i AKttvJt. In adnnee. """ CARFETIKQS. $4 SPRING, 1864. ,tj;N echo mills. r GERMANTOWN. PL jItCALLUM & C 0.,, jfUFAOTUBIBB, IMPORTERS, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN oAJßi»_BTi]sra-s, OIL CLOTHS, &C. Warehouse, 509 Chestnut Street, OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL Ul-tt FECIAL NOTICE. RETAIL DEPARTMENT! McCALLUM A <«.. leg le.w to Inform the public that tier have leaned the iwiabteahed Carpes Store. •'f.'T »6. 519 CHESTNUT STREET, Ocppo.Be Independence Sail* for A gSTAIL DBPABTMSNT, ,r. th«, are now opening a NEW STOCK ol AND AMERICAN CARPETS, * h ° lCeBt Pa rl“s“TST OiBPMS. Jf.L WILTON. BW-SBI9 CAbPCTS. •" ?VBT. I VENETIANS oretb-r with a fell assortment of everything pertsin to the Csiyet Bernese. fel-w ’'NTE3PRISE mills. vrWOOD, -MALSTON, & CO., iNOf ACTCa'SBB AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CARPETINGS, OIL-CLOTHS, MATTINGS, &c., &c. WAREHOUSE, 618 CHESTNUT STREET, MS JATRB STREET. CIiOTHI NIG. jjPWABB F. KELLY, JOHN KBLI* y » TAILORS, H4TE REMOVED 49 SOUTH THIRD STREET, above walnut, aia o: nc-tt >LaOK CASS. PANTS. 05.50, ) At 70i market street. UCE CASS. PANTS, W. 60. At 701 MARKET Street iACK OABB. PARTS, W £O, At 701 MARKET Street UCK CAES. PARTS. *6 60, At 704 MARKET Street. lACB CASE. PARTS, *6 60, At 704 MARKET Street. SIGO A VAR OtJRTBN'S, No. 701 MARKET Street. EIOO A VAR OUNTEM’S. No. 704 MARKET Streei. RIGQ A VAR GUHTEN’S, Ro. 704 MARKET Street BIGG A VAR GUETBN’S, No. 701 MARKET Btreet BIGG A VAR OHRTES’B, No. 704 MaRKBT Street wM-Gm GENTS* BURNISHING GOODS. OHN O. ARRISON, !08. i sad S NORTH SIXTH BTRKBT. MAinrPACTirr.ES of [feg~PBOVED PATTERN SHIRT, FIRST COT BY J. BURR MOORE, rAKXAKTBD TO TIT AND GIVB SATISFACTION. lawntu and Maarofaetofer of gentlemen 1 s ÜBNIBHIN G GOODS. J' m —lll trtl.li» made in A .nperiol manner bT hand si from materi*!.. l* M IBBT PREMIUM SHIBT AND bappee manufactory. ESTABLISHED 1840. a. A. HOFFMANN, co« ABCH stbeet, ffould lSTit* the ittention of Cw PoHie lo Ms l.rs. complete «to«fc of ___ GESTLKMEJPS EUBHISHISB SOODS, Amon* whlek will lie found t)i» lartan stook of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS IH THIS CITY. Special attention liren to the mannfac tore of nwv. sßiura AND WRAPPERS TO ORDER. Irerr TAri.tr of UnderelotUnr. HoaleiT. «u>tm. !te«. Se*r&. MuJUr*, Ac. deS-mttiwaa nif-TE SHIBT MANUFAGTOBY. •Mill thrr auk* a nwei&lltT In *heli baiine**. Alio, GBHTtSMSBr’S WBiA «3jK»affiaah«&o - STKEBT, Tour door* below the flnntlnentaL DRUGS* CASH DRUG HOUSE. WRIGHT & BIDDALL, Wo. 11* MARKET STREET, Jetweeh PROMT and BECOHD Street*. s. w. nun DRFGOISTB, PHYSICIANS, AND »& KEUAX. STOREKEEPERS CUI Httfl ll 002' MU'DllsliliiaU n fall Assortment or Imported. »»d Domestic Braes. Popular Pm* £eut Medicine*. Paints. Coal Oil, Window Glass, proscription Vials. etc.* at as low pries* as genii" in*, first-class good* can be sold* FINE ESSENT <ALi OILS or Confestlonsrs, in foil Tarlety, and ol the hart Batumi Indifo, Madder. Pot Ash, OaUmi. Soda aim. jUtuh. Oil of Vitriol, ifirtt* to. Ooppoiaa. Retract of Loawood, Ac.. FOB DYERS’ USE, a!w»T» on hand at lowest net each price*. SULPHITE OF LIME. lor keeplnf eider street; a nerfeetlT harmless pre •aratlon. put up, with toll directions for ase, in 9scka.ee eontainina sufficient for one barrel. Orders by mail or city post will meet with prompt attention, or special quotations will be famished when requested WEIGHT & SrDDd.EE, WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE. . Mo. 110 MARKET street, abo-se FRONT. *O3B-thrtnlT-fP OBERT SHOEMAKER tfc 00., Horthsart Oeznu of fodbth ana bags street*. PHILADSiPHIA, DIIUGGISTB, HPOBTKSf AMD DEAEBBS IM POBSIOM AMD DOMESTIC WINDOW UD FLAT* films. • MAMWAOTITBIK3 Of STB ITS T.IIII AMD Zinc PAINTS. POTTY, is. AO MTS FOB TUB OBLBBBATBP FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. •ate* and sonramsr* supplied at a? sm Mi LOW PRICES FOR CASH, CASK FUST FURKITUB fJABINBT V FURNITUBB AND BID- IiIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. »61 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ufOflßficdoa with ufiiF extantivtf ‘. abiafit basine**, are SOW manufaeturin*: a Fupeiior article or 11ILLIA11D TABLES, with the MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPhOVfeD CUSHIONS, Wfclvb are pronounced by all who hare need them to be superior to all other* For the Quality and finish of these Tables the mana- Betaren refer to their naxaerpuß patrons throng -oat the Union- who are familiar with the Character of their Worn- s£’7-6ri CARRIAGES. 1863 WILLIAM !D. ROGERS, tJoieh awl Llgbt Camage Balid«rj Wo*. 1909 and ion CHBSTMUt fttrtttt, J^HU^ADSLPHIA. fjEO W. WATSON & 00., CARRIAGE BUILDERS, L w No. 885 Forth THIRTEENTH Street, Kr* prepared to execute orders for every descri*- EJJ sad heavy OARRIAG2S. and bavins at u) EJS®*.the very beat materials and workmen, cau pro- ES? tba utmost eatUftictloa to all who may favor them r,£P their custom m XSS-ftspalring badSMi Will he eontisned by Mi, K&OB at the Old stand, on OLOVZB of Concert Hall. » <>Me JARboN 01L.—600 BARRELS OP Si3l*?'''’’ W»T»T«a tamii, la store »ud for Ml. fcr WJLKLbG. U? 4JKJB ttlftt- VOL. 7-NO. 169. LINEN SHEETINGS, DOMESTIC SHEETINGS, AND LINES. AND HOT7SE-FUBNISIIINO DRY GOODS, OP ALL DESCRIPTIONS. At the lowest cash prlcee. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON, , ,a«tn St 1008 OHEBTNUT StreeL LACE ~ FURNITURE COVERINGS. NEW AND DESIRABLE GOODS. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ARRISON, felthsm St 1864. SILKS. . SHAWLS, & DRESS GOODS. BLACK BILES, all widths and anilities. COLORED AND FANCY SILKS, In great variety. RICH FOTJLABDS.'Innew coloring; choice designs. BUFF. CUTE. and HaVANB MOHAIRS and ALPACAS. BLACK ALPACAS and MOHAIRS, fln eto superfine. RICH BBOOHE GBENADINESandHERNANIS. 3-4 and 6-4 DELAINEB. h.acß and colored FRENCH PERCALES, PRINTS, and ORGANDIES. LINENS AND WHITE GOODS. Also, COTJBTOISIEB’3 FASIS KID GLOVES. To all of which, together with our usual assortment of DKY GOODS, we invite attention. QIVIL AND MILITARY CLOTH Ho. 34 SOUTH SECOND and 33 STRAWBERRY Streets, is happy to state tha*. he has laid In an extea* give stock of CHOICE GOODS, such as: CTVEL LIST. Black Cloths. Black Doeskins, Black rlassimatAS. Blegaut Coatings, Biliiard Cloths. BasateiLe Cloths* Trimmings, Beav^rteers, Coras and Velveteens, Wh advice our friends to stock is cheaper than we can JJEAYY 44 SHIRTING LINENS, STREET. pHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND WTBDOW SHADES*—V. E. HA MB AULT, N £ corner of ELEVENTH and MaEKBT Streets, will open THIS MuRCUNG, from suctUm, Ingrain Carpets, all wool, at 75c., 57c , 91, $1.12 $1 25, and SL37; Ingrain Carpets, wool filling, ft . 56, and G2.H cents; Entry and Stair Carpets, 25c tosl. Floor Oil Cloths. 50, 62, and 75 cent*. Gilt-Bordered 'Window Shades, 75c. to $2. Woolen Drncgets. $1; Stair Ol* -Cloths, 25c.; Bag and Hemp Carpets, 27, CO, and 62 cent A. CHEAP DBF GOODS AND TRIMMINGS. Bleached and Brown Sheeting and Shirting Muslins, 16to 27 centss ST. V- Mills Muslin, at 4Se. by the piece: bpr:HR De aines, 31c ; Light Alpacas 50 to 75c*: Black Alpacas, 31 to 75c.; Black Silks, $1.25 to $1.62: Spring Chimze?, 20 t025c.; Table Linens, 62c to $1.50; Napkins, 16 tosoc : 10-4 She-tines at SLID; Marseilles Quilts, $3 to $10; Blanket*, $5 to $l2; Comfortables at $3 50; Gassi mere* 62c to $1 60; Coats’ White Spool Cotton ooly 9c. s be‘t quality Skirt Braids only 9c ; Pins, 5c.; Hooka ana Eyes. 3c.: Palm Soap only Bc.; Ladles’ Cotton Hose only 25c. Wholesale and Retail Pry floods and Carpet Store, N. E. cor ELEVENTH and MARKET. fe9*tuthslm coo HOOP SKIRTS. fJOQ MiNCFAGTORT, No. ©3B ABOH Street, above Sixth. Wholesale and Retail. The most complete assortment of Ladies’, Mieses’, and Children’s HOOP SKIRTS In the city, in every respect FIRST CLASS- which, for styles, finish, durability, and cheapness, have so equal in the market. Skirts made to order* altered, and repaired. fel3 6t* CPF CIA L NOTICE TO THE LADIES. O —THB CHEAPEST SILKS IN THE MARKET. •IvCCO y&rdfc treat Plaid India Silks, at 91 per raid. p( o yard* Brown and Wiito India bilks.at $1 per yard, 1.100 Broken Plaids India Silk, at $1 per yard 4f' o yards Bine and White India Silks, at 91 per yard. They mak e the most serviceable dress a lady can wear* Dali and make your choice before the assortment ie Broken, at JOHN H. BTOKBB’. 903 ARCH Strut. fs!2 AfARSEILLBS QUILTS-OF FINE A*-A Quality at moderate prices. Good Blanket 8, in large sizes. Sheeting Muslins, of every width. Several grades of Tickings. BLACK SrLES. Just opened, a large lot, marked low. Spring Be Laines and Print*. Bode Alpacas, choice shades. Printed Brilliants and 4 4 Fancy Shirtings. UOOPKR A UONABD. fed S. 1. corner NINTH and MARKET SU. rjREAT REDUCTIONS—VERY LOW PRICES. —As we are determined to dose out our entire stock of Winter Dress Goods REGARDLESS OF COST. Closing out French Merinoes at 75 cent*. Closing out French Poplins. Closing out Sb awls. Closing out Cloaks. All the leading makes of Muslins. Bleached, and Un bleached., 34, 7-8. 4-4. 5-4 6-4. 6-4, 9-4. and 10*4 wide, ,tttevfare LOWEST PRICES. ■ Nos. 713 and Tl 5 BTTBHTgatrwt. Orba( Discovmt! f. H. BIDPALL. I99ilubl« to the Useful Art*. its Gen Wnatioa. ItfMtlllllT PEMOVAL.