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iTH FOURTH STREET,
I,v PRESS,
■> JSOLEAB3 PKK AyirKK, &A
is Per Week, payable to
sbscrlbefs out of tha city.
Took Dollaes asd Pott
O POLIiABS AKD TWRHtt.
is, Lnyarlably Uadyutoa
, at tha nasal ratal.
PRESS,
tjollabs Pan Ahnith. in
JOBBERS.
a O ¥ TI I
.CADE, & CO.,
STREET,
OUT
siom eons
s HUTCHINSON, ; .
y# cHfBTITOT STBHT, : '
IS&ION MBROHANTSi
»Cft V»Jf bjua o»
ha fleigh,
tBE STHTVT STREET,
WILL OPEN
10, DECEMBER 6th,
, r(is . io t. ranniaic throagU'the centra of hia
,l! S IsMtt, to tie known as-
CHEAP DEPARTMENT,
fs dsToled exolntively to tha exhibition
aid sals of
DRESS FABRICS,
, ONB-HALF THE PBICB SOLD AT
SEOIIfIfINGI OF TEE SEASON.
tn rnide arrangements to fttratsi to Us
•80,900 to 850,000 yerdif of
H AND ENGLISH
DRESS GOODS,
At A OEEAT SACBIFICE AND PEOM
auction sales,
;; tbtoagli this channel without reserve
during
OLID AY SEASON.
EIRE & MKDELL,
ITB AND ABOH STEEETS,
j'OAT FAIR PRICES JUST SUCH GOODS
IPLD MAKE VERT ACCEPTABLE
SIMAS PRESENTS.
STMAS SHAWLS. -
STM AS SILKS. '
STMAS SCARFS.
STMAS HDKFS. '
STMAS GLOVES.
STMAS CHINTZES.
STMAS DELAINES.
STMAS BLANKETS. '
STMAS PIANO COVERS.
.ELOBEON COVERS.
m CLOTHS I CLOTHS!
, T. SNODGRASS’
CLOTH HOUSE,
31 South SECOND Street,
»3 smWBEHST Street.
tawfred per latest Importations a crest stock
i avitliidiiigan extensive assortment of
1 LADIES’ CLOAKINGS
„ ASD _
OESTLEMEN’S COATINGS,
ihsiiukof -
ARMY AND NAVY GOODS,
AS FOLLOWS:
its, ILL SHADES AN D PRICES.
lßsis. VERY BEAUTIFUL.
SKY AND HIGH nwißH.
. r 4 -SKY AND HIGH FINISH.
-•AS, BEAL SEDAN.
MX, SOFT FINISH. _
MiiNS, HEAVY AND SOFT FINISH,
.’••US ALL COLORS. FROM f 8 TO jISL
’ICOaTJNGS, LATEST STALES.
lack cloths.
:.IME CLOTHB.
? Bll'E PILOTS.
K BLl’g BEAVERS.
A HIGH FINISB.
iiriMSH BEAVERS.
MK BEAVERS.
c 4 INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS.
-■HI BLUE FLANNELS.
■Y:a4» of. Cloths Casslmeres, and Vestings,
■as*. Cloakings, and all goods* partalnlpjMo
$ RICH HEAVY COLORED
Site*, in Wind Colors, Browns* Greens,
'Whites, &c
■ &au(j heavr PJain SIIVB.
Black Corded BUka.
Plain Biaojc Silks,
? u»of various stales.
Vp2Ko;p Antiques,
• * iyenlair Dresses. _ .
* t4 Pure Siik Velvets for Cloaks* real
;| T vaiierior Prated BeayerCloths,
•M&S _
•f w< reduced for Christmas.
•Mtutd for Christmas.
. caced fur Christmas.
,- s Macfd for Christmas.
• fecund for Christmas.
-‘Maced for Christmas.
Hosiery reduced for Christmas.
;^Wchi C f s reduced for Christmas.
“Hijtefebiefb reduced for Christmas.
'“Uiuiins—co trouble to &how^toods,jit
. -ißßTsnre STftKar.
*. a. IIfiDLES
» Mai uoxrrißa
SOVELTIBB
L 4028,
WHITE goods.
•* BBOI9ERIEB,
V EILS,
NDKBROHIEFS, dbo.
VOL. B.—NO. 116.
JJOLIDAY PRESENTS.
„„ G. RUSSELL,
S 3 SOETH SIXTH STREET,
Imported^ 48 to hii * to< * flns American and
WATCHES,
In Gold and Silver.
GOLD JEWELRY
of the Latest Styles.
HANDSOME SILVER WARE,
warranted pure coin, Ac , snltable for HOLIDAY
PRESENTS, *
G. RES SELL,
Held tSI gg North SIXTH Slreet.
IB STOCK
B
' VALUE.
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL
CHRISTMAS rBESENTS.
GOLD SPECTACLES, GOLD BYE GLASSES,
MICROSCOPES, ■ OPERA-GLASSES,
SPY-GLASSES, STEREOSCOPES AND VIEWS,
=~ MAGIC LANTERNS,
'***.- BOXES OP DBA WING INSTRUMENTS,
' # POCKET COMPASSES,
FANCY THERMOMETERS,
GLOBES, AIR PUMPS,
ELECTRIC MACHINES,
GALVANIO BATTERIES,
SPELLING BOARDS, With Movable Lettoie, &e„
JAMES W. QUEEN & GO.,
98* CHESTNUT STREET.
Illustrated Catalogues gratis.,
-ah. CHRISTMAS COTTON UM
'"t*brellas.
A Christmas Gingham Umbrellas.
Christmas Silk Umbrellas.
Christmas Alpaoa Umbrellas.
. Christmas Small Umbrellas.
-Christmas Largs Umbrellas.
.Christmas Medium Umbrellas.
JOSEPH FUBSELL,
delo-,Bt Nos. g and* North FOURTH Street.
JIS FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
“* SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
CORNER ARCH AND TENTH STREETS.
Brooches, Sleeve Buttons, Armlets, Bracelets, Scarl
Pine and Bines, fflea Sets, Ice Pitchers.
Walters, doblets. Forks,
Spoons, Jte./
Jffp-Watches repaired and Warranted. Old Gold,
Diamonds, and Silver bought.
noSO-Sm HARRISON JARDEN.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS.
1864. rani. 1864.
euHsoHo unis,
GERMANTOWN,
MoOALLUM A OO.i
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
ae» CHESTNUT BTRSBT.
s»18-iia PHILADELPHIA.
1864. 1864.
MoGALLUMACO.,
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
■f
81* CHESTNUT STREET.
telS-Sm OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
6EFFF FUMRSaiiTO GOODS.
HOLIDAY FEES®™
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
. \ . SUITABLE FOE
BfOX.aDDA.-ST PRESENTa
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
de7-18t 81* CHESTNUT Street.
Q.ENTLEMEN’B WRAPPERS 11
JOHN G. ABBISON,
Nos. 1 and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
Is now offering an elegant and extensive variety of
gmtleus Wrappers,
SCARFS, NECK-TIES, MUFFLERS, CLOVES,
HANDKERCHIEFS, SUSPENDERS, &0„
SUITABLE WO B
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
de7*tja3
FAIRBANKS’
JJARE AND FASHIONABLE
' CONFECTIONS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
IN NKAT BOXES,
SUITABLE FOB PRESENTS
e. :g. whitman & oo.’s,
de2 : lm No. 318 CHESTNUT St, below Fourth.
JUST BE C EIV ED ,
A LA Ban INVOICE OF FINN
COCOA MATTINGS.
McOALLUM OO r ,
BolS-lm 800 OHBBTKUT Streak
WILSON’S SKATE DEPOT,
IT 400 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
/We Leva just received the largest and most desirable
stock of
LADIES’, GENTS’, AND BOYS’ SKATES
ever offered in this city, which we will take ranch
40811810
PHILIP WILSON Si CO.,
de6-lra 409 CHESTNUT Street.
CKATES,-SKATES, SKATES
o A foil assortment of SKATES and SKATE STRAPS
for sale at very lew prices, at -•.
W. W. KNIGHT & SON’S,
noM-tf 809 and 511 COMMBBOB Street.
JHB BALBM LEU.
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OP THE UNITED STATES
Cibooiak No. 5 has inst been lssned. Send for s
copy to the. ,
and learn from U the reasons why this leg la steadily
supplanting tin many • ‘ hast legs made in the world. ’ ’
Circular No. 6 contains a DESCRIPTION OP THE
LEG, its ADVANTAGES, TESTIMONIALS Of SUE
GEONS and WEARER?, ACCOUNTS of numerous
Salem Leg i WIT e H a o t ulgg|gG , |! BtI ‘ eBr 88 Hoadm* 8
(COFFEE 1 COFFEE 1! COFFEE IS!
O Are yon a lover of good Coffee? If so. to families
we would say, brown your own, in the PATENT ARO
MA- SAYING FAMILY COFFEE ROASTER, which wGI
lave more than its cost in six mouths,-and always in
sure the coffee in its purity and fragrance. As they are
simple inconftractiou, and easily and quickly operated,
without HfibilUy to burn either tin,era or coffee.no
fa lolly should he without one.
PRICES.-No.. 1, roasting from X tolX pounds, 52.50;
Ho. 2. from X to 4 pounds. $3 W; No. 3, from I to 8
pounds, ss.
Families at a distance, by clubbing and sending their
orders for not less than three, to be forwarded to one
address, shall be entitled to a discount of 20 Der cent.
