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" inwt ten TtouM* m
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W«wmrt.‘^^ rSffl j KIiT PRESS,
r -., out of th» ritT « Ton DOHOI
CARPETINGS.
■jjjijTEBPBISE MILLS.
ATWOOD, RALSTON, & CO.,
SXANtTFACTUBKBg AND WHOLESALE DBALBBS IN
CARPETINGS,
OIL-CLOTHS,
MATTINGS, &c., &c.
WAREHOUSE, 619 CHESTNUT STBEET,
AND
feign, Olfl JATNE STREET,
1864. SPRING,
1864.
OXOffiN ECHf> MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, Pi.
McC ALIiUM & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS. IMPORTERS. AND WHOLESALE
DEALERS IS
CAKPfiTINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, Ac.
Warehouse, 509 Chestnut Street,
OPPOSITE IHDEPgKDE' Og BALL. ftl-tf
gPEOIAL NOTICE.
retail department,
McCALLIIM &
BeKleave tolaforxn tko fcuVLU fk&t thoj httva l«RSadtllB
old established Oarpos Store*
Ko. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
- Ooppotlte Independence Ball, for
A BKTAIL DKPAKfH K*T,
*Wher* they ere now openlnt a NEW STOCK of
- IMPORTED AMD .AMERICAN tHUPKTS,
BlloU66t ? a | *Y CARPETS.
iaovaljwiltoh, 15 2 L «k A 1! P '' TS '
7 soiBther with i fall assortment otevt-ryiains pertahl
tna> to the - Carpal Bn«lnes» _
CLOTHISG.
gDWAItD P. KELLY,
JOHN KBL L Yi
TAILORS.
HAVE removed
:t*a SOUTH THIRD STREET,
ABOVE "WALNUT,
613 CHESTNUT STREET.
jag-tf
BLACK GASS. PANTS $5.50,
IS V At 704 MARKET Street.
rt.inr n*gg PASTS, «5.50, At 704 Me«KST Street
SLACK "ash PASTS, *5 60. At 7M MARKET Street
T.lfflT CASS. PASTS, *6 60, At 70* Market Street
SLACK GASS. PASTS, $6. 64, At 704 Ma «KKT Street.
•08100 A VAN GUNTEN’S, Ho 704 MARKET Street
BRIGO A VAS GUNTBN’B. 80. 704 MARKET Street.
BRIOO A VAS GUNTBN’S. So 704 MARKET Street
fifiias A VAS GUNTEN’B*-No. 7W MARKET Street
SRIOS A VAS GUNTBN’S, So. 704 MaRKET Street
■eSt-Em '
GESTS 1 FCKMSHise 6000S 'vw,
JOHN O. AEKXSON,
Mot. I and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
hasupacturer op
yps IMPROVED pattern shirt,
FIRST CUT BY L BURR MOORE,
WARRAHTED TO PIT ABO GIVE SATISFACTION.
Importer and Manufacturer of
GENTLEMEN'S
FURNISHING goods.
g. g, -HI arUsles made In » superior maimer hy taad
Ud from the beetmaterials.
riEOBOB GBANT,
(10 CHESTHUT BTBEBT.
Em now reifty
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
BENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS*
Of hie own Importation and manufacture.
nu celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,"
Manufactured under the Buporlnleilence of
JOHR T. TAGGKST
(Formerly of Oldenhers A Tavgert.)
An the moot perfect-fitting Shirts of the age.
■a.Order* promptly attended to. jai3-wfm-6m
jjUBST pbemium shirt and
-WRAPPER manufactory.
ESTABLISHED 1840.
G. A. HOFFMANN,
806 ARCH STREET,
Would invite the attention of the Pnblle to hla large
t&4 ftGmpletft sioek of v
eiHTLEMM’B FUBJOSHISG GOODS,
Among which will befonnd the largest stock of
GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS
IN THE GITT.
Special attention given to the mannfMßin Of
TIRE SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS TO ORDER.
Every variety of Underclothing. Hosiery, Glovee,
Flee. ficaife, Mufflers. Ac. deg^utuMm
TJIINE shirt manufactory.
a The subserlbere would invite attention to their
IMPROVED CUT OF BHIaTS.
'Which they make a speciality In their business. Also,
nrarnoe wear.
ITo. 81ft CHBBTHUT S V B.EET.
Sftlfrtf Four door* Iv»law ■*> ry,otlpept&L
Girann FURSITIIKB.
pABINET FURNITURE AND Blip
o uaed tables.
■OOKB ft CAMPION, -
80. Ml SOUTH SEWED SCBEKT.
IB seaiaetln with their extensive Cabinet business. an
sew maanlaatuilnx • sapsner arti.l. of
TtTT.T.TATtr) TABLES
which are proneunsedby all wkohava eaod thaw to M.
superior to all others.
Tor the duality and lnlah of than Taoist, in* BUI-
Wffc. »1T«»
WIKEB AKD UatlOßS.
THFOBTEBS OF
* WIMIB AID LI4OOXB.
liADMAN, BALLADE, A 00.,
Ho. US BOOTH BTKTH BTS**T,
Botww* Ohwtnt udlfdinik. PUl»d«l»hl».
Q. It. LAOMAH.
A. M. SALLAOI.
j. d. bjtFihg.
■•10-la
rnrXLLIAU H. TBAT3N * Oft
II Mo. JWI Sooth TKOJT Btr**-.,
JUwmUJw Bio mu of ttu
*i». £S5f «-9UWBAraSiBM M
,ea *«
H «um flneat TnHim Oil. U f «*k> {liourn Is cu*.
Mb^r^SaiuUtrVi»o]is«li»i>Vu>kT.
•Obbl* Jenor Applo Brondy.
_£*ffc^hSSo»oSSd*Tij?layortoi- J ®™«*» l "
■ ill WMTtaut of g«£*».
rort.b. ™*
tfagr carriages. 1863.
WILI.IAM D. ROGERSj
<i)iA Llgbt Cani»g« BnUd**»
Hot. 1009 and 1011 CHESTNUT Street,
Philadelphia.
pCBNmmB. _ BABB CHANCE.—
tronld S' FIBBPPBNirDOT. I
’WAREIK&MH irViea offer my entire et-cK. at the
•SwitSaV at Soath SECOND Street, above
mnstbe Beid befnr < ?ttfi«JS Sn . I 1J a - Tha Furniture
kensed Majcch * as thestore is to
.Jrthe 61, , Tha work and materials are
Sitia MreiSJiSJr’ “ mTT * rtt ' ,a wUI *" wm
a. SOsH'SoD^[ , 4gWSRS, o P**H e i 4 » a !f^i tarß * ofsalla
Brotttaiu omL i covered In
offered for Bale. & ’iw f» d HaArClvth, ever
«teads. s splendldl>y^ifcsK‘^ a l ll,l *E® l *Dd corner Bed
•tands to match: KrlorrS? 6 * nd *ac.o„ e d Waah-
Arm.and Stuffted-EocfiSJrfe’ *««*<*«». Easy-
Tables. Din ins Chairs* ®tdebo<rde, Extension
Backs. Hall Tables jin’ fSr fiepa; Loonse*. &»fas, Hat
MaaS"- &SSf
COTTON SAIL DUOS. ANl>oanv*«
V <X »11 MMitCT tad braid..
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VOL. 7-NO. 163.
RETAIL DRV GOODS.
1864.
Cottons am hktA_m«.
We sail the attention or Bonsekeepere to the
largest stock or cotton goods
Brer offered at retail in thi* citr.
Haying purchased largely of those toods at the
COMPABATIVJtLY LOW PBICHS
of last month, we can extend to onr customers supsrlor
inducements, not only in the character of our assort
ment, but
IB FBICBS. t „ Jtl _
Among our extensive line of Cottons are to be found the
following popular makes of
4-4 Bleached Shirtings.
Wamsntta, WiniamsTiue,
Bemt>er Idem, Attawtugan,
Rockland, Union,
Sew Jersey. Phecix. Ac.
In Pillow-Case and Sheetings
We offer the following leading makes:
40»lnoh Bartalett, 6-4 Pepperlll.
42-inch Waltham* 10-4 Pepperlil,
6*4 Bates. 10-4 Bates*
6-4 Boot W, extra heavy. And other makes.
also,
0-4.10-4* and 11-4 UNBLBACHED SHEEnBGS.
Marseilles Counterpanes,
Wa can famish these goods In all sites and analttleo.
We hate several lota In LO W- PRICE O GOODS that are
FAR BELOW PRESENT IMPORTATION PRICB. and
are also prepared to furnish, in large [inantitles, tue well
known „ ' ,
Lancaster, Manchester, and Honey-Corni)
' Guilts,
In 10-4,11 4, and 12-4 sizes
House-Furnishing Linen Goods.
LINEN SHEETINGS, all widths.
TOWELS, front #2 to I?jper dozen.
HAFKIHE, all Linen. *1.62. . - , , ,
B&rusly Damask, Power Loom* and other standard
makes of
Table Linen. . „
Persons about purchasing Linen Goode would do weu
to examine our stock. Wo Invite comparison* wo
trouble to show our goods.
COWPBBTHWAIT & GO,
Northwest corner Eighth and Market Streets.
ja!s fmw tjyl . . . •
pANOY DRESS SILKS, 56.
FANCY DRESS SILKS, 63J£.
FANCY DRESS SILKB, 75.
FANCY DRESS SILKS, 87)£.
We have lots as above, which are arranged to close
out rapidly.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 45U. 45!*, and AS* S. SECOND Street.
Above Willow.
BO OHE LONG SHAWLS,
PARIS AND VIENNESE SHAWLS.
of various grades in new designs and colorings.
