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MANDiti' .No. 1 ' ti Odle ° t y Qt it the COO - 1 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, REE HOLD AND LE ASP: ROL D INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GI NERALLY— To RE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls N thr oughout the kin g d om. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, .1) . , 67, Chancery-lane, Lond on, M essrs. E . an d 11 . L um l e y' s 11 of PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection l anded and hous e properties now in the market, from ne nobleman's mans i on, with its manorial domain, to the cottaFre with its few acres. ~raow NEns OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell Or Let can ern- Ve the opportunity that the medium of this Refzister '? ‘•ds, by sending the particulars of their properties to the ate Offioes, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in moat cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid -I,l- V eniences. TRERE IS NO CIIARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throuch Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. GUILDHALL, 30th November, 1863. --The will COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the December next, at One o'clock prEcisely, to receive tt a re O et, PO A S Id ALS, for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre g'ate, and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole an-street,. *Finsbury. h, - " 0 . the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender hal f Upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild- FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. SPECIAL NOTICE. /u-ri c e Directom are now prepared to grant Insurances on handise 1 4n the Port ot Load= at the REDUCED SALE OF RATES. r a • 14, rticuPd.rs to be obtained at the Offices, 11, Lombard- Lret, c. A.D. 1720. 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PIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this orporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye " ged nearly 2 per cent, per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums aYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Life. AnY sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the Abilities of partnership. A 7 lite of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual , eties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Ste , T 'be advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex xlence of nearly a CENTURY AND A DALE SPECIAL NOTICE. 4 ,P'alielea on the participating system, granted on or before jr. 111 st December, 1863, and in force at thcs close of the year 435 , will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. MJULLIEN'S CONCERTS • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Vocalists—Mdlle. VOLPINI and Miss KATE RANOE. Violin—Si nor -IVORI. Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. HEO X F 0 6, OXFORD STREET, W. 'MIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the t(2llowing Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the SAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from ERNANI l tr-rd LA SONN o I'ABULA; by the following talented artistes : " - Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, 11 slmsley, and Ent '3o,l; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIO.CTI COLLINS, the Celebrated English Violinist. - It I) , Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. _ And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL rIAINIO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. -,,, C o_me,dy, by UNSWORTH ("or an y oiler man"), Eugene, W. -Ka .adall, E. Marshall, G. Ilutchenson, &c. BALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. 0 prm at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 105. 6d. Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7. "TAE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" i s nightly held at the CAN TER BURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency 'of Phantoms, to !present vivid (if transient pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthfu i aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, 'and still further impress on the mind, some of the tear hinge or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and th'i White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receiv , .; emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be rapid 17( replace iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the el ''e,r 'Dramatists, of Scott. Hood, Ing.oldsby, Dickens, &c., Leo., „ in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. .dill the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth f Alle modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. - IM MEN SE SUCCESS.—ARTHUR and BERTRA ND, the celebrated French Clown., will appear every evening in an entertainment reserved expressly for their engagement at this establishment -The MARVELS of PERU, the most .17 i onderful Peri ormers in the WorId—LANGLOIS, the great -Lydian Juggler—The FAIRY FOUNTAlN—Operatic Selec tions hand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family aitd MOn a. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies. 11OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great ~ -- Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every vening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.—The Manager has the honour to announce that an arrangement has been Made with Mons. BASTIEN FRANCONI, Proprietor of the Grand Cirque Imperiaie, the whole of whose UNRI VALLED TROUPE will APPEAR, for a limited period, commeneinz on the FIRST NIGHT of the CATTLE SHOW, December 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN, at Her Majesty'B Theatre, the BALL will commence EVERY EVENT,NG at NINE O'CLOCK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. 1 11 HE LONDON ANATOIVIICAL MUSEUM. -IL Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre- Darations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling , tor Gentlemen only). M R. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, COMIC VOCALIST. 