Vrtzs.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1.1, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
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."
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The Latest War News.
Western Virginia has been, from the outset of
the campaign, the theatre of the most spirited and
resolute action of our troops ; and the able gene
rals now in commend there are evidently deter
mined to maintain for their forces the brilliant re
putation they have gained. The rebel command:
era : Lee, Floyd, and Wise, cannot cope with Rose
craws and Reynolds, and, from the uniform success
which has attended the reconnoissances of the lat
ter, we cannot doubt that when they are fully pre
pared for the grand advance movements they have
in contemplation, they will inflict terrible injury
upon their adversaries.
The telegraph yesterday announced that the
rebels have been driven from Big Springs, after
being compelled to destroy their camp equipage,
ammunition, and several hundred muskets, and
that General Rosecrans is at Mountain Cave—a
strong position, twenty-try miles beyond Gauley.
We publish, also, an interesting and graphic de
scription of the recent reconnoissance at Green
Brier. The brilliant action of our troops on that
occasion cannot be too highlyicommended, and it
will Pause a thrill of joy throughout the whole
nation to learn bow rapidly they are becoming fa
miliar with the most difficult movements, and how
gallantly they conduct themselves under the most
trying circumstances.
From Missouri we receive a further confirmation
of the report that. Gen. Price is retreating to
wards Arkansas. The recent prospect of an en
gagement near Georgetown has vanished, and the
chief desire of the traitors, now, is to make good
their retreat with the property they have plunder
ed from the unfortunate citizens of the state.
There is a bare possibility that a junction between
Price and McCulloch's armies may be effected,
which will render them strong enough to risk a
battle with Fremont.
The barbarities the Secessionists have committed
in the districts uhdos their eontrol almost exceed
belief. They bang nnoffending citizens whose only
crime is an adhesion to the Union cause, and they
have also sacked the insane asylum at Fulton, and
ransacked the asylum for the deaf and dumb. It
SAPS impossible for 1 2 tilluart depravity to be guilty
of worse outrages than these.
In Kentucky, the rumor that John C. Breck
inridge was shot by a hardy mountaineer is still
believed in some of the interior districts, but the
statement of his escape into Virginia ooeuto too
direct and circumstantial to be untrue. John J.
Crittenden has been doing gallant service in
rousing the people to a sense of their duty,
and in many districts they have nobly re
gpanded to the appeals to their patriotism.
The retreat of Zollicoffer indicates that, after
all, his forces were not sufficiently strong to enable
him to execute any very important movement, and
that the Louisville Journal is correct in expressing
the opinion that the enemy desired chiefly to plun
der a few districts, and to draw off a portion of our
forces from Washington, so that Johnston and
Beauregard might be enabled to win a victory in
that important quarter.
We publish, on our first page, some interesting
information in regard to the Southern gulf and At
lantic coast, and the fact should not escape notice
that the United States blockading squadron has dug
a passage to the Sand Spit, which commands ad of
he mouths of the Mississippi, and that works are
being erected there, which will absolutely control
The communications of Now Orleans with the sea,
and render future attempts to run the blockade to
that port utterly futile.
Along the line of the Potomac our forces are
gradually advancing and strengthening the new
points they occupy as completely as possible. The
tide of battle once more turns in the direction of
Manassas Junction, where an immense force of the
enemy is now stationed. That spot has once been
the scene of the most terrible disaster the Ameri
can arms have ever encountered, and the rebels
apparently suppose that they may, for a second
time, there gain a Southern victory. But we
,„
A large body of the enemy, in the vicinity of
Paducah, committed a blunder yesterday morning ;
which surpasses anything 9f the kind of which the
Union troops have been 'guilty. Their force was
formed in two divisions, and, in the excitement of
their attack upon our pickets, they fired upon each
other. Startled by this loud discharge, both par
ties fled, each supposing that they had eneoun
teret our cavalry.
- A deserter from the rebel camp, at Columbus,
Ky., reports their forces at that point to be 30,000,
but this is probably an exaggeration.
- WE RAVE carefully read, and regret that
ha great length will prevent us from pub
lishing in our columns, the report of
Messrs. FRY, RODGERS, ABBOTT, HEYWOOD,
and CorE, the Commissioners appointed by
GOT. CURTIN to inquire into the alleged
frauds committed in furnishing supplies to
our volunteers ; and it is a gratifying fact
that, after a laborious investigation by these
gentlemen, who are men of the highest eha.
meter, no single evidence of fraud attaches to
the proper State authorities. That errors
were committed and peculations attempted in
some instances is doubtless true; but consi
dering the immense pressure upon the State
authorities—the necessity of organizing an
army out of entirely raw material in a few
days—the entire want of equipments, arms,
provisions, &c., it is remarkable indeed that
the arduous duties so suddenly imposed upon
GOT. CURTIN have been discharged with so
little loss to the State. Our volunteers were
not properly clothed, it is true; but the evi
dence shows that the material for proper uni
forms was scarcely to be had ; and that infe
rior goods were often necessarily purchased,
and at the lowest cash prices, to equip our
men.
We confess we were a little surprised at the
changes recently made in the command of out war
vagels on the Southern coast, dame.. we have no
knowledge which induces any doubts of the loyalty
of such men as Goldsborough and Du Pont.
"talon," who comments upon these changes in
our columns, is true as steel in his allegiance, and
as earnest and honest in his desire and determina
tion to support the Administration as any man can
be. We hope he may find that these changes have
been wisely made, and that the officers appointed
will be true to the flag which, in accepting these
positions, they swore anew to defend.—New Bed
ford (Mass.) Mercury.
No act of the Administration deserves more
hearty commendation than the very changes
in the navy referred to by our cotemporary.
While all honor is due to the veterans whose
gallant deeds have reflected so much lustre
- upon our flag, the exigencies of the times, and
the necessity for fitting out new and formida
ble expeditions to blockade our coasts, and to
punish the traitors on the Southern seaboard,
require not only the most loyal, but the most
vigorous and daring of our commanders; and
we are happy to know that tile older commo
dores or captains in the service have generally
gracefully yielded to this argument. As to
the loyalty of Captains DUPONT and Gotmsno-
Boron, it need only be said that, renowned as
they arc for nautical Shill and personal eon
rage, one of their highest claims to the hazard
ens stations which have been assigned to theta
was the fact that they are, heart and soul, body
and brain, for the Union and the Constitution,
and that they go forth on their great mission
resolved to carry out all their instructions, or
to perish in the attempt.
Swoity Volt GENERAL MCCLELLAN.—The sword
ordered by our city authorities for Major General
McClellan, some time since, has been completed,
and is now on exhibition at Messrs. Bailey & Co.'s,
No. 8111 Chestnut street. It is an exquisite piece
of workmanship. The scabbard is of solid silver,
heavily gilt and ornamented with representations
of Justice and the Pennsylvania coat-of-arms,
chased in the most elaborate style. The blade and
hilt are equally elegant, the former being of the
finest temper. highly polished and etched with
great taste, and the latter is set with pearls and .
diamonds. the whole being surmounted by the .
American eagle in the expressive attitude of
seizing a rattlesnake. On the guard, the initials
of General McClellan are carved in relief. The
whole is enclosed in a superb morocco case, and re
flects credit both upon the good taste of Councils ;
in giving their order and the artistic skill of Magi's.
Bailey lc Co. in executing it.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. — Wo beg to inform
Presbyter," that with such communications as
his the writer's name and address should be sent.
It is doubtful whether, at any rate, we should pub
lish what reads very like a personal attack. " spar
gera TOM in ambiguas" is 7LOC exactly the duty of
a presbyter.
For the hundredth time, we request correspond
ents who favor us with communications, to write
them only on one side of the paper, if they desire
to see them printed.
The Foreign Press versus the Union.
Stro,‘“, At - ow how the current flows. and
feathers, as they float in the air, tell from
what quarter the wind blows. We are in
clined, therefore, to notice the slight appear
ances of change in the manner in which fo
reign Journalism discusses our national con
duct and character in the civil war which un
happily- rages.
It is to the credit of the Paris press (pro
bably influeneedby the known predilections of
the Emperor NAeot.r.os• for the United States),
that it has said very little about the Ameri
can question, and nothing against the Union.
although it is known that there are agents of
iL tho Se-tailed Southern Confederation," ready
to promise, and even to pay largely for favor
able notices of Mr. JEFFERSON DAvIS'S pseudo
commonwealth.
On the other hand, the L4Pdonjournals, with
a few creditable exceptions:, have sneered at
us from the moment Mr. Lmcora entered
office. Some of these journals are under the
influence of the British Ministry ; indeed, two
of them, the liforaing Post and the Globe, are
partly owned by Lord PALMERSTON himself.
Some, as we have 1. tely shown, are under the
command of the ROTHSCRILDS, the BARINGS,
and other money lenders, Jew and Gentile.
Some are employed to defend the interests of
the Lancashire cotton-spinners, who are in a
fair way to plunge their work people into re
bellion, caused by low wages and limited em
ployment, ere the year has ended. A few
have been truthful from the lira, fair in their
statement of facts, candid in their discussion
of principles. These few are chiefly the low
poked papers, which have great circulation
among the poorer classes, constituting the
People of England, who have a hearty hate of
slavery, and, whatever their rulers may think,
say, or do, firmly love the principles of the
North.
It must be confessed that we were rather
thinskinned when the precious letters of Mr.
livssELL, the Special Correspondent of The
Times, alternately satirized the North and ex
cessively lauded the 4cchivalry" of the traitorous
South. We fear that we were even a little
angry at that fine fancy-sketch, that flight of
high imagination, Russ Ergs description of a
battle which he never saw. But, getting used
to it, like the eels, we had just brought our
selves to laugh at the" Special," when 10, he
changed his tone, and we find him strongly
praising the material and morale of the North
ern army, and strongly prophesying that the
ultimate issue of the civil war must be the
complete defeat of the South. The Times
echoes its politic letter-writer, and has some
what abated its abuse of late.
It was to be expected, of course, that Punch
would make capital out of our Civil War.
