SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, IS6I. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OP STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS—“ The conspiracy to break up the Union it a fact now known to nil. Armies arc being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man IWift be on the side of the United states or against it* xiier® can be no neatralt in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors.” THE LATEST WAR NEWS, The details we publish in regard to the move ments in the "West indicate that the Mississippi volley is about to become one of the most import ant sotmos of ihp present war. It ifi evident that a mighty concentration of the national resources is being made in that quarter, for the purpose of fitting out an irresistible land and river expe dition. X large proportion &C tk* eoUlcr* furnfrhrd by Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, lowa, and Kentucky will be employed in. this grand en terprise. xiie war \u ttnstera Kentucky has been virtually terminated by Genernl Nelson’s recent victory at Pikcrillc. The project of advancing into Eastern Tennessee has been, for the present, abandoned for good strategic reasons. The large army in Missouri has comparatively little useful employment in that State. Cairo is so well fortified that there is no danger of nn attack being made upon it, and the soldiers stationed there are ready and eager to aFßtime the oAeneix'e. The river gunboats and flotilla, upon the construction of which much pa tient labor has been expended, aro now nearly all finished, and a body of skilful sailors has been sent to the AVcst to assist in man-' lung their guns, and in navigating them. With a Union forec of one hundred thousand men, and a powerful river fleet, prepared for a descent of the great father of waters, it 13 not surprising that the rebels residing along its banks are becoming panic stricken. aiid that their leaders are deeply im pressed with the necessity of making vigorous ex ertions to defend so important a line of operations. It must be confessed that they have not been idle. They are fortifying Columbus as strongly ns possi* ble, and sending all the men and cannon they can spare up to that point. They have also been building gunboats on the Tennessee river. In the vicinity of Bowling Green they are said to have a force of -id,ooo men, under the com mand of one of their best generals—A. Sidney Johnston: ami the ex-bishop, but now general, Polls lifts « Itirge V sit OolnmliuS. TilS filP ward movement of our soldiers will, no doubt, be warmly contested, and we shall not be surprised if one of the must important and decisive battles of the whole struggle occurs on the banks) or in the immediate vicinity, nf the Mississippi. If we are victorious in that contest, an outlet for the North west will be reopened to New Orleans, which can never again be closed by the rebels, and their now capital. Nashville, will speedily fall into our pos session. TliC aecoutVs received by the late mail from Hil ton Head show that the troops connected with the great naval expedition have been busily employed since their arrival in South Carolina. One of their first duties was to so fortify their new position as to render it impregnable against rebel attacks. Then preparation were made for further offensive de- one of the most important of which was the occupation uf Tybce Island. l r roin this point it seems that Port Pulaski can be assailed, and, at all events, the entrance to Savannah can be effectually closed. The “atone fleet,or, as one of the sailors connected with it amusingly terms it, ;i the rat bole squadron,’ : has probably already virtually blotted out Charleston and Savannah from the list of seaports during the continuance of the rebellion, by sinking hulks at their harhor entrances; and this will, we presume, be the fate of all other rebel seaboard cities which do not speedily fall into our poseerision Oousidoribg that ah &xp&diti6li about to depart from Fort Royal under command of General A ide ; that another is about to set sail from Annapolis under General Burnside; that General Butler has organized a formidable armada, and that a large number of war vessels are being equipped in New York and other places, the whole Southern seacoast is evidently destined to be ter ribly harassed during the present winter, and mere than one leading Southern city will probably be captured. The Keystone State is nohly represented in the Union army. She has now more than one hundred regiments in the field, and there are others prepared to enter the service. They are participating in all the great movements of the war. They form part of the army in Kentucky, and are ready to join in the grand advance against the rebels in Tennessee. They are represented by the “ Roundhead Regi ment” at Port Royal ? and by troops connected with the new naval expedition about to set sail from Annapolis. They are to be found along the line of the Upper Potomac, in the relb of Wash ington, and they form one of the most gallant and important divisions of the grand army which now occupies the northern part- of Virginia. opposite the capital. The honor of our noble Common wealth is safe in their hands. We feel that when ever they are called into action, they will prove by their zeal and courage in fighting for the Union, that, in this hour of national peril, Pennsylvania is more than ever “ The Keystone of the Federal Arch.