THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1803. AS* We can take no nottoe of anonymou* oonrnu* Citation*. We do not retaro rejected manurorlpti. 4s> Voluntary eorreipondenoe aoliolted from all parte of the world, and eapeotally from onr different military and naval department!. Whenuied. it will be paid for. The Presidential Election. It is not of the man who will lead the national party in the Presidential campaign of 1864 that we now speak, but of the principles that he must represent. Who ire the President-makers now? Not the Warwicks of Washington, who of old held the crown just out of reach of the many hands outstretched to grasp it, giving it too often in the end to the worst man because he was the best tool. The President-makers arc the people. Before the great Union Convention shall meet, they will have de clared the name of the next President of the United States, and the nomination of that Convention will he no more than a formal ratification of a previous decision. We can afford to await their will, for no man -can oppose it. We can trust their choice, •for we have faith in their wisdom. Those ■gentlemen who. are so very anxious to sus tain the next Administration that they forget their duty to sustain that which now appeals to the country, we congratulate upon their energy; but we neither envy nor imitate the man who cares so much for a candidate that he cares less for a principle. We know th£t it is our duty, and we feel it to be our pride, to give the great policy of the Go vernment our unconditional approval and support. We know that policy to be right; we know that the men who are the heads of the Administration are earnest and wise; for what they have done we honor Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet. The world has never seen republican rulers so bitterly as sailed, so heavily burdened with responsi bility, as those now in power, and if ever mCn deserved the gratitude of a nation those men deserve it, who, when Jambs Bu chanan left the ship of state drifting to de struction, grasped the helm with a sublime courage, and steered it to safety and to glory. But he is presumptuous and un worthy the trust of his fellow-citizens who dares, on the 31st of December, 1863,fte :say who shall solemnly be inaugurated 'President on the 4th of March, 1865. No! it is not candidates that all loyal men are now commanded by the necessities of the Republic to quarrel about, but they are required to understand principles, and understanding, to sustain them.- Compared With the value of the principles upon which we have rededicated the Union to freedom, all men are valueless. What'was Wash ington to the Revolution but a sword in the hand of the people? What are the heroes of to-day compared to the heroism which overshadows their deeds? We shall not lack a great leader in the coming struggle with the remnants of the pro-slavery party in the North; let us look to it, then, that as we are to fight, we shall know precisely what we fight for. The Revolution was not lought that Washing ton might be the first President, nor the election of 1860 that Mr. Lincoln might be the sixteenth. So in the campaign of 1864 we shall struggle not to place any man in office, but to define and establish principles which all future Presidents shall represent, and which no party shall again dare to deny. , The impossibility of the secession of a State; the impossibility that the United States shall protect slavery ; the impossi bility of suffering slavery to be any longer a disgrace to the flag, an insult to the North, a danger to the Union, and a horror to the whole world—these are some of the prin ciples upon which the National party shall standinthenextPresidentialcampaign. The necessity of so using this war that never again shall the sectional interests of parties result in another war; the necessity of maintain ing the policy which the present Adminis tration so ably embodies; the necessity of never ceasing to war so long as the authority of the Government is defied by a single regi- ment of rebels —these are the same principles in. other forms. Bum all up, if you please, in one firm declaration that no compromise is henceforth possible with rebellion or the cause of rebellion, or unfold them in their many practical applications, they still re main the sole and indestructible principles upon which all our future glory and great ness must depend. If they are still misun derstood and libelled in the loyal States, and if it is not yet certain that they will be tri umphantly sustained by nine-tenths of the loyal voters, can we do better than to make their perfect victory in every State our first and greatest object ? Let us only build our National platform, and never fear but we shall find a man worthy to stand upon it, as firmly as a rock rests upon a rock. The Confidence of the North. One of the greatest compliments yet paid to the North, through the columhs of the London Times, and by one of its own writers, is to be found in the latest Rich mond correspondence of that journal. Commencing with the statement that the Confederate States are approaching a stage in this war which will test more than ever the stubbornness and tenacity of their tem per and patience, and can only be success fully encountered by a national spirit as systematic'as it is resolute, the writer gives an abstract of our recent movements, and hints at the circumstantial causes which help the North and the.- South. Great stress is laid upon the faith in them selves which animates the Northerners; and, in the midst of his encomiums upon them, the intelligent correspondent rather mistily exclaims: “Would that I could see pro mise of future and final Southern triumph in any corresponding quality of the Southern mind !" It ia time, indeed, that this confidence of the North in itself should he recognized as one of the reasons of our success! The mo tives which have steadily %id equably in spired us are not the motives. which have spasmodically energized the-South. We have looked to different causes as we look to different results. There are somefeelings which men share equally with women; there are some emotions which will not reveal themselves in a logical light, which exist with the strength and deep-rootedness of an intuition, and whose very existence gives a Stronger pulse to the bosom in which they exist. : Such are the emotions with which the North regards itself, and its relations with the South. The one .thing that we Northemers are most certain of, is that the Union is to be perpetuated. The Union is to be perpetuated. We . may doubt any thing and everything else, but we will not, we cannot, doubt that. The logic of events bears us out in our convictions; the ratiocination of our feats at arms sweeps us onward to an evitable conclusion. But we have sufficient reason to feel content to leave the logic of events to itself. It answers all cavils and doubts unanswerably. To it we ' refer all who would seek to weigh falsehood with truth. The sophistry of the South be comes each day; more apparent. ' Their dis belief in themselves is the vulnerable spot in the heel of that lackadaisical Achilles. We at the North rest upon our convictions. We a/re right. No disasters in any possible future could shake our faith in ourselves. Through a million crevices stalwart arms stretch forth which shall grasp the pliant fu ture of the nation and mould it to their will. And whilst we are thus confident, can any one prove that we are so from an excess of vanity or pride ? Our convictions on this point are thrust upon us by the very nature of the circum stances in which we find ourselves involved. 