Well, it tried to do so, but failed—awfully
failed, equally with pencil and pen. Punch's
idea of an American is a tall, thin man, with
hollow cheeks, lank hair, a fuzzy hat, a tills
fitting coat reaching down to his heels, tight
and short trowsers with a wonderful elongation
of straps to make them fit, and a perpetual long
niner puffing smoke from his mouth. This is
Punch's only idea of an American, and it
was run to ground in a very few indifferent
illustrations. Its literary hits were as valua
ble as its artistical ; it tried to be satiri
cal, but was only savage, and vainly endea
vored to represent American by Cockney
pronunciation_ Of late, Punch has almost de
spaired of being able to poke fun at i( the
Yankees,"—for so it designates all persons
north of the Potomac.
It made some wonderful attempts at face
tiousness on the battle of RusselPs Run, but
omitted any allusion to the eminent LL.D.,
who was the chief hero of the flight. In its
very last number, all that Punch was able to
say about us was as follows: cc Non-/aterven
lion.—There is a talk of the Salt Lake joining
the COnfederates. We think the Mormon
Capital is wrong. Let it secede, if it will;
but. it is not fair to join either party. It
should be true to its own name, and consist.
ently prove that it only wishes to remain,
equally on both sides, an ITtah"(a neater.)"
We doubt whether, even though printed in
italics, one person in twenty thousand will
take this wretched Cockneyish joke, but any
child of five years old. could tell Puneh. that
Salt Lake is not a city, n2VVAs t -Ar r ma
Wtratiinatio — n—oh, it is too dreadfully funny
to read them and live !—that a Sherry Cob
bler is wanted to mend the , c Union," and that
the new Sovereign for the United States is
Martial Law, vice King Mob, put under restraint.
If any contributor of our own Vanity Fair,
which is more lively and witty than Punch,
were to send in anything half as bad as either
of these specimens, Mr. STEPHENS would have
him put on bread-and-water diet, and strictly
confined his reading, during the next three
months, to Joe Miller and the Wits' Miscel
lany.
All things considered, we need not dread
the thunder of The Times nor the small shot
of Punch in his dotage. It is significant, how
ever, that the venom of our assailants over the
water has abated.
A Question to Lord Lyons.
Lord LYONS is the diplomatic representative
of the Queen of England. We take leave to
refer him to two or three facts, and would be
charmed by his condescending to answer them.
After considerable hesitation, arising from
the divided opinion in the British Cabinet
about acknowledging cc the so-called Southern
Confederation" as an independent Republic,
Queen 'VICTORIA issued a proclamation, last
May, strictly enjoining her subjects, at home
and abroad, to neutrality during the present
war between the North and the South, re
quiring them not to violate the provisions of
the Foreign Enlistment Act (passed in 1810,
to prevent British subjects assisting the South
American Republics), and specially enjoining
the observance of the strictest neutrality-
Mr. Annum 11.4.tta1.v, a Colonel of the 'Ca
nadian militia and a member of the Canadian
Parliament, who has lately been endeavoring
to raise•a regiment of Lancers, composed of
Canadian recruits, for service on the side of
the Union during the present war, has been ar
rested for breach of neutrality, held to bail,
and will immediately be proceeded against on
a charge of violating the law. If convicted,
he will be fined or imprisoned, perhaps both,
and at all events he will lose his militia rank,
and will probably be expelled from his seat in
the Canadian Parliament.
The privateer Sumpter, which coaled at Port
of Spain, on or about the 3d day of August, with
the connivance and consent of the Governor
of Trinidad, again received the sane cg aid and
comfort" on the 11th September, under the
same high auspices
What we desire to know front' Lord Lroris
is only this—why, if Colonel RANKIN is to be
prosecuted and punished for breach of neu
trality, in Canada, Governor R. W. KEATE,
violatirg the law and disobeying Queen VIC
TORIA'S Proclamation, by aiding, comforting,
and helping a Southern belligerent, should not
even be reproved? Is British neutrality a
mere geographical phantasy by which what is
wrong in Canada is right in Trinidad ?
Eighth Regiment of United States
Cavalry_
This tine regiment, formerly known as the Fourth
Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry, is now twelve
hundred strong, being the fullest on General Mc-
Clellan's roster, of any corps in the United States
Army, is now at Washington, completely ready for
service—men well disciplined, well•tempered, pa•
triotie, and anxious to serve their natural or adopted
country, wherever duty calls. The Eighth Cavalry
was raised by order of the Secretary of War, (da
ted 26th July, 'SOW and is wholly independent of
any State organization. The officers have been
commissioned by the President of the United States,
as &nous Cohmel Josiah Marlon, Pena. ; Lieu
tenant Colonel Samuel P. spear, of Roston, Mass.;
Majors George Stetzell, Chambersburg, Penn.; Sam
uel Wetherell, Bethlehem, Penn.; Noah M. Run
yon, Columbus, Ohio; Adjutant Nathan Rale Ro
bins, Brooklyn, New York; Quartermaster Abra
ham Edwards, District of Columbia; Surgeons
George C. 'tartan, 1806 Chestnut street, and John
li. Wideman, also of Philadelphia. There are
also twelve captains and twenty-fimr lieutenants.
Nearly all the officers of this regiment have had
the benefit of from six to twenty-seven years' ex
perience in the 'United States army. Colonel Har
lan is well known in the military world as the
brave tactician who held the rank of major general
in the British army in India, and Lieutenant Colo
nel Spear, who entered the United States army in
1835, served as a private soldier, at the commence
ment of the Florida war to its close in 11312 ; subse
quently in the Mexican war from 1846 to July,
]B4B, where he was seriously wounded in the ancle
by a musket ball, at the battle of Moline del Itey ;
and anbmiuently served on the frontiers in the
Indian Territories, under (now the rebel) General
Albert Sydney Johnston. The whole 1,200 horses
of this regiment, all of the best description, were
supplied, by contract, by 11. B. Bruner, Bsq., of
Germantown. There is no better equipped, armed,
or disciplined regiment in the United States army.
General Wals.:on'.s Brigade.
A splendid detachment, being part of the
new brigade of Hon. HENRY 'Mum, of Mas
sachusetts, passed along Chestnut street., early
yesterday morning, exciting great enthusiasm
and admiration by their martial appearance
and the wondfirful perfection of all their • ap
pointments. The departure of these regiments
from Boston was signalized by some most ap
propriate ceremonies. General WILSON and
his men were addressed by the Hon. 1101IPAT
C. Wisrunor, formerly Speaker of the Na
tional House of Representatives, and latterly
identified with the conservatives of New Eng
land. We copy the following beautiful pas
sage: from ldi aildeeSs: t
" I congratulate you, Colonel Wilson, with all
my heart, on the success of your own efforts in this
great work of national defence. Returning from
the discharge of your laborious and responsible
unties as chairman of the committee, et . milit ar y
Affairs in the Senate of the United States, you hare
thrown out a recruiting signal for a regiment; and
lo ! two regiments have responded to your call ;
yes, and with sharpshooters and light artillery
enough in addition to make up the measure of no
ordinary brigade, And though one of your regi
ments is not yet quite ready Los the field, it will
follow you in a few days, and you will march to
the capital as the virtual leader of them all.
" Sir, I must detain you no longer. I have said
enough, and more than enough to manifest the
spirit in which this flag is now committed to your
charge. It is the national ensign, pure and sim
ple ; dearer to all our hearts at this moment, as we
lift it to the gale, and see no other sign of hope
upon the storm-cloud, which rolls and rattles
above it. nee that which is reflected from its own
radiant hues ; dearer, a thousand fold dearer to us
all, than it ever was before, while gilded by the
sunshine of prosperity, and playing with the
zephyrs of peace. ft will speak for itself, far more
eloquently than I can speak for it.
"• Behold it Listen to it! Every star has a
tongue ; every stripe is articulate. There is no
language or speech where their voices are nut
beard. There's magic in the web of it. It has an
answer for every question of duty_ It has a :solu
tion for every joult and every perplexity. It has
a word of good cheer for every hour of gloom or
despondency.
" Behold it ! Listen to it ! It speaks of earlier
and of later struggles. It speaks of victories, and
Feirletinlc'S Qf rover es, on the tea and on the land.
It speaks of patriots and heroes among the living
—among the dead; and of him, the first and great
est of them all, around whose consecrated ashes
this unnatural and abhorrent strife has so long been
raging—' The abomination of desolation standing
where it ought net.' But before all and above all
other ASAMI/16.6118 and memories—Whentel' of g"l 9 -
rims men or glorious deeds. or glorious places—its
voice is ever of Union and liberty, of the Constitu
tion and the laws.
"Behold it ! Listen to it ! Let it tell the story of
its birth to these gallant volunteers as they march
beneath its folds by day or repose beneath its sen
tinel stars by night. Let it recall to them the
strange eventful history of its rise and progress;
let it rehearse to them the wondrous tale of its
trials and its triumphs, in peace as well as in war ;
and, whatever else may happen to it or them, ii
will never be surrendered to rebels ; never be igno
miniously struck to treason, nor ever be prostituted
to any unworthy and unchristian purpose of re
venge. depredation, or rapine.
"And may a merciful God cover the head of
each one of its brave defenders in the hour of bat
tle !"
THE great Catholic writer, Dr. l3a,elyN
sox, in the October number of his Renkw pub
lishes a masterly article from his own pen,which
we have read with great care. Dr. BROWN
SON has been one of the ablest defenders of the
institution of slavery, and his present opi
nions are entitled, therefore, to grave consi
deration. The following extract is one of the
many strong points in this remarkable produc
tion.