For sale by all leading Hardware, House Furnishing,
sod Stove Stores, and by the undersigned.
„T° Hota, proprietors, Grocers, Hospital Managers,
CoffJSuHanufacturers, , we beg to say much of the
■'sFFenilh and flavor of coffee Is wasted by imperfect
roasting, and more by the addition of water to bring up
its weigbland of grease (often rancid) to give it a
saw-combined stove and
COFFEE ROASTER is the only machiee by which itis
possible to roast coffee in quantities, u should be,and
retain all the aroma.
From 26 to 40 per cent is saved by the use of these ma
chines, as we can well substantiate by testimonials
from the leading hotels, and from many hospitals and
8 Semntor adrenlar and see testimonials from Continent
al, gt. Nicholas, and FiDh Avenue Ho,els
*•*' 2’, burnt orpower?*caiacfty 1 from 40to70pound*.® 60
N. A—These machines can In a moment be converted
into a Franklin or close stove for heatingor other pur
poses, and. are "Well *woithy the attention of grocers as
beiDg well adapted for heating their stored.
Agtuta, wanted everywhere.. .
For .sale, wholesale and by BJJEEEEE>
FIFTEENTH aid '
delOietuthSmlp. PhUadeiphta.
- X
THE HOLIDAYS.
FOR SALE BY
FOR GENTLEMEN, -
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
SCALES.
' gCAX.ES
WAREHOUSE,
715 CHESTSCT STREET.
HOLIDAY CONFECTIONS.
OR
FAMILY USE,
FRESH EVERY DAY,
CANTON MATTINGS.
SKATES.
GOVERNMENT.
SALEM LEG COMPANY,
SALEM, HASS.,
CURTAIN GOODS,
A LRAVEN.
NOVELTIES
m
RICH CURTAIN GOODS,
WINDOW SHADES,
AND ;
FGIiWITUKE COVERINGS.
WAL RAVEN,
MASONIC H ALL,
Tl 9 CHBBTJMJT STREET
CHESTNUT STHEE'
QURTAIN STORK.
1026
CHESHTUT STREET.
BROCATELLE CURTAINS.
COTELINE CURTAINS.
TERRT CURTAINS.
MUSLIN CURTAINS,
SATIN DE LAINE CURTAINS.
REP CURTAINS.
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW S D ADD S.
Onr workmanship is unsurpassed.
0. BL STOTJT & 00.,
10»6 CHSBTNUT Street
BEWN6 MACmUTEg.
GIFT FOB A LADY,
A GIFT FOR A WIFE,
A GIFT FOR A SISTER,
A G-IFT FOR A FAMILY.
The most useful HOLIDAY PRESENT, that gen he
made is
THE “FLORENCE."
' •
AMERICAN INVESTOR'S GREAT TRIUMPH.
THE SEWING MACHINE PERFECTED!
All the ejections to other Machines are overcome Is
the FLORENCE. It makes
FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES
with the same ease, and with as little machinery as
others make one. Besides, it has the:
REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION,
a uniform, self-regulating tension of thread, and no
springs, cox* wheels, or cams to get out of order. It does
ALL KINDS OF FAMILY SEWING,
from the heaviest woolens to the most delicate fabrics,
using all kinds of silk, cotton, and linen thread, from
No. 20 to 200.
NO OTHER MACHINE does so large a range of work
asthe FLORENCE.
NO OTHER-MACHINE pleases the ladies so well as
the FLORENCE.
IT IS THE HANDSOMEST AND THE BEST!
More than ONE THOUSAND of the FLORENCE have
Been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months.
The FLORENCE la the 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.
Obliging LADY OPERATORS give instructions at the
housed of purchasers free of charge. Every Machine
warranted, and kept in perfect order for one year.
Call and see its operations, whether* yon wish to pur
chase or not. Samples of sewing, with price list, sent
free by mail., ;
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO.,
j 630 Street.
de22rtf
SEWING MACHINES,
715' CHESTNUT ST.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
1864. FALI - 1864.
I. 0. THMPSOA,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
5. I. Corner Seventh and Walnnt Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
N, B. obtained a celebrity for cutting
1 fiOOB-lEraiSe PAHTALOONS,
Maklng.lt a specialty in-my business for some yean
past, it is thought of sufflcient importance to announce
the fact in tl is maimer to the public, jo that those who
are dissatisfied'mar know of my method, and give me
atrial. - 0c27-thstn-2m
gDWAHD P. KELLY,
j - JOHN KELLY,
' TAILOEtS, ;
518 CHESTNUT STREET,
Will from this date (October HI sell t«
REDUCED PRICES,
ros ■ . .
CASE,
C»5-tf :
FINANCIAL.
CHAKIEB SHORT. 1 LALbS. BBHSOS, «.
QHARLKS EMORY & CO.,
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
No. 15 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
.AH kinds of nncnrrent funds and ‘Gold and Silvef
bought And sold, and. Collections made. ■>• ••
Particular attention given to the purchase aftie
of Government, State, and other Stocks and Loan??*
commission. • nold-em
JJARFER, DUKNBY, & CO, s
JBA3SK3SnE&® 9
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BBOKEBS.
Particular attention paid to purchase and sale of Oil
Stocks.
85 BOUTH THIRD STREET.
PHIIAnzIOTIA
XmrßßßXOßS.—Drexel SCo , Philadelphia; .1, B. Ana
on. President Southwark Bank. novlß-Sm
WHEREAS, THE AUDITOR GENE
-J,;«-J E .44‘L a 1 8 , r , e ? ,lire iJ 1 y tbellth Section of the Act
4 be Banks of this Common
wealth to become Associations for the purpose of Bank
ing under the laws of the United States, ’ ’passed on the
SKtii tse“r^Sl». f Mt\^^
piled with by the said Bank, Mid that it has beoom™n
Association lor the purpose of Banking under the law*
of the United States- uauawa
Ido. therefore, cause tbls notice thereof to be pub
lished, in accordance with the provisions of the said
13th Section of the B&id Act. and do declare that the
Charter of said Bank, by the terms of said Act, is deem
ed and taken to be hereupon surrendered, subject to the
proi isione of the let Section of said Act,
A. G. CURTUr,
• Governor of Pennsylvania.
Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, Hoy. 29, 1861
ROOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE * SON,
816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHIL A.,
have now in store a very fine assortment of
LOOKING GLASSES,
~ ofevery character, of the
VRRY BESTJIANUFACTUEB AND LATRST STYLUS.
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
. apM WOTPRH AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
WOOD, WOOD, WOOD.—OAK, PINE,
TV and HICKORY WOOD, for sale at lowest sash
prices. f. d Watson.
noSO-lm* VINE-STREET WHARF.
PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY,
t |P res s*
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1864.
Miss Braddon’a newest new novel, “The Doctor's
Wife,” has been’published by Dick St Fitzgerald,
New York, who gave two thousand dollars for ad
vance sheets. We need hut remind' our readers
that Miss Braddon Is, par excellence (1), the greatest
sensation novelist of the day, “Lady Audtey’s
Secret,” “Aurora Floyd,” “Lady Lisle,” “The
.Outcasts," and several other works of flotlon, have
secured her popularity and shewn her power. A
year ago she commenced a story in Temple Bar, a
London magazine, published by'her* husband,
which she resolved should not be a sensation novel.
Nor is it. There is more pasßion than .incident in
If. It Is by far the best-written of eit her novels.
The heroine, daughter of a scamp, who eventually
turns out to be a forger by profession, and, becomes
a murderer on a sudden Impulse, is spalled, In
youth, by reading novels and poetry of the pas
sionate and sensational -sort, and, while her
heart’s hope is to win A hero of- romance, mar
ries a good-natured, stolid, humdrum country
surgeon, who Is in easy circumstances, but
likes a few shreds' of onion with his beef-steak,
sometimes eats with his knife, drinks gin and-water
instead of champagne, arid has a plain Kidder
minster carpet on his parlor floor, because he cannot
afford Green Seal or Brussels.’ She meets with her
heart’s eidolon, after marriage, in tkp'.person 01 Mr.
Roland Lansdoll, a rich and « used-up” Young man,
with a great landed estate—an Impossible Compound
of Don Juan, Rochester, and the Heir of Redollffe.
They fall in love with each other, hut, at last, when
asked to eiope, the'Dootos’s Wife refuses. Her
flirting, at least, was platonic. Her'husband dies,.
bellevlng ln her affeotlon and truth. Her father
meets Lansdell, against whom he has an old grudge,
and murders him. The lady Is summoned from her
deed husband to her dying lover, whom she loves
Tory dearly, and who bequeaths her the bulk of his;
fortune,on which she travels for a time, ooming
back at the age of twenty-five, (she is only nineteen
when'her husband and lover die,) and becomes tho
Lady Bountiful of the parish, besides Introducing
steam-ploughs and threshlng-maohlnes.
