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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, ISOI,
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.- 4 I The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
011. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two aides
to the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
Can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
YOB SAL - E.—The double-cylinder ~T AIrLOIt" PgR93
on which this paper has boon printed for the last nine
months. It is in excellent condition, having been made
to order a year ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For
terms apply at this office, or address JOHN W. FORNEY,
417 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
French Officers in our Service.
The latest news from Europe is that the
Emperor NAPOLEON will not permit any French
officers to join the army of the United States.
There is nothing to be wondered at in this
prohibition, which is alike in accordance with
the avowed neutrality of France and the usual
action of the Imperial Government. In the
Italian war of 1859, France shed her blood and
spent her treasure in behalf of the King of Sar
dinia, but it was as a brave, loyal, and avowed
ally, and not only did the best soldiers of
France fight for the regeneration of Italy, but
NAPOLEON headed them in person, with gal
lantry and success. But here, in the contest
against the Southern treason which has culmi
nated in audacious rebellion, and after NAPO
LEON, resisting the entreaties of the commis
sioners sent to Paris by the South, had taken
before the world a firm position of neutrality,
it is impossible that he could permit any of his
officers to take part, on either side.
At the same time, it would not surprise us
to find a few intelligent French officers de
tached to this country for the purpose of ob
serving and reporting upon the numbers,
armament, discipline, resources, and conduct
of the Federal troops, in camp and in battle.
Other European Powers, as strictly neutral as
France has hitherto shown herself, may adol.t
similar means of obtaining reliable information
upon the condition and character of the United
Statei army. It will be remembered, as
parallel to such a contingency, that the United
States Government, (the War Department
then being under the control of JEFFERSON
DAVIS, then avowedly a loyal man, and now a
tainted traitor,) sent a military Commission to
the seat of war in Europe in 1855 and 1850.
To this we owe three valuable Reports, the
first published of which was by Captain (now
Major General) GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, of the
United States Cavalry the second, by Major
ALFRED MonnneAr, of the Ordnance, and the
third, which has lately appeared, by Major
DELAFTELD, of the Engineers. These Reports,
liberally illustrated with maps, plans, views,
&e., now belong to the military literature of
the world, and only require copious analytical
indexes (facilitating reference) to make them
complete, each in its way and upon its specific
Ellbjeet,
The reasons which we have here assigned
are sufficient, we submit; to justify our belief
that there is not the shadow of an unfriendly
feeling in the Emperor NAPOLEON'S declining
to violate his pledge of neutrality, by allowing
French officers to enter the United States ser
vice during this war. If any such should do
so—imitating the example of LAFAYETTE du
ring our War of Independence—they would
do so, of course, on their own responsibility
alone.
WHATEVER MAY be the result of the election
on Tuesdav next, one fact will tummtionably
be established, viz : That the grand example
set by the Republican party of Massachusetts,
Ohio, and New York, the three strongest Re
publican States in the Union, will be followed
until the -war has closed in the vindication of the
Federal Constitution. These great States,
through their Republican leaders, extend the
open, warm hand of fraternity and welcome
to all loyal Democrats, and have made their
promises good by noble performances, The
small politicians, on either side, who insist
upon party tickets, will henceforward be com
pelled to stand back, or to join the consoli
dated combination of those who have resolved
to forget everything looking to selfish interest,
partisan ascendency, or contracted creeds,
and to remember only that they have a coun
try to defend against a merciless adversary.
TEE "UNION CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF, Jolts
THOMPSON, is commended to the support of
our citizens by many considerations. In the
first place, he is presented by the only two or
ganizations that have avowed an unqualified
determination to support the Government in a
vigorous prosecution of the war upon the
Southern traitors; and, what is better, when
he gave his sanction to the action of this or
ganization, it was accepted everywhere as a
sincere and earnest avowal of his conscien
tious belief. He has never sought office,
though repeatedly pressed upon him. Content
UP MOT in his humble sphere as the alderman
of his ward, he seemed to be more ambitious
to acquire the reputation of an upright and
humane magistrate than to accumulate a
fortune; and, by pursuing this course, he has
scented the confidence and affection of his
fellow-citizens. His qualifications are un.;.
doubted. His manners show that he is an
educated gentleman; and his whole bearing,
from the period of his nomination by the
Citizens , Union Convention, has indicated
that, inasmuch as he never sought the place
of sheriff of Philadelphia, he will discharge
its manifold duties, when he is elected to it—,
as we beliere he will be—without compro
mising himself, personally or politically.
How. OswALD TDO3IPSON, President Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas ; Hon. JOSEPH
ALtasou, Associate Judge of the same court;
Hon. GEORGE SDARSWOOD, President Judge
of the District Court, and his associates,
Messrs. HARE and Srnoun—all of whom have
been placed in nomination for re , clection,
alike by the Citizens' Union and the People's
party—have written letters accepting these
nominations. We find it impossible to copy
Them at length into our columns. On the
great question of the day they utter but one
thought—that of loyal devotion to the Go
vernment in its efforts to crush out the
Southern rebellion. We need not repeat that
we trust each and all will be triumphantly
elected. on Tuesday next-
TEE Massachusetts Republicans met in State
Convention on Tuesday last and nominated a
full ticket for State officers, giving to the
Bell-Everett voters the candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, and to the pemocrats the
candidate for Attorney General—displacing a
Republican in order to show their magnani
mity, The other nominees were all Republi
cans. What a rebuke to the Boston Breek
inridge men, who insisted upon putting up a
Democratic State ticket, and what a lesson to
those Republicans who present straight party
tickets in this the hour of our country's utmost
peril!
READ the fine order of Commodore MER
VINE, flag officer comma - tiding the Gulf block
ading squadron, contained in the letter copied
from the New York Times of yesterday, in
which he thanks the officers and men who par
ticipated in the lake gallant affair in Pensacola
harbor. It has the tree patriotic ring, and
chows that our navy, like our army, is fully
equal to the expectations of the country.
Jr mrsT NOT be forgotten that the meeting to
ratify the nominations of the Citizett3' union
Convention will be held this evening, at Con
cert Hall. We trust that the great speakers
announced for the occasion will accept the in
vitations of the committee.
A FINE TEXT is presented in the following
suggestive sentences from the New York
Herald of yesterday:
" Commerce in the North is already entering
noon a phase heretofore unknown in the history of
America, but far safer for the future welfare of the
country. Instead of the insecure business with the
South, by which our merchants have lost such vast
Sums of money, and have been obliged to sacrifice
feelings and principles for gain, a certain and lu
crative trade is springing up, and we are becom
ing dependent upon each other, instead of upon
strangers. while credit is curtailing itself within
limits that exclude the possibility of those periodi
cal monetary convulsions, that have swept over
financial circles every few years with such terrific
a n d deetreetive violence:'
THE fair correspondent who sends us a
copy of the celebrated poem of the traitor,
ALBERT PIKE, of Arkansas, against Disunion,
ja respectfully informed that that production
bob already appeared in these columns.
The "Great Eastern" Failure.
The crest Ragroyn appears, front the first,
to have been a doomed steamer. It cost an
immense stint to build her, and then there was
a terrible outlay to get her afloat. Her trial
trip was a tragic scene. with its explosions and
fearful loss of life. Brought to this country,
she was found deficient in speed, and her plea
sure excursion from New York to Cape May
was a haat+, the result of incredible mean
ries:. Still, it was hoped that she would prove
eminently seaworthy ; that, front her immense
bulk, she would safely ride through the rough
est seas in the stormiest weather; that in her
would be fulfilled the poet's boast :
She walks the Waters liko rt thin!! of Jiro.
And seem , to dare the element; to strife.
.Her rudder-pin gets broken, and the huge
mass refuses to obey her helm. The captain
runs up a sail, and the wind tears it into rib
bons. Then ensues a terrible series of mis
fortunes and casualties, enduring through more
than three days of misery. The boats are
washed away. Furniture, fittings, ballast,
cargo, stores, chain-cables, oil-tanks, water
casks, passengers' luggage, bulks of timber,
paddle-boxes, get crushed, and crashed, and
mingled up together, in one sad ruin, and of
the hapless passengers and crew, over twenty
five literally pummeled against the iron sides
of the monster-ship, have their limbs frac
tured—some without prospect of long-con
tinned life, or only as cripples. Almost every
other person on board received cuts, bruises,
and concussions.
Her great strength alone prevented her
becoming a total wreck; and Elie WAS 4
sad ruin when she arrived in Liverpool.
It is clear that, in her arrangements,
cc somebody blundered." The inspecting
officers of the British Government, acting for
the Board of Trade, will scarcely renew their
certificate of the Great Eastern's sea-worthi
ness. If they should again permit her to start
on a Voyage across the.Atlantie; no one with
ordinary regard for his own safety will trust
hislife with her. The great - ship is a groat fail
ure, as we expected from the first.
Garibaldi
It becomes necessary, every now: and then,
to repeat our conviction, based on special in.
formation received from well-informed parties
in Turin, that GAmnAmq is sot likely to visit
the United States, with: the intention of
placing his Sword at the service of tho Fede
ral Government. Two cogent reasons would
prevent this :—first, the bad state of his
health, and next, the importance of his being
on the spot, in the event of the expected out
break in Hungary, where he world probably
join the patriots there, or take advantage of
the occasion to carry out his intention of hav
ing a dash at - Venetia.
Let us add, what probably may surprise
many of our readers, that we are unable to
under Stand what very great advantage, even
what advantage at all, could result from giP
ing GAaraft am a command in the Union army.
Bravest of the brave " though he be, his
Dormice of our language would prevent his
efficiency -in our military service. Impulsive
and self-reliant, so as to be one of the 'best
guerilla leaders in the world, he would scarcely
submit to two neeessities,—first, that of holding
an inferior command, and next, of being com
pelled to submit to that waiting game which
General MeCtELLAN is now playing with equal
sagacity and skill, In a word, GARIBALDI ill
our army, great as the prestige of his name is,
would not be precisely the right man in the
right place. But we need not speculate upon
a fr.ture so unlikely as his coming over to the
'United States, to fight under a the stars and
stripes."
Another Champion of the Union in
England
The London Spectator bas an able article on
American affairs, in which the justice and wis
dom of the policy of, our Government in en
deavoring to re-establish the Union are clearly
shown, and the opinion is expressed that the
unfriendly views of such journals as the
London Times are unworthy of the great.
English nation," and "not participated in by
the masses of the English people." The arti
cle denies. the justice of the conclusion the
advocates of Secession have hurriedly arrived
at, cc that the North are fighting for an impos
sibility." Among other arguments which it
adduces to show the fallacy of that opinion, is
oiia based upon the relative price of food in
the North and the South.' The belief is ex
pressed that so much distress will eventually
be caused in the rebellious districts that it is
by no means au impossibility that the South
ern States may be obliged to accept almost
any terms that the North may choose to offer."
