TXXH PRESS, fUBLISHID DAILY (HUHDATB BXOKFTXD) by jqhj w. wmaati orrioi. Mo, iu south fourth btbkkt, TBB DAILY PRESS, 'iFTi** Cuts Pik iriu, p&yobio to a» >• -4 to Soboortboro out of tho oltr «t Bbvkk JMi [BUMS Twmb PftTT.ma ISO FIWT OOTB FOi t On Doi.uk AW) Sbtoktt rirs Csirr* ims. InTKiiKblT In odTKBoo tor tho iTwtlMiiiMta inverted jU tliouiul nt*. rtttut# ft bqu*t». tyiy. PRBBB* •» SnbwibeM oat of the city at font 7 in sdTftno*. SPBINGt, ECHO M QKKMAKTOWS, FA. tCALLUM & GO., IHFOKTBBS, AND WHI DBALKES IN oAOßFJßTiasrcsts, on CLOTHS, Ac. Warehouse, 509 Chestnut Street, IHDEPINDBHGE PEOIAL NOTICE. RETAIL DEPARTMENT* McCALLPM & CO., im to lofoim th« public that they h»T» AbllEtaed Carpet Store, »o. Sl9 CBESTSCT STREET, Ooppoelte Independence Hell, tat A STTAIIi DEPART If ENT, th«y ah bow openiiif & NBW BTOOS MFOBTEB AM) AMERICA!! CARPETS, the sholeeet patterns of . ITAPBSTET CAKPBTB, BRUSSELS OAkPBTS, IVEXfSTIAITS. with a fall assortment of everything ' Barpet Business. iTWOOD, BILSTON, & CO., IyACTUBBBS J*» VHOLBUI dearies ir CARPETINGS, OIL-CLOTHS, MATTINGS, &c., &C. WAREHOUSE, 618 CHESTNUT STREET, UR JAVNK STREET. CtOTHING. 'DWABD F. KELLY, JOHN K E L L Ti TAILOBS, HATE REMOVED ;2 SOUTH THIRD STREET, above wausut, iia CHEBTKCT BTBEET. B-tf [LACK OABS. PANTS, $5.50, At 701 MARKBT Street. ICK CABS. TAMTB, *8.60, At 701 MARKET Street. LCE CABS. PANTS, *6 GO. At 701 MARKET Street. ICK CASK PARTS, *6.80, At 704 MARKBT Street. ICK CASS. PANTS, *8.60, At 704 MARKET Street. [OO A TAN GOATISH 3, Ao 7W MARKBT Street. [QO ■* VAN OUMTBR’S. No. 701 MARKET Street. [OS & TAN GUNTER’S, No 701 MARKET Street [OO fe TAN SUMTER’S, No. 701 MARKBT Street. [QO * TAN SUMTER'S. No. 701 MARKBT Street, 91-Ira ' GENTS’ PURNISBIN6 GOODS. IBST PREMIUM SHIRT AND RAPPER MANUFACTORY. ESTABLISHED 1840. a. A. HOFFMANN, SOS ARCH STREET, oaiJ*i*rlte tb, Attention of the Public to hit hum •omplet, ,tck of rESTLBMM’S JTKSISHESB HOODS, Amonc Whl,h will befonnd the lar.eit atoek of GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS IN TUB CITT. Spetlu Attention ElTea to the mutnbetnre of [R SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS TO ORDER.. in nrletr of Underolothin*. Hosiery, SloTes, , Benh, Maflers, to. des-mtaf-3m iHN O. ARRISON, ■ and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, MAMDPAOTUBSB OP S IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, TIB ST OUT BY J. BUBS MOOBE, FTID TO TIT AMD GIVS BATISFACTIOM, importer ud Huiaiuturer of GENTLEMEN’S IRNISHING GOODS. i. -ill smiles midi In • superior nwi« by Aant roa ilu bsst materiel*. W* lOBOE GRANT, Mo. 010 CHBSTHOT STKBBT. u>vr read? A. ULSOS AHD COMPLETE 6TOOK OF SENTB' FURNISHING GOODS, «own Importation and manufacture. Hi* celebrated “PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,” Uulatai trader the enpoilnladeaea of JOHM T. TAGGIBT. (Formerly of Oldenber* h Tacgert, 1 most perfeet-ilttini Shirts of the .re, ■ Orders promptly sttended to, jal3-wfm-Cm NE STTTRT MANUFACTORY. Jh. labwriben would invito attention to their rarBOTBD CUT OP SHIRTS, i tier make a apeelaUty In their business. Also, GBim.BMBH’S WBiK. 9 %a°- jfo.il4 CHESTNUT STREET, ,>f Four doom below tb« <K>ntinental. DRUGS. IT.T.T AM M. WILSON, 80S MARKET Street True Turkey Hyrrh, eerooxui Coriander Seeds* bag*. CorrawaT Seeds* baas. tTnb. Jam. Ginger, bbla. Grain Ergot*)ieW crop* bbll. Ber. Arrow jtoot*kegß. Union Salad Oil* bbla. Oil Sasiafras, cane. “ Citronella* Winter’s, cases. Cltronella* native* cases 11 Lemon, new crop* ease*. 11 Boee» Commercial* cases. “ Orange* cans. *• Bergamo* w.C.jcanB. ’ow'd Antimony, 100 lo cases. Rad Gentian, bales. BantfT f>ami bbla. ■tore in this port and Hew York* and for sale> a* Ki fele-u iBEBT SHOEMAKER & 00., irtheut Ooraei of FOURTH sad BACB Streets, rHIIADgT.PHIA. lOUBBALE DRUGGISTS, ksmB ABB DNAIKBB IM FOBKIGM AMD DOHB3TIO IH9BOW UTD PLATS GLASS. uutiunmiuw _____ IITI T.iin AMD znc PAINTS, PUTTY. Ae. Aenw you m oilkbsatsd BENCH ZINC PAINTS. VOL. 7-NO. 174 RBTAU DRT GOODS* 1864 COTTONS AT RETAIL. [OLBSALB W* «»11 the attention of Housekeepers to tha STOCK OK COTTON GOODS Ever offered at retail in. thU eitr. Having purchased largely of those loods at tha COMPARATIVELY LOW PRICKS of last month, we can extend to our customers superior inducements, not only in the character of our assort ment, hnt IST PRICKS. Among onr extensive line of Cottons are to be found the following popular makes of 4-4 Bleached Shirtings. Wameutta, WlUiamevUlet Kemper Idem, Altawiugau, Rockland, Union, Hew Jersey, Phenix, &o. In Pillow-Case and Sheetings We offer the following leading makes: 40-inch Bartalett, 6-4 Pepperill, 42-inch Waltham, 10-4 PepperuL, S< 4 Bates. 10-4 Bates, S-4 Boot W, extra heavy. And other makes. i!tSO. 9-4.10-4. and U-4 UNBLEACHED SUES PINGS. Marseilles Counterpanes. We can furnish these goods in all si tea and oualltiee. We have several lots lzt LOW-PRICE® ClooDS that are PAR BELOW PRESENT IMPORTATION PRIGS, and are also prepared to famish, in large auantities, the well known Lancaster, Manchester, and Honey-Comb Quilts, In 10-4,11 4, and 12-4 sizes House-Furnishing Linen Goods. LINEN SHEETINGS, all widths. TOWELS, from S 3 to $7 per doien. NAPKINS, all Linen. *162. Bamely Damask, Power Loom* and other standard makes of Table Linen. Persons about purchasing Linen Goods would do well to 'examine onr stock. We invite comparison. Me trouble to show our goods. COWPERTHWAIT A CO., Northwest corner Eighth and market Streets. jalfi finw tjyl E. & L. EIRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCH, ABE OPENING FOB SPRING SALES. 1864, FINE PLAID SILKS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS. INDIA PLAID SILKS, BEST GLOVES. ONLY, STANDARD SHEETINGS, BROCADE GRENADINES, SHAWLS, NEW STYLES, 68 PIECES FANCY SILK 8, MAGNIFICENT ORGANDIES, FINE PLAID BONNE! SILKS, ORDERED POULT DE SOIES, 100 PIECES GOOD BLACK SILKS, MAGNIFICENT PERCALES AND CHINTZES. fe!3 smwtiel3 £JIYIL AND MILITARY CLOTH WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS, No. 34 SOUTH SECOND and 23 STRAWBERRY Streets, 1b happy to itate that he has laid ini an extea* eive stock of CHOICB GOODS, such as; CIVIL LIST. Black Cloths, Black Doeskins, Black Gaisimeres, Elegant Coatings, Billiard Cloths. Bagatelle Cloths, Trimmings, Beavertfiens, Cords and Velveteens, We advise onr friends to stock Is cheaper than, we can XT STEEL* SON HAVE NOW OPEN JJ* a choice assortment of NEW SILKS. Moire Antiques. $3 to $5 Plain Corded Silks, sl.62>a to $3.00. Figured Corded Silks, SL62&. Plain Poil de Soles. $125 to $3.20. Farcy Silks- 75c. to 95. Black Gros Grain Silks,<sl,26 to $3.26. Figured Black Silks, $1.20 to $2. Plain Black Silks 8751 c. to $6. PJaid India Silks, S7Kc. Light* ground Rich-figured Foulards, $1.25 to $162. fq2o-tf , Hoe. ffl3and VISM. TENTH Street. T?DWIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH AJ SECOND Street, dre now OPENING new Goods in ©very department: New Trench. Chintze* and Brilliants. Percale Kobes, new designs. Organdies and Jaconets. Splendid quality a tut Styles of Grenadines. Tine all-Wool De Lainea, beautiful shades. New styles of Diess Goods of various, kinds. Colored Alpacas and Poplins. Fine Black Alpacas and Mohairs. New Goods opening daily TLf ARBEILLEB QUILTS—OF FINE! JT-L Quality at moderate prices. Good Blankets, in large sizes. Sheeting Muslins, of every width. Several grades of ‘tickings. _ BLAGS SILKS. Just opened, a large lot, marked low* Spring Be Lalnes and Prints. Mode Alpacas, choice shades. ’ Printed Brilliants and 4 4 Fancy Shirtings. _ COOPBB A OONARD, fe4 3. B. corner NINTH and MARKET Sts, lON* CHESTNUT STBEgf. S 3. M. NEEDLES Often at Low Fries* a lares assortment ot LACS GOODS. EMBROIDERIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, VEILS, 111 WHITE GOODS. Suited to the season, and of the latest style*. A lane variety of UNDEBBLREVES, Of the most recent design., and other foods snltahl* for party purposes. 10M CHESTNUT STREET. CPBCIAL NOTICE TO THE LADIES. —THE CHEAPEST SILKS IN THE MARKET. 1, COO yards Neat Plaid India Silks, at El per yard. 600 yard* Brown and White India bilks, at $1 per yard. 1,100 yards Broken Plaids India Silk, at $1 per yard 400 yards Bine and White India Silks, at $1 per yard. They make the most serviceable dress a lady can wear* Gall and make your choice before the assortment Ib broken, at JOHN B. STOKES*. 703 ARCH Street. fa!2 WISES AND LIQUORS. TMFORTEBS OF •L " WIVES AND LIQUORS. LAUMAN, SALLADE, & 00., No. 198 SOUTH KIHTH STREET, Between Chestnut and Walnut, Philadelphia. G. M LAUMAN, A. M BALLADE. J. D BITTING. GAS FIXTURES, die. CHARLES FACE, Favorably known for the last twenty years as Princi pal Designer of GAS FIXTURES for ' , MESSRS. CORNELIUS ft BAKER, is this day admitted a Partner in our firm. We will continue tie sale and manufacture of GAS FIXTURES under the firm name of tax kirk & co., mahufactory at frankford. salesrooms -oj »' arch sthbrt. February 1, 1804. faltMmwSin COPARTNERSHIPS. THE COPARTNERSHIP HERETO fore existing between the undersigned under the Aim of COWPEKTH WAIT & CO. is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. The business of the firm will be settled' arwSp B 0> STKA-WBBIDQEt at the store. Ho. T stlee J- OSIB p H coWPERTHWAIT. Jr , „ « JUSTUS C. feTRaWBRIDOB. J- 0. STRAWBBIDOB will continue the Wholesale Udßetail Dry Goods basinets, at tbe Old htand. No. 601 UABKBT Btrset. February 19, 1884. fe2o-3t OF COPARTNERSHIP.