The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, December 29, 1864, Image 1

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|S '",'rd«red.
l! rti»went« toMrted At tu« aimal ratet
‘trtE TBI-WEKKW PRESS.
*, 0 gnbierlbera. Ftva Doblabb Pbb A»!orx,la
the HOUDMB.
0 FOB A LADY,
A OIFT FOE A WIFE,
A GIFT FOB A SJSTEB,
A tfIFT A FAMILY.
t „. l iaM HOLIDAY FEEBENT that ns ha
jg "FiLOBENCB.”
lAN INVSHTOB'S OESAT TEIOMFH.
gKWISa MACHINE PERFECTED I
, cbjeeiloM to ether Muhine* ire orertoms Is
lt mskei
fOBB I>IFFEBEBFT STITCHES
urns eiu*. and with w mtla maohlnair tli
W oaa. Beiides, It ha» Iha
PEVEKSXBJUE feed motion,
i( ( »u-M(nlatb>( teuton of thread, and so
igf.Wbeal*! or cams to let out of order. It doe*
iIA KINDS OP FAMIIjY SEWINGt,
„ Maries! woolen* to tli# m.oet delicate fafcrie*,
|u jltdiof ills, eotton, and linen tiureed, from
0. : , - , :
IKS MAOHIHE iOM BO l*rt« B ratio Of WOlk
ISEBOI. :
IB MAGHUfBvIMMS iho ladleo Bo wall U
ICE.
IS THE HANDSOMEST iUD THE BEST!
(WOKE THOOBAHD of tfc« FtOBBITOI h>v*
i'ri in within the last fow months.-
‘oßgSOStitteonlf PEBFEGT FAMDiX SBW-i
ACBiKS. irariantoA to slva on toe satlafaot'ton, 1
IB r utmei. Theire i» mom who owns A
YCS tint wool* Mil ,lt at soat, . , '
,1m Li DT OPKKA.TOBS lire tnatrmstloM at ths
of pnicbaaflrs (t«« of oharga, Stbijr Htohlna
ted. ac<t fcapl in perfect order for one rear.
jd tee tt» operations whether tou Vleh to por
-01 Mi. Smjplm of ««wln*, with pilsa Utt, Hat
nail-
(fIRBNCI BEWOre MAOHIJTE CO.,
10 CHoßtamt Street.
.DOMVB,
• ’
(OSD DEALER Aim JEW3BLIR,
808 CHESTNUT JSTKEBT,’
. ft large and splendid assortment of
AMOND JEWELRYj
!LE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Also, * beautiful awMitment of -
! sM Silver Watches, Jewelry, £c.
per Ware in great variety, statable for Bridal and
ty Pfe«ant3.
i«oTtment of Diamond Jewelry is complete* and
pries than can be found in this city.»
10LD, SILT’— 'IAMOTOS BOUGHT
or HiQHIFIOEST AND BLEGAHT DESIGNS.
owns AND ODOB CASES,
;nr and Puff Boxes,
,L 0 COMBS, TOOTH, NAIL, AND
HAIR BRUSHES,
SATCHELS, POCKET BOOKS,
SCISSORS IN OASES,
E AND POCKET KNIVES,
RAZORS AND STROPS,
mi ASSORTMENT 0?
FINE CUTLERY
AND
RIB FANCY GOODS.
I 'DBN & BROTHER,
DEJPOBTEBS,
SOOTH EIGHTH STREET,
tMat '
AHMSHMD IN 1813,
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
. WILSON «c SOW,
Cor. FIFTH and CKSRRI Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
ft on bund a large and general asaortment of
SILVER WARE,
ova manufacture, of U>e finest oualitT and
ttandard of SUyer.
ALSO,
PLATED WARE.
:i: « *nd tenoral aeaertmest of ■nperior Fitted
SIIiVEE bonght and taken In ezckangi
.THE HOLIDAYS.
nileles, Onuuneaial ns well *a Useful, la*
OI£»FA.KCX377’Z'I9 >
OH AND OIGAE-HOBDEBS,
INKSTANDS,
rOECEIiAIJ LANTERNS,
exible drop-light,
With flouts and otter Stands, &0., he.
tRNEB, MISKEY, & MERRILL,
itiKOTAOIITKEES AND IKFOBTBBS,
Xi GENTLEMEN.
*■ SPLENDID AJSSOBTHENT 01
OLOVES,
TBAVEEMNO- SHIBTS,
STJSPENDERS, '
MUFFEEES,
HDKFS.,
Aad every description of -
IEN’S FCRKISHING GOODS,
BtTITABIB 70S PRESENTS.
LINFORD LUKBNS,
W. V. for. SIXTH and CHESTHUT.
MOSDS.
w* hayingr Diamonds or other Prestons Stones to
wlll'do well by eaUing on
LEWIS LADOMUS,.
®»S» DEAIJSK AND JEWELUK,
No. 80» CHJSTJfUT BTBBBT,
'Q tire the highest cash price*.
(•old and saver Bongtat for Casta.
i#t ■
® YEAR’S GIFT CAMP LX-
J kiK!ES.
states Christian Commission, In response
“Cons and earnest appeals from sur*eons, chap-
W Bali officers, will receive, forward, and
Menhe care of proper librarians, ONE THOU
™DK HUNDRED AND FORTY CAMP AND
• c of one bnndred and fifty vo
*?• if ihe friends of onr soldiers and sailors
ward them to its branches',.or to the Central
J** ike holidays. Ifcisbnt a small matter
holiday lifts for friends at home to
rcasome and pleasant book for bis friends In
l(! J®«aI, write his name In It, and direst the
i '“wad it to the'Commission. It wili be a
lowii il SBtB to hnndreds of wives and mothers to
e»4 tk choicest volnmes from their book-cases,
l sto ioe ® thos, where their loved ohes can enjoy
'eba*t! a ® 4 Profit of perasln* them. Bead none
ist- hV , onr toldiers deserve the best. The standard
4»e« . 88> bi ®*raphy, travels, science,poetry,
, Jo ‘ *““dard works of fiction, whatever, in
4, pnt Into the chamber of yonr own
n* i broken limb, will be accept.
He*ira T ’ el, sions works. Forward the parcel,
tan I, Jf “ B ®hRY, to any of the branches of the
'-MmataioH, or to
GBORGE H. STUART,
>,tor ' • ->ion,
iphit. ;
’B.—
c'Ri&’fJ'- TABTE: ■
if! 88, MAI,OISO Jf#Ia«s
ar ® Choice Plants. ■ - ’
obakob pots,
. BOODOIB. ’ •
Imiroted and for eale by
„ S, A, &ABBIBOB.
Ho. 1010 OBBBTWOT Street.
MOTHUBS^OALL!
■hit* P?*nictf3? OUT b» &ApUX«hiMQt «.
YOL. a—NO. 129.
THE HOLIDAYS.
QJSKTLBMEN’S WRAPPERS!
oroßcisr o. arbison,
•NOS. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
Is now dosing out the balance of Us stout of
GEjmiMM’S WRAPPERS,
A* VERY REDUCED FRICKS,*
-SUITABLE FOR
PRESENTS.
JJOLIDAY PRESENTS.
G. RUBBBLL,
88 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
wonld Invite attention to Us stock of iine American Md
Imported
WATCHES,
In Sold and Silver.
COIiD JEWELRY
of the latest Styles. •,
HANDSOME SILVER WARE,
warranted pure coin, be., suitable for HOLIDAY
PRESENTS. ■
a. RUE SELL,
dels t3l aa North SIXTH Street. -
PRESENTS.
CASSIDY & BALL,
No. 13 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Would invite attentionto their stock of
SOU) AND SILVER WATCHES.
DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY,;
Silver and Stiver Plated Ware,
Suitable for Holiday and Bridal Presents, all of whiek
will be Bold at reasonable prices. de&l-Tt '
jSg. JACOB LADOMES, .
618 MARKET STREET,
BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
SETS OF FINE GOLD"JEWELRY,
DIAMOND RINGS, SILVER AND SILVER*
PLATED WARE,
All of which, will be sold at the lowest prices, and
Warranted to be as represented.,
618 MARKET STREET, “
deH-lOt - Comer DECATUR.
HENRY HARPER, Jfcs
SSO ARCH STREET, '
Has a handsome stock of >
WATCHES, '
FINE JEWELRY,
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
And FARCY SOLID SILVER WABB, suitable for
BRIDAL and HOLIDAY PRESENTS. ’ de2o-121»
ggfr PINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
•*® SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
CORNER ABCH AND TENTH STREETS.
Brooches. Sleeve Battens, Armlets, Bracelets, Star'
Pin, and Sets, Ice Pitchers,
Waiters, Goblets, Forks,
Spoons, As.
*»-Watches repaired and Warranted. Old Gold.
Diamonds, and Silver bought.
no»-3m HABBrgON JABDEW-
TjrMAS.— THE BEST CHRISTMAS
-*A- present gentlemen can make to their ladyfrtsndg is
some useful article of Furniture, such aa an Escritoire,
with Music Stand! Eeoeptlon, or Roekin* Chair, Piano
Stool, M&rble.Top Table. Ac.; all of which may be had,
cheapest audbest, at GOULD A CO. '8 Union Depots. N.
B. corner SECOND and BACB and NINTH and MARKET
Streets. deM-tial '
A LL THE HOLIDAY NOVELTIES.—
•O- ENOCH ABDBN. ILLUSTRATED. AND ALL
THB NEW CHBISTMAS BOOKS.
WRITING DESKS, PORTFOLIOS, &0.,
PHANTOM FLOWERS,
IVORt CARD CASES,
JUVENILE AND TOY BOOKS. IMMENSE ASSORT.
MBNT.
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
LITTLE BED RIDING HOOD.