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The passenger, once started for Atlanta, will before he arrives there, although the distance is only 130 miles, probably have time for exten sive self-communion. Upon my journey up, and upon my journey down, I was, in each instance, two nights and the better part of two days in the train ; but I have heard of luckless passengers who passed four days and nights in the cars, and who, if they had started for Atlanta on foot, might reason ably have expected to get there on their own legs more quickly than they were actually delivered by steam, without the misery of passing four nights in a box-car. It will be imagined that a passenger's sufferings for food are much the same as he would expect if he took a trip into Timbuotoo. Parched corn—that is to say, maize fried or browned in a skillet or frying-pan, at some shanty by the side of the track—commands a fabulous price. A tin cup full of water is worth more than champagne in a French cafe ; a little bit of cold beefsteak, and a morsel of corn bread, are given away by a charitable quartermaster (who is pretty sure to have with him a fair share of creature comforts) as though he were distributing diamonds. Eventually you are pretty sure to arrive at Atlanta at four in the morning. A train starts for Augusta, the haven of all your hopes, at six. You rush through the Cimmerian obscurity of the streets to the Provost-Marshal's to get your pass vise, run all the risks of plunging headlong into the cellars or into the ex cavation made for the foundation of a house, and at last weary, filthy, hungry, thirsty beyond ese pression, you embark for Augusta, the possessor of all the comforts I have described. It will be imagined that a moderate hotel is under the cir cumstances classed in your mind with the Claren don, or the Metropole at Geneva, or any of the most famous hostelries known to you on earth. It seems to me hardly possible that these two great antagonistic Western armies can lie much 1 longer in their present position. I believe that the I, Federals would be well satisfied to winter at Chat tanooga, and to make it the base for their spring campaign, if they possessed the railroad which comes in from the West, and communicates with Bridgeport; but from this they are entirely inter cepted by the Confederate possession of Lookout Mountain, which not only dominates the railroad running at its base, on the same side of the Ten nessee River as the mountain itself, but also enables the Southern sharpshooters to make the road on the other side of the Tennessee so hot as to be impassable for waggons in the daytime. It is my belief that Gen. Bragg's great object in adhering to his present posi tion is to make the Federal tenure of Chattanooga during the winter without Lookout Mountain an im- , possibility. Bat if lam not mistaken, he will have to fight somewhere, or to relax his grip on the moan tain. Your readers will have learnt, long before the arrival of this letter, tliatGen.Rosencranz has joined the noble army of decapitated Federal generals, and that Gen. Grant now reigns in his stead. A month ago I should have thought that the loss of Gen. Rosencranz to the Federals was tantamount to the gain by the Confederates of the two great victories in the field; but, considering his inexplicable strategy before the battle of Chicamauga, and his manifest want of ability as regards handling his troops on the battlefield, it is hard to maintain that the prevailing opinion about him held in the Con federate army by every one except Gen. Bragg, and which likens him to Gen. Pope, is not correct. The substitution of Gen. Grant makes it more than ever likely that the communication with Chattanooga from ,the west—by the railroads which run from Nashville and Memphis to Stevenson (close to Bridge port), and meeting there, sweep on together to Chat tanooga—will, if possible, be forcibly opened by the Federals. For some time past one corps of Gen. Grant's army has been busily engaged in repairing the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which has long been unavailable to either belligerent, and by which Grant obviously desires to throw Federal reinforcements in from the Mississippi River. A body of Confederate cavalry, under General Stephen D. Lee, have done their utmost to obstruct the Federal labourers, and but for another move of General Grant's, there is reason to think the efforts of General Stephen D. Lee would have been seconded by the army of General Jaseph E. Johnston, which would have moved up from Enterprise, in Mississippi, with this object. But in order to engage General Johnston's attention, General Grant instructed another corps of his army—that commanded by Macpherson, who is an eminent military engineer, and one of the best officers in the Federal service— to strike in upon Canton, to the north of Jackson, so as to withdraw notice from the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. It is certain that in his opera tions against General Macpherson,General Johnston has had the best of it ; but whether the latter has cleared the country of the Federals sufficiently to admit of his going northwards and joining Stephen D. Lee, lam unable to say. Another indication that the Federals are in earnest about connecting Chattanooga with the Mississippi River may be found in the fact that they are steadily persevering in rebuilding the bridge across the Tennessee at Bridgeport, a long and massive structure, which was destroyed long ago by General A. Sydney johns= when he fell back from Bowling-green before the battle of Shiloh. Altogether it seems to me pro bable that General Bragg will have to fight another great battle before Christmas upon ground somewhere between his present position and Bridge port. In addition to General S. D. Lee's cavalry there is another large body of Confederate horse men somewhere in Northern Alabama, which has [ recently returned from its successful ride under I General Wheeler round Rosencranz's rear, and which w ill make itself again felt before long. The disposi tion of the Western Federal forces since the decapi tation of Rosencranz is, if I am not mistaken, some thing as follows :—At Vicksburg, and operating w ards Canto n, is the cor p s of General Macpher son ; a l on g the line