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THi EESDAY, N 0 VE TAI3 ER 19, 1863
T We can take no notice of anonymous commu
nications. We not return rejected manuscripts.
''Voluntary correspondence solicited from all
vote of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When need, it will
be paid for.
FORNEY'S "WAR PRESS,"
For the NOelt ending SATURDAY, November 21, is just
1 8 , 4 nm, Ths following is It summary of the principal
contents:
POETRY. " Nothing a Ypar"—"TWO Scenes from
the Lire or Blonder —"The True Song."
LITER A ?X. Ablgatl—Deacon Tborne's DtaloyaltY
EDIToRIAL. —the Lake Fula Cousptracy —Rebel
Troubles in Rurops—The Cons . cription dci—The Com
ing Wintcr—Tho Fenian Brothcrbood—Price of Gue—
rtin Beecher at Home—The Labor Movement—The
Break Log of the Ice—no iteol.ion of the Sapreme
Court-Why iij Coal to Bear? The Pt bile Schools.
LITTERS OF " OCCASIONAL."
THS WAR le RWS. —Army of the Potomac—The War
in the Eouthweet — The Texae 'Expedition—Charleston:
Hopeful Progroee of the Siege, Sc.'
MISCELLANEOUS.--Meroantile Bleoficial Association
—The tutted States Sanitary Commission and the Pri
soners at Wohmond--African Civilisation Soctoty—Mr
Beecher's Farewell Breakfast -Speech at Mansluster --
A Tribute to .Mr. Chase's Fiaacc el Abtlittes—Vegeca
ble Locomotion: A Phenomenon — The Free Plantatione
-The Contrabands in Atinsirsippl—Another Russian
0 a of the Irish Collf CHAN to the Pent:le of
Ireland--Wors ins Women's Appeal in New:York, Ste.
RELIGIOUS -INTELLIGENCE.
LECIAT., INTELLIGENCE.
CITY NATTERS.
SUMMARY. OF THE WEEK'S NEWS.
VARIETIES.
WIT eND HUMOR. ko, Sze.
THE MAR/KITS.
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TELE . NEWS.
Linvo.prrnerca , is reported to he advanc.
log on Gointar — nu,......, a nd tiiiriolshisy has al
ready, taken place. The appeintnient
Foster in Ilene of General Burnable is doubted. The
most important news from East Tennessee we have
already given, and our renders‘ will probably not
have long to wait for the results of that admirable
movement by which the army of General Shermau
joined the (Meet at Chattanocma. The value of this
concentration may be speedily apparent in the ac
tion of the army, and, at the least, gives emphatic
assurance of the absolute impregnability of General
Grant's position.
Tan Army of the Potomac, it Is reported, will ad.
ranee upon the enemy, crossing the Rapidan, with
the object of forcing a general battle at the earliest
momenta The activity of our cavalry, cud the im
portant reconnoissances recently made, give color
to this rumor. It is improbable, however, that it is
bsced on more authentic information than a shrewd
observation of the' military situation can supply.
If General Meade has been positively ordered to
force r battle, the feet would =tat aly not be coin
municated to the 13 ewepaperc.
Oun special correspondence givzs the details of
the capture of the rebel supply steamer Oornubia,
off New Inlet, Tr. C., loaded with arms and ammu
nition, by the United States ve.ssels•of-war James
Adger and filphon.
Tint European news is unimportant. The princi
pal topic of discussion to England in the alleged im
morality of Lord Palmerston, the defendant in a
suit for divorce.
nn latest Mexican news is to the, effect that Ge"
nerel Comonfort will take the command-ii chief of
the Republican Army, awl expeuto to begin active
operatione againet the French in the eastern part of
Mexico.
0-1011tRAL ROSEITEATIS' report of the Georgia
campaign, it is understood, will be sool published
by the War Department. It wee written before his
removal, and will, of course, throw little light on
the eaueee of that action. , •
THE dedication of the National Oemetery at Get
tysburg today, will be attended, by thousands of
people, and many of the most distingutihed of-our
statesmen. The President, the Secretary of State,
the Governors of the States, the Foreign Ministev,
and many eminent officers of the army and navy,
Will be present, Mr. Everett's oration will be the
feature of the celebration, rdany of the disabled
soldiers of the Army of the Potomac will attend.
Tnn election in Delaware for Congressman, to fill
a vacancy caused by death, will take place to-day.
Ample preparations have been made to put down
anticipated riot,
Gettysburg.
so•
To-day the battle-field of Gettysburg will
be solemnly dedicated a national cemetery.
There the soldiers slain in the war for the
Union shall rest, and there through all the
future of our country their gl9ry shall be re
corded. - Nobler tomb could not be given
to those brave men who were killed in the
battles of the first three days of July, than the
ground they held against storms of artillery,
and the fierce, incessant charges of the foe,
the ground whereon they won a victory which
saved Pennsylvania from desolation and
shame, which broke the power of, invasion,
and strengthened the heart of the nation.
Wherever a soldier of the Union, struck by
an unseen ball, suddenly staggered, threw up
his arms'wildly in the air, and fell dead, the
ground is sacred. All the ridges of the
hills, and all the woods wherein reverbe
rated the noise of cannon, and the shouts of
the opposing armies, will henceforth wear
another glory than the light of day. The
soldier will be buried where he fought, and
to his grave the people of America may
come at once to rejoice over the victory
won, to think sadly, but not too sadly, of
the victors who have perished. The pro
found peace which will brood oven the hills
of GettysbUrg, will be an emblem of the
peace which is yet to come to America.
Alter the battle is the repose of the grave
for many heroes, but after the war the sub
lime quiet of a restored and happy Union to
the whole nation. •
But to-day will be no rest in Gettysburg.
Thousands of people will assemble in that
little town, from all loyal States ; many
whose friends are there to be interred ;
none, we believe, who do not rejoice in the
victory and mourn for the fallen. It is right
that the President of the United States, and i
the Governors of the several States,-should
take part in the ceremonies, for the battle
was not fought for Pennsylvania alone, and
the cemetery will be the property of the -
nation: The dedication will be made with
due formality, but the scene will not so
much suggest thoughts of sadness as of joy.
Yet, there are few, perhaps, who:will not
think,. while the President is cheered by
thousands of voices, and amid the bustle
and pomp of the magnificent array, how
quietly the slain soldiers are lying in the
earth, unconscious of the honors paid them,
and taking but a mute and blind part in the
solemnity.
Not only the patriotism and the dignity,'
but the genius of the Republic will do
homage to the heroes of Gettysburg. The
first orator of the country will pronounce
an eloquent tribute to their memory. Mr.
EVERETT's oration, - upon a subject .Worthy
of all his powers, will possibly be the
greatest of his life, and cannot fail to add
honor to our literature, and, in the dirge of
Mr. I o.Ncralzow, American poetry honors
American - valor. Thus the National ()erne
-tery 'at Gettysburg will he"consecrated, and
this •,daY ; Will long be remembered in sor
row and in joy. m All through the sunny
morn and afternoon thousands and thou
sun& of people, in safety and peace, will
wander over the battle-field, pausing where
the - fight was fiercest; and learning from
the lips:. of wounded soldiers the places
where Some brave regiment lost half its
men, or where some desperate charge of
the foe was "met with glorious resistance.
A soldier of the Pennsylvania 71st, who
fought gallantly at Gettysburg, has told us
that when the 2d Corps lay quietly behind
the, memorable stone fence on the left brow
of the hill, awaiting the charge which was
sure to follow the tremendous cannonade
from the concentrated artillery of LEE, the
men saw three long, dark gray lines moving
steadily up the slope. They came on auda
ciously, fearlessly, grandly—they believed
they would find the Pennsylvania militia
behind that stone fence. Bat there the
Federal line was hidden. Suddenly, as the
rebels came within half-musket range, the
order was given to our troops to rise, and
all at once, as the blue coats sprang up, a
tremor passed along the line of the enemy,
and simultaneously a low hum was heard,
as the startled Southern soldiers muttered,
half in pride and half in dread, "it is tk
Army of the Potomac !" Then came that
withering, fearful fire from our lines, which
swept the enemy back into the woods. Who
shall stand to-day by that stone wall and
not feel a strange thrill as he thinks of thig ?
Who, shall not be gloriously stirred with all
the memories of that - field ? None but the
desolate mother, who, after all the, grandeur
of the celebration is over, will linger day by
day on the:battle-field, thinking only of her
son who perished, and vainly seeking to
associate some particular spot of earth with
the courage of his fight, and the glory of his
driatla,
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Delaware.
We have but one last word for the loyal
voters of Delaware. It must be brief and
earnest.
_Once more we remind them that
upon the result of the election to-day de
pends the honor of their State. All their
efforts are needed to obtain a triumphant
majority for Mr. N. B. Smertigns, the Union
candidate for Congress; and if he is not de
cisively elected, the responsibility must he
borne by the men who, professing to be
loyal, have taken no active part in the cam
paign. The ordinary appeals to voters
will not meet the necessities of this elec
tion, for it is not an ordinary contest.
We cannot imagine how any loyal voter
can fail to be at the Polls to-day, and re
concile his failure with his conscience. We
do not wish to insult the Uniou men of
Delaware with advice ; they know their
duty, and will do it. Yet we must urge
energy--energy—energy t. It is not enough
that Mr. CHARLES BROWN, representing
the worst form of peace Democracy—the
most dangerous kind of disloyalty that dares
to show itself in the North—is to be defeat
ed ; he must be overwhelmingly defeated.
The Copperhead patty must be crushed in
Delaware. The loyalty of Delaware as a
State altogether true to the Union must be
emphatically asserted. All the moraland
material interests of .Delaware link her fliture
to the free North, and her people, are bound
to decide =as Pennsylvania and Maryland
have decided. Mr. &vixen:lms as an up
right; loyal, and able „man, is worthy to
represent his Stale in Congress, and will
legislate for her highest 'good 7 • but there are
principle's involved in the contest which sur
pass all personal interests, and'it is their
triumph that we earnestly ask our friends
to use all honest efforts to obtain.
Southern . _ Principle.
,Let the South talk until doomsdayabout
the high principle , involved in the Civil War
totiat it has involved us in, one fact suffices
to - overtur., tiatif bragging ik , icertinn-,that
is, the fact that the South has a strong anti
pathy to paying honest wages for honest
labor. The planters repudiated hired la
borers, and merely gave their bondsmen
bard work, scanty clothing, miserable huts,
and an insufficiency of coarse food. Whoa
tired of them, or when wanting money,
they sold the miserable slaves, just as we
sell cattle in the North. As to paying them
wages, out of which they could maintain
themselves, the South never did any thing
of the sort
In the eye of the Constitution, one man is
declared the equal of every other man, with
rights well defined—rights which the law
defends. But if the man's color be not of
the standard white, he had no rights in the
South. Here, a man exchanges his labor,
of hand or head, for an equivalent, the
amount of which is defined by custom, by
competition, and by the price of the ne
cessaries of life which such amounts will
purchase. There, the employer always
fixed the rates and mode of payment,
making both as easy to himself as pos
sible : in plain words, he kept his slaves
on the cheapest food, in miserable hovels,
with coarse clothing, subjecting them to
great labor, and flogging them at will, in
order to get as much work out of them
as their heavily-tasked strength, could give.
