THE PRESS. et:OI 4 . 6IIED DAILY (SIINDAYS EXOEPTED) NY• JOHN W. FORNEY, VICE, NO. 111 sopTH FOURTH STRUT. WE DAILY PRESS, To city Subscribers, le TBN Do4eas PER imam 1* sdon cog or TWENTY OBER'S PEE WEEK, payable to the ()tutor. Mailed to Subscriber. out of the olty, 111 , 4 0 DOLLARS PER ANNUM; IFOIIR DOLLARS AND FIPTV coil FOR linr, MONTHS: TWO DOLLARS AND TWErfr. ro CENTS FOR TRIOS MONTI:LS, invariably la advance fte ordered, vertbsements inserted at the usual rates. THE TIME-WEEKLY PRESS, galled to Subscribers, FIVE DOLLARS Fos ANNHM, fa Advance. RETAIL Dpir,_9o,9jPS. 'MONDE REDUCiTiON PRICES GQODIS. / JAMES B. CAMPBELL & 09., 1637 CHESTNUT STREET, ,IFFER THEIR EMIRS STOCK OF Di V C;1001)S, CONSISTING- IN PA IT OB lERINOES, POPLINS AND REPS, EPINGLINES, CLAN PLAIDS, ALPACAS AND NOHAIRS, BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS, GLOVES, LINENS, WHITE GOODS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, LINEN ANT) COTTON . SHEETINGS, REPELL ANTS AND • CLOAKING- CLOTHS, AT -EXTREMELY LOW. RATES. We beg leave to - 'Awe . the public that we have narked down every article in our stook, and now have .1 in our power to °Car RARE BARGAINS. J . COWPERTHWAIT & CO., (S, E, oor.:NINTH and ARGIL STREETS.) DRY GOODS, AT RETAIL. Ito place to buy CHEAP MUBLINS. ELEGANT BLANKETS. BEST 'FLANNELS. SPLENDID DRESS GOODS. BEST PRINTf4 mAGNamEk5r BALMORAL SKIRTS. LINEN GOODS. ?ROWED BEAVER AND WATER- PROOF CLOAKING'S, &a., &c. TOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED, 14:4-brovtde3l \TEW MOURNING STORE, ORB CHESTNUT STREET, IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICES ©f Herkimer, De Laines, Reps, Baratheas, Bombs• rdsos, Alpacas, Crape Moth, Empre.e and other favorite and well known fabrics. Also, GREAT REDUCTION so ill oar immense stock of 'SECOND MOURNING GOODS Lisch as Mohaire, Poplins, Lustres, Valenciae, ALSO, 73ALMORAL SKIRTS AND SHAWLS, le great variety. BLACK SILKS, rt the very best makes, and an elegant assortment of LIGHT SILKS. MOURN ]431- MILTiiNFArtlr, (gibe very latest New York and Paris styles, always o n hod, and made to order. We respectfully request an examination of our stock hirers purchasing elsewhere. M. & A. MYERS & se4l•mwfilm 0136 CHESTNUT. Street. GREAT STOCK OF COATINGS, PON LADLES /ND GENTLEMEN. SCOTCH PLAIDS, BASKETS, VELVETS, MIXTURES, 60., 464 L t t nay shade and quality In the Gauntry. Tor choke TIOSTBDB. VELOURS oRINORILLAS, TRICOTS, Goods, call at the wroun WM. T. SNODGRASS, *4 South SECOND Street, and 23 STRAWBERRY Street. ,NI lit F as Tro:11:4:14.4411.140.0 E. EL NEEILIS a DAILY RECEIPT:NiI !41 N 0 V B TI E B Ice zzr z L A.,lc ,B , * - 14 WHITE 'GOODS, ' ' f , EMBROIDERIFS _A 0 '#l c VEILS, !: HANDKERCHIEFS, &O. In every variety arid at REDUCED PRIORS. SUITABLE jolt TRH FALL TRADE. rc~vz#. s'uYrwJ;.i:~~l CLOAKS. Mrs. HUNTER, Agent, tow opening a handsome assortment of CLOAKS, FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN, No. 36 North NINTH Street. nos-6t BRIGHT PLAID POPLINS. JUST OPENED, several large lote, bought in. New lei at reduced prices for cash. tie lot single-width rich Plaids, Mo. On. lot double width heavy to Plaid Poplins, $1.28. Two lots line all-wool bright Plaids, cheap. Three tote rich wool Plaid Pcplins, $1.88,.52, and One lot line wide French Merinoeo t One lot Striped .Brooade Reps, $1.25. One lot Spared, striped, heavy NW:lairs, $1.25. One lot figured ?Jerboas, $1.25; a bargain. One lot black wool Detainee, 75c; cheap. to clam American Prints and Detainee COOPE R, ot2l•tf 8. E. corner:NINTH andMAßKETStreets. I, T EEL & SON HATE NOW • open a large and choice assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRESS °DODS, Plain Merlnoes, $1.25 to $6. Plain Poplins, Plaid Merinoes and PoPlianl Plain and Plaid Silk Poplin P:ain and Figured Mohair Poplins, la a great variety of new and choice Dress Goods, all cities! far below THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. - S I LKS—Of all kinds, a great, variety, from 76 cents Ci Per yard below THE IMPORTER'S PRICES. tiIAWLE.—A largo assortment, at a small advance crer last season's prices. 43 ' 0 /105. 713 and 715 north TENTH Street.:' A FINE ASSORTMENT OF BRAWLS , for male below the present gold Prices. Lona Brodie Shawls, open centres, Lees Brocba Shawls, lUsd centres, litmus Brooke Kumla, open centres. egoare Brea slihawls. filled centres. E..)vb Plaid and Stripe Blanket Shawls. ,square, Plaid, and Stripe Blanket Shawls. 'mil and square Bleak Thibet Shawls. 4.4 mantilla Velyets, pure C l Frnsted. and other Beaver lothe. Cloaks ready made, col7.tt EDWIN BALL & CO., - A& south SECOND stmt. GENTS' • VIDUNISHING GOODS 826 ARCH BTREST. Etll4lOV4kL. G. :::44...,i10FF).1A11,- _W) WRIPPII MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLE/MN% MOVED FROM 606" /MOH swan THE 113 W STORB. A.RCEI STREET: fell•fsits6m MERCHANT TAILORS. EDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAXILOILS, 612 011.111311i1JT STR4ETI Will from %Ss date (Ostober 341) sell at REDUCED PRICES. CA 8 R 11 . L. TOBACCO AND CIGAR WAREHOUSE, No•S NORTH THIRD STREET, Agent for the s'ale of ail the celebrated brands of I:3ARNEY, (IRBIL & CO., Oincitutatl. • BITAR OF IRE WEST," " OINCINRATIIB*" "BURRIK," • - rtramsai" Alm OTHER - wimp, TOBACCO: - - ' Arta lot or.prluie 01.04.11.6 and TOBACCO, now La torn, aeg fin We cheap. oc?fi-Lut VOL::8 -. -` . NO • 89 rill- i!; STOCkE ALL„ f FALL, NOW IN STORE. (18046 IDED YARD & CO” Gri Chestnut and 61.1 Jayne Urea% rairosmuts 'AND JOBBERS or SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, SHAWLS, LINENS. AMID WILITE GdODS, A TAWS AND HANDSOME STOOK 01 DRESS GOODS: razz. LIAR or Toxin - pa ADtb, • 33,1%.124V0RAX15 A INOLCIDING MlTl:own AND MU KA= a„2O -am COMMISSION. MOUSES. HAZARD & HUTCHINSON, :No, MAcHligrillT STMT. tboMiiii.BBloN - MV,P,CHANTSi U4l-Em) , PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS, 1864. . FA L L 1864. • GERMANTOWN. IStroCALLUM & CO.. CARPET WAREHOUSE, ` 509 CHESTNUT man. .11.11,„ PATT. A II ELPULL 1864. . '1864. . •. adocA.L.Lui4 & Co., RETAIL DEPARTMEN't 019 01EiliT NUT STE3R sell-Stn OPPUBITB INDITEMINCE HALL. %MILITARY GOODS. FL;11 - 1413 I FLACM I 1 CAMPAIGN VIJAGrS, BUNTING AND . SILIC. SWORDS. SASHES, _ BELTS. Togethei with a frill lasortratutt of VANS do oel4-1m fp 1864. -A. R. & F. L WORRATH, SUCCESSORS TO THE LATE 080. F. WOMBAT%) ]LADIES' FANCY FURS, ,Ve which they invite the attention of buyers. 