'The South has made all the efforts in her power to stand up against the North. What is the use ? The thing cannot be •done. Are we to be told that a brave peo ple, who conceive themselves to be outraged, will consent to he annihilated rather than (submit or yield ? The armies of the South vioyo Struggled with their utmost endeavors. Have the people at the South been outraged? Has there ever been one single cause given for thb-disruption which they would effect ? Is it possible that they .will prefer to be face of the earth, and have their hloUed out, rather than, capitulate; and act in allegiance tiHhose just laws whose executive has so supreme a right to enforce such allegiance ? The leading events of the time sufficiently answer all such questions. Rank and file are abandoning the cause of the South, and upholding that of the North. Compared with the retributive agonies which are in flicted on the South, the beds our sufferers sleep on are beds of roses. Our Executive has stretched out his hands to them freely. Through all the States, far and near, the brains and hearts and hands of strenuous workers have well-nigh exhausted all hon orable measures to bring about peace. “ Save the- States, and the Union will take care of itself,” has been our watchword.’ No nation dares to ask us now, why we care so to preserve our Union. If any should ask us, we should tell them this : Our Union is ourselves. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. We are to exist forever as a nation, and we are to eclipse all other nations of modem and of ancient times. Pot this out of the eter nal past we were called into existence. The first conception of an incomparable Repub lic may have been but a twinkling star in the vision of God. By degrees it assumed bulk and shape; by degrees that coneeption :has grown to be what it is. In all the pro mises of the future we are united still. The history of the world affords no parallel to us. Approaching the curved line of our strange career, no asymptote is perceptible in the annals of nations. And let it not be thought that this proceeds from any misconception of ourselves. We know that we have faults as a nation,-that we have made mistakes in times past, as we may in times to come. But there is one feeling which is intuitive in the breast of every loyal na tire-born Ame ricans- The Union must and shall be pre served. For the Union to be destroyed is for an American to cease to be an American. The calmest, the most dispassionate amongst us believe this -as firmly as they believe m their own ex istence. They are open to the deductions of logic, and all the logic in the world goes to prove what they believe on this score. Contrast all this with the utter want of self-trust in the God-forsaken South. If the South possessed men and_money in plenty, if volunteers poured in in a continuous stream, and if the skies showered gold—would all this stand against faithlessness and want of faith?—a heart-preying conviction of wrong, and consequent remorse and de spair? If, then, to this intense misery of self.distrust is added the almost as keen one Of want of means, what conception are we to form of the direful distresses of the South? . If the North trusted only in those regions which she has reclaimed, she would find enough to confide in." With Maryland for ever lost to the cause of the rebellion; with' Missouri and Western Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, either wholly Union, or far on their way to Union ism, we; collect from all quarters rays of strength, brought together in a focus of Unionism. The confidence which we feel, then, may well become the object of ad miration and wonder, even of a 'British writer. The testimony which is forced from such lips, and which depicts the South in colors not less gloomy than those in which her most strenuous opposers depict her, is the most valuable which we can ob tain. It tells amazingly against the South; it speaks a volume in favor of the North. But, whilst we thus survey our own posi tion with unflinching eyes, we do not rest idle. The' creed of the fatalfet is not our creed. We put our shoulder to the wheel, and believe that the gods help those who help themselves. Needing no foreign physi cal aid, we had at least reason to hope for the kindlier assistance of sympathy and countenance. These auxiliaries to our ex ertions we have never had. But the hopes of the North never mounted very high in that direction; The hopes of the South have. They are defeated and utterly cast down. The people of the South have ever been destitute of that mad confidence which in flated their leaders, and are now learning that the wages of their national sin, if con tinued in, will be a national death. French Impecuniosity. When a man is “ out at the elbows,” Jjbi expenditure greatly exceeding his ; incoihe, he must either continue living afc-his old rate, or. at once change his system by rigid retrenchment. In the latter case, the even tual result will be the payment of his cre ditors, and certain independence—for he who lives Within his income is really inde pendent; in the former, he may look for constant annoyance, the increase Mid accu mulation of debt, and proximate ruin. Prance, at present, is in the condition of the spendthrift, who, not having the honesty and courage to retrench, proposes to go on by borrowing more money. M. Fould, the Trench Minister of Pi nance, formally reports to the Emperor Na rOLEOfr that the deficit on the year just ending amounts to 973,000,000 francs, equal to $194,400,000. In plain words, the French Government has not spent all the year’s income, but has' exceeded it by the vast amount here stated. France, which has supplied the year’s revenue, asks, what is there that can be accepted as a set off to this enormous deficiency, and no satisfactory reply can be given. The expedition to Cochin China and the invasion of Mexico have cost much money—say sixty million francs for the first, and two hundred and ten million francs for the latter—but deduct these amounts from the gross sum, and there remains a deficiency of over seven hundred millions of francs. The proposal, on the' part of Finance-Minister Fould, is not to yetench the great expenditure, which has so far exceeded the revenue, but to borrow 300,000,000 francs, and it has been decided that this loan shall be raised by public subscription. As the amount is not one-third of the whole deficit, it is confi dently stated, this cannot be a war-loan; but M. Fould preserves an ominous silence on one point—he holds out no hope, lie makes no promise that there will not be another loan, and yet another, in the year on whose threshold we now stand. M. Foulv calculates that the expenditure of two hundred and ten millions, on account of Mexico, will one day be repaid to France. When and how are not stated. The con dition of Mexico, under French rule, is as bad as it was under the rule 'of President Juabez a little worse, indeed, for the official report: is: “ The roads swarm with brigands, so that commercial traffic is im possible.” The idea of an Austrian prince now accepting the crown *f such a country seems to have been abandoned. One thing ..only is certain, that Mexico, if kept in French occupation, will be a constant drain on French resources, andjhat Napoleon is not the. man to quit'Mexico without ob taining, as repayment for its debt to him, the cession of Sonora or some other rich province. Glory is very dear to. France. .Gilded unsubstantially as it is, Frenchmen aTe content to pay a high price for it. The elder Napoleon gave France a great deal of this glory, and was paade Emperor for doing so. The present man played the same game in the Bussian and Italian wars. The French soldiers won reputation in the Crimea and in Italy, hut they have not won glory in Mexico. It took them eighteen months to advance from the sea board to the capital, and the portion; of Mexico really in their occupation is ludi crously small. The money spent on the Mexican expedition is.money thrown away, for it has not brought any glory on France. A deficiency of 973 million francs, and a loan of 800 millions, constitute a miserable Christmas-box aud; New Tear’s gift for France. There is nothing to show for it. Most probably Napoleon’s proposal of a Congress to be holden in Paris, early in 1864, chiefly arose out of his desire to stand well with Frenchmen, and especially with he Parisians. Even if nothing of import ance were done at this Congress, the mere fact that the leading sovereigns of Europe had assembled in Pariß, at the imperial call of the elected ruler of France, would have swelled the amour propre of Frenchmen. There would also have been a reconstructed metropolis to show to the Emperors, Kings, and Princes of Europe—for in. whatever eiso Napoleon 111. may., have had short- must: he. admitted that he