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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1861.
EXTRACT PEON THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy
so break up the Union is a fact now knoWit to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
Our Foreign Relations.
Accompanying the President's Message
was a volume of several hundred pages refer-
ring to the relations of this country with
foreign Powera. Immediately after his en
trance into office, as Secretary of State, Mr.
SEWARD addressed a circular to all the minis-
tors sent to foreign countries by the thaw
States: The volume referred to presents that
circular, with the various replies which this
letter and others elicited from our representa
tives abroad. Mr. SEWARD'S letter, we mad•
say, oet forth the policy of this Govermitent,
and strongly Ileelared the purpose of the
Executive—namely, under the Constitution,
to maintain the rnion in its full and un-
elgtugoablo intetn•ity,
Thelrnited States Ministers, responding to
Mr. SEWARD . S missives, are the gentlemen
respe etiveb deputed to represent the United
States in Prussia, Belgium, Mexico, Great
Britain, Austria, France, Spain, 'Rome, Rus
sia, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Holland,
Turkey, Sweden, Portugal, Guatemala, Nica
ragua; Dart, Venezuela, Chili, and the I fa-
waiian I.slluuls. More or less, a thoroughly-
friendly feeling for this country has been pro
fessed by all the above-named Powers. The
twat European sovereigptie: (France,England,
Austria, Prussia, Italy, and - Russia) are more
friendly to us than the smaller, and, some-
how or other, there seems a general ignoring
of any proposition for diplomatic relations
with " the Southern Confederation."
As usual in her diplomatic relations with
this Country. France bas been friendl - and
frank. England appears careful, far from
hostile, but, if we may use a familiar phrase,
also not a little on the feace. Prussia shows
itself thoroughly Unionist, promising to take
efficient steps to sustain the Government of
the rnited States in the protection of pro
perty and commerce, and will do all she can
consistently with her obligations to other
Governments to sustain the vigorous action
of our Government in maintaining law and
My, as might be anticipated, has the sym
pathy of her ruler and his Ministers strongly
on the side of the President and the consti
tuted authorities of the Union.
RuSsip, which had already proclaimed its re
gard for good government here, has repeated
the avowal to our Minister. In a word, whether
their secret wishes do or do not go with us in
this struggle, the leading towers of Europe
have declared themselves upon our side—be
cause it is the side of justice and law, of rea-
Aon and good government.
France, we must say, under her present
ruler, has invariably been loyal to the United
States. Before this country had won her in
dependent nationality—before Great Britain
bad acknowledged the strength of this infant
Hercules of empires—France had gallantly
come forward, the first ally of the future So
vereign Republic. For the most part, one
relations with France have continued friendly
—strongly so since President JACKSON brought
Lours PHILIPPE to book, over a quarter-cen
tury ago. The reigning Emperor, who has a
personal knowledge of this country, has always
been friendly, frank, and genial in his relations
with us. The change was marked in his enunciation of the
Our political system is decidedly the anti- different parts of the following passages :
pode of that of Austria—a free Republic, "What should be hoped from a degenerate, corrupted,
opposed to an imperial and irresponsible auto- r iTild•liViiiipetlioetsll44oolC m C ;t ll . - r hel f l r i e l e ini n f i tl r rr a i a4d o n t ie m an a l l 3 o - ;
craey—yet Austria goes with us, in this con- , foot, and sell their country for a smile.
test, because no other Power can so clearly "Oh rSyrscuse*,l am at last fared 5'
despair * of thee!
appreciate, at this moment, the terrible evil of : Alitd !:et thou all ray land of birth—thou art mr country
still; and like an unkind mother, thou hest left, the
rerellion. "------ .4' holiest hature.in my heart.'
Russia has already anticipated any demand The speech of i1wer....... ;.., a 1... lae.-.._, __ ....... --
as to her policy_ Some months ago the Czar passages appropriate to our crisis, was deliverea
expressed his opinions in favor of the Consti. •with dignity, Wipes verging upon passion, and
tutional cause in this country, without having ' often sinking to low, earliest cadences that were
been required to do so—required, we mean, heard by a silent house.
As examples of Mr. ForreSt's ability to stir the
by red-tape policy—but drawn forth by the,
1 tenon croations, - . we may cite the interviews in
generous impulse of a great ruler, fettered by ; the dungeon, at the afore of the third act; and in
his position, but, as we - have seen, risking : his garden, at the last parting With his wife and
empire and life itself to emancipate its heredi- child. The agony depicted upon his ftemai-e, was
Lary white slaves, ' steed has been slain b:rill'-`" oration of passion with
,-.. :
Of course, the personal sympathies of Vic- ; terribly . . g i tern o re offender. The passage .
:4..ar standing here to see if the great gods will,
TOR EMMANUEL are on the side of the Union in . •tY l ,'
wita their lightning, execute my prayer upon thee,"
this country. He knows how war** -- s' °- . was not shouted vociferously, but uttered in a tone
is mpathised with him in tl—v ' Livia the user- of half grief, aed half arnezeraent,
_...„, and he must feel—none So, at the close, the redemption of his friend, his
ous ends -_
pi .. ....,Tiy—tliat even worse than foreign ' exhaustion, and the sudden bounding upon the
— rule is domestic treason. f scaffold, were in keeping with the dictates of nature
Whatever difficulties may have arisen from . and the play. He seemed, literally, to giow taller
the aristocratical organization of the British • in the view of the spectators when he said—
sta!ilntmonhner:
i tz n n e !!e sea
GorernMeni—and it wouldbe uncandid to deny 6 field l look at me—l am
that 'difficulties hare sprung up—we continue _ The tragedian was well sustained by Mr. John
It, think, as we have thought all along, that the i McCullough, who conceived properly whatever of
great British People are well-disposed towards character Pythzas may hare, and played the part
us, and desire to witness the maintenance of with great spirit and effect. In the last act his
our high position among the nations of the
management was admirable, and many of his in
world. Tired as we are of the eternal and
tonatione in the highest degree muslin]. Mr. Leak
-
made the best of Dyonysizes. Hermione was en
stereotyped twaddle, mostly from American trusted to Miss Athena, a very creditable lady , and
lips in England, about identity_ of language, : Mrs. Gladstaffe looked well as Calanthe.
laws, and literature, still we frankly admit that
there ore connecting links between the Anglo-
Celtic and the Anglo-Saxon people of the old
country and the new. It hasbecome a proverb
Among those who struggle for existence, in
Great Britain, and who revolt at becoming
pauperized in a work-house, that, after all;
there is subsistence, if not competence and The chief steward of the IranderLik furnished
fortune, for the honest laborers who seek a . us with an interesting statement of the movements
. of the troops and the condition of the nogroes: He
new home with us. If Lancashire and Lanark- ' states that a few days before the steamer left Port
shire were twenty times the cottonocraeies . Royal. Captain Falkner, with a scouting phrty of
i tf o t a e u er t i oi nr n vil p e r r o e e e t e h d e e y d about
discovered sevena
that they are, thoughtful England, canny" miles beyond
n o d n
Scotland, warm-hearted Walee, and impulsive Ladies Island. The party opened a brisk fire for
Ireland never could, and never will, forget how 1 the purpose discovering if
of i the stro o neolt was a
many of their children have found industry ' garrisoned s i
o t-. 11 e A rapid reply nm was e soon receivedin the
and ability sureguides to success here, whereas , shape of a large shell which burst near the party,
, and seen after the troops hi the feet Were diseeVered .
they only procured the barest living there.
retreating.
When we decidedly express the opinion , There were about 300 soldiers, including still's
that the People, as distinguished from the . rists, in the, fort. and its evacuation created some
surprise from Capt. Falkner and his command ; but
Gorernment 3 of England, are with us in this ' s
it soon appeared that the rebels luulbolieved that
great world's contest—it embraces a far wider the scouts were but the advance guard of a large
range than ordinary politicians would assign force, and the evacuation was thus accounted for.
Capt. Falkner then cautiously took possession of
it—we would add that Queen Vieronit her- i the fort ; but subsequently considering that there
self undoubtedly sympathizes with the cause was no military necessity to hold it, withdrew his
of our [mien. command; after bevies spiked the guns. The Se•
Prussia, which probably looks for the Impe7: i 144,742 Highlanders are now located at Fort
._
rial diadem of Germany, on the not improba- ` ' The negroes are represented to be •in a most
ble event of Hungary and Venetia beingdemoralized condition. On St. Helena Island—
de-
,. . one of Ole mamas group near Port Royal—
ladled, by revolution, from Austria—Truss/a, • there - are two large plantations, which recently
we say, has behaved with mingled magnanimi- ' belonged to Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Coffin. formerly
of Savannah. On those plantations are 'about two
ty:and wisdom, in deputing its Foreign Minister
thousand negroes, who refuse to work, and claim
to express the earnest sympathy of his Go- that, as their masters bad left, the property be
vernment with the American people in their longed to them_
present troubles, not only because of the cf- j pe T ul h tg, h ini e d e oe k r en etri e b e i s ees ss i i v e :ic f h w a t! l re t h a e b abundant
Pof such disturbances upon the Commerce . on the island, and now sell ' them to the troops, So
of Europe, but also on account of the intimate many have been their sales already that in about a
relations between the two countries, owing to nboitinllgilelteoenittheleislearieneudbatt
ereimtchoettionth.ere will
be
the presence of a larze German population in ' .A few days before the Vanderbilt left two
the United States. ;clic gave me," Mr. Woo: HT In fl it u ef
Beaufort river,
gunboats sailed on a cruise up the
itv.tehra,
they
d i n iis t c h a e l i .a r r
a rc i tt l iz
e th , g a ile a eis e r o e t. -
says, " the most positive assurances that his
PO ' rtt d r tha r
Government, Iron! the principle of unrelenting ' ton ' already stored for removal, at about four miles
opposition to revolutionary movements, would distant from the city. Gunboats were again sent
bad e been
a
m the cotton, but it was found that a torch
be one of the last to recognize any de facto Go-
applied to it during the night, and the
vernment of the disaffected States of the ,me- ' u bele crop was consumed.
s,,.. r ‘ l.. o l .y r b a le j n el it e e n t il was tat still under to direct control e
rican trnion." Prussia and England, so far as
the personal feelings of their respective rulers not advisable to lan e d e tlo u o n ps e o e n e lt deemed ti t il i r t- ei w nf ne orcements
are concerned ; are one in this question. ! arrived. There are gunboats and other vessels in
t t b rc e op , a in t i l t i l to s a ft o c o ie t n a t t r o m eo h n o v n ey dr fi a( cte m e
Another day, we shall state why we think so,
n ile r s h-ou w sf rol
reinforcements are received, it is considered ?relia
ble that the great expedition, previously intended,
will be undertaken, and that they , will proceed up
the river to Savannah, if possible, after a successful
engagement with Fort Pulaski. That fort, it is
stated, is the only ono capable of defending Savan
nah, and there is a large rebel force at present in
it. It is also stated that a branch of the expedi
tion will be sent to Brunswick, Ga., as an easily ac
cessible port.
One of the passengers in the steamer Vanderbilt.
which arrived this (Friday) morning from Port
Royal, states that on the 28th of November a sol
dier of the Pennsylvania Roundhead Regiment,
while on guard near a pile of 10-inch bombshells,
amused himself by sticking his bayonet into the
fuse of one of them. The friction caused the shell
to explode, whereby the soldier was so frightfully
lacerated that he died in two hours afterwards.
