The press., January 02, 1865, Image 1

< S THI press,
WISHED RAIL* (SUNDAYS KIOEPIB)
BT JOHN W. FOBNBY.
na% *O. 11l SOOTH FOURTH STREET.
XIIK DAILY FBESB,
-it-gnlwirtliSM, liTnif Boilabs Pan Aaron, l*
** ,/■ or Twenty Cures Pm Wkbb, pnyabls to
Mdled, to Suhscribera out of the city,
tw „ ooitABS P sb Aramf; Poo* and Putt
fts'" gnt Months: Two Dollars and Twhhtt-
C ,sT n«»ra TOR Tsana llobths, invariably tnadvosee
' ! '? h Sord«e4.
f)> !i 8 . llTir ts»irients Inserted At the unm rate*.
•* IHE 181-fIKKKIT PRESS,
lt,ued to Bnbeeilhete, Pit* Boliaas Pas athhh, fa
THE HOLIDAYS.
"a GIF? for a lady,
A a MPT FOB A WIFE,
A OUT FOB A SISTER,
A OIFT FOB A FAMILY.
{jt yMt nufol HOLIDAY FRSBENT that ran he
jflitl*
jjlE “FLORENCE.”
aBBBIOAK INVENTOR’B GREAT TRIUMPH.
;UE SBWING MACHINE PERFECTED I
m the objections to other Machines are overcome la
ItfriOßßHOl. It nlakei
FOUR DIFFERENT STITOHE3
the same ease, and with as little machinery as
g|gr< make one. Besides, it has the
REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION,
. uniform, self-reynlatlnc tendon' of thread, and no
tot- wheels, or earns to act ont of order. It does
ALL KINDS OF FAMILY SEWINO,
,„ n the heaviest woolens to the most delicate fabrics,
»U kinds of silk, eottoja, and Unen thread, from
MACHINE does 10 large a range of work
~ ;19 FLORENCE.
jo OTHER MACHINE pleases the ladles so well as
ft, fLOKBHCB.
IT IS THE HANDSOMEST AND THE BEST!
me than OHS THOUSAND of the FLORENCE have
s,ea soil to Philadelphia within the last few months.
§h« f LORENOS is the only PERFECT FAMILY SEW
ISO tUCHIHB. warranted to rive entire eatlsfaetlon,
or money returned. There la -no one who ovg a
moBBSCB that would sell It at east.
Obllflng LABY OPERATORS sirs iastraetions at the
hostes of purchasers free of charge. Every Machine
tenanted, and kept In perfect order for one year.
Cslt and see Its operations, whether yon wlah to pur.
slue or not. Samples of sewing, with price list, seat
Bmhy mail.
ILOBMCE SEWING MACHINE CO.,
030 Oiestsmt Street.
WRAPPERS 1
JOHN C. ARRISON,
NOS. 1 and 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
Is now closing ont the balance of hia stock of
SmLEMEUPS WRAPPERS,
AT VEBY BEDIICED PBICEB,
31'itaulr son
lIOXiUXASr 3PXLBSEHVT/S.
d«S3 tjaS
JEWIS LADOMUS,
DIAMOND DEALER AND JEWELER,
NO. 802 CHESTNUT iSTREET,’
3ti cu hand a large and splendid assortment of
DIAMOND
SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PEES ENTS.
Also, a beautiful assortment of
Cold and Silver Watches, Jeweler, &c.
Hirer Ware In great variety, suitable for Bridal and
heiicr-r Prerents,
Hr assortment of Diamond Jewelry Is complete, and
It less price than can be foiiad In this city.
OLD GOLD, SILVER, AND DIAHOHBS BOUGHT
, FOR cash: . . _ _
ESTABLISHED IN 1818.
HOLIMT PRETESTS.
WM. WILSON & SON,
W. Cor. FIFTH and CHERRY Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
2ato on band a large and general aeiorimeut of
SILVEJt WARE.
Of oar own manufacfrarc,of the flutist quality and
Mt'iwt standard of Silver,
PLATED- WA&E.
a iarie and general auortment of superior Plated
Ware, &e.
OLD BlLVBBbonsht Mid taken In exohanaa. Hlgh
(ii prices siren, , del3-iat
.QHRISTMAS PRESENTS
FOB GEN'
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP
S'JARFS, - .
GLOVES,
TRAVELLING SHIRTS,
SUSPENDERS, .
, MUFFLERS,
HDKFS.,
And every deacrlstlon of
iEfttLEHEN’S FCfißflSHlNfi fiOCDS,
SUITABLE SOR PRESENTS.
LINFORD LUKENS,
N. W. eov. BIXTH- and CHESTNUT.
PRESENTS. A
CASSIDY &> BALL,
Ko. 12 SO-t3FH S\K€OJf» STBEII,
Would Invito attention to their stockof
GOLD Ml) SILVER WATCHES,
DIAMOND AND GOLD JEWELRY, !
Sliver and Silver Plated Ware,
Mtable for Holiday *nd Bridal Present*, aU of which
frill he sold at reasonable prices, ’ de24-7t
JACOB LAPOMUS,
618 MARKET STREET,
BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
SETS OF FINE GOLD JEWELRY,
DIAMOND RINGS, SILVER AND SILVER
PLATED WARE, '
ill of which will be nold at the lowest prices, and
Warranted to be ae represented.
618 MARKET STREET,
JsSUOt Comer DECATUR..
HENRY HARPER,
690 ARCH STREET,
Fas a handsome stock of
watches,
FINE JEWELRY,
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
lad FARCY SOLID SILVER WARE, suitable for
SBIBAL and HOLIDAY PRBSEBTB.
Jjv FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLACED WARE,
COEHEK AEOH ABB TBHTHSTBBBTB.
Itooshes, 81eey» Buttons, Armlets, Bracelets, gear!
Fins and Elns»,«Sea Bets, Ice Fltoliers,
Walters, Oofclets, Forks,
Spoons, &s. **
•►Watches repaired and Warranted. Old Sold,
-'.'n; onda, and Silver boucht.
J)I AM O N D S.
, Feiiona h*Ylnr Diamond* or other Precious Stones to
'‘irpoas of, will do well by eaUin* on
LEWIS LADOMUS,
»U«OH» ssaueb and jeweibk,
So. 80S CHESTNUT STBKBT,
mill tlve the hilfho.itoashprices.
‘>>*l «oid and Stiver Bought tor Cash.
jtti-17t
Christmas dry goods. ' .
kerlaoes reduced for Ohriatmaa. -
reduced for Christmas. •
'aittla reduced for Christina*.
"* 4be« reduced for Christinas.
icces reduced for Christmas.
Sf-norals reduced for Christina*. '
g!ff& and Hosiery reilnced for Christmas.
handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas.
cS? B handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas.
>ll and examine—no trouble
»o. 70S ABCS StreeV
SKATES.
Sitting fraternity."—
et SIW >•» PATESTIMPROVED SKATE MASTERING,
e "«ly adjoated,
U SOLD AT ALL THE SKATE STORES, ;
- " Preferenceto the troahleeome'fl&t plates. de2S-ot*'
WWiBON’B ~
409 CHEBTHDT Street, Philadelphia,
af T * ln4t teeeired the laraest and mott desirable
n LADIES’, OBHTS’, AND BOYS’ SKATBB
tills city, which we will Wee ranch
f»l ? lh showing all who desire to enjoy the dallght
's««atlOEof S&tlng.
PHILIP WILSON * 00..
409 CHESTNUT Street.
J^lai
SKATES, BKATES .
lor uVS 1 “wrtineat of BKATBS aad SKATS STRAPS
s Tery low prices, at ,
BO»^id^six^OOMMaßCEBttiiat.
JOBPRINTIff
«tuaawAiit« bkqwb’b. ui b. rousts at,
FAIRBANKS’
gCALES
WAREHOUSE,
71S CHESTNUT STREFI,
de7-tf .
JJAZARD ft HUTCHINSON,
No. UN CHESTNUT STRUT;
COMMISSION MERCHANTS!
yon ran uu oy
0»6-«m] PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
DETAIL DRY COOPS.
QLOTHBI CLOTHS! CLOTHS!
W. T. SNODGRASS’
Has Just received.per latest Importations a great stock
« Woolens» including an exteoatYa assortment of
LADX£B’ CLOAKINGS
, ..... AND-
COATINGS.
Also, a full stock of
ARMY AND NAYY GOODS.
‘ A 3 FOLLOWS.'
VELOURS. ALL BHADBS AND FBIOES.
EGYFTIENNBB, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
TRICOTS, DRY AND HIGH FINISH.
«-* BOES&SS, soft FINISH.
CHINCHILLAS. ALL COLORS, FROM $8 TO 4IX
NOBBY COATINGS. LATEST fiTILES.
DARK BLUB CLOlbs.
LIGHT BLUB CLOTHS.
INDIGO BLUB PILOTS.
INDIGO BLUB BEAVERS.
CASTORS. HIGH PINISH.
velvet Finish beavers.
SILK BACK BEAVERS.
8-4 and 6 4 INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS.
6-4 LIGHT BLUB FLANNELS.
And all kinds of Cloths* CassimeTSS, and Vestings.
Overcoatings, Cloakings, and all goods pertaining to
the cloth trade. deS-lm '
*TAGG & BRO m CORNER TENTH AND
PINE, open from Auction—
-1 lot children’s Wool Balmoral Hoie, 12 M cents.
1 ;• gents’ Sheppherd's Plaid Wool Scarfs, 40centa.
1 44 narrow Silk Neck-Ties, only 25 cents.
1 . /very ttsejeeitiß' Linen Handkerchiefs, 66 and 62e.
. I 44 ladlea’White Zephy«Nnblas, sl>2s.
1 4 * Chintz Wrapper Bordering. Sand 10 cte.jperyard,
1 4 4 gents’ very heavy and large English. Silk Socket
Handkerchiefs, $3.
1 lot ladies’ Hemstitched Pocket Handkerchiefs. 44c.
1 44 cents’ outside Flannel Shirts, fine goods, $3.
1 4 4 Scotoh Baimoral t Bkjrt6,jull size, $5, -
1“ all-wool Embossed Table Covers, $3.60.
.1 44 extra fine high lustre Black Alpacas. $1 75.
1 4 4 .ladies’ Bleached fine Cotton Hose. :55.cents.
1 4 * ’gents’ Gray Wool Undershirts, $1.75.
1 44 Steel Corset Clasps, 13 cents; covered do., 2Q«ts.
1 41 Mohair Invisible Jfete, 15 and 20 cents.
1 4 * all colors Silk Chenille Kets, $125.
1 4 4 Black Sewing Silk, large skeins. 25cts. per dozen.
1 44 very fine high colors afi-wbol-fctiuare Shawls. $&
Also, a. fuHilce ladies’, gents', and children's Gloves,*
late Yells, Pocket Handkerchiefs. Dress Buttons.
Trimming Ribbons, Notions, &u . &c. de3L 2t
628. HOOP SKIHTS 6 28.
The best aetorhneiit and best quality and styles of'
Ladles’, Misses Valid Children's Hoop-Skirts m the
city,- Wholesale vand Betail. at 'Manufactory. CSS
AEuH -SJfirts jhade to oMer. altered, and re*
paired: . . C<W-6i»] Wfl T HoPKIBS.'
VBKYBIOH AlTp HKA.VY COLORED
V Corded Silks, la VTlne Colors, Browns. Grosns.
Blues, Modes. -WhUess Me b
Very rich and heavr Plain Silks. .
Very heavy BSaok Cprded BUks.
Very heavy Plain Mack Kike.,
Fancy Silks of various styles.
Very rich Moire Antiques.
Black Watered Silks.
Mike for Evening Dresses.,
si, si and 83-lnou Pure Silk Velvets for Cloaks, real
very superior BeayerClotfie.
delktf - Btt South SECOND Street.
REP POPLINB.
AA goiij colors, extra Ane quality, for SI.
