TKCH PRESS, rVBLISHED DAILY (SBHDAYS BXOSPTE*) BY W. FORME Y. 1 OfTIOEi Ko. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. - THE DAIX.Y PRESS, Fifteen Cents ran Week, payable to the ewrier; Stalled to Subscribers out of the oily at -Seyen Doeeabs SEr Anotsi; Three Dollars and Fifty Cents foe Sts Months; One Dollar and Seventt-five Cents for Three B6ktds, Invariablj In advance for tha time or dered. . SF* Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Six tinea constltnte a square TUB I'BI WEKKLY PIIBSS, Mulled to Subscribers out of the city at Fora Dollars fens Annum. In advance COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAVY CLOTHS, WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS’ CLOTH HOfSE, txo, 84 South SECOND ud S 3 aTRAW BERRY STS. OIYIIi LIST. Black Clothe* Do. Doeakuu^ Fancy Coatings, Do. Casstmerea, Esquimaux, Chinchillas, Super-Velvets, . ■ x Rußßiau Sables. Tricots. True Blues, Scarlets, Billiards. Bagatelles. icceeaed iu replenishing oar New Styles of beautiful ‘ de2-lm „ JLRMY AND NAVY. 6-4 Blae Flannels, 5- Bark Blae Gassimerw, 6*4 do. : do. 8-4 Llffhtßlae do. 6- do. B*4 Dark Blue Doeskins, 6 4 do. do. 6*4 Blae CUoths, 8 4 do. Castors, C:4 do. Pilots, 6*4 do. Beavers, S-4 and 6*4 Meltons, S’rtzmnlnKS, Ac. Unexpectedly, we hare su< Stock with some entirely OLOAKIfIGS. ' T\TOTIOE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND BHIPP3SS. 10,000 UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS, _ All Lints, welthi SO ountes, Tht Bate ud OSespaat Ba* In tlie marks t AXBOt BURLAP BAGS, d>f all Bites. for Oori, Oats, Bone-dust, Coffee, &•„ in SaaatLfMtured and for sole, for net cash, by CHARLES H„ GBIGQ, AgtnV So. 13T MARKET Street (Second Story). Late of 215 Church alley. gmPLET, HAZARD, & HUTOHIN. Mo. ID# CHBSTITtJT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 808 THE BALE OF PHILADBLPHIA-MADE GOODB, If otiS-Sm gJAGB 1 BAGS 1 BAGS i NEW AND SECOND HAND. ■KAKLHS. BURLAP, ABU QUHStT BAGS, OoMtaatly on buA JOHN T. BAXLEY A CO;, Mo. 11l JTOSTH FROH7 BTRCTT. W wool. BACKB JOB SALS. tn ißtm GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. E M © V A Li L.USTFOB.X3 LTJHIEISrS HAS REMOVED FROM Ho. 81 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, TO ST. W. CORNER SIXTH ANB CHESTNUT Where he no\r offert a LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Embmeim nil tbe latest novelties. PRICES MODERATE. W* The sttention of tbs imblle Is mineetfally 10- IKlted. SHIRTS MADE TO OKDBR. JP IR 8 T PREMIUM SHIRT AND (WRAPPER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. G. A. HOFFMANN, 60S ARCH STREET, Would invito the attention of tie Public to his lares .and complete stock of ' GENTLEMEN’S EUBNISHING GOODS, Among which, will he found the largest stock of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS . IN THE CITY. . Special attention given to the manufacture of STNE SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS TO ORDER. Every variety of Underclothing, Hosiery, Gloves, ‘Ties. Bcarfe, Mufflers, Ac. . da3-mtnf-3m YARNS. W 0 0 L • On hand, and consignments daily arrtvln*, ol TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Full Blood* choice and clean. WOOLEN YARNS, U to SO cats, fine, on hand, and new supplies comini COTTON YARNS, Kos. 6 to SOs. of firat-class makes. In Warp, Bundle, and Cop. IS- B.—All r. timbers and descriptions procured at onto. on order*. ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, 18 North FRONT Street, noll-mwftf RADIKS' 9URS, FANCY FURS, JOHN E’jJkjKEIISA., sSe. TIS ARCH 6VEBET, BELOW IIOHTH. Importer and Manufacturer LADIES’ FANCY FURS. Uy IBKOrtment of?A NOT FOBS for IsdlM and Chil dren 1« now nomnlotr, «nd unbracing «T«rr Tarieirthnt Will b« fnihiontbU daring th* prasoni nuo>. All >old tt lira nusnnfuturm' prirss, far e»»h. Lndlu, slant OC7-1M sire me 1 cell. mQPENING OF FANCY FURS, JOHN A. ST AM BACH, IMPORTED AHB MAKOTAOTOESfi OF UADIES’ fancy furs, ao. BSIS ABOH STKEET, BELOW SISTH. KM now op«B s splsniil »toek or MDIBB MB {JKIMffiM’B ITOSB, Which. Will ba cold it the LOWEST CASH PRICES. «6-I* |IURB! FUR si CBOR6E F. WOMRATM, 80S. -8-18 AWB *l7 ARCH STfiEBT. HAS MOW OPBM A PULL ASSORTMENT ■* OP LADIES’ S’ IT ■» » , wbleb the attention o 1 the publie Is inyited, wS7-4m CURTAINS & 'CURTAIN MATERIALS. £JURTAINS AND CURTAIN MATERIALS; Si P. IFILL Ac CO., ' SEALERSIH 'CURTAINS. CURTAIN MATERIALS, FURNITURE COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES. HOLLANDS, UPHOLSTERERS’ TRIMMINGS, VENETIAN BLINDS. Ac. ». E. COR. TENTH AND CHESTNUT, noffl'lm v .... PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. IgLBOANT MIRRORS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT. NEW ENGRAVINGS, FINE OIL PAINTINGS, JUST RECEIVED. EARLE’S GALLERIES, 810 CHESTNUT HTKBBT. no3l-tf DRUGS. OBEBT SHOEMAKER A 004 ■orthoil Corner FOURTH and BAGS Streets, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, \ IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 1 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC! IWINPOW AND PLATE GLASS, lumriAOTraißa or - WHIM LEAD AMD ZINO PAINTS, POTTY. *O. ■ f " ■ AOSKTa »0* THZ CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. •iiti.and eonatmer, supplied at VERY LOW PRICES TOE CASH. M3O-Sm HOTHIU, JONES . HOUSE,- Harrisburg, CHAS. H. MANN, de23-lm PROPRIETOR, Corner MARKET Sheet snd MARKET Square. WATCHES, JEWulry, &c. ' A HANDSOME VARIETY OFTroVE Goods, of svPttfor quality i and at raaderatbrv.i.a. frAnt constantly on hand. »"icei, de!2-fpl" 3a*^E^TNDTStrSf,VI?“FOT”h. OAB Ef GE s. WILLIAM D. ROGEBB, *»«rt a«4 Light Carrlege Builder, *o«. KM» and 1911 CJOSS7SUT STREET. •ll'H Fnußinuj VOL. 7-NO. 126. HOI.IDAY GOODS. p A R LOR FLA Q S. FRENCH SASH AND BELT BOXES, JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. DIAMOND DEALERS AND JEWELERS, NO. 803 CHESTNUT ST. A new and beautiful assortment of DIAMOND FINGER BINGS, DIAMOND BREASTPINS, DIAMOND EAR RINGS, DIAMOND STUDS, and DIAMOND SETS, All of which will be sold at less than usual prices. Also on hand a lame and beautiful assortment of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES,suitable for Ladles, Gentlemen, and Boys. Some of our Ladies' Watches are of beautiful designs, expressly adapted for HOLIDAY PRESENTS We have in store a splendid assortment of JEWELRT of all kinds,consisting in part of Sets of Jewelry, Brace lets, Sleeve Buttons, Seal Rings, Studs, Gold Chains* &c., &c. SILVERWARE. Silver Spoons, Forks, Ladles. Napkin Bings, besides a large variety of Fancy Silver, suitable for HOLIDAY OR BRIDAL PRESENTS. de2l-t3l JJOLIDAIY PRESENTS. G. RUSSELL, No, 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Would inyite attention to hlo woll-selected rSSj ““stock Of FINE AMERICAN and IMPORTED^® WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, ice., SUITABLE FOB EOLIDAT PBESEOTS. del-lm -QXXBNELIUS & BAKER, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, GAB FIXTURES, BRONZE ORNAMENTS, &C., &o. t 1 STORE, 710 CHESTNUT ST REE T, MANUFACTORY—BJII CHERRY STREET. de!6-t3lif JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS, MUFFLERS, GLOVES, EMBROIDERED SUSPENDERS, Philadelphia. JOHN O. ARRISON'S, Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. dels-tf OHRISTMAS AND BRIDAL GIFTS, OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY, HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, 982 CHESTNUT STREET, ELEVEN DOORS ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. JOHN A,. MURPHEY. delS-lm . QANES FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. BBONY CANES.roId head. MALACCA CANES, ivory head. LADIES’ CANES. GBSTB.’ CANES. _ SOLDIERS’ CANES, ** CANES ol every variety. For »le p HILIp W ILSON * 00., del-lm 109 CHESTNUT Street. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS.: FINE WHIPS AND CANES. CHARLES I*. CAL DWELL, gKATKS—FOR LADIES, GENTS, AND BOYS. AT BURNHAM’S DEPOT OF THE UNIVERSAL WRINGER, 27 South SIXTH Street. Formerly at 721 CHESTNUT Street, Masonio HilL . delO-lmo IJVHE GREAT SKATE DEPOT! A large and well-aelected assortment of LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND BOYS’ m s a t oes i s* Just received and for sale by r TROTTER & DAWSON, de2-lnr' Jto. 019 MARKET ST., PHILADA. gKATERS’ HEADQUARTERS. LADIES* SKATES, of every variety. v GENTS. 1 SKATES, of all hinds. x STEEL SKATES. DUMP SKATES. BO OKEB SKATES. SHELL-GBOOVE SKATES, a superior article for learners. PARLOR SKATES, all sizes. PHILIP WILSON & CO.'S, del-lm 409 CHESTNUT Street. QHRISTMAB PRESENTS. PORCELAIN LANTERNS, FLEXIBLE DROP-LIGHTS, &c. K Sac. WARNER, HISKEY, & MERRILL, de!7lot 718 CHESTNUT STREET. & G. A. WRIGHT, 624 CHESTNUT STREET, , Offer a beautiful selection of BOHEMIAN GLASS TOILET SETS, PARIAN AND BOHEMIAN VASES, BRONZE STATUETTES AND BUSTS, CARVED BRACKETS AND BOOK-STANDS. STANi)S ' melrlchadm r^ l bmhi pipe's and a great variety of Fancy Artlclea suited for Holiday rreaenta. del-Ilfl TTOLIDAY PRESENTS FOE GEN novenies E ln EK — A mftrnl4ceilt “aortment of the rarest SCARFS, WRAPPERS S °BC A RF > -RI N 0 S, “SK™ 1 ™ : NECK-TIES, BUSPENDERS “Sellas. C i?. Kl tc Q l^ o8 ’ Opening at j. w. scoir’S. , . 814 CHESTNUT Street, det . Poor doore below the ‘ContlnentaL " TTOLIDAY GOODS.