± pilliT (BPSDAM IXOSPTBD,) OI]JOHN0 l] JOHN W. FORNEY. * ' ill SOUTH FOtJRXH HRBIiI. —-r - |» AII* * PRESS, 1 Cts *s Fe» WXRK, payable to the Carrier. )tT * ont if the City at Six DOW. AM TOO* Dol.tABB to* IIIOHT M.OHTBB, .1, ,r *' r( , a Six Months—invariably In id' i|U.WEEKI,y PRESS, 1 Subsctibero nut of the City at Tnaßa »OL A^' ln MnenaanMMMnnw Sr ..-'gyjNiitY GUOI)S -% I '' M . BERNI-lEIM, y.gOfIJfiSTNUT.BTBBBT, 3t(! rs, inst received from AtfOIIOH, alargo stock of - . . tE '' pilißOSSi of oil widths and colors. f [l oV.'EllS| all the new shads*. /KATHBUS) . di. do. do. VELVETS) do. do. do. do, do. do. „ gKGkISII OBiPJIS, at oil priosu, and BIBBOSS to suit, and oil othtr articles Juatotba lWiln-rT "I, B!)? - jriliDg off’hti oatire Bteok at GI'JA'TI' 1 REDUCED PEIOES TOE O&SH, jffiidcall !ho attention of the trade to this fact p, o 't farcret. ; , Ko. *26 CHESTNUT STBBST. ; ? _V,!vot«cutMa». 0~~ 1862 WOOD & GARY, JCOOSBBOBB TO WHCOIiH, WOOD, * HIOHOLB, in Btore# COMPLETE STOCK FALL. MILLINERY goods. consisting of j Sili, Velvet, and Colored Straw gONNETS AND HATS, jrsisoh Flowers,; Feathers, Ribbons, &0., . they respectfully invite the attention of the , jab®< of tbe Hon “ 0 ’ “ n4 - tho ttaA9 generally, * -a—_ - - ' EDY & BRO. , ; 4 cfIBSWfUX STREET, BELOW lIGHTH. HAVE now beady their s U lh IMPORTATIONS OP FRENCH FLOWERS, feathers. AtO) GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS. k!* - : j FALL MILLINERY GOODS, ROSENHEIM, BROOKS, &Oo„ 431 MARKET STREET, NORTH SIDE, Birn-’ spen f° r their fall sales a ussa AND HANDSOME STOCK ON *ALL MILLINERY GOODS, fIOSS tSTIKO OF RIBBONS, VELVETS, SILKS, FLOWERS, ffBAW AND FANCY BONNETS, "AND '-"X -MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY, I, thick the attention of the trade la BE3PBOTFULLY SOLICITED. ' ' k»-!b ■■ WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WILLOWWARiC A. H. FRAMOISGUS, «3 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Stre#t, PBIX.ABBI.PHIA, WHOLESALE DEALER IN WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Always on hand, a fell Stock ot m EBOOKS, OHUBNB, ME ABUSES, BBOOM3, WHXSKBj : ' , FANOY BASKETS, mil, so hub, ana swaspins bbusses, LOOKING- GLASSES and WINDOW PAPES, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF CLOCKS, Koclers, Jlonr Buckets, Host Boxes, • BROOM CORN, HANDLES, AND WIRE, ViJHBOifIDA, MOLDING and ODOTBES PINE, M AND TABLE OIL OLOTHS, SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNEB BASKETS, fifsf Biti, Indigo, Blacking, Matches, Sleds, Barrows, (Jsrriages, Hobby Horses, &0., So. AU Goods sold at M’EST net cash prices. larc-est stock in the union. tongeri visiting the city are Invited to look through which W the largest of the Mad in Also, thooDly Wholesale Agent for H. W. MKAM’B CLOTHES-WBINGEB in the State of faatrttwis. »!6.2m CARPET CHAIN. addin gT^WADDINO^ WADDING I "ADDIS3, BATTS, |' TWIHES, WIOKING, ooitonl YABNS, . o.Abpet chain, so., SO. ‘HA LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY, IN STjOKE, MS rOB SABI, at HANTTH’AOTUBEES’ PBIOBB, by A. H, FRANOISGUS, U-to MAfiKET and Ho S,Horth FIFTH Street. BATTS. AND OARPRT CHAIN. fin Pr e PBri w‘ to sell when wanted: WjUuO lbs. Carpet Chain-—Cotton, Lin „ en, and Woolen. •W/JOO lbs. Cotton Yarn—Nos. from 5 to 20. J’ffO lbs. Single c ute and Tow Yarn. w,OOO Sheets Black Wadding. AwO Bales all grades Cotton Batts, " from 12 to 50 ots. per lb. i m sll grades Wiok. vQQ Bales all grades Twine—Cotton , and Linen. tos «K*fnient ot TWINEB, TIDY COT ’®B, 4o„ at the | ■ - BARGE FQUE-SjrOKY STORE, »9.54 S NOETH TRIED STBKET, 1, I Sm , lOomer of New St) *&if» nl, Wjr ln tllB Yara Business, lam prepared to % "w s°®de tower than any other honse in this R T. WHITE. ■: lARNB,BATTS, CARPET-CHAIN. ! OWi °! a Lting, of all grades. E ft J es of Biac . k Wadding. iffiS flesofWi °w jo'fiAr, n^ C 3 Cotton Twine. ffll oUDdsof Cotton Yarn. m Bounds of Colored and White Chain. m p ol ls of Manilla, Jute, and Oot ille Rope. ; fta,lo «k Mflli T ? ni A ß6a Wash Lines, and • wods in the above line, for sale by **»^-franctsous. a MABKET and S North PIPTH Street FPRfUTPJUK. W, * J - A3LLEN & BRO. oabinst warebooms, lo * iao9 CHESTNUT ST. 4 iARsa ASSOETMEHT SI? PEHIOR furniture vH-hu 1 ■ OH HARD. B^^X4“K b 0 r Bwflae "-*" jgU* TABLES, A Oahpiom.2 with th* w«S 0 E 8 impbovbb oushiohb, JjVyfe Ml otS/ b 7 T Who ta,# toem *® b* th ** # the m*nn- W #lo# i Who M, f.S c , 1 n J nraer ? n * Wteo m thromhont m, «b»UM withUn ol»r*ottt olthtb __ - '• ■■■•■■■ -- aoSS-flm ■ *«R§? fG» Neat and Cheap, town's, m b.foubth MS VGL.6-N0.82. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. jQAwioiTiiANioNjTa^T™” N. W. CORNER OF MARKET* AND FIFTH STREETS, Invite the attention of Cash Buyers to their entire. New Stock of DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, ETC. T. B. DAWSON. O,BRANSON. J.Q BOXQARDNKR. oci22-lm 5 - L HALLO WELL & Go., No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYNK’B MARBLE BLOCK,) Have jnat opened an , ENTIRE- NEW STOCK ' • or ' FANCY SILKS, from Auction, DRESS GOODS in great variety, SHAWLS, GLOYES, RIBBONS, TRIMMINGS, &0., &0., Which have been , . PURCHASED EXCLUSIVELY FOE OASH, And will he told at \ CHEAP PRICES. The attention of city and country buyers is Invited. geSfitf 1862. e 1 all 1862. BIBOEL, WIEST, * EBVIK, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF DRY GOO DS, HO. 4T NORTH THIRD 3T B 111, rauamnnan ■. Merchants visiting this city to purchase Dry * Goods will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at Low Figures. In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to purchasers unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. sel6-2m rpiOS. MELLOR & Co., ENGLISH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS, 40 AND 43 NOBTH THIBD STBEET. HOSIERYi GLOVES. Shirts and Drawers, 4-4 Linens. Fancy Woolens, Linen C. Hdkfa. Manufacturers of Shirt Fronts. iell-3m - . 1862. * AL L • 1862. JOHNES. BEBBY. & 00. (Booeeauors to Abbott, Jobnea, & Go.,} It? UABKKT, AND <34 OOMMEBOB STBBBTg, IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS OP SOIL'S . \ ■' . AMD PANGY DRY GOODS. Save how opened an entirdy HEW AND ATTBAOTIVS BTOOK, IN ENGLISH, TRENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DRESS GOODR : AIM, a full assortment in - • ; - WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS,CLOVES, SHAWLS, Ac., Which they offer at the very Lowest Market Price*,"and solicit the attention of the Trade, inlß-Snt . Y AR2XGXLLMORE.