On hand an extensive Stock, which we are selling at
LOW BEIGES.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,"
Nob. 450, 45*, and 454 If. SECOND Street.
fe6-3t Above Wiilow.
LADIES’
SPRING CLOAKINGS.
MIDDLESEX CLOAKINGS,
DEXTER CLOAKINGS,
SALISBURY CLOAKINGS,
of all thu various colon.
CURWEN STODDAET & BEO.,
450, 45J1, and ASA North SECOND Street.
ftS 3t Above Willow.
CLOAKINGS
OF VARIOUS GRADES
LESS THAN USUAL PRIORS
CURWEN STODDART & BRO.,
450, 45)1, and 454 N. SECOND Street, above Willow.
feU-St .
PLQBENCE NIGHTINGALE COB-
A g£T, of great sanitary advantage, affording special
support, etanding and walking. All kinds best COR
SETS and SKIRTS, at '■ Mr*. SPEED'S,
ft6-St* TENTH Street, below Chestnut.
T INEN CAMBRIC HD KPS
-Li WHOLESALE AGENCY.
CHARLES ADAMS,
No. 215 CHURCH Alley.
Just received, a consignment of „ . , .
Dunbaa, Dicksone, &Go.’b celebrated Lutes Cambric
HANDKERCHIEFS.
600*002611 cento 1 assorted qualities.
600 do, Itdies 1 do- do.
The attention of the irade is invited.
Also, an invoice of'gents’ extra-size and heavy
hemmed do., in boxes.
TERMS NET CASH. . fe6-fmw3t*
TtTAESErLLES QUILTS—OP PINE
I*l quality at moderate price*.
Good BlanketsMn large sizes.
Sheeting Muslina, of every width.
Baveral grades of «jbta^. AMASKS
Fower-loom Table Linen, damask patterns.
Power-loom Table Linen, dice patterns
6-4 Bleached Table Damask, 91; a bargain,
Unbleached Table Linens, a variate.
Fine Towels Napkins, Nursery Diapers.
Ballard vale Flannels, 62# to $1 per yard.
'WilliamsviUe and Wamsutta-Muslins.
New York Mills: and other good makes. v
Best heavy and fine Shifting and Fronting Linens.
£LaCE’ SILKSi
Just opened, a large lot, marked low.
Spring De Laines and Prints.
Mode Alpacas, choice shades.
Piintei Brilliants and 4 4 Fancy Shirtings.
GUOFEB * GONARD,
fe4 S. B. eoyfc&r NINTH and MARKET Sti,
COO HOOP SKIRTS. ROQ
Manufactory, No. 698 ARCH St.,
above Sixth, Wholesale and Retail.
The most complete assortment of Ladies, Misses» and
Children’s HOOF SKIRTS in the city, in every respect
FIRST CLASB, which for styles, finish, durability, and
cheapness, have no equal in the market. Skirts made to
order, altered, and repaired. fa* ct*
TTNBLE ACHED M C SUNS— GOOD
ASSORTMENT. x
Bleached Muslins from 25 to BO cents.
Bleached and Unbleached Sheetings.
Dark and Light Calicoes at 25 cents.
Splendid assortment of Table Linens.
Flannels all grades and double width.
Uerinosß, Poplins, and dark De Laines.
Closing out at JOHN H. STOKES,
fe2-tf - 709 ARCH street.
T7DWIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH
L SECOND Street, keep a full stock of Staple Goode,
linen and Cotton Baeettß».
Linen and Cotton Pillow Muslins.
New York Mills end Willlamsville Muslins.
Wamsnttas and White Bock do
Water-twist Unslins.
Damask Table Linens.
Marseilles Counterpanes.
Pine Blankets.
Towels, Napkins. &c
108* CHBSTJTPT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
Offers it Low Price, a lane assortment ol
LACE GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES. HANDKERCHIEFS,
VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS.
Salted to tlie Mason, and of the latest styles.
A large variety of
UNDSKSLEBVES.
Of the most resent deslans, and other food*
suitable for party purposes.
108* CHESTNUT STBBBT.
/ZJJREAT REDUCTIONS—VEBY LOW
vJ PBIOKS. —As we are determined to close oat our
entire stock of Winter Dress Goods
regardless op cost.
Closing out French Herinoes at 7fi cents*
Closing oat Frencli Poplins.
Gloetas ost ShftWli.
Closing out Cloaks.
All the leading makes of Moblim. Bleached and Un
bleached* S4* 7-8. 4-4. W. 6.4. 6-4. 8-4. and 10-4 wide,
at the VERY LOWEST PRICKS. r & SON
-3a23-tf Nos, 713 and Tl 5 N. TENTH Street.
HOTELS*
JONES HOUSE,
HARRISBURG, Pa.,
corner market street and market square.
A first-class house. Terms, $2 per day.
laiß-Sm O. H. MANN.
DRUGS*
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & GO.,
Northeast Sonar Of FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOIjESALE DRUGGISTS,
HFOBTEBB AMD DEALERS IH
FOREIGN AMD DOMBBTIO
WISDOW AHD PLATE GLASS.
murupACTUBEBB or
WHITE LEAD AMD ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, So
ASSETS SOS THS GKLBBBATBP
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS*
Mien and eonsnmers supplied at
I>* 8m VERY DOW PRICES FOB CASH.
Removal john o. baker,
Wholesale Druggist. has removed to TlB MARKET
Street. Particular attention la asked to JOHN C. BA
RER A CO. ’b COD-LIVBB oild. Having Increased faci
lltlfiQ In tble .new establishment for manufacturing and
bottling* and the avails of fifteen years* experience in
the badness- this brand of ou has advantages over all
ethers, and recommence Itself. Constant supplies are
obtained from the Athene*» fresh, pure, and sweet, and
eeeive the most careful personal attention of the orlgt
aaTcrovrietor. The increasing demand and. wide-spread
markeifor It make its figures low, and afford great ad-
those buying In l«ge qusntltUa.
mHE FHD ADELPHIA AND BOSTON
biusry, 18ei feoWs. PBR&ON.
Two of the Associates of ssid Oorporstion.
PnnAPEtrHin, Feb.), 1864. faB - 5t
mHE AGATE HARBOR MINING OOM
loisvn, T.AKR SUPERIOR.-The first meeting of
*h. Agat?Harbor Mining Aompuiy of LdraXgperigri
under Ha artielesbf Association, will he held at no.
WAINUTShSt Philadelphia. 800mN0.6. atlloclock
A. M., on the 20th day of a^TEVENS,
THOMAS S. FBRI/O jt.
Two of the Associates of said Corporation.
Phiuapbuphia. Febl. IBM.
r'ABBON 01L.— 500 BARRELS OF
V«^^‘” m^nr», ‘aVisoaBSik to
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
JUST PUBLISHED.
1864.
DUDLEY CABLEON;
THE BROTHER'S SECRET,
BY HISS BL B BRADDON.
Author of “Lady Audley’e Secret,” “Aurora Flefi,”
“ John Marchmont’s Legacy,” ** Three Times Dead. t etc.
Price 26 cento.
TUE PARLOR MAGICIANi
Ob, Obe Hundred Tricks for thb Drawindi Rooor.
Containing an Extensive and Miscellaneous Collection of
ConjnriDg rsd Legerdemain; Sleights with Dice, Domi
noes. Cards, Ribbons, Rings, Fruit. Coin. Balls, Hand
kerchiefs, etc., all of which may be Performed in the
Parlor or Drawing Room, without the aid of any appa
ratus; alto, embracing a choice variety of Curious Decep
tions. which may be performed with the aid of simple
apparatus; the whole illustrated and clearly explained
with 121 engravings. , .
Paper covers.* - price 25 cents.
._ Bound in boards, with cloth back 33 cento.
Also, new editions from tbe following popular Novels,
BY MISS M- E. BEADDON:
THESE TIMES 8EAD...... PriceSOots.
LADY AUDLBY’S SECBET. PrloeSOota.
LADY LISLE PriceSOcto.
DAKBELL HABKHAM Price 65 eti.
A®- In Press, from tbe author-, advanced sheeto,
THE OUTCAST;
Or, Thu .
By MISS ML B. BBADDON.
Published by PICK Jr FITZGERALD.
No. 18 ANN Btreet, New York.
Also for sale by all Booksellers In this piece.
Copies of the aboye books sent by mail, to any address,
free of poets ce, on receipt of tbe price. fts-fmw3t
JUST PUBLISHED.
THE PERFECT 6ENTLEMIN;
OR. ETIQUETTE AND ELOQUENCE.
A Book of Information and Instruction for those who
desire to become Brilliant and Conspicuous
in General Society, at-Parties, Din
ners, or at Popular Gatherings.
Containing Model Speeches for all Occasions, with Di
rections how to deliver them; 600 Toasts and Sentiments
for everybody* and their proper mode of introduction;
How to use Wine at Table, with Rules for judging the
quality of Wine, and Rules for Carving; Etiquette, or
proper Behavior in Company, with an American Code of
Politeness for every Occasion; Etiquette at Washington,
Remarkable Wit and Conversation at Table, &e., &c:
To which is added, The Duties of a Chairman of a FabUc
Meeting, with Rules for the Orderly Conduct thereof;
together with Valuable Hints and Examples for Draw
ing up Preambles and Resolutions, and a great deal of
instructive and amusing matter never before published.
12m0.« cloth* nearly 400 pages-
Published by
Also for sale by all Booksellers In this place.
Copies of the above book sent by mail, to any address,
free of postage, on receipt of the price. fes-fmw3t
COUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR.