*’ The London Spectator predicts a “ party split ” in England on the great American question. It says : u Thft Tories Are becaniing more aad more lies tils in their tone towards the North. One of their leaders has spoken at lost. and. though bis meaning isnotreryclenr, bis tendency is. Sir J. Puking ton, in his address to the Conservative Association of WoMSsUttdiif*. d<54S not, iiideed, ask for inter vention, but he calls upon the great Powers to offer the strongest ‘ remonstrances' against a continu ance of the struggle, and blames Earl Russell, at Newcastle, for not expressing the views of England regarding the war. No man Knows better than Sir J. PakiDgton that remonstrances would be treated in America with angry contempt, and he therefore intends to advise one of two thiags—a remonstrance which enn lend to nothing beyond an impertinent letter from Mr. Sewnrd, or a demand which, though possibly eliciting no instant result, sha-l be followed by serious action. He wants either a diplomatic snub, or a war. The Whigs dis tinctly decline to precipitate either. Lord Russell, at Newcastle, declared that we could not ho judges of the American cause. The Duke of Argyll, at Inverary, allowed that the national existence of America was worth a war, and Lord Russell ha 3 informed Mr. llflyman. a self-styled Lirerpool merchant, that this Government has recognized the blockade, and that if he breaks it be must suffer the personal penalty of that ‘unjustifiable* pro ceeding. The Tory journals, moreover, define their position iiiore and itidre clearly as foes of the North, while the Times repeats more and more earnestly that intervention must be avoided. Ob viously, the existing Government has chosen its course—a determined neutrality, to be maintained in spite of pressure from France, or outcries from the cotton trade, or Mr. Seward's silly ill-temper ; and the Tories have chosen theirs—an undeter mined resolve to interfere if any excuse should offer. It remains still to be seen which course is acceptable to the voting class, but we believe the first Parliamentary struggle will show most of the speeches against the North, and most of the votes with it. : * The Baltimore American of last evening gives the following additional particulars of the news brought from Portress Monroe yestorday by the steamer Louisiana About eleven o’clock on Thursday morning a steamer was observed at Fortress Monroe, display ing a large flag, and coming from the direction of Norfolk. It was soon decided to be a flag of truce from the land of Dixie, when the steamer George Washington! run dawn to meet her, off Sewell’a Point, She proved to no n very little tug. with the word “ Rebel” painted in immense letters upon her sides. But few words were exchanged between the officers of the vessels, and hut four passengers enme up from the aiielent borough of Norfolk. These consisted of a llebrew gentleman and his wife, Lieutonaut Itobert Selden, and Mr. William A. Abbott, both of the United States navy, and who have been confined in the jails and tobacco fac tories in Richmond and Norfolk between six and seven months. On Wednesday five hundred Federal prisoners confined in the 11 iclcmond jails sccre sent to Tus caloosa, Alabama t the reason assigned being that they would be much more comfortable there than in Richmond, especially as the climate was warmer. At first the Federal prisoners were treated with great severity by the guards placed over them, and a number of them had been shot for merely look ing out of the piison windows; but a stop had been put to it, and they were much better treated. One of the passengers who oame up by the flag of truee reports that coffee was selling in Norfolk at the rate of ?1 per lb, and butter at 65 cents, and scarce at that, d'hc suppiy of shoes was nearly ex hausted, and coarse brogans readily commanded six dollars per pair. There came by the Rebel a package of about five hundred letters, consisting principally of the oorfo spondencc of the captive soldiers. The Southern papers which the passengers brought with them were taken possession of by the Federal authorities on board the flag-ship. St. Andrew’s Society. The one hundred and thirteenth anniversary of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, witl jbe celebrated, as usual, this day —but not exactly in the usual manner. The annual dinner will bo dis pensed with, but the members and their friends will Eup together at Mr. Petrie’s, (St. Louis Hotel, Chestnut street.) at seven o’clock this evening. The general business of the Society will be transacted before that hour, we understand. A lidCAb STOity.enOur able anti popular neigh. 2tor, Fitzgerald’s City Item, ha 3 entered upon its holiday volume with a new and original story, elegantly end powerfully written, by one of the most talented and neeomplisbed ladies in our midst. It is called “Teacher and Scholar, ’ 1 and js a graphic, natural and animated tale of life in find around our public schools. The topic must commend the story to all interested in school life and educational reform. The name of the author (Miss Eleanor Donnelly) is sufficient to insure it the ISgSrd of every person of literary taste. Miss Donnelly has been a contributor to The Press, and we have had frequent occasion to call attention to her high poetical genius The novelist, we are EUre, Will BVt disappoint fee readers of the poetess. Bargains in Pianos and Melodeons.—There being a large temporary reduction in the cost of manufacture of the above, J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut streets, offers the full benefit to his customers See advertisement. I Autocracy in Trouble, | Of Oh* iis! i: 1 1 mx Iniuill'cl atiulants in the 1 University of St. Petersburg three hundred and lifty-three were arrested at “one fell | MYOUI*.” and eonfinvdj asrvbvU. At lb,' ! time, three hundred and forty students of the i University of Moscow were arrested, on the ground. Tim condition of Russia is dan gerous in the extreme. The Poles are kept j from rehellion only by the argument of force, : in the shape of a large army of occupation and ! the supremacy of martial law. Every city in Roland is a Russian garrison, and it would appear as if the decencies and proprieties of civilized life were now suspended, for, among other reported outrages, we hoar of young ladies of high birth and gentle culture, guilty only of the crime of having male relations among the rlisallVscti-O Roles, taken