r IB PBBSS, f ._ H gp DAILY (SUNDAYS SXCKPTEtt F 3> „ r JOHN \V. FORNEY, r(0 j. no. 11l SOPTH FOPRTB BTBKBT. I TIUE DAILY PRESS, I freer Obkts Pbr Week, parable to th» earrisrt of the cltr At Biykn Dollars' ETjEtr*: Thebe Dollaks and Fifty Gists sob Sis t^ B : OFH DoliAß AHD SEVENTY FIVE CENTS FOB Ljg JIOFTM. Invariably In advance for the tlm* or- ndverttaementa inserted at the nenal ratal. BIX , gonetUnW A square. SHE THI-WEEKI.Y PBSSSi lUeeto Bobserlber* out of the elti At FoTO DOIIABS iiwn. In a&T&ne*. rfnwMgSIOS HOUSES. OBACE H. SOULE, 3Sl c S» io / R .^«st. FSIIiiSEirHIAi m tforthe gAXOHVItT B hum. BILDWI3 COMPANY. WILTON MANUFACTTJBINO CO.. ABBOT WORSTED COMPANY. CARPET WORSTED AND YARNS. in 9 Worsted. in colors: Nos. 12s and 265. Jute Yarns. COTTON YARNS, «r&w and Bnnftlei Dy ti AdarKl B| PBALL, OAKMaK. 1 other vr ell-known Mttle. CARPETS. yTINEKTAL MILLS. INQRAIN. AND YBNITIAN carpets. LINEN THREAD. SAMPSON'S ARGYLB, VINCENT MILLS. MCDONALD'S. satin finish bookbinders’, CARPEISTHREAD, Eorealeby Y _ „„_ r _ HORACE H. BOTTLE, Ul-3m 3» North FRONT Street. iSEEEP & TRIJEFITT, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. Stftl CHESTNUT STREET. re in Store* and offer to the trade. PEEFCH. BSirISU, AND GERMAN DRE S e GOODS. HAWLB. of all descriptions. S EIL GOODB, In all color!. 4 6-4. and 6 4 ENGLISH ORiPBS. INEN CAMBRIC HANDKSRCHIEFS, Ac. feW-lm AGS! BAGS 1 BAGS I EW AND SECOND-HAND. SEAMLESS, BUBLAP. AMD GUNNT BAGS, PLCnE^IALTBiO^ALLS^HS. aKRJUNTOWH, PJL. JtoCAIXTTM & CO., JDTAOnOTKB. IMFOKTSBS, AUD WHOIBSAI* dealersin CABPBTHSTOS, OIL CLOTHS, &C, wuetonte, 509 Chestnut Street, WertTer wlli * fall Msotiment ofeverytMnr t to tho G*r*ot Business. ; ”*~* f 'NTBBPBISE MILLS. ATWOOD, RALSTON, & €0„ rAornssu ard wholesale dealers ik CARPETINGS, OIL-CLOTHS, MATTINGS, &c., &C. WAREHOUSE, «9 CHESTKtJT STREET, on and at OUT osubliciment a faU «»*ortmant ,/ luporUd and Bomestls Brnij. Popular P»- Unt Medicines. Paints, Coal Oil, Window Blass, Prescription Vials, ate., at as low prices as senu ine, first- tlast roods can bo sold. FINE ESSEUSTiAL OILS or ConfMtiosars, la full satiety, and o{ tho beat 'llocUnsili Bansal Indito, Maddar. Cudbear, Soda A«a, Alum, Oil of Vitriol, Awnftt a, Copperas, Extract of boxwood, ae.. FOB DYERS* USE, always on band at lowest net cash prime. SULPHITE OF LIME, lor keeplnz sidor aweot i a perfectly bannleaa pre paration, put up, with full directions for use, la suksfU containing Boficient for one Orders by mail or city poet wiU meet with prompt attention, or special Quotations will be fnrnUbed when rsQueated. WEIGHT & SIDDAEIj, WHOLESALE DRUG WABEHOUBE, HO. IX9 BASKET Street, above FROUT. ao2S-th*tnly -fp TLLIAM M- WILSON, *OB MAEKST Street True Turkey Myrrh, oeroont. Coriander Seeds, bags. Corrawav See as, bags. Unb. Jam. Ginger, bbla. Brain Ergot.new crop, bbls. Ser. Arrow B®bt. less. Union Salad Oil, bbls. Oil Sassafras, cans. ** Cltrouella, Winter’s; cases. * ‘ Cltrouella. native, cases 41 Lemon, new crop, eases. 44 Bose, Commercial, cases. *' Orange, cans. 44 Bergamot JT. C*. cans. Bow’d Antimony, 100 lb cases, S&d Gentian. bales. Canary Seed, bbls. _ . _ _ ■ tre in this port and Hew York, and for ;EBT' SHOEMAKER' A ■otthMut Goran of FOURTH and BAGS Strata, FHILAD3LPHIA, lAT-TS DBT HFORTBBS un> MS4L3RS 131 FOEEIdH AKD DOMESTIC WOTOOIV MO) ?Ml* SLABS. KAStTFACTffBIRRB OF IPHXT* t.fap jJJD ZINC PAINTS. PUTTY, &*. Aesvra vox xa» celsssates fbesch zino paints. PAPES HANGINGS. 4 ' PHILADELPHIA. J PAPER HANGINGS. HOWELL & BOTJME, aUNUFACrUBEKS OP "W A Xj 3F A. JP 33 P 5. S AND' :ndow curtain pap: FOURTH AND MARKET PHILADELPHIA. —A fine stock of LISTEN SHADES const! CARRIAGES* CARRIAGES. WILLIAM D. ROGERS, COMb Mri bight Carriage llullder, Km. I*o# and 1011 CHESTHOT Street. .43.—50 KEGS NEW FB. French Prunes. « r s ?' 11, J** B new French. Prunes. 1 rsc «-ved and for sale by BHOBEB &WILLI A.MB* 10T South WATIBJSti VOL. 7-NO. 186. SII.K AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1864. spring 18Q4, DRY GOODS. GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS. Has MARKET Street, and 586 COMMERCE Street, PHILADELPHIA, Would reepectfnllT invite attention to their LARGE STOCK of leading DOMESTICS, DRESS GOODS, MEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR, and many popular goods of PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURE. mb2-2m CASH DOUSE. GOODS BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH. LITTLE & ADAMSON, 3*5 MARKET STREET, Invito attention to their entire new and Splendid Stools SPRING DRESS GOODS. BLACK SILKS, MOURNING SILKS, FANCY SILKS, POULT DE SOIES, SEASONABLE SHAWLS, CLOAKING CLOTHS, MANTILLA SILKS, MANTILLAS, Manufactured by themselves from late Paris Styles. mhl-2m 1864. SPBING ’ 1864. JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP DRY GOODS. Noe. 839 and SB! NORTH THIRD ST., above Race. PHILADELPHIA, Have now open thetr nenal large and complete stock OP FOREION AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. Notwithstanding the scarcity of many kinds of Dry Goods, our stock is now full and varied in all its de pertinents. Special attention is invited to our assortment of PHILADELPHIA MADE GOODS. A full assortment of Cloths, Casslmeres, &fl. A full assortment of Prints. De Laines, &e, A full assortment of Notions, White Goods, &c. A full assortment of Sheetings, Shirtings, Ac. A full assortment of Ornish. Goods. Ac. fell am BAINS, A MELLOB, Not. 40 and 48 NORTH THIRD STREET. zxpob rsx s or HOSIERY, SMALL WARES; AH» WHITE GOODS. MANUFACTURERS OF _ SHIRT FRONTS. fe!-3m __ 1864. Mo. 617 CHESTNUT AND No. 614 JAYNE STREETS. Have now in Store their BPRING IMPORTATION of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS. SATINS, tiLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS, Ann DRESS TRIMMINGS. ALSO, WHITE GOODS, MSESTS, EMBROIDERIES, AND LACES. A lane and handeome aeiortment of SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS. BALMORAL SKIRTS, Of all grades, &«. Which they offer to the Trade at the LOWEST PRICES. ja3o-3m QHOICE SPRING IMPORTATIONS, * 1864. DAWSON, BRANSON, & CO., 801 MARKET STREET, CORNER OF FIFTH, Have now in store, and wi)l be during the season, an attractive line of - PARIS, GERMAN, AND BRITISH DRESS GOODS, black bilks, STAPLE AND FANCY SHAWLS, Sea., Sea. All of which will he sold at the ftfi3-2m LOWEST MARKET FRICBR, 1864. spbing 1864> XABEK & lIARBEKT, SILKS, RIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, AKD MI 1.1.1 ITER'S' GOODS. Merchants are Invited to call and examine our stock of SPRING RIBBONS, which will be cold at the LOWEST PRICES. fe9lm NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS. gHAW & COFFIN, 19 PARK PLAGE AND 16 MURRAY STREET. Have in etore and eonstaatly receivinz direct from Manufacturer!-.: BTJRIjAPS, all widthe. FLOOR CLOTH CANVAS, 4,8, and 8 yard*. BAGGING, In Bond, or Export. CANVAS PADDINGS, HEMP CARPETING, BED PADDINGS, towels, DIAPERS, sheetings, No. FLAX AND JUTE YARNS, FOB CARPET MAH DFACTUEERS. For sale on favorable terms, ffil7»lni G. W. BLABON db CO., MANUFACTURERS OF OIL CLOTHS, No. 13* NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Offer to the Trade a full Stock of FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE GREEN-GLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW mhl-2m - SHADES. Q.EOEGE W. HILL, Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in CARPETINGS, MATTINGS, RUGS. ALSO, COTTON AND WOOLEN TARNS. At very Low Prices. Ho. NORTH THIRD STREET. ABOVE ARCH, mbi-2m ' Philadelphia, IJGOIBTB, PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS. gLBGANT MIRBORS, SABLE’S GALLEBIESj pOBE LEHIGH COAL. HOUSE eaat P “ 8 “UcleatB<)“‘Jl feio-lm- JOHN W. HAMPTON. EAGLE VEIN COAL— Tonal If not superior to Lehizh. aim PTn.rt*aTV* Fine Ultra Family Rainbow Coal; and Stove sizes KUO. Large Nut, s£76 per ton ’ ifKl Full weight cs per ticket. Depot, 1419 CALLOWHILL Street, above Broad. Office 191 feouth FOURTH. be low Chestnut. Cadi and examine. Order* by dispatch promptly attended to by 201 l 6m ELLIS BRANSON. COAL— SUGAR LOAF, BEAVER UEADOW, and Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal, and beet Locust Mountain, from Echnvlkill; prepared ex pressly for Tamily use. Depot, N. W. corner EIGHTH !nd WILLOW stf. Office, No. 113 st. ap4'ly J- ”ALTON A CO. pAPEB WAREHOUSE. FARRELL, IRVING, & CO, 510 MINOR STREET. Manufacturers of ROLL WRAPPERS, DOUBLE and 6INOLE MEDIUM, CAP, anV CROWN MANILLA, on hand, or made to order. Bigheat price paid for rope in large or smallquanti ties. fe26-3m Paper hangings.