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G • • . . • * - • - • • - r • • fa, if, ,r,'ltorr. 4,41.;%V.,4 ( , it i n V VEY 4 . 4 ,5; ft: 'i461 ;11 6. . s .d\47* '' .* :NZ;( l6'. • 41 , 4st " s Qyv '144111"• , : 4 174 1 .. 6 0t ' _ c . ~,, gcee.2._...ed-r.,, NEWSPAPER . , .:,•' , LI: - - .: assisted genlus4'for niamtfactming smells , = _. , Hindoo beOnes -iinpindous when aided .I,#W,t, i, ,_ ;-=';' -- f . . , c measureP tk,the local authorities." 0' -4 ,q9#,. ,_, 5 , , , s • ', t ,„ Wallah' , accordingly recommends as a rad , "Wlk' ;. a ,t): - .1 moval of the seat of government from Cal tt.,...=PW 0' , ... ...,../ considers "unites every condition of a perfec situation," to some cooler, better dr ained, and ttire 41 1 " brious locality. Matthew Arnold contributes an. essay a n Spinoza, and the editor, in continuation o f his " Recollec tions of Three Cities," gives us a sketch of the career of the late Dr. Kidd. Thomas Hughes finds a congezial Esubject in enforcing the necessity of our maintaining an. eincien military administration, observing very truly that "11 is a mere costly and cruel sham to pretend to keep up an• army without an effective commissariat, and hospital stai`f an d machinery," and that we have no right "to send brave. me n into the field to fight our battles, whom we can neiti ., er teed, nor clothe, nor shelter, nor tend in sickness." TI. ke ocond part of "A S on o f th e S o il" maintains the intere.. 4 % t of ;ho first, an d Ch ron i c l es t h e coun t r y l a d' s initiation: into S ,lo,.`ti 4 h uni vers it y li fe. LoNVOI7 SOCIETY—Oar aerial navigators occupy the first p ixo in thi s num b er, an d th e history of balloons is gth'hically and interestingly sketched in it. Balloon* have ocees 4 onally been put to other uses than metet.:rologieni science or the amuse ment of wondering cratipls. In the battle of Liege, I during the French Revolution, the , success of the victors was attributed to their use, since the weak places in the enemy's lines were perceived through their means. On other occasions a surprise was prevented at, d a fortress in spected through the agency of balloons. The article con cluder by quoting Mr, Coxwell's views on the A, übject. He reminds us that balloons have only been inventeki 8 0 years, and that 80 years after men first attempted to travol on the water their vessels were but sorry affairs ; se that ha draws hopeful auguries from 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. " 4.er bert•Freer's Perplexities" is the title of a Christmas love story, recounting a lover's troubles; and " Up in ti lt , Clouds" terminates the narrative of an amateur balloone* The topographer will 1 being this time not fact but fictio read with interest the paper on " Digyfair a Hundred Years Ago," and will learn from it some of the secrets of our street nomenclature. Mayfair, it seems, derived its name from ts. fair held there in the opening days of !day, While the origin of Brook.street may be traced to the brook which once wive2„its.Kutine to Brookfield iiro2( dietrictiltoctta4Fthicof • < se wltri e sword glad to d effete TD 'PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, T O WN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FR~dEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND -r-F;.OPER VIES GENERALLY— 'fn BE irAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls "thr oughout the Idnzdorn, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's 44 FREE PROPERTY rtEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. _ OWNERS 01' PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity th a t th e me di um o f this Re 2 ister 1,• 1 1 brds, by sendi ng th e part i culars of their propert i es to the state O ffices. 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. -- -escan in most cases introduce immediate customers, 'Where property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid -11.)f- the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon- Venieoces. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, atld_ then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. ited for on the ;en the not for- reports STAMPED ne new hope to to pre )poly of there- N O . 22,286 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY'' EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1863, pO NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. • —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. JjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i a Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at than to take a long journey by rail in the Con federacy. 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 ne imagined that a passenger's sufferings for food are much the same as he would expect if he took a trip"into Timbuctoo. Parched corn—that is to say, maize fried or browned in a skillet or frying-pan, atsome shanty by the side of the track—commands a fabulous price. A tin cup full of water is worth snore 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, via, ran 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 ex. pression, you embaet for A the possessor of . all` the comforts I have" escri a twill 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 longer in their present position. I believe that the 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 frem 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. B ragg' s great object in adhering to his present posi- and shortcomings are of little moment, wises en countered by such mechanidal ingenuity and ehy