Another point strongly presented is, that
the advocates of secession, when they contend
that disunion is desirable, because, as they al—
lege, it is the only possible step to a conclit
Sioll of what they term a causeless and fratri
cidal strife, forget or ignore the great fact that,
if a separation were now peacefully agreed
upon, we could never expect a permanent
peace hereafter. The article concludes with
the expression of the following opinions :
"Now, we do not deny that the Americans have
themselves sowed the seeds of this petty and con
temptible state of feeling, by the unfriendly and
bullying attitude they have so often manifested to
England; but we do say that the state of feeling
t on our part is petty and contemptible. 'We see
that in a deferred issue there is no hope of a deep
and enduring tranquillity for Amertca ; that it
means a decline and fall of the American nation
•into quarrelsome clans and tribes, and yet 455
hold up our hands in horror at the present
fratricidal' strife, because it holds out hopes
of finality. We exhort them to look favorably
on the indefinite future of small strifes, equally
fratricidal and probably f ar more demoralizing,
beeanSe the latter , monld dram out of oar side
the thorn of American rivalry. We have as little
respect as any of our contemporaries for the Amer--
. can Democracy of the last twenty years, and its ir
ritating and blustering foreign policy ; but we must
say this attitude on our part es a shameful and
9',!Pnohle one."
France and America
The address of lion. EDWARD EVERETT to
Prince NAPOLEON, which is published on our
fourth page, is one of the finest speeches ever
delivered by that distinguished orator.
Public Amusements.
CONCIIIST AT TIM ACADEMY OF Music.—lt is
' scarcely necessary, perhaps, to remind those who
love "the concord of sweet song," that the Concert
announced by Mr. S. Behrens and Mr. H. G. Than
' der takes place this evening. Besides a full cho
rus, six female and four male vocalists will sing,
and dm orchestra will be led by Mr- Simon
Ressler. The miscellaneous part of the programme
includes compositions by Handel, Mozart, Haydn,
Rossini, Guglielmi, Concone, and Thunder, and the
Sacred portion will consist of Haydn's War Maas,
With Atigtrionted orchestral, organ, and choral form
and the following quartette of singers—Madame
Johannsen, Miss C. McCaffrey, Mr. Perring, and
. Mr. A. B. Taylor. Tickets are on sale at the Aca
i demy and at Gould's music store, Seventh and
Chestnut.
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN Crrizes.-1 4 7e regret
to announce the death of Mr. Charles Harkness,
which occurred at his late residence, near this city,
OD Monday evening last. Mr. Harkness was for
many years successfully engaged in the wholesale
clothing trade on Market street, and was one of the
early pioneers in that department. Ile was much
respected by his fellow-merchants and our citizens
in general ; was active in many of the humane
movements of the day, and liberal in pabroul4ll3g
others. Few have left a more worthy example as
a citizen and Christian gentleman than Mr. Charles
Harkness. He was for many years a communicant
member of the First Reformed Dutch Church in
this city, and was a member of its vestry at the
time of his death. He died in the sixty-fifth year
of his age.
DUMAS' NEW Boox.—Peterson and Brothers will
this day publish a continuation of Alexandre Ai
ms' singular romance, "The Mohicans of Paris."
It bears the Bornewhat "stunning" title of "The
Mirrors of Paris ; or, The Flower of the Faubourg."
It has been specially translated for the publishers,
at:4 pow first appears in this country.
LARGE SA LE Or Day Gooos, &C., AT AUCTION.
—The attention of purchasers is requested to the
large and varied assortment of British, French,
German, India. and domestic dry goods, hosiery,
etc., embracing about 6fie lots of staple and fancy
articles in woollens, worsted, linen, cotton, and
silk ; also 191 pieces French merinoes of choice
and seasonable shades ; to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue for cash, commencing this morning at ten
o'clock, the Pale to be continued without intcrmis•
sion the greater part of the day, by Myers, Clag
horn, 4: Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market
street.
SALE Or WORKS OF ART.—MeBSrB. Viti Brothers'
sale of elegant urns, vases, figures, Sm., of recent
l iargr latiou front Italy, takes "-dime thin morning,
at 10i o'clock, at their wareromus, No. 639 Arch
street. The assortment embraces new and costly
vases, as well as several finely-executed figures.
Aroma' lioncn-124141 or Boors AND Orions.
—We would call the attention of buyere to the largo
and desirable assortment of 1,000 cases boots, shoes,
brogans, and gum shoes, to be sold by catalogue
ibis morning at 10 o'clock, precisely, by Philip
Ford 3: Co., auctioneers_ at their store. No. 525 Mar
i ket awl MI Coma/cue streets_
LETTER FROM 4, OCCASIONAL."
A13111.11(iTON, Oat. IgGl
It is a historical fact that all peace parties
have been failures, and in no country more
completely so than in our own. During the
second war with England those who advo
cated peace were defeated at the polls and
rendered infamous to their posterity. To
this hour their names are remembered only to
be execrated. During the Mexican war the
Whig organization arrayed Itself against the
Administration of Mr. Polk. For this they
were beaten at nearly every election, and when
they threw themselves upon General Scott,
and made him their candidate for President
in 1.852, because of his gallant conduct as the
leader of one of our armies in Mexico, they
were utterly overwhelmed by the Democrats,
notwithstanding the latter rallied around a
gentleman wiio was denounced as comparative
ly unknown and obsure. The fate that overtook
the opposition to our country's war in these
cases will be nothing to that which is certain
to punish those who are now arrayed against
the flag, and, directly or indirectly, in favor of
the Southern traitors. The cause in which
the Government is engaged transcends im
measurably the cause in which the Government
was engaged in the second war against Great
Britain, and in the last war against Mexico.
Oar armies are contending not merely for the
preservation, but for the existence of the Re
public. The politicians who call a aemselves
Democrats, and who disgrace the ifte of De
mocracy by making it a cloak for complicity
with treachery and tyranny, will be called to
render such an account to the people as has
been exacted of no other public men.
I cannot believe that, in the coming election
in Pennsylvania, these dangerous and insidi
ous malignants will be anywhere sustained.
I care not Who opposes them—what ticket is
arrayed against their ticket—my prayer and
hope are that they will be indignantly repu
diated. Every ballot thrown in their tavor is
a ballot thrown in favor of Secession, and
should any of them be fortunate enough to re
ceivo the endorsement of the people, their po
sitions will be used to embarrass the Govern
ment; and to give aid and comfort to the com
mon tome*. Their professions are not to De
confided in. Their very declaration that they
will support the Government " in all constitu
tional and proper measures" for the pre
servation of the Union is an unqualified
insult to the constitutionally-chosen Executive
of the United States. When they assert that
this war has been provoked by what they flip
pantly call Abolitionism, they utter a patent
falsehood, which is fittingly illustrated by the
studied silence they preserve in regard to the
atrocities of the pro-slavery rebellion. There
is not a battle lost by the American army that
does not excite their exultation. There is not
a battle b; • that army that does not make
them grieve. Claiming the masses of the
troops now in the service of the Government
as their political brethren, and holding, in
many CAW, the nearest and dearest relations
to these courageous men, they refuse to give
their energies and their sympathies to the
cause of the country, and, as if struck by
judicial madness, sanction every theory, and
applaud every effort calculated to bring this
great struggle to a calamitous close. This is
the peace party of our generation, and it will
be immeasurably disgraceful to the intelligent
. and patriotic masses if it is not crushed out at
the coming elections, by such a verdict as will
stand outin history an eloquent admonition to
statesmen and politicians. OccxstoxAL.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON,
The Position of the Army.
ALL QUIET ALONG THE LOWER POTOMAC,
COL. EINSTEIN NOT DISMISSED.
An Expedition to Edeen's Hill,
OUR TROOPS FIRED ON.
FROM GEN. BANNS' COMMAND.
COL. GEARY PURSUES THE REBELS.
Strength of the Rebels at Win-
chester and Vicinityl
Special Despatches to Ai The Press. 9
WASIIINOTON, October 2. 1861
The Position of the Army.
The pickets and scouting parties from the army
of the Potomac, tQgether with the observations
made by those who are going up daily in the bal
loon, have given the fullest assurance that the ene
my remains in full force in front of our advanced
pickets. Their cavalry is also on the scout, and
our pickets have, by the approach of superior
numbers, been forced in oil 3,50'0 points, only, haw , .
ever, to take their advanced positions again. It is
remarked, by experienced officers, that the situation
now much resembles that of Solferino, in the length
of the lines, the number of troops on either side,
gni general characteristics of the country. It is
intimated that Gen. BEAUREGARD has actually se•
looted positions to carry out the details in an exact
counterpart of that battle-field. But of this I have
no positive assurance. It does appear evident,
however, that no engagement can take place now
without the whole length of the army being draWii
into the conflict, es they are now face to face for a
distance of nine miles.
An Expedition to Edsell's
Troops Fired On,
A train with 200 troops left Alexandria yestenlaj
afternoon, for the purpose of obtaining wood at
Edsell's Hill, eight miles from that city. While
the cars were loading, some of the troops proceeded
over the hill towaid S.priegjleld stMicin, when they
were fired on by the rebels, and three of their num
ber wounded. The entire party, with the exception
of two, who became detached, and were probably
taken prisoners, returned to Alexandria, having
fully succeeded in their expedition.
A Nest of Secessionists.
A gentleman from Vevey, Kentucky, says the
rebels are desperate in that part of the State, but
have not yet made any open movement. There aro
two thousand of them in Owen county, fifteen miles
from that place. who have obtained arms belonging
to the State. They are secret in their movements,
and have given the union citizens great cause of so
licitude.
Colonel Einstein.
Although Colonel Eixsvntw, of Philadelphia, was
put under arrest seven weeks ago, by order of Ge
neral McDowom., he has not yet received a copy
of the charge and specifications against him, what
ever these maybe. Many of his brother officers
and friends express the opinion that ho should either
be tried, and if found guilty dismissed. or restored
to his eommand.
The Allotment System.
The allotment system ; by which it is proposed to
allow aoldlois to .10 Apart, by assignment or allot•
went, a certain portion of their monthly earnings
for their families, is to be carried into effect. Pay
master General LARNE)) was opposed to the mea
sure, as it would increase the labors of his depart
ment. And further, he says
" It has been found impossible to devise any
practicable system of allotment tickets for the large
number of volunteers now in the service, so many
of whom hz.ve been so irregularly and loosely mus
tered in. It is thought that the small denomina
tions or treasury notes about being Weed will enable
all those soldiers who wish to transmit money home
to do so."
