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ECUTCHINISON, 11 CHESTNUT STRUT. • 1 .1SSION" MERCHANTS: FOB THE SAM OF !E!L DETREITA.NADE GOODIL FINANCIAL. PONS OF 1881. BONDB, DrF, JANUARY MARKET RATE OF GOLD, BY 3313MX_10.14 et CO. S EMORY & CO., AND EXCHANGE BROKERS) ).15 South Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. o!na current funds and Gold and Silver Led Collections made. a:tertian given to the purchase and sale Siete, and other Rocks and Loans on nol6-am DURITEY, & CO., BA.NICEICS, E AND EXCHANGE BROKERS. atlentiou paid to Purohmla ama i °ale of Oil 65 SOUTH THIRD STUart PHILADELPHIA PbtladelPhla; ,D EZPITIA NATIONAL BANK, NkNm./km. aL4aINT •RY' OF THE UNITED STATES, LiCLIVES SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE A.SIJRY NOTES, 10.40 BONDS. B. B. CO EGGS. Cashier LIBATION NATIONAL BANK ! )1' PHLT.,A.-DmrLyniA., ',tIA.L AGENT AND DEPOSITORY OF THE T A TES. ~ h . c riptlone for the NEW TEBBE-YEAR :'BASURY NOTES which are convertible EIX Phit CaNT. 5-20 BONDS: also. °9SDS intereat on both payable In gold', JOS. N. 'PIERSOL. LATIN G HOUSE, '144.1te the 1 1 `0st Ofilee, PH ILADELPHIA. TINGTON HOUSE—A r,.!llavinz' len announced by the Bulletin .1114 p,. that this hotel would be closed on e.nsbr. the Lessee hem January ta,o‘taterm the public that during the time closed it will be thoroughly rano rl24 a ma patronize not establish '' ` O W l / 0 may the Fli:LEs . ALMOND, formerly of the ilmiugton, but more recently of 4,,1," Philadelphia, will have the en. ander the new administration, and he !,te that no eY7,rts will be spared on his %Ina in all respects pleasant and urinary cuests, Tile House will be re-opened note-tf ..),,A•ALTES, SKATES ''.v.;;;!•At,trztt °f SKATES sad SKATE STRAPS Prim, at !IOONV. 117. KNIGHT & SON'S, )And COMMERCE Striaet . ~ ,4 8, ,5,000 DO ZE N H fila E l ß ee r M oo E . T I .4Co!htrodtahenNdJcudity.Prmared ERODES & WILLIAMS; 107 armth WATER Strut. VOL. 8.--NO. 105. CLOA33. D PLAY. Our Oloak room oomMoo r, time shoW of Droperi7• wade and elegant garments, for MI and winter wear. RICE VELOUR CLOAKS. EANDBONE BEAVER DO. FINEST FROSTED BEAVER DO. BLACK TRICOT AND BEAVER DO. FINE BLACK GARMENTS. WATER PROOF CLOAKS. CLOAKS MADE TO ORDER iieli-etrewSm Southeast corner NINTH and MAIIHNT. J' . 00WPRRTHWAIT & CO, S. E. cor. NINTH and. ARCH Streets. THE GREAT BLANKET STORE. BLANKETS AT RETAIL. BLANKETS AT WHOLESALE. BLANKETS FOR 110t1SEREEPERS. BLANKETS FOR HOTELS. BLANKETS FOR THE ARMY. BLANKETS FOR THE NAVY. BLANEETB OF ALL SIZES. ELANXETS OF ALL QUALITIES. BLANKETS THE °NEAREST IN TOWN. BLANKETS TO SUIT EVERYBODY, 13LAANWIFI'r STORE, S. E. 001. NINTH and AROH STREETS. no44mWtdesl SB T-E EL & BON HAVE NOW s -open a large and choice assortneent of • FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS. Plain Aferinoes, SIM to $6. Plain Pontine, Plaid Merinoes and Poplins, - Plain and.Plaid Sills J'opline, Plain and Figured Mohair Poplins, Ind a great variety of new and choice Drees Goods, all it prices far below THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. SILKS—Of all, kinds. a great variety, from 75 cents 0 $.3 per yard below IRE IMPORTER'S PRICES. SHAWLS—A large assortment, at a small advance orer last 'season's prises. ae4•tf Nos. 113 and 715 North. TENTH Street. 4_A SUPERIOR - QUALITY MANTIL LA VELVETS, ofeLyone manufacture. Very beavy Corded Silks for Cloaks." Splendid quality Frosted Beaver Cloths. Black and Colored, Velvet Beaver Clothe. Ribbed and Plain Beaver Cloths. Real Water-Proof Cloths, &c. Cloaks ready-made, itad made to order out of the above clothe. • Splendid quality long Broche Shawls. • Shawls and Scarfs in great variety. EDWIN.HALL Itc CO., no2l 26 South SWORD Street. MIS 011.110 TIM STREW. ' 1. L NEEDLES 171 DAILY lisairrnra ' NOVELTIES ; • no LACES, WHITE GOODS ,9 '& 1 EMBROIDERIES, • VEILS. EIANDHEROHIEFS, &O. In IiWart&OntigIiTACLYSINS.M. 10114 OHISTNCIT STREET. R DR LADIES' CLOAKS sad Cloaking Cloths, Pros - tad Beaver, Velour Clothe, Chinchilla Clothe, Beaver Cloths, Tricot, ',. . , i Frosted and Sealskins. ' . Union Cloths; , Twilled Beavers. Cloaks made in the best style orthe above goods, at lees than nenalCllß rices W . • SW STODDART & BRO., Nos. 450, 452, and 454 North SECOND Street, no* a - above Willow. REP POPLINS. Solid color!, extra due quality, for $2. Plaid Poplins of unusual beauty, at $2. Good quality wide plaid Popllzuk, $1.26. Figured reps, Mohairs, and Marines. 127 pieces newest unique American Delaines,some of them choice and neat, others very gay stripe. Over 100rdeo es American prints, 31,33,68. and MI etc Black Mohairs and alpacasi 65 cis to $1.75. BEd moral ii.fresh lot for misses, maids,and matrons. Cloaks and Shawls in Cloak room. Cloak display unusually good. Sales rapid. COOPER di CONkRD, S. E. Cor. NINTH and MARKET 'BARGAIN'S FROM AUCTION.' One lot Swan's Skin Flannel, all wool, at 66%; cheaper than Canton Flannel. One lot Swan's Skin Flannel, all-wool, at glii; a de cided bargain, Your lots of Marseilles Counterpanes, large size; Pretty pattern and good. Lead Colored Canton Flannel, 66 and 76 cents; scarce and desirable. Ladies' Long Shawls, largest size and best styles; only SPX At JOHN H. STORRS', nogl 702 i ARCH Street. CALBX. ,13BEISON. 1864. A. R. & F. R. WOMRATH, OCESSORS TO TICS LATE , ORO. T. WOMBATS.) LADIES' - VADICT" FURS, To whioh they Invite the attention of buyers. oe2o-3m EDWARD KELLY, CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. 1864. • CALLIMDIEI4OIIO pl7-Zr PHI! ADILPHIA. 1864.. 1864. stroatkiALuat at, CO., RETAIL DEPARTMENT, 1711111311f11T STREIT. telT-Sas orroren INDEPENDENCE BALL CASHIER JUST RECEIVED, LOOKING. GLASSES. JAMES S. EARLE ct SON, 818 CHESTNUT STREW, PHILA.* have now to store a very Ins assortment of LOOKING GLASSES. of every eltarseter. of the VERY BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST srziars. (54.1 FAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS , noH pItITURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAHM ••. - . : -. :4„.. .- - , ... „ 4 - vit - ,itiv... 2 -: if 3::. : .... t.i .- lii- , iO. -- . - , -4. 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''- .•'''.'„''--,-. ---.','..,',;,,-• .‹..'„. :',:_-v:ilp_ ;1 :I_.c- ,I 1 m-,... „ •.,:-.-......c. 'f-t• il7[, t 0.," ~ ; 4 ` .: . •." 1 . i --;.;4 ..- ;. ..;.. i.,.rill-,--,, i.--i.--P,„,:- f•i,,• •- 7±Hri..1,1! ..7 .-.. ----,71_-.,- ":..-' -: ~.- L. :. •;,;. _,.- - „--•:= 0.4•.; %/.. 0-''o.-..-1•. •,,,:-- „,_-_ • 7,ft,7 - .--„-- "-*'-'i''- _ -,- -.•,:,--:." ~.- .•` 1., ~' •-••-' • . --• -_-7' 7 : ,- - ! '._.." — .. - .. " . y. . 7b: A...„.... i - 7.--, , ,,......., - ,. ~.....- - - i -00.' ;.-- .• "....„. ••• • ~. . • '."...."'"---- ......ktr. , • ~ • . ._. . . , . . -.. . , . . RETAIL DR COOPER & COWARD* AT THE u . ,. l. w;aauL IFUItS. N 0.415 Arch Street, ILLY" NOW OPEN A FULL ASSORTMENT OF ul t. 11): ti)j OW I cit;4ll JOHN KEl,l4lr, TAILORS, 612 CHESTNUT STREET, Will from Ws data (Melba 3d) toll It REDUCED PRICES, CASH. I FALL GNERMIWTONVAt MoCALIJUM 4113 042 PET WAREHOIISZ, 609 01111/311111T STEER% CANTON NATTINGS. A LIEGE INVOIOE of FINE a COCOA. DIAMTINGS. McCALLUM & CO., 509 OHEBTXTPI' Street. AiLti4ol,; f :I i THE "FLORENCE " AMERICAN -s• INVENTORS' GREAT TRIUMPH THE SEWING MACHINE PERFECTED.—AII the objections to other Machines are overcome in the FLORENCE. It natio FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES with the .same ease, and with as little machinery as others make one. Be sides, it bas the REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION—a uni form, self-regulating tension of thread and no springs, cog-wheels, or came to get out of order. It does ALL HINDS OF FAMILY SEWING, from the heaviest woolens Ao the moot delicate fabrics, using all kinds of silk, cottlon, and linen thread. from No. 20 to 200. NO OTHER MACHINE does so large a range of work es the FLORENCE. NO OTHER MACHINE pleases the ladles so well as the FLORENCE. More than ONE THOUSAND of the FLORENCE have been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months. The FLORENCE is tie only PERFECT FAMILY SEW ING MACHINE, warranted to give entire sOisfaction, 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. Samplen of sewing. with price list, sent free by mail. FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE .COMPANY, n022-tf 630 CHESTNUT Street CURTAUM GOODS. A. IA It A. - VV. N. RICH CURTAIN GOODS, WINDOW siiA.33lms, FURNITURE OOVERINGS. WiLitAVEN, 719 00ESTNIIT STREET,,,, CELVS'X'NICT'r '"I`RJE CIIRTAW STORE. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET. BROOATELLE CURTAINS. COTELINE CURTAINS. TERRY CURTAINS. - MUSLIN CURTAINS. SATIN- DE LAINE CURTAINS. REP CURTAINS. LACE CURTAINS, AND 'WINDQW SHADES. Our Workmanship IS unsurpassed. . THE HOLIDAYS. ELOLIDAY PRESENTS. D. W. I;M[23=ME - - - - JEWELRY. and SILVER-PLATED WARE. Selected expressly for the coming HOLIDAY TRADE, Which are 'being sold at extraordinarily low, prices. We have a large stock of the following goods .