the press, ( „ It , L . st iED DAILY (SUNDAYS IXOEPTRDI 1 ‘ B 1 •'JOHN W. FORNEY, O! t :i:F. N>. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET, THE DAILY PRESS, r, ; , , Ci:kt=! Per Week, pa? able to the earrieri (o Scbiicrlbero oat of- the city at Sever Doelam ;>eu a»»cm; Three Dollars akd Mpty Csstsfor m* HoMTHb; Oke Dollar asp Seventy five Cents for thkee Months, invariably in advance for the time °r d AST Advertisements lnneited At the n»n»I rates. Sl* lines constitute a square. ____ THE TKI VVKEK , v <>HKS-. Mailed to Subscribers oat o 1 th. city at Fodr Dollabs 3E*SS* Akkdm, In advance* | n ni ir>w^—nM" carpetings. SPRING, 1864. GL ji;?f ECHO MILLS, GERMANTOWN. PA. Cl rV-JEX.TTVI CO., 'UASUFACTURRBS. IMPORTERS, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CARPETINGS, ft OUi CLOTHS, &c. W arehouse, 509 Chestnut Street, OPPOSITE IKDEPBNDE'OS n&l.b. fel-tf ..gPECIAL NOTICE. BET AIL DEPARTMENT. BfcC&LLVM & *'»■• ' BegUA.e tolnform the public that they have lea B ® -eldeatabllshed Carpet Store. No. 519 CHESTNUT blKobl, Ooppoitte Independence Hail, for k RETAIL DEPARTHSST, '■Where they are * oir oven - lns a NBW STOOK of IMPORTED AMD AMUHICIN CHLPETS, a XMIJsSTAB b * <,iolce3t P * TAPt&TttY CARPETS. B vss iiMB ' ToaetheV «lti) a fall assortment of everythin* pertela tnitothe Caryat Bnalneae. fel-tf JgHTEBP2>E»K MILLS. ATWttft, RALSTON, & CO., iSANOFACTCKKRS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CARPETINGS, CJIL-OLOTHB, MATTINGS, &c., &c. -WAREHOUSE. «1# CHESTNUT STREET, PIB JAYNE STREET clothing. gDWAHD P. KELLY, JOBS KELIa Tj TAILORS, HATE REMOVED lA3 SOUTH THIRD STREET, above walnut, Oil* CHESTNUT STREET. las-tr OLACK OASB. PANTS, $5.50, j> 704 MA&KBT Street. BLACK CASS PANTS. *8.50, At 70i MARKET street BLACK CASS. PANTS. #5 60. At 704 MARKET Street. ftT.ACK CASS. PANTS, 96.60, At 704 MARKET Street. SLACK CASS. PANTS. #6.00, At 704 MASK ST Street. ORIGG ft YAN GUHTEN’S. No. 704 MARKET Street 9RIOO ft VAN GUNTBN’B. No. 7M MARKET Btreet g ßia o ft van GUNTEN’S, No 704 MARKET Street gRIOG ft VAN GDNTfcN’S. No. 704 MARKET Street. BRIGS * VAN QDNTBN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street «oM-Sm GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. JOHN O. ARRISON, *!o*. 1 mi 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, manufacturer of CTTBI IMPROVED pattern shibt, FIRST CUT BY J. BURR MOORE, W FIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION, ul Maattfaetaior of GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING goods. p. P.—All articles made in a superior manner by hand tm& from the but materials, •CINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. JC rh« mbKrlben would lnrite attßigbra to their T IMPROVED CUT OF hHtKTB, . fyhleti they m.Xe • speciality Ln their Alio. *®" ,t, GENTLKMER’S WB«t. . oggspag^.H^. DRUGS, DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT A SID'D ALL, ■TO. 11* MARKET STREET, MtWMB TROUT »nd SECOND Streets «. w.wwsn. DBUQGISTS, PHYSICIANS, AND Q& BEKAAi STOREKEEPERS Dm lfld at our «t»Mlahment A fan Amortewnt af Imnorted and Doioestli Drugs, Popular Pfc* turtledlelnes, Faints, Coal Oil, Window Glass, Treecription Ylfth, ete.» at as low priest as genu ine, flzst* slass goods can be sold, FINE EBSENT cAL OILS •r Confectls&ors, in foil variety, and of the beat Bengal Indigo. Madder, Pot Ash, Cudbear, Soda I*o/Hum, On of Vitriol, Annat to. Copperas, Extract of liorwood, ««., FOB DYERS’ USE, always on hand at lowest net cash prices. SULPHITE OF LIME, for keeping eider sweet; a perfectly harcnless pre- Mratlon, put up, with fall directions for use. in packages containing sufficient for one barrel. by mall or city post will meet with prompt attention, or special Quotations will be furnished when requested. WEIGHT & SIDDAEE, WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE, Mo. 119 WAWKTBT Street, above FRONT. moSS’thstnlr-fP - ROBERT SHOEMAKER <& OCX* VoUluml Corner of XOtTBTH and BAGS Street*. PHILADELPHIA, WHOIaESAXiE druggists, MFORTEKB AMD DEALERS IM FOBBIGM AMD DOMESTIC WIHDOW ADR PLATE GLASS. KAfiUTAOnmBBS OF WHITS LEAD AMD KOTO PAINTS. PUTTY. tu. aobjttk for thb cbi.bbrated FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. •*l«m and sonsnmars supplied at jB tel mt LOW PRICES FOB CASH, CABIEVI FUEEITDBB. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL. V/ tjaww TABLES. MOOBE & CAMPION, Mo. 361 SOUTH SECOND STREET, in connection with their extensive cabinet business, are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, jid h»re now on band a fall tnpply, flnl.hed with th# XOORB & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CCSHIoHS, Vrhieh are pronounced by all who have used them to be -superior: to all other*. For the Quality and finish of these Tables the maim* fecturers refer to their numerous patrons thvmtnoat •the Union* who are famtllar with the character of their work. sel7*6m WINES ASD LIftUORS. or^ iroiMJw LAUMAN, BALLADE, & CO.; Ho. 138 SOUTH HIHTH STREET, Between Chestnut and Walnut, fhUadelphla. o. M. be.nHt.ir. A. H StLLeOE. J. D. BITTING. H. YEATON & 00., ** - , . , No. t»01 South FRONT Street, ° EI0 Ofr*oa f CHAMPAQNB. *i»o. ... ».„ BORDEAUX CI.ABET3 100 '^BrandenburgFmes” OOGS AC BHiNDT, __ vuit*xQ of 1848, bottled in Francs & , SiSf,“5 11 ' la We” eoien In caw. JB^ASi^BISE 0 /^ 81 " wu “ k »- 60,000 Havana Clgaia- SSpa fine. eGhaSpaina Mlioa Imperial, v Green SeaT* :■*. -Torether with a line assortment of Madeira, sherry, ■vW”’ fe2B CARRIAGES. jggg WILLIAM L>_ Rogers, Coaah nl U(U Curthge Builder, ITm. MOV ud 1011 CHBBTHOT street. "AIEW DRIED APPLES.— .100 BBLS. B3W Dried Apples, torsjtte by , RHODES a WILLIAMS. d»a X TOTBoaUi WATERSt***, VOL. 7—NO. 167. SHEETINGS, 1864. DOMESTIC SHEETINGS, AND LINEN. AND HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS, At the lowest cash price*. SHEPFAKDj VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISONi fe4 tliftnSt jjICH LACE CURTAINS, FURNITURE COVERINGS. A LARGS ASSORTMENT NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS. SHEPPARD, VAN H AELINOEN, & ARRISON, fe4 theta St QIVIL AND MILITARY CLOTH STo. 34 SOUTH SECOND and 583 STRAYTBBRB? Streets, is Lappy to etate thai he has laid In au exten sive stock of CHOICE GOODS* such as: CIVIL LI3T. Black Cloths, Black Doeskins, Black na-simores, Elegant Coatings, BUiisrd Cloths, Baeatelle Cloths, Trimmings, Beaverteevs, Cords And Velveteens, We advise onr friends to stock is cheaper than we can r* heap DRY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHApXS.-} r . E. AROfIAMBAULT, HI- £ corner of ELEVENTH and MARKET Streets, will open THIS MJRNiNG, from auction. Insrete Carpets, all wool, at 750., 67c. st, SI 12 $1 £5, am 9LS7; Ingrain Carnets, wool filling, ft 66. and 62J£ cents; Entry and Stair Carpets, 25c tosl. Floor Oil Cloths. CO, 62 and 76 cents. Gilt- Bordered Window Shades, 75c to $2 Woolen Druggets. $1; 5 air OU .Cloths, 25c. ; Rag and Hemp Carpets, 27, 60, and 62 c-fiots. U CHEAP DRY GOODS AND TRIMMINGS. , Bleached and Brown Sheeting and Shilling Muslins, 16 to S 7 cents; N. Y. Mills Muslin, at 43c, by the piece; Epr'ng Do’ainef,3lc ; Light alpacas 50 to 75c.: Black Alpacas, 31 to 75c.; Black Silks, $1.25 to $1.62: Spring 2O t025c.; Table Linens, 62c to $1.50; Napkins. 