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Ti I URSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1862
FORNEY'S "WAR PRESV FOR SATUR
' DRY, nEe,
oller the present number of the War Press
to our friends with pride. It is literally crammed
withall the good things in the way of news, stories,
Wit, fun, poetry, and political reviews. Our new
dress will, no doubt, please our renders very much,
as it•presents our well-filled columns of tine type in
n more acceptable Shade and perfect face, Our edi
tions arc noWbecoming so heavy that it is necessary-
for us to obtain. new type every month or two, but
With economy, we are enabled to notice in our busi
ness arrangements only the increase in the price of
pal er, which alone has rendered it necessary for us
to increase the price ; of the. War Press in mai mon
with all the leading newspapers of the land. - The
present number will give an idea of what we intend
to make our pet paper during the coming year.
Each week will develop new attractions. Rend the
following splendid list of contents :
MAP OF OUR. ARMIES IN I , 7 II3GINIAGen.
Slocum's Headquarters at Harper's terry'—Gen.
Sigel's Corps at Fa irfa s—Ma in Union Army under
Gen; Burnside—Main Rebel Army under Gen. • Lee
-Rebel Batteries—Nebel 'lortifications 7 -Generril
Peek's Headquarters at Sittrolk.
AN ORIGINAL STORYL---A Soldiers Letter:
CHOICE I'OETPLYThe First ShoesA Beauti
ful Picture—The Fisherman of Beaufort—The Three
Callers.
JAMES Q] AEA DI; 'PRIVATE.
VANITY AIR ISMS: •
STATES Il\' BEI3ELLION.
FIVE LETT EII S'FE "OCCASIONAL:"
[The War Press publishes every week all the let
tersiof " Occasional'? that appear in'the Daily Press.]
WAR NEWS OE THE WEEK.
.EDITORIAL.—The President's Message—Tho
Meeting of Congress—Something Strange—Naval
Defences—Tennessee—diecountability—Cottom Cur
reney, and Corn.
LETTER FROM PARSON BROWNLOW.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. -
.ARMY 01!".111E OHIO.:
ARMY OF THE -POTOMAC.
ARMY OF
ARMY OF NORTH CAROLINA.
ARMY OF THE GULF.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
ARMY OF THE FRONTIER. -
THE WAR IN. TENNESSEE. -
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THE PRESIDEiNT'S MESSAGE.
SECRETARY ft WAR'S REPORT.
ANNUAL REPORT o.l"rim COMMANDER;
IN-CHIEF.
MISGELLANEOUS.—A Rebel Scheme for. the
Rerenstruction of the Union—Ex-President Bucha
nan's Rejoinder to General Scott—Talleyrand and
his Niere—A Remarkable Personal History; &c:
r• INA NUTAL AND COMJIIEDCIAL.—The
Money Market, Philadelphia Market, Ike., &c.
P 1( !II r, AR "NOTICE
In this week's WAIT I'l2 : there are some new
Premiums off'ered, to which attention is called. The
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A BEALITIFITE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, AND
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TEEMS OF THE WAR PRESS.SingIe copies,
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TN L! WAN.
No oxs can fail to appreciate, in the present atti
tude of affairs at the various theatres of war, the.
success of our attempts at reorganization, and the
advantageous dispositions made of our armies for
active operations during the coming year. Every
regiment, brigade, and division has been strengthen
ed,- and put in a condition to meet the foe at any
time. It is encouraging to notice every evidenee:of . ..
activity in our army, preparatory to resuming oftbn-.
sire operations, from the Boston Mountains, in Ar;
kansas, to the mouth of .the James river. 'Ge;.
neva Blunt, with his gallant division of West- .
ern troops, has just nahieved a victory in Ar
kansas of the greatest importance. lie attacked
the enemy at the proper time, and gave him a sound
'thrashing, clearing thc.northern portion of the State
of the rebeLlsmiditti. " - Gen. Herron,- with hfs. army
of the Missouri river, is moving and driving hack ,
the forces of the rebel Gen. Holmes. Gen. Grant
arcs entered the State of Mississippi once more, occu
pyingthewo 4 rks of the notorious Gen. Pemberton on'
the Tallahatchie; without a battle, the rebels fleeing
before him. Iloseerans is moving upon Knoxville
to the relief of the Union men of
,East Tennessee,
trio are mustering for his asristanceaud their own
defence, when his troops shall advance to give them
arms and ammunition. From the army of the Po
tomac we have the report that a great battle is immi
nent—one which may deride whether next year shall
be one of peace for us in its beginning, or Whether
its history In our country 'shall be written with .
: .the blood or our brethien . in arms. From the swampy
-.region througpWhich the Silent Backwater winds
its tortuous, Alusky. stream, we have the glad tidingis
. otriOtory.. 'We We shnll strike the enemy heavily from
..initiy•Ptihiesshriultaneously Very soon, with results
that FM .shir.r..tho Majesty : and • power of our Go-
%-ertuneat,.the:ustice r 'of • our cause, and the stability
•
of our Union. . • " .
THE NEWS.
. . .
Irc consequence of the . biteness of the hour at
which we received Gen. Halleek's first annual report,
we were able to print only that portion of it which
referred to the war in the East; we, however, this
morning print that portion of it relating to the ope
rations of our army in the 'West since Gen. Halle&
took command of the armies, in July last. Being,.
as it is, an unprejudiced official report of the war in
that region, it will be eagerly perused.
On our first page will be found an interestingbatch
of rebel news, compiled from late Southern papers
furnished us from ratio us parts of the South. Tho
rebel papers all concur that the greatest battle of
the campaign will soon be fought. The cor
respondence between the Mayor of Fredericks
burg and General Sumner in relation to the
surrender of that city, will be found interesting.
The appearance of three iron-elncl vessels In the gulf
makes the people of Mobile and other ports very un
easy.
Wn have news, by the arrival of the steamer City
of Richmond from Port Royal nt New York yester
day, that a military execution was to take place sit
Port Royal on Monday, the Ist instant. A private
of a Maine regiment, named Lunt, who deserted to
the rebels, had been driven away by them, and on
returning to our lines was tried and condemned to
be shot. Much feeling was manifested in regard to
the case. There was no doubt that the condemned
man would be shut. Thanksgiving-day—the 27th
November—was celebrated by the soldiers by order
of General Saxton, who Is now in command of the
Department of the South. The proceedings at the
different camps were grotesnne and interesting. The
negro brigade is rapidly recruiting, and nunibers, it
is said, nearly two thousand men.
The foreign news by the City of Manchester, Hi
bernian, and China, is interesting, but not important•
Garibaldi's wounds are improving. The probability
of the election of Prince Alfred to the throne of
Greece creates some excitement throughout Europe.
The relations between France and England on the
subject of American mediation arc disturbed.
crEICEP.AL l'oPa and Governor Dennison had both
arrived at Weabington, to testify in the McDowell
and Porter court-martial cases.
TnE New York Canal Commissioners have re.;
solved to close the State canals on the tenth ocDe
cember.
PEDLERS are around officring five cents per pound
for the best white rage ; but as they are worth
ly double that figure, housekeepers should be on
their guard.
I•r is estimated that the cost of the enrollment,
preparatory to the draft, will average $l,OOO to each
county. It is understood that the General Govern_
went is to meet this expense. •
GENERAL BANKS was presented with a fine black
horse, saddle, and siceoutrements, by the 'Merchants.
of New York, on Tuesday evening.
Du. 11.0. °RAU:, of •New York, a regular army
officer, has been appointed medical director of Gen.
Franklin's grand division•of the Army of the Po
tomac.
Tii privateer Sumpter Is advertised to be sold at
auction at Gibraltar: •"
CONGRESS.
SENATE.—The standing committees of last Res.
sion, with the exception of the substitution of Mr.
Sumner for Mr. Simmons on Committee of Finance,
and Mr. Arnold for. Mr. Thomson on Commerce,
were appointed. The following, among other reso-
Iu t iont4, were adopt ed : eventing the Secretary of
War to furnish any intbrlnation he possesses in re
lation to selling Free men into slavery ; to consider
the expediency of establishing hospital and ambu
lance corps.
Hots E.—A resolution, Instructing Military Com
mittee to inquire into the expediency of reporting a
bill allowing volunteers who have been honorably
discharged while in active service, suelt , portion of
bounty of one hundred dollars as shall be propor
tioned to time of actual service.
Increase of tile Price of Newspapers.
The New York Tribune of -yesterday, in
raising the price of that paper to three cents
per copy, makes the following just and. ap
propriate remarks upon the subject :
The great advrtnee which has recently taken
place in the price of paper of all kinds is doubtless
2dreatly known to most of our renders. We have
not hitherto troubled them with respect to it, be-
vause we have eiterisind a hope that it was tempo
rary in its nature and (mulles, and would soon pass
.away. But the present enormous price of cotton,.
.carrying up that of all kindred fibrous substances
! capable of being spun and woven into fabrics,-has at
length affected cotton rags, especially white ones,
which are largely purchased for reduction by ma
.chinery to a fibrous condition, whence they arc spun
into yarn and iK&ti ;Is filling for new fabrics. This
diversion to ,another use of the material mainly re
lied on as stock for printingpaper has carried up the
price of that product so rapidly and to such extent
'that we could to-day sell the white paper we have
lased during the current year for many thousands of
dollars more than our total receipts from our sub
scribers. In other words, we are sending out our
papers at rates which subject us to a loss on every
ream we print; and as our circulation is larger and
our prices lower than those of any cotemporary, our
losses arc heaviest of all ; while the general restric
tion of business eaused by the War for the Union
forbids the hope of making up this loss by Increased
receipts from ltdvertigements.”
INVIMISIONIO
Tennessee anti the West.
There are no parts of the -reOrts of the
Secretary of War and General HALLECK
more interesting than those detailing the re
sult of our military operations in Tennessee
and the Western States. The importance
of Tennessee may be judged from the an
nouncement in the rebel papers, that JEF
FEESO •DAY.IS has given instructions to his
generals in, Tennessee to defend every foot
,of that Slate 'against the 'Federal invader.
