PBJKWb.
PAIL* (SOHDAM EXCEPTED,)
f<y JOHN W. FORNEY.
0* , n s oPTH FOURTH STREET,
(f i»* M——-
ms j pAIUT PRESS*
* ll wg pta Webs, payable to the Harriet.
V*>'\ “Libers out of the Oity at St* Dollam
W B JOBI poI.IU.KB to*' Kioxrr MOKIBB,
It***' 18% g,x Mouths— invariably in afl
' j»i UM , ,
!f>* m two ordered,
TRI WEEKLY PRESS,
* anbsoribors out of the City at Ton DOL
**. .«nn. fa*™”*
houses.
.rgrjiAQS! BAGS!
Bfer Bgln, "r ,170 " , c^ B * ;
</! (leiiireviile, do., to.
S’g'rtaw Albert, do., to.
rnioib o*' 0 *' flMt fm ' d oottoni
s* ■StiSS’! GO..
118 North FRONT Street.
: —— :
:
C IL CLOTHS, AND MATTINGS.
& GO..
MIIISSIOIf BMOHASIB,
% oa»STNOT STREET, ’ PHILADELPHIA.
P l ’ mi eMortment or Phlladelphia-made Oarpeta
CtL 008 801 ■
JoTTON YARN;.:/,
COTTON YARN, No. 10,
FOB SALE BY
f HOTHINGrHAM & WELLS.
1 oc#-tt
Vbmy goods. ,
i L-Pboß WAT CLOTHS.
tsKELUE oap oloths.
.U- BhUS CLOTHS FOB OFFIOEBS.
Sir blankets, STANDARD WEIGHT.
, OCWO* COOK.
La. STANDARD WEIGHT.
r, VT LIKEN DRILLS AND DUCK.
and bleached sheetings MTO
~[BIISO3.
' fj.,..!, W
rKOTHIITGHAM & WELLS.
ns«« :—;—■—-
coffin, & 00.,
>' yy. aao CHESTNUT STBBET,
f 'gmAoT FOR THE DELIVERY
1 or
ARMY '
wO Ol,fS AND COTTON GOODS,
QT
gIANDARD QUALITY.
.... Aflf7 B ftQl ’
hazard, &
5 HUTCHINSON,': •;
NO. US CHESTNUT BTBBBT,
SIJHSIIBBION NSBOBANII
yos VH* Sib! OF : •
. iILADELFHIA-MADI GOODS.
1 • /■"
"GENTS’ furnishing goods.
FUNNEL AND CLOTH OVlR
il' SHIRTS!
rrKK LINEN AND BDSLIN SHIBTB,
■ atJ or made to order, of the moat approved out,
sirrMtod to lit.
GENTLEMAN’S WRAPPERS,
A-pst and best asaortment in the oity.
"itEKOLOTHINQ, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TIES, 450.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
G. A. HOFFMANN,
606 ABOH BTBBBT.
xMotelm
JOHN O. ARRIS ON,
Importer end Mannfactor er of
GINTDEMEN’S
tine furnishing goods,
Nos. 1 & 3 N. SIXTH STREET.
TOST ST OBI! A.BOTE MABKBT ST.
[FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE’S.)
r;i Tell-known reputation of this establishment for
s±l rino Goods at Hodkhatb PaioißwHl be folly
ntainel
? S-Ths oeiebrated Impkoted Fattbkh Shistb, so
‘nil popular, oan be enpplied at short notice.
HASHEL & CLOTH ovmttaiTT-RJTS | .
IN GBSAT VARIETY. 0011-tf
AEOKGKE GRANT, 1.
KUSUEMSYTCSB OF AND DEALEB XH
BENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
He. 610 CHESTNUT BTEBET.
*l6*o
TONI SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
E The subscriber would invite attention to his
IJIPBOYED OUT OF SHIUTS,
Tfe;j toftied a jpeoinUr in hi, businea*. Also, oon
sc; reoeWm __ •
JOVULTIEE FOB GENTLEMEN’S WXAB.
J. W.SOOTT, n
GKNTLBMEN’B FUBNIBHING STOBE,
He. BX4 CHESTNUT STREET,
Four dcora below the OonfcinentaL
SEWIN6 MACHINES.
gROVER & BAKER’S
CELEBRATED FAMILY
SEWING- MACHINES,
SUPBRIOB TO ALL OTHERS.
Firtknlar attention ia called to the fact that* besides
to MmUdm mailing out celebrated stHoh, wo manu
icftuI*, 1 *, in great YWlety of atylea, superior
FAMILY LOCK-STITCH MACHINES.
Tbt pectUlariilea of each stitch will bo cheerfully
tow* and explained to purchneerm and tboy bfcTO fib*
m adTujtage of being able to select from our stock
a Machine making the
GROVER & BAKER STITCH,
fesa# Disking the
LOOK-STIT OH,
valuable Bewtag Machine Stitches In practlcal
fEIOBS FROM 140 UPWARDS.
Office 730 Chestirat St.
MMf ■ ■
te WILLOOX & GIBBS
A fAMIIT. »
. SEWING .MACHINES
“R been greatly Improved, making It
. . ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
w kith Bell-adjusting Hemmera, are now ready for
«nb,
FAIRBANKS * EWING,
JeE.g TIB CHESTNUT Street
& WILSON.
SEWING MACHINES,
STBI B T,
LOOKING GLASSES.
J^siriAßLl&BON,
Aot imfobtbm
. of
BOOKING’ GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
fine ■ » abiyihas,
yiotdbi and pobtbait fbawb,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS)
OABTES-Dl-VISITS POBTBAITE.
CARLE’S QALLERI ES.
H 8 CEKBTNXJTT STRSKI,
W* niXiADlttPHlAa
watches and jewelry.
ELI HOLDEN, JfS
'***. „ Dealer In fine . WhUK
AMERICAN AN D 111 POSTED WATCHES,.
mi w «WBLBY, AND CROOKS, _
708 MABEBT Street
& AMERICAN WATCHES,
ns
AND SILVER OASIS.
, u £OS. HL WATSON.
So, aa« CHESTNUT itraat.
WftTQHEg 9 ' 4CWELRY, &e„ \
A *RHBH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
V tban former prices. ’
JfoLH FARR ft BBOTffBB, Importers,
II y *° A nxTV am»wrn street below Fourth.
eb FANCY GOODS.
Martin & quavles’
"“ATIONEBY, toy, and fahoy boom
„ IMF OB 18 H,
So, 1036 WALNUT BTBEET,
allow aiinamt
n? FHILADELPHIAI
VOL. 6.—NO. 102.
JjJYRE & LANDELL.
E. & li.
POPLINS FROM AUCTION.
PURPLE POPLINS,
GREEN POPLINS,
BLUES, BROWNS, BLACKS,
MODE MERINOES,
BLUES, PURPLES, BROWNS,
RICH MOIRE ANTIQUES,
PINE SHAWLS, CLOAKS, *«.,
4-4 LYONS VELVETS,
WOOLEN SHAWLS,
BROCHA SHAWLS,
GOOD BLANKETS,
VELVET CLOTHS,
WELSH FLANNELS,
CLOAK CLOTHS.
noT-tf
JJ.ICH AND BI LIABL B
IMP OR TATION
AND MANUFACTURE.
Hudson’s Bay Sable,
Royal Ermine,
Dark Sable Mink,
Real Chinchilla,
Dark Siberian Squirrel,
In every Fashionable Style for
Ladies, Misses, and Children.
FURS MADE TO ORDER.
. W. PROCTOR & GO..
noSstath'lm
JAS. R. CAMPBELL &00.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
drygoods,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
. T 27 CHESTNUT STREET,
HaYe lust received, and are now offering, magnificent
lines of
SILKS, SHAWLS, & DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIB SEASON.
0C8.« '• ■■/ ■'
QLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
THH ONLY GENUINE WATEB-PBOOFa IN THE
CITY.
OUR NEW STYLES
-I*! ■■
THE OSBOBNE,
THE OELEBBATED CASTILIAN,
THE L» GILET AND PBINOESS.
These are beantlfnl and oxqnlslte styles, and can only
be found in perfection at
IVENS & Go.,
ocSO S 3 BOUTH NINTH STBEET.
fILOAKS! CLOAKS!
An Immenae Stock of -
NEW & FASHIONABLE STYLES.
Onr Garments in style, quality, and manufacture
‘ Are guarantied equal to any in the Oity.
Ladies will please examine before purchasing.
PARIS STORE,
EIGHTH AND WALNUT STBBBTB.
lynasis and chiddbbn’S
JLVA CLOAKS!
—The-Largest Assortment,
Latest and iuost .approveu oyico,
At Exceedingly Low Prices. !
No. 137 BOUTH EIGHTH STJREET.
ocBO-lm ■ ' ■
1024 QgKiTKBT STREET. :
’ E. M. NEEDLES.
■■ ■ i " - _ M
| LACEB, I
$ WHITE GOODS, g
l LINENS, 1
S EMBROIDERIES. 5
S 4 • • ' • • C
09 H
8 —— oo
g H
“ A full assortment of the above on hand at LOW g
ra tap
o PBIOES, to which additions are made of all h
NOVELTIES.
wSS-tf
______________ _
a -NTEW M OUR NIN G STORE,”
026 CHESTNUT STEEET.
Evtry article tor
mourning wear.
MOURNING BONNETS,
READY AND TO ORDER.
' M. & A. MYERS & Co.,
IMFOKTEBS.
ooSO-tbsm lm '
■VTBW SHAWL AND CLOAK
IN STOBE, *;
So. 715 North TEETH Street
We have just optned, next floor to our Dry-goods
Store* a
SHAWL AND CLOAK STOBE,
Where there will always be found a complete assort
ment of
Long and Square Blanket Shawls.
Broche Long Shawls.
. .. Blriped Broobe Shawls. *
Also, the newest and latest styles of
; FALL AND WINTEB OOYEBING9,
Of. Water-proof, Mellon, Black Frenoh Habit.
Blaek French Tricot, Black French Beaver.
Plain and Bibbed Frosted Beaver. Cloths.
Coverings made to order at short notice.
BAitMOBAL SKIBTSI BALMOBAL SK1BTB!
600 Full large-size, at 83.00, worth 83.60.
300 ; “ “ “ 53,60, “ S 3 76.
160 “ “ S 3 75, “ 84 00.
