THE PRESS, * PUBLISHED DAILY tSTODAYS KWJHPTBM BY JOHN W. YOBSfKY. omofi, No. IXI SOUTH POUBTH BTBBBT. tiik dawt PRESS, FIPTBEN Cents Pee Week. payable to the carrier; mailed to Subscribers out of tke oity at Bntbn Dollabb upi Asrwirsr- TbbßE DOU.ABB AND Flt'TT ObNTS Ceß 6CX Months; Ohs Domab and SavßNTr pirß Cents re. Thbeb Months, Invariably in advanoo for the time or* dered. AdvertiMments Inserted at the usual rates. Six Xiao* conatttute a suu&re. TICK TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, _ to SralMerltoris oral tL. At - POOTt POTiTiftlti^ f>p« annum/la attvajice. ■ _. 4 - commission houses. IABMY AND NAVY OLOTHB. t WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS’ CLOTH HOUSE, WO. 81 South SECOND ana 93 btTBAWBBBBY BTB. 2 ABUT AND NAVY. OlVn. LIST. 4-4 Blue Flannels, Black Olotha - S.| Bark Bine Oaeslmerca. Do. Doeskine,! .{V4 do. do. Yauey Coating*, 3-4 Light Blue do. Do. Oaaslmere*. 6-4 do. do. Bsquiiaanx, i-4 Dark Bias Doeskina, Chinchillas, #•4 do. do. Soper Velvet*, -fi-4 Bine Clothe, . Boaalan Sablaa, 84 do. Castors, • Tricots, 8-1 do. Pilots, True Blues, -64 do. Beavers, Scarlets. 8-1 and t-4 Meltons, Billiards. Trimmings, &o. Bagatelles. Unexpectedly, wo kayo succeeded In replenishing our Stock -with some entirely Beer Styles of beautiful LOAKINGB. dea-Un TWrOTICB TO GRAIN DEALERS AND An bhipphbs. SO,OOO UNION A, SEAMLESS BAGS, BURLAP BAGS, OlallSlaea. for Com, Oate, Bone-dust, CoSea, As., arc tnannfadlured and for aale, for net oaan, by CHARLES J3. Q-RIGG, Ageni, to. 13T MJLKKBT Street iSuoad Starr). Lata ot H 9 Ohurei allar. 0022-&B XIHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTOHIN £S gov. Vo. II» CHBSWTOT STRUT. OOMmISSION MEKOHAHTSi .. .. TOXTHB SALBOT FHILiDBLPHIA-MADB GOODS. ■ ooK4b ' ~ iggAQBI BAGS t BAGS I NBW AND SECOND HAND. ■SAKLSSS. BURLAP, JUTS ffOKHY B AOS, OoatUatly on hut. i JOHN T, BAILEY 4 OOi, \ :, Ho. 1U JOXTH raom STXIST. ; mr wool backs roi ua. GBJtiTS. 9 FURNISHING GOODS, Brnbraeiiic *ll tlie latat noreltta*. Of TU« Mteatloa of (bo gablM l* ragoitfalUr io« Unted* SHIRTS MADS TO ORDBX. Si ABIES’ VCRS. FANCY FURS. JOHN FAKEIBA, *O. Tl* AJtOH BTEBET. BBLOW BIOH7H. Importer and Manufacturer ti D|r ES' FAN O t ED B S tftjuurtatnt ofTAWOT TUBS for Lidiw ui OUI - Unowwawltt*. *ad tmbmiiii *Y«rr T*rl»tr tint ■ will b* fiufoloMblt dorlß* th* pr««at kuob. All (old tti th* mußOflMtnnn’ inlet*, for tub. LmUm. pltat* Ol'rt.Jnt»tdl. oi7-4a (QPENINQ OP FANCY FOBS. Jj H N A. ST iH BA CO, IMPORTER ARB MAJTtJTAOTtJKBR 0? LADIES’ FANCY FURS, , wo. eao ARCH STREET, BBiOWTrUim niwf opts »(Pltndid *Sotkof LOIRS &ITO GHfiSBEN’B FURS, Whitt will bt told »t tba LOWEST GASH HUGER JJUBSI GEORGE V, VOIB&TH, SOS. *1» AMD *l7 ARCH STREET. lit HOW OPB* A FULL ASSORTMENT L A T> I E S * F U BS, Whish the attention of the public 1> Invited. sel7-4m CABINET ECRIfITIfKE. CABINET FURNITURE AND Bit. v LIARD TABLES^ MOORE & CAMPION, 5 No. Ml SOUTH SECOND STRESS, In connection with tholr extensive Cabinet business, ere now monufaetnrlng a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, Ud hive BOW OB band * Ml snpplvjlnished with flu MOORE 6t CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS. Whleh ue pronounced bp all who have need them to be superior to all other*. For the aunlity and finish of these Tables, the mana laetnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Onion, who are familiar with the character oftheir Work. . . sci 7 Css DRUGS. JJET CASH DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT tnlY-fp ; PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. LBGANT MIRRORS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT. NEW engravings, YIBTE OIL f AOTETOB, JUST RBOEIYHD. EARLE'S GALLERIES, NIB CHESTNUT STREET. noSU-tf WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. A HANDSOME VARIETY OF ABOVE r -*-Ooods, of superior t/uaCUI/, and at moderate price*, tent constantly on hand. 1 FAKE & BROTHER, Importers, dell-fptf 831 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. KXTILLIAM H, YEATON * 00. *» Ho. HOI South FRONT Street, " OofcHAJOTAOBB. . desirable Wine to the tr*d*. Also. 1.000 M *^K:»rri?;;n c « o e oi,Ac ~Ajrai •0 bbls Jersey Apple Brandy. (0,000 Havana Cigars, extra 4ns. Hoot A Chahdon Grand Tin Imperial. “ Green leal" Ihampagn*. Torethor with a In* assortment of Madeira, Sherry. fort. As. -I : ' . > f«2B-tf HLIVE -oil.—an invoice op CABSTAlrS’pnre OUn 0)1 jut reselyed mi Sill* CBuK*9.IjaKCARSTAIBB, Solo Agents, mbwaimut, *ndaiqkunTrstr*U. sji-~JaTOl— of. tha uau just landing. ix-II- EVANS A WATSON’S OTOE*. • BAUIU,n>, * ,JU " WSOHTH FOURTH STREET. rraiLAWH,rau. ta. >f Tiai-reoor satis *iw*n on A lA?T» rsrleVy bM. TOL. 7— NO. 129. p A R L O R F L> A Q S FRENCH SASH AND BELT BOXES, BYAXfB tS HABSAbbi dpa-tai 118 ABCB STBBBT. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS LOUIS LADOMUS & CO., DIAMOND DEALERS AND JEWELERS NO. 803 CHESTNUT ST. A Efsw and beautiful s&sortruent of DIAMOND FINGER RINGS, DIAMOND BREASTPINS, -DIAMOND BAR RINGS. DIAMOND: STUDS, and DIAMOND BBTB. AH of which Will lie sold at less than usual prices. * ■ ‘ WATCHES. Also on baud alarge and beautiful aesortmentof 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 baye instore a spleudid assortment of JEWELRY of all kinds,consisting In part of Sets of Jewelry, Brace lets, Sleeve Buttons, Seal Rinas, Studs, Gold Chains, &«., Ac. SILVER WARE. Silver Spoons, Forks, Ladles, Napkin Rings, besides a large variety of Fano-y Silver, suitable for HOLIDAY OR BRIDAL PRESENTS. de2l-tSI ' JJOLID ASY PRESENTS. G. BUSSELL, No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, JfS Would inyita attention to his well-selected *B% ■“itosk of FINE AMERICAN and IMPORTED®** WATCHES, DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY. SILVER WARE, fitO., SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS. deZ-Im £JOBNELIUS & BAKER, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, GAS FIXTURES, 710 CHESTNUT STREET, MANUFACTORY—SHI CHERRY STREET. del6-t3llf JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS, SCARFS, TIES, BX.TJFJt'JU&XIIS, GLOVES, \ ; _■ ...... EMBHQIDEBEI) SUSPENDERS, AT JOHN O. ARRISON’S, s Noa. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. deis-tf J?OR HOLIDAY GIFTS, IT U RSI XvdXTSICnA-X, BOXES, t HANDSOME INLAID AND PLAIN CASES. OPERATIC AIRS, BALLADS, POLKAS, WALTZES, AO. A Handsome Variety at Moderate Prices. FARR A BROTHER, 33* CHESTNUT STREET, del2-atuftde3l-3t BELOW FOURTH. A HOBDAY PRESENTS. |fj| jacob“harlei, (Successor to [Stauffer & Harley.) No. 622 MARKET STREET, Hus now oh hand a beautiful Stock of WATCHES. JEWELRY. SILVER AND PLATED WARE, SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS, deio-lm QHRISTMAS AND BRIDAL GIFTS, OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY, ‘ AT THE HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, m CHESTNUT STREET, ELEVEN BOOKS ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. JOHN A. MURPHEY. delS-lm ~ r. H. BIDDALL. £JANES FOB HOLIDAY PBESENTS. EBONY CANES,**Id head. MALACCA CANES, Ivor, head. LADIES’CANES. GENTS.’CANES. 