We are inclined to look upon this statement
as a specimen of gitsconading ptirt
the Richmond press, but, at all cveuts,. it
shows that tll.e enenTy do not ':underrate :the,
importance of Tennessee connection with
the present contest.,, Although no gepilt bat
tle has been fought within itsborders,
nessee 'lints severely felt the bitternesS'and,
anguish 0 this „feLaluil wit r Armies of the
the North and South :have marched and :
countermarched, over its Soil,- and the.great
struggle :at Corinth was More of a blow at
Tennessee than at. Mississippi, Where: it was
fought. The invasion of Kentucky: :was
severely lilt in Tennessee, and its rondS and
hiethways swarmed With guerilla bands of
ltighwzmymen. These Wild and : ferolouS ad
veuturres lined the underbrush and' thicket's
on the river banks, murdering and robbing
the wayfarers and the crews and-passengers
on the gunboats and transport vessels. The
people of NltShVille Were blockaded 'for
mouths, and all travel, commerce, and local
intercourse were StiSpendect:l : ' The details of
this siege, the attack upoit;the - city by .11.1on
oAN, the sufferings of the people, and its
final relief, leave, however, heen'told by otu'
special correspondent, arid any fUrthcr're
ference is not necessary.
TenneSsee to the Soitth is a' nest of trai
tors. The loyalty of
.its people has been so
firm; consistent;: and unswerving; tliat,it has
become a thing of scorn :and contempt to
every thorough-bred rebel inthe:iScintli: lir
the mountains of the eastern 'counties loyal=.
ty and liberty seem to dwell. Persecution;
banishment; , confiscation, death; the
the press, and the sword, have all : been in
voked to punish and oppress these hardy
mountaineers,: but thus far all has been in.
Vain, Ntre hear in Southern papers of out
breaks and , disaffection, and bridge-burn
secret meetings and discovered
plots, accompanied by the vindictive ven
geance that is so charaCteristic of the. Sonth
ern rebel. But Tennessee still reinains true,'
and loyalty lives and thrives in its mountain
homes, - In Mish.Ville and Memphis the
Union men are numerous, active, and we
might say the 'majority of the population,' ,
and we have Many reasons to expect that in
coming elections they will choose loyal
presentatives to the Federal CongreSs. They,
have seen that War has only been to: them,
death, ruin, and desolation. They do not
See any real cause for the - Contest that .has
been forced upon them. They were dragged
likcvictims at the wheels of the Secession
conspiracy, and they welcome: with joy
every-opportunity to attest their loyalty and
allegiance. iNe State wwi More.opposed to
Secession than Tennessee, and: it is due to
its-'Consistency:to say that none has been
more ` troublesome to the SOtithernCenfede
3.acy.
preparation.s of .our generals. indicate
a bitter and earnest • campaign in Tennessee.
We now occupy the two • prominent. points
of the State, and very' ..soon •we may see
them the scenes of great _events: .:-ROsu
titiNS holds Nashville and . menaces East
Tennessee, the deliverance of which is his
mission. ,•: .. Sumnarii .totthriands. at Mem
phis;
.and with that city. tiro :ripper Mis.Sis7 l
sippi. flier, .Gitnatp ocenpies, the *town
.
ing territory, and is pushing•bia:celninn into
Mirsissippi, • with:. the. evident :purpose .of
striking at jack Son,. Whatever their
:Ohne 'military. objects may be, it is gratify- - ..
big to Imo* that ive have generals in• eon-:
mend who never knew defeatgeneralS
possessing the confidenee of the army and
the respeet of lhe'comitry.: The great
portance of these. movements cannot be too,.
highlt.estimated. 'They are certainly un
dersteod .by Mr. DAVIS. These commanders
move .With ft - great army to a great mission:
They , strike at the very heart of the rebel
lion, at its cotton depots -and its slave dis
iriets;..rit the iOttree of its power and perinft
nence. To use a military phraSe ; in a. larger:
sense, perhapS, than a inilittiry.phia went&
be allowable, We arc turning the• right flank,-
.of rebellion, afia, properly cornnumdeil
and-=sustained,: We, May be able 'to:strike the,
fatal • " ' • :
. • • . .• .
Nor . can we dismiss. -.Tennessee :trent oar.
ettentiOn'. nithout: : bestowing. a, 'word'
..of
•praiselnpon some of the IRepUblie's most
loyal , servants. Governor Joiptsox's ad
ministration Of affairs has been most sue
. eesSful. • Justice ,has been tempered .With
mercy, and those who have . sinned from.
Ossociation and inadvertence have been sepa
rated- from these who 'have sinned - from
Malice and design. A Tennessean himielf,
and associated witbits dearest in s tereSta—;its
Governor, its Senator in Congress, - and
a representathe of its most powerful
and popular class.; . . a. yeoman .of the moun-,
tains, and one Who had risen by hard
and constant toil to a high plebe in the af
feetions and respect of his felloweouutry
men, an exile from his immediate home—
Aiirainw ,loirssow was, of the :.
most coMpptent to.. govern conquered Ten , ..-
.nessee. He has done mulch totiards return
ing his State to reason.. In the dark hours, •
sir redently passed, he' was:the firmest and
Most unrelenting among defendera'of
Governor . JOICNOOI4 7 . .wrote
one oCatir correspondents (hiring the siege
"is hopeful and resolute. He
declares that . Nashville 'shall never be :stir
' rendered, and if the rebels take it, they must
take stones, and sMoke, and ashes." Tbe
country., will remember and reward Go
vernor JornisoN, and others, too . who have
been
.brave and loyal. Genera(Nsounos
defence of Nttliville doeshonor . tO him as a
Soldier, end makes Us proud to regard. him
as. a soldier of Pennsylvania; With
men in the civil and military defence Of : the
• . pottittim . .Tennessee nill..not only be very
soon the theatre - of :great even* but of
-great and dedisivevictOries.
•
In;
.the other departments of the West,
great.- activity prevails, and We are glad to
See in 'the .rePorts of the Secretary of War
and, General 'HALLECK the indications of a
determination to_vigorously proSecute the'
war along the MiSsissippi, as well as along
the Potomac. '.We arc satisfied with the
position of affairs . in TermesseeT and. the
West. We 'see „them : every;bere moving
on, and ilunitOrnn has taken
(3,41.;T will be in Vickiburg,
RoSixuAiis: hilinokville, and Btrmat
—ussel s on-Intervention Despatch.
We have been favored with the perusal of
nletter from an Irish M. P.; who is as little
of a party man as, an Irishman can be, and
have received permission to state the sub
stance of its contents. It hears date " Lon
don, November 15, 1862"—Lord JOUN
RUSSELVS reply to M. DROITYN DE L'HUYS
hailing appeared in the London. Gazette, offi
cially, only the evening before. The letter
mentions that great surprise had been cre
ated every where, and freely expressed at
the clubs, where polities are constantly dis
cussed, at the want of tact on the part of
the Emperor NAPOLEON in suggesting that
the American " bellegerents" should consent
to a six months' armistice—that„'tO do so
would evidently weaken the North, and in-
Ornate the South—that, in these six
months, not only would the South dispose
of all its cotton on hand, but get amply
Supplied, out of its proceeds, with every
thing, whether for peace or war, that it now
greatly wants—and that, when the ar
mistice was ended, the South would be
better able than it ever had been to prose
cute the Rebellion. What follows we
give, with permission of the recipient, in
his correspondent's own words : "It was
known that France had made some sugges
tion, on the American contest, , and one of
the Paris papers (La Pattie) which is con
sidered semi-official, at times, affirmed that
Russia having consented to join France in
offering European mediation to the Ameri
cans, the ontrx of declining to act in unison,•
in 'that matter, with Russia and .Fratice,,
would fall upon England. It appears that
this statement, intended to influene&Eng,-
;, land; was entirely without foundation.' The
- 76:act terms of Russia'S reply are not known,
but its material substance is—namely, that
Russia -will not embarrass the North yby
offering a wediation which it could not ac
cept: The conversation at,the Reform Club,
last night, after - the perusal of Lord Rus-
SELL'S answer to DROUIN DE L'IIUY'S, was
in the strongest approVal Of it, as it was RS
smiled, as positive, that the North would
never consent to an armistice,
,and to
refuse it would create an unfriendly feel
ing, all- round:
: Lord RUSSELL'S reply to
France was not sent • off, I hear, until
the opinion of - a Cabinet Council had
been taken upon it. So AmPortant was
the occasion that the :Duke of Newcastle,' ‘
Colonial : Seqettily, who has been ill with
. a
' throat. complaint for ton dayS, attended tlds
eouncil, Muffled and furred up to the eyes.
Of course, there really is no knowing the
details Of 'business clone at a Meeting of the
Cabinet, but- some Ineidents do occasionally
trimspire. It WAS 'affirmed, last night, itiat
Mr. GLADSTONE went in, very strongly, for
interference, \OM FttUke, and with 0r With
' out Russia, in American anirS, and that
Lord li.usSEL . z, was quite AS strong for non
interference, PALMERSTON &tying very
and actually not being called upon to show.
his hand by voting, as the Cabinet Were two
to one with- RUSSELL' against GLADSTONE. -
Of - course, these are Only
../:..ttniors=-Lthc talk ,
of politicians and otherS On public subjects,.
That the Duke. of , NeweaStle and Sir
GEORGE LEWIS,
.Colonial and War.,Secreta
:ries of : State; ate decidedly with Lord RuS
SELL, in his non-intervention :feeling, is no
secret. I_Jorc.l PALMERSTON COlltinueS to CX
hibit the most non-conimittal reticence,
Even at the. Lord Mayor's diiner, last-Mon
day, : he limited his allusion to' tile American:,
question .to Um:briefest mention of his.ret
gret:',':
The 'above, given -in a confidential corn
ntinication from One. friend to another, is
merely fiw.table 7 talk : of Loudon club, but
it agrees With.the more general statements
which have been made by the'English news-
1 : papers, and- eSpecially, as regards Lord ,
RossEp.'s action, by the report :that . the
British: steamer 'Autothi; was taking
- , -
oil board animunition and other aids .to war
for the Southern :rebels, had been stopped
at Queenstown, and prohibited from thus
violating the, 'neutrality :which the Queen's,
Proclamation had ordained,Hunder legal
penalties for infraction. If the British Go
Vernment had, exercised the same vigilant:
justice 'ere. "No: "2-90'' had been allowed:to
-leave.Liverpool, with the known purpose of
being used as a :pirate, under cortiniand of
the notorious buccaneer'. Si; - wits,' the feel
ings of Americans toward England watildi
have been much more friendly thanjhey
arc now.