Also, onr own Btandard Holiaay Publications. ,
PAPISTRIES Of NOTE -PAPER, with Envelopes to
match, and name or initial* stamped plain or in colors,
make an appropriate present.
All articles promptly delivered.
CHAIiLEN,
. _ Publisher, Bookseller and Stationer,
dfe22»6fc 1308 CHESTNUT
ftHBIBTMAS DRY GOODS.
Hericoes reduces for Christmas.
Poplins reduced for Christmas.
Shawls reduced for Christmas.
Delaines reduced for Christmas.
Calicoes reduced for Christmasi
Balmorals reduced fur Christmas.
Cloves and Hosiery reduced for Christinas.
6Uk Handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas.
Linen Handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas.
Call and examine—no trouble to showcoods. st
. JOHN W. STOKES,
del2-tf Ho. 703 ABC 8 Street.
TUBT ISSUED. *
o EASTERN TALBS. BrW. G. Galdcieugh. 3? all of
wonderful Stories of intense Interest to the young.
CHALLBN, Publisher.
deW-«t 1306 CHESTNUT,
HOLIDAY CONFECTIOJYS.
JJARE AND FASHIONABLE
CONFECTIONS
FOB THE HOLIDAYS,
Iff HEAT BOXES. '
BTIITABIIE FOB PRESENTS
FAMILY USE,
FRESH EVERYDAY,
e. :g; whitman <s oo.’s,
ieS-lm Vo. 318 CHESTNUT St.. below Fourth.
STATIONERY & BLANK BOOKS.
f>l L - mining, coal, and other
LF HEW COMPANIES.
We are prepared to furnish New Corporation, Witt all
tie Books they reaulre, at short notice and low prices,
ef first Quality. All styles of Bindlnr.
87221. PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOCK,
LITHOGRAPHED .• ”
TRANSFER BOOK,
ORDERS OF TRANSFER,
STOCK LBDGBR,
STOCK LBDGBR BALANCES,
REGISTER OF OAPITAL STOCK.
BEOKEE’S PETTY LEDGER,
ACCOUNT OF SALES,
DIVIDEND BOOK.
MOSS JSc CO.,
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS AND STATIONEES,
»el9-tf 438 CHESTNUT Street.
[[HE AMERICAN CAB COMPANY,
Thirty-first and Locust streets,
WEST PHILADELPHIA,
CAB BPILDEKB, IBOJT FOTOURBS, MB
MACHINISTS,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tils Company la
now prepared to receive orders for hnildlns
ALL kinds of oars.
Tie shops of tie Company being supplied with tie
latest and most approved labor-saving machinery, will
enable It to execute all orders with great despatch,
and in tie Tory best manner.
THE COMPANY has also purchased the right to use
DOTT2BEE Is MIRIMONDBS* Patent Antt-Friction
Self-Lubricating CAE JOURNAL BOXES, and Mr.
THOMAS H. JENKINS’ Patented Process for HARD
ENING CAST lEOH.
ALL THESE PATENTS the Company Intend using
for and on aU tie Cars bnlit in their Works—thereby
greatly adding to the utllity'and durability of the work
performed.
In addition to the above, the Company is prepared to
execute orders for
STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES,
MINING AND PUMPING ENGINES,
BLOWING ENGINES FOB FURNACES AND
J, Cj-KtjJSHi - y
BOLLING MILL WORK, Ac.,
MILL AND FACTORY GEARING, and-
Including ALL KINDS OF WORK connected Witt A
GENERAL MACHINERY BUSINESS.
Also, sU kinds of Iron and Brass Castings and
Smiths’Work executed In the very best manner, both
as regards design, material, and workmanship.
Drawings and estimate* made at the Works free of
charge.
JAMES W. BARRETT, Secretary.
.. D. H. DOTTEEER,
delS-thstulm SUPERINTENDENT,
H E CELEBRATED
!* ANGELE ”
HID GLOVES,
NEW AND ELEGANT OUT.
A. RUSOH & 00.,
IMPORTERS,
349 Broadway, New York,
dol-lm -
rjABINET FURNITURE.
V —¥QPK» & CAMPION. - ■
are'pnwurei tohtinwO* jeStaetathe"marketln Um
s#rttaw »"“•‘ssw"
"111 UvODS*
gELLENO OFF.
ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF OUR SENIOR
PAP.TNEB, sad the necessity fir our speedy removal
consequent upon the rale of the premises, wo have
concluded to'
CLOSE OP THE BUSINESS,
ud Are now aellln* ot our alack of
HOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS,
LINENS,
MUSLINS,
&c.»
at greatly reduced prices,
. . ■ • TBKHS—CASH ON DELIVER*.
Superior Counters and Shelving for sale.
JOHN T. COWELL & SON,
do3i-stutMt* Corner CHESTNUT and SEVENTH.
IJYBB & LANBILL, FOURTH AND
“ ,*BCH STREETS.
EIRE & LMDELL,
FOURTH AND ABOH STREETS,
ABE OFFERING AT FAIR PRICES JUST SUCH GOODS
AS WOULD HAKE VERY ACCEPTABLE
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
CHRISTMAS SHAWLS.
CHRISTMAS SILKS.
CHRISTMAS SCARFS. '
CHRISTMAS HDKFS.
CHRISTMAS GLOVES.
CHRISTMAS CHINTZES.
CHRISTMAS DELAINES.
CHRISTMAS BLANKETS. * ; .
CHRISTMAS PIANO COVERS.
DO, MELODEON COVERS.
deS*etathtdeSl
JgMBROIDERED CLOTH
TABLE, PIANO,
MELODEON COVERS,
The largest assortment to bo found in the.cltr.
FOR SAM >r
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON,
HOHSE-FOBNISHING DRY GOODS STORE,
de2o- tntliadt
No. 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
QLOTKBI CLOTHS I CLOTHS !
W. T. SNODGRASS’
CLOTH HOUSE,
94 South SECOND Street, .
S 3 STRAWBERRY Street.
figa Just received per latest Importation, a great atoak
it Woolens, including' an extensive'assortment of
LADIES’ CLOAKINGS
AID
GENTLEMEN'S COATINGS.
Also, a full stock of
ARMY AND NAVY GOODS,
AS FOLLOWS;
VELODBB. AM SHAMS AND PRICES.
EQYFTIENNES. VERY BEACTIFCL.
TRICOTS, DRY AND HIGH FINISH,
CASTORS, DRY AND HIGH FINISH.
CZARINAS, REAL SEDAN.
ESQUIMAUX, SOFT FINISH.
6-4 DOESKINS, HEAYY AND SOFT FINISH,
gbincrimas am colors, from *s to in
NOBBY OOATIHGS.LATEST &MLBS,
DARK BLOB CLOtfag.
LIGHT BLOB CLOTH®.
INDIGO BLOB PILOTS.
INDIGO BLUE BEAVERS.
CASTORS. HIGH FINISH.
VELVET FINISH BEATERS.
SILK BACK BEAVERS.
5- and 0-4 INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS.
6- LIGHT BLOB FLANNELS,
_ And all kinds of dosha, C&fißimeres, and Vesting*,
SwfcloafeSo^^ 08^31 * 8 * ffoocw pertajalag^to
lo3* CHESTNUT STREET, .
1, M, NEEDLES
a »ai£T RBOBinßfa
NOVELTIES' |
§“ ■ Q
« CBS, |
g WHITE GOODS,* |
I EMBROIDERIES, »
| VEILS, I
" ' HANDKEKOHIEFB, *c. ‘
In every variety and at- REDDCED PRICES,
Suitablafor
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
IW CHESTNUT STREET.
UERY RICH AND HEAVY COLORED
» Corded Bfljre, in Wine Colore.Tßrowis. Greens,
glues, Modes, whites, &c
Very rich- and heavy Plain Silks,
Very heavy Black Corded Silks.
Very heavy Plain Black Safest
Fancy Silks of various styles.
Very rich Moire Antiques,,
Black Watered Bilks.
Silks for Bvenins Dresses,
86,34, and 32-inch Pure Silk Velvets for Cloaks, real
hyons.
. Also, very superior Beaver Cloths.
deigtf go South SECOND Street.
REP FOPLINB.
All gelid colon, extra Out duality, for $2.
Plaid Poplins of unusual beauty, at $2,
Good duality wide plaid Poplins, $1.25.
Figured reps, Mohairs, and Mennoes.
12? pieces newest unique American Delaines, some
of them choice and neat, others very gay stripe.
OyerlOOpieces American prints, 31,35,58,and 30 ots.
Black Mohairs and Alpacas, 65 cts to 81. 75.
Balmorals, fresh lot for misses, maids, and matrons.
Cloaks and Shawls in Cloak room.
Cloak display unusually good. Sales rapid.
Cooper a conard,
no2B-tf 8. B. Cor. NINTH and MABKBT Stc.
RARGAINB I CLOSING OUT I BAB-
A» GAINS It
STOCK TO BE BOLD BEFORE JANUARY I. ISOS.
GREAT REDUCTION IST PRICES,
DBEBB GOODS,
every variety, suitable tor
_ HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Handsome Silks at low prices.
Silks of all kinds at low prices.
Plain Herinoes and Poplins.
RICH PLAID POPLINB ,
dDrees Goode of ail lands at low prices.
~ bbdchb and woolen shawls.
Linen Hdkfs, Lace Collars. ■
French and Cambric Lace Veils.
H. STEEL & SON.
deB Nos. Tl 3 and 7X5 North TENTH Street.
SCALES.
PAIBBANKS’
WAREHOUSE,
CBOESTOBT STREET.
UEBCHMT TAILORS.
