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Chicago tribune. MONDAY, JANUARY 11, ISC4. ABSENT IBAJOB. GENERALS. The exigencies of the army- service seems to require that there should be some action taken to give commands to our absent Gen erals, or that the service of the United States be rdieved of them to make way for. men who can and will perform duty upon the field. A abort time since, the'WarDepartment,flnd )ng many of Its commands suitable for gen eral officers without proper heads,"called up nn all such Generals as were performing duty with inadequate commands or were absent iron* duty torepoH themselves to ■iant General for assignment *to 'proper com mands or to be mustered out of the service. TVe have not heard that any auch action has been taken, yet we are cognizant ■ of the fact lhat many arc away from the field, some ydaying their stars . well to the rear, while others are' performing comparatively trivial which might more profitably be left In the handsbf some Junior colonel. X slight effort of memory will recall to each of onr readers the names of aumall bat iallion of general officers who are thus dis posed oC Among the Major Generals of the ■ standing army, ■ not on duty, we recognize ' John.'C.~ Fremont and Geo. B. McClellan. They have beeu so long deprived of command that they probably no longer cause an expen diture of money for salary on the part of the ’ thie United States, the law of 1863 providing that officers of the army without command, - or absent from duty-to exceed six months,' •' under any circumstances shall receive no pay, but so long as their names appear upon the - Army Register, they are a barrier to the pro motion of men who by ‘ reason of duty; well' performed, might otherwise receive the re ward of his valor and success. -■ Of the volunteer wc find some ab sentees .with cause adequate under the order of the I War Department; Nos. 61 and 100 of 1662, a cause sufficient to Justify the absence in the eyes of a patriotic but anxious coqi . munlty. Major Generals Daniel E. Sickles and Richard J. Orasby are of this number; the former nearly able for duty and anxious for it; the latter attempting to recover from the results of his dangerous wound,’ received at the battle at' Corinth, Miss.,. of October, ISG2. Having partially recovered from the effects of that wound he, in hJs cagernqss to be at his post, ventured too early upon the field and was compelled to submit his case to the War Department, which extended aleavc of absence for six months. ' " The absence from Jhe* field of Major Genf ends Thomas L. Crittenden and Alexander McD.'Cook, Ist perhaps a necessity. It were unwise, with such 'grave doubts existing as to their competency to manage large masses of men,'fis arc implied In the charges.of Gen. Bo- Bccrana, to venture the chances of war to their direction, but their reputations and the want ofjifoptt officers before, tlie enemy require that the investigation shall be had speedily and be made thorough. An investigation into cotton peculations did not heed Major Generals Irvin McDowell and Silas Casey, nor was’it absolutely neces- Bary to retain officers of such high rank upon commissions to pggTnfno into - ’the qualifica tions of men for positions in ' .colored regiments, unices neither .of : them could Fc advantageously placed upon the field. If- their services In the- field arc not needed let them retire to the peacefol abodes of private life; - McDowell having been relieved from suspicion'through tbe Court of Inquiry of 136£-Bjmight be allowed to try the field again; but if the record made In bis case prohibited this, then a vacancy might conveniently occur. Casey if now editable for.a Major General’s command in the field might as well dispose of his later days compelling him to work on tactics by disposing of the enspezfded paragraphs and inserting modified instructions for the edu cation of the sons of Uncle Sam. Whatris Major General Lewis Wallace arg? Since bis ride in tbe van to Term., but little has been beard from him cave the frequent publication of notices that Tie “is about to be assigned to an important command.” If no department commander seeks bis aid, letthein bo sustained by tbe ap pointment of some competent man, whose services arc desired. Frank P. 'Blair, is at liberty—be be Congressman or General, bo is absent—ab- sent from both duties.: Webdieve be would * rather be with his command in the field, bnt ; his political ambition is even os great os bis * laudable desire to see his division of tbe 15th army corps successful.' He has a happy fac ulty of obtaining leaves of absence too. His division went to Vicksburg without hkn,al though be is known, to have made commend able efforts to rejoinhla command with haste. He may be useful in either or both capacities; bnt it is fUDy time he acceped one or the othj er trust and performed its dalles. Gen. David Hunter is having quite alelsure spell, or at most is employed at work a jun ior officer conld as well perform. Gen. Hnn -ter was removed-from the Department o South Carolina for no reason ever made pub lic. Be Is a brave, talented and zealous offi cer, and It Is a burning shame that he is not -in on active field command. ' Gen. Don Carlos Buell has been ont of ser vice for fifteen or sixteen months. He was displaced for his mismanagement of iheKcn- Incky-Tennessce campaign, ■ cited before a Court of Inquiry, which set so* long investi gating bis case that tbe people forgot all about him or it. For the post six or . eight months he has been serving Ms country in tbe capacity of drawing pay' for doing nothing, which, if not honorable, is at least lucrative. A majority of these officers have been tried with large commands, and they were relieved froh dnty. The presumption among the people is, that they have proved incompetent to move or fight such large masses of men. Let them, then, if they must be retained on the rolls of the army, «be sent to duty with divisions—the command, provided for them by regulations, and should the date of their commissions interfere, let the President, by virtue of the law of 1863, use his authority, and place them in the subordinate position their competency entitles them to. Thctlmes demand their actual and active employment or the vacation of their commissions. * ‘ Other Major Generals there may be who ■ arc thus absent without apparent cause, and who 'should receive attention.' quoted from memory only, desiring to call attention to the fret that' such absences do 0 exist in some cases without apparent cause or under the general orders in force' In the army without any cause. Let at once some action be had' that shall place them, one and all upon duty commensurate with tbe Impor tance ofthe commissions they bold, or let them give way to men -of deserving merits and who in their absence arc compelled to Perform their duties and assume their respon sibilities ' ' cor. sEraroußJS hessage. Got. Seymour is the pure typo of Copper- ; hesdiem hr Us highest development, Like -■ the original reptile, he conceals his . venom, and for that reason It Is all tbc'raoro deadly. A close examination, however, will reveal it hidden in rhetorical phrases and flowing pe riods. He furnishes a fine instance ,of. Tal leyrand’s famous saying, that language was intended to conceal Ideas. While, in at- i h 2ltimallon of.'every tUnk- Sug man he sinks below .the -stump speaker, und his sonorous phrases,' when : stripped ;to ~ their realities, amount only to smooth falser • ' hcods, unblushing hypocrisy, sympathy;for the rebellion, servility.?o slavery.and kliv©- holders', and unbinshirQ’ treason *, for we hold. that in these limes d man cannof serve two * masters, and he who is not for the Govern ment, heart and hand,, in its efforts to pro- ‘ serve its existence, is a traitor.' ‘ . I . That Gov. Seymonr.ls not foflhe*Govbra ment is as clear cs the sunlight "Whan "call ed upon to use. Ids authority to, bloodthirsty mob resistiDgihcd*ffieen~bf the G overument attempting to execute a .Jaw of • Congress, he made common cause with the demons, and took occasion to convince them he was their friend, and thus morally eneonr-, .-aged them to persist In thrir murderous and incendiary course, undercover of Executive' protection. Upon hie election to office and*, .upon several subsequent, occasions;' even when the country .was in its hour of greatest: peril, he has thrown the weight of his voice . and influence In favor of the South,’ not by open assurance, bat by indirect opposition, which yielded vastly more aid* and comfort to the rebels than, if he had shouldered, his xnufkct and marched undertho-; Southern Cross. And now in his message he reiterates, the old falsehoods and hypocrisy,' deals in the some old misrepresentations, and is more earnest than , usual In showing his Southern proclivities., - .' -S He thinks the Conscription act ios proved injurious to the country; lie condemns tbe National Rank measure, the law for “ coerced military service,'” and “Ihesnspensloirof the; writ of liheas roryut?* . All these measures,' he says, “will overthrow the Government,”: • and as he isvrorklng to that same end, Uis difficult to perceive why he condemns' them. pr e rgrees neither with those:** who are for an unconditional peace,” whichU flat falsehood, nor with those* “who would’use only un qualified force to 'put- down 4ho. rcbeUlop”- which Is undoubtedly truth. 'ThcrrcOeul proclamation-of President, he condemns utterly, and says .that ”'no' reputable citizen of the North would an ” Hcdenbunces the “onc-tcalh'votc,’ because it will enable “ the Administration to perpetuate* its power.** Ho has not one word in deprecation of rebels, but column oiler of attack upon and abuse of those who are endearing to put down the rebellion, and the candid reader at home or abroad, who peruses this document can come only to one or the other of those conclusions: either that Abraham Lincoln Is a traitor, or Got. Seymonr is a traitor.' The past acts of the two men wIU prove which Is the traitor. One has devoted . three, years to constant ef forts in sustaining the Government; the other has devoted the same time to con stant efforts for overthrowing it. It is pitia- that bt this critical period, the Chief Magistrate of the Great State of Hew York can find no' sympathy for measures to sup press the rebellion, and that any considera ble number of men can be fbund who will endorse such a Chief Magistrate. From the Springfield Register. The Colored Regiment- ed. John A. Brow of the “Ist IDIooIs colored ■volunteer*,” called at our office yesterday, and gave us the first valuable intelligence we hare had respecting the progress of the regiment recruiting under his command. There are about one hun dred and seventy-five men in camp at Quincy, be sides a number (125 men) enlisted at Chicago and some other portions of the state. Cob Bros* has tadmnch opposition to encounter, and hot little assistance has been afforded him by the friends of the negro; par excdUnct, bnt thinks that with a proper effort the regiment can be filled. in Springfield, as well as In most other cities of this Bute, wc have hundreds of negroes, amongst os to law, and earning their living no body can tell bow.' Col. Brass la here just after such darkeys; and as this war is s war for.Sambo, Sambo ought to fight it. And if Sambo will not go except on * compulsion let our city council In vestigate their cases and see bow many of them are herein defiance of law, and if they won’t go to the war, apply the penalty, “Abird that can sing and won’t sing, mast be nude to sing;” and now that Unde Sam has freed Sambo, let Sambo fight for Uncle Bam. The present Congress will undoubtedly place them on the* same footing with white soldiers, and they will bare no excuse bnt their innate laziness or cowardice for refusing to enlist. We cOU upon Fompej. and- Csessr, and Ssxnbo to flock to call Brass’ standard; A race that will not fiebt for their own freedom does not deserve to be free. It will be seen that the J&pfrfrr, as usual, is efl coursglng enlistments. Bo'far. notwithstanding onr large colored population, Springfield has fur nished not a single reernit for this regiment. We do not appeal to the - old colored residents of the city, who own property here, and are engaged tu legitimate business, bnt to the horde of late Im portations—great, mnsenlar, stalwart fellows, who came from so one knows whither, who do not work for tnclr living, and are liable to punishment for being here contrary to law. ! '' We ere gM to see the Copperhead JbgUier converted to the doctrine that negroes ought and must he employed in helping to pnt down the slave-mongers’ rebellion. 