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Prioee 30 and '«tk of?,oared onljr by HUNT * CO.. Perfumers. Street, two doors abjre Cheatnot.. South SEVENTH Street, abov/Wainut. ; SHODlfe & - VIT BMh WATBS «mt ITKBBTj MU Ml li iXOEBj • 825 WRAPPERS IN GENERAL. jAL, iGBT. A »T« 8li«a, >,l South 19 GAL- AND SAN BOM. w • % IBM I VOL. B—NO. 136. CURTAIN GOODS. E. WALRAYEN, MASONIC lIAL,L,, / Yl9 CHE SiNITT STREET, OFFERS A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF WINDOW SHADES, PIANO AND TABLE COVERS, PICTURE TASSELS AND CORDS, % ' LACE CURTAINS, GOXJ> AND WALSBT CORNICES, BBOCATELLE CURTAINS, FurnMied la latest Parisian designs. WALRAVEN, - ■laH-tf Tl 9 CHEBTWPT Street, SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES, GIFT FOR A LADY, A GIFT FOR A WIFE, A GIFT FOR A SISTER, A GIFT FOR A FAMILY, The B10«t useful HOLIDAY FEBBEHT that Ha b« Made la THE “FLORENCE." AMERICAN IHYBHTOE'S GBSAT TRIUMPH. THE BEWIS6 MACHEfI PERFECTED I All the ohieetlonz to other Machines are oversome la tha FLOBSSOB. It makes FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES with the came ease, and with aa little machinery aa other* make one. Baaidea, It haa the REVERSIBLE FEED MOTION, a uniform, aelf-retnlatln* tenalon of thread r and ao infers, eor- wheels, or eama to get ont of order. Itdoaa ALL KINDS OF FAMILY SEWING, from the heaviest woolen* to tha moat delicate fabrics, using all klnda of Silk, eotton, and linen thread, from Vo. 20 to SOD. HO OTHER MACHINE doaa ao larja a range of work lathe FLORENCE. , VO OTHER HA CHIVE pleases tha ladles ao wall aa the FLORENCE. IT IS THE HAHDSOMBST ADD THE BEST I Mora than ORE THOUSAND of tha FLOBKVOB hSTa been sold in Philadelphia within the last few months. The FLORKHCBIa the only PERFECT FAMILY BBW EKQ MACHINE, warranted to gire entire satisfaction, or money returned. There Is no one who owns a FLORENCE that would sell it at eoat. Ohlitlni LADY OPERATORS five Instructions at tha houses of purchasers free of charge. Every Machine warranted, and kept in perfect order for one year. ■ Call and see lie operations, whether yon wish .to pur chase or not. Samples of tewing, with price list, sent free by mail. * FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO., 630 Chestnut Street. delS-tf RETAIL DRY GOODS. SCARLET CLOTH, O** FOR BKATIBG SKIRTS, $2 CO. Ctoßlngoutalotettheaboye __BEDtJCED PBICSB, CDEWES STODDART & BROTHER, jaB-3t *5O, 453, and 454: S. SECOND Bt. JjJ M. NEEDLES, 102* CHESTSHT STREET, Invites attention to hie large assortment of LACE GO OX) S, In SLEEVES, COLLARS, SETS, HANDKERCHIEFS, &c., suitable for the present season. 1,000 YARDS OF 2-YARD WIDE FRENCH MUSLINS, bought a bargain, and. for sale lorn. Also, TARLETAMS, ILLUSIONS, and other goods, suitable for BRIDAL AND PARTY DRESSES. X weiy extensive assortment of HANDKERCHIEFS, VEILS, EMBROIDERIES, Ac., all of w hick are offered at prices much below tbe present sold rates* E. M. NEEDLES, 1024 CHESTNUT Street. “DLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLINS. 1) CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER have a foil andvaried stook of Sheeting and Shirting Muslins, at the. LOWEST PRICES, 450. 452, and 454 N. SECOND Bt., ab. Willow. ja4 3t 11 „ pHBISTMAB DR'S GG|>DB. kJ m erinoes reduced for Christmas^: Poulins reduced for Christmas, v - Shawls reduced for Christmas. Detainee reduced for Christmas. Calicoes reduced for'Chiißtmas. ■ ■ Balmorals reduced for Christmas. Closes and Hosiery reduced for Christmas. Silk Handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas. Linen Handkerchiefs reduced for Christmas. Call and examine—no trouble deia-tf Wo. TO!8 ABO a Street. VERY RICH AND HR ATT COLORED Y Corded Silks, in Wine Colors, Browns, Croons. Bines, Modes, Whites, tic Verj rich and heavy Plain Silks. Very heavy Black Corded Silks. Very heavy Plain Black Bilks. Fancy Silks of various stylos. Very rich Moire Antiques. Hack Watered SUks. Bilks for Evening Dresses. ~ » S 6, 3d, and 32-inch Pore Silk Velvets for Cloaks, real Al«r, very superior BsavsrOlott . del2kf 86 South. BBCOffP Btr— %. OBP POPLINS. w Solid colors, extra fine quality, for IX ’Plaid Poplins of nnosnsl beauty, at $X , Good quality iride plaid Poplin** IX w» mured reps, Mohairs, and Merinoes. . 127 piece* newest unique American soma ofthem choice and neat, others verygay stripe. **«sl v OysrUXXpieceß American print*, J&a&d 40 eta. * Black Mokaira and Alices, 85 cts to|L7o. Balmorals, fresh lot for misses, maids, and matrons. Cloaks ana Shawls In Cloak room. . Cloak display nnnanal^g^ ao2B-tf 8. B. Cor. MIRTH and MABghP Sts, DARGAINSI closing otmi bar. D GAIKS!! STOCK TO BE SOLO BEFORE JANDARY 1, IMS. m, «a' mca ,vsryv.rlet, 6 «ltahlefor- Ts Handsome Silks hi lowwlcds: Silks of all kinds atdbw prices. Plain Marlnoes and Poplins. _ , . RICH PLAID POPLINS ’ ,n, • dßreesdfeods of all kinds at low nricwj. >vj' ImOCHE AND WOOLEN SHAWLS. Linen Hdkfs, Lace Collars. French and Oamhrls Lace Yells. ' 1' H. STEEL itsSON, deS Nos. Tl 3 and VIS North TEfITH Streei. rpo THE PUBLIC.—THANKFUL TO A cur friends'and the public for the liberal patronage bestowed upon ns, ws would inform them that, having made extensive alterations in our establishment, ws are now prepared to execute Pictures to the satisfaction of all who may favor ns with a calL Having now at oar command Increased facilities, wo take pleasnrein so liciting a discerning public to compare the execution of our work with that produeodat any other establish ment In the Halted Staten Wo would also state that onr . . GALLERY IS FREE TO ALL for the exßiulhstiosr of Specimens. Notwithstanding ihe advance ol material used, and wages of hands em ployed, wo are yot-fornlshlngPictures AT THE OLD PRICES. Photo Miniatures. > Ivorytypes. Z/if6'6ize Heads in Crayon, Oil, and Pastel. Cabinet* size heads in Crayon* Oil. and Pastel. ... Imperial, Plain and Colored, 23-14,8*10, 4*4, and I*2 ’'carte do Visits Vignettes, full sis,, 3-1, Ac. , *3. SO per dozen. • , Ambrotypes, from 75 ofinte upwards. Ferrotypes, 81 per do*, «c,, sa ■ On handuid for sate a large lo* of Copies of Bare Xa crayinis, Photographs of all .the prominent Generals tod distdngnlshM men, &«., &o. Outside views taken at short notice^ dolfolm »*»»**** NTENBY buddy, XL Distiller and Wholesale Dealer in PCBBOItB BOURBOIf, MONONGAHELA, RYE, AND WHEAT WHISKIES, Ml NOBTH SECOND rosH)-31d3 ISAAC J. MVAEi. nOTTON and flax bail duck KJ and CANVAS. of »U numbers and brands. rauHns. DMUng. fIABINBT FURNITURE. , k , m "?roWA°M* fsss&a^wiXgg! nd flOTttadc. *.*■!!» fIARD XSn FANCY JOB V ATW*&W*tY«BKOWB,Wft SOWEH»* Cjj* 'fjnss. From the Washington Chronicle. 3 On tha last Sabbath. Ohristmaß the writer, la com pany with three friends, two of them strangers, took a carriage for the purpose of enjoying the cool and healthful air o 1 one of the loveliest and brightest of winter days, In the good city of Philadelphia. After looking in upon the great cathedral in. Eighteenth .street, opposite Logan Square, end watching the interesting and gorgeous ceremonies of the Oathollo church, the priests and members of which were oele bratlng the birth of the Son of Mary and the Saviour of Men, It ocourred to me that we might extend our. drive, and pay a visit to Hr. Edwin Forrest, at his tine residence, comer of Master and Broad streets. One of my ocmpanlons suggested that the great tragedian would • regard what was Intended as a compliment'as an intrusion, but, knowing the man reasonably well, I sent up iny name, anil was soon cordially welcomed by Mr. Forrest himself. Having Introduced him to my friqnds, he excused himself for a few moments, and suggested that we should walk into his pioture-gallery, whloh is on the left of the broad hall as you enter. It is several years since I had seen this flue collection, and I was delighted and surprised at the wonderful change whloh had taken place In the Interval. The walls of the first room, which Is a very large one, are now almost entirely oovered with the finest Specimens of the photographic art. There Is a fdll leDgtb, life-size likeness of Forrest himself, taken in Boston, by an American artist, and so faithfully that the figure itself seems to stand out from the frame; and when Mr. Forrest returned, it was startling to observe the strange fidelity between the original and the sun-painted portrait. We also saw Forrest here In all characters— In Lear, in Richelieu, in the Broker of Bogota ‘ln Othello, In Hamlet, in Coriolanus, In Shylock, Is Richard the ls Jack Cade, is the Gladiator, in Metamora, and even In Claude Melnolte. Each of these rare specimens of one of the marvel lous arts of the present generation, destined to he the commencement of yet more wonderful disco veries, was the result of the oareful preparation of the great- actor himself, and the equally accurate care of the artist who took It. In this same room were other photographic portraits of his Intimate friends, and many cholee prints of the stage in the times of George Frederick Cooke, John Kemble, Mrs. Siddons, Garrick, Sheridan, and the elder Kean; but It was when passing from this interesting study we entered the new bqlldlng, whloh has only reoentiy been completed, that.we realized the rarest enjoyment. Here were valuable paintings, pur chased at great cost during many years; and what added to the charm with which we contem plated these triumphs was the manner in whloh Mr. Forrest described the snbjeot of every pic ture and the artist who had produeed It. The first objeet that arrests your attention as you enter this noble saloon Is “The Christian Martyr,”intended to