—ALL THE Newest Styles of. FANCY COMBS, STEEL AND JET JEWELRY, FANOY FANS. _ PEARL HEAD-DRESSES AND NETS, With a full assortment df Fancy and Toilet Goods, adapted to the Holiday trade. PRICES THE MOST SATISFACTORY, ... At H. DIXON'S. eia . JTo-Ml 8. sways Biroet, pttasis, FIELD GLASSES, SUITABLE FOB £» H, BS ENTS;, EVANS & EX ASS ALL, 4lB AltOH STREET. LOUIS LADOMUS & CO., WATCHES. JEWELRY. MANUFACTURERS OF SCARFS, TIES, Nos. 5 and 7 North FOURTH Street. The heßt Assortment in the City, BRONZES, A FINE ASSORTMENT FOR SALE. HOLIDAY GOODS. Q.OODS FOR PRESENTS. JOI-XIN M. ITIINTV, S. E. OOR. ARCH AND 7th STS,, KOW OBFEEB, SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS; -, FANCY COLOGNES, <' FINE MOROOCO SATCHELS, POCKET BOOKS, EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, FINE BRUSHES, in great variety, GLOVES of every description, FANCY BOOK-MARKERS, HAND MIRRORS, SCISSORS, and a variety of other handsome and useful articles at SEASONABLE FSIOE3. JOHN 3VE. rasT-Tsr, S. p. COR. ARCII AND 7th STS. de9-wsm9t ESTABLISHED IN 1812. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. WILLIAM WILSON & SON, Southwest Corner of FIFTH and CHEBBY Streets. SILVER WARE. Have on hand a Large. Handsome, and General Assortment of SILVEE WARE, suitable for Holiday Presents, of onr own manufacture, of the finest Quality, snd highest standard of Silver. Also, PLATED WARE. A large and general assortment of superior PLATED WARE, of English and American make, WAITERS, TEA SETS, Ac. - 4®-Old Sliver bought and taken In exchange. Highest price given. do9-td3l QENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT JOHN C. ARRISON’S, Nob. 1 AND 3 NORTH-SIXTH STREET, FIRST STORE ABOVE MARKET. deS-t3l JJOLIDAY PRESENTS, McISTIRE & BROTHER’S, GENTS’ FURNISHING HOUSE, No. 1038 CHESTNUT STREET. Scarf Plnß and Hings, Neckties and Cravats, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs. THE FINEST SELECT . IX? TH] de!s-tJa24 Wrappers, Gloves,. ; Suspenders, Umbrellas, <bc, ’ION OF SILK SCARFS CITY. JJOLIDAY GOODS I CARVED BREAD PLACES. PATENT MAGIC RUFFLE FLUTING IRONS. PATENT STEED SKATES, a new article. FANCY OOODB, WILLIAM YARNALL’S HOUSE-FUBNIsiIN3 STORE, - No. 1030 CHESTNUT Street, dell-tf . (Opposite the AcademT of Fine Arte). "JJfIUSIS'EJIaXj A.® FOR PRESENTS. WILMMI A, MOWN & CO., 248 MARKET STREET, Have now ready their usual large-assortment of UM BRELLAS suitable for Presents. de!4-tf / HENKY HAKPEB, J|| 520 ARCH STREET, Haniifecturer and Dealer la v SILVER WARE. FUSE JEWELRY, "WATCHES, SUPERIOR PLATED de!2-ISI TEA SETS, FOBKSi &c. THE PRETTIEST PRESENT ■ftlsg - FOR A LADY,; IS THE GOLD COMPOSTTE.PATENT DETACHED LEVER WATCH, Jeweled in IS actions, Beautifully engraved Hunting Cases, by Baskell of Li verpool. $25. - FOR A GENTLEMAN, THE OFFICER’S WATCH, : Detached Lever Movementrl3 Jewels, in Sterling flue Silver Hunting Cases, with new Patent Time Indicator, just invented for.fche Army. The handsomest and most useful Watch ever offered, $25. - w-. • - The Gold Composite can-also be had in Gent. size. Watches sentforinzpection before ixtyment. 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 HOLIDAY PRESENTS. J&€OBIMRLM, (Successor to Stauffer St Harley,) No. 622 MARKET STREET, Has now on hand a beautiful Stock of k WATCHES. JEWELRY. SILVBR AND PLATED WARE, SUITABLE FOR HOLISAY PRESENTS. delO-lm HOLIDAY PRESENTS. CASBIDI & BA6E, No. IS SOUTH SECOND STREET. Would invite attention to their stock of GOLD AMD SILVER WATCHES. DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WABB, Suitable for Holiday and Bridal Presents, all of which will be Bold at reasonable prices. ded-lm 'gfSj ELEGANT CHRISTMAS PEE fis&SaSENT • for a lady, A BEAUTIFUL GOLD COMPOSITE. HUNTING , * CASED WATCH . JEWELED, An Excellent time-keeper. $l6. . i_ For a Gentleman, THE MAGIC RAILWAY WATCH, With Patent Time Indicator, Showing the Hoar without opening case, very handsome and reliable, $l5. .W22=>The Gold Composite can also be had in Gentleman. • size. Watches sent for in-s%>(clion before vayment. CHAINS in great variety, Gentlemen’s, $1 and upwardl; Ladies, $2 and upwards. Send for circular. . . ARRANDALE & CO., , Importers of Watoheß, 313 BROADWAY, N. Y. de2l»mwf lmo-4tW Jf P. DUBOSQ & SON, MANUFACTURERS 01 PINE J EWELHY, 1028 CHESTNUT STREET, Watehes neatly repaired and warranted. Pearl Work of all descriptions repaired. del- lm ' fOR CHRISTMAS.— GLASS SHADES-ROUND. , GLASS SHADES-OVAL. GLASS SHADES—SQUARE. Ferneries in Great Variety. KARTELL & LBTCHWOKTH, de9-t3l No. 13 North FIFTH Street. TTOLIDAY GIFTS.—GOLD SPECTA cIes, Gold Eve-Glasses, Stereoscopes and Stereo scopic Views, Card Photographs, Phofcograpa Albums, Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, Spy Glasses, Opera 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. MoALLISTEB & BROTHER, del-tial-lf T3B CHESTNUT Street. IMPORTERS OF A ... WINES AND LIQUORS. LAUMAN, BALLADE, & CO., ' No. INK SOUTH NINTH STREET, Between Cbeitcat and Walnut, Philadelphia. O. M. LAUMAN. A. M. SALLADfcr holO-tm J. D. BITTINO. TSTBIGHT’S VI NB PLUS ULTRA IHINUE MEAT, WHOLESALE AND SPRING GARDEN AND FRANKLIN STREETS. 106-Hmw 'Philadelphia PORTLAND KEROSENE COAL OIL, . in store, and for sale by. WM, Xl»0, *IT ARCS Simt PHILADELPHIA. WARE Ac. QIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 85 PEE CENT. SAVED BY PUBCHASIHQ YtUK WATCHES, JEWBLtit, AKB \ SILVER-FLAXJSI? WABK, | D. W. CLARKE, 00* OHBSTNUT STBBET. : 1 - Where may be found a ftno assoxtmsut of the folloWlu* Goode, at Twenty-five per cent. leu than at any otter establishment: ) GoldWatcbes, Silver Watches, Plated Watches, American Watcher. English Watches. Swiss Watches, Bracelets, x Setts, ; Piaßr Guard Chains*. Ohatallne Chains. Vest Chains, Pencils, Thimbles, • , Pent and Cases, ToothFioks, (Huts' Bosom Pius, Gents’. Scarf Fins, Gents’ Scarfßluxi, Armlets,. Charms, Watch Keys, i Watch Hoots, Watch B&rs, &«.. 4*. SILVER-PLATED WARE Tea Setts, Wine Castors, . Dinner Gaston, Breakfast Castors, Cake Baskets, - Card Basket*, Batter Coolers, gusar Bowls, Salt Stands, Callßelis, Goblets, Caps, Spoon Soldi Kokin Bings. Bymr> Pltchera, Cream PttcheWc Table and Dessert Spoons Tea and Salt Spoons. Egg and Mustard Spoons, Dinner and Tea Forks. Fisk and Pie Knives, Tea and Dinner Knives, if OysterandSom? Ladles, r i Children's Knife and Forfcv Butter Knives, _ Ac., Ac. ! One call will convince the most incredulous that tie cheapest place in the city to bay Watches, Jewelry, and Silver-Plated Weft, is at - D. W. OLABK’S. ■ ’ • 8©» OHBBTNDT Street. - H. B. —Fine Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired by the most experienced workmen and warranted. nolB-tdeBl. NEW PUBLICATIONS. TtfEW holiday" editions x OF GOOD BOOKS. EDITH’S MINISTRY. By HARRIET B. McKEEVER, Author of *‘ Sunshine, ” “The Flounced Robe,” &c., &c. , This admirable volume, by a very popular authoress, has been out of prist for some time, The increased de mand for it has induced the Publishers to bring it out in an improved dress for the Holiday Season, In plain and Gilt Bindings. 2. PATRIOTIC AND GOOD. THE CAMP-FIRES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU TION. a New and Elegant Edition, Beautifully Illus trated. ELEGANT EDITIONS. BEVELED BOARDS—GILT TOP- HEAVEN. THE HEAVENLY RECOGNITION. THE HEAVENLY HOME 1 . By tlie Rev. 3. Harbaugh. AJI the NEW AND STANDARD BOOKS, suitable for Libraries or IllustraUd'and Bound for Presentation.' JUVENILE BOOKS AND JUVENILE LIBRARIES, in gi eat variety. BOOKS OF ALL KINDS AT LOW PRICES. For sale by LINDSAY & BLA.KISTON, . _ .. Publishers and Booksellers. de23-tf B 5 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. jgTANDARD CATHOLIC? BOOKS. PUBLISHED BY MURPHY & GO., BALTIMORE. SAINT VINCENT'S MANUAL, MANUAL OF CATHOLIC DEVOTIONS, CHRISTIANA GUILE TO HEAVEN, ; In elegant velvet and Turkey morocco bladings. CHATEAUBRIAND’S Genius of Christianity, SOUVESTRE’S Flower Garden, A collection of short tales and Historical Sketches. Price. cl< th, 60 cents. Cloth, gilt ed&e, Tdce&ts. Just published in a neat and attractive for a presentation book, \'/^f . „ MATERNAL INSTINCT,.OR LOTO^ By J. M. Toner. Price, in cloth, '<so cents, ’■tololh, gilt edges, 75 cents. For sale at '- . LBYPOLDT’S BOOKSTORE'and LIBRARY, de23-6t 1333 CHESTNUT Street. MEW BOOKS—JUST REOEIVED BY J. B. LIPPIHCOTTACO., ns and TXT MAKsSt gsreei. LIFB OF JESUS. By Earnest Kenan,'- Translated from the French. LOUIE’S LASTTERM AT ST. MARY’S. New editions THE WAYSIDE INN, and other poems. By Henry W. Longfellow. FKOM-THE ATLANTIC. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. . THETEOUGHTS or THE emperor m. aubelius ANTOMNUS. GENERAL BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in 1a63. By r -.... . JEAN BELIN j.or, Vlia Boy. - ••, ViMOTHY TITCOHB’S LETTERS TO THE JONBES. MY FARM 0? EDGEWOOD, By Ike Marvel HUGH MILLER’S HEADSHIP OF CHRIST, and the BUhts of the Christian People. ROUNDABOUT PAPERS. By Wm. Thackeray. With illustrations. HISTORY OF THE SIOUX WAR, and the Massacres of 1362 and 1863. By Isaac V. D. Heard. MARY LINDSAY. A Novel. By the Lady Emily Ponsonby. POEMS. By Jean Ingelow. IN WAR .TIME 3, AND OTHER POEMS. By J. G. .Whitney. . - MEN'LL HYGIENE. By L, Ray. HANNAH THURSTON. A Story of American Life, By Bayard Taylor, noSO SGHILLER’S COMPLETE WORKS IN ENGLISH, Selected from the Best Tranalationß. BY S. T. COLERIDGE. B. L. BULWEB, MELISHjT. MARTIN, A. J. W. MORRISON. J. CHURCHILL, AND OTHERS. Edited by CHARLES J. HEMPEL/M. D. THE ECLECTIC AND PERFECT EDITION. *' Inanother age, this Schiller will stand forth in the foremost rank among the master-spirits of hi*' century, and be-admitted to a place among the chosen of all cen turies. His works, the memory of what he did and was, will arise afar off like a towering landmark in the eolitude of the Past, when distance shall have dwarfed into invisibility the lesser people that encompassed-him, and hid him from the nearer beholder. ’’—Carlyle. Bound in 2 Vols., Muslin, very'.neat. ....$5 00 “ 2 Vols., Balf-extra Turkey morocco.... 6 50 tfc 2 Vols., Half Calf--..,...,..... 650 “ . 1 Vol., Full'Morocco, plain gilt edges.. 