— v GEORGE ALKINS ft JOSEPH H. THOMPSON hare formed a Copai tnenblp, for the purpose of tranaaet lng bnuness as Shipping and Commission A rent, and General Merchandise Broken. IB* North DELAWARE Atmne,under the style and firm of GEORGE ALKINS * GO. GEORGE ALBINO A CO , OKORGK ALKINS. gB 16.1861. JOSEPH H. THOMPSON. Dissolution of copartner. SHIP.—The Copartnership heretofore existing be tween WILLIAM S. WIEL and AOGIISttth cog an. Sdl?the 4nn“WILLIAM S.WBIL SCO waSdfil tolved on the first dayofFebrnar., 1861. by mutual eneiant. The business of tbe firm will be settled up by WUISm sT WelL at the old plaoe. 39 Nor* TtflK* Street, Who 1* alone authorized to atau the firm..name rOPABTNBBSHIP.-ITHE 1 THE SUB. SCBIBBHB have this, elchth day of February. 1864. entered Into Copartnership, under the name and. style of fe9-lm OfflQQ 589 COMMB&OE Brwt NOTICE.—EDWARD MAGARGE IS -L” admitted to an Interest in onr bnslnees from Janu ary let, 1864. CHAS. MAGAKQX ft CO. Philadelphia* Feb. 18* 1964- fel2-10t pO P A R T N E R S HIP.—NOTICE.—I have this day associated with mo in bußiness my son, FBBDBRICK BBOWN, Jr., under the, name snd ,t,IeofFBBDfeBIOKBBOVN ii 6r g j«^d B ChemUt. Philadelphia, February 1, 1961. The said firm will continue boslnee* at the old stand (established in 1811). northeast eofner of .Chestnut and Fifth streets, Philadelphia. FBEDBBIOK BBOWN. fel-lm FBEDBBICK BBOWN. Jr. . , rjOTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS of all numbers and brands.* Awning TwiUa. of all deecrlpMons. for Also. PaMr’&anfoctiirSa’tffFoltefftom 1 to 6feat wide. Tarpaulin. » <*>.. m 9« 198 JONES' *JIw, 1864. HOUSE. ABUT AND NAVY. Blue Cloths, Sky blue Cloths, Sky-blue Doeskins, Dark Blue Doeskins, Dark Blue Beavers, Dark Blue Pilots 3-4 and 6-4 Blue flannels. Scarlet Cloths. Mazarine Blue Cloths, come early, as our present . purchase now. felO-lm HEW PUBLICATIONS. pATENT HINGE BACK PDOTQVMPB ALBUMS. The moat indestructible ALBUM made. It lies open perfectly flat, without injury or strata to the Book, For sale by Photographers and Booksellers. * ALTEMIfS & GO., N. W. CORNER FOURTH AMD RACE. feSO-lm • Entrance ou RACE Street. fJENEBAL McOLELLAN’S REPORT. BBOORD-'-Dompanion,, parts 0 and 6, will contain this Report in full, with many other valuable documents, Engravings, Maps. Plans, &o This will be the cheapest edition of his Report. In good shape for preserving Part 6 now ready. The REBfiLLIOIT RECORD is the most fall and valu able work on the present war * hat can be issued- Agency for REBELLION RECORD, 33 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut, fefl? 3t Office of Appleton’s Cyclopedia. "NTEW ENGLISH BOOKS JUST RECEIVED:. , Speke’s Journal of the Discovery of the Sources of the Mile. Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management. Youatt & Burn’s Complete Grazier, Farmer, and Cattle breeder’s Assistant. Illustrated. The Locdon Quarterly Review for January, The Edinburgh Review for January. Gamyee & Laws’ General and Descriptive Anatomy of Domestic Animals. Illustrated. Byrnes’ Principles of Surgery. Fifth edition. Foreign Medical and Scientific Bookslmportedto order. LIBDSAY & BLAKIBTON.. Publishers and Booksellers, fe2o _ 35 Sonth SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY COPIES OF THE IDENTICAL BADGE Worn at tha Celebration of r THE CEJTTENNABT ANNITEBSART, 1833, Printed from the Original Plate, on. fine Plate Paper, for amateurs and connoisseurs. Also, on Satin Ribbon, Soldiers, Societies, and others supplied with these Badges. W. P. HAZARD, feis-tjyl 31 South SIXTH street. pUDJO’S CAVE! CUDiTO’S CAVE! I Just received by ASHHBAD & EVANS, Successors to Willis P. H&card, Mo. CHBaTNUT Street. CUD JO’S GAVE. A new story. By J. T. Trowbridge, author of 4 ‘Neighbor Jackwood, ’Ac. LIFE AMD CORRESPONDENCE OF THEODORE PARKER, Minister of the Twenty-eighth Congrega tional Society, Boston. By John Woiss. 2 vola., with portrait. $6. INEZ. A Tale of the Alamo. By Augustus J. Kraus, author of “Beulah.” - . LIFE OF WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. Asuperhbook. THE GREAT CONSUMMATION. Second seziss. By Bev. John Camming, D.D. • THE WHIP. HOE, AND SWORD; or, The Gulf De partment in *63. By George H. Hepworth. LYRICS OF LOYALTY. Edited by Frank Moore. THE MERCY SEAT; or. Thoughts in Prayer. By Augustus C. Thompson. D D. fe3 A PPLKTON’S NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. The agency for this Invaluable Library of UniTereal Information ie at 3S Sonth SIXTH Street, .econo story. Also, SECOND OP THE REBELLION. By. Frank Moore. fell-tf EVERYTHING AT A DISCOUNT. / ■“ Portfolios. Diaries. _ Stationery, /* Frames* . _ . Juvenile Books, • Bibles and Prayers* Magazines, ftc.. And all New Publications of the day. ja2s-mth tf PITCHER’S, 808 CHESTNUT Street, zlfinnn CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, rtli,V/Uu Plain and Colored. LARGEST STOCK, BEST SELECTION, and LOWEST PBICBS in the city.’ PITCHER’S, Ja2ff-mth tf SOS CHESTNUT Street, CENTS.—LADY’S FRIEND, FOR -**A MARCH.—PITOHEE’S, 80S CHESTNUT Street. fe£o-3t Oft CENTS. CON TINENTAL. FOR "I' MARCH.—PITCHER’S, BOS CHESTNUT Street, feao-st on CTR—ATLANTIC, FOR MARCH. -PITCHER’S. 808 CHESTNUT Street. fe2o-3t Aft CENTS.—U. S. SERVICE MAGA ZINE. -PITCHER’S. 808 CHESTNUT St. fe2o-3t COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, QOMMERCIAL EDUCATION. BRYANT, STRATTON, & BANNISTER’S STATE AND NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE, S. E. Cor. Seventh and Chestnut Streets. An Institution which enjoys the confldence und pa tronage of the best butine- s men and citizens, and, in point of accommodations- facilitit'S, business associa tions, and advantages to young men upon graduation, Is unequalled by any similar institution ia the State. Asa schc ol of preparation for the duties of active busi ness life it stands pie-eminent, and.beisg-connected with seventeen other leading Commercial Colleges establish ed in the principal cities of the United States and Canada its advantages over mere loe&l schools cannot bs overra ted. INTER-COMMLUNICA.TION BETWEEN THE COltltEtfES. To interpret to tbe student’s mind the natural course of trade and internal exchange, a system of inter commu nication is established between the Colleges, which in volves a business correspondence with other cities; brings into.proper relief all the essential facts as to the details in. tbe matter of buying, shipping, receiving con signments! rendering account of sales and making re mittances, and illustrates such other transactions as may arise between business men in different parts of the country. The text-book on Book Keeping, Commercial Law, and Commercial Arithmetic, prepared by the proprie tors expressly for schools are pronounced by com petent critics to be the most thorough and reliable works on these subjects ever published. Young men who be come members of this institution have the assurance that they will be fully prepared for tbe'duties of active busi ness life. Nothing is left undone which will promote the interests of its pupils and patrons, and those who have become acquainted with the new system ofactuil business training introduced by the present principal aud especially those wbo nave received its advantages, many of whom are now occupying responsible positions as Book-keepers, Tellers, &c.,wLU attest to its super!* ority and its capability to attain the end proposed. This new system of commercial infractions is un** known in any similar institution in the State. The stu dent. after becomU-g thoroughly informed in.the science of accounts and all its collateral branches, is advanced lotk ° PRACTICAL DEPARTMENT, which is arranged with Banks and Business Office* to represent the different departments of trade, and with neatly engraved notes to represent money, and all the forms necessary for the conduct o( a systematic business, he is thoroughly practiced, and becomes experienced in the principles of real business. Telegraphing has recently been intioduced, and bids fair to become an important branch. Tbe Spencerian System of Business Penmanship Is taught by a gentleman trained by the author, Mr. P. B. Spencer. Scholarships issued at this College are good in all time unlimited. The success with which this enterprise is meeting is unparalleled in the history of Commercial Schools. Up ward* of sixty students have entered within the past month, making an aggregate of over three hundred and fifty present members. Young men about deciding between Commercial Schools would coheult their own interests by calling at this Institution before entering upon a courseofsfcttdy elsewhere fey)-2t EDUCATION At. A" YOUNG LADY, FULLY COMPE TENT to teacli. would be glad to take a few Pupil. for Manic, at $l5 per quarter Please call on, or address, MISS BISPHAM. fel9-fmw* 31» South FIFTEENTH