As for " mediation," PALMERSTON / S own
organ, the Morning Post, speaks 'sensibly
when it says : "How is it possible for us to
,propose, au armistice which should have the
enct of raising the• blockade', It would be
tantalite= to a declaration that the North
had been defeated, an admission .which we
.cannot yet expect fronilhern; • TiyiniSe the
blbekade :would be.to• admit. to 'the South
arms, : elothing, and all that they need, while
for the Northern States •there would be. no
'Compensating adVantage." How NA.Poimort
Couldhavethought otherwise is something
to specitiate upon: . • .
LETTER FROM 64 OCC4WNAL.”
WASKINGTON, Dee. 8, 1862
Tlie anxiety with which the People s await
ed.... the President's message, and tlic reports
of the : SeVota:Oibinet officers, the avidity
With whieh they were read, and the tare
with which they are now digesting the in;
formation contained in these important
papers, show. the profound Ina imiversal in
terest felt in regard to the war, and the
management of the. war., Heretofore ' , the' :
careful reading the President's message
was confined to politicians, financiers, book:- .
Men, and Very old people, and the voltimi
notts communications from the several.
heads • of ••• .departments, were • even more
steadily ignored by . the Masses. Even
.abstraetS were. read as common duty.'
and then forgotten..
classes and all parties eagerly peruse nett:
ponder these great . national exhibits.
The huniblest And the highest show .thip..
-Spirit The soldier-figbting NT- his country
.in the riinki",liisAietidiat , tonte, the Weld
partisan,.thephiloOplier, the 'foreigner; the
sympathizer With • Seeeision,. the rebel him
self, will clutch at theitiformatiOn contained
in these . grent State' 'papers, and consider it
*with various emotions. • No one Will be half
so anxions.to study them as Jefferson Davis
Liaise lf' 'l'tle need not.bQtold that much is
concealed that' Might '.Wievealed . of the
power and:prowess of the.: - tinton bohas.
serted and • the Government lie 'has sought
to betray, ::Enough for himthat Viet ; which
is diSeltised diSchises an ininienSity of 're-
SourCes, a sublimity of devotion; and an in
.ixorable'determinatiou to prosecute, the war
to the end on the:Part Wile. people of the
• •
lOyal . -States, and •is wellkalculated. tomake
tremble hi the . -01‘
conapiracy. ' But if these are
thins.' en, reading the .reports of the Nit . -
tional 'SteWards, What must be the feel 7
inns-ofAnse :who are loyal and
..true, and
Who belleve in the' justice of the war,, and
insist ..• that: the :: Government should,. be pre
ierVoilf :They .bebold•
dentlSUessage; •and in the communications
.Of • different: ministers, . authoritative
prOOk net. alone: ;that. their interests hive
been wisely cared for, but that the people
have come up to all the requirements of the
crisis, and-have Cheerfully reaponded to all
the yenta Of the Government.
. • OCCASIONAL.
LI.TYPOIDT'S LADI Ilt ENCIf )"..113RATIY.—This
establishment, 1323 Chestnut street, the commence
ment of which we noticed a few months ago, has
succeeded so well that its enterprising proprietor has
brought out an extra catalogue of the French works.
This comprises an "ensemble" of French literature,
which, in proportion; has not its equal in any public
library in this country, and only by one in England.
A supplement to the English(Family Library, also
established by Mr. Leypoldt, is in, press. •We pre
dicted the success of the Ladies' French and Eng
lish Library, knowing Mr. Leypicifdt's fitness to
establish and conduct it. The reading public wanted
Just such an institution. V
BLACKWOOD'S MA 0 ASINE.—We have the Novem
her number, New York reprint, from 'W. B. Zieber,
the agent here. The continuation of Mrs. OH
phant's powerful. "Chronicles of Carliagford" will
excite no small interest, as, it particularly exposes
the working of the Voluntary system of religious
rule in England. Bulwer's " Caxtoniana” are so
diffuse and feeble as to be unworthy ofilitn. A poem
by David Wingate is full of pathos and tenderness.
Of the other papers, the dullest is ".Tho Crisis of the
American War? very itbutivelof the -Unionists
"The Scot in Fri nee," and thC . T9YielY 9f 9191 1 3/ I '9
P QM S r"" 1 "" °. but, as a whole, ihd
present is not one of the beat numbers of Maga.
ILLVSTRATED LONDON ALMANA, 1863.—We
have a copy of this Almanac, richly embellished
with wood-engravings and chromo-litlargraphies,
representing British wild-flowers, drawn by Mrs.
Margetts, ;and described by Thomas Miller, the
poet. This Almanac has lists of the leading Govern
mental appointments in Great Britain and Ireland,
corrected by authority, and therefore is fully re
liable. We strongly recommend it to the public. On
salc•by Thomas B. Callender, newspaper agent,
South Third street.
SKE'ren Boox.—We have received the first of a
series of a neat and handsome Sketch Book by Mr.
Cr. W. Holmes. It embraces a collection of easy
landscapes, drawn from nature by Mr. Holmes, and
they evince a degree of finish and accuracy rarely
met with in hooks of this description!" Mr. Holmes
has a school of art at 1711 Filbert street, in this city.
SICK AND WOUNDED SoLonms.—Dr. Shelton
Nackenzie will lecture this evening at 'West Ches
ter, and to-morrow evening at Unionville, in aid, on
both occasions, of the funds for the relief and as
sistance of sick and wounded soldiers.
UNUSUALLY LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP BUT
GOODS.—The early particular attention of buyers is
requested to the extensive and attractive assort_
ment of British, Gernian, French, and American
dry goods, embracing about 1,000 packages and lots
of staple and fancy articles in linens, cottons, silks,
Worsteds, and woolens, to he peremptorily sold by
catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this
morning, at ten o'clock, to be continued without in
termission all day, and the larger part of the eve
ning, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos.
232 and 234 Market street.
Tux rebels crossed the Rappahannock, three hun
dred strong, on Tuesday morning, below Fredericks
burg, and attacked and captured a company of the
Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry, stationed at that point.
The surprise of our troops was complete; and much
valuable information was obtained by the rebels,
With which and their prisoners they recrossed the
Amin small boats.
• Canal Boat Sunk: • •
• NEW TOES, Dec. mud boat..l l tiillipi,
from Buffalo, witli•B 9 000 bushels barley, SUAklll.the
East river to-day:
THE PRESS.-PHILADE I I,,PIIIA I TIITTRSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1862.
wA.sirxmGritoN . .
Special Despatches to " The Prese..,9!
WAsutiverie&, December a, 12:62
Expedition to Mottjack Bay.
Acting Rear Admiial S. P. Lea has forwarded to
the Navy Department the report of Commander
Posxnr.r• sl. PAII/CHI% of the particulars . of his re
cent expedition into the waters of Idathews county,
Ya., in conjunction with the land forces under Bri
gadier G enei a I LE. • • • .-
On the night of the 22d ult. he received on board .
his steamer, the Mohaska, three hundred Infantry,
under Major CuNig in:num, of the s.3d Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and accompanied by tile General Put
nam and a small' tug—the May queen—on which •
latter vessel he mounted a rifled howitzer, and sailed
for Mobjilek Bay. On arriving at East - river; the
land forces were disembarked at a'pine wharf two ,
miles from Mathews Court House,. ' To the hind
forces twenty seamen, with a tweive-pounder Dahl
gren, were added, and this expedition scoured the
surrounding country, destroying vessels, &C.
The Putnam, with a howitzer boat and
,a detach-
Anent of seamen from the Kohaska; continued up
river on a similar expedition. Before returbing, the
two together destroyed twelve salt world; and be.
tween three and four hundred bushels Ofsit, burnt'
five schooners, two sloops, and a number f news
and boats, captured a lighter and tirtnty 7 feur
large canoes, sonic of them capable of carrying
twenty-four men each. They also ''d4troyed
staunch vessel on the\ stocks, said to be designed for
a privateer. i
Mr. Chase's Report.
The New York Evening Post of yesterday lnis.the
following despatch from \Vashington "piere is no
business yet before either branch of Congers. Mem-'
bens wait patiently upon Mr. Olinsm,'en report
is expected in a day or two. The• financial
mit tees will first go to work on the neirTschemenf
the Secretary. of the Treasury. The cokntry
hers are , quite generally opposed to the plan Of re-,
tiring bank notes from circulation and substituting
therefor Government currency, and *it wiqiibe,fnurid
very hard work to get it through Conger: Like
the original proposition to make Govermnlnt paper
a legal tender, only an of erwhelming necessity will
carry the measure through ; but if •Mr. biAsa: can
show that no other Measure will'Produee so little
confusion and diatresa as thit one among the general
community, it may lass. The desire to see the de
tails of the plan, hinted at in the message is uni
versal. Proofs of the major portion of the report
will be given to the Committee of Ways and 'Means
to-morrow morning. That committee are anxious to
make up •iteown estimates and bills, as the session
is a short one. The fact is, that its bills, should al
ways, in the short session, be offered tb the House
by the end of its second week. The chair Man, Mr.
THADDEUS ST EN47NA, has not yet arrived here, but
he is expected to-night.” . .
The McDowell. Court Martial.