Plaid FoplUs of nniuraal keaoty, at *2.
Good OTaltty wide plaid Poplins, $1.25.
Plynred rape, Mohairs, and Merinoes.
127 pieces newest unique American Delaine*, seme
of them oholce and neat, others very xay stripe.
Over 100 ptecoß American prints, 51,85,88, and 10 ct*.
. .Black Mohalreand Alpacas, 65ct5t051.75.
- Balmnrals, fresh lot for misses, maids, and matron*.
Cloaks and Shawls in Cloak room,
moak ffSBESk
*026-tf B. S. Cor. NINTH and MARKET St*.
jg AEG AIN 8! CLOSING OUT l BAR
STOCK TO BE SOM BEFOKI JASTOABTI, IMS.
GKBAT BBDDCTION IK PEICK3.
DBEBS GOODS,
Handsome Silks at low prices. • ,
Silks of all kinds at low prices. :
Flaltt'HerlnoOsandPojbljns. _
- ■ HIGH PLAID POPLI9B . , . .
dDress Goods of all kinds at low priMs.
BKOCHB AHD WOOLKH SBAWLB.
Linen Hdkfs, Lacs Collars. ■
Prenck and ilambri. Lace VeUa^
9os. Tl 3 and YIS North T K9TH Street.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
gDWARB P, KELLY,
JOfiN KELLY,
■3Ci4AX.piCB 9 /
812 CHESTNUT STREET,
Will front tUt data (Oetober M) Mil -xl
BEDDOED PRICES.
ton .
CASH.
e.B-3 -
82& AECH STREET, ggg
6. A. HOTFMAm
GENTLEMEN’S .
WRAPPERS'
anb .
FURNISHING
GOODS
IN GENERAL.
835 ARCH STREET, 835
deSO lit
deffl-Kt*
HARRISON JARDBJT.
-OINB SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
A The subscribers would invite attention to their
- IMPROVED CUT OF BHBITS,
which they make a specialty la their hnsineas. Alio,
constantly receiving , . *
NOVELTIES fOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
STATIONERY & BLANK BOOKS.
OIL, MINING, COAL, AND OTHER
V/ HEW COMPANIES.
We are prepared to famish Hew Corporations with ail
the Books they reunite, at short notion and low prices,
of Srst quality, AU styles of Binding.
STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES OP STOCK,
LITHOGRAPHED •„! !■:
TRANSFER BOOR.
ORDERS OF TRANSFER,
.■ STOCK LEDGER,
fgTOCK LEDGER BALANCES,
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK. -
BROKER’S PETTY LEDGER,
ACCOUNT OF SALES,
. DIVIDEND BOOK
MOSS « CO.,
BLANKBOOK MANUFACTURERS AND STATIONERS,
PRBDK RICK BOLAND,
X Mannfaotnnr or every variety of LOOKIHG
' GLASSandPIOTUM FRaMls/imd dealerltt w „ Q S
i amebicsn engravings!
1 mOTOCiHAPH oval FRAMES, in great varietjr.
4e28 l»* 80. »51 fionh HUM »t,, above Sate.
YOL. B.— NO. 132.
SCALES.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
CLOTH HOUSE,
84 South SECOND Street
*3 STRAWBERRY Street 1
10»« CHESTNUT STBEBT, •
E. M, NEEDLES
is »AILT Moarnare
NOVEIiTIBS |
.■ ’ -• ‘ v : v ;
AC.E S , . a
WHITE GOODS. |
EMBBOIDERIES, j
V E I II S a |
HANDKEROEIIEFS.aso. *
Im every variety and at SEDUCED PEXCSS,
Suitable for -
CHSISTMAB HOLIDAY DESSERTS.
ycsMk OHsgnnrr stbkst.
©ENTS* FIJKNISmN© «©©DS.
J. W. SOOTT & GO.,
GENTLEMEH’S FURNISHING STOBB,
- Ho. 814 CHESTNUT StBEBT,
Fonx dtuif lislow thsCoattueatal.
43* CHESTNUT Street.
SEwnro machines.
SEWING MACHINES.
715 CHESTNUT ST.
CURTAIK GOODS.
JJOLIDAY PRESENTS
FOR LADIES.
RICH EMBROIDERED
LACE CURTAINS,
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS,
. WITH
DAMASK CURTAINS
AT LOW PRICES;
. I.E.WALRAVBN,.
MASONIC HALL,
deSD-tf ' • 719 CHESTNUT Street.
Q OBTAIN STORE.
1026 CHESmi STBS*?. 1026
BKOOATELLE CURTAINS.
OOTELINE OTJBTAINS.
TERRY CURTAINS,
MUSLIN CURTAINS.
SATIN DE LAINE CURTAINS.
REP CURTAINS, i
LACE CURTAINS, -
WIN D O W SHADES.
Our workmanship I* tuunrpassed: -
O. M STOUT A CO ,
803-3 m - lQga CHESTNUT Street,
NEW'PUBLICATIONS.
IOfJA LINDSAY.. & BEAKISTON’B
AOUcA• PHYSICIAN’S VISITING LIST for 1865 now
ready in everv^yarieiy,and',style or binding, including
the INTiRLEaYED edlition, with rages for'Special
memoranda, &c.
1865,-
of various atyiaa of hijJding aud sizes
* 4 # . . ALSgHOXtDAY BOOK'S'
or ail kind« at Low FKiCBS.' 4 • 1 * ’ •
y . - -LINDSAY & BLAKI3TO3ST,
PnhJisbers and Booksellers,
d»g» Ho. 35 South SIXTH Street, above Cheatnut,
WW UNITED ‘STATES COAST SUR
TRY MAf*.—JHap of Baefern Georgia and South
Carolina, showing the movements of General Sherman
from Atlanta to .Savannah. Also, showing the Soa
Coast from bavannah. Riven to Charleston Harbor, giving
aIP the Towns. Railroads, &c., &c. The latest and most
reliable Map published*. ......
_ __ ajlso.
JtTST-POBLISHISD.
THE DIARY OF MBS. KI2TY TRH YLY A
Stozv of the tune of Whitefieia ana the Wesievs. By
the author of-'Cotta iramily." 'Early Dawn,’'Ac.
Clovh. 12mo.
A jarge assortment of BOOKS in fine bindings. PHO-
T GRAPH ALBUMS UVENILE &c su able for
HolsdayPresente. For sale by , ; •
WM; 8. & ALFRED MARTIBBTe
de22 . GOG CHESTNUT Street.
MSW BOOKS KOR TUB HOLIDAYS!
•Al LIFE OF -GENESAL HANCOCK.
Wl] FIELD QHE J aWTEK’S SON. and HoW he
Became a Haior General.-’ By Rev. C. W. Dennison*
late;Chapiain 0. 8. Yoiunteere. Illustrateawith-hand
some portrait and spirited designs by White &nd Cadet
Haneock. printed on fine white paper, cloth binding.
Price $1.60.
M Th& following; letter received from IK F. Hancock.
Esq., father or our distinguished hero., will be read
With-iniereet: - -
Swbdr Stbeet, Norristown Nov 23,1864
SE2r: I am in recelpt of the advance copy of -vour life
of my eon “Winfield,’’and have read w t ids s e
I acknowledge the compliment implied in the unex- •
pected honor of the dedication of tuo volume to me * The
stylais pleasing, and tho .historical statements are cur- $
reett It ia written with spirit ana m a faithful manner. '
The work, is neatly gotten uprthe likeness is a good
one: -1 cannot but hope that Winfield” will be a
useful voluxce, not only in h ores is an uxst uc ng
the youth of our country, but m promoting sentiments
of patriotism among all our people.
v ' , Respectfully yours, :
- B -F. HANCOCK* •
Toßev* C. W. DuirKiaojf, Philadelphia.
: EE4SIDE AND FiIeSI E VAIBSBS
Translated from the German of Ge rge Blum and
Louis Wshl* By A. L. Wiiter. Pnnted on ihd finest’
tinted paper. by White and;
others. One of the: bhsfc fairy books yet issued. The '
children are all delighted with it- Price $1,75. :
The American Publishers 1 Stratus* of Sept. Ist says:
It is acknowledged by everybody that the German'
language is peculiarly rich in a. class of stones com
prehended under the term "Mahrcthso," which are
especially attractive to juvenlio readers. The Gnmm
collection baa become almobt domesticated in our
houiea. we have here another, brimming' draught
brought up from thesameoidea well. It lsiustsucna
collection as will delight the hearts of .-bxiEhc boys and
girls. We almostenvyihedittle folks the pure, neaity
pleasure which-thf book iU give them as he wde
opened eyes go stftrkigly from page to p ge and he
c-littleheanebeat -an:excited accompamment-to theun-;
folding of ftrauge evGots Messrs, ushmead A Evans
have issued the work 4u fche handsome style which it
deserves It is, in every way. a highly creditable spe
cimen of book-making The typography is admirably
executed, the paper is delicately tinted, ana the bind
ing, the gUt top and the lettering, present an attractive
* external appearance. -We should also add that there
are several appremUteandexpreseive illustrations, it
is both a pleasure and k dufcy to commend such a woak.
. BUSY HANDS HEAiITS;
” Or, the Blind Boy of Dresden and his Friends. JL
storyfromGermany. -Price66cents. -
From many flattering notices of this little hook we
clip the following:
■ This ‘ 1 Busy Hands 1 ’ we shall not soon fojget, The
dar.ing bright little Magda, the support of her rheu
matic old mother and blind brother, is a*, pretty aad
helpful a Christmas picture as we ever sot eyes on;
while good Mastf r Tanzer’s and Mr Gloaming’s kind
ness to the poor afflicted ones will lead old and young
at Christmas time to think whose hearts, and lotHhey
can mahe bUther and brighter ere the new year is rung
in- We will not tell the story of the booh, but beg our
readers who have children to buy it and read it them
selves^—Xoncfon Reader. ,
One of the wn/ best of recent story books for children.
The oid struggle of cheerful piaty against want, mis
fortune. and triaL,-and the final victory, is told with
simplicity, tenderness, and discrimination. We com
mend. it to families and Sabbath schools. ’-American
Fresfcgggm. ATTEACTIVB: BOOKS
FOB THE HOLIDAYS,
Published by •
ASHMSAD & EVANS,
No. CHESTNUT Street,
- Philadelphia,
Sold 1 by all Booksellers. . ____ de22-tf
JiLBUM COMPANY.
X-v An elegant Album, containing Photographs of
all the Generals in the United States. •»•»•$£ OQ
A Splendid Album, containing Photographs of all
the President* of the United states .$5 00
A Beautiful Album, containing a collection of all
our Naya1Her0e5..;.v%„—................54 DO
The three together/comprising .the whole collec-'
iibn.... ....... .10 00
- A MOST SUITABLE PBBSENT FOE HOLIDAY
/ GIFTS.
A most exquisite POCKET ALBUM, containing a fine
collectionof most piquantJFrench Pictures, 0n1y...54 60
Address the \* Novelty Album Co., ’"Post Office Box
6488, New York city; giving? address, land any of the
.above will be immediately sent by express, who will
collect on delivery. ' ■ • de7-w fl "q^in
BOOK WHEAT FLOUR.
WHITS CLOYEE HORSY.
*SW FABBD FBACHEB.
CULTIVATED CBAHBBBBIES, Jn.
ALBERT O. ROBERTB.
B«*Jer la Tin. Groseriea,
*“2-» ftorn.r XLXVBHTH and TUTS BtreeU.
HOLMES GROVER.
ESAMELIED SIATE MASTM WAREROOZS,
TABLE TOPS, <Sso., «Sio.,
Wo. 933 CSb.estn.2it: (Street,
fhiladelphia.
fACTOBT. TOTH ASD BUTSOH.
gPARKLING CATAWBA
WINE,,
in Quart, and, Flnta. Also,
SWEET AHD DEY CATAWBA WISE AND CATAW.
BABBAUBY,
made from the Fore Juice of the Catawba Crape.