—john h. LONGSTRKTH.No. 13 North THIRD Street. Ha ving the sole agency for several of the largest Eastern manufacturers enables ub to ahow An nneauaUed variety of new designs, which will be sold at manufacturer** prices. The first floor will be devoted to retailing. Dwellings decorated in first-class style, and the hang ing department properly attended to. , _ , JOHN H. LONGBTSETH, lm” No. 19 North THIRD Btr«t. HOOD, BONBBIGHT, & €O., Wholesale Dealers in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, spring, 1364. EDMUND YARD & GO., SILK AKD FAHCY DRY BOOBS, CONSISTING OP DRESS GOODS, OF ALL KINDS; No. 401 MARKET STREET. IMPORTERS, NEW YORK, OIL CLOTHS, &C. OIL CLOTHS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT. mBYf ENGRAVINGS TINS TIL TAINTIN6S' JUST KIGUVSD. SIB CHE6TEUT STRUT. neC-tf GOAK. RETAIL DRY GOOD! gPRING OPENING NEW SILKS. FRENCH CHINTZES, NEW DRESS GOODS, FRENCH CLOAKINGS. H. STEEL * SON. Hos. 7f3 and 715 North TENTH fit. £jrriL AND MILITARY CLOTH HOUSE. WILLIAM T. SNODGRASS, No. 34 SOUTH SECOND and 83 STRAWBERRY Streets, is happy to state that he has laid in. an ezten •ive stock of CHOICE GOODS, snob as: OYVTL ZJST. Slack Oioths, Black Doeskins. Black Catsimersi. Elegant Costings, Billiard Cloths, Bagatelle Cloths, Trimmings, Beaverteess, Cords and Velveteens, We advise our friends to stock la cheaper than we can gPRING GOODS. FIRST OPENING OF SPRING DRESS CJOODS, At the Store of J. P. YOUNG, (Gttccesior to T Fishbr). . No. 70 North FOURTH Street. JOHN F. YOUNG Is now opening one of the most complete selections of LADIES' DRESS STUFFS that can be found in thin marfeet. Special attention is directed to the styles and prices. feS7«stnthim JN DIA SHAWLS. G-EO. PH-VEn, NO 910 CHESTNUT STREET, WUI display on MONDAY, Marcb7tn, bis SPAING IMPORTATION OP HEAL INDIA SHAWLS. Tke handsomest and largest assortment he has ever shown. The attention of the ladies is reauested. Also, ELEGAIfT SILKS, “ ORGANDIES, &o , and other description of Shawls. ERY WIDTH AND TV/TUSLINS OF EY "j- quality. New York Mills, Williamsville. Wmasntta. Bay Mills* White Hock, Forestdale. Semper Idem. Housekeeper A, Slsterviiie. New Jersey. Waltham Mills, 2X yards wide; Peppenll Mills, IX, 2}£, and 2}i wide: Boot Mills, heavy. IX wide. Also, unbleached in every quality. The cheapest place to buy any ot the above is GRANVILLB B. HAINES*. Vo. 1013MA3KET Street. above Tenth. mb? mltiwfe 4t . « ' TVABLE LINENS.—WE ARE SELL -L ING * real good, fine, stout, bleached Table Lines. 8- wide, for 76c per yard. These are pan cotton, ana aie a bargain. Heavy Barnsley all linen, B'c, 91. and 91. ?5 per yard; half bleached Hand-Loom do., These are the beat goods to wear made. Unbleached do., flCc. a first-rate Towel, $2.26 per dozen. Nnrsery Diapers, Napkins. • ~ , , MUSLINS.—We are selling the very beet bleached Muslins made. 38 inches -wide, for 25c per yard. We have every make of Muslin in 4*4 wide, 6 4 Wide, 6 4, 9- S 4 wide, 9-4 wide, 10 4 wide, 11-4 wide, and 12 4 wide, and we warrant ihem all to be as low or less than they csn be bought at any other place. We are closing out onr Blankets very cheap, from $4 up to finest made Comfortables, $3.60. Everything made in Furnishing Goods. IL B. & W. H PENNELL, mh7-2t lOai MAEKEf Street, below Eleventh. T INEN GOODS, OP ALL KINDS, EXTRA CH3AP. —Heavy hand-loom Table Idnens. at S7>kc- 90a. and $1: unbleached Table Linen at 76c, S7>£c. and $1; balf-cotton at 62J£c 76c, and 87>*c; bleached do, pure Linen.; 75c. S7>sc., 90c, $l. ands2.2s; extra width and quality at $1 S7#, $1 50, $1 75. and $2. 1 am now selling great quantities of these on account of their cheapness. ... . Napkins of every variety; damask and aaowdrop at $2; heavier do at $2 60 and $3; extra quality at $4 and at $1.50 and $2. either plain or with red border; also, colored for fruit TOWELS with red and blue borders, with and without fringed ends, at $2.26; fine do., with border all around, at $3; extra size do,, fringed, at $3.50; very fine do., at $4.60. * DIAPEBING of ail widths. „ ... Richardson’s heavy HOUSEWIFE LINENS for family use, at 6Cc, 62)£c, 66c, 70c, 76c. and 87&c. These are very desirable, being extra heavy HUCKABACK, both bleached and half bleached, at 20c, 57>a!c, 40c and 50c. . - —’ LINEN SHEETINGS of the Barnsley make, at $1.60 and $1 76 One lot, 12-4 wide, at $1.76. _ . Thiee bales. »xtra wide, heavy CRASH, at 14c and 16c; better and b. at 18c B HAINEg> Bah7-mtnws4t 1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth. pHEAP DRY GOODS, CARPETS, V OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ABCHAMBAULT. S. E. corner of ELEVEN TH and MARKET Streets, Will open THIS MORNING, from auction. Ingrain Carpets, all wool, at 76c., 87c., Si, $1.12. $1.25, and $1.37; Ingrain Carpets, wool filling, 60, 66, and 62K cents; Entry and Stair Carpetß, 25c. to $l. Floor Oil Cloths, 60, 62. and 76 cents. Gilt-Bordered Window Shades, 76c. to $2. Woolen Druggets, $1; Stair Oil [Cloths, 26c.« Bag and Hemp Carpets, 27, 60, and 62 DM OOODS AND TRIMMINGS. „ Bleached and Brown Sheeting and Shirting Muslins, 16to37cents: CT. Y- Mills Muslin, at 43c, by the piece; Spring Deiaines, 33c ; Light Alpacas. 60 to 75c.: Black Alpacas. 31 to 7fc.; Black Silks, $1.25 to $l-62: Spring Chintzes, 20 t026c.; Table Linens, 62c to $1.60; Napkins, 16t060c.: 10*4 Sheetings at $1.10; Marseilles Quilts, $3 to $10; Blankets, $5 to $l2; Comfortables at $3.60; Casßi meres. 62c to $1.50; Coats 1 White Spool Cotton only 9c.; best quality Skirt Braidß only 90.; Pins, 5c.; Hooks and Eyes, 3c.; Palm Soap only Bc.; Ladies Cotton Hose only 26c. Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods and N. E. cor- ELEVENTH and MARKET. fe9-t^hslm TN THE gCLOTH AND OABSIMERE A DEPARTMENT will be found Harris’ Mixed, Striped, and Plaid Cassimeres. Cat! et Mixtures for boys’ suits. Water-proof and Colored Cloakings, Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres, Cassia eras all prices, John H. STOKES’. JJJI6 TQ3 ARCH Street, T?D“WIN HALL & CO., NO. 26 SOUTH -C4 gscOND Street, would call attention to their stock of DBESS GOODS: Plaid as d Figured Poplins. Plaid end Stripe silk warp Taffetas. Dress Goods, of new stylea. ia variety. French Chintzes and Percales. Stripe French Chintzes, for trimmings. Organdies and Jaconet Lawns. Figured Silk Challles. Percale Bobea, &c 10a4r CHESTHDT ST BEST. SPRING TRADE!. E*'M. NEEDLES Is now receiving, and offers for .sale below present market rates, many novelties in LACE AND WHITE GOODS ff . B He would call * ‘ special attention 7 ,to his assortment of over 20 different new fabrics and styles of White Goods, suitable for Ladies Bodies and Dres&es,” in stripes, plaids, and figured, puffed and tucked Muslins 100 pieces of figured and plain Buff and White Piques, bought before the recent ad vance. _ _ New invoices of Guipure and Thread Laces, Thread and Grenadine Veilß, Edgings, Insert in es, Flooncings, &c. Broad Hem-Stitched HANDKERCHIEFS, all linen , good quality, from 26 cents up. 1084 CHESTNUT STREET. H STEEL & SON HAVE NO W OPEN * a choice assortment of _ HEW SILKS. * Moire Antiques. s'3 to $5 Plain Corded Silk*, $1.62& to $3.50. Figured Corded Silks. sl.62>£. Plain Poll de Soies, SI2S to $3.26. Fancy Silks, 7Gc. to $5. " Slack Gros Grain Silks. $1.25 to $3.25. Figured Black Silks, $1.25 to $2. Plain Black Sllkß 87>ic. to $6. Plaid India Silks, S7Kc. Bight-ground Rich~figured Foulards. $1.25 to $1.62. fe2o-tf Sion. 713 and Tl 5 N. TENTH Street. ItTABBEILIiES QUILTS—OF FINE i*-A- quality at moderate price*. Good Blankets, in large sizes. Sheeting Muslins, of every width. Just opened, a large lot, marked low. Spring De Lalnea and Prints. Mode Alpacas, choiee shades. few Brilliant, and 4 4 fe4 B. Tt «otu*t NTHTH and MARKET Btc. YARNS. REMOVAL. ALEX. WHILLDIN A SONS HAVE REMOVED TO Nos. 20 and 22 South Front Street, 21 and 23 Lctitia Street, PHIL ADEIiFHI A, Where, from most desirable stocks of WOOL AND WOOLEN YARNS, COTTON AND COTTON YARNS, They will be pleased to serve all customers. fe2<Pstuthtf f ro HOUBEKEEPKRS. -f- Jnmakiigyour spring purchases, be sure to pro Jide youT*tlf •with the best—-the only RELIABLE and WARRANTED CLOT FI E 8 WRINGER- aB • THE UNIVERSAL WRINGER. Mith rtbe Patent COG-WHEEL REGULATOR, which positively prevents the rolls from breaking or twist i so on the shaft and tearing the clothing, as all Wringers without Cog Wheels will do, however strongly it may be asserted to the contrary. * * 3 No family can be without THE UfiIVBBSAL WRINGER. It will pay for itself in si* months, in the saving of garments alone, in the smallest family. The ’amily 6izes are $7 and $lO, and are WAR ANTED in every particular. RFor sale wholesale and retail, by E L. BURNHAM, Manufacturer's Agent. No. 3* fcouth SIXTH Street, between Chestnut and Market.. Philadelphia mhß-lm fUIOQTJOT CHAMPAGNE. 4-/ JOO case* WIDOW OLIOQHOT PONBAHDIH OF HEIMS jnst received, and far aals to the trad, at the Agent’, price,. Aleo, - - 200 basket. LATOTTK OLIVE OIL. WILLIAM H. YEATOH ft CO.. fa2o-tf Ho. HOI Booth FEOHT BtrMt. ARXT AND UAVr. Blue Cloths, Sky'bine Cloths, Sky-blue Doeskins, Bark Bine Boesklne, Bark Bine Beavers, Bark Blue Pilots. 3-4 and 6-4 Bine Flannels, Scarlet Cloths, Mazarine Blue Cloths, come early, as onr present , purchase now. feio-lm mhS'6tlf PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1864. SEWING MACHINES. Q.REAT TRIUMPH SXSWINCI MACHINES. TEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THEIR PERFECTION, WE CLAIM FOR THE •‘FLORENCE" THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES OVER ANT AND ALL OTHERS: A®* It is the only Machine that makes more then one kind of a stitch, and has the reversible feed with a uniform tension. 