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VNINTER GARDEN.
w The begs to announce that tho origins
American Comedian,
MR.. j. s. CLARKE,
will appear this evening in bis great character Of
TOODLEs

MR. J. s. CLARKE,
VIII appear 'h'S evening oop Y S Srest character OF
ToODLEs.
during
anS of h city, K desires he nSw TO- 70
annes one which appeared after its close in HaPers Jour
0hs most brilliant f9a Ssw writer's of time
and
a
s s a1e niS IT, an is
% dramatic % artist Of una,estonsbs Genius he is comic
sfoeiqSs s S. eonsay arees
as remarkable as he same quality in Dickens or irving
an NJ? Sas SSosso
great lar Mr. one OF .ae drosa & men & pos @
hSs Ss that hm the
after disgust iI %
hs be-
ply to indicate difference The remarks6ie quality q
the na,nrapsss M Of genius but genius S. Gf aGSs
p but
first Is the interview between Mr. and Mrs Toodles and
who used Burton will
S 81 SO pq 5 Snn nsw As Of tho
msy part will look with sober and incredulous
ans ss S5sysTs & The
Of merrimen which oysrpowers hm-which J., makes him
while every particle Of his frame drunk with laughter
is In the with liquor OF the most conf
cal conceivable Then he is the best drunken
that There Is in the whim and in
capacity of ntoxcaon and Mr. Clarkes Toodles strict
ly bound by The deiciousy funny of Bur
directly addressed to the spectator He poked the
fun Carke's Is in the nature of things He s too
drunk have OF observation except the
glmmcring OF absurdiy aud strain at dignity
which drunken man, who is not mere sot, always
has. It is not so langhable az is true Therefor
udicrousness Of his conduct, altogether funny but
this with a smile in your eyes indeed but and
of shame close behind Burton's Toodes made be-
eve drunk Carkes drunkenness ITSELF 1t beats the
eloquent Cough with his 1t is holding tho
mirror exactly that you get just the impress
sion you shall have and il the
spectacle do amy good-vOi the same evening he
played the farmer in Speed Plough Supposing that
he would appear until the after piece who had
bills of the play looked incurousy until the hearty joy
and completeness OF the showed that
most excellent artist before With his shrewd In
snct Infinite play of humor, intellectual perception an
natural elegance Mr. Csre Is comedian OF the best aud
| upon those boards since Rachel.
To be preceded by Tom Taylors charming drama Of
BOB NETTLES
WaddilOvc, tho fat boy .Mr j. g. Clarke.
and followed by
MY NEIGHBORS WIFE.
Brown, the broker Mr.. j. S. Clarke
CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL 5S5 BROADWAY.
" BATrI f OF FARNSBOROUGH
BATTLE Of FARNSBOhOUGH
Heenan. Paul Berger Saycrs Hernandez
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DROFEssOR REsTELL, is2 CHAMBERS STREET CAN
omce, No. Hsrrsoa avenue
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ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
ana hsrs viii Be- no
list or admissions excepting only the usual
The anexamped and triumphant attending
STANDARD COMEDIES,
I mr. w az g their % ns%Ssr na s.
'.' '' 50 as : S$$$ i5S$HHEss Hess.ss. ss4r
n' 0S%ss'. NEW AND ND q iFis SCENERY
sufHRs sssspysS5 EgSSEa 6okSRoz
Sparkling and appropriate under the direction Of Mr.
r6Es8aY siSs8Bs
VIII be acted rs time herc celebrated five oct
LOVE y0Pefy PoR Love
win, the following unusually strong and effective disposition
&assa & sa%pson ss @ %
Scandal his friend free speaker Mr. Norton
Ben ar samnson wes veuaes so Mr. nbas Fshes
Foresight ilterate Mr. Geo Holland
}ssrsams sssYsn to Psssos ySsns
Wllam:' .Mr; GOpysrs
Mrs Foresight second wife Foresight John sefton
MIS- Miss fF'a ssss s BY
wife; Miss Mary Cannon
Nurse TO Miss Prue Miss Carman
WEDNESDAY iirst time herej the ce,ebrated comedy
ROAD o. ro s1G RUIN,
With a powerful distribution of the characters. 49,
In consequences of the very crowded audience nowit
ncemcnt weather) disappointment
hundreds in Obtaining seats on Monday to witness
LONDON ASSURANCE,
IL will be repeated on
THURSDAY NEXT.