500 11 “ “ - 8400, ‘* 84.50.
These are the cheapest Balmorals in the city.
SEASONABLE DBESS . GOODS, OF EYEBY YA
. BIETY. , ■
fIHOIOE DRY GOODS—Just re-
Drived.
nLOARING OLOTHB.
O SUBLIME QUALITY.
Johanny’a Frosted BeaTers
Medium- priced Frosted Beavers.
Thick and fine French Beavers.
Tricot, Caster,.and Union Beavers.
Mohair and SealskinCloakings.
Superfine Catalmerea, via:
Silk Mizes—Black, neat fanolee—
Boys’— -Extra-heavy—Union— Ac.
0 i Coatings and Overcoatings.
NcvelUta in fanoy Vestings
BALMOBALS.
One hundred pieces 25-cent Delaine*.
Auction lota fine Black Alpacas.
Fine Merinoea and Poplins
Black Poplins, 870, SI, 8126.
Fine Blankets and Flannels.
, BQ -j B , OIi OTHING.
Experienced Cutters, good Cloths, and
- Good work—Garments made to order.
OOOPEB A OONABD,
no2B-tf S. B. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets.
PHILADELPHIA. ,
SEAL SKIS LEAVER CLOTHS,
for Ladles’ Cloaks,
Velvet Clonk Olotb*,
Frosted Boavern,
Black Beaver Gloating*,
STBS & LAHDELIi,
FOUEIH and ABGH Street*. _
DRY GOODS FOR WINTER.
Bgp. Poptina, .
French Merinos,
Colored Monßiollnea,
Poult De Soles,
Foulaid Silica, :
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Sklrta,
Black Silica,
• Fancy Silks,
Black Bomboxfnea,
V Worsted Platda,
Cheap de Balnea,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannels,
Broche Shawls,
Fine Blankets,
' ■■■ ■ Crib "Blankets.
SHA.BPLESS BBOTHEBB,
8011-tf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
FOURTH AND ARCH.
FURS
OF OUR OWN
No. 920 CHESTNUT STREET,
.. . H. STEEL & SON,
,n 022 Nos. 713 A 715 N. TENTH St., M>. Ooataa.
Brown Poplins, Plain and Figured.
Brown Wool Poplins, Double Width.
Merinoes of all Shadsß.
Wool D’Lataee, Plain and Figured.
Cotton and Wool D'Laines—-a nice Una.
Figured Merinoes.
A full tine of Plain Shawls.
A full line of Gay Shawls.
One lot of Black Figured Mohairs, at Mo.
Biz lota of Brown Atpacaa, cbolos.
A fnU line of Oasaimerea.
A full line of Testing.
r JOHN H. STOKES,
o*B 702 ABOH Street
A A LYONS CLOAK VELVETS.
4-*“G: -wide FeWeta, 813 per raid.
4-1* Velvets, soahdSB, and 810. .
BYBH * LANDBLL,
n olB.tf .. FOUBTH and ABOB Birecta.
riEEAF DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
KJ OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW BHAOEB-V
E, ABOHABB ADtiTi N. E. corner ECiAVJENTH and
MABBBT Streets, will open this
lion, Ingrain Carped fit 87* 6Q,62,75ian<i87 eta.: jßu
try and Btalr Oarpete. 25 to 05 eta ; Bag, Tara, ana Lftt
Carpets, 25 to ,45 ota,; ; Floor, Oil Cloths, 37 to 62 1 JtA
Gilt'Bordeml Window Shades, 02 eta. to ®l5O, Bnff and
Green Window Holland, 10 t 045 ots.; MnaUnJ,l2 If to
86 ots.; Canton to 31 ota. oc3o thstolm
whew the stock of Beady-made Clothing is fresh and
full; comprising the moet etylish as well as the plaiaest
styles, sod eaoh garment gotten up .so as: to be very ser
viceable. We also present an extra inducement for
patronage, as we are enabled by our large and rapidly
increasing business to buy our goods, of manufacturora
and importers, and thus save a heavy per contage for the
buyer. ■ . ......
By all mesns try us, all who want good clothing eheap.
WANAMAKEB A BBOWN,
~ oax Hall,
.It S. E cornor BIXTE and MABKET Streets.
LARK’ S' ■'
6da GHESTNUTSTREET.
Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph Albums,
Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Oabas,
Ac., for 80 to 100 per oent. leas than the regular prices. ,
The following .is a-partial Ust of articles whieh we geN
at ONE DOLLAB EAOH. The same goods are sold at
other places from $2 to S 3 eaoh :
YOUR CHOICE FOB ONE DOLLAR !
Ladlea’ Seta, new and beautiful styles,
Do. Pins,
: - De. Ear Bings,
Do. Sleeve Buttons,
: Do. Guard Chain,
: Do. Neck . do . ..
Do. Gold Thimbles,
Do. Finger Bings,
Do. Pencils,
Do. Pens with case, .
Do. Bracelets,
Do. Medallions,
Do. Charms,
Do. Pearl Fort Monnaies,
Do. Morocco do.
Do. Wire do do.
Do. Purses,
Do. Card Osses. '
Infant’s Armlets, ;
Do. Reck Chains
Gents’Vest Chains, different styles, -
Do. Sleeve Buttons, do. do.
Do. Studs, do. do.
Do. Pins, . do. do.
Do. Scarf Pins, do, do.
Do. Soarf Bings, do. to.
Do. Finger Rings, do. do. -
Do. Fen and Que,
Do. Pencil, revolving,
Do. Tooth Pick, de. V ’
. Do. Watch Keys,
Do. Chain Hooka,
Do. Chain Charms,
Do. Pocket Books,
Do. Bill Books,
Do. Port Monnaies. SO.
SILVER PLATED WARE.
YOUR CHOICE FOE ONE DOLLAB 1
Betts of Table Spoons,
Do, Dessert do.
Do. Tea do.
Do. Forks, ,
Pair Butter Knives, ,
Do Napkin Bings,
Knife and Fork,
Goblets,
Cups,
Sugar Bowls,
Cream Onps, • ■
Syrup Oups,
Butter Dishes,
Castors with Bottles,
Salt Stands, Ao.
YOUR OHOIOE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE AR
TICLES FOB ONE DOLLAB.
PHILADELPHIA.
NOTICE.—In order to meet the.wants or our numer
ous customers, wo shall keep a stook of the finest Plated
and all Gold Jewelry, together with an assortment of
heavy plated Silver Ware, and a variety of Photograph
■Albums and Fancy Goods, whioh we will sell at prloes
which will defy competition. Ladles and Gentlemen are
invited to call and examine onr stock. Every attention
paid to visitors whother they wish to purchase or not.
Bemember OLABK’S
ONE DOLLAB STOBE,
noli-2m 602 CHESTNUT Street.
INTO MORE APPROPRIATE PRE
•iY SENT CAN BE MADE TO A SOLDIEB than
a PBOTEOTOB AGAINST CAMP SICKNESS.
DB. D.EYANS’ PATENT ABDOMINAL SUPPORTER
Is at once light, rt tuple, cheap, comfortable, durable,
and reliable, acting not only as u remedy for disease, but
also as a preventive! It is endorsed by the highest authori
ty In the land! Among the eminent praotidonerß who
have examined and approved its medicinal properties are
Surgeon-General Hammond, U. 8. A.; Surgeon-General
Dale, of Massachusetts; Dr. Hall, of “ Halt's Journal
of Health;” Dr. John Ware, of Boston; Drs. Bellows
and Mott, of New York; and all the medical faculty of
Philadelphia, who have examined ita merits.
The Safe-Guard Is composed of Bed Flannel, medicated
cotton being placed between two thicknesses of flannel,
and auilted in Born!! diamonds. The elastic fastenings and
whalebone are arranged bo as to prevent the Safe-Guard'
from wrinkling or rolling up, or getting out of place when
the wearer la In motion. It does not take up room la the
knapsack, as It is worn on the march, and gives strength
t °Tbe' K “MONEY BELT” ATTACHMENT Is made of
fine water-proof rubber cloth, stamped with a patriotio
device, and affords a safe and convenient reoeptacle for
the soldiers’bills and private papers!
Price according to size and finish; No. 1, 81,60; No.
Sent ,by mail or express on receipt of the price and
postage, if by mail—On No. 1, 20 cents; No. 2,15 cents
None genuine unless stamped*Dr. D. Evans.
Descriptive Circulars mailed free. .
Liberal commissions allowed agenls and parsons form
ing clubs. A few experienced Canvassers wanted.; None
others need apply to. . G . G . aT AN9 A 00,
Agentsfor theDalted Stateg.
Ho. 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
No. 212 BBOADWAY, New York.
No. 80 WASHINGTON Street, Boston.
18 WASHINGTON BUILDING, Washington.
An Old Man's Story,
My children, come gather araand me,
I’ve something or value to eay;
I’ll tell how it 1b that your father
Is ench a poor cripple to-day.
They told me prepare for the summer,
They bade me arrange for the spring;
They warned me of autumn and winter,
Of snow and of tempest they bring.
My body was hardy and active,
I feared not the wind or the rain; .
I slept and I ate with a gusto, .
With never an ache or a pain.
I heartily laughed at my neighbor,
Who dressed for tbe “change of the year”—
Ab! ne’er did I dream that my obiidren
. Would look at ench misery here.
But ones on a morn in December, *
- While wearing my Ootober clothes,
-IfeUtoerbeumatioso’ertake me,’■
-And dart from my back to my toes.
So if you would live to a hundred,
While free from a ificdioal call,;
Prepare for the automn and winter,
And Buy at toe famous OAK HALL,
ONE DOLLAR BTORE,
■■■ and : J =.
' MEDICATED SAFE-GUABD,
“MONEY BELT” ATTACHMENT,
Also for sale at OAKFJBD’S, under the Continen
tal Hotel; F. SBOWN’S, comer Filth and Chestnut
streets; WABBUBI ON’S, 430 Chestnut Btreet;:WIL
SON A CO.’S, 415 Ohestnnt street, ana by Dealers in
Military Furnishing Goods, and Druggists generally.
PARTICULAR NOTICE —GEOKGE G. EYANS
continues, as heretofore, to fill all orders for Bosks pub
lished in the United States, on receipt ol the advertised
price. -
Send aU Book orders to
GEO. G. EVANS & CO.,
no2o-tt No. 439 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
READY-MADE clothing.