A comrade, who was standing by, bad his knee pan
shattered, and a third Midler had a large gash
inflicted on his neck.
Hon. H. W. _Batmen and James L. Orr, two of
the most rabid rebel, in South Carolina, have been
elected to repruent that State in the Veda/rate
Congress.
The Richmond Dispatch., of Thursday, says that
the Convention on the 4th inst. passed the subjoined
ordinance, authorizing the auditor to issue treasury
enter, to beer ac interest, which will relieve the
treasury of a very considerable liability. The
plates and piper are ready for printing, and the
notes will be put in circulation without delay :
Be it ordained, That the auditor of public me-
Counts be, and be is hereby, authorized-to Issue tree
miry notes, which shall bear no interest, to an
amount not exceeding four millions of dollars, for
the-purpose of redeeming at maturity, or at such
other time as they may be presented for payment,
the interest bearing trilAury notes which were .
stied under the ordinaneesof this Convention, passed
as aforesaid, respectively on the 30th day of April,
1861, and on the 28th day of June, 1861.. The said
cotes shall be of denominations not less than five '
dollars—be payable to hearer at the Treasury on
demand—and a ben presented for payment in sums
of five hundred dollars, or any multiple of one hun
dred dollars above that sum, they may be converted
into registered bonds of the State, bearing six per
cent= per annum interest. All the provisions of
SALEin - EXECUTOR'S; TRUSTEES, Onriburs'
said ordinance, numbers thirty-five and seventy
one, in this ordinance referred to, and the ordinance Conn' AND COMMON PLEAS—FIRST-CLASS REAL
entitled an ordinance requiring the banks to re- ESTATE.—Thomas & Sons' sale, on Tuesday next,
eeive the Treasury notes of this Commonwealth,' will comprise, not only the largest amount, but the
pawed July 1, 1601, shall be held to apply to the most valuable Real Estate offered this season.
Wee authorized to be issued by this ordinance,
except so far only as they may be inconsistent '
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LE'rrER FROM OCCASIONAL."
WASIIINfiTON, December 0 3 1861.
It is announced, ilk the Charleston papers of
the gOth instant, g , that the patriotic planters
on the seaboard arc daily applying the torch
to t'•eir crops, and that there is one sheet of
smoke and flame along the whole coast."
From these two sentences, a most instructive
admonition can be drawn. When the war
broke out, the Southern people were happy
beyond all precedent. Their rich men were
tun er richer ; their middle classes never more
comfortable their slaves never more con
tented. They had, indeed, lost the control
of the Government: but everybody was so
anxious to conciliate them, that if they had
patiently submitted to an election, decided
more by the ambition of their own politicians
than by the votes of the free States, they
would soon have recovered their vantage
ground as the masters and managers of
the political situation. First, let us re
collect that the war in which we are now
engaged was not only provoked and pre
cipitated by the Southern leaders, but was
brought on by them with a deliberation and
preparation exhibited through many years.
As Judge Douglas expressed it immediately
before his death, ci there never was a time
front the day Washington was inaugurated
when the rights of the South stood firmer
under the laws of the land than they do now
and again, "there never was a time when the
South had not as good a cause for Disunion
as it has to-day.'.' But the traitors filled the
Southern mind with the falsehood that it was
right to attack the Federal GoVernment, and
that the consequence of that attack would con - -
fer upon the Southern people certain innu
merable and indescribable blessings. The
two sentences at the head of this letter give
us but a faint idea of a portion of : the suffer
ings of' the Southern people in cOnsenteneo of
this war and of the utter failure of the promi
ses of their leaders,
It has conferred no single real advantage
upon their character Or Utah' aandition. They
have - lost political power, moral power, and
commercial power. The red hoof of war has
mangled the bosom of the South alone. It is
not the Northern fields_that have been blasted
by conflagration, drained by hungry 'armies,
desolated in the battle storm, or turned into
graveyards. Northern ports have not been
closed to foreign trade, Northern manufac
tories have not been deserted, Northern me
chanics and laborers are not starvingL--saiddst
the almost universal scarcity of the necessa
ries of life. But all these things may be said
of the South. It is there that all the calami
ties of the :conflict have concentrated. How
long can a rebellion maintain itself that stands
upon a lie and is surrounded by the just cen
sures of the civilized world and the com
plaints of a starving and people ?
Edwin Forrest as Damon.
The Academy of Music was most uncomfortably
crowded last evening, No eligible seats could be
procured after Friday noon, and the lobbies and
aisles were beset during the performance by some
hundreds of ladies and men, who remained per
slstently until half past ten o'clock.
Mr. Forrest's Damon—a part with which he has
been identified for many years—was marked by
evidences of careful study. The play has been in
possession of the stage sine 1821, and before that
time there were several dramatic versions of the
incident upon which it is founded.
Mr.. Forrest is fitted to the representation of
Damon by temperament. The " Pythagorean,"
equally intense in his hatred and his affection;
dauntless in spirit, and in body powerful ; a little
cynical in his philosophy, particularly where the
wrong was to be discussed; and resolute in his de
nunciation as he was melting in his tenderness ;
these are the tragedian's characteristics, and Da
mon is therefore one of his greatest successes. The
opening remarks of Damon were rendered by Mr.
Forrest with all that biting sarcasm of which D io
n ?pins speaks:
"In frowns, closed lips, sad pithy sentences."
The play will be repeated to-night with the same
east. Cubas appears in ballet this afternoon.
Late News from Port Royal.
The New York Ea:press, of lest evening ; contains
the following additional intelligence from Poil
Royal,-received by the steamer Vanderbilt. The
Express says:
Sis
son Bun announces his afternoon and evening
entertainment to-day at the Temple of Wonders,
Tenth atid Chestnut. The canary and Bobby will
be present and perform, and the Signor promises
great illusions in magic, besides the ventriloquial
scenes.
LATEST NEWS
BY TB LECtRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
EXPEDITIONS SENT OUT TO CAPTURE REBEL
A RESIDENT AGENT APPOINTED FOR PORT ROYAL.
IMPORTANT FROM OUR FORCES IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A RECONNOISSANCE TO WITHIN TWENTY
THREE BATTERIES CAPTURED AND
TILE GUNS SPIKED.
LATEST FROM MISSOURI.
A SPEECH FROM GEN. PRENTISS
Secessionists must take the Oath or Work in
the Entrenchments.
PRICE'S HEADQUARTERS NEAR OSCEOLA
Special Despatches to "The Press."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 1861.
Expeditions Sent Out to Capture Rebel
The second and third brigades from General Mc-
CALL'S division, with the General in command, to
gether with a brigade from Gen. &rpm's division,
with two days' rations, went out this morning to
scour the country in the vicinity of Dranesville, and
towards Leesburg, where a body of rebel cavalry
have been seen in large force for some days past.
Ex-Colonel CHARLES J. BIDDLE and other members
of Congress accompanied the army.
The reserve brigades, in SMITH'S and McC.A.Lr.'s
divisions, were under arms during the day. ready to
move forward if it should be found necessary to in
crease the force sent out. The army will probably not
return before to-morrow evening. Simultaneously
with this movement on the right wing of the army,
General IlEturznotAN sent out three regiments
from the left wing, in pursuit of three hundred
cavalry that were seen, for several days, in the
vicinity of Accotink creek, below Alexandria.
These expeditious are composed of infantry, ca
valry, and artillery, and they will not return until
they have made captives of these rebel scouting
parties, or ettuaed them to retire from the position
where they have been discovered.
A Resident Agent for Port Royal.
Lieutenant Colonel REYNOLDS has been ap
pointed roident- agent at Port Royal, under the
general regulations relative to securing and dis
posing of the property found or brought within the
territory now or hereafter to be occupied by the
United States in the disloyal States. Re has been
ordered to report to the Secretary of the treasury.
Ote.tglOt4.-kt
A bill will soon be introduced in Congress autho
rizing the organization of a steam fire engine
brigade. As a large amount of Government pro
perty has recently been destroyed, for the want of
some such organization, there can scarcely be a
doubt of tho passage of the measure,
Contrabands in the County Jail
There are forty-six persons from Maryland and
Virginia in the county jail, arrested by the consta-
Mes on the presumption that they are fugitive
slaves. A difficulty exists, in the way of their im
mediate discharge, from the fact that it cannot yet
be ascertained whether they are all contrabands,
as the loyal citizens have the right to claim a sur
render of their property.
Sickness in the Army.
Though not generally of a serious character, there
is a good deal of sickness in the army, in Virginia.
It arias from the differenee in the habits of the
soldiers from that to which they have been ROOM
touted, and with care to diet and cleanliness soon
disappears.
A Church Converted into a Theatre,
The Baptist Church on Tenth street is to be con
verted into a theatre, under the superintendence of
Mr. FORD. This movement is not saying much for
the monde of Washington, The church is, how
ever, old and nearly out of use for religious pur
poses.
Newspapers Among the Soldiers
The soldiers in the Army of the Potomac are in
veterate tiertSlSWl , readers. There is net A regi
ment, probably, that does not buy from two to three
SZigirfliler.aPtr.a..d.glsj The nictorielq.....
of The Press daily across the Potomac, all of whioh
are 'bought up
in the Pennsylvania Reserves, while
other dealers supply the different sections of the
rainy in great number!... _ .,„ , neampinents.
Chlu!Siate regiments in Generals hIcCALL
AJSilti;t's divisions are to• day striking their tents
and removing to new localities, nearer to forests,
where they can obtain wood for building cabins
conveniently, and for their fires. They do ot,
however, require to go far from their former loca
lities.
It is a duty of the officer's of the army, and one
that is tee often negleeted, to insist upon a rigid
system of cleanliness in the army. Bathing of the
body
.and clean underclothing, at least "twice a
week, are absolutely necessary to the preservation
of health and comfort. I know that, in may re
giments, cleanliness of the person is wholly disre:.
garded.
Literary Exercises and Amusements in
the Army.
Some of-the regiments are putting up commodi
ous cabins for holding meetings for intellectual
improvement during the winter evenings. This
praiseworthy movement will, it le hoped, be
adopted by every regiment in the army. The
buildings put up for this purpose can be used on
the Sabbath for religious exercises, and, during
the week : for literary entertainments in the eve
nings,
Our Hospitals.
The official report to-dal gives 1,083 as the
number of sick and wounded in the hospitals in
Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. The
sick have every. comfort and attention that their
cases require. Now hospitals are being erected, in
anticipation of a larger demand for accommodg
tioias.
The Released Colored Prisoners
The colored prisoners, numbering over sixty, as
Indicated in The Press of yesterday, wilt obtain
papers to-day that will exempt them from arrest.
The females are much in demand as cooks and do
mestics, while the males will be engaged as waiters
in restaurants, teamsters, They rejoice in be
ing liberated from their recent eanfinement in jail.
The Pennsylvania Reserves were out nearly all
day yesterday in battalion and regimental drill.
The day was fine, and Gen. fdcOara was on horse
back during a large portion of the time, closely
watching the movements of the army under his
command. The movement of the troops in drill
and dress parade is equal to that of veterans,
The Report of the Secretary of War.
The report of the Secretary of War receives
very general approval by all classes of our citizens.
