Vrtss.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.- 64 The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none bat patriots and traitors."
FOll BALE.—The double-cylinder wrart.cut" Preass
On Which this payer has been printed for the last nine
months. It is in excellent condition, having been made
to orders year ago, and will be sold at a bargain. Foe
terms apply at this office, or address JOHN W. FORNEY,
417 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
The Latest War News
A detailed account of the flight of John C. Brock
inridge from Kentucky is furnished by a Wheeling
paper. During his journey into the Secession do
minions he acted as a recruiting sergeant, and ad
dressed speeches to all who wore willing to listen
to him, urging them to unite in the war against the
noble Government under which he has enjoyed so
many undeserved honors. The conspirators at
Richmond appear to be perfectly familiar with his
movements, and they expect him to soon join them
at the headquarters of the rebellion, and to actively
engage in the war. They also allege that they can
rely confidently upon the co-operation of Governor
31agoffm, and it is considered not improbable by
the loyal men of Kentucky that an attempt will
- yet be made by the disloyal members of the Legis
lature, aided by their Governor, to enact the trea
sonable farce of declaring that State out of the
Union. If such a scheme as this is in contempla
tion, the influence of the ex-Vice President will, of
course, be invoked to assist in its consummation.
Rut the time has passed when intrigaes of this
kind can have any decided effect one way or the
other. The arbitrament of the sword has Invade§
yoked, and upon the relalaogilof Kentucky will
now_bekte - destiny depend.
The extracts we publish on our first page, from
Southern papers, contain some interesting informa
tion in regard to the condition of affairs in the re
bellious districts. The stringency of the blockade
is seriously felt by all classes, and the necessity of
obtaining supplies of various kinds from points be
yond their own dominions is univrsally acknowl
edged. New manufacturing establishments are
constantly being projected, but it is found to be
very difficult to put them in successful operation.
The arrival of the British steamer Bermuda, at
Savannah. with a valuable cargo of amin t ikaia li
and medicines, has caused F.l.rejttieing, and other
ships containing simittrliipplies are expected, but
we hope that our, :fleets will prove too vigilant to
permit them W .- force the blockade. In North
Carolina;en attempt has been made to raise
green ;lea, which is said to have been
SuCykslcful. Great alarm is still felt in
regard to the threatened invasions of the South
ern coast. Attacks are feared in Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina, and Louisiana ; and they aro also
apprehensive that a new demonstration may be
made against Richmond, not Via Manassas; so
that there is evidently a wholesome dread of the
wrath to come entertained by our adversaries.
Though they may temporarily rejoice over the ap
parent success of their raid into Kentucky and
Missouri, they begin to see, in the slow withdrawal
of their boasted army from the line of the Potomac,
and in the movements of our mighty armies and
fleets, an attack upon many of the important points
within their borders, at no distant period, fore
shadowed.
Even in Missouri affairs are beginning to wear a
more cheerful aspect. The Secessionists are becom
ing despondent, and the Union men hopeful. It is
said to be Gen. Fremont's intention to follow Gen.
Price rapidly and continuously, and his soldiers
appear to be confident of their ability to defeat the
rebel army, or to drive it from the state.
A deserter from General Pillow's army, who ar
rived at Cairo yesterday, reports that a very large
rebel force is now stationed at Columbus, Kentucky,
and that they have fortified the Mississippi for four
miles above that place, to repel the expected at-
tack from the - Union army, and the gunboats now
being completed.
A despatch from Washington states that no fears
need be entertained that Gen. Roseerans or Gen-
Fremont will be left to contend with insufficient
armies against the troops who are arrayed against
them, the Administration being fully alive to the
importance of furnishing them all the assistance
they will require.
WE KANE A LONG AND ABLE communication
from JAMES W. WALL, Esq., of Burlington,
New Jersey, in reply to the assertion of THE
PRESS, that he has repaid the generosity of his
Government in releasing him from Fort Lafa
yette by the busiest and bitterest abuse of the
friends of the Union," but the crowded state
of our columns will prevent us from publishing
it. The extract from his speech to the people
of Burlington on his return from Fort Lafa
yette, which he embodies in his letter, attempts
to justify his denunciation of the persecution
of the present righteous war against rebellion,
by invoking the example of the cc mail-clad
Barons," who extorted their rights from the
tyrant King Jolts. The hostility of Mr. WALL
to the effort now making to maintain the Go
vernment and the Union, cannot be defended
on this ground. The rebellious Barons contend
ed against a besotted tyrant who endeavored
to deprive them of their liberties—and Mr.
WALL cannot reap the benefit of their exam
ple when be makes what is neither more nor
less than 'an argument in favor of a despotism
far more galling than that of King John—we
mean the aristocratic Southern oligarchy. The
object of this oligarchy is to destroy the very
Constitution under which Mr. Wa.r.r. demands
the right to give that oligarchy his indirect
support in the loyal States. If men are per
mitted to sow dissensions among our people
against the only free Government on earth, for
the mere purpose of assisting those who are
seeking the life of that Government, then there
is an end - to everything like rational liberty,
and we may as well at once surrender to
the traitors in arms. Our creed in this
crisis is that the first duty of the State is to
protect itself from annihilation, and that the
Executive, in order to punish treason, should
resort to the strong hand—in other words, if,
in crushing out those who seek to destroy the
Constitution of the United States, there is not
sufficient power in that Constitution, then the
President, in the name of the people, should
adopt the sternest remedy, and if he shall fail
to do so he will deserve the condemnation of
his countrymen. We deny that those who
defy the law may appeal to the law. We
insist that a newspaper printed for the pur
pose of breaking down this Government
should be suppressed—if not by the courts,
then by the military arm—and any citizen
who pursues a seditious course, should, upon
ample proof of his guilt, be punished or im
prisoned.
Mr. WALL does not explicitly deny the as
sertion of Tiis PRESS, above quoted, but de
clares that he was arrested without being in
formed of the nature and cause of the accusa
tions against him. We are, therefore, not
sorry that he has been released, and we hope
that, having espoused the Union cause here
tofore, he will find it equally pleasant and pro
fitable to fall back into the same position.
Public Amusements.
Theatrical appearances are frequently very de
ceitful. For example, notwithstanding good houses
and exultant proclamations of "glorious success !"
at Arch-street Theatre, Mrs. John Drewhaslargely
reduced the salaries of her company. At Walnut
street Theatre, Miss Caroline Richingo has Inaugu
rated her reign as "Directress" (a title which
reminds one of the "female markis" spoken of by
Sam Weller) by giving a similar notice of reduction
to the company there. It is the business of critics,
when touching duck a delicate subject as the pecu
niary relations of theatres, simply to state facts.
We abstain from comment therefore,—but add that,
at the close of four weeks, Mrs. Drew and Miss
Caroline Richings have reduced salaries, whereas
Mr. Wheatley let twenty-seven weeks of his led
Arch-street season elapse before Ice made a
similar proposal to the ladies and gentlemen of his
company.
WALNUT-STREET TREATRE.—The new play The
Belle of the Beason" ran admirably, on its second
representation, last night. Miss Heron's womanly
acting was charming, and Mr. Adams' rendition of
the hero as good as before. Mr. Young's Prosper
was easier and better. For a leader of the fashion
uiki9w York, we mud say that Mrs. Thayer was
s•ery badly dressed. The new scenery is much
admired.
ARCH-STREET THEATRE holds its Own, with
" Jeannette," in which Miss Thompson, Mr Show
ell, awl Mr.. Mortimer have splendidparts.
At the Continental, the
. 4 ' Tempest," and the
"Dramatist," continue to draw.
THE Cmcvs.--There will be a matinee, this af
ternoon, at Gardner' Hemming's new Circus,
Twelfth street, below Sprites.
nECKEROTH'S CONCERT.—At Magical Fund Hall,
this afternoon, Mr. C. Heukeroth, the eminent mu
sician, will give his second concert, assisted by Ma
dame Johannsen, and a full and excellent orches
tra.
McDonough's Olympic Theatre is doing well
tinder the new system.
Waugh's Italia. at Assembly Buildings, corner of
Tenth and Chestnut ; has already been tisited by
thousands..•
lionise of Correction.
The Joint Committee of Councils appointed
to act in conjunction with the managers of the
House of Correction have reported on their
action. Fire of them recommend the pur
chase of property up the Delaware, eight
miles from Kensington Railroad station, as a
site "in every way suitable for the erection of
a House of Correction ;" three have signed
the report, but withhold concurrence as to the
recommendation to purchase.
On a careful consideration of the facts, and
a reference to the map of the proposed site,
we confess that our opinion is identical with
that of the minority.
The land in question is sufficiently remote—
say ten miles—from Independence Mall, which
may be accepted as our civic centre. It is a
tract of 79 acres of upland and 60 acres of
marsh at the mouth of Pennepack Creek and,
in fact, is a peninsula with that creek and the
Delaware for its water-boundaries. It now
belongs to the executors of the late Mrs. A.
W. WILLIAMS, and can be purchased for
$.40,000. It is easy of landward access by
railroad, and also by river navigation.
