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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 18G1
EXTRACT FROM THE EAST SPEECH OF
STEPH£N A* DOUGLAS.—(i The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
nil. Armies u& u*ai levied
*o accomplish it* There can be but two sides
to the controversy* Every man must be on the
aide of the United Statps or against it* There
can bo no noutv&is in this war* There can he
Hone but patriots and traitors.**
TOE LATEST WAR NEWS.
Tile fnlsehiKHls of the infamous message of iTeffer
son Davis are so palpable that the document bears
an ample refutation of its statements on its face.
It is said the rebel Congress have tg
remove their seat of government from Richmond to
Xashville. Rut it is questionable whether they
will find the latter city a much safer pluco of re
treat than the former. Both are, to some extenti
threatened by our army, and will sooner or later
be captured.
The rebels have been congratulating themselves
upon the gf tbrirelmmetefg wiw'ue for in
veigling the Indians of tho Southwest into thoir
conspiracy. Rut it seems that a portion of tho In
dians are now ravaging their frontiors, and acting
as thoir deadly enemies. The Houston (Texas)
Ti'hgraph fins!
*« The last mail from the frontier brings us the fol
lowing letter. Wr have received other accounts of
Indian forays, which lead us to believe tlintPikos
great Indian trrnty is an unmitigated humbug. Thu
Indians are becoming as troublesome this fall us
ever, and at least two regiments of rangers will be
required to protect the frontier this winter. Wo
that, since war is our hiwinns.« nt prasunt. tho
»var will be carried on 1 knife to the hilt 7 against
all our encmit .'. Nothing but the extermination of
the Indians will ever save our frontier settlements.
Here is the loiter:
" 4 October £l, 1 SOI. —A terrible con
flict occurred in Hamilton county, about forty miles
above this place, about twilight on Saturday even
ing last. between a scout of seven or eight citizens
and a party of Indians, twelve g? thirteen ill num
ber. Thcfcouthnd stopped for the night, when
"Witcber, who had rode some distance from camp,
was discovered by the Indians, who at once gave
chase, and pursued him so closely that he was com
pelled to nlmiidun \\\? lioxse and gave himself by
concealment in tho thick shin-oak thicket. Grundy
Morris, another of the party, who was about three
quarters of a mile from camp, a-foot, saw the chase,
but, not recognizing "Witcher, supposed they were
in pursuit of a beef. and. giving notice to hi.J com
rades, they were soon in the saddle and after the
Irdians. who promptly turned upon them and gave
battle, which raged with great fury, when the
scout?, having exhausted their fire, were compelled
to retire Upoit together after the fight It
was found that Robert Carter, an old and highly
esteemed citizen, was missmg. The next morning
he was found dead upon the field, his back scalp
taken, and with twenty-five wounds upon his per
son IIU horse was lying deadneae him. An jul
- passed through the calf of Moms - leg, and
punctured the sweat-leather of his saddle, literally
pinning him to it.
a 4 Air. Hirst was shot through the side, the spiko
of the arrow lodging in the spine, and so firmly was
it embedded there, Drs. Ryan and Douglass inform
me, that in extracting it the whole body was raised
before it gave way ; the arrow had previously betfh
broken off near the spike, in an attempt to with
draw it. Lloyd’s lioree was wounded ami died the
next day. Townsend 7 ? horse received an arrow in
the foreshoulder and one in the hind leg. It is
stipposed that several of the Indians were wounded,
but thev uiawigrd to cling to thoir horses. They
were subsequently pursued into Comanche county,
where they scattered and made good their escape.
“J. W. Howard. 7 75
Col, Mulligan recently visited Cincinnati, where
ho was very hospitably treated. In a speech de
livered there be truly and eloquently said :
“ Let xue say in addition, that I believe the great
Republic was not created to be so soon crumbled:
[ApplBu?e.J I believe that God did not intend
that the wisdom of our fathers should so soon be
set at nought. I do not believe that so much re
volutionary blood was spilled that nil the results of
the efforts of our fnrnfnthGiw should Qiimo to confu
sion. [Applause ) I believe that there is a great
future for our nation —that the lustre even of the
ancient nation? will pale before the American Re
public when it shall go forward anew upou the
inarch of restored and united nationctUty, [Ap
plause.]
“ Let me say that it is the duty of every man to
do all in hi? power to accomplish the graud result.
I say, in sincerity, let him be accursed who do*
span's of the Republic, i Applause. | In the per
formauoe each of his own duty, 1 hope peace,
white-robed peace, shall again brood upou all the
hills and valleys of our land. But, my friends,
honestly as I pray for peace, I do not pray for its
advent until wc shall have tho laws vindi
cated, the Union respected, and the Constitu
tion honored and obeyed. [Applauses.] Then,
when that is done, and when such young, suscepti
ble gentlemen a? John C. Breckinridge and his
associates, baser limn Catiliue in the Senate house,
shall refuse to forego the honor? of an American
Senator for the gaudy plume? of a rebel brigadier.
when we shall have all these, then let peace come.
[Applause.] 1 hope the time will snnn omna when
we shall have no traitor?, no rebels—nothing but
united American freemen. [Cheers.] 77
The London Times of the 11th lost-., in specula
ting upon the probable success of our naval ex
pedition. says : u lf the Federal (ruvennnent can
setzf a port and open it even nominally to the
trade, they thereby take atony the grounds of
complaint v'htrh Europe has against them.
They fhow that it is not they who prevent cotton
coming out, but that it is the- Southerners who
keep it in. That they will get cotton in any large
quantity no one can believe, for the Confederate or
-the State Governments will, of coarse, take euro
that every bale, and probably every negro, shall be
removed from the neighborhood of the enemy. But
still the Federal? will have satisfied to some extent
ihi demand &f foreign itn/ioHA, iHAmudh they
will be able to say to us or to the French, < Hero is
a port, enter it and take all the cotton you can get;
you are at full liberty' to trade with all whom you
can find to trade with you. r
In the late engagement between General Bon
ham and Governor Floyd, a rebel cavalry officer
displayed a degree of bravery which attracted the
admiration of all our troops. In bis vain efforts to
rally his flying forces he was mortally wounded.
He proved to be Colonel Croghan, son of the United
States navy officer of Pennsylvania, who, in the
last war with Great Britain, displayed undaunted
courage in defending a Western post against a
combined attack of British troops and Indians.
General Benham, in a letter addressed to Governor
Floyd, dated November 15, thus referred to him :
< • gns: in the skirmish which occurred yesterday
between the United States forces under my com
mand and your brigade, I regret to be obliged to
inform you that Col. St. George Croghan, command
ing your cavaliy regiment ? a? he stated to me, was
mortally w ounded. He was shot through the right
wrist and aide and the upper portion of the abdo
men, the ball passing entirely through the body,
and lived from 9] A. M., when he was wounded,
till 21 P. M.
“ I s«w him in passing, a few minutes after lie
was wounded, and he recognized me, conversing
freely but with pain, and, shaking my hand on
leaving him, he requested me to spite that he
‘ died the death of a brave soldier’—aa lie did, in
every way worthy of his gallant and noble father.
• “ I left him in charge of my brigade, and one
other surgeon, with hospital attendants and a guard,
and on my return this morning from, my camp
ground, the hospital steward handed me a small
blank memorandum hook, in which was a history,
made by his request, of which I enclose you a copy.
He left his address, Ac., with the chaplain of the
Tenth (Cbl. Lyttle’s) Ohio Regiment, Rev. if. E.
Q, Higgins, and told me that his family wore re
siding in Newburgh, Hew York. I will endeavor
to communicate with them as early as possible, and
send each little memorial from him as I shall be
able to collect them, for I yet cannot ascertain
where most of his property has gone, as the people
of the house where ho died would not attend to it.
I have sent his remains toward Fayetteville, where
they will be interred, if we are not able to take
them to Gauley, though I will, if possible, place
the body there in a base with salt, to preserve it for
his friends. It will le subject to the order of Gen.
H. S. Itoseerans.”
The Kentucky and Cincinnati papers contain
many appeals from the patriots of East Tennessee,
urging that our army shonld march at once to their
relief. One of their communications, printed in a
late number of the Cincinnati Commercial, con
cludes as follows!
“ 1 Is Philip at Paris V was the significant ques
tion of the Emperor Charles V, when tidings
reached him, in his retirement, of the victory which
his son’s generals had achieved at St, Quentin,
hike the dying old warrior, those brave patriots in
East Tennessee— ‘ faithful found among the faith
less’—have looked with straining eyes, since file
intelligence reached them of the victory at Wildcat,
for the onward march of our enthusiastic soldiers,
and have asked the oft-repeated question, ‘ Are
they at the Gap V They have looked in vain from
their mountain-tops for the first gleam from our ad
vancing standards. No ray from those starry folds
has reached their expeatant eyes. They have
listened long for the thunder of that artillery which
would be the dcnth-knell of their enemies and ours.
But. brave hearts, they have listened in vain.
“But it is not for tho purpose of fault-finding I
have taken up the pen. It is to ttUer one more
plea in behalf of thoso who seem to have few
friends, or whose friends seem strangely indifferent
to their situation. Is it the difficulty of leading an
army over the obstructed roads that deters us .'
ThC'Alps have been scaled by generals whose highest
motive wits ambition. Can wc not surmount the
few obstacles that interpose between us and those
who, almost within our sight, are sacrificing their
all upon the altar of our common country?
“ In the name of all that is noble and generous,
and loyal, and true, let us hasten to the rescue of
East Tennessee. If another point of attack has
been chosen, then let us with united energies push
forward the force that will emancipate aur brethren
there, and repair, by prompt nt,j vigorous action,
so far as it IB possible to repair, the strange remiss
neseof the past."