Dir. CAMERON'S course is securing to him the
fullest confidence of eminent minds of every shade
of politicians.
LEAVENWORTH, KILIMPRP, Dad. G. Drigadiee
Generid J. W. Denver has arrived, and has been
assigned to the command of all the Kansas regi
ments.
A portion of General Laae's brigade tomalas ak
Fort Scott.
The Fourth Regiment is ordered to Wyandotte
The First Cavalry, known as Jamison's regiment,
is stationed at Johnny Lake ; in the Delaware 10-
serration, nearly opposite Parksville.
The second Regiment is nearly recruited, and
will occupy the village of Kickapoo, ten miles
above this city.
The river remains open, but trouble with ma
rauding parties is anticipated when it freezes over.
Trains are again running on the Platte county
road, and our mail communications east are re-es
tablished.
BARGAINS IN PIANOS AND MELODEONS--There
being a large temporary reduction in the cost of
manufacture of the above, J. E. Govr,o, Seventh
and Chestnut streets!, offers the full banafit to hie
customers See advertisement.
FRANKFORT, Ny., Dec. 0 —ln the House to-day,
Mr. R. P. Burns (Disunionlet), of Owen county,
offered a series of resolutions, including a demand
on the Federal Government for a return to Ken
tucky of Ex-Governor Morehead and other political
prisoners, and affirming that the President's mes
sage foreshadows the impossibility of preserviug or
reconstructing the Federal Union. Referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations.
The Union members are holding a CaUna to
night for the purpose of framing aseries of resolu
tions regarding the present state 9f mutil,
will prob - atdy be 9frCred to-morrow.
From St. Thomas—The Chase of the
Sumpter.
BwroN, pee 4,—The old') Dolphin, from Oalcutta, via
bt. Thomas NOT. MI, has arrived hero.'
The British mil steamer from Martinique arrived at
St. Thomas on the 12th, and reported the pirate Sumpter
at Martinique. The U. S. gunboat Iroquois got up steam
and started in pursuit.
PORTLAND, Dec. defalcation is reported in the
bagadabock Bank of /Bath, and Mel bills hare been
thrown out by our banks.
From Key West.
New YORK, Dec. B.—The ahip Pampero and tho gun
boats De Soto, AnderSon, and &anon, were at HAY
W est on the 24th ult.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1861.
SCOUTING PARTIES
MILES OF CHARLESTON
Scouting Parties.
The Steam Fire Brigade
Cleanliness in the Army
The Pennsylvania Reserve
From Kansas
The Kentucky Legislature
Bank Defalcation.
FROM PORT ROYAL.
RECONNOISSANCE WITKIN wz.ecil" DIMES
OF CHARLESTON.
THREE BATTERIES CAPTURED AND
THE GUNS SPIKED.
NEW YOMIC, Dec. 6.—A letter from Port Royal,
received by the Reamer Vandcrhi LOWY that the
Seventy-Ninth New York Regiment made a recon
noissance towards Charleston, capturing three bat
teries, and, after spiking the guns, they returned,
having approached within twenty tulles of Charles
ton. A large amount of cotton was found ready
fur shipment, but the rebels were destroying much
of it.
About n thousand contrabands wore employed
about the forts, and others were coming in.
FROM MISSOURI.
SNUG-EPIC SPEECH BY GEN. PRENTISS.
SECESSIONISTS TO TAKE THE 0/ITII OR.
DIG IN THE TRENCHES.
Sr. JOSF.I.II, Missouri, December s.—General
Prentiss made a speech to a large crowd of citizens
yesterday, in which he said : "As God is my judge,
every Secessionist in this city shall take an oath of
allegiance to the united States Government and
support the stars and stripes, or I will send them to
work in the trenches of Fort Smith. All persons
who are hereafter found expressing Secession senti
ments stall take the oath," %..!
This speech caused great consternation among
the Secessionists, and was received with applause
by the loyal citizens.
Troops wore sent down to Platt county last night
to look after L. I. Gordon's band of rebels.
SEDALIA, Dec. 6.—Our latest intelligence from
the south is that General Price has moved a part of
his force from Osceola to a point five miles distant,
where he hes established his headquarters.
General Rains commands the remainder, at Os
ceola.
A train of fifty wagons, from Lexington, laden
with supplies for Price's army, passed unmolested
within fifteen miles of this place, on Monday last.
There aro four rebel recruiting eirice.?. 9P911 in
Lexington. enlisting recruits for Price's army.
A meeting was held there last Friday, at which
several prominent rebels spoke, urging a united
effort in behalf of the rebel cause. Similar meet
ings have been held in Clay, Ray, and other river
counties, and subscriptions for money, clothing,
&c., are in circulation.
It is not perhaps generally known, but it is be
lieved to be a fact, that the county court of Saline
county, Claiborne Jackson's residence, in July last
authorized the commissioners to raise $1.00,000, to
be expended for the benefit of Price's army. Other
counties along the Missouri river are believed to
huardone the same thing.
It is itoted on good Authority that when Price
was besieging Lexington, a deputation of citizens
was sent to him from Saline county with an urgent
request that ho would not allow his army to enter
that county, which was complied with. The rea
son for the request wns that groat droad was enter
tained by the inbabitanta of that county of the
plundering propensities of Price's rebels.
The country along the Missouri, west of Jefferson
City. is the richest in the State, and has furnished
nearly as many men, and as much means, in behalf
of the rebellion, as the balance of the State, while
they have been almost entirely . exempt from ma
rauders, and have rarely been visited by the cede.
ral troops.
LATER FROM EUROPE,
i i. ~' . ~ + t C ~'. -
The Burning of the Tratvey Birch by the
Pirate Nashville.
PORTLAND, Dee. 6.—The steamship North. American
has arrived from Liverpool, with dates to the 21st ult.,
and by telegraph, via Londonderry, to the 224.
The steamer Glasgow, from New York, arrived out on
the 22d.
The case of the rebel steamer Nashville and ship Har
vey Birch attracts great attention. The Nashville re
mained at Southampton on the 22d for repairs. The cap
min of the Harvey Birch had gone to London to consult
the American minister. The crew of the captured ship
were vowing vengeance against the pirates, as they were
placed in irons for refusing to take the oath of allegiance
to the rebels. The officers of the Harvey Birch declare
that she was on soundings when the Nashville bore
down on her. Col. Peyton was on board the Nashville
on a mission from North Carolina, and with Commander
PexTrfun had gone to London.
The latter wants the MidtrarC Ilifttle into a ahip• pf
war at Southampton, bat legal difficulties are raised.
Questions are also raised whether the neutrality procla
mation has not been iufracted by the landing of the pri
soners of war. It is reported that the Nashville has
spare officers on board for rebel ships preparing in Eng
land.
The London Times, in alluding to the case, points to
the recent visit of the James Adger, and says that it
would be to the interest of England to keep them both
out of her harbors, but, if this cannot be done, they must
both be let in alike.
The Star, although wishing the commander of the
2c,stki4l/e to he punished, saps if ha can produce a nom- ,
mission from the Confederate States, the Government
must let jnnxgo.aa..t_hnK.hakh - tht'Adi , rdtiCTlTCo
b,n veld, and is fitting out for the West Indies, but
there is a strong presumption that she is destined for the
Confederate States.
Coilliill4l.6inet4 MA4611 Mid Slidell W 61.41. e1h.e4,41
SOUthaltritall in the steamer La. Plata, due on the 29th.
It is reported that the 'United States steamer .Tagnes Ad
ger is cruising to intercept the British steamer and cap
ture her as Lasing contraband of war on board.
• • .
The underwriters were raising the war 03UP Int AtAtlti
can 1 eB9OlB.
There were no tidings of the North Briton and the
Anglo Saxon is now overdue. The insurance has been
advanced on the former to thirty guineas, and on the talr
ter thirty shillings were demanded.
A telegram from Hong Kong, to October 13, reports
tea firm ; imports drill. Exchange 4,40511., and at
Shanghae fid,
Canton has been evacuated by the British
ITALY.
The Italian Parliament has opened. Rims°li pre
sented a project for the arrangement of the Roman ques
tion.
There is the utmost activity in the Navy Department.
FitilliCE
- The Bank of Prance hits reduced the rate of discount
to 5 per cent.
A reduction of from 80,000 to 100,000 men was spoken
of in the army : the men to return home on a furlougk of
one year.
It is reported that the Minister of Marine declares that
hs eannat anise to a Yetillelloiri af hit dalaitioaht of is
single centime.
The Government would not ridge a loan at present
Gen. CiaMini had arrived at Paris.
PRUSSIA.
The preliminary elections in Prussia favor the Lib
rale.
TURKEY.
Heavy snows bad compelled Nuir Poslui to go into
winter quarters.
SOITTH AMBRICA
The arrival of the French math: confirm the report
that the town of Rosi.ano surrendered to Gen. Mitre
without an attempt at defence. The American minister
had presented his credentials to the Goviketimmit.
Commercial Intelligence.
lavEnPoot, Nov. 22.—Sales of cotton for the weak,
44.000 bales. Prices have declined
.3.0. Sales to specit
lators, 20,500 bales, nod to exporters, 6,500 bales. The
sale: , to-day, Friday, have been 6,000 bales, the market
closing auiet but stemly. salsa to 51.5 , outintot'i and ex
porters, 2,000 bales. The closing quotations are as fol
lows:
Fair. Middling.
New °derma 12,11,4
Mobiles 121 11%
Uplands 12 j 11%
The stock of cotton in or tis 587,000 bales, including
273,000 681E43 American.
DREADSTUFFS.—The market is quiet but steady - .
Prior isioxs.—The market doses dull.
L°N, n"? Nay. 22.—Consols are pic.tfil Itt 93740-l.
ADIEHIC, AN ShiCIIIIITIES.—Erie Railroad, 27) n.
linois Central, 40039,14
The increase in bullion in the Bank of England is
£151,000.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.—Arrived at Liverpool,
from Philadelphia, ship Irmapiingt
TEE VERY LATEST
CONSTANTINOPLE, Noy. 20.—At the suggestion of Sir
Henry Buiwer, the Porte has informed the foreign repre.
sentatives that he consents to a union of the Principali-
ties ,luting the life of Prince tlarnat. There is a general
disposition to accept the offer as a thual solution of the
uuestion.
Riza Pasha, refusing to accept the government of K.
mak, will be exiled to Cyprus
Negotiations have been opened between Omar Pasha
and the Prince of Montenegro, which gives a prospect of
a settlement or the difference between pricey and Pm
. . ,
tenegro.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE RECEIVED BY TELEGRAPH,
A SNOW STORM
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNES . DAy, DeC. 4.—A very Severe
snow storm, extending eastward to , Salt Lake, has pre
vailed for the past four days. The weather is now plea—
sant.
About 4401009 buye been subscribed to the National
Loan in this State.
,The steamer Cortez, from Oregoii, brings $120,000 in
gold.
The ship War Hawk, from New York, arrived at this
port to-day.
vVAN FRANCISCO, Thursdah Doc. 5 . -- T49 Warder
o/de. Odlc has arriveti, to-day, from Parimna. Moo,
the ships Hoge, from Now York.: Peinjata., from ditty
Otseonfhe and Belvidere front
The United States frigate ,St. Marys has atrivelhere
from a cruise.