One would think there Is not muoh in suoh a
meagre plot as this. There Is not, but Mlm -Brad-’
don’s full-length of a pretty, half-edrieatedglrl,-
with her head In aloud-land from 111-directed study
of romance and poetry, who, while a mere child
wife, longing for love, Is sorely tempted', and goes
ho fhrther than sinning in her heart, is a portrait of
awoman which'it required a woman's genius to
produce. It Is by far the most artlstical character
yet, drawn by Miss Braddon. It Is not original,
The Bender, In reviewing The Doctor’s Wife,”
charges Its author with bold and liberal plagiary,'
and calls the book “a French novel adapted to
English tastes.” It Is taken from a French romance
oalled “ Madame Bovary,” written by M. Flaubert,
whose heroine Is but half-educated, and has her
mind perverted rather than corrupted by the low
creed of the, hovels on whloh her mental lire is sus
tained ; she marries a worthy common place
parish doctor unable to satisfy her sentimental as
pirations; more from silliness than from vice,-she
becomes a faithless wife; and finally dies by her
owm.hand, broken-spirited. The last inoldent Is not
reproduced in “The Doctor’s Wife,” for Miss
Braddon’s heroine does not actually topple over the
precipice, though she stands on its extreme verge,
and, however she sins in thought, does not fall Into
actual Impropriety. In both tales the husband dies
—the Frenchman, broken-hearted at discovering
from his dead wife’s letters that she had been faith
less to her vows; the Englishman, ignoranthow-lit
tle love his-wife bore Mm, and how nearly she had.
wronged him. The Inexplicable thing .connected
with “The Doctor’s Wife” is that such an Inven
tive person as its author shouldhave piilagea a well-.
known French novel for its plot. Received from T.
B. Pugh, 600 Chestnut street.
Dick & Fitzgerald have republished a new histo
rical romance, by W. H. Ainsworth, entitled “ The
Constable of the Tower.” The name declares the
locality of the story, the time of which is during the
reign of Edward the Sixth. “ The Experiences of a
French Detective,” from the same publishers,
through T.B. Peterson & Brothers, Is full of ex
citing -elroumstanoes; but the Frenchman is not
equal to Waters, the English detective,.
“Margaret Benin’s History, annotates by her
Husband,” Is No. 2470 f that very fine collection,
Harper’s Library of Select Novels.. It 'first appear
ed, as a serial, In the Comhitt Magazine, and, strange
to say, though written by Mr. Greenwood, has beeii
attributed by some of the London critics to no less
a personage than Queen Victoria, Our taste may '
be at fault, but though “ Margaret Dentil's Histo
'ry ” Is written with no small ability, we do not like
it. To some extent It is sensational, bnt this is no
demerit in the eyes of your regular novel-reader. It
has'a whole duel and half a murder among Us Inci
dents, as well as a well-concealed mystgjy. The
leading characters are weE conceived mid well
drawn. It Is the stupid “ husband,” with his offi
clous notes upon and.explanatlonsof - Margaret’s
narrative, who has set us against the book. The
poor heroine must have been, severely tiled, when
compelled to Eve with such a matter-of-fact old fel
low- Arthur Lainont, the prodigal, Is the most con
sistent character in the book. Received from Lippi*-/-
oott & 00., and T. B. Peterson &'Bro there. '
QIBBS’
•‘The Queen of the County,” by the author of
“ Margaret and her Bridesmaids,” Is -puMlshed hy
Mr. Coring, Boston. It Is dedicated from Wales,
to the author’s literary sisters In America, hut
is most thoroughly a novel of English society—
of a class, too,dlbt usually well drawn, including
the clergy, some of the nobility and baronetage,
and the high county people—the great landed in
terest which scorns to accept such nominal rank as
Royalty could bestow by elevating them to the
peerage. One of these county folks, whose family
had held the same lands from the time of King
Alfred (by the way, It has struck us that his cakes
burned on the farmer’s hearth, because he neglected
to turn them while he was flirting with the far
mer’s pretty dairy-maid), was' offered' a peerage
by George the Third, and curtly answered,-
“Thank you, sir; I am the head of the gen
try, and mnst decline being the tall of- the
nobility.” The lady who Is supposed, to tell her
own history, as “Queen of the County,” is- the
daughter of “a clergyman in the north of England,
and weds one.peter Mallerdean, mi Immensely rich
country squire, and, by virtue of his anolont family
and great wealth,becomes “Queen of the Coun
ty.”-; The husband dies early,, from an accident,
and the widow, who had been married when the
second William Pitt was In power, survives, loving
and beloved, tojhe ripe age of ninety, relating the.
family history to the close. This Is by no means a
sensational novel. There Is nothing Improbable In
it. Men, women, and children are -exhibited In it—
as men, women, and children. The early family re
cords here could never have been merely imagined.
To us,.the episode of-Lucy Kent Is one of the finest
in the boek. One word more:—‘(The Queen of the
County ” Is essentially a book that may be put
into young , people’s hands. Received from T. B,
Peterson & Brothers.
Bayard Taylor’s new book, “John Godiroy’s
Fortunes; related by himself—a Story of Ameri
can Life,” appears simultaneously In London and
New Tort; published *in the last named “dig
gings ”by Hurd & Houghton. In the second week
or next month Mr. Taylor will complete his fortieth
year. At that age he has travelled more than most
travelling men pass .over In a lifetime, and has
written as many volumes as would fill a shelf in
any man’s library; Nothing he has yet produced
is even half as good as this, In which a eertaln John
Godfrey tells his own story. Mr. Taylor took a
great forward stride when he produced his recent
story; “Hannah Thurston,” hut* lie never showed
his full force until now. John Godfrey, a country
reared, Pennsylvania boy, who cannot- exactly
“cotton” to attending a grocery at Reading, and
belßg persecuted on acoonnt or original sln, beoomos
schoolmaster for a time; eventually glides Into
j onrnallsm at New York; Inevitably falls Jto love, and
concludes, aftersomenaturaltriatoana sufferings, in
wedding well, because happily, writing his life, like
a well-disciplined husband, at his wife’s auggestion.
We iiiievc that Mr, Taylor’s description-of sooial
life in . the country is true, and we stedw that his
sketches of city journalists’ life are correct, in the
main, -Rrom first to last, the readercannot help
Seing interested id John Godfrey. Lastly, the stylo
is excellent—clear, decided, and occasionally spark
ling. Thdre Is a dinner Beene at Dolmonioo’s, In
which the conversation does sparkle all through.
Wp have not the least doubt that “ John God Cray’s
Fortunes” will create a sensation. In England; the
critics there have not had anything half - so
good for some time. Here wo would gladly
close; but “we are nothing, if not orltioal,” and
therefore recommend Mr. Taylor to eschew Irish
character* in his future novels. That excellent
Mary Mal.oney of his, If an Irishwoman, as he says,
would never say indade for indeed, nor wake for
week, nor gifs for gels, nor, above all, would have
substituted the Cookney his-self for himself. If
Irish conversation Is to be given In a book’, let Its
character be exhibited, not by bad spelling, but by
the natural spirit and wit of the Interlocutors, and
their idiomatic use or the language they use. How
ever, we hearlily commend “ John Godfrey’s "For
tunes,” to our friends, the public. Received from
J. B. lilppinoott & Co.
From G. W. Carleton, New York, we have an
A merican and an English novel. The first, bearing
the title of “ The Winthrops,” purports to be a
quiet family story, told In. an every.day manner. It
is all this, and a little more—ibr it gives glimpses of
American life, which we recognize- as true. The
othej book, by the Oxford graduate, who wrote the
Adventures of Yerdant Green, and takes the nom
de plume of “ Cuthbert Bede, B. A.,” is a novelette
called “ Nearer and Dearer,” the hero of which, a
certain Sir Charles Ohatterton—ortho Sir Charles
Coldstream school—wagers that he will go to a
neighboring ijoardlng-sohcol, ask for a Miss smith,
and bring back from her a look of her hair. All this
he does, being mistaken -by the lady herself for her
long-absent ends by marrying the lady,
who turns out to hove been hls first flame, In school
days. The story is very neatly told, and Is illus
trated by forty-seven wood-engravings, from the
author’s designs. A more free-ond-iSaSy story we
have seldom met.
“ The Lost Love,” by the author of “John Dray
ton,” Is published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers.
A woman’s hand o&nbe recognised in this hovel,
the characters and localities of wM&are, chiefly
New Works of Fiction,
ECEMBER 13, 1864.
Scottish. As it 1b only a new edition, we need not
criticise It. “The Mysteries of Florence,” by
George Llppard, la.also a now edition of a very
spirited romance.
“Woodoliff,”by Harriot B. McKeever; published
by Lindsay A Blakl3ton, is a serious—wo might say a
religious—tale, the herb of whlehisa Roland Brace,
born In Scotland, and brought up In America.
Self-educated (he is made to pass through college
by becoming bootoleaner to hla fellow-students I)
he works his way on, until he becomes United Stateß
Senator, ere he has reached the age ol forty, and
marries an heiress. Her character. Is very well
drawn, hut. hit is forced and unnatural.
He quotes Scripture, in his ordinary conver
sation, before he gets Into Ms teens, and Is
'one of the “faultiest? monsters” who exist only In
fiction—a model man, much too good ibr this naugh
ty world. A work of fiction .that sermonizes is a
literary hybrid. Miss McKeevor has made the
most of a bad.. plan, but blunders wben (p. 64).she
makes Clavernouse pursue the Covenanters, in the
reign of Charles the First, for- when that monarch
died, In 1649, *piaverhouse was not six years old*
His contest with the Covenantors did not oommence
unt11.1678. Nor sis' It correct (p, 1 65),’ when persons
speok of one Mademoiselle Fouladoux to make them
say “I hope you do not tease ,M’Hei”-; and=
“Tense M’lle.i Not muoh!” for nobody oan
speak in thls-abbrevlated manner. Again, (pp.
