t:eie press, nrßLisHao (bukdats excjbpted) BV^OHw^tirtpdH^BV. Whoa, S^WHeMm^^HHaeasax. '• l CSKTs’iPBRfWKKKi payable tdllhe carrier* mailed to SubsortbenTout of . the; oity at i SEYen Dollars Tbr Ansoh ; Three Dollars and Fifty Obkts for Bnc Monthst’ One Dollar ahd Seventy*five Gents ni Three'Months, Invariably In advance for the ttmeoiv dared, *«. 49* Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Bis Lined constitute a sanftre- ) I THE TRI WEEKLY PRESS, . Hailed to SubHorlbere the olty at Four Dollars . titß Akkoh* InadTftßW.. .4 ■ - , • COMMISSION HOUSES. AND NAVY CLOTHS. WILLIAM T. S3JOD6BABB’ CLOTH HOUSE, HQ. 8* South SECOND Mid 513 bTKAWBRHRY BTS, CIVIL LIST. ‘ BUek Cloths. Do. Doeskins, 1 Fancy Coatings. Do. Caasimeroff Esquimaux, OUnohUlas.. Super Velvets, Bosslan Sables, Trlcota. \ True Blues. • Scarlets. Billiards. Bagatelles. Lceeeded lu replenishing our Hew Styles of beautiful de2-lm i ARMYAND NAVY. &*4/Btae Flannels, S4Dark Blue Gaaalmerea, Sw Light Bine do. e-4 , do. • do. 84 Dark Blue Doeskins, 6‘f d 0.,, do, !•{ Bine Cloths, 64 do. Castors, 8-J do. Pilots. 8 ( do. Beavora. 8-| and 64 Melton®, ffrmmimrs, Ac. tooxpectedly, we hays sn fOTIOB TO GRAIN DEALERS AND P BHIPFBKS, ' 0,000 UNION A, BEAMLESS BAGS, All Linen, weight 30 onuses, The Best and Cheapest Bag in the market. Anao, S BURLAP BAGS, »U SUM, Tor Oorn. OtLti, Bona-doat, Goffaa, aw., an inafMttir.4 and for »alo, for net oaah, br CHARLES H. GRIO<J, Agent, So. X3T IUSKST Street (Setosd Story), m23-H> Lata of Hfi Olmrch altar. gHIPLEY, HAZARD, A HUTGHIN- Ho. 11* OHBSTHUT STREET, ooKraassiow Berohants, toe the Siiii or PHIXiAD3XiFHIA-MADK GOODS, : IgAGBI BAGS 1 ■SAGS l NEW AND SECOND HAND, wnir.t«. jURLAF. AMD OITKJfT SAGS, OoAtutlr on hand. JOHN i BAILEY 4 OOi, UjrSOKTH TKOHT BTBSZT. mm WOOL fftraa >o* 6Bk/ s niBHISHTNG GOODS. ,T> E yO V A L. I/CTEZHTSTS j HAS REMOVED 81 SOUTH; SIXTH STREET, ' I TO ___ H. ff. COBWEB SUM AWD ckbstsux. STOCK I ENTS’FURNISHING GOODS, HmtaMlM ell 0s», latest noTeltiee. PRICES MODERATE. J. Tha attention of Us Puiblie Is respectfully ao nfoTß MADE TO ORB BB ' £jfeORGB GRANT,' ao . »ie oH/STunr streets BasnOwreadr / A LARGE i/» COMPLETE BTCOK 7 op GEXTS’ PORNISHING GOODS, Of M* <m lmw*»««i anAmanniSwture. / jkla celebrated . H ja ms' MEDAL SHIRTS,” jdtaxbfteuwed under tbe superintendence of , S t : JOHN T. TAGGEBT. ; (Tofmerly of Oldenberg A Taggert, I .ra the moet perfest-Ettlng Shirts of the age. , ; 4W"Orders promptly attended to. Jyl3-tbatu-9H J7IBST PREMIUM SHIRT AND WRAPPER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. G. A. HOFFMANN, 606 ARCH STREET, Would Invite tbs attentions! the Public to bis large bud complete stock of GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, Among which will be found the largest stock of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS IN THE CITY. Special attention given to the manufacture of FINE SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS TO ORDER. Every variety of Underclothing, Hosiery, Gloves, Ties, Scarfa, Mufflers, Ac. d&Mntuf-3m vi' 7 s JtADIEB* TORS. ' ' ” tiNfclT; FIJBE, JOHN FAREIBA, * Ke. TXNAJtCH STREET, BELOW EIGHTH, Importer «nd Manufacturer 01 UADIEB’ FANCY FUSS. MTMcortment of TAROT Ytnw »r Ladle* u>d Chil «x«> li now complete, and «abraelng every variety that ftihlenable during tbe preeent season. All cold M tbefmannfacturen’ prises, for net Ladles, pleaw r * djvo ms« tall. ' • oc7-<» tjyURS! FURS! fiEOBGE P. WOMBATH, HOS. 41* AHl> 4iT ARCH STREET. IABBOWOPB* A full assortment OF LA.DXBIS 1 purs, Whieh the attention of the puhlie is Invited. ae!l7«4m PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. jjjLE G ANT MIRRORS, A LARGE ASSORTMENT. HEW ENGRAVINGS, FINE. OIL PAINTINGS, JUST EECEIVED. EARLE’S GALLERIES, BIB OHEBTNUT BTBgAT. no2l'-tf DRUGS. CASH DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT & SIDDALL, No. U 9 MARE-t STREET, Between FRONT and gtr6ets P- H. W. wawttT. - Can And at oar Of Imported ‘“i, 1 ??!?® coal Oil. window Glass. .tent Mediotaw. Paints. Coaio IMB M ueaa r-gfaJ^SaAo-M. “raE ESSENTIAL OILS for Confectioners, in full variety. •*«*?»* alwaTS onhand at lowest net casii prices. SULPHITE OF LIME, lot keepint cider sweet fw nseTS *S$2Si «|ientfo^ne o? .Melons Win be JnrSshed when reonested. ■WEIGHT & SIDDAHIi, WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE. ' «o. 119 MARKET Street, aboya FRONT, noM-tiiutnly-ft l ; BHOBMAKEE a 00., I> HeiHitut Comer lOOBTH *a4 KAOS StiMte. PHILADSLFHU. . . WHOLESALE DBUGOISTS, IMPOSTERS AND DEALERS IW fOEBIGH AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS’, IfAOTTAOTPBBBS Of WHIM MB'am HOT FAIHTB, FDCTY. to iO»*TB IO» IHB OBLM*A™> FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. «*lsr»»ni toTuninen rewHeA M . VSKT LOW PBICBSIOB CASH. w3O-9m , * WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. "I HANDSOME VARIETY OP ABOVE 'A-aoodt at superior rjmlilv, and at moderate Pile". kept oonataatly on & BROTHER, Importers,. dal2-W Stcaet. below Vonrth. '• =T7H< SUFERIOB INGOT COPPER, . llfhm to Is t» 'ota, M ftlft KVM Htifit*. YOL. 7-NO. 127. ' HOLIDAY GOODS. pARLOR FLAGS. FIELD CLASSES, FRENCH SASH AND BELT BOXES, SUITABLE FOB PRESENTS:, EVANS & HASSALL, dea-t3l *lB AROH STREET. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. LOUIS LADOMUS & CO., DIAMOND DEAIBRS AND JEWELERS, NO. oosr onanxn v 1-ox. A new and beautiful assortment of DIAMOND FINGEB BINGS, DIAMOND BREASTPINS, DIAMOND EAR BINGS, DIAMOND STUDS, and ; DIAMOND SETS, All of which will be sold at less thin nsaal prices. WATCHES. Also on hand a large and beautiful assortment of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Boys. Some of our Ladies' Watches are of beautiful designs, expressly adapted for HOLIDAY PRESENTS JEWELRY. We have in store a splendid assortment of JEWELRY of all kinds, consisting in part of Sets of Jewelry, Brace lets, Sleeve Buttons, Seal Bings, Studs, Gold Chains, &c., Ac,. SILVER WARE. Silver Spoons, Torts, Ladles, Napkin Binge, besldee a large variety of Fancy Silver, enitable for HOLIDAY OR BRIDAL PRESENTS. de2l-tSI JJOLIDAIY PRESENTS. G. RUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, A Would luylte attention to bli well-selected JS ■"•stoek of FINE AMERICAN and IMPORTED®*® WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, A 0« I , SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. del*lm QORNELIUS & BAKER, . LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, GAS FIXTURES, BRONZE ORNAMENTS, &C., &C. 710 CHESTNUT STREET, MIHUFACTORY-8M CHERRY STREET. del6-tSllf JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, TIES, MUFFLERS, GLOVES. EMBROIDERED SUSPENDERS, JOHN O. ARRISON’S, Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. . delS-tf QHRISTMAS AND BRIDAL GIFTS, OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY, HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, 923 CHESTNUT STREET, ELEVEN DOORS ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. JOHN A.. MURPHEY. delG-lm FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. EBONY OANES,goId bead. MALACCA CANES, Ivory bead. LADIES’ CANES. GENTS.’CANES. SOLDIERS’ CANES. CANES oi every variety. rot Philip wilson & 00., del-lm 409 CHESTNUT Street. 'PI' OLID AY PRESENTS. FINE WHIPS AND CANES. CHARLES I*. CALDWELL, de22 tt> Nos. 5 and 7 North FOURTH Street. gKATES—FOR . LADIES, GENTS, AND BOYS. The best Assortment In the City. AT BURNHAM'S DEPOT OF THE UNIVERSAL WRINGER, 27 South SIXTH Street. Formerlr at 721 CHESTNUT Street, Masonic Hall. . delO-lmo IJHE GBEAT SKATE DEPOT! A larce and well-selected assortment of LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND BOYS’ S BZA.TJ2iiai Jait recelyed and for sale by TROTTER & DAWSON, del-lm Ito. 919 itIEEBT ST., FHILADA. gKATERB; HEADQUARTERS. LADIES' SKATES, of ©Terr Tartar. GENTS. * SKATES, of all kinds. - STEEL SKATES. DUMP SKATES. BOOKER SKATES. . SHELLkGBOOYE SKATES, a superior article for A* . learners. ** ARLOB SKATES, all siies, Jal-lm PHILIP WILSON 4 CO. ’S. * 409 OHHBTNTJT Street. " PRESENTS. PORCELAIN LAia ISIION ZES i "V FLEXIBLE DROP-LIGHTS, &c., JL FIDE ASSORTMENT FOR SALE. WARNER, MISXEY, & MERRILL, j-iT.int 718 CHESTNUT STREET. tv & Q. A. WRIGHT, ! 624 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer » beautiful selection or BEONZE BOOK-STANDS, • CABVED BBAOKETS TAHDBi »M?o|S E Q SI BAGB. »nd a great yarlety of paiicy xniciß» ■** a e l : lm ■pieieHta. .Tfflfer ■ B ?ffiSS^SW “S&BRELI-AB, fc*BB*rS Openlnl it 81* CHESTNUT Btrwt. |j a«4 anoTB below ttia ~C oatla«ntll. tt O LID A Y GOOD 8 .—ALL THE ■EL Newest Styles of ■"O* CO sm AND JBT JSTOBI,, Wltt Iq. »i 8. siaffTHaiPHii. fwjwm. ESTABLISHED IN 1812. Southwest Corner of FIFTH and OHERBY Street,. Have on hand a Large, Handsome, and General Assortment of SILVER WARE, enitable for Holiday Presents, of onr own manufacture, of the finest duality, and highest standard of Silver. Also, A large and general assortment of superior PLATED WARE, of English and American make, WAIT BBS, TEA SETS, Ac. 4V* Old Sliver bought and taken In enhance. Highest price given. dob-tdSl JTOR HOLIDAY GIFTS, Q.ENTLE MEN’S WRAPPERS Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, JJQLIDAY PRESENTS, BICINTIBE & BROTHER’S, GENTS’ FURNISHING HOUSE, Searf Fins and Rings, Neckties and Cravats. Mufflers, Handkerchiefs. THE FINEST SELECT] INTHI delfi-tja24 . \ JJOLIDAY GOODS! MANUFACTURERS OF IJMBKELLA& FOR PRESENTS. WILLIAM A. DROWN & €O., . 