For Bale at HARTLEY’S Oaiawba-Wlae A,enor,
de2o-iat - ,5» Worth FIFTH Street
ITENRY'HUDDV,
MOBOHGAHBLA, EYE, AHD 'WHEAT
WHISKIES
M JFOBTH SXCOND BTEBBT, below KacfcKiili
io^^i
AAACKEKEL, HERRING, SHAH, &0.
<***■• —2,600 bble, Mass. Nqs. 1,2, and 8 MaekeraL
late-caught fat fish, in assorted packages.- • r*
bbls. New Bastport, Fortune Bay,; and Halifax
2j6oo&>xe» Lubee, Scaled, and No. 1 Herring.
160 bbU new Meds Shad. . ,
260 boxes Herkimer county Cheese, Ac.
In store and for sale by . MUBPiiY &K00N9,.
jalß-lf 80. M 6 HOETH WHABVie..
1 OHO SPRING HOBBY-HORSES
ljUvl/ (new and fancy styles), goose-neck Sleds,
txpxesfc Carts, &e., for sale by - . i
BOWS-& BUBTON,
delft-tf y»T and 159 North THIhD Street
A CHANCE TO AVOID THE'DRAFT.
Principe Furnished with Substitutes at; tho
shortest notice, aud at low prices. JOHN MANSFIELD
& CO. Ogee 403 LIBRARY St., second story.de23jlia*
QTE AM AND WATER GAUGES—THE
A? buteet MBortmsnt in Philadelphia—«mtantlT 01
*«»*■ K. THEOWjr. 321 WADgTTT gtra»t. nn7-%t».
DURE PALM OIL SOAPi MANUFAO-
A. TOEEDA, • LiH-SC. PfKfNTOJf,
MB-iar r US dUEUASfiTSA SUMb
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1865.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1865.
QIBBS*
The Chaplaihs of- oub ARMy.—The celebrated
personage who became a physician in spite of him*
.self, anfl who bos been immortalized in Moliere’s
comedy, said that there were faggots and faggots,
intending to imply by that sage remark that; al
though the generto term faggot applied indiscrimi
nately to all, there were degrees of .excellence
-among those useful articles. I may ..likewise Bay
that there are'chaplains and chaplains. They all
have the same rank and the same pay,,yet some
perform more real service In amonththan a benlg.
, napt Providence has allotted to otherseltlior the ca
pacity or Inolinatlon to perform ln> lifetime. Ido
not desire to-praise any . lining ohaplaln, although
the race of good chaplains, while small;, is. by no
means extinct. But I oan mention one, reoontly
deceased,-who yas indeed amodelfor the Imitation
of every aspirant to excellence in that difficult ea.
- reer. ,There are few of-the old officers and men r of
, the Army of the,. Botomac who do not reeolleet the
Bey. Dr. Gordon W lnslow, formerly ohaplaln of the
sth New York. Who that participated ,ln-the me
morable seven days' fighting before Biohmond but
remembers that stalwart figure and-patriarchal
face; as, clothed In' the uniform 6f Ms
regiment, and mounted .<& "hjs- noble - bayi
he flashed about wherever shot land shell fell the '
fastest and most furious—now bringing water to
men, themselves unable to leave the line ; now ad-“
ministering the consolations and hopes of religion to
the dying, and now hiding ‘with ihla surgical skill
(for ho was an educated physician as weii as clergy
man,) the medical officers in their arduous and deli
cate duties. Col. Warren (uoW' Major Gen. War-,
ren) then commanded that celebrated regiment, amr
he,neither then nor Binoe, was.ever suspected of
picking his steps on the battle-field because of eon*
slderatlona.of personal safety. Yet, wherever Col’"
Warren was seen, there also, unlesß employed else
where on some of the duties,above.desorfbed, could
be seen Dr. Winslow. He was an edneatedigentle
man—a mao oi*Jntelllgenco, learning, and of sci
ence and unaffected piety, and a braver man tiffin
he never wore sword. Col. WSritm;' ra‘ he welD
deserved to be, was rapidly prb&ioted, pnd the
late. Colonel Cleveland. Winslow, .the son 'of the
Deotor, became Colonel of the 6th New, York. He
fell, as It resulted, mortally wounded jn' the : battle
at Spottsylyania, and, while attending Ms wonnded
son to his home in Hew York, the Doctor hltnsel f
was accidentally drowned. We have lost many
dearly loved men in this army. To mention no
others, there were Kearney and SedgwlSk; the
devotion of whose men to them amounted almost to
Idolatry, yet I doubt whether any death has oo
curred ln the Army of the Potomac which occasion-.
ed-mere generq| and profound grlef,among; yhS, old
Dr.Gofdfrn TOnsiow.
I once had the misfortune to serve-in a regiment
with a chaplain of 'another type altogether. Yulgfpj,
gnorant, trifling, inquisitive, and prylng-’as a
iconkey, he could manage, without-doing any doty
■himself, to get in the way of more people who- wets
-doing duty than any small man I oversaw. Witt
his mouth and ears always open, he would gather
up all the tattle- of ‘orderlies-and teamsters,' wttfch
he-would run' back to his own regiment to repekfcjas
autberitiatlvulyas though it had bean Imparted to
■Mm frji tiefrommandlng general. I b|ie.
incident, which -was -but one-of—many-Slmilar
-ones. The regiment had made a hard; Ipngi-.
Harassing )maraK. to very bad : weather. --jfeeo*-<
mcnced'before day,.and contlnuedsomp bohrihifter
dark, andwas upon a orowded toad, sp that
constamiy . Interrupted by those short, tant&ttalfig -
halts, wiiieMtetreSs men more than any
amount of .continued marching. At last a hfltwi&j
made, ni nia hthokea arms, eooked
and having made 1 tbsl! frugal meal, were neaifly all -
-asleep, a speck pfiJJgMrhere and there showing ■
Where there was onewho derived more aolaoqfteaa :
Aven;“Hiffil nature's smjSm' 1 -
Storer.” . The Colonel (gallaqt.oid man! I hojMrtEbe
Virginia sod- that Iholped to plaoe over you-liis i
lightly on your "heart, for a braver or warmer ocp
.never was- stilled by rebel ‘bjjllbt), having Cawth
everybody in his command aaeomfortobie .as-p M-i
sibie, was; Mmself asleep "bjr his eaTapffire.
adjutant-st-tbe time, and was lying-near! .'my. W i
but was not-ifliaepi belng kept awake b'y-»- perplex- i
ingidesir'eto-reoeUeet the name of a b#Y weiß to«f
school with- many-years before,-and whom X
'belibve I had' never thought of staee thosfr eebbS- J|
■boy days-untii that night. It was riot oafre slightest-;
.'consequence what his name wasybat-ltjll, I could! 1
not "help worrying over it-; shouldi
he' sb X lsave. to : psyohologtbtb'tb Ali i
.1 know Is,-that after the fslagaes of day I
.was kept awake by trying to racolleot the'frame of a ;
‘crusty, dirty, untvholesomeilookftig.llttlb boy that I
t bad.nfrisfwi or thought of for- twenty years. Just j
,thentbeiy'«%J a cry from,the jlght of odr regi-4
dhent.of -“fattia,” whieh, of ooarle, rapidly gravelled i
to the leftyuntH every man was standing at ider
stabi. Tke-OoKme! awoke Instantly, crying ll whafs-l:
thatl” amd directed me to jpmaA see what Whs
matter, s went,.and 4ox\nd that the tiiipfffijfoi frit;
usual, had been hanging-around the division hfrad.- -
quarters, and had hearp-km orderly, or somebody,;
reliable, say that.,wo-were to move/a-t-tea’
o’clock. It was then abdnjfr quarter of ten, aij£,
full of-tJijß information, he had gone to the reglmen y;
Where hehad-imparted It.to a
bffioer ,as silly SB MmSeH ! 'jsdvislng hint to “ fall
■his mes and be ready,'- tsfgqtted- the state of jfSfl
ease to. the Colonel. He was very angry, Hera werej
Mb poor, fatigued, weary naan eallfrd froin ilmlr%gt:
; sleep to feed the vanity of an ass.. Tlix* Cploaetroad.;
tbe ehapialn a homily. onShe mlsehlef dong by,idiei
tongues and busy-bodlesj which would edt llkC
a raior into any moral hide less tough (hard-the
physical one of a rhinoceros. V .
After considerable tisno the men became again'"
quiet, and the Colonial, having lit a cigar, was'
lying down smoking ii, with his. arms thrown above.:
his head, Which was supported by "the. '
fingers of his hands. Some time elapsed is Silence,
when ho turned t-orae and said: “Do yen balleyo
- tKat%pplylng'.b(S6t leather to the- seat of a chap*®
> -lain’s .trousers in front of the regiment 's- the unpar
donable slnT’ i teld him tbat my. theological
studies had been very superficial, bch that X had:
never heard that suggested as’ a solution of the
fearful mystery referred to. “ Because if it is," said
he, “ I have jusst* had a devilish narrow escape.”
The Deab,lS,kbsl bt the Boadsid®.— Near the.
mile stone, four miles out kora Franklin, I saw for
the first time a rebel corpse. There’were several
wagons, men on horseback, and a few straggling
soldiers resting themselves note by; Away to the
left, olouda of smoke'Could be* seem rlMng from our
batteries and the rebel cannon, which were then en
gaged In a'deadlj struggle, near the base ot the dis
tant hills. Tbe pike here was enclosed on both sides
by a fine stone wall. He lay with his head to the
waif,stiff.and stark, his feet, stretched out towards
the road, Abullet ha d entered under his right ear and
come out beneath the left, where some of his brains
oonld be seen hanging down. The stones around his,
head-wore besmeared with blood. His .last ratloU
lay beside him—a chunk of yellow corn cake'and* a,
very fat piece of raw pork, A-man of twenty-five,
clad ta the .coarse gray.rebolsnit,-hls leftarm lying
on tbe ground along his.side,’his right arm resting
on his breast, with Bgh!' , brown hair, and short out,
reddish beard affd’temstache; Ms bine: eves; glassy
and vacant,ffthred at the skies with a ghastly gaze.
Thus he had lain for a whole day and night, no one
pitying, no one burying him, no friend to close his
eyes. But he had -been touched by some unhaUowed
hand, for his pickets were turned inside opt. I
hoped that this deed was done by no soldier of ours,
but I feared that It Was before I left the spot.
I-had been on a battle-field ~before, and I had
looked on thousandsof wounded men elsewhere, but
It happened that this was the first rebel corpse that
Ihad seen. 1 got oil myhorse and* stood near the
dead man.
I bod hardly written a few notes ere a boy of ton
or twelve, some officer’s servant; who was riding.
along, came up; ohecksd his horse, and looked down i
on the corpse.
“Ah! yon thought you would eat your dinner in
Nashville; did yon 1” sold he, to a mooklng tone,-
speaking to the dead man. !
The stiff Ups, the fixed eyes, the dead ears, nor
moved, nor flashed, nor heaTd. But Pwis shockod
at this hideous speech from so young a boy. ,
“Look here, boy”—l do not think ho" liked thft
title, “the dead should be- treated with respect.
May be you wilt die some day,-like him, with ho
one to pity you. If he was a rebel, he Is dead asm
and—” jP
“He ought to be,” sold the young soamp, angri
ly, and he spurred his horse and started. -■ ,
I did not try to go on, for I saw that he, too, was-'
one of the victims of the war, already, like «S-,
other, beyond any help of mine.- I was greatly
moved with pity for the rebel: and turning m -»->
soldier on horseback beside mo, I said that I thought *
some-one ought to close the dead man’s eyes. r ’
“ Oh, he’swell enough,” was thegruff response.*
1 Bußpeeted that the soldier was a Tenness&in,
and determined to try to touch his heart, f -f *
« Well, I don’t know,” I said, “ I pity the South
ern soldiers; I care mighty little for thpir officers;
they went in when they knew better; hut the oom
mon people were conscripted—they haa no ahoicai..