has neafte, in the few yearq of Uia reign, to make Paris worthy of the great nation than a dozen preceding rulers (including Louts XIV. and Nafolbon I.) had conjointly effected. But it seems doubtful whether the Congress will be held, and great will be the disappointment of Paris. The third Nafolbon, remembering Eng land’s old motto, “Ships, Colonies, Com merce,” has devoted the latter years of his reign to colonization. Hence, his various expeditions in China, Cochin China, the Pacific, Mexico, and Egypt, besides his en deavor to build up Algeria as a vast French province. But the French scarcely know how to colonize, for they are not a naval nation, and when they make a qonquest across the sea, manage it so badly that it does not pay. England’s policy is now for peace, but France cannot be quite happy without battle, and in order to keep the army on his side, Napoleon may “cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war” at any moment. The deficiency of 972,000,000 francs, reported by M. FouLiy would not not be any impediment to war, if it pleased the Emperor’s pleasure or policy to com mence it. Mexico and tHe Rebel Confederacy. A friendly tit-for-tat is, it is stated, pro posed between the Confederate and French Governments. The new rebel envoy to France, Mr. Supekyiblle, is understood to be commissioned to notify the French Go vernment of the recognition by the Rebel Government of the Empire of Mexico. Close upon the heels of this ratification follows Mr. Supebvielue's persuasive logic, whose anticipated effect will be the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by Napoleon. This complimentary tit-for-tat business is carrying out the golden rule with a ven geance. Southern diplomacy resolves itself into “ you tickle me and I’ll tickle you.” To say nothing of the gratitude of the French Government for a countenance and support for which they have never importuned, not to speak in the language of detraction of the ex ceeding dignity involved in this self-recom mendatory man of the South, it were well to restrain the smile which involuntarily rises to our lips when we behold her in the ridiculous light in which she thu3 places herself. The Southern Confederacy recog nize the Empire of Mexico ? A tumble down house of cards forming a visiting ac quaintance with another house of cards not yet built; castle Rackrent enjoying a heigh-;■ borly interchange of feeling with a castle in the air ? In all she does, and in all she does not, the South betrays the misery and weak ness which are killing her. The French forces have not yet thoroughly invested Mexico, and their operations there have not been of a peculiarly successful strategic nature. The French star of Empire has hot yet reached its zenith, and, looking at it seriously for a moment, the action of the South, if the report be true, is somewhat premature. However, so many strange and incomprehensible things have been done by the Government of which Mr. Davis is Dictator, that we are scarcely to be surprised at whatever hap pens now. The leaders of the South are at their wits’ ends to know what they are to do. How are they to support the war three months longer? How are they to support the drooping spirits of their fol lowers? How are they to procure the means of bare existence ? Their hopes have all been blighted. Now they appeal to France. Will France recognize the South ern Confederacy, if the Southern Confede racy recognizes the Empire of Mexico ? The game is one of turn and turn about. German Politics. So general is the German feeling that Schleswig-Holstein ought to he separated from Denmark, that the Prussian legisla tures, so long at variance with the King and his ministers, are now willing to submit to his despotic rule, provided that, going with the rest of Germany, he will violate the treaty of London, assist in wresting Schleswig- Holstein from the sway of Christian IX, of Denmark, and- recognise the hereditary Grand Duke of Augustenburg as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. M. Von Bismark, the Prussian Prime: Minister, pauses ere he per mits Prussia to violate the treaty of 1853, ■wbieL it'signed;,but the popular party in tile. Legislature urge him to do so. Thus the Government is urged to commit a great wrong, and declines. It is noticeable that the great European Powers, at all connected with, this Germa nic question, are borrowing money to meet the expenses of a possible war. In Prus sia a loan of twelve million thalers will be contracted for on this account. In Austria the sum of fifteen million thalers will be raised for the same purpose.; Sweden, Bavaria, Saxony, and Hanover are also in the money market. Austria is nearly alone in its de sire that the relation of Schleswig-Holstein to the rest of Denmark shall not be changed. England will certainly act in unison .with Austria on this occasion. The great error was committed.in 1853, by the contracting sovereigns, who made the treaty regulating the succession in Denmark, going out of the regular line of descent, by passing over the Duke of Augustenburg, and adopting, ns heir apparent, and a cadet of the younger line. That cadet is the present Christian IX, and his reign has commenced most un, propitiously. The rebel armies have gone into winter quarters, according to the Richmond papers. If among these Longstreet’s devoted Cairo, Bee. 30.— The guerillas Along the river have been very quiet since: General EUet’a Marine Brigade has been In the neighborhood of their former operations against steamboats. The brigade has oaptured, during the put three weeks, over fifty prisoners, many of whom are officers, and upwards of one hundred mules and horses. . The steamer Belle, ftom Memphis, with one bun. drcd sod seventy bales of cotton for St. Louis,' and Memphis dates to the 28th, has arrived. She brings no news of importance. The salep of cotton at Memphis, on Saturday, amounted to 947 bales. Sales for the week, 1,649 bales; being 200 less than the previous week. The amount shipped during the week was 26S bales; being 177 bales more than the previous week. The shipments from Oot. 19 to December 26,. In clusive, amountedto 22,6:9 bales. * Two ootton presses are in operation at Oarbon dale, Jackson county, 111.; about 100 bales will be shipped from that point this season. HABPEE’S 7BBBT. Official Despatch of. Brigadier Gen- Kelly. Haki'Bß’h I'JUtitv, Dec. 26,9 A. M. Brigadier-General Callum, Chief of Staff: General Sullivan's column has returned safely, bringing in one hundred prisoners, about one hun dred horses, accoutrements, tco. My different co lumns are all now safely back. We have captured, in all, over four hundred prisoners and a large amount of property. My plahsland others’ have all been promptly and faithfully executed, with a single exception, and with but small loss oh bur part. B. F, KELLY, Brigadier General. Large Factory Burned. St. Louis, Dec, 30.— The new extensive tobaooo factory of Mepham & Bro,, on Locust street,, was burned this morning, with a large amount of tobao coj ready for market, and a large quantity of fancy groceries stored in the same building. The value of the building, stock, and machinery 1b estimated at $lOO,OOO, of which $68,600 is covered by Insurance. The 28tli Pennsylvania Volunteers. Louis vn.ua, Deo. 30.—About three-fourths of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry, having ro-enUlted, have arrived - here, en route ' for Philadelphia; ex pecting to reaoh there January 4th, on 30 days fur lough. : . . . ■_ ■•1 : ... . . • Arrival of Steamer North American. Poetiakd, Dec. : steamer North Ameri can arrived here this evening. Safetj of the Notv Italian ;Priigate. Nxw York, Deo. 30.