mical resources as al possessed by Colonel Rafus. The details of his difficulties in the powder mills here are too technical to afford interest to , the general reader; but I may mention that 1 his substitution of a kind of white poplar, I called cotton wood, in the place of willow, for the 1 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 adapts- Lion 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 21 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: , 3ed ; WO for the i s put ,he Outs calm of eporters to their worth at aria one up their ifferenco r people, re stria- NEW NOVEL BY MISS EDWARDS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., GUILDHALL, 30th Nnvember, 1863. The COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 9th December next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PR OPOSALS for LEASES of a HOUSE, No. 4, Mitre .street, Aldgate, and Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, Little Cole man -street, Einebtulr. Plans of the Property may be seen, and Forms of Tender hall obtained, upon appli ca ti on a t th e A rc hit e ct's Office, Guild . BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA. B. EDWAItDS, 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, rink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." Author of " My Brother's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlboroug,h street. Naval and Military Intelligence. NEW WORK BY A PRISON MATRON. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 2[s., THE NAVY. creation FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. G.CARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO M PAN Y. J[EMOIRS OF JANE FEMALE CONVICT. CAMERON, 13y a PRISON MATRON, Author of " Female Life in Prison," Ate. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street 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 lin, at the stern. On Saturday Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, visited Chatham Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. It. 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. . substan• ccuracy, of these tonopoly nr a less rould not lo have •er, there ught of. )oly—all ie future 3g to ho ed upon ports, as ht learn SPECIAL NOTICE. 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The screw steam sloop Royalist, 11, left Ply mouth Sound on Saturday evening for her destina- nulus of eave the luld soon uld work I nor the vilisatiou of grace The screw , steam gunboat Leveret, 3 (tender to the Dauntless); fiom Southampton, with men, ar rived at Plymouth on Sunday. o f ,The screw steam frigate- Cob at ttfiee,-'6o;lidVan ced to the first division of the steam reserve, was re moved yesterday from the Prince's-Dock in Devon port-yard, and placed at the North Jetty to com plete her fitment. Her Mejesty's ships Conqueror and Waterloo are appointed to call at Plymouth to embark seamen and marines for distribution on the China station. ;ion. , . This day, price le. each, ACCEPTED ADDRESSES. )suGgr P '_' lire;WillEtttirrurtsetaawiste-nae.s. _ _ ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—"- The sing 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 sketches the careers of Marie d'Hautefort and Mlle. de la Fi.lyette, the two pla tonic favourites of Louis the Thirt eenth. "Picture Books and their Makers" is ono of t h e most attractive essays r in the number, telling us the story .of the ear l y illuS tratelll.ei The e s of bo o k s w hi c h a r e some Of them curious fro m antiquity—otherstsahtitut:”is a livienityearkesettienhg f ro m their pathos. showing quick witted American damsel proved too "'cute"f how a orherEng abera Eng lish admirer. ~ A somewhat abruptl y , nd s Dream" is the story of a te rrible vision fufillod to thel etter. " Aubrey Marston" termi nates "Madeline Graham" a p' proaches a climax, so lliuse the re is no lack of entertainment for the lovers of fiction. author of the essay on " Poems about Babies" gives sumo reflections on "Bridal Poetry," suggested by the Ro yal wedding, and the second part of " The Science of GoodCh cer " will attract the epic cure. Captain Drayson has an article s kill possessed by the dwellers in mi on the wonderful uncivilised fo ll ow ing the traces of an animal through the ed wild s , in ild a s k i e t r u ° d u. a FItASER.—A lengthened and thoughtfull p Women and Sce p ticism" considers tha a w hich it best bec omes an educated and conscientiouse woman to assume with regard to the theo logical vagaries of the day. It is followed by " Sketches in China," well written and a lth o ugh lit tle that is new remains to be agreea ble enough, said on such topics. "The Reforms of the Future" is an. essay from the pen of a writer who does not conform to the " Rest and be Thankful " doctrine of b Blairg inowrie. " and Our po p u lation," says this critic, " grows oth numbers intelligence, while neither out land nor our institutions grow." He is by no means, however, to be ranked among wholesale innovators, and he most approves of that condi tion of things in which "the public organism can grow of f itself and change with th e chan g ing state of the people The various aspects of the qu estions of the day, the matters in which reform is an urgent necessity, and those in which it can a ff ord to wail and forg et another genetation, are inquired into, diseussed, and assigned to their easpeetive places. Without at all expressing wholesale comformity with his views, many of the theories put forward by the writer are just and sensible. The conclusion at which he finally arrives is that, with the exception of one or two questions, there i 3 no occasion to be impatient for reform, for "much discussion must precede, thoughtful men must be convinced, and details initturcly considered, even when principles are agreed upon." It is well tor those who can conscientiously adopt this theory, since our political practice for some time past Shoe's little recognition of any necessity for change or pro.