The first portion of General Butler’s expedition
to the Southern coast sailed from Portland, Maine
on Saturday. The regiments that compose the ex
pedition are the Twenty-first Massachusetts volun
teers, Col. E. F. Jones; Ninth Connecticut volun
teers; Col. Thomas W. Cahill; Twelfth Maino vo
lunteers, Col. George V. Shepley; and the Fourth
battery of Massachusetts artillery, Capt. Charles
H. Manning—making in all about 3,500 men. The
transports used were the Constitution, Kingfisher,
and Fore.il Gity, and it is suppogod that they will
first land their troops and their provisions at Port
Boyal, and then return for the other portion of tho
expedition. General Butler and staff will not ac
company the advance, preferring to wait till the
remainder of the soldiers are ready to depart, and,
therefore, the present advance is under the com
mand of Col. E. F. Jones, of the Twenty-first
Massachusetts volunteers, he being the senior co
lonel.
In the instructions which Mr. Toombs, as Secre
tary of State, gave to privateers, we find the fol-
lowing ' <! Neutral vessels convoying one
mie?'despatches or military persons in tho service
Of (be enemy forfeit their neutral character, and
are liable to*capture and condemnation." If we
had applied this general rule to the Trent she
wmld have been lying in one of our harbors as a
prize.
IVlien Mjifoii ;iml Midull first, come on board the
San Jacinto, immediately after their capture from
the Trint , they were received by Captain Wilkes.
who epohe ns follows;
Gentlemen. I shall endeavor to make you
as comfortable on board as my mean? will permit.
I wish to have it distinctly understood, however,
that this,is a vessel belonging to tho Government,
of the Untied States. There must be no political
talk on board. 57
The commission took the hint, and instead of
talking about polities* contented themselves with
other subjects and playing ft game of backgammon
occasionally. On their arrival at Fort IVarron they
came out of tlmir cabin and walked to tho gangway.
When Almam saw tho fort his ohin droppod. and
both *he commissioners wore a decidedly gloomy
aspect. Their baggage was taken with them to the
fort. It consisted of six or eight trunks, six valises,
several eases of brandies, wines, and liquors, a
dozen or more boxes of cigars, and two cn.sk? of
bottled Scotch ale. On thoir arrival nt the en
trance of the fort they were met by it? commander,
Gol. Diiuuttak, who mode tho following address •
“Gentlemen, I mu most happy to receive you
in Fort Warren."
To which the commissioner? did not make any
reply. Jlnrfhnl Murray* who took charge of tho
prisoners after they loft the San Jacinto, then
made a thorough search of their effects. hat no
papers or despatches of any sort mrc found .
Their keys and baggage wero then delivered to the
prisoners- rvho rvore shown to their quarters.
True Men «nu Traitors,
Mr. Adams, United States Minister to Eng
land iinrt Mr. Vantkv, Commissioner (lmt
it'pngntacd by no Eiimponn power or politi
cian) fi om “ the so-called Southern Confede
racy," respectively made public speeches in
London on the ninth of November—the first,
the inauguration banquet of Lord Mayor CiJ
bttt ; the other, at tho dinner of the Fishmon
gers" Company.
The Mayoralty bamiuof, which in uomilly nt
tended by the Ministry, the leaders of the Op
position, the principal judges, tho richest city
mcrehanfs, and the Foreign Ministers, is given
in Guildhall, a city edifice which was begun in
the year I II 1, in the reign of Henry IV. (the
famous Bolinghroke,) and more than eighty
yp.nrs before the discovery of this Western
Continent by Columihs. The Fishmongers’
Company, which rank as fourth among the
twelve Guilds of London which arc entitled to
the prefix of '' l-loriordble** to ilioir 11 ties, dv
votc a large portion of their revenues to feast
ing, and, like Caliban in the « Tempest” who
mistook drunken Stcplumo for a god, evi
dently mistook "William L. Yancky and Dud
ley Mann for persons of some importance
when at home! Tiieir Hall is near London
Bridge, and was erected less than thirty YCaro
ago.
3lr. Adams, our Minister to England, was
selected by the Lord Mayor to return thanks
will'll tho health of tho diplomatic body was
given. The Lord Mayor of London—re
elected on this occasion—is Mr. "William Co
out, a builder by profession, who lias risen to
great wealth by labor, enterprise, and talent,
and like all self-made men is Conservative in
]ii... principles. lie stated, iii comtceu, lan
guage and apparently with sincerity of feel
ing, that at this moment, this country was in
a condition to require the sympathies of (he
world, and he added that in no country would
these sympathies be yielded more readily than
in England.
Mr, Atmsis replied in a speech ol great tact
and considerable eloquence, in which he ex
plained how truth and sincerity were the real
bases of diplomacy. He said : «In America
wc ure so used to speaking what we think —
perhaps with too much freedom—and I have
got into sucli a habit of it, I should not be fit
to eomo to play my part hero if I were ex
pected by my employers to say what I did
not mean. [Cheers.] Permit me, then, to
assure you that my mam object has been , ami is,
to endeavor to continue and •perpetuate thcfrieiul
hj relations that have so long existed between the
two countries . Indeed , I see the strongest re. a sou s’
why they should never be changed."
Lord Palmerston, who spoke after Mr.
Adams, touched on the British difficulty' from
the want of cotton, and, after touching on the
prospects of Europe, added, “ On the other
side of the Atlantic we witness with the deep
est affliction —with an afliiction which no
words can express—[cheers] —diffeieiives of
the most lamentable kind among those whom
we call our cousins and our relations. It is
not for us to pass judgment upon these dis
putes ! it is enough for us to offer a fervent
prayer that such differences may not be of
long continuance, aud that they may speedily
he succeeded hy the restoration of harmony
and of peace.**
Mr. Adams and Lord Palmerston were
greatly cheered when they delivered themselves
as iibovn, and wo notice that tho loading Lou
don journals comment with very warm appro
val upon the tone of what was said—especially
as indicating Lord Palmerston’s intention to
imtiniuin strict neutrality.
Very different, as might be expected, was
the language of Mr. Yancky, when addressing
tlic Fishmongers, lie adroitly assumed that,
by acknowledging the rebellious South as
“ belligerents,” the Governments of England,
France, and Spain had, in fact, recognized it
as an independent nation—a begging of tiie
question, which we take leave to dispute. He
declared that the effective army of the South
consisted of 250,000 men, aud the whole white
population of the South was 0,000,000 against
20,000,000 in tiie North; that the South nei
ther desired nor sought for foreign interven
tion ; that there never could be peace until
the North admitted the South to be a bellige
rent Power; and that there can ho “no basis
for negotiations, or for peace proposals, or
consultations, so long as the Confederates are
deemed to be and are treated as rebels.” We
predict that, not in Mr. Yancey’s lifetime,
were lie to attain the longevity of Mf.thuse-
L.HI, will tho Federate treat the Confederates
except as rebels.
Foreign Invasion of Mexico.
The Journal dot JJebatsj treating on the ex
pedition against Mexico, intimates that «the
common object of the three Powers [England,
France, and Spain] has not as yet been accu
rately stated to the public ” —that the expedi
tion-will retake possession, at least morally so,,
of America by Europe—and that “it consti
tutes a real infringement of the famous doctrine
oj Monroe, which pretended to interdict Eu
rope for ever from exercising any influence
over the destinies of America.” Tho Fori
sian journalist hero repeats what The Press
has said, several weeks ago. In the Queen of
Spain’s speech, on the opening of the Cortes,
on the Otli instant, she conmmnid&tes the his
tory of the new tripartite alliance against
Mexico:
“ Disorder anil excess hare reached their height
in the unfortunate oountry of Mexico. Treaties
having been violated and rights forgotten, my sub
jects having been expesed to serious attacks and
continual dangers, it became indispensable at length
to make an example of salutary rigor.
“ With this object my Government had made the
necessary preparations, when two groat nations
found that they bad te complain of acts of violence
on the part of the Mexican authorities. Our wrongs
-were common,’ our notion should bo joint. My
Government desired as much. Proper stops for this
purpose were at first favorable, but the result did
not correspond with the desires of the other two
nations.
a Subsequently France, England, and Spain ar
ranged together to obtain that satisfaction which
was due to them and to prevent the repetition of
offences which scandalised the world and outraged
humanity. Thus the design will he accomplished,
the execution of which has'been the constant object
of my Government. At the proper time an account
win be rendered to you of the convention which,
with this object, has been signed by the representa
tives of the three Powers.”
From this it would appear that tho initiative
in this matter was taken by Spain, which has
become very pugnacious of late—no doubt
much to its own surprise.
Death in High Places.
The last news from Europe includes the
obituary of three persons, more or less dis
tinguished by rank or taient. Tho young King
of Portugal has died, of typhus foyer, which
disease had previously removed one of his
brothers and reduced another noarly to the
grave. Dos Pedro V. was twenty-four years
old on the 16th September, and leaving no
son, will be succeeded by his next brother,
Prince Louis-Piihippe, a naval officer, born
on the last day of August, 1838. Sir Howard
Douglas has died, at the advanced age of 8-3,
and will long be remembered, in military
science, lor his work, which successive edi
tions augmented from a pamphlet to a book,
«On the Construction of Military Bridges,”
and for his « Treatise on Naval Gunnery.”
The third., on this list of Death’s) doings, is
Geoffroy St. Hilaire, aged 56, certainly the
ablest anatomist and physiologist in France.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL."
