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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1864.
tST in consequence of the unprecedented
demand for our special report of the oil
regions of West Virginia, Ohio, and Penn
sylvania, we have to announce that it will
be republished in Thb Was Press of this
week. The War Press will appear on
Thursday, and persons desiring copies
should order them in advance.
Naglee and bis Medal.
We have received a correspondence be
tween Eu K. Price, J. W. Miller, 8. B.
Thomas, G. H. Boker, and C. J. Biddle,
“ for the subscribers," on the one part, and
H. M. Naglee, ex-brigadier general and
political letter-writer, on the other. We
cannot print the whole of this correspond
ence, as the world is now interested in more
important matters than Naglee ; but we
may make one or two extracts. This is
what the admirers say to Nagi.ee :
Dear General ' One day, almost a year ago, a
few of your personal li lends met together, with the
idea of offering you a testimonial of their “high re
gard for your gallant services daring the various
campaigns.” -
Accordingly, a design for a medal was obtained,
and sent to Paris, where dies were engraved by the
renowned Merley, and tint medal was struck at the
imperial UCteliee Monnaivs.
After considerable deday, the medal has.finally,
been received, and we. have now the pleasure of
placing it in your hands, together with the original
and second dies above named.
In thus happily closing matters that have been so
long In hand, we again desire to express our admi
ration for that loit.y spirit of loyalty which, when
the armed hand of traitors waß raised against the
life of our country, urged you to forsake the allure
ments of an elegant private position, and again uu
sheath your long unused sword in her defence; and
for that fine courage and determination which of
themselves have enabled you to hold battalions
steady against the rush of almost overwhelming
f °But deeds like these can never fall to meet a just
approval; and it is with the most lively approba
tion of those high quaUties that sustained you In
their performance that we now off«r you this testi
monial, trusting you may bear it during a prolonged
■life; and ever remember that even If injustice should
at any time obscure the lustre of a brave action,
Truth, In her mightiness, will ultimately restore Its
brightness.
This is what Naglee says to his ad
mirers :
Gentlemen : On tie 57th ultimo I had the ho*
nor to receive the splendid medal and die executed
under;our direction. How buh.ll I aeicaowtod je tire
delicate obligation under which you hare placed
met Hfsw shall I find appropriate words to convey
to you my thanks ior this token of your regard,
which, coming as it does from so many of the friends
of all my days, is so much the more valued?
Wrought with artistic skill and exquisite taste, It is
indeed a magnificent preseat, and makes a most
touching appeal in behalf of the brave fellows who
have Buffered, and in memory of the gallant men
who have died in defence of their country.
“Fair Oaks,” u TUo Pei4u*ul*-,” “Chickakoml
ny” “Bottom’s Bridge,” WUtte Oak Swamp,”
“(The Seven Days,” ana “ The Uarolinaß” o
fever, malaria, and deatu—sorrow, suffering, and
tears-—gallantry, patriotism, ami hoaor —all dread*
Jolly confounded in tUe b?oody sr.ruargle that no n
amazes the Christian world i Well may we wish that
we could blot the record ./> om the history of our couu
' try, and he restored to the happiness we so little ap
preciated before this’desoiatinu: war began!
Onr country bleeds, and weakens as it bleeds j and
ail who love It as it is worthy to be loved must grow
sick in contemplating the exhaustion that ages will
not restore. Hove humanity and Christianity become
-extinct* and are we so lost to all the better impulses of
our nature that no voice in heard adequate to stay the
bitter passions that drag the victim to slaughter , that
his little ones may svjftr ? * * *
I would only be too happy never to bo again re
minded that war holds as in its devouring grasp:
that with It we are forced to know and to feel all
the wickedness of our nature j and that from worse
io worse we seem urged on. until the very fiends seem
dragged into the contest, while Christianity looks on in
silent horror , wondering when angry passion shall
lose its sway, that reason may again prevail.
'Where, in all the dreadmi past, preheat, and fu
ture, can we look for a ray of hope! When can we
expect forgiveness and relief 1 Where can we per
ceive the evidences of any of those Christian graces
without which we cannot hope for national wealth 1
Corruption and wickedness Jill the. land , and the car
dinal virtues, without which a people cannot exist , are
ignored .
To a committee representing suck men
as George B. McClellan, 0. J. Biddle,
James Page, and Andrew Porter, a let
ter of this kind was appropriate and wel
come—but we can fancy the feelings with
which patriots as distinguished as George
H. Boker, J. L. Claghorn, 8. B,
Thomas, Ward Hazbltine, and many
others of the eighty-five subscribers, will
read this political letter-writer’s reply. As
for Naglee himself, he finds no more
ennobling thought in the presence of these
men, and the testimonial of their admira
rion forhis “lofty spirit of loyalty,” than
the wish that he eonld blot “the recordtfrom
ithe history of onr country.” Naglee is
ashamed of his wars, and whines for peace.
He is ashamed ofihis country, and can per
ceive none of “the evidences of any of
those Christian graces without which we
cannot hope for national health.” He is
ashamed of himself and all mankind, for
“corruption and wickedness fill the land,
and tlie cardinal virtues without which a
people cannot exist are ignored.” It seems
to us that Naglee is inconsistent, and that
if he had been controlled by the “ Chris
tian graces," which he seems to perceive
in nobody-else, he would have sent back
the dishonoring medal—the medal re
cording deeds that he wishes he could blot
“from the history of our country”—the
medal engraved by “the renowned Mer
let,” and all the way from “the imperial
H6tel des Monnaies,” in Paris. He cer
tainly can never hand it down to his chil
dren accompanied with the letter he has
written.
• Let this go, Naglee has left the army
tor, thank God, our wars are in the hands
of men (“very fiends,” according to
Nagi.ee) who are not ashamed of thgr
swoTd and their uniform, and who mil
give us a peace that all time will honor.
But the correspondence is not complete.
Now that Nagxjbe has, written his letter, let
us have another from Mr. Boeer, Mr.
Hazeltihe, Mr. Claghorn, and Mr.
Thohas— such a letter as they could write,
telling the world what they think of this
mortified and despairing ex-brigadier, and
the recent literary demonstrations by which
he sought to overthrow the Administra
tion, and place in power such exponents of
“Christian graces” and “the cardinal
. virtues” as McCieli.au, Yallandigham,
and Beed.
The searching review of “ State Sove
reignty," published on our first page, dis
poses of arguments long used by the press
of the Opposition, and has an interest for*
every patriotic reader.
LETTER PROM “OOOASIOML.”
Washington, December 3, 1864.
On Tuesday, the 4th of December, 1860,
I performed the duty of reading the last
annual message of James Buchanan, Presi
dent of the United States, in the House
of Bepresentatives. On Tuesday, the 6th
of December, 1864,1 shall have the honor
to read to the Senate of the United States,
not the last annual message of Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States,
but the message in which he will announce
the fact of his re-election to the highest po
sition in the world. Pour years aeo James
Buchanan stated that this Government had
no power to protect itself from dissolution.
Next Tuesday Abraham Lincoln will de
"clere to the world that this doctrine—
false in theory and false in deed, and
known tp be false by the man who
uttered it—has been practically refuted,
and that the Government is not only
able to defend and to protect, but to
save and to consolidate itself. Pour years
ago James Buchanan wrote in the pre
sence of a threatened rebellion, while
traitors were plotting and preparing to
leave their seats in Congress, and to
throw up their commissions in the army
and navy. Now, Abraham Lincoln can
say that these same traitors would gladly
return to the seats they then deserted, if
(they could do so without a confession
.of their crimes, and that a small army
.and a smaller navy have swollen, the
one from less than sixteen thousand to
.nearly a million of men, the other from
twenty-six steamships to six hundred—
and all these employed alone to defend
our own integrity, yet ready, the moment
our borders are secure and insurrection
is hushed, to pounce upon our fo.
reign foes, wherever they may be found.
Pour years ago James Buchanan’s mes
sage pleaded for the rights of the slavehold
ers. On Tuesday next Abraham, Lincoln
proclaim that there are no slaveholders
in the United States of America. Pour
years ago Jameß Buchanan spoke from the
District of Columbia, poisoned and spotted
with the-curse of human servitude. On
Tuesday next Abraham Lincoln will pro
claim pure words fronTa purified national
metropolis. Pour years ago James Bu
chanan negotiated with traitors under the
very eaves of the CapitoL On Tuesday next
Abraham Lincoln will offer terms of pea®
and forgiveness to the people of the South
whom these same traitors have seduced.
Pour years ago James Buchanan regarded
the Constitution of the United States as “ a
rope of sand.” On Tuesday next Abra
ham Lincoln will be able to proclaim to all
the nations of the civilized world that the
Constitution of the United States is a bond,
not of sand, but a souX— an eternal, inde
structible, and living principle of free
dom.
I have more than once in this corres
pondence drawn the contrast between the
messages sent to the rebel conspiracy at
Richmond and those sent to the American
Congress respectively by Jefferson Davis
and Abraham Lincoln. Having now made
the parallel between the timid traitor of
1860 and the staunch and intrepid patriof
of 1864, may I not once more ask my
readers how Jefferson Davis could, on
Tuesday next, address the people of the
South, looking at the past and at the future ?
Speaking in the.presence of his God, if he
still recognizes the Providence he has so
constantly defied, he will be forced to
admit that of the territory he falsely
claimed and stole out of the Union, nearly
three-fourths has been recovered by
the Government of his fathers, nor can
he honestly deny that he has no currency
save that which impoverishes the rich
and grinds the The - institution of
slavery, which begun the rebellion, and
which the rebellion has rested oh, crumbles
under his feet The Christian Church has
been obliterated through all his Usurpa
tion. The few newspapers permitted ■in
the conspiracy are either published at his
suggestion or permitted to print against
him because he dare not suppress them.
The few schools of the South, carried on.
before the war, have been put Out of ex
istence, and the poor whites who were strug
gling for education are now struggling for
bread. The hope of foreign intervention
has become a phantom, and, - like all phan
toms, is disappearing. Such is the tale Ms
conscience would constrain him to present
to the people if he were the honest man he
once claimed to be. Now, what may
Abraham Lincoln say on Tuesday next?
But it is not what he may say, hut what
he can say. - It will not be whether he
should tell the whole and the happy
truth to the people by whom he was
re-elected, but whether he has the space to
state It. Here I let the curtain drop. I
would not anticipate even a sentence of Ms
message. But this much I may venture:
No public document, from the period when
the great Washington addressed our fore
fathers, after the close of the American
war, and the final finishing of the Federal
Constitution on the ruins of the old Articles
of the Confederation—when we had con
quered Peace from our British ancestry,
and when he stood upon the threshold, and,
as if inspired, looked upon the Unutterable
Future —no public document will ever be
received with so much gratitude and joy,
and none will excite so much amazement
in all the nationalities of the world, as the
forthcoming message of Abraham Lincoln.
Occasional.
Ednin Forrest's “ tear.”
Mr. Forrest’s Lear was performed last evening
at tbe Academy. Tills achievement naturally
takes its place with the ’ great works of the
day—plotorial, literary, and dramatic; and so
far snrpasses the standard of theatrical success as to ;
he a fame In itself, and a standard above standards. ]
Like the Olhello of Kean, the Lear of Forrest is a
centnry-mark. in acting, and one of those tri
umphs to which criticism, unable to teach, accord
ing to its wont, and to unbuild what is so
well bnilded, must offer its homage, willingly
or unwillingly, As is the province of ge
nins, Mr. Forrest instructs the stage, and in
no character more than Lear, where It must be
generously granted he confers more upon his andi
. ence than his audienoe can confer upon him. Every
actor sufficiently great becomes proprietor of the
scene, as well as the character which he inspires;
and Mr. Forrest has done so well, that the play of
“ Lear ” now appears to be a tribute to his genius.
It is thus that Shakspeara thanks his actors far
comprehending him. •- .