4S“ It makes lour different stiches, the lock, knot , double lock, and double knot,on one and the same ma chine. Each stitch being alike on both sides of the fabric, and neither of them will raveL It hae the reversible feed motion, which onablatj the operator, by simply tmulntf a thumb screw, to have the work run either to the right or left, to stay any part of the same, or fasten the ends of the seams, without turning the fabric, a great advantage over all others. JtSr Changing the length of the stitch, and from one kind of stitch to another, can readily be done while the Machine is in motion. £C A®- Every stitch is perfect in itself, making the seam secure and uniform, 43- It is almost noiseless in its operations. «3- Its motions are nil positive; there are no springs to set out of order, and its simplicity enables the most inexperienced to operate it. 43» It will not oil the dress of the operator, as all the machinery is on the top of the table. It is the most rapid setoer in the world ; making five stitches to each revolution. MST Its stitch is the wonder of all, because of its combined elabticity, itrength, and beauty.\ 43- It does the heaviet t or finest work with equal facility, without change of tension. 43- Every Machine has one of Jenok’g patent henp mere attached, (the right to use which we control.) enabling the operator to turn any width of hem cfc sired. 43- There Is no other Machine which will do so large a i ange of work as the Florence. M 9" It dees not require finer thread on the underside than it does on the upper, and uses any kind of thread or silk. 43- The needle is more easily adjusted than in any other Machine. 4®*- it will sew across the heaviest seams, without change of tension or breaking of thread. 43» It Is fully protected by 9 patents,, and licensed by Elias Howe, Jr., and his associates. 4®- To avoid the strain on the eyes , bent posture, close application, and fatiguing care, heretore necessary on a large proportion of work done on other Sewing Ma chines, we now furnish each Machine with “ Bamwm’s Self Stwerf which guides the work itself ; and is of great value, especially to inexperienced operators. 43- While possessing the above, and many other ad vantages, the Florence Is sold at corresponding prices with other first-class Machines. Meg- We refrain from publishing the highly compli mentary notices of the press with which wo are daily &< vored, and place'our Machine before the public,knowing that an intelligent examination of its merits will folly substantiate all that we have claimed for it, and justify the assertion we now make, that it iB the best Sewing Machine in the World. 43- We warrant every Machine to he all that we claim for it, and Will live a written warranty if required. For Circulars and Samples of Sewing, enclose a stamp, and address FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, 630 CHESTNUT STREET, N. B. Every Machine warranted to give entire satis faction and kept in order for one year. Full instructions accompany each Machine sold; obliging lady separa tors sent to the houses of purchers when desired. All kinds of stitching done at the Office, 630 CHESTNUT Street mhS-5t CURTAIN GOODS. 1. £. HV ALB A YEN, fSUCCESSOB TO W. H. OAHBYIiJ * MASONIC HALL, 719 CHESTNUT STREET, HAS OPENED A SPRING STOCK OT CURTAIN MATERIALS, FURNITURE COVERINGS, LACE CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES, PIANO and TABLE COVERS, OF NSW AND HIGH DESIGNS. IT BXTKEMELI LOW FBICBB. CEOTHING. gPBING GOODS. EDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILORS, 613 CHESTNUT STREET, (JONES’ HOTEL.) LATE 142 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Have just received a lane stock of choice SPRING GOODS. TO LET.-BOOMS UP STAIRS, 612. 614 CHESTNUT STREET. fe»tf BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, ** At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. TARTS, *6. to, At 704 MARKET Street SLACK CASS. PANTS, *6 60. At 704 MARKET Street SLACK CASS. TAMTB, ft. GO, At 701 MARKET Street SLACK GASS. PANTS, ft.SO, .At 704 MARKET Street ISIOOI * TAN GUNTER’3, No- 704 MARKET Street JRIGG * TAN GUNTSN’S. No. 704 MARKET Street Wilde & TAN GUNTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street IRIGO * TAN GUNTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street »lOG * TAN GUNTER’S. No. 704 MARKET Street nM-tm GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. JOHN a, ARRISON, Roi. 1 »nd 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET. tuxmoTUREK or THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, IXKST OUT BY J. BURR MOORE, TAUAETia TO TIT AND GIT* SATIS? ACTIOM, Ateo. ~ ißsorter and Maunfaetnrer ol GENTLEMEN'S rUBNIBHING GOODS. X. M. —AH. srtlclas msds In it cuMrlor manner by hind i*d from th» beat materials, jal* ' 1864. 1864. NEW STOCK. IcIISnFOHID I/CTEIEIISrS, N. W. CORNER SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS, NOW OFPBRS A LARGE AND ELEGANT NEW STOCK - OF GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS* All the choicest novelties in tMs department constantly on band. THE BEST-MADE SHIBT4 IN THE 0ITT« OK DEES PROMPTLY EXECUTED. PRICES REASONABLE fe24-stuthtmy3l A/TORGAN, ORB, *CO., STEAM At .ENGIBS BUILDERS, Iron Poaztden, and General Machlalaia and Boiler Maker*, No. 1419 CALLOWHILL Street. Philedelehls, Mo-tf Kilpatrick's Raid and Col. DaiUgrcn’s Safety, PAUSE REPORT OF DISASTER TO SHAe MAN An Interview between McClellan ami Dee GEN. MEADE AND THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, THE RAID TO RICHMOND—SAFETY OP COL, DAHL- WASHINGTON, March 6.—At this date the Tribune has the following despatch: Tbe Piesident received a despatch from Fortress Blonioe this aitcrncon, stating that Col. Dahlgren, with his hundred men, had safely arrived within our lines. The Colonel was at Fortress Monroe. The President aDd Secretary Stanton Immediately called upon Admiral Dahlgren, to convey the glad tidingl and congratulate him upon tlse safety of his gallant son. We have been enabled to glean the following ad ditional Retails of Gen. Kilpatrick’s raid: From Spotsylvania. Court House the main body prOoeed* cd to Newmarket, and thence to Childaburg, Where a detachment was despatched to destroy the bridges on and Fredericksburg Railroad* which wae done. Continuing their march, they crossed the North Anna at Beaver Dam, tearing up the track of the Virginia Central Railroad, blowing up culveitt, burning the station-house, a number of cars, twenty army wagons, several warehouses con tabling grain, and deitioyiug the water-tanks, tele* graph linen, etc. 'While engaged in this work, a train filled with eolCicis approached from Richmond, and our men were at once ambushed; but the conductor waa warned, and the train stopped. The rebels then threw out skirmishers, and shot* were exchanged. A charge upon the tiain e#u*ed a hasty withdrawal, and no further molestation occurred at that point. From thence they proceeded to Taylorsville, halt ing ft t the “ Senetto Anna” river to refresh their horses. A detachment sent to destroy the bridge above Ashland Station returned unsuccessful, hav ing encountered several thousand rebel troops. Leaving Ashland to the light, they pushed ou, crossing the Chickahominy, and striking the Brooke turnpike, moved upon Richmond. The outer forti fications, five miles from the city, were soon reached, and the force Ihere speedily overcome. Pushing on, they aevanced to within two miles of the oity, where a rebel brigade, stalioned behind the fortifica tion?, met tfcem with a sharp fire, Dismounting a portion of biß loice, a charge was made on foot, but a destructive fire of musketry forced them to retire. General Kilpatriek then withdrew to Meadow Bridge, where he encamped, but was soon after shelled from this position, and, destroying the bridge and railroad, he moved to Old Churoh, where he was joined by a portion or Colonel DaMgren’a command. From thence to Mecbanicsvllle, White and New Kent Court House, where they met General Butler’s forces. The Times correspondent says: Several prisoners taken in front of Richmond while our cavalry were engaged Within the defences of that capital state positively that General Brsgg was on the field during the action, and was furious at the audacity of the Yankees. The panic in Richmond was undoubted. Citizens who left the oity at 8 o’clock, and were taken Into custody between 10 and 11 o’clook, said that they heard nothing of the approaoh of our forces. It is believed that they first knew of the pieser.ee of a cavalry lorce by a messenger who went across the fielde soon alter orosaing Brook Creek. GEKBRAL LEE’S ESCAPE. At headquarters, Msroh 6, the Herald corres pondent writes: Three deserters oame inside our lines yesterday, whose reports shed some additional light upon General Kilpatrick’s movements. They state that when onr forces arrived at Frederick’s Ball a tiain of oars waa just Btariing out for Gor donaville, containing General K. E, Dee and a por tion of his Stair. Had our troops been ten minutei eatlier they would undoubtedly have secured this much vaunted hero. THE OBJECT OP THE RAID BAID TO EE ATTAINED. It is now stated, in circles which are generally well infoimed, that Kilpatrick fully accomplished all that he started out to do j that neither he nor the officials who planned the enterprise ever had an idea that so small a force could enter Richmond, fortified as it is, after the finest armies the world ever produced had failed; that it had long been in contemplation by the War Department to transfer General Kilpatrick’s division to another field or labor, which .Rquid involve the '-necessity of their going to Fortress Monroe for embarkation, and