"Washington, Nov. 20, 1801
It is related of Itufus Choate, that, having
been sent for by a man who had committed a
terrible murder, and who was anxious to secure
the sen ices of that distinguished advocate, tho
latter, after hearing Ids case, exclaimed with
every exhibition of disgust and horror, “ What!
hands stained with human blood and not a
dollar in your pocketT” Jefferson Davis,m
liis message, which w as, of course, printed and
commented upon in The Press of yesterday,
resembles this murderer. 110 fetAnds before
the tribunal of the nations with the blood that
has been shed in all the battles that have taken
place siiico tho beginning of a Treason,of which,
at first flic reluctant, he is now the fiendish
champion, red and reeking upon his soul, lie
insists upon a hearing, and upon a favorable
verdict. He blusters and'whines; entreats
and threatens. Like a guilty malefactor, in tho
same breath, he offers to bribe the very' jury
that he bullies. And yet this man, cowered
all over with the heinous crime of attempting
to assassinate his country, has neither cha
racter to secure for his treason a decent apolo
gist, nor money to compensate such ail apolo
gist. In fact, tho Southern Confederacy,
abundant in many of the resources of vil
lainy, lias become Hie ragged Robert Mnnairn
of the civilized world. That Jefferson Davis,
of all men, should consent to pv.t himself for
ward as its oracle and organ iu a proof of the
manner in which lie has lost his own self-re
spect, and an evidence of Hie triumphant ter
rorism of the conspirators around him. When
lie departed the Semite, islanding in tho new
hail, then and now occupied hy that august
assemblage which it was his custom to look
upon as n mnnmnent of his own genius, lie
left with tearful eyes and broken voice, con
demning in all his manner the unparal
leled ingratitude of Secession. From having
been tlte peculiar defender of State lights in
Mississippi, lie had announced in the State of
Maine, not many months before ho withdrew
as a Senator in Gungvessj doctrines which were
the strongest appeals to maintain the Union tit
every hazard. The Southern traitors, afraid
lest liis conscience might return to counteract
ltis compulsory submission to their treachery,
elected him President of their so-called Con
federacy. liis message of the 18th of No
vember is a mere refuge of lies. After care
fully reading it, my mind hesitates whether to
regard his assertions as satires or as false
hoods. A paper which is such a self-evident
mim'pi'i'sontation will bo noooploil only by (he
ignorant and misguided people of the Seceded
States.
The first thing that will arrest any intelligent
reader will be the spirit of panic that pervades
the whole document. Davis vainly attempts
to conceal liis fears behind the noise of liis
boasts. 110 confesses poverty’ in every line,
and doubt and apprehension in every sentence,
lie begins hy boasting of the manufacturing
industry of the Confederate States, hut lie
fails to add that tills industry is l'or military
purposes, and that every citizen driven into it
has been subtracted from that producing class
alrca.lv drained for the (hankless uad fatal
duties of tiie army. liis own theory lias al
ways been, that the South depended upon its
colton agriculture, and rot ho boldly threatens
the destruction of this interest, unless Europe
recognizes his treason j and he calmly’ con
templates tlic horrors of a consequent ser
vile insurrection "When he alludes to a
people fighting for the “ sacred right of
self-government,” he does not say that Se
cession has crushed that right in the South
ern Slates. His reference to the conliict in
Kentucky is inconceivably' infamous. Reck
less as liis instruments have been in other sec
tions, they have been most reckless in Ken
tucky. After having been repudiated in at
least two elections by a popular vote, when
neither the Federal nor the traitor forces oc
cupied a foot of her soil, the former entered
Kentucky only when the State authorities de
manded that the General Government should
protect it. And yet, confronted by this inex
orable history, he has the audacity to say that
it never was intended hy the Confederate re
bels to conquer or coerce the people of Ken
tucky! He winds up this unprecedented lie
by declaring liis desire that the people of
that State should have the liberty of choos
ing, and il a free opportunity to de
cide their own destiny according to
their own will.’* The doctrine of State
rights,- as propounded first by Calhoun, and
afterwards hy Breckinridge, has had a signi
ficant illustration on the soil of Kentucky, in
the utter contempt with which a fair decision
of the people has been treated. It only
needed the robber argument of Davis to com
plete the wicked betrayal. A practical pic
ture of the benefits of Secession is the para
graph of the message of Jefferson Davis in re
ference to the postal system in the so-called
Confederacy; There is no portion of our
people who hare paid less into and drawn
more from the Federal treasury’, for tho trans
port' tion of the mails, than the rebel States.
The North and Northwest supplied the reve
nue, tho South reduced it. Hundreds of mail'
routes were established to please the South
ern politicians, anil staticians have delighted
in exhibiting the contrast between the
money paid into tho treasury by’ the loyal
portion of the Union and the money taken
out of tiie treasury by the present dis
loyal States. How is it now? There arc,
in fact, few* or no post offices in the South, or
at least in that dominion of which Jefferson
Davis is the dictator. lie tells us that the
railroads are occupied in the transportation of
troops and military supplies; that the rolling
stock of these railroads is insufficient for this
accumulation of business 5 that “ water
cmvnmicution it obstructed by the presence of
the enemy's fleet that mail contractors fail,
and often refuse, to comply with tiie terms of
their contract; and then, with a coolness
worthy- of ids graceful and ragged prototype,
Robert Macaire, he adds that all these « have
combined to impede the best efforts of the
Postmaster General!” In these extract?,
from a single paragraph, we find at least three
eloquent admissions: First, that there is no
post-office system; second, that all the rail
roads have been seized for tho purpose of
carrying troops and supplies; and finally,
that the gallant fleet of the American Union
lias become all-powerful in the waters of the
enemies of that Union.
He dismisses the condition of the rebel
treasury as an unpleasant subject, giving only
two paragraphs to its explanation; but he can
not hide or heal an incurable bankruptcy. Tho
most important element in a government, the
management and prosperity of the finances, is,
if possible, the weakest of all the rebel insti
tutions.
The rebel treasury notes are only taken on
compulsion, and wherever money is raised it
is raised by force or threats. The conse
quence is, the rapid withdrawal of specie from
circulation, the greatest distress among the
troops, fearful scarcity of supplies of all
kinds, utter stagnation of trade, and as a re
sult of a close blockade, a complete closing of
the cotton market. It would require the tit.
lents of a Necker or a Colbert, an Alexander
Hamilton or a Robert J. Walker, to procure
money for snch a government as this, and yet
Davis has the audacity to say that the “ finan
cial system already adopted has worked
well so far!” The rest of the message
speaks for itself, and is undeserving criticism.
The acts charged against the Government of
the United States, while in the exercise of its
high authority to preserve the Union, will be
applauded by posterity, precisely as the crimes
of the rebels will be execrated and condemned.
Foreign nations, to whom Davis appeals for
recognition, will contrast the power of the re
gular Government with the poverty of the re
bellion; the dignity and forbearance of the
one with the brutality and aggressiveness of
tho .other; the amazing uprising of a free
people in defence of their rights with the des
perate efforts of a few despairing tyrants, who
have been enabled to extinguish every spark
of humanity among their followers i the abun.
dant plcnteousness and prosperity of the loyal
sections of this Union with the scurcity of
food, and the approaching perils of famine, in
the disloyal section. They will not take
long to decide between the two. Jeffer
son Davis concludes his message with an
appeal to Providence. This custom, gene
rally more honored in the breach than in the
observance, was novar 'so inappropriately re
sorted to. If civilization and law, and rea
son and humanity, all revolt from the perfi
dy of Secession, God will never sanction it.
A treason which had its. origin in a conspiracy
to erect human slavery into a Divine Institu
tion, and to found it upon the ruins of tho only
free Government on earth, cannot long pre
vail, especially when its career is marked by
every sign of turpitude and vice, and its path
way strewn with the evidences of its contempt
for all the laws of God and man.
Occasional.
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON.
PROBABLE MOVEMENTS OF
THE ARMY.
THE REBELS IN POSSESSION OF FAIRFAX.
GENERAL McCALL TO MAKE AN
ADVANCE ON LEESBURG.
Affairs on the Lower Potomac.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
GEN, PRICE RECROSSES TIIE OSAGE
OUR PICKETS NEAR SEDALIA DRIVEN IN
His Speocli ou tho Occasion.
Everybody here seems to have eomo unanimously
to the opinion that General McClellan is about
to jmike tin litlvuiicc upon I lie enemy. Ills army is
certainly in excellent condition, and the move
luentsof the past few days certainly soem to indi
cate n movement of some kind. In connection
wUli this fact. I may state that the Wheeling Tr/trl
ligvncer makes tho important statement that the
troops of General Reynolds’ command are being
divisional for active service in oilier qunrtors of
the country. Tho a J vices. Nam Cheat Mountain
aro that several of the Ohio regimonts are ordered,
ansi arc now on their way’ to Kentucky. Others, it
is reported, will take up the line of march in a few
days lor General Kelly’s headquarters at Rom
ney. and, in connection with the force already
there, commence a forward movement in concert
with an expected movement of the grand army of
the l’otomac.
Additious to General McClellan’s Stall.
Colonel CiiAiti.ES Fni’DiiitiOK Havelock:, late
of the British army and » brother of tho late Gene
ral ha VELonc, has been appointed an aid to Major
General McClf.llax. with the rank of colonel, and
assigned to duty as Inspector General of Cavalry,
his late position at homo.
Comte de YillADE.mj, an experienced Fronet,
officer, has also been appointed an aid to General
McClellan, with the rank of captain.
General Fremont.
General Fremont recently obtained permission
from the proper authority to visit Washington.
It is the opinion in military circles that there
will be a €vurt of Inquiry in his case.
Mr. J. Howard, Jr., of the New York Tunes.
has heon tondored the position of Assistant Adju.
tant General to General Goumax's Brigade.
I,a?t night a youth of eighteen, named Willi,in
West (a son of William West, of tho United
States Treasury Department), who, being at Win-
Chester, was some months since pressed into the
rebel service, made his escape from the enemy’s
camp, opposite our lines. He met our pickets at
Anondaie, on the Fairfax road, and claimed and
received thoir protection. He was formally con
ducted to Gen.BLENKEivs camp, and by that officer
was sent to henaquaners, in Washington, this morn
ing. His position in Hie rchoi service was that of
orderly to Gen. Elzey.