SHE FIsYfsa sI2SeS wfrG TH GoAHGEH' FIRE
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL,
Having each been received with enthusiastic applause and
laughter by crowded audiences due notice will be given Of
their repetition.
BOX BOOK NOW OPEN.
NOrICEDoors open at performances commence at
half past seyen and terminate before H.
Boxes and Paranet 80 cents Orchestra Stalls
Private Boxes.
NTIBLOS SALOON.
~ NEW YEARS WEEK.
IMMENSE SUCCESS
UNPRECEDENTED NOVELTY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 80
EVERY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEK.
THE WORLD RENOWNED
PEAK FAMILY
vOCALISTS, HARPISTS
BELL RINGERS.
ENTIRE PROGRAMME.
TWO HUNDRED SILVER BELLS.
TICKETS, 25 25cents............ CHILDREN, Is cents
Doors open at to commence at ~
A GRAND MATINEE will be given NEW YEARS
DAY, commencing al O'Clock.
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EXPRESSES.
GOVERNMENT .
U EXPRESS COMPANY,
lA BROADWAY.
NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE,
WASHINGTON,
ALEXANDRIA. FORTRESS MONROE,
NEWPORT NEWS AND PORT ROYAL
FREIGHT AND PACKAGE EXPRESS.
company take pleasure In Informing the public that
their fully perfected insure
eQad despatch In the OF all descriptions Of
PACKAGES, BAGGAGE AND MERCHANDISE.
ARMY, GOVERNMENT AND MERCHANTS STORES,
Suffers, SUPPLIES, sQLDIERs, PACKAGES, MONEY,
JEWELRY, ,DAGURREOTYPES PRESENTS, &C. &C.,
To all military points in the United States.
Goods called FOR BY leaving orders vt our onlces
PRINCIPAL. OFFICES:
Broadway, New York. 3S Washington Boston,
Corner Sixth and Chestnut street. Philadelphia,
Camden Station, Baltimore,
38S PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. c.
Special given application at Office.
GOVERNMENT EXPRESS COMPANY,
lti Broadway.
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DR. HENRY, HAVING HAD LONG EXPERIENCE IN
II hospitals, dc quicker and cheaper than others
Something for every lady and gentleman Can scc or.
hcc l76 Bleeckcr street.
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lOO W1D0KR, Cairvoyant and sifed Spanish lady mn
wells mysteries futuy love- marriage fr.nds
sickness; prescribes medicines for a dseases tes iua
numbers, property lost or stolen. b
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A UCTlON SALE OF
"A MAGNIFICENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Rich carved Rosewood Pianoforte,
Elegant Silver Plate,
Superb French Plate Pier and Mantel Mirrors,
Solid Rosewood Parlor Suits, &C.,

All new and cost over Sl2.COO
By RUSSELL W. WESTCOTT, AUCTIONEER,
lively take place without regard weather. and embraces
the entire elegant contents of the five story house
West Twentyist street. between Seventh Eighth
The elegant Paror Furniture made order
Is solid rosewood in rich satin Brocate The whole will
sold to the highest bidder tor cash. oeng Inducements
strung bass deegant and Stool two magnificent
of Parlor Furniture in brocad Secretary
case two elegant rosewood Etegcres $500; rich
costly Paror Groups Vases antique
magnificent Paintings imported for the present owner
Turkish Chairs and Lounges Velvet and Wilton Carpets,
Damask and Lace Curtains, Centre and Pier Tables.
HANDSOME CHAMBER AND DINING FURNITURE.
Dressing Bureaus elegant Hair Mattresses. Beds
ding; English Blankets Sofa Beds; with handsome oak
Dining Room Furniture OF description; French and
Bohemian China Silver Ware rich Cut Glass ivory Cutlery
with large Quantity not here enumerated No postpone
ment Catalogue at house.