1864 FALL - .1864.
1. 0. THOMPSON,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
I. E. Corner Seventh ana Walnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
N. B. - Having obtained a celebrity for catting
Gooß-rnme pastaloonb,
Making It * specialty in my business for come yean
pact, it is thought of sußcient Importance to announce
the fact in this manner to the public, so that those who
are dissatisfied mar know of my method, and rive me
% trial. - 0«29-tiutu-2m
gDWAHD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLYS
TAILORS,
51* CHESTNUT STREET,
Will from this date (October id) cell at
SEDUCED PRICES,
»o*
CASH,
«B.tf
LOOKING GLASSES & PICTURES
FREDERICK BOLAND,
A- Manufacturtr of ey»y variety of LOOKING
GLASS and PICTURE FRAMES, and neater in
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ENGRAVINGS
PHOTOGRAPH OVAL FRAMES, in greatvariety
de2B-lm* No. g5l North NINTH at . above Raw.
ROOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE * SON,
818 CHESTNUT STREET, PHIL A.,
cave now in store a very line asiortment of
" LOOKING GLASSES,
of every character, of the
Very bbstmanufactubb and latest sttler
on, PAornNSs, enoravinos,
my Cl WTOTWHB AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PURE palm oil SOAP, MANUFAC-
A TUBED by L. M. AC. ELKINTON,
delg-lm* U 8 MARGARBTTA Street.
WOOD, WOOD, WOOD,—OAK, PINE,
’’ and HICKORY WOOD, fOraaie aPlow.et cask
brioea. F. D WATSON. i
■oSO-lm« VIHB-STRBET WHARF.
PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1864.
FLASKBLg,
WHETE GOODS,
*o. -
rjOJTBB 1 COFFEE !! COFFEE! i!
vj’Areyou a lover of good Coffee? If so. to families
K ?ffi9%W!BiS3ESv. to the PATENT ARO
MA-SiVIBG FAMILY COFFEE BOASTER, which will
family Should he without one.
■PRICES.—No. 1, roasting from ato 154 pounds, *2.60:
No- 2; from X to 4 pounds, $3 SO; No 3.from 1 toB
pousuit $5,
Families at a distance, by dubbing snd sending their
orders for not less than three, to be forwarded to one
address, shall be entitled to a discount of 20 oerceht.
■ For sale hr all leading Hardware, Honse Famishing,
end Stove Stores, and by the undersigned. 1
To Hotel Proprietors, Grocers, Hospital Managers,
Coffee Manufacturers, *O., we beg to say much of the
airenath and flavor, of, coffee is wasted by imperfect
roasting, and more by the addition ofyrster to bring up ■
its weight and grease (often rancid) to give It a :
doss. HYDE’S PATENT COMBINED STOVE AND
COFFEE BOASTER is the only machine by which It Is
possible to roast coffee in quantities, as it should be, and
retain ail the aroma. ‘ .
From 25 to 40 per cent. Is saved bythe use of these ma
chines, as we can well substantiate by testimonials 1
from the leading hotels, and from many hospitals and ' 1
fffrocers.
Send for a circularacdwe testimonials from Coaiinent- ’’
al» Bt. Nicholas, and Fifth Avenue Hotels,
PBICBB
No. 1, capacity from 20 to S 5 pounds. 4o
2, hand or power, capacity from 4iH070 potmdii. 60
« f* capacity from 80 to 140poundslas
** ‘I “ •? “MOtoSSO
to f&fS?S 1 g t .te 9^l
Agents wanted everywhere. - - : i
For sate, wholesale and retail, by , , l
■ ' ■ - HYDE,* BURPEE,, -- j
CITBTAIN GOODS.
JJOLIDAY PRESENTS .
■ ;y : '
■ FOB' •3DAJDDESS.
HIGH EMBROIDERED
I■ ‘ V
MCE CFRTAWS,
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS,
. . mam-- ' ■'
A® LOW PRICES.
■ ' waeißa Vein,
MASONIC HALL,
d#29.tf _ 719 CHRSTHUT Street
QH TAIN ST OJEUB.
im CHESTNUT 6TBEKT. 1028
BBOOATBDDE CURTAINS.
OOTEIiIKECUETAINS,
TERRY CURTAINS. '• .»-
. MUSUN. OURTAINSv -* :.
SATIN HE L.AINE CURTAINS.
REP CURTAINS. '
RACE CURTAINS,
' • AND ’ ' /■
WINDOW SHADES.
Oar workmanship is unsurpassed.
O. M. STOUT & UO.,
noa-gm 1 1030 OHK3TNIIT Street.
PUIKLljUAttlOffA'
DO OKS! BOOKS!! BOOKpTj
Tie atsentlonof ate puMlo 1. directed to too flue
MBOrtmentof newandpopttlarßOOKS oahaadandfor
sale hr . CHAklbs dksilver,
. v , M ia»B CHBSTSTDT Street.
A large and well-selected stock of handsomely-bound
and line copies of aU the Standard Worksof the dav.
designed especially for Qifts during the approaching
Holidays.
> Also, a variety of Juveniles, Toy Bools, Games.
Bibles* 1 tc h ’ & j W0 * rapil ’ 81111 8«“P Albums, Diaries-,
Also* on ihaji'd, three sets of the .popular Chinese
?:ame, • ‘ The Race Course, 1 ’ the only sets in the coon
ry hot in private hands. Price $75. .
READY OH THE ISra INST.,
A new St eel-plate Map or the State of Virainia. show
in* tie OUBegions, new Bailroads, Ac., So. Sen*by
mail post-paid. Price 00 Cents. - ■
, . . CHARGES DESILVBH,;
delO-tial IgaOCHBSTHPT Street
"XTJSW UNITED STATES COAST SUR-
A 1 YEY MAP.—Map of Eastern Georgia and South
Carolina, showing the movements of General sherinan
from Atlanta to .Savannah. Also, showing the Sea
Coast from Savannah River to Charleston Harbor, giving
all the Towns, Railroads, &e., Ac. The latest and most
reliable Map published.
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{Correspondence ot The Press. 3
Boston, Doo. 25,18 M. ‘
Somewhat unexpectedly, I. left the “City of;
Brotherly* Love’’ on Thursday; morning, passed
through the, 11 Metropolis of the Nation” on tie*
arrived in the “Athens of America”,
the next morningiwith. the thermometer away below
irero,;and apt .now writing to yon, on this pleasant
-Sunday afternoon, from within a stone-throw of the
!<hnb ofthennlverse”—Boston State Honsm
New York, on Friday evening, donnedher best
. boUday Broadway nyrer swarmed amore
Jubilant, heterogeneous, slipping, jostling, bundle,
carry lug -medley of humanity. The windows were
, ablate, ang the shops, from -Tiffany’s and Stuart’s,
down to thjemaUe£ttoy-vender’s,wore orammed with
customers: All was “ mtrry as a marriage belli” ’
shd,Jn v iiothlngr did our gaudy sister seem one whit
.behind Philadelphia, except in -her, abominable,
ljqnberlng old omnibuses, which, to people acons
; tofe4»>the more modern modes of street oonvey
ance, are An unmitigated nuisance.
•-*®he pol§w<ather and heavy falls of snow ’ com-
render New England all that the poets
have ever- claimed for her winter glory. I found
her- streett ajWigle with sleigh-bells, everything.
CEoept thohouses and lamp-posts, being on runners.
; Not onp wieeled vehicle have I seen, The rail,
ways with wfcioh the city Is gridlroned are for tie,
Mine being defid:,and bailed, thus, affording street :
reoin for thAoltteens tosfcigh in, and obviating the
’fillalaouß salt-bar pestilence With which our city
Bgsof been luMtwtty Infeoted daring
snowy wedther. .
'.NotwittotaßdlDg rebel authority for giving the
epithet, “ Yankee” a universal application to .all
Ataarictfnswho happen to live Outside of Dixie, the
title must be admitted, to have a.more speciSc ap
pllearidn to the men and women of New England";
- and,’although, a Pennsylvania Dutehman myself, I
am,Dee towonibss.that 1 have long been an admirer,
more or less, of “the everlsstln* Yankee.” There
maybe a.#gree of oalculatlng coldness, about him
that wouldbe rendered more attractive by« little
softening,; J)Ut we will set over against thls the gra
nite pertinacity with which he sticks to his priu
oiples.,, I do not appreelate, as some people
do, the which Y-e-a-ahoes n-e-ose thar
yet, who will deny that, as conversationist, they
haye.no superiors. My business rinee arriving here
has ealled pje to Some of the adjacent towns, where I
took occasion tj, visit industrial establishments and
.mingle with lhe operatives of both sexes, and I as
-sure yen that their ease and fluenoyjjf conversation
would have passed with eredlt In the most polished
and edueated eiroles.’Hre may not subscribe to the
mannerlgwblcli the,descendants of Plymouth Rook
Indulge Hjjir-constitutional proclivity to All sorts
ol new iansy and yot we are bound to admit that
at least one of thelr iame is to-day enjoying a mag
nificent vlnffieatlon before the eyes of the civilized
World: rAyi-these bleak, sterile States of Hanoooki
and Warren,.and Webster, the Adamses, Sherman,
and Bark Sand Sumner, loom up to-day like agrand
moral Golossus against the northern sky-i-and they
feel It,' too. -Who will blame theml Of course,
every lection of our beloved conatry furalshes some
diftinctlve leelon worth studying,but chiefly has
New EngljHpf been our sohcolutaater in this respect,
if she ha|[MGt furnished as largo a proportion of
public offl&eififlders as Mr; John Van Daren’s
“waywardt;,§jsbbrg£, she has at least supplied
her quota hr brains to the nation’s oallbre.
