The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1863, Page 2

2 . NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1863. COO (Akos w wae Lower Mississippi, aud as the war made it atine for military transport, so {ts terminus had a milttary significance. NAVAL AND MILITART DEPOT. A maval apd military depot, and shortiy®after a point Of supply, Cairo rose in estimation. As soon as Mom. phis was’ captured and trade reopened the city be came the resort of many traders from below, and much of the cotton irom Memphis was landed there and shipped to the East. The increased prow perity is shown iu the erection of numerous large brick end frame edifices and in the attempts to beautify the city. At present Cairo consists of a towa tn aswamp, around which runs a levee, The business portion is oa tho edge of this levee, Dut the main residences are in the basin. At high water this basin is far below the surface of the river, and when the water breaks through the people can @isit each other in skiff from their second Story windows. It ia prop sed to raise the buildings and All up the basin to @ level with the levee, ‘The work is now in progress, and the undertaking of it at this time tion. [ believe other schools of the aame aature have been instituted there GIN, PILLOW'S PLARTATION Just below Helena ts the plaatation of Gen. Gadeoa J Pitlow, famous alfke ia the Mexican war and in the pro- seat rebellion, Gen. Pillow has for a loug time fation into the sere and yellow loaf, and bis plantation has gone the same way. It was one of the first to be visited by our troops after te captare of Heleaa, Kvorything of value {that could be used by our forces was taken, and the negroes were sent North by Gen, Gurtis. What bas become of them {f cannot 44 but I doubt if General Pillow ever again haa the good fortune to gazo upon them, The plantation has pot yot been leased, but I understand it will be very a0on. tna similar 61 of deeay is the plantation belonging to Matt. Ward, notorious seme yoars ago for the shooting of & schoolmaster named Buder, at Louiaville., Ward was shot lost year at hia own door by @ party of guorillas, who mistook him for a Union soldier. Those plantation is an evidence of the extreme “prosperity of the city dur- ing the past two years. I regret my inability to procure figures relative to the business of Cairo, No individual had taken the trouble to keep them, and there is no Mer- chants’ Exchange or Chamber of Commerce to preser Ghe statistics. MEMPHIS MILITARILY OONSIDENED, From Cairo southward to Memphis is a distance by river of two hundred and fifty miles, Along this route there are no large towns or points of commercial import- ance. Uhirty-fiye years ago Randolph was much larger than Memphis, And its business was greatly in excess of that of the latter point. From some cause Memphis weat ahead with rapidity while Rindolph remained stationary, fand it was but a short time before the latter place was teft completely in the shade. Before the war it was only @ smali village. A little more than a year ago it was en- tirely burned to the ground in return for having fired ‘Upon @ passenger stwaamboot. The cotton trailic was the chief business that built Memphis an insigniticant funding place to & commercial town of nearly forty thousand inhabitants. After the war broke out it was made an important supply point for the rebels, and continued s» until the day of its eap- ture. Much of the artillery and mi of the wagons for the rebel armies ta the Wost were manufactured there at the old Navy Yard and at the shops of the Memphis aud Churieston Railroad. When it fell into our hands many of the inhabitants suddenly avowed their loyaliy and professed a desire to return to their allegiance. Trade ‘was opened with the city, and large stocks of goods were at once brought in, The proximity of the rebel armies at that time reudered it remarkably easy for their Mem phis triends to supply them, I was in Memphis during the Ubree months following the fail of thescity, and’ the amount of goods brought in from the North oftea aroused & suspicion that all was not right. Boots and shoes, gray cloth, salt, medicines and other articles supposed to be needed by the rebels wore iu great demand. Frequent ly parties would be captured while on their Way through the lines with contraband goods: but they gen erally managed to escape with the — confiscu- tion of their property. Late in the sea- son the authorities found that smuggling had been ca riod oo ata feariul rate, and took measures to stop it. An embargo wus laid upon trade, and for a time no goods were allowed to come down the river, Since then there has been an occasional lifting of the blockade, as wel! as a corresponding tightening of the lines STATZSTICS OF MEMS TRAD. During the vear énding August 31,1859, the amount of cotton shipments from Memphis was 325,480 bales. For 1859 and 1860 the shipments were 398,781 bales. In the following year the war broke out. The blockade at Cairo and (he mouth of the river, in conjunction with the orders from the rebel government, stopped the cottun trade al- most completely, There were frequent shipments from Memphis to New Orleaus, Mobile and Charleston, but tho artiglo was not bringing a high figure. In 1862 the city fell into our hands, aud the cotton trade with the North became lively. The shipments for the year endivg Se, tember 1, 1862, amounted to 70,000 bales , and for the year ending September 1, 1863, 40,000 bales. Tbe difference of the shipments in the past and the pre- sent year is accounted for by the fact that most of those Of last yoar were of the crop for two years that had aocu ae but examples of the condition of decay that bas oVertaken nearly allthe cotton growing farms om tho river since the war broke out. I might specify others, but these are sufficient. Tne process of teaching the planters the folly of the secession movement bas beou most complete, If they manage in any way to sur the — storm they will be lolerably certain to ay another. LITTLE ROOK—ARKANSAS IN GENERAL. Leaving Heiena and visiting the capital of Arkanaas, wo find another city in the bands of tho “subjugating Yankees.”’ Little Rock lies so far (rom the Mississippi and out of the genoral track of our advance its capture was delayed beyond the time of the conquest of the pointe to the east. Its fall was but a quos- tion of time, and after some three or four unsucceas- ful advances in that direction 1 was finally taken by General Steele. Arkansas is now practically uvder our rule, and its capital bids fair to be for ua @ permanent possession, The rebela are driven to the most south- westorn corner of the State as their only foothold, and it ig entirely optional with General Steele to say how be they may remain there. Arkansas Gas seon cnough the war. She is to-day ready to return to the Union oa any terms, with slavery if she can, but without it if necessary, I wrote from Little Rock recently a series of letters to the Haran, in which { set forth the condition in the state, Emnently an agricultural State, wilh no mvnufactures or commerce, and w)th nothing to support herself save tho sale of hor products, ArkanSus waa like. ly to fool the alfects of the stoppage of trade. The val- leys o' the White and Arkansas rivers are fino cotton districts, and the closing of tho market for tis le, ‘coupled with the hegira of the nogroes, naturally incensed the natives agaibat tho war that bad "brought about such iaconvenient *o- sults. ‘The people were thoroughly whipped and roady toadmit it, aod what they now prize ts a return to® condition of quiet. Noman traiy appreciates the bieas ings of wealth if he has