£5333 £*R£B9tSa -> PiiliT (BDMDATB BflßnM ir JOHN W. VOBSKT. go. 11l SOUTH lOTJBTH RUR, CHS DAILY PHXSSi ins Pei Wan. mnbU to tfco unhci _*lib«ra oat of tfca city at Bm> Doi,l.i*a Tsbss BottAas Aim Im Ckkth to* Sa V Dollar ui SivnTT-nvß Cams Tom IbtxtUMt U AdTAEoe for th« «»• *• IgillM it llta T*M*- OK oat of tho «i»r ** * om ****** la tlnvt CARPETINGS. •RISE MILLS. ATWOOD, RALSTON, & 69., vCTOREKS iBD WHOLES ALE ABAIEP.S IN CARPETINGS, OILCLOTHS, MATTINGS, Ac., Ac. [OUSE. St 9 CHESTNUT STREET, GIS JiTNE STREET- SFEINfI, echo mills, GERHiHIOWN. PA. MeCALLUM & CO., TACTirRBES. IMPORTERS, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS in , • GAKP ETIUKTGS, OIL CLOTHS, &C. Warehouse, 509 Chestnut Street. OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. fel-tf PEOIAL NOTICE. RETAIL DEPARTMENT; & C 0„ i leave to inform the public that they haT9 the itabliahed Carpet Store, No. Sid CHESTNUT STREET, Oopporitd Independence Hall, foe 1 RETAIL DEPARTMENT, )M they are norr openlnc a NEW STOCK of MPOBTEB AND AMERICAN CARPETS, - the ctoicset patterns of ITAPKHTRT CARPBTS, i WUiTOBr, B*U>§BL3 CARPETS, iST, } VENETIANS, jgether Wlft A foil assortment of everything rertain to the Carpet Business. fel ’ tf CLOTHING. ABT) p. KSLIiY, JOHN E6ti L Ti t^oks, HAVE REMOVED 143 SOUTH THIRD STREET, above walnut, eiacHßSTmjT street. i»23-tf - IDIiAOK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, [> At 7M MARKET Street BIAOK CASS- PARTS, 96.50, At 704 MARKET Street BLACK CASS. PARTS, 96 60. At 704 MARKET Street BLACK CASS. PARTS, 93 60, At 701 MARKET Street SLACK GASS. PARTS, 96 60, At 704 MARKET Street SEIGQ * VAN GUNTER'S, No. 704 MARKET Street BXIOO ft’VAX GUBTEN’S. Ho. 704 MARKET Street 9KIOO Jk VAX GUNTER’S, No. 704 MARKET Street SRIGG * VAX OUSTER’S, No. 704 MARKET Street SEIoa Jt VAX OUSTER’S. No. 704 MARKET Street wS-ftP . _ GENTS’ FURNISBLING CtOODS. JOHN O. ARRISON, Hoi. 1 ud 2 NORTH SIXTH BTKBSST, manueactueer OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, FIRST OUT BY J, BT7KR MOORS, 4*StBRAHTK!> TO PIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION. Importer and Mannfaetnrer of GENTLEMEN’S Fvxnfisisma goods. P. B.—AllftftUlflfl maA«ln**BPfiriorjnflJUiBrl>yi*3i(l »ad from the b—l mataiUla. yiBST premium: shirt and WRAPPER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. CK A. HOFFMANN, «oe akoh stbeet,' Would invite the attention ol the Puhlie to hie Urn MXDplefc* ftoA Of GMTTLEMM’S njBUISHIHe GOODS, i- m . which win hefonnd the largest stock Of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS IH THB CITY. 8m«M1 dttention given to the mannfiwtnro of (TiKE SHIETS AND WKAPfEBS TO OEDEH. T»?:. e^l^r”^ rClotklag - HOB gBOBGE or ant, JT«. 010 CHESTHCT STBBBT, Hu now re*dy i. TiAKOK ANP complete stock GKNTB’ furnishing goods. Of hi* own importation and manufacture. His celebrated “PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," Manufactured under the eucertotedenee of JOHN > TAGGNRT. (Formerly of Oldenberg * Taggert,) An the moat perftet-fitlln* Shirts of the see. _ 19. Orden promptly attended to. lal3-wnn-gm TJUJE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. JC Th* mbacrlbers woald invite Attention to their IMPBOYEO CUT OF SHIKTB, ther make a speciality in thelt business. Also* GENTLEMEN'S WEAK. B %S?- ■a 814 C3ESTHUT STREET. lllMf ?oßt doors below tbe OofltlßOßttt YARNS. Y.A r n s. On hand and constant! j receiving ar.T. 90S. TWIfiT FROM 5 TO 30. and FILLING Nos. 10,13, and I*. Suitable for Gottonades and Hos Jory. In (ton It present a beautiful article of 14 and 16 TWIST. MANUFACTURERS will find it their interact to flyo me a ssU. Also on hand, and A tent tor the sale of the. UNION A, B, AND 0 JUTE GRAIN BAGS. In quantities of from 100 to 10,000. R. T. WHITE, 343 NORTH THIRD STREET. o o l . On hand* ml const*amenta daily arriving, ol TUB AND FLEECE, Common to Fall Blood, ahoiee WOOLEN YARNS, OS to 10 eat*, the. on hand, and new supplies eomln* COTTON YARNS, Eos. 5 to 30s, of Irst-elaas make*. N. 8.-AU numbers and descriptions prorared at one*. ob orders. ALEX. WHILLDIN <Jb SONS, noU-mwftf CABMKT FCKEITCRB. and bil. MOORE a CAMPION, billiard tables "m*. iT 411 ’ rio h * T * “«* Brnss w be ■Mg «S 5S i S“ i Of then Tables, thomana mmn* , - - Ml 7 tm W. WATSON&CO 1864. Corner of FSW. In Warp. Bundle, and Cop. IV Forth fKOHT Strait, • Philadelphia. VOL. 7-NO. 160. RETAIK DRY GOODS. 1864. COTTONS AT RETAIL. We eall the attention of Honsekeopete to the I.HOTRT STOCK OF COTTON 6098 S Ever offered at retail Id this city. MtVPEIcIl 8 * 411 *. of last month, we can extend, to ourcuitomers superior inducements, not only In the character of onr Assort- B en t .t.nt MTOCSa iisooff onr extensive line of Cottons are to he found the following popular makes of „ 4-4 Bleached Shirtings. Wamsntta, wnuaica-vm,. Semper Idem* AttAw-.u»raa. Rockland* Union, New Jersey, JPhenix. &c. In Pillow-Case and Sheetings We offer the following leading makes: 40-inch Bartalett, 6-4P*pperlll, 42-inch Waltham, 10-4 Pepperill, • 6-4 Bates, 10-4 Bates, 6-4 Boot W, extra heavy. And other makes. . ALSO, 9-4.10-4, and 11-4 UNBLEACHED SHEETINGS. ' Marseilles Counterpanes. We can. fhrnißh these goods in all sites and anal Hies. We have several lots in LOW- PRICED GOODS that are FAB BELOW PRESENT IMPORTATION PRICE, and are also prepared to furnish, in large Quantities, the well known „ „ . Lancaster, Manchester, and Honey-Comb Quilts, In 10-4, 11 4, and 12-4 Elztm House-Furnishing Linen Goods. LIKEN SHBETISGB, nil widths. TOWELS, from $2 to $7 per dozen. NAPKINS, all Linen, $1.62* Baxufriy Damask, power Loom, and other standard makes of Table Linen. Persons about put chasing Linen Goods would do well to examine our “stock, we invite comparison. No trouble to show onr goods. COWPERTHWAIT & CO , Northwest corner Eighth and Market Streets, ja!s tow tjyl Qmh AND MILITARY CLOTH hot; si. WILLUM T. SNOISIiKiSS, No. 84 SOUTH SECOND, and *3 STRAWBERRY Streets, is happy to a‘ate that he lias laid in an extensive stock of CHOICE GOODS, such as: dvr* atet. Black Cloths, Black Doeskins, Black Ca-sslmeres, Elegant Coatings, Billiard Cloths, Bagatelle Cloths. Trimmings, Beaverteens. Cords and Velveteens, We advise our friends stock is cheaper than we tXAINES’ MUSLIN LIST—CUT IT A A OUT.— Bleached Muslin at the low price of 16 c£s. Bleached Muslin, better, at 18 and 20 cts. Bleached Muslin, % wide, at 22 cts. Bleached Muslin* very heavy and good, at 25 cts. Bleached Muslin, extra heavy, at 28 cts. Bleached Muslm, full yard wide, at 30 c. Bleached Muslin, much heavier, at 35c, Bleached Muslin, fine, (the Semper Idem,) at 35c, Bleached Muslin of several qualities, at 27>ac. Bleached Muslin of the very finest, at 40c. New York Mills, Wamsutta, wiiliamsville, Bay Mills, White Bock, Hasonviilo, and Utica.. Unbleached Muslin, fine and thin at 20c. Unbleached Muslin, 5£ wide, atSJcte. Unßleached Muslin, much heavier, at 28c, Unbleached Muslin, still better, at 3134 c. Unbleached Muslin, full-yard wide, at 35c. Unbleached Muslin, much heavier. Unbleached Muslin, extra heavy, at 37&c. Unbleached Muslin, fine, at 40c. Unbleached Muslin, the very beat made, at 45c* Poeassete 9-8 Lawrence. Starks, At laities, 5-4 Lyman Bates, and many others of the best makes. One case good bleached Sheeting, fall 2>£ wide, at $1.15. Also, l, 1 4, 1& and 2>£ yaTds wide, both in Bleached and Un bleached. Thskabove prices are very low. according to the times. GRANVILLE B HAINES. fel-mwfs4t 1013 MARKET St., above Tenth. fiQQ HOOP SKIRTS. fiOO Manufactory, No. 638 ARCH above Sixth, Wholesale and Retail. The most complete assortment of Ladies, Mieses , and Children's HOOP SKIRTS in the city. In every respect FIRST CLASS, which for styles, finish, durability, and cheapness, have no equal In the market. Skirts made to order, altered, rand repaired. fe2 ot* TTNBLEACHBD MUSLINS—GOOD ASSORTMENT. Bleached Muslins from 25 to 50 cents. Bleached and Unbleached Sheetings. Dark and Light Calicoes at 25 cents. Splendid assortment of Table Linens. Flannels all grades and double width. Merinoes, Poplins, and dark DeLainee, Closing out at JOHN H. STORES, fe2-tf 103 ARCH street. Tj'DWIN HAt,L & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH SECOND Street, beep a fall stock of Staple Good*. Linen and Cotton Sneetincs. Lines and Cotton Pillow Muslins. New ¥ oik Mill* end Williftmsville Muslins, Wamauttas and "Wkite Rock do Water-twist Muslins. Damask Table Linens. Marseilles Counterpanes, Fine Blankets. Towels* Napkins, <sc. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. S 3. M. NEEDLES Offers at Low Prices a large assortment oi LACS GOODS. IMBfiOIDERIBS, HASDSSBCHIEFB, VEILS, AHD WHITS GOODS. Suited to the season, and of the latest style*. A large variety of UKUKESLEBVES. ,0f the most recent designs, and other coods aniteble for party nmposes. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. rjJREAT REDUCTIONS—YjERYUOW 'J PKICfiS. —As we are determined to close ont our entire stock of Winter Dress Goods REGARDLESS OF COST.' Closing out French Merinoes at 76 cents. Closing out French Poplihs. Glostnc ont Shawls. Closing out Cloaks. «... , , . _ All the leading males of Mtolumn Bleached fi.nd on." bleached. M, 7-S. 4-4. fr-4, 6-4. 8-4, 9-4. and 10-4 Wide, atthtYßßY LOWEST PRICES. w XT H. STBBL & SON, iaSS-tf Nos. 713 and 715 N. TENTH Street. HOTELS. JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, Pa., CORNER MARKET STREET AND MARKET SQUARE. A first-class house. Terms. $2 per day. EADIBI’ nrM. FANCY' BURS. JOHN FAREIRA, >t TUI ARCS STREET. BELOW KGHTR. tspn-tor bui! MurafßCtnre* a* ijADIEB’ FANCY FUBB. Hr assortment el FANCY TUNS for Ladles srA Chll. iron Is now complete, and embracing every variety Out pill be fashionable during the present season. All sold A its manufacturers’ prists. for oaih. Ladls*. plsas* dye ms a tall os7-(m DRUGS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & GO., Borthsist Corner of FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, HFOBTERS AMD DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC wikdow uni plate glass. KABUrAOTUBBBa OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS. PUTTY, Af. aobhtb non tbs obleebated FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. eAlers and eontomera supplied at 1&7 Sm VERY LOW PRICES FOB CASH. REMOVAL.