'The progress of radical principles, if slow, is sure. And since the StgitUr evinces so much anx icty to promote the enlistment of colored men, we can put it on tbe track of a Car better way than it suggests to induce the “great muscular stalwart black fellows” of Springfield to join Colonel Brass’ regiment When tbe Springfield Common Council gets together to “Investigate,” let the members follow the example of the Chicago Council, and vote a bounty of SIOO to each negro who will enlist into the Illinois colored regiment; and we assure onr copperhead cotemporary, that no other influence will, be needed to cause those “greatmuscolarstalwart fellows” to enlist by scores, like causes produce like . effects. Tbe SIOO bounty secured in this conn* ty-125 fine recruits In a few days, and if It be continued to.tbc.cnd .of tbe month, as many more excellent' soldiers will boobtanedln ibis city. Black men like money jast as macb . as white men. : They equally dislikcto work for nothing, and they ore equally fond of wa ges They arc willing to fight fortho ’preserva tlon of the Union and the freedom of their racCj bnt they want a little pay with It. We would think less of them if they did not When Congress does pass the bill paying them tbe some bounty and wages accorded to white soldiers, there will be no room after that for complaint that colored men do not evince a willingness to enlist Meanwhile let Sangamon county try the experiment that Cook county has found to work like a charm —offer each colored volontcer SIOO In “greenbacks,” and the offer will hare lots of takers. . Commercial Matters at Mobile. The Mobile Advertiser and SeyisUr of the ISth Inst, affords ns an interesting glimpse of the state of the markets at Mobile. Since December 4th the receipts of cotton were 999 bales, against none for the corresponding period last year; and the exports 579 bales against none lost year. The stock on hand was 16,810 bales, against 408 bales at the same date last year. Middling,* selling In New York at 78c, is quoted in Mobile at 35c, Confederate currency, being 81-2 cents in greenbacks, and one cent and three-fourths per pound in gold, greenbacks selling readily at* the rate of one dollar for ten. Confederate securities had been undergoing a slight decline. In the quotations' of “ blockade* stock” occur the names of tbe Warrior, Crescent, Lizzie Davis,' Alabama, Alice Vivian and Alert, all of which have been captured. Flour is quoted at SIBO a!4O per barrel; wheat s7oB per bushel; sweet potatoce atss; bacon $3 a pound; lard $3.25 to $3.50 a pound; rice 15 to 17c; salt 50 to 55c per pound; sugar ranges from $3 75 to $4.50 per pound; candles are from $lO to sls a pound; cotton cards are from S6O to $65 a .pair; coal slso,aton; rye whisky $50.t0 SOO a gallon; butter $8.50 to $4.00 per pound; eggs $2.00 to $2.25 a dozen. : : py The Richmond Whig is a good deal disturbed at the haste with which sweeping conscriptions and similar measnres.nrc now passed upon by tbe rebel Congress, and asks if this baste Is “a symptom of panlc/of trep idation bordering on despair? Are.we re duced to the -necessity of making such an exhibition to onr enemies aud io'the' world, in resorting to such desperate, measures, nn. paralleled in the history of wars?” The* Richmond paper evidently fears* that the rebel phalanx is evidently showing those signs* of excitement and trepidation' which portend a break and on ignominious retreat. ■ par The Pennsylvania Senate is at a dead lock, and cannot organize. At lost accounts balloting for Speaker .was still in progress, and tbe result each time was a tie. One of theßcpnblican Senators who is a Colonel,was captured in -.battle, and . is now a prisoner at Libby, the rebels refusing to exchange him. Talcing flfirantogc of-thls accident, the copperhead Senators of Pennsylvania have exhibited ibc unspeakable meanness of fusing to allow an. organization. The con trol of the Senate rightfully belongs to the Unionists, bnt taking, advantage of the ab? sence of one member, under the circumstan ces named, the lories of that’ body defeat an organization. _ .■ 1 - ' ' jSTThe copperhead District Convention at Indianapolis, yesterday, appointed delega tes to thc'coppcrhcad National Convention; and passed a resolution; declaring that ..Gen McClellan Is “In every way qualified to ’be come our standard-bearer In the approaching Presidential canvass.’* V: /?:*' • ' ; ' . The Convention acted sensibly. . The grave digger of the Chickahomlay possess? the qual ities that exactly fit him to be the copperhead canflidate for President; but*that is os near os ho will ever get .to the White House,• | ■ Prof Agassiz Ims received a long and cordial autograph letter fromthe Emperor of Frazil, intvbich that monarch .manifests the deepest interest in-the Zoological iluscum, and offering most freely his imperial services in procuring specimens for the valuable col lection at Cambridge. * Nothing gin be more andlniluencc as Don Pedro in relation with the great naturalist-who has mode America his home, and who desires to found here the 'most complete, useful and. important muse* nm In the world. FBMnoKE Tier.—At the President’s New Tear’s reception, & lady unattended by any one, being anxious to gain admittance, at the White House, and finding herself unable to edge through the Immense crowds, struck upon a novel Idea, and threw open one of the largo windows leading from the portico to the ante-room, and crawled In upon all forirs greatly to the amusement of the crowd. She was soon followed by a large crowd of men. and -boys, bnt'the police finding, oat.the . “leak,” soon, “shut down” on them. py There appears; to : be'sTformidable movement of rebels np through', the monh-* tains of West Virginia. An attack upon anticipated, and thVtnlnson the Baltimore and Ohio Hail road have stopped. running .for fear of cap ture. ’ The rebels have captured an army sup ply train of thirty-six'" wagons Tmboden’s rebels.tyvebccn attacked »eat "Winchester anc driven back. / . • . j ’ • .* "PjKAECBS OF NSW YORE ClTT;— According, to Mayor Gunther, the debt of New York is now a trifle,less thud twenty millions of dol lore..-.The tax, levied for..the year 1863 was 811,505,672, the population, being estimated at one million, and the valuation of real and personal property being.5504,190,813, • , . New York Legislature.— The Kew York Legislature organized on! Tuesday. In the Senate, James Terwllllger was elected Clerk; andAecl B. Hull Sergeanfc-at-Arms, In the Assembly, Thomas 8.-Alvord^was elected Speaker, 'Joseph 1 B. Cushman, Clerk, end Charles E. Young, Sergcant-at-Ams. jg* The election for Mayor, Comptroller asd Treasurer of Pittsburgh took placebo the sth fast, all the Union Hepublican can didates were '‘dccted by large - majorities., Mr. Lowry's majority over Mr. Hunter (Cop perhead) was Ybeu majorities jfor Comptroller and ere: about iho 7 BUUC. FHOHI ST. LOUIS. Extraordinary Severity of the Weather ••General Sebofiold’* Ca»e—Hi» Chief Prac-Bald oil the Gamblers and Its He* nit. [Prom Onr Special Correspondent] St. Louts. Jan. 7.1964. The severity of the weather and the acci dents and incidents of suffering it has caused, is the topic uppermost in all minds at this time. Nothing like it in duration was ever cxpcricncedhere,[andthcchdlsnotyct. The river is frozen hard from shore to shore, and heavy laden teams cross in safety. J3lieges have been constructed from the levee to the iceMn order to lessen the slope fortho convex nlcncc of teams, in several places, and-on the icc*booths and vents have been erected and bar-rooms opened as half-way houses fortrav. lers whose pleasure or business calls, them over the river. This feature of the ice bridge is altogether novel to many residents of the city and causes amusement. Many steamboats are frozen in at the levee; whose situation in case the ice should break up suddenly would be very critical • .Several steamers are protected by heavy fenders,' but delencclcss against the ice; Many more steamers are frozen In between this port and Cairo, and navigation will not be resumed probably till *late in February. The thaw, which may take place when the weather moderates in the day time,: freezes up at night, so that the river is no nearer open the second morning than the first, and so on through weeks.. It is a serious incon venience to the government, but is unavoid able, - , , . The removal of.Gcn- Schofield still hangs - fire. It is reported the General has forward ed a private dispatch to-friends in this city staling that although Eosecrans will be his successor in command of this Department, vet he will bo confirmed by the Senate as Major General. An impression prevails here that the President is .anxious to throw the burden of JBchofield upon the Senate. Be has certainly manifested a very extraordinary in; tercet in Gen- Schofield in the light of devel opments . concerning that] officer’s prof . slavery zeal. and ability, and especially os he has virtually admitted these things by re movinghimfromtheMlssouri command- The coming of Bosccrans will be bailed with de light, and if that officer has a tithe of the in dependence he has crcdltfor, he will speedily emancipate the affairs of the department from the pro-slavery-conservative-coppcrhead inf fincnces which now surround it En paxfantj it is expected that the Provost 3larshal General, Col. James 0. Broadhead, has resigned or asked to be relieved of bis office. Ueavcn grant his request may be al : lowed as early as practicable. CoL Broad head has been charged with very many severe things, bnt we may promise to forgive every thing if he will hasten his own exit from the Provost Marshal General’s office. The publi cation of the stories from twenty-five or thlr: ty copntlea in the interior, referring to the indifference and opposition of Bro&dhead’s assistants In the matter of negro enlistments, 1 ' Is sufficient to show how the office has been perverted from its true object through mal administration. Perhaps it was unwise to expect anything different from the ■ style of men gathered around Gen. Schofield ana CoL . Broadhead. Bnt even as it was said that the California - gang dragged down Gen. Frer znont, so it may be believed that CoL Broad- • bead’s- management of the • Proved Marshal General’s office Los proved a bcjSßr dead weight upon Gen. Schofield. Whoow may.be las successor ought to find some rare documents connected with the appointment of former anti-coercionlsts, rebel sympathi zers to office, and with the granting of per mits to coiry off negroes. Ged. Fisk’s raid on the gambling, hells ac ' complished more in one night than the con servative Police Commissioners and conserva tive police force has accomplished In two years, or in present hands would everaccomp lish. The General heard some time ago that a certain Government disbursing officer was fighting the tiger and. had lost $3,100. lie immediately executed on intention formed a long time previously, and ordered the Provost Guard to seize certain establish ments owned by gamblers named Chamber lain. Next he seized every gambling bouse in town that he could discover, and ordered • thirty-five of the gay gsmboliers under ar rest The General then advertised the fund-. tore for ejjle to recover the amount lost by tbe officer first mentioned, bnt the Chamber lain’& promptly refunded the amount claim ed, and tbe sole of the fornitorc and other ef fects was therefore stopped. General Fisk, however, has reiterated his intention to'ex terminate tbe gamblers, and ordered the thir ty-five who were arrested to- quit town in forty-eight boars, while he had caused evi dence to be laid before the Grand Jury to convict the landlords of houses, used by gamblers, of a violation of the criminal law of the State prohibiting the renting of houses for such a purpose. It may hereafter become on Interesting In quiry to" ascertain why the gamblers who have made victims of military men .from khe time this city first became headquarters of. a department nave not before been suppressed by tbe strong band of- military power. Per haps the answer may be found in the fact that some ofthe frequenters of such places have been established favorites in the depart ment and district headquarters, and that prominent staff officers have been seen visiting these establishments Ln uniform. - Even officers, whose busi ness it is' to preserve the morals of the city and especially to prevent military men from being fleeced, are Known to be ha bitntes of gambling hells. The stories told by the gamblers after being arrested, of tbclr their patrons, as ' a sort of justification for themselves, would cause a big row If the half were' told. Many mentioned names of officers high in power, and their statements I rob&bly contain a full average grain of truth. The severe weather is an effectual barrier to all military movements in the interior. The guerillas captured latfiy In Ripley conn-, ty have all arrived here, and richly deserve hanging—a more brutal and savage set of wretches never disgraced the name of hu manity anywhere. The reports of rebels be -ingin tbc Southwest, as anticipated, proved unfounded. In fact, everwhere the rebels who wonld be guerillas if they conld, are flod to keep quiet just now r for the least in iscrction brings upon them the revenge of Union men and draws the attention or the militia to their case.