" The reconstruction of the Union •n the basis
of slavery is the real aim of the chiefs of the
Southern rebellion, which reconstruction would
give them a government similar in its essential fea
tures to that of ancient pagan Rome, and a govern
ment, if the States held together, prepared for fu
ture conquest. The Union reconstructed, it could
proceed to the conquest of Mexico and Central
America, and reduce their negro and colored popu
lations to slavery. which would be counted their
Americanization. This done, it could proceed, be
ginning with Cuba, to the annexation, one after
another, of the Wort India Wands. It then eould
extend its power over the whole continent of South
America, and threaten an advance upon Eastern
Aga, and the annexation of all the cotton-produ
cing countries and tropical regions of the globe, and
through the monopoly of cotton, rice, and tropical
productions in general, to obtain the control of the
commerce and credit of all nations. Sioh, tO a
greater or less extent, is the dream which Southern
statesmen have indulged, and which they have
taken the first step toward realizing. In its full
extent no sane man supposes the dream practica
ble ; but its practicability, up to a certain point, has
been demonstrated by the success which has hith
erto attended the rebellion, for, up to the present,
successful it undeniably has been. The Confede
rates have brought into the field a more effective,
if not a larger force than the Federal Government
has thus far brought pgainst them ; and, from the
Potomac to the Mississippi, they hold the strategic
lines, and can be met by the Federatierfognha
onaiiiimVmeerwoil
" Now, suppose wo adopt the policy urged upon
us by the peacemakers, traitors, and cowards of
the loyal States, consent to a
_peaceful division of
the United States, and recognize the Southern Con
federacy as a separate and independent nation,
what would be the result ? Two comparatively
equal independent Republics, existing side by side?
Nut at all. Spread out the map of the United
States before you, and see which Republic would
have the advantage in territory, soil, climate, pro
ductions, and all the sources of national wealth,
strength, and material greatness. You would give
to the gelAllere Republic full three-fourths of the
whole territory of the Union ' ' for the South would
consent to no division now, that did not include the
States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Mis
souri, and all the territory south of the lino running .
due west from the northwest angle of the Missouri
to the Pacific. You would give up to the South,
to what would then be a foreign Power, the
whole Gulf coast, and the whole Atlantic coast ex
cept the narrow strip from the Penobscot to the
Delaware. You would leave to the North a ma
jority of the present population of the country, and
nominally the superiority in wealth, it is true ; but
as the present superior numbers and wealth of the
North depend chiefly on our superiority in commerce
and manufactures, their superiority could not be
long maintained. The Southern Republic, pro
ducing raw materials consumed chiefly in Europe,
would be a great exporting Republic ' and would
naturally in its policy favor exports to European
markets. From those markets where it disposes
of its raw materials it could, by means of a
lower tariff on imports than the Northern
Republic could afford to adopt, more easily
and cheaply supply its own demand for im
ports than it could from our Northern mar
kets. It would thus drive our manufaetUreS
from its markets, and, by importing from abroad
for itself, greatly diminish our manufactures, and
at the same time both our foreign and domestic
trade. In addition, we should not only lose our
Southern market for our imports and manufactures,
but should hardly be able to keep our own. Im
ports would seek Southern ports, and, in spite of
any possible cordon of custom-houses and custom.
house officers, would find their way into all the
border States of the Northern Republic, and up the
Mississippi and Ohio into the great States of the
West and Northwest, to the most serious detriment
of our own trade and manufactures, and dome_
gucntly tothe retention of our relative superiority
industry
andwealth and population. In spite of our
and our enterprise, we should soon find ourselves
a State far inferior in wealth and numbers to our
Southern neighbor.
" Moreover, the great agricultural States of the
Mississippi Valley, finding the natural outlets for
their productions held by a foreign Power, and
themselves unable to wrest them from it, would be
compelled, by their own interests, to secede from
the Northern Republic, and to join the Southern
Confederacy. ma secession of these, which would
be followed by that of all the States west of the
Rocky Mountains, would necessarily compel the
secession of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl
vania, and their annexation to the same Confede
racy. This would reduce the Northern Republic
to the New England States, two of which (Connec
ticut and Rhode Island) would most likely follow
New York, and there would remain for the North
ern Republic only the States of Massachusetts, Ver
mont, New Ilamppire, and Maine, which could
escape absorption in the Confederacy only by its
refusal to accept them, or by joining with the Ca
nadas and the other British Provinces, and coming
again under the British crown. Such would be the
inevitable result of the proposed peaceful division
of the United States, and the formation of two sepa
rate and independent Republics out of their terri
tory, if the Southern Confederacy held together;
and such is substantially the plan of reconstruction
contemplated by the Southern statesmen, as is evi
dent from their leaving their Confederacy open to
the accession of new States, as was avowed in this
city last December, by Mr. Senator Benjamin, now
the Attorney General of the Confederate States,
and as asserted openly by Southern sympathizers
everywhere at the North. All this is notorious,
and is only what any man accustomed to reason on
such subjects, and familiar with the geography.
soil, and productions of the Union, sees must and
would inevitably result from the policy recom
mended by our peace-men, cowards, and traitors."
Public Amusements
At Walnut-street Theatre, this evening, "The
Belle of the season" will bo performed for Miss
Heron's benefit, to be followed by the conaedietta
of "Ladies, Beware." Of course, Matilda Heron
will have a very full house, and indeed she never
played so well as she plays now. The now farce of
"The Pretty Horse-breaker," produced here last
night, is a trifle—light, lively, and successful, and
further novelties are underlined.
c , Jeannette," which hes been as well played as
received, at Arch-street Theatre, and got up with
great taste—particularly the scenery—will be suc
ceeded, to-morrow evening, by the fine old comedy,
" The Way to Keep Him," and " Mazeppa," which
last is one of the best burlesques on the stage.
€, The Tempest," played at Wheatley's Conti
nental Theatre, as a spectacular piece, will probs.
bly not be played after to-morrow evening. A
new comic piece, entitled "Paris and London,"
will ho produced on Monday night.
At McDonough's Olympic, in this first week of
the season " the business," as it is called, has been
remarkably good. The negro delineations by
Frank Brower and Frank Moran are among the
best we know.
For the rest—Hermann, the conjuror, appears,
in a few days, at the Academy of Music, and will
probably be as popular here as he is in New York.
G ardner d. Hemmings' Circus, Twelfth street, below
Spruce, has been well attended, and is worthy of
support. Lastly, Waugh's beautiful pieturea of
Italy, on show at Assembly Buildings, Tenth and
Chestnut, and ably illustrated by Mr. Fenno, are
finer, in their way, than any similar performances
ever submitted to public notice in this country.
They are exhibited in connection with good stereo
scopic views of the war.
FHE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1861.
We are only in the vestibule of the grandest
future that has ever opened upon civilized
man. Every event adds alike ,to the magni
tude of our duty and our destiny. A nation
so circumstanced cannot at once appreciate
the work before it, or at once march up to the
consummation of that work. The free States,
occupied by a reacting, writing, and thinking
poptvtion, are, as we now perceive, more apt
at the first to be divided and disturbed by con
tradictory theories than the slave States, where
general intelligence is limited, and where
iviitics . hasleen measured and circumscribed
by the question of slavery. In the one, dis
cussion which has been tolerated and insisted
upon leads to dissension ; in the other, where
discussion is not tolerated, save as between
men who agree in opposing the Federal Go
vernment and in favor of slavery, a temporary
and forcible unanimity has been attained.
Now, the embarrassments of Mr. Lincoln's
Administration result directly from aleSe two
causes, and, inasmuch as it may be said to
have been chosen by the votes of one section,
so the other, and the revolting section, sets
up the plea of being the injured, because the
justly and constitutionally defeated party,
Among the pernicious doctrines of the SCCCS
- is more hurtful and more insult
ing than that which charges the Administration
with a design to abolish slavery in the slave
States, while at the same moment they claim
for themselves the right to resort to any pro
cess—no matter how immoral or dishonest—
to consummate the destruction of the Repub
lic. It is time for all men who really love the
Union and support the Constitution, and who
arc resolved, at every hazard, to oppose the
partition of this Union, or the recognition of
the rebellion, to abandon the practice of being
misled by this false cry of abolition. As I
have repeatedly said, if slavery is Apoli t lita i n
the South, it will be abolished by the revolu
tionary and dishonest course of the Secession
leaders themselves. What we of the loyal
States have to do, is to sink every other con
sideration but that of maintaining the Govern.
ment ; or, in other words, to consolidate our
selves into an irresistible organization, based
upon this single idea. The crafty politicians
of the South have their sympathizers in the
free States, and these know right well how to
appeal to old party prejudices, so as to help
their former and present associates. No par
ties are tolerated in the revolted Southern
States but those that believe in the Secession
treason. The courts, the pulpit, the press,
are all compelled to decide, to preach, and to
print, as the Southern despotism commands,
and those who attempt a different course are
expelled or imprisoned. In such a state of
society it is easy to !venue a successful hear
ing to the most atrocious calm - I - Mies. Thus
the whole movement for the vindication of
the assailed majesty of the Constitution is
made to appear to the Southern people as a
movement for the abolition of slavery, and
this falsehood has become so deeply rooted
among this people as to fire the whole mass
with an infuriated hatred of the Governnmnt,
the Administration, and the inhabitants of
the loyal States. It gives a sort of fran
tic enthusiasm to the Secession sol
diery, and converts moderate men into
maniacs. If we %lie the reverse of this pic
ture and examine the designs of the Seces
sionists themselves, who can doubt that what
they intend is a thousand times more startling
than the abolition of slavery ? Nobody in the
free States can doubt that they have deliberate
ly resolved to carry slavery, if they can, into
the free States ; to extend it into Central and
South America, and, to do this, will resort to
fire and the sword. Mr. Lincoln and his coun
sellors are falsely accused of desiring to abolish
slavery, and yet Jefferson Davis and his coun
sellors do not deny their intention to convert
the white masses of the free States into slaves.
It becomes our duty, therefore, to cease
wrangling about impracticable issues and to let.
destiny work out its own ends.
The_ ReVPiiiin
our local column on the 9th
meta, `Pas 'Anted the revenue cutter 11oMiu
was lying opposite the navy yard, and that com
plaint bad been made by coasting captains that she
should be about the Breakwater, where, in case of
any difficulty, her services would be required.