—JOHN C. BAKER, AA Wholesale Druggist, has removed to 718 MARKET Greet Particular attention ie asked to JOHN G. BA> SERB A CO. '8 COD-LIVER OIL. Having increased faol dtles in this new establishment for manufacturing and bottling, and the avails of fifteen years* experience in the business, this brand of Oil has advantages over all ethers, and recommends itself. Constant supplies are >btalned from the fisheries, fresh, pore, and sweet, and •serve the most careful personal-attention of the origi tal proprietor. The Increasing demand and wide-spread nsrket for It make its figures low, and afford groat ad vantages for those bnylng In large quantities. PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. gLEGANT MIRRORS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT. «KW ENGRAVIjHGS, UN* OIL FAIKTIHGi, JUST RECEIVED. KAKLE'B GALLEBIESj nt CHESTNUT BRBIT. TTHE PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON A MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN.—The first meetings! the Philadelphia and Boston Mining Company of Michigan, under its articles of Association, win be held at No. 433 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia to No. 6. at 11 o'clock A. the Fe binaiy, 1864. THOMAS^FEKN’ON. Two of the Associates of said Corporation. Pmr.APBi.7BiA, Feb. 1,1864. to- tut THE AGATEHABBOR MINING COM- A PANY OF LAKE BUPBRICfKrf’he first meeting of the Agate Harbor Mining ComWfN of Lake Superior, under Its articles of Association, wilUie held at No. 433 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia. Boom No. 6, at 11 o’clock 4. M., on the 20th day of February, ISOt. WM. H. STEVENS. THOMAS S. FEKNOy, Two of the Associates Of Bold Corporation. rpii.APy.i.rmA, Ifcfe 1, 1664. fefi lot pARBON 01L.—500 BARRELS OF the most approved brands. In store and for sale by U9-l»* . WM. KING. 11l ARCH Street 1864. AHHT AND NA7T. Blue Oxoths, Sky-blue Clotoft, Sky-bine Doeskins, Bark Blue Doe-kins. Dark Blue Beaver*, Dark Bine Pilots, 3-4 and 6-4 Bine Flannels, Scarlet Cloths, Mazarine Blue Cloth*. > come early, a* our present in purchase now. j&H-lm C.H. HAHN. notTAiir goods, HEW GI&TMH GOODS, WINDOW SHADES. AND LACE CURTAINS. I, E. WALRAYEN, (SocMßsor to W.H.CanTI,) BUBONIC HALL, Tl 9 CHESTNUT STREET. IMPORTERS. JJEM O V AL. BENNERS & BOLTON, REMOVED TO THE SEOOND STORY OF NO. 322 CHESTNUT ST., Offer to the Trade generally an entirely fresh line of WHITE OOOI)S, RACE GOODS, and OF IMPROVED MARE AND FINISH, Of their own direct importation, Selected in person in the different markets of je3o-7t GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ! DRY-GOODS JOBBING HOUSES. BAINS, & MELLOE, Nos. 40 and 43 NORTH THIRD STREET, IMPOSTERS OF HOSIERY, SMALL WARES, AH» WHITE GOODS. MANUFACTURERS OF SHIRT FRONTS. ' SPRING, 1884 EDMUND YARD & €O., No. 617 CHESTNUT AND No. 614 JAYNE STREETS. Hare now in Store their SPRING IMPORTATION of SILK AND FANCY DRY GOODS, OOKStSTINO OP DRESS GOODS, OF ADD KINDS: BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SATINS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, AND DRESS TRIMMINGS. Also. WHITE GOODS, LINENS. EMBBOIDEBIES, AND LACES. A lares and handsome assortment of SPUING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL< SKIRTS, Of all grades, &e. Which they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICES ja3o-3m COMMISSION HOUSES. QOFFIN db ALIBMUB, SO. m CEKSTMT STREET, jLgents for the following Goods: PRINTS. JAMES SANDERS. I GREENS HFG. CO. BLEAOHE LONSDALE, HOPS. BLACXSTONE. AftHMfiAD’S, CUMBERLAND, PLYMOUTH, MaNTON, GREENE MFG. GO, FOBESTDALE. J. & W. SLATER. SOCIAL. DYBBVILLE. BED BANE. JAMESTOWN. CENTRED ALE, COVENTRY. THAMES RIVER. BROWN COTTONS. ASHLAND. FARMERS’ EXTRA, GBBENBANK, PASSAIC, THAN ALLEN. MECHANICS’ sod PHENIX A. A., FARMERS', &c„ Sc. CORSET JEANS. GLASGOW. FISBSRVILLN, MANCHESTER-Colored and Bleached. ggLESIAS. - LONDON, SOCIAL, LONSDALE, fro., Ac. PAPER OAMBBIOS. LONSDALE and WARRNN MFG. GO'S. W OOLBNB. CrI<EZtHA9I CO'S CtOTHS— Blacks and Fancr Saltanas, Ac. ... . - , . . wjd» OIUMIHr., HINSDALE CO’S BLACK CLOTHS CASSISIBBBS .ANB BOESJKIMS—Gaysville, Parry’s, Santos’s RiTer. | _ SATINETTS—Bass Crystal Sprinscsi Oon- Yersevilie. OrcnttviUe, Brid&swator. Uxbridge, Oka pis’*. Campbell's, Latlirop’s, Goodrich, «c,, &c. JEAHS-Robert Rodman’* Cold Modal, and others. UNSEYS-Large and Small Plaids. jal-tsfrtf COFFIN <6 AIiTEMU S, No. 220 CHESTNUT STREET. Offer hr foe packete the following description of Goods: abmi blub cloths and kerseys, abb GRAY FLAHNELS. PRINTED AND- FANCY SATINETTB, IN GREAT VARIETY. HBAVY TWEEDS AND COTTON ADES. NEGRO KERSEYS- PLAIN AND TWILLED. PRINTED CLOAKINQS AND SLEBVE LININGS. DOMET AND FANCY SHIRTING FLANNELS. BLUE DRILLS DENIMS. NANKEENS- CORSET JEANS AND CAMBRICS. OF VARIOUS UAKEB> LAWNS—DUNNSLL'S AND OTHERS. BLEACHED GOODS OF STANDARD MAKES. lIN VARIOUS WIDTHS. BROWN SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS, IN GREAT VARIETY. Ac.. ftc. jal-tnCrtf rjiHE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE Ii called to OUR STOCK OF SAXONY WOOLEN CO. all-wool Plain Flannels. TWILLED FLANNELS, Various makes In Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Bine. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS, PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. *' PREMIERE QUALITY” Souare and Lone Shawls. WASHINGTON MILLS Lone Shawls. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 15, 16, 17. 18, 19, SO, 2L” 22 01. FANCY CABSIMERBS AND SATINETTB. BALMORAL SKIRTS, all Gradee. BED BLANKETS, 10-1,11-4,12-4,13 d. COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES. SHIRT. IIfGS, from various Mlllfl. BE COUBBEY, HAMILTON, & BYARS, 33 LBTITIA Street, and la6-wtrm2m 33 Sonth FKOKT Street. FANCY CASSIMERES, DOESKINS, SATINETS, &c. ALFRED H. LOVE, COMMISSION MERCHANT, talS-lm Bl'A CHESTNUT STREET. /TJ.RAIN BAGS.—A LARGE ASSORT VI MBHT of GRAIN BAGS, In yarloue elzee, for Bale by _ _ BARCROFT ft CO., ja!9-6m Noa. NOB and NOT MARKET Street. (STAFFORD BROTHERS’ AMERICAN U SPOOL COTTON, In White. Black, and all colors. In anaiitities and assortments to suit pnrohasors. The attention of dw»ar« is especially solicited to this article* H.P.4W.P. SMITH. Dry Goods Commission Merchants* JalS-Im* aai CHBBTXtPT Btrest. gHIPLBY, HAZABD, & HUTOBIK Mo. iu OHismnr stemt. OOMMIBSIOK MEKCHAJTTS, fOK THE SALE 01 FHUjADKLPHIA.-MA.DK goods ooif-tm j gAQS! BAGS I BAGS I NBW AND SECOND HAND. CTIMTiIM BOILir, AJTD (Win bags. CokituUy ok »^L iOHN T. BAILEY A OOs, ■T&' iu iom non mm. W WOOL non 101 BAU. ndMi ItfßW HALF PEACHES.—I2.OOO LBS new half Peaches, for sale by JK>H *HOp|g * WILLIAMS, t 4eVB-tf ’••Sonft -WATVR PORTLAND KEROSENE, ON HAND A and for aile br TO KING. iao-Ut* 11T ARCH Stnat PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1864. EMBROIDERIES, 1864. COTTONS. WARREN. MIDDLETON, PBKNIX A. A.. AUBORN, ZOUAVE. COHAN NET, CENTRAL, OTTOWA. KENT RIVER, WHEATON, COLLINS. PALMER RIVES. BELLOWS FALLS, WOOD RIVER, TOLLAND. MANCHESTER, Ac., &«. |)rt.*s. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1864. Recent American Biography* w Faithful and satisfactory biography is the most difficult task of authorship. The difficulty of ob taining fasts; the risk of deducing motive and cha racter from them; the delicacy or steering by the lamp of truth: these are only a few of the impedi ments. Where a biography is written with full per sonal knowledge of the subject, always provided that the subjeot haa done enough to make his life worthy of being written, the author has at once an advan tage and a difficulty; an advantage in that personal knowledge, and a difficulty arising out of the fast that as the deceased wss alio known to many who will read his lire, these natu rally constitute a court of criticism, well qualified to jndge whether the truth, and the whole troth, baa been told. In the exceptional cases, where the biography of a living person is told, it is almost im possible to execute it fairly—especially if he should not have entirely withdrawn from the position or the pursuit in whioh he became noted. There are cares, too, where History speaks through the Up. of Biography—tha life of a man being given on account Of the events in which he was the central actor. Our literati, it would appear, have a strong pre dileotion for writing biography. A few days ago* we noticed, with the high eulogy it merited, the Life of Prescott, the historian, by his life-long friend, George Ticknor, also one of the men of the time. Here the author’s intimate personal know ledge of Prescott so greatly helped him that the re sult IS a work at once full of interest and Informa tion. It seems as but yesterday since Prescott wsb removed from us, and he left “ hosts of Mends” ca pable of judging whether his biographer has done him justice. Their verdict, which is also the verdict of all readers, is that the Life of Prescott shows the man, great .and good, with the spirit of a fine artist and the fidelity of a photographist. It is by far the best biography yet written in America, and its suc cess in Europe will justify our judgment, we are sure. Prescott himself belong* to- the author* who pro tented History In the gules of Biography. His first work, the History of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, told much more than the personal events of their lives. In reality, it chiefly related the Disco very of the Hew World, by Colnmbns; and the for tunes of the Spaniards who followed in his wake found an annalist in his subsequent aocount of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru. In