80LDIEH8’CANES. CANES ol every variety. Tor nZe by _ PHILIP WILSON A GO, del-Im *O9 CHESTNUT Street gKATES —FOR LADIES, GENTS, AND BOYS. The best Assortment ta tDe City, AT BURNHAM’S DEPOT OF THE UNIVERSAL WRINGER, »7 South SIXTH Street formerly &i 721 OHESTJTUT Street, Maeoni* Hall. f : delO-Imo QpHE GREAT SKATE DEPOT! A large and weU-selectcd assortment of LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND BOYS’ BSATBSt Jut received and for sale by •-*. . TROTTER & DAWSONi del-lm Ifo. 019 MARKET CT., PHILADA. - gKATERS HEADQUARTERS. LADIES' SKATES, of eyery yarlety. GENTS.»SKATES, of all kinds. STEEL SKATES. DUMP SKATES. BOOKER SKATES. __ SHELL-GROOVE SKATES, a superior article for learners.’ PARLOR SKATBS, all-sizes. . g * G. A. WRIGHT, 624 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer a beautiful Selection of BOHEMIAN GLASS TOILET BETS. FABIAN AND BOHEMIAN VASES. BEONZE STATUETTES AND BUSTS. CARVED BBAOEETB AND BOOK-STANDS, eIOAE, TOBACCO, AND MATCH STANDS DOB AND LIQUtfR CASES! 61 Aa DESKS AND TRAVELLING DAOS MEERSCHAUM AND BRIER PIPES toda cost yarlety of Fancy Artioles salted for HoUday •S’**!*. L. del-lm TXOLIDAY PRESENTS FOB GEN no«lSe^ta EK ‘~ A “ araifl " lllt aeBt>rtm “ t of the rarest "^andklechiefs. GLOVES, MEOK-TIEB. SUBPEffDEBS, “^Sas. de4 Four doora baYow the * * Continental. ” TXOLIDAY GOODS.—ALL THE Newest Styles of FANCY COMBS, - STEEL AND JET JEWELRY, FANCY lANS. PEAEL HEAD-DEESSBS AND NETS, ijffS“.afaD,assortment df Fanoy and Toilet Good*, adapted to the Holiday trade. PRICES THE MOST SATISFACTORY, ... At H. DIXON’S, u-tat !»' *IS. *WHTH SlrMti muriv HOLIDAY GOODS. FIELD GLASSES, SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS], JEWELRY. MANUFACTURES? Of BRONZE ORNAMENTS, &0., &C. PLAYING CHOICE PHILIP. WILSON A CO.’B, 409 CHESTNUT Street. HOLIDAY GOODS. ESTABLISHED IN 1812. HOLIDAY PRESENTS. WILLIAM WILSON * SON, Bonthwest Corner of FIFTH and CHERRY Street*. SILVER WARE. Have on hand a Large, .Handsome, and General Assortment of SILVER WARE, suitable for Holiday Preeenta, of our owmnanufactnre, of the finest quality, and hifheit standard of Blivet* Also. PLATED WARE. A large and general assortment of superior PLATED WARE, of English and American make, WAITERS. TEA.SETS, Ac. iwrvu siiTcr whim ana ttttoa in momma Highest price glvca, dtffl-tdSl' Q.ENTLE MEN’S WRAPPERS FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS. THE FINEST ASSORTMENT ATI JOHN C- AIRRISON'S, Nos. 1 AND 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, FIRST STORE ABOVE MARKET. dsd-tdl JJOLIDAY PRESENTS, McINTIRE & BROTHER’S, GENTS’ FURNISHING HOUSE, No. 1039 CHESTNUT STREET. Scarf Finn and Rings, Neckties and Cravats, Mufflers, 'Handkerchiefs. THE HNEST SELECT' IN THI dellMJaM . JJOLIDAY GOODS t CARVED BREAD PLATES. PATENT MAGIC RUFFLE FLUTING IRONS. PATENT STEEL SKATES, anew article. FANCY GOODS, WILLIAM YARN ALL'S HO USE-FUBNISHING STORE, Ho. 1030 CHESTNUT Street, (Opposite the Academy of Fine Arte), HENRY HARPER, BSO ARCH STREET. Manufacturer and Dealer in SILVERWARE. FINE JEWELRY, . WATCHES. SUPERIOR PLATED de!2-ta TEA SETS. PORKS. *.. .ffo HOLIDAY PRISSifXg, CASSIDY & BALL, No. 1* SOUTH SECOND STREET, Would invite attention to their etock of HOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARS, Suitable for Holiday and Bridal Presents, all of which tfill be sold at reasonable prices. de9-la J? P- DUBOSQ * SON. MAHUEACTUBEKS 01 FIRE JEWELRY, 1028 CHESTNUT STREET Watches -neatly repaired *ad warranted. Pearl Work of all-descriptions repaired, del-lsi J7OR CHRISTMAS.— OLASS SHADES-ROUND. QIiASB BHADEBr-OVAL, Ferneries in Great Variety. HARTELt it LETCHWOETH, de9-tSI No. 13 North FIFTH Street. XTOLIDAY GIFTS.—GOLD SPEOTA cIes, Gold Eye- Glaases.Stereoscopes and Stereo scopic Views, Card Fhotocraphs, Photograph 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 sifts for the season. MoALLISTEB & BSOTHBK, del-tial-If lag CHESTNUT Street PHOTOGRAPHS. PHOTOGRAPHS COLORED IN OIL, THOM AS SMITH’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, HOB. I*3 AND 144 NORTH NINTH STREET. An assortment of FRAMES constantly on hand. SKY-LIGHT ON THE GROUND FLOOR. de3-lm WATCHES AND JEWE&ST, Jgj G. RUSSELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH Street, has just received 'ft very handsome assort ment of FINESEALBINGS. . ' ni>2-Sin Jfit FINE WATCH REPAIRING mSar attended to by the most experienced workmen, and every Watch warranted for one year. CHINA AND GIASSWAKE. JERK’S furnishing China & Blass Establishment, CHINA HALL, 599 CHESTNUT STREET. ■WT* DIRECTLY. OPPOfiITD INPBPEjTTIgXYia WAl.r.,'«9pft isthe cheapest (for the quality) and most extensive as sertment of WHITB. FRENCH, GOLD-BAND AND DECORATED CHINA IN THIS CITY. ' Just opened, of onr own importation/eighty-one casks very nnperior plain WHITHFRENCH CHINA, in any tnnntlty to cult purchasers. Abo, a splendid assortment of Fashionable OUT AND ENGRAVED TABLE CRYSTAL GLASS. -Also, plain white English- Stone Ware, Dinner and TeaiWare. Also, Toilet Sets, In great variety, soma very elegantly decorated. SO- Double thick China Stone Ware, and Glass, ex- Wtesslyfoi. t HOTELS, SHIPPING, AND RESTAURANTS. 49* French China decorated to order in any patten, 49* Initials engraved on Table Glase. China and Glass packed in a proper manner, seff-satuth-dm ■OTBM. JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, OHAB. H. MANN, ' de2S-lm PROPRIETOR, Comer MARKET Street and MARKET Square. 1863. wirann s. nwisa Ceuk and Light Carrlageßallder, Ho*. MM aidl9ll CHESTNUT STREET. **U-*m EDUtMIBAI IMPORTERS OF . A WINES AND LIQUORS, LAUMAN, BALLADE, Si 00., No. INB SOUTH NINTH STBBIT. latwean Chettnnt and Walnut. Philadelphia. G. M. LAUMAN. ■ . . ■ A. M. BALLADE. 8010-Bst J. D. BITTING. HPOOL CHESTS. A SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE SIZE, _ . Containing GOOD TOOLS. For sale by LESLEY A 00.. deU-Im* 60T MARKET. T A DIBS’, GENTLEMEN'S, AND CHILDBBN’B SKATBS, In xi eat variety, for sale by ' • LESLEY* CO.. dolß lrn* 807 MARKET Street. CTEEL SKATES.— A new and splendid article for sale by , - LESLEY AGO.. delS-lm* 007 MARKET Street. PARLOR SKATES— a For sale by - LESLEY A 00.. .. „ 007 MARKET Street Also. Fine Fen and Pocket Entree, Table Cattery, Ae. > delo-lm* WRIGHT’S *» MB PLUS ULTRA 'SUNOS meat. . WHOLESALE, AND RETAIL. SPRING OARDEN AND FRANKLIN feRRETS, MoS-Smo* / Philadelphia- PUSTIO ADORNMENTS FOR HOMES All OF TASTE. Wardian Cases with Growing Plants. Fern Vases with Growing Plants. Ivy Vases with Growing Rants. Hanging Baskets with Growing Plants. Fancy Flower Pots. OrangePots.au sires. . Cassoletts.. Renalssanos. Caryatldss. Lonls XlVths. ... Classical Bunts In Parian Marhlo. ■ Marble Pedestals and Fancy Brackets. Term Cotta Vases, aU sires. Laya Vases, Antlane. Garden Vases. aU sires. Statuary and Ponntalns. .Choice and select artioles for Gifts,lmported and mann* funind for onr own sales. For sate st rstall, or to the trade in quantity. B. A. HARMSON. 