* It Is believed that dur ing the last three months not less than one' hundred returned rebels have been shot by. onr soldiers. It is immediate death forany man to be found in the bush, in the interior, by onr cavalry with a shot gnu in band. The small-pox has broken ont among the troops stationed at this point, and one whole company of the 7th Minnesota is detached from dnty on this account. Great complaints are made concerning tbe ventilation and ac-: commodatlons at Schofield Barracks on Cho tcau avenue, and an order has been issued to remedy the evil as soon as the weather will permit. The health ofthe negroes atßenton Barracks is first, rate. They submit to sani tary discipline quite ds readily as white troops, and enjoy average good health as a mult. At last the official vote of the State bos been declared.. Tbe lowest conservative can didate for Supreme Judge lias a majority of six hundred and thirty over the highest radi cal. The way this majority was obtained has been exposed. Soldiers votes were rejected on the pretexts the most frivolous, and in some coses in flagrant violation of law and common sense. At Cape Girardeau, tbe votes of Missourians enlisted in the Ist Nebraska and in an Illinois cavalry regiment, were re jected and more than enough to overcome ihp small majority, reported hy the State canvassers. ...But. what a vic tory for the conservatives—a little over six hundred in a poll or ninety-three thou sand, and this, too, in a straight out, une quivocal contest on Kadi cal principles. Count on Missouri for the most Radical man who runs for President next November, and de pend upon it, a largo majority, at present, of the Radical party,in Missouri, prefers.?. Chase to any other: man, though' os a party, , they are committed to nobody. • Parlies in Missouri will change materially If the military policy of the State is rigorous. The Conservative-Copperhead alliance was knocked into pi by the election of Grata Brown and.- Henderson to the Senate, and slowly bnt surely the Union Conservatives will join the Radicals, and the rebel Conser vatives join the Copperheads. Nor can the Issue be avoided, try the leaders never so bard. * The. Legislature is again in session, but not very busy. . -armart» rAuiiiUi'VSAJVDFASH IOAAMiE UFE. Dolnffi of the Court—How the Time Ib 2-pent at the Imperial Chateau— The Enprcjw at tue Theatre—She coca out a* Gtmnlnz—Fair ror the American Kfbeopal Church* Paths, Dec. Is, The amusements of Parisian society daridg the absence of the Court from the metropo . lie still continue to be of a merely sociable and intimate character. A great many dinners are given Just now; no balls, but & few of these nondescript rern'or/, which, under the widely ranging name of leave both hosts and guests lull liberty according to the whim of the moment, and the chances of the evening, to turn It to music or even dancing, will) os much or as little toQctte as the Individ* nal taste may dictate. One of these “tta” the other evening* at a well known house, as sembled'nearly a hundred intimates, who kept up polkas and waltzcojnde&tlgabiy un til three o’clock in the morning, to the sounds of n capital band of music, and recruited by - the contents of on excellent buffet du perma ‘ uenre for the night, where the innocent bev erage announced on the cards of Invitation. . did indeed figure, bat of which it formed boi a very modest-and insignificant ingredient The court, however, leave Compeigne de finitely to-morrow," Saturday, and take up their winter quarters at the Palace of the Tu ilcries, and after the receptions of the fowr de VAn, the Paris season of gaiety will r once ■more set In, and very little or no leisure for such simple and trilling amusements. The last fortnight at the imperial chateau has been very < brilliant Charades, tableaux Tivants, and amateur performances,’ even, gave ,way before' the promised treat of the first representation on the stage of the little theatre, of the new dramatlework'of a favor ito author, better known hitherto by some very charming and interesting novels. The “liaison dc Penarvon,”- such la the title of IT. Jules Saudcau’s comedy, in four acta, had long been looked for at the Theatre Francois,. ; when it was suddenly announced that their / Imperial Majesties reserved the bonne-bouche of thCw first representation; ss. one of. the. pleasures of Compicgnc. The pleco was accordingly acted. there last Saturday, but In spite .of the good wm of .the ar istocratic audience, with whom M, Jules ’ very popular; and red merits of the work, the performance went off tame ly; and the curtain fell on a somewhat disap pointed audience. .The Emperor, to the sur .prise of many, was .not present- The Em press was accompanied, oy the Princesses faathUdc and Anna' Murat, and two or three times set the example by applauding'doxing (he first two acts, which contained some pretty scenes and well-written dialogues, but not si! the Imperial or fashionable clapping could prevent the latter portion of the come dy from appearing tedious and strained. The verdict of this select audience (not perhaps the best critics in the world) has unfortunate ly been confirmed by a real Parisian audience, on the representation of the same piece at the Froncals lost Tuesday evening, when •something more than ennui and muitcrlngs of disappointment must have reached the cars of the unhappy author. In fact “7a 2faU son delhicrrau, 1 ' to all appearances, Is doom-, cd to a speedy death, and has proved a com plete. failure. • • At iho battue in the Fork of Complegne the Empress joined the party of sportsmen when they were assembled at a given point and ta king up a light and elegant gnn reserved for her especial use, brought down with ber.own fair and imperial hands three or four fine pheasants. At these shooting and bunting parties the Empress and many of tho ladies who wish to follow on horseback, have adop ted an entirely new costume.-'' A sort of tight fitting or coat, fastened at the throat only, and displaying a chemisette and frill, is wornorer a Tong skirt' This cosaque Is often made a revtr*, and ornamented with branden tmrgs of either gold galoon or gimp; tbe bat is generally three-cornered, with a long white plume on one side, and fiistoocd on tho other by a jewelled button; or a feather aigrette. In fact by looking at any of the prints of the times of Louis iY., your readers may form a very fair notion of the costumes displayed on stag hunting occasions in the forest of Com pcigne under Napoleon and the fidr £ugcnie. : The same taste seems to bo revived in the coiffures of the day, which more and more re semble those of the times of Kmc. Dabarry. The flowers which arc.worn in the hair areas fantastic os in those days. Birds and butter flies perch upon mother of pearl flowers, which have recently been introduced as a novelty. Powder only is wanting, and even that Is talked of as an accompaniment to tbe stlif curls I mentioned to you as coming into frshlon for the black hair; Afewladicstried to bring It in lost year, and Itrls. said greater efforts will be made that way this, season, as well as Ift produce a change in' tho color of gentlemen’s coats for evening wear. Tbe great tailor Pneautoy himself; is said to be interested in the movement, and to be devis ing coats of the color,-Prune de Monsieur, (a sort ofplom shade) as a sort of introduction' to gayer masculine habiliments. A bazaar or fancy fair bos been held the lost three days in the rooms usually employ ed for the American Episcopal Church of Paris, which was removed about a couple of years ago to the ! Rue de la Falx. By the strenuous efforts of the Rev. Hr, Lamson, funds have been raised during that time with a view to erecting a church for the American Episcopalian worship in this city, of which the first foundation scone was. in fiict, laid in the month of September last, in tbe Rue Bay ard. Contributions bad also been raised for purchasing a fitting organ; but these having proved insufficient, • a committee of active ladles-waa formed to consult on the best means of making up the deficiency, and hit upon the plan of a fancy fair for tbe purpose. ■Asfar as can.he yet ascertained nothing can have proved more successful. - The rooms, tastefully hung with the national ban ner, were filled with'pretty things winch would have looked still better in a more roomy space. Both useful and ornamental articles abounded, wrought either by some of the younger ladies of the community, and displaying much taste and invention, or else sent as contributions by some of tho older and more wealthy members. _On all three days there was a constant Influx of-visitors, wfiose tickets of admission alone must have largely raised the foods In hand; and on- Tlinrsday (yesterday) evening •when several' expensive articles were tone drawn by a roille, • there was literally a crowd of pretty, and fashionable ladles, and a fair sprinkling of their male friends, assembled In the small rooms devoted to the bazaar, from which almost everything had been bought op and carried away. Among the visitors and purchasers were Mrs. and' Miss Dayton, the latter of whom hadlargely contributed to the good work with her own hands; the Misses Binhall and Thorndykc, who presided at a table whose contents were rapidly disposed of: Mrs. Bobcrt "Walsh, the widow of one long known and well remembered among yonrreaders,- and whose exertions on this subject havchcen unremitting, besides almost . all yonr country women now living in Baris, and mingling in its society. The amount re* allzcd has not yet been ascertained, but it Is amply sufficient, it is believed, to carry ont the purpose for which the fair was organized. —Cor. PhUa. Xorth American, REBEL OFFICIAL REVELATIONS. Letter from tbo Rebel Secretory of War to tbe Rebel Quartermaster General* Coktedesatb States or Anzmciif, Was De- i rABTKENT, BICIUCOND.Va., NOT. 14, 1863. f, Gekebaz.; Tour letter inclosing a commu nication from Larkin Smith, Assistant Quar termaster General, stating that many of the farmers of Warren, Franklin and Johnson counties, 17. C., refuse to pay the tax in kind by delivering the Government’s tenth at the depots established by yon, and that many oth ers are known to have concealed a portion of their grain and productions, and attempted to destroy all evidence of tbe amount produced bv them has been received. - It is true tbo law requires formers to'.delir~ er their tenth at depots not more thou eight miles from the place of production; butyour published order requesting them for the pur pose of supplying the immediate wants oi the army to deliver at the depots named, although at a greater than eight miles, and ottering to pay lor the transportation in excess of that distance, is so reasonable, that no good citi zen would refuse to comply with it Ton will, therefore, promulgate an addition to