Ihemidst of Prescott’s vast labors, he snatched time to compose a fine episode, now forming the conclusion of Robertson’s Life of Charles the Fifth, giving an account of the manner in which the great Emperor lived after his abdication. Lastly, he wrote the Life of Philip 11., of which three volumes have appeared; but, whatever the title of his work, its subject was history rather than biography. In the same track we find our latest historian, Mr. John Foster Kirk, author of the History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, two volumes of which were published, not many weeks ago, by Murray, in London, and J. B. Lippinoott, in Phila delphia. A third volume, nearly finished, will com plete the work. Of the writer, all that was known previous to the publication of this work was, that be had been Prescott’s private secretary for the last eleven years of his life, had accompanied him to England in 1850, and had been introduced by Mm to public notice in the preface to one of bis own histories. The subjoot also had seemed worthy of being treated in full. We noticed Charles the Bold when it appeared, and a reperusal has confirmed the belief that Mr. Kirk has placed himself, by this work, among the high clasß of American writers at whose head are Prescott, Bancroft, and Motley—writers whose reputation is as great in Europe as it is at home. Indeed, as regards Mr. Kirk’s volumes we can say, being in the way of ascertaining the fact, that they have been reviewed more thoroughly, more favora bly, and far more at length, in the critical journals of England than by the American press. The first glimpse which general English readers had of those antagonistic spirits, Charles the Bold and Louis the Subtle, was through Scott’s fictions, 11 Quentin Durward” and “ Ann of Gelerstein.” As was his wont, Walter Scott did not adhere to fact, in his historical romances, whenever he thought that he could create a sensation by perverting it. Any one, therefore, who assumes that Charles of Burgundy was the bull-headed, blustering, sot tish, and almost insane prince presented by Scott in “Quentin. Durward,” will change his estimate when he reads Mr. Kirk’sjbook. Though sometimes terrible in anger, Charles was not the hasty, infuriated, selfish prince of whom we read in the fiction. He was one of the most highly educated men in Europe of his time, and so far from being a drunken sot, doing in Ml cups what he had cause to repent in his serious moments, was remark" ably temperate, for his time and place. Louis the Eleventh, his rival, was drawn far more faithfully by Scott. The true limner is Mr. Kirk, who shovva both men, rivals for power, as contemporary chroni clera sketched them. Hia work, in fact, is not merely the biography of Charles, and of Louis up to the death of Charles, but of France and Burgun dy, from a much remoter period, to the suppression of the all but regal existence of Burgundy, by the marriage of the daughter aud heiress of Charles the Bold to the Emperor Maximilian I. of Germany. The reign of Charles lasted only ten years, for he succeeded his father, Philip the Good, as Duke of Burgundy, in 14G7, aud was slain in battle in January, 1477; but that reign is remaikable as exhibiting the last final effort of the great vassals of France against the central power of the monarchy. Charles the Fifth, under whom the Austro-Spanish power all but grasped Europe in its talons, was grandson of ChatleS the ’Bold, The finest element in Mr. Kirk’s book is the contrast between Charles and Louis—it runs through the whole narrative, and seems to make it sparkle. Like Prescott and Motley, we find that Kirk has gone to original sources for the informatiou which he has digested and concentrated in his pages. Of only one thing do we complain, that Mr. Kirk has followed bad examples. With muoh good sense he largely gives his authorities in foot-notes. But we cannot see any necessity .but the reverse, When he tells the reader where such and such statements are to be found, for hia quoting these authorities in the original languages—French, Latin, ItaliaD, and German. The mass of his readers do not know these foreign tongues, and most of them would be satisfied if, mentioning the name of tfie authority and the part of his work where certain statements are made, he would give, not the original, bat a literal translation of eaoh quotation. Another reoent publication (by Ticknor & Fields, Boston, who rarely issue an indifferent work) is a handsome Bvo volume, “ Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company at their emigration to Hew England, in 1630.” The author is Robert C. Winthrop, of Bos ton, President of the Massachusetts Historical So ciety, and the direct representative of Governor Winthrop. In mo, then in his forty-third year, John Winthrop, a man of substanae, character, and good family in England, came over as leader Of the party who settled the colony of Massa chusetts, being, indeed, commissioned at Go vernor. From that time, with the exception of a few years, until his death, in 1649, John Win throp governed Massachusetts. The volume whioh we have before us is the biography of Governor Winthiop, from his Mrth until he embarked for America, In 1630. The'history of its authorship is full of interest. In 1847 Mr. R. C. Winthrop, being in England, ran down to Groton, in Suffolk, not tar from the borough of Sudbury, to see the old home of his ancestors. Everything there reminded him of them. In the church, the parish registers told of their births, marriages, and deaths; In the graveyard he saw their tombs; on the ground where onee had stood their homestead he traced part of its site; on what probably was the garden-plot, he found a mulberry tree still standing, beneath whieh John Winthrop and his family might have sat, on a SOlt autumnal ere. The legend of Groton he found to be that the Wlnthrops, who haa left England nineteen years before the execution of Charles 1., were regicides, who had fled to avoid punish ment 1 Here he conceived the idea of writing his book, some of the chapters of which are here printed precisely as written many years ago. Circumstances prevented its completion then, but another brief visit to England in 1859-60 afforded him the opportunity of refreshing his Groton memo ries, and since then a very large collection or origi nal family papers came into his hands—in such abundance as almost to be embarrassing—supplying information and materials of the utmost Importance tohiswork. The result is almost ah autobiography, first published after its subject had been over two centuries dead, six entire generations having p.issed between the Winthrop who first same to America and the descendant who writes his life, but lets him tell his own story, in his own words, as far as pos sible, and largely, from the Urge number of his let ters that are in existence. The family of Winthrop is traced from the year 1200, but more particularly from the time of Henry VIII., and through thercigna ol his successors, down to that of Charles 1., early in which the exodus to Massachusetts took place. The narrative, more of biography than history, is singularly interesting, not alone because Go vernor Winthrop is the theme, but for the light it throws upon the domestic customs, manners, and way of life of the respectable middle class of England, in the reigns of Elizabeth, Junes 1., and Charles I. The whole records or the Winthrop family, here given, so vividly illustrate these points, that we expect to find the English re* views expressing interest in the volume, and obliga tions to its author. It is probable that a second volume will follow, giving the life of John Win throp from his leaving England in 1630 to his death in 1649. If executed as well as the present volume, it will indeed be of great value. The Illustrations are poitraits of John Winthrop and his grandfather, on steel; a view of Groton ohurch, with the Win throp tomb; and three pages of autographs and Beals. A good index completes the work. Semi-historical, also, like most of the above mentioned works, is the “ Life of Edward Living" ston,” by Charles Havens Hunt, with an lntroduc. tlon by George Bancroft. It is published in an Bvo. volume, by D. Appleton & Co., New York. 'lt appears that Mr. Hunt compiled the biogra phy of E. Livingston and his brother for the New American Cydoptedia , and the idea of writing a fuller life of the former presented itself. He bad made some little progress in it when he became ac quainted with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Barton, the only survivors of Mr. Livingston’s family, through whose kindliest be received the best materials, that exist, for they placed in his hands, “ without reserve or material restriction, the whole mass ot papers left by Mr. Livingston at hia death.” Among other parties from whom Mr. Hunt received valuable hints, pieces of information, or dues to information, he names the late Charles J. Ingersoll, George M.. Dallas, and Mrs. Henry D. Gilpin—the late husband of the latter, formerly Attorney General in the Wabi net oi President Van Buren, having enjoyed a long political and personalintimaoy with Mr. Livingston, having written his lire in the 'National Portrait Gallery, and having read a necrological uotioe of him before the American Philosophical Sooiety, £ad begun “to write a more extended life of hit' friend, for which purpose,” Mr. Hunt says, “he had.in his possession the same manu script materials which I have now employed.” The introduction, by Mr. Bancroft, is full, though brief, giving Livingston’s character in few words, but touching its leading points. It is an “imprimatur” to the biography. Edward Li vingston left his mark upon the forehead of the time. A lawyer and jurist of high talent and deep thought, he entered Congress during the Presidency 01 Washington, and sat for six years. Jefferson ap pointed bim Hutted States Dlstriot Attorney