The McDowell court martial met .to clay, when
Col. B. D. GOonwiN was again called .tO the 'stand.
lie said he had seen Gen..McDowsla, intoxicated
on several occasions. The first time he saw the
General was on Pennsylvania Avenue, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. "Gen. McDow.:
Er.i. was going towards Thirteenth street, walking
in the middle of the street in a very unsteady man
ner. He also made a statement that Gen. MCDow-
ELL authorized the shooting of soldiers caught com
mitting depredations ifirlhOlfroperty of residents in
Alexandria. • • • •
The - Fitz. iohit-Porter Court Martial.
The court martial engaged in the trial of, General
FITZ JOHN POTITEIt met again to-day, whe.ti charges
and specifications were exhibited against him by
Brigadier General Rournms, inspector, general of
General POPE'S army. They were read ia connec
tion with the violation of the ninth article of war.
He is charged with disobeying several - important
orders of his superior in front of the eneniy, fail
ing 'to push forward his forces into action on
the enemy's flank and rear; permitting one of the
brigades of his command to march to Centre
ville, out of the way of the field of battle,
and there to remain (luring the entire' day of the
30th of August; this at or near Centreville sta
tion on the 29th and 30th of Augustiast, &c. He is
also charged with a violation of the 52d article of
war, in refusing to attack the enemy while within
sight of the field and in full hearing of the artillery
of the battle, then and there shamefully disobey
ing, and retreating from the advancing forces of the,
enemy, without any attempt to engage.them, or aid
the tree*. who were already fighting greatly supe
rior numbers, anti were relying on the flank attack
he was ordered to make to secure, a decided victory,
&c. To these charges Gen. PORTIM, pleaded ; riot
guilty.
Internal Revenue' Deeisions.
The'Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made
the following-decisions
. .
Publishers of printed books, magazines, pamph
lets, newspapers, reviews, and all other similar pub
lications, arc liable to assessments dealers. If the
sales of a publisher are to those' who' tiny to Sell
again, or if this part of his business is considerable,
so that he procures stock and arranges his business
with reference to such Sales, he should be classed as
a wholesale dealer, even though a portion of his
sales is to those who buy for their own use. .
The articles produced byjob printers, lithographers,
and engravers, which are made upon specific orders,
not knoWn as articles of commerce, are exempt from
duty as manufactures. Job printers, engravers, and.
lithographers, whose business is confined to the pro
duct ion of articles covered by ; the kregoing rule of
exception, are not Hake to assessment as frfanul
.facturers. . '
- RALSTON S%l\ - Nxic, Esq., of Olucinnati . , late In
Second .cond comptroller's office of
. the Trea4ury. De
partment, has been a ppointedjudge advocate on the
staff of Generia Itoar,enA NS, and Us left for the
scene of his duties. --' •
RepresentatiVes PIA'ODE and Geiben, members of
the joint Committee on the Conduct' of the War,
having heard unfavorable reports respecting the
condition of the , Convalescent Camp, near Alex
andria, visited it this Afternoon for a personal in
spection. They found that a large number of soldiers
there are totally incapacitated for active service,
and should be promptly discharged, while they dis
covered abuses which they will make an early effort
to have remedied. They attach no blame whatever
to Colonel lhaxxAr; the officer in charge, being
satisfied that he has done the best he could under
the' circumstances. There are over 10,000 =lva
leseerith, recruits, he.,, in the camp, of Whom 2,000
are Pennsylvanians. .
.Casualties 'of tile. War.
Four clerks have been engaged over three months
in the Surgeon General's office, in the compilation,
in chronological - order, from official reports, of a
complete list of all•the casualtieS since the outbreak
of the war.
The difficulties of the undertaking are so great
that they got through with the casualties of 1861
only about a week since. As the severest losses of
life occurred in 1862, the list will not probably be Com
pleted for several months.
Appointments Referred.
The Senate, in exeMitive session to-day, referred
to the appropriate committees a large number of the
appointments made by the President during the re
cess, including that of Associate Justiccof the United
Stdtes Supreme Court, Davis, of Illinois.
Another Prize.
The Navy Department hag information of the
catlture of the schooner Annie Dees, by the U. S.
gunboat Seneca, on the 7th 'ult., while trying to run
the Charleston harbor blockade. Her cargo con
sisted of one hundred and twenty-five barrels, of
turpentine, and sixty-tight barrels of rosin. Anion
those on board Of tier were found persons believed
to be pilots for vessels trying to run the blockade.
Tile Removal of 'Generals Burnside and
Meigs.
The report of the removal of General Bur:Ns=
from the command of the Army orthe Potomac is
untrue. It is also denied that Gen: ItlitGs is to be
removed.
Birthday of the. Emperor of Brazil.
' The Brazilian Legation celebrated their Emperor's
birthday yesterday, by festivities on board the Bra
zilian war steamer Paranese, and at=the' residence
of their minister.
The Convicted Minnesota. Indians.
The Preildent has decided to hang thirty of the
three hundred Indians convicted recently-in Mbyte;
sota for taking part in the iivismere of the white
people of that State. •
,Secretary
Secretary SMITH, of the Interior Department, will
resign by the first of the month. His successor has
not yet been determined on, but it .is supposed he
will be taken either from Indiana. or Illinois.
At Work on the Tax Law.
The Committee of "Ways and Meami are already
nt }yPrs 011 the fix law. It had a meeting; today,
and took up the amendment; i9. I IICPW' .
From the Froilt.
. ,
~ • .
It is believed, from official advices just receiver'
here from the Army of the Potomac, 'that a • *eat
battle will be fought at Frederickaburgt9-day 'or to
morrow.
Post Office Alfairg.
On mite /OM, Hop Bottom to Dimick, S H,,,no
sencraats, contractor. Brooklyn is to be embraced
in place of Lathrop, and three additional trips per
week a i r ordered. Lathrop Is to be supplied three
times aSweek from Hop Bottom, by side mail.
lionte 2,369, Brooklyn to Hop Bottom, is discon•
tinned. •
Post office at Chatham Valley, Tioga county, is
restored to former site, and .Tames N. Wylie ap
pointed postmaster, vice William Spalding, su
perseded.
POSTNEASTERIS APPOINTMENTA.—John Watson,
postmaster, Russelburgh, Warren county,
,Pennsyl
-I•ania, vice John Russell, moved away. - -
Northrop Smith, postmaster, Elk Run, 'Bogs
county, Pennsylvania, vice Levi P. Smith, deceased:
William Rogers, postmaster, West Warren, Brad
ford county, Pennsylvania, vice Nelson Brant, re
moved for cause. . •
J. S. Hudson, postmaster, New Galilee; Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, vice James K. Weir,. re,
signed. :
Joseph Strange, postmaster, Gray's Valley, Tioga
county, Pennsylvania, vice Mrs. H. Strange, re-'
signed. •
Ira , S.Thlunson, postmaster, Concord Station;
Erie county, Pennsylvania, vice P. S. Barney, re;.
signed. -
Amos Crandall, Sr., postmaster, Louisville Centre,
Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, vice A. Trues
dale, resigned.
The Pirate Alabama.
DosTo's, Dee. 3. —The British hark ]Nary, at
Queenstown on the 19th ult., from Yarmouth, N.
Hpoke Oct. 30th, In hit. 41, long. 69 30, the rebel pirate.
steamer 'Alabama. ;
The New York Canals.
ALItANY, Dcc. 3.—The State canals will be closed
on the 10th instant.
Markets:
• .13A1.TimottE, PeC.2,loor4ateady ; Wei; Of 1,000
bbls at 0.12 for 0111to , ,C.N.trit. Witeat .steady.; .Cora
ath united 1.(00. Pork firm ' • 1,000 tibia of .11Iesa sold
at $13.25E:13.50. Witiskr_steady at
ARMY OF THE. POTOMAC.
Surprise of a Company of the Bth Pennsyl
• vania Clayalry by the Rebels Captain
Wilson and Twenty of his Men Missing
—The Rebels Cross the Rappahannock in
Small Boats and Attack our Cu.valry Out
osts, eitc.
HEADQUAMTEPS ARMY OP THE POTOMAC',
December 3, 1862.
At three o'clock yesterday morning, parts of two
compatiles r numbering in all sixty men, belonging to
the Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry cOmpany, under com
mand , of Capt. Wilson, who were stationed at King
George Court House, were attacked by about three
hundred rebels who crossed. the Rappahannock in
amall boats. They crossed at a point some distance
this side of the court-house, thus getting in between
this command and the nista body. Forty out of the
whole number made their escape, and there is reason
to believe that more of them will yet return. Capt.
_Wilson is among the Missing. How many we had
killed and wounded is not known. The rebels left
three Of their number dead.
. .
The citizens living in King George county, and
.Who had applied for guards,to protect their pro
perty, were known to be among the attacking party.
They doubtless gave the information which led to
the'attack.
The following order was issued to 7 day by General
Burnside - . All others who may be guilty of such
gross neglect of duty will thus bepromptly punished,
witliout reference to rank': •
HY.ADQUAR.T.EitS, CAMP NICAit
PALMOUTII, Va., Dec. 2, 1862.
[General Orders No. 190.1
Captain George :fohnston,-of the 3d Pennsylvania
Cavalry, while in charge of a cavalry picket on the
N
28th of ovember, having, by his negligence, con
tinued after repented warnings from his command
ing officer, permitted 11113 party to be surprised by the
chemy,,and himself and a number of his officers and
men to be captured t is, subject to the approval of the
President of the Dated States, dismissed the ser
vice fox' disgraceful and unofflcerlikd conduct. The
commanding general hopes and believes that a lack
of discipline in the regiment and brigade to which
this officer belonged did not warrant him in so gross
a neglect of duty..
By command of Illajor General Burnside
• LEWIS . RICHMOND, A. A. G.
A flag of truce was sent over the river this morn
ing for the purpose . of conveying two datighters of
Dr: Sylvester Conway; of Fredericksburg.
Deserters from the rebels continue to arrive
They represent their army as being very destitute,
partiCularly in clothing. No salt meat has been
issued since they left Maryland.