your former order, requiring, producers to deliver their quotas at the depots nearest to! them by a specified day, and notifying them that in case of their refusal or neglect to com ply therewith, the Government will provide the necessary transportation at the expense of the delinquents, and collect said expense by an immediate levy on their productions, calculating their value at the rates allowed in coses of impressment. If it becomes necessary to fhrnlsh transpor tation, the necessary teams, teamsters, &c.,' must be impressed as in ordinary cases. All persons detected in secreting articles subject to-the tax. or in deceiving os to the. . quantity produced by them, should be made to suttcr the confiscation of all such property: found belonging to them; " The people in the counties named, and in fact nearly oil the Western counties of that State, have ever evinced a disposition to' cavil at, and even resist the measures of the Government, and It Is quite time that they, and all others similarly disposed, should be dealt by with becoming rigor. Now that our energies are taxed to the utmost to subsist our armies, it will not do to be defrauded of this much needed tax. If necessary, force must be employed for Us collection. Let striking examples be made of a few* of tbo rogues, and 1 think the rest will respond promptly. Tours, &c., James A. Sedook, Sec. of War. Gen. A. C. Myers. l>eatli of Hon. Caleb B. Bmlth» ■fFrom the Indianapolis Journal, Jan. 8. Lost night at half past seven o’clock, Caleb B. Smith, Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the iHstrict. of Indiana, and late Secretary of the Interior, died in his office In the Court room, of hemorrhage of the stom ach, so suddenly that this announcement will surprise most who see it. He left home in the morning with his son, to attend Court which was m session, and appeared to be in hlsnsnal health, which,however,for some time past bos not been very robust. On arriving at the Court House he went Into his private room to rest a few minutes - before opening Court, and while sitting before the fire was sdzed with a fit of coughing, which, in some unexplained way, ruptured a blood-vessel and caused a .profuse and almost choking flow of blood. He was alone at the time, but In a few minutes Postmaster Conner entered the room, and discovering the condition of the Judge, notified those who could best as sist .in - the matter, and had him removed to the bed in- the private office of Mr.. District Attorney - Hanna. Doc tors ' Jameson and Wright were called In. sod the utmost efforts or these experienced physicians were directed to the stopping of the flow of blood. They succeeded partially, but till more than a gallon had been thrown up, and the patient fearfully, if not fatally re duced in strength and vital energy. After the checking of the hemorrhage the Jndge re mained calm, and, it was hoped, in -a condl uig seized him again ana renewed the hem orrhage, and attacking a system already so greatly reduced, speedily rendered death in evitable. Sometime before dark it was con sidered certain that be coaid not live through the night, and those unhappy fears were re alized only too soon. As his condition made it impossible to move him,"he'died In the Court building, like John Quincy Adams, in the discharge of his duty, laboring Id the cause of Justice and good government to the lost moment of his life. A nobler, record than this can no man hare, that'he died in his duty and at his post At the honr we‘ write It is impossible to give a sketch of the life and career of Jndge Smith, but we shall do so to-morrow. * ? Oar Credit from HlssoarL [Frcm the State Register, Jan. 7th.] Cob John S. "Loomis, of Gov. Tates’ staff, baa been for some weeks past aaafdnooaly and' tuboriouely engaged in Investigating the regi mental rolls of Missouri regiments, with a view to ascertaining the number of citizens of Illinois enlisted, in these organizations. The task was a delicate and difficult one, and aa the records in the. office of the Adjutant General of -Mlssonri in many cases did not give the residence of tbe recruit, agents were sent to every Missouri regiment in the Held, to ascertain from the men individually where they belonged when they entered the service. CoL Loomis has done his. work faithfully -and well, and the result of his labors shows that 0,120 Illinois soldiers are now serving In'. Missouri regiments, and be has the.certificate of CoL Gray, Adjutant General of Missouri, to that number of men.- He baa Hie came and foil descriptive lUt of. every iDinoisan.-ln these regiments,'so that towns and counties will receive their proper credit for the men who have volunteered la Miseonxi organizations. There are enlisted In Illinois regiments 1,083 residents of the Statc'of Missouri, which leave thc.halance in favor of Illinois, as between these States, of 4,453 men. Some Missouri regiments arc composed almost .wholly, of Illinoisans; for ; instance, the 10th, in which there are Cl 5 resir dents of onr- Stste; the 11th, In which we have 818; the Ist ; cavalry, C7u, and many others. . Col. Loomis has been silently bnUaithfolly st work; Ids time has been well spent, as the above resell chows. .He has been a splendid recruiting officer at this time when we need, all the men wo can fornlsh to- save ns from the draft.. —At Leicester, Vermont, oh the. 27th nit, thewife of Jotm O. Bollock died. on theSSth his daughter deceased, and on. the 29th the husband and father.followed them to the grave, AU were victims of dipthcrla. KBIT PUBLICATIONS. HISTORY OF THE SIOUX WAR AND MASSA CRES OF J66«-s. By Isaac V. B. Hard, with portraits end Illustrations. New Tork: Har ’ per & Brothers. For sale by the booksellers - • generally. This most Interesting and thrilling work should have been noticed several weeks ago. In comprehensiveness of detail, vivid life like description, the exciting character of the facts treated, this is iho most remarkable hook that has been published for along time. It carries the reader back to the talcs of the old Indian wars, so common for a. century after Europeans obtained a foothold npon this continent. Facts here narrated show that an Indian is bat a ferocious savage still —precisely the same blood thirsty ghoul, revelling in the most, revolting horrors that his fathers were two hundred years ago. The names and places, and a few circumstances being changed, the .book would answer very well for the events that occurred in the sea board States in tho early part of the eigh teenth century* No one could have believed that such terrible tragedies could have been enacted in our own limes. But here on these thrilling pages are painted scenes which will moke the Minnesota Indian warmcmorablo for airtime to come. • *- While the savagery of the Indians is fully and graphically described, the conduct of of ficials and citizens towards the Indians by which their worst passions were aroused and excited, is condemned os it deserves. After all, the whites ore measurably responsible! for the. awful .calamities .which, have fallen upon them. .Let the sad experience of this war serve as a warning for all time to’comc. Hr. .Hurd has, laid his country under great and lasting obligations by tho invaluable contribution he has made to oar historical :litcrainre. Get the book, and for once you will be obliged to read even to Its very last page. : “Dish “ Bushrangers,” os runaway convicts are called wben they adopt highway robbery os a' profession, are over-plentiful in New South , Wales. Formerly these fellows pursued their avocation singly, or in couples or threes; bat recently they have united in formidable gangs, who levy toll not only on defenceless travel ers, but-even on villages and towns. To “stick up” a traveler, as the process was called by which such a person was robbed, 'was thought formerly rather amusing than otherwise by the Australian public. The suf ferer by this process was surprised by the highwayman, who, holding a pistol to his bead, ordered him to tie his own legs to-' gether with a rope, He down and empty his, pockets upon the ground.' The robber there-' upon gathered up his spoil,' usually keeping, up, the while, an amicable conversation with! his victim, and decamped. BUI Burke, a no torious bushranger, once, with the help of a' companion, “stuck up” a whole houseful of men and women. He appeared suddenly at the door of the room where all the people happened to be assembled; vowed solemnly to kill one man, whom he selected as his vie-' tim, if any one offered the' slightest .resist ance, ordered another man to tie successively each person’s hands and feet;' then his com panion tied up the last man, and, while Burke! . kept watch over the helpless crew, the other robber ransacked the house at bis leisure. After several hours the two worthies depart ed with their booty, leaving the people of the house t&nntlc each other. Lately these fellows have become ambitious. They have resisted the police, and even cap-; turedfiomeof the force; they have ‘‘stuck up” the stage coach regularly, and on the 10th of October they “stuck up”, a town! An English journal says: “On the 10th of October last - five of these polite profeesoie, according to *promise,’ entered the township of Cauowiudra, in the district of Bathnrst, in the afternoon. Hav ing stabled their horses, they went about the. town emptying the tills of the-shopkeepers* and the parses .of the Inhabitants; after which they adjourned to the principal Inn. and-took tea with the landlord's .sister and the two Mieses Flanagan. Tea over, Gilbert,‘ one of the thieves, invited Miss Flanagan to perform for Union theplano; and, this done, ■ *be issued Invitations to the neighbors for a ball, to bo given at his own expense at his: hotel.*” " - ' • . , . ’ . “ *ybe citizens, tlielr wives and daughters, assembled, of course. Dancing commenced at 9 o’clock, and continued,until an early, hour next morning. The uttr.oatdecoruni' prevailed, “and,” says the correspondent (the correspondent of the Jiathunt Tiroes). “not a low or improper word” was heard which could call a blush to the fair cheeks of the Flanagans. The croamjsf the Jest lay in I the tact that a certain constable Sykes omcla- ■ ted as master of the ceremonies, and robbers Burke and O’Meally. incredulous or defiant, of gallows, stood at the door on behalf of the host Gilbert, to receive the guests. “iSoars. of laughter*’ reworded the robbers’ accounts: of them achievements. The festivities over and the guests returned home, the bushran gers slept alfT&co ln the paddock opposite,, and In the morning deported.’ ( * This narrative Is the substance of the ac count given of the ball by .the correspondent of the Jiathunt Timer, who was present. Ac cording to another version, the thieves return ed the nest day, and for three days kept pos session of the township, robbing and making riisoncrs of all who passed through; and, 1 though a reward Of £SOO was ottered by the Government for their apprehension, no arrest' bod been made np to the 2Cth—sixteen days after Mr. Gilbert and his friends feted the township they had Just robbed.” NEWS PARAGRAPHS. —Five slaves were sold at Jeffersontown,. Ky., a few days since for $1,745—n0t the price ol one “likely fellow” three years ago. —Ecv. J. W. Hook, pastor of the colored church. Bridgeport, Conn., has been appoint cd a missionary to North Carolina. —A New York critic describes Mrs. Wood,' the actress, and her toilette, as “a model of good taste and tine needle-work ” ; —The men under ‘•Stonewall” Jackson have already raised S7OO toward the monu ment to be raised to hia memory, , —Kev.X. Shaw, of Farmington, Maine, en listed last week, but the surgeon rejected him on account of lus teeth. He insisted that he would cany a coffee mill that would fix hard tack so that he could cat It. —Licet. Col. Lord Ablngcr, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, this married lately at Mon treal, to o daughter of Commodore Magruder, late oftheU.S. Army, and niece ofCemila gruder of the rebel army. . ! —Mrs. Wright, of Toronto, wife of an cx-| councilman, sixty-five years of age, hung her self on Tuesday fast, whilein a state or tem porary derangement, produced by the absence of ber son in the Union army. * ; —ln appraising the personal property of Hon. James R. Morrison, of Jnniata, Pa., a few days since, his executors found $370 in' gold nnd S3OO In silver, in on old loft, and a pitcher full of five and ten cent pieces. - ‘ —Ullmonn is giving opera .in Amsterdam with Carlottl Patti, and contemplates bring-. Jug alarge new open tronp to this country, before long. Gnerrabcila is meeting with great success in Havana. ' Adelaide Phillips! retains there all her former popularity. - lt is said that Miss Victolre firife, nvhoso marriage with Sir John Crampton was decla red uuu, is to be married at the expiration of six months, to a Spanish grandee of great wealth, the Due de Prior, whom she met at Madrid. . . . The muskets that were Imported daring the first year or,two of the rebellion are po ing back to Europe In kvrgc quantities. The steamer Bavaria took t 30,000 on her last trip. The speculators found they would not “go off” at satisfactory prices, American gan makers are furnishing a better article so plentifully. •—The present condition of the rebel navy Is admirably Illustrated by the fact that, ac cording to Mr. Mallory, it contains five hon ored and seventy-four commissioned and petty officers, • anil but eight hundred nnd ib thifllntoTerahTe *** • —ln the -South Carolina State Senate on tie 15ti 1111,11 was resolved, that tie Hon. Edmond Boffin; a distinguished Virginian, who has identified Lima ellwith the struggle in will eh we arc engaged from its commence ment on tie sou -of South Carolina, be Invi ted to a seat in tie Senate Chamber. Last week a boy, aged 18 years, whose parents, reside at Bboslc Falls, eloped from Troy with two young misses of the same age, and were traced as lor as Pownal, VL, where It was ascertained the three slept In one bed, to keep warn this cold weather! Verily, this is a progressive age. The trio were finally overtaken at North Hoosic, and were • returned to their parents Alderman G. B. Richmond. oi Koxbary, Mass., who was committed to the Bridewell for one year by a London magistrate, for on alleged petit larceny, has been pardoned by the Queen, through- the instrumentality of several distiugulsned Americana residing In London, and also by the aid of a member of the bonso of Baring Brothers A Co. Mr.- Blcbmond is now on nia way borne. The human body, in so advanced a stage of decomposition as to be entirely unrecog nizable, can now be so restored by chemical means, as to present an almost completely natural appearance, -This process was lately practiced with success In London, In the cose of a body found In the Thames, which was suspected to he that of an escaped murderer, who had committed suicide. Alter the body* had been subjected to the new process, the witnesses were enabled to swear that he was not the supposed murderer. •A cynical fellow who can’t muster the cash for a sleigh-ride, publishes the following recipe for its sensations: “Sit in the hall in your night clothes,'with both' doors open so that yon can get a good draft—your feet in a pall of ice-water--drop tbe front door key down~yonr back—hold an icicle in one .baudand ringthe tea-bell .with the'.other.” Eosaya “you can’t tell the difference with 3 our eyes Mint, and it is a great deal cheaper.”. —’ AhEngUsh paper says : “It Is possible, even probable, tliafc before the new year bo* cine, the telegram may announce that Cal cutta,' the single trading port of Bengal hav ing direct communication with Iho sea, is in accessible to any ship over sir hundred tons, that is, to'any ship not greatly below the av arage of those employed In the trade.” The river Hoochly, which connects Calcutta with the eca, brings down with It, at the season of the floods, an enormous volume of sand, which forms bars, obstructing. navigation. Several phnmida at the monin of the river have already been rendered impassable by these bars, and now the only ri painingchan nel is rapidly filling up. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. TOE HONEY DUERET. Satcboat ErnnxQ, Jan. 0,1804. This evening ends tbe closest week which the Chicago money market hxe experienced for a long tine past. When New York exchange and cur rency arc both very uncomfortably close it sbowa that tbe banks are out of money, or, In other words, that they have accommodated their custom ers to tbe extent of their means. For many days past, currency has gradually been working closer, and now another clement has come in which will rapidly lessen tho volume of it In circulation. Ex change bus also been getting closer and It is now Ann, with, perhaps, a single exception, at where It will pay to ship Eastern currency and “Green Backs" to make It. Bankers are actively sorting and the Express to-night will take large remittances Eastward. As the demand for Green Backs just now is not pressing, shipments of them and 5-20 bonds were also mode. This of course will tend to increase tbestringen cr, and again the Question is mooted whence or when ore wc too look forgreater ease in oar Money market. The active demand for New York ex change begins to demonstrate that tbe West has again been over trading, a folly which It Is to be hoped has not been committed to any very consid erable extent. ..With our immense resources. It Is not only folly, it is a positive and inexcusable crime to do IL~ . Amid the stringency for currency, It may afford a grain of comfort to know that a portion of the hills of tho first National Bank arrived this morning.— But If they were all hero it would not pay half a dozen,and oftens single check on some of our banks.' The National currency Is beautiful in all respects, and good aa It la beautiful. Our people, we presume, will, in a very few days each have one or more of these bills in their pockets. They will be good to put under one’s pillow and go to sleep on. No danger of these bills being worthless till tho whole nation becomes bankrupt.' New York exchange is very close, not a few ot the banks having been obliged to pay full current selling rates, viz: ?«. This with perhaps a single • exception Is the price at all the banks, and it is held very finny at that. The nominal buying figure Is X, where parties are not short and glad to pay more.- The rates of gold in Wall street are reported as follows:. At 10a.m. 152, 13 m. 181#, dosing at 153. The pneo here was steady at 150#@!Bi, Silver 140®144. Legal Tender notes steady at >»OI-5 buying and selling. : market—Jan. 0. install & Co., CooutUMion , SI Clark street, Chicago. New Tork Stock Deceived byF. G. Salto: Stock and Bond Brokers, Ist bd. Sd bd. I N. T.Ccnt..lSOX 151# C. W.. 48# 46# Erie (c0m.).107# 107# C. & Pitta..lOS# U« M. S. (com.l 85 87 M.B. (gtd-).184 184# p„Fr.W.&C 83# Si M.C 119 119 C.&A.(com)Bl .... C.iA.ipfd). 93 Galena S.IMOS# JOG Bock 1»5’d..129# 182 111. Cent... ;llr# *ll9 C.8.&Q...118 ....I Harlem 89# 89#\ - Market—let Board weal let M. Sdbd. Quicksilver. 5G% S6»f Clev. &T01.129 132 Beading.,..lll if 118 Bed. Slrer. 130 if 131*f 111.6$ ctwar loan bda.,loo .... U. 8. 6 $ cent 5-20 coop U.S.G $ cent Ms. 1881..103# .... U. 6.73.10 T. Notes...,.toejtf .... U.B.lyrcert 97»f .... Am. g01d...152 162 tk.. Sd Board strong. COMMERCIAJU EATunnAT Erzscra. Jan.9,lSS|. ; ' /Thefollowing table of receipts were posted on ’Change to-day; ■ uczipts. last Twnnrr-yoTTB noons. Floor, Wheat, Corn. OaU, Bye, Barley brla. bu. bo. bo. bo. bo.. OftCCKB. T96 BS3 .... 1123 8188 .... 1C88........ N AABtLBR, .... - XoUl, 13S 8833 .... 4725 700 800 Qrasfc; Cored LWe Prtdßeei _ Seed. Meats* Bogs* ' As. tta. . no. no. no. as. GfcCTJBB. .... .70 .... ®OO BIRR 1CRR.,... .... B W BR..m. 25G0 . 8163 250 466 AftfitLßß, Totals. 2SCO 9160 The grain markets to-day were less, active; hot provisions continue brisk. The receipts of Uogffat the Uve Stock yards to day were 640. The receipts during the week amount to 5,«8C, and the Board of Trade report re ceipts of 2,047 dressed—making a total of only 7,583 hogs, against 5£,673 received on the corres pondipgwcck of lE6S. The demand to-day was very active and the market ruled firm; but the supply was almost too light to attract buyers. About 1,100 head were sold and re-sold, at a range cf gross—the bulk of the-sales having been.at SS.CO®BJSO. There were orders.on the market to have taken ten times the amount of the -receipts. . Beef Cattleare In light supply, and tbe market Is Arm at $3*&54.50 gross. The receipts are entire ly Insufficient to meet tbe demand.' There was an nnosually active demand for Dressed Bogs by New York shippers, and tbomar *ket shows an advance, of about 25c per 100 lbs. .Tbe sales were liberal, including many to arrive, atarangeof s6£J®7.7s—choice lota at the close being in good demand at $7.C0@7.70, Several packers who bad dressedbogs in their pork houses awaiting favorable weather for cutting, sold out their stocks to-day to shippers. Tbe Provision market is tolerably firm and ac tive. There was an Improved Inquiry for Mess Pork to-day, and wo note an. advance In prices of lit) lbs. About 1,9 0 brls of all kinds changed hands, at $18.25®16.50 for city-packed Mess, $18.50 lor Michigan City packed, free of storage and insurance till Ist of May; SIB.OO for Mess delivered at Milwaukee; and $1?.75@15.00 for outside city and country packed. H. O. Pork was. sold at $ 6.00; At the close of tbe market round lots of city packed were held at $19.00. There was a good demand for Prime Mess Pork, and the mar ket Is firm, with sales to-day of about 1,000 bbls., att In small lots, at $15.C0 for city, and $14.59 © 14- ■ 75 for country-packed. Tbe market at present Is almost bore of desirable lets of city-packed. Bulk Meats are scarce and firm, and we have to report only about 5,490 pcs shoulders at Gc loose, and a small lot of country sides at loose. Bulk Shoulder are generally held at 6X loose and Hams at 9c @OX loose. There was more activity In English Meats tc-day, and we notice sales of TOO bxs. .Short Bib Middles at 9c and email lota o{ Short Clear at 10c, and Ctunbcriands at Bc. Pick; led Hams were a shade higher to-day, with sales ofssotcaatflXc@loc, Beef Hams were sold at $15.00 pcr bbl. Lard is in active demand at -ISc, but sellers were bolding at 12>a®i3Xc, we bare to note sales of only about 1.500 pkgs, all In miscellaneous lots, at 12c. floor was more active to-day, but there Is no change In prices—spring extras selling at $5.35® 5.40. There was a firmer feeling In No. 1 Spring to day, bat No. S was doll. The transactions alto gether, however, were unusually light, at $1,193 $1.16# for No. I, and sl.l* ®l.l« for No. 2. There was less activity In Com, but holders were firm—No. 2 eeUlag at 9&391' and now Com at SSe. • - Oats were extremely doll, and the market de clined bushel.' The transactions were very light et 65&Q66 for No. I, and for No.*. . Byewaa In fair demand and firm at $1.07 for No. J.., Barley was neglected, and we report sales by sample only of prime at $1.87 delivered. Dlghwlnes remain doll and heavy. To-day we note trilling sales at 81®84#c. Bayers ate holding off. Hogs Frozen In Mlaaoarl, We conversed with a gentleman to-day from Missouri,' and he states that large numbers of hogs have been frozen to death at the stations on Uie fine of the Hannibal and EL Joseph Ballroad, where they were awaiting shipment. The suffer ing all through Northern Missouri has been great, and drovers and railroaders estimate that from twenty to thirty thousand hogs have perished. This estimate, however, we think. Is 100 large; hot there Is no doubt of the fact that numerons droves have been almost entirely lost, and the dro vers rained. Fork Packing In Pittaburgh. [From the Pittsburgh Gazette.] The number of Hogs slaughtered here thUaeaaon, as will be seen below, shows a material filling off from last season, (he deficiency aggregating 7,9:5 bead, while the difference in pounds & sull greater. The following are the figures: B.Harbangh A Co 9.C00 bead. O. J.TowosctA &CO V>so ** CM.. Caldwell .<.«7 “ E.H.Myers*Co -VW w Total —• ...... 20XCT The number lari season was *1,583 Showln* • CHICAGO CATTLE BUSKET. For the Week Ending Jan. 9* 1864» - - Saitedxt Evascro, Jan. 9,1901. The Receipts of Lire Hoes and Beef Cattle at the rartons yards to the city dorios the week ending to day, compare as follows with the previous weeks since Oct. S, IKS: " Beeves, Hogs, No. No. Week ending January 9. ; *22 Week ending Jannary 8 1A79 SIX 63 Weekending -Decemoer 38. 