Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1863, Page 1

] “THE EVEN ING STAR UBLISHED EVERY AFTERNUON, (SUNDAY EXCEPTED,) - AT THE STAR BUILDINGS QonvER PENN’A AVENTB AND iiTs STREET, B Is P ¥ w. D. WALLACH. ———— ont wrappers by carriers rs served Wi th. In = sy OS cents per month, poent Per carriers ¢ s¢a year, or 37 cents nscribers the price te pse 1 sn re, fe arating 2.50 for six months, : onths; aud for less than three 91 for Mine rate of 12 cents a week. Single ier, with oF Without wrappers, TWO CERTS. ‘57 ADVERTISEMENTS should be sent to the office before 11 o'clock M.; otherwise they may not appear until the next day. s.-Tr.-1860.-=. From the army hospital—the bloody battie~ fSieid—the mansion of the rich and humbleabode of the poor—from the office and the sacred desk —from the mountain tép, distant valleys and far-off isiands of the oceau—from every nook and coruer of the civilized world—is pourmg im the evidence of the astonishing elfects of DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS. Thov- sends upon thousands of letters like the fol- our office: jowirg may he seen seals for rior jy desc. At Alicn, gave me a botlie of Plantation Bitters. * Three botiles mesored my #peechandcuredme. * * * * OC. H. FLauts.” reer © and near- * Sovurk Warsaw, O., July 28, 1563. a * One young man, who had been | wc and vot cut ot the house for two years with Scrofulaand Erysipelas, atter paying the doetore over $150 without benefit, has been eared by ten bottles of your Bitters, * * * Epwak> WeUNALL.” | The following is from the Matron of the | Union Home School for the Ohildren of Volua- ON, 57TR STREET, teers BAVEMEY?R BEAN | New Yorks, Aug 2, 1863. «Im. Drasxe: Your wonderfnl Plantation Bitters have been given tosome of our little ppy effect. in the head, ic: nd daily wasting consumption. I medical skill had been ex’ Ove Little girl, of | Bas been entirely restored. We commenced | with but s tea. fulof Bittersa day. Her appet ed: sGength and Health foliow- as e % * Respectful x8. O. M. Devon.” «@ * ¥ T owe much to you, for I verily Belleve ation Bitters have saved my life Ruy. W. H. Waceongr, Madrid, N.Y." i ees : ar dozen more | ofycour Pian e populsrity of | which are daily increasing with the guests of » our house. ¥EES CHADWICK & Co. Proprietors Wilard’s Hotel Was ton, D.C.” | “® * * Lbave given the Plantation Bit- | ters ‘ohn ot dissbled coldiers with the most astonishing effect G.W.D. AnpErwa. “e * #* The Piuniation Bitters havecnred | Me ct liv meplaint hich I was laid up t dto a don my business B. Erne x, Cleveland, 0.” + he Pisutation Bitiers buve cnred Me of # ve ementofihe kaduey and urina- Fy organs ib ts distressed me for years. It Gets Like 2 cherin. CG. c.™ Ke, Ages. for Colzate & Co., 2a1 Broadway.’ to, Dn &e., &c., The Piautation Bitters make the weak strong the languid brilliant, and are exhausted na ‘are’s great restorer. They are composed of inches Be | About 1,000 of old Raile, Tavd U pattern v0 ire Gar Wheels vd 200 af Oar Axles equity) where . 'Trook #5 comp and Cato Wart, George Newman, and Lysander & | Ir te defendgats, the eudscriber, as Trust the celebrated Calisnya Bark, Wintergreen, Sassafras, Roots, Herbs, &c., all preserved in Perfectly pure St. Oroix Ram. s.-r.—issco.-=. Persons of sedentary habits troubled with Weakness, Inssitude, palpitation of the heart, isck of Appetite, distress alter eating, torpid Liver, constipation, &c., deserve to suffer if they wili not try them. They are recommended by the highest medi- eal Buthorities, And are warranted to produce 82 immediate beneficial effect. They are exceed- ingly agreeatle, perfectly pure, and harmless. Noricz.—Any person pretending to cell | Plantation Bitters in bulk or by the gallon is a “swindler and imposter. We onty put itup in ourlog cabin bottles. Beware ot bottles refilied With imitation deleterious stuff, for which sey- } @Tai persons are slready in prison. See tha every botue has our United States Stamp over the cork, and signature on stel plate side la- Dele. Seld by respectable dealers throughout the Babitable globe. P. H. DRAKE & CO., ft ems «8% Bresiwnys PprotoeRaru AND PIOTU Just Received— OUR WINTER STOCK, 4: P. J. BELLEW & CO.’8, ve e in no boasting spirit that onr choice Heection of Fancy, Oval and Squere PICTURE FRAMES,P AINTINGS, BNGRAVINGS, FRENCH GLISH and AMERICAN PICTORSS is larger, chesper, and better assorted than im all Washing- fon. aod indeed we think Philadelphia aud Balti- Bore included and Rosewood Freneh Plate MIKROES, } Every Size Imported. j aol price is same as New York and Philadelphia 0 We ask every indy and gentleman in Washington And everywhere to eall. Look around our various departments, it makes Bo difference whether you buy or not | Geutlemaniy clerk# always ready to wait on you. P. J. BELLEW & 90., 510 Seventh street, 2035 im Washincton Cran EBD CIDE CLARIFIED CIDER! Just recsive! per schoouer Helen Mar, from Berton, Naas, H 4) persons in want of PRIME OLABIFIED CI- DER are invited to eal! and examine this at RILEY A. SHIWN’S" Uniom Bottling Bépot, No. 67 Green st., ee B-m __Georgetown,D CO. [-Lcsrxarep nooks. Biron, Moore, Pope, set catner, Daoad, BhaSapenre, || i neste, Oy ae acca ache rl ite, Wordsworth, &c. | ie Above are in the nest ‘Tarkey morocso and any of them i FEANOK FAYLOR, ; held at the office of the Commissioners aforesaid, Vet, XXII. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1863. N°. 3,382. THE WEEKLY STAR. Thisexcelient Family and News Journs., containing a gresier variety of interesting read- ing than can be found in any other, is published on Friday morning TEREMs— Cash, invariably in Single cOpy, per annum, Five copies, Ten copies, Twenty-five copies... It invariably coutains the “Washington News” that hasmade The Dajly Evening Star ‘circulate so generally throughout the country, 7 Single copies (in wrappers) can be pro- cured at the counter, immediately after the is- sue of the paper. Price-Turgs Cznts, SER OE OE SE advance. -$1 00 AUCTION SALES. ; BOARDING. AMUSEMENTS. FUTURE DaYs. By J.C, McGUIRB & CO. Auctionsarn. SITIVE SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED Beau Estate, Nean cur Parse Ovrios.— On THURSDAY. ‘Januay the ttn,at 4 o'cliex p, tu, Ob the premises, we shall dispose of, at puolic i bat desirable spd uable imprevel locat: d néar the Patent Offica, and Kaowa onthe plat of the city aa part of Lot nyaherad fourteen, in Square ourebe-ed four hunted and five, frontiog on Kighth street west «between & nd H streets) eighteen feet eight inch d ran- hing beck with edeptn of ninety four feet four inches to an alley, together with tae improve- mente thereto belonging. which consist of a three- stozy brick dwelling, frame , &o This property is sitnete: central, thriving. and busin-e portion of the city, and porsons wisn- ing to invest in this derirable section of the city would do well to examine it. ‘erms: Two thirds cash; the residue in rix, twelve acd eighteen months, secured be noves, witb approved s*curity. Title parfee: anda goof deed in Tee nimple given,and psevession given im medixtely, Iitse terms of sale are not cots plied with in three days from the day of sale, the property will be resold, at the risk and cost of the defaulting urcherer. by advertising such reeale three times in the National Intelligencer. de 9-d 3.0. Mc@UIRE < CO., Aucts, 8. MILITARY RAILROAD OFFICE, No. 250 G staxer, Waseinctow, D, ©., Dec. 19. 1363. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND RAILROAD IRON FOB 8A | Public Auction, at the Orange and ilzoad Depot, in Alexandria, on WEDNSEDAY. the 13th day of January next Ten secord-hsnd Locomotive Engires, 4 feet 834 20) Wrought Scrap Iron * pep Osat a A lot of Bteel Springs, Facet Iron, &e. Bale to commence st 10a. m Terme cash, in Government funn i L. ROBINSON den Cavtain and A.Q Me. HLDRS} Auction, every WRDNESDAY URDAY. at l1o’clcck a.m.,at tha xth street all the HIDES. ¢ : ay be on bana, of Cattle slaughtered outeida : = W IL Be sold at aud BAT that 2. of the limits of ths District of Coluubia, aad abipped to this point for such disposition, in Government funds. to pe pate at Lieut. Col. and v. AND WATRR F oT 3 Orrick, Dec. y 135% rtue of and in accorlence with the provis icns aoa on the terms prescribed in the act of tie ity Cocnciit, anproved March 97, 1$63. entitied “An act ® izing the Mayor to lease whar sites oo the Potomac river, é&c ,” ard an atend ment therete TOV 12 toes. f ehall, inatant, at i2 o'clock M ,co a of Flevenih etreet west, lense sventh fireet west, at the wail, 20 feet in width, and immediately west of and adjoining Tweil b street west, esch 150 feet*in width: that at the tent of M street south, 4 in width ofthe eg RICHARD WALLACH, Mayor. Wa The sbova pale in posi pe h day of By GREEN & LS OF REAL ESTATE —Ry © of » deed of trust. exsonted tha Sist da) is9,aud recordsdin Liber J. A. et oS >and ofs decree of the 3 (P\BUSTEE'A SA Tats ct of Co.umbia, passed o ba canse(No. 21 the firet day o cree, will sell. on tha o'e’ock p. on MONDAY, the lith day of Jan- uary, Isis. Lot numbered twenty-eight in Sqnare uombered fourkundred and eleven, nthe ap purtenn: ces canrises, at 4 One-halfessh , the balance in six months rest. secured by 2 deed of trust on the né Stam: fo THOMPSON. Trustee } 7 & WILUIAS ucts. ds GALE OF BRAL EcTATE IN TUB TOWN OF | LS BEAUFOKT, SOUTH GAKOLINA, . 