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William Stevenson.
lhnapton L. Carson,
Marshall Rill,
J. Johnson BraWn,
Thomas IL Moore,
Tingley, i
E Thompson,
'll Bivham,
itt,ser,
W. tivileY,
xas C. RILL, Boor*
January
IRA CITE INSURANCE COM—
zr.—intlaorized Capital $400,000-4ZIHARTER
Mit
311. WitisiillT Street, tastween Third and
= ,--, mlB, Philadelphia.
'- . 7 ;an will insure against Lose or Damage by
L'ailditiga, Furniture, and Merchandise gene-
111 due Insurances on Vessels, Cargoes, and
Inland Insurance to all parts of the Union.
DI - RECTOS& ' • •
Davis Pearson,
Peter Selger,
T. E Baum,
William F. Dean, '
John Ketcham.
tM ESHER, President.
DEAL Vice President.
ap3.tf
r !..datletrted,
WILL.
WU. ]
EocretarY.
ELIOAN FIRE INSURANOB
:31PA Y. Incorporated 1810. CHARTER PER
:Nu. Eli) WALNUT. Street, above Third.
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+ 5 1 : , 7 2:6 pald•up Capital Stock and Surplus in.
: , Jrlarl and available Securities, continues to
F . Dwellings, Stores, 'Furniture, Merchandise,
I in PrrA and thilr Cargues, and' other Personal
17. All testes liberally and promptly adJusted.
DLEIECTORS,
James R. Campbell, '
Edmund CI. Dutilh, •
Charles W. Poultner,
Israel Morris. •
~P. Marie,
Mortott,
- Lewis,
THOMAS R. MARIS, President.
:(3. L. CRAWTORD, Secretary, fe22-tf
INSIJRANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
FEINEEYLVANIA FIRE f DIBURANCE COM
corPoratod 182.5. CHARTER PERPETUAL.
WALA'UT Etreet,.. opposite Independence
'fliParlY. favorably known to the community
F!rt...7 years, continues to insure againat Loss
‘ 6 by Fire, on Public or Private - Buildings,
'tea nently or for a limited time. Also, on Far
-4‘411%, Goode, or giera'oauciize generally. on
together, with a large earplug 'Rand,
la the most careful manner, which enables
, s . Ar to the• insured an undoubted securiti
loss.
•DIREOTORS.
.7. Patterson, Daniel Smith, jr,,
ler Benson, John Deverenx,
atleharst, Th 13111268 Smith,
! Robins, Henry Lewis,
J. 01111iitham Fell,
JONATHAN PATTERSON, President.
0. OnowELL, Secretary.
P.ANCE COMPANY OF THE
F. OF PENNSYLVANIA.—OFFICE Non. 4 and
ANOR BUILDINGS, north Bide of WALNUT
•:weeu DOCK and THIRD Streets, Philadel-
ATE]) IN 1784--CHARTI3 PERPETUAL.
CAPIT AL $200.00n.
rio OF THE COMPANY. FEBRUARY I.
rrI 7IRF., AND'IVEND S2 TRANSPORTA.TION
INSURANCE.
Djp..ECTO.E.B.-
~8 1e rreruf; Tobias Wagner, - •
Thomas B. Wotan,
' Smith. Henry G. Freeman,
Waite, C harleis EL Lewis, •
btnart Oecrge C. Carron,-
w., Jr.. ' Bdward C. Sulghti t4r.
:Tabu B. Await. • -
HENRY D. SEIBRKERD, President..
/liana. Secretary, nolErtf
SITRAITOE COMPANY,
100 CHESTNUT STREET,',
'HILADELPH I A
A•til) INLAND INSURANCE.
MOTORS
' 'nek, I John W. Evert:oak,
ti.srdson Robert B. Potter,
"t 4. John Kessler, Jr.,
E. 1) Woodruff,
Charles Stokes,
I To.eph D. Ellis.
817131 , C, "president.
VE3I,
Fitqors
" K President.
'Hen. RtuIARDSON, Vice President.
'ikc, Secretary. JEO.4-tr
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"iIEAD -- Wit. IL 01111.17118.
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DEA.D a GRAVES, • - .
; ( %E. AOENCY. No. 312 - WALNUT St!;.
j' h !istislphia, agents for the.
(117"/ .111t1. INSURANCE 00,..
OF ALBANY, N. Y.
WiLLTAZIE H. GRAVES.
I NSHEA,D & GRAVES,
I r , CRAIICE AGEDIOY,
STREET, PITILADELPHII.
ra poR IS
P 1 4 1.; I r NFIIIRA TH
1 , .1013 COMPArr.
c iF NORWICH • CONN:
CB AIMEE& 180 S.
tq 10 PEI LiktIELPIIIA. (by antbosity):
Bloasts. Tredick, Stokes Codr
e n• Meant& Chae, Lennig & Co.
\ Itkln tic Meagre. H. Larned & co,
ihtIZAD GRAvrio ,
IN SURANCE AGENCY. Ers,„,,,
WALNUT ETREET Tore
r.,pAiki.
'fi'4(il()N EIRE IlibtritAt Qvi""7/.8,11
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399 98
1M TINGLEY, President,
ary.
• 1864.
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_ RETAIL. OUT GOODS.
TMMICIISZ REDUCTION IR MI
PRIPES
1 - 3,;itY:, GOODS.
lAMES L CAMPBELL & CO.,
7101 CHESTNUT STREET,
MU TRIM /MEE STOCIC OF
- /AIM 040CITYS.,
00i(SI8TINOIN FART OF
(ERINOES,
POPLINS AND REPS,
EPINGLINES,
CLAN PLAIDS,
i!,.LPAOAS AND MOTIAIKS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SEAWLS, GLOVES,
LINENS, WHITE GOODS,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
LINEN AND COTTON
SHEETINGS,
REVELL A.NTS AND
CLOAKING- CLOTHS,
AT EXTAIKELY 70Ar.RATIDEL
We beg leave to Aerate the public that we have
aarked down every article in era stock, and now have
it In onr power to °far
. 48410, RABE BARGAINS_
ona46 emintarr STREET.
-NEEDLES
NOVELTIES
as
WHITE GOODS, t 4
1 2 • ' 3
ti EMBROIDERIES.k
- • • .-
2 .x VEILS
HANDKERCHIEFS, ita.
Tn ayeri windy wad at REDUCED PRICES. •
SHITABLEITOR THE FALL TRADE.
10$14CHEAT:ET STREET.
pItRIGHT PLAID POPLINS. •
" JI3ST OPENED. several large lots, bought in Dicif
fork at reduced prises for cash.
One lot single.width rich Plalde, 65e.
One lot double-width heavy gay Plaid Poplins, #ll2l-.
Two lots fine all-Wool bright Plaids. &Hall.
Three lots rich . wool Plaid. Poplins , $1.521, $2, and
H. 26.
One lot fine wide French Merinoes, $1.50.
One lot Striped Brocade Reps,
$1.25.
One lot fignxed, strfped, heavy Mobairs, $1,25,
One lot figured Merinoes, $1.25; a bargain.
One lot black-wool Delaines. 75c : • cheap. -
220 pieces American Prints and Delaines.
COOPER & CON &RD,
0c29-tf E. corner. NINTH and MARKET Streets.
ETBEL - do SONHAVE NOW L • gm a large and choice assortment of
AND WINTER DRESS GOODS.
Plain Merinoes, $1.7.5 to $6. Plain Poplins,
Plaid Nerinoes and Poplins,
Plain and Plaid Silk Poplins, •
Plain and Figured Mohair Poplins,
:nd a great variety of now and choice Dress Goods, all
it prices far below
THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
SILKS—Of all kinds, a great variety, from 75 cents
os3 per yard,-below • • - -
THE IMPORTERIS PRICES.
SHAWLS—A large assortment, at a small advance
'Ter Jut season's prises.
404. tf Nos: 11.3 and 715• orth TENTH Street.
4'4 SUPERIOR QUALITY MANTIL
LA, VELVETS, of Lyone manufacture.
Very heavy Corded Silks for Gloats.
plendid qualityTrosted Beaver Cloths.
Black and Colored Velvet Beaver Cloths.
Bibbed and Plain Beaver Cloths
Real W ater-Froof Clothe, .N.e. •
I Cloaks ready•xnade, and made to order oat of the
above cloths.
Splendid quality long Broche Shawls.
Shawls and Scarfs in great variety.
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
26 South SECOND Street.
BARGAINS FROM - AIJOTION.
One lot Swan's- Skin. Flannel, all wOol, at 56}4;
cbeaper asp Canton Flannel
One lot Swan's gain Pummel, albwool, at 63X; a no
dded bargain,
Four lots of Marseilles Counterpanes, large size;
pretty pattern and good, :
Lead Colored Canton Flannel, 65 and 75 cents; scarce,
and desirable. •
Ladies' Long naiads, largest size and best styles;
only IMO. At sk, JORN S. STOKE3',
no2l 1 . 0% ARCH Street.
CONTSSION HOUSES.
HAZARD & HUTCHINSON,
La. CIONTNUT STMT.
COMMISSION• MEROHANTSi
TOIL TUN a.LIM or
Ll7l-11m3 , PHILADELPHIA-MADE 000DL
MERCHANT TAILORS,
FALL.