obt been through tho trials vad discomforts of poverty. Noitber can a people apprecinto peace uati! they have had a fulness of war. Arkansas has been under rebe! rule tong enough to draw be tween the oid and the new qoveroment @ comparison highly favorable to the former, She haa not been de- vastated like Virginia and Missourt, but abe has folt the iron heels of tyrants for two long years, wotil she prays to be permitted to return to the Union sie lef in puch mad baste. STATE OF PERLING IN MISSISSIN ‘The people of Mississippi are in much the same mind ag the people of Arkaveas. When the war broke out they were fierce for it, and boasted of their dotermina- tion to perish in the apochryphal ditch rather than yield the smallest fraction of an inch. They frankly admit that they then thought the war would aiways be kept on the line of the Otio, acd in no, event could it come south of Kentucky. An invasion of the North was what they then contemplated, and the troops from Mississippi had no thought of ever being called upon to fight within their own borders. Had they thought tbat the armies, in lesa than a year from the beginning of the war, would cross their bayonets in the limits of the State and that one of their principal towns would be placed in a state of siege they would have paused before taking the rash step. They regrot it now and are desirous for peace. A portion of the rebel army ig still in thoir midat, but mutated on the hands of ow . Of the cotton snipped his year there is a considers quantity that belongs to the old product, but it is mainly of the crop of last season. #or my figures upon the cotton trade of this city I am dodobted to Mr. John 8. Toof, Secretary of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce. COMPARISON OF TRADE BRFORR AND DURING THR WAR. It must not be supposed that the diilerence be- tween 326,000 aud 70,000 represents the relative pro- Portiong of the actual trade of Memphis in 1558 and 1862. In the former year cotton averaged in value $50 por bale, Now it will average fully $250 per bale. Three hundred and twenty- housand bales at filty dollars will give the cotton trade of 1859,. in round ‘umbers, at sixteon and a quarter millions of dollars. Seventy thousand bales at two hundred and fifty doliars will give the cotton trade of 186248 amounting toseveuteen and baif millions—an increase over 1868 of a million and a quarter dollars. The trade of the earlier da: must be remem! |» was in gold or its equivalent, while that of the present time is in the national Treasury notes. The prices of all goods are tighor than ever be- fore, and relatively reduce the importance of the present cotton trade of the @outh. If the restrictions on trade were removed the business of Memphis would show a grout increase, particularly as the insurrectionary dis! ‘ricts are atill quite near, The necessity that existed last season for a strict supervision has passédaway, and some ‘of our vigilance muy be relaxed; but it would be by no means proper to remove it entirely. When the rebel armies are driven out from Mississippi it will be time enough to open trade. GUERILLAS AND COTTON. West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi were formerly among the beat upland cotton regions, The guerillas have ‘Deon and still Bre active in those districts, aud prevent ‘he staple being brought to market. In many cases they burn tt without a word of explanation, or threaten to do ay if the owner attempts to movg it. When our army advanc®d last year into Missi there was much cot- ton brought to lixht im the northera counties of the State. Van Doru, & the time of his raid to Holly Springs, de- stroyed a large quantity that was awaiting shipment, and frightened the peatere from bringing any more int» the lines. It ts eatimated by many that a hundred thousand ‘bales of cottod could be procured from West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi if the danger from guerillas did aot deter the owners from moving it. Added to this fear ia the searcity of draught anil , shreugh the frequent impressmonis “that have been made bj sides, The Mississippi valley cannot be looked upon as restored to quiet until the guerillas are driven com- plotoly away. As legitimate warriors they amount to nothing. Their only effect is to stop all prosperity of the people except in the immediate vicinity of the military posts. Along the river their constant attacks upon sstoamors have had no eifect in restricting trade, though they have succeeded in destroying afew steamboats. It is @ matter of Lvl glow to every one that thoy were not long siace recalled and placed within the ranks of the rebel army. They accomplish no real good to the rebel cause in thelr present occupation, while they would be much more serviceable as regular soldiers. HYFRCT OF THE WAR UPON THY PLANTERS. ‘The plapiations along the river have suffered a great change by the progress of the war, Before the rebelliun the planters were in ahappy condition. Cotton was gold at a high figure where it was profitable to raiweit Tho Degroea were peaceable and not disposed to meditate much upon menagures of political ees yt The market was conventent and ready money at all times at hand. ‘the factors in Memphi$ and New (rieans wore ready to make any advance asked for, apd take as secu- rity @ lien on the crops as they would be gathered. ly every planter usually expended his year’s pro- duct before it was gathered, and thus kept himself in debt to his factor. Ali his wants, were supplied, whether of cash or articles for plantation use. cotton crop w certain source of profit, and the condition of the planter, even if he »wore .occasionally tn de! chat many aman might envy. The plantersearly om- braced the secession movement through a desire to make their property the more secure and to better their condi- tion 4s slayeholders. They have had occasion for bitter cegrets. The war has broken up the most of their plan- tations by the flight of the negroes. and in many os the departure of the masters themscives. Many planters, exasperated by the misfortunes of the robel cause, have taken up the musket and fired upon Pessing steamboats. This has led toa retribution in the destruction of their buildings and the devastation of their property. Not one planter in fifty now remains at home with his household complete and his horde of ne- groes couteated and unllisturbed. All along both banks of the river abandoned plantations are visible. Théir owners are either in the rebel service or wanderers far from their homesteads, The negroes left behind have been gathered in contraband camps and piaced at work in varioas ways, They are suffering much, but patiently, in the pangs of a traosition (rom slavery to freedom, The problem {a their case is far from being solved, though there ie an evident glimmer of daylight through what was complete darkness two years ago. WORKING ABANDONKD PLANTATIONS, Last year many of these abandoned plantations were Jeused by government to various parties aud worked by thom on sbares. A part of the lessees found the enter- Prise « profitable one, while others did not. The matter was little more than an experiment, everybody being completely in the dark at the outset. In the coming year new plans will be adopted, and it is thought still greater *:Oceas will follow, | propose in a few days to visit Vicksburg and the region of these leased plantations ‘aod make special observations upon the subject. | will dever (urther ebservations upon the matter of the leased plantasions until after making that viait. Gen, Thomas bas this enterprise 1D charge as well as that of forming regi- monta and brigades from the black