_ PRIM% .sOID DAILY (1317NDAYEI EXCIEPTSM BY JOIIM W. FORNEY. CL No. 111 SOUTH FOIIRTH MM. THE DAILY PagSS, CENTS PEE Were. 'arable to the sinters ElabserMars oat of the city at Sawa Domarur These DOLLARS ANT. FIFTY CENT 3 YOB SIX YOs PR DOLLAR AND Sava:Mr - FRB OFYIT3 i n wigydir in DaVADEB for the time or. agents Inserted at the usual rates. Ex SQUare. gati-WEEKLY PRESS, -dbers out of the city at nun DOLLASS s PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street. TS. $5.60. At 701 MARKET Street. I'S. $5 60. At 704 MARKET Street. *5.60. At 704 MARKET Street. 7S, $5 50. At 704 MARKET Street. (TEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. ITEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. (TEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. (TEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. 'TEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. ' , Si FURNISHING GOODS. C. ARRISON, and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. MANUIACTUEER OF IMPROVI4A) PATTERN SHIRT, RST (JUT BY J. BURR I/MORE, TED TO FIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION. I tupoi ter and Manufacturer GENTLEMEN'S ISHING GOODS. 11 articles made in a superior manner by hat to beet materials. ial G E EAT SHIRT EMPORIUM 'S FURNISHING HOUSE, INTIRE & BROTHER, FOILIISRLY HILL av 1035 CHESTNUT Street PREMIUM. SHIRT AND 'ER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. la. A_ HOFFMANN, 608 ARCH STREET, :Ite the attention of the Public to hie large ate stock of LEAVENS FIJRNISKING GOODS, which will be found the largest stock of gTLEMEN'I3 WRAPPERS IN THS CITY. attention given to the manufeetere of I'S AND WRAYPERS TO ORDER. ty of Underclothing. Hosiery, Gloves. - ntlers. &c. de3•mtnf--Sm .E GRANT, 10 CHESTNUT S4HEET. OE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FURNISHING GOOD% flatten and manufacture. Ms celebrated . MEDAL SHIRTS," ct der 'the snpayintodence of JOHN Y. TAOOSET, keep of Oldenberg & Taggert, ) :'fect- fitting Shirts of the age. ,raptly attended tor. jal3-wfm-6ort 1417mcsra - sis HAS REMOVED SOUTH SI XTH STREET, WTImE AND 0111131311 Where he now offers a CON ..URD raartAirr STOCK P FURN O IBBING GOODS, resins all the latest novelties. JES MODERATE. ttenden of the radio is reslostisliT SO. "11 TO ORDWIL oe.ll-3st ..)1i (FAN sent assortment of the :mat WRAPPERS, HANDKERCHIEFS. G-LoVRe. SUSPENDERS cußatees kvaa. ag... acc. am, J. W. soot. 'S, Ikusspr-- NANCY PUBS. Jr/LIZIGKRAI, STRUT. 3RLOW TIGHTIL tar and Innufacturer ES* FANCY FUSS. ct sa./101 It= for Ladies and Uhll• 1713.64, and errbrasitterreT variety that Lbla Stirlas the presoak 11,111031. All 11014 , tnrars' pries& for cask. Lailialk MUM GE F. WOMBATS, 41S LID 117 LEM STEM. Ili lOW OM FULL ASSORTMENT DIES' B' IT Xi 8 a WET ruimarrrußn, FURNITURE AND BIL. 'ORE & CAMPION, No. 1161 BOOTH fiNCOND MUM their &Amain Cabinet business. are 4 a manor article of ,_,IARD TABLES >ll hand II fall Maly finished with the CaittlON'a etobr,D otremoix uuteed. by all who have wed then to be ;hen. ty and MA& of then Tables. the nun to their numerous patrons throughout are familiar with the shouter ^ SHOEMAKER tt CO., Corner of FOURTH and EA.CE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, DiVIUGG-Ter,e, 'S AND DEALERS IN TORESON AND DOMESTIC lOW MD PLATE OLABIL MANUFACTURERS OP LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. arc. AGENTS FOR TER CELEBRATED CH ZINC PAINTS. .ousamers supplied at VEZY LOW PRICES FOR Cl . A L . -J: ale Druggist, has removed to 713 MARECBT rtk ular attsntion la asked to JOHN C. BA -8 COD-LIVER OIL. Having increased fad s r.cose establishment for manufacturing and Id the avails of fifteen years' experience in this brand of 011 has advantages over all recommence itself. Constant supplies are n the fisheries, fresh, pure, and sweet, and lost careful personal attention of the origi sr. The Increasing demand and wide-el:tread t make its Bones low, and afford great ad those buying in large quantities. .1 new Prem.— -.osmotic for twat.. and preserving the Complexion. It 11,.. aerial compound of the age. There la powder. magnesia. bismuth nor talc In its ' being composed entirely of pure Virgin extraordinary tots li tios for Presere-ha tit it soft. smooth. fair. andtransp. meat. to appear young . the homely Ammo more beautiful, and the most No l a 25 and 50 cents. Pre re d only by tem 41 South EIGli Street. two doors t, old QV &filth sums Pt. del9-8* COFFIN' ' ALTEIVITTS, H 1.4 I. Y a Agents for the followint 000,19 PEN STNUT ST.' OTH. BLEACHE LONSDALE. HOPE. BLACKSTONE, AnHALEAD'B, CUMBERLAND. PLYMOUTH, MANTON. GREENE MTG. CO. PORESTDALE. J. & W. SLATER. SOCIAL. DYERVILLE, RED BANK. JAMESTOWN. CENTERDALE. COVENTRY. THAMES RIVER. OMSs TNUT ST. and Bleached HINSDALE CO'S BLACK CLOTHS. CASSIBISBES IND DOESKlNS—Gaysvills, Perry's, Saxton's fiver. SATINETTS—Bass River, Crystal Springs, Con verseville, Orenttville. Bridgewater. Uxbridge. Cha pin's. Campbell's, Lathrop's, Goolrich. &c., as. • JEANS—Robert Rodman's Gold Medal, and others. LINSEYS—Large and Si all Plaids. COFFIN & ALTEMUS. Offer by the package the following description of Goode MKT BLUE CLOTHS AND HUMS, AND PRINTED AND FANCY SATINETTS, IN GREAT VARIETY: HEAVY TWEEDS AND COTTONADES, NEGRO KERSEY& PLAIN AND TWILLED. PRINTED CLOARINGS AND SLEEVE LININGS. DOMET AND FANCY SHIRTING FLANNELS. BLUE DRILLS, DENIMS, NANKEENS. CORSET JEANS AND CAMERICS. OF VARIOUS MAKES. LAWNS—DUNNELL'S AND OTHERS. BLEACHED GOODS OF STANDARD MAKES. IN VARIOUS WIDTHS. BROWN MEETINGS AND SHIRTING& IN GMAT VARIETY. &0., dta. ialwtm-MS THE ATTENTION OF le called to SAXONY WOOLEN CO. all-wool Plain Flannels. TWILLED FLANNELS, Various makes in Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Blue. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. "PREMIERE QUALITY" Square and Long Shawls. WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawls. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, la, 16, 17, IS, 19, 20, 21, 22 oz. FANCY CASSIMERES AND SATINETTS. BALMORAL SKIMS, all Grades. BED BLANKETS. 10-4. 11-4. 124,13-4. COTTON GOODS. DENIMS. TICKS, STRIPES, SKIRT INGS, am, from various Mills. NOTICE TO GRAIN DEALERS AND BRIETIIMS. 38,000 IThilol . 4 A, t3EAMLESS IMAM, Of all Nisei, for Uora, Oats, Boae-dast, 001•11. NA. are telaufeetored and for sale, for net sash, b 7 _ CHARLES H. GRIGG., APIA No. 131 NANKST Street (Seems' Story). ce22-111 Late of 119 Marsh 111101% HAZARD, & HIITOHIN• FUBSI _ _ _. . -..,..‘. . . ‘f‘- ,k -..c - - t r , ,-) --,- - - • • -A al- - . . . _ . , _•_. (.. : - .. ,- \ , l'li" ~-, . .- '----:. - ----- ittt \. ..... '' 41. 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H:. ....' ...L ~ 1 ,7*: ., . „:..„.,v4.;;.-:.•-.1..--.13 '":',...__,...---". •-, . • • • ---,- . - i_ , 2.-": - •.:: ~ ~ '-:;...4,;•: : * i,„.. i ., , , `•. ,. ...' : . !,':) ', ' tr.„••• ~_••• ....... ....... ._....._.:., ......._____ . _ _-...._,.._..„_ _...-„,-... ..•...4.c-..-_•:_-___-__ • ---_,...----.• ..- -.....g,_ . - -,--:,..,..„,-,,'. ..., VOL. 7-NO. 142 COMMISSION JOUSES• No. 220 CNISTNITT STRUT, PRINTS. GREENE MFG. CO JAMES SANDERS COTTONS. WARREN, MIDDLETON. PHENIX N A. A.. ADET R, ZOISAV.% Coo ANNET. CENTRAL, KENT A. IVER, WHEATON. COLLINS. PALMER RIVER. BELLOWS FALLS. WOOD RIVER. TOLLAND. MANCHESTER, &a., Act COTTONS. FARMERS'EXTBA, PASSAIC, MECHANICS' and I FA.EMEREV, &a.. &C BROWN JISHLkND. GREENBAUM ETHAN ALLDN. PHEMIX A. A.. CORSET JEANS. GLASGOW, FISHERVILLIS. MANCHESTER—GoIoreI SILESIAS. LONDON, SOCIAL. LONSDALE, ac PAPER CAMBRIC. LONSDALE and WARREN MO. CO'S. WOOLENS. GLIW.WHAM cO'S CLOTHS—Blacks and Fancy Mixtures, Water Proofs, Sultanas, &C No. 220 CHESTNUT STREET, GRAY FLANNELS. THE TRADE OUR STOCK OF DE COIIRBEY, HAMILTON, & EVAN% 33 LETITIA Street, and jab-wfrm2m 3:1 South FRONT Street 11l Llllllll. weight 20 connate. rag Beet and Cheapest Bag in the Mirka. ALSO. BURLAP BAGS, No. IL% CHESTNUT STREET. OOHED:CESSION DIEBONANTSf TOE THE SALE OP PHILADELPHIA-NUDE GOODS. -an BASS 1 BASS 1 BAGS 1 NEW AND SECOND HAND, 1111WW1111. BURLAP, AID ON= BAGS. Goastantli on has& JOHN T. BAILEY & °C3. Ea 115 NOZTII FROIT SMUT. SNP WOOL SLOSS 101 SALL autfohe YARNS. YARN S. On hand and constantly receiving ALL NOS, TWIST FROM 5 TO 20, Mid FILLING Nos. 10, 12, and 14, Suitable for Cottonades and Hosiery. In store at present a beautiful article of 14 and 16 TWIST. MANUFACTURERS will Audit their interest to giVe me a call Also on hand, and Agent for the sale of the, UNION A, B. AND C JUTE GRAIN BAGS. In quantities of from 100 to 100200. IL T. WHITE, 242 NORTH THIRD STREIT. Corner of NEW W 0 0 L. On hand. and consignments daily arriving, of MD AND FLENDB. Common to you Blood, choice and Glom WOOLEN YARNS, II to SC outs, AO. on hand. and DOW 11190011 lOW= COTTON YARNS, Nos, 6 to 30s. of first-olus makss. In Warp. Bundle, and MP. N. .-111 numbers and descriptions procured at our*. on ordory ALEX. W73ILLDIN & BONS 18 North 7110 NT Street. Philadelphia. aoll-mwftl WATCHES AND JEWELRY. ELEGANT OHBISTMAS PPM. MAT FOR A LADY, A BEAUTIFUL GOLD COMPOSITE. HUNTING cAsED WATCH. JEWELED, Patellent time-keeper, $l6. For a Gentleman, THE MAGIC .EAILWAY WATCH, .0" With Patent Time Indicator, Showing the Hour without opening case, very handsome and reliable, $l5. IS- The Gold Composite can also be had in Gentleman size. WatcheB gent for insymcifon before payment. OHM - Min great variety, Gentlemen's.*) and upwards: Ladies, $2 and upwards. Send for circular. ARRAIDALB & CO., Importers of Watches, 2‘Lq BROAD WAY, N. Y. de2l-mwf Imo-4tW AN THE PRETTIEST PRESENT FOE A LADY. IS THE GOLD COMPOSITE PATENT DETACHED LEVER WATUB, aeWeled in IS actions, Beautifully engraved Hunting Cases, Easkell Of Li ver Pool. FOR A GENTLEMAN. THE OFFICER'S WATCH, Detached Lever Movement, 13 Jewels, in Bterling flue Silver Hunting Cases. with new Patent Time Indicator, Just invented for the Army. The handsomest and moat useful Watch ever offered, $25. BD— The Gold Composite can also be had In Gent. size. Watches eentior inepectionhefore payment. Every Novelty can be seen by sending for our Catalogue. Agents wanted in every regiment and every isounti on unusually liberal terms. ANNANDALE & CO. Import Ors of Watches, %111 BROADWAY. N. 'y. dal-mwf-lm-41tW 4 G. RUSSELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH Street bag just received a very lasidieme snort. of $ : : e : 12101411 • iIkFINE WATCH REPAIRING attended to by the molt ezDerteneed workmen. an 111•017 Wateh warranted for one year. G. EIISSILL. noe-Sm OS North SIXTH Hawk ROTAS'S. JONES HOUSE, HARRIBBITRO, CHAS. H. MANN, del34m PEOPEIETOZ, Clorner OUST Ocreot Asa NABEST giume. RETAIL DRY GOODS. LINEN GOODS ONLY. Irish Shirting Linens, Stitched and Woven Shirt Bosoms. Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs Gents , Linen Handkerchiefs. Table Cloths, akins. Unbleached Table Linen, Half-bleached Table Linen, Bleached Table Linen. Linen Sheetings, Pillow -Case Linens. Towelings of all kinds. Bordered and Fringed Towels, Russia Diapers, Bird-Eye Diapers, Linen Lawns and Cambria'. ,ffit- We import oar Linens direct from the Manufactu rers is Europe, and as we have at all times the largest stock of Linens to be found in the city, we can offer p swa rivate fat advantage s. s to storekeepers , hotel proprietors, or me S. MILLIKEN & CO., Linen Importers and Dealers. jal4.-6t 529 ARON St.. and .1% South SECOND St. CIVIL AND MILITARY CLOTH WILLIAM T. SNOBGR&SS 10. 14 BOMB SECOND. and 23 STRAWBERRY Streets. is Kandy to a ate that he has laid in an extensive stock of Oso/CS GOODS, such aa : CIVIL LIST. Black Cloths, Black Doeskins, Black Cassinaeres. Elegant Coatings. Billiard Cloths, Bagatelle Cloths, Trimmings, Beaverteens. Cords and Velveteens. We advise our friends t. stock is cheaper than we BA L. COLORS SKATING BA.L. MORALS. Balmoral Skirts. $l2. Balmoral bklits, 10. Baimoral. Skirts from 32.25 to 48. Black and white-stripe Balmoral DW SkilNrting' FULL by & the yard. E CO.. 26 South SECOND Street. STEEL & BON WOULD CALL H. attention to their Stock of FINS DRESS GOODS, all bought at very low prices. early 'lathe season. and at the recent Auction Sales: French Merinoes, 720 to $2.50. French 'Poplin, and Reps. 815io to $1.76. Dress Goods of every . variety. 20e to $2. LOW yards tvx6yard wilts Ifferinoes. 41.26. Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, $3.70 to Sly Brorhe Shawls, great bargains. $2.50 =o VC Circulars and Sacones. of all kinds of Moths. at low prices. Fancy Silks. $1 to 166. Plain Poll de Soles. $1..50. to 177 20. lioire An:lanes and fliirt.ed 113`.53 to U. 1 Noe. 113 and 70 Borth TBMTH St. Lot All-wool Shaker Flannels. 623‘e. worth 8114. nogg SPECIALLY INTtRESTING I EIGHTH AHD SPRING GARDEN: USEFUL PRESENTS! Superb Long Broche Shawls. • Beautiful Long Blanket Shawls. Excellent Long Bleck Thtbet Shawls. Gentlemen's heavy, warm Shawls. Mims Ray. malty Shawls. Children's School Shawls, am., la treat Tangly. and very chean. THORNLEY & °SISAL'S, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. ial-wfm IS WARM GOODS FOR WINTER. LARGE, SOFT, WOOL BLANKITFS. Good Flannels. Shaker, Welsh, Ballardvkle, &c. Quilts, Crib Blankets, andOratile Blankets. Heavy Velvet. Beaver Cloths. Black Beavers, ate /splendid stock of Clinimeree, atc., At THORNLRY CHISM'S. DRESS GOODS AND SILKS. Beautiful French Poplins. silk and wodl. Beautiful Rep Poplins, all wool. Beautiful colors in french Nerinoes. Beautiful little-plaid all-wool Cashmeres. Beautiful figured all-wool Delatnes. Beautiful quality. in plain Delaines. Excellent Black Plain Silks. Figured Silks. Fancy . Silks, au, With a great variety of general Dress Goods. At THORNLEY & CHISM'S, Corner of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN STAPLE GOODS. A fine stock of Chintzes and Calicoes, Cheap De/sines and Ginghams. Bleached and Unbleached Mnsline. Table Linens. Towels. Crashes, Diapers, Sm. Striped and plaid Shirting Flannels. Bed, gray, blue. heavy Shirting Flannels. &e., At THORNLEY & CHISM'S. TALMORAL SKIRTS, &o. A large stook of BalmFals, Linen HAW.... Ladle's and. arentlomeafe. Gents' Silk Hdkfa.. in at variety,d‘c, AT THE OLD.EsTAGLisusu DRY-0001M raTGEE or THORNY it CRUM, mal-Itm N. E. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN. Offers at Low Prices a. large assortment of LACE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES, HANDNEDORIESS, VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS. Salted to the season, and of the latest styles laarge variety or' 12FXDPERBLEENToS. Of the moat recent designs, and other goods suitable for party purposes. JOHN H. STOKES, '702 AVM STREET, would sail the attention of the ladles to his immense stock of DRESS GOODS. most of which has been reduced for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. consisting of French Merinos,. F r i red Casalet Cloths. Wool and pert Cotton Delaines, Figured and Strived Mohairs. English Merinos', Wool Plaids. Bald Dress Goode, Galt. Goes, &e. de4-tf NEW PITBEICATIONS. ^k.n.n.r•rV'JMA.n.n. s .W , W ,Js.ISAJNA " /N,,,,./M 1.86,4 THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT ING ING LIST, for the new year,. all the various sizes and styles now ready and for sale by & BLSCHISTON, PahUshers, jag 25 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. NEW ENGLISH MEDICAL AND SCI-4 - 1 ENTIFIC BOOKS. JUST RECEIVED. An havoice of new English Medical and Scientific Books. LI&DEIY & BLAXIErON, Publishers. Booksellers, and importers, a 9 9t5 South SIXTH Street. f!HALLEI% ,1368 CHESTNUT STREET, , 6-0 Has Constantly on Hand • ALL THE NRW BOOKS. NEW MAGAZINES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. LARGE PHOTOGR &PH& FRENCH QUADRILLE ENGLISH DAMASK, PAPER. MOURNINO PAPER. LINEN PAPER. Envelopes. -- all Sixes to Match, Initials Grate. 200 .Rearns Note Paper atv.ver Ream. All Kinds of blatienery at latyprice. CH LESS, 1308 CHESTNUT. JUST PUBLISHED-THE PRAYER at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettys burg. DT Rev. Thos. H. Stockton. D. D. Price. 10 imam. Published by_ Wm. S. ALlatlrD murrizar, 606 CHESTNUT Street.. NEW BOOKS—JUST RECEIVED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO., 11Th and Try HAREM Street. LIFE OF JESUS. BY Earnest Henan. Translated from the French. LOUIE'S LAST TEEM AT ST. MARY'S. New edition. THE WAYSIDE INC and other Paula By Henri W. Longfellow. SOUNDINGS FROM THE ATLANTIC. By Oliver THE THE THOUGHTS OE THE EMPEROR >w AURELIUS ANTONINUS. GENERAL BUTLER IN HEW ORLEANS Histomcf the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in BM. , B UN . BIL P IBI u Cor. The Advantages of a LIIUS /gene Ii VinfOTHY TITCOMB'S LETTERS TO THE JONSR3. NY FAUN or EDGBWOOD. By Ike Marcel, HUGH MLLLES.I3 HEADS HIP Of CHRIST, and the Rights of the Christian People. ROUNDABOUT PAPERS. By Wiz Thaehoray. With Illustrations. HISTORY OF THE SIOUX WAR, and the Massacres of ]BB2 and 1883. Ity Isaac V. D. Heard. NARY LINDSAY. A Novel. By the Lady Smile rwrga-By y In Blow. IE WARNTLIS. € I II .A.ED OTHER POEMS. BY J. G. Whitney. METAL HYGIENE. By L. NIT. HANNAH THW.STOII. A Story of American Life. By Bayard Taylor. no3o TUST PUBLISHED, AND FOB SALE %J r B 1 ALL OLLESS. THIS MAZE OS ' TH E NORTH AHD THE MAP OP THE SOUTH: or. The Inffuenci of Climate. Translated from the French of Oh. Victor De Bonatatten. • There are few works more fascinating than the one now translated. Plished thirty-swirwitmlf it has any a.pplioation to o ur own allow erislitt Will be wi th out any party spirit. and w o oh lamer tonal and philosophical grounds. 1 'vol. 18mo.. sloth. Prise $1 Sent postage free by F. LEYPOLDT. publish. /IX3 011.8131111117 T Wereek pRADSTREETS COMMERCIAL RE. PORTS. Volume 19 of BRADSTREET'S COMMERCIAL RE PORTS now in Press. will be reedy for delivery on or about the 2th Of January, 1864. Special pains have been taken in the preparation, cor rection and revision of the present volume, and we o ff er It to oar Subscribers, and to the Mercantile Community generally. se. , the best, most reliable, and most conve nient book of Commercial reference in existence. It has been the object of the Proprietors to include within it, as many as possible of the Traders inejl the Cities, Towne. Villages, and Cross-Roads in the United States and British Provinces, and to obtain the most reliable information in every instance. Our facilities are now unsurpassed, and the ratings given are from such sources that they may be confidently relied upon. Th e work w 111 be found invaluable to those who are giving credits either upon a longer or shorter time. It. will be furnished to Subscribers from Januaul. WA. to January. 1865 for BIOS per annum, which will entitle them to the present volume (14), and vol. 15, which will be published about SnlYlo, 1854. our Weekly Sheet of Corrections. and the privilege of making in quiriescopeeining the credit and standing of any traders with whom they may be transacting business, and re ceiving full and special reports. , Bankers. Merchants, and Manufacturers are invited to call and examine the work, or obtain fall particulars by sending to our address. P. 0. Box 46. 40 K H B E R S TNU RE t E r T ee t & . Ph N a ds. ja4-rawfft • IMPORTERS OF J. WIABS..ADD LIQIJOHIS. ISALLAbE, & GO., No. IDS SOUTH ADITH STREET. totweal Choenni and Wend. Philadelvhia. G. M. LAUMAN, 'l.'M. BALLADS. J. D. BITTING. H P. & C. R. TAYLOR, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY, /10 BOOT AND SHOE MANUFAC! ITlBB Leather Rolling Mill Splitting • • sidving - Heeling • • Cr GILPIng Welt and Counter Skivers. standing Eyelet. Punch and Sets Combined, .And all other Machinery and Goods for nailed and sewed work, to be had at Urnufr a lur i a r ' A pl i wt p. Dealers Shoe IFindiajs. SO T 5 agents for Hilton s Insoluble Gement. ()LIVE O I 1.. ex nzvouns OF •••• oassuLar par. ouva Oil but tootiv.ba ost St r irtel Joi ty rizTAln t to. 196 WAT. . 11l .__aa Movie" of Itio oszto kW !taloa, oz. . 11411 Ii 0 IT E. ARMY AND NAVY. Blue Cloths, .ky-blue Cloths. Sky-blue Doeskins. Dark Blue Doeskins. Dark Bine Beavers, - Dark Blue Pilots, . ;IA and 8.4 Blue Flannels, scarlet Clothe: Illazartue Blue Cloths, come early. as ou r present n purchase now. Jed-lra TW0:034 , i1i04341:4:14 1 E. M. NEEDLES (11 , i KH:Ci:i,4,-.111,4444:4344 No. 6EI North NINTH streat PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1864. E r s. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1.5, 1864 lIARRIS3BURGI-. The Legislature Organization of the House—New Illembers—The Speaker —The Standing Committees The Contested Election in Armstrong Comity. (Corm epotadence of The Press.] Honitienerta, Jan. 13, 1964. The Rowels now completely organized, and reedy to proceed to the ordinary business of legislation. In the present House, in the matter of legislative' experience there are many new men. Yet they are men of ability, and, what is better, a working ma. jority are unconditionally loyal; who believe that the beat ministers of peace to be sent to the rebel authorities, are rifled cannon and well filled regi ments, commanded by officers who believe that this war should be prosecuted while a traitor remains in arms, and who are not afraid of saying "Jeff Da vis," for fear of party censure. Many of the able men of the last house have not been returned. The Democrats have lost Koine, of . Fayette, and Hopkins, of Washington. The kittens seat is now filled by a Union member. We have Ref Grose and Shannon, of Allegheny; Vincent, of Erie; Benedict, of Huntingdon, and Judge Champ neys, of Lancaster. Judge Champneys is now a member of the State Senate. Their successors are all Union men, and will neglect no opportunity o strengthening the arm of the General Government. Three of the members of the present House were formerly State Senators, viz.: Guernsey, of Tioga ; Hazlett, of Butler, and McM.urtrie, of Blair. Mr. Guernsey belonged to the Democratic party when a member of the Senate. Democracy thee repre sented a principle which had a deep root in the heirrts of the people. But a long time since, when every rational mind saw the course they were drift ing, and that Democracy, as expounded by its new lights, meant disunion unless slavery became the corner-atone of the Republic, he forsook it, along with tens of thousands of others. Tinge, the county represented by him, formerly gave the Democratic nominee 1,500 majority. In 1860 it gave Abraham Lincoln 3,600 majority ; at the last election, with 1,800 Union soldiers in the field, it gave Governor Curtin 2,870 majority. I only cite this as one of many instances of political revolution in the " northern tier ;" or rather the fact that, while the modern leaders of Democracy have forsaken their principles and wandered off after strange gods, the people have stood by the Democracy of Jefferson, the faith of their fathers, and the flag of their coun try, without a condition or qualification. The House made a judicious selection in electing the 'Hon. Henry 0. Johnson speaker. He is about forty years of age, of gentlemanly deportment, and kind and obliging to all. He was a member of the last House, and by his liindnese of heart and ster. ling integrity endeared himself to all parties. He is a good lawyer, was formerly District Attorney of Crawford, and at one time Governor of one of our Western territories. His experience in public life, together with a natural clearness and coolness of head, will make him an excellent, efficient, and im partial presiding officer. That his administration will be a success, no one doubts. His opponent, the Hon. Cyrus L. Pershing, is among the ablest men of his party, and bating his politics, a very excellent man. He is a lawyer by profession, and one of the best off-hand debators in the country. He combines a finely cultivated mind, with indomitable energy. Ho does not at tempt the apread.eagle kind of eloquence, but the logic of his speeches is not easily answered by a novice. The standing committees of the House were an nounced this morning. Bighern, of Allegheny, is chairman of Ways and Means. In point of legisla tive expifience he is the oldest member of the House. He is a lawyer by profession; a man of great energy; of considerable financial experience, and of strict integrity, which will qualify him for the position to which he Miller assigned. Olmated, of Potter, la chairman of the Committee on Banks. This is an important committee, and the appointment of Mr. Olmsted is not only judi cioug, but well deserved. Mr. Olmsted is one of the ablest lawyers of northern Pennsylvania, having placed himself at the head of his profession by a life of perseverance and great labor. He is a ready and effective speaker, and has contributed largely to re claiming his portion of the State from the misrule of modern Democracy. If Ido not greatly misjudge him, he wilinot only well acquit himself as chairman of this most responaiblecommittee, but render the Union side of the House material aid and. comfort during the storms Reardon which is looming up be fore them. Brown, of Warren, the chairman of the General JueletarY, -•a sacess-the ablest—escw - af thweleuee. He has spent a life devoted to the practice of law. He has applied himself to his profession with an energy which has given him a place among the first lawyers of his portion of the State, Hewes a mem ber of the last House, and his experience as a legit!. later will enable him to pre4.ct the Commonwealth from the passage of useless and unwarrantable acts of Assembly. I have not time this morning to speak of the cone mittees in detail. I will endeavor to do so in the future. Suffice it to say, that the Speaker has been liberal towards his political opponents, and so framed the several committees that, while the in. tenets of the public are protected, the ordinary bu ellen of legislation will be expedited. You will have received by telegraph notice of the contested election case Isom the county of Arm. strong. There can be no question of the result. Cessna's case is a precedent in point. Armstrong had a sufficient ratio when the Constitution of 1838 was adopted to entitle her to a separate representa tion. By that Constitution any county that had threethoueand five hundred taxable!' is entitled to a member separately. By the Constitution of 1790, sny county then framed was entitled to a separate representation, without reference to population. Ceesnale ease raised both points. Armstrong county, having been organized since il9O, is only entitled to a separate representation under the Constitution of 1838. In 1857, when the State was last apportioned, the Democratic party had a majority in both branches of the Legislature, and it was considered expedient and convenient for party purposes to tack Republi can Armstrong to Westmoreland, which was over whelmingly Democratic. The effect of this was that the Rbpublican majority Of Armstrong wee effectually crushed out. Two years ago Cessna; of Bedford, raised this question and ousted Mr. House holder, a Republican, the sitting member, These sews are parallel in all materiel points. In Armstrong county, McKee, the contestant, re received 103 majority, and Armstrong having more than 3,600 taxable, following the Cessna case as a precedent, he is entitled to his seat. The commit• tee consista of nine members, and upon a party di vieion stand four Democrats to five Union. One of the Democrats, Mr. Wimley, was a member of Camp na's Committee, and signed the majority report, awarding the seat to the contestant. - Could he do otherwise now? McKee, the contestant, is a good Union man. FRANK. The Lotion of the Opposition—Waste of Public Money by Democratic Senators— Difference of Deeds and Professions—Pro posed Removal of the State Capital •to Philadelphia. HARRISBURG, Jan. 14, 1861. During the winter of 1881.'62 "all was quiet along the Potomac." As far as the business of legislation is concerned, " all is quiet" in the Senate. Demo cracy Is adding another jewel to its already richly deoked crown of infamy, by persisting in voting .down every question which tends to an organize tion. They admit that they are in need of prayers, yet refuse to invite the clergy to open the morning sessions. They profess to 'be loyal, and grow.elo• quent over the noble deeds of our volunteer armies, yet refuse to give a vote of thanks to Generals Grant and Meade, and the brave men commanded hy They profess to fully apprebiete the ()enrage 10 pa• triotism of Harry White, and almost weep because he is confined in the filthy dungeons; of rebeldom, yet not one of them is manly enough to pair off with him, and allow the business of the country to pro ceed as though he were here. They regret deeply that he is languishing and starving in a felon's cell, yet they, in a solid body, vote exactly u Jeff Davis would vote were he in their places. Does any sane man believe that the rebel authori ties would keep a Democratic Senator under like circumstances I The Senators cannot believe it. But, as was well said by Senator Wilson, "no De mocratic Senator, will ever put himself in a position to see the inside of a rebel prison." Democrats are only, afraid of getting into Fort Lafayette. They know that Jefferson would not injure them. I shall not attempt a description of yesterday's debate in the Senate. Lowxy, of Erie, introduced a resolution to provide for the payment of the interest upon the State debt, Which, if passed before the 24th instant, would save over one million of hollers. He opened the debate with a few well-timed remarks, showing the necessity of a speedy action upon their part. Then fillibustering began. An attempt, in the usual Democratic form, was made to kill the re solution, and it moon became evident that' the matter was taking a party turn, and that again they would be successful. The debate upon the Union side was conducted by the venerable Senator from Lancaster, and Senators Wilson, McCandless, and Graham, ail of whom made able speeches, and demonstrated clearly and conclusively that the course pursued by the Democracy was not only technical, but factious and revolutionary in all of its practical results. The "Southern side of the House" attempted to reply, but miserably failed. The honorable Senators profess to be intensely loyal, and ray that they represent loyal constitnen cies. This may all be true. But do they conduct themselves in such a manner as to give aid and com fort to the Government of their fathers? Do the au thorities at Richmond consider them as enemies? •DO they neglect an opportunity of beUttleing a Union victory or magnifying a rebel one? Vicks burg was an important but impregnable point, while she was Sinking our gunboats and repelling our as saulting columns. But it did not amount to much, after Grant compelled a surrender of 30,000 rebell as prieoners-of-war. In the opinion of the Democratic leaders of the country, the rebellion only has able officers. We have no general capable of managing Lee. But let one be removed for Incapacity or dis• • loyalty, when suddenly they discover that he WAS a great man, and that wonderful things would have been aasomplished by him. They have no words of encouragement for their torn and bleedlbg country. They oppose every mar sure of the Ordvernment. None of them are cone* tUtlOnal. rum tl.e beginning they have Opposed emancipation and confiscation. They have opposed both volunteering and the conscription act, and re elated the enlistment of colored soldiers .until they could no longer make party capital out of it. They oppose our revenue laws ; the suspension orthe writ of habeas corpus; the arrest of traltOri and rebel sympathizers ; and Jefferson Davis fully agrees with them in all of their objeotions. They feelingly repel any imputations of disloyalty. They say that they are not in