—JOHN 0. BAKER HAS Ah REMOVED from 1M North Third street to 718 UAFKET Street. Particular attention will he given to ihe manufacturing and bottling of his celebrated Cod Liver OH. __ JOHN C. BAKER & CO'S MEDICINAL COD LIVER OIL has for many years had a reputation for genuine ness, freshness, polity, and sweetness which has made the demand universal. In this hoase, 718 M4RKST Street, the facilities for obtainng, manufacturing, and bottling are greatly Increased, end la all done under the most careful supervision of the original and sol# pro prietor. This brand of Oil has. therefore, advantages over all others, and recommends itself. wo JWH * RBTAII DRY GOODS. CURTAIN GOODS, AND A LARGS ASSORTMENT 1008 CHISTHJT Street, NOYBLTIES 1864. ANI> DESIRABLE STAPLES JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., 7*7 CHESTNUT Street. HOUSE. WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS, ARMY AND 2TATT. Blue Cloths, Sky blue Cloths. Sky-bine Doeskins, Dark Blue Doeskins, Dark Blue Beavers, Dark Blue Pilots 3-4 and 6*4 Blue Flannels* Scarlet Clothe. Mazarine BLue Cloths, come early, as our present i purchase now. felO- lm FIFTY CENTS. CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, 450, 459 and 454 N. SECOND St., aboTe Willow. IQ»A CHBSTBCT STREET. E. M. NEEDLEB Offers at Low Price, a larre areortment or LACE GOODS. IHEBOIBBBIBB. HAJTDSSBCHIEJ3. VEILS. A|TD WHITE GOODS. Suited to tDe sosum, and of the latait itylw. A large variety of ÜBDEBSLBEVES, Of tne most reesnfc dedsaa, and other goods suitable for party puipoaes.\ 1084 CHESTNUT STREET. CBMKXT. AHO TALBABItK DISCOTSB¥I HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT! I. ot -aora -*3eral .y7atiliAl nl’lir; .bnu rut invention now before the Sublit, It has been thoroughly ta*fc ©?. during the last two years by ?7«eii*jil men, mid pronouneed by all to be SOPEBIOR TO A»I Adhesive Preparation known. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT is a new thing, and the result of yaurSTif studv: it* combination toon 431BNTIFIC P&IXCIPLSh. Ann onaei no eitcaiasfcance* ol change of temperature* will it be come sorrupt or emit any offensive smelL A New Thing. BOOT AND SHOE Manuiastuger*, using Machines, wmapd.iOhe best article known ArCoaiin&f the Channels, as It works without delay. U notaffeem by any change of temperature. JEWELERS Will find it sufficiently adhesive for their use. as has been proved. Foot and Shoe afanmfketunxa. - Jivdcn. IT IS ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO LEATHER. And we claim as an especial merit, that it sticks Patches and Lining* to Boot*i aad Show sufileiantiy strong without stitching. IT IS THE ONLY LIQUID CEMENT Sstut. Out 1. a .on UUm fo? mending am LUnM. FEB SUTtIKB. c *To^lk B^rvo*Y, And articles of Household use* REMEMBER, auton’R insoluble cement I.lb s lßwia form, and a. «ullT applied as paste. SMMUIWf. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE OBHENY Is insoluble In water or oil HURON’S INSOLUBLE OSMEX7 Adheres oily substances. BUMlled in Family or tfanufaetu* Package* from 9 ounces t& lOC Be. SIHTOF BROS. A Ce., Proprietors. lyeati ii* phllsdelphla- LAING * MAGIfNIS JOSEPH GODFREY a Co, I No. 38 North FOQRTH.St/ pAXENT HINGE BACK The matt indestructible ALBUM mad,. It lies open perfectly flit without Injur 7 or strain to the Book. For sale by Photographers and Booksellers. THE NEWEST THING OUT—BTE PH BUS* COLORS O ALBUM CARDS. Pakt 2.— DROLLERIES. Oar Relations at Hood and Abroad. Part lI.—DROLLEBIiS. The Adventures 0/ a Coa script Part 111 —THE SLAVE OP 1863. Athrilling series of thr Or eat Evil, interesting to every lover of Freedom. E*-ch series tormina an illustrated Story In Twelve Cards. fcplebdiclJy LUK grap&ed in ou Colors, from ODfilnal designs by Henry L Stephens ' PRICE FIFTY CENTS, each, part, milled free any- Partles in tbe city, sot finding them at bookstores, by andres&ingpttbliHberthrougnPost-office, with the price, supplied promptly. A liberal discount to the tr.-sde. WM. A. STEPHENS Publisher, 400 CHESTNUT St., Philadelphia. XTOW FEAJ/Y! NOW BEADYP— COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS of the RIGIMEtfTAL FLAGS belonging to the 624, 88th» and 95tu Regimeutß Pennsylvania Volunteers. PITCHER'S, m -3> • 808 CHESTNUT Street. OOP, B&TH* AND 95T9 REGIMENTS O p y.—frOt-OR'SD FLAGS of the above Regiments Photographed and for sale b> PIT SHBR, M3-3t 808 CHESTNUT Street, JN PSISS, THE MEDICAL OFFICER! Containing a fall account of the Duties of Medical Officers. including the Service of Post and General Hos pitals, Field Service, Medical Director's Office, Enliatiog and Discharging Soldiers, together with the Organisa tion, of the Medical Staff, Mode of Admission, Ac. BY ROBERTS BARTHOLOW. M. D.. U. S. A. Surgeon V. S. Army, Author of a ** Manual of Instruc tions for Enlisting and Discharging Soldiers.” New medical books. JUST PUBLISHED. CHEW'S LECTURES t N MEDICAL EDUCATION. 1 Yoi. 12mo. o BAUER'* LECTURES ON ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, with illustrations, lvol. Octavo. BOB! BTfcON'S MABUAL 3 ON EXTRACTING TEETH, with illustrations. 1 vol. 12n)0. v .. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDIOO-CHIBURIH CAL REVIEW fox Janoary. 1864 Urica *6 par annum. LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Pnbliebers. fel3 25 Bonth SIXTH Street, above Cheatnnt. A PPLETON’S NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. The agency for this invaluable Library of Universal Information i* »t 33 South SIXTH Street, kecond story. Also, RECORD OF THE REBELLION. By Frank Mooie. fell-tf "CVEB. MAGAZINES PBENCH PAPER QIADKILEB PAPER. Fifty Patterns CROSS-BAR PAPER MOPRNIWC Every Kind of note Envelopes to match perfect! Uso, In colors. Counting-h» Every article promptly deli ja2B-thBthl2t CHAt TNSUBANOE.—ALL INTERES TED IN •A In&uraDCft Companies* or on the subject of Inau ra nee, should read the LEGAL INSDIsANOE JSE POR i'ER Subscription prioe only one dollar per year* Office 703 WALWttf street- felS-Ct ALBUMS—A LBUMS—ALBUMS.— JOL RBLIBON, 1304 CHESTNUT Street, MAMJPACTUBBR'S AGENT, wholesale and retail. The largest stock, latest styles, and best make, at the lowest prices. Finest assortment of CARD PHOTOGRAPHS in the city New subject!* received daily. ' • . felo-6t ' RULISON, 1304 CHESTNUT Street. OLD JO’S CAVE! CUD JO’S OATE J J Just received by ASECMEAT* A EVANS, Successors to WiliU P. Hazara, 80. 7»4 CHESTNUT Street. CUD JO’S CAVE. A new story. By J. T. Trowbridge, author of “Neighbor J&ckwood,” &c. • - _ LIFE AND CORRbSPONDSNOE OF THEODORS PARKER, Minister of the Twenty-eighth Congrega tional Society, Boston. By John Weiss. 2 vols., with portrait. $6. INEZ. A Tale of the Alamo. By Augustus J. Evans, author of “Beulah.” _ . . LIFE OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. Aeuporbbook. THE GREAT CONSUMMATION. ’Second serf as By Bev. Jrbn Cumming, D. D. . _ THE WHIP, HOE. *ND SWORD; or, The Golf De part met t in’63. By George H a.* 3 n worth. LYRICS O* LOYALTY. Edited by Frank Moore. THE HEROT SEAT; or. Thoughts in Prayer. By Augustus C. 'Thompson, D D. fe3 ATEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS! AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, Bk. , OP LYMAN BSACuEB, D-D. Bditea by Char lea. Boscher-_ 4r"h'and book of The hew testa ment. Bv George Gumming McWhorton. THE SILVER CASKET; or. Tbs World and Its Wiles. B consummation.-THE Mir.LKNIAL BEST; or, Tile World As It Will Be. By Rev. John Cammitt, D.D., F. R■ S. E. 2V016. INtZ. * Tale of the JKtmo. ByAnrasta J. Brans, author of Bnelab. _ THE PROPHETOF FIRE: or. The Life and Times of Elijah with their Lessons By J. R. Macduff D D. For sals by WILLIAM S. St ALFRED MABTIEN, fe!2 tf 6i)6 CHESTJCr Street. PET BOOKS. THREE CHARMING VOLUMES, BY NT FAWNY, . „ Author of *• Night-cans." * * Mittens. S ocks. ENTIRELY IN WORDS OF SINGLE SYLLABLES. THEY WILL BE SURE TO AMUSE THE VERY LIT TLE ONES. In a neat Bog, Pricesl.Bo. „ _. _. Published by WILLIS P HAZARD, ja2o-tjyi 31 South BIXTH Street PAINTINGS AND BNGRAPINOS. gLEGANT MIBBOBS, EARLE’S GAI.LERIEB, Irobdentown female college BORDBETOWR, N. J. , . , This Institution is pleasantly located on the Palawan river, hour’s ride from Philadelphia. Speclalattea* tlon is paid to the common and higher branches o? ENGLISH, and superior advantages furnished m, Voca] and Instrumental Music FRENCH taught hr native, and spoken in the family. For Catalogues, address Rev. JOHN H. BRAKELBIjA. Iff., jal4-gm» President, PILLAGE GREEN SEMINARY, » BEAR MEDIA. PA.—Pupils t»wived at any tima iugHbh Mathematics, Classics, and Natural Seiencei taught. Mi'itary Tactics, Book-keeping, and Civil Ea glneerist taught. Enti/e expenses about *8 per week. Boys of all ages taken. JKefer* to Wm H Karn. ex- Sheriff; John U. Capp A Co.. No. 23 South Third street; and Thomas J« Clayton. Esq.. Fifth and Prune streetii Address Rev. J. HARVEY BARTON. A. M., VUIaM Green, Pa »06-tf PURE LEHIGH COAL. —HOUSE- J- KEEPERS cao rely on a pure article at south* east corner FRONT and POPLAR __ . „ ri^/vw ft IQ. 3m* j JOHN W. HAMPTON. GENUINE EAGLE VEIN OOAL vqual if not superior to Lehigh. Alsck. Hart’s Ne Plus Ultra Farcily Rainbow Coal; Egg and. Stove sizes. $8 60 Large Nut. *7.7ft per ton. forfeii ed if not full weight as per ticket Depot, 14J.9 C4LLO WHILL Street, above Broad. Office •»! South FOURTH, be low Chestnut. Call and examine. Order* by dispatch promptly attended to by HO»l*6m ELLIS BRANSON. pOAL-SUGAR LOJIF, BfiAVER MEADOW, aud Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal, and best Locust Mountain, from Schuylkill; prepared ex pressly for Family use. Depot, N. W. corner EIGHTH end WILLOW Sts. Office. No. 113 South SECOND St ap4 ly ' J. WALTON A CO.. At\ .CENTS PER POUND TASj ON *' * TOBACCO. The Government is about topnta tar of 40•efltvper ponad o* Tobacco. . Yon can save 60 per cetit. by Ton can save 00 per cent, by You can sav* GO per cent, by Bnjing now at DEAN’d! N0.%5 CHESTNUT. Prim© wavy Tobacco, 70, 75 and fiOe. per th. Prime Cavendish Tobacco, 70, 75 and per lb. Prime Flounder Tobacco. 70, 75 and 80c. por tt>. Prim© Congress Tobacco. 66, 70 and 76c. per tb. Prime Fig and Twist Tobacco, 75 and 80c. Pttr lb. DEAN sells Old Virginia Navy. DEAN sella Old Virginia Sweet Cavendish, DEAN sells Old Virginia Eoagb aodßeady. DEAH sella Old Virginia Plain Cavendish. DBAS sells Old Virginia Congress. DEAR sells Old Virginia Pig and Twist DE&B sells Old Virginia Smoking Tobacco. IJEAB’H Kanawha Pine Cut Chewing Tobacco DEAD'S Kanawha Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Cannot bo Eanalod. Cannot bo Equaled PEAK'S Cigars are superior to all other*. 