rpjHLE PRESS* ,vj> oa:i-r (SUNDAYSEXCJEFTED) «T\jO»W W. FOBNKY. ~ »o. 11l SOUTH FOUETH STEBST. TUB WAU/T PRESS! _ .-ih«r* lii Tax Poivr.Ans Pkk Annum, In. j,J r WT Cents psa WBBK, PftyaW «to ° r *i a u#4 to Subscribers oat of the city, ,r ' Pin i?ooa DOIiI.ABb AND FtFTT cr* Months ; Two Dollars and Twkntt £» Thus* Mouths. IhtuUMt la *4twm» is fBl-WEEKET PRESS, VbMribon. Fit* Doilabs Pkr ahhuh. in YERKBS, Jb.j & co., BANKERS, A.NB EXCHANGE BROKERS, fiOLP, srtrrEß, K NOTES WANTED. No. 30 sonth THXSP StW»t. T. VERKEB. JR., tc AND BIDE BROKER, REMOTER SOUTH THIRD STREET, BANKERS, SOUTH THIRD STREET, DSALBRSIK lUOAN AND FOREIGN GOLD, FOREION EXCHANGE, UNITED STATES #pNDS, artermasters 1 vouchers, aso DNOUREENT MONET. AITD BOHDS BOUGHT AHB BOBU AT OF PHILADELPHIA, 728 ARCH STREET. !■» DBFOSITABY OF THS UHITBD STAFFS, 3-10ihs TREASURY NOTES, Conrerttbla at Maturity Into B-BO BONDS. ink i« sow jrwired to fornl»S ttieao'jroUo Is torso assstlttos, tad of oil denominations, -t the adv&nUgo over any other Loan of the . of twine •onrorted at maturity into the •20 Itoan. The intern! is payable leal* Febrnery end Aueutt. KOE ALLOWED OX SALES of *5,000 ul EL J. MAO MU. A. N K E B S» REMOVED TO SOUTH THIRD STREET. A AND STOCK BROKERS, M FARQUHA.R BTJII.DIITQS, CWALHOT ST., BELOWTHIEDJ, Pan.iDßi.rHU4 0 ornament Bonds, Oil and Mieeellaaeona bomht and sold-on Commission at the Boardof Dealers In Foreign Exchange. Letters of ore -1 on London. Faria. Antwerp, die. I & CO.! bankers, and exchange bkokees. MWntloa siidto »nr«h&M and •*!• «f oil U 80HTH TKISD BTEEBT. rmxMKSBiA. ißb bmory a m, AND EXCHANGE BROKERS, 15 gonflk Third Street, rHILADBLFHIA. Of antnmnt fan'll and Oold and BUw ■old. and CoUeetlona mad*. ,r attention (Itch to the fonluu* andaala 'at. Stata, Mid otter Stock* and Loane ea BVBBY YABIBTY 01 OIL LAMPS, LANTERNS, BURNERS, CHIMNEYS, ABD OBSBKAL LAMP FIXTURES, mtaad, aad for sals H. COULTER, SO mi 58 South SBOOSB Street. lao, the nir tort quality HON-KXPX.9BIYE IGLER So SMITH, •LESALE DRUGGISTS, AtJD HAKBPAOTUKKaa OP LEAD, ZENO, OOLOKS, PUTTY, So., HAVE REMOVED TO 139 North Third Street, we offer to the trade* choice et®-* £* * *®§E ' AND OHBMIOAM, * hea;T stock of WINDOW OILS, &e. Alto. WHITS LEAD, ZINC, — l._ "5L <»'■" iBB, ftor -nr owa ILIjKB SLATE MMTSL WAKEEOOMS, TABLE TOPS, &0., -So., Mo. ess cbestnut Street, rHILADBLPBU. TtOKT, TOWH AID lAIMD. buckwheat flock WHITB GIiOYKB HOBBY. HBW PABBD PKiCHBS. CTOHVATBD OBAHBBBEIKS, *<,, ALBERT O. ROBERTS, Dealer in Fine Groceries, .I'lO ADOBNV.ISNTB - 808 HOMES OB TASTE : ‘KDIAH CASES, HANOIN& VASES, CASES. ITT TASKS, 11}H> B»» tad Choice Plante. IIONETTB POTS, ORaNOB POTS, BYAQIBTH POTS, BLOWER POTS. _Of Numerous Style, end Pattern, Articles for the OONBBRVATOBT, VESTIBULE, PARLOR, LIBBABT, aad BOUDOIR. imported.ad for. Ale b 6tßßigow> No. 1010 CHESTNUT Street iINBT FUBRITURE. MOOEB b CAMPIOH, „ »81 South SHOO HD ©root, , , ' varad to follow thodooUao tn the market la thj ’ Jkelr.faraUoro. Pniehasoriwill plows caUand l 0» ttarttoak. ■ «•&<!« VOL. B.—NO. 155. J K. WALRAVEN, * MASONIC HAIiL, U 9 CHESTNUT STREET, / OFFERS LACE CTJUtTAINfS, PIANO AND TABLE COVERS, WINDOW SHADES, * 0F NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLORS, XJ. S. BUNTING FJL.A.G-8, AKD CURTAIN ROODS, • AT LESS THAH PRESEHT GOLD RATES. WALRAVEN. Jali-tf TIP OHBBTR W Street. GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. QHRIBTMAS PRESENTS BARE •OAKFS, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, U'IME SHIRT MANUFACTORY. A The rntacrUiare wgald invite attention to their IMPBOVBD COT OPBHBITS, which they make a specialty la their hneueii. Alee. GHHTLEMEH’S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT ft CO.. GEBTLBHKITS FOBHISHIHG STOBB, Ho. 81* CHESTNUTS rBBffT. deSl-ly Fonr doors below the Continental. iOTHEB, pAIKBANKO' Tab Oakf Bo»h. gUSH ft KURTZ, IMPOBTEBB AND JQBBHKS I* DRY GOODS, Bate BEHOVE® their Eton lr«a 137 H. TH1BB" St 40 NORTH THIRD STBEKFj When tier will tw a fall line vf~ Oletau, SlUu. Btbbowi, and Dreaa Goo*. Shawl* and Balmoral*. IdMMand White Good*. Ziteee and Bmhroldetiee. Flannel*, Jeame, Gingham. Blaathed ShirtlmarColored Cambric*. &*■ jal»lt» K. OAI.DWBI.Ii. THIRD Street A»D SOLD OB JKBBB. EB f Sic., BOUGHT US? ALLOWED g M. HBEDLES, Itt SX.BKYIB, COLLARS, BBTS, EAK3KBKOHIKPR. ks., raltsbls for ths preaunt season. 1,000 TABDS OI S-TABD WIDB FRENCH MDBLINB, dosflit a bargain* and for rale Jaw. Albo, TABX.3TANB, IMOBIOHB, iTgoOier I0o4»> roitobio for BRIDAL AKDTABTT DEBaSES. X Terr enten*We ÜBortmont of HASDHBBCHIBIHk. VEILB,*MBBOIBEKIBB, So., all of » Mch mo offarotf Kt piico* mo«h b»low tbe present Bold rates. E. M. NEEDLES, HW* CHESTNUT Btrent. LALBZ. Binov. IX, QTJRWEN BTODDART & BROTHER Offer the balance of their extensive stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS AT reduced prices, and have arranged a large stock of FBING AMD BUMMER DRESS GOODS, FANCY DRESS BILES, GRENADINES, Ac., &o„ At such prices as will Induce purchasers to anticipate their wants. OTJRWEN STODD4RT A BRO., 450, 453, and 454 N. SECOND Street, Jails. St Above Willow. jLl*. JOS. L. HOtTSTOH. & 00., NGE BROKERS, EIRE STRBST, PHILiDBiPHIA. jole, TJnoarrant Money, ints, to. tLD OR COMMIBSIOK AT 10 or BROKBBS. STMA.S CURTAIN ©ODDS. FOB GE A SPLBKDID ASSORTMENT 01 OLOVES, TRAVELLING- SHIRTS, SUSPENDERS, MUFFLERS, HDKFS., Aai trtrr description of- BDITABLB FOB PRESHHTS. LINFORD LUKBNS, K. W. Mr. SIXTH and CHESTNUT, SCALES. warehouse; riO CHESTNUT BERKS*. DRV GOODS JOBBERS. jIETAB, DRY e»ODS. mm catESVHinc stiseet, lavltw sttsntloa to his I*rs« sssoitmmt of' lace GOODS, A TTRACTIVE NOTICE TO LADIES. A Lnpln’a Mertooes at #1.60. Lupin’ 8 Merinoes at $1.60, Lupin’s Merinoes, all colors. The mutest bargain offered in these goods. Gall and mentlfood I™' 1 ™' °° mV&n STOKES 8 '! mmtgood, at SEVENTH and ARCH. Wo. TO3- WILLIAMBVILLE, NEW YORK W MILLS, Wamsntta, and other flrst-elassShlrttaf*. Dtica and Hramenot WideLgheeUngß Unbleached Extra Heavy Wide Sheetings. Beet Unbleached Mnullna made. BalSrd«ale t Shaker, and Flannels. Odde and Bade Winter Goods, Heavy Dress Goods, bad* Styles do. Also, Blankets, Heavy Flannels, &c.» Ae. Balmoral Skirts at & OONAB? . - ja2o-tf * B. B. corner NINTH and MARKET, WWS! LOWEST PRICES OTJR MOTTa A—a great chance for bargains, as we are determined to close out our stock, if great i eductions teprUeaw iU do it. We are now seUln*our entir*J“f®ESSf?Us Drees Goods and Staple Dry Goods, at lower prices than anv other house In ine city. __ . any ouier AMBKICAH DELAIHm 36c S7Kc. CALICOES DEDUCED to 26c. 1 BALE wboL AND COTTON ?LANSELB at 60c. 4 4 BLEACHED MUSLINS at 50c. worthB2&. . * * WILLIAMSVILLB MUSLIN. 55e. NEW TOEK MILLS AT A YERY LOW PBICK. The BEST MusHns of all ktodaat MVWPRIOSS. jas3 Nos. 113 andTlS North TBBTH Street. VERY RICH AND HEAVY COLORED V Corded Silks, In Wins Colon, Brown,. Greens, lines, Mods*, Whites, Sc Very heavy Plain Black Silks. . Fancy SUks of various styles. IfaWaUr^^'- SMREfi»SS&Velvet, for Cloaks, real very snperlc* Beaw^TOotti *■ BC Booth SECOND Strict. TTYDB & BURPEE, JUL 1505 WILLOW Street, Philadelphia, 1 Sole Manufacturers of the ; AROMA-SAVING COFFBB BOASTERS AND DIAMOND BURR COFFEE MILLS _ E. J. HYDE'S PATENTS * • We save many times its cost yearly by roasting onr coffee with your Portable Coffee & Cofiiiuental Hotel; Philadelphia. “Where good coffee is desired, we consider your Boaster abaoW i n|or|.ar / .” & _ oWdH •*I furnish better coffee, at legs expense# than When bring the readyogU* cMfte. Hwl '„ -Tour Coffee RoMterand c M M ind;.wn«We to ♦■ I consider your Portable Coffee Boaster thebeafc in gemarket. Philadelphia Coffee and Splca Mills. U. B, A. Gbkbral Hospital, Summit House. *« Your Patent Coffee Boaster is in use in thl« Hospi tal, and does its work in a very eattifaotery inanner. the coffee being much more evenly roasted, wtthont any portion of it being overdone. There is saving; in quantity and Improvement in aroma being retain Burgeon U. B. Y.» in charge. 0, 8. A. General Hospital. Chester, Penna. "It gives me pleasure to recommend, your Coff 3o .Boarierto all desiring ACHB> Surgeon U. 8. f., in charge. ■ Many testimonials might he given endowing onr ■ small Family Coffee Roaster, all of which nntte to pro nouncing it the only machiua worth having. Prices * 3 jsce» Portable Stove and Boaster, for Grocers, Hotels. Hospitals, Coffee Manufacturers: No. 1, #4O; Bo! a, #Mi So. aj#l36; No. 4, #250. Send for circnUr AUMachtoea, Warranted. Responsible families, de riSig to try any of the family aires. before parchMlng, can be accommodated by sending their orders to ihe of fice, 1505 WILLOW Street, Phnadelobia. delO-stnthSmtf HYDE A BURPEE. nOTTQN AND FLAX SAIL DUCK V »nd GAKVAS, of *ll numi>er» and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk, nnaWafon-cover Duck. *IBO, Puperßffanufeeturers' Drier Felte, iroml to Gleet wide. Pnoline. Boltin*. & «, nV 103 JQHBB’ Alley. TOMATO CATSUP.—NBW TOMATO £o. C & ta #s!W wiQ 10T Sooth WATS*. Strttfc rpo THE PEOPLE. irow rbilDT A WORK BY US. VON IIdsCHEiSKEB, or 80. 10547 WALNUT Street, ENTITLED. A BOOK FOR THK PEOPLE, . _ Oaths following Diseases: EYB AND BAB DISEASES. THROJ.T DISEASES IN- OSNKBAL. CLERGYMEN’S AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS' SOKE THROAT. DISEASES OF THE AIR PASSAGES, (Larrmitis Bronchitis.) ASTHMA AND OATARKH. „ _ Th* hook Is to be had of W, 8. A A. MARITRN.No. 606 OBESTNUT Street, and at all Booksellers'. Price, One Dollar. The author. Dr. VON MOSOHZISKER. m be con* ratted on all {hf se aaladlfla»and aUM&BVQOS AJTEG TIONB, which, he treats with the surest success. Office. 