the interest of Je/Ter son Davis. Yet, than themselves, Siamese twins never worked together more lovingly and harmo. niftily. Both appear to have a common purpose to oppone, cripple, and destroy the Government. One does it by open-handed treason ; the other. by a course less honorable. Yet they believe in a vigor. ous prosecution of the war! With the Supreme Court and both branches of the Legislature in Democratic hands, and the Executive chair filled by a learned judge who "believes that slavery is divinely !sanctioned, if not divinely or= dained," Pennsylvania never would have! sent another soldier into the field, but would have passed a formal act of secession before the 4th of March next, and united their fortunes with the Southern Confederacy. A resolution yesterday passed the House Which seemed to indicate that the change of the State Capital would be seriously considered during the coming cession. Many members are in favor.of re moving the seat of government to your city. Such a measure would have more friends than many imagine. But more of this bpand-by. FRANK. NEW YORK CITY. New Yong, Jan. 18, 1884. ECerrecrodence of The Press.] The present seems to be a period of inveterate grumbling. Railroad and ferry companies are ac cused of parsimony and heedlessnas of the safety and comfort of their patrons. Russ-pavements are being denounced, so are the Park-barracks, the weather, the Custom-hone, and the City Inspect or's department. Perhaps all this querulousness may originate from rheumatism. Everybody who possesses any kind of a skeleton has this execrable pest aersping away eta his bones ; and all through a "spell of weather," upon which every one was con gratulating himself. The snow which has been lying in our streets, is giving out as much moisture as possible, without melting away; which ix a good thing for diptheria and pulmonary complaints gene rally. Here, then, we may find the secret of all the grumbling, or of a great part! of it at Feast. New Yorkers are notoriously weather-glasses. It is bgldly asserted, that a certain gentleman who is at the head of a certain Liverpool and New York steamship line, goes "as mad as a March-hare" when the full moon commences, and remains so utr til she reaches her last quarter. How many more are subject to similar influences, who shall say? Startling disclosures and reform appear to be the pet hobbies of all, as if we had not had enough of both within the past few months. The public, how ever, like Oliver Twist, is "asking for more," and more there will be, in all probability. Nothing of import has yet been made public in the case of Mr. Palmer, the private secretary of Collector Barney. He remains in Fort Lafayette. All manner of things are alleged in support of the charge against him; such as that he was living in a state of magi:anew:le at the Fifth avenue Hotel, which his salary would not justify, and that all his expenditures were of proportion, which seemed to indicate certain stipends beyond the regular compensation. On the other hand it is said, that while Benja. min (the contraband trader) loaned him the moneys which he required, the loans were upon Personal, and not °Hided grounds. However the true ease may stand, Mr. Palmer has been, with out doubt, indiscreet, and his friends claim that his examination Will show incontestibly that this indis cretion is the gauge of his fault. The Democratic party is Working hard to make the most of all these disclosures, preparatory to incorporating the midair word, anticorruption, into their eminently comas tent platform, A new dodge has recently been die- Covered among some of our merchants, which has doubtless served their ends, and defrauded the Go vernment out of large sums prior to its first disco. very. The object of the dodge is to avoid a practi cal payment of dues upon tobacco, by shipping it ostensibly to Halifax, and receiving repayment of such amounts under "drawbask." The tobacco is taken up to Calais, or some other port in Maine, and returned upon the first lumber schooner calling for New York. The Committee of Supervisors having charge of the riot claims has declined paying any more of the indebtedness. The cause alleged is a derision made by Judge Barbour of the Supreme Court, which norm the responsibility of, the authorities in cases of riot and public commotion. This conclusion will result in much suffering among those who lost their all during the reign of the brutes and Copperheads in July. , But as the mills of these gods, which have been grinding slowly, now decline grinding at all, the poor`' common-place mortals must learn how is toauffer and be strong._ DlAßY -a poor fellow will feel the pinehrirg of the old DN . cane of this inopportune blunder, which will of course be set right as soon as the issue comes up again before the proper tribunal. Skating carnivals are becoming quite the rage at present, being a poor apology for the masquerade balls, which are not allowable on a public scale. Dominos, and fancy costumes-of every de. scription are here employed by males and females ; . a cold but more ethical substitute for the feverish waltzes of the ball. One of these affairs was held on the Washington Pond, Brooklyn, on the after noon and evening of Monday, January 11th, and what with music, calcium lights, and gay attires, it was as interesting as such thing. can very well be. Another carnival is underlined for January 14th, wind and weather permitting. The new play, "Connie Soogah," written by Charles Gaylor, Esq., for Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, was produced at Niblo's Garden on Mon day evening, and met with a fair share of success. The Seogah is a pedlar, and the right man in the right place. Be knows everything, _guesses at everything else, frustrates all villainy, and is stupidly good from the first scene to the last. So we shall have repetition upon repetition of the same thins, with the Same intolerable brogue at Niblo's for an indefinite length of time. It is a star piece, of course; a dramatic setting in which there is nothing but Williams. The principal events of the week have been the death of Mr. Samuel Sears, a well-known merchant of the city, from the effects of "laughing gas" ad ministered by a dentist ; a fire in Beekman street, involving losses to the amount of $150,000, and an explosion of gas in a carriage factory, Which, for tunately, resulted in the destruction of property only. In the ease of Mr. Sears, the dentist was ex culpated from all blame, the postmortem exami nation showing that the deceased was laboring under a severe pulmonary affection, which was the approximate cause of his death. Nitrous oxide, tlierefore, still survives. The Loyal League which raised the 20th United States Regiment, (colored,) has already recruited more than halt of a second regiment, and experts to fill its ranks in a few days more. It is stated that recruiting will soon commence for a third. STU YVESANI. Letter from Gen. Grant's Indian Aid. Co/. Ely S. Parker, Indian Sachem, Chief of the Tonowanda tribe and Seneca Nation of Indiana, and now a member of Grant's staff, has written an in tempting descriptive letter to a friend in New York, which contains the following reference to the great Western commander : I need not describe to you the recent battle of Chattanooga. The papers have given every possi ble detail concerning it. I may only say that I saw it all, and was in the fivedays fight. Of General Grant's staff only one war wounded, a Lieutenant Towner, assistant chief of artillery, whore parents formerly lived at Batavia, N. Y., but now of Chicago. It has been a matter of universal wonder in this army that General Grant. himself was not killed, and that no more acridentkoccurred to his staff, for the General was always; in the front (his staff with him, of course), and perfectly heedless of the storm of hissing bullets and screaming shell dying around him. Rio apparent want of sensibility does not arirelirom heedlessness, heartlessness, or vain milt tary affectation, but from a sense of the responsibility reefing upon him when in battle. When at Ring gold, we rrde for half a mile in the face of the ene my, under an incessant fire elf eltillutft and mniketry —nor did we fide fart but upon an ordinary trot, and not once do I.believe did it enter the General's mind that he war in danger. I was by his side, and watched him closely. In riding that distance -we were going to the front, and I could see that he was studying the positions of the two armies, and of course planning hew to defeat the enemy, who was here making a most de s perate stand, and were slaughtering our men f earf ully . A ft er defeating and driving the enemy here, we returned to Chatta nooga. Another feature in General Grant's personal movements arm that he requires no escort beyond his staff; so regardless of danger is he. Roads are almost melees to him, for he takes short cuts through fields and woods, and will swim his horse through almost any stream that obstructs his way. Nor does it make any difference to hint whether he has daylight for his movements, for he will ride from breakfast until one or two in the morning and that too without eating. The next day he will repeat the dope until he finishes .his work. Now, such things come hard upon the dad . , but they have learned bow to bear it. Loyal Democrats. iCorreepondence of The Press.] Onnwinieviram, Clearfield County, Pa. January 11, 1864. Your correspondent ' , Occasional," published in The Press of December 30th, 1863, says there isnot a ward in Philadelphia, there is not a school district, a township, or a county in Pennsylvania in which there Is not to be found a brave, intelligent, and anti-slave Democrat who should be sought out and honored by the true friends of the Government, all of which I endorse. But "Occasional" must know the State of Pennsylvania in not all Philadel phia, and it is not merely in the surrounding coun ties where intelligence is triumphant. He must re collect that we who live in this neck of woods, who are fighting the rebellion, have a hard time. We have townships and school districts in this county that have not one loyal Democrat in them. I will name a few of them, and challenges contradiction. There is Brady, Graham, and Knox townships, and a school district in Lawrence township called Thompson's school-house, one in Knox called Tur key Bill, one in Piliecalled Bloomington, that bloom the whole year with Copperheads. Now, air, in all of these townships and school dio. 