of the Memphis and Cha rleston t ß o ailroad are two heav y divisions—one of them, G enera l Sherman's, engaged in protecting the work men who are repairing the line; at Stevenson, in Alabama, an i m portant point, being, as I have said, the junction of the two railroads from Nashville and M e mphis, and a kind of depot for as some think, two Federal the army at Chattanooga , is General Hooke r, is General Thomas, with, w co i r t p h s a ; t alteascthoanttea, no o o r g , a in all probability, at least four corps under him ; at London, halfway b e tween Knoxville and oan which has e Chat tanooga, is a small for c l a tely suffered the los of 700 prisoners by a suc- Confederate cavalry under ces sful dash on them of Colonel Dibrell ; at K n oxville is General Burnside, w ith probably two corps under him. The disposi tion of Western Confederate forces exhibits the l Bragg, which faces General large army of General Bragg, . exhibits also General Thomas in Chattanooga ; it . Johnston at Enterprise, acting and General Samuel . acting against Burnsade. villa tain that no serious 133 party in the imme nooga, but that the p likely be in the neighbourhood London. But darn' clearly the difficulties army on either aide possible not such as the battle of against Macpherson, Jones in Western Virginia, Items tolerably cer ove be made by either diate neighbourhood of Chatta oints of collision will most of Stevenson and of • g the last month I have seen so which beset an advancing in su ch e a t country:that it is doubly to to regr that an opportunity Chicamauga offered to the Confederat es, an d which would, if rightly seized, cl o f half their embarrassments, should h ave dispose deplora bl y thrown awa y . That great 1 .g b ee s so U.. 13 .11 b e made by the Federals to hold the line efforts wits . -- from Knoxville to Bridge and Charlesto n of the Tennessee Base. ' River, port, and the line of the Mempue.. Railroad from Bridgeport to the ississi M' • - pp• - will be palpable to all who are at the pains of 1 casting a glance at a good map. If the wa r be I terminated upon the tai Possidetis principle, the possession of this line will ; ass,g o to F e derals the whole of Tennessee and Kentucky ; secondly, Concert. NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS, 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." Author of " My Brother's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, IA Great Marlborough street. Naval and Military Intelligence. NEW WORK BY A PRISON MATRON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 216., THE NAVY. MEMOIRS OF JANE FEMALE CONVICT, CAMERON, The last of the plates with which the exterior of the iron frigate Achilles is covered was successfully fixed in its place yesterday afternoon, and the vessel is now encased throughout in armour•plates from stem to stern, the number of plates being 338, and their aggregate weight up wards of 1,000 tons. The plates vary in thickness from 4/in. on the broadsides to 3in, at the stern. On Saturday Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, visited Chatham Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. R. Abethell, from the Admiralty, and spent some time in inspecting nearly every part of the Achilles. The frigate is so far advanced in her construction that she will be in all respects ready to leave the dock on the 24th inst., provided there is sufficient water to float her out on that date. By a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison," 4:4. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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NATION. low well thought out some of them arc let the last Villikinsius efusqe Diana' indicate."—Sun. Now ready, price 28. Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. On Thursday, the 3d of December, will be published, stitched in a cover, price fourpence, MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS, FORMING TIIE EXTRA DOUBLE NUMBER FOR CHRISTMAS OF " ALL THE YEAR ROUND." Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. CONTENTS. How Mrs. Lirriper carried on How the Third-Floor knew the Business. the Potteries. How the First-Floor went to How the best Attic was under Crowley Castle. a Cloud. How the Side-Room was at- How the Parlours added a tended by a Doctor. Few Words. How the Second-Floor kept a Dog. On the 4th of Jams , ry, 1864, will be commenced, to be com pleted in Six Numbers of "All the Year Round," a New Story called A WHITE HAND AND A BLACK THUMB. Volume XI. will begin on the 15th of February, 1864, with a New Serial Story entitled QUITE ALONE, by GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. " All the Year Round" is published in Weekly Numbers, price 2d. ; in Monthly Parts, and in Half-yearly Volumes, price ss. 6d., bound in cloth. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) AU To one who has pa ssedGtr ST A a , m G o E n o t ß h m i A n , a 0 v t. e 2 s B. tern Confederate camp, especially in such weather as has scourged the present October, Augusta is a Capua indeed. A clean bed with actual sheets, plenty of water to wash in, decent food, a table to' write on, candles, and many more similar luxuries, can be adequately prized only by him who has long floundered in the mud of Gen. Bragg's camp, and realised the manifold privations which are so nobly endured by each Confederate army. His enjoy ment will be enhanced by the recollection of the railroad which connects Atlanta with Chattanooga, and of the mud road which divides Chickamauga Station from Missionary Ridge. In an extensive experience of American mire, I have never seen anything to equal the road by which supplies for Gen. Bragg's army are now " waggoned." Fortu nately its length is only seven miles; but, in spite of the asseverations of Crimean officers when similar scenes are pointed out to them, it may be questioned whether the famous seven miles from Balaklava were ever half so bad. As you wade through it on horseback with the mud up to your girths, waggon after waggon salutes you, "stalled" (as it is here named), or mired, in some hole rather more bottomless than usual, the moles, according to the fashion of their race, refusing after one un successful tug to try again, while