600 6,4 1 Vol., super, . Turkey Morocco, extra, * plain, gilt edges S 00 w 1 Vol., Buper, Turkey Morocco, extra, * full gilt- gilt edges. SCO 64 2 Vols., super, Turkey Morocco, extra, plain, gilt edges ....1200 * 2 Vols., snper, Turkey Morocco, extra, full gilt, gilt edges. . U 00 ** 1 Voi , super, Antique, extra finished, gilt edge 5....... .....1200 “ 2 Vole., super, Antique, oxtra finished, gilt edges.. ..18 00 I. KOHLER, Pnblisher, No »02 North FOURTH Street, Philadelphia. And F. LBYPOLDT, Publisher and Bookseller, deSS-tf . No. 1333 CHESTNUT Street. fiHARLBS DESILVEB, 15839 CHESTNUT STREET, - . Pnblisher,and Bookseller. BEAUTIFUL VOLUMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. - Superb Gift Books, Photograph Albums, English and American editions of the Poets, Standard and Miscella neous Books, bound in all styles, and at the lowest prices. Also, a large assortment of English and Ameri ic&n Juveniles, andTov Books, Bibles. Prayer Books, l&c,; Ac. - , . delO-tjal TUST READY, - . ; . U MOTHER GOOSE FROM GERMANY. TOR ll lußtratioas from designs by Ludwig Richter, and others, on tinted oaper, 4to, fancy boards; Price 75 cents. F. LEYPOLDT, Publisher and Bookseller, de22-tf , ■' 13533 CHESTS?UT Btreet. . THE FUNNY GHRISTMAS BOOK. - 1 - THE BOOK 0? NONSENSE Will Enliven any Christmas Circle! It will mako Anybody Merry! It is the Bof<k for Christmas! Have it in the Household! It has 113 Pictures, and is only $l. WILLIS P. HAZARD, de24 No. 31 South SIXTH Street. PHOICE GIFTS FOE HOLIDAYS. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS PRESENTS FOR Q3*D AND SOUNG.‘ Splendid assortment of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, of all eiree and Btyles. - PHOTOGRAPH CARDS, Plain, and beautifully co lored. : JUVENILE BOOKS. CHILDREN’S GAMES. Minia ture Albums, Elegant Imperial Photographs, Stationery of all kinds, fine Porte-monnaies, Ac. Prices lower than any other house in .the city. de24*6t' RULISON, 130* CHESTNUT St. TWO CHEAP AND GOOD PRE- A SENTS. THIS DAY READY. THIODOLPH THE ICELANDER; a' Romance by the Baron Fougu6. elegantly printed, and uniform with “Undine and Lintram, -12aio. Cloth, $1.25; antique stylo, $1.60. Fongue thought this to be Ms best work, which high praise was echood by Sir Walter Scott. It is a curious and highly interesting picture of the Northman and By zantine manner of the tenth century.' , FENELON’S WRITINGS. _.A selection of this cele brated divine’s choicest works, by Mrs. Follea. which can be read with the liveliest satisfaction by devout minds of all denominations. Its purlly of tone is unex celled ; Its presentation at this season will make many a heart clad. In neat lSmo. Cloth- $1; antique, $1.25. Published by _ _ WILLIS P. HAZARD, No. 31 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut, and for sale by all booksellers. deM-6t THE MOST YALUABLE AND USE A FUL GIFT FROM A CONGREGATION TO THEIR PASTOR-ALSO FROM A SCHOOL TO A TEACHER. THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. . . NOW COMPLETE in sixteen large volumes, in six different styles of bind ing. Persons looking for a present'of real value are invited to call and examine the different styles. OFFICE OF THE CYCLOPEDIA, . 33 South SIXTH Sfc.» above Chestnut, de!4>l2t : - Second story- SOMETHING NEW. >3 INDESTRUCTIBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALTEMUS & CO., corner-of FOURTH and RACE, being owners of a late Patented invention, are now of fering for sale their PATENT HINGE-BACK ALBUMS, which possess many advantages over all others now msde or.in use.. The Trade are.invited to examine these, at their Ityoms, corner of FOURTH and RACE. The Trade supplied on very reasonable terms. de7-lm A BOOK OF PERMANENT VALUE FOR A "PRESENT. The REBELLION RECORD, in six large volumes in cloth; Library half calf andhalf mo. binding. Tho most most invaluable book of the day. Also, Gemsfrora the Dhsseldorf Gallery, Artist’s edition of living’s Sketch Book. Cooper’s Novels. Irving’s Works, 22 volumes. Life and Letters of Irving, 4 volumes. Dickens’Works, 40 volumes. &c.. &c., At the Book Agency, S 3 South SlXTH.Street, above Chestnut. Second Story, de!4-12t Office of Appleton’s Cyclopedia. JUST PUBLISHED—THEP&AYER at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettys burg. By Rqv. Thos. H, Stockton, D. D. Price, 10 cents. Published by WH. S. & ALFRED MARTIEN. delS 606 CHEBTNUT Street. NEW DRIED APPLES.—IOO BBLS. A' new Dried Apples, for sale by RHODES At WILLIAMS, ON WAY. DECEMBER 28. 186 a Ear Rinse. P Infer Rings, Sleflye Buttons Studs, . 7= J Medallions, ■. HedcGhnlTw, Sings j” And a magnificent-Serenade byJ. Blumen c tbalj entitled u Troubadour et Cbateliene,’ 5 for which we predict great popularity. G. Andre, 1104 Chestnut street] sends us a ballad, Philadeiphians, instead of patronizing their own college, send their eons elsewhere, and the Alumni seem to loose all interest in their Alma Mater as soon as they leave her venerable walls. Such a thing as a bequest to the College, or the endowment of a professorship} is entirely unknown, and I doubt whether an addition has been made tothelibraiy for many years. And yet there are but three insti tutions in the country more venerable in years than the University* The fault of all this lies, for the most part, with the trustees. £ am sorry to say any thing against a body of gentlemen who are so well known and so universally respected as those who compose this Board, but, with one or two honorable exceptions, they take not the slightest interest in the University, and some of them even send their sons to other colleges. For some years past there has been a discussion among them with regard to moving the Aoademic Depart ment from its present looatioa on Ninth street into the country, or at least to some position west of the Schuylkill river. I heard casually, the other day, that an offer: had been made by the authorities for the property at Thirty-eighth and Chestnut streets. They certainly do not expect to board the students here, and its distance would make it very difficult for those living far down town to attend. A most beautiful position-would be on the Delaware river, near Torresdale, and the students boarded at the college. There is no doubt that this would increase immensely the prosperity of the University. The property on Ninth* street is valuable, and the col lege might obtain, as the University of the State, a portion of the rental of public lands appropriated by Congress to colleges, and allotted to the several . States, whioh would>cover the expenses of building. Im position up the Delaware, but near the city, would not interrupt its connection with the medical and law departments, which of course could not be moved. If the trustees should act promptly in this matter they would receive the thanks of every lover of the University. UNDE RGRADUATE. To the Editor of Tlie Freest - « - - your columns we would desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the ladies and our numerous friends roniiß , DDimnmniaaai> g .in they responded to bur appeal in behalf of the soldiers uncer our care. Thanks to the ladies who so kindly assumed the pleasant task of giving to the tables that homelike appearance so inviting to the wanderer, our dining room presented a coup- d'oeil which involuntarily caused the beholder to think of home and those happy scenes to which many had long been strangers. When all was ready, the call was sounded, and the men arranged themselves around the board, standing, while the Rev. Mr. Thomas, chaplain of the U. S. A. Hospital, Sixteenth and Filbert streets, after a few remaikß, invoked the blessing of Al mighty Goil upon the repast, after which the men applied ihemselvee to the task before them in a manner which showed their appreciation of the good cheer. Christmas Day of 1863 will long be remembered at the Provost Barracks, Bet us hope that before the next anniversary our beloved country may be re stored to peace, prosperity, and unity, and our soldiers at home to enjoy their Christmas dinner. Your obedient servant, WJH. B. ATKINSON, Surgeon Provost Barracks, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Dec. 25,1863. The Sanitary Fair at Cincinnati—-Interest of \Vestern Women in the Work* The Sanitary-Fair which opened at Cincinnati on Monday promises to bo a great success. The rush of visitors on the opening night exceeded anything of the kind ever before witnessed in Cincinnati. The contributors are numbered by tens of thousands. The managers expect that they will raise $300,000 or more for the benefit of.the Sanitary Commission. The people every where throughout the "West scorned to have entered into the good work with the greatest enthusiasm, end even the more eastern States are well represented. Among the letters enolo3iQg gifts for the fair, the following are suggestive as exhibit ing the deep interest of our loyal women in every thing relating to the welfare of the soldier, and their readiness to make sacrifices in his behalf: “Harrisburg, Pa., December 14,1563. “ Mr. Caldwell : You may smile at my simple offering; it is from a large, warm heart, but small purse, when I read «The Ladies* Appeal* I thought what can I do J Had just returned from Gettys burg 5 had there gathered leaves, ferns, lichen, &c.. as a souvenir of the battlefield; the thought oc curred, can I not make something of these for the Western Sanitary Fa;?? . So I’ve tried, and have sent the result (two framed bouquets) by express. The frames were kindly given ms by a friend. Scarcely know how to value them; think ten dol lars not too much. Use your own judgment. I hope the fair may ho a great success, and not disap