Q BATTLE-FIELDS OF THE SOUTH, from 801 l Kan
to Fredericksburg, with Sketches of Confederate Gene
rals. and Gossip of the Camp; with Maps. 617 royal,
“tSSIe MONTHifIN THE SOUTHERN STATES:
April, June, 1863. By Lieut. CoL Fremantle, Cold
stream Guards. ... .. ,
This is an intensely interesting and reliable woTk.
Tale of the Alamo. By Augusta JT Evans,
author of “Beulah.” $1.25. • t „
BRBAKFAST IN BED; Or. Philosophy Between the
Sheets. A series of indigestible discourses. By George
’^TBE t RIVALr*VOLUNTEERS; Or, The Black Hume
Rifles. By Mary A. Howe. $1.25.
All new Books received the day issue^.
Publisher, Bookseller, and Stationer,
feg.3t 1308 CHESTNUT Street.
<D>-| $1: $l. *l.
<tpl- THBEB MONTHS IN SOUTHERN STATES.
Je6-3t PITCHER’S, 808 CHESTNUT Street.
<j£l qk CUDJO’S CAYE. $1.25.
SI. 25, CUDJO’S GATE. SI. 25.
$1 25. CUDJO’S CATS. *125.
fes-St PITCHER’S, 808 CHESTNUT Street.
riUDJO’S CAVE 1 OUDJO’S CAYEI
V CUDJO’S CAVE. By J. 8. ftowbridge. '
THE PROPHET OP FIRE: Or. the Life, and Times of
Elijah, with their Lessons. By J.R. Macduff* D. D.
GILEAD; Or. the Vision of AU-Souls’ Hospital. An
A TBE r GREZT'co y NSU THE MILLBNIAL
BEST; Or the World as it will be. By Lev. John Com
mipv, D. D., F. R S. E. Second series.
THREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
April—June, 18ee. By Lieutenant Colonel Freemantio.
BT WINFRED’S: Orjhe World of School. , a
SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAS. Battle-Fields
For »ale by WILLIAMS. & ALFRED MARTIEN,
feAtf 606 CHESTfIUr Street.
PUDJO’S CAVE 1 CUD JO’S CAVE 1!
V-/ Just received by ASHMEAD & EVANS.
Successors to Willis P- Hazard,
No. 734: CHESTNUT Street.
CUD JO’S CAVE. A new story. By J. T. Trowbridge,
aI LIfi: Of AKD BI §OBBBSPoS’ftEHCE' OS[, THEODORE
PABB.EE, Minister of the Twenty-eighth Congrega
tional Society, Boston. By John Weiss. 2 vols., with
Po lNli!' *ATaIO of the Alamo. By Augustus J. Evans,
aI LIFB°OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. A superb book.
THB GREAT CONSUMMATION. Second serias. By
partmeil in ’S3. By George E Hepworth.
LVRICS 0? LOYALTY. Edited by 1 rank Moore.
THE MERCY BEAT; or. Thoughts in Prayer. Ey
Augustus C. Thompson. D P. Tea
T7YERYTHING AT A DISCOUNT.
-Ei portfolios.
Diaries.
Stationery.
- Frames.
Juvenile Books,
Bibles and Prayers,
Magazines, £tc.,
jiifrmth t*f W P piTCHEß’Bf f Bol CHESTNUT Street.
A(\ nnn card photographs,
plain and Colored. __
LARGEST STOCK, BEST SELECTION, and LOWEST
PRTCE3 in the city. PITCHERS,
jaSB-mthtf 808 CHESTNUT Street.
TJIFLED ORDNANCE—A PRAOTI
XV CAL Treatise on the application of the Principle ol
the Rifle to Guns and Mortars of every calibre, with 11-
lustrations, by L. THOMAS, F. R. S. L., mono volume
octayo
Just Published, and for sale with a large assortment
of works on MILITARY SCIENCE,
toy LINDSAY 6 BIiAEISTOW.
publishers and Booksellers,
ja29 jib South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut.
JITTLE PET BOOKS.
THREE CHARMING VOLUMES,
BY AUNT FANNY,
Author of “Night-caps,” ••Mittens,” “Socks,”'
ENTIRELY IN WORDS OF SINGLE SYLLABLES.
THEY WILL BE SURE TO AMUSE THE VERY LIT.
TLB ONES. „ , „ /
In a neat Bos, Price ,1.80. T „ _ ttic.ot.
Published by Wlliuls * HAZARD,
jaM-ljyl 31 Sonth SIXTH Street,
MUSICAL SKETCHES; BY ELISE
HA POLKO. Translated from th« fifth German edl
tlon. by Fanny Fuller. I vol. 16mo. On tinted paper.
Cloth. Price, #I.2S. COHTBHTB
‘•A Mighty Fortress is our God” CBaeh). Iphlgenla
In Anils (Gluck). Violetta. (Moz.rt), Midsummer Night's
Dream (Mendelsohn). Stabat Mater Dolorow (Pergo
lesi) The Master’s Grave (Schubert). The Cat’s Fngae
(Scarlatti). Snow-dropa (Weber). The Playmates (Pa
gaulul). A Meeting (Grelry). The Convent of Saint
cS (CataUci) Marla (Mallbran). Tie Angel's Votes
(Handel). An Amatl (Anderleh Fallen Mam (Fanny
Hansel). A First Love (Haydn)."(Rue Chabannaia No. 6
(Gaicia). A Melody (Bololdieu). Domenico Clmarosa
(Cimaro&a). A Leonora (Beethoven) Little Jean Bap.
lists (Lully). A Forgotten One (Berger)
Just ready, and for sale by all Booksellers. Sent post
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jala-tf 1333 CHESTNUT Stroet,
Y A ® N S.
On hand and constantly receiving
ALL HOS, TWIST FROM 5 TO HO. and
FILLING Nos. 10,13, and 14.
Suitable for Goitonadee aud Hosiery.
. In store at pneent a beautiful artlols of
MAHUFAUTUBBBB will find it their Interest to civ* a*
scslL
Also on hand, and Agent for the sale of the.
UNION A. B, AND C JUTE GRAIN BAGS,
la quantities of ftom 100 to 10,000.
B. T. WHITE,
*4!* NORTH THIRD STREET.
w' 0 0L -
Ob hand, and consignments dally arriving, of
TUB AND FLEECE,
Common to Full Blood, ehotee and slean.
WOOLEN YARNS.
4 to w eats, fins, on hand, and new supplies somlng
COTTON YARNS.
Eos. s to Ak. of Erst-slsss makes.
■. B.—All numbers and descriptions prosnred at oa*.
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An now prepand to oners for every des«no-
Son ofllgbt and h«kvy OAHRZAORS. and having at all
times the yery best materials and workman* bro*
mUe tbe utmost sattsfestioa to all who may rsvor them
bualneM will be sontinued bv Ml.
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1864.
CURTAIN GOODS .
HEW CURTAIN GOODS,
WINDOW SHADES.
AND
LACE CURTAINS*
I £. WAERAVEN,
(Sneceeaor to W. H. Carryl,)
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719 CHESTNUT STREET.
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BAINS, Os MELLOR,
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IMPORTERS OF
HOSIBRY,
SMALL WARES,
AND
WHITE GOODS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
, „ SHIRT FRONTS.
fe2-3m ;
1864. spring, 1864.
EDMUND YARD & €O.,
NO. 017 CHESTNUT AND No. 614 JAYNE STREETS.
Have now in Store their BPRING IMPORTATION of
SILK Aim FANCY DBT GOODS,
CONSISTING 0?
DRESS GOODS,
OF ALL KINDB;
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SATIN S, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS,
AND
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
ALSO*
WHITS GOODS, ITNENB, EMBROIDERIES,
AND LACES.
A largo and bandaome assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS.
BALMORAL SKIRTS,
Of nil grades. &e. Which they offer to tbe Trade at tbe
LOWEST PRICES- ja3o-3m
DRY-GOODS COMMISSION HOUSES.
Q.ALBRAITH & LINDSAY,
IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
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would call the attention of the trade to the following, of
which they are prepared to show full lines, viz:
DRESS GOODS, Tf HITE GOODS,
BLACK AND COLORBD IRISH LINENS,
ALPACAS. LINEN HDKFB.,
ITALIAN CLOTHS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, Ac.
SHAWLS, fe4-lm*
JiHE ATTENTION OF
THE TRADE
la called to
OUR STOCK OF
SAXONY WOOLEN CO. all-wool Plain Flannels.
TWILLED FLANNELS.
Yarlone makes In Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Bine.
PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS.
PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS.
-PREMIERE QUALITY” Ensure and Long Shawle.
WASHINGTON MILLS Long Slmwls.
BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS,
15, 16, 17. 18, 19, 20, H, 22 0k
FANCY CASSIMERBS AND SATINBTTS.
BALMORAL SKIRTS, all Grades.
BED BLANKETS, 10-4. li-4, 124,13-4.
COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRT-
INGS, Ac., from various Utile.
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33 LBTITIA Street, and
ja6-wfrm2m 3% Boutb FRONT Street
MILLINERY GOODS.
NEW MILLINERY GOODS.
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they will open,
FEBRUARY lOtll, 1864.
AT
NO. 418 ABCS STBBET,
A COMPLETE STOCK OP
BTBAW
AND
MILLINERY GOODS,
Suited to the trade, and trust that prompt and carefal at*
temion, moderation in prices, good assortment, together
with their long experience In business, (having been for
the last seven years with the house of Lincoln, Wood, &
Nichols, and their late successors. Wood & Cary,) they
may merit a share of the public patronage.
J%£* Orders solicited by mail and promptly executed.
feMm
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FANCY OASSIMERES,
DOESKINS,
SATINETS, Ac.