UCTION NOTICE-AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPOR-
"a tunty for house. boarding house and hotel Keepers
The elegant Furniture of class fashionable Boarding
House i3O Waverey place Sixth will be sold
public auction this day. at IA O'Clock precisely the highest
bidder tor cash. without consisting Of beautiful
Brussels, tapestry and ingram Carpets;
With all the modern improvements, cost $3.50;
Black walnut Parlor Suits covered in plush and hair
coth marble top Etegeres, with mirror back and DOORS
rosewood and black walnut Centre and Side Tables
and Book Stands rosewood and mahogany Bedsteads B
Teaus. Washstands, Sofa Beds Rockers Lounges Chairs
Hair Mattresses Beds and Bedding Blankets black walnut
Shades Vases Glass China and Silver Warc Table Cutlery
Oilclohs. Stair Carpets &C. All the goods is in very good
L. ROTH, Auctionecr.
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NEW MEDICAL BooK.-"DR. BosTwICK's GREAT
IN Work the Sexual SYSTEM Nervous Debility. Youthful
lndiscreton, with Hints Before and Marriage expos
ing cuackery, Ac &C." without doubt most useful
be In the hands Of every family and every and
street; Qodfreys, 6Sl broadway. and BY DR.. BOsTwTCK
at h ONCE, . East Twelfth street. SIX doors OF Broad
wnv Price ~. - -
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AMUsEMENTS. A

NTIBLOS GARDEN.
THIS MAGNIFicENT TEMPLE
DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES
On Tuesday evening. January z. 1861
II 10 the intention of the management TO give q
ALTERNATE NIGHTS
A series Of high toned and first class
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY REPRESENTATION.
Supported by an array or -
- ACKNOWLEDGED DRAMATIC ARTISTS.
UNSURPASSED TALENT,
CHALLENGE COMPETITION
ANY THEATRE IN THE WORLD
BRILLIANT CONSTELLATION OF STARS
may be found the names of
Mr. f. L. DAVENPORT,
The Eminent American Tragedian.
Mr.. JAMES w. WALLACK, JR
The Justly Celebrated Actor.
MR. WILLIAM wHEATLEY
The Distinguished Light Comedian-his appearance 10
New York for some years
MR. 7. PLACIDE,
The Favorite Comedian.
MR.. GEORGE RYER
The Popular Actor. from the California and Austraia
Theatres
The well known Personater of Old Men.
MRS. JAMES w. WALLACK, JR.,
The great Tragic Actress
MRS. JULIA BENNETT BARROW,
The Coincidence OF the Age,
The Popular Actress,
Supported by company selected from the most available
ON TUESDAY EVENING, JAN 7, 1867.
Isn ntaAG riAante eEnnA Vnf
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nOCToR HORACE sTANFIELD, OBsTETRIC PHYsI-
- clan and Surgeon treats all diseases OF women and
children Special irrcgulsres and all obstrucons
guaranteed in Can be consulted at his private
rooms ~ East Twelfth street. i've west Of Broad Az
home IL A. N. toQP M
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DANCING ACADEMIES.

DoDwURTHS DANCING ACADEMIES,
IA No 204 Fifth avenue, Twenty st., New York.
No. i37 Montague street, Brooklyn.
CLASsES-ruesdays and Fridays in Brooklyn.
CLASSES--Wednesdays ys and Saturdays in New York.
Circulars terms. &c, may be had at either academy
DRuokEs' DANCING ACADEMY, 3Jt BaoOME Sr.
I'D NEW CLASS FOR TUESDAY
All the fashionable dances IN course OF lessons.
LADIES meet Tuesdays and Fridays TO 6P. NJ.
Gentlemen, Tuesdays and Fridays. ~ to lOn L. NJ
Chiidfen Wednesdays and Saturdays, 3 to6P. N.
Ladies' Pr Class is ins ructed by Mrs. Bro0kes
sOIREE EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
BALLET MAsTER.-DUMARs DANCING AND sKAT-
ID Ing Academy, 267 Bowcry Dancing lessons 81 and 81
per month"; every night Private lessons 80 For stage
Dances every morning, s3 per month Saturdays soiree
MADAME sAUvAoEAUs DANCING ACADEMY, 6is
ll Broadway Is open Lessons evening, from
until 10 O'clock Private Lessons also attended !o Grand
soirces Tuesdays Thsays ana sa,urdays Everybody
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~ doors from Macdouga street. New York. author
popular medical work, Human Frailty,"
tally consulted as usual, from II TIL and from 10
Sundays till O'Clock.
