THE PRESS, SHED DAILY (SUNDAYS SICCEPTIDI Sy JOHN w.iroierriov. No. 3.11 SOUTH FOURTH STB2B' TIER DAILY paNss, ANTS PER WEEK, Pitiable to the minims iberribers ant of the city at savor DOLLARS TERRE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CHATS POE ass DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-MN CENTS 101 NM. taYarialets adyinoe for the time or. *Aliments inserted at the rental TIMM 1111 Z `aro a square. TRI-WEEILT:If PRESS, tbssrtbers out of the city at Form DOLLARS advance. CILOTIII,I6. D P. KELLY, Et N H E L. IA IN TAILORS, YE rtimovrap FTLI THIRD STREET. ABOVE WALNUT, CLUESTINTY -1 . 7 i LACK CAcq PANTS. $5 5", At 704 MAO/DU Street. OK CAPS. PANTS , $O.OO. At 704 MARKET Street. CK CASS peters. $5 Dn. At 704 MARKET Street. CK CASS. PANTS. $5 50, At 701 BAREST Street. • ACS CASS. PAWL'S. $5 50, At 704 ktanKET Street. is Go A VAN OUNTEN'S, No 704 44A13.N.5T Street . :IGO tz VAN OUNTBN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. NlOO A VAN OUNTBN'S. no 704 MARKET Street. :160 A VAN OUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARRST Street. HlOO a VAN NT.INTENN. No. 709 frLidiEST SUM. se4A-Ste GENT , ' IPURlPtlsnisci Eitm)DS. GEORGE GRANT, No: 610 CHESTNUT STREET 4ifte now ready • A LARGE AND COMPLIZTE STOOK eIIYNTEP FURNISHING GOODS, 'Of his own importation and manufacture. .; His celebrated k " PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," [ manakictut ea at.der 'the saparbitedence of JOHN P. TA.I3OERT. (Formerly of Oblenbera ft Taggert,) Are the most perfect•fitting Shirts of the site. ' liebsOrders promptly attended to. 9a13-wfm-ant TOTIN O. ARRISON, V Hos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. 0- DLLNUFACTIIIIER OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, FIRST MIT BY J. BURR MOORED 'IVARRAFTED TO FIT AND GIVE SATISFAOTION. Impotter and Manufacturer of GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. I. artialea made in a supextor manner Ili hand and from the best materials. VINE SHIRT MANUFAOTORY. The subscribers would invite attention to their IMPROVED OUT OF Ell stn. Which they mate a speciality in their bosh:Lem Alen. liallBtan O T tl iß re L ee l vi e N 8 WR GUNTLIMUN'S WESR. J- W SCOTT a; CO. , GENTT.,ramsrs VutonsaiNo s ro No. 814 CHESTNIIT 4PriEET. Four doors below teo tteetinental. REMOVAL. -LaDTVOR.3=I "LitnaziaisTS HAS REMOVED FROM_ No. 81 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, TO et, W;OOEIItER BUTE AND OEIGSTNIM Where he now offers a IdiSOli /MD ELEGANT STOOK GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS = smbrmang all the latest novelties. PRICES MODERATE. ANW• The attention of the nubile is reseeettally se. fOILitTIS NADI{ TO ORDEN. A.AMOVIESP L ADIES' FANCY FURS. 34aHDI So. TIS Asos man. BILLOW VIGEM Importer and Manufacturing ,ADZES' FANCY PI3IIIS. Ai linortnoit ol7* OT rims for Lsess sad fitn ess Is now ootoßlobi. sad insbrastusvery VAlisiy that Will bs fastiorable debts as insult miss. AB soli st the sasnufsstursrs' prises. for sash. UAW. pima dry sis I sal. .w 0 0 L On hand. •nd consignments daily lirrhint, Of TUB AND FLEECE. Common to Full Blood, choice and esti& WOOLEN Y ARNS, ZS to SO onto. line. on , hand, and new sconlies combUt COTTON YARNS, Nos. 5 to 935. of llrst•alass makes. 2..1.-111! numbers and descriptions woe-tired at ono. on orders ALEX. WHILLDIN as -SONS, 1011-mirftt DRUGS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER Se C 30., Northeast Corner of FOURTH and RACE streets. PHILADELPHIA. -IVVEI()Ma3SIS.EILIAE SIFORTERS AND DEAL&RS IA FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLAM. MANUFACTURERS OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAENTS, PUTTY, Eta AGSMS FOR TRH OELBEIRATBD FRENCH ZINC FAINTS. ealers and consumers supplied It ia7 3m VERY LOW PRICES YOB CAUL BlSti OVAL . JOHN C. BAKER, Wholesale Druggist, has removed to 713 MARKET Street. Particular attention is asked to JOHN C. Be, 151:ER & CO.'S COD-LIVER OIL. Having increased faci bties in this new establishment for manufacturing and ottling, and the avails of fifteen years' experience i n the business. this brand of Oil has advantages over all others, and reeowmende itself. Constant supplies are 'obtained from the fisheries, fresh, pure, and sweet, and ecealve the most Careful personal attention of rho olitri nal proorieter. Theinereasing demand and Vride-sDragd. - egiartet for it make its iffILTOB low. and afford great ad vantages for those buying in large cmantities. CABINET PURNITIJRII. rtABINET FURNITURE AND RIIp ".••• ILLED TAMA& MORN & CAMPION, 10. %61 SOUTH 0001 D mum .11 lainotioa With their noon 10 bnanfaaa, axe 1111 W alatolfurturina a almoner actiolo of BILLIARD TABLES end have now on hand a imply shed with Ike Jf 0023 a GAMPIOX'S 10$11D OUBSIOIif I / 4 "high are prononneed by all who have used them to se alPerlor to all others. FM' the quality and finish of then Tables, the man. Adorns refer to their numerous patrons throe hoot use Union. who are familiar with. the 'banister of their apSylr. - - 6617 fin WATCHES AND JEWELRY. liG. BIRISELL, 22 NORTH SIXTH c rair s ine rewire r s Tort handsconeizigt 411 FIN B WATCH REPAIRING attended to by the molt enrerieneed workmen. eyeryleatek warranted for one year. (3. RUSSELL, NEI North SIXTH Street. WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. A HANDSOME VARIETY OF ABOVE Goods, of superior quality. and at moderate nrisek tent sonstardir on hand. MLR & BROTHER. Importers. den.frdr CHBEITHIIT Street. below Fourth.- CIABEILGEB. WILMA D. MGM, sash inAdl. Might Carriag• Buitlfler, Yo.. 1M 2d 1911 UHINTXI77 MUM rill-11y emtkamMlA RV &NEI & WATSON'S SALAILUNDZI SA/3 STOll_ 801:1311 YOU I RTH STUMP. MILADRLPHIA. FA. Alane vvzlitir vt rarapriwor wan always 'ma &NAL AOK EBB L, HERBER% SHAD; ma- in.. as. LlDObbla Mass. Wo. 1. 2, and 3 itsalraid, late-easeld 202 Ishela suortad meting. LOW bbla MeV Nostport. Fortune Bay. and scuts: Viz i lt ox c me Lama Beale& aad No 1 ifessinl. ' bbls new Uwe Shad: • • Mimes Rwitimer Ootibtr Cittee_%. as. In store sat for Nis AuurliT a =Ca w taß-3/ Ma. 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L--• ---= ----,-- --- ---;.----: --= ' -------:-,,,--, :--,,...,.........•- ''--- -. 7: - -.''''t-: ---rr , - " - • ..........a.m...- •-•.....,.. k. .5 t * , • VOL. 7-NO. 152. COMMISSION MOUSES. T HE ATTENTION 9F THE TRADE Is called to ()tin ST-OCK OF Sa, XII' - WOOLEN CO. all-wool Plain Flannels. TWILLED FLANNELS. Marione Makes in Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Bids. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. •• PREMIERE QUALITY" So oars and Lang Shawls WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawls. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 15, 16. 17. 18. V. 2h, 21, 22 or. FANCY CASSIMERIN AND SATINETTS. BALMORAL SHIM 5, all Grades. BED BLANKETS, 10-4, 11.4. 12.4. 13-4. COTTON GOODS, DP.DTISIS, TICKS, STRIPES. SHIRT. Ste.. from various Mills DE COURSES, HAMILTON, & EITLES, 33 LETITIA Street, and 32 South FRONT Street ja6.lvlrni3a NEW 'FANCY CASSINERES, DOESKINS, SATINETS, ALFRED H. LOVE, COMMISSION MERCHANT, ial3-1m AILS CHESTNUT STRRET GRAIN BAGS.-A L A.RGE ASSORT MENT of GRAIN BAGS, In various sizes, for sale by kitCROFT & CO.. Nos. 405 and 407 MARKET -Strad. STAFFORD RROTIIERS' AMERICAN SPOOL COTTON. in White, Black. .and all colors, in quantities and assortments to snit macho ,ers. The attention or dealears is especially solicited lo this article. 11 P. Jt W P. SMITH. Dry Goods Commission Merchants e . CHESTNUT Stret- jal6•lm" SLIIPLEI, BIAZAAD, & HUTOB riX CRIME= MAST. tX)JILM/SSION DIERIGILANTS TOX THB SALII 07 PIIIIADELPHIA.-MADB GOODE eels-510 BAGS I BASH 1 131A48 I NEV) AND SEC3OND HAND lIi~ILTa 8 . 313.8. LAP. AID EMMY BA . constantly on km. .WOHN T. BAILEY A CO_, No. US ROMS IRO= MUM Afer. woo'. NAM rox YARNS. yARNS- en band and constantly receiving ALL NOS, TWIST PROM 5 TO 20. and PILLING Noe. 10, 12, and 14. Suitable for Cottouades and Hogan' In store at present a beautiful article of 14 and 16 TWIST MANUFACTURERS will find it their Interest to eve ma a call. Also on hand. and Agent for the sale of the. UNION A. B. AND CI JUTE GRAIN BAGS in Quantities of from 100 to 10. 000. R. T. WHITE, ninni MONTH THIRD nritairn. LEGAL. WILLIAM MONELL vs. ISABELLA VIRGINIA MONELL. N. - Court Common Pleas, December Term, 1863—N0. 2in Divorce. To Isabella Virginia Nonell. Responlent above named: Please take notice that Interrogatories have been fled. and that a copy of the same. with a =maraud am. stat ing the names of the witnesses proposed to be examined, with their residences and business, has been filed in the Prothonotary's Office of the Common Fleas. That the said interrogatories will be propounded to the said witnesses by William D. Baker, Ben, examiner ap pointed by the Court , at his OFFICE, No 4-02 i WALNUT Street, up stairs. on 18th February. A. D. 1834, at 11 o'clock A. 31 , When and where you may attend if you think proper. DANIEL DOUGH EIIIY, ja26-15t. r Solicitor for Linillaut. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. In the matter of the Ssutte of BLIZA It. tINGPON. deceased. The auditor appointed by the said court to make dietrl bntir of the lhoury. seurs-•arisme, Irons taso ssio by the administrator cam testament° annex°, of the said Eliza Remington, deceased. of a certain atessnage and lot of Ground situate on the west side of Third street, at the distance of seventy-four feet northward from the northwest corner of Carpenter and Third streets, in the city , of Philadelphia. containing in front on the said Third street fifteen feet, and in depth on the south line about sixty-eight feet eight inches, and on the north line about sixty-six ft at two inches. And also of a certain other Mossuage and Lot on the west side of Fourth street. at the distance of eighty-five feet eix inches northward from Queen street, in the said city. containing in front on the said Fourth street sixteen feet six inches, and In depth eighty-five feet to Weecacoe street: will attend to the duties of his appointment on TUESDAY. the 21 day of Febrttary..Anno 1564, at 4 o'clock P. at his office, No. 731 WALNUT &rest, Philadelphia, when and where all permone havihS elating upon the fends or in terested therein, are hereby respectively notified and re quired to be present and present them, or be forever de barred therefrom. A. TROMPS° ja22-fmmw Auditor. T N THE ORPHANS" COURT FOR THE CITY-AND COMM OFPIIILADELYTEIA. Estate of LISVI SHORT. Defeated. Notice is hereby given that ADELIA B. SHORT. the Widow of said decedent, has filed is said Court her petition and and aPpraisement of the Personal E•tate which she electst o retain under the act of Aprill4,lBsl,And the sun pelnisats thereto. and that the same will be approved by said court on FRIDAY. the sth day of Febraary. 'fulness exceptions thereto be filed. WALLACE & AsHTON. attorneys for Petitioner. ia2s-ntwlst* TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OP PHILADELPHIA. Estate of AUGUSTUS W BOEHM, deceased. The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account of P. P. MORRIS and ELIZA BETH L BOEHM, Executors of the last will and testa ment of AUGUSTUS W. BOEHM, deceased, and to Make distribution of the balance in the hands of the ac coantants, will meet the parties interested, for the pur poses of his appointment, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of February, A. D., 1564. at 12 o'clock Id .at his odice, 1121 South EIGHTH Street, in the city of Philadelphia. ian•finindt TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS I N FORTH'S CITY AND COUNTY pr PHILARIELPHI&• --- Trust Estate of 31A.TILDASPROGSLL, The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the Bret and final Account of JOHN R. NSF Y. Trustee of MATILDA hPROOELL, under deed of Charles Bird, as filed by William P. Neff, Charles Neff. 3, R. Neff, Jr., and Alexander Boyd, Executors of John R. Neff, deceased. will meet for the duties of his appoint ment on WEDNESDAY. February 3. 