GENTLEMEN’S
WINTKB CLOTHING,
TTERY DESIRABLE;
T IB STYLE AND PBIOE,
Bnitable for the eeaaon.
Overcoats and
BUSINESS SUITS,
In great variety.
WAN AM AKER & BROWN,
POPULAB CLOTHING HGOSK, :
~ OAK HALL,
B. E. CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET SIS.
Special ’department
FOB CUSTOMER WBKK.
noS-tjal
OIINE READY-MADE CLOTHING.
-O. SOMERS & SON,
No. 626 CHESTNUT STREET,
UNDER JAYNE’S HALL,
Sava now made np for sale an entire new stock ol -
FINE CLOTHING.
Usn,' a foil assortment of CLOTHS, 9A9SMEBBS, and
TESTINGS, which they respectfully invite the pnblle to
izamlne before pnrebetdee elsewhere. se2ftde*l
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
yarnall,
DEALER IN HOXTSB-EDRNISHINS GOODS,
No. 1020 Chestnut Street,
A*ent tor the «rte of HALEY, HOBBS, ft BOYDKN’B
PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING
CLOTHES - WRINGER,
Believed to bo the beet CLOTHE3-WBINGBB in m
It will «rlDg the largest Bed Qnilt or smallest Hand
kerchief drier than can possibly be done by hand, in very
orach less time. <
, N. B—A. liberal discount will be made to dealer*.
no 3 8m ■ ■ "»■ ■
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1862.
Cj) t f m : JL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1862.
Delaware County. *
A good county history is-always a deside
ratum. Of Philadelphia there is none, as yet.
In the fulness of time, perhaps, Mr. Thomp
son Westcott may be able to fulfil his promise,
and give us the result of his labors of collec
tion apd composition. Delaware county, our
next neighbor, is more fortunate. Its Insti
tute of Science desired, many years ago, to
collect and preserve all written, printed, .or
oral, that might illustrate its local . history.
As mostly happens, when many have to do a
thing, what was all men’s work was nobody’s
work, and very little was done. At last, Mr.
Joseph Edwards, a member of the Institute,
devoted himself to the collection and colla
tion of local facts, and was deputed to - weave,
them into a County History. Considerfng.his
frail health, he devoted himself with great
energy to this work, and, at the period of his
death, had brought his narrative down to the
commencement of William I’enn’s Govern
ment. The Institute then confided: the 1 task
of) completing the work to Dr. George
Smith, of Upper. Darby, and the result is
the volume before us. Dr. Smith found
Mr. Edwards’ manuscript voluminous, and;
not always quite as ; correct in facts as
was desirable. To abridge it would have
involved great labor; ' Dr.' Smith com
menced de novo , arid, instead of a continua
tion, wrote the history from the beginning.
The result has bcon this handsome volume of
588 pages octavo, illustrated with maps,.wood
cuts, lithographs, and autographs, and con
taining, Ibesides the historical part, accounts
of the geology, ornithology, climate, and
population of Delaware county; also biogra
phical notices, in alphabetical order/of .early
settlers and eminent men of .the county/ also
an appendix, with a copious index to the
varied contents of the whole volume.
In his preface, the characteristic of which,
is modesty, Dr. Smith mentions the sources;
whence much of his information is derived/
He says : “It was soon found that the most
interesting facts connected with the early his
tory of the county were scattered , through the.
voluminous manuscript records of tbe Society
of Friends, the records of our early courts,
and the records of the county, now in
the office at West Chester, the records
in the Surveyor General’s office at Harris
burg, and in the several offices of the city of
Philadelphia. These have been carefully-ex
amined, so far as they relate to early times ;
and, although their examination required the
expenditure of much time and labor, the .re
ward has been so ample that it may now be
safely said that no history of the county
would have been" worthy of fhß name which
did not embrace the nuirierous local facts de
rived from these sources.”
Dr. Smith also- examined, mid thereby en
riched his boob, the- unpublished records at
Albany, N. Y., and those at New Castle, in
the State of Delaware.; He adds: « The ex
amination of these records made the author
familiar with the early settlers embraced
within the limits of our county; how they
lived, where they lived, and from whence they
came. This gave rise to the idea of the map
that exhibits the county as it was at the time
of its first settlement, or shortly afterwards.”
Indeed, maps abound among the illustrations
,of this History.
The map of the early settlements of Dela
ware county is on a large scale, nearly four
inches to the mile. The map of the county
as it is now is upon a still larger scale*; The
' man of a part of Roggoveen’s Map of New
■■jnetherland,
- fioxa Tmfi
the Schuylkill, is very curious, and' especially
go is a colored Geological Map- of Delaware
County, drawn by Benjamin H. -Smith and R.
L. Barnes. Numerous diagrams are intro
duced, with views of public and private edi
fices of interest, past or present, and views
of Media, Upland, KollyviUe, and other local
■'places.- __
There are several pages offac-similes of the
early settlers, and also Autograph letters from
David- Lloyd, Jacob Taylor,’ and Benjamin
West, the painter, who was bom at Spring
field, then in Chester, but now in Delaware
county. A neat view of the house in which
he was bom is also given. The drawings, we
notice, are by C. P. Thaley ; the lithograph,
ingby Bowen & Co; the maps by Messrs.
Smith &. Barnes. There is one engraving on
steel, by John Sartain. Dr. Smith acknowl
edges his obligations to Dr. Thomas P. Jame 3,
and to Mr. John Cassin, of Philadelphia,
(both natives of Delaware county)—to the first
for his catalogue of Mosses, to the other for the
catalogue of the Quadrupedsandßirds.
The history.of Delaware county, from the
first visit of Heinrich Hudson to the bay, in
1609, to the actual assumption of the govern
ment by William Penn, in 1682, occupies 138
pages; the continuation, down to our time,
fills 240 more; and the notices of the particu
lar townships or municipal districts into which ;
the county has been divided are contained in
120 more. As the history has very much the :
character of Ancalsf the year-date is placed,
all through; at the head of each page. _
The Dutch first had possession of the dis
trict, as part of; New Netherlands of which
Manhattan, now Now York, was the capital. ,
In 1688, a party of Swedish traders com
menced a colony on the Delaware, on the land ■=
now occupied by, Chester; then called Upland. ;
In 1664, New Netherlands changed masters,-
being granted by Charles 11. to his brother,
the Duke of York, in whose name the pro
vince was then taken possession of. Ia 1680 J
Charles If., by patent, transferred part of
these territories to William Penn, the Quaker,
from whom the district, now the Keystone.
State, was called Pennsylvania. Col. William
Markham arrived after, as Penn’s Deputy-,
Governor of his province. At this time the
entire population of what was. then called
Upland county was about 500, of which
a third resided in what is now known as Dela
ware county. In October, 1862, Pehn arrived
from England; and immediately assumed su l .
preme authority as proprietor of his province..'
Landing at Upland, he capriciously changed;
that Swedish name to Chester, from the Eng
lish , city where one of his friends was born. ’
Immediately after, he planned and settled;the
city of Philadelphia : The rest is well known,
and the general history of Delaware county
merges into that of Pennsylvania. The do
' tails are related, without tedionsness, by Dr.
Smith. In 1789 an act of the Legislature
divided Chester county, creating part of it into
Delaware county. •
One feature in' this County history is of
some novelty and great importance* ' Instead
, of interrupting his narrative by introducing
biographical notices of; persons who figure in
it, Dr. Smith gives these notices, in dictionary
. form, in a supplementary part of the volume.
This occupies seventy-six pages, and con
veys a great deal of personal and other in
formation which could not otherwise have
been introduced, but which adds to the value
and interest of the Work. The notices of
John Evans and John Bertram, the botanists;
of Thomas Eilis, the Welshpoet; of Dr. Jona
than Morris; of Samuel Sellers; ot Thomas
Spry, the first lawyer on the Delaware; and
of Benjamin West, and - his kinsmen, are
particularly interesting. From this last we
learn that, though West’s father mar
ried a Quaker, soon after his arrival in
1714, he was not then a member of the'so
ciety, of Friends] nor was the marriage ac
complished according to the mode of the
Friends. Benjamin West, born in 1738, was
twenty-one years old-before his father (in
1769) was admitted into membership with the
Friends. Dr. Smith states “ The only early
paintings of Benjamin West that the author
• * Hiitory of 1 daware County, Pennsylvania, from
tto Discovery of the Territory lnclndedwitnin 1(8 Limits
to the present time; with a notice of the Geology of the,.
Comity, ana Catalogues of its Minerals, Plants, Quadru
peds and Birds. Wriiten under the direction and up
pointment of the Dataware County Institute of Soience.
By George Smith, M. B. One volume: pp.sBvii.
octavo. Printed by Henry B Ashmoad, and Gold by
ookaoßeref Philadelphia.
t» - ■
has been able to discover, are the likenesses of
two children nowin the possession of Mrs.
Phoebe Worthington, of WestchOßter. They
were the children of John and Elizabeth Mar
ris, the maternal grandparents of Mrs. Worth
ington.” The girl was five or six, and the
boy about three or four years old, at the time
that the portraits were executed. West is
supposed to'have painted them about the year
1752, when-he was fourteen years old. Dr.
Smith says i « They exhibit considerable pro
ficiency in the art, and the picture of the boy
is iu a good state of preservation.”
Wo take leave of Dr. Smith and his local
history .with 'gratitude and respect. He has
executed a m|>st difficult work with industry
and ability, aid not the Delaware County In
stitute of Science alone, hut the State gene
rally is greatly indebted to him. , ...
A Card from General Tyler.
HbAdq’es. TylkiVs Brig., 3d Div. stu Army Corps,
' ; -Damp nesr Falmouth, Va., JSov, 24.;
To Ihe Editor tf The Freer:
Sir: My. attention hss just boon oalled to a letter,
from Hoadauarters Army of the Potomac, dated at Bsc-,
torstown, Bov. 9,.1862, over the signature of «N,”in
your paper of the 13th Inst,,in which the wrlter,unie r
the head of Pennsylvania Regiments, alludes to Gian.
Humphries’ division, of which my brigade forma a part.
Heeayr, “ These two brigades in aneation -were those
of Briggs’, commanded by Col. Aiiebaoh, of the 13Ut
Pfiußjlvania, end of Tyler. AUsbaoh’s command con
eieted of the 123 d, 131st, 133 d and 155th Pennsylvania.
