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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<l, wli«S BSdSSKslry.
He does nothing to brighten the intellect ;
nothing to make them proud of themselves, or
of their race 5 nothing to foster any martial
spirit they may feel. He regards them only
as the means of productive labor—simply
farm implements, and nothing more.
I have supposed this, as a contracted view
of the case, which, at best, can be but an in
genious argument based on an impossibility.
When I look upon the majority- of the Ameri
can people, in the North, West, and East,
with all their multitudinous resources, the
splendor of their educational systems, the
magnificence of their commerce and interna
tional communications, the high state of
civilization and enlightenment, I cannot but
feel that to establish a monarchy over them,
or an aristocracy in their midst, is as impossi
ble as it would be to raise Lucifer from the
depths of hell and make him the ruler of
heaven and earth, If there is any one
sentiment in the breasts of the Ameri
can people—a sentiment which flows in
their veins, lives with their life, and
gives them all the type and character it
possesses—it is a sentiment of independence.
Our only recollections are based upon the
triumphs of a free people over the aggressions
of a monarch. They are instilled into us as
children, they grow stronger with our man
hood, they follow us to the grave. You may
raiso an army larger than that which followud
Napoleon through the Russian deserts, you may
place at its head a victorious commander, and
the moment that commander draws his sword
for Ills oivß personal advancement, at tlie ex
pense of his country, you will find an avenger
of that country’s wrongs in every corporal’s
guard under his command. Take this mag
nificent army now resting on the shores of
the Potomac. They idolize their* leaders,
they are willing to follow them to victo? y
and to death, but it is with no sentiment
of personal adoration, but simply because
they recognize in those leaders the agents of
a country which they lore, and which is a part
and parcel of their inheritance.
I might make this an endless argument, but
surely it needs nothing from me to assure
these English gentlemen ef the utter Inability
of the American people to copy their typos
of government. Our age is a progressive age,
and tlie Americans aro a progressive pooplo.
The aristocracy is as much a thing of the past
as were the Troubadours of France, or the
Knights of the Crusade. If it exists at all, in
any portion of tho world? it exists only by
sufferance, only because there is in the minds
of the people a natural dislike towards chang
ing any’hing old for anything new. It will die
away as other systems have died away, thoy
outlived the spirit of th« age. It may end in
peace, or it may end in tho throes of civil
vir *r dissolution, hut nothing can bo mova
whimsical or absurd than that the representa
tives of an expiring and obsolete system
should cherish the dream that it can ever bo
perpetuated upon the shores of America.
Occasional.
Colonel Richard H. Rush.—A capital carte,
cte visile Of this worthy Bon of an eminent sire tins
been published by McAllister and Brother.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
A SUCCESSFUL RECONNOISSANCE TOWARDS
FAIRFAX.
Affairs at Harper’s Ferry.
ATTACK ON COL. GEARY'S REGIMENT.
INTERESTING FROM GEN. BANKS’ COLUMN.
“Special Despatches to The Press."
The President’s Message—Despatches from
Commodore Dupont.
Washington, Not. 2tt. —According to present
indications, the President’s message wilt not be sent
bonce in advance of its delivery to Congress.
III? 1V859S for tbjs js probably the fact tfaiit it
as well as tho reports of the Secretary of War
and Navy, will bo kept open until the latest mo
ment, in order to make such additions and
alterations as constantly occurring events may
require.
Despatches have been received at the Navy De
partment, from Flag-officer Dupont, dated Port
Royal, tho 33th, giving tho gratifying inlulligonco
that the flag of the United Slates is flying over the
territory of the State of Georgia.
Tybce Island (which, lie says, is id thin easy
mortar distance of I'vrt Pa/asAi) hits been taken
possession of, and tho approaches to Savannah com
pletely out ofl\ On tho island is a strong martello
tower, with a battery at its base.
In giving an account ef the capture of tlie British
schoonor Mulel, by Commander Y.uin, Captain
HuroNT gays she has been brought into Port Royal
harbor. She purported to be from Havana and
bound for New York) but, at tho tirno of tho cap
ture, was heading for SI. Catharine’s Sound. Her
cargo consisted of 7 bales of blankets, 4 cases of
cloth, 3 boxes of starch, 20 boxes of tin, 120 bags
*f 00 Wrdls 6f polilUdS, 350 of Uad, 30
bags of shot, one box of shoes, G bags of arrow
root, 1 case of pistols, (revolvers,) 2 cases of ca
valry swords, and 2 cnsca of stores. The MmOhl
urns formerly nnuiod the John W. Anderson, of
Baltimore, and there is strong presumption of her
intention to run the blockade. She will be sent to
Philadelphia for adjudication.