'Wats I defy any man to point me out a loyal Demo crat, or one who would not rather see Jeff Davis President of thew United States than Abraham Lincoln. But, thanks to the Eternal, we have got them and will hold them until they oome and plead pardon and promise to become loyal. Yours, truly, TYCOON, TUE LIBILICATBD NBGEOI3I3.—Mr. Yeatman, the president of the Western Oommisston, has recently described the condition of the- negro population of the South released from slavery by the war. Mr. Yeatmsn says the abandoned plantation has fallen into the hand■ of the 04 lend sharks , ' who follow In the wake of our Armin,. that these Men have no other object than to make money out of the present outle, and that wider their rule.the negroes are sorsa cared for and More wretched than they Were tbcll THE STATES IN REBELLION. The Rebel Cotton• Selling Propel/Itloam The following is a mote full account of the pro position made by rebel officers concerning the isle of cottons published by The Sf. Louis Republican. It le taken from the Memphis correspondence of The Rcpublkan I=3 I learn from good authority that a quartermaster of the Confederate army, at Hernando, acting by au thority of Richmond officials, has offered to General Hurlbut to sell to him, or the United States, all the cotton now remaining within a certain district in Mississippi, now outside of the Union lines. The quantity embraced in this offer is about fifteen thousand bales, which, I think, is all Confederate States cotton. The offer is to sell and take pay in greenbacks. lam credibly informed that General Hurlbut favors the purchase, and has already com municated to Washington the offer that has been made, with his recommendation that the cotton be Wight. Indeed, I understand that General Hurlbut, commanding this department, would favor the pur chase by the United Stater Of all the cotton in Milk He is said to favor it for several reasons. First, it would put a stop to the operations of rascally speculators, and the corruption and bribery so com mon now( Then it would be a heavy blow to British holders or Confederate securities, based on cotton, and would remove one of the strongest motives for contributing aid to the Confederacy. Then, pay ment being made in greenbacks, tee receivers of such funds would become stockholders in the Fede ral Government, and interested in its success. But the offer of the Confederate officer to Nell the 16,000 bales is very conclusive evidence that the rebels foresee very clearly that the portion of Miii• sissippi in which this cotton h, must very soon pass out of their control. The Whole Of 6Tiseicsippi is, in fact, doomed. The Unionists wilt have the whole of it early in the spring.. - • A STARTLING GEORG. I am credibly informed - thite . trilabels Wait of the Mississippi—all of themfeeadere and led, military men and civilians—cenidder the secession game "played out"—that Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas must inevitably pass out of their control, and that all struggle to - hold those States is vain. They per ceive two things : • • . 1. -That the Union army is fully adequate to die possess them—that they cannot maintain an army in those Statue Or the very cogent reason that their soldiers are tired and hopeless, and that every new conscript runs away the first op portunity. 2. That the people of those States, the masses, are determined to get bank into the Union, and that the war shall end. Rebel officers and rebel soldiers speak out plainly their thoughts and convictions on the subject, and the whole country may be certain of a spee - dy and complete repossession of the entire trans.fillesis. stppi region by the Union power. No one could be here a week, and meet, as I have done, citizens of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, who, for two years and more, have lived within the rebel lines, in constant intercourse with rebel generals, subordi nate officers and soldiers of the rebel army, and citi zens of those States, and hear their statements about the prevailing hopes and fears of the people among whom they have lived, and for one moment doubt that the rebellion is practically dead in that region, and any vigorous or protracted fighting on the part of the rebels impossible. And in this connection I will give a somewhat startling statement, which I heard last night. It is affirmed here that recently Gen. Kirby Smith sent an authorized messenger to Washington to propose to the Federal authorities to furnish every requisite facility to get out all the cotton in the portion of the Red liver and Washita district within rebel control, the money for the same to be paid to the class of officers excepted from the amnesty offered by Presi dent Lincoln, they to retire from the rebel army and go into Mexico. I should hesitate to make this statement, if I had not received it from a very high source here, with the assurance that there were good reasons for be. sieving it to be true. The fact is, the rebellion is collapsing ; and, as rats instinctively desert a sink. ing ship, the rebels feel the sinking of the founda tions of their fabric of treason, and Wilton. already to escape the tumbling of the walls. THE REI3I3L LEADERS IN TEXAS. CCOrresrondance of the Triton. 3 MaTaxon/La, Dec. 19.—1 t is a singular fact that the leaders of the rebellion in Texas, the southern most of the Southern States, are for the most part "Northern men with Southern interests." For example: Willard Richardson, of the Galveston Nem, is a native of Massachusetts •, Cushing, of the Houston Telegraph, is a native of Vermont, and General E. 13. Nichols, the financial agent of the rebel Convention, is a native of New York. Scores of rebel contraotors and office.holdere, civil and military, such as Giddings, Howard, Saylor, and the like, first maw the light north of Mason and Dixon , . line. Such are the men that some two years since dis covered that they were of a superior race, and that all loyal men were " Y ankeee, ,, , upon whom they had a right to look down with a lordly contempt. An " ex empt " from the interior of Texas,.now in this city, tells an amusing anecdote of the last-named individu• al. It seems that, early in the rebellion, Mr. Sayies conceived the idea that the word "General" would make a handsome handle to his name, and accord ingly got himself elected general of the militia. Be fore long a conscription was ordered by the rebel authorities, who prescribed that militia °Moen' were not exempt from its operation. General Sayler' wan conscripted, and it was oupposed that so zealous a rebel, albeit of Northern nativity, would either serve in the ranks or employ a part of. Ms wealth in hiring a substitute to tight in his place. In this the public were mistaken. He did neither, but caused himself to be examined and rejected (on ac count of his shortsightedness) for " physical dis ability." General Sayler' , optics appear to be like those of the man who, on being censured for shoot ing at an animal through a fog, justified by aaying he had shot in. such a manner as to kill it if it was a deer, and to mias it if it was a calf... Be could see 177 to,°ll-311Macgtetanklarahifitigratterre" FOREIGN ITIVIOITOR.:': It is stated here on respectable authority that the rebel officers who retreated with such celerity from Brownsville on the landing of our troops, as well as many of the leading contractors in Texas, have shown a caution and foresight which is rarely mani fested by those who arrive at sudden opulence. Col. James Duff' is reported to have purchased near £40,- 000 worth of sterling exchange, and Gen. Hamilton P. Bee, a South Carolina chevalier by birth, is said to have invested to the amount of 409,000. If rumor speaks the truth, the account-books of certain houses in this city-would show an amount of investment in countries across the ocean which, if made known to the public, would raise a mutiny in rebeldom. Enough has already leaked out to cause much dis content. The oppressed masses have been silently Watching what has been going on, and have been daily becoming more"restless and dissatisfied. While they have been becoming poorer, they have seen cotton lords thrive, and office holders and contractors acquire wealth, andispirlt it away beyond seas to where no rebel tax nor United States confiscation can reach it. No wonder Gen. John B. Magruder, or " J. Bankhead Magruder," as he delights to sub scribe himself, in a recent speech, threatened to hang all who said that, in the Southern States, this was i°a rich man's war and a poor man's fi ght !" THIS CREOLES OP LOUISIANA. A Massachusetts chaplain—Rev. Mr. Hepworth— writes of the Louisiana creole' : A love of slavery is in the marrow of hit bone.. He says he has so many " head of nigger.," as he speaks of his cattle. He never talks to you of slavery as a missionary society. That is the stronghold of one who does not believe what! he asserts. He never offers any statistics to prove that free labor is impracticable. He stands on a platform beneath which are no such subterfuges. He simply says, "The nigger, sir, was intended by Almighty God to be the "lave of the white man. He isn't a man; he belongs to a lower older of being." " But, sir," you commence to reply. "There are no ' buts ' about it. I have lived fifty years with them. I know them through and through ; and nothing is more evident to a sane man, than that the negro le one grade only above the ape." This is refreshing. There is no chance - for sign meat. You are simply dealing with a fanatic Of the worst and most unreasonable kind. He is Worshipping his ebony idol with all the blind de votion of the East Indian. He is not a man of the nineteenth century, but shows all the characteristics of a semi-barbarous age. He resists the Govern ment at every point. Just beyond Carrollton is an immense and magnificent estate owned by one of these Creoles. His annual yield of moguls fifteen hundred hogsheads. He might have taken the oath of allegiance, and thus. saved his property; but he would not. The work of depredation commenced ; but he bore it without a murmur. First we took his wagons, harness, and mules ; he said nothing, but scowled most awfully. Neat we emptied hie stables of horses for cavalry service; he did not have even a pony left, and was compelled to trudge along on foot ; still nothing was said. Next we took his entire crop, ground it in his own sugar-110mm, used his barrels for the molasses, and his hogsheads for the sugar, and marked the head of each "U. S;" not a murmur. Then came his negroes, three hun dred and more, house servants and all, took it into their