point the hopes of the most sanguine. “Respectfully, REB. HYNICA.” Another woman writes from Grundy Centre, Iowa: “Imail to-day, for the fair, thirteen pages of mu sic, not much soiled, and intend to send by express (the nearest express office is distant twenty* eight miles), if I have an opportunity to get the package to the express office, three sea shells which I have, I do not know their value, but think it should not be less than three dollars.” The following letter has a historital interest; Bethlehem, Pa, Dec. 12, 18G3. Dear Friend : At your request I forward to you my photograph. I was born on the 16th day of April, 1761, in' Salem, one of the Moravian Mission stations, in the present county of Tuscarawas, State of Ohio. -When between four and five months old I was captured, together with all the rest of the missionaries, by the wild Indians, and taken to Up* per Sandusky, then a wilderness. I was carried all the way, wrapped up in; a blanket, on the back of one of the Ohristian Indian women. lamoalled the first white person born in your now great State; and although nearly eighty-three years old, am still able to greet my Western sisters, and wish them success in tbeir laudable enterprise. JOHANNA MARIA HECKEWELDER, The following are in substance the various amend, menta intended to be proposed to fhe bill amendatory of the conscription aot: By Mr. Powell: That the amended act shall not take effect in States in which the draft, under the original act, has not: been enforced. The first draft in those States shall take place as if the amended act had not passed. By Mr, Trumbull: That the fact that any person of foreign birth has voted in any State or Territory, or held any office in its gift, shall be taken as con clusive evidence that such person iB not entitled to exemption from military service on accountof alien age. By Mr. Howe: That all sums paid by way of com mutation Bhall constitute a fund to be equally dis tributed among the several persons who shall be drafted into the service under the same call, one third to be paid at the termination of each year’s service. By Mr. Anthony ; That any drafted person con scientiously unable to perform military aervioe, by reason of his sincere aud religious scruples against bearing arms, may apply by petition to any judge of any United States Court for the district in which he resides, and the judge shall hear and deoide upon the case, directing, if he see At, that the petitioner be re relieved from the penalty provided for his refusal to bear arms. And the person so exempted shall be in honor bound to contribute toward any hospital or charity a peace offering in accordance with his meanß. . ) .. . A LB U MS By Mr. Wilson ; That any person resident in the States of Virginia, North or South Carolina, Geor gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, or Arkansas, who may voluntarily enlist in the United Stateß service, shall be entitled to the benefits and privileges of existing laws, and may eleov into what regiments they shall be mustered, and may be credited to the State to which such regi ment belongs. Africans to be mustered only into African regiments. Reconstruction in Txnnisssbk —The Memphis Evening HvJttiin, of the 17th instant, says that move ments lor reconstruction, in accordance with the Pmiitent’B lAte proclamation, will be commenced atonce. The proclamation says that whenever, in any State in a condition of insurrection, a number of perrons numbering not less than one-tenth ot the numbtr cf votes cast at the Presidential election of iB6O, haviDg taken the prescribed oath and heing qualified votczßOtthe time of Secession, shall re establish a State Government, such Government shell be iecoan»sed as the true Government of the State, tn iB6O the population of Tennessee was I.IOS.Sro, ana tiie total vote for President that year; the SUto 145 353,: Htnce 14,038 of these, voters htvo it tn their power to il reconstruct ” the State oi Trnrjtoco., The Jlulktin, iimriaently asks: “OaH any ore doubt that it will be done ! East Tenues' ate cuido fcUs bU3ia(*Si. : MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1863, ; { lEngli&U Periodicals, Ffom Mr. J. J. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street, we have Temple Bar and the CornhiU Magazine for De cember. Thp firat has additional chapter* of“ John MarohmonVe Legacy” and ct The Trials of the Tred gqlds,” ’with a rambling article, de omnibw rebus t on streets of the world, by Mr, Sala, It is not a particularly good number. . (The Comhill Magazine opens with an. announce* mcntof a new aerial story by Thaokeray, and we learn, from another source, that the time will be a vfry early period of English history. Three serial tiei enliven the CornhiU, 11 The Small House at Al ston,” ” Cousin Phillis," and « Margaret Denzll's Hstory." The beat artiole, showing great intimacy English upper tendom, is “ Life in a Country Bo|Use. n .The moct singular article is by Fanny lOmWe, in whioh she affirms that acting “ is an art tint requires no study worthy of the name; it crates nothing—lt perpetuates nothing.” The most surprising artiole here contains come “Attempts at Ohaslc Metres in Quantity,”by Alfred Tennyson, vfc: Hexameters and Pentametres, Alodics, Kende ci&yllables and very blank verse. Our readers Who have read “Evangeline” and “Miles Stand ui’a Courtship,” may be more successful than we hire been in making rytbm of the following, called “ Translations of Homer; Hexameters, and Penta meters." Mr. Tennyson breaks it into lines ; we print it as the prose it is: “These lame Hexame ters, the strong-wing’d musio of Homer 1 No—but a most burlesque, barbarous experiment. "Where was a harsher sound ever heard, ye Muses, in Eng land! Where did a frog coarser oroak upon our Helicon? Hexameters no worse than daring Ger many gave us, barbarous experiments, barbarous Hexameters," This io not Only unmusical prose, but is also nonsensical rhapsody* Mr. Tennyson should keep to his ballads and Round-Table legends. - ' New-Music.' J, E. G0u1d,'632 Chestnut street, has published some gems from Gounod’sgopera of 1“ Faust,” ar ranged by Mr. A. Birgfeld, which will be acceptable to pianoforte players. These are, respectively, the Yauet Margutrite Waltz, and the Me phistophiles Galop. Also, a new edition of the Bo hemian melody oil* Natalie, the Miller's Daughter,” arranged byvSSchßaj- Arditrfr Artofc Waltz; a new song by J. E/Carpcmter, “ Angola Llaten’where she “Sleep Well thou Sweet Angel,** sung by Mr, Ha* belmann, of the (German Oper£, with great sweet ness, the music by Franz Abt, and the piano'acoom paniment by Theo. G. Berger. The German name Is “Shclaf Wofcl, du Sttaser Engel du,” and the Euglish words aro good. Also, the Faust Valse, With English words; Th. Boettgcr’a Galop, from “The Merry/Wives of Windsor,” end the Cavalry March, for lour hands, by the same composer. Tlie University-of Pennsylvania. To the Editor of The Press:, Sin: It has always been the opinion of many con nected with the University of Pennsylvania that the position of the Academic Department in this city retarded its prosperity. The Faculty is composed of most eminent and ripe scholars, aiid the course of study is very complete, and yet the college lan guishes, Christmas at the Provost Barracks* Act* THE REBEL STATES, ffmiiilry into tire Conduct of General Mans (Held Lovell at New Orleans—Letter from Geu« Lee—Attempt of Col Strelgiit and Offi cers to Escapc-Mr. Foote’s Resolutions on President Lincoln’s Proclamation-Tfre Vrial of Mrs, Patterson Allan, Ac., &c. CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS—FINDING IN THE CASE OF GKN. LOVELL, Adjutant and Inspector Genhral’b Office. RiofattOND, Nov. 24, 1863. General Orders No. 162 —I. A Court of Inquiry having been convened at Jackson, Misa., by Speotal Order# No. 41,from this offioe, dated Feb. 13, 1863, amended by Speoial Orders No. 43, of Feb. 20, 1863, to examine and report the facts and circumstances attending the capture of the city of New Orleans by the enemy in April, 1862, and the Uefenoe.of the city by the Confederate troops under command of Major General Mansfield Lovell, together with their opi nion thereon; and the court having discharged the duty assigned them, their opinion ia published for the benefit of all whom it may concern. zr, OPINION OF the court. The court, having maturely considered the evi dence adduced, submit the following opinion: 1. As against a land attack by any force the enemy oould probably bring, the interior line of fortifica* tione, as adopted and completed by .Major General Lovell, was a sufficient defence of the city of New Orleans ; but his ability to hold that ltne against such an attack was greatly impaired by the with drawal from him, by superior authority, of nearly all his effective troops. 2. The exterior line, as adopted and improved by him, waa well devised, and rendered as strong-as the means at his command allowed. 3. Until the iron-clad gunboats Louisiana and Mississippi should be ready for service, it waa in dispensably necessary to obstruct the navigation of the Mississippi river between Ports Jaokaenand St. Philip. The raft completed under General Lovell’s diieotion was adequate for the purpose while impo sition; but it was swept away, and left the river unimpeded, either by reason of some error in its construction, or neglect in preventing the acoumu lation of driiV, or because of insuperable mechanical difficulties, as to whioh this court feels unprepared to give an opinion. General Lovell communicated to the Government no opinion as to the insecurity of the raft, nor any apprehension that it might be swept away, nor did he immediately make known the fact when it ooourred. In this it is considered that he was remiss in his duty. . •7. 