Last week an order was issued by General Lee
that such soldiers as were without shoes should
make mocertsib3 from the raw hides, otherwise they
wonld'be required to do duty barefooted.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Snecessfal Expedition to the Blnckwatcr
River—Rebels Driven Across that Stream
with Loss
Wasnmcvroxi . December 3.—The following de
spatch has been reeeti - ed at the headquarters of the
army
. FORTRESS Moxnox, December 2.
7'o Major Gen. H. W. Halleck, Commander-in-Chief:
An expedition was sent out from Suffolk yester
day by Major General Peck, which captured to-day
the celebrated Pittsburg battery (which was taken
from our army), ands drove the enemy across the
Blackwater at Franklin. We have thirty odd pri
soners, and are picking up more in the roads. Many
of the enemy were killed and wounded. Our loss is
trlfiing: JOHN A. DIX, Major General.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Advance to the Tallahatchie—Occupation
of the Rebel Works—The Army of Pem
berton in Full Retreat--General Grant
Pushing On.
Cilieftoo, December special despatch from
Holly Springs, Miss., says the enemy evacuated
their position on the Tallahatchie river on the Ist
inst., and Gen. McArthur's division occupied tho,
rebel - forts last night.
There was no lighting, and it is believed that the
rebels are in full retreat.
The telegraph is working to Wyatt, on the Tana- .
hatchie. .
Wyatt is in Lafayette county, MissiSsippi, and is
about twenty miles south of Holly Springs.
STATES IN REBELLION.
The "Uncle Ben , ' nt Sen—General Jones--
The' Rebel Navy---A. Blockude-Ratuuer
Sunk Charleston Iron-Clads -- General
Smith at Petersbnrg—The Rebel Con
gress—Rielimond Detective in Washing
ike.
.AKOTITF.II VESSEL RUNS THE BLOCKADE.
FORTIZESS lirkiNnoa, Dec. 3.—The Wilmington
(N.
.o.)Dailifyintrnal, of the 25th ult., says : A des
patch from Fort Fisher, this morning, says all is
quiet below.
The Pocataligo and Uncle Ben went to sea safely
last night.
GEN. JONES VEIIY LOW
General I): B. jones is in Richmond sick, and with
slight hopes of his recovery.
AN EXPLODED IDEA.
A Confederate States navy is non• the leading idea
among the most sagacious minds of the South.
ANGLO-REBEL STEAMER SUNK.
The steamer Kelhi was run into and sunk off
the Bahamas. She was built in Scotland for run`
ning the blockade.
TILE Ci r rn7rtim - rnelnc - ato.4-0,- , --nci_____ •
The Charleston Daily - Courier, November 2 5, sa y s
" The enemy have. from ten to fifteen wooden ves
sels lying in sight of this city, where they have been
allowed to remain for months, notwithstanding our
having means kir reaching and sinking every one of
them with perfect•safetylo ourselves. Is Mr. Mal
toil' waiting for all of LincOln's ironsides to be
finished 1"
GENERAL SMITH. GTJARDLNG THE REAR.
The Raleigh (N. : 0.). Daily Progress, of November
27, says that Major General G. U. Smith is in Pe
tersburg, and in command of a force sufficient to
protect the approach to Richmond in that direction.
TILE REBEL. CONGRESS
The Richmond Examiner, of November 29th, says :
The next session of the Confederate Congress em
inences at Richmond the second Monday in
January.
A EICITMOtD DETECTIVE IN WASIIINGTON.
We learn that ,
Barney Shaw, recently one of
General 'Winder's detectives, is flourishing in
Washington, D. 0., as a detective. for the Yankee
Government.
ponTnEss MoNnoll, Dee. 2.—The British steamer
Cadmus left here yesterday afternoon; also, the
steamboat New York, for Annapolis, with all the
released Union prisoners brought from City Point.
Died at Chesapeake Hospital, December Ist, Chas.
Tucker, of the 58th Massachusetts Regiment; also,
on the same day, George Gutbrodt, of the 116th New
York.
XXXVIIth,CONGRESS—Second Session
WASHINGTON, December 3, 1861
SENATE.
The Purchase of Land in Portsmouth
Harbor.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New HaMpshire, offered a
resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy to
inform the Senate if the provisions of the act passed
at the last session, making au appropriation for the
purchase of land, &c., in Portsmouth harbor, N. H.,
bare been executed. If not, why not? Agreed to.
•IStandiug Committees Appointed.
On motion of Mr. ANTHONY. (Rep.) of Rhode
Island, the standing committees of the Senate were
appointed. They are the same as at the last session,
with the exception that Mr. Sumner, of Massachu
setts, takes the place of Mr. *mons on the Com-
Mittee• on Finance, and Mr. Arnold, of Rhode
Island, takes the place of Mr. Thomson on the
Committee on Commerce.
Imprisonment of Citizens of Dela ware.
Mr. SAULSBURY (Dein.), of Delaware, offered
a resolution calling on the Secretary of War to in
form the Senate whether Dr. John Lane and Mr.
Meredith citizens of Delaware, have been arrested
and imprisoned, and what charges ate made against
theth, and calling for all the papers relative to their
arrest, Sic. Laid over..
• • Department of Agriculture:
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Indiana, offered a resolution
that the Committee on Patents inquire, into the ex
pediency of abolishing the Department of Agricul
ture. Agreed to.
-- Losses from Sioux War.
Mr. WILKINSON (Rep.), of Minnesota, offered
ri resolution that the Committee on Indian Affitirs
be requested to inquire into the expediency of re
porting a bill for the indemnification of the citizens
of Minnesota who have suffered losses by the depre.
dnt ion of the Sioux Indians. Adopted.
Selling Free Men into Slaver-.
• Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massaelo,i- offered a
resolution that the .erretary 0( W ar be requested
ih t furnish the Senate wit ) •. a n'i- i n f orma ti on w hi c h
"Th
mayposacss with re ,
r xtenee to the sale into slavery
of free men capti
:;red.or seized by rebel forces, and
gate What a t !eps have been taken to redress this out
rage on:annan rights. Adopted. •
• • Hospital and Ambulance Corps.
Also, a resolution directing that the Committee on
Military Affairs lie directed to consider the expedi
envy of providing by law for the establishment of a
• 4rorpt, composed of s ervi c e, enlisted, for hos-
O m it ul B
pion! • ambulance with officers commis-.
atoned to coat. 4.nd them, who will have entire
charge under the medic..V officers of hosi s t e it r a r l i s c , e s ,
to enlarge the usefulness of 1 - inc7. 4l - 11 nn TI°
give it efficiency that is to be del. ydal Irene orga
nization. Adopted.
Grades in the Navy.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, gave no-'
tier. that he should introduce a bill repealing the act
establishing and equalizing grades of officers of the
nary, which was passed July 16, 1862.
On motion of Mr. SUMNER, of Massachusetts,
the Senate went into executive session, and subse
quently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Agricultural li•nud..
The committees were called for reports, but none
were made.
Mr. CALVERT (Dem.), of Md., offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, calling on the Cominissioner
of Patents to inform the House what amount of the.
Agricultural fund has been expended since January
nit last, to the time when the accounts and books
were transferred to the Commissioner of Agricul
ture, specifying the itemii, and whether any' con
tract were unsatisfied. If so, what amount is due
and for what. Also, that the Commissioner of
Agriculture inform the House what amount: of the
Agricultural fund haii been expended under his di
rection, specifying time amounts, &c.
'Bounty to Discharged Volunteers.
Mr. HOLMAN (U.), of Kentucky, offered a reso
lution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs
to report a bill so ;unending the sth section of the
net entitled "An act authorizing the employment of
i•olunteers to enforce the laws, and for the protec
tion of the public property," approved July 224,
1861, as to allow volunteers who have or may here
after be honorably discharged on account of wounds
or ,other disability . arising from actual service, such
part of the bounty of *lOO, proVided for under said
section, as shall he proportioned to the Hine of ac
tual service. .
Mr. LOVE.TOY (Rep.), of Illinois, and OLIN,
'(Rep.), of New York, opposed the resolution in its .
present form, When Mr. Holman modified it so as to.
instruct the Committee on Military Affhirs to in
quire into the expediency of reporting such a bill.
:The resolution was then adopted.
A few minutes after twelve o'clock the House ad
ourne
"A 8188, BUT NO TUOKElt."—The fright
"Down East" about the
rovu privateer ng A a l l s o l n m g he m i sbei c n otts g
Fisichman's OW, •and prowling
was probably caused by the United :Sitanm Coast Stu
:Terstennier Bibb, which left here a few days since
and.fs cruisinttin that vicinity. The Bibb Is painted
Week-and is armed with six rifle cannon. The per
son; who RAW the "stars and bars" flying front the
:rebel steamer no doubt made a mistake.
NEW YORK CITY.
Correspondence of The Tress.)
new Youir, Decernlier 2, 1862.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Our worthy Chief Magistrate's second annual
epfstle to the people in Congress assembled, is re
ceived by the people in New York assembled with
Millie attention such an important document me
rits. The universal response is, that Mr. Lincoln is
certainly a very honest man, buf—in fact, I have
heard no one speak of the message without the qua
lifying "but," to introduce some personal objection.
The "radicals," as all true foes to the slaveholding
rebels are now called, seem inclined tb judge that the
President does not recede from his emancipation
proclamation ; but, to their minds, his elaboration
of his proposal that Congress shall legislate for the
definite termination of slavery in the year 1900,
looks
, as though he were wavering as to the fitness
of freeing the slaves of rebels on the first of next
January. 'From the fact that he hardly refers to
said proclamation at all, his party seem to fear that
this new emancipation project is the first step to
wards edging away from it.. The World, which is
now recognized as the most unscrupulous Democra
tic organ of the day, holds that the policy of the pro
clamation is virtually discarded in the niessage.
and upon this premise proceeds to build a homily
upon the of any interference at all—whether
immediate or prospective—with slavery by the Ge
neral Government. The Herald reiterates its old
policy about paying no attention. at 'all to Slavery
until after the war, and then leaving. Its destiny in
the. hands of the conquered rebels themselves. The
Times and Tribune judge from the Message that the
President stands by his proclamation, and intends
his suggestion to Congress only for the loyal slave
holders of the Border States, and such of the South
as may return to their allegiance before the first of
January,
That it is a fatal mistake for any statesman in such
times as these to try to please everybody, isplainly
enough evidenced by the present disloyal attitude of
the Democratic party in this State. Though said
party has been " cOncil atory" in every possible man
ner from the beginning of the war; though it has
been treated in the mildest spirit of paternity by the
President it strove so desperately to defeat at the
pops, its leaders are now doing all they can to breed
sedition in the North, and nearly all'their utterances
are fraught with the venom of treasonable spite.