Sta«vnv»9iTCniw9 io Fairfax Court
A reconnoissance was made yesterday by a squad
ron of the Lincoln Cavalry, under command of
Capt, W. H. Born. Thoy proceeded to within
about a mile of Fairfax Court House, when they
observed a body of rebel infantry, partially con
cealed in rifle pits, which extended across the turn
pike. A few rebel cavalry were also in the rear,
and within rifle range. Shots were exchanged, the
Lincoln Cavalry using their carbines, and taking
every precaution to prevent a surprise, by deploy?
ing on foot to the right and left. Tho squadron
returned in good order, having accomplished the
object of the rceonnoissance. One of our troops
had his arm slightly grazed by a ball. A robot
was killed, and the cavalry and infantry of the
enemy were seen to change their positions, by fall
ing back into the town.
Post Oiticc Orders—Treasury Notes to be
Received.
Posr Office Department,
November 20, 1801.
It has been reported to this Department that
some of the postmasters havo declined to receive
Unitod States treasury notes, payable on demand,
when presented to them, in payment of postage
siamps and stamped envelopes.
Postmasters are therefore informed that these
notes arc to be received and disbursed by them as
an equivalent in all respects to coin.
By order of tho Postmaster General.
A. N. Zevely,
Third Assistant Postmaster General.
Death of Dr, Alexander.
Dr. W. T. AiiEXANDF.it, assistant surgeon to Col.
Bayard’s First Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment,
who was wounded at the skirmish at Drancsville,
on Saturday, died to-day. It was thought he would
recover.
Army Appointments.
The following army appointments have just been
made;
Second lieutenant, Richard R. Crawford.
Samuel Breck, Jr., to be assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of captain.
First Lieutenant, Joskfii C. Auiiexiued.
Captain, Wm. P. Sanders.
Joseph C. McKiiirex, to be aid-de-camp to Gen.
llalt.eck, with the rank of colonel.
John Haskins, aid-de-camp to Gen. Halleck,
with the rank of colonel.
Charles Weston, to be military storekeeper in
Ordnance Department.
James Fuller, commissary of subsistence of vo
lunteers, with the rank of captain.
Hiram B. Wetiierill, assistant quartermaster
of volunteers, with the rank of captain.
E, Morris Copeland, assistant adjutant general
of volunteers, to report to Gen. Banks, with the
rank of major.
Sir James Ferguson.
Sir James Ferguson having denied that he was
acting as a spy, when visiting this country, it is
only an act of justice to him to say that he was
charged by many persons in the South with letters
to be delivered or distributed throughout tire post
offices of the North, and that, on arriving at Wash
ington, and being advised that such a conveyance
of correspondence was prohibited by the Govern
ment, he at once repaired to the ihuty Depart
ment and surrendered all the letters to tho Govern
ment.
Discharged.
Captain Dexter H. Follett, commanding a
Massachusetts battery of light artillery, hss been
honorably discharged from service, at his cwn re-
No More Commissions.
Golonel Berdan will grant no more commissions
to raise companies of sharp shooters for his bdgade,
as enough hnye already been granted fe mpp feag
fill it. Those wishing to join this corp; must
enlist under captains holding commissions prior to
the present date.
Breech-loading Rifles.
Spincer’s new repeating breeoh-loadng rifle
was tried by a board of army officers, br order of
Gen. McClellan; on Friday. They mate a satis
factory report, and recommend its introduction into
the service. An order for a supply hadpreviously
been issued by the Navy Department.
From Missouri.
St JosErn, Nov. 29.—A band of rebels, under
the notorious Sy Gordon, captured Captain Robb,
Captain White, and Lieutenant Momlight, threo
United States officers, from a rail Dad train, at
Weston, to-day. The rebel Stein, wih fifty of his
followers, is reported to be near Weson.
From Gen. Hanks' Colimn
Darnestown, Nov. 27.—The jail if Montgomery
county, at Rockville, was CHtirely destroyed by fire
last night. It was a dilapidated aid insecure con
cern. Tho fire wa? fee work of ttj iiwstßdiary—»
prisoner who was incarcerated fo 1 firing grain in
the stack not many weeks ago. Tie Provost Guard
of the Forty-ninth New York, undir Capt. Awmen,
secured the prisoners, sixteen in nirnber, and con-
Cited them in the court house, ?,ie incendiary, on
bolng interrogated by Capt, Amnen, exulted over
his act, and said he fired the jiil to get into the
penitentiary.