That of Gen. Tyler included the 91st, 128th, 129th and
134thPennsylvania.We passed but three farmhouses
adjoining the march, the kitchen gardens of
which were overran with soldlersywhile.oabbage flew
thrcugh the air in myriads, to be caught by ccmrades.in
the road. Officers’, offered no objections, and each far
mer, in addition, was entirely stripped ■ of his poultry,
amid a pandemonium of tereams and flutterings,” &o.
The pnly inference to be drawn is that the whole com
mand were engagedto wholesale robbery and vandalism;
and I pronounce the, charge, so far. as my. brigade is im
plicated, a base slaisder upon well-behaved and orderly
men, and that the:writer has intentionally, or ignorantly
misrepresented the command. . Again, H.” 1 says:
« Boreesbave been considerably taken on this route with
in the iaet few, dayß. Hear, Mr. Macarthy’s hoco. I
heard of nineteen Ibeing seised by officUla iu Tyler’s
brigade without reokipts being given. Horses were also
taken Tor Brigts’-brigade, (001., AHsbßOh commanding,)
but the recaipt wasicknowledged.” “ H.” heard this
.did,he! r I deßiFG,to^nform t £im.tbat he heard what was
not true . Horses were Seined (not by officials) by a
company, of my, command detailed for that purpose, by
grdtr of the under the direction of
the diviaion anartermsster, and were, in ail the cases
that .came under.n*y observation, receipted for; and !
raw meet of them, as the company wes in advance of my
brigade., Ho others! except the detail mentioned, had,
any authority to ijrke or receipt for animals, and no
olhtrs wet e,taken bi, my as Hated’ by “ H,
on the contrary, ,tbe (taking v. as.- strictly forbidden, ex
cept as above ordered. •
That we have 9om*bad men in the four regiments, as
there is in every command, cannot be denied, and, when
detected in any misdemeanor, they, have been promptly
punished; ..and to me, sir, these wholesale charges of
.VH.” appear very uwuet. I assert that there is not a
more orderly and well-behaved brigade inthe army than
the one in aueslioni, They have been nnder my-commind
over three months, a»d in that time I have not seen an
officer rr soldier intixlcated; hud. with a very few ex
ceptions of petty misdemeanors, they have conducted,
themselves as gentlemen, Intent on making good their
mitelon, for which I 'am willing to vouch over my own
signature.'
Pennsylvania may well be proud of her sons inthe
91st,- 126ih, 129th, and 134th Infantry. Begiments,' and
God ferbid thßt, while nnder my command, I should give
countenance to any acts of theirs that would send them
be me worte men than when they came to me.
If there is anything I despise in an officer or soldier
it is drunkenness ant marauding—crimss, iu my estima
tion next, in the category, to that of rebellion. ,
I meketbe above statement,: sir. trusting .it may be
mede as public as the-letter of “ H.,” believing you are
ever willing to correct wrong impressions, made through
yourextensively circulated and valuable paper, and to
see that the meritorious sons of-the old Keystone State
are not unfairly, robbed of their well earned fame.
Yours, respectfully. "
E. B. TYLES,.Brigadier General.
To the People oi East Tennessee—A Card,
from Parson Brotmlow.
, Parson Browiilow has leaned, through the column; of
the Nashville Union, a card to the people of East Ten
nessee. Wo copy the following extracts:
The people of Tennessee, who have gone into this re
bellion, can either lay ari.de their weapons of warfare,
and sub nit to’ the Government of the United States, or
they can continue to resist the national authority,and
take the conseauences, which, I ensure 'them; will be
utter rain of their country,and their temporal projects,
for years to come. They may flutter themselves that
they can’t be that may be true; t can
teU them what they will have to abide by in lien of sub
jngation,and thatlß extermination. , v "
I tell the neonlyof Tennessee, and of*tiifl whnlaJbo»ib—
sot to.flatter
_pub!jcai^;in ,the-reccm*; mpromiaesany ' ‘ aid and com-
Vurilcu uhneir’llanwo. sl.was in.those States at the
time, and claim to hav* been familiar with the issues.
The Democratic candidate, who were elected, pledged
themselves to a more prosecution of the war,
and complained before the people of the inefficiency of
the present Admin the war. Thif,
together with the fact thatmost of the thousands In the
army, from each of -these States, were the friends of the
Administration and or die war, enabled the hew can
didates to Bncceed. But one sentiment animates the
bbßOms of the great body of the people'of the loyal
States, and that, is thf putting, down of tbo rabil
lion, the restoration of tie Union, and the censing ©f the
stars and stripes agaih t) float over every State now in
rebellion. JL have canvassed the North and Northwest
for the last eight months, and X have made myself fa
miliar with her resources. They are inexhaustible.
There are no signs of the existence of war in the loyal
States, only as one sees them in the newspapers and in the
transportation ef troopi. The United States Govern
ment haa the money andcredit, the man and munitions
of war, the provisions add other army supplies, to an
unlimited extent, and wijl put down this iafernal rebel
lion, or exterminate the rtce of man in rebellion! :
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Gen. Meagher on Resignations— He Thinks
More of Patriotism than Man-Worship—The
Difference Between Duty and Disgrace, &c.
Headquarters Irish Iribade, HAscScK’s'DiraioH,
: Couch's Coups, Army of tub potomacs.
In Camp BEroRB I'REi)ißicKSßnße,iYa , Nov. 19,1862.
General Orders, Brigadier Genera!
considers it the brigade that,
seme lew officers of hit command..haring recently seat
in their reslgnationa, he felt! if tobeliladaty respectfully
to withheld hirt approvjsi ef tbo *amo : •
Being most desirous of flavine hts feelings and inten
tions in regar d to thegbri;adi fully, understood at this im-,
poxtant moment of its eweer, the brigadier -gsuera! de
parts, to a partial exteptl from, the usages of the ssrrice,
and, while he maintains [that..ne is accountable for his
official acts and conduct» his superiors in rack alone • he !
Is influenced on this occasion by the friendliest ednsids- ,
ration for all those unler Mm,,and of his free accord
renders an explanation cr his action in relation to the
resignations of the oflicen in Question. ;■
Proudly bearing in hfni), as he shall ever do in life,
the conduct of these, offiiers in.not less than eight despe
rate hugegenents, the brigiflier; general felt - that he
would be doing an injustice' to them of a grievous charac
ter were be to.approve of a proceediugrwhich, under pre- *
sent ,circumstances, ytofld expoae them to imputations
7 affecting the reputation ybich their bravery and chivalry
have achieved For the reason, in the first place, the
brigadier general'declinjffto Approve and forward their
resignations. ?
* Tfleße resignations, th| brigadier general has reason to
believe, were, for the nist part, prompted by the recall
. of Major General McOlflla'n from the command of the
Army of the Potomac. Unless>e misunderstands them,
" they were intended as a signal expression of devotion to
that trusted and belovel youßg general! But devotion
' to a general, however; pcpular and richly endowed with
talents, and by natnre magically Qualified to attract and
bind roldiersfo him otghf not to be allowed to inter
rnpt for a moment the loyal and intimate relations which
should’ ever unite the eadier to bis flag, nnd the citizen
to the State. . ... •. '• • .
Commanding a brigade composed .principally of Irish
soldiers, the brigadier geiernl considersit not out of place
to remind them that the/great error of the Irish people,
in their struggle for an; independent national existence,
: has been tbeir paselona&'and b’ind adherence to an indi
vidual, instead of to a principle or a cause. Thus, for
generations, their herolcefforts in the right direction have
been feverish and/epaentdic, when they should have been
continuous, equable, aci consistent.
The placing on the'ptbliorecords tho'resignations re
ferred to would have tetewed In the history,of this coun
try, to the disparagemeit of our race, this fafai.error.of a
nature which is at ono< so vehement arid so weak, so
faithful and yet so way vard, ao'variable in' great uodor
tablngsuhd jet so parßlikent-jn those lesser ones which
merely concern'a chief,a prince, or the favorite political
leader of the idayi. 7 Tft this reason. also, the brigadier
general declined to appfdve and 4 forward theredgaatlonß
s jn.Queetion. But there was another reason Kill. At this
moment, when the Union army ; confronts the forces of
- theenemy, and abattipof the gravest conssQuence to
the authority and gratdeur of the American nation Is
close at hand, the brigsdier general holds if to be the
sacred duty of eyerjcoTUckrpf .the brigade to appear at
the head .of .hlsimem midiwlth. them generoasly and
heariily ebaro ttle forftioey ef the day.
Ohrloved and hoDjred comrades—those who cirried
mntfeets as well as thoer wbodarrisd swoids—who died
the death of heroes in the swampr and woods , before
Bichmond, from FairQaka !o Malvern Hill, would torn
away their faces from us in ;their /glory, aud‘ disown us.
with a parting wave, if the hand; which in this life did
its sworn work so grandly, were they to behold us acting
in contradiction of the example they set us, and to fur
nish u» with which ttey. were prodigal of their bean ing
youth with all its premises, of their matured manhood
with all its fruits, of tbeir homes, their liver, their very .
graves beside their kiidred—welcoming and challenging,
9s theyrdid, the death-etrokeiu ecstasies of disinterested
ness and courage,. ]
To stand, then, by tie brigade at this moment is a duty
frem which nothing but absolute physical incapacity
should, or can, exonerate an officer.' Designations, per
slßled in at such a mtment, are tantamount to desertions
They subject the offiter* to discredit, if not disgrace, who
urge them. Weaken the military force, and tend
emphatically to its ( demoralization. ' They caiinot .be
sanctioned for an insiant by any officer haring the' effi
ciency and the chartotor of the army at heart; They
sbali be discountenehced, condemned, rebuked, and re
probated, and that !a teims of ncQualified severity, by
the brigadier general commanding the liish Brigade.
The priva'e soldiei of the brigade mmt do his duty.
The commissioned officer mußfcdo.his duty. The brlga
dier'generai will see tb tb/s, auo, seeing to will exer
cise a rigoroub impartiality; a» that between the private
and the coinmisiioßeJ officer there ah all be no distinction
whatever tolerated in the digcb&rgeof tbeir respective
duiien. Indeed, it will he not only expected, bat re-
Qnirld, that the latter abali he, if possible, more punc
tual, diligent, and zealous than the former in the fulfill
ment of hie military obligations, ; v i %
JTb conclusion, the brigadier general proudly declare
hie conviction that to the overwhelming majority of the
officer* of tbebilgade these latter remarks of his cannot,
as they do not, have the slightest application; * Thafew
imbeciles/and cowards whjonce hsldoommls-
BU ns in it, most happily for its we.l .being and goodname,
igncminionsly sett about ibeir buaineas, and
; in their disgrace.the, brigade has been.purifled, s'erength
en«d. and exalted. •.,> - .