10»T WALNUT street. ja24-3m WATCHES ANDJEWELRY. Jfc. H. MUHR, 160 N. SECOND ST., AMS Whole sale Dealer- ln Watches and Jewelry. Fell •“-“"assortment of American, .English and Swiss Watches jal7-tnthslot* JK FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, ® SILVER AND PLATED WARE, CORNER ARCH AND TEETH STREETS. Brooches# SleeT* Button*, Armlets, Bracelets, Baari Pin* and Blue*, Tea Bets, Ice Pltchers. Walter*, Goblets, Forks, Spoon*, A*. . Mr Watches rspalred and Warranted. Old Gold, Diamond!, and Silver bought astt-SiQ HARRISON JARPEH, P. KELLY, JOHN KELLTf, TAILORS, "i# • 618 CHESTNUT STREET, Are now selling from their WINTER STOCK AT REDUCED PBICE9. JaSS-tf i . • STATIONERY & BLANK. BOOHS. OIL, MINING, COAL, AND OTHER V/ niw OOHPAHDSS. We are prepared to famish Hew Corporations with all the Books they require, at short notice and lew prises, of ffrst duality. All styles of Binding. STEED PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, lithographed :: TRANSFER BOOK, - ORDERS OP TRANSFER, STOCK LEDGER, STOCK LEDGER BALANCES, REGISTER OP CAPITAL STOCK BROKER’S purer ledger, ACCOUNT OF SALEH, divideed book. MOSS Ac CO., ■LARK BOOK MANUFACTURERS AMD STATIONERS, gfjALWg W. W. 50BTZ. J^OTICE. OCR ATTENTION HAWNS BEEN OiLLBD TO’AS aertlona and statements lately made In the pnhlie prints with the design of detracting from thehigh repute en joyed by our Thread. we bo* testate that onrstandard has never been changed during the past Thirty Years, and that now, as heretofore, no pains and expense are,- tfc wMßew'iaad^D Spool Cottomltc present character. ■ v The attention of Buyers and'Consumers Is drawn to the ftet that most of the new Thro ads offered to the pub lic, from Ho; SB-upward*, are marked np, and that the difference In the coarsenere of numbers, supposed to cor respond with our numbers, often varies from ten (10) to twenty (Wlper-owt ..-a-..— y •„ lalfl-SOt* jg H. BB2SPEB & CO:, MANTIFAOSCTBBBS, AOBHTB, A&D WHOLESALE DSALEBSIH FLINT AH» GREEN GLASS WARE, Hats bow Ib (tore & foil assortmentof tho above inode, wLicit we offer at the lowest market rates: Belaa solo agents fffif the BaLßCfi- GREEN GLASS WORKS, we are prepared to make and work private moulds to ordo3f. POBTEB, MHTBBAL, aad WISH BOTTLES, Of a superior color aadftnleh. " Alio, LAMP CHIMNEYS, AFOTHBOABIBB’ SHOP POSNITDRE BHOWBOTTLBS, SYRINGES, HOMOE OPATHIC YIALS, and Druggists Glassware generally. Q_OLD>&FATBNT IMPROVED STEAM AND WATER-HEATING APPARATUS WAHHOTO AND VENTILATING PUBLIC GILDINGS AMD FEIYATB EBSIDEHCES. -- XijnjFAOTtntßS BT TBS t fffllOl STEAM AND WATER-HEATING COMPANY OP PEHKSYLyASIA. JAMES P- WOOD A CO., *1 SOUTH FODBTH BTKKBT. ' B. M. PEI.TWELL, Sup% jaB-6m-fp . yiGOR POR THE .WEAK. 08, 11FI BEJOTENATOB. The uses of thli powerful invigorantmay he summed op la a few words. Itrelieves, with absolute certainty, ell phyncal ditaM lities ; cores nervous debility of every type, restore! the exhausted animal powers after lose sontinued siekßese; preyeati and arrests premature de •ay; la a yltaUilßf, strength-renewing cordial to the aged; may be relied upon by womanln. all her physical dificulties as a harmless and sore reetoratiye; Ison an tidote to the consequences of early Indiscretion la both sexes; can be relied upon as a specific for paralysis,par tial or entire; has no equal as a stomachic, In cases of dyspepsia; sustains not only the physical strength, hut the constitution itself, and is In all respeots the best tonic depnrattye and anti, bilious cordial In existence. Bold by JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY, A OOWDBN, Ho. »3 Horth SIXTH Street, Philadelphia. One Dollar per Bottle, or aix Bottles for «. Sold ter Druggists generally. Sent by Express anywhere, by addressing MERCHANT TAILORS. *3B GHKSTNUT Street. SEWING MACHINES. BE WIN© MACHINES, IB CHESTNUTS*. 615- BONOB gWBEET, B. H. SEEEPER, JOHN W, CAMPION. BIOKRENE; HUTGHUTGB & HILLYKB, Froprietere. deß-tuthsSm-fp Ho. 81CEDAX Street, Hew York. BATHS. SULPHUROUS BATHS OF SAH DIEGO, ISLAHD OF CUBA. Large bail dings have been erected on the spot, trader the inspection of the Government of tbe Island. These sulphurous waters (cold and warm) have been used for the last sixty i ears* and ate recommended by the most eminent physicians, among whom we may name Bre. Jorrin, Leßeverend, Zayas* Buz, and Gsluzzo. They are visited every year during the bbawn from February to May, by upwards of four thousand people, and their use is specially recommended in oaaeB i of rheumatism, venereal diseases, and other complaints for which sul phurous wattts are ordered, Great relief will be felt *by both sexes in their use. The village of San Liege has five spacious fint-class hotels, With eye»y accom modation for travellers; these hotels are located near the Bath establishment, and their charges do .not ex ceed three dollars per day. Communic ttions between Havana and San Diego exist both by *aUway and stages* or by steamers and stages, and the trip, either inland or by the sea share, is made in abont twelve hours The price charge d for every bath is only twenty cents. These Springs are very well known to many tra vellers from the United States and Mexico, who avail themselves of the fine season (from February until ft sy) id visit Cuba. That season of the year is the most delightful and propitious for the use wa ters, inasmuch aalhe cold weather in the Untied States prevents persons living there enjoying the benefit of their own springs. For further , particulars apply to ! tie rffice of the San Diego Sulphurous Baths, IJo. M 1 December SUt, 1564. jald-stathlOt TWACKBREL. HERRING, SHAD, &c. iXL —%.SQC bbls. Hass. Hot. 1,3, and S Kukuil «Sto.W« rt YoxSSS*l«. »nd Halim, Lubec, Scaled, and Mo. 1 Herring. 160 bbls new Mess Shad. _. PEACHES.—S,OOO DOZEN HERMETI- X call,-sealed reaches of the tost quality, prepared bv S Bdwaxds & Go.. Bridgeton* M. J. Salesroom. s»y »- jsawaios <* uo. *> f ß £ Ol)E ’ g & WILLIAMS, 10? South WAT g£ Street T7IBHAND CANNED MEATS. X mo bbls Mmh and Ho. 1 HabkereL. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1865. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1865. SKATING PARKS OF PHILADELPHIA., ICE PLEASURES, ICE PALACEB, AND All the World a Skating Park, and all the Men The Kings and Queens of the Light Fantastic. COURTS 1511* ON HItJII BUTCH ASB Bkating Personals—Anecdotes of Skateana. {Specially reported for The Press ] ■WHO OOE SKATKKS ABB. "When the Athenians wished to convey the Idea that a man was an absolute nonentity, they would say “he cannot even swim.” "When we would convey the same idea, we say “he cannot even skate." For stating has become the normal condition of man, during the winter months, in this portion of the temperate zone. Peo ple take to It as naturally as Mr. Melville In timates the Typees take to swimming. It is be coming part and parcel of our national life. Every body states. Not to state Is to imitate Napoleon the First In his old age, and “not live, but merely exist.” Skating Is the natural sphere of .the foot? Theloye of It 4s the very bread and butter of the soul—the spiritfseakes and ale. This season t&emania lias raged more madly tfcati ever before, and skating may almost be said to have taken its place among the flue arts. Backyards have been iced over to a vast extent, muoh to the disgust of cooks and housemaids, and” the various advantages or “flooding” and “sprinkling” have been discussed, relative to obtaining a bed free from scales.' Some Insist that the flooding system Is apt to produce these unsightly and awkward soales. Xne water may not freeze equally In all parts, -and the thin akin, of Ice which la produced by sprinkling is therefore preferred. Enthusiastic novitiates who do''not care to display, at any of the parks, the symmetry and flexibility of their legs, when in an Involuntarily position, have been known to rise daily at five A. M., and skate by the light of the kitchen gas up and.dowa a scientifically-prepared alley, iced as evenly as the top layer of a jelly-cake. There they can. tumble unseen, and the sides of the .alley supersede the necessity of those triangular barrows with which some of the skating-parks abound. Every man’s back garden may then be made his static-park, just as every man’s house is his castle. Meanwhile all the commons and patches of wasteland where- Utile ponds abound have been lmpiovised into parks —not Parks Legitimate,Carefully enclosed In boards primitively rough and yellow, heralded In the papers, prefaced by ticket offices, aiid entered . with tickets,—but plain, unimpaled parks, open to all, unswept and ungamlshed save by the winds, and with never a “flood” or "sprinkle” upon them. To these repair all to whom the postage-currency representing single and season tickets is a shadow and amy th. These small Slbertas are scattered by hundreds all over the city and Its environs, and ara alwayß partly occupied by a good many Elizabeths, But this does not in the least prevent the Parks Le gitimate boing crowded. They are always well at tended, morning, noon, and Dight. For skating possesses this advantage—the more you have of It, the mote you want. Skating is applicable to any condition of Ufe. On states love has even been made. Beaux have broken the lee of confes sion, and gone down through the alr-ihole of “Say, | oh! say you love me!” . Imagine a smooth plane of Ice, over which hun dreds of cleverly constituted feet are osoulatlng, On one side It is girt by the long platform on which are reared the tents and pavilions of aosommoda tlop } on the other it Is bordered by the risky and un even edges of the more remote regions of the pend or river, which have refused to freeze eUglbly under any conditions. This Uttle field of lee, on wlilolrtbw “art of frozen swimming is being so glibly illustrated, is eareiuliy enclosed from the non-Btating world'by barricades, and Is entered through boarded parti' tloxa, where ticket-offices arise in surprised, yet pe remptory, style. The tide which beats underneath' thaticy bosom was never more rife with motion than 1 the human tides.now undulating and Inter-wreath-- lng upon its sliver surface. Imagine this Promised Land of Ice hilariously crowded during our past thirty days of skating. None who are In health have available excuses for not understanding how to state. We have Ice. ponds In abundance. A number of enterprising gentlemen who understand how to eduoate the 100 to the foot as weltas tojidueatethe root-to tlie loy, . have dttectefl-their talents to the matter r »ad pro vided a variety-by which men, women, and children can be pleased. 