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BAGS.—A LAAGE ASSOBT-
V3T MENT of GRAIN BAGS,
In various sizes, for sale by
BARCROFT ft CO,,
Nos. ftOS and ftOy MARKET Btreet.
STAFFORD BROTHERS’ AMERICAN
SPOOL COTTON, in White, Black, and all colors,
in quantities and assortments to suit purchasers. The
attention of dealears is especially solicited to this article.
H. P. &W. P. SMITH,
Dry Goods Commission Merchants,
jalC-lm* Ml CHESTNUT Street.
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HOTOHIN-
M«. 1U OBBSTXDT STREET.
uouhussioji merchants,
808 THI SALI OT
FHILADHLPHIA-MADE GOODS.
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A LARGE ABBORTMimr.
NEW ENGRAVINGS,
runs oil rionrures.
JUST BKHITSD.
ESA RLE ’8
«« OHWnror STKOT.
A(\ CENTS PEB POUND TAX ON
*3\J TOBACCO. The Government is about to put a
tax of 40 eentaper pound oa Tobacco.
Ton can save 60 per cent, by
You can cave 60 per cent, by
You can save 60 per cent, by »
You can save CO per cent* by
BnyiaK now at dbaN’Si no. sso chestnut.
Bnyiac now at DEAN’S,’ No.' 835
Bq>lok now at DEANJB, No. 885 CHESTNUT-
Bating now fit DEAN’S) No. 835 CHESTNUT)
Prime Navy Tobacco, 70, 76 and 80c. per lb.
Prime Cavendish Tobacco, 70, 76 and BCc. per lb.
Prime Flounder Tobacco, 70, 76 and 800. per lb.
Prime Congress Tobacco, 66, 70 and 760. per lb.
Prime Fig and Twist Tobacco. 76 and 80c. per lb,
DEAN sells Old Virginia Navy.
DEAN sells Old Virginia Sweet Cavendish.
DEAN eells Old Virginia Roach and Beady.
DEAR eelle Old Virginia Plain Cavendish.
DBAS eell« Old Virginia Congress.
DEAR selle Old Vircinia Flc and Twist
DEAR lelle Old Vircinia Smoking Tobacco.
DEAR’S Kanawha Fine Cat Chewing Tobacco
DEAR’S Kanawha Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Cannot.be Equaled.
Cannot be Equaled.
DEAR'S Clears are superior to all others.
DEAR’S Cigars are superior to ail others,
He raises his own Tobacco, on hie own plantation in
Havana He sells his own Cigars at his own store* Ho.
SSS CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
DEAR’S Minnehaha SmokingTobaoeo is manufactured
from pure Vircinia Tobacco* and contains no dangerous
concoctions of Weeds, Herbs, and Opium.
Pipes. Pipes, Meerschaum Pipes, Brier Pipes, Box
Pipes, Bose Pipes, Mahogany Pipes. Seboy Pipes, Apple
Pipes,Cherry Pipes. Gutta Pipes. Olay Pipes, and other
Plpee. And Pipe down mid get_Vonr Pipes, Tobacco.
Cigars. Ac., at DEAR'S, Ro, 885 flkeatnni Street’ Ahi
there yon will see his wholesale and Bstail Clerks go
Piping around welting on Customers.
The Army of the Potomac now order all their Tobacco.
Cigars, Pipes, Ac , Dom DEAR’B, No. 335 CHESTNUT
Street. They know DEAR selle thf beet and eheapeet
O ALL £BIE 8.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1864.
Tbe New Navy Yard ou tlie Delaware.
By iavitation of a committee representing tbe
oltizena of Chester, the Naval Committees of the
United States Senate and House visited on Satur. ■
day tbe sites on the west bask of the Delaware pro
posed for the establishment of the great national
navy yard. The Chester committee of reeeptlon
also Invited the members of Counolls, the Board of
Trade, Corn Exchange, and tbe press, and delega
tions from each of these bodies left the oity at B A.
M.| and met the committee at Thurlow Station,
about fourteen miles from the eity. The morn
ing was very foggy, but in the afternoon the
sun struggled out of the mist, and the noble Dela
ware relied proudly and brightly, those mighty wa
ters, broad and deep enough to bear tbe naviea of
tbe world. About sixty gentlemen were present.
Among them Were Senators Hale, Willey, Ramsay,
CoWan, and Hicks; Hon. Messrs. Wm. D. Kelley
and Broomall; Hon. S. M. Helton; Messrs. Lynd and
Bichd, of Seleot Council: Messrs. Cattell, Tatem,
Busby, Wm. B. Thomas, Knesht, J. C, Turner,
and other prominent Philadelphians, with many of
the leading citizens of Chester.
Every arrangement had been made by the Chester
committee for the comfort of their guests, and. to.
obtain for them a full view of the proposed sites.
At Thurlow Mansion breakfast waited the entire
party, alter whioh oarrlagea were provided to oon
vey them over the' grounds which Chester offers to
thfOovernment. This ground -Includes about two
hunted fttres, extending along the river for nearly
twir miles, and it is said that if it is insufficient the
extent will be increased. The Baltimore and Phila
delphia Railroad runs along immediately behind
the'proposed traot. Driving along the Chester
roads, very muddy as tt happened, the foggy day
could not hide the beauty ol the country. The land
rises gradually from the river and forms long ridges,
well supplied with timber and springs, about half a
mile from the shore. It must be pleasant to live on
these hills, looking out over the river, and from the
number of handsomemanslonswe judge their advau.
tagea are appreciated. After a ride up the ahore for .
half a mile, the visitors left the oatrisges, and, not a
little aided by maps, made a closer examination of the
obsraster of the shore and the depth of water. This
done, the oarrlagea were driven to Marcus Hook,
where the steamboat Ariel, chartered by the com
mittee of reception, waited to take the Congressional
committee and the other invited guests to Deague
Island. The Ariel ran along the western shore,
affording another view of its merits as a site for a
navy yard, and Boon reaohed League Island, but not
so soon as to prevent full justice being done to the
satisfactory lunch provided by the committee.
The brobemdown condition of the wharf made
disembarkation difficult, but it was effected, and a
careful, but insufficient survey of the Island was
made, which occupied the rest ol the day. Chester
and Philadelphia had ample opportunity for argu
ment, and used it with energy and courtesy. The
party were then conveyed by steamboat and car
riages to the city, where, in the evening, at the Con
tinental Hotel, Chester erowned the pleasures of the
day by a splendid banquet, given to her dlstln.
gulshed guests; over which Mr. Felton presided.
Eloquent addresses were made by Senators Hale,
Willey, Cowan, and Ramsay. Measrs. Broomall,
Felton, Lyhd, WetheriU, Turner, Joseph O. Miller,
and Thomas Fitzgerald, replied to various toasts.
Mr. Fitzgerald gave, In conclusion, the “ Chester
Committee of Reception,” which was enthusiasti
cally received, as It deserved to be, and responded to
by Mr. William Ward.
To the Cheater committee the Congressional Com
mittees and the representatives of Philadelphia are
indebted for every possible courtesy and kindness,
and every possible facility for viewing and com
paring the two sites proposed. The morning was
given to Chester; the afternoon to League Island;
the evening witnessed the unselfishness of both in
terests, and the desire to unite their influences. The
great fact established was not the superiority of either
rival situation , but the immense natural advantages of
the west bank of the Dcluwaie river as a site for a Na
tional Nasty Yard.
League Island can easily afford to admit evsry
value whioh Cheeter claims for itself; the question
between them will doubtless be impartially deter
mined. But that on the Delaware ia the place for
the new navy yard, even the informal examination
of Saturday must have satisfied all present. The
hearty union on this subject must result in good, not
only to Pennsylvania, but to the whole country, for
the argument in favorof the establishment of the
newnavy yard oh the Delawarecannotrestupon any
State claim, but Is justly based upon the Interests of
the nation. The representatives from Philadelphia
are willing and anxious to unite with Chester in ob
taining from Congress a recognition of this
fact, and are content to leave the ohoice be
tween the two sites entirely to the wisdom of the
'government. Chester la equally unselfish and ear
nest, and we are convinced that the difference be
tween the advooates of the two sites will not be used
to the Injury of the general Bituatlon on the Dela
ware. It is only neocssary to bring fully and clearly
before Congreia the grand superiority of a location
on the Delaware river, near Philadelphia, to have
all other claims dismissed. It Will then be a matter.
of minor importance, though by no means of little
Importance, to decide between League Island and
Chester.
Trial Trip of tile Jupiter.
On Saturday, at noon, between thirty and forty
gentlemen, chiefly merchants, assembled at J. K.
Hammett’s wharf, Kensington, on invitation from
Messrs. Bucknor & James, owners, to assist in the
trial trip of the steamer Jupiter. This vessel was
built at Greenock, by Dodd & Mao Gregor, well
known ship and steam-engine makers in Sootland,
and bad originally been built to run, as a post
office tender, between Glasgow and Greenock, but,
in consequence of her speed and strength, had been
diverted from this legitimate purpose to the more
profitable and risky, but less lawful, pursuit of that
branch of free trade called blookade-mnning. Un
fortunately for her former owners, she broke one of
her wheels, “came to grief’’ (somewhere near
Charleston, we believe), was captured by a United
States vessel, brought into this port, condemned,
and sold, the purchasers being Bucknor A James,
above mentioned.