246 MARKET STREET, Have now ready their usual lar*e assortment of UM BRELLAS suitable for Fresenta. del4-tf HENRY HARPER, A SILVER WARS, HOLIDAY PRESENTS. A JACOB HARLEY, ' (Successor to Stauffer & Harley*) 622 MARKET STREET, Has now on hand a beautiful Stock of ■ WATCHES, JEWELRY. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, SUIT ABIE FOR HOLIDAY PBESEJTTS. delO-lm HOLIDAY PRESENTS. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARS, Suitable for Holiday and Bridal Presents, all of which Trill be sold at reasonable prices. de9-lra P P. DUBOSQ & SON, 1028 CHESTNUT STREET. TTOLIDAY GIFTS.—GOLD BPEOTA cIes, Gold Bye-Glasses, Stereoscopes and Stereo scople Views, Card Photographs, Photograph Albums, Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, Spy Glasses, Opara Glasses, Officers’ Field-Glasses for Army and Navy use, Pocket Compasses, Mathematical Instruments, Kaleidoscopes, Thermometers, and a variety of other articles—appro priate lifts for the season. MoALLISTER & BROTHER, del-tial-if . ' - 'T3R CHESTNUT Street J£ERB’S Furnishing China A Glass Establishment, CHINA HALL, sas CHESTNUT BTEEET. lathe cheapest (for the quality) and most extensive as sortment ox WHITE, FRENCH, GOLD-BAND AND DECORATED CHINA IN -THIS CITY. Just opened, of our own Importation,'eighty-one casks ▼cry-sttperior plain WHITE FRENCH CHINA, In any tuantltT to suit purchasers. Also, a splendid assortment of Fashionable Also, plain white English Stone Ware, Dinner and Tea Ware. - Also, Toiler Sets, in treat variety, some very elegantly decorated. 497 Double thick China Stone Ware, and Glass, ex tresslrfor ’ HOTELS, SHIPPING, AND RESTAURANTS. 49" French China decorated to order In any pattern* .49* Initials engraved on Table Glass. v Mna and Glass packed in a proper manner. >«atnth-4m HOLIDAY GOODS. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. WILLIAM WILSON & SON, SILVER WARE. PLATED WARE. BOXES, HANDSOME INLAID AND PLAIN OASES, PLATING CHOICE OPERATIC AIRS, BALLADS, POLKAS, WALTZES) ScOi A Handsome Variety at Moderate Prises. FARR & BROTHER, 3)1 4b GHESTHUT. STREET, BELOW FOURTH. dol2-fitaftde3l-9t FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT JOHN G. ■A.IEtIR.ISOJSr’S, FIRST STORE ABOVE MARKET. deB-tSI Ho. 1035 CHESTNUT STREET. Wrappers, Gloves, . a Suspenders, Umbrellas, 4c, TON OF SILK SCARFS EOITY^ CARVED BREAD PLATES. PATENT MAGIC RUFFLE FLUTING IRONS. PATENT STEEL SKATES, a new article. FANCY GOODS, AT ' WILLIAM YARNALL’S ' HOUSE-FURNISHING.STORE, No. loao CHESTNUT Street, dell-tf (Opposite the Academy of Fine Arts). «»0 ARfirr. Manufacturer and Dealer in FIHEJEWELBT, WATCHES, SUPERIOR PLATED CASSIDY & BALL, Ho. 1* SOUTH SECOND STREET, Would Invite attention to their stock of MANUFACTURERS OF FINE JEWELRY, Watches neatly repaired and warranted. Pearl Work of all descriptions repaired. CHRISTMAS.— GLASS SHADES—ROUND. GLASS SHADES-OVAL. ' GLASS SHADES—SQUARE. Ferneries la Great Variety. HABTELL & LETOHWORTH, No. 13 North FIFTH Street. CHINA AND GLASSWARE. 49“ PI&BCTLT OPPOSITE XNDBPEITPHyOE HALL,'^B4 OUT AND ENGRAVED TABLE CRYSTAL GLASS. BOTBIS. apus*. aoSB-lm % R I fe'-a-JJ R a. CornerMAßKtfc b». eflS.' ■ OAR*XjJ.br»KBT Sauais?v I . o,»e)i iu»a ught Ctt, JftHO.TOBBA-PEro ALBUMS. lIH 111 1011 Jf' 11 * V'JS & CO., corner of FOURTH and RACB, STB»I. a late Patented invention, are now of -r.ni .rjT. SAiTofin nB&.«l r PATEBT HINGE-BAGK ALBUMS, _jrtl — -.run /vtr ?** their -RoomsiMMidyantages over aIX others now IMPORTERS OF A • . tx-ci atrp PUBUSBSnahleterms. de7-lm LAUMAN.SAI^ a W PRAYER \ Wardian Cases uil _ „ WJ3C^ NFenrYaeee witK 11 Growing Plants x yy Yaaes with Growing Pianti” 1118 * • engine Baskets fting.Plants. \y Flower Pow£ Growing Plant* . 7e Ptts.all size. - * . ' - wits. Renaiasav TeriS* ■ Aionis Xly X.t„jnBt>np a rli». GaidS. tal< aßd PSartle- StataarWf», »U elzS Brackets. Choice and MMOme. \ faetured • j - trade in quantity^aine*. \ 4»U t« \» ObSeisok'' 3 ,119 \ Str«t, •WEIGHT S m pLDs DL tra noe JfIEATi COALOnT, . “ d fW ffijjffi* l ***- W Bhrwt_ .-vmw DMBD APPLBS.— XOO 8818. IN l 4523-tl •••.•• PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1863, Q.IFTB FOR THE HOLIDAYS. *5 PER .CENT. SAVED BY PURCHASING TOUR WATCHES, JEWELRY, Where maybe found a, fine assortment of the followlns Goods, st Twenty-fire per sent, less than at any other establishment: Gold Watches, BUtot Watches* rutea Watches, American Watches, Bncltsh WittahßS. Swiss Watches, Bracelets, Bogs, Bines, flncer Bines, Sleere Buttons. Studs, Medallions, Meek Chains. i Twt Chains* I i Pensaad Gases, ! Tooth Picks, i Gents’ Bosom Pins, * -*- I Gents’Soarf Pins, i Gents 1 8earfBlni;i, Armlets, i. . ■ .Charms* , - i Watch Keys. ' * Watch Hooks* Wat^Bws, ! _• . .. SILVER-PLATED WARE, Tea Sett*, Wlb* CMtors, Dinner Caetor*. Break-Cut Castors, Cake Baskets, • Card Baskets* Butter Coolers, Buffer Bowls, Salt Stands, Call Bells, Goblets, Cups* _ Spoon Holders, Hftpkln Hinn* Bjrup Pitcher*, 1 Cream Pitcher*. Table and Dessert Spoons, Tea and Salt Spoons, Bnr and Mustard Spoons, Dinner and’Tea Forks, Fish. and Pie Knives, • Tea and Dinner Knives, Oyster and Soup Ladles, Children's Knife and Fork, Butter Knives, 4cc.,&c. One «all will sonvlnee. the most Incredulous that the cheapest plaee In the city to buy Watches, Jewelry, and Sllver-Flated Ware, is at D. W. CLAKK'S, _ OO»CHB3TmJT Street, M.B.—Fine Watches and Jewelry carefully repaired by the most experienced workmen and warranted. nolfi-tde&l \MEW books: new booksi w A,' , ; . Just received by - A6HMEAD & EVANS, Successors to Willis F. Hazard, • • T34r CHESTNUT STRBET. ALEXANDER SMITH’S NEW WORK, “DREAM THC>RP. ” A Boole of Essays ■written In the Country. THIRTY POEMS. By Wiinam Cullen Bryant. SELECTIONS FROM JEREMY TAYLOR. Tinted pa per, vellum cloth. $1.25 PELA Y 0 ; AN' EPIC OF THE = OLDEN MOORISH TIME. By Elizabeth T. Porter Beach. $2. * CALVEBT’B 806NHS AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE. >A HIBTORY-OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. By William G. Shedd. D.D. 2 vols.fis6. FEDERALIST. By Henry B. Dawson. Syo. CHRONICLES OF THE ISCHONBERG-COTTA FA MILY. By Two of Themselves. $1 50. de2B IQfiA —THE PHYSICIAN’S VISIT JNG LIST FOR 1864, hound in various styles and of [various sizes. Also, an Interleaved Edition, neatly hound in leather, with pocket and pencil. LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Publishers, .de28.... -35 South SIXTH Street; ab. Chestnut. lOfi/1 —HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR lOUt:# NEW YEAR’S PRESENTS.—A great variety of standard authors, Illustrated and Juvenile Books, suitable for presents, for sale at low prices by LINDSAY & BLAKISTON. Publishers and Booksellers, de26 . 35 South SIXTH Street, ah. Chestnut. gTANDARD CATHOLIC BOOKS. PUBLISHED BY MURPHY & CO., BALTIMORE. SAINT VINCENT’S MANUAL, MANUAL OP CATHOLIC DEVOTIONS. CHRISTIAN’4 GUIDE TO HEAVEN, In elegant velvet and Turkey morocco bindings. CHATEAUBRIAND’S Genius of Christianity. SOUYESTRE’S Flower Garden. A collection of short tales and Historical: Sketches. Price.icVtb, 60 cents. Cloth; gilt edge, 76'eents. 1 Just published in a neat and attractive style, suitable for a presentation book, ••• ■ MATERNAL INSTINCT, OS LOVE; - By J. M.. Toner. Price, in cloth, 50 cents. Cloth, gilt edges; 76 cents.'For sale at ■««. L&YPOLDT’S BOOKSTORE and'LIBRARY, de23-6t 1333 CHESTNUT Street. TCEW BOOKS—JUST RECEIVED BY JUB. LIPPINOOTT & CO., , « 'jj 7A5. asd.Tl7 MARKET wereet. LIFE 'JESUS. riarne«t Henan. Ti&fjJrafcevV from the French. > LOUIE’S LAST TERM AT ST. MARY’S. New edition. THE WAYSIDE INN, and other poems. By Henry W. Longfellow. SOUNDINGS FROM THE_ ATLANTIC. By Oliver EMPEROR M. AURELIUS General butler in new Orleans nutorr of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in ran. By James Parton. JEAN BELIN; or, The Adventures of a Little French Boy. • . ' • - TIMOTHY TITCOMB’S LETTERS TO THE JONSES. MY FARM Of EDGE WOOD, By Ike MarveL HUGH MILLER’S HEADSHIP OF CHRIST, and the Rights of the Christian People; „ ROUNDABOUT PAPERS. By Wm. Thackeray. With illustrations. BIbTORY OF THE SIOUX WAR, and the Massacres Of 1862 and 3863. By Isaac V. D. Heard. MARY LINDSAY, A Novel. By the Lady Emily Fonsonby. POEMS. By Jean Ingelow. IN WAR 'TIMES, AND OTHER POEMS. By J. G. Whitnex. ' ' MENTAL HYGIENE. By L. Ray. HANNAH THURSTON. A Story of American Life, By Bayard-Taylor. no3o TEA SETS, PORKS, Set. SCHILLER'S COMPLETE WORKS IN ENGLISH, Selected from the Best Translations. BY S. Y. COLERIDGE, fc. L. BULWEB, MELISKST. MARTIN, A. J. W. MORRISON. J. CHURCHILL, AND OTHERS. Edited by CHARLES J. HBMPEL, M. D. THE ECLECTIC AND PERFECT EDITION. " In another age, this Schiller wIU stand forth in the foremost rank among the master-spirits of his 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 atar off like a towering landmark in the solitude o f 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., Half-extra Turkey morocco.,.. 