by the roadside dozens of their defunct brethren and of bony horses, the carcases of which lend anything but fragrance to the breeze, serve as a warning to their survivors against undue exertion. Along this same road wade wearily forward the long files of recruits or of returning convalescents on their way to the front, up to their knees in slime, with little prospect of having dry feet for a week to come, as the heavens seem permanently to have dissolved in liquid, and camp-fires under such circumstances are all but im possible. Need I say that fever and ague, dysentery and pneumonia, are rife among the Confederates and among the hapless Federals who face them? And yet the indications still are that neither Gen, Bragg nor his opponent contemplate an immediate move on a large scale. It is true that the condition of the roads is such ae greatly to impede locomotion; but this difficulty might be mitigated by dividing the waggons and sending them along several different roads. It is the concentration of waggons upon the Chicamauga road which has reduced it to its pre sent fearful condition. But if the waggon road is appalling, let not the traveller imagine that his troubles are at an end when he gets to the railroad. At present the main and most important function of this railroad is to carry provisions and ordnance to Bragg's army. Travellers are clearly a nuisance not to be eneour• aged under the circumstances. Accordingly, at the little wooden shanty which is dignified with the name of " Chicamauga Station," let no one expect to find a passenger car, distributed into those low backed seats which suit the American taste, but are execrated by all Europeans. A long line of box cars, much resembling one of Pickford's freight trains in lls 8 to lucky ct the England, but individually much larger and dirtier , a re in waiting, and in one of them you may consider your self you can lay your blanket on the floor , and escape under s h e lt er from the cold pelting rain. se ,orin 12 question it whether argues y great o u will p e i s n t e a x r ti inexperience e one nee in h our'in k i f x Confederate railroad travelling if you exhibit any inquisitiveness on the subject. You will be told there is no " imhedule or time table according to which le,i.:omotion is directed but the trains are said to . te "running wild"—which means that so soon as a train arrives at Uhicamauga, and it suits the con venience of its conductor to start again for Atlanta, he " puts out," trusting to the steam-whistle of the engine and to the enormous lamp which glares forward at the foot of each engine's chimney to avert the collision which the single line of rails and the careless economy of the trains render only too probable. Frequent as are the accidents upon these railroads, the only wonder is that with, there ya e r re e not ten times more frequent. To begin l is the single line of rails; then there are the trestle bridges over the innumcla . nle rivers and creeks, which are carried away by every "freshet" or flood in the stream, and which creak and tremble as the train passes in such a fashion as would in England elicit 100 letters per diem to the limes, from agonised passengers. Then, thirdly, there is the defective state of the rails, which are constantly and in many places worn down to a thread not thicker than a lady's little finger. Other possi bilities of accident there are by dozens, arising from ouch casualties as cows and hogs upon the track; but I have said enough to justify the pre vailing sentiment that it is safer to go into action A t Northern Rat way Terminus, at King's-cross. A th lj e im F m ß e E di E ate ll vici O n S it P y l o l ; A th L e fn ? t Patron—The QUF: AN. President—The Duke of BrrxeLEuu-ji—, G }I.G. rrf,y'S-intl-TOttdi , Treasurer—Edward 7 , fasteiman, Esq. This was the first hospital t le of free introduce the p rinci p and instant admission to V „de destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' lets-era. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pit'..dble form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickneF,d and disease,i d is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in ordwe to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an NA.RNEST APPEAL to the public for continued supple, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas ter man, Esq., Nich o l as _lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mania, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the lloopital OTANFORDS. SNIVEL Secretary. nation AI - of powder, shout, consumption of 10,06011,, _ their own resources, It is 4311,1\-, '; ~.._, . ...... , ....-. „ . ~ ---‘ f . 4 • =`4 •••:.••••, 1.0 4 i ii n . ... cf il ly ,_:. ‘•-‘:--. AIC. , ' 't'' . ? ‘i ' • 'fo ' P.,:p4,', . WTI • k it ''. .. 4 i , \\'‘:, 4 00 ) • - te -- ~......, ~ , ;,4 4 . ) , 1 ,1 , 0,'",A1 ~ r ; ', 1 11, -, ,5, 11 % r i , ,;_ , _ ." It) •,. . . ..- .. ,ti t • .:_eite, iL :': ' ~._' ''• ': . . •• •,. 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At pre sent, with upwards of 1,000 pieces of field artillery of their own manufacture or import in their hands, and with all the pieces taken from their enemy, which cannot fall greatly short of 1,000 more, it is obvious that the loss of copper, needed for the manufacture of their favourite 12 pounder Napoleon gun, will not be severely felt by the Confederates, even though it should prove permanent. I was surprised to find, during my recent visit to General Bragg's camp, unmistakeable evidence that the field artillery of the Western Confederate army is superior to that of the army recently commanded by General Rosencranz. Among the 50 guns cap tured by the Confederates at Chicamauga there is a large number of 6 pounders, which have long ago been condemned by the Confederate ordnance authorities as too small for field service, and which have altogether disappeared from General Lee's army in Virginia. A few 6 pounders are still in the service of General Bragg's army, but they have almost disappeared, and are being replaced by the 12 pounder Napoleon. Probab l y by next spring the 6 pounders will have been altogether banished from the Confederate armies, and wilt be found doing duty along the banks