X)eratd.
CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, December 25, 1863.
S. M. PETTENGIII.I. &
IVO. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6
LI State St. Boston, are our Agents for the Iltatato
t n those+ cities, and aro nuthortsed to the AdTertise
manta and Subscriptions for us nt our lowest rates.
THE. OF A SLAVE MARKET.—Three
slaves were advertised to be sold in New Or
leans on the 7th ult., but before the time of
auction arrived it was determined that they
should not be sold. The Era intimates-that
the sale was stopped on account of an unfa
vorable state of public opinion on the subject,
native Louisianians even declaring that such
an affair would be a disgrace to the city.
ttS_For many years farm producc has not
commanded as high prices as it floes at the
present time. All hands agree that farmers
are being well paid for their labor, and should
present prices continuo, farming will bo
igooll business. Good hay sold in Philadel
phia last week for $1 35 to $1 37 per hun
dred pounds. Tho price of grain has also
considerably advance!, and corn, wheat, oats
and rye rule at a high figure. Tho high
freight, on grain from the West has a tendency
to keep up the price in this part of the coun
try.
CONDITION or VicKsnt:ao.—The city of
Vicksburg has been greatly improved under
Federal rule. It has been cleaned of its
accumulated garbage and filth ; the barri
cades of earth have been removed front the
streets; numerous stores have recently been
opened, and though little business is yet
transacted, it is hoped the embargo upon
Shade may soon he removed, sud then there
will be great activity. Many churches and
schools are again open, and the, peaceful
pursuit of trade are gradually gaining
ground.
TROL'es.ft: AMONG°T THE BONAPAR
is said that the l)aptism of Prince Napo
leon's son is at this moment a great stumb
ling block to the church. The little prince
was half baptized immediately after his birth;
but it is almost without precedent that the
full ceremony of baptism should he postpon
ed longer than six months. The infant is
now more than a year old, and the reason
given for the extraordinary delay is that
Prince Napoleon will have no other god
father-for hie son -than-the King of Italy,
who is excommunicated. The Pope mak
ing a great point of holding to the excom
munication in this case, no bishop in France
can bo found to fly openly in the face of the
church, and Prince Napoleon, with equal
firmness, declares that unless Victor Em
manuel holds his infant over the font he
shall not be baptized at ail.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOIL OCTOBER.-
The report of the Commissioner of the Ag
ricultural Department, Washington, for Oc
tober, shows the fall crops just sown to Ile
fall average crops, both in amount and ap
pearance. The condition of the fattening
hogs in the Western States in not as favor
able as usual, owing to the pre.talence ofthe
hog cholera. The production of sorghum
has fallen off three and a quarter million
gallons, owing to the early frost. The val
ue of frosted corn for fattening h'gs and
cattle is very small. The amount of old
corn in the country is much reduce! by the
army deniand4or it during the surnmr.r.
Ng, Army contractors predispend to ra
pacity and scoundrelistu, could subserve their
physical comfort and general interests, both
in this world and the noiit, by letting the ex
ample of John K. Stetler, late of their fra
ternity, have a proper influence upon their
conduct. Stetter, in viVatinn of houe4ty and
hls sworn agreement to furnish the army wiih
160,000 pounds of pure Rio. coffee, undertook
to make a fortune at the cost of poi.oning the
soldiers by furnishing an adulterated and vile
compound, which would bear neither the test
of human stomachs, or the severer ordeal of
a chemical analysis. The Government, upon
the discovery of the shameful knavery, caused
Stotler to bo arrested, and his case having
been submitted to the summary arbitrament
of a Court Martial, resulted in the sentence
of the prisoner to five years' imprisonment of
Albany, New York.
A CUTE TRICIC.—A dandy , was recently
walking under the arnedes of the Rue de Ri
ven, in Paris, holding in his hand a gold
beaded cane of splendid workmanship. A
man•eupported by two crutches came up, and
asked for alma iu a pitiful tone. The dandy,
moved to pity, gave the beggar a small silver
coin. At the same moment a person near
him Buddouly exclaimed, "How can you, sir,
allow this rogue to deceive you? Please to
lend me your eons and I will show you that
this rasoul rune better than L can." The
dandy, without reaming,. lout his cane ; the
beggar, the moment he preceieed it in his do
tractor's hand,, threw away his crutches awl
took to his heels, and was followed by the
man with the cane, whilst the spectators and
the dandy particularly, remained in convul
sions of laughter at the sight, and exclaiming,
alternately, "Oh, he will be caught!" " No,
be will not bo caught I" But both the racing
heroes disappeared at the next turning In the
ekreet, and their victim remained waiting for
his splendid cane, which cost five hundred
francs.
THE RinvARDB oF Lvnott.—There never
was such a demand for labor, and labor was
never better paid than i'n this country at the
present time. And the will continue if the
working classes use their opportunity with
moderation and•judgement. If they arcs too
exorbitant in their demands, th-t result will
sooner or • later be a paralysis in many
branches of business. Every mechanic and
laboring man whose services are now bevel
paid than ever before ought to - feel a new
impulse to faithfulness. With some the
higher the pay the more lazy and independ
ent they become, and this is par tieularly the
case among the more ignorant classes.--
But the great bulk of the intelligent work
ing men we believe are ilisposvd not only to
improve their own condition, but to do jus
tide to their employers. While they improve
this millenium of labor they will do what
they can' to prolong it. exiet•res.
Rebel Finances.
Perhaps‘the best evidence that the Rebel
Confederacy has about'numbered its days, is
the Condition of their finances. It is true
that their condition in every respect, indi
cates the hopelessness of their cause. The vast
amount of their territory conquered during
the last year ; the . frequent defeats of their
armies ; the immense losses of men, proper.
ty and munitions of war which they have
sustained; the refusal of Foreign Powers to
recognize or assist them, all give assurance
of their speedy and inevitable overthrow.