Intoxicated with recent political victories, (which
they gained because the Government had been so
lenient with their treason as to alienate its own
best friends,) these malcontents strive openly to in
cite the mob to outrage at all their public meetings ;
they exalt such fellows as Pierre Soule, Mahoney,
arid Marshal Kane, as martyrs of a "fiendish des
potism," and insolently boast that their creatures in
the next Congress will impeach the President, if he
"dares" to do so and so.
MA_IISTIAL "b:AIiE,
The Maryland rebel policeman, who is one of the
worthies so inexplicably let loose upon the commu
nity from Fort Lafayette of late, publishes a savage
" card " in to-day's World, addressing it to his " fel
low-citizens of the State of Maryland." In terms
characteristically insolent, he announces- himself as
understood to be "the special victim of Mr. Secre
tary Seward" and his " hired Minions ;" and he pro
mises, when allowed the opportunity, to "show that
all that is bad in a man, unpatriotic in a citizen, and
corrupt in an officer, finds itself concentrated in this
individual ;" that is, in Mr. Secretary Seward. In
his prefatory note to the World, this man says that
lie offered his " card" for publication to two or three
Baltimore papers, but that they dared not publish it
on account of the "despotic and lawless restrictions
of the Federal Government."
This is what the Government' gets for showing
mercy to rebel prisoners.
irrEF. BRINSMADE CASE
Receives its last artistic touch in the decision of the
Police Commissioners. They find that Provost
Baker, of Washington, is the official at whose insti
gation the irrepressible Mrs. Brinsthade was arrest
ed, but censure Superintendent Kennedy for holding
the woman a prisoner in New York without obtain
ing their special permission to do so. The decision
winds up, however, with a resolution expressing the
full confidence of the Board in the earnest zeal,
fidelity, and ability of Kennedy; so the latter may
consider himself all right in the matter..
The Great Naval Depot question..
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
, NEW Yon x, December 2, 1862
TIIE CONFIDENCE OF TIIE PEOPLE OF CON-
ISECTICIIT IN IrAvING THE DEPOT.
The question of the location of the great United
States naval depot is at the present agitating
all of the New England States, but more especially
Connecticut, and from the tone of her press the un
knowing reader is,led to suppose that its location at
New London is a fixed fact. It perhaps may be
considered prophetic in me to say that in all human
probability their sense of security will speedily
vanish when the minority report is laid before a dis
criminating and intelligent public.
THE NAVAL. COMMITTEE'S ACTION.
. .
There can be no doubt of the candor and unbiased
action of the Naval Committee who were appointed
by the Hon. Secretary of the Navy to survey the
proposed sites ; so, on that ground, neither claimants
have cause to complain. .And notwithstanding the
eastern interest felt sure of the weight of the ma-,
jority report, they Must remember that often the
minority report. is the most coliclusive and weighty
New York is but
looks upon it pot for her own benefit so much as she
does for the benefit of the country at large.• We are
to have the largest iron-clad navy in the world, and
to construct and protect it, we must have a place
which will give us, at the least cost, the material,
and nest, a place having in its location the best si
tuation as to its means of defence.
THE PROPOSED SITE AT EW LONDON
New London has a fine harbor, accessible, a good
depth of water, situation 'within a healthy region,
but far renioced from an adequate supply of iron
and coal. It is 'true the Salisbury Iron Mines are
near at band, but they cannot furnish the iron for
the work required to be done. •
We do not, in our present communication, intend
to disparage New London, nor the Eastern people,
but simply to State a few facts in reference to this
important subject.
DI 1 f ~ ( ~ ~
At the present time we are in need of the follow
ing requisites for a naval depot :
I. Iron-clads should be built as far from the sea as
convenient, so - as to be in fresh water.
11. Our naval depot should be on,a narrow river,
of sufficient depth to accommodate' any draught of
vessel. This position should be so, that, in case of
foreign invasion, the river could be readily ob
structed.
111. This naval depot should be in the immediate
vicinity of iron and coal mines s thereby rendering
the cost of material much less that of transportation
to a distance. -
IV. To procure a site which should be the b6st at
the least cost, and having the greatest advantages.
I only present theforegoing points as a few among
the many of great importance. To shorten the
matter, we will allow that League Wand combines
all of these.
THE INDEFENSIBTLITY OF NEW LONDON
One of the great objections to New London as the
site for the naval depot is its Indefensibility. On
the eastern side is the Mystic river, on the south.
Long Island sound, and on the west the Connecticut
river. All of these waters afford facilities for the
landing of an enemy. Should an enemy land on the.
Mystic side, he 'could march up to Grolin Heights,
where there is Fort Griswold, whose guns bear only
on the harbor side, leaving the fort exposed on the
side from which a land attack Might be made success
fully. On the west side of the harbor we have Fort
Trumbull, whose guns also command the harbor
only. So that an enemy, in his march from a lend_
ing point on the. Connecticut river, could march un
molested into the city of New London.
Fort Griswold, on Gran Heights; overlooks the
pro Posed site of the naval depot on Winthrop's
Neck, 'and its guns, with ease and accuracy, could
destroy a navy yard at that point in .a few.hours,
while it could.not be held for a few minutes.
Therefore, to secure a site at Winthrop's Neck,
on the Thames river, it would be necessary:to con- -
struct a large work at the mouth of the Connecticut
river, frith connecting works up the Coast to New
London ; to, erect ,additional works to protect the
Intricir, and to, Mind a work near the Mystic river to
prevent n landing, there, while large works must be
erected on Gull and Fisher's Islands.
' I N IF A ON ' I 0' IN
The following extract front the Hartford Press
.
shows how even the New llngland people ac4nOW,
ledge its requisite fortifying:
"A glance at the map shows that New England
is very assailable from Long Island Sound, and New
York is no less so. A powerful hostile fleet in the .
sound has the ports and towns of Connecticut and
New York city itself at its mercy ; and those once
gained, the whole interior is deienceleSs. But na
ture has-provided for the complete defence Of New
York from this dangerous approach, and tot - the
whole Connecticut , at the' eastern entrance of the
sound. The main channel by which vesseli3 enter
the sound is between Fisher's Island and Gtill Is
land; a strait of about four miles in width. Through
this passage the large war ships must. come, though
there are MUM' elitilillees for YeStels of light draught.
Strong fortifications, therefore, upon these Islands,
would command the channel and perfectly protect
nc . sound from large hostile war vessels. About
ntitt;aY between these islands is a rock, said, by
those ivN.have examined it, to be large enough to
sustain a remittable fortification, at least a sort of
a revolving i,!%iver, ttltielt would materially, add to
the strength of t;:e position."
To construct these 'Works so as to resist the new
class of vessels build a ini t i i t t; i,..4 a
111 sthe
require trillions t
says,pon
millions of money ;n
"there are minor entrances for smaller vessels."
This in itself shows its unfitness' for the location of
so great a depot. Another point I will allude to
at this time, and then close. The Eastern people
place much stress upon League Island as a mud bank.
The following statement in reference to the borings
at League Ldrind should forever silence that story:
Four borings were. recently made at League
lahi rul, by order of the naval commissioners. rho
first was made on the extreme lower point of the
island, fronting on the Delaware, and resulted ns
follows : Alluvial 66 feet, gravel 2 feet, and alluvial
7 feet ; nmkingatotal of 65 feet.
The second boring, mnde about 310 yards from the
first, and about .125 yards from the Delaware front,
WAS as follows: alluvial 23 feet, sand 1 foot, allu
vial 4 feet, coarse Sand 1 foot, and gravel 4 feetond
not through the gravel, making a total of 35 feet
bored.
'rite third, with pipe the same, as the second boring,
Showed alluvial, 25 feet; sand, 6 inches ; 4
feet 6 inches fine gravel, 1 foot ; gravel, 4 feet ;
sand,. 234 feet ; alluvial , 6 inches ; and gravel and
atones 9 down to the boulders.
The fourth and last boring, between 400 end 000
ya4ds from the second and third borings on.the old
mendoiv, resulted as follows : Sand and mud, 29 feet ;
send, 3 feet ; and coarse gravel, 7 feet, and the bot
tom of strata not readied.
At Winthrop's Neck, (New London,) the site is of
a very rocky nature, and the borings there revealed
the fact that after penetrating the soil a shOrt
dis
tance, they found a hard pan, which gave them
much trouble, and in the opinion of all concerned
to Limit oft this rock would cost at least as much as
it will to put League Island in proper order. The
work of blasting is tedious and dangerous ; while
filling in and piling is more readily accomplished.
At some future time you may look for more de
tails of this interesting subject, SPECIAL.
FlSMlfffl:!==7`i,E=.;
STUY VESANT
EUROPE.
The Hibernian at Portland with Liver.
pool DftiCN to the 20th alt.--Garibaldl
Getting Better.-Mexico to be a Preach
Colony—Relations Between England and
Prance Unfriendly, &e.
Porrn.mcn, Dec. 3.—The steamship Hibernian,
from Liverpool on the 20th tilt., arrived at this port
this morning. Her ' advises were telegraphed from
Cape Race. The papers received contain the follow
ing additional intelligence
The increasing distress in the cotton marrufactik
ring districts of England, was attracting more atten
lion from the Government.
The accounts from Garibaldi arc cheering.
An amnesty has been granted' by the Emperor of
Austria to political offenders and returned Hunga
rian refugees, and a stay in proceedings against po
litical offenders has been ordered.