Ali this, because these poor, overtasked,
under-fed, capriciOtrgy plinishOd human
creatures had a dark, colored cuticle.
What a mercy to some folks, that the
having sandy-colored hair was not esta
blished as a special reason for making them
slaves, and perpetuating slavery among
them, while the waters run to the sea, and
the waves dash against the shore ! If a
black skin makes a man a slave, why not a
dark eye`?
If the South had originally been honest,
paying fair wages for fair work; it might
have had fewer acres under cultivation—
it might have raised less cotton, rice; or
tobacco, but it would have had a class of
prosperous laborers, whatever their color.
They went in
_not to pay wages, or any
fair equivalent. They battle now for only
one principle—to continue the system of
Work without Wages. This is the prin
ciple, for which they commenced and are
continuing this cruel war.
School Reforms.
The numbeeof letters we have received
condemning and approving our argument
that one school-session
.is better than two
shows how general is the interest felt in the
subject. It is a well-known fact that most
of the teachers in the public schools are
in favor of one session, from nine A. M.
to two P. M., n'ot because they desire less
labor, but because they have continually
before them evidence that the two-session
system possesses 'no _ advantages that
counterbalance its injurious effects. It is
said that the one session will be found
very inconvenient to families who are in the
habit of dining at one o'clock. Every phi
lanthropist will grieve over this misfortune,,
it is true, and those who are specially devo
ted to the comfort of cooks will, doubtless,
do all in their power to avert it. Yet, dis
claiming any wish to interfere with early
dinner hours or the'convenience of the kitch
en, we respectfully submit that the object
of our school system is the education of
our children It is also seriously urged
that a session in the afternoon as well as
the morning prevents the children from
playing in the street. Again we respect
fully submit that the schools are not in
tended to protect small children from injury
by carts and horses, and that fe do not pay
taxes to save parents the perfor - mance of
their natural duties. We know, though,
that, for years, the primary schools of this
city have been little mbre than nurseries, to
which . children, years too young to study,
are sent that they may give less trouble at
their.homes. To these facts we allude be
cause we wish to show thlt, while the. one
session Worm is important, there are other
reforms which should be made, perhaps,
more by ,the influence of public sentiment
than legislation.
Many a child is now sent daily to our
schools who should be studying the alphabet
at its mojher's knee. No child should be
sent from home to study before the age -of
seven or eight years, and few are fit to un
dergo the daily torture of the multiplication
which is vexation,. and the division which
driveth mad, before the age of ten. Few
persons are ignorant Of the evils of this
habit of forcing children to study when they,
are unable to learn. A case occurred in
,New York a few dayi ago, Which is in
point. A child, named LOUISA SCHNEIDER,
only four years of age, was a scholar in one
of the public schools. This is bad enough—
that a baby should be dosed with orthogra
phy, and very possibly puzzled with arith
metic—but the Worse remains to be told. It
is the custom in the New York schools, as
in our own, to detain after school. hours
those children who , have failed to recite
their lessons. This miserable little baby
was kept in to study her spelling les
ion, having forgotten probably that b-a,
ba, k-e-r, ker, spelt baker. Heinous crime I
Wicked little infant ! Was it strange
that while poring over her book she was
seized with. syncope and died.in a few
minutes ? We shall not ask if babies are
thus punished in-the Philadelphia schools,
for we_are•pot anxious to publish the answer.
Immediate : death is not often the consequence
of such barbarity, but not unfrequently it
cause; Mental and physical suffering ; and
we hase,.iio doubt that, indirectly, hundreds
of children die from the bad management
of the, imblic schools of Philadelphia.
The Union Pacific Railroad.
Cnicsoo, Nov. 18.—The first section of forty
miles of the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern divi
sion, has been graded, by Samuel Ballet & Brother,
in forty five days. Forty thousand ties have been do.
livered, and tile masonry; and bridge work is nearly
done. Four thousand tons of rails and the rolling
stock are now in the course of delivery, and it is
confidently expected that the cars will be in opera.
tion by New Year's day, 1864.
Opening of the Atlantleand Great Western
Railrofid.
Chaevamerrn, Nov. , 18:--Governor Gates, of Illi
nois Major General Rosman!, Senator "Sherman,
of Olio, with all the prominent railroad men of the
country, are here, attending the opening of the At
lantic and Great Western Railroad. General Rose
clans held a reception last evening, and was visited
by a great number of persons.
NEW PIIBLIOATIONB.--" Erinhale ; or, The Gypsy's
Vow," a novel by Cousin May Carleton, has been
reativeti from T. B. Peterson & Bros.
~~~~~ra~ ~~leT.
Special Qeopatcries to The Press.
Wasittia,roir, D. C., Nov. 18
The War with the Navajoe Indiana.
It appeals from official reports from Gen. Gamut.
ETON, commanding the Department of New alexia°,
that jha California and New Mexican volunteers
are recovering the territory, penetrating the haunts
of the Navajoe Indians, destroying the and
crops, and making captures of persons and stock.
Owing:to the scant supplies of grass and water, ope
rations are to be made in detached parties on foot,
which plan of campaign is to be continued during
the winter. The Navajoe' tribe has been more se
verely punished during the past summer than ever
before. They bave been closely hunted in almost
every direction by our troops, and of late by the
Zuni, Apriohe, end Pueblo indium. In the large
scope of country which has been traveled this au
tumn, every evidence tends to show that they have
no longer permanent abiding places, but arc fleeing
from one part to another in a continual state of fear.
Provision) for Union Prisoners ill
BALTIMORE, NOV. 18.—A Fortress Monroe letter,
of yesterday, says a lot of beef, pork, flour, and
meal and other stores for our soldiers now in the
Belle Isle and Libby prisons, arrived here this morn
ing from the Baltimore American Relief Fund, and
was immediately reshipped on board the steamer
Conver, which left for City Point lat twelve
o'clook. M.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 18.—The supplies sent to Rich
mond, to.day, by O. a Fulton, from the Baltimore
American Relief Fund, were, eight barrels of molas
ses, fourteen barrels of pour, and sundry boxee. The
xbole cost of the provisions thus far sent front the
'Fund, is $2,300.
Appointuotent.
The President has appointed Brea nn BUSTBIOD,
Erg., of New York, United States Judge for the
Northern and Southern districts of Alabama. New
Yorkers now here express great satisfaction with
this appointment as a deserved compliment to a
Democrat who, from the very commencement of our
domrstic troubles, has zealously supported the Go
vernment.
The Preddent and his Message.
It, is announced by authority that from this - date
until the meeting of Congress the President will not
be able to receive vieitoni, hia time being fully mm
pled by public. business,
Among the arrivals to-night is the Hon. SOHUY.
LEH COLFA X.
NATIONAL CEMETERY DEDICATION
AT GETTYSBUIVIL
The ( - -;:-o - verriors' Specattix.--
cursion.
Movements of Distinguistted. Men.
RABRISISInta, Nov. 18.—The special excursion
train of the Governors left here at half past one
&clod:, for Gettysburg:
Among the principal dignitaries, as passengers, are
Governors Curtin, Seymour, Pierpont, and Brough.
General Vanderpool, of New York, and Colonel An
dentin, brother of General Anderson.
The attendance at the ceremonies will no doubt
be very large. Numbers left here this morning in
wagons and ambulances. On the road all the trains
are crowded.
The trip will be, enlivened by Bergfeld'a band.
Governors Todd, Dennison, Bourman : of West
Virginia, and their respective staff's; Generals
Doubleday, Stoneman, Stahl, Ex-Governor Denni
son, Ex• Secretary Cameron, Clement C. Barclay, of
Philacelphia ; also, the following officers of the
Governor's atoll': Adjutant General Russell, Com.
misemy General Irwin, Surgeon General King,
Qua] termaster General Reynolds, Colonel J. 11.
Ralerton, Colonel Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel
Tnomas, Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Wright, Colonel
Quaz, Private Secretary George H. Tuorgan, acting
miff of transportation - and telegraphs.
The train will connect with the Presidential train
at Hanover Junction, where the President will be
leceivtd with becoming honors, and the whole party
procetd to Gettysburg.
THE PRESIDENT' AND SUITE.
The President of the - United States left Washing:
ton at noon yes`•.erday, in. a far (-Maya.
burg. accompanied by his private aecre•
tiry, Mr. NM/CLAY ; the Secretary of State, and se
veral other members of the Cabinet; the French
minister, M. MERCIER ; Admiral RENAUD, of the
French navy; the Italian minister, IL BEETINATTI ;
his secretary of Legation, lii. 0011 A the Chevalier
Isor..a, of the Italian navy ; Hr. MACDOUGALL, of
the Canadian ministry, and other distinguished gen
tlemen.
Capture of the Rebel Supply Steamer Corm
'tuba by the United states Vessels-of-
War James Adger and Niphen e
[Correspondence of The Press.]
UNITED STATES STEAMER NIPHOSZ,
OFP NEW INLET, N. C., November 8, 1803.
About two o'clock this morning the United States
steamer James Adger discovered a steamer attempt
ing to run the blockade at this place, and went in
_chase of her. Finding that she was pursued, she
changed her course, and stood to the northward.
The James Adger made signals to the other vessels
stationed here to keep a bright lookout for her.
About ten minutes after the signals were seen by
us we sighted the blockaderunner coming- up the
coast at full speed, and immediately stood for her.
beeing that there was no chance to pass by us, she
was run on shore. She proved to be the rebel
steamer Cornubia, from Bermuda, loaded with
arms, ammunition, saltpetre, lead, etc.
Officers and men were sent from both our vessels, to
make preparations for gettingher off. Having heard
'recently from refugees, that there is a company of
flying artillery and a large number of sharpshooters
stationed along the beach, to prevent vessels which
have been run on !More from being burned or gotten
off by us, the captain of the Adger deemed it-‘pru
dent for us to shell the beach while the Adger was
making preparations to get the Cornubia afloat.
We proceeded a short distance down the coast, and
commenced firing shell, grape, and canister, at such
a rapid rate that it was impossible for the rebels to
interfere with the arrangement which was being
made to get the Cornubia off: In fact, we terrified
the rebels so much that they did not wait to return
our fire, but skedaddled down the beach, leaving us
" cork of the walk." After having .thrown over
board about fifteen tons of coal from the steamer,
word was sent to the Adger about 3 o'clock, that
evezything was in readin.ess to get her off'. The
Adger laughtened the hawser, which was made fast
to the Cornubia, and she commenced to move slowly
off' the beach. After getting her entirely clear, the
officers and crew of the Adger gave three hearty
cheers, which were responded to by three and a tiger
from our vessel.
The Corniibia had a number of passengers on
board, and when the struck the beach, they took to
the small boats and madetheir eacepe. -Oapt. Breck,
of this steamer, sent one of our boats on shore to
bring the boats off, which we not only succeeded in
doing, but alto captured a mail containing diplo
matic correspondence and letters which will-- be of
the greatest importance to our Government.