4»wtiithsatt lOM CISWCHQT PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31,1863. Wrappers, Gloves, Suspenders, Umbrellas, &c, ?lON. OF SILK SOAKFS E OITY. G. BUSSELL, »» North SIXTH Street JOHN H. STOKES, 702 AROH y 18TKEET, Wonld can the attention of the ladles to his ImmeaM «to»k of DEBBB_GOODS, mo? of whloh has been redueed for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, eonslitlng of Frsoch Meritoes. Figured Gamlet Wool and tart Cotton Delalnea/Tfinrea and Striped Mohairs. BMii* Meriapw.Wwl plaids, Plaid Dress floods. Call, tw> Wi WH RETAIL DRY GOODS. EDUO T I O N PR I O E S . WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE OF OUR STOCK OF LADIES AND HISSES' CLOAKS AT A GREAT REDUCTION FROM FORMER PRICES. J. W. PROCTOR & Co., THE PARIS CLOAK AND FUR EMPORIUM. 920 CHESTNUT STREET, noS-tnthsalm QHBISTMA3 GIFTS! EYKE Sc LANDELL, FOURTH AND AROH, AS IS THEIR USUAL CUSTOM IN THB TWELFTH MONTH, HAVE REDUCED BOMB TINE . SILKS, SMWLS AND POPLINS, TO FAVOR THB LAUDABLE PRACTICE OF MAKING VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS! FASHIONABLE RICH SILKS, EXPENSIVE LONG SHAWLS, GORGEOUS PIANO COVERS, BALMORALS OF FINE GRADES, LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, MEBINOES AND POPLINS, DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, de!s-tuths-tf jg M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, OFFERS FOB SALK DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY PRESENTS, IN LACE GOODS. 1,000 Heal Laee Collars,,ln every variety, from M cent* La jnfi pflnfr • DOO hMB BStSi ffom ®1 to 100 BMA . DOO L&c©Yelie, fromslto flOeacfc. BOG Valeccieime Hdifo,, from $2 to $l5 eaeli. 100 Pointe Lace and Point© Appliqu6, from $5 to 850. Coiffures, Barbea, and every variety of other deaerlp tions of Lace Goods, at very low prices. IN EMBROIDERIES. , . 600 Embroidered Hdkfs., $1 to 810 each. 600 do. Collars, 25 cfcs. to $5 each. 300 do. Sets, $1 to $lO each. Edgings, Inserting, Flonncihgs', and all other de scriptions of Embroideries, IN HANDKERCHIEFS. The best aetortment ofHdkfsln fchecltyyinoluding every variety of Ladies\ Gents’ and Children’s Linen Hdkfs., in plain, hem-stitched,' embroidered, lace, Printed borders, &c., &c,, from 12 cts. to $6O eaah. Persons in search oflnsefol and acceptable presents Would do well to examine my stock before purchasing. If. 8.~1 will open on MONPAT, the 14th inst., a fresh Invoice of desirable goods. In Bish Lace Gapes, Coiffures, Barbee, Hdkfs., Yells, &c., &e - deB-tf JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. WOOD, IMPOSTERS AND BE ASSES IN CIiOTKSi CABSIMKSES, TESTINGS, , TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, WHOLESALE ifD BBTllft HO, 8 NORTH SECOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA. JjJ'D. GROBJEAN, 1013 CHESTNUT STREET, Reßpectfally calls the attention of the ladies to his well •elected stocfc of LIKEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. Al&o, a fine collection of Taney and Embroidered Handkerchiefs. . Gents 1 and Ladies 1 Handkerchiefs. INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered in the latest styles and in the best possible manner. A full assortment of embroideries. »IGHT-GO#NS. CAPS. CHEMISES,, GARIBALDIS, COLLARS. SLEEVES. CUPPS, HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DRESSES. "NETS; GLOVES. &c. T3LANKETS.. : From $3 to $lO-and every intermediate price, $9, $lO, sl2* and $l5 Blankets ate very desirable. : ; ■ MUSLINS* By the yard or piece, of all the well-known makes. Buy them now for c and save dollars. Whites,-from 4fc.'tosl; Beds, from4s to 75cts. Grays, from 60 to 76 cts.; Bines, from 60 to 70 cts. Fancy 6-4 Shirtings; Sacque Flannels, &o. > m t ■ , DAMASKS. Damask Table Cloths. Napkins, and Towels. Toweling*, Nursery Diapers. Tickings. • • ■ PRINTS. - American. Merrimack, &c.. In figures and stripes. Neat shirting print*: Beal Manchester ginghams, 60c. , BALMORALS. Mildewed Balmorals, $2 60; Perfect Balmorals, S 3. Fine Balmorals, $3.60 and $4.60; Misses’ Balmorals. „„ COOPER &COSARD. de!7 8. B. corner NINTH and MARKET. TT STEEL & SON WOULD CALL attention to their Stock of FINB DRESS GOODS, *ll bought at very low prices, early in the season, *nd »V the recent Auction Sales; French Merlnoes, 75c to $3.50. French Poplins and Reps, 87>ic to $1.75. Dress Goods of every variety,-20e to $2. 3.000 yards tv>o^/ardtoide Merinoes, $1.25. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles* $3.26 to $ll Broche Shawls, great bargains, $9.60 to $l4. Circulars and Sac. W. CLARK’S, fiO» CHESTNUT STREET, Where mar be found * fine aeeortmeit of the following Goods, *t Twenty-five per eent. leu tom *t any other Ntablishment: ’ / Gold Watches, /- gilver Watches, Plated Watches, - American watches, Sngllsh Watches^ Swics Watches,,; • Bracelets, - - Setts, ‘j Pins, - ' -. v - ■ bl«?ra Buttons. Studs, ■ ... ' ■ Medallions, Meek Chains. Gatrd Ghalns. Oh&iuii YCfYWjKVi , Pencils. f TbJmblM,' ! pens and Oases, i... . Tooth Picks, / Gents 1 Botom Pins, ; 1 Gantsf Scarf Fins, Geats 1 Scarf Sings. 'Armlets, , Charms. ' Watch Keys, ■ Watch Hooks, Watch Bars, £«..&«* SILVER-PLATED WIEI. Te&Sstts, Wine Castors, - .. Dinner Gastors, Breakfast Castor*. - Cake Baskets, * Card Baskets* Butter Coolers,. Bn(Ar Bowls* i Salt Stands, : Call Bells* Goblets* Cnps*. Spoon Holders, Jfapkin Bings, Syrup Pitchers, \ ■ Cream Pitchers, Table and Dessert Spoons, Tea and Salt Spools, • Erg and Muotail Spoons. Dinner and Tei Forks, Pish and Pie Knives* Tea and Driner Knives, Oyster ind Soup Ladles, - '■ ChiUren’s Knife and Pork, Butter Knives, Ac., &c. - One call will sonvlnse the most incredulous that the cheapest place in the city to buy Watches, Jewelry, and Silver-Plated Ware, is at j- D. W. OLABK’S, „ _ „ „ ~ . «qa CHESTNUT Street. H-B.—Pine Watches and JeVelry carefully repaired by the most experienced workmta and warranted. • nol6-tde3l. t FUTANCIII: 5-20. U. S; 5-20. The nndentaMd. *• asseraJj gsburlvtlo* A«st. is snthorised by th* Besretsry of tl* Tressary to conttnn* the isle of this popular Lout, fcnd TEN DAYS pnbll* notlc, will be Mven of dlseonttnasnse. ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MIILIOHB lem&ln unsold, and this amount Is scarcely soJSfieat to fnrslsh a basis for the circulation of the MailonU Banking Association* now being formed In every parliof the Country. But * short ton* mutt elapse befere this loan is wholly ab sorbed. the demand from Enron, Germany especially, bolnx unite active. A* It ta troll known that the'Secretary of the tcea enry hu ample and nhfeilinir.reioureee la the dntiee on Imports, intenal revenues, and In toe iuneof interest bearing Leial Tender: Treasury Notts, It 1* nearly cer tain that it will not be necessary for him for a long tone to eome to lune further permanent Loans, toe interest and principal of which are carallt In Gold. . ..These considerations mnst lesd to the prompt conclu sion that the time is not for distant whin these “Five- Twentlee" will sell at a handsomi premium, as was toe result with the “Seven-thirty" Loan, when It was all sold, and could no longer be subscribed for at par. This is a SIX FEB GENT. LOAN, ,'the interest and principal being payable in coin, thus yielding about nienr per cent., per annum at the present . premium on gold. It is sailed " Five-Twenty, " from th* fast that