typify the .pagan , brutalities upon the early be lievers In God. He is asleep in his prison-den, olasplng- the cross to his breast—a calm, tranquil smile upon his face, and his parted Ups apparently breathing from a clear and an untroubled conscience* The door of the prison has been poshed aside, and the jailor Is about to inter. The sun streams upon the slumbering hero, and one almost sees the day beams pouring through the half-open space, and threugh the crevices of-the door.. In the back ground are the thousands crowded into the galleries of the amphitheatre, expecting the introduc tion 'of their victim, while on the right Is the Hon, soon to be turned upon him for the gratification of the dreadful appetite eager to feed upon the terrible tragedy. The next most conspicuous figure is that of “ Napoleon in ■Moscow,” alter his descent from hla bed-chamber, when, for the first time, he realizes that the Rus., sians have set fire to their beautiful capital, rather than he and bis Invaders should live upon ttiefr sub stance. He has drawn back the heavy curtain, and gazes out with an Indignant glance upon tha ap palling sight. We can almost see, In his clenched hands and shut Ups, that he has just finished speak ing the memorable words said to have escaped him: “These -are Scythians that have done this—they were not Frenchmen.” The'palnting, however, In this gallery, which Mr. Forrest most admires, and for whichhe paid twenty-five hundred dollars,-is that of two young gfrls, about 15 years of age, who have comedown with their jugs for the purposeof filling them from a cool spring. The day. is warm, but the well In whloh the fountain plays is Shaded, while through the boughs of the little bower stream the goldenrays ofthe ponetratlngsun. One of the child ren has set down her jug, and has lifted her olotheß up to her knees, and has just placed her tiny foot upon the cool water, and the effect is so striking that you ban see that she dreads the plunge, although re solved to make It. <Mr, Forrest stated that he was in the habit of going into his gallery and gazing for hours upon what he pronounced to be the finest plo ture of the kind in the world, and added that he would- not take five times the money he paid for it. But we have neither room nor. time to con tinue a description of each of these triumphs of art. Suffice It, that although we have spoken .of only three, there are many almost'equally va luable and rare. As we were passing out of the room to our carriage, our host said, “You have not seen my theatre.Following him to the lower story of his new building, we were Introduced Into an elegantly fitted-up private theatre—furnished with all the appurtenances of a well-regulated es tablishment. It is true, the stagels not as large as Ford’s or Grover’s, “but,” said Mr. F., with a smile, “Itis quite as large as many that I have acted npon In my long career.” Here are seats for spectators, and a large chair which attract ed my attention. “That,” he said, '“is to be occupied by the person who Is to come here and act as the teacher In this academy.” He proposes to dedicate this part of hls premises to the education of poop, boys and girls in recitation and declamation, and to fit for the stage all suoh as' have any ambition for that profession. These latter are to pay a certain fee to the person whom he may select os their Instructor. I did not, of course, in quire Into the details of what promises to be a noble charity, but we aU felt impressed with the fact that when our great American actor leaves the stage of life he wUI leave behind him more than one ’ monu ment of. his liberality and sound judgment. After looking through hls splendid library, which occu pies the very large hall in the upper story of the main building, and partaking of the refreshments he had so bountifully ordered, and listening to some of hls experiences of foreign travel, we wished him a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, and rode away. ' J.W.F. QIBBS’ To the Editor of The Press: Sin: In your report of the oase of the cashier of the custom house, this morning, you make use of the word' “implicated” In a manner which might be understood as lmplyingthat other attaches ot' the custom house were probably also Implicated or con nected with the robbery. For the sake ol justice to all his fellow-employees,' I think It no more than right that you should state that Mr. Allen Is the only one In or out of the cus tom-house against whom there has arisen the slightest suspicion In regard to the affair. That he may have had accomplices is not Impossible, after the present mournful Instance of the fallibility of all human judgment with regard to the character of those In whom the highest confidence IS placed, but there would appear to be no necessity formaklig more unpleasant the already painful position of those who, by their duties, are plaeed near to Mr. Allen, In any hypothesis of his case, which sup poses him guilty of heavy defalcations and of a shameful ruse, In the shape of a fiction of burglary, to cover up his defioiences at the end of the year, since no assistance would be required to enable him to plan and execute either the one or the other. As to th'o fact stated, that a number of the at taches of the custom house have formed a coal-oil company, I" would simply state that If there Is any Buoh association It is confined, so far as oon. corns [the attaches of the oustom house, to a very email number indeed, and they, other than Mr, Allen himself, have no access to, or connection with, the fundß of the institution In any way, and are be. lleved by their fellow-clerks- to have no complicity or connection whatever with Mr. Allen In his sup posed guilty transactions. I hope that you will be willing to give publicity to this communication, in order that It may bo clearly understood that no one, beside Mr. Allen himself, stands charged with or sus pected of having, In any degree, oonnlved at, aided, or abetted or shared In the proceeds of his various supposed defalcations, bnt that all hls fellow-olerks and employees In the oustom house are eminently above reproach, and worthy of the highest con fidence. / Yours, very respectfully, A Fblbhd to Justice. Philadelphia, Jan. 5,1865. The Mokt dims Tuhbbl—ln a highly in teresting article by Emile Level, In this fortnight’s ’Revue Gmtemjmaine, we find sonpe curious details about the piereing of the tunnel between Modaue and BardonOohe. It Is well known that the -whole length ol the tunnel, when completed, will be 12,220 metres. The machine used for tho purpose Is M. Sommelier’s perforation, set in motion by com pressed air. It consists of a piston working hori zontally in' a cylinder, and carrying a chisel fixed upon It like a bayonet, which at each stroke dashes with, violence against the rook to be Merced. Each time the chisel recoils it turns round in the hole, and as the latter Is sunk deeper and deeper, the frame, or shield, which carries, notone, but nine perforators,advances in proportion. While the chisel is doing Its work with extraordinary rapidity, a cop per tube of small diameter keeps squirting water into the hole, by which means all the rubbish Is washed out. Behind the shield there is a tender, which, by the aid ofapump set In motion by the compressed air, feeds all these tubes with water. The noise caused by thesimultaneous striking of all the ohlsels against the rock is absolutely deafening, enhanoed as it Is by the echo of the tunnel. AU at once the noise ceases, the Bhleld recedes behind It, and the surface or the rook is perceived riddled with so holes, varying in-depth between 80 and SO oentimetres. These holes are now charged with cartridges, slow -matches, burning at the rate of 60 centimetres per minute, are Inserted, and the workmen retire In ‘ haste. The explosion seems to shake the mountain to its bate; when all Is over, the ground Is found covered with fragments of rock, and an advance equal to the depth of the holes has been obtained. On the Bardoneche side this year the . average ad vance for month has been 50 metres; on the Modane side It Ms not exceeded S 8 metres per month, owing to the greater hardness of the rook on that side. There still remains a length of about 8,25 a metres to be got through. When completed, the tunnel will have required the plerolng of 1220,000 holes, 650,000 kilogrammes of gunpowder, 1,550,000 metros of slow match; and the number of bayonets rendered unserviceable will amount to 2,460,509, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885. Cbristmaa With Edwin Forrest. The Case of Mr. Allen. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY % 1865. - SAVANNAH. ENTERTAINING LETTER FROM OCR SPE- CIAL CORRESPONDENT., THE AMY AND THE FREEDMEK the cosnmoji of the city asd lIS INHABITANTS. [Hr. O’Donnell’s Despatches,] [Special Correspondence of The Press. 