woolly heads to come within our camp lines. The Creole was most completely stripped; still he stood in the midst of the ruins, damning Abe Lin coin, and wishing that he had eight instead of four sons in the rebel army. • - A NEW le 017TBAGIE." [Washington Correspondence of the Tribune. Great excitement has been produced all over the Confederacy by the news, first put forth by a North Caroline paper, of -a preteuded outrage committed by black soldiers upon a white woman, at Elizabeth City. Although not criminal in its character, it has been resented by Southerners more keenly than a premeditated insult. The facts are these : A coin- Pat* . of black soldiers lumina , been garrisoned in one of the hotels of Elizabe City, the sergeant, Seeing no servants, called upon the lady of thehouse, who had confined herself in the upper story, and begged her to come down and help in preparing din ner for the soldiers. The lady, it seems, declined, in a rude manner, to comply with the demand, where upon the colored sergeant insisted, stating that his men, being worn out by a long and fatiguing jour ney, were unable to take care of themselves and to prepare their dinner. . The lady having persisted in her refusal, the ser geant, it is said, threatened heewithrimprisonment, an argument which had the effect to 'Change her dis position, and caused her to go down stairs and at tend to he work which had been pointed out to her. It seems that the soldiers, who had heard a portion of the conversation which had taken place between the lady and the sergeant, grumbled as she presented herself in the kitchen, and even went to the length of using some harsh expressions, which were imme diately reproduced by the rebel press of North Caro ling and by all the Southern papers. This incident war, of source, Magnified into a gross outrage upon a white lady, and was used as an example of the fate reserved to the mother!, wives, and sisters of Southerners by Northern soldiers, lithe former ever allowed themselves to be conquered or subjugated by them. Accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad. We are informed that an accident happened to the train which left Pittsburg for this pity, on the Penn sylvania Railroad, early oil Tuesday morning, at one of the stations west Qf the mountains. A. rail broke, and one of the carrel the train was precipi tated down an embankment. Two persons were killed, a Michigan soldier and a person residing in the interior of this State. Several persons were in. jured. The Hon. J. R. Giddings, who was on the train, fainted during the excitement. No delay has • been experienced on the road since the occurrence of the acoident.—Bulletin. A MAN SAWED iN Two.—The Horner/We (N. Y.) Tribune gays: "A most terrible- accident (De clined at Reynolds , saw mill, a mile north of this village last Thursday morning. While a men, who gave his name as Frank Smith, who had been em ployed in the mill four monthe,was engaged ilkedging boards with a buzz saw, and attempting to remove the edging, the saw caught his sleeve, instantly se vering his right arm, at the same time drawing him down upon the saw, almost severing the body at the breast, separating the great arteries, and killing him instantly. The real name or the deceased was Alonzo D. Lewis. H e was a mingle man, has been a soldier in one of the Pennsylvania regiments, and was said to have been a deserter Which accounts for his having changed his name. DEATH OF CTOLONIIL CILITEL—WO learn that the notorious Colonel Oinks, one of Morgan's officers, died at Johnson's Island, day before yesterday, of i tranguiation, caused by an ulcerated throat. It will be recollected that he man at one time in the penitentiary, but VAS taken into Cincinnati to be examined on a. charge of breaking his parole, and from there -transferred to Johnson's Island.—Ohio Mtge Journal, M. It ill dated that the snow Ls forty feet deep on the Rooky Nountadne—* greater depth than has bOBl/ PreviVVlY kaOW4 then for seam THREE CENTS. GENERAL BIeCLELLANIS REPORT. Memorandum Addressed to the President. LETTER TO EX-SECRETARY CAMERON General McClellan, on the 4th of August, 1961' addressed to the President the following memo• randum, prepared at his request : namosAwntrat. The object of the present War differs from those in which nations are usually engaged, mainly in this That the purpose of ordinary war is to conquer a Peace, and make a treaty on advantageous terms. In this contest it has become necessary to crush a Population sufficiently numerous, intelligent, and warlike to constitute a nation. We have not only to defeat their armed and organized forces in the field, but to display such an overwhelming strength as Will Convince all our antagonists, especially those of the governing, aristocratic claim, of the utter im possibility of resistance. Our late reverses make this course imperative. Had we been successful in the recent battle (Manassas), it is possible that we might have been spared the labor and expense of a great effort; now we have no other alternative. Their success will enable the political leaders of the retels to convince the mass of their people that we are inferior to them in forte and courage and to command all their resources. The contes t began with "a class ; now it is with a people. Our military success can alone restore the former issue. . . . Byf thoroughly defeating their armies, taking their strong places, and pursuing a rigidly proteitive po licy ea to private property era unarmed persona, and. a lenient course as to private soldiers, we may well hope for a permanent restoration of a peaceful Union. But, in the first instance, the authority of the Gov ereMent must be supported by overwhelming physi cal force. Our foreign relations and financial 'credit also im peratively demand that the military action of the Government should be prompt and irresistible. The rebels have chosen Virginia as their battle field, and it seems proper for us to make the first great struggle there. But while thus directing our main aborts, it is necessary to diminish the resist ance there offered us by movements on other points, both by land and water. Without entering at present into details, I would advise that a strong movement be made on the Mis sissippi, and that the rebel be driven out of Mia sma. As soon as it becomes perfectly clear that Ken tucky is cordially united with us I would advise a movement through that State into Eastern Ten neesee, for the purpose of assisting the Union men of that region, and of seizing the railroads leading from Memphis to the East. The possession of those roads by us, in connection with the movement on the Mississippi, would go far toward determining the evacuation of Virginia by the rebels. In the meantime all the passes into Western Virginia from the east should be securely guarded, but I would advise no movement from that quarter toward Richmond, intim the political con onion of Kentucky renders it impossible or inexpe dient for us to make the movement upon Eastern Tennessee through that State. Every effort should, however, be made to organize, equip, and arm as many troops as: possible in Western Virginia, in order to render the Ohio and Indiana regiments available for other operations. kit as early a day as practicable, it would be well to protect and reopen the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road. Baltimore and Fortress Monroe should be occupied by garrisons sufficient to retain them in our poses- Mon. The importance of Harper's Ferry and the line of the Potomac in the direction of Leesburg will be very materially diminished as soon as our force in this vicinity becomes organized, strong, and efficient, because no capable general will cross the river north of this city, when we have a strong army here ready to cut off his retreat. To revert to the West, it is probable that no very large additions to the troops now in Missouri will be necessary to secure that state. I presume that the force required for the move merit down the Mississippi will be determined by its commander and the President. If Kentucky assumes the right position, not more than twenty thousand will be needed, together with those that can be raised in that State and Eastern 'Pannone, to secure the latter region and its railroads, as well as ultimately to occupy Nashville. The Western Virginia troops, with not more than five thousand to ten thousand from Ohio and Indiana, should, under proper management, suffice for its protection. When we have organized our "main army here, sixteen thousand men ought to be enough to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Potomac; five thousand will garrison Balti more, three thousand Fortress Monroe, and not more than twenty thousand will be necessary, at the utmost, for the defence of Washington. For the main army of operations, I urge the fol lowing composition: 250 regiments of infantry, say 226,000 men. 100 field batteries, 600 guns 15 , 000 men. 28 regiments of cavalry 25,500 men. 6 regiments of engineer tr00p5......... 