whUst the Bonds may ran for twmtr yean, yet the Govern ment has the right to pay them of its told at par, at imy time after to* year*. -' The interest is paid half yearly ea tot first daye of No vember and May. Subscribers can hay# Coupon Benda which are paya ble to bearer and Issued for MO. 1100, MOO. and *l,OOO, or .Begisterod Bond* of similar denominations, and In addition *5.000 and *lO,OOO. These " Five-Twenties” cannot be taxed by State*, cities, towns, or counties, and the Government tax on them ts only one and a half per tent, on to* amount oi Income, when the income sxcesds six hundred dol lar* per annum. Income from all other investments, rash as mortgages, railroad stock*, bond*. Ac., mu* say from three to Its per cent, tax on the lnsome. Banks and Banker* throughout the country will sou- Hnne to dispose of the Bonds, and all orders by mall or otherwise properly attended to. The Treasury Department harlu perfected arrange* ments for the prompt delivery of Bondi. Subscribers WlUh 'enabled to resolve them at tha time of subserl blpg, or at farthest In FOUR dan,. This siranstsmant will be (ratifying to parties who wut the Bond, on pay. ment of tho money, and will greatly Increase ths sslos. JAY COOKE, SUBSCRIPTION iflllTT, 114 SOUTH THIRD BTREET, TtfICHAEL JACOBS, No. M ® uth’raflb Street. ■ Phuajulteia. GOVEBimEBTBBOURITIEa. BPBOII. AND UNCUB- AJTD SOLD O* COWnWo*. Situation at Natchez—Rebel Prcpara ■’ tions for an Attack—How it aa, Prevent* Ml-Op orations of the Marine Brlgade- Thelr Captures—letter from the Rebel Secretary of War-Situatiou in Bast Loui siana—Giusboat* on Red River —Probable Opening orthat Stream. [Special Correspondence of The Press. 3 Natchez, Mias., Deo. 19, 1863. The rebels in this vlolnlty have not m»de their long threatened attack. A short time ago General McPherson removed nearly »u the troop* from this point, leaving only a smsll garrison for protection flf. (118 ftASrtL. . A a nuun ran tlMi robvl 2HI formed of it tney made prepnurtiOßS far »n aiiaoJC) and , would douDtleflf have nude a prize of the commissary and ordnance stores. If their plans had not been suddenly overthrown. While they were malting their preparations, news was taken to Vicksburg of the intended - raid. Troops were at once hurried down, and arrived just in time. A plan was made for captaring a small force of rebels a few miles to the southward, but It falled ln oonaequenoe.iof the rebels’ superior know ledge of the country. ' Humor has it that the plan failed through the lack of caution on the part of an officer in his conversation with a Secession lady. As it was, our troops arrived at the junction of four roads just a half hour tod late. The best they could do after this failure was to make Natchez secure. The Mississippi Marine Brigade, under oommand of General EUet, has lately been operating on tht» portion of the river. General Ellet'a command con sists of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, quartered upon the river steamers fitted up for the purpose. A portion of the horses are kept on board the boats, while the balanoe find quarters upon barges fastened alongside. Most of the infantry are provided with mules, so that they oan move with celerity in their operations on land. Sinoe the brigade commenced work upon the river, it has performed very effloient service in keeping off many of the bands or guerillas. It is a great mistake to suppose so small a body oan keep the whole river clear, but it is doing its-part towards it. Among the captures made by General EUet have been rebel mails, numerous lots of goods on their way aoross toe river, and in one instance, nearly two million donate in Confederate money. Laat week he captured near Bodney, two thousand bushels of sail that was on Its way from Louisiana to Bragg’s army. It was stored: in houses on the weeteide of the river, and was to be taken aoross at night in skiffs. From Eadney it was to be taken in wagons to Brandon, the nearest railway station, and thence by rail to Atlanta. Salt must be very scaroe in the eastern part of the Confederacy when the rebels take so much trouble to obtain their sup plies. The expense of transporting In this way must be very great. At the time of capturing this salt Gen. EUet also fell upon a wagon load of tobaooo, which, like the star of . empire, was taking its way westward. It was the property of a rebel sutler, and was being transported all the way from Elohmond to Alexan dria, Va. Tobacco is almost as dear as quinine with the rebels, as they have no important portion of the tobacco district in their possession. Before the war they depended upon Kentucky and Missouri for the most of their tobacco. Their cigars were either made in the -North or imported from Oubs, itad consequently, when the bll)9lS»fle WHS eHt»t)« aimsuit to uiomire. Tiiep are now rabuloqsly high. The sutler in question W» B anticipating a handsome profit oh the sale of his tobacco at Alexandria. In one of the maUs’recently captured by General -EUet was a letter from the rebel: Secretary of War to General Kilby Smith. It recommended the latter to organize small bands of guerillas to cut off and harrass She navigation of the Mississippi, To secure this object was set forth, as absoiuteiy.heoessary, an account of the bad effect to the Confederacy of the > free navigation of the Mississippi. Foreign nations were looking upon it as indicative of faUingstrength, and A near approach to the end of the rebellion. It was ■ suggested that the western bank of the river _ could be lined with rebels; who should dispute every inch of the way with the passenger steamers. Every passenger boat was to be fired upon, no matter what her lading might be. It was determined to employ every possible means to close the river. No regard Was paid to the fact that every boat has more or less women and children on board, and oftentimes many of the friends of the rebels themselves. The recent firing upon steamboat* would seem to indicate that the rebels are carrying out theirlplan. The worst gathering appears to be at Morganzia, abbrit'fifteen mUcs above Bayou Sara. o«n Mc- Pherson and Gen; EUet have both been anxious v* break up this band of fCDels, bqt m their locality ifl iff 11 m. Btnksl .1 <-j ILoy have bmtsthl to do so. Meantime the rebels in that quarter are having things very much in their own way, with the exception of the slight attention paid them by the gunboats. At the present stage of the river they have very little to fear from most of the gunboats, as their gunß lie quite close to the water’s edge. A few Weeks from nowthe river .will be in such a condition's to enable the boats to fire over the levees, and drive the guerillas from behind their embankments. The height of water in the swamps and bayous will also prevent thb rebels reaching the river from the interior. Onoe driven bcJ.X' roust stay driven back until the fall of the river. : The worst damaged boats have been the Black Hawk, toe Von Phul, and the Brazil, The firit mentioned had her texas and pilot-house.burned off,, and some thirty shot holes through her cabin. Two persons were killed bn board and