1 Unter the directionanc instructions of the Fresi- dent of the United Stetes. issued of tha date of September 18th, 1:68, in purezanes of the I!th sec- tion of ap _agt entitled “* An Act for the Goilection of Direct T#es in Insurrectionary Districta with- in the United States, and for other parposes,’’ ap- | proved June 7, 3862, and the act ameadatory of the | fait act, spproved February 6th, 1963, we, Abram | D. Bmith Wittiam B. Wording. sad Willtaia Heury | bare, United States Direct Vax Commissioners for the District of South Carolina, do hereby de- clare and make known that a public sale will be in the town of Beaufort, State of South Carolina,on | MONDAY, the Isth cay of Jannary, 1954, at 10 | o’elock a.m.. of said day. for the disposalofike | several lote, parts of lote, and blocks of land conati- | tuting the town of Beaufort aforesaid. together | with the buildings thereon, Block One (1) | to wit: to Block One Hundred and Thirty seven (137) in- elusive according to a plat or map made town, tmaid February, 1853. duly established and authen- by_said Commissioners, and recorded in | ion Book **A’’ of said Commission. The following blocks. lots,and parts oflota are [| excepted and reserved from said sale, to wit: B in Block 2; Blocks 1B and 16; Lot A’in Blo Blocks 24 and 82; Lot Bi Ss. in Block 35; 1 t Band D'in B Cin Block 54; ots A and Din A ; Lote ec t Kin iock 67; Lots i B.O.and D in Block a 79, and 49: Lot Ai 131, sud 192 of asi f lots, blocks, 4 p d to the close of =s spitals, and as offi the artermaster’s, Comm: Departments, and for revenu Pp * phrposes faid sale shail not be kept open longer than tnirty | davs from the commencement of the same, { ‘The Commissioners reserve a single bid on each of said lote and biocks, to be publicly mada by them, or by their authority, of such sum as they may deem eligible, mot ‘eas than one-third of the ap- praised value thereof. And any of the said lots, parts of lots, and blocks which shall not idto |} one-third of th appraised value willbe with- | drawn from Given under our hands at Beaufort, 8outh Caro- Hina, this second red sf Havember, 1363. W. BE. WORDING. WM. SENRY BRISBANE U. 8. Direet Tax Commissioners for the no 12-lawtDec $i District of South Caroline. sin as military and Aud storehouses of jax COOK & CO., BANKERS, 1 452 Fifteenth Street, Ne. No. 510 Seventh street. | | and‘isbeing rapidly absorbed by home and fortign | TISE_WANG, THE GREAT i ME DY for @ ONORR Es ‘. iB Ingredient, x With PERFORM A rs = pleasent to the taate, ~~ ‘ ui be ne . BE. of 4 horse ad | fi } Bay be carried in the vest asctet et Firend WARN Rage 5 canner ie failan | syeth and Hamilton streets, Phila ot lor, and it x. avenue, week DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT BONDS, { TREASURY NOTES, CERTIFICATES, 4 VOUCHERS, COIN, CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE. We shall continue to sell ar raw i until further notice, } THE SIX PER CENT BONDS OF THE UNITED STAT known as FIVE TWENTIES, payable lin. twenty years. and redeemable at the leasuresfthe Government after five years from | ate. The unsold balance of this loan isnow Less than One Hundred Millions of Dollars, demand for investment, and by the new National Banks as baeis for circulation. When all sold, the Bonds will, like the “Seven-Thirty” Loan, ad- yauce ton handsome premium, Asan investment | they yield Sex per Cent. per Annum in Gold, (payable semi-annually.) equivalent, at present prices of coin, to Nime per Cont. in Currency. | Georgetown, before 9348. m .or after 5p m. sat the sost of the {/ | [PARTMENT The COUPON BONDS (payable to bearer) are inne’ in sums of $50, $100, $500. 904 91.000, aul the REGISTERED BONDS (payable to order, sferable as bank stock, upon the books of nd therefore preferred for permn- nt, as secure against loss) are issved 50, $100, 9300, $1,000, $5,000, ‘e exempt from 61) local taxes, ane in sums of and $10,000 These howls ; the Goverument tax upon them is only one «ne half per cent. per annum apon the inter when the income of the holder exceeds $600. Circulars are furnished at our counter, or upon application by m: ving any further information that may be desi concerning this and other Goy- ernment Loans and the organisation of National We Keep on band and forsate a full supply of "ALL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. de 16-dtt JAY COOKE &£ CO. FR BPO H ENGINEER AND ASTIL- RES ae Bettye yy rmy of the Potomac, from its Organization to vanaheg = Pevineulsr GP *BET, Obit of avtlleiy- 1 Vol, Uluatsate 18 Maps, Plans, &¢.. oat ‘FAYLO: and eitisens BRI 1; 2, 300 3 and Gb streets, I OARDING Pleasant Rooms, ruitadie for a gentleman and lady; also Board for single entiemen can be had at 173 Second street west, etween Band G streets, within « short distance of th ue, Capitol, ani Depot. de 30-30" LAEB BOARD AND HANDSOMELY ed Rooms, at moderate prices, for sia- ale perrcns or famili Locati: lensant, pear Pa avenne—southwest corner H = soeet, 5 Ove tcom, (for two.) $59 per mon’ and ligh extra. &msll Reoms, $ibeach, Tabie Board, @ per week. de fPYHE PROPRIETON OF THE NEW YORK Hotel, corner of Band 7th streets, will opan bis Dining Room on the Ist of January next, and will be preprred to accommoiate 10 gentlemn with Table Soard at $16 per month or 94 per week, payablsin advance. sreakfast will be on the tabie Hinstes’ ly st 8 o’sizex and will stand