6 50 ** 2 Vols., Half Calf--,. 6 50 44 1 Vol., Full Morocco, plain gilt edges.. 6 00 ** 1 Yol., super, Turkey Morocco, extra, plain, gilt edges..... s 00 14 I Vol., super, Turkey Morocco, extra, full gilt, gilt edge 5......... 9 CO 44 2 Vols., super, Turkey Morocco, extra, . plain, gilt edges ....12 00 ‘ .2 Vols., super, Turkey Morocco, extra, fall gilt, gilt edge 5..;......; .....14 00 1 Vol , super, Antique, extra finished, gilt edges ..12 00 44 2 Vols., super, Antique, extra finished, gilt edges 18 00 _ . L KOHLER, Publisher, No. 303 North FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, And F. LSYPOLDT, Publisher and Bookseller, de23-tf No. X 333 CHESTNUT Street. CHARLES DBSILVEB, 1339 CHESTNUT STREET, . •* ... Publisher and Bookseller. BEAUTIFUL VOLUMES FOB 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 Amer ican Juveniles, ana Toy Books, Bibles. Prayer Books, !&c„ Ac. delO-tJal TUBT READY, " MOTHER GOOSE FROM GERMANY. With Il lustrations from designs by Ludwig Richter, and others, on tinted paper. 4to, fancy boards. Price 75 cents. . F. LEYPOLDT, Publisher and Bookseller, de22-tf 1833 OHEBTHTJT Street THE FUNNY CHRISTMAS BOOK. THE BOOK OF HONSEtfSE . Will Enliven any. Christmas Circle! It will make Anybody Merry! It isthe Book for Christmas! ri ' Have it in the Household I It has 113 Pictures, and is only ei. /„ WILLIS P. HAZARD, de24 No, 31 South SIXTH Street. "DO OK AGENCY, ■M.33 South SIXTH Street. Office of - ;_APPLBTON’B NEW CYCLOPEDIA. WASHINGTON IRVING’S WORKS. WAVERLEYNOVELB. Household edition. REBELLION RECORD. BAYARD TAYLOR’S WORKS. . COOPER’S NOVELS. Illustrated edition. DICKENS’ WORKS. Household edition. GEMS FROM THE DUfISELDOBF GALLERY. BRITISH POETS. Boston edition. - MERBIVALE’S HISTORY OF THE ROMANS, JM..&4. NATIONAL QUARTERLY REVIEW. sSp£year. oeSO-tnthsaSin - fiHOICE GIFTS FOR HOLIDAYS. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ' PRESENTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG. ‘Splendid aisortment of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, of all sizes and styles. PHOTOGRAPH CARDS, Plain, and beautifully co lored. ;■ • JUVENILE BOOKS, CHILDREN’S GAMBS. 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 Stl TWO CHEAP AND GOOD PRE SENTS. THIB DAY READY. _THIODOLPH THE ICELANDER'; a Romance by the Baron Fougu6, elegantly printed, and uniform with ‘‘Undine and Dintram, ,f l2mo. Cloth, $1.25; antique style, $1.50. : FouguS thought this to be his best work, which high praise was echoed by Sir Walter Scott. It is a carious and highly interesting picture ofthe Northman and By zantine manner of the tenth century. ■FENELON’S WRITINGS. A selection of this cele brated divine’s choicest works, by Mrs. Follen. which can be read with the liveliest satisfaction by devout minds of all denominations. Its purity of tone Is unex celled; its presentatlon at this season will make many a hoartglad. Inneatl6mo. Cloth. $1; antique. $1.2/5. > PubUßhedby - WILLIB P. HAZARD. ; No. 31 South SIXTH Street, above Ohestnut, and for sale by all booksellers. <iei4-6t JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, *C. AND . SILYEK-PIiATKD WARE, D. W. CLARK’S, SON CHESTNUT STREET. NEW PUBLICATIONS. TUESDAY", DECEMBER 29, 1863. NEW YORK CITY. (■Correspondence of The Press.] | Naw Yobic, Deo. 37, 1863/ TREASONABLE MATTERS. The Messrs. Cromwell, of the New Orleans Steam- Bhip Dine, appear to be-singularly unfortunate in tbeir ventures. First, the 1 ‘ Chesapeake " was seized by British and rebel pirates; now, the 11 George Cromwell ” has been pounced upon by the Revenue authoritlea of thlaport.. These communi cations have already set forth many of the details of the contraband trade to British and Southern ports, and the present narrative will serve to explain the modus operand} still more folly. -For a long time the authorities have been aware of the existence of an Illegitimate traffic carried on between New Fork; and. New Orleans, but, until lately, have been unable to detect its channel. I t is a fact, patent to all, that, the latter city has per- sistently-sapplied the rebels with not only the neces- saries of life, but tie requisites of war; yet, so oun. nlogly have the traitors aovered up their traces, that but little criminating evidence has yet been obtained, against specific parties. That the bulk of these con traband wares is shipped from-New York, Is a fact equally patent; and our authorities have constantly endeavored to ferret out the operators "bf this syste matic scheme of sympathy with treason. A few days ago, the Surveyor of the Port received information whioh led him to believe that certain contraband wires wore to be shipped on board the Cromwell; and, in consequence, he detailed a trusty officer to keep watch upon all freight reoeived, The officer in question is one of those quiet/ unassuming men, full of dry ways and singularities, who are errone ously called 11 greed.” In' this ease, the greenness vindicated Its value In a moat praotioal manner. On Wednesday night Inspector P commenced operation*, lounging in the vicinity of the steamer’* wharf, with all the innocent invousiar.cc of one ac oustomed to pace the lonely street*, and while away . the long hour* In nocturnal strolling. At a late hour a carman drove up, and, alter dumping some barrel* upon the wharf, started to return for more. As aoon as he w*a goner Inspector F——, together with an assistant, made an examination, and’discovered that the; barrels contained ammunition snugly packed between. layers of potatoes. As soon as this faot was ascertained, F started off in pursuit o( the carman, and followed him to a store in Corilandt street. It appears that while the barrels were un dergoing examination, someone in the interest of the guilty merchant notified him of the discovery, and the inspector arrived at the store just in time to observe him replacing a number of similar barrels in his ocllar. After this work had been accomplished, F— ■— lounged carelessly ini and, accosting the pro prietor, remarked that he should like to ascertain the contents of the barrels recently removed from the side. 11 1 pay rent ior this store,” replied the other sharply, “ and you had better leave it.” “ You can afford to ’treat’. I suppose,” returned the In spector, assuming his peculiar “greenness.” “You are a vagabond; leave the’store.” “I thought,” re turned P , with peculiar dreaminess, “that I should like, merely for curiosity’s sake, to sample a little of the gunpowder that you keep under thepo tatoeß.” The traitor saw that he was ensnared, and the gunpowder was “sampled.” On Thursday morn ing the store and the steamer were seized, and the merchant was placed tinder arrest. The ‘steamer Illinois, Bailing for Aspinwall on, Wednesday, was boarded by Marshal Murray and ids assistants. They took from tbe passengers some two hundred fire-arms, and plaoed them in custody or the purser, giving strict orders that they should not be delivered up to the owners until the termina tion of the voyage. Such precautions have been • deemed necessary, in addition to. the'passport sys tem; for the protection of steamers against the pira tical acts of the Secessionists, who are harbored in the loyal States and Canada. The steamer Corsica, of the Nassau line, report B that she . was boarded by. officers, from United State* gunboats, both upon the outward and return trips. At this time these facts are significant, as in dicating the vigilant measures which are being adopted for the suppression oi illicit traffic with the rebels, directly or indirectly. She arrived at this port on Saturday afternoon. A few papers were seized upon the penons of passengers, among others a memorandum of articles to be purchased for a Confederate officer, including gauntlets and spurs. Possibly, he may wait for them some little time. I presume that-it will not be “contraband” to mention that scarcely a blockade-running captain .arrive* here from Nassau without finding a full written exposition of his character and .doings al ready.in the hand* of the revenue officers, and awaiting him. An exemplification of tbiß was found on Saturday -in the case of a female p<*«on eer on board the “Corsica.” A deputy accosted her.nna asked what disposition her husband had made of bis steamer. The husband aever had a steamer to her knowledge. What of his ship, then. She hesitated, aim -, UG dc an evasive reply. The deputy drte w from - his pocket a handbill printed in Nassau, which ad vertised the sailing of Captain Eaggett’s blockade runner. Mr. Haggett was not her husband. The deputy pointed to the name which was painted upon her trunks, and Mrs. Haggett graoefully retired from the cabin. Papers .of some import were subse quently seized in the