Release of Maryland Prisoners,
The following-named prisoners, belonging to Ma
ryland, have been relensod from Fort Warren:
John J. Ileckart, Leonard J. Quinlan, Wm. G.
Harrison, Geo. W. Landing, Thomas Shields, Ueo.
Thompson, A. Williamson, David Succhssi. Geo.
A. Appleton, Michael J. Grady, John L. llouldon,
llobt. line, Chas. D. French, Robt. A. Carter, S. B.
±"rost, and J. If. Maddox.
The Fortieth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Col. Bon lex, of this regiment, has been promoted
to a brigadier generalship, His hrigndn will con
sist of his own regiment, the regiment of Colonel
gvniMELi’i nxic, the New York Black Yagers, and
another regiment unnamed. JosEinrS. CirA.vnr.Eß,
of company B, in Col. Boiilen’s regimont, has
been promoted from a first lieutenancy to captain.
He is a son of Josni'ii R. Chandler, of Philadel
phia. Joux WiF.CKE, of Philadelphia, of the same
regiment, has been promoted to brigade quarter
master.
Fire, nt a Government Building—s3,ooo
Copies of the Patent Office Report
Burnt.
By the loss nf Puiwiiovv/a bindery hy fir« to
day. 52,000 copies of tlic mechanical portion of tho
Patent Office report, ordered by Congress for dis
tribution among their constituents, were destroyed.
Resignation af General IHenkci-.
General Blenker, commanding a division in
Virginia, tendered his resignation to-day.
AToraging expedition from General McDowell’s
division to-d«y, obtained a large quantity of hay
and corn, about half way on tho road leading from
Fulls Church to Fairfax Court House, Thore wero
no Indications of the presence of the enemy.
There is no doubt but that the Pennsylvania Re
serves, under Gen. McCall, will ooeupy Bosshurg
within the next few days, and make it their winter
quarters.
Private Leeds, of Company E, of the Fifth Re
giment, died at Camp Picrpont yesterday. His
remains wore forwarded to Snow Shoe, Centre
county, Pennsylvania, to-day.
Surgeon Dickson, of the Fourth Reserves, re
ports the regiment as enjoying most excellent
health. The late colonel of the regiment, Robert
G. March, who tesigned on account of ill health,
is on the ground, carefully looking after the wants
of tho soldiers. He pays particular attention to
the delivery of packages sent to members Of the
regiment from Philadelphia. He particularly
wishes the friends of the volunteers in Philadel
phia to send warm and substantial under-clothing
instead of delicacies.
The other day Lieutenants Fairlasth and Wa«-
Kfiit, of Company D, McLean’s regiment,■ at Alex
andria, received notice that a quantity of whisky
was about being smuggled into camp. They pro
ceeded to make arrests of the parties, duringwhich
the pistol of Lieutenant Wagner exploded, in.
flicting ft very serious wound in tho neck of Lieu
tenant Fairlamb. lie is now in the care of Sur
geon J. H. Seltzer, and will soon be able to ro
surne his duties,
We were reminded of the approach of winter by
a light fall of snow lost night, just enough to change
the top of the ground to a white' appearance. A
light snow storm at Ball’s Cross Roads, is reported
by messengers from Virginia. Last night was
frosty, but the soldiers report that they were warm
and comfortable in their tents. Covering is being
provided for the cavalry horses.
Passports from Portland.
Joshua R, Gildings, consul general for the
British North American Provinces, has accom
plished the object of his visit to Washington, namely:
the removal of the delays and inconvonienoes at -
tending ft? granting of passports to British subjects
taking passage for Europe at Portland, Maine.
Heretofore the passports were requirod to be coun
tersigned at the State Department, but that busi
ness is now performed by a Government agent
The following notice was Issued to-day from the
State Department:
“ Oscar Irving, Jonathan Amory, and E. li. O.
Adams, at New York, Boston, and Portland, re
spectively, are authorized to countersign the pass
ports of foreigners proceeding thence abroad.
“ W. H. Seward.”
The Eighty.lifth Pennsylvania Regiment.
The Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, under
the command of Colonel Howell, have arrivod, and
are for the present encamped at Bladensburg.
This regiment is composed of men from Washington
county, Fa., and has in it some of the best military
material In the State. The Lieutenant Colonel, Mo-
Giffin, served in the Mexican war Among the cap
tains are Mr. Puryiance, the editor of the Wash
ington Reporter ; Mr. Yankibk, the register, and
and Mr. Horne, the recorder of Washington
county.
Money for the Army.
PayWaatM PAMRRSidSi has just left the treasury
with $559,000, to pay ofi' the army in Western Vir
ginia.
Two of the treasury clerks will start in the morn
ing with a million of dollars for the army In Mis
souri. They go to St. Louis. This transfer will bo
followed by another in a few days. Every precau
tion is takenjto prevent an accident.
fiewß from ihe Lower Potomac.
The Fusty came up yesterday. Everything is
quiet on the river; the rebel batteries seldom
speak, and vessels occasionally pass without being
in any way molested. The Fusty went down again
this morning.
The army on the north bank of the Potomac has
completed effective batteries opposite Matthias
Point, and hayc been anxiously awaiting a demon
stration from the enemy. The army is reported to
be in fine condition.
A Suicide.
The body of a well-dressed female was taken
from the water in lluhtihg 05661 e, hear Alexandria,
in Saturday. The body was supposed to be that of a
German woman belonging to one of the regiments.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE REBELS BAP IDLY ADVANCING.
FUCEPTION OF CAPT. WILKES IN BOSTON.
Specinl Despatches to “ The trress.”
WAsiirNorox, November 2A
Movements of the Army.
Army Appointment.
A Refugee from the Rebel Gamp.
A Foraging Expedition.
The Pennsylvania Reserves.
Accidentally Shot
Indications of Winter.
Miscellaneous.
Several of the encampments have boen changed
to-day in accordance with (review, orders, aud
there has been on this tide of the Potomac quite a
lively stir among the volunteers. Col. Cake's
Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment passed up the
Avenuo this morning on thoir way t* Alexandria.
The Second Regiment of Now York Cavalry
changed their quarters from the Soldier’s Rest to
Ihe Park. The New York Fifty-ninth, under Col.
G... 1.-. 1... wot. at BladvnEbwg toll-gate awaiting
orders.
The Rebels Hold Fairfax
The pickets of the rebol army aro yet nt Fairfax
Court House. No opposition to the advance of our
army would be shown at that point, as the enemy
is not in force on this side of CcDtrcville.
Secessionists Arrested.
Yesterday, four Secessionists were arrested in
St. Mary’s county, Maryland, nnd brought to Wash
ingten Vy « earnlry guard, Their mtmea are; B.
L. llayden, E. W. Sikshll, E. H. Jones, and IV.
11. Ahel. They were sent to Fort McHenry.
Contract for Muskets.
General Cowan, of Pennsylvania, k&grMtiVftd. a
contract to furnish the Government with C0 } 000
muskets.
Smithsonjan entertainments.
Arrangpmcnls nrc to secure an attrac
tive course of entertainments at the Smithsonian
during the winter.
Com. (ioldslramigh,
Com. (ioi.BSiionoi.'Cii .arrived to-day from Fort.
reps Monroe, on business connected with the army.
Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway.
Tin' Di i 'ilt‘ii( liu.. recoglGttcd 'Y:. 11 Mx,.a, UOV.fi
as consul of Sweden aud Norway, to reside at Chi-
cago.
Capt. Park made a Brigadier Gensrqi,
Captain J. G. Park, of tlio Topographical Engi
neers, United States army, has boon promoted to
the position of brigadier general of volunteers.
Mou aud. IVoiweii Arrested l.clow
AlcMiudriii.
The Star of to-day has the following report:
“ The following persons have been arrested in tho
neighborhood of Aceotlnck recently and set,l to
Richmond, sorno of the most quiet and peaceable
citizens of the county of Fairfax:
“ Ezra Troth, and his son Wjlliam, botli of Ac
colineU j fr.im. DAns-rv, taken for selling ills
oats to tho Government; Samuel Troth, uoar
Oceoquan; ltuon llam.mill, llenrv Smoot, and
two Indies, one of which is John Underwood's
mother, for waving her handkerchief to the Union
troops that came down opposite Oceoquan creek,
merely’ returning a salute that was offered, as she
would have done to any troops who were polite
enough to salute the ladies.”
FROM MISSOURI.
GEN.PHICL KECKOSSES THE OSAGU.
SmO ADVANCE OF THE REBELS,
Our Pickets near. Sedalia Driven in.
Svr.Al'l'fiE. Mo., Nov. 25. —ItttolligSMS hss hecii
received here, from parties direct from Osceola,
that General I'rice .- army crossed the Osage river,
at Ifoffan's Ferry, on Friday last, and that the ad
vanced guard would reach oi.ct.ola on tho follow
ing day.
Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 25.— 1 t is reported that
Price is still advancing, nnd is now coming towards
tins place, and that the Federal pickets were driven
in this evening.
A number ol' rebels wero arrested last night
while on their way to join Price’s army,
The Secessionists residing in this town are quite
certain that the Union forces are to bo driven from
this section of Missouri. Tiiey aro very quiet in
regnnl to tiie movements of Price. Without doubt,
he is advancing towards Sedalia.
The military authorities are very strict in on
forcing the regulations, and no one can pass the
lines without a pass signed bj- the commanding
officer of the poet. .
The train from Warsaw arrived yesterday morn
ing. It brings a report that a sick soldier left at
Wursair was murdered hy the Secessionists of that
town.
Alt the business portions of Warsaw were de
slroyed in the late fire. No clue has as yet been
obtained to tho ineondiariee.
Later News from the Gulf Stations.