1864.
L TROMPSOL
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
N.E. Corner kvunth and Walnut `Streets,
PIIILA.DELPHIL.
It E. Having obtained a celebrity for
.euttinst
GOOD-VitTLNO POTALOONS,
Viking It a specialty in my business for some years
Vast, itia thought of sufficient importance to announce
the fact In tt is mealier to the public, Co that those who
are dissatisfied may know of my method, and give me
a trial. _ 0c27-thstn-2m
EDWARD F. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY,
',SAILORS,
612 CHESTNUT STREET,
11111 from this date (Ottolker Sal sell at
REDUCED PRTCES,
F OZ
CASK,
CARPETS AND 01.14.CLOTRS.
1864. FALL 1864.
Cr3I.4,ENJFACI44OO 23a .lAilt,
GERMANTOWN.
bIoCALLUNE ers CO-.
CARPET WAREHOVSE,
$O9 ORISTNITT ETRZW:.
pay 42., IstUADALT,RIA.
1864. . 1864.
noCA.I-411P11 4Sro
RETAIL -DEPARTMENT.
- " . • , .
119 CLUSTNIIT STUB?.
. . .
41.7-3 bi OPPOSIT3 urbErstrnsloi
NTON MATTIN4S.
JUST REC-EUVEDI
A LAM% 1 .11 1 701n•OF PINE
COCOA M.EVT TIZiGrS.
McCALLUM (% CO.,
nal lra
PIETMOWI.M11)710: :Ot
fIIL, MINING, COAL, AND OTHER
w NNW 1:10117A11143.
We are , prepared to tarnish law 00rPOratiosui with all
.he 'Books they require. at short notice and low pr.lies.
f Srat•qualiti. AD style, of Blndies.
STRIL' " PLATE 01177L110/1"718 07 STOOK.
LITHOOKAPHID
TRAffsnin BOOK.
ORDERS or -
STOOK I.IDOIS.
STOOK LIDOZW. SAlult7oSS,
KIGISTIiII 01 OAPIT/24 STOOK.
r 11177 WiDOES.
AO00t1)77 01 SAIIS.
DIVIDUA .100 K
i. 6-t4 ..
LOOKING' SSE&
JAMES 'S.. EARLE ea' SON;
810 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA.,
have now in store avert fine assortment of
LOOKING GLASSES,
• '
of, every character, of the
PEET DESTMANUFACTDDI AND LATEST STUBS:
OIL TWITTING% ENGRAVINGS,
4DID TIOTE4E 4 i PAQTODB,AT,J3, FRATSP•
CAI D.
LISS Tff Alf COST OF DEPORTATION.
I. E. wA.LitAvirmriz,
SUOCZBSOB TO W. IC OARRYL.
istusorno mutt,
719 CHESTNUT. STREET..
0 , 35-tr r
1026 CHESTNUT STRBET.IO 6
2 •
• •
CURTAIN STOVE.
Constantly on hand a fall line of
•
WINDOW CURTAINS
CURTAIN MA.TERIALS,
FURNITURE
COCOERINGS, •
WINDOW SHADES,
CORNICES, BANDS,
TASSELS, GIMPS,
CORDS, kO, l
AT TEE LOWEST PRICES,
FOr first-class goods. The workmanship of this estab
lishment is second to no other in the mated. States.
C. M STOUT & CO
oc3l-2m Ro. 1026 ORESTRUT Street.
THE "FLORENCE "-- AMERICAN
- 1 - INVENTORS' GREAT TRIUMPH—THE SEWING
MACHINE PERFECTED.-All the objections to other
Machinea are overcome in' the FLORENCE, It makes-
FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES With the same ease,
and with as Hide machinery as others make one. Be
sides, llama the REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION—a uni
form, self- regulating tension of thread and no springs,
cog 'wheels, or cams to get out of order. It doss ALL
KINDS OF FAMILY SE WING, from the heaviest
woolens to the moat delicate fabrics, using all kinds of
silk, cotton, at d linen thread, from No. 20 to 200.
NO OTHER MACHINE does eo large a range of work
as the FLORENCE.- -
NO OTHER MACHINE Pleases the ladies so well as
the FLORENCE.
More than ONE THOUSAND of the FLORENCE have
been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months.
The FLORENCE ie tt c only PERFECT FAMILY SEW
ING- MACHINE, warranted to give entire satisfaction,
or money returned. There is no one - who owns a
FLORENCE that would sell it at cost.
Call and see its operations, 'whether you wish to pur
chase or not, Samples of sewing, with price list, sent
free by mail,
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
noW-tf 630 CHESTNUT Street.
COUPONS OF-
OHAALES EMORI.3 (ALEX, 1311.1 T, JR:
CHARLES EMORY es 00.,
'STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
Na. 15 Swath Third Street,
• - •
PHILADELPHIA,
- -
All kinds of uncument funds and GoLd and Silver
bought and sold, and colleations made. - -
Particular attention given to the purchase and sale
of Government, State.- and other Stocks and Loans on
commission. t , noLS-6m
FIARPER, DITRITEY, _ 90.,
• :
- 13ANIK:ERS,
STOOK AND EXCHANGE, BROKERS.
Particular attention paid to purchase and sale of oil
stookfr.
55 SOUTH THIRD STRUT,
Pnmsenriaste.
RBYBRZNCES. — Drexed Cr, Co Philadelphia; J. D. Aus
tin, President Southwark Bank. " neTl6-3m
1864.
irr g NEW 7430 LOAN.
N. , • 14-P• Subscriptions reseiyed, and the Notes fur.
lashed free of all theme: Iff
ONO 808 d. BOYD Banker,
IS South 'MUSD Street.
OIL STOCKS
sOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.
509 CHESTNUT Street
ASS 13111111T1111,
CURTAIN GOODS.
I WILL OPP=
MY ENTIRE sTootr,
LACE CIJETAIM
rumi, ClilN'r.
SEWING MACHINES.
FINANCIAL.
DUE JANUARY 1,
BOTJORT AT MARKET RATE OF GOLD, BY
1CE.4"4
nOl9 le
an2JS-Sat
111325;: lba
GB a.
'll"
THIRD Btre
116 Sou th
DRUGS.
NET CASH DRUG ROUSE.
WRIGHT & SIDDALT
Jo. 119 mantra MUT,
Setween BOAT and SBOOND Street'.
w. -wawa?
DIMOOTSTS, PHYSICIANS, AND GE*
NERAL STOREKEEPERS
Can And id oar sstabllsbraent a fall assortment
of Imported and Domestic torngs,_Popular Pa
tent Medicines Paints, Coal 011, Window Glass,
Prescription Vials, etc., at as low prises se tent
-
Me, iirst•slass goods son be sold.
FINE ESSENTIAL OILS,
For Ciardectioners, in full Tftriety and of the best
neel:tental Madder rot Alba
Oudbeas, Soda Ls ;limp., Oil of Vitriol, Atannt.
to. ilaymereg, Extraet of Logwood. &c.. FOR DYERS USit,
Always on hand at lowest net sash prises.
SULPHITE OF LIMP,
tor 'keeping eider sweet; a perfectly harmieu
in
pot riP with full directions for use ,
in packages conta i ning sufficient for one barreL
Orders by mail or city post will meet with
prompt, attention, or special quotations will be
tarnished when requested.
WaTAIIIT &s= SIDDAIZA.
WHOLESALE DEMO WAREHOUSE.
No. 119 311.1310 ET Street, above PROWL
dot-that:ay-to
D TaroptiApy,
TOBACCO AND MLR WAREIIOIJSE,
No. S NORTH THIRD STREET.
Arent for the sale o & i the celebrated brands of
SARNBY.-CIBBSN Os 00., Cincinnati.
"`BELLS OF THE WEST," " CIINCINNATUB,"
•
til
"TINE TURRISHI" AND OTHER MORINO
•
TOBACCO.
A large lot of prime MAW and TOBACCO, nOW in
Wore. end for kale sham 0c26-lna
B . J. WILLIAMS,
60. 16 601T/1 SIXTH STRUT.
Ussofe dozer of
VENETIAN • BLINDS
ASD
•
WINDOW SHADMS.
Sir The Largett snit resat Aseortraent is the sits itt
aArwissrpmexs.
6S - boartrig atteade4 to promptly.
SS-Store nada! Mae said Littered. gelo4at
NEW BIJOKWHBAT FLOITR.
WHITE CLOVEN HONEY.
DEW PARED PEACHES.
bIILTIVATED OBANDERELES: &o.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer . in Tine Groceries,
CornerBLEVENTH and VINE Streets
BROWNE I B METALLIC WEAIIIIIII
STRIPS, and
WINDOW ADS
Totally exclude Cold, Wind, Rain, Snow, eta Duo
,from the.crevices of
DOORS AND WINDOWS,
And save one-balf the fuel.
CHARLES B. BAKSR,
No. 38 South FIFTH. Street,
Sole State Axeut.
Send for Circular.
Local Agents wanted throughout the State. noV.
LNRY EUTDD:r
N
Dist!Mei . and Wholesale Dp_alei , in ,
PURE OLD BOURBON.
