cArtss.
TIIRDAY, JANUARY e, 1864
re can take no notice of anonymous Domani.
is. We do not return rejected manuscripts.
"oltintary correspondence solicited from all
the world, and especially from our different
and naval departments. When used, it will
for.
The Democratic Party. '
history of the Democratic party is
story of the Union. With brief in
ion, it has had control of the Govern
)r fifty years, numbering among its
the first of our statesmen, and em
g in its policy the wisdom of th
n was strong because it apper as
eople ; they trusted it because 'had
l to the Union, and long afk.„ on
passed into the control_,s to be the
) the Union it was be
l it was never
of the flepublis,
that his party
convince a Demr
a.
be anti-nati Its Southern
made a .el use of the boy
its
_ern . members, continu
...ern that compromise with
minp •
sential to the Union. Who
ws
e the devotion of the masses of
ocracy to the idea of Union,: It
,tion carried to an extreme which
dry; it stopped at nothing. First,
ocrats of the North sacrificed their
even the hateful fugitive-slave
:eavlastly, their principles. They
(by ? Not because they hated
le less, but because they loved the
Many a partisan of the South. in
itates wrilited under the disgrace of
but submitted in the fond belief
vas essential to the peace of the
Thus, the sacrifice prodeeded
holders begging- and bullying the
giving alms to the supplicant, and
to the tyrant. Thus gradually the
he party were distorted, its pritici
!oyed, its character debased. Eye
: ceased to be less for the - Union,
rue more for a section until at
ained nothing of Democracy but
is name. Then came the revolu-
a — revolution of patriotism. It was
nph of Northern independence.
the slaveholder took off the mask
y, and revealed the face of the
Where then stood the masses of
mracy ? In the Republican ranks.
s many Democrats voted for Mr.
as Republicans ; and after his
after the rebellion, the best part
kemocracy, in the noblest spirit,
ained his administration. Even
who voted for Mr. BREcK
were many who wisely and
bandoned the name of the party,
to its principles. If there is any
who regrets that his party is no
werful and respected, let him blame
rn masters ; let him blame the men
ted it as they did their slaves.
P was weakened by slavery, and
ke - ri up by traitors.
one of its services is forgotten,
ne of- its principles is extinct. Its
passed into another form. All the
ie Democratic party is now built
and irremovably in the National
Morin. All of its best men are
the present Administration_ The
tocrats who are prominently before
7 as friends of the Administration
ny that we shall not even attempt
hem. They are in the Cabinet, in
tte, in the House of Repre
; they are generals in the
.y are Governors of States. More
they are endorsed and followed by
iberal and intelligent of the De
roters—the merchants, mechanics,
and soldiers—whose influence is
gh their names are unrecorded.
rho still cling to a dead branch, and
miracle to make it blossom, abuse
1 Democrats as apostates. Apos
what are they false ? Not to
3gs of JEFFERSON, not to the ex - -
FACT:SON, not to Democratic devo
-Union. If they are false to the
y of JEFFERSON Davis, BRECK
and VIq,LANDIGETAII, they have
lacy honorable; were they true
tilers they would show that even
a be a crime.
'ministration, in recognizing the
aclmowledging the rights of loyal
3, has doubly earned the trust of
, and its example should be fol
all its friends. It is significant of
olicy than America has lmown for
is, that none but Union men are
the present Government. It has
listed the claim of any man who
to it as a Republican or as a De
tit has tried all by the superior
alty. It has united the loyalty , of
I, and repelled factions of every
`hat it has only received enmity
from the organization now calling
ocratic is immaterial, for the true
y is with it, and will remain with
The President's Epic.
ye no poet-laureate. Poets are
emselves, and require the suffrage
rn to royalize them. The poetical
, to use an ecclesiastical analogy,
over of the people. They crown
wn, create and destroy, at plea
sucking poets, who delight in cut
in the sugar-cane of poesy, and in
mpod verses into the full measure
wspaper press, we have enough
re. Arritong all the capital hits these
rmsters have made, not one has
ion the fruitful theme of the
al Epic. Publishers are usually
terprising as poets ; magazines and
s are always open to genuine talent,
if it be of a novel order ; editors
;et of wild horses growing skittish
f a metrical manuscript, and re
be noosed with a literary lasso.
one or two eminent poets in our
Philadelphians at that—who have
ouch in poetry as politicians have
But, what we have to say now
e particularly to the stofik-jobbers
•elsy—to those individuals who
steel all their talents, and who
sharer in the intellectual fund .
not one of these set himself up
Lite House poet ? Why are there
of the President? Why has no
t or small, married to effective
it grave or gay, the sayings and
that practical man who at this
Las so great a hold on the hearts
oving people ?
, because, his acts have been so
practical. They have been so
xst moment of his discretionary
o the present time. Friends and
ors alike are assiduous in picking
is which they connect with him t
as biograpbic facts. They suggest
rnmenced using the axe when he
oung. He hasnsed it with won der
ver since. He has wielded it with
wart arm that he has chopped oil
f rebellion, and the animal is now
ndly around like a headless chick
last agonies. If Mr. LrNcoLs's
tinctured with Quakerism, Mr.
.irocar - is a fighting Quaker. He
milled the Dictator of the rebel
he will soon be compelled to throw
age. His biographers report that
[( Hawk War of '3d he was captain
uay. He learned what a soldier's
Now he is Commander-in.chiet
Ly and Navy of the 'United States,
L power which the entire world
. LINCOLN was a merchant once.
.rchant, on a large scale, now. Ih -
extensively with the South, and
pal stock in trade is men and
He is going to collect all the
South owe him, and pay the Sduth
she owes her. Some people do say
meow: has been postmaster. All
ries which lurk in the great dead
Lrtment of the South will one day
at his entire disposal. In his early
zed to be considered the swiftest
he strongest wrestler, the best
be found. dlr. DAVE has been
milrun hha; to_loityrrestle him, to
IA; =and is now in a•sweet temper
at not being able to do it. Nearly thirty
four years ago Mr. Liwoorm attainej*
majority—a sort of silver wedding, rat i ng
hood with manhood. Now he isouoyancy
his golden wedding, when fare united
and vigor of early manl prime. The
to the practical wisdom 'has supported us
same faithful history r Mr. LlNcomi . was
so far, assures us ,ugh not on as large a
once a surveyor- Now he is going over the
scale as he is St the Union, and is laying
whole grow; There are extensive lands
it out afh which are the objects of his
down Interest, and which he is gradually
pecking to inclose within the wall of the
?ton he has himself entrenched. In con-
:fusion, Mr. Liaccotac is a lawyer, and is
used to pleading causes. He is pleading
the cause of the Union now, and with
voice so potential, in utterances so eloquent,
with arguments so unanswerable, with a
force so overwhelming and invincible, as to
rivet the respectful attention of the world,
and to bind to unalterable faith in him the
millions whom he addresses.
But upon the diversified extent of our
President's career there are one or two laud
marks which stand out boldly. They are
clearly defined ; their features are boldly
marked. The Proclamation of Pardon and
the Proclamation of Emancipation of Mr.
Luccor,r; go together. They are the land
marks to which we refer. Nurtured in an
atmosphere of freedom, and surrounded
from his earliest years by influences which
have dedicated him and set him apart as the
champion of liberty, he has fulfilled his
mission by those two sublime proclamations.
This is not laudation of the mere man LIN
COL-11. It is something nobler even than
that. It is homage to the ruling principles
of his life. It is worship of those principles
- have, made us what we are, and which
will make us what we shall become.
Yes ! 'When the President's Epic shall
come to be written as it ought to, and will
some day be written, these two acts of his
life will furnish the incidents to which all
episodes will appear trite and dull. Like
the Egyptian pyramids, they will survive
amid the centuries, and withstand the works
of time. The hard-working class, which the
poet-laureate of England so feelingly stig
matizes as "0, you chorus of indolent re
-viewers," will then find their hands more
than full. The more intelligent among them
will feel even more than they do at present
that the history of our present Executive is
a chapter in the history of human freedom,
and that the restoration of the Union he is
to effect is the hinge on which the portals
of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
shall forever continue to vibrate.
A Southern View of Rebel Conscription.
The readers of Richmond papers have
been enjoying a warm spell of editorial on
the subject of rebel conscription. The
sweeping conscription measure deliberated
upon by the rebel Congress places in the
military service all white male residents of
the Confederate States between the ages of
sixteen and fifty-five. The bill is a very
stringent one. It provides that all-laws
granting exemptions from military service
shall be repealed, and that exemptions shall
be granted only to those who shall be held
unfit for military service under rules to be
prescribed by the rebel Secretary of War.
The act admitting substitutes into service
has been repealed with precipitancy, and
a bill setting aside all contracts with
the principal whose substitute has been
received, and conscribing him also, has
passed tlie rebel Rouse, and will doubt
less be ratified by their Senate, and a more
sweeping conscription embracing all able
bodied men of all ages has been proposed.
The Richmond Enquirer devotes a long edi
torial to a consideration of the subject. It
prefaces its remark that this subject de
mands the earnest, the cautious, the moat
deliberate consideration and circumspection
of Congress with the following queries : "A
frenzy for the moment seems to possess both
the administrative and legislative branches of
the Government upon the subject of swelling
the muster rolls of our armies. Whence
comes this frantic infatuation? Is it a symp
tom of panic, bordering on despair ? Are we
reduced to the necessity of making such an
exhibition to our enemies and to the world,
in resorting to such desperate measures, un
paralleled in the history of wars ?" The_
passing by the Senate of the bill before
them is further stigmatized as an unwar
rantable and unconstitutional breach of
faith. The article goes on to speak of the
contemplated measures- as depopulating a
slave-holding people, with slaves already
pretty thoroughly demoralized. In a word,
the Richmond Enquirer comes out strong
on the conscription question. It dwells
upon the incalculable injuries that would in
every way result from wholesale conscrip
tion ; the neglect of the agricultural inte
terests 'which would ensue ; the trials of in
sufficient food ; the number of desertions in
the army, and disparagingly contrasts the
actions of the rebel forces
_in the field with
the feats of Federal arms.
_
This exhibition of % feeling on a question
- which has becOrne_oi vital importance to the
Confederacy, cannot but be viewed with the
deepest interest by all. Week after week
effects the elimination on the side of the
South of some quantity from the equation
- which she would establish between her
self and the North. All their woes
haVe been incessantly aggravated by want
_
of confidence in one another, and now
the rancorous arm of dissatisfaction is up
lifted, and the people looking on approve.