The Jupiter was taken into Hammett’s screw
dock, Kensington, for wholesale repair and refit
ment, whieh have made her even better than when
she left Scotland. 'While sauntering about Ham
mett’s, previous to starting on the trial trip, aeveral
of the party examined the screw-dock, and the ease
with which it is worked by an engine of 16-horse
power. At this moment there is now on it, in course
of being careened and oopper-sheathed, a splendid
vessel, the large bark Glenwood, Captain Fairchild,
and, close by, the brig Albert Adam, Captain Cum
mins, from lately-sustained accidents (the latter
from the ice), which rendered their being overhauled
quite necessary.
The Jupiter is 185 feet long, 18 feet between, and
36 feet over all. She is of iron, in compartments,
and is fitted below with unusual elegance. Her en
gines, which were repaired by James W. Landell &
Co., occupy comparatively small space, and are of
666 horse-power—capable for a thousand-ton steam
er, instead of the Jupiter’s 268 tons. In fact, every
thing was done to make this a fast steamer, and, in
the Clyde, before her machinery received it. final
improvements, she had repeatedly run 21 knots an
hour.
Precisely at 33 minutes after l P. M. the Jupiter
steamed out of Hammett’s wharf. She was steered
by Pilot Mason, commanded by Captain Symmesi
with U. S. Engineer W. S, Thompson, [of the At
lanta prize-ram, in charge of her engines. Mr.
Felix Tianer (we hope we properly spell the name
of a very courteous and Intelligent gentleman) kept
time, and a. some of our mercantile friends may
wish to have particular., we copy his memorandum:
“ Feb. 6. Steamship Jupiter left Hammett’s screw
dock, Kensington, at 1.33, with 12 9>s. of steam and
fires green ; 1-44, passed midships of ship-houses at
navy yard, 4 lbs. steam; 2.13, passed mouth of
Schuylkill river, no vibration of vessel; 2.17, passed
Fort Light, Byf miles, steam shut off, journals
heated part of the time; 2.31, passed Fort Light on
the return ol trip, against the tide, 9 fits of steam
and cut off; 3.08, between ship-houses at navy yard,
speed equal to 16 knots; 3.22, passed Hammett’s
dock, from whence started." The opinion of the
nautical cognoscenti on board was that she could
easily make 20 miles an hour in slack water.
The Jupiter wouldmake a splendid despatoh-boat,
and if Mr. Fox; on the part of the United States
Government, should desire to test her capabilities,
we believe that the owners are ready to enter for a
trial of speed with any vessel he may aeoept the
challenge with. To cover extra expenses, loss of
time, &0., Mr. Fox, of course, would not object to
" post the Goal’’ to the tune of $6,000, to be taken
by the winner. '
During the trip, Beck’s Band played a number of
appropriate national and other airs. On the return,
the company descended between deoks, where they
found a sumptuous repast, provided by Mr. H. Neall,
Corn Exchange restaurant, and the sparkling ac
quaintance of the Widow Cliquot was cultivated,
•■within the limits of becoming mirth,” a, the
Swan of Avon hath it, by nearly every one present.
After this repast, while the steamer was still gliding
up the river, “walking the water like athlng of life,”
there was some lively speech-making, pour passer le
temps, in which Colonel James Page, Messrs. S. D.
Thompson, B. j. Bucknor, William A. James, Cat
tell, Felix Trailer, D. O. MeOammon, Captain MoMa
kin, John K. and John Hammett, Dr. Shelton Mac
kenzie, and others took part. There were a few part
ing toasts, with musio, vocal and instrumental, in the
state cabin, after the return to Hammett’s dock, and
the party separated, at 6 P. M., much catisfied with
the Jupiter and her owners.
The Mauch Chunk Rioters.
At the trial of one or two more of the rioters on
Wednesday, at Beading, John P. Shurman said he
had a conversation with the prisoner, Charles Du
gan, the morning after the meeting, and he said that
he bad attended the and that they appoint
ed a committee to enroll names to resist the draft;
that they were all going to be armed to resist the
officers ol the Government injmaking thedraft; that
this was a nigger war, and that they had rather fight
and die at their own doors than go and Sght for
Abe Lincoln and his niggers; that they intended to
kill Mr. Pardee (the provost marshal),' so he oouid
not get the names and make the enrolment, and
burn Hazleton and destroy the provost marshal's re
cords. Shurman swore also that the prisoner,
Charles Dugan, told-him. that the plan was . to go
to Beaver Meadow, and aurpriae Captain Fates’
(formerly pi the (jjohenwtady Times) company
of the Invalid Corps, kill them, and take their
arms, and march on to Scranton, and attaok and
overpower the troops stationed there; and by that
time G-en. Lee would be in Pennsylvania with hie
army, and be largely reinforced from the mines, and
the war would be ended In Pennsylvania.
A correspondent of thee Times writes :
I prediet that when this commission has finished
Its labors, and den. Ooush shall have told the pri
soners in a “ speoial order" what the Government
think of its subject* who rise in arms against it. that
it will be a long time before the “ Copperheads ” of
Carbon county will again resort to force to resist the
. laws of the land.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Imperial Correspondence of The Press. 1
OtJLPErnB C. H., Feb. 1, 1864.
I have often wondered who should be most dis
criminating—the army correspondent or his army
of readers. Every day we read of the deplorable
condition and gloomF.l'fOßpe3ta of the rebels. Now
we hear their army U reduced to half rations; again
that they suffer poignantly for laok of clothing;
anon we read of the scarcity and leanneas of horses,
and that the amnesty proclamation has made their
soldiers ripe for revolt. Every correspondent who
has visited this army, since the second battle of
Bull Bun, has at Intervals caused te be published
some tale of “ fearful suffering among the rebels."
These are the lamentations of correspondents, sad
should the would-be! Confederacy ever require ft
“Weeping Prophet,!* we will find that the corre
spondents have, in. their zeal to encourage the
soldiers of the Union, published stories of want
and suffering sufficiently large to make a lamenta
ble volume or lamentations.
I have met men with their faces toward the field,
.and their bocks to tneir foes. The battle etill raged,
but they heeded it sot, save to get hid from the
smoke that blinded, tod den Of the gognds that ap
palled. Ask them ajquestiop, and for answer you
hear that "our has been all eut to
pieces; lam tbe only than in our company who has
escaped."
Every day there are some deserters to be seen, and,
according to the nature of your questions, do
they cook their stories. If you inquire of suffer
ing, they have ready made a tale of woe, and
point to their own lank Bides and tattered
garbs. Give one hint that you bUme the
South Carolinians for heading this rebellion,
and they assent, with loud and angry execration*
against that onee aristocratic State. They will tell
you South Oarollnanever loved the freedom of our
Institutions and would rather be a dukedom than a
sovereigns State; how her gentlemen, like John
Randolph, of Roanoke, grieved for the law of primo.
geniture, titles of rank and monopolies. And before
the commencement .of this war, they would add,
their judicial proceeding* were attended with the
Utmost pomp; in Charleston the sheriff walked In the
judges' train, oarrylsg a drawn sword. Talk to them
disparagingly of Ncrth Carolina and they answer
you with a contemptuous “ psha! them tar-heels
never fight with shuoke." Prisoners and deserters
invariably endeavor to Ingratiate themselves into
the favor of thoie who have the power over
them, and the moot common method adopted
by them is to tell yon things that please; In
sooth, I have grown weary of these complaints,
for I have listened to them often, under various
eireumstaneee, and in every intonation of voice.
Many not only cease to believe such reports, but go
still farther and assert that tbe rebels have abun
dant supplies, plenty of comfortable olothicg, and
no lack of good cavalry horses. Here greet discre
tion is nuded by reader and writers. One is apt to
write too*much; the other believes too little.
Lieutenant Myers,- of General Merritt’s staff,
went Inside the enemy’s lines lost week, under the
friendly cover of a flag of truce. The first thing
among our officers, after inquiring about the wel
fare of a visitor, is the custom of offering re.
fieshments—sometimes solids, but always liquids.
This proffer is made, if ii be only "hard tack"
and commissary whisky, If it were possi
ble, they would give thslr guests terrapins to
eat, and champagne for Crick. The cost Is sel
dom counted, for the army 1* the greatest school for
prodigality a man could enter. If Yankees be thus
hospitable the chivalrous Southerner should be
more so. At least such Is the natural presumption.
Our offloer started early'in the morning, and at
noon, when he met the rebel officers within their
lines, he had an excellent appetite for that dinner to
Which he expected an invitation, and of whieh he
did not Fpartake. Prate a> we may of their depriva
tions, they still retain'their pride. These rebel offi
cers ehose rather to be wanting in hospitality than
to expose their scanty fore. Marion, when he re
galed the British offleer upon roasted sweet pota
toes and spring water, w»» not like one of these.
It was thought that same of the eleven men be
longing to the 3d Indiana Cavalry, and who were
captured a few nights ago, would return. About
fourteen men under command of a sergeant were
patrolling the country near Madison Court House.
The rebels are constantly sending over foraging
and sooutlng parties, and we generally capture a
number of them before they recross the river. One
of our cavalry regiments had been reconnoitring
this road the day previous, and about one hundred
rebels were'hovering around their rear os they re
turned. The sergeant with his patrol marohed into
the midst of this party, and only three escaped. It
was thought that some more might have eluded
their captors and escaped, but they have not re
tamed, if they did.
By order of Gen. Merritt, four hundred men were
started out toward Madison Court House, in search
of a body of their cavalry quartered lu that locality.