Gene ral for New York, and be was elected mayor of New York about the same time. He ably performed the duties of both offices, not for an hour abandoning hisgjost while the yellow fever raged in New York, in 1803, visiting the siokj (as well in private houses as in the hospitals,) himself finally smitten down by the contagion, and finding oh his recovery that he bad been defnguded by a olerk, aud that, “ without funds in bis possession, he was indebted to the United States in a considerable amount,” actually $43,666 21, Mr. Bancroft says, “ without a word of complaint, crimination, or excuse, he at onee de voted bis inheritance, his acquisitions, the fruits of his professional Industry, to the discharge of his obligation to the Government, and for near a snore of years gave himself no rest till he had paid it, prin cipal and interest, without defalcation.” At once he resigned both his offioes, and soon after proceeded;to New Orleans, (Louisiana haying just then been transferred to the United States), and there proceeded to praotice at the bar, where his supremacy was immediately as knowledged. Intimate with General -Taokson, he asslßted him materially before the Battle of New Orleans, wrote several of his General Orders, and legally defended the hero when arraigned for con tempt of court. The Legislature or Louisiana com" manded him to revise the system of jurisprudence in that Slate, and tbe reputation of the Livingston Penal Code soon ranked high, not only at home, but among monarohs, statesmen, and jurists, abroad. Grateful New Orleans sent him to Congress again, and be served a second six years in the House of Re presentatives. Defeated at a fourth election, the re bound eame, for Louitiana sent him to the Senate, where he endeavored to adapt the code to the use of the Federal Government. President Jackson'of fered him the Mission to France, which was de clined. In the spriDg of 1831, on the dissolution of Jackson’s first Cabinet, the Secretaryship of State was pressed upon Mr. Livingston, and by him ac cepted. At this time he was sixty-eight years old. While in office he was elected a member of thB In stitute of France. In May, 1833, he received the appointment of United States Minister to France —the main object of his mission being to ob tain payment of the large sum secured by the Treaty of July, 1836, due by the Frenou to the United States Government, and, that ac complished, to negotiate a new treaty re-adjust ing the commercial relations of the two countries. The French Minister of Finance declined to pay a draft for the amount due, drawn on him by the U. S. Minister of Finance, and this nearly led to a war. Mr. Livingston, who acted with prudence as well as dignity, demanded his passports, and return ed home, in the spring of 1835. France eventually paid the money, and had to submit to the strong language used by General Jackson. The United States Government and people approved of Mr. Livingston’s conduct iu France. He retired to his residence on the Hudson, where he died, in May, 1836, aged 72 years—mourned by a nation, honored by mankind. This is the life of which Mr. Hunt bad to give details. He has produced a work full of interest, well written, illustrated with hitherto un published letters, and gemmed with anecdotes. Its illustrations are portraits of Livingston and An drew Jackson, and it has an excellent index. We hope to meet Mr. C. H. Hunt again in the field of literature. He writes with clearness and ease, and eschews verbosity. As we are noticing biographies, we may draw at tention to Mr. James Parton’s bulky volume, (649 pages small 8v0.,) published by Mason Brothers, New York, and entitled “ General Butler in New Orleans.” It professea to he a history of the admi nistration Of the Department ol the Gulf in the year IS6Z, with an account of the capture of New Orleans, and a sketch of the previous career of Gen. Butler, civil aud military. This book, we believe, is in its tenth edition. It has Mr. Parton’s defects and merits as a writer. His defects are diffuseness, carelessness of diction, and such a desire to make the most of a thing that he runs it info the ground. His merits are great pains-taking in the collection of facts, great taot in arranging them into the mo. ■aio of composition, and great earnestness in treat ing his subject. He indulges in hero-worship very laigely. This account of General Butler’s adminis tration o<-«ffairs in New Orleans is an excellent memoir pour server, but it is too much spun out. A volume of half the extent would have been more acceptable, because more readable." However, the author fully accomplishes his object, whioh was to prove, from records and documents which have become historical, that the various charges brought against General Butler’s govern ment of New Orleans are groundless. We do not see, all foots considered, bow he can be blamed for what he did there. The place, the people, and the crisis required a man of energy and force of charac ter, and General Butler was that man; the right man in the right place. A fine original portrait of General B. is the frontispiece, drawn by T. Nast, engraved on steel by H. H. Hall. The index is un usually full, which is an advantage. Extended as this notice of recent American biographies has grown, we aannot conclude it without mentioning another work, the latest of ■ all, just published by D. Appleton & Go., New York. It is the “LUO and Correspondence of Theodore Parker, Minister of the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society, of Boston.” It con sists of two large volumes, of 1020 pages octavo; its illustrations are two portraits of Mr. Par ker, eighteen pretty vignettes on wood, and a facsimile of a four-page note from Mr. Parker to Senator Hale. [ln the printed copy of this letter, vol. 2, p. 187, we notice the misprint of “ I heard your opponent Douglas this afternoon. Douglarf, He ,” the written words being, “I heard your opponent this afternoon. Douglas, the ” some abuse following the article the being erased iu the lithograph.] The author is John Weiss, of whom we know nothing, except that he has written a bio graphy worthy of the able and honest man whom the world will know all the better for being here al lowed to speak through his voluminous corres pondence, journals, and memoranda. Although the term has become ridioulous through its use and abuse, we properly describe Theodore Parker as “ one of the most remarkable men of his age.” He was born in Massachusetts in 1810, and died in Italy before he had completed bis fiftieth year. He was brought up on his father’s farm j .picked up some education; taught, school while in his teens; saved money to buy bookß, out of whioh he prepared him self for the University; worked on the farm part of the time and taught a higher school during the remain ing months of his college course; acquired not only the olasslos, but German, French and Spanish ere be beoame a divinity student in Cambridge; added Da nish, Swedish, Arabic, an"l Syriao to his polyglot re pertoire, and then commenced on Anglo-Saxon and Modem Greek; was ordained as an Unitarian minis ter, and in the slimmer of 1637 was “settled” at West Roxbury. Gradually, thinker and searcher as he was, his preaching inclined to that anti-supernaturalism whieh latterly formed the welt of hie writing and speaking. In .1843 he visited Europe, through which he made an extensive tour, and returned in the summer of 1844. Early in 1845 he commenced a ministerial course at Boston, and early In the fol lowing year was regularly placed in charge of the newly-formed parish, called the 28th Congregational Society. Here hia labors were great, including not only preaching, but extensive lecturing, translating, and original writing and editing. In 1850 he threw his great energies and his large heart Into decided antagonism to the Fugitive Slave Law, and was honored by being indicted in the U. S. Circuit Court for having suggested, in a speech at Faneuil Hall, the forcible rescue of Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave. The charge fell on a technicality, but be had prepared to vindicate himself on. principle, and printed Ithe defence. From the winter or iasx he preached to his congregation in the great Music Hall, of Boston, where now is placed the great - organ from Germany. His health sank under the pressure of his toil of mind and body. Early In 1859 he broke a blood vessel, and had to seek a warmer climate. He went to Santa Cruz, whenoe he sent to his parishioners an account of his Experi ence as a Minister. He proceeded to Europe, and wintered in Home in 1859-60. He quitted Home for Florence in April, and in a few weeks bis death ensued. As a fpreaoher and writer, few were so able—none more earnest. He would have rejoiced had he been spared to have seen Slavery deposed from the place it occupied even in our Congress, lit October, 1856, he wrote: “If Buchanan is Presi dent, I think the Union does not hold out his four years. It must end in civil war.” This biography of Theodore Parker exhibits him as one of the moat lovable and amiable, as well as gifted and culti vated, of mankind. Th tf range of bis reading was Immense, the extent ot his various knowledge al most wonderful. Literally, “Hone knew him but to love him.” Mr. Weiss has judiciously introduced many of Theodore Parker’s letters, and his jour nals, especially those written in Europe, are of en grossing interest. By many he was misunderstood, by some maligned in hiß lifetime, but “ time at last sets all things even,” and Theodore Parker will be remembered as an eager searober after the Truth, and an honest teacher or what he believed that truth to be. M. Malespine, the writer who so ably defended till now the Union cause, in the columns ol the Opinion Nationale, has just published a pamphlet on the Mexican question; entitled a “ Solution” of that question, and accompanied by a map showing the operations of the French army of occupation up to the present moment. M. Malespine demands that an armistice of three months be deolared, in order to allow the country to vote with freedom on the ques tion of Empire or no Empire. The small space of country marked out on the map as occupied by the French ptovokes a universal laugh of derißion. Anastasius Gifin, (Count Aueraperg,) the Ger man poet, has finished a poem in ballads, the sub ject ot which is Bobin Hood. The poem will be preceded by an historical treatise. CHARLESTON. Order off General Gilmore Relating to Colored Troops. HBADQ CARTERS DEPARTMENT OP THE SOUTH, Hilton Hbaz>, S. 0., Jan. 20.