We- do not tatohJ trirerview-tST performance of
Mr, Forrest, as It has at a-former period been
liberally reviewed in these columns. We only note
that its success as a work of art is unimpaired by
the experience of the aotor; and if (as some of his
admirers declare, but which we cannot believe) It
was even finer years ago, we must wonder, indeed,
at the remains. Theiamoua “curse” against Gtmeril,
usually but unjustly singled out as the aotor’s best,
thrills us not more greatly than the expression of
the whole scene; and so with other passages of the
same character, which, to our mind, are even more
eloquently and beautifully rendered. Mr. Forrest
is not wanting in that variety which fills the broad
est character, and Lear is one of the largest, If
not the largest, of Shakspeare’s creations, reaching
that boundary where genius suggests the infinite.
All the marvellous world turned into revolution by
the grand whim of an old men, putting youth and
crime into the places of old age and virtue turned
ont houseless, mad, and blind—all this life Mr. For
rest went through; The scene with Began, and the
.awful and piteous self-exile, the stormy Invocation
to the tempest, were not grander than the subtle
and strange words of mad-wisdom which Shaks
peare pnts Into the mouth of the insane old King.
Mr. Forrest’s Lear is “every inch a king,”
as well in his sorrow as in his pride, and
thus royally differs from all other perform
ances of the character. It attains what must
be regarded as the highest reach of acting—the
sublime of pathos; and this few achievements of
the drama may boast. That aetor is sufficiently
fortunate who succeeds in giving to his auditors an
experience more real than their own. Thus-we re
gard Mr, Forrest’s Lear, without seeking for insig
nificant and transient faults In the shadow or its
great virtues. As the stage is, his Lear surpasses
the stage, hut suffers, -If it suffers at Ml, from the
stage itself, where Nahum Tate and Colley Clbher,
If they have not opened ihe grave of Shakspeara,
have at least disfigured the bust above It, Per
formances like the Lear of Mr. Forrest are seldom
given, as compared to those of other characters and
other aotois; but they should be sacred to at least
one night in the experience and memory of the
scholar, play-goer, and general publie. We hope
that Mr. Forrest’s engagement will be prolonged,
In order to give a' full opportunity to witness' hls
masterpiece.
Arrival of Released Pennsylvanians at
Annapolis.
Colonel Robert 0. Corson, Slate, military agent,
furnishes the following list of the Pennsylvanians
among the exchanged prisoners who arrived at
Annapolis, from Savannah, on November 26th.
26th, and 27th, and December Ist. Five hundred
of the prisoners arrived and fifty died on the pas
sage up: • •
B Vardell, A, 2d Heavy Art
Corp 1 Bussell, B, 4th Car
H Ochs, 1, 4th Car
J 1) Kirkpatrlck;l>, Ith Car
F M 'Wilson, I;4th Car
G T Hopkins, M, Hth Cav
J Miller, E, 11th Cav
S Lord, E, 11th Cav
H Bremnam, M,l‘2th Cav
F B Edmlston.B, ISth Cav
J J Weaver, M, 13th Gav
J W Curry, G, 17th Cav
TF Divlin, 6,-65th
Cp J Straußvaugh, 0,17 Cav
W C Smith,L, 20th Cav
Sent K L Bitfle,F,2oth Cav
W Cavanaugh, 0,20 th Cav
A Huilbertihe, I, Id Cav
O D Lyon, F, 6th
F Jacoby, A. 6th
D-Voung, K, 6th
L Weber, D, 48Qi
Q M Bit A « alien, 46th
Corn H Anthony, H, 60th
J P Huba, K, ffist
F McCreary. C. 63d
-F ChurchhUL E, 65th •
W Howard, A, 86th
GW Sober, 0,149 th
H P Bunker, F, 184th
w H Waißman, H. 184th
J 8 Frophater, C, 61st
Corp Jps Conover, B, 85th
D Gordon, O, 91h
O Wilson. Q, 20th Cav
WCarroll, C, 145th-
F Williamson, M, 20th
Jas Donahue, D, 69th
B Faulks, K, 6th Cav
CsptJM Pikes, H. 140th
B H Hutchinson, P S, 4th
J W Frost, L m
B Timney, K, 18Sih
H Oakley, E, 183 d
G Walker, 1,2 d Cay
0 Wiegand, F, 8d Cav
Sgt CSHarks, I, 4thCav
A H Wilson, K. Bth Cav
G S Brooke, H, 13th Gav
Jos Weit, K.lSth Cav
J A Joseph, H, 14th Cav
J W Honor, A, 18th Cav
J W Hart, F, 2d Artillery
L B Ascough, H. 2d Art
S Gundrnm, B, 6th
J A Brooke, C, Bth
EBehney, C, 149 th
Jos Carson, E, 27th
G Dunlap, B, 66th
J M Holland. C, 68th
ACorl, K, 66th
H G Bsrienininger, 0, 66th
John Kott, K, 61at
B Shull, I, 63d
John Dana, I, rad
S Bradley, B, 89th
O Bradley, Q. 72d
B F O'-Donnell, H, 73d
Jas HeCarty. D, 83d
Sewjt 3 BradWy, C, 99th
M Evans, K, lOOtli
Jas Leonard, F, 101st
J F Hiller, F, 103 d
Sinking of e Mississippi Steamer.
Gaiko, Deo. 4. —The steamer Continental yester
day morning struct on the wreck of the James
Montgomery, causing her to sink in thirty minutes,
hut she was run on the bar before she was filled.
She has no water on the main deok, and all. her
cargo was saved In a damaged condition by the
steamer Hannibal, The boat lies straight, and can
be raised easily.
The steamer Edward Walsh, of New Orleans, has
arrived with 97 hhds. of sugar for Cincinnati, and 97
hhds. sugar and 66 bales of cotton for St. Louis.
Sixty-four additional bales cotton arrived yester
day.
Accidental Burning of a Vessel.
Boston, Dec. 6.— The brig Alnuceabak, of Bos
ton, and bound ttom Gardiner, Me., to Fortress
Monroe, with a cargo of oats and hay, was entirely
destroyed by fire while at anchor in Holmes’Hole
harbor, on Sunday afternoon. The fire originated
accidentally. ~
Death of ©em. B. A. Shaeffer, or Lancnster.
Lancaster, PA.,Dec. 6—General Bertram A-
Shaeffer, ex-State Senator from thlß county, died at
big .residence, $n Lancaster, .to-day. His funeral
will take place on Wednesday afternoon. ’
6 C. 65th
A BtiUlvera, I, 624
B Fatzereer, A, 67th
Serat J Thompson, G, 69th
J H Benson. i>. 72d
W Grimes, D, 7fith
Corpß Johnson, G, 77th
B B Cross. H, 78th
JF'WbhnZtz, E, 81st
K E-Lew U, G, s2d
T Billon, B 880
W'Chrisholm. G. 86th
Georgs Tonner. C, 8»h
A Forbes. B, 97th
D Haitman, H. 183 d
A Penny, K, 103 d
Wm M Knlp. D, 103 d
McCurdy, K, Ml
Corn I) A stroke, D. 105th
GW Smith, B, 105th
Thos J Grant, I, 1 Bth
8 G Cegliger. F, 118th
F McCarty, G, 119th
AG White,H, 4401 b
P Martin, C, l«th
J I. Berger, F. 148th
Set J L Barnes, A, 149th -
H P Blackburn, A, 184th
D Pantzel, H, 118th
P Keeney. H, U6th
BCntcheU, B. llflth
B Bmantel, G, 108th
J Anderson, v, 83d
John Williams. F, 55th
John Fry, A, 65th
N Seymour, A, 55th
J Eckert, C, 50th
Bgf M Goodyear, M22d
H McCombs, K, 30th
D Moore. H, 13th Cav
J M Beets. L, 14th Cay
W W Vangh. 1. 3d Cav
PHFuUer,O. 3d HArt
FSerrill, F. 2d 8 Art .
w B Cunningham.A,lo3d
£ Eberbach, H, 118th
WP Cheery, 139th
Wm Taylor, D, 183 d
HMBinard. F. 184th
G W Strawoer, B, 18tth
A W Arnold, H, Ist Cav
W A Patterson. H, Ist Cav
H Bureoee, B, 2d. av
V McAtee. 1,2 d Cav
get J Hughes, L, 4th CSV
Wm J Orem. Z>, 6th Cav
DBzen, E. 13th Gay
D K Smith, D. 30th Cav
M beeper, B 20th Cav
S M Heeler, F, 13th Art
SI Devlin. B-7th Ees
Wm 7 Brownback, H, sth
John Bahney, H, 55th
S King, H, 55th
A Hart. F, 67th
C Gotwalt, A, 87th.
J Madieon, C. 108th
W Fleming, C. 106th
B Monday, E. 115th
WH Johns. H. 118th
Carp A HeGaskey, F, 140th
AC Williams, F, 146th
WASHINGTON.
THE] OPENING OF CONGBESS.
Washington, Dec. &, IBM.
THE SESSiON COMMENCED.
Both Houses of Congress to-day appointed a com
mittee to wait upon the President and inform him
that they were ready to reoelve any communication
he might be pleased to make, but they adj ourned be
fore the committee had time to return with an an
swer, It being understood among the members that
the message would not be sent in to day.
the president’s message.
Ills ascertained from one of the committee that
the President Informed them that he would trans
mit his message to OongreSß to-morrow at one
o’olooh.
THE TREASURY REPORT.
. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury on
the finances was placed In the printer’s hands to
day.
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED BEFORE THE
Various gentlemen, to-day, In the House, gave
notice, under the rules, of their intention to Intro
duce bills on the IbUowing-named subjects:
By Mr. Julian, of Indiana, providing for a for
feiture of the fee of rebel land-holders, and proscrib
ing an oath ol loyalty to all persons praotlolng law
in the rebel states.
By Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, an act to re
gulate the value of money, to prohibit the exporta
tion of gold and silver ooin, to prevent gold and
silver coin and bullion from being paid or acoepted
for a greater value than their real current value,
and preventing any note or bill, issued by the
United State* from, being reoeived for a
smaller 'sum than ia therein specified. Also,
a .bill supplemental to the act of June 30 th last,
so far as the same affeots tobacco and cigars.
By Mr. Elijah Ward, of New York, a bill to re
peal so much of section seven of the internal re
venue act of March 7th last as imposes ah .ad
ditional tax of forty cents peri gallon upon spirits*
imported prior to the passage of that law.
By Mr. Sp albino, of Ohio, a bill providing for
the establishment of a navy yard at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Also a bill to appropriate a share of the public
lands for the benefit of such soldiers and sailors of
the regular and volunteer service of the United
States as shall have faithfully rallied around the
flag of the Union in the war of the rebellion,
whether natives, naturalised citizens, or aliens.
Also a bill to prescribe a more impartial mode
of empaneling jurors in the Federal courts.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
At noon to-day, the hour for meeting of the Su
preme Court, Justice Wayne, the senior member or
the bench, announced that as no quorum was pre
sent no business could be transacted, and thereupon
the court adjourned until to-morrow. There were
present Associate Justloes Wayne of Georgia,
Grier of Pennsylvania, Clifford of Maine,
Swaynr of .Ohio, and Millbr or lowa. The ab
sentees were Associate Justices Nelson of New
York, Davis of Illinois (who is sertouely ill), and
Oatboh of Tennessee.
To-morrow there will be a meeting of the bar to
prepare resolutions on the death of Chief Justice
Tarry, to be presented on the opening of the court.
No appointment of Chief Justice has yet been made.
THE PIRATES AT PANAMA.
The Navy Department has reoeived a lengthy re
port from the commander of the sloop Lancaster of
the attempt of pirates to capture the steamer .Gua
temala. Great credit is given to Commander Da
venport for the efficient manner In which he con
ducted the arrest.
THE LOCAL DRAFT.
Drafting was resumed In Washington to-day, to
fiH the deficiency existing in the quota. S. P.
Hanscom, editor of the Republican, and j. R. Har
ris, reporter of the same paper, were among those
who were drafted to-day.
nxraiTH CONGRESS—Second Session.
SENATE.
OPENING PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate .was called to order at 12 o’clock by
Mr. Clare, of New Hampshire, president pro
tem.