four wounded. On the Von Phul, the captain and three others were kUled, and six persons wounded. Over severi ty shots were thrown at the boat, forty of which took effect. All parts of the boat were struck, and the machinery was rendered useless by a shot in the boilers. There was just strength enough left to take the boat out of range before the steam gave out. The audaoity of the rebels will be apparent when it is remembered that the Von I’hui was under convoy of a gunboat at the time the fire was opened. No heed was paid to the gunboat, and not a shot was fired at her by the rebels until tbe Von Phul was out of range. On the steamer Brazil, recently fired upon near Bodney, there were two persons killed, both being women; one was a school teacher, on her way South. Several of the shots passed the length of the boat, cutting through both lines of state-rooms. The rebels used six guns in firing upon this boat, distributing them along the bank, so that the steam er was under fire for more; than half an hour. The passengers of the Brazil were lanced twice, most of them deeming the river below too unsafe to attempt avoyage upon. For the past four days,no boats have been assailed. The Marine Brigade, in con junction with some land forces, are working hard in the hope of breaking up the guerilla bands, and put-, ting an end to the troubles. It is earnestly desired that they will succeed, though lew are so sanguine, as to expect it. Itis doubtful if the town of Natchez ever found itself more peaceable than it is at present. The strictest military discipline is kept up, both by day and by night. At all hours guards stand at the principal street corners, ready to fall upon those Who show a determination to do wrong. Without any disparagement of other points, I can say that Natohez is the best regulated military post r have anywhere seen. On all the avenues of egress the sentinels are alive to their dutiesj and it is difficult for a person to get out of the lines unless he has a perfect right to do so. No one unprovided with a proper pass can leave town in any direction. In side the city limits the severest penalties are at tached t o any attempt at the sale of liquor to either soldiers or civilians. In consequence of this regu- is impossible to find a drunken mrfn la a day’s search. -Before the war Natehez-nnder-the-Hill possessed a very had reputation. It has not wholly recovered from it, but Is far more respectable than it was of old.'lt is now possible to walk along toe levee of toe town at night without danger of being robbed. Tbe military rule has been applied to this portion of .toe town so that it has become quite thoroughly renovated. If it shall continue to be so after the war ends, Natchez will be able to boast of some good growing out of the rebellion. In the region directly west of here there are a few roving bands of guerillas, none of them of much im portance. Last night rumor bad it that fifteen hun dred rebels were approaching the river, and threat ening to attack Vldalia, a small town directly op* : posite Natchez. How much foundation: there was for the rumor it is dlffieultto say, but it is certain that ■ there was no' attack. The rebel* have 'repeatedly approached quite near‘Vidalia, but never so as to disturb it. Last week 001. Farrar, commanding toe foroes there, made a reoonnoissance into toe'interior of the State in order to ascertain-the rebel situation there.He brought baok about thirty prisoners,'most of them taken on Black river. At one place lie sur rounded a house where a daucc was going on, and made prisoners of several of the male guests. His own officers made good their places, and toe dance went on without serious interruption. No rebel forces of any importance were found. A gunboat, started yesterday to make toe ascent of Bed river, a* far as possible. You will probably learn before long that the Bed river has been occupied by our forces throughout its navigable portions, The rebels have several steamboats still remaining on that stream, two of whioh, the Webb and the Grand Duke, are gunboats. The webb Is a very fastateam-. er, and it is rumored that she is undergoing repairs . to fit her for sea. There are fears that she may at- ' tempt to runthe gauntlet of the lower-Mississippi - -and escape into the Gulf, whero she might do con siderable damage. Measures should be taken to prevent it. ; M . PIERMQMT. • -‘ l > jp-~ tXr? - MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY OP NEW -S*X. _ Policy, dated Dividend, additions 1,624 08 Pliable at death. ..$4,62408 Total caah jjiid on ■'tbisboLicy.. ..*•-..51,276 00 Annual cash pay ment reduced (in. liea'of above ad , dltiona) from $75 to.. ....a^....... 17 25 Givenby Company os' surrender of policy, in cash... 841 76 Or a)paid>np policy (snaTizur in i atore dividends) 2,724 08 7b ths Editor of The Press: Sib :In volume XXXIIof “Punch,” page iOS, you will find the following unintentional prophecy: » confederate crew, your appeal to the nation. Your lailures and blunders) your recommendation. Will teach you that England olhonor so jealous Love, not coalitions composed of such fellows.” This, I think, has been fulfilled. Respectfully, GvD, PHILADELPHIA. The grave of the Spanish poet, Luis de done, has - been violated by robbers, who, it Is thought, hoped to find the rich Star of the Order of Charles 111., wbloh had been placed on the breast of the corpse laid out s before ’interment. The decoration had, however,,been removed. Still.more adventurous Italian bandits have broken into the arehblshop’a palace of the town of Tortona, and compelled the steward to give up the key- of the treasury, whloh contained G.ooofr. At Caste] Nttovo Sorivia, a silver bust, valuta at e,ooofr., wa, stolen from a ctuwch. THURBDAY, DECEMBER 81,1868. THE SOUTHWEST, Unintentional Prophecy of the London Punch. THREE CENTS. QTOIDEKTS OF THKVWAS. The Rebel Navy Report. HaUory'e report of the rebel navy is quite an into teaUcg document. He says: “ The operations of this branch of the Confederate service have been cMefly confined to preparations for ridding our waters of the, enemy's vessels now blockading our seaports,” but as we have yet to f hear that the blockade of any. of u our seaports”. has yet been raised, the inference is that they have utterly faiied in their main purpose; and as, accord . ins to the last meisage of Sir. Jefferson Davis, it is. only a ** paper blockade,” this failure tells badly for the rebels. If; however, there is not much that is encouraging in this direction, Mr. Mallory finds solace in the exploits of the rebel cruisers. The Florida has, it teems, during the past year, de stroked vessels and property ” amounting to several millions,” while the Alabama (Semtnea) ([ has cap tured upward of ninety vessels, seventy of whloh were destroyed, the others being either bonded or released.” The acknowledgment of the construc tion of iron>clad steam rams in England andFranoe. already commented upon, is made in the most ex plicit terms. But although the British Govern ment’* “unfriendly construction of its neutrality fiM put a stopper on h the JSmpfiMHtoi