— General Orders* No. 10.—It IS With regret that the Major Oeneral Oom mandtog h»« observed in the evidence adduced be fore courts martial charged with the trial of colored soldiers, indications, more or less conspicuous, of improper demeanor of officers toward the men un der their command. The offenoe seems to include uccfficer-like familiarity on the one hand, and ex tieme harshness on the other. .Either course must result not only in insubordination, but in conse quence* Of the most serious nature, whether the Boidier be white or black. From their former de pendent condition, and the consequent humility that generally characterize* their deportment* there is no doubt that the latter are easily controlled, and, except in comparatively rare instances, are not likely to violate that discipline to which they have through life been so rigidly subjected, if treated with even- banded justice, and a strict and conscien tious attention to their wants and comfort. An officer who is unduly familiar either in speech or association, or who abuses by word or action the power and authority conferred upon him, not only strikes at the toot of ditoipliuff hilftffffif, but en» courages it in others. The General Commanding desires it to be distinct ly understood that, in every case hereafter that may be brought to his notice of such conduct, a prompt and efficient remedy will be applied, This order will be read to the troops of the diffe rent commands within this department on the day after its receipt. . „ By command of Maj. Gen. Q,. A. GIL^IORE. ANOTHER HEGIRA POM CHARLESTON". From information derived from a variety of sources we learn that our fire upon Charleston is doing considerable damage both to persons and buildings. Shell drop in and explode at Intervals of five minutes, day ana night, in that portion of the city to which the residents about the battery re moved when we first opened on the town. The place of refuge has coated to be regarded as perfectly safe* People who moved their worldly effects from down town to the upper wards, and fondly imagined that they were secure from all visitatiom from Yankee shells, have long since had that, rudely dis pelled, Houses in a certain ar&l at*"terribly shat tered and perforated by our shdlls and rendered un tenable. So another liegtra occurred,.and people now live in tents, slab shanties, barns, stables, cot ton houses, dear in the outskirts of the city, and are by no means as comfortable a* they could desire. Colonel Joshua B* Howell, the able commander of the 86th Pennsylvania Volunteers, is named for a brigadier generalship. Correspondence between Gens.XoilgStreet and Foster* [From the Richmond Dlapatch, Jan. 30.] We copied yesterday from northern papers a cor respondence between Lieut. Gen. Xongatreet sail Major Gen. Foster, commanding the Yankee force* in East Tennessee. Designedly, no doubt, the moat important letter of this correspondence was omitted in the journal from whioh we copied the letters which have already appeared. As the letter Speaks for itself, and terminates the correspondence, we submit It without comment: Headquarters Department East Tennessee, January 11,’ 1864. Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th of January, with its inolo sures, Bco. The disingenuous manner in whioh you have misconstrued my letter ol the 3d has disappointed me. The suggestion you claim to have adopted was in words as follows, vl2: l( I presume, however, that the great object and end in view was to hasten the day of peace. I re spectfully suggest for your consideration the pro priety of communicating any views, that your Go vernment may have on that subjeot through me, rather than by handbills circulated amongst our sol diers.” This sentence repudiates, in its own terms, the conatiucfion which you have forced,upon it. Let me remind you, too, that the spirit and tone of my letter were to meet honorable sentiments. The absolute want of pretext for your construe' tion of the letter induces me to<admonish you against trifling over the events of this great war. You cannot pretend to have answered my letter in the spirit of frankness due to a soldier, and yet it is hard to believe that an officer commanding an army of veteran soldiers, on whose shoulders rest, in no small part, the destiny of empires, could so far for get the height of this great argument at arms, aud so betray the dignity of his high station, as to fall into a contest of jests and jibes. I have read your order announcing the favorable terms on which deserters will be received. Step by step you have gone on in violation of the laws or honorable w arfare. Our farms have been destroyed, onr women and children have been robbed, and our houses have been pillaged and bund. You have laid your plana and worked diligently to produoe whole sale murder by servile insurrection. And now the most ignoble of all, you propose to degrade the hu man race by inducing soldiers to dishonor acid for swear themselves. Soldiers who have met your own on so many honorable fields, who have breasted the storm of battle in defence of their honor, their families, and their homes, for three long years, have a right to expect more of honor, even in their adversaries. I beg leave to return the copies of the proclama tion and your order. I have the honor to renew to you the assurance* of great respect, your obedient servant, J. EONGSTItEET, Lieut. Gen. Commanding. Maj. Gen. J* G. Foster, Comm’g Dept, of Ohio. letter from Three Good little Boy s* The Richmond Whig, of the 29th ult., publishes the iollowing “Letter from Three Good Little Boys,” in which, under cover facetious style, the desperation of the rebel army is disclosed, and tbe “ Government ” is condemned for its inoffisienoy and retention of incompetent agents; “Out in the Field, January 26,1864. " “DbabPa: We tske our Pen in Hand to write You a letter. We have got something to say to You. It is Bad News, and we are sorry to say it. But it is the Faot. And we hope yon won’t get Very Madd with us for telling It, for It is the Real Truth, and we don’t mean to Hert your Peelings by telling It. Beeause, if we could help telling It, we would’t Tell It. Dear Pa, the Truth is this. Us Boys that you sent into the Field to Fight the Yan kers are getting Mighty Hungry, and the Besson of it All is that we don’t get Enough to Eat. “Now You Know that Boys that don’t get a Plenty to Eat can’t Fight. They can Fight some. But they can’t Fight Good. Because It takes Strength to Fight, and No Man Is Strong that Don’t get Enough to Eat. We All are willing not to Eat as Much as You All at Home, and we All Don’t Never get as Good Vltties as You AU do, but we Er joy what we do Get more than You fill do, just Because we Me so Pleg-taked Hungry All the Time, but we have Got to Fight, and Fitmg is Hard Work, and them that have to Fite are obliged to Eat. If they don’t they Can’t Fite Hard. “ We know that You Love us as Muoh as any Pa ever loved any Boys. And we know it Herts You to Hear that we are Suffering. We would knot Bay Anything about it, but we have kept it Book until We Can’t keep it Back any longer. If we Did we would scon get so Poor and Lean that the Yankees would Run Over us like a Big Fat Horse running over Timmid little Gearls, and Dog on ’em they Shan’t Do it if we can Help it, whtch we can if you Will give us Enough to Eat. Because it the Yan kees run Over us, what will Be come of You and the Balance of the Fokes at Hoam l This is a Important - Question, don’t You think so, Pa? “ Dear Pa, Please dont get Fretted with us for telling you the Reason we dont get Enough to Eat. You have got a Great Deal more Wisdom than we all Have, hut then You have not Got a Bad Pane In Your stummack because it is Empty, and Conse quently Your Mind aint turned to the Subject AU the time like Ours is. You have got so Many things to attend to that You oan’t be Expected to Think on tbis Subjeot as Often as we do, this is the Season. we make Bold to tell you something which perhaps you Don’t Know, and we Beg you to pardon and Forgive us for Writing you a letter about it. In deed, indeed we don’t mean any Harm by it, or to Go out of our Place by Doing it. “Dear Pa, the Cause why we don’t get Enough to Eat is that old man, Mr. Northup. They say He Aint Got Good sense. We don’t say it, but Everybody says it. You told him to Feed us Well, and we Aint Well Fed, that is certain. He is to blame for it. Now if you was to get Another Man and tell him to Feed us Well, may be He would Do it. If he did not Do it. then nobody can Blame You for keeping a Man in office that has not Got Good sense. We feel sorry for that Old Man, and wish be had his Right Mind and Enough sense to do the Business you told him do. But we cant wait any longer, the Pane in our Stummack is so bad and we are getting so Weak in our Joynts. “We know that the Fellows in old Mr. North up’s office says the People is to Blame. But that is the way all fellows do that'Negleot their Bisness. They try to throw the Blame on somebody Else, Beeause if they did not throw the Blame on some body Else, they would have to be Punished for their Faults and at the same time to confess that their Punishment was Just. But this Goes Against tbe Grain,Especially of the Fellows that Does Wrong. Either old Mr. Northup and his