• Gold Watches, Silver Watches, Ladies' Watches, Gents' Watches. Boys' Watches, American 'Watches, English Watches, Swiss Watches, Gold Vest Chains Gold Chatelaine Cheans. Gold - Neck Chains, Gold Pencil Cases, Gold Pens, Gold Toothpicks. Gold Thinibles, Gold Armlets. Gold Bosom Studs, Gold Sleeve Buttons, Gold Watch Keys, Gold Pits. Gen ts' Gold Pins, Ladies', Gold Pills, Kisses', , Gold Pins. Chatelaine;' Gold Bar Rings, Gold Finger Rings, Gold Scarf Pins, Gold Bracelets. Gold Lockets, • Gold Charms. Gold Watch Hooks, . Silver - Thimbles, Silver Napkin Rings, a Silver Fruit Knives, "" Silver Fob Chains, Silver Vest Chains. SILVER-PLATED WARE, Plated on genuine Albata metal. and Warranted:: Tea Sets, Cake Baskets. a Fruit Baskets. Card Receivers. Butter Dishes, Syrup Pitchers, Sugar Dishes, Breakfast CASIOTB, Dinner Casters. Pickle Castors, Spoon Holders, Waiters, Urns, Salt Stands, Goblets, Cum_ Cell Bells, Napkin Rings. Fish Knives. • Pie 'Knives. Ice Cream Knives, Cake Knives, Crumb Knives Children's Knives, Children's Forks, Children's Spoon, Oyster Ladles; Soup Ladles, Table and Dessert Steens, " Tea, Sugar, and Salt Spoons, Tea and Dinner Forks. PLATED JEWELRY. • -We have on hand a large lot of fine plated Jewelry, Which we are closing out at cost prices to make moth for other goods. Those wishing goods in our line Would do well to call and examine our stock before pnrihas- Mg. All goods warranted, as recommended. •.7 D. W. CLARK, 602 CHESTNUT Street. N. B.—Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired by experienced workmen, and warranted. I nolB.ewtdellitd7t 1864. H ORISTMAS PRESENTS. What could be a more acceptable Christmas :Pre aeut FOR A GENERAL; FOR A COLONEL, FOR A CAPTAIN, FOR A LIEUTENANT, POE A SIIEGEON. - than a handsome, PRESENTATION SWORD. WASH, and BELT, such as ran always be obtained, in the high.. eat artistic finish; at GEORGE W. SIMONS & BROS., Manufacturing Jeweler?, Sansom-etreet Ball, 610 RANSOM Street, Philadelphia? no2B-1.21 FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, 1111 " M * SILVER AND PLATED WARE, CORNER ARCH AND TENTH STRWS. Brooches, Sleeve Buttons, Armlets, Bracelets, Naas! Piss and Rings, Tea Sets, Ice Pitchers. Waiters, Goblets, Forks, Spoons, ate. Rep Wateliee repaired and Warranted. Old 'Gold, Diamonds, and Silver bought. n019.3m HARRISON TART N. LADLES' HIES HATS , : FRENCH sHAIss. BIRDS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, 1864. ►LL THE NOVELTIES IN THE MILLINERY LIRE THOS. KENNEDY & 8R9., eeH•w(mim GENTS ) FITUNISEING GOO VS, 825 LRt7B sTze6 ItIEGI4IOI7.A.L. 4 ILL L HOFFMAN, ran nunrm SHIRT ITRUTIR ictwomierozy, AID ONDITIMEXT FURNISHING EMPORIUM. ramovxo team OM JLECEI EITSIXT ro mit XIW wrost MIS ARCH STREET. {126 REMOVAL. 13. a: wrx,TAA:ras, VENETIAN BLINDS , WINDOW SHADES, - REMOVED from No. 16 (In consequence of fire) to No. 35 North Sixth Street, Where be will be very glad to see his customers and friends, until his old establishment is rebuilt. n029.11t NEW EuOKWIIIaT FLOUR. WHITS OLOTKE HONEY. NEW- 'FARED PEANHES. ILETLTMATED umusauspras. ALBERT O. ROBERTS; Dinkier /13 Fine Groceries, not-if Corner XIMVVVIII.end WWI Streets. TOMATO. OATSUP.—NEW TOMATO Catsup in 'quart and pint bottres of chase (want'''. Also,barrel4. ' For salt by RHODES WlT.Vratift, ROM . 107 South WaNg Street 111 A, IT 1) DAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1864. • NOYELTLE4-. IN INN MASONIC H&I,L, O. M. STOUT S CU. 1026 CHESTNUT Street 602 CHESTNUT STREET, - MILLENERY. No. 729 011EspNirr MANUFACTURER OF Eljt :Vrtss. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1864 New Literature. Our Philadelphia publishers scarcely keep pace with the productiveness of their craft in Boston and New York. Still, they are not idle. Lindsay & Blakiston have brought out„ revised and improved, with a plan of the destroyed portion of the town, a second edition of the Bev. Dr. Schneok , sAtooottnt of the Burning of Ohambersburg—an - unpretending nairative, which derives weight fromthe plain facts it rboorde. The .same publishers have issued , a volume, entitled. !, The, Date that, are Past, by Thomas James Sheppard, fourth pastor of the Phila 7 deiphia N. L. First Presbyterian Church ;t 3 —the initials N. L. mean Northern Liberties, and not New Light. The Church in question was legally incorporated early in January, 1814, and' in the same month the Rev. James Patterson was for malliinstituted and installed as its pastor. Ills successors have been the Rev. Dr. D. L. Carroll, NoveMber, 1838 ; the Rev. Dr. Ezra Styles,lB4.s,' and the Rev. T. J. Sheppard, November,lBo2, who,. Is now minister there. The annals of the church, as set down in this volume, are of interest to the Chris tian community at large, and ought to be especially prized by the worshippers of God, who have such an able and exemplary. man as 11Zr. Sheppard' for their spiritual guide. Aameada: Evans have published an excellent biography of General. W..S,u.anoook, forAhkt In truetion and entertali4kent offleting in addition to Other Merits, embalm several illtlitra tions, acme of which Wet° drawn by the General himself, whilst a cadet at West FOWL There is a good portrait, also.' Born ill Uto adjacent county of Montgomery, General Hancookls naturally an ob ject of Interest to us of Philadelphia. The leading incidents of his life aie related here, in a spirited manner. We have an objection to its title—" Win field, the Lawyer's Son and how he became a Majer General ; by dajoi Penniman, author of The Tanner Boy.' " There is ludicrous absurdity in this new npinenclature. The Ferry Boy, the Printer Boy, the Bobbin Boy, the Tanner Boy, and so on, have haunted us long enough, but these names implied that the individuals were self made men, who had risen, by ability, industry, and character, to high station. But the idea of desig nating a man by his father's business or profession, which in no way led to his own position, is simply absurd. We recommend the book, notwithstanding its stupid title, to our young readers. The example of General Hancock is worthy of being laid before the rising generation. Messrs. Harden have already brought out a large batch of books, which, no doubt, will obtain large circulation as presents during the coming holidays. These are " Joseph the Jew," a tale founded on facts, by the author of "Mary Mathieson "Mar garet's Secret, and its SWOON," by Mrs. Carey Brock ; " How Charley Helped his Mother," by Ruth Buck; " iennie's Bible Verses," and "The Two Councils," by Catherine M. Trowbridge; "The Poor Weaver's Family," a. tale of Silesia, from the German, by Mrs. Sarah A. Myers'; all of which are very readable serious fictions, neatly Illtus trated. They also have published "Plain ViCrds to Young Men," by J. B. Ripley, pastor of the Mari ners' Churoh, Philadelphia, and two new sets of Album• Cards, printed In colors. The Presbyterian Publication Committee, 183 t Chestnut street, have also issued a variety of new books, some of them with fine engravings, chiefly intended for children. We on de no more than name them, assuring our readers,. after a, careful examination of their contents, that they are worthy of perusal. They are "Sunset Thoughts, or Bible Narratives for the Evening of Life," by the author of "New Tracts for Working Homesp "Stories, from Jewish History," and "The Shepherd 44 Beth lehem, Bing of Israel," by A. L. O. .E., the most popular of English juvenile•book writers; "The Discontented Little Girl ;" and "Heroes for the Truth," by thloßev. Dr. Tweedie, of Edinburgh. To these may be added trots for Soldiers, one of which, "Profanity a Crime," by the Rev. Dr. Brain erd, is at once timely, forcible, and well written; tiny " Seidler's Scrap Book," of which ninety thou sand copies have already been circulated, and "The American Posbyterian Almaine for 1865," contain ing, in addition to the Calendar, descriptions and views of four comets, and much information rasped. ing the Presbyterian Church and its home and 'foreign missions. American Poetry In Paris. Dr. S. S. Berner, one of the best known of the Philadelphians resident in Paris, and dieting - Welted even among the eminent members of his profession in Europe, hits recently shown that the honors he has received abroad have not made him forget the duties he owes at home. When our great fair for ther benefit_of Abe- Semitaryskezmission- -wail-pro posed, Dr. Horner was one of the first americans in terhie to give his earnest aid to the cause, and not hrest pleasant or valuable of his efforts was contribution of several hundred copies of one of his own publications, to be sold for the benefit of the soldiers. This book, which we have now before us, is entitled "Thoughts in Verse," and is a beautiful Specimen of modern Parisian publication, exquisite in typography, paper, and binding. We have long deterred a notice of its merits, and even now can give them but brief mention. Dr. Horner seems to have written these poems ft the Intervals of professional labor, " between the hours of toil and slumber," and simply for the peru sal of his friends. They were first publicly sold for the benefit of the Sanitary Fair, and it is In this way that they are legitimately brought within the reach of general criticism. We find them preoisely what we should expect from what we know of the manner of their production. They record passing thoughts or pleasant feelings. lielentiabip is, a pervading element, and many verses have, doubtless, a per