138-145), a Scottish woman, writing about events
that happened In her native land, uses tho patois,
i‘You are owre near akin,” “Why did Una
ken this before 1 I might hae geenlt*”'—andso
on, the foot being that nobody (except an author)
putting a conversation on paper ever takes the need
less trouble of endeavoring to show how the words
were pronounced.. Ifastly, .MBs McKeevor is
wholly wrong (p. 803) in putting the prefix of
“Lady” before the Christian name of a baronet’s
daughter; I ,that courtesy title is given only to the
daughters oL dukes, marquises, and'earls. :■ Not
withstanding: these, mistakes, and despite of- the
- hero hetegtso very good as to be unnatural and un
- plcasant, the general-incidents of “ WoodeUff ” will
Interest the.reader. As we have said, Madeline,
Hamilton Is a character very ably drawn ami de
veloped. t. ■ J-
Periodicals Beceired.
From Ml A. Winch, 505 Chestnut street, the old
Franklin Almanac for 1865. This Indispensable an
nual is even more complete than in former years.
Besides the Calendar and many valuable astrono
mical notices', it gives a ohronlole of the War from
' October, 1863, to the beginning of last November;
and, besides our own national statistics, gives those
of “ the sO’Called-Southem Confederation,” the nu
merical strength ol the armies and navies of the
world, the last stamp act, the license duties, United
States railways, the Governments ortho World, our
own State and Territorial Governments, Roman
Catholic hterarohy in tMs country, and muoh mis
cellaneous information. This Almanac Is reliable,
neat, and low prloed. -
From Benorman & Wilson, comer of Seventh and
Cherry streets,'- the December number of the
ThilcAclj,ti\a"i'.hoU>graphcr, completing the first an
nual voiurpe. Woll edited by practical men of
science, well printed, and Well Illustrated, this
monthly journal is worthy of Jhe patronage it has
received, which is so great as to Insure its oontinu
'anoe, with many improvements.- It contains, among
other Interesting matter, the proceedings of the
PhotograpMo Society of PMladelphla, of whloh
Mr. Constant Gnlllou, a very successful amateur, is
President for the ensuing year. The Index revealß
the names of the following able contributors . Cole
man Sellers, M. Carey Lea, Edward Everett, Dr.
Van Monekhoven, M. A. Root, F. A. Wenderoth,-J.
W. Swan, Rev. Dr. H. J. Morton, J. L. Lafltto, F.
Greff, H. 3. Newton, F. T. Fassett, &o. The Illus
tration in number is a view through an
arch near AhwHrheel.hortsov at Falrmount Water
works; tlii back-ground shows the Mgh land west
of the Schuylkill. TUp -artist is Mr. C,' Eugene
Meyer, Arch Street. )'
Friijni WJBM?Mf«P,'io6aSoath Third street, the
new numfienS’-the EMnburgh Review, reprinted by
L. Scott, New York. Tho opening article, upon
that part ol Scotland known as Angus (actually the
county of Forfar, bounded by-the German ocean on
the east, and elsewhere by the shires of Aberdeen,
Kincardine, Fteth, arid Fife), will give pleasure to
«a’ blither 'Scots;” and Information- to the rest of
mankind. There Is a seml-blograpMoal notice of
the late Archbri&op Whately, who, notwithstanding
i all hls leamlnaWill probably be best remembered,
outside of Ms “ Historic Doubts
respecting Napoleon,Bonaparte,” the Idea of which
waß suggested by Horace Walpole’s “Doubts on
the Life Asdtßeign of Diehard the Third.” There
are criticisms -on the French anti-clerical novels
(“Under the Ban” and “The Nun”), and on Robert
Browning’s Poeiris, productions which, for the most
part, are so obsqureand Involved in language as to
be There Isa resurni of the
life of Marshal Saxe. Apolitical article closing this
•number dttrlbu&g all* the virtues under heaven t°
Lord Palmbrstfln’s Government—whlch, however,
entered ofilce In 1859, ori a solemn promise to grant
Parliamentary Reform, a promise unfulfilled to this
day. : : o ] - .
- Seldiess’ Families.
To the Editor of .The Press :
Sißj published In The
Pi-ess of tßeml fnsti, on this subject, I.promised,
With your permission, ’ to lay before your readers
some addiiionaiJaotß, appealing to the sympathies
of our citizens Inarehalf of the shivering and starv
ing families of w%9gpble dead, dying, and bleeding
soldiers. Facts are stubborn things—foots that
our eyes see, that our ears hear, that our bauds
handle, and over which our hearts weep. This oold
plerclng morning a little fellow came to my door
with an old dirty bag over his shoulder, looking for
“ some pieces,” Should I drop that plateful in the
bag and let him gq^.'Podr.starvihgsoiaiers’ children,
' how m&y pieces'are dropped in your bags and
your baskets, with no kind word or look; with
none to ask a shred, of your little sad life-history;
the telling of which would so much lighten your
little burdened heart! “Well, my little fellow,
what’s your name!” “ Willie Glass, sir.” “ Wililei
is your father living 1” “ Father’s in the war, sir.”
“Is your mother living, Willie 1” “Yes, sir; mo
ther ibts in thdiapjjjltry somewhere. There are
eight 8i .us. Sm||ji; Stay’at uncle’s, and me and
Mother one stays at iny'sister's; she’s mar
ried, and lives onK—— street, over’there, between
and streets.” “Bat, what took mother
to the country, Willie 1” “She wasn’t able to
keep ns; she wap,’* strong; and she got a
place and put us there where we are,” "Do you
see your mother sometimes 1” “ Yes, sir; she gets
in some Sundays.” “ Can’t your sister keep you!”
“No, sir; she’s poor,and I and little sister go round
looking for pieces.”’ “ Did you ever go to Sabbath
school, Willie 1” “Yes, sir;.when father was at
home.” ‘<Dfd you learn-to pray 1” “yes, sir.”
“ What was it, Willie 1” .He knelt -down on the
steps—my eyes are blind with tears while I write
this—and:« clasping his little- cold, red -hands
together, turned htojlittle;pale face up to heaven,
and repeated, distinctly, his « Our Father,” and
other similar prayers. Oh, methlnks angels might
have both wept and rejoiced at that sight. What
volumes that boy spoke to my heart, tills morning,'
on those steps! I narrate them in their native sim
plicity that they may speak volumes to the hearts of
thousands of our citizens. Nor is this a solitary
case j thousands of such eases may be met with in
our -city at the .present day. So full of suoh
cases Is my note-hook; that I could write, a lengthy
arttole for your paper on, this subject everyday.
Now, let ns hear what that hoy’s father says on the
battle-field and In the damp. The following Is an
extract &om the letter of an offloer In the Army of
the Potomac, to Ms mother, who resides In Walnut
street, In this city: “-Dear Mother, It seems very
strange to me that the people at home do not pay
more attention to the families of our ‘boys’ here.
Thousands of dollars have been spent merely for
one meal—a Thanksgiving dinner. Of course, It
made us allfeel happy to know that those at home
thought of us; but how much better would we have
felt If they had only given It to the starving fami
lies of some of our brave oomrades In the field I We
know not of the suffering, but we know there must
he some suffering ones among so many that have
husbands and fathers with ns. Why was the ex
penditure not made tor those who really needed it 1
Yet, we appreciated the kindness, hut think we
would have appreelafedlt more If It had gone to re
lieve the suffering families of our oomrades. In many
respects the dinner was a perfect farce. The inten
tion was good, and Some, no doubt, fared well, hut the
men for whom the dinner was really prepared go(
but little. In my regiment, when the distribution
was made, my company received one turkey, one
and one-fourth mince pie, for eighteen men, and an
apple apiece. In another company there were
twenty-two-chickens for one hundred and fifty
men.” Now, Mr. Editor, when a young man’s
sentiments and opinions are sueh as the above,
what must be the cbnviotions and desires of
the., husbands and fathers who know that their
families are suffering while thousands of
dollars are expended In needless luxuries,
not to say extravagance ! Should our patriotic
zeal so overcome our judgment that we should
expend thousands on those who tell us to spend
ItonthelrneedyYamilieSi. Heave theße thoughts
and facts with’ the thinking, prudent, benevolent
men and women of our city. Let me now paint out
the channels through whloh the streams of benevo
lence may flaw. The great point In any benevolent
enterprise Is a well-organized system, with proper
agencies, and energetic, prudent, noble-hearted
managers. Sometimes Individual efforts, Buoh as city
pastors,may accomplish good; but.- as a general
thing, when the workls extensive, and the demands
urgent, a well-organized system Is indispensable to
successful operation. Such an organization, lam
happy to say, so far as I have examined its modus
operandi, 18 found inj" The Ladles’ Speolal Relief
Society,’’..connected with the United States Sani
tary Commission. The object of this sooiety is spe
cially the relief of the families of our soldiers. The
ladles having the management of the affairs of
this sooiety are too-well known to our citizens for
-me to say a word In regard to their energy and de
votion to this cause. Only this morning I received
their printed regulations and reports for last year,
ana, Sftor fully examining them, feel thankful that
there Is such an organization; tbat In it there is
every pieoe of machinery needed for the pressing
exigency of the times, and all in their place, wait
ing for the motive power from the large hearts and
full purses pf our citizens..
Bereisanextraotfrbmthelrreeords: “Duringthe
month of November justdosed two hundredand fifty
applicants for assistance received it at the hands of
this society in the shape of work or a small weekly
sum of money. Three thousand articles were oom-
Sleted by these poor women, of whloh five or six
undred belonged to the sanitary Commission,
and the remainder were procured from the con
tractor. Mine hundred and seventy dollars have
been expended during this month in payment for
the above work, and we believe could this sum be
trebled It would be,all'too small for the demands on
the society. Four hundred tons of coal have also
been distributed among the families of soldiers.”