The President's Tilesmge iu full Wilfi received hors tly
telegraph, and published at 8 o'clock this morning.
The Shm-of-theLine Vermont
BOSTON, Dec. O.—Orders Imre been received at the
Charlestown Nary Yard to tit out the line-of-battle Ali,
J'ermont intmediately.
Arrival of Arms.
NEW Watt, Dee. o.—The steamer Bavaria, arrived
to-tluy, !Ringing 60,000 Pit4Yl of arms fOr the United
States Ciorerurncur, purchased Irtlgium.
Marine Disaster
NEir YORK, Dec. 6.—The British hark Calm& we
abandoned at sea, in a sinking condition, Ott the 2d ~IIAG,
She was e nd hence fcr Bork. the captain and crew
have arrived hero on board the bark Chroales.
The Continental Monthly
With a bold trust in the future of our Republie of
Letters, two experiencea publishers have arranged
for the establishment of a new Magazine, to appear
at Boston. The publishers are G. P. Putnam and J.
R. Gilmore, in conjunction with Crosby and Nichols,
of Boston, and T. B. Poteftsti and Brothers, of this
city. The magazine will be the Continental
Monthly, devoted to National Polities and Litera
ture, (we hope there will be very little politiald
and the editor will be Mr. C. G. Leland, a Phila..
delphian, who his won renown in various forms of
journalism and authorship. The undertaking has
our best•wisbes. The details of the publication are
advertised in_The:krese of this day, andlubseribers'
names will be -received by Messrs. Peterson, 808
Chestnut street - who will . also supply the Trade at
Boston rates.
TILE CITY.
AMogrNitlel TS THIS EVININO
AMERICAN AoE.r)r or MAISIO—Broad and Locust
street. Afternpn, g. linbam Matinee" Evening,
"Damon and PS hias."
WALNUT-STA= THatrsz—r(inth and Walnut was.—
The Tricks of Love"— 4, MY
Neighhor'n P. P."— , Three of the li'lloye."
AROH-STRERT !HEATER—Arch btreet, above
" Up at the 11i114-..-" Jack Sheppard."
WHEATLEY'S ONTINENTAL THEATRE—WaInut street,
above Eighth. -- 1 The Cataract of tho Gangoa"—The
Adopted 01,11 , 1"_ii Thu 10-81,1 en Fanner),
TRIMPLF OF VONOERS-N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.-81/tor Blitz's Entertainment.
FRESENTATRN OF FLAGS BY GOV. CURTIN.
GRAND MILITARY DISPLAY.
SPEECHES, INCIDENTS, ETC
Yetierday afOrneen, a grand review of four regi
ments of itfantry and one of cavalry earner off upon
the field oposito the Odd !Fellows' Cemetery, on Is
ingwo lent east of Ridge avenue_ The field wag large,
l,•yri and *all Adapted le the pliejomo. The in
terest of tie occasion was in a groat degree heightened by
the presotation of - flags to - the regiments participating.
Before tip hour fixed upon in the pmgramme for pre
senting tie flags had arrived, several thousand persons
h a d . 0 ,1.1.1 On the grounds. Ridge avenue and the
biro woe !Adult with pririlto vehicles and passenger
ears.
The hat regiment to roach the ground was Colonel
Rush's Light Cavalry. They came in at the eastern en
trance ,n the lot, about eleven o'clock, and were drawn
up in aline about a hundred yards from the stand which
WO hem erected for the Governor, staff; and invited
guests. 'Chin regiment was accompanied by a fin ii band
of must,, inomited. Tho Ninety-first Regiment, Colonel
Gregory, was the next to enter, and were followed by the
other rgiments Iu FIICCPSI3IOII. Colonel Lyle's regiment
did no' arrive until after twelve o'clock.
Goy, Curtin and staff reached the ground about noon.
The Governor was escorted to the AMA by ![.j. eon.
Robert Patterson. The platform was occupied by a num
ber of prominent military gentlemen. The Society of
the Cincinnati, which had presented $5OO towards arm
ing and equipping tho volunteers of the State, were pre
sent by special incitation, and occupied places mpon the
,land. The humbug were dietinguialted by a MOS and
white badge. Several ladles, among whom were the
wives of some of the colonels, were also upon the plat
form. At twAve o'clock the scene bad become at once
pretty and impressive. The broad expanse of uniformed
men extending as far as the eye could reach, and dotted
with the flaunting guidons of the cavalry : the music of
favorite tunes floating over the field until lost h 1 the
tramp of horses; the gaily caparisoned orderlies speed
ing front line to line, made up a panorama of life and
beauty not to be witnessed often in one's lifetime.
The regiments to which the colors were to be presented
were drawn op 111 line, in front of the platform, in the
fallowing order!
Ninety-first Regiment, Colonel Gregory.
Sixty-seventh Regiment, Colonel Stanton.
Nineteenth Regiment, Colonel Lyle.
rifty-eiglith Regiment, Colonel Jones.
Sixth Regiment of Carldr3 - , Colonel Mist'.
AcnenJ Plessonton and staff, of tho Howie Guilt*, oc
cupied a position on the right of the stand, and the field
officers of the Gray Reserves the left.
IRAs soon as the regiments were drawn up in the ilhOvo
Older. the colonels of each halted in front of the platform,
and were then :1111.c...ea by Governor Curtin as folloWsi
GOVERNOR CURTIN'S ADDRESS
I appear before you in obedience to law, to present to
you, before your departure in the service of your
country, the etleini.dal standards provides] by the State.
The duty hi not now to me, nor have I grown 1111117 from
its frequent performance. It is always impressive to
contemplate the separation of our friends and fellow
citizens from their homes ; but all the feelings which
such occasions excite am intensified when those about to
leave are under arms and prepared to encounter the
vicissitudes and trhilg of actual war. We are, in Penn
sylvania, truly a peaceful people, Our genial climate,
our geographical position, and our vast material re
sources, have led us to cultivate those arts and occupa
tions, and those relations of social life which are not in
harmony with military discipline and pursuits, or with
antagonisms and hostilities.
llMih Peareely a military organization in the RAN
and our eitizetnt having had no expectation of any at
tempt being made to distort , the nation, and as we were
at peace with all the world, this rebellion found us in a
measure without military preparation. But we have
what is infinitely better than mere military training—a
people, devoted to the Government; and ready at
any moment to take up arms in its defence.
This is no time to trace events iu the history of this
country, which led to the most causeless and wicked re
bellion of ancient or modern times. When the vast eon
itifftty veliteli had been formed by Medina men of the
South, and covered by pretext without foundation of
truth, develOped itself, they expected with a united South
and a divided North to crown their folly and ambition
with sureess. They at hoist expected that public opinion
in Pennsylvania would be divided. Their designs and
I:Lol6P:dim of outcast, based as they were on sinister
cud selfish motives, and directed to the destruction of our
Government, could find no response from the people of
Pennsylvania but one of condemnation, and of active and
determined opposition.
When, they seized the public property, besieged our
forts, resisted the execution of the loWth and uhf muster
spirits of the conspiracy had retired from the counsels or
the nation. Pennsylvania was first among the loyal
States to declare officially her fidelity to the Government.
Her soldiers were first at the capital when its security
was threatened, and when their peaceful passage to it
was interrupted, and they were subjected to insult and in
jury, her people declared, tie with dhO ebiee, that tai tit
extent of her blood and treasure, the treason and rebel
lion should be suppressed and the Government sustained.
We may now point with pride to the record which shows
how faithfully she has redeemed her pledges.
Before the expiration of the terms of service of the
voluideett 6iitelled for Giro monthsfer the National Go.
vernment, anticipating the necessity for troop's to be en
listed for a longer term of service, and in conformity with
an act of the Legislature, an army of fifteen thousand
men was organized in the State, fully equipped and pre
pared for service. When the greatarmy of the Govern
ment met with a repulse at ManaSSas, and Washington
was again threatened, and the President himself main
tained his occupancy Of the White House. for a time, un
der circumstances threatening his safety, who has for
gotten the gratitude expressed by the Government at
Washington, the praises that were freely awarded by
Other 19/ 1 4 States, and the thrill of pride and pleasure
which ran through the hearts of every Petmaylvantan,
ftivtilloy hat fifteen of h
ned er men c a , n rm wze .. i . n it mo
tit became . known that within four days eleven thousand
of this army, thoroughly armed and equipped, had passed
the border of our State in their march to Washington
I need not enlarge on this WNW; I speak to Penn.
sylvanians, and every man in my presence must have
preserved the record deeply written in his heart, as day
by day thousands of our brave into have been added to
the number, mail now nearly one hundred thousand of
our people are in the field. They are at Washington, in
Virginia,in Mary land, in Kentucky, in Korth Carolina,
and in outh Carolina. And it is proper that I should
here declare, that since the beginning of this rebellion,
no demand has been made upon this State by the Federal.
Government, that has not been promptly obeyed ; no re
quisition that hits not been filled, Mt pledge that hat not
been redeemed. The man in Pennsylvania who can
sympathize with this wicked rebellion, and who will not
give hinted)! and all his powers—intellectual and physi
cal—who will not devote his property, and, if need be, his
life itself, to the cause of his foundry, has not the true
loyal heart of one of this great people ; hat no sympathy
with sentiments of True patriotism, belongs not here, and
should seek an abiding place amid traitors and rebels. You
soon go to swell still further the great army oldie Govern
ment, and to join your friends who have gone before you
from Pennsylvania. You are about to separate your
selves front homes, front parents, wives and children,
the coinforts and pleasures of social life, and from those
pursuits to which you hare been trained—pursuits of
peace and industry, which tend to moral and physical
progress. You go to vindicate the history of the past,
and make that of the present—and, as you shall save our
great Government from destruction, to insure a still
brighter page for its future, that liberty, civilization, and
Christianity may continue to grow and epread In the
world. All mankind have an interest in your success—
all loyal men will give you countenance and support, and
all good men will send up their constant prayers f o r y , olic
prc'sreliti fTrn iti mwtevictor - 11101iitinds and tons or
thousands of our fellow-citizens at home will watch your
progress, and front every part of this great Common.
wealth, from all its homes and firesides, front the family
altar of the high and the low, the rieh nod the
will go up supplications in the evening and in the
morning, that the God of Battles may strengthen
and protect you by His almighty- power. This
is no time, my friends, for antagonisms or dis
agreements; the one great idea of the re-establishment
of this Government by is union of all our strength is big
enough for the mind of any loyal man. You go with
the Constitution, pure and unadulterated as it came front
the bands of the framers, to offer its blessings sud its
benefits to all the loyal citizens of the rebellious States,
and to the disloyal the sword and the scaffold. ton go
to aid in re- establishing the Government upon its origi
nal basis isu all the "gletes of the. Coro lardy. aiel to
assert now and forever the principle that there is in our
form of government an inherent power to enforce obedi
ence to its laws. We desire to secure stability in the
Government, and not at this juncture to agitate reforms.
With those who sustain this rebellion we are at war, and
are justified in the use of YOCAgfilttki in Civil
ized countries for the suppression of insurrection and
the punishment of traitors.