Owing to the want of stabling, scarcity of forage,
and Ihe bad &>&<lllioh of the reals leading to rail
roads from whence supplies only ire to be obtained,
the Second Rhode Island batten left this morning
for l'oolesville. Four companies of tho Van Alien
cavalry will also go thither today or to-morrow,
and other movements, with a smilar view, are in
anticipation.
The court martial, which originally tried and
convicted Lanughon for tho murder of Major
Lewis, of tho Forty-sixth Ponmylvania, wa s recon
vened last week, to reconsider tint case.
When Lanaghmi whs called ipon to plead, he re
plied “guilty, for/* he said, {{ l committed, the
deed, and am willing to suffer Dr it, although I had
no desire to take his or any min’s life.” The only
witness against him, he said, dd not exaggerate his
offence, but had stated one «r two incidents con
nected with the affair of whi<fa the prisoner had no
recollection; bub as he had Dreviously been parti
ally intoxicated, and had butau indefinite concep
tion ot the -whole transaction, ft-vas possible nothing
bad been mis-stated or modifcd. He spoke with
much feeling of the officers of the Provost Guard,
enumerating by name Major Stone, Capt. Wenrick,
Lieuts. Augustine t and Voo;1igs ? and Adjutant
Patch. The other prisoners, too, he said, had
respected his condition, and through the canvas of
his tent he had often hoard expressed ferventhopes
for Ills welfare, and his escape from the extreme
penalty of tho law j but £e had no hope of the
latter. The sentence of d«ith lift'd been, or would
be, pronounced against him. and he was, through
the consolation of religion, ready to expiate his
crime. He thought great forbearance was ex
hibited towards him, that hi was not killed on tho
spot when he shot tho Mjjjor; and for this he was
thankful. He said : On tte opening of this war he
had left his homo in goodhealth, and with a warm
henrt, to aid in prcservingtlio Government and the
Union. Ho served three months, re-enlisted for
the war, and, up to the lime of the act for which
he expected to suffer, he iad no other object to ac
complish, and no Hostility against any one save the
enemies of his country, lie was crazed, he said,
when he fired the fetal slot.
Rov. Father Doughcrtt, of Rockville, continues
to visit Lanaghan, and uxnisters to him the conso
lations of the Catholic religion.
£Dr. Steiner, of the sanitary commission, is now
engaged In making a Ihlid examination of the con
dition of this division, and has completed his survey
of the first brigade (Gen The re
giments composing it aro all in generous competi
tion with each other ii lidding to the health and
comforts of camp life md cold weather; but the
Twelfth Massachusetts and Sixteenth Indiana aro
strong rivals in ingenuity in constructing huts,
warming and ventilating their domiciles, and ren
dering them eonvoniest and comfortable.
The Inspector General. Captain Perkins, paid a
high compliment to tl*? Zouuves D’Afrique, saying
to Captain Colli?, that his corps was composed of
the best material, and was tho beßt drilled and dis
cipline d body of men lie bad seen ill the valn&teov
service.
The forests in tie neighborhood of Muddy
Branch and tho Seneca resound with the wood
men’s axes, and bio fast disappearing to furnish
fuel and log huts,
Nothing of importance from tho other aide.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE CITY OF BALTIMORE OFF CAPE RACE.
DEPARTI RE OF lIKIIKV, MUNITIONS OF
W AR FROM LONDON*
The Rebel Steamer Nashville at Southampton
after Burning an American Vessel.
CAIT. Race, Nov. 29.—The steamship City of
Soltmnre, from Liverpool on tho 20th Inst., via
Queenstown on the 21st, passed off Cape Race at
i.llO this evening, and was intercepted by the news
yacht of tho Associated Press.
Her advices are four days lator than thoso fur
nished by the steamer Canada.
It is reported that a large steamship has left Lon
don loaded with munitions of war for tho rebel
States.
The rebel stenmer A'.! ,hrill,. which ran the
Charleston blockade, arrived at Southampton on
the 21stinst.
On tie 19th inst., the Nashville boarded tho
Americsn ship Harvey it ire it, bound from Havre
for Nev York, in ballnst, took off Captain Nelson
and tbi crew, and then burned the ship to the
walcr’sedge.
The ftt.dtri/fr landed Captain Nelson and tho
crew oftho Httrvey iiireh at Southampton, and re
mained there herself with the rebel flag flying.
Gankin Nelson says that Commander Pegram, of
th eNashvitle, denies bcinga privateer; and yet, he
enys, 1* has a commission as a war staamor.