T'or biß own part, the brigadier general wiu etana by
hie biigtde. to the last. 80 long as Heaven spares hla
life he will be true to the brigade that has been true to
him, that has been tme to its oath, true -to the high
. ipirit »b well as to the- strict letter of the military law:
tine to the brighter history, the pride and expectations of
tfcelrcbble, soldierly old race—the race or the 0 Don
i cells of Spain, the MaoMahoha of Trance, the augeati
, of Anfitiia, the O’Nejls and Saiafielda.* While a shred of
the nag that-eymbolizea this race dtSes the rayases of
; the battle, and fifty men be left-to. hold it high and
‘ heughiy in-the face of de&th- tfae brigadier general,
•bonld it be the wffi of God, shall be found standing firm
and faithful it his post; and this determination, he is
confident, animates and fires this moment every true
V heart in the Irish Brigade. . _ m * ■ .
1 THOMAS FBAKOI6 MBAGHEB,
; Brigadier General Oommanuicgv
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Capture of Guerillas—Pemberton’s Order Dis
banding vfartisan Bangers Disregarded—:
Doss ol a Forage Train—Troops Want to
Advance—Snuff mopping Among the Ten
nessee Ladies— A Lady Major at Lagrange—;
Illinois Troops *< Still Marching On,” &c.
Laoranok, Tenn., Nov. 24.
CAPTURE OF FAULKNER’S GUERIMAS.
To-day sixty of Faulkner’s band of guerillas, whose
exploits in Weet Tennessee during the last six months
hive given them Borne notoriety, were brought in prison
ers. They were captured in Ripley, In Tippah county,
Mississippi, about thirty- five miles south of here, by the
cavalry force under Oolonel Lee; consisting of t! roe bat
talions, one each from the 7th Kansas, the 2d lowa, and
the 3d Mlohigan Cavalry. Faulkner's band—or regi
ment, as they call it—had dwindled down Tory much;
.many of the men had got tired of fighting and gone
home. 1 here was talk among the rebel authorities of
consoripting them and placing them In too regular army,
and a convention had been called at ar place ten miles
from Ripley, to decide whether they should not recognize
and endeavor to carry on the same kind of warfare as
they did last summer. Oolonel Lee got wind of the con
vention the night before It was to take place, and, by
making a very fatiguing march, snoeeedod in getting to
Bipley in time to eaptnre sixty of them, who had collect
ed at Eipley preparatory to going on to; the convention.
Seven of the officers were captured, among whom are
Mejor Bogers and Lieutenant Oolonel Hovis,
SHORT-LIVED LIBERTY.
Major Bogers, who was among the prisoners, had baen
a prisoner for some me ntbs paetf had been exchanged,
and only five daye ego got back South. ■
CAPTURE OF FORAGE WAGONS.
Yesterday a train of twelve wagons, which were out
for forage from General Qnimby'a division, at Moscow,
were osptnred by a band of guerillas, a few miles south
of this place." r
“ON TO ABBYVILLE!”
Bnmoys have reached here through contrabands and
others that the enemy.ls being heavily reinforced at Ab
by vtlle and intend to make a decided stand at the Talla
hatchie, which Is jnst this sideJof Abby/ville ; but, not
withstanding/three rumors, their falling back wherever
onr army approaches Eeems to indicate that tooir policy
for the war in too West is to bo guided altogether by the
course of events in Virginia. They are simply acting on
the defensive, enaeavoi ing only to hold us at bay while
large numbers of their troops are drawn from tne West
to bo concentrated in Virginia. Let ns but gain one de
cided victory, then, and Gen. Grant’s army will sweep
Mississippi and encamp on tbe shores of the Golf In less
than sixty days.
FEMALE “ SNUFF-MOrrEßg” OF LAGRANGE. ,
The female portion of the population of Lagrange has
kept iteeir in nun-like seclusion ever since the army en
tered the town. What few of them are occasionally visi
ble to the naked convey the idea that the young and
hendeome part of their Bex must have gone off with the
rebel army, or some place else. Among those that are
left, and that are occasionally seen, are some who, if
their perronal charms do not attract mnok attention,
manage to get toemteives stared at by means of one
habit to which they are addicted, and which, though
not universal among Southern women, prevails to
a diEftnsting extent. I mean the habit of “ mop
ping,” as it is called. Net mopping the floors, that would
he angelic compared to it, but mopping snuff ” which
consists in emearing tbe gnms on the outer side of the
teeth with Scotch snuff. Tbose addicted to toe disgust
ing habit carry a box ofanuff and a small mop, a stick of
four or five inches inlength, on tbe end of which is fas
tened a rag. - From time to time—with about the same
freauenoy that an inveterate snnffitaker pokes the same
article np his nostrils—these moppersdip the mop in the
box of snuff anc smear it around their gums- It is, how
ever, no more than fair to tbe character of Southern wo
men to Bay that those who are addicted to thevilehabit
are chiefly old.women.: -S'
[This custom Is in vogne throughout the South. In
North Carolina nearly every female is addicted to the
vice. They call it < ! snnff- rnhbing.” Occasionally par
ties are given in the “ Old North Btate,” when the gen
tlemen retire to a room by themselves to drink whisky,
smoke corn-cob pipes, and play poker, while the ladies
in the parlor eit around a table open which a large pot
or box of mild-scented snuff is placed. Each lady fur
nishes herself with a twig, of dogwood, which is very
tough in its fibres They chew one end of the twig until
the fibres are ail separated and softened, and then dip
this brush into the scuff, afterwards rnbbing It around
the teeth and gums. This produces what they oall a
•‘delightful sensation of drowsiness.” The conversation
indulged is little else than “ yes”, and “no,” varied
by an occasional tune on an old piano.—Ed. Fbess ]
A FEMALE MAJOR.
“There goes the Major! I suppose she's going out to
ibe review,’' I heard some soldier in the crowd say, as I
passed slorg the street yesterday. Wondering at the
paradox, X turned to see what major in the army could
be entitled to the brevet of she, and saw Mrs Major Belle
Reynolds. The Major was mounted.on a Inspirited
charger,” as the reporters used to say, (a phrase, by
the bye, which might be <* Prentice, d ” to apply to the
hotel hrepers ot this country,) which she managed with
the readiness of a perfeot horse-woman. Her entire
costume was tn militairc—a riding habit of Federal
blue, tight fitting to Ihe body, with sleeves like a coat,’
which were ornamented with charming and capriciously
lhterwound imitations of ohevrons, in gold braid. On
her head she wore a riding cap of the exaot shape of the
military pap, hut made of straw, or white horsehair, or
some other of those mysterious and nameless fabrics
known only to femininity. Over the cap was thrown a
black lace veil.
MORE TO COME.
After review yesterday, as the troops were passing
back through the town to their Scamps, one of the
Becesh prisoners heard some one mention the 103 i XI-
.j“TheTQ3dTllinbis,?’ said the other; carelessly :
Well. I didnj know you bad to suit so many as that
to lick us.” ' ■ ' ' -
Oh, that’s not all," said the soldier; “the 133 J Illinois
is coming, end If It is necessary, they’ll send the 200th.—
Mitsouri Democrat.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
The Rebel Army in Tennessee—Where ;It is
Encamped—Movements of the Rebel Gene
, rals — The Composition and Organization of..
~ Gen. Rosecrans.’ Army—When it will Move
and'What it will Do, &c.
Nashville, November 22.
REBEL ARMY OPPOSED TO GEN, KOSECRAN3.
The rebel army of Bragg is known as the “ Army of
the Mississippi,” “Department No. 2.” It has been di
vided lately info two corps,’commanded by Polk and
Hardee.’ The army’existed In Kentucky in three corp 3,.
bnt Gen. Smith’s has been withdrawn, anfl ts now in
Eaet Tennessee. The two remaining corps aro now
designated as right and iett, there being no cemro'oorpi.
The following is nearly a correct list of the divisions
composing this army: ■..; “ . :
Army of thb Mississippi —General Braxton Bragg,
commanding. . , .
Bight Wing —Lieutenant Gen oral Leonidas Polk, com
manoing. ; First Division; Msjor. General Simon B.
Bnckner—Brigadier General Chalmers’ brigade and two
others. Second Division, Major General Frank Gbeat
btm—Brigadier General Geo. W. Money's brigade,
Brigadier General Donelson’s brigade, Brigadier General
Stuart's brigade. Third Division,'Major General John
0. Breckinridge—General Slaxey’s, Hanson's, and sLed
better's brigades. Fonrth Division,, Major. General
Samuel Anderson— Composed of Tennessee troops.
■Deft Wing —Lieutenant General William J. nardso,
commanding. First Division, Major General Withers—
Three brigades. Second Division, Major General B. W,
Acderacn—Three brigades.
- General Bragg commands as the ranking officer, the
rank: of general being' tho hlgheet known in the rebel
army. Polk and Hardee are two of the new promotions.
It is estimated that thiee eleven divisions, with tho ad-,
j dition of the cavalry and artillery,’wttl give a force at
about forty-five thousand-men, thirty-fiyeihousaod being
infantry, eight thonsand cavalry, and ten thousand ar
-1 tillery., ' ... -
WHERE IT IS ENCAMPED.
General Buckner’s division has been for some days past
on Bnck river, at a point noitheastof Tultaboma, where,
until the 17th instant, it is reported to have been engaged
in building winter Quarters. At that date this work
ceased, and it was anticipated that, the division would
move forward to Murfreesboro,.but it has not done so..
At Tullaboma are the divisions cf Cheatham, Withers,
-and B. W. Anderson. These are engaged ih’fortifying a
position oh Duck river. How far they have progressed
is not known.
MOVEMENTS OF THE GENERALS.
the 17th Generate Bragg, Cheatham, and Breckin
ridge were in Murfreesboro. On the same day an aid
de-cemp of Polk’s left Murfreesboro for Tullahoma, and
it iB t opposed Polk is there.