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WM. Writers, AUCT1ONEER-WILL SELL ON
Thursday January at IL O'Clock, at the Merchans'
Exchange, the House and Lot known lis West
nth street portion of the purchase
money remain bond and mortgage for term of
The above property negotiated for private until
day Of sale For particulars apply the acisneer 45
nal street.
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w ye, sec Miss WELLINGTON, the great English Pro-
phees the best Of ALL and cannot be eyceed
suited personally by letter, all affairs Of
ing law suits journeys absent friends love- courtshp
faithful husbands Miss W. is the only person In this city
who has the genuine Roman and Arabian asmans for love
good luck and all business AFFAIRS guarantees for
life Delay not 70 consult this naturally gifted and beautiful
reference Can be at her residence 0 Sixth avenue
opposite Eighth street.
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WM. Writer'S, AUCTIONEER.-HENRY PALMER
w will sell at auction, Tuesday, 7th ns at ii O'clock
the New York Tattersaps Sixth avenue Thirty
Blankets positive
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A UcrIoN NorIoE.-M DOUGHTY. AucrIoNEER,

A UCTIoN NoTICE.-M DOUGHTY, .AUcTIoNEER.
n will sell Wednesday, Jan. at l0L O'Clock,
saesroom IS Nassau street. Household Furniture comp1s
Ing solid rosewood Parlor Suits covered in
gany do In hair cloth black walnut do In vlz-Tee-
nTccs ARM Parlor and Sewing Chairs Tapestry Carpets
marble top Centre Tables Library Bookcases. gilt
4rrors China Vases Ornaments Extension Dining Tables
Buets China Tea Sets, Cutlery,
9nah0yany Dressing Washsands and Bedsteads
match: Hair Mattresses. Feather Beds Lounge aud
Beds, Gas Chandeliers together with
OF Odce and Counting Room Furniture. Also Iron Safe
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CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 5s5 BROADWAY.
" BATTLE OF FARNSBOROUGH.
BATTLE Of FARNSBOhOUuH.
Hecnan. Paul Berger Sayers .Hernande,
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IN COTTON, AUCTIoNEER- R-sEwING MACHINES
II Desks, Carpets Furniture 6c.-Tomorrow (wedncs.
day. january at 10Y O'Clock at 3 Fulton
of the Con- table, Sewing Machines OF Singers
entirely new; Occ Desks several Carpets together
with general assortment Of and second hand Fur
Cure.
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nR. COOPER, NO II DUANE STREET, MAY BE CON.
~ suited sll diseases OF certain nature. Twenty
eight years exclusively devoted to these complaints
In all The victims OF misplaced
confidence medical pretenders call with certainv o
being radically cured, or no pay.
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WIN. WOLF AUCTIONEER, OFFICE 40 JACKSON
street.Iseils this day at ten ocock the Stock and
consisting of five and ten gallon Kegs, Beer Pump Horse
and Wagon and good Stock of Groceries and Liquors.
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DAwNBR0KER'S sALE-w. N. LEWIS WILL SELL
"wednesday next the 9Th instant, At 181 Bowery, up
rs, BY order OF w.. Simpson Co, Largo quantity or
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NRoCKEEY GLASS AND CHINA.-BY j. s. II. BART.
~ LETT Agciioneer-On Tuesday. January Z, at 10
O'Clock at 2Sl Pearl street all kinds OF Saeabe Goods
1851.
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NEW BOwERY THEATRE.
IN Sole propretorx .Messrs. @. L. Fox j. W. LngAe0
TUESDAY JAN. 7. 1862
Engagement for six nights
of the talented artistic,
MR.. G. W. CLARKE,
Who will appear this evening
DOCTOR PAUL BERNARR,
In the grand Psychological drama OF
THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT.
After which, Mr. q. L. Foxs comic pant0mime Of
RAOUL,
OR THE MAGIC STAR
Cowric ...........:. ........;:........ Mr. a. l. Fsa
And the romantic drama Of
RAYMOND AND AGNES.
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DR. WARD u TREATING ALL DISEASES OF rE-
~ males with eminent Something for every
ady-his Great Benefaotor. Onlce Y I.aight street.