sonal interest to those to whom they are inscribed whickthe public cannot share. • Yet, the nature, the sincerity, the grace, and the beauty of these unpre tending elfusiorul must make them pleasant read ing to all who love the simplicity as well as the am bition of verse. If we should complain of the author, it would be because his verse constantly suggests a higher poetical power than it expresSes. Or. Hornor iS_ evidently fond of aphorisms, and las too literally carried out one of his own maxims A wide man note, And he indites Re sometimes quotes, -- And seldom writes. We must remember, however, that It is plainly not the author's wish to have his poetical genius judged by this little book, which Is itself a modest disclaimer of that ambition which he might very justly have felt. Yet, with all the brevity of its poems, it has a wide range through feelings of pa thos and humor, and signally shows a moral earnest. ness • which gives it dignity and force. Even his lighter versos are dedicated to the service of truth. Witness the following: Some atones are chosen for their worth, And some are wrought Into the wall, , While some neglected lie on earth, • But stilt the statue lives in all. For where the treasure least is sought, Most precious gems are often found ; So Angels Ben:fat...lmes dwell where nought But wickedness and vice abound. And here are good thoughts clearly worded: The man who strives to reach the sun, Although he strives in vain, Will higher rise, by far, than one Who travels on the plain. Again : Weigh all the wisdom of reputed fools Against the follies of the wise, 'Twill take the learned of all The schools - To say with which true wisdom lies. Some verses in negro dialect, suggested by the war, are characteristic and humorous, and a dash ing poem about the "Doing of the Rhine" gives a capital picture of the ur.romantio side of the tour, all the better for its careless ease. Yet more tree to nature is "A Winter's Night Scene in an Amp rican Farm-House ;" it has the spirit of the scene— the storm outside, the Nrartnth and comfort around the great fireside, and all the detail of farm-house economy is capitally managed. "Earls out of Doors" Is a poem. conceived in an an opposite spirit, and an artist might paint a picture from every line. But we'are glad to find Dr. Hornor's muse ever rep turning to his own land,-ind not, to her cities, but to the country scenes in which his boyhood was evi dently passed. Among the best things in'the book are the landscape descriptions, which betray close observation of Nature and deep sympathy with her beauty. :We should like to extract a poem ealled "Morning in my Nativi Land," but want of space comp Is us to close our quotations, with the uncom fortable feeling that we have not given the author's best things. Dr.Tlonaor, we trust, will not allow this to be his last, as it is his first, volume of poems; for having courted the muse so well, it IS his plain duty to wed her. Literature and Art, Don Sebastian," the new opera prodiced in New York, is considered by many musicians Dont zetti's chef d'truvre, in the same relation which Wit. Wan Tell bears to the other works of Rossini. The good genius of the Story is Camoens, the great Pot. tuguese poet; the hero and heroine, Don Sebastian,. Icing of Portugal, and a Moorish maiden, named Zaida. The climax turns upon the supposed death of King Sebastian in battle, and the usurpation of the throne by his brother Don Antonio, in the lute. rest of Don Giovanni di Sitars, the head of the In_ quit:Mon. The over) requires five first-class male voices. The action of the opera is. embraced in six splendid scenes : The first is that of the embarka tion from Lisbon ; the second, Zaida's return to Ben Seßwee house in Africa; the third, the field of Al oszzar, after the battle; the fourth, the royal obse-. quies in Lisbon; fifth, the Council of the Inquisi tion ; the sixth, the Tower of Lisbon, flight of the prisoners, and their death. The most popular must eat passages are the tine tenor, romanza, "Deser to in terra," the " Funeral March," antrthe magni- - flient septett of Act IV. This last•named piece is founded upon a phrase of exquisite beauty, and will probably be preferred to the famous septett in _ " An American contributor to foreign romance expresses alarm that insanity is becoming epidemic Among French. authors and composers. The last instance is Gounod, the creator of the musical "Faust," who was once in the mad•house before he wrote his masterpiece. Since the composition of " rdireille," Gounod has had another nervous crisis, an d fears were entertained for.the safety of his mina; till a letter from rd. Eeriest Legonve (the au thor of "Rfoclia"), reassnred tho public. This letter ivconnts tree visit of Gounod to a poor blind man in =OEM the s. üburbs of Paris, who has considerable musical talent. Gemmed played and sang In -his Inimitable ~.. -,• :' ...Mistart; Beethoven, and Gluck, but not Geri . no, , i,•aifil•tliially plaiied his blind protege ander:mu - steal: teaching. This story may be taken cum gran - - 4altip.• .-• , • , -,..,,,4,The • foreign papers.- give. account of " a very' -pretty quarrel" just commenced between Mr. Chas. Dibliene and one of the oblef.oontributore to All the Year - Round. A novel. by Mr:- Sala hasheen, as - P3,- preity generally known, for some time In.couree of puhlicatlon in the pages of.thatpellodlcal, but some . :rink! ago' a hong interval ooeurred between the pc. 'rro 4 irectif thearrival or the different Instalments. A similar break_ having :oemirred a second time, the Oondintore .•bectitue irritated at.the delay, and com. . missionedlilr..Halliday to finish the story thus In terfnpted'. Mt; Halliday,accapted the commission, ..undMow has_ pnbliethed some two or three chapters. ,in the meantime Mr,.Sala has sent over some more MS., which, of course, cannot be used. There Will prebably, In ,contaeuence, be some employment for .44 legal prefeesion. -:-- 4 John Brougham,. after a-short epell of thermal,. liarit at Brighton, has genet° Dublin, to bring :nut 'a local drama, which - holhrts constructed, with Mr. Iletteicaultv . • He has left the London Lyceum for. _, - good _artistio reasons, which 'the correspondent of :th&New 'pork nines explains. - In the last drama Tire wrote for Mr. Pechter, he made hie own part ea-. , Orier to , that of the manager's, and then played it . - fio Well as not only to divide but to carry off the 0 1 eater part of the honors. "14.pechter lea. good i 1 ~•$:,. Wean thought him- a saint, to Mkt up, 'with for a whole Simeon. It was a - great:lndiscretion l i.„ - Mr. Johrtßrougham, and time' has proved. that , - e mitaragerof:theLycetun is mortal like the .rest a -1 7 rf us. We- have,lost . .'e. saint, and -we have lost ougham ,fOrtiltrpresent," . - - , : - ..,,: .~,: :-'..,.- ~ .. - Mr. A.WidleteThayiel;jtat appOkited United • slates `consul to THeliEo — iir-phico - ofillehard HU -.: !it eth (the janznalistand historian, whole mind and ~ atm Ith have preineatiely failed - him) has been for se . ...„, veral years connected with tke.Amerlean Legation. -Mt Vienna, to , which . pity_ he removed some -time th Anee, the betterpersue ble - reeearohat for . acaling - Life of Beethoven. He:is also known in the Aterart world as the author of the "Brown Papers" and the " - Diarist". of Dwight's • Journal of Musk,. , 4 9 which periodical he is'. now. contributing an into' resting series of • papers, on Antonio Sailer', nem:n -.0161' who was, a contemporary of Beethoven. Mr. .Xhayeris well acquainted vilth foreign manners and -langusges, - and will prove a useful and efficient re presentative of our country at the populous and Im., pertant commercial seaport of Austria—for such, in. ~ f act, is Trieste. - • '..! • : , -11r. Tom Hughes, .allas Tom Brown of Rugby .and Oxford, has been appointed in the Military De - 'partment, on the staff of- Lord de Gray. Mr. Hughee has not won this :appointment entirely by - .litertayanerit. - He has been an active supporter of ....the British Government,. and. also engaged in the ~volunteer movement. The' personal,property of Freda'lok Eason, jcbe great English oomedian, recently deceased, was hearly $30,a130, but only half of what he could hive 'earned had he been a less modest and more enter 'prising artist at the outset. Arthur Sullivan's fine cantata of "Kent :worth" is still heard in Loners. This young mu sician is one oil the most promising of all English ""onioSerS and is said to have made music for one )4 Robert BrOvrningis greatest poems. Pierre Seudo, a native of Venice, died on the _.2lSt of potober at Blois, in France. lie wait °du eiltad with. DuPres as an opera singer by (Moron, bht his voice was 'not good enough to ensure sue cam, and after passing some years in Paris as a revile teacher he turned his attention to writing for the press on musical matters. He was suceessftd, teem:hes leading contributor to the Revue des Dela' Mendes, and soon Ron a reputation second only to that of Foils. Like Fiorentino, he made a hand some fortune by his pen. During the last few months of his life he was deranged. He died in his fifty-eighth year. -- The ambition of foreign actors and actresses to 'appear on the American stage has been exemplified In this country by Bandmann, Scheller, and others; and' aimilar instances have occurred in London, where Fecltter, Colas,' and Lucchesinl, all foreig,n ells, have appeared in English plays. Bat now it appears that, by the way of cOmpensation, Ameri can actors are to play in foreign tongues. This is fremillar enough on the lyric stage, where everybody Sings Italian, quite regardless of original na tionality ; but it is as yet rare in.the spoken. drama. ige are informed, however, that Dlr. Chas. Pope, ail eXperiented and well-known member of the dramatic profession, will soon appear at the new Stadt Theatre in New York In German plays, Making his debut, before - longiin Sohlegel's trans " lation or 10 Othello," for the benefit of Madame Methua Seheller. Mr. Pope has already plaied. in German, in San Francisco, inSohilleria "Robbers? He is said to speak the German language with an accent so slight as , not to Am the • pleasure of his performance:. We are also informed that the favorite actress Miss Ada Clifton is studying for the Gerinan 'Adage, and will soon make her appearance at the .._ftadt Theatre., i RMIT lITALta,g „130 . 