1861 at 3% o clock P. M., at his Office ! No. 133 South FIFTH Street. in the City of Philadelphia. HORATIO G. JONES, ja22-fmw-3t Auditor. TN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. In matter of Estate of ELIZABETH E. ROBINSON. (late Burns.) The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle. and adjum, &0.. the account of SAMUEL NOWNSEND. Ti nets° of said Estate. will meet the par ties interested for the purposes of his appointment. on TUESDAY, February 2d. A. D. 1264. at 4 P. M., at his office. S. E corner bIXTH and WALNUT Streets. Phila delphia, • D. W. O'BRIEN, jaffi fmwst Auditor. - ESTATE OF CHARLES , SHOEMA NER. deceased. Letters of Administration. on the Estate of CHARLES SHOEMAKER, late of tbo city ofPhiladelphia, &canoed, having been granted to the nadorolgued, all parsons in debted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having' claims or d errands against the same to Present them without delay to THOMAS MAMIE, Administrator, No. 1106 VirALLAC E street. RACHEL M. SHOEMAKER, admintstratrix. lgo. 532 North SEVENTH Street. Or to their attorney, JOHN L. SHORN &KM. No. 325 North SIXTH Street. sae-wet* ESTATE OF RICHARD RANDOLPH, deceased. ,NOTICE. —Letters Testamentary on the Estate or NMI/WI& RANDOLPH. dammed. having been duly granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make payment, and those hay ing claims against the same.to make them known without delay, to JULIANNA RANDOLPH tre , No. 113* C HESTNUT Set. or OLIVER PARRY (Bear Oillee). No. 545 N. SEVENTEENTH, below Green St., lath mo. 99th.1863. (de.lo-w6P9 Executors. RAILROAD BALE. Robert Garrett & Sons and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, I n Court of vs. Inc Steubenville and Indiana Rail- ; Common Pleas of.„ County, road Company and Jeremiah Wil- „E' bur and Henry M. Alexander, Trus o. tees, and Others. In pursuance to the judgment do this cause, ordering the sale of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad. to pay the amounts ascertained to be due said Wilbur and Alex ander, Trustees of the first mortgage, and also the amount due them as Trustees of the second mortgage of said Company, and in .obedience to an order of sate is sued oat of raid Court. dated the sixth (Bth) day of Janu ary. 1864. I will offer at public sale. at the front door of the Court House. in STIIIBENNTLLR. OHIO the place designated in the decree for rale, and betwe• n the hours of twelve o'clock, noon. and three o'clock P. M., of the 27th DAY OF 1834. to the highest bidder. for case, the entire property and road of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad OomPanY, lying within the towns of Steubenville and Newark, and between the same and the branch of said roe t from Cadiz Junction to the town of Cadiz, including all rights of way held and con ratted for by said Company, the superstructure and tracks thereon. au. side tracks, turnouts, depot grounds and buildings thereon and ap pertaining thereto; including also as a part of said pre mises, all machine shone, turn-tables. water station: warehouses, lots and /ands, need in oPeratinFr said road. and bald by the Company for that purpose ; Pll4 all the engines, locomotives, cars. mach inery, tools' and all other property mud in operating, maintaining, and re pairing raid road, belonging to said Company, and all other the franchisee. tights. and privileges, of said Stra benville and Indiana Railroad c onicany, which, under the laws of the State of Ohio. are subject to judicial a ale, and may pate thereby. And in making said sale. the plant of said road, waken real estate and ilatates be - - tong ing and appurtenant thereto. will be sold entire; bat the locomotives, cars. rolling stock. and personal property not attached, of said company. 'will be sold separately. and to avoid sacrifice. at not lees than two thirds of the appraised value thereof The amount of lint mortgage Ilan $1.578.325 The amount of second mortgage lien 1.314.4t1 1t53.692,ice The terms deals will be cash. but the parchaser met , deposit ten per cent. of, the above sum, 5M.00.4 on the day of sale, with Thomas L. Jewett, the Receiver of the road, to be forfeited ill case the amount of his bid is not made good at the time of the return of the MAGEE order of sale. a. B. . Special Master Commissioner. Jill Mary 9, 1884. IMPOSTERS OF wiz's Ano LIQUOIL SALAIAADE, tt 00., No. MI SOUTH JAIRTS-STBEIT. astwasa Oh waist awl Walnut. PhiladelphlA D. LADMAJr,_ A. M. SAULADD. J. D. BIMINI. NEW HALF PHA.CHFS.-12,000 LBS. ew bolt Noshes. for solo IMOD= $ WILLIAMS. ariS if 1111 Sosili Wan WWI. 1864. COTTONS AT RETAIL. We gait the attention 61 Hotteekoottore to the LARGEST STOCK OF COTTON GOODS Ever offered arretall in this city. Haying purchased largely LOWse coax at the COMPAR AVIV tiLY PRICES of last month, we can extend to our customers stperior Inducements, not only in the character of our assort went, but Among our extensive line of 6,iionn are to be found the following popular makes of 4.4 Bleached Starlings. Wanicutta, Ste:neer Idom. Attatireuesa. Rockland. Union, New Jersey. Phenix, &c. In rilltor-Case and Meetings We offer the following leading makes : 40-inch Bartalett. 6-4 Pepperill. 42-inch Waltham. 10-4 Pepperill. 0.4 Bates. 10.4 Bates, 6-4 Boot W. extra heavy. And other makes. 9-4, 10-4. and 11-4 lINBIAACHBD BEIBMINGS. Marseilles Counterpanes. We can furnish these goods in all sizes and qualities. We have several lots in LO W-PRIOED GOODS that are FAR BELOW PRISEDIT IMPORTATION PRICE, and are also prepared to furnish, in large quantities, the well. known Lancaster, Manchester, and Honey-Comb quilts, In 10.4,'114, and 12-4 sizes 'louse-Furnishing Linen Goods. LINEN SifEETIIS OS, all Widths. TOWELS, from $2 to $7 per dozen all Linen. $1.67,. Barnsly Damask. Power Loom. and other standard makes of Table Linen. Per&c,ne about purchusing Linen Goode would de well to examine our stock. We invite comparison. No trouble to show our goods. COWPERTHWAIT tY,I CO , Northwest corner Eighth and Market Streets. jal6 fmw tjyl WIDE sianwriN . as, By the Yard or Piece. at Loweet Market Prteee UNBLEACHED MUSLINS. 11.4 Wide Peperell Eheetinea. 10-4 Wide Peperell Bheetinas. 9-4 Wide Priorsll Shaeihig4- 5-4 wide Heavy Brown Minding 9-8 Unbleached of every make. 4.4 do. do. do. 7-8 and . do. do. do. BLEACHED MUSLINS. 30-4 and 9-4 Peperell Sheetimrs. 6.4 and 6 4 in ait the good makes. 42 and 40-inch Pillow Milslins. 4-4 Williamevillee, /tew York Mills. ke.. so. Flannels for Winter a nd Siring Wear , Zed. Whits. Dino, arid Orav _Twilled Flannels. Drills and Linings for Ladies' and Tailors' use. Towels and Towelings—low-priced and tine goods. Dinner Napkins. Damasks. Diapers. &c. J. M. Richardson. Sons. & Owden's Fronting Linens from 62 cents to $1.12. Prices $4 R. $5, $6. 60, $7.60. $B, $3. 411, $l3. $l3. and $l9. including every' desirable kind. by the single pair or Quantity. GRAY BLANKETS from $4 to $6. Fine Fancy Cassimeres for beSt CuStont. Black Doeskins and Cassimered. Goods adapted especially to Boys' Wear. Black Broad Cloths of superior makes. LatMe' Cloakinds of EVERY descriptiort. Our stock of the above, irt variety. extent, and chomp nets, is probably unettrpassell by any. Corner of NEW Second-story Front Room devoted to Oloaks and Shawls. We are closing out Winter Garments to make room for spring Stock. We stilli have a fair assortment, and buyers will be repaid by a visit. We continue to take orders for. Cloaks. IN SECOND STORY BACK BUILDING. Jackets and Pants of Fancy Cassimeres. Jackets and Pants " West Point Cadet." Jackets and Pants made to order. Overcoats of every size at reduced mice& We call attention to the quality and style of this stock believing it to be STRICTLY 'FIRST CLASS. MEN'S CLOTHING MDR TO ORDER. COoe.eat - a -- S. E. CORNER NINTH AND IdA.RHET STREETS. .1a23-smw6t GREAT -REDUCTIONS, de we are determined to close out our entire dock of REGARDLESS OF COST. CLOSING OUT FRENCH BIERINOES at 75 cents CLOSING OCT FRENCH POPLINS. CLOSING OUT SHAWLS. CLOSING OUT CLOAKS. All the leading makes a MIISLINS. Bleached. and Un bleached, 1-4, 7 8, 4 4, 6-4, 6 4, 8-4, 9-4, and 10 4,wide at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. H_ STEEL, /51: SON., Nom. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street 923 - slew-Bt GREAT REDUCTIONS—VERY LOW PRICES.—As we are determined to close out our entire stcck of Winter Dress Goods REGARDLESS OF COST. Closingont French Plerinoes at 75 cents. Closing out French Poplins. Closing out SL awls. Closing out Cloaks. All the leading makes of Marlins. Bleached and Un bleached, 34. 7-8. 4-4. 5-4. 6.4. 9.4. andl3-4 wide. at the VERY LoWEST PRICES. H. STESL Sc SON, ja23-tf Nos. 713 and .11.5 N. T.ENTH Street. BALMORAL& Blankets—Plannels—Tlckings — Towels — DiaDers Table Cloths—Damaska—Napkins — Tichre Covers—Roop Skirts. ac. COOPER & COALED. SHEETING, and SHIRTING - 8 of every good make. Wide. Bleached. and Brown SHEETINGS by the yard or piece. Pillow Casings. Bleached and Brown Nadine of every width and quality. Materials for fine Shirts. COOPER 001gARD, jab S. IL corner NINTH and M.A.REMT Ste. CIVIL AND MILITARY CLOTH H 0 IT B E. No. /14 SOUTH SECOND. and 13 0 STRAWBERRY St reete, le happy GO O DS ahat eaas laid In an extensive stock of CHOICE such : CIVIL LIFT. - ARMY AND NAVY. Black Clothe. Blue Clothe, Black Doeskins., Sky-blue Cloths, Black Caseimeres. Sky-bine Doeskins, Mogul Coatings, Dark Blue Doeeking. Billiard Cloths, Dark Blue Beavers, Bagatelle Cloths. Dark Blue Pilots. Trimmings, 3-4 and 6-4 Blue Flannels, Beaverteens. Scarlet Cloths. Canis and Velveteens, ' Mazarine Blue Cloths. We tdvise our friends to come early, as our present stock is cheaper than we can purchase now. 4a6-1m BRIGHT COLORS SKATING BAL MORAL& Balmoral Skirts, $l2. Balmoral Skirts, SBlO. Balmoral Saida from $2.25 to $B. Black and. white. .tripe Balmoral Skirting by the yard. BDWIA &Lb.& Co., az Rom.). 811COND Street.. A large variety of UNDEOLEIVES. Of the most recent designs, arid other goods suitable for party purposes. JOHN H. STOKES, 702 ARCH STREET, would call the attention of the ladle's to his immense stook of DREES GOODS most of which has been reduced for HOLIDAY FRKSANTS, consisting' of French Nerinoes, Signred. Carolet °the, Wool and 'Art Cotton Deiaines,Figured and Striped Mohairs. English iderinoes,WoolPlaids, Plaid Dress Goode. Ca goes, &e. de4-tf 40 CENTS PER POUND TAX ON TOBACCO. The Government h shout to put a tax of 40 canto per pound on Tobacco. YOU can cave 00 per eer.t. by You can cave 60 per cent. by You can cave 60 per OEO4. 1)9 fit; iii 47: NO: i 3 T S afatittpt: Buying now at DEAN'S, No. 355 CHESTNUT. Driving now at DEAN'B. No. 335 CHESTNUT. Prime Vary Tobacco, 70. 75 and 80c. per lb. Prime Cavendish Tobacco, 70, 75 and Sl'o. per lb. Prime Flounder Tobacco, 70, 76 and 90c. per lb. Prime Congress Tobacco, 66, 70 and 75c. per lb. Prime Fig and Twist Tobacco. 