Our objection would be based upon two or
three leading points. First, where there is so
much marsh land, running down to the river,
and liable to be inundated by floods or fresh
ets, the site cannot be healthy. Next, to re
claim this marsh would be a vast and uncer
tain expense; for, to keep the lowland from
inundation, it would be necessary to erect a
strong river wall or quay around two-thirds of
the area of the whole land. Even then, there
would be the annual expense of keeping this
in good condition, to say nothing of the cost
of reclaiming the marsh, and the probability
that, every ten years or so, the river would
overflow the wall, and create a new necessity
for again going over the reclaiming process.
On the ground of insalubrity (though the com
mittee report, on hearsay, in favor of "
ear site is objec
}lo3lP,Ts well as on the ground of expense.
The House of Correction must be built where
the first cost will be almost the only expense ;
on the water-logged Williams Estate a drain
of marsh-water might be effected, but the
drain of money froM the citizens' pockets
would be perpetual.
Moyamensing Prison and the Mickley Alms
house are over-crowded—the - first, by crime
the second by folly. If , the city, instead of a
Hifie army of Alderinen, few of whom have
knowledge of 'the laws which they have to ad
! minister, and who are paid by fees, had a
single magistrate in each ward, respectably
salaried, and appointed during good conduct,
on proof of his possessing sufficient legal
knowledge and acquaintance, and selected
without reference to politics or party, the pri
son would soon be relieved from a crowd of
its occupants. In 1859 (we take the figures
from the Report before us), out of 20,226 per
sons imprisoned at Moyamensing, 6,404 were
discharged by the Committing Magistrates,
without trial. In 1800, out of 21,685 priso•
tiers, as many as 0,578 Were discharged with
out trial. If the magistrates knew the law,
these thousands would never have been Colli
mated, and the necessity for a House of Cor
rection greatly reduced. Truly do the prison
inspectors say " Our preaent system of magi
stracy is undoubtedly an engine of petty op.
presSion and extortion, and requires radidal re
form."
As for the occupants of Blockley Alms
house, we agree with the Committee that a
large per centage are better qualified for a
House of Correction than for an almshouse—
the difference between vagrancy and want will
account for this. By and by, no doubt, un
less corruption and jobbery intervene, (n;too
probable contingency,) the ground belonging
to the Blockley Almshouse will be sold, to be
divided into building lots, and With the money
thus obtained, the city can purchase new and
not necessarily connected sites for a new
Almshouse, a House of Correction, and a Pe
nitentiary for convicted felons only. The
necessary buildings can be erected; and the
ground cultivated by the labor of the in
mates.
The proposed site, at the junction of Pen
nepack creek and the Delaware, with its sixty
acres of marsh, we cannot recognize as most
suitable for the House of Correction. The
members of the committee who recommend
this site are Messrs. THOMAS PorrEn, W. H.
DRAYTON, ROBERT REMELT., JOSEPH H. S.
RILEY, Jr., and HENRY DAVIS. Those who
do not concur in recommending this purchase
are Messrs. JAMES A. FREEMAN, JAMES ARM
STRONG, and WILLIAM M. BAIRD. The report
itself, we may add, is lucid and well written.
Revised Regulations of the Army
A well-timed and well-executed octavo.vo
lume, of 565 pages, including an excellent in
dex of thirty-five pages, has just been
published by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., of this
city. Its title is " Revised Regulations of the
Army of the United States, 1801 "—the re
vision, just completed, has received the sanc
tion of the President, and an order from the
Secretary of War declares that the book "shall
be strictly observed as the sole and standing
authority upon the matter therein contained,"
and that " nothing contrary to the tenor of
these Regulations will be enjoined in any part
of the forces of the United States by any com
mander whatever."
Civilians cannot have any idea of the num
ber and minuteness of these military regu
lations. Written with commendable terse
ness, they include sixteen hundred and forty.
eight distinct rules or orders, comprised under
fifty-three separate heads, and, with the re
quisite forms used in each department, cover
ing 497 pages. The Articles of War, (with
many important corrections,) selections from
the military acts of Congress, including those
passed in the last session, and a very full
Table of Fay, Subsistence, Forage, &c., al.
lowed by law the officers of the Army, make
up the rest of the volume—to which the in
dex, now first appended, acts as the key, by
making reference immediate and exact.
Considering the increased and increasing
number of our military force, and that every
soldier, whatever his rank, ought to be
acquainted with the Regulations under which
the army is disciplined, manceuvred, governed,
and, as it were, welded together into ono
potent body, it is no exaggeratiori to say that
this volume ought to be in the hands of every
one serving in the United States army, in any
capacity. Without full acquaintance with its
contents, no officer. can prOperly perform his
duty, and now, when the present Government
has so fairly recognized the justice and ex
pediency of allowing even private soldiers to
rise to commission, by service and merit, not
one man in the army should be without such a
handbook of instruction. The present edition,
so handsomely printed, necessarily supersedes
all others, and looking through it one must be
strtick with its completeness a$ a military code,
in which almost every possible contingency is
provi led for, as by intuitive anticipation.
This we know—the more a soldier is familiar
with, the better he will be prepared for ad
vancement in rank. No army in the world at
all approaches ours in education and intelli
gence, and hence the necessity of such a publi
cation as this.
Daniel Dougherty at West Cheater.
An immense meeting of the Republicans and De
mocrats of West Chester, in support of the Union
ticket, which they triumphantly elected over the
Breckinridge Disunioniste at yesterday's election,
was held on Monday evening, at the Horticultural
Hall, in that beautiful borough. Two speeches
were made on the occasion—one by Col. Forney,
the editor of this journal, and the other by Daniel
Dougherty, Esq. Mr. Dougherty spoke for en hour
and a half, and we regret that our limits will not
permit us to give his oration at length. He analysed
the motives of the Southern conspirators with telling
and terrible effect—drew a picture of the blessings
which had been conferred upon them by the Union,
and of its wonderful benefits to the whole human
race, and of the guilt that must attach to all who
are trying to break it down. His appeaLto the
adopted citizens was one of the grandest flights of
eloquence we have ever heard, and of the vast
concourse of ladies and gentlemen that listened tb
him there was scarcely one that was not moved to
tears by his irresistible oratory. We trust that Mr.
Dougherty may have an opportunity, at an early
"T] of repeating this fine address in one of our
largest halls. At the conelusion of his speech, a
splendid banquet was presented to Mr. Dougherty
.by one of the most beautiful young ladies of West
Chester.
P.HOLISIL PlegOßlAL.4.—Prom 81111111
el C. Upham,
who keeps a newspaper, periodical, and literary
,4 notions" store, at No. 310 Chestnut street)
we hero the London Illustrated News, and
the Illustrated News of the World, of Sep
tember 21st., affluent in fine engravings, as
usual. We also have Mr. Uphant's latest pictorial
and patriotic envelopes—ono with portraits of Colo
nels Baxter, Birney, and •gesline, of the Zonaves,
end the other with a tinted . likeness or our brave
McClellan.
MMME
THE ELECTION YESTERDAY.
We give below all the returns of the elec
tion held in our city yesterday which were re
edved up to the time we went to press. Our
correspondent at Washington has telegraphed
to us a general account of the voting in the
camps, but it was impossible to obtain an en
tirely accurate report of the result.
IT WILL be seen that so far as the vote in our
city was concerned, the successful candidates
wore : For Sheriff, THOMPSON ; for Register of
Wills, MeCrttomt ; for Clerk Orphan's
COMI, STEVENSON; for City Treasurer, Arc-
CrasrocK ; for City Commissioner, JOHNSON;
and that the whole old Judicial Ticket was
eleeted.
COUNTY TICKET.
SHERIFF, 1861. GOVERNOR, 1860
Word.% Thompson, U. Ewing, D. Curtin, P. Foster, D.
1 . 2,027 1,726 2,352 2,151
II 1,464 1,695 1,904 2,513
111 876 1,197 1,098 1,650
IV 692 1,443 975 1,788
V 716 1,240 977 1,670
VI . 642 982 1,117 1,522
VII 1,680 1,159 1,969 1,05
VIII . 1,137 1,087 1,152 1,576
IX .. 1,282 942 1,401 1,432
X 1,635 971 1,961 1,802
XI 743 982 1,125 1,420
XII 826 981 1,346 1,415
XI II . 1,375 1,070 1,797 1,702
XIV ..... 1,492 987 1,983 1,728
XV 1,424 1,177 . 2,531 2,300
XVI . 1,024 1,219 1,657 1,717
XVII 758 1,572 1,235 2,039
XV111.... 845 1,648 2,046 1,252
XIX . 1,371 1,515 2,359 2,421
XX 1,797 1,810 2.443 2,369
XXI . 1,013 894 1,440 1,366
XXII 1,255 936 1,750 1,287
XXIII .... 1,249 1,046 1,971 1,876
XXIV .... 779 841 1,645 1,838
XXV 497 865 1,638
Total.. 29,412 28,982 40,233 42,119
40,233
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REGISTER OF WILLS.
Wards. Lloyd, P. McCullough. D. Wolgamuth, I.',
I .. 2 000 1,672 58
111.... 871 2,0T1 P e P.