New England may be parsimonious; but her
frugality apd thrift are to-day a pattern worthy
the naUon’s.Jrofoundest homage. Ido not approve
thesaorlleglbus' manner In which Bostonians esps
clally ride njegh-shod with their architectural Im
prbycmeirta okor all the historic land-marks ofthelr
i <fity?«fhlch, x,thinK ought to be proterved as saorod
memorials; j|ri lowin', not undertake to reason the
matter their stubborn
I y^nld^probably get the worst of
It. •'ln tjßtrlsdthSaxperiment when! was here
six years,agdkAnd whs routed In the argument
Moral.— Never undertake
; tdilght'arl^^&ankeo-oc-hlsowndinghlU. ItwllL
ho-morO aueSrettlhah flailing slave-rolls under the
shadow of .Bunker Bill monument.
If Trail England nqeded anything to complete
, the lo chaplet, shfi has it In the
record mffd’e lbr herself during the present war. If
Bhedl4.oaets6mey,ote3 for McClellan In November*
sho is aiijmlt on the Bide of the Government.
I have conyeried freely with all classes of her citi
zens—me'r®anjs,professional men,(capitalists, and
others—and .in every case ‘ the clear ring of loyalty
was unmisfekable. -The only exception to this rule
was the jofflz-Hlbernian who came to my chamber
thismomijfg to make up afire. Bounding Into my
room, ho wiped me ‘‘.the top o’ the morals’and a
merry Ohipmaat” and inuhedlately went off, unin
vited, In a tirade egalnst the- -Fenian Brotherhood
and the “'^m’«‘“Abolcetloniflts l ” adding that the
South had a perfect right to rebel, and that Jeff
Davis was dat vlalst a glntloman, which was more
than he comdsay forMeSterLenkan.” I rewarded;
him for his 'CiaMpsji greeting, and made him no
fnrther reflj|g there was a sad Blghlficanco in
this, which I Coold not bnt contrast with the noble
Individual yvlSencoß of patriotism given by his
Church.■ , / \ - ,
Bnt I most-not forget that it is Christmas day,
and that-Tast 'nigkt wag Christmas eve, when, at
least In our “JUmse,” (the Parker),
"Not a oreamrawas guilt, not even a mouse. ’*
It has not been until within the last few Tears
that Eastern-people have made much of this annual
holiday, Thanksgiving having maintained the fes
tive pre-emlnenee.among them, as Mew Year’s day
has done in,fee olty of New York,. Both are, how
ever, I think,'gradually emulating the more sensi
ble cnatom orPhiladelphia, ol making Christmas
the year! At any rate, the streets
of Boston showed no deficiency yesterday afternoon
and evenfeg in their Christmas preliminaries. The
sidewalks y ere fragrant' with green branches,
brought In by country peoplo with a view to ploaalng
the little folks and: turning an honest penny, and
places of business, the book-stores especially, were
thronged till tarttfQffr with purchasers of presents.
Amohg the day, I saw on ‘Washing
ton Btreet (the Chestnut street of Boston) a perfect
antitype of the original “ Jonathan”—a tall, lank
Individual, with longflaxon hair, swallow-tail coat,
loif-shoea aniEhprt fantaloons, hearing In one am
a iofty branchor-hemlock spruce, and in the other
a oapaolons oarpebbag; and to render the picture
more impressive, the fellow was whistling “ Yankee-
Boodle” at the top of his voice, with each an air of
indiffetenee to jpassing events as made the streets
ring with laughter. •*“ /
. To-day, as .withyou, is only Christmas in the ca
lendar and the Catholic Churches, To-morrow wlll
witness its festive observance'. I aJpU endeavor to
pnt In the day lV(th my accustomed philosophy off
such occasions, t|bugh not without many regrets In
being unavoidably deprived of the social joys to
which, for many years, I have been accustomed- in
Philadelphia,' least of which, since 1857,
have been the arajuKl reunions at yourresldenca on
Christmas mornfajß for the; interchange of mutual
congratulations, - If I-livc till that hour to-morrowf
Tshall Indulge—in a silent wish for your health;
happiness, and long life y bring to mind a tiiousand
pleasant associated with The Press,
ltsfiroud oareer, And the’ esteemed friends whoi
ftom its commencement, have' labored with you for
its success, among whom 1 will take the liberty of
naming Dr. Haokenzle, Mr. Brown, and Mr.
Young* it> .
: But I must close. .''When I commenced X expected
tojeUyou something about my visit to Foxboro;
among a people who are sound, to a
man, on the fundamental doctrines of Abolition and
total-depravity, afff who, as Mts. Partington says,
“live up to their (b|th what I learned in visiting
the famous straw vmfks of the who em
ploy over four thousand well-paid hands, and manu
facture as many hats add bonnets as any other six!
establishments in, tje world; my Impressions about,
the big gun I went bo hear this morning, on Park
street, that didn’t shoot as loud as I expected; how
that Boston Is hoginning 'to he serlonsly affected
with that prevailing epidemic “Petroleum on the
brainand what I expect to hear, Bee, and do be
fore my return. Shopld I conclude to do so (doubt
ful), you will hear froiff me again, GsAybb ARit
BqnsUty,
To the Editor of Tfye Press: ■
“Is not one man as good as another 1” asked a
stomp orator. “Yes, and a great deal better,”
replied an enthusiastic Emeralder.— Joe Miller’s
Works, vol. evi.,p. 428 f, ‘
The few In every Age Improve the many; the
many now may be as’wise as the few were, but im
provement Is at a stand-still, If you ten me that the
many now are as. .whip as the few are. You may
term it law. It the whole world oonsplred to en-’
force the falsehood, they conld not make It law.
Level all conditions to-day, and yon only.smooth
away all obstacles to.tyranny to-morrow. A nation
-that aspires to equality Is unfit tor freedom.
Throughout all creation, from the aroh-angel to the
worm; from Olympus to the pebble; from the ra
diant and completed planet, that hardens through
ages of mist and slime Into the habitable world, the
first law of nature la inequality.
This Is harsh doetrine. If applied to States, you
would ask, are the otuel disparities of life never to
be removed? Disparities of the physical life! Oh,
let ns hope so. Bnt disparities of the intellectual
and metal, never! Universal equality of intelli
gence of mind, of.genins,.of virtue! No teacher
left to the .world! no men wiser, better than others 1
Were It not an Impossible condition, what a hope
lesß prospect for humanity I No, while the world
lasts, the sun will gild the mountain-top before It
shines upon the plain. Diffuse' all the knowledge
the earthcontalnsequally over all mankind to-day,
sed some mon will bo wiser than the rest to-morrow l
And f his is hot a ! harsh; but a loving law—the red
law of improvemefit—the Wiser the -'few In one gene.!
ration the wiser will be the multitude' the next. -
O, E, T.
INCnXEHYS OF THE WAR,
HOW FORT PICKENS (FLORIDA) WAS' SAVED FROM
. THE REBELS APRIL 11,1861.
Mr. Richard Wiloox, v late acting master’d mate;
U.-S. N., now at the naval store at the Navy Yard,
In this city, writes :
Prom time to lime, since the outbreak: of the re,
hellion, I have read, in your valuable journal, In
stances of suffering and hair-breadth escapes from
Rebeldom by different persons whose lot was oast In
the South previous to the war, and who stood up
for their country previous to tnelr eaoapo. With
outwishlngto make myself particularly conspicu
ous,! am happy to say I have been fortunate enough
to be one of the above class. I say fortunate, as I:
was vrhere i could render a good service to the
country in time of need. Some ten years previous
to the rebellion, and at the time of the surrender of
the Pensacola Navy Yard to the rebels, andtheir’
occupation of it, January 12,1881,1 was watchman
of-the yard. On Its occupation by the rebels I was'
compelled to continue my vocation much against
my wilt Jwaa a Northerner by birth, and it was.
revolting to myfeelings to serve under any other
flag than, that of my country. But a short time
elapsed after tho occupation of the navy yard when
I secretly orossed over to Port Pickens, then 00m
* manded byldeutenant A, j. Slemmer. I had an
Interview with him, and told him the situation I
• was plaeedin, apd wißhed him to take me Into the
fort. He replied that, as I had a family, I had
better stay where I was; I could do more for my
country there than In coming with him; r could;
aid him, too, If 1 willed. I replied, ” I will do It,
and all my .communications will be signed 1 a Friend
of the Union.’ ” I oommunlcatedwlth the fort In'
this way—a way the rcbols would have made a short
way for me if they had caught mo at It: Lieutenant
Slemmer was allowed the privilege of sending over
■ every flay a flag-of-truce boat for his dally mall.
This boat was manned by a portion of his dommanfl'
fn charge of a non- commissioned-officer. A watch- ’
man of the yard was required ,to conduct and take.
charge of said son-commissioned officer on- his way
to the post pffloS (outside of the yard) and back to :
the boat. Thus, as a watchman of the yard and
friend of the Union I was'always on hand to offer
my services. This correspondence continued from
January 25 tin April 11,1881. On the 10th or April,
1861,1 discovered that a correspondence was going,
on between a sergeantof- marines in Fort Pickens, -
ofLlen tenant Slemmer’s command, and two promi
nent rebel citizens.. , Robert .U. Sweetman'and
Boyakin Williams were Ike patties of the other,
part,, under—the • direction of - General Bragg;
then, commanding tho rebel. forces at Pen
sahola,' The. wis .to receive $50,000
and a commission liar the Confederate service,
and he was to Jbe on guard with what picked men
he could bring over to his side. At midnight on the
11th the sergeant was to suffer a thousand rebels to
surprise the fort, and thus make prisoners of Lieut.
Slemmer and his gallant command. On (ho morn
ing of llth of April, 1861,1 waited: anxiously for the
flag-of-truce boat.to come over from the fort, and as -
soon as It did arrive I took charge of the non-com
missioned officer, and'oohducted'hlm, as was U3ual,
to the then commandant ,of the yard, Duncan-L.