The Cornubia was commanded by Gayle, for
merly a lieutenant' in our navy, and a son of ex-
Governor Gayle, of Alabama. Re was captured,
ar d will be sent North for safe keeping, until he is
exchanged.
At 5.25 A. M., while cruising to the northward,
we sighted a vessel coming down the beach, and
immediately beat to quarters. Gave chase at full
speed, and opened fire upon her with our 29-pound
permit. Both vessels were doing their- best, and
when near her we headed in shore to cut her off.
The captain of the blirckaderunner, seeing that it
was useless , to attempt to pass by us, headed his
vessel directly for us. Captain Breck, presuming
• that it was his intention to run us down, made pre
parations accordingly In a few minutes she struck
us near our bow, the two vessels forming an acute
angle. At the instant she struck we tired a broad
side into her. (four guns), consisting of grape, canis
ter, and percussion shells; at the same time boarders
were called away, and with a cheer the officers and
men jumped on board, taking possession of her. In
less time than it taken to write, we had a hawser
made fast to her, and both vessels were steam
ing towards the fleet. She proved to be the
Confederate steamer "Ella and Anna," of Cherie/-
ton; South Carolina. She was built in Wilmington,
Delaware. She is a splendid vessel, one of the finest
that have been captured. She had an assorted cargo
on board, a large lot of rifles, ammunition, am. The
captain of her said that it was his intention to run'
us down, and while at sea the day before, had caused
her aaehera tie be-taken tub....1 - , - /egtving her witli
clear bow. He also had half a ton -of shavings -sue
ward, and half a ton aft, intending to set fire to her
in case she was run on shore. Under the shavings
aft there was concealed some twelve or fifteen
pounds of powder with a slow match for blowing
her up. -
The effect of our broadside'was visible all over
her. Some five or six men were terribly gut and
lacerated. On our side the casualties were few.
William B. Ingraham, paymaster's clerk, was shot
through the leg, and two men' were slightly injured
in the hurry to board her. She had a very large
crew and two passengers (one of them a lady), all of
whom were taken prisoners, and all (except the
lady) sent to Foitress Monroe, per U. S. supply
steamer Newbern;the lady remaining on board the
Ella and Anna until she arrived at Beaufort, N. C.,
where she was landed.
9th November,ls63.-The Niphon gives chase to
Confederate steamers A. D. Vance and R. E. Lee.
At 12.26 A. M., being about ten miles N. N. E.
from Fort Fisher, sighted a vessel standing to the
southward which proved to be a blooksde-runner,
and - since ascertained to have been the A. D. Vance,
one of the fastest vessels in the rebel service. We
immediately beat to quarters, opened lire upon- her,
went in chase, and continued firing until we lost
sight of her, She being superior in speed, she fast
left us aetern. While in chase, and close under
what is called the Half.moon Battery, situate about
midway between Masonboro and New Inlet, the
rebels opened tire upon us, the shot and shell pass
ing over eur desire.. About three A. M. another
vessel was reported coming down the coast. Again
beat to quarters, and gave chase. Finding that she
was pursued, she put to sea and was lost sight of..
We have since anertained that she was the R. E.
Lee, and was captured off Beaufort, North Carolina,
by the James Adger.
UNITED STATRS SMILER NIPHON,
OFF BEAUFORT, N. C., Nov. 13, 1863,
Since our arrival here, the rebel steamer Ella
has been captured by the `United States steamer
Howquah, off New Inlet, N. C. VERITAS.
Arrival of Prize Steamers.
BOSTON, Nov. 18.—The blockade•runner. Cor.
nubia, before reported captured off Wilmington,
arrived here tonight.
Another blockade.runner, supposed to be the
steamer R. E. Lee, from the same place, is reported
below.
Mew Musio.—From Win. A. Pond & Co.. music
publishers, New York, we have received Lookhart'a
beautiful serenade " While - My Lady Sleepeth,"
translated from. the Spanish, with music by Mr.
George Bowergem. •The composer has - charming
And ortsinig ttilotoirkioli fhiil lon finely wrens
•
THE PRESS.-PHILI-VDELPiIiA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1863.
The Army 'of the Potomac to Cross the
A BATTLE EXPEC TED WITHIN A
Wass trioxorr, Nov. 17.--(Speelal to the World I
The Republican of this evening declares that it is ex
pected that Generals Meade and Lee will have a bat'
tie ere the end of the present week, and the impres
sion is confirmed somewhat, as we learn directly
from the front to-day.
It is understood that General Meade not only ad•
vancee .to the Rapidan, but that he is to cross it,
before the (don of the week, and obtain battle if
pon,aible,
The army la in excellent condition, I hear, mo
dally the cavalry, and it is claimed that it outnum.
berg that under Lee.
CCorfe6ponth.nee of the New York Tribune.)
iliteDQUAWricne Amur 01 9 POTONAO, MOD,
day, Nov. 16, 1863.—The cannonading yesterday
rooming, to which reference Was made in yeeterday'a
despatch, Occurred on the 'Rapidan at norton's,
Raccoon, and Summerville Fords, and was occa
sioned by a liqht reconnoissance to the river by a
detachment of Kttpatrick's cavalry: On Saturday
our cavalry vedettes occupied positions parallel With
and about a mile from the Rapidan, but within viow
of the rebel eaithwOrks on the other side.
. . _
Yesterday morning, at 93 o'clock, the ist Ver
mont and 6th Michigan Chivalry were ordered to
advance to the river aud to develop more fully, if
possible, the position and strength of the enemy.
Dismounting, they pushed' forward as skirmishers,
and on being discovered were opened upon by the
enemy's artillery, stationed on the heights across
the river. Battery M, 2d United States Artillery,
immediately responded, almost every shot Doing
eltekdive, bursting among the rebel gunners, tearing
awn's , their works, and obliging the garrison to seek
safety In their shelter.
The firing of the enemy, on the other hand, was
unusually wild, and save slightly wounding several,
did no damage. As soon as our line Caine within
lung rifle range it opened upon the rebel riflemen,
who replied briskly from their coverts on the hill
and along the river banks. As soon am our line of
ehirmithers began retiring the rebels emerged from
their works and advanced toward the river, a con
siderable body crossing over to the north side. They
were moon driven bask, however, and at 10 o'clock
hostilities on both sides ceased.
Our loss in wounded was very slight, none being
killed. Private William Toydton, Oompany E, Gth
Michigan, was severely wounded .in 'the arm by a
nee ball, and will probably be obliged, to suffer am
putation. Private Amos Beach of Company K, of
the sante regiment, to missing, and was doubtless'
captured by the enemy in their dash across the river.
Another, a private in the lit Vermont, whose name
I was unable to learn, was elightly wounded by the
fragmentrof a shell.
Your correspondent, who, visited our cavalry ve
dettes along the river yesterday, could see Oddly
the rebel defences, and believes them to be ore very
formidable character. Situated on eminences from
thirty to a hundred and fifty feet above the river
level, and elevated in most instances considerably
above the northern bank, the rebel position ought
• to be tenable against the assaults of treble the koree
manning them.
CCorret.pondehee of the New York Herald.] •
WASHINGTON, NOV. 18.—The Star of this evening
says that the latest information from East Terinee
iee is to the effect that Longatreet is moving. in
that' direction, and that come skirmishing has al
ready occurred between General Burnaide , s out.
posts and the outpoeta of Longstreet , s advance.
The exact position of General Burnaide's outposts
—is not known. •'
TUE WAR IN VIROINIA,
Eaplthin.
FEW DAYS
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO, Nov.-
le.—Today the fleet locomotive passed over the
bridge and road to Culpeper since the rebel tearup.
The machine used for the trip was the W. W.
Wright, handled by Engineer Sohn Thompson, and
directed by Conductor Oliver Perine. The road is
now fairly open to the Rapidan. To much praise
cannot be awarded to General McCallum and (3010-
DE/ Devereaux, and their able constructing corps.
They have prepared the lies and laid the main track
and switches for thirty miles of road, built over six
hundred feet of bridging, a part of it from fifty to
sixty feet in height, laid over twenty culverts,
erected ten water tacks, and all within the space of
three weeks.
WasrumProx, Nov. 18.—Therehavereoently been
no public developments relative to Lee's rebel array
excepting tbat the main body of it lies between the
Rapidan and Orange Court Rouse. The Rapidan
hoot is strongly guarded. The storm on Saturday
and Sunday considerably impeded transportation on
the'dirt roads, but supplies are now sent to the front
by railroad.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
WASIIINGToN, NOV. 15.—The following has been
received here from the Army of the Potomac :
It is reported that six men, in rebel uniform, paid
a visit to Catlett's Station on Sunday, and inspected
the interior of the cars there. There was no force
at hand to pursue them. They made no attempt to
plunder, destroy, or capture, and this gives the tci.
pression that they were searching for some one who
w as`expeeted:
Two deserters from the 6th Corps were publicly
hrs'-rfh'd in the presence of the 2d Division ye&
ter day.
On Sunday, after the reconnbiSsance of General
Kilpatrick's cavalry bad retired from the Rapidan,
the enemy threw over two or three regiments to
this side of the river, but not beyond the cover of
their guns on the heights M Raccoon Ford.
A brigade of the 3d Corps this week turned out
and reconstructed the fencing on the farm of Sohn
Winer Botts, which bad been destroyed tose the
troops encamped in that vicinity. Mr. Botts is
now at home and in good health and spirits.
THE WAR IN ARKANSAS.
The Telegraph Extended to Fort Srntth—
Rebels Caiduzed.
ST. LOMB, Nov. 18.—The telegraph line has, been
extended to Fort Smith. General McNeil hal
leaned orders that all molestations of the telegraph
'hall be regarded as the work of bushwhackers, and
for every cutting of the wires a guerilla prisoner
shall be banged.
Our forces occupy Waldron, _about thirty Miles
south of Fort Smith.
Our Scenting parties have captured a rebel major,
two captains, quite a - number of prisoners, and ,a
portion of Cooper's train, laden with commissary
stores and ammunition. ' '
At the last accounts Cooper WU fleeing rapidly
towards the Red river:
CHARLESTON.
The Bombardment of Snmpter-The Firing
from the Rebel Batteries-The - liCirect of
.our Firing upon Sumpter-The Navy
Nearly Ready to Commence Operations.
[Correspondence Tribune.]
FOLLY ISLAND, Nov. 14, 1863.
Matters remain pretty much in the , same stage as
they were at last advises. The bombardmentof Fort
sumpter is still continued at longinterval ,s our bat
tr ries being occupied principally in returning the fire
of Moultrie and the works on Sullivan's Island, which
have been more than usually active with mortars;
Fort Johnson, Battery Simkins, and the other rebel
fortifications on James Island threw occasional —
F hots at Wagner. Sharpshooters have increased in
number at Sumpter, and A chew= de friee has been.
erected by, the garrison in the breach made lathe sea-
wall by our guns.- The sea wall is at least one
fourth lower than it was originally ; the_parapet of
the north face can be seen above it, considerably
disfigured by, our fire ; the south front is one cots\
fused mass of debris. Although the rebel sharp
shooters have been particularly zealous in their at
tentions to our artillerists at Gregg, they have
seeded only in, wasting a great deal of lead, not one
DI our gunners having been injured by them.