The cause of the South is dwindling down
into a speck It never was a mountain, and
now it is less than a mole-hill. But, mean
while, we are not to rest. We never are to rest
until rebellion is annihilated, and the Union
is everywhere triumphant. The day is
speedily approaching. We have long been
involved in a war whose causes and whose
results, complicate and far-extending as
they are, are unmatched in history. A part
of the rich, luxuriant forest of the - Union
has been blighted by the rude blasts of re
bellion. But - we are advancing to the endu
ring summer of our years. The blighted
portion of our Republic will renew the vows
of its childhood, and, thrcugh the intricate
paths of the future, will advance with us in
harmonious measure.
I ON Nnw YEAn'E DAY, the citizens of
rortlar d celebrated the President's Pro
-1 elm:nation of Freedom with a general de
monstration and rejoicing. In view of this
I event, the Democratic organ of Portland
said sardonically : •
" A year or two ago, is. the House of Congress,
Hon. F. A. Pike, Of our Eastern district, announced
a programme not yet carried out in fall, which to
morrow is going to be celebrated here : 'Fight,
Tax, Hmancipate. 3 These three words represent
acts in glorification of which the town will be very
noisy tc-morrow."
Well, the nation has fought and won ;
has been taxed, and has been able to bear
its necessary burdens ; and has approved the
proclamation giving freedom to the slave,
and taking from rebellion its idea and pow
er. Have they not reason to rejoice who
are about to restore the country on the ba
sis of entire personal freedom ? Is not this
motto better than the other—" Secede, Re
bel, Fight, Tax and Enslaye ?"
EAST TENNESSEE.- - mr. (AIARLES A. DA
NA, formerly the able editor of the Tribune,
and lately invited to assist the Secretary of
War, has written a letter to the Yew York
press, in which he invites benevelent atten
tion to the sufferings of the devoted people
of East Tennessee :
"The most loyal population which can be found
in any part of the United Stater, so far as my Obser
vation has enabled me to judge. Their country has
been repeatedly traversed by both the rebel and
Union armies, and the consequence is that in many
portions of it the inhabitants are literally starving.
The Government, of course, will issue rations to the
destitute in the immediate vicinity of our military
posts, but this will not suffice to relieve the deep
dirt, eel that is now beginning to he felt among the
secluded valleys of that region.. Having bat recent
ly reside two journeys through a considerable part of
ir, I state only what I have seen with my own eyes.
The dire wants of that simpleminded people should
be met by the humane sympathies of our Northern
communities, whose ample charity cannot be exer
cised toward more honest, more patriotic, or more
innocent sufferers."
Tan New York Eesning Post inquires :
" Will the Neaps kindly tell the public
where Governor SEYMOUR stands ?" and
the News rejoins : " For the past six months
we have endeavored, without success, to
ascertain *here Governor Saysioun stands."
This riddle,- however, is easily, answered.
GOY. SEYMOUR stands =where, or does not
stand at all. - '
Conservatism Revolutionized.
`lt is just one year since the President's
Proclamation of Freedom became operative;
and it is remarkable in the history of the
war that the chief sign of the present hour
is the almost unanimous anti-slavery con
viction of the people. Emancipation first
created a storm of debate—now even rebels
acknowledge its necessity. It is some time
after the quondam rebel General GANTT de
clares for the abolition of slavery, that a
number of the most decided pro-slavery
journals give up the abusive task of trying
to fight the war back into its original ele
ments, and plainly admit that slavery
must and should be extinguished. This re
cognition of the power of the great fact
and feeling of emancipation, proves the ex
ti eine error and weakness of the so-called
" conservatism" of the country, and is sig
nificant in every way. As one of the signs
of the hour, the following candid article from
the NewburvpOrt &rata, formerly an ultra
pro-slavery journal, is worth thoughtful at
tention
o &every is to be abolished before this war closes,
come what will, oppose it what will, and Gust wrest
it may. The political opposition may say that the
people do not have freedom to express tftemselves;
that does not matter ; they will not stop up m any
nice points; an expression will be bad, and ['icor Md.
They may tell us that the Uaion—as we have under
stood it—cannet so be restored, or the Constitution
preserved. Let it be so ; some Union—a union of
territory—ean be had from the Lakes to the Gulf,
and the Constitution will be in force with all the
modem improvements. , The past is a closed bJok,
and whatever we may have wished or believed, or
latored for, we may as well prepare for the present
as it is, and let the future look out for itself. If it is
better than the past, we shall be the gainers ; and if
worse, we shall only share the common lot; but bat
ter or worse, it is useless to whine and grumble about
what the people have determined shall be ; and if we
read aright the signs of the times;the popular decree
runs thus : First, that this country shall be one na
tion ; not an acre or rod of it to be given up, if the
war must go on forever and eternally for its unity,
and though we snail have to lay waste State after
State, till a territory bigger than all of Western Eu
rope shall be turned to desert—depopulated and de
nuded—for that end. Seaoud, that slavery shall be
wiped out. The cause of thewar shalt be removed,
more completelythan was theltufnan race destroyed
by the great flood, not eight persons surviving te
servitude to tell the Meru of the past. Tnirdly, that
the present Administration—the Government—is to
continue in power as long as the war lasts; Abra
ham Lincoln, who was constitutionally and properly
elected to be President of all the States, to be Presi•
dent till his authority is recognized in every State
that was within the Union at the time of his elec •
Sen. If this is not the meaning of present history,
it is written in characters that we do not under
stand ; if this is not the decision of the late elec.
tione, we fail to appreciate them ; if this is not the
popular voles, then the people misuse the words
they utter."
Almost as interesting as this sweeping ad
mission is the following paragraph from the
Pittsburg Post, a journal of similar political
character
"We feel satiated that the future peace of this
now bleeding and distracted country requires the
total extinction of slavery among us. We do not
'allude to its eradication this year or next, or whether
it shall disappear in this generation or in the next •
our idea is that its final abolition, at moms fixed
period, is necessary for the future peace of this Re
public. One of the results of the present rebellion
will he the weakening, or, perhaps, destruction of
one of its causes—slavery in the South. With that
will follow the death of Abolition among ourselves.
Then, after the terrible experience of the present
times, our country will be re-created, and increased
civilization, on luminous wings, will spread its bles
sings upon a regenerated Republic, destined to be
the greatest nation upon which ike sun has yet
Shone."
Certainly ; this is the prospect truly exhi
bited. We heartily agree to the death of
Abolition, provided slavery is killed before
hand_ In the meanwhile, to accomplish
this purpose ? we must all be Abolitionists.
.Nearly cotemporary with 'the poitentons
words attributed to the Richmond Whig—
viz : " Slavery has committed the unpardon
able sin and must die"—other pro-slavery
journals are beginning to perceive the same
inevitable, inexorable fact. Nothing can
save slavery not even the myriads of
crimes and falsehoods which have been com
mitted to save it—and, at last, the South
itself will not wish to have it saved. It is,
therefore, important that the "Conservative"
faction in the North should hurry up and
make peace with the progressive sentiment
of the country, or the rebels themselves may
leave them far behind. It would be humi
liating, indeed, were they still to argue for
Secession and Slavery, while the South had
aliendoned the one, and were abolishing
the other. Missouri, Maryland, Arkansas,
Tennessee; and, perhaps, Kentucky, have
already distanced the Copperhead party.
What if North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida,
and even the great battle-ground of Virginia,
should be abolitionized before this perverse
faction pay reverence to the political gospel
of the age ? Who knows but that in the
remote future some inveterate partisan will
"hurrah for McCLELLAN" when Virginia
has erected a monument to Ram BROWN ?
Almanacli de Gotha.
This periodical is the Tom Thumb of all
books of reference, for its size is about 4
inches by 3, with 4 inches of thickness.
But, small though it be, it contains 1,174
pages of print, small but clear, and, esti
mating its information at only one hundred
items on each page, (which is far below
their number,) it contains about twelve
hundred thousand facts, well arranged,
readily accessible, and perfectly reliable.
In this small volume, it treats- of every
civilized State in the World, showing
how and by whom governed, what its
statistics, and who its leading officials
are, at home and abroad. The volume
for 1864, which Mr. LnvPOLDT has
sent us, is the hundred and first annual
issue. We have heard that the sale is
small ; perhaps so, but the book is accepted,
every where, as semi-official. Small as it is,
it is in a manner, Master of the Ceremonies
to all the nations upon earth; for they all
accept it as such, and supply the infor
mation which is requisite to make it com
plete. It professes to be made up only to
the middle of June in each year, but in
deed brings its detals four months later, for
some of the genealogical pages are dated as
having been put to press on the 3d of July ;
that which commences with the ruler of
Saxe-Cobourg- Gotha and his family is dated
25th of October, and a subsequent sheet is
dated three days later.
The Almanach de Ootha is a great stickler
for " legitimacy." Though, issued by Jus-
T 135 PERTHES, the well-known Gotha pub
lisher, it may be said to be edited by many
I European sovereigns—more particularly by
those of the German Confederation. Thus
because the Kingdom of Italy has not been
acknowledged by Rome, Austria, and the
German Confederation, (except Baden,
Prussia, and the Hanse Towns,) although
the Abac - inach includes Naples, Sicily, Tus
cany, Parma, and Modena, in it, the ge
nealogical information respecting the ci
devant, and exiled rulers of these States,
• continues to be given in full, with all their
family ramifications, precisely as if Flax
cis 11. still misgoverned in Naples, FER
DINAND IV., in Florence, ROBERT I, in
Parma, and FRAIICIA V. in. Modena. So,
too, under the head of France, though the
BONAPARTE family (as being tenants in
possession) occupy the first .place, the
Almanach also gives an account of " the
ancient royal house of France," repre
sented by HENRI D'ARTOIS, Duke of
Bordeaux, and of the cadette branch
of the Bourbon line, of which LOUIS
PHILIPPE, of Orleans, commonly called
the Count de Paris, is the representa
tive. In the same way, there also being a
pretender to the throne of Greece, in the
person of exiled OTHO, of Bavaria, the
careful AlmanaeTz gives Ms genealogy, as
well as that of the newly elected King
GEonciE I. In every instance but one,
where there is a disputed succession, the
authority from Gotha names the pretender
and his kin, as well as the ruler de facto.