Prayer was offered up hy the chaplain, Mr. Bow
man, of Indiana.
MESSAGE TO THB HOUSE.
Mr. Foot, of Vermont, offered a resolution
that the Secretary of the Senate be Instructed to
inform the House that the Senate Is ready to pro
ceed to business, which was adopted.
MR. FESSENDEN’S SUCCESSOR.
Mr. 'Morrill, of Maine, presented the creden
tials of Nathan A. Farwell, appointed to tu the va
cancy caused by the resignation of. Mr. Fessenden.
The credentials were read and Mr. Farwell was
duly aw orn In as Senator from Maine.
COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Foot offered a resolution that a committee of
three be appointed by the Senate to wait nponthe
President to inform him that a quorum is present in
both Houses, and that they are ready to preoeed to
business. Adopted.
THE HOUR OF MEETING.
Mr. Foot offered a resolution that the hour for
the meeting of the Senate be 12 o’clock, until other
wise' ordered. Adopted.
MEMBERS PRESENT.
The following gentlemen were present; Messrs.
Anthony.,.. Chandler, Clark, Gollamar, Conness,
UowWj DayiSi 'Dixon, - Doolittle; Foot, Poster,
Grimes, Hai ding, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Hen
drioks, Hicks, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana,
Lane of Kansas, MoDougall,. Morgan, Morrill, Nes
mith, Pomeroy, Powell, Ramsey, Sherman, Sum
ner, Ten Eyok, Trumbull, Van_Winkle, Wade,
Wilkinson, and Willey.
a MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
Mr. McPherson, Clerk of the House, informed
the Senate that the House was ready to proceed to
business, and had appointed a committees wait on
the President.
The Senate appointed as joint committee Messrs.
Foot, Conness, and Hendricks,
RBVENTm CUTTERS ON THELAEES.
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, offered a bill to authorize
the purchase or construction of several cutters on
the lakes; that the Secretary of the Treasury is au
thorized to construct not exceeding six steam reve
nue cutters for service on the lakes, and that for this
purpose the cum of one million dollars, or so much
thereof as is necessary, be appropriated.
THB KANSAS MIDITIA.
Mr. Lake, of Kansas, Introduced & bill for the
relief of the militia of Kansas in repelling the In
vasion of the rebels under Price. Ordered to be
printed
RECESS AND ADJOURNMENT*
Mr. Fobtrb, of Connecticut, moved that the
Senate take a recess of one hour, which was
carried*
The Senate reassembled at IK o’clock, and the
committee appointed to wait on the President not
having returned, -
On motion of Mr. Somnsr, the Senate adjourned
at 2 o’clock.
HOUSE OF BEPBESEKTATinS.*
. THB OPENING*
The galleries of the House were densely crowded,
and all the members In the best possible humor, ex
changing salutations.
" The Spbakbb called the House to order, when
prayer was offered by Chaplain Ohannlng.
The roll of the members was called, and upwards
of 160 members answered to their names.
A quorum was announced In attendance.
HIBBAOBS TO AND PROM THUS SENATE.
A message was received from the Senate inform
ing the House that a quorum of the Senate was as
sembled and ready to proceed to business.
On motion of Mr. Washburns, of Illinois, a reso
lution was adopted that the Senate be Informed that
a quorum of the House had assembled, and was
ready to proceed to business.
COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON THE PRESIDENT.
Also, a resolution, which, was adopted, that a com
mittee of three be appointed on the part of the
House, to join a committee on the part of the Se
nate, to wait on the President and inform him that
a quorum of the two Houses had assembled and
were ready to receive any communication he may
be pleased to make.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Wasburne, Pen
dleton, and Fenton as the committee of the House.
MBMBEBB QUALIFIED,
Mr. Odbll introduced Mr. Dwight Townsena,
elected in the place of Mr. Stebbins, of New York,-
resigned, and he was sworn In. .
MrTCharles D. Potson, delegate from Arizona,
was also introduced and qualified.
BBPBBSEKTAHVES XBOX LOUISIANA.
The Speaker laid before the House the creden
tials of five gentlemen of Louisiana, signed Mi
chael Hahn, Governor, purporting to be elected
members of the House In pursuance of the recently
adopted Constitution of that State..' The credentials
were referred to the Committee on Flections.
The privileges of the hall were accorded to them
pending the action of the House.
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, presented a protest
from Louisiana against 'their being admitted as
members. It was referred to tire Committee on
Elections.
amendment to thi constitution froposbd.
On motion of Mr. Davis, of Maryland, it was re
vived that the Committee of Ways and Means be
Instructed to Inquire Into the expediency of report
ing a bill for an amendment of the Constitution,
providing that so much of the 9th section of the Ist
artlole of the Constitution as declares that- no tax
or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any
State, be and the same Is hereby annulled.
CHOICE OF SEATS*
Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, offered a resolu
tion proposing that members draw for the choice of
seats, but tils was laid on-the table.
BXOHAKGEOyffItiaONBRS. '
Mr. Pbndlbton. of OiiKf'offered the following
resolution:
Eesobsed, That the President be requested to comma
nicate to this Haase, if notlncompatible with the public
interests, tbe report made by Col. Thomas SI Key of an
interview between himself and General Howell Cobb,
on tbe 14th day of Jane, 1962. -on the banks or the'
CMckahominy, by ihe authority of its War Depart
ment, on the subject of the exohange of prisoners.
Mr. Washbttbnb, of Bllnois, objected, so the sub
ject Hes over.
THE TABIFFOH COFFEE, BTO.
Mr. of Ohio, offered the following:
Kesolved, That the Committee pi Waya and Means,
with a view to lessen the cost of the necessaries of 11/e.
be instructed to inquire into the expediency o! rednolag
the tariff npon coffee, sugar, lea, and stmrlar articles,
either by the payment of all customs in the paper cor
rency of the Government, instead of gold, or by the
modification of the tariff, sothat an ad valorem and not
a *»fccific daty be laid npon the said articles.
On motion of Mr. Dawks, of Massachusetts, the
resolution was tabled—yeas 63, nays 48:
TEAS.
Frank, Norton,
Garfield, ' O’Nelli (Pa.),
GriDliell, . Orth,
Hooper. Patterson,
Hotchkiss, Perham.
Halbard (Iowa), Randall (Ky.),
Hubbard (Conn-) Rice (Mass,
Hubbard, Rollins (ff. H.)
Ingersoll, Sehenck,
Jenches; shannon,
Julian, Sloan,
Hasson, Spaulding,
Heller, Starr,
He; logg (Mich.), Stereos,
Kellogg (H, Y.>, Dpson,
Longyear, Vsn Valkenhnrg,
Mcßride. „ . Washburue (Ell).
Miller (H. Y.), Washburn (Maes)
Moprbead, Whaler,
Morrill. . williams,
Myers Ltonui Wilder,
NATS. _
Allison, Rack,
Ancona, - Holman, ■
Baldwin (Mich.), Kalbflelsch,
Blair. Haw, Rios (Maine),
Bliss, He Blond, *«**"■_
Boyd, Loan, Smtthors,
Brooks, Matey, Stiles,
Brown (Wis ), Middleton, Stronse,
Chandler. MUler(Pa.), Sweat,
Clark, AW., Morris (Ohio), Townsend.
Wart. Freeman, Morrison,, Ward,
Coffroth, Noble, ' Whaler.
Cex. Odell, Wilson,
Dawson, O’Neill (Ohio), Wtndora.
Dennison, Pendleton, - Wood,
Eden, Perry, Teaman.
SINKING NTOD.
Anderson,
Arnold,
Ashley,
Baldwin (Mass.),
Baxter,
Beaman,
Blaine. ,
Bontwell.
Broomall,
Cobb,
Cole,
Davis
Davis (N. T.),
Dawes*
B*miny,
Dixon*
Donnelly,
EckJey,
Eliot,
Farnsworth
On motion of Mr. Mobkill, of Vermont, It was
J Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means
he instructed to inqoireintothe expediency ot providing
a new sinking fond at an early day lor the extinguish*
meat of the public debt.
TAX OF DOKBBTXO MQUOBB.
Mr* Washbubve, of Illinois, offered
that litany amendment to the revenne bill to he re*
ported'ffom. the Comnilttee of Wayß and Sleam,
THE PRES3.-PHILADEEPHIA, TUESDASV DECEMBER 6, 1884.
the said committee s?* hereby’ Inetruoted'to lay,.*
tax on all Btook of Aomeßttc liquors on hand.
Mr. MoBEiLL. of Vermontj moved to lair the re
solution on the table. Disagreed to—yeas 4T, naye S 3.
The resolution was then agreed to—yeas S 3, nays
■64 •
Auden**,
Arnold.
Baldwin (Mick),
Baldwin; (tfaia.)»
Bffhjn&n.
Blair,
Boat well.
Brow* <Wis,)»
Chandler#
Clark,
Ccbb,
Offrcth,
Coie,
Dawea*
Dawson,
Dpiniug,
Dixon.
Donnelly,
Ancona.
Afcbley,
Baxter,
Blaise.
Biles..
Blow,
Brook#,
BroomaU,
Ccx,
Duvia
Davis (M.*.),
Denniton, >
Ihnck,
Gatfitld.
Harrington,
Holman,
Hooper,
THB MBBSAGB, ...
The Speaker said he understood that the Presi
dent’s message will not he communicated to day.
ADJOURNMENT. '
On motion of Mr, Hodman, of Indiana, the House
adjourned at twenty-live minutes of twoVciook.
Ust of Senators and Representatives.
We publish, for reference the names Of the mem
bers of the Congress which met yesterday:
CONNECTICUT.
„ ■ Term Expires I
Lafayette 8. Foster.#. I8&7
James D«x0tu...~..0. 1868
caajforni; 1
Jss, A.Mcl>uogaU.
John Coßoees
BELaWAFI
William Fanlsbnry
Geo. Lead Biddle..
, INDIANA.
FenryS. Lane*;....lT. 1867
Tb.ts, A Hendricks.D. 1869
ILLINOIS.
Wm.J. Kictardion.F. 1865
lynirn Trombull...lJ. 1867
lOWA. w
James W. Grimes..o. 1865
James Har1an.......0. 1867
KENTUCKY.
Laiaro* W. Fowell.D. 1865
Garrett Dayi8.......D. 1867 j
KANSAS.
Samuel C. Pomeroy
James H Lane*....
LOU SIAN A
R. Kina Gntkr.....
Charits Smith....
Bt aKTLaNI
Thomas H Kicks.
Kevtrdj Johnson.
BislNE.
Nathan A Faiwell
Lot M Morrill ..
JteAS^MiHUfeET'
Henry Wilson ......
Cliaile* f-uraner
MICMIOABT-
Jacob M Howard.--IT. 1866
Zachariab Chandler.U, 1869 J
Union
Demociatic
Unfor majority
HOUSE OF ref;
CO* NECTICUT.
Henry C. Hernias' .«..TT.
Jarue&>. English-
Augustus Brandegee.-U,
Jobnß Babbard-.-.U.
(JALIFOENIA ..
Thomas fi Shanston.-U.
William 8ifcby.......U«
Cornelius C01e...... J*TT.
Naih’l B. Smithe’rs...T7.
ILLINOIS.-
1. Isaac JN. Arnold.♦ .♦...XJ.
2. John F. FtsrDBworth.tr,
3. Edbu B. Washbarao.tr.
4. Gbarles M. Harris....D,
S EVonG. lugersol..... U
6. JesseO. N0rt0n.....-.XT.
7. JobiiK, £den.~......D,
S- JobnT. Stewart......D.
3. Lewis W. 8n55......D,
10. Anthony L. Knap—D.
11. James C. K<bin<on..D.
12 Wm. B. Morrison.. ~D,
13. Wittism J. AU4n.*..D.
14, JamesO. A11en.,....D.
•UOTHAHa.