1 Say am it ah, Ga., Deo. 31, 1834. A MIGHT myORT PULASKI—BEACHING S AVAKNAH. Steaming out from the barren tract of Port Royal 0# the afternoon of yesterday, and winding down Scull Greek, through the level marsh Islands which oluster noar Savannah, tufted with the lone pal metto, and here and there the live-oak, we reached Fort Pulaski at 8 o’clock, I was fortunate In being a fellow-traveller of the gallant Gen. Stone, the lately-elected loyal Governor of lowa, an earnest official, and one of the heroes of the Vicksburg campaign, who has come here to took personally to the interests of the soldiers from his patriotic State At Pulaski Col. Brown, the veteran commandant of the fort, and Its New York garrison, gave ns a soldier’s welcome. Here we had opportunity of comparing opinions with a rebel officer over the fall of Savannah. He was a handsome youth, not yet twenty-one, fend an admirable physical speolmen but gifted with no high Intelligence of the aanses or condition of the war. He was the son, too- of a balf-Secessionlst lowa ex-Governor!" and educated In Ylrglnla, hence the career of the young Yankee rebel. If the stripling who stood before ns—at twen ty-one years old a veteran of most of the great cam palgns of the war—may be taken as a representative of his kind, Ijudge that the South, still suffers under the delusion that the Confederacy cannot die. and that there yet remains considerable field for the general and the schoolmaster. The project of arm ing the Blaves, proposed by Jeff Davis and endorsed by Lee, la strangely unwelcome to a large portion of the soldiers, and . the great body of the people Southern, if there really be a Southern people left- Our prisoner opposes Jeff Davis’ proposition on prinolple; swears that he would not fight beside a negro, but, after all, would no doubt do anything that he Is forced to. do. The South is wearying of war and failure, and It needsnoprlsonerln Pulaski either, to disguise or reveal it. In the morning we again took the little lead, co lored steamer, the Mayflower, and, after pattern or the old Pilgrims of freedom, sailed up the Savannah to see Plymouth Rock, just planted In Georgia by General Sherman. Over from the fort, on Tybee Island, stands the ancient Martello tower, built by the Spaniards, three hundred years ago, and some of the works, about 1,500 or 2,000 yards distant from which Glllmore made such solemn pock-marks in old Pulaski, 'Wheeler’s men left the neighborhood, of the river barely a few days ago, and so the May flower missed many a spiteful rifle-shot whioh her unhurt predecessors received from the gangs In the woods. A red-colored river, flowing between marshes, which the live oak, the palmetto, the and the river-reed" chiefly Inhabit, is the Savannah for many miles. All flat and marßh countries near the sea are known for the singular and wild beauty of their sunrises and sunsets, and so it was (fa cur voyage to this half-tropic town. As we left the broad .water, and sailed up the narrowing river, the sea-birds followed in the frothy wake of the steamer —the very Eea-birds whioh had followed us three hundred miles from the north—sporting and flitting In the, sunbeam, coquetting with the waters, plea sant as this indolent, sunshiny day, which seems to mock the sullen faotof war, and bless alike the conqueror and the captive. AT BAVAMMAH] we landed ott the rotting wharves, not half a mile In respectable length, and In'front of a number of dingy warehouses standing back or the unpaved quay. These houses have brief iron balconies, after the regular Southern Btyle, and,there under canopy the'Southern merchant aha his clerks smoke their cigars and look out over the luxuriant marshes In mldsnmmer. We found the wharves crowded with motley characters—Sherman’s campaigners, gipsy looking and-weather-stained, standing in every group and attitude and in all shades of out-worn army wear, sallying down to the boats, or gathering In dense companies about the warehouses, where ’ th6y have made temporary quarters. Travelling about among them were all ages and physiognomies of contrabands—smart and likely yonng negroes, with here and there gome frosty-polled elflsh-faeed contraband, ugly as Caliban, and gentle as Unde. Tom. Waiting the new Issue of clothes, the worn and torn appearance of the soldiers’clothes tells the story of the past campaign—yet,all things con sidered, never has an army presented anappearanoe at once so full of humor, health, and edmfort. We passed up by a steep ascent from the quayto the high ground of the town, and soon alter made a survey of the town more pleasant than the ruaelmpression conveyed by first sight. Savannah ought to have 1 been one of the pleasantest cities of the South. It seems te have been bulit for the retired ease and peculiar social simplicity of the planter life, from which it derives its character. It Is the country merged In the town—the rus in urine we read of,and is full of quiet avenues and pleasant, shaded places. The streets aTe unmacadamized, but ruff square, , alter the fashion ci Philadelphia, lined with trees like a “ green e countrie towne.” The buildings are generally low—none made of stone except the bank and the Exchange, and a part;of the Town Hali but they wear a natural aepoctof competence and comfort. To almost every avehne leading west la a pleasant open space planted with trees, and in the middle of one of the principal avenues passing north and southlßafine long drive through a colonnade of trees. Out to the west, again, stands tha Pulaski Monumefit, about thirty feet- high, commemorating in rich marble, fashioned 1 In New York, the valor of oneoftheearlydefendeisof Savannah. Further stUl is the Park of the city, planted with, live oak, ever green, pine, arhpr-vdt Ee,ana China trees, anftboasting a fountain finer in design" than, any weiave yet in Fairmount Park. The Park is not quito as large as one of onr squares. This fountain (like other re sources of the SouthJ.has ceased.to Howland the merman who lilts np bis breast and WhlßlriSps fishy tall from the basin blows an.ineffaetual shell. A lew squares to the -right is the low, brick-built county prison, a comelystracture, where for a long time the Union prisoners were confined, and whipped like slaves when they attempted to escape or .dared to complain', the whlpper afterwards'battling their wounds in brine, after'the manner of the planta tions. No convicts were found in the prison upon the occupation, and it is supposed that they have been conscripted into the army under Hardee. In every part of the.city soldiers are housed, aid quart ‘ tered. At the old United Stateß Barracks, lately occupied as the headquarters of-Hardee, a part ef the 20th Corps has its headquarters. The small, jjkite tents of the army cover the suburbs, and the whole city Is smoky in the day and luminous in the evening with the misty fire of the camps. But a short drive westward ftom the city, along the way by which the army first reached it, Is the gTave of the historic Gen, Oglethorpe, thefounder of Savan nah. A few tumble-down brioks and eypress trees mark the place. In the same direction .Is one of the great-natural curiosities of the country—along, wild colonnade, through which our horsemen could ride, arched with the weird and wonderful branches of the moss tree. BEVIEW OF THU 20TH COSTS. This noon a review of the 20th Corps took place In front of the Town-Hall, before a large, concourse of spectators, and was mu oh admired by many oftheot tlzens of Savannah. Here, for the first time, I saw tbe hero who has .made Savannah for another time Illustrious. He was followed hy the one-armed Ge neral Howard, really beloved by his corps, and now knownthroughput the army as “ the Christian sol dier;” General Slooum, thin, slim, young-looking, and sallow-faced, bnt, I should judge, full of nerve; General Williams; a large, gray-headed,,spaotaoled gentleman, who has tahen the plaoe of General Hooker; and General Jeff. G. Davis, anothereorps commander, a bushy-headed Westerner, «full of fight,” as the army says. Kllpatrlok, whom I saw earlier In the morning, wasmissingfrom the review. He is, perhaps, the least descrlbable of the generals; here, but he aeourately resembles the pictures of him—a countenance in which the perceptive is,up permost, a determined downright nose, firm month, and curling Ups, the head ef a student as well as a fighter. Kilpatrick Is by no means at,all a large, or, anything bht a young man, and this has endeared him to the praise of his -comrades. Sines his admy rable condnot upon the last great march, the oplnlpi of the army places the-highest estimate upon h k abilities. L GENBRAX SHBBMA2T. J£- The pletnres and descriptions which I have sebn" of General Sherman'convey anything bnt *jMSt Idea of his eharaoter. In personnel he hears a mol ly Ilkeness-to bis brother, Senator John Sheehan, but has stronger-quaUties offeatnre. As » Sat upon his horse erect as a mast for more tiun-two hours, I thought him beyond comparison thf most soldierly figure in the army. He Is about six feet In height, with, all the mature physical jower of vigorous middle age at oommand, and without as ounce ef flesh superflnons or wanting, His brow Is Intellectual and free, head not big, butAlgb, and he has the keenest and strongest eye in tie. army, and a long aquiline nose, as good in its wayas the ‘‘lron Duke’s>* Those pictures and descriptions whfoh give him something like thefsoe of a tigered the man ners of a slouoh or an ogre, err upon tne wrong side. The side face of Sherman-gives yoor as mnoh the Idea'of a professor as of a soldier i the full face bristling with the short-Cropped sandy moustache and heard is military without hepg savage. Ho is a full composition of the Yankee soldier, and a fine type of the Intellectual American. .Business tact and energy, lbstant perceptM, comprehensive study, and true.mllltary fire, seen.to be written in bis features. He Is fond of his torse, and not at all fond of drees; is a capital lnitctor, and a direct talker. Hl* familiar manner lasocentrlosometimes, but generally good-humored/and-though an un compromising soldier, he Is y»iU a large and kind hearted man—a quality to-Writ hls frequent care for the poor and. humble Segroos who have followed his oamp will bear witness. At tile review he wore his beet clothes