16 to 50c.; 10-4 Sheetings at $1.10; Marseilles Quilts, $3 to 910; Blankets, $5 to $l2; Comfortables at $3.50; Cassi xneros 62c to $1.60: Coats 1 White Spool Cotton only 9c.; be-1 quality Skirt Braids ohly 9j ; Pins, 65.; Hooks and Eyes, ac.; Palm Soap only Be.; Ladies’ Cotton Hose only 26c. Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods and Carps’- Store, N. E cor ELEVENTH and MABKBT. fe9-tnthslm TXAINES* MUSLIN LIST—OUT IT J-A OUT: Bleached Muslin, at the low price of 16 cts. Bleached Muslin, better, at 18 and 20 cts. Bleached Muilin, 7-8 wide, at 22 cts. Bleached Muslin, very heavy and good, at 25 cts. Bleached fllu*lin, extra heavy, at 28 cts. Bleached Uuslin, fall yard wide- at 30 ct«. Bleached Mns.'in, much heavier, at 35 cts Bleached Muslin, fine (the t emper Idem), at 35 cts. Bleached Muslin,' of several qualities, at cts. Blr&cbed Muslin, of the very finest, at 40 New York Mills. Wamstuta, WtlUamsville, Bay Mills, White Rock, Masonville, and Utica. Unbleached MnsJin, fine and thin, at2o cts. Unbleached Muslin, 7-8 wide at 25 cts. Unbleached Muslin, much heavier, at 28 cts. - Unbleached Muslin, still better, at 31?4 cts. - Unbleached Muslin full yard wide, at 35 cts. Unbleached Muslin, much heavier. at3ll£ cts. Unbleached Muslin, extra heavy, at 37# ots. Unbleacheu Muslin, fine, at 40 cents. , .... Unbleached Muslin, the very best made, at 4r> ct*. Pc-caseets, 9*B Lawrence, Starke, Atlantic*, 5-4 Lyman Bates, 'and many others of the best makes. One case good bleached Sheeting, fall 2f£ wide, - at $l.l-5. Also, I£, I#. and 2# yards wide, both in Bleached and Un bleached. The above prices are very low. according to thetimes. GRaNVILLE B. HAINES, feB-mwthe4t 1013 MARKET St., above Tenth. *7OO ARCH STREET. 709 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUT. * VJAtm Tattle Linens. 7 nieces good quality, at SI per yard. Loom I able Linens, 8 pieces flue quality, at sl.l2>a per yard. Loom Table Linens, 30 pieces superior quality, at $1,25 per yard. , Brown and Bleached Table Linens, large assortment. Brown and Bleached Table Linen, superb quality. 1,750 yards Crash at 14 cents, a ba T gain. 8,000 yards Crash at 16 tents, can’t be surpassed. 1,976 yards Russia Crash at 14.15, and 20 cento, cheap. OLD GOODS. OLD STOCK^ 709 ARCH Stteet. ■\TA-BSEILLES QUILTS—OP FINE quality at moderate price*. Hood liiauKotn, la large sizes. Sheeting Mnsliis, of every width. Several grades of Tickings. . TiBLB DAMASKS. rower-loom Table Linen* damask patterns, power* loom Table Linen, dice patterns 8-4 Bleached Table Damask, $1; a bargain. Unbleached Table Linens, a variety. ■Fine Towels- Napkins. Nursery Diapers. BaUardvale Flannels, 62)£ to $1 per yard. Williamsyllle and Wamsucia Muslins. New York Millssand Other good make ?- . Best heavy and fine Shitting and Fronting Linens. BLACK BILKS. Just opened, a large lot, marked low. Spring I>e Laines and Prints. Mode Alpacas, choice shades. Printed Brilliants and 4 4 Fancy Shirtings. COOPER & UONARD, fe4 S. B. eorner NINTH and MARKET Sts, Edwin elaxl & co.. no. 2*south SECOND Street, keen a full stock of Stacie Goods. Linen and Cotton Sheetings, Linen and Cotton Pillow Muslins. New York Mills and Williarnsvllle Muslins. Wamsuttaa and White Bock do? Water-twist Muslins. Damask Table Linens. Marseilles Counterpanes. Fine Blankets. Towels, Napkins, &c. Often at Low Prices a large assortment of LACS GOODS, 3MBBOIDBBIBS. HANDKERCHIEFS, VEILS. AMD WHITE GOODS. Suited to the season, and of the latest itylea. ▲ large variety of USDBRSLEBVES, or (He most recent designs, aad other goods suitable for party purposes. fZJJJEAT REDUCTIONS—VERY LOW VJT pfiicßS.—As we are determined to close oat our entire stock of Winter Dress Goods REGARDLESS OF COST. Closlniont French Herinoes at 75 cents. Closing out French Poplins. Closing oat Shawls. Closing oat Cloaks. .. , , , _ All the leading makes of Muslin*, Bleached sad un bleached, 54, 7*B. 4-4, 6-4. 6-4. 8-4, 9*4, and 10-4 wide, .tile ViBT LOWEST PRICES. h ja23-tf Mob. 713 and 715 M. TENTH Street. j. Hr antDAiiii. Suit Dibooti.t I AnU.eblt to tit* Ucefnl Art*. A New Thin,. It. Gombln.Uoa. Boot an* Shoe HannfiMturufc linltn.. BlmLlfivM- KUMBbM. MMIUb T'BE PHIA ADELPHIA AND BOSTON A MINING COMPANY OP MICHIGAN.—The firat meettagofthe Philadelphia and Boaton Minina Company ft taSE/ISM. “ 11 °’ Cloek A ' H® STEVB^, 0f *■ binary. 1884. THOMAB 8. FERrfON. Two of the Associate, of said Corporation. FBn.ABBI.PHIA, T»D- L MW- ftS-ISUp THE AGATE HARBOR MINING COM- A PANT OP LAKE SUPERIOR. —The first meeting of the Agate Harbor Mining Company of Lake Sopert or. under its articles of Association, will be held at N0.4*3 WALD TIT Street. Philadelphia, Boom No. 6. at Uo’clock A. M. ■ onth a *fihdaTof febr^.lga^ THOMAS 8. FBRNON, 1 Two of tbs Aa.oelatei of said Corporation. PMtAPSiraiA. f«b.l, km. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, 1008 CHESTNUT Street. CURTAIN GOODS, 1008 CHESTNUT Street, HOUSE WILLIAM T* SNODGRASS, | ARMY AND KiVT. Bine Cloths, Sky blue Cloths, Sky-blue Donkins, Bark Blue Doeskins, Park Bine Beivers, Dark Bine Pilate 3-4 and 6-4 B lue Flannels, Scarlet Cloths. Mazarine Blue Cloths, come early, as our present purchase non*. felO Im 10m4r CHESTIfPT STREET. S 5. M. NEEDLES 10*4 CHESTNUT STREET. CBMBNT, ÜBXfirii AKD TALUABEB DISCOVERT! HILTON'S INSOLUBLE OEMEJJTI la of more tenoral .raatlcal utility than any invention now before the labile. It baa been thoroughly teat ed daring the last two Tear. bT KUtt.al men, and prononn.ed bJ all to be SUPERIOR TO ANY Adhulrs Preparation knows. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT la a now thing, and the remit ol TOanraf atndT: Ita.omblnatlonlson SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, And under no .lr.nmatan.ea or .bang, of temporetnr., will it be oomo eorrnnt or omit in offentiy* imolL BOOT AND SHOE Manufacturers, using will And It the best article known' for Cementing the Channels, as It works without delay, is not affected far. any chance of temperature. JEWELERS Will find It enfflolently adhe.lye for thoir um> aa has boon prayed. nr IB ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO LEATHER, And w. claim *» an merit, that it .tick. Patches and Linings to Boots and Shoes inSslentlT strong without stitching. IT IS THE ONLY LIQUID CEMENT Sstant. that Is a sure thing fox mending rsurruu, OXOGKK&Y. TOYS. '*■ * rfbßY. And artl.lsi of Household OH. REMEMBER, niton’s Insoluble Cement Is in a liquid form, and as easily applied u paste. HILTOIT’S IFSOLUBLI CBMBVT Is Insoluble in water or oil HUiTOK’S IITSOLTJBLB CKMEJTT Adheres oily substance*. Sunned In Family or Manufactu rers' rackacos from 3 ounces to 10G fc*. miliTOH BROS. * CO., 7ROYIDS&OB, B. L Af«nt* im PhlladelphAo LAING * OtAGimnS JOSBFH GODFREY «, Co. Ho. 38 North FOURTH St. NEW PUBLICATIONS. |J>HE GREAT WAR STORY! SCENE IN EAST TENNESSEE THIRTEENTH THOUSAND IN PRESS Less Than One Week Alter Pabitoatton. CUD JO’S CAVE. Trowbridge’s Great Novel J JTo novel of lata years, if erer. has bad so rapid a rise* com as this. IN SIX DATS IT HAS HAD THE OBDI KABT SALE OF SIX POFULAB HOVELS. And yet the sale increases as It is read. EVERYBODY IS PLEASED WITH IT. ThB Editor of the Saturday Even hicr Gazette say* “Mr Trowbridge's new Romance, "Cndjo’s Care/ WTLL JUSTIFY ALL EXPECTATIONS. Tfc« Story is OUQ Qf unqualified interest, abounding In hair breadth ’aoapas, and