Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-12-12
LOCAL AFFAIRs.

Of Sick aud Wounded Soldiers, acknowledge the
receipt of the following donations, since October
9Th.
Miss Hutton, IL handkerchiefs, Jaro Jelly
81 Andrews Infant School, l2 handkerchief
Eddie I. Candy, shirts, pairs pant, 2 coats
Miss Mclean, SO magazines, bundle of newspa-
ptrs; Miss Bonsall, is handkerchiefs 2 pillow
cases Mrs. E Stotsenburg, / shirt, l vest, l
coat, wrapper, hospital cushions MIRA. John
Sparks papers corn starch; Mrs. alfred Lee,
bottles barberry syrup. jar pickles, bundle
tracts, bottle ginger; Mrs. ii. Ray, jars of
jtllles, bottle wine; Mrs. Pickles, 2 wrappers;
from Friends, new hospital shirts, 9l dozen
buttons, jars currant jelly, flannel shirts
Mrs. Ann II. Cannon, Vt Seaford, new shirts,
IA handkercheis; Mrs Dawson, 3 dauuel shirts;
Mrs. Joseph Grubh, flannel shirts Mrs. Law
sou, 8 hospital cushions Mrs. Brndey, feathers
for I pillows, 80 lbs. dried apples Mrs. A.
uawthrOp, coats, vest pairs pants, caps
Mrs. S CAnby, pairs knit stockings, pairs OF
mittens, 26 handkerchiefs; Ladies' Aid Sccitty of
Christian, 81 pairs of drawers. q towels, 19
wrappers, 20 muslin Shirts letter paper ban.
dages aud lint; Miss Lucy Smyth, . pairs yarn
stockings, handkercheis Miss Eliza Wilson,
pieces curtaiu paper, spools cotton pieces of
tape; Mrs. Lloyd, pairs slippers; Elizabeth
Snpler, o pairs yarn stockings; ST. Andrews
Church, 9pairs OF nittens, pillow ticks; Mary
Slack "a hondkerchiefs; Mrs. L. NJ Stotsen-
burg pair yarn stockings.
wilmington, december Otht loO2,
WiSTER FAsHIoNs.-The Philadelphia Ameri-
cnn says;-Lades complaiH that this winter fash
ion is mercilessy exactng. BY the freaks Of
the Empress Eugene all Chrisleudom is affected
Engene wears nothing but Russun sahes
Mink fur is just ~ warm, is lludson's Bay
sable Eugenie having an unhmtedy large
bank book, sports Russia sablts. Far this rena 10
every fashion plate showed IA series Of rabbit
chnned women, with mouths two sizes smaller
than their eyes, all clad in the same costly muils,
victOrines and lamAs While no two are habited
in the same style Of garment, the coincidence in
furs is perfect. This bOthers the entire remain
ing portion or the civilized world, and gives the
heaItache to moderate sized pocket hooks.
, Eugene gives lift to Lyons by wearing
cloaks Of Lyons velvet.
Last winter she spoTed II costly plush. Our
ladies followed copy nccorl,ng 10 the length uf
their purses, and those WIN uld'nt afford the
more expensive kinds, sported the frosted beaver
md the imiihtlons. Eugene is cloaked in velvet
to her very heels For tha reason the revolving
indies with wax busts, in the windows of the
. coakeries, are patterned after her. The ladies'
u pattern from the eiiigeB, and with the price of
y velvet enormously Increased, ladies' who must be
: the ton, must make extravagant demands upon
- any ordinary finances. This, however, is not all
= IL is bad enough, hut the song carries IL chorus
e iu the shape Of trimming. The mode indicat es
VI gracefully rounded shoulders that support the
> velvet cloak must be bordered with guipure to
correspond yard of this article, four inches
IT wide, leaves the change from II ten dollar note
3 scarce worth consideration, Rich silk must line
the garment aud although its cost is at least
!, twice that of the haudsOmtst Oy rcont seen in
u Chesnut street. We looked at them yesterday.
Nothing at ali presentable was shown us at less
than S65, for the best furnished the price was
Sl21 to Sli5, according to the trimming
,r SO much for this part Of the female wardrobe.