that this was only to be the premonitory step towards a grander movement by the whole Army of the Po tomac. Another theory is, that it was the object only to destroy the railroads lending from Richmond to Bee's army, thus foroing the rebels to taka a posi tion nearer Richmond. These are mere speculations, and I give them for what they are worth. PHILADELPHIA, Fa, IKCIDEIiTS OP THE ROUTE—DEVOTION OP THE BLACK The Times 1 narrative of the raid contain! these in* teresting paragraph!: The negroes everywhere) as usual, manifested great delight at seeing a column of Yankees, and acted unreservedly, as though they expected to find them ail mends, and aided the expedition in various ways. They could always tell where coruoould be found for the horses, and where provisions and horses had been concealed. They frequently gave valuable inhumation as to the location of the enemy’s pick ets, of the presence of scouts in the neighborhood, and could tell when the last Confederate soldier had passed along the road. Theße services were rendered freely and without hesitation, often with out the atklng. Their services were brought into requisition in destroying railroads, and in one instance, at- least, continued the work of destruction after the troops had left the spot, saying, as the column moved off, “ We’ll catch up.” Nearly all asked permission to eome along, and many did bo without asking the privilege, seeming to take it as a matter of course they were expected to join the command. There was no large number of uegroeß in any one place, but there : were a few found in every locality, just enough, the whites said, to raise crops for the local population to consume. Only about a million dollars’ worth of thi. kind of propeity was brought away. Many of the negroes and Regresses gave out on the long matches, axd were left on the road. One squad of stoutdimbed and stout-hearted women marched for two days with the command, and were finally re warded by reaching General Butler’s lines, where .they have tome rights that white men are bound to respect under the present regime. All the real Seccsh capable of bearing arms are already in the army, together with many others whose hearts are not in the cause. I had frequent opportunities to converse with both of these classes. One of the most bitter rebels, in his talk £ ever met With, when captured, commenced a tirade of charac teristic Southern braggadocio. He talked of “our best men in the field the South “ could never be whipped j” “ never had been whipped“it was a shame that Southern gentlemen were compelled to fight niggers;” and a whole series of the usual twaddle made use of by braggart*, of the negro school, leading every one who heard him to suppose that he was a perfect pink of perfection—a pure F. F. V. This man, who is the type of the so-oalled chi valric soni oi the South, waß caught bushwhaoking, shot at a man after he had surrendered, told half a dozen lies in almost as many minutes, admitted that he never owned a negro in his life, and that his family is both poor and illiterate—the poor white trash of which Toombs «o picturesquely «et off onca in the United States Senate. This is no fancy skdtch; and, when the fellow was exposed, he very coolly fell back upon the rights of a prisoner of war—that is, in his opinion, a prisoner of war should not be exposed in his arrogance and falsehood. As you move toward the heart of rebeldom the feeling of animosity is more intense in hatred toward Yankees, and 1b more openly manifested. Around the outer borders, where the people have more frequently seen Union troops, and know more of what is going on in the outside world, they seem to have enlarged and more liberal ideas; as you ap* preach the centre more bigotry and intolerance, more outspoken hatred is met with. Until a point near Richmond was reached there was but little on the part of the people to indicate that we were moving among a united mass of enemies. On The Biooke pike, within a few miles of Rich mond, quite a number of very respectable-looking young women came out to the roadside and made use of some taunting expletives—such as no real lady would be guilty of—but, judging from the sur roundings, I suppose they were considered ladies at home. One of these women was almost frantic with indignation. “ I never thought,” said she, raising her hands in holy horror, “ that you would be mean enough for this.” This she repeated frequently as the column moved along. No one ottered any disre spectful remark in reply. The boys were simply amused at her eccentric eonduot This course of conduot seemed to exasperate her? to have Yankee soldiers come there was bad enough, but to be laughed at by them seemed to her the very height of the intoler&bles. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1864. THE WAR. BRAGG ON THE FIELD AT RICHMOND IN arrow Escape ol' lieo. .at the Bailie or Antlctam. GBEN AND BIS DETACHMENT, BRAGG AT RICHMOND, PEOPLE. THE REAL BEOBSH, the HEART 07 BBBBLDOM. KILPATRICK’S BBT WITH PLEA BON TON. The World says : “We are authorized to deny the rumor that the clergymen who signed the protest against raffling at the great fair also prepared a protest against our holding Richmond, whioh was to have been presented to President Lincoln had General Kilpatrick won it on his five-thousand*dol- Ur bet with General Pleaionton.” THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. GEN. MBADB AND THE BATTLE 07 GETTYSBURG. General John Gibbon, one of the heroes of the Gettysburg battle, writes as follows to the press of this city i “ There is no truth in the statement, recently pub lished in the New York that one of the corps commanders at the battle of Gettysburg had iu his poekef, on the 2d of July, an order from General Meade directing the army to retreat.” The following, from the Washington despatches Of the New York Times, is also explanatory: “The War Committee bad Gen. Meade before them on Saturday for over three hours. He denied the charges preferred against him by Gens. Sickles and Doubleday, and gave the committee a full histo ry of all the circumstances attending the battle of Gettysburg, and, also, of his subsequent conduct. The order, which It is alleged he wrote, directing a retreat of the army to Taney town, after the first day’s engagement, was folly explained. He declared that it related to matters entirely foreign to those contained in the charges of Sickles and Doubleday. The committee intend to followup the matter, and have sent for Gen. Butterfield, who wrote the or ders. Gens. Wadsworth and Hancock will also be called.” AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL LRB AND general m’clkllan. A written communication was sent to the Secre tary of War on Saturday last, by a former member o 1 the Maryland Legislature, and a cousin of the tebel General Lee, stating that during the battle o Antietam General Lee had his headquarters at his house; that on the night after the battle he sent a messenger into cur lines to General MoOlellan, re questing an interview at his headquarters! that Gtnerar MoOlellan, accompanied by some of hie Btaff, rode that night through the rebel liues, and had » Jong interview with General r joo . who, among other things, informed McClellan that hig army was mossing the Potomac. The writer has been sub jxrnafcd before the Committee on the Conduct ol the Hon* W. D. Kelley. EXTRACT FROM HIS SPBRCH ON THE BELL TO ES TABLISH A 'BUREAU OF FRRBDMen’s AFFAIRS, BOUSE OF BBrEBSBIfTATIYBS, PUB. 33, 18G1. * SIR: In the absence of assailable provisions in the bill, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Brooke) poured forth his indignation upon the grand old pq. iit an State. He gain: “ i know the spirit of Massachusetts. I know her inexorable, unappeasable, demoniac energy. I know that what she decrees she will execute, as when she ordered the burning of witches at Salem, or the, scourging of tbe Quakers, or the exile of the Bap tists to the rooky shores of the N&rragansett or to the mountain fastnesses and gteus Of NOW H*mp shire, where my maternal Baptist ancestors were banished. Hence when, as now, she decrees on the African, I tremble for three million of hitherto hap* py human beings now doomed to extermination.” And again he said: 11 The spirit of Massachusetts has done in two or three years only what Christ, or the Churoh of Chi ist, was twelve or fifteen hundred years in ac complishing In the Roman Bmpire.” Sir, I ara no son of Massachusetts or New Eng land, as the ..gentleman is; but I remember that, in' my wayward youtb, being free from the indenture that had bound me to a long apprenticeship, but not having attained manhood, I wandered from my na tive Pennsylvania, counter to the current tide of emigration, in pursuit of employment, »ad fouud a home in Massachusetts, afld I may be pardoned if X pause for a moment to feebly testify my gratitude to her in whom I found a gentle and generous foster mother. 