'TENET RASKE, NEW FUR STORE, syr ARCH STREET. The 'above respectfully intermit' his patrons, and the public in general, that he has now opened at the above store an assortment of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S FANCY FURS, which for variety andquality CANNOT BE SURPASSED by any house in the United States. Being the manu facturer of all his Furs, and having imported all, hie atoch when gold was much lower than at the present rates, he can offer them to his patrons at the most rea ;enable prices. All FURS made to order, and repairing lone in the best manner and latest styles. ' HENRY ELSKE, IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' .AND CHILDREN'S FURS, ocis.tf 517 ARCH Street. LADIES' SILK Ix A. or s FRENCH SHAY= BIRDS, FEA.THE'RS, FLOWERS, CLOAKS ALL TEE NOVELTIES # TEE MILLINERY LINE. THOS. KENNEDY 4Sz BRO., ocl2•wfm2m No. 729 CHESTNUT Street. FIVANCL4A.L. T HE AND MECHANICS' . , NA.TZONA.IA DANK OF PHILADELI9FILA.,, _ FINANCIAL AOBNT AND DEPOSITARY OF THE UNITED STATES, Receives Subscriptions for the NEW TREE-YEARS 7 30.100 TREASURY NOTES. which aie'converttb/e at maturity Into ex per cent. 6=73 Bonds ; also for the 10-4() Bonds, interest on both payable in gold: ocES-farwlm W, RUSHTON, JR.,•Cashier. OFFICE FOR THE SALE OF • NATIONAL. liOA.N.S, No. 114 South, Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. NEW U. S. 5-20 SIX PER CENT. LOAN, The subscribers, haying been , the successful. bidders for a portion of the new.6-2O six percent. Gold-Bearing LOON, are prepared to offer it on favorable terms to their easterners, in large or small amounts. in Bonds of de nominations of - 008, 1008, 500 s, and I,ooos, BOTH REGISTINED AND COUPONS. The interest commences on the Ist of November next, and is payable in Gold semi-anunally, on the Ist of May and November. .. All other Government securities on band and for sale, and information given concerning investments at our dace. JA' T COOKE & CO" Bankers, No. 11.4 SOUTH THIRD STREET. Ocl6.bn TT s. LOtyle and the Notes fur nished free of sal eherkes, t*Bo GE J. BOYD, Banker, ardb-SE 18 South THIRD Street. OIL STOCKS SOUGHT AND SOLD ON GOMMISSION. Br OSORGIt J. BOYD, _ _ 18 South THIRD Street , au2s-3111 J. WILLIAMS, WIN 7 DI.OW ilr h* tartest and 71nest Assortment in the'tity Itepatring attekdad to promptly Mar- ?Mora !Mad as Mad* sad Lattarad. • ssto•.asi O LOKING GLASSES. - JAMES S. EARLE. & SON ; 8143 CHESTNUT. STREET, PHILA., have now in store aVery fine assortment of . * 'LOOKI "N.G. GLASSES; of every character, of the VERY BEST EIANITPA.CTII E AND LATEST STYLES. OIL; PAINTINGS} ENGEHANTNGS, 11401 PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH PRAXES. NEW BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. WRIT:11 CLOVER HONEY. NEW PAUD inogn. CULTIVATED ODADTBEREIED dza, 4,:k.I_,BERT ROBERTS,, ; Dealer in 'Fine Groceriee, not-tt . corke; savora an 4 viDirt atnete, .. . .. . , •• • ' : • ~. . ' ' • . - .• - . . . . . . . ... , . . ut.ll3:ii.- ,x'11.14-: 111161117777 ' '... ' • lior , /: , .:' . - , ...„.....„...; 3,,, :. . , , ....... , ' rt ', •51 7 , 4.),,,c,41 ,; . 'i..' ' ' ' ' ' • ( . . , . f ' '•' ' '' .• ' ''''' ' ' . /6 ".".."..." '.,.:' : , . . • .sfr ' : . ' '': ' , 111.**....'";', 1;: " : ,. .A . . '. 4 : li ''':.*:' ' ' ''' .. 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We, • may, in like manner, judge that if the campaign against Richmond bad resulted in success instead of failure ; if the valor of the army, under the lea dership of its accomplished commander, had resist ed in vain the overwhelming masses which were, on the contrary, decisively repulsed ;df we had been compelled to evacuate Richmond as well as. Atlanta, the Coniederaey would have remained as erect and defiant as ever: Nothingeould have been changed In the.purpose of its Governthent, in the indomita ble valor of its troops, or in the unquenchablespirlt of :its. people. The baffled . and disappointed foe WOUld.in vain have scanned the reports of your pro. ceedings, at some new.legislative seat, for any indi . cation that progress had been madeln his gigantic task of conquering a free .people:, The truth so pa :tent teas must ere long be forced upon the relnc tant-Nortbern mind:- There: are.no vital points on the preservation of . which the continued existence of the Confederaey.depends. There is no military success of the enemy which can accomplish its de. : titivation. 'Notthefall of Richmond, nen Wilming ton, nor elharleaten, nor Savannah, nor Mobile, nor of allcombined, can save the enemy from the °n atant and exhausting drain of blood and -treaeure which mitst, continue until he shall- acknowledge that no peace is attainable:unless based on the re cognition of our indefeasible rights. - • - Before leaving this subject, it is gratifying to as sure 'you that the military supplies essentially re quisite for public defence will be found, as hereto. foreeideqvite to our needs eand that abtindant cropsbave rewarded the labor 'of the farmer; and rendered. abortive the inhuman attempt of the eneu. my to produce, by devastation, famine, among the PORBION RELATION S , . It is not in my power to announce any change in the conduct or foreign Powers. No such action has been taken by the Christian nations of Europe as might justly have been expected frdm theiehistory, from the duties imposed'hy international .law,'and from the claims 01 humanity. It' is charitable-to attribute their conduct to no.worie motive than in-: difference to the consequences of'a struggle which: shakes only the republican portion, of.the. Ameri can continent'; and not to ascribe to design . a course calculated to insure the prolongation of hostilities. No instance in history is remembered by me in which a nation pretending to exercise dominion over another, asserting. Its independence, has been the first to concede . the - existence of such independ ence.,No case ban be sailed -to' my mind in which. neutral Powers have failed to set the example of rebognising the, independence of a nation, when satisfied of the inability of itFenemy to subvert its Government;'and this, too, in cases where the pre vious relation between the contending parties had been confessedly that of mother country.and depend ent colony ; not, as in our case, that of coequal States united by Federal compact. It has ever' been considered the proper function and duty of neutral: Powers to 'perform.-the office of judging whether in point of fact the nation asserting domi nion is able , to make good its pretensions by force of arms, and, if not, by recognition of the resisting' party, to discountenance the wither con tinuance of ' the . contest. And. the-'reason why. this •duty is incumbent on . neutral Powers is plainly apparent, when we sated that the pride and,passion which blind the judginentsf the par ties to the conflict cause the bontinuanfiE of active Welfare, and consequent useless . slaughter, long after the inevitable result has become apparent to all.not engaged in the struggle. • So long, there fore, as neutral nations, fall by recognition Of our independence to announce that, in their judgment, the United States are unable to reduce the Conrad*. racy to submission, their conduct will be accepted by our- enemies as a tacit encouragement te con tinue their efforts, and as an implied assurance that belief is entertained by neutral nations in the suc cess of their designs. A direct. stimulus, whether intentional or not, is thus applied to seouring a colt tinuanoe of the carnage and devastation which desolate this continent, and which, they profess. deeply to deplore. . . '- „. The disregard of this just, humane; and Christian public dutyby the nations of Europe is the more re-. miserable from the fact th at 'atithe . ntia expression has Governments since been given by the overnments of both , Fiance and England to the conviction' that - the United States are unable to conquer the Confede= racy. It Is now more than two -years since the .Government of France announced officially to the Cabinets of London and St Petersburg its own con elusion that the United States were unable to achieve. any decisive.milltary success. In the an • swers sent by those Powers no.intimation of a don . trar3 opinion was. Conveyed ; and it is notorious that In, speeches, both hi 'and out of Parliament, - the ' .members of her Britannic Majesty's Government. have .not hesitated to express this conviction -in unqualified terms. The- denial of our right l' under' these, circumstances Is so obviously 'un just, 'and diseriminatesf