and a new felt hat, which every one suspects he has donned In honor of the occupation. GEAKv’S DIVISION. The review of Gen. Williams! corps passed off; finely, and no part of the paradeshowed to greater; advantage than Geary's. veteran Jlvlslon, which la. largely, oomposed of our own Prijasylvanians. This division has shared all the hecdesffightlng of the; •campaigns tar Georglst, : respected la every; ■' / quarter of the army. Eastern soldiers haytrproved, when properly led, to be fully equal to the'bravest veterans of the West j and this is the general testi mony of the Western officers with whom I havtreon versed, In compliment to Geary’s distinguished services, General Sherman has mads him the com mander of the city, which his division was the first to enter, receiving Ito 'Sjtrrondor. Here, It Is poaaP' ble, the division will remain. It Is the smallest In the ' army, andlnthebattleCboforeAtlantaltslosses were me»e thanhhlf of those of the corps, which in turn lost' more than hall of the iramber of men lost by the' whole army.' The corps have enthusiastic regard’ for their old commander, Gen. Hooker, but have not served logs gallantly under General Williams. incidbkts]or thb mabok. No pen has yet adequately described the scenes of the groat march through Georgia. I can only give you a few suggestive Instances told me by eyewit nesses. Hundreds of negroes followed th'e army, tired and foot sore, little children as well as gray haired men, from Atlanta down to Savannah, On the march they, were jolned'by thousands, some of whom came into camp singing. Prayer-meetings wore held at the stopplng-plaoes, and there the Sol ulors gatuored round to hear them praying with souls In tears and voioes in frenzy for the 'great Yankee army. The poor contrabands' wore told tbat the Yankees-would burn, roast, boll, and slaughter them, and .wore instructed to hide when our forces should oome—but all to no avail. This simple but shrewdi people knew thelr'friends afer oil, and came pouring In all from quarters! bringing Information with them. At night mirth and festi vity reigned lathe Camp. The contrabands assem bled around the fires, and made a minstrelsy such as we have never heard in the North. Every sol dier who had a violin brought It out for the contra bands to danoe by and while a few patted their knees, the rest went tearing away like mad In the plantation .ug and walk-around. Everyman,wo man, and child, poor, down-trodden things as they were, regularly made their sixteen miles a day, living upon the cliarlty of the good-hearted'soldlers, and sometimes! upon the refuse of the camp. It was impossible .to misconstrue their joy at the sight of the army, I have talked with many of the sew fteodmen and words are poor to convey the character of their gratitude and ad miration -toward the soldiers. The march was full ol humors. ft ever had better, living In my lire,"remarked a private soldier to me. Tur keys, oMckens, and fowls of-every kind were gob bled up from every quarter: honey was In abund ance, and It was not uncommon to see soldiers bearing ofl the combs while swarms of bees follow ed and stung them. There were many swollen lips which confessed to a ust punls ament from the little tyrant of the. eell.. At several places on the march money was dug up. and It Is said that a private sol dier has become the possessor by discovery of some thing like $lO,OOO. Little escaped the search, of the bayonets, snd even valuables Mdden under the fur rows .were brought te light. "Breeding plantations,” which tonaSneiaenough. wore among the curiosities and oehla’iery which the army encountered. Nearing savannah, the army gained a large acoea slon of slaves, who had fled from cruel masters, and one of the.most cruel" of those masters was a follow named Hines who larruped his niggers” after pattern of Degree. thb occur Axiom oh thb dm, - Savannah was oooupled on the 21st, Hardee hav ing made^his escape but a few hours previously, Gen. Geary,received its surrender from Dr. Arnold, the mayor. Savannah bears Its fate with as good a grace as-possible. Counting negroes and all, one ball or two-thirds of Its citizens had sympathyftill for the Union The loyal sentiment exists chiefly among the foreigners and slaves—the rest are not yet to be trusted; . But a few days ago Dr. Arnold called a general meeting of the citizens, at which resolutions were passed, declaring 'teat Savannah did not wish to take terms as a conquered oity, but desired to come back to the Union under the Am nesty proclamation. These resolutions, which sur render unreservedly to the Union, wore sent to all the yet-unflaptured cities of Georgia. They show, perhaps, too sadden a' reversion of feeling, but are an undoubted sign that Georgia, In soul, as well as body, is at last lost to the Confederacy. They also thank and Jckhowledge the gentle, manly behavior of our soldiers, whioh seems to have made eftMtgfottnd Impression on the people of Ba vannah.%. < habdeh’s kbtbbat. On the morning of the 21st Hardee crossed over on flat-boats to Hutchinson’s Island, and across Into South Carolina, at the Union causeway. A brigade of soldiers, placed to guard this causeway, whioh leads up to the railroad to Charleston, would, per haps, have prevented his escape, as I learn troops were about to be procured for this purpose by Gene ral Foster,-when the rebels made away, on the ad vance on the city, and the erosslng of the Savannah by different corps had also been ordered. The ne groes brought us word when Hardee was escaping, and when the 20th Corps moved into town- they found thb bodies of three dead Slaves upon the road. These Po{i fell6ws were doubtless killed for treason to their masters. Hardee seems to havo rested for awhile »tfje<l Bluff,-a place amid thomarsh-land and wllderaesß with wMch South Carolina abounds. It Is the.mqßt difficult country to fight in. and fur nishes very few avenues to escape. The rebel gene ral took Away but few troops with him; the Geor gia sol&enpnder Gustavus Smith having deserted andgene tpjrerd Augusta. There Is no doubt that HardiM has Ms way to Charleston, hut a great part of the forces orlglnallyunder him must havebeen by this time called to the defence of Wilmington. I judge that Charleston Is poorly defended, and will be as faslly abandoned as Savannah. „ . . Savamkah, Jan, 1,1885. * AMUSEHBKTS IW SAVAMKAH. -- Sherman’s soldiers have made their occupation of Savannah comfortable, and given to this city of twenty thousand Inhabitants life enough for ten times the number. All the stores are shut up, and so the soldiers have turned dealers and proprietors. At some of the corners 1 have found a few of them speculating In the rioh treasure-trove of tobacco, dispensing It In retail from solid boxes of the best “ Ylrglnla” to less fortunate privates, who want a supply for the time of occupation or 'the next cam paign. Another class'd! merchants or artists ex hibit camera views of wondrous Interest to the vete rans wb|l have been exiled so long from Philadel phia and -Now York. But" the most unique em ployment to which they have devoted themselves In thls*-piping time of occupation Is theatrical- The theatre here, called the Athenaeum, has been opened for some nights past, and nightly the walls have been shaking with uproarious laughter. The -theatre Is small-and Incommodious, and, though the prices ore high, It is “jammed every evening,” os’we h&vefoften read, and “crowds are turned away from t)m doors.” The following bill has been offered te the nobility and gentry of the surround ing country. - ; THEATBE. ; HaeaWr...... .H. W. Shepherd; bta*6 Hiinaeer Prof, Wentworth. it . . . fun! Ttm 1 - Put I First apnsaranea iu Savannah of the METROPOLITAH MINBTBELS, At the Athenseum. on Chippewa Square, commencin* V on Friday Evening, December SOtb, 1881. Senas.-Bancea, Jokes, .Burlesques. Great aud Won derful Feats of St wnitb, Ac., Ac. , *c., with an entire •hangs of programme every evening . PBOOKAMME. ' .«• PABTFIBST. Openin e Overture.. ... . -Troupe. Opening Chorus— ‘ Happy and Free ” —-Troupe. Seelng-rfeHie Home Johnny Forbes. Bosle C81e.... .Harry West. gyangehne. —.turn Mahone. Phantbra Chorus.) -Troupe. , ; - PAXT SECOND. Ovftture. .Orchestra. Ball scant Chair " —..Johnny Forbes. High] tin a..— ~,,,.—Master Fell. Cannon Ball Feat by Prof. Wentworth. Song and Dance.— .....Johnny Forbas. Original Burlesque lecture by Fred Campin. Duett. By the Mahone Brothers. _ hi PAST THIRD. . .Excelsior Jig by tbe champion. Tommy Pell. Clown'turued Barber...... -—.—West and Wentworth. Clog Hornpipe—....—.. Charley Baxter.' Herculean feats of-Stamgth by Prof Wentworth, in which he Will perform thadarlngfeat of having a seven hundred-nonna solid stone broken upon his breast! bong—"• Generalln the Amy ’J Lum Mahone. nigger onaHnnt.,.West, Canning, and Campin. Larboard Watch Mahone Brothers. The whole to conclude with - ‘ 1 THE MASQUERADE HADE, By the entire Troupe. - 1 . ; - . pkioeh or ADMISSION. Parqnet and Dress.Ciiclo —*l 00 Family Circle—....— 75 Ga11ery:...,.....,. 