• - 'MONONVAIIRLA , WHEAT
. . .„„
WHISKIES. c. - -
145 NORTE( SECOND STRUT, below Rao, Phila.
HENRY RUDDY.
ISAAO: J. "EVANS.'
Cocl9-3m)
TOMATO CA BUP.—NEW TOMAT a
-a- Catsup in olart mad rAnt bottles of ohoiee finality
Also, barrolg, Tor se.l4 b IO7 HOES & wiLLI - LeaS,
4910 Sotttb. WATER Etreek
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 180 f.
1881 BONDS;
I', 8. SIDILLIct.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1864.
TILE EMI QF THE JAMS.
Discomforts of Wet •Weather—The Cap'
tare ofeour Pickets onthe Night of the
17th—The Return of General na t tier—
Anxiety of the Rebels for their Iron.
clads.
[Special COrrespondenee of The Press.]
READQDARTRUS 2D BRIG., 3D Div., ISTr CORPS,
13BRORB RIOEIMOND, Nov._2l, 1864.
The protracted season of rain, by no means unu
sual during the present Montb, in this State, has
rendered army movements impracticable, and seri-.
ously impaired the roads for land transporta
tion. few days of fair weather will, from the na
tura of the soil, considerably improve the roads and
leave them In a much more desirable state. While
Such weather not only, prevents martial movements
on a grand, scale, it also tends to the discomfort - -of
the brave men who, for the cause of an unbroken
Union, are periling their lives in a way, which may.
be slow, but none the less sure, death.
The stake for which the Corcnandor.in• Chief has
been playing seems now to be so near his grasp that
our soldiers very cheerfully suffer .a little longer for
the good of the country. =
For the past week scarcely an item of interest has
transpired for record, excepting the gobbling of our
picket line on the Bermuda Hundred front, on the
night of the Nth inst., and the successive efforts on
the following evenings to retake it.- I have not ,yet
heard that our forces have been Able to re-establish
the line where it was, though the rapid and
report of musketry every evening bears evidence or
our determination to succeed. In the rebel assault
upon our lines .we lost about one hundred and fifty
men, and-a colonel, who happened to be out inspect
ing the picket line at the time that it was assaulted.
The return of General Butler to the army_has
occasioned very general congratulations, as it began
to be-generally understood that he would be as
signed to the` - Secretaryship'of the War Depart
anent, which, it is supposed will soon be made va
cant. The admirers of this gallant officer, although
they would be pleased with any good .fortune that
Would 'likely overshadow him, are by no menna
jubilant over the prospect that is to take him from
the field, though it places - him in `a higher position
so eminently suited to his distinguished abilities.
A night or two ago two soldiers deserted to the
enemy, Under circumstances which have justified
the arrest of two ofhcers that were along the picket
line. A strict observance of orders on their part
would have defeated ,any.such nefarious efforts on
the part of bounty-jumpers and others who are tired
of the war,:_ I suppress the_ namee of the officers,
as an investigation will soon take place, which will
determine how far they .are culpable. If innocent,
the insertion of their names would do them injus
tice ;,and if guilty, they , will not _escape their fall
measure of reproach.
The rebels on the James river era determined
that no' serious, or at least unexpected danger,
shall happen to their iron-clad fleet. Every pre-.
caution, of which we are fully acqualrittni, is taken
every night to prevent surprise. The wooden boats
picket the river below the iron-clad fleet of three
vessels, to observe what may take placo r and give
the alarm when they may see any advance. on our
part for their capture or dostruetion.
We have a little firing along the lines every day
and night, 'which, however, is attended with no seri-.
ous results. We have blicome so accustomed to the
reports of. cannon that nothing but the successive
reports of musketry. occasions any inquiry. The
picket-firing last night on the Bermuda Hundred
front, supposed to be another effort to re•establieh
our lines, was not as• protracted as on the evening
previous, and hardly sufficient to accomplish the
result desired. Romasr.
A .NEW WORLD'S FAIR.
The Gre.lodttstrial . Nxitibition of . Stettin.
INVITATION TO.AWERIbANI3.
. .
Corm:Yuen U. S. or AdraxlCA, •
STXTTIII; October 27, 188 t.
To the Editor of . The Press:
SLR: A general exhibition of industry is to be
held in this city next year, to- which exhibitors of
all nations are Invited, and products of all countries
will bo admitted. Simultaneously with this, an
agricultural fair will also taker place here.
The managing committee of the former having
requested me that I make the-fact known in the
United States, with a view of inducing exhibitors
from there to participate, I venture taking this
method of informing you theroof, sending you, at
the samatime, some of their programmes, with the
tumble prayer, in thilitehalf, that you would be
pleased to notice said fact in your very valuable
paper, and to have the now transmitted programmes
disposed of as you shall think best.
The arrangements for the exhibition are such that
it cannot fall to become a successful affair, and
large numbers_ of exhibitors from most European
countries are assuredly .expected to bring their
articles and prodnetiOns here, communications by
land and water with this, the principal port of
Prussia, being both easy and extensive.
It would, therefore, certainly be to the honor as
well as to the benefit of Americans, if parties in the
United States could be induced to bring some pro
ducts of their skill and genins for competition at
this exhibition, and to which end Lwould hereby most
respectfully solicit your kind and effective co-opera
tion, in the name of those having the matter in
hand_here. The committee requests me to add that
articles for the exhibition not disposed of here are
duly free in and out.
The. managers of the Agricultural Exhibition
having likewise requested me to make their under
taking known in the United States, I shall make free
to forwardyen their programmes atan early day, and
would herewith also bespeak for-them the Emee".,r
tended favors, at your hands, whicb.l have now been
soliciting for the Committee of , the Industrial Exhi.
bition.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully and
obediently, yours, thias. J. SIINDELL,,
United States Consul.
PLAN OF TUB GENERAL EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY
AT STETTIN, IN 'MAE AND JUNE, 1865.
Simultaneously with tee exhibition of agricul
tural products a general exhibition of indnstry will,
be opened hero in May, 1:305. The undersigned
committee, appointed by the Polytechnic Society pf
Stettin, has been- entrusted with the management
of the exhibition and has the honor to publish the
following conditions
SECTION 1. The participation le unlimited. Ex..
Miters of all nations and products of all countries
are admitted. The committee is, however, autho
.rized to refuse articles of Inferior quality or minor
importance.
Sze 2 The exhibition will be opened on the 15th
of May, and closed at the end of June.
Sac. 3. The exhibitors are requested - to forward a
. .ideation of the articles which they intend to
exhibit, .as well as of the space required for them
to the undersigned committee before the 31st of
January, 1865.
'Sae. 4. In order to defray part of the expenses a
charge will be made, the amount of which will be
calculated according to the value of and the space
occupied by the exhibited article. ..
In respect to space, the charge per square foot,
either of the floor or walla in the building Itself, will
be 2y, sgr. I •
In respect to value, for articles under 49 dollars a
'charge of 10 sgr. • • . • • ,
For articles from 50 to 149 dollars inclusive, 20 sgr.
For articles froMlso dollars and upwards, )1 per
cent. of the value.
Articles of considerable size, as machines, car
riage', &c., which will be exhibited in the sidowing - s,
pay but one-half of the above mentioned charge.
- For instance, for an article worth 25 dollars .and
Occupying 6 square feet, 25 sgr. will be charged, viz
10 sgr . value and 15 sgr. space. The charge .for an
article worth 300 dollars and occupying 16 square
feet, would be 2 dollars 25 sgr., viz .:.1 dollar , 15 sgr.
value and 1 'dollar 10 au. apace. For machines
worth 2,000 dollars and occupying 80, square feet,
Which will be exhibited in toe aide-wings of the
building, the charge would be 8 dollars 10 sgr.,
5 dollars value and 8 dollars 10 sgr. space.
For every fraction of a-hundred the full per oont
age will be reckoned. Beery exhibitor will, only
have to pay the charge on the sum total of the value
of all the articles exhibited by,him.)
Sac. 5. As commission agents for receiving, un
packing, and repacking goods, and for acting as re
presents/lives; of exhibitors, the committee can. re
commend Messrs. Meyer H—Berllner, Glinther,
Behrend, & Co., Wiesenhtitter & Wendel, and D.
Witte Nacbfolger, In Stettin. ,
Every exhibitor, Js, however, at liberty to apply
for this purpose and for the protection of his in
terests to any other firm in this city.
Sze. 6. Exhibitors must be at the charge of in
suring their own goods. The above-mentioned com
mission agents are willing, to undertake the insu
rance of exhibited articles..
The committee cannot be held responsible for loss
'occasioned by fire, theft, &c., but will take the most
ample measures for the security of the articles ex
hibited.
SEC. 7. The name and residence of the exhibitors,
and, if possible, also *the price; titust' - beaftleed'to
each article exhibited. Articles which are not for
Sale must be marked as such.
Sao. 8. Exhibitors are at liberty to charge either
the committee or any firm of this city with the sale
of exhibited articles.
Sxc. 9. Inflammable or easily exploding articles,
such as spirits, oils, acids, corrosive salts, will only
be admited in strong and well-secured glass bote
ties.