The exception is with Belgium, the King of
which is uncle to the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg-
Gotha, under whose patronage the important
little Almanach is published; even in this
case, the King of the Netherlands has ac
quiesced in the severance of Belgium from
Holland
The Duke of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha being
the person who has urged the Duke of A.u
gustenbourg to claim Schleswig-Holstein as
part of the German Confederation, one
would like to know how the Almannek
would treat the subject. Unfortunately,
FREDEnic VII., of Denmark, died on No
vember 15, whereas the last sheet of the
Almanach went to press eighteen days
before. Still, one can see how the leaning
is. Among the portraits which embellish the
new volume are those of the Princess of Wales
and her father. Ve first is inscribed "AL
EXANDRA, Princess of Wales, born Princess
of blesvig-Holstein-Sondenbourg-Glucks
bourg," taking no notice of her being a Da
nish princess by adoption, and her father,
though stated to - be "Prince of Denmark,'
is also fully described by his German title—
1 the design in each instance being to show
that the Prince (now King CnRTWrIAI
1 and his fariaily belong only to he younger
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1864.
or cadette branch of the line of Holstein-
Denmark.
There is a curious point connected with
the disputed succession to the Sehles wig-
Holstein Duchies—of importance, too, be
cause, small as they are, with less than
a million of inhabitants, the quarrel about
them may involve Europe in a general
war. In the Atmanach for 1863, it was
merely mentioned in the diplomatic part
of the volume, that the father of the
Princess of Wales was declared Prince
of Denmark and presumptive heir to the
throne, by virtue of the European treaty
of 1852. But, in the volume for 1804,
after the genealogical record, is a notice
which we thus translate : "'The succession
to the throne of Denmark, after the males
of the elder line of the House of Holstein,
now feigning in Denmark, is assured, by
the London protocol of May 8, 1852, to
Prince CruturrrAfi of Schleswig-Holstein-
Sonderbourg-Gluelsbourg, and his male de
scendants by his present wife, the Princess
Louisa of Hesse, and this succession was
confirmed by the hereditary Danish law of
the 31st Tuly, 1853."
Special Despatches to The Press.
WAFIIIINGTOIf, D. C., JAM. 1.
New Year's Reception by the President.
This morning the ministers from the foreign
courts, with their attaches, all wearing the insignia
of their rank and dignity, paid their respects to the
President.
Subsequently, officers of the navy and marine
corps, and of the army, in full uniform, proceeded to
the Executive mansion for a like purpose. -
The doors were opened for the reception of the
public for two hours, and thousands of persons, as
usual on much occasions, crowded to the reception
room (the Marine Band playing In the meantime) to
shake the President by the hand, and to hastily ex
change pleasant words inspired by the advent of a
new year.
E R. PBRICITS has been appointed postmaster of
San Frenetic°, vice S. M. Penmen, removed on
account of complaints preferred against him of mis
management of the postofilce business.
An order has been issued creating the fl Unary De
partment of Kansas, including Fort Smith, and as
signing Major General Curt:Pie to trio command.
Ito action has yet been taken with regard to the
Department of the Missouri, nor will there be until
the Senate shall have oonaidered the nomination of
General SCHOFIELD to be a major general.
Re-Enlistments Credited on. Quotas.
The War Department hea determined tilt credit on
the quotas of their respective States all re-enlisting
soldiers who have already served two years. It is
estimated that at least seventy-five thousand out of
the three hundred thousand men last called for will
be raised in this manner. Of the residue, a hundred
and twenty-flve thousand men are expected to
volunteer, leaving not more than a hundred thousand
to be drafted. -
Order Concerning the Capture ofjPrizeg.
Complaints having been made to the_ Navy De
partment of irregular and illegal proceedings with
respect to captures made
by vessels not in the naval
service, it is directed that hereafter, whenever a
vessel or vessels of the navy shall be present, or
within sight or signal distance, at the time of any
capture made by an armed vessel in the service of
the United States, the senior navy officer ipresent
shall be responsible for the sale-keeping of the prize
while present, and shall detail the prize -master and
crew, and adopt the necessary measures to prevent
the commission of any irregularities or violation of
the law, and he will report fully to the Department
the circumstances attending the capture.
Cumnimertn, Md., Dec. 30, 1863.—Colonel Boyd,
of the 12th Pennsylvania - Cavalry, captured Hugh
Logan, a citizen of Littlezburg, Pa., but engaged in
the service of the evenly. Mr. Logan is noted as a
daring rebel scout. He is the man who piloted Lee
through the State of Pennsylvania at the time when
Lee made his last invasion of the Northern States.
It is alleged that the prisoner committed robberies
on Pennsylvania citizens when acting as Lee's
scout. General Kelley has decided to turn the pri
soner over to the civil authorities of Pennsylvania.
Accordingly, he will be sent from Wheeling, where
he now is, to Governor Curtin.
Cutting Or Charleston and Savannah.
A letter in the New Bedford Mercury mentions
"the capture of Pocotaligo bridge, by Brigadier
General Seymour; so goes the yarn, and on . good
authority, too. The possession of this bridge by
the Union forces may cut off some of the supplies
of Charleston, but not to' such an extent as to
hasten the termination of the siege. It places Sa
vannah in a rather tight position, so far as direct
communication with Richmond is concerned ; but
still they have a circuitous route open through the
interior of Georgia, unless Grant'a army cuts them
off at Atlanta. Still, holding Pocotaligo bridge is
an advantage, which, if backed by a suttleent num.
ber of men, may induce the commanding general to
act indeptndent of the " web•feet," although going
up to the, rear may be a,. hard road to travel, xs it
must be expected the rebels have - taken ev -
caution to bold the rear since the taking of Pose
taligo bridge."
Letter of the French Publicists to the Loy
al League of New York.
In answer to the Loyal League of New York
four very eminent French statesmen and philoso•
phers, distinguished for their sympathies with the
cause of freedom in this country, have returned a
noble letter of approval, and encouraging the great
struggle in which the American people are engaged.
The letter is signed by donut Agenor de Gasparin,
Augustin Cochin, Edouard L sboulaye, and Henri
Martin. It is unnecessary to say that the opinions
of these liberal and progressive Prenchmen are high
ly respected throughout France and Europe. We
give a few of the most imP r ortant passages of the
letter, which is quite long:
What seems really impossible is not to restore the
Union. Where draw the line between North and
South? How maintain between them a state of
peace or even of truce? How shall Slavery and Li
berty' live aide by - aide? How, moreover, reetrain
the South from European protectorates, and by
what means 'arrest the frightful consequences of
such protectorates? Geographically, morally, po.
lineally, separation would create an unnatural si
tuation—a situation violent and hazardous, - where
each would live, arms in hand, waiting for the hour
of con Met.
. _
We have full faith, gentlemen, that such a trial
will be spared to you. It is not that we overlook
the difficulties which still remain for you to over.
come; theyare great—greater, perhaps, than we
imagine. War has its vicissitudes, and you may,
perhaps, be yet called upon to pass through periods
of ill fortune. Yet one fact always remains, and
shows on which ride the final triumph will be found
supposing that there be no foreign intervention.
The slag of the Union has now, for two years, never
paused in its advance. It floats to-day over the
soil of every revolted State, without exception.
The South has had its victories ; it has never gained
an inch of ground. The North has had its defeats ;
it hes never fallen hack. Master today of the en
tire course of the Mississippi, master of the Border
States and of Louisiana, all that remains is to stifle
the revolt in the narrow territory where it first
burst forth, and back to which it has been driven.
We believe that you will succeed in this ; for Europe,
the only hope of the South, seems now little dis
posed to give her aid.
In short, the rebellion is already reduced to such
narrow proportions that, should it ever become a
distinct Confederation, accepted as such from weari
ness of war, the Confederacy thus created will not
he born with the functions of life. Neither Euro
pean reisognition nor your own could give it a seri
ous chance of duration. It would end in a return to
you. But we delight to believe the re establishment
of the Union less distant. And, in the presence of
that prospect, which thrills our hearts with joy,
permit us, ds your friends, to offer you some sincere
advice. The dangers of victory, you are aware, are
not less than those of the combat. We give you,
therefore, our loyal, frank opinion, sure that, in the
meth, it 41l agree with your own, and feeling, also,
that these communications between us have an aim
more serious than a simple exchange of word. of
sympathy.
We hold it to be of the first importance that the
cause of the war shall not survive the war; that
your real foe, Slavery, shall not remain upon the
field. We have often asked ourselves, these last
three years, why God permitted the prolongation
of ibis bloody struggle. Was it not that the real
issue might present itself with perfect clearness?
Conquering earlier, the Federal Government would,
perhaps, have been led to make concessions, to enter
anew upon the fatal path of compromise. To-day
all eyes, not willingly blind, see clearly. The New
York riot breaking out at an appointed day to aid
the invasion of Lee, and falling instantly upon the
negro in a way to show to every witness of its cow
ardly ferocity what kind of spirit animated certain
friends of the South—the New York riot was a
supreme warning to your country. Your line of
action is clearly traced. So long as anything of
slavery remains, there willie scam* of antagonism
in the bosom of the Union. There must be no
longer any question of slavery. It must be so or•
dered and settled as never to return. An amendment
.to the Conttftrdion to this end must be proposed and
adopted before the return of the States.
The condition of the free blacks must also be se
cured against the iniquities which they have oolong
endured. No more plans of colonization abroad, no
more disabling laws, no more inequality. Those
whom you have armed, who fought so bravely before
the wails of Port Hudson and Fort Wagner, can
never be other than citizens. Leave the problem of
the races to its own solution—the most natural solu
tions are always the best. Under the rule of the
common law, the free blacks of tire South and of the
North will find their legitimate place in your so
ciety, of which they will become useful members,
honorable and honored.
In thus ordering in a definitive manner all that
relates to slavery and thecolored race. you willhave
done more than is generally imagined for the lasting
pacification of the South. What remains for you to
do on this point may be stated in three words—
Moderation, Generosity, Lioerly.
There can be no question, as you have often said,
of an occupation of the South, of a conquest of the
South, of reducing the Southern States to the con.
anion of provinces where the conqueror will main
tain his garrisons and the public life will be sus
pended Save in the districts yet ravaged by gue
rillas at d in the heart of which. the Federal troops
must finish their work, victory will everywhere
bring with the re-establishment of the Union, the
re-establishment as promptly as possible of Consti
tutional rights. You hope, gentlemen, that those
whom you conquer today Will to-morrow meet you
in debate, and you will accept ia all their truth the
struggle of the press, of the legislative hall, and of
the ballot which will replace the strife of the battle
field.
We all feel it is much better that you should have
to encounter difficulties fruitful of liberty, than that
you should seek for yourselves the deceitful advant
aka; of a dictatorial rdgime. To apply to the South
an exceptional rule would be, alas, quite easy. It
would be easy also to pronounce the death penalty,
to outlaw, to execute confiscation bills ;but in tread
ing this path of vulgar tyranny you would sacrifice
two things—your high renown in the present, a last
ing union with the South in the future
* * *
Thin generation will have teen nothing more grand
than the abolition of slavery (in destroying it with
you, you destroy it everywhere), and the energetic
uprising of a people which, in the midst of its grow
ing prosperity, wee 'Visibly oinking under the weight
of the tyranny of the South, the complicity of the
Noith, odious laws, and compromises.