so unfairly in favor of the United States, that neutrals have sought to palliate the wrong Of which they are conscious by professing to consider, in opposition to notorious truth and to the knownbelief, of both belligerents, that t the reeognltion'of bur independence would be vOlueless without their further Intervention in the struggle ; an intervention of whioh we disclaim the dabs and mistrust the advantage..We seek no fiver,' we siishi no Intervention, we know ourselves fully competent toMaintain our own rights and in. dependence against the invaders of our country, 'askew° feel justified in asserting that, without the aid derlvtd from recruiting their armies from foreign countries, the invaders would, ere this, have been driven from our soil. When the recognition of the Confederacy was refused by 'Great Britain in the fall 01 1882, the refusal was excused on the`ground that an} action by Her Majesty's Government would have the effect ofinflaming the passions of the belligerents, and of preventing the return of peace. It is assumed that this opinion was sincerely enter taleed ;' but the experience of two years of unequal led carnage shows that it erroneous, and that the result was the reverse of what the British minis try humanely desired. A contrary policy—a policy jostto ue—a policy diverging from an unvarying cturse of-concession to all the demands of our ene mies—ls still within the power of her Majesty'seGrov eminent, and would, it is raft to presume, be produe t*e; of consequences the opposite on those which hav unfortunately followed its "whole course of ()en duefrcm the commencement of the war the pre sonft() time. In a word, peace Is impossible without helipeedence, and it is not to be expected that the enelny will anticipate neutrals in the recognition of that. independence. When the history of this war 'rem 11)e:fully disdlosed, the calm judgment of the fm Alai publicist will, for these reasons, be dna , bla absolve the neutral nations of Europe from a „eh can the moral responsibility for the myriads of ha in limes that have been unnecessarily sacrificed du ng its progree's. . Ono vys4 iwstances im nidei, foEoßfa k9W4nO 1864: baye glyen unjust &use of coronlairit nee* not iere , be dm ailed.- The. entracte, fr,om, the cwmpend ence 'of the §tgite Department; Mitch ,aceurnpany this-message, will.atforti inich - further InforinatleM .as eau beglyen. wlthout detriment to the, public In-, tercet, and yiernniterneerve - for the future nti l ltt tien as May Meg ptr deemed aPtimble to aektut4lfe , dress. ;Your Special attenthal r bi earheStillnyfted to the' report-of the - Secretary , o; the TreasurY, submitted' Inconformity with The foots thereimdiscrosed orator froth discouraging,. and' ' demonsfrate that, with judicious' legislation, we shill 'be enabled - to meet -all the oidgencies of the war from oar abun- • dant resource's, and avoid, at - the same time, such an accumulation of• debt as would , render at all doubt ful our capacity to redeem it. . - - The, total"' receipts-into,the treasnry for the . tWo - .quartets ending on the 30th September, - 1804, Were a‘4ls.l9l,s3o,:which sum, added tb the' balance - of . $308.2f12.72g Oat retffaided in the treasury on thetst ' of April last, : forms a, tore,' of 5723,04,272., Of thia , ' total, nottiinflorn-lialf, that" is 'to any; 14342,560,327", have been ityppllgitV, , r to thm:eitinctioli of pu bite" debt, while the tutaf,expendituree ha,ve been,5272,. , 378,505, leaVlng a . balanco in the treadury;'on.the let of Ootobar, 185 t, of $108,485,42 0 .(,1 ' - The total amount of the public debt, as eihibited on the boblrif of the Register of the Treasury, on the Ist of October. 1864, -was .$1.,147,979,208 c of - which, *639,340,09C; Were funded "-debt, bearing interest, M3.880460. - were treasury notes - of the new Wile, and the remainder consisted` of the former issue of treasury no'tes, -Which will be converted Into other lot nis of deht,.and will to exist as currency on' the 31st of next month. The reptirt,!.howeeer,' explains - that; in s cons.; queries ot• the abtenoe of certain returns from dis tant officers, the true amount of the* debt is leas, by about twenty-one and a half . niillions of dollars than appears on the books of , the Register, and that the total public 'debt on the first of last monticmay be fairly considered to have been $1,128,381,095.. The The increase orthe public debt during. the eix months from .the Ist April to the Ist Obtober, , Was $97;050,780, being rather more than $16,000,000 per mon thearid it will be apparent, on a perusal of the report,- that Able - augmentation would have been avoided, and a positive redUction of the amount Would have been effected; but for certain defects in the legislation on the subject or the finances, which are printed out in the report, and whit% seem to ad mit of easyremedy. • - - • ' • In. the'statements just madekthe :ffireign.debt is ornitOii.' It consists only.of the finpaid.balance of the loan known as the.cottonitia.ti.- , This balance is but .f,2,200:000, and is adequatelyc provided • for by about 250 000 bales of cotton oWned - by the Govern ment, even if the, cotton be rated as worth but,'Six pence per pound. , . . . There is one item of - the public debt 'not included in the tables presented, to - which your, attention is required. The bounty_bonds • promised to our sol diers by the third section of the act of 17th February, 1864, were deliverable-. on the. Ist , October. 'The: Secretary hit Aieen unable to issue'heni by reason of an orolsaion• rib time , being therein fixed for the paYment,of the bonds. The aggregate aliflopriations called 'for by-the different.departments of the Government, according to the estimates submtttelaeyrith the report, for the six months ending on the 30th 'June, 1865, amount to $438, /02,619,,whi1e.the Secretary estimate s;, a t there will remain unexpended,'out of former apo. priations, on the lEt january,' 1865,ar, balance. of $467,416,204. It would, therefore, seem that former estimates have been 'largely-in excess of actual ex penditures; and ,that no additional appropriations re required for meeting the needs of the public ser vice up to the let• July of next year. Indeed,' if the estimates now presented should prove to be as much in excess of actual expenditures as has heretofore been the case, a considerable .balance will still re main unexpen dedi at the close of the first half of the ensuing year. The chief difficulty to. be apprehended in con.neo tion with our finances results from the depreciation Orthe treasury notes, which seems justly to be at.. tributed by the Secretary.totwo causes—redundancy in -.amount tend want of confidence in ultimate re deMption—lbeboth of which remedies are suggested that will commend themselves to your considera tion as being practleable as well as efficient.', The main features of the plan presented are sub stantially these: lit. That the faith of- the,Govern• meat be pledged `that the notes - shall ever remain exempt trom taxation. 