1 thank God for the Puritan spiilt or Mas* saebusetts. A boy, poor, friendless, ami in pursuit of wages for manual toll, I found opeifto me in the libraiies of Boston the science, history, and litera ture of the world. At a cost that even the laboring man did not feel, I found, sight after night, ana week after week, in her lyceumsand lecture-rooms, the means of intercourse with: kjfer har Brownson, her Everetts, her Qha&nlfigi, her Pres cott, her Emerson, and scores of dthes as learned and as able, though perhaps less distinguished sons than these. I thus learned what it was to bean American citizen, and to what a height American civilization will be carried; and I found four years, of life spent at well-paid toil worth to me ivhat the same number of years in a college might have been. I thank the men or Massachusetts, as will the scholars in public schools fashioned upon her principles in tbe city of Charleston in good time. They may be white, they may be black, they may be jellow, but when the civilization of Massachu setts shall have penetrated that dark city, and fashioned its institutions, as it will, the pleasure of the pupils in the schools will be to thank God night acd morning for the spirit of Massachusetts which kept liberty alive, and finally brought its blessings to tbe entire people of the country. Yes, sir, Massachusetts in the past two or thiee years has given a practical application of those principles which, in twelve or fifteen centuries gave freedom to Europe, and is about giving it to all the people of Ameiica. Hot without war, however m , and tbe gen leman ignored the teachings of history when he said that it had been done without war in Europe. Sir, the history of the contest for freedom in Europe is a history of continuous, sanguinary, and destruc tive war. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Cox) less gravely —1 will not cay more flippantly, for that might be ofiensive —devoted his hour, as I hive said, not to the examination of the bill, but to a criticism of cer tain utterances of Wendell Phillips and Theodore Tilton, and the reading of copious extracts from an aDDoymous pamphlet recently published by Dexter, Hamilton, fit Co., Nassau street, New York, entitled “ Miscegenation.” I am a little disappointed, Mr. Speaker, that this bill should receive such treatment at the hands of gentlemen on tbe other side of the House. They profess sympathize with the people of the South. They profess to wish for peace and to restore them to the bteaUngs of society. Sir, do they not know that this bill relates to four million people of the South, half a million, certainly more than four hun dred thousand, of whom are the near relatives of their former associates upon this floor and their par tisans in tbe South, men to whom they and their deluded partisans confided the administration of our Government for more than thirty years? None -know better than these gentlemen that one-half million of those slaves are the near relatives, the, uncles, aunts, and cousins, brothers, sisters, and chil dren of the Democracy of the South; that in the veins of that number of colored people tingles the blood of what the gentlemen have been pleased to con sider the master race of this country. The gentleman intimated that, by reason of the utterances to which he zeferred, he was satisfied that the Republicans and Abolitionists of the North would fall Into the practice of amalgamation. Sir, he knows very well that the complaint of the alleged illegal and uncon stitutional ivrrett of that specimen of Southern chivalry, that representative of Virginia manners ami morals, that leader of the New York Democracy, Captain J. U. Andrews. Is not their real grievance in the premises. He knows very well that their real grievance, and that out of which they expected to make most capital while they hoped to restore slavery to its old political power, is that when the officers tore that husband of a white woman ruth lessly from the sweltering embrace of hit African inamorata they violated Democratic usages. Yes, sir, this is their real cause of complaint in the premises. It is not the men of the North who have been enamored by that complexion which is described as the “ shadowed livery of the burning sun.” It is not tbe men of the North who have laid their “ snowy bands” in “ palms of russet,” or “ hung Europe’s priceless pearl that shames the Orient on ATlic’B swarthy neck” or realized experimentally the truth of the poet’s Aphorism, that In joining contrasts lleth Love’s delight.” These exquisite and delicate sources, of enjoy ment have been in the exclusive possession of the Southern Democracy, the co-laborers in politics of the gentleman who charges them so wantonly upon the people of bis own section. He has never seen'" the white Northern man choose his compapion from that race. I have by me the picture of a band of i slaves cent North by General Banks, four, of whom I are as white as we who hold this discussion. ~ They | come from the colored schools recently established • in New Orleans. They are children of Southern > Democrats, born in Virginia and Louisiana j they i were owned or sold by their fathers as negro j slaves. I look, sir, upon that picture of Washington’s companion in the Revolution [pointing to the pic ture of Lafayette] and his fit .associate in this Hal], and I remember that when on hie tour through this country in 1824 he visited the South ern States, he very publicly expressed his surprise at finding the complexion of the negro population in their oities so largely changed from what it had been at the close of the revolutionary war, and expressed the hope that in finding the two races thus blending their blood he might discover the solution of the slavery question. But a few weeks ago, in conversation with a dis tinguished son of Kentucky, himself a slaveholder, upon the question now under discussion, he said to me that in 1349 he was at school at Danville, Ken tucky ; that there were there on an average three hundred young men, and that though the colored population of the town numbered six hundred, there weic but six of pure African blood. The students at that school were not Northern Abolitionists or Republicans. They were the wealthy and educated young gentlemen of the Democratic South. But, sir, let this question not rest upon isolated instances of narrow localities. Let us look at the cemus «f iB6O. I find by it that more than half a million of the colored people of that section are, as X have already intimated, the kindred of the white race of the South. Thus in Louisiana, of the free coioredpeople, 81.29 per cent, are of mixed blood, while in Pennsylvania only 33 67 are of mixed blood. And here let me say the latter are nearly all of Southern birth. I remember while litigation was pending in our courts between two colored natives of Charleston, there were on one occasion about fifty witnesiesin court, Some of my colleagues re member the occasion. The contest was between Robert J. Douglass and Wilkinson Jones, and, among the fifty witnesses, all of whom were natives of Charleston, South Carolina, and its immediate vicinity, there was not a black or one white man. They were all of mixed blood. And, in behair of Pennsylvania, I claim that the South has sent us by far the greater portion of what we have of that Btock. In Alabama the per eentage of mixed blood la 77.99, and in Vermont 27.08. In Texas it swells to 76 90; in Rhode liland it Biaks to 25.23; in South Carolina it Uses again to 71.96, notwithstanding her exportations to Penn sylvania and elsewhere $' la Connecticut it sicks to 22.04. In North Carolina it is 71.59; in New Yoik it is 15.85; in Florida it is 68.99; in New Jersey it is but 13.64. But these, you say, are freed people; these are persons whore fathers, unwilling to sell their own blood, have manumitted their children. Let us look, then, to the statistics of the slave popu lation. I find that by the census of 1550 there were of mixed blood among the slave population but 7 30 percent.; and in iB6O, so busy had the pro* slavery Democracy been In augmenting the numerical power of the institution, that the 7.39 had swollen to 10 41; and it the negro race is to be saved as a distinct race, the only way to do it is to take it from the embrace of the slaveholders, to acknowledge the humanity of the slave, to give him the rite of marriage, and to teach him those great truths which, according to the gentleman from New York, in twelve or fifteen hun dred years gave freedom, and with It morals, to Europe. _ The Presidential Question. (From the New York Timas. March 5.2 Prebident Lincoln and sbcrbtabt Crash.