Sec. 10. Articles for exhibition will be received
by the committee in the exhibition building from
the Ist of April to the let of May, 1865. No article. -
can be withdrawn or sent back before the close of
the exhibition. The Orphan Asylum at Bridesa
hrg;
• • Site. 11. Articles of great size or weight, the To the Editor of The Press:
placing of which will regiaire considerable labor, ;.• _ Toway.a's LANE lIOSPITAL '
must be sent before' the - 16th - of April:- Balky • • ' PHILADF.LPIIIA, NOV. 22, 1864
articles; which will have to be sunk firmly in. the - Sls Vih 611, 5 n . 1862 , I arrived in this city, after
ground, euch as machines; must be specially men
, tamed in the notice sent in by the exhibitor. having made my. escape from the Southern Con.
• Sae. l2. Exhibitors,, who may wish to have their federacy, I learned that a clergyman, the Rev. E;
machines worked by steam, must make the neces- Bochringer, who had labored as a missionary fn the
Sery:arrangementswlth the committee beforehand. cat of Richmond, had also succeeded in
escaping,
' Sac. 13.. Exhibitors , after obtaining permission • -
from the committee, may appoint assistants, to keep . I, of course, feit an interest In making his acquaint-
In order the artioles they , exhibit and expiate them untie, but for. more than a year after did not moot
to visitors ; but such assistants will not be allowed himagain,al c he'lab red int nt pan of the
tia sa
to offer 8110 h articles for sale.
Sac 14. At the close of the Exhibition -there will city: Then, howe4r, ',learned that he heAiltarted
be aallstribution 01 prizes, the manner of which will an orphan asylum, and that he intended: to. pay
, be subsequently fixed and made known.! • especial attention to the orphans of soldiers.
Application has already been made to: Govern- l aa .in the month of August, I promised him.
meet for permission to disa.me of the exhibited &M
-oles by way of a lottery. That as soon as > should rein n from a journey . I
The Committee for the General Exhibition of In- then was, about to undertake, I would join, him in
dimity in Stettin in May and June, 18e5 : • - melting an effort to increase the funds of the insti-
Dr. Delbrucki Director of Cement Works ;
riluDer, Belgian Consul ; tulip . n. After inabsenee of two months returned
breeht. City Architect; G.
R. Muller Director tit Sugar Works; Th. von der to the city, and learned that the Rev. E, Eloehrlnger
Nehmer, ' Bookseller ; Rehm. Councillor . of Com- ar d his,rife had departed this life. The day of the
P
merce, resident of the Chamber of Commerce; Dr.
Scheibler, Chemist ; Stein, Director of Nem Berlin- .death oallirs. B. was the first anniversary of the
Stettin Railway.. • ' . Orphans' HOMO since, on the 21st of September,
N. R.—Articles for the Exhibition tiai disposed a t 1863, the first child was received. She had labored
here are dttly free in and out. • ' for.the iaatitutlon during that year, but the. Lord,
STETTIN, August 18eta in 7LEIR he belles eta, lived, and died, had, craw her
SOIJTIIEKtj PEACE COMIIIISSIONERS,
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LETTER l• • csm: - Vilt CORNELL SEWETT.
. ,
HIS - VATE INTERVIEVY W ISAR% CLAY
THE GROUNB,',4,KEN BY THE REBEL GOVERNMENT
To Abrahf . piii the ?rifted' Stales
of America
'advocated your re.eleetion for the following reit=
sons: lst. PrO , ray judgment the true Democracy
could' ot in honor vote, ter - General McClellan ; 2d.
Peace sooner attainable wider your• matured policy
than from a new Administration without any rail"
able policy ,• Bd. The certainty of your
,election
4th. The finportince 'of the entire responsibility of
the war resting upon the Eepublican party. To,
aid you, and as, a powerfor peace, I identined.my
•self with the late Cincinnati Peace Convention,
and became a party to a ,call for a convention in
Philadelphia the last Monday in .December next.
The purpose,of - ,the Cincinnati,Convention was ac
complithed in a declaration against GeneralMcCiel
lan, and a platforM in conformity to . the spirit Of
the"true Democratic-creed upon a blot our Govern
ment rests. The Philadelphia ConventiOn will se
cOropliSh its purpose when nominations for Press
dent and Vice President of the United States shall
have been made ;for 1868. under the Cincinnati plat.
form, and when a peace policy shall, have, been
declared for the consideration of the Government
and people.
Desiring to Maderstand -the views of the • South
upon the coming convention and their future policy
from the result of, the late. Presidential election, I
did - not . hesitate'to seek; upon neutral ground (in
Canada), an interview with Mr. Clay, the confiden
tial representative f Jefferson Davis, And special
Commissioner of the Seuthern Government, topro
,mote the best interests of the Southern States,
That intervilm.ha i s established beyond:question the
poiltion of the Sim.% to be as unyielding as to inde
pendence and slavery as is the North unyielding
through the late vote for Union and the freedom of,
the alaie, with the .exception upon the part of the
South that while;.they will not yield upgrary to
you as President,' under. any circumstance and not
even under a recognition .of their , independence,
they may yield to Europe Slavery on condition of
guaranteed Independence.
Mr. Clay was very free in the expression of his
views in behalf of the Southern Government. He
said "that tho North had decided for continued
war to maintain ) : the Union and emanciPate the
slave, and they should have it, that his peoples had
nothing to do but fight, and fight they would,Antil
their independence was
• secured ; that negotia
tion now upon, the conditions the late election
placed upon the Administration would amount
to nothing.n He deemed unconditional nego.
Helen, to see if. peace" coald be had, the only
mode;- that he had labored for it in Canada, and
the goc;d: intentions of his Government had been
unavailing. lie should now return South and
urge for war. lie said the people of the North
could not expect the South to ever yield up slavery
to Abraham Lincoln; that they never would yield It,
unless to Europe, under guarantees of independence,
In case- they found themselves unable to secure it
through• the force of arms; that they would not
yield it, now that the people had elected you, even,
if under a• recognition of independence. Mr. Clay
further added that peace was, only through—lst.
A Northern revolution. 2d. The defeat by the
South of the Northern armies. 3d. European aid.
4th. Negotiation. lie believed the first now impro
bable, from the large majority vote ;-the second pos
sible, from the now more determined unity of pur
pose of the , Southern people ; the third hopeless,
unless slaverywas. tendered to Europe ; the fourth
likewise hopeleas,lrom -the unconoillating and tin
compromising- policy of .your ‘ Government; that
therefore a war bitter and endless must now be
pursued. - •
I do mast earnestly and respectfully suggest, that
you-must now,.as• president of-the United States,
either yield to the will of the majority, and press a
War of subjugation against the South, to secure the
Union and free' the• slave—to do which the neu
trality of Europe
_is- necessary, and only.secured
through a recognition of Maximilian—or you. must
yield to the united majorlty and minority
voice of the people to meet the 70100 ,
of that minority, by inaugurating a policy
of negotiation for. peace,- and to meet the . voice
of the majority, disring said negotiation,no cessa
tion of hostilities. While this course will enable
the entire people to speak through commissioners—
representing both the majority and minority, in de
liberation w ith commissioners from the South--it will
develop %policy . under which peace may be had
honorable alike to all sections. Illay God and wis. ,
dom prevail in your future deliberations; and
may you realize that neither• peace, the safety of
Our Republic, ner the happiness and prosperity
of the American people pan be had throngh a con
tinued forcitpolicy,:but\only attainable through
that concllie,tion Urged , by ..thp wise Emperor of
France and now advocated. by the great Lord Pal
merston of England. Wa t Coarrar.r,
Barirmona, Aid., Nov. '22, 1884. •
44 Important 'to the PubM.' ,
To the Editor of The . .}Yess :
SIR : In a paper called The Age,.published in the
city of Philadelphia, on the Tth inst. an article is in
serted subscribed by George M. Wharton, Abraham
Browning, John S. Little, Samuel Jackson, Charles
J. Biddle, and Peter McCall, containing a flagitious
and libellous attack.upon the Rev. Daniel R. Good.
win, provost of the University of Pennsylvania.
This article, to adopt its own language, accuses
Doctor Goodwin of calumny, defamation, false
hood, malice, and a long. list of other opprobrious
charges, which constitute: the meretricious coinage
of the brain of a body:of Copperheads, who, having
been accustomed tolaiish their invectives upon the
country and its rulers,can readily direct their slime
and their venom ? against any man who is better
than themselves, which would in truth embrace
ninety-nine-hundredths of the community. •
In turning to this matter, what strikes us with
the greatest amazement Is that such men as these,
who have never been true to anything but them
selves, and who ought to know in what .estimation
they are held by those around them, should have
the unparalleled audacity , to attempt to grapple_
with an honest and an honorable man.,
The artiole referred to is full of -falsehoods, and
was well kneivi to be so. by its authors, for their
stupidity is notiequal to their wickedness. It was
published the very, day before the election which
consigned the whole rebel crew to irremediable-de
feat and infamy. It was no doubt designed, though
a puny effort, toimpart some aid to their expiring
'cause; for as to any aid to themselves, that was past
all hope. They were known, - and 'in saying that,
everything.is satd that obloquy, scorn and contempt
could suggest orponvey. . •
Such, then, are the men who acthise Doctor Good
win of having. deliberately charged them, both
openly and by innendo, with a treasonable design to
give aid and comfort to the enemies of the Union.