The Government of Denmark, in reply to Earl
Russell, firmly adheres to its line of conduct rela
tive to the common Constitution in. Schleswig.
A disturbance had occurred in Patras,Greece.
The steamers Saxonia. and 'Hansa, which will sail.
soon from Liverpool, will take out a' large quantity
of arms for New York.
The British. Anti-slavery Society has issued an
address to call for sympathy with the emancipation
party of the North.
• The Spanish papers hint that Mexico is destined
as a French Canada,
There is reported to be much.disappointment felt
in political circles in Europe at the course of Russia.
The London Herald says the relations between
France and England have assumed an unsatisfactory
character. English Cabinet. Councils are frequent.
The result ofthe' New York election is the theme
of general comment in. England, the prevailing im
pression being that the Democratic successes are a
step towards peace.
It is rumored that am attempt has been made on
Napoleon's life.
A state of unconditional siege has been declared
in the Neapolitan provinces.
The movement in Greece in favor of Prince
Alfred of England strengthens.
It is stated that forty-two Polish officers of the
Russian army have been condemned to run the
gauntlet.
The funeral of the Countess Seamogski, at War
saw, had assumed a political significance, and teeny
arrests were made by the police and Cossacks.
News by the Steamer City or Manchester.
The following is a summary of the news by the
steamship City of Manchester, which sailed from
Liverpool on the 19th, via Londonderry on the 20th
of November:
The French project of mediation in American af
fairs continues to attract considerable attention, and
is the theme of much comment.
The Paris journals, with the exception of the
bronileur, generally reproach the English Govern
ment for holding back from the offer of France, and
charge it with discreditable motives.
It is reported that much disappointment exists in
France at the course of Russia, as the proposition
for mediation was sent to St. Petersburg before it
was to London, and the assent of the Rileslan Go
vernment was relied upon and expected to weigh.
upon the decision of England.
The London Times and the London Daily New 3
think that subsequent events, including the Demo
cratic successes in the Northern States, at the recent
elections, confirm the wisdom of the British Cabinet'
in acting as they have done.
The London Morning-Yost (Ministerial) says that
the question is Vie view of all the three great powers
appears to be afhply one of time.
The London Herald thinks that nothing could have
been more graceful or more opportune than the pro
posal of the Emperor of France to England, and no
thing more churlish or illogical than Earl Russell's
reply to thatpropOsal.
The Herald asserts that the relations of England
and France have assumed an unsatisfactory cha
racter, but the London Globe ridicules this idea.
Cabinet councils were of frequent occurrence in
London.
The result of the election in. the State of New
York was the theme of very general comment, the
prevailing impression being that the Democratic
successes were a step towards peace, and that they
would tend to keep the Federal Government within
its constitutional 'limits.
The London Times thinks that the successes of the
Democrats, in the Northern States, will bring the
word " compromise into very general use in Arne:
ries.
The London 'Daily News thinks that the Demo
cratic successes signify a disposition to let the Re
public "wallow again in the old mire of slavery.”
The London Star thinks that the effect of the De
mocratic successes may, be to protract the war.
It is stated that the steamers Saxonia and Hansa,
from Southampton, will take out large quantities
of guns and ammunition for New York.
A correspondent .of the London Morning Herald
charges that a recent steamer from Liverpool took:
out twenty-four French "guillotines," consigned to a con
fidential agent of President Lincoln, in the city of em.
York!.
The Steamer China Off Cape Race—Liver
pool Dates to the 22d. ultimO—United
States Frigate Saratoga -at Lisbon—
Steamer Bavaria. Safe—London Press on
the ..Northern Elections—Prince Alfred '
and the Throne of Greece--France Still
Urging Mediation—Arms for -the Rebels.
CAPE Racz, Dee. 2.—The steamer China passed
here at four o'clock on Monday afternoon, with Li
verpool dates to the 22d ult.
The steamer Arabia arrived at Queenstown on the
22d ult.
The political news is not important. •
The U. S. frigate Saratoga arrived at Lisbon on
the 17th ult. .
The steamer Bavaria, before reported ashore, was
got ow and proceeded to Hamburg.
Gen. McClellan's removal caused a depression in
Anierican securities. The London Times says this
is the first of of the elections on President Lin
coln' and that Gen. McClellan has been sacrificed to
the political jealousies of the party in power, he
being known to be n conservative, and opposed to
the violent acts of the Executive. The l i mes ques
lions the success of the movement, as it makes Mc-
Clellan a conservative martyr.
The Army and Nary Gazelle regards the removal of
General McClellan as a defiance. of the Government
to the Democrats, and will result in the humiliation
of President Lincoln: No moment, it says, has
been more favorable for bold Confederate move
ments. It questions General Burnside's ability for
'the appointment. .
The text of the Russian note refusing the French
propositions bears out the telegraphic summary..:
Conunercial
la.v.Egroor., Nor. 22.—The sales of cotton today
haVe been 10,000 bales, including 5,000-hales to specu
lators and expoiters, the market closing with a
- - '---.AsAtnuce for all qualities.
Breausiuus ,
Corn Ib
visions are flat, with a ot ---
Lrizmox, Nov. 22.—Consols for money 9:15,;093,4'..
Illinois Central shares 403:j@413‘. ; Erie Railroad.
43)49/4143‘.
The Paris Bourse was heavy ; Rentes 70f 20c.
Vague rumors prevail that France has -sent
another note to England, in response to Earl Rus
sell's reply.
The Liverpool Post explains that the 290 recently
launched.. is not for the Confederate service, but for
Chinn.
The sale of sundry fast coasting steamers, for the
purpose of running the blockade, is reported. .
A steamer, name unknown, recently left. the Mer
sey with six hunched tons of arms for the Conte
' derides.
The London Times and Post reply to Mr. Seward's
reflections on the case of the Alabama, and empha
tically deny that there are grounds for the Federals
to complain in a matter where they reaped the
greatest benefits.
Garibaldi, in a letter to W. Cot nell Jewell, pledges
himself strongly in favor of the North, as an oppo
nent of slavery. He goes for the abolition of slavery
before any constitutional question.
The London Timcs of Saturday again expatiates
on the probable effect of the Democratic success in
the elections, and says : "No sudden change in the
Federal policy can be anticipated; but it is enough
to know that the worst of President Lincoln's mea
sures have been condemned, and will probably be'
Abandoned: This conservative victory will prevent
the great crime of stirring up the negro to insurrec
tion, and will insure personal liberty and free dis
cussion at the North.
A deputation had an interview with the Duke of
New Castle on the subject of n route through British
territory to the. Pacific.
The Morning Herald regards McClellan's removal
as a terrible mistake of President Lincoln, both in a
military and a political point.
The Star thinks the cause of 'McClellan's removal
justifiedthe action of the President.
. 'lie Saturday Review thinks that Napoleon has
movements on foot which do not appear on the sur
face of his mediation scheme, and says that the ex
press mention of the name "Confederate States,"
which they selected for themselves, virtually in
volves a recognition; and the proposal for an armis
tice supplies an opinion which HMV shortly be ut
tered into language more intelligible than words.
The article hints at a probable alliance with the
Southern States in connection with the Emperor's
designs on Mexico.
THE LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
The political news to-day is not important.
ArilExa, Nov. 22.—The elections will commence'
on the Gth and terminate on the 10th of December.
The great probability of the election of Prince Alfred
to the throne of Greece causes excitement among
the foreign Nin isters. The country is tranquil.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—The Prince of Mon
tenegro has again protested against the action of
"Black Benzen" along his frontier, but the Porte
persists in. its occupation.
Shipping Intelligence.
Arrived from Philadelphia, N0v.21, ship Melento,
at Belfast.
Sailed for Philadelphia, Nov. 20, ship Tonawanda,
from Liverpool.
' Sailed for Nassau; N. P. l on the 21st, the Thistle
- screw steamer ' and the .Severn and Monmouth,
front Liverpool. '
The steamships Ruby And Giraffe sailed from,
Greenock Nov: 14th, to run the blockade.
The Europa Off Cape Races
0
N. P-1 Dec. 2.
from §teallier turopfti
from 'Boston, was boo- 0 . ed - oft Cape Race on Sunday
morning, and la+:e news
placed on board.
r•orty..xcris-
A :COTT" ETC GI.IOE:VS FAMILY Div PICITLTV.--•
A nother question is likely to be added to those ivhich
already cause difficulties iu Germany. There is rea
son to believe that the reigning Duke of Brunswick,
Who is of the Brunswick-Wollenbuttle branch and
without heirs,. has settled the succession o 1 the
duchy on the Brtinwiek-Luneburg branch. On the
other hand, Prussia and the Hohenzollern family lay
Chant to it.
Srmax Goixo To Ixm.i.—British capltaiists ex
press anxiety in consequence of the rapid drain of
specie from England to India. The payments for
Indian coltoll ate becoming very heavy, the last
steamer for Bombay Wing taken out over a million
pounds sterling ; the largest amount everdespatched.
to one port, ulthoit,,ot an equal sum has' been sent
before to the East pin a single vessel for distribution
among several markets.
Owner' PROPERTY.—The conversion of church
property is proceeding with great rapidity in Spain.
The Archbishop of Toledo has made a transfer of the
property of his diocese ; and the Minister of Finance
has given orders for the .sale of it, in the eighteen
provinces which arc under the jurisdiction of tile
archbishopric.
- CANAL ACROSS THN ISTTIMUS OF CORINVIL—A
company has been formed in CiTecce for the purpose
of cutting a canal thirty-four yards wide and six
deep across the Isthmus of Corinth, in order that
the dangerous voyage along the coasts of the Polo
pounesus may be rendered unnecessary. Such a
canal was often contemplated, and was even begun,
in ancient times, but it has never been formed.