from tnc retirement of their families, dragged through the streets in chains, tied lip in the har ,i-acU v„r.l ; stripped, and severely flogged by the soldiers. It is no wonder, surely, that Roland pants to avenge such injuries, and ia ready to peril life in the hope of breaking tlio tyrannic yoke of its Russian rulers. The present Czar appears not equal to the exigencies of the time and of bis situation. He lias not the iron will ofltis father, the Czar Kieliolas, which nothing could break nor bend. He appears overpowered by tllV preSfWO tlf events. Immediately after the troubles broke out in Roland, instead of waiting to face the crisis, lie went on a tour, accompanied bv his. wife, to inspect the scenes of battle in the Crimea, and satisfy himself about tlie rebuilding of Sebastopol. While thus absent, disaffection broke out in the Universities of Moscow and St. retersburg. The students are dissatisfied with the Czar Alexander's pertinacious at tempts to elevate liis empire" by abolishing serfdom, '. and many of tlio professors, their teachers, hold tlic same opinion. The Univer sities, closed at the first demonstration, have since been reopened, but might as well have been closed, for there is something abundantly absurd in a professor lecturing, as is now done, to an audience-—of tiro, tlie. full .mimlwr of students being 1,000 in St. Petersburg. Of these, Bf>B are now in the prison at Cronstadt. The greater portion—a hatch of 288—were previously confined in the fortress, but some facetious young gentleman, with a talent for satire, posted on the principal gate a placard bearing tlie words “ University of St. Peters bmgj* 1 and the authorities, who did not lake tlie joke, did take the joker, and consigned him to solitary confinement in the fortress. There is an anecdote ennnnnted with this University rmeafe, which may be true, and is curious, as showing the value of a possessive pronoun t When tlie Czar went on his tour to tlie Crimea, he entrusted General Ignatieft’, his aid-de-camp, ar.d a member of tlie Impe rial Council, with the duty of maintaining order in St. Retersburg, of which he is Go vernor. When the troubles broke out Igna treif sent a telegram to the Czar in the Crimea, as follows; “ Great disturbances at the Uni versity. Tlie students will listen to no one ; neither to the Rector, nor to the Curator, nor even to me. What is to be done ?” Thu Emperor's reply Is said to have been «Make every effort to calm the students. Treat them lik« a father.” General Ignaticffs prompt reply was, ‘-I have obeyed your Ma jesty's commands. Tlio students are in the fortress.” The Emperor sent a final telegram to this effect, “What do you mean? You have committed some fearful blunder.” Gene ral Ignatieft’went to meet the Czar, at the first station on the St. Petersburg and Moscow Railway, and was very coldly received. Being informed that his action with respect to the University was disapproved of, ho said, in self-defence, “ I endeavored, Sire, to exe cute your orders. I arrested 283 students last Thursday,- and many of them are badly wounded. Your lamented father could scarce ly have done more.” It seems that there are no articles in the Russian language, and that in such phrases as “ like my father,” or “as my father” (would have done) the possessive pro noun is usually omitted. Therefore, when Czar Alexander telegraphed, with a humane purpose, “Treat tlie students like a father,” General Ignatieff understood it, ((like my father,”- and did what the Czar Nicholas would have done—arrested nearly three hun dred of them. Tiie Czar, in Ills present difficulty, is between two fires. The Poles are rebelling against him because lie is not liberal enough, and the pow erful aristocracy of Russia as disaffected be cause he is far too liberal. In this dilemma, if lie be infirm of purpose, he is lost. Russian history has many examples of violent death among the rulers of tlio land, and it would not sin-prise us to learn that, ere tlie abolition of serfdom had been completed, tlie death of the Czar would reduce things to their former eoKditidfi, befsvs lie commsucsd playing the role of Emancipation. A sivord, like that of Damocles, ever bangs over tlie head of each Russian Autocrat. Street Railways. Some weeks ago we noticed a new system of Street liailways, projected by Mr. John Haworth, Mode Wheel House, near Man chester, England. A paper describing this •system was read by Mr- Haworth at.the late niceling, at Manchester, of the British Asso ciation for the advancement of Science. Tile new system, which is patented, was described as “the laying down of three dines of rails, tlie centre one having a groove, on which the per ambulator attached to the vehicle, revolves, and thereby maintains the wheels upon the Kails.” Wo objected to this system, that the third rail would add another bar to the gridi ron, and drew attention to the condition of Market street f which is so much cut up bv a suc cession of various rails, as to render it difficult, if not even dangerous, for a carriage on springs to cross it, at some points. Mr. H awoiitii, having road Tim Press of the 14th October, noticed our comment on his system, and has politely sent ns a printed copy of this communication to the British Associa tion, with an engraved sketch and description of his plan. lie says: “ You will sec that the third rail will not add 1 another bar to the gridiron, 1 but will remove the existing ones, as on my plan aii the rails are on a level with the roadway, the centre grooved one acting as a guide for the perambulator attached to the vehicle. By this arrangement all projections are done away with, and no obstruction!? offered to the general traffic, as the driver, by simply raising or lowering the perambulator, can leave or keep tho rails at pleasure. During a trial of some wcoks in the main street of Salford and Pendleton, a distance of nearly two miles, in which there is a largo gene ra! traffic, not