popsesfrinff many sltuatlots and incidents of thrill- IrA effect * * * * That * Cudjo's Cave'will be one of the popular books of the day* we cannot doubt. ’’ Ac. The public and private Libraries. thou«h largely sup plied, cannot begin to satisfy their patrons. It is not a flashy noyel, to be read and thrown aside. It is a historical work of lasting interest, and one every gentleman will desire for his library and for the family. Elegant 12mo, 500 Pages, Muslin. Sold by all principal Bookseller* and newsman. and cent by mail, by the Publishers. J. E. TILTON A- 00., J9ST Papers inserting this advertisement two times, and sending ns a ctpy marked, are entitled to a book by mail, postpaid. fe!2*2t THE fifth thousand no w a SELLIHCt. JEAN INOELOW’B POEMS. IU ONE HANDSOME VOLUME. VELLUM CLOTH. The great populirity which the author of these Pooras has achieved, in so short a time, is probably unexampled in the history of authorship. The united sale of her volume in England and this country already amounts to ten thousand copies. “ She has won for herself a home and citizenship wherever the English language is spoken. 55 The most renowned of our authors admit her claim* to task as a true poet 14 It seemed quite needless to praise these poems. so manifest and so charming is the talent shown in them. She has a wonderful ear and lyric facility, an eye for the beauty and significance of nature, thought that olothee itself in images and a general Intellectual strength. But the delicious melody of the verse could almost spare the other gifts. "—Ralph Waldo Emerson. FOE SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. . ROBERTS BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. *£b w " DIABTI-ORiSSS. is published TO-DAT, and will stir up the dry bones of incompetent and incapable officials throughout the laud, and make a sensation generally. ©UKOWSKI’S DIARY POE 1883. A new volume by Count Adam Guroweki, embracing a Diary of Political and Military Events and Transactions, in the Cabinet and in the Field, for the year 1863. *** For sharp criticism, alternating with epigrammatic, trenchant, caustic praise, and castigation, this work must bear away the palm from all othdlß ever printed in this country. 12m0., cloth bound, price $1 25. NEXT WEEU.: PRIVATE MIXES O’REILLY will be ready with HIS BOOK, rich with Songs, Services, and Speeches, and Comically Illustrated. fe6-swtf pATENT HINGE BACK PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. The most indestructible ALBUM made. It lies open perfectly flat without Injury or strain to the Booh. , For sale by Photographer s and Booksellers. ALTEMCS & CO., N. W. COE. FOURTH AND BAOE, fell-6t Entrance on BAOE Street. ABD AND FANCY JOB FEINTING, v At BIUGWJLL’? A SB(?W«’3, JJI s, JO3ST^3t, FRICK $1.50. boston. price, *i.»s. BOSTON. GUKOW SKI’S NEW BOOK, LOOK our FAR IT. CARLBTON, Puljlislier, Xew York. NEW BOOKS. HAND-MADE PAPEE. DAMASK PAPER , ALHAMBBAA’PAPfiB. I linen paper, jt PAPER.. _ * and Letter Paper. 2y— Initials Stamped jfrafcli Lonee Stationery. ivered. •LEN. 1308 CHESTNUT. AMERICAS PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1864. CURTAIN GOODS. RfiW CUKTA IN GOODS, window shapes, AND LACE CURTAINS. I, E, WALKAVEN, (Successor to W. H. Carryl.) MASONIC HALL. 710 CHESTNUT STREET, v DRY-GOODS JOBBING HOUSES. BAINS, & MELLOR, ROS. 10 and *» NORTH THIRD STREET. TMPOSTBBB OF HOSIERY, SMALL WARES, WHITE GOO D S. manufacturers of SKIRT FRONTS, fe2-3m 1884. EDMUND YARD & CO., Ho. filT CHESTfitJT AND No. 61* JAYNE STREETS, Have now in Store thefr SPRING IMPORTATION of BILK iXB FAfNJf DM GOODS, OOWBIBTIHa OF DRRSS GOODS, OF ALL KINDS; BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SATINS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, . - A NO DRESS TRIMMINGS. ALSO. WHITE GOODS, DPiESfS. EMBROIDERIES, AND LACES. A large and handsome assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, Of all svadeVt Jw. Which they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICES ia3o-3m SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SPRING 1864. TABER Ac HARBERT, No. 401 MARKET STREET. SILKS, RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, AND MIIiLINERY GOODS. Merchants axe invited to call and examine our stock of SPRING RIBBONS, Which will he sold at the LOWEST PRICES. fe9lm DRY-GOODS COMMISSION HOUSES. QALBRAITH & LINDSAY, IMPORTERS AND- COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 21 STRAWBERRY STREET, Would call the ettehtioa of the trade to the following, of Which they are prepared to show fall liaei* viz:. DRESS GOODS, IWHITE GOODS, BLACK AND COLORED IRISH LTNRNS, ALPACAS, LINEN HDKPa, ITALIAN CLOTHS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, &C. SHAWLS, 1 . . ' fe4-lm* COMMISSION HOUSES* f'IRAIN BAGS.—A LARGE ASSORT- V7T MBMT of GBiIST 13±<3S, ta yarioM sizes. for sale hr BARCROFT A CO.. jal9-6m Nos. 409 and 4 l>T MARKET Street. STAFFORD BROTHERS’ AMERICAN O (.POOL COTTON, In 'White, Blach. and all colors, In quantities and assortments to suit purchasers. The attention of dealears Is especially solicited to this article. H P. aW- F. S3SITH* Dyy Goods Commission M9rch.ant«, jalS-Im* aai CHESTgPT Street. QHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHIN JO SON. No. 113 CHES 7 NUT STREET. COMMISSION merchants, FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. 0c26-Em .. JJAGS 1 BAGS I BAGS ! NEW AND SECOND-HAND. SEAMLESS, BTJELAP, AND GUNNY BAGS. Constantly on hand. JOHN T. BAILEY & CO., No. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET. J9* WOOL SACKS FOR SALE. an2s 6m YARNS. On hand and constantly leeolTinc ALL NOS, TWIST FROM 5 TO 20. and FILLING Nos. 10,12, and 14. Suitable for Cottonades and Hosiery. In starlit present a beautiful article of 14 and 18 TWIST. ' MANUFACTURERS will And It their interest to lira me asalL Also on hand, and Afent for the sale of the. UNION A, B, AND O JUTS GRAIN BAGS. In onsntitlcs of from 100 to 10.000. R. T. WHITE, 242 NORTH THIRD STREET. JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, Pa., CORNER MARKET STREET AND MARKET SQUARE. A first-class home. Terms, *2 per day. ]ajfi-3m O. H. MANN. Aft CENTS FEB POUND TAX ON teV/ TOBACCO. The Government is about to put a of 40 centsper pound os Tobacco. Ton can save 50 per cent, by Ton can save 50 per cent, by Yon can save 50 per cent, by You can save 60 per cSt. by _ Buylni now at DEaITS, No; 836 CHESTNUT. Bnyjjr now at DKAji’JV So.' |S CHESTNUT BuTlni now at PJSAgfs', go. s»5 chestnut; Bttjia 1 new at dHn’l! No’ 536 CHESTNUT* Prime Navy Tobacco, ?0, 76 and 80c. per lb. Prime Cavendish Tobacco, 70, 76 and p®? Ib. Prim® Flounder Tobacco, 70, 76 and 80c. par Id. Prime Congress Tobacco, 66, 70 and 76c. per tb. Prime Pig and Twist Tobacco, 76 and 80c. per lb. DEAN sells Old Virginia Navy. DEI N sells Old Virginia Sweet Cavendish. DEAN Mils Old Virsibia Rough and Heady. BEAH tells Old Virginia Plain CavendUh. BJSAN soils Old Virginia Congress. DEAN sells Old Virginia Fit and Twlat, DEAN sells Old Virginia Smoking Tobacco. DEAN’S Kanawlia Fine Gat Chewing Tobacco DEAN’S Kanawha Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Cannot be Equaled, Cannot be Equaled. DEAN’S Cigars are superior to all others. DEAN’S Cigars are superior to OJI others, He raises his own Tobacco, on bis own plantation in Havana He selli