Streat. PRITTBNDBN’S ■*> COMMBBGIAL COLLEGE, 637 CHESTNUT Street, comer of Seventh* The Course of Instruction Include*: BOOK-KEEPING in all its different branches. PENMANSHIP. COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS, Business Forms, Commercial Laws &c. Students Instructed separately, and received at any time. Open Bay and Evening. a • A Diploma, with tre Seal of the Institution'attached, awarded on graduation. • Catalogues furnished gratis on applications f>lB 4t* COHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN O W ni b 8 opened on MONDAY, February 15th. 1864, at tbe 8. E. corner of NINTH and SPRING GARDEN. Tbe PRIMARY DEPARTMENT will be conducted as a Kindergarten, upon tbe German (FrmbePs) Byetem, and will lnelnde Boys and Girls under ten yeare of RgBe A class of cider pupil b will he received. In both departments, GYMNASTICS, under the system ofDr. Dio Lewis, will bB taught. * G&RTtUXOB W. FULTON, HAUBitT b. Darlington. fel6-6t Address 315 MARSHALL Street OOBDENTOWN FEMALE COLLEGE. *■* BORDSNTOWfI, N. S. This Institution Is pleasantly located on the Del&wart river. hour’s ride from Philadelphia. Special atten* tton is paid to the common and higher branches ol ENGLISH, and superior advantages furnished in Vosfcj and Instrumental Music. FRENCH taught by native, a» d spoken In thefcmU & Mfl&EfcHSfißL jal4-2m« President, VILLAGE GREEN SEMINARY* NBAB MEDIA# PA. —Pupils rt celved at any time. English, Mathematics, Classics, and Natural telenet* taught. Military Tactics, Book-keeping, and Civil Bn* gn Bering taught. Entile expenses about %3 per week. >ys of all ages taken. .Refers to 7m, H Kern, ex* Sheriff; John C. Capp A Co., No. .23 South Third strwt: and Thomas J. Clayton. Esq.. Fifth'and Prune streets, Address Bev. J- HABVEIT DaBTON, A M., vEua« Green, Pa. to6-tf gBYSON & SON, No. 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, TRIKTERS A»D STITIOKIBB. BLANK BOOKS, PAPERS, PENS, AND INKS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY. 0 Corporations. Banks, and Business Men supplied with everythin ft necessary for tbe Counting-room. ft6tf ~ & CO., 488 CHESTNUT STREET, COUNTING HOUSE and .... - OFFICE STATIONERS. ENVELOPE, BLANK ACCOUNT, and MEMORANDUM BOOK MAIUFA3TUBBBS. An extensive assortment of Gap, Letter, and Note Pa pent Copying Books, Presses, and Tables; Letter Press and Lithograph Printing: Bill Heads, Notes, Drafts.aud Checks made to order—all at the lowest prices and of the best Quality, Orders solicited, and executed promptly and satlsfac torily. feltf’lm JQO YOU ADVERTISE? JOY, COE, & 00., 6ENKBAL SBVSPAPEB ADYKBTISIfiQ AND SUBSCRIPTION AQ-ENOY, N. X. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS. PHILADELPHIA “ By mebse of ft* svetsm of conjoint Advertising ren dered practicable by Messrs. JOY. COE, ft GO , throngh their Newspaper Agency, the expense to each adver tiser le greatly reduced. Advertiser, save the outage and avoid thelabor of corresponding with pnblishera. riek of remittances, unseasonable and repeated calls of stranger! with separate bills, the vexation, deceptions of journals of dubious character, and losses from con tracting with Incompetent and irresponsible persons. ■‘Business men may learn throngh.this Agency just what journals to advertise in to reach effectively and cheaply the sections wherein their trade mar be ex tended." — F.B. Jflsresl. . .. . . ~ , nor Advert laers receive eoplee of jeuruala ln which their *dY«tti9enBßtt ar« PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1864. CURTAIN GOODS. I. E. WALB ATEN, (BUGGBSSOB TO W. H. CARRYL,) MASONIS HALL, 719 CHESTNUT STBEET, HAS OPJSMJSD A BFBIHG STOCK Of CURTAIN MATERIALS, FURNITURE COVERINGS, LACE CURTAINS, WINDOW BHADES, PIANO and TABLE COVERS, OF HEW AND HIGH DBBIGHS. AT EXTREMELY LOW FRIGES. DRY-GOODS JOBBING HOUSES. BAINS, A MELLOR, Ho*. 40 and 4H HOBTH THIBD STBEET. IMP OUTERS OP HOSIERY, SMALL WARES, AHD WHITE «■ O O D S. MANUFACTURERS OP M , SHIRT FRONTS. fez-3m 1864. SPRING, EDMUND YARD & GO., No. SIT CHESTNUT AND No. 614 JAYNE STREETS, Hats now in Stor* their SPRING IMPORTATION Of SILK ABB FANCY DRY BOOBS, coHsramra of DBESS GOODS, OF ALL KIHDS; BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SATINS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, DRESS TRIMMINGS. WHITE BOOBS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, AND LACES. A luce and handsome assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWM. BALMORAL SKIRTS, Of all grades, fte. Which they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICKS. jaSMm SIIiK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1864. s p 5_ r N G 1864. TABER «Sfc HARBERT, No. 401 MARKET STREET. SILKS, RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, AMD MILI.ITTEBY GOODS. Merchants are invited to call and examine onr stock of SPRING RIBBONS, which will be sold at tbe LOWEST PRICES. fe9lm DRY-GOODS COMMISSION HOUSES. SPRING, 1864. 1864. JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP DKY GOODS, Bos. 239 and MINORTH THIBD ST., above Sacs. FRII.ADBLEBIA. Hava sow open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK FOBEIGH AHD DOMESTIC DBY GOODS. Notwithstanding the scarcity of many kinds of Pry Goods, on* stock is now foil and varied in all its de partments. Special attention is invited to our assortment of PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. A fall assortment of Cloths, Casstmeres, Ac. A fall assortment of Prints, DeLaines, &c. A fa-1 assortment of Notions, White Goods, Ac. A full assortment of Sheetings, Shirtings, Ac. A fall assortment of Ornish Goods. Ac. fell 3m Q.AI.BRAITH & LINDSAY, IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 31 STRAWBERRY STREET, would call the attention of the trade to the following, of which they are prepared to show fall lines, vis: DRESS GOODS, WHITS GOODS, BLAf K AND COLORED IRISH LINENS, ALPACAS. LIMEN HDKFB., ITALIAN CLOTHS, BALMORAL SKIRTS, Ac. SHAWLS. COMMISSION HOUSES. JHE AT T E NTION OF THE TRADE I« called to OUR STOCK OB’ SAXONY WOOLEN GO. all-wool Plain Flannels. TWILLED FLANNELS, Various makes in Gray, Scarlet, and Dark Bine. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. “ PREMIERE QUALITY” Square and Long Shawls. WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawls. BLACK COTTON WARP CLOTHS, 10, 16. 17, 16,19, 20, 21, 22 01. FANCY CASSIMBRB9 AND SATINBTTS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, all Grades. BSD BLANKETS, 10-4, 11-4, 12-4, 13-4. GOTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, SHIRT INGS, Ac., from various Mills. BE GOVBSET, HAMILTON, & EVANS, 33 LETITIA Street, sol 33 South FROST Street. JaB-wfrm2m JJAGS I BAGS 1 BAGS! 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HARSIS, Agent. ThRAIN PIPE, DRAIN PIPE. AS VITRIFIED TERRA COTTA DRAIN PIPB-all sizes, from 2 to 15*lnch diameter, with all kinds of branches, bends, and traps, for sale in any quantity. 2 inch bore per yard 30c. 5 " ** * ** 980. 4 " " M •• 48c. c •* “ •• •• eoc. 6 " •• “ «• 750. TERRA COTTA CHIMNEY TOPS. For Cottages. Villas, or City Houses, Patent Windcuard -Tops, for ***• Fountains. Portals. ,n 4 Statuary Mftrbl. Bath, Brackets, and Mantel Yasee. PHILADELPHIA TERRA COTTA WORKS. ' IQIO CHESTNUT Street. fel2-fmwtf - B. A. HARRISON tinen thread. XJ sampsoh’s axgylh, SENCBNT MILLS, cPOWALD’B7 For Mia by fc!S« 1564. HORACE H. SOULE. SRHerth FROST Strwt, %jje ress. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884. THE WAR. The Campaign In Florida. (.Correspondents of The Frees. ] HnADqoAKTSBS, Dbfaktmhnt of thh South, Jaoksonvillh, Fla., Feb. 13,1864. If the country has been disappointed and 1* dissa tlefled at our failure to gain possession of Charles ton, it will derive some consolation from the sudden and unexpected movement ol General Gilmore’s army upon Northern Florida. This campaign, now fairly opened, must be as bewildering and annoying to the felon authorities at Richmond aa gratifying to the Government and loyal portlono! the country. Bragg, Haidee, Johnson, or whoever commands at Atlanta, may have something to elaim their atten tion ere long besides Chattanooga or Eastern Ten nessee j or, as It laoertain that Charleston and Sa vannah arc difficult of approach • from the front, It may be found tbat there la a back door at which there may fee & gentle tapping by and by; or what ever General Gilmore’s programme may be, you may consider that the monotony of the past two months is broken, and that the next campaign, and 1 trust and believe, the last, is opened, wjEIAT GILMORK HAS ACCOMPLISHED. The64th “Colored Regiment” landed in Jackson ville thejeventh, and at this date our advance is near Lake City, and probably holds that plaoe-r-a railroad rtation, about sixty miles from this point. We one hundred prisoners, five can non, four railroad oars, a quantity of cotton, turpen tine, and other stores, an important railroad junta tlon at Baldwin, one rebel oamp, with flags and colors, a signal station, put the Jacksonville and Tallahassee Railroad in running order, procured an engine from Fernandina, driven the rebels from the whole of Northeastern Florida, and our casualties