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, 1863-12-23

To-Day the receipts Of Hogs, live and dressed,
amounted to 6,181. The market for Live Hogs
was active and steady. with sales Of about 10000
head at .$4o006.00 gross-mostly at $5.o095-50.
Tho demand was principally by packers:
Dressed Hogs were in active demand BY ship
pers and packers, and nc note IN advance IN
prices Of &c per 100 .fbs-with liberal sales at
range Of $5bo97 7.15-hesVy hogs sellinf mostly st
s7.0o@7.l5.
Beef Cattle were In active request and steady at
t2.75@8.15s groes. ..
There is fair demand both by packers and ship
peTs.
This has been decidedly the most active day ct
the season in the provision market, and prices
hare stIn an upward tendency. About 100000 ros
of Bulk Meats were sold at an advance Of h@kc
q o-mostly Shoulders. at ba@56c loose for city
cured, and bxc for country cured. Included in
these transactions was ronnd lot Of z, 900 pcs,
Bulk Hams were also In good demand and firm
with sales Of city at s7e loose, and country at sac
loose. City-crred rough Sides were sold at 7A@
7Hc loose. At the close the market fot Bulk
Meata was very firm st the outside fgurcs-H1th
but {eW desirable lots offering. There is u good
demand for Mess Pork at $17.60. and We note sales
OF about 400 Ms city and country packed at 81750;
but round lots OF desirable brands ere held firmly
1T &1s,0o11eb0-c chiefly at the outside quotation
There il still considerable inquiry for Prime Mesa
Pork, in view Of the government contract to have
been let to-day IN New York. and We note IN ad-
vance to-day in this market Of s71xc . brl--with
sales Of 1,500 b1ls at s14.00D14,a4 Tor c1typaek
ed, and sia0 for inferiorsel1ers at the close hold
arm Ut s14.bo. Englfah Meats have advanced h@
4o-with salea Of about 800 bxs:t at e8@sXc for
| Short Rib Middlos, and g4c for 8hcrt Clear Md
dlca.: Cumberland Middles arc in demand at 71<c
with sellers at 7Ac. Green Nntns were
| in good demand and nru1-w1th sales or {, 900 pcs
| ut a0sAc from b1ock-the market clodng with
| buyers at s1{ and sellers ut SA. Picked Hama
are in demand at Be. at which quotation; we note
| light sales Of City and Country. The offerings.
however, very light and SELLERS are holding at
| p1c.s Lard continues In active demand aud 1rm
but difference In views between buyers and SELL
ers renders tranBacttons comparatively light. Only
about COO tres changed hands today at
.: range. Of 1th@l12.c-ehIcay ut ike for
| casy and country > stesm. At the close
thcrc.. vas good demand fol round
ipte Of prime city Leaf Lard at II but seers are
holding firm at 1lX@lse. There was q good de-.
mand hpf Greaao. to-day. and We note sslcB Of
White at oX9toes Yellow II ak@9x; and Brown
! ataa0Kc.
, 1863-12-23
goa, Rome Dcauty, Ladies' Sweet Sweet Ro-
Ipanitc, White Pippiu Nicksiack -,