& 00, Noe. 61 T CHESTNUT and 614 JATN3 Stmt*, Have now open thslr ’ FALL IMPORTATION OP SILK AND PANGT DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, • LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o. BOUGHT IN EUROPE BY ONE OF THE FIRM. To whioh the attention of the trade Is particularly In vited. eall-Bra CARPETS AND* OIL cloths. Arch-street carpet ware house. OLDDEN & RIOKNER. No. 832 ABOH STREET, TWO DOOBS BELOW NINTH STREET, SODfH SIDB, ire now receiving their PALL IMPOBTATIOHS OP POBEIGN AND DOMESTIC CARPETINGS, embracing all the new styles, which they are offering at LOW PBIOBS • MST.am PQB CASH. , Q.LEN ECHO MILLS, McCALLUM & CO,, SO 9 OSES TN BT SI BEET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) XANUPAOTUBEBS, IHPOBTBBS, AND DEALERS CARPETINGS, OIL OLOTHS, &e., Have now on hand an extensive stock of ijarpetingfl, of onir own and other makes, to which we call the attention of cash and short ttme buyers. DRUGS/ANBCHEMICAJLS. ~ ROBERT SHOEMAKER fi! CO, , Northeast Corner FOURTH and EACH Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AHD DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, KAKOFIOTnBB*g 0» WHITE LEAD ANfrZINO PAINTS, PUTTF,**, AGISTS 108 THI OBI.ZBBi.TIn FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealer* end ebnanmer* aappHed»t VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. se2o-tr M T UOIFER” OIL WORKS. JLI 100 bbl* “inoHer" Buroin* OR cm hand. We enusntee tbe oil to be non-explosire, to bam as Ibe oil in tbs lamp with a rteadr, brilliant Same, without •mating ths wick, and but ulowljr. Barrel* Uned Witt llan enaatl. WBIQHT, SMITH, A PEARSALL, MH-tr Offloa tit MARKET Btrset tATOira 01L.—492 baskets Latopr Olive Oil, jnat received per ehlp Fandalia, from Bordeaux tor rale by JAtfBBTOHX & liAYBEaUB, . *8 and 3WB»uU»JBOHT Street. GEBMANTOWE, PA. Jrf9-Sa» SEWING MACHINES. Q.BOYER & BAKER’S • CELEBRATED FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS: Particular attention i.i called to the fact that, betides the Machines making our celebrated stitch, wo manu facture, in great variety of styles, superior FAMILY LOOK-STITCH MACHINES. The peculiarities or each stitch will be cheerfully known and explained to purchasers, and they have the great advantage of being able to select from our stock either a Hachino making the GROVER & BAKER STiTOH, 0r one makfngthe LOCK-STITCH, The only valuable Sewing Machine Stitches in practical usd. v: FRICES FROM $4O UPWARD 3, , Office 780 Cliestnut St. no3-tf ' rpHE WILLOOX & GIBBS ■'JL -j ■ FAMILY BBWING M&OHINKB have been greatly improved, making it ENTIRELY NOISELESS, and with Self-adjusting Hemmerß, are now ready tor ealeby FAIRBANKS & EWING, se27.H 716 CHESTNUT Street. & WIESON, SEWINGMACHINES, 828 0 H ESTN UT STB E E T, selß-Bm ■ . . PHILADELPHIA. . MILITARY GOODS. JJILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS; PRESENTATION SWORDS, SWORD BELTS, SASHES, OFFICERS’ CANTEENS, PORTABLE WRITING DESKS, PASSANTS, EPAULETTES, military: and naval goods in general. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. EVANS & HASSALL, No, 418 ARCH STREET, oo 31-12tfp rjIHE ARMYi SWORDS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, SASHES, BELTS, &o. No, 13 NORTH SIXTH STREET. WHOLESALE , AND RETAIL. 007 ‘ J fijunv .MADE CLOTHING. ( OJ&TLEMEN’S \JI wintkb clothing, VERY DESIRABLE V IN 6TYLK AND PBIOE, Suitable tor the season; ■ ; /YVERCOATS AND BUSINESS SUITS, ■ In great variety. WANAMAKER & BROWN, IT POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, OAK HALL, , s. E. CORNER SIXTH AND AIAJUvET STS. SPECIAL^DEPARTMENT POB OUSTOMKK WdBK. no3-tjal JUNE READY-MADE CLOTHING. O. SOMERS & SON, No. 626 CHESTNUT STREET, UNDER JAYNE’S HALL, Have now made np tor sale, an entire new stook of FINE CLOTHING. Also, a foil assortment of OLOTHS, UABSIMEEES, and VESTINGS, which they respectfnlly invite th© public to examine before purchasing elsewhere. *oS7tde3l LOOSING GLASSES. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, SIANUPAOTUBIBS AND IMPOBTES® ';' ’ . ,o» ./ . . .... ■ - ’■ - : LOOKING GLASS®, OIL PAINTINGS, WHS .AHBEAVIHOB, PIOTOBK AND POBTBAIT PBASCBI, PHOTOQBAPH PBAMES, PHOTOGBAPH ALBUMS, OABTES-DX-TISITE POBTBAITS. EARLE’S GALLERIES, 818 CHESTNUT STREBT, tell.'"' ■ ■ nmanaußU. WATCHES ANP JEWELRY. 1 A& ELI HOLDEN, JSS la :. Dealer in fine , MSI AND ISIPOBTED JBWELBY, AND OLOOKS, • ' • ccSI-fim# 708 MABKET Street. AlOmoM WAffiOHM ■■ ; w ■ SOLD AND SILVER OASIB. JOS. H. WATSOI*, anl-Bm Ho. 330 OHBB'TISrnT Btrert. . . < v . ll WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. | A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS £\- XHAH FOBMEB PBICBS. S'ABB & BBOTHBB, Importer*, mhSO-if 824 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. CHINA AND QUEENSWARE. gOYD & STROUD, HO. 32 HOBTH YQTJBTH BTBEET, n6w 64006 of CHINA, GLASS, AND QUEENSWARE. 0c22-lm STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS. MARTIN & QUAYLES’ IU. STATIOHEEY, TOT, AND YAHOY GOODS .XU FOB mu. Ho. 1036 WALNUT BTBEBT, laU-fpl, “^“^“^WADXtPHXA’ ® f. I, a. /« BIN O, ABUT, AND TOILET MIBBOJEtS, The best in iho world for flniih and dnrabiiitjr. B. M. S. Tbs beat brand Silk-flnished s VHIiVBT BIBBOHB. 8010 Agent, BENJAMIN M. SMITH, I#6 DUAHK Street, near West Broadway, joW-3«a Hew Y or*. PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1862. PHILADELPHIA. RETAIL DRY GOODS. JTANGY FLANNELS f = , FOR SHIRTING, NEW AND DESIRABLE STYLES. AND WHITE FLANNELS,I Of all grades and widths. . YELLOW FLANNELS, ...1 Fine,- Medium, and low Ggades. : SOARUET FLANNELS, .= Twilled and Plain, of ail desirable qualities. GRAY TWILLED, and BLUE TWILLED FLANNELS. OUKWEN STODDART & BROTHER, 450, 452,. and 454*N. SECOND AT , AB. WILLOW. FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS! AT MEDIUM AND LOW PRICES: CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER Have just received from Auction a large lot of WOVEN SAXONY DRESS GOODS’; ’Banging Froin 25 TO 35 CENTS PER YARD ! . In daily receipt of cheap lots, 450, 452, 454 NORTH SECOND ST,, ABOVE WILLOW. T>ALMOR AL SKIRT‘D? XJ OF ALL SALE ABLE IDISOBIPTIOSS. CURWEN BTOOD£RT ft Et- V ' " 450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND BT-AB. WILLOW. * .. - - ■ nos3t 'RICH DACE CURTAINS, JLhl 53.50 to «35 per pair. \ ; Rich Drapery MuaUns, 25c to $1.50 per yard. “ Curtain Materials. Upholstery Goods. . -r." “ Furniture Chintzes. “ Embroidered Piano and Table Covers.' . Table Coverings. Our stock of-Lace Curtains comprises two invoices o f 500 pairs, entirely new and very elegant designs, bought below auction prices, and is worthy the'early,attention' of buyers. ."-■■■ * SHEPPARD, VAN HAR ' LINGEN, & ARRISON, 100 S CHESTNUT STREEP. 3 nc4 tutbs lot -■ QHEAP LINEN GOODS. ■DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, 2 tp 8 yards long ■ HEAVY TABLE LINENS, in neat and: beautiful figures. - ; BBEAKFAST, DINNER, AND TEA NAPKINS, to match.. - rv DAMASK, DIAPER, GLASS, and HUDK TOWELS. PLAIN and PL4ID GLASS LINEN. ‘ TO WELTNGS for Kitchen, Pantry, Bath, and Cham ber use. STOUT and FINE SHEETING LINENS, 8-4, 9-4, 10.4,11-4 12-4. BEST HEAVY PILLOW LINENS, 40, 42,45, 50, 54, inches. FLOOR and STAIR LINENS. SHEPPARD, VAN HABI.INGEN, ft AB BISON, nc4-intbslot 100 S CHESTNUT Street. “ Jy|TiW MOURNING STORE," 926 OHJESTNUT STREET. Evjry article for MOURNING WEAR. MOURNING BONNETS, JtEABV AND TO ORDBB. v M. & A. MYERS & Co., IMPORTERS, oc3o,thim lm QLOAKIN Gc CLOTHS, F KOS TED BE AV ERS, FINE CASSIMERES, VELOUR |tEPS, BALMORALS, BLANKETS. LADIES' CLOAKS. WOOLEN SHAWLS, BOPS’ CLOTHING. C 0 OPE R ;.