Yesterday I visited the front and found things
there as I have stated. Working parties are still
busy in Wegner, strengthening and perfecting the
work, which is a model of engineering skill. Of the
armament of any of our posts it would be improper
to speak at this time. The public must be content
to, know that they are as powerful as need be, and
of the most effective guns,
The navy has been entirely quiet for a week back.;
and it is altogether uncertain when Admiral Dahl
glen will he ready to assume the offensive. The
public abould perfectly understand the difficulties to
be encountered in an attack on this place; no harboi
on our Whole coast is so calculated both by nature
ar d art for resistance. Knowing this, the Admiral
is desirous.that hie fleet should be in the beat fight
,
ing order, and will not attempt the attack until they
are. In the meantime the people must wait, and
be patient.
Captain Daniel Ammon, chief ordnance officer;
has returned nom the North. Die absence is con
sidered to have been oae of the causes of Admiral
Dahigienfs delay.
The Navy Department is in receipt of voluminous
despatches from Admiral Dahlgren, moat of which
relate. however, to routine business. The Admiral
has altogether recovered his health, and will not
need to avail himself of the leave of absence granted
l fro some weeks ago. He has been suffering from
a nervous disease in his jaw, which confined him
below deck for fifteen days. This the Department
learned officially for the first time to day. The bom
bardment of Sumpter is progressing favorablzond
there are good grounds for _the belief that it will
soon be rendered uninhabitable by man, beast, or
rebel. After every living being cowering behind its
fragments of wall shall have been driven out others
steps no lees important toward the reduction oft
Charleston will be taken.
FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. 18.--J. J. Woodbridge - ,
a merchant of Norfolk, was on trial yesterday, before
Major Bell (Judge Advocate) for smuggling liquors
into this department, and was sentenced to -sii;
months' herd labor in Fort Norfolk. ,
Invigum-or - THEIIISSISSIPPL
Longstreet Advancing on Burnside
Some doubts are expressed as to the appointment
of General Foster in place of General Burnside,
expectedly as no order to that effect appears in to
day's official army gazette.
Arrival of Paroled Prisoners at Annapolis.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 19.—The hundred and fifty of
our paroled men have just arrived at Annapolis
from Richmond. They are in a wretched condition.
Six died on their way up. The Christian Commis
sion is administering to the relief of their Intend,
Ma. They are sadly in want of underclothing and
etores.
Massachusetts Legislature.
BOSTON - , Nov. 18 —The Legislature was pro
mem d today, having passed the enlistment bounty
bill, to aid the raising of volunteers under the last
call of the President.
Arrival of the Prize Steamer Ella.
BOSTON, Nov. 18.—The prize steamer Mali be.
low.
Marine Disasters.
BEAUFORT, N. C., Nov. 13.—A schooner loaded
with merchandise, probably the Alice L. Webb, of
and from- New York, was wreoked near Bogue In.
let on or about the 30th ultimo. It is reported
that a portion of her goods were saved by the rebels.
Iler captain and crew are said to have been 'era to
Richmond, •
°ammo, Nov. 18.—The Canadian steamer, Frank
Stewart, with lumber, bound from Hamilton to
Oswego, was driven , on the East pier today, in a
gale, and went !ashore. She broke in two amid
slips, and iB a total wreck. Her crew was saved.
ItEXTENSIVE PRRBDIPTORY SALE op DRY GoOD.,
Funs, iko.—The early particular attention of dealers
is requested to the large and valuable general assort•
went of British, French, German, and American
dry goods, umbrellas, furs, U., embracing about 826
leakages and lots of staple and fancy articles, in cot.
tons, woollens, worsted., linens, and silks, to be per:
Moptorilz sold, by catalogue, on four months' credit,
and part for cash, commencing• this Morning, at tea
o'clock, to be iontinued', without intermission, all
day and part Of the evening, by . John B, Myers Br,
1010, guotiONeph 2 3 21 f 4 2 34 D 491 Meet
The illetawaro Eiettion.
Wix.erradirorr, Nov. 18.—But little reliance is
placed in the report that the Democrats have with
drawn the name of Charles Brown, as their candi
date for Congreea. It it is thought to be a trick of
the party to relax the zeal of , the Uniorivoters.
Special Despatch to The Dress.)
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov, 18
The great Union meetings in Wilmington and the
village of Brandywine were large and enthusiastic.
The meeting in Brandywine was addressed by Bev.
Mr. If unniout, of Fredericksburg, Ye., Chas. W.
Jay, of New Jersey, and Levi C. Bird, Eaq., of this
place. The meeting at the hall in Wilmington was
as large as that recently addressed by the Hon. D.
S. Dickinson, The speakers were Ex-Governor
Bebb, of Ohio, and Lieut. Lemuel 0. Reeves, of
Philadelphia. To-night there is a large torch-light
procession, and two meetinge are held, one at the
hall and one on the banks of the Brandywine,
Smithere certain of a large majority in the State,
BR li.NDY WINE.
The '•hooting Affair in Illinois.
WABABII COUNTY, (111inois,) Nov. 5, 1863.
[CorreSpOudence Of The Press.]
A bloody tragedy happened at Mount Carmel on
election day. Newkirk and - Lawyer Begone
were mortally wounded, and Stanton severely ; Bu
sone died yesterday lii 10 o'clock ; Zack Newkirk
was still alive, but the doctors thought he could not
live through the night. The affray originated to a
quarrel between Z,.ok N. and a young , man by the
name of Jones. Zack assaulted him or voting the
Union ticket; Jones went down town, and Law.
yer Biome, a Copperhead, told Zack to follow, he
would see him out; they overtook Jones near
Copp's grocery. Zack atm& Jones, and knocked
him down ; Deputy Provost Marshal parted them,
and told Zeck if he did not behave himself he
would arrest him. They theu started up the street ;
they all got near the court house, and Stanton told
Zack again to behave blench, and as ho then said
he it oulo arrest Zack. Buono tole him to Show
his authority, and he then told Itusone he would
also arrest him if he did not mind, when Busoue
told him to ehord him down. At that moment Zack
drew his revolver, and put it against Stautou's
breast, and it snapped, when Stanton shot 13usoue,
who tell immediately, and was shot several times.
There, were some eight shots passed between the
three. Buzone was.shot through the bowels, - Z sok
in the liver and lungs, Stanton just above his
wiist, between the two bones of his arm but did not
break the. bones, and through the thigh, a severe
flesh wound, and a severe hit on the head which
Zaek gave him with his - revolver, as it is thosight.
Zack had enough_ revolvers with him on Tuesday,
When he was shot, to shoot thirty times, Must of
the fullcs say Boson° will be no loss to the commu
nity. Heurged Zack on, and is a mean Copperhead
lawyer.
The Report of ttic Secretary of the
Treasury.
[Correspondence or the Evening - Post.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 1863.—Mr. 'Chase's report,
Which is nearly finished, will give, it is said, a very
encouraging exhibit of the condition of the national
finances. No financier will pretend that it is pos ,
bible to carry on the war for several years longer
without entailing upon the country an enormous
debt and great financial difficulties. It is out of the
power of Mr. Chase, of any other man, to furnish
money for leers to come without trouhle, but the
condition of the finances at the present time is such
as to give encouragement to all loyal hearts. 't'here
is not the slightest difficulty (apparently) fit obtain
ing all the money - needed to carry on the war for
another year, and, according tnnome of our highest
military authorities, the war will end with 1864.
==!
lVfr. Chase will not issue any more legal•tender
notes except of the kind bearing interest. He has
authority to issue four hundred millions of this de.
scription of legal tenders, bearing five per cent. in•
tenet. This will satisfy all his wants during the
next year. The Secretary has no power to issue
notes except for the national banks, and enough
legal tenders, without interest, to replace the notes
which have been destroyed, and it is asserted by his
friends here that be will not ask Congress to give
him further authority to issue notes without in•
terest unlers it may be to a small amount, in times
of dangerous stringency in the money market. The
notes beating five per cent. interest, and made legal
tender, will undoubtedly be issued in sufficient quan•
titles to pay the debts of the Government after the
resources from the duties, internal taxation, and
sale of five twenty bonds are exhausted.
JETTRLOPIE.
The T.utonta off" Cape - Race
Sm. Jorins, Nov. M.—The steamship Teutonia
palmed Cape Race at'half-past five o'clock, last eve
ning. She brings dates from Southampton to Friday,
November 6th. There to no regular Liverpool de
spatch, and the following abstract of news is made
up from the Liverpool papers.
The - Oopfedetate cotton loan is selling at 64@66.
The directors of the Sal* of England have ad
vanced the rate nf discount,
ließrhage to leave Cork harbor within twenty.four
-- 12141.51 3. "" haa the U. S. steamer
hours. The commander had rekosed, and he was
coaling all Tuesday night. She is said to be with:il
lus. bloskede runners at Cork, • •
Bostiiiir, Oct. 14.—The pirate Alabamaoruisin
in the Bay of Bengal.
Livanrooc, Nov. s.—The Cottony market op. na
quiet, and the depression still continues. The sales.
today_ are probably 5,000 bales.
Lorroolg, Nov.. s.—Consols Steady at 92%@52X
for account.
- THE 'POLISH INSURRECTION.
LIIMBERG, Nov. 14,—An insment eorps,*number
ing, it Said; 69Q Mfantry and 230 caVailYi
advanced on - Sunday into.ITIAIZ - nia, having been
incased by the Rusaians, laid down their arma yes.
tellies' in the district of Salpiee.
Gallecia and 400 men, with arms,' munitions,
and over 100 horses, have surrendered to the
Austrians.
It is stated on reliable authority that the Grand
Duke Constantine will be relieved from his func
tions as Governor of Poland,. and - will travel abroad.
General Beig will be appiinted as his successor.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. s.—The official Gazette, in a
leading article on the Dane-German conflict, says it
ts now by no means the, fault of Denmark if peace
should be disturbed.
SPAIN
MADRID, Nov. 4.—The Cortes opened today.
The Queen's speech says that friendly relations con.
tinue with foreign nations ; that a project of consti
tutional reform has been definitely resolved on, and
that the position of Senator will in future be heredi.
tary. The speech announces that no diminution
will be made inthe budget. Her Majesty 'deplores
the insurrection in St. Domingo, and hopes for the
assistave of the nation in its - repression.
The ateatner North American left 41verpool ter
Portland on the sth instant.
The steamer Teutonia experienced heavyweaterly
gales, All well on board.
CANADA.
The Kidnapping Case in Montreal.
[From the Mentreal ftazette, Nov. 13 ]
. . .
Our readers must have perused with some aston
ishment the account of the kidnapping of a person
named Redpatb, in one of the principal streets of
this city, and his subsequent deportation to New
Yolk, and imprisonment there, until he would - sign
a paper declaring he had accompanied his kidnsp
pers to New York of his own free will. * * *
But what is chiefly important is, that we find a fel
low here_ on_the lookout for-men who had been
'guilty of offences against the laws of the United
States. * * * Mr. Giddings has sent a letter
to a contemporary, which we republish. In it he ex
plains his connection with the case. * # In
Iledpath's account of the transaction, he declares he
was shown an order of Mr. Giddings' for the arrest
and delivery at New York of two deserters. Was
this a forgery? Mr. Giddings does not tell us ex
plicitly whether his note recognized the parties to be
conveyed to New York as guilty of any or what
crime.