Thirty guineas bad been demanded for insurance
on tbeltcHHier North JJriton.
The supposed privatoer which had been seen in
tlio Mjditommcan proves to havo boon a lawful
New Yotk IttMehanltitaa, Mid had arrived at Con
stantinople.
Dr. Russell, in his last letter to tho London
Tim a, asserts that the President and Cabinet wero
not iidisposcd to a peaceful arbitration, and wero
prebdoly considering the proposition op accepting
or aacing for the intcrYeution of tho great Euro
peaulPotentatos.
It s reported that several stcamcif have been
insund in London for a run from England to New
Orleips and back, at 2A guineas.
It was reported that a considerable reduction
woull be made in the military estimates in the
numler of troops of France.
Tfe M?Si?au Expedition wilt comprise fifteen
vessels, three hundred h'iid thirty guns, live thou
gnndeailors, and three thousand troops.
Tib French Senate would be convened on the
2d o'December.
Tie belief in the necessity of a French lean een
tinitil, the financial wants of the Government
beiig urgent.
3he Paris Bourse was firm.
Austria has quietly got together quite a powerful
squidwen in the Aifiatio—comprising fifty vessels
in 41.
Tie Madrid Espana says that a project is boing
disoisscd of forming in Amoriea a colony of all
the Republics of Spanish origin, with Spain at
the head of it. The address of the Cortes in tc
spoiso to tho speech of the Queen of Spain
hat been read. It approves of ail the points of the
spiech.
The Administrator of the Areh.Riahopria of
Warsaw has been arrested by an order from St.
Bstcrsburg.
Vho Calcutta and China mails had reached
Al«andria, Egypt, and would be due iu London
ontho 2ith.
The Emperor Napoleon will visit Queen Victoria
diring the Great Exhibition next year.
It ia assorted that the project of the Italian
Confederacy I s by 1,0 means abandoned.
i modification of the Italian ministry is rumored,
bit nothing had been accomplished.
The Royal mail steamship Arabia arrived at
Lverpool on the 18th inst.
Ihe steamer Teutonia, also arrived out on tho
sane day.
Foreign Commercial Intelligence.
[By tlio Strainer City of Baltimore. 3
LivKitrooi. Cotton Market—Wednesday, Nov.
2i. —The sales of two days (Monday and Tuesday)
[mounted to 13,000 bales, including G,oi)o bales to
siceulators and exporters. The market is without
triable change j the prices are the same as quoted
it X'lidnjk circulars.
State of Trade.—The Manchester markets
ontiime (inn, with but a small business doing.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. Messrs.
Takeficld, Nflfh, & Co,, report Fleur firm, but
mlet. at2Ba32sfor American. Wheat quiet, but
irni, at. the following prices:
Hed Western Wheat, Iosal2s 8d ; red Southern,
!osnl2s 8d; white Western, 12sa13s Gd; white
kmtbcria, Gd. Corn is steady at Gd
for mixed* and 34suGGs Gd.
Liverpool Provisions MARKET.-Provisionsare
iuiet. Beef steady. Pork dull. Bacon firm,
turd—sales small. Tallow steady, at oOaois.
Liverpool Produce Market.—Ashes aro quiet
at 35s for Pots, and 33s Gd for Pearls. Sugar steady.
Coffee inactive. Kice steady. Rosin nominal at
14s «d for common. Spirits of Turpentine dull at
,735. Linseed Oil firm at 365.
London Markets.—Breadstuffs are firm and
steady. Sugar dull. Coffee steady. Rice firm at
easier prices. Tallow quiet, but steady, at 30s.
Spirits of Turpentine quiet at 72s Gd.
LoNnoii Mojjmv Maukut, Wednesday .—Con
sols are quoted at 0-4^94.].
American Securities. —Hlicois Central shares
40a39 per cent, discount. Erie llailroad 27ia28}.
THE LATEST COMMERCIAL.
[By Telegraph to Queenstown,]
Liverpool, Nov. 21.—Cotton—The sales of yes
terday and to-day (Thursday) aro estimated at
14,001) bales, Including 5,000 bales to speculators
and "exporters- Tho market closed firm at un
altered prices.
Breadstuffs continue steady. Provisions quiet but
sternly.
London*, Thursday—Consols closed on Wednes
day At 041.
Amkiucan Securities. —lllinois Central Hail
road 39ii per cent, discount. Krio 28J.
Interesting Correspondence—The State of
tlie Country.
New Hampton, Orange Countv, N. Y.