- gross. "A Chapter on Croakers" contains much good sense, although it might have been advantageously com pressed into smaller limits. It attacks vigorously and un cowpronlisingly thathabit of disconten t and re p ining wich, onco indulgsd, paralyses all honest and energetic effort. An essay on " Plays, Players, and Critics" discour headed " The n the pr ospects of the moder n stage. An article Polish Women and the Insurrection ascribes much of the fervour and pertinacity of the Polish national feeling to the high spirited and enthusiastic women of the country. The story of " Late Laurels" proceeds rapidly. The weak and unworthy Charles passes finally away from the scene, leav ing Nelly very ready to be comforted, and Margaret, it is to be hoped, to replace his image by that of a more worthy successor. There are two or three poetigal contributions, the best of which is a charming little poem entitled " Nuns Dimitti5."—...........--..........■••••""" may be effected with this Li Fri LW U nJtil Corporation on advantageous terms. The Reversionary 8.011118 on British Life Policies has ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums nyable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. 'BOOTS By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. . London : Ward and Lock, 153, Fleet-street, L'Ysr, This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BEL DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By PAUL FEVAL, Winter Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. for trial. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. SPECIAL NOTICE. Policies on the participating system, granted on or before the 31st December, l 8 and in force at th- close of the year 1865, will be entitled to share in the next division of profits vILLIKINS IN LATIN VERSE. See "TRIFLES." By W. H. C. NATION. "How well thought out some of them are let the last ' Villikinsius efusqe Diana' indicate."—Sun. Now ready, price 2s. Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. The transport Colgrain, from London, with troops for Algoa Bay, was off Plymouth on Sunday. His Imperial French Majesty's line-of battle ship Entreprenante, bound up channel, was off Plymouth on Sunday. Wind, south-east. An Admiralty order has been received at Chat ham dockyard as well as the whole of the other naval establishments at that port to be closed on the day after Christmas. Their lordships have directed that the day thus granted is to be made up by the mechanics and artisans working over time. commis yelling to '• Justice Lused tho lock this commis er. Ilig prayers! and sot On Thursday, the 3d of December, will be published, stitched in a cover, price fourpence, LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS, FORMING THE EXTRA DOUBLE NUMBER FOR CHRISTMAS OF " ALL THE TEAR 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 Janu , 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. a, bound in cloth. goners ill ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. charged isoner in MSULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT TWO. V ocalists--Mdlle. VOLPINI and Miss KATE RANOE. Violin—Sl, , nor Grand Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence at B.—Admission, One Shilling. 911 The War Department transport Marlborough went alongside the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yes terday, and commenced shipping the Armstrong and other guns for the screw corvette Fawn, 17, 100 horse power, which is being fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, in readiness for im mediate commission. at on his slaughter ber last. unsel for oner. the 3d of of NO" irrying a buntllef h he ha d re sober, sed man, by one or pardon, 1 deceased I Linskro he street, eel. The tely, an d attacked ad. Th e pparentlY. it. Linsk i he neigh- E 0 X F 0 It v, P, OXFORD STREET, W. 4on „o win 11 IS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the 0. Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the - MAID of MILAN, by Sir Hy. Bishop; also, from ERNANI and LA SONN A MBULA; by the following talented artistes — Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry,amsley, and S on ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &C. lso, Sol os on th e Vi o li n by VIO 211 COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIAO, by Herr &MAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oiler man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Marshall, G. Hutchenson, &c. The HALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, ed.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, les. 6d. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander George Palmer to the Aurora; Commander W. A. Smith to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott to the Victoria and Albert, vice Parry ; and W. F. Woods, clerk, supernumerary, to the Fisgard. 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.) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Oct. 28. To one who has passed a month in a Western Confederate camp, especially in such weather as has scourged the present October, Augusta is a Capua indeed. A clean bed with actual sheets, BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY. " Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-strect. Price 2s. 6d. "THE 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" is n•ghtly 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 mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr tars. At pre si.:nt, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these lite pictures will be raAidly replace) by others. The pages of Shakspere and the el,er Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., In turns, furnish subjects for Illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, Arc. ; Comedy by Unsworth ( the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. 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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 Balahlava were ever half so bad. As you wade London F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Tbeir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 1.0. and' s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. 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It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, e 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 order 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 EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas,erman, EN., Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and C o. ; Barclay and Co. ; Den i son and Co. ; W iliaras, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital, STANFORD. S. Mali Beoretary. 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 convalescen is 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 as 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 Chicamanga 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 encoura 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 England, but individually much larger and dirtier, are in waiting,and in one of them you may consider your self lucky if you can lay your blanket on the floor, and escape under shelter from the cold pelting rain. As to the question whether you will start in one hour, in six, or in 12, it argues great inexperience in Confederate railroad travelling if you exhibit any inquisitiveness on the subject. You will be told there is no "schedule" or time table according to which locomotion is directed, but the trains are said to be "running wild"—which means that so soon as a train arrives at Chicamauga, and it suits the con venience of its conductor to start again for Atlanta, s careless hhe " puts out," trusting to the steam-whistle of the eng i ne an d to the enormous l amp wh i c h g forwardareeles collisionsa te economy ohne which h o yi t 00 0 hf f tt each t singler e a n i g n engine's n line e re ' s render fn doero chimney l y to avertre rails andl a the too probable. Freon these railroads, th e e q u o e n n l t y a w s o a n r e d e t r h e is a t c h c a i d t t n h t s e y u pn o o re not ten times more frequent. To begin with, there is the single line of rails; then there are the trestle bridges over the innumerable rivers and creeks, which are carried away by every "freshet" or flood in the stream, and which creak and tremble as the would as a re i n eo E n s n t g a l n a t n l d y therein tes is the passes in such a fashion e li c it 100palsestetnergserps.er Then, diem tthoirtdhlye, dozens, arisi ng and in many plans worn down to a th read not train dagefoencitsievde state of the rails, which thicker than a lady's l i t tle fin g er . Other possi bilities of accident there are by from such casualties as cows and h o gs upon the track; but I have said enough to justify the pre sentiment that it is safer to go into action tion is to make the Federal tenure of Chattanooga during the winter without Lookout Mountain an im possibility. But if lam not mistaken, he will have to fight somewhere, or to relax his grip on the moun tain. Your readers will have learnt, long before the arrival of this letter, thatGen.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 manifebt 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 inn 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 Gene: al 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 Joseph 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 ne o in f t u h p e b n e C s t a n o ffi t c n e , r t s e i t n h t e h n e e F r t e h d e e r f a s e e k r e v e i c n — e Macpherson, who is a n em i nen t military engineer, strike a to ndo as o ch Charleston e withdraw en R aißailroad. noticeed? It is fromcertain e i m n n p i h e i e s p e a r n a d . tions against Gener a l M acp h erson , G enera l J o h ns t o n cen the thatM has had the best of it; but whether the latter has cleared the country of the Federals sufficientl y 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 Mis siss ippi 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 Johnson 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 General Wheeler round Rosencranz's rear, and which will 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 Vi c k s b urg, an d operat i ng towards Canton, is the corp s o f G enera l Macpher son; along the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad are two heavy divisions—one of them, General Sherman's, engaged in protecting the work men who are repairing the line; at Stevenson, in Alabama, an important point, being, as I have said, the junction of the two rail r o a d s f rom Nashville and Memphis, and a kind of depot for the army at Chattanooga, is