75 and 80e..per lb. DEAN wells Old Virginia NWT. DEAN sells Old Virginia Sweet Cavendish. DEAN sells Old Virginia Rough and Ready. DEAN sells Old Virginia Plain Cavendish. DEAN sells Old Virginia Congress. DEAN sells Old Virginia Fig and Twist. DEAN sells Old Virginia Smoking Tobacco. DEAN'S Kanawha Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco DEAN'S Kanawha Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Cannot be Equaled. Cannot be Equaled. DEAN'S Cigars are =Parlor to all others. DEAN'S Cigars are superior to all others, He raises his own Tobaeco, on his own PlEintadOn in Havana He sellehis own Cigars at his own store, No. 336 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelp_his. DEAN'S liinnehaha Smoking Tobacco is manufactured from pure Virginia Tobacco, and contains no dangerous concoctions of Weeds, Herbs, and Opium. Pipes., Fives , Meereehanni Pipes, Brier Pipes. Box Pipes, Bow Pipes, Mahogany Pipes, Sabo , Pip Apple Pipes, Cherry Pipes, Outta Clay Plpes. another Pipes. And Pipe down and get your Pipes, ace°. Cigars, ,at DEAN'S, No. 336 Chestnut Street. And there you will see his Wholfoale and Retail Clerks go pining around waiting on Customers. Vi l e Army of the Potomac now order all their Tobacet, Cigars. ripen. &c , from DEAN'S, No. 335 CHESTNM Street. They know DEAN sells %be best and cheapest. isMI•tC • RETAIL DRY GOOD IN PRICES SHIRTINGB, TIC ICINGS. BLANKETS. WOOLENS. UP STAIRS DEPARTMENT. BOYS' CLOTHING ROOMS VERY LOW PRICES, WINTER DRESS GO DDS WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS, 10%4 ORMINUT STEIVIT E. M. NEEDLES. Offers At Low Prices a largo assortment of LAOS 000D13. 1110.110IDERIES, , NANDKNEOHIEFS. VEILS. AND WEITZ GOODS. Suited to the swan, and of the latest Styles 1024- CHEirrINLIT STEM!! Yon Oiii. save O per iii: f i i a. Buying now 9.130,,N43, No. 3 C 331711 T. ____ PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1864. Ete ';ll.riss. 1864. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1864. [Rorreapoadence or The Tress,] NNW Yonx, Jan. 26, Iget. MISERIES AND MYSTERIES. The dearth of exciting local news during the past week has been somewhat extraordinary. Thieves, murderers, politicians—all who make the city pa- pen worth reading seem to have been wrapped in that ecstatic contemplation which the Ilindoos be• lieve in, and have forgotten, for the space of seven days, to cut up any shindies worth speaking o'. Such'a state of things is to be deplored. Reporters are frantic ; local editors of the Ally press ere feet sinking into stagnant lunacy; and the fat types de. voted to the promotion and dissemination of " Fear- tul Tragedies" and "141vet t erioua Occurrences' , lie useless and forgotten im their eases After all, these sensations are but the atomates of the plant of Metropolitan life—the =de breathing vessels through which are inhaled and exhaled—to speak fatly—the crapulous vapors upon which the plant - exists. No 'wonder, then, that it languishes when these cease to perform their appiopriate func tions. In the absence of more exalting tOpiel, the papers and the public are taking up the introver sive system, and criticising their own small Tollies and errors. Like chickens in a time of famine, they pick up all sorts of odd atoms, and digest them with en aspect of grim appreciation, which is rather ludicrous. secretary Fox's proposal for a race upon the high seas, between a Government and a private steamer; the question of Russ pavement, with its bearings upon natural history, and the development of the equine spbsal-marrow, and other questions of equivalent interest, are gravely discussed for the lack of better subjects. In Pads, some man can always be found capable of suicide, or some gazette ready to smother herielf over a charcoal brazier; for dull times IlatUrdlly promote stunning affairs in the French metropolis. In London, the standard bugbear of Napoleonic invasion is always at hand. But here, we languish. No one will die under peculiar circumstances of horror; no one will forage with jimmies and brass knuckles ; no one will furnish any item of pungent quality. In short, our sporadic morality is deplora ble and agonizing. We are rocking in the equatorial doldrums of stagnant stupidity. THE EAST•SIDE THEATRES. If you ever visit New York, 0, Press, with the benevolent and humane intention of making a irdbi net study of her "Lower Twenties," put a nine- Such dirk in each boot, gal hie away to the &W -aide theatres, the old and new Boweries. The old Bowery is classic's'. It was anciently the trystiog. ylace of great tragedians; the firmament wherein the histrionic stars delighted to blaze. Forrest and others of similar grade were wont to scintillate there, before the "Lower Twenty' , rushed in, hat less, matters, and, perchance, shirtless, to overflow the galleries, and chew a poor quality of peanuts and apples within the atcha orbits of the pit. The new 'BOWery Is a modern institution. The old Chat ham has sunken, and a row of stores elands upon its site. This latter theatre had a feeble reputation of being classical. It became the very Hesperides of the "Lower Twenty," and remained so until "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was dramatized, and pre sented upon its boards. Then began an in fit& of respectability from the west side. The house grew brilliant.; °erliegen from the avenue drew up before its door ; and men and women of fon went there to weep over the misfortunes of Uncle Tom and Eva, and to heap comminetive thoughts upon Legree, the exponent of Southern chivalry; The drama ran a for a whole year; at the end of which time the manager, who, antecedent to that stroke of fortune had led the same sort of hand-to-mouth life which characterized the career of Brr..yinceut Crummele, found himself the possessor in fee sim ple of a fine row of uptown houses, together with sun dry chases in action, and chattels real and personal. Speculation proved his bane, however, and he died in involved circumstances, and the Chatham, after becoming a Sunday evening lecture room, a concert saloon, and the haunt of ambulatory menageries, finally succumbed to the material genius of utility rianism. The Old Bowery of New York, corresponds to the Odeon of the Faubourg St. Germain in Paris, and it is frequented by the class which corresponds to the students_ and grisettes, as nearly as American and French society can - correspond. As the term "grisette" is here used, it must be understood to imply nothing foreign to its original meaning; the wife or daughter of a burgher—a shopkeeper. ' The vulgar and scandaloue idea generally connected with the Word has nothing whatever cognate with the females of " Lower Twenty." 91.1 Bowery, then,,,is an institution, so to speak; a Marsraciternswarmanro, - vszstre' - vse -n,,.5.5. oust tumble of city life, as well as the quiet demeanor of the lower claim may be witnessed. The celebrated "pit" now has no existence in the New Bowery; in the Old, it remain' undiminished in size and pre tensions. Imagine the entire first floor (including what Respectability knows as the parquet) filled with backless benches, and presided over by a brace of policemen armed with omnipotent rattans; and the superficial idea of the pit will be appreciated. This is the domain of the newsboys, the boot blacks, the itinerant shoestring and candy merchants, the little shoeless vagrants, who beg pennies of you in the Park, and sweep the crossings on rainy and mud dy days. This is their peculiar pOssession, into which broadcloth dare not insert itself; and where the clean, moral, little boys whom we read of in children's books, can only enter at the risk of much sardonic contempt, perhaps of rough handling. In other portions of the house, poor but respectable patents, sewing girls, and mechanics, are provided for, in a manner more comfortable then costly. pitsoon as the doors are opened, the rush for the commences. There they go ; the Oliver Twists, the Artful Dodgers, and Charley Baterea ; kicking, scrouging, and screaming; clambering over, under, anti Almost through each other ; every one anxious to procure his greasy ticket and secure a front seat, where he will be in a better position for observing critically the tricks in the pantomime, and the broadsword combats of robbers and heroes. Once ranging in the pit, preparations for comfort com mence. If the house be too warm, off come coats and collars, and even boots, in which case, not un frequently, feet stockinged or utastockinged, are elevated upon the next bench, in a manner indicative of clear and unalleviated comfort. These are tile moti•critics, more formidable than the butcher critics who were so much complained of in Fieldingai time, and their enthusiasm for or dis like to an actor assumes the character of a final verdict from which there is no appeal. Partisan ship at timer ends in a free fight among the pintas. When they applaud, the dome fairly shakos. They shriek, throw up their coats, whistle, and kick out sonorous reveilles upon the floor with their heavy boots, During intermissions the favorite amuse ment consists in "tossing." Some obnoxious youth, or one whose air of greenness or superiority has attracted attention, is seized by two or three of his nearest neighbors, and tossed right among the heads of the others. Again he is caught up, and thus forced the whole length of the pit, unless the police men hurry to his rescue and use their canes upon the shoulders of the aggressors. When we consider such scenes, such noises, such munching of apples, such explosive disruption of nuts, we begin to uu deratana that the pitites are fearfully and wonder fully made. . As to the reathetical discrimination of the rough critics but little can be said. Stentor and the Horatii are necessarily the models of the actors; for he whose voice is the loudest, and who sustaine, with the least fatigue, the fiercest broadsword onset, is, of course, the favolite. Yet, strange as it may seem, the best low comedian in the city has passed years of his theatrical life nook the boards of the East-side theatres. This is 0-. L. Fox, who is as much of a by-word among the East-aiders as was Joey Grimaldi among the London lovers of pan tonnmee. Unfortunately for Fox, however, this votion of the "lower twenty " has proved his bane with the "upper ten." lie has essayed before Broad way audiences, butno encouragement has been given him. adore than one excellent actor has met with the same cold shoulder, and for similar reasons. To be a favorite in the Bowery amounts to banishment nom the boards of the higher theatres, which, taken all in all, seems likepaying rather too dearly for the whistle. Such are some of the peculiarities of the Old Bowery, or Old Drury, as it is sometimes called. The favorite dramas are, of course, gory and melo dramatic in the extreme. Standard comedies and Shakspearlan tragedies, which admit of but few combats,. are dead matter in the eyes of these burly young critics. Jack Sheppard, moralurpi, Captain i Hawk, and others of similar obliquity and acquisitiveness, are their heroes. Pertinaciously they cling to the pantomime, a species of-perform ance of which the higher classes are deprived. The same Fox is an unequalled pantomimist, whose effints will compare with the best scenes of Gabriel and Antoine Ravel. - The newsboys are a peculiar tribe in New York, and have an esprit de corps wkiah is sometimes ex emplified in peculiar manners. Saturday nights they may ile seen lying in absolute heaps upon the steam-gratings of the Sunday paper offices, which ' gratings are fixed on the sidewalks. Here they sleep in the hot vapors 'which constantly arise from the preserooms, and await the morning issues. The Newsboys' Lodging House is, of course, too well known to require any special mention. THE "EXPRESS" CASE, Erc: The case of the Express is still monopolizing a fair share of public attention, much to the disgust of the brothers Brooks. It does indeed seem rather hard that the inevitable march