Now, at the cost of immense sacrifices, you have
atcod up against the evil ; you have chosen rather to
pour out your bloodand your dollars
enrichthn t descend
further the elope of degradation, whe , united,
powerful, you were sure to tome that which is far
nobler than wealth, or union, or power.
LARGIC SALE REAL tISTATIto PEWR, STOCKS, 84c.,
Tileadsy next. See Thoutue soul' eldvettimminit
WASrLINGTON.
The Department of Kairsas.
General Kelley's Department.
THE RESTORATION OF THE UNION
Additional Copartnerships and Dissolu-
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. John Gilbert, Theodore B. Royal. and Lewis
Royer, under the firm of Gilbert Royal, ik Co
been dissolved by limitation, Mr. John Gilbert re.
tiring, the business to be settled by either of the
partners at the eld stand, Nos. 309 and Mil North
Third street, where the last two named partners of
the late firm will continue the Wholesale Drug
business, under the style of Royal and Royer.
The late firm of Wood, Marsh, and Hayward has
been dissolved by limitation, the business to be set
tled at the old stand, No. 309 Market street, and a
limited partnership has been formed, under the same
style of firm, of which the general partners are
Messrs.. Benjamin V. Marsh. Lewis W. Hayward,
Henry Henderson, Richard Wood, and Samuel P.
Godwin ; and the spe cial partners, Messrs. Richard
D. Wood and Josiah Bacon, each of whom con
tributes thesum of fifty thousand dollars to the capi
tal stock of said firm.
The partnership heretofore existing under the firm
of Shaffner, Ziegler, & CO, has been dissolved by
mutual consent, and a new firm has been formed, on
the basis of a limited partnership, under Lira style
of Markley & Shaffner, of which the general part.
neta ate Meson. Thaddeus W. Markley and John
Shaffner, Jr , and the special partners Messrs. John
Shaffner and Charles Ziegler, each of whom has
contributed to the capital stock of the now firm the
sum of fifty thousand dollars.
The firm of E. N. Pratt & Co. her' been dissolved
by mutual consent, and a limited copartnership has
teen foamed by riessrs. 'Rufus N. Pratt and Henry
Denison as the general partners, and Mr. Abel Dr
niacin as the special partner, the latter contributing
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars to the capital
stock of the new firm, the style of which, in future,
will be Pratt & Denison ; businese, retail leather
and shoe findings.
A limite d partnership has also been formed be
tween Messrs. John F. Young (general partner) and
'Chatles H. Killinger (special partner), under the
style of firm of John F. Young, for the purpose of
conducting the wholesale and retail dry-goode
business, Mr. %Winger having contributed to the
capital stook of said firm the sum of five thousand
dollars.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Joseph E. Temple esti Samuel IL Miller,
under the firm of Temple & has been dissolved
by mutual consent, the former having associated
With himself hie son, Par. Charles IL Temple, for
the purpose of continuing the jobbing dry-goods
business, under the same style of firm as heretofore,
at Nos. 19 and 21 South Fourth street.
Messrs. Wolganru , h B. Raleigh having admitted as
a parincr in their firm Mr. Bernard Doebentlial, the
firm will, in the future, be Wolganiuth, Raleigh, &
Co., who will continue the manufacturing, im,iort
ing, and commission business as heretofore, at Noe.
10 and 12 Strawberry street.
A copartnership has been formed between Messrs
Edward D. Brooks and James W. T. Scott, under
the firm of Brooks, Scott, & Co., for the purpose of
transacting the dry goods commission busbies" at
No. 109 Chestnut street.
Messrs. Theodore D. Emory and Louis Emory
have entered into a copartnership, under the firm
of Theodore D. Emory & CO., for the purpose of
transacting the coal shipping business at No. 209
South Fourth street.
In our notice yesterday , of the new firm of .fohn
H. Williams & Co., we erroneously gave, as the
name of the Company, Mr. John West. We should
have written Mr. John Wiest, a gentleman well
known in mercantile circles. •
A copartnership has been entered into between
Messrs. William V. Lippincott, George AL Bond,
and lama Mitchell, under the firm of Lippincott,
Bond, & Co., for the purpose of transacting "the
jobbing business in hats, caps, furs, straw goods, &0.,
at No. S North Third street.
The firm of Cogill & Wilt has been dissolved by
mutual consent, the business of the late firm to be
settled by the latter, at their old place of business,
No. 425 North Front street.
The late firm of Leeds & Gray, brewers, has been
dissolved by the death of Mr. Lewis Leeds, The
sutviving partner, Mr. Grey, will continue the bust
nese in future on his own account, under the former
style of firm.
Mrs. H. 0. Watson has associated with her in the
carriage manufacturing, her son, Mr. Wm. C. Wat
son, and Messrs. H. Wright and George H. Gardner,
and will conduct business in future under the firm
of George W. Watson & 00,
Celt. Hooker's Report—Geary's Division.
General Hooker's report of the battle of Lookout
Valley, the action preliminary to the great battle of
Chattanooga, contains the following eordialmention
of General Geary's division :
Geary's division being in the rear, and being anx
ious to hold both roads leading to Kelly's Ferry, he
was directed to encamp near Wanbatchie, three
miles from the position held by Howard's corps.
Pickets were thrown out from both camps on all of
the approaches, though no attempt was made to
establish and preserve a communication between
them. The commands were too small to keep up a
substantial communication that distance, and I
deemed it more prudent to hold the men well in
hand than to have a feeble one. In my judgment,
it was essential to retainpossession of both aro
preaches to Kelly's Ferry, if practicable, as it would
cause us inconvenience to dispossess the enemy if
he established himself on either.
Before night, Howard threw out three companies
in the direction of Kelly's Ferry, to intercept and
capture, if possible, the enemy's sharpshooters who
had been engaged in firing across the river into
our trains, and had, in fact, compelled them to
avoid that line entirely. A regiment was also
sent toward the point where the Ohattanooga
road crones Lookout creek, and about 12 o'clock
bad a little skirmishing with the enemy. An
hour after, the mutering of heavy musketry fell
4ln our ears, from the direction of Geary. He
tiorcsay-atteoked first - his-pickets, and soon
after his main force, but not before he was in line of
battle to receive it. Howard was directed to double
quick his nearest division (Schurz') to his relief,
and before ploceeding far a sheet of musketry was
thrown on him from the central hills, but at long
range, and inflicting no great injury. This was the
first intimation that the enemy were there at all.
Directions were immediately given for one of the
brigades en route to Geary (ryndale's) tO be de
tached and assault the enemy in the hills on the
left, and the other brigade to push on as ordered.
Meanwhile, Howard's Ist Division, under Stein.
wehr, came up, when it was discovered that the hill
to the rear of Sehutz's division was also occupied
by the enemy in force, and Smith's brigade, of this
division,_ was ordered to carry it with - the bayo
net. This skeleton but brave, brigade charged
up the mountain, almost inaccessible by daylight,
under a heavy fire without returning it, and drove
three times their number from behind the hastily
thrown up intrenchmente, capturing prisoners, and
scattering the enemy in all directions. No troops
ever rendered more brilliant service. The name of
their valiant commander is ail. Orlon Smith, of
the 13c1 Ohio Volunteers. Tyndale, encountering
less resistance, had also made himself master of
the enemy's position in his ft ont.
During these operations, a heavy musketry lire,
with occasional discharges of artillery, continued to
reach us from Geary. It was evident that a formidable
adversary had gathered mound him, and that he was
battering him with all his might. For almost three
hours, without assistance, he revelled the repeated
attacks of vastly superior numbers, and in the end
drove them ingloriously from the field. At one time
they had- enveloped him on three sides, under sir
cumatances that would have dismayed any officer
except one endowed with an iron will, and the most
exalted courage. Such is the character of General
Geary.
ith this ended the light We had repelled every
attack, carrying every point assailed, thrown the
enemy headlong over the river, and more than all,
securing our new communications for the time being,
peradventure.
General Grant's Congratulatory Order to
his Army.
The following is General Grant's Congratulatory
Order to his army :
IIEADQUABTERS MILITARY DIVISION
OP THE MISSISSIPPI, IN - THE FIELD,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dee. 10, 1863.
GariErtAL ORDERS, No. 9.—The General command
ing takes this opportunity of returning his sincere
thanks and congratulations to the breve armies of
the Cumberland, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and their
comrades from the Potomac, for the recent splendid
and decisive successes achieved over the enemy. In
a short time you have recovered from him the con
trol of the Tennessee river from Bridgeport to
Knoxville. You dislodged him from hie great
stronghold upon Lookout Mountain, drove him
from Chattanooga Valley, wrested from his deter
mined grasp the possession of Missionary Ridge, re
pelled with heavy loss to him his repeated assaults
upon Knoxville, forcing him to raise the siege there,
driving him at all points, utterly routed and dis
comfited beyond the limits of the State. By your
noble heroism and determined courage, you have
most effectually defeated the plans of the enemy for
regaining possession of the States of Kentucky and
Tennessee. You have secured positions from which
no rebellious power can drive or dislodge you. For
all this the General commanding thanks you col
lectively, and individually. The loyal people of the
United States thank and hien you. Their hopes
and prayers for your success against this unholy
rebellion are with you daily. Their faith in you
will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be blasted.
Their prayers to Almighty God will be answered.
You Will yet go to other fields of strife; and with
the Mvlstelble bravery and unflinching loyalty to
justice and right which have characterized you in
the past, you will prove that no enemy can with
stand you, and that no defences, however formi
dable;
can check your onward march.
By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT.
T. S. Bownne r Assistant Adjutant General.
Gen. Ellet's Brigade.
A. Cairo letter says : I have advice. from Rodney,
Miss:, to the 230 lest: At this place, neventplive
miles below Vicksburg, within the past three
weeks, the marine brigade of General .Ellet have
captured over fifty prisoners, many of them com
missioned officers'', about one hundred mules and
homer, and several rebel mails. By order of Major
General McPherson, the intently regiment connect
ed with the command is being mounted on the cap
tured stook, and will thus prove more effective
against the guerillas. - General Ellet has also re•
'mitred orders from the War Departalent to recruit
for his brigade in all the Western Staten. Scouting
parties are sent out nearly every day, making a Mr
suit into the country of forty or fifty miles. The
rebel General Wirt Adams has a force near Rodney,
with parties of which the brigade had several skir
mishes. The rebels do not stand fight.
The Richmond Prisoners.
LIBBY PRIXON, RICHMON O D, VA.,
December 7, 1863.