THE STEAMER GEORGE vkahodt signalled.
New York, Nov, 2a.—The steamer George Pea
body is reported below. She is probably from the
Gulf stations, but nothing further has been heard
from her up to the hour of closing tho Sandy Hook
telegraph line.
The Missouri Department.
PROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
St. Loyis, Noy. 35,—The committee appointed
to investigate the claims against the Government
in this Department have been in session for over
two weeks, during which time claims amounting to
inore|tiian StbOUIUHM) have bceu presented and ap
proved.
Many witnesses are examined daily, and their
evidence relating to the different claims is reported
in foil. Claims will continue to be presented daily,
in lurgo numbers, aud the labors of the eoramitioo
will hardly be concluded for several weeks yot.
From New York.
heinuorgements run ronr royal—five iiitn-
BRED MOKE REGULARS I’llOM CALIFORNIA —AR-
REST OF ADJUTANT SI'OTT.
New York, Nov. 2o.—The steamers Boston,
Helawa-re. and Cosmopolitan sailed to-day for
Fortress Monroe. They will carry troops to Port
Royal.
Another detachment of 509 regulars arrived by
the steamer North Star to-day from California.
One of the officers, Adjutant Scott, was soon after
arrested by the police, he having been charged by
the passengers on the North Star with Secession
ism. He is a son of Rev. Dr. Saott, who roesniljf
left San Francisco for Europe, in consequence of
his symptiiies with the rebels. Lieutenant Colonel
Buchannn asserts that Adjutant Scott is loyal, and
lias made application for his release, promising to
be responsible for his delivery to the proper au
thorities* at Washington.
The steam frigate Powhatan sailed this after
noon.
The schooner E. Shedtlmi is loading with a cargo
of provisions tor Hatteras Inlet—being the private
donations inude to the Union men of North Carolina.
Reception of Capt. Wilkes in Boston.
- Boston, Nov. 25.—Notwithstanding the severity
of the storm to-day, the '■ welcome " to Captain
Wilkes was numerously attended, and very en
thusiastic.
George B. Upton, and others of the eommittoe
of reception, met Captain Wilkes, Lieutenant
Cook, and Assistant Engineer Houston on the Long
whuf. and conveyed them in carriages to F&neull
Hall, which was densely crowded by citizens, in
cluding many ladies.
Mayor Wiglitman, in behalf of the City of Boston,
made a brief address of welcome.
After the applause attending the Mayor’s speech
had subsided, Capt. Wilke*, who was in full uni
form, came forward, and responded in tlm following
language!:
SPEECH OF CAPT. WILKES.
Mb. Mayor and my Friends: I am doeply
sensible of the kindness which has been shown
me. 1 depended upon my own judgment in
doing what you all have flattered me was cor*
rect, and I am exceedingly gratified by the ma
nifestations of approval I have met, and which
have been, I may say, a spontaneous outburst from
all parts of our country.
I have-' only to say that we did etir duly 1*11.6
Union, and are prepared to do it again. [lmmense
applause.]
Galls were then made for Lieutenant Fairfax
and ethers- The former being absent, Lieutenant
Cook was introduced, and bowed his thanks.
This closed the formal reception, after which
several thousand citizens were introduced to the
honored guest.
A committeo of leading citizens have tendered
Captain Wilkes and the offieirs'ef the Sum Jacinto
a complimentary dinner, at the Revere House, to
morrow evening, at which, it is said, Mr. Evorott,
Mr. Winthrop, and other distinguished gentlomon,
will bo present.
From Santa Fe.
Kansas City, Nov. 25. —The Santa Fe and
Carson City Express has arrived with dates to the
lfitb, two days ahead of time. There ware no
through passengers.
At a meeting of the merchants of Santa Fe, on
the 7th instant, it was resolved that they would
endorse for the Government to any amount that
may be advanced to the Territory. This action
was taken in consequence of the scarcity of the
coin which has heretofore made up the circulating
medium in the transaction of business, and has,
from some cause, almost entirely disappeared,
causing an unusual stringency in the money
market.
The call of the Government of Now Mexico for
1,200 militia, to garrison the different posts in the
Territory, .has been promptly responded to. The
whole number will in a snort time ba reported for
duty.
A light artillery battery, commanded by Lieut.
Anderson, of the United States army, left Santa Fe
on the 9th tbr the South. An important movement
in that direction is anticipated.
Gen. Hatch and family have gone East.
The small-pox prevails with fearful mortality
among the ohildren in tilt Bio Abajo, and it has
also spread to the Navajo Indians, proving fatal to
many of the tribe.
Arrival of the North Star -with @830,000
in (told.
New Yoke, Nov. 25.—The steamer North Star,
from Aspinwall, with 8828,000 in treasure, arrived
at this port .
She brings United States troops, under Colonel
Buchanan, and the following officers: Surgeon
McCormick; Major Ketchum ; Captains llallor,
Bussell, Uavidsop, and Davis; Assistant Surgeons
Lettcrmian and Folium ; Lieutenants Gouty,
Scott, Tamer, Carlton, and Grny.
The sloop-of-war Cyanc had arrived at Panama.
The United States steamer Lancaster is to go to
San Francisco.
There is no news of the pirate Sumpter, but she
is probably near the coast of Venezuela.
New York Bank Statement.
New York, Nov. 25.—-The bank statement for tlie
week ending on Saturday shows—
Ail liisrsns* of spool* #147,250
An increase of loans. 21,157,741
A decrease of circulation 193,780
Au iucreaseof deposits, .... ~22,108,150
The Hero of Lexington.
Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 25.—Colonel Mulligan, who
arrived in tili? city tiiia evening, had n In nr a and
enthusiastic rccoplion from tho city authorities and
(he citizens generally.
Non-Arrival of the North American
I'oKTLAM'j JtoV. II o'clwk f, Jvf, ■
It is raining, >viUi the wind northeast.
Up to this hour, thore arc no signs of the steamer
A'ort/i American, nowduo at this port.
Destruction of Railroad Property.
Alton, 111., Nov. 25. —The ongine.house of the
St. Louis, Alton, and Chicago Railroad, at this
place, was destroyed by lire yesterday morning.
Xu rue engines aro in ruins. The loss is estimated
atS2O,OOO; partially insured.
Destruction of a Planing Mill by Fire.
<?hu aoh, Not. 25,— Tho planing mill of C. 5.
Band & Co. was destroyed by tire on Saturday
night. The loss amounted to" $15,000, on which
there is a small insurance.
Las Explosion at Boston
Boston', Nov. 20.—-a serious explosion of gas
took place last Right, at the rosidcnce of Bxra
Lincoln, on Commonwealth avenue, damaging tllfi
basement and walls of tho building, and caußNlg a
loss of from $5,000 to $B,OOO. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln
were considerably injured, but not seriously.
I ron! the PpiHt of Rocks.
Point of Rocks, Ml, Nov. 25.—Colonel John
\V. Geary, [of the Twcnty-oighth Pennsylvania
Regiment, has been appointed one of the Board of
Examiners, to examine volunteer officers in Uene
i-iil tllvLiiofi. fitUgfldlflP Gefierrtl O. S. lf:i
milton is president of the Board. They are to oon
vene at the hoadquarters of the army immediately.
Municipal Election at Hanford, Conn,
ILuin'oim. Cohn., Nov. 25.—The municipal
election to-day resulted in the success of the Peo
pie’s Union ticket by from 200 to 400 majority.
A British timiboat at ftc’iv Ifork.
New Yoiik, Nov. 24.—The British gunboat
Nimble arrived at tins port this morning.
The steamship United Kingdom has also ar
rived.
No News from Fortress Monroe,
Baltimore, Nov. 25.— The boat from Old Point
has arrived, but brings no news from Fortress Mon
rofl.
Public Amusements.
Academy or —The appearance of the
auditorium of tho Academy, Inst night, fully indi*
cated that the popularity of the great Ibrestidigita
teuris in nowise on the wane, for ho was greeted by
a crowded audience. His new combination pro
gramme is {.he most attractive he has yet presented,
as it includes the most popular feats of his two pro
vious entertainments, whilst the additional and en
tirely new tricks which he introduces are both sur
prising and Incomprehensible. The same pro
gramme will be repeated this evening. To-morrow
Herrmann takes his first and only benefit, and on
Thursday ho gives two performances/(matinee and
evening.) which will close Ida pveatidigltatoi'lal
career in this city.
"We learn that his private soiree to the President,
and a large party of native and foreign celebrities
and diplomats, in the East Room of the White House,
on {Saturday night last, was a most brilliant affair.
Herrmann gave his entire performance on this oc
casion, and, in the course of it, an incident occurred
Which Is worth recording. Ha h. ling a pack of cards
to the President. Herrmann requested him to shuffle
them. With ready wit, Mr. Lincoln handed them
to Secretary Cameron, who was seated near him,
saying t 14 No } excuse me. this gentleman shuffles
the cards for me at present.” The bon mot elicited
much merriment.
Lar<u: Positive SAt.k ok SiTOJSS, Got
Shoes, Tiiavellixg-bag.s, dc:.— The early attention
of purchasers is requested to the largo assortment
tfbWts, flme, brognnP,gun} shpes, traysHtag-bSg?,
caps, Ac., embracing first-class seasonable goads,
of city and Eastern manufacture, to be perempto
rily sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this
morniDg, at 10 o’clock, by Mycre, Clnghorn, &
Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market street.
Lahok Sale To-day—Stocks,fGnovxD Rents,
Real Estate, Ac., by order of Orphans' Court,
executors, and others, including the estates of E.
McCarty, S. Jones, and S. Ayars. Also, residences,
Walnut street, Pine street, and other desirable lo
cations. Building lots, 30 acres, Oak lane, itc, See
Thomas & Sons’ catalogues and advertisements.