However those losses and misfortunes might
in some measure be retrieved, if the condi
tion of their Treasury was such as to enable
the Rebel chiefs t) Meet the enormous ex
penses of their Government in conducting
the war, or to give them credit either at home
or abroad. Such is not the case. Their
finances are in a condition such as would
ruin the most powerful and prosperous na
tions on Earth. This is abundantly shown
by the report of their Finance Minister.
Memminger's Report like Davis' Message
has at least the merit of being a frank doc
ument. He developes the doleful condition
of his coffers, with a sincerity-that seems to
draw its inspiration from despair. His
scheme of relief is practical repudiation.
The "Confederacy" owes a debt of a th-m
-sand millions. Of this sum, on the 7th of
December, $491, 823,530 was in Treasury
Notes, bearing interest, and worth in
coin about seven cents per dollar. Mein
minger proposed to authorize a Confederate
loan in the snug sum of One Thousand Mill
ions of Dollars, ;n 6 per cent 20 year bonds.
Then, to levy a tax of 5 per cent on "all
property and credits - in the Confederacy, to
pay the interest. Then, to compel all per
sons who hull these Treasury Notes, to
fund them in this new stock . by the first of
April next, or to see them repudiated by the
Government, giving, h iwever, those luck less
traitors living west of the Missisit;ppi on ac•
count of the unwarrantable interference of
Gen. Grant. till the let of July to fund
theirs; awl six months from the Ist of April ,
the notes to be declared utterly worthless.—
Those now holding eight per cent. Confed
erate Stocks are to be allowed to take this
new six per cent stock at par, and those now
holding stocks drawing a lesser rate of in
terest, to be "scaled" accordingly In the
mean time, $200,000,000 of new Treasury
notas are to be issued, to "ruin:' the current
business of the Confederacy. In fine, Mem
minger proposes to create a new debt, and
compel the hollers of the oil. one-to merge_
their notes and .bonds in it, on such terms
as he ,prescribes—ono of the .terms being,
that the new Clel,t is to be smaller and draw
a lesser rate of interest than the old—or sub
tuit to repudiation. And he promises to try
and make the new debt better than the old,
by forced levies under the name of taxes.
The condition of the confederate Treas
ury and Mr. Memminger's scheme for earth
ling his Government to raise funds to carry
on. the war, roust necessarily produce dis
credit and dissatisfaciton among the Rebels
sufficient of itself to cause their Government,
in a shoritime, WI to pieces from its own
weight. While this of itself sufficient to
gladden the heart of every loyal man
amongst us, we have still further cause to
congratulate ourselves upon the comp)-to
success °four own financial measures. Nov
er in the history of the World, has any
nonce Minist-r condomea sueli enormous
schemes with the marli4nl success that has
attended the operations of Mr. Chase. To
his sagacity and wonderful tinancial ability
we may attribute one continued prosperity
under diflict:llies which would have destroyed
the existence of any other nation. Whilst
our people may congratulate themselves upon
the success and ability with which every de
partment of our Govern-moat has been ad
ministered, they have special cause for
thankful:les, that our national Treasury has
been committed to the care and manage
ment of Salmon P. Chase.
Whendhe history of these times come to ho
written, on the page recording the sold acts of
this administration, will be seen this picture -a
pyramid of skulls and bones and on its top
dancing in frendish glee, a heartless jester
and a gibbering negro.— volunteer.
This is a specimen of the ravings of 07. po
litical hack whop° mind has been crazed by
the overthrow of the party for which he has
labored and to which he looks for support and
political advancement. We have no objection
to these harmless ebullitions of anger and dis
appointment. If they afford their author any
relief we hope ho will favor us with them ad
infinitunt. When however, ho next employe
his graceful pen in sketching illustrations for
the page of history we hope he will give us
some suggestions which will enable the his
torian fitly to embellish the record of the acts
and deeds of the Democratic party and Its
leaders. If a ..hearties , jester" is the ap
propriate representation of our noble Presi
dent, whose pure patriotism, unquestioaed
honesty and ahi'ity havo given strength to our
Government an I wilds I it safely throe rh the
dangers to which D•macratio iiiihenVity and
treason bad exposed it wh it would our hang
inative ooitemporary suggest, as a fittingil
lustration of the fiendishness of Democratic
loaders, who having enjoyed the off ces and
benefits of our Government during their en
tire lives, have brought ruin and desolation
on one half of our fair land, in their insane
efforts to destroy it. If a gibbening negro is
the simile for universal freedom and justice,
what would be an 'appropriate personification
of that system of cruelty and oppression,
American Slavery —the fruitful source of all
our woos, and the favorite theme pr the ad
miration and eulogy of Democratic syco
phants and apologists for treason. Benedict
Arnold eulocizing loyalty, bides Iscariot de
scanting on the beauties of friendship and-re
ligion. or Satan denouncing hypocrisy and de
colt from the sacred. de, k, would-present
spectacle touch less ridiculous and contempt
ibte than the whining of Demooratiopolitio ins
over the misery mind suffering which the-trea.
son of their party, and that alone. h;ts.catieed
Cut off-by their interests from association and
intercourse with the traitors who were once
their 'eaders, they have let no oportitnity of
assisting them indirectly, pass by unimproved.
Every speeoll uttered, and every article writ
ten by theut, giVes evidence that their eympa
thies wherever else they may be. are not with
theGovernment . dit its efforts to crush treason.