But I fear that’ I am drawing too largely on your
spsee.aud patience. It cannot be that our citizens
will overlook the claims of the soldiers’ suffering
families, and’ it is gratifying to know, that tbls
sooiety and others of a similar oharaoter.ars just
' now ready to do the work. Will not every heart
respond with sympathy, and every purse with dol
lars 2 v - OITX PA3TOE.
THE REBEL PRESS.
THE PROGRESS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT.
Gov. Smith in Favor of Arming the Slaves;
We have received from our correspondents Rich
mond exchanges of the 9th, from which we condense
the most Important intelligence:
SHEEMAH BALE-WAIT BBTWBEN MILLBH Aim
SAVAKItAH.
Sherman is reported to have reached a point half
way between Millon and Savannah, and Is thought
to be marching on the latter. On Friday morning,
2d instant, Ms main body broke up its camp at Lou
isville, Ga., and marched down tho Central Rail
road, the 14th and 20th Army Corps, which form Ms
left wing, being In advance.. Before nightfall the
greater portion of the Yankee column had passed
through Millon, In tho direction of Savannah.
There appears no later nows of his whereabouts
by the Charleston papers.’ The Richmond papers
threaten Sherman with, a warm reception on reach
ing Savannah. The Georgians are “rapidly re
constructing the railroad In his rear.”
BATTLE AT POOOTALIBO.
The Charleston Mercury ol the sth says that pas
sengers who arrived on Sunday, evening reported
chat a fight was going on somewhere near Pocota
ligo as they passed that point, but no definite
details in regard the progress or result of
the reported action could bo gathered.
THK PBTEBBBUEG AND WELBOH BAILROAD.
(From the Richmond Despatch, Decembers.]
Information reached here yesterday says that a
force from Grant’s army had struck the Petersburg and
Weldon Railroad at JarreWs, thirty-two miles south of
Petersburg, and were proceeding towards Weldon. Up
to this time of writing .we have no, official advices
from this expedition. We learn from an unofficial
source that a heavy column of tho enemy, consist
lngof Infantry, artillery, and Cavalry, left ourfroht
at Petersburg on Tuesday night, moving down the
Jerusalem plank road, arid were reported on Wed
nesday morning at ProotoT’s MIU, twenty miles
south of Petersburg, since that time they were not
heard Horn till yesterday morning.
A LAND AND NATAL ATTACK,
[From the Richmond Sentinel, December 9. ]
The Indications are that the enemy, ir he eon use
the canal at Dutch Gap, will make a combined land
and naval attack on the fort protecting the water
approaches to Richmond. There is no part of our
lines where we are better prepared to meet them, and
we feel confident of’ a Confederate success,
GOV. SMITH BBCOMKEHDS THE AEKIBG Of THE
SHAVES.
The message of the Governor of Virginia recom
mends, it wilt be seen, thearmlng of the slaves as
suggested by Jeff Davis:
“The only question is has the time arrived t Are
we able, beyond a question, to wage successful war
against a Power three times our own in numbers,
with all Europe'from which, to- recruit, and who un
hesitatingly put arms in the hands of our own ne
groes for our destruction 1 I will not.sayvthat, un
der the providence of God, we may notoe able to
triumph; but Ido say that we. should not, ftom any
mawkish sensibility, refuse any means witMn our
reach which will tend to enable us to work out our
•deliverance. For my part, standing before God and
my country, I do not hesitate to say that I would
arm such portion of our able-bodied slave population
as may be necessary, and pul them in the field, so as
to have them ready for the spring ~ campaign,
even if it resulted In the freedom, of those thus
organized. Will I not employ them to fight the
negro force or that enemy—oye, the Yankees them
selves—who already boast that they have two hun
dred thousand of our slaves in arms against us 1
Oan we hesitate, can we doubt, when the question is
whether our enemy shall use our Blaves against us,
or we use them against him! when the question may
he between liberty and independence on the one
hand or our subjugation aod utter ruin on the other!
I know it is the opinion of some of the highest military
authorities that the time has come when we should call
our slaves to our assistance, and I- hold It to be
clearly the duty of every citizen, however muoh ho
may doubt the wisdom and necessity of the policy,
to co-operate In strengthening by every means our
armies. I repeat, I know this policy Is looked to
: with anxiety by some of the the ablest military men
bf the age, who believe that IMs of the last Import
ance thatit should be adopted without delay. I
therefore earnestly recommend to the Legislature
that thoy should give this subject early considera
tion, and enaot suoh rrieasures as their wisdom'may
approve.' :: .
PERSONAL.
Major General WllUam Teeumseh Sherman,
Is the lull name of the hero who has marehed upon
Savannah. He was born at Lahoaster, Ohio, In
1820 j his father,‘the Hon. Chas. It. Sherman, one of
the Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court, and elder
'brother-of Senator Sherman. He was educated In
the family of the Hon. Thomas Ewing, the dis-.
tingnished lawyer, whose daughter he married, he-'
coming brother-in-law to the now General Thomas
Ewing. At-sixteen he entered, and In 1840-gradu
ated from West Point. In 1841 he was stationed at
Fort Moultrie, Charleston; in 1848 was breveted
captain for Mexican services; In 1833 he took
charge of the banking house of Lucas, Tur
ner, & Co.-, at San Franolsoo; and In 1860 was
President of the State Military Aoademy of
Louisiana, a position which he resigned, on the
first Indications of secession, declaring to Governor
Moore that, “on no earthly account” would he
“do any act or think any thought hostile to the
trovornment of the tjilted States.” Sherman was
the hero of the victory of Shiloh, where, Gene
ral Rousseau says, “he gave us our first les
sons, in the field In the face of an enemy; and
of . all the men I aver saw he was the most un
tiring, vigilant, and patient.” Grant gave him
the credit of the victory, Sherman's was lately
described as not a remarkable face, “save the nose,
which organ was high, thin, and planted with-a
curve, as vehement as the curl of a Malay cutlass,
the face and neck were rough and covered with'red
dish hair, the eye light In color, and animated ; hut,
though restless and bounding like a ball from one
object .to another, neither piercing nor brilliant; the
month well closed bnt common, the ears large, the
hands and feet long and thin, the gait a little roll,
lug, hut firm and active. In dress and manner there
was not the slightest trace of preten&ion. He spoke
rapidly, and generally with an inquisitive smile.
To this ensemble I must add a hat which was the re
verse of dignified or distinguished, a simple felt
affair, with a round'erown and drooping brim.” '
In his late speech before the New York Port
Society, Commodore Winslow said a good word for"
gallant Jack:
“ Now, human nature Is so constituted that there
isasolt spot In the heart of everybody, and It is
more particularly exemplified in Jackthan in any
other constitution I have ever seen. I assure you
If you only touch it in the right place you will find
a response that will more than pay you for any
thing you can. do fob him, [Applause.] The first
thing with the sailor to to make Mm feel that you
have an interest in his welfare. Make Urn believe
you are hto friend, and you are sure of his gratitude
and confidence. lam sure that on board the Keat
earge there Is not a man who does not feel that I
am not only a friend, bnt (to use their own expres
sion! a father to them, and were I in any part of the
world, and to call npon these men, lam sore they
would' flock to me just exactly like children [ap
plause], for, without being egotistical, I may say
they have that confidence in me, that whether in
the tempest or under fire, In action, or anywhere
else, as long a 8 the captain to on deck they feel the
ship Is right,”
That octogenarian dandy, the Hon. Grantley
Berkeley, whe-se sporting visit to the Western
States a few years ago brought him Into- notice In
this country, has just published an autobiography'
which gives a curious Insight Into the habits and
associations of the British aristocracy. In Its ear
liest pages he does not scruple to let Ms readers
know that' hto mother was a petty tradesman’s
daughter, and that she was Ms father’s mistress,
under the name of Miss Tudor. Fromhis descrip
tion of her it would appear that she was vulgar and
unfeeling, and that his father, by his brutality, was
worthy of matching with her. The facts related in
connection with Ms duel with Dr. Maginn exMblt
in a still more shameless light the character of the
writer. He does his utmost to show that Maginn
was a coward, and that Mr. Fraser had instigated
him to-shoot Ms opponent under threat of arrest
for detyt ifhefalled. Maginn had never handled a
pistol in; his life. “ Had we fought with my copper
John Manton’s pistols, that I was used to, I could,
have hit any button on my adversary’s coat.”
Among the directions agreed to, we find: “ You are’
to hold your arms pendent by your sides, and. to
take no aim.” Two pages after Mr. Berkeley says :
“I awaited hto disoharge, and delivered mine
immediately, after taking a hasty aim at Ms leg!”
Comment on tMs would be superfluous. '
There to-qulte a strong opinion In England that
Muller did not confess bn the gallows, as alleged.
A lawyer calls loudly through the columns ofPirw'ic
Opinion for the manuscript prepared by Muller be
fore Ms execution. to alleged that this is publio
property, and that the Aldermen have no right to
keep it from the -people, as they are doing. Louis
Blanc Kas written strongly against the idea that
Mullereonfessed. The parson who alone heard the
alleged-confession has given two or three different
versions of italready. Be was laboring nnder such
bn .excited conviction that Muller was guilty, and
vehement superstition that he would “gostraight
to hell If he dldn’t«Bonfess,” that Msacoount, totally
unsupported as It Is, is soareely oreditable.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is giving a series of
Sunday lectures on social topics In Boston, In Ms
last we find the following : •*“
The democratic opening of all avenues to all to
the fixed advantage which our.lnstitutlons give, the
solver -of conceits. He hated to hear the asser
tion that our Government excludes .the highest
class, as in New York we are told that the moment 1
man enters politics he loses social caste. This is
absurd, a wretched skepticism on its face. No bar
can prevent the gentleman in our seelety from
giving his aid to promote the general advantage.