On November 14tb, Hardee and staff left Shelbyville
for Taj etleville, ostensibly to examine the country and
etady its advantages. - "
General Bragg SEsnincd command of the army on his
aarrivl, November 13th, at Tnllahoma.
POSITION OF THE FEDERAL ARMY.
fin Idea prevails pretty generally that Gen. Critten
den’s left wing is at or near Lebanon. This is a mistake.
His commend is at the Heirattage, seven miles fromhere,
guarding the grave of Andrew, Jackson Hickory, as Par
eon Brownlow calls him. lam toid that he will move in
a day or two, perhaps to- morrow. Negley is also about
to move ont on ihe Franklin pike. ...
Gen: Sheridan’s division moved to-day to a new en
campment on the Murfreesboro road, in the rear of Gen.
Bill.- .. .
Bebcis who had to leave the city by order of General
Boseorauß, write bpek that Nashville will soon be taken,
and that J« ff Davie has required Gen. Bragg to fight for
every inch of ground in Tennessee. This Bragg proceed
ed to do by faliing back to Tnllahoma —Cincinnati Gxz.
Alt ABOUT SEN. ROSECRANS’ ARMS.
All Bowling Green the “ Armyjof the Cumberland”
was reorganized, Gen. Thomas superseding Gen. Gilbert
in command ol one of the corps d'armie, and the latter
officer being detached for poet and police duty at Bowling,
.Green and aicßg the line ef the railroad.
At the principal towns between Louisville and Bowling
Green are ganieoned by onr troops, and a military ; mall
is now rnuaiog through from Louisville to Nashville.
' Gen. McCook commands the right carps d’armce, and
.is it Nashville. Gen. Thomas commands the centre corps
-d'armet, apd is in the neighborhood of MitcheSlville and
Gallatin Gen.:. Crittenden oommands the - left corps
d'afmic- and is at and ia*the neighborhood of Lebanon,
lehn. Gen Bcnsseau bus a separate; division, and is
not far fitm Gallatin, and between that place and Nash
ville.
. Ttere will be no forward movement of tho army until
the tepaiis to the Lcnisvllie and Nashville Bailroad are
completed. The at in? depends upon this road for the
transportation of Its supplies from Louisvilie to Nash
ville, which' latter place: is to be made a depot for all
kinds if army supplies.
The .divisions' of General Thomas and Crittenden have
not,since the euptreednre of General Buell, eon. e three
wtehe since, advanced bnt thirty and forty-five miles re-,
sptctiveiy. McCook’s has done somewbal belter, but
has not jet got beyond Nashville Now that the fall
reins have set in, and the roads are getting bad, a for
weid movement will necessarily be further retarded.
Meanwhile there is no doubt tbat theenemy are taking;
every advantage of tbis delay in our movements to move
. alt their simpl es, Bick, and extra eetaipments. to Ohatta
j-orge, winch place is being etrengtaeced in every pos
sible mahnor, and With all possible rapidiiy. There is no
large rebel force at Murfreesboro, nor has ithere been for
the past five weeks. All the rebel supplies have been re
movidJbiics to Chattanooga
Gen. Boeecronß Is impatient e. 6 the demy necessarily
impoi ed upon bis movements.yot the delay is wholly nu
avoidable, inatmucb as the atmy caanot receive snppltes,
except from Louisville. It would, therefore, be tho
worst of generalship in General B to move his army be
fore ble lines of communication are fully opened and
established: - It 1b hoped tbat the repairs t > the Louts
ville and Nashville Bailroad will be completed, and the
cars running through to Nashville, by the middie of next
wetk at farthest—perhaps by Saturday ol tha preseat
week. 'When these repairs are completed, the road will
be Strongly guarded to prevent any fnrthsr damage to it
by Ihe rebels.
•The insufficiency .and iutfficiency- of tbecavalry force
in the Army of the Cumberland is complained of by
GerJßciebrars.—This branch of the service is Eot pro
perly armed, and Gen. B. has issued orders for its ang
mentatfon and better equipment.
An order baa been promulgated by. Gen. Boseerans In
reierence to the surrender of onr men to the rebels for,
the purpose of being paroled and sent borne.; Gen. B. Is
determined to put a stop to tbis cowardly and disgraceful
practice, and hereafter all men bo surrendering will be
decorated with night-espa, and required thus to march
through their regiments; they will then be sent, thus
adorned, through Nashville and ■ Louisville, to Camp
Obese, undei; guard.,, The quartermasters havealreadF
been.ordered'to procure a supply of night-caps for this
.. .The Cumberland river is reported rising rapidly,, and
this will expedite army movements from Nashville, m it
will opon anotherseource of supply to the army, rr<w
Albany iitdgtr.
two CEsrm
ARMY OF THE FRONTIER.
History of the Campaign on the Frontier—Gen
Blunt and what He has Bone—Affairs in
Arkansas—Condition and Prospects of the
KebeJs-Union Feeling—General Hindman's
Orders—Colonel Cloud's Operations—The
“Old Biol " of the War—the “Marion of
the Frontier,” &c.
Hkauquaxters Blunt's Army,
Bbstostille, Ark., Nov. 14.
AFFAIR AT “ Old) POUT WAYNE.”
The foil vain® of the late affair at « Old Fort Wayne”
was not appreciated when Qen. Blunt's report was writ
ten. The effect of it has been to rid the entire Indian
country north of the Arkansas river of the enemy. Their
defeat and ront on that oocaslon seems literally to have
“ stricken terror to their souls.” Intelligent and reliable
pertiee, who have arrived here recently from Fort Gib
eon (two nephews of “Chief” John Boss, a Ur. Gun
ther—a partner of theirs in the mercantile business (here
—and others), assure ns that the advance of Cooper's
and Btandwalte’s forces, in their hasty flight, reached
Fort Gibson at twelve o’clock at night, within fifteen
home of ter the termination of the fight at « Old Fort
Wayne”—the distance being seventy miles—and that
acme of the horses fell dead when the riders dismounted
.from them! , They were utterly panto -stricken, and scat
tered in every direction.
DESERTERS FROM THE ENEMY.
But this is not the only frnlt reaped and to bo reaped
fwm the brilliant affair referred to. Accompanying' the
persons above named from Fort Gibson were some
seventy or eighty others, who have come to unite them
selves to; this command, and on yeaterda? the greater
-portion cf them wore mustered into the United States
service a new company in one of the 'regiments of
lrdian Borne Gnsrdß. They confidently assert that the
power and spirit of the enemy in'the Indian country is
entirely broken, and that, with the approach of our forces
to Ihe Arkansas river, hundreds of those who have been
hitherto acting with the enemy will desert from them and
join pnr ranks ’
Mor Is this proceeding confined by any means to the
Indians or Oherokeea Only yesterday no less than
fourteen citizens of Arkansas came In one batoh as de
serters from the rebels, and voluntarily offered to enlist
with us, which, I pretnme, they will be allowed to do.
! UNION FEELING IN ARKANSAS.
Tbis county, (Benton) as yon may remember, waa
strongly in favor of adhering to the Union, and cast a
vote of four to one—one thousand to‘two hundred and
fifty— against eect ding, at the election held to decide
that Question, a year ago in April lost That, although
many of her citizens have since been forced in the rebel
ranks, under the operation.of their conscription acts, a
Strong Union sentiment continues to prevail here, no
belter evidence need be required than that, within an
htur past, not less than fifty families of white persons
have started, in company with one of onr trains, far Fort
Scott—the first one sent out since we encamped at thiß
point, ten days age—to seek new homes in the North.
HARASSING THE ENEMY.
Detachments of this army are frequently sent out to
scour the country, ascertain the whereabouts of the
entmy, and harass Mm wherever found. One of these
expeditions returned two nights ago, which had been
down to within eighteen miles of Tan Boron, on the Ar
kansas river, and done excellent. service. It was under
the'command of that dashing and untiring offloer, Col.
Cloud, of the 2d Kansas regiment (now commanding the
3d btlgado of this division}, who is rapidly acquiring for
himietf the reputation of “ Tha Marion of the Frontier.”
Bis Wows upon the emmy—unexpected and vigorous as
they usually are—Been, to astonish them. As the writer
eveiheard a private soldier express himself, rather em
phatically than elegantly, on yeßterday, “ Whenever
little Cloud gets a lick at the d—d rascals, they are sure
to be Bent h—l- wards!”
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
On Thursday night last, Gen. Blunt ordered out an
expedition of the sort referred to, under OoL Cloud,
which started at 3 o'clock the following morning, some
400 or 600 strong (cavalry), with two little mountain
howitzers, At Oane Hill, some miles south of Fayette,
viile (but this side of the Boston Mountains), they came
across a force of the enemy, under the lead of Emmett
McDonald, formerly of your city. Cloud dashed at
tiera, and 5 McDonald dashed Into the mountains, and
through them, with our people la hot pursuit. The chase
continued, as above stated, to within eighteen miles of
Van Bnren, on the Arkansas river; and its fruits were,
the capture by Olcud of three thousand rounds of fixed
ammunition, six wagons, (their contents mostly burned
by the enemy,) a stand.of rebel colors, their bearer
having been shot through the head and killed ;■ and a lot
of clothes and other article!, with which Cloud returned
in trlumph over the mduatains to join his command—the
fleet, footed Emmett having escaped his clutches by the
Bkin of hie teeth, and by first-rate running.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN ON THE
FRONTIER.
To realize folly the extent and value of the services of
General Blunt since he took commmand In person, of the
Cut division of the army of the frontier, In the field, on
the first day of October— jnat six weeks ago to-day—the
condition of the Indian country then should be contrasted
with that which it now presents, as above stated. Some
time in June last, General Blunt, then in command of
the Department of Kansas, sent an expedition into’ the
Indian country, under the commend of Colonel Weer :
the next to him in rank being Colonel Salomon, of the
9th Wisconsin Begiment. Weer advanced to near Fort
Gibson, wb«e he attacked the enemy, beat him, and
captured Colonel Olarkson, the comm ruder of his forces.