bands of this estimable fe male’s son. .. U. Chauccey Burr, the Secessionist, whose paper, The Old Guard, is circulated freely among the Cop perheads of this city, turns out to have been a bigamist. Th e .exposti was made by The Press, a spicy little Union paper published at Paterson, N. J. ; Chauncey denied the charge, and hinted at prosecutions for libel. The Press, however, re sponded by printing the case.in full, certified by the clerk of the county in whioh the proceedings were had, and the blatant Copperhead, convicted of the lie by his own pen, sank back again into oblivion and disrepute. Although a resident of New Jersey, this witless fellow is one of the leaders of the New York Peace party. What a sublime policy must be that which has for its advocates and prophets a bignmiit, a self-convioted swindler, a lottery dealer, an ex-propriet.br of a “model artist” den, and a “ Tombs lawyer ” and disgraced soldier! Comment is heedless. / GENTILITY IN LOW LIFE. A brutal affair, in which Mr. John Morrissey, pugilist and politician, is implicated, has again brought the name of this somewhat notorious gen tleman prominently before the public. On Satur day night he was set upon by an enthusiastic feiiow- Democrat, but demolished “ his man,’ in one round. . There is nothing very singular in such an occurrence* but what followed is perhaps worthy of note. An officer, who happened to be at hand while the fray was progressing, dubbed his way through the crowd and arrested both parties, Sheehan (the assailant) resisted, and his friends endeavored to rescue Mm, though unavailingly. Morrissey, how ever, submitted without a protest, and allowed himself to be looked up with the most nonchalant air imaginable. It is, perhaps, not amiss to speak a good word for a vagabond, when it can be justly done; and be it said, that Morrissey, brutal and aggressive as he is, both by nature and education, can be, at times, as inoffensive and order-loving. Once in a great while, “ the true spotin his heart” reveals itself. When the riotous, spirit of July was flying over neighbor* ing cities, like the breath of a pestilence, he stood out in defence of the poor negroes, against whom the accursed inquisitors of Treason and Intolerance were already driving their stakes and piling their fagots. In more than one instance, he has proved 'that the true man ia not altogether merged in the ruffian. The well-known Tom Hyer,-who fought but once, I believe, and then with Sullivan, affords an eminent example of a pugilist uniting the brutal wi}h the genteel in his oharaoter. Hyer is the strong man of the oity, and he bears the sobriquet of “ Gen tleman Tom,” and the reputation of a peaceable, whole-hearted man, who is always ready to side with the weaker party. A gambler by profession, he has saved many from wrecking life and fortune at his own table. It is an old story now, how Tom has taken some foolish youth aside, saying, ll You cannot afford to lose your money ; you work hard for it, or have a family dependant upon you for supp&rt. If you go tothe tablesyou will oertainly lose—and you can’t 1 play in my house.” I have heard the same thing ' from more quarters than one,and there seems to be no reason for disbelieving it. Hyer, as has been previously stated, is, or was, possessed of gigantic strength.' One night as he was sitting over wine, with a friend, a brawny ex- policeman, notorious for muscular powers as well as brutality, entered the room and .endeavored, by the vilest abuse, to pro? voke him into a fight. "Gentleman Tom’’ bore all the filthy vituperation in silence ; but, when his chair was kicked from under him, he struck his as sailant three blows in the face, and left him lying senseless on the floor. The story of this affray gives a full insight into the character of the man, and shows how slow he is in the employment of his physical powers. Another of the fraternity is Mr. William KHulU gan, who, Uke Morrissey, is somewhat of a paradox. William, when under the influence of liquor; is es sentially wicked; but when sober, is not a danger ous man to meet with in one’s nocturnal rambles through- lonely streets. A few years ago he quite won .the public heart by administering a sound thrashing to the notorious Captain de Riviere, whose elopement to this city with a Southern heir ess, Miss Blount, of Mobile, created such a sensa tion at the time of Its occurrence. Be Riviere was a vagabond of the most positive kind; and an ego tist of high order. One evening he made some bru-- tal remark regarding Northern ladies, whioh the gallant William took up. A brief skirmish there upon ensued, in which the Captain was badly used. He challenged William, and William obstinately accepted; but Be Riviere skulked, unfortunately for the cause of civilization—for Mr. Mulligan is an excellent shot—and is near in close brotherhood and aotive sympathy with the Southern rebellion; at least, so says Madame Rumor. Such episodes are significant of redeeming traits— deeming, at least, in the eyes of the public, whioh, 'circlMgh a strict judge, isalways willing to admit welght ffl5 ea “i mitigation, and to give them the Chriahnasfe“ rve> and muoh nrnr. ■'’fissed off with Its usual merriment .Patromzed totog tt^ e 3kattae nn "''- - flowed at nivif ® " premia? OCcurr'ence's j and";, b-ntmss oorns, the good, tWie.out its lift. 1 it Ja anoounsed that “Ai Pennsylvania Regiments Coining Home as Veterans. To the Editor of The Press; Sis: Jefferson Davis, in a speech at the outset of our present difficulties, said to his co-workers in treason : “All the Southern blood that will be shed in this war I can hold in the hollow of my hand.” Finding himself a false prophet, as well as a false man, he "seeks his reputation where he lost it,” and prophecies anew in a proclamation, in whioh he assureshis desponding ‘'Confederacy” that if they will hold out a little longer, the time of the origiaal and staunch Federal regiments will have expired, and the army will disband without a hope of Mr. Xdncoln ever being able to raise another. “Volun teerings” says Davis: “is at an end, and conscrip tion dare not be appealed to.” Strange ,to say, there are many who believe a'l this nonsense, although at the present moment our gallant soldiers are re-eniisting in greater numbers than can be with safety spared to go home in ac cordance with the order granting thirty days fur lough to veteran regiments. > In General Geary’s division six regiments—the 29th and lllth Pennsylvania, 29th and 66th Ohio, 60th and 78th New York—have already been re mustered as veteran troops. The 29 th Pennsylvania and 66th Ohio are on their way home, to return in thirty days, after reporting to the Governors of their respective States. Three other regiments have re-enlisted nearly the three-fourths neoessary to re ceive the benefits of the order. The arm; In other department! are no lets active in volunteering. When they shall have returned to the field re-invigorated and recruited, our soldiers will te irresistable. The time is not far distant when Mr. Davis will be unable to save himself from the just vengeance of the army which he has so often slandered. Our army will finish itself the work it has so nobly began. . Let our fellow citizens join these brave veterans who have fought under the good old flag for years, and help them to crush the nowshattered Confederacy. Fill up the ranks of these gallant organizations which have been depleted upon the battle-field. ’ Bespeotfully, E. Nashville, Tbnn., Deo. 25, 1863. Thb Mubdbbbr of Gen. McCook.—We are in formed by an officer who was confined in one of the prisons at Cincinnati, that while Morgan was in the neighborhood of that city, an old gentleman came in and inquired of General Morgan’s officers “if there was such an offloer in his command as Captain Gurley.” The offloer addressed replied that there wasnot. 11 Well,” says the old man, “loan sleep;, but I had determined, if Captain Gurley was in your c6mmand,'neither to eat nor sleep until I had revenged myself in his blood for the murder of my ion.” The old gentleman remained a few moments longer, talking of his former deeds of valor and the service he had done his country during the war, with his splendid repeating rifle,'although the duties of his office as paymaster has not required his presence in the field. When he rose to depart, he remarked that he was sorry that Captain Gurley wasnot with General Morgan, for he had resolved to wreak his vengeance oh him, even ifhehadbeenaprisoner: but as he was not with the command, he supposed he would have to kill somebody else of Morgan’s command. When he had gone, Dr. Miller, surgeon for Dick Morgan’s regiment, asked the Yankee officer of the day who that man was. The officer replied, in some , astonishment A his ignorance, “ Why, sir, this is the great Major Dan McCook, the father of the ‘fighting McCooksl supposed every body knew Major McCook.— Atlanta Ijitaligencer. Injustice op Courts Martial—Eomance in Heal IjiffK.