—The frigate He d’ltalia has got olt Bafely from the beach at Long Branoh, ' The Steamer Vanderbilt. Naw York, Deo. 30,—The ship Hamlet, from Ma nilla. reports that when off' Capo Laqulllas she waa boarded by the Yanderbllt, bound to Cape Town. . REBEL news. TEtE exchange of prisoners. MORTALITY AMONG THE ONION PRI SONERS AT DANVILLE. THE SITUATION AT DALTON* <8 A. Files of Richmond papers of the 2sfch instant fur nish several matters of interest. The question of an exchange of prisoners U a till largely discussed* The Whig, referring to Butler's proposition for an exohange, says: “A. preliminary question to be considered by our autfcorites, ia whether they will treat with a person whom they have formally outlawed. If this difficulty can be got over, we dare say Butler may be dealt with on as good terms as any one Lincoln will select. Hitohoook and Meredith both proved themselves very scurvy fellows—falsifiers and tricksters. They are well got rid of. It is known that Butler disap proved their conCuet,andtbathehaaail along favored, or pretended to favor, a just and liberal plan of ex ohange. The first carrel that was entered into was negotiated, if we remember aright, between him and General D. H. Hill. Upon the whole, and in >view of the accomplishment of bo deslrahLa an end as the liberation of so many of our noble fel lows, now the tenants of Yankee prisons, we hope the President may not find it incompatible with the dignity and duty of the Government to waive the outlawry and reoogniee the beast. It will be neces sary for Colonel Quid, though, to be wide awake when they get to arranging the terms of exohange, for this cross-eyed Yankee has in him the cunning of the Evil One." JOHNSTON'S ARMY WILL WOT RRTIRR. The army correspondent of the Savannah RepuUu can writes as follows in reference to the movements of Johnston's (late Hardee's) army; 41 The belief is said to be entertained very gene rally in Georgia, that the army was engaged in re pairing the roads and constructing bridges in Its rear, with a view to falling back upon Atlanta, Having heard that some uneasiness was felt upon this subject, I called upon General Hardee before leaving DaltoD, and I have his authority for saying that he had not the least thought of retiring from his present position ; but, on the contrary, if the enemy should advance this winter, which he does not be* lieve they will do, he will dispute every foot of ground from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta. He believes, moreover, that if the absentees will return to duty, and the people at home will continue to supply the army with the means of subsistence, the Federal army will never succeed in reaching Atlanta any more than it has succeeded in reaching Richmond.” The rebels have all gone into winter quarters. THE PBDRRAL PRISONERS AT DANVILLK. ... The Whig says : “ The Danville Registers ays the email* poa continues ,to spread among the Yankee prisoners there, and there are now about three hun dred cases in all. The virus furnished by their own Government having been generally administered, the progress of the disease may be cheoked. The fatality among the prisoners from this and other maladies is very great. Several wagon-loads are. hauled out to the graveyard every day from the general hospital, besides those who die of small pox.” The Legislature of Alabama has voted that the beautiful carpets that eover the floors of the Senate" Chamber, Hall of Representatives, and all offices and committee rooms in the elegantly furnished Ca pitol at Montgomery} be out up and given to the soldiers of the army for blankets. MEXICO. Decided. Progress of tHe French—Reported Recognition of tlie new Government by ; Holland and Spain. "San Francisco, Dec. 29.—The French paper of this oity has received news from the City of Mexico to the 7th inst, The Frenoh troops entered Morelia on the 30th ult., without opposition. Berthier had occupied Acambano. Bazaine was at Calieya, where Gen, Comonfort was assassinated. Mejia oooupied San Miguel. * Juarez and his Ministers are said to have left for Durango. Bazaine had concentrated 12,000 French troops at Calieya, and Gen. Salamanca, Blxteen leagues from Guanajuato. It is stated that the Governments of Holland and Spain have recognized the new Mexican govern ment. Geu. Negrete has succeeded General Comonfort as Minister of War In the Cabinet of Juarez. Fatal Accident. . Bloombetjrg, Pa., Deo. 30.—Caleb Barton, one of the oldest and wealthiest residents of this place, was found dead ou the railroad track this morning. He is supposed to have been killed by a coal train last night. ■' - ■ - Markets by Telegraph. Baltimciue, Dec. SO,— Flour dull; Ohio mpsrflne is quoted at 47. Wheat dull and heavy; Southern white stile for $1 BS@l 96. Corn dull, and declined 3c for white. Whisky dull; Ohio Bells at 99c Coffee firm. St. Lons, Dec. 30. There is a fair business dolngin Flour, the market quiet. Prices of extra and superfine full and firm. Receipts of Wheat are light. Corn is firm; mixed is quoted at 41.25@1.26, and white $1.30. Oats are lh active demand. A Fatai. fight.— On Friday last, Frederick An drewa and John Weeks, both about 17 years of age, employed as laborers at some new works at Cop thorn, in Sussex, had a dispute as to the relative merits of the fight between Heeuan and King on the previous day. To settle the matter they resolved to have a fight themselves. They accordingly met for this purpose, accompanied by seconds, and had seve ral rounds. The result was that, Weeks finally fell to the ground insensible, and shortly afterwards ex pired. An Inquest was held on his body on the fol lowing day, and, after hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased -had been killed by Frederiek-Andruws, and that Thos. Week's and Cbas. Luckins, the two seconds, had been guilty of aiding and abetting. Andrews, who was in the custody of the police, was at once committed for trial upon the ooroner’s warrant, and warrants were issued against the two seconds, who were sub sequently apprehended, but admitted to ball. Thomas Weees is a brother of the deceased.— Zo7> don Times. What Genbrai. Sherman Said.— General Sher man, on his arrival at Cincinnati, on Wednesday, was complimented with a serenade at the Burnet House, in acknowledgment of which he made a brief address. He referred to the successes of the army under bis command, saying that his soldiers had achieved triumphs more brilliant .than any of the achievements of Napoleon. - His corps has marched three thousand miles Binoe they left home, have fought eight pitched battles, and not lost a single one. He was confident that all would come out right in the end; but the army asked their friends at home to have patience. They who were standing off at a safe distance might afford to have as much patience as the soldiers. At any rate they could not help themselves, and the war would jog along as beßt it could, regardless of oomplaintß. Ultimately tbe Union would be restored, and the nation prosper again in grandeur and glory. Fine Arts. At the close of this week the exhibition of Mr. Hothermel’* fine pioture, “ The Exposure of Chris tians iu tbe Homan Amphitheatre,” will terminate. .It; is to be seen in the Academy of the Fine Arts, 'Chestnut street, and has there attracted much.at tention and admiration. Having again visited this picture, our impression of it is even more vividly confirmed—it is one of the finest paintings of its olass which has ever been offered to the public on this side of the Atlantio. When we say “of its class,” we mean as High Art, a poetical rendering of his tory, sacred or profane. The painting itself renders history without re. ferring to any positive Incident. The scene Is in the Coliseum. Through one of the arches outside of the Arena a glimpse of the scene of blond within it is given to the spectators. The audienoeis partly shown. The lion may be tearing any Christian to pieces, and the group in the front of the picture may be any Christians waiting in turn for the moment that is to hand them over to the unfed beasts that are howling in the cages at the end of the Arena. This group constitutes the subject of the painting, and is veiy splendidly composed. It is pyramidical in form—the apex of the pyramid being formed by the he ad of the Homan soldier standing apparently on the steps leading to the Arena, and pointing within, as if directing the removal of another victim to be abandoned to the wild beasts. The principal pyramid, however, is divided by the light and shade into two lesser pyramids, the centre being left in shadow. By this arrangement the light is ingeni ously thrown, broadly and fully, upon the groups of victims, while the central figure is in deep shadow, relieved against the gray of the Arena. This inge nious distribution of the light