It is the duty of all good and true men to maintain le
gitimate authority, independent of ditferenees,pf opinion
or personal relations, It is for the maintenance of the
Cenetitution and the Ceeeetinient, and fee the euppeet of
its duly-constituted agents in the discharge of their duty,
that you have taken up arms; it is for this that thou
sonde have gone before you, and thousands will follow, as
demands are made by the Government, until peace and
order prevail througlrmt the land, and the Government
satablialyed by one fathom and nudge shish WIN hair
been blessed with so many years of prosperity, shell be
re-established hi all its original power.
It is our duty to transmit to our posterity the precious
legacy given to its by our fathers, perfect and unimpair
ed. Under it we have enjoyed seventy-three years of
continued enlargement of national power and individual
happinees and prosperity. If you, mid the breve men
associated with yon, shall re-establish and maintain it,
future genera , ions will rise up and call you blessed.
This struggle, my friends, involves the existence of the
CoVerlanetat and, if the history of the part taken by
Pennsylvania in this rebellion filial/ ever be faithfully
written, its proudest page will be that on which is por
travo3 the uniti Of her people in the support of the Con
.
ante win at ti We
_Tt Is not Improper that I should TO ,
fer here to the fact that, in Pennsylvania ain't in Phila
delphia, the greet idea that man was capable of self-go
vernment was, through the Declaration of Independence,
first promulgated to the world ; that It was here that the
Continental Congress laid its sessions during the Revo
lution,-
except when driven out by the enemy; and that
after the struggle was over, here the Convention of Dale.
gates was hem, which framed our matchless Constitution
end gave to num great
_Teeple the most beneficent form of
Government ever conceived by the mind of man; and
as memories of the past crowd upon era, when within the
precincts of the. , classic locality, we may not forget
that the Faticeed Flag, with its stars and stripes, now
known and honored throughout the world as the
emblem of liberty, nationality, awl power, was lint un
folded here. And it is in perfect hammy with all the
proceedings of the day and the occasion, as with the me
mories and traditions of the past, that we are honored by
the presence of the remnant of the members of the Soci
ety of the Cincinnati, an association established by the
immortal Washington himself, and which constitutes a
link betwom the lit-leg 4thd the dead, the present and the
past, the dawn of liberty in the world, and the perfect
Prlity of all good men to maintain it against the combine-
Von of bad men to destroy it. The Society of the Cin
cinnati, eerly in this straggle, presented me with a stun
of money, to be used at my diseretion in arming and
equipping the volunteers of the Mate. The suleeet was
referred by me to the Legislature, then in session ; they
directed the Covernor to procure and present standards
to the volunteers as they Passed lute the service of the
United Slides.
• it is written in the law that when yoll return, the
names of the actions in which yen distinguish yourselves
shun be inscribed upon these standards, and that they
shell be carefully preserved by the fitote, us part of its
military liistorY. f now deliver to you those standards,
and confide to you tin la;lier of your great State. It will
in! well to remember our history and traditioini, and sunlit
the privations and the dangers you are about to encoun
ter, that Pennsylvania expects you all to perform your
duty. And now as representing the people of the State,l
prey that that Providence which has so long upheld this
great nuttier, may maintain and support you in the con
test in which you are about to engage, and shield you by
the divine power, that you may safely return to your
friends and families.
THE•: SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY RE
. GIMENT.
IiF:PLY OF C 01.: RI76LT.
GOVIIMOR ifflN i On behalf of the officers and men
of the Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry, I thank
you, and, through you, the Society of the Cincinnati, to
whose liberality in part, and to that of the people of the
State of Pennsylvania, we owe these colors. We have
heard the elonnent, patriotic, and forcibly-expressed
sentiments that you have Met uttered. You have ex•
pressed the hope that these colors will be restored to the
State, in accordance with the law, unstained and unsul
lied, with the promise that those actions in which it may
be the good fortune of tide regiment to merit distinction
Shall be engraved upon this color, I trust that this wish
MY not be found to have been misplaced. I trust that
the regiment will be proved worthy of the hopes that
have been expressed of it in anticipation.
Nevertheless, Its a regiment of cavalry, I trust I may
be forgiven for saying that it will require some little
time before we can earn mush diatiaction. The cam.
bination of horse and rider renders the attainment of
proficiency more difficult than in the case of the foot
soldier. - If we shall not, at an early day, give a good
ohocrunt of ourselves, I therefore hope that due allow
ance may be made—that we may not be ;Judged too
borNbly, mid that it may not be unppoord that our
Whole hearts are not in the caner in which wo are now
going to do battle. [Apulauso.] In behalf of the nfit
c•ere and Men of my rvgiment 1 thank you. [Applause.]
THE Nl:it:l'l4 4 lllST INPANTUV.
REPLY OF COLONEL GRE4ORY.
Govithimit el:11715; Wl', the Ninety-first Regiment,
tender to Son our hearty I li‘uks for thin bettnliinl
Ter. We hail it, sir, as the banner of freemen. We
Lyre knoll before yon, tl.O head of our 01111111.011Wfillith,
to hold [him banner high—to keep it up against
all enemies wherever we move. I speak, air, the senti
ments of the men and officers of the Ninety-first Regi
ment, when I may they will stand by their banner to the
lout. [A oplunue.]
Bir, thin bountiful linnoor sneaks to UN of the mot. It
speaks to us of our fathers in the Revolution. Sir, we
know whotthin homier meutn. We love it for its beauty;
we love it for the principles it represents to our country,
and to the world. Sir, we take this bountiful haulier,
knowing the responsibility that rests mum us a:: sniffier.%
as Americans, as lovers of freedom, ex loyers of the liber
ties of our children. We thank you for this bAnncr ,
We will pledge ourselves to stand by it, and when it falls
moray of um will fall to rise no more. (A ppla use.]
SIXTY-SEVENTH REM KENT—COI.. : 4 TANTON.
Colonel Stanton not being precent, thr lieutenant
colonel replied 11.44 itaii)Veg
IiOVERNOR CURTIN; On behalf of the lot al 11111 i
patri
otie men here to-day, sir, I return to you their most
hearty thanks. We know, sir, the dangers and the diffi
culties that are before as, sail as you have feelingly and
sympathizingly alluded to them our hearts hare re.
sponded, mid have warmed in gratitude to our people,to
the fathers transmitted to us kite great. anti ~able
institutions we enjoy. And while we feel tide, we think
of the past, and we pledge our vow for the future that
the banner you have given us shall never be trailed in
the dust until the Sixty-seventh shall be extinguished,
anti the last man has struck his last blow in its defence.
And when it is returned to the ne!!!Yeg of the state — if
it ever shall be returned—we hope it may come covered
with honorable mention of the deeds we have performed
under its bright folds.
FUT IrsE !GUTH ARIiIIIIENT.
navur OF Gm., JONES.
ICiOVFMNon Oi7nTIN: On holed!' of the And men of
the Fifty-eighth Regiment, I tender to you their thanks
for this most splendid banner. Words would be utterly
inadequate to express the fecitug with which I gaze upon
it. You have well alluded to the fact that it was first
raised in this vicinity. A grandfather of mine stood by
that banner the first time it was reb..e.l. Meh of ray
blood and kin have followed it M overy battle-field of the
Republic. It has, therefore, sir, a hereditary claim on
my devotion—it has a hereditary claim on my life; if
need be, that life must be given in its defence. But, tar,
in addition to all these mere feelings of personal emotion,
there nra feelings arising now before Ton which shall
estal.ltsh the happiness of the citizens of this great Re
public. That banner is the symbol of our great Ameri
can nationality, under which Are have grown and lived,
which represents to our country a word that involves all
that is dear and sacred to our hearts—a word which
involves wile anti children,
happiness anti bone,,
all our future, all that we have skeleen foe, and all
that we have hoped for. It is a symbol of nationality, of
hope, not only to our own nation, but to the world; and
it is a symbol of the progress of man. But, sir, in this
crisis„ all the reminiscences clustering around it are oc
euptedwitit the sal thought that those who impose on its
the naKeedtr of standing by its Chi are the lanthren of
our own house. I, sir, for one, look upon this a tit neces
sity without flinching, without unwillingness, and I may
say without any sadness. I uphold this banner as un
hesitatingly against domestic enemy as against foreign
foe. Here, sir, to you, I pledge my honor, and that of
the gallant men under my Coininand, that it shall never
ho trailed in the dust, and that we never shall return it to
the archives of our State until the rebellion is sup
pressed—until the great Republic shall be once more one
united and indivisible—until we shall be hereafter as we
have been in days past. Allow- me, slr, to express, as far
as words can, the feeling with which I shall bear it in the
face of our domestic enemies, and to pledge that I, for
one, shall never consent to drop this banner until the
sound of rebellious arms shall have ceased within the
limits of the American Republic. [Loud applause.]
NINETIETH REM - WENT.
ItEeLY Or COL. LYLE.
Allow me, sir. to thank you for thikmagnifieent pre
sent. If we shall ever retorts this hag it shall be in
scribed with a roll of the regiment honorable to itself, to
the _Wit, a n d to the toinstry. {A.pplatue.l To YOU,
personally, sir, I pledge you my lire in its defence. I
again thank you on behalf of my regiment.
REMARKS OF VICE PRESIDENT ACHWEN, OF Tim STATE
IM=ll
GovEnNon Oricrix : I stand here as the representative
of the Rt.to ilooloti , of the Oitscinuati. That society wag
founded amid the darkness of the Revolution upon the
day succeeding the discovery that an attempt had been
mode to sow rebellion among our troops on the Hudson.
Our officers and men founded this society before leaving
their cantonments, and it Its continued in existence to
thisday. A fund Was create(' for the celebration of the
event. This lima has been bonded down from generation
to generation. That portion which has nut been Used for
philanthropic purposes has been used with our
fellow
citizens to celebrate the almiversary of the reoliwattou
of Imk.i.e-tßience. We have, therefore, thought our.
selves entitled to appropriate it to this purpose also.
That these men will bear their colors nobly we have no
reason to doubt, and I trust that they will restore them to
the archives of the Commonwealth covered with renown
of their deeds of valor. These flags are, in a measure,
the gift of the herner of the Revolution to the withers of
Pennsylvania. [Loud applause.]
THE REVIEW.
After the remarks of Mr. McEwen were concluded, a
grand review of the infantry and cavalry came off upon
the open field fronting the PpcalsPrs' stand. It was wit
nessed by Governor Curtin, Brig. Gen. Patterson and
staff, Gen. Pleasonton and staff, of the Home Guard;
Maj. Gen; Heim, Maj. Gen. Cadwallader, Maj. gen.
Robert Patterson, Quartermaster Gen. Bale, Col. Ell
maker, Col. Russell, Col. Meredith, Col. Parker, and
711111W/1)110 other military officers. The movements of the
Teiiotit4 es l droenta were very creditable ; and elicited
much applause. They exhibited a degree of proficiency
indicating a thorough acquaintance with military tactics.
The manceuvres of Cul. Rush's cavalry, the only cavalry
regiment present, attracted considerable attention, and
its commanding officer Wail the recipient of many high
compliments. The review lasted upwards of half an
heur, and included all the movements of the drill. At
the conclusion of the review the vast crowd slowly dis
persed, and the different regiments repaired to their en
campments.