4. When the raft was swept away, Gen. Lovell, with great energy, immediately endeavored to re place it, and partially succeeded j but without fault on his part, this last obstruction was broken by the carelestnesß of vessels of the “river defence fleet” colliding with it, and by the failure of the guard boats to protect it againßt night expeditions of the enemy. . 5. The non-completion of the iron-clad gunboats Louisiana and Miaaioeippi made it impossible for the navy to cooperate efficiently with General Lovell, - 6. The Eo-called river defence fleet was wholly useless as a means of resistance to the enemy, for which General Lovell was in no wise responsible. 7. "Under the existing circumstances the passage of the forts by the enemy’s fleet could not have been prevented by Gen. Lovell with anv means un der his control; and the forts being pasVed, the fall of New Orleans was inevitable, and its evaouation a military necessity. 8. When the first raft was broken, and the danger of New Orleans thus became imminent, all necessa ry preparation should have been made for removing the public and private property available for mili tary uses; and when the second obstruction was swept away, the removal of such property should have been commenced immediately. The failure to take these timely steps caused the losses of pro perty that occurred; but there was comparatively but little property lost for which Gen. Lovell was responsible. 9. The failure of General Hovel! to give proper orders to Brigadier General M. E. Smith for the re tirement of his command from Chalmette, is not sufficiently explained, and is, therefore, regarded as a serious error. 10. The proposition of General Lovell to return to New Orleans with his command was not demanded by his duty as a soldier, involving as it did the use less sacrifice of himself and his troops, though it explains itself upon the ground of sympathy for the population, and in natural sensitiveness to their re proaches. General Lorell displayed great energy and an un tiring industry in performing his duties. His con duct was marked by all the coolness and self-pos session due to the circumstances and his position : end he evinced a high capacity for his command, and the clearest foresight in many of his measures for the defence of New Orleans. The court respectfully report that its assembly was delayed by the failure of it 3 president to re ceive his orders in due time, and that its session was protracted -by the taking of testimony under the order of the war Department as to the conduct of naval officers on duty in department No. 1. This order was rescinded, thus. rendering useless and ir relevant much of the labor of the court. The testi mony referred to, although appearing on record, was not considered by the court in determining its finding and opinion. 111. The oourt of inquiry in the foregoing case itf hereby dissolved. By order, S. COOPER, . Adjutant and Inspector General. THE TRIAL OR MRS. PATTERSON ALLAN. The Richmond Enquirer of the Slit,-devotes two oolumns to a report of the proceedings in the exami nation of Mrs. Patterson Allan, charged with carry ing on & treasonable correspondence’with persons at the North. The hearing was fbefore Commissioner Watson, on the 19th inst. .The lady was brought into Court promptly at 11 o’clock. As on previous days, she was attended by her husband; She wore a black alpaca dress, black merino shawl, and dark bonDet. She remained closely veiled auring the whole examination. The case caused great excitement at Richmond, and General Winder, Mrs. Hoge, and other well known rebels are witnesses for the prosecution. After taking their testimony, the case was post poned to the 12th proximo. As a matter of interest, we annex the following wairant of arrest, issued by Gemeral Winder. We also publish below, the letter marked “A,” claimed by the rebels to have been addressed to Rev. Morgan Dix, oi New York, which led to her arrest: WARRANT OF ARREST. Confederate States of America, Eastern District of Fir ginia, at the City of Bicfimondt to wit : On.this day, Bth of December, 1663, personally ap« r***edJ>efore the undersigned, a Confederate States Commissioner in aed for tne SiatHct aforsaaid.Geu, John H. Winder of the said city, who, being duly sworn, saitto upon bis oath that he believes that tlie papers shown to him, marked A, B, end C, are in the handwriting of Mrs, Caroline Allan, the wife of Patterson Allan,, which papers were intercepted ; by Which act this affiant believes that the said Mary Caroline Allan is chargeable with treason in ad hering to the enemies_of the Confederate Slates, in giving them aid and comfort by writing and sending, or attempting to tend, a letter of advice and intelli gence to the enemy aforesaid, sometime during the month of June, 1863. He, the said J.JL Winder, pr&ys that the said Mary Caroline Allan be appre hended and held to answer the said complaint, and dealt with as the law may require. J. H. WINDER, Brig. Gen. C. S. A. LETTER FROM SANTA TBXNITA TO CARO SIGNORE. Richmond, Thursday, June 8, 1863. Caro Signore : I humbly entreat you will hasten to iniorm your father of the contents or this letter ! Oh, friend, in these days of terror, despotism, and dcipOEdency, one seeks-in vain for sympathy in these regions of Secessia, where every heart seems filled with hatred, malice, and revenge—where one hears young women talk of turning over on battle fields nasty,. grinning skulls of Yankees,” with their dainty feet. Then, for the sake of your country, do what you can to arrest all instigators and abettors of this rebellion. Tell your father that about the 11th cf this month the Rev. M. D. Hoge will attempt to run theblockadefrom St. Thomas to Charleston. He has been for some time past in London, where his apparent business was to collect Testament, and Bibles, but where hie real object was to write for English journals and exert hie in fluence for the Southern cause. A greater rebel fire brand does not exist: He has friends and sympathi zers in Brooklyn, N. Y.; one is Rev. ——, pastor of Borne church, and another is - —, who lives or did live on —— Btreet. Mr. ■ has a son in the Federal navy. They |are all iu full sympathy with the South, and do what they can to promote the cause. Then in Baltimore, everybody there is for the South. Those that stand very prominent are a Mrs. , sister to one , of , Va„ a most industrious woiker for the cause; a Miss —, sister of — ; , and one Mr, —: ,69 —. His wife will try and go to Ohio. They should all be sent South. The whole family of—-are in con stant correspondence with this place. A Mrs. —■, whose husband is in the Confederate army, ran the blockade some time since. She is a'spy of the worst character, and ought not to be tolerated in the North. Her mother-in-law is a Mrs. ——. She also expected to go to Philadelphia. Com. Hollins will soon leave here to go to Nassau or St. Thomas, to sail for England, where he expects to take command of a war steamer. Ewell has taken the place of Stonewall Jackson, although he has but one leg. Report sajß Lee will soon make a forward move ment. Stuart expects to make a raid from Orange into Pennsylvania. It is a truth, the rebel soldiers live on rats, and anything else they can get. Corn and wheat, green and from the field, are common articles of diet. If the Northern army cannot vanquish such a misera ble set of starved and naked wretches, then may the Yankee nation become a by*word with all nations on earth! In the North treason stalks forth in the broad daylight! Here everything is subservient to the cause, and one word of remonstrance is instant death, " Ston eman had within his grasp the plantations of several of the most prominent rebels—Seddon, Se cretary of War; Anderson, of the Tredegar Iron Works; Hobson, son-in*law of Gen. Wise; C. C. Lee, brother of Gen. Lee; Harrison, colonel at Drewiy’s Bluff, besides the farms of hundreds en gaged in the Southern service. The damage done canal and railroad was repaired in twenty-four hours after the retreat. Oh, sir ! the universal cry here is-; to raise the black flag. Oh! for the hour when the avenging angel Bhall appear, with torch in one hand and the avenging sword of justice in the other, ami conse crate to death and destiuotion this land and these people, rewarding them with a fate they so richly deserve! When, when will that time arrive ! The women and preachers are among the most earnest and determined rebels in the South. They do more to stimulate and keep alive the spirit of rebellion than any other members of society. Many a man wearing the Federal uniform is a traitor, and where the men are true their wives are false. It is this which has bo often proved ruinous to the Union cause. Here, every mind, heart, and arm, are bent to serve the cause of the South. Money, property, crops, everything, is Bacrificed for the main idea. Thus the South has been able to maintain its posi tion thus far, *Aa VAllandigham has announced himself a pri soner of war, they expect to forward him to City Point, in exchange for some rebel. He wishes to go to Canada in order to influence the vote of Ohio. Put the wretch in Fort Warren. Oh, friend, watch well, and, I beseech thee, allow no appearance of Southern sympathy in your pres-' ence. This letter would be my death warrant if dis covered. “Whatever my fate may toe, Do not weep for me. ” Now as then,'. SANTA TRENITA. [This letter was inclosed in a white envelope, and directed to “Kev. Morgan Dix.” Both were then placed into a bolt envelope and addressed to ’‘JYHsb H. Haines, New York, In haste.” The direction on both of the envelopes was evidently in the same handwriting.] . THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. 