his own Cigars at his own store. No. 885 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. BEAN’S Minnehaha Smoking Tobacco is manufactured from pare Virginia 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. Glsy Pipes, ana other Pipes. And Pipe down and get »onr Pipes, Tobacco. Cigars, Ac., at DEAN’S. No. 335 Chestnut Street,, And there you will see bis wholesale and Betail Clerks go Piping around waiting on Customers. , The Army of the Potomac now order all their Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Ac., from DEAN’S. No. 335 CHESTNUT Street. They know DEAN sells the best and cheapest jalff-tf ' RATIONAL COFFEE ROASTER— XI HYDE'S PATENT. All lover* ofgood Coffee should try one. It Is provided with a patent Trier % to test the Coffee and prevent burn ing* All the principal Hotels, Restaurants, Boarding Houses, and private families are patting them in ase. The family sices are soiled to either stove or range. For sale at the Hardware, House Famishing, and Stove Stores. Price from $2 to *lOO. Man ufactured and for sale, wholesale and retail, by the Toffee Roaster and Mill Ma nufacturing Company, PENNSYLVANIA Avenue and FIFTEENTH Street. Philadelphia. jaff-stuthlmfp XPUENITUBE. BABB CHANCE.— -A- To those wishing to purchase FINE FURNITURE. I would BAJ that 1 shall offer my entire stock, at the WABBBOOMB. No. 45 South bECOND Street, above Chestnut, at the cost of manufacture. The Fnraitare must be sold before the 10th of March, as the store is to he used for-ottaer purposes. The work and materials are of the very best Quality, and every article will be war ranted as represented. -«4 The stock comprises some of the finest patterns of solid ROSEWOOD and WaLNUT PARLOR SUITS, covered in Satin, Brocatolle, 4 * Plush,” Reps, and Hair Cloth, ever offered for sale. Also; solid Walnut Round- comer Bed steads, splendid Dressing Bureaus and Enclosed Wash stands to match: Parlor Tables, Chairs, Bttegeree, Easy- Arm.and stuffed-Rocking Chairs Sideboards, Extension Tables, Dining Chairs, in Reps: Lounges, Sofas, Hat Backs. Ball Tables; Is fact, every variety of Parlor, Dining Room, Hall. Library, and Chamber Furniture. Any doubts as to the above statement will be easily dlspellbdfay calling at the W ARBROOMB, No- 45 South SECOND Street, and examining the goods, which will be sold at cost, and will show for themselves. fe2-12t J. G. MOSES. Manufacturer. fjARSON 01L.—500 BARRELS OF V/ th»moiftni»roT»dbrands, instore and foraila by a»a. u? Ages strew. 1364. SPRING, 1864. yarns. CometjOf ITBW. HOTELS. Cjjt |)rts 3. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1864. THE GREAT GUN OF THE AGE. Oai>tins of lh«~ 20-inch Rodman Onn at Port Pitt Foundry, Pittsburg, MAjOR RODMAN'S PLAN ADHERED TO Aitnejrlca.il Artillerists in Ad vance of tlie World. THU HASTING AN UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. foil PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT GUM JUBILEE, A View of the Fort Pitt Fojihdry (A feteclal Report for The Press. I THE GREATEST GUN IN CHRISTENDOM. The 20 inch Rodman guo wa, ea«t at the Fort Pitt foundry, Pittsburg, on Thursday noon. This immense pun, which was first suggested by Major Rodman in his report on the trial of the ftnt 16-iaoh gun, has long been a matter of theory. Prepara tions for its manufacture were begun in May, 1863, and were continued from time to time as the exi gencies of the service permitted. In order, how ever, to bring intelligence to bear upon the carting Of this great gun, It will he advisable to understand *.something ot the accessories to which It is indebted lot its perfection. NEW BUILDIH9S NECESSfIRY. The buildings, cranes, furnaces, patterns, Saak, and lathe, had to be entirely new-constructed, in order to accommodate themselves to the immense size of the gun. THE MODEL OF THE TWENTY-INCH GUN. The model of the 20 iooh is a projection of the Brat 10-inch gun. The length of the rough eating is Sfi feet; itstnaximum diameter 66 Inches; and its weight 180,000 pounds. The length of the finished gun will be 20 feet 3 inches; its maximum diameter 61 inches; and its weight 116,000 pounds. The diarne ter of the rough casting at the muzzle will tie four feet, and that of the finished gun at the muzzle 3d inches. The whole length of the bore le 210 inches, HOW IT WILD BE HUNG-. £The gun will be hung on trunnionsplacod over its centre of gravity, and allowing no preponderance. This mode of hanging guns, Introduced by Major , Rodman, renders their manipulation inservioe much easier than when a great preponderance is at the breech. THE PURE JUNIATA IRON EMPLOYED. The metal from whioh the gun ia manufactured ie the pure Juniata iron, from the BloomSeld-Juniata, and Rodman furnaoea, now In the handt of Uie pro prietor of the Fort Pitt Foundry. The gun ie eoa etructed altogether on the Rodman plan. The pub' lie, however, eo greatly prefer practice to principle, that we append a compreeeed deecrlption of the pro one adopted THE MOULD consists of a flask (made in font pieces, bolted and clamped firmly together), and of the sand which It contains, and which forms the matrix of the gun. The flask weighs twenty-eight tons, and the sand ten. The mould is formed by plaoing the flash oyer a wooden pattern, of the exact size of the rough cast ing, and then ramming the sand between the pattern and the flash. The pattern is then withdrawn, the mould is “slicked” or smoothed' oyer, and then washed with a black coating made of ground coal. The mould is then placed in an oven, and baked until it is of the size of an ordinary soft red brick. One of the finest specimens of bard labor , and good work manship that we have ever witnessed is that pre sented by this immense mass, of sand, which, in the case of the 20-inch, was rammed, finished up, blacked, and placed in the oven, by ten men, in twenty hours! The flask being removed from its ovens, and clamped firmly together, is placed verti cally in a pit, made specially for its reception. Thus disposed, the muzzle end of the mould is on a level with the mouth of the pit, and the centre line of the gun is perpendicular. THE FIT ITSELF. The pH which receives the ilssle i» twenty-eight end a hair feet deep, and fourteen inches in diame ter. Inside it, near the bottom, great bars radiate like the spokes of a wheel. Underneath these flues, on the outside, communicate a draught. Another flue, leading from the top ol the pit, carries off the smoke. The object of both the flues and the bars is to maintain a strong fire around the flask. This is one of the objects in the Hodman process of casting guns. THE CORE is along, hollow, east-iron, fluted barrel, hung ver tically precisely in the centre of the mould. It is exteriorly coaled—firstly, by a eoll of three, eighths inoh rope, closely wrapped, and a mile in length ; and, secondly, with a luting of Btiff clay, which is put on to separate the east-iron of the barrel from the molten iron of the gun. The rope is used to keep the clay out of the grooves, and, by presenting a rough surface, to prevent it slipping off. The grooves allow the gas (mainly hydrogen), formed by the contact of the melted metal and the clay, to escape freely at the upper end into the air, where it burns with quite a large flame. After the coatings are on the core is likewise baked hard in an oven. Its outside