the slightest obstruction liae boon caused; and I can confidently assert that it is lookod upon by the public as a great success.” The middle rail, grooved for the reception of a revolving disc, attached to the vehicle, Is intended to form a guiding rail of itself, and thereby to dispense with the necessity of hanged wheels and raised rails. Mr. Haworth savs: “ In the system which I have patented, the outer rails are of 3-inch T iron, grooved into longitudinal dovetailed sleeparsj of liantzic timber, whioh are 8 j inches at the top, 4i inches at the bottom, and 0 inches deep. The groove of the sleeper receives a tongue of the rail, which is driven tight in, and screwed down with common screws, firmly uniting the two, and imparting mutual strength and sup port, as tyres do to wheels and wheels to tyres. Tho centre rail is a small-sized Brunei rail, re versed, only 2i inches wide. The groove on its surface is 9-16 of an inch in width at the top, 1 at the bottom, and one inch deep. The rails, being hud perfectly levei with the roadway, present no obstruction to tho ordinary traffic. The perambu lating wheel, which works in the grooved rail, is eleven inches in diameter, and is centred in a bar hinged to the fore-axle of gn ordinary omnibus, m)d duly spurred, so that as the wheel revolves the axle is always at right angles to the rails. The appara tus is supported above the road by a chain attached to a lever fixed to the foot-board, which the driver at pleasure can raise or lower, and thus, with the grruh'st ease, either take or leave tho rails. The facility of running off the rails renders it unneces sary (except in case of very extensive traffic), to have a double line, os by arrangement the descend ing omhibtiS daii give place to the ascending, and the use of sidings is dispensed with. ” Tlie French street railways are level with the road, and so those in America and England ought to be, but are hot. We liave not yet seen a street railway in Philadelphia, Balti more, New York, or Boston, in wliieli the rail, as it should be, is simply inserted, as it were, into the street, leaving it as level as before. If Mr. Haworth’s plan does this, it docs a great deal, but if it does less, the introduction of tho third rail, though only two and a hull' inches wide, must tear up the road more than the ordinary two rails. The abolition of the flanged wheels, letting the railway gar turn from the rails and run, if required, on the or dinary road, is decidedly an improvement and advantage. Brushes for the Army. —Wo invite attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Kemble & Van Horn, in another column, of brushes for the army. The facilities of tliiS firm for supplying contractors and sutlers with brushes at low prices—also oavalry, wagon, and every other description of brushes, of the Government standard, are probubly unsurpassed by those of any other concern in tho country. Xhoir wnrerooms arc at He- 321 Mattel street. LETTER KKOM ** OCCASIONAL,” ■Washington’, Nov. 20, 18lit. Can we ever have an aristocracy in Ameri ca t This uuciition fiometimeii occurs to me as I read the elaborate denunciations of tho European press, and tho pretentious speeches of English noblemen at public dinners and on the hustings be I ore tlieir constituents. In deed, one of the causes of the sympathy felt by many of tlie aristocrats of England for the. rebels of tlio South is tlio hope that tho sue* cess of Jefferson Davis will end democratic institutions on this continent, and that upon the ruins of the American Republic will be reared a monarchy, with all tlie appliances of an aristocracy and landed gentry, the regal pomp, splendor, and ostentation which sur round tho throne of England and tho Conti nental Rowers. I do not know what peculiar satisfaction it would be to these lordly English men to have a monarchy established upon the shores of this continent. They could have no sympathy with new-born American aristo crats, for tlieir ancestral lines extend back to ihv advent of tlie Norman, and aro lost in tlie twilight of tho early Saxon history. We, of America, have no such genealogical claims to advancement. An American aris tocracy, under tlie most favorable auspices, would be the jest of tlie other aristocrats of the world, because this form of society is only attractive wlioli it springs I'iWII .1 iollg liilii df ancestors, and has around it tho pride of his tory. Eull-blooded aristocracy is not the growth of a year, or of a hundred years. When we honor a Russell or Stanley, a How ard or a Condo, we think of the great men who founded these names, and pay a tribute to tlieir genius and couvago, in the persons of those who inherit them. Tlie name of Napo leon has been the terror and the glory of the earth for tho last sixty years. If any man over fought tils way Into an aristocracy, it was the first representative of that illustrious name; and yet, with all his genius, Ills power, Lis pride, and his renown, Itia descendants are looked upon as parrenues by most of the no blemen of Europe, and arc but coldly recog nized by tlio reigning powers of England. Let us suppose the success of the rcbol Government, and anticipate that contingency which Governor Pickens, in a recent message to tho South Carolina Eogislature, exported, when lie alluded to the necessity fora “ strong form of government,” and what then? How are you going to build a mpnarghy upon the American Continent ? Aristocracies are nothing more than tlie rule of the minority. The minority can only rule when it monopo lises cither the intellect, the wealth, or the power of a nation. Under the present state of advancement on this continent, there never can be .Mich a thing as a monopoly of Intellect, of wealth, or of power. It is all very well in England, where millions live and die without knowing the name of tlie next county-town, ami with tlie firm belief that the parish they inhabit occupies three-quarters of the globe. You might