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TUB I'BI WEKKLY PIIBSS,
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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
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„ 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.
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J Medallions, ■.
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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
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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?"