by Henry K. Brown, the sculptor, and is as follows: “ A structure of Portland stone, resting on mis sive arches of a severe architecture, and supporting, above the arches, figures representing the Amerioan rivers and lakes, and above these, figures represent ing the four quavers of the globe, is crowned, at the height of foity feet, with a colossal statue of Fulton, in a sitting posture, holding in his hand the model of a steamboat, whioh he is supposed to have just completed,'and is presenting it to the attention of the world,” High Pricbs.—However much men may oom plain of high prioes, they no means reached the height, after three years of war, that they did in time of peace, in 1837. From our files of that year it appears that, in February, wheat at Roches ter was $2 a bushel. "Ta New York oity mutton and veal were 17 to 19 cents a pound• turkey, 25 cents ; chickens, $1 a piece. A writer in a New York city newspaper at the time ehsaives» Nit is easier route about living in tnu gu? than to anatne meins of doing it. Rents have universally gone up, from soUtUD psj wit. StJUt is SLS pec tjarwl,”
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