— We.find the following paragraph.in the Wash* ington correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial: *• An interesting correspondence has taken place between Secretary Chase and President Lincoln oh the subject of the Pomeroy Circular. Some data since Mr. Chase sent a note to the President, saying be had not seen tbe Pomeroy circular until published, and that he disapproved of it; but, nevertheless, at the solicitation of friends, he stood in the attitude of a candidate for the Presidency ; and he submitted to Mr. Lincoln the question whether such an attitude was incompatible with his relations as a member of the Cabinet. “ The President replied that he had not seen Mr. Pomeroy’s circular at all, and as to whether Mr. Chase's candidacy was incompatible with his position, as a member of the Cabinet, that was a question for him (Chase) to decide," Whether any such correspondence hays taken place or not, we have no means of knowing, beyond the general trustworthiness of the journal in which the statement appears. There is nothing improba ble in it. It wq’aid be quite natural for Mr. Chase to make’ the inquiry; and Mr. Lincoln’s reply is certainly very pertinent and just. If Chase in tends, by being a candidate, to put himself in an at tifude St jaasTkortUity to thf Pre.ident-if he in tends to use the public patronage fill OOBltlOfl as a member of the Cabinet by appointment of Mr. Lincoln enables him to control for his own advancement against the President, or if he permits it to be understood that he enters the ca ivass as the advocate of a policy tiitteient from that of Mr. Lincoln’s Administration, then it is dear that his candidacy ia “incompatible With his position as a member or the Cabinetand Mr, Lincoln may safely rely on Mr. Chase’s saga city and delicacy to find it out. Bat if the choice between them turns wholly on personal considera tions, and Mr. Chase does not permit himseir, either by the acts ol office-holders under him, or by dissent from the policy of the Administration of which he form a pait, to be put iu an attitude of opposition to it, there can bo no harm or indelioaoy iu his re maining a member of Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet. [From the Tribune ] „ . A fuller and more exaot statemenfof the character of the correspondence between Secretary Chase and President Lincoln is that, after tbe appearance of the Pomeroy circular advocating Mr. Ohaaa’s elec tion to the Presidency, the Secretary wrote to Mr. Lincoln, and asked if he thought that the attitude of a candidate, in which bis friends bad placed him, would prejudice the public interests entrusted to his care, adding that he did not desire to administer the Treasury Department one day longer than he pos sessed the President’s confidence. Mr. Lincolns reply, frank and friendly, assured Mr. Chasß that he did not perceive any occasion for any change. Lincoln and Hamlin.— The Portland Prew says the following is the ** resolve relating to the Presi deSt arT Vice President of the United States,” passed to he engrossed by both Houses of the Legis lature, under a suspension of the rules, with a degree of unanimity seldom witnessed in a deliberative assembly i Resolved, That for their eminent .ervloe, to their couDtry in the year. o( It. srayert peril, President Abrnhom Lincoln and Vice Pmident Ifannibal Hamlin are de.erving the confldenoe and regard of the American people, and that, in the opinion of thit Legislature, the loyal citizen, of Maine de*in THREE CENTS. We fully agree with the Kennebec Journal that “ the Legislature hai performed it* duty in Kiviee the endonement or the State in favor or the re election of Lincoln and Hamlin. Their name* were the battle-ory of freemen in 1860, and bo let then) he in the momentoui FreMdential struggle of 1864.” ; •‘ ■ The First Abolitionist. CFrrm Specimen Feres of Horace Greeley's Work on the War. ] , Benjamin Lundy deserve* the highest honor o> ranking as the pioneer of direot: and distinctive anti-slavery in America. Many who lived bßfore and cotemporary with him were AooUttomst*; but he was the Oi*t of our oountrymen who devoted hi* life and all hi* power* exclusively to the esuse of the slave. Slight In frame, and below the oommon height, unassuming in manner and gentle in spirit, he gave the oauae of emancipation pelther wcmth, nor eloquence, nor lofty abilities, for he had them not; but hi* courage, perseverance, and devotion were unsurpassed, and these combined to render him a formidable, though disregarded if not uear.iited, antagonist to our national crime. lu the year 1816, when twenty.*ix yearn of age, he f< } -£ i - an anti*slavery association, known as the . Union Humane Society,” whereof the firat meet ing w&a held at his own house, and consisted of but five or six persons. Within a few months its num bers weie * welled to four or five hundred, and in cluded the beat and moat prominent citizens of Bal mont and the adjacent oountiei. Lundy wrote an appeal to philanthropists on the subject of slavery, which was first piloted on the 4th of January, lBie, being Lis twenty-seventh birthday. Short and simple as it war, it contained the germ of the entire anti- slavery movement, a weekly journal, entitled The Philanthropist) was scon after started at Mount Fieasant by Charic-s Osborne; ardl.undy, at the editoi’s invitation, contributed to its culumns, main ly by selections. In a few months he was urged by Oabexaa to join him in the newspaper enterprise* &no finally consented to do so, removing to Mount Pleasant. He there started, in Januaiy, 1821, a monthly en titled The Genius of Universal Emancipation. He commcncedut with six subscribers, himself ignorant of printing and without materials, having his work done at Steubenville, twenty miles distaat, travel ling thither frequently on foot, and returning with his edition on his back. Pour months later he had a'very considerable subscription list* > In 1828 he traveled eastward, lecturing and so liciting subscribers to his Genius, and calling, in New York, on Arthur Tappan, William Goculell, aod other anti* slavery men. At Boston he could hear of no Abolitionists, but made the acquaintance, at his boarding-house, of William Lloyd Garrison, a fellow- boarder, whose attention had not previously betn drawn to the slavery question, but who readily embraced his views* He vieited successively most of the clergymen of Boston, and induced eight of them, belonging to various sects, to meet him. All of them, on explanation, approved his labors and subscribed for his periodical; and, In the oourae of a few days, they aided him to hold an anti-slavery meeting, which was largely attended. Tile President’s Amnesty Proclamation— A Suggestion. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23, 1661. To the Editor of The Press: Sib: I venture to trouble you with a suggestion, whicln~l think, would receive public attention. I have not seen in any quarter any allusion to the course I wish to suggest, viz : That by Presiden tial proclamation all soldiers, deserting from tbe rebel aimy, should be promptly admitted, after satisfactory proof of loyalty, and enrolled as soldiers in our army. Hebei prisoners have been admitted into the navy, perhaps into the army. Hebei citizens, also, have made their escape, and as citizens of the United States have enlisted; but what should prevent the cir culation, side by side with and as part of the amnesty proclamation, 01 a proclamation assuring to every Southerner, eltizen or soldier, entering our lines, im mediate employment, pay, subsistence, and boun ties, even as a soldier of the Union? The only danger is the risk of half loyalty and of want of zeal, in doubtful oases, or as the general lule, such recruits could be so scattered, perhaps, in stations well northward that they woufd be al most powerless for barm; white, it should be borne in mind that, by the time they oould largely affeot our army, they would have dissolved the Southern aimy. The probable expense could be no objection, as in no other way could we so cheaply subdue the rebellion. The advantage would be the obvious one, that whereas the amnesty proclamation says to South erners, soldiers, and others, simply you will be par doned and received as citizens, to what citizenship docs it invite To one of starvation, of con stant tear of life, of want of support for those dependent, and of inaction. Those who know the condition of the South assure us that it is useless to attempt to carry on civil occupations in most parts of the South; ia the bolder States on account of the uncertainty of everything in the others on account of the con scription. what folly it seems then to proclaim to the Southern soldier, lay down your arms and go home and be a citizen. If, however, the amnesty proclamation, as doubtless it will, shall work good, a proclamation such as I suggest would be many times more effective. It would offer at once a home, a refuge, an occupation akin to the feelings of the mo ment, and pay for the future support of helpless ones left behind. When the President published the emancipation proclamation, however admirable and effective it was, the practical results did not begin to develop until measures were taken to or ganize black soldiers. So here sgain the amnesty proclamation, followed up by inducements to South ern white men to enter our ranks, would, it may jeaeocably be hoped, strike a deadly blow at the rebellion. The theoiy which alone, according to the belief of many, justifies and renders obligatory this war, is our duty to Southern Union men, and this duty should never be lost sight of. The President’s noble and comprehensive amnesty proclamation shows that he bears it fully in mind, by pointing out the mode of bringing back States into the Union through their Union men *, but the point I wish to make is merely this, in extension of his expressed views, that as it is impossible just now for out spoken Union men to live in the rebellious States, »o our duty to them, to ourselves, and to our coun try is to enable them to do their duty, by giving them a home in our ranks and arms to fight their way back to their civil rights. Yours, N. B. Cax>tain Symnu, To ike Editor of The Press .