fellows aint got the sense to Manage their bisness or else they have neglected it. Any way, they Ought to Quit and Make room for a New Sett. If they dont, us Boys will Starve, the Yankees will whip us, and then You all Hoam Fokes will Ketoh the Verrv Devil. “ Hoping, dearest Fa, that you will Attend to this Right Away, we sign our names, with all love and Duty- ' " Your affectionate sons “To Bob Lee “ Mr Deff Javis Esq Gas Bowrygard “ Richmond, Joe Jonsing. “ Virginia.” A Camp Celebration. A Maine regiment celebrated their flag-raising lately, near Beaufort, with a wild entertainment, consisting Of foot-races, mock parades, climbing of greased poles, &c. The funniest part of it is thus described: Tbe next comical feat was performed by several small colored boys, who were to hunt with their heads for a pieoe of money in a tub of meal, with their hands tied behind their backs. The tub, filled with meal, was placed on the gronnd, and the boy on his knees commenced his explorations, with his mouth open to seize the money. As he would bring up bis head to regain hia breath and puff' out a mouthful of meal, and show to the crowd a mealy face with Utile stripes and spots of black in fine contrast, and the baok ol his head appearingthrough, the effect was so ludicrous that there was a univer sal shout of laughter, and when.the boy at last apj peared with the money between his teeth, the cheer ing was vociferous. Two other hoys made the at tempt, but were unsuccessful; they were rewarded for their exertions, however, and left the field, “ the observed of all observers.” Skating in Parle. (Correspondence of the London Star. J PAase, Monday, Jan. 18, 1864 The frost Is to day more severe than it was yesterday. The rain falls in congealed drops, and the ponds in the Bois do Boulogne are still the rendezvous of the fashion able world and the masons] whom the weather has deprived of work. Skating Is as fashionable as M. Thiers’ political ideas, ana an agreeable fashion it is. It allows a sans gtne whioh, in the Paris salons, is seldom permitted. The costume* worn by the skaters, both male and female, are even more fan tastic than the toilettes one sees at TrouvUle or Biarritz. The head dresses of the ladies are in many oases borrowed from Northern and Eastern Europe, and when the bonnet is worn it eorere well tbe ears and throat . ... All along the ponds la a row of chairs filled with dames attired in the most luxurious style. Their carriages are drawn up In long file* on the avenue behind them; and at their side* are footmern whose business it is to carry away a kind of fur bag con taining a hollow globe filled with hot water, where 'Withi when looking at the akAteifi their mlstieiiM keep their feet warm. There are S? 0 ! feasors in Paris, as there are dancing masters. For 30f. one may, in a garden spread over with very smooth asphalt, learn the pas de la rtvermee de fa Numzhe, d'Apollon , dc Venus or de la Guir* tanas , Which 10 a very complicated one. The most remarked among the fair skaters is an American lady who* on several ocosslom, helped the Empress to accomplish the perilous voyage from one hank to the other of the pond whioh is known by the name of Lac Superkttr. A Polish lady has also attracted great attention, a* much because of her grace and beauty as of her agitfty. 1 THREE CENTS. Russia. Tfie regent ration of Russia wu made the enbieot Of Pleasant comment by Prince-,Gortshakofi at a barquet given by the “English Giub” in St V teißburg, on the 19th ultimo. The Prince had been elected an honorary member of this club, and on his first appearance was called out for a speech. Decia” ring that the Russian* had long and ardently loved their country, he admitted that hitherto that love has only Jbssn instinctive • w but now\ M he said, (> we are on the threshold of a Russia regenerated Dy the will ot Its sovereign; of a Russia in which all our sentiments are not only centred as in the past, but hthich responds to tnd satisfies a progressive and ra tional development.” Count Davidoff/ollowed with these remarks: u Russia has just terminated a severe war, glo* riouß but unfortunate, and the general belief was spread throughout Europe that our country was en feebled, that She had lost pe riod, and that it only remained for her to look with powerless vexation, so to speak, on the political scene. But the well*known expression of the Prince, 'Russia does not sulk; she collect* her strength,' is as memorable as it is significant. Without losing time in useless regrets, we put our shoulder to the wneei, We see already how much has been doae in so ihoxt a time, and all that is being accomplished future. But, as M. Thiers says, labor and Mxiety wvef cesse in thta world. There has-burst mu on the western frontier, of the empire A Oivil .ttngfjle, which hae met with sympsthie. m Europe — , ® o 'l° u .! perhaps, and little .inoere, but which are not the less nolay—a .truggle sustained and enve nomed by malevolent in.Ugation. from without. The act. and the intention* of Ku.tia were.; falsely interpreted: propositions were made to her, and ad vice tendered, baaed on arbitrary eatimation. of our tendensle. and of our situation.’' A Kresh Reminiscence of Thackeray. To the Editor of the Boston Courier, The appearance of Thackeray’s daughter, a. njourneys at the grave of their illustrious father, suggests the depth of their sorrow and the extent of their bereavement. Never was father more blest in his children than was the good Thackeray in the possession of those girls. Deprived, at an early age, ol the companionship-counsel, and example of a mother—fbr Mrs. Thackeray was (isl) the tenant of a lunatic asylum—they dung the more tenaciously to their father. He had given them an exoeUent edu cation, ami they bcoame, latterly, invaluable to him a. amanuenses. He would walk about the room and eictate to them, and not a few passages In his later • works were the original inspiration of the ek'er of the two. He quite despaired of settling them in life. “My poor daughters,’’ he wrote to an American friend,two yearstince, “havelittlechanoeofgetting husbands, for I do not know a bachelor under fifty year, of age?” The earnings of Thaoberay amount ed, by hi. own computation, to .£6,000 a year, which included £2,000 as editor of the CornhiU Magazine, when he held that appointment. He had a fine house, in Onslow Square, Brompton, lived In good style and saw much company. Literary men and artists of character were always welcome guests. The claims upon his purse were numerous and con tinual. He had many poor friends and acquaint ances as well as relatives, so that he really did not and could cot save muon. He had long ceased to contribute to the pages of Punch. I believe that he severed his connection with that periodical from a sentiment of gratitude towards the Emperor of the Frenoh. During the excitement arising from the coup d’ciflf, the Emperor placed a special guard over the bouse in which Mro. Thaokerav wu confined, and-this mark of consideration so affected the great novelist that he made It a condition of his continu ance on the Punch staff tnat the Emperor should never be ridiculed. This condition was clearly in-' admissible. Louis Napoleon was about the best quarry that Punch could fly at. No satirical psrio vnical would be acceptable in England that did not hold up to ridicule the acts of the Continental Powers. Thackeray’s artistic proclivities were made mani fest at an early period ol hi. life. He had a per petual itch for droll illustration. The walls of Charter House, anil his Alma Mater, bore testimony to his sklil as a caricaturist. All his letters to his friends were illustrated with esguisses, replete with whim. He did not abandon the arts, as a profession, because he felt he could not succeed, but beoause he saw that in aristocratic England the social status of the painter was too low for his ambition. Born a gentleman, educated as a gentleman, he could not afford to lose cast, by adopting a profession not re cognized as liberal. In one of his works, (the New' comes,) he wrote: “The mute of painting Is a lady, whose sooiai status is not altogether recognized with us as yet. The polite world permits a gentleman to amuse him self with her, but to take her choree for better for worse! forsake all other chorees and cleave unto her Ito assume her name! Many a respectable per son would be as muoh shocked at the notion as if his ton had married an opera dancer.” Thaokeray’a relations are principally Anglo-In dians. I,knew two of his uncles. They were both men of talent. One was a judge on the Madras es tablishment, and a man of courage in a country where personal intrepidity is often or the highest consequence in suppressing a disturbance or con fronting an enemy. The other uncle, Charles, was a barrister of the Calcutta Supreme Court, but though a man Of matchless ability, he was so complete a Victim to the bottle that no one would employ him. In his latter days he lived by his pen. A friend of mine, an editor of a Calcutta paper, used to say that Charles Thackeray invariably stipulated that he should he shut up In a room, with pen, ink, and paper, and a bottle of claret. At the end of an hour the article for the paper was written, the bottle was empty, and Charlea received his guinea—tea rupees. In hi. hilarious moments he was aocustomed to say that there were three aristocracies in India— that .the Governor General represented the aria toeracy of rank, Rajkisson MUter the aristocracy of wealtb, and Charles Thackeray the aristocracy of talent! William M. Thackeray will be a great loss to hit poor literary confreres in the councils of the Literary Fund. The resources of that institution are doled out to all applicants alike, on certain conditions. I have known Icelanders, Swedes, Germans, and Ita lians relieved by the £l5 or £2O voted by the Com mittee. English authors require sometimes the Riendlv influence of one who is familiar with their struggles, and no one was more ready to throw in the 'helping word than the benevolent author of Vanity Fair, ,T. H. S. literary. Stoddart, the poet, hae charge of the literary department of the Round Table. Mr. Thackeray has left his two daughters <£3oo a year each, besides which he left £lO,OOO and a fine house in Kensington* Thomas Buchanan Bead has returned to Phila delphia, and will lesume his profession as a painter, without neglecting his vocation as a poet. We are glad to welcome Mr. Bead’s return. • The “ Perfect Gentleman” is the title of a new book, which is advertised as “ a' book of information and instruction for those who desire to become bril liant and conspicuous in general society ; or at par ties, dinners, or at popular gatherings. Containing model speeches for all occasions, with direction how to deliver them ; 600 toasts and sentiments forevery body, and their proper mode of introduction.” It would be more valuable if it instructed the hearers of model speeches hOW to uaten without looking bored. Glais Bizoin.