They are oonetentli rnehing their brains to
find new and attractive expressions of con
tempt for and ingratitude towards an Admin
istration that has been the moans of saving
them from the treason of their friends, and
which has given them a freedom and latitude
of action and expression, almost equal to the
extent of their desire to slander and ridicule
' it.. We hope this indulgence on the part of
our Government may oo•ttinuo, and also that
their abuse and villification may if possible
be redoubled. For two years the Adminis •
tration has borne their calumnies and abuse,
while affording them protection and prosperi
ty. They have exerted themselves unceas
ingly to bring the Administration into disre
pute, and to withdraw from it the support and
confidence of the people, and with what re
sult ? The people, hpeakiug through the
ballot box have indignantly rebuked these
slanderers, have given the lie to their repeated
calumnies of there rulers; have laughed at
their silly attempts at ridicule and sarcasm,
and have overwhelmed the party, for whose
interests they have sold their souls, in au er•
retrievable defeat. We have no wish for the
political regenet ation of a single leader of the
present Copperhead organization. The Ad
ministration needs not their support and can
better endure their abuse and opposition than
it could their friendship. In spite of their
slanders and ridicule Abraham Lincoln has
received a vindication and support at the
hands of the people such as was never given
to any of his predecessors ; and the "heartless
jester" fills a place in the affections of loyal
men such as no one since Washington has
ever 'filled. The people aro disregarding
their jeers and taunts , about "woolyheads"
and "gibbering negroes" and are every where
realizing the fact that the only salvation for
our country, consists in wiping the institution
of Slavery from its last hold on civilization
and consigning all its defenders and apolo
gists to merited political obscurity.
Arm,s Issued to the Army
The report of the Secretary of War shows
that during the past yeur the army has been
supplied with 1,577 field, siege and sea-coast
cannon ; 1,082,841 muskets and rifles for
foot soldiers ; 282,389 carbines and pistols
- for - In minted troops ; 1,295,600 cannon- halls
and shells ; 48,719,862 pounds of lead and
lead bullets; 1,435,046 cartridges for artil
lery ; 259.022,216 cartridges for small arms;
-347,2-76,470 percussion caps ; 3,929,369 fric
tion primers ; 5,761,768 pounds gunpowder;
919,676 sets of accoutrements for men ; 91,-
679 sets of accoutrements for cavalry horses;
and 3,281 sets of artillery harness, each set
for two horses. These articles cost tibe na
tion $42,313,630,2 Elle Secretary remarks
that our manufacturers excel ttaose of Europe
so much in arms anti ammtinition, that our
soldiers "are no longer willing to use those
which have been imported." "Also," he adds.
"the efforts made during the war to extend
and improve the manufacture of arms and
munitions have resulted in discoveries of
great importance to the country, in peace as
well as war. Among the arts thus impro•-
ed is the manufacture of wrought iron. now
rivaling the qualities of the iron of Sweden,
Norway and England. This country, until
the pesett year, has depended upon those
countries for material to make gun-barrels,
b.trrel hits, car-wheel tric , , and other articles
requiring iron of fine quality. Tron of our
own production is now superior to that ob
tained abroad."
Internal Revenue
The report of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue is a document of considerable length.
It intimates at the outset that the tac, - • law
will require importa . nt modifications to adapt
it to the needs of the Government, as they
are ascertained, and to the settled condition
of public and social affairs, when that con.
dition shall be restored. But it is deemed.vu
wise to recommend radical changes at present,
but he suggests certain alteratkris with a
view to the increase of the revenue, some of
which are as follows ;
The imposition of a tax upon malt, or a ju
dicious enlargement- of the tax upon malt
liquors to $1,50 per barrel. A tax of two
cents on artificial mineral waters, soda wa•
tern, sarsaparilia waters, and other beverages
of Itke kiud usually sold in bottles; of two
cents per dozen if of half a pint or less ; of
tour cents kir those of a pint; a cent per bot
tle ot larger capacity; sold in any other way,
five per cent. ad valorem ; increase of tax on
auction sales to one-fourth of one per cent :
tax on slaughtered animals of 81) cents a
head on horned cattle more than eight weeks
old ; of live cents on calves of eight weeks
old and less, and of ten cents on swine ex
ceeding GO pounds in weight.. The taxation
of productions of manufactures used or con•
sunned by the producers or manufacturers, be
ing articles ot commercial .value, and which
would be taxable if Surd. !rile reduction ot
the tax on the sale of lottery tickets. A tax
on the tannage ruceipta and the dividends of
steamboat, ferryboat, bridge, express and gas
companies. A lax of a twentieth of one per
cent. on sales at Broker's Boards.
Reuel, CONUREB.9.—The Rebel Congress
commenced its session—we hope t' e last—in
Richmond on Monday the l4th. Ten "Sena
tors" and filly five "Representatives"—over
one fourth of whom were "Representatives"
of Virginia were present Jeff Davis to his
Message, had but little to comiiihniciatecalcu•
listed to cheer his deluded followers. Ile ad
wits thill England and France have give❑ the
Bastard Republic the cold shoulder-and he
represents the currency 01 the -nation" to Le
in a lamentable oonditiim. The report at the
Treasury, also admits the hopeless condition
of the Rebel burrelicy. In his report the
Secretary, Mr. Memininger, of South Caro
lina, SUMS up the nnitneial situation of the
Confederacy in the following terms, which are
humiliating enough:
"The,continuance of. the notes as a circu
lating medium to their present extent involves
the ,ruin of public and,private credit, and will
deprive the government of the means of do
fending the lives and property of its citizens.