ID Gentlemen who have milliners bills to pay next
spring will learn another wrinkle Eugenie is
ar getting embonpoint. Her chin il coming for
o ward. She sees her feet less easily than she did
four years ago To give the proper equipoise to
,r her head she affects the longest and richest os-
% trch plumes, falling back to the rcarward of her
velvet honnet. Read up on he Foiict as we did
Of yesterday, and Eugenit's head gear appears to
= be inevitably these white floating pumes in
bonne's Of black. garnet aud Sulerino velvet
,r The lady readers will please note that three
8 bonnets are III" maximum even for al Empress
how many are worn by Mrs, Lincoln is more
J., than we have means OF nsccrtanug
st Ladies OF liberal expenditure, too, used to re-
gard ten dollars as the full equivalent for IA hand
some bounet. Looking round among our artists
10 female ad-gear, yesterday afternoon, We
found nothing at that figure that could be char.
ncterze 81 as anything like Il "duck" Of an article
b. hrst-cass feather, such M appears frequently
I'd on the promenade costs eight dollars to begin
with-we saw them worth ten dollars, and even
or more-the velvet TO fashion bonnet costs AT
I'd least six dollars, French frame 81 cents. III,
ribbon b2 cents yard, the flowers and 'nside
g trimming" dollar more. This is nt wholesale
OF price and brings a lady's bonnet al a high
in figure.
T. The prices asked for ladies' shoes is Just about
re double what they were Two years ago. We art
TO glad to see followed an example set by Eugene
y and that is the wearing Of honest double sole
le boots. The story is told ut ouce by the display
y, in the windows Of the shoemakers' stores. La
IN DIES now wear rs thick boots as gentlemen for.
is metly wore. Such boots two years ago c lulI bt
oou ght for three dollars THIS was the
D. outside hgure. Families were supplied at this
rate, aud their bills sent iu twice year The
40 pre- is now five dollars, payable on delivery
II Common ready nade shoes, eastern work, th Al
~ formerly could he sold only to the poorer or un.
nd discriminating class Of people in the cities, now
of bring the former price Of customer work. Tie
n newly introduced, thick solel boots for Indies
% however, are cheaper in proportion than the
~ others sluge par Of them Will do Il winter,
~ ~ service
4 So much for some of the points on tue wintel
~ fashions Old bachelors will probably pooh pooh
% the entire subject. and bless tier stnrs tbat il
~ has no bearing upon their finances or cogita-
IL lions To others, however, the case is vry diff
,,, ferent.
COUNTERFEIT PosTAuE CuRREAoY 1t appear,
Y that there are counterfeit ffty-Cent notes Of The
n new postage currency in circulation. They are
T. said to be well executed, aud should be guarded
4, against. The following easily noted marks will
"a enable holders to detect them:
~ ~ L. The paper il thinner than the genuine .
~ ~ The hye faces of Washington vary considerAbl,
= y from each other in the counterfeit 30 much Sc
~ ~ that two or three of them, if standing alone.
u would hardly he taken to be portraits Of Wash.
~ lngton-whe on the genuine they all closely re-
10 semble each other. The linked letters U
Il -" under the middle face of Washington in th,
~ counterfeit do not show the lower end of the
~ ~ "S," inside of the leg of tue "U" while in The
~ genuine they do This mark is easily seen. 4
= The border round the lettering aud $50" on the
?" back Of the counterfeit is dark aud the lines are
crowded. while in the genuine the border i,
n open, with line of light dots running through
at the middle all the way round In the counter.
if ielt this middle line is almost invisible while Ia
ld the genuine it is so distinct to catch the eve
e. at once.
as THE MANAGERS OF THE HOUSE or INDUSTRY
W =, avail themselves Of this means, to inform the
4. benevolent of this city, that their Institution
40 NO. OOo Shpcy Street will be opened on IN,
M 18th inst, for the employment Of rcspectabl,
~ poor women, (whO are at liberty to bring smal
~ m children with them) where they will be provide,
"' with warm rooms, and good, wholesome ant
nourshing dinner, aud receive cOmpensation fu,
rs, sewing from a. IN. until p IN which is 4,
n lar preferable to asking charty from door tt
. door, that we solicit the assistance of a generou
lis public, in giving information to all worth,
So, objects IN their respective neighbofhoads