The allotment system is, however, sanctioned by
the Secretary of War, and its merits will be tested.
Six iillnarg4 Federal Prisoners Sent to
New Orleans.
I conversed to•day with J. Ai.tisox EVSTER, of
CilfilltbCrAlArg, Pa., who has been liberated at
Richmond, and has returned to this city. He says
O R , instill/lents of our men, imprisoned by the
rebel army, have been sent to New Orleans. In
the first lot there were 300 men, and in the second
from 250 to 300, the exact number he could not
ascertain.
Mr. EYSTER was not one of the Bull Run priso
ners, but was arrested near Wintersten, Pennsyl
vania, on the day after that disaster ; and, although
he was not of the army, but was attending to his
business as a civilian, he was hurried off to Rich
mond. lie was confined in the tobacco house with
Mums and MAA:II.A.W. They were all supplied
with two rations per diem, consisting of bread and
coffee in the morning, and rice at noon. After cof
fee went up, that article was withheld, and water
substituted. He was released unconditionally, and
is free to express his sentiments regarding the ene
my, 110 ouggcng that ladies who are making their
way there against great difficulties, to moot their
husbands, will do much better to stay away, as
they can do no good, and only expose themselves to
suffering, and their husbands to extra difficulty,
having two in place of one to protect.
The Seventh Michigan Regiment.
This noble regiment came on here without a flag.
Immediately after their arrival the citizens of
Michigan, now in the eity, immediately got up a
subscription amongst themselves, and ordered a
fine set of colors for the regiment,
ThE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1831.
Funeral of Commissary General Gibson.
The funeral of General Gibson took place at noon,
from We residence, in F street, near the Treasury
Department, and was the occasion of a grand mili
tary- display, the escort consisting of infantry, ca
valry, and artillery. The President, with the
heads of the departments, General McCLE N, and
meinereus field mid offieeri, were in the pro
cession.
As the Pennsylvania State election will take
place next Tuesday, a number of politicians of that
State are now electioneering among the troops from
Pennsylvania. on the line of the Potomac. On that
dny the latter will vote in their respective camps,
the captains and lieutenants acting as judges of
the elections; the returns, under the law, being
as valid as if the voting took place in their pre•
cincts at home. The presence of active politi.
cians in the camps of the volunteers is not con
sidered. by rigid disciplinarians, as calculated to
have a good moral effect upon the army.
The Rebel Army Clothing.
Captain Times, of the Quartermateria Cloth
ing and Equipage Department, has on exhibition,
at his office, a considerable amount of clothing be
longing to the rebel army, which was captured at
the time of the advance of our troops on Munson's
Hill. Seine of the coats and pantaloons for the offi
cora were of the finest French cloth, and of the
most substantial character.
They were captured in a rebel wagon, together
with a number of muskets, sabres, pistols, and
several Colt's patent six-chamber rifles. The cloth
ing is elaborately adorned with tinsel.
The steam-tug Pu.wey arrived here this evening,
and reports that five or six vessels of the Potomac
flotilla are lying near the Maryland shore, within
view of the rebel battery at Freestone point The
remainder of our vessels arc or Acquia Crock, from
which the pirate George Page has recently made
repeated unsuccessful attempts to emerge.
Numerous small craft, loaded with supplies, were
passed by the frau. They were bound for Wash
ington. There has been no firing by the rebels
since last Thursday, nor can any signs of life be
seen at Freestone.
The Pennsylvania Election
The Potomac Flotilla.
The River Open.
The Potomac is certainly not now domed by the
enemy. Our merohante aro daily receiving goods
from the North by way of the river.
American Consuls in Trouble in
Switzerland.
It appears that Mr. BERNAL% the American con
sul to Zurich, tits pot yet received his execluatur,
and that the consul to Basle will likely fare no bet•
ter, unfavorable reports being in circulation regard
ing both of them. As to the former, it is said by
the Swiss authorities that while editing anewspaper
in the West, he frequently indulged in severe stric
tures against the Swiss Government, which has it de
termined not to grant him an exequatur until his
reported malicious language towards Switzerland
ends refutation from parties authorized to inquire
into his antecedents,'
Can the Enemy be Completely Enclosed
m Central Virginia"!
We deem it easy of demonstration, by a mere
statement of facts and distances, and a description
of localities, to show that DfAtinEOARD'S grand
army can be completely surrounded in central, or
Eastern Virginia, so that all reinforcements from
the Southern and Southwestern States can he en
tirely cut off; not only their reinforcements, but all
additional supplies, including both previsions and
the in ateriel of war
First, then, we are in complete possession of the
sea-coast. The seizure of Hatteras fully shuts out
any supplies through that inlet. None can be de
rived from Western Virginia, now wholly lz4 pos
session of the Federal troops, up to the crest of the
Alleghenies. The supplies from Southern Mary
land are so meagre and uncertain, that they need
not be taken into the calculation as an element of
value
The enemy evidently derive their reinforcements
and supplies of all kinds by two great railroad
routes—one known as the Virginia and Tennessee
road, running South, southwest from Richmond,
through Lynchburg to Knoxville, thence branching
off nortkward to Nashville, and southward into
Georgia and Alabama. The other is the great
trunk road leading from Richmond, by the way of
Petersburg, Weldon, Raleigh, and Greensboro,
through North Carolina into South Carolina and
Georgia.
Now. if, as reported, the head of Cox's coluinn
has reached the Warm Sulphur Springs, near the
source of the Great Kanawha, ten miles from Lew
isburg, and WISE and noin make another stand,
they will again be defeated, and will doubtless re
treat upon Lynchburg, only seventy miles distant
from Lewisburg. By advancing upon Lynchburg
Cox and ROSECTUNS get complete possession of the
Virginia and Tennessee Road, the first great trunk
line alluded to above, cut communication with
.Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Texas, except by the long coast line through South
ern Georgia and Alabama, and that will be cut off
by seizing Greensboro'. By such an advance these
generals cut off not only this great artery 9f svp
plies, but they gain the rear of LEE, and prevent
his retreat upon Richmond, the base of his opera
tions, by the natural line of retreat, enveloping
him completely in the mountains. The force ne
cessary for this operation is full fay thousand, and
it must be supplied. At Lynchburg they will be
within a hundred and twenty miles, by railroad, of
Richmond.
The Collet Line Railroad, the other great artery
of communication southward, can be struck by tut
advance from Hatteras upon Weldon, less than a
hundred miles from Newbern, or more effectually
by a force advancing from Wilmington by rail
road through 'Weigh, and thence by rail to Greens
boro, a distance of one hundred and twenty miles,
This force should also number fifty thousand.
Lynchburg, the point it is proposed for the North
ern column, is less than one hundred miles distant
from Greensboro' and Weldon. With each column
so placed, and each capable of taking care of itself,
and able to reinforce the other, BEAURECiARD'S
grand army, and the small armies of the LEES,
FLOYDS, JORNSONS, and WISE'S would be as Com
pletely netted as partridges by a snarer. They
could be starved out without fighting. It is but a
repetition, on a more oStelligtiC field, of the idea
with which BURGOYNE set out on his Saratoga cam
paign—viz : to cut off New England from the Mid
dle States by enveloping the line of the Hudson.
But for his defeat by GATES and ARNOLD the plan
would have been a success. With - V irginia thus
cut off, her submission must come within three
months. She cannot avoid it.
The three strategetical points mentioned, Lynch
burg, Greensboro, and Weldon, are gazatteered
thus
Lynchburg, a flourishing town of Campbell coun
ty, ci;tillia? is finely situated on a steep cleclivtv
on Ake right t '. ) bank of James river, 120 miles'
W. W. iii e h mon 4, gad 2Q miles S. E. of the
Blue Ridge. Let. 37 deg. 36 min. N., ion. 79 deg.
n min. V. The South Side Railroad, leading to
Petersburg and Richmond, connects here with. the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, which is to form
part of the most direct route from the Eastern
States to those of the Southwest, and to be one of
the principal thoroughfares of the Union. The
James River and Kanawha Canal, the greatest
public 'work in the State, following the course of
the river from the falls at Richmond, is completed
to Buchanan, 50 miles above Lynchburg, and is to
be continued to Covington. •
The distance between Richmond and Lynchburg
by canal is 147 miles. The navigation of the canal
renders this town the market of an extensive
fertile tract of country. The principal article of
trade is tobacco, of which 5,810 hogsheads were in
spected here in 1851; 10,700 hogsheads in 1852;
and 10,219 hogsheads in 1853. About 300,000 bush
els of wheat aro also received here every year
The town is supplied with river-water from a re.
servoir which is elevated about 253 feet above the
level of the river, and contains 400,000 gallons.
This work was finished in 1829, at a cost of $50,000.
The river is here about 200 yards wide, and is
crossed by a fine bridge. It affords abundant wa
terpower, which is employed in the manufacture
of cotton, wool, flour, do. The town contains
churches, 3 printing offices, 3 banks, 3 savings
banks, 1 cotton and woollen factory, 36 tobacco facto
ries, 4 brass and iron foundries, and 150 stores, in
which the annual sales exceed $2,000,000. Capital
employed in 1851 in manufactures, $725,000. The
town was founded in 178 G, and incorporated in
1805. In 1848, it contained 7,678 inhabitants.
Population in 1853, about 10,000.
Greensborough, a flourishing post-villa g e, capi
tal of Guilford county, North Carolina, on the Cen
tral Railroad, eighty - six . miles W. N. W. of Ra
leigh. The situation le healthy, and the surround
ing country is fertile. Many of the houses aro of
wood, and others are built of brick. It is a place
of considerable activity in trade, and is the seat of
excellent institutions for learning, among which are
several academies. It also contains two banks, one
or two newspaper office - S, and a number of manufac
tories.
Weldon '
a thriving post-village of Halifax coun
ty, North Carolina, on the right bank of the
Roanoke river, at the head of steamboat naviga
tion, ninety-five miles northeast of Raleigh. Four
railroads meet here, viz.: the Wilmington and
Raleigh, the Seaboard and 'Roanoke, the Gaeten
and Raleigh, and the Petersburg Railroad. Two
newspapers are published. A canal has been made
around the falls, by which batteaux can ascend to
Danville.
Letters from Switzerland—Secesston Sym
pathy, &O.