60 Doorsrmenat fcilfpast-6 o’clock; performance to com mence at half past 7. ’ _ KBVIEW OV Tins irruli Sbfabtkbbt. Bevlews have been passing every day during the week, and yesterday the Fire Department under went Gen. Sherman’s Inspection. The sight -was one of great noyeliy and Interest. It Is not gene rally known that the fire-engines of Savannah are, with th| qfceptfon of their white captains, entirely manned tef the slaves, who are immediately offi cered by foremen of their own. Two or three thou sand of, tßsse Mack firemen, all of them delivered bondmeggiassea by the Exchange; singing twenty or thlrty «fferent songs. Their singing Is the great charaowr% ark of the negroes. Marshaled by their unifbrmedtforemen {most of whom look like stalwart and intelHgent fellows), and carrying banners of welcome,& which the words “ Union,” “ Freedom,” “Gen. if-Berman,” and “the rebels” were con spicuous at: times, they marohecL oh with enthusi asm, making the air wild with their strange, hoarse, mnelcal voices. No singing to the world Is like it, and most 01 the' songs are untranslatable. Half a dozen of these airs or choruses rang in the ear at once, -as the firemen passed by, keep ing all the; while the orderly step of soldiers. The verses forthe greatorpart were extemporized by the leaders, each company joining In Its own chorus, for I am-informed that: the different bands of firemen have tunes peculiar to themselves. I caught a few words of onh?ong : *• fwork all night, - ’Mil broad daylijlit, and all ids fellow joined in: “I cannot work any mo’.” This reftaln alternated constantly with a line ex temporized by the leader, and was a never-wearying repetition. There was another, on the same princi ple, composed of recitative and a short refrain of powerful volume and wonderful effect, oalled “ Granny Ho 1” A contraband friend explained to me another as being a “Hoojah song,” and I learned that the Hoojah was a fellow who stole vessels, bnt whether this song has any connection with Ad miral Dahlgren, the blockade-runners, or the pirate Alabama, I could not exactly discover. The tune, however, was enchanting in Its way, and more fresh and musloal than ray of tha airs lately In vogue In the negro minstrelsy of the North, which need to pirate so much from the plantations, while It made fun for the oppressors of the slave. The words were extemporized by a smart-looking fore man, and were full of merry points about General Sherman, the rebels, andthe great thome of free dom. Tbe ohorns was larger and quioker than usual, and wound up with the meaning or unmeaning intenogatory: - ‘•Tallergal, don't ye waft to go?" The effect of this song was especiallygreat upon the! Inspired singers, who sang U towugkwntt,tli»g6rl) ouse was peculiar to the slave, and Issued loudly at the #nd or between verses. I asked’ one j#f the ’ flremen'.ff he could ten me the words, But he grin sod: “ L-er’, I dunno, ffiass’r; de hoys mak’t up «* dey go ’leog.” I am satisfied that all effort to transcribe Xtma songs is vain. The firemen did not pride tbemsdSfres especially upon tho day’s dftpfay, : WMch was ms® inferior' to their annual parade; and gotten up St" short notice to please Gen. Shef. ;; man; but to eves® Northerner It was the rarest eh : tettalnment wMo2f-" Savannah hag' given, and per-' haps none enjoyed it more than the conqueror of Georgia. As I learzr/fibe slaves (and now the freed men) had a hundred' different songs wMoh they sung at a fire, and thaSs” was the place fmy inform ant told me) to hear them-stag In their best humor. thb pboplb op savamkah. Few of the people are to bo-seen,’and, as might he expected, the' more-convicted Secessionists keep In doors. The Germans are the only conversing por tion I have met, and their feelings appear to lean tothe.sldeof the Union. Somoof.the oltlzons who escaped the conscription by counterfeiting lameness and deafness, and through other lahorlous and In genious deception, now oome forth restored to all their faculties, smiling at their dbped neighbors. The eltywas evidently upon the point of famine before Sherman enteredit, and oneofithe last scenes, underthe rebel rule was an attaok upon the stores by a mob of starved wOmen, who wont In at the breach made by hands or fuflUans from Wheeler's Cavalry, and stele what they could lay hands upon. Twenty five rebel dollars were charged for board at the hotels, and pork was $5 or soper pound. Corn bread was almost the only food to be readily found. Living Is still In a wretched, though Improved, con dition, and the best table d’hote affords little more than beef, bacon, rice, Fort-Royal bread, an Imita tion of tea, and oMohoiy coffee. Little or no fuel Is afforded, aid moat of the rooms of theFoiaskl House -are oarpotless’ and OMUy; and thus, and worse, it Is throughout a largeportton of Savannah, and eyen In the homes of the rich. Good hostolrles are to be found only in camp. Without the pro senoe of the army this garden oily would appear as mournful as a cemetery. - - A BBOOMNOISSA^PB. Last evening the 8d division of the 2oth Corps, un der General Ward; returned from an expedition across jthe river. About six miles out they enconn. tered a portion of Wheeler’s eavalry, mid returned' with a few hundred prisoners. What force are re maining In tho vicinity seems to be hemmed-in be tween Foster and Sberman, with a sllm'chance of escaping “ out of the wilderness.” The mala portion of Hardee’s command musthave taken a road round the point There Foster’s troops guarded the railroad to jolnany forces at Charleston. ,THB ADVAKOB. Sherman’s forces cannot move till they are re equipped and supplied.: Goods are arriving every day, but only In comparatively small packages, the obstructions In the river preventing any large ar rival of vessels. The‘sooner the channel can be oleared of danger the better It will be for the needy people of Savannah. ' A SGBMB AT HH.LBDOBVH.LB. After the rebel Legislature had left MlUedgovllle, the officers of Howard’s corps took their plaees, and immediately passed a hill rescinding the ordinance of Secession, and aU the obnoxious laws of the fugi tive government. Many speeches were made, hut no debate occurred, and finally Georgia was voted back into the Union. General Sherman was elected Governor, and a large appropriation to recompense the services of the new Legislature was passed with out a dissenting voice. The members were paid en tirely in the Confederate currency wMch fell Into the hands of the army. Colonel Ooggswell, of New York, was the treasurer, and disbursed a million of rebel promissofles, some of the impromptu Salons receiving as Mgli a salary as $50,000, THB HBW PAPBB. \ The office of the Savannah Republican was seized on the first day of the occupation; our printer-sol diers were set to work, and next day a very credita ble sheet, The Loyal Georgian, appeared. The old advertisements were kept, andnew reading matter inserted; so that the announcement'of a slave sale had Its place side by side with an article denouncing the rebellion and slavery. The paper has returned to Its old name, and now the regenerated MeptMiem Is edited and published regularly by Mr. Hayes, a correspondent of the Tribune. ' New Year has been brought to them. -Less celebra ted, perhaps, but not less real, will be the new year .which dawns upon the wMte people of Savannah. Cssualtiei., 1 The following casualties, in thereoent advance on the city,,are reported among the Pennsylvania and •New Jersey soldiers in the 20th Corps: > 28TH PBJSKSYLVASIA VOLUKTEEK INFANTRY. Corn Charles Baker, Co E.'Jas Early,. Co F, severe killed t Nicholas Cavanagh. Co B. Thomas Ridgeway, Co G, 1 Blight hilled . IlrvinOwens, CoB, severe Capt Sykes Beaumont, Co Geo Free. Co B, severe E. severe 1 Geo B Russell, Co C, severe SID SSW JERSEY IXFAXTKY. Francis Sweeney, Co D, slight. 731) PENNSYLVANIA VOI.HNTEF.R3. , James.Qninm, Co C, severe.. . JIITH PSKNSYX.VASIA-VOLUNTEER IMF AUTRY", .- - Thomas Brown, Co B, slight. - _ I«TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. .Levi S Mathait, Co C. (Martin Sacks, Co F, mor ■light I tally. Lewis Haivy, Co I, died. I New Publications. The Dictionary of the United States Congress, compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legisla tor and Statesman, by Charles Lanman, late Libra rian of the House of Representatives, Is a new edi tion of a hook ofrecora and reference, flrat published some seven years ago. A certain number of copies were ordered to be printed for the use of Congress, and the Secretary of the Senate has favored us with one of these. This Dlotionary is, emphatically, a hook of facts, to he consulted for information re specting every person who has had a seat, at any time, in the Congress of the United states, the pre sent members Included. Generally, we have found itlvery cornet, with here and there an omission, such, for instance, as not staling that Stephen A. Douglas aied In 18a. In a copious Appendix is collected, from the Government archives, much In formation, clearly arranged, relative to various public and Congressional offices, from March 4, 1788, to the present time, by whom held, and for what time, with date of appointment. This volume, "we repeat, will be found very useful, and has been complied with much labor. Its typograpMcal exe cution Is creditable to tbe Government Printing Office, "Waiblngton, whence U emanates.' Mrs. Stowe Ims been known, long andwell, as an able and popular writer, principally In the depart ment of fiction. In “ House and Home Papers, 1 ’ which she contributed to the Atlantic Monthly, In the year 1864, using the nom de plume or “ Christopher Crowfield,” and now collected hy Tlcknor & Fields into a neat l2mo. volume, shejoxhlblts a great deal of practical good sense, and house-keeping folks, old and young, in esse or in posse, may largely profit by the lessons she' gives. In a readable and very agreeable manner. She has, In fact, produced one of the best home hooks ever published—a book In which the elements of domestic economy are clearly stated and pleasantly as well as practically Illustra ted. We recommend It, most warmly, to the Mr sex, especially. ’ It would appear that Fields.are now, exclusively, the publishers of Captain Mayne Held’s exciting romances, chiefly written to muse and Instruct young people. One of the best of these, “The Boy Slaves,” the scene of which lies chiefly In the Desert of Safira, they have just Issued. There are three heroes In this tale of adventures—young “middles” belonging to a British ship.which had foundered on the coast of Afriea Out of their trials, sufferings, and unhappy experiences, the au thor has constructed a volume in whloh the general body of readers, and not young folks only, cannot fall to become highly interested. There are several Illustrations, not; so finely engraved as the gene rality of those In bookß of this class. The publications of Tlcknor & Fields have been received from J. B. Lipplncott & Co., and from T. B. Peterson a Brothers. Mr. Charles Desilver has published, In a neat 12mo. volume, “ The Book of Drawing-Boom Flays and Evening Amusements,” by Silas S. Steele, dra matist. This volume will romorn uoe aimculty whloh presses heavily on those who desire to get up private theatricals : it supplies about one hundred one-act vaudevilles, Ihterludes, ■ oomedlettas, ta bleaux, charades, and recitations, many of them original, which earn be got up with a minimum of time, trouble, money, and scesie and dress effects, “ Virginia, and other Poems,” published by Jas, Miller, New York, and Moebts. MarUen, in this city, Is the name of- a neat volnme now before us. The poem firom which it takes its title was latest written, though It leads the van.. It is a story of the present war, bnt never rises Into what can pro perly be called poetry —that Is, it mlght as well, for plot, character, and language, have been printed as prose. For example; “ The infantry approach; the regiments marching by platoons, sections, or the flank. Colonels of both grades, majors, adju tants, are, mounted ;—"this is very plain prose In deed, precisely what a war-correspondent, bent on spinning out a long letter, might and would have written. Mr. Vosburg breaks it,up into lines and prints it thus: : “ The infantry approach—the regiments . Marching by platoons, sections,'or the flank; Colonels of both grades, majors, adjutants are mounted,” and so on, hut It remains prosaic to a degree, and “ Virginia ” rarely rises above this level. The Mis cellaneous Poems, whloh were written earlier, are much superior. We like the onward rythmical sweep of the poem entitled “ Winter Comforts,” bnt the Early Dove Poems are the best things In the volume,, for they 'are passionate, emotional, earnest, natural utterances of a sensitive, nature. The sonnets, commencing “Dear Stella, I am sad,” and “ This Is the Sabbath,” show that their author possesses ability as well as. aspiration—the first in .its true tenderness, the other In its depth of fooling. The longest la also the eioßlng poem In the volume, jnd Is entitled “Amoron.” The opening reminds tts of Shelley's “ Alastor,” whloh may have been In the writer's mind, unconsciously. Not being able, In justice to other duties, to peruse this poem, of about 2,600 lines, whloh seems io relate the history of a mind, and having no taste, indeed, for merely speculative or metaphysical poetry, we do not offer an opinion'upon It. There Is considerable poetic foellngln other parts ol Mr. Voßburg’a volume, but—- alas, that we must say It—he Is not a poet. ■ Mr. Newell, whose amusing writings under the sobriquet Of “Orpheus C. Kerr” have been, wide ly read, with much entertainment, as quaint and' . witty, has collected his occasional lyrics Into a neat volume, entitled “ The Palace Beautiful,’’published ‘ by Mr. Oarleton, New Fork. It does not surprise us to find that Mr. Newell, an humorist of the first ' class, writes serious poetry with marked abtiity and . suocee*. 'Burns, Byron, Moore, Hood, and our own Dr. o. W. Hoiraes we utimmijim « tbe fact FOUR CENTS. tb&lf UKo bout authors of serious passionals po etry tSvft. uttoused song to express wß,humor, and merry satire., Man; of the lyrics In this volume are “beautififl exceedingly,” like the ladylh Oblerldge's “OhJtataSsl.” Mr. Newell evidently a famnu, with 'Wordßwtoth.'but he jet has more intonate re lations wlta ! Nature hnd hlaown heart. Among the pleees KGt& which have' most Interests us a the sketch' called “Aspasia.” “Atone,” in Its gTare simplicity almost quaint, - dose credit to Kingsley's pen. There Is faneyi asd ; there U pathos In u The soldier’s Epitaph,” acthere jis motion lit that' Southoyan poem, “The Falte’’ ; Much of what .Hr. NbWell has collected here is pa* tflotSif—suggestt'd by feelings or oiroti instances- a the war. Amount Btroh’eJfußlons commend us to “Picclola," “ Our Kegf'and “England to Amen-’ car,"' The finest thlng'tt the Book, however, a the Oharmlpg, truthful poemofl' “ Christmas Eve.” We oanadt* say much for th<rwood, engravings which lUust7&te MBs volume.. T£b? are better designed than sseedted. We must nctdOnolnde without ox pressing our Shewed opinion thht Mr. Newell is a joet. fift vOlnme reached us through T. B. Peter son & Btothera, Tie January number of the milbmphia PHeto grapher, ccmtttenosig the second volume, exhibits a change of tjpe'bywhloh the reading' matter, which has always beeif good, will be Increased' mere than one-half. THsTtoniSsploco Is “The Bder {in La Salle count?; 111.,) from a negation made and printed by Mr. Ji Oarbdtt, Chicago, wllh'She aid of a dark developing Bex or tent, which? he hag in vented. A description of this tent, with* wood cuts to renddr It clear; la ' given lit the Pliistbgraphtr. Published by Benerman. &,WHson, PhlladarpMs- lIMNCIAL ASI) COMMERCIAJi. The stock market was-moderately active yesterday, prices not varying materially from those current on the previous day. Government loans fluctuated verylittle: The 1881 loan and the l-Nswere unchanged in price, but the 10-Ms were H lower aud the 5-20 s % lower. State 6s sold at 91—a* decline of 25S on the last reported sale. The State, war loan waa-'also lower, soiling down to IW4- City 6s (new) sold at 98K—a decline of M. and the old at 96. The Municipal 6s were steady at 100. Company bonds were dull}- Penna. Railroad second mortgage declined to 106 X, and Schuylkill Navigation 6s ’SlatßllSi Beading Cs 44- ’Bob at TOOK; Lehigh Talley 66 at 100, and Schuylkill Navigation Imp. loan at 8t The share list wae generally ftrm. Reading advanced H, selling at 69, and Pennsylvania Railroad H, sell ing at 66. Little: Schuylkill Railroad declined to 42Jf. Northern Central sold at 6f%, and North Penn sylvania at 29. Of the Opal stocks there were sales of Butler atlUf. Fulton at 7X. and- Swatara at 6 H. The United States Certificates of Indebtedness* are held at 96. City Passenger Railway shares are rather better. Second and Third sold ai7oK* Whieh Is an advance; and Spruce and Pine at 31; M was bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 27% for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 70 for West Philadelphia; 18 for Arch Street; 20K for Green and Coates; and 29 for Girard College. Canal shares continue heavy, with sales of Bnsquehanna Canal at 16 J£. In Bank shares there ia nothing doing. 160 K wae bid for Fkiladelpla; 69 for Farmers'and Mechanics'; 68 for Commercial; 31 for Mechanics': 126 for South wark; 43Jf for Penn Township; 116 for Western; 69 for Commonwealth; and iffl for'Corn Exchange. The folio win g were the quotations for gold yestirday at the hours named: It L K. ............. i.^......228 12 si... ...............22711 IP- M..~ 228 IJf P. H.... ....... ................ •. •......... ..22SV -4 P. M.... ~ .228 The Oil Creek and Cherry Run Oil Company declared a dividend yesterday of two per cent., payable on and after the 17th instant.. The Tioga Iron Company have declared a dividend of five per cent, on the capital stock, clear of State tax, payable on and after the 16th instant. The directors of the Consolidation National Bank havo declared an extra dlvidendof twenty per cent., payable January 16th, clear of United States taxes: The directors of the Union Mutual Insurance Company have declared a dividend of eight per cent, on the stock and six per cent, on the outstanding scrip of the com pany, free of taxes, payable on demand. The Pfeccnlx Mutual Insurance Company have de clared a dividend of six per cent, on the capital stock and six per cent, on the scrip of the company, payable on andlafter the 12th instant, free of taxes,' The Corn Exchange National Bank have declared a dividend ef five per cent., clear of taxes. The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Company Willpay on January 20thadivfdend of fivepercent. The Terre Hants and Richmond Railroad Company Will pay on the 9th of January a semi-annual dividend of five per cent., and an extra dividend of five per cent. • free of tax. . The Lehigh Valley Ragjbrcad Company-announces a quarterly dividend of 2% per cent., payable on the 12th Inst. The Baltimore Bank of Commerce has declared a half yearly dlvidendof three per cent., in gold, free of tax. The following were the closing quotations for the na vigation, mining, and oil stocks: . Sid. AsTs. Bid. Asi. Sohuylllav SO 8* Great Western,—. 3% .. Bchuyl Bay.pref.... 85X Germania........l x-is .. SuoCanal..™... MX IS Globe Oil. ~.1916131 Big Mount C0a1... 6 6X Hibbard Oil 2 2X Butler Coal 11X •• Hogs Island .11-16.. Clinton Goal 114 Hyde 8arm....... 4% 5 Connecticut Min- . . X Irwin 0i1........« 10 11 Diamond C0a1.... .. 18X Keystone Oil 1* 1% tPultonCoal 7X 711 Krotzer l.yi 2 Green Mt C0a1.... 4: .. Maple Shade Oil.. .. 53 % NCarbondale...... 