4,619 59.436 Week coding December 19 5,445 58,013 Weekending December 12 6,415 89,44, Week ending December 5 l£l.<a Week ending November SB 6,287 105,300 Week ending November SI 6,461 • 91,1*10 Week ending November 11 SjSS 76,642 Week coding November 7 BX2O 41X*9 Week ending October SI.- U.M6 . 67.510 Week ending October 24 Was aoXS3 Week coding October 17. BJOB a,Btl • Week ending October 10... 5,764 29.061 Week ending October 8 5,158 29,797 n iTTK or ruiGßzoN litz btocz rzox Chicago to Cattle. Hog*. VIOO Ba. Mlch.Cent.andiHch.Boath,largec*rs.. <SS 89 cU Carso! aofeet M ©c» Michigan Central, small cart SO Beta TO BTTFJXO OB SCSTXSBIOX BBZPOV. Midi, Cent, and Mich. Sooth., large car*. <llO «cta Cars of 210 feet » gets FortWayaecars,22lfeet., 100 • 63 CM nj nnnubiwa. . . Pltt*.Ft,W.& Clu.cawofSlfeet |96 « ct* Michigan Snntliera, large car* 10* SO ct» do do earsof 200 feet.,..... ES 60 cts Kate* to Dunkirk <3 per car let* than to IkiffAlo, v too Bt. lea* than to BoSalo, Trbco skipped by all rail- HOGS. The total receipt* of Lire Hors for the week ending lonely amount to 5,196. This U 25leu than were recelred during the previous week, and GT£O) less tp«ft the receipts of the corresponding week of last year. Hie dally receipt* at the various yards cor pate a* follows Monday - •« Tuesday. W Wednesday. Tburaday...... Friday - Saturday Total We clTe’tbcfo'.lotnnsisoiaUonaof the marketable ▼aloe of Hoga at the cloee of the daily ' market this evening s* prime to extra qualities.... ; Medium toprtme.... ~-. Common to Medium .. 4£0^5.03 With almost nominal receipts during the week and. ah excited demand in the market, wenott an advance of 75c per ICO ft son medium to ex ra qualities and of 00c on common to medium. fiATtrxDST ErensG. Jan. 9.—However rapid the flight of time msy generally appear to be, yet there arc periods when.U wecbnW,wo«honldfe«l disposed t 0 increase its speed, and the woek now ended has ee&o&c gf such periods lathe history ofthe be* trade of Chicago. To oners of stock, who had been look ing forward to this time formo’ntba paitwiUi the hope of realizing in the sale of their produce a good r* ward for all tbopalnathej bad Is maturing It for the market, and for all the trouble and expense they had Incurred in so doing, there baa bees realized disappointment and anxiety and low. such as fortu nately seldom happens in the course of one’s life. To buyers there has been the sudden and unlocked for withdrawal from the market of stock they had eaten latedupo'n getting, and aa day after day monotonous* ly patted away, a-few straggling cars would be ar rising with lew than a tube of the stock required to . meet the demand of the market. One of the results cf this state of things has been that prices hare been frequently artificially high, generally Irregular, and . as the final effect on the market for the week an ad- Tsnce of 75c V 1W tbs Is shown on best qualities, and SOc on inferior from tbe quotations given a week since. So far as the limited receipts of the week here are concerne.’, there has beenafawer number of begs frozen to death than had been anticipated, as they amount to less than 6 per cent, npon tbs whole, and even upon these it bas not been an loss, as they hare been sold for grease, at about Stfc 4* a gross weight. From the long detention on the road the live stock brought in has been * con siderably injured, and most hare sank considerably in weight which mil not be made good by the increased prices given. An extra shipping de mand springing op on Thursday has had the effect of exciting the market, which might naturally be ex pected with the present extraordinary limited re ceipts. The principal lines of railway are atm much obstructed with snow, so that bat few toga can be expected until they are somewhat clearer. In the market to-day the receipts per Galena and Burlington Railways amount to MO bead, and the entered sales to 1,177, bnt In this number is included a sale of 226 made late last evening, Not only were the entire receipts sold as soon as they arrived, but have been re-tcld at atm higher rates. There cano:course, with sneb a disproportion between tbe supply and demand benodimlnntlon In thefirmnefl or rateasof the market. The ranee of prices at which sale* have been made to day la *s.2S®fiJo, ana tb«|bnlkof transactions have been made at IS.GOQBJO. noa BtllS TO-DAT* _ „ . Sellers. ' Borers. No. < Av.Wt, Price. Geo. Adams,..W.M. TUfien, U 101 ilculnnis do .236 219 S^O Gwrtme,. Mr do 60 2U 6JO Miller M. Tabor SOi 22 Gregory; Loon 41 215 3.G0 l arUb.. Cragln & Co. 83 SIS sum*.. do 56 163 .i2S Frye* C 0..,.. Metcalf 105 259 6JO Gredlcv Quinn * Co. 53 237 625 WUSon ........ Brcnnock 169 230 S«0 BEEF CATTLE. Tbe total receipts of Beef Cattle for tbe week end ing to-day amount to *oobead« This Is 14T0 bead less than were received last week, and 1,375 less than tbe receipts of the corresponding wjeek of last yearns Tbo receipts at tbe yarloos yards compare as follows Monday. Tuesday Wednesday. Thursday... Friday...;.. Baiurday Total <O9 In the restricted transactions of the week there haa been considerable activity in the market, with an ad yance of 503>5c9100 as on the quoUtlons of the wctkprcvloas. Sattjedxt EyxKnro, January 9.—The business of the market, which for several weeks past, owing to rtimpiUMng‘ receipts ranch restricted, has been nil bat .easymded daring the week now closed. There has . been no attempt to meet the wants of boyers, - It being deemed the only coarse to be taken to let things have tlelr own way. Beef Cattle were dally badly wanted, bat then they couldn’t be Sot, The few that It had been Intended should be sent In-were Ice and snow bound, and Instead of being bought and sold as ex pected, wore qnletly chewing their end at home, none the worse for being spared, the Journey to market during the continuance of sneb terribly cold days and nights. Buyers, of all classes, have been want- Ing stock; packers to a limited degree v the wants of . shippers have been more pressing, bat the require, menu of army contractors the moat urgent and presslng'of all. All alike have howeverbeen doomed to disappointment. We most hope that daring Uo en. salcg week the principal difficulties will be removed by the bringing la ',ot receipts more commensurate with theactive demand of the market. nnnr cattle saxju to-uat. Carpenter sold Tierney 16 av. 1,106 ns at 9L50 WilbOD sold Jo. Shay 81 av. 1,322 at %ISS. Ebay Bold Shawl 16 av. 1,862 at K25. CEICIGO DAILY DUBKEX Satubdat Evcnsa. Jan. 9. ISM. FBEIGHTS—There Is no change In rates. Wo QUOIC Fourth Dressed Floor Class. Bogs.' To New Tork .2.20 UP 1.60 To Boston. 2.50 US l.« 0 To Montreal.. IJS2 041 l.Si To Albany 2.00 1.00 L3S To Portland 2.40 143 1.10 To Baltimore ...4.06 1.03 .... To Cincinnati .0.10 2.35. 0.50 UFLODll—BecelvcdlSOfibbls. Market quiet. Sales To-day were: ICO kbit. “liemetu." spring extra at tl40:lCO bbls “Fox Valley’' do at J543; lOOhbl*. lair Spring extra at £5.25; l«00 bhls Spring extra on private term*, WHEAT-Deceived, 8453 bo. Market for No. I Spring a shade better, No. 2 Spring unchanged. Sales to-dav a-ere; ICoObn No. 1 Spring instore at »U --IHk : do at £l4B 5 1000 bu No, 2 Spring at sl.- 13V50C0 bu do at *l4l* ; 25,000 bn do at £l4l*; 2000 bn do (in A. l>. 6c Co.’S) at (110. CORN—Becclved, none. Market inactive bat firm, gales to-dsy were; 2,(00 bn No 2 Corn Instore at KJc; I.UO bu do at Sic; 2.SDO bu New Corn in store at 85c. dfIATS-Beccived, 4,729 bu. Market dultand KOJ{c tower. Soles to-day w<*r«; 6.000 bu No 1 Oats In store at CCc: 6.000 bu do at ttvc: <ico bn Ncw3 Oats in store at etc; 2,(C0 bo doatoaffc. . , By sample : I.OCO bn lu burlaps at lie del. U.YE—received. ICO bu. Market Arm. Bales to day: UCObu No 1 Bye in store at #1417. By ta tuple: 2CC bags good quality at 5142 on track. B\RBEV—Becelved, 800 bn. Market neglected and nominal. Balts by sample s—l,Coo on prim* at' --Doll and nominal at $L«S01,1O per Market firm, with fair Icqury for shipment. We quote: Prime Dairy Prime Shipping Fair to gooO do.. . - ......196#30 Bales to*dsv:—CO kegs good at 20c j ISO kegs at 20c. BEANS*—Market quiet and nominal at S3 40®2A5. Market very doll. Sales to-day: —SCO Pork Barrels at 2145 del. . . CHEESE—In fair demand and supply. Prices Arm at previous quotations. Wequote; Hamburg. Westernlieserre Illinois and Wisconsin. COFFEE—'The market to a little more active, and a very limited supply. Prises arm with an upward tendency. We quote: Java... Ulo, fair to g00d... lilo.eood to prime. EGGS—Supply a little more libelal and *he market la easier at 2f&2Sc per doz. FUBS-In very restricted supply but still equal to tl»* present demand, tbe market being generally dull andlnactive. We quote; Hears, (blacK, large ana mu seasoned).... 110.00-IU.OC Beara.cnbs «to H vame... Bearer, (black and dark). Bearer, (pale and Badger, (large and fine).. ~ ci,.— —>d bio Deer blue)!*. ..... jjj* 60 Deer Skins, W Fishers, (dark, large, and silty) too Fisners.(naic or brows)...* o.w» 4.00 Foxes crow the less red the better 4.000 BJ*> Foxes, red. southern and western l «k» 2.p0 Foxe». grey, Wl9 50 Uonse Ate, black and grey „ logfc 15 Lmx. large and fine I.oo® 2.00 Muskrats?fall and winter J5 Marten, dark w itbont red B.oo® 4.00 Marten.common and pa1e....... 1-50® *.50 Mlnke.Mlimeeota,Michigan,Wleconsls.... B.ooa 3.50 UinksJUlnols and lowa. 2-00® 8.00 Otter, slack, large and Use 4.00® 0.00 Otter.Browu .. .. ... s -.%? 4 -?S Opossum, Northern, dry and clean IDA 13 Oposetun, Southern, .. . W 10 Kaccoon,lllinois, Wisconsin, Ac W® 00 Skunk, black 2 1 ?® jM Sknnk, striped I*| 30 Wild Cats. ,50® 40 WolfSklns,large.•white and f1ue.....,,.,., LOO® LSO Wolfskins, prattle . »» 75 yitjU—L>K2 Fxsn owlet and very arm at former Quotations. M.tcszxit iamoderale demand and fair supply, market easy at former-Quotations. Codfish net Ire and firm with previous quotations unchanged, imcxsaain liberal supply and easy at present quo tations. We quote: „ _ No. 1 Wbltcfl&n, half brio Ko.t ** “ fS*SK2* No. 1 Trout, “ f35, ®5*22 No. 2 Trent, *• 4.12X®».25 No. 1 Mackerel, new, fi half Erl 6.50 ®9.00 N0.2 • “ ** “ 6JO $7.00 KO.l " old “ BJO «7.0Q N0.2 *• ” “ ......... 5.75 ®&2S No.l “ new kits....; 2JO 03.73 N0.2 “ mm Q2JC Noli ** old * tss So.l u “ “ 2AO »2-2 a codfisluGeorgeM Bank, V M0tt5,,......, 7J3 QUO Codfish, Grand “ . ** 700 07JS No. 1 Dried Herrin*, * Dor 53 Q 6# Scaled ** 63 Q 70 Pickled Herrings, new 7.00 &7.50 Pickled Herrings, old. BJO ofIJM FKUlTri—Gezis Applzs Id limited demand. For eoand trait- prices are verj Arm end high. A large quantliy of treated and damaged frnlt lam the market, which is being offered at very reduced rates, Linoss doll and Inactive, previous quotations no changeo. Oaixozs—Sicily fr-nlt Is In fair demand and moderate supply. Havana tn tasall supply and Inactive. CitAsrnxxstzs in stead* demand and firm at previous Quotations. Cntssurs—Good qualities are In fair demand and arm. but medium and common are la little retmest. Uicxobt Ncrs— Small nuts In active demand, urge are dull and unsaleable. Prices tolerably ffrm at present notations. We quote: . Green Applet, * oil a IJUQ tM '• New Tort 3J»Q .... Lemons. Pboz SAW*-®* Oranges (Sicily) V box. Co (Hevana)Pbrl lOXOjjILOO Cranberries, V bri... IQJ»%HJ3O Chesnms. V ha asoq 7AO Hickory Sets, V bn unQi-TJ ** “ urge. Vbrl Q2JO DRIED FHI’ITS— Applbs—New York and other prime qualities are In almost nominal supply sndgoed demand. Ohio and Indiana fruit is In fair supply and moderate demand. Mars et firm at pre vious quotations. pß.icnrs• -Unpared active and la moderate supply: pared very scarce and In active demand. Previous quotations unchanged. • SttiE&TnSVairsnpply. “Prices firm at previous quo tations. iuspbebbizs we quote nominally, there be ing few If anv In the market. DnaCKnuxtzala Urn- I ted supply and ven'firm. Chxbiuß win almost nom inal supply, one or two iota only, are in tbe market which are being held at SIQSSc. We quote: S 2 S Raisins—Layer* V box. Currants,* ft, ......... Aimonoa, V fe.soft.... “ * --hard... Dried Raspberries.. “ Blackberries, “ Cherries M S' GBEAbE—Market quid; the present demand b«- ice cocnncd to the bone trade mod a lev specula tire purchases, but these are, with the Urbiaeas of the mercy market, ftw and small.: We quote: 'White Grease W3W c Yellow Grease »*c Browu Grease & U &3<c GA3IE-ln moderate Bnpply. Pzaduz dncxinr active and Arm at present quotation*. Qcazu is rather liberal supply and eaay at present rate*. Vzz* ifox receipts ere still very smalf and market role* flrw and unchanged. We quote; __ Prairie Chickens, per doz ......... <3XS (92X0 Docks, email, mixed, V d0x....': IXO »1.35 Mallards, <> doz... ••• ®2XO - Cnall.perdoz 7XO ellStt VenuinT* B OX7.