CiONSITL GENERAL GIDDINGS' LETTER.
CTo the Editor of the Montreal Gerald.]
UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL,
MONTREAL, Nov. 11, 1863.
SIR I have read your article entitled " Kidnap
ping,” in this morning's paper, and, although pro
hibited by our regulations from appearing in the
.public press, I feel it due to myself as well as the
community, to state what I know of that transac
tion. One day last week a than called at my office,
announcing himself as "one of the detective police"
in the employ of the Grand Trunk; said he wished
to start with a prisoner by the care of that afternoon
for New York, and as he was a dangerous man,
thought it proper to employ an assistant, but wax
-apprehensive that they would not pay the assistant
at New York I answered that when he would de
liver him to the United States marshal, that officer
:would see Mai conveyed. He replied that it was
arranged that he should go through, and wanted a
.note from me advising the payment of the assistant.
I replied there would be no doubt of such payment,
and without detaining him, addressed `a note to
Mr. Kennedy, recommending the payment. I can
not repeat the words, as I kept no copy; but I think
I stated that, in my opinion, an assistant in
such oases was proper. This was in mid day. The
man appeared gentlemanly, was a Canadian officer,
as I supposed, with whose duties I possesed no right
or disposition to interfere. On the contrary. I felt
that delicacy forbade either inquiry or counsel to
any officer of the Caeadian Government. Had he
r. quested secrecy or reserve I should have suspected.
him, and would /lave hesitated. But asking no
.word or hint from me to any one save the Chief of
Police in New York, I had no delicacy nor hesita
tion in saying to that officer what I-wrote. I had
not the most distant idea ot writing or saying any
thing that couldin any way atria the rights or liber
ties of any person further than related to the pay
ment, nor could my note or my words have furnished
any pretence for, such a charge. What „Tones or
Others may have said in regard to my note I eaanOt
tell ; nor am I responsible. How he should have
imposed on Redpath or the people at the wharf, on
board the boat, or on the cars, la mysterious ; but I
presume they were deceived, as I was, by the - cool,
frank, and apparently honest beanincr.. 44l .. - inall•
TOHLIATA. E. GIDDINGS.
P. S.-1 - ,sh.uni - neVe said that I had never heard
:of the prisoner, nor that any person in Montreal was
3usin vied or charged with the crime, nor of the man
,called Jones, until be presented himself in my office.
Nor was it possible for me to entertain any feeling
'of unkindness towards any person of -Whom I had
neither heard,nor read. J. R. G.
Mom the Montreal 'Witness. ]
TRY. MONTBRAL ItIpNAPPING CASE.
Matthew Hawkins, tavern-keeper, Wellington
street, lately a member of the Government police, is
eharged with being one of the men who some days
ago illegally arrested in Montreal and took to New
oik, a peison tarried Fillies, Redpath. Mr. Haw
kins asserts strongly that. Redpath left here of his
own free will, but if the latter had sitteliaOted to
escape, he, Hawkins, would have considered it his
duty to binder it, on the belief that the prisoner
stood charged with murder. It will be remembered
that, on arriving at New York:, Redpath was disco
vered to be the wrong man.
[nom the Montreal Herald, Nov, 14
It is said that an action for damages has been in.
minuted, on behalf of Wm. L. Redpath, against the
lion. Dlr. Giddings, in eonsequeuee of the part he
took in the kidnapping case.
THE AMERICAN . AIITHOMTIES JEBTIVIED.
It is reported frorn Buffalo that Mr. Joshua R.
Giddings, American Consul General in Canada, had
been arrested and held to bail in the amount of thin•
ty thousand dollars, charged with complicity in an
act of kidnapping.
The Montreal FFilness asserts that on the alst of
October, two men, Jones, a Canadian officer, and
Hawkins, a discharged soldier, meta person named
Redpath in one of the principal streets of Montreal.
Jones told Redpath that he was,a prisoner; that
Jones and Hawkins meant to take him to the Unt•
ted States to answer to a charge of murder and w
ren; and when he asked their authority showed him
what purported to be a paper - signed by Mr. Gid.
eines, the United States Consul General.
Redpath went with them, first to a cab, then
aboard a ferry boat, and finally out, of the limits of
Canada. He was brought, it is raid, to this city,
was here under arrest for some days, and was linallyi
set adrift, there being no charges against him, and
returned home. He intends, it is raid, to bring cult
for false imprisonment.
Meantime what had Mr. Giddings to do with this
affair, which certainly appears to be a great out
rage? Jones showed Redpath a paper which he
asserted to be a warrant signed by Mr. Giddings.
But was it that? There is no proof that it was. Mr.
Giddings, when the learned of the charge, promptly
Made public a sworn statement of his share in the
transaction.
Markets by Telegraph.
Haaniona, Nov. 18.—Flour steady, at $6 76 for
superfine Howard street. Wheat is active, and
closed genera ly with an advancing tendency ; sales
of 6,000 bushels Kentucky white at $2 37; 5,000 do
of Southern red at $1 68@1.68, Corn quiet. Whisky
closed firm at 68@68,ti0 for Ohio.
OAR Nellie.
Nuw Youtz, Nov. 18. —Arrived bark Gustave,
from Martinique; brig George Ludlow, from Ha•
vana ; steamer Eagle, from Havana.
iNEW 'lronic, Nov., 18.—Arrived, brig Maria, from
Utiviarrixeo, L. , 1., Nov. , lB:=The limp Mesopoia;
mix is ashore at Sldneyeoek. There ix no chance at
sOtiagiin oft:, ,
,
,
The Coat Question.
To the Editor of The Press
Sin : As a defender of the rights and interests of
the people, I appeal to you to call the attention of
our Venue!le to the fact that• the present great ar
tery for distributing coal is almost wholly useless.
Through their negligence in not having i but one
track on Broad street, between Vine and Race, in
stead of two, as usual, which even with two at this
season of the year are entirely inadequate to the in
creased business that is done on Broad street, a coal
famine is staling us in the face, and yet the track is
unattended to by Councils. They might as well say
to the people coal is high, very high ; in fast, so high
that we have destroyed for the present one track on
Broad streetoliereby cutting off' the supply to the
city ' ,fully ono halt by way of the North Pennsyl•
vania and Reading Railroads. At this season of the
year there is not usually More than coal enough iu
the city to last longer than from one week to ten
days ; so you may see the consequences that would
ensue here in
ease of a general riot in the coal re
gion, or any other cause that would prevent, a sup
ply from coming to the city. Would it not IDO better
present to let the citizens have a full supply of
coal, and not stop off' the supply until the Harpers'
heat generating, calorie-producing, cast-iron pipe
contracting, fat-salaries wishing, hot-air meter•ma,
king, and numerous other fat jobs, heating and gas
blowing companies are in full operation 7 The fact
is simply thin:. By their neglect the North Pennsyl
vania and Reading Railroad Companies are not able
to deliver the amount of coal to the yards in six
days that they should deliver in two. The ope
rators are prevented from shipping coal to the city
only on certain days in consequence, of this fast, the
dealers' stooks are being reduced, and they, in many
instances, unable to fill their contracta, and a cem
plaint is made by the public about the present high
prices. If Councils would immediately attend to
their duty and remove the blockade on Broad Street,
so that a free flow of coal as usual could Come to the
city, the competition amongst the different ope
rators for the winter trade of the city would soon
lessen prices. ' Very respectfully yours;
Public E:nte,rtaliinieuts.
Gurtmarg; OYERA.—" Faust " was attended last
night with the largest and most fashionable audience
of the season, and was sung with decided success.
The principal performers were twice called before
the curtain, Mile Fredetici and Herr Himmer sing
ing and acting with ability. The line choruses, the
music of which is probably the beat in the opera,
were rendered with much spirit, and the chorus of
students and citizens beginning the firat act kas en
thusiastically ensgred On Friday night tha "Bar
ber of Seville" el be given, and we are especially
glad that Mr. Auschutz announces that the Fifth of
Beethoven's symilhontes—perhaps the greatest he
composed—will be performed on Saturday night.
Mn. anau's concert on Friday night, at the Ma
gical Fund Ball, will introduce the leading artists of
his troupe, and will be the beat concert we have yet
had this season.
W ALNUT•EITREET THEATIVR.--.The Arabs repeat
to-night their reniaikable performances, which cer
tainly are unexcelled in skill and beauty. This
week will end their engagement, as well as that of
Miss Mary Provost.
A. number of our citizens have tendered hlias Pro
vost a complimentsyy benefit on Friday evenk, , 2-,,
the correspondence regarding which is , elsewhere
published. We hope the lady will have an excel
lent hOuse.
MAC CLRCUS.—A. brilliant and fashionable -au
dience graced National Hall last evening. The
varied amusements there are novel, funny, at
tractive, and, altogether, well calculated to please a
correct popular taste.
BLITZ, the household favorite, continues to please
both old and young, grave and gay, with his inimi
table performances at his Temple of Wonders, As
sembly Buildings. His matindes, on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons, are always thronged with
the smiling faces of the young folks, and the eve
ning performances, which invariably conclude 'm
ime ten o'clock, are deservedly patronized by Ore
people, Who never leave the Magic Temple without
being satisfied.
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ARRIVAL OF VETERANS FROM KEY WEST
axn TORTUGAN.—The ship Tamerlane arrived at
this port on Monday, bringing detachments from
the.several companies of the gallant 47th Regiment,
Pa. Vols. (numbering one hundred and sixty-two
inen), under the command of Captain H S. Hart.
This regiment has !men much service, having been
in the Army of the Potomac, and selected by Gen,
Braneen for his expedition to Key West, Florida,
• 4 - , the expedition
and then to the Department of the South, where
•erVed under the heroid
iney . tchell and Hunter.
They participateu
where in a desperate battle they 101 l NC Mina,-
and twenty-five men out of five hundred engaged,
and were especially complimented by the general
commanding, for their heroic bravery in driving
back the chivalry of South Carolina. They were
subsequently sent, HIM companies to Key West, and
five to Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, where they did gar
rison duty.
The men who arrived on Monday are the second
detachment from the regiment, all of whom have
ie.enlisted for three years in the veteran corps.
They have a leave of hbatenoe for thirty days, and
are en route for their homes at Allentown, Easton,
Catasauqua, Zr.e. We trust they will be welcomed
at their homes with due honors becoming the batt4e-.
scarred heroes of our country.
, The following officers are irreommand of the seve
ral companies of the detachment: Captain 0.-H.
Yard, Company E : Lieutenant G. W. Fuller, Com
pany F ; Captain J. F. Goebel, Company G; Lieu
tenant O. K. Brenneman, Company H; Captain C.
IL Abbott, Company K.
Chaplain W. L. C. liothrock accompanies the
party on a short visit to his home.
ANNUAL limponT OF THE PHILADEL
PHIA, GERMANTOWN ' AND NORRISTOWN RAIL.