establish it in France, where the people are a warlike race, fond of the glitter of military show, ambitious of martial dis tinction, and willing to follo w any leaders who may plant their eagles upon the fields of Austurlitz, Inkerman, or Solforino. Wherever an aristocracy flourishes, you find some radical defect in the system of society, or else you find it upon tho vargo of nn overthrow—bo cause there is a law of society, so general that I take it to be an axiom, that the further men advance into enlightenment the more they feel and appreciate the intellect which God has given them, and tlie energies they possess to carry that intellect into operation; the more they yearn to be their own masters—to work out for themselves the problem of their own existence—to minister to their own happiness —to be tho arbiters of their own destine. Tiie only approach to an aristocracy upon this continent may be found in the Southern States, and this is neither an aristocracy of wealth, nor an aristocracy of Intellect, but a simple aristocracy of power—or, if I were to use a better phrase, an aristocracy of chance. These people of the South came iuto posses sion of immense lands, and find themselves the masters of a large class of people representing the type of another race, without a single sen timent of congeniality or sympathy. They maintain that power by a system of cruelty, I might say, which no one man on (lie civilized globe ever sought to defend. Gentlemen, in every sense of the word, elegant and expensive in their tastes, open, generous, gallant, and brave, all—the only claim to distinction, or to the possession of the power they wield, is based upon a system tvhicli, however neces sary it is, and however infprudent it would be to interrupt, is, nevertheless, odious and dis tasteful. Take a Southern planter, with five thousand acres of land and live hundred slaves. He is as much a feudal master as was the Earl of Warwick, or any of the barons under King John. These brave old men of the baronial times felt proud of their vassals, cultivated their prowess, flattered their pride, ministered to tlicir comfort, protected them from danger, and led them into the Held, sharing the dan gers of the battle, and the perils of the camp, in order that they might enjoy a common glory. The Southern planter finds in his slaves so many chattels, pieces of property, convertible into cash, and does not feel him self called upon to respect any of tlie tendor est ties of society. He may semi the mother to Georgia, the father to Texas, and the chil dren to tho several ootton States. They are to him so many implements for producing a large crop of cotton, or a profitable harvest of sugar. The only care he has upon liis mind Is that the chattel receives so many suits of clothing in a year, so many pounds of bacon in a week, possesses sleeping accommodations, atid is llidroUglilj- wliipj»6&axi»y llooKj Md.j Nov. 20.—Some excitement was occnsionod licrc tills afternoon by tbe rebels throwing nbout thirty shells at the quarters of some companies of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania lie* girnont. under command of Major Hoctor Tyndala, at Harper’s Ferry. Major Tyndnlc tried the effect of the long-range ISufields upon them, but the distance (being 2.000 yards) was too great. Although some of the firing of the rebels was fair, nobody was hurt. Our men were well deployed, and ready for a closer range, which the rebels would not give them. From Boston. Poston, Nov. 20. —Tho cloven Kentuckians, who were released from Fort Warren a few days sinco, being destitute of money, were sent to their homes to«dsy by tho city nuthoritioa. •I- Hew ins, the mail robber, was sentenced to day to an imprisonment of five years in Dedham jail. S. P. Skinner sentenced to an imprisonment of dve this :: benefitwill tell more eloquently than words can, the intosost fslt by our people in the physical comfort of our brave soldiers. Bev. Dk. Wadsworth s Tiiaxksgivoo sur. sios.—The eloquent sermon preached at the Arch street Presbyterian Church, on Thursday, by the Bev. Dr. Wadsworth, has been published in a hnnd -89189 pamphlet by JJcssrs. T, 11. Peterson & Bro thers, and can be procured at their establishment to-day. This discourse is ono of the ablest ever preached by this eminent divine, and will be eagerly sought after in its permanent form. Presentment op the United States Grand Jury.—By an error of the compositor, this docu ment, which we published on Thursday, was signed £. A, Moss. The gentleman who signed it, as fore man, wasE. L. Moss, Esq., 206 Walnut street. To Capitalists. Manufacturers, and Others S-Aeb VALUAiiLia REAL Estate, &c. —Thomas & Sons* sale, 10th Decem ber, will comprise an unusually large amount of valuable property, including the first-class sugar refinery of Messrs. Easiwiek, a valuable oil mill, a number of handsome residences, plain dwellings, building lots, &c. Peremptory sales by order of Orphans’ Court and Court of Common Pleas, trus tees. and others. Also, a welhsoeured ground rent, §12,000, punctually paid. See advertisements, auction head. Departure ol the Sixty-third (Irish) Regi- ment from New York. TWO .MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL KISSING. i!