of the Mississippi, a service for which their lightness admirably adapts them. I was struck by the superior organisation of the artillery in General Lee's as compared with that in General Bragg's army. It is true that upon neither side has the artillery been so great a feature in these Western battles as it has in the battles of Virginia. But the organisation and distribution of the artillery, not into batteries of four or six guns, but into battalions, which comprise four or five bat teries, or, in other words, 20 guns, has worked ad mirably in Virginia, and was, I believe, chiefly the result of General Longstreet's advice. The battery organisation is still retained in General Bragg's army, except in that portion of it which is under the command of General Longstreet. In General Lee's army to each corps are assigned five bat talions of artillery, or, in round numbers, 100 guns, whereof two battalions are held in reserve. It will be imagined that in the gigantic battles of this con tinent, which extend over miles, and are contested by enormous armies, very little effect is produced by the opening of a battery of four or six guns. But the simultaneous discharge of 18 or 20 guns in a well chosen position has never failed to make itself sensibly felt; and to a measure of this kind—l mean the opening by General Buckner of 12 pieces upon the Federal column, which during the battle of Chicamauga was thrown from the Federal left to the Federal right—General Longstreet mainly attributes the success which he gained on that day. I shall defer until my return to Richmond any comments upon the recent operations by which General Lee has run General Meade into his rat holes before Washington, and has broken up the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (recently rebuilt by the Federals) for many miles. But I may re mark, en passant, that October, 1863, does not seem to have done more for the Federals than October, 1862, the first month which I passed within the limits of the Confederacy. Inaction or retreat have been every where the characteristics of their warfare, nor can it be shown that Gen. Gilmore is at this hour one whit nearer to the reduction of Charleston than he was 100 days ago. lam assured that the defensive works upon Sullivan's Island have grown as rapidly as the Federal works fur offence upon Morris Island, and not one man in the insurrectionary States seems now to entertain any fears that Charleston, even though burnt to the ground, will ever pass out of the Confederate grasp. Huge reinforcements, we are told, have joined the Federal armies in the West, and they are trumpeted to the world in the Northern journals as li'zely to make General Grant invincible; but I have lately witnessed how silently, steadily, and unostentatiously, Gen. Bragg's force has been recruited, and I have more faith in an army which boasts so little, but fights and endures hardships so unflinchingly. A long conversation with Colonel Rains, the superintendent of the Government Powder Mills in Augusta, and also the manager of the Arsenal of Construction and of the Cannon Foundry in this city, has taught me more than ever to admire the inge nuity and the energy which the Confederates have brought to bear upon their struggle. Starting with out any powder mill in the Southern States, ex cept a small one at Nashville, which soon passed out of their hands —without any large establish ments for making machinery, and without a single trip hammer between the Chesapeake and the Rio Grande—deficient in iron, lead, copper, tin, salt petre, cannon, small arms, and everything save food, the Confederates have taught the world a lesson in regard to the impossibility of subjugating brave and high-spirited people, which will point many a historical moral for centuries to come. There are two men whose names are seldom heard in connexion With the history of this war, but who have probably contributed more to the Confederate success than any other persons, with the exception of Lee, Jackson, and Longstreet—l mean Colonel Rains and Captain Brooke. Both of them modest and unobtrusive men, absorbed in scientific re searches, inexhaustible in the fertility of their resources, indefatigable in energy, they have pre sented during the last 30 months a record for the study of their countrymen which will :everywhere be read with profit whenever the history of this great revolution is fully and fairly told. I have seldom had the advantage of encountering !any man whose conversation was so instructive and interest ing as that of Colonel Rains. His recapitulation of the difficulties which he has had to encounter, of the deficiencies which he has every day to supple ment and circumvent by ingenuity, and of the results of his work, as evinced by his contributions to the Confederate armies, is such as to awaken amazement. In a former letter written some months ago from this town I gave a short sketch of the Augusta gunpowder mill. From that time up to the present hour its efficiency has been constantly on the increase, and as evidence of its prolific work ing I may mention that since its opening on the 27th of April, 1862, Colonel Rains has sent a million and a half pounds of powder to Richmond alone, exclusive of his contributions to Vicksburg, Charleston, Mobile, and the armies of Generals Bragg and Johnston. From his Arsenal of Con struction he has sent oat 6,000,000 cartridges for small arms and 50,000 round shot and shell, to say nothing - of caps, hand grenades,!and torpedoes. From his cannon foundry he is continually turn ing out 12 pounder Napoleons , 20 pounder Pa rrots, and howitzers; but the wealth of artillery already t be has 1_ poss essed by the Confederates is such tha t h the ce ased to produce Napoleon guns With hisiee pro rapidity which at one time chara cter been one ceedings, his rate of production savin g b ield of the Napoleon gun per diem. Th e daily y of 8,400 b. a powder mill is now at the "te uired, be indefi day, which might, if occasion rel every important station nitely increased. But, with with powder, in the Confederacy already surfeited t h e hands of Uenerals Beau with large sups in J o hnston, and at Mobile and Wil regard, Bragg, I-t° o ur f c omae, draws his