have been—one man rose in his sleep aboard a trans port, walked overboard, and was drowned; one fell down inlthe road on a march, and in a few minutes died; three have been killed by the enemy, and seventeen wounded. With suoh facts before us we have reason to thank God and congratulate the na tion on this auspicious opening of the third'grand campaign of the war. The planning and ordering of all this belongs to .Major General Gilmore, and the executive Held officer is Brigadier General Seymour. But in this connection the names of Major Stevens, command er of the Ist Massachusetts Battalion of Mounted Infantry, and :of . Col. Gay V. Henry, 46th Massa chusetts Cavalry, should be honorably mentioned* More bold, enterprising, skllliul, and exaottog offi cers than these cannot be found in the service. They are well mounted and armed, and their ap' proach to a rebel camp or force la a* stealthy as that of a catamount upon its prey, and as swift and powerful as the fall of an avalanche. The artillery captured were in position and loaded, but the sur prise was such that the enemy had not time to pull the lanyard. When Oamp Finnegan was captured, the enemy were at breakfast, and those that escaped left sabres, pistols, and gnns behind them on the ground. LAKE CITY. ’Not a shot was exchanged with the enemy till we reached the north branch ol St. Mary’s river. All our casualties by arms we suffered here. We oap tured forty prisoners, and the rest were too fleet for our jaded horses to pursue with the hope of aueoeis. It is not expected that Finnegan will give us Lake City without a fight. This morning our advance was distant only seven miles, and probably our troops hold the town to-night. The rebels attach much importance to this place, the reasons for whloh are not very apparent. Probably It is a small ddpOt of supplies; or it may be—which is the more proba ble—a point on which the safety of Tallahassee very much depends. At any rate, our officers have be come as anxious to gain possession of Lake City and the railroad ddpOt there, as the enemy is to hold it* On our old maps this place is known as “Alligator Lake.” The “City” sprung Into ex istence since the railroad was built, and as a town la not of much business or Importance, PURPOSES OF THR EXPEDITION. One drawback to the campaign has been the diffi culty of carrying supplies to the front by teams over sandy roads.: Our men have had hard service, and been, a part of the time, on short rations. But the cars will be running in a day or so, and then the transportation of troops and supplies will be another matter. This campaign la to increase In maguituda, interest, and results as it advances. I shall be dis appointed if its effeots upon the Confederacy are not as gnat as the capture of Fort Royal, or Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina. It may leave them both far in the shade, and culminate in a requiem over the grave of the rebellion. TH3 PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION, - .It is regarded bantu smarter of considerable im portance that we hold Baldwin Station, At thle place the 01117 two rallroadi in Florida crou each other, and give ua access by rail to Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Cedar Keys, and Fernandina. Within a month all theie roada will be contributing to the success of the loyal anna, and Baldwin will become a central ddpdt of much importance. The Federal occupation of Florida thia time ia to be permanent, and military authority aucoeeded by civil government. While President Unooln’s sword ia pursuing armed rebela hia proclamation ia posted on trees, printed in large type, and as our army ad vancea It will be scattered far and wide through the country. Already a large bualneaa la done at the provost marshal's office, between that official and the people returning to their allegianoe. On the 12th, a squad of the Bth U. S. Colored Troopa eacorted fourteen deaertera Into Jacksonville, who had aeonred a discharge from the rebel aervioe by coming into our lines. These men—pale, famished looking, and woe-begone—were glad enough to take the oath, proclamation, and all, and return to their homes again. Moat of the few left in the country are doing the same. But the women in thia country outnumber the men more than “seven” to one, and'the “widows,” not of Asher but of Jack sonville, point to Virginia as the graveyard of their husbanda’ oomforta and hopes. Virginia, by these Southern people, io mentioned in about the same tone and spirit that I have heard Kentuoby slavea speak of “New Orleans,” or being “sold down the river.” The ehasteniDg rod of affliction, and the waning of the fortunes of the Confederacy, have made room for the growth of a sincere and strong loyal feeling, among even those who have been thorough rebels. BUBIHBBS BEVIVAL—CONDITION AND CHABACTBR OV THH I‘EOFLB. A* far a» possible, business should be revived in Florida at once. The beet live oak can now- be obtained for chipping; the families tvho have been forced to leave their farms or business on account of their loyalty should return, and' every encourage ment should be given to saoh aa are ready to take the oath of allegiance and enter upon their duties aa oitizena. General Gilmore has received an order from 'Washington to reeruit, wherever he goes, aa many colored regiments aa possible. He will be able to do but little at this till his army advances as far as Tallahassee. There is no part of their property or population the rebels guard with such jealous care M their slaves, knowing the use we intend,to make of them. lam not surprised at their oonduot. The blacks form a war power whloh we can use to far better advantage than the rebels. As far as pos sible, they are kept In the rear of their own army* Not an able-bodied man was found in Jacksonville, nor has one, for some months past, been permittedto stay within forty miles of here. Northern Florida and Southern Georgia are crowded with them. A few, however, within a few days past, have found their way in from the extreme front. The rebels try to keep a knowledge of all our main movements from their slaves, asa general does the plan of a cam paign from the enemy, as it is hoped that by plant ing time all the abandoned and vacant plantations on the St. John’s and about- Jacksonville will be cultivated by their, former owners, or that colored families will be installed ou them. Civil life, civil pursuits and habits, and- a state of aivil feeling and thinking, should be Inaugurated at once. We need the clergyman and schoolmaster immediately. Here Is a grand opening for European emigrants, and for all Northern people whose health or Incll nations require a mild climate. Here la a broad field for the display of generalship, statesmanship, and philanthropy. As the Roman empire extended its conquests, its first business was to build dues and plant oolonies on the newly-acquired territory. Only in this way can our Government give to this nation a homogeneous population and an all-pep. vading sympathy. THIS BEBEL GENERAL PINNBGAN. OoL Montgomery haa just returned from an ex) tended reconnoiasance up the St. John’s river. A small post and prisoners, and stores to the amount of a few thousand dollars, were captured, but no enemy in force was to be found. Qblte a number of deserters were met returning to their homes. It is evident Gen. Flnnegtn has called in all his foroes, and is preparing to give us battle. Deiertera say his force numbers 6,000 when concentrated. Sueh may have bean his strength a month ago, but I think he cannot mutter half that strength at pre sent. He cannot make much of a stand unless he hss strong fortifications, or is reinforced from Georgia. Other expeditions of importance are on foot, but all knowledge of them must be kept bom the enemy till he learns their character by experience. Of one thing the country may be assured, and that is, no rest will be given to the array here, and,the army Will allow no rest to the rebels. The weather Is splendid for campaigning in this country. The nights are somewhat cool, but the daya are very pleasant. Plum and peach trees are in blossom, grass is beginning to grow, and all na ture ia putting on a smiling aspect. “ Only men is vile,” and the contrast between the havoc and horrors of war, and the quiet beauties of nature, lnollne us "not to love man less, but nature more.” , THE DEFENCES OF MOBILE. A correspondent of the Chisago Tribune, writing from Huntsville, Alabama, contributes the follow ing Interesting information, gained through military sources: In the rear of Mobile, mid as mush as live miles from the city, are three heavy lines of earthworks. Fort No. 1 is on the southeast side of the. city. - No 2 is on the east side of the river, oppoeite the termi nation of St. Michael street. As you go down the river and turning to the lelt.is the landing of the. Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Here Is looatea battery No. 3, consisting or three rifled 32- pound guns, and one 10 inch gun. This o&Ued the Spanish Battery. Further down the bay, to the left, is Battery No. 6, cells d Pinto’s Battery, Between this and Fort Mor gan are Batteries Choctaw, Cedar Plata, Grand Spell, and Light House Battery, in all. aix. aonstst- Ing esoh.of six expound rilled cannon. *** At the time my informant was there. Fort Mormn had 600 men in it of the Ist OonfedSateßarimlnt and FortGaine*wa* garrisoned by aboutahlv,,iVl number. Upon the walls and within the embrasures nr - Fort Gaines are eighty guns—or thirty-two eun« and the rest howitzers—to repulse a land attack Fort Moigsn has one hundred guns and a number of howitzers. Two of the •guns rrom Fort Sumpter used In sinking the Keokuk,have been removed to Fort Morgan, and are now there prepared to do more of the same kind of work. About the harbor of Mobile the rebels have two gunboats, the Morgan and the Gaines, each having on deck some ten guns, but the propelling power of these boats Is defective. They, move very slowly. Thera is a third gunboat, called the Selma, made like a barge, alter the; monitor pattern, carrying eight guns, Dut she cannot be of mush effect, from the same eause, defective propelling power. In ad dition to these the Confederates Have two very small iron-clad monitors, but they also move clum sily along in the water. Tbeyhave a howllzer in front and five port guns each. These, with the Lady Davis, 10 guns, and Richmond, e gnus, and two others, not as Urge, oarryleg 6 guns—now off or in the vicinity of Rlohmond—constitute tbe rebel navy now stationed at the two points mentioned. With the exceptions named, my informant aays the entire distance from Meridian to within Jive mites of Mobile was unfortified) and 'Unprotected by Confide rate soldiere. Except the railroad is tom up and com plctely destroyed , there is nothing to prevent a fierce from moving direct by that route. At the same time the cavalry troops might co-operato by moving them south from Jaekion as far as say Broadhaven, and then outtiDg across the country obliquely and in a southwesterly course to the rear of Mobile. GILMORE IN FLORIDA—CONDITION OF THE REBEL ARMIES. It has been for some time known that the.rebel armies had no other recourse for their needed supply of beef cattle than Florida, and'that a weekly ave rage of 2,260 head of beeves had been drawn from that State. To cut off thii.juw»&was one of the purposes of Gen. Gilmore'swxjAintlon, and he no sooner enters the State thanhe has the documentary evidence from the rebels themselveswf how serious a disaster he Is about to inflict upon them, This circular was to be transferred only from hand to hand, and the greatest precautions were taken to guard against publicity, and no wonder. It dls olosei a state of impoverishment aa terrible to them to feel as it is important to know. THE SECRET REBEL CIRCULAR. Office of Chief Commi&sart, , ■„ * . O.UINOY, Fla., Not. 2, 18631 * *. * * A country whloh oan afford to send forth In its defence the flower of iu youth and the best of its manhood oan afford and are la honor bounr to sustain them at any cost of money and property. Thsy-have sacrificed home and ease, and suffered untold hardships, and with their lives are now defending everything we hold most saored. Florida baa done nobly In this contest. Her sons have achieved the highest character for their state, and won imperishable honors for themselves. These brave men are now suffering for want of.food. Not only the men from Florida, but the army are in this condition. Our honor aa a people demands that we do our duty to them.' They must be fed. The fol ' lowing extracts from official letters in my possession do but partially represent the condition of the armies of Generals Bragg and Beauregard, and their gloomy prospect for future supplies. Major J. F. Camming, who supplies Gen. Bragg’s army, wrltea: “ it is absolutely and vitally important that all the cattle that oan possibly be brought here shall be brought as promptly as possible.” And sgain, on tbe Sth of October, he says : ■ “ I cannot too strongly urge upon you the neoes lity of tending forward’ osttla promptly. It *eem« that all other resources are exhausted, and that we are now dependent upon your State for beef lor the very large army of General Bragg. I know yon will leave no stone unturned; and I. must say that we aie now dependent upon your exertions, so far as beef is concerned. In regard to bacon, tbe stock is About exhausted ; hence beef is our only hope. I know the prospect is very discouraging* anditroaly remaina with those of us having charge of this most important work to do all we can to exhaust oar re sources, and when we have done that ouroouatry cannot complain of us. If we fall to do all that can be done, and our cause shall fail, upon us will rest the responsibility $ therefore, let us employ all the means at our command. 1 ’ Again, on the 6th, he says: “ Major A* oan explain to you the great and abso lute necessity for prompt action in the matter; for, Major, I assure you that nearly all now depends on you.” And on October 19 he says: “Captain Townsend, A. O. S., having a leave of absence thirty days from the Army of Tennessee, I have prevailed on him to see you, and explain to you my straitened condition, and the imminent danger of our army suffering for the want of beef.” And on October 20th be wrote; 11 The army is to-day on half rations of beef, and I fear in a few days will have nothing but bread to eat. This is truly a dark hour with us, and I can not see what is to be done. All that is left for us to do is to do all we can, and then we willhave a clear conscience, no matter what the world may say.” Mftjor Locke, chief commissary of Georgia, wrote: “ I pray you, M&jor, to put every agency in motion that you can to send cattle, without a moment’s d> lay, towards the Georgia borders. The troops In Charleston are in great extremity. We look alone to you tor cattle. Those in Georgia are ex hausted.” Major Guerin, chief commissary of South Caro lina, wrote: “We are Almost entirely dependent on Florida, and it is of the last importance at this time that the troops here should be subsisted.” Again, he says: “ As it is, our situation is full of danger from want of meat, and extraordinary efforts are required to prevent disaster.” At d on October 9th, he says: “We have now 40,000 troops and laborers to sub sist. The supply of bacoxron hand in the eity is 20,000 pounds, and the cattle furnished by this State is not one-tenth of what is needed. My anxieties and apprehensions, as you may suppose, are greatly excited.” Major MlUen, of Savannah, on October 19th, says: "I assure you, Major, that the stock of bacon and beelfor the armies of the Confederate States Is now exhausted, and we must depend entirely upon what we may gather weekly. Starvation stares the army in the face! The handwriting ie on the wall I “ From the best Information I have, the resources of food (meat) of both the Tennessee and Virginia armies are exhausted. This remark now applies with equal foroe to South Carolina and Georgia, ana the army muat henceforth depend upon the ener gies of the Purchasing Commissaries, through their daily or weekly collections. I have exhausted the beef cattle, and am now obliged to kill stock cattle.” I have thought it my duty to address this confi dential circular to the principal men in the various sections of the State, and invoke their aid and co operation with the purchasing commissaries and Government agents in their districts in inaugu rating and putting into operation some system by which our armies can be more properly cupplied, and all of our resources, which are necessary, se cured to the Government. The appeals to me are more and more urgent every day. The pressure upon our State Is very great. Should she now re spond to the osll made upon her resources, as she has upon the bloodiest battle-fields of the war, the measure other glory will be full. But it we with hold our supplies, we cripple our army, and render it impossible for them to advance, alter achieving the most signal victories. The people at home must put themselves upon a war-footing. This they have never yet done. They must sow and plant, and gather for the Government. Then, and not till then, will the bright rays of peaoe break through the clouds of war which overhang üb. P- W. WHITE, Major, and Chief Commissary. P. S.