&. 0 O N*AR By Oc2B-ff~' B. E. COE. NINTH kj m, OLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS! THE ONLY GENUINE : WATEB-PBOOFS IN THE .: ■■ CITY. . ■ : . our -new; styles ' THE OSBORNE, \ THE CELEBRATED CASTILIAN, THE LE GILET AND PRINCESS. Tlicae are beautiful and exquisite styles, and call only;: bo found In perfection at' -- ; v IVENS & Co., OC3O 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET riLOAKS! CLOAKS! An Immense Stock of NEW & FASHIONABLE STYLES. Oar Garments to style, quality, and manufacture Are guarantied equal-to any In the City. ladies will niease examine before purchasing. . PARIS STORE, EIGHTH ANP WALNUT STREETS. MISSES AND 0 HIL DRE N ; S AWL CLOAKS 1% The largest Assortment, Latest and Most Approved Styles, , At Exceedingly Low Prices. No. 137 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET. OC3O-1 m JAS. R. CAMPBELL & GO., IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 727 CHESTNUT STREET, Hays just received, and are now offering, magnificent lines of SILKS, SHAWLS, & DRESS GOODS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS BEASOH, ocB-tf : : 1034 OItKSTNPT BIBEET. : E. M. NJEEDLES. ■ ' | ■' : ' ■ :■■■ 1 | WHITS GOODS, q * LINENS, | g EMBROIDERIES. § tn Cj » : ■ ‘■a W m Q tq A. ftiil wwortraent of the above on hand ai LOW & ijj 1 \ ' H ® PBIOBS> to which additions are made of ail „ E r NOVELTIES. se2s.tr ■ 1024 CHESTNUT STBBHT. riHEAF DRY GOODS, CARPETS, V/ Oil. CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES -V. E. ABOHAMBAULT, N. E. oorner B tiBVENTH and Streets, will open this morning, from Auc tion, Ingrain Carpets ,at 3T, 60,62, T 6, and 8T cts.: Bn try and Blair Carpets, 25 to 66 cts.; Bag, Yarn, and List Carpets, 26,t0 46 cts.; Floor OH . Cloths, 37 to 62 its. : GlltJßorderea Window Shades, 62 its. to SI 50: Bnff and Green Window Holland, 16 to 46 ots.: Muslins, 12if to 25cts.; Canton Flannels, 25 to3l cts, ocSOthstnlm H STEEL & SON HAVE JUST • received, from Hew York, a few choice lots of FINE IMPORTED DEE 33 GOODS. ' Wide fancy Silks, very rieh styles. Bioh figured Brown Silks, a great variety of these very ■catce and desirable Silks. A great variety of Fancy Silks, at low prices. Bioh fig ured Black Silke, from $1 to $2. - Yard- wide Plain Black Silks, at SI. Block Silks, all widths and qualities, at YEBY LOW PBIOKB. Bich shades, Brown, Bine and Green. PLAIN lEISH POPLINS. Silk and wool and aU-wool French Poplins. A choice lot of new Plaid Alpacas. BIOH PRINTED MBBINOES. bioh peinted magenta cloth. Eich printed all-wool Delaines, at 62Xc, worth 87e. SHAWLS. SOABFB, AND OLOAKS. Broche and Plaid Blanket Shawls. Bich Ohalae Laineßroche Shawls. ■Striped Shawls of every variety. Merino Bcarts, Broohe and Ohalne Laine Borders. Habit and Water-proof Cloth Cloaks. 'v " COO SHEPHEBD PLAID LONG SHAWLS, at 54.25, worth SB. 713 North TENTH Street, above Coates. A LL WOOL BID BLANKETS. 41 A foil assortment of sizes— -9.4—10-4—11.4 -12 4. All wool, medium and fine. Extra quality large size Blankets, i Also Gray Army and Horse Blankets. Knee Wrappers, Travelling Blankets. ocl7.tr BHABPIiESS BBOfHEES. rtOLOBED POULT DE BOIES. . A full line of plain oolored— Embracing all the rich, dark shades, Heat figures, single and doable faced. Bright colored Chocks and Plaids. SHABPItESS BROTHERS, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. fWOICJS DRY GOODS—Just re \J celved. . . Brown Poplins, Plain and Figured. Brown. Wool Poplins, Double Width. Herinoes of all Shades. Wool D’iaines, Plain and Figured, Cotton and Wool D’Xiaines—a nice line. Figured Merinoea. A full line of Plain Shawls. A full line of Gay Shawls. One lot of Blaeh Figured Mohairs, at 25c. Bix lots of Brown Alpacas, choice A full line of Oassimeres, A full line of Vesting. "DINE APPLE SAP SAGO CHEESE, A. for sale by BHODXB &WILMAMB, OCS-if im South WAT KB Street/ >JOHH H. BTOKHB, 703 AKOH Street |)ms. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1862. Our Grand Army in , Virginia* COffTIKUED iffD TRIUMPUiffT iDTIffCE, Headquarters at Ashby’s Gap Yesterday—Pied mont and Markham ; Occupied—Pleasanton and Ayerill Bloving On—Advance of Sigei’s Army—Gen, Sickles at Brentsvilie, and be yond—Later from tVarrenton. HsiDguABTERS Abut or the Potomao, Nov. 4.—10 P. M.—List night it was nncertain whether the'poßses sion of Ashby’s Gap wonld be contested or not. Every preparation" was made to force it if circum stances made it necessary ; hut the rebels retreated this morning, leaving our troops in undisturbed possession of the .mountain. From the heights a favorable. view of tie Shenandoah valley was had, but no large body of tho enemy was to be seen. Winchester was plainly visible, and the intervening portion of the valley. The commands of cavalry and artillery under Gene rals, Plessantori and Averill occnpled Piedmont last might. This morning they pushed on, and, after a spirited Bkirmish; occupied Msrkham. They now hold the ap. preaebes to Manassas and Chester Gaps, on th» left of the. Bine'Ritfge Mountain. The rebel cavalry showed themselves to- day opposite Snickei ’s Gap, and were also visible from Maryland Heights. Gen, McOielUn spent moitpf the afternoon at the top of Ashby’s Gap, taking the Shenandoah Valley. , : « Infcimatioii from Manassas Junction, of this morning .says the portion of General tickles’ command, sent forward to look after the Orange ahd Alexandria Bait, read, found it in much ; better condition than was anti cipated to a point nearly up to Cattiet’a Station. The railroad bridgo at Broad run was found partially burned by the rebels, end the supports partly sawed through*. It - can, however, be easily “and qoickly repaired.' Kettle Run . Bridge was found uninjured. Our troops hold the country in the vicinity of Brentsvilie, and have driven in the patroling rebel parties upon WarrenJu notion. They, however, continue to scout down as low as Cat lett’s Station, and will doubtless destroy Cedar Bun bridge, if they have not already dono so. The Manasßas’ Gap Railroad Is in pretty good working order oloar up to Thoroughfare Gap. ■ Information received last night indicates that the totul rebel force at Warrenton and Warrenton Junction is not more than tlrte thousand.ioTantry, with corresponding number of cavalry and artillery. IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS. POSITION OF LEE'S ARMY. Military Mismanagement In the Sooth. Anticipated Capture of Seaport Tow-ns—An other Privateer Heady for Sea—Destruction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—North, eni Virginia to be Evacuated—progress of the Yellow Fever at Wilmington. FEOit FORTRESS MONROE. ; Fortress Monroe, Nov. 4—The flag, of-truco boat Express atrivtd at Fortress Monroe from Aiken’s Land ing lisf evening jest as the Baltimore boat was leaving ihe wharf. She br;ught no pjßseugetg or' returned prisoners. Our cfficcis and guard, while at the landing, were treatpd rather abruptly by the rebel guard, no one being allowed to step cashore, and Col. Aikes (one of the rebel cotcmistionere) was not allowed to come on to the v.lmf while the Expiess lay there. The Colonel’s com mission has’ been taken from him, and ho is denial all communication whatever. ‘ - ' ’ LEE’S POSITION IN NORTHERN VIRGINLL. The Richmond JJitpatch of Nov. Ist says: “ The recent movements of the rebel forces indicate the .entire..