A letter from the Ex-President of the Republic
of Switzerland, who is now a member of the Federal
Council, says :
" We watch here, with great solicitude, the pro,
greaser the Secession war, (Santlarliontlskrisg,) a
war which, if not successfully checked by the
patriots of the South, must assume a most formida
ble aspect. It is true that the array with which
the North confronts secession may appear imposing
even to the South. Nevertheless, when the ava
lanche is once fairly in motion, it is too late to frus
trate its formation , and, gathering in its de
vastating course vast proportions, sweeps resistless
ly onward, regardless of every obstacle, until,
striking some mountain wall of rock (Felsenmard,)
it is dashed into fragments, and rendered harmless
to many a peaceful and happy valley home upon
which it would have otherwise brought ruin and
misery. May OW the Almighty protect the Re
public!"
Another letter says "Switzerland having at
tained the highest rank among the industrial na
tions of the world, the Swiss Government omits no
opportunity to encourage the people to maintain
the enviable position. Virtually carrying out the
doctrine Of fige trade, her mechanical and artistic
productions are even offered every possible opper
tunity to enter into competition abroad with those
of other countries. In view of this. the Federal
Council has promulgated a series of resolutions.
wherein it is stated that responsible commissioners
would be appointed by the Federal Government. to
attend the Great Exhibition of 1862, in London, and
there to take charge, without any expense to exhi
bitors, of all articles sent in by Swiss citizens for ex
-1311411,2, unpack and repack them, and eee to their
safety. Furthermore,. that till expenses of trans
portation and insurawee immured on articles of
:Swiss manufacture during their transit to and from
London, will be borne by the Federal Government;
provided, the articles forwarded have passed an ex
amination before the various Cantonal Boards of
Fupervisors, whose duty it will be to judge if arti
cles offered for transportation are of entimient merit
to entitle them to exhibition at the great World's
Fair."
Correspondence of the War Department.
The Secretary of War, in consectuunce of the
pressure of public business, is compelled to cease
opening any letters marked "Private." Here
after, all letters so marked will remain unopened.
Military Appointments
Major Bt - cann, of the Assistant Quartermaster's
Bureau, has been promoted to a colonolcy. Cap
tain MART, his assistant, will, it is supposed, be
promoted as a consequence.
Claims on the Treasury.
The Second Auditor of the Treasury has issued a
circular to enable those who may have claims upon
the United States for moneys due deceased officers
and soldiers to obtain a settlement with the least
delay.
Some apprehension is felt for the safety of Lieut.
Scitoribraarat, who was detached from the steam
frigate Minnesota, with orders to report to the
Navy Department. but who has failed to do so.
Col. JOSEPH P. TAYLOR, brother of the late Pre
sident TAYLOR, has been appointed Commissary -
General of Subsistence, in place of Gen. GIBSON,
deceased, •
The Government for some time past has been
making experiments with iron-wheel transportation
wagons.
The Latest from Missouri
QrrNcr, 111., Oct. 2.—Messrs. Flagg and Let
kins, of the quartermaster's department, have just
arrived from the West. They report that the
commanding officer at Monticello, Mo., had placed
ail the county officers under arrest, and will send
them to Si. Louis for trial.
Letters from some of Green's men, taken from a
rebel arrested at that place, state that the rebels at
Lexington are badly frightened at the movements
of Fremont, and would probably scatter into small
parties before his forces could be sufficiently con
centrated to attack them.
From Cairo
Calms, 111., Oct. 2.—The gunboat Conestoga.
went down the river last night ; within three miles
•f eolumbuo. She chased the rebel guabsat Jj
Davis under cover of the rebel batteries on shore.
It was ascertained that the Davis has an arma
ment of four six-pounders.
The Conestoga found rebel signal fires burning
for several miles this side of Columbus.
The Charleston bridge has been repaired, and
trains commenced running to-day.
The woods back of Bird's Point are said to be
:dire with rebels, and continual skirmishing is re
ported-
The latest reports from the South say, that a
large portion of Gen. Pillow's army have crossed
the river at Bellmont, en route for Cape Girardeau.
Col. Logan, with a body of 450 men, went down
the Mississippi on Monday, with the view to cap
ture a company of rebels encamped near Charles
ton, Mo. Another party left Bird's Point for the
same purpose. The expedition has not yet returned.
Col. Logan was reported to be at Charleston last
night, where he had seized a large quantity of
corn belonging to the rebels.
INTERESTING FROM BANKS' COLUMN,
DARNESTOWN. Sept. 30.—Tbe first frost of the
season was experienced here last night.
Capt. Collis . independent company of Crimean
Zouaves, lot in number, arrived at headquarters on
Saturday night, after performing a march of thirty
one miles in nine hours. They are now doing duty
as Gen. Banks' body-guard. Each one of the num
ber has seen service in the late Continental wars of
Europe.
Capt. Williams, Into assistant adjutant general of
General Banks' division, left here yesterday, via
Washington, to take command of the Massachusetts
Cavalry.
Along the line of the Leesburg and Alexandria
turnpike continuous clouds of dust were seen yes
terday, progressing southward, which indicated
movements of large bodies of troops or baggage
trains, leading to the belief that the rebel army
near Leesburg, were leaving en masse for the seat
of war, tem Washington; but this morning the en
ean3pments near the former place were d ISC 0Y 91 g‘i
intact.
Last Wednesday three men belonging to the 34th
New York attempted to cross the Potomac in a
boat, at Whitehouse Locks, near the mouth of
Muddy Run, and were fired upon by the rebels.
The rower Was shot in the right shoulder blade ;
seven shots were fired from the stern of the boat,
and three of the rebels were seen to fall. ,
In the affair of last Tuesday, at the Point of
Rocks, Col. Geary, after shelling the rebels from
their position, crossed the river at the head of
about twenty-four men. He ascended the moun
tain, when: , he found two fortifioations of timber
and earth. These he entirely demolished, and then
pursued the enemy four miles into the interior, bat
without overtaking them.
A gentleman la our service has just returned
from his home in Virginia, and brines_ the following
intelligence from the region above liarper'a Ferry
At Leestown, on the Winchester Railroad, three
miles east of Charlestown, were located about 300
irregular cavalry, to
. guard Charlestown against
the threatened demolition of that place by our
forces at Sandy Hook, if our pickets there were
fired on.
Captain Henderson, of the rebel cavalry, although
severely wounded by a private, is not dead, as re
ported. He has nearly recovered from his wound.
His command, together with Turner Ashby's
Cavalry, are protecting the laboring force en
gaged in tearing up the railroad at Rearneyst.ilic,
above Duffield's station, and guarding the shore
at Shepherdstown. About three hundred men
were dismantling the remaining locomotives and
loading rails, etc. They were also employed in
procuring copper from the locomotives and shops,
as well as spouting, by order of the Mel Govern
ment, for the manufacture of percussion caps. In
connection with this, it was stated that the cap
manufactory at Manchester, opposite Richmond,
had nearly stopped for want of copper.
Four hundred Morgan county cavalry had been
sent to the Potomac, opposite Hancock, to protect
the importation of salt, leather, and coffee, At this
place our Government has no protecting force, and
it is stated that a large quantity of salt stored at
the warehouse of Jacob Grove, near Sharpsburg,
has found its way to the cement mill above Han
cock, and thence into Secessia.
All around, in this section, soldiers and rebel
agents were plundering alike the houses of Union
fists and Secessionists of coffee, salt, and bacon,
leaving families entirely destitute of these necessa
ries. Joseph Goyle, a cartman, and Wm. Brannan,
formerly a boiler-maker, went last Wednesday to
the house of a Mrs. Noakes, and took thirty to
forty pounds of coffee, threatening_ her with im
prisonment if she protested against it. They also
made a demand for money, which they said was in
the house, but the lady, thinking imprisonment
preferable to starvation, refused to give up what
he had.
At Winchester it9re are 500 to 600 militia, arm
ed with shot-guns, old pistols, Am., and many of
ia9t seep it charge of
. powder'lliA Olt
since their impretsmeini. tectittrcid it considera
ble regular force to keep them trom revolting and
returning home.
* informant visited 0014665 mi to see some
friends. When a short distance from that place, in
company with others, he was challenged by a rebel
picket,. stationed near an old building. The latter
fired lus piece, and ran to his comrades in the build
ing, pursued by the others. from which they subse
quently escaped. On taking possession of the rebel
resort, our friends there found nine guns, a hat full
of percussion caps, and fifty or sixty pounds of lead,
all of which they seized upon. Following up this
success, they visited the premises of a rebel parti
san, where they captured five horses, two mules,
and four volunteer contrabands, all of which were
employed in the rebel service.
Michael Price, one of the lint advocates of seces
sion in Virginia, and recently in the army opposed
to our forces under Gen. Roseerans, has become
disgusted with the cause, and returned to his home,
near Harper's Ferry. He controlled and exercised
great influence lit gaffing the State out of the Union,
but has become convinced that the Confederacy
can't stand. He now wishes his Union friends to
intercede for his return to loyalty. On Thursday
he dined at the house of an old friend, and re
marked that the rebels might as well fight against
the doyil or the North star as Roseerans. " For,"
said he, tg just as we thought we had got him he
was all around us. At another time, when we
thought we were safely encamped for the night, he
thought be would attack us, and did, too." He
says, also, that Roseerans is more than a match for
all the rebel forces west of the mountains.
The rebels have given up all idea of caving the
river, unless Maryland assumes a hostile attitude.
SANDY Boor, Sept. 30.—0 n Thursday last, Ma
jor Gould and Captain Scriber, of the Thirteenth
Massachusetts, under the guidance of Major Mc-
Daniels, of the special service, went over to Har
per's Ferry and 611009esigd in recovering two valu
able bells belonging to our Government, one of
which weighed 1,700 and the other 000 pounds, to
gether with a fire engine, and other articles cap
tured by the rebels. On the same day they arrest
ed a Mr. Magraw, who had been engaged in the
laudable occupation of robbing the Unionists for
the benefit of the rebels. Letters were found in
his possession showing that he was in constant com
munication, with the rebel leaders. The officers
confiscated his mules, wagons, and other articles.
Magraw remains a prisoner. There is plenty of
evidence to prove bins guilty of the grossest treason.
The four large pieces of ordnance, Which wore
recently recovered from Harper's Ferry, have been
fitted up in an ingenious manner by Capt. Scriber,
and frequently pay their respects to the rebel
scouts, when they visit the Ferry. The same offi
cer has collected large quantities of railroad spikes,
which he wires in suitable bundles, and discharges
them in place of canister shot. Capt, Sollsst de
clares that he can keep the whole Secession army
from crossing here with these novel projectiles.
Great credit is duo to Major Gould and Capt. Scri
ber, for their mechanical skill in erecting batteries
and fortifications fronting Ilarper's Ferry and ford,
extending a distance of several hundred yards,
The latter perfectly protect our forces from any
attack. . . .