—You are especially requested not to allow this circular to go out of your possession, but to read It to aucb persons as you know to be true and prudent, and to begin the contemplated work imme diately. - BRIGADIER GENERAL BENHAM. General Benham having, on August 7,1862, been reduoed from bis rank of brigadier general of volun teers, through a conception that he had broken posi tive orders at James Island in attacking the rebel works at Secesslonville, but no aharges hairing been preferred against him, the President ordered his case to be Investigated by Judge Advocate Holt, who decided that he had not broken any orders, but in stead obeyed them to the best of his ability. He was, therefore, restored to his rank, and placed in command of the Engineer Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. In justice to General Benham; the President has reeently ordered Judge Holt’s opinion to be published, in order to correct the impression that General Benham hsdnot been re stored to his position. In this report Col. Holt reviews all the eireum stances ol the James Island a flair, and draws these conclusions: “It thus appears that the principal ground on whloh Gen. Benham was dismissed from the volunteer service was a total misapprehension, and was completely swept away by the frank and emphatic testimony of Gen. Stevens. General Hunter has preferred nocharge against General Benham, because of this attack on the earthwork, though it appears, from a single ex pression in ' one of bis letters to the Secretary of war, that he regarded the movement as In violation of his order. It must be Inferred that it was in op position to some plan or purpose actually enter tained by him-, but. that it was in violation of any purpose or wish dlselosed by him in the order to General Benham, cannot be successfully main-, tsired. * * I think lam justified in holding that the attack on the earthwork was not in faot, and certainly was not. Intended to be, a violation of or ders ; nor was it an ill-digested or criminally rash movement, but one which was made from a sense of duty, which should hare succeeded, and which failed from no fault of Gen. JSeuham, but from causes which he could not control. ' "Over-aggressiveness has certainly not been so pervading a vice In the military service, during the present war, as to call tor auon an example as the sudden dismissal of this officer presents. Rashness and over-eagerness to strike the enemy may cer tainly become culpable, and be fraught with dis aster, but the in notion of military men ia olten yet more to be deplored.” THE REBEL GENERAL CLEBURNE. Tbe Mobile Advertiser and Register thus sketches General Cleburne, as he appeared on a recent re view of troopa In Mobile: “The leader of the re viewing party was a tall and rather Blender officer, witlLereot form, but slightly bowed shoulders, a flnelytshaped head, with features prominent and striking—-the firm-set lip, betokening resolution and will, graced by a black moustache, and the long chin hearing a goatee a ia Empereur. The hair of the head was blaek, tinged with a sprinkling of gray, and worn cut close to the head, in military style. The appearance of the hero of the Ringgold Gap is striking and not easily forgotten. It may be a source of pleasure for Major General Cleburne to know that he waa the cynosure of all observers.” PROPERTY CAPTURED AND DESTROYED IN FLORIDA. I estimate the amount of rebel Government pro perty captured and destroyed thus far by the raid Into Florida will resell the value of one and a half million dollars. I will give a list of the most impor tant items:. Two 12-pounder rifledgun*. Two 6 pounder guns. One 3-inch gun. Two other guns. Five ealaaont. A large quantity of ammunition. An Immense supply of oamp and garrison equip age, Four railroad oars. One hundred and thirteen hales of cotton. ' Four army wagons. One hundred and five horses and mules. A large stock of saddlery. Tanning machinery. Three thousand and eighty three barrels turpen. tine. Six thousand bushels oom. Three large warehouses destroyed. „ In the above list I have not enumerated the same we have slaughtered, nor the railroad traok webave destroyed, nor tbe officers* &WW * thousand things whloh wotuq amply warrant my estimate*—Ctor. Times* A LETTER FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL A BATES, The following letter, from Attorney General Bates, was written In connection with a ease which trans pired in New Mexico: ATTOSHB Y GHHKBAL'B OPFIOH, Washihgton, Sept, 16, 1863, Hon. J. G. Knapp, Judge, 6rc., ISetiUa, N. M.: Sib : Your letter of the 4th of August, complain ing of military arrests, was slow in reaching me, and then sueh was the urgent and continued occupation of the President in the great affairs of the Govern ment, that I have not been able until now to fix his attention upon the particular outrage upon you, as your letter makes me believe It to be. There seems to be a general and growing disposl* THREE CENTS. tk w of tbe military, wherever atationed, to engrou all power, and to treat the civil government with eon tamely, at if tbe object were to brine it into oonktmpt I h-'ve delivered my opinion very plainly to the Pmidi tnt, and I have reason to hope that he, In the main, c vnonrt with me in believing that thoee arbi trary nn.'eeedlnga ought to be suppressed. He has issued an order to have Captain Bennett called to a,»sennt for his arbitrary conduct in your case. Jl remain, very respectfully, You obedient servant, EDW. BATES. PRINCE SSH.M SALM IN TROUBLE. The celebrate.!’ Prince Satan Salm was arrested yesterday by ord*!»of General Hayes. It seems that the Pi luce has of liste represented that he was colo nel of the 68th Rsylment New York Volunteers, thereby greatly annoying tbe commandant of the regiment, Lieutenant! Colonel Steinhaucen. He is also charged with imttdling youny men, who wish to secure positions, by advertising through the Ger man papers for officers Star the regiment, said officers having already been appointed.—N. V. News. Substitute Brokerage Id Reading, [Correspondence of The Press 1 Evading, Feb. 19,’ 1864. The disgraceful transactions of the Now York Board of Substitute Broken have been attempted in our city, but, tbanks to Captain Tates and'Lieute nant Axe, aids to General stgei, these miserable scoundrels have happily been frustrated in tholrgie farious schemes, and an example made of the first known case that will prevent anything of the kind from occulting again. A poor old German was esught on the street, tsken into a rum-shop, made beastly drunk, then induced to enlist, the broker paying him the ward bounty of fifty dollars, the recruit giving him a power of attorney to get the city bounty of $260, whloh was duly drawn and put jdiA.the pockets of the broker; the peor old fellow to the scene of strife with his SBO, while the broker sits comfortably in his deg waiting for another victim, at the same time swearing at the “ Abolition Administration,” " infernal nigger war,” and cursing the President roundly for retaining so msny thieves in the employ of the Government. It is uecdleii to add that he ia a Copperhead of the deep est dye, and a leader in the “ Adler Brigade.” Some whisper of the above transaction having reached Captain Yates, General Sigel’a provost, the bioker was sent for, and, in as few words as would state the ease, he wes desired to refund the money. Sir. Broker put on the innocent, and began to blus ter stoni “ business transactions,” Ac., &0., when he wss informed that if the money was not forth coming at once the next train would carry him under guard to Fort Mifflin. This wae a stun ner, and quite took the breath of the "honest busi ness man,” but had the desired effect, the broker leaving the office a sadder, and, It is to be hoped, a wiser man, having had a little practical experi ence of the thieving propensities of our Government effiolals. The money was placed in the hands of General Sigel, who forwarded it to the reoruit. PERSONAL. ’ General Fremont writes to Major General Sehenek, chairman of the Home Military Commit tee, that he requested to be relieved from the army of Virginia because he 11 regarded the order which reduced him to serve under General Pope as an un merited Insult;” that since then he has been wait' ing orders; that he was once promised a command but did not get it; that he has kept part of his staff to have their services when he should be recalled to aetive service; and that he has drawn his pay, “since tbe close of the last session of Congress, to be applied where it might alleviate distresses re sulting from the war, and it has been used accord ingly.” ’ M. D. Conway, in a letter to the Boston Com monwealth, thus shows one of the many forms of court etiquette, which restriot the will and affec tions of English princes; “ I learn that there was quite a rebellion at Wind sor Castle. The prlneess vehemently opposed hav ing a wet nuise, end the prince took her side, and could not see why she should not be allowed to nurse the babe, as she strongly desired to do. But she was told that the court traditions could not be set atide; never was Engliih prince or princess yet nursEd by its own mother. So the healthy and vir tuous Mrs. O’Somebody was sent for, and the prla cecshadalocg cry. This is a true story, and some what mere valuable than ordinary court gossip.” Tbe New Orleans Era, in describing one ot the orators at a Free-State meeting there, says: “ Capt. Jones possesses, by hereditary descent and the spe cial gift of Providence, or from constant exercise, a most powerful pair of lungs—lf, Indeed, he is limited to.a single pair—and has the voice of a stentor, with no regard to its legitimate ute; and, on this occa sion, when he got fairly wanned up by—whatever it might have been—he spoke so loud it was quite Im possible to hear him.” Which was the property 1 was a question very neatly settled the other day by Daniel Drew, the great steamboat proprietor of Gotham. Daniel, although a man of