We tinderctand that the Dobbin has not been at
the navy yard for a week, and we aro gratified to
be enabled to publish the following instructions of
the Hon. Wm. B. Thomas, Collector of this port, to
the captain of the Dobbin, Captain Cornell is
acting under the orders of Collector Thomas :
CURTO3I. Horan, PitmanEurnie,
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. Oat. 10, 1861.
SIR : Upon receipt of this, you will please cruise
your vessel in the Delaware river and bay, passing
along the same from this point to sea as often as
may bo necessary, in order to afford the greatest
possible protection to our commerce, secure the en
forcement of the revenue laws, and the execution
of the orders of the aoyernment for the blockade
of the ports in the seceded States.
You will board all vessels you meet within four
leagues of our coast, and search the same in every
part, and examine the manifest and other papers of
each and certify the same, and, if necessary, affix
fastenings to the hatches and other communications
with the hold.
You will, as often as is consistent with your other
duties, visit the light-houses within this district, for
the purpose of ascertaining their wants and neces
sities, and report the sane to the collector.
Your attention is especially directed to order No.
217 of the Treasury Department, prohibiting all
intoxicating liquors, or the like thereof—all games
of cards and dice, and all betting and gambling—a
violation of this regulation involving immediate
dismissal from the service.
You will make weekly reports to the collector,
according to specification laid down in the laws and
regulations touching the revenue service.
Very respectfully yours,
W. B. THOMAS, Collector.
Capt. B. CORNELL, of the revenue cutter J. C".
Palau.
LATIGE AUCTION SALE OF CARIETINGS, RUGS,
&c.—The early attention of buyers is invited to the
large and attractive assortment of 350 pieces
. rich
English velvet, Brussels, three-ply, ingrain, Vene
tian, hemp, and list carotins, rugs, mats, and
cocoa matting; also, white worsted and t white
filling—to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for
cash, commencing this morning, at 101 o'clock, by
Myers, Claghorn, & Co , auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
234 Market street.
THOMAS it SONS' SALES.—EXTENSIVE AND VA
LUABLE LAW LinnAtm .—This (Friday) afternoon,
a large and valuable collection of law books, in
cluding a library. Catalogues ready, and the books
arranged for examination.
Sale of furniture, this morning, Tenth street.
Salo of bulbous roots, to-morrow.
Mr. Lutz's stock of elegant furniture, Tuesday.
STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE.—A large sale on
Tuesday next.
See advertisements of the six sales.
SALE OF ELEGANT Funierrann.—This morning,
at 10 o'clock, at Messrs. Birch and Son's, No. 914
Chestnut street.
SALE MIS AFT.tiliiioON- - YALTIABLE LAW Li.
Brunv.—Thomas & Sons will sail this afternoon, at
four o'clock, an extensive and valuable collection
of law books. See advertisements and catalogues.
Mn. IlionLow, the United States consul at Paris,
is at length installed in his post. The Paris corre
spondent of the London Star says that "several
Americans have been disappointed in feting him
immediately after his arrival, owing to the fatigues
of his voyage, which ne nas not yet quite got over.
There is, just now, a vast number of Northerners in
town,
who, since the latest advices arrived from
New York, seem to have taken heart again, and
given themselves up to their natural hospitable so
ciability. At their re-unions the ladies wear rib
bons attached to their breasts which have the effect
of Union flags. The thirty-three stars on them, to
give a strong idea of anti-secession, are all grouped
into one. Tnis constellation is formed of silver
threads that sparkle very prettily on a blue
ground. At these secrets it would be a dan
gerous thing to breathe one word about Se
cession. Any gentleman of Southern origin
having the temerity to do such a thing would soon
find himself in very unpleasant relations with all
the ladies present, who are, to a woman, enthusi
astically patriotic ; and any lady having the hardi
hood to show such a thing as South Carolinian sym
pathy would have no other resource than that of
going, Its they express it, t right over to the rebel
camp.' There is one circumstance that struck me,
when I had the pleasure of accepting the hospita
lity of an American lady, a few evenings ago. An
ebony black servant was amongst the attendants,
and suggested some conversation respecting the
African race in America. A Britisher present, not,
doubtless, intending anything slighting - to them,
spoke of the slaves as niggers,' and, by doing so,
brought down reproofs and discontented glances
from such as were within hearing distance, who
suggested that negroes was the proper term to ap
ply, in speaking of the blacks, on account of no
thing degrading or insulting being convoyed in it."
A SINGULAR case of restoration after appa
rent death occurred on Wednesday, at Albany. A
little daughter of Mrs, Wilson, residing on First
street, after a sudden relapse succeeding a severe
illness, apparently died. The body did not stiffen,
but every other symptom of death was present.
The remains were prepared for the grave, when, on
Wednesday night, the supposed dead child scream
ed, and immediately the functions of life were
resumed. Heavy perspiration poured off the body
in great quantities, and the pale, marble-like form
assume,' a healthy red appearance. When the
" dead" child screamed, those present, except the
mother, became greatly alarmed and ran out of the
room. The mother rushed to the body, enclosed it
in her arms, and removed it to a bed in the side
room. The family physician was immediately sent
for, who applied proper restoratives. and the child
is now in a fair way of recovering.
LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL."
WASULNGTON, October 10, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON,
GEN McCLELLAN TO HAVE FULL CONTROL
OF THE ARMY OF TEE POTOMAC.
FORWARD MOVEMENT OF GENERAL
McCALL•S DIVISION.
THE NAVAL EXPEDITIONS.
SKIRMISH REAR PADUCAH, KY.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
THE REASONS FOR GENERAL PRICE'S
RETROGRADE MOVEMENT
Special Despatches to 4 6 The Press."
WAsHutoros, October 10, 1861.
The Advance Movement—Gen. McCall's
Gen. McCALL's division of Pennsylvanians left
Tenallytown during last night, crossed the Poto
mac, and to-day occupy Langley's, five miles from
the Chain Bridge. Both his and Gen. Surru's
headquarterS are at Langley's, The tatter's di
vision occupies the position it took yesterday. His
pickets, however, have been advanced further into
Virginia. There are no indications of the pre
sence of the enemy, excepting cavalry pickets, arid
military officers incline to the opinion that there
are no rebels in considerable force on the whole
line of our grand army, or within six miles of its
entire front.
Colonel DEVILLTERS, the instructor of Colonel
ELLSIi OEM, who was taken prisoner in Western
Virginia, and recently made his escape from Rich
mond, was yesterday made a brigadier general.
Re will be assigned to a command under General
ROSETRANS.
Much excitement was produced to-day by n report
that Gobohl was ofigt-4- 5 64 With 4 large rebel
force. The rumor had no other origin than the
firing of a few guns, which is an . ordinary occur
rence, in the way of artillery practice.
GEORGE W. SHEAR was yesterday elected first
lieutenant of the McClellan Progoons, which acts
as the General's body guard, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Lieut. BRACKEN, who
took this means to avoid being court-martialed.
General McClellan and the Army.
The General of the Army of the Potomac went
over into Virginia to-day with important move
ments in view. The day is wet, however, and the
programme may, in consequence, be modified. An
extraordinary Cabinet meeting was held last eve
ning, from 7* till 10 o'clock, at which Generals
hicOvkLiart and NieDowEhh were present. Gene
ral MCCLELLAN stated his plans in detail, and he
has, by consent of all parties, assumed, not only
nominally, but actually, the entire control of the
army of the Potomac. He will consult and listen
to the opinions and advice of General SCOTT, and
other authorities, but he must be henceforth left
entirely to his own judgment and decision. NAPO
LEON like, he hears the opinions of others, but
forms his own conclusions, and acts upon them. Ho
asks this; and it is ceded cordially to him. To him,
therefore, must hence be eredited the success, or
charged the defeat of our arms. I informed you
yesterday of the gradual advance of our army
upon the lines of the enemy, and the retreat of
their pickets at the approach of our men, with axe
in one hand and musket in the other. The ad
vance to Falls Church was in that way. Yesterday,
Lewinsville, as you have been informed, was taken
possession of. Fairfax Court House is, in all pro
bability, the next point for which our army will
contend. That gained, Centreville will fall easily
into our hands, and there the army will rest to
strengthen themselves. This much, as it involves
no secret, sudden advance, I give as the result of
observation, not as a record of official intelligence.
This city is in a state of feverish excitement, quite
beyond that for which there is any necessity.
A gigantic naval movement from. Annapolis, and
another from Boston, have, some days since, been
decided upon. The Department desires details to
be euppreocd.
OCCASIONAL
l'he'ieturn of viol Weatlier brought tke Eeriod
e days of delay have passed away. Important
results must soon transpire.
The Case of General Graham.
General GnAnAn to-day, in accordance with the
requirements of Judge Merrick, produced to the
court -Innr3riAll LYON, the minor volunteer whom
that officer had detained after his release had been
ordered on a writ of habeas corpus.
The lad had ,volunteered contrary to the consent
of his parents. He was now surrendered to their
custody. Accordingly, there were no further pro
ceedings on the attachment for contempt of court
against General GRAHAM : and he was discharged,
The following order was to-day issued by the
Post Office Department :
My attention having been called to the circum-
stance that the United States postmasters at offices
on or near the frontiet line of Canada are still in
the practice of mailing weekly newspapers ad
dressed to Canada free of United States postage,
under the old regulation issued by this department
on the Ist of May, 1851, viz: "thatweekly news
papers which do not leave the county in which
they are published until they leave the United
States will, after the let of July, 1851, go free of
charge"—it is hereby ordered that the rates of
postage chargeable on printed matter passing
through the United States mail, as fixed bysections
Ist and 2d of the aot of August 30, 1852, (see page
45 of Post Office laws and regulations, published in
1855,) be hereafter levied and collected, at offices
in the United States, upon newspapers and other
descriptions of printed matter addressed to or re
oeived from Canada.
And it is further ordered that the regulation of
Slay 1, 1851, above referred to, which was batted
on the provisions of second section of the act of
March 3, 1851, and repealed by the act of August
SO, 1852, is hereby formally revoked.
The rates to be collected on printed matter ad
dressed to Canada are those charged upon the same
matter when addressed to another State in the
Union, and must be prepaid by United States
postage stamps. Senn A. KAgeom 7
Acting Postmaster General.