> e 3Sf?w Vprk toms of iwrite] The departure of the Sixty-third (Irish) Regi ment, on Thursday, was destined to have a sad sequel On Wednesday last the officers were ad vised not to permit a parade of the men through the city. as they had been paid the day previous. The desire for a military display, however, was gratified, at tho expeuse of life as well as discipline. The regiment, having embarked at David’s island in an Amboy steamer, were landed at Four teeuth street, U. 31.. on Thursday morning. They made a very creditable inarch down Broadway from that point—the men being all apparently sober. So careful were some of the officers of the condition of their command?, that 8 foff of liquor found on the men were emptied into the streets. They were accompanied by their wives, sweet hearts. and hundreds of personal friends, who, when the regiment reached Battery Place f preparatory to entering the Amboy dock, seemed anxious to go with them. A strong body of police from the First and Fourth precincts, with some armed sentries, were placed in the gate, and refused admission to all except the military. The first three companies entered ta admirable order* but several women endeavored to follow them, and were repulsed. Some excitement among the troops followed this proceeding, and to keep out the Iriends of the sol diers, as woll as to restore order, the gates were closed and a halt ordered. Several of the troops outside then broke through the ranks, and were followed by others, who repaired with their rela tives and friends to the several low drinking dens which Infest the neighborhood of Battery Place and State street. There was altogether about two hundred absentees from the regiment, who soon afterward emerged from the “ rot-gut* J saloons, beastly drunk, staggering, and anxious for a fight with anybody or anything. The men who Were a short time previously as docile as lambs, were through the effects of the poison they had swallowed involuntarily crazy, and ready to eDgnge in any melee that might break out. The ranks w&rc hdpelc&sly broken, and the dis orderly troops soon created a scene thoroughly dis graceful. The pier gates were opened, and the command to “march” given, when tho staggering soldiers rushed forward with their friends, but the latter being driven back by the police, a row fol lowed. which sooir spread throughout the whole regiment. Those inside were anxious to get out and receive leave of absence for a short time, and those outside would be only content to go if their friends wore admitted with thorn. But tho officers decided that the desire of neither party should be gratified. Several of the troops then used their bayonets freely, and many of them, it is said, were stabbed. The scene was terrific for some time, as the officers had no com mand whatever over their men. When tho troops inside found that the gates were closed against their egress, they rapidly van towards tho north ern side of the dock* nnd some of them succeeded in escaping by balancing themsclvos hand over hand on a tight rope, by which a schooner was fastened to a buoy in the sand. Others climbed the aide gates, and in doing so a few fell overboard, and their fato has not yet been learned. During the row, one of the privates attempted to stab an officer, who. finding himself in a perilous condition, struck his assailant with his sword on the head, inflicting a severe, if not fatal wound. The mtiu, with seme othffrs dnngcrously wounded, wns nfterwarcis convoyed to the steamer. At length, after long fighting, resulting in contu sions. bruises, wounds, black eyes, and tho sundry et oeteras of a general row, about seven hundred, out of eight hundred nnd fifty of tho troops, | r -1.. 2? Sii 3 4 48 -32 4; 5;..j..! 88 2.. 05 101 5 9 I*2 115 1! SI..L.S sio 3.. 123 20 40 4 02 100 ; 1 1 ; '2'..' 196 4.. 133 194 30 T ITT 118 35 11 ! 3.. 3« 5.. 179 IS6 6 5 94 109; .. 17i16;.. 3*26 6.* ( 104 277 ? 1 §3 403 i 3 li»i 4,,r 4SI 7.. 108 ICS .. 1 73 104; 26 12 2.. 217 8.. 72 143 6 3 50j 154; 0 10 3.. 224 0... 96 56 .. .. 21i 91; 34 6.. .. 152 10.. 85 73 .. .. 30 103 j 0 21.. .. 103 11 .. 69 20 .. 40 31 il2 4: 2 S'.) 38.. „! .. ~ •• -I •• 90 13.. Sj S 3 .. .. 1 IS: 4 0 2 1 31 14.. 50! V. .. .. 3 35 1 10 2..!.. 50 15.. 'l' 50! 151 1 .. 14! 46 : 5 4 0.. 75 10.. j 44 00! 1 3 0| 00| 3.. ..j.. 103 Jia4B|i»Bi 9? 37 7P9|lgl? l-i§ }]o 33! 1 sp« The following were the number of lodgers during the previous months of ISOI : ] WHITE. I'uWUUl*. J JlOliTire. ===:=:— —-! jTOT.Wfr M. | r. h. r. | Jiinuury.. 6221 i 1452 177 40 j 7020 Pel,rnary. 6951 1713 | 242 95 ! 9001 Slurcli.... 6715 I 1659 j 3M 130 : 5327 April 0163 I ISil I 181 IS : 7SU2 May 40i5 I 1545 ! Si It! ! 200!» ! 1577 1 24 15 3700 1572 ! 1:14S ! 30 i 1335 ! 1005 j 35 1475 ! 1254 i S 3 June July August.... If, to the above number, we add October, (2,812.) we havo a number of lodgers at tho various station-houses of the City. during the present year, ef 54,212, leaving November and December yet to be beard from. The total number of lodgers diming the entire year of 1800 was but 49,680. It thus appears that, while tho arrests have fallen off nearly sb-'per cent ~ the number of lodgers has Increased by at least 10 per cent. Previous to IS6O, no record embracing these points was preserved, so that we are unable to ascertain, positively, the cause of this increase. This great number of needy people find, in the Second, Third, fourth, firth, Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Sixteenth dis tricts. intolerable accommodations; in the other districts, the quarters arc better, and some of the stations are new. THE MAYOR AND THE VUU'Y OF POLICE Under former regimes, the character of the polieo WU3 little better than that of the Mayors of the city, A tranfmigratiwi from the statiourhouee in the character of offender to the same station-house as an officer wns n common matter, and the most dissolute and abandoned meu in the city usod to be confidential friends of tbo bead of the city. The present polieo takes, jn no loss degree, the character of tho Mayor and of the Chief. Of Alexander Henry, the Mayor of Philadelphia, 1 we have no personal sketch to offer. Having served with quietude and dignity in tho City Councils, he SM nominated for tbs Mayoralty by th® People's p«rty and elvvtod. C9“tiAiWi IH #«« oC Chief Mr, Samuel D, Bnggleg, the preient inoum* bent, and made man; neocuary changes among the lieutenants. .Some of tho latter replaced notorious bullies, gamblers, and criminals, that had previous!; disgraced tho city. The re-election of Mr Henry Wfihi ilol accomplished by party Inlluenocs, for c»tl sens at large united upon him, and an unexampled condition of