. • -
There are but very few fatuities remaining in
Harper's Ferry, and these being Unionists, ear
nestly desire that the before named officers, with
their Columands, should remain.
Wisconsin Democratic State Convention.
MILWAUKEE, Wig., Oct. 2.—The Demooratie
State Convention met at Madison to-day, and nomi
nated B. Ferguson for Governor,; ii. M. Billings
for Lieutenant Governor; Charles Benton for Secre
tary of State; 11. L. Denannn fur Treasurer ; S.
Orton for Attorney Gcneri,t, and James Veltman
for Bank Comptroller.
Resolutions wore adopted sustaining the Presi
dent in his active prosecution of the war to crush
the rebellion. . .
The ripWilllttlfl Still in Search of the
Sumpter.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—The bark Princeton, from
Demerara on the 15th ult., reports that the U. S.
steamer Poirhatan passed there on the 14th,
bound fur Surinam in eearth of tho pirate Sumpter.
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortranslf Ifforritoz, Oot. 1, via Baltimore.—The
steamer Spaulding. has been anxiously expected
to arrive from Rattan /filet for the last two days,
but has not yet made her appearance.
A flag of trues; to-day, convoyed a number of
wounded rebels, made prisoners in Vire:item Vir
ginia, to Cranes Island.
A correspondent of the New York Tribwne,
writing from rorkreet ikontOe, under dew of S e p..
Umber 30, says :
Upward of fifteen schooners will depart today
for the Hatteras coast. They have been purchased
by Capt. Stillwagen, of the navy ; and with refe
rence ter the service for which they are destined 1
think that the fact that the Captains requisition oh
Quartermaster Tallinadge includesseveral augers
of large dimensions, has some significance. ri
Ocracoke inidOregon (or Howl Inlets are not closed
at an early day, and. effectually, I shall regard it
as not a little remarkable.
The stilling of the late Hatteras expedition, on
Monday noon, 4,119 telegraphed by Gem Huger. so
that the Governor of North Carolina received the
intelligence on Tuesday morning.
It is understood that important seizures have
been made on the part of the Government of per
cussion caps, piston+, quinine, and other articles of
which the rebels stood much in need, concealed in
the holds of the craft of Jews, who, under the pre
text of filling contracts for forage with our Govern
ment. were about to go up the Potomac, and fall
into the hands of the rebels. The scheme was dis
covered just in time to be broken up, acct the arti
cles intended for the rebels seized.
From Harrisburg.
TEE ELECTION IN STATE CAMP&
HARMER:IIa. OCt. 2.—J. S. Bates, Esq..„ of the
State Department, goes to Washington to-day, with
papers to secure the volunteers in service, from
Pennsylvania, their elective franchise, as- recog
nized by the following order :
11Annutatrac, Pa. , Oct. 2.
All the Corps, Regiments, Batteries and Compa
nies raised in Pennsylvania, under direct au
thority from the War Department, having been
now put under the command of the Governor
of Pennsylvania, and covered by a recsuisi-
Goa from tho President of the United States,
dated October 1,1861, they are now recognized as
being regularly in service as State Regiments, and
will be entitled to exercise- their elective franchise.
This notice is given because, from want of time,
the appointments and commis.liona cannot he made
and lamed prior to the eleetion of field offieers of
such corps, regiments, batteries and companies.
By order of the Governor.
ELI Surzn.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
THE NIAGARA OFF CAPE RACE.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct. 2.-=Elie royal mail steamship
Niagara, from Liverpool On the l'lttt ult., passed oft i ape
Bare this morning, and was intercepted by the News
yacht. Her adviees are three days later.
The assertions that Garibaldi is going to America con.
tinned, but were still contradicted. -It is inferred front
an iii thir in tin• 11101 i(citr Outt bis departure would coin
cide with tho French policy.
The steamer Great Easters has anchored at Queens
town.
The London Times, in an editorial, ridicules Secretary
Chase's loan appeal.
The business in the Liverpool cotton market has been
Unprecedented during the past week.
The new iron•plated frigate Warrior has mivis a suc
cessful trial trip front the Thames to Portsmouth.
The London Times, in an editorial on the appeal of
Secretory Chase to the American people for their
sub
scription to the national loan, says:
" If the rate of interest offered is a sufficient appeal to
patriotism, any arguments as to the safety of the invest
molt see wineeessary_ If it is insufficient ; the remedy
would have been to increase the rate of interest, instead
of appealing to considerations which when rightly
viewed, amount to little more than a confession of weak
ness.
an The people will be more ready to believe that sufficient
Provision will be made for the payment of the principal
and toterea 1. , 411.4 when they rot , that proviAion
has liven made for leaving even one farthing of exirenee
out of the income of the year."
The Secretary' of India Las delivered an address to the
Manchester Cotton Association, au l other merchants,
relative to the natural advantages of India for the culti
vation of cotton.
ITAYCII
A letter from Pnris says several superior and subaltern
officers of the French - Artillery were offered great ad
vantages for their services in the United States army, but
the French Government, which did not appear adverse to
their acceptance of the °ter at its tir,:t mention, decided,
on the 111.115 against granting Him the necessary Permis
sion.
A de.zpateli from Turin dated the 20th inst., gays :
The repeated a s gertion that Garibaldi is not (h) going to
America, i 8 again most positively denied.
It is reported that a. Spanish expedition
CO if; now in progress, of organization at Havana; and
that a corps of 5.000 infantry will di onhark at an early
day in October at Vera Cruz, and thence march direct to
the city of Mexico.
.
Six scrpw_fri.gc.t.,, two steamers, and numerous trans
wan, will Ueemplostel iii this expeditiom
An important decision of Marshal O'Donnell, directed
to tbe Captain General of Porto Rico, has been publish
ed, which declares that, when a slave touches the soil of
Spain, he must be emancipated, even without the consent
of his former master.
G REECE
Tlui Neon of Green) MIS fired at, while in a 10-
lie , 4,as.rf , r ben student. Thofittempteti assassin wax _ ar
rested.
Exchanges at Bombay are quoted at 2640. a ?yd
Freights are advancing.'
The indigo prospects at Calcutta are unfavorable
Liwiml, was advancing. Exchange 202; d.
Conimercial Intelligence.
LONDON MARRET.—The London Times' City Ar
ticle says: Funds were 'ha and a shade lower on the
20th inst. The rates of discount in the open market were
decidedly lower than those demanded at the Bank.
f(hyluiz it flip interruption of the I.:astern telegraph
lines, this foreign despurcli is curtaileti.j
Linseed Oil aetive at 34s Wean' 13d. Sperm Oil dull at
£92093. Cod Oil, £34.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols closed on
Saturday at 93% ar93% for money.
The Bunk rate has been reduced to 3m . per cent.
AMERICAS' STIOURITINS.—The maeltet tar AMOK
can Securities is firmer but quiet.
Illinois Central shares .390353 per cent. dis.
'Sale shares 03023)
LONDON, Sept. 21, EVClllll94—Consols cloud today at
93 003% for money. The latest sales of American
stocks were Erie shares23o23M,
HAVRE COTTON MARKET, Sept 20.—Tim eslee of
Cotton for the week add - up 30,500 bales. New Orleans
fres ordimfire 129 f; do has 120 f. The market closes
firm at an advance of 8010 f. The total stock in port
amounts 1 214,000 bales.
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The Bourse closed thin to-day at
69f 30c.
Livtatron COTTON IiTICKICT, Sept 21 u.TLo
market closes to-day firm ' with small sales.
Breadstuffs.—The market is quiet awl steady. Flour
is firm at 2&&305. Wheat quiet and steady ; sales of red
Western at 105 Mans; red Southern 12sa12ii lid; white
'Western 1.2.8 krl2s 011; white Southern 135013 s 811.
Corn firm; mixed :30031s; yellow 31s 31s qa; white 34
sl7fA;fi,
PrOriSions.—The Frovirden market rules It6Af
quiet. Pork inactive. Baron riat. Lard firm at 5055535.
Tallow has a downward tendency, and is quoted at -liars
475
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Ashen firm.
Pots mid Pearls 325ui.22s 6d ; Rosin quiet, common 13s.
Spirit:: Turpentine heavy and nominal at 60a. Sugar
firmer, cpfivt. fma. Inv advancing*, Carolina 24,4 Bl
029.: fiil. Linared advanced Iror - Li rd, with mt - apward
tendency. Linseed Oil firm at 814 Gil; Cud Oil quiet at
14e.
LONDON lIIARKETS.—Wheat has an upward ten
dency, quoted at 550 , 665; Flour 27a305; Iron very dull;
Sugar firm, and advanced 6d; Tea irregular; common
c`,9D6,01 ; Collie active, advanced Rice
firmer_and 'advanced &Ad; wikt at 47.4 Sid-
Tits Turpentine quiet at 644; Linseed calos firm.
Latest Commercial Intelligence.
[By TOogritult to Ottornstown.]
',tympani., Sept. :12.—The salts of Cotton yesterday
footed up 40 7 000 halos. The market was firm =at an zol-
Tann , or 34 - 0 Per pound on lie , ;ori4Lt, with a sail ad_
yanch,-: tyndenc-y The sales to speculators and oxiaort•
eta were 10,000 bales.
It is reported that the sales yesterday reached 07,000
bales, including 25,000 hales of Surat, to arrive.
Breadstulds continue quiet and steady, with the ex.
ceptioil or mix.vd coos, Mali la slightly easier_
How to Knit Soldiers' Stockings.
For The PreAs.l
MR. EDITOR ; As our patriotic ladies are at pre
sent busily engaged in knitting Socks for our velum=
tears, and, as many more would gladly do the
same, but aro prevented from want of proper
knowledge, will you oblige an experienced knitter
by giving insertion to the accompanying directions,
and thus aiding the good work?