November 26, ISGI,
Beak Sir : As directed by the Synod of New
and New Jersey. I forward herewith, together
vith the accompanying minute, a copy of the pa
per on the state of the country, adopted by that
body during its recent sessions in Newark, New
Jersey. Respeetfully, yours,
0. Mr. Johnson*.
Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
| Extract from the Minutes of the Synod ol
j New York and New Jersey.
I The Rev. Messrs. James P. Wilson, D.D.; Wil
! linm Adams, D.D.; William W. Newell, D.D.;
■ and Hon. Win. Pennington, and Hon. Edward A.
Lambert, Elders, were appointed a committee to
prepare a minute in relation to the present condition
of the country.
j The committee appointed to prepare a minute in
i relation to the present condition of our country
reported the following preamble and resolutions,
: which were adopted unanimously;
; WiisitKAS, The people of these United States,
1 after the achievement of their independence, estu
\ lished a Government based on constitutional liberty,
! giving to all just and equal rights; and whereas,
j a portion of the people of the United States have
; taken up arms against the lawful Government,
\ seized upon its property, and are endeavoring to
! overthrow it—a Government in which are centred
‘ our dearest hopes nnd interests pertaining to Oivil
liberty, and the advancement of civilization
j throughout the world; and whereas, the Presby
i terian Church in these United States has ever
! shown herself* in all her history, the advocate of
‘ civil and religious freedom—that freedom, the de«
1 fence of which drove our fathers from the Old
World, and for the security of which, in this land,
they prayed, and fought, and bled—ever liftingher
! voico and hands against anarchy, and tyranny, and
oppression in every form—and believing that the
| present solemn crisis in our national affairs calls
| upon us as patriots and Christians to lay upon the
! altar of our country our influence, our property,
; and our lives ! Therefore,
Resolved, That we pledge to the Government
our undivided support and confidence, and will use
all lawful means and efforts in our power to aid it
• in maintaining its authority and in putting down
i this rebellion, in its very nature so utterly causeless
1 and unjust.
s Resolved, That we commend the President of
! the United States, his constitutional advisers, the
I American Congress, the Coiamandcr-in-Chief, and
; soldiers of the army and navy, to the God of our fa
; thevs, humbly praying that He will impart to them
• wisdom and unity in counsels, and fidelity and cou
rage in action; that the cause entrusted to their
j hands may be brpught to a speedy and sqc?e&sfi,il
i issue.
i Unsolved, That while we do not feel called upon
| to add anything to the repeated testimonies of our
’ church on the subject of slavery, nor to offer any
| advice to the Government on the subject, still, fully
: believing that it lies at the foundation of all our
! present national troubles, we recommend to all
| our people to pray more earnestly than ever for its
i removal, and that the time may speedily come when
! God, by his providence, shall, in his own good time
and way, bring it to an end ; that nothing may be
left of it but the painful record of its past ex
istence.
Resolved , That we recommend to all our people
to bumble themselves, and take a low place before
God, in view of all our social and political sins, and
that each one remember and lament his own per
sonal complicity with them all.
The Synod having listened with deep interest to
MB? 9itre?§t »b 4 !apr??sir9 r««wks hm ib®
Don. Willinm Pennington in support of tie fore
going resolutions, also
Resolved, That the Synod respectfully request
of the Hon. Willinm Pennington a copy of the re
marks made by Uimi that they may be published
in connection with the resolutions.
It was also
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing minute
on the state of the country bo forwarded to tho
Secretary of State: Bv order of the Synod
0. M. Johnson, Stated Clerk.
The following is the reply of the Secretary of
State:
Department or State, )
Washington, Nov. 2Tj 1301. j
To the Synod or New York and New Jersey :
Reverend Gentlemen : The minute containing
your resolutions on tho condition of the country,
which you directed to bo sent to dig, has beun sub*
initted to the President of the United States.
I am instructed to express to you his great satis
faction with tliose proceedings, which are distin
guished equally by their patriotic sentiments, and
a purely Christian spirit. It is a just tribute to our
system of government that it has enabled the
American people to enjoy, unmolested, more of tho
blessings of Divine Providence, which affect the
material conditions of human society, than any
other people *v« enjoyed. logethsi* with a mors
absolute degree of religious liberty than, before the
institution of that great Government, had ever
been hoped for among men.
Thv* Overthrow of the Government might, therefore,
justly be regarded as a calamity, not only to this na
tion. but a misfortune to mankind. The President is
assured of the public virtue and of the public valor.
But these are unavailing without tho favor of God.