1 BEAU'S Cigars are superior to a l other*. He raises bis own Tobacco, on his own plantation in Havana HeselU hU own Clears at his own store, Ho. 336 CHESTNUT Street. Philadelphia. DBaH'B Minnehaha Smoking Tobneso Is manufactured from pure Virginia Tobacco, and contains no dangerous concoctions of-Weeas, Herbs, and Opium. Pipes, Pipes. Meerschaum Pipes, Brier Pipes, Bon Pipe*, Kose Pipes, Mahogany Pipes. SeboT Pipes. Apple Pipea.Cherry Pipes, Ontta Pipes. Way Pipes, and other Pipoe. And Pipe aown and get your Pipes. Tobacco. Cigars. Ac., at PEAK'S. Ho. 335 Chestnut Street Ana there you will see his Whole*ale and Retail Clerk* go Piping around waiting on Customer*. Tbs Army of the Potomac oow order all their Tobacco. Cigars, Pipes, Ac . from PEAK'S. Ho. 335 GHBSTHBT Street. They know PEAK sells the best and cheapest iftifi.t/ THE PHIi ADELPHIA AND BOSTON -*■ MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN.—The first meeting* ?the Philadelphia and Bouton Mining /fnmnany of Michigan, under Its articles of Association, will ha heid at No 433 WALNUT Street. FitlUdelpliU, ia Room No. '6. at 11 o’clock A. M.. on the 20th day ox Fe> binary, 1864. - WH. H 8?EV8N8, _ THOMAS 8. FBHSON. _ Two of tlie Associates of said Corporation. Philadelphia. Feb. 1.1864. fes-lstfp PROVIDENCE, N. I r T'HE A6ATKH ABBORMININS OOM- A PANT Op LAKS-STJPBHIOH.—Tim first marflnr of the Agate Harbor Mining Oompan; of Lake Superior,' S' 111 h ® bold at Ho 4*3 WAI.ftCT Street Philadelphia, Boom No. 6, at Uo’oloek A. M 1 OB the SOto day of February, LBS 4. WM. H. BTEVBNB, . -M . . THOMAS 8. FBRNOBT. Two of the Associates of said Oorporatlon. Pttilapei.PHTA. Feb 1. 1864. . fert-lfitfp NATIONAL COFFEE ROASTER— -L’ HYDB’B PATENT. All loner* of good Coffee should try one. It la pro aided rrllb a patent Trier* to teal the Coffee and prevent burn ing All the principal Hotels. Restaurants, Bearding Houses and private families are putting them In nee. The family eizee are salted to either stove or ranga For eale of the Hardware, House Pnrnlsliinr. »ud Store Stores. ' Prise from 32 to #lOO. Manufactured and for sale, wholesale and retail, by the Coffeeßoaster and MUI Ma nu-acturlrg Cbimpany.PENirBYI.VANIA Avenne and FiyjjßN’fK stte?t, RiUaieipbia, NEW PITBUOATIONS. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. ALTEMUS & C 0», N. W* COB, FOURTH AND RAGE, Entrance on RAGE Streets A MANUAL FOR ARMY SURGEONS J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers, Philadelphia. NEW BOOKS. HAND-WADE PAPES. Damask PAPE ft ALHaMBRAA<PAPEB. LINEN PAPBB. - _ paper. i and Letter Paper, Ip—lnitials Stamped gratia .onse Stationery. ivered- [,LEN. 1308 CHESTNUT. A LARGS ABSOBTMMT. SEW ENGRAVINGS. fDCI OIL f AUfTISGSi 40ST BICBXVBD. IK CHBBTKTT? STB SIT. EDUCATION At. COAS. ' Ton can save 60 per cent by Snylnr now at DBf N'B, Ho. m CHESTNUT. Bnyil* bow at fifl#;*;.’ No.' 336 CHESTNUT! Bujiuinow »tD|ig;S, So 3b6 CHESjggf^ PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1864. CURTAIN GOODS. HEW CURTAIN GOODS, WINDOW SHADES. AND LACE CURTAINS. L E. WALEAVEIT, (Dueceesorto W.B.Uarryl,) MASONIC HALL. TIG CHESTNUT STREET. DRY-GOODS JOBBING HOUSES. BAINS, dS MELLOR, Bn. *o and « NOBTH THIRD street, IMPORTERS or HOSIERY, SMALL WARES, AHD WHITE GOODS. ' MANUFACTURERS OF , SHIRT FRONTS. . fe2-sm • 1864. spring, 1564. EDMUND YARD & CO., No. «1» CHESTNUT AND No. 614 JAYNB BTKKBTS, Have now In Store their SPRING IMPORTATION of SHE AND FANCY DBT 800DS, CONSISTING OP DRESS GOODS, OF ALL KINDS; BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SATINS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, AND DRESS TRIMMINGS. ALSO. WHITE GOODS, LIKENS. EMBROIDERIES, AND LACES. A large and handsome assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL SKIRTS. Of all grades, ft#. Which they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICES ja3fr3m SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SPRING 1864. 1864. TAISEK & HARBEKT, Ho. 401 MARKET STREET. SILKS, RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, AXD MILLHSTERY GOODS. Merchants are invited to call and examine our stock of SPRING RIBBONS, which will he sold at the LOWEST PRICES. DRY-GOODS COMMISSION HOUSES. Q.ALBRAITH <S LINDSAY, IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 21 STRAWBERRY STREET, wonld call the attention of the trade to the following, of Which they are prepared to show fall lines, viz: DRESS GOODS. WHITE GOODS. BLA« K AND COLORED IRISH LIN aNS.. ..... . ALPACAS. - LIB BN HDRFft, _ ITALIAN CLOTHS. BALMORAL SKIRTS. *O. SHAWLS. fed- lm» COMMISSION HOUSES. OOFFIN <ft ALTEMUS, No. 220 CKESTNUT BTBEET, Atonta for thofollowinc Goods; PRINTS. JAMES SANDERS, BLEAOHEI LONSDALE, HOPE. BLACKSTONB, AhHMEAD’S, CUMBERLAND, PLYMOUTH. MaNTON, GKREBHE MFG. GO. POBESTDALS. J. & W. SLATER. SOCIAL. DYBfcVILLE. BED BANK. JAMESTOWN, CENTREDALE. COVENTRY. THAMES RIVER, BROWN COTTONS. ASHLAND, FARMERS’ EXTRA, GRBENBANK, I-ASSAIC, . ETHAN ALLEN. MECHANICS’ and DHENIX A. A., FARMERS’, he.. Am. CORSET JEANS. GLASGOW, FISBERVILLB, MANCHESTER—CoIored And Bleached. ' _ ■ SILESIAS. LONDON, SOCIAL, LONSDALE, &c., &c, PAPER OAMBRICJS. XiOJTSDAIiE and WABBEH MFG. CO’S. woolens: GX.EJIHAM GO’S CGOTHS-BlacSa nod Panoy Mixtures* Water Proofs, Snltanas, &o. HINSDALE GO'S BLACK CLOTHS. CASBIMERES AND DOESKINS— Gaysvillev Ferry's, Saxton’s River. SATINKTTS—Baas River, Crystal Springs* Con veraeviUe. Orcuttville, Bridgewater, Oxbridge, Cha pin's Campbell's, Lalhrop'e, Goodrich. &c., &c. JlQAUIS—Robert Rodman’s Gold Medal, and others. X.XN SE VS—Lane and Small Plaids. jal-tpfrtfehl9 ' COFFIN * AI.TKMU S. No. 820 CHESTNUT STREET. Offer by the package eke following deacrlptioa of Goods: ABM¥ BLUE CLOTHS AND KKUBfiTB, AND CRAY FLANNELS. PRINTED AND FANCY SATINETTB, 'IN GREAT VARIETY. HEAVY TWEEDS AND COTTONADES. NEGRO KERSEYS PLAIN AND TWILLED. PRINTED CLOAKINGS AND BLBSVS LININGS. DOHET AND FANCY SHIRTING FLANNELS, BLUE DRILLS. DENIMS, NANKESag. * COKkET JEANS AND CAMBRICS, OF VARIOUS MAKES LaWNS-DTTNNBLL'B and others. BIiBKGHED GOODS OF STANDARD HARRS. (IN VARIOUS WIDTHS. brows shketihgs ahd shirtiwos, .in orb AT VARIETY, &c , Ac. Jal-tnfrtfebl9 rjRAIN BAGS.—A LARGE ASSORT 'J MENT of GRAIN BAGS, In various vises, fur sale by _, BAROROFT A CO., jal9-6m Nob. and *OT MARKET Street. CHIPLEY, HAZABD, & HUTQHIN- O SOW. Wo. UR OHES7NUT 6TRBBT. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 808 THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. ocSiMm J>AGS! BAGS! BAGS! NEW AND SECOND-HAND. SBAMLBBS. BURLAP, AND GUNNY _ BAGS, Constantly on hand. JOHN T. BAILEY & 00., No. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET. NS-WOOL SACKS FOR SALE JONES HOUSE, HARRISBURG, Pa., COBNEB HABKKT BTBEET AHD MABKST SQUABS* A flrßt-clftKß house. Term*. #2 per day. WINES AND LIQUORS. TM PORTERS OF i WINBS AND LIQUORS. LAUMAN, SALLADE, <& CO, NO. IHB BOUTH HIBTH STBBET, Between Cheataat and Walnut. Philadelphia. a. h. laukalT, A. M BALLAOE. J. D. BITTING. TJtriLUAM m YBATONT & 00., TY No. aoi South FRONT Street, Aaent* for the Bile of the ORIGINAL BkIDSIECK & CO. GHAHPAGNS. Offer that desirable Wine to th« tract*. Also. 1,000 coses flue and median* trades. BORDEAUX CL ABETS 100 cases '* Brandenburg rreres” CO GW AG BRANDY, Vintage of 1648. bottled in France. " dOcaeee finest Tnaeam Oil, In flasks; 2 dozen In ease. SO bbte finest quality Uonongahela Whisky. 60 bbls Jersey Apple Brandy, 60,000 Havana Clgane, extra fine. Uoet A Oban don Grand Via Imperial, ' 1 Green Seal” Champagne Totether With, a fine assortment of Madeira, Sherry, Fort. Ac- . fe2B VEW DBEED APPLES.—IOO BBliS. 1» mw Dihl Ijplts, fn ula lr BHODBI ft WILLIAMS, 4«-1* GREENS HFG. GO; COTTONS. WARREN. MIDDLETON. FHBNIX A. A.. AUBURN, > ZOUAVE. GOHANNET, CENTRAL, OTPOWA. KENT RIVBB, WHEATON, COLLINS. PALMER RIVER. BELLOWS FALLS, WOOD RIVER, TOLLAND. • . MANCHESTER* Ac., fte. HOTELS, C. S. MANN. %\t Jims. TtffcSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1861* THE WAR, Jefferson PrvU’ Proclamation to theßebel Armies. SOtDIBBS or THH ARMIBB 07 THE OoNPBDS BATE States : la the long and Moody war ia Which your country is engaged you Hare aehlev ed many noble triumphs. You have won glo* lion* victories over vastly more Dumeroua hosts. You have cheerfully borne privations and toil to which you w* re unused. You have readily submit* led to restraints upon your individual will, that the citizen might better perform his duty to the State as a soldier. To all these you have lately added another triumph—the noblest of human conquests— a victory over yourselves. As the tune drew near when you who fiist entered the service might well have been expected to claim relief from your ar duous labors and restoration to the endearments of home, you have heeded only the call of your suffer* ing country. Again you came to tender your ser vice for the public defence—a free offering, which only euoh patriotism as yours could make—a tri umph h» orthy of you and of the cause to which you are devoted. I would in vain attempt adequately to express the emotioiiS.with which A received the. testimonials of cocfldentfe and regard which you have recently ad« dressed tp me. To some of those first received sepa rate acknowledgments weie returned; but it is now apparent that alike generbus enthusiasm pervades the wholeaimy, and tnat the only exception to such magnanimhns tender will be of those who, having origlnally&ntdred for the war, cannot display anew their zeaf In-the public seivioe. It is, therefore, deemed appropriate, and it is hoped will be equally acceptable, to make a general acknowledgment: ibß’erui! of successive special responses. Would that it were possible to render my thanks to you ia per son, ana,An the name of our