Ohina’iu •fswsj t« sari maiionr tem ui tiiat tnoihep »ad larger one has beep built, Rud thht k ia regard to her, “precautions have been taken sufficient to exempt her from, the foie of her consorts Those building in France bad been subjected to so many official visita tions that he forwarded instructions to cease opera tions upon them “ until the result of negotiations now pending shall permit our agent to resume work upon them,” These are little items that our authorities will doubtless have an eye to. Of the Johnson's Island Plot, Mallory says, with muoh disappointment: During the months of July and August I ; sent twenty*seven commissioned officers and forty trust worthy petty officers to the British Provinces, with orders to organize an expedition and co-operate with army officers in an attempt to release the Confede rate prisoners confined on Johnson's Island, in Dake Erie. From time to time I learned that the arrange ments made were such as to insure the most com plete success. A large amount of money had been expended, and just as our gallant naval officers were about to set sail oh this expedition, the English au thorities gave information to the enemy, and thus prevented the execution of one of the best planned enterprises of the present war. . Three hundred and eighty-three commissioned officers are attached to the Confederate navy. THE DIVERS OJW CHARLESTON. During a recent visit to Port Royal I witnessed with considerable interest the operations of the divers employed to clean the bottoms of the Moni tors, and perform other operations under the water. Messrs. JosephH. Smith and Jameß B. Phelpß have a contract with the Government for the performance of this work, and have been of great use here. Their principal diver—appropriately namecfWaters —is so used to this work that he has become almost amphibious, remainingforfive or six hours at a time under water. A man of herculean strength, and pro portions, when clad in his submarine armor he be comes monstrous in Bize and appearance. A more singular sight than to see him roll or tumble into the water and disappear from sight, or, popping up, Uo wing, as the air escapes from his helmet, like a young whale, can scarcely be imagined. Waters has his own ideas of a joke, and when he has a curious audience will wave his scraper about as “be'bobs round” on the watery with the air of a veritable river god. One of his best jokes—the bet ter for being a veritable fact—occurred last summer. Whilst be was employed scraping the hull of one of the Monitors, a negro from one of the up-river plan tations came alongside with a boat-load of water melons. Whilst busy selling his melons the diver came up, and rested himself on the side of the boat. The negro stared at the extraordinary appearance thus suddenly coming out of the water with alarmed wonder, but when the diver seized one of the best melons in the boat and disappeared under the water, the gurgling of the air from the helmet mixing with his muffled laughter, the fright of the negro reached a climax. Hastily seizing his oars, without wait ing to be paid for his melons, he put off at his best speed; and h&B not been Been in the vicinity of Sta tion Greek since. He cannot he tempted beyond the bounds of the plantation, and believes that the Yankees have brought river devils to aid them in making war. The diver, when clothed in his armor, is weighted with one hundred and eighty-five pounds. Besides Mil Armor lie bag two leaden pads, fitting u tu nmn ana dsgKi roe soiei of Mi moei ire of i«d, an.inch and a half thick, All this weight is needed to overcome the buoyancy given by the mass of air forced into thearmor and dress, the latter of India rubber, worn by the diver. When below the surface he can instantly bring himself up by closing momenta rily the aperture in the helmet for the escape of the air. His bueyancy.is immediately increased, and he pops up like a cork, and floats at will upon the smv face. The work of scraping the bottoms of the mo nitors is very arduous. The diver Bits upon a spar, lashed athwart the bottom of the vessel, so arranged as to be moved as the work progresses, and. with a scraper fixed to a long handle works on both sides of himself ae far as he can reach. The mass of oysters that become attached to the iron hulls of one of the .monitors, even during one summer here, is immense. By actual measurement it was estimated that two' hundred and fifty bushels of oysters, shells, and sea weed, were taken fiom the bottom of the Montauk alone. The captains of the monitors have some times indulged in the novelty of a mess of oysters raised on the hulls of their own vessel. Besides cleaning the monitors, the divers perform other important services. They have ransacked the interior of the Keokuk, attached buoys to lost an chors, and made under-water examinations of the rebel obstructions. Waters recently examined the sunken Weehawken, and met an unusual danger for even his perilous calling. The sea was so violent that; he was twice thrown from the deck of the monitor. Finally, getting hold of the iron-ladder, he climbed to the top of the turret, when a heavy sea cast him inside the turret between the guns. Fear ing that hi* at? bo*e Would become ©*it*Bgle4 be bis way out with all possible speed, add WAI 1 i0M44.;-fco up hip inv*Msiig*v*iQ»« WbAthbK offered' a more favorable opportunity.— Car. HqHwxwq American. A-lOLUXTEEB cossceipt. The provost of the Eighth district of Ken tucky having called oc. those whom he had enrolled to showoause for exemption, if cause there were, was waited on by a large crowd, nearly all of whom were rebels at best, many of them having served several months in the reui army, but now consider themselves unfit for the hardships of the tented field. Hereupon, the provost marshal was favored with the following letter: Riohhohd, Ky., Deo. 17,1863. Capl. Robert Hays, Provost Marshal Eighth District, London, Ky,: ; Ihaveno broken limbs. I have no chronic di seases, such as “inflammatory rheumatism, >> "chro nic inflammation of the stomach,” “phthisic,” “ white swelling,” Sec. lam not blind in either eye. lam not knock-kneed. lam not bandy-shanked. I amnpt how-legged. Ihaveno bad teeth, and can bite off a I stand on my pastern joints. heen drilled in w? Southern army, and never been £0 fortunate as to be a her of the sympathizing party in Madison. I have no impediments in my speech. I am neither near flighted nor far-Blghted. I can hear well; loan hear the ring of a musket as well as the ring of a silver dollar. In short, lam sound in wind and limb. I am about 28 years old. lam a housekeeper, and have a wiie (a good Union woman), and no children living. lam a citizen of-Madison county, Ky., from which you want 239 soldiers. lam as brave as any man who is no braver than I am. One of my legs is as long as the other, and both are long enough to run well. lam for the “ last man and tne last dol lar,” “nigger or no nigger,” especially “the last man.” If you have a good musket marked “ tr. 5,,” send it down, and lam ready to bear it in de fense of the Union. lam no foreigner, and claim all the papers that