-evacuation: of. Northern Virginia, or that these moves were made -in reference to the reported ad • vanceof McClellan through Loudoun county. Prom all it can gather, it is satisfied that a general advance of the Union forces is not anticipated, and that tharebalgene rai who.deeifes.eneh a movement on the part of McClel lan wilt ha disappointed for the present campaign. The opotationsof the Union troops, so far as transpired, do not indicate that they wiil iisk an engagement with the well appointed and highly disciplined troops under Gen. Lee. Prom Winchester and the country below, it'says we have advicts up to Thursday, when no movement of the enemy ; haddaken place along the: Upper Potemac. The report that Winchester had been evacuated is Incor rect. The rebelchvalry pickets still .hold their old posi • tlons northof Bunker Hill, and east of Charlestown.” [Extn.pt! from the Eichtnond papers ] * ABUSES IN THE AkMT. A close investigation into the management of the Oom mitsary and Quartermaster’s Department would disclose' a degree of recklessness entirely, inexcusable, and well In conversation with a number of fanners of the val ley, recently, we wet e frequently asked the question, whether the Government intended to redeem its circula tion, the inference being, drawn, from its unnecessary expenditure, that Confederate.money was only being used for the present exigency, and that final repudia. Son wonia ensue, fbom the extravagance 6r the Govern ment's commissioned agents. Forty prisoners of war arrived in this city {Richmond} last evening, via Central train. They were captured last Saturday fn the’vicinity of Harper’s Ferry. Four pri soners were.received at the Libby prison'yesterday, They gave ths-names of James G. Bestow,' William W Uliams, Joseph; Bu Pate, and Jaoob Bafle. The prisoners were captured a few days since at the mouth of the Sappa bannock; Bastow wasahe toaster of thosbip Altegiianias, WHHams first-mate, and PatB pilot. We could'hot learn under what circumstance they were captured, wire : ther by adventuring, on shore, or a surprise on board of their ship j; ... - Beven members of the 42d Mississippi. Regiment were lodged in the Eastern District-prison yesterday, for act ing as bogus city guards. :j PAUL OF MOBILE, CHARLESTON,AND SAVANNAH, ** It Is evident that Mobile, Charleston, and probably Savannah, will soon be assailed by the naval and laud forces of the Lincoln Government. The loss of these cities, would not touch the vital sirength of-Southern strength, jet it would inflict suffering and humiliation which no sacrifice would be too great to prevent. Mo bile can see in New- Orleans what she has to expect. The occupation of Mobile by the Federate would enable them to penetrate hundreds of miles : into the interior of Alabama', and inflict immense damage upon private and pnbiic Interests. Charleston; ah especial object of Fefleratmalignity, would probably be made to drink the bitterest cup of all if she was to fall into Yankee hands. Wo hope: that every Southern city will permit itself to be converted into ashes before surrendering to the in vaders.”' : FEVER AT WILMINGTON, The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, Oct. 28th, repsrts the number of burials the previous day, white parsons, five. , The negroes are'golng off -much more rapidly than at the outset of the epidemic. The weather is cool, but no signs oi frost. - : v - CAPTURE OF THE SCOTIA. , The' Charleston Mtreury gives an account of the cap ture of the steamship Scotia, while on her way from Nas sau to that port. Sho was commanded by Capt. T. S. Lebby, of Charleston, the same who.ran a privateer from that port, was captured,\aud made.his esoape from the Yankees ac Boston. The"ScotlA wiiea captured, had on beard a valuable cargo of 106 tons of merchandise, con sisting of shoes, blankets, wcdlens, Ac. ANOTHER privateer. Letter of marque and reprisal has been issued to a cer tain officer of a splendid vessel, which is to sal soon from some; rebel port.... The second officer is Ooi Charles Carroll Hicks, who for several months past has rendered efficient service to the Government. JACKSON DBSTROYINjG THE RAILROADS; The Whig isaje that General Jackson has destroyed all that portion of the Baltimore end Ohio Bailroad from the North Mountain to Sbepherdstown, tearing np the rails and burning the ties. The large machine shops and depot bu Idings at- Martinßburg were fired arid destroyed. REBEL WAS. BULLETIN. The Secretary of War has caused an order to be issued to oflicers commanding camps of instruction to caute the enrolment of conscripts to be extended to all men not subject to exemption, who are between eighteen andforty yeefs of age. It cannot be disguised that the law under which this is done is.unpopulaij if hot odious, among a large class of tiie people,. REBEL HEWS FROJf' HEW ORLEANS. „ A Bicbmond paper has-the following Becentiy the British mau of- war Itmaldo approached tlat’ foot of Canal street, New Orloaus, and. assumed a hostile attitude, demanding from the. authoiitias the re lettse of James Syme, druggist, an English subject, con fined in, Fort Pickens, and indemnfficatiphfor the seizure of/bisperßonand property to ,the. amount 0f.8100,000. General Boiler reauested ten days to consult with Wash ington authorities, which was assented to. The oaptain of the Binaldo is an officer of groat gallantry, and whose sympathies are said to be warmly ia faror of the South. General Butler has issuai another Infamous order forbid ding tho p&ymont of debts to persons who hare not taken the‘oath.’” • THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. Situation of Price—What lie Designs to do— Review of General Grant’s Ariny—Bolivar Being Fortified—A. Heavy Siiow Storm. Bolivar, Hovemberl. 