The Tennesseaboys in our arpiy were most ot thSB *
forced into the rebel army, and there are’notaSy
better Union men to the whole country;” Not a
word. He looked away. I saw that I might now ilo
safely, and without arousing any suspicion of 'my
own loyalty, what my heart urged me do for the
poor rebel; I knelt down and shut his eyes, and then
rode off. And as I thought-that if the war wont on,
perhaps a Northern boy I-inew might yet lie, stark
.and stiff, as this man now lay, on some Southern'
Highway, with no one to ’pity him or to close his
eyes, ana that, to some far away log hut, a young
widow or a loving mother might soon have to weep
for tola new-made corfigo that my hand had touched.
I Saw almost as little for some minutes as the glassy
ayes of tie’ robei eoldlerhad seen since the bullet l
gave him Mb-lgst long furlough.— NasbvUte Corre
spondence of JSopton Journal. - i
•HOBBUJi.E.j-BAEBAKtTY;— The Peruvian slave
traders for qcme time past have bean engaged In an
extensive traffic thorn the South Soa* Islands, and
have prosecuted their, work with little regard to the
claims of humanity. The London Missionary Maga
zine that the sequel of the attempt of the Go
vornnieEt to release the captured Polynesians has
scarcely, been less dreadful than the aots of the
slavers themßelves. The* Peruvian Government,
desirous of making amends fbr the aots of its Bub
jecthjprovided a vessel to convey home Such of the
slMptas desired to return home. The result is’thus
-TBe number of those reßouedjfrom slavery amount
*ed to 360, but, from the orowced state of thm’ shlp
•and the cruelty.they Buffered on board, no letathan*
, Mt died at sea and were burled to the deep'.” The
‘ sixteen survivors were forced hy the oaptalnT'on
1 Bapa, where they spread the dreadful disease un
der whioh they labored tbroughout the Island, and
one-third of the population fell victims. At the
time of Mr. Green’s visit, seven Only of the Buffereta
who had sailed from Peru remained. Such bas been
the horrible result of the recent attempt to enslave
the peacefui and Christian Inhabitants of, Eastern
Poljnesia. More than 2.0C0 wore torn from,tjietr
hemes and.k todred, and of those rescued frenrboud
age probably not one will return toreport the sniffer
tags and the death of his countrymen. f *
i BiOHTram;,—A Masßaohnsetts paper reports; the '
terrible death of an Irish laborer ot the read* mines;
near LoudvUlejreoontly, He’tteoldentaUy’fell into'
*;the Shaft, .and went with, fearful velocity to the,
Incidents' or tiie War.
IDE OIFTUBR OF ME FLORIDA.
IM.POBTAHT OFFICIAL OOBEBBPONDEHCB BBTWEUN
TBS BBAZLLIAN MINIBTBB AND KB. SBWA.BD—
THB CBBW OP TBS PLOKIDA SET AT iIBBETT—
CAPTAINCOLLINS, OP THE WAOHUSBTT BUB*
FENDED KEOM FURTHERUUTV —OUil CONSUL AT
BAHIA TO BE DISHISSED—EXPLANATION OP THE
1.068. OP THE FLORIDA,
KB. SEWARD TO KE. WEBS,
Dbpartkbht op State,
Washington, Not. H, 1884.
To James Watson Webb, Esq , §-c>, §-c,,tfC., Brasil:
Sib ; In the years 1882 and 1888 remonstranoes were
acdijessed by us to the Govornmontofßrazil against
the policy different as It was from that or all other
American btates, In regard to the furnishing of
shelter,and a haven to pirates who were engaged in
depredating upon the peaceful commerce of the
United States. The correspondence came to a dose
without having produced any satisfactory result,
and not without leaving a painful presentiment*
that a continuance of measures so Injurious to the
United States would sooner or later affect the har
monious relations heretofore' existing between the
two countries.
We have just now heard of the capture of the.
Florida--by the Waehusett at * Bahia, and of the
consequent hostilities adopted by the Brasilian
foroeeln that ports but we have no particular in
formation of- the circumstances which preceded the'
collision, and our information concerning the'
transaction itself is incomplete. At tne same time,
we are absolutely without knowledge of any cor
respondence that It may have elicited between
yourself and the Brasilian Government, -
In thls stage of the matter, the President thinks it
proper that yon should Inform the Minister for
Foreign Affalrß that we are not Indisposed to ex
amine the subject upon Its merits carefully, and to
-consider whatever questions may arise oat of It In
a becoming and friendly spirit, If that spirit shall
beadopted bv his Imperial Majesty’s Q-orernment.
I am, sir. your obedient servant,
WILtIAK 11. SSWABD.
- - KB. BABBOZA TO KB. BBWABD.
- ' C Translation. ] ■
IHPERIAL I LGATION OP BBAZIL,
: ■ - Washington, December 12,1884.
The .undersigned, charge d’affaires ad interim of
H. M. the Emperor of Brazil, has just received
orders from his Q-overnment' to address himself,
’ wltnout delay.-to that ol the United States of North
America about an act of the most transcendent
gtavlty done on the morning of the 7th of Ootobqr
last, In the port of the capital of the Province of
Bahia, by-the,war-steamer Waehusett, belonging,to
the navy of the Union, an act which involves a
manifest violation of the territorial jurisdiction of
the Empire, and an- offence to Its honor and sove
reignty
- On .tup fourth day of the month referred to there
enteredthat port, where already had been lying for
some days, the Waehusett, the'Confederate steamer
■ Florida,: for. the purpose, declared by her com
mander to the President of.the province, to supply''
htrself with alimentary provisions and coal, ana to
repair some. tabes of her machinery.
The President, proceeding in accordance with the
policy of nentroll y which the Empire resolved to
adopt on the question In which unfortunately these
States are involved, and In conformity with theJn
utructlons In this respect Issued by the Imperiaro-o
vernment on the 23d ot June of the year last past,
assented te the appUeatlon-of the commander of the
Florida, and flxed, the term ol forty-eight Hours for
taking In.supplies, and fixing, in dependence on the
final examination by the engineer of the arsenal;
the deteimination of the i ssldue of the time which,
narsffventnre, shonld be deemed Indispensable for
She completion of the repairs. - .
. The same authority at once took, with the great
: cat Impartiality, all the measures necessary to avoid
any conflict between the tVo hostile steamers. The
Florida was placed under cover.qf the batteries of
; the-PrazUlqn corvette D. Jane aria, on the inshore
: sMe,-at jhe request of her commander, who, re
poctugoß the faith with which*, without -doubt, the
* elder authority ol the province could not fall to in
spire him. considered himself sheltered from any at
tack ot his adverear, ap i-in-tblu confidence not
only stayed a night on si ore, hut gave liberty to a
great part irf thecrewol blsvessei.
It hehooves mo to say that as soon as the Oohfedo
rattt steamer entered the port at Bahia, the Amerl
oaircofisul, Wilsun, addressed to the President a
despatch claiming that the'Florida should not be
admitted to lree pratique, and that on the contrary
•ghe should be detained, alleging for this, that that
■ vccsel had. In concert with the Alabama, violated
tire neutrality of the Empire' by making: captures
in 1883; near the Island of FemandoAs Noronha.
.jSuoh exaggerated pretensions, founded on-fiaets not
proven, which had already been the subject of dla
cusslon between the Imperial Qovernment'-and the
Legation of the United BtateWcould not be even
-listened to.
If the President should have refused the-hospi
ralUy solicited by the commander of the Florida,
far would have infringed not only tho duties of
. neutrality of- the Empire, but also those of hn
kjnamty considering that steamer, comings from
'jfenerlne, had ■ been frl days at'sea; was unprovided
With food, and with machinery In the worst con
dition. . ’ :
.. Afterwarde, the President having stated to-the
•feme consul that he hoped, fromhi9honor.and loy
alty toward afrlandly nation, that hb would settle
wtUt -tMo commander of saoWaehusett -that he
i Should reepoot-thenoutrality Sad sovereignty of the
| Empire, ho was answered affirmatively,kfte consul
• S&fS in 9 'uw.rS'of honyr. Things were Iff this
i ewsalUob, the term of forty-@ighth.ours .being to-ra
i pfes,at one o’olook- of the afternoon of tho 7th, when
f about dawn of thatday the commander oft he steam-
suddenly leaving Ms anchorage,
through the Brasilian vessels-of-trar and ap-'
’ lsOpeslng'acrdSs the hews of the Brazilian cor-
Vo?tfclb J armaria he was Mailed from on board that
heaffust anchor, but as-be did not-attend- to bhfo
mlhUatfoD, and continued toapproach the '-Florida,
"af tjie ssine time firing ft gun and some musketry,
tie.ecmmantrer of the naval division of,the.’iSmptre,
smtSmefllh.those waters, sent an officer to board-:
thwWfcuhui'ett and Inform Met commander.that the
’ tnipo of the divleion and the Torts -would open-lire-!
tipemher if she should attack the Florida. The:
wMim officer was not allowed to make fase to
thh.Kdtslmsett, hat tbe effioer of the- dock- haded
ln reply, that he accepted tho Intima
tion niydn; that he: would do nothing more, and i
tstafep9 , 'was going to • return to his - anehoragfe, <
Ttm eommanoer of the' Brazilian division then!
thr-ggpi proper to ratify his intimation by
-saEng a gun, upon which a complete silence fob
lowed bctwcon the two ships, Waohuse .t and Florl--
dalj .-Ab the Hess-this'.was passing, the .corvette
T>; 4-Smuafla, on jMard which .the commander of di
vEifw-tad hoisted his flag,'lay head to flood,the
jteamenFlorlda,anchored B. 8,, side by side of her, ■
-,,1M fltnm to tbo shore, -and between hor&ed
the oojySUe the Wachusett stopped her wheels, ;
TtagouimandGr. of dtvislon then observing, not-i
’■'VSHSOaicllng the dfirhnesß of the night, that’ the:
'.-WSbßUsctt, from the'petition in which- she was,;
woffwas passing' ahead of .the
oc?vbttsrlfcooffise, E: B .became eonvtnoed that
ln fhot she WSs Steerfog'ior Her anchorage, thus'
-eeffiplyffig with the promise made. -
! t But aSiew. moments afterwards,, perceiving that
B'thejrFlbrlda weß in,motion, the'commander-dis
- «)vfred'lhat the Wachnsßttkwas taking her, off In!
- towtby means of a Jpng dsmei .Surprlsea-atsuoff
-on eitraerilnasy attwnpt, the commands lihmedi
- gjpQly set abou t stopplag tiils, andxedresslcg, at ths
asbehooyea him, the offence thus done
Mo the dignity anisovercignty o the Empire,' .Bat;
ffvaJllkh hlmself of tho darSnossoif the might, And’
•c£ otharelroumstanoes, the commander ol the Wa
ohttsettsacceeded in carrjinghfs ptlae ovei' the bar,
andtfsesping-the just punbhment he deserved.
•Tptpcnsul, Will oniprelbrredfoabahdbnhlß post,
Wj3ftfl^.WlngonbuarclttieWachuSett.-'
: The Government ofH. M., ns soon salt: had offi
cio] information of: the, event, addressed.to thaLe
galtoaijjf the United States at Bio Janeiro' note,:
In aw, giving a succinct exposition cf'the fichu
deffiUffid that ft had no hesitattoff'tobllffivftgfli
wfoldMasteri to give to it all propoxassatSAces that
tho Government of tho Union would attenjl to the
lust reclamation -of the; Empire as-promptly and
jully mthe gravity of the case demanded. -
.lh.C®etpondenco with this ezpaefatlve note the
woßtySeprceentativo of the United States was
puftnm lneending his reply, In. which he .declares
fle iB<jSn.vJnced that Ms Government will give .to
ibat ortho Empire the reparation whloh Is due to-lt!