common country, as wed as in my own, while pressing the hand of each war-worn veteran, to recognize his title to our love, and admiration. Soldiers: By your will—for you and the people are but one—X have been placed in a position which debars me from sharing your dangers, your suffer ing*, and your privations in the field. With pride and affection my heait has aocomp&uied you in every march; with solicitude it has sougut to minister to your every want; with exultation it has marked your every heroic achievement; yet never in the toilsome march, nor In the weary watch, nor in the tiecpeiate assault have you rendered a service so de cisive in results as In the last display of the highest qualities of devotion and self-sacrifice which can adorn the character of the warrior patriot. Already the pulse oi the whole people beat* in unison with yours $ already they compare your spontaneous and QDKDiiuouß oiler of your lives for the defeuce of your country with the hatting and reluctant service of the mercenaries who are purchased by the enemy at the price of higher bounties Than have hitherto been known in war. Animated by this contiast« they exhibit cheerful confidence and more resolute bearicg. Even the murmurs of the weak and timid, who shrink from the trials which make stronger and firmer your noble natures, are shamed into silence by the spectacle which you present. Your brave battle* cry will ring loud and clear through the land of the* enemy as well ab our own, Will silence the vainglorious boastings of their cor rupt partisans and their pensioned press, and will do justice to the calumny by wnioh they seek to persuade a deluded people that you are ready to purchase dishonorable safety by degrading sub mission. Soldiers: The coming spring campaign will open under auspices well calculated to sustain your hones. Your resolution needed nothing to fortlfyit. With ranks replenished under the influence of your ex ample, and by the aid of representatives who give earnest of their purpose to add by legislation largely to your strength, you may welcome the invader with a confidence justified by the memory of past victories. On the other hand, debt, taxation, repe tition of heavy drafts, dissensions occasioned by the stiife for power, by tne pursuit of the spoils of office, by the thirst lor the plunder of the public Treasury, and, above all, the consciousness of a bad cause, must tell with fearful force upon the overstrained energies of the enemy. His campaign of 1864 must, from the exhaustion of bis resources of men and money, be far less formidable than those of the last two yeaTS, when unimpaired means were used with boundless prodigality, and with results which are suggested by the mention of the names of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, and the Ohiokahominy, Manassas, Fredericksburg, aud Chancellurville. Soldiers! Assured aucces* awaits us in our holy Btruggle for liberty and in dependence, aad for the preservation of all that renders life desirable to honorable men. When that success shall be reached, to you, your country’s hope and pride, under Divine Providence, will it oe due.__ Toe fruits of that suc cess will not be reaped by you alone; but your children aDd your children’s children, In long gene rations to come, will enjoy the bleasings derived from you that will preseive your memory ever living in their hearts. Citizen defenders of the homes, the liberties, and altars of the Confederacy! That the G-od whom we all humbly worship may shield you with his father*, ly care, and preserve ;you for safe return to the peaceful enjoyment of your friend* and the associa tions of those you most love, is the earnest prayer of your Commander*in*Ohief, JEFFERSON DAVIS. THE SOUTHERN MECCA. [From the Examiner, February 4.1 Richmond la the Southern “Mecca,” and every body a £ftgrim f Itwouid eeem. The hotels are fall; the bosrdini; houses are overflowing. There is no* thing to eat, and not a room for rent, yet everybody has a contented stomach and a couch to stretch himself upon. It has, ever since the war, been a mystery what important business brings every body and bis* kin to Richmond. One would sup pose the stupendous price of living would drive them away, or huriy them back, if they must come. Oh the contrary, it woos them; and fooiisn people rush into Richmond like crazy craft into the vortex of a maelstrom. What it is they find so at tractive in Richmond is an inexplicable puzzle to sensible, plodding folks. It may be for the ex perieeceof the indescribable sensation of living at the rate of twenty or fifty dollars per day at tae hotels; of drinking “ blue ruin ll at the rate of two dollars at the restaurants; of being pulled up every half hour by the conscript hawk; or driven dis tracted by the music of the iron keys of the Jeff Davis pianos; or being robbed once ia every twenty* four hours, with the nightly chance of a knock down, or a tumble into the basin. If these are not the attraolions then our query, u What, brings so many idle people to Richmond 1” is still unsolved. We give below a statement of the numoer and character of arrests made by the police of Riohmond in the past ten months. The figures will astound those who have not watched the police records of the period published in the daily papers: Arrests made by the day police (11 In number) of parties charged with felony 1,485 Arrests made bj the same paities, charged with misdemeanor *. • ► 4.148 Total number of &i*rests by day police 5 633 Amsts by night police (36 in number) of parties charged with fe10ny..... •—••• 293 Arrests mac e by the same parties, charged with misdemeanor. 6,562 Total number or arrests by night police 6,331 Total number of arrests, of all grades, by tight and day police *11,494 Another WARNiaa.—One night last week a fine, large black porker, straying too near the picket line on Belle Isle, was seized by some of the guard and sold to the Yankee prisoners. One shriek of remonstrance and pain from the fat, sleek porker, and death closed the scene. Fifteen minutes later, his lamented remsins were distributed in a hundred stew-pans throughout the cam#, and fresh pork was the luxury of the meal that night. Dogs and poikers must keep clear of Belle Isle if they want to thrive and live out half their days.— Whig, 2d. S EEOH OF HOWELL COBB, Cobb, ex-U. 53. Secretary of the Treasury, deli vered a speech in Atlanta, Ga.. which is reported in the Atlanta Register of the 30th. It concludes as follows: «>Your fate is in your own hands. Are you looking forward with a hope which has no resting place in your conviction, and is only flitting through your minds, that perhaps, after all, some foreign interfer ence will come to our rescue to save and preserve us from the enemy 1 Banish it from your minds; it is a wild and visionary dream; it la a fatal delusion. The sympathy of the world is against you. If you are cowaroe you will falter and faint when the fact is announced to you; if you are brsfre men it will arouse in your hearts the spirit of true manhood, which you have inherited from your revolutionary fathers and mothers, and make you truer than ever to ycur oountry and her'cause. Do you look foi* ward with some hope to wbat has been termed the conservative element of the North, aod expect to be preserved and protected by it from Dtnooln’s power and dominion 1 Banish the fatal delusion . Consent vatism at the North lies prostrate in the dust. In their mad efforts to take away our liberties they have lost their own, They are as powerless to aid you as they are to proteot themselves. You must either Submit to liincolu and Abolitionism, or, by your own unaided arm, with the blessing of a kind Providence, win your liberty and yoar independence. Think not that there is a power at the North to re store to you the Constitution and the Union as they were, even were you prepared to accept it. You must either be freemen or you must submit to Din coin, and he has given you his terms, “I put the picture before you. Do you stagger be fore it, or does It arouse within you anew the spirit Of resistance; the spirit of freemen, worthy of the (ancestry from which we sprung % Look at these things; consider well of them, and let us, with hearts purged and purified with afflictions, appeal to Him who alone can give victory and success to our arms.” MISCELLANEA. A Phrenological - Opinion of Dew. MoOlbl* las. —In a recent lecture in Maine, Fowler, the phrenologist, related the following phrenological reminesoence of 11 Little Mao ”: The father of G-eorge B. McClellan and himself were “old cronies,”as he expressed it; he orten oame into his office to listen to his examinations, and when, once on a time, the lad George was home from West Point, the father brought his two sons to have tbeir characters phieoologioaUy descanted upon. Says Mr. Fowler, “ I remember all the cir cumstancis as if It were but yesterday, and I rfr* member the train of reasoning that then passed through my mind. Never,” with great, emphasis, •* sever, in all my life, had I found such an inordi nate development of theorgan or 4 caution’ as in the head of George B. McClellan. I also found the pro* pelling faculties, oombativeneas, and destructiveness ■mall, and I thought to myself what is the sense or reason of sending such a natural coward to West Point 1” “But then I reasoned that there would probably never be any war to call for military genius, and West Point might as well educate the eo«varda as any other institution.” He said that his life bad only proved bis early convictions, and referring to the great seven days’ battle related that a personal family friend was then In Richmond, and the plan of tbe battle was well known. Lea said, “ I know Mc- Clellan for a natural coward, and ir I draw every available man from Richmond, and hurl our whole force upon his right wing, he will not dare to move his left!” He did so, and proved that he truly did know his adversary; for though McClellan could have swung his left wing over Kiohaioadi he only sent Joiwaid a corporal’s guard to reconnoitre, ana the golden opportunity was passed by. General MoOiellan should Immediately proceed to wilte a report on Fowler. Brno. General Benj Gbiesson commands the cavalry division of the I6ih Corps, and Is noted chiefly on account of his raid during the siege of *Vick*bmg T which extended from Le Grange, Teaa., to Baton Rouge, Da. He Is tall and slender, well on to 40 years of age, and of a volatile disposition. Bis great forte out of the saddle seems to be the piano forte, on which he is a splendid performer, bavins formerly been a music teacher in Ohio. Du* licg heeveuiDg he entertained the company with a well-* xccuted song that added muoh to tbe variety of the entertainment.