1,140 5
IV 6881 419 22
V _ __ _ ,
. 623 1,133 158
VI- 574 902 136
VII - 1 405 1,089 120
V 111... ...... 641 983 303
1X.... ....... 1,041 946 146
X 1,408 892 183
XI 722 937 73
XII 703 850 209
XIII 1,188 1,013 326
XIV ... ...... 1,365 924 138
XV .. ...... 1,370 1,029 122
XVI 1,021 1,10.9 41
XVII 703 1,543 156
XVIII. 1,636 843 -.c., 24
XIX ... 1,357 1,466 69
XX. 1,746 1,760 47
XXI 977 876 55
XXII.. 1,186 855 /22
XXIII 1,201 1,026 43
XXIV 779 685 12
XXV.. 449 883 20
Total ...27,299 27,737
CLERK ORPHANS , COURT,
Stevotigen, P. L11NV1V.1.2 7 D
2013 1690
1451 1685
870 1150
683 1434
763 1156
VI GTO 954
VII /Ord 1092
VIII 1149 ' 988
IX 1204 973
1644
X 962
, 773 962
XII. 857 900
XIII 1352 1140
XIV 1483 1090
XV 1379 1217
XVI 1029 1221
XVII 771 1657
XVIII 1663 836
XIX 1332 1558
1787
XX 1807
XXI 1014 896
XXII 1311 871
XXIII 1056 1247
XXIV 781 643
XXV 872
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29,241
CITY TICKET
CITY TREASURER
Pimmun,l% BleClintock,l% Biddle, U,
1,992 1,681 - 36
II 1 455 1,681
III: 849 1,184 17
IV 674 : 1,443 - 21
596 1,150 167
VI 615 934 69
VII ---..'... 1,405 1,089 120
VIII 808 985 354
1,001
X 1,476
xi 720
763 808, 99
.... 1,240 1,007 187
.... 1,329 979 108
.... 1,326 1,228 46
.... 1,029 1,223 32
SII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
715 1,538
1,651 801
1,369 1,575
.... 1,756 • 1,806
.... 967 858
.... 1,183 858
.... 1,241 1,052
.... 779 682
.... 468 816
XVII
XIX
XX
XXI.
XXII
XXIV....
XXV
27,407 28,199
CITY COMMISSIONER
ghee, P. Johnson, D. PleCalla, U.
1,990 1,670 40
1,469 1,673
951 1.159 7
IV 703 1,443 19
V 591 1,138 170
558 940 -92
VII 1,405 1,089 120
VIII 804 983 347
1X...., 993 990, ... s , 168
X 1,432 042 . ' s " .. 204
XI 619 938 65
xri..... ..... 765 869 192
XIII 1 155 1,073 314
XIV 1336 992 125
XV. ... ....... 1,475 1,016 126
XVI 1,019 1,226 31
XVII 593 1,481 42
XVIII 1,651 B5l 15
XIX 1,450 1,530 13
XX 1,706 1,797 33
XXI 960 894 49
XXII 1 155 862 136
XXIII. ...... 1,196 1,054 36
XXIV 780 644 11
XXV 432 872 .f:` 46 3 , 24
27,094 28,111
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ASSEMBLY.
319 Caldwell...
1,610
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Thoe. A. Barlow, D.... 1814 John Dolman, P U.. 1005
COII3IOII COUNCIL
Peter Sheete, D 1684 Mame' R dy , D 1693
E. B. Morrell, D 1683 Jac. G. Peale, P . , 2024
Chas. S. Dunk, P 2030 - S. - 9. Caviu, & IT— .2020
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Jas. Gordon, D 1,849 Samuel Lutz, P ....
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COMMON COUNCIL.
Thos. J. Barger, D... 1,683 J. B. Hoffman, P.& U. 1,446
J. McCloskey, D 1,588 James M. Gibson,. P. 1,465
Wm. Loughlin, D.,...1,652 Geo. 'Mitchell, P. SS '17.2,430
C. D. Brooke, U.. ..... 3
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Christian Sheets, D.... 830 IC. Birch, D 827
Wm. Burnms, P...... I T. S. Duffield, P. t.T..1670
Wto. Bumm, II 1664
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SELECT COUNCIL.
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955 172
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COMMON COCNCIt..
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COMMON COMM it.
isaar Myer. P 3089 11 McDren, P
John Hamilton D. 1089 Jno, W. Leigh, P & U,1405
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COMMON COUNCIL.
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COMMON COCNCIL
1,070 J. A Freeman, P & 111,004
B. Ludlow, P
TENTH WARD.
COMMON COUNCIL.
972 Jane Sulger, P. Je 17..1497
1,008 S. J. Creesw•ell, P.,W.1,563
Win. Barger, D.
F. S. Altemus, D
ELEVENTH WARD
SELECT .oesciL.
Samuel C. King, D.... 891 Fidel Fisher, P & 67
Galbraith, Ind 779
COMMON COUNCti,
Wilson Kerr, D C 1111.9. Webster, P & 11 -8911
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THIRTEENTH WARD
SELECT CorNeit.
1051 James Linn, P 1222
174
John Davix, D.
Wm. u. BRUIT]. U
Wm. Taylor, T) 1001 A. 11, Buhl, P 1236
A. T. Jones, P .1077 11. Budd ti 116
Thos. S. Starr, P 1242 Wm. C. Richardson, 11.. 147
FOURTEENTH WARD
COMMON COUNCIL.
Win. McCleary, 11....1025 C. U. Trego, P & U... 1424
b. L. r:lnjuaraccr, DAtraoci Am.i. Aflame, P 1367
'.... , t.2 4 `• FIFTEENTH WARD.
SBLECT COUNCIL.
Gusto Vim Hank, D.. 1177 H. Davis, P. &li 1424
COMMON COUNCIL
Chas. Bowers, to 1178 John 11. Hartman, D.. 1179
R. A. Jenthon, D 1182 Thos. Potter, P. & U.. 1394
M. R. Moore, P. & U.. 1401 Wm. Lippincott, P. 47.17.1385
SIXTEENTH WARD
COMMON COUNCIL
Dr. J. Sites, D 1227 A. R. Paul, 1) ct: ll. 1302
Dr. J. S norr, P h 0...102S Chas. S. Shaffer. P.... 1009
SEVENTEENTH WARD.
SELECT CoCNCIL.
Peter V. Weaver, D.. 1236 Win. 0. Kline, Ind. D.. 338
Andrew Mcßride, U... 77 Dixie. 714.
EIGHTEENTH WARD.
common co niCIL,
COMMON COI:NOM.
J_ Ilulge.lllflll, 1). A: U.. 1403 Geo. Drink...mill, D..,1506
Thos. 11. Spence, D. .1535 Chas. Saber, 1313
I)r. J. Curren, I'. h. t 7.1466 James Beans, I' 1319
E. E. TyEon; II 9.0
TWENTIETH WARD.
COMMON COLSCIL.
Win. Henry, P. Sr ti ..1881 Geo. Simons, P. k
ne.j. r. Wrlght, D... 1801 D. Jo DlcClean, P. Sr, 1; .1758
T. P. ideate, D 1794 C. W. Evans, P 1746
TWENTY-FIRST WARD
SELECT COCNCIL.
Geo. Northrop, D 868 Dr. W. Muhler, P...... 990
Wm. L. McDowell, U... 49
Commozi canon..
Coe. Croak, D......... 688 W. A. Simpson, P. ¢ T.7..901
TWENTY-FOURTH WARD.
COMMON COUNCIL.
A. S. Ih. - innafon, D 636 F. B. Smith, D 637
S. W. Cattell, P A 15-781 Wm. Stokes, P 763
N. B. Browne, D 41
TWENTr-FIFTII WARD
SELECT couNerL.
A. T. Catherwood, D.. 8.17 Dr. C. Cooper, P 541
COMMON COUNCIL
Owen McDonald; D
864 D. E. Thompson, P& T. 652
THE STATE ELECTION.
LANCASTER COUNTY.
COLUMBIA, Oct. B.—The majority for the Union Legis
lative ticket in this borough is 271.
LeNcssma, Oct. B.—The vote is close, but it is be
lieved that Judge Long (Union candidate) has been
elected over Rood (Straight Republican), and probably
two Union Assombii men.
MOUNT JOT, October B.—The majority on the Repub
lic= ticket for Legislature in the Twenty-second district
is 110.
CHESTER COUNTY
WEST CHESTER, October B.—The following is the vote
in this borough ;
For Judge—Butler (Union), 529 i Ue/UPlllin (Dem.),
112.
For Assembly—Windle (Union). 655. Smith (Union).
5.153; (1.7..t0n), 553; Slonaker (Debi.), 81;
.iftackey (Dom.), 89; McCaughey (Dem.), 80.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
SIIIPPENSBURG, Oct B.—Shipoensburg district gives
Graham, (Dem.) for President Judge 33 majorip. For
Associate Judges, McCurdy (Rep.) over Stuart (Dam.,)
83 majority*; Dunlap, (Rep.,) over Cochlin, (Dem.,) 12
majority.
Assembly—Rhoads, (Dew.,) over Marshall, (WT.')
13; Kennedy, (Rep.,) over Singer,(Dem.,) 4. Rippey,
(Dew.,) for Sheriff, has 174 maiorit.
DAtPHIN COrNTY
HA.nnistnrno, Oct. B.—The whole Republican ticket is
elected with tho exception of County Trepaurer, which
is still in doubt.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Electionin the Pennsylvania
Camps.