population along the river, He bas appointed comminsoners to ook after the matter, who are now located at Vicksburg and Lake Providence. \ast year their juria- dictiwoo extended from Lake Providence to Vicksburg. It is understood that their domain will be increased the present season and tnelude the entire cotton ~— along the Missisaivp!, The sd&e pian of leasing bas been adopted ons the sugar plantations in General Ban partment, : The yield of cotton will this year be much larger than inst if the guerillas do not make any interference The cotton will be placed in the ground much earlier than it ‘was inwt season, and the crop will havé an opportunity of arriving at perfection. HELENA, ARKANSAS, The first point of importance below Memphis ts Holevs—important only in the largest city of astern Arkansas. Contain! Ordinar}- 'y & population of jittle more than three thou- send, and with no railways in any direction, It oamnot exercise a great influence upo the destinies of the world. Helena became a cotton market of considerable note subsequent to tho arrival there of General Curtis’ army after its journey from Pea Ridge foe Arkansas, Tt was the rosidence of Major General Hindman before the war, and (ts population was as 17 secession as the most @rdont rebel could have When our army arrived there the most of ite able bodied male in- habitants were in the rebel ranks, and the few that re. mained there were not long in following. Ap almost en- tirely ne Those ulation has taken possession of in trade are either arm: incipally Jews, who have Heleva. sutlers or North- tained permission wo ores, churches are ocoupted on Sun- days chiety ‘by the chaplains, though there are some of the former still re maining. There is probably no piace in the West containing more edifices for pablic worship 1D proportion to the population than Helena, and there are Certainly none where the labors of the chdrch are more needed. A fow families still remain there; but the majo- rity Of the old inbabitants have isewhere. The first achool tor negro children south iro was established * lt9iens more thea @ yoar ago, and it is still ia opera Vrame - is powerless for any offensive operation. Wore there no rebel soldiery in the State of Miasissippl to-day, and no prospect of a return, the voice of the people would be loud and determined for peace, | may be mistaken in my views concorning the sentiment there, but { obtained them from prominent residents of the State, who claimed to know the beatings of the public pulse.’ Loss of war would have left Mississippi still rebellious at hoart. [t has suffered enough now to be ready to offer the olive branch. é VICKSBURG PAST AND PRESENT. Vicksburg, the scene of the greatest siege of the war, was once a cotton mart of no mean importance. She was to the noar portions of the great valley what Memphis ts tothe locality around herself. The region drained by Vitkeburg was leas extensive than that which is tributary* to Memphis, aud hence bad not acquired 80 large and so wealthy a population, Who does not know the deacri tion of Vicksburg in almost every foot of tho land abe covers? Hor inhabitants wore little dreaming three years ago that they would one day be brought near to starva- tion’s door. “The last mute end the last dog'’ came well nigh proving true. In arecent visit tothe city [ was struck by the scarcity of dogs, animals that, aro abundant enough in other Mississippt towns. Some of the inhabitants no doubt killed their dogs in order to lessen the consumption of foed; but there is abundant proof that many persons were forced to devour boiled dog in place of mutton and corned beef. The marks of the siege are visible elsewhere than in the shot holes aud other traces of the work of vilianous saltpetre... Trade in Vicks - borg was once brisk and there wero: iy persons of wealth residing there. The war has ed to poverty many & man once wealthy, and the long contiouation of Shasioee Conan with the ill discipline of the soldiery, red) the stock of the traders without a correspond- ing return, As in Helena, most of the traffic is in tho hands of persons from the North, and the natives Gnd themselves ignored. ly We the war the vew state of things will away and the old status be tn a measure restored are @ shock has been given to society that it will not be able to pass through furnace aad come out in the same of yore. FUTURE OF MEMPHI8 AND VICKBACRG. Whenever the Mississippi valley shall again become settled, and the production of their great staples—under whatever system—be resumed, Memphis aud Vicksburg are destined to be points of importance. Between St. Louis and New Orleana they are the only places on the rivor touched by railway lines running east and west, or likely to be 80 touched, At present the war bas put a stop to the running of these railways; but they are not likely to remain long idle after its close. Memphis and Vicks! are reapectively about the same distance from St. Louis and New Or!eans that they are from each other. They thus cut the distance from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf toto three nearly equal stages. They will be the supply points be- tween the two great emporiums, and may at some time grow into respectable cities. That they can ever become great and populous is, in the nature of things, im- possible. What prosperity they hie war has destroyed for the it and years. Amshipping and trading points they will be com- mercially great, but as manulacturing districts never. ‘NATCHRZ—ITS IMMUNITY FROM DANGER. South of Vicksburg lies Natchez, built at the base and on the crest of a high bluff, Natchez on the hill and Natchez under the bill are ag distinct in charac- teristics as Fifth avenue and the Five Pointe. The latter, while ing the scone of considerable trade, was in years past famous, or rather infamous, as the residence of the most desperate thieves and gam blers that infested the river. It his since been purified, but is not yet wholly clean. Natchez has been peculiarly fortunate in suffering vone of hardships of war that have fallen to the lot of ber sister cities along the river. The position was not considered so strong as that at Vicksburg, and no attempts were made to throw up for- tifications. When Admiral Farragut made bis first as- cent of the Mississippi the town ‘was surrendered to him. He told the citizens that he wished them oo harm and should take care that none came to them, provided they joined him in the endeavor. As long as they made no attempt to erect batteries nor fire upon any passing be should aliow them to be unmolested. If at any time they allowed their passion reagon and committed the folly of fir should order the buraing of the towa. The stipu- lation on both sides has been faithfully ob- served. Natchez has learned that it is best to snbmit gracefully when one is obliged to sebmit. Not ‘# hostile shot bas deen fired at or from Natchez since the war broke out, and the prospect now i# that none wil! be. Lite other important points on the river, Natchez is held by @ garrison of our troops, though it # thought that no force at all is really required to keep it in order. The people say they will behave properly and obey the laws set down for thetr guidance. They show @ less rebellious spirit than bas been manifested by any people south of Cairo. 