2d.' That ne lestie shall be made beyond'tkat which is already authorized by law. 3d. That a certain fixed portion of the annual receipts from taxation during ,the war, shall be set , apart specially for the gradual extinction of the outstanding amount, Until• it shall , :have:beenlo% faced - to $100;000,500 ; and 4th. The pledge andlap6r propriation of such proportion Ofethe" tax lb athad,' . and for such number of years after the return of peace, as shall be sufficient for the final redemption of the entire circulatidn. The details of the plan, the calculations on.which it is based, the efficiency of its operation, and the vast advantages which would result from its success are fully detailed in :tide report, and cannot be fair ly presented in a form sufficiently condensed for this message. I doubt not it will receive from you that earnest and candid consideration which is merited by the importance of the subject. • The recommendations of the report for the repeal of certain' provisions of the tax laws, which pro duced inequality .in the burden of taxation ; for ex empting all Government loans from taxation'on capital; and from any adverse discrimination in taxation on income derived from them; for placing , the taxation'on banks on the same footing as on other• corporate bodies; for securing the payment into the treasury of that portion of the bank circu lation which Is liable to confiscation because held by alien enemies; for the conversion of the Interest bearing treasury notes now outstanding into•coupon bonds, and for the quarterly collection of taxation— all present practical questions for legislation; whteh, - if wisely devised will greatly improve the-public credit, and alleviate the burdens now imposed by the extreme and. unnecessary . . depreciation in the value of the purrency. The returns OT the Produce Loan Bureau are sub mitted with the retied, and the information is con veyed that the Treasury Agency in the trans-Ms sisfdppi Department has _ been lulliy organized; and is now in operation . WlWl:praise - of .efficiency and success. • . • '..'• • • The provisions heretofore made to some extent'for increasing the compensation of public officers, civil and military is found to -be - in somaplaces'inade gusto to their support ; perhaps not more so any where than in Richmond, and inquiry, with a view to appropriate remedy, Is suggested to your consi deration. Your.nntioe is also called to the condi tion of certain officers of the Treasury who were omitted in the laws heretofore' passed for the relief of other public officers, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary 0! the Treasury. DiPARTMBNT: OF WAR. - The condition of the various branches of_ the mill tary•service is stated in the accompanying report of • the Seoretary of. War. Among the suggestions made for legislative action with a view •to add to the numbers and efficiency of the army, all of which will receive your consideration,.there are some pro . minent topics Which - merit special notice. ; ' • • The exemption from. military_ duty now accorded • by. law to all persona engaged in certain specified pursuits orprofessiots is shown by experience to be unwise nor is it believed to be defensible in theory. The:defence of home, family, and country is unlver ,selly recognized as the paramount political dirtY of .. every member of society; and in .a form. of :govern— ment like ours, Where 'eachoitizen enjoys an equality - , of rights and privileges, nothing can be more one than an unequal distribution of duties and oblige. !. tions. 'No pursuit nor position should relieve any one who is able to do active duty froth enrolment in the ar- I my, unless his functions or services are more useful to:: the defence of his country in another sphere. - -"-Bnt it • isnianifest that this .cannot be-the case with entire• releases. • "A3l telegraph operator's, workmen iuminem . ... .professors, teachers; engineers; - .editora and em" loy- ees of no . wspapers Jeurneythen printers, shoemakers,. tanners, blacksmiths, millers, physicians, and the. • numerous other classes mentioned in the - laws,_can- not; in the nature of things, be either equally feces , Eery in their several professions, nor distributed' throughout the country in such proportions that,2 only-the exact , roiMhers -required'are found In each. • locality, nor can it be everywhere impossible to re• place those within the conscript age, by men older and less capable of 'actiirefield 'services. A discre tion should be vested In -the military authorities, so that, a sufficient • numberof 'those essential to • the pnblid service might be detailed to continue the ex ercise.of their pursuits' or professions, but the ex emption from service Of the entire classes should be' wholly abandoned.. It affords great facility -for abuses, offers the, temptation, as well as the ready rdeans,of escaping service by fraudulent deviaes,and As one of the _principal obstructions to the °Meant ' operation of the conscript laws. . . ': • A general militia law is needful in the -interest of public defence. The. Constitution, by. vesting the ~i `powerin Congress,iMposes on-it the duty of pro viding for -organizing,. arming. -and disciplining ' the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate 'States." The great diversity in the legislation of the several States on this subject, and the absence of any provision establishing an exact method for 1 calling the militia into Confederate service, are sources of embarrassment which' ought no longer to be suffered to impede defensive measures. • The legislation in relation to thecavalry demands .change. The :policy of requiring the men to fur nish their own labises has proven pernicious in many respects. It interferes with discipline, impairs effi ciency, and is the cause or. frequent and prolonged absence from appropriate duty. - The subject 'is fully treated in the Secretary's report, with sugges time as to theprOper 'measures:for - reforming that - branch of- the service. • The recommendation hitherto Often - ma.de . is again; 'renewed, that some measure be adopted - for the re-- arganization and consolidation of companies. and., • regielents when so far reduced in numbers as seri,. ": - ouslY: to impair their erilflolerfOy. It is: the more • cessary that this should be done, as , the absence et legislation on the subject hatt forced generals in the.; field to resort to various expedients, for approxima:. ting the desired evil. It is surely an eviPthat a commanding officer should be placed in a position-. which forces upon him the choice of .allowing . the efficiency of his commend Lebo seriously impaired, orof attempting to supply by the exercise of. donbt..• • lulauthority the want of proper legal. provision:. Therestard for the sensibility of officers who have heretofore served with credit, and which Is believed.. to be the controlling motive that . .has hitherto. ob structed legislation on this subject, however hono rable and proper, may be carried to a point which seriously injures the public good ; and if this be case it can scarcely bequestioned whioh of the two considerations should_be deemed paramount. • - The Secretary's recommendation on the subject of facilitating the acquisition of the iron required for maintaining the efficiency of railroad' communica tion-en the important military lilies is commended .to. your favor. The necessity for the operation In full vigor of such lines is too apparent to need cora. merit. , • • The question in diipute between ,the two Govern. Monts relative to the exchange of.prisoners of war • has been freqUently presented in former messages 'and reports, and is fully_ treated by the Secretary. The Solicitude'of - the Government for the relief of our captive fellovi-citizens has known no abatement, but has, on the contrary,. been - still more deeply evoked by the additional sufferings to which they have been wantonly subjected; by deprivation of adequate food, clothing, and fuel, which they were not even' permitted to purchase from the prison sut lers. Finding !that the enemy attempted to'excuse .