,1 the a 'Tetley remains in its present %span
dod state, up measure of relief can Ito made
effectual. ,Prices .must advance, and the
moans of government to .pay 'these
,prices
must daily lose efficiency. Taxes 'become
fruitless, by reason of the depreciation of the
Money. The army can neither be „paid,
clothed nor fell, arms and munitions of war
can no longer be supplied ; the officers of the
government cannot , be supported and the
country must succumb "
As "money is power," especially in war, we
must consider . th kt in the absence of the
.•needful,^ltbo prospect of the confederacy is
gloomy enough. It must be preimmed that
the Rebel functionaries have put the hest facie
on, the case would admit of.
TEXAS.
The news received from time to time about
Texas, says the Philadelphia Press, keeps
speculation awake. Although not quite as
unexplored as Ethiopia or Tartary, Texas
still appears to those who live in the North
as a very far-off and uncivilized country, to
which an emigration would be viewed with
the same feeling of risk with which men seek
their fortunes is foreign lands. Her mil
lions of acres are pa'ched and sprinkled with
a population gathered in from all quarters of
the world. Six times the size of Pennsylva
nia, the wields to geographical influence which
it is time should be equalled or eclipsed by a
predominance in moral and intellectual re•
spects. The force of charaot or which resides
In tier matted anti variously gifted population,
distracted as it is at present by the tumults of
rebellion, will ore long assort itself. Girt
and intersecte I with noble rivers• which are
kept busy with the conveyance of etorago and
produce to and from the large towns which
string their borders, Texas presents abundant
opportunity for a glorious campaign to those
who know how to seize those alvantages and
use them aright. The absence of the false re•
finement of our Northern civilization m ate•
rially aide in developing the martial resour
ces of her people. The large numbers who
devote themselves solely to agricultural par.
suite are thus naturally fitted for the soldier's
hardships; and the military preponderance
thus engendered will become almost universal,
affecting, as it does, not only those engaged
in commerce, trade, manufactures, and the
mechanic arts, b•lt also the comparatively
small proportion devoted to professional par•
suits. However opposed may be the respect
ire countries whence much ot• the Toren pop
ulat ion originally cams, nationalities have be
come in a sense amalg - amated ; Irish,
German, French, Itus.sian, and Swiss have be
come Texan, and jog along together, not un
comfortably, on the whole. The question of
the Union, of course, divides the people into
two diametrically oppose! classes, of which
the loyal is rapidly increasing. The posers
sion of Matagorda Bay will be found to be or
incalculable advantage, and the co-operation
of native regiments must bee.) ne n valuable
auxiliary to the Ft. , leral cause. In spite oC
the order of General NI AGIRIDER, circulating .
throughout the State and his pled .;e. devoting
the liberty, and property of the - citizens to
support the ConfeJeracy, and not withstan - 1 - -.
bug slashing business that QUANTRELL 11U
been doing in the way of spying, arresting,
hacking, and hewing m en suspected of the
crime of Unionism, wo have reason to believe
that the voice of Tex Li is fir the Unio•r, and
that the time is tip;irafiiiiiii•if, %viten that vase•
will Speak bolly tip in her sill With tat ran
ger of being drowns I in the exultant 11110‘11
of rebellion.
With the Union army in pass e - ion of the
entire Texan coast, includtng Brownsville,
Galveston, and Sahitie Gulf, high expectatitins
are expitel with respect to future 1111vements
The intelligence that the Federal forces had
ascended the Reel river, an I were marching
on Alexandria, there to attack the rebels tin
der General TAVI.on., loekc I tip9 l- 1
with sanguine eyes, an I excite I bveettlation.
The fact that despatches from 'fax , /s, at once
reliable and important, are few an.l far be
tween, on . y . ‘seems to keep inquiry and inter.
est alive. The state of things th 're presents
us with view , of sweeping conscriptive
measures, sea, - et org inizat ions, thug dke
spies, military il,tspotistas, all centralized, and
working together for evil. Cruelty, oppress
ion, outrage, perfidy, tliStriliq, and want, are
blent in a focus of terrorism. bit this can
not last, for amid all this corruption ion
ism has given its complexion to men in the
army as well as out of it. The ranks, instead
of being overawed by their treacherous chief
tains, will overawe them. General Nlnunts
DER should fear the future lie bhoul I re
putt his fortunes with anxious eyes MA
GRUDER has strung up so many men that no
one will be surprised when M kDRUDER is
strung up. Ills murderous policy recoils up
on itself, and whilst he is thus up to his an
kles in blood, the momentous movement of
Gen. BANKS in the Rio Grand region has
struck a hard-fisted blow iri tile very face of
rebellion. and further despatches will attest
the complete triumph of the Federal arms.
Immigration
The war haS . - withdrawn laborers from
every department of industry, and has ma
terially modified the business pursuits of
many who remain at home. In agriculture
and in 4eining, more especially, there is
comparatively a deficiency of labor, although
there is still enough in these, as in other
branches, to render us self reliant. Immi
gration fills, up in a measure the places of
those who have left their firesides in the ser
vice of the country, so that almost as fast as
suprly is drawn from one quarter it is fur
nished from another. The health and wealth
of the nation are recruited from foreign
shores, and if to distant lands the means of
emigration were at hand there would not be
the slightest deficiency here in a solitary de
partment. Fru'in all parts of the world eyes
are cast upon these United States as fur
nishing the most cheap aced comfortable and
independent home tier the poor man. When
the mineral resources of the country shall
have b.•coate better Understood , more par
ticularly in those slightly-appreciated Ter
ritories of the West--Idaho, Arizona, a n d
Nevada—:enterprise will direct industry in
that direction, and a two-fold reason will
exist for the augmentation of the national
worth. Our internal resources are nvi
denc•'d not only in the prodigious variety in
which they force themselves upon as, but in
the invitations they extend to emigrants
from all quarters of the world. It is enough
to render any country. =ore than self-reliant
to view within her own bosom more resour
ces than she can at present make use of
with her unassisted hands, and which count
less individuals of other nations are anx
ious and envious to handle.