Heaven save the mark I Why, do they not know
that the imputation is not original with the Doctor I
Eyery patriot in the country has made it, or been
amillarwith it, for months midyears.
It may, indeed, be said to be the only groat fel.
• tura in the biography of 'most of these'men, written
bythemselves. Why, the very appeal to Maryland,
In the.adjoining column of the. same paper, made
by Win.. B. Reed, one of the oonfederaoy or asso.
elation of Wharton & Co., establishes beyond doubt
the disloyal principles of .these very men, who are
so outraged by the imputation of treasonable de
signs to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the
United States. But we do not rest here. Their
faleehood, and treason can be abundantly shown
from the very article now in question, exhibiting,
as it purpOrts, their attempted defence. Why did
they write to Bishop Hopkins on the 15th of April,
3803, to favor them with his views on the Scriptural
aspect of slavery I Will they dare to say that it
was not a party political contrivance, dosignedto
affect the political state of the country. If they would,
o honest roan could be found to believe them. They
ten sou that the pamphlet was published at the ex
pense of a low gehtlemen (Copperheads, of course),
and not from any Party treasury! What a tniserable
fetch for men professing anything like candor, to
say nothing of religion ! They tell you that they
adopted this (merge as private individuals, without
any party connection; that no one of them then
held or expected to hold any political office. This
Is true as to not 'holding or expecting any office.
They had been turned out of office. Expectation of
byng restored by the present dynasty was too ab
surd to be entertained ; but they desired office ; they
had, most of them, held office, and as has been said,
losttheir offices; and it would rather seenl . that
Jackson was the only one who was moved to make
this appliCationto Bishop Hopkins, entirely through
the effect of Gospel influence.
In taking notice of the article in question and Its
authors, it was not because it was deemed neoossary
.to - vindicate Doitor Goodwill from . the aspersions
cast upon him.. Be is known ; as has been said, so
are they. But it was thought proper to repel tho
habit, which such men have incurred, of scattering
filth and printers' ink upon any and every body to
warcTs whom their vindictivenesa.might be directed.
It is our design, in our next number, to go more
minutely into the character of this article, to whiCh
we have generally referred, and alsO into the politi-
cal relations of its authors, so that our Commenta
,
1108 may belts companions in after time, and supply
something like a permanent record for the benefit of
the Republic. • ATTIC US.
from her earthly - tabors. She had died in giving
birth to :a child:. .Be: husband had' died of tYPhoid
fever, on the, 26tW,of October, 1864, - 00 Weeks after
• :
the death of his Vie'.
In addressing you these lin'es I fail tha promise
which I have giN-en to the departed lutOther/eirtit
children 'had been received' into the asylum 'at - the
time of Mr. B's death. To.th*Pritporagliled the
six children of. the founder 'of the institutiW 4 TlAlSl
Orphanstlforne is under the regular supervition of
the Board of Directors for Orphan Homes, a,ppotated
by the General Synod of the German Reformed
Church, and under thelmmediate mansgementof
a committee of several ministers, all in good stand;
lag in the German , Reformed Church. The oom-,
mittee have purchases a suitable piece of property
at Bridesburg, and are making additions to It which
were greatly needed."' To ,defraY the expenses .a
subscription list has been started, 'la which the
names of many prominent citizens are already
found. Feeling especially interested in this institu
lion, since it has afforded a home to, quite a number
of the orphans of,soldiers who,have fallen in battle,'
I beg leave to sal to your -readers firm if the Void •
should move the hearts ;cif any to 'do lemething
these orphans, the letter containing the contributions
should - be addressed to, its present head, the Bev. 3..
Giutenbein, Box 862. ; and, if it"bea package - ,*.the
Orphans' Rome, at Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pa.
- "llnu A ri Bosvu;
-Chaplain - United States'Ariny
Thanksgiving.at the Cny
To the Editor of The :Press: •
•
SIR : understlind" there' has been no arrange
ment made to give the soldie,rs'a dinner at the. Clay
ler Hospital; Germantown, :'Can, you not call the
attention of. the pUbllo to 111 It:would be a shame,
after our glorious victories } both In front and rear s
that any of Our bravo fellows should be left ont - in
the cold on a day of Thanksgiving. -
THE ENOWLEDGS TRE LAST . OENTURY--"STRINGS
AT OIL CRRBK, PA., IN WESTERN VIRGINIA. AND
".HIGH. 11P ON THE Poiiolr&c.,l
In an old paper—the Connecticut Gazette—pub
Wiled at New London, Conn:, and dated Stine 2,
1786, we find the following quaint article. It wil
be seen that it' speaks of the very looalitles that
are now,. to paraphrase Tupper, fall of the well.
springs of both pleasure and prolite="ollstrikes:"
ACcounts of several remarkable springs in Pennsyl
vania and Virginia;
extracted from a letter from
j
Benamin Lincoln, Esq.,. to' President ;
pub ished in the first volume of "Memoirs of the
American Academy of. Arts and Sciences.) ,
On my return to Philadelphia, la the neighbor
hood of Reading,.Peame to the greatest spring of
water I had ever seen. It is abagtetortrteen feet
deep, and about one hundred leda square. A full.
millstream issues from it. The water is clear, and
full of fishes. To account for this body of water
was my inquiry. I soon found that it waif probably
the rising and bursting forth ora very considerable
river, which sunk Into the ground and totally disap
peared, one mile and'a half or two miles distant
from this place. • f, .
In the northern.'part of Pennsylvania there is a
creek, called Oil Creek; which empties itself Into
the Allegheny river. issuing from' a spring, on the
top of which floats an oil; similar to that what is
called Barbados tar, and from which may be col
lected, by one man, several gallons in a day. The
troops, immarching that way, halted at the spring,
collected the oil, and 'bathed their joints with it.
This gave them great relief from tee rheumatic
complaints with which they were affected. The
troops drank freely of the - waters ; they operated as
a gentle purge.
There Is another -spring r in the western part of
es extraordinary in its kind as the onejust
mentioned, called Burning Spring. It was known
a long time to the hunters. They frequently en
; camped by it, for the sake of obtaining.good water,
Some of them arrived late one night, and, atter ma.
king a fire, they took a brand to light them to the
spring. On their coming to it, some fire dropped
from. the brand, and,ln an instant, the water was in
a flame, and so continued ; over which they could
reasttheir meat as soon as by the. greatest fire. It
was left in this situation, and continued burning for
three months, 'without intermission. The fire was
extinguished by excluding the air troth it, or smoth
ering it. The water taken from it into a vessel will
not burn. This shows that the firqjs occasioned by
nothing more than a vapor that' arcends from the
waters.:
There are two springs, high tip .the Potomac, one:
of which has about the same degree of heat as blood
running from the veins. It is much frequented by
people who have lost their health. The waters are
drank with freedom ' and. alap serve as a hot bath,
by which much good has been experienced. The
other spring, issuing from the same mountain, a
little further up, is as remarkable for its coldness as
the other for-its heat, and differs from , common
springs in as many degrees.. , -
These accounts I- have from the best authority.
Gen. •Washington, from whom 1 bild - ffiy information,
as well as from others; owns the lands around the
Burning Spring, which he bought for the sake of it.
The accounts of the other springs I received from a
gentleman of undoubted veracity, and of great ob.
servation, who lately visited them. He commanded
the troops who experienced the benefit' of the 011
Spring. He mentioned to meanother spring, in the
ssuthwesterly part of Virginia,. which he had not,
seen, but of which he had received a particular ao.
count from gentlemen of character. It is called the
Sweet Spring, from the sweetness` of the waters,
which have been found efficacious In many disor
ders, and have given relief when every other attempt
bas proved ineffectual. To these I may add the
great number of salt springs in A.merica„ especially
on the Ohio,.and the rivers which empty Into it.
Theis is one spring on the Mississippi 'from which
salt is made sufficient to supply the whole Illinois
country With that article.-
-----;;; e : /Literature. 47.:,
Appleton St York,i)iiblisheil a highly
valuable work, some years ago, the Cyclopedia of
Wit and Humor, edited by the late William E.
Burton, comedian and author, and copiously illus
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Cyclopeedia of Commercial arid Business Anecdotes,
in . two volumes, royal Bvo, with numerous clever
wood engravings from original designs, and thirty_
nine 'portraits, in the line manner and on steel, of
eminent men of business, among whom are the Phi
ladelphian Robert Morris, Stephen Girard, Nicholas
Biddle, Thomas P. Cope, and Sohn Grigg. This
Cyclopedia is a collection of anecdotes about bust.
ness and business men, in all times and, places,
collected and arrhiaged by Frazer Kirkland. There
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taken from hundreds of volumes: They are an
ranged under the following heads: 1. Anecdotes
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Business Celebrities in all ages and countries; 2.
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entertainment. There is an alphabetical . table of
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which concludes with an index to the leading anec
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isbout, and it can be taken up or laid dein at any
Moment; for none of its curious and interesting.