The Patent Office Depression.
The new incumbent, Mr. Holloway, entered upon
the discharge of the duties of the Patent Office when
it was in a depressed condition. Things have been
growing worse ever since. The depression is ex
traordinary, and, to a great extent, peculiar to
itself :
1. Prior to March, the application fee was $3O ;
it is now $l5.
2. Applicants, prior to that date, who had paid
vo, were authorized to demand $2O to be refund
ed when the claim was rejected. hundreds have
done so.
3. The new law created an expensive tribunal
of appeal, who have comparatively nothing to do,
and are under large pay.
4. The new law requires all specifications to be
printed and paid out of office revenues.
5. The new law reduces the fee charged foreign
applicants to the tariff paid by our own citizens.
6. The regular business has fallen off about fifty
per cent.
Hitherto the office has been more than self-sus
taining; but the surplus has been greatly reduced,
and the probabilities are against the department
sustaining itself.
Doings of the 66 Ladies' Aid" in Phila
delphia.
The following contributions for sick and wounded
soldiers and sailors have been received, since Sep
tember 16, through the Ladies' Aid of Philadelphia,
by their distributing committee in Washington
.
September 10. A large box containing shirts, sheets,
groceries, jellies, .tc.
" 18. A barrel containing some choice gro
ceries, from a few ladies of Phila
delphia.
21. A box containing bandages, lint,
pickles, jellies, ?c,c.
21, A box containing chocolate, farina,
and a small quantity of brandy
and whisky.
o 21. A box containing jellies, pickled
fruits, camphor, cologne, ke.
21. A box containing bandages and lint.
t• 21. A box containing cake', bandages,
21. A large box containing sheets, shirts,
combs, essences, slippers, Le.
o 2g. Two boxes containing seine bottles
of elderberry and blackberry wine,
catsup, kc.
" 28. A large box containing shirts, sheets,
drawers, magazines, papers, km
, z 28. A box containing comforters, &c.,
from Scranton.
- 30. 21 pocket Testaments, from a friend.
30. 100 copies of" Adams' Thanksgiving
Sermon," from a friend.
" 30. Soar and sundry articles, from a
friend.
October A box containing some medicines,
2. A box 'containing bed and pillow
ticks, ic.
4t 3. A box containing dried fruit, sheets,
shirts, ke., from. Canton.
FROM READING.
September 28. 3 boxes containing jelly, pickles,
socks, maizena, &c.
.< 28. 1 box containing 24 bottles of do
mestic wine.
" 28. 1 box containing jellies and pre
serves.
October ....5 A large basket of grapes.
No Tax on American Securities Held
In reply to inquiries Secretary CHASE says :
" The existing laws of the United States do not
impose any tax upon securities of any kind held by
foreigners residing abroad."
Division at Langley's
Naval Expeditions.
Army Movements.
Postal Order
Abroad.
Washington and Alexandria Railroad.
The railroad between Washington and Alex
andria, the main connection between the North and
South, has been out of repair, and not in use since
last winter. The Government proposes to relay
the track and put the road in running order.
Local News."
A new paper, and the only one in the city, has
just been started in Alexandria with the above
title.
The Star of this esening contains the foirowipg
items
The Berdan Sharpshooters
The First Regiment 11. S. Sharpshooters, com
manded by Col. BERDAN, and known as the "BER
DAN o.l2itrpabooters, " is now being put through• all
the varieties of drill by Lieutenant Colonel hfsears,
of that regiment. whose capabilities as a thorough
master of drill have been tested in connection with
the New York Seventh Regiment, and also with
various regiments stationed in this military dis
trict, Lieut. Colonel Mans is now on leave of
absence from the Ninth Infantry, 1.7. S. A., to oc
cupy the position he now holds in the Sharpshoot
ers. The regiment is now receiving lessons in
regimental skirmishing, as well as company skir
mishing, and is taught to serve as an infantry
battalion. They are drilled altogether by the bu
gle, two bugles being the allotment for each com
pany. The heavy rifles (varying from fourteen to
thirty pounds in weight) brought here by the
Sharpshooters are to be discarded, (as they have
proved entirely too unwieldly for the service re
quired,) and Sharpe's breech-loading rifle substi
tuted. The latter will have bayonets two inches
longer than usual, to make up for the deficiency in
length of the Sharpe rifle as compared with the
.
qrthory nile. The uniform of the Sharpshooters
is a deep green, and the pants of sky blue. Col.
BERDAN has been authorized to raise two more re
giments of Sharpshooters—one mounted and one
of infantry.
colonel Dc Villiers.
It is stated around ua that this diatinguiehed
officer, lately escaped from a Richmond prison, is
about to be commissioned a brigadier general, and
assigned to a brigade under ROSECRANZ : in West:
ern \ irgini a .
A Colonel for - Young's County."
From all we hear on the subject, our belief is
that Captain AvEnim, (of the Mounted Rifles).
United States army, is about to be assigned the
eoloneley of this regiment, heretofore known as
(t Young's Kai:lucky Cavalry.'' No bektek - • jo
leetion could be made. He is a thoroughly edu
cated soldier, and stands as high, professionally, as
any gentleman of his age in the regular army. > We
know no other more likely speedily to discipline
and render effective the fine materiel of which the
regiment is composed which, without such a dis
ciplinarian as Captain AVERILL is, at its head, will
hardly be fit for real cavalry service in action for a
long time to come.
FROM MISSOURI.
TILE REASONS FOR PRICE'S RETRO-
GRADE MOVEMENT.
LEXINGTON ! Mo.. Oct. 10,—(Correspondenee of
the St. Louis Bereblican .)—The plan of General
Price, after he captured Lexington, was to remain
for a time and operate on the north .side of the
river, and fOt thls purpose, on Beturtley, the 28th
September, he crossed the river at Lexington with
four thousand mounted men, and this force took
up their line of march for the railroad ; with the
view of its total destruction, and then sad havoc
was to he metle among all the 0W6191E1,4%4 folethlii
Northwest Missouri.
But late in the evening a rebel named Alfred
Jones, who had been released as prisoner at the
arsenal, where he had taken the oath of allegiance
to the United States Government, returned from
St. Louie to Lexington and reported that the whole
country below was alive with troops; that Frhmont
was after Price. and that Price might prepare for
a big fight in a few days. This seemed to raise the
courage of Prices men, and they said let Frknont
conic; they were ready fer him.
When Jones announced that General Fremont
had 30,000 men, and his only fear was that Price
would not make a stand, the latter countermanded
his order for sending troops to the railroad, and
a messenger was immediately despatched af
ter those who had already started across the
river. On that night Price made his preparations
for a movement.outhward, and General Rains, it
is said, went twenty miles that night on his south
ern route. It is also believed that Governor John
son 11na iled himself of this command as an escort
to get himself out of danger.
Price and all his forces left on Monday, the 30th
• 0611/15, t•LlIt/
in number, did not all get off before Wednesday.
If Price had desired a fight with Fremont he
would have taken the Georgetown rand, br poesebly
the Warrenburg road ; but instead of this, he has
gone on the road leading down the western boun
dary of this State and the southwest.
I have given a plain narrative of facts as they
have transpired here, and if Price does make a
stand and give battle, all who are cognizant of
his movements will be disappointed. His most
intelligent friends consider this course a complete
back down, wif.lo the more verdant are solaced
With the ideathat he has gone to meet McCulloch,
who, from the most reliable information s is some
where in Arkansas. The forces of Price were very
large at Lexington, but many of the men were only
for the occasion, and have gone home. His force was
15,000 to 18,000 when he loft Lexington, and as the
fact becomes certain that his destination is Ar
kerning. it will still further decrease
CArE GIRARDEAU, Oct. B.—The military autho
rities, by order of Col. Plummer, of the Eleventh
Missouri Regiment, commanding this post, have
taken possession of the post office at this place, and
placed Major Bennett, of the First lowa Regiment,
in charge,
Sr. Lours, Oct. la.—The State Convention met
at the Mercantile Library Hall this morning, and
adjourned for want of a quorum. They met again
at three o'clock this afternoon, and still being
without a quorum, adjourned until to-morrow.
John A. Brownlee, a prominent merchant, and
recently president a the board of police oomraia-
Blooms, died to-day.
FROM CAIRO
ATTACK ON 'UNION PICKETS NEAR
PADUCAIT, KY,
A REBEL BLUNDER.
THEY FIRE ON EACH OTHER..
CAIRO, Oct. in.—The pickets (six in number) of
the _Fourth deviltry regiment, 4taticuod four or five
miles from rlitheah, were attacked by a large body
of rebels this morning. Two of them were mortally
wounded, and two taken prisoners with all their
horses and equipage.
The enemy had divided their forces, and in the
exeiteffisht fired on each other, and then fled, each
party taking the other for our cavalry.
A deserter from the rebel camp at Columbus,
Ky., who arrived here to-day, reports that their
forces at that point number 30,000.
From Havana ---An Arrival from New
Orleans.
NEW YORK, October I.o.—The steamship Col uva
bur., Adams, from Havana, October 5, arrived last
night. The health of Havana was much improved.
The crops look well, except in parts of the country
where there has been a severe tempest.
HAVANA, October s.—The French war steamer
Lavoisier entered port last night,. from New Or
leans. Her news, if any she has, is not yet made
public.
The feast of San Francisco was celebrated with
magniGeent displays yesterday, being the Zaint'e
day of our Husband King, and of the Captain Ge
neral Francisco Scorana, whom we aro soon to
lose.
Our health is still better. Reports of San Juan
de Dios—morning of the 3d, on hand, 285; re
ceived same day, 16 ; total, 301. Discharged
cured, 20; died, 2. Leaving morning 4th, 210 ;
of vrbich, surgery cane, 116, and medical treat
ment and convalescent, 101.
Senatorial Election in Erie County
ERIE, Pa., Oct. 10.—M. B. Lowry, the radical
Republican candidate, has been elected to the State
Senate over the Union candidate in the Twenty
seventh Eon at or iti I district.