'She'latest nows from Gen. Price places Hi army at Tupelo, on the Mobile and Ohio Eaiiroad. What hig purpose is in going to that point we do not know, though it by some that he designs forming a junction wlth~Bragg somewhere in the vicinity of Enscumbia or Huntsville. After that iB accomplished he, may move I upon Corinth with a certain prospect of success, if that ppjiit be not strongly reinforced before that time. Etui story that lately reached'ydu from Memphis, that Price’s army : was: 70,000 strong, and ready for .an offensive movement to the. Horth, is not , entitled to credit. lha most reliable information that can be obtained places his strength not far from 40,000, including the reinforce ments he has lately received. EUb army is still living upon parched of raw,corn, in limited quantities, and; all his men contemplate withmany.a sigh the piles of army, stores at Corinth and Bolivar.’ In their • present need ft is certain that they wilt make a desperate tight whenever they come face to face with our troops ■ ; The aimy at this point was yesterday reviewed by Generals Grant end McPherson. Ehe troops were drawn up on two Sides of an immense field, and formed in all a line more than two miles in length In addition to this force, there were Bovefal regiments bit on expeditionary ■ service in various directions that were not represented in the review. . The health of thermen is excellent; and the display elicited the .praises of all Thecloudß of dust Ihat every where blew over the field greatly im peded theprospect,;ar-d at times it was impossible to see more than fifty yards in any direction. Ho rain has • fallen hero for some time, and the roads, though hard, are covered in every uiroction with two or throo inches of’dust.’ ... , . ~,, Bolivar has been strongly fortified of late. The rebels are well aware of the fact, and in .making ..the above general statement I am not giving contraband ioforma .tion.' Natarally,it is an admirable!position, and, with the aid of the works that have ealo of kindness, a token of frlead -oa?ie ,itno as an evidence of extraor- manifested at a very eventful period of the history of the country, by one who is, in my judgment, one of the traest pitribt* S?M STS rn.K reathe thefiret soldier of the civilizad world. [Three cheers for General Bcott—tiger.l Still, I- had no right to communicate it to the pub to It seemedTto me important that it should be made pub. lie. General Scott did not consent to it, for fear that an injury might accrue from such publication to the Presi dent of the United States. Thoroughly loyal himself knowing what was due to bis offic'a! head, he deter mined that, in this crisis, at ail events, nothing could possibly he done by him which could, by any combina tion of circumstances, be injurious to tho Chief fifagis ■ vf.‘ “e had doubts of the propriety of giving formal publication to it, notwithstanding the notoriety given to it. I snggfated to him that the determination of that W ®B be committed to persona who were mitbrnl friends of Ins, who were not unfriendly to the President of the United States, and who united io vigor or intellect a feminine altachment to himsdf and a Ua -OT6rT ®“ Ei>n who might bo effected by the publication, which would jnsnrs the -*> « Tor sonld by possibility be oommitted in .hat determination. This was done with his assent. The persons to whom it was confided to decide the ancalioa uuanimously declared that it ought to be iaid before tho public. In pursuance of that I did so lay it before the pttme. '• • Results of the Election. COMMENTS Or THE NEW YORK PRESS, [From the Sow York Tribune. | Keyer was a great and patriotic party doomed to bear np agaiE3p tcch a combination of adverse Infiuancea as these With which tbs Bepnblicans and Union War Dbaio crats struggled in our contest ot yesterday. They wore compelled to meet at the polls—l livery partisan of elaverj and sj mpatbizer with the slaveholders’ rebsliion. 2. The great lumrelling interest, organized as a political power, ar d lavishing funds as well as efforts in behalf of the Democratic ticket, 3 Two hundred thomaud votirs who ‘‘never voted any other than the Democratic ticket, and never win,” though that ticket were all madb hp of Fernando and Ben Woods, and undisguisedly favorable to revolutionary usurpation and despotism. 4 i Thou sands whose god is Mammon, and who, finding' the War expensive and burdensome, are anxious for peace at any price. S. Every coward who fears being drafted. 6, Every sneak who has been told that Sej in cur’s election will relieve him from the payment of war taxes, and is actuaßy fool enough to believe it. T. The depressing ef fectof the recent elections and their unexpectedly ad vei go results. 8. The absence at thaseatof war of atleast one hunt red thousand of our bravest and best, two thirds of them ardent Bepublicans, and a good share of the remainder Union War Democrats of the school of : Dickinson. Brancroft, and Tremein. 9. General dissatis facticn with the slow progress or ho progress of our armies,' srd a widespread feeling that, through the: Incapacity, inefficiency, or insincerity of onr military leaders, the blood and treasure of the loyal millions are being saori- Seed in vain. , The lobb' to,General Wadsworth and the Union War tickets from this last source alone mu9t be estimated by , ttns of thousands. It wai in vain that the party of the country bore np manfully against it, and did all that men could do to mitigate its effect « What is the use of sending cur young heroes to die of exposure, fatigue, andfever.in a war wherein’they are not permitted to fight I wherein nothing is achieved Because nothing is really and resolutely attempted I We tell the Adminis tration, most earnestly, that tho country cannot endure Mother month’s inaction of onr armies; that a Fernando Wood.dictatorship,at the North, in thorough: sympathy, if not in open alliance, with the Jeff Davis rebellion at the South, will inevitably result from such inaction.- The war for the Union must Be fought out speedily and reso lutely, or it will die out. Defeat would be calamity, but delay is ruin. ■ [From the New York Herald J , Sacll ia , th6 meaning of these astounding manifestations from onr loyal States and from this imperial city, the head and front asd main reliance of the Government in the prosecution of this great war for the Union. ' They do not mean that the war shall be ended in an ignominious and ruinous peace, involving a division of the Union into two independent confederacies, but that the war shall be prosecuted for the maintenance of the Union, and for nothing else; that the malign Abolition influences which have brought defeats and disasters to our armies where we should otherwise have been crowned with victory ai d that the radical Marplots, who, in Congress and in the Cabinet, have caused the sejuanderiug of hundreds of millions of money and the needless sacrifice of thousands o! our hrave BOldiers. sbaU be henceforth repudiated by President iincoin. He is thus admonished by the p:o-. pie of onr ioy al States that his own sound and patriotic war policy, which they approved in 1861, they now re. affirm against cur Abolition