1 Arrangements are perfected by - whloh-moonMght and neonllght stating can be ren i dered almost equally practicable—the moonlight, of course, having the advantage of a little touch of romance, just toglveltanaddltlonalreUsh, Skating for ladles has been particularly attended to, and planes of been converted Into icicled ball rooms, where- life-can be skated through, court ship conducted on High Dutch, and matrimony con summated on Low. The Ladles’ Skating Park— whioh ls the National—ls situated at Twenty-first street and Columbia'avenue. Besides this, stating Indiscriminately by eaoh sex and every age Is to be bad on the Union Parks, and on BoshneU’s, Phlla. delphia, and Eastwiek Parks. Stating is held out to all. You cannot get Into a city passenger-car without encountering Skates. Some people smuggle them into green bags, and would pass for lawyers, save for the intense 'interest they' manifest about the state of the weather and the Ice, and the concern with which they scrutinize the placards, “ Skating att Suoh-or-sueh a Park ” on the outside of the cars. Skating ladles carry them in all sorts of cunning doviceß—in little rainbow colored hags, which look like the old-fashioned retl- ; culea enlarged; In neat little leather eases, like those uEeful things that used to be oalled “ house wives,” Of more than ordinary dimensions ; in white paperpaekagea whence-they curiously peep out, and reveahthe whole secret with icy indifference; and some—hut theyare very few—carry them openly as articles to rejoioe In rather than to be ashamed of —as things of beauty, aajpys forever. OTJB BABBS—THBXB NUMB‘IK, CHABAOTBB AND EXTENT. Somebody has suggested that every stater, in order to keep himself warm enough, should button up in the besom of hie eoat a fresh-baked bread. It Is very unfortunate for bakers that this la not made the rule, for “twists” would quickly vanish, and eyen French rolls, muffins, and orum pets might he levied on to promote the caloric or skaters-of a fancy order- of Intellect. So numerous, Indeed, are our staters that besides the hundreds of improvised skating grounds, it has been found necessary to open five splendid parks for the-ac commodatlon of the general public. These are, as before mentioned, the Union, National, Bushnell, Philadelphia, and East* lek Parks. It is only within the last year or two that stating has become so very general. The first public park opened, we believe, was that inaugurated [by Mr. Campbell, In the winter of 1883-4. It was Immedi ately opposite Girard College, and covered an area oftwoaores. This park was finely patronized, but the ground thfn occupied by It is not used for that purpose now. The location was a very eligible one, being within a quarter of an hour’s ride of the very eentre ol the city. In those days, however, skating In Philadelphia was In Its Infancy, and it Is not to be presumed that the patronage attending a first attempt was at all equal to that which now crowds with greenbacks the coffers of each skating park, and causes them to overflow with crisp green smlleß. The Union Parks are situated at Fourth and Dia mond streets. They are divided Into the East and West Parks, and cover an extent of six acres, reach ing from the lino of the North Pennsylvania Ball road to Fourth street, and from Diamond street to Susquehanna avenue. The buildings in this, and, indeed, in all the parks, include retiring-rooms for ladles and gentlemen, as well as a refreshment saloon, in which the sale of liquor Is prohibited. The Union Park has the advantage of being situated in averycold ideality, and yet in a por tion of the city easily readied, The East and West Parks intercommunicate by a double-lncllned plane framework, and the long platforms running between the two and along the sides of eaoh afford ample accommodation for lookers-on. The West Park Is dedicated to young beginners, some or whom are pretty old, and the East Park to the more ad vanced pupils, adepts, and professional staters. In theformer quite a number, both old and young, are constantly making persistant efforts to Skate, from the Impetuous damsel who rushes at It In Blap-dash, neok-or- nothing style, to the more klttenlsh-and ad vanced maiden, who feels her way along, and pro ceeds with fear and trembling. The West Park s a magnificent place for viewing stating n all Its terrors, divested of Its charms. The differ ence in observing thlß park and the east one, Is as great as the difference In observing the daylight contortions of the danseuse vainly endeavoring to make her left foot and right hand meet over her head (apose which she means to Introduce Into her rural dance at night, and which, it Is a well-known fact, is common among the peasantry), and the same danseuse lathe flush and glitter of the even ing, elastic in the gas-Ught, and radiant with rouge. The East Park; is greatly/vlalted by fancy staters, people who appreciate the poetry of motion, and love to manufacture it. Some of these are ladies, young, handsome, and elegant. The Philadelphia Stating Park Is finely patro nized. It is situated at Thirty-fourth and Walnut streets, and embraces six acres of stating ground. The buildings are one hundred and ninety feet long and sixty wide, and embrace the usual provUions of “a restaurant and ladles’ and gentlemen’s private, dressing-rooms. In common with Union, Bushnell, and National Parks, It possesses the great advan tage of being within a short distance of the city, so’ short, Indeed, that many ladles as well as gentlemen walk out there. Yesterday afternoon a number of fine proceeded thither In a body, and showed [to astonished observers what miracles skates, on the proper kind of feet, eould be made to perform. - The National Stating Park Is situated at Twenty first and Columbia avenue, and is of about six acres area. The situation Is very delightful, and the park has become a great resort tor ladles and faml-' lies. The plain of Ice Is only broken by the projec tion of some massive trunks, which give to-lt a pic turesque effect. In the evening the parks generally are bettor attended than at any' Other time, hut lu t&e afternoon also this one' presents a beautirdly aniouttsd/wpeilt. Tto suhUght'aheetUtwWfillTSt, OD3BS’ AftF. COATS. ICE MAIDENS. and Women Merely Skaters. MATRIMONY ON LOW. MI, and the chance beams falling here and then glvewannth and geniality to the social groups, looks as, though all Philadelphia had turned out upon a pio-nlo od'skates. • Bnshnell’s Park Is at the comer o( Broad street and Columbia avenue, a short walk from the Na tional Park. It Is very Irregular In shape, running Into little hooks and corners, and is thought by some, on that account, to produce, when Illumina ted at night, a more picturesque and romantic ef feotthan any or the other parks; Though smaller' than.the containing perhaps three acres, the Ice IB kept in very fine condition, and Is approved , by gome of our beit'skaters. We believe that the ; sprinkling system is observed here, the ice being ' overlaid dally with a .thin skin or varnish of water In a'manner similar to that In which the streets are watered during summer. Eastwlck Park Is the most extensive of all the parks, but It is situated at sueh a distance from the city that Its patronage,, though large, Is not equal to what It otherwise‘ would be. .It Is divided Into the North aid South Parks.and Islooated at Gray's Ferry. ■Mach of these parks has Its distinctive character. The'Union Parks, and the Philadelphia, or West Philadelphia Park, asit is Indifferently called, are visitediargely by fancy skaters, the kings and queens of the light fantastlo. - National Park Is the favorite resort of ladles and Unities. Whole households go there together, and ailthe home virtues and affec tions ; are promoted onskates. Bushnoll’a Park.ls flnelyattonded by veryiyoung people, with judicious sprinklings of those of'larger growth and matnrer years. It la maintained. In great measnre, by the families of the vioinltyiand is a point of stoppage and. attraction for alt pedestrians along Broad street. But inepirltlngaa is the ccene In all these parks by day, It Is mubh more exciting by night. Then skating is skating indeed. Then artificial moenslshed their loveliness, then calotom lights rain down radlsnee, aid. lanterns open wriae their jaws of splendor. The myriad lights reflected td the polished lubrioltyotthe ice arc so many Nar oissuscs In love with their own beauty, and the skaters ,so many nymph* and dryads in love with onoanother. 6KATIKO BXPBBIENOM»iKINCtB AND tHJBBKSt OS » , SKAfINO. Skating Is one of the .{mprovldentlal means of testing human onduranoe.l The friends of Alexina all declare that Alexina la in a galloping consump tion. Alexina oannot go to visit a friend without hiring a coach, Or. at least'employlng the plebeian conventionalism of a ear. The quantity of postage ourrenoy and greenbacks Alexina has disposed of in this manner passes all oonSeptlon, and oan.only be appreciated by reference to the private account, book of her papa. When even Alexina Is at her best, walkings fatigues her,.