—No one Is deceived by the conspi racy against the life of the Emperor. The time has been fast approaching when it would become per fectly necessary, in order to create an effectual rea son for the contemplated coup (Petal about to be enacted against the members of the Opposition in the Chamber. The mysterious terror which pre vails on the Opposition benches has already para lyzed the tongues and frozen up the ideas of all the bold champions of liberty, who promised so much to their constituents before the elections. Picard, speaks in a low tone, Marie mumbles sadly, Favre is taken suddenly ill, Emile OiUvier whips round the corner and disappears; in short, the whole of the labor is left upon the shoulders of Glals Bizoin, who undertakes, in the Corps Legislator, the task which falls to the share of the Marquis de Boissy in the Senate—that of heaping fiery coals upon the head of the President, and inducing to wish that either he or his tormentor had never been born. The speech pronounced by Glais Bizoin on the subjeot of the amendment against the right of offi cial representatives upfce Chamber, has caused a greater sensation in Paris than the u conspiracy” by far. His eloquence is of the nature most calcu lated to to madness all who listen to it with disapprobation. While the matter is all fire, the manner is all ice: he utters the most bitter truths without the smallest passion in his tone or gesture. The great success obtained by Glais Bizoin has been the great surprise of the day. Thiers himself fades into insignificance before him. It is feared that Orleanfcm is powerless to move the matter, it is seeking to destroy the Empire, as it has already de stroyed the Republic; and all this under cover Of Conservative principles. Thiers will never lead his adherents to the Hotel de Ville; but parliamentary Castelfidardo is not far off. Jules Favre follows In his wake, as if guiding his bark to save it from spliting on the revolutionary rock. The panic was so great among the Opposition that rumors of a coup d'ttat and the expulsion of the mi nority was even talked of. The souvenir of Manuel seemed to fill the air all round, and the whisperings became most awful and mysterious as the announce ment burst from Glais Bizoin of the far worse Storm in preparation for the closing discussion on the amendment. Plon-Plon was Present at the seance with Charles Edmond, the Polish writer. “ That was a fine speeoh of Glais Bizoin’s,” said the Prince to bis friend. *<l could not understand more than half,” returned the Pole. ” True; I forgot, you do not understand the French language as it is spoken by the Empire,” replied the Prince, drily. Thiers was heard to say, as he left the Chamber, “ Before three months are over I will compel them either to advance a step forward, or slide a step backward. If they move forward, we follow them; If they draw back, I shall make the last appeal to my constitu ents,^Perron Post, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, TBE MONEY MARKET. Philadelphia. Feb. 4,1864. Gold was quiet and steady to-day at 157&@158, \ All classes of Government securities are in brisk de mand. and buyers hare to submit to an advance. Now one-year certificates are favorites for a short investment. The money maiket is working very e>sy. and the probabilities ate that much lower rates will rule in a very short time. Capital Is already accumulating to a degree that is unpleasant to the money brokers—s per cent, for loans on eall, 6 for collateral, prime commer cial paper 6@6. The stock market opened very strong this morning, with a general desire to buy, and, with one or two ex ceptions, everything advanced. Towards noon the in terest fell Off, but before the close matters were again rampant. The five-twenties being out of the market, and Government disbursing the five-per-cent, legal ten ders very liberally, cannot affect the market otherwise. New buyers appear every day, and from the aspect of the market we say fairly judge that a heavy speculative movement will soon set in and keep the mill going with wonderful celerity. Ph’l&delphia and Erie Railroad was the favorite with operators, and with considerable reason. The road will be entirely finished by and then there will be a short road to the lakes, both from Philadelphia and New York. Judging from the efforts now being made by New York « apU^ l f t ® * trol curtain Pennsylvania rallroads on a line and ean nectlng With the Philadelphia and Brie, there is a great future for thin ruad. The Haw Jersey Central (a power fni New York company) secures an interest, say in the Lehigh Valley. Beaver Meadow, and Catawiesa Ballroad How all that ie needed to open the lakes and the lake cities west of Erie, to the Hew Tork trade, ie the Philadelphia and Brie Ballroad, now leaned to the Penn sylvania Ballroad. However, it will he impossible for It to refine the basinets from Hew Tork, and the efforts that will he made to make it a Philadelphia road will not only fill its treasury, bat nuke the contest somewhat exciting. The shares were la demand to-day at 38@;ltw, an advance of L Catawlssa, another party to this ar rangement, was strong at 42)4, an advance of a. The market for mining and canal shares was doll, but prioes were steady, with the exception of Union, which .de clined to 4, and the preferred to 7 i Big Mountain was steady at 8* ; Etna at 11; Fulton 6K@6*; Manhattan at 4%; Lehigh Zinc at 48; Hew Tork and Middle Coal at 12; HewCreekat ]%; Bohemian at 12: fiusaeehanna Canal sold at 22>1; Schuylkill navigation at 22K. the preferred at 36; Union sixes were taken largely at »; Morris preferred sold at 134. Passenger railways are stronger. Arch- at reot «o d at 83*: Green and Coatee at 43Jf; Thirteenth and Fifteenth at 84; Girard College at 29: Seventeenth and Mueteenih at 18: Race and :Vine at S*X. Beading clOßed at 67K. north Pennsylvania sold at S3 1 .: Huntingdon and Broad Top st 32; Little gctuytkillat 48: MiaebiUat Cl 1 !' Bea- ffSCB WAB PRESS, (FTTBLISHED weekly.! fas WAS r»»8« wifi be sent to eobsertbere by wall (per Sagem in ad cancel at. |f Three copies. •—***. SEE fffcaOtiM. • EE tnc0pie5..................U EE Larger clubs than Ten will be charted at the lam rate. ALSO per copy. The montv meat almnve actomvanu the onter.ms in no instance can those terms be devtated from, srnig alord wrv little more than the cost of paper. Peatmamen ere requested te sat as Acaats MS *B* Wa» Fusi. to- To the sellar-np 0 f the Club of on or twenty. M extra eopy of the Paper will be (Iran. ver Bread owat 78: Chester Valiev at 8 0tff. First-elaeA securities were steady. The market closed firm. We call attention to the advertisement, in to day's Usne. of Messrs. Clarkson ft Co.. bankers. Drexel ft. Co. anote: United States Bonds. 1881-.«-~ ... ..c—..IC63BMMH •* New Certificates of Indebt's.... 97HdS mT* ‘ 1 ” Old Certificatesef Indebt's....lOT^biosK “ •’ 73-10 Note*. ............~.H7g9lsS QaaTtermaslers’ Vouchers 97h6b 98 otiers for fJertUClttM of Indebtedness, gold- ............. mxijbmn Sterling Exchange —I7S raiWS U. s. five-twenties, fall conpons 1011. (<9104 Jay Cooke ft Co. quote Oarers meat securities, die., ao follows: uSited stabS rrlniH • ~..106K«8KW4 United Stales 7 3-10 Holes.. Aug. «M7*»MB - o”i' Fire-twenties, faii"V.*.V.V.V/.*.V,V.VV 4. facfarfve! ° f 6v8 ‘ lweaty b ™ ia cpwfan. Quotations or gold at the Philadelphia OolJ 84 Bout}-. Third street, second story • nc.hange, 12K " F. M ’ ’irx jS *• f. m :ig* ciowujtf" Pa u. Market steady. The following shows the shipments of coal ovaf tlia Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroads for tfa* week ending Saturday, January 30,1661, compared with, same time last year: Week. Year. Tom. Cwt. Todb. GSrt. 5,689 10 16.322 11 65.661 » Shipped Ifortb Shipped South *°* l 24.012 01 For the corresponding; tlma last rear: Shipped W0rth........ 4.(12 07 Skipped South .1 12,692 13 Total 17.103 or, I? cre “? ■•••••• 45,699 W Tne louowinjf figures shov the total circulation and. securities of th« Illinois tanks on the 115* h. of January, lllinofati per .eat bond*.. i. per centbondß North, parwuix c par oent bonda 'Total securities Circulation lfomißal value of securities over circulation The Hew York Post nays The loan maiket continues to work more easily at* psr coot. she fiewa that Mr Chase is paylng’ont to the creditors ofthe Government the new « per cent temS tenders has a tendency to impart new confidence tothl speculators. who anticipate mcreasinn ease a. the ijnmeaiate results of this issue of thesTnew wi t^Dofiys. The stock market is still. irrepilar, and its operations are checked by the prevailing uncertainly Governments are strong, railroad bonds firm basic shares quiet, State stocks steady,and railroad shares Mo tive. Before the board there was no excitement; only a mo derate sjnonnt of business was done. Gold was eelUiur at 16£<§UG8%. New York Central at 132%@182%, Erie at Hndson Kiver at 1415£@1423f. Harlem at 104 @104%. Reading at 116£, Michigan Central at lSiJi’aiS.l, Michigan Southern at 9!