sup mington (Ge neral Lee. ond), an d with two other powd er plies from Rich m mills in active operation, it eration, is of little import ance that even this rate of production should be maintained. The ordinary consumption of powder i n the Confe d era cy is rated at 2,0001 b. a d a y ; b u t is, of course, greatly increased by such sieges as those of Vicksburg and Charleston, which bring up t h e average to 10,0001bs. a day, occasioned by the large demands of the heavy artillery employed. It ;„ a singular commentary upon this war, that a -hich two years ago produced not a pound now think nothing of a daily produced entirely from ' - 'ent that obstacles and shortcomings are of little moment, when en countered by such mechanical ingenuity and chy mical resources as at. possessed by Colonel Rains. The details of his difficulties in the powder mills here are too technical to affqrd interest to the general reader; but I may mention that his substitution of a kind of white poplar, called cotton wood, in the place of willow, for the manufacture of charcoal required in gunpowder, has been most successful ; nor can any one fail to be struck with the ingenuity of the sensitive tube attached to one of his projectiles, or at the adapta tion and improvement of Captain Blakeley's prin ciple of construction for rifled shells, and at many other successful inventions of Colonel Rains's genius. He assures me that, having been summoned to Charleston to investigate the cause of the explosion which destroyed Captain Blakeley's big gun on its first discharge, he ascertained beyond question that it was due to improper loading. The remaining Blakeley gun was successfully fired with 551 b. of powder, and at 2-1- degrees of elevation, it threw its bolt for 900 yards, the bolt subsequently careering along on the top of the water, bound after bound, for nearly two miles, before it sank. It must not be imagined, because I have described somewhat in detail the Government works in this city, that Augusta is exceptionally conspicuous above other Confederate cities as a contributor of war material. It is estimated that Richmond alone furnishes 60 per cent. of all the war supplies needed by the Confederates: MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD.•—" The Boatman," by Pisistratus Caxton, is the fi rst subject met with; it has already b e en discussed in our columns. " Tony Butler" proceeds at some length, and becomes more enter taining. It is very ludicrous, when Sir Arthur Lyle mistakes one man for another, and brings home to dinner as the Count a very objectionable individual, and the excitement occasioned b y his pres ence is a good satire on the actions of people who seem to do nothing but run after lions, and make idols of certain individuals. Nor man Maitland goes on with his clever contrivances, and hits upon a plan for Tony, which is remarkable for im pertinence and assurance. "Tynd all on Heat" is a sort of scientific paper, that discusses P rofessor Tyndalrs - tures on the subject. The highest praise is awarded to them, and the interesting facts that are on; contained in the co urse of the lectures are duly comm ented up at the same time, while expressing admiration for the great amount of scientific matter that is met with, some amusing criticism is entered into concerning the peculiarity of some subjects treated upon in this able work. Thus it is said that, " When we are told that, to produce the impression of a violet colour, there enter into the eye precisely 699 millions of mil lions of these waves of ether per second, we listen with more of admiration than of faith." From the quotations that are occasionally taken from the work in this article, it is evident that those desirous of increasing their know ledge in this particular branch, cannot do better than pos sess themselves of the lectures, and to peruse them atten tively. "The Navies of England and France, from a French Point of View," is a paper that is sure to attract notice at this juncture, and which affords us a very good insight into some of the views of our neighbours, which knowledge it is all times most essential to gain. Notwith standing the ability, and also, to some extent, the impar tiality which pervade these pages, there creeps into the inquiry occasionally some of that jealousy of feeling, and disparaging tone of remark, which seem in some sort inseparable from the writing of a foreigner. Still it is from these captious remarks that the wise will learn and the mistaken ones take head to the error of their ways. Due credit is here given to the spirit which has animated the writings of M. Raymond; and, indeed, it is quite refreshing to meet with anything approaching to candour or courtesy in the criticisms of a rival. M. Ray mond has the sense to appreciate and the manliness to ac knowledge the greatness of England in many respects, and thus accord his tribute of praise where many might content themselves with the declaration of the errors that exist in the system adopted by a nation, while they withhold all re • cognition of its merits. " Chronicles of Carlingford" brings some striking scenes before us this time, and the reader's patience will be severely taxed with the conduct of Jack, who is indeed a despicable character. Such men are the pests of society, ever intent on their own ease, and caring nothing for the comfort of ethers. It is a very amusing scene in which the wily reprobate impcses upon his three credulous old aunts, and affects the returning prodigal. No wonder that poor Frank Wentworth was aghast at the success of the imposition, and also in no small degree in dignant at the reflection upon himself which was imputed to him by these zealous welcomers of the lost and found. Affairs are becoming more com p licated with regard to the rest of the dramatis persona, and this section of the "Chronicles of Carlingford" bids fair to rank equally high in the estimation of its readers as its predecessors. " Per sonal Identities" is one of those suggestive sketches that one is glad to meet with now and then in the pages of a magazine, and which seem to blend philosophy with fancy. A clever idea is started in this article that a new series of "Imaginary Conversations" might