7,600 men. Total The force must be supplied with the necessary en gineer and pontoon trains, and with transportation for everything, save tents. Its general line of oper ations should be so directed that the water trans portation can be availed of from point to point by incase of the ocean and the rivers emptying into it. An-essential feature of the plan of operations will be the employment of a strong naval force to pro tect the movement of a fleet of transports, intended to convey a considerable body of troops from point to point of the enemy's seacoast, thus either creating diversions, anti rendering it necessary for them to detach largely freakily= main body in order to pro tect such of their cities as may be threatened, or else landing and rorming-Asatablianmenta their cossta at any favorable places that opportu nit y migtit offer. This naval force should also co-operate With the main army in its efforts to seize the important sea board towns of the rebels. It cannot be ignored that the construction of rail roads has introduced a new and very important ele ment into war, by the great facilities thus given for concentrating-at particular positions large masses of troops from remote sections, and by erecting new strategic wink, and lines of operations. It is intended to - overcome this difficulty by the partial operations suggested, - and such others as the particular case may require. We must endeavor to seize places on the railways in the rear of the enemy's points of concentration, and we must threaten their seaboard cities, in order that each State may be forced by the necessity of its own de fence to diminish its contingent to the Confederate army. The proposed movement down the Blisslll. sippi will produce important results in this connec tion. That advance, and the progress of the main army in the East, will materially assist each other, by diminishing the resistance to be encountered by each. The tendency of the Mississippi movement upon all questions connected with cotton, is too well un• derstood by the President and Cabinet to need any illustration from me. There is another independent movement that has often been suggested, and which has always recom mended itself to ray judgment. I refer to a move ment from Kansas and Nebraska, through the In dian Territory, upon Red river and Western Texas, for the purpose of protecting and developing the latent Union and free State sentiment well known to predominate in Western Texas, and which, like a similar sentiment in Western Virginia, Will, if protected, ultimately organize that section into a free State. How far it will be possible to support this move ment by an advance through New Mexico, from California, is a matter which I have not suffi ciently examined to be able to express a decided opinion. If at all practicable, it is evidently desirable, as bringing into play the resources and warlike quali ties of the Paoinc States, as well as identifying them. with our cause, and cementing the bond of Union between them and the General Government. If it U not departing too far from my province, I will venture to suggest the policy of an ultimate and cordial understanding with Mexico; their sympa thies and interests are with us, their antipathies ex. elusively against our enemies and their institutions. I think it would not be difficult to obtain from the Mexican Government the right to use, at least du ring the present contest, the road from Cluaymus to New Mexico. This concession world very material ly reduce the obstacles of the column moving from the Pacific. A similar permission to use their terri tory for the passage of troops ; between -- and the Rio Grande would enable us to throw a column of troops by a good road from Tampico, or some of the small - harbors north of it, upon and across the Rio elands, without risk and scarcely firing a shot. To what extent if any, it would be desirable to take into service and employ Mexican soldiers is a question entirely political, on which I dquot ven ture to oiler an opinion. The force I have recommended is large ,• the ex pense is great. It is possible that a smaller force might accomplish the object in view, but I under stand it to be the purpose of this great nation to ree establish the power of its Government, and restore peace to its citizens in theshortestporsibla time. The question to be decided is simply this : Shall we crush the rebellion at one blow, terminate the war in one campaign, or shall we leave it as a lega cy to our descendants ? When the extent of the possible linesof operations 11 smoldered, the force asked for the main army udder me" SOMmand cannot be regarded as unduly large. Every Mile we advance carries us further from our base or operations, add renders detach ments necessary to cover our communisation, While the enemy will be constantly concentrating as he falls back. I propose with the force which I have requested not only to drive , the enemy out of Vir ginia and occupy Richmond, but to occupy Charles ton, Savannah, Montgomery, PensacoU, Mobile, and New Orleans—in other words, to move into the heart of the enemy's country and crush the rebellion in its very heart. By seizing and repairing the railroads as we ad vance, the difficulties of transportation will be ma terially diminished. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to state, that in addition to the forces named in this memorandum, strong reserves should be formed, ready to supply any losses that may occur. In conclusion, I would submit that the exigencieti of the Treasury may be lessened by making only par tial payments to our troops when in the enemy's countryrand by giving the obligations of the United States fof such supplies as may there be obtained. GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Major General. LETTER TO MR. CAMERON. To the Ron. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War: SIR : In conformity with a penonalunderstanding with the President yesterday, I have the honor to submit the following statement of the condition of the army under my command, and the measures re quired for the preservation of the Government and the suppression of the rebellion. It will be rememberedthat in a memorial I had the honor to address to the President, soon after my ar rival in Washington, and in my communication ad dressed to Lieut. Gen. Scott, under date of eth of August, in my letter to the Preaident, authorizing him, at his request, to withdraw the letter writtanby me to Gen. Scott ; and in my letter of the Sth of Sep tember, answering your note of inquiry _of that date, my views on the same subject are frankly and fully ex seed In these several communications I have stated the force I regarded as necessary to enable this army to advance with a reasonable certainty of MOM, at the same time leaving the capital and the li ne of }ho Potomac Sufficiently guarded not only to noun the retreat of the main army, in the event of disaster, but to render it out of the enemy's power to attempt a diversion in Maryland. So much time has passed, and the winter is sp. promising so rapidly, that but two courses are left to the Government, viz : Either to go into winter quarters, or to assume the • offensive, with forces greatly inferior in numbers to the enemy—l regarded as desirable and necessary. If political considera tions render the first course unadvisable, the second alone remains. While I regret that it has not been deemed expedient, or, perhaps, possible, to concen trate the forces of the nation in this vicinity-ire warning on the defensive elsewhere)—keeping the attention and efforts of the Government fixed upon this as the vital point, where the issue of the great contest Is to be decided. it may still be that by in troducing unity of action and design among the va rious armies of the land, by determining the courses to be pursued by the various commanders under one general plan, transferring, from the other armies, the superfluous strength not required for the pur pose in view, and thus reinforcing this main army, whose destiny it is to decide the controversy, we may yet be able to move, with a reasonable pros pect of success, before the winter is fairly upon us. The nation feels, and I share that feeling, that the Army of the Potomac holds the fate 0f the country in its hands. The stoke if 10 Vett, the issue so momentous, and the effect of the next battle will be so important thmughott the future, as well as the present, that I continue to tuge, se I We ever done since J. enieiti "rEirj3 W - 41.1% P.EUEWE3)3, (PUBLISHED WPFtrr.Y.t Tag was pow will be seat to eabeeribers by mall (pet annitntbe straftwat ax 90 Three conies - 5 P 45 Vivo mph' 5 Oil Ten copiee 15 00 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the Will rate. $1.50 per _ 7 The money must always accompany the order. aaa in no instance can them termite deviated from. as tewil word very WM more than the coot of Paper. air Postmasters are ronaested to act as Agents foe Tag WAS. Page.. 018 - To the getter-np of the Olab of tea or twenty. Kece Copy of the Paper wilt be given. neskesse upon the (=mend of this army, upon the Govern. men* to devote its energies and _its available re sources toward increasing thenumbers and ellialanoy cf tba army On Which its salvation depends. A statement, earefUlly prepared by the Mel, of Engineers AM -Artillery of this army, gives es the necessary garrison of thil city and its forlificatione 83.795 icon, sap .36,000p,- The present g.vrrbeni of Baltimore and itsldepend encies is about lOteet Z have gent the chief of my atsit to make a careful exemixurtionZeto the condi tion of these troops, and to obtain the information requisite to enable meiodeeddewhethenthisnumber can be diminished or the reverse. At /east 5,000 mem will be required to waren the river hence to Illmeris Ferry and its vicinity ; probably 8,00010 OM the Lower Potomac. Au you are manre,.all thb information•We have' from Apia., prison era, &a , agrees in showing that the' enemy have a force on the Potomac not less then 150,000 strong, Well drilled and equipped, obly. 0051. mended, and otrOngly entrenched. It is Whin, there fore, that to &entire oneness, or to render it reneen ably-certain, the' active army ahould not number leer than 150,000 efficient eroOpe, 'with 400 guns, unless mama material ohmage 000urs in the force in MOM of The nquipite forte for an• advance movement bf the Army Of the POtomme may be thus estimated: Co3nmn of Cerra operations. Garrison or the City of Wachlnaton To gourd the Potomaa to Harpers Ferry To 'nand the Lower Potomac Garrison for Baltimore and Annapolis.. Total effective force required 203,0t0 4118 Or as aggregate, present andlibsent, of about $40,- 060 wen, mould the lostea by dolmen. Sce., not rise to a higher par tentage than at present. Itsvtrig stated what I regard as the requisite force to enable Mix army to advance, I now proceed to give the actual strength of the Amy of the Poto mac. The aggregate strength of the Army of the rete 1, in ,by tact official report on .the morning.of the inst - IW as 163,818 officers and men of all grades - armic- This includes the. troops at Beitintore - amid Anniepolle, on the Lipper and LOyfer Potomac, the side, absent, Sic. The force present for duty Was 147,695. Of this number, 4,203 cavalry were completely unarmed. 3,l.63eavalry only partially armed, 5,979 infantry un equipped, malting 13,410 unfit for the field (irrespec tive of thoee not yet sufficiently drilled), and ree , clueing the effeotive force to 134,285, and the number desirable for an advance to 76,286. The infantry re giments are, to a considerable extent, armed-with unserviceable weapons. Quite a large number of good arms, which. had been intended for this army. were ordered elsewhere, leaving the Army of the Potomac insufficiently, and, in many cases, badly armed. . On the 301 h of September there were with this alloy 228 field guns ready for the field, so far as army and equipments are concerned ; some of the batte ries are still quite raw, and unfit to go into action. I have intelligence that eight New York batteries are en route hither; two others are ready for the field. I will still (if the New York batteries have six guns each) be 112 guns short of the number required for the active column, saying nothing for the present, of those necessary for the garrisons and corps on the Potomac, which would make a total deficiency of 200 guns. I have thus briefly stated our present condition and wants; it remains to suggest the means of sup• plying the deficiencies : I. That all the cavalry and Infantry arms, as fast as procured, whether manufactured in this country or purchased abroad, be sent to this army, until it is fully prepared for the field. 