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MEDICAL.

A FrL1CrED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EXPOSED
"A Falacies unmasked-Dr. LARMoNTS Paris, London
and New York Medical Adviser and Marriage Guide in
forms the debhaed and diseased including those who
Of the of their i'll health and who have
disappointed in their phys,eans Of the most certain and
convenient mode of Mailed for 81 by RICHARDSON,
No vesey street; DEXTER Co. lis Nassau street; and
DEWITT 13 Frankfort street; the author @ Broadway
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w N. HOLLINGSHEAD, AUCTIONEER. 1000 CASES
w Mems Boys and Youths Gram Waterproof Boots and
other desirable styles Of Boots and Shoes be sold at Auc
ton on Tuesday January at lo O'Clock at the store Of
j. L. Whehouse No. 20 COranGt street, which would
invite the attention Of city and country buyers aogues
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WAR NEWS.

More than week has now passed since any
official information relative to the army of Vir-
ginia has been received, but, from statements
published at the Capital and in the Northern
cities it seems to be we'll understood that Gen.
Pope has fallen back from his advanced positions
on the Rapidan, and is now on the north bank
Of the Rappahannock. The movement across
the last named river was made on Wednesday
week-the advance having commenced moving
from Culpeper Monday afternoon. The Confed.
crates are reported to have heavy force on the
south bank, and skirmishing is constantly carried
on between the opposing armies. The Confeder-
ate batteries extend from the Sulphur or Warren
ton Springs to Fredericksburg.
1t is reported that fight occured at Big Hill,
Madison county, Kentucky, on Saturday last,
resulting in the withdrawal of the Federal force
from the field to the town of Richmond, which
is about thirty miles south of Lexington.
A telegram reports that Hopkinsville was cap.
tured on Friday, by Confederate force of four
hundred men. This town is the capital Of Chris
tian county, and is situated on the Nashville and
Henderson Railroad, two hundred and four miles
south west from Frankfort, and has population
of four thousand souls. AT last accounts the
Confederates were moving on Smthfeld, in Hen
ry county. sqf
A st. Louis paper has information that Gener-
al Rosencrantz, with an army of from thirty to
forty thousand men, had proceeded southwest
from Corinth towards Guntown, where some fif
teen thousand Confederates were encamped.-
Gen. Sterling Price was at Tupello, with about
twenty-five thousand, and it is believed that the
Confederate forces will be combined when the
movement of Gen. RosencranE becomes known.
It is believed that another attack upon Baton
Rouge will soon be made by the Confederates--
Their army said to be stationed some ten miles
from that place, awaiting achievements, and in
tended to attack upon their arrival.
1t is stated that demonstrations were made
against the Federal pickets at Suffolk, Va, sew
eral times last week. The Confederates appear
in force of about one hundred. be
! A Mississippi paper states that the Federal ram
Sumter grounded off Bayou Sara, when tue Con-
federate authorities demanded her surrender, but
instead she was blown up by order of her Off
GERS, the crew and stores having been previously
placed on board transport.
On Thursday lasta Federal transport ran on a
snag below Memphis, and almost Immediately
sunk, carrying down with her some seventy-fve
or eighty soldiers, who were returning to their
regiments.
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SUPPLEMENT- TO THE MARYLAND CoDE.-We
have received copy of the Supplement to the
Maryland Code, from Messrs. John Murphy &
Co., publishers No. 1872 Baltimore street, Balti.
more. Of the workmanship, we deem it unne-
cessary to say more than that it is done in their
usual handsome style, The work has been
gotten up with great care, and much pains has
been taken to arrange every subject under its pro-
per head. To those who possess The Maryland
Code, this book is invaluable, as it contains all
the alterations made by the Legislature to our
laws, since the publication Of the Code Fol
further particulars in regard to the merits Of the
work, we refer the reader to the advertisement
of Messrs. Murphy \ CO., published in another
column. a
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Intelligence of the Slaves.