«O.IS>i PabUts, P doz 0.73 00X0 . Geese, p dor. G»6XO Sales tOKlayi—lSSdoz Grouse at J2XO; 50 doz do »t fSj* ;73 doz Quail at SIXO. - . , . ' HIDES- Receipts still very limited: there U all t tle more actlvltv in the tqsrke; with a healthier tone, former quotations are unchanged. We quote: Gree* Country BK® ;J£ Greta Salted...... »K» « Crecs.part cured~ -. 9M* 9)§ Pry Salted .atWaiS Drv Flint ..17#»18 HlPIi yti\FH-Rtwlvrt. 750 brts. Market doll. Paltb toKlar ■»*. re: CSbrlsotSte; 50 brl* at 84Jfc. DKEbbED HOGS-Bitfltfd, 565. Market bcoj ant and advanced 23d per 100 »s. Sale* UHUy were: 4 Gogs, averaging 4» BS, at 17,73 Id ** over Soo»s,at 7-2 400 •• all under Sooßs,at 6.68 24 *• ** SOOBS.BC. ......i 7.00 400 “ averaging 2l» Bs, at - 7XO SCO 44 ** 220 BS, at..................... 7X9 pfi u to arrive, ar. 346 Bs, at.. 7XO £0 ** over scobs, at.. «X 0 551 Goes, to arrtve.at <6XO andTXO, dividing onSOOBs. 12a Gogs, at *6 83 and 7XB, dividing on 300 1>*. MUogv, at <6X3Jf and 7.fcjf. dividing on 200 Bs. 290 Bog*, to arrive, at SIX 3 and 7 *5, dividing on 500 Be. 6Hogs,at|«Xoand7Xo.dlTldlDgon3WE>*. . „ W Hoes, at <6XS, 6XO, and 7XO. dividing on 100 and tf SCO Bs *MUf LEATHER—There la little activity In the market, buyer* generally are keeplsgat home, and in the pres* ent state of our railways very few shipping order* are received* gull prices are Arm and unchanged. We quote: Becalpta. Harness,* ft... 4a^&Vl^htertßole...JjaKS Line " ... Buenos Avne JSagO. Kip, ** ... UU®SBc Orioo;o,6W.....^atfße Calf, ** ...ItUSlio Onaoco. »TW .....398WC Upper, * foot.. 298X0 Orinoco good dam- Collar. * foot.. H«2Sc aged- Harness.* ft..- skaghtertSols —•4* KJp.acSlna....>l.ooan.C Kip.beavy...... fficpsse Beet enu; ft ns. - Cam Ko. i l«o© , .. *^ft*-*A£SHS oalLtero"*** , ■ > veai as Lnmolne,* doz 5&.M874.K DPWftooC SSrc rooattiS KuSctt Bridle. FlntUntags.... 1 roagns.ss "©side .! 5,8084.00 80tina.........i41.K18n.83 LUMBER—In /.Mrofmand foe the city trade with a Utile activity for zhlpplng. Tala la, however, yeijr iJDlttd.aa cniyoneortwo vabwaye are yetanem take any thlpmenla, The following are the yard pri ces; . .is | i •, L»»n-«r.tcwr.« W0» not »gsgs.” BcCOBACImc • tfffiaSSN Box or Select 80irda,.... nnvn.sc Fl^Cle*? in'oorinV.’ rtKtf* *.V. c. oo^I "' ’ Second deer Flooxin*. ron*b 2 - JSa~’*‘ Common Flooring, rpnffc. •••• g-gg StdingCWar, drened. 5®:::: Second dear. Sf-fiSiVan Common do g-gffigw I*ng Jolata... ...- BUT*d Shingle* A V It f|fc." ■katAL MTOBKB—In limited demand bot sen- Sally lormwlSjafopw ard tendency on Manilla Hope. Weaoote: Manilla Hope IBgU EStosnap: g» Tnrpcntlne.... Marline.....V...!”*Md» SmatpreTlouajuctatlons. Wo quote. nVkMtO Frlmt Qualities 9 bn..»•♦♦•••••••• yai « trfde aS wl«* releateady and ton atpreTloos qoo- Slon™h™firge lott aw Un being no Bpecnlatlre orawpplng demand. We quote- esas7e etnw on ss-iSiss'ffif....™.. -tj-ms -Boiled Linseed *** fllfg Elephant 0i1............ Rank nit 1.30(41.30 KWt0t::;::::........-... igg*g- Machine OU - »gVS Sperm Oil . ,£*-5 Mecca 0i1........'.. - 52 Meats Foot Oil WO 1 * PH OTIBIONe?—There is a very good demand for nearly all lands of Bog Product, ana the market has an onward tendency* . . , , Miss pone—ln good demand and advanced 25(J50c Serbbl. Sale* to-day were:—37s hhls city packed lea Pork at «1W0: &00 bbla city .packed M«ga Pork atfISAS; 170 bbla Waukegan packed Mesa Port at »1W0; CO bbla city Mesa Port at |1«.75; 500 bbla Meas Pork at SISJO, delivered at xlllwaokee: 100 bbl country Pork at »16.f0; 21S bbla MeaaPork de-a llTerco at Michigan City and held free os storage and ; insurance tllllst of May at |1&20. ■ Pkiiuc Miss Pom.—la good dajnand and Arm., galeaic-day wetet—COO bbU city wackedPrime Me« at fISJX); SCO bbla country do at gILTS; 93, CO and SO Dclk Mists.—ln good demand aid Arm, but mar ket quiet. Sales to-day were4ooo pcs city snoulacra at ee loose: 1(0> pea country cored Shoulders, loose,! at 6c; SCO pcs country Bolkßldea, loose at 75f. tnoLisuMiats,—ln ac^eiequeatnndfirm. Balca to-daT were ;-7fO bis Short Bib Middles in two lots at 9c; »bxs Short Clear Middles ntiOc; tSbis Cnmosr landMlddlesatSc, , , . • , „ __ IiCKJOJtn Haws.—ln good demand andfirm- .Sales to-day were:—2Co tea City at 9Xc; S9O tea do at 1&3 Laut—Demand Terr active and market firm. Bales to-day were: ICO brfs city Kettle-rendered Leaf. 900 trea city steaox In lota, 173 trea Waukegan do, and S-0 ties country s;ram and kettle In lota—all at 12c: 50 tres old ketile at UKc; 200 tres prime city Leaf on P ‘nitr In fidr demand. Sales to-day were: ICO brls city I:eefHamsatflW)o;l» brlsdo onp.t, POTATOES—Market tolerably active and In no mial fcupply. There Isno change In previous rates,; but at there the market was firm. We quote: Keahannock«,*hn SSS3S i’OULTRY-Ciuciisa and Tuixkys arc in fair supply, and good qualities are In nctire demand.; Gus* rather quiet. Market generally firm at present aTickens.? doz Becelpta. Lite Turkeys, f* ft. X resscd, ¥ ft DoeSßrsi'dox'.r.'.'.“ Gcttc.(icl),..... VWO.M Sales to-duy: ICO Ba Turkeys dressed at Sc; 14&> ®3, do at FKc? fodor Chickens at 92.00. ‘ . ' SAEEHATCa—In moderate demand and good eutplT, un-vlona quotation* unchanged, we quote: &AI/T— There uno change In prices. We quote: Domestic—Pine- • • • coarse 2.00®.... Ground Solar. 5.0&3.... Dairy, with sacks 4.50®.... FOBBlOJt—Ground Alum, Vsack ** Turk’s Island. V sack 1.5501.80 •* Liverpool Dairy V sack 5.00® NEEDS-Cloveh—Nominal at 57.25. Tibotut— In good demand at 12.7002,73. Flax—ln good de tuned and firm at JilCGi’-SS. SUGABS—Market more more active and previous qu<-taitcns for raw and refined Bogan are very firm with an upward tendency. The slocks in tilts market generally are tolerably heavy, but the receipts ate very limited owitp to light stocks being held in our csstimmarkets. Wequote: . New Orlisici ...13*015 • Cuba isxaia Porto Rico A. A. Portland 13 01.** N. v. refined, powdered and granulated. istfaii* white A J&tHa Extnß ....47X017X Extra C 46X®1«>4 Chicago a 46j<ai»y Chicago B ..............lOyH® 3^* SiKUI’S-li! moderate demand and vmu lad present restricted supply prices generally rale firm, wequote*. __ _ Chicago G01den..... <<o79 Chicago Amber. BCOS7 N. Y. Syrups Golden Syrup 7C073 New Orleans 6)072 Chicago Union Befltery Sugar House,brU 6R®7O •* ** *• “ *• kegs 740 «B *• •* “ Amber, brls Ss®?B •• *• • •* - kccs 92095 TAX I.oW— Market rather quiet with no change onprrvloosquotations. Wequote: Choice So. ll*ackcn Tallow IOKOIO/f Good do 10*0 Prime City Butchers 16*« Country 10 010* TEAH—In moderate demand and limited supply. Gtetn Teas and Oolongs are held very firm with a strongnnwardtendency. Wequote: Young fiysoo, common to very fine 914001/0 Gunpowders 1.1001.70 i Souchongs |s®i.oa Oolongs - 800145 Japan 1/601^0 TOBACCO-Market active and la medium supply. Previous quotations are on changed. Wa quote: X»AP TOBACCO. . _ ' HHuol* middling to fair M common £0 9c CHICAGO TOBACCO KAVUTACIOBT BSAHM, cnxvnro. _ anoxnro. Star of the W eat.So 090 c 8.. ts Oil C Pioneer 15 BSS c SM 15 ,©tt C Ex. Cavendish. .fiS && c I. 16 018 c Prairie Pride...6o ®6B c IL IS 090 e Bveet 55 o®° c ' PUTS TOBACCO. 7s and 9*s Star of the West. IJ.M PlcNlc.flgelxe 7s and S’sTlonecrA s’a Extra Cavendish s's, 7a and 10*s Black Diamond. CHXwura. shokuto. Gold Leaf.....; 86c Missouri 15 016 c Son DjSlde 60c 0 C C. 55c OO 16*317 O Sponge Cake fi-2S 000 21 023 C Coarfey'a Choice LOO .'l4oll* . 9013 PLUG TOBACCO. BoyalGem... Nonpariel.... Nectarine.... Olive Branch. Zouave Garibaldi.... .37K&38KC .S5 <S4»*C .36 &»hC UPI7. Doable Bose Macaboy. Single “ “ Scotch Rappee WOOL—Jn very small snpplywlh no improve meot In the previously doll ana Inactive condition cf the market. This Is not, however, doe to soy want of confidence In prices on demand, but la th~ United operations of the money marcet. We quote: Fine fierce Medium fleece... Tub Washed 68q©c Factory Tab Washed 72043 c WOOD—In active demand and previous quota tions unchanged. We quote: 1.390 IJSC 1M& 1.25 40® 5f Beech... Hickory. Maple... J&igeellaneous., T-TILTON’S CEMENT.—The la -11 soluble Cement of tho Messrs. HILTON BROTHERS Is certainly the best article of the kind ever invented. It should be kept in every manufac tory, workshop and house, everywhere. By Its use many dollars can be saved in the run of a year. This Cement cannot decompose or become corrupt, as It* combination is on scientific Principles, and nnder no elrcumstaucca or chance of temperature will it emit any offensive smell. The varloasnsea to which it ean be successfully applied, renders It invaluable to ill classes. For particulars see advertisement. >e»-n£(~r4m-'wr*K4dp hie. Bbowx's BaoxemAi. the affected parts, and give almost immediate relief- For Bioicmru, Amju, Catabbs and Conscwp* tit* CoroßS. the Troches are useful. Public Speak ers and Singer• should have the Troches to strengthen the voice. Military Officers and Soldiers who overtax the voice, and are exposed to sudden changes should use them. Obtain only the Brown’s Bronchial Troches’* having rton® their efficacy by a test of many rears, are nigbly recommended and prescribed by Physicians and Surgeon# In tbe Army, and have received testimonials from many eminent men. Su'd by all Druggists and Dealer# la Medicine In theHnlied State* and most Foreign countries, at SI cento per box. del3-*79Wm r xawTdp UI4H2. lODrNK WATER, A Solution of lopurs in pare Vint, without a aox-vtin. It acts npon the . Ltvzb, Dioxsnrx osoaxs. The great success which has attended tbe use ot lodise Wstzb In private practice, and tbe Indorse ment of Exon Medical ArmoaiTi, enables ns to recommend It, feeling confident that with a fair trial. It will attest Us own excellence In the enre of &cro> fula in all forms, Coisumption. Cancer, Bronchitis, Heart, Uvcr. and gid»ey OmiiUlati, Pimples ob the lace, Rhcnmaitsm, Neuralgia, Nervous Affections Female Weakness, Dyspepsia, Debility, Syphilis Mercurial Diseases, Ac. Full directions accompany each bottle. Price n per bottle, or belf dozen at one time, $9. Sold bj dragebts fenerelly. - losn»s Wins Is a scientific dißCorery, prepared only by DB.S. ANDERS& CO«,Pbyftlclansand Cbcm* Ista, K8 Broadway. New york. Bold by L7S OUM . i7xa is so n a so de£s-urT-ta FWAWlaadp 1H Lake atreet, Chicago. a a « 23 a 25 - MUUN * COMPMY, Solicitor! XTJL of AMEBIC AN and FOREIGN PATENTS, «M Publishers of the ILLUSTRATED ■ * “ SCIENTIFIC ABEfiBICAIV,n ■ 80. S3 Puk Bow. Jf ew Tort. Pamphlets of Inlbncatlon about Patent* PHXB, Specimen eopVeaol the papar FRA*. notpSTUmddp XHE greatest medicai X DISCOVERT OP THE AGE. * Or. KENNEDY, of Bozbozy, JUen., - Baa discovered a COMMOH PASTURE WSED.tfch cure* Scrofula, Erysipelas, Balt Rheum. Btarvona Scald Bead, PlmpUe, Ulcerated BoreJUcga. Beabe *H Blotcheaof ererjname and nature. when every otter blood perlder Has failed, try this old standard ML For aale by all druggists.. UAPONIFIEK, os.' CONCENTRATED LYE Finally Soap BKaker, : WABmakeshlghprleea; Baponifler helps to redaes' them. It makes SOAP for too* cents a pound.ba nslng yonr kitchen grease. „ t3T CADIIOSI—As spnrieni Lyes are offered be carers! and only boy the Pat»*tx» article pat as la zxoa cans, an others being counterfeits. ■ Ftaujlvabla Salt Xnißfhelmzing Ca, ' Philadelphia—li» WalnutatreeL. Plttaborg—Plttatranl and Way. col£-0978-&a«pow-3dp .. - - ; ACTION.—The public are here- V.hreanhopedagalnrt MrchaalnA naertalnjudg nent note, dated July l,.iaa,to the ortoror* oor- K ITC ?t Pay»Me etemontha after date.ftrrts2P.so) Five Ensdrcd and Twenty and 80-lOOth biUars. with Interest at lopercent.tat annum, after due: signed , Press and Tribune Company”—endorsed, on* the bscki * Press and Tribune Company by Wm. Brow,** •« *J. L. Bcrlpps. Wm. Brras, B.W. Spears, C. H Bay and A. Conics.” at. tseheb totbojndgmont,ai and note has boenpaidl vrtb “' amtm r ’ u T 0 A .“d , osi t S M ‘- tticr.; m- Tri>ia ° e P^.°A JDLEWILD. 