Set up twenty-eight or thirty stitches on a needle;
rib two inches ; knit plain seven inches before set
ting the heel ; form the heel by knitting twenty
three stitches each side of the seam, taking off the
first stitch without knitting ; length of heel, before
narrowing, three inches ; narrow the heel by knit
ting ton stitches plain; knit two together; knit
plain to within three of the seam ; knit two toge
ther, one plain, and turn the seam ; knit one plain,
slip and bind one stitch; knit plain to within twelve
of the end of the needle , slip and bind knit ten
plain; knit back plain; knit thus until the narrow
ings meet ; knit back on wrong side to seam ; then
double together on the wrong side ; knit two toge
ther and bind off to one stitch ; take up the loops to
the left hand, and knit five stitches Of the instep
needle on to that ono ; knit off the instep needle,
and take five off the other end, to add to the right
side of the heel, and then take up the loops; knit
one round all plain ; knit three stitches and widen,
by taking up a loop between all across, to within
seven of the end of the needle ; then narrow on the
first side, by knitting two together, and knit five off
plain ; knit instep needle plain ; knit five, and
narrow on tho last needle by slipping and
binding one stitch i then widen as before ? but
only this ono round. Now narrow every other
round, as before, until you have twenty-four
stitches on a needle ; knit plain four inches ; nar
row the toe on the needle to left of instep needle,
by knitting one plain slip and bind; then knit
Vein to within three stitches of the end of the uses
dle ; knit two together and one plain; knit thus on
each needle ; knit three rounds plain, then marrow,
as before, knitting three plain rounds between each
narrowing ; then knit two rounds between, to twelve
stitches oti each needle ; narrow every other round
to the close.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—We have received the
latest numbers of Bell's Life in London and Rey
nold's Loudon Newspaper, from Mr. Callender,
newspaper agent, South Third street.
%V are indebted to Adam Trenwitli for copies
of interesting illustrated papers.
ta.' lire understand that I%lr. Charles H. Shinn,
of llcuidenfield, N. J., has been elected as a New
Jersey director of the Camden and Atlantic Rail
road, in the place of Judge Porter, deceased. The
well-known business qualifications of Mr. S., united
with his untiring energy, make him a valuable ad
dition to a board of directors who have always
eho'wn so mush enterprise and skill in the manage
ment of the effaits of the company,
Tin SIX-PENNY SAVING Foxe.—This institution
is new winding up its business, and the managers
have given notice to those having deposits in the
institution is pall and obtain their money.
HON. HENRY MAY, M. C. from Baltimore,
be been removed from Fortrees Monroe to the
Hotel de Lafayette," New York harbor.
THE CITY.
AMTIOSMENTS TRIG EVENING
AMERICAN ACAVEMY or McArd—proAki And LIRL'At
stref,t4 —Grand Sxtred and Instrumental C: 4 "ncert.
WALNUT-STREET Inevrtue.—,Ninth and
"J•011i1A Lignerolfoq"—‘,Preaumpti‘e•
ARCIT , BTREET TREATRIE—Arch street, above Sixth.—
"Jetsertte or, Le Crera de /a F2orrtegne.'•
ItineeTLnv's CMITINFAtTAL TiMCNikcx—Walnn+ street,
above Eighth..—" The Tempest; or, The Endmuted
Ihland."
ASSEMBLY B I BTI.DINGS—COVIBB or Tenth and Clait7ait
street..—Sanderina'a StPreolticou•or Glin t3vutliera He
in-Ilion and Ituaaltm War.
The Dehtware
I': 3 / 4 4. efficiency of 'err blockade will proledily deter the
rttelto free) fitting oil any e.e;sid, ruble navy during the
war. A few privaiee:e hart• get test to s.•aewdose suc
cesses have been briMult, but their best craftr•werebuiit
tit! Northern ship yanks, and spiv t iu rebel' harbors.
Without ship yards, snip -carpenter's, amid ship mkteriah..,
our own. coast has litho- to fear from men myrmidon,,
while the Sonthern coast;will be coo-tautly exposed ari d
Alarmed, Unaided, we have a clear sear and a quirt ,sir.
1/01011, bur in the event of . Suropean interference, which
hope thc.'South has laid to its heart, our perils will•
ninny. In that case, a part' of the blockading squadron
will he withdrawn front tie , roast, and foreign vessels,
recruited pith rebel unarm ners, 'will riot only find open aye -
nues to sea, brit even menace our Atlantic towns. The'
weakest and wealthiest cities, will be the first assailed,
awl Philtidel";cni a invites, in both these particulars, the first'
raid. The great manufarturing.eity of a great mineral
Comnionwealtli r end the I:CAt of the National Mimi onr
railways reach• to every section r and a splendid agricul
tural country surrounds us on every side. Our means of
defence are by 110 means proportionate to these possessions.
Our interest in the great struggle by the Potomac has
made us blind to the weakness of our own 1001111, arid,
strange• as it Inv . ewer, the defences of the Delaware at
this time rite fewer than they were in the Revolution. At
that crisis there were water batteries for a long distance
below the city, and strong fortifications at Billingsport,.
TilliClllll, Red Bank, and Mud Island. A fleet of gun
boat* lay within two lines of powerful elievanit de frieze,
and the el - 1.A.1 fo ho ArgAiillt4 ILO laltell by land before
the British vessels could approach it by sea.. In• the
lapse of eighty-three years, having grown from a pro
vincial village to a lbading city, with wealth, commerce,
and manufactures, our defences have degenerated:to. two
unfinished forts without garrisons, while one revenue
etitter mulls the whola river and bay. These are grave
facts that Must not be concealed. We have feared , so
long to show our weakness
to the enemy that we have
almost forgotten it ourselves. In the beginning, when
the capital was imperilled; all local dangers were properly
forgotten; lint having sent 20,000 of her citizens- to the
. Potomac, Philadelphia ems, with good ceaeen, comet/Hier
own safety. The intend reconnoissance now being for
warded need not be repeated in disposing our water de
fences. The small islands and bars that cut up the
main channel need only be pointed out, and,. likewise,
those bluffs overlooking the river that lie close to the
ahaattal 11.11 d admit of no approgetaN in the rear. Tina.
!dent fortifications, such ras the rebeti have erected
along the Potomac, may be readily thrown up at
different points between Port Penn and the month of the
Schuylkill, while an armed vessel cruising at Hentopen
een keep an eye upon the sea and give notice of all sus
picious approaches. It tenet unwise in these respects to
imitate the enemy, who hare diligently fortified the en
trances to most of the harbors upon the Atlantic and
Gulf shores. The taking of Hatteras Inlet, that made
a panic hi North Carolina; and withdrew a portion of her
regiments from Manama% will apply with - equal force
should any part of the Northern coast he menaced. No
Pennsylvanian will linger in 'Virginia, if Philadelphia
should need his help, and therefore, all honor to the Cum
mittee of Defence, turd kindred bodies; that are willing
to provide id the proper time for any contingency. Those
win would emharrinis thorn nutty yet rue the day - , alut
any obstacle thrown in the way of the Jenne organization
will be as wanton as trio taunts that our volunteers lewd
to receive before the war broke out. The names of Na
tional Guard, Washington Grays, and Irish Greens, were
then repeated with sneers such as tho Beserve Grays and
Home Guard now receive. the exigency - exhiLited the
true merit of the former, and future exigencies may make
Mt less meritorious the spirit of the latter. Throughout
the South, reserve companies and regiments are organ
ized, awl every town is a camp. These citizen soldiery
need hut the proper encouragement to make them the
best in the land. And those who exhibit some martial
inclination, even at home, are to be preferred to those
cynic spirits that have done 110011112, either at hope, or
abroad.
•
Plll2- 4 ,IIPLPIIII BAPTIST A3ISOCIATIOK-...1111.3
Ludy, HMV ill Sel , Sioll in the Second Baptist Church, New
Market street, above Poplar, is one of the oldest 11.4.50 Pia
HODS of the kind in the country, the present being its
one hundred and fifty-fourth annual ses..don. It hi nit
au betty; but bears the sante relation to the
church represented, as a synod, rumference, etc., in other
ehnpi,y With WhiSh
the eilareheS are COMleeted for the purtutse of reporting
their condition, making up a smionavy of their member
ship, progress, 'Lod general prosperity, and is designed as
for mutual counsel. It is not a law-Milking lu sty,
being entrusted with no power whatever, so far as Cull-
Ser/IS the government of the churelies, individually or
collectively. A church comprised in the erg-4;4;11ton
may ask for adviec, but is, at the same time, perfectly in
dependent in its action.
All of the Baptist churches throughout the city are
not connect.' with this body, a few belonging to the
Central Union, and a number to the North Philadelphia
Baptist Aaochttiore The total membership for the pre
sent yeas is /given, in round numbers, at 12,000. The
whole number of associated churches, by the minutes of
the last anniversary, was 59, with 46 pastors, awl 36 or
dained ministers, not pastors. The diminution of mem
her:4'lp, caused by the connection of churches in the
city with similar associations, is made UP by the addition
of others in the vicinity- of Philadelphia. Among the
latter there are a few located in the ~tats of Delaware,
Az; Plist German, of Withailleall, and
the Dover, Baptist churches. The Allentown, Potts
ville, Tont:ulna Ilexhorongh, Brandywine, and Wage
mery Baptist clurches, have also a representation in the
body.
Four of the ministerial members of the Association,
who have, at Homer taken an active port ill its
alts label ;LK; now reaidentg. of Southern
States, having. proceeded thence since the conunenceinent
of our national difficulties. Among the number is the
Moderator, Bev. Dr. W. T. Brantley, who for many
years has officiated, with great acceptance, as pastor of
the Tithernach• Baptist Church, Chestnut street, above
Eighteenth. The reverend Doctor is a native of Crorgia,
and lifter the troubles of the country had asmmied some
what formidable proportions, he resigned the pastoral
charge of his congregation and removed to his native
State, where, we malerstand, he is at present residing.
Bev.A. T. Spaulding, alto a native of Georgia, was
pastor of the Doreen Baptist Church, West Philadelphia,
and is now residing iii tho Sonde. &Ira J. A Cuthbert,
late of the First Baptist Church, (Broad and Arch etreets,)
has likewise returned to his native State, South Carolina.
The last of the number, Rev. M. Winston, rentoved to
the Southern country in hay last for the benefit of his
health. His stay in that region booming protracted on
account of the war, he was joined by his finally, and has
now Win the his pannanont residence near Richmond,
Va. Ile was pastor of the Fifth Dentist aura, rvator
-ed some ten months ago front Sansom street to Eight
eenth and Spring Garden streets. Wo are not informed
that any of the pulpits thus made vacant have since been
.•
The Association reassembled yesterday morning, at
olehlek. After the preliminary religions exerrim
Lad te•ee concluded, tbe remaining letters gent to the As•
soriation by the different churches, awl laid over on the
day previous, were rend by the clerk. These letters are
generally of an encouraging character, and are mainly
confined to statistic?, showing the number of member
ship, attendance upon the Standay-school, &c. Several
committees on lierVerdilry business were announced, when
ft reC.,, , Stilt tfilt.lft.