1 would pdt have the reader believe that all the inhabitants of Natchez are loyal, but they sbow at all eventsa willingness to submit without resistance to the ‘supreme powers of the land. This feeling springs po doubt from a desire to save themeelyes and property from harm; buggphatever the motive, we can but exult at its existence. rade of Natchez was of the same vature aa that at Vi , though not of so great degree. Tho war that aflects prosperity of the one touches the other, and its end will Syually benedt both. PRCULIARITIEG OF THR MISSISSIPPI. From Cairo to Vicksburg the cbanoel of the river shows 8 depth of from eight to 'y feet, rarely exceeding the latter mark. Above Helen’ a bar extends across the entire river and makes the passage somewhat difficult for boats of the deepest draught; but elsewhere there is a sufficiency of water for navigation at ali seasons of the year. At Memphis, where the river sweepe at the base fy, undred feet in depth, and at high water a hundred and twenty. It was there that u nboat Gerieral Lovell, on the occasion of the naval went down, in three minutes after receiving & biow from the afterwards ill-(ated Queen of the W i where the of water is al Port whi the plummet sinks for three * feet Wherever it deepens the river becomes narrow and flows with an irresistible force. From the mouth of the four > river it is thirty-five hutdred feet wide, from Red river to Donaldsonviile three thousand feet across, and from there to ita mouth about tweaty-five hundred, From the sources: to the Red river we find the Mississippi i numerous 4 off, The Atcha Sara and Lafourche yous are too weil known to need description. Some geo! and others have that one these Dayous might at me time become the river channel of ihe Lenyy leaving New Orleans far to one side. an event is of course } mene) te there “ailatie. tikellbood ¢ its leaving it and seek! that . ieay an is feasible “4 rs carried away or destroyed, the appearance of having suffered « ce!uge ana tornado at the same time, With that foresight which is ono of bis garrisoned by tuned to play a minor part ia the biatory of aairs on the river, . ana. Tho ruins of the >tate House now stand a landmark to travoliérs and @ monutmont of the folly ot socession. ‘The scene of a battio between the forces of General Wil- liams avd those of the rebel Breckiuridgo, in which tho latler was repulsed, is now of littlc pote, It ia the centre of considerable woalth, and was onco tho residence of sevo- ral leading politicians of Louisiana, dred and twenty-five miles below, completely obscures it in evory thing that goes tomakeacity. Tho river between the two points is broad aud deep, and thor are no bin- drances to navigation. that the carly settlers secured their habitations and dwelt in most-princely style. The outbreak of found them revelling in wealth and hating moat religiously overything that oame or Nortborn. origin: Tatrolied towards the house and qudden! two young ladies of the family. “yates them pormis- sion te entor the garden, I find thoy English. My companion addresses thom in Fronch, and conversation aprings up. eos’? says the younger, with a bewitching smile, “Oh, yos, wo aro Yankoos, if you consider New York in Yankeo land.’’ “Cortainly,” wee tho reply; ‘it is the very centre of the Yankee country.” The’ bewitching amile became more subdued in coatemplation of the two Vandals from the North, Whothor these French damscia Delieved we would at once illystrate the Northern character a8 depicted in the reliable Seutbern journals | know not; er ae it is they did not floe our presence. They drew gation rau upon various topics, but without allusion b; either ek to tho fears of the old-time besieged inbabi- tants of the twain—soon made her appearance to look after her charges. invaders without stint. about slavery at all, but a war against religion, and they have to suffer the mos! To enamerate all the water courses would requ when the river troops passed io {| made to bear upon ils surface ealth it would be ° rection. The progress of events in the of | possibic to estate, Numerous wore the races that took Vicksburg sent General Grant in the vi of ace, 10 the avuibilation of time, safely, and often of Life Kawards’ Station, to take up bis position im rear if. lv 1853 was the famous race betwoon the Kolipse of tho town that ¢ne rebels believed impregoabic, | and Sbotwel!, on which was @ wagor of seveaty tivo Jeff. Davis’ nogroes wore made free, and passed for. | thousand dollars, besides innumerable side bets. Three over from the control of that arch rebel. The man who | bundrod and sixty miles up stream was tho first rua of tends foremost in 4 rebelliom for tho protection of slave- | twenty-four hours. The Atsatic, now plying between ry bas lost by the p berg ‘of the war the very property he | this port and Vicksburir, has recently beaten this rate by wished torender more secure. Not only he but thou- | ravning three bundred aod seventy-two miles in tho sands of his fellow rebolifhave similarly suffered, sane time. Races are not Common now-a days, though JMFY'S PLANTATION TURNED INTO 4 CONTRABAND OAM there i6 aa Occasional trial af speed between Cairo aud The loss of his slaves 1a not all. The commiasioners in | Mempbis, The City of Alton, the C, KE. Hillman and charge of the contrabands on sha Miagionionl have taken | tbo Mary Vorsyth are reputed the fastest om poaseaaion of the Davises plantations and aro about eatad- | that route. The class of travel on the river at tbe pre lishing & contraband camp. Tho abandonod and runa- | svt time 8 not Buch 44 Lo Causo steamboat owners LO ex- way ndgrosa are to be gathered there vious to dis- | pend as much money as formerly in making quivk tripe. tribution, and the plantations are to be cultivated by | D&STRUCTION OF BIKAMUOATS BY THe Waa—rnderts OF their labor. The river here forms a great bend, cnclos- ng both the plantations on a peningula whose neck is less than half’ mile across. Fortifications will bo thrown up across this neck, and the place will be securely garrison: od by nogrd troops. Guorillas wil aot find it to their to- terest to pay a visit, especially aa it is tho dosiga to STEAMBOATING, The majority of the best stoamere on tho river were ip the rebel limits when the war out. The most of them have been destroyed by ourselves, or » tue rebels to prevent their failing into our hands, From twelve to twenty have beep captured, but they were Tho boats that remained eatabil tat to noue of them of the beat. 5 our (oe in . caso a et ‘emergoncy, tne above lay idle at St. Louis for the fret six mouths of the whole property on the peninsuia will be config. | war, and many Of thoir owners mourned that they were not in Dixie. With the fali of Fort Donolson came a de- mand for steamboats for army transportation, and their value Buddenly rose. The amounts of somo bale are almost fabulous, a small ra tesoee. boat that could have beeu vou, for $3, three years ago. bec ae uusato for travel, Dut has been rubbing constantly during the war and brought her own- eis no less than $60,000. On one trip of two weeks in length she cleared $15,000. Tue Mary EK. Forsyth is said have paid for herself in the first three months after sho was brought out. The Julis, a now and fast boat, and he Minnchaba, cleared on singic trips from , | St. Louis to Now ,Orleans, the former twonty-seven and the latter twenty 6ix thousand dollars, Tae Ruth, belore has doubtless long ago seen the crror of bis course, and | she was burned, bad paid (or herself and givea her own: erm hoad 9 - | ers a handsome advance vn the investmont. The owners tao} ad: wou Spee acaiaeplereapent: of tho’Ruth tfave roceatly brought out another, the Olive ‘ Branch, which bas just made its first trip to New Orleans, Two magnificont boats, the new Kuth and the leviathan, are now building at New Albany. They are lai than any boats yet launched for tho Missiasippi, and wheo com. pleted there will be some iiterosting trixls of rod. Steamboating, like all things elsc