Capt. Gordon, with 200 men of the 2d United States
Cavalry, and Col. Chapman,with a like number from
the 3d Indiana and Bth Hew York. The reconnoi
tring parties began their march about midnight on
Saturday. They were to deploy to the right and
left, scouring the country they passed through, and
rendezvousing at Mount Carmel Church. Chapman,
on the right, penetrated to theßobinson river; about
daylight they surprised the rebel pickets. A
brief, sharp skirmish ensued, in which two rebels
were killed and wounded, and ten men, with their
horses and accoutrements, captured, Gordon was
equally successful on the left —but the two squad
rons felled to meet at tbe appointed place, owing to
the isoompetenoy of their guide. The 4th and 6lh
Virginia Cavalry were on duty through this section
of country. Our party returned last night without
losing a man. The 3d Indiana feel their anger slight
ly assuaged since they have overbalanced their ao
oount with the rebels. Any good regiment would
be piqued at the loss of ten men captured. This 3<l
Indiana Cavalry is composed of fighting men and
they dislike being taken prisoners.
While our soldiers were pushing steadily along
toward Madison Court House they discovered a man
sitting on a large rook by tbe wayside. Upon ac
costing this Individual they learned that his name
was Young, of the 7th Michigan. He had made up
bis mind to desert to the enemy; after abandoning
his arms he started, forth, and had gone thus far
when some inward monitor besought him to pause
and consider the msgnitude of the step he was
taking. He “just sat down to think.” The dis
grace of his family, the baseness of his conduct and
punishment of his crime made him shudder and
repent. Opportunely Tor him, our scouting party
came along when he was in this mood. The intended
deserter gave himself up, confessed his wrong, and
marched back with his comrades, a wiser and a
sadder cavalryman.
It was thought the firing heard some time ago,
and whieh some presumed to have emanated from
the rebels, has been heard again. It may be that
the generous terms of the President’s amnesty pro
clamation have stirred up the hearts of some to mu
tiny and rage against their leaders. And it may be
that many of them think they ought to go home. A
man who has been a soldier for three yeare seldom
stops to reason. The enlisted man knows when his
term of service expires, and it iB folly to talk reason
to him. He “ will have the bond.” In spite of de--
sertlons and revolts among the rebels, we will find
plenty of them to fight utlin the spring—on this very
ground perhaps. Let uanot grow listless and loek
for easy conquests.
Among the late few vieltom who have visited our
picket line, was Mr. A. T. Garretson—what Charles
Beade would style “one of the extraordinary pro
ductions of that extraordinary country the United
States;” an inventor, aman possessed of hidden fires,
and who came here to teat upon the rebels the value
of his invention, for which he had achieved a patent.
It was such a simple arrangement I wonder it was
not discovered long ago. A single reflector, placed
upon the musket or rifle, enables one to bold the
weapon high above the head and shoot -with aooura.
cy. In this manner two audacious scouts of the
enemy were wounded. The invention le of no earthly
use but on small arms and to pickets and videttea,
who oan thus Are on their foe without exposing
the least portion of their person. Whether this dis
covery was accidental or the result of a liberal con
sumption of midnight oil and deep study in seclusion
I cannot say. I have only seen the invention, not
The inventor.
Occasionally I take a glance at the interior of the
provost marshal’s office. All the male citizens have
to report here every morning, and frequently I hear
some delinquent pleading his excuse for not eoming
sooner. At other times I find a lady standing de
mure and erect, while she is being measured pre
paratory to taking the oath of allegianoe. Fre
quently I read descriptive lists, of which the fol
lowing is a pattern: “Mias Jennie Jones, 20 years,
old, light hair, blue eyes—height, 6 feet, 1 inch.”
Sunday week, an old and young lady, In com
pany of a Union soldier, presented them
selves at this office, to swear fealty to the Uni
ted Statea Government, and procure passes to Bal
timore. The young lady expeoted a soldier, who
belonged to the 76th New York, to marry her. Jnst
as they were ready to start, a rumor reached the
lady’s ears that her soldier was false—that he had a
family in New York. The lady very wisely refused
to go with her betrothed until be disproved these
stories of his early marriage. Here the romance
seems to have abruptly ended. It Is folly for a mar
ried man to deny his condition. There is always
some one to publish his misfortunes, as it was with
Major De Boots. It is gratifying to see the number
of those who take the oath of allegianoe daily in
creasing. _ ■
A Obsdit to His Colon.— We were not aware
yesterday. When we commented upon Hie very able
and interesting article extracted from the Edinburgh
“Siw, that it was written by a rtmaway slave. Tne
ability* wide information, and moderate tone of the
article, aa well as the clearness and oorreotness of
its style, would do honor to any writer. It is a high
honor to his people that a colored man thus takes
his place among the contributors to the first of the
English reviews — Post.
Monn than 79,000 tress, shrubs, and herbaceous
I dents were planted in the New York Central Park
sst year. The carriage drive now completed is
about eight miles in length, bridle road five miles,
and walks twenty miles. Over 4,000,000 persons
visited the Park in 1863, and in one day over 9,000
oaniageg entered tbe drive*,
THREE GENTS.
TUe Sorerelgnty of the United States and
its Constitution.
In the ou6 of the United States n. Cathosrt dt
Parmenter, Judge Leavitt, a few days since, do.
livered an important decision in the United States
court at Oixici&natl. A. special demurrer and a mo*
tlon to quash are negatived by Judge Leavitt 1 * de
cree. The argument for the defence was based on
the theory of secession. A portion of Judge Leavitt’s
opinion is as follows:
Judge Story, in dliouning the question whether
the Constitution of the United States is a compact
between the several States, remarks that“there is
nowhere found upon the face of the Constitution
any clause intimating it to.be a compaot, or in any
wise providing for its interpretation as such. On
tbe contrary, the preamble emphatically speaks of
it as a solemn ordinance and establishment of Go
vernment. The language is: We, the people of the
United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America Com. on the (Jon*
Btitution (Abr. edition), H 7. And, again, p. 119, the
learned author says: u But that which would seem
conclusive on the subject is the very language of
the Constitution itself, This Constitution, says the
sixth article, and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof, and alt treaties made,
or which shall be made, under the authority of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land.™ And he
adds: “llit be the supreme law, how can the people
ol any State, either by any form of its own Constitu
tion or laws, or other proceedings, repeal, abrogate,
or suspend it ?*» And again he says: “ This, of it
self, imports legal obligation, permanence, and un
controliability by any but the authorities author
ized to alter or abolish it.’ 1 And, again, on this sub*
ject, the learned writer says, p. 681: “It would be a
perfect solecism to affirm that a national govern
ment should exißt with certain powers, and yet in
the exeroiae of those powers should not be supreme. 1 ’
I will add to these references a brief notloe of the
case of Ableman vs. Booth—2l Howard R. 606—de
cided by the Supreme Court of the United States in
1668, which sustains fully the general dootrines af
firmed by the prior decisions of that court. I make
this Reference with the more satisfaction because
the opinion was written and delivered by Chief-Jus
tice Taney, a judge eminent for hi* profound legal
learning, and who has never been charged with ex*
tremd liberality In construing the Constitution m
the United States, and defining tbe powers of ins
General Government, In that case, a judge of a
State Court in Wisconsin bad discharged a party on
habeas corpus who wasin custody under the authori
ty of the United States. The Supreme Court of the
State sustained the action of the lower judge and
the case was removed to the Supreme Court of the
United States by writ of error, in accordance with
the 26th section of the judiciary act of 1739. I shall
give but brief quotations from the opinion of the
oouit. Indicting their views on the suffieot under
consideration.
On page 616 the court say: “Although the
State of Wisconsin is sovereign within its ter
ritorial limits to a certain extent, yet that sove
reignty is limited and restricted by the Consti
tution of the United States. And the powers
of the General Government and of the State,
although both exist and are exercised within
tbe same territorial limits, are yet separate
and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and
independently of each other within their respective
spheres, And the sphere of action appropriated to
the United States Is os for beyond the reach of the
juoioial process issued by a State judge or a State
court as if the line of division was traeed by land
marks and monuments visible to the eye.” Again,
on page 617, the court say: “The Constitution
was not formed merely to guard the States against
danger from foreign nations, but mainly to secure
union and harmony at home; for if this ob
ject could be obtained there would be little dan
ger from abroad; and, to accomplish this pur
pose, it was felt by the statesmen who framed the
Constitution, and by tbe people who adopted it, that
it was necessary that many of the rights of sove
reignty which the States then possessed should
be ceded lo tbe General Government; and that in
the sphere of action assigned to it it should be su*
prtme, and strong enough to execute Us own laws by its
own tribunals, without interruption from a State , or
ft om State authorities. And it was evident that any
thing short of this would be inadequate to the main
objects for which the Government was established.”
And the court further say: “The language of the
Constitution by which this power is granted Is too
Slain to admit of doubt, or to need comment. It
edares that this Constitution, and the law* which
shall be passed in pursuance thereof, and all treaties
made, or which shall be made, under the authority
of the United States, shall be the supreme law of
the land, and the judges in every State shall be
bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.” On
page 624 the court further say: “ Nor Is there any
thing in the supremacy of tbe General Government,
or the jurisdiction of its tribunals, to awaken the
jeatousy or offend the natural and just pride of State
sovereignty. Neither this Government nor the
powers of which we are speaking were forced upon
the States. The Constitution of the United Stalest
with all the powers conferred on it by the General Go*
vemmenl, and surrendered by the States, was the volun
tary act of the people of the several States, deliberately
done, for their own protection and safety against in
justice from one another.™ And they add, page 626:
“ Now It certainly can be no humiliation to the citi
zen of a republic to yield a ready obedience to the
laws as administered by the constituted authorities.
On the contrary, it Is among the first and highest du
ties as a citizen, because free government cannot exist
without it. Nor can it be inconsistent with tbe dig
nity of a sovereign State to observe faithfully, and in
the spirit of sincerity and truth, the compact into
which it voluntarily entered when it beoame a State
of this Union. And certainly no faith could be more
deliberately and solemnly pledged than that which every
State has plighted to the other states to support the Con
stitution as it is, in all its provisions, until they shall
be altered in the manner which the Constitution itself
prescribes .”