Suchiae the fyets to which the undersigned has
lecdivedsgrffeis' to call-the attentlon of the Hono
rable William M. Seward, Secretary of state of the
Unifad States. The principles of. International law
whiCh regulate this matters and to respect of which
thdre is not the least divergence among the-most
distinguished .publicists, are common and known to
all. <*Xhe undersigned would fail to recognize the
high Intelligence of the Honorable-Mr. Seward if,
pejehance, he should enter, In this respect, into
lmteh developments.
Helimits himself, then, only to recallamemorahle
example, towhlch these principles,-invariably sus
tained by the United States, had entire,application.
In USs, the great Washington then being President
of the united States, ana the Illustrious Jefferson
Secretary of . State, the French frigate l’Embuscado
- captured the English ship Grange to Delaware Bay,
thuß- violating She neutrality, and" thb' territorial
sovereignty of the United States.' The American
Government remonstrated energetically against,
thls vlolatlonjand recjutred from the Government of
-the French Republic not only the immediate de
livery, of'the captured vessel, but also the complete
liberation of all the persons found on board. This
reclamation -was promptly! satisfied. Much more
grave, certainly, lathe.ocourrenae In the port of the
proyinoeof Bahia, which makes, the .subject of the
present note. By the special olroumstanoes whloh.
preceded and attended It, this act has no parallel to
the aifnels of modern maritime war.
Thff cemmanderof the Wachusett notonly grave-'
ly offended the,territorial Immunities of the Empire,
pasting beyond, the"laws of war by attacking
ttagcherousliy-; during the -nlghf, a’defenceless ship,
Whfise crew, ‘much rednoed, because more than sixty
birfcn were 1 on shore*with.the commander and several ■
officers, reposed unwary beneath the shadow bf the
. protection which the neutrality’ bf the Empire gua
ranteed to (hem; Sud so open was the violation; so.
manifest the Cffbncißj that the enlightened Ameri-’
can presS was almost* unanimous In condemnation
i*of the tafxcuiifthto, proceeding of Commander Col- *
line, Oh- this, ccQtttipn, remembering the United.
Stat.es,;yrhose'KStCced'ents are well iknown and.
noted* m hlßtciryf by tho energetlo defenoe of,,
and respect for, neutral rights, of these -,un
shaken.4 principles;: the undersigned .cannot, con
sider the event which occurred at Bahia otherwise
than as the Individual hot 01 the commander"of the.
WachuSett, not -authorized 1 or approved by his Go-'
-vernment, and that lt wul eonsequantly give to*the‘.
Government .of hie Majesty the Emperor the. ex
planations and reparation.whlch, In .conformity with
international laws, are due.to a power which main
tains friendly and pacific' relations with the United
States. . The .just reclamation of- tho lmperial Go
veihment' being thus pretraited, the undersigned
awaits the reply of the Hon. Mr. Seward, and, fully
ochfidißg in his exalted wisdom, and In the justice,
of the Government of the United State* he has not
even 'for' a moment donhted but tbaflt will be as
satisfactory as the lneontestlble right which aids
the Empire; and, the vast gravity of the offence
which was done to It, may require.
The undersigned avails himself or this opportunity,
of having the honor to reiterate to the Honorable
WlUlam 11. Seward the protestations of his most
dlstinlhlßhed consideration..
■ lONAOIO BE AVELLAE BABBOZA DA SILVA, •
’ His Excellency the Hon. Wat H. Sswabu.
MB» SEW ABB IQ MB, BABBOZA,
Dkpabtmeut ov State,
Washiwotoh, December 26,18611
* i Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt,
of your note, whloh Bets forth the sentiments Of the
Imperial Government of Brazil concerning thCoap
tureof the. Florida by the United States war steamer
Wachusett, in the port of Bahia. You will,; of
OOUTB6, explain to yonr Government that; owing to,
an .understanding between you and myself, your
note; although it bears* the date of the i2sh of De
ceffibef, was not submitted to me until the 21st lust.
Jealousy of foreign Intervention ta every form,
and* absolute non-intervention In the domestlo af
fairs of foreign nations, are cardinal principles to
the’woHcy Of the United States. You have, there
fore, justly expected that the President would dls
avow and regret the proceedings at Bahia. He will
suspend Captain Collins, and direct him to appear
•before a court martial. *The oonsul abßabia admits
that he advised and Incited the Captain, and was
active to the proceedings. He will therefore be dis
missed. The flag of Brazil will rocolve lrom the
United States navy the honor customary in the In
tercourse of friendly maritime* Powers. It is,
however, not to be understood, that this
Government admits or gives credit to the
charges of falsehood, treachery, and deception
’Which yotf have brought against the Captain,
and the Consul. These charges, are denied on the aii
tbofity'or thb Officers aoonsed.: You will also be
pleased 1 t’C understand that the .answer,now given
to your veprbsentatlon, rests exclusively upon the,
•gfpima thaKtttliOapture of the,Fffirida„was an un-.
the naval foroe of Die United States, wlthina foreign
country, in. deflaneerof ltsestablished and duly re
cognized Government.
This Government disallows your assumption that
the of this, country are a lawful, naval
belligerent, and. on’the contrary, It maintains that
of that character by the Government
of Brazil to insurgent citizens of the United States,
who have hitherto been, and who still are, destitute
of naval forces, ports, and courts, is an aot of Inter
vention, in derogation of the law or nations, and un
fMtndly wid wrongful, as It 1b manifestly injurious,
to the United States.
So, also, this Government disallows your assump
tion that the Florida belonged to the aforementioned
insurgents, and maintains, on the contrary, that
that vessel, like the Alabama, was a pirate, belong
ing to no nation or lawful belligerent, and, there
fore, that the harboring and. supplying of these pi
ratical ships and their crews in .Brazilian ports,
were wrongs and Injuries for which Brazil justly
owes reparation to the United States, as ample as
the reparation which she now receives from them.
They hope and confidently expect this reciprocity In
good time, to restore the harmony and friendship
which are so essential to the welfare and safety of
the two countries. - ' -
In the positions which I have thus assumed, the
Imperial Government will recognize an adherence
to rights which have been" constantly asserted, and
ap enduring sense of injuries which have been the
snbjeot of earnest remonstrance by the United
States during the last three years. The Govern
meet.of Brazil is sgain Informed thatthese positions
of this Government-are no longer deemed open to'
argument. It does not, however, belong to thecap
taltg of ships-of-war of the United States, or to the
commanders of their armies, or to their consols resi
ding In foreign ports, aotingwithout the authority of
Congress, and without even executive direction, and
choosing their own time, manner, and occasion, to as
sert the rights and redress the wrongs of the country.
This power can be lawfully exercised only by the
Government of the United States. As a member of
the family of nations, the United States practice
order, not anarohy, as they always prefer lawful
proceedings to aggressive violence or retaliation.
The United States aie happy In being able to be
lieve that Brazil entertains the same sentiments.
The authorities at Bahia are understood to have
unsuccessfully employed force to overcome the Wa
ohusett and rescue the Florida, and to have con
tinued the chase ol the offender beyond the waters
of Brazil, upon the high seas. Thus, in the affair
at Bahia, subordinate agents, without the know
ledge of their respective Governments, mutually
Inaugurated an unauthorized, irregular; and un
lawful war. In desisting from that war on her
part, and appealing to this Government for redress,
Brazil rightly appreciated the character of the
United States, and set an example worthy of emu
lation.
The disposition of the captured crew of the Flori
da Is determined upon the principles which I have
laid down. Although the crew are enCmles of the
United States, and, as they Contend, enemies of the
human race, yet tho offenders were, nevertheless,
unlawfully brought into the custody of this Govern
ment, And, therefore, they could not lawfully be
subjected here to the punishment which they have
deserved. Nor could they, being enemies, be al
lowed to enjoy the protection of the United States.
They will, therefore, be set at liberty, to seek a
refuge wheresoever thejr may find it, with the
hazard of recapture when beyond the jurisdiction
of this Government., *, ■<,
The Florida was brought Into American waters,
and was anchored under naval surveiliaeee and
protection at Hampton Koads. While awaiting
the representation of the Brazilian Government,
on the 28th of November, she sank, owing, to a
leak which could not he seasonably stopped. The
leak was at first represented to have been caused,
or at least Increased, by a collision with a war
transport. Orders were immediately given to as
certain the manner and circumstances of the occur
rence. It seemed to affect the arm; and the navy. A
zaval court of Inquiry, and also a military court of
Inquiry, were charged with the investigation. The
naval court has submitted Its report, and a copy
thereof Is herewith communicated. The military
court is yet engaged. So soon as Its labors shill
have ended the result will he made known to your
Government. In the meantime, It is assumed that
the less of the Florida was a consequence of some
unforeseen accident, which cast no responsibility
upon the United States. - -
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew-te you.
sir, the assurance of my high consideration
William H. sewabd.
Senhor Ignacio de Avellae Bauboza da Silva,
Ac., Ac. : .
Foreign Peace Petitioners and Mr
Seward.
[From the London Timas. 3
Mr. Seward's communications have, as a rale,
been so very disagreeable,- that it is with the
greater pleasure we publish this morning two
letters from him which we can heartily approve.
A document appeared in "our columns moro than
two months ago, purporting to be an .address ,
from the people of the United Kingdom of Great ‘
-Britain and Ireland to tbs people of the* United
States of America, and Its import was Indicated
by Its sententious heading, “For Beane-la Ame
rica.” This was accompanied.by a letter from one
of the subscribers to. Governor Seymour, of Nejr
York, Informing him of the nature of tho address,
'stating'thaflt was sent under the personal charge
of, Mr. Joseph Barker,’"or Manchester, and re
queetinghimto placelc before tho people-nf the
United States of America* “In such ajway as he
might deem expedient.” After this, Mr. Joseph
Barker and the .address mysteriously disappear for.
a good two months. Perhaps Mr. Joseph Parker
was modest, and, like people getting out of bedyhad
to lie quiet for a time in order to summon up the re
solution necessary for plunging into public notice.
The delay, however, was rather Inopportune, for
Curing those two months the Presidential election
was held, and as the address particularly dwelt on
the supposed fact that.the alternative of Peaoe or
War had never been distinctly.’submitted to the
judgment Of the American people, it Is unfortunate :
'that thS -heavy- weight -of this address was not -
.thrown -Into .the .aoale. in time to affect; the turn
of the balance. However, Mr. Joseph Parker
at length emerged from' obseTirlty" On 'the- 26th
of November last' at- "the- 'Metropolitan! Hotel,
Washington? * He thence addressed a letter to Mr.
Seward, to inforaihim that he had been deputed to
convey an addresafrom thepeople ot Great Britain
and Ireland to the people dr the United States of
America: 1 Governor Seymour,.it- appears, had pru
dently washed his handsof the matter, hy referring
Mr. Parker to the President.? The - letter asks,
therefore, fbr an interview. with the. President for
the purpose of prerenting him with the. address.;.
Wow, Mi-. Seward, having had a great 1 deal to’do'
’with the people of Great Britain and Ireland,-and
never having heard of Mr. Joseph parker-.lij oon
- neotlon-with them, appears to receive-tiuij-qpmmu
' ideationwith a very natural reserve,’ Mr. Parker has'
• the advautageolhlm ; heknows Mr. Seward, but Mt.