‘and running up and down stairs' is quite beyomjiher capabilities, lead ing her to long for the introduction into pri vate houses of those Elevators which ye eter nally traversing between heaven and earth in hotels. But Nature, which is ever compen sating, has repaid Alexina, for this cruel defi ciency. She has Imbued her with a thorough love of skating, and her papa has presented her with skates. Day after day sheds to be seen on one of our ley boulevards. Hour after hour she skates, with the wind or against it. She throws herself Into profuse perspirations. She sits upon the platform and cools off, whilst Mr. Plmpiefon (Alextna’s In tended) kneels gracefully before her, and tightens the steel running round her little hotlines. Alexina Is developing muscle, The llmbS’which have so long beendormant are being*eduoated by gyrations and genuflexions on the toe. 1 Her arms, which hitherto have been closely Imprisoned in a muff, grow quite limber from the free action that Mr. Pimple ton gives them. When, the next day, Alexina is sick In bed, it la due to the natural delloacy of her constitution, end, of course, hot at all to the'fact that she has skated enough to satisfy any fall-grown man. Hear another ease, and then judge whether truth Is not stranger than fiction. Miss Elolna, who be longs to one of the first families of New York, has come to spend six months with an old and attached friend. Her Indulgent pa has provided her with an expensive outfit sufficient for the" trousseau of a bride. The provisions Of Godey’s Lady’s Book, and of Madame Domaxost’s fashion-platfte, have been vigorously observed, and Elojna sets forth bent on conquest, and with a bevy of kidnapped and de sponding beaux In her 'eyes. She means to tomahawk them&all, so to speak, and to re turn with their scalps at her . girdle. How areallthesebrightantiolpatlonsfrustratedandmade as naught 1 to an evil hour Elotoalearns to skate, She finds It lovely. It is as sweet as stolen waters, and pleasant as bread eaten in secret., She glides along like a swan that has no death-song .to sing, ■ and mom delicately fascinating than any hour! of the stage upon whom the j3mall do Paris spreads thick sndthe footlights flatter yellow. ...She skates ■ and she skates. Like Oarathisto the Hall of Eblls, 1 she penetrates every nook and cranny of that field 'of ice. She has aPlmpleton too {they oil,have), ana be is the Afrit chartered expressly to do Aw bidding Hand preserve her 'froM'rlevoarlrLg | aljdiDies.-'WeU .doea she doher task. Sub learns on the ice, Like the poet Keats, her [ nameis writ la-water—only the water is frozen. In , one or these exploits of hydraulic caligraphy the I lee breaks, and Eliona falls in. How she gets out agedzt'no one knows—no oße ever will, Probably her Flmpleton saves her. She. is obßged to walk I home—a distance of three miles -and'a quarter—ln her dripping olOthes. By the-tlmaahereaehes home they are-Mof 'dripplng ; thoy are froren, and she is I the picture of a human icicle. Her garments cling I around-her to that degree that she resembles a sta lactite of rather large Else, gathered" in the great 1 cave of Kentucky. After she has been thawed—a I work hrwHlch’a considerable quantity of coals and | kitchen fire are expended—she Is put to bed, I and subsides ■ into rheumatic fever, In which she Is heard to call wildly upon the name of her Flmpleton, and to.make a variety of didaotle I remarks on the mutual advantages of Low Dutch and double-guttered, Ultimately recovering, Elo lna is packed off. to her friends in Fifth avenue, there to odhvalOßce and pursue her career with more I success on the skating-- arena of Central park. I Althoughitbrlngs them-In someradoltlonalpras tlee, phjrtelahs are fierce in their denunciations of this Indiscriminate ska ting.. Onedootorhas had three different arms of'three different ladles to-set, which j were broken by - oonoußßion with the See. Another has a list-of My'patlents-who have- contracted dis eases of flu chest and throat by Injudicious skat ing. In hU these-cases the hygienic laws which govern bating have been violated. What shall we think of- a delicate little lady who will not walk throb squares- to do her shopping, rushing Insanely about on> slides of steel, whirling around and around air-holes, aB though they were so many maelstroms sucking, her down, careering from one end of the field of doe to the other, without stint or stoppage, using the most spasmodic gestures with I her arms, and Indeed violently exercising her whole -body! The Wales-“do” skating as they do any thing— with their- whole heart. They think that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well—that there cannot be too much of a good thing. So they provide; themselves with muffs,, and furs, and tip pets, and gloves, .and. little boots, and scarfs, and handkerchiefs, imd-yeils, and they impress the first Flmpleton that comes along, even as the Naiads bore Hylas to the- Jl sandy bed of old Soamander,” they make away with him to-the skating parks and ponds, and Plmpjetonlsseen no more. The ladles,, who are so often extolled as men’s best advisers are not careful enough of themselves. They forget that the llttletnuffaad fur “ filings” just referred to were intended for their protection. They-put i themselves Into little hqats on the skating ground, ; ■ and, true to the principle of jumping to a conclu sion, will no thearof such a thlngas cooling off gra dually, bnt must experience the change lnstanta -1 neously—as some people are said to do a Change of ] heart. Thelr limßs were never intended for such I violent an&long-oontinued exercise. Their exceed j ing beauly,looked at from a skatingpoint of flew, I is mere than . counterbalanced by the serious I Injury, to. < health-,- over-exoroise entails. How I can any right feeling mam ever after skate with satisfaction, if he believes thatthehistoriesofElolna and Aloxlna are being multiplied 1 Can Ice longer yield film pleasure h He will ploture It, think ofit, diesolnte man,and slide <m It, skate on it, then, if he can. Howi In summer time, oan any affectionate I hußband, father, or brother, survey alump ofioe be- I fore his own or his neighbor’s doqr, without reflect ing that-it may have been on that identical nugget | his wife, or. daughter, or sister, laid the foundation j of Influenza, and paved the way for the doctor’s bill 1 j which has not yet been paid 1 "The reflection would I: be harrowing enough at anytlme,.butin summer I* it is enough'to take allt&steofmlht out ofthc julep, 1 and render sherry oobblera fihyorless. I SKi.riHO BTOkS ABD SXATIBO DRBSBBS. In Ub rulesfordress Walker is less followed than in tala rules for learning to skate. For Instance, be says, “A skater’s dress should be as close and neon onmbered as (possible. Darge skirts get entangled with bis Own limbs or those of the persons who pass nearhim, andallfullnesoof dress is exposed to the wind. Boose tmosert, frecks, and more especially greet coats, must tie avoided semi, indeed, by wearing additional underclothing they can always be dis pensed with. As the exercise of skating produces. ' persplratbm, Bannel next the ohest, shottldors, and loins is necessary, to avoid the evils prddnoed by sudden ohills in cold weather. The best stress is ahat is celled a dressuoat, buttoned, tight panta loons, end laced boots Thaving the heel no higher than the peg), which hold the foot tightly and steadily in its place, as well as give the best sup port to the ankle'; ,for It is of no. use. to draw the straps of the skatehard, If thebooborshoebe loose.” How often .are these directions observed! Orlno llne, wide-kneed'trousers, and square-toed boots, re ply I One rematkof Walker’s, however, Is striking- ; 4y exemplified by beginners. He says the novitiate will probably BOramble abqnt for half an hour or so, till he begins to find eat where the edge of his skate is.?’ ! It i«~ highly entertaining to go over Walker’i “ preliminary and general directions,” andtherigoout to the ioe,and Me how faithfully ' they are! complied with. Ha saya “ the beginner must bA fearless, bat not violent, nor even in a Mury." It Is needless to rarer Ho- the acknowledged fact that beginners always ore fearless, never are violent,, and. never, neverin a hnrry. Says Walker, “he must . not let Us feet get far apart, and keep his heels still nearer together.” This is an extremely difficult title and probably causes the “ half aahour or so’s” scramble referred to, but (says Walker) “He moat, keep the ankle of the foot on tho ioo (inlte firm.” And agio ’" “The learner must net. look down at . the ice, por at Ms-feat, to see how they perform.” TJnforttmately, however, the ankles.of feet that are new to She ice won’t stay firm, and “the learner” has a strong predisposition to took at the ioe as thongh fevery alr-hoto were a serpent’s eye, and to 'iontemfclftto-hla -feat as if hopelessly endeavoring to “ comprehend the Egyptian UeroglypUos.they are ' 1 executing... v - ■ . * we daily »wegtw oiowm lady ’s parlor, and, In one or two Instances, the use of a planlng-maohlne is preferred. Consequently the ladles have. been very choice In their dresses, and have preserved a mean between the temperate and frigid tones. They have poetized upon Lap land, Iceland,and Kusjtla, and haveevenlmproved upon the Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes. Highly successful attempts have been made to set the ball room on skates. Nothing can be conceived more exhilarating than the swirling of thousands of skates, the olatter of thousands of tongues, the stud ding of the lambent Illuminated lee with magnificent dyes, like a million kaleidoscopes all changing and all seen at once, the clash of muslo, the shrieks of echoed laughter, the meteor-tike flashings and dash lugs of the fancy skaters, all girt and wrapped up In a heaven, where stars ewe thickly sown. As the Bkating dancers form Into cavalcade, the old song Is realized, and the heralds seem to shout, 1 "Bee, see! our train advances! Bee how each skater lasses I Health and strength abounding. While home and oboes sounding: Tie Triton* shall J>low Thsir conoh-shells below, ! . „ And their bauds fear to show. While a-skatiss we go: ■ With a fa, la, la, la, la, la, Id, To the sound e/tkemem; horn!’' In a word, he who does not skate has cessed to take an Interest In life. The person who will not skate will not read the newspapers, and he who will not read ithe newspapers Is capable of doing almost anything, because, he has voluntarily withdrawn himself from the world, and confounded all distinc tions between human right and wrong, to thlsAge, the novitiate In skating is expected to bnd into the amateur, and the' amateur to blossom into the pro fessional. Everybody is expected to know every thing about the Back 801 l and the Forward 8011, the Inside Edge Forward, the Figure of Three, the Outside Edge Backwards, and off the figures. He is expected to be so familiar with Walker as to have him at his toes’ ends. People scarcely think of say ing, “How is gold today!” They say, «Horn is slofiny?” New Publications. Palskby’s History ox Nbw EnolANd.