General Hooker, with at least one, or, as some think, two Federal corps; at Chattanooga is General Thomas, with, in all probability, at least four corps under him ; at London, halfway between Knoxville and Chat tanooga, is a small force of Yankees, which has lately suffered the loss of 700 prisoners by a suc cessful dash on them of Confederate cavalry under Colonel Dibrell ; at Knoxville is General Burnside, with probably two corps under him. The disposi tion of Western Confederate forces exhibits the large army of General Bragg, which faces General Thomas in Chattanooga ; it exhibits also General Johnston at Enterprise, acting against Macpherson, and General Samuel Jones in Western Virginia, acting against Burnside. It seems tolerably cer tain that no serious move will be made by either party in the immediate neighbourhood of Chatta nooga, but that the points of collision will most likely be in the neighbourhood of Stevenson and of London. But during the last month I have seen so clearly the difficulties which beset an advancing army on either side in such a country:that it is im possible not doubly to regret that an opportunity such as the battle of Chicamauga offered to the Confederates , a nd which would, if rightly seized, have disposed of half their embarrdssments, should have been so deplorably thrown away. That great efforts will be made by the Federals to hold the line of the Tennessee River from Knoxville to Bridge port, and the line of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad from Bridgeport to the Mississippi River, will bo palpable to all who are at the pains of casting a glance at a good map. If the wa r be terminated upon the titi possid e tis principle, the possession of this line will assign to the Federals * the whole of TenueHee and Kentucky; snowily, war continues, eo untpthhwesaradgso o Confederates h t I , e is c 110 0 0 os f s the poife: co h etm i sh g io h st f e h s rfie t e egnl mom momentous ss to o f t E he as s t o e u rn th. Ten A n t es p s r e e e e important region n r e w e o at: artilleryel ds a e u i l e been nmdo copperat of their own manufacture or it T a hs fon ea w t u d v eh e te x , ce l v oc bw w e l 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 pounde r 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. Probably by next spring the 6 pounders will have been altogether banished from the Confederate armies, and will 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'lst 4,orue_th e at upojt, neither ilde Res — ile 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, hut 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 for 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 likely to make General Grant invincible; but I have lately witnessed how silently, steadily, and u nostentatiously, 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, bat 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 out 6,000,000 cartridges for small arms and 50,000 round shot and o beli, to say nothing of caps, hand grenadesA a nd torpedoes. From his cannon foundry he is continually turn ing out 12 pounder Napoleons, 20 pounder Parrots, and howitzers; but the wealth of artillery already possessed by the Confederates is such that he ha s ceased to produce Napoleon guns with the ised his pro rapidity which at one time characte.r s avi ng been one ceedings, his rate o f production • ld The daily re of the Napoleon gun per diem. of 8,400 b. a powder mill is now at the rate o n required, be indefi day, which might, if (wefts' , t t e very impor an station nitely increased. But, with 0 in the Confederacy already surfeited ' with large suppli © s in Generals Beau_ regard, Bragg , . t h e hands of with powder, T hns t on , and at Mobile and Wih Lee. 'Ol course, draws his sup plies from Richmond),mington (Gene ral and with two other powd er mills in activ e operation, it is of little importance that even this rate of production should be maintained. The ordinary consumption o f pow d er in the Confederacy is rated at 2,0001 b. a day ; but is, of course, greatly increased by such sieges as those of Vicksburg and Charleston, which bring up the average to 10,0001bs. a day, occasioned by the large demands of the heavy artillery employed. It i s a singular commentary upon this war, that a nation which two years ago produced not a pound of ppwder, should nave think nothing of a daily consumption of 10,0001 b., produced entirely from their own resources, It io evident that obstacles BLACKWOOD.--" The Boatman," by Pisistratus Canton, is the first subject met with ; it has already been 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 by his presence 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. "Tyndall on Heat" is a sort of scientific paper, that discusses Professor Tyndall's lec tures on the subject. The highest praise is awarded to them, and the interesting facts that are contained in the course of the lectures are duly co mmented upon; at the same time, while expressing admiration for the great amount of scientific matter that is met with, so me 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. Stich 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 impeses 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 else 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 complicated with regard to the rest of the dranta4is persono, 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 " Old 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 ifilustra 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 