• their barbarous treatment by the unfounded allega tion that it was retaliatory for like conduct on our part, an offer was made by us with a view of ending all pretext for such recriminations, or pretended retaliation. l• • • •,. The offer has been accepted, and each Govern- mentja, hereafter, to rb allowed to providenecessa ry comforts to its own citizens held captive by the -.other. - -Active 'efforts are in . progress. for the imme-" diate execution of this agreement, and •it is hoped • that but few days will have elapsed before we shall be relieved from the • distressing thought that pain ful physical suffering is • endured by so many of our fellow.eitlzens ;whose fortitude in captivity Pius- • trates the national character as fully as did their valor in actualleonfilot. . • . . . EMPLOY/LENT, OF 'SLA.VES. , . The employment of eaves for servloe with the army as teamsters or cooks, or in the way of work upon • fortifications, or in. the Gpvernment work shops, or in hospitals, and other dimilar duties, was authorized by (the act of 17th February last, and provision was . ; made for their impressment to a number not exceeding twenty thousand, If It should be found Impracticable to obtain them by contract with the owners. The law contemplated the hiring only of the latior of these slaves, and Imposed ore the Government the liability to pay for the value of I such as might be lost to the owners from castialths resulting from their employment in the service. The act has reduced 'less result than was antici pated, and further provision Is required to render It e fficacious. Bbt my present purpose is ,to invite lour con9deratlon to the propriety of a radical mo dification In the theory,of the law. Viewed merely as property, and, therefore, w 8 ttt. o.b.ject of impiessment, the service or labor of the slave hae beenlfrequently claimed for short periods, in the constrnetiOn of defensive works. The slave, however; beard another relation to the State--that of a person. The law of last February contemplates ,c,DI) the zelation c , f 44; 8 14Y, Co? Che icoofititrt mad FOUR CENT . !Milts the impressment to' a certain term of sew - dean jßut.for the purposes enumerated In the act, imam.' , : tion in the manner, of encamping, rownehing, and. : perking trains is needfdl, 'to 'that,ereen, tMh gmited employment, Terigth!of service Mae areeV ly to the value of Abe negro , s, labor: . Hazard le also encountered in-all .the' positions'to *hick negroes earl be Radiated for service with the army, and the ditties required of them de and loyalty .and zeal.. In Mr aspen the re jat un of. person predominates ao• far as to render it doubtful whether the private right of property can consistent Iv and beneficially'be continued, and .Itatonld seem proper to acquire for the youblio ear ,V/Ce the entire property in the ‘labor . of the - slave, and to peva hereion due compensaticuf;. rather thsn .to impress his labor ,for short, tenme a and this the more .especisily as the effect of the present law vainideest this entire property in ,all oases where then slave rale ht be recaptured after compensation fir his Joss hid teen paid •to the private owner. , Wbenever the entire, property in the service of a slave., is Mine acquired o the Government, the question Is presented; by. whit tenure he should be bald. Should he be retkined in servitude, or should, his 'aiintencipation - be held out to him as a'retiard for fieithful service, or should it be grant ed at once Orr the Prothise of.su'ch service; and if emancipated, what-action shauld be taken teas 'tare tor the freedmen the permission: of the State , -from-which lie Who Withdrawn ter reekle within the limits after' the clbsei . of his public Servlte. • The par .zefasion would deobtleeebe more readily accorded as a reward for past fteithful'aervice, and double mr. five for zealous dfoottarwe of duty ;reed thus be of , feted to those employed by the Government, their ,freedom, and the gratification' of thelocal . attecti- • mint abich is so marked a eharaoteriatde of the no. . gro, and forma so powerftil an incentive to his ac tion. Thepolicyof 'engaging to.liberate the negro - on his discharge after service faithfully rendered, seems to me preferable 'tan that of 'granting fnimedi ate manumission, or there( retaining . hurls servi tude. If this policy should recommend iteefflo the judginent of Congress, it Dr suggested thatpin addi tion to the duties heretoforerperformed• by. the slave, be might ibe advantageously employed as pioneer 'and engineer laborer, ; and in that event, that the Inimber thould be augmented to forty thousand. Beyond ;this limit and these employments It% does not seem to me desirable 'under existing drown star. cesa to - go. A broad ' Atonal distinction. °mists between the uSelif slaves as soldiers in the defenee *Of their homes - , and the. incitement of the same per sons to ineurrection against their masters. The one is juitlflabie : if -necessary ; the other is iniquitous' and unworthy Of a civilized people ; and such is. the - judgment of all writers on public law, - air well as that expreesed and instated on by our enemies in all warn ,prior to that now waged as ainet us. By none have• the practices; of which they are "how' guilty, been derounced with. greater severity than themselves in .the,two wars with Greet Biitain In the lent and in the present century ; and in the Declaration of In- • dependence of 1776, when enumeration was made of the wrongs which. justified 'the revolt' from Great, Britain, the Allman. of atrocity was deemed to be reeched lonly when the •English monarch was de. nom:iced as having "excited domestic insurrection timongsfusai•, . • . . The subject is to be 'Viewed by na, therefore, Solely, in the 'light onspolicy: and' our social. - emenomy.' ;When senregarded, I must dissent from . those 'who •advise &general levy and arming of the . slaves for - the duty - of soldiers.: our white population :ball :prove insufficient for the 'armies we. require and can afford to keep it the field, to employ-as a soldier the negro who has merely 'been trained to lahor and as a latiorer, for the white mare accustomed freirt - his youth . to the use of firearms ' would"scarcely be deemed wise or.advantageous by any ; and this Is.the question now before us: But should the al ternative ever. be presented of subjugation or the employinent Of the slave as ,a soldier, there seems no reason to doubt what should i then he our decision. Whether'our view embraces_ what would, in so ex reme a case; be the sum of misery . entailed by the dominion of the enemy,nr be restricted solely to the - effect upon the, welfare and happiness of .the negro, population theimielres,theresuit would be the same. The appalling. demorallzatien, - .Buffering a disease, and death which have beeri caused bipartiallY sub-. stituting the invaders , system of policy for'tlie kind , relatidn:previously enbelatine. between_ the master_ -and' Slave, • have been angle - lent - deinoristratkor. that:external' inthrierence with : our Institution Of deineitin slavery is productive of evil only:, If,the ..subjectinvelved no other consideration than .the were fight 'ol . ?preperty,' the 'sacrifices: heretofore made by.our people have been enchas to permit no doubt of:their readiness to Surrender