The Irish exodus seems to have been
.providential in the building up of America,
and especially in the development of the
West. Jr, never ceases though it is some
times lessened Every week brings a ship-
load of strong arms and brave hearts to our
shores. The .London Times, alluding to
this conetat immigration, uses the following
admirable illustration :
" Some. years ago a, West Indianmn had
discharged its cargo in one of .our 'docks at
home. The-ship was plagued by rata as
never ship had been 'plagued. Their devas
tations, their noise, their odor, their tlestrue
tions had been beyond mortal endurance,
but there was no remedy . . The captain, who
was still on board, was waked at midnight
by his mate, and asked to step on deck. as
quietly as he could. A fruit ship had 'ar
rived in the course of the day from the Med
iterranean, and, on corning alongside had
passed a hawser to the West ludiaman.—
Look there!' whispered the mate, pointing
to the rope, which in the darkness seemed
to be moving slowly towards the fruit ship,
It was alive with rats, which in a continu
one stream were migrating from the empty
ship to the stranger, whose fragrance told
the tale,of its delicious freight. Before sun
rise there was not a rat left on hoard the
West Indianian. How it fared with the
stranger it is needless to say. That is the
very spectacle we are now witnessing on a
world-wide scale. The hawser is across the
Atlactie, arid in one incessant, endless train,
hundreds of thousands of our fellow-citizens
are passing to a richer continent. Its fra
grance comes in letters full of good tidings,
and containing often the substantial earnest
of golden promises in the shape of notes or
orders for pleasant round suing. Could we
take the same view of human affairs that the
skipper and his mate did of their little world,
we should tread softly, and think the less
said the better. But we cannot quite do
that. It is part of our crew that is leaving
us in this strange multitudinous , ftshi
They are passing generally to another al
legianc, to ether laws, to other institutions,
to rival interests, to a jealous policy, and,
as they think, to assist in feuiclieg, au eon
pire far above even over our heads. But,
as they are eon:suiting, their own material
interests, and certainly sparing us some
trouble, they are welcome to go where they
please, and to marry a better soil than that
from‘which they have been divorced. We
are dispose.) to take a philosophical view of
the movement, and are glad to find that for
once we may be both scientific and kind.—
The nine who sedden r reappear; in an Irish
cabin with his pocket tell of notes tied gold,
distributine hands.one presents, sleek, cane--
Iv. and well dresithl, asking the girl of his
early chin it to share , his new home, is a
vision that ctempnirs all our sentimental
scruples, :19 it appears be has done the re
maining, patriot 11:n of Ireland,. Every such
man is a C.tleinleis in Cennaught. There
is no resistinz
DIPHTHERIA
The following article upon the nature and
treatment of this peen] kr and nic)st danger
ous appeared in n late number of the
Philadelphia Ledrps. As it was evidently
written by an experienced physician, and as
ii throws new light upon the treatment of a
disease which, exce;d in its fatal results, is
but little, under,tool it is worthy of groom!
pero , al at this particular tune
We notice the recurrence of numerous e 11 . 1 111 ,1
of lirtherl3 in noddy parts ui ILie State, and
indoe I thromzliout the United States. M toy ,
moods oeelLl le I'llllllllo 11114, $lO , l in ca ,, es of
croup 1111 1 re:11 1 e Such singular complications,
that itThs difficult, nod often iinp , ,ssilkie, to
tell one from the other. The woo I 1111,11101 1 13
meanslit l , rllly "I ,, c s ee - y, " from the charac
ter of the membrane which forms often in
,i.to the throat, in this 111 , ,,,,e, aril which
looks very much like teat!) Irativr. It used
almost always to appear at first in white spots
or WOlllll l- 1 011 the I,tek Of the 1111'0 it, or on
the ton , ils. This wool I otteti ~ .pread rapidly,
2111'1 cult r pen , loco I , lli ,earion or till inn
whole system With the 11 . 1 , 11 , 1 4 . , , C ll pettially the
1011 g ,, ,, WOlllllOll an bowels Tnere is now,
however, 11 in irked tlilTererxe iu the type and
order of many of the symptoms. Tnere are
numerous osies of lliphtboretic sole thiont
that novor go tiny tart' er, and are easily
reaTilgeal ; 1111 , 1, en 1110 other hand, tII re
are many ca-ei of.+lie most real and terrible
liplitheria., whore the while spots never ap
pear in the threat. Sometimes the throat
will ho sore and 07011 0f a purple hue. Wilit
1 - 10 t 1111 , 11111;1e Of the eli , r.icteriqtto dtplith , ,ret.
lc whitene , s, NV/111P It it may nt the very
Hartle 111110 1111 lie 111'011011i/11 Illbe9 below, 81111
even the stomach and intestines, so that a
patient has I , oen suffocated by a piece of (he
,!ethohel mellow:1.o° feriele , a valve le the
throat, nhile tiro threat itself Was only par
pie. Pr,batly at or the first attack ins
been iu tho the , at, a socowl will lie more apt
to lilllllkeit 11, 1 1,1,11 it SOlllO 01 the tuber lower
down.
Toe Ijsen.e heclf apparently, is in the
blood, into which the ptti-un is most likely in
haled trough the atmosphere, and considera•
ble stren4th of constitution seems necessary
to throw 0:1 its attacks, for, like till this cla-s
of poisons, the tendency to is produce prostra•
tion, and then the whole system is an easy
prey to it ; on Olio a sure in any part of the
body will exhibit this eatno diphthuretio or
leathery tendency.