Owing to the excellence of the police arrangers its,
previously made by Chief Ruggles, the ;dung lleffia
nagerible crowd was kept at a .proper distance, and from
interfering with the movements of the troops. During
the review a number of persons mounted the stage, and
the structure not being sufficiently strong to resist the
immense weight, one of the aupports gave way with a
crash. A screens went up from all the ladies, but, as
usual, no one was injured. At different stages of the
weceedinas limbs of_ teueu_seau 14 -coma wthi "zt, qayiffa
ring youths, who had taken refuge thereon for the pur
pose of having a better view. No one was hurt.
HtIpQRTED VOLLISION QN THE rilfhAPkiftrtlid.
AND BM:MORE short time before we
went to press we hesid a painful rumor, that a collision
had occurred on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad,
between the train that left the depot in this city, at 11
o'clock I'. M., and the 6 o'clock I'. M. Washington train.
It is said that they met at Gray's Ferry bridge. The
trains were travelling very slowly. The engineers and
fireman jumped from the engines, and ; thus saved their
HAW. The eYprega car on the down train was altrioat
completely destroyed. It is reported that two of the
mail agents
were slightly injured. The fog was Very
dense, and it was not certainly known whether any of
the passengers were hurt.
AILING Or TJT TrscAnOw.l,--The United
States steamer Tuscarora lefLthe navy yard on Friday
morning at 8.30 for New York, where she is to receive
the remaining pieces of her armament. The extraordi
nary despatch manifested in constructing awl oonipif,,, g
fhb erdmidid Ain deaerrea more than paealag notim, anal
reflects great credit on the anthOrlties of the yard anti
the constructors of her machinery. The keel Neat laid
and contracts made on the 27th of June, sf ' that 'Attie
over live mouths have elapsed from hoe commencement
till her departure on sit serving , . For so large and pow
erful 4 Ymal tIIIB IBPi t iy of execution it believed to be
without precedent.
Tte Tuscarora is almost identical with the Wpm big
built here in 1859, anti by the same constructors. The
hull is in length on gun deck 209 feet 9 inches ; extreme
belga F . B feet; depth of hold 15 feet 10 inches; disphtee
ni,"tiut Let% tidal§ at load draft of 13 feet—tonnage 997.
She is bark rigged, spreads 9,800 square feet of canvas,
is armed with eleven-inch pivot guns, rifled, and a bat
tery of 32. pounders. Iler machinery is of 1,000-horse
power, by Merrick C Pons, of ibis cityi consisting of
two horizontal direct-acting engines; cylinders fifty
inches diameter, thirty inches striate; four-bladed
propeller, twelve feet nine inches diameter, of
brass. Three boilers having in all fifty feet
of frontage, fourteen furnaces, and eight thou
sand square et of beating surface. The engines have
surface condensers, returning fresh water to the boilers.
The whole machinery is of the most substantial charac
ter, highly finished, and has performed at the dock for
several days and nights consecutively in the most perfect
manner. The Tuscarora is (as usual with Philadelphia
vessels) the first of her class at sea, being at least six
weeks in advance of any of the four ordered at the same
time in Riflery, Boston, New York, end this place.
INQUESTS lit TILE CORONER. Yesterday
morning. Coroner Conrad held an inquest on the body of
an unknown man, who died at the Third.ward station.
house, during the night. The deceased was picked up, on
Thursday evening, in Shinny:l street, above Eighth, and
died subsequently at the station house. He was about
thirty years of age, apparently an Irishman, and be had
the appearance of being a laboring man.
An in was also held yesterday morning, in the
case of the death of Thomas IllcGranagan. The deceased
was the proprietor of a coal yard at Iteed-street wharf.
On Thursday morning he was found lying in nn insensi
ble condition, in the bottom of a coal boat. at the wharf.
It is supposed that he fell into the hold of the vessel the
evening Dreviouth
CHARGE or ROBBERY.—Last evening, Jas.
Allen, a waiter at the Continental Hotel, was charged
before Alderman settler with having stolen a sum of mo
ney from Alfred Wooden, of Wilmington, Delaware. Mr.
Wooden alleges that ho was taken sick on ThursdaY
evening, at the Continental Hotel, and was assisted to his
room by the prisoner and that he fell asleep while the
prisoner was arranging his clothes. In the morning, Mr.
Wooden found that $llB, in notes. had been taken from
his pocket-book. Tke prisoner was held in $BOO for a
further hearing. Singular enough ; two *'loo notes were
left in Mr. Wouden'N pocket.
ClA9Wing is the list of
ionisers nilnelied to ti,e gutibeat Paseo , now On Com
mission waiting orders to sail. She loss been put in fine
order, and will do Rood service whon 1;7 114 1 4 ' 9 P
C. H. B. Caldwell, lieutenant nuu , l e°r g c
Bacon, lieutenant ; James H. Morrison, senior engine.,'
- Edmund Jones. master; Amos Johnson, master; Albert
Cook, master; Arthur J. Pritchard, paymister ; Bober
Smith, assistant surgeon ; James M. Benekert, 3d assist.
ant engineer; Trmnan Jones, do.; John Berthwicit, do.;
Fits Jimmy Price, captain's clerk ; G. C. Bannister, pay
clerk; William E. Bridges, master's mate; Neil Alexan
der, do.; Beuj. F: Caswell, do.
THE CREW OF THE lIARTFORD.—The
teer Refreshment Committee have extended an invitation
to the crew of the 'United States sloop Hanyord, to dine
their saloon this afternoon, after the presentation of
their magnificent thug to the city of Philadelphia. The
flag is made of the finest silk, and is forty feet long. ft is
one of the finest and most handsome flags ever presented
to the city.
HEAnD YAWL—Another missing soldier,
Henry Ihurgelend, a member of Company C, colonel
Baker's reginamt, who was reported among the . missing
flic batik of Bo bluff, has been heard from its
being among the prisoners at Richmond. There are
doubtleis others, whose friends have been made anitimis
by not bearing from them since that unfortunate:affair,
who will yet a heard from in the same way.
- WINTER MAIL An R ANil EMENTS.—Wepublish
mi our third page Om advertisement of Postmaster Wnl
horn giving notice of [lto time of the arrival and depar
ture of the Inas during the winter. Our business com
munity, by cutting it oul and puttia7 it in ..na, coo
grietioug riser, will find it convenient fur reference.
A Bor.n RAscAL.-Abotit six o'clock on
Thursday, a colored man entered the toy stare of Alrg.
Martin, on Walnut street, below Eleventh, and, while
pretending to he oboot to rorcitoso a lt eighteen-cent toy,
Le etruelc Mrs. 31. a violent blow with hie fiat, and made
oil with the toy.
FECAL HEAnnia, or Bunn',Ans.—Yesterday
nfternoom Henry Wilson 111111 John Walter, charged
With ovcri!l Iltrglar_leg, Aver(' finally committed to tm
mvor ot court, by Aiderman Peltier.
COUNTERFEIT NOTE.—Thigh Murphy was
charged hefore Alderman Peltier, yesterday afternoon,
with passing n counterfeit *3 note on the Dank of Orange.
fawn, Now York, and wan hold for a farther hearing.
DONATION.—The Cooper Shop Volunteer
liefretiliment Committee acknowledge the receipt of
twenty dollars from the Iliad Ainiembly, being the pro
ceede of their Lull.
NAVAL MATTEM—Yesterday morning the
Tuscarora left the Nary Yard for New York, where elm
will be fitted for Neu.
The steamer Miami 1$ mi placed on the dry.dock you
tordey for copprring.
The Powhafate is being strippist of an tier old "rig.
ging."
The Keystone State, Mystic, and Itasca, are stilt out
in the stream, awaiting sailing ordere.
Drew York Items.
MAYOR WOOD ON TIIP RESULT Or THE: LAT!?
ELECTION.—Mayor Wood addressed the Mozart
General Committee on Thursday evening, on the
result of the late emotion. Ile seta that, personally
and individually, he bad no cause to regret the re
sult of the late election, and had no complaints to
make, but politically he regretted it. Although
he had a right to feel aggrieved at the many frauds
which were practised in different wards of the city
by his opponents, to procure his defeat, yet he did
not mean to reproach anybody or anything. He
hoped that the next Legislature would confer the
necessary power on the office of mayor, to make it
efficient for the good of the city. To the true friends
of the National Democracy who had supported him,
be said they should remember and feel proud that
they had shown themselves to be one-third of the
city of New York, and he urged them to stand firm
to their organization, bring the best men into it,
make it more efficieni and powerful, and thus pre
pare for the next contest. Again reverting to the
subject of the necessity for investing the Mayor
with more power, he reiterated his former hope
that the new incumbent of the office would
have his hands so strengthened that he might
do more good than he (Mayor 1Vood) had
been enabled to do. Personally, he had uo doubt
that the gentlemen succeeding him was every way
qualified for the discharge of all the duties of the
office, and that he was entirely deserving of the
eonliderice of the people lie had not opposed the
gentleman personally, but had opposed the party
supporting him, which he believed diametrically
opposite to the liberal. principles of our Govern
ment. Again, ho wished it understood that he had
every confidence in the capacity and integrity of
his sticoussor.
MCRDER IN A. CONCERT S.tr.oov.—An alterca
tion occurred last night in one of the free concert
saloons on Broadway, near Bleecker street, be
tween Thomas McCormick and a member of the
Fire ZOURCOP, named Thomas O'Brien. O'Brien
drew a revolver and fired several shots at Mc-
Cormick, one of which took effect in the loft
breast, killing him almost instantly. O'Brien was
arrested and locked up to await the coroner's in
peat ,—Expre.hs.
SALE or A CONDEMNED PRIZE BRIG.—The
prize brig Henry G. Brooks, which was captured
while trying to run the blockade at Charleston,
was sold yesterday to a Ur. John King for $2,83D.
PPIPADNEIIIg RELEARIM PROM Follr LATAVETTR.
—This morning the United States Marshal received
orders to release from Fort Lafayette William
Hunt, Isaac Nelson, Geo. Forrester, B. F. Thomas,
James Hall, and William F. Casio. The prisoners
were committed November 5, and will be reloaded
to-day, upon taking the Oath of allegiance.
One of the released prisoners, Mr. Thomas, is the
well-known "French lady." The other prisoners
were sent here by Brigadier General Hill, com
manding the Ohio volunteers at Camp Chase.—
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PIIILADZI.PHIA, December 0,11361
Prices at the stock board to-day showed much firm
nose, exeopting for Reading Railroad shams which fell
to 17. The whole loudness of the day was quite light.
Petersone Deteetor sends us the following description
of a new and dangerous counterfeit two-dollar note on
the Fanners' Dank, Pott,rille, : Twos—Vignette,
Ley WithhiSVAN6 ABA 9. on sight
and; female with trumpet on left end.
Shipment - 4 of coal over the Huntingdon and Broad Top
Illountain Railroad during;the week ending Wedne,day,
December 4, 1861, and since January 1, 1861
Week. Pi2k.1.56A4 , .
Tons. Tons. Tons.
....6,332 241,132 247,464
....4,550 172,7213 177,278
Increase...
PittsburgTlio Gazette of Decombor a Ruh'
The decision of Judge Grier, of the Circuit Court, re
fusing to set aside a mandamus execution issued upon a
judgment obtained against Calcify for interest upon rail
road bonds, has created the impression that- the bond
holders have at length found a key to unlock the city
tremnry. There are others; however; who entertain
,suite a different Gpin n. - In this case, the plaintiff pre
sented a petition, setting forth a judgment of the Circuit
Court against the city for a sum of money which re
mained unpaid that the only remedy for the enforce
ment of said judgment was by writ of mandomni, and
prayed for a mandatory writ compelling the controller to
certify a warrant upon the treasurer for the amount,
which WAS granted.