0.0 n, Ogn) Logan in Cin einnati, A vonia Jones Memphis ; Mrs. Ritchie (Alma Cora IlloWatt) has been giving privste the; Oilcale in Florence, Italy, with great success. FOREIGN NOTES. -- Our English flies, received by the last steamer, Contain no very striking features of argument re garding the American question. The London Times, according to Its habit, Inveighs against the extravagance and cruelty of the war, and Comments to the length of a column upon the words of a spa eial-correspondent of one of its London ootompora ries. The whole of the following passage Is printed by the Times in italios : NOreOverl believe that Grant has abandoned• the project of a general assault On Lee's lines, for which the presence of these two corps was required. It was a plan which, successful or unsuccessful, was sure to cost thousands of lives. Little doubt was en tertained at headquarters of its success. It was considered all but certain that if large masses of men wore hurled on Lee's long line at three or four points simultaneously an entrance would Certainly , be effected at one of them; but one member of the general staff calculated, I have heard, that it would probably put forty thousand men hors de combat. Fearful' s. price as this would be to pay even for Richmond, I believe Grant had made np his mind to pay it,if it had seemed that the public was so patient or disheartened that there was any proba bility of. the Government passing into the hands of the peace party at the Presidential election. To prevent such a result as that, which in the opinion ofAhe Republicans, as well as of the army, would be taStamonnt to a complete surrender, it was con sidered that no sacrifice of life could be too great, and I belleVe It was determined that if the Immedi ate fall of the enemy's capital seemed necessary to prevent the North showing the while feather, an attempt should be 'made to setae it, though it In volved the destruction of half the_army in the field:, • conviotion was still the chief topic in 'London, and murders generally the staple of news. The Times does not reject as false the German ex parte evidence in favor of Muller, but submits that it presents no sufficient reason for reprieve. Mr. Beard, the solicitor for Miler, his received an ex ...traordlnary anonymous joint letter of confession from persons who claim to be the real murderers of Briggs. ' The Baron de Camin also testifies that on the Bth of July he met a man in blood from head to foot,. near one of the railway stations; and Mrs. Blyth, the, landlady of witnesses that Mil ler exhibited no disorder in his person or manners while residing with her for the seven weeks pre. 'ceding the 14th of July. This evidence shows that there IS 3 growing feeling in the prisoner's behalf', and 'that it is yet doubtful whether he has been hung, although: workmen were busy upon his scaf fold. The anonymous confession, the best part of which we print below, is unique and plausible " Sir,—l am almost heartbroken now I know that lalnllerta going to be hung becauat sir It is so very wrong to shed innocent blood. for truly air it was myself and a compagnion of mine that Did it. my friend and me .'have been brought up together all our lives my native place Dublin my parents put me to school schema boy but I run away and came to London since. then I got my living by bad meanes my age 31 years me and my friend got into the same carriage as the gentleman without taking tickets and then'escaped at the'next station Mr. Lee was right fort we are the same persons he saw in the train it I am not taken I could say on my death bed I did the murder. I did murder Mr. Briggs_ on the night of the B July we resolved that whateverr son got in the train we would rob well Mr. Br gs went to sleep and seeing his chain we was temp to rob Idea and I said to my friend have you got his money and he In his hurry said yea Sir I will tell you that bleed in the carridge came so from my neck 'for Mr-Briggs woke up and took his -etiok to defend himself and hit me a tremendous blow on the neck from whence the blood flowed and in my temper pudoed hinfout in of the train but if la found before 'Muller Witting I will justly suffer we travel from conlixaca to. another when Muller is hung I will Nana and give myself up if. Muller is hung you will alLreperct for it I wrote to you sir because I did not know.who to write to when this reaches you I shall be far away we might have been the other aide the vorld betbre now If we liked." the diplomatic correspondence jag pub. ' lashed PA i'aris, M. Drouyn de L'huys explains the obligations which, according to the French Cabi net, the recent convention regarding Rome imposes upon King Tiotor Emmanuel. The Italian Go. vernment to to be restricted from employing, among other "violent means,n against the Pope, "the ma , rceuvres of revolutionary agents upon the Pontifi cal territory, as well as all agitation tending to prance InsurreetiOnary movements ;" and the "moral Means" are to " 631usist solely in the forces of civilisation and progress," while iuo Only " aspi rations r to be considered legitimate by tin Cliflft of Turin aie to be "those whose object la the recon ciliation. of Italy with the Papacy." The transfer of tra,talian capital from Turin to Fiorenne is to be "a serious pledge given to France ;" and "to suppress lhis pledge would be to destroy the con tract." Dinally, ', the event of a revolution break ing out Oontanestualy at Bome is not foreseen by the convetition ;" and "France reserves her liberty cf action for tills eventuality," while the Italian cabinet is to follow the poi* of Count flavour, who "declared that Rome could only be united to Italy and beconie the capital with the consent of France." steam-engine improvementis announced in England. At the Dacca Mills, in Manchester, has been ethibited a model, consisting of two small steam enfilnes working in one framework, and coupled into one crank shaft—an arrangement which la certainly ingenious and novel.' Whether it will pro'e practicable and profitable remains to _ be determined when the inventors shall have been able to embody their ideas in a twenty horsopower double engine, which will occupy a space of about six feet square, and which it Is desirable, for the sake of engineering science, should be done at an early date.: The engines exhibited supplied power to turn the 'shafting and machinery in some rooms adjoining; stations a working model, they gave fair .promise of producing satisfactory results. The in ventors state that the object is to make all the steam adnaitted into the cylinder available as motive power, to dispense iwith resistance at the cylinder ends, and to secure increased facility for expansion, thereby k "' CC 4 3r Z. 1411 gaining considerable advantage over the ordinary steam engine. tob At ir en tthh it de eu a7d r irn d e e bt l hia P e irray ittno p ar nb to r r h s e tz s . mp some details o a f s ethhaentrrtninothhecoomhamisapel Re e f:fi r e .NAa vTegoe-1 relative nedo T eenun h ,tes a e a on tt" er -li a ed t Long wood New New Howe. The French transport Ltcorne, commanded by a lieutenant In the Imperial navy, anchored the following day in the"_roan $ _of James town.' The crew with. their officers at their head, proceeded OD a pilgrimage to the valley of the tomb. Their commander, -Panondn Hazier, addressed the oriew of the Licome in the following terms : "ltir FRIBNDS :It was a patriotic impulse whieh led us to the foot of this, tomb, fortunately empty: Comrades, let us new reflect a little. The greatest man of modern times passed the lest days of his DM in this island. He suffered and he died ! Napoleon' the Great, astonished the world .by his prodigiorms genius. He gained every French heart by his love of his country and of glory. - This god - of battles had biz agony and'his Calvary ! A terripiii,agony—. a mysterious grief which none of us can .compre hend. Our hearts ihrunk within us ap.seeing these abrupt mountains, this'desolate nature.) • • But let us reject these melancholy refleetions while recollecting that this god of battler has ..had his testirrection !!! 