2 .. McClintock 0i1... SX . SM. Hew Creek Coal.. 1 IX MtaeraLOil.—.... 2X 2X ' Penn Mining...... 11 12 Mlmro—. 4XIBI Swat ara Falls Coal 6 6X Mcßlheny Oil 6X g 40as. I* if McCreaStChyßun if 1.84 Allegheny Biyer., .. IX Noble <k Del 10 10X Allegh & Tideonte .. if Oil Creek 7X JX Big Tank 2.51 .. OrganioOll 1 if Branden Island... IX IX OlmateadOil 2X 3 Beacon Oil 1 Pennapetro Co S Bruner Oil. IX IX PerTTOil—... 3% 4 Bull Creek. 3 •- Phila&Tideoute—4 Briggs 6% Petroleum Centre. .. 8K Costinenlal 0i1... 2% 2X FMlada. & Oil Cr. 13£ 1% Orescent City..... 3 2% Bock Oii.. Sjlt 4 Curtin 13% 14 Bathbone Pet..... .. IJ£ Caldwell. •*•*•+••• 1% 7% Seneca Oil .. 6 Cow Creeks*.... 1% 1% Story Farm 0i1... 2% 2% Cherry Rtuw* 30 3QJ£‘ Bet & Oil Creek.- \% 2 Dunkard 0i1...... % l iBt Nicholas 4 4% Dunkard Greek OU IX IX Suninry .. 2 Densmore 6 7 Text Farm*....... 3% S% Dalzell 9£ 9% Tair Homestead- 4% 4$ Excelsior Oil—~. 1# 1.81 Onion Petroleum. 2 2 X al* SSSSSPSK::::: i Farrel OU 1.94 Waliint Island.... 2X 2.81 Franklin Oil 214 2>l Watson .2 He following is & statement of the deposits and coin age at the United States Hint for the month of Decem ber, 1851: DEPOSITS. Gold deposits from all sources $669,753 SI Silver deposits, including purchases 30,061 63 - Total deposits**.. ...$609,806 24 GOLD COHTAGE. Mo. of. Pieces. Tains. DonWe Eagles 87.456 *749,100 00 Half Eagles 3,830 19,600 00 Three 2,130 6,670 00 Quarter Eagles ...» %400 6,000 00 Dollars 2,600 3,600 00 Fine Bare 5 6,(K8 n Total ~.. 49,470 $789,773 71 BILVEB. Half D011ar5...... 65,400 82,700 00 Quarter Dollars.*..*... ......... 15,200 3,800 00 Fine Bars. 7 813.93 T0ta1.......,,*..*.. 80,607 36,813 83 COPPER. 6,640,000 66,400 00 4,030,000 80,600 00 Cents Two-cent pieces..... Total.. 10,670,000 147,000 00 . BEOAHTOIiiTIOjr. Pieces. Trine. 49,470 *789,774 71 80,007 86.81893 10,670,003 147,000 00 Total.. ........10,800.077 *973,686 64 Sold Coinage. Silver Copper. ■ Instead of the usual monthly statement of the oondi* tlonof the public debt. Hr. Fessenden has made public the following statement of the Treasury receipts during the month of December: Received from five-twenty bonds $25,000,000 00 Received from temporary loan .... 2,837,533 27 Received from ten-forty bonds 33,042,250 00 Received from seven-thirties......... 16,581,590 CO Received from internal revenue 20,240.983 10 Received from hospital money, &c.. 22,000 00 Received from fractional currency issued. 108,902 45 • Total receipts December.............. 597,841,218 82 The report of the Assistant Treasurer at Hew York; fOLthe past year, gives thefoUowingleadingheads of revenue Leans. Int. Kev. Customs. January $37,463,856 *2,278,40# $3,179,605 February 16 696,350 1,438.678 7,483,611 Starch 7,878.037 1,452,522 7,670,092 April* 6,947,933 1,764.305 14,658,673 Stay 6,184.612 1.179.5C6 8,908 058 Infest.™.'..... I.§S f'ffl’SKi September 8,292,261 1,220,966 . 4,213,210 October 14,465,987 774,144 3,697,335 Hovember. 10.300,614 738,662 3,487,661 December 28,608,253 924.461 3,467,369 $209,556,631 J>rexel United States bonds, 1881,..,....v^110KCai1l United States Certit of Indebtedness.. 96m 97 Quartermasters’ Vouchers 93 @ ..227 @226 Sterling Exchange .247^@25G five-twenty Bonds.—.-- ■ 108#@109 PHILADELPHIA STOCK.EXCHAHGE, JAN. 6, 1865. BEFOEB BOAXDS. 400 Reading S.lts.c&p'sSK | ICO El D0rad0......... 2 209 Bmner ........lots 3%iSCO d0....10i5.—b5 2 7600 City6B.Hnnicipal.2oQ 1 300 DalzeUOU....cash 9% BOAED. | .200 Walnut Island ••.. 2% !4ICO US 6s, ’6l.cdnp.lts 110* 2CO do FIBfiT ] 100 Big Task 2.31 SOOEalzei 0i1....10ts W* ICO do ...hSO 9* 200 d0..*..*.... b 5 9% 200 B 1 D0rad0.........1.94 100 Excelsior. ...LSI •' 200 Egbert Oil S& 160 Hlbberd hfi ,2 60Xr0tzer0i1....... 2 100Mingo. ....b5 4% 1600 d0....10t5, bis 4K 188 200 Bine Cteell.—... 4X 100 do 4B SCO OilCk AO K.lots 4}{ ICO Franklin —. .... 2% 2000nrtin OU 14 ICOMaple Shade-. 10300 B S 6 20 Bds Jot* 108% 180 do--coup.-old .108* SCOO do— reg.old.lo9M 100 St Nicholas Gil.bO 4% 60TarrFarm—•.... 8% BETWEEH 1600 Mines—i tSO 4K 7COBa)z*loil.lot«.bS) ax 600 do—. 9g 300 do—. 2d,8 954 60PbllaASrieB.bSO 28% ICO Bead BGiF-oash 68% 160 do*—».—».b33 6854 800 do.*— .C4tP6Bf£ 100 . do—*.-.-■■B3o 68% 100 Atlas IB £OO Story Farm. 2% 200 Union Pet lots.csh 2 SCO Eldorado 1.91 1000 Fenaa B 2d m0rU.106% -• „ , 6BGOBD 300 »M 4CO ..*•» 4H 98D {to...* 4i( iDgtßiclioJaa«lMo43.W 200 Braude* Xsl’d-MO IX 100 Bln. Creek.....'— 4% 10W Keystone Ziac. b3Q 1% AFTER I SCO Dajzell... Its. -b3O. 954 JSB do—..lts. 9* 600 State S*C&P 91 6001 8.810*40 Bds. -Its .102% 60 d 0...... 7000 do——ree-111 lOOHoble&Del.—.. IOH 600 0 8 7-30 T Botes, new-.cash. 9934 950 do —lots 998 IOOOUSI-yearCert 97 6100 City 63- 10t....01d 95 S»O3 ■ do now 98* 100 do-—— n«w.9B 100 Srratara- 68 100 Pulton Coal-—. 7« 1000 field Kay Ini Loan 81 500 Story Fatm-...... 28 100 gnso. Canal-. -b60158 3Pennaß —-8434 SOOBeaoing 8....10ts 988 100 do. ...e*psBB' 1000 Lebigh Valley Sa. .100 lOOFhlla axrie B.bSO 38*. 25 do .28* 20 2d & Sd-atß B. .lots 708. iCSpiuce and Pine- 34 BO ABBS. ' 38 do—7J£ ISSprnco SPine—. 34, 800 McOUntocß Oil-Its 5 100 Hebert SX 000 Sehyi Nayfla 1131. . 848 200 Mineral OilMStot 2,55 SSOO State WarLoan6alo|B 100 Hibbard- 18 BOARD. I 100 Caldwell. •*. sSwn t% 5000USfel831..c<Mip.llDX ! SSOO Gity 6s-lot*.new 98k' 13000 do.Tarlonseertsai KOConUneniai...... %i 1000 Gosaa Planter. bSO 7k 300 d0~«.«>..... .... 7 60Bull Creek.....ae 8k 1000 XT B .10-40 boSda. .102 k **£<s7 *8- -new.-?ilf 400 Beading 8—.65. 69 100 do —bd.rajf 600 do —b3o. 690 600 grotier—■••.MO. 2 JOCO Ufi6-20'Bd»,.)ts,.iaS* 2(0 BeadingECSP. OS* COO Caldwell -Ita.. 7* SOO Tair Farm... 8X 800 do ..MO. 8* 180 Corn Plantar.—7 1» Cnrtll’ lt W 400 St Hkhalu 011^4 1-16 SOXttUfi Sciap Bits’. 4SX MO oaOk&Cieinrß 4g 100 tfoftUMjjSJkl,Si $14*625,897 MU PM «t Me B.WO. aax MO Butler Coal. ...•- W 4 100 Brtai”.'.'-...-- gk 100 OX 89 P«nsa. B5 100 OsiTtiß MHM4.bIO. 13X 200 &alse]JU~«..*«.i~» SX 100 Escalator. «..»*»*• .lx iS'WjWiwiw; tde wak PBxaaa. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 1 Tub Wab Pkms will be teat to rabsoiUMni br mall (per Annum In advanoe) at——.s* 00 copies. a.........w. S Ott Five copies.—.. —— . gam Tea copies.,——— .—l5 00 Larger Clubs than Tea will be charged at tba HM late. $1.50 per copy. « Yhemowcpnitwf always accompany the order, and t* no instance ettn these terms he deviated from, as that afford very little more than the cost of paper. Th?Wae PmS” *" re<ln * t ® 4 aot a» agents tat To the getter-up n f tie Club of tea or twenty, aa extra ebpybf the paper Win be given. 18 18 3sg£*±™&f m ;OTO MeO«atock‘‘‘!. , M m 3000 Sty&isV— — 6,1> do b3O «Sf 200 Story Farm... "is j* a*,' Beading— bM 89* 600 Bunkard Craek ” 10.Tpb1e«De1....... 10 #oPenaa 8.......... $5 Gooou Basin 9 1008rier5..........b30 eb 100 do—... .....bS a« 100DnnkardGreek... ljf SOOStoilf. *«*••••,:«; jgf 2M Beading b3O 59H MOBeaiHng.. £3O m% 209 do Sf SOOStory Farm.—bSO 289 »Penaaß —<s 290 St. HU'brtas..,.— i 20010 40, Ioi% ?‘«OTBIDE BOOM” SALES. 200 heading.—--CAP 100 Hebert........ 21 ys yfc 46 d 0..... ■ opg htH SOOPhila te Tldeont. 2 400 do .—.b6 59 200 Egbert b 3» I 100 do —-,,530 69 200 Alcorn ytf 100 ■ do— —.,CSP 69 100 Organic -•—. r* lOOHlbberd 2 200Dalzell 9X Tiie following Is' tbe quantity of petroleum exported from tbe Ualted Eta 'es, as compared wttb ISOS: iFromßewTori gstUa 19,847,994 4 Tbe following is tl W quantity exported from other .sports, January 1 to Dec “ember SI: .■ - 1851. lege ! From 805t0n..... i-galls. 1,896,857 £o«,4M F> one Philadelphia....... 7.750,1ffl 6,595,73$ Frto Baltimore—. —— - 929,971 915,835 From Portland.—.. T 0,782 312,082 Total— ga £lb< 10,107,188. g ! 7oS,llf Total expodSfrom United BtetVa"-.3i,74i,687 28 350,721 SaffiSrinle in 1882 g&l]c-10,8J17,701 PoirOleuCT Is now H&vt, in CO midst able eaantities.te almost ‘evbry foreign port wit'fc whieb we have bom* merrtkl relßtSsas. Great Britasar is tbe largest eon* Mimerof thoprodnet, tbe export 1 from Hew York ibis tber during last year, bedna* 6,2757900 gallon*. Peaces le aext in** iitsyortance, h,sr imjKrt having been' 1.625,00 C gailox st a large I»c.rease trpen .tbe of 1863. Tbe-ebfpments hsue eto Antwerp bave ilsn* been large,' emanating to 1.L'9,000 gallons, against 2,892,0C0 traHdne- ia. 1663. Bremrm has Imported nearly one miUlonOgeUenß-s Hamburg- 1,185, CO# gallons, and-’ Rotterdam 88KCOO geiSoms. The eh lament* to Orsn.taSe indicate a large* growth in thede mand In Russia, tha export thither having increased fn >m 88,980 gallons in 1863 to 410,000 gallons in 1854. The export? to Genoa, Leghorn, Triantb, Lisbon, and Australia, are alee of considerable importance. * We call attentibn'to-tlin annonneenaeetof lay Cooke ' &00., stating that par enbaoriptlons to tieso-40loan will cease bn tbe 7th. They offer advantageous terms to tbore wißblng to invest in this popnla,i loan, Tha Uew York yostorday says: Gold opened at'22£S£, -an<Safter rising t*' 228X,*feIt t« 2TO*. and closed at.227jf, The loan mark et ia attire, and 7 per cent, is the lowest rate accepted, Mersintfia paper is extremely quiet aiimiZ. The stork market to ' dull and the transactfone am light. Covet amecSiiar* 4rm, with an upward tendency RailroS share* are! Quiet, and quotations arc “drooping. - ** Before the board American gold was quoted at and Cleveland end Flttjhnrga* 9SJ4. *' - The following quotations were made at the hoard pared with those of yestez&ayafternonn: "vam, com— Gnited States Ss.lBBl, ex-eoup-111% 'nwf Suited States JQBK United Statea 5-20 coup, aew.. m% X 71 Halted States coap w .... 10? 