Dean Sin : This afternoon I had the pleasure of
receiving your kind note of the 23d of November.
I hope the people will not make contributions for
Libby prison. By so doing they will be likely to
send here far more supplies .than will be needed.
Whatever the people may choose to give, let it be
given to the United States Sanitary Commission,
which will send to us everything that we shall re
e, and nothing will be last or wasted. The Sani•
tar} Commission will distribute its benefactions in
telligently, at the points where they will be most
wanted.
Will you please have the above published in Bos
ton, New York, and Portland.
lam very well, and in excellent spirits. Remem
ber me kindly to all my temperance friends. I am
more earnest in the good cause than ever, if possi
ble, and, when the war is over, which will not be far
off, 1 shall go to work as earnestly as ever.
Truly yours, NEAL DOW,
Brigadier General U. S. A.
H. H. Mortnnt, Eizq , Gardiner, Maine.
'TER LAST WORDS Or GENERAL BUFORD. —A.
paragraph is going the rounds of the press, contain.
ing the statement that General Buford , ' last word.
were : •' Put guards on all the roads, and don't let
the men sun back to the rear: ,
This is ridiculous, as well ass reflection upon our
army. - General Buford would never, evert in a de
lirious state, have usedsuch a phrase as run bact to
the year. His very last 'Words, as given to tis by Ge
neral DlOncmsui who, with others, was watching
him with intense anxiety, were : "Oh, I wish I was
well again i" An exclamation being called forth by
the General's pressing upon the attention of the
dyins bero the fact that be had been promoiea to
the rank of Dialer General.—ii asiringten
irte9su2. Cioß & jAti.VIS' FIRST !So:nava OF
CLAiSiCAL WIVE , lc will take Vase on Thursday eve.
rimisithe t4rl/, as Oita o".ri4sosOn - the‘royer 9t A.sa
Cetay of inuatok
New Year's Day in New York.
New YonK, Jan. t.—Nothing of a startling na
ture bas transpired here today. Open house has
been kept quite generally throughout the city and
vicinity, and our community have made a business
generally of extending household hospitalities to
calling friends, and onchanging the congratulations
of the season.
Many soldiers, on furlough, are in town, enjoying
tLe holidays.
The day, which opened with rain and a s'uth
wind, closed with an Icelandic, freezing, northwcat
gale. `'s
Ac yet no reports have reached us of disaster honk
the severe easterly gale of last night. -
JAPAN . .
The Breaking out of Cis•ll War—Bnittlea
Fought.
[Fern the Boston Traveller. ]
We are indebted to Dr. Oaills, of this city, for im
portant information irons Japan, and also for tiles
et late Chinese papers received by the last mail.
The followirg is the latest news from Jap in :
EXTICA TO THE JAPAN OOMMBILC[AL NEWS-BOM
BARDMENT AND CAPTITIOZ OP OXACA BY TRIG DAD
ICANAGAWA t tOth, October, 1803.—tkuThentio in
hasjuot been received of the bombard.
went and capture of the Imperial city of 03%04 (anti
some soy 01 Keito aleo), by the Doimiss. Toe loss
to the Tycoon's party le conolderoffils, including the
two governors of the city and several commanding
Officers.
The Daimios are said to be advancing an army of
DO COO mentor the,capture of Yokohama. It is cer
tain that they have expressed their intention, or,
as Others say, sworn to do so; and that an attack
on this place may be expected on the Bt4 of next
month, wbtther Japanese or foreign date is meant,
we cannot tell.
The Ti cooled Government propbses to erect et
once three loos or batteries at Yokohama, for the
protection of the eettiement.
The North Ohina Herald of Oct. 24th says that at.
fairs in Japan ate getting more - add more compli
cated. The revolt against , the Mikado is led by
Choscw, the Daimio who closed the Inland Sea
against the commerce of the world, and who is am,
barons to displace his sovereign on the - throne,
Reports had been received at Shanghai of he de.
feat of Ohosew, whose fall will not be mourned by
foreigners.
A }lmmo lizoortn.—A weetern journal, in oom•
rnenting on the bravery of Pilot Allen, of the You
Fhul, who remained at him poet, though the captain
and another person were killed in the wheelhouse
near him, says:
"In fact, to my certain,knowledge, not a pilot of
the klinsiisippi Asrociithin of Pilots, naval or act
ing in a civil capacity, has ever yet deserted Ms
wheel in the hour or danger. All honor to the brave
"few for it. They are in the most exposed, but at the
same time moat important position on a steamer.
Let one pilot drop his wheel, and sure destruction
awaits paseengers, officers, crew, steamer. The
boat would float right into the jaws of death but for
the guidance of his eye and sure hand."
Ax tt.Asrususet ' 1 INCIDENT.—The Richmond Dis
patch, with evident zest, gives the following incident
of rebel conscription :
An amusing incident occurred yodel' tag at the
provost marshal's office. Four Quakers were
brought in as conscripts from Loudoun. They ware
ordered to fall in ranks, in order to be marched to
the command to which they were assigned. They
refused, saying : it We will not fall in, but will fol•
low withereoever thou - leaden: , A few persuasive,
arguments, however, in the shape of thrusts with
the bayonet, changed their opinions, and they fell in
end marched'off for aainp. ,
A NEW OrrosrnorrltrEPH Ix PARIS.—Mr.
Eugene Pelletan has just been elected a deputy fur
Pule, in the opposition interest, by an immense
majority. His • former election, which took place
last June, having been declared void, he again pre
sented himself as a candidate during the present
month, beating M. Picard, the Government reprri.
sentative t by nearly six thousand vote., against the
ohm majority of two hundred and seventy five
which he received in June. This triumph is natu
rally regarded with exultation by the opposition in
Para. Vigorous effrts were made on; sides
during the canvass ;'the Government organs espe•
chilly appealing with great earnestness to the ten
thousand voters who wore absentees at the former
election. It is a curioustast, however, that the last re
turns still show a list of ten thousand absentees, con
sitting of persons too timorous to appear, or absent ;
so that the immense increase in M. Pelletan's majO
rity is due to an extraordinary displacement of
votes. In other words, Paris itself is uttering loud
disapproval of the Emperor's course.
TOM KING CHALLENGED BY JOE COBURN. —Vim
it would appear, is not to rest easy with his laurels.
Already Joe Coburn, the Champion of America,
has issued a challenge to Tom King fur $6,010 a
side, offering to pay $l,OOO for King's expenses, the
light to take place in Canada :
Wwrrß HOUSE, Grand street, Dec. 24, 1863.
I hereby challenge Tom Ring, the winner of the
late fight with John C. Heenan, to light me in six
months from the day of signing articles, for the
sum of $6,000 a side, at catch weight, and I will
pay him $l,OOO for his expenses to Harlem. where
the not is to take place, or in some part of Cana
da. An Molineaux, Freeman, and 'Heenan have
gone from America to England to fight the best
men of their day, I hope that for once this rule
may be reversed, and that Toni King will set the
example by meeting me on this aide of the Atlantic.
I will also guarantee to Mr. King a fair show, and
only wish the fight to be deoided on our respective
merits. JOE COBURIf.
Physical Culture.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIR : Will you permit a constant reader Of your
valuable journal to call attention, through its co-
Itemne, to a subject that is certainly not without its
claims upon public attention I Were Ito state that
the subject of physical training has, heretofore, been
almost entirely lost sight of in our systems and plans
of education, it would, I am sure, be regarded as the
utterance of a mere truism, and could, therefore,
need no argument or illustration to enforoo it. The
body, indeed, Lae been neglected to give / room
for thasupposed paramount claims of the mind upon the time and energies of those to whom are coat.
milted the work of education. Ido not propose now
to pause in order to argue the fallacy of a theory
which has, thus far, found a practical realization in
the curriculum of almost every institution of learn
ing in our land. This is presumed to be needless.
The new - direction which *has been 'given to the
energies of our people since the outbreak of the re
bellion is suggestive of needed reforms in our means
for meeting the exigencies of the future. Mind and
muscle seem vieing with each other in the great
work committed to this generation, and it is yet
doubtful which will have the stronger claim for re
cogr ition in the consummation of that which lies
nearest to every royal heere-,the restoration of that
unity and peace which slx . e 4,l j...thig. Military
campaigns discipline men to en girt - Mimi - hut they
also re quire in those who enter upon them a strong
and vigorous phisigue, in order to sustain the ex.-
potures incident thereto without injury. But this
opens a field wider than was contemplated at the
present time.
Dr. Dio Lewis, of Boston has proved hiMeelf a
benefactor in the introduction of a new system of
gymnastics, and in the thorough preparation of a
number of young gentlemen and ladies as teachers
of the same. These are doing a noble work and
deserve the encouragement of every lover of the
race. The old system of heavy gymnastics could be
of service to but few and those only who least need
the advantages of vigorous exercises. The strong
only can use the heavy dumb-bell, or find a benefit
in performing astonishing feats. But the new gym
nastics introduced by Dr. Lewis, consisting. as it
deep, in the free, regular, and systematic use of light
apparatus, is adapted to all classes of persons, and
becomes especially valuable to those of sedentary
habits—to females confined to a routine of la door
employments; to students, who are always in danger
of confirming a stooping posture by leaning over the
desk, and to all who value ease and grace in car
riage. Indeed, there are now numerous instances of
perso re c e i vedan attest the permanent benefit this
delightful
in health and vigor by the use of this
delightful exercise. As a means of mere recreation
and amusement, there is nothing witain the writer's
knowledge that can compare with it. He has, for
some time, been a member of Miss L. A. Connor's
class at Commissioners' Hall, Thirteenth and Spring
Garden streets, and cheerfully testifies to the tho
rough ability of the teacher and to the delightful
recreation and renewed vigor furnished by the exer
cise. The class is composed chiefly of ladies, many
of whom, at the outset, were able to exercise but a
few minutes only, but who have now so improved
in health and gained in strength as to be able to con
tinue it for one or two hours without feeling fatigued.
A lady who will do so sensible a thing as Miss Con •
nor has undertaken to do should receive the hearty
encouragement of all who, would see the race im
proved in health and vigor. There is not a muscle
of the body which is not called into vigorous exer
cise by the use of the new gymnastics, and it will be
a bright omen of progress in the right direction when
the Gymnasium shall become a place of general re
sort to restore the wonted vigor to bodies famishing
from want of exercise. Respectfully,
A PUPIL.
&geese., Dec. 28, 1863.
How the Business of Brielimahing Can
be - Improved.
To the Editor of The Press: - .