entitle me “ to go in.” ■WTLLA.BD DAVIS. BEH. MBABE’S ACCOUNT OB HIS LAST CAirPAIQN, Rev. S. H. Ball, of Dover, If. H. : , - recently visited the Army of the Potomac, and called upon Gen. Meade. He asked the general to explain his last campaign, and the general waß kind enough to do so, as follows; “I went over the river to fight, and if my orders had been obeyed I am confident that Use’s army might have been defeated. My.plan was to cross at Germania Ford,. take the road to Orange' Court House, and push on rapidly, ir x.ee should send forces to stop me, to attack him in force and destroy that portion of his army before he could concentrate the whole of it to oppose me. But one of my corps commanders failed me. He was commanded to march at 6 o’clock in the morning, but did not move until 8 o’clock; he was directed, if Dee sent forces to oppose him, to. attack at once; Dee did send Ewell down to Orange Court House road, just as I expected, but my general stood and looked at him all day, and did not fight. So we lost twenty-four hours, and that gave Dee notice and.time to con centrate bis army, and take so strong a position that it could not be carried without great loss and risk or losing our army. Such a fight would have damaged us, and encouraged the rebels, and pro longed the war, and I gave the order to retreat.” The. corps commander referred to was General French, who was probably too drunk to know or do his duty. . .- CONIISOATED BEEEL POETBV. Upon the British officer arrested in New York as a rebel agent a quantity of printed poetry was found) of which the following verse from u Maryland in Chains’ 1 is a specimen: Are wef reel Go ask the question In the cells of I*afayette; Ask it of your chain eubiwibirs fcr mallfper annum taadraao*) At m am Three copies S FireoopSea.., gam Ten copies ...jg §q . Lacier Club, than Tan will b« charged at (he MM rate. tLSOperccpr. . The monevmust almavt acoomixmv the order,ped in nd'insto rice can these terms be deviated from, aslhea Ujbrrt Vtsil lIUU IM*t than the cost of paper. w M “““ * To am getter-tp or the Club of tea « twenty, M extra copy orthe Paper will be eiraa. personal. —A correspondent or the Herald give, the iag description ot Min. Patterion Allan, arrester and tried in Bichmond on a charge of high treason, in the Bhape of a letter addressed to the Bey. Mor gan Dix, D. D., rector of Trinity Church and pariah in New York. Her huaband’a mother ia the daugk* ter or the late John W. Patterson, of Elizabeth* town, New Jeraey, and Mr. Patterson’s wife wa. a Mlai D'Hart, whose family name ia oneof the moat, honorable in Northeastern New Jeraey. ' Mrs. May—, of Richmond, the mother of the wife of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, waa Mra. Patteraon'a sister, and therefore aunt of Mr. Patteraon Allan's mother* The gallant Ooinmodore Daniel C. Patterson, Uni ted States Navy, who commanded the flotilla on the Miatiaaippi which cooperated with General Andrew Jackson in the defence of New Orleans against the British, in 1814, waa the brother of John W. Pattsr * aon, and, of 'coarse, unole of Mr. Patterson Allan’s mother. Mr. Allan la of a dtatinguished BiohmoMK 'family, whloh may be jagfly gIHKd »mong thfi TBW BfßfiMsri ri Ti r *i nxi wu@, tiio nap be ao faithfully and honoMfisr attends and prelect* while arraigned on the charge of loyalty to the Go vernment of the United Stateß, la of Northern birtfc and ancestry. Before her marriage ahe was MINI K ary Caroline Wilson, of Cincinnati, A Paris correapobdent indicates that the liberty of speech possessed by the opposition deputies is the French Chamber la more apparent than real M. Thiers has spoken but little; but, when on oa# occasion he attempted to do so, the noise was a— great that he had to ait down. Another 'opposition deputy having been forced to give up speaking by the noise and interruptions, President Moray jocosely told the Chamber that the reporters would report no more of the speeches than they heard, and they had just told him that they heard little or nothing of the opposition deputy’s speech—an a*, surance which caußed considerable hilarity, At tittle Bock, Ark., on the 28 th ult., C. D. Re volt was playing the character of Robert Shell,, in “The Wife’s Trials,” in the theatre, and made a desperate cll’ort to render the dying scene real by plunging a dirk knlie into his own breast, and In flicting what he supposed at the time to be a mortal wound. He is recovering. It seems that he had all the previous day contemplated the aot, as he had i»- vited many of his acquaintances to visit the theatre that night to witness the best effort of his life..; Deacon John Phillips, of Sturbridge, Mass., ia now in his one hundred and fourth year. Thla venerable man was bora in 'Massachusetts when George 11. was King of Great Britain. He waa drafted in lTlis, and served in the early part of the American Bevolntion, and has a distinct recolleotlon of the battle of Bunker Hill, whloh took place-when hewaififteenyearsold. What an interest such a liie wears simply when contemplated as a chrono logical measure—a visible bridge between the pre sent and a most wonderful p,st 1 Colonel William S. King, in his general orders, indulges in a little quiet humor which diversifies the usual stilted style. In a reoent. Order he calls atten tion to the propriety of saluting. “ Courtesy cost* nothing, and it Is quite as easy for officers to ex change salutations when they meet,though perohanoe not personally acquainted, as to eye each other askance, like strange cats, as is now unfortnnately too often the case.” In another section, the Colonel cautions the soldiers and citizens against boisterous singing in the streets of Lexington: “For suck songsters the jail is the fittest, oage,”.Bays the Colonel. —A good story is told by a New York aorrespon dent of a Boston paper, apropos of the late munici pal election there. Towards the close of it, when the voting had ceased, Fernando Wood sent to Boole to enquire as to the prospect; when he, taking a sheet of paper, wrote his initials f, J, A, B, on It, ~“fs" as mt itpiji jTpimiiEa ice fjx>Duyor considerably, and it was some time before he'dis covered the meaning to be Fernando, I Am Beaten, —an unpleasant fact, which was toon verified. The Montreal Transcript of the 23d gives the fol lowing: Yesterday morning, at 3% o’clock, Lieut. CoLLord Abinger, 5. F. Guards, was married.at the Cathedral by His Lordship, the Metropolitan, to Miss Ella Magruder, the lovely and accomplish ed daughter of Commodore Magruder, late of the United States navy, and niece of Major General Magruder, commanding Confederate forces ia Texas. Among those present were the members of the Magruder family, the bride’s sisters acting an bridesmaids; Lieut. Gen. Williams, K. C. B ; MeJ. Gen. and Lady Sarah Lindsay; Col. Connolly, who acted aB best man, and a number of officers of ton Guards, comrades and friends of the bridegroom. The happy couple left'town yesterday afternoon for Boston, where they will spend a few days. ! W. Gilmore Simms Is said to be “ hard up ” in Charleston. His once popular books were copy righted, and