"yarns" are long.- The clever artist who designed
the wood engravings has carelessly. fallen into some
anachrongthe. At p. 377, Robert :Fulton and his
friend are represented as wearing li - costume very
like that of the present day, and at; p. 474, Sir
Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange
of London, early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
is depicted in the attire of a country gentleman of
the time_ of George 111., cocked hat, large-skirted
coat, and top boots,) instead of the doublet and
trunk.hose "of the period," as Mrs. Jarley would
say. If this be intentional, it adds to the humor of
the work. This Cyclopedia is obtainable by sub
scription, and .is supplied - by Mr. S. K. Simon, 83
South Sixth street.
Herbert Spencer, one of the ablest of the modern
English writers upon social questions, and also one
of the best informed, is well known , in this country
by Messrs. Appletons' republication of his principal
works. Contributing largely to:the:Westminster Re
view and other British perlodlcals,he collected and
reissued these miscellaneous articles In two volnoies,
'as "Essays : Scientific, Political, and Speculative? ,
OniCportion of this work was recently rdlssued as
anlustratiens of Universal Progresi," containing
the more striciliselentific or exact articiee and the
'remainder is' now given in a volume of 386 pages,
with index, 'is' "Limeys Moral, • Political, and
Xsibetiet." Of this work we can say that it curl
onsly. exhibits the anomaly of a philosopher wilting
common sense in the most intelligible language,
and, while soaring into the heaven of thought and
speculation, never losing sight of the earth to which
he belongs. One is struck, in • these Essays, with
the author's immense knoWledge of details, as
in trade, rallwaram, polities, money matters,
legislation, and other subjects with which mere
men of letters are not usually familiar. We can
well understand, in his article on the Philosophy
of Style,, why he is perfect master of the rules
of literary .composition ; but our wonder rises
when we find him -extiosing the tricks of
trade, the principles of representative government,
the true system of prison discipline, the schemes and
cheating of railway speculators, the difficulties of the
currency question, and the dangers and safeguards
of parliarniftazy reform. Mr. Spencer is not a
mere theorizing,pliilosoPher, but an eminently prim
tical man, thozoughly acquainted with the world,
familiar with all`classes of society, and well read in
all sorts of books.
"Lyra Anglicans," described as a Hymnal of
Sacred Poetry, selected from the best English
writers and: rranged after the order of the Apostles ,
Creed, by the Rev. George T. Rider, M. A.;111 e.
gift•book,published by 'Messrs. Appleton, beautiful'
alike in t ,the tasteful simplicity of its mechanical
execution, and the • excellent taste which has se
lected and arranged its contents. It Is a selection,
of devotional lyrics from many sources, devsid of
any polemleal spirit, and aiming only at the IROTIV
Cation of true religion. These lyrics are 'Cholla;
front anoient and modern writers, and thevaajprir,y
of.them are not yet generally known in this ciennyty;
The publications , of 1). Appleton Sc. Cp,a,Secinp;
plied here by AEhmoad Evans. . •
TILE STATE.
NATIONAL BANK.F.—The followinviutional banks .!
in Pennsylvania have Increased thole capital i The I
- First, Bethlehem, $48,004 the First, of Downing. •
town, $28,000; the First, of Gettysburg, $25,000.
The Comptrcllor of - the Currency. has issued auttio- a ,
thority,to commence butinese to,tlte National Bsnk •
of Cheater Valley, Coatesville, Pa.. A Gibbons,:
"oresident ; Franets F. Davis, - cashier. Capital,.
6150,000." - •
• •A:• , Chtzgranamar. P 17.07. OP ORDNANOIL
isteasner.lNCaria , „ which arrived at the Monongahela
wha4 T M , 'Pittsburg, on Friday, brought up
hart tile/ celebrated rifled gun used by the , rebels at?
• Irlakabilmi. wk. a veyylaeavy piece of ordnanee,
and altliaugh *LOC disttnauished Tor very fine worle.^
mausbip, it nevertheless proved itself highly ser.
viceable to the " rebs.” The gun carriage was con—
alderably damaged by our shot, and the marks which
it now bears speak well for the shooting brour men.
.
.
'ilia IleIV fort for tlie defence of Nei,•Tiavon•har
bot is Tanked forward with' great rapidity,- and.,will
probably be completed next seadon. When finished
1L 15 tQ TriquAt 01,5 1 a0CD. Sua4) t 3 . 14 of large gottor9,
FOUR CENT'S,
Slgre Troops toa. the Rebel Arilly—Tbelr .
• Vse Condemned.
•
"One of the most curious as well as most dange
rous featdree of the official Southern mind' is its'
propensity to imitate the policy and measures ,of
the public enemy. Our Confederate Government,
from root to In - anal:4lS close copy of the repudiated
concerti at Washington ' with its blemishez• and
abominations r our armyllt" framed upon the Mune
:fandel with that of the Vaned States ; our dawn;
olatsystord has until lately ;beep .the same in* its
leading features, and the parallel might be run Out
into more p_hinful particulars. - But there was ern
branch. of Northern policy whish , might have rea
sonably been - regarded as:wholly beyond the: posed-
Witty, of Soulfdern imitation—naMely, the employ
ment of negrolroopnin our armies; yet it almost
estates a shudder to think • how nearly that_ policy
came to being urged upon Congress It no less im
posing a form titan - in the' annual message of the
President ; Instead' of being treated in that docu
ment as a propesition to • rn scouted and spurned, it
is d lacuna as if tl.:Vaulhor were half inclined _to es
pouse it as an important measure of public Octicy..
Are tne'braveloldieh of the 'Confederate army to
be degraded, like trier mercenary troops of the
enemy, to the level of companions in arum with
mere slaves and compelled to '
camp with them, to
mess with•theru, to mart& and fight by their side,
and generally to consort With them as equals and
associates? No man. who; has ever _belonged to a
Southern, army could conceive of euch a propott
tion:' Hos any. mail who Imenever lived in a South
ern campTefiected of what material the Southern
tunny is composed? Is It possible for any mind tc.
.confound ., that material for an instant with the
mixed hordes - of degraded brutes, gathered from
every clime and speaking every jargon, which coin- •
poses the enemy's forces, compared with whom negro
troops arc even superior, and to whose low ., tastes and
instincts the association with' negroes is 'pleasing
ratherthan'otherwisel And because the Yankee
Government, for want of better - material, as well as
.for the purpose of insulting our own.hraVe soldiers,
retorts to the black race to fill up,its arinies, is curl
Government, in its itching propensity for imitation,
to take upthe insult • second-hand, and to degrade
and disgust our armies by infusing thiti same class
of troops, into theml •
If the spirit of our people were unequal to the task
of 'defending their own liberties;anct we shbuld be
compelled, like the degenerate and enervated Ott
'sena of the declining Roman empire, to employ-the
valor'and firma of mercenaries to defend our hearth
stones, then It might become a matter of rational
debate whether the brute negro might not serve as
Well for a hireling soldier as the craven white citi
zen. Or if this war were of that ordinary character.
which admitted the employment of mercenary
troops, then the question of resorting to the negro
race for recruits would become one of expediency;
and It might be deliberated with some reason,
whether even black slaves could not be made to
fight as well as the dregs of all nations which are to
be fished up from the wharves and alleys of cities
and seaport towns. But let us beseech a good Pro
vidence that It may never becothe 'a question of
doubt, Whether the great majority of Southern white
men are willing to battle with their own hands for
their own liberties,
and especially that the Southern
cause may not so degenerate in the courtfe of the
present emoted, that mercenaries and slaves shall
be voted fitting champions to uplkold'it.—Richmond
Examiner. nth. •
PERSONAL
D. D. Home, the" spiritual medium ,, who re
cently created a sensation in Paris, is giving poeti
cal readings in Boston. " I . '
One of the Middletown, Conn., clergymen, at a,
recent itorchlight display, exhibited a transparency
over his door, with a quotation from 00120813 XXII.
: "The angel of the LOrd called unto Abrahani
out of Heaven a second time?,
It is stated that the' new representative of the
Court of Prince, Count Chateaurenard, whose ar
rival is looked for daily, was especially selected by
the Emperor on account of qualities which it was
deemed would roake.him peculiarly acceptable to
this Government.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Is to deliver a course of
six Sunday evening lectures in Boston. - The gene.
ral subject he has chosen. is " American Life," and
the topics he will discuss are " Public and Private
Education," "Social Aims,"'" Resources," " Table
Talk," "Books," and "Character."
Dexter Allis and wife,-of Hattielii;thlass., cele
brated the fortieth anniversary of their marriage on
Friday with a happy reunion of relatives and
friends, about one hundred of whom, including
children and grandchildren, were present. Many Of
them will long have pleasant recollections of the
occasion, for Mr.- Allis not' only remembered his
wife, children, and grandchildren ; but the sick and
afflicted, the soldier's ,widow, and the pastor, with
substantial presents, the value of which amounted
in the aggregate to more than ten thousand dollars.
There are only six married couples in Hatfield who
have lived together forty years or more.
• A despatch from Quebec, • dated 'yesterday
(Nov. 23), says that Thomas D'Arcy McGee is
lying dairgerously ill in that city. This gentleman
has been very prominent, both on this.continent
and in Ireland, where in 1848 he was one of the
leaders of the " Young Ireland" party. Coming to
Canada, he almost at once took a dlsting - uished pb
anion in the politics of that province, and was but
recently speaker of the House of Commons. He
stands very high in the estimation of Irishmen, as
well for his fidelity to country, as for hie talents.