: Seward does not know Mr. Parker. Acknowledg
ing his letter, therefore, he quietly Inquiresj-where
. Mr. Parkei;s«raies.Trom, ahd \wh6tlier,'fie has any
' Introduction. fipMontly adopted
channel of CotaEnnioatiofi between the people oft
other nations and the peopled the United states
of America.” It was obvious, therefore, to inquire
whether Mr. Parker was equallyan authorised chan
nel Of communication . “It is desirable,” therefore,
sayß Mr. Seward, “ before answering your letter to
know-whether you have authority from the Govern- ’
ment of Great Britain 'and Ireland * * * and
whether jour mission has been made'known to
- the diplomatic agent of that Government:” The
collapse of Mr. Joseph Parker upon receiving this,
■ ingenious Inquiry Is, delightful.!© witness. He falls
. straight into the trap which Mr. Seward has so
adroitly Ibid for hlmyandhdCts at once Into a ooh
; iofed confesalon ofthe-irresponsible and uoautho
rlzpdoharacter in whlohho appears. Hike the man
intbe fable suddenly called by his right narhe, he
drops all his assumptions, and Is Mr. Joseph Parker,
once more, and nothing more. Ini one rambling
sentence lie accepts the insignificant position to
Which Mr. Seward wanted .to place' him’. . “In
reply,” he says, • “to your letter of tC-day, per 4
mltrme to- state that, the address which 1 -I have
the honor Qf being deputed by the parties sighing
it to bring to this country, and containing the.sign i
.tures of some 350,0t0 of my countrymen—from the
peer to the artisan—is not from the Government of
Great Britain, nor from any political party;”. Wot
only, therefore, has Mr. Parker no public authority,
but .the people of Great Britain and Ireland? whom
he at first assumed to represent,! dwindle down to
350,000 of his countrymen. After this Ingenuous
admission, Mr. Seward could have no difficulty In
: declining to have anything further ta, do with Mr.
Parker, .and in the shortest. iposßlbla terms, there
, fore, he refuses Isis request.' ’ ’ '
' Apart from the adroitness- with whloh this foil is
executed, Mr. Seward Is to bo congratalated on the
good sense of his decision. , He, has ,not, iqdoed, we
fear, been always, equally discreet.-- A .similar ad
dress; only Eo an opposlta effect, from some’working ■
men,-was, if'wo'are UotmistSken, not only received
hy Mr. Seward,.but answered by,Mr, Lincoln. Bat •'
Mr. Seward is none the less, to this instance, per
fectly right, and we only hope he will always main
tain the same principle. Mr. Joseph.parker has -
no more right to demand an interview with Presi- .
dent Lincoln, merely because he- happens for once
to agree with 850,000 people, than he has to ring
at any gentleman’s 'door and demand to see the
master of the honse, to order to explain how he and
his neighbors consider the housaholil ought to be
managed. We all know these troublesome people
who fancy they have a. roving, commission to eu- ■
lighten the world in general. There is not a public
mail of any note who Is not obliged ta sdme way or"
other to guard himself against these intrusions.' If
his ’secretary or his porter’dldj not protect him, his
whole tlmo mlght be consumed by these nolsv para- 1
sites of-publloity. Suob-strlot formality is still
more necessary for, the head of a great Government.
Everybody thinks he has a concern with- public -
affairs, and everybody thinks he could manage
them a great deal better than those who actually'
have the charge of them. A Government may-j
sometimes be Induced to deviate from this caution
in consideration for their'own constituents; but
they deserve any amount of annoyance 11 they do so.
for a perfect stranger. -
We are heartily glad, moraver, to see some re
buhe at last administered to the gross Impertinence,.
now so common, with which any knot of one-sided
enthusiasts take upon themselves to speak to the
name of a whole people. With whatrlgnt or reason
In the world does any,one represent .those 850,000 In- 1
dlvldualsas “the People of the United Kingdom of
“ Great Britaln aud Ireland 1” There Is nothing to
show that they are even any adequate example of
the whol c-people of these; kingdoms. They may be
from the peer to the artisan” without representing
Cither the peers orthe artisans ol‘this country. The
question Is, mot from what class they come, but
whether they are fair-anil authorized examples of
- the class. In a constitutional country, at all events, -
the Government is the proper and the only, re--
presentative of tho wKolo people. To imply, as
Mr. Joseph,Parker does, that a Government repre
sents a political, party, because 'lts composition Is >
> determined by the relations ot-partles, would make ,
the whole principle of representation impossible..
- If the Government varies with political parties, that
Is only to say that It changes' as the nation does—'
' that is, that It'represefits It.’ The real gist of the
language In question 1b . the perntolousdistinction,.
which ias been.-too readily adopted by popular.
writers, between “the people” and the rest of
the' community. When Mr; Joseph Parker ends
his letter by saying that his address Is “ simply
an expression -of the earnest desire, of lie masses
of the people,” he. Indicates what Is really in
his mind. - The .“peer” whom he had paraded
a little- before .was only thrown in by way of*
ornament to catch’ Mr. Scward’a republican eye.-.
Mr. Parker has'some oonfased notion, of “ the
masses” asdistlnotjfom.the nation,,and assumes
to represent them; We protest against.thls division
of the people ,of tWs-.oountry_,lnto antagonistic
masses. No donbttheta,are 850,000.0f.Mr. Joseph
Parker’s optolon.or ECI6 bf theirs, just aswemlght
find 350,000 people to-merrow of another opinion;
but clo not let cither of these “ masses ” affect to be
a fair representation of thq, whmo. ’ Whatever corns
munlcations are to take place' between two nations
can only bo properly oa® onlyhq.
conveyed at all—through tbeaGovernments. 1 ,
. Lastly, let us-ask, what Islthq imaginable use; or
these officious addresses! Wnat’dothey serve to
communicate which is'not already conveyed in ins
numerable other forme t This rejeotediaddress, for
example, expatiates on the former happiness brtkG
United States, on their great pros peots, their’-large
liberty, their wealth and peace; andcontracts wlth
thls picture their present condition of bloodshed,
wdebt, and martial rule. It asks whether the
end, even If it be attainable; Is worth the saerf-.
ftce. and whether they can reconcile their be
havior towards the South with the annual oCleJ
brationS of the Fourth *of JUly. Now, have not’
all these considerations been urged upon the..
Americans for the- space of three long years,
until they must have become the most familiar of
commonplaces! is there an American who has-hot
.by bitter experience realized the sacrifices which*
these'people 'dilate on ftom a distance!! l Mr; Joseph
'Parker and : hisl“ masses !.'bave made no new disco
very, but have urged the stalest of , truths. If, then,
4hrimerieans,hpve JWlberatgiymaae them siorl
.ficesSnd endured, these privations and miseries fora
HSSfffoim' ySfrs?<OT F wey ; &tv
FOUR CENTS.
tention to them because they are introduced by Mr.
Joseph Parker In a sentimental address 1 The pub
lic or both nations ought to be muoh obliged to Mr.
Seward for haying administered to these people so
complete and well-earned a snnb.
New Publications.
Gould & Lineoln, of Boston, hare added to their
very oomplete edition of Hugh Miller’s works—
geological, literary, Imaginative, political, social,
and religious—a selection of Essays whloh he con
tributed to The Witness, an Edinburgh newspaper
which he edited from Its establishment to his own
lamented death. This selection has been made by
his widow, with considerable judgment. The ar
ticles are ranged under distinctive heads. Our only
regret Is that, for general readers, the date when
each essay was written has not been affixed. For
the articles themselves, it is not too much to say
that they are among the heat newspaper articles
ever written. One or two other volumes of a slml
character are conditionally promised, and will
be l acceptable to the reading world. Reoelved from
Smith, English, Sc Co.
Charles Dickens’ new Christmas story, just 're
published by Harper & Brothers, Hew York, la a
continuation of last year’s little hook. It Is enti
tled “Mrs. Lirriper’s Legacy,” (lost Christmas we
had her “ Lodgings,”) and precisely the same per
sonages figure In It—with afew more. We need not
give the plot cl a story of,stories which will be in
the hands of most of our. readers, but merely Inti
mate that the account, as given by Mrs. L., “ How
she went on, and went over,” must be by Dickens,
There Is so muoh subdued humor, true pathos, and
genuine geniality,that none but the great Master
himself could have written It. The account of the
Major’s quarrel with Mr. Buflle, the tax collector;
of their reconciliation, through a fire; of the man
ner in which Mrs. Lirrlper made up her quarrel
With Mias Wozenhaur, the rival lodging-house
mistress, axe worthy of the creator of Sam Weller
and of Little Nell; so is the touching narrative of
Edson’s death, in France.' The stoftes introduced
are or various merit; that of, the French doctor,
though well written, Is absurd, because utterly Im
probable. we may say, too, that the respective
conclusions of the Poor Relation’s story and the
Schoolboy's talc, aie also - outside the boundary of
probability. The 'Phantom' Coach cannot. be
DleheßS’, for- he would not have repeated hlmselr,
aid that wild story was seemingly suggested by
one of Bagman’s tales in Pickwick. The simple
tale related by the Clergyman’s wife is the best In
the collection. This publication Is oh sale by J. B.
Llppincott & Co., and by T. B. Peterson & Bros.
Of “The Miner Boy and his Monitor; or tho ca
reer and adventure’s of John Ericsson, the engi
neer, *’ written by Rev. P. C. Headley, and published
by William H. Appleton, Now York, we have to say
that Its name or title is objectionable. Mr. Erics
son’s-father was a wealthy mine-proprietor, but
there is no reason why the son, whenever worked In a
mine, should be called “The Miner Boy.” Therehas
lately arisen the bad fashion of writing biography
with the, view of showing that alt our great men,
when boys, were IB a’condition only one or two de
grees above the lowest. Thus, we have had lives of
“The Bobbin Boy,” “The Fanner Boy,” “The
: Printer’s Boy,” “The Ferry Boy,” and a dozen
! more. Mr. Headley presents a high-pressure life of
John Ericsson, Inventor of “The Monitor,” oonslde
rablyspun out, from first to last, with quotations
ftom otherwriters, and, In the two closing chapters,
with names of vessels, rates of wages, poetry, and
extracts from books. SHU the reader can obtain
from this hook a pretty accurate Idea of Mr. Erics
son’s career as a working engineer, and that part
which describes the building of the Monitor and her
'performances is especially Interesting.' When
"Mr.' Headley Writes about England he exhibits
considerable sturdy Ignorance. We take;leave
to Inform him that the offices of the- Admi
ralty, In London, are near Charing Cross, and sol
“in the famoils .Somerset House,’’—that the busi
ness of the British Government ls>ot transacted ii>
•Somerset' House,-but In. Whitehall—-that the six
Lords of the Admiralty, so far from-belng six noble
men, axe almost invariably Commoners, even the
'First Lord himself being sometlmes a Commoner,
las Sir James Graham; was in 1831, and Sir John
.Pakonbam in 1862—that; they are not magistrates—
that Sir Charles who dled'.ln 1853, never was
first a Senior' Lord &f the hAdmiialty— that not Sir
Henry Vans, r but Viscount Beresfofd, was head of
the British ordnance department In
.Athorp, since Earl Spenmsr, never was Sporetary.of
the Home only offices hd overbold
being Junior Lord or the Treasury la 1803-7, >ahd
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1830-34ithat-> My.
the engineer,- blamed by Mr. Headley for
“ the true English obstinacy which frequently looks
•like stupidity," was born hid educated? In Prance, at
• Hacquevlllej near that after having
told'how the JVlOnitor wae built, and what good ser
vice she did, Mr. Headley ought have related
what finally became of her. Mr. Heidtey is seareb-
Ijr Ingenuous in saylngtliat the running o‘f the Novel -
t tv locomotive, built by Braithwalte AiEricsion, ffi
.}S29, sentup the-shares of the Liverpool and Man-
Chester Railroad' ten per cent. ’The Novelty did
not compete' for the pi-toe, because the bellows that"
iereateh the blast gave wayj andlt was the success
.of Booth At Stephenson’s Rocket that raised the
•price of the shares. So determined; a book-maker
.to Mr. .Headley .that, in chapter xiH.,' apropos of
'nothing,'he'devotes fourteen pages tbahlstory o .
? gallant Captain James Lawrence; and she fight be
.tween Jthe Ohesapeaktj and tho, Shannon.- Mr.
Headley had such excellent materials that, despite
the Indifferent manner In which he has worked
them, a considerable portion of his'volume Is reada
ble. Although it enables .the reader, to form a pret
ty accurate idea of Mr. Ericsson’s numerous and
often ingenious inventions, a crltle’fl'fionest opinion
must .be that it Is a flagrant example of what is
- Commonly called mere' book-making. It Is on sale
by £. H. Butler & Go.