T. Bir.cu & Son's Sa lks. —Furniture, this morn
ing, at 10 o’clock, at the avustiaa state, Na. 0U
Chestnut street.
Sale of elegant furs, sleigh robes, Ac., on Wed
nesday.
THE CITY.
AHUSHMEKTB THIS EYENINB.
Americas Academy- or Music—Broad and Locust
streets.—Herrmann, the Preatidigitateur.
Walhut-Strbet Thkatrk—Ninth and Walnut ats.—
44 Octoroon } Or, Life in Louisiana.' 1
AaOH-SrREET Theatre—Arch strati above Sixths
“School for Orown Children"—“ Shylock; Or, the Mer
chant of Venice Preserved.”
Wheatley’s Cohtiksxtal Theatre— Walnut street,
above Eighth.—“ Liuu-rick Boy”—“ The Cataract of the
Ganges.”
Concert Hall— Chestnut street, above Twelfth.—
George Christy’s Minstrels.
Temple of Wonders—N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.—Siguor Blitz’s Entertainment.
Assembly Buildings —Corner of Tenth and Chestnut
streets.—Wau§h J s Italia aod Stereoscopic Views of the
War.
The Election Frauds—Another Injunc
tion Asked For.—At the special session of the Su
preme Court .filling at Pittsburg, on Saturday
morning, William L. Hirst, of Philadelphia, applied
for a special injunction, based upon a bill in equity,
in which John Hulsem&n and George Brink
worih nre complainonts iiml James fieema
and Charles E, Sincr defendants. The lat
ter gentlemen have received from the Re
turn Judges certificates of their election as mem
bers of Council for the city of Philadelphia, and
the injunetits asked for by the complainants,
rival candidates for the same position, is to pre
vent the oomputation of certain returns and
to keep the respondents from taking their
seats in Counoil. The application was based
upon affidavits from certain officers in Colo
nel McLime’s regiment, in camp at Bladens
burg, sqtting forth that no elections had
keen held in their companies, and that fraudulent
returns, purporting to be from their companies,
bad been computed by the return judges. The ap
plication was urged by Mr. Hirst, and resisted by
James Briggs, F.sq., wbo appeared on behalf of the
respondents. The matter was fully argued, and
the court took the papers. A decision may be
looked for to-day.
If aval Mattf.rS.— There is at ihe present
time a great pressure upon our navy yard, and all
work is being pushed as rapidly forward as the
limited space will admit. At the nary yard the
saw and hammer were plied as briskly on Sunday
last as though it was a regular work day.
The Tttscarora, the first of the new steam sloops
of-war orderea to be built, is being prepared for
sea as rapidly as possible, and she will be in readi
ness for service within four or five days.
The Oneida, the second of the set, was launched
at New York within a few days, our ship carpenters
getting through with their work nearly three
months earlier than their Gothamite brethren.
The third sloop, the Juniata, is upon the stocks
in the frigate-house, and is about nine-tenths
finished.
Two other steam sloops-of-war, of larger size than
the Juniata or Tttscarora, will be commenced
forthwith. The first of the two is already being
“laid down” in the loft which is used for that pur
' pose. Her model presents an appearance of great
beauty, and promises to be very swift.
The side-wheel steamer Miami, which was
launched on Saturday last, has been taken down to
Reed street, for the purpose of receiving her ma
chinery. .
The sloop-of-war Brooklyn has been thoroughly
overhauled and rebuilt. She is just off the dry
dock. and it is thought she oon be got ready for sea
within three weeks, with the strong force employed
upon her.
The sloop-of-wnr St. Louis is a sailing vessel.
She ocoupms the place on iho dry dock just va
cated by the Brooklyn. Three or four weeks will
suffice to get her in readiness for sea.
The side-wheel steamer Keystone State, which
lies at the pier near the frigate house, is nearly
ready far sea.
The Delaware, a side-wheel steamer, is receiving
her guns. She is nearly ready for aotive service.
The schooners Adolph Hugct, George Man
gum, and Maria, Wood, are being transformed into
war vessels with all passible despatch. Each *f
the three vessels named is to bo furnished with a
very heavy mortar amidships. For this purpose
large masses of timber have been placed between
the keel and the gun deck at that point. These
schooners will soon be ready to sail.
The gunboats Wissahickon, Taltoma, and Itasca
are receiving their stores, Ac. The following is a
list of the officers of the Wissahickon : Lieutenant
commanding, A, N. Nesbitt; lieutenant, 33. E.
Potter; master, R. Price Walter; acting master,
Rethel J. Handy; assistant paymaster, T. C. Up
ton ; surgeon, Ackley; chief engineer, Thos.
8. Cunningham; third assistant engineers, E. P.
Hntobinsnn, Augustus Saekett; acting master's
mates, Charles Bird, 0. L. Roberts, Jauios M. M.
Forsyth. Her battery consists of one 11-inch, one
30-pound rifle cannon, and two 24-pound howitzers.
There is at present a large number of guns and
shell atthe yard. About tW* thousand f*Uf lViUi
dred men are employed, requiring an expenditure
of one hundred thousand dollars per month to com
pensate thorn for their services to the Government.
Arrival of a Portion of the Powhatan
Chew. The crew of the Powhatan, which ar
rived at New York some time ago, have not yet
been paid off. One hundred and fifty of them came
to this city yesterday, and the remainder have
been sent usher? without a penny in their pockets,
and therefore without any means of subsisting un
less they canobtain credit from a boarding-house
master, who, in a case of this kind, has no legal
claim whatever upon the blue jackets, but most
trust entirely to their honesty, The mm are very
much dissatisfied in consequence of this treatment,
and many of them will ship on board of merchant
men. There is very often more or less delay in
paying off ships’ crews at New York, which gene
rates a bod fooling among the men, ami cannot but
be detrimental to the service.
Completed. —Yesterday afternoon the work
of relaying the curve of the railroad at Third and
Dock streets was completed. This curve had got
in very bad condition, and the enormous transpor
tation business of tne Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, precluded the possibility of the loss of one
or two entire working days to make the needful re
pairs.
Dn. Hayes. — This adventurous gentleman
has been invited by the Academy of Natural
Sciences to report the fruits of his late Arctic ex
pedition, at the meeting to be held this evening.
As none hut members will be admitted, tt to be
hoped that Dr, llayes will soon give to our citizens
an opportunity to hear something of his oxperienoo
amongst the north polar ice.
Tick Election Difficulty. —Yesterday
morning, in the Court of Common Pica?, before
Judges AHiftO sad Ludlow, the question ns to the
legitimocy of the certificates of election issued to
Messrs. Thompson and Ewing, and Stevenson and
Lawrence, was again brought up. Some discussion
took place, in the early stages of the proceedings,
in regard to the propriety ot taking up both cases at
one time.
The court decided to hear both cases.
Mr. Hirst proposed to offer parole evidence in
support of the allegation that tho certificates held
by Messrs. Thompson and Slevenson wexo not legi
timate. lie would call as witnesses members of the
Board of Return Judges, who would say that this
paper, purporting to emanate from them, never did
il fticti ltc would show by nine judges that tho
imper never name before them. Ilow it was done
he did not know, but it could be shown that the pa
per was either gotten up secretly during the session
of the Board, or made up after the adjournment.
These nine judges wer© present at nil tit 6 &o.f«OnS Of
the Board, and they will say that those papers,
given to Messrs. Thompson and Stevenson, were
never before the Board.
Mr r Lmratcr urged that the simplo question for
decision is, who is elected upon the faoeof these
papers. The act of Assembly directs the manner
of a contest, and a court is not to act upon the as
sertion of counsel. Let thirty citizens sign their
paper ami bring tho matter regularly hoforo the
court. A perfect «ystein is provided by the court,
and tho gentlemen on the other side must follow
the directions in the acts of Assembly This paper
of Mr. Stevenson it was said was not correct.
There woro two ways of disposing of the return—
ono is, by objections on tho face of the paper; the
other, by parole evidence of facts outside of the
Return Judges. But this case is not properly be
fore the court, in order to go into so extended an
investigation. IVko Is to ke the pnrty upon ija©
cord here f This investigation may take days,
weeks, and months, and after it is decided, where
is the remedy for the party against whom the court
shall decide ? There is no X'cggpcJ—there is nothing
to ahow tho party or tho party defend*
ing, and no writ of error will remain for *the party
aggrieved.
Mr. Wharton, for Mr. Ewing, contended that tho
ttots of Assembly rolorrod to by Mr. Bs&wnUr, j> ro
vided for a condition of things after a certificate
has been grante-l, sureties approved, and a contest
commenced. The case was not difficult of solution,
if this fact was kept in view. Until the court
should have passed upon the correctness of the cer
tificate now presented, thore could be no commence
ment cf a contested election.
Mr. Thayer, for Mr. Thompson, replied to Mr.
and urged that the counsel for the ot)i9r
side, in conceding that there were two returns be
fore the court, had settled that the acts of Assembly
must be followed, and a regular contest entered
upon. A contest could not be decided upon a col
lateral issue.
The court decided not to receive any evidoneOj
but. if possible, to decide the question of accepting
sureties upon the face of the returns themselves.
If it should prove to be necessary to establishing
any question of fact* an intimation would bo given
to counsel, and evidence would be required.
Mr. Brewster commenced the argument in behalf
of Mr. Stevenson, and, in the first place, he read
the act of Assembly requiring the Return Judges
to certify the election of parties. Mr. Stai'ens&ii’g
certificate was the only one which declared any
one duly elected as clerk of the Orphans’ Court.
This is the only return in the language and in con
templation of law. The law requires them to de
clare who has boon duly elected, and thege Return
Judges have so declared. The other return given
to Mr. Lawrence has the word duly erased, and no
one upon the face of that return is declared elected.