diameter is nineteen inches, one inch less than the finished diameter of the bore, thus al> lowing half an inch all round for the completion of the latter. HOW THE COKE-BARBEE IS KEPT COOL. The core-barrel is kept cool by means of a stream of cold water circulating throughout its whole length. A small pipe extending almost to the bot tom of .the core is traversed by the water whioh, rising, fills the barrel, and passes off’ at the top. Du ring the casting the flow of water was sixty gallons per minute. THE TWENTY-INCH GUN FURNACES. Three large reverberatory or air furnaces are used. Two are of the capacity of twenty-flve tons each. The third, of the capacity of forty total, is believed to be the lsrgest in the world. It was built ex pressly to accommodate the 20inch. It was charged with thirty-nine tone. and each of the smaller furnaces was charged with twenty.three and a half tons. From tbese furnaces the iron is conducted through iron troughs, lined with clay, into a common pool near the pit. Thence it is eon ducted by two troughs into the gates of the mould. These gates are two openings, three Inches in diame ter, extending all the way down the mould outside the matrix of the gun. They communicate with the gun proper by inpan* of smaller gates, cut through at intervals of fifteen inohes, all the way up. The iron Is thus conducted first into the bottom of the mould, and then through the side-gates, respectively, up to the top, as the metal rises in the mould. The difference between the reverberatory and the cupola furnace is that in the former the fuel and iron are separate, and there is a natural draft through a large slack. In the latter the fuel and iron are to gether, and the draft is made by blast. THE CRANES. Two immense cranes are used in lifting this heavy mould, and in taking the gun from the pit. They have each the capacity of forty tons. They are worked by the steam engine, which not only hoists and lowers the load, but likewise causes the cranes to revolve. These cranes were designed and built at the Fort Pitt Foundry by Mr. Nieholas K. Wade, its former engineer. A LATHE ON A LIBERAL PRINCIPLE. The lathe was built expressly for the 20. inoh gun. It is sixty feet long, eight feet wide over the shears, and is driven by two' engines, 6-inoh cylinders, 12-inch stroke. In the foundation alone there are one hundred and twenty thousand bricks. The costly nature of the gun may be appreciated when it is remembered that the lathe which merely turns and finishes it sost between ten and fifteen thousand dollars. MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE MONSTER GUN. Special cars or trucks are being built by the Penn sylvania Railroad Company for the proper convey ance of the gi eat gun. Its great weight concentrated in a small space might prove fatal to continued mo tion.- Avery large truck is therefore rendered ne cessary. The length of the gun is thus distributed, and a strain upon any one part altogether precluded. THE PROVING. GROUND. The new proving-ground belonging to the Fort Pitt Foundry, and known as Fort Pitt station, is just seventeen miles out of the city, on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. A large traversing train, propelled by steam, has there been erected to handle the gun. Two heavy triangular frames, about forty feet high, support a movable beam on a steel knife edge bearing, from which heavy rods de scend and catch the trunnions ana breech or the gun. Suspended In these rods the gun will be three feet from the ground, and, after a firing, will vi brate, a prodigious pendulum, between the frames. The Bhot fired will be thrown into a steep bank of soft rock. Whether the big gun will be proved here or in New York is yet undetermined. THE CASTING. One of the most deeply interesting sights of the kind that ever took place wac to be seen on Thurs day nocn. The west end of the Fort Pitt Foundry was thronged with workmen and visitors. Includ ing all, about three hundred people were present. Among these were the members of the Ordnance Board, whlah consisted of Major Dyer, Major Rod man, and Captain Bendt. Major Rodman is inoom mand of the Watertown Arsenal; Major Dyer is in command of the Springfield Arsenal, and Captain Bendt is inspector of cannon and projeotfies, and was, until very lately, Inspector of ordnance and gunnery at West Feint. He is now stationed at New York. VISITORS PRESENT. Among the visitors present were the Marquis de Basseoourt, colonel In the Italian army; General Copeland; Major General Brooks j Professor Parker, of Cambridge; Captain Berrian, U. S. N., and resident inspector of ordnanoe; Captain Edle; Lieutenant Rockwell, of the ordnanoe of thp army; Captain Auliok, U. S. N„ assistant ehlef ’of the Bureau of Ordnance ; Major William Wade, for; merly* of that Bureau; Hon. A. W. Loomis, of Pittsburg, and others. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS.: The furnaces were fired at five o’clock A. M.; the metal was all melted by eleven o’clock. Whilst the iron was running in the mould, it was constantly stinefi by men with long polep of o*k. object of this waa to relieve it ol the gas often formed in gun. irons, and which, ii not removed, create* globular oavltiea in the maze of the gun, and thereby de stroys ita uniformity. COMMENCEMENT OF THE CASTING'. ThB casting commenced at twenty-four mtnutea after twelve. Eighteen buahela of coal were allowed to each ton of iron to make the ruaion. Furnace' number five waa fliat opened, and then furnaces number six and four. The soece w&s most animated and very exciting. The liquid iron, traversing the sturdy runners, glared and sparkled with dazzling intenaity. Along the black line of the runners coriusoationa and fiery apray shot out into the air. The sparka flew up by millions, and, tying them selves into dazeling knots, twisted and exploded. The mould waa surrounded by an eager crowd; the cranes were lined with workmen; four m Bn ’ were busy with long, narrow puddling sticks, col lecting the Bourn and roolire which gathered on tha aurlaoe Of the liquid iron. Small quantities of iron were thrown into the pit from timB to time, in order to light the gaa wbioh escaped from the Band through the small vent-holes in the flask. As the rods with which this process was effected struck the sides of the mould, a shower or fire-flakes descended into the cavity, anfl'shot out aoiufillations upon the assem bled crowd. The gas escaping from within, the iron pipe surrounding the core barrel was in a constant state of ignition, and foimed a pale, luminous crown of blue Same. The erica of “ Hold on there!” “Out of the road!" etc., and the constant excitement of the soene, addeif’to the vividness of' the new foundry view. ENDING OP THE CASTING, The official report of Cast, llerft dotes that the furnaces were opened at precisely twenty-four minutes alter twelve; that the last furnace was closed at forty-Bve and a half minutes past twelve, aud that,' consequently, the time occupied in the easting included exactly twenty-one and a half minufe*. - THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER, The temperature of' ttShateeam of water, which at one minute after twelve commenced running, into the core, stood At the commencement at thirty-six degrees ; at the moment the outing was over it stood at forty-two