— Memphis Correspondence • A Retort, —ln a speech in the House of Repre sentative#, a few days since, Fcrfiando Wood, with sublime as suranoe, declared: “We of New York *eat four l een regiments -. into Pennsylvania when she was invaded,” “We of New York!”- A Witty Penn sylvi-oia member replied sotto voce, “Yes you did, Fer; ando—the muskets that you sent to Georgia Wbtn the war broke out came back to'Pennsylva nia at Gettysburg. Fourteen! regiments Of TOUT pore, brought teem!” EUROPE. The Mexican Question -An EUoauea* Speech Against Napoleon’* Policy. During the debate In the Corps Legislate, Jan. 27, the great French orator, Joles Favre, delivered a powerful speech against the Imperial policy in Max ico, oondudirg a* follow*: We are told of triumphal marches, of our soldiers being bailed everywhere as liberators. All this may be true; bull know that the oity of Ga%d\l%j*pi resists, and that we shall, perhaps, be obliged to Uv siege to It. And if such military operations are still neoetsary, it esn only be because we are fight ing against the cause of Mexican nationality. Nor is it true, as has been aiserted, tbat all the centers of great population* are in our favor, in the north and west there are other great centers, still resist; thus fresh campaigns will be required, ard we shall have to increase our army to Go,ooo or 60,000 men. It wbs weir" observed yesterday -that we ceuld found nothing durable in Mexico ; and why is this? Because we have built on the support of a detested party, a miserable minority in the n ation—the party r.f Mtramon and Marquez. Now. who are these men? Mtramon is the man who commanded Mar quez to massacre the prisoners of Ta*ubay», among whom there was an English physician, ami who waded to the throne through the blood thus odious ly shed* * Maiquez is the man who, after numernue murders, was thrown into prison for carrying off Goo 000 pias tres belonging to the English Legation. And when such men are round in our ranks, is there any rea son to be surprised that the Mexican population should resist us? [Assent] Certain sequestra tions were made by Ueo. Forey at Mexico, but they were removed by the French Government. They arose from the necessities of the situation. The moment the Provisional Government was set up, reactionary pretensions Immediately manifested t&<'ttl*eive*, " •. Every man sourht to gratify fil* own rapacity. We resisted, and General oazaityp caused an ener getic communicated note to be. inserted in the jour nals- Tfaenwbat ooeuMgd trTjsfwmembers of tbe Provisional Government.submitted; but the thlid, Mgr. Labastida, the Archbishop,'lnserted- in the same journal* a protestation against our acts; as being a violation of the divine law. And we were obliged to use cannon,-to open the gates of the Oa tbedral for our soldiers. - That is the way we re.estaWished order tu Blextoo. Such a state O' tbiegs cannot be prolonged. We take, however, speolal note of the declaration of the Fi*nch Government, that ti?e solution ft to be pro* nounced in Mexico bv universal suffrage- We are told that there are 7.500,000 of souls. Let us, then, remember this figure, aud compare it with the result of the vote. It is needless to add that the voting should be entirely tree, and uninfluenced by French authorities. Gan it be true that the lessons of his tory are always lost? Fifty years ago the head of the powerful house which now Telgns in France had his Mexico also. He wished to level the Pyrennees' for the sake of a family alliance. By a back stroke of bis hand he overturned 'the Spanish throne; then came tbe war, wherein the heroio valor of our soldiers was pre eminent, but wheiein all our victories were sterile. Thus did the great captain see his legions sacrificed to an in terest whloh was not a French interest*. Bat are we safe at tbe present day? We can only .-be so PD Ond concision—that oz keeping justice On oar side, and not rendering ourselves amenable, as ia 1813, to the charge of violating the right irg the promise of France, [Applause and sensa tion! - / A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY LOUIS NA POLEON. /• [Parts Correspondence of the London Times*, Jan. 30, ] The organs of the French Governmenfahould not be over severe In impugning the motiveshf theOppo silicn, or complaining of the injustice and rigor of its criticisms. The position of these gentlemen en titles them to be judged with favor and with con sideration. The Emperor himself, whose authority will not be disputed on this or any other subject by his Ministers, criticised somewhat -energetically, and, perhaps, not over fairly, the ooricluot of former Governments on this same Mexican question. When his Majesty was a regular contributor to the Opposition journal, le Prcgrts du fas ae Calais, to whose staff his detention at Ham (Lid not prevent him from being attached, he wrote an artiole, pub lished on the 3d of August, 1844, which began in this' way: “One summer's morning the Emperor Napoleon, having risen earlier than usual, entered one of the grand saloons of the Palace of the TuUeries, and vr #s greatly astonished to find an immense tire blazing in the chimney, and a child occupied in heaping on the hearth gredt jogs of beech*wood. The Emperor stopped short, and questioned the child as to his reasoas for lighting so large a fire ia midsummer, and in a room which was never used except on grand reception daps. The child, who did not know the Emperor, answered with simple frankness, 'Sir, I am making ashes for my lather, who gets them for his perquisites.’ -The conduct of our rulers ever since 1830 te. in every respect, like that of the employee at ttie Tuileries, 'who, toiacrease his profits, caused the wood entrusted to his care to he burnt needlessly. In like manner do our rulers dilapidate the whole of the resources of France la all their undertakings, “ Sordid interest is always placed above the gene ral interest, and of their policy ror the past fourteen years there remains nothing but fire and smoke. As in the example which I have just presented, the con duct oi our statesmen is not open treason, out it is treaten in disguise, but according to certain persons ability constats in putting forth culpable sets as le gitimate. Had the employee at the Tullerie* simply canted, ofi the firewood of the palace to his own home his profits would have been larger; but then the iheft would have been too visible, the attempt too dangerous, and in afew day she would have been detected. Aoting as be did, he assumed the appear* ance of one, who faithfully fulfilled his functions. HJsjduty consisted in lighting tpefire, hisproficin the a thee which he collected; and thfe only reproaoh he In curred was haring carried on a consumption utterly useless. 'When we paßs in review the acts of our Government since 1830 it will beseen that all these acts may be classed under this one head*—dilapida tion of the public revenues and of the hoaor of France. We will not speak of the hundreds of millions squandered for the last fourteen years by the War Department, for everybody knows that with Ml this expenditure our army has no organized reserve, insufficient material, horses, and staff. We will not |speak of the great amount of the naval budget, simply because the Government has been publicly accused by one of its own members, which has singularly diverted us* .But we will say that the whole of the military expeditions for the last fourteen years have been undertaken solely to de ceive public opinion, to enrich a few contractors, to satisfy a lew ambitious persona, aiid to give to fo reigners the most unmistakable proofs of the sub mission of the French Government to their exigen* cies, and of its fear before their menaces.” TBE DANNEWEBK, The “ Dannewerk,” the bulwark of is thus described in a letter from Flcnsburg: The Dacnewerk is of very ancient origin. It U situate at the extreme southern part of the Duchy of Schles wig, and is now an enormous earthwork that sketches almost across the entire onuntry. The length of the peninsula of Schleswig Hotstela to the end of Jutland, Is said to be near three huadred miles; so that it extends almost as far as the base line of our country from the North Foreland to Daub’s End. The breadth of the peninsula, how ever, is but one-third of its length, and the Danner werlc is a fortification that reaches very nearly across the land from tbe German Ocean to the Baltic. This “border wall” is ssid to have been erected in the ninth century, and, according to the accounts given of it in “ Oiaf Tryggve* son’* Saga,” it was built of wood, stone, and earth. In the year 937, the wall, we are told, was strengthened by Q.ueen Thyra, whom the people, in their thankfulness for the national defence, chris tened Danabod. which, literally translated, means the pride ol the Danes; and as a proof of the extreme antiquity of the structure, I have myself seen at Flensburg a splendid collection of flint arrowheads and axes, which have been collected from the bar