1. J0hhLaw.......,«,*.3>.
2. Jnznes a. Cravens..-D.
3. B’y W. Harrington.D.
4. WilliamB, Holman..D.
6. George W. Julian XT,
6. Ebenezer Dumont....XT.
17. Daniel W. Voorhees-D.
8. Godlove S. 0rth....,U.
9. Schuyler Colfax U.
10. Joseph K. Edgerton D.
11. James F. llcDowell.D.
lOWA
1. James F. Wilson...,XF.
2. biram Price......... B.
3 William.B. Allison..U.
4. J. B. GrinneU....~r.tJ,
6.- John A. Kas 50n...... U.
6. A. W. Hubbard 0.
- KEETUCKY,
L Lttcien Anderson*...TJ,
2. George H.Yeaman.,D,
3. Henry Grider D,
4. Aaron Harding......D
6. Robert Ma110ry......D
6. G*cen Clay Smiths «wg.
7. Brutus J. G1ay....... u.
8. William H. Bandali.D.
9. Wm H. Wadsworth..D.
Kansas.
1. A. C. Wilder XT.
MAINE.
1. Lorerzol). H Sweat.D.
2. Sidney Perham****.*!!.
3. James G. 81aine....-D.
4. John H. 8ice.....»..U.
5. Frederick A Pike*..U.
MASSACHUSETTS.
L. TbomasD, E1i0t......X1.
,t: Oakes Ame5,.........17.
3. AlexanderH. Bice.. u.'
4. Samuel Hooper
5. Johnß. A11ey....
6. Daniel W. Gooch—..lf.
7 George S. Bontwell. TJ.
8. JohnD. Baldwin....U.
9. Wm. B. Washbtjrn-K.
10. Henry L Dawes.....Xh
MARYLAND.
1. John A. J. oresewell.H,
2. Edwin H. Web»ter--U.
3. Beury Winter Davis.U.
4. Francis Thomas U.
6. Benjamin G.Harris.-D.
. MISSOURI.
1. Samuel Knox -U.
2. Henry T. Blew U.
3. John 0. Scott D.
4. J. W. McClurg D.
5. 8. H 80yd..-........11.
6 Austin A Kin B.
7. Benjamin F. Loan...tJ.
8. William A. Ball D.
F, James S. Rollins... .D.
MICHIGAN.
1. F. 0. Beaman.... ..,.U,
2. Charles Ut50n.......D;
3. John W. Longyear., u.
4. Francis W. Kellogg.D.
fi. Aug. C: Baldwin.. ..D.
6. JohnF. Britgs,......TJ.
MINNESOTA
1. Wm Windom.....*.TJ.
2. Ignaties- L. I omuilly .U,
NEW FORK.
1. DwiKhtTowi>eend...B.
2 Martin KalbflMseh..D. -
3 Slones F. 0de11......-.DA,
Union
Democratic
Union majority.-
TERRITORIAL
AEIZOHA.
Charles 1) Poston.
Hiram P. Bennett.
DAKOTAH,
■William Jayne.
IDAHO.
William H. wmia«fc A
Georse
Beneral Hancack’a Corps. .
The following oironlar has been Issued from the
War Department in regard to enlistments ana ap
pointments in the let Corps:
3KAB J>*PAHSatBNT,
Adjctast Ghhbk ad’s O fficb,
. Washington; December 1,186*.
! *"* <JIKOTrtAK‘KO. ; *B:'' 1 ' s '- *
I. Persona desiring and qualified to'enlist In the
Ist Army Corps, Oen. Hancock commanding, snder
General Orders No. 287, current series,.from this of
fice, are hereby authorized to present themselves to
any United States district provost marshal, who, if.
the applicant or party be qualified, will'ihfnUh a free ’
transportation pass to Washington, I), a., where re
orults will be duly enlisted and mustered into the ser
ylce ei the United States, The applicant mnst satisfy
the provost marshal that he 1b an able-bodied man,
fit lor military service, and that ho bag been ho
norably discharged alter the -expiration of two
years’ service, by exhibiting hlB discharge, or, in
the necessary absence oi tbitf by presenting
snch otber evidence as the provost marshal may re
quire. No person'will be forwarded until he has
satisfied the provost marshal that he' is acting in
food faith, with a view to enlistment. In ease of
oubt as to bis physics! fitness, ho will not be for
warded until he shall have been certified to be fit
by the surgeon of the board of enrolment, which
certificate shall he retained- by tthe provost
marshal, and a oopy forwarded to the Adjutant Ge
neral by the- provost marshal. Surgeons of the
board or enrolment shall examine any applicant
sent to them by tbe provost marshal and give a
certificate as to his fitness for militarylsarvioo; and
any surgeon refusing or. neglecting to make such
examination will be dismissed. Provost marshals
will be prepared to furnish qualified, applicants
promptly with information and with transporta
tion. Any person falsely represent™, himself as
a recruit, and as designing to enlist lh ute Ist Army
Com, and failing to offer himself aAsuoh recruit
or by any means fraudulently procuring transport
tatioß, Bhall be deemed guilty of .defrauding the
Government, and will be punished tnfmourt martial.
or military commission. - 4
BBX.JSTMBHTS, MUSTEXS, ABdJ|H|Ss!. ' ’
11, All enlistments and musters wnibS'ihade at
tbe rendezvous near Washington, by tbe fiorps com
missary of musters and his assistants:'specially as--
signed to that duty, and in accordanoewlth the re
cruiting and mustering regulations of.the army..
Recruits will be credited to tbe dltMimt in which
they or their families are domiciled: Akcvlßenoe of
< the plaoe of doo ioile the affidavit of the recruit will
be required. If it shall subsequently be ascertained
that tbe place of domicile has not been correctly
given, the eredit will be taken from tbe plaoe to
which It was erroneously assigned And- transferred i
. to the proper place of domicile of Abe reorujt. ■ Ore- ■
Cits will be reported as for an army oprpg. in the>
field, and as directed In Clroular No, 52, current se
ries, from this office. f*
HI. The organization of tbe corps wW be by suc
cessive regiments: that is. one reglmeht mast be
fully recruited before another one is commenced.
Each regiment win be reoruited in llkatmanner, by
successive companies. The organization of rogi-.
meats and companies must pre
scribed for the Infantry arm by pai&gtfpifjß, Mus- (
teringHegulations. •' -*• 3®fl|eS*V-;
commissioned obbioxrs—Anpoi»«ksNTS Aim
MT7STBBS. /
iy. Applicants for appolntmentsai officers will
address and forward their applications, In writing,
to the “ Adjutabt General of the < Army: Washing
ton. D. O.” At least two years’ service-will be at
cessary; and the applicant must -give his military
history in full, embracing therein, as follows:
1. Date or original entry Into servloe.
2. Regiment or organization frj which services
have been rendered. ..:
-8, Rank at date of entry into serviW!'
1. If out-of service, date and cause of discharge,
rank at date thereof, and organization ln whloh ser
vice was last rendered.
5. The applicant’s address muMbe clearly stated
In all oases. „ Z
' Applicants must be able to pass examination be
fore a board of examiner* Officers appointed will
receive tbe necessary instructions. The appoint
ment will be snbjeot to revocation in case the reqnl
site nnmber of men is not enlisted to perfect the or
ganizatlon, and will be subject to tbe approval and
confirmation of tbe Senate. >
V. On application by the Governor of any State,
recruiting effictrs will be designated for suoh State.
By order of the Secretary of Whr. .
E, tr. Towkshkd,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Gen, Hancock has Issued the annexed notice to
veterans desiring to enlist: ' £* '
HbaDQUABTOM ISfARMT POBPS,
Washinqton, ft. 0., Deft. 1,1864.
Veterans desiring tocnllst In the Ist Army Dorps,
to be organized under tbe recent order of thatfar
Department; fhonidreport Inperson at the office ot
Col. O. F. JohneonT Baltimore ana
(bio Railroad Depot, Washington. TheyiwUl then
be conducted ,to the barracks-where they ,will :b<
critically examined, and, if /ound duly qualified,
immediately mustered into the service. ~\
' By order of Major General Hancock, Ij
- Ft*puv Anderrok, :
Assistant Adjutant General.,
Eckley,
fden,
liot,
Farnsworth,
Frank,
GrinnelL,
Bubbard (Coon.),
Halbard,
Jenckes,
Jalian,
Kalbfieiseli,
SMIV’
Moorbfcad,
Morrison,
Horton,
OdeU,
Per ham,
WAYS.
Hubbard (Iowa),
Icgertjoll,
Kelley,
Law,
Le Blond,
Longyear,
M&rcy.
Mcßride,
Middleton,
Morrill,
Morris (Ohio),
Myers Leonard,
i I* obi ft,
o^eui(Pa.K
O’Neill (Ohio),
Orth,
Patterson,
THE SENATE.
MINNESOTA,
Term Expire*
M. S. 1857
Alex.. Ramsay-..... 0. 1839
. . ’^aussoimr.
Beuj. Gratz -Brown.lT. 1667
John B. Henderson IT- 1869
r NIW B AMPSHIRK
John P. Bale ..0. 1885
Daniel Clarfc. ..IJ. 1857
t _ KKW TORS.
Ira Harri 5.......... IT. 1887
Edwin D.Jtforgau..lf. 1839
N£W\JfiiibS¥.
JohnC. Teit Byclc..o. 1885
William Wri*ht.*..D. 1838
• OHIO. _
Benj, V. Wade.... m#. 1865
John Sherman - ....If. 1867
„ . vOBBQOIff.
Ben} F.HardiDg....U. 1855
dames W. hteemUk.'O. 1857
mV PSSrNSYLYASriA.
Ectear Cowan, 0. 1867
Chas-E.Backalew-.D. 1860
RHODE ISLAND. -
Homy B Anthony..o- 1865
Wm. ftpratroe.. 0. 1839
"WEKBIORT. • ’
3 Keob Col lamer..... 0. 1857
Solomon Foot.—**o. 1839
VIROIStA.
John S. Carlile....«*D. 18S5
Vaoancy
WISCONSIN.
Timothy o. Howe..ll. 1867
James H DooUtcte. -U. 1888
WEST TIBGINIi.
WaitmattT.Wiiley.il. IEM
X. Q.Van Winkle..lJ. 1859
'RESENTATIVES.
HEW TOEfC—Continuedl
1 Benjamin Wood D.
5 . Fernando Wood*..••!>.
6. Biy*H D.
7. Jonn W. Chanler....D.
S. James 8r00k5........D,
Anson. Herrick. .■**++!).
Rad ford .♦•♦ T).
IfemnetepH Winfield.D.
12, IrotißtA- Nelson..«*D.
18. Johhß. Steele-..*.~D.
14, JohnV; L. P/uytt...D.
15 John A, Gris wold
16. Orlando Kellogg...*.TJ.
17. CalvinT. Halbard...TJ.
18 James M Star?in-...C.
19. Samuel. F. Miller....U,
20 Amoroso W. Clark.-¥.
21. Frgncis Keraan......D.
22- DeWitt C. Littlejohn.o.
23.' Thomas F. Davis.... U
;24. Timo. H. Pomeroy..U.
26. JD&niel Morris O.
M. Hotchkiss .\U.
27; 2W.¥*nValkeat>tir*o.
28. Freeman C1arke.....0.
29 Augustus Frank.....o.
80. John Gaaeoa-.......8.
SLrßeuben E Fenton • • .U.
BEWJBRSB?.
1. John F. 5tarr........tJ.
2. George Middleton....D.
S. WilliamG, Steeie ...D.
[4. Andrew J. Rogers...D.
5. Eeheaiah Perry.... .D.
HKWiHAMPdHIRS.
1. Daniel Marcy. D.
2. Edward H. Rollins..o.
3. James W. Patterson.U.
„ OHIO.
DaLaWaBE;
1. Geo* H. Pendleton* ..D„
2. Alexander Lone D.
3* Bobt. G, Schencfc*...o.
4. J. F, McKinney* ...*.D,
5. Prank 0. Le Blond..D,
A. White....D.
T. gtoSilS. C0x....~.D,
8, John* 0n.... D.
8, iWarrenP, Wohie*...!).
IQ. James M. Aihley....U.
11. WellfiA. Hutchins.. D.
12. 3|m; E. Flask..