The great principle of treatment is and nat
urally must be, as in typhoid and scarlet fever,
to keep up the strength rf the patient by the
:most stimulating; foind The strongest beef
tea, yolk of eggs, tender beef steak tied mut
ton chops under dune, where these butt can
be swallowed, are tire valuable than almost
any other medicine, tio that as these arc giv
en the fever of tho patient abates instead of
rising, as most would expect.
But the most important matter to be borne
in mtnil is the value of tune to the treatment
of the di•earo. Nut nu hour is to he lost of
ter the character of the attack is ascertained
or e•en suspected The bilst medical skill
should lie sought without the loss of an un .
necessary live minutes. ::•;othing that can
impair the vital energy in the luat;t degree
should he in the meantime allowed the pa
tient. A dose ut opening medicine, physical
exertion or a bundled other .things which
at a different time would Ifi quite natural,
may here prove a fatal ti istako The fever,
headache, sick! ess at the Flormich, which are
characteristic of the attacks or this dis e ase in
ids worst forms, are to tie chiefly combatted by
the stimuli that overcome the tli•ease,
al
theogh pounded ice or small lumps of it of
ten [rest allay the sickness and enable other
medicines and tel to remain on the stomach.
Ice cream of the best quality is in fact often
here as elsewhere the best of lIIPOieIIII,3 Oil
the other lard, a steam bath. easily made by
covering the patient„ head and all, with a
blanket, and letiing the steatn of hot witty
rise into this and be freely breathed, by pro
&icing a profuse perspiration. seems of great
L i nt the whele of these remedies
Ishould be guided by the most intelligent care
and skill, and form the earliest possible too
went.
WAR NEWS.
The Battle mitt!. Longstrect
Iteporteti Death of tho Rebel Conk-
in ander
HIS FORCES RETURNED TO HULL OAP
Communication botween Knoxville and
Chattanooga.
Ct'CINNATI, Dec. 21.---Gen Grant ar
rived at Nashville On Saturday. •
A special despatch to the Comnicrcial,
dated Cumberland Gap,,,,the 18th i nst . says
" General Longsireet divided army_on
Monday. one part making
,an attack on
Bean's Station, and the o. her at Kelly's
Ford, the design being to cut off the forces
of Generals Stiackleford and Foster, but the
movement nt General rrier frustrated the
plan oldie enemy.
Heavy firing was heard yesterday between
Tazewell and Clinch river.
. Long street is reported to have. been .k lied
and his threes surrounded.'!
CINCINNATI, IJec, 21.—A special despatch
to the Commei•aal,'dated Loudon, 4y., Dec.
20th, says that t General Shaekletord and
staff arrived there on the Isay.hotne. They
left Blain's Cross-Roads on the I,6th. The
Battle at Bean'a Station on the 14th com
menced at too o'clock and lasted till datk,
General Shackleford bolding his ground till
that time, when he withdrew. Our loss was
frOna 150 to 200 killed and wounded- Our
forces were concentrating at Blain's Cross-
Roads when General Shackleford left.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 21.—The Commercial's
despatch, dated Konxville, Dee. 19, repre
sents everything as quiet in that direction.
Longstreet has returned to Bull Gap, for
the proposed purpose of wintering tc the
Watauga valley, or with the view of moving
into North Carolina.
The railroad is in operation south of
linoxville, to Loudon, and the river is open
to navigation from London to Ghattanooga.
Gen. Foster has established his headquar
ters at kw xville,
The grounds for the U. S. Cemetery at
Chattanooga have been selecteirtnd the po
sition chosen for a national monument. The
killed, and those dying in the hospitals, and
buriedTu the town nre being disinterred'
and placed in the cemetery.
RECORD OF THE WEEK
The denunciation of Jeff. Davis by Mr.
Foote, of Tennessee, in the rebel Congress,
appears to have been much more bitter than
was at first reported. lie reviled Davis for
making a companion of Pemberton after
that general had, surrendered Vicksburg ; he
was alleged to be the cause of the Gettys
burg and Murfreesboro disasters, and the
cause of the opening of Georgia to 100,000
Federal troops, besides laying South Caro
lina liable to destruction. The probabili
ties are that Foote will be denounced as an
abolitionist in disgui , e and securely locked
up in some jail,
The Navy Department, has been informed
of the capture of several blockade rumors,
as follows :-011 the 27th of November, the
United States schooner Two Sisters took the
I;:nglish schooner Maria Alberta, while en
deavoring to run into Bayport, Florida.—
On the 9th inst., the steamer Minna, while
running for Charleston or Wilmington.—
On the 29th ult., the U. S. gunboat Kau
nwha tusk the sLhooner Al .ita, while corn-
Mg oat of Mobile bay ; her cargo consists of
cotton and turpentine,
Decently James :ii;iienee, of Liverpool, the
notorious secession cotton bridier, undertnitk
to tlehyer a pro•slay,diy address in the City
flail, in Glasgow. According to a report in
the Low - lotl Tim o, he was constantly inter
rupted. by hisses and groans, :old charges
that he was a paid went of the confederacy.
After the address a Mr. Mae Adam propo-ed
a resolution urging the British government
to enter into C(111),111111 . 11 . 36 , ) , 1 WWI the Euro
pean Powers to en teem with them as to the
hest means of bringing aideit peace lcltween
oho north and the south. Redore this rest)
lotion moil Ite ptit to a yule, a Mr. Council
lor Moir offered an amendment, condemning
Mr. Spence for defeliddig the tineutistitu.
tional utiocedure of the southern confeder
acy, and lior trying to disguise the execra
ble and abhorrent character of slavery.—
Both resolutions were received with vocifer
ouS cheers, and filially the, pro-slavery reso
-lation was carried by a small Majority.