untit 9. er will be onthe table atato6 G re, od cooking, cleanlinéss-and punctuality may be relied on. de 29 3i* Two GENTLEMEN WHO WILL ROOM TO- gether, can find @ pleasant Front Room, first floor, with or without Board, at 495 Mass avenue. between 4th and 5th streets. Alse one ‘hird-a Reom, rnitable for a single gentleman family. a POARDING —A few gextiemen can be accommo- » dated with first-class Board and elezent Fur- nished Reoms, at $25 to $30 per month, including gas and fuel. Please catl at 114 Bridge street, Cars tle 29-3" pe run from the door to Washington, OARD —Handsomely-farnished Rooms, with Board, Apply at 138 G street, bet. 21st and 22d sta do 16-2" | OF ne _ROOMS AND FIRST-CLASS Board, including fire and gas, for gentlemen only, a 156 @ street. between 400 and 2st, Re- Serences given and required, Terms $30 per month. le } RES EN SI EN SP A DENTISTRY. REAT DISCOVERY IN DENTISTRY. Tecth Extracted withovt Pain with the Muhrite of Oxyeen. Iwould advise all porsons having teeth to ex- tract to cail at Dr. LE WIRE'S office, snd have them taken out by this ni end harmless process. Also call sxamine the Doster’s pew and . proved method of Laserting Artifcial Teeth. If youonce see the great improvement? in his teeth you will bave them in no other style than this new and valuabi¢one, No, 242 Pa. avesne, between Ith gud isvh streets no 3 KR LEWIER M. soos . . TRETH. + LOOMIS, M. D., the Inventor and Patentee of the MINERAL PLATE TEETH, at tends reovally at bis offices ia this : city, fr parsons can wear these teeth who cannot wear others. gud vo CPE: n Wear others who cannot wear thess, Bcsiline at my off eoan de accommo: style and pri Tevta they may Dut to thore who are particular and wish *he pi : cleanest. strongest, and most parfect dontira that artcan yroduse, the MINBRAL PLATE will be wore ‘nly warranta in thiseity— No. 33's Pennsylrsaiaavenne between and 10th streets. Also, 207 Arch st., Philadelpbia. mardly R EQRUITS WANTED. TO FILL THE QUOTA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FOR VETHRANS, $452, 2106 of which will be paid in advance, BOU BOUNTY FOR NEW REORUITS, s $105 of which will b paid in advance, BOUNTY FOR COLORED RECRUITS, S50, Paid in nivance. PERSONS WISHING TO ENLIST Will apply to any of the following RHORUITING OFFLORRS : 8. V. BACON, Engine Mall, near the Market. on Pennsylvania avenwe, between Seventh and Ninth streets J.C. HYDE, : Corner of Fourteenth ©. A. KEASBEY, TI street, near corner of Nineteenth aod Penn- sylvania avenne, J.C. PARKER, 4 cc¥ner of High and Dunbarton strests, George- and New York avenue. town. i ight. de 5-tf GOODS FORK THE HOLIDAYS: FIREWORKS! " PEREWORKS! OF ALL KINDS, TOYS! TOYs! Toys! OF ALL KINDS. FANCY GOODS! FANOY GOODS! OF ALL KINDS, | Writing Desks, Fancy Work Boxes, China Orna- mente: Photographie Albums All Kinds of Games for Children : Ladies’ Purses, Satchels and Baskets A fine seszortment of Zephyr and Woolen Goods, Bed Riding bood Oloaks, Bhawis, Sox tags, Hoods, Leggings, Socks, Obildren’s Jackets, Comforts, Nubias, 2tockings, Ladiee’ Vests and Drawers, Kid and other Gloves, Hair Netts, Head Dreases, Quaker Hoops and Balmort kirte Diess Buttons and Trimming! gotta a unison’ Foart Bicove < G: ‘inds entlement’s Purr i MUSICAL INSTRUMBNTIS. Pianos, ‘de Banjos Guitars, Violins, Acoordeons, Temborines. ¥ Fifes and Drums, &c. Come everybody and BOSW: im borines, Hse Pry i ur al Luvs FANGY STORB, 302 B street, near 4th. N. B.A fine BOSEWOOD PLANO for rent. de 15-tJan t OF AGRICULTURE, Wasutnaton, D. C., Dec. 15, 1968. To the Growers and Manufacturers of Flaz and Hemp :—The Commissioners Srpointed by this De- rtment, consisting of Hon. J.K Morehead, of ennaylvanis. William M Bailey, of Rhode Island, and John A, Warder, of Ohio, to consider the fol- iowing appropriation made by the last Congrors, viz : ‘SPor investigations to test the practicability of culflyating and preparing fax and hemp as a substitute for cotton, twenty thousand dollars ;” having met, and, after several days’ investization mabsegt believing that her and fallar of their investigations might produce djourned to meet again on Wed- y of February next, at 12 0’olock 1 persons interested in the distr 2 ropriation, or anxious to e public . to send ‘tment,on or before that day, sam jemp and Flex in the different ion, of the eres and fabrics the subject for cesses ured and ach css also. Corll ae! of machi ere made ith any and used, w. , &c., together ifimformation ‘that may be uxefal to the Commis- “'This information ia necessary Before an intelli- gent distribation can be made 4 delS dtd ISAAC NEWTON, Commissioner. GRAVEL ROOFS! THE WILSON MANUFACTURING Co., GRAVEL RO (Successors to J, F, WALKER & SON.) WASHINGTON, D. C., amp PHILADELPHIA, PA, MANUPAGTURERS OF DAMP BLACK, #SOOFING MATERIALA, ap WILSON'S IMPROVED FIRE 4ND WATER PROOF FELT, CEMENT, AND GRAVEL RoOoorFs OFFICE—No. 161 Twenty-second street west below Pennsylvania avenue, WOBKE—Foot Ghesapeake and Oio Canal, W: ‘Riz of Twonty-sesond street west, GROVER’S THEATER, F _ DAVES mi DAVERFORT. Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willarde’ Hotel. LeomaBDG povesz.......-.---. i) Benefit of NPORT AND WALLAGR. , mos! ei tively. o! ff WALLAOB. 1x0 MES PARREN. Two Grand Plays—Greatert Bill of the en, wert, he oceasion will be renlered illustrions which bas already been ar- raped ier, dy the chiefest dignitaries of the Gor- r €] Yo night, the beautiful play, which presents al) the stars in their mort equal ant strongest char- ty the attendance acters, PYTHIAS, AMON AND THE TREY OF FRLENDBSHIP. E._L. Davenpor Tiles. Vaites Denio ae Gatasthe:s AF * °° | ment agent, which were burnt by the enemy, ‘The sbove pley will be followed by formerly turned out 6,000 pounds of copper per YaRRISK. THR ORPHAN OF GENRVA day. Over three millions of pound have been | Mr, Wallact (bis last appearauca) as . Lar delivered to the Government um warren (her est pupenrecce} 86 :: au ~ «This was the only copper rolling mill in the ‘© WCri0 6 ay. * ry, ‘] spite, “ od fordiapees. siternosa :4 avening— the greatest count "y, and which kept us supplied in copper bill im America, “‘ Gady Audley’s feorst’” avd | fOF our caps and-canuon. rare 2s busband,”’ a wane is among our losses of the battie of oF es ee ‘Pedork, Which is spokeu oi as merely re- FORD’S NEW ‘THEATER, ~ | sulting i few thousand mew, and thirty eight TENTH STREET, ABOVE FE. cannon.” Joun,.T. Foap.__.. _......Mansger and Progristor ——— —— (Also of Holiday Btreet Theater, Baltimore.) | PREDICTION ABOUT CHARLESTON, Last Rent best arnt in) Ow EIS Union Troops te Occupy it in Sixty Days. TWO ‘t (his lust AT aN oe NEW PLAV30N THIS (Thursday) EVENING, Dee. 31. After the Introductory Grand Overture, will be EVERYBOD presentet Meaior de Boots... D. Y"8 FRIEN To conclude with A GONSUGAL LESSON, Mr Lullaby. A MATINSE ON SATURDAY, Cn Monday. Mr. noray” in the Nick of the ( ‘0. MORKOW. A’ 2 O'CLOCK, OWBNS’ BENEFIT. . Jor, Pro. ~- Director. Pan, .Jokn Ovens Bir. John Ovens rv authe “Jibbenai- s. \ TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATQHES.} a FKOM FORTRESS MONROE, Rebel Lamentati: The Loss of East Tennessee. Fortress Mownoe, Dec. 29.—The Richmond Enquirer, ot December 24, says: “Our losses by the enemy gaining possession -of East Tennessee are incajculable. We are not only deprived of the vast flour mills of that country, which prevously supplied the whole army, but of vast machine shops. extensively organized at Knoxyille. “Besides this, we are cut off from the coat, iron and copper mines, which were worth mil- lions tous. The copper rolling milis at Cleve- land, superintended by Colonel Peet, Goyern- Boston, Dec, 30.-The usually well-posted correspondent of the Eoston Herald, writing from the fleet off Charleston, under date of December 230, says: ++I see by the papers there is uneasiness atthe North because the navy here is idle. Let me say in reply, that if the people at the North oaly knew the reason wh. we are idle, they wootd stop their grumbling Tn dne season they will have a chance to re jo over the doings of the navy before Chariesto: Toprove that this is no idle staremenr, I willing to wager one nundrer dollars w Northern grnmbler that if everything according to plans taid out, Charteston v eccupied by the Union for in sixty days = — } from a* / ASHINGTON THBATER —TILiS RVENING, RPL sy. : ERATE ot pa Davis's Panorama of the Warfor the Usion, HE MENIOAN THRONE. ree the Great Pa‘tles—Malvern Hill, Antietein, | syayin can Reported to have Declined it. ocleck, - Sing'e admisrion 25 cents, cents, ericksburg. Bull Run, ¥tene River, M 0? Port Hudson, Biege and Capture of Vicks- Bae . Capture ef New Orleans, Gettysburg, and ic mianee. Matiaeo ou BATURIAY AFTERNOON, at two Orchestra Chai de 20 st reek - world, will be on TH they are not real Doors open at7; exhibition commences |, tos. Admission He A Grend Aiterno: K ONE’ Snow & oceurrencss, nts; reserved saat fle nia, » Exhibition on Fri SSIAN WAR-The most mangitice and Meehanical Exhibition in exhibition at Odd Fellows’ Hall Is WEE 1A presentation? of Esttle Scenes, Naval En- ate, Bombariments, Storia on Land aad See—with terrific lightning. i Shipwrecks, nic ©, Contlagrati: ture that it is alm: hunder and howling tore 8, fearfal Ezn!o are so tras to pa- 8 to believe that by (New Years’ Day) sud on Saturday, at3 o'clock, de22-64" CANTERBURY HALL, MUSIC GAN BURY, AND HAL CANTERBU, THEATER Lo! Meer of Nations! ead M: OPE a RONZA! RONZA Beactifal gina Baliet VISAS A ATER! GAULEFTI, etropollian Hotels, §, Dec. 30,—The following has been hoo Pari correspondent Times e hau. 3 ha of the ny as in- vanee of the throne. y been m&ce by the Presttent Limcela’s eh from shingten « Pp effect that the An. ver tolerate, much le *% Monarchy established ai its aposed that this wilt deci a the idea of acces pf The