fanatics. But low is this new Congress to reach the legislation of the General Government msaason for any practical good? Under the regular coarse of things, the present Congress, which lasts till the 4th of March next, will pass - all the legislative measures for the support and direction of the executive Government for the fiscal year ending June 30.1864 The new Congress, unless specially con yenedby the President, does not meet till December, 1863 end in the interval we must have this rebellion cruehtd ;#or such is the voice of these-late elections. How, then,.is onr new House of-Bepresentettves, fresh from the people, to give its counsels to the President in tbeirbehalf? Weknowofno better method than an in formal meeting of the members of the new Congress, after the fashion of the late Altoona conference of the Gra vaunts of onr loyal Stales. Accordingly we suggest an mfoimai meeting of the people’s newly elected represen tatives, in order that they may agree upon a aeries of recommendations and declarations of the generarpolicy, which they? believe would meet the cordial support of our loyal people. Bet a meeting of this character be held in this city before Ihe reassembling of Congress, and it may-contribute much to aid the President in tha recom mendalionrot his annual message and in the important work of a'reconstrnciios cf his Cabinet. [From the New I ork World ] No patriot shruld to-day despair of the Republic. The Bmpire State has sent two hundred thousand of her sons to fight the battles of the nation against the traitors who are stabbing at its heart by the Potomac, but with un droned vigor she has turned and smitten tothedustthe misoreanls who strove to cheat her remaining children of the liberties which they defended at home. She ihnnders out her demand for a more vigoroni prosecution of the war, and warns the President of the Union in which she is the cbiefest Siate, that the Constitution and the law 3 and onr liberties must .be sacredly upheld and guards! by their: chosen custodians, or else come anarchy and might.. - . The great conservative reaction which the October elections began,'and jester da?’a oltcttons carried on so triumphantly, wilt reach its consummation on the next Presidential election, Then the honest, nnbonght people, made wiser hr events, taught something of the kindly aiffi conceding spirit in, which alone sister Statea can grow to common and nDited greatness, admonished also of the vigilance which must ever guard their civil liber ties, will hnrl Irom power the party which mocked at the peril to. that greatness, inviied calamity, and'swore faith lessness to Its high custody. [ from the Sew Fork 1 imos.] Of the Government had given ns victories—if it had even Bhown any just apprecialion of the need of vic tories, and had taken the most ordinary means of exact ing them at the hands of its generals in the field, the ptople would have rallied SB'one man to its support. They would have spurned with indignation the base at tempts of demagogues to sap their faith in the Adminis tration, and to array Ihem in hostility against it. What may be the Bffect of all tins upon the popular vote re mains to he seen. We trust it will not have been sufficient to withdraw the Empire State from the sup port cf the Government. If it has brought aboui this calamitous result, the Government has itself main ly to blame If not, the Government has had a very narrow escape. In either .case it will have received a lesson from which, we .trust',, it will not faU to profit The wisest men may be misled by success, but that Ad ministralion must be weak indeed, which fails fo be instructed by adversity. President Lincoln is repre sented to have, said that he should bo greatly dis couraged in his attempt toormshthe rebeUion, if New fork should vote against him. We hope he has said nothing of, the kind. We, hops still more strongly that he :o no such unworthy and unmanly im pulse. While ,an adverse vote may be received' as a rebuke, it can never relax the efforts of a ruler fit for his place to save his imperiled couu iry. The vote in' this State, as in Pennsylva- West, indicates a profound dlssatlsfta tion with the method of the Administration in carrying on this war—and a peremptory demand for the adoption of one better adapted to the awful emer gencies of the case. The President must not hesitate an hour to respond to this demand. Whatever may have been the results of thase elections, alt the powers of the Govrenment are still In his hands, all the fearful respon sibilities of the crisij still rests upon his shoulders He mußt not suffer them to depress his courage or. enfeeble his energies; he must the rather meet them with fresh vigor and redoubled resolution.- let the popular verdict just pronounced dispel whatever of hesitation or of timi dity may have hampered his movements. He must have more self-confidence, more of that reliance upon his own strength and resources, which, though it might bo reck less audacity in a private individual, is only a necessary and becoming courage in the ruler of a mighty nation, in a great and terrible crisis of its fate. £From the New York Evening Post.] She Administration will be warned in time, we hope, by the results of the recent elections. It is not tbo late to repair the past. 11l the requisite power is still in Its hands. The people are good natnred still. They hive chastised, hot bo mneh in anger, as in hope. They want to see the cause of the Union defended with a rigor war-, thy .of the greatness of the canse; they are as ready as ever they were to do and die in its bihalf; bnt they will no more tolerate rose-water ! statesmanship, or generals who are-.afraid to hurt the enemy; or a policy which drifts with- events like a piece of cork upon a stream'. Actlon— stem.' heartyi'energetic, irrosietible—is the one demand of the hour, without which we shall be carried into unimaginable difficulties, bnt with which we can compel an honorable peace long before the trees, which are now stripped and barren, shall resume ihe green live ries of spring. [From Ihe New York Evening Express.