ROAD.—The annual report of the Board of Directors
of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norrititown
Railroad, for the fiscal year ending September 30th,
1863, liss just been issued, of which the following is
an Write:
The total amount of ordinary receipts for the year
just closed is three hundred and thirty thousand
elgbt bowl; ed and ninety.six dollars and fifty cents
(030,696 60).
A comparison with last annual report shows an
Increase on passea ' er receipts on the
Nri ristown branch. of $20,101 37
Gkmantown branch, of 14..390 12
Chestnut Hill branch, of 15,450 72
Total increase passenger receipts $50,242 21
Increased amount of freight on
the Norristown and German
town branch $20,137 39
Increase on Chestnut Hill bra'h 5,616 9S 25.754 37
Total amount of increase in pas
sengecand freight receipts.... .$75,996 58
The rapid immovement of Germantown, Chestnut
RiII, Manayunk, Roxborough, Norristown, and the
increasing popularity of those places for residences
is referred to, and from this fact, it is expected, the
receipts 'next year will en hibit a still larger increase.
The Norristown branch has been ballasted with
slag, and it is the design to ballast the Germantown
branch with the same material, during this winter
or next spring. •
The change of coal for wood in the engines made
four years ago has proved most satisfactory and eco-
nomical, and during that time but two fire boxes
have given out.
A new coal burning engine was purchased in June
last. To accommodate the increased business of the
company, two new engines have been ordered, and
will be finished in February neat.
The Wissahickon bridge, which was destroyed by
fire August 12, 1862, has been replaced by a new and
superior wooden structure, much more substantial
than the original bridge. A atone bridge (two arches)
over the eastern span is now being constructed, by
permission of the bast Legislature. The same act
also allows the remaining two spans to be built
similarly of stone at any time hereafter. The bridge
will be finished about the first of the ensuing year,
when a double track will be laid over it. The 'ldea
at "Ninth and Green streets is being greatly altered
in view of tbe increasing business of the company.
Eleven new freight- cars and ten new gravel cars
were built during the year, at a cost of about thirty
five hundred dollars, and yet, owing to the increase
of business, the company could still use an additional
number of burden cars.
From the ordinary income of the past year—after
deducting all necessary and incidental expenses, and
making the usual appropriations to sinking fund,
interest on loans, taxes, &c.—two dividends were de
clared—one of three and one-half per cent. in April,
and the other of four per cent. in October, leaving a
handsome surplus.
THE HOMICIDE AT CAMP •WILLIAM
PENN.—VERDICT OV VOLUNTARY lilawsr,am4R
TEM—The case of Charles Ridley, charged with the
murder' of Williata_roxrcame up before the Court
ef Oyse A-ad — Terminer, at Norristown, and•lasted
— three days. The defendant, a colored boy who be
longs to the 6th Regimt United States colored
troop; was indicted for the murder of. William Fox.
at Camp. William Penn, on the night of the 7th of
August. Ridley was standing guard at the time of
the occurrence, Dr. J. B. Dunlap was examined,
and ttatified that he held a post-mortem examina
tion of the body of William Fox, and Coroner
.Tacobus testified that he held an inqueit upon
the body. Willie Godboro, a nephew of Wil
liam Fox, was the first witness for the prosecution.
He was on a visit at his uncle's at the time of the
occurrence. Be is about thirteen. years old, and
when he took the stand he burst into tears, which
moved the , feelings of the spectators, at least.
The next witnesses were-Otto Albright, Willie
Fox, and John Evil', or Everett, for the prosecu
tion.
. -
George N. Corson, Esq . , opened for defence, and
produced the evidence of- Willis Wilson, James
Smith, Col. Louis Wagner, - and Rev.-W. S.
Alter speeches from counsel the jury retired, and
returned in-a few hours with a verdict of "guilty of
voluntary manslaughter." Sentence was deferred,
THE THIRD MEETING OF THE LADIES'
UNION ASSOCIATION, for the amelioration of the
condition of discharged and disabled soldiers
and their impoverished families, was held at the
residence of Mrs. Benson, No. 504 Marshall street,
for anal organization, yesterday afternoon, when
the following ladies were duly elected officers and
manageta : Mrs. Richard H. Henson. President;
Mrs. John B. Lane, Secretary ; Mrs. Dr. Alex. C.
Hart, Treasurer. Managers—Mrs. Helen °oxide,
Mrs. Henry Volkmar, Mrs. Munroe Pattee, Mrs.
Henry Reed, Mrs. J. Robert Hunter, Mrs Dr. Wm.
Gardner, Mrs. Frank Lawrence, Mrs. McMullen,
Mies Elsegood, Miss Johnston. Contributlons.and
donations of every kind are respectfully solicited,
and will be most thankfully received, on and after
Monday, 23d inst., at the rooms of the Association,
No. 641 North Eighth street, -Handel and Haydn
SALE OF TILE MATERIALS OF A NEWS
reran. OFFICE.—A public-sale of the goods and
chattels belonging to the establishment of the de
tuna afternoon newspaper, the Evening Journal,
took place, yesterday morning, on the premises.
The weather being rather unpropitious, but few
persons were in attendance. However, the scene
was enlivened by a number of the newsboys, who
desired to invest a few of their hard-earned pennies
in the broken and dilapidated furniture of the office,
which _was sold at very low prices. The press was
knocked down at 075, and the type at 10,3 i cents per
P9Un •
LADIES' Fain.—The " First Ladies' issoz
elation of. West Philadelphia," for the relief of the
widows and families Of soldiers, is now holding a
fair at the Commissioners) Hall, corner of Thirty
re enth and Market streets, West Philadelphia.
Wt en it is remembered, that the intention of this
fair is to further all that is pure and good, and that
the material it expects to furnish is as necessary as.
it thould be substantial, there remains not a shadow
el a doubt that a very munificent tribute will be de•
lit ed from the general public.
BODED F.lll G. TTYSBURG.—A. train of
ti irteen wel:•filled fir ~ c lass passenger cars left the
dapOr of the Pwr itylvaela Railroad at Eleventh
.IWil Market skrrets last evening., containing the
members of the National Union Club, and a large
umber of r itizens, who are bound for Gettysburg,
to pertidi ate in the dedication of the Mumma
Cemetery on the lete Dettleirounai _
RETURN OF THE CENSUS made by the aB
- for the city of Philadelphia, in accordance
with the act of 1621, for - 1663 :
First
Feoond
TLird
Fon
Nlfi h
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth..
Eleventh
weal h
Fourteenth .
Vlfreeuth
.Sixteenth
f3vr en re. ntb
Elehteenth
liNtneteenth
woutiott,
Twenty- firet
Twenty-eecond
Twenty-third
Twenty. foutth...
Twenty flab
The following are not Included in the general report
hove:
Blind Aeylum—Malea, 86; femalea. 75. Total. 161.
Deaf and Dumb Aay lum- - M Ale% 87; females. 88. 'Dotal,
85.
Alms Roue—Blind white males, 28; femaloe, 16; do.
colored males:l; dear and dumb white melee, 2; females,
3. Total, 50.
Blind males "in el
years, 2; do. females
6. Deaf and dumb "ii
under 10 years, 15; do.
15 years, 5. Total, 62.
EETTENNIAL ASI
The following Is t
chichi, by which the
Jus.rioE.
AWARD OF CONTRACT:I.—The folloWirla
awards were reported at the army clothing and equi
page uffiee on Tuesday
T. Miles & Son, Philadelphia, 1,000 pairs leather
leggine,.at $3.26 per pair.
Stuart & Bro.. 3,500 pounds patent threat, No. 35,
(Calk blue,) at $1.28 per poun4. '
Wolganiuth & Raleigh, e,OOO pounds patent thread,
No. 35, (dark blue,) at $l.lO per pound,
Tn NATIONAL LOAN.—The subscription
agent reports the Bale of five-tgrenties on Wednea
day at $1,003,900.
John 7. Fullerton, the alleged proprietor of an
ale vault on Chestnut street, above Sixth, was
ar
raigncd yesterday before the Recorder by Detective
Adam Tretts. He was charged with maintaining a
nuisance. This place is known as the " Newilea."
A abort time since the neighboring store-keepers
entered a complaint against the establishment, situ
ply from the fsot that the 6, D r ew Idea" did not come
up to their idea of refinement and morality. Girls.
whose ages averaged about fifteen, were employed
here. Detective Trefta vas requested to visit the
vault. lie passed an hour within its walls. ~tr.
Trefts, in the. aspacity of a detective °dicer, has
seen,all . ..Ithorrors immoral life fully developed
in.:;,l their enormity, but what fell under his- obser
vation at the "New Idea" absolutely astounded
him.
The place is filthy the profanity shocking, ad
the immo2sl conduct of the boys. and girls appalling.
Oard.playing, whisky•drinking, cigar-smoking, and
promiscuous mingling - of the entire party, consisting
of men and goys, girl;, loafers, pickpockets, and
drunken soldiers, all came under thel observant eye.
A little boy, apparently ten or twelve years old,
stepped up to the bar and called for a glees of
whisky. The bottle was handed out to him, and he
bedpan himself. Other scenes were enacted that we
do not care to mention. The evidence of several
clerks, in as many stores surrounding the New Ides,
was a painful recital of the beastiality as practised
by some of the parties. Besides the alleged proprie
tor, six girls were arrested. Two of them had the
advantage of quite a liberal education ; the other
four, though not over fifteen years old, were shares,
vulgar, and repulsive. The first two cried bitterly,
as though they felt ashamed of their conduct ; the
others brazened out the whole affair as though they
considered the practises indulged in tit the New Idea
was a pleasant pastime. It is said that two of the
girls were robbed on Saturday evening last of 'their
week's wages very shortly after having received it.
=EI
The authorities are determined to abolish this
place, The girls were discharged and Mr. Fullerton
- -a committed in default of 0,000 bail to answer
Several persons offered to enter the re
' hut failed to produce the deeds of
quired Recorder, therefore, refused to
their . propertg.
receive the ()ail.
The defendant Glasgo'Sr, a colored man, arrested
some time since.on the'.charge of purloining coffee
from Camp WillNM Penni had another" hearing
yesterday before Unttelf States Commiisioner Fleas
lett. There-appears taliterceme little mystery about
this cape. The detendane Cars that he obtained the
coffee from a soldier, in -barter for some oysters.
The came went over for another hearing.
Two young men, giving the names of Charles
Franks and Albert Wise, were arraigned at the Cen
tral Station, yesterday afternoon, on the charge of
stealing" four pieces of cloth, the property:of Robert
Dunseith. a tailor, on South Eleventh street. The
hearing progressed as follows: -
Mr. Dunseith identified the pieces of goods as his
property; they were stolen from his store, About
halt past five o'clock, on'Tuesday evening.