The forward movement d;d not seem altogether to
suit Ooltnel Salemon, who fell out with Weer, managed!
somehow to have him put under arrest, and then,
fell hack towards Fort Scott with tho command, where,
in due tlme. it arrived sajibj ! This was in the latter
part of July, and the beginning of August. The with
drawal of Colonel (since created a Brigadier) Salomm,
from Iha Indian conniry—or his “ retreat,” as it is fami— -
Isarli kiu.-- —-v^pjTOTegton,
-BD‘tndyture"'now readyi to.-testify. Ho sooner was it
. abandoned by our forces than the" enemy reoDJupisd it,
and commenced bis work of devastation and rain. Hun- ;
dreds upon hundreds, of women were compelled to leave
it, and seek protection In Kansas. The brothers Boas;
*> Chief ” Jcbn and Lewis, with their highly intelligent
and refined families, end a score or more of dthtr near
relatives, were among those who immediately left, and
whose fine property, and splendidly tarnished mansions,
were abandoned to the .merc# of their ruthless enemies—
of course to suffer, almost irreparable damage-and so
with hundreds of other formerly happy homes.
GENERAL ItLIiNT ASSUMES COMSiAND.
1 Snch. -was still the condition of the Indian country,
when General Blunt, on the first of Ootober, left Fort
Scott to take command in person of the Kansas l division
,at Sarcoiie. Starting at 9 o’clock P. M, and riding all
night, he reached Sarcoxie at about tha same hour the
next night—seventy-five miles in twenty hours. Con- ■
suiting the next day with Generals Sohofield and Totten,
an attack on Newtonia was determined on for the follow
ing morning at the dawn of day; and, accordingly, the
different commands left camp ai ten or eleven o’clock at
night, the distance to march to Hewtonia being some
nineteen or twenty miles Blunt’s division to go around
by Granby, and come into Hewtonia on the northwest,
or west, and Totten’s (accompanied, as I understand, by
Gen. Schofield,) by the way of Jollification; on the
northeast; while 001. Cloud was to go, add did go, with
a small force, on tho diroot add shortest road to the
place to endeavor to create, if possible, the impression
that the entire Federal army was ooming that way. -
brunt’s early movements.
Bldnt’B division was detained unavoidably upon the
route—twice by encountering a vigorous fire from ths
enemy’s pickets, once by having to ford Shoal cresk in
utter datkness, and again by a heavy raio, that set in an
hour before day, and lasted for two hours or more. Ap
prehensions were caused thereby that it might be ths
last to reach the ground. Instead of that it was the first.
Arriving upon the high ridge of prairie west and north
west of Hewtonia, the signal guns that had been agreed
upon were immediately fired, and the Kansas division
was soon in line along the ridge with 11s twenty-four
pieces cf artillery playing upon the devoted town. This
work had been going on probably half ca tbrae-quarters
of an hour, and the enemy had commenced retreating
from the town, when the smoke from Totten’s division
was first seen three fourths of a milo or to to the north
east of the town, .where it was In position with its twelve
pieces of ordnance. But the enemy were already on the
wing TheHintb Kansas cavalry, and Babb’s Indiana
batterr—also: embraced in the Kansas division—fol
lowed down to the woods, some two or three miles south
of Hewtonia, bnt “ the bird had flown If the division
could have made this pursuit white that of General
Blunt was attacking the town, the flight might, perhaps,
have been cut off. But that, it seems, was not to ba
aed thus ended the affair at Hewtonia. Some of the
editorial articles in the St touts papers. I regret to see,
treated it almost as if there had been no Kansas division
- there. The facts in regard to it were, I have reason to
know, those above stated.
EXPEDITION TO THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
The army marched to Fea Bldge, in Arkansas, where,
satisfactory advices coming to hand that the enemy had
divided his forces, onrs were also divided, to meet the
emergency; General Blnnt, with the first division, going
west to MaysvUle, and into the Indian country, to over
take and thrash Cooper and' Standwaite, with their uni
ted forces, at “ Old Fort Wayne,” and to take from them
their artillery. The wearisome night marches made to
accomplish this, by the Kansas division, two nights in
succession,' and the glorious result of that action, have
been fully told by General Blnnt in his official report. It
is these vigorous night marches, and the manner in
which he pushes them, with the unlooked-for attacks at
: early dawn, In which he seems to delight, that has al
ready made the name of Blnnt one of terror to the foe
on this whole frontier; nor will they ever forget his six
days' chase after them from Lone Jack la August, when
he drove them out of Missouri before. Left to his
own voUti»n,.and not called baok, he would undoubt
edly have been ten days ago In possession of Fort
Smith, within five miles of which his scouts have been,
and report no considerable force of tha enemy there.
“ OLDNOt.” OP THE WAK.
With an iron constitution and the energy of a (team
engine, Genera! Blunt is a man of action, as well ae of
braine; with a strong tonch of the spirit of old Oromweli,
end “ that madman,” Charles XII in his competition
Pemiited to hare his own way, my word for it, none of
the shilly-shally derations that hare distinguished the
movement* of some of onr commanders east of the Mis
sissippi will ever characterize hia It is with him “ a
word end a blow”—with the blow quite as likely as the
word to come [first Where it may fair the enemy will
not know tutu he receives it-—foil in the face.
RICH ORDER FROM HINDMAN.
Among the' articles captured by Colonel Olond while
upon the trail of tbo flying Emmeit McDonald, was a
handbill, printed npon both Bides, under the caption,
“Orders of Major General Hindman, organizing the
Provost Marshal’s Department,”
Borne of these “orders ” are of an extraordinary cha
racter, I give yon a copy of one, and the first, as a
specimen. It will be seen that this miscreant, Hindman,
makes it the “duty ” of his -guerilla end bmbwacklßg
bards “ to cut off Federal pickets, scoute;' toragiog
parties and trains, and to kill pilots ar.d others on gun
boats and transports, aUachiig them night and day,
and tiling tht greatest vigor in their movements." But
here Je this ** order ” of the- bandir, 'Hindman, in fall.
Bet it “ sjfeak for itself:” ' ‘
HRABQIUnrEBS TIUNB-MISS DISTRICT,
1/iTTi.K Bock, Ark, June 17,1832.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 17.
I. For tbo more effectual annoyance of tbe enemy upon
our rivers and in onr mountains and woods, a.l citizens
of this district, who are not subject to conscription, are
celled upon to organize themselves into independent com
paries of mounted men, or infantry, os they prefer, arm-,
ins and equipping themselves, and to sirve in that pact
ot the district to which they belong. - :
11, When as many as ten mein come together for this
purpose,they may organize by electing a c>ptainvone
serjeent, end a corporal, orid roilt at, once commence
operations against the enemy, without waiting for spe
cial inati notions.: Their duty will be. to cat off Federal
pickets, scouts, foraging parties and trains, and to kill
pilots end otberß on gunboats and transports, attacking
them day and night, and using the greatest vigor in;their
U (i\tKChta. As soon as the company attains.the Btreßglo
Vqnlrdd by law, it will procetd to elect thb oilier officers
to which His en til! (d ' ' Ail such organize turns will borer
ported to these headquarters as soon as practicable. They
will receive nay end allowances for subsistence and fo
rage for the time actually in the fleidj as established by
: the eJEdavits of their captains., , . r „
HI These companies will be governed, in all respocw,
by tie seme regnlatlora as other 'troops. Da® l ** llB Will
be held rtßpomible for the good conduct and efficiency of
their men, and wilt report to theße headquarters from
time to time. . ; : ’•
By command of Major General Hin-man.
■ K.O. NEWTON, A. A. General.
Tbe italics In the above “ order” are those of its an-,
thor. In ibis atroclons doonment, behold the authority
for and encouragement of, the organization of the band
of asßassinß and Thugs. who “ i» oitrlmoanfsm* and
woods," waylay end shoot down the pickets, and in tb
most contemptible manner, from beneath ike cover of
tome bush or rocfc, evary day er two, fire upon the trains
-of this command as it posses through the country. It
is an infamous sort of warfare, but two, it is said, can
play at every genie; and, woe unto these Thugs, every
It'jnc one of them•- chances to oomo within the reach of
• those whom he Beaks to make the victims of bit Till ah one
assassination.— Missouri Democrat.
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She Grenada Appeal, now published at the town of'
Grenada, Mississippi, was formerly the Memphis Appeal,
and is at present sustained by a' sort of transient and.
military patronage in the “ wild woods” of Mississippi
Articles upon the campaigns in the Southwest, by the
rebel military leaders, often appear in this paper, and it
Is reported that the following is from the pan of bleat.
Gen. I; o. Pemberton, commandltg the rebel army of
the Mississippi, a native of New York, and formerly an
ardent political and personal friend of Horatio Seymour
and others now prominently before the country. Hear
wbht the General says
A recent issue of a Hew York paper speaks in very
sanguine terms of the expedition now preparing under
Gen. McClernand to open toe Mississippi river.> It re
cognizes the importance of tbiswbrkaaa great doty to
the Northwestern States. Gen. MoOlernand, it say s, “is
a Western man, folly grasping the greatness of the Mb
siesippi valley, sympathizing thoroughly with the anxiety
of Ibe population of Indiana, lUinols, Missouri, and lowa,
for the reopening of the Mississippi river. Bach indivi
dual member of the expedition wiU feel a personal inte
rest in its success, because, to a certain-extent, the pecu
niary prosperity or every one or them wilt be found de
pendent on the unobstructed navigation of the Mississippi
.Ibis expedition is at this’ time brought conspicuously
before the Northwestern States to countervail tho argu
ments of Gen. Bragg’s proclamation and to quiet the dis
contents which have begnn ro and their earnest and sig
nificant utterance. The Timet characterizes it aa tha
most “ philosophic’’ expedition that has yet beeh set on
foot. In .one sense the word has been well chosen, for,
unless all political philosophy is at fault, the alliance be
tweenthe ih brthwesterri and the Sew England Slates
cannot be nsuob longer maintained, exoept by continuing
to humbug the former with such delusive hopss a 3 to roat
upon the success of any plan for restoring by arms tha
commercial use of tho. Mississippi to the States lying on
its upper waters. That alliance is nnm<turaf,iaoonsra
eus, end fatally prejudicial to the Northwestern States. .
In war or peace, the policy that suits the New England
■ Stater must always be that most unfavorable .to those af
the Northwest.. The reasons are well explained by the
Knoxville Register, in a late issue. It happens, as that
journal says, ihat all the vast manufacturing 'establish
ments in the East were only required by” the change in’
the condition of the country; to change the mode rather
than the extent arid character of their .employment and
industry. The shoemaker of Lynn and North Danvers
to day finds a greater demand for the products of his
skill than In time of peace; the only change is the light
ness and fineness of hiß manufactures. 80, tool with tha
spinners'and weavers, and blanket makers, and with all
artlzans. The workshops of the North, of every con
ceivable dsscripilon, have only changed-the'direction af
their labors, and suchiß the destructiveness of armies,
that, without the trade of the Booth, the demand for tha
products of New England’s Industry is perhaps greater
than at any former period in the history of the continent.