—The Washington Republican, comment* ing on an artiole In a New York paper, cay«: “ The author of the artiole ought to know by this time that courta,martial do not alwaya arrive at correct conclusion!.- For instance, not many days since in formation reached, the Freaident that a young man, belonging to the Army of the Potomac; had been sentenced by court martial to be shot for desertion. The boy wai doomed to die in a few. hours when, the despatch was received. No time was to be lost. A telegram was sent to General Meade suepending.the execution. An examination of the case was ordered by the President, when it was ascertained that the. young man ought tohave bean promoted long ago for gallant and meritorious service, instead.of being shot! It appeared that upon the march of the Army of the Potomac towards Maryland, on the occasion of I.ee'a first raid northward, the young man alluded to became exhaiistediland fell but of the ranks, and; as soon as he reooveced, he proceeded on after his regiment, but not finding it, and there being np time to lose, he fell into the ranks of another roglment, 'nd fought gallantly at South Mountain and Antie -c, .and was wounded in the last-named battle, was sent to. a hospital, whioh fact, by the ab 'rT amujEcr.avatam in such oases, did not reach icers ofnirwatoent.- At last he was arrested lesestar, tried,Tfedwued, and was about to it, when, by the IntefKßeoaajjjfctbaJExeoutive, fa:was saved, and a young K&uhaitHy gon- Ids.to anignomipiQUll death, W-M NMgpty » SohOWi ■ ’ 'A ■'¥,» er," has arrive, d among us, and will- remain, Torn, short time, gfc'hhe Theatre Francals. Who •* Aco. fribaa” Is, no ose seema to know; but his name for cibly reminds c-ra gif the unostentatious one of “ Don Santiago Olbhtsoa ise,” the eminent posturlat, whose real nanus was “Jake Gibbons." Probably •‘Aoofribas” is come Peter Smith, Speaking of peculiar , names, reminds me of some, singular ones rejoiced In by citizens of New York—although l am not sure that I have not recorded them In a previous letter. Chew Snebly Is a lawyer, while D. Akassls a locksmith, and J. OBirey an upholsterer. Aeon, fusion of the two Initial letters of, the latter names would Induce, the most deplorable results. No novelties seem to be underlined at our thea. tres for the approahing' year, and (the air of the green-rooms are becoming stagnant, Wallaok is playingthe ohanges upon the standard belles comedies, and reviving Buokstone, Enswles, O’Keefe, and the elder dramatists. The opera troupe of Max Maret zek is at the Aoademy of Music. The Florences remain at the Winter Garden, with the *• Tioket-of- Leaye Man.” Mr. and bits. Williams still hold Niblo’s Garden, and repeat their trite Irish dramas, A statue to Bobert Fulton will probably be erect ed, in Trinity. Church yard, during the coming year. The design for it—a very magnificent one, by the way —is now on exhibition, and excites much interest. NORTH CAROLINA. Rebels Claiming the President's. Fardon- Bloclrade Running at Wilmington. Nbw Yokk, Dec. 28:—The following intelligence from North Carolina hae'been reoeived by an arri val at this port: NmviiEr.H, Dec, 33.— Thu new oath or allegiance has been administered to a number of rebel officers and soldiers who have recently dome Into our lines, by which they accept the pardon offered by the Pre sident. They bring intelligence,that a large number who sire still in the rebel army will do likewise at their earliest opportunity. They also state that the Wilmington papers announce. the arrival at that port of blockade-running steamers in great num bers. A refugee who has just reached here, says that twenty-three vessels had arrived there on the night before he left. The plan of leasing out the abandoned plantations in Eastern North Carolina, as adopted by Hon. Da vid Heaton; supervising agent of the -Treasury De partment at. this place, is proving Kgreat success to the Department, as well as of great benefit to the la boring classes of both colors. The Great Iron-clad Frigate Dictator. This great largest Iron-clad in the world, was launched at New York on Saturday. The following description is interesting < It having been frequently stated that the Dicta tor is. an ocean iron-olad, the impression prevails that she resembles the New Ironsides, and other vessels built for the purpose bf going to sea. This is not so. The Dictator has none of the parapher nalia of such ocean vessels as we are in the habit of looking at in our harbors. She has none of the tali bulwarks, no masts, no rigging, no capstan on deck—nothing, in fact, that looks like an ordinary ship. A tall maa could almost dip his hands into water from her deck, on which a game of base ball might be played even with the turret on. THE HULL. The dimensions of the hull of the vessel are as follows : Extreme length over all, 3U feet; the aft overhang, being 31 feet, and forward overhang 13. it leaves 260 feet between perpendiculars; extreme breadth 50 and depth 2 %% feet. Unlike the original monitors, and the monitors that are now in course of construction, the Dictator is almost exclusively iron, her frames, beams, beiog of that metal. A person looking at her in the river can form no idea of her appearance when she is completely out of water. If an ordinary ship were lifted up, and an immense shelf of ll feet of iron placed on the top of her deck overhanging for a space of some four feet on each side, she would resemble the Dictator. Every frame and beam is fastened ia the most secure manner, and we believe the bolts are all put in red hot to render them sufficiently tight, The frames are put together in the same manner as those of the Montank and Passaic; but they are much more formidable, some parts of them bein* double. The skin of the ship—that Is, the covering of the frames—is of wood, put on in slabs lengthwise, each beam being about 14>r inches square. These wooden slabs are fastened to the iron frame with screw bolts, which have no nuts, thus rendering it impossible for an; such occurrence to take place as that by which the lamented Captain Rogers lost his life. This wooden skin is no less than three feet sin inches in thickness. The magnitude of this surface can only be understood when we state that the hull of an ordinary European steamer does not measure more than eighteen to twenty inches in so that, without the outside armor at all. the hull of the Dictator is nearly twice as thick as that of the Persia. Both forward and aft there are inserted in these wooden slabs immense blocks of iron to make them still more formidable and powerful. The length of the hull, in the oase of this vesiel, is the entire length of the ship, as a man esn stand on the extreme end of the bow and stern. Taking into ac count the wmal slope of the sea, the Dictator could not be seen four miles off. THE ARMOR, The armor ol the original Monitor consisted of Qi inches of Iron, laid on in tingle plates, each one incn thick.. That of the Warrior consisted of 4J4 inches of ironTaid on in a solid slab like our own iron-olad frigate Koanoke. The French frigate Gloire had also inches of iron laid on-in a solid slab. Now the Dictator has on hsr sides alone 11 inches of iron, and 5 inches of this is in one solid beam, somewhat like the Warrior, the Gloire, and the Boanoke, ex ccpt-tbfet tbe plates or tne^aiter 'rrcx-e-in-Y-ory-ietraa slabs, while those of the Dictator are in beams 6 bv 3 Inches. Over these 6-inch blocks of iron are six 1-inoh platds of iron—making altogether an armor of II inches of iron, the same dimensions as the armor of a turret of the original Monitor, the Passaic. Montauk, Ac. 1 . The armor begins at the deck, and goes down only six feet,, which takes it about four feet below water: so that the deck of the ocean iron-clad Dictator will only be about two feet over water. Below this ar mor there is 22 feet of the ship, only two feet of which iB oovered by the 11 inches of iron mail. There are, therefore, 18X feet of the hull which has only a skin on of one-inch iron plate. The weight of the armor is about 626 tons—the burden of a pretty large;sized steamer. At six cents a pound the armor would coßt about $63,000, without workman ship. HOW SHK WIT.T. BE STRRJtKO. The most untraveled individual knows how ves sels are steered. “ The man at the wheel ” has be fore him a compass, the hands of which point to the different parts of the globe. In the iron-clads this impracticable, the needle refuses to do its accustomed business surrounded by such masses of iron as are in each turret, acts sluggishly, and is in fact perleotiy useless. Several means have been adopted to remedy this inconvenience, the most successful of them being that now in use. It is no other than by the help of a looking-glass. The helmsman stands with the wheel in his hands, and before him is a mirror. Seven feet above his head, situated in a copper pipe, lifted above the pilot housey is the compass, which directs the course of the vessel. Thiß compass is so arranged that the movement of itß hands is reflected in the mirror, and thus will the Dictator