— Seven years ago, reviewing the second volume of Dr. Pal frey’s History of New England, we had pleasure In doing justiee to the merits of the author, a publicist as well as a man of letters, with few superiors as a oritioand a writer. The work is now completed, by the publication of the third volume, 618 pages, oc tavo,; It treats of the final relations of New Eng land with the' StuartKingß—namely, from the fall of Lord Clarendon from power, in August, 1667, until the accession of William and Mary was known and gladly recognized in this oountry. The volume •has agood index, without which a historical work is only half useful, and Is Illustrated with a Map of New England, to 1689, Hubbard’s Map of 167 T, and Seller’s Map of 1685, Our opinion-of the work, formed on the perusal of the previous volumes, seven years ago, may be repeated here, Including its completion now: “These volumes are full of to. terest and full of Instruction. They cannot be su perseded, but must continue to be the sources Bom .which our future histories will be derived. We have no hesitation to saying that they should be found to eveiyllbrary in this country.” This work is pub' llshed by Little, Brown, &. Co , Boston, and Is on sale by I. B. Llpptoeott Sc 00., In Philadelphia. Histoby ox the Mptbodist Episcopal Crttroh.— The Bey. Dr." Abel Stevens, One of the most able and accomplished of American writers, Is following.up Ms History of Methodism by a History of the M.,E, Church, In which he has done for American .Methodism what, in Ms other work, he had .done for English. Two volumes have .ap peared, recording the rise and progress of American Methodism, and Include the emigration of the Palatines, with Philip Embury and Barbara Hook, until the first General Conference In 1738. It will be followed by other volumes, to the present portion the notice of the Palatines, a race of emi grants who have a Settlement In the county of Limerick, Ireland, Is so exact and full that we oannot conceive the possibility of its having been written without a vlslt to the place and the people. Published by Carlton & Porter, New York; and- Perktoptoe A Higgins, Philadelphia. War Fiction.— Mr. Trowbridge’s now story, “The Three Soouts,” Is the best novel of the war we have yet read, and will be equally relished by children and their parents. It is full of adventure and character, J. E. Tilton & Co., Boston; J. B. Llpptoeott & Go., Philadelphia. Tlie Prospects of *be" Confederacy.” THE REBELLION AND ITS CHANCES AS VIEWED AND 'WEIQHBP BY AN BKOLISH CORBEBFONDBNT—AN I3STYBRYIRW BETWBBN A PROMINENT REBBLAND &EBNBSAI'GRANT—GRANT’S OPINION 07 OBNBRAXr LSB’B ABILITY—HOPBB OOLSUB BB ROBB,3OASTB ABD SPECULATIONS. Information lias just reached me of a conYersa- - tion hold last week, in which the interlocutors were General Grant and a gentleman who returned to Richmond on the 2d inst.from the North, bearing a letter of lntTodnct.lon. to be presented en. ravfe,^, from Mr.'SeWaid ,to Gfeitfcah Graht. It Is. well known that the gentleman In question Cwho is a foreigner),ls In Intimate relations with the Oonfsde- ’ rate Government. He paints General Grant as a ■gentleman of eminent courtesy, tranquil and digni fied in manner, free from the proverbial bluster of hiß countrymen, and studiously conciliating in lan guage. General Grant commenced the conversation By extravagant laudations of President Davis and General Dee," especially of the latter, whose equal, morally and Intellectually, Is not, according to the Federal General’s professed' opinion, to he found among eminent military men anywhere upon earth. He proceeded next to make the startling assertion that Richmond is a doomed'oity, and: that Mr. D avis and Gen. lieer are well-aware of the fact. Ho pointed out with emphasis that slowly and insl diously.the Federal army Is constantly advancing a step, and that never, since the- 14th- of jirne, when- it crossed to the soutlTslde of the James, has it made a quarter of a step backwards-. “ The end,” he con tinued, “must be _ the foil, of BJohmond. How long it will be before the end comes It is impossible for me to say. General tee knows the position or my army to - be impregnable on both sides of the river, and he Will -attach on neither. £do not ex- Sect the city to be suddenly evacuated, bnt some ay, little by little, my- guns will get within shelling distance of the capita], and from that hour it Is merely- a question of time. It is probable that: If at this stage the resistance be obstinate and -prolonged, the whole city will be burned to the ground. Anyhow Its evacuation by General T.ee’s army is in the end inevitable.” While this conversation was In pro gress, a telegram arrived from Gen. Butler on the north side of the James, announcing to-General Grant tbatthe “ Blohmond Examiner of this morn ing anticipates that Sherman will get safe to the ses coast.” I can assure General Grant that If he was taaposßltion to arrive at theundlsgnised o pinion of President Davis and General I>eo he would come to a conclusion different frorathat whioh he last week expressed, but whioh it is difficult to - believe - that he sincerely entertains. It is the deliberate conviction not only of the two eminent men in ques tion, but also of elghteemtwentleths of the inhabi tants of Etchmond, and of ninety-nine hundredths ofithe army which defends it, that the city Whe never so safe since the war commenced aS at the present moment. If seems to ail men of. sense that every time that Grant has-made a tentative movement, either with cavalry or infantry, or by subterranean mines, or any other aggressive device, and has been, foiled with considerable loss of life, he'has made more than aquarter of a step backward. How many of these attacks have been foiled since June last it ]b difficult to compute, But against all these fail ures, spread over the last five and a half months, Grant has nothing to advance as a makeweight, ex cept the slight but immaterial advance of-his lines upon the Weldon Railroad, and’the capture of Fort Harrison on the 29th.of- September. Bo - one is pro bably better aware than Gen. Grant that these two slighted vantages have not brought hirif'an Inch near er to the oapture-of Blohmond. He is «ow confront ed by a frowning line of earthworks, which stretches for thirty-three or thirty-four miles, commencing at the Ohiokahomiriy- river, extending aoross Ihe James, and running, clogo up to the Weldon Kali road,' on the west of Kearns’ station. Imay be mis taken, bnt, In common witk.every Confederate offi cer I have conversed with, on both sides of -the„ James, it (s my belief that against any portion of these lines Grant’s army, even ir doubled In num ber,will never prevail*. The- difficulty and -danger of attempting to get round either orboth of General Bee’s' fianks at points where the, Confederates are operating upon,: the-inner circle Is obviously very -great. I anticipate that if Grant's army receives very material accession be fore AprlC and during, next summer, the siege , of -Blohmond will be protracted through the whole , of next'year. If he is not heavily, reinforced by' next spring, we shall- see- whether he will pass through 1866 without taking- several quarter steps backward. But, be that as it may, it is already seen andfelt that the advantages to the Confederates of carryiig on a defensive struggle so close to their bean as Blohmond-ore obvious and mani fold. The blood propelied through the great aorta is far larger in volume than the blood which circu lates through the temporal,artery, and the vigilance necessitated by the oloseproxnUtyof the enemy is of eminent benefit to this brave but oareless com munity. Inadditlon, the long-protracted .struggle, around Richmond gives the Confederates time to duplicate such establishments as the Tredegar- Works, and tolnaugurate supplementary:measures for creating munitions of war ail ever their country. It never seems to have entered General Grant’s head that the capture of Richmond wli! be to him and hi? assoolateß but the letting out or strife. - But General Grant’s words are robbed of hair their significance when it Is remembered that they, were addressed' to a gentleman who would la three foe four days be in communication with the Blohmond authorities. It is difficult not to suspect that G-rant shares with bis wily countrymen the sentiment, so admirably expressed In Milton's lines: —• ■ Our better pert remains. To work in close design by fraud or guile What force effected not. ” If Mr. Davis and GeneralXee oonld be .cajoled by flattery and undermined in faith by unscrupulously boastful anticipations, nothing but good oouJd re sult to General Grant and his employers. As,mat ters stand, the Federate have to fuse or explain away the'faot that the mighty, host which Grant led across the Rapldan last May haa.'falled either to give him Eiohmond, or even 1 “to fight ttont on thesame line, tf-.lt took all the summer.” Sum mer and autumn have r passed away; and winter is upon ns. In a few months, the summer of 1868 will be here, and on what line.