On the. , ,10th inst., Mr. Foote, of Ten
nessee, intrcidueed fl resolution into the rebel
Umi , ress instrueting the Judiciary Cotntnit
iye to miliire into the ext) , ..l.eney of the
g.verri•neet disliwznishing between its pris
,:uers of African descent and thmle enlisted
in the north as freemen. Ile said that Mr.
Ould, the Commissioner of exehanges, a iii
in favor of the law being - amended. Mr.
Foote believed that they were bound to ree
znis.. the ne 'Toes tal:en as prisoners of war
The resolution we:, referred as he clesired.—
Mr. Wigiall offertt,l a resolution that the
l2tentnittei AffAirs be ihstruoted
to inquire into the subject of the treatment
and stab-tistonee of prisoners of SY•Ir in the
hand , ' or the military authorities, at rI re
port the result of their il;yestigationg lo the
1111:,•.
General Poster has arrived at, Knoxville,
and has assumed command of the army late
ly under 11•Iniside—the lattr having de•
parted for Oneinnati. There are rumors,
not confirmed, that most of hongstreet's ar
tillery has fallen into our hands.
A most brilliant affair has occurred on the
Peninsula. General Butler telegraphs that
General Wistar sent an expedition to Charles
City ( onrt house awl captured the rebel
camp at that [dace, with eight officers, eigh
ty two enlisted men, and a large quantity of
camp equipage and stores. Our loss was
four and as many wounded. The
139th New York infantry marched GI miles
in 51 hours, and the Note York Mounted
9t; miles in 4,1 hours. The whole ex
pedition was carried out during a severe
The Ist Maryland Cavalry Regiment have
subscribed $ ;00 fur the relief of the Union
prisoners at Richmond.
The Maiden lfaoik of Massachusetts was
entered at mull on last Monday, and the
8 ut of the President, being alone there, was
murdered, and the bank robbed of all its
contents. The murdered boy was the son
of F. C. Converse, and was only seventeen
ears of age.
Facts hive COMO to light which show that
the Superintendent of the Boston House :if
Reformation has been guilty of great cruel
ty to the inmates, heating .the boys with a
horsewhip, and abusing a young girl.
The Richmond papers report that Fort
Sumter has been set on Ore, and the wood
work Mostly destroyed. Several fires have
also taken place in the city, which may have
been caused by Gilmore's Creek fire, though
the Charleston journals deny this.
Longstreet's rear guard has turned on our
cavalry, Nyho were pursuing them Shackle
ford, on the liolsten river, and at last ac•
counts raid driven the Union cavalry back
some Instance. The reb: 14 attempt-0 to
cut oil' and capture our whole lorce, but
failed in this. Another light was expected
to take place on Wednesday.
A late number of the. Atlanta Confedera
cy says ilia' the rebel cavalry had visited
Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge and
found there only the debris of Federal camps.
The position appeared to have been desert
ed six days belore. I I r
Jon i e rip also
states that there is !IQ doubt of the:oh:tint of
Averill's cavalry into southwest Virginia, in
the direction of the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia railroad.
The f2;lnboat, Aries captured the blockade
runner Ceres on the 4th iust., oar IVilming•
ton, N. C. The rebels ran the Cures aground
and set her on fire, but the !Limes were ex
tinguished, and the engines anti a part of
her cargo were caved.
Captain LT. T, Anderson, of the .51st In
diana, and Lieut,Skoltona, of the 17th lowa,
escaped from Libby prison a week ago, and
have arrived in Baltimore.
The recent heavy rains have swept away
nearly all the obstructions placed in the
channel of:Charleston harbor by the rebels
and believing the road to be clear, Admiral
Dahlgren will soon attempt the passage of
the forte.
`lt is reported that Gen. Rosecrans will
succeed Gen. Schofield in Missouri:
On Monday week a portio of Longstreet's
army came down from Rogersville and en
gaged the advance of 'he union army near
Bean's Station, on the East Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad. General Wilcox has fel
ten back to Tazewell and has fortified him
self there. At laat . acenunts a fight was in
progress at Blair's cross roads. During, the
advance against Lotigetre• t near Knoxville,
he was compelled to run forty car loads of
ammunition nn - dtwo locomotives into the
Tennessee to prevent them from falling into
Sherman's han&. •
A Midnight Chant fdi; the
Year
"Then, too, the Old YeAr dleth . ,
And the forests utter a moati,
Like the vole@ of one who crleth
In the I,'lldernena alone,
'Vex not his ghost !' "
the death howl of tho aged year I—throuh pine
woods wild and vast,
It rldathon the pinion of the sounding mountain bleat
From valley and cold forest, and from icy ocean•shore.
1 hear Its mournful wailing, bleat with the billows
roar
And far upon the summit of thestorm-scarred promos
tov,
I ace gTtn %Vinton's legions bantling through the es
darn hoary
They come with dismal chanting, and hollow-Bounding.
dirges,
They pass unto the music of the sea's orchestral surges;
I see the gloomy warriors their snowy chargers mount
ing,
1 hero tho gibbering Storm-fiend him cold battalll ons
counting.
—they aro forming on the
Now creeke ye icy foreets
They aro mounting on the mountan, and the surely
sounding sea I
WEI
—hear ye net that distant roam-11r Winter'.
ghostly cry,
O'er the gray haired Year that wrestloth with his dying
CMS
nu is pashlng to his slumber! Inst the winds around
him etowd,
And tho en„ In shrieks his donth-song in the snowy
inotininin cloud
Ile is passing to his sepulchre, unborne upon that• rm
fiercuipsplianing whirlwind, and tho gloomy
M!111111
They I,nar him to etornity, with Nv II d and solemn
wian
!