of the Mltssfssippi, has bad ita depressing days and its days of prosperity. The jgures I have given above show that it w ‘not altogether dependent upon the full resump on of the cotton aud sugar traffic for its gains. CONCLUSION. My attompt to give the situation on the Missiasippi cated ualoas some astute lawyer can be found who wilt prove to the satisfaction of & pias ot claims that Jeff, Davis is not disloyal. Tho fate of estates is a Rood inatance of the results of the war. Three years ago they woro secure, and had there been ‘no political or other great quarrois there was nd real roa- @0n LO suppose they would over be in jeopardy, Now their chiof owner (s at the hoad of @ paoudo government, fast crumbling in pieces, His tong have fallen to the government against which ho rebelled, and ere made the site of a colony of freedmon of the very race he was so anxious to- fasten more securoly, Inatoad of perpetuating slavery ho has cuneen s Sow tobe rofl ben Sa shake it to tts foundations, if it does out ‘Though unwilling to acknowtedge it, tho rebel pre ALONG THE RIVER. From thonce to Port Hudaon and Baton Rouge ta little that is worthy of note It ts tho same monotonous, pic- turo—a batkground of eky, a long line of oypross forest, draped in funoreal mosa pendant from every trea The mistiowe, tho sister parasite of the Spanish moss, spreads its green tuft io deep contrast with tbo gray chistors by its Bide, Successions of curves ih the river's course, with abandoned plantations hints the banks at every new bend, are tho accompaniments of the forest landscape The river becomes deeper aud Jeas fierce, though not Lho leas strong in its current, as we proceed. Kelow Red river the country shows more | haa grown to a great longth, and the subject is sull (ret igus of woaith, We aro touching the regionof sugar | fui. After boing closed for twedty four months the great plantations, where is (ound tho wealth of Louisiana. They | river in July last was opened to vavigation throughout present no’ material ports of difference from the cotton | itsentire lengua, A fow irregular warrors still linger on Plantations, gavo in being more extensive and with more | its banks; but tor all practical purposes tho passage of evidences of prosperity. But fow of them are visible | boats is unobstacted. ‘Two and a halt yours ago Cairo was until we pass Baton Rouge and reach the region known ag | our most Southern point, twelve hundred miles trom the * The Coast.’ It was 80 named by the French at tho | mous of the river. Columbus, in rebel possession, atood time of the settlement of Louisiana, and the term has | i vur front. Genera! Grant removed this obstruction by romained unchanged over since, Port Hudson now offers\4 the capture of Fort Donelson, its flunk protection. Next ia no inducemavts for a detontion. nce secondary only tp | our way was Island No. Tea, spepdily Saptured by tho Vicksburg im importance, it ts now a mere post, | combined efforts of Gon, Pope and Adunral Footo. Simul- wezro troops, ant tho scere of a | tancously an ontrance was eifected from the Gulf. Fort little tocal trade. Once a étroug military position, it | Pillow, captured by the;fall of Donelson, was succocded is pow bold to prevent its rooccupation " by | by the brilliant naval victory at Memphis which gave the onemy. Unlike Vicksburg, tt cannot bo made tho dus tho river to Vicksburg. Hero for more than a year base of operations to the interior, and ia honoeforth dea- | our downward progress was stayed. The stronghold was tually taken by the splendid strategy of Genoral Grant. Almost simultanoously Port Hudson surrendered to Gene- ral Banks, Those points captured, the Futhor of Watera went unvexed to the sea. Not only bnve we opened the rivor, but we have re covered an immense area of territory. Parts of Migsouri avd Kentucky, with allof Tonnesses, Mississippi, Ala- bama, Arkansas and Louisiaua, were in the onemy hands thirty months ago. Missouri and Keatucky hi boon cleared of armed rebols, and all out small portions of Tennessee, Arkansas and [uisiana are now under our flag. Wo hold portions of Missisalppi and the former all that is valuable. In the aggregate we have taken moro than seventy thousand prisoners, with four bundred pieces of light and beavy artillery. A largo fileot of transports and another of gunboats have been destroyed or captured with comparatively littio logs to ourselves. All this work has boen 0 offectually accomplished that wo havo geut tho army elsewhere for omployment, and the tidings thus far give us reason to believe that it still re- tains its nabit of victory. Westof tne great river the foe is nearly vanquished. A few more blows aud we shall recovered Texas, a8 wo have already recover. ed Arkansas and Louisiana, East of the river it is neces- sary to crosa two States belore any respectable rebel force is found. To-day brings noys that the main force of the ‘enemy has been put tn retreat towards Central Georgia. Should this be true, the whole region drained by the.Mis- sissippi, with the exception of a single tributary, is freed from the presence of an organized rebel force, We have roason to be proud of our-military successes in the West, leaders who bave brought us 80, too, with Baton Rouge, tho political capital of Louisi- Now Orleans, @ bun- It was on this part of the river the war vored of a Landing at one of the plantations, ‘encoun ‘not understand cioualy granted. . A prosent of som successful propitiatory offering, aud a “You certainly are not Yau- and of our soldier and such glorious results and wore evidently io atalkative mood. Conver- WANTED—¥EMALES. NUMBER OF WELL RECOMMENDED GERMAN femates want situations as cooks, chambermalds and Inundressen; nurses, gitla for general housework, &c., at Mra Lowe's German lustitute, 17 Stanton at, near Badajos. ‘The duenoa of the household—tho aunt | A. Sho was provoked into talking, and abused the “it t# not,’’ said she,‘‘a war GERMAN GIRL WISHES A SITUATION AS CHAM- |. or to do general Housework in a small femi- ly. Call at 604 Kast 16th at, first tloor. will never end it. We who did not want apy part in it Just them @ nogress appears with a plato of froshly gathered We are pressed to take both for ourselves and the ladies on the boat, Wo accept the red hospitality, the whistle and | ‘wo are soon etpaming onward to OC Ii mind with these people were the ity of along the coast. . ont TUR NEW ORLEANS MARKET, New Orleans, in ali ita aspects, has been thorougtily described by your numerous correspondents, who have | Oi been hore in Meio Achmed ae the re of the | station D, for the week. city, in the early part year. Ite co hd SPE TO EOF ANE py ER Eg mee, EET halt'deserted sidewalks, the absence of much of its gay SITUATION WANTED—A8 GOOD COOK, WASHER ite, how the contrat betwesn the Now Orioqa of today | 2104 rouer Appi at s8 Wows tne” GAtTAR OC fur PORES SS Sere eae 5 prea COMPETENT DRESSMAKER WANTS WORK BY Gas 2 tenant, Memaeigergs Mons: | A sca aren: Saleem ee rival of a single stoamer, tbe Albert Pearce, 4 : d from St. Louis, laden with supplies, served to affect the market quite seriously and lower the standard A of prices. Before the war a dozen such boats, laden to WOMAN, CAPABLE OF TAKING CHARGE OF A Iinen room or stor ‘or store room ina hotel, wants a situation. be recommemded by her last employer. Address M. M., YOUNG WOMAN WISHES A SIJUATION TO DO chamberwork aod waiting, or ehamberwork anc sew. (De _ 2% East 12th at., ia the stor the guards, might enter the port without disturbing in the — feast the comnn rmometer. 8 FIRST CLASS COOK.