IS. A O’ Nei1....... .D.
14. Gw?** Bite*..,. D.
15. Jam«» R Morris....D,
16. Joseph W. White-...D,
17. Ephzaiin B.Bckley.U.
18. Bofcs I*. Bpauldlng.U,
18. John A Garfield....o,
OREGON.
I. J&huß/Mcßride...«TJ.
£&&& SYL VANIA.
1. wmM 3 Ba^dail..3>.
3. Carles 0’Nei11......U,
3.-£gonard Myers...*••o.
Iv3s. RußsetirThayer .-rtf.
imles.;.. ....D.
7 John M. 8r00ma11...0.
8. SvdeahamE. Ancona.D.
9. Thaddeos • Stevens- .vO.
10. Myer 5tr0u5e........D,
11. Philip, Johnson.... ..D,
Dennison....D.
13* Itenry, W. Tracy... ,0.
KrTwseph Bailey ...D,
16. A Hi Coffroth D.
17. Archib&ld'MsAliieter.D.
18. James T. Hale....u.U*
19. Glenni W. BcoseM..o;
My«rs..-,~,...0.
a. John L, Dawfeon.*..D.
22. James K*Moorhead..U.
23. Thomas WiHiarng.. .tJ,
24 Je&jifil&zelr.........D,
ISLAND.
1. Thomas A
2. Nathan P. Dix0n....0.
„ “i
1. F. B. Woodbridee, ..U.
A fetin A. Morriu....o.
1L Fdrtns Baxter.
WISCONSIN
1. James S 8r0wn..... D,
2. IthamarG. Sloan**..o.
3. Amasa Cobb 0.
4. Chas A Bldridge,. .D
fi. Ezra Wheeler....... .D.
6. Walter D. Helndoe*.o.
i W)»T VIRGINIA
1/jfaoQpß. Blair 0.
8r0wn......0.
V. Whaley..o.
,..,102
81
•••>«■•
DELEGATES.
NEVADA.
Gordon N. Mott.
NEBRASKA
Samuel G. Duly.
NEW MEXICO,
Francisco Perea.
„ , - UTAH.
Kiaaer.
E'Cdla.
COLORADO.
organization.
IMPORTANT NEWS FfiOM SHERMAN.
Pike,
Price,
Radford.
Randall (Ky.) t
Rice (Maine),
Rollins (R. H.).
Scofieid,
Sloan,
Spanldinn.
Steele (fif. Y.>,
Tra«7.
wPSOHi
Washburn (Hisa)
Williams,
Wilson,
Wtndom,
Wood. V
His Advance Cavalry within Six Miles
of Savannah.
STEADY PBOSKESS OF HIS WHOLE ASHY.
NO important mpencks west op savannah.
R«fcel Reports of Foster's Kxpeditlun
Perry, '
grayn,
Klcs ( Ham.),
Boheaek,
feCOtt,
Shannon,
£ anthers,
Starr,
Stevens,
Stiles,
Slrouee-
Townsend,
Tan Valkenburg,
Ward,
Whaley,
Wheeler,
Wilder.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GEN. BRAGG.
HI CLAIMS TO HAVE REPULSED
GENERAL POSTER.
THE WAR IN.TENNESSEE.
HOOD'S AItMV FOBTIFTINO NEAR NASHTOIK.
Tremendous Slaughter of Rebel Generals
Gen. Bnrbridge’s Movements in East Tennessee.
THE REBEL BRECKINRIDGE RETIRING
FirRIHES PAETICHLABS OF GEN. GREGGS
Active Movements .in Arkansas.
SAVANNAH ADVICES Or LAST THURSDAY—3HKR
KAB’a CAVALRY BEYOND XILLEN—PEBPARA-
tions to inmn savannah.
Balti more, Deo. S.—The special oorrespondonfc
of the Baltimore American, writing from Fortress
Monroe’last evening, reports the arrival of the
steamer General Lyon, from Savannah, with ISO
released prisoners.
At the time the General Lyon left, on last Thurs
day night, the latest news received from savannah
was to the effect that Sherman occupied MUlen,
Georgia, and that his cavalry was scouting several
miles out from the town, meeting with bat little re
sistance. -
Every effort was being made for the defence of
Savannah. Our prisoners report that hoys of
thirteen years, and even women, were assisting in
the trenches and earthworks.
Sherman was slowly bat surely advancing to the
coast, and no doubt of his success need be enter
tained.
SW9 -IO THE 2D INST,—SBBBMAN’S ’ ADVANCE
WITHIN SIX MILES Off SAVANNAH.
Washing tow, Dec. s.—The Washington Republi
can of this evening says :
“By the arrival of a Government transport at
Fortress Monroe last evening, the Government has
received advices from Savannah to the 2d of De
cember. When the steamer left information had
reached Savannah that Sherman’s advanced ca
valry was within six miles of the city.
“ This does not conlUet with the news brought by
the steamer Belle, mieh arrived on Saturday,
night, that the Savannah papera of the 30th an
nounced that Sherman’s 'main army was within
forty miles of that oity. - These papers do not state
at what date he was that distance from the city,
“A gentleman recently from Savannah informs
us thatihere are no Important defences on the west
side of Savannah.”
REBEL. REPORTS OF FOSTER'S EXPEDITION—DE
SPATCH FROM THE BEBEL GENERAL BE AGO—
THE UNION POROEB SAID TO BE DEFEATED.
Baltimore, Deo. 6— The Baltimore American
has received Richmond papers of Saturday. They do
not appear to have as late Georgia news as was re
ceived from the Savannah steamer yesterday,except
the followlng from Bragg, whlehrefers to an engage*
ment subsequent to the capture of Focotaligo bridge
bj Foster's forces:
The Yankees were landed at Fort Royal, and
moved into the interior wlthihe expectation of meet
ing Sherman’s advance, bnt encountered a body
of Confederate troops at a place oaUed Grahams
villa. The enemy were bsidlv beaten and driven
from the field, leaving their dead on the ground.
The telegram conveying this information does hot
state the direction in which tie enemy were dri
ven, bnt we presume they were driven back towards
Beaufort. ~
The following despatoh has been received at the
War Department:
"Augusta, Ga., Deo. 2,1864.
To General Cooper:
“ The following despatches been received from
Lieutenant General Hardee, dated yesterday at
Savannah:
"i‘l have just returned from the front. The enemy
was badly whipped, and has retired to Ooosa
watchie. Another.point onthe Oharleston and Sa
vannah SRaihroad Is threatened, but I do not’apprb
hend a serious attack.’ Braxton Bragg.”
Grahamsville la thirty-four miles northeast of
Savannah, and seventy miles from Charleston, and
is a station on the Charleston and Savannah road.
Onr forces are evidently .still above- GrahamsvUle,
holding a position on the Cdosawatchle, .
It will he remembered that the news already pub-,
llshed from Hilton Head says that Foster had cap
tured Pocotaligo bridge,' which Is further 'lnland
than GrahamsvUle, bring forty-nine miles from Sa
vannah, and fifty-five from Charleston.
REBEL REINFORCEMENTS AT SAVANNAH—THE
union. Expedition up broad river—a rebel
COMPANY OF OOHVIOTS—GEN. TAYLOR IN COM
MAND - AT SAVANNAH—BUCKNER MADE LIEU
TENANT GENERAL—GREAT DISTRESS AT 3HL
lbdgr v'i i.Lit.
Fortress Monroe, Deo. 4.—The propeller Gen.
Lyonhns arrived from the Savannah river with
743 exchanged prisoners. These men are generally
in good eondltion. A sergeant who was with them
reports Sherman’s -cavalry within six miles of Sa
vannah, on tbe 30th of November, and says that
four trains, loaded with rebel soldiers, bad arrived
by the Gulf Railroad. There had been no report of
disaster to any part of Sherman’s corps. He says
the railroad was cut just after the train he came to
Savannah onbadpassed through.
- The Savannah Republican, of November 30th, con
tains no.telegraphic nows from any quarter. The
following are editorial items on fche situation :
“Sellable advices, received yesterday, indicate
that Sherman has made little or no progress with
the main body of his army daring the last day or
two. He is still on the railroad, some distance be
yond Mlllen, and apparently replenishing his com
missariat for the ionrney before him. His men and
animals mast be desperately jaded by this time, and
bnt little prepared for the trials to come. We still
believe that his-intention is to reaoh the coast, if
Sossible, by that rente 1 which presents the least
anger of a fight. There was no enemy between
here and Mlllen yesterday, and although a party of
Sherman’s cavalry had been near the latter plaoe,
everything remained untouched.
“Another fight was reported betweenWheeter and
Kilpatrick on Monday, with the usual result. The
latter was decently thrashed, and driven back In
the direction of the infantry.
“It Is reliably reported that a force of abont 1,000
landed yesterday morning from the Yankee fleefat
Boyd’s Handing, on Broad river, in South Carolina,
and some eight miles distant from the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad. A portion of this command
approached the railroad later In the day,, but
subsequently retired. Ample preparation has
been made to meet them should they attempt to cut
tbe road, whloh it was believed they would do last
night. We still believe Sherman has no serious
thought ef encountering Savannah with his jaded
columns, bnt will attempt to make his way to the
coast by the most practicable route. He will find It
difficult to strike one that has no lion in his path.
“ Onr military authorities, we are glia fcmee, are
acting on the sound principle that the surest plan
for keeping him away from the city is to make it
Impossible for him to get there.”
« Pursuant tea resolution of the General Assem
bly, Governor Brown, before leaving Mllledgevllle,
made a proposition to the convicts in the peniten
tiary or a pardon if they would volunteer and
prove themselvcß good soldiers. Nearly all volun
teered, but a few of the notoriously badwere reject
ed. The company organized 100, and the celebrat
ed Dr. Roberts has been elected captain,
“General Taylor Is In Savannah and has been
ordered to take temporary command of all the Con
federate reserves in Alabama- and Georgia. It is
stated that the Georgia militia has been turned
over to tbe Confederate Bervice, . v
“Gen. Buckner is appointed Lieutenant General.
“ Onr losb at GrlswoldviUe the Maoon Telegraph
sets down in killed, wounded and missing as follows:
2d.Brigade, 180; 3d Brigade, IBS; ith-Brigade, 1S8:
State line, 63. Total, 814. The enemy, In Aholr re-'
cent maroh, destroyed everything on Gep. Cobb’s
plantation, .with the.exoeptlon of his negro cabins,!’'
iTte-MaymMAMllledgevllle writes to the Mayor,
. ■
To Mr,' Collint, Mayor of Marins
Six: Our Citizens have been utterly despoiled-by
the Yankee Briny. Send ift bread and meat or there
will be great Buffering amongst us. We have no
mnles or horses. What you,send must be brofight
by wagon trains. The railroad bridge and the one
across the Ooonee have been burned. The State
House, Executive mansion, and factory are still left
ns; Send relief at onoe. ~ • '
R, B. Dx (JraepenrriD,
* Mayor or Mllledgevilie.
GEEOG’S OAVAXXV RAID ABD KBOONNOISSANCB—•
ATTACK OB BTONTOKBEK ABD DtrVAL STATIONS—
OATTtTBB OB A BORT ABD TWO, HUNDRED BBI
BONERS—GREAT DXSTBDOTIOH OB DBBOT3 ABB
StrtgiIXS—CCBBpXYdTIOK OB a BBW BAIDKOAD
' pbbvkbtxD—paw* ixbx liokxoss pafxks,
. - . ' —Cl.' ffitlmiiiMla—
[Bpeeial Ccrretpondence of The Press !
HbaDQDAXTBKS-ABMX OB THB POTOMAO,
Bxboxb Pxtkrsbueo, -Deo. 2,1861.