be steered. THE RAM. The ram is the finest piece of mechanism aboard the ship. The ram proper is twenty-two feet of solid oak and iron; unlike the Keokuk, which protruded frbm the bottom of the hull, near toe keel. This ex tends from the top of the deck, being, as it were, an extension of the entire armor of the ship. Another advantage in this ram is that it could be carried away without any material damage or injury to the vessel, and without her making water. A Successful CartflryExpedition—Destruc tion of Manufactories, Wagons, and Tan neries—A. March, of 135 Miles Poultry Captured for Christmas. [Correspondence of the New Tork.Tribane. ] WASBhfOTON,- Dec. 27, 1862. Tour correspondent with the army sends the fol lowing: Bbalton Station, Dec, 2T— P. M. On Monday, Dec. 21, the lit Maine Caralry, Col. Smith, accompanied by the 2d, 6th, and IGth PeAneylvania Cavalry, left Realtors Station at noon; and marched rapidly to Sulphur. Springs,* where, after, a short halt, they prooeededf to AmiMville, where*lhe advance guard of the expedition-charged upon amnall party or rebels, capturing one prisoner. Reaching GHkinet crosu-Koads, another small' party of gueriEa&were discovered and driven te the moun tains. Pushing on, the expedition reaohed Sperryvllle. where a ■mall rebel force held Thornton Gap, snd offered considerable resistance to our troops, but were finally obliged to beat a preolpitate retreat. On the night : orthe 23d our forces were encamped within four mUerof the neat little town of Srnray. During the night'our pickets were attacked by a portion of guerillas, A short skirmish satisfied them that prudence was the better part of valor, and they retreated, carrying off their wounded. At daylight on the 23d instant the expedition cn* countered a feeble picket force in front of lauray, a stronger force being stationed in the town. A gal lant charge scattered them in &U directions, and a number of prisoners feir into our hands. Two de serters entered our lines at this point. At Lurayy Colonel O. H. Smith, commanding the expedition, sent officers to examine the posboffioe, jail, and other public buildings. A number of conscripts had' been removed from the jail, upon learning of our approach. Orders were given for the destruction of a three story building, used as an extensive saddle and harness manufactory, and stored with cavalry and artllleiy stock and equipments. Adjoining;,this building a large tannery, tilled with raw and finished stock, to the value of several hundred thousaffirdol laie, was burned and otherwise destroyed. On the return mareh, five other tanneries were de stroyed by fire, with their contents, between Duray and Sperryville. Near Sperryvllle, a -two-horse sutler wagon was captured, containing a rebel mail angla: quantity of 'medicines and dry goods. This team was on its way from the Upper Potomac to the rebellines. STUYYESAtfrr. At Little Washington a charge was made upon a gang of Moseby’s men. resulting in killing one and capturing another. The entire expedition reached its camp on Christmas eve, well supplied with poultry for their nhristmas dinner, having marched one hundred and twenty* fire miles, inflicting a serious blow to the enemy, and capturing a number of prisoners, without the slightest casualty. The prisoners bad $7,000 in rebel ahinpl&sters when cap tured. I shall send a detailed account of this in teiesting and important expedition by mail. [Correepor deuce of the New Orleans Bra ] Bkownsvielk, Tuesday, Deo. 8,1863. — With the appearance of the troops here, confidence returns to all loyal Americans, and to the Mexican authorities and people. Order is restored, honesty appreciated, and villainy punished. The abandoned houses, which inolude nearly all in the town, are occupied. The country, for one hun dred miles back, and to above Roma, about two hundred miles up the river, is visited by our scouts, and rebel property, wherever found, taken into our poesesßlon. Three steamers, belonging to rebel owners, but covered by sham sale to a Mexican citizen, were secured by negotiation, and are now in Government employ, where it is hoped they will re* main.. COL. DAYIB TAKES A SHORT TRIP INTO THE IN- Col. Davis, of the let Texas Cavalry, returned from up the river two days since. ; A large number of mulee, horses, and beeves returned with him, hav ing entered the United States aerviceat various rebel ranches on the route. These patriotic animals oame in laden with forage for “future usefulness.” A large lot of cloth, of significant gray color, and also considerable cotton, were taken. This is merely a “forced loan” from the unsettled estate, of the “C. S. AJf “ King Cotton” when liberated, is as proud as ever, but he is “sadly out at the elbows.” The departure of Gen. Banks was much regretted, but it is not much felt, aa the command is efficiently controlled by his able representative, Maj. Gen. Dana, who is, “in all good word and work, diligent in season ana out of season.” He is not at all liked by some of our “deluded Southern brethren,” who call him another “Beast Butler.” It it true the General has “made war on women and children,” by requiring a too flippant rebel lady to take the oath. He has refused to discuss the rights of a violent rebel, who desires to live here in the prosecution of his business without swearing alle giance. He has returned a present, with the caustic reply that, coming from a traitor, the bribe for favor was too small to purchase a general officer of the United States; and he has fined an officious meddler of “itinerant politics”—for what offence la not known, as on the Bame day the man advised a party to refuse the national currency, got drunk, insulted our courteous provost marshal, Capt. Altman, and was kicked out of doors by Capt. Speed, of the Ist Texas Cavalry. . It is presumed he was fined for getting kicked—while retreating. Gov. Hamilton and his staff officers visited Gov. Serna, of Tamaulipas, at Matamoras, three days since, upon invitation, as Genß. Banks and Dana had done a few days before, and were received as they were, with a salute of fifty guns, and hand somely entertained by the Governor at his house. Goy. Serna welcomed Gov. Hamilton in a speech, to which Gov. Hamilton replied. . Tile Threatened Raid on tile Maine Border. THE PROGRAMME OP THE REBELS IN THE BRITISH The St. Croix Herald, published at Calais, near the borders of New Brunswick, states that much excitement exists there in consequence of apprehen sions of a contemplated raid, by rebel agents and “roughs” of St, John and vicinity. The Herald Bays: we were reliably informed when in St. John, a few day b ago, that the programme of rebel opera tions consisted not only in the taking of the Chesa peake, but aIBO the steamer New England, and then making a raid upon the towns on the border, rob bing the basks and committing general destruction by fire, robbery, fee. The failure to take the New England rather strengthened the impression that the raid : on the borders would be attempted, and ac cordingly on Thursday night the people here and at Esstport organized for home defence. There was any number of the citizens ready to volunteer, and every effort was made to give the invaders a warm reception. A company of about seventy men was raised for the emergency, consist ing of nine-months-men and State Guards, under the command of Captain Hint. Their rendezvous w»b at the armory. Squads of the men'were de tailed for picket duty at the several bridges and other exposed stations leading from New Bruns wick, through which channel the rebels intended to find their way into our city. ' At intervals during the night of Thursday, as re* poits came in to the headquarters from the various outposts, intense excitement was manifested, and strong hopes were entertained that if the invaders were really coming they would come then and there. The night was stormy and the guards, notwith standing they were unaccustomed to the service, entered into the work with much zeal and enthu siasm. Between three and four in the morning a fire broke out and destroyed an old building some where in the rear of the town of St. Stephen. It was thought by some that it was intended as a decoy, but it didn’t take, as the guards had orders not to leave the city. It was supposed that some suspicious persons, the advanced guard of the enemy’s forces, were prowling about the city, and the provost marshal was directed to make a search at the Exchange, where the suspected men were stopping, but there was nothing discovered that would implicate the parties. Toward morning the guards descried some men lurking about the post office, but no arrests were made. Thus ended the first night of the watch for the in vaders. Their non-appearance was regretted, as many of our boys were “spiliu’ ” for a fair fight, and unless the raiders had come in overwhelming numbers but few of them would have lived to tell the tale of their adventure. Men have since been detailed nightly for the service, and the tread of armed men through our Btreets at the midnight hour has recently become one of the features of life on the border. At Eastport the citizens are also wide awake, and a large force patrol the streets and guard the town nightly. . There can be no doubt, from information received on the subject from various sources, that such a raid as we have been preparing for has been and is in actual contemplation. It will not do to slumber, as we are yet by no means seoure from danger. The great attraction of the day, in Paris, is to be found at the Cirque Napoleon, where every one goes to see the AraD troupe. It consists of twenty six clowns, of bronze and swarthy hue, who go through a variety of postures, of exeroises and ma noeuvres, which impress one with the idea that their limbs are formed of caoutchouc. The leaps they take, the bounds they make, the wild and daring gestures of these extraordinary denizens of the desert/ have--aomething almost preternatural in them.