and shade in the pic ture was probably intended by Mr. Kothermel to be significant of the opposition between the light of the : soul ’in the doomed Christians and the moral dark - ness in whioh their persecutors were plunged. The three points on which thlß picture is so great are its composition, its light land shade, and its • coloring. The expression is rather good, than great The drawing is occasionally very fine,’-and occa sionally not so good. As this is a fault which Mr, Hothermel shares with .Rubens and other great colorists, he need not except to our noticing it We would point to the want of Indication of form under the drapery around the legs and hips of the female figure standing lacing the spectator on the left of the pieturo; to the right arm and hand of the mourn ing female" in the foreground to the right of the oentre; to the feet and legs of the children sitting by her; to the arms, bust, and neck, of the woman in shadow, who Is closing her ears with her hands, to exclude the clamors of the Arena; and to the right arm of the "Homan soldier pointing Into it. On the other hand, we would point out, as flue; points in the drawing, the face of the approaching viotim on the left, whioh, indeed, is charming; the left arm or the fainting woman, whioh la deliciously drawn and felt out; the head of the old man who Is bending over her; and much in the two children In the left of the picture, who are lost in honor, at the fate to which they arc doomed. We have already spoken of the composition, and incidentally of the light and shade, as singularly For breadth and fine disposition of the subor dinate lights in the pioture, we cannot but esteem It as ranking very far beyond any picture of .the Ameri can school in painting that we have seen. The color is of even a higher olass, and ranges at a fair dis tance between Kubens and Paul Veronese, with a dash in the shadow of the gloom whioh is affected by Tintoretto, although with considerably more warmth. On the whole, It inclines more decidedly towards Eubehs in its style of color, than to either of the two other masters. This Inclination, how ever, is by no means that of a copyist. The hand ling, though acaroely so large as that of the great Fleming, Is more vigorous, and exhibits much more lmpasto. The blue is also more pronounced. Hence, this picture is at present fresher, and pro vided It retain ita color, must always remain one of the finest examples of oolor that ouc American schoolhae yet produoed, being singularly pure and fresh, considering the vigor In its disposition which Mr. Kothermel has displayed. we again congratulate Mr. Hothermel upon the step,whioh he has made by completing and exhi biting a pictiire whioh indubitably places him in the first rank of our historical artisls, while, as a poeti cal translator of history upon the. oanvas, he must stand alone! In'former notices, so much was said of the general merits ofthis picture, that we have confined ourselves, in thin valediotory, to a strictly teohnicaband critical examination of it. No artist oan he dissatisfied with, a fair summing up like. inis. Xhls piloting ought to remain In Philadelphia— alter Its Exhibition in the llova! Academy in London, •and the Louvre in'Paris. If no gentleman among us. possessing wealth and. taste, has the great amul-i ■ tion of himself ownlng the finest picture ever painted }lcre " surely a -tew spltlted individuals can easily unite to jiarohase it, and present, itto the Aoademy ol the '.FinejAtti; where it o*o,'oa seen, anil Etuiltcdl : 'ignd mlmlted; ■ ,< t a;v. ■■■ . • i -*..?>•£ :!-«/••': "'•• . ' ''. ! - ’ ' . 3. M - : : • : • " ■ (Judicial Decorum and Te the Editor qf The Press; Sin: Yesterday, when the Supreme Court was listening to the argument on the constitutionality of the draft act of Congress, the counsel for the United States waa twiee’interrupted—once by judge Thompson, and the second time by Chief Justice Woodward. When it was argued that the United States Courts only have the jurisdiction so recently usurped by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Judge Thompson exclaimed: “I would not believe, if asserted a thousand times, that we have such a tyranny.” That is to say, that if the highest court in the United States should have deoided a thousand times in opposition to the disloyal views of those opposing the Government, he (Judge Thompson) would not regard the decision. The lndeaorum of the inter ruption and of the language of it, in not greater than the utter want ol logfo or sense in it. This came, too, from a Judge who had recently decided so as to prevent the turning out of ft member of the Common Council of thiß oity, whose only olaim to- a seat was a false certificate. But there was no tyranny in that, though the only exouse fan the decision was, that a pseudo Common Council had the exclusive jurisdiction of the matter, even where the decision was a corrupt and false one. What, then, is the tyranny in giving to the United States courts exolueive jurisdiction in questions as to the direction or restraining of Untied States officers'! It can only consist In this, that the- Su pieme Court of Pennsylvania is so purs and so good that no other oourt can effect! vely protect the people. As the court is now constituted we have full confi dence in it; as it was recently constituted it had justly lost all claim on the publio esteem by its entiro sub seivieoce te disloyal partisanship. Hence their eagerness to usurp a power (utterly uoheard of in any iquity oourt, and entirely out of the jurisdiction of a State court) to embarrass the General Govern ment in its efforts to suppress the rebellion. The oourt os now constituted will doubtless hasten to correct thiß attempted abuse, and the opinions delivered in support of the former order of the court, will remain a standing reproaoh to the judges who delivered them. The interruptions of the chief justice is not worth a comment. He asked whether a party (meaning the United States) could question the jurisdiction of the oourt after failing to object to it at the first. Nowtheohief justice, and every law student, knows that it is never too late to show a want of jurisdic tion in a court, except in a few cases, where a party by appearing t ia technically estopped from denying the power of the court over the subject matter, I am, sir, respectfully yours, B. Celebration of New Year’s Day* To the Editor of The Press: .' Sm; Christmas is over, and the little folks have enjoyed their Christmas trees. I write you to-day to suggest on additional enjoyment for the oomlog Hew Year's day. Let ail tne Christmas trees be transformed into liberty trees, hung all over with, miniature American flggs. The largest from the top, &nd on it inscribed tne words “Proclamation of Emancipation, Jan. Ist, 1863,” and the victories of the year. Many persons are conscientiously opposed to any observance of. Christmas as a religious holi day. Such, I have no doubt, will be pleased to adopt the above suggestion, and while thus affording en joyment to their little ones, will iDculcate in them a hatred of slavery, and love of freedom, and an in creased devotion to .our national emblem., and the gloriouß institutions of our country. Yours, respectfully, G. M. S. Jaokson, Susq, 00.,Pa., Dec. 28, 1863. Pbrbmptorv Closing Salb or Dry Goods, &c. —The particular attention of dealers is requested to the Reasonable and desirable aasortment'bf British, French, German, and American drygoods, &0., em bracing about 400 packages and lots 'of staple and fancy articles, including 2,600 balaaoral skirts, 175 pieces cloths and cassimercs, undershirtings, linens, worsteds, Amerioan cotton goods. 4c0., to be pe remptorily sold,by catalogue, on four months 1 credit and part for cash, commencing this morning at precisely ten o’clock, by John B. Myers &, Co., auctioneers, No. 232 and 234 Market street, being their dosing sale of the season. Mrs. Wood’s New Store.—The first part of 11 Oswald Cray,” thenew story, by Mrs. Wood, author of “ East Lynne,” “Yerner’s Pride,” &0., is pub lished in the Saturday Evening Post of this week, from the advance sheets, expressly forwarded to the Post by Mrs. Wood, from England. For sale by all periodical dealers. Price 4 cents. Public Entertainments* New Chestnut Street Theatre.