1 In the Confederate Congress, on Dec. ISth, Mr. Foole presented the following preamble and resolu tion : Whereas, A copy of the truly characteristic Pro clamation of Amnesty recently issued by ; the imbe cile and unprincipled usurper who now tits en throned upon the ruins of constitutional liberty in Washington city, has been received and read-by the members of this House; now, in token of what is solemnly believed to be the almost undivided senti ment of the people of the Confederate States, be it Resolved, That there has never been a day or an hour when the people of the Confederate States were more inflexibly resolved than they are at the present time, never to relinquish the struggle in which they are engaged, until that liberty and inde pendence for whioh they have been so earnestly con tending, shall have been at last achieved, and made sure and steadfast, bevond even the probability of future danger; and that, in spite of the reverses which have lately befallen our armies in several quarters, and oold and selfish indifference to our suf ferings thus far, for;tbe moßt part, evinced in the no tion of foreign Powers, the eleven millions of en lightened freemen now battling heroically for all that'Can make' existence desirable, are fully pre pared, alike in spirit and In resource, to encounter dangers far greater than those which they have here tofore bravely met, and to submit to far greater sa crifices than those which they have heretofore so cliCtiliiUj' encountered) in preference tq holding any THREE CENTS. further political connection with a Government and people who have notoriously proven themselvescon temptuously regardless of ail the rights and privi lege* whioh belong to a state of civil freedom, as well ftß of all the moat sacred usages of oivilized war. After a brier discussion, the resolution was tabled as an indication of the utter contempt felt for the Proclamation* r A LETT KB FROM GENERAL LEE. During his recent visit to Richmond, the Virginia House or Representatives invited him to a seat on the floor. The General replied thus: Richmond, December 16. Hon, T/ioa. 6V Bocock , Speaker of the House of Repre* . scnldivesi Sis: I have reoeived your communication of this date, Informing me.that the House of Representa tives had invited me to a seat In their hall. lam deeply grateful for this undeserved honor, andshould bemuch gratified to be able to avail myself or. the privilege, and to enjoy the opportunity of payingmy reppects to the representatives of the peopleTbut. called to Richmond on public business, my whole attention is ocoupied in its execution. With profound thanks for the honor extended to me by the House of Representatives, and sincerely grateful for the kind sentiments expressed by your* self. I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E, LEE. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. CFroro the Richmond Enquirer, Dec 21.1 The Yankee officers confined in the Libby Prison have, on several occasions lately, made unsuccessful attempts to escape from that institution. The desire to escape seems to have grown with them since the successful evacuation of the premises byOapt. An derson and Lieut. Skelton, heretofore noticed, and which was produced by bribing the sentinel on duty st the time. On Friday evening, a sentinel on duly in the rear of the Libby Prison, was sounded by two officers on the subject of an esoape, which they wished to effeot at half-past three o'clock on'that night. He agreed to their proposals, they promising! to give him a one hundred dollar greenback watches for his services. Major Turner, beiffgmotl fied of the affair, directed the sentinel to let the’par* ties escape and receive the bonus for so doing, and that he* would take care they did not get very far eff. Accordingly, at half-past three o'clock, a rear window of the middle tenement of the Idbop establishment was raised, a blanket rope extended to the ground, and two men de scended. Hastily approaching the sentinel, they handed him the greenback and two silver watches, and were making remarkably good time, when they were hailed by Lieutenant La Touche, and com manded to stop. This accelerated their speed in the .direction ol Rocketts, but they had not gone very far when the guard, who had been posted, closed around the fugacious Yankees, and their capture was complete. On the approach of Lieutenant La Touche, he recognized the notorious Colonel A. D. Straight and his Adjutant, Lieutenant Reed. They were conducted back to the Libby, ■ furnished with substantial irons, and put in the dungeon Of the pri son, where they were, at last accounts, “ chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancies.” The Yankee officers had, previous to the attempt of Streight, de termined to celebrate Christmas night by a grand musical entertainment. Whether their purpose will be effected by Streight's proceeding, remains to be Been. INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE A Budget of Rebel Letters—Southern Ladles Gossipping with their Northern Sisters- Evcrybcdy in Distress. and Mothlag to Wear. [Correspondence of The Tribune.] Hilton Head, Dec, 20,1863. The following, extracts are from letters from per sons in the South to friends and relatives at the North aril else where. They were smuggled through the rebel lines, and it was thought by the writers of them that they would reach their destination with out coming under the censorship of the military au thorities here. Several are from well-known per sons in the Confederacy. The first is from the widow of the late Com. Tatnall. The second is from the principal of a fashionable seminary, formerly and for many years located in Charleston, to a chemist doing business on Broadway. It will be seen that they all corroborate each other as to the condition of things in the rebellious States. lam Indebted to Brig. Gen. T. Seymour for the privilege of making these extracts. N. G. S. FROM MRS. TATNALL, “I hope you have received my letters, in which I beegert you to have some under garments made up for Mary; and ii you have, and you are able to come out to us, please stock your trunk well, for we all need our wardrobes replenished. , “H. F. TATNALL.” FROM A SCHOOLMASTER. IN COLUMBIA, u I have removed my school for safety’s sake from Charleston to or near Columbia. £ have been doing the most prosperous business, but the expense of living is such that I can barely make the two ends meet, and* have lost all my hard-earned resources. If I could carry the opinion my patrons have with me, I would be sure to do in New lork as I have done here. Expenses are so fabulous, that I have given up my carriage and horses, tea, sugar, coffee, and I wear homespun, and make my own gloves— these latter cost $75 a pair; meat is $2 per pound; flour $5O a barrel; corn $7 a bushel. So you can fancy, with servants’wages s2sto $4O a month, how my income can support a family. My friend, Go vernor Aiken, a thrice-millionaire three years ago, is as poor as I am now, and we are certainly in good company; but, as my sole motive for remaining was Ellen, and it has pleased God to take her home te Him, I will not remain to witness the last miseries of this dear country. My all is gone, and lam will leg to begin again. People held on to Charleston as if it were the heart of the body of the Confederacy, and fall it will. I dare not express my belief, but It is grounded on more than fears.” FROM A GENTLEMAN 12* SAVANNAH TO A FRIEND IN NEW YORK. c ‘ I sincerely hope that the revolution will not con tinue much longer, for I feel like one in prison, and I am getting old and rusty. May God, in his infinite meicy, send relief to us soon, and show us a way of escape. Savannah is dull—very little business here. Rice is 22 cents, flour $l2O per barrel, soap $2;50 per pound, candles $4, whisky $75 to $l2O for common to fair, butter $5 per pound, meat $1 per pound, tur keys $2O per pair, broadcloth coat and pantaloons SSUO. My sons indulge now and then in boots at $l3O, but I cannot.. These are realities now; what it will end in we Bhall see. If you anticipated such a state of things, you were wiser than I. I dared never realize, that such madnests could exist on earth in Ihis-Christian age;' We must wait patiently for the end; but we both can regret the patriotic and innocent blood that is being shed on both sides for our country.” FROM THE SAME TO ANOTHER, “I feel that I p.m growing old during these sad and uninteresting times; hopes of a speedy end of the war alone keep me alive. Savannah gets more and more gloomy every day, and I do really fear real starvation and suffering in sixty or ninety days. Everything appears to be conducing against us— universal distiust is beginning to prevail; little did I anticipate so long continuance of the struggle.” FEOM A DAUGHTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO HER MOTHER IN CANADA. “Ah, mother! you little know what sad sights I witness daily in consequence of this cruel war; not a family here but is suffering the very depths of bit ternecs, save the Adger family; they have not yet been called upon to bury their nearest and dearest in this terrible strife. Pray that peace may once more dawn upon this once beautiful land.” FROM A LADY IN GEORGIA TO A BROTHER IN CALI- u Our poor country is in a sad state of anarchy and confusion ; distress and apprehension are in every family, ana we all sigh for the good old times when law and order and good will prevailed.” FROM A SISTER IN