He is the author of several works which have been
widely read among hisl co-religionists and 00-na
tionadists. The principal ones are "The History of
the Irish Settlers.inAmeilca," "A History of Ire
land," and "The Green Book."
The Sanitary Commissien has r‘celired the fol
lowing letterfrom Gen. Sheridan: ' • -
• " HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY AMMON,
•Ix TUB FIELD, N 017,18, 1/4}..
Foster' Jenkins, : General -Secretary United. "ges
Corwrassion : • *
"DEAR Sill : Yours, of October 81st, advitdagme
of my having been elected an associate .member
of the United States-Sanitary Commission, is re•
ceived,
I have the honor to thank il you 'for the compli
ment paid me, and In behalf of the sick and wound
ed 01 this army, to acknowledge the many benefits
derived from your charitable association.) ,
A man named George Mason, jest sentenced
to the Michigan State Prison for eight years for
stealing silver from Detroit hotels, addressed the
following letter to his jailor :
RE.BPB.CTAD SDI : You will oblige me if you will
allow me to retain my books to improve my mind
during my leisure hours, while confined in that fu
ture home to which I am sentenced by the laws of
my country. The booka are such as I love to study,
and mostly mathematics,that glorious science
which teaches the mind to think, compare, and
which teaches us how to find the diameter, circum
ference, and solidity of the earth, and even the sun,
moon, and stars, their distance, orbits, and revolu
tion, whose course, diurnal and annual, directed
by the will of Him who doeth all things for the
best.
Eight long weary years for one so young as I
am, to be dragged out In the State prison, only
think of..it. A kind and affectionate mother,
watching and mourning for me these last two
years, and now to have her son's character blasttid
forever by being a convict in that most dismal of all
places—a State prison. •
• Still, I am a fatalist, and believe what is to be
will, and what has occurred may be for the best.
For no man knowoth what , the morrow brlngeth
forth.
While - I . have been under your care. you 'have
treated me like a gentleman, and I hope when, we
meetlagain, if we ever do, it will be under different
circumstances, when I shall be crowned with that
glorious boon liberty, and which a great many of
us prize so little when we have it.
GENERAL NEWS.
Tan MBDIATION ClAwaren —A special Washing
ton despatch to the New York Times says that the
report in the ,World of Saturday of a pretended in
terview between PLC. Theillard and. Secretary Sew.
ard, in which the former offered the services of Na
poleon as peace mediator, is a fiction shade oat of
whole cloth. The canard hardly requires contra
diction, for the gross ignorance of of persons
displayed in the story of itself sufficiently discredits
it. The writer calls lit. Theillard the French min
ister at Washington, - whereas that gentleman, for
merly secretary of legation •to iIL Dd.eroier, has not
been in Washington for upward of a year. It need
hardly be said that the present cfscrgis, in the absence
of the full minister, is D 5 Geroffroy, and he did not
see Secretary Seward, subsequent to his return from
Auburn', until the day after the 'date in which the
story was published in the World. When he did see..
the Secretary, no allusion whatever was made to
the subject of mediation.
Aifornau. IMITST3V.T.—The body of an unknown.
man was found in a oornstack, on a farm near Free
hold, N.J., a day or two since, under circumstance.%
which showed that a shocking muzderhad been corn,
witted.' The skulL had been fractured in two pla.c.es.
a gash an inch.and a half io length out ,in the.
-left cheek, and en instrument had been thrust dot - tin
the throat, nearly severing the tongue. ees - Are•
blow had_also. evidently' been indicted upon the
_chin, crushing., it, and 'oausing -it 'to turn bliek.
Fifteen 'wounds in all had • bean Inflicted upon who
body of the man. A coroneoB•lnquest was kekl,, t but,'
Go additional: light was thrawn upon the muter.
overnor Parker, of New .Larsey, has offerecha
ward of throe hundred dollars fOr the apprelunisdon
and conviction of the criminals. '
AUCTION. PRICES AT RIOBISOND.—The Jjspwch
of the 19thAnst. says : At She sale of Mewl. Robin
son, Adams, g Co., on Thursday, articles; sold as
follows : Sugar, brown, $9,12;a9.87 S. ;:infertor
brown, in . beds., $7.85@8.50; crushed, $12.373i ; cof
fee,' $1162612.60 3,. ;,flour , x. 45 bbl ! ';. butter,
$9 1 ; ground pepper, $11.50@12:60;. cheese,
$6.60; SA.It,Abo. Vi it.; claret, prime, $l7O, iq dos.;
apple brandy, $74 it gallon ; rum, $92 65. gallon -,
dried apples, $1,19 b..; tallow camlles, Xlll6o@
12 60 le lb. ; cotton yarn, $4O J 1 ball; country soap,
$4.76 V ft, ; English sods., $6 leS. ; mopperas, $5.25„
sr 15. ; blocking, $38.50486 IR dozen.; Augusta sheet
ings.%, $3.65, 4.4, $4436@4.65 111 yard:,
SSANBPNARE never received a keener
then that made tyl an, old sea captain, who figures
in • Felton's( FamUlar Letters front. Europe. The
a:t i thes-says :
'Last night llread some Pas 'sigestrom the -Mid
santrusir Niglil'a Dream to try,, captain. When I
cams to the deacription of the mermaid, ridingfitton
th
' e Oolphin , nbaok he pronounced it a hiimbiag. The
iielphintil.bark is is sharp as a razor, and' no; naer
=aid could possibly ride . the. beast ,unless she. had ;
tarsi sadilled,him. So Shakspepare was caught nap.-
: ping here.”'
SiLtrow NIIGNOICI3 IN NORTE CAROLINA S 71At an
auction sale in - this. place, by effs.,S. A. Harris, aim.
tioneer, the following prices were. obtained : Girl 11
'years old, $4,700; woman 40 years old, 0,000; girl
16 years old, $4,700; man 26 years 01d,,55,700 ; man
40 years 'old, $3,600; man 24 years old, $41,200. The
firstinemed (the girl af•11 years), we, are fold, was
the Only likely 'n'egro sold. - The rest were.very infer.
rtor i 4ooking.---Cher/otie.(N. C.) Bu ll etin.
• • ,
Tna ,GLoreasmar.. Fissizatas.—The Gloucester
fishing vessels axe nearly all borne. The catch of
mackerel has been good, and wilLynty a comfortable
profit. Nine .vessols and seventy.7eight men were
lostiwthe cod fisheries, while batlwo vessels were
4030f/the bay Asking ! ,
InTztalcznou.front the blockading fleet off
101mxlestort states that the steamer Pontiac recently
gave phase too:vessel supposed to be a. blockade- •
runner, but Without success. On returning to- her
tanchersge 'the Pontiac' was fired on from either
Port hlarsitall or Roach inlet, and had seven -men
'blatantly killed and otters wounded by a ten-inoh
'shell, which struck her ou.the forecastle. •
.s NSW iiebTOW Cemetery is. In progress of coal-'
iptetioo, on the Neck road, -near Baltimore. The
groiond has been purchased, and the work conduct
ed by, the congregs.tion of the Hanover-street,Syna
gogue; in that city. The grounds, so far as lald•out,
comprise eight;aeres, containing very near twO.thou
san'd family lots of various dimensions. ,
*Ails andiumora'af Wart are very plentiful jest
'now. -.There is war hrour own 'country, war in Po
land. ,war. inAlgerla,.war. in Tuble, war in Mexico,
war in Peru, War in' New Zealand. warn' Ohine,.and
liaftbger, War in Japan, war in Afghanistan, war in
twenty : countries in Africa.
A •OlniT.t.awarr residing at Hammersmith, Eng
lazid.ohas in his possession a singing mouse, which
-. weir Captured by his /female servant. The pecu
liarity of the little creature is the distinctness of
its'volce, the latter being eadpie at a cOnaltterf+•ble
digranoe.
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aeries of resolutions
.efeite On the 18th lust.,
the oorifederate States anti ,the people thereof,*
and dealt/ring their determirratiOn to prosecute tho
war independence tratiknowledged. The, -
itiolntleMr mei: probably Tv*DIT bet adopted, The(
third earn- •
Resolvedf , That alter nearly fote fiaXe Of cruel,
desolatiog r and unnatural war, in
. which, the people
of the Corned - erste States' have' unquestionably .
established thelecapeolty for self ite:verhaient, and
their ability to resist the attempts of the enemy to
stibitigate theri; We Congress does net,. hoititate to
aver its sincere disire for peace, and to "that e - nd
proclaims' to the world the readiness of thticilivertr;
went of the Confeleitte Slates to open nnotiationst
to establish a permanent and honorable peace be
tween the Contederato Stites" and the Mt ltodS ates,
upon the basis of the'Bepe.rate independence :of the
former. .