* Sir : In your daily itaue of March Ist, under the head of “ Personal,” noticing the death of the vene rable widow of General Harrison, on the 26th uH., it is truly Btated that ahe waa the daughter of John Oieve* Symms. the founder of the Miami settle ment!, but who was not the inventor of the famous “Symma’ Hole” theory, according to which the earth is hollow, open at the poles, &o, We must give the credit of this theory, for the truth of his* tory, to Captain John Oleves Symmi, late of the Ist Regiment United States Infantry. This fact re mains indelibly fixed on our mind from an incident which waa very near causing our arrest on the plains ef Chippewa, Upper Canada, in October, 1814. We were the Captain’s subaltern in the ad vance upon the enemy at Chippewa. At night we formed The rear picket guard, when all was quiet, save the cautiou? tread of the sentinel, our gallant Captain, as we were seated in the lock of a rail fence, asked us if we knew that the earth was open at the poler, hollow within, and buffaloes grazing fine vegetation; and, further, could he procure the seivioe* of eighty brave men, he would undertake to prove this to the world. After some hours we ceased, the one to talk, the others to give heed, when we heard the clattering of horses’ hoofs rapid ly approaching. It proved to be the field officers of the uay. Major Martin, who answered “ A friend,” gave tne countersign, and rode up to the guard, our captain on his feet to receive him. After a question or two. “All present, sir!” “Where Is your sub altern?” Response, “ Why, I don't know, indeed; he was here just a moment since.” “Arrest Mm, sir • arrest him!” This order brought us promptly to our feet, simply remarking, “ Subaltern present, sir; you hadn’t ought to be so fast, officer of the day: and you, my Captain, got into the north pole, among the buffaloes, and forgot you had a subaltern.” The officer of the day (full of bad whisky) turned hla steed promptly, burst into a roar of laughter, and left the guard and the Captain and us to settle his forgetfulness and our presence in the fence-corner. Captain Symmi, like Moses, waa slow of speech, so he employed Reynolds to lecture upon his theory, but who. did not prove a faithful Aaron, as may be seen on reference to the thirty-third volume of «‘ Niles’ Register.” LAW. TALIAFERRO. Note.— Captain S. was a gallant officer in battle, and his bod, John C. Symms, la now a captain of ordnance. Basil Duke, tile Guerilla. To ike Editor of The Press: Sir : It was with no small degree of indignation that we read In your paper a notice of the reception cf the rebel Basil Duke at the Continental, on Fri day last. Certainly, no one who is acquainted with the past of this man’s life could take his bloody hand in his without a thrill of horror and disgust. The writer had the honor of once meeting Duke under rather unpleasant circumstances, and of taking part in a fete he gave to Union men. It was at a town in Kentucky, in the fall of 1862. Duke, with seven companies of rebel guerillas, came to the town for the purpose of destroying it, though it was of no importance to him, and entirely out of his line of xnaich. He planted a battery on a hill back of the town, not a quarter of a mile off, and immediately commenced shelling it, without giving a moment’s warning for the removal of the women and children. When his forces camedown into the place they were resisted by about one hundred of the citizens, who took refuge in the houses for this purpose. For this resistance they were doomed. The houses were burned, and the wounded, not allowed to be removed from them, were burned in them; men were shot down alter their surrender, and the prisoners were treated with marked indignity and cruelty.. The order was given to kill every Union man in the place, and the order would, doubtless, have been canied into effect but for the approach of aid. It may be mentioned here that the few Union citizen* who took an active part in the fight did good service. Duke lost, in killed, five out of nis seven captains, several lieutenants, and nearly one hundred men. On the arrival of the Union prisoners at Lexing ton they were placed in what is termed a “negro pen," an enclosure without cover, and there kept for several daps. In a council of officers held to consider their cate, Basil Duke advocated the shoot ing cf all the prisoners, and threatened to resign if it were not done; nor was he alone In this desire. Kirby Smith, the general in command, overruled them. From this short statement, the character of the traitor Duke may be seen; in the whole affair he manifested a mean, meroiiess, fiendish spirit. Basil Duke was truly “Morgan’s right-hand man,” and once, when he was badly wounded. Mor gan could do nothing till his recovery. This led to George D, Fentice’s bon mot on Duke’s being taken prisoner: “Don’t anybody knock Morgan’s brains out by tapping Basil Duke 6n the head.” Suoh is the man whom men delighted to honor at the “ Con tinental,” and who over their wiae wished him health and prosperity—a common horse*thief, the lUUlderer Of hundreds of Union men, the deeply dyed traitor against his own State and his whole country. The writer knows whereof he affirms, having been an actor in the fight spoken of, and a witness ©f the outrages committed. • _ Yours, respectfully, KENTUCKY. Acknowledgment* Philadelphia, March 6,1564. To the Editor of The Press: Sir : We desire in this public manner to acknow* ledge our thunk, to the manager, otthe Oooperahop Volunteer Refreshment saloon, of this oiw, for the very kind treatment received at their hand, by our eelve. and guard, escorting rebel prisoner* from Alton, IlHnoia, to Fort Delaware. These gentlemen met us at the cave, and conduct* ed us to their saloon, where we were furnished an elegant supper, and on our return, being compelled to remain in the city over Sunday, they very gene rously furnished us with good accommodations, both foresting and sleeping. We feel highly gratified at this exhibition of kind ness on the part of our Eastern friends, and we as sure them that ourselves and men feel trulv grate ful for their kind attentions. SAMUEL J. STEWART, Capt* 10th Kansas Yols., Oomd’g Detaohment. W. B. STONE, First Lieut. 10th Kansas. R. w. wood, Second Lieut. 10th Kansas. ‘ Thb Spotted Fever.— This alarming malady prevails to a great extent in the neighborhood of the Black Horse, about a mile below our borough. On Friday evening three children in one family were taken with the disease, and on Saturday BJprn Ing two of them died, and the covery. Other families are afflicted, though not M a like extent, ond the disease threatening, though yet In it* infancy,—ftomifewn. Hereto. THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY. | Th* Wax Fasss will t» sent to aubierlbart by mail (tor annum In advance) at ~.,. ~.«*9** 49 a 09 Ftve’copies 9 09 Ten copies 99 farcer Clubs tban Ten. will be charged at the same rate, gi. 50 per copy. The money muat alums aeempemv the order, and In no ineianee eantheee terms be deviated from, netted afford very little more than the cost ofvaver. u« requested to Mt M iiuk led Tub War Pun. 49~ Toth. latter-up of th. Club or Mil or ttrs.tr. M *k,tr« cop r of th. Paper will be ,I TeB . EUROPE. The Steamship City of New York Arrived. THE REBEL RAMBHIPS—RUSSELL'S COURSE SUSTAINED, UERMAHS EVACUATING- JUTLAND. CONFERENCE OF THE GREAT POWERS. RIOT OB’ ®II* FENUs; EDI ODBLU. The City of New York ..lied from Ltven.ool on the 84th, via Uuetn.town on the 25th ult 1 Bo * °“ The steamship Hibernian arrived out on th« ei«t and the America at Southampton ou the ac-th * England has proposed a conference on the Oanlife difficulties on a new basis, and Austria and Pruitia have given their assent to it. The Times hopfs that a pacific solution of- the question will be arrived at. > The House of Gommons has debated the question of the Mersey rams. A motion for the production of the papers was rejeoted by 25 majority for the- Government. The Morning Post's city article says that the re* portc from Paris are still more positive that cons ceiiTial negotiations are progressing between Friaoc and England for a joint recognition of the Confede rates, and if England refuses, France will act alone. The Post declines to vouch for these reports. In the House of Commons, Mr. Fitzgerald .de nounced the Government for seizing Laird’s rams, and asserted that the action was in contravention of the law* In moving for ail the correspondence on the subject, he should oeplore war with America, but would rather go to war than that the law of England should be infringed in consequence of the threats of forcigu ambassadors. The Attorney General defended 'the Government, and explained the legality of their action. He claimed-for the Government the merit of acting from a sense of justice, and no Other motive. Seve ral speakers’denounced the course of the Govern ment, with pusillanimity. Finally the motion was rejected by a vote of IT’S against 163—a majority of 26 for the Government. The announcement of the vote was received with loud cheers from the ministerial side. Mr. Lsyard sakl that it was true that, with the consent of tho British and American Governments tobacco bad been parsed through the blockade from Richmond for tho Austrian a fid French Govern ments. England had made no similar application for cotton, because the case was altogether dif ferent. An immense