6-- From statistical accounts ;juit-priblishid it ap. pears that there are now in Paris los schools for boys, containing 28,000 mapilsref - sififfen3 are kept by lay masters, and 46 by.members.of the-.religious Confraternities ; 111 schools for girls, with - oliciut m 000 pupils, of which 57 are _anaged by lay-mistres ses, and 54 by sisters of religious communities who devote themselves -to -educathin 034 - infant schools, with 15,000 Children;'o2 classed " of male adults •; 18 of female adultal 4e couriers_ o r:work shops for the emplofineni - of poor females.;.and six Opeoial schools or design for-men, and -nine for -fe males. In addition to these there are rieWeduca tional establishmentsvitherheft:durinis the isresent year. • —lBy a curious coinbideriath — o - t - WO;lnElit distill gidebest inhabitants of the.city of .lifforeellies at this moment are Irishmen, althoUgh subjects of the Em -peror of the French. The bishop of the diocese is ,Alonsignor Patrick - Cruise, and the military own nialidant. Ofthe distriollEcOen. Patrick O'Malley, lately returned from. Algeria. The General is one of the most distinglished infantry officers in the service of the Emperor. He received his promotion for special gallantry on the bloody field of:Magenta. The regiment of which he had the .command was assigned 's strategic post at the'village of Buffalora, when it not only held its position under otronm stanceB of imminent danger, but also succeeded in taking up another more favorable position, in which it contributed to a great degree to secure victory for the arms of France. 1 — A Vienna journal reports a diabolical proceett ing which took place at Venice on the' evening of the 27111 ult. The greater past of the officers of Count Nobill infantry regiment, which on the next day/Was going into garrison at Lido and Chloggo, were assembled at a farewell dinner. The colonel presided, and, with the company of several ladies, gaiety and animation prevailed, when suddenly an Orsini bomb, weighing six pounds, and furnished with ten 'samples, fell through the glass skylight into the lap of the colonel, who received a slight contusion. Happily' the bomb, which was of cast brass, did not explode, and the capsules fell out. It is stated that the officers did not allow themselves to be disconcerted in the least by this dastardly act, but continued their festivity till the morning. The King of Prossia Is chief of all the lodges of Freemasonsin his kingdom Of this position he has just taken advantage to traesmit to the grand mas ters of all the lodges in Berlin and the Provinces a circular, exhorting all the' members to remain "falthful to the King" in the political struggles of the immediate future. The grand masters are re quested to read the circular to their respectiVe lodges, and to follow it up with personal exhorta tions of their own of a tendency similar to that of the document itself. Kr. Faraday, in answer to a spiritual Invita tion, has Sent the following characteristic reply: "I am obliged by your courteous invitation,. but really I have been so disappointed by the manifes tations? to. which my notice has at- different times been called that I am not encouraged to give any more:attention to them, and -I therefore leavethose to which you refer in the hands of the professors of legerdemain. If spirit communications not utterly worthless should happen to start into activity, I will trust the spirits to find out for themselves how_they can move my attention. I. am tired of thein..l, FBESONAIN —A Correspondent of the New York Express Writes as follows : Lieut. Gen. Scott Committed a /epsuspcnr4 the other day by writing hi self " the oldest general in the weirld,l , for there are several generals living older than he, and I wish to call your attention to one in particular, who really hap pens to be "the oldest general in the world.” I re' fer to the distinguished soldier, Field Marshal -Vis count Combermere, whose designation points to the highest rank in the British army. The rank of field marshal was conferred upon ;Viscount Combermere for his eminent services both in India and on the Continent of Europe, and for which he repeatedly received the thanks of Parliament, , having Sunny been elevated to the _British Peerage by the title of Viscount Combermere.. He was barn in 1789, and, therefore, is 17 years the senior of our good old General. —lt is understood that General G. B. McClellan has received the appointment ofengtneer-in•ohtef of the Morrie and Essex Railroad—an Important line in the State - of New JerSey.- -The Trenton Monitor accuses the Camden and Amboy Company of another monopoly in having taken possession of the late Democratic candidate for the Presidency, with ambition to control the fu. tare Government : We speak by the book when we Say that-when George IL MeClelliin removed to New Jersey to' reside, in View of eventualities, he became the especial protege of. the president of the Camden — and AmboY. They labored thieugh all their Democratic =papers here to Make estidtalfor hith. Their counsel, 'aehn .P. Stockton, Went to Olden° with a strong deleg - ation, and brought his name before the Convention. They put their friend, Pendleton, who made speeches for them in Con gress, on the same ticket for Vice President. They then went resolutely to work to carry New Jersey for him:, Mr. .Efasseras, once editor of the New York Courrier des Etats Unis, and more recently the pub lisher of a newspaper in Mexico, called the New Era, has been appointed a Chevalier of 'the Order of Guadalupe, while his wife has been elevated to the position of a lady of honor in waiting on the Em press Charlotte. The New.. York Timei OIL ka that Secretary Fessenden will notxetlre from the Treasury, as Mr. Ilamlin will be a candidate for his, place in the Senate, and that nothing but, positive failure of health will justify. Mr. Stanton's withdrawal from the War Department. The vacant Chief Justice chip will be filled from a Western 'State, and this may leadto the resignation of the Secretary of the Interior. Mrs. Hutchins, of Baltimore, who has.een sen tenced to five years of imprisonment In the Fitch burg penitentiary, in Massachusetts, is said to be, by a correspondent of the , New York Express, . a grand-niece of the late. Robert Gilmore, known throughout the united States for his hospitality and his munificent patronage of the fine arts. Harry Gilmore, to whom Mrs. Hutchins .presented the , sword, is a grand-nephew of Robert Gilmore, de ceased, and a son of Robert Gilmore, of Glen Ellen, Baltimore county., The husband of Mrs. Hutchins is a member of the bar and a gentleman of ftUe personal appearance. Kim Hutchins is a very young woman, with one child. The Louisville Journal of the 24th makes the following important announcement : ." We are happy to announce that President Lin coln has consented to the release of Lieutenant Go. vernor Jacob and Colonel Frank Woiford. We sincerely hope that this may be the commencement of a new policy on the part of the President. These gentle Men have proved their loyalty at the head of. Kentucky volunteer reginienta, sad have brayed death on many a stubborn , battle•fteld in defeno of the old flag. With .the exoltiment of the eleßion let us forget all words of bitterness, and we will plee ourselves that whenever the country needs theWeworde again they will always be flashed in the van of the Union armies and closest to the rebel fee." l • Letter of a Convict on Suicide. On last Thursday we published a letter froma convict in the Miohigan Penitentiary to his jailer, requesting that his books, especially those relating to matheilatics, might be sent to, htm. The same individual has written another letter on the subject of suicide. The Detroit Tribune sa3s: The young man George Marlon, who was recently Sentenced to eight years In the' State prison, at. tempted to _oommit suicide in the. jail: It wee as certained by the turnkey that Simon employed a person to purchase twenty-live cents' worth of -mor phine, with which he intended to destroy his life. The person so employed, however, revealed the fact to thejailor, and the purchase of the drug was step ped. Mason, entirely, ignorant of what had hap. pened, wrote the annexed letter, and patiently awaited the arrival of the poison. It did nqt come, ..and while being prepared for his journey to Jackson the letter was taken from his moon, which reveals the fact-that he premeditated suicide : . . "Dent:WlT, November 18, 1864. DIRBBIB. BEI:WORLD AND FRAMOK : I have , been doomed to live eight long years in the State . Prison, which I have determined I never shall pass one hour in. Once I thought I would be a useful membep of .134clety, h i thalas,,the fates were against me. .lierree I shall end ms misery by poibon, which may be looked upon by some as cowardly: Never theless,"l thank the gods for the sweet morsel that shall end my misery , in this , cruel and selfish worlds Money is the root of all evil' Is a home ly but true saying. Still, if I had had or been so fortunate as tdpossess a trifle of. It. it would have been the; Means of saving one - life - from an un known gratie, - far from friends, relatives, or the tears of a mother; or from a plebe whence nontan returns but with a blasted character. Life may be sweet to some, and is, no doubt, enjoyed by a great many; but to me life is a burden, a chaos. Debarred - from liberty, friends, relatives, arid all that le Werth living for—shatuP in 11 goon to drag out a hilMrn. Sirs - ience, is more than I have the heart to endure. What is life I A mere :passing existence. It is like a boat gilding down a river. As we pass along the banks we pluck a few-flowers, and MO delighted With the landscape before W.! We meet friends who take wa by the hand and S mile upon us. Fortune favors us and we glide smcbjbly, en. Frequent greetings and gifts g r .; effered Ins at every turn, and we are happy. The boat igndes on swift and swifter we laugh at grim death, and think only of the present. Beware ! a 'nide , sotinds In our ears, brit we beed not, "P.