- does General Grant then propose .to 'fight tfc ont b There out be few Northerners gullible enough,to believe that when General Grant began his, advance against Richmond, nearly eight months.ago.Bapportod by between SCO 060 and 800,080 men, be expected to find himseir wintering on the James river,ln command : of a filth oi that foroe, and. with Richmond as. . obstinately elosed against, him as ever. I cam emphatically assert tnatbo-General Grant’s antict gaUonsabout his prospeotawhatthey may, I remeat er no-moment darlng’mora.thaß 26 months of inti mate acquaintance with Ocnfederate affairs when Sicater confidence andhopofulaseswere entertained i reference to the present and future of Seeegeta [■ that alt present. It General Grant could be In duced to withdraw his eyes fee a moment rrmnl the. future of the Confederate States, and to content : plate the future of bis own, country, I wanld ask . him to reflect in what estimation he is himself like ly to be held by the fiailo, many-headed beast of the North if he falls to taka Richmond in the next six months! Many are the bitter'S’ankee-hatws in this town, wh» wish for their enemies no greater degradation than that, having failed to sub-, duo the 'South, they should And themselves with such a satrap as Abraham Wnooln strapped on their backs for four years to come without hope of relief. Many are the vatici nations. already heard in Richmond that the second Instrum of Mr. Hlncoln, commenced in sun shine and tranquillity, and welcomed by a slavish atd Byrcpbautlo commodity* will go> out la storm and whirlwind, amid execrations and ourses. There is in the “ Arabian Nights” no tate so wild and start ling as a comparison between the.weaUb, progress, actual and prospective prosperity: of tke Doited States in iB6O, and,the utter humiliation of (the re cord which they will exhibit la Cor rtSpoiMfefit 0/«« XfßteS, POUR GENTS; PIjrAUCIAL AJfD COMMEBCIAIi. Monetary matters move smoothly, considering how much there la daily occurring Is our millet that bears oo directly span lbs money market. Therelsnoaoarti ty of money for any of the purposes of trade, and wUle there is re Croat speculation in either merchandise or stocks, there is still enough to absorb' all the capital that would otherwise remain Idle and unproductive. The stock market has unite recovered from the shock which, waa produced upon it by a concurrence of mUi tarj and national events, which always, when they are of an emphatic character, disturb the market in one way or another. There is still a large amount of money being invested in oil stocks, the holders of which hope for remunerative returns, and appear regardless of risks. The timid Investors, as well as the more prudent of money lenders, who wish to enjoy a return of in* tereet without subjecting their funds to any risk what ever, continue to invest largely in the securities of the U. S. Government. These fluctuate hat little from day to day, and aeldom partake of the freaks which Charac terize ail other investments on the stock list. Tester day a large quantity of Government bonds were dis posed of. The 1881 loan sold at 109 k—which was Thurs day the SflOs at lOSX.and the 10-10 s at JOIX. For State Securities there was little demand and nothing was said in them. City 6s were weak and lower. The now declined jj—selling at 97; the old sold at 02k. Bailway bonds continue in considerable favor, and the transactions ate comparatively large. The second mortgage Pennsylvania Railroad , bonds sold at 104 X-a decline of X. There ware sales reported of Elmira 7s at 102; Lehigh 6s of 1870 at 100; North Pennsylvania 6s at 91k, and Beading 6s of ’7O at 101. Pittsburg 6s sold at 76, and Allegheny county coupon 6s at 77. Some Delaware Division bonds brought 96. The share market continued very quiet, but though the transactions were light, prices on the whole were hotter; Beading advanced k ; Pennsylvani a was also X better, and HinehUl X; Philadelphia and Brie was steady at MX; Catawissa was weak at SOX- Of the Canal stocks we notice sales of Delaware Division at SS&; Schuylkill Navigation preferrad'kt SIX; Susque hanna Canal at 13X, and Union Canal at lk: Bank stocks are dull and no sales of local banks .were re ported. There ie little or nothing doing in Passenger XaUroSds; a lot of Girard College sold at 24. There was some inquiry for the coal stocks, with sales of Swatara Jot Is at 6k; locust Mountain at 60, and Butter at 11X. ' The following were the closing quotations for the prinoipsl navigation, mining, and oil stocks at 4?. M.: Bid. Ask. | Bid, Ask. Behuyl Nav-pref. 81 82, I globe 0H..... ... IX Susq Canal..- ISX Howe’s Eddy Oil. IX IX BigMormtateCoal 6 6X!Hibberd Oil IX 191 Batter Coal U -> 11X Hogelsland IX •- Clinton Coal 1 IX HydoFarm —•—. 4 6 Conn Mining X X'lrwinOil... - »k H Diamond Coal 17X, Keystone Oil-..,.. .. 8 Fulton-Coal 6 7 - feotter...— IX IX Feeder Dam..—. -. H Maple Bhade 24x 26 GiSei Bonn Coal. 8 4- IMc&intock 0i1... «X 6X Keystone Zinc IX Mineral Oil 2X Monocacy.—— - 9 jMlngo———.. ——■3X 8X 87k kilddleC F.. SX'McßlhonyOU 6 6X SCarhondaleCl.. 2 .. IMcOrea SCher B. IX IX Hew Creek Coal- k l„|NqWe * Del.—- 7, 8 Atlas-———— 1.66 IX Oil Creek—7X 7X AUeghfcTldeonte - 1 JOrganle OH. k 1 Big Tank.2X23-16 Olmstead Oil .. 8 Branden Island- - lk Perry Ott - 3X 4 Bruner OU IX IX Pope Farm Ott— Xlll6 Bull Creek—..... .. 2X Petroleum Centre- 2k 3X Briggs OU. .. 4k Phllada. SOU Or. IX IX Bum’s Spring Pet .. 4 Phillips 8X 4 Continental OU— . 2 Bayonne - - 2X Crescent City.—, IX .2 Bolerte 0i1.. •- 2 Curtin 12X 14 Bock OU.—3X 8X Com Planter... - ek e. Bathbon# Petro-- 1.94 Caldwell— 6X.6X Sherman.—— IX IX CowOteek— ....21-18 2X Seneca OU ——. .. 4X Chmryßun 27 * Story Farm OU— 2 2X Dunkard OU ... X Schh OU Creek.. 1 IX Dunkard Cr’k 0.. k 1 8t Nicholas—— 4 41-10 Dansmore Oil—. .. 6X Story Centre-.; 6X Dalzell Oil 8X o,' Snnbnry— IX Excelsior OIL—. IX IX TarrFarm........ .. 8- Enhert 1 fk SX Tar t Homestead- 6 6X Eldorado— IX Ik UnlonPotrol— IX ix iM * 1 Great Western... 3 SX Walnut Islands 2.81 29: Germania % 1 fie following were the hours named: 10 A. 10XA, ——2o9g 11 A, M. ...—.............1..812M 12 M. —2J3X 1 P. M—— 211* 4 P. H.—— —— —>2l4 To the Editor of The Press: gXK . ab the robbery of $160,000 United States bonds from the Bank of C /awford County* at Meadyilte, Pa , last evening* may create some distrust in its currency* •we beg to assure tie nubile that its notes are secured by United State* bonds deposited with the Auditorgeneral of the Commonwealth, and will be received by us at same rates as other Pennsylvania currency. CULVER* BROOKE, & CO., 87 South Third street. Philadelphia* Jan* 27 r 1865. . We find in the Washington Chronicle an abstract of the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Re venue, made from an advance copy; The total amount of taxes collected on incomes other than that derived from being an officer of the Govern ment,-was $l4 919,270.®. Or this. New T? r * Paid $4,918 369 97: Pennsylvania, $2,085,165.03; Has sac bn settt, $1 904,782.03; Ohio, $1,117,691.18; Illinois, $586, - 455, and California, $580,327.01. The balanceof the States, with the exception of Maryland, which is re turned $510,765.27, paid less than $500,000 each. The District of Columbia paid $140,6©. 24', wMch zs more than the revenue derived from the same Bource in Hew Hampshire, Vermont, Minnesota* and Kansas com bined.. i The following is a table of the amount realized from incomes in some of the wealthiestdistricts la the differ ent States: - HEW TOEK. Eighth Congressional district.,*. Sixth Congreesionad district...... Third Congxesrionaldistrict..... rENSBTLVARIA Second Congressional dtetrist.,*-** -... 468;877.47 #Eomfer Congressional disfari^t.. First Congressional district 373,90105 *. MASSACHUSETTS. FCurthCongresrional district. ........ ®0,1727l Third Congressional di5trict.......... 6:8,442’ 01 Seventh Congressional district.. 151,485-73 OHIO. First Congressional di5trict...........*4.... 218 L ‘6B7 85 Second Congressional district. 211,533 43 Third Congressional district* 109,706 13 We have received the annual report which was sub* mitted to the stockholders of the Continental Hotel' Company on the 2d instant. The rental of the hotel last year amounted to $56,810.67, and it was stated that' dnris g 1865 it will he increased to $60.800 The lease to the present proprietors of the hotel isfor sio,ooo. This was for twelve years from February 1,186 Q, and has seven years to nm from the first of next February. By the terms of this lease the lessees are bound to do all the repairs, and it is assumed that for the next seven years the yearly income of the company will be at least $50, 800. Deduct from this $19,250 per annum for ground rent, $4,500 for taxes, and $2,650 for expenses, and the net income will be $34,600, or at the rate of six per cent, per annum on $675,000. The stock now sails for $l6O per share, or less than 33 per cent, of its cost. It pays no dividend, and the report says it is not likely to do so for years. The report appeals to the stockholders to subscribe for additional stock, in order to discharge the bonds of the company, and make the concern dividend paying—an appeal which, we think, ought to be re* sponded to. The bankers of Chicago held a meeting on Saturday last for the purpose of discussing the propriety of es tablishing a Clearing House. Several plans were sub mitted, and, after mature consideration, it was re solvedi (eays the Tribune, of the 24th last.), that as ex periment would b» tried for a few days, the business to be transacted temporarily at the Hoi thwestem Rational Bank, the officers of which volunteered to attend to it. This experiment'went into effect on the 23d, all the banks joining in it with the exception of the Mechanics* national Bank, Solomon Sturges Sons, Montreal Bank Agency, and the Traders’ Bank. Amount of Coal transported on the FMladelphia and Beading Railroad dozing the week ending Thursday, January 25,1865 Ton*. Gwt Fromßort Carbon.