Gen. Roseerans Able to Sustain himself
in Western Virginia.
ANOTHER GRAND REVIEW.
EXPLOSION OF AN AMMUNITION CHEST.
INTERESTING FROM CAIRO.
The Force of the Rebels at Columbus, Ky..
Special Despatches to it The Press.9,j
WASHINGTON, October 8; 1861
The Voting in the Camps To-Day.
Anxious to apprise your readers as promptly as
possible of the result of the election among the
Pennsylvania troops to-day, your reporter passed
through the whole length of the lines in Virginia,
and found there nineteen regiments from Pennsyl
vania, eleven of which will give straight Republi
can majorities, and three of which will give Demo
cratic majorities. Alderman klektunLari arrived
on the ground about midday with a bag full of De
mocratic tickets which he freely distributed. The
men were greatly confused about candidates, and
a large number of them exhibited little or no in
terest in the final result. Full returns cannot be
obtained from the south side of the Potomac to
night, as the polls will be kept open till after
dark, and as a large number of the men are
out on picket duty, they will not vote until a late
hour. The general result at 7P. M., as near as
could be ascertained, (ef the votes of city and coun
try troops,) indicated a Republican majority of one
thousand seven hundred, but the polls were not
closed at that time. The regiments were all busy
building forts, making roads, and the election at
tracted. much less attention than politicians ex
pected it to excite.
In Colonel SMALL'S regiment a large number of
the men were on picket duty, and there was, con
sequently, a small vote polled, the men caring little
about the election, Five hundred votes were cast,
and the ticket of the People's party received a
majority of one hundred and fifty. There was ne.
Union ticket on the ground. The polls were not
opened in DIRNEY'S Twenty-third Regiment, the
Colonel not giving the order, as he feared that an
exciting political contest would disturb the good
feeling among his men. A large number of Demo
cratic politicians were at the camp at a late hour
this evening trying to have the polls opened, though
the soldiers themselves seemed indifferent. Col.
WILLIAMS' Thirtykfirst Regiment had not nom=
mewed voting at 7 o'clock, when the Union ticket
was the only one in the field.
The Sixty-first regiment, commanded by Colonel
RIPPEY, voted for the Union ticket, as also did the
Sixty-third, commanded by Colonel Hives, of Al
legheny county.
That portion of the Thirty-second regiment, corn
mended by Colonel LuJEANN, which came from
Lancaster county, gave 58 Republican majority;
while that portion which came Item Phiin4eiphia,
gave 35 Democratic majority.
The Union ticket had a large majority in Col.
ROBERTS' First Regiment of Gen. McCALL's divi
sion. In the Second, under Col. MANN, the vote
stood Ewiral 139, TuomrsoN 63. In Col. &mimics'
Third Regiment the votes were scattering, though
the Union ticket•received the largest number of
votes. In the Fourth, commanded by Col. MA
arrow, the vote stood, Evan' 49, THOUPSON 97.
COL BIDDLE.. 3 Ride Regiment gave a Union ma•
jority. Col. JACKSON'S Ninth regiment gave 300
votes for the Republican ticket, and 150 for the
Democratic ticket. In Col. HARVEY'S regiment
the Union ticket obtained a decided majority. In
Col. limcaa' Eighth regiment the vot e f or. th e
Union ticket was almost unanimous. The result
in Vol. PENROSE'S Tenth regiment is uncertain, but
it is supposed that the Democratic tioket will be
victorious. In COL TAGGART'S Twelfth regiment
the vote of the Philadelphia companies is 4014
evenly divided between the Democratic and Peo
ple's candidates. The companies from the rural
counties gave a Union majority. There was no
voting in Col. CAurnzu.'s artillery regiment.
SECOND DESPATCH..
10 P. 114.—Your correspondent has just returned
from the camps on the Upper Potomac. In the
Pennsylvania regiments in Gen. BANKS' division,
little interest wee taken in the proceedings, though
/ found thy Tinton feeling predondiannt. Most of
the companies were scattered, as they were gene
rally engaged in picket duty. In Col. MURPHY'S
Twenty-ninth regiment the vote stands—Ewrso,
116, Tuontriaw, 217. In Col. CRANTRY'S regiment
the Union tioket has obtained a majority.
THIRD DESPATCH.
Colonel BIRNEY'S Regiment commenced voting at
half past eight o'clock. The regiment is 1,400
strong, and the Democrats claim a majority of 100
so far. FRIEDMAN'S Cavalry Regiment were at
review, and therefore did not vote. The Demo
crats claim 200 majority in Colonel Batman's Gor
man Regiment, though the returns have not been
counted. Colonel You Na's Cavalryßogiment hay
ing moved to Munson's Rill did not vote.
In my visits to the camps I noticed that the Dou
glas Democrats generally refused to vote for
New Pennsylvania Regiments.
Gen. J. G. JAMES, of Pennsylvania, now here,
has procured an order for the acceptance of three
regiments from that State, composed of mountain
men, who enter for the war.
Brigadier General SrnoNa, of New York, will, it
is said, immediately leave for Missouri, for the per
formance of important duties connected with the
Quartermaster's Department,
Generals Roseerans and Fremont
According to a telegram from General Rosa
enA NS, he will be able fully to sustain himseg
against the combined forces of the rebel Generals
LEE and FLOYD. Neither he nor'Cleneral FRE
MONT will have occasion to complain of an insuf
ficient force, as the Administration is not unmind
ful of the importance of affording them all the sup
port which their several positions require.
Secretary Cameron on a Visit to Pitts
burg.
Secretary CAMERON left Washington this morn
ing to thoroughly inspect the Pittsburg cannon
foundry with a view to promote an increased supply
of artillery for the use of the army.
A Rebel Mail-Carrier.
A rebel mail-carrier was arrested to-day in one
of the Potomac river counties of Maryland, and
wee to-night brought to this city. The boat in
which he had frequently and clandestinely crossed
over into Virginia was secured in addition to a
number of letters directed to parties in the latter
State.
Released Surgeons from Richmond
&MOODS RWALRII, HOUSTON, and ROBINSON, of
the Fourteenth Brooklyn Regiment, arrived here
so-day as released prisoners from Richmond.
The Washington Railroad.
The Government, which has had the management
of the Washington branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad for several months past, restored it to
the control of that company to-day.
The storm yesterday damaged a portion of the
Loudoun and Hampshire railroad, thus preventing
the passing of Government trains from Alexandria
to Falls Church. The necessary repairs were
made to-day.
The Grand Revzew.
Eighteen batteries and 6,400 cavalry were re
viewed to-day east of the Capitol. Captain TIE.-
'mix's mounted artillery, organized since the bat
tle of Manassas, were prominent on the right.
There was a very large concourse of spectators, in
cluding prominont officers of the Government. It
was a grand spectacle.
The Kansas and Nebraska Indians.
Mr. DALE, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
has returned from his official visit to the Indian
tribes in Kansas and Nebraska. Ile was received
by them with gladness. They sought every oppor
tunity to express to hit' n their friendliness to the
Veiled States. lie conversed with returned Kan
sas officers who took part in the battle of Spring
field, and who informed him that no separately
organized Indian forces were with the rebels on
that occasion, but that a comparatively few of the
half-breeds only were in the ranks of the enemy.
The efforts of the rebels to array the Indians against
the 'United States, as far as the Commissioner could
learn, were attended with only partial success. The
Indians, as a class, are disposed to be friendly, but
those who are in hostility have been coerced to this
course by the rebels. No doubt is entertained that
it would require no persuasion to raise a large In
dian force in Kansas and Nebraska to operate
against those who may be brought into the field by
the rebels.
Explosion of an Ammunition Chest
As the Campbell Artillery were passing near the
President's house, this afternoon, on their way
from the grand artillery and cavalry review, the
ammunition-box of one of the gun-carriages ex
ploded. with a noise like tha report of a cannon.
The box contained shell and solid shot. The three
artillerymen sitting on the lid of it were violently
lifted several feet, and slightly scorched, and, fall
ing info the street, were considerably bruised.
They were at once removed in ambulances to the
hospital. The explosive force was principally at
the back of the ammunition-box, that section being
broken into charred fragments, while the lid on
which the men were seated escaped fracture. It
is doubtless owing to these facts that they were not
more seriously injured, if not killed. The wheel
horses were severely scorched.
From Missouri.
MARCH OF GEN. FREMONT-REPORTED SLAVE IN
. SFEBECTION-REBEL MOVEMENTS.
JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 7.—Generals Fremont
and McKinstry left for the West this afternoon.
It is stated hero that Oen. Wool is now on his
way to St. Lonis, and is to be followed by fifty
thousand troops, half of whom are to stop at Cin
cinnati and go into Kentucky, while the other half
are to enter into active operations in Missouri, and
supply the place of Gen. Fiemont's army.
Information has been received here that about
three weeks ago a slave insurrection was attempt
ed in Jasper county, that about thirty-five of the
negroes were killed and a number of others were to
be hanged. The discovery of the plot proved that
the insurrection was wide spread, and that the
slaves intended to murder their masters and per
petrate a number of barbarities.
A report is also current here that two thousand
rebels are twenty-six miles from Hermann, march
ing towards the Gasconade river, with the inten
tion of burning the railroad bridge across that
stream. These rebels are said to be headed by
Michael Johnson.