-1711 apprcaoh the rapids ; then we look around and see the waters surging around us, but too late. We cry for help, lint none comes. Relations, friends, all have gout; and we are swallowed up in the vortex of eternity. ".When I am dead the birds will sing as merrily, the sun Shine as brightly; and the great mass of hu man beings come and'go to their work me zonal. 'ls be dead V a few will Inquire, but that is all; they will then pass on; few if any will miss me but mother, and in a short time I shall be forgotten and numbered itniong those who' have gone before me. Such is life. So I here bid you allfarewell, for lam going where sorrow and selfishness are unknown. "Yours, &0., Gsquaz Meson." MOEINIIT 4.2 t WANT OP A SIIRGBON.-4 recent letter from Sheridan's army contains the following': "A well-known surgeon connected with this army, who was reOently a prisoner in theshandS of Moseby, was offered, by that distinguished guerilla $l,OOO bo nus in greenbacks if he would accept the position of mime= in! his command. The offer was not so- Copied. Moseby must be hard pushed for medicine• men when he. seeks to obtain them from the Union army. hloseb3 'a cool manner of transacting bud nese, the capture of the surgeon referred to above will illustrate : The surgeon was riding along with a train ; he did not know thatthe train had been attacked, of even that any one had been captured,. when a man, who subsequently proved to be hdoseby himself, rode up and told .him that a wounded sol dier at the ea r of the train•requlred his attendance. It Was not tit. the wounds had been dressed, and the train h passed on, that Moseby made himself known," FOUR CENTS. THE REBEL PAPERS, SILENCE REGARDING GENERAL MEMO" MOVEMENTS. SHERMAN AND CORNWALLIS COMPARED MILITARY GOSSIP AND SOUTHERN HOME NEWS From our special correspondents at the front we hake reCelved all 'th9Chmond exchanges of the 26th and 28th. By design, or from Ignorance, no news is published of General Sherman. A general stcppage of exchanges, or careful shading and sup pression of future news from Georgia,-is not among the unlikely possibilities. A couple of comminutes tions recommend silence' , as now worth more than gold to the Confederacy, as the utterance will be just as valuable •to' the Union. This hint will, no doubt, readily be taken and practiced by the five or six Richmond papers, the only ones which reach our Northern lines in time to have value as intelligenCers. THE RBBra. CONGRESS The proceedings. In the rebel Senate and House On the 24th were comparatively uninteresting. The bill to . punish " conspiracy against the lionfederate States' , excited most debate—chiefly as to the de. -gree of punishment, many representatives being opposed to the rigorous Infliction of the death pe nalty. The following bill Is an instance of rebel economy : An A ct to provide clothing for the commissioned officers of the armies of the Confederates Slates, below the rank of brigadier general. , The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame rica do enact, That the Secretary of- War is hereby authorized and required, as far as possible, to pro vide clothing, cloth and trimmings, sufficient for one , complete suit (boots- and cap ._inelusive), for each commissioned officer in the field, below the rank of brigadier general, per annum, through the guar termasters thereof, of such quality and kind as shall be suitable for the purpose, tobe determined by a regulation of the War Department, to be ap proved byethe President, upon the certificate of said c Mier, on hie honor, that said articles are for his own use, and for no other purpose whatever. Sao. 2. That in case any State shall preVide and furnish any of said officers with the articles afore said, or any of them, then the Secretary of War is hereby required to cause to be paid over to the Cto vernor of such State the money value of said arti cles, together with the necessary expenses incurred In providing and furnishing the same. sEimmeac AND CIORWWALL/8. An ingenious comparison is made by the Exami nee between the present march of Sherman and that of Cornwallis froth Charleston to Yorktown, in. 1781, ()educing that Sherman has by far the worst predicament, as he has neither visible communica tion with the sea, nor with his friends in the rear, while he has to encounter on all sides a country unanimously hostile. Lord Rawdon left to take care of Greene, in South Carolina., is compared to Thomas "left to take care of Hood in Tennessee," a task which does not puzzle the hero of Chicks.- mange:. The comparison does not hold good, but we present its most striking points of history : Sherman has entirely cut himself off from his base of operations, exposing his communications to con tinual Interruption, and even destruction, without having, thus lar, secured any compensating advan tage trom free communication with the Yankee fleets. Cornwallis, on the contrary, was always - within reach of his naval forces, or if he found him self beyond them for a few days, he soon regained a position near enough to keep up his correspondence with them. When he advanced from Camden, in pursuit of Greene, In the winter of liBl, he sup posed that he had left a conquered .country behind him. Not a mouse seemed to be stirring in that part of the lately hostile territory where Marion and Sumpter soon after made themselves so formidable. -It is true that the battle 'of King's.. Mountain and Cowpens :had been- fought ; but these were away off Upon his left, while everything was quiet in his rear. After the battle of Guil ford, Siding his victory vary doubtful and his loos very severe, he determined not to trust himself any longer so far from the sea, and he fell back, down the Cape Fear river, to Wil mington, In order to be near his ships.. At that place Tarlton endeavored in vain to prevail upon him to return to South Carolina, where the revolutionary spirit had .again broken out with extraordinary violence ; but he refused to be counselled. It looked too much, he said, like a retreat. He had, he said, left Bawds: In that province with force enough to pat down any Insurrectionary movement. He passed on to Virgi nia, being opposed nowhere, because Greene had passed him, and gone on to South Carolina. He entered Virginia and made directly for Petersburg, where be unite d General Leslie, and comma rated with his fleet: There were no troops in Yu% ginia ; but Lafayette soon came on, and the militia rallied around him in great numbers. Cornwallis - bad passed through nearly two thousand miles of country when he surrendered. Bat he had not sub dued one inch of It. Greene, before the end of the year, had shut up all the British forces In Charles ton, and thercountry Wasfree: GENERAL LB6'S ITIbTI3'I3LLENOR The Charlottesville Chronicle gives a capital Sketch of the General who vies with Grant in -re ticence and skill. Lee never speaks, it Is said; but works in silence " like a great and delicate engine, or like the planets, whichmake no noise, but roll around the sun at the rate of 70,000 miles an hour." „h e Chronicle measures him as follows by the old bygone ideals : %4 memberof Oongrgis used to be, Our great man ; weetninte fellcier,tough,Wudacious, With nine lives, that throW him as yOU 'would, always came on his feet.' He could tell an anecdote. He never forgot a fate. Bente/or pretended to be betterthan anybody. He took his drink. Re knew all about the:wrlssouri Compromise and how Mr. Jeremy Doodle stood on the question of the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. He was sound on tho nigger. He wrote abominably. He spoke indifferently of the " good old county" of Giles and the "good old county" of Accomac —all the counties were "good" and "old." His great forte was gab—he talked in cessantly; he talked in the county court; he talked on the court green ; he talked in the tavern porch ; he talked at the street corners. Here comes a man bred in the army. He had been reared a gentleman. lie despised humbug. He loved order, and everything, and everybody in his place. He told the ladies at Culpeper Oourt House, 1 0881, who came out to greet Mm, to "go borne.' in Richmond they said he had no manners ; he at tended to his business, and spoke little. • They sent him to Western Virginia—a small theatre, when Beauregard was