Sin : As the public good is advanced by improving
each individual business, a few suggestions will be
offered for the complete remodeling of the time
honored trade of brickmaking, which seems to need
repairs more than any calling within my know
ledge. During the extremely cold weather not any
thing is done, and when spring opens, and the build.
ing season arrives, the stock of bricks is usually mu)
limited, that those desiring them are generally dia•
appointed in procuring the number required. This
leads to great injury to the capitalists, and serious
loss of time to stone-masons, bricklayers, 'carpen
ters, &c., &c. When the pressure come/ the brick
makers are urged to activity, and have an exceed
ingly trying time. They are compelled to work
with so much rapidity as to nearly exhaust them
physically, ere they cease the toils of the day, and,
at its eloss, go home tired out. This ameassissly
hard and confidant labor wears out - the system, and
soon transforms young men into old paes, ere they
know ii.
This can all be prevented by putting into practice
a few common-sense principles of action. Construct
three sheds, water proof, and to be easily and per
fectly warmed. No. 1 to store tempered clay in ;
No. 2 to mould bricks in ; No. 3 to dry bricks in.
The sheds should have capacity in accordance with
the amount of winter or non.digging season work to
be accomplished. No. 1 should be filled in the sum
mer season. The tempered clay should be placed on
movable platform floors, made strong, and each
about two feet deep, with any length or breadth,
and placed one above the other with an intervening
space of at least two inches to allow the heated air
to diffuse itself and keep the clay in working order.
The clay can be put in No. 1 tempered, or may be
tempered therein if proper. From No. lit is taken
in small cars on an inclined railroad to No. 2, and
unloaded from spring -bottoms, the cars being drawn
back by the next full one. After moulding the
bricks they are taken to the drying shed, No. 3, from
whence they can be removedto the kiln as required.
The cars for carrying the - clay to the moulders
would dispense with taking it upon wheelbarrows,
one of the most killing of all the severe tasks in the
brickyard. This plan would have many advantages;
it would save the wear and tear of the workmen by
piercing them on an equality with other tradesmen,
and give them steadywork the year round from
seven o'clock to six, and not urge them to do ten
hours work in four or five, as they have been doing.
It would prove profitable to owners of yards, for
they could have a constant supply of bricks, and
sell as many in winter as in any other season. - The
extra expense of platforms and heat, and filling the
shed No. 1 with clay, Would be fully compensated
for in being able to operate all the year instead of a
part, and in making a quick return of cash for the ex
pense of improvements.
FRIEND OF IMPROVE KENT.
Wily should not the_Passenger Cars Run
on Sunday t
To the Editor of The Press:
Su::—Being a resident of a suburban part of Phi
ladelphia, and deprived of the privilege of attendiag
the church to which I am attachrd,.l venture to ask
if you do not think it unreasonable that We should
be debarred the privilege of using the railway cars
on Sunday ? Perhaps lam the more dissatisfied un-
der this privation, because on &resent visit to Alle
gheny city, the friends With whom I was staying.
and myself, stepped into arear at the door, attended
our respective places of Sitibialiip - in P„ittsburg, and
returned comfortably, in company with a large num
ber of ladies and children, who had been similarly
accommodated. I could not refrain from asking my
self why we could' not enjoy the same opportunity
here, and I now appeal to, you for a brief apace in
your columns, hoping that public attention will be
attracted to this important subject.
iteapoetrully, E.
TKE Wan . or PnATEll.—Tlie week. of
prayer to Almighty God will commence tomorrow
(Sunday), ad inst., and continue every day tilt Janu
ary 10th inelusive. A oireular has beim issued, recom
mending subjoins for sermons to be pranthed the
first and last Sundays, and for ytrayeratOe °Sued ,
up to the Throne of .Graee. The circular , requests
the following . points to be remembered Our C onn *
rr'4lllllll/P.'"nal rePenta l2o9-410 4/Itroreakoe ; wore
si p to our HAM, sod IA tokens for mere!.
Public Entertainments.
ACAMIXT Os Mum° —The entertaining troupeN
pantomimthts at this establishment ought to it
doing a fair baldness. Audiences of respectable _
window' have been present each evening, and have
been greatly entertained. Madame Mar-tett' is vi
vacious and efficient, and, moreover, lances very A
pleasingly. The tight-rope performances of Zen.
fretta evince a remarkable degree of skill, and the
Martinetti brothere ereate-almost equal admiration.
When to these performances are united those of the YY
%condo ful Arab troupe, to attraction becomes r 't
Powerful. We Would suggest that the frequent in
termlnione be not quite so long. They wesr out .72
the patience of the audience, and are totally unen. •
livened - by mush from an orchestra, which
should contribute its quota to the gee , en j oy _
'ent. This drawback excepted, the,r'
~.4ierformances at
~academy are abundantly erpoe
N.k.w ."'7 l - 2:7MLT44 1
leg Mr. Forrest apps,,
eon. To-night Miss lioacr
ance for the present, and ac
Stranger," and Juliana, in
WALNUT•EITREET THs kvxcej
might do the management a fa
public not to see Mr. Clarice to-A
they have found d:thourty in ptOeid.
audiences he attracts.
ATIONAL CIRO:IR—The fourte
matinde will be given this afternom
fairy spectacle of the " Sprite of the SI
will be produced on Monday evening,
FINANCIAL AND CO ME;
TUE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1, 1861
This being a day generally devoted to the business of
settling all accoui is and opening new ones. and none of
the regular channels' of boldness bemg in Operation. a few
remarks on the probable monetary futu:e of our country
o aid not be out of place. -
The operations of the last few weeks of 1863 give but a
faint idea of the enormous transactions and intense excite
meet that at time:: marked the progress co the speculative
mania Speculation ruled tr, e commercial centres with so
engrossing a power that sometimes even the most ram--
pant of the "bull" species quailed before the widely -
SLI cad bold nese of an enthutiastic Public. A a unexpected
and very heavy amount of subtcriptions to the popular
live-Me:Ay loan. which in one week amounted to thir-
tysix million dollare. fret checked this wholesale spirit
of large and speedy profits by placing a tight rein apart
the money market. Then 6diowed a negotiation of fifty
million of the five per cent. legal tenders With the banks
of ft ewi'ork. Philadelphia, and Boston, to be paid for
in legat.tender rote by ins ailments. This, combined with.
the cemtinned absorption of currency by the five-twenties.
kept up tte stria Remy. and eventually precipitated a
downward movement in stocks, 'ditch continual to
the close of the year, except occasionally when the
public would take bold for a day or two at a time.
and. then frightened at their own boldness, would back
out, and leave the market to be supported by the
regular operators. The fears of a continued scarcity of
money are generally expressed. and the policy of Mr.
Chase respeceng the old Legal tenders, mach diecnased.
It is asserted that he intends to withdraw them. and
issue in their place the interest-bearing notes. If this
is perpetrated, a panic, inch as we have not yet seen,
will be tent howling over the land. The new notes
will circulate for a month or two, and will then be
hoarded for the remaining four or five, to seance the
interact. Hine, then, both lames are denied to those
institutions which have been nursed into extstence by
them, and which ever will give them vitality. We
doubt the policy of this, on the more ground of eco
110MY. for -why should Mr. Chase pay five per cent.
for.-that which he can have without interest? It
is vll known that the conception of the interest
40;:ng legal tenders was to result in issue,
fn case the old legal-tenders were act converted
into Government bonds in sufficient amounts to
provide the Government with necessary rands In
the event of the five twenty loan not being largely
taken, the idea of the interest on the notes was to tempt
the people to take them, making. as it were, a tempo
rary loan of them. Bat the five- twenty loan has been a
great success; the people have liberally joined hands
and taken it. and the necessity for issuing the 'interest
bearing notes does not exist, save only as they might
and would be useful in still farther developing tne re
sources of our country.
The idea or "loti,tion' is embraced. iithie question,
Inflation is the bugbear to the credit or which the corn.
mercial ruin of the country is very snort to be given. So
gay the alarmists, the croaking fogyhts, who. if they
could grasp the idea of an expanding country, with one
half the ability they do their greasy purse strings, they
would look upon the ,acreage of mue my. to a reasonble
extent, (and it has not yet grown unreasonably) as a
wonderful machine, with j net the right sort of power to
move the whole world, 'and dig, plant, and mine it
afterwards.
We do not believe this is to be Mr. Chase's policy. We
dare not believe it. The factories which legal tenders
have c:eated will stop: the busy scenes of mercantile life
will become silent: the tide of emigration will caaes:
the wheels of the nation be clogged, and the whole
financial structure of the country topple into destruc
tion. It has not only been the war which has developed
the country, although that was the first fuse that
touched the huge pile. It started new.ideas and combi
nations, and progress has been the word ever since, and
mill be until we entirely discover of what our great
country 11R:really made. The legitimate demands of trade
absorbed the legal tenders, and has kept them employed
ever since. Why retire them, and deprive the flourish
ing cities of vitality?
The financial condition of the country in the future is
Itevond all calculation. The recent astounding discove
ries of gold and silver in the new territories must and
will give a new scale of market values. If the product
proves to be as large as the promise is great, in a year or
two net only will there be no premium on gold, but it
will be something below par. We have seen gold sell at
Ji per cent. discount within five years, and there is
every reason to suppose that the same thing will occur
within five more. The banks would not take it on de
posit, and it had to go to a broker's office. and be sold
for current funds. Row, if this occurred when our
mines were yielding sixty millions annually, why may
we not expect it now, when that amount is doubled.
and still more when it will be tripled and Quadrupled?
This result of the increased production of gild must be to
lessen its intrinsic value; and the question* are, there
fore.'asked, whether present prices are not justified,
and if they will not be maintained by this prospect?
'Whether or not the close of the war will be usheredin
With a dread:ul crash of commercial fortunes. we cannot
say. But we do not believe that the dawn of pence soil/
destroy the financial prosperity of the North. In view o
the promising immanence of our internal developments.
we can roe nothing that will produce this crash which
so man, regard as Inevitable, and to which so many
look with anxiety. If paper money be the cause. the
close of the war will be a good argument in favor of It:
for the opening of trade in the South would afford new
avenues for its absorption. hence one prime cause of a
panic is removed.
