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""" 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
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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.