Officer Kenny testified that he was riding on a
Passenger car, when two persons got on together,
hating some cloth in :their possession; supposing
they mieht be thieves, he asked the driver to request
the cor ductor of the car to lig,ht"the lamps, so that a
better view of the suspicious parties might be ob.
tamed; the driver made the request. but the con
ductor refused ; the two men got off at Lombard
street aid went into a store; witness got off the car
and watched them ; the suspected individuate came
Dom the store into the street, still having the cloth
their poseession ; one of the men said, " Sling the
goods, en officer is watching us." The cloth was
thrown to the pavement, and the men - escaped,
Isaac Bringham sworn.—l am - a storekeeper in
Lombard sheet; two men came to my place ou
Tuesday evening, and one of them said lie wanted
to leave some goods there ; I cleared them out at
once. wouldn't have anything to do with them ; from
the beet of my knowledge and belief. I think the
Priforera are the two men ; can't say positively;
have seen them many a time standing about•the
Bugle (a crib.)
This witness seemed to have a misunderstanding
with the officer who went after him in the moraine,
he refusing to come at once to testify. He was
questioned very minutely on this point, and said
that he was not an unwilling witness, but he merely
thouobt it was law for persons to be subpcenaed, and
not taken from their houses lay an officer without
the proper legal document.
The prisoners were committed, in default of $2OOO
bail each, to appear on Friday next, and Mr. Brine
ham was requested to enter bail in the sum of $5OO,
to appear at the Fame time as a witness. We might
state that the same prisoners were m custody a few
days since, but were discharged at that time, the
case not being made out against them.
There was no evidence elicited at the hearing yes
terday as to the manner in which the parties were
arrested. We learn that Detectives Lamson and
Bartholomew took them into custody at the Bugle,
a place of resort for thiev'es generally.
We yesterday gave the particulars of the arrest
of John Houghton, as made by Detective Hender
son, after a considerable race. Mr. Henderson pre
ferred a charge against him, of the larceny of a
small watch and Some jewelry, valued in all at VG,
the property of Mrs. L. Beinheimer. ''The lady
testified that her house was broken open a few
nights since, and robbed of the watch and jewelry.
Mr. Henderson testified that when he arrested
Houghton, he found the stolen articles in possession
of the prisoner. Houghton was committed in de
fault,of $4,000 bail to answer.
William Ross, John Anderson, and John Thomp
son are the professional. names of three young men
who were wrested by Detective Bartholoniew near
Eleventh and Chestnut streets. He,wikh Mr. Lsmon,
came to the conclusion, after "piping" them for
tome time, that they were thieves, on their way to
attend the celebration at Gettysburg.that takes
place taday. The prisoners are from:New York.
They had no remarks to make, nor any complaint to
make against the officers for arresting them. The
parties were required to enter bail in the sum of
$BOO each to he of future good behaviour while re
maining in this city. In default of bail the parties
Were committed.
An Old Convict.
Mary Sullivan, the shoplifter who,atole some
caseimere from a store on Fourth street on Saturday
last, . all about which has been published in The
Press, has been recognized at prison as an old con
vict known as Mary Brown. She served out one
term for passing counterfeit money.
U. S. District Court—Judge Cadwalader.
Lawrence J. Steel, who was convicted on Tuesday
of a charge of forging pay rolls in the name of Ma.
jor White, of the Slot N. Y. Volunteers, was put on
trial yesterday, charged with forging pay rolls in
the name of Lieut. Col. Rolston, of the same regi
ment, and by this means obtaining the sum of $BB5
from Major Taggart, paymaster. He represented
himself as Major White, and stated that Lieut. Col.
Rolston 'Was too ill to appear in person. The jury
rendered a 'verdict of guilty.
High Court of Oyer and Terminer—Judges
Thompson and Alli.on.
CHIABGBD WITH MURDER.
Henry Young was put on trial yesterday, charged
with the murder of Enos McKee, on the 29th of July
last. A Monk was given at Strawberry Mansion
by the Democratic aesOolittlOn of the Twenty second
ward, which the prisoner, the deceased, and a man
by the name of Hazzard, attended. At about eight
o'clock in the evening McKee started home in a car.
which was filled with women and children. Young
and Hazzard got in the car a few moments alter•
wards, and immediately commenced a disturbance
about the crowded condition of the car. They were
both in liquor. Soon come one struck a blow, and
then three pistol shots were fired, one of which took
effect on McKee, entering the left side of the back,
and coining out of the body on the right side front.
The passengers all hurriedly left the ears. McKee
died the next day. Young and Hazzard were dressed
very much alike, and the witnesses could not posi
tively say which one fired the pistol, but they all
all agreed that one had a black-Jack, and the other
a billy. The Commonwealth however, however, called Mr.
McGill, a gentleman empl din the clay Commis
sioners' office, who, with . Barber, one of the
officers of the court, went down to prison with the
Prisoner and a colored woman, also charged-with
murder, on Monday last, He testified that while
they were riding down on the van he observed the
prisoner conversing from the inside, through the
grating in the door, with the colored woman, and
beard her ask him who those, ladies were who were
around him on that day.
On his replying that they were his relatives, she
observed that they looked like pretty respectable
people. He then asked her if she had seen the wo
man sitting in the corner of the courtroom dressed
in black. She answered, yes. The prisoner then
said, "She is the wife of the man I killed." Mr.
Garber also testified that he observed them in con.
versation, and heard the inquiry about the woman
dressed in black, and the word " wife," but did not
catch the whole of the conversation. The defentie
set up was, that the prisoner was struck by the de
ceased, and resented - it, but that Hazzard fired, the
pistol, one shot from which took effect in the pri-
Boner's arm. Hazzard was arrested at the time, out
by come means got off, anti has not since been heard
of. The previous good character of the prisoner is
also put in evidence. On trial. John.Goforth, Esq ,
for the prlooner Diatriot Attorney for tho flOrn.raon.
weilth4 •
16
s'o
191
fiss
293
Ity " under 21 yeara.
under 21 yoarti, 9; and
in city "—MI itl+4 under
females under 21 yea.
.SESSMENT EY PRIEM
he septennial aesessm
apportionment is raa
:70
616
1016
7F4
510
6tl
354
324
67)
7115
091
75.3
491
207
Grand tota
THE POLICE.
[Before Mr. Recorder Enen.]
rl'lte New Idea.
. • .•
(Before Mr. U. S CSictraissi(i'ai;
The Case of Glasgow.
[Before Mr. Alderman Bottler.]
Shoplifters Arrested.
The Case of Houghton.
A Trio of Professionals.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE
CITY ITEMS.
SUCCEEISPOT. NEW ENTREPRISI3.—AI
- the "F7orence" Sewing Machine bee kW
stood in the first rank of these invaluable laboFsa
ving inventions, yet its superior merits were netrw
so fully appreciated in Philadelphia as since MI
"Florence" Company opened its elegant new ollce
at No. 630 (Meetlnd street. Ever since these 'plea.
did warerooms were first thrown open to the publle
they have been thronged by a continuous stream of
visiters, and the most thorough examination of the
machines, and comparison of their operations wisb_
others, has secured for them a pre-eminence, in thin
city, that taxes the utmost efforts of the agent to
supply the popular demand for them. The truth
the advantages posseesed by the ,1 Florence" Machine
over all others are so numerous and striking that MI
who examine ft are unwi drag to purchase any other.
The fact of a single machine rushing the whole four
most popular stitches Is a' curiosity even in this
in
ventive age, especially as the machine is the least
climplicated and most easily managed of any in use.
"A BREATH OF FRESH '—The exhi
bition of the splendid large oil painting, entiled "
Breath of Fresh Air," at Messrs. Wenderoth & Tay
lor's popular Photograph Galleries, Nos. 9E2, 41.4.
and 414 Chestnut street, is attracting numerous Visi
tors, and the favorable criticism upon its merits by
those who are capable of giving it, cannot be other
wise than flattering to the artist, Mr. Wenderoth.
These gentlemen deserve great credit for having giv
en Philadelphia the finest gallery of Photographic
art in this country.
ELEGANT BONNETS NOR LADIES, to Bllit
all taatea and ago:, at Wood & Cary'a, No. 7Ra
Chestnut street.
6; under 10
er 10 year?,
lears, 11;
e, 6; nada
MESSRS. DAYIB t. 4.; RICHARDS, Arch and
Tenth streets, have eanttantly en hand all the
finest Green and Blank Teas, imported directly for
their own Bales.
NCTS.
• at by pre-
FOR EXCVITSITR HATS FOR CHILDREN .
AND INlrssEs, go to Wood & CArsoe, 725 Chestakt
street. They have now the largest assortment In the
eity.
• PRESERVES AND JELLIES, of the finest
quality, made from the choicest fruite, in greatest
vmiety, and put`up to their own order at Davie Sc
Richaide , , Arch end Tenth streets.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S FURS ---tha
iargest and best sleek in the city, at Charles Oak
ford k Sons', Continental Hotel.
A VALITELE PROPERTY AT ORPTCANS'
Corm'''. SALE, A line opportunity for a profitable
investment is offered at Orphans' Court eale at
Robesonia, Berko county, Pennsylvania, on Toes.
day, JO °ember let. The property is located twelve
miles from Reading, and in a most beautiful section
of the country. It is a very desirable place for pri
vate residences, and would be an excellent situ*.
tion for the coal, lumber, or grain business. For
further particulars, see a notice of sale in another
column.
119,213
CANYON:DB' HATE, CONTINENTAL HOTEL.
‘‘ THE DARE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAs."
—We are now among the dark days befors Christ
masrthe sun is lazy about getting up in the morn
ing, he -retires early, and does but little vigorous
shining while he is up. Such weather as that of
yesterday, when cold, rain, fog, and darkness pre•
ts Peculiar to the season, and forefunner of the
merry . . Season when Obrictinse cheers all hearts.
But dark days and chill wet winds have ao terrors
for those who have snug firesides, and who wisely
and discreetly wear the elegant and comfortable
garments that are made at the Brown Stone Cloth
ing Hall of Rockbill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 46
Chestnut street, above Sixth.
TExw STYLE Haxs--Charles Oakford
Sons, Continental HoteL
A Rtrsa-mi VlSlTOR. — Admiral Whigkia
trickle, of the Russian fleet, being on a visit to tkie
city for the purpose of making arrangements witk
the Camden and Amboy Railroad to bring his fleet
on and through the canal of Smith's 'eland, bad a
long confab with the officers of the Company and
with the Mayor of the city, when it waa decided that
they should be hretlEllt 'in; After the business was
Dyer the party visited the Continental Hotel, and,
the Admiral was delighted with the manner of
screwing . the guests up stairs when in not a tit post
than to walk. He was afterwards taken iato Owlet;
Stokes 8z Co 'a One
. Price Clothing Store, where ku
expressed much admiration of the styles of the
Clothing there on hand, pronouncing it rush-un.
MILITARY GOODS, OAR - FORDS', CONTI
NENTAL. •
THE WORTH OR TimE.—To show us thn
worth of time, God, most liberal of all other things,
is exceedingly frugal in the dispensing of that, for
be never gives us two moments together, nor grants
us a second till he has withdrawn the first, stilt
keeping the third in his own hands, so that we are
in a perfect uncertainty whether we shall have it or
not. The true manner of preparing for the last mo•
ment is to spend all the others well, and to improve
the present , one by hastening to the Mammoth
Clothing Emporium of Granville Stokes, No. 609
Chestnut street, and invest in new and beautiful
suit of winter garments.