Let um keep the legal tenders. Let Mr.' Chase watch
closely the effect they have had on the country. Let us
"rut our shoulder to the wheel,'' flni,sh the war, attack.
the "'bowels of the land" with terrible energy (we
might as well get rich fast as slow), keen our hearts in
the right place, and our nation will, indeed, become the
mighty alant.that shall stride over all lands and bow to
none. •
Weekly Review of the Philade.. Markets
JANUALCY
The produce markets have been very dull this week.
owing to the holidays and the unsettled state of the
weather, and for most of the leading articies7prices are
without any material change, and business very inac
tive. The demand for Flour is limited both for shipment
and home use, but prises remain about the same ae last
quoted. Sales comprise about 8.200 bble. including
Pennsylvania extra at $7@7.12,14; 1,500 bbis city - mills
do, on private terms; and 2,000 bbls extra family, part at
$7. 62,qe.7. 75, and part on private terms. The retailers
and bakers are buying at from s6©6 573; for superfine;
$6 673:467.1254 for extra; $7.2.3@8 for extra family. and
$5.50 up to SII.IA bbl for fancy brands.according to qua
lity. Rye Flour Is dull, with small sales et $6.60
bbl. In Corn Meal there is little or nothing doing;
Pennsylvania is offered at $5.00 bbl.
OBAlN.—There livery little demand for Wheat; sales
reach about 25,000 bushels at sl6o@l 65 for fair t . .s prime
Western and Pennsylvania reds. and white at from $1.70
up to $1.95 'l3 bushel, the latter 'for prime Kentucky.
.Itye is scarce and in demand, with small sales of Penn
sylvania. at $1 40 "LA bushel Corn is less active, and the
xualkat is rather dull. with sales of 35,000 bushels new
yellow at $ . l. 'Kg]. 15P. bushel, as to condition. and email
lots of old at $1.25 la bushel. Oats are dull and lower,
with sales of 15,000 bushels Pennsylvania at 85065 c,
weight 6,000 bushels Barley sold on terms kepi pri
vate, and 3,CCO bushels Barley Malt at $l. 60@l. 70 ig
bushel.
- -
PROVIsIONS.--The market le very firm, but there is
not much doing in the way of sales About 2.000 bbls
Mess Pork sold at slB@l9 for old, and $2O 43 bbt for new.
City packed Mess Beef ie selling in lots at $13916 bbl,
Sad country at $120.3. 150 bbls Beef }lams sold at $lB 25
7 53 bbl. Dressed Hogs are better, and ceiling at s6®B 25
thelloo Tbs. There is not ,nosh doing In Bacon - ' man
sales are making at 1.3301 13c for plain and fancy hams
Kuolic for sides: and to fl lb for shoulders. Green meats
are in demand : 400 casks (Whams In pickle sold at lige,
and s houlders at 7Xosc, cash. Lard is in fair demand;
tcs sold at 1201.93.4 c, and kegs at 13014 c 41 lb Batter
Is in steady demand, with sales of eo;id packed at no
25c, and roll at 5.6@31c 'ft lb. Cheese is selling at 14g1ec
New York. and eggs 31032 c %L 9 dozen.
3ISTALS.-11g Iron 16 less icilve; aqout 1,400 tons an.
thracite told at $4 ®4O for No. I, and ling -12 per ton fur
No. 2; 100 tons Scotch Ile sold at 484.5 per ton cash. Ma
nufactured Iron is in steady demand at full rates. Lead
has advanced; 200 pigs Galena sold. to come here at 107 i c
''•& lb Copper—There is very • ittle doing; American yel
low metal is quoted OS 2c .
. .
BARK. —There is nothing doing in Qaercltron; let No.
3. is held at $37 per ton.
CANDLES.—About 600 boxes adamantine sold at 2034'
P2.3c 'el lb for full weight Western; sperm and tallovi
candies area:Limb angel.
‘fla L. —The market continues very dull. There Is but
little shipping except on Government contracts, and
prices are unsettled.
COFFNE.—There is very little Stock here, and prices
aro firm. About 800 beau of .14io sold 0-164.5}ic, end a
small lot of Java at 42e tlb. cash and time.
COTTON.—There is more inquiry,.. -and the market is
Rimer, with sales of 300 Wes. in small lots, at GOSSO N
lb. cask. for middlinge
DRUGS AND DYES -There is very little doing In any
kind. Small sales of Soda Ash are making at 3%033 . 40
White Sugar of Lead at 24c. and Opium on private terms.
Indigo le firmly held. Small sales of Bengal are reported
a, *1 . 02.20. cash.
FlSd.—Mackerel continue drill ; small sales from store
are roakir gat eiseavie bbl for No. 1; *a raga for No.
2. and $6.50 for medium 35. Pickled Herring are scarce,
and !telling at from $3.5e04 bbl. Codfish are lower,
with sales at eXc N lb.
FKlllT.—There is more doing in foreign. with sales of
Raisins at $4(4)4.20 N box for hunch and layers. Green
Apples are selling at from %2. 504'4 is bbl. Dried Fruit
is In demand at full prices; apples are selling at 0010 s:
12,000 lbs dried Peaches sold at 1/?ac for quarters and
halves at 15516e1l lb
FEA'I HERS are scarce; good Western are worth GOO
62t lb.
PatEIGHTS. —The rates to - Liverpool are without
change and the offerings light ; a brig was taken to Cien
fuegos at 50c and $4.37% on Sugar and Molasses The
rates to New Orleans are $1 N bbl, soc bu for
vain. and Its N foot, There le very little doing us
coal freights
GUANO —There Is nothing doing to alter quotations.
HAT is more active . and selling at $240321 - at ton.
Hors are quiet; small sales of first sort Eastern and
Western are making at 2020:4 lb.
HIDES. The Hide market is quiet. A few sales of dry
Hides have been made to tanners, but dealers have ope
rated lightly. There has been an arrival of 600 Hides
from La.auayra, but they are not sultql to this market.
and will be shipped to New York. Tae Caracas noticed
i n our last report have gone into store There has been
comparatively nothing doing in green I fides. Salters and
dealers are generally well stocked, but there has been no
demand from tanners. Prices are nominally 12121ic
forMeer. but the right sales hardly enable us to estab
lish quotations. Unless the re qumt speedily improves,
rates must suffer a destine under the accumulating stock
The association are selling at 12c and 13c.
LUMBER—AII kinds are firmly held, but the demand
has fallen off.
MOLASSES.—The market is very quiet, and the sales
limited at full prioes.
NAVAL WrOk,ES —There is - very little cluing in either
lzoin. Tar. or Paoli: small sales of Spirits Of Tarpon
tine are making at $3 , 0 gallon,
OILS. —Lard 011 is firm at 61451.01 for winter. Linseed
011 is in fair demand 'With sales at 51 42 Oil C des 15
held at $43 TA ton. Petroleum is rather dull; ahem , L 6 03
bbla have been sold in lets at ao o f or
credo.
refined, in bond, and 11.@56c la gegen foraes 400413 for
RICE contineea very scarce. With s mell sales of Ran
goon at 7.1107aie V , rl), cash.
1-.11._A Re) *lt —she last sale of soft was at *1751 5 ton.
SALT is firm - ; a cargo of Turk's Is/and has arrived to
a dealer.
SDBUS —Clover is doiatted, with sales of 000
bushels at $7.7565. 113. 300 boehels of Timothy_
cold at $3. Flaxseed ie also in demand. with sates
1,000 bushels at $3 i 5 W bushel.
St-IRAS —Brandy and Gin are scarce and high. with
t
small sales. Rum has advaaced toeglo2c
gallon. .Wasisky is unsettled and lower, with_ salesof
1300 bade Pennsylvania. and Ohio sA93t4osc. and Drudge
at fr@alc per gallon.
SLIOAIs is dill. bat holders. 3,r6 firm M their views
sipett sales of Cuba and Now Orleans are snaking at
12.30 , Patf c 'a , lb. cash and time.
i.LoVe quiet: abons 00 000
so
city. sendered sold
at 120 cash. and country* &MD . :AM:O naM. _
TOBACCO.—Leaf and, manufactured sae in demand,
and prim are looking WK.
WOOL:--There is Immaterial change to notice in Peke
or demand; about 130.000 Ms verb)ha et a disposed. WI; la
lots. atelsgElo for about 110.000
blood nns fleece.
The market bas bean unusually quiet since Christmas.
None except local buyers have bee* operatmg., and the
etuknirty changing bands ha . bean ituall 'The receipts,
fron the country nave materially decreaSedwltMn the
: past two weeks. although et Meant Mu are emit
eirM i tat i s o' Lx.--Thedeneareifer ami [meow
-AGNIFICENT ' STOCIC OF WINTER OLOTEIING
SELLING AT GREAT BA RCIAINS. —We Invite the at
tention of our readers to the capital stook of Winter
Clothing now selling bp Meters. C. Somers es son,
No. 625 Chestnut street, under Jrayne's Hall, at
greatly reduced prices. This stock embraces the
very finest and moat fashionable garments, adapted
to all testes, for both military and civilians, Army
and navy officers will Sod Somers tc Sows the very
best place in Philadelphia for having suits made Up
promptly to order.
TYIRSEIRS. WENDERTriI& TAYLOR, PhOtOgrapherik,
Nom 912, 91.1, and 916 Chestnut street, are now pro.
duchih the superb new style "illuminated vignette*
in gree'k t perfection. They are the greatest improve.
mcnt -. the way of card pictures that has yet butt
achieved. sk uaybody ehould see them, as theY
really a wonderfuosties 'op of what sumlig
with the aid of a camera an
accomplish. Mr. Wenderoth, the'. ,
lirm, is now over whelaked '4l
and more expensive Classeew
as are only executed by this fir
DELICTOIIB CONPECITIONB.-t
have failed to secure for their
E. G. Whitman & Co.'s Confectio."
they have made a sad mistake, an •
can only remedy by going to the
Chestnut street, and giving their
Their stock is unquestionably the
Tied, and, in all respects, the most .
unable in Philadelphia. No one, in f
the enjoyment of indulging in healthf
made from the finest materials, unless
E. G. Whitman & Co., next door to •
Express.
.AWNIVICEBAEY OF THE SUNDAY Si
NOCTED WITH THE SEAMAN'S raISEIO
vermary of the Sunday schools conna
Seaman's Mission will be held in the ,
rine street, below Front, tomorrow (•
noon, at 3 o'clock, when addresses w
by Rt. Rev. Bishop Potter, Revs. SAW
C. R. Bonnet', D. Washburn,
others. The Rev. William Philips w
the pulpit of this church in, the mar
o'clock, and in the evening at 1% (Palo°
IT IS ALWAYS. ECONOMY TO "GET TS
This is true in the purchase of almost al
goods for domestic consumption, but it I
nently so in buying Coal. For Mu reason
all our readers to send their orders to VT.
No. 935 North Ninth street, above Po
Coal is the best and cheapest in the city,
A CARD.—Being the sole proprietors in
Let of the celebrated Silver Flint B
which ie pronounced, by all who have trie
far suinrfor W any other, not excepting IS
hem and other favorite !Wands, we woe;
our patrons that we have just received a f
07, of the "Sliver Flint," and aro now
meet tine largest demand.