goa, nome neanty, Ladiee' Sweet, Sweet Ro-
mantle, White Pippfn, Nickajsck. .<'> :.
LIFT ron sou7nBRN u1lHo1s. ),
FoR MARKET.-Ear1Y Harvest, Red AHtIa-
chan, Red June, Yellow Bellaower, Rayls8'
Janet, Winesap, Newtown Pippin; Pryor.
FAauLY Usz.-Early Harvest, Largo Tel.
low Bougb, American Summer Pearmain,
Row1es Janet, Yellow BelIflower,. .Ptyor's
main, Buckingham.
FoR TR1AL--Yellow june, Bineqpanon,
Renoni, Porter, Romo Bcauty, Willow Twig,
Had tho above List been discussed, it
would probably hare been somawhat modi-
fed, but 1t now stands on simply the rc-
ports or accommodation Of the several COM
m,ttees The reasons for not discussing this,
are found in the fhct that ovcr fire hundred
circu1ars arc ont asking for lists for the above
purposes. Returns hare been made from
thtrty-six countfes, and it is expected thnt
the whole State Will be represented. These
lists will appearin the transactions, and must
: prove highly valuable. Dr.. Wardcr has his
Western Fruit Book nearly ready. It Was
therefore decided to leave the apple list In
this shape at present.
Orchardists have quit planting everything
that the nureerymen are disposed to aead
them, and noW demand certain varieties only.
OF these choico varieties, the nurseries arc
pretty well exhausted and they cannot ha
purchased below the usual retail prices, even
when wanted by the Thousand.
Two different apples have been sent from
the south part of the State, under the namc
: of White June, one Of which is Kirkbridge
White. The former is the first ripe, but Is .
dry fleshed apple, only valuable for its eari-
ness, !, -.
It was decided to have this body fully rep
resented In the American Pomological Soci-
ety, to be held at Rochester next autumn.
twas unfortunate that the Society did not
employ shorthand reporter, so rs to have
their discussions fully reported
With the exception of the essays and re-
ports, VIC trust this report Is as full as those
Of the Secretaries. RURAL.
, 1863-12-23

~T What injury or insult has General
Grant put on the N. 7. HeruM that it seeks
his ruins It's friendship is like that OF
.bear-Whate7er it hugs it kills or greatly
bruises. We rccollect how it defeated Ere
mont in 1856 He was in fair way Of be-
inr elected until the old Satanic came out,
for him From that day his chances wilted
until lis defeat was secured 1t then turn
ed around and supported" Buchanan
and the harder it supported him the more
he grew, until at last his name
became synonym for infamous: For some
time past the Herald has been purr1ng
around Nj. Lincoln. and rubbing itsel
against his legs. We felt appprehen-
Bive for. the consequences Of such
nescherous, poisonous friendship. We
strongly; suspect that from It he got his
attack Of small po1. We are glad to see
that it now pitches into him right vigo7-
ously.: We hope It will give him daily
tf,eneft Of two Or three columns Of its slang
and Islander for the next twelve months, as
It will increase his popularity with the peo-
ple. But We regret exceedingly to see this
Old serpent spreading its slime on: Gen.
Grant, preparatory OF the effort to swallow
him, nHspread its slime on poor Little
Mack and swallowed him IS an anaconda
would 3 goat, and that was the last Of him.
Il brought him out for Prcsidents and run
him awhile, and he evaporated-disaI'
peared and left no sign, and no man cau
tell what became Of him. It is now afse1
rbraYe Gen. Grant with its killing friend
~ship, and nominates him as the copper
head candidate for President. Can't thu
General's friends buy its neutralitys A
round sum of black mail wonld induce the
Satanic either to let him alone, OF better
still, to assail him. -,
, 1863-12-23
NEWS PARAGRAPHS,