rows or earth mounds in the Immediate neighbor* hood. There were spear points wrought out of splinters of flint no thicker than paper knives, and wmked sharper than the best steel. Here, too,'we were shown the kauckle*bone-like stones which had been used to separate the noe layers of siliceous earth from the solid mass, and whioh were found embedded In these same barrows with the very flint cMp beside them that the people, thousands of years before, had broken from the Integral block. Here, moreover, we saw the slabs of stone that the old Delta had used to grind their spear-heads on to the sharp est points, grooved with the toil* of the workmen, and ccemiztg as if they were destined to tell the pre sent age how this wonderfully fine workmanship of the hardest possible mateiial was executed. Indeed, in this collection of works long precedent to history, I saw arrow-heads made out of flint, hardly thicker than mother of pearl, and wrought as sharp as a needle. The forties* consists at the present day (without going into all the niceties of historical de tail) of three enormous earthworks stretching across tbe entire breadth of the land. They are so arranged as to form the neok, or funuel, with a long outwork to protect the narrow channel through which the troops nre ultimately intended to be driven. Towards the B&Jtio, or Essies, there runs the “Oater* Wolden,” (or east rampart;) this lies towards the ‘'Eckenford,” and is sometimes called the “Gamel-Danue werk.” It is about two English miles lon**, the earthworks be ing from four feet to five feet high, and sixteen yards broadband beset with a ditch, tbe depth of whioh varies from six feet to ten feet. Beyond this Is the great bay formed by tbe river Schley, which is so wide that no troops could possibly attempt to pass it. Stretching immediately in front of this is the “ Kurgraben,” which is upwards-of a mile In length, beginning at tbe end of the Selker Lake; it is from ten feet to twelve feef broad, and from four feet to six feet high. Behind this lies4he great “ Dan* newerk” itself, which consists of an earthwork not less than fourteen miles long. In some parts it is from thirty feet to thirty-six feet high, and the ramparts are from sixteen feet to twenty feet bre ad. The whole of these earthworks are immedi ately in connection, from one side of the peninsula to the other, with the river Schley on the eastern side, and with the liver Treene, which falls into the Northern Ocean; so that the Danish forces have it within their power to flood no less than 64 square miles of land in front of the great bulwark of Schleswig at a moment’s notice. 44 But.” said the Saxon soldiers to the writer, “what are the uses of the sluice-gates in this time of frost V * On talking with the Danish engineers, however, they told us they had flooded the country a fortnight before with the thinnest pellicle of ice. and let the water out im mediately afterwards, so that any troops attempting to cto.i the country would bo mowed down by tbe Artillery litre corn- Indeed, from wh.t I beard during my it.y In Schleswig, there ia not the les.t doubt that 40 000 men could bold the Dennewerk against 100,000 oppo.iDg troops; and from what I taw my self of the rortiSoation, and heard from the engineers a. to tbe mean, of flooding the aountry, either with a thin .heat of ice or slough of water. I am convinced that it would require a. strong an army aa united Germany could pomibly muster to wrest Sehleswig from Denmark. Eeforted Mubdeb of Ds. Livingstone in Afbica —lt is reported that Dr. Livingstone, the African explorer, ha. been murdered by the native. on Lake Nyassa. The London Athenctum cite. Sir Eoderick Murchison at authority for doubting the report. It *aya: 11 We are hapey to think there it reaton for hoplog that thi* news was untrue—an opinion which ia supported by the great authority of Sir Eoderick MurobLoo. The faota, bo far as they are known, may be itated in a few word.. Dr. Livingstone was about to embark for England, having fulfilled bis African mii.ion, and earned hi* share of rest; But, urged by his zeal for geographi cal discovery, he resolved before quitting Africa to pay a Visit to Lake Nyassa, and try to discover the source of the Stim, tor which purpose he started with a party of five Makololo men. Their landing on the coast appear* to have been opposed by the natives, who are known to have an unfriendly feel- Jrg towards the Makololo. In the attempt to land. Dr. Livingstone la said to have been wounded in tne foot, and hi* companions to have been killed. A lubsequent despatch spoke of the m * , **“ r ° • whole party, but this is probablyan exaggerated version of the first report,« THE Success OF X New Book.— Messrs. Lee A Shepard, booksellers, of Boston, sold, in about three days, 1,600 copies of " Cudjo’s Cave." One simula ting library has two hundred oopiea that are con stantly out, to that one has to subscribe several day* before they can get it to read. The publishers, the sixth day after issue, put the thirteenth thousand to press, and since publication, although the first edi tion was tlx thousand, have not been able to supply the demand. This is ahead, even, of the great sales uf ** The Lamplighter” and “ Uncle Tom,” for the ssmv time, THREE CENTS. Revision of tbe Revenue fairs, IV. Ratm of Taxation, To thrZdUar of The Press : Sib Having si«*rt*ine<r tbe value of the proiwrty of eorporationa, aj.Mlatlona, and individual., in the manner heretofore net forth, I would euggeit the adoption of rates of taxation » nearly uniform or pnitlble. If Moot po.Mble to arttatu to perfect uni formity, nor, perhape, is it deilrable j but things of the same nature may bo uniformly taxed. For In alarm*, tbe license fee* of tbe various dealers, to be olaised as venders of merchandise, should be mode equal, while liquor dealers' should psy a muoh heavier tax to the Commonwealth. Incorporated ieauranoe companlevehould mahe returns uniformly with other Isaeiporded companies, white foreign iniurancs companies, who transaet their business by .grata, must be taxed upon their gross receipts. Certain exceptions of this nature must be made, sad there are certain branches of business, the taxes upon,which are so carefully regulated by cumu lative and elaborate legislation, that they may be profitably exempted from the operations of the new code. All laws re-ating to auottonh, Tor instance, should be permitted to remain la force* The commissioners adopt the principled taxing gross sales in almost every branch of manufacturer, commerce, and exchange, which I think in a great mistake. Grots sales should never be tsxed, except in cases where capital and accrued profits cannot be reached, or where the property upon the oredtt of, which businees Is conducted lies beyond tbe limits of the State. Upon the gross soles of all manufactures the bill reported by the commisslonere imposes s State tax of one mill. It must be plain to every business man that this would be most inequitable. Upon sales amounting to one hundred thousand dollsts one manufacturer may have a profit of twenty thousand dollars, another has perhaps but five thousand, an.f v they each pay a State tax of one hundred dollarc. Returns of gross sales should be made, and should be used to classify and fix tbe rates of license fees to be paid by dealeis, thus dispensing with the use lees office of mercantile appraiser. What further taxes should be paid by merchants, I will diaotlis hereafter. I propose tbb following as proper rates of taxa tion, to be adopted experimentally, and to be re* duced If it appears that they raise an excessive revenue: To be paid to the State Treasurer, for the use of the Commonwealth: By all banks of Issue and de posit, savings and trust companies, incorporated ioaurance companies, &c. f upon their capital stock, and any surplus or contingent fund, or other assets whatever, a tax of one per ceat. By all incorpo rated railroad, canal, steamboat, or other trans portation companies, telegraph and express com panies, upon their stocks, bonded debt, and all other liabilities representing tbe coat of their improve ments, property , or asaets of -whatever kind, at their market value) but never to exceed par value, a tax of one per cent. I would tax dividends of banking institutions, railroads, and other Incorporated companies that make return to tbe Commissioner of Revenue, uni' iormly, and suggest the following rates: On all dividends not exceeding six per cent* no thing j exceeding six per cent, and not exceeding eight per cent., a tax of five per cent, and thence rising gradually to a tax of fifteen per cent, on divi dends of fifteen per cent., and on all dividends above fifteen per oent., a tax of twenty per cent. Tbe graduated scale of taxation of dividends pro posed by the commissioners begins with a tax of eight per cent, on all dividends not exceeding six per cent., and runs up to a tax of thirty per oent. Under the act which they report, a man can lend his money at simple interest, paying only the tax im posed upon all personal property, but if he invests jn bank stook, out Of his return of less than simple -interest he must pay the enormous tax of eight per cent, to the Commonwealth* This is obviously un just. The tax on dividends should be paid by the corpo rations, not by the stockholder, nor should it be by the corporations deducted from the dividends of the stockholders. For instance, suppose a corporation wishes to declare a dividend of twelve per cent, on a hundred thousand dollars ; it first pays twelve hun dred dollars to the State, and then divides twelve thousand dollars among the stockholders. The simplicity of this mode makes it most advantageous to the State, it is least troublesome to the corpora tion, and it has a slight pecuniary advantage for the stockholders. I. do not know U there aTe any solvent corpora tioss