Tho President thanks you for your invocations of
that indispensable support, and he earnestly solicits
the sninc invocations from all classes and conditions
of men. Believing that those prayers will not bo
denied by the God of our Fathers, he trusts and
expects that the result of this most unhappy attempt
at revolution will confirm and strengthen the union
of the Republic, and ultimately renew the fraternal
affections among its members, so essential to a resto
ration of the public welfare and happiness.
I npi* very sincerely, your very Durable servant,
William H. Seward.
From Harper’s Ferry
TUB REBELS ATTACK THE TWENTY-EIGHTH PENN
SYLVANIA REGIMENT.
£>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 dv<s years 10 jail, and » fine Of §o,l)oUj for fitting
out a sluver.
Canadian News.
MontX-fAL, Nov 20.—Lord MoncU Was sworn la
as Governor General of Canada to-day.
Quebec, Nov. 22.—There was alight fall of snow
hero this morning, with the thermometer at 2d
degrees.
Steamers Outward Bound.
St. Johns, Nov. 29.—The steamer Nova. Scotia
was boarded at 4 o’clock yesterday, and the lidin
hurgh nt midnighti off Cape llaco* by tho Associated
Press yacht. All well. The latest American news
was put on bonrd, including the commencement of
the bombardment of Pensacola.
Collision on the Hudson River and Loss
of Life.
Albany, Nov. 29.—The steamer Francis Skiddy
came in collision with a schooner last night. Her
boiler was damaged, and the escaping steam scalded
nine of the passengers, three of whom have died.
Public Amusements.
Mr. Forrest at the Academy. —The rush was
great all day yesterday to secure tho best seats a 6
the Academy for Monday night. Tho announce*
ment of Forrest’s reappearance—so often heralded
before, but never consummated—had been regarded
skeptically until the people were finally satisfied of
the tragedian’s purpose, and straightway his en.
gagemont became the universal theme. Comments
upon his acting from New York and Boston jour*
nals were eagerly recited ; every lounger had some
item of information'to'impart relative to his late
engagements; opinions, flattering and derogatory,
were expressed as to his stylo, his aonooption, his
person ; and tho gossip extended not only to theatri
cal people, but to staid, sober families, the heads of
which never entered the sanctuary of Melpomene.
The identity of Forrest with the American drama
was the first thought of quiet folk. No man had
been so variously praised or so bitterly abused;
and the abuse, more than tho encomium* justifies
his greatness. In the words of his own Jack Cade ,
a part he has individualized and made famous:
“ Ho who sweats up tho ridgy grade of life
Finds at oaoli station icy ecorn above •
Below him, hooting envy.”
Notwithstanding both scorn and envy, however,
Forrest has tho great heart of the people with him;
and tho people are. after all, the arbiters of fume.
Not all the prima donnas conjoined can so crowd
the Academy of Music as the mere mention of Ed
win Forrest. lli3 appearance on Mouday will bo
hailed with an ovation.
Whitney's Oratory. —On Tuesday night a
talented elocutionist, named Whitney, will appear
at Musical Fund Hall, in imitation of the lending
American orators, and in some original refutations.
He has appeared before in Philadelphia, and is
known as a capable teacher of elocution
WAvcirs Italia.— lf our readers wish to see
tide splendid work of art they should not delay, as
it will soon be withdrawn. Tho great feature of
this entertainment is the scenes of the present
great Rebellion. Knowing ones state that they are
perfect in every respect.
Lecture by Bayard Taylor.
We li&v& ftl¥6&dy had SfiTAral liugaly-fiita&d&l
and well-received lectures this season, delivered
under the auspices of the People’s Literary Insti
tute. On Tuesday evening, December 3, we are to
ka¥& fitt instalment not specified in the original
programme. On that evening Bayard Taylor, Esq.,
has consented to give a lecture at Concert Hall,
on “ The American People, Considered Socially
and Politically,-* the muirc promds to hQ for tho
benefit of the two Volunteer Refreshment Saloons
of this city. The lecture will be given free of
charge by Mr. Taylor, the expenses of prear-
Taagcment will bo borno by tho *.* Institute,tho
hall will be given gratuitously, w© believe—a
voluntoer affair throughout, everything being free
except the admissioti-, which will be twenty-five
cents, a sun. iv’iicU ouglit to lift freely i'(l
towards so humane and patriotic an object by at
least as many of our citizens as Concert Hall will
contain. We hoj>e 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
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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
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§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, <wi
barkedtm the st.oam.er, some in a hopelessly drunken
state. The absentees had taken refuge in the grog
shops of,tlic First ward. Col. Enright, having dis
covered that so many of his command had escaped,
decided, it is said, io have the steamer atiehor in
tho stream till they should bo recovered The
lieutenant colonel and major, however, soon after
wards left with the steamer, and subsequently ar
rived nt Amboy,
Col. Enright remained in this city, with Dieuts.