of bankruptcy, which is attendant upon disloyal practices, should be exposed to the inquisitorial eye of the people. Such, how ever, is the fate of the Express. Worse than all, Mr. Gramm, the plaintiff's counsel, insists that as the paper is in the hands of a receiver, who is theo retically an officer of the court, it should be forced to suspend the publication of treasonable articles, because, according to his pithy logic, the court will not publish lampoons upon the Government. Never were Copperheads placed in a tighter corner. The most recent evidence elicited in the case shows a fearful decrease of advertising patronage. " Here is the statistical table of actual cash receipts : 1808 $63 000 1850 . • 75,000 1860 66,600 1861 41.000 • 1862 43,000 The actual receipts for 1863 were about $37,000 to $38,100. lt is a well.known fact that at the com mencement of the disloyal SOWN of this paper, whole lines of citizens could be seen waiting turns in the office, and withdrawing advertisements. So it seems that even in Copperhead New York the Coppeshead platform does not pay. The Brooked' are terribly bitter in theirdenunciations, at present ; these disclosures touching them in a sore spot. So mote it bet P. T. Barnum, Esq., is underlined as lecturer, next Wednesday evening, on behalf of the Sanitary Commission and Freedmen's Society. - The subject is "Money-making," one on which the lecturer is peculiarly qualified to enlarge. This gentleman, it will be remembered, failed some years ago ; since his return from Europe, be has been hard at work, pushing the fortunes of the American Museum ; and hie star again in the attendant . Phinea" lbw a natural proclivity for making things pay ; and doubt less he will soon regain his position lathe front rank of wealthy men. The Harrison English Opera Troupe is engaged at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn. The prima donna is' Mine. Conde Borer:Lard. John G, Sone, the Vermont poet, is to teat i me at Niblo's Saloon, on Wednesday evening. Subject— Love. On the same evening, the Merry Wives of "Windsor, German Opera, by Nicola, is promised at the Academy of Music. These include all the new features in the "World Of Amusement." inUTYLEAtis, NEW YORK CITY. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE. Supposed Polley of the Rebel Commarider. ,The advance of the 'rebel army in West and South Tennessee, although an article of faith amongst most of the Rihomond politicians, is not, I appre hend, as certain as people affect to believe. I am, onthe contrary, assured that Longatreet or his suc cessors have no idea of so soon giving up the safe position he occupies for one not presenting the same advantages. It may be even doubted whether he will feel strong enough to venture upon an isolated expedition in either Tennessee or Kentucky, where he flee a thousand chances to one to be surrounded and captured. It is far more probable that his army, now located in Rodgereville, is there for the purpose Of threatening the flanks of General Grant, of in- terrupting his communications, and of cutting off his supplies, and for that alone, until he feels strong enough to march upon Knoxville and take that city. Until this is done the rebel army in East Tennessee is simply to remain on the defensive. All its ef forts at present are to prevent Knoxville from being reinforced and supplied. The attack of Wheeler upon our train at Charleston, in which he was re pulsed, that of Martin at Talbot's Station, and that of Vance at Mosey Creek, in which the latter was made a prietmer, are all unmistakable indications of one and the same design, the capture of Knoxville. Placed as he is between two Union armies, one Of which, that gathering at Cumberland Gap, is only wailing for reinforcements to march upon kiln, Longatreet has no other alternative than to push forward upon Knoxville or to fall back upon the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, which has just been put in sunning order by the repairing of the Wasauga bridge, on the Wasauga river. 7118 CAPTURED REBEL GENERAL VANCE General - Vance, who the other day was made pri soner by Colonel Palmer at Merry's Plain, while attempting to capture one of our trains, is the brother at Governor Vance, of North Carolina. lie was :at the beginning of the war, appointed colonel of the 29th North Carolina Regiment, and joined Brages army, in the ranks of which he was soon prompted to the position of brigadier general. When after the battle of Chickamauga, Longstrest marched upon Burnside with the intention of dia. lodging him froth Knoxville, it was agreed that Vance would go to North Carolina for the purpose of recruiting end of reinforcing Longetreet, with whom he was to operate somewhere along the line which divides Tennessee from that State. H.e started in November last from Chattanooga, and succeeded in raising two regiments of North Carolina recruits, which he marched into Tennessee by way of Mar shall and Newport. He had hardly been two weeks with Longatreet when he Was captured by thetraion fOrceti under Colonel Palmer.—Car. Tribune. NEWS FROM RICHMOND. 'When Richmond Might have been taken— Extent of the Spy System of site Rebel Government. Ceotrespondenee of the Tribano. An event took place in Richmond, on the tat of July last, from which the sentiments of some of the Southern people may be interred. For several days previous,Oeieral Dix had been threatening the city by way of the Peninsula; and as General Lee had his entire army with him in Maryland and Pennsyl vania, leaving Jell' Davis and his capital entirely unprotected, the greatest excitement, and, among the traitors, the greatest consternation prevailed. Businias was entirely suspended, and the citizens were ordered by the authorities to form themselves into companies and regiments to frighten the in. vadexs oft, and, if necessary, resist, as far as possi ble, their advance on the city. Children, not over fifteen years of age, and aged men, in their second childhood, invalids, cripples, lawyers, doctors % and divines, were alike forced into these organizations. Every day they were drilled, and in the evening al lowed to return to their homes. A signal was Axed upon, and they were 'ordered, upon hearing it sounded, to rush immediately to the Capitol Par*, and get ready for action. In this pars, not far from the State House, stands an elegant marble statue of Henry Clay, in the ma jestic attitude he was wont to assume in addressing the United States Senate or other public assemblies. One hand is extended, as if in the eat of emphatic gesture. At a considerable height above the statue, to protect it from inclement weather, is a broad and neat canopy, supported by several pillars, while around it, on a line with the pillars, is a light iron railing to prevent childfen and others from meddling with'the image. At daybreale, on the morning of the Ist of Ju ly, the Yankees were reported at Tunstall's Station, only a few miles below the city, and the signal was sounded. Not only the citizen militia, bet nearly the whole populace rushed to the rendezvous. in the park, to learn what was to be done. There stood Henri Clay with a placard about a yard square sus pended to his extended hand, with the words, in bold red letters, " I will never consent to a dissolution of the Union, never; never, NEVER.I" But this was not all, for on the south side of the canopy hung a large and well•exeouted painting on canvas, representing the seal of the State of Vir ginia. The prominent features of this seal, as many of your readers are aware, are a man lying flat upon his back, while another, vith a liberty-cap on his head, and a sword in one hand and a spear in ano ther, stands over him, with one foot upon his neck. Just beneath the picture, as in the seal, in bold let ters, was the famous motto of the State, Sig aemper tyrennir, which I may interpret for the few who do not understand it : •‘ So be it ever to tyrants." . No spectator failed to discern in the fallen figure a por trait of the tyrant Jeff Davis, and none could fall to recognize in the gigantic form and unhandsome face standing over him Abrahagi Lincoln, President of the United States. The sensation and excitement produced by this display I have not sufficient power of language to describe. A few cursed and denounced the authors of the traitorous deed; some put on gloomy and woeful expreaSiotte of countenance; more, afraid to utter What they felt, vainly endea,.....0 i.d_seenress ifVrarVff ttry rittllMMad& ran r u p u Z a Tit o " re gard the exhibition as an augury of the fasedisso/u• tion of the Confederacy; but none seemed inclined to pull it down, and there it hung for nearly an hour in the face of the gaping croWd. The officers of the new militia, novices in the art of war apparently forgot to form their companies, and their awkward squads manifested everything but an eagerness to "gird on the aimor, and be marching along." At length Benjamin Franklin Beall, Long Fran klin Beall as he F' commonly called, formerly editor of The Spirit of Jejferson, a weekly journal published in Charlestown, Va., the place of John Brown's martyrdom, but since therebellion associate editor of the Richmond Dispatch, and at the time of this oc currence commissioner elect' of Public Works for _ the *late, appeared upon the scene, and with the al. sistance of two others proceeded to remove the " se. ditious and insulting spectacle." As he was pulling the placard from Henry Clay, an Irishman in the crowd shouted'ont " Ah, be Jaime, the spirit of ould Harry's about yet." " Yis," cried another, with stentorian voice, "and so is the spirit of Jef ferson." " 'Vie," shouted a third, " and there's Benjamin Franklin himself." " Yie ' " screamed a a woman of unquestionably nativity, as the large painting fell to the ground, "and down goes Abe Lincoln and old Jeff." If at this moment General Dix had advanced on the city, he would have met with little or no oppo- Httlon, and in the vast assemblage on the Capitol grounds, among the people of whose unanimity Jeff Davis had boasted, he would have found live friends to one enemy. The lighting men were at length mustered, and I led to the front. During the- day General Winder gave orders to the papers to publish no reference to the disgraceful scenes in the park. The notice was scarcely necessary, for next day only the Enquirer was issued, the compositor's and employees of the other papers having all been forced to shoulder muskets for defence of the city. THE SPY SYSTEM. The number of epics, mail-Carriers, and agent. constantly plying between the North and South is enormous. And what is more remarkable, many of them ply their avocation in the very face, and even with the assistance of our Government officials. For example, when one of these characters desires to come North, he enter, our lines and reports him self to a provost mamba as a refugee-from the South, takes the oath of allegiance, and goes about his business. When he degree to return, he goes to Harper's Ferry, or some other point, solicits of the provost marshal a pass for Berryville, or Win chester, or some point in that direction, takes the oath of allegiance In an assumed name, receives an order to the guards and pickets to put bim, and at the first favorable opportunity clips within the rebel lines. The following extracts from a report of Colonel Margrave, confidential agent for the rebel War Department, of which I had reason to make a copy, will show how easily such an arrangement can be carried out BICTIMONID, April 13, 1863. The lion. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: Having, in obedience to your orders, visited the United States and British Province!, as agent for the Confederate States, I have the honor to report some Of the details, and the result of my proceed ings. I reached New York on the 3d of January, my Journey thither being destitute of any occurrence, worthg of note. Having been longer in accomplish ing the business intrusted to me than was antic!. pated, I determined to return by a shorter and more expeditious route. Accordingly on the 23d or 24th of March I boldly entered the office of Colonel Fish, provost marshal at Baltimore, and obtained a pass port for Harper's Ferry under the name of Isaac E. Haines. On the 26th of March I applied under the lame name to the provost marshal at Harper's Ferry for a pass beyond the lines. I at once received it in consideration of my taking the oath of ailegiance to the United States. Without hesitation I took the oath, and each stre et 4ling day violated it without the slightest scruple or compunction, for lam well aware that the Yan kee officers do not respect the oaths, or parolee of honor, or other obligations, they make to us. Un the 26th I purchased a horse and proceeded as far as Berryville, When, hearing that a movement was about to be made 'by the forces under Gen. Roberts at Harper's Ferry, I determined to return and gather such information as I could in regard to it. Re tracing my way to Charlestown, I placed my papers in the hands of a daughter of the Hon. Robert Hunter, of the House of Delegates, and hinted to the Ferry. I remained in that wretched place, eating and drinking with Yankee officers, until the 30th March, When General Roberts was relieved of his command by Gen. Kelley. On that day Gen. Roberts left for Baltimore, and, with a view of getting a railroad conversation with him, I took the same train. The General being accompanied by a lady, my waver cation with bim was brief, but, nevertheless, profit able. I continued my peregrination! to Washing ton, and, on the Bth inst. found myself again atllar- Rer's Ferry. I applied at once for another pass to Berryville. and as the provost marshal recognized me, he observed : "I believe you took the oath the other day,” and receiving an affirmative reply, he I at once gave me the desired pass. Passing on to Charlestown, I halted at Mr. Hunter's residence for an hour, and then turned, in the immediate presence of several Yankee officers and soldiers, down the road for Coleman's Mills ' on the Shenandoah. On reaching the river I hired a negro to set me over in a skid; and then to swim my horse across. That evening I reached Sniokeraville. The following day, I saw Moseby, at Paris, gage him the strength of the garrison at Charlestown, which he promised to capture before the end of the week. The information I acquired in regard to the eon templattd movement of the enemy will be found in the annexed statement, marked "8," a copy of which I gave General Fitzhugh Lee, on the 10th, at Sperry vine. I have entered into these details for the purpose of showing the easy communication between here and the North by the route I have just travelled, hoping the information may , be valuable to the department in despatching other agents to the enemy's country. Here follow directions how to find the Charon WirO ferried him over the river, and a list of the persons residing in the vicinity, who may be safely applied to for information and aseistanve. JECPB DA:V.18 1 80M SERVANT . IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Monday, Jan. 26,.1864.-That fea ture of the wia the intelligent and trintworthy contraband, who ' lots disappeared from public view for the last few Menthe, reappeared in the city this morning, and his information has been considered of so much importance se to'have occupied-many hours of the attention both of General Halleok and of the Secretary of War. He is a full negro, named Jim Dennison, otherwise Pemberton, who has been for nearly twenty years personal body cement of Jain , son Davis, and is well known as such by the old re sidents of this city. He only arrived this morning, and brings news of a most important character, though it, all comes in the form of strong incidents, such as a servant waiting at the table would na turally pick up. Of the domestic menage of Mr. Davis his pictures are very full. But first to give the 'pOints which appear of great public interest. He ma that Jefferson Davis. in private conver• cation is unreserved in urging the abandonment of irtratio, dq w /199 91 (Wang lag Loot t9iaOlos That he has heard Mr. Davis, in conversation with confidential members of the so-called Government, declare frequently that Virginia had been used for all it was worth; that it had proved a shield of int• mense value, in fending oft the devastations of war from the rice and cotton States—which were the meet. Steps have been already natural heart and body politic of the new Govern. pretexts of their labor being needed on the public works, to send all the valuable ableebodied nesters" taken, on various and breeding negro women from Richmond along the railroad to Lynchburg, and also south into Georgia, which Mr. Davis decilitres to be the next base of defensive operation's. But Gen. Lee, whom Jim describes as looking very old, with his hair now snow-white, is peremptorily opposed to the gbari doement of Virginia, and declares that Virginia soldiers will lay down their arms if their State be given up to the Yankee despotism. Jim does not give these points as they are here stated, the fol lowing being about a fair specimen of his style of information : The cupola roof of the President's houae leaky badly, he says, so that daring the recent rainstorm all the tubs from the kitchen had to be taken up to save the ceiling of the lower floors. Mrs. Davis, who often says that if they had known how it was going, they never would have left Washington with her consent, was calling Massa Davis , attention to the state of the roof, and asked hint to send to the Quartermaster's Department and have it repaired. Massa Davis, who has grown very petulant and irri table of late, replied : " I reckon we will be out of this before another rainstorm. Don't fuss yourself and fret me about these trifles." The talk is not about going to Columbia, S. C., but to some city in Georgia. Jim heard gentlemen ask Mr. Davis at the table where Alexander. Ste- phens was, who has not attended Congress this ses sion, and who is said not to have visited Davie' house or office for over a year. Davis replied, that hhe had beard that Stephens had gone to Europe, but not thought it worth while to inquire what had become of him. Jim accompanied Davis in his recent tour around the Confederacy, and describes • the following scene as having occurred on thc - enmlarit of Lookout Moue. tain. Looking down one bright day from the lofty eminence commanding a clear view into four States, and a very distant view into &fifth, Davis saw the Yankees almost beneath his feet, across the valley, working like beavers on their fortifications, " I have them now," said he, "in just the trap I set for them." To which Lieutenant General Pemberton, who was sitting on horseback beside him, replied, "Mr. Davis, you are commander-imohief, and you are here. You think the enemy are in a trap, and can be captured by vigorous assault. I have been blamed for not having ordered a general attack on the enemy when they were drawing around me their liner of eitrounivallatiOn at Vicksburg. Do you now order an attack upon those troops down there below us, and I will set you my life that not one G—d I—n man of the attacking column will ever come back across that valley, except as a prisoner." When Davis was passing through North Carolina he only stopped at Wilmington, to consult with Gs. neral Whiting. While there he was pressed by a numerous delegation of Confederate office holders to stop in Raleigh, for consultation with Gov. Vance. This he anglify declined. It appears that the health of Mr. Davis is rapidly breaking down under his nturalgy attacks, insomuch that he can no longer use his only good eye by candlelight. He continue' his old habit after dinner of stretching himself on the carpet before the fire, in a room otherwise lightened, and it is fast becoming dangerous for any One to anpiOaCh him. The Extinction of Slavery Necessary. CFrom Postmaster pane. Eal - plates address to the Mary. lamed iesseleture l I have not made this teaspiteiattem of the causes originating and the consequences flowing from the bloody rebellion that shakes our country, to imbitter animosities on either side. Pay effort is to expose to view that looted evil which, must be extracted i f we would relieve the nation from its convulsions. Slavery, as a great element of society, makes slaves of all associated with it by the passions it inflames; the =MAUI'S by the ambition it inspires, the masses with which it mingles by the deadly contagion it spreads in a thousand forms. It is marked in the Declara tion of Independence as the most virulent poison instilled by the King to enfeeble for subjugation the people on whom he made war, and it has proved the most potent ingredient that could be employed for the dissolution of the fabric of free government which withstood the King's attempt. If the virus he infused, which was strong enough amid the en thusiasm for new-born freedom to stifle the voice of the Declaration of Independence denouncing slavery, and has kept the free government—the Sr and ea-ned prize of the revolutionary war—in tremor ever since, Is it now, when it ha. been poured out with the nation's blood in the fratricidal war it forced on the country, again to be admitted into the sp. tem 7 . What patriotic party will sanction such a rune's. tient The people of the slave States will repudiate Sievert' When the enress of the rebellion is removed. Missouri ape Western Virginia have already for mally renounced it, and the recent votes of Delaware and our own dear Maryland manifest their purpose to renounce it at once. In Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas, the indications are also favorable. The proclamation of the President to deprive the ene my of this greatest element of power, this sinew of war exerted at all points, has announced the extinc , tion of slavery as essential to the success of the measures he has been compelled-to adopt to conquer a peace for the Union. Tire armies of the Repuolis are on the march to accomplish the aims which have been 'submitted without reserve to the decision of public opinion, and they have the support of the pets pie's suffrage. What, then, is the duty of all who are sensible that the war is an inevitable evil, from which there is no safe or honorable deliverance but by supporting with united strength and counsel, the Chief Megistrate, to whole conduct the issue is committed, and in whose avowed designs the nation has voted its confidence 7 Are there any who would rescind the votes of the Border *tate* and re establish slavery 'therein? Are there any who would annul the proclamation, to reinvigorate the inittgete ifey. cubes ? The Democratic party of the North was seduced to countenance the measures (lithe Southern oligarchs preparatory to the war against the Union, under the idea that they were designed as mere menace, and were really conservative. The event has shown that the whole :policy of the dominant elan in the South has been war for absolute dominion in the Slave - States—war to extend the despotic system on which it built at home and abroad. Is this the con servatism to which Democracy anywhere should lee d itself? Bulwer, though a Tory, has