every nossesa `stop in order-to : secure their independence. Seadal and politinar- question, which is exclusively under.the control of then several States, hie a far 'wider and' more enduring importance than . that of pecuniary Interest. In its manifold phases - it em bract s the stability -of our republican institutions, restingon the'aotual political equality of all its Mi. • zene, and includes the fulfilment of the task which has !teen so happily begun—that of Christianising andimproving theaconditiou of the Africans' who have, by the will of Providence, been placed in our eharge. Comparing the results of our own experience with those et -the experiments of. others who have borne eimilar relation to .the African race, - the people of the several States of the Confederacy have abundant reason to be satisfied with the past, and to. use the greatest circumspection .In deter. mining their - course. These consideratloes, how ever, are rather applicable to the improbable con tingency of our need of resorting to this element of resistance than , to our present condition. If the recommendation above made, for the training of forty thousand negroes for the service indicated, shall meet your approval;A: is .Certain that even this limited number, by theirpreparatory training . in intermediate duties, would form amore valuable • reserve force, in case .of urgency, than threefold their number suddenly called from field labor, while a fresh levy, could to a certain extent, supply their places in the special service for which they are now employed.. . ttTli:BE DEPASTMENTB The regular animal reports of the Attorney Gene ral, the SecretarM the Navy, and the Postmaster . General are appended; ind give' ampininforrnation relative to the condition of. the 'respective depart ments. They contain., suggestions for legislative' provislobs required toremedy stLph defeats in•theei-• isting laws as have been disclosed by experience, •but none of so generator important a character as to require that I should do more than recommend them to your favorable consideration. NEGOTIATIONS' HOE PEACE The disposition of this Government for a peaceful solution of the - issues which-the enemy has referred to the arbitrament of arms has been too often mani fested, and Is too well known to need new assurances. But while it is tfue that individuals a,,pd parties in the United States have indicated .a, desire to sub stitute reason for force, and by negotiation to atop the further sacrifice of-human lire, and to arrest the calamities which now afflict both countries, the authorities who 'control the Government of our ene mies have too often and too clearly expressed their re solution to make no peace except on terms of our un conditional submission and degradation, to leave us any hope of the cessation of hostilities until the delusion of their ability to conquer .us is dispelled. Among 'those who are - already dis posed for peace, many are actuated' by principle and by _disapproval and abhorrence of the iniqui tous warfare that their GoVeimment is waging, while :others .are, moved by the conviction . that It is no -longer to te interest of the United States to coati .l.ltue a struggle in which success lalulattainable. " Whenever this faatarowing conviction shall have taken firm root-in the - mindi of a majority of the "Northern 'people, there will be produced that wit :•lingness to negotiate for peace which is now con fined to-out% side. Peace is manifestly impossible - unless desired by both parties .to this war, and the • dispceititin for it among our enemies will be best and.moat - eartainly evoked by the demonstration on .?..eur part of 'ability and unshaken determination to, ;defend oursights,,and to hold no earthly price too dear for their purchase.- Whenever there shall be -on the part °Cour .enemies a desire for peace, there 'will be no ditilenity in finding means by which ne gotiation can be opened, but it Is obvious that no ageneyeambe...ealled into action until . this desire shall be mutual.: When that contingency shall hap pen, the Government, to which is confined the trea ty-making power, ban be at no loss for means adapt ed to acoomplish-so desirable an end. • , • In the hope 'that the day will soon be reached when, under Divine favor, these States may be al lowed. to enter on their former peaceful puritans, and to develop the abundant natural resources with. which they are blessed, let us then resolutely con tinue to devote our united and unimpaired energies to the defence of our' homes, our lives, and our li berties. This is the true path to peace. Let us tread it with confidence in the assured result. • JIMPRRSOII DAVIS. R1C11310.17b, November 7, 1864. THE REBIM STATES. OPPOSITION IN TR 7 1LEBILL CONGRESS TO THE PRO- POSED ENLIST/41E7T . OP NICOROES--.IIESOLUTION OFFEBBD•Iti FAVOR 09 Alfa SIONROB DOOTRINP.— OPINIONS:OF• DAVIS' BESSBAGE, ETO:, ETC.--.Ag• .PAII2B TOUR PliTli'itSßiTßO; BTO Riohmond papers of the 13th,tranittnitted by oar speCial correspondents, afford the following- interest ing news. We give ,the most important. business presented in the rebel Congress immediately prece 'ding Jefferson Davis' message: WHOLESALE CoigecnipTiou.—Mr. Blanford, of Georgia, introduced • a bill that.all white male per sons resident In the onfederate States, or domiciled therein (who, by the:laws' of:nations, are liable to military-duty In the place of. their- domicil), between -the ages.of eighteen and forty-flye years, are hereby, placed In the,service orthe Confederate States, and all details and exemptions are hereby revoked, and all laws and Parts of laws authorizing the same are _hereby repealed 3 and that the President be autho . rized to make such details and exemptions as are deemed to be of public . necessity. The bill was re ferred to the Military Committee. • ; FOREIGN RELATIONS.—Mr. Murray, of Termer see, introduced : the following joint resolution : The Congress of the Confederate States do re. solve, That we have no sympathy with the efforts to establish a monarchy In Mexico, and that we will not, directly or indirectly, aid in the establishment of a monarchy on the Continent of America: ' Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.- • TIER WAR, THE CITIZENS, AND THE ARMY.—Mr. Charabliss, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution that the valor, constancy, and endurance of our citizen soldiery, assisted by the steady co-operation of all classes of, population not in the field, will con tinue a sufficient guarantee of the rights of the States and the independence of the Confederate States. Postponed till Thursday next. Mr. Swan, of Tennessee, introduced the follow ing Resolvedi That in the judgment of this. House, no exigency now exists, or Is likely to occur, in the Military affairs of the Confederate States, which demands that negroes shall ue placed In service as . soldiers in the field: Mr. Swan moved that it be postponed for discus sion at a future day. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, said he was not ready to decide so suddenly on the question. He.moved a reference to the Military Committee. Mr. Swan said that would defeat his 'object. He did not want the subject to go before the committee. He asked the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and the motion to postpone till. Thursday next was agreed to by the following vote : Ykse.—Messra.Anderson,,Bell, Blandford, H. W. Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chilton, Chrisman, Clark, Conrow, De Jarnette;Dupre, Echols, Fuller, Gat sher, (nelson, Gilmer, Goode, Hatcher, Hilton, Lestei, Miller, Orr, Ramsay, Rives, Russell, S. M. Smith, W. E. Smith, Snead, Staples, Swan, Welsh, Mr. Speaker-33. ' RATS.—Messrs. Baldwin, Barksdale, E. M. Bruce, Clopton. Clluskey, Dickinson,' Farrow, Han— ly, Johnston, Reeble, J. T. Leach, Meehan, Mar shall, Menees, Miles Moore, Perkins, Read, Sheer ru,ke, Simpson, Triplett, Turner, Vest, Villere, Wickham, Witherspoon-2c. • , • Ow TiR 'MESSAGE Or DAVIB.—The Rich mond Whig, of the Bth, holds the following lan guage: The message of the President to the.two . Houses of Congress will be found in our columns. Its review of the campaign now.drawing tvanlose, and its cheerful tone as to the future, as.wallas the unexpectedly encouraging condition it*presents of our finances, will be received by the public with un alloyed satisfaction. The scheme for the purchase .:nd employment of slaves In certain military duties will, we apprehend, give rise to lunch discussion, :.rd a decided and emphatic division of public pinion. As a first step, It may be considered as opening the way , to the entire policy of enlisting 'hem 88 soldiers, and, in- that light, and with th at :•equence, it will probably be-debated when the question comes up. We have already declared in • .hese columns, that, should the alternative eves be presented of subjugation .or the arming of the slaves, to resist their as much as our enemy, there 'Auld not be two.opinions as to the propsiety of such a course. Sech.a - Aline has not arrived, nor do we hink it ever will. Till it does come t we belbve that tLe negro Is doing. better service with the than he Would do with the musket. • • e have no scruples on the subject : of sendinj a the negro to battle. -It, Is one of the incidents of , re. talon to the master that he should fight for the mas ter's protection when required, audit is right that ptiQul44 &RIO Li atfrod,l4 tin blvaslng4.k9 taw imam wATI. x.rtn3s. • (PDBL/SHELD W TOO WAX PiSIOS will be sent to sebsertbers br mill (Per FtIIIIOIII in advance) at - IS DO Three cornea * if. 00 . Five capita 00 Ten copies 90 Larger Clubs than Ten will be chivied at tie Mat rate. $1 .50 per copy. 270 money must always accompany the arder. Mae in no instance can these terms be deviated /roma al arord eery /iit/i more thaii the cost Ova/Per /Ear- Postmaaters are requested to not u agent/ ra r 1 7 4gir Wan Pau& .4R- To the getter-up or the Club of ten or twenty. as extra COPY of the Paper will be given. • self enjoys, when such easistance beoomesneceasary. -Butiwe should. esteem It unwise and. impolitic Sof ' have recourse to his services as a soldier before tho 'llkenb - Y made it imperative, for it Is certain than io'enemy and • mankind,generally would draw the mi,erence that we were in Beret:lit: - But-to-the ex we\ that negroes can be employed to perform duties Ley, discharged• by White men, relief from wittet we tt ed, enable those white men to shoulder muskets and m,he their places in the ranks, there should bo• no h i ma, ation in Congress - adopting measures to faantteee,such a policy.. We'do net see that the pur chase 01'00 nearoes by the Government, or the pro min of rnee'r, liberation, iB at all necessary to the . • plat!. 'The recomtn endatlon of the repeal of all exetaier tins, which the' President again makes, lEl'lllloy to meet th e s ame hits it has heretofore encountered at the hands of 00710 - ress , For, unless it be'the objeol of that Body to-vea t all power in the hands of the State Executive, to wedete in tact a military dictatorship, they will neverise, themwlves nor the funotiOn e&t.triks, conductors of the pron,witet lutes of the Ehorernm7rits, Governors, .; edges, legislators, its , constitutional guriiitntee to be E' free; ,, under o the necessity of Suppilds. ting the Secretary of War to by „detatiev) to perg .rm the various duties oldest to their poeitions.' this we now hay s no doubt; even if Congs*eesi, nn ad not so determinedly displayed' on former oecall'ons its purpose in this regard. ' • • .- Partsorrers tircir. of RicanttlND.—:We find, in the' latest received copy.. mi., Richmond Enquirer, the following personals addiViised to residents.of this city and neighborhood': • ' The officer commanding Fort Delaware will pleat.' inform the friends of Vol. R P. Jones, of Illiddloseer county, Virginia, wheehertha tumor of his death it' .00rrect or not. . Any information concerning him" will be thankrolly received' britis anxious friends ` ': whom you will greatly oblige. J. N. A. R. WitraluaTosT; V.; Nov. 3,1864. Any information of Limit.- JuVas M. Obestuutt, Co. A, 61st Reg - tem:it North Oaroilns, troops, Cling-. mares. brigade who was ontre'l' to be mortally wounded and brigade, , hands o the enemy, at Bort Delaware, in the atteek on IN rt Harrison, Sept. 20, 1301, will be thankfully reeetred. November 7, 1.865. To Pathliison, I brae had no intelligence, from ycra>for severe Reeks. 3 feel - very amions about my slater Nary F say to hot that her presence herevrould be a source of very great gratification to as all. Tell her to use every effort tojold'us as sreedily as possible. We areall'well. H. Cortriaraoue, pgitteenth street, Riohmond. THE WAR. • • TBESIPOB 07 CRARLEPBTON.—The Courier of the 2d states that the enemy ate again keeping up a brisk fire upon the city. The shells thrown now are mostly tweehundred pound or Parrotts: Battery Greg and the Swamp Ai trel keep up an occasional 'bre on Fort Sumter, and during - the daptiredtwenty ehots at the fort. A few shots mere tired from Bat tri y Wagner, at lames' Dim& ' During Mondary night rockets were - thrown up from Morris' Island, and heavy tiring heard at sea amens; the blockaders. • . Tiring was also heard in,the direction of Stone. - The enemy struck their 'tants on Morrie , " Palm& Tuesday, but at last accbutiM had not: left theist. and; It is believed, hdwevoz that tho. - eneozys forceS in ' this 'vicinity' Mire been considerably dL , .. • , new eniarnpuitait; seemingly for, once, or two companfes,;'was observed Tuesday afternoon be tween Battery, ,Wagner and Vinegar Hill. Tins Xivre PROM . 721 - E FROWP.—The Wi- De partment was.without Metal despatches frerwany gustier, yesterday and lest • The heavy firing nignt before lest and yesterday, we learn, was •directed irent'eurloatteries - against Dutch Gap.- • The deserters Wont tothe progressof the canal—some affirming-that itwtil be completed in a few days, others that it will take as Many months,:while a ' 'orthem'atata pontive r terms thatit Is a complete lailtire.Y-• We Ellin see after a. while wh_lih Is right • FROX:F'irraIIeatinG=PaTICESBIIFII, turday night, between 1/..and; 12 "e'eieek,- General Gracie attacked and captured the enemy's advanced picket line, near the Olty Point- road; taking about thirty prisoners. This line General Gracie still holds. . . Abeitt the same hour Holcombe's Legion, of WU coVe.Brigade, captured the enemy's picket lino - la front , of the "crater," taking about a dozen priso ners: , This line they held for two . hours'and ahalf In the face' of a furious bombardment,. when; being at tached by an overwhelming force, they wore com pelled to yield them, losing fifthea killed. thirty five wounded, and fortpone missing.- All quiet today. Timm EAST.TBItNESSEE.