Flynn and Mclhmough, to find out and take charga
of the scattered troops.
The police arrested a large number of them, who
were this (Friday) morning in the First ward sta=
lion-house.
Arrival of Gins — Several large mortars
and a car load of bomb-shells, from the Fort Pitt
works, at Pittsburg, arrived lu (big city, ever Hi*
Penury Warns. Railroad.
THE CITY.
THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE FORCE.
Sketches of the Chief and the Lieutenants.
THE STATION-HOUSES, CELLS, PRISON VANS.
The civil Boldiory docs not constitute the least
important body, even in a time of war. In tho
first convulsion that rent this oountry in twain,
popular outbreaks occurred in most of the cities,
nnd homes and lives .were endangered. At that
time, the Philadelphia police force, ably officered,
kept down all riotous manifestations, and hns,
during all the exciting scenes of tho war, ex
hibited a like energy, promptitude, and efficiency.
At this time there are some fifty military ren
dezvous in town: camps onoirola tho city, and, in
many regiments, there arc dissolute ami disorderly
men; but in no case has injury been done to pri
vate and public rights, and this is to be attributed,
not ?o muck to the credit of the Soldiers as to the
credit of the municipal police.
Two hundred thousand men have passed through
this city; rebel soldiers and pirates have been
tried and Incarcerated; traitors have been detected
plotting ruin and anarchy; but the Philadelphia
police has repressed all indignation, and the old
laws have had their duo course. We say, there
fore, proudly, that Philadelphia is tho best governed
city in the United States, and perhap3 in the world.
We say, moreover, that Philadelphia has the most
.thorough and best regulated police system in Ame
rica, and furnished at less cost to the citizens than
anywhere else. The rights of the people are here
so well maintained that they arc almost oblivious to
the power that maintains them. Without bayonets,
and without arms of any kind, —until recently
without clubs or staves, a few sober, stalwart men
have infused into all offenders a dread of the law,
and a wholesome fear of its agents. At no time,
therefore, wouid a summary —necessarily Incom
plete—of tho police department be so well
timed as at present, when the department is most
efficient and most essential.
We had made a full account ot the condition of
the city station-houses, the most of which wc re
serve for a future article.
THE POMfE OBGAhTZATIO&Y
The consolidated city of Philadelphia, embracing
all the ancient county, with the city, and its adja
cent suburbs nnd villages, is comprised in sixteen
districts, governed by 012 policemen, at the hoad
of whom is a mayor, chief of police, and sixteen
lieutenants. There are, in addition, a Reserve Po
lice Forced a Harbor and a Park Police, a Detec
tive Police, a Fire and Police Alarm Telegraph
corps, and a number of separate officers, having
diatlnut duties j such fvr« the fir© marshal j
gar detectives, etc., etc. The whole depanm'uY
compriscs about 725 men. The mayor is the uri
nal head of the whole department; but tt- cuiei
of police is generally deputized to receive the AHljr
returns Of the lieutenants, and arrange for the Con
solidation of tho force at any one point, as well as
to issue the general orders, instructions, etc. The
sixteen lioutenants, with the lieutenant of the Re
serve nnd the Harbor, and the sergeant of the Park
Police, must return to him daily a list of all tho
arrests, casualties and disturbances, in their seve
ral districts, nnd the same are recorded by the
BiB.y&r : a tUrite. Tks p 0 lU*—by which
name we distinguish the patrol, or district police
men, from the Detectives —rendezvous at police
station-houses in the several districts—where there
are cells for the confinement of offenders, and th§
care of houseless people. Here, likewise, there are
beds for the officers, an office for the committing
magistrate, and here two sergeants, under the im
mediate eyes of the lieutenant, inspect the men
dsllyi lb? roll at the return and (jfPfiftHr? 9f the
patrol corp 3, and afterwards make stated tours of
the district, to see that the men are fulfilling their
duties. The Detective department has, or had re
cently, a separate chief; but owing to incompetency
and general loosener of organization* this depart,
mont has boon less effieiont than it might have been.
A few sagacious and energetic men have redeemed
its reputation, but, properly disciplined, it might be
made the most creditable department of the city.