Corn L. 2. Hatch, the well known spirit
nal medium, has obtained from the Judicial
Court Of New York a: decree diYorcing her
matrimonial bonds with. B. F.. Hutch, md
that hereafter she will take her former name
of Scott $50 : .
"a, bounty Of one thousand dol]ars Is paid
in Newark, New Jersey, to every recruit un-
der the last call for troops. A regiment,
thus, will cost the mere trihc Of million of
dollars. :. -, !
"A see captain, Ct fe5ty @ years experience,
d5ssn dred niles ies' nearer ra I England coast
than usual, and predicts q warm winter In
New England, but not at the south' in con-
sequence. -.
"A young lady in Richmond, writing to
her friends In Baltimore, says that the gaye.
tiea Of society In that city consist chiefly Of
people meet In each others houses, and have
music and dancing but nothing to eat or
drink.
-Ofth thirty-three standing csnnmittees
of the u, s, Senate, New England has more
than one half the chairmen. That don't look
like leaving New England out in the cold.
Sir John Lawrence is Lord Elgtn's sue
ceesor in India.
The bark Thonas Pope vii sail frsm
New York on the lst Of January next tor
Western Africa. The Colonization: Society
gives free passage, deeds farm OF from i've
to ten acres, without charge, and confers full
citizenship to'worthy applicants.
MIR. E. Durand, in the Philadelphia Aca-
deny OF Natural Sciences, has recently pre-
sented paper, denying, on his reputation as
a botanist, TINT any discovery has been made
in Pennsylvania Of plant similar to the Chi
nesc tea plant. He says the American tea
| plant is entirely different in its char1cteris-
| Tics and qualities from the Chinese tea plant
The American plant is very common in cur
! woods, and popularity known by the name Of
| Jersey tea, under which 1t was used during
| the revolutionary War-not as genuine Chi.
| uese tea, however, hut as substitute for Il,
when the hitter could not be easily procured.
| john Mitchell insists that Jet. Davis is
not an Anglo Saxon, and says hts ancestors
| were Irish, and e1nigratcd from that country:
| Further back, they were, Qike the D!ylses oi
l. Ireland) Welsh-always Celtic. Mr. Mitchell
might have gone as far back IS Judas while
he was ut his genealogical Work
| Tho Duke Of Newcastle has Issued cir
cular, prohibiting paid officers of the goT'
eminent In any of the colonies from editing
or taking any part IL the management Of
! newspaper, and requffing them to sign the1l
nnme to any contributions to the papers.
The London British Standard has tried
the experiment Of publishing asermon II
each Issue for few weeks, aud asked Its rea
.dcre for their verdict. The majority was m
favorable to the sermon, and therefore tht
sermon has been discontinued. .
The Smithsonian Institute has received
m t1n1nense meteOrite from California, which
Immediately attracts the attention Of all Wht
visit the museum. 1t il In the shape OF {
ring, the greatest diameter being little owe
| fnnr feef
, 1863-12-23
Attempt Of Rebel Pirates to Seize 4 De
. trOtt Steamer.

lFrsrn the Detroit Advertiser, Dec. e. =
Capt. StrinGleman, of the new steam tug
Sentinel, which left this port for New, York
last month returned. to Detroit yesterday.
Capt s. informs us Of circumstance trans
pifing In Montreal, which cnlls strongly to
mind the desperate affair which resulted in
The steamer Chesapeake coming for short
time In possession Of rebel pirates.
The Sentinel reached Montreal On satur-
-tlay, November 21st, and the day being Sun
day, she attracted considerable attention
while lying in the harhor by her neat appear
brccze- On Monday twelve men came on
board and applied for passage to Pictou, n. 8.
Capt. Stringleman informed them thst they
were on the wrong boat, and stated that the
Prince Albert, which was then in port, WIS
bound for Pictou, and would no doubt &c
commodate them. Upon consultation among
themselves, the purity withdrew, but return
ed soon after, and urgently renewed their re-
quest for passagA They were informed {he
Sentinel was built principally, for towing pur-
Doses, and had no accummo odatious Tor passen-
Ters: but this seemed only to render them st1ll
more impoztnnate- They assured Capt :.
that they were accustomed to rough usage,
on the most downy couch, and ns an extra
inducement, threw out significant hints
abont some choice packages Of fluids which
they would bring aboard, provided they could
be accommodated AS the men thus anxioGa a.
to accept quarters in the freehold were az
well dressed. and most Of them wore kid
gloyee, suspicion Of their real design flash:
Cd upon the mind Of Capt g., and ho inqnir.
ed II the cold northern climate which they
were in was not rather severe on their South.
e1n blood! This question seemed to discon'
cert them, and after pause one OF them re
piled that the clinlRtc WIS rather: severe
TINT they were residents Of Bermuda, but
preferred taking the overland ro9te home
from Pictou. They soon after retired sui
lcnly from the BOAT, and were not seer
again
men, but that number, unarmcd, wonld Aayt
stood but sorry chance in contest will
twelve despcradoes, armed to the teeth:
Capt. stIinglcman informs US that the ~ ~
habffauts of Picton arc remarkably friendly
10 our government They receive their snp
plics from this country and their relationsw witt
American merchants appear to be Of the mos
cordial character, They have hsd some deal
fncs with rebels, but Invariably speak 0
them with contemp pt and aversion.
, 1863-12-23
STATE HORTICULTURAL con-
YENTION.
Fourth Days Session.