paying more than simple interest on bonds, and I suppose that there must be but-an inconside rable amount of such indebtedness. Of course, in terest on such bonds should be taxed the same as dividends of like amount upon stock* and the tax should be paid by tbe corporation. In the case of bonds, there beings special contract for a certain rate of interest, it is doubtful if the Legislature could authorize the corporations to pay less than the agreed sum ; and as such indebtedness, IF it ex ists in any amount, must be largely in the hands of foreign holders, It would be impolitic for the Legis lature to exercise such power, even if constitutional. Ifthetaxis paid by the company In the manner which I propose, then this difficulty is obviated, and the Legislature will not cause or countenance' a breach of faith in the nature of partioal repudia tion. Proceeding upon the principle of taxing property only, I would require merchant! and other dealer! to make return* of all real and personal property which they may own, including in thla their actual capital employed in huiineii. So of all incorporated manufacturing, mining, improving, gae, and water oompaniei, and all unincorporated ationa and individual*, engaged in trade and com merce. Thi* property, ao returned, would pay the State tax of a mill and a half, and would bear the burden or county and township rate*—alway* suf ficiently heavy. The plan of railing State revenue exclualvely from certain corporation*, from lioenae*, tax on offices, commiiiion*, collateral inheritance*, &0., and the thorough a**e**ment at it* true value of all real and pernor al property, ahould reduce the tax upon real eatate to the amount impoaed upon rail road companies, via : one per cent. At present it ia usually much more, reaching in aome localities to the oneroua sum of five per cent. I desire to be guarded in my atatement*, and would not confidently predict great reaulta from thla pro poaed ayatem; but it would not aurpriae me if eventually s tax of one-half of one per cent, upon real and peraonal property la found aufllclent for State, county, and towhahip purpoaea, and for the liquidation of the State debt—a consummation de' voutly to be wiahed. The railroad interest in this State lamoataouf l pact, powerful, and thoroughly organized. It will scrutinize very carefully any plan of revision of the tax lawß which may be proposed. The legislation affecting railroad* advocated by the Commissioner* of Revision is open to many objections, and ean hardly be adopted. lam opposed upon principle to all internal imposts upon trade and transportation, azrd think them unconstitutional. The lmpolley of taxing tonnagebaa been ao thoroughly settled, alter exhaustive discussion, that I shall not reopen the question. I can only find a parallel for it in the act of the bumpkin who was determined to be rich all at once, and killed his goose which laid a golden egg ever; day. I have taken some pains to ascertain what tax our railroad company, the Pennsylvania Central, Would pay to the State under the bill reported by the commissioners. To attain to something near what may be ex pected in the future, I disregarded the infiated bust ness of the last two years, and went back to 1861. Upon somewhat unsatisfactory data my calculation results as follows: Tax on gresa receipts of railroad— ....$146,000 Tax on gross receipts of oanal, say.... 3 600 Tonnage tax, classified according to the bill of commissioners (an approximation) 68,600 Total 218,000 To this add State tax on stooa in tbe hands of the holders, one and a half mills 35 000 Total... By the report of the road for the year 1861, its in vestments and assets, represented by stock, and contingent fund, amounted to thirty-four mil lions of dollars. At one per eent. the tax on this would amount to three hundred and forty thousand dollars, a larger sum than by the bill of the commis sioners the company would have been required to pay directly into the State Treasury. The rapidly increasing business of the road would, however, soon cause the tax on tonnage and receipts to reach and overpass this sum—probably it does so at this date—while, under the system I propose, the road being eonitiuoted and its investments made, the taxes on its property eould not very materially in crease. It must be remembered, also, that the stoek of the company, under the bill reported by the com missioners, is subject to tax for local purpose* in the bands of the holders, end this cannot be less than one per cent., a sum nearly equal to the whole tax I would require the corporation to pay into the State Treasury. My system would probably be most advantageous for the company at present, while it would prove a valuable safeguard in the future. The prevalent desire to impose heavy burdens upon every form of corporate enterprise, and particularly upon railroad companies, Is so great, that their highest advantage lies in the establishment of a principle of taxation whloh will be general, equable, and permanent. Otherwise, they eannot conduct their business with safety, the value of their securities will annually be Impaired by some preposterous legislative project, and In the end a measure may be adopted which will drive oipital to seek investment abroad, and diveit Ihrough freights from our lines of travel to throw them upon competing roads in other btates. It ia rumored that Immunity from legislative op pression must sometimes be purchased by corpora tione. It is believed that the repeal of a burden some and inequitable tax cost the -Pennsylvania Railroad Company a large sum of money beyond the equivalent exacted by the State. It is surely to the interest of tbii road, and all other corpora*. tions, as it is to the intereit or the Oommonwealth, that the sovereign power of taxation shall not be Bubjeot to bargain and sale, and that no oorrupt le gislator shall wield it for his private advantage. When railroad and other companies have no thing to desire and'nothing to fear Rom exception al legislation, their influence, always compact and powerful, will no longer be felt tn popular elections, and a great and growing danger will cease to threat en tbe State- In a former communication I exposed the absurdity of attempting to correct monopolies by imposing upon them a special tax. This would make the esse of the elt.zen no better, while it wf“ ld “» ke the crime of the Oommonwealth infinitely worse The teceiver is as bad asthethlef- I haveargned that associations of oapital-by which mountains are tunneled, and rivers bridged, and chasms filled up • by which mines are opened, and manufactories ersitsfli wa'.cme* IbuUt, and desert places made to OStIB ‘WAJEfc PBaaS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLT.) The WAX Fmm Will be sent to subscribers by mil (per annum in advance) at 00 Three copies.«. 9 #0 Flts copies 6 00 Tea eopi«» ....19 00 Larger Clubs tb*u T«n will ba charged at the same rate. 91.5 ft per copy, The money must alutayg aceompatxv the order* and l <n no Instant* can these terms be deviated from, as then afford very little more than the cost of paper. 49" Postmasters are requested to act as Agents 9 W a* Puses. To the getter-op of theOlub often or twenty, m SXfra copy of the Paper wl'lbo B W oa . Tt —9——^—ae blossom s'* ti l6 lose—should be objects of legislative patronage * nd popul* r esteem.. I have denounced certain prdi noied Impositions upon commerce and exchange as worthy only of English colonial mis rule or At rt can barbarity. I have suggeitefi a system of taxation permeated by the principle of equality . With Ois principle taxation is no tyranny* without it i&xsK'on is mere robbery* I might gw further into the devils of my propOiMiyiten, bet hare, perhaps, tm 'Placed sufficiently upon the patience of the rent *rs or The Press. At another time, when the Lea**. Mature will be ready to' tak** action upon the subject • I may address myself to its further discussion. <j. The Exemption of to "lends from mtsrr Per** tee. To the Editor of The Press r bm:l see that the ‘noernlog the above mb jest have attracted the attend ot a member of the Society, and he has attempts* ® reply to them, r am sorry to say, however, tSfca 4 he has not given a' single reason for the exemption, » but only exhibited a little feeling. He states tha*l 4 would be a « most singular and anomalous thing*id. Friends were not allowed the free and unmolested exercise or con science,** Now, to that I repl£, that If the eon* science of Friends stands in the l * 'ay of the public weal and the public necessity,-it m. ould be a singu lar and anomalous thing if they* were. Besides which, it would be unprecedented*. Friends were not exempted from militia service or tax during the prevalence of the eld militia system: * a Pennsylva nia; and wherein has tbe principled ranged since f The Friend with whom I was brougl* % up, instead of paring amOitia tax, was a contribu* off member of the Hibernia Greens, which was aoa nmutatloa ' system known 1q those days. Itietrue,* he did not r authorize it, but we did not want a lev% T made on i',' our' lOpdlC And I apprehend that “ E; ttf, will m&d that at-all those “various times in tk* history of thq Society,” of which he speaks,- “fig which they have been assailed on account of their* consci entious conviction* against war, 11 that the on 16 was simply that tbey were not exempted, but wool not serve, and that their goods were! taken, or their bodies placed in durance. Therefore, it is useia l* tO argue this point from precedent, and it been mef only a question of the right or wrong of the prh tri ple involved in tbe proposition, that to recognise It would open a door for the esoape of all those vh 'to were really, or might pretend to be, oonscientlouA opposed to the war. There is no reason why* 9 Friend's conscience should be better than any ottna ' person’s conscience, and it is extremely prohibit that at the beginning of the present struggle nearly one-half of the people were conscientious ly opposed to it. It was, however, tho mvstr truly conscientious who were in Its favor. They* accepted it si a item necessity, and thought - with Luther, *• Here we stand, we cannot do other wise ; God belpus. ll And tbey know that Christ,, who was wieer tbaa George Fox, e&fd : “I come not: to britg peace, but a sword.” H6W tO fCOOnail© this •tern necessity with the ultimate end of Christianity (which is, peace on earth and good will to men),’ is, indeed, a profound problem. The facts only ar** patent to us. Twenty-five years or agitation could do nothing towards tbe abrogation of slavery. Tore-* years of war have nearly finished the business. Do ling that twenty-five yesrs of peace this monstrous serpent was growing stronger and stronger. During two years of war it has weakened day by dty* How* beautifully tbe design of Providence has worked out. The idea of emancipation, at first like a small oloud in tbe east, no bigger than a man’s hand, has now spread over the whole heavens* That which wav abused as tbe souroe of war has come to be looked upon as the only source of a permanent and detira- - ble peace. In this matter, war has again proved itself the grand educator of the race. It has been ao in all ages, and tbia we take to be the reason it Ia permitted by Him “who moves in a mysterious way.