— The bills of this theatre inform us that Miss Hosmer has purchased the sole right to the production of Ma tilda Heron’s version of “ Camille.” This is good, both for Matilda Heron and Miss Hosmer. “ Ca mille,” which was performed last evening, is the best character in whioh Miss Hosmer has yet ap peared. It is difficult to fix upon any one play which shall present an entirely unknown actress in the moßt favorable light. It is certain that Juliet is not a fair exponent of Miss Hosmer’s powers. Her performance last evening of the arduous rdle of CamiUe elicited the most genu- v ine applause which has been won during her performance.: To say that Miss Hosmer’s rendi tion is superior to that of Miss Heron (great as this actress’s power, properly developed, might beoome), would be hut seant praise. The audience were thoroughly pleased throughout. In the CamiUe of Miss Hosmer nolndelioacy, no effrontery marred the beauty of the representation. Although the play of “Camille” is a theatrical, ratherjthan a dramatic production, yet the characteristics of the class of which Camille Is the exponent are universal, and appeal to the sympathies of the universal heart. If she always plays as well as she did last night, Miss Hosmer’s CamiUe will be the next best to that of Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Hosmer de veloped last night a passionateness, a tenderness, for which the public were unprepared. Her audiences are ready to acknowledge her ability in stormy scenes, but they have not done justice as yet to her portrayal of soft and sweet emotions. If Miss Hosmer wishes to gain the good will of an equally criticising public, she will do well to make her first appearance in “Camille.” She has shown herself to be the best new actress whom the West has sent us. As a young artiste, hailing ftom Kansas, shels an abun dantly entertaining novelty, and give* promise of entertaining not by the novelty of voice, but by the perennial novelty of talent. Her old faults are still too apparent. She sets her teeth too much; she spoils scenes which might be mOBt effective by degenerating into rant. But she is so much better than what we had reason to ex pect that her faults are sunk In her excellencies. Her other, good qualities consist in dressing .with taste, and always appearing to act at her very best. Saturday evening is the occasion of her last ap pearance, when we believe she essays the character of MrSi Hatter, in the “Stranger.” Mr. McCullough was an unusually good Armani. Like praise is to be accorded to Mr. Ringgold as Gai/tm, and Mrs. Grattan as Madame Prudence. The rest of the characters were so-so. Swiss Bell Hingers. —Delighted crowds con-' tinue to pour into Concert Hall. The entire enter tainment is pleasing, although the performances of Madam Blaisdell and Mr. Hall excite most com ment. THE CITY. [BOB ADDITIOKAX. OITV NEWS, BEE VOHRTH HAGB.J Outrages on the Highway.—William Eckels and Samuel Hunter were arraigned, on Tuesday night, before Alderman Allen, in the 24th ward,-on the charge of riotous conduct, malicious mischief, and committing an assault and battery on Mr. Montgomery, coal dealer on the Darby road. The facts, as developed by the evidence, are that during the fire at tbe Gray’s Ferry Bridge, on Wednesday of last week, the West Philadelphia Steam Engine Company (not the hose company of the tame name), proceeded to the Are. While on the way, some of the party running in com pany w lth the engine amused themselves by annoy ihg a number of country people, who were driving homeward. One of the countrymen piled the whip pretty severely to one or two of the parties, where upon he was beset by a crowd. He took refuge in the coal office of Mr. Montgomery. Mr. M. came out and remonstrated with the party, whereupon Eckels committed an assault and battery upon him. Mr. M. defended himself, knocked Eckels down, and Injured his head considerably. The assailants finally left, and proceeded towards the fire, some of . them muttering they would have satisfaction out of him, they would batter or burn down his place before twelve o’clock that night. Mr. Montgomery proceeded to West Philadelphia to obtain warrants for the arrest of the party, but before he got back the fire was put out, and the company, with the engine, returned. Samuel Hunter had the horn; he halted the en gine in front of the coal office and dwelling of Mr. Montgomery. A party obtained a "heavy pole, bat tered in tbe door of the office. Two little boys, who were left in care of the place, were frightened nearly unto death. Hunter kicked the door off'the stove, then overturned it, and the hot coals set fire to the wood work. The stove was pushed out bn the front platform; and the fire was ignited here also. The rioters had everything their own way. They de parted, leaving the place on fire. A number of wo men in the neighborhood brought huokets audhaslns of water, and extinguished the flames before they had obtained much headway. Of all the persons alleged to have been engaged in this work, the ' above named defendants are;the only two that have been arrested. ' They were bound over in the sum of $6OO to answer at court. .. . Chief Lyle, of the Fire Department, will make a full investigation ol the affair, aB he is authorized to do under the law in such cases. Col. Ballier’s Regiment.— A meeting of the friends of the 98th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer*, Colonel Bailie?, was held, last evenings at the Northern Military Hall. Mr. Frederick Ditt man wa* called to the chair, and Mr. Otter Miaaa acted aa secretary. The president stated that three fourths of the regiment had re-enlisted again, and they would all return in a few days for a month’s furlough* ‘ Committees were then appointed to settle the details for the reception of the regiment.' The Nicetown Hoapital band offered their services for the occasion, which were accepted. Another com mittee wbb appointed to obtain ambulances for the purpose of carrying the disabled soldiers, end also to request the firemen to join in. It is expected that all the German societies In the,city will participate in the reception. The meeting then adjourned. Accidents. —John. McGraw, aged sixty six years, fell on the ride-walk, near Twentieth and Market street, on Tuesday night, and received a severe fracture of his left arm. Hg "was admitted Into the Penn Hospital. ' . . Michael Rush, a lad thirteen years of age, was ad mitted into the hospital yesterday, having been seriously injured,by a hook. He and some other lads were playing about a rope used in hoisting coal, near Broad andShlppen streets yesterday afternoon. He slipped and was caught by the hook In suck a manner as to injure him probably for life. Died from His Injuries.— Wm. Elder, the lad who was injured by the machinery at _Mr. Boyle’s factory, as mentioned yesterday, has since died of his injuries. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PHiLAPßirririA. Dec. SC, 1563. / The money market took a decided tarn to-day, and bankable funds were very scarce. We heard of extra vagant rates being paid for carrying certain stocks, while the general tone of the market indicatod conside rable stringency. The constant conversions into the five* twenty bonds may be one of the prime causes of this, but it is one which we cannot deprecate,: although we ‘may regret, Bhoulda continuation of the tightness create extended trouble in the money centres. Govern ment securities are very finn, the sixes of 158 L being held at 110; seven-thirties at 1C8,; the old cesttfiaates at and the new at 98^. Gold opened weak at 162 M, and rapidly fell ofi’tol.jllj. closing at 152, with a firmer feeling. There was some excitement at the Steele Exchange owing to the pressure to make cash sales. %nd prices con sequently- show a declining tendency. State fiveß were, in demand at:’per;hew City sixes-decided X, but rsr .covered to 101: Philadelphia and Sunbun sevens sol&at IC6M: North Pennsylvania sixes at 96#; Camden, and Amboy eixes (1876»> at 102 M; Seeding and PeanßrYrania 'bonds were steady. - ■ ’Beading declined to 65>i, but was sttong'at 60 at the close. Catawissa sold at 10&, the preferred at Little Schuylkill at DIM: Huntingdon and Groad Tod at 20; Philadelphia and Erie at S2M: Pennsylvania at 69*t; Mlnehlll at 62M ; Camdehand Amboy aiiGlX : 39 was bid Long Island; S 5 for Elmira; passenger railways were Ln • active but firm: • • • : There yrae laVeres^.u; Canal* and it sold ap to 15#; gAnyikiU Kavigation cold At 17; 32# bid for the preferred* 69 wwbid for Lehigh; Jfair York end Middle Coal jeold'at 3>£; Bis Mountain, ats>£; Pena Mining at 77i. The market dosing steady. Drenel A Co, quote; United States Bonds, U. 8. new Certificates of Indebtedness SBs? U. 8. old Certificates of Indebtedness. U. 6. 