Funs AT OARYORDS,' CONTINENTAL
GENismstrim ' NATO.—An the newest and
butstylea for fall weed., in Felt, Silk, and Caubneri,
be found at Warburton's, No. 430 Chestna
attest nest ,_ 4 `• o l' to the Post office, ootts-lin
C. ()MORD & Scr Z. 6, CormiCENTAL•
HOUSEIEREPE3IB, and those about going to
housekeeping„ can nave from 10 to 15 per cent., toy
purehaeing their housekeeping artialtg at E. S.
Fareon & Co.'s Kitchen Furnishing Roons, No.=
Dock street, below Walnut. • oak:I-them.=
OAR.FOitDS 3 CONTINENTAL HAT EMPO
RIUM.
ARRIVAIS AT THE HOTELS,
TO. TWELVE O'OLOOR LAST NIGHT.
Stratiril—Clllestrant
John L Peasmore
Chas }Knecht. City Point
Earonel Blsck, Beasley's Pt
7' Fitzgerald, Somers' Point
John Kelsh. , Abseconi, B J
Heppel, Cape May
Wm Sanderson, Bridgeton
Jos Wm Miller. New Jersey
G A Graham, Baltimore
Capt Thompson A la. 0 6 Al
rol A D Laney & wt,lowa
C Cnrrin. lowa
F i. Keller, Baltimore
J Vandevier. Trenton
John Sandereon, New I - irk
Henry Wolcott, New 'York
S Perkins & la, Boston
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TBaker & ssf, St Louts
E J Alten. Wa,lington
Ceo H Bangs, Washing'on
G J Barney. England
Stein- Washington
.& T Baker Si Net, St Louis
Chas Mille, Brooklyn
L opencer, new Jersey
L kothwell, Wash, DC
S Si Roper& son, Boston
JD Sk ties. banrahter
• W Benedict, Huntingdon
J Purcell, 'Per nhylvania
T Enss, Doylestown
J T ItTaiks. New York
Lient S Hildebrant
J L Daily. New Jersey
E R Seceomb. New S ork
Mrs A hl Salads., Reading
Pen J Pryor, Pottsville
E Wootten, Delaware
S McLain, Allegheny
J Hall & is!, Delaware
J F Bewley, Delaware
A F Goodhue & wf, Tenn
Continental—Ninth a
Wm Irvin; Washington
Rhos F Bell •
W W Leland, New York
S M Gnetean. New York
h PEhodee, Bridgeport, 0
A H Oly, Detroit
W M Stewart. Indiana
A W Taylor, Indiana
J E earter, Indiana-
A
C Heave, Cincinnati
.J Grimes
B G Smith, Chicago
Capt Foster
J Daly, Et Lords
E Err ohs, Pennsylvania
B Bunn, bew York
TD (lark, Columbas..o
J 13 Floater, Boston
E P Wood & wf. It Jersey
J Hartshorn, Boston
Macfarlaue
H Brinkly
T B Hitchcock & wf, Boston
J B Root. Hartford
E Dnnhairt. Hartford
• Farnham. Hartford
W B Rorkreilow, riewYork
Jas Wise, Allentown
E M I.errick . Newark,'N
S A Allen. New Jersey
J Fritz sc. - wf. Bethlehem
w abbot. II S N
Swing Hiram. Ohio
W B. Bullock, Boston
I,aac Hallowoy, Ohio
A B Warford &wf,Harriobg
Mrs Holden an. Harrisburg
:Mrs Haley, Harrisburg
B James. Newport
h Kaufman, ;Vow York
Ives Par,CMS & wf. Auburn
Mrs Hanson, Anburn
'Cow P Taft, II S A.
G Duns New York
C n Brtdbury, B,Nston
I. E Snow. N Jersey
Mrs Chadv ick. N Jersey
W liewoon, Newark, N
Levi Mattson, Port Carbon
W Finery, Albany
• Allestuu, New York
Jol n W Taylor. N Jersey
James abncon. New York
W B Swortwout, N York
• Jacobs, New York
J Ere mane, New York
W W Btu tie, New York
.7 H Gociwip wf. N York
2rirt , K e Barker, Detroit
Com Porter & daughter
S Wentworth, Cincinnati
B Beckwith; Chicago
B G Lemons & wf. N York
A Baker, New York
L Eaton, New York
L Potter. New York
Mrs B Plummer, New York
llerchounte—rourtb
A E 3 ster, Chambershurg
J A Cunningham & la, Ind
J Hail St la Ohio
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C Matlaso, Montgomery co
Mrs Hubley, Lancaster
T I line, Now York
J ht Ilnrcb fleid Pittsburg
C C McLain, Indiana
NV II Hurd & la. Zanesville
C A Dirkenback,Betblehem
D C,ortright, M Chunk
Cant W 7 hompson
M Barry, Lanc,..ster
A T Waters, Maryland
American—Chestnut
Bacon, Wath. D C
J C Slaughter,
Maryland
S S D*Aviler. Columbia
J A King, Wilm. Del
W Sallantyrie.Wasb, D C
C E North; Fortress Monroe
F Stump, Maryland
AP x Sympson, Illinois
B Clough, Massachusetts
J Wi.kes •
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R h ear. Waabington w ro C
Mise C M. Weeks, New York
G Lerch. Reading
T Verner, Penna
Nis Jobn Soir, Reading
Mrs T I. Smith, Reading
BiliEB Mary A Beff, Reading
Min Minnie R}loff,Reading
St. ILouits—Gheataat ,
Wm lqurplty
D BOWE/Kn. New York
Jes Dundurir. New York
ire F Church. Wash,D C
W F Bodine, Mt Dolle N 3
B e aeh,ltochester. NY
Ash, Hochenter, B Y
D litacdow ell. New York
Fp Hopkins & la. Ohio
Miss Carrie Hopkins. Ohio
Hrittrick. New York
B.inea & wife, N Y
M iV Wbeeler. 8r004,./yri
I. Ball. New York
Barley Sheaf—Seeon.
W F Stein, Columbia
S T Janney, Bucks co
Jobn Buffos gle, .Pnilada
SamiPrani. Bucks co
Barry lords, Doylestown.
J T DllnS➢i DnetJotol
iMM3EOI
S B Russell, Harrisburg
Joel Parker, Freehold, Iff
G MDickinson,Trenton,ij
Jacob K Shenk, Lane co
Ed w Brooks, Lancaster co
R T Ryon. Columbia, Ps
Richard Ksar. Stlnersvilie
Geo P Gotf. Washington
S Landis, Middletown
A L Jarrett, Maryland .
J McGill, Fr,ncutown.
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W J Mornhy, Memphis
J Hall, West Virginia
H Zook, Chicago
W W Wyman. New York
John Alexander, Detroit
Henry Alexander, Detroit
Miss S Alexander. Detroit
Mis: At Alexander, Detroit
Robt Wyman. Baltimore
Jam Mi&h. 3r wf, , Penns
Williams, Cumberland co
W Kaeags, Ohio ti
Isaiah Karaga. Ohio
W Righter, Jr. Columbia
G N Mackenzie, Baltimore,
G Ruddle. Ranch Chunk
TR Floyd. New York
C L Church. New York
T Sproule. New York
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T T ( neon
N Nolinger, Baltimore
F S Collins, New York
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T J R Rice, New fork
S S Curney. Baltimore
W .TEmerBon, Trenton. NS
Miss E Emerson, Trenton
H S Wilson, New York
B Ones, Erie
D Wray, Wash. D
G A Stone, New York
nd Chestnut. streets.
W B Powell, Pennsylvania
J L Powell. Pennsylvania
BGarner di wf. Ohio
Dr T W F.ster. K,nLaQky
Dr W W Clewier..Eeamcky
C Rai niA, Richmond, KY
C W Webb. Richmond. Ky
H W Praha', New York
J C 0 dyne& wf, Pottsville
Miss Oliver, Pottsville
W S Lowderbach & wf, NY
N Brookes, Washington
John Bonner, New York
N F Campion, New York
J P Plower. Boston
0 B Perrin. Boston
J N s
L Bart, Boston
Cant Jas Alden. U S
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T K Baecher, N Y
A. Dunham, Hartford I
W W Harding & wf
B F Libby, New York
ScJtt j 4 wf. Maryland.
C Davison, Washington
' H P Kidder, Boston
J W Stapleford & wf,Penna
H W Rogers. Baltimore
K Price, Maryland.
J C Vail, New Jersey
M Moore, New Jersey
T Porter & w.f. Now York
W H Brown, Philada
Chas A Hockscher, N York
Hiss Heckscher. New Y ork.
'IA Nichols. Jersey D Stone. liew York
,
'P A Ladne, St Louis
S Gross, St Johns, N B
Quillord & la el York
J L thibenek Sr la, N York
T.IK Bseck s r, Elmira, N
Jos F Chatellier, gAW York
T J Mort all 5c la. Boston
NC Phillips. New York
C H Coils, Mass
Dr C Ernefield, II S N
Mrs Itrnsileld
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W Thomel, New York
A-S Black er. New Yore'
R Sanford. New York
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0 K Cnsmberlin. N York
Joe Meritt, New York
Geo W Thayer. Boston
Geo W Wade. New York
A J Deny. New York
M Macleod
iiobi;, Few York
Cant C Speis.Rotheeter.NY
Dr Zacharie, New York
H A Beal Chester county
Joy Merrifield, Baltimore
L Bredner. ir, Chicago
A Alexander, New York
J T Warren. Cincinnati
L R Smith, New York
street. below &trek,
H Fess. Jr. to ilsrattlree
R lr scton, Salem, NJ
L A Miller. Altoona -
Sam'l Seem, Batb,Pa
D Thomas, Catasanqua
L H Oooltiroth & la, terms
John Jones, Jr, Penna.
W H Prathere, Penna.
A Reid. Ohio
Pinkerton, Ohio
O H Loomiq. Pennsylvania
Stroud. Montt +se, Pa
W Ingalls SE la, N Y
Jos Smith, New Jersey
street. above Filth.
Jos Detwiler, Jr. lit Joy
I V Craven. Salem. N
V N Pepin., Wash. D C
John DI Rainer. Dover. Del
1. R Haebener St la. Poona.
Amami, Leonard. New York
.3" Davie, Jr. New York
U 11 Redenonr. Wash, DC
T H Speer. Washingion.D
G Hall, New York
E Anderson, New York •
Dr A Phillips. Schaylkill co
Hies Lewie. Westerly. R
T a Holton, Boston
A W Ingalsle .4 son, Wis
g coital
S.allinger. New York
R Grundy, Phila
street. above Tlttrdi.
IGeo Frield & la, New York
JON W Habbar.lat la. N J
W Kirkpatrick N
Curtis Redman, 1T 9 X
J J Davey, Penns
H F Haas. Parma
John Hokkiss.Pottsville
W W ltratton. New Jersey
R F Taylor. New Jersey
S WOrkman. Conneationt
Thos Rhode., New Jersey
J Fithian. New Jersey
Chas Fields db" son
street. below 110.
Jas Fl Mackey. Maryland
A B Bimini:L. - New York
Sami Ilitchen.-Easton
Jonatban'Hibba. Backs co
Miss Rittenhouse. Maryland.
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