** If plagues and earthquakes break not Heaven's defeiga* 'Why, then, a Borgia, or a Cautllne. ’* Fiom the tenor of this argument, our friend “E. M. H 11 will see how It was that other “ monitors ,f beside “ inward monitors'* were required by these extraordinary and providential times, and other “tests 11 besides “tests of safety l ’—such as tests of honor, tests of oourage, tests of heroism, teats of loyally, tests of patriotism. Mr. Seward said that the war 'distinguished the community iuto two classes—those who were brave and those who were not. I apprehend that those who look to “tests of safety ” would rather belong to the latter class. It would, however, be a very erroneous conclusion, to think that the spirit of “ E. M. H.’b” artiole, in this respect, represents that of Friends as a body, and that is far from the belief of the present writer- We find many examples in the public history of the country. At least two distinguished generals in the war for independence, and many in the war for liberty, in all ranks of the service, attest the truth of our remark. It is true that these are exceptions, and against the general rule of the Scoiety, which has led the large majority of its members into a quiet, peaceful, and industrious life. But this should be no cause for exemption, for it has notably produced its results in the universal ability of the members of the society to pay their substitution money. Aa from this point of view, Friends cannot ask exemption, neither can they from the lack of martial spirit, for at all time the poetto fire has been the representative of the martial, and the B*rd and Hero have gone hand in hand* The Friends have' the singular honor of having produced the finest war lyrist of the country, and there is no doubt at aIL that when the real emergency shall arise, had it not;" by this: time, been averted btf the bravery of our noble fellows already in the field, that the world will again, be astonished, and exclaim in the language of that bard— Thine, Feb, IStB, 1864. In the graceful and tender remlnlicenee of hie friend, which appears in the February number of the Cornhill Magazine, Charles Dickens apeaka as follows of the story to which Thackeray was de voting some of bis best power, and which he left un- Ontshed; " In respect of earnest feeling, far-seeing purpose, character, incident, and a certain loving picturesque, ness blending the whole, I believe it to be much the best of all his works. That be fully meant it to be ro, that be had become strongly attached to it, and that be bestowed great pains upon it, I trace in almost every page. It contains one picture whteh must have coat him extreme distress, and which is a masterpiece. There are two children in it, touched With a hand as loving and tender as ever a father oa reued bis little child with. There is some young love, as pure and innocent and pretty tl the truth. And it ie very remarkable that, by reason of the sin* gular construction of the story, more than one main incident usually belonging to the end of auah a (lo tion it anticipated in the beginning, and thus there is an approach to completeness in the fragment, as to the satisfaction of the reader's mind concerning the moat interi sling persons, whieh could hardly have been better attained if the writer’s breaking off had been foreseen. The last line he wrote and the last proof he corrected are among these papeiß through which I have so sorrowfully made my way. The condition of the little pages of manuscript where death (topped bis hand shows that he had carried them about, and often taken them out of bis pocket here and there, for patient revision and interlinea tion. The last words he corrected in print were, 1 And my heart throbbed with an exquisite bliss.* God grant that on that Christmas Eve when he laid his head back on his pillow and threw up his arms as he had been wont to do when very weary, some cin,clou,nes» of duty done and Christian "hope throughout life humbly cherished, may have caused his own heart to to throb, when be passed away to his Redeemer's rest! " He was lound peacefully lyiog, ac above de sciibed, composed, undlstuibed, and, to all appear ance, aeleep, on the twenty-fourth of December, 1863 He was only Id bis fifty-third year sso young a man that the mother who blessed him in his drat Bleep blessed him in hie last. Twenty years before, he had written, after brieg in a white squall: •• 1 And when, Its foroa expended, The harmless storm was ended, And, as the suiiilae splendid Came biusbb g o’er the sea ; I thought, as day was breaking, My little girls were waking, And smiling, and making ' A prayer at home tor me.’ 5263,000 c( Those little girls bad crown to be women when the mournful day broke that saw their father lying dead. In those twenty years of companionship with him, they had learned much from him; and one of them baa a literary course before her worthy of hr* famous name. 11 On the blight wintry day, the last but one of the old year, he was laid in his grave at Kensal Green, there to mingle the dust to whioh the mortal part of him had returned, with that of a third child, lost in her infancy, years ago. The heads of a great concourse of his fellow-workers in the art* were bowed around the tomb.” —Concerning the refusal of the English National Sbskrpeare Committee to allow Mr. Thackeray a place in that body, come interesting facte have come to lightv Since hie death, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, the editor of the Athenanm, has stated in thatpaper that the omission of his name arose from his neglecting to answer a circular, and that he wee afterward in vited to connect himself with the eommltteeae a '• vice president. On the other hand, Mr. Vizetelly, a member of the committee, denies this in Unto, laying that no such invitation wae ever extended to him. At the last meeting he stated that a motion was made that Mr. Thackeray be created a vine president, but it was withdrawn on the ground that he was not even a member. On proposing him for membership, the •* secretary of the day ” arose and expressed his belief that Mr. Thackeray considered himself so immeasurably superior to the general body of the committee that he would deoline to join it, and begged the committee not to demean itself by any further application to him. To this is added the teatimony of Mr. Lucas, of the Loudon Times, who at the last meeting said "that the proceedings of tbit committee would be banded down to posterity and pointed at with soorn on acoount of the resolu tion passed at their last meeting: and the moat honorable and atraightforward way was at onoe to acknowledge their mistake in not having paid a merited tiibute to the genius of Mr. Thaokaray. A resolution to that eflfcot was accordingly passed without a dissentient voice. Ac it stands thei com mittee has acknowledged the commission of an al moet inexcusable net, for which « IJae made eyMT reparation in its power. According to the fol lowing extract of a note bom Mr. Henry Vizetelly, whioh appears In the London Sisr, the following members of the Shakepeare Com mittee in London rerun to attend its meet ings or have anything whatever to do with it: The Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dub-, lin- the Dukes ot Devonshire ana Manchester; Eerie Orkcviiie, clarendon, and Carlisle; Lord Brougham. Mr if. Polloek, Sir R. Palmer, the Hon.W. oowper, the Lord mayors of London and Dublin, the Lord , Provost of Edinburgh, the Presidents of the BoysV Soolfty, Society of Antiquaries, Royal Aoademn, and'Royal Institute of British Architect!, the R. A. Prole: sor of-Sculpture, the Master of Trinity, Sir E. B. Lytton, Ernest de Bunsen, Charles Dickens, T. H. Foley, R. A., W. C. Maeready. Antomlo Pa. nizzi, D. Roberts, R. A ; C. Stanfield. R. A.; and Allied Tennyson. Mr. Vizetelly adds: “Take away thus gram! name a, and who, I ask, are left 1” "Barclay! ho! a Barclay!” And the old man by nis *ide Saw a comrade, battle-tried. Scarred and sun-burned darkly ; Who, 'with readw weapon, bare, Troatingto the troopers there. Cried aloud: *‘God save us!” Call ye coward him who stood Ankle-deep In LtUsseu’a blood* With the brave Gustavos ? Speak the word, and, master mine, As we cbai ged on Tilly’s line. And Ms Wblloon lancers, Smiting through their midst will teach Civil look and decent speech. To theee boyish praruers! AMICUS AMICORUM, LITERARY.
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