Geo. W. Jenes vs. Win* H. Seward.
AN ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT—DAMAGES
LAID AT S6O,OOO—ARGUMENT ON A PETITION TO
’ REMOVE THE CASE TO THE UNITED STATES CIR
CUIT COURT.
[From tbe AT. Y. Herald, Feb. 5.2
SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM, FEB. 4.
Before Judges Gierke, Leonard, and Sutherland
Geo. W, Jones vs. Wm. H> Seward. The plaintiff
in this action was formerly United States Minister
to Nicaragua. In the month of November, 1361,
While stopping at the New York Hotel In this city,
en route to bis home in lowa, he was arrested by
order of Secretary Seward, and confined in Fort
Lafayette, on charge of being in treasonable corre
spondence with the rebels. He remained in prison
about four months, when an order came for his dis
charge. Immediately upon being released, Mr. Jones
commenced an action against Secretary Seward for
false imprisonment, laying his damages At fifty thou
sand dollars.
The case came up before Judge Clerke, la the Su
preme Court, special term, last October, when the
couDiel for the defendant petitioned to have the ease
removed to the United States District Court, under
the filth section cf the act of Congress passed March
3,1863, which provides that if any suit has been or
sball be commenced against any officer, civil or mill
taiy, or any other person, for any arrest, imprison
ment, trespass, or wrong done during the present re
bellion, by virtue or under color of any authority
derived from the President of the United States or
any act of Congress, the defendant may temove Buoh
action into the Circuit Court of the United States
for the district in which the suit is brought, on com
ply ir g with certain requirements. The court denied
the motion without costs, on the ground that the
only question in th^action worthy of consideration
which could be entertained did not arise under the
Constitution of the United States, but was fitly
within the jurisdiction of the State eaurt.
From this decision the defendant appealed to the
Supreme Court, general term, where the case was
fully argued to-day by James T. Brady and William
O. Traphsgen on the paTt of Mr. Seward, and E R.
Meade ana ex-Judge William F. Allen on the part
of Mr. Jones.
POINTS OP RESPONDENT.
First. No appeal lies in the case. No order was
necessary for the removal of the action, and whether
the order was granted or refused, the removal was
effected by force of the act, i! the case was a proper
case for removal under the Constitution and laws
of the United States, and the petition, &c., was in
proper form.
Second. The petition does not make a case for re
moval under the Constitution or any act of Con
gress. The petition and affidavit should state posi
tively and unequivocally the points constituting
the grounds of removal.
Third. The bond is defective. It has no penalty,
and it should be in double the amount claimed, or
at least in the same penalty.
Fourth . Conceding that it was sufficiently averred
in the petition that the defendant committed the acts
complained of “ as Secretary of State of the United
States of America, under authority derived by him
fiom the President of the United States,” it did not
bring the case within the jurisdiction of the Federal
judiciary under the Constitution and laws of Con-
The foot that emigres. ha. undertaken by
law to confer jurisdiction upon tbe federal court,
does not make the case one arising under the laws of
the United States. A case arises when a suit is
brought and it is under the laws of the United
States; when the act or other matter to be investi
gated concerns the laws of the United States in ex
istence at the time of the act or transaction in ques
tion, or when some law in force at the time is alleged
as giving the action or furnishing the defence.
Sixth. The act complained of was a simple tres
-I>sss committed upon land within the territorial
iznltt of tbe State of New York, of which the courts
of the state had exclusive jurisdiction at the time
of its commission, there being no claim or color of
claim of any jurisdiction under the Constitution or
lawe of Congress in force at the time. The subse
quent set of Congress, broad as it is, does not oust
the State courts of their jurisdiction, which Is per
fect and complete.
POINTS FOR THE DEPENDANT.
First . In making this motion the defendant does
not admit the necessity of any order from this court
to deprive it from jurisdiction or control over this
ease. The act of Congress passed March 3, 1663,
entitled •• An act relative to habeas corpus and re
gulating judicial proceedings in certain oases,” pro
vides in the fifth section that if any suit has been or
shall be commenced against any”officer, civil or
military, or any other person,” for any arrest, im
prisonment, trespass, or wrong, done, or any act
omitted to be done, during the present rebellion,
« by virtue or under color of any authority derived
from or exercised by or under the President of the
United States or any act of Congress,” the defendant
may remove such action into the Circuit Court of
the United States for the district where the suit is
brought, on complying with certain requirements,
such as oflering sufficient surety, &o.
Second. But in making this motion we proceed
according to a practice which oourtesy at least justi
fies, and which has hitherto prevailed, on the re
moval ot actions from the State Into tri
bunal under acts of Congress similar to the one
above mentioned. .
Third. The act of March 3,1863, is constitutional.
The judiciary act of Congress passed September
1789, enacted that the Circuit Courts of the Unitea
States ahall have original cognizance,
IS6I TMI WM done uider the authority of the
President The Supreme Court of the United State.,
m Wiloox v.“ Jackson, 13 Fetere, 498, .a,.: “ The
Preatdent act* to ninny caie. through the hand, of
department.." in Marbura y». Madison, l Graneh,
ist! it i« held that “the official not. of the head, of
the executive department., a. organ, of the Presi
dent, which are of a political nature, and re.t In ex
eoutive dlioretion, are not within judicial cogni
zance."
Fifth. We have made the auggc.tlon. presented un
der the fourthpoint to .how that whether or not, un
der the neoessary Implication arisingfrom the auapen
cion of the wrlt,|the President, a. .uoh, or a. Oom
mander-lh-Ohief of the army and navy of the United
Statu, or any perion acting for or under him, can,
during the rebellion or invasion, summarily and
without conforming to all the ordinary rules of law
whioh prevail in times of peace, arrest and impri
son suspected or dangerous persons, is plainly an in
quiry arising in this action, preßents »
arising under the Constitution of the United States.
V °S/*lK? e Then'laintiff ,3 s counsel argue, ttwtwhenJJj
anflk arrMk tuflffl hv tUtbOflty Of t&6 XJfIIWU
States We do uot oontend that tbe plaintiff bad no
rlahtto bring an action in the Supreme Court of ttOs
s£u,»oriSt tbe court could give judgment in the
notion If not prevented by some legal authority.
'The jurisdiction over the cause of action .was no
aw** 9<wuxre«t Ja tte ittesai im state OQUito*
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nford very little more than the cost ofvavcr.
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extra eopy of theFaper will be .Ires.
T-be aame lc true of all notion, which ars rotncraWa
to the Federal eourt. at the in.tanoeof a party
Seventh. The not in queetlon, (March 3.1863 ) treaV
ipg .the State eourt. a. having at It. pueage right to
take cognizance of niohlaetlona a. thl., make, the
juriad.Vrtlon over them exolucive in the United .'State.
Ulreuit Courts if the parties proneeuted remove the
action, into the latter oourta.
Eighth. The plaintiff’s oouncel say that the not
doe. not confer original jnrUdiotion on the Circuit
Court to t.uke cognizance of auch .exact. We .ay
that the jurisdiction, if it exists at all, is original,
beeauie it ie nwt appellate. Vf
Sixth. The objection to this law as retroactive
cannot prevail. The act in question is free from
tt la hardly neceeaary to state
Vi mV 1 1*1 *i T Llll * , OIJ 01 the Oon.ulutlon as to ecspoM
J ‘o crime..
being prosecuted in this as*
tion for acta done as & member. officer or Msot nf
the General Gove, nment, under author itv el aimed to
Arise from the Constitution andiawaot thiun«S
States, and placing hiv defend on th! ri*ht.bv*ijSi
authority, to do what he is charged with a Zkl£ 2
presented of which Congress may author&Ahe niS
ouit Courts of the United States to take coaniSanM
to the exclusion of the State tribunals, ithasdona
SO in this instance, and on the evidence adduced
under the law cited on these poinffi the order nraved
for should be made divesting this court of any fur
ther jurisdiction or control over the pieaeat action,
or any future proceeding in it.
The court took the papers, and will probabto
lender a decision on this interesting point next woek.
THE BEBEL STATES.
Hopes of the New Campaign.
It ipaases, I confess, my wit to discern how, con
sistently even with his own view of the truth, Fro
sident Lincoln can so modify or distort this resume
of the military incident* of 1863 as to employ lan
guage which, In hta recent singular massage to Con
press, has flowed from his pen. What does he see to
justify him in talking about “pardon to rebels,”
who laugh either at his mercy or his severity, and
who have in the field 1,000 pieces of artillery and
more than a quarter of a million tried and hardened
soldiers 1 No Federal army has as yet succeeded in
getting far away from its water base; their enemy
has constantly moved upon an inner and concealed
line of communication. It will be possible next spring
to throw Gen. Longstrect into Georgia or Virginia at. a
bumetifja notice , and without the knowledge of his oppo
nents, Early in next year another important link in
the interior line of railroad communication connect
ing Richmond with the South will be finished, and
Danville, in Virginia, united with Ooldsborougb, in
North Carolina. The Legislatures of each State in
tbe Confederacy have recently been in session, and
have dissolved, breathing threatening* and slaugh
ter against their hated foe. In the Legislature of
North Carolina—the State wbloh, of all others, ie
held to be most deeply imbued with Union senV
ment—there was a motion for offering to the North
proposals for peace upon the basia of independent
State action, but only two members voted for it,—
Richmond Corr. London Times.
THE WORK TO BE PKEFORMBD.
[From the Richmond Whig, January 18.]