—UNDERSTANDS SOUPS, ae ne oan oe Me reenly itso | A mest, same aid pastry; will 40 washing, good cy Now Orieans is tittle more y {com | fefereuce. ' Cali at 10 Union court, University place. prised almost the entire district of the Lowor Misgissipp!. Nothing, eave tbe cemeteries, appears to be in a state of prosperity. Funerals are the chief attraotion, and tho death of a ire eee pve vege boards with an invitation for every body to attend the ceremonies : TUATION WANTED—BY A FIRST CLASS COOK, of interment. The once densely crowded lovee is now of | AA Wather and ironer: understands her business perfectiy! secondary tm) war | jas fourteen years’ reference; no encumbrance. Apply at shall be ended and peace spreads her wings over Louisi- | 299 West 23d si. aoa. THE TRADR OF NEW ORLEANS. YOUNG GIRL WISHES A As [ have compared the trade of St. Louis and Memphis ‘bermaid and waitres y reference. Call at 267 Bast in Spee —— = b= sap smeatg io war, | 14th st. will do the same ia the case ‘ew Orleans. To avoid * . repetition lt me say tbat the commercial Yours inthe | AL ‘ual family tote hauwework: teferencs from vat att following figu: . peal Of the trade of any your Tmean for the tworre mouths | Blsce APP at loo Raat Brook!ya. ending on the Ist of September of that year SCOTCH WOMAN WISHES A SITUATION AS child's nurve; can take charge of s baby from its birth. Good reterence, Call at 925 Broadway, in the store. N EXPERIFNCED WOMAN WISHES A SITUATION In 1860 the exports of the stdple articles Of trade were a8 an exceileat cook; can make the best of bread and a8 follows:— Pastry: good city-reterence. Call at 114 7th ar., between Cotton, bales .. ‘ gt and 19h ate ony “ arnagc pa ‘A BRSPECTABLE WOMAN WISMES A BABY TO Sugar, bl wet nurse at_her own residence. Apply at 346 6th av,. between 2ist sts. WOMAN, Wil0 UND cooking and baking, wan to high wages; frat class reference. days ac 497 Canal #t., neer Hudson. SITUATION WANTED-BY A YOUNG WOMAN, TO do general housework; city reference. Call at 76 Laight «t., drat floor, back room. GERMAN GIRL WISHES A SITUATION TO DO + chamberwork and to take care of chidren, Call at 79 ALL KINDS OF ion; prefers a home n be seen for two io 1862 the exports were as follows — ton, bales. 4 Tobacco, bids. Sugar, bhds. Molasse, bois Sugar, bbd Moinases, bbis fae bees 7 Pie + for iw ° days. ail diac TER ‘As | mentioned in the trade of Memphis, it must be re- SITUATION WANTED—BY A’ RESPECTABLE membered that the articles above evumerated now havo | A young girl, for general housework: ts @ first rate cook, & greatly enhanced value in comparison wth the years of aud ironer. Call at 236 Broome st. Hing the sec before the war. The figures for 186) mu-t he multiplied by six to our yy money value - the exports. exporte for the present year will years old. to take care of children or assist in plait probably be much im excess of those of the | gow) iy for 10 P ri BAY ney past, The sugar plantations will begin to yield more Sa Se eee, ee liberally as their management is better understood by Lo phe WANTED—BY A YOUNG WOMAN, TO the leasees. Many of the plapters who had abdented cook, wash and iron. Cali at 53 East 4d st., between themselves have returned and are ready to commence st work op the new plan. Your worr dent at this point ja now eng: in an investigation of the system of plantation leasing, and will in due time give yous bestory of the whole matter far more valuabie than could be given in this: brief rerume. I will therefore drop the subject at this point, adding my belief that the trade and), rouperity of New Orleans, like that’ of St. Louis and ATION WANTED—BY A YOUNG GIRL, » WAXIED—A SITUATION. BY A PROTESTANT wo ‘man, in a respectable family, a8 plain cook or gene Fal houseworker, Inquire at 116 ‘West dlat st., one door ANTED~A SITUATION, BY A PROTESTANT WO. man, as first class cook; understands ail kinds of J cooking, and understands boning and ia a good baker; hy Wier Ou outhee See ore ae cot Od tiston | ihe vert a cy reference, Can be aren fer Ywo dayuat 14d now aking place ia the South cangot veriously aft t Beh net nh ll Commerce will always ite it ,» DO matter wi y ANTBD—BY TWO RESPECTABLE may be the situation of irs around it, Nations may W ad hat aad 4 be broken up, States an, be sundered or more firmly comented, one half the world may battle with the other half, siavery may he wiped out completely or become ‘8 perpetual inberitadce, but the law of demand and sup- ply will remain immutable. ‘ne world needs cotton cover its nakedness, sugar io make palatable ite food ‘WeaAns-sz A RESPECTABLE WOMAN, A SITUA na cook. Cal 3 | at 733 8th av.. between Sith and ae eee, 8 fF ge ‘Soth Good city reference given. tol to #0! cares Orieans, St. Louis gy ge Memphis and the great valley though their’ prosperity. ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A YOUNG WOMAN, may for s time be , Wil s¢on return to their pris- a8 waitress; best city reference, Call at S19 West 26th at, ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A RESPE LE young woman, as plain cook, and excellent washer and ffoner, oF to do general hou Can be seen at her present employer's, this day, at 190 West 24h st. ANTED—A_ SITUATION, AS COOK, BY A RE- le Foung woman (Protestant) {Can o9 well ro. com’ th city and country, Address M. W.. 319 East Lith st., second flour, back room. ANTED—A . SITUATION, tine importance. SOCIAL PROSPECTS I THR SOUTHWEST. BY A_RBSPECTARLE 4 and laund: SITUATION AS CH AM. HELP WANTED—FEMALES. COLORED WOMAN @ANTED—TO DO GENERAL housework to a small family, Apply at 97 Bouth Sd ot, Williamaburg ATINSTIUPTS, 138 ELEVENTH STRLET of Sixth Avontiec, cau be (ound avwatling sit petent, well recommended sory firat climes bermaids, nurse LL EMPLOYERS WANTING COMPRTENT SER vants for city or country, and 4!! 8 wanting good situations—Germ: otek. American, &¢.. miso girls for housework —oa! Ser. vans’ Institute, 149 Grand st. LL GOOD SERVANTS WANTING SITUATIONS BE fore New Year's should apply tmmedtately at HEN DERSON'S #oryants Court sirevt. oklyn Ber class ait in day for o9oks. chamber imaids, nurses, alljin excetieat families and highest wages without delay at the +7 22 Tee SSS A GOOD COOK, WASHER AND IRONER WANTED— To do the work of ‘tvate tamily. Good references Erauired. “None other pply at 219 West 60th al., acar ay. T WHITFIKLD'S FREB OFFICE TO FAMILIES, 250 Third avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty-first treet, may be seen, for city or country, cooks, chamber- mais, laundresses, nurses and girls for general housework. Noc! girts until ea, Comaaer SERVANTS OF ALL KINDS, WITIT good recommendations, wanted to fill situations for tho winter: also French nurse, to take care of an infant. Ap- Pls at Gervanta’ Institute, 138 1th «! wrner bth ay, WO OB THREE FIRST Bone others uved apply at 48 Uaion lace, corner of 17th at. Grae WANTRD—IMMEDIATELY, AT MAN- 42 ning’s Select Ageacy, 15 Court st.. Brooklyn. coruer of Joraleman, viz:—Cooks, ‘chambermaids, waitresses, nurses, cooks aud washers and ironera, laundresses and girls for housework, without delayg highest waces.a! TV. XOUNG LADIES WANTED—T0 ATIUND. BAR. Yo#further particulars apply at the 6, Nicholas Bhades, 135 Greene wireets from 12 to FM. Wy aazeD or A RESPRCTABLE FAMILY, TITREE wervants, & cook, a Chambermaid and taundress, and one to be generally useful, To well recommended ser- vanta good salaries will be given. Apply at 378 6th ay. ANTED—A NUMBER OF GIRLS TO WORK IN A hoop skirt factory. Call at 147 Chatham atreet WANTED-IN A PRIVATE FAMILY. a STEADY. AC tivg young woman. 