this aphorism in one of his late papers; "A true conservative policy for a nation is the policy of progress ;" and he gives his , conservative friends the admonition that " re. eistanee to progress is destructive to conservatism." The Democracy Was 111 lid better day a progressive party. Would it not be an advance backward to re store the slave institution to the position it has lost in being used during the greater part of a century, covertly at first, but now in open rebellion, to destroy the free Government by which it had been tolerated only in the hope it would have been gradually thrown off under the influence of public sentiment 1 When the maatere of millions of slaves have boldly proclaimed slavery the best bails of government, and founded on it the military despotism they have set up within the jurisdiction of the United States, with the avowed purpose of superseding its authori ty, what friend of the. Union, what friend of free government, can hesitate to strike down that sys tem which endangers both 7 The plea that slavery is a local institution, not to be dealt with by Fede ral authority, was universally admitted to be true till that institution engendered a rebellion which, by an admission equally universal, seriously imperils the existence of the National Government. It could not be called a Government if, in virtue of the right of self defence, common alike to Governments and individuals, under such circumstances it could not destroy its enemies. It is absurd to consider the war now raging as one meant to draw a line between coterminous nation alities. It is a war in the bosom of one nationality, of alseople of the dame race and language, on an arena bounded by the lakes, the ocean, the Gulf, and the great tributary streams that unite and insulate and mark it as the domain of one great Government. It is a war of principle and for dominion. If the dynasty founded on the slave system triumphs, it will give law to the continent. If it fails, as fail it must, unless the tendency of the age becomes in verted, there is an end of slavery among civilized nations. What a humiliating contrast is presented for the new world in the attempt of Je ff erson Davis and his coadjutor rebels striving to fetter their poorer and more ignorant fellow-citizens in the chains of their four millions of negro slaves, while the Autocrat of tile Russia. proclaims the freedom of forty millions of serf. delivering them from the yoke of a haughty nobility and his own right of seigniory, and establishing them as freeholder's Affairs in Paraguay. Buraros AMES, S. A., Oet. 28, 1863. Paraguay is certainly one of the most iatereming countries of South America. The Government is reticent, exclueive, ambitious, and powerful. It is a rare thing for a ParagtMan to travel outside of his own country, except he be an exile. The people are systematically made as dependent on the Go. vernment as a gang of Alabama slaves are made de pendent on the plantation. In all ministerial cOnn.. eels and quarrels abroad, the Paraguayan Ml:deter is never beard. The laws of nations are of little Imo portance to a nation that alweyeatays at home, and foreign wars always spend their force below the al titude of this eagle's nest of the world. A. question has occurred that concerns this quiet country. Uru guay is in danger from internal commotion. Should Brazil and the Argentine Republic interfere, Para guay is prepared also to "some in, but on the conser vative side of the question, to maintain the consti tutional. government of Uruguay. A Paraguayan man-of.war arrived an these waters three days ago, and great activity prevails. in the dock • yards ancl arsenals of that country. "As Paraguay and France have private relations of runny, and are both eon. caned in maintaining 'Uruguayan independence, in spite of the threats of Brazil, there is a strong proba bility of a speedy collision. For a purely Catholic country, this is one of the freest on earth. Four Protestant churches in Buenos Ayres, Episcopal, (English State Church,) Presby terian, hiethedtst, and Lutheran, all have the same liberty and validity to all their functions a s at Rome. A Protestant clergyman is the teacher of English in the family of the President. In Entre Rios , _ so indifferent are the people to the sanctity of holy ground, and the value of a buriallin it, that an edict has been published forbidding buria ls in unconse. crated ground. The social position of the Catholic clergy is such, that alter a residence of many years, I have never heard of one of them entering a social family party, or mingling in social life, while the Protesant clergymen here are everywhere as at home, and are on social terms with many Catholle families. I use these facts to confirm what I say of the practical freedom of speech and of thought in this country.—Tritrune. SPEOrMIMIS OF tiSoumputorr LITERATURE."-- There are some signs that "the South "—mean. in by that the slave-drivers and woman-whippers who so long claimed this name for themselves— will presently have something of "a literature of its owg." The Parisians have just been edited with a work on "The Condition of the Confede rate States," by one Charles Girard, "formerly Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Washing ton." To givehis book an apparent importance and character, Dr. Girard has addressed it, as a memoir or report, to the Emperor Napoleon, though it no• where appears that he was commissioned or re quested to make any report of any kind to the Emperor. The value of this writer's report may be gatliered from the following remarkable "incident" which he relates: "I one evening, at General Cooper% heard the Governor of North Carolina tell how, in their nu merous incursions into his State, the enemy carried off, by force whole families of negroes; that on several occasions, being surrounded at the moment of embarkation by the local militia, the =gross took the opportunity of escaping to return to their masters, and that then the 'Yankees turned thOr fury on the negro children, whom they tore from thetr mothers' arms and flun into the ater. On other occasions they drowned t he negroes w Dy whole sale when they resisted the attempt to carry them off. " The Yankees exercised similar cruelty on the whites. In one detachment of prisoners, of whom a great part were ill of small-pes, caught In thend serabie huts in whichothey had been lcidged, they ni rea t c:d an i d t: amused themselves with fastening 'An at. % t i le two, a sick man to a healthy one, to spread the gel:ante, she y il w th oul e" dtht w o h w ea them overboard with loud sheers." Timms are many elms of change in Fran?. A Government orator recently admitted, in the ham ber that - political 'parties were not defunct , that "they were only hidden, end, like white ante, under ground, but their workings were not leas dangerous." A professor, lecturing in the School of Legislation, said "A corrupt rasa cannot possibly found a du rable dynasty." The alit:Mon wag &volved with 'wag applgtuftot THREE CENTS. Stephen C. 'Foster, the Composer. Mr. Charles McKnight, editor of the Pittsburz C.lronicie, makes the following reminiscence of the popular melodist : This afternoon the mortal remains of Stephen (I, Foster were canted to their last abode. As the lnel. dents connected with one who has added so much to the musical fame of our country are of interest to all at home, as well as abroad, we propose to give a brief biographical sketch of our townsman, to tell who he was and what he did. Stephen C. Foster was born on the 4th of July, 1826, the same day on which Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died. His father, William B. Foster, Sr., was a native of Vim-gluts, who settled in Pittsburg in the year MI6, and entered into business with Major Ebenezer Denny and Anthony Beelen, Esq. In BC he laid out his farm (including the ground on which the United States Arsenal now stands, two and a half miles from Pittsburg, and the surrounding premises) into a town, intending to can It Foaterville. Soon afterwards, however, the gallant Capt. Lawrence was billed, lighting his ship, the " Chesapeake," and Mr. Foster patriotically changed the name of his town to Lawrenceville, adopting as the motto on the corporation seal the dying words of Lawrence, give up the ship." , Stephen, at a very early. age, manifested musical talents of an unusual order. At the age of seven years a flageolet was placed in his hands, and within a wonderfully short time he had, unaided, mastered its stops and sounds, so as to plsy with effect several familiar airs of the day. He never however, me Fired to greater re - a performer either vocal or instrumental, le. ; the taste and sweetness with which he brour • 'h. the most : touching tones of the piano and torti mid fix his audience in wrapt attention. And svr.en he sang hie men songs (ac' companying himself on the piano or guitar) there was a plaintive sadness in his voice, and a magic In his touch that brought tears to listener's eyes. Not the most accomplished nubile einem could ever equal the effect with which he himself sang his own popular strains. it was in a higher sphere than that of a perfOrmer Of music that Mr. Foster sought and ISM fame. He zealously aimed'to master music as a science, and earnestly devoted himself for years to the stair of harmonies. The works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Weber were his chief delight and frequent theme of conversation. His melodies were the spontaneous and original emanations of his own peouliar musical taste, but, at an early age, he had so cultivated that taste in the true science of harmony, that *those melodies came forth refined as gold, and when lie reduced them to printed notes tkridittunehed them on the world, he knew they would be successful and would strike a popular chord. His talent for writing the poetry, as well as the music of his song. (a com bination rarely met with), gave Max en advantage in setting the notes of Meek to words of correspond. ing euphony and accent. This advantage can only be realized by one who has experienced the great difficulty which a composer, who does not write hts own lines, meets with in seeking to harmonize words and mounds. . . . Mr. Foster was an ardent student in other branches of learning. He taught himself many of the ism guages. In French and German he was quite pro ticient, and some of the water. color paintings of his youth are still the admiration of his film:lds. At no time, however, could he be induced to submit regu 'tiny to the restraints of the sohool.room. From childbord he loved to wander alone among the beau tiful hills and woods that surround his native city, and, with his book and pencil, seat himself where the rustling of the lenvee, the rippling water, the falling twigs and the twittering of birds, fell pease. fully and harmoniously upon his sensitive ear. For years be pursued his studies in this quiet, harmless way, and his parent., finding that he always pro gressed favorably, soon ceased to insist on his wa fting himself, like other boys. to the school-room, but allowed him to ;pursue his studies in his ownway. His first published song, Called "Openthy Lattice, Love," was issued about the year 1842, by George Willig, in Baltimore. "Old Uncle Ned" and "Oh Susanna" were not long afterwards issued by W. C. Peters . , in Cincinnati. No remuneration was asked Or thought Of by Mr. Faster, for those, though they proved immensely profitable to the publisher. Re turning to Pittsburg, Mr. Foster produced succes sively the " Louisiana "Nelly was a Lady," "Camptown Ram," " My - Old