The decision of the court, refusing to set aside the
mandamus execution, at first created the impression
that all moneys than in the Treasury must beheld sub:
ject to the executions already issued, amounting to some
$lO,OOO. The Controller was not sure that he had power
to certify warrants for any other purpose. This being
the case, e course the Treasurer would be unable to
pay, and holders of city warrants would have to dispose
of them as hest they could,
We are pleased to state, however, that matters hare
not yet reached this deplorable crisis. The City Solicitor
has advised the Treasurer and Controller to perform their
duties as heretofore, paying such warrants as are due,
and are necessary to carry on the business of the city.
By an act of Assembly, the City Councils are required to
ftWold'iide. (I,MP l'eVehtie, to the month of February, far
specific purposes, and hence the Solicitor holds that
these special appropriations cannot be touched. Judge
Williams, of the District Court, in a case relating to Al.
legheny city, decided that this appropriation by Coun
cils was -valid. At all events, this question must arise
before any of then mandamus executions are satisfied;
and between this and February next, (the time of making
the annual appropriation,) the business of the city will
be conducted as usual. If, at that time, it should be ne
cessary to include these railroad judgments in the annual
appropriation, then 'payment may be reasonably I'llth:i
-rked, but not till them In the meantime, active eliorta
should be made to effect an equitable compromise with the
bondholders, as this seems to be the only method by
which our railroad indebtedness can or trill be settled.
The Chicago Tribune has just published its grain sta—
tistics for MO. It says:
Notwlth.,tendlug the ei:elletat.tit tfthlwe
thtelccilfillt flat: tfeeiiTsteasly increase in this branch of
the business of Chicago. Indeed, the blockade of the
Mississippi river served greatly to stimulate the trade of
our city, and nothing but the exorbitant rates of freight,
and the consequent extremely low price of all kinds of
produce, prevented it from reaching double the figures or
last year. Our trade and commerce have been measured
this year exactly by our capacity to receive and ship,
Every railroad was pressed to its utmost capacity, and
was not a single bottom on the lakes fit to patch up
Fla was in service, pushing forward the products of the
great Northwest to the seaboard.
Although we are just at the end of the eleventh month
of 1861, our receipts of all kinds of grain (Liehiding
flour, reduced,) amount to 54,099,212 bushels. In 1800
the receipts amounted to 36,504 7 772 inn,h4e 7 and they
were thought to be enormous, as they exceeded those of
any previous year of our history by thirteen milions of
bushels. But during the past eleven months we have re.
ceived 17,583,447 bushels mote than we received in the
entire year of 1980. hod even then we had to tell the farm.
era and Pradn'..eeis to keep back their grain, as wo had
neither Oat+ room foi ii uov Vt6s4l6 to;ae, it away.
The iirning,s of the Erie Railway for the past year
hare been very gratifying, especially the receipts of Oc
tober, which are $178,000 larger than for any previous
month tide year. At this rote of increase, the current
fiscal year will show an increase on the last of about
$1,400,01 milli but moderate increase of expense. The
road will also have, this winter, the advantage of the
Long Dock improvement, which, in deep water, and
without embarrassment from ice, gives them additional
facilities for loading and unloading freight. The saving
in rail transportation between the west and tide-water,
lii WM/4. Foiitt, it teat 100 at,,l the
freight is discharged directly into vessels for export to
Europe.
The banking capital of Vermont amounts to 83,910,000,
which is an increase of 540,000 over last year. The di-
Thiends on this sum si,croge a trifle less than 7 pet
cent.
B. B. Williams, Esq., has been elected president of the
Traders' flank of Boston, in place of A. W. ThaNtec,
ru t resigned, The friends of Mr, Thaxter, who are
many in this city, will be sorry to learn that he has felt
compelled to resign in consequence of ill health, to the re
gret of the Board of Directors, and the corporation gene
rally, by whom he was highly respected for his rare busi
ness intelligence and ability, and the courtesy and assi
duity with which he dischurged the duties of his Ace,.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales,
December 6, 1861.
REPORTED BY S. E. SLAYMARER, Meadelpflift EXChaRg3
FIRST BOARD
2 Penna la 37 34 50 Reading R.... .ri 1-10
4 do 37M 20 do 17
2 do 3736 20 do 17
1000 Reading 65'70... AI% 2000 Penna 11 Ist mt.. 97,4
1000 do '70... Etim 1000 Peuna coup 6s .s 5 96
423.39 Ches S: Del tis. 09
BETWEEN BOARDS.
7912000 Penna. Os 79
79 11000 - do 79
. 79 11000 Reading 0$ '56 .. 73h'
if.P.CIMP P9A/11),
10 Spring Garden Ins 30 13 Lehigh Nar 424
100 Penna Gs 79 3 do 484
6 Penna R 3 7% 0 do 48,4'
14 do 37ji• 3, do 4 8 .2 . 4:
1 do 37% 20 d 0 48'
7 Cam k Amboy R :120 500 NPa R 61i 2ou off 52J
50 Lehigh Nay 413413000 Leh Val R Os SjVal 01%
1300 Peoria 5s
200 d 0...
1000 d 0...
CLOSING PRICES—STEADY.
Ask.
ErS 6s, 'Bl
Phila ne".... . 84 81,. ,
Phila Be It .84 84A
Phila 8s new... 991 4 '. 91
Penna. 66 79 791, -
Readingll-16 15-16 17 1.16
Beading Bde '7O 81,i t e, 82
fi'dg NC 68 'BO '43 92 03
Rena AI Bs 'BB__ 7.2.g734
Penns R 37,V 37X
Penns R 2(im Os 84X 85
Morris Cl Con.. 35 ..
Morris Cl Pref.loo
Bch Nav 6E1'82.. 132. 633;
SCL Nav Imp 69 74
Bch Nay Stock
pcia Nay Pref... 11 12
ItIARINE
Sir HE FOURTH PAGE
ARRIVED
Steamship Benucher, noughts.ling, 24 hours !ron7. Now
York, with 111,160 alld passengers to Jas
103 i A. Di., off the Buoy, on the Middle, sate Vrig
Clarence, from Denmarara ; above the Middle, saw Irirk
1:11i011, from Pernambuco, coming up; schrs Westowr
and Martha Nichols, were below Bombay Hook;
Bombay Hook, aßr bark, in ballast, coming up; off
Morris Lhtolis, Rehr Pilot Bride, bound up; off Rusty
Natl, a light bark, at aueLor; bark TIIOIIIII4 Dallatt,
for Laguayra, \MS oil' GVltilb'S Landing; off Cheater,
saw ship Brazil for Liverpool, going down in tow of tug
J 1' Starr.
Edo.. Rio Grande, Paine, 7 days from Provlnct.b:wn,
Vint fish to A S Hughes.
Scht Elizabeth B Baker, 4 (rays front Wvst Wids,
With fish to Crowell A Collins.
Schr S B James, Hun, 3 days from Fan P.irar, in Imt
;Mt,. to D S Stetson & Co.
Schr R S Dean, Cooli t 4 (lap from Taunton, in ballast
to captain.
Schr J Williamson, Jr, Whitmore. 6 days from Bos
ton, in iiallast to Samickson ,S; Glover.
Barge Cleo Mott, Tamell, 36 hours from Nee - York,
with tease to W P Clyde.
Mimi tug Atnerira, Virden, 12 Mum from Delaware
83,okwnivr, haviimt hi tow hot-ks rubs!, fens:
bum and lavo, from a port unknown.
CLEARED
Bark American, Christian, T watts.!,
bola.
Schr w Carroll, Chipman, rdavagnoz, fort.) Giro,
John Mason & Co.
Bohr J Jr, Wins:more, Boston, Sionteltson
& Ciover.
Schr R S Penn, Cook, Taunton, Sinitiekiion St Glover.
Schr Athert Mehl, Phinipp, Sinoicusou & Glover.
Clark, Now Boilfortl, Siollickgtot
Glover.
Behr C Carroll, Pratt, Nora ich, L Andenried & Co.
Schr C illoarc, Ingersoll, New - London, P Fish.
Schr Ann Fickle), Macy, Washington, T Webster, Jr.
Schr B J Hoyt, Cranmes, New lanr,m,
& Cu.
Schr Jarrw.s Neilson, Burt, Alexandria, Staple &
Sir V o ltinterr, Wright, Wiw:hington, captain.
Sty II I, Gam', fler, Baltimore A Groves, Jr.
Ihirfto Ben Franklin, Ilttruplite, Albany, Datil
earthy.
MEMORANDA
brill* P G Porter, Smith, hence, arrived at neuronal
'Want.
&bra J J DiWill. Lydia/1 OFOlaar Fiiher, Dad J W
Wooikon, Garrison, cleared at Baltimore 6ca idat. for
Philadelphia.
B c h, e; 0 Norris, Allis, elearo , l ea $047111 t sth 'twit, for
Philadelphia.
Bid. 40k.
Elmira B 4% 4%
Elmira IC Pref. 94 9,4
Elmira 75'73... 83 85
Long bland R. 9% 10
Leh CI & Nay.. 4S u' 48g
Lela Cl & N Scrp 33 33%
N Fauna 5 6%
N Penna R 6.4.. 56 67
N Ponna 101 71 78
Catawissa It Con . ,
Catawiaaa Prof. 4 IN
Frkfd & South It 37 39
2.1 & 3d ate 1t.3. 45 47
W Phila R 60g, 51%
SKIM a Pine.. 8 S.
Green & Coates 16% 1.13
Chest & Walnut 23,4' 30
CITY ITEMS,
Importation of Russia Sheet-iron
Few persons are encore of tile mammon:, expend," end
difficulties attending the importation of Bussia Sheet
iron into this country, and the quantity consumed. The
noes to ‘vhieli thla iron to applied are mainly in the
manufacture of stoves, the difference in its favor, in Mint
of durability, tieing very great. The imitations that ha,e
been attempted in this country hare been hitherto WY Un•
successful that a Mehl of discovery Hem still open in this
department, in which some future inventor will
art dmditless, realize n princely fgrtune, That
much of American Itusmia Iron is sold for the genuine
is true enough, the imitation in outward appeal snce be
ing so close almost as to defy detectinn by any other than
an experienced indge. The imitation in this respect has
been very complete ; but the art Of making it 741(1r and
not oxydier from exposure to dampness is still to Attleni , .
van momitheturers a hidden secret. The helemtructible
nality of the Russia-made sheet iron is really extraor
dinary. We have seen stoves manufactured from it which
had Minn in use for a period of thirty years, with the
sheets almost imporceptildy reduced in thickness. From
these no is it w obviollH that stoves made of the• genuine
'Russia iron are vastly cheaper, at :Almost any cost, than
those manufactmed of the imitations, which burst
out in n sermon ur two and !lire lees heat. Still,
as chcaparn•n in a thing slimed at by many manu
facturers in almost every branch, Itimmia iron storeg
are the exception rather then the rude; though.
what is still WIMP, the bogus are not nufreettentlp
sold for the genuine, and at the price of the genuin•
PilithlWerP 01/1111d guard against tide migtalze. Thy
surest way to do this, probably, would be to buy of
manufacturer who has a reputation for honesty, and
who is known to use only the genuine Russian article,
in aeemtraefar.'n9, as, for example, the leading Stove
inventor and manufacturer in this city, Mr, Joined
Spear, No. MS Market street. Although wo were
aware that Mr. Spear uses only the genuine article its
making the celebrated Stoves which hare made hid
name known all over this continent, we had not mice,
talhoti InS tit Veceiotly the ellerillettg Went to telifeh he is
a consumer of this Important foreign article. In making
tip our commercial statistics for the week, we aver
tatted that him purchases of Ituysian Sheet-iron within
the last ftw• days amount to several thottAand dollars,
having exhausted all the deairahle number , ' of the lead•
ling importing home in this city, and almost exhausted
the entire market.