atManassas and Johnson was at Winchester; be went, and made no comment. The campaign failed—they' called him Turveydrop—he did not attempt to excuse himself. Soon we find him a blaze of glory the hero of the battles around Richmond. He is still silent. lie marches to Ma nassas, and achieves another great victory. Not a word escapes him. He takes Winchester, is foiled at Sharpsburg for- the want of men—defeats Burn side at Fredericksburg—Hooker at Ohancellorsville —but he breaks not his silence. He has the terrible trial of Gettysburg—he only remarked, "It was my fault "—and then in the present year he has conducted this greatest cf all his campaigns—undoubtedly one of the finest in war. Silent still. When will he speak BILBRYAN'ES REPRESENTED OPINION OP TEN SOUTH- The Georgia Countryman gives a highly-varnished and characteristic rebel account of some of Gen. Hherinan's opinions, expressed at Atlanta, on au thority of a respectable captive of the gentler sex ; She states that "he paid a just and well-merited tribute to the valor of our arms. He remarked that it would be no disgrace to us if we were finally-Imb jugated—as we certainly would be—as we hadfought against four or five times our number with a degree of valor which bad excited the admiration of the world ; and that the United States Government would gain no honor nor credit if they succeeded In their purposes, as' they had thus far failed with rive men In the field toour one. He regarded the South •em soldiers as the bravest in the world, and admit ted that, In a fair fight., we could whip them two to oar one ; but \he .claimed for himselt and his com peers the credit of possessing more strategic ability than our generals. You can beat us In fighting, madam,' said he, ' but we can out-manoeuvre you. Your generals do not work half enough ; we work day and night , and spare no labor nor pains to carry out our plans."' - On the strength of this Information (which is evi• modified from the original) the Enquirer is .yfilling to believe that there Is some manhood left in the malignant North. PEACE PROPOSITIONS. The Sentinn treats the peaceful tendency of the North as a jest, and speculates upon the conditions of peace which Mr. Lincoln may recommend in his message, scouting the idea of the Tribune that the SoUthern masses can bo detached from the Confede racy. Following this, comes the usual staple about Kilpatrick, Dahlgren, Sheridan, and the desolation inflicted upon TEE SALE OP•MONTICELLO. The Lynchburg Republican has an account of the sale of Jefferson's homestead, the confiscated pro- party of the late patriotic Commodore Levy, of the United State navy. Capt. Jonas P. Levy, brother of the deceased owner, was among the bidders, but the property was secured by Lieut. Col., 13.'F. Ficklin for $80,600. The first negro marf," ‘ Lake;, belonging to the estate, brought $7,000; Fleraing, $7,450, and another, named Lewis, $7,860. •A'sfegre woman, with raven children, One at the breast, brought $28,000, and three' girls, from five to nine years old, $ll,OOO. The Mutat Jefferson was bought for 050, and one of Voltaire,- supposed to have be. longed to Jefferson, was•also geld. _The &Mount of sales was $360,000, - THE PatBON AT YLORneCTIZ,Ii. 0. On; . of the miserable prison pens in wlikdt Yankee prisoners are kept has the following beakless, and brutal noth4 in a paper called the TerkvillaPs- Tulrsrz Thise pens are not to be esenyeire‘fer i!''.:lnfort altddeteney, with the notorleile slave pfinil of the South,: . There are still in the stockade here thousand prisoners, over one thousand having died from sour. vy and their owlr natural filthiness) They are well fed, drawing the same rations we del; but they crave vegetables, which, except potatoes, are not to be lutalky stir of. us. They have booths inside, where they sell Wien, tobacco, potatoes, red pepper and pea-soup to one another, carrying on, perhaps, their old Wades', except that their swindling operatics:is are confined - to one another. They have yet some Spage among them though their currency is mostly greenbacks, for which the soldier is not allowed to trade. Potatoes Is the currency most available with them •, theta are bought outside at five dollars per bushel, and exchanged for rings, pipes, inkstands, watches, oilcloths, and a certain style of Tankers hit, which' Is becoming very fashionable among us, and which forms a part of the "liomsfremittanoes." It is said, it you look two Yankees up in a room to jether, they can make five dollars apiece swapping ackets; !fee, they have an opportunity of carrying on a thriving business. Tunneling, it was found, would not pay. I PERSONAL RATTERS. ... • "Uncle 1 LBilly Allen," a decrepid veteran, 103 years ef agb, is noticed among the arrivals at Selma, Alabama. 'lie was General Jackson's body-servant at New Orleans, and is now childish,. lame, and almost blind. Major General Ramseur was burled at Lincoln ton, N. C., tlately. His last words are reported— " Tell my 'darling wife I die with a firm faith In Christ, and trust to meet her hereafter." • His last words to the ambulance driver who took him from the field were—" Tell General Hoke-I-die a Chris tian, and have done my duty." Col. Jobb Travis, inventor of the celebrated "Travisn,".and of the "Greek fire " used by. Forrest's n, and the most famous platol•shot in the world, at present In MontgomerY. Capt. B er tolls his friends in the North that he is well treated in "Libby." The Examiner Ob. TUM WAR. Pitleatiter (PUBISSELED FMB:LTA Tax Was raxes 8111 be sent to sabeertbell bf Intl (per annum In Menace) 3 Three e00.014......•...”*.......•••••• •••••••• scm Five C0Pie1e.....” 8 Of Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at like Ma rate. $l.BO weep,. The menet/ snug talealle mammal/ the order , Asa in inatanee can these terms be deaterted /row* 811 thenfairord tern ffitie more than the met of form Mr Postmasters are rennerted to Let at mate fee Tam WAB FARM !iii` To the fetter-np of the innb of ten or twenty. extra copy of the Paper will be &tree. serves : "Capt. Blazer is the same who, with thirty of his men, was captured last Friday by Capt. T. A. Richards, of Moseby's command, at Cabletown, tit the valley. The citizens of Clarke requested Capt. Richards to treat him kindly, as he had distinguish. ed himself by his universaUy gentlemanly oonduot towards our citizens whom the chances of War threW into his power." IF YOU AMR MEN, SHOW IT. [From the Savannah News, Nov, 22. Now le the time for the men of Georgia to rally to , her defence in response to the sail of the Governor. He has done his duty, the men of the State must now perform theirs. If they do, our State will be delivered from impending ruin. Be prompt to the rescue. The patriots—the genuine lovers of dell' own 0011 —of their wives, children, kindred and nefghpord; and of liberty, will not hesitate to rush to arms. Let all who are able to do any good at the front, and who try to dodge or shirk their duty in this solemn and important hour be marked. The man who now refuses to defend us Is unworthy of pro perty, liberty, or country. Re who dallies is a. dastard; And be who doubts is damned. Richmond Within Range of our Guns. A special correspondent of the New York Tribune, Writing from the headquarters of the Army of the James on the 26th, makes the following startling announcement: " A movement is now in progress in this army. which, when fully completed, lOW destroy Richmond. It only awaits the sanction of the General...in-Chief, who will be here to-morrow, before active operations are commenced. It is not generally known, even among well•lnformed military men, that the belea guered capital of rebellion is within gunshot range of our batteries; but such is nevertheless a feet. Guns are now on their way here that will throw. shells into Richmond from our batteries in front of the 18th Corps, a distance of seven miles. With these guns ,in position, and the projectiles pre pared whicß it is Intended to use with them, our gunners can destroy Richmondin forty-eight hours. The ball or shell now used would not, of course, answer the purpose, although that would doubtless accomplish the object in course of time. A particular kind of shell has been prepared, and in this really consists the main feature of the pro posed plan. With Such guns and Shells in.our pos session, It would be folly, nay more, it would be madness akin to sin not to use them. The plan has already Met the approval of the general command ing this department, and it only awaits the sane- Lion and approval of Gen. Grant previous to adop tion. If adopted it will be at once carried out. -Do not be anrprised to bear of the total destruction of Richmond before Christmas." Gen. Kaneock , s Farewell to his Corps. Gen. Hancock on Saturday took leave of the Se cond Army Corps, with which he has been so glori 'away identified, and went to Washington to assume the new command -to which he has been assigned. Before leaving camp he Issued the following order : lINADQII/OLPEES SECOND RENT 00E1214 BEFORE PETERSBURG, Nov. 28, 1864. SOLDIERS OF THE SECOND CORPS: Being about to avail myself of a brief leave of absence, previous to entering upon another field of duty, in accord ance