At 2,1,c o'clock the members were again called 40 order,
the galleries and body of the church beiug crowded by a
large audience, partly composed of ladies. The reading
of letters from the churches was continued until 3 o'clock,
the hour appointed for the production and reading of the
circular letter, or annard address of the Association to its
tomiitunnertlio vhurchm,
The letter Vat , read by Rev. J. 11. Castle, appointed at
the last ;SW a committee of one for its preparation.
It cononeuces as follows:
•
"Dear Ittethren : The year which has elapsed since wo
laet, addressed you is Utmost momentous in our national
history We were then on the verge of a Presidential
eleetion which the various political parties ronteated will
unusual spirit and determination to EtWc. , ed. Very Soon
after the result was annomwed, several of the shirt-410W
log Slates assfuned the right to withdraw from Ow _Na
tional Union. Conscious that their act was rebellion,
they seized all the Government property, forts, arsenals,
Kest Dud haat; tvgvnivr nn Unholy alliance, put
themselves on a war footing to retain by force of anus
what they had already secured by robbery and fraud.
The only principal canes alleged for the rebellion was
that the people of the United States, the true Supreme
Court—formed by ell, assented to by all—had, by their
vCrdlet in the Presidential contest, decided against the
eitowdun of hningn I.oyidage into the Territories as yet
unoccupied. Their leaden have avowedly made slavery
the corner-stone of the Government they are attempting
to establish." The letter menti ms the endeavors made by
the Government to suppress the rebellion, as also the
facts of an existing general paralysis of industrial par - -
tufts and the enkindling
of military ardor. It stated that
every church in the Association has ita representa
thes--fnoin tato fu thirty—in the anon and deplore', the
stone presented to the ease of the patriot. In answer to
the question, How will the present struggle affect the in
terests of Christ's kingdom, the letter states that the
Church will, front the force of circumstances, tilts a
Inure decided stand among tine moral iilleStialni littecting
the welfare of mankind. Who danger of a lost of the
spirit utility of the Church, is conorumliee or thus pre cut
public excitement, was commentod on at length, its Mau
the probability that the war spirit would stir up in our
minds the worst passions of human nature—bitter
ness, malice, and revenge. The policy and beneficent re
sults of home ant foreign missions was freely discussed
in the paper, which was of considerable length and a very
intere s ting doeunnent.
The letter having been read, some discussion Munwil,
and the remainder of the °Reunion cation was devoted
to hearing brief remarks from members present.
At the evening session the claims of tiie Pennsylvania
Education and Baptist Publication. Societies were hitd
before the Association, by able speakers. Several ad
dresses were delivered, explanatory of the work of these
twin Von' uCefnl landirta 111 ° A : g`ucial iu n
SUlVilieti to moot vies Morning at 936 O'ClaClig
The audience-room where the Association is ill SessiOn
has recently been fitted up, and its beauty ;tad taste are
universally acknowledged.
MEHTINE OF THE AGRICULTMA,L SOCIETY.—
The in.:101111' Montilla of the Agricidtlirti
held yesterday morning at the rooms ht Walnut ntrerq
below Fourth, Vice President Mori:wain the chair.
;F , everal tine samples of corn were mid:Ate:l, alllong
which Was sumo Oregon corn of a very largo g,raiti, and
an tar of 'Virginia white corn, raised it Delaware.
Mr. Williams, on behalf rt., co ....4u,, MI Swam
rep.o.ted that (lie eammittee 111111 witnessed
'working id' the plough. The plough reionres two men
and four boys. The proprietor of the plough asserts that
the implement is competent to plough tell ;lOTA a day.
'rile experiment was very satisfactory to:the committee.
The latter will make a more detailed report at the next
meeting of the society.
Mr, Piekinson, the partner of Mr. Faw!o', the inven
tor :dna: anwrirati ,towns 11"1141,i unit in,tn" 110 " 1 ' lll . l
11,1 plidt..l smile important improvement-) t r e at hod le•on
Itio.te in ins An erit,Hl plough. lie claimed that it pot
•s advantages over Fowier't invention. •
31r. It. W. Eddisom who is interested in the 'English
plough, urged the advantages of his plough. Be
said that the implement dht not work. no ontiofactorite no
he ~..whidooire. Thw soil wart not adapted to the ANA
1111 T Wll5 HIV itpparaHl4 Dr(4.IILY IHMIIII4I itt CIMINO.
,IHNHT of The Stitthess of the machinery :mil the Mex.
perieuce of some of the pereolts employed. The engine
could be used for threshing, rowing wood, mai other
Work abort a farm.
After conoideralde diortisoion ronvernitut the relativo
merits of the two ploughs. Mr. Eildiron tt , :th ,l that he
would like to have an opportunity of totting the Cuulpie:
railer powers of the two ploughs by a praetiral test,
where they should operate together for a protracted pe
riod, mid the working of both he carefully noted, and ilia
tom :Aiwa of which is best decided..
Sevetal gentlemen expressed their gratification that
this competition had arisen, as it would stimulate im
prove-no:Ms which will be laipbotent to the agricultural
intrrests of the country.
The vice president stated that the :subject of discussion
was " The proper time of harvesting root crops," and
allowed that if sugar beets urn permitted to remain in
the ground until touched by the frost, and then taken
out in that state they invariably rot.
Mr. Williams thought they should be harvested about
the 10th of November. Ili did nut think a light frost
would hurt the rout crow.
Dr. etatixt that sugar beets Aould be taken NI
from the 10th to the Irdli of November.
The eoeiety then adjourned.
THE SURVEYOR AND THE
vrrer deserves great credit for the part he hits
talton iu tanifnaattilpy Traarie P!tlaal, in whole or in part,
in the vel,el Stott-O. Every vrasrt entering the . ikAFIS 6 P 14
Proloptly boarded by SpeCiliU front the Surveyor's office,
mat if owned by the rebel: , is inunediately taken p3iied•
el.oll of under the confiscation act.
THE UNITED STATE 4 DiaTRICT
Mr. Coffey C xbiblteeladecidedimproleenentyesterday,
and was able to converse. Previously he had beam bone
Reece-Moss and unconscious. Ile can now move the /ants;
which were paralyzed, and his physicians predict that,
unless a relapse ensues, ho oiVigut , coAomecer
avocations in a few weeks. Tile loss of Mr. Coffey wouhli
be particularly deplorable at this time. Although schrcely
yet in the prime of life, be has made himself a reputation
in the varied tills of literature, oratory . , and law. Ito
graduated at Diekios-e. C011,4e, And was, du.
ring his younger yt elopilmt and popular
clertaniein of the Baltimore' M. E. Confertmces being
stationed for some time at a leadieg church in Irtatintore
city. ffe embraced the Unitariair faith some years-atm,
mid, for a time, followed nteitiry pit/Snits, always writing
with ease and spirit. Ile become prominent as a tcliticall
orator during the campaign of 1 4 31.6; rhen he at firl4.7atf
vocitted the rialto of Mr, if nehMan, afterwards be,
("0 1 1 1 0 a strenuous supporter or FaMovat. Purina the
late coldest he -as - tasted the Stat., for Me. Lincoln, nht
noole some of the hest speeches of Ihe time. Before rt ,
ceiving the app. - A:Anent of Cnitmi , Strifes District At. -
Forney, Mr. Coffey miltoil himself Hilly.haigt , Wm. D:
Kelley in a lucrative practice of law. , and, wince his ap
pointment, ha, diapEa , ,, , ,l rare. potvo,V • at - the United
States bench, lie had commenced to :,(111,4te the expee•
tatiang that his high talent:A warranted Winn afflicted
with the recer.4. purtify4A. In the iirlerlin before re
covery, J. Ilublpy Ashton, Es q., will entirAtt filo official
business, for vahilh he is in every way tittmli
LAX:felf Or Tiff: WISSAHICICON.--Th6 - Go
v.-Thu.oot gunboat Wisse7ricrom was launched from the
Yard of Mr. John Lynn,. her Wilder, at ftflooft 7tiputo4
to airier yesterday morning, in the presence Ore very
levee munher rf
slug:tater - R. te Iler deck W 3 ,4 ffilr°l2 ,g, ud
m r
;‘,.%•1
p,a...tsthteit3hnle,gie:l:.iateoilslyt;egilatdigtriai:eirito?yfet..:yritriv6'..ewi
I% f ig e4 l:t il iTi n n:, made up a scent of inspiring interest.
The vessel chrieteeed by Ati*) Kati , Lim:). a
daughter of the builder, and petite, graceful rem!.
arrayed in white, risiaimisl n airilunr, aIIn re Nero from
nntrast with the dark and mottled caries of humanity Le
hind it. As she broke the bottle over fig, bow n cheer
nee up from the crowd of spoctators. The water con
tained in the bottle was taken from the romantic stream
after which the gunboat had beew toward.
On deck were a number of noted officiate of the army
and nai.y. Annuli the rtNt. were Cormmlore Pander
graNt, Capt. Matthews, of the Candrriepr, Capt. Turner,
and Capt. Poore, of the Brooklyn.
A taw moments after the launch had taken place a por
tion of her machinery ;irrived at heed-e.treet wharf from
the foundry of Messrs. Merrick & Son, Some idea of its
weight may be had, when it is stated that this enginesare
tour Vewer. Although. es:snAtettetad with
twelve ports, the Wissahickon will carry but six guns,
her main pivot gun, which will ho nine inches in calibre,
being a whole armament in itself, as It will discharge a
ball at almost any required angle of the horizon.
The , launch was a wart beautiful one, and not the
sliglstest accident or drawback of ally kind occurred to ,
delay the event beyond tin' prvserllx.l thus, oe to Mee
the pleasure of those who witnessed, About two thou
sand persons were present.
Alter the launch, she wcot taken in charge by the
steam-tug Pacific, and towel to tlw upper pier, at Monet
street, where the vol tigers were allowed- to disembark.
The Wissahickon tan been launched seTeral weeks
sooner than was rtqllired by the Orville of contract. Her
ccquipktlon soot i•oilpfttetit foe gmt are but the work of a
couple of weeks, her rigging now being the only portion
of her which is not entirety finished. Hiesits as placidly
as a swan upon the bosom of the waters, and her pose
and graceful contour are themes that elicit general admi
ration.
DESTRITTIVE FIRE IN TILE TIVENTIETI3 RYA RP,
—A .k•-tractive fire, supposed tube the work of an in
cendiary, lanky not in the tower portion of thrTwentieth
ward, which, from the done, smoke tindlurid light it ere
afro], gave rise to considerable alarm among the residents
of that vicinity.