It is General Friment's intention to follow Gene
ral Price rapidly and continuously. After leaving
Sedalia, he will march from twenty-fire to forty
miles a day, according to the condition of the road s
and, if necessary, be will enter Arkansas. He says
he does not want any more men ; that he has a suf
ficient force to go anywhere through the South.
Ile seems to have entire confidence in his army
and officers, and his soldiers repose great trust in
him.
Information having been received here that Mc-
Culloch's forces were on the south bank of the
Osage river, a few days . since, with the design of
cutting off General Fremont's communication with
St. Louis, and then marching on that city, strong
and experienced scouting parties have been sent out
to scour the whole Osage country.
FROM GENERAL BANKS' COLUMN.
DARNESTOWN, Oct. s.—Tour correspondent fre
quently has his attention called to new/Taper para
graphs purporting to come from, and give informa
tion in regard to matters and movements in this
command which were never heard of until the news
papers reach here. The.. most serious misstate
ment, however, of this nature, is the reported at
tempt to assassinate Col. Knipe, of the Forty-sixth
Pennsylvania, and " his • son." Col. Knipe has
no knowledge of any such affair, nor is he better
informed in regard to his son, as he has none here.
This hoax probably owes its origin to the follow
ing : A supposed young man, of feminine manners
and appearance belonging to the regiment, was
detailed as hospital nurse, where, having control of
the supplies, he became somewhat addicted to an
indiscriminate use of the wines, and in an unguard
ed moment divulged the fact that she was a female,
the wife, it is said,
of one of the privates. Finding
her sex discovered, and learning that she was to be
discharged, Sbe managed to obtain the countersign,
passed the guard, and made her way, still in male
attire, to a neighboring farm-house. She had her
hand bound up in a handkerchief, and begged some
camphor to put upon it. She then stated that she
was the son of Colonel Knipe, that he had been
assassinated by a private, a friend of Lanagan, and
she had received the wound in attempting to save
the colonel's life. She wanted a horse and buggy
to pursue the murderer to Rockville, where she
knew he had gone. The unsuspecting farmer con
veyed her to Rockville, upon promise of remunera
tion; but on arriving there she gave him the slip,
and has not since been heard of, except i perhaps,
by the reporter who so ingeniously furnished the
press with the information referred to.
It is but justice to state that neither of the sur
geons belonging to the Forty-sixth was instru
mental in putting the individual in the hospital de
partment.
It may, perhaps, be well, in this conneetion, to
say that Lanagan has made no attempt upon his
own life, nor has Captain Stone, the provost mar
shal, any information from Washington as to his
ultimate punishment.
Captain Ammon, of the New York Nineteenth,
has been appointed_ provost marshal at Roakville, to
suppress the indiscriminate use of ardent spirits,
and protect the citizens from abuses by lawless
men in the guise of attaelihs to the army. The
selection of Captain Ammon was a good one in
every respect.
firiPg beard Yesterday at Conrad's ferry was
from an attack by a body of the rebels, and our re
sponses to their guns.
Densasrowa, Oct. 6.—The Sabbath in General
Banks' command is kept with great exactitude.
No business, not absolutely necessary, is transacted,
and in most of the regiments religious services are
held at least once during the day. The only music
by the bands is that adapted to the occasion.
The weather for the past three days has been
extremely hot, not at all adapted to the season, but
the nights are pleasantly , cool. To-night a thunder
stetta is passing to the tietthoost eF wa in th t die.
tame.
The number of feminine camp followers in seve
ral of tip regiment/s, has caused an order for
their expulsion. This morning, hree NI/my wagons,
filled with this class, were forwarded to Washing
ton, and more are to follow_ • As a general thing
their countenances bear the impress of degrada
tion, riot lessened or modified by exposure to the
sun.
It is the opinion of some officers that the rebel
army which last week moved up the Potomac with
Such pomp and circumstance, hen passed over the
mountains into Western Virginia, or retired baek
upon the mountains, beyond our observation, as it
has not been seen for several days past.
Everything has been quiet along the lines to
day, so fax as I have heard. Not the report of a
gun or musket has been heard to mar the stillness
of a country Sabbath,
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Norwegian off Father Point,
FATHER POINT, Oct. B.—The steamer Nome
pan has passed here, on route for Quebec, with
Liverpool dates of the 26th ult. She has sixty cabin
and one hundred and eighty-eight steerage passen
gers. She passed the Jura at two o'clock on the
morning of the Tth, off Notashquan Point. The
Norwegian experienced westerly gales and fogs.
The steamship Arago arrived out on the 26th.
The Paris Pattie denies, but the English journals
reassert, that France and Spain intend an interveal
tion in affairs in Mexico. The London Timm
says it is with the full concurrence of the Americas
Government.
Theßank of France has raised the rate of dis
count to 5.1 per cent.
It is asserted that, in consequence of the recent
events in Japan, the Ehglish war vessels on the
China station have been ordered to Jeddo.
The steamship Arago, from New York, arrived
at Southampton on the 26th ult.
The dates per the Norwegian are two dayslater
than laws° per the Bavaria.
GREAT BRITAIN
The political news is unimportant.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in speaking at a din
ner, in Hertfordshire, reviewed the general aspect
of our foreign and domestic relations. Italy, he
said, had become a groat nation. He took Mr. Roe
buck's view of Austria, and complimented Earl
Russell on his conduct of the Foreign Department.
Sir Edward said he bad long foreseen the rupture
in America, and he thought it would lead to happy
results, both for the safety of Europe and the eivi
lilation of America. The breaking upof the Ame
rican Republic was not a failure of democracy.
Any other form of government would have equally
failed in keeping together sections of a community
so geographically vast and with interests so antago
nistic to each other.
The issue of notices for the adoption of "short
time" in the Lancashire mills was daily becoming
more general ;, and under these circumstances,
spinners and manufacturers were shoWinettOreo.sod
Confidence and determination to abstain from press
ing their goods on the market until prices shall
have attained a point irksome degree commensurate
with the rise in the value of the raw material.
The Times, in its city article, attributes the con
tinued decline in the funds to feelings of disquiet,
BS to the prospects of the operative classes in Man
chester during the "Coming winter, and the influ
ence which a partial suspension of the cotton trade
may have upon the revenue.
Mr. Guinness Hill, the gentleman charged, un- ,
der extraordinary circumstances, with the suppres
sion of his child and falsification of the registry,
bad been committed for trial.
The Great Eastern was lea damaged than - at
first represented. She will repair at Milford, and
resume the service between Liverpool and New
York.
The Times thinks the Emperor of Russia's letter
good and appropriate, and more acceptable to Ame
rica than advice from any other Power; but oh•
vionaly the advice will not be taken by a proud and
obstinate people, and more blood must flow before.
the counsels of St. Petersburg will be listened to.
Further correspondence from Dr. Russell is pub
lished. In one letter he says ho has no doubt
whatever of tho ultimate power of the Northern
and Western States to subjugate the seceded States,
if they put forth all their strength.
The London Post publishes the terms of the
treaty between England, France, and Spain, for
immediate intervention in the affairs of Mexico.
There is no intention of waging a territorial war;
but the combined naval foroe of the three Powers
will occupy the principal porta on the Gulf, and
will sequestrate the customs revenue at such ports,
retaining one-half and paying the rest to the
Mexican Government. If Mexico sets the allied
Powers at defiance an effective blockade w ill be
instantly established.
FRANCE
Paris papers assort that, in• Con Sequence of the
late events in Japan, the English vessels on China
stations have been ordered to Jeddo.
The Lyons silk trade, which has been suffering so
greatly from the American crisis, was exhibiting
marked improvement.
The Paris Bourse on the 25th WaS Steady at 69f.
for the routes.
The Ilioniteur officially announces that the
King of Prussia will be at Compeigno on the 6th of
October. Another crowned head, probably the
King of Holland, will visit France at the same
time.
The Constztutzonne/ officially announces that the
Washington Government has not authorized its
agents in Europe to make military engagements,
and that officers accepting service under that Go
vernment will therefore act on their own respon
sibility.
The Paris Bourse is firm at 69f. for the rentes.
ITALY,
Active negotiations aro going on between Paris
and Turin relative to guarantees for the spiritual
independence of the Pope if Rome should become
the capital of Italy.
A diplomatic rupture between Italy and Spain is
anticipated if Spain should still refuse to deliver
up the archives of the Neapolitan consulate.
On the first rumor of an offer of military com
mand in America to Garibaldi, an address, nu
merously signed, was sent to him, conjuring him
not to quit Italy
PRUSSIA
Becker, who attempted to shoot the King of
Prussia, has been sentenced to twenty years' im
prisonment.
AUSTRIA.
A ministerial crisis is imminent.
An imperial ordinance was issued at Pesth, on
the 25th of September, prohibiting the meeting or
the Federal Assembly Committee of Penh, which
was to take place on the 30th, and threatening to
employ force should the prohibition be disregarded.
The Committee of Bohi had declared its adhesion
to the protest against the dissolution of the Hun
garian Diet.
POLAND
The municipal elections had oommeneed.
At Warsaw there was much excitement, but or
der had not been disturbed.
GREECE.