One of the most important and brilliant raids of
the war upon the communications of the enemy was
made yesterday morning by Gregg’s cavalry divi
sion upon the Weldon Railroad. This road, as
your readers are aware, is already In our posses
sion. Bnt at a point twenty miles or so from here
the rebels have improvised a depot, which they have
for months past made the branebing-off point of
a wagon road, which, orosslng tbe level country,
connected with the Sbuthside Railroad, by wbloh
arrangement tbe army In Richmond and Peters
burg has been rather circuitously but nevertheless
certainly and uninterruptedly supplied with food,
clothing, and ammunition. -Not content with this,
however, the rebels designed to supersede the wagon
road wlfha new line of railroad, which, when com
pleted, would restore, to them all that they had lost
by losing the Weldon Railroad, and, as It were,
render our victory In that direction a barren one. ;
Eighteen miles from here is Duval Station, and a
fourth of a mile further south Is Stony Greek Station,
now two points on the Weldon road of considerable
- importance to the enemy. -» was from the latter
station that the newly-projected railroad was to
fake a start. At both stations largenquantltles of
supplies had been collected, depots of considerable
size had been- built, railroad Iron gathered, forts
thrown np,-machine shops and fonndrtes,,set in
operation, and aU was bustle and activity. The
difficulty of supplying Lee’s army by wagons, du
ring the approaching winter, was so apparent to the
rebels, that they had made every; effort to get the
nCw road ln operatlon as epoedUy as possible, ,
- Doubtless upon Information to this effect received
THE WAR.
into South Carolina.
In the late Battle.
TOWARDS VIRGINIA
CAVALRY RAID,
SHERMAN,
GENEEAb BEASTS ABHT.
at headquarters, Brigadier General Gregg.wHh Ms
cavalry division, yesterday morning, at the early
hour of four o’clock, set forth upon a reeonncrttri g
and raiding expedition in the direction pMWval
Station. General Gregg led the advance,-Davies
and Smith’s brigades following. Greggs, brigade
reached Duval Station about noon. Upon bothsides
of the road the rebels had thrown up earthworks.
Their main fort monnted two 32-pounders, and was
garrisoned by about two hundred infantry. So
dashing was the onset of our forces that the rebels
were surprised, and made but little resistance,
farther than to fire a couple of volleys of musketry.
The whole garrison was made captive, a large
wagon train was seized, and the depotß,-containing
over three thousand bushels of grain, and a large
stock of hay were fired and destroyed. The work of
demolition was effected 'gith the ntmost rapidity, as
it was reported that the rebel General Butler, with
a cavalry force, was not far distant, and It was im
possible to tell how strong the enemy might be.
Our cavalry then pushed on rapidly to Stony
Greek Station, further south. Here the destruction
was as oompiete. Depots, storehouses, etc., contain
ing forage and other army supplies, were burned.
It was found that the work of oonstruottng the new
railroad to oonnect with the Southslde road had
been already commenced. The cross-ties were laid
and some of the rallß were in place. In a very few
moments the cncmy’B pet project was spoiled. The
ties were piled up and bumed,and the rails so badly
twisted that they cannot be again made serviceable.
Having accomplished Its work so thoroughly, the
expedition returned to camp with its plunder and
prisoners, and without having loßt more than thirty
men, moßtly wounded. The exploit was as complete
n character and as valuable In Its results as any
that has yet been achieved by onr own or the rebel
cavalry; and credit is due alike to the officers and
privates who shared in the honor and peril of .the
expedition.
A copy of the Richmond Enquirer, received to
day, qnotes from the Petersburg Express the follow
ing version of the capture of Roger A. Pryor. Even
if. our pickets were, guilty of the “treachery”
here alleged,Awhich Is not altogether certain, it
would he no more than a fair act of retaliation for
tricks of a flmllar character that have from time to
time been practiced upon onr men. The Express
says of General Pryor:
“While riding along the lines on onr right, he
stopped at one of cur vtdette posts and left his horse
and private arms, with one or two other articles, in
charge of the pickets, stating that he intended—as
waajiis custom—to go forward and exohange papers
with the enemy’s videttes. He advanced in the di
rection ofitthe Yankee lines, flourishing a paper lu
his hand, in token of his object, and, after, proceed
ing feme dirtanoe, was met by a Yankee officer. An
exchange of papers was effected, and Gen. Pryor
had turned to retrace his stops, when he was sud
denly seized by two or three armed men, who were
lying In ambush, and hurried Away. The whole
transaction, we understand, was witnessed by some
of our men, hut at too great a distance to render
assistance. Gen. Pryor had-frequently exchanged
papers with the enemy, and his.name and character
had no doubt been reported to them. They resolved
to have him by fair means or foul, and defoendsd to.
the basest treachery to accomplish their purpose.”'
The Enquirer likewise publishes a correspond ones
between Brig. Gen. A. L. Lee, odmmahdfng our*
forces In East Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi,
and'the rebel General Hodge, In reference to the
subject of retaliation upon the enemy for the prac
tice ef skulking and picket-firing. • In reply to the
letter of Gen. Lee, protesting against these viola
tions of war’s usages, the rebel chieftain returns an
Impudent and swaggering answer, the pith of which
is embraced In this, sentence : “My troops are In
struoted to fire upon the enemies of their country
wherever and whenever they may be found.” This
is much in the style of Beauregard..
LIST OF THE HILLED AND WOUNDED IN GREGG’S
FORCES—REVIEW OF BAXTER’S BRIGADE. ■
—K. Az. NlcßidUle.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 3
Before Petersburg, Deo. 8,1864.
Major Fits Hugh Is among the prisoners brought
in by Gregg’s forces. He belongs to Gen. Hamp
ton’s staff. - Of him I have something to say in
another letter. Our entire loss Is twenty-eight men
—three killed, twenty-four wounded, and one miss
ing, as follows:
iftZled.—Harry Miller, L. Mays, and Sergeant W.
Booard, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Wounded^ Captain F. M. Ervay, 4th Pennsyl
vania Cavalry ; First Lieutenant Charles White,
Second Lieutenant W. J. O’Callaghan, 13th Penn
sylvania Cavalry; Second Lieutenant Luther Day,
Sergeant Andrew Backus, Corporal John Smith,
Privates John B. Yost, Isaac' O. Clair, George
Uloh, Montgomery Sprawls, William Myers, Geo.
W, Erick, Christian Ifelliag, 16 th Pennsylvania
Cavalry ; Sergeants A. G. G-ist, J. 0 Hunt; Cor
porals T. S. Yard, S. Hontlng (missing); Privates
James McKay, A. G. Morrison, David Fitz, George
Cradle, Alfred Mays, F. Ertman, 4th Pennsylvania
Cavalry.
Baxter’s brigade of the 3d Division, sth Corps,
had a review yesterday afternoon. The men made
a soldierly appearance. Firing was excessive last
night, the enemy foellng very spiteful. Their lines
are exceedingly weak In some portions of our front.
Are they slipping firom before us 1
DEPARTMENT OP THE TENNESSEE.
GENERAL BUEBEIDGE AT BEAN STATION—BBBOK-
INRIDGE FALLING BACH.
Louisville, Doc. 4.—General Burbrldge, with
his command, has reached Bean Station, and
Breckinridge,'apparently decllningbattle, has fallen
back towards Yirginla.
,Stonwnan-wiU,irne«6ssary,ald his Eio7«nent ta
that direction.
Major. General Logan left on the mail train -this
afternoon for Cincinnati.
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF REBEL GENERALS IN THE
battle of franklin—the rebels fortifying
CLOSE TO OUB LINES.
Louisville, Sly,, Dec. s.—The Journal of this
morning contains the following:
Nashville, Tenn., Deo. 4.—Nothing of special
Interest has oeourred to-day along the lines.
Our artillery was used at different points against
the rebels, who are engaged In ereetingbreastworks
within half a mile of ours.
Prisoners brought in to day say that Brigadier
Generals Gist, Stahl, Gramberry, and Brown, of
the rebel army, were killed at Franklln, and that
Gen. Cheatham lost every brigadier In his corps.
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
BUFORD’S LINES ABOUND HELENA CLOSED TO
’ EVERY ONE—THE REBEL . EX-GENERAL .ADAMS
CONSCRIPTED AND REDUCED TO THE RANKS,
Cairo, Dec. 6.—General Buford has ordered the
lines around Helena to be dosed to everybody.
Stragglers arriving at Helena on steamboats, as
soon as discovered will be furnished with orders to
leave.
The Memphis Democrat says fifty prominent oltt
zens of Memphlß were recently arrested at the
mouth of White river for attempting to purchase
cotton without a permit from Mr. EUery, the Uni
ted States , cotton-purchasing agent at Memphis.
Learning of this, EUery despatched an ’ agent with
a letter of Instruction to Investigate the case, and
report to him. Upon the arrival of the agent at
Helena, General Buford peremptorily refused to
investigate, or permit him to proceed to White'
river, and ordered him to return to Memphis by the
first boat.
The steamer James Watson has been detained at
Helena. Her offleers are charged with illegal ope
rations In cotton,
Among the papers captured on the rebeliofficers
during Col. K&rges’ raid into Arkansas was an af
fecting: appeal to the rebel General KtrbySmithby
ex-General Wirt Adams, who has been conscripted
and reduced to the ranks. The communication was
dated at the headquarters of thenorttarn district of
Arkansas November 7th, and stated that another
copy had been sent by Col. Cross via Shreeveport.
A MISSISSIPPI STBAMKB PIBBD ISTO—BSBELB AT
QOOPBIOH’S LAHDLHa.
Caieo, Deo. 6. —The steamer Clara Dobson, from
New Orleans on the 28th ult., has arrived here. She
was fired Into at the head of Dead Man’s Bend, bat
nobody was hurt The rebelaocoupied Goodrich's
Banding, whloh the Federal troops recently aban
doned, causing great excitement In Vicksburg.
New. Orleans papers.by the steamer contain no
news. ' . ’ ; -- -
SOKTM CAHOMKA.
ADVIOUS VEOH SEWBEKH—THE TELLOW PBVBE.
Nittbjes, Dec. I.—The United States transport
steamer Thom, Oapt, Gibbs, aom'Fortress Monroe,
with commissary stores, arrived here this morning.
Captain William Holden, chief quartermaster of
this military district, Captain William L. Fainter,
and Captain A. S. Kimball, assistant quartermaster,
who were among the reported victims or the yellow
fever, have all recovered, and are, now discharging
their dutiesas before.
In the absence of Dr. Hand, and during the nineßS
of Dr. Oogill, Surgeon S. S. Malford, United States
Volunteers, Is aotlng medical director.
Captain Horaoe Jamesls still aUve. AjjUght*
change for the
tion; and strong.hopes are now entertained that he
will recover, life oogill, who a re
lapse, Is also ont of danger.
FOBTBEBB MONROE.
HBATaB JK TBS HOSPITALS AT OLD-POTM. ,
Foetebss Mokkob, Deo. 4.—The are
among the deaths in the hospitals & Old Pblntklnoe -
the last report: 9
Milan Taylor, 84 Penna. ArtUlery, Nov. 21;
Lewis B. Dawson, 58th Penna., Nov. 22; Wm. R.
Wylie. 6th U. S. O. T., do.; Wm. Street, 116th U. S.
C.T., do ; Jacob state, 9d Penna. Artillery, do.;
wmi O. Anderson, 206th Penna., do.; Jacob Rolo
son, 4th N; J. BatterV, do ; Lewis Brown, 9th U. S.
G. T., do.; W. H. Cason, 117th U. S. O. T., do.;
Peter Matson. 2d Penna. Artillery, Nov. 25; Joseph
Green, 118th U. S. O. T., do ; William J. Jones, 22d
do., do.; C. H. Roberts, 88th do., do.; Elijah Brown,
107th do., do; John Jenkins, 128th do., do.; George
Lewls,ll6th do., Nov. 27; Thomas Such, 116th do.,
do.; Ellsba Lowp, 3d Penna., Nov. 28; Samuel
Hines, 199th Penna.. do.; Henry Benson, sd Penna.