prosperity baa marked his administra tion. Tho rights of free speech have been pro tected, and moba have been disarmed and inttmi. dated. A large portion of tho people differed with Mr. Henry in bis course relative to the second lecture of Oeo. William Curtis. His wisdom, at that time, is now generally ncoordccl ; less than a year hag passed by nnd Mr. Cnrtig makes a radical and popular address, with no soul to molest him. Always prudent and prompt, positive bnt unobtrusive, the best exponent of the good citizen and the righteous rufer, Mr. Henry is nowhere so respected and admired ns by the police foroe ■ nnd party rancor, sparing no public inatt beside, has yet to assail hischaracter or his policy. The character of the Chief of Police is a rare combination of private virtues and public capacities. To see hi in iii tli4 Central offloo, with a fatherly face, brimming with good humor and thinking no envy ; and again in action when desperate passions need desperate remedies —active, valiant, and resolute—tho identity of the man is barely recog nizable. Mr. Buggies was formerly n mechanic, and an active tire,nun for many years. That the Mayor hud perfect confidence in him Is perhaps the best encomium. At no crisis has he failed to double promptly anil **t quiekly. Wc Midi hero sketches of the lieutenants and proceed with There are a number of vans or wagons fop tho conveyance of prisoners to and froi’ll priHOD i TheM vans arc the property of private individuals, who receive so much per year for the performance of their duty. They are expected to visit each sta tion twice every day—morning and Bight—ftlßth t 9 convey prisoners to and from the court house, Tho vans arc, as a gen end thing, very poorly con structed, not having sufficient ventilation. On warm, sultry days they are completely packed with nien nnd women, who almost die of before they are relieved. These should havo two separate apartments. Oftentimes, at certain stations, there will be a large number of prisoners, when the van-drivers, in order not to mako more one trip to prison, will c rr 'wd in tbc poor un fortunates without mercy. Those men are paid for their labor, and should bo made to perform their duty. Another practice, much complained of, is the public show made of prisoners while being taken from tho cell in the station to tho van whion generally halts in a main streot. As a matter of course, the curious collect Around the doors of the station-houses about the time the prison con veyance is expected, and the anfortunates r as they are marched but, arc subjected tQ all Hinds Of ln sults. The matter could easily bo so arranged as not to be so public. The sight is one that is shock ing nnd disgusting to tho passer-by, aad calls loud ly for & reform. Departure of a Philadelphia Journalist for California.— -Henry C. Watson, & young journalist, who has been extensively engaged with Philadelphia newspapflriff hft the city y«terdiy for California vm New York. Mr. Watson gow to toacronienio to edit the Unions of that city, whieh is one of the most flourishing papers west of tho Mississippi. Here his rare industry, judgment, and w*U fiml proper appreciation! Mr. Watron graduated at tho Central High School in 1840, and was engaged, for several years, with Mr. John Frostin the compilation and composition of histories, biographies, ota. Having a talent for tho writing of fiction, he penned the 11 Camp Fires of the Revolution ” and a number of popular novels. Tho former was written in three weeks. He soon after wint HF9B tbs ifs/rth Amman, m a local re porter, ana made tbc local columns of that paper widely and favorably known. His sketches ex posing the infamies of the Volunteer Fire Depart ment were afterward collected and issued in book form. His » Wharf Sketches ” likewise made an excellent book. After three years of hard work, Mr. Watson took up with the Evening Journal , as assistant editor. Tho locals of this paper were then,'fatten by the late Henry Neill, whom Mr. Wat/t' ' as one of ihe first to befriend. The two youiA.£q6tt were regarded as. the most promising of tOjktimc, and their friendship continued down to tliujend of Mr. Neill’s career. Within the last five years Mr. Watson has been fulfilling a multiplicity ef duties. A„ a. tiraraatU cniic he was unexceptionable ihe beat in Philadel phia. His knowledge of tho French language waa put into practice in numerous translations; ho ex hibited considerable poetic ability, and was, withal, a sound, vigorous essaj-lst. Few young men b»T© done so much, and so well. Up to the time of his departure, Mr. Watson was editing, simultaneously, the Sunday Mercury, tho Commercial List, aad a Police Gazette. He is yet young, and, with yoara and health be fore him. will make his mark in the Golden State. As an evidence of his personal excellence, we may state that, amidst all the rancor and qf journalism, lie docs not leave a singie enemy in bis profession. Bxooifs Despatch to be Discontinued. After to*dftji the <{ BlornTa Diffipntchr by ordor of the Postmaster General, will be discontinued. Copies of the orders of the Postmaster General de claring the streets. &c., of this city to be post routes, have already been published in The Press t by Fustmaricr Walboni, who tin# notified partied en gaged in the transportation of letters over post routes of the determination of the department to enforce the laws relative to this subject. The orders, as issued by tho Postmaster General, are based upon the following laws ; By an act approved March 2, 1827, no person other thou the Postmaster General, or his autho rized agents, shall set up any foot or horse post, for the conveyance of letters and p ickets upon any post road whieh U or may he eriablidul as suah by U., and every person who shall offend herein shall in cur a penalty of not exceeding fifty dollars for each letter or packet so carried. 