- Their savage yells, their piercing screams, . joined with 'their lire of musketry, are almost too - 'powerful for the possessor of a moderate nervous" system. There are two of herculean form, a negro and an African, who perform together feats of strength, who grasp each other'and intertwine their muscular limbs in so many shapes as to make one doubt that they were not created together. Then the whole party form pyramids of immense height, making one almost giddy to look upon them; they then 'place themselveß la various attitudes, appa rently bound together, reminding one of the idols of India, where a hundred heads and a hundred arms appear in one mighty mass. After their marvellous exhibition, a dwarf goes through, with wonderful agility, a variety of. equestrian performances, fitted to be immortalized by Boa (faultier in his delightful -Spanish ballads, from Astley’s. The dwarf is a hide ous fellow; he has,, no resemblance to the well shaped form of the irascible Sir Jeffry Hudson, to that of the polished Count Poniatowski, nor the happily married General Tom Thumb. His head is large, his note is crushed, his legs are short and deformed, whilst his body.iß.that of a large man; he is some what of the gnome, and is of the breed that Paul Veronese delighted to paint as devouring food under the table of the great with eats and dogs. He is, however, in his way, a wonderful little" creature; Is perreot master of. a horse, leaping about him in every variety of way; one moment looking like a monkey on the back.of a Camel, another pirouetting upon his neck, There.is a grotesque wildness In every move ment, and he seems to partake of the cat, the mon key, and the.bear. Anothee Eehaie Soldiek.— Lizzie Compton, a bright young lady of sixteen, arrived In the oity yesterday from Bardstown, where she had been en camped with her regiment, 11th Kentucky Cavalry, of whioh she has been a member for several months Sast. Her.hlstory, during the past eighteen months, i strange and romantic. She has served, in Beven different regiments, and participated in several bat tles, At Fredericksburg she was seriously wounded, but recovered, and followed the fortunes, ef war, whioh cast her from the Army of the-Potomac to the Army of Cumberland. She foughtdn the battle of Green River Bridge, on the Fourth.of July laat, and received a wound which dlsablad.herfor a short time. She has been discovered andmuatered out of the service seven or eight times, buMmmediatoly re/ enUatedin another regiment. She- states that hqr home 4s in London, Canada West, and that her r,*. rents are now living in that place. This young eM has seryed a term of eighteen months in the TiS and, were it not that Bhe dreads the annoya'jme nf being detected and inußtered out, she wou) A enter the service again. She waß tent to this oity. by the officer In com mand at Bardstown to be again muaterej out, and is now at Barrack No. 1, awaiting ord'ws.—Louis ville Journal. .. " . Tee Richmobd-.Exassibbb of Deoembßr I9th ap pears to be coining to a true sense 'of the condition of the Confederacy. It says: " T’ne adjective ‘Don fcderacy,’ as. applied to the Various make-ahlfts rendered necessary by the war, is quite the reverse - of complimentary. Confederate coffee is roasted rye, Confederate paper is -only fit for wrapping parcels, Confederate swordji are as harmless as if they were made of lead. Confederate notes are treated aa if they no more valuable than oaaSle'tl^htqts,’’-- THREE CENTS. ARMF OF THE POTOMAC. THE WAR IN TEXAS Matters at Brownsville. DEPARTURE OP GEN. BANKB, WHY THE REBELS DISLIKE GEN. DANA. COURTESIES TO GOV. SERNA. PROVINCES. All Arab Troupe ill Paris. TOEXfi WAlt PftEISS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLTd~*\ Ths WAa Rush wW be « en fc to sabsorlW&fcy mail (per annum in sdvancelat.......... I.TOff Throe copies. a ff# Fivecoples 8 Off I'encopies. Off li&rgor Club, than Tea wttt be charged at the same rate.ll.so per copy. Tfis moneu must altsai/e accompany the order, a off' in no instance can (hist terms be deviated from, as (fees’ afford vert/ little morefttan the cost Of paper. ' Postmasters are recreated. to act aa’Anttiiuj fist Thb Was PsEaa. * PS* To the nttor-np of the Club of tail or twenty, m extra copy of the Paper will be given. PEKSOIVAL. r~ Adelina Patti teems to be getting out of favor in the continental capital.. At Vienna .he waa M littl.o appreciated that the iUieetors of the Pragu* Theav'te thought it would prove a bad speoulatiott to engage her. The Germans say she is .wanting in eenttmeL't. At Berlin, notwithstanding the crowds' that night'ly attend the Yiotorla Theatre, they rarely mention th,' once favorite Patti, —The grai id national review of the Italian fleet' before King y iotor Emmanuel took place at Naples on the fifteent.ff ultimo, upon a most magnificent .sale, ealling forth great enthusiasm. The beautUtf bay was crowded \ vith boat., and the whole popula tion of the city, arid many thousand visitors, wit newredthe spectacle i'om the shore. Mrs. Davis, the wire or “ Jeff,” it It ealfl, dresses very plainly, an A usually walk, when .he goes out. When .he do, to ride it is in a plain ear. riage, ’drawn by two hors, M ® E<l driven by a negro, who ifar the most con. sequential personage' of the two. She ha. had many * rioh dresses and seme superb articles of jewelry een t to her by the friends of “ Jeff” in Europe, but the '«« »he seldom wears, except upon state occasions, i. very rarely goea to places of amusement, hut is ai 'ways seen with hoc husband at church, The celebrated violinist Sivt «■ i» going to "be married to MUe Hortense Gamain, pf the Gymnast*, a favorite aotress and very pretty, and who tho roughly appreciates the money-mak tng instrument of her Intended, every tone of which! '* almost a for tune. Q,ueea Victoria has sent three guit ’**« ns a pro* sent to Martha Reid, a free- school girl i uSootiamL The iittle mi, 3 is. but thirteen years o. * age, and wrote some verses entitled ” Albert the G ood." . —The London Gatsette says that her Msjcs ty QueM Victoria' has been graciously pleased to n omlnato and appoint his Highness Seramudl Eaiab. re, Hits, doetan Baj-Bajender Sree Maharajah Dhet Wfei So waeeßam Sing, Bahadoor of Jyepore, and bis High, ness Fuizund Dilbund Basekool Itahqad Don dub*. Engliehia Bajah Suroop Sing, Bahadoor of Jhi teat,' to be Knights of the most exalted Order of theater of India. The Army and-Ufovy Journal or last week o» »• tained the following items—“BrigadieoGeasmt Sherman, who lost one of his lege in action, and has,!, in consequence, been detained from 'the field for "V several months, will soon be'ready to return to ac tive duty. Though the ltmb was amputated above the knee, Messrs. Selpho - & Son, of this city, have succeeded in adapting to it one of their riding legs, made after the same pattern as that worn by the lata Marquis of Anglesey!- So' successful arti* Scial substitute, that General Sherman was able to use the limb on horseback even at his first attempt, which he made at a riding.school in this city. Ha was able to mount and dismount without assist, anoe, and sat his horse firmly, keeping full command of the animal and riding with rapidity and grace. To those who are aware of .the difficulties to be over* come in adapting an artificiai limb to a short stump, the success of Mr., Selpho will be a matter of our. prise and gratification.” . —A new series of Humboldt’s correspondence hfta just appeared, much more satisfactory to the ad_ mirers of the philosopher than his letters to Yam hagen Yon Ensi, published two or three years since- It comprises his letters to Heinrich Barchaus, the celebrated physical geographer, and extending as it does from 1825 to 1855, forms a complete history of geographical science and discovery for a period ex ceeding thirty years. There is yet a chance that Humboldt’s library may be secured for the United States. After his death a liberal offer was made for it by Dr. Cogswell, in behalf of the Astor Library, but he was outbid by Mr. Henry Stevens, the Ame rican-literary agent in London, who became the purchaser. Mr. Stevens is now in the Unite* States for the purpose of disposing of the collec tion , and has printed a sumptuous catalogue raUonne of its contents, which 1b in itself a valuable literary monument. In spite.or the high rates of exchange, the great abundanee of money renders it probable that this library—peculiarly important to America —will speedily find a purchaser. Pen and Ink Sketches of United State* Senators* A "Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati ■ Commercial, writing an account of the recent debate on Mr. Sumner’s resolution, requiring an oath of loyalty from Senators and officers of the Senate be fore entering on their duties, gives the following sketches of a few Senators who were percent oc prominent on that occasion: Mb. Saulsbury.