The following paragraph from Co,
rinth letter to the Cincinnati Gazette, will
be quoted by q certain class of journals, to
show what valuable anxiliaries to the
Union army slaves may become, if they
could be enticed within our lines
"Some of us are surprised at the amount
Of intelligence which many slaves in this
region possess. They talk with as much
elegance, many of them, as the whites
One of them said, on being questioned
how he came to learn to talk so we'll, that
his master always corrected him when he
used an improper word. Slaves of this
class constitute the majority of those now
coming into our lines.'
These facts admit of still another ap-
plication. While they afford no justifca-
ton Of slavery, they go to prove that the
system of servitude prevailing at the
South is not one of such unmitigated afro
city as some Abolitionists would have us
believe. While there are instances of
fragrant abuse, it is more common to OBJ
serve that negro servants are tenderly
cared for, and sometimes, Gas seen in the
above extract attain to high degree of
elegance and mental culture. = Vest
Chester Jetersonian.
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Baltimore Markets.

Flour. super, $5.boa$5.s7; extra, $s.75;
City Mills super, $5.25a5. so; extra, $s50a9 90.
Corn Meal, $500 per Dbl. Rye Flour, So 50a
400 per Dbl.
GRAIN - Wheat-Afair, ST. .2oa$l.25; prime,
ST. .40a1 .50per bushel. Corn-prime white, 5sa
&c.; prime yellow, 62a63c. Oats-Md. 33a37c.;
Penn. 55a58c. per bushel. Rye, S5al Csc. per
bushel.
GUANo.-P Peruvian, $75 per ton; Mexican, $50;
White do. $50; Navassa, $40 California, $40;
Manipulated, SAT; Phosphate, $45. Bone Dust,
$45.
HAY AND STRAw.-Baled Timothy Steals
per ton, loose $l5a17; Glover, baled $9alO;
loose $sa9. Rye Straw $13a14 Dat straw
$8a9 90; Wheat do. $sa9.0O.
oB.-Unwashed, 35a37c.; washed, 50a53c.;
pulled, 4Oa45c.; common fleece, 4sa55c.
Provisions. sides, 5a52c.; shoulders,
4a4ac.; Hams, 7asc.; Lard, 8al0c.
CATTLE.-Prime $2.62a$4.25 per 100 lbs
Sheep, S2.5oa4.5 per 100 lbs. Hogs5liye, $4.75
a5.25 per 100 lbs.
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strange affairs ss bright and baleful as
ever, while the slaves so out to death in
the desert, or another captivity in later
days BY the rivers Of Babylon.
Neither history nor reason promises any
better future to the nation after this war
than the past. That past surely was suf-
ficiently glorious and happy. The terri
BILE crime which has brought us into our
present affection is black spot in her
history. IF we can hold fast to the old
principles, we may be as we were before.
But if We let them go-he dreams wild
dreams who supposes the millennium a.
hand, or the age Of sinful and destructive
human nature. at an end. ..
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Be True to your Convictions.

When the future historian shall sum
up the causes of the present difficulties
that now overwhelm our beloved country
in sorrow, anguish and desolation, not the
least Of the reasons for them will be found
in the fact that men have DOT been true
to their convictions of right. There is
no possible excuse that men can give for
such faithlessness as this. There is no
valid reason why any man should support
what he believes to be wrong. He may
not always be able to do all the good he
wishes to, for even the Sacred Scriptures
tell us that ''the truth is not to be spoken
at all times,' but he never can with impu-
nifty support that which he believes to be
wrong and unjust. The loss of manhood
which follows from such course of con-
duct, and the degradation which it fixes
as stain upon the soul, are beyond COM
putation. The former can never be re-
gained, nor the latter ever washed out -
AS an individual lives out his convictions,
he is true to his own manhood. AS he
neglects to do this, he becomes the slave
or parasite of some other person, who may
be even inferior, in all that goes to make
up man, to himself. The great, central,
all-pervading Truth of Republicanism is
the individuality of man, and it is the
conviction of right and wrong which more
even than physical features should distin-
guish one man from another. 1t is at
once both the element and standard of
manhood. We cannot cultivate this SEN
timent too zealously, or guard it with too
much care. 1t is the vital spirit of re-
publican institutions, and when it has fled
from Americans, then we shall be ready
for any yoke Of tyranny which even the
most hated of tyrants might bind upon us.
The chains of such slavery will be of
our own forging, and they will be worn
most deservingly.-N T. Caucasian.