***—■ 06 % * Pottsvlile ..4.......38 08 SokuylkUlHaven...... 0.255 19 “* Aolmni**’ . 1,082 07 “ Port Clinton.... 6,054 04 **• Harrisburgand Dauphin..• i.....*.***. 74 19 Total AniiracitoCoal for week. »m*-..34»710 18 Bitmamona coal from Harrisburg and Dau* phinfor quo v*<1c.4,095 Qa Total of allMndsfor 88,606 04 O5 Totfti«**«**~**********'*~< ’To same time last year***** Drexel&Co. quote: ffewU. S.' Bpndh )8jn»"*;• “ Hew Ceitlfs. of Quartermasters’ Vonohere-; Orders for Certificates of Isa Gold .***.*. Sterling Sxdtange~*.**>*»*« 5-20 Beads*...******«***•**•< 10-40 Bonds**»♦*.«.*.«**»*■**. SALKS AT THB STOCK Be&oitied bv Uewes* Miller t ~v BEFOBI l KOBeading,B..caah 88X1 100 do.. sash. 6SSt ICO do.-....- 83X1 FIRST ] SCO WSS-20Bds.sh.Op:]08~ 1000. d 0... Couy.loB}< 2060 d0«..-«.».Conp.loSX OOQOTJSBMOBs Its. Cp.lol X Conp....lM> 8000 d0..-..-........ir0Ji, 7COO JJg’y so Cp6s.lt>. 77 SooAlcofip.sscp.lts. 75 ISOlaht) d0.,....™. W 187 68 do W -811 83 dc..,...—... 7S, ICO Beading R. *•;•••• 63X fOO d 0.... ™.lots. 83; 900 do....Us—Mo. BSX HOPhUaandßneß.. gSX 10 Olraid Colljgs 8.. M 100 Union Cana1....... IX BfeTWBEK 103 Fenna R™..lota» JOCO do Sd mt......10i}4 100 Cow Creek™.... 2X 100 BigTeak..23l 8(0 Phil a & Brie R.lts 2S K 0 do-.... hSO 26X ICO CrasCity Oil.IX gOO d0............85 IX 75 Lonisyill* 8U....120 102.8 Bank Kea.. ••••175 ICO Bel Div. adys 33X 200 Pope Farmn...;l 1-18 EOO Beading 8...-h3O SSX 300 do .low 538 100 do -cat* CSX ICO do ..sfiadnt KSi ■ 10C0 Beading 85,'70....101 | 800 SusaCanal™.... 13X SECOMD BOABD. 800 City 8s Old— lots 9254 109-Cala 8.-W».. praT mi 1206 'da. iaSctfflDlK & Krla Bv-.. 2.65$ KOO do.. K. 6 0 92* JLBala Dlvtaton S3* 1000 do. new 97 IOOBatIM C0a1....... 1154 loro do.. now 87 201.0metMountain.. 60 1000 troithPennaes.... 92 MO Shaman...-, lrts 154 40Mliie6lUB 5754 100Phila&OtlCwek. 154 ft - d 0... 6754 60 St. Nikolas- 4. AFTER. BOARDS. 6»NeTtbPßnna9s..- BIX B°2* 2000 Lebieb6s’7o-.b6.1W- 800Walnpt Island.... 234 KMineMllE &%. ’OOO Flttabnrt 6a 76. 100 Fean a K fid mor t. .104141000 Eiaaira 7a........ ..10*; _ HOKoyal Oil- IK 600 Pope Farm 1 b-19 600 Keystone 0i1... .bit, 2X 200 Sw stars. Fails 3% . OOTSI»K BOOM SAIiEB. lOOßeadingß 53K1 KMSKevstone OU-WS. gX 100 do 68x1 lSd-Hoble* Bela -- 6(300 American Gold**..2o® j IfiQßesdlnffß —...... 63 SOO,fc*bert 8141 100- do 6 » mfeadlngß....«So. 6214 SooOBOkie CK—jS. 4X 160; do *..b6.6S 1 200 do—.— 160 .do .*..MO. S 3 I SOOBoadime 8.--3 SO. 63 The Kew Fork Post of yesterday says: [ Gold has been eocstderablv excited thlsraosningfrom I tbereported terminationof the peace moveEientß, ana I from the lares purebasaa to oonsr short oonSracts, b»t j -Chiefly fromtbe instability anti derangement of Mis raj- [ rancy FiSm 98* tbs price rose to 21614, receding to I muT tbs etoaing anotetipn. Tbs loan market Ib easy I Imlil-rescjar. Seven pen rant Is tbs nanat rate, bnfc. mVnei Is borrowed at easier rates tn Bpeoial cases. ‘ Tbsstockmarkolbas t&fcsaa fbaro npirardrwmto-, day, and tbs disposition to bay Is sHU on the lanreasiv • Governments are Strong, and a consMsrabbi nnmbor ;ot orders from Investors bays been drawn out by the low PT Ecfor<. Th p first session gold was quoted at 20914, Bead. %I«RSSlttora tb. board compared with those of yesterday afternoon: ■ Fn. Tluii AvTt vMt TTnlted Btat6B 9s. KBl, conp ■ • -1« X ffi»X - United Siates6-2DC0np........108X ,KS X ITi ited Slates 10-«Conpona. ~10og MO* - - TJnlted'SiaUM Certificates 97X 97* % Tennessee 66 « Mlesonrl:&‘“'” «*• .. Beading K ' 'Afiar the fcoMdihar* waa aa adTof K#X . *M<Jk 19*K ’ Business continues very dull and.neglected owing fo the dally fluctuations in gold Bark is very quiet. Floor is very doll. Wheat is rather lower. Corn U unchanged. Oats have declined.' Cotton closes rather firmer- Coal la dull, aid there is vary little doing. Coffee continues Quiet. Fish and Fruit are without any material change Tfc* Iron market continues very dull. Naval Stores are rather lower. Petroleum is dull and unsettled*, Lin seed Oil bus advanced. The Provision market coy tintte» very dull at the decline. La Sugar there is no change to* notice. Seeds have declined. Whisky is rather dull- Wool is Inactive, but holders are rather firmer in their* views. There is very little demand-for Flcur*and the mar ket is dull and prices unsettled ?sales comprise aboat?6.o9s' bbls at $10.75 for extra and $11; bbl for extra family The retailers and bakers eg» buying in a-smaU way at from $9.50@1Q for superfineslo.6o#Ll 25 foe extra, $ll. £o@l2 for extra family, and $12.69^13-W bbl for fancy brands, according to quality- Eye Hour is selling ina small way at s9©9 25 $ bbl; Corn* Me* Is dull at former rates. quotation, for gold at Qu 51,879,(112 8S ..... 981,616 06 482,890 02 860,625 09 829,186-17 ...TOtffUO ■ Indebtedness... iiyM 97* - m ... 9:-t @ 95 debtednell 9? @9B 313 @214 ..«23l @233 ........ 108 @loB* ..lOOXffiHOl* t EXCHAHOE, Jam, 27. Ifo. SO S. Thirdst: boards. ' 20OKeyelmie*«....... Idd to Noble & Delam’r. 10 MO m&Smt..'tio.‘ 20§ SO dO-.............S 300 Com PI a ate?. .bS 6 100 Nolle h. 8e1.,..b5. 954 100 d0.~™........ 9M 100 Seneca. ...bs. 454 100 Royal Petroleum. 191 600 Keystone OH IK 300 d0,....—...1t5. 2 400 Union Petrol. . Its. 1* 600 Walnut Isi'd. .Its. 28 . . 60011 Basin., 9, 203 EtjSßlßlor—ls4 BOARDS. 803 Keystone Oil-lots 2; 200 Caldwell ......130 6 it 200 do 6S SCO MeOHnJock 0i1.... m. 600 d 0..... s 5 654 600 do b3B 654 100 Mines....' ..-.cash 3.(6 •100 Sol ilaYpref.cash 3154 100 sdo. Sl!4 100 do--. 1(80 3154 SCO Bsizoll Oil @4 300 Atlas™ -....10t5. 154 Itoo do..- lilOfiat IK 800 WAlr'ut lull 554 1000 Bel Bt, 8di...... 95 1000 Phlla & Oil Grfe... 134 12200 City 6s n0w...10t597 ‘ 403 Royal I Ji the war press, {PUBLISHED W22SLT.J The Wen ftw will be sent to subscribers hr mail (per *m»nn in ad ranee) el. >*•■*«•...w. 42 Off Three copteg,**,,-**—^,*—*-*****—-*-«***—-***• o s * Fire copies. 6 o*> Ten coples*«****...~*.***«~.-,****-*.****~****——ls OG Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at tbs asm* rate, 1160 per copy. • The money must always accompany the order, an* to no instance can these term? be deviated from* as they afford very little more than the cost of paper. Postmasters are requested to act as agents ft# The Wax Press. -*• Mm- To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty, a* extra eopy of the paper wiu be given. Weekly Review of the Philadeinhia SKnrUetn. GRAIN-—Wheat continues dull and there is very lit tle doing; about 15,000 bus sold at 25Q@269c for prim v reds, and white at from 580@295c W bus according ter Quftlity. Rye is selling In a small way at 175@177c W kps. Coin Is dull and rather lower, with sales of about 22,CK0 bus new yellow at 170@172s has. Oats ar rather lower, with sales of about 29;G00 bus at'9l@93 bus. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port during the past week; Flour. »«* .■*•*■»««. >.« Wheat*********™* >, »»**... ~...*»* ,-31,100 bsa; C0rn.—.*...,«mw..... 13.600 tea Oats ..M.-t-.'W .... .■*.»« ■* 24 100-bss BARK.—Quercitron continues very dull, and we hear of noialcs. IstHo. 1U quotedat (Norton, which is a decline, CAKDLEB.—Adamantine are rather dull; small sates are making at &2®33c lb. Small sales ot Tallow Gau dles are making at former rates. COFFEE.—There Is very tittle doing in the way of sates, and the marietta dull; about 400 bags of Rio sold' in lots at from 42@45c $ lb. COAL.—There is very tittle demand, and prices are wiihout any material chance. Small tales from Port Richmond are making at $8 st@9 $1 ton. 002 TON. —The market has been very dull attha de cline. About 150 bates hjave been sold in lots at 8O&90C It fb, eath, for middlings and good middlings, closing rather firmer at 90@95c H lb * DRUGS AND DEES. —There is very little doing in. the way of sales: The market is very dull, and prices * are unsettled. , • . , , , s FISH.—In mackerel there is very tittle doing; small sales from store are making at s2s©» for shore Is. SIS - for bay do, $17.5C@18 fer shore 2a, $l6 for bay do, and $75@23 obi for iar#e and small Ho. 3s. Codfish are - FRUITS. —ln foreign there is tittle or nothing doing; Green Apples tell slowly at $5 60@6 “bbL Dried Apples range at from lb. Peaches are scarce * and selling lt> FREIGHTS —The rates to Liverpool are unchanged* *nd there is very little doing. Wequote F.our at Is 6i ¥ bbl, and heavy goods at'ifiE@l7s e* ton. West India chart* rsare reported at BC@Bsc on Sugar. Coal vessel* continue scarce, and the rates are without change FEATHERS are rather dull. About 4,000 ms good Western sold at 71c lb. lW^_. BAY.—Baled is selling at s32@3s's ton.' B IDES. —The past has been an extremely dull week in the Bide trade. In dry there,has been little or uo~ thing done, and quotations, which are nominal, are' * unchanged. For green salted there has bees|*jnode» rate inquiry, but no large 'transactions to note. Tha views of holders and buyers are somewhat divergent, but asking prices are obtained. LEATHER.—The leather market has evinced consi~ derable activity the part week, and some Urge transac tions have occurred. The etockson bandars some ef the best tannages, and therefore the more desirable for the finer descriptions of work which is made up at this season Of the year. Spanish sole lain active request, and the Mock on hand zs notlaTge. Slaughter—Medium, and hefcvy weights are sought for, and prices well sus tained. Upper Leather—For upper there is also*gojd Inquiry* while the supply is barely equal to the re quest. Catiskins are in moderate demand at unchanged prices. Morocco—There Is considerable inquiry for m*» r<xco, end prices are tending upward. LUMBER continues very dull, and prices remain' about tbc same as last Quoted. METALS.