1 , m»8. ir. p. wn,i,is Win reMlTt uTttsl .dttiMU powu, betvow *EC of Elnt »nd to Maemte vtu hw ova | Sosaitn at IduarU«T7u>«ilSa.£:K WULIB. l:Voo<aN onata Coaa^,a.T. ; *a»MJ»Ww«£i N OT VEGETABLE EXTRACT AFO*KIOKIC, . m. HOOFLMD'S dUAIV BITTERS DB. 0. M. JiOKSOB, Phila., Pa. • WILL EFFECTUALLY CURE U¥KB COEFLAOTf DYSPEPSIA, JAtm^lSKr Cfctale «r BTerrevs Debility, Diseases ef tfct Kidneys, and all diseases arista' fro* a disordered Liver erStovacA, such as CoHsUpm tlon. Inward Plies, Fullness or Blood to the Bead, Acidity of the Stomach, Nansea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, FnUn>4a or Weight tn the Stomach. Sctr Brnptatjona, Sinking or Fluttering at tho Pit Of the Btomacn,SwimmißC of the Head. Unmad and Difficult Breathing, innUertae at the Heart. Choking or Suffocating Sensations wneu is *lj lug pcs» tore Dimness of vWon, iratsor webs before tbo slant. Fever and doll pain In the Head. Deflci«*. cy of Perspiration, Tellovneaa of its Skfa - and Eyes, Palo in the Side. Bade. Chest. IJmw, Ac., Sudden Flashes of. - Beat. Burning In the Flesh. , Constant Imaginings, of Evil, -and great Depression of ■ ■ Spirits. And will pnshlvelf prevent TEZXOTT FSTXB, BXb> LIOUS FEVER die. They contain , , . HO ALCOHOL OB BAD BEAHDT,. They WILL CURS the shore diseases in cases oat of a hundred. Dp yon want something to Strengthen TmV * Do yon went a Good Appetite t Do yon vent to Build np yoox Coastiltiiee I Do yon want to Feel Well 1 Do yon vast to get rid of Herroasneae I Do you want Snergy 1 Do you want to Sleep Well 1 Doyou want aßriak and Vigorous Taattsft . If yon do. oie HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BHTIML There are many preparations sold under the anno OS Bitten pat up la quart bottle*, composed of <*• cheapest whisky or common rum, costing from St M 40 cents per gallon, the taste disguised oy Anise «k Coriander Seed. This class of Bitters has caused and vIU coctlnae ta . cause, as lone aa they can be sold, hundreds to die tfe* ‘death of the drunkard. By their use the system la kepi continually under the influence of Alconoß* Stimulants of the worn kind, the desire for Liquor la created and kept op, and the result la all the horron aStcndant open a drunkard’s life and death; BewiM of them 1 Attention, Soldier*! and Friend* of Soldier*,. We call the attention of all having - relations or friends in the army to the fact that**HOOFLAKD*B German Bitten** will core nine-tenths of the diseaa** Induced by exposures and privation* Incident to cams life. In the lists, published almost dally in the neve* - papers, on the arrival of the sick. It will be noticisl that a Terr large proportion ore sufferers from dehO- Ity. Every case of teat kind can be readily cored by Boofland’s German Bitters. Diseases ranking front disorders of the digestive organs are speedily remoua ed. We have no hesitation in stating that, If than Blttera were freely used among our soldiers. buodteA* of lives might be saved that otqcrwlse will be lots. We call attention to the following remarkable aaA well authenticated cure of one of the nation's finrnMt whose life, to nse his own language, ** has been itvst tfp the Bitters,” FmLAOcnpirza, Aug. 28,18NL Mxans. Junes A Etas*: Well. gcntlemen-you* Boofland's German Bitters has Saved my life, xner* Is no mistake in this. It is vouched for by numbers of my comrades, some of whose names are appended,and who were fully cognizant of all the circumstance* of mvease. 1 am, and have been for the last four year* a member of Sherman’s celebrated battery, and nndflr the immediate command of Cspt. K. B. Ayreu. Throngh the exposure attendant upon my arduous du ties,! was attacked in November last with tlon of the lungs, and was for bevecty-twwdays la th* hospital. This was followed by great debility, height* eneo by amansck of dysentery. 1 was then removed from the White House, and sent to this city, on board the steamer “ state of Maine," from which i landed ore the rsih of June. Since that time I have been abonk as low as one conld be and still retain a spark of vltafc Ity. For a week or more 1 was scarcely able to swal low anything, and if 1 did force a morsel down ItWM immediatelv thrown on seam. I could noreven keep a glass of water on toy stony ach. Life could net last under these elrcomstaneear and accordingly lire physicians who bad been working faithfully, though unsuccessfully, to rescue me from the grasp of the dread Archer, frankly told me that they could do no more for me, and advised me to see • clergyman, and to make such disposition of my limit* cd funds as best suited me. An acquaintance who vis ited me at the hospital, Mr. Frederick Steinbrou, of Sixth below Arch tv set, advised me. as a forlorn hop*, to try your Bitters, and kindly procured a botua. From the time I commenced taking them. His 2lo<yniF shadow of death receded, and I am now. thank tide for it. getting better. Though I have taken but twe bottles, I have gained tea pounds, and I feci sanguine of being permuted tojoin my wife and daughter,from whom I have heard nothing foi eighteen months—for, gentlemen, I am a loyal Virginian,from the vicinity of Front Royal. To roar Invaluable Bitters I owe tfa* certainty of life which hat taken the place of vague fears—to roar Bitters will I owe the glorious privilege ofngoln clasping to my bosom those who arc dearest to me in life. oo3^o.oT' Very truly yours, ISAAC MALONM. We fully concur In the truth of the above statement, as vc bad despaired of seeing ourcomrade Mr. Malcnc restored to healUu JOHN CUDDLEBACK, Ist New York Battery. ULO. A. ACKLEY. Co. C. 11th Maine. LEWIS CHEVALIER, SCd Now York. I. E.f FENCER, Ist Artillery. Battery T. J. B. FASEWELL. Co. B, Sa Vermont. HEKBYB.JEBOMEjCo. B, - HENRY T. MACDONALD. Co, C, 6th Maine. JCHN F. WARD. Co. E. stb Maine. HEBWAN KOCH, Co.H, T2d New York. NATHANIEL B. THOMAS, Co. P. 96th Pease. ANDREW J. I'iiniAi.t, Co. A, Sd Vermont. JOHN JENKINS. Co. A lOGth Penns. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS, See that signature of 44 C. H. JACKSON,” la OU tbs WRAPPER of each bottle. Should the ncores t druggist not have the article, do not be pot off by any of the Intoxicating preparation* that may be offered lulls place, but send to tu.aadns will ferward, securely packed, by express. Principal Office and Manufactory No. 631 ARCH STREET. JONES &c EVAN’S, (Succcsean to C. M. JACKSON A C 0.,) Proprietors, LORD A SMITH, General Western Aetata, (WFoeaale by all Druggists and Dealers m erie* town in the United States. _ aaso-mX23-Co-*4tF2dr- TVfTCHIGAN SOUTHERN AND iIL LAKE SHORE ...oan .UOai.U ...6*40.63 ~.«Xi0.61 ...e©0.6l RAILROADS. On and alter SUNDAY. January 10th, Trains will leave Vaaßarcastreet Depotaa follows; Day Express. By the CordMel. U.M Evening Express, with Sleeping Car to Cleveland...., 9.10 p. m. Nleht Express, with Bleeping' Car to T01ed0........................ 1ed0........................ .. 10.90 p. m. rot nectlng at Cleveland with the Atlantic and Great Western; at Dunkirk: with the Kew York and Erie, and at Buffalo with the New York Central and Erie Ballrcada. Trains for DETROIT leave at BJS a. m. and 5.18 p. m. On Sunday one Train only will leave, at 8.40 p. m. SAMUEL C. HOUGH, Western Passenger Agent, JaS-tSrlw 86 Clark-st., nnder Sherman House. Rake chance fob invest! MEST. The subscribers offer for sale on very favorable tcrms,twelve improved farms, varying in size from HO to £2O acres, together with Umber and unimproved prairie' and bottom land, all lying within from one to six miles of the city orLacon, Marshall County, HI. These forms have all been Improved the part of fif teen years, and are nnder a high state or cultivation. 1 bey have* ood substantial dwelling houses, (mostly frame) large bams and outbuildings, and are supplied with an abundance of water both for families and stock. Several of the farms hare largeorchards.some la fb» bearing, and others coming rapidly forward. They are .well fenced and contain many miles of Osage Oranjte Hedge, well cultivated, and of the pr< per size for a permanent fence. They are generullyprovldcd with an abundance of wood and Umber, and some with stone, with velnsof coal In the immediate neighborhood. The; are accessible to churches ssd good schools, and arc near the depot of the Peoria and Bureau Val ley Railroad and IlUnois River, where boats are con stantly arriving. The city o( Lacon la a large gram marker, and con tain* f louring Mills, Distillery and Beef and Pork Packing Establishment, Ac. These forms, or any of them, will be sold on very fovoraltle terms of pajment, and offer unusual In ducements to persons seeking safe and profitable In vestments, or to any one wanting an Improved farm ready for immediate occoparcy, where the conntry Is developing rapidly and property increasing la value, 1 he above farms are all stocked, and provided with agricultural Implements which will be sold with them It desired. For further pvtlculart apply to FISHER A SONS, LacOtt, IIL, or FISHER A CHAPIN, Boston, Mssa. JaHktßß3-16t mat iaaStw A COMPLETE MUSICAL LI BRABT.—One thousand pieces of Plano Music Bzabt, Emigre, Ago Glaxdulab Ststzx. The following books arc ot uniform size and style, and form tbe best collection of Choice Mas'c. for the Plano Forte ever published. THE HOUR CIRCLE. a collection of M»tcho ( i > W*U*e*4 > olkai,Bchota»-:has, Redowaa, Quadrilles, Contra Danse*. Fonr-Bana Pieces and llano Genu. 8 Vols THE SHOI7EU OP PEARLS, a collection of choice Vocal Duets, with Plano Accompaniments. TBE SILVER CHORD. A collection ol Songs, Ballads, Quartettes, DueU, Ac_ with Place Accompaniment*. OPERATIC PEARLS. A collection of the Vocal Beauties of the best Operas, with Plano Accompaniments. All the above sent. Bast - ; i ,u i;iro‘ l s.' 1 %. fO,,0 ’‘ M ***?■ ' ' OIIYEI! DITSOS * CO. ja6-t515-6t f saw Pnbilahera, Boston. A MEETING OE THE JODit ueymen Coopers vll! be beld at the FBINEN HALL, Comer of Randolph and "Well* on MONOAT EVENING, January Uih. at 7 o’clock. All Journey men Coopers will attend without fall. jaMSC-atia . Bt okpct of the Comtrn. BLISS A BBABP, PLOW MAKERS’ CONVEK TION.—There will be • Contention of Plow Maker* at the Treinont Houae, la Chicago, on THtTEB DAT, Jaouary nth, ism. - ... By order of Committee. D. BOADLET, C, H r UEERg> JaS-WBMw ANNUAL MEETING. xA. Omen ow Chicago Ga» Light 4 Con Co- > - . .. Chicago, 4aa.tth.l3M. 5 The annna] meeting of ths Stockholders of this Com P«y HllJbe held at the office of the- Company oa MONDAY* Jhnnsrj lUh, at#P; U n at wblchttaa the annuali report will ben art. and as election held JAUKS K. BURT Id, Soe. A PER DAY NET PROFIT. w-l-V Agenta wanted tor alight wfcoleaataboat* hem,*hlch the above prods can be positively realired. Send a three centstamp for a eirealareoa tjUnifiA IWf particulars. Addrem C. P. BBOTTm, TtOT.XT. - • . , , deffl-Üblmla SAFETY! SAFETY! SAFETY! Kj Important information (br the married or those contemplaud marriage famished. AU cotnmaiuca tions confidential • Address, enclosing three cent Stamp, to Dr. EDWARD MOBTIMORE. Post Office Bex J833. Chicago. 111. . . Ja7»t7i94tlA A STHMA CUBED—Belief guar is aatacd In ten mtantaa.aada ptmananicsre effected by the ua of /'Urmi'i Asms ctmn.** Cases of from ten to twenty rears* a. i uddat once to tta influence, Price £ Bentpoat-pSa to any address, by S.C. UrSAJt.SU tenth Toann-st_ PhlU <cipbia.Pu~.CircalaTaaantftae... ..jn-tm-imM COLDIEUS. .... O ■• , BOLDIIBB. , _ An Agent la want* dm every regiment tor the aale of something mxwvnn*- rto&T,xaraciAu.T vraTaaTßatPißß. Agents are dolrgnisTHEras. Address, eeelosingaUmp, AJB* SAKjPAIJS mßroadway,h'owTort. A i MONTH—We want Crr Vf\r Agents at tt|amouth,expenses paid, to •11 oar Knamnse Psxcxu, OunXTAL mm xxxs, a&d thirteen other new.uaefcX and curious ar> tjclra.. Fifteen rtrtnlars vent wn. Address 3HAW A CLARK, Blddaferd, Maine. - deZmsMeda tTHE MimJAl: UK DTSITE- X AKOTCO-of K«rro*.T. a. Tmatoa. PTMl fl® 1 .. Cvk iwti, Tebmiry *t. 1*3 i . . O.CSnsX3BR,QiMaI iiw foe Hoctten ui Tj'MPLOY MENT.—S7S a Month. X-J Aston mntMto Itn smns HicblnM> tTo *lll ffte . o. .wrolnt,. ROM. or r.oi tiprimißikoiiijiiis for the non tMuii Tot MiUMhni villi— BOT %u>S jwsnut. JEisrtUanenos. ALCOHOLI o. $ A HIGHLY COJfOESTRATEJJ PAETICXOAE fiOXICB. Price Per Bottle, 75 Cents, Or Halfpoz. ft>r SI.OO. CHANGE OF TIME. For only Ten Dollars, 6.15 a. ns.