propo French ait t says Gereral Kelly m General Silty deserters 3st an. tporsaad inen is between Jackson. General Ross With seven “f % hundred-rehel troops 2 General Imboden GALLETT I, onzant, | with fifteen hundred men. BONZANT, HosS 3 ta NI BALLET TROUPE. From Calliornia. NI BALLET PKIUPS. SAN PRANCISCO, Dec. 22 —Tai VHR GORRAIR., By the Great | Constitution, from’ Pauama, arrive THE CORSALE,{ — Alliance. day. Also the steamer Pacific, v nn) Gorgeons Holiday Pantomime, THE & HE E b L BRON IN 0 ih. | ED EDESON IN EA BA ye £ T Tk MAMMOTE BILL. Ni MAMMOTH BILL OF FUN Deora open ata ting) te quarter before 8 0’el DAY NING, GRAND NEW YEAR'S BEG ULAR Fal de <8 4t_ é: Vas OF ASOAL BLL. ASCAL B. NEW MUSICAL ODD NEW Mi ICAL ODDIF: LX, JLLY ETHIOPIAN EIuroPlan OF FU 8K 8K 1 lock. Adm: PERFORMANCES. MILY MATINEE SATURDAY 4 FTERNOON, Hk HAGNTED STREAM, VRB OF TH# HAUNTED STREAM ITIER. 125, performance ats 30m 25 and Sv ota. A®TERNOON AND EVR- in treasure from Oregon, and 2160000 trom Eritish Coiumbia a TWO IMPORTANT WITNESSES ON TRE STAND, TheLendon iimes has a correspondent in Ricumoid” aud ose in New Bere Beun, os their most recently publich the condition and hopes of the rebels notoriously favorable to the revel Both are Both use bear testimony, though in diffe ways, to the prostration and exhaustion of the rebel } The Richmond correspondent, writing trom that city on November ifil, rey nuinten- | tionally, the feelings of the rebels wir Cp ital: | “The enemy, with as much pertinacity, and MR. 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They supercede gil calisthenics, and highly recommended by the medical profession, off cers of the army and nav: | far more sagacity than heretofore, hems in the edges of the rebellion’ on every side, ayoids the frequent recarrence of pitehed battles and general engagements, pounves with bawk-like swoop upon isohited and inadequately sup- ported bodies of men, eviners possession of ail- mirable secret information, keeps the Con- | tederiie generals constantly on the rack, aad, harrassed by eruptions of cavalry, makes bis superiority of numbers, and still mor his | abundance of supplies for horse and man, more | and more felt, and finally he is inyesting the } ports of Secessia with a cordon of vessels so | pumerousas for the first time in thirty months { { to make access to the Confederate coast really dangerous and difficult. ally in cirenmstances which, to my thinkin, | have fiom the beginning quadrupled the maz. nitude of the Contederaie task. “No one who has been conversant with the V Rubber Penc Boo! prices. RITING . DESKB, kniver, Photograph Albums, Chassmsn, Chess Boards, Backgammon Boards, Gold Pens, India Memorandoim Lunuettes, Diaries, &c,,&¢. For sale at the POKTFOLLO: Pocket Books, PEN | northern States during the last two anda bait years can have failed to notice with astonish- ment the taith stronger than death which the northerners haye exhibited ia their ¢siar,’ their ‘manifest destiny,” their + religioi heir Alpha and Omega, their dream of dominion from sea dew = FRANCK TAYLOB. | io sen, and (to quote Mr. Everett's words) * BHAVS JUST REOBIVED PIVE MORE OF | ‘from the icy pole to the flaming belt the iy &. Bone PIANOFORTES, } equator.’ No parallel faith bus ever been ex- ne 5 Bwo of Bacon & Raven. and | hibited by the Confederate States in taeir future. call the attention of ouy customers. Purchasing | Six great southera victories in the tield and exclusively for cash, weare enabled to dell at the i , also, OD hand, | several Seeond- hand Pianos, which we olfer for | lowest factory prices. We hav sale upon easy payments. dez3 Can BNGHAVING, W. G, METZEROTT, Neatly and promptly done by HUDSON TAYLOR, Bookseller avd Stationer, nue. 334 Penn. Music Depot, cor. 1ith and Pa ave. three drawa battles, exha’ ing the nine prin- cipal collisions of the war, the ertire absence of any such panic routs as Ball Run or Chica- manga, the tried mefficiency of the Federal blockade, the unmolested predatory flight of ; Alatamas and Floridas at sea, have altozetaer | failed to inspire the masses of the South with a } tithe of that confidence in themselves which neither defeat, nor disaster, nor hopes deferred, nor ijlusions dispelled, have ever shaken out of somethingsublime in this shadowy earnestness and misty magniticence of northern faith and N_FINE BINDL Works. habla 3 Kome. . Gold: can's Engiau Work y's Hume’s ih Burne’ . Macaulay’s ismith’s Works, Bogiand, Hallam’s Work: lohnson’s Works, Motley ‘ory of hisown Time, Work Robertson's Works, @wift.s Wor! D'lerwii. Bir Philip Sidney’s Wor’ ke er works of the game Standard char eat bind! Curse English Dai Parmefan Edam do New York Cream CH All of finest quality. For KINI Corner oF _ de 2) ings. ings F c BEBBRE ry ORBESS, lo Te ® @ & BURCHELL, 'G.