} The New York election does not mean any atd or com fort to the enemy, or any personal hostility to the Presi dent. It meana a just and constitutional war, conducted according to the forms of civilization, to put down the rebellion and the Union. It is not a war for emancipating the negroes, nor for abolishing State rights, nor for exterminating or subjugating any portion of the American people; hnt it is a war for bringing enemies in arms under the, authority of the Federal Government, and for-the supremacy of the national authority under Ihe old-flag and Constitution, over all the States of the Union—a State for every star, and a . star for every State. ■ CUSTOMS.6FJAYA—In Batavia, the capital city of java, the houses, which are as white as enow, are placed two or three hundred feet from the etroots, the intervening space being filled with trees, literally covered with birds and every variety of plants and flowers' livery house hasta-piazza in front decorated with beautiful pictures, elegant lamps, bird cages, &c., while rocking-chairs, lounges, &0., of the nicest de scription, furnish lnxnrions accommodation for the fami lies who ait here mornings and evenings. At night, the city is one blaze of light trem the lamps All the hotels have grounds eight or ten acres in extent around them, covered with fine shade trees, fountains! (lower gardens, Ac. Heals are served np in abont the same style as a .first-dais hotel in.theUnttod States, although the habits of living are quite different. At daylight coffee and at tea are taken to the guests’ rooms, and again at eight o’clock, with light refreshments. At twelve, breakfast is served, and at seven dinner. Coffee and tea are always ready day and night. Mo business is done in the middle of the day on account of,heat. The nights are delightful; the birds are singing all'nlght. A BUDHIST TEMPLE—A traveller writes to the Straits Times an account of a journey through Siam, in which he describes a gorgeous Bndhist temple In Ayn -thfa, the old and now rnined capital: “ The temple Itself wee, very grand, of Immense size and height; , marble pillarß supporting the roof, the walls literally covered to the height of about twenty feet with small gilded niches containing figures of Budha. There must have been thousands of these little idols, and the: value maybe judged on reflecting that all these Images, from the largest, measuring sometimes 120 feot In length, to the very smallest, are.madeof clay, incased in copper, and that again covered with a layer of pure gold.”. .Of another,' ho says: “ Inside and outside, the building it self you would eay, was made of gold and precious stones; ■ tut the articles of ornament which yon find inside, there is no mistake about. There is a massive silver mat of rearly half an inch thick entirely covering the floor, with vases of solid gold, chandeliers, images of Bndha, all made of pnre massive gold; the curtain surrounding the shrine is doth of gold j the walla themselves, plated with gold thick as shipß’ yellow; metal, form a splendid contrast to the flimsy 1 gimerack decorations of the smaller temples which line the banks of the river.” We foor inch wealth as this may prove tod much for French cupidity. Already, the French "in Saigon have had ‘ a diplomatic dispute with the Siamese Kings ns to the mb aesslon of part 5f Cambodia. BIBBS—The birds found in the District of Columbia number 226, of which ft are permanent residents, 44 re gular, winter residents, 69 summer residents, 64 regular vtsitante, and M occsslonal visttants. THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) **■ .y 4 * P»ws will be sent to subscribers tiy annum to ndyaaoe) at 9* Three Copies « « ■ ' «n# Ten « « « B.W *0 lfea?tBCl •* to SMte’iato-thu# 80pi« Slab" 1 > M “O® lB ® Wirt oost «60, and W AMERICAN AFFAIRS ABROAD. The British Secretary of War on Recognition. In Ihe conrae of his remarks at the meeting cf tha Hertfordshire Agricultural Society, on the 11th of Octo ber, Sir George c. Lewis, the Secretary ef War, mad* the following allusion to the troubles in this country. He said: «J^?w e,nE r^ a .? iatl , bee a made by previous speakew on th ? maaafaciuring districts, ant iia Indirect effect m lessening the demand for agricultural produce, as wed as its effect on the laboring population OS the manufacturing districts. They must all deplore the existence of that state.of things, and if it should ap pear hereafter that the law was insufficient to provide for the extended distress—distress which no human fore sight could guard against, and which fell on a nniver sol population—-bo doubt all classes of society, whether agricultural or commercial, would be disposed to BMr ®s®osding sacrifices for its alleviation. Bnt H* 67 hoped that, as the causa d e t- to thls Stress was extraordinary, so that KhioifL>? lgllt sr . D7e of short duration, and the war blnckrnS >B »°Y.tS° l ?eonln the United t tales, and the rot^v a 3®. St, hihorn States which prevented the cotton -rem coming to this cone try, would, before lon* That'’wag a subject on which many different opinions were and had been entertained. Tha Government of this country was placed in tho position of having 4 to choose between two opposite couraes-vix rseogmtion of the Southern States on tha one band and »mp athy or alliant e with tha Btatf s of. the Federal sec tion of Ihe Lcion on the other. Well, the Government avoided both those extremes. They- had consiitentlr and strenuouily pursued a middle course of strict neu trality, and had abstained from giving direct or indirec’ countenance or assistance to either of the belligerent par [Hear, hear.J It had been said'that great com plaints had been made by the Government at Wash ington that the Government of England had not mainiained ihis strict neutrality, bscau36 It hod recognized the South as a belligerent Power, and -- Tioert said that by recognizing the South as a helligerent Power we had depa ted from a strict Una of neutrality. Now, he (Sir G. U Lewis) couid not but thu-k .that if any impartial person reflected on the course ot this unhappy eonttet he would come to the conclusion that no word orithe JCcglißh laagnage wonld apply with gteafcr aptitude tc the Bouthern States than the word “ belli serent.-’ Here parties had combined for the pur '- pose of carrying on a war, and when they looked to the number of armed men they had raised: when thay locked tcs the large armies they had brought into tha field ; to She ability of the generals by whom those armies Were commanded, and to,tho pertinacity with which the contort on their part had been waged, it conld not surely bo denied -that they deserved'the .name of belligerents,’’ in reference to tbe manner in which they bed carried on the war against - the United Stales. .Under there circumstances, it seemed to him (Sir_G. C. Lewis) that a more unfounded charge coma sot have been made against the Government of. ihis country, than that of having departed from -the prtrcip'e of strict neutrality by recognizing tna Boutbern States as belligerents [Hear, hear-T; But when the Government was asked to go a step further, and to say that the Southern States have constituted themselves an independent Power, then it seemed to him that inter national law would not ho on onr side. Everybody who reed the acconnls in the newspapers of what was doing in America could see that, although there was a war there between these two contending Powers, it was a war which was as yet undecided—a war which was waged on the P v ar t °f lie Northern States for the purpose of restoring the States to the condition of union they were "in before the wer began; and