Ingraham, for permission to go outside of the yard
and procure the mall lor the commander of Port
Pickens. After receiving thenecessary permission,
(he homminder took'me to one side and said to me:
“Now, Mr.~ Wilcox, be very careful with your
charge to-day. - Lot no person communloate with
him.” “All right,’’ says I to the commandant.
This caution on the pari of the commandant fully
confirmed my suspicions, hut before I got oat ol the
navy yard, and while files of rebel officers and sol
diers were passing me, .1 asked the non-commis
sioned officer to Inform Lieut. Slemmer to prepare
, for the worst, and to reinforce the fort, as two thou
■ sand rebels would cross that: night at 12 o’clock to
surprise the lbrt, and that one of his own sergeants
was In the plot and in communication with two
rebel citizens of #arrington.
•At late dusk that evening the United States
steamer Wyandotte (then a flag-of-truce boat) re
turned from Pensacola, where she had been sent to
return some runaway slaves, who had taken refuge
in Port Plokens. While, passing tho fort she was
hailed, and Immediately went outside andflredslx
guns. Signals were then made from the fort to the
fleet, and the fort was lit up, and our troops were
landed and the fort was fully reinforced, and thus
Fort Plokens, which “was equal to Port Sumpter,”
was saved from the rebels. At nine o’clock that
night two" thousand rebels passed my door on theln
way from their camps to the navy, yard, prepara
tory to crossing. But that order never oame. The
two rebel citizens went out In boats and reconnoi
tred, They found Santa Rosa beach lined with
Union troops,and thus Gen.. Bragg abandoned the
expedition. After that night all communication
was ont off from Port Pickens, and my occupation
was gone; .and as I, could not further serve my
country there, I looked around for means to escape
and make my way North,-which I did, leaving my
ramlly and all I possessed, and arrived at Norfolk
in safety and without suspicion. Bnt I found-my
. self prevented from going further North, and was
finally compelled to enter the rebel service. I was
fortunately stationed on Oraney Island, near ,Nor
folk,. After eleven months on this island, without
mentioning all the troubles and privations I endured,
I finally made my escape on the evacuation of Nor
folk by the rebels, on thoßth of May, 1862. A few
.days after, on looking over a file of the New York
Hera Id, I discovered the whereabouts of Major A.
J. Slemmer, I Immediately addressed him a let
ter, advising him of my locality, and as soon as was
practicable, I received a letter acknowledging ser
vices rendered.
Inteweating to Scriptural students.
THE AGE 2* THB WORLD—EXACT AGRBBM3NT OP
THE EGYPTIAN AND. BIBLICAL CHRONOLOGY.
To the Editor of The Preset '
SIB: In the old Chronicle of Egypt there Is a period
0f443 years of a oynlo cyole, containing fifteen gene
rations, which precedes the record of the historic
kings of Egypt. A new calendar was then adopted,
B, C. 1988, as Is shown of the following calcula
tions ; (and a sothlc cycle: then began, which ended
in the year B. C., 525, when Oambyses, the Per
sian, conquered Egypt, 1461 Egyptian years later
than B. G. 1988. The statement that a sothlc cyole
ended in the year B. O. 525, has been doubted;
because it has been assumed that a Sothlc cycle
could only begin when First Thoth, the new year’s
day of the Egyptians, coincided with the heliacal
rising of the star Sirius, and; therefore, the Sothlo
cycle of the Ol'd Chronicle must have commenced
on the 20th of July, B, 0.1322. But Mr. Osborn,
in his Monumental History of Egypt, has shown
that, at the beginning of the Egyptian calendar,
First Thoth was the day of the full , moon, after, the
star Sirins appeared In the evening after tho setting
of the snn, and by calculation It la certain that such
a coincidence happened In the month of December,
8.0.1988. . .
By using the luolsolar cycle of 700 years, com
posed by multlplylng'the solar oyole of 28 years by
the lunar oyole of 25 years, the period of 443 years is
thus explained: .
From the sum of three lunisolar cycles
of 700 years 2,100 years,
deduet the years of the world from the
Creation of Adam to the end of the De
1uge.......... 1,857 years.
The remainder Is the period found In the
OldOhroniele.... 448 years.
' ’ Thebe dates and periods produce a remarkable
agreement with the Bible chronology, as contained
.in Brown’s'Ordo Sccclorum, which dates the crea
■ Honor Adam B. O. 4102, and the beginning of the
deluge B. C. 2445.
Oambyses conqueredEgyyt........B.C. 525
Add a sothlc cyc1e...... 1,481 years.
The beginning of the calendar... .B. C, 1,980
Add part of a cynic oyole. 443 years.
Mizralm, father of the Egyptians..B. 0.2,429
or sixteen years after the Dslnge had ended.
The year of the world at the end oi three lunisolar
cycles of 70p years each Is equal to 8.0. 2002,'six
teen years prior fo B. O. 1988, bnt' Ptolemy, of
>
nioie began wnu the seventeenth-year of Adam, the
. difference Js at once accounted for.
: But the “ Old Ohroniele” Is composed of 25 cycles
of 1,481 years each, equal to 86,626 years, of which
21 cycles are given to the gods, and four cycles to
the human race, down to Oambyses. Various at
tempts have been made to recondite these enormous
periods with the truth, principally by considering
the years to be lunar, Instead of solar, but without
-any aoonrateresnlt.
The following solution brings the “ Old Ohroniele’’
and the Hebrew Bibio into exact agreement:
! When.the Egyptians adopted the calendar, and
gave names to the months corresponding to the
seasons, they commended the fourth oyole of 709
years, which oyole was In later times extended to
1461. years, and was called a sothlo oyole. Henoo,
when the Old Ohronlole-was written, it was known
that the history of the world was contained In four
eyeles; but, being desirous ot making Egypt the,
oldest country of the world, the (bar eyeles were
each made to consist of 1481 years. To bring it
back to the truth, it is only necessary to reject the
21 cycles belonging to the gods, and give the remain
ing four cycles their proper value—thus:
3 lunisolar cycles of 700 years each..,.. .2100 yean.
1 sothlc cycle... 1401 «
4 cycles .'......,...,3681 “
Ada the period belore the 17th year df
Adam.................. 16 “
- Making the year of the world 8577-
The first year of Adam being B. 0.4102.
A. M. 8577 Is equal to B. C. 625, the era of oambyses.
This exaot agreement of dates Is worthy of ex
amination by those persons who are Interested In
the subject. J, B, M.
The death of a celebrity, a dwarf, In Paris, the
FVeneh counterpart of General Tom Thumb, Is re
corded. In his sixteenth year he was placed In the
establishment of the Duchess of Orleans, the mother
of the OlUzen-Klttg, and was so small at that age:
that he passed for an Infant, and so dressed. Daring ‘
the stormy period of the First Revolution, secret 1
despatches were sent by him, wHoh thus reached
without suspicion the Imprisoned members of tfie
royal family of France. To the dap of his death
this dwarf, named Eiehebourg, received a pension
ftom the Orioanß family or three thousand francs a
year. During the. last thirty years he has lived in
the same honse, in ihe Faubourg St, Germain. Un
like Tom Thumb, he had a horror.of appearing In
public, and for nearly half a lifetime has never;
orossed the threshold of hjs own door. He lived to
be ninety-two years old.
Oavaliere Hlghettl, the fortunate owner of the
glgantle statue of Hercules' lately dlseovered at
Rome, has presented It to tbs Pope. The magnlfi--
cence of the gift may be Imagined, when It is known!
’tbat only a few’days before a -Roman nobleman of-!,
fered 200,000 sondl for this splendid work'of art, and-
BE Sohnets madeeven ahigherbidfor Itonbehalfqi
the Frenoh GoveromOßti
FOUR CENTS.
PERSONAL,
A letter from Loution has the following In. ro
tation to the comments of circulating library
readers on Weiss' LifeofTheodore Parker:
Mudiebas a goodly number of Theodore Parker’s
Xife circulating in bis Immense library. I saw one
of ttie vOlutnee, the other day, literally worn out
with its repeated readings. It would amuse you to
see the ferocious marginalia scattered through it;
‘‘false,” “absurd,” “fallacious,” and the like,are
tie mildest. Where Parker says: “It is folly, even
Impiety, to say tbat God oannot create a greater
soul than that of Jesns of Nazareth," some one
pencils: “It Is absurdity to say that he can, for
Christ fs God.” Where he says that, not expecting
to live till morning,-he.wrote: “I die lii the belief
In which I live”—a commentator adds: “So did
under the portrait one has. written
_Blshop or Cork probably moaning that the faoe
resembles that eooleßlastlo.
—On Monday last -a number of gentlemen pre
sented to Archbishop MeCloskey, of New York, sis
a Christmas offering, an excellent likeness In mar-'
hie of the* late Arahbishop Hughes, “ as' a mark of
filial duty and affection, made valuable only by the
noble features It portrays.” The folio wing are the
names of the donors: William Stans, Y. G., Eu
gene Kelly, Charles M. Connolly; John F. O'Oon
nor, John O’Brien, James Gordon Bennett, X, Sti
llman Ives, Joseph Fisher, John Bruen, Manuel
Eoheverrla, |Xeo Peugnet, N. D.,0. Moller, H. do
Birmingham, Richard O’Gorman, Charles O’Oonor,
Edward c. Donnelly, James O. CJonroy, William
O’Brien, T. James Glover, Felix Ingoldsby, Henry
X, Hcguot, Daniel Devlin, Bartholomew Blanco,
Flo Echevarria, Arthur Leary, John E. Develfa,
Daniel T, Murphy, Ramsay Crooks, and Eugene
Plunkett, *’■-■'•
* Charles Sprague, the venerable oashlerof the
.Globe/Bank, Boston, has resigned, and his son,
Charles J. Sprague, has been appolntodln his place.