• GREAT .REDIICTION IN PRIORS.
Great Reduction in Prins.
Ladies' and Mines' Fine Cloaks
Ladies , and Misses' Fine Oloaks.
Also,
Rich Fun of all kinds,
Mob Furs of all kinds.
In anticipation of the close of the sesta
now prepared to make a large oone•
former prices on all our stook.
J. W. PROOTOR &
The Paris Cloak and Fur Emil,
920 Chemin
TEE SUDDEN CHANGES OP Mrwait
now experiencing render this a trying
persons with delicate lungs. Coughs and
exceedingly prevalent, and the foundation
a fatal case of Pulmonary disorder is n
laid. Let the afflicted remember, in their
that a prompt resort to Dr. D. Sayne's Exp
in the early stage. of aU diseases of the re
organs. will soon remove all appreheneio
ger, and that coughs, &olds, and hoarse
effectually and speedily cured by this
remedy. Prepared only at No. 242 i
street.
SWISS BELL RINGERS, CONCERT TiA
a fternoo n an d evening will positively dome he en.
gisemeoitor this troupe of artistes w ho hay favor.
ed.our citizens with a series of delightful en stain•
meats for the past ten days. In the after ,' on alt
children will be admitted at ten cents. Me a. Cox
and A'Becket, of Darricross mitistelia wilt
appear In a fantasia for the ante and piano,
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
41 Your Trochee are too well and tavorabl!
to Deed commendatios.”
Hon. CHAS. A. PHELPS, PUS. MUM
"My communication with the world hair bre
much enlarged by the Lozenge which I no
alwayi in my pocket; that trouble in my Thre
which the Trochee are a opecifie) having ma
often a mere whisperer." N. P. W
CORNS. BUNIONS, INVERTED NAILS, EN/;4
JOINTS, and all diseases of the feet, cured
pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Dr, Oaths
rie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut 'trot.. Re•
fen to_ physicians and surgeons of the city, •lit
ARRIVALS AT THE
UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST
Continental—Ninth et:
T D Shaw. Jr. New York
Wm B C Duryie.Yirgiula
C McClellan. U S A
J T - Singaam Washingten
Hon J Covode. Penna.
J A Menken, Memphis
J S Bitterband, new York
J Colbert & la
W }lackey. Boston
C D Waterman
J W Jewett, New Haven
F Harris, New Haven
A.
hos A M Parde e.artin Haslet=
T
Dr veyeth
S ithohl, Cincinnati
Win .1 bterrett, Penna
F H Poindexter:Pittsburg
S Bradley, Pittsburg
H H Thompson. St Louis
A Sutorius, U S A
A Conkle & la.•Pittaburg
W S McEwen, Knoxville. T
J T MCF. wen. Knoxville. T
C G Hammond, Chicago
J H Page. Jr. Pittsburg
Mrs A M Bose, Pittsburg
.3 Barclay & wf, New York
Si Snowden. Ohio
Dr Niers, US N
C G Forst, Lock Haven
I Parker, Jr, York co;Pa
N Briton
.T M C Bartholow, B iltimore
P Manahan,Baltimore
Capt C H Graves. 13 S A
Capt H Briscoe. U S A
A (I Browrie. Jr.lloaton
AS Gear SE wf, Wash, D C
W L Helfenstein. Pottsville
McKay & la, Boston
li G Budd. Monts omery co
J H Reed, New York
J AButchison &W. Pittsbg
Mice Hntebis. , n, Pittsburg
A Joslin, Webster, Mass
H A Whitman & wf.Hartf.
C B Kitchen, New York
Leslie Hanks, New York
Glawrd—Chestnut s
T D Parker, Lewistown
L Thompson & WI, Cal
L S Dromin. California
Jas Potter, Jr,.Lewistown
Jas Barnes, Lewistown
D Caldwell, Huntingdon
3118 kleguead, Tyrone. Pa
Miss kiellneao, Tyrone. Pa
ha A liabhard 3r. ta.l.'ittsba
Mica anna_W Ernbbard. Pa
R ROgers, Germantown
Isaac Patterson, Baltimore
V 31 filytt. 138.4.
Chae.B4rinson.le Obloi
"Henry JegereOn. Ohio
W Talbot b. New York
. . .
John L Hibbard, Penile
D Penns
H J Yates, Jamestown,N
J Simmons, Delaware
ti X Foreman, Detroit
Miss Foreman, Detroit
Miae,6aicage. Detroit
iiirifliamg, Chicago
Mrs 13 Hardeiy, St Louis
nibs Chateau. St Louis
•
Mee Varian, St Lonia
'rhos Petherick, Potterille
Frank G Cotter
L Blair co
American—Chestnut
Copt A Mahaffey, Portland f
C Sallada, s'enna
James Smith. Washington
El It Worthington, Delaware.
Richard Minors, N areal'
James Webster
03 Davie. Virankington
tioi art. 'Waalring : ton
C W Hepburn. Wtiliamsp'r
Q Crane & la, Jer Shore
S ti C,oekey, Baltimore
W Ready. Smyrna. Del
W TColline. emyrna, Del
Merchants?—Fourth. street. below
G I, 'Miller, Balaton 'E. p gillott et of
A P Ellenberger,' Penna.a a Blitz, Coltanbli
; I Fatehin, (Thaarfiel
John 'Jerez, LiOnn j B ,„ t0 ,,, Einnint.
B Slater, St Louie
B Wansbrough. Fisher, If" f
ptoiturg
o l i zv it lama U
Jae F McNeal, Br
y 1 , 'Ch as E Bali, orb
S H Aldridge. D r ""fi r t"' ,A TV Patterson. 6
Ben W B Lolg2;: bag J Mahan. aHallff
.T B B
ethlehe m Girvio•i e i4 i4-Berry: An.,
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8 33
:Sn'i' . Bedford 1. fa C Elmer Z ,
B r3"ers 'ill Chunk C T Morse, new
ea :5 al* re. ' I , , .7 N WilsOn.kilef
Tr .11 Wainer. AV _ , b ,, rsa . der 60 9.,
T F Rollovettr. N J . 4.rbd7 e / my of E Phelps. BE.
lt S satterthWate.__,
iV BOUM, Pit b
ts urg
lion of 61 Pratt, - T ,, Yornins;S W Garrillol6.
St Fords—Chestnut .
GI VT to Young, New York
H B Tatbarn
Sion kar. Harrisburg
T Berrison.Borlington
Nita S glierman. Burlington
Jas Griffin ID 8 A
r H Flueten Penzmylvanin. i
Wmlt a Wilaon. Pennh7y.nss,
A Ordway. r 1 N
4 .1! Jordan & la.. St Louis
The Usiom—Arab street, "Mow.
li Randall, Adana. IS Y 13Y Smith. B 1
a 1,,.,. 8 Young 3). B Reassev a
T. Trauger) (homburg Min J . Meted,
1
W • Moue. NM= co 8 B Pierce,'
B J Brubaker, Clauiberelog J B Hilmar
H Grat,Echeld. New York G W Meal(
J Minor. Meadville, POI. ' DR Ogthr
ki Backman, V 6 A •
Iffaulisou—Second "tweet, alt.
W IL Attmax,Buolus co) 6 W Spiral
A 13 Eanett.¢exiland lailiasra,
J 13 Sfax. rit N J
Mack Beiar-Third.St., abov• yea
Simon Doh. Herrleirarg • Stonfrox. Ift
H B Hunsimaobsr_ loading ThOG idlHat UA
Eton Strod,
11e. IL R APpletool. pt
continues good, :and all descriptions ars 'ranted: .
spread y, however commends the rl nick,* sales.
Is more clock th deales e' hands than reloaattr.
bat very few iota of offirtlir Prime norm long
nrieold market raN... odote th e t Oeueler
- roost aro rolled at iIaCV4 Oa 1 1 Potlild goon an dantageg
d e a t sgoggg, t he snontba : oiLy tonnages at A 1 Ms. silt
cash. for and middle idvelahte. and 46c do tot nienit•
weights.
CITY I '' AG 2161 E
If' NOTENER PARTON, 317/{PRI4IIO..7he 0104111 P
' . Festival of the Clinton street Mirth Beth
. b.acii.s.l was one of the happieii 'Or la lair
, liday en rtaiurnents. The lecture-want' War
. stefully dec ted with evergreens, and tklir eyes
f the little 0• delighted with the atiladaat
Mad beautiful I , t. of the Christmas Tree. The .
feast of good thing/16as prefaced by singing aura&
dresses, and the presentation of elegant and vaikti
able book' to the superintendent, Mr. Georg!'
J. Boyd. The New Year's morning prayer meeting'
at this church was largely attended, notwithstand.
ing the rain. An the pastor, Rev. Daniel Mara.
entered the Untrue -room he received an envelope
containing $4OO, " presented as a New Year's token.
of regard from the members of his congregation."
This, added to similar Wrens of kindly and generous
appreciatio n received by Mr. Muth from Ma people
Within the yeti!, amounts to ebOnt $l,OOO.
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DAVIS & RIM
Arch and T
nd Chestnut
E C Smith, Jr, Pe
Jae Krum Jr, Pei
A Coleman & is
F Robinson, Be
T G i'tog
Gin, Count
Chas Blain.connec
T B Gillespie. Mar
J S Maryli
E M Jones
Major General pal
14jor Whery -
DP F CIaPP ta.
Mane. MeV 1 ,
E L Clapp. New
Mr & Foote.'
H 8 Warner, fir
Dr Ferguson
H Walker
W B Taney. Chet
C H Pendleton. U F
C Thorns:tier, Cincl
H 8 Magraw •
J H Smith. Baltim
J T Lukens & vrf
G N Corson. Houtz
Pierce, Boston
Wm Sperry. Bsitin
W C Ronk, Penna
B Masselmen. Pr
N Lititmer, Jr, Broc
Miss 8 H Vancleve
miss B Meurhead
B Veacteve.
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A C Shephard_
Ages Waj
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E A Watkini
R B Gmbb. -
J G
J C Harris,
G A Allen. Ti
11 0 Longner .
£ J Moore.
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John W
John Dr
W P Cai
G B Hal
Miss Al
J D Phi
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Mr & Mt
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Mrs Vs
MI s V
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M °nth
P D Din
T F.Qaill.
Chan HTLI
J W Beni
Mre L adt
JN B THAI
ohn Jaol
Geo W Rift
W S Dudra+
W 14 Ram=
A Molnitre, li
C C Htmee, T
Th B Himee,
C
R Campton, If
W C North
John Carrell.
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W F Code Ht.
IS Stone & New
S C Campbe
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