SAFETY or D,. VooEt.—There is reason to be
lieve that Dr. Vogel, the African traveller, who had
been given up ns lost, is still alive, though a captive
of the Sultan of Witdia. Lieutenant' You Bear-
mann, of the Prussian Artillery, who went in search
of the traveller's papers, arrived at Murznek on the
20th of .Ittite, and was to leave for Wadi* on the
22d. Since that period the rumors which have
reached Ilengazi regarding him have been such ns to
lead to the fear that he was plundered on the road,
if not murdered: ,
HOITS4 IN 'WHICH CiIETHE WAS BORN.—To Save
the house in which Goethe was born at Frankfort
on-the-Main from - further desecration, it has been
purchased by Dr. yolger, an eminent geologist, Mr
the sum of fifty-six thousand florins; and it is his
intention to restore it to its original state, and then
hand it over to the German "Hoehstift" a flourish-.
ing soidety for arts aMt sciences, of which Dr. Vol
ger is the Wunder.
A KINO WHO IS NOT A GrouirmAxn. — A letter
from Dome says: "The ex King of Bavaria has,
just left. He is very deaf, but in other respects he
is wonderfully preservad for his age. He still plays
the Mmeimas of art, at least as far as hospitality
goes, for he is not a purchaser. His dinner party
was always completed by the presence of several
'
artists though Ids table was of flue simplest charac
ter, as his Majesty is by no means a gourmand_ , •
Losa ox Lire A.NOPROPEOTY ON THE COAST 05'
BIOTA IN.—One thousand vessels are wrecked on the
English mast every year, on the average; and from
these about three thousand persons are rescued by
lifeboats, shoreboats, the rocket apparatus, and
other means. It is a lamentable fact, nevertheless,
that au average of eight hundred persons still pe
rish every year from these disasters on the coast,
NATIONAL 0
rewarding Mel
tors of the Natii
establishment I
access, by any
nightly by rest
well as adjacem
circus troupe hat
years, and its EfIICCI
Orr.r.A.Tre Con.
give his first elassi
ing, at the foyer of t
be assisted by the
will perform some
the compositions of
These entertainment
Wolfsohn 'should be
endeavors to improve
of the community, so,
a series of these soirees
Advent of a brief oiler:
forward to hopefully.
eVening, we observe
Lit; Beethoven, and II
soirees will remain at ti
lar.
- A GRAND FESTIVA r„
charge tho hospital in 1\";
give a festival this even))
hospital. In addition to t)
adOresses from several emit
ing not only a feast of rex!
It will be a grand ittiltir : if 1
past character and energy of
charge.
MEETING Or REC(7I, II
riggers was held last evenia,
mond streets, for the purpose - 01
vial assdeiatfon." The sanieu
laws of the old riggers' assceiatic
but now broken up, were mop
tion provides that in casr of tiled,
ber of the association, the mini of
lays shall be donated toward,' dcfrh,
expenses. If a member's wife d1i.., t ; 4 ,
dollars will be given.
• FINANCIAL AND CoNm Ei
THE MONEY amit ifp
put unm.rin•
There was a continued stesdisasslin
ket to-day, and the rates clused
day. Capitalists are anxiously looki tu
Chase's report, and a variety of optin, 3: ,
the recommendations tie will put bet::
Many discuss the probabilities of a lung
legal . tenders, and s consequent advtincciai
of gold; others of sounder views thi•.3:,
Chase's policy is foreshadowed in Mr. 4.„
gelitiOn as to the creation of loans amts'
them. The latter seems eminently thets:-..
avoiding future embrisrassnieuts. Moo;
rency woulff give the idea of paper 2.
people would continue to grow uneasy:L..l.
issue of legal tenders, invite prop o33 k C ic ' t
loan having a specific purpose, and the r
man would see the necessity of
available cash into the seale
what is wealth without the weans aim * * .
and where are the means of pre,3 , 43 1,,,
found in' good government?
Business in old demands took a lirelv
125 was readily paid for ',ltem. flitsix
.vouchers were a sh a de lower.tertitit 3 n, „r
ness noting no change. .bone; is ace i
and rates show a tendency to totrarte.
• The stock market was quite attire, a;:i
looking better. Governnicat Ass:, i ll,
10133", - being .3,-( advance on ye3terivt
seven-thirties were without chaig..3., n.
fives were weak and rather piesiel
down to 93.34 ; the coupons were oe,ly
sixes were steady. Camden and Asii, : ;. l
sold at 101. Philadelphia and ni.ttic,.4.E,
at 102. Lehigh Navigation sixii car al.
105. Pittsburg .11 ailroad sixes sold az
county sixes brought tire same 4 ;le
sixes, 1886, rose 3•4. Schuylkill Ziarky o ,
1882, improved 3‘. Elmira itnifroid;e::l,.
693,1 ; an advance of 34. Lehigh Ziat tat
4% was bid for Schuylkill nvigenr.
1334 for the preferred : 51 for Morris vai.,
the preferred.
Reading Railroad shares were iLl..tirt,
the highest figure reached. closiig
Beaver Meadow sold up to 613; ; latr:
Pennsylvania was a little. nervous at 47.,.
tie Schuylkill sold at 24 ; North Pes.:if.:
; Long Island was steady at i 2: Sptn
was steady at 16; Arch-street at 26 1.•,,x:
Bank cold at 27; Girard at 21: North
140: Commercial at 19: Philadelphia
market was firm at the close. sitn,9.o3r.tt
900 shares changed hands.
Drexel 6:. Co. quote :
United States Bonds, l&St Nd
United States Certificates of Indelitedata
United States 7 3-10 Notes 111
Quartermasters' Vouchers . 3
Orders for Certificates of linlehtedeese..;
Gold
Demand Notcc ' 13
Subscriptions to the new nations( lo
flee of Ay Cooke, Esq., amounted to h
thousand dollars.
Our correspondent at Scranton midi
lowing report of the amount of coal tram,
the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Wts . vi•
• for the week ending Saturday, Nor. 29:
Vwt.
Shiprica North •
Shipped South 1.6.40 11
- Total '
For corresponding time yrOF: .
h
Ton, t'1.1..
Shipped North.--
"mied BOntit 1:1.1 4 4
.
Decrease
The following is a cOmpaoine tar s
exports from New York, to forckp
week . ending Decembers and Ante fits
IF-d.
For the week
Previously reported.... lodAtri.;
Since Jilimn' 1 0'2,537, 71s
The New York Evcnin9 Pori Dr to 44
The stock market continues firm erlr
the second board of yesterday, thato
, .
of the call there is a - disposition 4o)*
at a further advanee, the crii.item
being large buyers. The short
less. Private advices front
Mr.' Chase will certaialy issue more o • -
this has its effect.
Since the adjournment of the Bose.*
ran up Ibk cent. The leattinz feature Oie
for 11Iichigan Southern rotation stock.
bid; Pacific Mail is I.22 Erie. se?;:i.
ferred, ; - New York t'enttal, 1031 : . -
Central, 92. 1 5; Michigan tivartintied.
v.
80,14 ; Pittsburg; .14 ; Roo:. 1 , • - =
Galena, 5.31. , (.
Railway bonds are very scarce,
are paid for nearly all issues
'Bank shares are firm.
Border-Sta to securities are better.
Governments are firmer to-Jay.
arc quoted 103,1;(ii)101.N ; re7,istere4,
interest; seven-thirties 1010)10-1 1 .,:
indebtedness arc dull, selling at
Bioney is freely supplied at 9 per
is now rapidly paying out the reno:::a
“GreenhacKs,f , which go at me
keeping the market easy.
Gold is weaker, closing at float
after selling at 131 per cent.
Dutiable demand notes arc tine at
cent.—yesterday morning's prig.
The Boston Errning Ten frrript of
The market for the mind .liddella-p.tY%
has remained strong duringtho past ue't
tendency modetutely upward, wallow N. - 4: 1
discussion relative to the chancy in the •
licy of the Government. The specatathei ,,
on the contrary, have shown a degree of 1 ,
and large sales have been elicaed in gozi
Lions on a declining market.,
The trade balance in favor of the
has been further increased chains newer?,
exports from • New York and 10401.
about one million, and the latter alittk'• .
half million in excess of the impitti.
• American Gold and Sterling i.whaV4*
ly receded with the week, the forcirrAr f .•
and the latter at 1.12 to 1.12 1 i 6)1.1.21 . 0 :V 0 :
• Money althirs and businef , i
quietly 011Wil 'Wit/100 111;tte . fetiV,t ,
isfreely &remit, with an i..;, cre 50r....1a.: 4 :.
per cent. on undoubteil.veurpv. 'foie a
is fair for the seaso - _,, a 004:
dence pervades re . i sm t " c i r des in reL , !' l7e 4,
ful movement the Federa l
shi p ments ef:rritinue heavy,
merehsn ' . .,lse are firm at the rnvelit
Lett wi !xi less speculative evitersen!lft.:.:
the'ecntlency is still 111)W:int.
';otals the market is more quirt. nat
firm at the recent advance, x ll7°° '
dis I e cline in cotton.. The stock
and few goods are inakins• evelit" t :'
The Cinchinati 6acel r, of ;
dein aud for money on Satiudaym! , ,,,: i ''''l.:
during nnle Prai9Uk PP Of 17:
WA3 . fair. Capital cOraintlA
ides easy for good paper at SO lo
the Jendfng figure. The minis 01 :i**
market varied somewhat. it .
having inore of them than thq'!; .
ff t.
3 1 ; discount, while others. cv1ica0.7.;,,.c
for their own cheeks at par, bate
count. Some purchases were ma
count, but: the business at this tigs o :.. :
'dent to justify any change in 04 . 5 '... 4
Gold, ender the advice' from . 6 1:
was easier, on the buying side. life
r.
28 premium ; but dealers found
had to dispose of at 30!!„4.31. 1 : 11 ' 1 '7
Market Eastern hunkers do not orrJ
at prices relatively higher than e
. 1 % .,e ,,
.•
- times
as the demand that has 111'011
withutthe last few days may not
'quotations for. silver and deer:al ,
no elinn:e.
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sax) Ponta Cotipon
lav e:tin & Ait11.1.14*M...1111.
3.)CnnAolidation 13k.•
Guard• Bank.. ..... 42
Bk or N America 1p3.146
117 Penna fl
5 Beaver '31,..td0w....
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