Secretary Cameron at Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, Oct. 10.—Ilon. Simon Cameron, Se
cretary of War, and Adjutant General Thomas, ar
rived here last night and took rooms at the Bur
nett Rouse.
Kentueky—Zolheoller's Movemelitg
[From the Louisville Lourual.]
A letter from Mount Vernon ' Rod:castle county,
dated the 2d instant, confirms the retreat of Zolli
coffer beyond London, Laurel county, with his ad
vance of about 7,000 men. Ho was falling back
upon his main body of 10,0011 to 12,00 a, which is
stationed at Cumberland Gap, within the limits of
Tennessee. This, if true, and we cannot doubt it,
shows that his invasion of our State , Wad an act of
premeditated robbery, and the first proclamation
which he issued was a deliberate lie. He pene
trated our State far enough to reach the extreme
salt works at Goose creek ' in Clay county, which
he despoiled of all its stock on hand, transporting it
in twenty wagons into Tennessee, and, in like man
ner, he has driven off every head of cattle he could
lay his thieving grip upon.
Ile took the salt from Mr. White, the owner of
the extensive Clay county works, and compelled
him to take Jeff. Davis scrip in payment. lie went
to the farm of Judge Murphy, near Manchester, in
the seine county, took all the beef cattle that were
fit to butcher, and drove them off, while the milk
cows were shot in a mere wanton and fiendish
spirit. At neighboring places they entered houses,
forcibly ripped up the beds with knives, and
emptied the contents, and minded off the blankets,
quilts, and coverlids.
The advance guard of Zollicoffer had reached as
far as Big Hill, in Madison county, before they
commenced the retreat. They were there met by
the advance guard of the loyal volunteers, and
driven back with the loss of a captain, two privates,
and several horses.
A regiment of picked men, for sea and land ser
vice on the Southern coast, is to be raisod in Con
necticut. The camp is to be located at Fort Gris
wold, opposite New London. where the adjacent
waters are well Eitunted for boat practioe, where
the grounds are peculiarly adapted for drill, and
where the guns of the fort may be used to learn the
volunteers their proper management.
THE CITY.
AmtroKMENTEI THIS EVENING
Atraa-Snissr TREATRI—Arch street, above Sixth.—
.Jeannette; or, Lv Cretin de la Montagne."
W.Lhfies-Brnaire,TztrAsar —Ninth and Walnut stft—
i‘ Belle of the t;eaaon, " and " BE'N aro r
WBEATLEY'S CofiTtaENTat , TonsTas—Walnut street,
above Eistith.—it The Tempest: or. The Enchanted
Eland," and "Laugh When You Can,"
MCDONOUGH'S OLYMPIC—Race otteet, belv,r Third.—
"The Laughing Hyena," etc.
ASSUMBLIr DuiLinsoki—Corner or Trait and CllrPtnnt
alreeta,—Wanglie Italia and Stereoscopic Yiewa of the
War.
GARDNER A: HEMMENG'S MAmmoni Cmcus,—Tvrelfth
Street, beluw Spruce.—Sports of the Arena.
Meeting or the Return Judges.
IRE VOTE FUR CITY commisstoKr.R. AND. CITY
TREASURER
Yesterday morning, the return judges met in the
Supreme Court room to make a report of the official
returns for city O&M'. The attendance was rather
slim, as it was not generally known that the meet
ing was to be held yesterday. At. eleven o'clock,
only fourteen return judges were present, and a tem
porary organization was effected by calling to the•
chair Mr. William S.. Parker.
Morris S. Parker, Esq., WAS chosen permanent
president.
Messrs. Robert H. Beatty, A. M. Walkinsbaw,
John K. Zeilin, and James C. Claghorn were nomi
nated for clerks.
After two ballots, Messrs. Beatty and Clag,horn
were chosen.
Mr. Thomas A. Timmins was elected doorkeeper,
and Samuel P. Anderson messenger.
Mr. Green submitted the following :
Inasmuch as there appears to be a difficulty rela.
tine to the organization of the return judges, on this
day, consequent upon the abolishment of the May
elections: therefore, be it
liesolvol, That a committee be appointed to in
quire whether, by the repeal of the May elections
and the provision that municipal officers shall be
elected on the second Tuesday of October in each
year, the return of all such votes cast shall be
made under and according to the provision of the
act of July,
Mr Alexander Simpson was of the opinion that
the judges had no power' or right to transact their
business to-day. Their decision is fmal, and no
provision is made for adjeurnments. Re thought
that a judicial opinion upon the subject had better
be obtained.
The motion of Mr. Green was agreed to, and the
committee was appointed asfollows : J. B. Green,
J. Alexander Simpson. and Daniel Witham.
The committee subsequently reported that they
had waited upon Judge Thompson, stated the ques
tion to him, and submitted the act; to his considera
tion, The Judge =replied t h at this question is too
important and too nice to be decid.ed without an
argument, and he declined to give any opinion.
Mr. Simpson moved that the Board proceed to
take the returns of the judges present; but, with
out adding them up or making out the certificates
Of election; that the Beard adjourn until to-morrow
(Friday) morning, at ten o'clock.
This motion was agreed to.
The returns were then callettoff as follows:
CITY COMMISS'II.I CITY TREAS
I 4
' r,
E I 5
Fir ~,,,,,, ~ 1,9 M 1,674 44. 1,991, Lotto, 36
d >.1,469-1,672 16. 1 tr,s itsr
t 6R 3
592 1
Seventh . 1 492 1 066 987 1,470 1 , 131 .
Eighth* •,.. •
•604 963 341! 608, 98:11 3.14
,
Ninth 993, 970 168 1,001; 994; 151
Tenth
E1erenth..........1 731 , 953 CV 763 951. 32
Twelfth . ... 757 977. 177 i 822: 994 101
Thirteenth . ..i 1,155'.1,075 232 1,222, 1077' 187
Fon , 222 , 2 1 1:".4. 2 ., 954. Fil§; V; 1, 9 , 58'
Fifteenth.......... 1,101 1,111 85 ; `1,75& 1,751. OT
Sixteenth.:.:...... 1,056 1,186 23 1,065'n
1,1. 16
Sevent,..enth 714. 1,638 3ef 663 1,526, 42
Eighteenth 1,607' 8611 19.:.1,6510-.804 , 13
Nineteenth* 1,150 1,330' 11' 1,169 1,516' 14
Twentieth 1,7121,794 69 1,785 58
Twenty-first 11,041 976 . ; 46 10i4 - NO 55
, fiwt .-
nte..;sebuil..
_. 1,164 E 69. 1-1-fi' ,
1,157 , 850 124
...
Twenty-fourth .... 1,245. 127; 1,143 1;224 137
Twenty-fifth 469 884. 40' 482 380]
•
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r. I ,
*- The vote of the Nineteenth Ns - ant was obtained from
ono of the clerk:, and not from the return jtvlgn.
As three of the return judges had failed to make
their appearance, a motion was now made to take
a recess until this morning, at ten o'clock.
The yeas and nays were called, and the ballot
stood six nays, four yeas. The motion was there
fore lost, although no quorum was present,
A motion was also made to request the sheriff to
issue a writ to have those judges not present imme
diately brought before the meeting.
No quorum being present, the vote was not taken.
The meeting still remained in session, although
no business was transacted.
Shortly after three o'elook a quorum of the tient
hers was present.
A cote was then taken on the motion to request
tba 0.....frr na- sue ailment judgoo of
the Tenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-third wards.
The motion was agreed to.
The messenger was sent to inform the sheriff
of this fad, and the latter stated that this could
not be done unless by order of the court.
The motion to take a recess until this morning
at ten o'clock. was again pressed, and the meeting
adjourned at twenty minutes past three o'clock.
The following-named judges were present at the
time of adjournment
Wont, liatnex. !Wards. NlMelt
3,1 .... Jotte ph Tree.llith Simnel Schride
2.1 11 Gibson.llsth... ..... /Award Spain
ad 1. li. Carrignn.iltfth Daniel Wititant
4th 11111tert Connell.ll7th James - Maguire
sth I.n.treiv Gitlespie.llsll... Thomas L. Station!.
sth 3 11. O'llarrit.'llllll
911• NI A. Pt: Ciroote. 20th......Jn0. W. Boileau.
6th....Theues g. Qht Tvo Jone
~Jth s.
...... S. Parker. '22d Pidrol 11. Coulter,
1001 ...... 1231
11th W. P. Kenneily.,24th J. Alex. Sampson,
12th lle,.ry :41101.125th. .....
lath Jno. B. Green.i
THE ELECTION RETURNS...TILE MATTER IN
COURT.—Yesterday morning, in the Court of
Quarter Sessions, Judge Th ompson, William M.
Esq , appeared in court, and asked, on be
half of the prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas, that an order be made directing him to take
the returns of the election, and lock them up. Mr.
Bull stated that the application was made because,
yesterday, the office was crowded with tile friends
of rival candidates, inspecting the papers, and
there was danger of their being altered or lost.
Alfred C. Gowen, Esq., for himself and other
citizens, objected to the making of any such order,
and referred the court to the election laws, which
provide that citizens shall have access to the pa
pers for the purpose of ascertaining the result,
He now tigked that the rights secured to the ati
lt= of Philadelphia by the laws of the Common
wealth should not be interfered with.
Judge Thompson stated that he did not consider
he had any authority to make the order asked for.
The election laws secured to the citizens the right
of inspecting the returns, and he had no right to
interfere. He would say, however, that thisinspee
tion should be carried e. utuler the supervision of
the prothonotary himself, and the election papers
should not be indiscriminately thrown upon a table
in the office for any one to handle, alter, or destroy.
While under the care of the prothonotary he was
revonsible for their safety.
i t T M WV ascertained that some of the general
returns bad not yet been made by the judges, and
Mr, Gowen asked that the prothonotary make out
a list of the defaulters, to be handed to the sheriff;
and a precept issued to enforce the penalty pre
scribed by law for their neglect.
Judge Thompson stated that that ought to be
done by the prothonotary.