7 3*lo Notes -..lOßfttfftlOT Quartermasters’Vonchera....... 9T @9B G01d.,..**--. 62 BteVuir Bx&uwre'. ".’."’’.’.r/.U \W. 468 -&166K Jfty Cooke & Co. Quote Gorerraaeß* securities, &«. , ns follows: United States6s, 1881....* .109K©llCitf United States 7 S-10 States.. • »lOBk@lo7>} Certificates of Indebtedness.old. «..,.«102tf#lO2x Certificates of Indebtedness,new,9B @ Quartermasters’ Vouchers 07 0} 97* Gold ~™..152 @ls2# Sales 5>20 bonds, #1,7*7,400. . The following statement showa the business of the Rending Railroad during the month, of November, 1863, compared with the corresponding month of 1862: Received from coal Do do merchandise. Do do travel, etc.... T0ta1,,.... .6746,954 77 9169,638 93 Transportation, roadway, dumiy age, renewal fand, and all charges 289,164 78 182,931 31 Net profit for the month 9**7,79!> 99 9231,825 88 Do for previous ti n0a..,2,878,94a 70 1,812.149 IS Total net profit 12 months $3,336,742 W $2,096,77* 81 The following Bhows the amount of gold which has been brought to New York by the California steamers each year for the oast nine yeara 1 185* nw ; 1868 18/9 1860 1861 i m 1363 . Total, nine years Tie falllnr off in the shipments this year may be at tributed to tho fears that were occasioned, by the rebel freebooters who bad so frequently beeet the path of these treasure-laden vessels, and all the sold that coaid be shipped on Bullish account was in consequence plaoed on board of British vessels,' and sent direct across the ocean from the Isthmus. The New 1 orir Evenino Post of to-dar »ays: The stock market opened with more animation than was anticipated, and the feeling was well sustained to tie cl ose ol business, Goveromerta are strong Fives of l&w are wanted at 127, and levea-thirtles of February Aognat at 107%, Gold certificates are firm at IQ2%® 102J5. Currency certificates, of which the supply slightly exceeds the demand. are quoted at 98@98% State et Aska are steady, bank shares firm, coal and mining stocks buoyant, 'railroad bonds qaiet, and railroad shares ac tive and advancing. Before the first session gold was selling at 152%@152%. Trie at 108@lt£%, Miohisan Southern at 83. Pittsburg at 107%©1[8, Rock Island at 122@123, Fort Wayne at 86%@66. The appended table exhibits the- chief movements of the market compared with the latest prices of Tues day _ ' ■ Wed. Ta. Ady. Dee. U. 8.65, 1881. reg.ex.diY.ll}J% .105 U. & 6s, 1881, c00.x..110 110 U. 8. Seven-thirties—lo 7% W6H K U. 8.1 yr eer., gold—lo 2% 102% % U. 8. 1 yr, tur. * 98 981? American Gold——ls 2% 152% Tennessee 68 68}? Missouri . 86% 68 % Paoifle Mail. .217 213% 3% New Y0rkCen.8..«....133% 333 }| Brie- ..——108,107% % Brie Preferred - —.-.108 103% Hudson River.. *. ...... .128% 127% . % Harlem——.—B9% 88 }\ Harlem Preferred.......lCO 101 Beading—..—ll 2 112 , Michigan Central. .—l2o} £ 120 % Michigan Southern.— 83% 82% 1% Michigan South. guar.. 138% 133 % Illinois Cen. Scrip 117%. 116% % Pittsburg.—.—,—..loB 107% % Galena .. 104% . 104% % Toledo. 120% 120 % Bock lslaod 1*2% . 120% 1% Fort Wayne. .....86% 85 1% hauge Sale*, Dee. 30. :b£i Philadelphia fixchaage.] BOABD. Fhllada. Stock Excl CBeportedbyS. E. Slatmaki FIEBT I 200 Bead 8.30 d af 10. 65% SCO do ..r..b30 55% 160 do b3Q66% 500 Big Mountain.. b 63 6% 6TN Pennaß.... 25% 200 do 25% 200 do bIS 25% 200 Cataw R prof ..... 31% 48 do 2dys 31% 60 do ......b3O 32 10 Pennaß.69% 30 Schuy Nav 17% ZMinehillE 62 5000 American G01d....152 . 29 Cam & Araboyß,.. .164% 20 Little fichayE..... 61% 35 Cataw R 10% 400 do cash. 65% 200 d 0... caßh 66% 25 do ......b6&iut 56% ICO d 0.... 56% 200 NY & Middle Coal 3% 400tfCity 6s. new...... 103% 240tOPenna 65..........100 -SCO do ....100 3tOPbila&Erieß.... 32% 300 do b3O 32% 100 do 32% 100 do .....b3OS2& BETVTEEK 2MineMUR.... 62 160 do-. b 5 62# 11 Fauna K E9# 113 do 69? t SCO Penna 5b -100 SECOND 100 Penna Mining.. .s6O 7# 100 do .'...MOwn V/z 2044.13 Pa 6a... sev. ctfs 99# 160 do 2 ctfa 99# 3503.82d0 99# 200 d0.....r~v«......100 200 do mt 460 Bead £ bs&int 56# 900 d 0........... lots 66 ICO ' do. ~~wcasb 06 180 do 66 2CO Cat K pref?-..... ."bSO 32 IOOBig Mountain, ..b6O 5# AFTER I 16C0 Pbila & San 7s 106 XI 100 Sasq. Canal 15# 160 do 16#| CLOSING PBI< _ Bid Ashed. uses’SL 109# 110 U S 7-30 Note*. •. .107 108 PhDa6s. 99 % 100* Do new. 101 PeunaSs 99# 100 Do Coups ..... ... • ReadKex,div*>.« 56 86# Do bds ’7O 106 106 Do 65’80’43 1000 Cam & Am6* 1875..102% 60 Phila & Brie 8..., 32% 60 Little Scbuy R. .b 4 61% 10CatawR pref...... 31% 200 Big Mountain. ..b5 s}£ lOOSchuy Nav....&int 17 25 Phila & Erie B. .b 5 32h£ 100 do ~......b30 82>I 100 do 3dys S&& 1000 City 6s new 104 500 Susa Canal.. .. .b2O 15# 50 do 15J4 10Hunt & 8TR...... 20 200 U S 5 yrs option . --lOl# 60 Little Sohuß....b4 oU£ 4000NPeana 68........ 96^ BOARDS. 1100Susq Cana1......b30 50 do .....b3O 15? i 1l00 ; d 0... b 3015& [CES-STEADY. Sid Asked. Cat&wissa B Con. 10 ID bi. Do - 31# 32 Phila & Erie 8... 32J4 32*4 Secotid st R. .... 81)1 Do bonds- Fifth-5t8....... 60 Do bonds .. Tenth-st 8,.....- 50K Thirteenth-st B- .. 304 Seventeenth* st 8... 12}£ Spruce-5t8...... L3>f 14 Chestnut st R... 57 W Phila R. 72 Do bonds •• Arch-st B 30K 31 B&ce-st R........ .. 22 Green-st B ...... 44 45 Do bonds .. Girard College B 27 27,M Lombardi South 16 . .. Bidgeav .. Be&vMeadß..., Minehillß....... .. .. Harrisburg.•••»- .. Wilmington 5.'. .. .. Snsq Cana1...,.-. .. Do 6* Lehigh Valß Do bonds.... Phila Get fit Nor. .. Cam St amb 8... .. Delaware Dlv... Do bonds. •• Do bda J S6 conr, .. Penna R......... 69# 69# Do Ist m 65...116# ... Do 2d m 6s. LiUleSohuylK*. 51% 51/a Morris C’l consol. 65 69 Do prfd........ Do 65’76....... .. .. Do 2d jntg..... •• Schuyl Kay Stock 17 \l% Do prfd 32 H 33 Do os ’B2. 86 .87 Elmira 8.. 35 37 Do prfd*"*'*.. .. 63K Do 78 '73. •».109 Do 10a .. L Island 39 Do bds .. Lehigh. Jfav . 69 Do scrip ...... 48>a .. Do shaiee NPenuaE 26 % 26 % Do 65....,.t... 96 97 Do 103 .. Philadelphia Harketl, The Flour market is rather more active* but prices re main about the same as last quoted; sales com pri Be about I.BCOat $7.12X for Pennsylvania extra and bbl for Western and. Pennsylvania extra family, includ ing 1,100 bbls City Mills extra on private terms The re tailers and bakers are buying at from s6@6. SO for super fine; $7@7.25f0r extra; $7.5G@B for extra family, and $8.60 up to $lO bbl for fancy brands, according to qua lity. Bye Flouris selling in small iota at $8.60 9 bbl.' In Corn Meal there is little or nothing doing.. . Pennsylva nia is heldat $5,50 bbl. GRAlN.—Wheat is rather firmer, but there is not much doing. 4,000 bushels red sold at 164@16*c, and small lots of white at bushel, the lafcrer for prime Kentucky. Bye is scarce, with, small sales at 140 c bushel. Corn is more active, with sales of 7,000 bushels at 112@115c for new yellow, and 125 c 11 bushel for old.. Oats are very dull and. rather lower, with small sales at BC@S6c. weight, for Pennsylvania .. Quercitron Is held at $37 ton for Ist No. 1. COTTON.—The market is quiet and prices are without any material change; small sales* of middlings are re ported it>, cash. GBOCBBIisS Sugar and Coffee are firmly held, but there is very little doing :n the way of sales. . SEEPS —Flaxseed is selling at $3 15 bushel. Timo thy is held at $3 Clover is scarce and in demand, with sales a t $7 75©8 per £4 fils. PROVISIONS.—’There is very little doing, but holders are firm In their views. Old Mess Pork Is held at $lB 50 bbl; large sales of dressed Hogs are making at lOO lbs; Eggs axe better, and-selling at S2c dozen; Lard Is held at l£@l3%c lb for bbls and tierces. WHISKY is unsettled and lower; 200 bbls sold at 93® 95e, and drudge at 90c The following are tbe receipts of Flour and Grain at this port to-day: ■F10ur,,... Wheat Corn - 0at5...... 