immense wealth,i» an old-fash ioned Methodist, and dresses very plainly at all times, and sometimes rather shabbily. Being on one of his own steamers, not long since, he was accosted by a passenges, who took him for one of the crew, with tbe interrogatory : “Do you belong to this boat 1 )” “No,” said Daniel, quietly, “the boat be longs to me I” —The following paragraph la taken from a private letter from Gen. Butler to a member of Congress, who bad written to him concerning Fernando Wood’s proposition to investigate some of his (But ler’s) doings: I will rely on your friendship always to vote in fa vor of having any official act of mine Investigated; such investigations will show mistakes, blunders, and failures of judgment Innumerable, and for these I must suffer; but I fear nothing else. I should even be willing for them to be investigated by Fer nando Wood, were it not for the maxim, set a thief to catch a thief. John P. Putnam, a grandson or Gen. Putnam, has presented for exhibition, at the Albany Army Belief Bazaar, the pistols in whloh was burnt the first powder of the Revolution. It will be remem bered that Major Pitcairn rode toward the crowd drawn up in hoatile array at Lexington, ehouted “ disperse ye rebels,” and fired his pistols into their midst. His horse was shot under him, but he ma naged to escape. The pistols were found in the saddle, became the property of Gen. Putnam, and were worn by him during the Revolution. —Mrs. General Robert Eppes Dee (recently pre sented thirty-seven pairs of gloves, made with her own hands, to a detail of men from the 631 North Carolina (rebel). Regiment, engaged in rebuilding the plank road near Orange Court House, To. It is very necessary that this distinguißhed lady should enjoy her regular evening drive, and very neceiiaty that the plank road should be in good order therefor —Rev. George Gilfillan, of England, pleasantly remaiks: “It is generally understood that the first shot, let It be fired where it may, will awaken all the guns an the continent, and that then shall be seen the awful sight of a blazing Europe respond ing to the fires of a blazing Ameriea, like Vesuvius replying to Cotopaxi across the deep.” If Coto paxi were a little farther north the simile would be better. Lady Pi got made a speeeh on education at a public meeting In Oowlinge, England, a abort time alnce. Her ladyship spoke at considerable length with mush zeal and energy, and was loudly, ap plauded. . GKNEBAI* NEWS. Yankee Doodee, —The Rev. Mr. Wiggin, now travelling In the East, met on an oriental steamer a German aavant, who, with the boldness of his race, informed Mr. Wiggin that he was wrong in sup posing “ Yankee 11 a corruption of the Indian “Yengeese.” He aaid that “Yankee” was Dutch for “ little John,” and that “ Doodle” was Dutoh for song; and that our national name and national anthem were thus both given to us by. our neighbors the early settlers of New York. Mr. Wiggin stated these critloisms In an Interest ing letter In the Christian Register, for what they were worth. We at once submitted them to the drat authority in matters of history and oritleism, relating to the brave Hollanders who created to us the Empire State. We receive from our friend the following re ply, written at Albany, In the very centre of informa tion, regeiding their history : “ { Jan Kitin’ ha a but a far-off sound like Yankee, but ‘little John,’l think, would be most commonly uttered 'Klein Jan,’ which ianotso near the sound. Our word for song, gesang, leideren, gives no due to the other word.” “I cannot aee how your- national air ie Holland drrlvate. Indeed, it was unknown at Ghent (in the low countries). in 1816, for It .was the whistling of Mr. Clay’s servant which imparted it to the band master there, who was in search of materials for a serenade to our commissioners.” We fall back, therefore, on the derivation Yen reeie, which may be considered ee established. Hut Mr. Bartlett, in his Dictionary of Americanisms, says “ the song is said to be Identical with one sung by the agricultural laborers m the Netherlands.” We must have readers In the Netherlands who can determine the value of that statement for na before March is over. Till we hear from them we shall hold by the suggestions of our Albany corre spondent.—Boston Advertiser. Demoo ratio Conspiracy.—' The statement has been made that, out of ninety-six colonels appointed by Gov. Seymour, all but one are Democrats! Faots of this nature gave rise to ratber an acrimonious debate in the New York legislature last Tuesday evening. Several Democratic speakers having com plained of the charges of disloyalty thrown out against their party, Gen. Orooke,' of Brooklyn, an old Democrat, is sketched as responding: “Everybody knew that Democrats, as a body, were not all secessionists, but it was a lamentable fact that when a man was found whose sympathies were with the rebels he naturally sagged over to the Democratic party. For this he did not blame the Democratic party— it was their misfortune. Ttic •brought down the house.’ He said Jhat on fils return from Gettysburg with the Brooklyn trow* last July, he was informed that organizations were fciml g for secret purposes. He madataennmr tions in relation to this matter, and ascertained that there were in King’s county two suoh, with over fifteen hundred members each, sworn to pPIjCSC auy draft by the General Government, and to stand by “he State; and farther, that every man ofthesewas either a so-called Democrat or an alien. He did not slate this on hearsay, out o» on actual fact” Remarkable , Boiler Explosion.— The Troy Times describe* a remarkable boiler explosion which happened at a paper-mill In Schuylaiville, |New York, a few days sinee. The boiler moved horizon tally, with fearful velooity, passing! like an lron ' clad ram, or a combinalion of two-hundred-pound shot, through eleven buildings, wrecking them as completely as it an earthquake had toppled them over. The calamity took place at two o’olook on Saturday morning, when many of the structures were filled with slumbering occupants, all uncon scious of danger; and It is really wonderful that •cotes of people were not killed and wounded. Thu* far, only two of the vioUma have died, but several others were injured. The holler stopped within a tew feet of a bed in which a woman was lying. Thb Louisville Journal, of the 6th, says: “ During the past five days, we have met with a number of offioeis direct from Knoxville and Chattanooga. They state that the army is In excellent eondlMoii and well supplied with all the comforts of tee camp. From all wesan learn there will be a mentlrcnghl an either at Rattan or Knoxville within the next thirty days." I» France a new feature has been added to photo graphy. A man may now enter a lAotographlo studio, constructed according to a new method, be therein photographed In a few seconds, and, on sail" lnK in a day or two, receive, instead of tne usual photographic print ozone’s face and figure, an exact fac-stmile of himself in the shape ol a statuette In ttedeUisgelay. TXtE PS^aSM (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) § h T** W« Iteng will be sent to iubseilberfiy mall tumm In advance) at Thr«« copies. 5 w FIYe*CODIM«».»...., M B Ten ooplm cs.ir ; p* r *® r ° lnb " th * a T «» win be charged at. the sat wti SI. 60 per copy. « 19N« Hie money must always accompany the order, and in no instance can these terms be deviated Srom. as they aford aery tittle, -more than the cost of paper. : Postmasters am requested to act as Acsnta for TssWurmn. 49~Tothecetter-up of the Club or ten or twenty, an extra copy of the Paper will be given. The American Question In England. • **■ JAMES PAUL OOBBETT’S BBPLT TO THB MAN- CHESTER BOUTHEBH CLUB. Mr jame. p au i Oobbett, a well-known Ragtish barrister, issued a reply, i n December last, to an ad' r"f P r tb ® Southern Club at Manchester. HU - - ° M, . been received with the favor whloh I* Re meets and conquers the Secession show Its aualitv et^ifi oln, ‘ A pa * Ba « 0 or two wUI snow its quality. After expanding uoon Mr Bht. ard s text, that “The nation has a right and It ia its duty to Hve,” Mr. Oobbett s ays • *' “ Moreover, U I might take the liberty I wnnld uta those of.you who call yom.eive, by the ™blsX name of Conservative, to reconcile, if wild immorality of your Circular with the Governments, that everything established hsl a prftne/octe right to stand and to be protected Are we told that distraoted America has tumbled to pieces; that her Government retains nothing worth dying lor, or fit to live under! Yes, you assert it to be so. If so, then how does that go with the fart ot the lens of thousands of your fenow-suojeenr at this moment traversing the Atlantic to dwell im the “distracted” land! Your party have, indeed,, made extraordinary attempts, by debauching the minds oi your “ guiltless” people, to enlist them'to petition for another crazy and bloody anti-republi can crusade, Luckily for the reputation or that ?