JMAJfCIAI AND COMMEBCIAI/.
There was "but little doing in the stock market on. Sa
turday, there being'only one board* and the Market
closed drooping. The more sub&tantial and dividend
paying securities are little Inquired for* though holders
are not disposed to part with them at a decline in price.
Government loans were about steady. There was a
slight improvement in tHe IC-49e» and a corresponding
depreciation in thf 5-20 bonds. 2Tew sold at
99&--ho change,and M/Bl loan* coupon on,at 10926,
There was no inquiryfor State loans. City 6s were weak
and lower.' The new issue fell off at&9; the
old gold-at’9s. ' The' only sales of companybonds re
.poited were Camden-and Amboy mortgage 6s at 101, and
Philadelphia and . Erie 6s at 103; The share list con-,
tinned-very dull. Reading elosed at 57JK, and Pennsyl
vania Railroad at 64^—no change- Camdenand Am
boy Railroad declined to 119)4. Pliladelphia and Brie
rose >4. There was nothing said in Passenger Rail
i roads. Canal shards' were neglected, the only sale
being of Susquehanna at 15. Bank* coal, and mining
stocks generally were dull. The oils were only mode
rately dealt fa* and prices* generally shaking, were
steady.
The transactions of the First N&tional'Bank of Phila
delphia with the Treasury Department for the month
ending December Si, 1864, have been as follows:
RECEIPTS,
Foreales of 7.30 Treasury Notes ....$1,423,436 00
- ** «UnitedrStates 10-40 Bonds. 964,982 75
‘ Internal Revenue,transfers,&c 3,619,766 2?
Receipts from all sources. .'..,55,057,274 93
\frea%ury drafts paid......................... 4,495,786 86
The following were the quotations for gold on Sa
turday at the hours named:
- 10 ~..,.„~ w *.226£
- 11 A. H ...225
llkAi ............
BM .... ...225
i p. m......... **...*;
4 P« H. .... H.H.I MHHHIMn i>wm*H..WM .22734
Market dull.
Brexel & Co. quote ;
Sew United States Bonds, 1881* ****♦. -**~***.lo9#@llo
Kew TJ. S. Certificates of Indebtedness 96>£§5 97
Quartermasters* Vouchers.... 93 @ 91
Orders for Oertiftcatesof Indebtedness...«.* 2 © 3
Gold .... ..227*@2285*
Sterling Sxchange...* @259
Five-twenty Bonds... ~.,«..20S '®WB%
The following letter from the Revenue Department
to the editor of Thompson's Bank-Note Reporter will
be found interesting 1 :
Opfice of Internal Revenue,
Washington, Dad. 14,1864.
Stu; Tours of the 9th instant, asking several ques
tions pertaining to brokers* liability to license taxis
received. '1 reply:
1. That a person or firm can buy stocks* bonds, or
specie for other parties without being licensed, unless
he makes a business of the same; bat if a person
or offers to sell t any merchandise* &c. * (proviso lection
99 ).£Ot bona fide &tih« time hts own property and not
ftting licensed, he is liable to duties on such sales ad
ditional to a broker’s duties:
2. Any person or firm can purchase* on their own ac
count, and withtheirown funds, and sell in the'same
way, without license, and without being liable'to tax
on such sales. , • . ■ ,i ~ , * ■
.3. a person who merely negotiates the preliminaries
of a sale, without closing a bargain* is not liable to tax
on such Bales if there be a principal to the same who
Is liable. > - , -
4. A person who loans money on stocks, bonds, or
specie, cannot sell the same on, account of the borrower
without paying tax under section 99, or proviso thereto.
6. Nor can one bank sell'for another without paying
tax on sales, - - _ , .
► 6 Banks mutt take a license to cover all the capital
they employ.'
The importations of PkiladelpMa for 1864 compare
Witfi 18® aB follows
1883. "tMM.
Brimstone, t0n5......... •»-■■•••• I.B® ..,2,500
Coffee, bags. 95*632 118,766
Fish, bb15........ 80,507 6,870
Hides; number........................ 75,051 66,480
Bo bare «... ...... IW «4o®
• Bfc bundles 66,100 IIOiOOO
Lead, pits 28,714 .23*500
Bentons, b0xe5...... 34,100 24,600
Dogwood, tons., 8,747 6,320
'MoJaßses. ffbd5..*.*,...... .*»,».,,«*»• 33,532 ... ,87 883
, Do. bbls 21.431 ,7*680
HaTalstoies. bb18..... —676 .1*250
Oranges, boxes;.. ,8088 85,200
Klee, packages 2,800 , 3,200
Balt! btt8he18.v........ ’• 4...192,345 877,*»
Saltpetre,r bags... .. 1,000 3.W0
Sngar, bids . 47,549 39,161
’Do. boxes 11,904 7 392
;Do, - 4,(93 3.W3
Do. bags -24,981 13,920
j -' The quantity of Goal seat to market by tbe Schuylkill
Navigation Company 1 in ISS4 was l,OOO,soO.o3toDs—an
iiersase oyer 1803 of 1M.968 tone. The year ISM has
been ratter an eventful year in the trade-large fortunes
have been made bymany of the operators who have
: hold ontthSir collieries, and by others on the profits jof
their basinets for the last two years. Baring the pip-
Sabntyear also, about twenty, six coal companies have
> sheen formed In the PottsvUle region, mainly oh the pat- ;
chase of leases, and bat few by the purchase of land
STOCK skCHAHOB, DEO. 31, 18*4.
BEIOBE BOARDS. ' *
' 4XIIOO Dalsell Oil....eash 9X
PIBBT BOARD. .
' SOPsrryOil.... &i
CO Junction... 2
950 StHlehOil ...lots 4Sf
200 Tarr Holmss&ad. sX
000 Hibbard b39.21,W
MParirKoolißa... 09
, 2 Man * Sfech Bk.. 3S
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i 100 Read RCStP-ctßh SIX
4900 Oityßs lota 95?.'
6400 d0...".n0W.T6ta 09
100 do.. Bew Man B9>£,
figeb OXAmmfis ■8321.101
250 Briggs OH.
lOtfAHisi ..■•■■MO _2J£
A.,0 do Xots.2 346
KOCorn Planter....... 7Ji
100 60 -BS Vti •
lro Caldwell Oil.; caih, 7W
1» 3 V,-,- il«*» M
ISO Excelsior.-—.... tej
.. Am ...1)5 Ilf
100M1ng0.—.......... 4%
,700.. .do.. i-. lota 4%
100 ..’.MKOf
400 , d0...i..J01a b3O 4%
mQUCk& Cli En. .W 4X
Soo‘ -ms: '. A, .-.lots
300 do. i...i. s. nJriO 481
300 d 0..,. ;,.bSO 4K
4to Dalzoll OU ••••“lot**®*
MO ’ ?iKf.,r.“.BSo.lotß 9*
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AFTER 1
ICOPenna S b 4
iolx«MOT S .!.°!c£h 1 *U
2CO do b3S lk
.‘■ooReading 8....10n m%
SVO fo .....b»67«
SOOHlbberd 2
150 Atlas 10t6.2 3 16
40 do 2 41
,|OO Olmstead Oil. lots 2k
1500 do. l fl te..M 3
100 Cherry Run. ca*h Si
“OUTSIDE IK
100 St Hicl,o!a S .: . . 4“
“syalnnt Island.... 2.69
1™ Od C» A Cherry R 4.31
HO Mingo..... h 6 4K
aOCOOUCkhChony R &
It&Readfhg...... c&p t>7¥,
100 do-reg&int-c&p S7J4
lOOßensmore bfi 7k
100 Mingo — bso Ik
The following table show* the Import* of foreign dry
good* at flew York for the past three years:
_ 1862. 1663. MW.
January.... $2 966,952 *5,2t9,181 $8,184,314
February 6,314,514 fi.027.8W 0,437,406
March... 6,471,801 97an,581 X2.oii.iar
April 3,886.498 4,381,007 0,220,218
May 2,944,483 3,6:2 fill 6,081.1*
Jane 3,535,102 2 901,423. 4.8M.T0*
July.... 6.628,014 4 713.368 6,762,75*
Aduwl. 8,707,710 8.816.878 7,52».89J
September 6.185,193 6,882,718 4,147,41*
October 3,865,798 , 6,809,783 2,996 I*l
Hovember 3,710 337 6.071,308 2 214,101
Ceceinber......... 8,466.406 8,371,041 1,658,56 T
_ T0ta1.,.. #66,121,237
The follow ini are the latest financial advicesßChr
mail) from New Orleans, tinder date of December 21;
_ The course of ti ade lias been attended with great de
pression to- day; most parties seem to be inclined to de
nnal farther intelligence. Somstbiog of
v J*, as r e c eived at a late hour, via the West,
nom .new York ot the 15th and ISttu The quotations
for cotton were of such a confused nature, or rather they
created confusion that seemed to unsettle the market
though little credence was given to them—Hie being
the price of cotton, and 231 the rains otgold. No doubt
there is an error of ten costs—the same as last week.
There was not much .done in the staple to-day Tn«
receipts of sugar and molasses continue on a very mea
gre gca e, not even up to the limited estimates of last
month. In Western products, the receipts continue of
aoine descriptions much in excess of the requirements
for local trade. The 101 l in exchange dealings noticed
for two days past continued to day. We have to note a
quiet demand on the part of remitters. Checks on Hew
York at the counter ruled at 1% discount.
The ST. Y. Evening Post of Saturday says:
Gold opened dull at 225)£, and gradually sold down to
2243*, mbsequentiy advancing to 226%.
steamer closed inactive at
109* for specie. _
The lean market is moderately and irregularly ac
tive. Commercial paper is quiet at 7@loper cent.
The stock market is dull, and prices have a drooping
tendency.
Governments are steady. Certificates have advanced
56%@97. Sixes of 1681 are wanted at 116%, Five
twenties at 108; new five-twenties'at 107%
Railroad shares are without much activity, but there
is more disposition to buy.
The followlngquotations were made at the bosrcLeom*
pared with those of the first board of yesterday;
Sat. Fri. Adv, Jtofe
United States 6s, 1881, coup.-.,116% UGH *. %
United States 6*Bo coup. 108 106 h ~ W
United States certificates* 96% 96%
Tennessee 6«.«*. ...... •«.«.•••• 66 65 1
fa.... — t ., atg el k
New York Central Railroad*.-id? 113% %
Erie Rai1way..,............... 84% 84 %
Hudson River Railroad* ***...115% 116% V. *,
Reading Railroad**..-.--*..<..115 116% M %
Philadelphia Markets.
JDbcbhbbr 31—Evening.
The markets generally continue very dull, as ft
at the close of th,e year. The Flour market is un
changed Whea*y Corn, and Oats are firmly held. Is
Quercitron Bark there Is very little doing. Cotton has
advanced. Groceries are rather firmer Provision*
continue quiet. Seeds are in demand at full prices.
Whisky is firmly held.
The Flonr market is without any material change ixt
pricee,4mt there is rather more demand for shipment.
About 4, COO bbls City Mills extra and extra family sold
on private terms. The retailers and bakers are buying,
in a small way, at t9.6Q@10.25 for superfine; fio B 0&
11.26 for extra; $11,5C@12 for extra family, and $l2 £0
@l3? bbl for fancy brands, according to q o&lfty. Bye
Flour is selling, in a small way, at s9@9 25 ? bbh Coni
Meal continues scarce and we hear of no sales.
GRAlN.—Wheat is firmly held, but tbe demand is
limited ; sales caraprhe about 4.600 bush in lots at 233®
@265c for-reds, and 27*@295c$ bush for white, as to
quality. By* is selling in a email way at 173@175e 9
bush. Corn, is quiet; fmsdl sales are making at 165®
168 c for new yellow, and 167@138e18 bush for old Oats
are-without change; (,300 bosh sold at S2o % hush.