A proclamation has been issued by the Ministry
declaring that the young man who made the at
tempt to assassinate the ex-Queen of Naples was
insane.
TURKEY
The first conference on the union of the Danubian
Principalities took place at Constantinople. Tur
key, England, and "France were in favor of the
union, and Russia, Austria, and Prussia were op
posed to it. The conference remains without re
sult.
It was reported that no important operation
would be taken against the Montenegrins for some
thne to come.
Omar Pasha had made a strong reconnoissance
from Trebique, and ascertained that the Montene
grins had thrown up redoubts before Graheva, but
made no preparations far assumin g - the ofrensire.
INDIA AND CHINA
The Calcutta and China mails reached Malta on
the 23dof September.
Canton advices say that the Prussian minister
had failed to obtain a treaty from the Chinese Go
vernment.
The neighborhood of Canton was flooded.
It was reported that the rebels, to the number of
100,000, were approaching Shanghae.
Nankin was 01.7601 y invoetod by the Imperialists.
The pore of Taiwan-Foe, in the island of Formo
sa, has been opened under the treaty.
The Chinese customs and the working of the
new treaty caused much dissatisfaction to the men
cantile community.
The Governor General of India has offered tempt
ing prizes for the next two years for the production
of cotton.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
LoNooN, September 27,—The Times announces
that the illness of the Poe is much more serious
than any heretofore. Advices say that there is much
danger for his life.
A letter in the Times, from Mr. John Laird, of
Birkenhead, shows that in case of emergency the
docks in the Mersey would be available for great
ships of the ironclad fleet.
LONDON CORN MARKET—LONDON, September 27.
—Borne's circular reports the weather fine and
the attendance good at the corn market, but
trade slow for all articles at nominally Monday's
prices.
Osborne's circular reports to-day's market sup
plies fair. Wheat, English and Foreign, held firmly
for extreme rates; floating cargoes bring fall prices
for Ireland. Flour (Inlet. Indian Corn sells at
steady rates. Barley is in demand. Rye wanted.
Beans and Peas slmpf
LivEaroot.,- SRC 27.--Cotton—Sales of the
week, 172,360' bales, of which'B4,s6o bales were on
speculation, and 30,250 bales for export. To-day's
sales arc about 20,000 bales. The market is very
firm.
CORN MARKET.—The attendance of town and
country millers is moderate, and there is a fair con
sumptive demand for Wheat. The low qualities
are la2d lower, and the fine samples quite as dear.
Flour quiet and easier. Oats unchanged. Oat
meal dull and rather lower. Indian Corn is again
in goad demand, and has quite recovered the de
pression of the last few days; mixed is bringing 31s
per quarter, and white ills dd. Beans quiet, and
011 per quarter lower.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.---Tho funds continued
to droop under considerable realizations. Consols
declined 4 on. the 25th. The discount market
showed increasing ease. The general rate was 3
per cent., but choice bills were done at 21. Mexi
can securities continued buoyant and advancing,
owing to the contemplated intervention.
Commercial -intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, LIVERPOOL,
Sept. 20.—The Sales of cotton in the Liverpool market
for the three days including Wednesday, add np 85,000
bales. The market has been excited, and prices arc 7ad
higher than on Friday last. The sales to mosTilators and
exporters have been 48,000 bales, The market closes
with a still upward tendency.
STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER.—The ad
vices from Manchester are favorable. Prices of all kinds
of goods are slightly higher, though the sales have been
swan.
LIVERPOOL RREADSTIIPPS MARKET,—Messrs.
Wakefield: Nash, & CO., and Richardson, Spence, .t Co.,
report Flour dull and declined 6d. Sales of American at
275. 6dan3os. Wheat flat, and 203 d lower; red Western
lee Wells 10d ; red SouthernMel2s3d; white Western
12sal2s 6d •, white Southern 130613 s 3d. Corn easier;
mixed 30e 61¢40e 0d; yellow 30e edes34B; white 350375.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MABRIIIT.—Beef, no
sales; Pork is quiet and unchanged; Bacon dull and un
altered ; Lard quiet but steady; Tallow heavy at 47e 8d;
Cheese declined 34545.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Ashes are
firmer ; Pots, 32e edet34s 641. Sugar firm. Rico quiet
and unchanged. Roan irregular; small sales of com
mon at /2e. Spirits of Turpentine quiet at 89s,
LONDON MAR.RETS.—Wheat dull. and leas low
er. Flour quiet, but steady. Sugar steady. Coffee
buoyant. Tea tending upward. Rice quiet and heavy.
Tallow fiat at 47s fd. Linseed Oil quiet, but steady.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.—SaIes of Illinois Cen
tral shares at 39er38X discount; Erio shares at 22%
aria.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols closed on
Wednesday at 93% for money.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
LivEarooh, September 27.—COTTON—The Brokers'
Circular reports the sales of tho week at /72,000 bolos.
The nuttiest him bean Axelrod during the mole, and Mien
aro ..,I(ft Ka higher, than on Friday last. The speculative
inquiry tune been large, resulting in sales of 86,000 balm,
while exporters have taken 30,000 bales. The trade have
also been large buyers of the useful descriptions. The
sales to-day (Friday) are 'estimated at 20.000 bales, of
which 10,000 are to speculators and exporters.
The market closes buoyant. at yesterday's euthorifed
quotations,' which are as fellows: Fair Orleans.loNd;
Middling do, 104 q Fair Mobiles, ingd t Middling do,
DA'd ; Fair Uplands,lo%d ; Middling do, lktid.
The - stock in port is estimated at 751,000 bales, of
which 446.000 are American.
STATE OF TRADE.—The advicee from Manchester
are favorable. Prices still tend upward.
Bretulstuffs.—Priees have a downward tendency, with
little inquiry.
Provisions dull and tending downward.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—LonnoN, Sept. 27.
The stock of bullion in the Bank of England has in—
creased .C 242,000.
Consols close at 93.93 X, for money.
American decuritics.—sake of Erie shares at 22.1.
FROM CAIRO.
The Rebels at Columbus—The Gunboat
New Era at Cairo.
Ciano, Illinois, October B.—A deserter from Ge
neral Pillow's army, formerly a resident of North-
Oft Illinois, arrived here het night, and reports
that General A. S. Johnston is in command at Co
lumbus with 40,000 men. They have fortified the
banks of the river for four miles above Columbus,
expecting an attack from the Federal troops.
Generals Cheatham, Pillow, Polk, and Johnston,
are all at Columbus. The troops at that point are
well armed and equipped, and have large bodies of
Malty.
On the 20th of September Jeff. Thompson had
4,000 men near Bellmont, his army being fast deci
mated by desertions.
The gunboat New Era has arrived here from St.
Colonel Rankin's Lancer Regiment.
Damon, Oct. 8.-11 is believed that the charge
against Colonel Rankin for a breach of the neu
trality laws in Canada cannot be sustained. In
any event, his arrest by the Canadian authorities
will not impede the prompt organization of the
regiment of lancers which is reridezvoeide g here.
Over thirty recruiting offices in the Northwestern
States are actively at work, and squads, numbering
1,000 men, have already been enrolled.
ETORONTO, Oct. B.—Colonel Rankin, of the Detroit
Litncers, a member of the Canadian Parliament,
was before a magistrate this morning for a violation
of the enlistment act, but tke hearing was postponed
on account of the absence of witnesses.
Arrival of the Wabash.
NEW YORK, Oct. B.—The U. S. steam frigate
Wabash bas arrived from Charleston bar, which
she left on the evening of the 3d inst. She comes
to this station for repairs, having received five or
six shots below the water line, during the action
with the forts at Hatteras Inlet. Some repairs to
the machinery is also necessary. She will sail
again in a week or ten days.
The Roanoke, Vandalic, and gunboat Flag,
were enforcing the blockade off Charleston.
Schooner William Arthur Condemned.
rORTLAM), Oet. Mir. I nil. Arthur ha
been condemned, on the ground that her captain
intended to run the blockade.
THE CITY.
ANIIBENENTS THIS EYZNING
MUSICAL FUND HaLL.—Vocal and Instrumental 31a
tinee.
WHEATLEY'S CONTINENTAL THEATRE—WaInut street,
above Eighth.—" The Tempest; or, The Enchanted
Island," and "The Dramatist."
mcnoNouon's °mew—Race street, below Third.—
"The Laughing Tiyona," etc.
ARCH-STREET THEATRE—Arch street, above Sixth.—
“Jeannette; or, Le Cretin de to Montagne."
WALNUT-STREET NEATEN—Ninth and Wahint
43 Belle of the Season," and it A Model Husband."
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS—Coiner of Tenth and Clseetnnt
Hlreete.—Watigh's Italia and StureoacoDte Views of the
War.
GARDNER. dk, HEMMING'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS.—TITeIffiI
street, below Spruee.—Sports of the Arena,
NAVAL AFFAMS.—Yesterday the revenue
cutter Dobbin- was lying opposite the navy yard,
where she remains the better part of her time.
This has been much complained of by coasting cap
tains, who state that she should bo about the break
water where she could be of assistance in case she
was needed.
The U. S. screw steamer Mystic has arrived at
the navy yard from the coast of Africa, via Fernan
do Po, Cape de Verde Islands, and Barbadoes j W.