And thehtst _
Resolred, rhat f in vieW 'of the deter nahastilbn" - of t.
the enemy re prosecute-this horrid war stilt fartb.Cr,
aftiliD9e 'thick the Confader:ater states have, at all
times, protesrwl, and wtdeh_ the enemy have xvogeitt
with extraordivary vim and which has nemit 6 ,
marked by acte of extraordinary atrocity, in viola,-
Ulm of the aeages of 4 itarrare, the Congress"
of the Confederate :3ta.tes wi4l,Yrotat this hour, dedl- -
cate themsetves anecv to the Great cause of self-dew
fence against the combined WA. nny,e," the enemy.
That It shall no longer be thir m'omentons occupa
tion of the Congress and the prP r ie of the Confede
rate States, but the,torsiness of Mali' lives, to gather
together the entire strength of VII omeacry in men
and material of war, and put ft fdrth, 39 with the ., ,
enl of one man, and with an unzoiaquerable deter
mination to defend their altars and - theft , firesides
till the last votary of freedomfalknaoand them.
Gild sad Our Coirrdire.6.7
One of the results of - this war wilt ho It deeper con
viction in the minds of all the eitizentrthat the cause
of God and our country Is one; that thtr President
is Godliseivant, and that the army Onlie ttdon ir
the tord , s host—the cause of God' aid' liberty is
one.' Glasser the manifestations of this grOwlagfesi- I
lug Is the generous stream of contrilitaidis poured
into th 3troaeury of the ethetiart Crommissidic
combines patilotigm with piety, and Identities-loy
ally andlellgion. Every tree Christian, end every.
true patriot, thanks God tr: this noble iriatltntion.
The greater number of our churches will rake - up
collectionslor It to-day. Tire suggest to those of
our readers- who may be prevented [from alloying
the privilege-off giving thanks to God In words in
church services,,that they should , not allow art7thing
to deprive thektr of the of sending a tkinit:-
offering for our brave Soldiers and sailors tc-day,
through the - Oonsmission's treasurer, Mr. Joseph.
Patterson, Western Bank, Philtbdelphia.
The liefont League of Bi4ivristowa. •
At a meeting of this association, held last Thureh=
day night, a seriesof resolutions were adopted re
counting the great results to follow from the recont --
victory at the polls, and pledging itself to use
its efforts and influence to support the measures of
the Administration and the efficiency of the army
and navy. The 'degree, during the last campaign,
by its patriotic industry and energy, succeeded 111.
completely changing the political aspect of rforriii.
town. Once' strongly Democratic, the town at the'
last election gave - a large majority in favor of the
re-election of the President.
(For The Press.) ,
The Eighth oilNavember, • IS!xli,y4'extrd
To Sherman, Farragnt, Grant, and Meade,
Phil Sheridan, and your steed,
"From Winchestertwentymiles away," r
The nation's tha,nks , are given to-day. , •
Atlanta and Gettysburg r hlobile, too, . •• • • ••
• •
And Vicksburg, Valley, and Victory true, - • . .
Inscribed our bannere•for weeks before
The eighth •of November; 'ekety.four. •
For you, and your brosze:fac'd sons of Mars, .
For you, and your gallant, storm•beaten tars;
To the God of all Battles, who stood in your ranks.
We offer a nation's heartleit thanks.
Twas ye, who imperilled - your lives for the rest;
'Tie ye, who in patriots' prayers shall be.blessed;
'Twas ye, who with victories furnished a score
For the eighth of &comber, tstitylour..
Ohl what an eventful day was this,
With its wages of sorrow or wages of bliss;
To the millions who live, sand the millions to coma,
To bless or to curse thowork to-day done.
Professions and trades, each creed and each sect.
Abatdoned pursuits, and joined hands to select"
IA pilot who knew the hazardous shora,•
On the eighth of Nouerther, 'sixty-four. •
The heart of the traitor beat high with hope, •
(I mean the home traitor, fit for a rope,) • --
That Sheridan suffer a signal defeat,
Or Sherman, cut off, beat a hasty retreat ; - •
Whilat patriots turned to the red, white, and blue,
Inscribed with the deeds of the gallant and true; -
And read its long battle list, over and o'er,
On the eighth of November, 'oiarty-four.
Arson and murder, and fraud, they said,
Thousands of wounded and , hundreds of dead,
Would sorrow the 'heart, and , sicken the sight,
From rising of sun till deaithour of night.
But 'Us over ; the terrible ordeal's past,
America's verdict, in peace, lase been cast.
No riot, no arson, no musketry roar,
On the eighth of November; 'sisty-foiv.
History searches her pages in vain,
For a parallel epochof triumphant gain— •
Where a nation engaged in a dire civil ear,
Has peacefully trump'd its-*teat afar,
That the bullet can wait the ballot's decree,
Whether all ahall'be slave-or all. shall be free.
Yet, aeontest less angry than over of yore
Was the eighth of Nasembery 'slaty-four. -
Should. youth, stricken-dead, when its life was most
dear,
Cut off before manhood-commenced its career;
Should widows and orphans, tha lonely, the sad.
Who had given their omntry all that they
Go rebuked by the men who loudly proclaim
That fighting for Union is-fighting in vain!
Such was the question (none line it before),
On the eighth of Islevemim-, 'sixty-four.
But the people arose , n their majesty grand,
From mountain and valley all over the land,
Vrom the workshop, .thek- anvil, the desk and Out
farm,
From the ride-pit too, amidst battle's alarms:;.
The feeble, the maimed, the sad. , and the gay,
All came to the rescue that glorious day ; -
A. million of freemen, a.ye, andmore,
On the eighth of.iNevezuber,
How grand la tho light when those freernero wean.
• ble,
To stand by the law, and.make traitors tremble,
To proclaim to thoofforld."thatißepubllos still live,"
That'" their. lives and their treasure they'll- cheer
fully give, ..
To buy btu*, with.blood,,each renegade star,.
In peace if ve.can* if not; then by war,"
With Lincoln aud , Liberty four years more,
From the eight/ I,of Nottemkr, 'sixty-four V.
Then lift up youivoloes this Thanksgivininday;
Give thanks,unto*-God, sin?, praises and pray, -
Bend your .keee f lift your soul to the great God
above,
The Ruler,of hosts, Kings; kings, God ofilove ;
Give thanks for success, Dar victory, life,.
For the prospect of ending this terriblolitrife,
And the atdet whisk , reigned from shorckashore
On the eighth-of November, sixtylbtx.
0,
TlseliltsFaytems tkeTurkeys—AlPhankso
givlng Stave.
The air is filled mith turkeys flying so2thward !
What sudden erase
Has turned. their braise 1 Their ratted. flight Ls
maßivard
autumn. days.
But now h donseolondo of dark and bzughtygobblerk
Vilth their meek mates, .
Fly towards the land of cocktails and of cobbler!,
The Southern States.
Wild gesse.b.y nibire , s law have Vselr•m*ratione,
And so do cranes.
Biackairds and bobolinks draw their.winter rations
On tropic plains.
Ent Vaikeys scorn the ways of antaraed ganders
And all the brood
Of glddy.bobollnks and storks of..Fls.no.ers
Atleast, they should.
Our. Northern. corn-cribs gladly sield. their living
Through winter's-lee.
Xa.l%lorthern , gold, for Christmas oli
r.thanksgiving..
They have their price. '
Ziklavi,iiimsrittert in the book,of Nature
For this stranmfreak
What statute of the Tarksy,legislature
Allows it 9 Speak.
Is it constriction that yadread, or taxes,
Ye quaking.fowls,
What tans ye Beek creation's sorthern axis
Like hustlod. owls ?,
Or aaa sign for Lindaln or for-Davis
Is this you flight*
That Abe the honest ,or that 3eff the knavint L
May shahe.with. light 1
In short, explain to us the puzzling problea.;
In English wozds,
IS you can't speak yon.at least can gobble !eat,,
Demented birds.
[A fierce and angry turkey-cock pansedin
and sternly spoke
".The times oh_peet, aDe heroic. See
I l
n trenches, yonder,
per masters , _sons hurl at the rebel L.
Avenglngthunder I •
llorsea.to.battle.bear our masters' arose ..
I.lkeilling dragons,
E'en mules and oxen haul beleag - uortng . gum
And army wagons.
and fa.ithful dogs beside the gallant boya
Join in the battle,
And bark. While great grins Minute:with giant voice.
• And pistols prattle.
.We master the smoke of Soy-diem c&MPs
Arid hear the thunders,
I;Vheret . GOLDI breaks glass. In Richmond's jarrillsk
lamps ,
• . With bundred.2onndera.
Shall We, the pampered birds of Tanker) farina,
Show the white leader,
When mules and horace to the wasPe alarmS
Expose their-leather? -
Shall gluttonous Horne Guards slice our retuned.
breasts
And plek our side bones,
While Abram's heroes in their bomb-proof Anti
Gnaw tack and dried bonesl' • •
Bp Esep, no ! Away, base knives and . torkii
And tables gorgeous •-• •••••
Sect Soldiers hold In their besieging4ocks
Thanksgiving orsioe,
'Tie nobler semi a hero ) slietait to rest, '
• And hear It throbbing,
Than lie entombed within a nabob's breast,
On ! comrades on ! fa Books across yoli line
ind*Diion , s),
That soldiers neat Thanksgiving DAT (U
On Turkey. tlxlm."
—Elar{ford f'rcsf. •
RIB sluinliers robbing