The Tolograph dopnrtmont has two operators, for
day and night service, in each district, and four
operators at the Central Police Station. It has,
also, & superintendent and assistant, pole-climbers,
jiiWrer?, ft?. Is RtWitlQß te th?§e there are turn
keys, etc., in the several districts. The uso of the
telegraph is to secure quick nnd concerted action
in case of fire or crime, and when brought into re
quisition an offender will find till the avenues out of
lui fiiiy barred t& bis escape. The beauty of the
system consists in its perfect organization, whereby
every man is responsible to some man above him,
with the mayor of the city at the top of the
pyramid.
ABUSES AND DEFECTS OF THE POLICE SYSTEM,
The defects do not exist in the organization, nor
in the material; but in the means thereby these
are obtained. The guardians of tho city have ne
glectcd the proper police appropriations, and tho
mayor has been defeated in some of his most credit
table undertakings. He secured a harbor police
after great opposition, and has been endeavoring in
vain to remedy the evils'of. unhealthy cells and in
adequate accommodations at the station-houses. A
few new station-houses have been constructed re
cently, that exemplify, in their enlarged proportions
and humane provisions, the liberality of nis designs
ns opposed to their parsimony. lie labored to have
th© police uisifdrft\£<.l, Atid flftftUy tidiltiiplicd; he
has been calling attention to the foul cells at the
Central Station ; the adjoining paltry quarters of
the telegraph ; the inadequacy of his present force
to protect remote and insecure suburbs; but these
schemes must be ushered In one by one, while tho
city fathers, sufficiently lavish in other direct ions,
remain deaf to the true interests of the people.
Perhaps all the defects of the police system may.be
traced to two causes—au insufficient number of men,
nnd insufficient police accommodations. To the
first cause we may attribute the comparative law
lessness of the suburbs, where, in many cases, citi
zens are not protected at all, and in others, the pa
trol passes a dwelling once in twelve hours. A
iiiiU and two miles constitute the “ beats 1 ' of some
officers, within hearing of the State-house bell, so
that a thief or an assassin might rob, outrage, de
stroy the evidences of crime, and escape, before an
officer could appear. Some of the towns in the city
limits are mulcted with police taxes that have not
police protection.
The crying evil of the time is tho character of
accommodations for the houseless and the incar
cerated.
shameH'l conditio:* of cells
The cells in more than one half of the stations
are under ground, badly ventilated, filthy and nar
row. Into these are huddled of winter nights,
dozens of destitute people* and no distinctions of
cleanliness or character are made. A laborer's
wife, whom want or misfortune has driven into the
street, is lodged with a shameless courtezan, and
children lie down to sleep among infamous crea
ture?. with whom contact becomes pollution. Va
grant rats, whom hunger has made bold, have often
been found preying upon some intoxicated or ex
hausted being; and vermin are permanent deni
zens of the only places of refuge for the weak,
tho miserable, and the tempted: The scenes are
harrowing that meet one in some of the police
stations. The stench goes up to heaven ; blissfully
unconscious of their whereabouts, a dozen women
or men are enjoying broken slumbers, and the mid
night if often made fearful by screams, loud outcries
or snatches of drunken songs, that are roared from
sensual lips and parching thronts, until weariness
relieves the din. and the bacchanals lie down like
beaste in their wallow, to rise in tho morning less men
than fiends. To feel the terror of such associations,
let any laborer imagine his wife, his daughter, his
child, himself, the habitant of such lazar-placcs.
But these are nil that have been provided ns lodging
houkek fo? the poor. They may he the refugee of
any who may become poor. In the winter the
needy come shivering into them, preferring stench
and slow death to the bitter cold, the snow, and the
wind. They are ushered to tho doors of the cells,
and the alUPßetive D tepribleto any beiug ia whom
fear and delicacy remain. Half-nude, blear-eyed,
racked with rum or rheumatism, the occupants of
the already-crowded cell look out, and, in a mo
ment. the lodger is pushed within, and the door
bolted upon her. It 'will not do to say— as the
heads of the police force may say—that some clas
sification is observed; that women are separated
from men, and that the wicked are not always in
carcerated with the weak. When the poor come in
by dozens the officer is not nice in his discrimina
tion, and men, rats, and vermin are crowded into
a common receptacle, which they call shelter. By
far the greater part of the occupants of cells are
not criminals, but lodgers. lVe subjoin the
statistic* or nwfinns at station hoitsbs,
The following were the lodgers at the different
districts in October, 1861:
I i‘\ i 4 !,|
DIST. V'FHjS. COI.OP.EP. £ - 2!££ ■ 5 j
* " * «“ i 2:S' s- i
M. F. M. F. o| pe j» >| 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.
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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.