I. The following is a list of her officers Com
mander,
Win. E. Le Roy; lieutenants, Wm. Har
bin and T. Abbott; surgeon, J. W. Jeffrey; first
assistant engineer, Charles H. Baker ; third assist
ants, J. S. Finney, Horace McMurtrie, and J. B.
Carpenter; captain's clerk, C. J. sirotti paymas
ter's clerk, S. W. Jones. The Mystic is a third
class screw steamer, carrying five guns, her tonnage
being 466 tons. She was purchased by the Govern
ment in 1858. Two days before the Mystic arrived
at Barbadoesthe U. S. steam frigate Pordiatait
and gunboat ' Keystone State had left that port in
search of the privateer 'Sumpter, The U. S.
steamer /moots was in that port, and intended
leaving the next day to assist in the search for the
Sumpter.
Yesterday notico was given to the crew of the U.
S. steamer Brooklyn, by the paymaster,
that they
would be paid off and discharged on to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
The gunboat .Th,f/ittia will be launched in the
course of a few weeks. The Tascarora, launched
a fcw weeks ago, will sail in about twenty days. Her
officers have not yet been selected. Men are at pre
sent engaged in filling in her machinery.
The gunboats Itasca and Wissahickon will be
ready for sea in a short time. The Brook/rn will
also soon sail, the repairs needed being very trifling.
The Naval Examining Board for engineers is still
in session at the yard. Applicants were being ex
amined daily.
At Simpson L , Neill's dry-dock, the bark Ann
Elizabeth is undergoing repairs. This vessel is
from Key West, where she was injured by being
run aground. She was formerly in the employ of
the Government as a transport. Yesterday after
noon, the prize schooner Ocean Wave, captured by
the Pawnee, while attempting to run the blockade
at Hatteras i nlet, was brought up to the navy yard.
This prize belonged in Washington, N. C., and was
loaded with sugar, salt, fruit, he. She was cap
tured on the 3d instant, and brought to this pod by
a prize crew from the .Pawnee.
Yesterday afternoon, the United States revenue
cutter Forward, Captain J. B. Norris, arrived at
the navy yard for' supplies.
JOWL'S REDmvus.—Mr. J. IL D. Jones,_ for.
merly of this city, and, until his hasty exit hence,
the editor of a Secession sheet, published in Dock
street, above Walnut, known as the Southern Mo
nitor, has turned up just where we had expected
to find him, in the bosom of the Southern Confede
racy. A telegraphic despatch from Washington in
forms us that he has been made a secretary in the
War Department at Richmond.
When the popular indignation and patriotism
had been kindled into a flame here, in April last,
by the bombardment of Fort Sumpter, it will be
remembered that quite an influential mob paid a
visit to the offices of all newspapers which had
either tacitly, by neutrality, or openly and
infamously given (L aid and comfort" to the
cause of insurrection. The Southern. Moni
tor was among the first of the journals vi
sited; but its bird of an editor had flown! The
office was tenantless of a single soul, and there was
no Anierioan flag at hand to stay the impulse of the
multitude. It will be recollected how the building
was assailed, how the sign -board was broken up
into staves and shillelabs, how the printed sheets,
reeking with the heresy of insidious treason, and
the subsidization of Market-street firms who had
feared the loss of their Southern trade, were tossed
and trampled in the gutters, and how the munici
pal authorities were compelled to interfere to
shield the edifice from destruction.
The 'Southern Monztor was the first of the
mouth-pieces of treason to breathe its last. It was
but a branch of the Richmond Enquirer concern
at best, and never paid for sharpening the editor's
scissors. For many months previous to its dissolu
tion it was made up of borrowed matter from a Se
cession daily, and the forms, we believe, were made
up in the same establishment. It was a small
quarto sheet, which nobody ever saw, or read, or
heard of in Philadelphia, but it was extensively
circulated among the slaveholders of Virginia, who
in the course of years had come to look upon its
august enunciation as a sort of new gospel for
the guidance of their footeteps.
" Colonel" Jones, while acting the editor, lived
for many months at Burlington, N. J., and was
known to be in strict companionship with many of
the traitors recently arrested in that place. It is
said that he was quite intimate with Wall, the mar
tyr of that place. His literary career was brief'
sensational, and erratic. He was the author of
(c Wild Western Scenes," " Secession, Coercion,
and Civil War," " The Drama of Disunion," and
other productions, no less sanguinary and thrilling.
It is also of the utmost importance to inform the
public that, upon leaving this city, the home of his
adoption, so to ETNA ) and the scene of his ill-re
quited editorial labors, he left behind him a num
ber of needy literary gentlemen, to whom he was
indebted in various snug little sums. To these, and
numerous others, his name and memory will ever
be cherished with the liveliest emotions of—well !
THE MrLLa AT FP.Amtrortn.—Work at the
mills of Prankford, with the exception of those
engaged on Government work, continues slack.
Clendenning's mills, for the manufacture of table
cloths and other cotton goods, have been closed for
some time on account of a scarcity of work, while
a new building, to be used by the same firm as a
mill, and in course of erection at the corner of
leiper and Unity streets, remains unfinished.
At Garsed's mills, orders are being filled for a
quantity of material for army tents, haversack
drilling, army flannel, etc. About 120,000 pounds
of cotton are consumed at these works, monthly.
At the two establishments of the firm some 330
hands, altogether, are employed.
The Tacony Print Works are not making full
time, and have not the usual number of hands em
ployed. During the last two weeks, thirteen thou
sand prints have been turned out—the general ave
rage, when business is brisk, being from ten to
twelve thousand prints per week.
On account of the election, the iron works of
Baird &c Co. ' on the Trenton Railroad, were yes
terday closed, the workmen devoting their ener
gies, for one day at least, to saving the country.
SALE OP A Parzn Suir.—Yesterday after
noon the prize ship Amelia, lying at Queen-street
wharf, was sold under direction of the United
States Marshal, by Dutihl, Cook, & Co., auctioneers.
The vessel was purchased by Peter Wright & Son,
shipping merchants, for the sunk of $11,500. Good
judges sny this was exceedingly cheap, the vessel
being worth at least $20,000. The first sum named
was $5,000, and increased $5OO on each successive
bid until it got as high as $7,500 ; after this $lOO
extra was added to each bid. Most of the bidders
were Philadelphians. Two parties from New York
were present, and seemed exceedingly anxious to
purchase. The vessel will now be completely over
hauled, after which she will sail to Liverpool with
grain.
EVANGELICAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.—The
annual meeting of this society was held last even
ing, in the Church of the Bpipianny, Fifteenth and
Chestnut streets. Bishop Mcllvaine presided. The
annual report of the society sets forth that 26,000
books ' inclusive of bibles, instructive works, etc., had
been distributed during the past year, principally
in the army and navy, and that the total receipts
id n oouted to g. 22,000. The report mentioned Ebb
names of a number of members lately deceased,
whose activity in the body had been productive of
much good. Addresses were delivered by the
chairman, Rev. Dr. Tyng, of New York, and other
clergymen, who highly eulogized the work of the
swishy.
THE INQUEST.—Yesterday morning Coroner
Conrad held an inquest in the case of George Bender,
who was run over by a passenger car at Fifteenth and
Arch streets. Mr. Bender was riding upon tho front
platform, and, while in the act of banding his fare to the
conductor, fell off. The wheels passed over one of his
legs, completely severing it above the knee. The sufferer
was conveyed to the hospital, where he died in about two
hours after_tlie occurrence. The jury rendered a verdict
of accidental death. Thu deceased resided at Nicetown.
Be was 32 years of age, and Waved a wife and two.chils
No REPORTS.—Yesterday mom*. the
lieutenants of the different Police districts did not make
their usual reports to the Mayor, on account of the elec
tion. The police force is generally held in reserve on
election day, in <mae of einerseimitill.
None of the courts wore in emotion yeetorday.
FIRE.—The alarm of fire about one o'clock,
yesterday morning, was caused by the partial destructioa
of two frame dwellings situated on St. Mary street.
above Sixth, in the Fifth ward. The bowies woro not
°cumuli.
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Blankets for the Troops.
(For The Prees.l
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. y, 1851
Permit me, through your paper, to call the at
tention of those among whom your journal oircu
bites, to the urgent need of blankets for our army.
In a conversation with Col. Creasman, United
States Quartermaster, (office Twelfth and Girard
streeted on Saturday evening, he spoke as fol
lows "We have bought and are anxious to buy,
every desirable blanket for soldiers' use that we can
find; but enough cannot be obtained in this eountry
or in Canada, and if private citizens will contribute
their family blankets, no more desirable or accep
table move can be made. The soldiers' blanket,
under the Government rule, weighs five pounds,
and should be of the size commonly called single
blankets. There are now in the fade of the
enemy thousands of our troops, who have no
blankets to protect them at night." Captain —,
whom I saw at the quartermaster's office, said to
me; "While we were below Washington, some
blankets were sent to us, which were of so wretched
quality that we returned them without using any
of them ; their use would not compensate for
the trouble of carrying them." And Captain
said: "Some were offered to us, to
purchase, that were so bad, that it
made me shudder to think that any poor
soldier should be condemned to sleep under
one of them. I would not cross the street for a
wagon load of such trash." I have seen recently
several bundles of blankets marked U. S. A., which
have evidently been made to sell, coating, perhaps,
a dollar and a quarter, but worth absolutely nothing
for camp service. No one who has not made the
experiment of passing a night on the ground with
insufficient protection, can have any true idea of
the miserable discomfort 2 the depression of spirits,
and the wretched physical disability produced by
such exposure. The sufferer arises in the morning
weak, unrefreshed, and ill-conditioned. lie is
seat oely hale. man; and, moreover, the pneumonia.%
the pleurisies, the diarrhesas, the rheumatisme, with
ell the host of other pestilences that walk in dark
ness, often attack the Ladly-covered soldier, and
strike him from the ranks. Surely it is not neces
sary to remind your readers that camp diseases are
the deadliest murderers of troops in the open field
—far more destructive than shot, and shell, and
bayonet. And we well know that the badirclatt
soldiers are chiefly the victims of those disorders.