2. That the two companies of the 4th Artillery, now understood to be en route from Fort llandSil to Fortress Monroe, be ordered to this army. to be mounted at once ; also, that the companies of the 31 Artillery. en route from California, be sent here. Had not the order for Smead's to come here, from Harrisburg, to place the battery 1 gave General Sherman, be co often countermanded, .1 would again ask for it. 3, That a mote effective regulation may be made authorizing the transfer of men from the volunteers to the regular batteries, infantry and cavalry, that we may make the best use of the invaluable regular "skeletons.” 4. I have no official information as to the 'United States forces elsewhere ; but from the best informa tion I can obtain from the War Departnient, and other sources, I am led to believe that the United States troops are : in Western Virginia, about 30,000 In Kentucky 40,000 In Missouri Bo,obe In Fortress Monroe KOOS Total 161,0011 tic sides this, I am informed that more than 100,000 are in process of organization in other Northern and Western States. I would, therefore, recommend that, not interfe. ring with Kentucky, there should be retained in Western 'Virginia and Missouri a sufficient force for defensive purposes, and' that the surplus troops be sent to the Army of the Potomac, to enable it to assume the offensive • that the same course be pur sued in respect to Fo rtress Monroe, and that no fur ther outside expeditions be attempted until we have fought the great battle in front of us. 6. That every nerve be strained to hasten the en rolment, organization, and armament of new bit. teries and regiments of infantry. 8. That all the battalions now raised for new reg. inents of regular infantry be at once ordered to this army, and that the old infantry and cavalry ea route from California be ordered to this army immediately on their arrival in New York. 273,000 11100. I have thus indicated in a general manner the ob jects to be accomplished, and the means by which we may gain our ends. A vigorous employment of these means will, in my opinion, enable the Army of the Potomac to assume successfully this season the offensive operations, which, ever Mace entering upon the command, it has been my anxious desire and diligent elibrt to prepare for and prosecute. The advance should not be postponed beyond the 25th of November, if possible to avoid it. Unity In council% the utmost vigor and energy in action, are -soduppesnorbie. They entire- =Utters field - should be grasped as a whole, and not in detached parte. The great object to be accomplished—the crushing defeat of the rebel army (now) at Manassas, should never for one instant be lost sight of, but all the in tellect and means and men of the Government poured upon that point. The loyal States posseis ample force to effect all this and more. The rebels have displayed energy, unanimity and wisdom wor thy of the most desperate days of the French revolu tion. Should we do lessl . . The unity of this nation, the preservation of our institutions, are so dear to me, that I have willingly sacrificed my private happiness with the single ob. , pot of doing my duty to my country. When the task is accomplished I shall belad to return to, the ob. scurity from which event ihave drawn me. Whatever the determination of the Government May be, I will do the best I can with the Army of the Potomac, and will share its fate, whatever may be the task imposed upon me .1 Permit me to add, that on this occasion, as hereto. , fore, it has been my aim neither to exaggerate nor underrate the power of the enemy, nor fall to ex press clearly the'means by which, in my judgment that power may be broken. Urging the energy of preparation and action which has ever been my choice, but with the fixed purpose by no act of mine to expose the =overnment to hazard by premature movements, and requesting that this COMTRUrlieft tion may be laid before the President, I have the , honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, G. B. MoOLELLAN, Maj. Gen. The Danisii-German Question. [Correspondence of the London Daily News.] HAMBURG, December 23. This generally peaceable city has put on quite a Warlike appearance since. Sunday, when the van of the Austrian army corps marched in and has under taken the occupation of the city, by which we are secured from the blessing of having the Prince of Augustenburg and his Government provisionally within our walls. The Austrian troops arrived at Hamburg on Sunday morning, in eight separate ex tra train. by railroad from Magdeburg and Prague, marching micron the bland of Wilhelmsbnrg on foot, and then carried arrow the Elbe by. the steam ferry, five hundred at a time. Thetirst part that marched into this city was the 30th Regiment of in fantry, 2,100 men strong, under the command of Col. Baron von Avele. These were followed by the Ina Battalion of Jager', 1.080 men; then the 34th Reg. merit of infantry, 2,100 men ; a foot battery of 8 guns., a company of 260 men of the engineer., besides-Wain, ammunition, unitary company, medical staff &0., the whole under the command of Brigade•MejOr. General Count von Gondrecourt, who has taken up his headquarters at the Waterloo Hotel, his head guard. house being established at the 110-called Minoru Thor, the gate leading out to Alton& Since then fresh arrivals of troo ps have been taking place every day, and to-day the Hanoverian brigade; under the command of General Gebaer, hat crossed the Elbe, and just marcheqin. They will pan the night here and enter Holstein to-morrow, the Daniell sOl• diem having received orders to retreat before them in a quiet and friendly manner. In the meantime there is no lack of person. willing to increase the excitement by spreading false and alarming reports. Thus it was reported last evening that in Allows a revolution had broken out and• the Prince of Augustenberg been proclaimed Dtike of Sohleswig Holstein. The Austrian bugles and drums immedt ately sounded, and it was astonishing to Bee how quickly they turned out and repaired to their respec tive alarm places. An officer of the Hamburg police, having first gone out to Altona to see if there was any truth In the report, returned with the intelli gence that everything was perfectly quiet, but that, strange to say, a similar rumor was prevalent in Altona that a revolution had broken out in Ham burg. An excellent London contemporary, The Booteeller, gives 'the following bibliographical anecdote eon cerniag a very popular foreign author, and his most successful Work of fiction : Not very long ago, when lit Victor Hags thought of disposing of lib now famous work, Lee Misers. Nee" he entered into negotiations with an eminent Faris house, to which he offered the copyright for 300,000 francs, or 512,000. The sum was thought ex orbitant, which led to the breaking on-of the nog°. tiatiottiv, not without some secret sneers at the extravagant demands of bookmakers. This came to the ears of a young publisher of trussek, M. La croix, who no soonnr heard of the matter than he set out for Guernsey, demanded end obtained an in terview with Victor Hugo. was allowed to read a portion of the manuscript of the " Nisersblee," and, having done so, offered at once to :pay the 300,000 trance. "Your business is not a large one ," remarked M. Victor Hugo. "No; that I intend making it so---by your book ,'! was the reply. "Then, you are riohr suggested thlpoet. "No,I am not ; but hope to !acquire w th_by our book. To publish it, I stake my wholerfortuneli Tie is unnecessary to say that the 'take has proved an exceedingly good one ; the saltier the " Aliserables" surpassing that of any other book published on the Continent for the last teL years. K. Lacroix, we are told, anted throughout with the greatestliberal ity, fled ethe author and his Wends at a most sump. tuous banquet, to which were invited celebrities from all portions of the globe, and distributed pro sents and souvenirs to right and left. Such liberality proved the best form of publicity, and perhaps con tributed not a little to the success of "Les Niger able's." • MADAME D 1 LADADTDDI.—Thin lady, WhO lately died, bequeathed all herproperly to her husband, the eminent author. Being English, the will had to oa prove beenondon. On account of some informality it hasdeclared null and void, and the property therefore Will not go to her husband, as she put. How A LIE TRAYELs.—Not long since a clergy. man named Hall, from New Hampshire, said to be a member of the 110hristian Commission, visited the General the Potomac, and had an into:View with Meade. The Hey. Mr. Hall, like many other people, was curious to know why General Meade 's last campaign failed in its mutts. So he asked the General to tell him, Ng/Mehl° did briefly, . saying, among other things, 1 0/10 of my generals failed me." Mr. Hall sent the particulars of this interview back to New Hampshire, where, of course, they were printed in some country paper. To Gen eral Meade's statement in reference to the General who failed, the Nev. Mr. Hall added in his own len guage." this General was General French, who was probably-too drunk to know or do his duty." But this was so inserted as to make it appear that Gen eral Meade bad said it, and now we see the stater ment traveling over the country quoted as General Meade's own remarks. Thus, through the morbid curiosity of a citizen, who could accomplish no possi ble good by the publication of such a story, a lie la put into _General Meade's mouth, and a probable calumny uttered against General French, and bolls set upon their travels, with Little chance of their being thoroughly contr adicted. We send this after them, though feeling the truth of the Old adage, titer "a lie will travel a thousand miles while truth la putting en her be0111,"--Fi'mri• Men. Gnns. 160, 000 41KI M.OOO 41 0,000 12 8,000 24 . 10.000 12 Literary.
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