—Tite . EriStoI Register e( the sth state that the enemy has not advanced fur ther than Henderson's, a short distance this Side of Greenvtile. It thinks that they do not Intend to advance as: far• as. Bristol; and that even if to attempt it, they would find very serious obstacles in their way. . - - • - Our late disaster at Morristown has• enabled. the enemy to extend their lines, so that. a larger num ber of votes can be obtained in thoPresidentialelao. tion. The devoted followers of Andy Johnson in' Green county may have a chance - to vote for the idol oftheir affections. There was a report at Bristol, cm the evening - of the 4th, that the enemy had advanced:to Leesburg, a short distance below Jonesboro, but this needs confirmation. ' The force of the enemYis variemsly estimated front 2,600 to 6,000. A prisoner captured reports that GillemsayShe will bold the election in Bristol to, morrow, - 11 her only Las two hburs to do It In. Breckhirldge voters will be there when the polls' open,'and will-vote "early and o often. ,, The cartridgeoxprathei than the ballot-box, will be most, patronized. New Pcibilatitions.,- Already. we have noticed the unusually large Dumber of books published and .annonnoed - for the instruction and entertainment of .young people. With-scarcely, an exception these areifberaiiy Illustrated, not with worn•ont wood-cuts - rite former ly was 'the custom, but with fine engravings front designs by artists of known ability.. In many In stances, too, the authorship can be tracedto writers who have distingtiiihed themselves-in.:higher de partments of literature. In our own city the American Sundapschool Union, which has been mere than forty years at the good work, and the Presbyterian Board of Publication, also a considerable time in the field, supply, many readable and useful books for young . ;people. - The two latest issued by the American Studaytachool Union are "The Poor Brother," letters-to a friend on helping the poor; by Mrs. Sewell, and '"Our ag." The first of these is the reprint ofan English work, which has had a largasale abroad, and more adapted for young people of a more advanced age, and indeed for charitable and religious people of all ages, than merely for boys arid girls. - But the sub ject is treated with the simplicity-and force of truth that all can understand it, and the illustrative sketches,' which are introduced as . epliodes, are highly interesting. The other book,: "Our Flag,f , is emphatically American in subjeot, treatment, And loyalfeeling. It is the history of - a farmer'. family in Connecticut, and extends from 1810 down tolBBB, and, of course, takes in. the-present rebel lion: A fine spirit of - loyalty- periades the story, and a true Christian spirit also: -.Sure-are we that our young friends will feel-much -interested in the Old Red House and its Inhabitants. From Perkinpine & Higgins,WortliYourtistreet we have several books, publishedby-Garlton & Port ter, We* York. .These are "Adventures. of a- 11E11 . : sinnary,l , giving an account of the-Introduction of Gospel truth into South Africa ) and of DSr. lifoffatt's missionary travels and labors; "Father's Coming -- Home : a story Of the - Christie..Family," by the au thor of " Weldon Woods," and..full of incidents of school life, likely to interest:children ; and " Little Fanny," a collection of stories -: or very littla read _ era. Carlton &Porter have also-published &transla tion, by Marguerite 0. Steven, of GuizoVs histori cal study, "Love In Marriagee?" which relates- the story of Lady Rachel Russill; executed Inthe reign of Chokies 11., on a pretended , charge of treason, and the-semi. centennial .sermon preached before the_General Methodist Conference, in May, 1864, at Philadelphia, by Bishop Morris : this Is a patriotic disconrse. "The .Anthem.. Book of the Methodist EpiticoOil Chureh,P frosa.thesame:publlshers, is the third. book of the •New-Musical Series Issued by them; and .C. C.' Converse . and S. J. Goodenough are Its authors._ Tbe.musia- Is partly original, but chiefly selected, or adaptudfrom the beat home and foreign composers. "Emily Mayland ; or The Faithful Governess," by M. IL Cox, published by James B. Rodgers; North Sixth street, is the story of a yonnglady who gries to Kentucky, to. educate the children of a wealthy. slaveholder , there. She marries her em ployer, a widower, who. sells his Kentucky pro perty, liberates.his siaws . a, and settles In. ittichigan. There is alivelrandapparently faithful description in this volitme.of life om a plantation. 3f this be its auther'strat production it Is full of promise. • Of " liaran' the! Hermit; or, The Wonderful Batty," by the Bev:. 3. Hyatt Smith, who certainly has a talent. for writing in allegory, we can rnfort favorably. Hurd.: di,...fletighton, New . York, have just pub- lished another of the amusing parlor-table books in which• Old nursery rhymes are fancifully and grotesquely Illustrated. The first was the tragical history of Death of Cock Robin, and the second, bich is on sale at F:Leypoldt , s, Chestnut street, Is " A Frog he would a-wooing go." The designs, neatly lithographed by J.. filen, are by- H. L. Stephens, and show a great deal of ability with no small share of humor. These little volumes will amuse young and old, and appear to be genitally. appreciated. Harper's Plagazine. for Decesaber. - In this number are given three new chapters of Dickens' excellent serial, "Our Mutual gland," and the first portion Of " Armridale," the new novel by Wilkie Collins, which he has commenced in, the 'current issue of the Corr.4ll Magazine. ' ' Very appro priately: a full portrait of Wilkie Collins is given—the same that published itt,the London Critic two years ago. A. series of " Hefei° Deeds of Heroic Men," by John S. C. Abbott is- here 'com menced, and 110811 Browne's" Tour through Ari zona" is continuo* Among the other readable, papers is an account of Charles - Babbage and his, Calculating Machine ; a detect lie-police case of. some interest; *,narrative of adventure in the Pe troleuni region nfyennsylvatila,,and " Visit to the, English Courts.of Justice." ..."_st might be eipected s , ther are some errors in tha. last - named. hearing ordinary appeal ezlies, in the Horse' of Lords, the Chancellor weaps a plain black., gown and pot the state robe, " woalced profnselT with gold; lace,", here described. Sir Alexafider„ilicirbum„ Chief Justice of England, is -not a Xpight, as. here stated, but a `aaronet of - vervf old crea tion, h a ying succeedad his uncle, the iota Sir William Cockburn), Dean of York; In 1858,, anit i , being now tenth baronet. Lastly : - it Is erroneously stated: here that Mr, Sergeant Shen "is the first Irishman who hii been made a judge in England." Sir Samitel Martin; appointed one cf the Barons ot the Exchequer, in 1850, is an Ideal man, born at. Oalmore, County of Londonoirry, and edudated at Jrrinity College, ~rotiburii awl Sir .fames- Shaw Willes, media &judge of the ()dm mon Pleas,'in 1856, is the son of the late Dr. James Wil tes, of Cork, in which oity he was bore, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where ho gra duated with honors, Sir Alexander Cockburn, born in 1802, IS not "the youngest of the judges"—Btack -burns and Wines are certainly his juniors. The Editor's Drawer; Easy Chair, and Monthly Caroni. Ice of Events, are very readable. The present num her commences the thirtieth volume of Harper, and, 9nbeoribing,--and to form clubs, for the best and we' dd,anggestively, this is the month to comment,* cheapest periodical in America. It is on sale by B. LIPP4Mit 4 4 , s rfAd br To Sr F4t,nga Qiclll