meeting at Dublin to protest against the erection of the Albert memorial on College Green was broken up by riotous proceedings of the Fenian Brotherhood. A desperate fight took place, but resulted in nothing serious. It is asserted that come of the combatant* wore, the American uni form. THE YURY LATEST. [Per the City of ffew York via Queenstown. J The Confederate loan has deolined to 52 @5l. The rate of discount of the Bank of England has been reduced to 6 per cent. The Jura, from Portland, arrived out on the 24th. Affairs in Schleswig are unchanged. The report is cod filmed that Austria aod Prussia have agreed a conference iu London, but they will not discon tinue hostilities in the meantime. The Danish Minister of Fore<gi Affairs, In a speech, distinctly asserts that not-" until the former state of things is reinstated in Schleswig, will the Danish Government renew its efforts for termi nating by mean* or negotiations our conmotwith the Germans.” The London Times thinks It Is probable that the spring will see a revolution in Germany. Additional particulars of the Prussian repulse at Dtippeln are conflicting. One account looks disas trous for the Prussians; but the Prussian official account is the reverse, only admitting three kJled and twenty wounded. It is asserted that an entente cordiale betweoa FfAPCP and England is no loDger douotmi. The Emperor agrees to co-operate. The Bourse ia Hrmer, and rentes 66f.@55e. INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta, .Tan. 30 —Cotton goods are improving. Indigo firm. Exchange 2s. o;;d. Freights are droop ing. Shakghab, Jan. 10.—Trade is paralyzed by a panic in the money maikot. Exchange has ad vanced to 7s, Silk is lower. At Hong Koa« ex change is quoted at ss. o>£d. NEWS BY THE STEAMER SIDON. The following is a synopsis of the news seat out per the Sidon: The ship destroyed by the Alabama was the Emma Jane. In the House of Lords, Earl Gray said the Go vernment did not Intend to send commissioners to report on the operations of the American armies. but three officers had been sent to report on the iron*clads. For obvious reasons, no officers had been sent to the Confederate States. In the House of Commons Disraeli made a sar castic attack on the policy of the Government rela tive to Denmark. He complained of the absence of Lord Palmerston, and the delay in producing the correspondence. Several members expressed strongly their waabof confidence in the Ministers, and Mr. Osborne moved, in view of the unsatisfactory position of affaire, that the consideration of the navy estimates be postponed for three weeks. After a general debate the motion was lost by a Vote Of 47 to 220. The papers say that the fate of the Ministers for a few minutes trembled in the balance; but there was an unwillingness to condemn without a lair hearing. Official returns show that the exports in 1863 were £22,000 000, about those of 1882. Five of the pirates of the ship Flowery Land were executed together at Nexvgate. It is reported that the Mexioan financial plans are matured. They inolude a loan of twenty millions sterling. A telegram from Hamburg announces that the Prussians had evacuated Jutland, but the Berlin pa pers say they retained possession of Kolding* with orders not to advance beyond that point. The Germans were busily engaged in demolishing the Dannetwerke at Schleswig. On the 22d the\ Prussians attacked the whole Danish lines at Duppeln. The Danes were driven in, but finally reoccuoled their former position. it is asserted that Denmark is about to announce the blockade of all the Schea wig- Holstein ports. The London Times strongly opposes the mterre lence of England, single-handed, but bitterly de nounces the Powers who refuse co operation. A conference of the minor Gorman States hod adopted strong resolutions in opposition to the Austro* Prussian policy. A suspicious British steamer, with a cargo of arms, was seized at Malaga. Her destination was unknown. Three pirates of the Amerioan schooner Joseph Gerety, captured by the passengers in the Gulf of Mexutf, had been arrested in Liverpool. Minister Dayton gave a bAll at Paris on W ashington’s birthday. Commercial Intelligence. yUVBBPOOL COTTON MARKET, Fsb. 24.—Sales of Cotton for the last two days 9,000 bales. Tim market Is dull, and quotations are barely maintained. Sales to speculators and exporters 2,000 bales. MAHfiHKRTfcR COTTON MARKET. —The advices from Manchester me uofavoiable, and prices arc fiat, with a downward tendency. _ _ _ LIVERPOOL BREAD STUFFS MARKET,—Breaditaffa dull. Flour still declining. Provisions quiet and steady. Lard dull. Wakefield, Nash, A Go., and Richardson. Bros., & Go., report Flour doll and declined tfd; 20s6d@21a for estra State. Beef is quiet and steady. Red western Wheat 8s 3d@9s. Mixed Com dull at 29s Pork steady. Bacon easier. Lard heavy and declined 3@6d. Tallow dull. Ashes firm. Sugar quiet akid steady. Coffee steady. Rice quiet. Rosin inactive. Spirits Turpentine steady. Crude Petroleum quUt at Is !)d@ Is lOd. LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstuff* dull. Susarquiet and steady Coffee firm. Tea quiet. Rice steady. Tal*. low inactive. Illinois Central shares 20s 6d@l9s 6d; Erie shares 625 ed@63s6d. Lokdon*. Feb. 25. Consols, for money, 91#®91Jtf* Liverpool, Feb. 25 —The cotton sales on Wednesday and Thursday were 12.000 bales, including 4.000 to specu lators and exporters. The market is unchanged. Breadstuffs quiet and Bteady a; Tuesday’s sales. Pro vhions dull and tending downward. Produce steady and nr changed. AMERICAN STOCKS —Erie shares 62@61. Illinois Central shares 20)a@19Ia discount. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Arrived from BoHton, ship Torrlneton. at Smyrna. PERSONAL. A few day. ago a half crazy Massachuietta wo man arrived at 1178.111118100, to make inquiriea In reference to a aon of hen, who had been enlisted into the army under the age of eighteen, and who, it affills, is peculiarly unfitted for lUe in the army. She made repeated attempts at the War Office to get him back, but waa met with a refusal. Finally she applied to Mr. Dawes, member of Congress from Massacbusettr, who had an interview with the Pre sident ; and the latter, upon hearing the racts, and fib ding it a clear case of hardship, at once ordered the discharge of the young man. His same is An drew lioveioy, of Western Massachusetts. Though, not sixteen years old, he was seduced into the army by a substitute broker, who took all but $46 of the $3OO which was paid by the principal. It was an in famous outrage, the boy, while on a visit to Mew Haven, Connecticut, being literally abducted, hla mother never seeing him afterwards, and Mr. Lin coin very promptly set It light. Bancroft will be <4 years of age the 3d of next October; Motley, 60 the 16 th of April; Emerson, ei the 25th of May; Bryant, 70 the 3d of November; Longfellow, 67the 87th of February; Whittier, 67 in December; Holmes, 66 the 20th of August; Lo well, 45 tn February; Mitchell (Ike Marvel), 42 in April; Curtis, 40 the 24th of February; Stoddard, 39 in July; and Bayard Taylor was 39 the 11th of January. All were born in New England except, one; no lesa than eight of the twelve saw the light in Massachusetts; and Maine, Rhode Island, Con necticut, and Pennsylvania, each produced one. The executors of the estate of Rembrandt Peale have offered for sale to the Art Committee of the Metropolitan Fair, in New York, that distinguished artist’s great national picture of 11 Washington be fore Yorktown.” The price they ask Is eight thou sand dollars, and a oommittee has been appointed to solicit subscriptions for the purpose of securing iy to the Metropolitan Fair. The committee are 6f opinion that the addition of ao meritorious a work to the art s»>l c >7 ot the fair will greatly add to it* attiaotivenesi, while it* exhibition and subsequent disposal will largely increase the income of the fair. —lt may be interesting to lady readers to know that the Empress of Austria has the smallest waist in Christendom. It measures lnches, about the circumference of her husband’s neck. And yet, the oiroumference of her body at the shoulders la 33’i indies. _ —Harry Macarty, well knmvn as the “Arkansas Comedian,” and the author of the proscribed songs of “The Bonny Blue Flag,” “The Volunteer," “Missouri,” and Other airs, died recently near At lanta, Gs, , -It la one of the roost singnlar coincidences of the war that Col. Straight, for whom John Morgan waa held aa a hostage, should have esoped from prison at Richmond in precisely the same manner as Morgan got away from Columbus. Maj Gen. Crawford, commander of the Penn sylvania Reserve Corps, is at the State oapital. Hia ieoeption by the membert of both Houaea of the Legislature waa highly flattering and enthuai **_ Married, on Moose Head Lake, forty roda from the shore, on Wednesday, 17th Inst, (mercury 20® below zero,) by J, H. Eveleth, Esq., Mr. Samuel Dalton to Miss Marla Hartford. —Hon, Horatio Ballard haa forwarded to Wash ington an elaborate defence of himself against the charges which have operated thus far to prevent hla confirmation at consul to Havana. —Bsyard.Taylor la aiok in Michigan. He write* from Jackaon, Feb. ST, “I am attacked with fever, and cannot lecture on Monday.”
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