Ispecsa, Correspondence Of the Chicago T.lhune1
ALTON, Dec. 1a, 1868.
This mornfnr the newly elected President.
s1nily shepherd, took me enalf; ~. .. Is
veteran horflcnltu11sL hls heau - MA1lenea
by the Gosts OF many winters, but his eye Is
"a bright, and his interest in the cause as
1,..a,. a. +bo mort ardent 1over .f tbo Goddess
n'et, ~ ' ~ es ~ ,istc1-a aat NJ = ros the
POMONA IL VIC nns'aAe nol, at =; "a7 .u7
first man in the State who attempted the cti-
'ture Of the grape for market. This WAS
some twenty years since, at his residence
near HennePin, IN Lasalle county. 10 MIN
tween The soil and climate Of the West and
that Of the East
The morning was occupied by Dr. 2. s.
uul1, on toe suo!eG. o. pia!a eu!uae, sIom
~ ~ rle nsnnn4 Gsscrihe II u;tiom+ dnaW;nrs
~ o. Vii not aftcmrt "a fnrtber deacription
+bsr *" ihat maie IN nnrlast letter. The innple-
,nnn ncnt Il not % natente5 and ~ vet nsea oniy
By i few e pc persons about Alton; but the rapia
increase o. tns cmIEuno a!1 W tne into a. nra "u
u U tnc E, W. ~ 9..,et t6,+ sa,na ma
general notse, anu @ re ~ u5 th.;ra ira' nnder the
Snanlc VI At'oa r. "n ~ NV ~ 1.axa heen
personally acquainted With its ne for the
Past sssen yeass ana can o pear 1esoRs fh st1e To
Its ethclency ano great vaiue. WIN II the
enure crop q peaches aau ptunes san ,,t1 y
saTed from me 9asases ot Ioe culeuio f VII, n.sn
but Attie Cost EVe5y consaiMe. ~ e'15
peaches s and
during Jny and a. Au ,Ssfs 5atheI ths sos fn
, 1863-12-23
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. II, 1858.
HOGS-With the receipts OF tho day and the
balance Of Hogs left oyez, unsold, from yesterday,
there we.o about Il, ,00 Hogs In the various yards
during tho day, and tho entered sales amount to
o2s4. at nrIces ranging from $4.O096.00, the bulk
OF which. however, have been sold at t5.00G3.62k.
In the transactions of the day there has been more
apparent activity than yesterday. and the prlcea
then paid have been fully sustained There has
been one feature worthy Of note in the receipts Of
to-dsy and yesterday, namely: that the best class
Of Hogs in tho market have been Of higher weight
than uEua, weighing from 1oa to sls lbs. but are
very email boned and well fed and In splendid coz
dltion. Nearly all the Hogs sold were to have
been taken by packers. Shippers, generally, are
buying very little Or not At al. The market
closed this evening, very firm and active for good
and e1trn Qualities.
, 1863-12-23

EXPLOSION IL Coal P1Ts.-The Richmond
Wzy Of December is, Gays: On Thursday
last an explosion took place at the Chester
field coal pits, from the ignition Of gus in
Raccoon Pit, near Clover Hill, twenty-nine'
miles from Richmond. Sixteen men were
killed and three injured The accident occa-
eioned tremendous explosion, and the
flames from the Kissing gas ascendcd some
hundreds of feet above the orifce Of the pit
The oyerseer, Mr.. Raritan, is among the
dead.
, 1863-12-23

w Everybody is satisfied The Mis-
souri radicals have got Rosecrans, who viii
at once remove the distractions sehofeld
has cast in the way Of tie complete restora-
ton Of the State to freedom and the Union.
Kansas hns received in Curtis an energetic
officer who will look carefully after her
affairs, and the President has set Schoheld
down IN Baltimore, where his love for the
peculiar institution and Copperheadism
will harm nobody, for Baltimore has chang
ed Of late, and Henry Winter Davis lives
Nhput there.
, 1863-12-23