degrees; Ituc minutes after the casting was over it was at fifty-two degrees; eight minutes after the easting was over at seventy five and a half degrees: fourteen minutes after the cast ing, at eighty-one and a half degrees; twenty minutes after the casting, at eighty-nine and a quarter de grees; twenty-five minutes after the easting, at ninety-one degrees; and thirty minutes after the oaatiDg, at ninety-one and three-quarter degrees. THE CASTING ABUNDANTLY. SATI3FAO- The coaling was a perfect success. No result could possibly have been more satisfactory. Nothing went wrong. Furnace No. 6 was the first to be stopped, »D'd the others, Nos. II and 5, were stopped almost Immediately aiter. When the oaating was completed a blacking, consisting of ground coal, waa strewn over the top to prevent chilling. During the operation the gas escaped freely from the vent holes in the flask, which is perforated iu a thousand place with these necessary accommodations, half an inch in diameter. Three furnaces only were employed. A fourth furnace was in reserve, in case of sny acci dent, but the necessity for its use was wholly pre-' eluded. Only two or three tons were left over, after the casting was completed, evincing a calculation of unusual nicety. The fourth furnace in reserve had a supply of ten tons, and a fifth twelve tons, which in any extgenoy might have been drawn upon. After the casting was over, the mould, not being completely filled, owing to the gradual settling of the liquid mass, was sup plied with fresh liquid iron, or, in other words, was filled up with " shanks,” AH the fuel employed was the Pittsburg bituminous coal. THE DRAWING OF THE CORE was to take place about twenty-four hours after the easting. In this operation the supply of water is suddenly stopped off. The barrel is much expanded by heat. A large strain is put oh by the steam crane, almost sufficient to draw the barrel out. The barrel cools quickly, shrinks with rapidity, the strain of the crane springs it out about two feet, and it is then drawn out. AFTER THE CASTING. The easting of the great 20-inch gun having been satisfactorily accomplished, congratulations became the order of the day. Delegations and oommittees shook hands. “Bosses” and puddle-stickers alike dispersed. The Fort Pitt Foundry was, for the time left to itself to reflect at leisure on the greatest gun the world has yet witnessed. WHEN THE 20-INOH WILL BE COMPLETED. The gun is expected to be ready in the latter part, of May. The solid shot will weigh 1,000 pounds. The range cannot, of course, at thiß early date, be determined, but will at least be equal to the 15-inch gun. EASILY HANDLED, Preparations for manipulation are so complete, it will be as easily bandied as smaller guns. The steam cranes and other facilities, at the proving ground for testing it, are of the moat complete and thorough description. The enormous frame-work, by means of which the gun is slung up by trunnions, is the largest structure oi its kind in the known world. SITUATION OF THE FORT PITT FOUNDRY. The Fort. Pitt Foundry, Where the 20-lncli gun has been cast, is in Pittsburg, On the'Allegheny river, be tween o’llara and Walnut streets. Its sole proprie-. tor is Charles Knap, Eiq. THE VALUE OF THE FORT PITT GUN. The value of the stupendous piece of artillery which, on Thursday, waß cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry, is estimated at thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). The outlay is at least that much, As a new gun of enormous mould, it has, as a necessity, been expensive. Future castings of guns of the same dimensions will, of course, incur the expendi ture of a much less amount. THE WEIGHT OF THE SHOT. The 20-incli is not intended for a long-range gun, but rather to do terrible execution within the range which it will possess.' In the manufacture of guns of large calibre, the question which arises is, “,to which shall greatest attention be devoted, to the in crease of velocity or to the bulk oi the'oannon-baU 1” The weight of the shot has in this instance engross ed consideration. Shell will be almost exclusively uied. Both shot and shell will be spherioal, of great weight and enormous explosive force. The solid shot will weigh one thousand pou-.ds, and the shell seven hundred and seventy-five pounds, allowing for windage. No information of course can be given at present in regard to the raoge of the gun. What ever its range may be, it it certain that its execu tion will be unparalleled in its extent and devas tation. THE KIND OF POWDER EMPLOYED. Two binds of powder are employed in gun ser vice, viz: cannon and mammoth, Mammoth powder, invented by Major Rodman, will be em ployed in the 20-inch gun. It is the same variety as that ÜBed in 16-inch guns, and its grains are six tenths of an inch in diameter, or about the size of hickory-nuts. The gun will bum not less than one hundred pounds of powder. THE GUN’S DESTINATION. New York is the destination of the 20-inoh. It will be mounted in the Narrows, below Fort Hamil ton. It Will be mounted and in service probably within three months, certainly, within six. THE GUN CARRIAGE does not deviate in its general construction from the wrought iron carriages of the 15-inch guus. No dis tinctive title has been devisea for the gun. It will merely be characterized as a 20- inch gun, constructed on the Rodman principle. The carriage is now be ing manufactured at the /Watertown Arsenal, near Boston. PECULIARITIES OF THE BORE, The length of the bore will be two hundred and ten inches. The bore will terminate in a semi-ellip soid, whose msjor axis will be thirty inches, and whose minor axis will be twenty inches. COST PER CHARGE. The expense for each charge of the gun may be roughly placed at about seventy-five dollars, allow ing twenty, five dollars for powder, and fifty for pro jectiles. Fifteen or sixteen men will be required to manage the gun when completed, nine being em ployed in the loading, and six or seven in traversing the gun. No formulae ean at present be given re specting the tenacity and hardness of the metal. The hydrometer determines its speoifio gravity. It is to be remarked, that by the interior cooling principle adopted, the hardest and best iron U that nearest the surface of the bore. The faot of the gun being cast hollow, secures this. THE 20*INCH TESTED, The iron oi which the gun is cast was thoroughly tested, by Major Rodman, in the same manner as that of the first 16-inch. The sample by which the gun is to be proved is to be taken from the sinking head, or the rough end out off from the muzzle. THE REMELTING. The metal has been onae remelted before being charged Into furnaces for the gun. The iron from whioh it is constructed is all of one grade. THE 20-INOH IN ADVANCE OF THE WORLD. It is acknowledged by our numerous foreign visi tors that the United States are certainly,in artillery, in advaneeof the world. The 20-inch gun is a living example of It. But it is not alone the 20-inch which we are called upon to admire. Attention is attracted to the Fort Pitt Foundry, where the great gun of the age was manufactured. The spot where such a gun is made is a spot which at onoe becomes a matter or history. An inspection of the Fort Pitt Foundry is a matter of almost as much importance as an inspection of the guns there