We can, thereto o, understand why it is that the agri
culture! Btatre evince symptoms of dissatisfaction with
the ccurse of political events, while New England, urged
by fanaticism and Us profitableness, still cries out for
blood, end still demands the extinction of ’the South.
The West begins to think of peace, while’ the Bast, net
satisfied with. all the bloodshed of the-past, demands
other victims to be sacrificed on the altar of selfishness,
and to satisfy an insatiate love of power and geld. New
Bogland is enriched while the Northwest is impoverished
by iho war.
The agricultural exports from New Eogland are uudi
minißhed by tho pending hostilities. Weathersßeld ships
as maDy onions os when peace smiled and wielded her
sceptre over the land, local armies in’ New England
demand air the surplus agricultural products. Iron
mongers must build ships and locomotives, and create ail
the weapons of war. In train, New England, in her in
dustrial pursuits and condition, would be benefited by
the indefinite protraction of pending hostilities. .
How different the condition of tho Northwestern
States 1 These have no new demand for their agrieni
tural products. The great market which their reseuraes
supplied has been clesed. The Mississippi river is as
truly a mare clausum as when we held Oolumbns,
Island 10, and New Orleans. The railways which oonneot
the West with tbe Atlantic coast belong to Eastern capi
talists, and by these such enormous rates of freight are
imposed upon tbe products of Indiana and Illinois, that
corn, wheat, and bacon are not worth the cost of trans
portation. Tbe West, having lost the Southern market,
has no excess of production for which there is sale, and
the people are in want in the midst of a suparabiusdanoa
of tbe prime necessaries of life. <
Under there circumstances, wo are not surprised that
the West is now clamorous for the destruction of Vicks
burg The St. Louis Republican would have its readers
believe that if Vrcksburg were razed to’;the groned, and
our troops ex pelted,’ then tradewith New ' Orleans would
revive, and the suffering Northwest be relioved.
We have known from the beginning that it signified .
nothing to the Northwest whether Vicksburg was oap
tortd or not. Iris only valuable to us by famishing an
open route to Texas and Arkansas. ltd possession by
the Abolitionists will not affect the commercial condition
of the Northwestern States. Even then nothing bat
gunboats can navigate “thegreat inland'sea.” Until
Lincoln can line both shores of the Mississippi, from
Cairo, to New Orleans, with armed men, no trading vee
sei'ean navigate its waters. ' ‘
.. Were’Vicksburg captured, the Northwest would soon
he satisfied of the utter inutility of further participation
ili a struggle for our subjugation. The Democrats of tha
West tel,ns that they fight for the Union,; but. with
them, this signifies nothing more than free trade on tha
Mississippi. They denounce;' as bitterly as wo of the
South, the Abolition proclivities of the Federal Adminis
tration. They have no sympathy' with New England,
further than New England may aid the West in'opening
the great river 1o the commerce of the West. ;
Such are the opinions betrayed by'the press of 81.
Louie and Chicago, and such the declarations of Western
officers and soldiers who have been held as -prisoners in
the Booth. Twelve months ago a gemlemau proposed to
the Confederate authorities to go to the Northwest, and
quietly and through the press, to urge the necesslty-Jot -
an _wa would
sbbn pnt an end to\ this straggle, and fhe-Horthweet,
under the supposition that wo Bought to deprive them of
their meet valued commercial rights, has continu'd ta
fnrniEh the Federal Government with the braved! and
beat troops lathe ranks of the Northern armies. Of
late Shis subject has again attracted attention, and if wa
ate not iU-ihfonhed, cnr Government has been induoad
to give it seriona attention.
We are not adviced that direct negotiations wi*tl
Norlhwestern men have been opened, but -in the North
and at the South the coceesity tor a segregation of State*
from the old Federal Onion la already felt and acknow
ledged. The South has only inaugurated a revolution
which will not end until the whole great imperial valley
ef the Mieeiesippi la forever freed from the social and po
litical influence of New Fngland Puritanism.
PERSONAL.
Gen. Morris is expected to be relieved from duty
on the Porter court-martial, en the ground that a re
gular officer cannot legally be detailed to try vo
lunteers. Gen. McClellan will be summoned to testify
In this case, and Gen. Pope is daily expected to arrive
in Washington.
Hon. Thomas H. Campbell, an old and well known
citizen of Illinois, died at his residence, in Springfield,
on Saturday. Mr. Gampbsll held the position of auditor
of the State for eleven years. He was selected by the
present State authorities to adjust, with the General Go
vernment, the vast and complicated accounts of tha
State, growing Out of the II inois war expenditures, and
fot neatly a yearpsßt he has been engaged In this service,
hut was compelled to leave it and return home, because
of his increasing illhealth. ;
Major General J. B. McPherson, of Gen. Grant's
army, was lately presented, at a review'of Gen. Lagan's
brigade, with a splendid horse, saddle, bridle, and all the
other equipments. The horse cost and the equip
ments sooo more. On one of the pistol holsters is a
silver plate bearing the inscription, “ To Major Gsneral
3. B. McPherson, from his many railroad friends." Not
! a man can hh found In the army more deserving of snoh
a present than the General.
Gen. J. J. Beynolda left Lafayette, Indiana, on
Monday, for Lexington, Kentucky, being ordered to re
port, there for immediate service.
Co! i. W Severe has been appointed general of
the brigade originally commanded by General Frank
Patterson. Bis military service is known, but it may ba
Btated, as a matter of particular interest at this Urns,
that he is an excellent disciplinarian.
The wife of George Both, an old citizen of Chicago,
and reputed to be worth S 100.000; has applied to the Su
perior Court in that city for a divorce from him, on tha
ground of desertion.
General Behofield arrived in St. Lonis Sunday night
by‘the Pacific Bailroad from Springfield. He was ac
companied, by the following staff officers: Lieut. Got.
Marth, A:A. G.; Major Cole, chief of artillery; Major
Wherry, A. D. 0.; Major Allen, A. D. 0.; Major Shel
don, A. A G. General Schofield's health is rapidly im
proving. . -
■ Major Andrew Washhnrne, 14th Maasachusatts
Volunteers, some time since dismissed the service by a
court martial, has been reappointed by Gov. .Andrew,
the charges against him having been disproved.
Qtorge W. Bane, brother of Senator James H.
Dane, of Kansas, has been appointed by the President
Director of the Branoh Mintat Denver City, Colorado
Territory.
Ool. McMurty, late of the 1021 Illinois, .has resigned
and come home, and Lieut. 001. Smith has been promoted
to tbe colonelcy.
Venerable Tale College presents this session a total
of 617 students, 460 in the academical department, and
187 in the departments of theology, law, medicine, phi
losophy, and the arts. The senior .class is the largest,
consisting of 122 pnpiis. The faculty and,staff of instruc
tion comprises 3S members, including the president, pro
fessors, librarian, and special teachers.
HOW FLOYD WAB PREVENTED, .FBOM SEND
IKG THE PITTSBURG G UNS TO .TBE SOUTH.—A
Fort Delaware correspondent famishes the Pittsburg Dis
patch with tbe following little bit ot history: A day or two
since, I obtained some particulars in relation to Floyd’s
attemptedsbipment of heavy artillery from Pittsburg,
which, in the absence cf individual names, might, never
theless, be of some Interest 7 beae pieces, ostensibly or
dered for Bhtp Island, near New Orleans, were really iu
tenaed for Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mobile Bay.
The platforms were constructed at Watervlletj bat, aa
the engineer foresaw treason in the Secretary of War,
they were purposely made three inches too shsrt, with
other defects which rerdeied them useless for Fort Mor
gan, bnt quite suitable for a new work at the opening of
Now York bailor. Other platforms were then ordered.
Tbe glacis, or outside work prepared for their reception
at Fort Morgan,was pushed. to completion.. Floyd had
si! things ready for the great guns at Pittsbhrg, when
•events were precipitated by the rash treason or thß South.
Cart Unions, and the rebels lost both guns end platforms.
REBEL PRISONERS.—Some eight or ten rebel pri
soners, 1 with a Lieut. Wolner at their _he3d, last
evening from Cumberland, and were Placed in the Athe
i team They were captured about four miles from
Winchester, on .the Romney road, last Monday There
was a mounted picket of about feet? at the pjiattodt
ca'ed A body of the Lincoln Cavalry, from New Greek,
n ade a charge npon them, bul £1
pf we are spfiskiog— Whitivny y
Thursday* '' J '
TBE TREASON OASES IN INDIANA—Tho oaso
of Andrew J. Houston, of Newbnrg, #nd , nator iudiot
meDt for tresebn, closed for the present in the United
States Court at Indianapolis on Saturday,-the, -jury fail
ing to agree, eight being for conviction end four for ac
quittal. Houston is charged with having aocompanisd a
patty of rebel guerillas to Kewburg last summer, and
aided in robbing a Government hoepital tbero
yXONASGING GUERILLAS.—Tha-expediency of
kbipping about 1,0C0,0f the rebel prisoners now confined
in ibe Gratiot street prison, St, Lonia, to Vicksburg U
seriourly considered. These are 'chiefly guerilla* who
■fceye .surrendered themseives, or have been arrested after
they have abandoned Iheir rebel bceupation. The 000.
fedeiatisdo not recognize them on. an equality with their
own soldiers, and hence they are cot available as ex.
changeable prisoners of.war.
SUFFERING IN NABKVU.DE —Tbo Naihville
mt’™ S B ' E wbToh "evtramone.thfpoo^of
d
hh efflee' and probably the number oi those who apply
for relief ■tiTthe eonnty jedgeis much larger.
P TBE INDIAN MASSAOBES.-Gov. Jayne stab*.
»i,«* «,« nf the Indian massacre* in ulianesota^
‘ Icd wi/tiot fall far short of one tbotiMrol. Tbo.
extended over the country between Abererooi r
““end tbe northern line of lowa, a distance of nof
" iben two hundred miles.* , '
TDE PEAS’! in lowa will commence oif thji 28,th 5
. inst.- : - !> . ,m