And the law requires the Return Judges to return
the candidates as duly elected. If there U any re
sponsibility attached to this act of the Return
Judges there is a remedy.
Now as to signatures. Tho law requires to be
signed by tho judges present, but the refusal of
clerks or Return Judges to sign & return would not
vitiate an election. The gentlemen ought to have
reasons for refusing, and yet they could not, by
their refusal, prevent a certificate being given.
These returns and certificates arc entitled to rc
epcct, and if h is to be impeached there is a way
designated.
It wa? said that Mr. Stevenson’s leturn was sign
ed by but fifteen of the Return Judges. If this
was an objection to the return, then it was equally
objectionable in the other certificate. Look at Mr.
Lawrence’s certificate. It is signed, not by twenty
four Return Judges, but by fifteen, and after that
the nine others sign the protest to the form of certi
ficate They prx-tesi against these gentlemen having
receiyed votes under protest. They disclaim union
with the paper as an insult to lion. James R. Lud
low.
It was said that Mr. Lawrence’s certificate de
clared that he had received the highest number Of
votes. But it did not certify who was duly elected.
It merely certified who had received the highest
number of votes, according to particular enumera
tion. What was their duty in regard to counting
thfl VMflfl &£ tlie militia. ? The prothonolary when
he receives the returns from the army, delivers to
the Return Judges a copy of the returns, and the
Return Judges must include in their enumeration
the votes so returned, Tfley gf? apt to compute,
any other votes. II they say they kavo computed
certain votes which the law says they shall not,
their certificate falls.
Theprothonotary has sent seventy-nine returns
to the Return Judges, and did not certify to flay
one of them.
Judge Ludlow. Why did they not come into
court and say that ’{ They concluded to take an
other course, and they shall not throw the odium
upon rne. Why did they not Mate in their return
that the papers were not duly certified ? They
preferred to make a return which admitted that
the returns were certified, and that they were do
ing their duty ard counting the votes. I gaye
them every opportunity to coiae into CQlirt and
state their objection to the returns as being fraudu
lent, and a learned member of this bar advised
them SO to do, but thov chose to take onothor
course.
Mr. Brewster, in answer, said this might be true,
but nothing that the Return Judges did could pre
judice bis client.
The Return Judges were simply to look at the
returns certified to by the prothonotory. The
seventy-nine were not certified, and there was no
seal of this court- certifying the correctness of thi
returns*
The court should say that the prothonotary should
not have the right to certify any returns of military
votes, except those coming to him through theTOgu
lar and prescribed channels, and if be should see
fit to send others, the Return Judges should be told
they have no right to count them.
Judge Knox, on the other side, contended that
the proper vto get at this question was to in
quire what the Return Judges were required to do.
and what they did do. Under the General Election
Law. the Return Judges had no difficulty in obeying
the instructions given in the aot of Assembly, Sut,
as in the present instance, where there nre persons
outside of the State entitled to vote, the Return
Judges have further duties.to perform.
He read the acts of Assembly directing the Re
turn Judges bow to act, and urged that they were
ministerial officers, and had nothing to do bat enu
merate all the votes before them, without deciding
judicially whether this or that return we* fraudu
lent.
The order of the court compelled them to per
form their fluty. The certificate given to Mr.
Ewing convicted the Return J udges of error in
giving the certificate to Mr. Thompson. Mr.
Ewing’s certificate declares that all the votes were
counted as commanded, and, having admitted that.
they must abide the conclusion resulting from that
foot.
Mr. Wharton followed on the same sidq i gmj
t°9k ‘lie ground thaf, before polls close, a right Js
vested to object to votes; that after the certificates
ore given, another opportunity is afforded t* tost
the legality of votes; out during the intermediate
stages there was no right vested in any man or set
of men to throw out any votes, or to pass upon the
legality of the votes.
After seme further argument, the CRSC WOS fid
jonrned till ten o’clock this morning.
What Soldiers do and do not Need. —lt
if, perhaps. a very difficult matter tor those who
arc collecting hospital supplies to obtain those ar
ticles which are really necessary, and at the same
time refuse those things which are not needed.
Some persons have strange ideas in regard to the
wants of the sick, furnishing jellies, preserves, eto,
which are of little or no benefit to healthy stomachs,
much less to those that are weakly. Let our la
dies, as far as possible, devote their energies to ob
taining articles of comfort rather than diet—blank
ets, shirts, drawers, slippers, sooks, and all that is
ossential to the diet of tne siek can bo usually ob
tained on the surgeon’s order from the regimental
commissary.
Magazines, newspapers, and bookSj especially
those to form a “hospital library," will he highly
appreciated by the soldier when convalescent, and
when confinement to bed or to the ward is irksome.-
Chequers and boards, backgammon, and now and
then chessmen, will also prove valuable.
If the medical purveyors of the army had not
funds to purchase whatever their experience indi
cated would be useful, tben the charily of the pub
lic might be evoked. Rut as this is not so, let the
efforts 9f the truly uud judiciously benevolent bo
directed to obtaining and forwarding to the hospi
tals, or to the medical purveyors, freight prepaid,
or to the quartermaster, such articles of clothing
and amusement combined with instruction as will
be really wanted and correctly appreciated by toe
soldier whose tastes are not effeminate or childish.
Manufacture of Artificial Teeth. —It
is stated that at least three millions of teeth are
annually made in this country alone. The first
operation, according to the method of manufacture
pursued at one of the most extensive establish
ments of this city, is the choosing of the materials.
These nre feldspar, silica, aud clay. To these are
added various metallic oxide* to produce any
shade of color desired. The feldspar, clay, do.,
are "round to an impalpable powder under water,
dried, and made into a paste. That composing the
body of the tooth is of different materials from that
composing the base or enamel. The teeth are
made in brass moulds, and this is quite a delicate
process. The enamel is first put in place with a
small steel spatula; the platinum rivets, by which,
the teeth are fastened to the plate, are placed
111 position, and then the body is pressed
into the mould. They are then submitted to
powerful pressure and dried. After being dried,
they arc submitted to a process called biscuiting,
in which they can ho cut tike chalk. They are
then sent to the trimmers, who scrape off all pro
jections, and fill up all depressions wnioh may have
been left in the operation of moulding, and then
wash them with what is technically termed enamel.
This is composed cf various substances, more fusible
tliau the tooth itself, and answers the glaze in oom*
mon porcelain making. It is ground to a fine
powder, and suspended in water, and is laid on
with a camel’s hairbrush. They are now sent to
the gummers, who apply the gum. This is chiefly
composed of oxide of gold, and is applied, in the
same manner as the enamel. After being, dried
they arc burned. This operation is carried on in a
muffle. The teeth arc placed on a bed of crushed
quartz, which is placed on a slab of refractory clay.
After being exposed to an intense heat for some
hours, they are taken out, cooled, and sorted.
Personal.— Ms- Alexander J. McCleary, a
well-known Philadelphia reporter, and fbr many
months connected wilh The Press, is a prisoner at
Richmond., as has already been stated. Gnu of his
friends received a letter from him last evening.
The letter had evidently passed a rigid examina
tion from the rebel authorities, tor it was conside
rably mutilated, and boro neither address nordate.
The latter had probably boen written upon u pane
whioli was missing. Mr. McCleary states that he
enjoys good health and is pretty well treated.
Dnowxixo Case. —Lust evening a member
ef the Cameron Dragoons walked overboard at
Callowhill-strcct wharf, and was drowned. Wo
were unable toascertainhis name. The ooroner
was notified to hold an inquest.
Building Improvements.—Among the per
mits time far issued in the present month by the
building inspectors, wore six for the eraotion of
school houses, two for churches, and three far
market houses.
Meeting of the Boaud of Trane. —Tho
regular stated meeting of the Board of Trade
held latf evening at tho room*, in Chestnut stroot.
above Fifth. The attendance was much better
than usual. Mr. S. C. Morton presided over the
meeting. Letters were read from the Wilmitlgtoa
Institute and the Board of Trade of Chicago, re
turning thanks for donations of the reparta of the
Board.
Mr. Buzby spoke at some length in regard to the
defences of the city. Up recounted what had been
done in regurd to the safety of Fort Delaware since
ihe coimaencemeni oC IU present rebellion* De
cently the Corn Exchange unpointed a committee
to visit Washington, and they reported to tho
speaker that Mr. Cameron hod promised to do
something in regard to repairing Forts Mifflin aui
Delaware, but at present it does not appear (b it
anything is being done there.
The speaker referred to Mr. Seward's letter to the
Governors of the various StateS| and to the retort of
Governor Curtin to the Secretary of Sfote, He
believed that the Bccrotary of State intended to
give u gentle hint toforeign‘Powcrs that we would
repel any attack with vigor. Ido not believe that
Mr. Soward is a timid man, but think he believe;
that “in time of peace we should prepare for war.”
The question is, have we taken this advice or not;
can we afford to be any longer indifferent about
this matter ; shall we do less than our neighbor- of
Now England ? Less money to been expended iu
the defence of this than for any other city on the
Atlantic coast. One million of dollars bus boon
spent here, and nearly four millions in tire defences
of New York. Fort Mifflin cost but $BO,OOO at first ;
Fort Delaware has ninely-Mifi woufttel in tne*-
mates ; but the defences are in an unfinished con
dition. The sneaker read a number of statistics,
showing the relative weakness of Philadelphia, an*i
offered the following:
TJjpt th c rivvr and bay defence? of
Philadelphia arc entirely inadequate** and’ need t»
bo immediately and largely increased; and tint it
is tho duty of the United States Government to
superintend and effect such nn imfroaso, nt such
points as u competent corps of engineers may indi
cate .with the least possible delay.
Resolved. That the ardent, patriotic, and efficient
services of Pennsylvania in tho work of -uj*pre?-ing
Hie {southern rebellion, give her tho right to de
mand from the National Government adequate
protection for her seaport —Philadelphia.