manufactured. THE FORT PITT FOUNDRY is, in the first place, in Pittsburg, fronts upon the river, and is bounded on its other three sides by O’Hara, Etna, and Walnut streets. The foundry proper i» about 300 feet long by 100 wide, and eon tains six furnaces, whose oapaoity is for 135 tons of iron at a beat. It likewise contains sixteen pits, in which the guns are oast, and four drying ovens, in which the guns are dried after being moulded. It is furnished with six oranes, two of whioh are oapable oi lilting fifty tons, and four of lifting from fifteen to twenty tons. THE BORING MILL is soo feet long and 60 wide. It contains twenty-live lathes foiKurnlng and boring guns, and four trunnion lathes for turning the trunnions of guns, 8-inoli and 15-lneh. THE OHIPPING-HOUSE is one hundred feet long and fifty feet wide. The guns, whose boring is incomplete, are chipped by hand here. ► the SHELL-FOUNDRY is attached to the foundry proper. The two oupolas which it contains run about fifteen tons per day. From the shell foundry to the SHELL SHOP, , the transition is easy and natural. In this depart ment the guns sre made ready for inspection i THE PATTERN SHOP adjoins the foundry building. It is one hundred and seventy-two feet long, and forty,*!* foot deep. It is THREE CENTS. a building. Tht) il.-afc story consists of a sand shed 03d o machine sHop, and tikf ffsoond story of a pattern shop. The tard-story 1* uend for patterns., As many as fifteen meiohlnists &Te cm* ployed solely to repair from time to time the mo* chine* in this establishment. About two hundred and fifty men Rie employed In the Fort' Vilt Foundry Inthe BLACKSMITHS' SHOP, which la sixty by forty feet, all the bladhsmithiag work of the ertabliahmect io done. The work at the Foundry haa been performed' by tho pieoe for aome time. The number engaged is .not aa large as it otherwise might be. KAIL WAYS IN' TH3 FOUNDRY. From the foundry, to Etna street is a eerier oi railways, by whioh the'guno an sanded from the foundry to the boring mill, and thence to Etna street. On Etna street itself i» a route connecting with the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania Central, and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago lines. The means of transportation are, therefore, very practi cable, CHIPPING-SHOP SCALES. Two scales are at the extremity of the chipping chop, by which the oannon manufactured are weighed, HOW THE FOUNDRY IS WORKED, The whole establishment is worked by machinery, consisting cl six boilers, which supply steam to no leas than twenty-six engines, of various Bines. A very accurate dynameter, or testing machine, is In cluded in the resources of the foundry. Theorigi nal was constructed by Mr. Wade. The one owned by the foundry is an improvement of Major Rodman. THE LATEST NEWS OF THE LATEST GUM- WONDER. At the very latest accounts, the great 20 inch co lumbiad was doing well. From the beginning to the end, it has progressed so favorably that It has left! no room for the wishes or despondencies of lie friends and well-wishers.' When we have d fe.WV more guns like this, perhaps foreign .nations, ami not foreign individuals only, will be anxious to ac knowledge our supremacy. No gun that has ever, been caßt In the wide world can at ail compare With the 20 inch gun east on Thursday at the Fort Pitt Foundry. No gun that will be made for some time to come will elicit the world-wide Interest which attaches to this. Such a gun is literally a never-to-be-forgotten fact in military history. It may be looked upon as the infinitely careful rcnult of jeani of toll and endeavor. The final result which is so happily achieved is honorable alike to the in-' ventor, the constructor, and the Government which gave patronage to both. THE 29-INCH AT HOME. vThe great 20 inch will never feel at home until it "is in active service. Wherever and whenever that service may be ordered, it is positively certain that an amount of execution wlli be effected such as has neve; before been wrought by one single instru ment through all the long results of time, OFFICES OF THE FORT PITT FOUNDRY. The building Which these comprise la a large fire proof structure. One of its features is a testing machine, which tests the strength of specimens of all guns oast at the foundry. This invention Is built upon the latest improved pattern of Rodman, which Is now at the Watertown arsenal. It has a capacity of one hundred thousand pounds, NUMBERING OF THE GUNS, Every gun manufactured at the Fort Pitt Foundry is numbered. A complete record of the iron or which it is made is kept, a specimen being taken from each, and the specific gravity and tensile strength tested. Records of these are preserved, STEAM POWER EMPLOYED. Almost all the heavy work, not only of lifting, but also of moving the guns over tramways, is ef fected by steam. A PRIME BALL GLEANER, A very simple and efficient ball-cleaner attracts the somtlny of visitors. We understand that the inventor is Mr. Joseph Kaye, who has for a long time acted as foreman of the foundry,-and is the introducer of several Improvements. A MACHINE TO FINISH THE RIM-BASES OF GUNS. Another efficacious and by no means complex in vention, is a machine for finishing the tlm.bases of guns. Mr. Edward Kaylor, who is the Inventor, and also the foreman of the boring-mill, seems to have successfully Bolved the problem which has hi therto baffled Inventors. MANIPULATION OF GUN-IRON. The management and manipulation of the iron used in the manufacture of guns Is a most delicate and responsible duty, and, as is very evident, is in competent hands. RODMAN’S PLAN FIRST TESTED AT THE FORT PITT FOUNDRY. | Major Rodman’s plan of easting guns was first tried at Fort Pitt Foundry. There the first fiftesn icoh guns for the Government were cast, and there three large twelve inch rifles of the exterior dimen sions of the fifteen-inch guns of the Dahlgren pattern, rifled after the respective moulds prepared by Rodman, Parrott, and Atwater, areno w being con structed. These three are intended to test which of these modes of rilling is the least severe ontheguns, and gives the most ctteotlve results, and they are likewise expected to prove that a 600-pounder rifle may be made entirely of cast iron, and endure all the requirements of the serviA. It is expected that the use of a large rifle of cast-iron will not be in compatible with perfect safety. CAPACITY OF THE SHELL FOUNDRY. The capacity of the Shell Foundry allows it to construct seven 9-inch, seven 10-inch, and two lo inch guns per week, and likewise from six to ten Beige guns. FOET PITT NATIONAL INS IT- TUTION, Fort Pitt Foundry, which was established in 1814. Jiao been catting gun» and manufacturing them for the Government during almost the whole of its ex istence. Its proprietor it now engaged in nothing but Government worlc. In 1868 the whole establish ment WHS Burned down. It wa» not only rebuilt, of courae, but at least one half the building, and it« capacities, have been added since the commence ment of the war. The Government demand has been very heavy, and the supply has tmen as perfect In quality as the improvements ol the nineteenth century can realize or anticipate. Pittsburg i« a city of foundries and factories. The nail, glass, iron, steel, oil, and other works, are all exceedingly interesting. But