AUGUSTA TO A BROTHER IN NEW YORK. “ There seems now little hope of difficulties being settled fOT many years, which is most lamentable, and being only a woman, I think it right and proper forme to cross the ocean. God grant that we may all meet in that spirit world where we shall find a better land.” FROM A SISTER IN AUGUSTA TO HER BROTHER IN IRELAND. “ Colden Ketchum has grown to be a good boy, he is now in the army—was drill-master of a battalion for a short time; the battalion was formed principally of elderly men,” FROM A LADY AT BARHAMVILLE, NEAR COLUMBIA, S. C., TO HER COUSIN, IN NEW YORK.' i{ Our life here is inexpressiblyfdreary and monoto nous. If it were possible to return to Charleston, we would do so; but even there, all is so changed: our friends are so dispersed, it would be very saa for us. I wish very much to go North. These long autumn evenings recall to us the happy days of yore, the gladsome memories of the t{ Da Pierre,” “Bre vort,” and what not.” FROM A LADY IN AUGUSTA, GA., TO A LADY IN LITCHFIELD, CONN* “This is not an aristocratic place, for all trades visit it. The leading men are M&rchands, not Ne* gocians. I wonder how uncle Edward bore up under the weight of Democracy for so long a time. The Fenwick blood must have boiled over at times. George the Third has adopted the name of Fenwick. If you were to meet me in Broadway you would wonder what shabby woman it was, with old drab cotton gloves; this is preparatoryto homespun. We expect the chaplain, best known as the ' baby gen tleman, ’to pass a few days with us. He is very much admired by the women, called handsome, and an excellent preacher.” “ Kenturym is sick; teething goes very hard with him. He looks like one of Raphael’s angels—such, beautiful dark blue eyes and mouth, with a dimple In [his right cheek, and a ,*kin fair as the unsun ned lilly.that opens near the rill. If babies could be sold at auction, I should be the highest bidder for him. -He is really too lovely for earth. His nursB, an Irish woman, says he is the most sensible and witty child-she ever met with* * * * Some folks can be anything they will, others nothing. I atn glad you find Miss Gould so pleasant an acquaint ance. I thought her very interesting. What has become of her lover 7 A little money, like a little learning, is a dangerous thing. The happiest mar riages are made by poor women.” FROM A LADY IN SAVANNAH TO A FRIEND NORTH, “The expenses of living here aro tremendous. Everything costs so much—it is painful to eat anegg, a chicken, or anything'else, and it gets worse and worse. All the preaching, lecturing, writing against extortion, does no good. O. Grant had on a com mon, heavy homespuu—it coat her $55; a crape bonnet iB $76. lam heartily sick of it, and wish our enemies could come to a better mind. We hold out here so far. It is laid we may have an attack very soon. Charleston holds out bravely; dear old Sumpter stands it nobly; I compare it to Samson of old. Have you Been a letter from G. B. L. to Fernando Woodl G. B. I*, aoliuowledgefl it to be genuine, and there is a newspaper war going on about it. lam very sorry lor it. We have the same old talk of getting married, getting rich, travel ing, wishing for ice-cream, porter, champagne, &c M &c., with a plentiful abiwe of the V- —-a. I am going out to order a pair of boots, whioh I cannot do without, for $4O. Homespun is $4 a yard; shil ling calicoes $8 a yard *, silk $5O a yard ; eggs $2 a dozen. I don’t know what I shall do for gloves— there are none to be had, except a few spotted kids at $lO a pair.” FROM A LADY IN SAVANNAH TO HER COUSIN IN “If this unhappy, strife la ever ended during our Jiveß, may be, dear couoin, you may come and see us one of these days. There seems, however, no pro spect of that unless the Government oan be induced to believe that we are in earnest, and that it is use* less to continue it, and say to üb, ‘ Sister, depart in peace. 1 The war ib, however, doing us good, in de veloping our resources and awaking our energies, and making us more independent. Our factories make auch pretty homespun that at a little distance they looklike raw silk. Then it is makingour young people practical and useful. My daughter is now knitting socks for her younger brothers, and our ladies plait the straw of the native palmetto, and make beautiful bonnets and hats. The most we miss from the blockade is hoops and stockings for l&dieu, and needles and thread (spool) are hard to get. Wc were surprised to hear that in Washington City it was difficult now to find the ordinary necessaries of life, so our lriends there write üb; bo I suppose the Northern people, in a measure, feel the inconve niences also.” ‘ A Washington correspondent relates that Emer son Etheridge was recently introduced to Brutus J. Clay, of Kentucky, and immediately began to de nounce the Government,; Mr. Clay, after hearing his tempest a few moments, replied: “Well,Mr. Etheridge, this is pretty rough. Before this war, when I was a Democrat, I used to hear of you down in Tennessee as an Abolitionist, You must have lately changed your views.” This was somewhat wilting to the retiring Clerk, who supposed he had got a man after his own heart. He.pluoked up cou rage, however, and went into another tirade. Mr. Olay thereupon, with calmness, mingled with mani fest indignation, rising to his full height, inter rupted: “Well, sir, this is our first meeting. Tour language to me seems atrocious, and .all I have to say to you is, that when men talk thus down in Kentucky we regard tltftaw Sewsiionistej and treat THE WAR FRBSS 4 (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be tent to subscribers br mall (per annum in advance) at. 00 Three copies...... 5 00 Five c0pie5....... 8 80 'fencopies. 15 08 Larger Clnbs than Ten will be charged at the SaoLS rate, SLSO per copy. The moneu'must always accompany the order, and in no instance can these terms he deviated from, as ttiew afford, ucrv little more than the cost of paper. are requested to act aa Agents Cet Tara. War Press. B®** To the getter-up of the Club of tea or twenty. ab extra copy of the Paper will be given. THE BRITISH PRESS. !Kr» Bright's Speech at Blunt Letter or Mr. Cobden against the Editor of the London Times—The Than- derer" severely Criticised—An Exposure. The controversy- between Mr. Cobden and the editor of the London Times is the latest excitement in the English journals. The Times was guilty of a .gross misrepresentation orMr. Bright's speeoh at Rochdale, charging that well-known champion of English liberty with having advocated the division of the lands of the rich among the poor. Mr. Cobdeiv who spoke at the same place and time with Mr# Bright, lakes up the charge ina terribly-severe letter to the Times t in whioh he strips the “impersonal '* shield from the editor, and lays bare the “moral ■cowardice” and “pre-eminent unscrupulousnew w with which the Times has always treated questions of politics and society, shielded by the impenetrable incognito of “ The Editor.” PUBLIC MEN AND THE PRESS—MR, COBDEN AN# THE LONDON TIMES, [From the London. Daily News] Mr. Cobden presents his compliments to the edit# of the Daily Neivs, and wilL feel obliged by his giving publicity to the accompanyicg letter, which ha# been refused insertion in the Times. ' • Midhurst, Dec. 8,1863. 7o the Editor of the Ttfnes: - Sib : The following is extracted from your Tester* day's leading artiole: * “ Then, though a small Statemay have something to lose by change, it has usually more to gain, and bo it comes to pass that it looks upon any attempt to reconstruct the map, or reform the institutions of Europe, with something ©f that satisfaction with .whioh the poor might regard Mr, Bright's proposi tion for a division among them of the lands of the -rich, or the Roman plebeians hang on the Ups of Gracchus when he rose to expound to them his last plan for & new colony, with large grants of land t# every citizen who should join it.” Without communicating with Mr. Bright, I trou* ble you with a few words on this gross literary out rage, which concerns not him alone, but every public man. To utter a syllable to prove that the abort assertion that Mr. Bright advocated a division of the lands of the rich among the poor, is a groundless and gratuitous falsehood, would be to offer an insult to one who has done more, probably, than any other man to popularize those economical truths on which - the rights of property are based; to say that it Is a foul libel, for which the writer 1b amenable to law. were beside the question, because the object of the calumny would scorn any other court of appeal thaa that of public opinion. But a wider question is forced on our attention by this specimen of your to# habitual mode of dealing, not merely with individu als, but with the interests of society. Atone of pre-eminent unscrupulousness in the discussion of political questions, a contempt for the rights feelings of others, and : aa unprincipled disregard of the claims of consistency and sincerity on the part of its writers, have long been recognized as the distinguishing characteristics of the Times, and placed it in marked contrast with the rest of theperiodical press, including the penny journals of the metropolis and the provinces. Its writers are, I believe, betrayed into this tone mainly by their re liance on the sbield of an impenetrable secrecy. £fo gentleman would dream of saying, under the responsi bility of his signature, what your writer said of Mr. Bright yesterday. I will not stop to remark on the deterioration of character which follows when# man of education and rare ability thuß lowers him self, aye, even in his own