Artillery, Nov. 29 ;• Henry Reed, 188th P. V., Dee.l
Isaac Nichols, 7th; U. S. O: T., Nov. 20; Charles
Mayo, unassigned' recruit, do.; John Brunei), d 0. ,:
Nov. 80; Joseph Loyd, SSth U. S. O. T., do.: !fohn
Roach, civilian and prisoner, Dee. 1; D. A. MoOal-
Inm. 23d Georgia (rebel!, do,; George Hart, 6th U. ’
S. O. T, do.; Silas Brooks, Ist U. S. C. T., do.
THE REBEL PRESS.
THH BICIiMOKD BHQUXBBB OH THE BBBBL IHOBH.
OUST PLOT.
Baltimobb, Dec. 6. —The Richmond papers of
Saturday have been received here. The Enquirer
has an editorijj article on the late fires in New;
York, ridiculing the affair, and concluding as fol- !
lows: . <' > >
“Of oourse it was a rebel Ineendiary plot! Didn’t
they fire on Sumpter where Boated the old flag! A
morality that does sot restrain violence to the em-*
blem of the best Government In the world, &o„ will
hardly be proof against the sin of burning hotels.
“Nothing e'an be dearer, than the proof of Mr.
Davis’ complicity with the burning, or the attempt
to bum, some halt dozen hotels Inffew York.
«We have never read anything more truly Yan
keelsh than this whole affair. We are very glad
to see that all Southern refugees are required to be
registered.. - /_
“If General Dlx will hang them he will do a ser
vice tcour cause.. They are a Set of cowardly
sneaks, who, having deserted tbelr oonutry, are not
above burning hotels. Hang every mother’s sou of
them!”
St. Loots MnrUets, Dee. 5.
The Tobacco market !* more active, and Prteat arba
shade hither. Thereiano mahnal change l a Cotton;
email tales of K°od Middling at Floor
easy; single extra $8.80: double extra §9 75. Wheat
ueobanged. Oornftrtu;greeni«llow*U44@L4si white
naval srews,
[Specially Beported for Tba PteW. J
VOYAGE OF THE TORPEDO BOAT STROarSOLr,
The Strom bell left New Brunswick, N. J., on
Sunday, the 2Tth of November, and proceeded on her
voyage. Captain C. 8. Boggs accompanied her as
far as Baltimore, having reaohed there on Friday,
She la by this time at a more Southern rendezvous.
The tug Jenkins and picket boat No. 6 have been
her constant companions. It is impossible, In a
brief space, to describe the sensation which this ves
sel has created at all the towns along the route over
which she has passed. Some said «there comes
the Devil, sure others called out, “ What do yon
call that thing P,’ One old man, screaming at the
top of his voice, “come here Beaky (his wife) and
see this awful big turtle'.” Every one wanted to go
on board and examine hot, bat, of course, all were
denied. Thus far the machinery has worked beau,
tlfully, giving entire satisfaction. The officers and
crew are delighted with her, and are anxious to
“ bring her out.”
THE HEW BAH VZHDIOATOR.
The vindicator to the fastest ram In the Western
waters; steaming against .the current at the rate of
lSmlleß per hour, and with the current 25 miles.
The following Is a list of her officers: Lieutenant
Commander, T. O. Seifrldge, (commanding Fifth
district MtsflFsippl Squadron;) acting master*, J.
F. Seed, D. P. Slattery; acting ensigns, W. Zim
merman, B- O. Wheeler, J. W. Foster; aotlng chief
engineer, T. Cook;.anting assistant surgeon, O. E.
Vaughn; acting assistant paymaster, F. W. Han
son ; acting gunner, W. H. Barton; aotlng oarpen
ter, J, J. Tnlty; pilots, L. Lepman, J. Davis, W.
Kane, O. It. King; acting assistant engineers,
James Ttedat, W. Courtney, John Sink, S. H.
Brogan, John Dusk, J. O’Neil.
HARIHB COURT KARTIAL AT NORFOLK.
A marine general court martial convened at Nor
folk, Va., on the 26th nit,, for the trial of Flint
Lieutenant W. J. Squires. The following are the
members of the court: Major Thus. Y. Field, presi
dent ; Capt. James Lewis, Capt. John H. Higbee,
First Lieutenant W- H. Hull, Secopd Lieutenant
E. p. Banning, members [ Second Lieutenant R. D.
Davis, judge advocate.
THE HEW KKVKHUB COTTER MAHONING—A SKETCH
OF BEK EARLY 816 TOEY— WHAT A PHILADBL-
PHIA VESSEL HAS DOER.
The Mahoning Is a screw steamer of 425 tons re
gister, topsail-schooner rigged, and carries a battery
of,six guns, five 24-pounder Dahlgren howitzers,
and one 30-pounder Parrott ride. Her* average
speed Is eleven knots; In smooth water she will
make twelve knots easily, and has made sixteen
knots trader-steam and sail. She is the victor o f
two very exciting races which took place la Boston
harbor; the first with the revenue steamer Paw
tuxet, and the latter with the-Kewanne, the three
vessels being of the same class. The Mahoning was
hn!lt at Philadelphia by John Lynn, one of the
most skilful ship- builders in the United States, and
was considered by all judges to ha one of the finest
pieces of workmanship ever turned out from this
yard. She was launched in July, 1803, and fisted
fpr sea .Tune 20,1864, her machinery being built by
Merrick & Son, of Philadelphia, She has a pair ol
oscillating engines of 250 horse-power, her cyUnders
being 36 inches In diameter, with 30 Inches stroke.
On the 20th of July, 1864, she was ordered to
Portland for service on the coast of Maine, and ar
rived there on the 23d, and since that time she has
been constantly cruising between lottery and
Quoddy Head. On the I2ih of August last she was
ordered by the collector of Portland. to take the
" Congressional Committee of the House on the
Defences of the Northeastern .Boundary” on atonrof
examination of the fortifications from Portland to
Eastport, visltlDg all the principal towns e/t route.
thus introducing her officers to the people of Malnei
who are aB proud ol the vessel as are her officers,
and she la-welcomed in every port.
On entering Gastlse, two weeks since, the Ma
honing , was fired at by the battery with shotted
guns, they supposing her to be a rebel pirate,
despite the display of the revenue flag. Unwilling
to endanger the town by giving the over-offlelods
garrison a sheU, Captain Webster dipped his colors
at every shot, and steamed away for Seal Island
harbor. Since that time she has been despatched
to capture a suspicious vessel In John’s Bay, be-
Ueved by the frightened people to he a heavily
armed Confederate vessel. On the arrival of the
Mahoning, with shotted guns and men at quarters,
“the craft” was found to be a crazy old steamer
from Montreal, too shaky to keep the sea in a storm,
which had put in for a harbor, being bound to New
York.'
The presence ol the Mahoning “wiped the weep
ing eyes ” of the Inhabitants ‘of John’s Bay, and
bidding them adieu, she returned to Portland laden
with Thanksgiving cheer, presented by the grateful
people. This was no trifling scare on the part of
those people, for they went so Tar as to bury their
gold, pack up their household furniture, and leave
for the woods, expecting their town to be burned.
And as the suspicions vessel steamed out every
morning to the entrance of the harbor to see how
the weather looked, they supposed she was on the
lookout for another Confederate.
The Mahoning has been on three cruises in search
of the Tallahassee and other privateers reported on
the coast, and though she Is, perhaps, Inferior In
size and metal, yet her officers are in hopes she
would be a match for them if they should meet, her
speed making np for some of the superior qualities
of her antagonists.
Of her class, the Mahoning is undoubtedly the
swiftest vessel in the revenue cutter service, and her
bolder has Issued a challenga to either of the six
new iteamerß Tecentlybuilt by-the Treasury, De
partment to race from New York to Hampton Hoads
and back for $lO, ooj), provided the Department would
sanction It. The following Is a llst of the Maho
ning’s officers ;
Captain, John A. Webster, Jr.; first lieutenant,
David Bltehle; second lieutenant, Wm. C. Piggott;
third lieutenant, O. H. Dixon; chief engineer, Alex.
D. Douglass; first assistant engineer, Samuel M.
McAvoysecond assistant engineer, Leonard F.
Merrill; pilot, Horace Totman; boatswain, Thos.
Barton; gunner, Levi A, Leonard; carpenter, Chas.
E. “
The erew consists of sixty men before the mast.
CAKFOBBfIA ASD THE S^UDWIVU
ISLANDS.
ARRIVALS OF WHALERS—BBSDIIS OF THE SEA
SOH—THE SAKDWIOH ISLANDS tBaiSXATIJRE.
Sam Francisco, Deo, I. —The weather lias be
come settled and pleasant, Honolulu dates of
November 9th have been received. Forty-five
whalers had arrived and two were expected. The
general result of the whaling season was not as
favorable as last year, the catch having averaged
about 800 barrels per, vessel. Most of the fleet
cruised In the Arctic Ocean, and report the whales
scarce and small. The Oohotsk whalers make
more favorable reports, and expected arrivals from
there would probably bring a general average of
about 800 barrels per vessel.
The Sandwich Islands Legislature had been in
session for twenty days, and had passed an act
licensing distilleries, which caused much excite
ment amongst the missionaries and teetotallers.
The Legislature had also passed mi act licensing
the Donna (?) House, and an aot establishing re
formatory and Industrial schools for orphans and
virtuous children.
SBW IOKKCITT.
Nbwyoek, Dee. 5,1864,
ARRIVAL fsoh HVaSrddf..
The steamer Virginia, from Liverpool on the 16th,
with a thousand passengers, arrived here to-day.
. THE BANK BTATBHBHT.
The following is a statement of the condition of
thebanks of NfewYbrk city for the week ending on
Saturday:
Loans, increase. .$3,680,000
Deposits, do 28,000
'Specie, do 4,000,000
Circulation, doorcase..... 48,000
THE EVENING STOCK BOARD.
10 P. M.—Stocks very dull. Gold 228%, dosing
steady. - New York Central 119%; Ohio and Mis
sissippi certificates 36%: Erie 93%; Hudson Klver
115%; Heading 135% : Michigan Southern 69%; Il
linois Central 128%; Pittsburg and Cleveland UO%;
Chicago and Book Island 103%; Northwestern 40%;
Fort Wayne and Chicago 102%; Cumberland 46;
Quicksilver 86%; Mariposa 35%..
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived, ship .Galena, New Orleans; hark Alex
ander,-Martlnlciue.
Below—Ship Merchant, Cardiff.
Tbe Dmnincus at Portlaml.
Fortlakd, Dec. s.— The stcamerLamaseus has
arrived at this port. Her advises have been anti
cipated.
The Classical Quintette Oxub.—The mati
nee performances of this olnb ore delightful mnsl
oal entertainments, and deserve the heartiest sup
port of the public. The programme for to-morrow
comprises Weber’s Quartette in B flat and a quin
tette by Gade, together with violoncello and piano
solos by Messrs. Schmitz and Jarvis.
Large Positive Saxe op. Boots, Shoes, Bbo.
samb, Am Goons, Travelling Bass, Shi,— The
. early attention of purchasers is requested tothe
large iwsorSnentbrlidots, shoSi; - WifcgiuA'ilavalry
% boota, travelling bags, &c., ombraetog samples of
I*loo packages of first-class soasonablelgboas, of city
and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold,
Iqr catalogue, on four months’ oredlt, oommenolng
this morning at 10 o’clock, by John B. Myers & Co.,
auotlbieers, Nm. 233 and 284 Market street.
. Sale or Hobbes, Ad., om Wednesday.— Mr.
Herknets will hold an extensive sale of hones and
carriages on WedDesday,at the Bazaar, Including
two entire driving establishments, the property of
gentlemen leaving for Europe.
Mr. H. will also sell, oh Thursday, at No. 301
New Market street, tbe entire stock of a very large
livery stable, tlie property of Mr. W. A. Btlger.
See auction advertisement.
the city.
{FOB AhDmOMAX OITY MEWS SEE VIRBTP AGE.j
A CARD. -
The following note from Colonel Oloott explains
itself to the public: .
* CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
PHIXADELEHIA. DeO. 6,1864.