be written between the "New Self " and " Ol d Self "of many persons. Certainly it would be a startling sight to some to regard their old figures, mentally and physically; in the mirror of memory reproduced in an undisputable form, There are many quaint phrases and many homely illlustra tions in this little sketch, which may recall the past with truthful force, and serve to scan the present and foreshadow the future for us with skill and accuracy. "The Wigtown Martyrs" refers to some altercations which have arisen as to the validity or non-validity of Lord Macaulay's assertion respecting the, execution of two women in Wigtown for their religion. " The Invitation" is a very lively adapta tion of a well-known nursery tune to suit the transactions of a political pastime now in practice. "Books on the Ame rican War" cites a goodly number. One of the advantages which the rest of the world, the celebrated sous autres of French parlanee,gain from these wars and rumours of wars, is certainly the immediate conflux of books on the subject, on all sides, and from all quarters. This makes a good theme for discussion in an article. It is truly said that the involuntary historians who have written these books are but as witnesses in the cause, and " marshal the facts upoil which the great j ur y , Posterit y , will deliver the verdct.' At the conclusion of this summary of the work, some r marks are made concerning Charleston, which are the of notice. The writer expresses, in the first puT o pinion that the place is not inevitably doomed„effneeaptur- The example of Sebastopol proves the diffieuevijee s upply ing an uninvested intrenched camp with an 'e'en the case of material, and free access for reinforcemen'''. for of Charleston these difficultie s are inc ea'the place by whereas at Sebastopol reinforcements co uld ontYrc:re than balanced long ruinous marches, and were always l e ss or fatigue from with supplies by by the fresh troops despatched wit"-eeinforeements to any an d troo ps to Gillmore by sea. France and England, at Charlesaished required extent can be sent t h ! !l e o an d access are on the side' iu of hostile inenchments railway, far more rapidly The ease is that of two where the advantages of pe Th ee magazine has decidedly of the defenders. is at the same time better more interesting than of old. MACMILLare.!,-;ed improved of lam bayndthe talented author of " Ray it s prominent attractions, being oneT w h o o rth new rea s d t in ri g of ens origi hoe " is original, and, a I d t e i c s ided l Y carr i e d on in a somewhat complex fashion by a double ,eeeee.--James Burton ' s story alternating with the adven rur'—es o f Mr. Secretary Osten in a manner less confusing to t h e writer than to the reader. It is not difficult to see how the two distinct narratives will be an d, indeed, the author takes no p a i ns subsequently interwoven; ninechtiisons—olithtae es ryr c i a d p e e a d ft c e o r n L vi ie c u t to congeal the cen t': n h a o n m t H M i . y o a r z tho having encounters ng been at once identified by him as Samuel Burton, the black sheep of the Burton f • almly. Samuel Burton had formerly been servant and confidant to the eldest son of Sir George Hill yar, and now, at the opening of the story,master and man have alike found their way to the antipodes on different e errands, It i s p ro b a b le that , as the story goes on, it will d velope into a talc of considerable interest and excitement. Mrs. Gaskell contributes a memorial sketch of a hero of the Federal lines who devoted himself to the care and encou ragement of a regiment of coloured troops, and who fell at their head while storming Fort Wagner. Doubtless both sides can furnish many such examples of sacrifice and self devotion for what they esteem the general good, and count less homes in all the States of the Union have mournedter; for the dear ones called away to return no more. The "Let from a Competition Wallah," which have of late occupied, a prominent position in the'pages of Diacmillan,are contientrue and are devoted this month to a subject fatev importance—the effect of Indian life and ell be the topic perm residents. It is singular that such ands the disastrous selected just when the mail has broughtlity le long ere this eroyneßuro • intelligence that in all human prousaba" succumbed to the another of our foremost statestaTenhe state of Calcutta and evil influences here spoken of• dian official life, are matters the risks attending Anglo which will be likely to engagiu much serious attention, and, " it is high time that according to the description heere given of the sanitary con dition of the " City of of the Black says was done to effect some change. "Statistics," some thing the writer of this article, in speaking "cannot express the state of the native streets. The un- BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY. —._. 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V ,/sis that assisted genius for manufacturing smells displayed by' Hindoo becomes stupendous when aided by " the smite. 17 n meas ures of the local authorities." Our Competitio Wallah' , accordingly recomgtends as a radical cure the ro• . moval of the seat of government from Calcutta, which he c o nsiders "unites every co ndition of a perfectly unhealthy s it ua tion," to some cooler, b etter drained, a nd more salu brious locality. Matthew ALsold contributes an essay on. Spinoza. and the editor, in coh'inuation of his " Recollec tions of Three Cities," gives us a sketch of the career of th em e late Dr. Kidd. Thomas Hughes , k. qnds a congen ial subj in enforcing the necessity of our no.,'intaining e an efficient military administration, observing earl ' without an effective commissariat, and h. truly that " It is a m7e costly and cruel sham to pretend fit' keep up an army into the field to fight our battles, whom we lspital staff and i machinery," and that we have no right "to I , end brave men s o e f co t n h cl e part of " A Son of the Soil" maintains the can neither feed, nor clothe, nor shelter, nor tend in sicker..