%@92, Illinois Central at 127# A ISB. Pittsburg at 112%@13, Galena at 113@U5. Toledo at 136, and Port Wayne at 87#@83%. The appended table exhibits tile chief mOTemeats at tha Board compared with the latest prices ofyesterday* U’hn Wed adr. Bee* United States 6s, 1881, regia 1062; 106% J A United States 6s, 1881, coupon ice 2; 1067 s .. If United States seven-thirtie5......107% 107% United States 1 year cer., g01d.... 102% 102% . P°- _ .do currency.. 97% 977* American Gold— . ...168 les Tennessee Sixes 66 n| t Missouri Sixes 67% 87% Pacific Mail zu s** 4 New York Central Railroadex.dilB2 132% \£ 8rie™........ 107?,' 107* .. g Hudsoa River... ].;* hi* ijg Harlem ..... 102* 104 M .. IK Heading Hiv'd ■ lis* .. jJ Michigan Central— .193 132 , Michigan Southern 92 M,% % Michigan Southern guarantied... 138 lh3 l lllino's Central S * .-..127% 1277%# .. Pittsburg —...........112% 111% 1% - Galena 132% 313* .. K T01ed0.... ~<—.....,.136% 136 Y Bock Island.-.*-..- ....142 143% i% Fort Warns £B% 83 Y .. Prairie Pa Cliien ......... 67 67 TerreH&ate 62% 62 % ~ northwestern..... -isk 46 £ Canton. 86% 38V % Cumberland —&■}£ 61% % Quicksilver 49 lr Chicago & Alton 84 83>£ k V, Toledo & Wabash 67 57 Burlington&Quincy"'»»t 12Sfc w 324 .. 2 After the board there was very little activity, and PTices were steady. New York Central closed at ISS>£ t 132 M; Hudson River at IttKAHSKs arlem at 1023£<§HWi; Michlian Southern at 92V(932?i: Illinois Central scrip atl2S@l2BK; Pittsburg at 112# au*: Toledo at 156?6@157; Fort Wayne at 8S?f; Cumberland at 61*@51K. Fhllacla, Stock Kxc [Reported by 8. B. S&ATXAK FIRST ICO Race & Vine B H3O. 23#, 100 do .....22k £0 Bohemian Mining. 32 : 200 17th & 19th-»t R.. 18 100 do.— 18 ! looCatawisßpref..M. 42K 100 do .blO. 42# 100 do eSO. 42 60 d 0.... »*«■.. c&Rh: 42 100 do.™* b 6. 42 600 do blO. 42 , 50 Idttle Schnyl R..,. iVA 2Horthtenu»ll.... S 3 100 do bls. 33 lOCheeter Valley.*.. 6# -US do ...£6wn. 6# 7 do 6 11,000 Cain & Am mort,lo4k 100Kchoylffav 22k 11 Braver Meadow... 58 3700 B S 6 year> Ortlon.lo4 37)4 SCO An >5O. BM4 100 do 1)30. 3874 100 d0.1....,. 3730 BET WEEK 100 Lit Behuy 8... .1)30 48 §ooBig Mountain. .bs) S?£ 6 Bunt & B T R 22 164 N American Ins .25 100 N Penna B b!5 S 3 100 do bSO 88)4 Mining 11 100 do ~...b10U SECOND SOOOSlzoira Chat 5s .... 76 100 N Y & Middle 13 10 do 1114 1* do b3O 12)4 21UTT g syear option-. 114 1600 ,do 104 60 Lehigh Z1ttC....... 49 SOO Big Mountain ..b5 521 60 : do fclCflat 8H 10 Union Bank. 60G>een-8tK.....5«5» 43}% 108 Pbtla it Brie R S 8 100 do .... ..ssbSO SBJ4 } s'Atch.- st E 32* 100 do..- b-S‘o 3SJ4 SjCO City 6e, new. lC4>a AFTER I 100 Big Mountain...... $4l 100 do bSO 8* 310 do SHI CLOSING Bid. Ashed, U S6a *Bl **,..106)4 It 7 US7-30 N0te*....107*4 107 K Phila6s 101*4 .. Do new..-* 104}* B-- FennaC5,.......... 94& 95 Do Coup*— BeadKex.div.-4. 67K 6774 Do bds ’7O 104 105 Do bd* ’B6 conv.ll6 117 Do .. Fenna R.**...*■»•• MR 75 Do Ist m B*-...107R 108 Do 2d m 6«. .'..105* 106 LittleScbuylß. •• 47R 48 Morris C’l consol. 66 79 Do prfd 133* .. Do 6*'76 Do 2d mtg .. Schuyl Nav Stock 22?4 22* Do prfd ..*.*.. 34* 35 Do Oe ’3£. S 7 87$i Elmira R 06* 88 Do prfd***-*-.. 63 63 Do 7s *73.* **.**lo4 IC6 Do 10* L Island B -.41 42 Do bd* Lehigh Nav-***~ 60 $1 Do eerip ...... 60 Do shares— NPeimaß.. —.. 32* 33 Do 6s -..94* .. Do 10*... FmiadelplUa Markets, Holders of Flour are firm in their views, but the de mand Ja limited; sales comprise about 1.800 bbls at s7.Bs lor Lancaster county extra- family; $7.12 for extra, in cluding 200 bbls Ohio faneyat $8 bbl. The retailers, and baker* are buying at from $605.50 for superfine: $6.7C@7.26 for extra; s7.2fi@B for extra family, and $8.60 up to $lO §1 bbl for faficy brands, according to quality.’ Bye Flour continues scarce; small sales are making at $6.50 3* bbl. In Corn Meal there is little ot nothin* doin*. Brandywine is quoted at $6.75 bbl. GRAIN. —Wheal is in fair demand at about previous rates, with sales of 6, fiOO bus, at 168@170c for fair to prime "Western and Pennsylvania reds, and white at from ISOe up to 201 c bu for choice. Bye is dull, and buyers only offer 125 c bu. but we hear of no sales. Corn is more active, and prices are rather better: about 7,009 bus sold at 109@110c bu instore and afloat. Oats are without change; small sales are making at S6@S7e weight. Barley and Malt are without change. „ , BARE.—In Quercitron there is very little doing. Ist No. li* quoted at $37 sUon. „ . COTTON.—There ie more doing, and Pjiees are well maintained; about S 7 bales sold at Sic V* lb, cash* fog There Is very little doing in Sugars; but holders are firm In their views. Small sales of Bid Coffee are making at 33®34c $Ub. . . M NEEDS. —Clover le rather quiet; 400 bus sold at $8 759 %64 ft>s. Timothy Is in demand, and selling at $3.62)1 r&3,75, 800 bus Flaxseed sold at $3 26 bu. PETROLEUM. —There Is less activity In the market* but prices remain about the same as last quoted, wit* Bales of 1,600 barrels in lots, at 2S@29c far crude, 44&45a for refined in bend, and 63@£5c i) gallon for free as to quality. FiSb.—Mackerel continue firm; sales from store aro makirg at $16.50@17 for No. l. SIO.CC@I2 for medium and )arge 2s. and $7.50 up to $lO barrel for 3s. Codfish are held at $7 the 100 lbs. „ HAY ia seilinK at from $25@2S ton for Timothy. PROVISIONS.—^There is no material change to notice in prices, but the market ta qatet; abent 100 bbls new Mesa Pork sold at $22 $ bbl. Dressed Hogs are aelliu* atfr0m58.76@9.26 the 100 lbs; a sale of pickled Ham* was made at 123t@13c t and salt Shoulders at 9c V ra. Lard is firmly held and Belling at 14c for tierces, ana IM for kegs. Cheeseis also firm and selling at from )2@locsn>. There is lsss doing in butter but prtetj aie unchanged; sales are making at 20@30c lb for ffosd n’rm aad pr'ces liave advanced. wUh aalw of bbl. at 9S@94e, BOW held at 95c; and drudge 91e at V E Th«“'fol]owin* are the receipt, of Flour and Grata at this port to-day: Flour 2 &Bj bblffv Wheat...**-” C 560 hdl. oSt?.. 4.800 but. New York Markets, Foist nary 4. Ashes are steady, with sales of 40 bbls at $8.75 for Foil and $lO for Pearls. Bkhad&tupfb —The market for State and Western Flour is dull and a shade lower. The sale* are 10.6C0 bbls at $6.50®6.65 for superfine State, $6.9C@7.10 for extra State, $8.65@6.75 for super fine Michigan. Indiana, lowa, Ohio. Ac.* s7@7 79 toe extra do.. Including shipping brands of rotuid-noop Ohio at $7 86@7.60, and trade brands do ats7.7o(99we. * Southern flour is less active but without material change; safer 950 bblt at s7.7t®B 15 for superfine Bal timore, and $B.2C@ll for extra ditto. - Canadian FJonrls quiet and unchanged; safe* 700 bow at $7@7.25 for common, and $7.2G@6.80 for good t* C^hyC 0 Flour is In good demand, with sales of 500 bbla at s6.6Cffi6for the range ?f fineandangerfine. . . Corn Meal Is quiet and steady, wltn tales of mu oam at ss.3G@fl. 60 for Jersey, $6.20 for Brandywine, and Iw W WhS?™Md .mtetly a»4 firm. il “r MBwiSke. Clabf*l M@l. 81« fe? %!«{.S f ;i , ;a t f3™.ru a udM ott h,ru. Barley M^t’fe unchanged, with sale, of BfiO) bo. at ®ViSS oMned quietly and quite Irregular, but close* firm 1 with a bri.k .pecnlatlve demand; sales 131,009 bu for prime Westera mixed, closing at *1 at @\ Wt. *i-lfi@LlB for yellow Jersey, and $1.39 Ifoc W Oafe were firm at the openlnst, but the market left off dull at B£@Bge for Canada, 87@89c forßtafe, and 88®90$ for Western. New York Cotton Marketf Feb, 4, A large nun ber of manufacturers have appeared In ttm market, and under the impression that the sunuy w likely to be light for some time, and no definite advtoos from the (southwest, the demand baß been very active, prices slowing an advance of fully one oent w ib- ciostv very strong: sales of about 2,000 bales, on a hauls 01 w® BitfoVo* nuadUngs. 4*488 OS jw«»a§ 29,3*5 8L 33,838 » •¥1.243,199 8,000 YiOOO .;.«L93 199 • ~1,06,11 bange Sale*, Feb. 9c. tBR* Philadelphia Bxehaace. I BOABD, 100 Fhlla 4p Brie B c'h, 9* 300 d0..~~„. 3$ 200 do to. 38 200 do blO. 8* 150 do blfi. SS , 200 do**«»■ , 373 d SOO Arch-st R b3O. 3S>2 200 do bCAint. ml SOO do ,b3O. .vsifi 3000 Lehigh V6s bMtlnU 4X 700 City 6s over 1870 .*HI34 700 City fie new*»..... .1:4*2 QOOBirMoaatainiibSO. 9ft 100 do** 9&t 40 Schuyl Way pref.... 96 400 Schuyl Way Oa I&SA S7J-* 4 Morris Canal pf ad. 134 500 Union Canal * b 5. 43d 20C0 Uuioa Canal 6s 32 8600 do 32 100 Reading B b» 68 32 MinehUl H.... 603£ \ 25 Green A Coates.. 43 SO Girard C011ege..... 2p BOARDS. 600 New Creek 1^ &00 Chest Val Bds.. bS 45<| 50 Sch Nav Pref..., bS 35 ICOO Ilam A imb 6i ’75.. Ifl2>£ 20 Chestnut Bill m £ 17Fulton C0a1....0pg V&B 1 Academy of Music. 45 50 Thineenth-st 8.... 34 BOARD. 50 Dnion Canal 4 360 d0,,..Pr0f..,, 7 lflOMandan.. bS 4H 178Iulton C0a1....10ts ?0000 Dnion Can 6s --b6O 3uZ 2000 d0...32 26C0 do. 3g 20 Delaware Dlv. • .b& 100 iEtn* Mining. • -b3O 11 200 d0,........,jfe5 U 30 Schuy Nav Pref... 34? i 19 Sasq. Canal 22 H 1100 C S 7.30 Tre Nts blk A* O ,MT 1050 Penna 6s QC£ 5000 Beading 6s ’56.....1UX BOARDS. 6CoCam*AmbGs ? 44 ..iqsk rooo do 11,9,.,,,,,,,, w-5 |SOO Crtawiasa B Pref b 5 42 PRICES. „ A _ „„ Bid Agkad, Catawlssa R Con. 23 95 prfd,..4131 42 PhllaASrieß... 38 SB>£ 7B 79 Do .. Fifth-at R...... 6O Do .. „ Tenth»stß.....~ 50 61 Thirteenth-st B. SSJ4 34 Sevenfceenfch.Btß 18 18 Sprnce-rtli..Mfes i* i^g. Onestnut s st B>>, 61 WPhilaß..7o)4 TO Do bonds***— .. Arch-stR 33. 1 4 S3tf Bace-st 8..*..-*.. 2t 22 Ureen-stß ««.,*. 46K 44 Do bonds..... .. Girard College B * * Lombard A South .. Rldca-kv R...... .. BeavMeadß..,. .. Minehlliß .. M .. m Wilmington B*. ** *• Susq Canal.***** .. *. Do A 5,......... .. *. Lehigh Val 8... Do bonds Phila Ger & Nor. Cam A Amb R... Delaware Div... Do bonds. •-**» Feebxjabt 4—Kvenln*.
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