—Pig Iron is very dull and unsettled; we quote Anthracite at s4fi@66%*ton for the three numbers. There is very little doing in Manufactured Iron* but prices remain about the same as last quoted. Lead 1$ Suit, and quoted at 16@15&c lb. MOL A SBi&S. —The market continues very quiet,'and we hear of no sales worthy of notice. RATAL STORES aj« rether lower: small sales of Rosin are making at §26@28 $ bbl. Spirits of Turpen tine is selling in a small way at 216@220c p gallon. OlLS.—Lard Oil is rather scarce; Ho. I winter sell* ‘ at $2.2C@2 25; Fish Oils are in steady demand; Linseed Oil is selling at $1 65@1.60 $ gallon, cash, which,!* as advance. Petroleum continues unsettled; we quote Crude at 4S@foc, end Refined in bond at 68@7Dc; free ' issillins at from gallon, as to quality. Coal On,.—The following are the receipts of crude and refined at this port during the past week: Crude*,,*** „~.***».,**«*-1,575 , bb]5» Refined *™***S,7,3o *• PROTIBIOKB.-=Thfre is very little doing tnthewajr o! rates, and the market is dull at the decline. Small rates of mess Pork are making at $4C@4l hhL Mesa Beef ranges at from $H@2B $ bbL Dressed Hogs are rather lower, with sales at $16@16 59 the lO&iba. Bacon. Is without change. Small sales of Hams are making at 21@24c sfb for plain and fancy canvassed; Sides at 22c* and Shoulders at 21s cash. Green Meats are more plenty; sales of Hams in pickle are making at and Shoulders in salt at I«Xc9 26* Lard lar&ther dull; salesof bbls and tierces are making at 24&&Me Etfc* In Butter there is less doing; small sales of solid packed are making at 38@46c; roil at 4C@44c, and dairy at 4E@s2c lb. Cheese is selling at 22@23c for Hew York. Eggs are scarce at 47@48e*Wdozen. ■ . PLASTER.—The lastsalecf soft was at $5 RICE continues quiet; small sales are making at 13K@r 14c fo. SEEDS —Cloveraeed is less active, and prices rather lower, with sales of about 1,090 bus in lota at W 64 lbs. Timothy Is quteL and held at $5 25@5.60 w bnu. Ftexseed is selling at $B%@S . BklßiTS.—Th*e is a fair demand fer foreign at about former rates Hew England Bum is celling in a small way at $2 4§®l. GO gallon. , wBISKY 1s dull and rather lower, with sales of bbl* at $2 32@2 36, and drudge at S2.SI SUGAR.—Priccaare steady, but the sates are limited; about Boo hhde Cuba sold at 20Ac J .SH and 550 boxes. TAL^OW and lower* with sales of city rendered 6t17c1l fb TOBACCO.—There is very little doing in either leaf ormaxufaetured. ,' ... » SALT.—There is no change to notice in prices, and wa hear of no sales worthy of notice. WOOL.—There is very tittle doing in the way, of sales* but holders are rather firmer in their vie wo; email sale* are making at 88c®$L05'for fleece,' and tub at from 11.1C@1.20%tb, caeh. , _ BfuTS AND SHOES.—The Boot at-d Shoe market during the week has been in an unsettled state, owing in a great degree to the decline in gold,%and bus little has been-done in the way of trade Business thus for * this month, however,will compare favorably with th^ ; of the corresponding time last year. There have been but few purchasers from abroad, and sales have been principally confined to the city and State trade. "Manu . facturers and jobbere are well supplied with seasonable goods, andwUl be ready to meet their eurtomera in. February with ample ttccks. Prices, remcaa unchanged. Boston Boot and shoe Kfirdset. The Shoe and Leather Reporter, January 2<J;b, says z “There la an increasing activity to he noticed la the loot and aloe market, aa a number of has ore are hare, and tie aggreiate of sales is dolts large The fall In gold I art week lad a tendency to check .operations, aa the decline was sudden and n any began to t rink them could be no atop nnttl about fifty per cent, premium had been reached. Ibis state of uncertainty aa to ths fu ture has rendered business comparatively? ouiot thin week and for the season, as our trade should be now very brisk; thereis-'a dull market, aud most lines of gooes sell hard There has been a large can fitr goods or Lynn aud Haverhill manufacture, and those who deni Is women's misses' and children’s goods, have bed no reason to complain Prices are unchanged and firm, no disposition being shown to realize at less than the rcgulhr rates Shipments have been reasonably large, and among those by railroad wo notice 139 cases to Hil ton Head, B C., 75 to Vera Cruz. The shipments to all points from Boston by rail and sea for the week are 11,- 142 oases., Since - January Ist, 39.017 casse-hava bssxs slipped froin here, against 56.C67 cases for- the corre sponding period in 1864. Hew York Markets, Jan, aa. FBOUS, Ac.—The market for Western snd-Btale Flour is a little more active, and prices are 10@15 cents bbl - better, closing quiet; but there are no sellers at onr in side figures: Trade aud fancy brands aro dull, and bbl better, but the market is not active Sales of S®o bbls at $9 7C@lO OSifor the low grades of extra, and $10.10(311. B 0 for trade p.ad family 'Southern Flour is without material change in prices, aud the market 1b dull Stdesof 600 bl)!s at 2510-55@11.65 for mined to good enoerfine country Baltimore, Ac.. and. *11.75@1i {0 for trade and family brands. - Bye Flour Is dull aud unchanged. Sales-of 60 bbls at *S@S76. Corn Meal is inactive; 1 DBAIS.—The wheat market-is nominally 3? to 5 cents higher. with very little Inauiry. 9he demand is chiefly 'confined to milling. The fluctuations in-gold check* 6 Barley Is In moderate demand. Sales 0f8,030 bushel* Canada|West;at $2C«@2.10. Baxley malt ie qoietbnt firm- Oate*re ouiet and without material change. The sales are 2»,t00 bus Jeney at $112; Western at *1.05® LOS. Bye is inactive and heavy. Corn is firmer; new is eoarce at *L7S@I.B3; oldie uuiet at fitatjnew fit now preferred to old; white Western at $2. The sales are e.MO-bns. . ....... ■ ... ... . , Fsovtsiotrs —The Fork market opened steady, but Hoses weak at onr inside figures. Thexa has been a good demand for prime mots. Beef is moderately active at former rates; sales of 575 bbls at #2C@22 for plain mess, and $2l ©2* for extra do. Tierce Beefis moderately active and firmer. parttcnUur !t for choice qualities: sales of 170 te3 at shi for India mess. Beefbains are firmer, endinfUrretaUdemand. Cut Heats ai e steady and fairly active; sales of 260 Dkgs at 19c for Western pickled hams. andfiO.OOOito.Bhouldera to arrive at 1754 c. . „ .„ , ~.. . Bacon is in demand and firmer. Sales of 60 bozres ehort clesr at 23540, and 690 boxes-Cumberland cut (Mitchell & Ladd’s brand), for delivery from 16th March to 15,h April at 21c. Drested Hog* are-flrmer. We knots at 160165 k o for Western. Lard Is inbetter demand and P? ices higher Sales of I.BCO bbla -ani tee at 19@3«e fer No. if and 225i@2»54c for fat-to prima steam and Settle rendered. BaUimore markets. Jail, 27. navigation is closed and therads no business doing in our markets. LXXTEB 3d«B, AT THg KI!IIOHA*TS’ BZOCA2TU*, FBTUDIIffif A. Bark Linda, Hewitt .Oteafnegoc, ettoSE* Bark-Sea Eagle, H0we5............8brt Spain, * corn. Brig Helming (®W.) MoJanetro, r, oca. Brig Anna, Morrow St. Thomas, bom. Brig Herald, fisilt -,,MM,,„ui..nWgM, soon. PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADSL Commtbskb op THa'Mosrm Jas. G. Hasp, V. . MARIKIJ portof r: Scrußreae--.7 Ml Sun Sara—466l Blau W ate*.-3 10 arrithd. City.lce Boat, Soiellenger. from Reedy Island. cams up Halt. Pasted bark John Mathews, for Pernambuco, in tow. of. tug America, off Hew Castle, at 3aF M on Thursday. Towed dawn andleft at Reedy Island seven schooners, laden with coal on Gova'nmeEtjacconnt. Floating ice very heavy in the neighbogboca.af.Chester-. CLEARED. Steamship George Appoid, Ho was, 'Baltiruvse. BarkTlos Dallett (S’Ji.Lagnayra. Schr HetHu Merry man, Mtrrymao, Key West. MEMORANDA. i Steamships Evening Simr. Bell, and FcngiShv.ey, ,HH : drethTatHewOrleai* 15thlast, fromKewYoirk. ‘ Hiai Wallace, white, from tiverpoo- for Calcutta. I was spoken 4th Nov. hat 37 8. lon 34 K ■Bark H H Haven, Haven, from Inagna 9th. instfK ! Porttsnd. at Holrasa Hole 26th inst Belt a Br brig loading salt, for Boston next day : schr Mary E Wa;k«r (Hr), yenairixg aatia, to load for Bostan in 6 days. Bril Julia E Aiey, Weeke. for thla port, was loading, at East Harbor, T I,llth inst. Bmg Carolina Eddy, Smith, heucft.tor Hew Orleans, put into Key West 13th test, with, Sosa or sails, water- Schr Orr.vdlle, Giles, hence felt Now OrletEß. before reported put Into Bermuda, west, there for thopurpose of landtag the crew and paerangers of the blockade [ runner steamer Talisman, which she had rescued, h Brig Lucy Ann, Bryant, faoiit Mirago&nalm lnst, for i Bosto-n, *t Holmes’Hole26ih. Suites in company with brig gnwanee, Cobh, fotb fife w York, tgctschoonar Sarf.h Bernice, for Boston. Left, brigs H&am AMff, Gitas, for Hew York in 4days; —. Larasway, fbr do. hchr £ Frank Herbert, Crowell, hence at Hew York on 1 blockrde-rnnner steamer Tzlitman, from Wilmington, H °s bales cotton, foundered about 28th or 29th ult, when about 960 miles to the west of Bermuda The orew and nnsnenzsrs. thirty .in all, were rescued by the seta Oia, life. Captain Giles, and landed at.Ssrmudslon th*. l8 Schr Independence, Cromwell, arrived at Hew Bed. ford on Wedne. day. with rails, rigging, chains, spun. Ac., from wrecked bark Albion Lincoln on Hattha mena/ She bad also on board a steam pump, which It was Impossible for her to put aboard on account of tha heavy swrll the previona two days, and the vesaela have been nnnbie to take out cargo for the same reason. Over 200 hhds molasses damaged by water, have al ready been taken out. Ii the swell has not caused tha veas.l’s bottom to be very badly groundup she will probable be got off after the pump is got to work on The Wreckers received $3,600 for get ting off rr.br Elisa 8 Potter, which was ashorenear.Townsend a Islet, Hew J Rris Cherohee(Br). from Boston fee Liverpool, US. hes been totally wreckednear Fart Medway. Ho (tag tlcolars. ■ Javitar t. 27—E veaiug. Jam. aT,JB6S.
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