with. instructions I transfer the command of this corps to Map sgeneral A. A. Humphreys. United States Volunteers. I desire at parting with you to expreas the regret I feel at the necessity which calls for our separa tion. Intimately aasocjated with you in the clanging, privations, and glory Which have fallen to your lot during the memorable campaigns of the past two years, I now leave yon with thewarmest feelings of affection and esteem. Since I have had the honor to serve with yoa, yon have won the right to place upon your banners the historic names of "Antietam," "Fredericksburg," Chancellorsville,"l" Gettysburg," "Wilderness," "Po," "Spottsylvania," "North Anna;" "Cold Harbor," "Petersburg," "Ream's Station," " Boyd ton Road," and many other contests. The gallant bearing of the intrepid officers and men of the 2d Corps on'the bloodiest fields of the war, the dauntless valor displayed by them in many brilliant assaults on the enemy's strongest positions, the great number of_ guns, colors, prisoners, and other trophies of war captured by them in many desperate Combats, their unswerving devotion to duty and heroic constancy under all the dangers and hardships which such campaigns entail, have won for them an imperishable renown and the grateful admiration of their countrymen. The story of the 2d Corps will live-in history, and to its officers and men will be aLorlbed'the honor of having served their country witMnsurpassed fidelity and courage. Conscious that whatever military honor has fall en to me during my association _with the 2d Corps' has been won by the gallantry of the officers and. Soldiers I have commanded, I feel that in parting from them lam severing the strongest ties of my military life- The distinguished Officer succeeds me is en titled to your entire confidence. His record assures you that in the hour of -battle he will lead you to victory. Wnurinevn S. HANCOCK, Major General Volanteers. NAVAL NEWS. :.THE STIMSBOLI BN 201:IT8. LEpeclal Correspondence of The Press.] U. S. TORPESO-BOAT Srnmenor.r, Ova Nnw Baursowrom, November 27-2 P. M After leaving the dock at Jersey City we steamed along at the rate of eight knots per hour, until 10 P. IL, when we came to anchor for the night, every thing having worked finely and favorably up to this time. We now discovered that one of the crew was Missing, his shoes and coat being found on board_ Itwas thought - that he had jumped overboard and swam to one of the vessels at anchor in the stream. An einem was.at once sent in pursuit, but up to this time we *ye not found ,hlm. At six o'clock thin morning we hove up anchor, and steamed on our way. We entered the canal at 8.30 A. 31., and met Picket Boat No. 6. We are compelled to wait on account of a lock being drawn for the purpose of raising a. Sunken boat. We (=pet:A to start at 4 o'clock this afternoon. All hands are pleased with the working of the vessel In every respect. Our voyage through this section of the country has amazed the Jeraeymen as much as did the first loco motive which passed over Its red soil. We live snugly, I can assure you. Our cooking Is done In the furnace!. Our food, Consisting of canned meats, vegetables, Sic., with good hardtack, is prepared and served in the quaintest manner possible, yet, with the prospect of glory ahead, we relish every thing. We expect to arrive in Philadelphia to morrow. B. S. 0. PHEISOICAL. Captain John M. Berrien, late in command of the Monadnock, has been relieved, and ordered to com mand the navy yard at Norfolk, Commander Pierce Crosby has been ordered to Command the iron donblo•ender Mnscoota. Cornimander 0. S. Norton has been ordered to the Lackawanna. Lient. Commander Edward Simpson has been de• tached from the limomia and ordered North. 41)Ramander S. Livingston Breeze has been placed on tilb'rettred Midshipman E. N. Roth has bean dismissed from the Naval Academy. Midshipmen C. M. Mott and Fred. Knapp have resigned, and Midshipmen A. EE: Coffroth and 0. H. E. Stockbridge have been dropped from the list. • arisoaLidurzolis. The United States steam sloop Wyoming is being repaired at the Baltimore naval station. The Constellation, having been rellevedby the Iro quois, Is en route for home. She was at St. Thomas on the eth Inst., and It was reported that from there she would proceed to New Orleans. The sailors on board of the Dictator complain that they did not have any Thanksgiving dinner. This probably arose from the fact that she was so far re., moved from the navy yard that the commit - fee ort Thanksgiving Dinner were unable to reach her. Interestiog Trial of Projectiles. A RANGE OP SEVEN MTLPS AM) QUARTER Olt- BEM [From the New Hava.a. Jciurmil of yesterday moratag.l A vary interesting -trial of the sub-calibre pro jectile,in connection with a Lew packing or es. bot, both the invention of Mr. Wilson H. Smith, of Derby, was made by order of the Navy De partment, a few days since, at Derby, in this State. This trial was the concluding one of a series. and was made by Commodore T. Hunt, of the navy. The principle is Such that by means of a jacket or cues it is rendered possible to fire a bolt of a less diameter than the calibre of the gun, thus lightening the shot, and giving with Oh same charge of powder immensely greater pone. tratlng power, and consequently much greater range, with less strain upon the walls of the gun. The ial was made from a 100-pound Rodman Rifle which has been mounted at Derby for the purpose of these trials. The target was placed one quarter of e. mile from the gun, and consisted of laminited iron plates four and a half inches In thickness, bolted to a backing of eight inches of oak and four feet of hemlock. This target was three feet wide and four feet in length. Beside this target there was a screen of boards about eight feet square, on which was painted a bulls eye eightinthes In diameter. These :two targets, it will be borne in mind, were for two different descriptions of projectiles; the wooden screen being first fired at with common shell, In order to test the new packing or sabot. Five shells were fired at an elevatloB of a trifle less than a half a - degree, three - of which struck the eight. inch bull's eye, one of theoth a rs was about twoieet above in line, and the other about three feet below, a little to 'the left: - The extraordinary closeness of the shooting showed that the packing must have taken the grooveti with the utmost ex attitude, thus securing the great object of all peeking, the instantaneousand, COmplete fillingtof the grooves, preventing any loan of force by the eseape of gas by windage, and securing -the rotary motion to the Propletll9 which insures its oorreCt nO peeking has completely attained au Of these requirements, on several accounts ; art of which are obviated by this new mode of packing. On the completion of the trial of the wooden target, nTe littlionillbre shots were fired at the iron target, at a distance of one-quarter of a mile and the ele vation of the gun a half a degree. The first shot struck the target about four inches above the bull's eye and penetrated the target and the backing, and buried Itself in the hillside. The second was at tended with a similar result. The third fell short about three feet, missing the target. The fourth and fifth struck and planed the target and- backing, tearing it in pieces and destroying it entirely. The pro used were steel bolts,' four and a half inches in diameter, and about sixteen,_ inches in length, hat-headed, and kept in place hithe gun by means of a sabot or jacket, the pum p , ee . in at tached to the base of the case. The weight oC the bolt and case as flied was a trifle Over sixty pounds for each shot, the charge Of. powder being the regu lation charge of ten pounds. The penetrative force of - this projectile is without parallel in the history of projectiles. On &previous trial, at the same place, with the same gun, at the same distance, and using the same charge of pow der, two of these steel bolts were fired at, and through a target oompoeed of eight Inches of lami nated iron plates, twelve inches of oak basking, and four feet of hemlock timber. The velocity was so immense that the bolt not only went through the whole MBES, but the case also went though the eight Inches of iron and into the wood, where the bolt left it. One other shot was tired at the same target with the same result, which destroyed the target, rendering it useless for farther trials." A few of these projectiles wank made for the large A mes n which 888 been on trial for so long a time at Br idg eport , by General 'Gilmore and staff, and Comm ore Runt. This gun is bz - all cdds the best which has ever been made, and owing to the Im mense charges of powder -need 1n proportion to the size of the gun, it has almost been an imposaibllity to got any projectile which would bear the strain. Six of these projectiles were fired from the gun with cliallies ranging 'from twenty to thirty pounds or Powder, :with the most decided success. We underntand that Me extreme range of Mate pro lediles was seven miles and a varter, a mile and a quarter beyond the extreme range of any other pro jectile fired frog this pm.
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