The Transcript says:
There Is no other man, whose name iff connected
with ear hanking. Institutions, who unites so many
claims to respect and admiration as the retiring
cashier of the Globe.'-As a man of business he hag
been a model of sagaoity, diligence, intelligence,
and integrity: as an accomplished gentleman his
vigorous mind and wide knowledge of literature put
him on an Intellectual equality with every circle he
entered; and as a poet fie has written some of the
most exquisite as well as most popular poems of the
affections, which have been contributed to Ameri
can literature. .
Theodore Tilton was not very gallant to . the
' Chicago ladles In his address there lately. He said
there were more ways of recruiting our army than
one. There were two soldiers once, In Grant’s army,
beneath their blankets, looking up at the stars
In a Virginian sky. Says Jack, “ Wfcat made joh
go into the army, Tom’” “ Well,” replied Tom, “I
had no wife, and I lore war. What made you go to
the war, Jack’” “Well,” he replied, “Ihadawlfe,
and I loved peace, so I went to the war.” Hedoubt
ed not that among the fair faces he saw before him
many had contributed to swell the rahksof thearmy
In both ways.
—ln a lunacy trial to New York, a Dr. Brown
testified “ that one of the leading newspapers in
New York la principally edited fa the Blooming
dale Lunatic Asylum, and the leading editorial is
written three or four times a week by a person of
unsound mlnd.oonfined in that institution.” Somo
people will be uncharitable enough to suspect that,
as regardß the New York journals, this Is notan
exceptional oase.
■ A new bishop has been added to the Protestant
Episcopal Ohuroh to this country. Rev. Dr. Vail,
reotor of Trinity Church, Muscatine, lowa, was
lately, In that place, consecrated as Bishop of Kan
sas, Bishops Bedell, Whltehouse, Kemper, and
Lee, (of lowa,) officiated, the latter preaching the
consecration sermon.
On, nr Montsomekv County - , Ohio.— A corre
spondent at Centrsville, Montgomery county, Ohio,
says there are traces of petroleum to the quarries
and wells of that neighborhood. Severalweils late
ly dug give strong indications of oil. The upper
rook of the region is limestone, beneath which is the
red sandstone of unknown thickness. Some years
since persons were In the habit of collecting the oil
for medicinal purposes. ~
.The Chicago Tribune urges the Hon. EUhu B,
Washburne, the present Representative In Con
gress from the Third Congressional district of Illi
nois, as a candidate for Senator.
lINANCIAL AJiD COMMERCIAL.
There "was a moderate amount of business transacted
at the Stock Board yestei day, and prices were gene
rally finn. The principal change was in the .10-40 Go-
TBameat boßde, a sale being reported at 105, which is
an advance of 3# on the rate of the previous day. -(Fiie
IE 81 loan was steady at 116; the 5-20 s at about IQS and
the new* 7 30s at 99#, State 5s sold at 93#—a slight de
cline. City 6s were also weak, the new having sold #
lower. The railway share list was moderately a stive
at good-prices. Beading sold up a fraction; Philadel
phia and Irie and Minehili each advanced #, and
Pennsylvania Railroad was firm at W#. Norristown
Railroad sold at 58; Northern: Central at 54#; Camden
and Amboy at 150, and Gatawi?sa common at 16. 'Of
company bonds, a fair amount changed hands. Phila
delphia. and Brie 6s at 103* Union Canal bonds at 22#;
Wyoming 6s at 100, and Schuylkill Navigation 6s at
So. In city passenger railway shares there is no mate
rial change. Second and Third sold at 63#; 45 was
bid for Fifth and Sixth; 40 for* Tenth and Eleventh;
20 for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 72 for West Philadel
phia; 20 for Green and Coates,and 21 for Girerd College.
There is little doing in bank stocks. There were Sales
reported of Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ at S 3, and
Philadelphia at 161; 'l9o# was bid for North America;
58 for Commercial; S 3 for Mechanics’; 43# ior Penn
Township; 51# for Girard; 110 for Western; and'.62# for
Union. Canal shares are dull and lower, with sales of
Susquehanna Canal at 14#, a decline of#; and Dela
ware Division at £s#, a decline of#; 33 was bid for
Schuylkill Navigation common, 39 for preferred; 94
for Morris Canal common,-and 120 for preferred
Coal stocks are attracting some attention. New Creek
sold at 11-16, Swatara'Palls at 6&, and .Creep. Moun
tain at 6#. The oil stocks were generally active.
The following were the aaoiatlonsfor gold yesterday
at the h(mis named:
10 A.M.. .*..**..* .217
10KA. M ..a—-*.*2l7¥
11 A.
if tP*«?*"'*'*'* ■*********•+•++*
"1 l*« M«« ll*lM>»>l'MMm t»H«1 »W>»| »«>»l MIH, 219
4 F.
Drexel A Co, quote:
Hew Baited State* Bonds, 1881..—>—..116 @ii6k
Hewß. B. Certificates of Indebtedness 86)4(0 97
Buarterm&stere' Vouchers.. . 93 # 94
Order*for Certificates of Indebtedness...... 2S<@ 3
Gold.—.—— ..219 (§l2O .
Sterling Exchange ........237 @22t
Five-twenty Bonds log @]sB}£
'The Board of Directors'of the Mercantile Petroleum
Company yesterday declared a dividend of iwo per
cent, on the capital etock, free of State taxes.
The Columbia Mutual silk Manufacturing Company
has declared its first dividend of fire per coat. ~
The advance In the ten-forty bonds yeßterday is said
to be owing to a statement in the Washington Republi
can, that Secretary Fessenden has ordered the suspsn
-1 alon of the subscriptions to that loan. The report, how : -
ever, is not Jet confirmed. It is probable that the loan
.will be withdrawn, at a day soon tobenamed by actr
ctilar from Mr. Fessenden, in which be will solicit
further subscriptions. This course will give the public
at large an opportunity to get all the bonds they want,
and set at rest the unfounded charge that a circle of
loan,monger* In Hew York monopolize the profits at
tending the sale of large amounts of bonds.
The disposition among the State banks to reorganize
under the national Bank act, is gaining strength
throughout the country. In Hew York city the Bank
of Commerce, the Bank of the Bepublic, the Park, the
Broadway, and the Mercantile basks are said to be
contemplating the N change from the old to the new
system. Considering that at the date of the last return
of the Comptroller of the Currency; the.paper Issues of
the Rational Banks amounted to $74,390,420, within no
long time we may expect to see the foil amount of three
hundred milllonsanthortzed by the act.
The weekly averages of the old banks of the city of
Hew York, on Saturday, Deo. 17,1864, present, in the
aggregate, the following changes from the previous ex
hibit of Deo, 10,1864:
Decrease In D0an5...........,....,........*963,911
Decreaisln Specie. 263,377
Decrease in Circulation. jg 888
Decrease In undrawn Deposits., ....5.769,426
The old Asioclated Bank returns show the large di
version of moneT last week to the Rational banks and
the treasury office in payment of subscriptions to the
10-40 loan. It was this operation, and the drafts of the
Government upon Its Hew York depositaries, that
caused the temporary disturbance to the market hem:
the dose of the week. The old banks, to meet the de
mand for nearly six millions of their deposits, reduced
their line of loans and discounts lets than a million of
dollars, And they, appear to have contributed to the
large export demand for gold'only $263,000.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK ]
BEJOKB
' 480 Etory Farm. ■ - .lots 2.44
400 Oil Creek. lots 8
• first:
BOABD.
-100 Walnut Maud** •• 2.09
200 2£
SOGOIIC SCb BMofcs sg
510 Crescent City, .lots 2
1700 McGrea & O Riots 2
100 swatara Fa 115..,.;
200 Green Mountain..
100 Bub<i OanaL ~..56014*
77Deii>iv... lots 35#
1050 US 5-203 lota-IOS#
3600 do.*..lots, .ref *loB#
600U81040a.... 105
200 US 7-306 mw99%
400 State 5a........10ts 93
1000 do.** 93*
1100 d0™......10ts 82#
2000 Sell Hav 6s 'B2 lots 85
iOOO.Wyoming6s
25 Penna E-...... lots 64#
50 PMI& & Erie B 2d« 28
25 Catawlsaa S ......16
252d&3d-5t8....... ©#
f BOARDS:
JOO Bruner - IX
100 do..* .cash IX
200 Corn Plan ter..lots. 7*J
MO do-i—bS 734
360 do lots 734
BGO Caldwell. .bS-.lots 2X
100 do 7X
100 Dunk&rd Oil. %
200 Dalzell Oil 934
1400 do b3.-lots ■ 9%
1000 d 0.... b3O 10
2CO d 0..... 9X
100Fxcd5i0r.......... lx
200 Egbert OH. ..,.“3.94
200 Mineral 0i1.... 2X
60 Maple Shade...... 36
IOOOH Creek—...... 8
SCOOlxostead 0i1...... 3k
100 Bock Oil b 5 41-l(
100 do— 4
OOOSt Hicholas—lots 434
800 d0....:10t5..h30 434
BETWEBH
2Cam ft Amb8.....ie0 c
600 DBS-20 bonds.rag 1(834'
2000 do.lots reglOSX'
260 bobie ft Del.-.lots 10)4;
20 Philadelphia Bk - -161
300Caidwell—...>b30 734
2CO do.— .
200 Bock Oil. 4
loco EtHlchelas... Jots 434
100 Oil Creek 8
> 100 Dalzell Oil bSQ 9%
200 Cora Planter,.. s3O 73d
1 lOOOlmstead 3#
: lOOPMlaaOiiCreek. l#
100 Gharry Boa.. cash 2734
ft Maff&Medißk... 33
[2500 Union Canl bds.M 22#
50 Walnut Island.... 2*
100 d0.....*........ 2.66
900 U 8 6*»
100 City 6a m «:•***-» new 9s&
100 Dalzell Oil,
100 do
cash m
®x
SECSOBD BOARD.