*2,000 bush Malt sold at 2!5c bush. 9
T ThexeisUttle or nothing dolngin Quercitron*
Ist No lis hefdat $42.50$ ton:
t COTTON.—There Is very little doing in the wav of
sales, hut prices have advanced; small sales of Mid
dlings are making at 12C@133c $ lb,, cash.
, GROCERIES.—Sugar and Coffee are firmly held, and
-holders are not anxious to sell at present rates.
- PETRObBCM-The receipt* and sales fere limited,
hut-priaesare father firmer; we quote crude at <y©sl&
refined in bond at 72@7§e, and free at from 93#95c«
gallon.- as to quality -
BAY,—Baled is ielHng at s2£@3o $ ton.
' is in demand at si4-60@15 ft
lbs for prime., Timothy is quoted afrs6@S.6o w bushed.
Flaxeeed in in demand, with small sales at $3.85 9 bit.
‘ PROVISIONS —There is very little doing in the way
of sales, but’ prices are well Pork hi
quoted atgll@42s bbl; .
WRIsJKY .—There is not much doing but prices are
firm, J&znall sales or refilled aadpruna Western bbl*
.are making at 225@23f;<j $ gaJlopv
. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
tbis port to-dav; -
Flour. ~ t.&M bbla.
ffflflftbiMiyiri , 6,UQO b&S.
Coftif»v«»»»«.«,iin,.— 2,499 bus.
Oats ♦<«iw*K»*»nr*»»Mhwm-h6,000 bus*
Hew Tout KarttetSs Bee. 3ju
Asbss continue dull and nominal.
B BEADSTCTFrs. —Tbs market for State am! WMem
Flour ie OnU. aad about 5c lower; Bales 3. c00 bbls. at
$9. am 80 for Bunerflue state. $lO. MS® 10.16 for extnt
State, $10.20@10. is for choice do, 85 for
.superfine .Western, *lO. IC@IU 45 for common to mediom
exua-Western, sn@ll»l6 ior common to giod shipping
brands extia round-hoop Ohio, and SILSJ@UIor trade
brands: - 1
Southern Flour 4s dull and drooping; sales 400 bbls at
slo.7t@l3.l(Tfor common, and $12.20@15 for fancy and
extra; • ■
, Canadian Flour Is dull and a shade easier; sales 390
bbls at.slO. 10@10.20for common, and SIO.3G@X2 for good
to choice extra.
Rye Flour dull. Corn Meal is quiet.
Wheat is dull and drooping. Sale*7,sCobuBhambar
Kentucky at 82.66, and 5,400 white Canada at $& ft).
Rye is dull. Barley is quiet. Barley Mail is dull
tnd nominal.
Oats are less- active, and a shade easier, at $1.09 for
' ...... .....
'The CMnnuntat is dull and declining; sales 3,000
bush at $1 67, alloat, for mixed Western.
• CutMeateareateady; with sales 250packa*eaat 17J6
@lB)£c.for Shoulders, and IB@2lc for Hams.
The Lard market Is quiet but firmer; sales ISO bbis at
the latter an extreme price.
The Beef market is more active and firmer: Bales I.RJO
bblr at $30@23 for plain Mess, aad $2L60@2i.60 for ex
tra Mess; Beef Hams are quiet, wish small sates at
about previous, prices.
■Whisky.— - The market is quiet said firm; sales 475
bbls at *2.23@2.28& for Weston.
Tallow is inactive and firm; sales27s,oColbs atl7&
@lB^c.
Cbietigo Markets, See. 30.
.The advance in gold caused an improved demand for
Wheat, and o&yesierda-y’s prices we note au apprecia
tion of bo. Transactions were principally in
No. 1 Spring at from SL6S@L?2, dosing at the outside
price, Wheat was quies at £1.78®!. 80 for No. 1;
and aisl.sBL.r No. *2 red. Chicago extra Spring sold to a
limited extent at $1.71* and No.-2 Spring wn more ac
•tiye at sLo&@l 54
The ;inqairy for Flour-la very light, and the market
raled dull at unchanged prices..
Corn was quierat lrom'Ss@Jlc on track and delivered
for rejected.-: • ■
Oais are firm and buoyant under the improved reports
•from New York, and prices advanced with sale*
pf No. 1 at indof No. 2 at64#eSlnltore.
* TJberd is iittie orno demand for- £ye,jmd the market
.ruled dull, with meagre sates of No. lat sl,lo@i 12.
The denand for Barley is- limited, and tales wsia
. email at $2. £5 for No. 2 of the old inspection.
There u not much' afttiflty f in r the market for high,
wines. »nd sales wore light at frwnr«4.oS@-. 09—closing
.at$2.CS©2CB&. „ sJ 1 " '*
Arrifhl wad Salliny of.Oceaa steamws*
Tq*Rßrra
SHIPS .. FROM ' FOR DATS
Britannia——-Glasgows..— —New York 8ec.14
C. of Manchester -Liverpool..,.. New York —..—-Dec i-S
GfenDania.-..—.Fouthempfcou..New York.*., ...Dec. 14
Australasian..... Li verpe01...... New York Dec. If
New York. —* - .Southampton -New Y0rk.......Dec. 21
Etna......**-.-..Liverpool......Sew York—-.—Dec. 21
City'of London. .Liverpool. —. New Y0rk...... Dec 21
Nava Scotian.....Liverpool......Portland....... .Dec. 22
Asia- Liverpool. Boston- :.»ec.24
C-U-jofßaltimore.Liverpool.-.-.Rew Y0rk...... Deo.2t
Edinburg- Liverpool-.. -New York —*Dec.2S
TO DEPART.
Corsica**"-—-New York-... Havana, &e .....Jan, 2
North Star ..New York.... -Aspinwali...... .Jin. 3
Africa...... .Boston. Liverpool. Jan. 4
1 afayette...New York.....Havre Jan 4
Melville. —New York.,.,.Port Boyal.--.-Jaa. 4
More Castle-.. -New York—..Havana.—.......Jam 4
Yazoo.—'.—- ....NewYork—lUw Orleans-.—Jan. fi
City of London--New Y0rk..—.Liverp001........ Jan. 7
Britannia-*. —..New York..... Glasgow Jan. 7
Evening Star.-—New York New Orleans.... Jan. 7
C.of Manchester. Sew York.,.—Liverpool--.—...Jan. 7
Saxonia—...... New York* ■•. .Hamburg —* Jan. 7
Erin -——.—NewYork——.Liverpool--——Jan. 7
LEIIEB BAGJS,
AT THE KERCH ARTS' EXCHANGE, PHrt.AUBT.PgT a.
Ship Coburg, Gibson ........Liverpool, soon.
BrigEilaSeed, (Br),Tnzo..Havana, soon.
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE,
Saml. E. Stokes,} • • '
GjSO. N. TaTHAK, > COMMITTEE OP THE MONTH.
Ben;. Marshall, j
MARINE IHTEIXIGEVCE.
POST OF PHIMMiI-PBU, Jan 1,1565.
Bun Rises...-7 171 Star 5et5...4431 Hiaa V«b.J 13
, ARRIVED.
SMpEmerald, Stickle, 4 daysfrom New York, In bal
last to Workman & Co.
Brig Majestic, Benr, 14 days from Sombrero, witk
guano to Moro Phillips; yesssl to J E Bazey & Co.
Brig Newbury, Bowes, 4days from New York, with
saltto Wa Buibm & -Co.
Brig Arlstoa (Br), Crowell, 24 days from Orange Bay.
Ja, with logwood and fustic to D S Wetziar & Co.
Brig Ellon P Stewart, Cain, 10 days from Pensacola,
in ballast to captain.
Eclr Prjpce of Wales (Br), KeNabb, 30 days from
Sombrero, with guano to Moro Phillips.
CLEAEEO.
Steamship Saxon,.Matthews. Boston. _
Steamship EC Knight, Oatlagber, Now York,
thip Conqueror, Boutelle, Pensacola.
Brig .T H CrowJey, Crowley. Cardonas.
Brig Abby Watson. Watson. Port RoyaL
Schr A H 800. Taylor. Port Monroe.
. Schr Mary J ‘Russell, Ktmmoy, Newborn.
Schr Daniel Smith, Baker, Fort Monro*.
Schr Minnie RoppMsr, Conover. Ivor West.
.Schr Georgia, Gi:chri«t Ij ß.<fsjt. Be.
Schr Jas Hopkins, SelsoyTßaltimoro.
■ Schr Fanny Keating, iuch.Boston.
Schr Fly. Choesman, Proyidence.
SchrßPeterson (Br.), Gheaufort.
Schr J M Broomail, Doug)as, Fort Royal.
■Schr W B Conn, Parker, Bo«ton.
St’r J S Shriyet, Dennis, Baltimore.
.St’r Mayflower, Robinson, Alexandria.
MEMOBAITDA.
Steamship George Washington Gayer, from New ®r
leans 26th inst, at New York on Friday. Sailed ia com
pany withsteamehlp Evening Star for New York ria
Havana. £aw going in over-the bar barks Iddo Kim
bell and Fanny Baler. Passed, ten miles west of Sand
Key Light, steamship G&bawba, bound North.
Steamship Santa Martha (Br), BlttfVns. from Cartha
gena yia Kingston, Ja, 20vxi inst, at Neif York oa. Fci-
J&rk B Wright, Jr. Linkeu, cleared at New Orleans
23d imt, for New York a t „
Bark Commerce, Noblrson, cleared at New Oilaana
23d issLifor Boston. _ . . .. ~
Bark G W EoseveH, Harriman, cleared at Boston 29th
inst for New Orleans- ■
Brig Ida McLeod, Cook, hence at New Orleans 21st
ln RHr Belle Barnard, Cook, lienee at Bew Orleans 2S&
I® ' ‘
BriS Aroostook, Bryant, cleared at New Orleans 2S&
n»t for Boston. „ •.: .
.Scbr 6 L Crocker, Presfcrey, he:§£6 at Blghton 2Hk
inst.
Scfcr A Hammond, Biggins, cleared at Soßton 29th inst
for-*’* *■ **
jr-thifc port *• - * *
tcbrloaho, Weatcott»-froni Bangor for this port* at
ffp'wnort 2Stb last. „ . '
Brig Timothy Meld. Patterson, *t Hewnort from Phi
ladelphia. reports: Spoke Sec 27. off Block island, brig
W Barokani, from Baltimore, of and for Portland,
having IOBt her captain (Thornton) the day previous.
He via In the act of tbsowing the load, when he slipped
overboard: lie. earn hi the lead line, and was towed by
. it for about lf> minatos, when.- becoming mchansted, kn
letfoacd went down In sight of his wife, who whs on
hoard the vessel." Capmfn Patterson put a man s® hoard,
oftha Get) Bonham. &n»ehe ; waa ordered to keen com
;;pMor or proceed th.Bew T6of. She whs loatfjflffht ef
X '®^?*«Se“l^|h»m-&omflfeTniik. i r*mMhiakBhofa
hi tfifHlghlaJi& A'BI.-of.-tho 30th, Wift UghtMS.ttlO**-
?srtib'«MlEßt«P!*7 ,>a: j. c • '
boards
Run-*.*.** 31
200 Piniada A Erie R. 28%
600 U SlO-40 Bd7.eaeh.lol
200 Germania 0i1....! 3-16
26 J'hlttda & Oil Ctr-- 1%
400 Walnut X lots 2-8$
5000 U 85 23 Bdfl--rtfg-108%
160 Bock Oil-.**.*— jjf
100Mingo -..*..**.*••• 4-81
300 Organic..l
200 Duukard 04
100 Perry Oil ™ 4%
OOH" BALES.
IUU Reading.-opg&int fB%
ICO do b 5 A int 68%
600 Atlas 3-IB
600 St Nicholas.. Wed 4%
sco do .jttba 4%
lGoDalzeU....**fWed 0%
260 Excelsior* la
103 do-*...—*-b»3LBI
500 Story Farm b 5 2%
67,274,647 71,589.752
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