Kentucky Home," " Masters in the cold, cold Ground," "Nally "Oh, Boys, carry me 'long," and the world-renowned "Old Folks at Home," together with a large num ber of other songs suitable for the performances of the Ethiopian Minstrels. He was induced to com pose his songs at this time in the shape of negro me. lodies on account of the wilmilerful interest all classes' then took in that style of music. For the past ten years, however, he confined his productions to airs and words of a sentimental or devotional character. Among these are " Willie, we have missed you; ; " "Ellen Bayne;" "Maggie by my side ;" "Come where my love lies dream. ing .;" " Little Ella ;" "Jennie with the light-brown hair;" " Willie, my brave "Farewell, my , Lillie dear " Oh, comrades, fill no glass for me ; "Old Dog Tray ;" "Mollie, do you love met" "Summer breath ;" "Al, may the Red Rose live alway ;" "Come with thy sweet voice again ;" "I sac her still in my dreams ;" "Suffer little children to come unto me ;" " Ella is an Angel," and some hundred others. There has been recently a book of hymns published in New York, with beautiful airs, corn. posed by Mr. Foster expressly for each hymn. As we previously remarked, Mr. Foster for a long period allowed his works to be published without thought of pecuniary compensation : but the de. mend for them became so great, and before long MO many , flattering offers were made to him, that he found himself impelled to abandon all other pur suits, and devote himself entirely to musical comps. _ sition"ris a!profeedon. He entered into an arrange ment with Firth, Bond, & Co., the well•known New York publishers, which continued many years, and was the source of immenseinaome to Mr. Foster, and also of large profile to the publishers. The commis- Mons paid Mr. F. by them on the "Old Folks at Home" alone amounted to over $15,000. Many other of his songs were nearly ai profitable, but the "Old Folks at Home" reached a larger issue than o 1 eaVlilg his Millie (Wimitaivar - euireutrener - trir "gni song, the late E. P. Christy paid Mr. Foster live hundred dolle:s. Enlistments In the Ninth Ward. To the Editor of The Press: a:: fiin : Permit me to cell the attention of the oiti• zerus of the Ninth ward to the fact that they are the only once who have not made any provision to avoid the draft. The Ninth has always been as patriotic as any other part of the city, and, with a little exertion, they are able to raise enough funds to offer such bounties as will certainly draw many volunteers to their ward, Let a few of the prominent citizens call a meeting, and organize a society, and in a short time they will be able to avoid the draft, which will surely come off; if they look on with the same lethargy they have shown for the last few weeks. Yours, A PATRIOTIC CITIZEN OF THE NINTH. A Precedent. To the Editor of The Press: I send you an extract from an old news paper, which I think it would be well to republish, for the benefit of our Copperhead friends who affect to believe that the "Sage of Wheatland" did all in his power, "under the Constitution," to suppress the rebellion. Yours, respectfully, K. Mn. CLAY, ORR. JACKSON, AND IRE NULLIFIERS. The following instructive anecdote we find in a speech by the lion, Tames S. Rhett, at a mass con vention at Macon, Georgia. This -at is not the agitating orator, R. Barnwell Rhett, who is traversing South Carolina for the purpose of in forming the people that they are dreadfully op pressed, although they do not know it. Mr. J. S. Rhett, from whom we quote, belonged to the Union party . in South Carolina in 1832 and '33. lie 'poke as follows of an incident of that period : "During the deepest period of our troubles, When the ordinance of nullification was within a few days of its enforcement, I was sent by the Union party of South Carolina on a secret mission to President Jackson. I was directed to tell him, that whilst we were anxious to do our duty as good citizens of the Union, no Union man would commit treason against his native State ; and that if he intended to coerce the State, he mustmake his arrangements with that understanding. Pointing to a drawer in his cabinet, he said he had documents there offering two hundred thousand volunteers for the suppression of the movement in Carolina, and added : Within three weeks, sir, after the first blow is struck, I will place fifty thousand troops in your State e and ac he spoke la the ti rat person, led me to inter that he should himself as sume tie command. He said that as to the poet tion of the Union party, he should take care of it in the proclamation he was about to issue. Whilst he Was speaking General Coffee entered the room, to whom he introduced me, elating that that gentleman had volunteered to take command of the Western men. Judge, then, my fellow-citizene, what must I have been the feelings under which returned to my native State. Her destruction seemed to be in evitable. Against idly thousand picked troops, Commanded by the most consummate general on the Acontinent, others second only ton hmericn imself, what and could assisted South by Carolina have donel She would have fought gallantly, no doubt, but it Seemed to me that her fall was certain. Under these gloomy apprehensions, great, indeed, was my relief when, in a few days, I heard of the compro mise." " Who clan estimate the value of Mr. Clay's ser vice in the compromise sal" A FEMININE MILITARY OPPICER.—When Gene.. ral Gordon Granger recaptured Shelbyville Tenn., as our readers have been Informed, he found Pauline Cushman in a rebel prison, where she had been in. earcerated under sentence of death awe Federal spy. After hearing the account of the xufferings she had undergone for the Uniod cause, General Granger determined Pauline should receive some testimonial of appreciation for the services she had performed, and accordingly she was formally proclaimed to be a major of cavalry ; thus she became known to the soldier, as Major Pauline Chishman. The ladies of Nashville, hearing of the promotion of the feminine major, prepared A costly ridimphabit, 'trimmed in military style, with dainty rhoulder straps, eta., and prompted the dress to Pauline. This military riding habit will be placed in come one of the leading dry. goods establishments on Fourth street to-morrow, so that the ladies of thlecity may inspect the no velty.—Cincinnati Commercial. TS' BAPTISM OP PRINCE NAPOLEON'S SON A AIRBIpULTY AT ROME.—The Union says that the baptism of Prince Napoleon's son "is at this mo ment a great stumbling block to the church. The little prince was half-batized (ondoye) immediately after his birth ; but it is almost withollt precedent that the full ceremony of baptism Ahould be post poned longer than six months. The infant is now more than a year old ; and the reason given for the extraordinary delay is that Prince Napoleon will have no other gedlather for his son than the King of Italy, who is excommunicated. The Pope making a great point of holding to the excommunicatio In this case, no bishop in France can be found to n fly openly in the face of the church ; and Prince Napo poleon, with equal firinneea deeolaree that unless Victor 'Emmanuel holds his infant over the font he shall not be baptized at all." FINANCIAL AND CADIBIERCIAL. T HE, MONEY MAR T. The rates for money are unchanged, and despite the close eye which the banks keep on their vaults, the mar ket is well supplied. 7 per cent. being the ruling figure. Gold was strong to•day, and rose to MX, with large purchases; about noon weakening to 188. The general impression is that gold will be higher. Government no =Mos were firm, and without change in prices. The etocic market was active and excited. prices gone rallyMioWing an upward tendency. .Catswissa common made greatest advance, selling up to 23)4. closing 23 strong. the preferred closing at 4f4; ,Pennsylvania rose to 7234; lleading'dscrned X; North Pennsylvania sold at 99/6—no change; Chesterrialley at 634; Philadelphia and Brie at MI ; Lehigh Valley at 93eMisehill at 0034; 49U bid for Long Island; 4734 for Little Schuylkill. Fulton Coal was largely taken at 15%; Big Mountain sold at 7.1 i ; bireeis fleantain. OXON: Locust Mountain at 34; Penn Xining at 9; New Creek at 191; Sturanshanna Canal at 18; 'Union rose to 3M; the preferred selling at ; the sixes rising to 2s, Felinylkill Navigation sold at 2O; 34 bid for the preferred sixes; 1882 selling at NW:. Le high at 80w; the scrip at 40 sixes at 106, State fives sold it 96; new City sixes at 101; Lehigh Valley sixes at 10454; North Pennsylvania sixes at fit; Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages at 10744; Cleve. /and sal, lifedOnlag 841849 at ;Ion; ulatirs !A ro at 78. B sok elm re. 7 and pam342air nitwits.. aro 101 l b..t stea.dtr. 'rb e watirot cloned Orm. DeOcei #t Co. uncle?. tat Bonds. 1881....«.........,.«. --YAW ;:rait A l 18 65 New CertificateOf Indabt'as.... Fin ifai • Old Certificate of ladebt'os ... den tog " `` 73.10 Notes leek roilo7g Qnarterumaters' Vouchers .. e2ei 3 *orders to : Certificates of Indebtedness. 1.'4 I% Gold 1V.% MX Sterling Emhanita 172 IY2 Five-twenties . 103X0/04 Quotation., el uold at the Phlladeltilts. Gold Exchange, It South Third street, second story : tOe' o'ciotl. A. in . ....mix 11.4 " A. m 1.5751: 1 ll' " P• K.... , ........ .111 t ft,' t ~ 1 . . 04 1 IPi :, ' .. P. rd ~•...I.3Th ~.• —WU Closedtk " P. M 157.31 Market steady. • PHILADELPHIA, JUL. 26. 1864. ZWX3EI WILML PR g (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Pam Was now will be sent to sabssribers by mall (per annum in advance) ..... —gs sip Three eagles ............. iimp Plyo copies- tt OS 'fen copies 110 09 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the sane sate. *1.60 per copy. 274 e money must aiteuya accomvanu the order.pid to no instance can these fermate deviated from. as urord very tittle more than the cost of sumer. Ili Postmasters Ws requested to set as Agents legt Pug Was Pangs. Or- To the getter. op of the Olnb of en or twenty. Is extra COPY of the Paper will be given. Masers. M. Solaite i Yo, 16 goneh Third street. GAZA° foreign eashange for the steamer Scotia. fret* New York, as follows: London: 60 days' sigh t '''" •- • --.171:40172it Do. 3 days ....•-•-• ..... 174';44174 Paris, 60 days' dial - 26`.1,431'11/34 De. 9 days MM.:NOM§ Antwerp. 60 days' eight ilitt!{qh, „., Bremen. 60 days sight 124 Hamburg, 60 daYS'eight r 7 tdi Colon°. en days' slant 114 ei hi Leticia, 60 days' gaily 114 re Lib Berlin, 60 days' sighs o* 116 Amsterdam. 60 davit' sight. 6-134R1 01 Frankfort. 60 days' „. Market dull. The New York Evening Poet says: Th a loan market offers no new fee:tor:vs of inioettande. At seven tier cent. theta is an ample supply Pf capital Iit,SYIDe temporary investment, and the scoutoulatton. continues. We obetrve, therefore, outside of stock dr. cleA , nu 'Miens sing ease. Some of the brokers, however, are, from obvious causes. less comfortably supplied The stuck market is feverleh and. irregular. Govern meat:. Nre steady, and railroad bonds arm. lin/road smites e re depreeeed, and there are more 011it$ thus ,inyevs. trtoie tie first session cold wan sAllisg at 109!411691._'-, B' li York Central at 1213.2P134)6. Elie at 106 , ...„Aredr. Harlem at 91'98. Reading at italf.