ICO Dal 2011 on- Mm ,9% 8 MirehiHß eg
,9gg fo 9?i 6 Penaa E. -lots 64? f
1700 do...———bSO 10 40 do.—. lots 6114
600 Caldwell bSO 7|f do I " --'I sill
100 do 7K 100CherryBan....bl5 27Jf
200 Sw&tara.......lots «% lOn AtlM. .---..7.-21-li
400 Horth Cen.lots bSO 64% 1000 S:ate 5b 935£
KOltwln 0i1.......... lop 5000 D 85-20bonds.lotsM*
300 Beading. .G&Plots 6% 100 do--~ *OB
$OO Germania....—. lg 300 do —rag 108*
fcOOOPbilft A EG(eSwmW? B 1000(Hl S 'Ct&Cherryß 4
SCO Dal2ell OU .b3O.Ua 10 60 Dalrell 9 H.
200 do b3O 2ls! 200 ollCkhCh B.*6wn 4
06PennaR 64% 14008tNicholas. iX
600Deneroore MOPhUa &onCk IX
ICO do b 6 7% 1700St»icholas..,.b30 4%
34 Norristown B—_ ■■ 63 200 Egbert —— 394
IbOKeadlnsß—c*p 57X 1Q080ck—........... 4
200 Cora Planter-. 810 fU 400 Reading... bs.e&p 6714
. 100 Ca1dwe11.......... 7* 500 Sherman—, bS IB
200 Krotzer OU 1 W 1000 do-..- Sat IB
eoohncelslor—— 169 100 Ca1dwe11.......... JV
600 do—..—.bSOJ* 6000 U Basin.—.bS 9%
200Beading.......ckp 678 '2OO Caldwellb2o 7Jf
200Mdwe11....-.WO 7X 800 Mingo- J*
6CO Walnut Island— 260 SOO do— KB 41-18
M Irwin 11 600 Franklin -Tbl 254
ICO Phlla&Oil Ck— IX 400 Kory Farm blO.Oat
3Pennaß——..... 6414 400StJRiche!a8.... bSO 4B
% tS-;::-.-:?# B§Sg£s^.!S^Sl
ICO Beading .MyF.cl™ 37K (ir^P^ter. -. fdi 7X
foSDabSir—::::r^oio
800 OU Ck 1* Cherry K 4* 100 Walnqt Isl.sSOwn 2KE
200__d«..i....»...h30 4 100 Big Tank 2Jf
lCßJfslnnt Island.... ifi 200 Wal M.l6dysa*fi6 SB
860 Story farm—'.. 2« 1000Hogalaland —. .81
100 Corn Planter 7X 300 Big Tank.- ®£
The following U the amount of Coal traowoftol orcr
XCHAHGE, DEC. 2S» 189 i
iOABDS. '
200 BraaerOU V 6
Ships Tonawanfla, Julius, for this port 12*. and
fordo 13th, were ady. at Liver-
Bark Meeco, Warlinger, hence at Bmtenon Tuesday;
Brig Elirkbeth, Libby, heace at Boston o» Tuesday.
Bohr Sidney C Tyier. bteelmau, hence for Fort Royal,
With coal, put into Fort Monroe 26th instant for a har*
Bcbr Mmy Steadman, from New Tork, with forage te
.-Fort Boyal, pnt into Fort Monroe 26th instant for ahar
bor, with all her sails, except the jlbbodm, carried
“Sr Ocean Bell, of JobMhoro. Maine, from New
burgh for Portemoutte N H, with timber, went ashem
oa Mondaynl*bU on Plumb Inland, soar itewburyport.
The vewel is a total lob*, Grew saved. The cargo mar
bo fSTea, v
Tbe three-masted schr Nate Brigham, of New Tork,
Capt Plater, from New Orleans, with a cargo of Hoar to
Tiomse Dunham. Is ashore on Warden’s beach, about
one mile south of the Highlands. She had five fast ef
water in her at nine o'clock yesterday. TheEßwau
built at Green Foist, LI. in 1853, 546 toss register,,
fated AT, and owned by Thorns* Dunham. _
-Schr Frances Newton, of Bucksport, from Bush
filter, Md, for Bath. Me, with a cargo of timber, wac
cKrried athore on Thursday nfght last near Poet'a
.Isisnd, and ent through by the iee.
Schr GW Carpenter from Fortress MearOOfi)r B|Ml
more, is aihore ia Hooper's Stialte, BS4,
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the Lehigh Valley Ballroad for the week ending Deoem*
ttrHilttf!
C „ . WEgff. PRBVTOBgtT. TOTA&
Where slipped from. TonsOwt ToasCwt Tons Cr*
Hazleton 8,027 01 10,178 08 13.SWW
Ba« Sfigig,loaf, 927 01 4,788 OS K7isS
Cpunrtl Bldge, *— 964 10 4,022 02. 4.9» U
Mount PJeatant. 49501 1.256 07 1,741 at
Siring Mountain 1,2.57 04 8,842 08 4.699 la
Coleraine.... 640 04 1,430 00 2.OSJ 04
Bearer Meadow. 68 12 6*l*
New York and Lehigh.. 798 08 1,899 12 2!898 00
Honey,Brook 1.359 18 6,277 01 SstfOl
§**}•,• V- —..... I,©! 08 ' 6,487 II 7,078 »
••• 7i4t4 2,710 13 3 414 l*
irEI~?L P .S M s*i, Cl,alc »” 03 2,418 02 2,858 OS
ffiSSlLtfio* 1 Co - 680 II 463 06 LUH 07
'I&S’S&S?-' 61101 89814 1,268 IS
E“?.'L“£ miUin ' 467 08 1,849 06 2,3:6 1J
gfi, 8,660 14 6,7© 68 10.55 J 02
Coal -'- 42012 1,448 00 1.88412
£a?£ ‘n 085 oi 1,648 69 2,043 1*
2°„fnK:::::::::-.":: Si I
SSS
Wiikeeb’o Coal & Iron Co 68 02 398 OS - 460 08
OtherShippera..... 67 00 667 10 gi* ]g
_ Total.. 20,321 08 60.366 01
Corresponding week last • '~ -
year.— 4,978 00 6!,7» 08 67,874 «
Increase 06 7,606 16 23,003 01
The receipts into the treasury of California during the
fifteenth fiscal year of the State’s organization, ending
Jupoft), 1864. were *2.098,07
aXPfliaflS 2.093*29
Beceiptsexeeedexpenam..............
This is the first time for many years that the State fca»
been able to make both ends meet.' The total debt'on
the Ist of December, 1864. was §4,010.187, la which!*
not included the old Indian war debt, which is praett*
5 aU y repudiated, as successive Legislatures hare re
fused to make any provision lor its payment.
The annexed figures show the aggregate amount of
gold brought from California to Hew York by asala
each year since 1854:
1854....gt16,555,U8;i8K..§33,400 40ft
34.370,65*
lh66< 40,819*929j186§^rt*.........v* 24.ftja|§|C
1867 84*222,104 1M3.............. 11,905 t 47f
89,W6,7001
Totai - * .*^..5356,515,§»
The interest on the public debt of the State of lUinofe
is now almost entirely reimbursed from the seven per
cent, loan upon the traffic of the Illinois Central Com
pany. The half yearly payment of the company to the
State-Treasury on this account, to Ist October last, was
§23Mfi6. w
Tie Hew Tort Evening Post of yesterday says •
Gold has risen from 210(q>221. dosing at Zi9*T” Ir.
change is moderately active at foreparts
Tie Joan market is quiet at 7 per cent Commercial
MIX* Is doll at 7@lo per cent., with very XUtlo offering.
Ihe stock market opooeddolX and ci o-iad stead v 3£L
yernments are aoiet. Registered sixes of isgl arts
. quoted at 11034@112; coupons of 1881 at 116Js@il65f -
dv«-twenty coupons at IBB3£. and new loan at iOSicM
: forties at pi34@lol3i. and debt oertt&oataa at
S63t@96l|. Before the first session gold was quoted at
ge*i Bile at 863!; Hudson Hirer at 118; Besding-at
The following quotations wen made at the hoard *aa
compared with tlfose of the first boStmtowES?’ '
Bnlted States6s, 1881,00np....116}4 H6§i D *?
Bnited States 0-80 conp lei« ipsji „
ffnlted States S-20eonp. .new- .10834 108 34
Dnljed States 10-40 coupons -10114 10134 ?
Bolted States certiflcates . 8634 MX
Tennesseefis...... &5 55
MißB€tlll 6s fii
Hew Y ork CenttalKaliroad.. .114 K 114 K ii
hrle Railway... 8634 - 5614 .. se
Krte Hail way preferred 100 100 „
Hudson'-river Railroad.. 1163 d 116 £4 I.
Sending Railroad ......aid 1143 d .* X
After the heard the market was extremely dull and
sluggish-. Hew York Central closed at 11434. Brie at
8634. Hudson 1163 d. and Headings! 11434.
****>• call hew York Central clssed at
llik^ 18 ® a, * sott 116. and Beading at 11434#
Philadelphia Blarbets.
_ Dxcxmbsr 28—Brmlmfc
There ie very little export demand, for Flour, *nd
priiea remain about the same as last quoted. The only
sales we hear of are in a small way to the retailers and
bakers at fr0m59.6C@10.25 for superfine, slo.M@ll.2S
for extra, *11.CC@12.25 for extra family, and $12.00313
$ hblfor fancy brands, accordirg to quality. Bye
Floar is selling in a small way at $8 f! bbl. Corn Meal
Is scarce, and we hear of no sales. Buckwheat is a all
in r at *5.25 the 100 lbs.