Mr. Gowen further asked that the court order
the prothonotary to open the returns of the army
vote, as they are now coming in, and register the
same as required by law.
The court declined to make any such order, as
they wore no part of the records of the court, and
the court, therefore, possessed no jurisdiction in the
matter. The parties then retired, and the regular
bnsiness of the court was resumed.
• PAYING OFF THE CREW OF THE BROORLYN
—Secxxs AT THE NAVY TARD.—Yesterday was pay-day
at the navy yard, and the histories and incidents of such
days are sometimes worth relating. -
In the first- place the regular employees of the yard
were paid off by Paymaster Widmer° and assistant
clerks, the operation commencing at n o'clock A. M.
And, in the second place, the crew of the U. S. steamer
Brooklyn (which is now out of commission and up for
repairs) received in golden eagles the fairly-earned
wages of thirty-eight months of toil, privation, and
hardship.
During the morning, the scene in front of the navy
yard was suggestive and full to the life with animation,
though its aspects at times were discordant enough, and
in nowise calculated to inspire a looker-on with a sense
of the dignity of human nature ; for there were sharpers
and rogues of every ilk on hand to plunder the generous,
thoughtless sous of Neptune; to prey upon the open
heartiNl tarpaulins that their own font nest might be
warmly and comfortably feathered with lim
There were rows of carriages on Front street, that had
conveyed visitors to the yard: and at the entrance gate
crowd was assembled, mostly lady-friends of the sea
men, who were striving to convince an obdurate sentry of
the perfect propriety of admitting them without passes;
while at several taverns in the vicinity a lot of seedy
idlers had congregated, who, at intervals through the
ntorning, energetically yawned and thritSt their !VOWS
deep into their empty pochent with philosophic airs. As
the, morning wore away in impatience, and none of their
naulieal friends made their appearance, the resignation
in their countenances deepened into unmistakable dis
tress, mid' the hands went deeper than ever into the
pockets.
Within the yard an equal imnatienee manifested itself
among the expectant me', in sullen looks, and revenge
ful mouthfuls of tobauro, At 11 0 7 c1Orti, inOSt of Mose
present having assembled about the paymaster's °dice,
WIT tall to proceed to the sail-loft, where they would be
paid. This a nnommement, of course, occasioned a rush
to that locality. Old stilts, gray-haired, bronzed, and
bent with the cares of Me, darted off with the fleetness
of startled deer, followed by their cooler and mere phleg-
Math , Vidnrailes, Whit.° mamas 0111111101 , t,11 With thi , 1111111
14 . 111.1 'it of the alphabet, and who even in the P!ilii10111 0 111.
( 1 1 era of their lire;, yaw lit, rottliltril
they littiltei hot Ref hi :WI:of - thin., with the oterttal
of thine's.
After waiting here until twelve o'clock, the viethint of
all sorts of dire imaginings, the process of payment COM-
Illelteed, and the tawny faces lighted up, and relaxed
into wreaths of smiles. They were in a north better
mood now to listen to the persuasive elomemee of a
Chestnutstreet clothing-house agent, who distributed
handbills among them. Another gentleman, with a coat
slightly ont under the arms, was engaged in the merciful
mission of handing to them cards 14 invitatinn to titr i ttitha
evening party, to he held at Mr. John So•and-so's: keine!,
thin (Thltladay) Pronilig. -
'l% ill blue
VNViTtiall of thirty-eight Massachusetts sea
men, whose term of service had recently commenced,
each merino received between four a n d five hundre 1 dol
lars. Some were wise, and went away alone, or: - in
the company of friends whose integrity they conhl
trust: and others went away with sharks, to learn the
bitter teachings of experience. -
The majority of 1110,441 were young, well developed pity
,h-illy, and see ill-looking as OP The
brawny - arms of all of them WITO emblazoned with blue
ettg'esi goddesses ofldberly grasping tridents,,serpents of
no species recognized in nature's classification, awl other
devices and quaint conceits, etched in with India ink.
We noticed one fellow who wore huge pig-tally curls
on both sides of his face, and many wlume neck-ties well)
down to their watch-fobs, and en infinity whose feet
were entirely swallowed up in a ridiculous width of
triwt'serat, so that their maimed and ikforlelliCl appearnneo
But certain to excite the comas:deo. of the uninitiated.
But they were all large-hearted, braid-shouldered Mon,
whose hilarity never broached upon disorder, and whose
seeming reserve towards civilians come rather of estrange,
uncalled-for feeling of deference, than of any lack of pro
per sociable qualities.
Thu ere* of the Mystic will not be paid off until Satur
day. Owing to a misapprehension, a number of their
friends were at the navy yard yesterday, in the expecta.
tion that they would be then discharged end paid.
EZEff=
,434. 21 673:1,4411 24
,136. 174' 594;1,150 163
TILVECO 211 THE YIMI:NTEEIt REFgXOlll(Efir
ComfarEr..—The following Lektter in reference to the de
of n Vermont soluntekt, which took place, somo
days since, in this city, sufficiently' explains itself:
ROYALICIN, Vt., October 7,1882.
To C. V. Film,
Lx kr< to.) mpyrfr.r m.rre.”411114 attattoiL, , tlikt, nk
thi4 latc-diqpWr 1410111 d ndart..v you in thi instinct but,
lab: thong!, it may berm, the feetingt we would/ oapreuo
ttrP 11011 N the IPAR
Previon• to your ribit here, we hull heard of thrs'aseo , -
dation of which yen are n member,. and were totocioua
that it wee doing a &Teat end good work; but it waamot
until'its kindness had PXtPtidoll hi puy dirt,Neat
en opportunity of scoi its workings. shut we fully BP'
predated its Christian mission. and we
stein
Young John M. Fisk. the soldier of tbe Sutond Ver
mont regiment, whose body you en kindly attended to
it , resting place among the mountains, war , well known
amongst us. And thronnitent our VillOge Core was not
rule heert that did not fc,•l a deop crew of FratftUde to
yourrolf and Your umneinlion,for your kind interest 111
1 , e1 , 0.1f Of a sick sooner, and tie unexpected generosity
whidt prompted you to bring bi+ remain. , to hie- afflicted
parents.
That strangers should so kindly rare for the wanto of
the suffering must be to ail', mft was to 11+, pertilnaarly
Ermtif; ins, e nd in our little cc.ennenity our own name
will nor he fOritiOttent
May Coil Ling. $.Oll in year efforta foe the relief stow-
defenders, MA make you fully to enjoy the assurance
that "Named] as ye have done it unto one of the laaet
or these, my brethren, ye have &Ake it unto me."
The shore was signed by a torrober of citizens and sr .
lativt, of the deceased.
DOMITT.ORa OrThe deputy
quartermaster general, Twelfth and Girard streets, de
sir.,s to acknottledge the receipt of blankets given to tar
army by the Follett Mg persons,. viz:
October 10, Wm. P. Jenks, 1 pair of blankets ; John
W. Wallace, 3 blankets ; Mrs. &maxi Grier,_64o . North
Eighth street, 1 pair ; M. Norris, 1 pair; Mrs, Oro%
fit Wainnt rtretti 1 pair; from a person unknown,
blanlieta; Mira IL Thompson, 1 blanket; Mrs. Joseph
Roberts, South Seventh street, 1 pair; Mrs. John Farr,
1 blanket; E. Earnest, 1 pair; Rev. Mr. flail, 1 pair;
Mrs.Stotesbury, 1 pair',. Morris S. Catraney, 1 pair; W.
1 pair; Mrs. It. D. Work, 2 pairs.; Win. UMITIIIeY, 1 pair;
Mra. F. Carpenter, I pair; Mass Longliery, 3 pairs: Mr..
Eilen Ttlior 1 pair Mrs. James N. Farr, 256 Frank
lin street, 1 pair; Mrs. CatilarintrSchersck, 511 Branch
street. 1 pair; C. W., from Gem/swum, 1 blanket;
Mrs. J. P. Colenrd, 1 blanket Mrs. Kepley, 1002 Wal
nut street, 2 pairs; Mrs. Win. Diehl, 1 blanket; John',.
Com ell, 1 pair; Miss B. C. Heston, 1 blanket; Mr. EA.
dies, I pair; G. C. Thomas. Germantown 1 pair ; Mr.
Wmidell, 1 blanket i fifes,. Grorge W, Brown, 2 pairs;
M. Th!liblk6P, Queen Ateat.t, 1 pair .1. MIMI O. F4a
nen, 1 blanket; Mn,s Zebley. 705 Spruce street, 1 pair;
E. Fenton, pair ; Mrs. M. A. Thomas, 1 pair ; Mrs.
E. It. Loyd, 1 pair: Mrs. Williamson, 1 pair; MN.
Benjamin NaMee. 420 Green street, 1 pair; Mrs. John
A. Newman, 433 Green ..treet, 1 pair; Mrs. Charlotte C.
Thcmtph.,l3. Marietta, latnetihtvr comsty, 1 pair - 111,-..
MOM!. 1 pair i Misers SMitilt 1 pia name of ' donor
unknown, 1 pair; from Pottsville, Pa., I pair;
and member,, of St. Paul's Church, 111 blankets, awl
alc, a package of tract., and 48 pocket knives.
SALE EY TIIE UNITED STATES MAIISHAfo—
Yeßterday, nt 710071, the. 'Maid States Marshal aldposol
of the portions of throe wear's, which were ;wised on ac
count or their being partly owned by tiontlierti rebels.
The sale took place at the Philadelphia Exchange, and
was as follows: One-tenth of the schooner John 8. Lee ;
our-third of the schooner Eagle; and three-quar
ters of the schooner Burrower, C. The shares were
bought by the parties owning portions of the vessels.
There will be snore bale* to-day.
Tha Marshal also sold yakterday a bag of gold bullion,
weiehina 27 .5-100 ounces. It was confiscated on the flit.
inst., while in the possession of a rebel now in Fort La
fayette, who stated that it had been given to hint in
Charleston, by the president of a South earolina rail
road, for the purpose of buying quinine at the North.