44 chambermaid and waitress, one who knoWs her utes thoroushl; ences. Apply at 21 at ANTED—A CHILD'S NURSE. APPLY WITH Rur. erences at 41 Wert 38th at, ‘aud with best eity veler- hav, ANTED—A PROTESTANT WOMAN, AS CHAMBRE. inaid in a small family. Apply at 314 Weat 25d at ANTED—A PROTESTANT GIRL. TO DO GENERAL honsework for two ladies; good wages paid. Apply at No. 6 Amity at. ‘ANTED—A FIRST OLASS COOK: THE BEST OF city references required. Apply between 9 and Il o'clock A. M dot. ANTED—A GIRL, AS NURSE AND SEAMSTRESA. Must come well recommended. Apply a: 191 Broad- way. ANTED—A YOUNG WOMAN, TO WAIT ON A LADY and assiat.a bitte with children; one who sews quick. ly: « French woman preferred, Apply between 10 and t o'ciock, at 18 Bnat 16th wt. ANTED—A COMPKTENT NURSK AND SEAM: stress; one who thoroughly understands all kinds of family sewing; must eoms well recommended. Apply at 109 Clinton at, corner of Btate at,, Brooklyu, vefore 12 o’clock. ANTED—A COMPETENT PROTESTANT GERMAN, American or English woman, aa nurse and chamber: maid in a vory amajt (amily. “None others need apply at 60 vat 27th at / ANTED—A GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORK, A good wauner jand irgner and plain cook; also « Bleccker st. seamatress. Apply at ANTED—A WET NURSE, WITH A FRESH BREAST ‘of milk. None buta stout, strong, healthy woman ced apply, between 10 and 18 o'eldck in the forencon, at 46 Weat I! a . 2 ‘ANTED—BY A RESPECTABLE YOUNG GIRL, A aituacion as chambermaid and waitross or as assistant nuree. Apply for three days Ot No. I'Bridge et, first floor, New York. '‘ANTED—A WOMAN, TO DO GENERAL HOUSE. . work; mitst be 8 good washer and ironer and @ good stant preferred. Inquire, with reference, at + Brooklyn. Wanzep—six GOOD DRESSMAKERS, AT NO. 22) 6th av. a ANTED—A NEAT, TIDY GIRL, AS NURSE AND ‘Keamatress: maust be a neat sewer; good caferences re- quired: wages $6. Call at 77 East 14th at. ANTED—A PROTESTANT, TRUSTWORTHY WO- man as purse, to take care of two hildren, None bute competent person need apply. with city refer ences, this day, at 241 Weal 19th at,, between 8th and 9th ava” oe ANTED—IN BROOKLYN, TWO GIRLS; ONE AS ‘cook, washer, &c.; the other for general housowork. Ee 4 ICLP WARTED—maLes. LL AGENTS WHO DO NOT Wi8H Ta BE IMPOBED upon abould be careful of the ama!l swiadiing concerna oy who try Prize Pact tale our celebrated aud val or te Baton ‘a bo long.and favorably known to the publi Some of these impudent scampa go #0 far as to copy out daily advertisements, cannot pro! ve), prémiuma are present a caso of offer, our preminas (wich they To show agents that thele merely @ dodge. We wilt 100 of our beat packages to any ong ae, who can Obtain & premium wateb trom aay of those tinitae ferent styles whic Seni with his first order if unable to call on. na. scents to cal! on those imjtators, examine their goo miums, &¢., first, then visit us, and you will wee advaniae on our pide. make 515 per day selling our great, new and wond tem large pize “HL taina more fine wi Ro0ds, presents of ri doven packiges ever so!d great new Olroular for ducements, sireet, N free, B.C. ¥.. “only original, age house ifthe world A? st paying thom from $40 Wo ’ hig of the kiod. | We presen nt “free? atiful gold or solid iver Wate! ing cade, glinh movements! ahd warranted ®* correct time” ¥ which he can select, himsel! from hunds of dit we always have on band, or have it ‘nak We guaraaice smart ag ex ach of which com idey Prize Pact 3 materials, jewelry, & ‘ankee notions, ‘than any mot call m containing extra premium iS de CO., 104 Nasaan "argent aud vldest Prize Pack. fi AND ALL WHO DESIRE PROFITABLE emplorment, should engage in- the sale of oun jually celebrated Prize Stationery Packets, coutainiag fine Wrtti ‘aper, Holidays, much, lor umes as better handsome Jewelry, Noveiti retail for only 25 cents—worth ‘kets contain more stationery, quality, and it more rapidly than any others ever put up. ‘he profits are immense, ani ia addition, all agents receive aga present from ua a moat beautiful gold or silver wateh, perfert time keepers, worth ten times as much he comp u Position watches given by other parties with their inferior packeta. will plei cireular, 9 ol United Bat GENTS WISHTNG TO the most wonderful, be the age. Pays largo profile a Every one who Is deairous of selling & rood ar j uae call and examine our Lid 3. HABKING & 0 t and. oniy original ckets, or send for ou: ).. 36 Beekman street, Prize package house in the & MONRY, WR | and saleable arti rybody wanta it. Sample mailed for 25 cents. GOODWIN & 00,429 Brondway ME pee Va ETE LL MBN SERKING EMPLOYMENT SHOULD GALG Jerks’ Regist wad & copytat. A AT tmamed{al following are @o to Kurope, outa clerk for a ateamer, two boys at the Cle ry goods . lore, a lad for an oflioe - BOOKKBEPER AND SALESMAM WANTED ‘or a grocery house, also (wo oul door aalesinen am elling agent. & hardware clerk, two clerks for insurance © steamer, a bartender and porter. Agency, 80 Nassau street. YOUNG MAN WANTED OF GOOD CHABAOTER— A good penman, capable of wraj ag up and corking 2 bottles, &c., and make himself generally useful, thus qual fie A GooD WAITER WANTED AT 645 BROADWAY. rmanent #ituation can he obtained at i7) Chatham 4% ¥., at Wolcott's Instant Vain Annibtiator depot GENTS, LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS—CALL AND examine something urgently ineeded by-every porwomy Or ten ‘samples will be gent free by retail for B42. by R. mail for 20 cents, thi rt. L. WOLCOTT 170 Chatham square, N. “GOOD BARTENDER WANTED.—GOOD RECOM- mendations and good age. o'clock at 33 Howard atreet, Laquire between 10 and 18 OY WANTED-—AT THK WHITNRY HOUSE. ONE who has had some experience in waiting aud undog- stands checka, OY WANTED—IN A WHOLESALE LIQUOR STOR! B, one from fourteon tw sixteen years old. Apply at 48 Corttandt street, 00. JOUN GRAVES 3 OY WANTED—A SMART, INTELLIGENT BOY; muat write & good hi at 253 South dand'be quick at figures, Aj olice. Bxs WANTED—IN A PRINTING OFFICE, WHO OA work on the Gordon press. Apply immediately at 438 Canal at., up stairs. CO WAITER WANTED FOR A PRIVATE PAM- He must have the best of reference as to aad experience tp business id Sand 6 P.M. at the sobriety, Inquire between 9 and . office of Barnoy, Butler & dway. NOMPETENT MEN ARE WANTRD BEFORE THREE ¢ Jo'clock thia day for the following situations: —A clerk for Yr ‘8 shipplt lerk, i lighterage business, a hardware sales tine keeper for a city ship yard, two telligent clark to. gn to Harana with @ merchaat. ap surance clerk. T! fal license from the Mayor of the city. roorry cler! 18 being the only establishment conducted wish {¢ um- by spect re derstood that we have no connection whatever with swind- ling oifices, copyin; commiasion ta savance.” ‘Onganteng ner of Colum’ our advertisement, only adding “Ne Beer a GoM 400, en ey qualified as "i about Gfteen veuraofage.te | ¢ useful Apply to OC. M. Wi Oe. ry yen ate, South Brooklyn. and RUG OLERK.—WANTED, acquainted with the retail drug business, Apply at & YOUNG MAN Macdougal st. RUG CLERK WANTED. at A. B. Bands & 1 RUG GLERK WANTED,-ONE THOROUGHLY ‘competent and familiar with the city trad Apply to Wm. M, Giles, 189 6th av., corner 4 x Gk PPLY TO W. POYNTS, liam #t., corver Fulton. Co.'s, _———<—_$$ AN BOY WANTED—RESIDING UP TOWN. Im. ire at Bixby’s, 475 8th av. Must have good diy references. Apply, after 9 o'clock, at No-i Monroe place, corner of Clark st” Brookiya. ri TANTED—A NURSE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN; SHE muat be thoroughly competent to take entire charge of ie jhe tad red etek art Pee One wie coul Ww neal re rred, sew neatly if required woul preferred. Apply at 14 Wxrep-a GOOD COOK; ONE WHO wouLD SY, gst ia the washing and’ troaing” Auply at Ot i | ” ANTED—IMMEDIATELY, Dresamakin, Paid whi Broadway, second floor. ANTED—A NEAT, TIDY GIRL, FOR GENERAL housework, plain cooking, washing and ironing; 5 ference {rom last place. Apply at 11 Powers st., — APPRENTICES TO THB learning. Apply at 743 ANTED—A SMART GIRL. TO DO GENERAL pout Be BP sae can come well recommended. will be paid. Apply in the store 18 Ws QWANTHD—A LADY, TO LEARN THE ART OF Co: toring Photorragt such a one, who will receive in- struction un the 6th of January, will have a good sitt- ation for herself, or continue in my employ. G.’KONIGSBERG, 713 Broad WAXTED—A WOMAN COOK. TO ASSIST IN A HOTEL Kitchen; must thoroughly understand cooking vege- tables and baking gridle cakes. Apply at Brandreth House, lunch room, corner of Broadway and Lispenard st., between Wana lock A. M. ANTED—A WOMAN FOR GENERAL HOUSE. work, wages $7. Apply ai 98 West 27th st., between 6th and 7th aves. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALES. (A YOUNG MAN, A GOOD BOOKKEEPER AND PEN man, ts opea for an engacement alter Janvary 1; refs. Fenee present employer; wholesale house Sha Gress BF A., Herald olice Re euee OOKKEEPER.—AN ENGLISHMAN, OF GOOD « perience, desires an engagoinent with’ sume respectable “house, as bookkeeper or entry clerk, &c., in town or country. Gives four, years’ unexceptionable ‘rercrenee frou last exe ployers. Address D. D., ilerald office. Ors —PERSONS {N WANT OF THR SER. vices of a collector, whose time is but partially occupied, oot accommodated by addressing B. E., box 139 Heraid oiice. SITUATION WANTED—BY AN AMERIC. Sis years of age, in some mercantile by can have a chance of promot d also od reterguces given, Address W. 8. i desires some position ina respectable hi perienced double eniry bookkee pon first class business qualidentions; has been. tiv manager of a large wholesale house. Compensal option of the employer. For particulars and an address W. Otis care box 5,04 Post office HE HARDWARE TRADB.~THE ADVERTISER, 18 years bourding with his parents, is desirous of ip &@ wholesal capa city, some position i 5 been tbe financial manager of a large house; ts {ully competent; ex- tations modrrate; salary ai the discretion of employer. ‘or reference address 0. P., box 150 Herald office. ws D—A SITUATION AS BOOKKEEPER OR door clerk, by a young man who bae bad several years’ experience in one mercantile hous in the Brit West Indies. Cao Pthe first merchants in Wall street. reese West Indies, Herald 0 Mice, ‘ANTED—BY A COMPETENT YOUNG ENGLISH. man, @ situation as gardener; also ® situation for bis wife, in the same family, Address H.T. ¥., New Bru wiek Post offie®, N. J, : 47 ANTED—A SITUATION AS PORTER, BY A YOUNG plain band of age; cam write # good Hieraid othee. WwW NTE! A PERSON quaintéd in all the town: situation as travelling agent Any other out door occupati Herald omee. Address D: it ‘A ava OFFICER WISHES TO CORRESPOND with some yy to matrimony, must mi and f iy, ley. with s view om am} weet ‘eecar, chambermafa "and. waitress "Call at Went 28th ai, ‘ANTED—A SITUATION, BY A RESPECTAB! W Young girl, as chambermsd and waitress; best of ni See a he ores, Cal at Tih ave, corner of BT NURSE.—A HEALTHY MARRIED WOMAN Worrisene cud te nurses her own prof Apply at ph ee ee Wares SITUATION, BY A_RESPRCTABLE girl, to of cook, wash aud iron; city Feference, Call at 990 34 avenue, 1 20th at. Lama + eh By td tay J WaAntep-sr 4 RRSPROTABLE PROTESTANT duced it woman, @ situation in a small private family, Call at Lid West wt, detween is nnd ] gz 3 i I : 3 g H s3 3 To & lotter a pag hy i I ary ot BR PPL & reg! \. Who . of elty 4 freab tlk; mo object’ be cut eS ‘Sreeratte canala, big te Ag Rea ik gt gg SI Uy important Ratan Ye PRCTABLE ENGLISH YOUNG Jon ax chambermsid and nurse or plain sewing Call at 120 Heary a. pe det ih SRE Of PRCEREREY, 20 of the Prop ® young lady op Tam ‘or wide URNAAM'S RNITURE yy or’ CB, 15 West Bleventh street, between and Sixth’ ave. bnes.—Pianos, Mirrors, Paintings, Ac., packed snd shipped Wo all parts of the world. Covered Wagons for removing Furniture 9 aad (rom che conmiry. Furnivure atored, OTIC: —! AMEN, IRISH. Pf eM i EM nations arrivin, requented to cal. free of « way, between Canal and Howard streets. T{NITED STATES NAVY.—WANTED, landsmen, fremen, ly to Captain © Navaaty come up Reais” “DANS Done’ ITED STATES NAVY-—WANTED, FOR THE FAST steamers bo: corner} men on th U* barge, WANT A SMART, ACTIVE MAN. TO SIAL A new article to Dstt No aalary, bat 20 per cont com- ervey? iam 3 Browa, on B. $10 a day made. Address P, C. in New raeey os 4 @}thout 6 ore ei nam i teceive “atl tuformatious at "sss Wigoed: ERFUMER—A FIRST CLASS PRACTICAL PSR- fumer can find employment steady work. Address and address, siating where longin the business, No ‘thorough knowledge o: %. with liberal ‘nalon & Son. New York, with name riy employed and recipes necessary; only ® practions f the business. SEAMS, coal FNEY D ‘cooks. stew: OURTNEY or Lient, RANDALL, Don't notion, terhof. Metacomet and Petrous, ca2 » Wilmington blockade, also for Admiral Farragut's the Hartford, firemen. coal, boys. Ship for one year, Rendezvou ANTED—A COACHMAN, ANDA GOOD WOMAN AS ‘cook, washer and ironer ins small family. W passers. iat amen, 176 South atreot. @ man who understands driving and taking care of horsea ‘and carriages. to go in the country in the summer; will ood wages and shall require the yan bOX 4,149 Post office, NTED—A BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT COLORED a boy, from fourteen to itieen years old, to make him- self generally useful in a private family. Apply at 159 Ob st., afew doors east of Broadway. w's tobacco euttt Address 3. be b: W Apply in basement othice Ni Tuesday weas, between 10 ANTED—& YOUNG MAN WHO.CAN KBEP BOO! by double eniry; salary best of references. TED—FOR A TOBACCO FACTORY, & MAB vroughly nainted: with factory, to art id ollice, statin, i 1 the branches of the ror fi ‘averviow eat Coe aid ANTED IMMEDIATELY.—MEN WHO WISH TO erigage In a legitimate business in the States of New York. New Jersey, Ohio, lodiaua, jaue, Vermont ™ from 3500 stment of $30) are of the most important new inventions of the rking of whch will he freely shown te HOWARD TILDES, 609 Brondwa: NTED—A Goop GROOM TO TAKE CHARGE OF several horses in the count nt in the rough work; Scotch preferred; , accom | a with sho oe jauover square, ai Clock M “spand 3600, * Address, with rence, in hand writing of applicant, box 1,998 Post office. west a ™ atten’ jory references required. Address bor 139 7ANTED—AN ABLE AND TRUSTY ERRAND BOY, in the book store of George R. Lockwood, 411 Broad: ‘ way. ED— wellel do ung MeN, One Be AN Rese ‘® general ‘clerk, who will othe intereste of iMeir employer. Satie. jerald offles. A TED—A BOY TO ATTEND BAR AND MAK eral! fal; ferences. No other Sad a eta tot had wsdeag need apply. Apply at the corner th Warer WANTED—AT 65 WEST 17TH ST ONB who thoroughly understands his basiness. None oth- er peed apply. 7 ANTED—A BOY. 15 OR 16 YEARS OLD. type; one who bas had at least one year and can set's clean Tearm the business t ‘0 SET perienee MK rare chance fora Apply at 18 Ann at, wenyen-a GOOD BOY WHO CAN TAKE giangm ® horse and drive ® light wagon. Cail at i, ‘ay, corner of 28th st., in the con! clerk for ® steamer, a NTED—AT THE CLERKS’ REGISTRY, 212 BROAD- way, a bookkeeper, ent ry cl w a ee FT . ‘Other situations always open, . Bi WANTED—A WalTER, IN AN OveTER wes at oBSBroncway, ta ihe bavements fier 36 Wetep-a CORBRSPONDINO © Wo irrer, ANTED—A CLERK, WITH 900 IN CASH; GOOD wareu, for he monty, tod gue waaee Sod pi ment /Apoiy ot the Puna ram tnaar et ahora, ‘enclose stamp for reply to A. 2., offee. WASTID-A SHARE, ACTIVE, ROX, 70, AS6I87 I | Chatham Wap age ta gyeiet bars nue 8 on 7 RST, wb wemaarant, cqrmer of 1h ah ead