`3B." The first, and chronicles the country lad's it:L. 4 int L o c S i c s o D tt o ii N h u s n o iv c e l r E s T it y y — lif o e interest nation the first place in this tir , . ea aerial l a n d navigators the his history 1 P o Y f balloons is graphically and interestingly sketched in it. Balloons have occasionally been put tot crowds. I n th e battle of Liege , totother uses than meteorological science or the amuse , the success of the victors was a ttributC through theirme s On ul d o u t e h ri e n t r g ° o the o ti a Bl i n F e s r e n w c e h r e R p e e v r o c l e u i v t i e o d n d to their use, since th e wea k places in the ions a surprise was prevented and a fortress a n in- I enemy's speeted through the agency of balloons. The article con ' eludes by quoting Mr, Coswell's views on the subject. He reminds o,s that balloons have only been invented so years, and that 80 ye ars after men first attempted to travel on the water their -iessels were but sorry affairs ;so that he d raws h o peful auguries fr om the comparison. "To be Let, with Immediate Possession" is the title of a sketch which pour trays the miseries of a bachelor in a quiet street. " Her bert Freer's Perplexities" is the title of a Christmas love story, recounting a loser's troubles; and " Up in the , Clouds" terminates the narrative of an amateur ballooner, , being this time not f act but fiction. The top o g ra p her will I read with interest t h e paper 011" Itlayfair a Hundred Years Ago," and will learn from it sonic of the secrets of ou r street nomenclature. Mayfair, it seems, derived its name from a fair held there in the opening days of May, while the origin of Brook-street may be traced to the brook which once gave its name to Brookfield as the district north of the present Piccadilly was then called. The illustrations die; as usual, animated and life-like. ..- - - - ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—" The King and the Maids' of Honour" is the title of the first article, and it apparently follows suit to the papers on "Royal Favourites," for it s ketches the careers of liar ie d'Hautefort and Mlle. de la Fayette, the tWo pla tonic favourites of Louis the Thirteenth. "Pasture Books and their Makers" is one of the most attractive essays in the number, telling us the story of the early iflus rtiiteautne'd' t t r h a e t . ors of books, which are some of them curious fr um quick-- wilted Ame rican " The antiquity—others interesting from their paths damsel a el li p v r e o ly ve s d ke t t o c ( l ) l , s , lr e wi hte n ,g, lish admi rer. " f h or ow h a er qui En ek ; vision „_ Annabel's Dream" is the story of a terrible ll se i w nh e l w le h d to the letter. " Aubrey Marston" termi natesat abruptly, and "Madeline Graham" ap there proachea a climax, so" the lovers of fiction. T he ay on "Poems a bout Babies" gives us author o f th some e r e flec tions essay on "Poems about Babies" gives us so me r e flec tions on Bridal Poetry," suggested by the Ro y al l w eddi ng, " second part of " The Science of Good Ch will eer" an d attract t h e the cure. Capt ain Drays= has an article onthe w oude!?i - s kill possessed b y the dwellers in un civ i lise d countries is following the traces of an anlmal through the wilds. FRASEIL—A lengthened and thoughtful paper on ,‘ Women and Scepticism" considers the attitude 1 which it best becomes an educated and conscientious woman to assume with regard to the theo logical vagaries of the day. :It is followed by gr " Sketches in China," well . written an d agreeable enough, although little that is new ,remains to be said on such topics. "The Reforms of the Fa ture " is an essay from the pen of a writer who does not conform to Our the "Rest and be Thankful" d oc t r ine of Blairgowrit.'• " i i i population," says this cr itic, " grows both in nunii)ers and i nte lli genc e, while neithe r our l a nd nor our institutions wholesale innovators, and he most approves of that condi tion of things in which "the public organism can gro , w of grow." He is by no means, however, to be ranked among itself and change with the changing state of the peop.lB." Th e various aspects of the questions of the day, the matt,ers in which reform is an urgent necessity, and those in which it can afford to wail and forgersnother generation, ar e inquired into, diseussed, and gned to their respective places. Without at all expressing wholesale conformity with his views, many of the theories put forward by the writer are just and sen sible. The conclusion at which ho or tw fi na lly arrives is that, with the excep tion of one o questions, there is no occasion to be impatient for reform, for "much discussion m tzst p recede, thoughtful ;DM Intuit b e convinced, and det ail L : maturely considered, even w h en principles are agree d up's2." It is well heo for those who can conscie ntiousl y adopt this try, since our political practice for some time past shows little recognition of any necessity for change or pro gress. " A Chapter on Croakers " contains much god sens e, although it might have been advanta,geously m pressed into smaller limi ts . It attacks vigo ro usly and tin-' compromisingly thathabit of discontent and repg which, on ce indulged, paralyses all honest and ev erotic ling effort. .An. essa y on " Plays, Players , and Critics" diec oure ded " a s on The the prospec ts of the modern sta g e. An article hea Polish Women and the Insurrection ascribes much of the fervour and pertinacity of the Polish national feeling to the h i g h spirited and enthusia stic women of the cou'utry. The story of "Late L aurels" p roceeds rapidly. The weak and unwor thy Charles passes finally away from the scale) leav ing Nelly very ready to be comforted, and Margot et, it is to be hoped, to replace his image by that of a more sOrthy suc cessor. There are two or three poetical contributions, the best of which is a charming little poem entitled " Nitu l° 'Nuaittis," —TT. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUB. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton.. ..... Dec. 19. eilles via Mars ......... Dec. 13. via Brazil and Cape Verds , b y Britishd St pac. Ilsoelenket. ....... Dec. 4 . Cape of Good Hope, Asion, anmarmes a: cens China, Penang, and Singapore, v i a S o uthampton. Dec. 2. Dec. 2. Falkland Islands .. ............ ........ 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