itOUS autres of French parlance,gain from these wars and rumours of war, is certainly the immediate conflux of books on the subjec s t, on all sides, and from all quarters. This makes a good theme for discussion in an article. It is truly involuntary historians who have written theses ooks are on as witnesses in the cause, and " marshal th fac e ts ,7 t. „ eaid that but which the great jury, Posterity, will deliver thek v erdict.'' re At the conclusion of this summary of the :!cohr e worthy marks are made concerning Charleston,hvienl first plaoe, the of notice. The writer expresses, in he difficulty of captur opinion that the place is not inevitablyt t doomed to fall: — The example of Sebastopol proveswith an unlimited supply ing an uninvested intrenched camp force ants. In the case of material, and free access toy rein reach the place by of Charleston these difflculticeostordreoinnicyreased; for whereas at Sebastopol reinforeeme_ etched without loss or fatigue from long ruinous marches, andnwtere always more than balanced by the fresh troops despa ttuharleston reinforcements to an ments, France and Engiand, brdasent and furnished with supplies by required extent can twlyothan troops to Gillmore by a lines of hostile intrench sea. railway, far more rapi osition and access arc on' the side The case is that of f where the advantages° P of the de f e nder s. ,Thia magazine has decidedlyt h e better improve d of late, and is at same ti me and more interesting worth readingthan of old. The ne w story by the talented author of " Ravens hoe'' i s one of its prominent attra c ti ons, bein g incident. dec idedly original , and , as It is carrie d on in a somewhat com plex fashion by a double this _James Burton's story alternating with the adven tures of Mr. Secretary Oxton inat is manner less confusing to t h e writer than to the reader. It n the two distinct narratives will be subsequently ot difficultinterwoven;te se see ho w and, indeed, the author takes no pains to conceal the con nection—the escaped convict whom Mr. Oxton encounters in his solitary ride after Lieutenant Hillyar having been at once identified by him as Samuel Burton, the black sheep of the Burton family. Samuel Burton had formerly been servant and confid ant to the eldest son o f Si r G eor ge Hill yar, and now, at the opening of the story,master and man have alike found their way to the antipodes on different errands, It i s p ro b a bl e th a t, as the story goes on, it will develops into a tale 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 eheoltfh sides can furnish many such examples of sacrificenadnceunt_ devotion for what they esteem the general good,em a ourned for less homes in all the States of the Union h e s rho "Letters the dear ones called away to return no o h nl av a e r of late occupied from a Competition Wallah," a prominent positi on in the page w s ohfi: millau,are continued, subjecta of very serieus and are devoted this month to alife and climate on importance—the effect of ivaladriatahat such should be the topic Euro pean residents. brought us the disastrous probability long ere this selected just whenlt tilisueslilninbgauilmhauas intelligence that in os statesin en has succumbed to the another of our foram t ere pi:ken of. The state of Calcutta and evil influences bare A glo-Indian official life, are matters the risks attending wh i c h will be likely to engage much ser i o us attentio n , and, w according to the descr i p ti o n here given of the sanitary con dition of the "City of Palaces," it is high time that some. thing was done to effect some change. " Statistics," says the writer of this article, in speaking of the Black Town, "cannot express the state of the native streets, The un- Horn' man% Te a i i n p r i ce, and s choice and strong, m oderate wholesome to use. These adv anta g es have secured for this2,2Bo Agents. Tea a general preference. I t is sold in. dockets by 11 STATE ...ICTTIALS.—The the th Washington despatoh of v ult. to the New York Times stated that ~ Miss Kate Chase was married that evening to Senator Sprague in the presence of the President and the Secretaries and Assistant •Secretaries of Departments, the F oreign Mi nisters, and the relatives of the bride and groom, Tho re ceremony took place at half-past 8 p.m., and the public. ception was to last from 9 to 12 o'clock. The bridal Pltes estimated at over 60,000 dell ., were to be exhibited. The wealthy mercantile connections of the young Rhode Island S e nator had been generously pro fuse in their testimonia.ls to the bride. Accommodation for 40 gu sts e from the City of Providence alone had been engaged ar' ALiz American paper states that the brother of Senator Sprague b oug ht the trotting mare California Damsel for 11,000 dola s as a present from the bridegroom to the bride always aggro ADVERTISEMENT.] —Avoid medicines: ,s Delicious Health they .i va te chronic complain ts, but Du Barry Restoring Revalenta Arabic* Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strog nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, t Blee p , functional regularity, and pure blood, re f r eshin g red or enfeebled. We extract a few ou t to the most diso rde ' of 60, 000 Cures :—Cure • No J 8,216 of the Marchioness do Brehan. Paris , o f a liver complaint, wasting away for seven: • years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad i digestion , eons taut sleeplessness, the most intolerable nervous ag it a tion, and dr eadfully low spirited. — Cure No. 1,771. 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