, OEklß—tOheatis without change, and the demand
Is limited ; wboutS.eoO bus sold In lots at from *2.6132.68
£» reds, and white at from #2.50@2.95 $ bn, asto aaafi.
ty. Byels selling in a small way at 173« %t bushel. Com
ts dull and rather lower, with sates of about 1,000
bushels new yellow « 167@M5c, closing at the latter
rate. Oats are, unchanged! sales are making at 92c ¥
bh*h|l. 2.(M bushels Jttaltsold at 220 c ® bushel.
l«ha K^Sffa®t o on MttoEiU “ S “ Qtt6rCit^:
COTTOH. —The market is dull at the decline: sman
gJesare reported at from 115@118c & lb, cash, for mid
.“eioCEBIBS. —The market is dull, and prices of both.
bu«ar and coffee are unsettled. We hear of no
worthy efnotice. v*
„IE off. —Manufacture 4 Iron is in fair demand. Pie
Hetai is Texyduii, and we hear of no sales.
is quoted at $5P@5B ton for the three numbers
BAY.—Baied is selling at tom
SEEPS.--OloTerseed contiues scarce andiugooide
mand, with unall esles at $H 60® 15 per 5i Jbs Timo
thy is scarce* aftd quoted at $5 bos. Flax&e&d is beU
t»rO,2oobnseoidatsS&s^oi£
PJRuYlSiOjKS.—There is very little doing in the wav
of salts, and the market is noli, but prices remain
about the same as last quoted ; small sales of mewg
j£b|k are making at s4i@4i bbl. Bacon is scarce at
3atn and fancy Hams.
■ WHiSKY is in better demand,' with sales of about 600
bbls Pennsylvania ard Ohio at 225 c ¥-gallon..
.- The following arathe receipts of Flour and Grain at
this port to-day i
KoifHfl hWf,
Wheats.™.6,loo hue*
4,300 boa-
4,300 hI»T.
I«W Tork Markets, Dee. SB,
Ashes continue dull and eallrely nominal,
hnunm™.-The market for state and Western
Flour if dull, and nominally C@loc lower: sales 6,000
bbls at §9.«@s. 65 for snee.-fiae stare,-#9.90@10 fores>
tia do, jsitl. Cs@lo IS for choice dot 18.45@9T70f0r super,
fine Western! slfi®loi3s for common to medium extra
Western; lltt. 85@11 for common to choice good sbippinJ
brands tonnd.hoop Ohio, and ®ll.lOC#l2 for trade
brands.
?? d droopingf? sales 450 bbl*
atjslo. fit©l2 for common; Canadian Fioar tg dull,
‘©Pi.loy.S,! s ? lo6 M 0 bbl<! at *9.9C@l'J.lO for- common,
ana S!l\lo@12 for goad to choice extra.
Bye Flour is quiet-Corn Meal is dull, meat la
dull, and nominally 2@4c lower. Bye Is dull Bariev
is doll and nominal. Barley Mait is quiet ”
Oats are lc better,-at I.OBK@l 07 for Western. Tha
S, OT .B.P mk ? t deli and heavy-, sales i.BCO buahela, at
$1 90 for mixed Western afloat
The Beef market is quiet and unchanged; sales of 500
hole at about previous prnes
B( ef tame are dull, "with sales of SO bbls at *25 50
. Cut meets are less active and steady; saies-175 pack
-ages at 17Jj@lSKefor Shoulders, aid J9@2lcfor Hams
. 2,he Lard market Is without dsoidei ehanee; sales
1,900 bbls at 20® 2454 c—the latter aa extreme pries
. Wbistci-.—The marks t is quiet; sales of 500 bbls at
$2 2s@2 25 for Western resuiar. and *2.21@2.22, cash.
Baltimore markets, Bee. 28.
Hour quiet; sa'es of Western .extra at *ll 25: How
hrd-street supeifine *U. Wheat very dull: Southern
m' 1 ,-£ I ' e -S;v, c 'i rK , v Sl y dull;“®w white 41,61; yellow
<1 68. Whisky dull; sales at *1.32® 2.3 d. Groceries
dull and nominal.
Boston Karhets, Bee. 27.
■ The receipts since Saturday have beenJ»,BS6 hhls
Flour, 85,546 bus Corn, and l 300 bus Oats. The market
for Four isqnlet ;we quote at »10@10 50 for Western
superfine. *U@ll 25 for common extras, *IL 50@12 for
medium do., and *12.26@14 25for good and choice. in
dndlng fitvonte St. Louis brands. In Soutlurn Floor
aothlre has been done and prices are nominal. Com
is dull and prices nominal; ire quote at *2 oi@2 02 far
v'oc'ifv 1 “d now Southern yellow at *1 93®
LBB ® bus. {tats have been selling at 9;@9Bc® bu fS
Northern and Canada Bye *1 90. shorts *47ais. flna
feed*6o@s2, and middlings at ®*s@6s ¥ tom"® 13, att9
Pkovisioss.—l’ork Is selling at *39@40 for prime.
@44 WB®fo for clear, cash, Beef ran
fro® s22@|6 ® bbl for Eastern and Western. Lard 2ii<c
In bbls and tierces and Smoked Hams 20®22c ?. iii.cash-
Bntter and Cheese remain Without change.
K«w Bedford Oil Barket, Bee. 26,
Sperm is in moderate demand. The transactions for
the week include sales of 23il bbls at *2.10, andssobhis
two Wtceta not refilled, at same price, all for manim
Il SxSganon 816 4 “ Bt> Wlth a 8918 of 380 bßlßat
*v 0 /* 8 ? 61 ? *5? Whale Oil aad WbaUbona into
the Called States for the week ending Dec. 26,1854:
Tot.l for the week .«*'
Pmionsly rep0rted......63,834 71,862 655,808
From Jan. lto flat* 64, U 4 71,767 635 80S
Same flme last year—6s.U9 62 038 46L«M
- 1C W7ki l-emtn. 's Ship-pi* g Li&t-.
Arrival and Sailing of Ocean Steamers.
TO ABBIVE. *-
CUyof Buhlin—LlTOroool......B«w“rk:.—
Germania ... Southampton. New Fork.. Dec" 14
Australasian.... .Liverpool New Fork Dacli*
New Tork .Southampton-New Tort. --D^a
EHiaMttte»s*.Ms.LiTBrpool»n»,l!flgYorit«sn,..T>MW
„ , _ TO DEPART.
Erin........ New Tork Liverpool...,—. Den Si
Suwo Nada. ■••■•New Tork New Orleans... .Dec. a
Geo. Cromwell. - -New Tork New Orleans-.—Dec St
Kargaroo NewT 0rk.... .L1yerpb01....... Dae.Sl
HatMzas— -NowTork—{.NewOrleans ....Deo.Si
Corsica..—.-NewTork,....Havana, &c Jan. S
Lafayette New Tork Havre Jan 4
Africa. .805t0n.........Liverp00l Ja n . 4
North Star—..—NewTork—. .Aspinwall Jen. S
City of London-New Tork Liverpool ...Jen. T
Britannia—. .—.New Tork Glasgow—.. Jan. *
: PHILADELPHIA BOABD OF TBAD2.
Saul. E. Stokes, )
Geo. N TathaM, hCOKHimi OP THE MOSTH.
Bknj. Marshall. }
LETtEB BAGS,
at tbs kbrcbabm’ sxcHjurajs, ramaomtMnd.
Ship Coburg, Gibson Liverpool, soon.
Brig Blla Reed, {Brl, Tnzo -Hayana, so^.
MARINE EVTELEIGEACE.
FOBT OF rHUADILPHIA, Bee 25 : 1566,
Spnßrsßß.—7 241 Spy Sgrs...4 361 High Watbs...* »
AEBIVEu.
Steamship Saxon, Matthews, 48 hours from Boston
with mdse to Henry Winsor & Co. om BoBtoH ‘
, CLBABBD.J 5
Brig Ellen Barnard. Burgess, S W-Fass.
|ohr Louisa Gray, Bowen, SSwt Monroe.
Schr LizHe LawsOT, Smith, Fcrt Monroa.
Schr Alba. AdamA S W Fans
|bhr J M Vance, Bnrdge, Port BoyaL
Schr C J Ericspn, Tuttle, I royioeoce.
■ Sohr H A Weeks, Godfrey, New Tork. _ .
Bt’r Matagorda, Ayere.ELlton Head via Fort Monroe.
MEMORANDA*
Iroas os* A PhuapkllPhia Vhssbl—SpgpEßnra or Tr«nr
Crew,—The harts AntaC Horton, Pfi<e, hense for Port
Royal, with 6SO tons coal, oa Gorernmeat aeeoaat.
While scudding before a heavy northwest gale,, at 8 pi
21st Instant, siroclr on a shcal near Chinc >te&gue- amt
going over into deep water, sunk in about 24 hoars.
The weather was ternb) y severe and cold, the crew \re»
hfidly frost-bitten, and completely exhausted by their
efforts to keep the vessel afloat, when at 6 o’clock P m
22d Instant, as they were jost leaving the slnhinw
vessel in their boats, they were picked up bv thS
brig Gienroy, from. Bangor, Tor Washington, which
placed them on board the nardehip at the month oftha
Sf&SiWJcbStJ were brought to Belt*
more by steamer. Mr. Johnson, the. first mate, has ar
riyed totbls city ;his Angers are fioaa and he wiU lose
one of his toes. Some of the vrew are in a worse cnit
tlon. The A O N was built at Great B«g Harbor, In
1662, registered 430 tons, was owned by the captatn and
others, and was worth about $15,000. *Shera is but little
insuianceon theTesvel, and her crew saved nothing from,
the. wreck. schooners were on the beach in the
vicinity of Cljncoteague when the AON struck.
Steamship Empire City, from New Tork for New
Orleans; was seen 18th instant, SO miles 8 E from 8 W
Pass.