And as they pass, the rocking woods make melancholy
ISM
They arl , creaking on the mountnin, and on the lonely
shore,
To wild and angry concert with old Ocean's mighty
roar ;
Dark NV Inter o'er the year howls out hisruldnight
And ever us tin v rattle their hare bones in the gale,
Tht, minc.th f.“):11 tho x Ildernf's,,nntl fro tho stormy
The role. of him who fightoth with his dying agony,
d,r , :—wou Night how shudders through all her
1=1M!
And lo.rgsrd Til'ou upon t.b blast unfulds his awful
piu Lin;
And, legion after n, the winds, with mighty roar,
howling' through the pine woods, and pass from hill
MEE
'Fite p,r is ill Lis sepuWiro
Thou o ill not deem It idleneqa to t.t.ed a parting tear ;.
For 10w: here sleep tho beautilul, they who, In We's
Fe ret spring,
Were lovny as the painted birds that mount on joy
=ME
Ncw they aro gnne s,rever!
Th4•c of th,= puro and grntle heart, the bright awl sunny
They are gone: the bored. and beautiful—ah t coma
tia.:v bark net more?
—sweet friends, with ye I smiled, and+
Speak, frit.nd,!
sant!, in days Ipt y"re;
And will ye nut return again ?Hark I bark!—'tone but
the sigh
Of rowlod Winter sweeping through the cold and sol—
MEM
They rome . a.tt.'
in the tomb.
—nny, thry come not!—the loved pro-
And 1 sm here, a mourner, over youth and beauty's
bloom.
I stand in the rim wilderness, and while ills tempest's
wml
Doth shake the leafless forest, and die along the veil,
T think many a sy Iph.like form, and many a fair young'
hr
All eloquent with . heauty ouc•e. but cold end lifeless.
I think of theta while on the hill■ the mournful
whirl winde roar,
Hui the Leautiltd have vanished, and will return no.
Letter from Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C. Deo. 1863
Mr. F.DITOR—With your permission, I
should like occasionally, to fill a small space
in your valuable paper, with " jottings" in,
an I about Washington. Not having the
moultiol propensities of professional report
ers. I shall be unable to entertain your read
mit with descriptions of the eeoret springs
which govern, or are governed by, the politi
cians ; the under currents which undulate
the social circles of the Capital; but must
content myself in noting the lighter ripples
on the surface, with the hope that they may
not prove entirely uninteresting. .
The outside work of the Capital extension
is p ogressing slowly, but the large area now
covered by the wings, compared with the in
creased height and sige of the dome, destroy 4
the tinily id design so oonspicuous in the
original budding, nod gives to the entire
structure, a ruttier Pout 4 ,r pearacioe. On
the second of t inentd, the "z.atue of Free
dom," t h e crowning glory of the dome, was
elevated to its position amid the thunders of
artillery, and toe acclamations of thousands
who had assembled to witness It. This statue
s modelled in plaster by the late eminent
sculptor, Crawford, and cast at the Foundry
of C ark Mills, near Bladensburg. It is made
of bronze, is nearly twenty feet high, anti
weighs fifteen thousand pounds its cost to
the Government was about thirty thousand
dollars. Though colossal LI its proportions,
its elevation to it height of nearly three hun
e I feet fro r tin the ground at the east front
of the Capital, reduces it to about life size.—
The dome itself is doul le, and between the
interior and ex ten Mr shells, a winding stair,
case leads to the very summit.
Within a bier days, the two doors intendett
for the hall of the lIOUSS of .the Representa
tives have been placed in position. They are
of massive bronze, elaborately ornamented
with figures and heraldic emblems in high re
lief, and cost thirty five thousand dollars.—
An inscription on the easing informs us that
they were modelled at Rome, by Randolph
Rodgers. in 1856, and east at Munich, Bava
ria. by Ev. Dl tiler, in 1860. On the frame
are four figures representing Europe, Asia,
Africa and America; the arch above the doors
containing iv spirited representati . on of the
lauding ckf,Colueobus In bash door there are
four sookeu panel's each containing an impor
tant hceno in the life of the great Navigator ;
while the spaces between are filled with stat
utes of Ferdinand, Isabella, Cortez, Ponce de
Leon, and others so intimately connected with
the discovery and settlement of the country.
This great work of art is really a study; the
details being worked out with a completeness
in design and finish which challenges the ad
miration of every one.
Congress, has, as yet, done but little more
than organize, by the election of officers, and
the appointment of the standing committees . :
The election of the Hon. E. McPherson, an
clerk of the House, is, no doubt, isratgikta,
the people of Pennsylvania, w. ba* , l sool i
twice thus honored, within a few
Mr. NloPherso is talents acid legislative ex
perience eminently onalify him for the posi
tion. and his is a gratifying mark of confi
dence to one, who hum youth to manhood has
been the architect . of his own fortune. Your
member, Mr Baily, is at his post, and, I feel
ssured, will be found in this Congress, as in
the ism, shoulder to shoulder with those who
sustain the Government in putting down the
rebellion, until treason and traitors shall go
down into' that sea of oblivion, which promis
es so speedily to engulf them forever.
The great influx of strangers here, eerie,-
(pent in he opening of Congress, has filled
the hotels to repletion, and , those oitunertted
with them are kept busy catering for their
numerous guests. Among the first class ho,
tele ; ;none is more justly popular than-the
Kirkwood ilAse, to which large additions
have been recently made for the fiCoommoda-
Hon of their increasing, trade: no of the
proprietors is Mr: John Illaintosh, so . longs
n 7 .7,
—approach aul view hie
—behold then) where they
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