~ The Ma1imillian party at Paris deny
that the Prince ever said that he wonld not
accept the Mexican throne TIL It was demon
et1ated that arcunion Of the American States
was impossible. This may be true, but If
his Mghness did not say so, he ought to have
done it.
, 1863-12-23
:@bifaeo Grib''ue.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ea, 1868
amAnr1aND sEcEssIoNrsT.

MAINLAND 6&EESSA0NESAs
In the House Of Representatives on Fri
day Inst, Mr. Smith, Of Kentucky, submit
ted three resolutions, upon which he de-
u,anded the previous question. The frst
was in favor Of vigorous prosecution Of
tho wnr and opposed TO any proposition of
1,cace 30 long ais there is rebel lin arms.
The second pronounced it to be the duty of
: EdmEress to MD the Administration IN
crushing out the rebellion with men and
money. The third rendered to our SOL"
aiaB in the. field the thanks OF Congress
TOT khe4r ga1lanty IN defending the flag OF
the Union. The first resolution was adopt
ted-yeas oe; nays g.. The second ~was
adopted-ycas 152, nays i. The third was
adopted-+yeas 1Ge, nays !. This solitary
negative upon the adoption Of the last two
resolutions was that Of Benjamin g. Harris,
tLemember from Maryland. The negative
vote upon the first resolution was pure
>. ". Copperhcad, but bitter as is the
Copperhcad hatred of the Administration,
1t did not dare to follow in the wake Of
this traitor harris. Not even Fernando
:. .Wood, could pluck up courage enough
While it is no credit to them, however, 1t
sets of in q clearer light the treason of
this man Harris. Can 1t be believed, that
in thc Congress Of the United States, while
The nation is struggling for its very exist
ence, one OF. its members votes against the
further prosecution of the war, in {avor oi
;propoaing peace to rebels in arms, against
:, supplying the Administration with men
and money, against aiding the constia1-
ted -authurities to put down the rebellion,
andngaist returning thanks to cur brave
eoldie1a for their gallantryf Would the
meapest traitor in the South do more
:: Could JEFF. Davis himself standing upon
the hoor, Of the House, give, utterance by
;::word o. conceive in his thoughts more
deyilish trcasone AL this has happened.
and yet Mr. Benjamin q. Harris, seces-
sionist from Maryland, still retains his seat.
Why are Va1landigham and Bright elected
from Congress and Harris suffered to ro-
main The latter is fully as viru]ent in his
: reasonable language as they, and unblnsh-
ingfy records his vote to sustain his IAN
suage, even when no other Copperhead in
the House, however much he may feel in
rlinnd, da1es to follow him. Loyal men
throughout the country are wondering that
the House docs not purge itself Of his pre-
sence OF, nj least, rebuke the defiant trea!
son Of the man
, 1863-12-23
COMMERCIAL.

TuEsDxY EvIsIHa, Dec. G, 1863.
WEEKLY REv1rw-The general markets during
the past week hare ruled more active, aud prices
have improved. Whcat has advanced 395c per
bushel on the week; Old Corn, &c; New Corn,
s@9c; Rye, 4G5c; and Barley 6G17c per hushe(.
Hess Pork has advanced &c per brl; Prime Mess,
256e50c per b1l; Bull. Meats, xc per u and Lard
h@Ac per b.
The following table shows the receipts and ship
ments during the past twenty-four hours:
, 1863-12-23