101 X v United States 96% 96JC S H Beadlnc w ,li?S xisE 1 ’ loB^lo*l^' Pbiladelpbbl- Markets. JAsKßiny s—Evening. The receipts and stocks of Flour continue light. Hold ers are rather firmer in their views, bnt the sales are li mited ; about 1,800 bbls have been sold in lots at $lO for superfine, $ll@lL 25 for extra, end $12012.25 IS bbl for extra family. The retailers and* bakers are baying in a small way within the above range of prices for super fine and extras, and fancy brands at from $12.759130 bW, according to quality. Bye- Flour is selling in s small way at $S@9.2B 0 bbl Corn-Meal is rather eoareei. and we hear of no sales. Buckwheat is selling In a smaH way at $8@8.25 tbe 100 lbs. GKAXK.—The demand for Wkesiriallmlted.hnt prises sa l6 * comprise aboat7,3oo bna at from 266@®8ci for prime Pennsylvania and Western reds.and white at from 28C@3C0c e? hu, thelatter for prime Emt tackv,. Eye Is selling In a email way at-176c»bn. 5* W sales of new yellow to notice SZISo ®bn ° tS are 3180 Tatl,Br better, with sales at Ear 8L —cinercitrou «n«nues dull, and we hear of M salf-sc Ist 80. 1 is quoted at $420 ton The market comtiunoe torn: about lag hh& Cuba Sugar sold at 19*@22o0Slb. coat im is limited. and tbera la yerr to the way of sales; small lots of middlings cash. “SmSS? rathsr quiet; small sales of crude are making at Bp@6lc, refined,ln bond, at 7S37SC. a cnvlA at LS. om ?S@?sc 0 gaHon, as to quality M flrmly A e J d ? ts s* se ® 7 * bushel, ts4i cloverBeed hi In demand at $159. r Setoff at *2S@3O 0 ton. F PROVISIOBS.— Prices are well maintained, but the i?,* ar «., Umlte d ; about gsi bbls Mess Ark sold on time, and 20,000 lbs of Salt Shoulders at lo?£c m. W limited,, and the Bales are Sly”niaatdWe^™ 7 »r Peun- The following are the receipts of Hour and Grain at thiaport to-day; . . Sew""" ~~~S ~~ 1.890 bWs. Wheat—— —— 5,100 bun Lora.— ajou Oats ——— a.— 4,000 bus. * Sew York Msrkels, 3am. S. Asbze contlnne dull aud nominal. BKEADSTtrj'FS.—The market for State and Western Flour is dull and S to 10 cents lower: esle's of 4.500 bbla at $9 21 @9 86 for superfine State: $lO 20@10.26 for extra do; $lO 3C@lo3sfor choice do; $9.7£@9.95 for superfine Western; $lO TO@IOSS for-common to medinm extra Western; $11.2C@11.25 for common to good, shipping brands extra round-hoop Ohio, and $U.iG@l2 for trade brands. Southern flour is dull and drooping: sales 489 bbls at slo.St@l2 05 for common, and $l2 1«3>15- for fancy and EX , tla :.„ C , a ?, ad ’?2,S o .'‘TT' Quiet, and five cents lower; Beles!Bobbleatslo 2C@lo.3Dfor common, and $10,359 12 for good to choice extra Rye flour i« quiet. Corn meal is dull . ,»Pf' nominally 3@2c lower; sales 6,09$ .bushels white Michigan at $2 04. Rye is quiet. Barley is more active aud firmer * sales 28,000 bushels Canada We*t at *2.oe@2.jS. BSley SSt isqnlet. Oats are quirt at $LOB)s@LO9 for Westerm The corn market is quiet and steady ; eales 2 500hush eles new Southern yellow at $1.85; mixed Western In nominal at SL9O. afloat. . Paovisross —The Pork market Is dull, and rathsr lower; sales 3,000 bbls at $42.25042 60 for 63 4 Messf c:pb and regular way; $43043:80 for new Mess: 80 @38.26 for Prime, and $40@40 60 for Prime Mess - , The Beef market is lees active but steady; sales 41$ bble at about previous prices. Beef Hams are quiet, with sales of 160 bbls at $25026.60 for iuforior Western. , Cut Meats are quiet, with sales oflKpkgs at 17M01SK for Shoulders, and 19021 c for Hams. Lard market Is Cull and lower; sales of9oo bbls at MKSHXo. Chicago Markets, Isa. 9, Prim© and extra grades of Beef Cattle are scarce in demand at $7,50#8. Medium to good qualities an infetr request fey speculators and contractors at from s4<S>6, Inferor grades are dnll There is a fair »peculative demandfor Wheat, and we note an advance on Saturday’s prices of lc%fens, withsales -at $l.?£@JLl6 for Chicago extra spring* SI.7C@L72 for No. 1 spring, and at *l-68 for BoTl &Prißg- At the close the market ruled firm at SL7IX€» 1 72 for No. I. fl Mop was neglected and transaction* meagre, at *8.60 for spring extras, and at $6.90 for spring superfine. There is a good shipping demand for Com. and sale* were liberal at from s79X@B3c on track, and at 86c de livered for rejected. Oats are in active request and steady at 67 %@fi6c, drain* at 67£c for No. 1. By els quiet at $L 11 for No. I,' and &LSLGB)f@HQ for 80. 2, in store. ' There is nothing done in Barley, and the market was altogether nominal. The market for Highwines is ratherquiel hut firm at $2.12. Hew Bedford OU Market. CFrom Whalemen’s Ship List 3 1 Si>enn very qnirt. smdthe only. transaction for tha week is a sale of Ssofet>lsfor manufacturing at $2lO V gallon. . ' , The following are the imports of sperm and whale oil and whalebone into the United States for the week end ing Jan. 2; _ , ~ Sp., bbls.' Wh., febls. Bone. bbUr~. Total for week 960 ...... 106.15® JPreviously reported*—.64,ll4 . 71,767 656,909 From Jan. ltodate.... 65,064 71.767 782 651 Sametimelastyear.... 65,139 - 68,039 167,500 Anrtval and SaiUng of Ocean Steamenk TO ABBIYS. .KBPS PROM POX PAT* Asia ..Liverp001......805t0n..:.Dec.24 Cityof Baltimore. Liverpool..... .Bear F0rk...... J>ee.2* Edinburg- Liverpool..... -New Y0rk...... Dee.2s United Kingdom. Glasgow- Hew Tork ..... Bee. 2B China Liverpool..... .Hew York BsuM Canada*«•. ****** .Liverpool........ Boston Jan. * TO DEPART. City of London.. New T0rk.....Liverp001........ Jan. f Britannia.*.. ... .Hew Tork Glasgow-.....,. Jan. 7 Evening Star,....Hew Y0rk....-New Orleans.... Jan. 7 C.of Manchester. Hew York..... Liverpool ...Jan. 7 Saxonia***.. Hew York.....Hamburg........Jah. 7 Brin -NewYork-...Liverpool....—Jan. 7 Australasian..... New York..... Liverpool Jan. 11 Cofta Bica Hew York... - .Aspinwali..... - Jan. IS New York* ***** .Hew York.... .Bremen JamU LETIEB BAGS, AT TH* KBSCRANTS* EXCHANGE, yRILAMLPHIA* BbipCoburg, Gi}«on.«.*.*....***.. ....Liverpool, soon. Brig Ella Seed, (Br), Tuzo ...........Havana, soon. Bark Eoanoke, C00k5ey——............ .Laguayra, soon. Schooner Harold, Kelly.....*****.. Barbados, soon. Schooner Zsmpa* Johnson.. Ponce, P. &., scum. PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE. Sami,. B. Btoxbs, ) Geo. h Tatham, > Committee or the Month. Bbkj. Marshall. > MARINE INTELLIGExYCE. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5,1869. v Sc* Bibbs* :**7 221 Son Sets.-4 SSI Hish Water.. .9 4g ABEIVED. Steamship S G Knight, Gallagher, 24 hoars from Hew York, with mdse to W J Taylor ACo Encountered heavy Ice from the buoy on the Middle to the city. Passed a schooner ashore on Elenborough Point; at Beedy Island piers, a sohooner and the tug Spy; at Newcastle piers, one hark, two brigs, and four schoon er©. Passed off Newcastle the sshooner Annie A Bisk, in tow, coming up,' Steamship Karnak, Thrane, Beaufort, N C, Jan 1,17 S Quartermaster. Has been two days In the river in consequence of the ic*. . Brig WmCwevy, Little, J 5 days from New Orleans, in baJiast to D 8 Stetson A Co. Fchr Lizzie W Dyer, Sumner, 6 days from Boston, with mdse to Crowell & Collins. The British, hrig George G Boherts. Barnes, master, from Barbados for Philadelphia, with 379 puncheons molasses, was drifted by the lee on Bombay Hook Bar on the night of the 2d inst. She lies iu a dangerous position, and- both vessel and cargo trill probably be a total loss. All the crew are safe. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.! Lewes. Del., Jaa. 3— P M_ The steamer* Adelia Ney and Mary WashingtonTfor Fort Monroe; bark Eventide, from Havana for Kalla- • delpliia;- brig Avondale, from Philadelphia for Boston £ schooners Ellen Perkins, with guano for Philadelphia s John, from Philadelphia for Key West; Mary Miller* do for Port Boyal; B veux, do for Fort Monroe; J W Lindsey, for Providence: James House, for Boston; Fanny Moss. from New York for Fort Monroe; A W Collins, with hay for do; Abigail JenniDas, from Hew York for Aecomac; D Davidson, do for Fort Monroe; Isaac Hinckley, do do: Bbza, dodo; W A Crocker, <s* do; John Forsyth,for Norfolk;Minerva, for Fall Slyer; AnnaC Leverett, for Port Boyal; M Hall, for Baltimore; Carlton Jaye, for do. and Anttetam, for Fort Monroe, remain at the. Breakwater. -The bark WMte Wing* from Porto CabeUo, and a large bark in ballast, came in and stood up the Bay this morning Tours &o. AARON MARSHALL* MBMOBANBA. Brig Orozimbo* Tracey, from Boston for this port* sailed from Holmes’ Hoi© 3d inst. Scfcr Nelli© Tarbox, Yionella* hence at Portland 3d Inst. . Echr A Hammond, Higgins, from Boston for this port,, sailed from Bolmet’.Hole 3d inst „ . . Stirs Ad aline, Gilmore, hence for Boston, and Eve lyn, Crowley, hence for Portsmouth, sailed frost “G®°M<nT& B irtlBs <9 B Smith Bn,l»a, Md 8«- rah A B&mmona, Value, nenea lor Bos torn, tailed Oma H ?ebr at Providence SdiMt. Echr ® J Herat?- Meredith, hence for lynn. eaUe* r Sdi?Selm». Gfth., hence for Boston, at Holmes’ Hoi, Jaa Alderdice, Btitea, henoe ftr.Boston, went to sea from Butehdsland harbor 2cTihBt. lehr J B Austin, Davis* henop atßoßton 2d inst. fchro Vaudalia, from Hew York for Boston; States roan. Cotee and Bio* Mitchell, from Elizabetkport; Ma ria Foes, rose, from Philadelphia for Boston; a safes; from West Inoie>, laden with logwood, and orugoA and another from an eastern port with potatoes, ’am went ashore on Chatham, bars Christina* morn**?* They all tuceeeded in gettjiif off but the first named, srd sbe bilged, and wm prove a total loss (before re ported). Her cargo of eoal will be saved. • Ferioußapprehensionsare entertained of the bark Badelia, of Boston, new, onhorflrst vgr~ sge. commanded by Car* John Paine. she
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