The New York herald., 1863-12-24

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| Provisions fiat.
The Board of Councilmen met at one O'Clock
yesterday and dur ing session of nearly two
hours duration transact ed large amount of rou
tine business. They adjourned unti this evening
| at four O'Clock.
Another large auction sale of coal took place
| at noon yesterday. at No. 30 William street, on
behalf of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Great
| Western Railroad Company. Nearly twenty thou
sand tons disposed of, at prices ranging from
Sc 371a to IS per ton. The average prices did not
vary much from those of the November sale.
Stove coa-sold at 81 IS ton less than in Novem-
ber. Some of the varieties brought higher prices.
The prices OF stocks advanced ri1e again yesterday
| and the market firm. Gold active but
there r small decline in tho premiums Government
securities were not in demand but prices
changed the vetwenties selling for 101k interest
The money market remains easy with the rate OF interest
at seven per cent.
There,was general activity in commercial circles
yesterday and the OF business
sma though fair considering the OF the hoi
days. which always act restriction upon all business
enterprises. At the Produce Exchange there less
buoyancy, owing to the unfavorabe complexion OF the
European advces by the Jura and Asia, which
ported ON change at IN early hour. Flour, wheat and
steady. whskoy was higher Groceries were quiet.
Cotton was nominal Petroleum dull and heavy for crude,
steady Tor refined Freights erc duh but steady.
Satan ON the stump MT the Cooper lnsti-
tute.
II is no new thing for Satan to make his ap-
pearancs in this wicked world The Bible
tells us that he crawled into Paradise in the
shape Of a serpent. and originated dispute
about an apple, which created even more dis
cord and trouble than the famous decision OF
Paris. Then. again, he walked to aud fro upon
the earth, seeking whom he might devour gone
rally, and trying to get chance to torment
poor Job particularly. Long after this we find
him conveying Jesus about from steeple to
mountain top, and promising him all the king
doms of this world, "when," as Ethan Allen
remarked to King George, "the confounded
rascal didn't own foot of them" During the
Middle Ages Satan was on earth almost con-
tinually, sometimes in the form of Pope,
sometimes in that of king, sometimes in that
Of q sentimental philosopher like Abelard, or
q metaphysical philosopher like Faust. In
this epoch, discarding the well-worn habili-
ments of priests, potentates and philosophers,
Satan is among us incarnated as an abolitionlst.
On Tuesday evening his Internal Majesty
spoke at the Cooper Institute. Tho posters
announced that Mr.. Wendell Phillips would
deliver the lecture; but no one who heard
or has read the production can fail
to perceive that the orator Of the
| evening was Satan himself. Wendell Phillips
is undoubtedly the best public speaker on this
continent His eloquence is as classical rs tha,
Of Cicero and as effective as that of Demos
themes. Yet it is evident from the very bad
! uses he makes of his powers, that Satan has
provided him with them and taught him how
to exercise them. II il through this super
| natural and Internal influence that Phillips
oratory 80 far snrpasses that of any of his con
temporaries. Beecher cannot hold candle with
him, although Beecher is also touched with 0
live coal from Hades once in while, as during
his recent tour through England. Everett i:
dry and cold, and weak, when compared to
Phillips, and his facts, like bad Christina.
pudding, sit heavily upon his oratorica
stomach, and refuse to be digested into or
eloquent grafton. This was peculiarly the case
at his recent display upon the Gettysburg battle
field, where the snores OF the audience--who
were soothed to slumber by Everett's sleepy sen
tences-mimicked the roar of the artillery upor
the day of the great fight. But then Everett,
has no Plutonian connections, and cannot warm
to his work like Phillips. AS for our othel
orators, from James I. Brady away down tC
Governor Seymour, their chattering is like tha
OF poll parrots In contrast with the utterance,
of our satanic friend, Phillips, who can make
dull subject bright and good subject better
by the force of his Internal inspiration and un
questionable genius.
The subject which Wendell Phillips discussed
on Tuesday evening was very dull. It was the
Presidents last message, which nobody would
read, and which nobody could have understood
II II had been read. See, now, how our satanic
orator llghtened up this stupid topic. He be
gun by eulogizing John Brown, and declarinS
that the abolitionists had now done good dea
more than John Brown ever thought Of doing
which is certainly as true "a Gospel. Then he
asserted that the President Is growing man
which IL highly probable, since Old Abe nov
stands six feet Ave In his stockings, and gain
an inch every time he puts on his boots. Their
be paid handsome compliment to Genera
Grant--which shows that Satan knows publ
sentiment and . thing or two besides. The
he protested against the proclamation, and sal
that Lincoln had not done half his work.
statement which is q great deal truer Of hi
military undertakings than Of his aboiitionism
Then hc asserted that slavery Is not dead yei
but he forgot TO add that, although slavery
not dead. all the negroes soon will be, as W
!. shall show by and by. Then he pitched int
, FEyss and England, and an9suased bis il