the national, and, therefore, per gonal, Importance attaching to the manufacture of the 20-inch Hodman gun, at Fort Fitt, supersedes all other objects of national interest, and rivets for the time the attention of the world. THE WAR. [Special Correspondence of The Press. J Headquaktbkb 12th Army Oonre, DBPARTIttHKT OF THU OUMBBULANB, TDLtAHOMA, Tenn., Feb. 6,1884. REVELATIONS OF A REBEL DESERTER. There was an interesting arrival from Rebeldom yesterday. A Tennessean, from Johnston’s army, took the oath of allegiance at this place, having de serted about two weeks ago,- with twenty-five other*. The party, after passing the lelt dank of the rebel pickets, divided into smaller squads, and pursued their way by different routes towards the Tennessee. The one who arrived here did not know what success had attended his companions, but ex pleased the highest gratitude for his own escape. He several times came in contact with rebel oavalry scouring the country in search for deserters, but, having been so fortunate as to secure a citizen's suit from a relative living near the rebel lines, he suc ceeded in eluding their vigilance. As he was not Voluntarily communicative, interrogation wac re sorted to, and elioited full and intelligible answers. He did not speak in condemnation or the cause he bad fought for, but acknowledged Its failure, and asked only the privilege of beeoming again a peace ful citizen. Being only eighteen years of age, and having been among the prisoners captured at Fort Donelson, he was consequently under sixteen wheta he enlisted. Transportation was furnished him to Kentucky, whither his parents had moved. The testimony he brought was reluctantly given, and on that account has the greater title to our con fidence. Just before his departure he had seen four teen executions for the offence he was about to undertake, bat resolved to hazard even life in preference to a longer endurance of the hardships of the Confederate service. Desertions would be ten-fold more numerous were it not for the difficulty of escaping the rebel scouts; but this is not the only method adopted for Its prevention. The soldiers are told that the Federals will lodge them for a time in camps and dungeons, and afterwards exchange them as.prisoners of war, thus creating the belief that they will finally fall into the hands of the Conrede rate authorities for punishment. This man had not heard of the amnesty proclamation. EE BEE BOUNTY—BRAGG’S OLD BO AD. The rebel bounty for re enlistments Is fifty dollars, and the men are given to understand that If they do not accept this they will be foroed to remain where they are. at any rate. A few regard it as the better plan to receive the money, bnt among the great mass there is a determination not to be conscripted. He corroborates the report that Kentucky and Tennessee regiments were kept under guard, Georgians being assigned to this duty. General Johnston has an nounced that he wa» about to move on Kentucky by “Bragg’s old road.” It was not generally known what route was referred to, and the rebel leader gave no explanation. During the visit of Jefferson Davis, he told the army that Tennessee must be re taken, if It cost three hundred thousand men. This offered no very pleasing prospeets lor the soldiers. Morgan bad five thousand men in camp, and it was rumored that he was to have fifteen thousand more for the purpose of destroying the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. HOW THE HEBEE ARMifes SUPPLY THEM- SELVES. The provision! Mued from the rebel commissary comiit of com end wheat flour, sad beef, of whioh they receive full rstiom. It is well known, how ever, thst thii supply is hept up by pinohing the people at homo; and, while it appears to.be the aim of the officials to allow no man the necessaries of lire outside of the army, the soldiers feel that their own friends are the sufferers, and depreoate this heartless means of obtaining reinforcements. The field of Ghickamauga, after the fight, was a rich harvest. In addition to the elotblng, in which many clad themselves, money was found In large amounts. Those who descended to the low business of robbing the dead seoursd sums whioh they con sidered as ample rewards for their dishonors deed. These greenbacks are seduleuily hoar , being regarded as the only money, exeep spo • that will be of any value after the war. Is « humiliating to thi* ChiVSlrOU* people, the boast of the world, to be found stealing Yankee cus i‘K wrre^r Kvw of ft» o,K tcoops, aftet THE "WAT?. PRBSS. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.* TflU Wae Pubs* will W sent to *mbeci ibera by mail (per annum in advance) at < - Three copies. 5 00 Five copie* 8 OO Ten copiea * 13 00 Larger Clubs than Tva will ha charged at tUoua.ia& rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and in no instance can these terms be deviated from, an they afford, very little more than the cost ofpwpcw Poetmaßters are requested to act as Agents for THS Witt PttRBR. the getter-ap of the dab of tea or treaty- ( *n «&tre. copy of the Paper will be given. which' they hoped to cverpowar us; but this proved * weak foundation on which to build, the ri-enlistioente being so numerous as t.> produoa cMJßterna'tou, Ihe furloughs being given when they could not tad* - advantage of the absence of our regi ments, and ate veterans to return just as the spring campaign 1, littflj to open. The second event is tha Presidential elei'J.Vm. They have not forgotten the promises of aid IS-ren the North, and though it has not rhown itself ini' nny substantial manner, they bola’cr themselves u*PVith the belief tbatitis not much longer to be delayed. It Is upon the prospect of sucer.s t.-f the Northorn anti-Government party -l-c •■tonlh builds its hopes for tho sucoen of Sedition. -; he failure of one is the fsHure of both, M. S. L. REBEL PREPARATIONS TO RECOVER NORTH OAItOLINA, A tieopfttoh dated Newborn. Feb. 7, b&vb: “Th* vSSSSB ft msS? 3 1 ouycomm'ußSStloairt \ariOUo points, j.hey made rtnmnnuHrAkirin this morning on Newport Bitraikk XSh point they Will evidently attempt to hold, i'he rebtl iron clad at Kingston, on the Meuse rlrert some thirty, five milts above Ncwbern, is oonswered a vert for. midable aflsir by those who have seen it w m, renort fiat she is about ready to act in concert with the moving force which threatens Newbcm. l£vor Y tMne indicates. on the part of the enemy, a lorn* sic®!! against Newbern and Washington." ° * Tbs Wilmington Journal says • 11 A powerful effort will doubtless be made to drive the enemy from Eastern North Carolina. Should our army ftU in thin effort, the State’ will be lost to th? UJLtad*. rfcoy.” THE WAS IN WEST VIRGINIA- Correspondence dated Feb. 11, says: *•Captured private letters from persons within the rebel lines cont&jc ranch curious and interesting information in fetation to the serious difficulties resulting from tiie enforcement of the rebel conaoiiption law. These letters tell of dally encounters between citi zens and soldiers. Some of the lettorß refer to oases where the encounters have been attended; with lots of life. AH the letters refer to the enforcement ■of the conscription, And speak of it generally In anything but a favorable manner. - 41 General George Crook, from the Army of the Cumberland, has arrived here to command