@ll3. ilichiv.r. Cen tral at 1260P2 011.7. Michlorao Southern at 86@ 6Y, Illinois Central at 12i,01124, Pittsburg at RP..n 110, dollen% at IC9li G 4.110, Toledo at 133(.1)..1536x. Bock Island at 14.00:22. Fort Wayne at NVB6. Northwestern at 413@47, Canton at 21@39; and Cilia Mend at 485n:(4.40. Tbe appended table exhibitor the cblefmovements at the Board compared with the latest prices of yenterdayr Tn Moa. Adv. Dee, United States 435, 1881, regis .10f41 RAP; rot United States 08.1881. coupon 106 N Pelf • . K . United States seven-thirties 1073.7 107 k • • - United States 1 year der., g01d...4021,i 102.4 .. St Do. do currency.. AIN 11731 • .. American Gold 157..44 157% V. Tennessee Sixes 57 57g K. Missouri Sixes 6734 675; Pacific WO 220 • 228 Dew Taxa Central Railroad 138"'i tat Brie 10t.% 106 , ), Erie Preferred ' 10x'4 101.... Hudson River. lidila 117 ' ll.,; Barlem .. 96 W- - ; . . 2i; Reading v 114'4 114 3..; .. Michigan Central... ' 12814 126 2S. .. Michigan Southern 87 86 1 .. Michigan Southern guarantied. ARP i: 1:42 .. lidnois Central Scrip..., l'oW n 125 .. PlUdburg 1.02'4 110 .. Galena 108'2 110 .. y. Toledo .. 1204 133 .. I Bock Island 141 101 l • . 2 Fort Warne WI 85,Si .. . • Prairie Du Chien 46 68 .. 2 Terre Haute 62!...; F 4 . thh' Nentel, orthw 58 08 extern 47 173 i L i ..• C . Ca naheriand 4846 48. '1 - • • . Quicksilver 54 . , i Chime end Alton 8671 ST .. hi' PhHada. Stock Kxc CRecotted by S. 11. SLAYMAY. FIRST 100 Minsbill R 60% 150. US 5 Years Option. 101 Y 19 0 0 do 10441 70450 Fulton C0a1...... 5N do s',i 100 Penn Mining 9 100 do IMO. P 100 Reading 10 tam 100 do b 5. 574( 110 do blO. 574 NV do ' WO. 57% 100 50 Schuylkill Nay— 19,4 do bac, 20 100 do bBO. 20 SD a Bch Nay Eit 'B2. 95'4" 50 0 do 86.14 . 3100 do cash. 86% 100 Union Cl Pref s6O. 6 1000 Penna. R 2d. moot 106 10(0 U S tis 1881......55 1G636 MOO Oily Ss Over . 1870..101Y 1000 Poona 5s - 96 ' 1(0 Union Cana1...... 8 X 100 do b 5. 9% 4 Lehigh May OW BET WBls • 100 Perna tis 95 SOO City Ss New....... 104 200 do New .104 SECOND. VA Hunt & B T Forty. 75 200 Green Motuastln.. 6,4 000 do b 39. 6% 0 00 d 0.... b 6. 9,44 140 Cat awing& R Pref.. 42% 50 do . cash.. 423k' 18 Arch- at R.......... 323(, 123 doe. . . .. ......... 3.3 110 Cheater Valley.... 6% 1000 N Penne. 6s 94 50 N Fem.& R...., ... 29% 410 Big Mountain. b3O. 7% 1(0 do 7X 200 U S Five-year 0p.10414 100 Heading 1g.." 673 i 260 Union Canal Pref.. 13xi , AFTER, . ICoEns.ci Canal.. b3O. 38 cLosnia. BE Bid. Asked. II S 9s '81...... 106% IRW, U 8 7-SO N0t55....107 107% rhlla6s 101 101% Do new.. 104 104 3 /," Penns Se 95 M Do C0upe...... • • • • Reed B ea. d1y.... 9714 07'' Do tale '7O .• • .. IGS 309' ' .... .p.o_ '19,1a '96 conv.ll6 116 LIU %At 741.i4r.• • • • wa . I, as. . en 'a l ' I N m (4....107,4 108 116 id m 6s. —.IOIW 108 Little &buy] R... 47 49 Norris (el consul. • • 70 Do prfd Do 68 '76. ...... .. .. Do Sd mtg. .. . &hay] Nay Stook 7A% • 20 Do prfd S 4 24!.i Do 6a 'B2 egg R 7 Elmira B 47 :19 Do prld 61 63 Do 7o ......104 Do 10w L Wand R 4231 Do brio. Leblgh . l4,y 69 .. Do acrlp 49 49"( Do obi: reit ..... Semi-weekly Review of the Phhodelpleht AU.irkets. Breadstuffs are firmly held, but the transactions are limited. Holders of Flour are firm in their views. Wheat iswithont change. Corn is dull. Oats are to de mand. The demand for Flour is limited, and the market dull but firm; soles comprise about 3,000 bble, mostly W.stern and. Pennsylvania extra family. at $7 2107.76 bbl for fair to good quality, The retailer's and halters are buying at from $6 21%3,60 for superfine. $'0.7!007.34 for extra, *7.00%8 for extra family, and $8 60 up to *lO bhl for fancy brands, according to quality.. Rye Flour continues ecarce; small sales are making at $6.1011 bbl. There is very little doing in Corn Meal; Braudywine Le quoted at $6.76 'fbbl. CHAlN—There is rather more doing in Wheat, and the market is firm, with sales of 16,000 bushels at $1.700 1 75 for fair to prime Western and Pennsylvania reds. and white at from $l. emalgboehel, the latter for prime Hentucky. Rye is scarce and in demand at $1 4001.42. Corn is dull and rather lower; about 12,000 bushels cold at $1.11%1 12, °hoeing at the former rate, in store and in the CM. Oats are firmly bold Shaba demand., with soles of about 18,000 brothels at 87(0813a, weight, PROVISIONS.—There is less doincotving to the firm ness of holders. About 400 bbls Mess Pork sold at OM @2l for old, and $22(423 bbl for new. 104 Wile clear Pork mold at $l9. Mess Beef is in steady demand at $l4 817 for clty.packed, and $12013 for country. A sale of eef Hams is reported at $20.00(521 MI, !)neered 4lig) Hogs ate selling at $111%10.60 IS 100 lbs. Bonen firm. with sales of hems at 12,14.1"1e, skies at 0.'47 - 41012e. and shoulders at APMlis • h for new. Green Meats—There is a lair demand at full nieces, with sales of hams 111 pickle at 120012140, sides at 8.14%)e and &milder& at 8!6o21 it,, cash. Lard ie firm, and prices rather better; 600 tierces and barrels sold at 14e for new Western. and kegs at lie IA lh, cash. Rutter is In demand and prices better WWI sales of solid-rool , ed at 20(0111c, and roll at 275432; 32i11. Cheese is telling 41/81g170 8 1 lb, and Bggs at :a/tO 85c 34 dozen. METALS. —There is more demand for Pig Iron, with sales of ],COO tons at $46 Si ton for No. 1 Anthracite and 044 for No. 2, cash. Scotch Pig is very scarce. Mon factored Iron is in demand at full prices. Lead con.. thanes" SCUM and we hear of no sales. Copper—Yellow Metal has advanced, with sales of sheets at 3 1 3 e, six months. BARK —lst No. 1 Quercitron is Arm, with sales of 60 birds at $57 Per ton. CANDLES —Adamantine are rather highermith small sales of short weight Ss at , 21021.14 c cash. Tallow Can• dies are held firmly. - COAL.—The market is rather dull, and prices are un settled and lower, there being very few orders from the COYPU, —The stock continues very light. hut there is a timer feeling in the market. Small sales of RIG aro making at 3503 , 4,qc, and Lagnayra At 34c. lb. cask and four months. COTTON —There Is a firmer feeling in the market, and prices Lave advanced, with sales of 260 bales at 8.01350 re its curb for Middlings. FISH. —Mackerel are firmly held, but the sales are fa a email way only at Illt(6)17. 50 M bbl for No. 1; $26 foe large do; 40 6 0 612 for .No. 2, and $6.50010 bbl for No. 8. Picked Herring are scarce and quoted at $6. 600411 4 " bl7l. Cr &Ish are held at 034037 c 46 li. FEATHERS. —Good Western range at from 600620 32 lh. FRUIT.—The demand for foreign is limited; 3 000 pkge 31Lisins sold °upriver(' terms; Domestic fruit le in steady demand, with miles of Green Apples at $2.75%0.75 hil. And dried frnit at 00100 for apples. Porsches aro ill de mand at 3401.60 for quartiere end halves. areal:ferries are selling at from $7.511110 bbl. I.l3lgßglt —There is very Hills dolor in any kind, hut the market is firm. NOLAsSES.—There Is more doire. and thaw ; 1:•.t is firm ,• 800 IRAs New Orleans sold a; Oi'Cv7oo ealle [Oar months, and 700 hhds now.cron Cuba at 03s N NATAL STORES. —Rosin is firmly held, with small sales at WO4O "t - A bbl. bnirlts of Turpentine is firmly held. with small sales at la 10 it gal. OILS, —,Liseeed Oil ie in demand at $1 40,1; gal. Fish Oils Sire firmer, with sales of Crude Whale as 01.154 1.18, and Winter at )51,20, Gash, Lard Oil 10 better. with sales of Winter at sLiGart.go. Petroleant—Thera is more doing, at former rates, with sales of 1.000 blds at 200800 for Crude, 44(4400 for Refined in bond, and 550 50 0 15 dal for free. PLASTER le scarce; the last sale was at 14 75 e ft ton for soft. Ern i s with ou t change; about 100 hags sold , to come here at 7%c 11 lb.. each. SEEDS.—Ctover is scarce and in demand, with sales of 000 hue, in lots, at SS. 2508.75 %0 81 lbs. Timothy is telling at *)). and Flaxseed at $2.20V.25 SUGAR.—There is less doing t way of sales, but the ma; ket 15 firmer, with sales of 800 lihda•Cubs. at 130. 18.1fo. and new Orleans at IS3bel4.4£e 30th. Bash and four month P. SPIRITS.—There Is very little doing in either:Braman Gin. or Num, but they are firmly held. Whisky is nn staled, with sales of 700 bhls Pennsylvania; Ohio sells . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. at TA LL OWnd Drudge 8.9 c `it gallon. is Arm, with email sales of city rendered at 1234 c. and country at l'OliOlLlic tP it, cash. TOBACCO. --Itisnufactured is in good demand, with sales of black sweet at 6L®780. In Leaf there is 'serf' little doing. WOOL isiess active. but prices are without any ma• terial change ‘• email sales are malting at 75 UP to 85 cents VI ih for Inbred and line fleece and tub. The following are the receipts. of Flour. and Grain at this port to-day : Flour 2 100 bblet. Wheut 6 VG bus. Corn 4 M 3 bee. Oats .0,40 , 1 kW. ' New York. Markets. Jaw. 160. Semis are quiet and firm at $8.16 for Pots. mil 212 for Pearls. IimiADSTUFFS —mk m o d er at e ate and Western flour is a shade fir mer . w. tha business doing. The sales are 9,500 bbls at 6111.500413 70 for superfine Onto, Sio 27.15(207.76 for State: $7@7.26 for extra State 60. 60g18. 80 for fingerling Michigan. Indiana. lowa, extra do. Including shipping brands of round hoop Ohio at $7.41147.65. and trade brands do. at 47. 756D9. 80 Southern flour is saner, but there is lees activity sales 1.200 bble at 87.7008 16 for auperflne Baltimore.. alict *3.2faltu 70 for etch a de. Canadian Flour le a liitlehetter, but there is leas doing: sales SOO bbls at $7.10iN7.30 for common, and r 76@38. 90 for good to choice extra. Eye Fleur Is quiet and steady, with sales of 100 bbls at 4 1 5 .50(g16 76 for the range of 'fine and super fine- Corn Meal is firm, with sales of 300 bbls at 37. 3046.70 for Jersey t $6.23 for Brandywine, and. 4130 for puncheons. Wlleat is foully one cent better, with a good demand. in part for export Bales 11111.1100 bushels at 21.68(41. 81 for CMC2IO Miring $13101.61. for Milwaukee etnii 6001 86 for amber Milwaukee the latter rate hi` choice; $11312 - §ll 71 for winter - red Western t S 1 71®1,T6 for tardier Michigan, and $l.Bl for white Michigan. . Rye and Barley are quiet, and romlnally the saws. COPPAR —AlMPrican. ingot and 4 0 quiet, bat held firmly at 41%042 for lake and 40 for Baltimore. New York Cotton Market. Tannery 213. COTTON. —The demend continues very fall. and pease are maintained. We note BRIM of about LOAD hales CM a Pada QieViWt9 cQssatiUllavh ange Salem, Jam. R,Phllatttlphis Szatange.) OA RD. 10 Lehigh Nay.... „ , 80y. 67 0( Penns R 2956 200 do asg 25 Locust Dloontaln. 34 100;New Creek 101 200 Big Mountain h 5. 7Y 100 do 7,4 11,00 Lehigh 63... .... .1116 82 Penna R 71 100 Cheater Valley.... arit 19 Lehigh Valley.... 03 4000 0 6[ do ChattO 5[1.76 51 m do 100 Catawiesa Pref -443 E 100 do .b 5. 425 f 1 50 d o 4 4 1 26 50 do 5/ 1000 0 Uni do n Canal WO. 28 100 Pbilada & Erie R. 36M 710th & llth .. 50 150 Spruce & Pine It— 1644. 5 Bank N America.ls4 1000 C ey& 7cbfatint 100.. K 100 13th & nthWO. L. 4 BOARDS. 100 CatawheaßPress 47.16 1000 PdII)111 B 11 mort.lo7K BOARD. 26 Union Canal i'ver.. 100 New York 4000 Lehigh Val 68...,1 4000 do .2dys-1 1000 City Se 100 Catawb; R..b.70. 2 ,7 3 100_ do.._— blO. 25 101 Fenno R 1 d 0........ 72 2000 Union . {anal . WI 28 Lehigh Scrip,. • ••• IP 500 II .30 Tr N b'k &7 0 107 600 S 5.20 Tress N... 10166 2 Mechanics' Bank.. 21 1: OARDS. 100 Catawleettß....l)s. ICkti—Flß[sl. -- - . Bid. Asked.' Catovisso R Con. 23 233 i Do pea" .... 42 424. Philo St Eris It • 30% 37 Second. st 1L.... • • 79 Do bonds..... Fifth • st li 6B 6. Do bonds"... vAnth • st R 50 Tbirteenth-st. .. 34 Vel:rrraV.. ll M '43 - w Plula t h. :73 7136 Do bonds • • arch-stR 99.. flace.st 20 Green-st B •..... 41 Do bonds... . Girard College 'a 27 .. Lombard& Eolith 17'; Rid ge•sv R 2) 21 Beav Mead R.... Ms R flarrisbarg.."— . • .. Wilmington R.. • • .. Snsq Canal. •• • • • Do . ~•. Lehigb Vai Do bontlii Phila 08T & Nor Dam 61, Arab It • Dolavro.ro Div.. Do bonds. •.. JANUARY 26—Eyontut
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