What admirable traits are developed In our town
meetings i he had Seen the Internal politics of a
little town discussed with a dearness and perspi
cuity than would be precious Iff aoltyor in Wash
ington. He was so purely a spectator In town--
meetings that he claimed to take as impartial a view
of their characteristics as an observer from a foreign
land.
The death of Schoolcraft, the Indian historian,
takes a truly national author from the list of our
eminent living literati. In hisworkß upon Indian
life and history he has contributed marked and valu
able chapters to American literature, and his me
mory will he honored with those of the distinguished
pioneers. - . ’ -,'
Ths [late celebration of Shakspeare's birthday
in England called forth numerous publications re
lating to the works and times of the Immortal
bard. Among them was a'new translation of
“Hamlet” into French by the Chevalier de Oha-te
lafn. Our readers are, of oourse, familiar with the
following lines:
“ How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable
Sesmto me all the uses of this world!
Fleon’t! O, fie I *tls an unweeded garden
That grows to seed ; things rank and gross in na
ture
Possess It merely.”
The Chevalier thus renders them into French: 1
“FI done Ifi done t * * Ces jours qu’on nous
meutre superbes - '
Sent nn vllain jardln rempli do, folios, herbea,
Qul donnefft do I’lvrale, et. eertes rien deplus
Si ee n’eat les'bnglns du choldra morbuj,"
FOUR CENTS.
A Question.
To the Editor of The Press.
Sib: 'Wien is the good time coming t Ini
resident of Germantown. My cook, a tidy and re*
spectacle mulatto woman, came to mo,a few days
Since, ftom her home In West Philadelphia, nearly
a mile beyond the Market-street bridge. She walk
ed from that point to the depot of the Germantown
steam oars, at Ninth and Green, between: two and
three miles, carrying her olothes—two large bundles.
She seemed weary on her arrival, and when 1
queried if it were so, her qnlat answer was—“A
little tired,” Perhaps It was this uncomplaining
reply that tonobed my heart.
I asked her about her family, and my cheek smarts
ed with Bhame when she told me that both her hus
band and brother were soldiers In onr army—the
'former now In New Orleans, the latter In the West
Philadelphia Hospital, having lost a’leg before
Petersburg, in those cars, which passed her on the
road, are allowed men so Intoxicated as to ho In
tolerable, and market-women who nestle their
greasy baskets among the silk dresses of the passen
gers without let or hindrance, while this ojean,
well-dressed wife and sister of our soldiers may not
.find admittance. Surely the wives and sisters of
those wearing the United States uniform should not
be thus treated. Again I say, “When-ls the good
time coming V‘ A Subsobiekb.
[When railway companies understand—when the
people realise—that It Is for thelr highest profit, to
extend the benefits of public economy to the t poor
without distinction.] 1 . ,
Nbobobs at Auctions.— This is another innova
tion that the times have brought upon us: another
symptom of the breaking down of the barriers that
until this war kept the negro in his proper sphere.
Now ladles and gentlemen at auctions are forced to
bid In oompetlon with swarthy negroes, who mo
nopolize the most eliglble-positlons, and olaim the
nod of the auctioneer. Not an auction Is held but
the negro element Is largely developed, ana some
dusky “Mrs. Toodles” Is always around enjoying
the first pick, and putting her label on the goods of
her choice.
Auctioneers would consult their Interest, and the
convenience and comfort of the citizens that attend
•upon their sales, If they would adopt astringent
rule excluding negroes from their auctions. It is
rarely that they attend to buy; It is only the Innate
curiosity of the negro that prompts him to attend
and bid, and put himself or herself in the way of
white citizens who really desire to make bona tide
bids and purchases. Again, this promiscuous sell
ing to slaves without the written permission of their
owners is a violation of a city ordinance, and every
auctioneer so violating the law is liable to the pen
alty provided. We hope the police will see that the
law In this regard Is enforced —Richmond Examiner.-
THE - OITY.
THE FIRST LADIES’ ASSOCIATION OF THE
TWENTY-FOURTH WARD.
The ladles of the “ West End,” for their enduring
patriotism and untiring energy in the cause of hu
manity and Christian benevolence for the suffering
Boldiers, have given a name to the city of Philadel
phia that every intelligent being feels justly proud
of. In their efforts at the Satterlee Hospital, in ar
ranging a large library for the especial benefit of
the gallant sons of Mars, the ladleß accomplished a
work the benefits of which border on the infinite.
At the present time a number of ladles residing in
that beautiful and healthful section of our oity are
holding their annual fair at the hall, Thirty-seventh
and Market streets, the proceeds of which are Tor
the benefit of the widows, wives, children, and or
phans of soldiers who have done the “-State home
service”—of soldiers who have laid down their lives
on the battle-field, or ore now In onr hospitals. Such
an object Is a holy one; It Is the life-spring gushing
from the very heart of Christianity, and shouldmeet
with universal approval. *
,! CAPTAIN "WINSLOW.
A complimentary dinner will be given to this groat
naval hero, at the Continental, this evening. His
victory ever the rebel Alabama cruiser forms a'very
-brilliant page in the history of naval engagements
and the cause of the Union, and the names ot Wins
low aadKearsargeare now as familiar as household
words in all parts of the world. The dinner Is ten
dered to;this distinguished officer by a number of
the most prominent gentlemen in the city, who can
appreciate true patriotism. The dinner will take
place at 8 o’clock,
THANKS TO PHILADELFHIANB.
The following letter of thanks has been received
by Mrs" Daniel Haddock, Jr., treasurer of the Phila
delphia table at the Boston National Sailors’ Fair:
National Sah.obs’ Faib, '
- 221 Washington Street,
- Boston, Nov. 30,1864.
Deae Madam : I have the pleasure to Inform you
that, at a meeting of the managing committee of
the National Sailors’ Fair, held this morning, it was
unanimously voted that the thanks of the committee
be extended to those citizens of Philadelphia who
generously contributed the means to furniali a table
at the fair lately held In this city, and also to the
ladies who presided fiver the same with, so much
care and with such good ‘results, having added to
the funds $7,000 (seven thousand dollars).
Per order of the committee,
■ . MBs. S. T. Hooper,
Secretary N. S. F.
GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.
- A stated meeting of the Board of Guardians was
held yesterday afternoon, Pieslcent Erety In the
chair. The house agent reported the following cen
sus of the house, Ac., for the week ending Saturday,
December loth, 1864:
Number of persons In the house at 12 M....... 2 ,719
Same time last year 2,558
Increase........ .’ 161
' BECAPITUiATION.
Admitted within tne last two weeks ....... 21#
Births « . “ «' 12
Deaths ‘ » “ . “ «- 22
Discharged “ “ “ .. 91
Eloped « • « m . ........... si
Number of persons granted lodgings witliin tbe
last two weeks 49
Number grantee! meals 103
Tbe Board of YisitOTS reported the total expend!,
ture for out-door relief during the month of Novem
ber as $4,975 99. The whole number or Americans
receiving out-door relief waß 1,139
Whole number of foreigners .receiving out- ,
floor relief...... 7..... 1,575
Whole number of children receiving out-door
re1ief............. 4,119
Total 6,883
Mr. Townsend offered a resolution, which was
adopted, authorizing the Committee on manufac
tures to procure chains and fillings to supply the
weaving shop. ,
Mr. Whltail offered the following:
■ Resolved, That where the contractors for delivery
of fuel to the poor of the different districts do not
-supply them within three days, alter delivery of
orders, the Guardian of the district shall he autho
rized to get a supply from other parties, provided
It be at no greater cost.
*- Adjourned till December 2Tth,
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE OF SOUTHWARK.
An effort Is about to he made to resuscitate this
institution. The building is located on Fifth street,
below Washington avenue. - For several years past
the organization was almost abandoned, hut a num
ber of enterprising gentlemen have taken the affair
in hand, and are determined to reinstate the insti
tution among the N literary organizations of the city.
The reader is especially referred to the advertise
ment in another part of this day’s Press,
HECEFTION AT THE EXCHANGE.
Captain Winslow will be formally received, at 1
o’clock to-day, at the Commercial Booms of the Ex
change. He is the guest of the members of the
Board Of Trade.
CHUBCH NOT TO BE BUILT.
The pastor of the Green Hill Church, Broad, and
Girard avenue, states that it Is . not contemplated
to erect a new.church building at Broad and Oxford
streets, nor has the sum of $75,900 been raised for
.the purpose.
INTERESTING LECTURE.
Mattie Brown," M. L. A., will deliver the-first
lecture, this evening, at Conceit Hall, on the gene
ral subject of “ The Age of Bepnbllcs, the Pastor
the Future.” The especial subject of the lecture
this evening will be “The Conflict of Principles.”
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republican members of Select Counoil hace
held a caucus and nominated aU the old officers.
About ten o’clock yesterday a fire broke out
in the rear of a building,' No, 1123 Coates street, oc
cupied by F. Kraiker, cabinet-maker. The rear
portion and roof were badly damaged. The flames
extended to No. 1120, occupied by S. Stahls, as a
lager-beer saloon. This building also suffered con
siderably in the rear and upon the root No. im,
occupied as a dwelling, was slightly damaged.