— Mr. Saulsbury is a man- of very fine personal appearance, about forty years of age. He is above themedium height, rather stoutly built. His hair is jet black, his eyes keen, piercing, and well adapted to flashing anger in the face of an opponent. His face is large, and may be termed handsome. He wears neither whiskers nor mous tache. He dresses neatly, in fine broad-cloth. He is a good speaker, uses* choice language, and enun ciates distinctly. He is not altogether free from the imputation of vanity, I should say, from the num ber ol times he looks at the galleries, with an air ol “How do you-like it? Wouldn’t my opponent be better offif he hadn’t said anything?” Mr. Bayard. —Mr. Bayard is about twenty years older than his colleague, a very, pretty figure, rather inclined to corpulency. His hair is quite gray, an* what little there is of it is J parted in the middle. Time has furrowed his face quite deeply. He speaks with very little animation, and at times there is considerable of a whine in his utterance. He was recently re-elected to the Senate, and it now de volves upon him to take the recenttomresdribed oath, or be expelled from that body. He will take-the oath, though not with much relish, Mr. Sumner,— Mr. .Sumner’s personal appear ance has been so often described that I will not make one of my poor attempts to convey to the reader an idea of how this eminent statesman and scholar' looks on the floor of the Senate. It would not re quire a very good judge of human nature to point him out as he sits at his desk, whether reading, writing, or listening to the remarks of another Sena tor, as “the noblest Roman of them all.” There is something about him that cannot fail to impress any man of ordinary intelligence with the faot that he is no tricky politician, no psuedo-Btatesman. no mere socialist. But when he rises to an <m« promptu speech, he disenchants you, and you cannot help asking yourself, or somebody near. “Is that Sumner"? Certainly it can’t be he who iB making such a poor attempt on such a trivial aubjectl” But it is even Charles Sumner, the profound sohol&r, the great thinker, and one of the poorest off-hand speakers m the Senate. It is because he is such a great thinker and such a profound student, and, per haps, too, that one is apt to expect so much front him, that he impresses you so unfavorably when a Question is suddenly sprung upon him, for which he has had no time for thought or researoh. -Mb. Fessenden isjone of the keenest debaters in the Senate—always prepared, no matter what sub ject is brought up; always ready‘to give sound, logical views, no matter what the topic under dis cussion. The most difficult antagonist to overcome, and the safest guide to follow. Mr McDougall hails from California: was elected as a Union man, but has taken to Peace Democra cy and bad whisky; is very eccentric, and usually very drunk; comes into the Senate chamber booted and spurred fora horse-race or a cavalry raid. Mb. Sherman— The young Senator from Ohio, the rising man of the Senate, has a high appreciation of the value of time, and never attempts to argue a point when he knows he cannot hope to change a vote by eo doing. Makes few speeches, and good ones. Is energetic and zealous in the discharge of every duty assigned to him. Ben Wade— Rough, unpolished, but honest aud capable. Talks strongly, when he does talk, which is seldom. Is said to be somewhat of au anti-slavery man. ' Mr. Powell.— Evidently intended for a farmer, and not for a Senator. Is very fond of quibbling, and has a word to say against everything proposed by the Administration party. His remarks would be'more acceptable if more grammatical. _ Jim Lane— Very quiet and unobtrusive for a jayhawker. Is not often heard from, yet was heard from once too often when he attempted to make a reformation in Wall street. Mb. Spbaghe will not make a very profound im pression bb a statesman or.an orator. He has more wealth than genius, and can accomplish more with the former than the latter. V Mx. Labe, os- Indiana.— Honest and faithful. Not very ambitious, and not very desirous of publia ' applause. A good worker, but not an extraordinary speaker. Me, Hebdbicks— A peaceable member of the Peace party. Says little, but always votes wrong. Hydrophobia—A Horrible Case. (From the Watertown (IT. T. 1 Journal. 1 A very horrible case of this disease lately oc curred in the town of Adams. Mr. Jas. H. Kenyon, a man forty-two years of age, was bitten by a mad dog last June, in thstownofHedfield, Oswego coun ty. At the time he thought very little about it, not knowing that the dog was mad until several daya alter, Time passed on, and Mr. Kenyon said but little about It to any one until about ffve or sikdays before his death. He first noticed an itching sensation on the thumb -which had been bitten by.the dog; whenever he rubbed the sensitive portion, oold. chills would in stanly pass over his whole body. This was on Sun day. - On Monday he felt cold chills aga n ; he then mistrusted that he was having the hydrophobia, yet - be took a. aweat/and an Tuesday went out and worked some. On Wednesday he was taken with vomiting, which continued nearly all day. 1 Thursday he was snappish and cross to those about him, and that night Mr. Jeremiah Parker waa called. At thia time Kenyon was having-slight fits ' once in three or four minutes. He talked rationally, and said that he was unable to control himself, and did not know what he might be led to do ; and there fore he wiahed to be tied to the bed. This waa done. as he had requested. In his convulsions he tore the feather and atraw beds into pieces, and threw himseli from one aide of the bed to the other, seemingly as qutok as light ning, moving, at the same time,.the bedstead twelve or eighteen inches each way,/this while he was lashed to the bed. He could not endure to have *. drop of water even in the room, and if any was of fered him he immediately went Into convulsion!:.. He now was in the greatest agony, and plead with the doetor to bleed him to.,death. He died about seven o'clock on Friday morning, six months from the time he was first bitten,. Another Joliusou’slsland Plot—The Rebels taEstape oii the Ice. [From the Cleveland Herald, 24fh.] It is reported .that intelligence has reached the au thorities of another plot to release the reb«l priso ners on Johnson’s.bland and take them over to Canada, after doing what mischief they cas/on this ‘ side. The exact details erf the information have not been divulged, but it is believed that the, leading features af tha plet are as follows: The ice ianow'making rapidly in the lake, and if the present weather continues there will, soon be a safe p&ti&go across tbo lake from Point Ffll&H Gan&«' da, by the Way of Point Pelee Island, and; the Ame rican oluater of ialands, to Danbury township, on the peninsula closing in Sandusky From the mainland of Danbury township to Johnson’s Island ■ (Bull Island) is only half a mile. Th9,.plan is to get. a sufficient number of desperate men. over from Cm ' nsda secrete them in the woods o£ Danbury town* ■hip and signal the prisoners. At a concerted sis. nal a simultaneous attack will be made on the guards by the prisoners within the enclosure and their frftnds without. K the movement is successful, the rebels will then arm themselves, destroy the Government establish ments on the island, proceed.to Sandusky, and burn it down, seize everything they can 'carry off, andl then either continue'their work of destruction in ' Ohio, or make a straight course for Canada across the ice. It is said the rebel sympathizers in Ohio have full intelligence of the proposed plot. . In this juncture the inquiry comes upas-to the posi tion of the United States steamer Michigan, witk her powerful armament. For some inexplicable reason she has been taken to Brie, where she can he of no possible asrvioe. and has been laid up for the winter. Why the Michigan should ever make Erie' her headquarters has always been a mystery; but the fact of her wintering at that plaoe, when her presence is so urgently needed to'overawe the rebel prisoners, and protest the lake border trqm retjel e/ir saffitß,U a puszle part finding ots,
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