—Scott’s Novels, Fielding’s amy Addis: int a¥oe's Presoott’s Works, Miller's Modern Hiatory, Bunyan. + an eter, RANCK TARUOR. | ‘ermont syenue and 15th atreet. self-reliance. Would that I could see promise of future and ‘final southern triompe in any corresponding quality of the southern mind! in many fashions southern unftafth crops up and recoils upon the Confederate government, making, tor instance, Mr. Memminger’s task, though be takes his stand apon raw material, | worth sixty or seventy millions of pounds ster- d | ling, hereulean as compared with Mr. Chase's, who issues vastly Jarger promise ty pay on a security of breadstulf exports worth only sixty or seventy millions of dolla: This comes from Richmond, and from one who is in daily contact with the rebel leaders. Now let ushear the New York correspondence, He of Richmond tells England of the superior spirit, determination, vigor and strength of tbe | the northerners, Deny it who may, there is | | correspondent admits that the Federal suthor- ity is prevalent in the border Stuies ; that “the OOD FOR SALE. From 1,000 to 1,500 Cords of Pine and hard Wood, located on the land abont 456 miles north of disturbances in those States become less sig- nificant and less frequent;” that “more than one-half the people of Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee and Kentucky are willing to vote for the Union, is no matter of donbt;” that in | | | | Government and tree States. The New York { i i { { Louisiana “constant efforts” are being made | by the people tor ths “re:constitution of the | State:” that Missouri is quieter than it has Washington; and near Fort Stephens. aoe aa . R. RILEY & BRO., No. 36 Central Stores, de opposite Center Market. 44 Kighth street, be- N id D street, 2) pen assortment of Fi or Spring Bridal falikinds. W: Kots filled with ée l-im* ber ch Flowers by the box, Wreaths, Feat) Bf x Froit by the do: .» Also. By ‘ruit, suitable for presents for th approaching Rolidays. Wreaths made to order, Covent. This pl Dees #0 BLACK CLOTH COLDS, HOARSENRS, to. OomPOUND srhUP Or GUM ARABIO, , et are See ry ot | persons wee att Line jwextraordimary | Stores st SS sed bh eoata'n bottie ((104Ks, OLBOULARS, AND SHAWLS, “5 fee, el | been for the lust two Years;’ and he goes on to say: Crnat the prolongation of the struggle may within five or six months wear out the Sou I, candidly speaking, believe by no means im- ! possible Heroes of the. and Davis stamp may chosee to break rather than to bend, and tor them death or exile will be the more bear. able lot, but ifresistance in the fléla ig over. | come, I do really inclimeto believe that men | will be found in the Sonth ee se for- ward oraccept nenaee ot ot Submission or com) prone! an ifthe two fractions of theze disunited States can never come te.terme, and the implacable leaders:of Secession move- ment are providentially removed, the pa | ton and ee era the be di ey turn ont less a now fain to Fa ad Thbie or eorgin, = et ae Carolina, may tually come-tulder the man- a | agement of the Washington BO greater troul which, to my} an =. Via Galway, nos torough our agent: | d letters, speak of { Ou the other hand, | in rebeldom itself the Federals haye a powerful! | pondency: and peace, if it were offeredon plan- sible terms, might be hailed ssa providential celiversnee. Such being, as E conceive, the state of men’s minds in the South, it may be worth while to inquire what effects on the oth- er band, the prespects of »pproaching peace would have upon northerners.* REBEL NEWS The Exchange of PrisonersandGen Butler he Rebels Restive under the Conscrip- — Great Mortaitty among the Feder: Priseners—Position of Johnston's Army. We have received files Richmond papers of the 2th inst, which furnish seyeral matters of interest, The question of an exchange of prisoners is stilllargely discussed. The Whig, referring to Butler's proposition for an exchange, says: “AN preln TY question to be considered b our anshorities i& whether they will treat wit # person whom they have formally oatlawed. j 1: this ¢itiiculty can be got over, we dare say | Putler moy le dealt with on os good terms as any one TLaincoin will sele Hitehcock and Merecitn both proved themsely very scarvy , tolows- Sifters and tniekster: hey are well pote is keowt that Butler dis- approved their conduct, ad that he has all along favored, or pretended to favor, a just and Hberal plau of exchange. ‘The tirst carcek that was chtered into was negotiated, if we re- member sclzht, between him and Gea. D. H. Hill. UWpen tre whole, aud in view of the ac- cemplishment of so desirable an end as the liberation of so many of our noble fellows, Low the tnénis of Yankee prisons, we hope ibe President may not tind it. incompathle with the diguity and duty ot the government 1o Waive the awry and recognise the beast. ry ter Col Ould, though, to be wide awake whea they get to arranging the ) terms of exchange, for thir cross.eyed Yankee haedu bim the cunning ef the Evil One, Consertption The Whig has a long editor