on the part of the Southern States it wes a war (o establish their independence. But tbs 'war must be admitted to bo undecided. Its batiie-fields Were still ieeking with the blood of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides; and until.the war had been decided on on* side or the other, or until it had been decided So far in favoc of the Southern Stales as to induce the Northern States to recognize their independence, or to prove to foreign Statea that the contest was exhausted, and that the Northern- States were incapable of continuing the contest—until •*“ moment arriveddt could not be said jin acooidanoa \jitb wie established doctrines of international Uw; that of the Soathem States had been eata bmcea, [Bear, hear.] He believed it was the general opinion or the people of this country that the contest would ifiene m the estabiishmeat of the indepeadenoe of tha Bonth. He bimsflf did notexpress that opinion: he did not say that he dissented from that opinion, but that was the general opinion in this country, Let them look to the state of things established between the parties. It conM not be said that the Southern States of the Union had, at facto y established their independence. That being a matter of notoriety resulting from the accounts which everybody might read la the newspaper he could not think that they were guilty of any neglect in not recognizing the independence of the Southern States. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, TBi: FORTIFICATIONS ABOUBD WASHINS . BN —The important Military OommlsMon how inspect ing the fortifications for the defence of Washington will make an elaborate report on the whole sntjeefc which wih be ot great interest to military men every where. The total periphery of the chier works arount the city is in excess of 35 miies. It is'the opinions* the committee, so far as they have examined, that llu suei of the various forts hare been judiciousivseleoted, ant the forts themselves are weii constructed: but that more Mtillery and forger garrisons are required to render them thoroughly defensible; andalso that the intervals between the larger works should, in many places, be strengthened by the construction of rifle pits, redani, and abatUs. considering it clear that if an attack be made upon Washington it cannot be made along the whole periphery of defence at the saine moment, but that the enemy will mass the strength of their attack against some portion-of the line, probably not ex ceeding a mile and a half in length, if so much; and it is , the ©pinion of Generals Totten, Cnffaml BaxßUr the threecWef engfoesi* officers of the commission, that there are portions of : onr lines whlob eminently * call for additional safeguards'against ax aesanlt of this description. This commission, we may add, has been assembled at the direct re auest of General Barnard, one of the most aocm pUehed engineer officers in this or any other service, un der whose chief supervision the whole defences have men constructed, in view of the events of last August. He was unwilling longer to have Imposed upon him tha Tmdivided responsibility for the correctness and suffi ciency of works of such importance; and feeling that Btill .additional delences Were necessary, ha has very wisely sought: the endorsement of his views by this commission as preparatory to laying the whole subject before Con gress at itsnext session, with a -request for an appropri ation, which, at a small additional cost, will render our national capital as impregnable as any fortified town on the face of the oarlh. - PEOCIiIAB PBOPEBTIKS OF PHOSPHOBDS It is now just two hundred years since phosphorus wan first obtained by Brand, of Hamburg. Se wonderful was tbe discovery then considered that Krapt, an eminei* philosopher of the day, gave Brand three hundred dollars for the secret of its preparation. Krapt then travelled, and visited neatly ail the courts of Europe, exhibiting phosphorus to kings and nobles. In appearance the artt cle; resembles beeawax, . but is mors transparent, ap proaching to the color of amber. Its name, which ie de rived from the Greek? signifies “light-bearer,” and is indicative of its most distinguishing Quality, being self luminous. When exposed to the air, it shines like a star, giving out a beautiful lambent, greenish light. Pbosphoruß dissolves in warm sweet oil: and if this phosphorized oil be rubbed over the face in'the dark, tha features assume a gbasiiy : appearance. The origin of phosphorus is the, most singular fact concerning it. EvrTy other known snbßtance can bo traced to earth or air; hnt phosphorus ssems to be of animal origin. Of b!1 animate, man contains the roost: and of the various parts of tha body, the brain yields, by analysis, more phosphorous than any other. PTJGIXiIbTIO.—The BonSon Sporting Life says ot the approaching prizs fight between Mace and King for the championship: *• The close approach of this great enccunter has at length fairly awakened the curiosity of the lovers of miffing Opinions are still divided aa to the last battle between the two gladiators, but Mace’s friends are sanguine that King will not be able to reverse the issue on the first occasion. Both men are now directing their minds to active training. The most ample arrange ments are in course of negotiation for the accnamodatiox of intending spectator* of the fight, and on entirely new part of the country will be selected for the battle. While upon this subject, we may mention that there are fresh rumorsof Heenan’sagain having a shy for the bait. A gentleman largely associated with the P. Jtt. assured US, this week, that the ■ Benicia Boy’will Quietly await the issue of the coming contest for the championship, and then challenge the winner. It is needless to. say that Heenan’s second trial of strength and skill would create bb much excitement as the famous-Farnborough fight.” GEN. EOSEOBANS IN HIS NEW COMMAND— Major General Bosecrane in taking command of the de partment of the Cumberland, vice Gen.BueSl, has issued a general order, in which the following staff officers are announced and will act until a permanent organization of the staff is effected: lunt.-Col. A. C. Ducat, of tha 12th infantry Illinois volunteers, acting as assistant in spector .general and chief of staff; Major 0. Goddard, Jr., aid-de.csmp, acting assistant adjutant generdi; Major W. F. Hepburn, 2d lowa cavalry, acting judge advocate; Capt. Samuel Simmons, acting chief commissary: Capt. J. G. Chandler, chief quartermaster; Surgeon Bobert Murray, medical director of the department: Capt. N. Micbler, chief topographical engineer; Ist Blent. si Edson, of the ordnance corps, ordnance officer. ■ TO FATTEN CATTLE—A fanner of Hauboorain, France, has just tried the experiment of fattening cattle by the use of cod- liver oil. Thitfrlal was first made upon two calves, eight sheep, and tw