“**> you have but partially succeeded, mors of them, I dare say, having escaped to the Northern reluge than you nave been able to oofruptor stultify, -N*v„.i? h £ way S* Proceeding of your party had been really biave, howevemrash and unjust, and If you had made some dear and daring proposal, gtv utided on national expediency ami a patriotic love of sway, to break into the Yankee house again, and once more to burn and play havoc as formorlv at Washington, and lately at Canton and elsewhere, then, at any rate, you might have passed for courage, notwithstanding the pruflgaoy. But, while it has been plain, at eveay turn, that greed was the sub •tant'rt-maUer of calculation, it .is also at plain thic Jfce only thing to counteract the ferocity has beep the reuse of danger; that sense, which hat at length brought forth Lord Russell’s speeoh at Blair* gowiie, which has occasioned so sudden a twist round in your instructors of the press respecting the “law of nations,” and put Mr. Laird and hi* 11 ram*” in a state of embargo. -iiy ou .a b c ave want€ d*o be doing something, and vet ala not know ex&otly what to do, and stiff wanted. sod even now want soiaelhtog to be done: butvoii can suggest nothing more definite than “some plan," and nothing more feasible than what your clever penman calls a "pacifying” of ble!” This Odd mixture of the irresolute with the malignant has possessed your whole party, and this has exhibited itself by your leading organs in one shape so remarkable as to deserve immortality, if anything base ever did. 11 Market Street” so repre sented, baa been anxious to discover in the war s peculiar grievance for the French, and to stir them up to make a war upon the Union single'handed, we# as alleged, being too much 11 embarrassed by ties of relationship” to the object of attack to be the proper people to do it! That is, putting it more frankly, the yearnings of nature towards our “ American kinsmen” have in our bowels been of sueh virtue as to make us recoil, and, on that account, to make us prefer oharging a Bonaparte with the task of out ting their throats. I must congratulate you-on this unexampled device of u common humanity s** particularly M, considering the relative positions in history of the three parties, England, France, and America, the shamelessness of committing suck a thought to print ia equally without a match. You are fully a ware that that ‘ ‘pc rfeot neutrality,** “ strict neutrality,” which members of Parliament are taught to go about repeating, is tbe extrema opposite of the faot; for you are of- those who have done their worst to render our country, what it naa resily been, the great abettor and instigator of the 41 frightful slaughter;” aye, both morally (that is. immorally) and materially. Actuated, seemingly, by that perfldiousneis which the Bourbon showed during the rebellion of the Golonies, you have been for war on the Union because of its using the same means for self preservation as England had ea« ployed on the same spots. To stop up a medium of tismo, when a nation’s existence was at stake, haa with *ou been treason against all a common huma nity.” On the captureof New Orleans by the North* you expected to see that city become the prey 01 disorder and assassination, like Borne when invaded by the first Napoleon. In that you were disappoint ed, and, therefore, ai General Butler anticipated your kind reckoning,while our Foreign Office called him “ brutal,” your press called him k( blackguard, 1 * and your hands have placarded him on the wall a* “an inhuman monster I” Some of you. At least, must see that the idea of “ North fighting for supra* macy and South for independence ” is no more than A sheer truism, applicable to every instanoe where there is government side and rebellion oa the other. Uttered by' Lord Bussell, repeated by Mr. Gladstone, and stuck by you on the walls, ti was meant for something more, and had Its effect accordingly, like many other bits of sophistry which convince empty heads without their peroetving 'why. Yet the most simple of you must be conscious that the u neutrality, s> the boasted ‘forbearance* 1 on our part, has been just that of the dog towards - the hedgehog. Bid you ever see the dog when die* covering the other animal’s defence? If not tho roughly hard* mouthed, ho hesitates, maklnsr but cautious approaches; starts forward, and back again with awi filing growl; stands off, with a pause to survey, the prickly object, looking aoute, with head on one side and one ear erect; then paws him a bit, and then rolls him over and over, to see where to find an assailable place, so as to get in a tooth without hurt to the nose. This, you well know, has been the precise attitude, the whole marale al our exemplary u forbearanceand here, as it oomtnon ly is with the dog, it seems finally to have been re solved that it will be safest to to ake no bite, because the arms of the Union have lately appeared to us more likely to prevail; and, in case of their success, a continued provocation from our side might pro* duce another nonimportation aot, and a swarm of privateers like those of 1812. JUSTICE. ’Tis of a little drummer, The story I shall tel], Of how he marched to battle, - And all that there befel. Out in the West with Lyon, (For once the name was true). For whom the little drummer boat His rat-tattoo. Our army rose at midnight, Ten thousand men as one, Each sUDging oh his knapsack, And snatohiog up hit gun. ” Forward /” ana off they started, As all good soldiers do, When tbe little drummer beats for them The ral-iaUtQQe m. Across a rolling country,. Where the mist began to rise; - Fast many a blackened fann>house, Till tbe sun was in the skies; Then we met the rebel pickets, Who skirmished and withdrew. While the little drummer beat and beat The rat-hit-too. IV. Along the wooded hollows The line of battle ran. Our centre poured a volley, And the fight at once began 5 For the rebels answered shouting, And a shower of bullets flew; But still the little drummer beat Hii rot tattoo. He stood among his comrades. As they quickly formed the line, And when they raised their muskets He watched the barrels shine I When the volley rang he started, For war to him was new $ But still the little drummer beat TK» rd-tat-tce. VI. It was a eight to see them, That early autumn day, Our soldiers in their blue coats, And the rebel ranks in gray, The smoke that rolled between them. Tbe balls that whistled through, And the little drummer as he beat His ratial-loa! Hia comrades dropped around him,— By fives and tens they fell, Some pierced by minnie bullet*, Some torn by shot and shell: They played against our cannon, And a caisson’s splinters flew: But >ti)i toe little drummer beat Hi* rat-tat- too! The light, the left, thecentre— The fight wsb everywhere: They pushed us here,—we wavered, We drove and broke them there. The graybacks fixed their bayonet*, And charged the coats of blue. But still the little drummer beat His rat tat-tool “ Where is our little drummer?” His nearest oomrades say, When the dreadful fight is over, And the smoke has cleared away. As the rebel eorpß was scattering He urged them to pursue, For furiously he beat and beat The rat-tattoo ! He atood no more among tbem ( For a bullet ae It aped Had glanced and atruok hi* auklOi And atretohed him with the dead t Be orawled behind a cannon. And pale, and paler grew: But itlll the little drummer beat Hie rat tattoo t They bore him to the surgeon, A busy man was he: “A drummer boy—what alia hlmt” His comrades answered, “ See I” As they took him from the stretcher, A heavy breath he drew, , And his little fingers strove to beat. The rob tattoo! Hi. The ball had spent Its fury 1 •• A scratch,” the surgeon a aid. As he wound the snowy bandage Which the lint was staining mdt “ I must leave you now, old fellow.” >• o take me back with you, For I know the men are missing mo. Andtherotlal./oo.'” xm. Upon his comrade’s shoulder. They lifted him ao grand, With nil duity drumjmfore him, And hie drumsUokfflnhii hand I To the fiery front of battle, That nearer, nearer drew, And evermore he beat, and beat, Hli rat tat-too! XIV. The wounded at he patted them Looked up and gave a cheer; And one In dying bleued him. Between a amue And tear I . . And the gray»t)aoKt—they are flyinff Before the eoata of blue# . . For whom the little drummer beate Ff* raLtat'too. When the west wee red with eunieti .The Jaatpurtult wat o*er; Brave Lion rode the foremost) And looked the name he bore I And before him on hit saddle) At a weary ChildWOuld'dO, Sat the little drummer fait asleep. With hit rat-UU-too. B. K. STODDABD. ■ Epigram. [i Suggested by seeing F. W.’s house lit up JbrnptlUi* ■ • reception.), ... [for The Frees.) ' . Fernando 1 * houie 1* all ablazewithlight, Centre ol fashion and of pomp to-night. Senators, members, crowd thegarish rooms, Ana summer’s flowers mock the winter's gleams . Through the. thronged streets delicious strain* as* From sweet-voiced viol and the silvery horn.. '* Musio hath charms to soothe the savage breast,” And who so fit es Wood to make the test I Since first he heard a dollars magic ring _ His life’s whole work but fits him to— The Little Drummer* ■ A bolpxbb’s story. jlusict.
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