of. a general conseripti | which it says atrenuion on the subj the t course of of Coneress has been o © Was repe with the T setting 2-ide all cor etvice, has: and aiimo- ing Bim also into the with preeipi | doubt, will be rs \ re is bat ele r more =weey able-bodied wi proposed. Sho ndministrati tie Goveran the muster r Wteey proven fins ft demag Witebed our civil lende n: ergo, ‘all must go t don the principl y has demoustrate me of the de demain delid u of Gougr vanuous @ mo: ud circumspec:i y will net Retire ndent as follow of the Savannah rfevence tothe jardes’s)army = ton’s Hf AS + lo be eulertaimed very Georgia that thearmy was engeged he road: ons/rneting brid: a view to falling back up ag heard that some uneasiness: this subject, I cailed upon Gen. md I have h ying that he has not the ie: ing from his present position; rary, it the enemy should ad— T, which he does not believe | they will do, ill dispute every foot of | ground from T Hill to Atlanta. He be- lieves, moreover, thutif the absentees willye- turn to duty and the people at Home will can. { tinue to supply the army with the means of subsistence, the Feder arnty will nev rstc- ) seed in reaching Ail . amy more than it has succreded in veaching Richmond ~ The rebels have all cone into winter quarters, The Federal Prisoners at Danville. The Whig The Danville safs the smallpox kee prisoners there, 2 aboutthree hundred. caces i iurnished b: ben genera the disease may } a the prissone adies is very great. i uled our tothe | the general hospi } smsllpox.” y admin be tered. the progress of cheeked. The fa y ya this and other ait everal wagon loads are Eravevard every day from besides those who die of King in London. (’rcm the Londen Daily News, Dec. 15.) On Friday afternoon, Tom King, the winier, putin an appearance at the office of our con- ; ‘emporary, Bell's Life. He was accompanied | by several of b men atarms.” Toshow ine , general state of public opinion on “muscular | Chrisnanity,’’ it has only to be mentioned that tor more than fonr hours the Straud. opposite | Bell's Life, was so crowded ihat the traffic of the street was reduced in shxpe to a thin, crawling stream, «nd when the «-hero of the day” arrived the cheering and shonting sound- ed tar and wide, whilst ine thoroughfare be- cumic at perfect blockade. This continued for bout 2 quarter of au hour, during the time ihat King was paying his respects to the editor up stairs. On examining him as he stood talk- ine to some friends, there Was nol a mark to.be seen beyond # kind of skin peel on the nose, and what the peculiar phraseology of the ring would term “4 mouse,” or discoloration nader the lefteye. Heenan is, we hear, slowly re- covering. He formerly challenged Jem Mace, and boastingly renewed it on the morving of } the fight. Mace has accepted for £20) to £500 end the champion’s belt, so that if Heenan’= friends do not think wat his pretensions have been thoroughly disposed of, we shall, in alt probability, hive another great mateh for the spring. Heenan Attributes his Lesing the Fight t@ ver-Reaching Himself ina Kall. The Sporting Life says Heenan was ineom- parably below his form when he foughtSayres, and must have greatly disappointed his back- ers. King had improved more than conld pos- sibly be supposed. He states that atter the second round he felt, barring accident, confident ofthe result. Heenan is progressing favorably. Mace repeats his challenge to him. Heenan atrribuies his losing to over-retch.ng Limselt in & fallin the nineteenth round, and then fall- ing on his head and stunnihg himself Heatine VALUE OF DiregereNt Woops,— Tie tollowmg is set down by competent judges as the relative heating vaine of the y rious kinds of American woods used for heat- ing purposes or producing steam. Shell- bark hickory, being taken asthe highest standards M5 pignut hickory $5; White oak 75; white hazel apple tree 7; red oak 69; black waluut 66; white beech black birch 62: yellow oak bard maple 59: white elm 5S; red cedar 56; Ww cherry Jellow poplar o2;butiernut 52; white birch 49; white pine 42. , ke veNDER.—By Gen. Burien’s ComMam order of the War Deperiment, the county of St. Mary’s, Md., and counties.of Northampton and Accomac. Eastern Shore of, Virgtuia, are bnnexed to General Butler’s. command... Sey- eral negro regiments will 2t once be recruited from that district.— Wash. Cor. N. ¥. Zines. aa Nowwithstanding the opposition. of *the Turkirh Government, a college has been estay— lished in Turkey. under the management of American aud English professors.» av The New York Suh calcula’ se firsh is damaged daily in New the wehbe: ot $5W) by the smooth Pavements of roudway. . od ao The Legislature of, Teas has Pefused:ta AES A Tesclution commending Congress ta Rechate, Confederate treasany Se ceetan téen- x nb? der. > at, g = down. east 4 tells of a ball thas was. lighted with she etailso dpe fair women and kerosene 1@ es ee eh :