About eight o'clock, hod evening, a large oil.' of pine
bnefidi and Untie/tit jititlit, in tiro lumber Yard of Mr,
Xavier Dietrich, Lawrence street above Girard nvenue,
were discovered to be in titmice, nn.l the Mann was
promptly given. In :idle of the activity of the firemen,
however, the thuno: spread rapidly, and communicated
to the morocco and skin-dreiising establierunent of Mr.
obwepli J. Canavan, roljiiining the yard on tie.. north.
i.tetteture is of brick..aud it four stories in height.
The tiled mid font-tit atorbet, no %Veit at the roof, is
totally (hut royed.
There was a considerable stock on hand In the et
tatilistanent of Mr. Canavan, but the greater portion of
it was safely removed by the firemen awl police.
The greater portion of Mr. Dietrich's stock of lumber
1t Ps ilsu saved, by the deluge of water poured upon it.
The fire burned etubbornly fur abinif tierce hours, end
created an insufferable stench and stilling smoke, that
pervaded the atmosphere for squares around.
CORNER-STONE LAYINO.—The cornerstone
of the new hospital s to be erected at Wagurzgton awl
S.waltsen stroc.t.. 7 Nvrt4 laid yeJeaday tiftwainan, with ap
propriate ceremonies. The young Ifbdies of the. Mount
Vernon Grimmer School ,Tmlivened the proceedings by
singing a number of patriotic melodies. ExAovernor
I'llo presided, and, in a few remarks, stated that the
Volunteer Refreshment Committee, not content with fur
nishing food for the living, were about to provide a re
treat for ii,e Filch nwt wlyundel of Orii lhaVe sOldlbes. Tha
Union and Constitution would evil, for patriotism and
liberty ,demanded that they perish not. Rev. Samuel
Durborkow next addressed the gathering, and commented
at length twin the good work which was about being
Malign rated.
Revs. Dr. Brainerd and Clay followed In short ai
d rveel,,•.
Dr. Geneese W. Nehinffer was the lag speaker. lie de
precated the cry of "pears," which, though 5.4101111
heard, nevertheles:: had a few wenk-kneed syinpathizerg.
Ills remark=were much applauded and attentively :Want
he thn:r pregf.lit.
it Our Countr's Fln" was then 811111, , by the 3 - ounz
Mains, artnr hich the cwitez , :itvise waa depkllteti in it.,
proymr place.
On the top the stone Were carrell the nnmeg of Dr.
Ward, J. 1. I ) ^llgin 4 A, C. Myer , , and B. S. Brown, gen.
newer! voitneeted with the Volunteer lielre4lwitent Saloon.
0, the stie ..f the .tune WILS al-r, carved. the WMI
"rniun, 1 4 / 6 J," The hßild4ig to to he a one-story ft nntl
strueture, tuts uttneheil To - OW - Virtual - eel' Ileffealtawitt
Sitleuu.
EMIGRATION TO IIAYTI.—On Monday af
ternoon a large party .1' ...anvil emigrants, from the State
of Pennsylvania, including aeverril from this city, lest
hero for New York, Fit rotttl to flortt. They consisted
intelligent and enterprising young men, together with some
hi the prime of life, and in two cases they were accom
panied by their wives and families. They have emigrated
under the auspices of the Ilaytien Bureau of Emigration, a
branch of which has been established ix this city, and on
their arrival at their destination they intend to engage in
the cultivation of cotton, coffee, and other tropical pro
ductimi, its mom of Our ;TRIM May Ito aware, the
Molten Ooverinuent oilers to every married colored mi..
grant a grout of *ixteen acres of fertile laud, on which
all kinds of tropical products can be raised; amyl as, in ad
dition to this,, every emigrant becomes a citizen at tho
end of twelve mouths, and has all the political rights and
privileges which native-born Ilia tiers enjoy themselves,
it is tie Mulct' HIM the scheme has attracted such uni•
yersal attention in this etiuntry. Eleven large colonic*
have already sailed from Boston, New York, ke., and,
judging from the statements made to the agents in vari
ous parts, there is no doubt that several thousand of co
lored people will emigrate mincing the ensuing fall.
Etrnrn ItD POLITIM—The following re-
Roltitions among others were adopted by the People's
- Union party meeting of the Eighth ward, on Thursday
evening:
11'i/erects, The People's Union party of the Eighth ward
fire firm mid in the support of the NationalGo
s-erumad, and Al the geetet itanes now entrusted to its
bands, it it
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the nominees of
the People's Union party as eminently fitted to aid in so
curing that :mare sympathy and energetic co-operation
to necessary for the successful prosecution of the war
against the Drel4ent rebellion. by Permanently uniting in
MUM the - National, the Stnte, and MI
clip Administration.
.
.I?6.olved, That to thig ward, the home of McClellan,
the People's robin party are peculiarly bound to exprem
nt the pulls their earnest gratitude to the brave soldiers
who are now breasting the tidebt• parricidal rebellion. by'
tbo election of• Piddle servant 4 who will carefully watch
over Ow our brave volunteers at the seat of
war, and of their familiva at hmat•,
NEW MARKET-IfOrSE.—A three-story brick
building, the first story of which is designed to bo used us
a marhet-house, Is now in progress of erection at the
southeast corner of Seventeenth and Popikr streets. The
building has a death on Seventeenth street of 93 feet,
gr,il n front of fd feet on Poplar street. The first story
will be divided Into three niles, the mini, brbig about
double t!ke width of the other two. It Is intended to con
tain seventy-seven stalls, the pests of which will support
the second-story floor. A ball-room, 50 by 70 feet, will
be fitted up in the second story, with a ceiling 28 feet
high. This upper story is to he divided into two apart
mentii, to be used for holding public meetings, or for the
use of societies, the front of Ihr bniblibg WIl bit Appro
priately ornamented, and when finished will be units au
improvement to the neighborhood.
KNITTEtir: POP. THE Sounr.E.s.—Many
ties now employ their lehmro evenings in knitting atoek
thgA for the soldiors for tho coming winter, TIP T. l 4re 4 .'
societies of most of the clairehes will tie organized on
this semi-military basis, The young Indies of the Locust
street (4raminsr School have contmence.l, under Ho
euperyision of their frathers, the sewing ofstockings and
socks. Each pupil supplies her own material and seWillT.
utrnelb.;, &liar movement him liven made in some of
the oilier public schools of the district,
THE EXTENSION TO TILE FAIRMOrNT 'WATER-
Woiois.—This work of immurenamt is almost completed.
as it should Lave been by the I,t inst., had it twit
pastaiblu to adhere strictly to the tern,: of contract. Th 4
iron girilcrr , 7 Whielt tor to servo the double fillrfalo of If
support for the flagging of the promenade, mid at a co.
Tering for thr wheils : machinery of the new works,
Are nearly all in position, ant; the connection of the
pumps with the new-Maud-pipe, by means of the three
mains, has already been uncle.
IRON TrIEFFLA FOR GOTERNMNNT }F'AnOrs.--
Two firms in the city bwre forwarded M Washington set...
of iron wheels for thn•ernna•nt transport wattuns. Tha
wheels are represents , ' as being light and substantial,
free from the accident , : that beset wooden whe4l, and
not liable to splinter trhen broken. Patents will be ob
tained and it it largo i t uantities of said wheed.4
i4ithl to linvertimenti
ARRIVAL OF ARTH.T.ERY CARRIAGES Aid%
If AnnEss.—Yeeterday morning a lot of harness for ar
tillery borses mite to the city, and in the afternoon
twelve caissong, field carriagee, limbers, etc., were t
have artheil, The gone will ,bortly 1,0 gilitvP..4l. and bY
II t(aln they arvive the artillery regitilent have'
been organized. and the battering at nave bronnyht into ac
tion. Tice gun,: wilt cog about $3,300, acid the eitis#On4
etc., probably $4,000 more.
FOWLER'S ENGLISII STEAM FLOUOIt had a
pnhlir trial at the Lazaretto, on Tuesday. it inventor
Nahum' . that, with an pight-iipploquiwer (amino, he could
plough acre I.IPC hoar; but the trial did not prom'
fart. The apparatus cost e 4,000 hi Enoland. and re
ware:, lira persons to Inaitagr It. With tour nantieS, or
plouglislutreA, OIL Tur,slay, it furrowed the soil to the
depth of right inches and the Width of folly inches.
PENKNYLVANIA COLONELI 4 nwner
Colonel liintilein lrs been , itlatoreil 11111 11r 1111.11111rY1C1: 1 Of
1111'1 . 1110 11 SrArerl, various cliarge , having holt oreferrol
against illlll, end hit aceeptitut the better alternative or
arrest or reeignation. Colonel Lttjeane nud Colonel
Chautry, botlLuf tide cite, tie nlout acid to be under nr
rit4,:ta!-,-1,,,),1i-I:l':!llti.nligitTnnt'airoTtiu7l n l 7il d er '' lrlsi‘3ol7ritZilge'l7ttd7.
F UNE IrA S 01 , VOLUNTEER S.—Joseph Pascoe,
of the First California Regiment, and Sergeant Won, of
Owen's realiiivat, Were 1,11710 yesterday. A Ilimiss
Guard regiment attended Cho tnnerals. Klemm , ,,of
Goloing re,.liitent, will I Intrioti to-day, [roan
010 Lnad a WOOL
A 141 Niti,lNt:.—..l female child, apparontly
about three days old, was found yesterday morning
under a step at Front and Carpenter streets. Ths in
fant was wrapped up in a cloak. The foundling was
taken cliiirgv of 14 one of the residents in the neighbor
hooLl.
CRICKET.—A cricket match between, two of
Ii beg eleven in flte Shoes, F.agldud, scil Ain , `-
rieun clubs will be played uu Tuesday neat, tit Canine's
Woods.
PETioa, PirtANIN..--Tllll Grand Jiary IWO
tomutlll4 true Dille for *AO' and freagoci ogninat the
reloug uow couBue.l iu tilt' county - jail. The trigs will
come off this week.
PARALYSIB. — The Receiver of Taxes, Ml
woo r. 3fummr lias recovered from a semi, stroke of pa.
ru j y A, attemlitu to the &dans of his oak°.
A ];um' INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE has
enjoined upon the bends of the V6IIOO.UA State, natiourd.
and municipal departments to Rtcnieh the names of It
employees, in order that their loyalty may be inqw.veda
into. The ntovement of doubtful warrant.
F111.1(T. CIXISSI AND RELTN for a tiro Lilt!
abide, were reeumed yevietatty, Bud will I{6 hewn.
after. The city has taken much trouble to italic , ita own
guardians cudgelled.
JI:DOE STRONG,,Of this State, presides over
tLe meeting. of Mc Board of Forrikru Dlisaious, noW ti
oeiraion et VIMIOII4, ,Dr
A WILMINGTON FiUM has boom
the contract for building the innUttiis
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