15y nu act approved March 3d, IS3I, It shall bo in lha powsr of lha Paatoaalof GehofM at all post offices where tho postmasters are appointed by tho President of the United States, to establish post routes within the cities or towns, to provide for con veying letters to the post office by establi3hingsuita bto and convenient places of deposit, and oy em ploying carriers to receive them doposit them in the post office. By an act approved March 2d, 1801, it was fur ther enacted that the provisions of the third section of an net entitled, 11 An set amendatory of aa aot regulating tho post office department, approved Starch 2, 1827, be, end the same are hereby, applied to all post-routes which have been or may hereaf ter be cstablisbed in any town or city by the Post master General, by virtue of tho tenth geotion of an act entitled “ An net to reduce and modify tha rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes, approved February 27, 1831.” Tlfi&Tv-FiRST Regiment 6r Pennsylvania Volunteers —The Thirty-first Itcgiincnt Poen sylvania Volunteers, Colonel D. H. Williams, are still at the camp on Queen’s farm, where they ar rived about the middle of September; since which time they have changed tho name of the camp twice. First it was “ Camp Graham,” then it was changed to {: Camp near Washington,” and now it is “ Camp on Queen’s Farm.” The regiment ha 3 eDjoyed excellent health. They havo had no deaths in tho ranks, and but few oases of sickness. This is, in a measure, owing to the exertions of the excellent surgeon, Dr. D. It. Clark, assisted by Dr. L. M. Emnnuel, both of this city. At present only five men arc in the hospital, and about ton or twelve on tlio '' sick list' ’—sick in quarters. The men, on the last pay day, sent about 812,000 home to their families, in sums ranging from; $5 upwards. Tho following offis&M have stsigeej during tba present month; Capt. John McManus, Company H, place filled by the appointing of Jas. 8. Rudolph, late Ist lieut. of Company F: Capt. Edwin Forrest Kosblsr, Compnsy 5, p!os§ fillsti by lb? appoint ing of orderly sergeant of Company K, John X. O’Brien ; First. Lieut. John Fitzpatrick, Company 11, place not yet filled ; Lieut. F. Poiffer, Company D, place filled by the appointing of Bishop Potter's son ’ Lieut. Glias. Shall, Company 11, place filled by the appointing of orderly sergeant of Company E, Herman Liebold : Lieut. Jas. S. Rudolph. Com pany F. promoted to captaincy of Company H— place not yet filled. Suit Against the City. —Yesterday morn ing, in the District Court. Judge Hare, the case of Joseph R. Flanigen vs. The City, an action to re cover for advertising list of delinquent tax-payers, was resumed. The charge in the bili rendered by plaintiff was 12] cents per name, and a witness for the defence testified that according to the advertised rates at the head of plaintiff's newspaper, tho charge should be Sj cents per iine. The judge left this question to tho jury as a mat ter of fact, instructing them that a public officer had no right to pay more for city work than was paid by citizens for the same kind of labor. Thv'bill presented tjr plablllf was for $1,1111.91, and the jury yesterday morning rendered a verdict for plaintiff for S93C. 16. ITv tv v Routinin'.— I Tho divolling of "Mr. Edward Kennedy, at the corner of Quince and Locust streets, Eighth ward, was entered Some time during Thursday afternoon, and robbed of fight hiindrsd Mi>r§ in gsli!, irhifh w«? taken from a bureau drawer. The thief effected his en trance by clambering over a shed on to the roof, and forcing open the trap-door. CoxTßiiirriosi for the Sick snr,metis Ax Ack-Nowi.EiHi.MKXT FiiOM Baltimore.—Mrs. C. 11. Needles has received the following ac knowledgment, which we publish for tho benefit of those who responded so freely to the sail for aid to Ollf fish nnd wounded soldiers in the and hospitals at Baltimore: Baltimore, Nov 23, 1861. Deah Mps. Neeih.es : Tho boxes arrived safely from Philadelphia, and tho ladies of tho “ Union Relief Association ” request me to return to you their warmest thanks. The articles shall he de livered to the most needy men, and by the hands of the lßdics themselves. The ready and practical sympathy that has been shown to the loyal ladies of Baltimore, by their eo-workers in other cities, has been most cheering and encouraging, I am yours, very truly, Mrs. Charles 3. Bowen, Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. Needles is now engugf d jn collecting articles, which she will pack and forward' to iddiea at Sandy Springs, Maryland, who have agreed Banks’ command, at ltarnestown, every wook k and judiciously distribute urtioles sent them. Those in terested in this practical work can solid contribu tions to Mr. Needles’ Ladles Store, Twelfth street, first door below Race. Information of the items most needed will bo furnished. We hope this call will be promptly and liberally mot. 21 21171 22 21ST 52 25li:i { 5l,4:il)" Extra Sale hy M. Tuomas & Sons, at the Philadelphia Exchange, on Wednesday last: 2,197 shares Bohemian Mining Company of Michigan, 25 cents; 1.975 shares do, 55 cents; 152 shares do, W cents; 4?i> shares do p rii cent?; 1,W4 shares do, 66 cents; 50 shares do, .'lO cents. Since last re port, at private salo, residence No. 613 Vine street, *lO,OOO. The Sheriff's Attointjiento.—Mr. Robert Ewing will take possession of the Sheriff's offioe this morning. He has already made tho following appointments: Alfred C. Gowen, Esq., solicitor; Thomas D. Smith. Esq., principal deputy; J. A. J. Lewis, execution clerk; Henry Qowen, appear ance clerk. Counterfeit-note Cask—Yesterday morn ing Jacob Bhirerly was held in $1,009 hail on tho charge of passing a counterfeit $lO note, purport ing to be the issue of the Waterbury Bank. A man who wns in company with Shivcrly was also held t 9 boil, Soldier’s Funeral.—The “old soldiers” will assemble this afternoon, by order of the Ex ecutive Committee, to attend tho funeral of tho lata G&tsnel Jska G. W&ta&ugh, which takas place Btf three otyock. the I’OI.If k vans.