1............ New York Markets, Dec. 30. Ereadstcffs.—The market for State :• and Western Flouris steady, with a moderate business doing at the quotations. The sales are 9.sGobbls at for superfine State. $6.7f@6.85 for extra do., $6.2f1@6.45 for superfine Michi gan. Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &c., $6.90@7.60 for extra do., including shipping brands of round hoop Ohio, at $7.35 @7.70, and tiaae brands ditto at $7,75@9*€0- Southern Flour is quiet and steady, with sales of 500 bbls at s7.6£@B. 15 for superfine Baltimore, and $8.20® 10.76 for extra do. \ Canadian Flour is firm but inactive, with sales of 300 bbls at $6.60@6.75 for common, and $6 75@8.90 for good to choice extra. Bye Flour is quiet and steady at $5.60@6-75 for the range of line and superfine. Corn Meal is doll, with sales of 175 bids at $5,50@5. 75 for Jersey, and $6.25 for Marsh's caloric. Buckwheat Floor is in moderate request at s3.l2>=@ 3.60. and $4 for very choice. Wheat is in fair request at about previous prices ; sales 70,008bnsat *1.44@l 48 for Obicago spring; #L46@1.50 for Milwaukee club: $1 60@l-52 for amber Milwaukee; $1.53(511'f 8 fbr winter red Western; and $1.69@1.60 for amber Michigan. Rye is quiet at $1 SO for Northern. Barley is dull at SI 35@1.55, Com is firm, with a moderate demand; sales 50,000 bus at $1 S(@l’3l for prime Western mixed, in store; $1 33 for round yellow, and $1.23 for Jersey yellow, Oats are quiet and firm at 91@91c for Canada; 92@93Kc for State; and 93@94c for Western. New Fork Cotton Market. Dec. 30* We find a very fair demand for Cotton, both from spe culators and manufacturers, aud prices are firm at 81® 82c for middling:, with sales of 1.250 bales. C ITT I TEM S . A Mechanical Prodigy.—There hao not been an invention of any kind brought before the people of this community for yean past that hae more effectually taken the public, by atom than the oele brated Florence Sewing Machine, sold at the agency of the Florence Company in thia city, at No. 630 Cheatnut street. In fact, it ha* loomed up in our good city, among other Sewing Machine* of less perfeot mechanism, like a young Heroulesi So manifest are ita advantages that, after seeing it, no intelligent purchaser would think of buylag any other. It ia the only machine in use which make* four different kinds of slackest and it* work is more beautiful and durable than that of its most popular rivals—its coat no greater.: & Taylor, Photographer*, Nos. 912,914, and 916 Cheatnut street, are; now pro ducing the superb new style '‘ illuminated vignette ” in great perfection. They are the greatest improve* ment In the way of card pictures that has yet been achieved. Everybody should aee them, as they are really a wonderful illustration of what sun-light, with the aid of a'camera and a first class artist, can accomplish. Mr. Wenderoth, the eminent artist of this firm, is now overwhelmed with orders for the finer and more [expensive clastea of pictures, such as are only executed by this firm. Enterprising Bo6t and Shoe House.—The firm of Nickerson, Harris, & Moaely, No. 435; Market street, have now in store a very superior stock of Boots and Shoes of their own manufacture, aud are daily making suah additions as will reader their establishment one of the first in the country, in the important department of trade they represent. Buyer* will bear this in mind. Sufebioel Wheat Flour, Best Butter, Fine quality Cheese, All kinds of Biscuit, Davis Sc Biohabds, . Arah. and. Tenth. Cabiwkt Oboams pos *■ ■s Holiday Clifts, J. E. Gould, Seventh and Cheatnut. Wtllcox a Gibbs’ .. SKWIJia DIAOBItfBS, For Holiday Preanata. PAIBBAmcS fit EWIMO, de9-tf 715 Cheatnut street CiBIWOT 0594M8 fob ■ Holiday Gift*, j, b, Gouw, Seventh »ad OMWaaS, ConoHS, Hoaesekbsb, and the various *h’hroat affections to which Public Speakers, Military Offi cers, and Singers are liable, relieved by "Janata'. Bronchial Troches." Having a iirscg influence-teethe affected parts, they allay Pulmonary Irritation, 1863. 1852, $618,655 78 $356,406 54 64,234 64 46,644 60 73 864 45 63,505 85 OiiAp.r.iis Stoxes & Co.'s “ Illustrated Almanac of Fashion for 1864," u now ready for distribution. This beautiful Illustrated annual, cots* taining many Illustrations of interest, printed in colors, together with much valuable' reading mat ter, can be had gratis, on application to the one. price store of Charles Stokes & Co., under the Con tinental. ... $41,681*24 .... 40,319 .... M. 222 904 ... 36,179 344 ... 39 976,750 33,490.409 ... 34.370,647 ... a4.882.5K ... 11905 478 ...297,029,731 Let ua be wise In 1864, and procure our wearing apparel at the Brown-Stone Clothing Hall o£ Book hill 6c Wilion, Koi. 603 and 60S Cheatnut atteet, above Sixth. | Cabinet Oesans tob BOARDS. December 30—Evening. 2,350 bbls 6,200bug . bus. ~'....,.,...39,500 bus. Fresh Ground,. from New; Wheat. • thb New Yax. u ~ SIGNB o» thb TuaukHUMA open, pleasantly an d Prosperously, as everybody agree., and the signs t>. f l >®“ Ke falr-partiou larly the business signs a, T ‘ icll Jrn the streets of Philadelphia. FroihlnenV among.those whteh be who runs may read, is the olg. n of ® r * DviUe st okei* magnificent clothing establishß.' ent ’ r ' o, 609 nut street, above Sixth. \ G«». Steok k Oo.’s Piawob \ For HoUdhJ Pi I ** Wllloox & Gibbs' Sewihq Maohihbb, For Holiday Presents. Fatrbaubb a Ewrsfyit 715 Willoox k Gibbs' Sbwiws IHAOmBBS, For Hobday Presents. Faibbanss & Ewnsot 715 Chestnut stMefc- Oko. Steoii k Oo.’s Pianos For Holiday Present*, Willoox k Gibbs* Suwraa Maohbtss, For Holiday Presents. Fairbanks A Ewnro, 715 Chestnut street, 01d’63 Ann Yovva ’s4—Old ’63 has pretty nearly run his race, and young ’6l is about stepping into his shoes. All eyes are now turned towards the expected heir, and his coming will be . greeted with the ringing of bells and the Bring of guns. We would have a good word to say for the re tiring year. It will figure prominently in history, for “ In marble-built oity and camel-trod waste, He has left a fair set of bold way-marks behind." Holiday Gifts. J, E. Gottlp, Seventh sad Chestnut, Coens, Bunions, .Invested Nails, Enlakobb Joints, and all diseases of the feet, cured without pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. Zaohan 818, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut itreet. K» fen to phyiioiena and surgeona of the city. deSKI Obo, Stbck & Co.’« Pianos For Holiday presents, ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS tJP TO TWELVE O’CLOCK LAST H 7 Girard-Cheitaut f i A C Elliott, N T Louis LaJler, Memphis A Barrett, Memphis J A. Hammerslsy Bajnl Millikan,Hollidayß’bg Geo Mears, Hoilidayebure C F Rangier A ly, Laic, Pa Mrs Gibeon, N Y GWJ Beatty. Harriabuif Frank Edwards Sami A Dyer. Pa W P Lakers, Philad John E Brown. Elkton, Md Thos Willard, NT J Thompson, Wash, D C SPerkins.’Boston G Hamilton. Boston. BN Black, New York J R Schenck. Wash, D 0 J S Black, Pittsburg Mr Murdock, New York Mr Hall, Blair co. Pd J W Ortn, Harrisburg R Hoseland, Harrisburg E B Wigtou, Huntingdon W Colon, Hnutiogdon WW Davis, Mifflintown EC Stewa»t. MiSiintown J Parker, Penna, E CMcAboy, BnfJerco J M Johnston, USA Mrs Pomeroy, Penna B J Fleming, Pennsylvania J H Osborne, Morriaville P B Osborne, Delaware Dr E F Smith, New York J B Hazier. Delaware G H Baymond A la, Del itreetf below Xuu P J Hargans, BT T W E Moore, IT Y Chas Beardslee. If T J M March, Pa V C Reynolds, Balt Lieut Thos J Owen R French, Wash.- D i Wm J Dowd, N Y EdwS&wman, JTY Bdw Ryan N T Chas Clifford, Balt Henry Howard, U S Robt Wilson, USA S Garlin, Penna J T Horner, Penna H W Brinton, Dela\ C JS Hamieton, Calih B R Seccomb, Sew Y< D fj Herr, Harrisburg £ Baskin, Harrisbnn W B Smith Lient W S Simmnna, A Velfion, Boston d W Thomas D Baird Allentown W W Wilson, Sew' V J Wilson, Chic> Mrs Dowling, Chicago Miss Hammett, Chicago J Mclntire, ELkton, Md C L Lamberton & la, Clarion. A H Slape, New Jersey J Pycock, New York W Parry, Canton. 0 J Jefferson Sc la, Delaware A T Williams, Delaware Continental—Ninth JT H Lott, Indiana ind Chestnut itwitl. H K Whiton, Janesville J J B Pease, Janesville F Cambios, New Orleans J Johnson St la,Penna Gen J H Lane, Kansas M W Delahoy, Kansas Hon John Sherman, Ohio Mrs J Sherman, Ohi