Considering the facts that several months arc con
sumed in bringing the iron from Russia, and that soma
ten mouths in the year are required to make up a first
class stock of Stoves, this movement on the part of kir.
Spear is highly sagacious, especially as those who coma
after him will, beyond question, be obliged to buy at a
greatly advanced rate. Those of our readers, ther- ,
foie, who have not quite decided to select a stove
from his present superior stock, may take comfort in
the thought that his stock text season will be aquas
good, and no higher in prices. His celebrated 6 , Anti•
dust . ' gam-burning Parlor Store is literally one of the
wohtlers of the age, and we shall not he surprised it hit
another season Mr. Spear will be obliged to aerate the
services of the lesser stove manufacturers, to assist him
in supplying the public demand for it. It wilt
herby •in mind that, in addition to the great
"anti-dust" improvement of this stove, there are several
other additions, of his own invention, of scarcely
less importance, that are found in Mr. Spear's Parlor
Store alone; as, for - instance, his Patent Urn, his new
and superior gus-burtr‘ag improvement, and sundry
ornate appendages, which render it at once the most
beautiful and efficient stove in use, while its fuel -coq
:Aiming qualities cureless than any other stove made.
We bad designed caving a few words about the un
neraticird onto - es: of Mr. I. 4 jacer'a popular, my, Auk; -
dmt "- Gas-burning Cooking stove, hut must defer this
fora future article.
FINE SPECIbtENS or BOOKBINDING.—Messrs.
Win, 1% ThirpliY h Soma the relftete4 Mal* Doak
manufacturers of this city, hare just completed Bets a
new blank books, for the year 1862, for several of out
banks, and other public institutions, among which. are
some of - the most massive and elegant specimens of the
liookbinding art that wo have ever examined. Ltrnang
others now attracting much attention at the salesroom of
their establishment. No. Chestnut street, am a set of
books for the Philadelphia Bank, the materials of which
are all of the niatt (livable character, prepared t 9 their
own exclusive order, and manufactured into beks iu
their own establishment, under their own immediate so.
pervision. One of the advantages enjoyed by this oh!
and well-known home, over almost any other in the
United states, it their facility for carrying on oil the de
partments of their extensive bininos: , under their own
direction. They bare also now ready blank books, of
the same massive and elaborate character, made to order,
for the Commercial Bank, Girard, City, and the
Tradesmen's Bank of this city, These books are of mots
mous size, have almost the solidity of metal, and are as
strong that, unless subjected to extraordinary usage. ono
should think they would last tor ages. We may also
state, in ad, connection, that this house has the repute,.
Hon of keeping the largest stock of letter and note paper,
and stationery of every description, whilst their facilltie4
for Printing, and Lithograph work, such as checks, nettle,
drafts, bills of exchange, Sce., are unrivalled. 14 - o us.
tired especially, in passing through their establishment.
4 practical air about it, with.
out w blab manufachring establishments of any kto
rarely succeed in building up an extensive reputation.
We presume Messrs. Murphy k Sons' books, in ordinary
times, are used, more or less, in public institutions awl,
private counting houses in oven State iu the Union.
ANOTHER MEETING. IN BEHALF or THE SOL,
Dm:S.—The twelfth meeting in behalf of the soldiers,
under the auspices of the Army Committee of the Yom
Men's Christian As - ,o,istion. will be held to-mosrou
t.glludar 1 senninti. in the Tenth Baiiiist Church, Kighth
street stove Green. As these meetings are purely th 4
expression of the deep interest felt by our people in the
welfare of our soldiers, and as the sums collected depend
very much upon the number., who attend their, we talcs
the liberty of urging unon our readers the propriety of
encouraging this praiseworthy increment by their pre
sence. Let there be an immenes gathering at the meet,
log to.morrow evening. Besides interesting statemanta
that are to be made respecting the 'memo of this miter.
prise, addresses will be avtiyered tly the pastor of the
church, Hey. Joseph Kennard, A. D., Rev. M. E. Ram
steed, chaplain of the Fourth beginient New Jersey Vol.
unteera, Rev. Thomas Janenay, D. D., and Rev. Dam,
min Wailers, D. 11_
OPENING or AntlCA.—By request, the Rev,
Alexander Crurnmell, clergyman of the Protestant Elio
copal Church in 'Liberia, will repeat in the Churrh of
ne Epiphany, Chestnut and Fifteenth streets, Lis {Re
v aims on the Atiyancentent, and Prospects of itiinAona,
Commerce, Industry, anti Civilization along the West
coast of Afrien, on to-morrow evening. This address,
'when delivered before in this city, was listen:xi to a ith
much interest hi a large .‘ongregatiem. We •understand
that Mr, CI =mien will introduce in his next a number of
additional facts concerning Liberia, and the rice of AI high
he h. a rnently.r, and for the irnprovement riflolich be bail
for years past taken an intelligent out
LECTURE 11T REV. J. INAPT .SMITIL—BS' an
advertisement elsewhere, it will be seen that the Rev. J.
Hyatt Smith will deliver n lecture in Handel and Haydn
Hail on Monday evening neat, on "The Spirit of '76 and
or, The First mat gocoral War of Traleponclonro."
Frem the racy character of the lecturer's former disser
tation; upon politico-patriotic affairs, we promise a rich
treat to all who maY hear him on Monday night.
BRIDAL WREATHS AND LADIES' HEAD
DREit‘'SE.z.—We bare already had occasion to refer to
the "Flow er and Feather Emporium" of the Ilfe , ,it.
Kennedy, Ko. 729 Chestnut street, n 4 one of the most nt
trftetiro painta far the Ladies an our molt fashionable
business thoroughfare. The daily new additions to their
splendid stock of these article:, and Millinery goods in
general, render their salesrooms so continuously attrar.
tire that many of our fair readers find if pleasant and de
sirable to revisit their establishment atleast once a week.
Their latest invoices of Bridal Wreaths and Head-dressoi
arc the most exquisite that we have ever examined, he.
ing the very cream of Parisian taele. Our lady readers
should call and examine them as a matter of curiosity.
CHRISTMAS CONFECTIONERY,IIOWaVer ill.
disposed people may be to lavish money this season for
Christmas Goods in general, we are not mistaken in p,e
dieting that the consumption of tine Confectionery will
be as go eat as ever—at least, if we final judge from the
great preparallons and present sake of our koillog ma
nufacturing house in this department, Messrs. E. G.
Whitman S Co., Second street, below Chestnut. The
stock of these gentlemen, now ready and daily preparing
in anticipation V the approaching liolida)s, ii corrainly
the richest and nicer varied that they have ever display ea,
and the crowds of customers which daily throng their
salierooma shows that the Christmas spirit is already
abroad anionic the people. E. G. Whitman's is in fart a
great Cliriatina,
THE BENT LAMP OUT FOR BuRNINO
CESE 0::. --As the nse of hero-ene Oil is becoming tho
universal article for portable lighting purposes, on Iv
a nut of its economy, surety, and general excellence, it is
important to know exactly the best [snip to miss for burn •
in it. This is, beyond question, the Fitters Ca .
Lamp, manufactured and sold Ot the great Light Mop°.
riuni, No. 85 North Eighth: ,trret, corner of Filbert.
They have them in every voriety, made in the most ap
proved btVI , , and sell them at I pry low prices, as they aro
1.8;:g.: . /y engaged in their whoieside manufacture.
Chlukla
Oa & Sons', unikr the Continental Ilutel, is Ilia
vrly establiblanent of the hind in the Fnittsl Statei, if
not in the world, It embraces in one magnificent bazaar,
we may say, the most elegantly-stocked salesrooms in
of the tolloring departments: Ladies' Fane; Furs ;
Ctaitlemen's Ifitt. and CaDS Laclies' Shoes ; Gentlemen's
Irurnixhing Goods; hats for tihi;Jrril and Nino, AO
tine Military Goods. fa all of these departinent4 Hut
p o pular styles may lie found, and at
mode:vit.. pr:ce.L
Clio:Cy TtiottlCAL FRUIT:4 AND FRENCH C 0 ,21-
1 - y!e• of OtlattE4 to , olifidh (.1„ , ,t0
articks, lit citoict,st variety and great:tit raicslittoce, is at
the beautiful new etote of Dlr. A. L. Vansant, Chestnut
street, co&tal door below Ninth, lie is also a largo
manufacturer of the
,fine 4 Apieri,on Conic!' rimer!".
II.? Ma's OHO Iftof sugar in mnimfacturilig, and tins fax
(it- ing rooms heated with hot-sir. to insure the grentost
ckantilless. Fifs bore a national reputation.
A MATTER OF TAL+TE-...113 a gentleman!
can bonny make a greater randirne io dross than to wear
an unbecoming Neck-Tie, All 1004 taste to this respect is
never more apparent than in tinier n ho buy their wears.
hies for the Neck of Mr.J. A. Edhientan, the celebrated
Crayat inventor, at &malt nail Clicittont streets, Ilia
dtock of these a.00.1d is probably lire largest inch, worlj.
lit. has also a splendid line of Ceuta' Furnishing Goods,
to Tihich we turtle the attention of our readers.
FINE TEAS AT MODERATE PItICES.—From
bur own obterrationi tee incline to think that Mr, C. EL
fine grueerleN at Arch and Tenth
streets,—lme wrought a wholesome reform in the sale of
Teas. Ile sells the bei:t Oolong, and till the other moat
popular A arieties OM; indispensable baverage, at lau-
PersPlilt wiollina Mt belt articita
iu the grocery line ore always tiro to find them at thin
FtOrr, rrldcli, WO may say, is patronized 'ae a largo num
ber of the best families in this city.
THE EDI - TON Or AN ILLPBTRATED• COTEMPO.
rAlilt upon the receipt of the news of theocepture of
Port 110 al, let off the following superfluities: Sound the
Tornon ! Blow the Ilewgng! Agitate the Viol ! Stir
the Organ! Polsate the Cymbal! Execute the Peal.
tvry ! Blow the Trumpet! Wield. the Tetiret bisturb
the Timbre' ! Flourish the Shemoneth I Flicker on the
: , insulter ! Wriggle the Horse Fiddle 1 Jostle the
Dell! Perturbete the Tin Instruments! Let the Can.
non Thunder 1 Anti the Peorlo Shoot gOrr Halle
lujah ! And all hands clothe theinselvee in the cheap 60
elegant winter gamients sold at the Mammoth Depot or
Granville Stokes, 609 Chestnut street, who,* line stock
of Clothing rsnut be surpassed.