Shall we leave our brave ones defenceless against
the great enemy, while we can protect them if we
will? If not for their sakes, if not for humanity's and
duty's sake, then, in the name of our own selfishness,
let us do all in our power to defend those upon
whom we are this day looking as the defenders of
our liberties and rights in the Union. Thera are
many thousand families, into whose hands your pa
per passes, that can give one or more blankets from
their abundance. Poor, old, and thin ones are not
wanted; they should be thick, rich, and warm.
Will any say that they cannot spare them? Do
as a noble Quaker lady, who handed Some to the
writer a few days ago: "I cannot well spare
these," she said, "but take them for the suffering
soldier, and I will make a few quilts for winter use
in my family." Col. Creasman says that the large
and thick double blanket, of best quality, wilicut
SO as to make two for camp use; or, if such be fine,
they will be doubled, bound on the edges, and quilted
with four or live rows of thread run ;mom Two fine
single ones will be sowed together in like manner.
I would suggest that those who contribute from their
store might save much time if they would prepare
them as above. If they prefer sending them es
they are, the Quartermaster's Department will at
tend to the sewing, if it be necessary. Rosidenta
of our city aro desired to send their contributions
to the office of the United States Quartermaster,
corner of Twelfth and Girard streets, between
Market and Chestnut.
Persons at a distance from Philadelphia can eend
by Adams' Express. or by Howard (the same as
Hamden) Express, both these companies haring
kindly offered to deliver all such gifts free of
charge. Tie the bundle firmly up in as small com
pass as possible, and direct to "L. S. Quartermas
ter, Philadelphia."
Colonel Crossman will be glad to receive, with
the donation, the name of the giver, that he may
acknowledge the receipt.
Every one blanket sent in will be gladly ac
cepted, and as the want is urgent, no time should
be lost in contributing. Respectfully yours,
E. IY.
The Three-months Volunteers
[For The Prose.]
In your paper of a recent date, under the head
of " Volunteers," you say, in commenting upon the
injustice done to the three-months men, that:
"They did their duty well. They obeyed or
ders. They submitted to discipline. They went
through as many drills as were thought neeesaary.
They put up with the hard fare and the many un
accustomed discomforts of camp life Not one of
them was reported as a deserter, In the field they
fought bravely. They returned as they had left,
with their honor unsullied. * * They
shared in the dangers and in the Casualties of the
march and the bivouac, the night•watoh and the
battle. They served out their full time—many of
the companies cheerfully remaining longer—and
returned home, where they were received as good
citizens and good soldiers. That they should hare
their patriotism and courage challenged, by stay
at-home critics, certainly is what they did not de•
serve."
Your remarks are well-timed and true, and I em
glad to find that the volunteers have so able a—l
will not say defender, for they need no defender—
but an advocate to speak of their services and me
rits. The three-months volunteers, to whom you
speeially referred, were called out, seventy-five
thousand in number, to defend the capital and pro
tect the frontier. This they accomplished, and
nothing more should have been asked or expected
of them. When the three-months men were called
to perform this special service, at least six hundred
thousand men should, at the same time, have been
called to serve for three years or during the war.
These men should have been put in . 4 . of in
struction at suitable places near the line, as a re
serve, if needed, officers and men drilled
from eight to ten hours a day, inefficient
officers got rid of, the men taught the
use of their legs, and thus enabled, when the
campaign began, to carry their knapsacks and ac
coutrements, and to march when needed, twenty
to thirty miles a day without being foot sore, and
fight at the end of the march, if required. The
campaign should not have been commenced, nee
should any great battle have been fought before
the war mon were ready, and certainly not before
October. With four hundred thousand good men,
well commanded, we could have, during October,
commenced our onward movement, and advanced
without a check. As we progressed and took pos
session of the rebellious States, we could have
opened their ports to trade, and thus benefited
ourselves and the people of the country through
which we passed, giving MOM A market for their
produce, and ourselves ono fur our mechanieal and
manufacturing productions. With such an army,
Virginia and North Carolina would be ours before
the first of December. This would give to us and
Europe the tobacco of Virginia, the naval stores
of North Carolina, the cotton of both States, and
a large amount of thelatter article from South Ca
rolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. A ma
jority of the inhabitants of nearly all these States
would be rejoiced at such a result. If any portico
of them resisted after we had• Taken the country,
and continued in hostility after a reasonable notice
and time to take the oath of allegiance, their pro
perty should be confiscated and Bold Sale
and the proceeds placed in the United States trea
sury. This would make playing at rebellion an ex
pensive amusement and fill the rebels' places with
loyal men. I have reason to believe that General
Scott, the commander-in-chief of our army, had no
intention of going beyond the Virginia line before
October. Such is my information from officers of
high rank who have conversed with him on this
subject. The following extract from Mr Russell's
letter to the London Times, dated August 20, will
strongly corroborate my views :
" The first part of the campaign has been played
out. That it has ended disastrously for the Fede
ralists is to be attributed, in my Mod, to the im
patience and ignorance of the politicians who forced
the military leaders to precipitate advances for
which they were not prepared. Up to the time of
taking an aggressive movement all had gone well
for the Union. The principal army in front of
Washington was learning its duties, and could lie
there in perfect safety, It occupied the soil of
Virginia from Alexandria to the extreme
western limits of the State. McClellan
and Patterson had defeated the Secession
leaders, or forced them back from • the
valley of Virginia, and Johnston bad taken up his
poet at Winchester, with no other view than tojoin
Beauregard in ease of his being pressed. Butler
extended the limits of his, in another part of the
State, from Fortress Monroe to Hampton and New
port News. Lyon and Siegel. moving with caution,
were gradually recovering Missouri to the Union.
But there was no pleasing the violent and ignorant
men who had the ears of the councillors at Weak.
ington. They wanted immediate action. They
cried out On to RiehmonV when they could
scarcely march to Manama. The army, once set
in motion, had to go on. It flew back in frag
ments, and the work has all to be done over again.
The cause of the Union has received a heavy blow,
and great discouragement, white that of disunion
has been proportionately advanced."
Ido not quote Mr. Russell because I have any
special admiration for him, or consider him the
most reliable person ; but your paper, and all
others, quote him freely, and in this quotation I
am bound to say he, in the main, speaks the truth,
and good sound sense, too. The three-months
volunteers did their duty nobly and well. They
performed the work for which they were called;
they defended the capital and proteoted the
frontier, and here their labors ought to have
ended. The disaster they suffered at B ull Stun
must be charged to the intermeddling of politicians,
who forced the general-in-chief to fight whether
ready or not. The General's subsequent exclama
tion, that he "was the greatest coward in the coun
try" for yielding to the clamor of these men, is
clear proof to any one that he knew our army was
in no condition for a great battle ; that we fought
before we were ready.
I again thank you, sir, for your manly article
testifying to the fact that our " three-months
volunteers " did their duty gallantly.
The Wilson Zonaves at Santa Rosa
Island.
Colonel, better known as "Billy" Wilson has
written three letters to Mr. Wilkes, which are
published in the Spirit of the Timer of this week.
The colonel says that Santa Rosa Island 4 . is cer
tainly the moat desolate, hard•travelling, het and
scorching sand bank he was ever on." Four of his
companies are away—one practising field and hoary
artillery in the fort, the other three at Fort Jef
ferson. The remaining six companies—numbering
three hundred and seventy-five men—are armed,
says Wilson, "with the old musketa=aeras want
locks, bayonets, cartridge.boxes, and barrels—every
one will either burst or bend after five shots are
fired." . The colonel writes : " I close without cor
rection. A shell has been fired."
ANOTHER ASTEROID, &c.—On August 13th
N. Luther discovered another asteroid, the seventy
first now known to exist between the orbits of Mars
and Jupiter, and which has been named Niche by
the Congress of Astronomers recently assembled at
Dreidin
lioldsohmidt has announced to the French
Academy of Sciences his rediscovery of Pseudo
Daphne. On September 9th, 1857, he discovered a
planet which he supposed to be Daphne, but which
proved to be another planet sine. named Pseudo-
Daphne. This latter, after having been long vainly
fought for, woo moo more found by M. Gold
scbmidt, on August 28th last.
Sad Artur
PORTLAND, Me., Oct. B.—Six men were drowned thls
afternoon, by the upsetting of a pleasure boat. Only one
or the party wen en Ted.