eyes, to a condition of moral cowardice; for will he deny that if he were to meet Mr. Bright in the club, or in the-House of Commons, with the knowledge' that his secret was divulged, he would cower with conscious inferiority before the man he had stabbed in the dark? This, however, is fcis own affair. But there is another aspect of the subject in which the public is direotly interested. In the present management of the Times there Is one established departure fiom the plan on which it was conducted twenty or thirty years ago, which distinguishes it from all other journals. They who associate in the higher political circles of the me tropolis know that the chief editor and the manager of the Times, while still maintaining a strict incog* nito toward the public, drop the mask with very suf ficient reasons in the presence of those powerful classes who are at once the dispensers of social dis tinction and (on which I might have something to Bay) of the patronage of the Government. We all know the man whose fortune is derived from the Times. We know its manager; its only avowed and responsible editor—he of the semi-official cor respondence with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, through whose hands, though he never pens a line himself, every slander in its leaders must pass—is as well known to us as the chief official at the Homfr Office. Now the question is forced on us whether we who are behind the scenes; are not bound in the interests of the uninitiated public, and as the only certain mode of abating such outrages as this, to lift the veil and dispel the delusion by which the Times is enabled to pursue this game of secresy to the pub lic and servility to the Government—a game (I pur posely use the word) which secures for its connec tions the corrupt advantages, while denying to the public its own boasted benefits of the anonymous system. It will be for public men to decide, each in his own case, (for myself I have no doubt on the subject,) whether, in response to such attacks as these, they will continue to treat the Times as an impersonal myth, or whether, on the contrary, they will in future summon the responsible editor, manager, or proprietor to the bar of public opinion, and hold him up by name to the obloquy which awaits the traducer and calumniator in every other walk of po litical and social life. X am. &e,, RICHARD COJBDEN. MIDHURBT, DeC. 4. THE TIMES REFLY. The editor of the Times presents his compliments to the editor of the Daily A ~iew$ y and begs to inclose copy of his reply to Mr. Cobden, which Mr. Cobden probably omitted to transmit together with his own letter to the editor of the Daily Neivs ► December 9. [Copy.] The Times Office, Dec. 7. The editor of the Times presents his compliments to Mr. Cobden, and incloßC-sa proof of his letter, which, though it arrived by Saturday’s post, only reached the editor’s hands last evening. He could not then give.it immediate consideration, but in deference to. Mr. Cobden’s name he announced it should be published to-morrow. jj^k On reading it, however, this morning lie and he trusts Mr. Cobden will, on with him—that Mr. Cobden hag no right him,, upon a pretext entirelv irrelevant, a series of moat offensive and unfounded upon himself and bis friends. ' * “ He must, in the first place, observe that himself has made no complaint of the which Mr. Cobden has founded this attack Times t and he might on that ground alone insert *<» letter which Mr. Cobden admits is thorized by Mr. Bright. . The facia, however, are shortly these: Cobden and Blight make two speeches at RochdSß which are reported-in the Times at unusual length* and withextraordinarypromptitude. These speeches are discussed elaborately in two leading articles on successive days, and in each of them certain pat -8&g£8 are interpreted as recommending a repartition of the land amon» the poor. Messrs. Cobden and Bright are expressly challenged to disavow this in terpretation if it miirepreeenta their meaning, but they make no reply, and apparently accept it as coa-- veying their true intention. The speeches, as reported, also remain before the public for upwards of a week, and the interpretation put upon them by the Times provokeß no adverse remark. At laßt an article appears upon a totally Gifferent subject, in which an allusion is made, in a Eingle phrase, to Mr. Bright’s supposed opinions, and Mr. Cobden pounces upon this phrase, not that he may discuss the true interpretation of Mr. Bright’s expressions, but that he may make a vague and most offensive attack upon the Times and its conductors. The editor declines to permit the Times to be made the means of disseminating imputations whioh he knowß to be unfounded, and which arc entirely irre levant to the question at iesue. Perhaps the editor;is mistaken in supposing that Mr. Cobden desires the publication of Mb letter. If. however, he should think that it could conduce eitherto Mb own interest or to the injury of the Times he can probably find some more appropriate orean than the Times itself. MR. COBDEN AND LORD-HARTINGTON. The. following letter has been sent by Mr. Cobden to the Marquis of Hartiugtoa: Midhubst, 9th December, 1563. My Lord : You will, perhaps, be good enough to take an early opportunity of correcting, publioly, your recent—l had almost said reckless—perversion, of the remarks which fell from me on American af fans at Rochdale. While with my pen in hand, permit me to add, that, with better opportunities than your lordship, of studying the system of popular education and the state of society in the New England States, I did not recognize much greater accuracy in what you stated to the Ha&lingden meeting on those subjects,, than in what you said of myself. I have the honor to be, &c. R. COBDEN* The Marquis of Hartington,'M. P. THE EFBOPEAJT CONGRESS. Reply of the Pope. The letter of Pope Pius, in answer to Napoleon’s invitation to a European Congress, concludes as fol lows : We co-operate, therefore, in so laudable a project in a perfectly cordial spirit, and can now earnestly aaflure your majesty that all our moral Bupport will be afforded to the CoDgreas, in order that the princi ples of justice, in these days so much misunderstood and trodden under foot, may be re-established to the advantage of society in its present agitated-state,, that violated rights may be admitted in order to beT asserted in favor of those who have had to suffer by their violation, and especially in order that the real pre-eminence which belongs naturally to the Catho lic religion, as being the only true one, maybe re-, established, especially we entertain the hope that your majesty, with your high perspioacity, will.re cognize in our frank communication the character or loyalty which always accompanies the acts of this Apostolic See, and at the same time the evidence of the great esteem which we entertain towards.your august person, to whom, we have in no way hesi tated to speak thus explicitly in a matter of bo much importance. Hereupon, 'with - the assurance of our paternal affection* we give your majesty, your au-. guet consort, and the imperial prince, our apostolic benediction. Given in our palace of the Vatican, the 20th of November, 18C3. PiusP. P.. IX. REPLY OF THE KISG OF HOLLAND, The following letter has been addressed to the Em. peror Napoleon by the King of Holland, in reply to the Congress proposition: My Brother: The object of the cordial, aa welt as gracious, invitation your Majesty has addressed to mo, in ynui letter of the 4th of November, is to assemble the Powers of Europe at a Congress, in order to deliberate, without a prearranged system, upon the means of establishing without disturbance, and upon equitable bases, the peaoe and tranquillity of Europe. I render homage to this generous thought of your Majesty, and shall be happy, in associating myaelf with this idea, to contribute, in common accord with, all the other Sovereigns of Europe, to realize the noble objeet which your Majesty desires to attaia. I; seize this occasion to renew to you the assu rances cf high esteem and inviolable friendship with which I am, my brother, Yeur-Mujesty’s good brother, WII-I.DIAM. The Hague. November 29. Betters from the Kings of Hanover, Wurtemburg, and Bavaria are similar in tone. —A paragraph from a private lettar of Rev. New mnn Hall, D. D. } of London— one of the earliest and bravest defenders of the Union cause in Great Bri tain—has enough of general interest to warrant its publication, few men are more competent to speak of the ruling sentiment in England than Hr. Hall. He is a man of the people, and leader in every good undertaking:: 11 1 heartily thank you,” he writes November 27, “for your encouraging letter, whieh came to me when there-were not so many here of my opinion' a* there how are. Be sure that the heart of England has alway a been right! Whatever some of our editors may say, lot this be a test: there have been hundreds, if not thousands of public meetings en thusiastic) for Union and emancipation. Not one has been convened for sympathy with the South! In your letter you expected that by spring the rebellion, would be merely a history of the past. The devil fights hard! It is now or never—a death-struggle! Perhaps the continuance of the strife was needed to unite your nation more thoroughly on an eman cipation policy. God grant that slavery may soon cease, and with it the war. Some people talk , here ofcthe wickedness of the war! I hate war, exoept when waged to prevent-what is worse. But when, did this oountry ever wage, Binds (/romweU'S Qaty.'d war for (to gloiioui fiU object?"
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