~ Gen. Sicklcs has, It is. stated, asked
for conrt of inquiry to Investigate his con-
duct ut Gettysburg and e1culpate him from
the censure cast upon him By Gen. Halleck,
In his annual report, for alleged want Of
ceneralehfp On that occasion
, 1863-12-23

BEEF CATTLE-The receipts during the day At
the various yards auountto shout 100 head Of Beef
Cattle, and the entered sales amount to 601, be-
sidce Weich rather large number bare bcea dis
poeed Of BY tho head, OF which transactions no re-
cord has been made. The demand for Govern
rncnt account has been rather heavy besides which
Shippers and spectators arc buying as freely aa
the limited receipts will admit Of. In Christmas
cattle Se note splendid Durham helfer, fed By 4.
r. ST, John, Of 0ncsda county, Illinois, md Weigh
ing 1860 1ns, was sold by j. Adams, at sherman's
Yards, to n. Morris i Co. at &c p b. The market
has been very firm and 'tolerab]y active mt quota
tions of yesterday,
REEF CATTLE SALES TODAY.
Tc1nlineon pold O'Shea Is az. 100 at S3.1O
Bacon sold Macpherson 81 Az 1851 At SS-12E
TomlInEon sold 0'Shca II av GIG at $3.50
Bird sold Aacpherson - av 1854 at $500.
Rrrc1ce Eo5d Macpherson q Az 1216 at $500.
O'Shea & Wall sold Kahn Jun. GO az 1909 at
$3.50; IS av 1880 ut $3.50.
watkins sold Kahn. tJun., 80 ar 1100 at $3.50.
Shepherd cold Kahn, Jur., is ar 1a00 at $3.50.
o. c. Scazlcs sold Kahn. Jun., &c Az 10'5 for
Fi: fialey po1d arccnbaum IS az 1oeo at 5000 =
Hush sold Morris & Co. Is av p28at $2175.
Cook sold Dufgh % Az 1857 at $500.
, 1863-12-23
FeuonIc Rebels Coming North.
Tho Washington correspondent OF the New

York Journal Of Commerce remarks;
Tho number Of women who have recently
arrived in this city and Baltimore, from rebel
dom, is 60 much greater than usual: that the
people arn wondering what 1t all means.
Women are provcrbth for their s:gaclty
under desperate circumstance, ana II may
nillars Of the Republic which. Mr.; Keltt and
fis friends talked 80 wildly about clasping,
and then 1umbling them down to the ground,
Most Of tbese women nrc interested In rca1
estate lying nosts Of The Potomac, ND while
they come here To- perform the farce Of oeing
loyal according to circumstances. they bo&st
TINT their hasbands or aons are fighting
against The old Gag In the armies Of the
South. 49,. -,
, 1863-12-23

The death of Gen. James Alien Is announced
In the Canton {ohlo) depository. He died at
Wnshoe, N. T., on the Soth of October. In
1s22 he was an apprentice in the Repository
Office. lie afterwards was editor of; the Gin
cinnati :R7,ul1sean, Ohio Ssats Journal, and the
Mnssi1lou Gazctk. he raised and commanded
company In the war which resulted In the
independence Of Texas.' For many ,ycars he
hos been resident Of California
William Dennisoa, the father Of ex-Gov.
Dennison, Of Columbus. Ohio, died in TINT
place, at the residence Of his SOB, on Saturday
last. The deceased was born in New Jersey,
in 1850, and was consequently eighty~tour
years OF age, He emig7ated to Cincinnati in
1905, where he remained four years, and then
moved to Mississippi: Returning to Cincin-
natl in 1915, at the close Of the war with Eng
land, he engaged activclyt In business In
1924 he established the "Dennison Hotel, :"
on Fifth street. To keep pace with tho growth
Of the city, in 1885 ho buflt part Of the present
cdiacc, and in 1853 completed the remainder.
, 1863-12-23

c3 jeff. Davis in his message to the
rebel Congress denies in one part Of it the
existence Of the blockade, but further along
he comedies that j: is very effective. !, E;