THE POLICE.
CBefore Ur Recorder Eneu.l
ALLEGED HORSE THIEF.
A. colored man, giving the name of Joehna Hunter,
alias Thomas Jon- s, was arrested yesterday' at Cam
den, -N. J., by Officer Adam Trefts, of the Recorder’s
office. The accused was in the employ of a gentleman
named John W. Woolson, a resident near Germantown,
for several months. Be left ihe place, and on Friday
last was seen loitering in the neighborhoods On. Satur
day mornirg a valuable horse belonging to Mr. Wool
son. disappeared from the stable. Yesterday it was re-
Krted that a colored man at Camd«n had. a horns which
offered for sale for the sum of $3OO. A warrant was
issued by Recorder Enen, and this document being le
gally endorsed by the authorities in New Jersey, the
arrest was made and the home detained. The prisoner
declared that he bad purchased the horse from another
colored man for $25. The Becoider not being able to
* * gee it, ’ * required the accused to enter bail to answer
court.
. over Issue- of stock.
- The secretary of tlie most popular paesengarrallroai
company was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Hr.
Recorder Enecu on the general charge of embezzlement.
Be was arrested on Friday last, owing to the ciseo rerjc
of an oyer issue ef 70] shares of stock, rained at a?,509r
It does not appear that the company wiU suffer by this
transaction. The accused is also treasurer of the Sail
road Relief Association, and has in his hands about
&,CCO of the fund sol this institution. It is believed that
this amount of money is safely invested. The most ex
aggerated Glories have been elrcul&tedfreely, which are
calculated to injure the stock of the company. The case
wait over for another hearing, by which time it is not
improbable the affair will be amicably settled.
CASE DISMISSED;
The case of the young man who was cb arsed with the
larcery o/artng fouact upon the huger of his sister, at
a store in North second street, has been dismissed. The
defendant produced quite a zraznbet of persons to prove
that he had possession of the ring for three months. The
claimant was equally as positive that he had it on the
night that he missed his pocket book, containing,
among other thing, the- ring, but he could not say that
it h&dbeen stolen mm him. It was a curious casein
eve) y view, audnndsrthe circumstances the Recorder
could do nothing else than dipcharjre the prisoner. The
zing in question was intrinsically cf littlo vahie.
CBefore Mr- Alderman Lutz. 3
ALLEGED HIGH-WAY ROBBERY.
Philip Yeager and Rudolph fiellan were arraigned
yesterday on the charge or highway robbery. The
evidence developed the fact that a female who had been
sitting up with a young friend started to go home about
three o’clock yesterday morning: While passing along
near Morris and Fourth streets she was suddenly seized
by a couple of men, who robbed her of a valuabla
breast Pin. She gave tbe alarm, and the accused were
arrested. They were bound o ver to answer at court.-
[Before Mr. Alderman Miller. 3
CONFIDENCE MAN;
A young man, calling himself Wm. Barber, was ar
raigned yesterday on the charge of the larceny of the
sum of %SfiO. The money is said to have been given him
for the purpose of paying for a horse. It is alleged, that
he appropriated the ca*h to liis- own use. “he accused
was allowed a chance to defend himself before the
Cziminal Court, to which tribunal he was bonded to
appear.
[Before Mr. Alderman Plankiutou. ]
THIEVING AT A FIRE.
Joseph White is the name given by an individual
charred with stealing at a fire A dwelling house, 307
NdTth Seventh street, was on fire on Sunday afternoon
The accused was seen walking away with a quantity of
stolen goods concealed beneath hii clothing He was
committed.'
CBefore Mr. Alderman Toland. 3
. DESPERATE FIGHT*
« T vl n * tile oll i r *s °? being concerned in the des
perate .fight in a malt house on Saturday, as meu-
P*VSSj{9\efd ay. Cornelias cinney.who
won badly beaten with shovels, is in a precarious con*
<uu«. SwftiniMMQ fttt«adiufi un **f* fcrt ittu*
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K further hearingP 16 Prisoners were committal to
CBefore Mr. Alderman Allen,!
ALLEGED PICKPOCBtE't.
C. B, Clark Jg the name of a young man who iuu beea
committed to answer the charge of picking the pquk»&
of Mr. GeorgeTraiuor, of Wilmington, Mwan. Th*
affair is alleged to have taken place at the depet of th*
Pennsylvania Bailre&d, in West Philadelphia.
THE COURTS.
B*pwme emit at Sist Prim*—Jtssttea'
«® e J TMtorday ter Jury trials. Sefsulttog
iS23 TJ r iL? Be 4 n j WXfc aid attachments were di
<ss'^?LS*B?“ t *hem. M ® case on the list
nfo?Sa| ady for lms ' tkß ®o“rt adjourned until tils
Coord or Comnton-Pioao-orndees Thon«><
soil »EKI IlUUsn. .
The session of this court yesterday was occunted vjhh','
the Orphans’ Court argument list. Bo otffbnstoasa
w#s dene.
Comtof Quarter Segstems-Jaage AUteou.
In conse(i»6iiC6 of the severe snow storm but tew ©ar.
sons-vere iirf aent at the opening* of the court.
was that of'a habeas corpus, i*
®^P that hie son Francis be
brought before the court, be beiagia the custody of the
Managers of the Honee of Befuge.
„i? l,a „ 0 a B C lie ’ I s * ! a PP*» r ed on behalf of the pa
"B>es B hrclay,E»q , conn sal for tha Howe
of Betoge. represented that Institution.
Judge Aliitoa made inquiry as to-the nams of the
to theßaml^ llo ' 8 complail ‘‘ tlls ch ‘ M w aß committed
etUd *"
a ?‘™ a ““£„ baT,B * his child committed totheße
&d o^L Cem!#ly WUI "* SO
Mr. O'Byrne stated that he expected to show that
fiend had been resorted to In this case, w t ac
The return to tbewrit was then handed to the oourt
Mr. O’Byrne made exceptions to the return, aa fol-
~ the return was incomplete, inasmuch as it
does not show that the boy, Branch McGoldrick. was
such a person as was intended for reformation by to*
ftctoi Asscied fely. >
tbe return is evasive, in not showing for
what offence the Bate boy was committed to the mans*
ftrsof the Hcuse of Keiagc
repudiated the second exception, and
said that the tew does not mean that a child shall b*
wi° th « E ff“de simply ftirone single epscifio
o*tnce. He, frtd that there were bnt two legal ways
Jh eiebyatoluld could be committed to the Eefuia by
The first was on the complaint of Its parent, guardian,
w next friend, whoee allegations wire that the chtoi
wm incorrigible, and that they ware unable to con-
The second was upon sufficient proof that the parent
guardian, or next friend was unfit to take charge 5f tha
return therefore oyerruled both exceptions to the
- Mr. o ’Byrne informed the conrt that his principal ob
ject in fihng the exceptions was for the ob
taining a hearing to the rase. He would fileadditional
r< u£o l s'„.. .r‘ e n C^i e Pif® dropped for the present.
McQqJdnch was charged, tis we are Inform
ed, with collecting money for his employer and epend-
IPJL - portion of it. Jits father, it is alleged, waswtt-
Itog he shonld go to ,toe Befogs rather than to prison,
thlnhing he couidgt t him out of the former institution
in a short period, a petition, signed by some very emi
fn°s&’oTKb C ifStt a ““ McCamlBy ’ fro “ ‘K
The last mentioned is a German, and was in court
Heither the child nor Mrs. McOaniley was present'
tare in the presence of McGregor J. MUchesom Ben ‘
who. represented to the court that Mr. Blakeney was
willing to surrender the child. ' wa *
Mi„,B- “id that when the child was first demanded
he refused to surrender it, because of his knowledge
that its toother was to a dying condition. Since the!
however, he lad consulted with counsel and had agreed
to stuftondar It.
cbiFd-P AUls *’ n - How aw yo ? eet possession of the
Mr. Blakeney. ft wos given to me to nurse
. .Mitcbeson suggested, to board; and he here as
serted that the chlia’u born d bad been promptly paid by
Mrs. McC&ulley. It bad been agreed between Hr
Blakeney and the counsel that the child would be given
be’eaved bl thm meaßß 1,8 ‘bought muchtronblo would
Judge Allison said that be was not there to look fo tin.
conveniences of counsel, but to use his best judgment
so as to have the welfare of the chud advanced
- ,£ Mitohesoi raid thatthemother of the child waa
in the Episcopal Hospital to a dying condition Mrs*
McGanliey, the lady who had agreed to lake the child!
at the request of the .mother, would eee to its future
welfare, and oversee it in the event of its being sentto
a Borne for orphan children s
!akeMyß ?^ a i ke4I * ay ? t . oaMra *» ‘he conrt,
which being granted, he proceeded to say. to a feeling
manner, that he thought of and eared for the child as
tenderly asi though it had been his own. Ho was wil
ling to use his best endeavors to educate and nronerlv
« a J ‘he child, particularly so, because of haying hSri
svunM oBs-üßey 0 Bs-uBey say that she would not adopt any low
child, as she had no love for children. He would mS
time to bring in witnessesin the case. ' UKa
' Mr. Mitcheson said that tko child would be bettor off
in the Home than in the house of Mr. Blakeney
Judge Allison said be did not know Mr. Biaksney.
nor did. he know what disposition Mrs. MeCsulleyin
tended making of the child. • He granted that tha
mother had a strict legal right to elect as to who should,
botheonetoeianof her chile, bnt before he would make
any disposition of the case he would hear testimony to
Older to determine which party would best auyance
the welfare of ti e child. At present he would not taka
tbgehild fiom it* custodian, Mr. Blakeney. - *
v... was heard upon a habeas corpus, ha
being charged with laieeny. ’
James McXiaughlin to* tilted his public house was
?ohbed on the evoking of Thanksgiving day ; a trank
to the bed- chamherwas broken open and rifled of at 2n
in paper, one or iwo hundred in-gold, and thirty doii&re
m .f'A ver * Same was in the bar-room that evening,
and toe witness noticed that he took.some matohes and
wentmto the yard, and that he did not see him after
wards ; the next day Hume came to the honse and
said “is everything all right?" on the Saturday night
S- I *,? S K . E “ me JS® E t d a one-doiiar note on
S f Midd elqwn at the bar of witness, which he rttanti
?ruuV !l *iirfs , Lif l ras a IS OB A, t \ e Botee BtolB “ fwm tha
trnito ; he identified the bill because or a piece of pa
per being pasted on the back of it. 1 pa
-Officer Mirkie testified to arresliugthe prisoner, hut
fcundnothing upon hra person except a fifty-cent n 5».