Colonel H. S. Oloott, Special Commissioner of the
War and Navy Departments,'presents his compli
ments to the editor of The Frets, and requests that,
In noticing the progress of Inquiry into the abuses
in tbe Navy Yard, he will call upon all good citi
zens to communicate to Colonel Oloott any facts
relative to frauds, embezzlements, or larcenies of
public property, either at the Navy Yard or Ar
eenal.
The public may rest assured that he- has both the
power and the disposition to expose and punish
the guilty; without regard to position or Influence.
The Investigations which he Is making have no po-:
lltieal bias, but are simply the result of a: settled
■ policy of the Government. Communications must
be accompanied b; the address, of the writer, but
whenever desired will he considered confidential.
GBAUD LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
A stated quarterly communication offthe Grand*
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masonß of the State,
of Pennsylvania was held last evening at the Hall,,
on Chestnut street, when the following named
officers were elected: Brother Lucius H- Scott,
Bight Worshipful Grand Master, Dr. D. C. Sken
reft having declined a re-election; Brother John
L. Goddard, R. W. D. G. M.; Brother Blchard
YanXjE. W. Si G. W.; Brother Hebert A Lam
berton, E. W. J. G. W.:Brotber Peter WllUamson,
B. W. G. T.; Brother W. H. Adams, E, W. G.
S. Trustees of tho Grand Dodge Charity Pond-
Brothers Jos. S. Biley, Wm. F. Black, A. N. Mao
pherson, Jacob Loudenslager, George Grissom.
Trustees, of the Girard Bequest—Brothers Samuel
H. Perkins, James Hutchinson, Davld Boyd, David
Jayne, M. D., Geo. Thomson. Trusteee of Mahonle
Loan—Brothors Wm. Badger, Jas. Shields, Wm.
Barger, Alex. Kirkpatrick, John-JJ. Gffier.
GIBL LOBT. ;
Anna_ Keller, a girl of sixteen, who lately oatae
from Pittsburg; and has been In the city about a
WMk.gOt lost on t. „
Cherry street. Ana.t left
wJtha Mr*. Durbin,
«°PPtoK with a. meoa
who lire* somewhere In *
cxrtrsr
FoKmamso ,'(r mr
Cbeibthas Holidays _ No '' ’n
hand for our readers to select
mas Holidays,let ns suggests
***** of spending their morev ’ •
Gentlemen’s Fnralrtiing Goods ,il
able, "What, In fact, couM be am' sl,r * ’
sent to a gentleman than an «■ **
Wrapper, a handsome pair of »i
dress and comfort for the neck or ’
wearl The place to And the’aj?
mentof these goods Is at the DorJ W!,,, f
B. O. Walboro * Co., Nos. 5 S a? 'i!
street. n T So,
THB APPEOACHIHG HOLIBays,.
a certain amount—a large am D ,
money will have to be spent Tor tn *'
article of coal bo liberally di EI) T
Money will do most good to this h 8
order it is at W. W. Alter's yard £ Il »
street. ' w Sir
Thu Fibst Pszunws for tkeb#.
chine ana the beet machine work ' 561
the Grover & Baker Sewing Kaov' ! ' n '
the Montgomery Co., Petmsyl raa “' f^
Etbby Description op p„ tr ,
ladies and children, lEctadtaa tv,. Jr. s Si
tlnental,” for sale by Wood 4 Cj« , ;*’ M
street. MaMDg old bats new la ?s 1
tended to at this establishment.
“Tmss Changs, ACT) JH EJf f ,
Thuj*.”— There was a time in Ke 84 -'’
everybody, on meeting his ntirlw Y ' !rk
“Hare yon seen herl” allude, t :"7* , U!-
nese jonk then Jn thelrwaters ort) r 1
and the answers showed that alvi,! ' ,J: '
plying did not exactly anderstand IJ?
mind or the Interrogator, and answer, *
have been very appropriate to the ■.
so to SPlle IJnd. Srow-a-day 3wosl i , '
stook have you?” snpposI Dg)of c ’’ ’*
has been to see the “Oillphany j,],
dicates that every other man counts m, 1
the tboosands. It may he aU ti e h t
one investment In whioh there Is a .,V '
in. a new roll of first-class Olcthhe"”
Stokes’ 4 Co,’s one price, nnder the u,„*'
The Pbembkkt’s Mjtss.tea.-Mr r •
Wgk national grounds In hia
finance, slavery,’ ft-o, are discussed rerj t» 55
and the message will be read wht
It Is to be regretted that the Pr«u eil , z* 1
himself of the opportunity of ni*kir,»'».
recognition of the elegant garment*
Brown-Stone Clothing Hall o; Rook tin 8
Nos. 603 and 605 Ciießtr ut attest, ab<ii <
was probably an oversight. * J '' v '
Babbains nr Glothiho,
Bargains is Clothing,
Bargains in Clothing,
Bargains in Clothing,
At Granville Stci w 0
At Granville Stotts'^
. At Granvflie Stokes' O'
At Granville Staky'o
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
OOMPMICBMTAKY.—“Mj hair B BOW
youthful color; I bare not a gray hair
satisfied that the preparation is not a lp .
on tlie secretions. My hair ceases to sjj
certainly an advantage to me, who was J a
of becoming-bald.” This is the testimony si
who have used Mrs. S. A. Allen’s Worts
Restorer and Zylobalsamum, or Hair r
Every druggist sells them. j es . t
Gbjtuekem's Hats—AH the latest.
Charles Oakford k Son’s, Continental Hotel
“ Thebe is Nothiugs Like It,” «A(ht
Household Treasure,” “ Wfrks Lilts i (
“ Would Hot be Without Itsuch ate tit
slons need In favor of the Florence Seit
chine, sold at 630 Chestnut street.
Ptteohasees may rely upon getting tts k
at Charles Oakford k Son’s, Continental Ht
Era, Eajs, attd Catakkh, race.
bj J. Isaacs, M. D., Oenlist ani Aorlst,
Artificial eyes inserted. No charge fo."
Lambs’ Fuss.—A large assortment of
goods at David H. Soils’, 622 Arch street.
Gboksb Stbck & Co.’s Pianos, anil .
Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, Or sale only to
Gonld, Seventh and Chestnut streets.
Wabkanted to Please.— The "Floj
the onlyperfect Family Sewing Machine ws
to give entire satisfaction or money retontf
Ladies’ Itms,—A. larg* assortment of i
goods at David H. Soils’, 622 Arch street, sc
The “Floeehce” does all hinds of Famll
ing, from the heaviest Woolens to the most
Muslins.
LAMBS’ ASS CHII.SSIH’S HA-,
at Charles Oakforfl fc Soil’s, Continental Ho;
Ths “ Piobekob” doea finer and after tror)
can be done on any other machine, betides a
four rtltohea with the eamejease that others
one.
lodise’ Firas—An elegant assortment
Oakford ft Son’s, Continental Hotel.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Gifts of Hardware. —Tatc
with ivory, rubber, and other handles; Chik
Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, fine Sci«o:s
Bazors in cases; Boxes and Chests of Tools, fr«t
$25; Boys* Taming Lathes and Work Benches;’
Tool Hanileewith miniature tools in them; Bo:
Ladles* Skates; Clothes-Wringers (they’ll art
cost in tine and clothing), Carpet Sweepers,
Spoons, Porks, and Better Knives miniature
Tools, Spice Boxes, Cake Boxes, Fancy Tea F
Spring Call Bells, Hut Crackers and Hut Pick
Ash-Sift*] s (pay for themselves in the eo&leav
a good variety of other Housekeeping Hard?
lery* and Toole, at
TRUMAN * SHUTS,
Mo. 835 (EgitTUitr-tTe) MARKET S»
€e6-3tt _
gfgawj Gbobsk Bteck * Co.'s
nWfl PIANOS,
ASS
IIABON * HAMIIS’S
CABINET ORGANS.
PIANO OtstSOO tadt of th«a« tof It
FOBTBS. lnrtrnjaenU lavs teen tali ,0
PIANO by Mr. G., and the deaund i« .CJ
POBTKS. constantly increasing. i”
*^3?riSfeiA,,. if
£££& SJ ™ i?
T* PUBCHAKR CLOTSIK6 St
stake a selection, from our stock of RBADT*3!
KISTS. We axe selling goods egnal in style
and material. from&toGQper cent, toteerb
charged for same goods made io older. We
ityles, dies, and prices of Clothing, Mess
ind Beys’* JUI can be suited without daisy
Mt-mtntU tt TOWBR HALL, 53
E. McCt.ath’b Celebrated Cot
oil ahd atrnrcE bees is wmtrf >° y
otranfthen, darken, and beantifytthe hair, am
•radicate dandroy, without eollih* hat or
Hainan. Manafactnrad and sold by tv. 5.
Perfumer, Ho. 33* North SIXTH Street,
BT. B. —A liberal discount towholMale dealsn.
OOMATB’B HOHSX SoAP.
«ito eeUkratodTorLßr SOAP, to <“*'
cud, in made from tbe CHOICEST nat**'
rad ZHOUJSKT In its aatrum FKAGBAK®
SB, and XXTKKKBLY BENEFICIAL In Its acr.-
OtaSktft. lor salt by all Dmc**** 4 “® - 81
• frfS-i
toaionu
Owe-Pbick Clothing, of ' r ®®
•tries. made lx the best manner, «?#!?£*
SALES. LOWEST BELLIES PKIOT
PIAIU FIGOBSS. All sooiE made to orfst»
•atiafaotory. 2*A« one trice system « » ,
to. All an thereby treated affite..lo®
TaBT.TBUBTI OKE-PBICB CLOTHING HOUafc
StABKBT Street, Bear Sixth.
. Both’ CwwHiNe, Bens’ Clot® ls6 ’
Motklssr. _ ,
Boys’ Clotkln*. Boys’ ciothlis. Boys
Boys' ClotMmr, Boys’ Clothin*. Bore
y**’*
. * In a wry vst
• In erery yarlety, Ik every varletf.
. At H. Ik Hslloire&i Sob’*.
At H. L. HaLlowell*Boa's.
At H. I. Hallowell ft Box’s.
At H. It HsllihireU A Son’s,
*M Market street, 634 Market rto>*'
694 Market street, gS4 Market®*-
634 Market street. -654 Market
654 Market street, 634 Market stie®
Spoculi Sotico. —We haye tks largest “
resorted stock ofßeady-made Boys' cnoUll"l'* ,,
mtiatke latest stylos* and mads In '*
H. Ik HALIQ'WXLL A BOM,
oelS-tnttstjal
JOTTES, CLOTHIK6,
B. E. corner SEVENTH SBd
JONES, CLOTHING, 8-K.cor. SEVENTH
JONBS, CLOTHING, 6.8. cor. SEVENTH*
IONBB,CLOTHING, S.S. ear. SEVENTH ana
JONES, CLOTHING, 8. H cor. SEVENTH aoi
JONBB, CLOTHING, B-Ecor. SEVENTH and
JONES, CLOTHING, he. cor. SEVENTH aw
TONES. CLOTHING,, B. E cor. SEVENTH as:
JONBS.CLOTHINa.S.Ecor. SEVENTH aa«
JONES,CLOTHING, 8. B cor. SEVENTH an
JONESiCLOTHING. EE cor. SEVENTH ant
JONES,CLOTHING, S.Ecor. SEVENTH aa<
JONES, CLOTHING, S.E cor. SEVENTH act
rONEB,CLOTHING, S.E cor. SEVENTH asa
JONES, CLOTHING, S.Eoor. SEVENTH a»a
JONES,CLOTHING, S.Eaor. SEVENTH an”
JONES,CLOTHING, HE cor. SEVENTH an<
JONES,CLOTHING, S-Eeor. SEVENTH an
TONES, CLOTHING, B-Ecor. SEVENTH »<«
JONES,CLOTHING, EE cor. SEVENTH »»'
oclfi-atott tf
OVBBCOATB FBOH $l4 TO $56.
°VEBCeATS raoM Wto *M. ot3«^ AT>
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OAK
& B. oonur SIXTH and
JS-Tous Hto’a Suita aad CJ5 s.
beat closa Cloth la« at BBABOHdXUi PM
WBSMIX& &-Wesson's Highest P* s>fl
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