The work we have at present to perform is almost
immediately before us. A couple of months or so
will .witness the resumption of active military ope>
rations. To place the old men and boys in camp at tim
season, in the mtdet of the inclement winter, would prove
dcalrxu.Hue of ike livid of perhaps half of them, and the
other half would be of tulle or no effective service Within
the period required. They cannot supply the places
of robust absentees, railroad and provost guards
&0., Ac., who are already inured to oamp, and In
structed in the art of arms. These are the true re
serves which we are how to bring up—to bring mp
immediately—to meet the crisis which the opening
of the near approaching spring campaign will in
evitably present. And these, we are fully and firmly
persuaded, will be enough.
We ore not weak—not half so poor as to be “ grinding
our seed corn,™ or looking to the aged fathers of the land
to step between us and subjugation. Our Congren
would ereate a false impression upon the minds of
our enemies, and convey to the world a most corn
miserable picture of poverty and wretchedness, if,
by their legislation, they should say we now put
forth our last resource—falling in this, we are lost
and undone forever.
GOOD NEWS FROM THE REBEL ARMIES.
[From the Richmond Whig, Jan. 26.3
Lee’s army, though not *o,large as it ought to be.
is in fine plight. It is large enough, too, to send
Meade on a begging tour for more men. Food is yet
ample, clothing abundant, shoes plentiful enough,
ana the spirits of the men all that could be wished.
Whoever has the blues, the hippo, the megrims, or
the hysterics, need only go to Lee’s army to be cured
instantly. Ail who have been to that army agree
that a visit there is an infallible remedy for despon
dency. Officers who come to Richmond make haste
to get back to the Rapidan. They declare that the
croaking and gloom of the city demoralize them.
Judging from what it has done of late, and is still
doing, Longstieei’s army is also in fine condition.
Some of the men have suffered severely for the want
of blankets and shoes, but the people and the Go
vernment have come to their relief, and oomplainte
have ceased. Any way, naked or not, Longstreet’a
men are plucky and stout enough to drive the enemy
to within four miles of Knoxville, as the reader will
see by referring to the column of telegram*.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Greatest of Rat Hunts.—Everybody has
heard of the vast system of sewers which underlies
the great city of Paris. Through these subterra
nean intricacies, according to Vlotor Hugo in the
Misitables, Jean V&lje&n carried Marius on his back
for miles, from the barrioade to the banks of the
Seine. It seems that during severe frosts, the vast
multitudes of rats which abound in Paris take to
the sewers as a refuge from the cold. Latterly, the
weather has been more than usually severe, and the
conditions being favorable, it was resolved to have
a great rat hunt. Accordingly, the authorities, as
sisted by a number of men, gamins, and dogs, entered
the lewen at various places, and began a grand
drive towards a common centre* Just a« the beater*
In an Indian jungle, with tom-toms, gongs, horns,
drums, and frightful yells, send all the animals, front
the tiger to the smallest antelope, towards the hun
ters, the subterranean drivers soon had millions of
rats massed together, struggling, squealing, and
fighting with extraordinary ferocity. At length
they were driven into a large sewer near the bridge
of Aameres, and forty dogs were'Tet down among
them. A battle royal ensued, which lasted no less
than forty-five hour*, and at the end of it viotory re
mained with the dogs. But the latter had paid
dearly for their triumph. Four were found in the
drain killed outright,and quite a number were totally
blind and helpless when recovered by the gamins,
who at length ventured to explore the profound
depths of the battle. Most of the rats esoaped In
the melee, but yet no less than 110,000 were found
dead. As the finest Parisian kid gloves are said to
be made of tbe skins of these animals, there will be
material for many gross*
A Big Snow Storm,—The Oshkosh (Wts.) C<w«
ricr ot January 30, says: “We are having the biggest
kind of a snow storm. It has snowed, up to thi*
time, (9 o’clock A. M. Saturday) for twenty»eight
hours continually, interspersed occasionally with
fine hail, and is now snowing ’big guns.’ We saw
snow drifts this morning from fifteen to forty feet
high. Some may think this a pretty big story, but
it is true nevertheless. The boys just down from
the pinery, repoit any amount of suow in the
woods, and all hands busy as bees getting in logs.
The price of logs will be pretty steep next spring
owing to the high price that has to be paid
for labor and all kinds of supplies needed in the
woods.
A Giant at the Bar.—lt may ssem a singular
thing, but it is nevertheless a veritable fact, that
the tallest man in the United Kingdom serves be
hind the bar of a public house in this town. He ns
seven feet four inches in height, upward of twenty
three stone in weight, and hie strength i« in propor
tion to his size. By trade he is a ropemaker, and
he occasionally exhibits some rare specimens of
what he can do in that way, by twisting paper into
rope with his fingers almost as strong as if made
Ot the usual materials* His hands are so large that
be can grasp with one of them three ordinary sized
hands, and is thus able to shake hands with three
persons at the same time. —Liverpool paper.
The Bishop op Salisbury has been giving a se
ries of entertainments at his palace. The first con
sisted of a substantial dinner given to about one hun
dred poor men and women selected by the parochial
clergy and others from the several parishes la the
city. This was followed by invitations to the dis
trict visitors and other ladies to spend the evening
at the palace. On a subsequent day a large party
of between 200 and 300 of the gentry, clergy, and
principal tradesmen of the city And neighborhood,
with their ramifies, were likewise similarly enter
tained. These gatherings were brought to «termi
nation by the Bishop entertaining the Mayor, the
Town Council, the magistrates, and other gentle
men.
The Guerilla Outrages at Scottsvillb, Ky.
—According to the Louisville Journal, Scottiviile
was bravely defended, but, in spite of solemn,
pledges, the guerillas broke open tbe jail and re
leased two of their gang who were under iadictment
for murder. The amount stolen from the citizens
Will reach $30,000, They seemed to be possessed of
a devilish disposition to mutilate aud destroy every
thing that they could not carry off with them, and
the damages inflicted will be sorely felt by the citi
zens of Scottsvilie. They made a desperate attempt
to burn the jail, but were thwarted in their design
by the united efforts of our soldiers and the citi
zens.
Stone Wall Jackson Enlisted in the Union
Army.— This morning (says the Brooklyn^ Times) a
young farmer from Ugdeoaburg, in this State, ap
plied at the office of Captain Maddox, No. 26 Grand
street, for a place in the Union racks. The attend
ing surgeon gave a favorable opinion of his physique,
aim he was accepted. When asked to sign his name,
he wrote in very legible characters, 1 Stonewall
Jackson.” The commissioner asked him if that waa
really his name. “ Everybody asks me that ques
tion,” said the young volunteer, ” it riles my blood.
It is my name, and I mean to let the rebels know
that there is a Stonewall Jackson North.”
An Extraordinary Skating Feat.— Avoung
lady of Paterson, on Christmas morning, bound a
pair of steel sandals on her feet, aud, embarking on
the Morris canal, skated all the way to Newark,
where the saluted a friend with a “ merry Christ
mas to you,” and took dinner, Returning, she
skated home again the same afternoon, tbu* making
full thirty iniles in one day. The lady in question
is neither tall nor stout, but a slender, almost fra
gile* looking little figure of seventeen or eighteen
summers. __
The Panochr Grande Quicksilver Minx
Case.— There is to be a valid paper title at last to
the immense Panoohe Grand quicksilver mine. Tho
President to day ordered the Attorney General to
prepare a patent for it, in pursuance of repeated
fiDdiDffß of courts and juries here and in O&Utornla,
unless* Within ten days he could show valid ground
for an appeal from th* decision mode over two yean
aso. One*third of the property is laid to belin the
original litigant, McGarrighan, the rest is distributed
among lawyers and money* lenders in New York
and Philadelphia.— N. Y. Times.
Atrocious Outrage on Mazzini.—The French
police have been guilty of a diabolical attempt. They
have sought to throw Into the house of M. Mazzlai
paper sheila filled with poisonous charges. Luckily,
these missiles struok against the column of an Eng
lish printing house, and exploded without harm ta
the intended with damaging effect upoft
the conspirators, we believe that their extradition
has been demanded by the British Government.—
Punch.
Thb Command on the Aemt on thb Fotohao.
—lt la not true that Gen. Tho mu 1. “ auper.ed.
Gen. Meade in command of the Army of the Poto
mac. That eome chaDge i. to be made L believed,
and we have heard Gen. W. F. Smith’anamo mea
tioned a. a probable .ucce.uor. —A. r. Trumne,
Thb Frbsidbht*s Uotrsn*— Major FrenofaiOMti
mU?lSn P e?«”i«.building.«
ington, recommend, that tbe rieMoenva nouie d»
abandoned a. a re»idence, on account of the bad eon
dll lon of tbe basement.
mk husbbs. author of “ Tom Brown 1 . School
Hava!” deSe. the report that he wrote theaooount
of B &e Hunan and King prize fight whioh appeared
in the London Times.
Bv an in.urance on her life, the Empress Eugenie
baa pecured to her .on 2,000,000 of franc., divided
between four companies, on payment of an annual
premium of 61,000 fraud.,
Thb Springfield armory turned out 25,t00 musket,
last month, the largeat number ever fabricated la a
single month. There are 200,000 on hand.
ATbiai. 1. In progreea in the Supreme Court ol
Eansaa involving the title to a large part of the oltf
of Atchison.
It le aaid that notion will soon be taken requiring
all employeea of Congress to have no other employ
ment outside of thelr-respeetive offices.
Thb Queen of Spain made a handsome present to
Patti on her benefit night, of a magnifloent parure
of sapphire, and brilliant*.
Bv order of the'Uresident, the execution of Giniy.
the murderer of General MoOook, is postponed, and
he wlUt It is thought, be pardoned.