Resolved. That it is ineuinlunt upon our muni
9‘pal antbwitivf, upon the Executive and Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, iind upon our Representatives
in Congress, to use all their influence, in the ap
proaching session at Washington, toward securing
tho immediate extension and completion of our
maritime defence?; and that they should invite for
this purpose the co-operation of the proper authori
ties of New Jersey and Delaware.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolution- h»;
transmitted by the Secretary of the Board of Trade
to our City Councils! and tu our members of Con*
gross and tho State Legislature.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
Colonel Snowden said that he had spoken to
Colonel Enkcn in regard to the defences of Phila
delphia. and hud hoped that he would have bc<m
present at the meeting. We must stand by tho
Government, right or'wrong, /b.v -mj ne fas. iu
every possible emergency which may arise. Tt is
because our city lies over a hundred mile-from
ilia sen (hat riie hflsb«eh h eglectcd. In these dnyr.
of steam iron-clad ships we arc, in fact, as near
the sea os any city built on the const.
Messrs. Fcrnon and Tutham addressed the meet
ing. advocating at length the passage uf the reso
lutions.-• Adjounud.
Moke New Military Hospitals.—Tin:
south wing of the immense four-story brick struc
ture situated on Twcntj-sevgnd street, and running
from Wood to Cnrlton streets, i; being fitted/ up for
a first-dass military hospital, under the direction
of John McArthur. Esq., architect, the carpenter
work being done by Sir. Denny. The building i.s
kDOffii as “ Ourirs walDpaper manufaetorv/’ and
the north wing is still, occupied by Mr. Curry.
Xbc entrance to the hospital is by an arched passage
way on Twenty-second street. The first floor is
intended for a dining-room, and is seventy-five by
tvronty«five foot. Tho ceiling is supported by ai*
irofi columns, and, together with the side walls, has
been whitewashed. To the left, the kitchen (twenty
eight by sixteen feet iu dimensions), bath room, and
water-closet are situated This floor is warmed by
a combined healer and ventilator, projecting down
ward through the ceiling. The second floor is
one hundred feet long and twenty-five wide, nnd is
furnished with three ventilators. The third and
fourth floors are of tho same dimenrions and heated
hy steam.
The old Rending Railroad depot, at the south
castjcorner of Broad and Cherry streets, i* being
converted into an arsenal. The inteii >r is now
being floored over and whitewashed, iml Uflatflre
are being inserted. The building is three stories
high, and would furnish ample accommodations f >r
nn entire regiment..
The Guay Re«ki* veh_—Thia hotly, com
manded by Brigadier General F. E. Patterson,
will make a parade on Thursday next, Thanks
giving day. For some time past the officers have
been drilling in the school of evolutions of the line,
under the of General Pattersonr and
are now prepared to execute the most complicate
movements. The brigade will assemble on Thurs
day, at the parade ground, Diamond Cottage,
Camdon, and perform tho various marches, change
of direction, nnd alignments in single and double
column and taking distances ; formations of line of
battle, forward, to the rear, and to the right and
left, changes of front to the right, left, and rear ;
foFinatl&fcs And changes by companies, divisions,
battalions in masses and in deployed lines; pay
ments into column from deployed lines of com
panies, divisions, and battalions; passage of double
lines advancing and retreating; marches by eohel
tonsj countermarches 1 straight and oblique squarefq
will be executed. During the manoeuvres, thirty
thousand rounds of cartridges will be fired. Jtfany
of ihoso mnrr merits will be new to our citizens, as
they have rarefy- been made in our militeryMls
plays heretofore. The parade of the brigade will
take place subsequent to the drill.
Regimental Consolidation It is stated
tk«t the Peensylvaniß regiment heretofore known
ns the Sixty-first, will be, or has been chaoged to
the Second Pennsylvania Reserve, and has been
filled to the complement of twelve hundred.
The Second Pennsylvania Reserves, it is stated,
never was filled, and the Sixty-first was consoli
dated with it by order of Governor Curtin. The
officers of this regiment thus constructed are :
Colonel 0. H. Rippey, Lieutenant Colonel Frank
Robbins, and Major Maurice Wallace.
A Heavy Contract.— Jlf. H. E. Lehman,
of Lancaster, well known in this city, has received
from the War Department, at Washington, a con
tract for rifling and repairing a large lot of arms.
This contract Is a heavy one. Involving an expense
to Government of nearly $300,000. In order to
execute the job speedily, Mr. Lehman has already
commenced enlarging his works, and will employ
an immense force of workmen, so as to rifle, repair,
and put in complete order about 1,000 muskets
each day. It is understood that muskets so re
paired, and supplied by percussion looks, are
cqunl, in every respect, to the new ones made at
Springfield.
CITY ITEMS,
Mn. CußTis’ Lectube os Thibsday Even*
lxti.—Gueat Bale op Tickets—Tlio opposition ma t*
Just veay Mr. G. Curti#’ fulfilling an cng&jj;pmcnt
to lecture in this city liau created & petfuri furore Id
his favor this year. Wo understand that the sale of
tickets in advance, for Ills lecture before the People's
Literary Institute, at Conceit Hall, en Thursday p vett
ing next, on “ National Honor,” lias Leon so great, that,
in all probability, enough will be Bold to All the UaU be
fore tlifi day of the lecture. The most Intense intaeat
prevails to bcO and hear what the flo.|u>>ut nod racy
orator will have to say, under the circumstanced'
Annuat. Oration Before the Society of
•nil! Ali'mki op Tim Uaiemm* or
The annual oration before the Society of the Alumni of
the University of Pennsylvania will be delivered on Wed
nesday evening, of this week, in the college hall, Ninth
slurt) abuTP Chestnut, hy Alfred grille, M> V„ his sub*
ject to bo “War the Civilizer." From the Qualifica
tion* end antecedents of the erator, a production may be
expected worthy the place, its time.houored associattens,
and the cultivated audienco which is certain to grace the
Ve anticipate for ouKrlVes a twtc itewl, >n<l
may promite as much to ail who may attend. Cards of
admit sion, wu believe, are Issued free of charge.
“ Manfueness.” — This will be the subject
afaleeture-to be delivered at Handel aud Haydn HaII
this (Tuesday) evening, by the Rev, J. Hyatt Smith, the
talented and eloquent pastor of the Eleventh Baptist
Church of this city. We know of no man better qualified
to treat the subject of 11 Dfunfulncw" in a “lire,” man
ful way than J. Hyatt Smith. He will doubtless have a
targe audlcuco.
Ladies’ Furs.—Ladies who have not
supplied tlioinioh oinvith winter Furs ean save a hand
some per ceutoge by making their selections vow, at
Messrs. Charles Oakford & Sons’, under the Contiueotal
Hotel. Their stock is magnificent, embracing every
variety—from the lowest coat goods in the market to the
richest B«dw, and they are selling them (tl *»n
jtri’ccdented loto prices. This opportunity Miould be
promptly embraced, as the increasing scarcity of watte
t/pfurs must enhance the cost of them very materially
ill . f,-\v weeks. Our ailvice, t!|o|vfi)j-c j s , ft g, (2 Oftk
fords' at onre, ami secure bargains while they are going.
Old Port Wine, for Medicinal Pur
poses — Persons wishing a genmne article of pure.old
i’ffi't Wine—euch ua is recoinincnrtrd by physicians for
UHHUciiiHl purposes—wilt find it nt Mr. C. H. Mattson's,
dealer in fine family groceries, at Arch and Tenth streets.
Mr. Mattson has also novr rn hand a very superior Ma
deira Wine, of the celebrated lt Bn»l n brand, a rare and
very choice article,
The Indian's. —AVe take pleasure in calling
attention to the call for n meeting In behalf of the In
dians, for it is well known that tho frontier tribes ftr?
smnrtin? under the accumulated wrongs which traitors
aud speculators have heaped upon them, and, until tho
true sentiment of better mind* inraado known to them,
it is sot to< be. wondered at that they nre disrititUfied with
tlioir condition. Lut us, hers in tho city of William
Penn, show that we are prepared to do them justice; And
a demonstration may have some-effect ou the action of
Congress. The Hon. Judge Kelley, aud others, will
give addressee o» the occasion, and we also understand
tliut ojtvCtovernor Pollock will psusldo on the occasion.
Concert Hall*— George Christy’s minstreia
appear this evening for tlie last time but one, prior to
their departure for Worthington. The performances are
of the most pleasing consisting of songs, both
BentimontrU and comic, jig and ballet dancing, &c. We
weald advise all ouv reader* to attend
Grand Parade on Thanksgiving Day.—
The Gray Reserves are to have a grand parade and drill
on Thanksgiving day* Thirty thousand rounds of blank
cartridges will be fired during tho evolutions, and it is
expected that (be drill witt be- far superior lo anything o f
the kind ever witnessed is. this city. Tho effect will be
heightened hy the splendid eppemuee of (he Reserves,
the best equipped of them having procured their uniforms
at the lteowa Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill A Wilson,
No*. and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. Tho-firm
named is alike ftuned for gelling up elegant and BUbdtaa
tiril suits for BOldleH and elVtUana.
Contentment produces, in some measure,
all thoso effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to
what lie call* the philosopher's stone; aud if it does:not
bring richest it the samo tiling by buntobinff tbs de
sire for them. If it cannot remove the disquietudes aris
ing from a man’s mind, body, or fortune, it makes him
easy under them. Nothing conduces iw>re to a contented
miud than the possession of oue of the cheap fi\h .and
Winter 8»lt§ §Ptt?B BP fit the one-i«‘iee Clothing Empo
rium of Granville Stokes, No* SOP Chestnut street. The
finest aud cheapest ganneuta iu the city can ho obtained
at this renowned depot.