3 r 3 r 3 i. n r‘ ! lnk ’ which was a common one, and
Hie hasp had been pried off with a threc-quarSm
Daniel Dougherty, Esq , who represented tha priso
ner, said that he deemed an argument in the case unne
cessary, as the court- had heard the testimony. Ha
would, however, say that, fortunamly for his client;
he could show exactly wlere the note was obtained,and
further, he thought it preposterous to suppose that a
Bsaa wo aid steal money, and then go to the varv hoa*Z
was taken and attempt to pass it
Jadge Alheon thought that there was sufficient in tha
case for the action of a jtur, and consequently the prison
nerwas remanded.
A habeas corpus case, in which Mrs. Janies McElhara
claims tbe possession oi her two children, was next
heara. The latter, William, aged 16,.and Ailadella,
aged 9 years, were in court. .
Tie return to the writ, as presented by Mr. Goforth,
eets forth that the children are not restrained of their
liberty,-one being s clerk in a *tore, obtaining $450 &
year, while the other was at boarding school Alan
. that Alice Bolin (as Mr. McElhare cAllshi wife), kesM
a house of bad repute, for which she is now bouad over
to answer at court, and that she is not worthy of being
the custodian of her children.
Leonard s. Fittcher, £sq., presented a traverse to
thewrit, denying in tow the allegations set forth in tha
It was determined by tbe conit that the boy could
elect as to who he would Uve with.
Mrs. McElhare,known to her husband as Alice Dunn,
was now called and sworn. She testified that ner bus
hand left her some six «ears ago, la consequence of his.
dissipated habits. She had always maintained the cus
tody of the girl, until six months ago, when her father
stopped near the house with a carriage and took her off.
since when she had not seen her, except iu court. Wit
ness had always, ttrough her own resources, main
tained the girl, the boy being with his grandmothers
the girl was sent to Bchool, but had to be taken away at
the instance of the teacher,because the father continued
taking her from school and leading hei about from ta
vwn to tavern, where she learned very vile language. -
Mr. Fletcher produced copies of daily newspaper*
ranging from the years 1862 to 1864, and read therefrom
advertisement., in which Mr. MuElhare set fortli that
in consequence of having been compelled to abandon
his home,, he would sell his furniture, consisting of ths
usual variety, including one portrait,
McMhare said, “That was a portrait of my-
Another advertisement stated that the portrait was on
exhibition at a place therein named.
Mre. McElhare said that her husband informed bar
that he placed the portrait in a barber shop.
Another advertisement applies for 109 nurses for tha
army, the applicants to call at tha residence of Mrs
McEih> re.
A urrhs r informs psrfcie? desiring to visit the house of
Mtb Men., that they can obtain access through a small
street is the rear of the building.
Mrs. Mcßlhare now produced one<f the wrappers ia
which a paper wan contested, and declared the address
upon it to be in the handwriting of her husband; alee
that he had acknowledged to her that he had sent tha
paper?, usd did so 10 torment her, and that his revenge
ful disposition caussd him to do so. She also stated
that her husband was in the habit of driving oast her
house wit i a young girl of eighteen, and shaking hi*
'hand at her io attract her attention. On one tcc&sioa.
she followed him, and told the woman who was with
h m that he was a *» airied man, and she was his wife*
weerenron her hnrband called on a policeman to arrest
her, but she fled and prevented it.
Judge Allison thought evidence had better be heard
now as to the substantiation of the return made to the
writ.
Lieut Fuller testified that he had visited the house of
Mrs. McElhareat the instigation of her husband. .Ha
had never seen anything there but what he would have
permitted in his own house. H* had drank there ia a
friendly manner, as 3s usual at private houses. Some
young men boarded there who worked in the navy yard
and at & rifle factory.
T. N. "Walsh testified to having visited the house for
the purpose of making mattresses and exchanging some
furniture. He had drank there, and in return mada
Mrs. McElhare & present of a gallon of whisky. He de
nied ever having been there in company of a lady
dressed in black, fie knew one female boarder at Mrs,
JUcßlhare’s.
Officer Helverty testified to havingarresied McElhare
at the house of his wife. The lady next door sprang a
rattle, and demanded the arrest of the mas. On another
occasion murder was cried at the house, and he saw
McElhare run through the premises into a street in. the
rear. A warrant v> as issued and McElhare had a charge
of assault and battery preferred against him by the
wife, witness said he had visited the house to serve
subpoenas for Mrs. McElhare* but he denied ever having
been therein woman's clothing, •
The case was continued until next SahirdAv
torvuiion man who was tried by a
w eaPMs.au L of des “ 1 3 r
£Sqaitted, was Drought up
testified that Walker boarded with him
or four weeks, saying he was from Beading and
looking for work in a blacksmith-shops he also said h*
had been in the Southern army.
Walk er denied this, say mg that he had been taken by
a conscript party, but effected his escape from them,
anu went *0 Memphy, St. Louis, Leavenworth,.ana
Chicago, in searen 01 wow v At the last mentioned
place be obtained work for a short time. He then came
io Pittsburg and Reading, and then to Philadelphia*
He carried the revolver to protect himself in travelling,
and when he was told by a man at Mr. Antoni’s that it
was against the law Io cury weapons, he offered to dis
pose of St
Judge Allison said that in these times a man could
not be permitted to go around with a loaded revolver
without giving some account of himself He would
permit an officer to go with Walker with a view of find
ing some person to whom he had applied for work, or
the man with whom he had the conversation about the
revolver. Adjourned.
Moxuav, Dec. 12.
Wm. Mullieon pleaded guilty to a charge of assault
and b&tterv on his wife. Being called up for sentence,
Hullison said that if the judge would lot him off, h«
would enlist for one year The judge assented to this,
and the defendant was sent away with an officer, who
will afford him the- chosen opportunity to serve his
country.
- Anthony Bohnert, convicted upon two bills of indict*
ment for larceny, was sentenced to an imprisonment al
together for twenty-one months
John Morgan and Joseph Martin were jointly indicted
for the larceny of a wa’ch, and other articles, from a
loom at tbe American Hotel, upon being arraigned
Morgan pleaded guilty, and Martin not guilty. Morgan
stated that Martin cad nothing whatever,to do with the
theft, and had no knowledge of it until after the arrest
of both, when he was informed of the charge; that their
acquaintance wab formed upon the cars between Sew
Tork and this city, and that Martin, using a stranger,
waaaduis.d by him (Morgan) to stop at the American
Hotel, where their names ware registered together.
Upon this statement the hill as- against Martin was
submitted to the jury, who rendered a yerdict of not
guilty. Morgan, upon being called up for ten tence,
said that this was kts first .offer ee, and desired tha
judge to consider the fact that he had returned aU tha
property stolen. In answer to an inquiry of the judge
a* to who he was, and who his friends were, he said he
was born and raised in this city* and had learned hia
tiade-that of machinist—with Baldwin & Co.; that
subsequently, but before the war, he had worked in
New Orleans, in a machine shop, and since that time
at different shops in Dew York city, Albany, and lastly
atElmira, in tbe foundry of John W. MeGunn. For the
purpose of maMng soma inquiry as to the truth'of tua
prisoner’s statements, sentence was deferred for the
MeNamee was convicted of an attempt lo com
mita burglaiy of toe house or Chas. Boy!»•, on the night
of Monday* November 29. He reached the window of
Mr. BoylS s bedroom, as was testified to by the lattar.
by means of a wcoden shed or awning, and having
raised the sast, was in the act of grasping his pants,
which Isy upon a chair near. The noise awoks Hr. B.
and wife, who made an alarm, w bee tbe dsf-ndaatr
without having secured his prize, rolled otfihe shed into
theanoeof a police officer, who io b* on toe
spot. • A motion for anew trial was made, and sentence
wasdefemd. Chas. W. Brooke was fort as Common
wealth; Mr. Gxeeab&nk for defendant
• Bridget Bayard (colored), who, for some mou;hs k**
been empL yed as a domestic in t» of Mf. ret
tersfth, up town* was convicted of the larceny of var urns
articleSgftmoug other thing?* 30 poundeof crushed sugar,
and was eastecced to an. imprisonmeij. o*
months. The court Ikon adjourned