published by New York publishers, from whom he cannot receive a farthing. Cotton not King. George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Gar* rison from England that the cotton famine in that conntjw baa greatly abated, Here are Ms facts; “ To giro you «rima idea of the diminution in ft* aistiets prevailing in tne ootton dutriett, I may refer to the last report on the subject. The num ber receiving parochial aid, in the shape' of out door relief, was, in the third week of November, 1862, 249,336, while in the corresponding week of 1863 it was 111,298; being a diminution of 138,538. The money paid in the former week was £17,- 773, while in the latter week it was JEB.2L6, being a decrease of £9,667. To meet the distress of the approaching winter months, there is: re maining of the fund in the hands of the Central Belief Committee about £'260,000; of another fund, called the Bridgewater House Fund; £80,000; of the ' Liverpool Fund, £60,000; and in the hands oi ther Parochial Boards, £lOO,OOO —total, £190,000; to which add £1,600,000 for employment on publis works, and you will see that, exclusive of the ordi nary parochial pates," we have nearly £2,000,000 to be applied to the relief of distress, pending the ap rival of our expected auppuEl Of- eottop. and tj}q jAT sumption of work at our mills. "The valueof the works which are being carried on in the various townships most severely.visited br the distress, will far exoeed the amount In money expended upon them. The result in the improve of the Public property and public health, will be immense. Miles upon miles of streets wm lie jWCJ cd Md paved; parks for the people wiU be laid out' ana Ranted ; waste lands wilibe drained and brought Into cin^y»“On; and au who are em ployed on these And similar undertakings, having their physical wants provided for while so engaged, will be more likely to en jo v robust health than they would be if immured withinT£ e heated rooms Ol * cotton factory. . , .“ After a sober and thoughtful revielF of out do mestlc'condition during the last three years; end an equally deliberate estimate of our prospects for the future, I have arrived at the conclusion that the failure of our supply of cotton from the Southern States has done us no serious injury, and that in its results to us it will be one of the most fortunate events that could have occurred. “ The spell by wMch we were once bound is bro ken—the enchantment is dissolved. England no longer bows her neck to the yoke- of slavery.- Her cotton is no longer Btained with blood. " Previous to the breaking out of that wicked re bellion, which at this moment is alike convulsing? ; and regenerating your country, bo prolific were the - plantations of the South, so excellent was the qua lity of the fibre grown, so comparatively near was the field of production, and so established were the trade exchanges and correspondence between Eng land and America, that eighty-five per cent, of all the cotton we consumed came from your slave-cursed shores. While this was the state of things, there was not the slightest possible encouragement to other countries to grow cotton •= in competition with ' the produce of the Southern States. Hence our bondage to the slaveholders-seemed complete and inexorable. By their own act we have been eman cipated, and shall never again be enthralled. The ounning have been taken in their own craftiness. Vaulting ambition hath o’erleaped itself. “How marvelously have events, even in them* selves, worked toward the furtherance of ends bene ficent and good!*> \ ■# Olives Wendell holmes’ Autogbafk Con. TUIBUTION TO THE CINCINNATI - FADE.— OIIVOT Wendell Holmes, in response to a letter, has written the following to Mr. McLaughlin,'chairman of the Autograph Committee: - • ■■■■■•■ Boston, Deo. 14, 1863, Beak Sib: You ask me for a list of questions in natural history, with answers subjoined, for the use of the instructor., I submit a’few, which I think will serve your purpose for tie proposed examina tion of the scientific class: '. 1. What animal produces one ol its own parents! Answer. The beaver, which Is well known to con struct its own dam. 2. Ib the Dodo extlnotl Answer. It is not, as shown by the following bill In my possession: Mr. toX-—, Dr. One mongrel g00ie.... One Do-do 3. What is the largest quadruped! Answer. The mole or Adrian. 4. What iB the lightest quadruped? Answer. The lynx. The lynx weighs less than M Ounce. . . - •. ~ 5. When does a horse stand on six legs ? Answer. When he stands on hla/ore legs and ilia two hind legs also. 6. What other insect is the bee afraid on Answer. The a bee-us.) 7. Is the otter of roses obtained from that animat when fed on other vegetables—eabbagee, for in* stance? Answer. Probably. The mush deer furnishes hi* perfume when fed on wafer-melon. 8. What instance can you give of the ounnimr at serpents? Answer. The simple fact that they'secrete their venom whern they, can find it when wanted. 9. Why do the above questions amuse you mors than the answers? Answer. Because the person who asks the ques tion is the querist. , As to the other questions about which you ask my opinion, my answer must be brief. Eighteen hours’ study out of the twenty.four Is too much, I think, for delicate young persons. It does not allow sufficient time for sleep, recreation, and meals. I doubt about the introduction of capital punish ment as a part of the ordinary college discipline. It Will have a good effect on the survivors, no doubt. ' OIiTVEB WEKDEIiI. HOLMES. The Wobk oir thb nroitrroEs.—The officer in. charge oi the shot and shell division of the monitor Patapseo, before Charleston, furnishes a transoript from his record of the expenditures of shot, shelV and powder, by that vessel during less than a year. Bp to November 4th the Patapseo expended, for her 300-pound rifle, 44 t0n5,, 640 pounds shot, or altogether 109,200 pounds. Expenditure of powder ~ for rifle gun 6 tons, 1,530 pounds, or 14,970 pounds. Expenditure for lS*inch gun 7 tons, 1,430 pounds, or 17,130 pounds,of shot. Expenditure of .powder * tons, 896 pounds, or 12,095 pounds. In the amount of powder expended is included the buntingCharge* of the shells. The total of this expenditure amount* to 62 tons of shot and 12 tons of powder; a large amount certainly to be fired from one' vessel carry- ?. ing only two guns. The expenditure in other moni tors has been nearly or quite as large as that of the Fat&psco. The latter has been in twenty-eight engagements, and has been struck over four hundred times. ; The European oonobbss.— The hypoorlsy of Napoleon,- in proposing an European Congress, ha* ■. been generally met by the invited sovereign* in a similar spirit. The words of the replies are en- - ployed in the established diplomatic way to conceal, thought. , Jonathan Wild invites Mr. BlueiMfceWt. Count Faro to an anti-burglar and falNpliTtme*- . and they, entering into MnWtkipi ironlsal iKior, answer th&invitation as if they hsdnevee - brSen thto houses, or Cheated at card*. The liOn- OoWS«fo;or says that the Kings have treated the proposal at boys treat a 1 wasp— w suffocated It in. treacle,”