The sale took place at the rooms of M. Thomas lc Sons,
and realized three-quarter per cent. premium.
ARRIVAL OP REGIMENTS.—The Now York
Forty-fifth Regiment arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing, and marched through some of the principal streets.
They are n fine-looking body of well-equipped men, who
are principally Germans. As they passed the Rail of In
depe•ndrnce the soldiers cheered lustily for the Union.
The Twenty-second Massachusetts Regiment also ar•
rived at five Melee!! yta+Ae,lay ht4i4114.,0, acid I,i-mkfa4trd
at the Yolantrers' liefrealanent Saloon, after which they
paraded through some of the principal F. trr.rts, previous
to their departure. Universal praise was accorded to th ,,
regiment fur its noble class of members, their fine e,lttip
nn•nte, nii.l their ,itendineEs on the march.
San AeonEsr.—On Wednesday, the wife
of Jacob C. Fish, residing hi a tenement near Hopkime
pond, Haddonfield, New Jersey, seeing some wild duck,i
alight, etarted to the residence of her mother-in-law,
near by, to obtain Fish's ens, left tuere, so that, when
lie came born(' it would be handy for him to have a shot
Fr the fowl, The was found to he loaded and
cocked, and,. as she was afraid to carry it in that state,
her sister-in-law said she could safely uncock it. In
trying to its so, the hammer slipped through the girl's
finp,ers, exploded the cap, and the whole charge struck
Mrs. Fish's forehead, carrying away the skull above tho.
eye-brows. An inquest \cite. 11,411, and the jury hove
returned a - verdict of accidental dean,
MOVEMNNTS OF TROOPS.—About three thou
sand troops moved southward from and through the city
yesterday. The regiment of Senator Wilson, and the
Forty-fifth (German) Regiment, of New York, were ge
nerally admired. Baxter's Fire Zonaves are encamped
Pear PooisviOi Pi? Col- JPIM Y, ShilitiMi tap :Montt
including Col, Conroy's late regiment, is encamped at
Camac's Woods. Col. J. Richter Jones' regiment has
now 300 torn enrolled. The Commonwealth, that Wai ,
to have been composed of gentlemen distinctively, does
not seem to hr flourishing. The Reserve Grays are
drilling daily, and rapidly attaining perfection.
FATAL ACClDENTS,—Yesterday morning
Mr. John Dohlimn, who lived of No. &II North Twen
ty-first-street, fell down stairs nod fractured his skull,
causing his death in a few moments. The deceased was
seventy-six years of aae. Ho was the father of Mr.
John Bell Robinson, who was a candidate for Coneress
in the Fourth district in 1860. A man, whose name wo
could not ascertain, was killed yesterday at Tine street
'Wharf I , oTre,jammi Vi a 54414114114.
ST %Amnia ArrArn.—A man named David
Logue Alas severely stabbed on Tuesday night, while
standing at the corner of Seventh and St. Mary streets.
Ile was cut in the side and head. Be says he was halm. ,
to a women named liane, when a soldier came up, pushed
him Mkh', 4.1,1.-..1 him. Logno wont to the
Hospital, where he lies in a very critical condition, lie
resides at No. 8 &nth Fifteenth street. The party ttho
inflicted the wound will be taken into custody.
ORGANIZATION OF THE NEXT COVNGIL.—The
party ehangee in the next Conneih , will probably result
in the customary displarement of clerks, alms, etc. In
vletv of that fact a number of disinterested gentlemen
were moving around the chambers yesterday, soliciting
votes for various petty offices. Among the many names
suggested are those of Theodore Cuyler for President of
Select, and Mr. Baird for President of Common Council.
Marry Leisenring and J. 0. Tobias are named for Clerk
of Select, mid. Philip Lutz for Clerk of Common Council.
TILE WERT CADETS.—The
("manful! of Alin g men known as the Sanders' West
Philadelphia Cadets, will he drilled in the light infantry
and bayonet exercises at Girard College, on to-morrow
morning. They hare already attained considerable pro
ficiency in drill tactics, under the charge of Major G.
Eckendorfr, military instructor.
NAvAL.—The revenue cutter Forward still
lies off tho nary-) aril, having been ordered here from
AnnapAis fur repairs. The cutter J. C. Dobbin now
lire at the breakwater, where she has been ordered by
Collector Thomas, and directed to keep up an active look
out between Fort Delay arc and the capes.
TIIE COOPER bILOP VOLP,ITEER ItErRESIf•
NIKO Conn man kindly acknowledge a donation of t 350.
front Mrs. F. W. Stevenson,
of Cambridge township,
Wosbington county, New Tork. Algo, a donation from
the Phomix Hose Company; and $5 from lionsingt, ou
Lodge, No. 10, L 0. of 0. F.
THE ARRIVAL of Dr. Hayes' expedition has
awakened on interest in the explorer who, OS is well
known, hails from elincter eaunty, in tub Stat.+, and hs
oToduate of a Philadelphia Medical College. Some of
his friends have none on to Now York to meet him,
RAILROAD MATTERS. — ThC Ebensburg and
Cresson, and the Tyrone and Clearfield roads will SAXDI
be opened up to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The repairs to the Ridge-avenne Passenger Railway,
Bl ivurth mid Arch etreete i are almost completed, the
cIiFA-itch hails having 6,13 roplaceil with wrQusitt iron.
THE RELIEF Ft - Nn, originally consisting of
upwards of 6300,000, will hold out until January, more
than $13U,000 still remaining in the hands of the eJm
mister.
FLAG RArAmo.—Tho Cooper Shop Voiuo
toor 11141.141111mA Fttnd Nasal' tt fitti flag vcateaday,
opposite their saloon. gpsechna Were mnde and a lino
collation served.
Proceedings of Councils.
The regular stated meeting of both brooches of
ens wag held yesterday afternoon.
SELECT BRANCH_
Then. Cnyler, president, in the chair
A communication was received from tin Board of Con
trollers of Public Schools for an appropriation to pay for
repairs done to certain school buildings, and for renting a
church property in Melon street for school purposes, anti
for $l,OOO for nidlit school purposes in the Fifteenth sec
tion.
The Committee on :Defence reported an ordinance tap-
Provriating $3,000 for fitting up the market home at
Breed and RAO streeto, to be nod by the Moine emarda,
the work Mho done under the supervisien of the Mayor.
Agreed to.
Another ordinance was passed, confirming the last or
der of General_ Pleasonton in reference to the books to
be used for reference by the Home Guard.
Mr. 1.1E.u. offered a resolution, that the Heads of De
partments romested to report as soon as possible, to
the City Controller, the amount of their estimates for
1862. Agreed to.
An onlinanco appropriating $029, for paying the
ex
penees a the celobration of the 17th of September, in In
dependence Square, Was uttered. Among other Gene.. h
the bill was ss2s for music; $74 for carriage-hire; $2l
for telegraphing; $131.25 for printing; VI) for the
clerk, and $lO for the messenger ; $147.16 for platform
and decorations.
A number of the menders objmted to this bill. They
elerlareil it was entirely too large.
Nr. Fox was opp o sed to giving any extra pay to the
clerks and messengers. Re wanted to know how the MU
for carriage -biro WAN 60 high. Mr. P saki he saw no
carriages; neither did he hear of any one riding, except
ing the orator of the day and his few friends.
Mr. NEGAiti also objected to this bill, and mewed that
the different items lie printed for the use of the members.
This* motion was lost.
A motion was then MAO to postpone and refer to the
eotnenitt.•., to report the affreront
311._ FOX said that the deeoratiefte on the platform worn
borrowed, and yet they were charaol for in the bill. The
lumber tk.d fur erecting the platform could he re
turned, ant only one half price was then charged.
Among other expenditures was sixty dollars for
badge,.. Mr. F. was not aware wits it was that wore
them all.
Th o
, mot i on to poz,rpone amd lost, and the. Lill pass .1
Th.. 1.111 front Cohlititlll Cnttuell, ahrtohriating ..!1.2.0452
to the the Poor for 1861, was concurred
in.
The crdinauce making an appropriation to Hie High
way Itepartteent to pay the deficiencies et ISGO, was con
curred in. Adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Mr. 'fau) took the chair at the beginning or Conn
ell,. Comumnientions were red in order. Viola
tint Vimeth ward C. - a er....ing at Sonalt and Hollaide.U.
Streets. T rims the Nineteenth aim tine lIIIIIDB on Mont
annwry an d chine streets: aka fur vacating , Ifareitent
street. - From the Twentieth for lamps on Twenty-third
street, above Thompc.dt. Chief Engineer Lyle- reported
that ninety ~even tires had occurred during the last
quarter, involving losses to the amonnt of $01,740; and
losses above insurance of $22,400. Most of the young
and :mitt, firemen had gone into the service of the coun
try, but their places had been supplied by old and re
tired firemen, and therefore, the city !nut not been din..
refilled through the absence of the voltiliteelli.
Mr. FILEDIAN presented an ordiennee egging for 520,-
250 additional appropriation tip the Board of Guadiana
el th.. Poor, including the items of dour, sugar, bacon,
medicines, ac. Mr. Quinn moved a reference to
the Coininitive on Door. Mr. Freeman objected.
Mr. Quinn thought the matter out of order,
inasmuch as live memberk wino out of town: Mr.
Andrew Miller, having full confidence in the board
and the honesty of their appeal, opposed said reference.
. Ott swami An .4-dttmot, came
front Select Council to lay water pipe In Redford, Canal,
Edgmont, Lehigh ['venue, William, Braddock, Frank
lin, Woodland, Terrace, Darby road, and other streets.
it was pawed.
The Committee, of /Mier reported On ordinance just
passed by defect Connell refusing aid to the families of
volunteers who bad enlisted in othor Rate regiments.
A resolution was offered, anti pa4sed, ordering the
North Broad-street Railroad Company. now defunct, to.
repair awl reDave Broad Area north of Columbium - ellen.
Adje
A JEWISH &truant - ma has been dedicated
at Cologne, of extraordinary splendor. It is in the
Moorish style—an imitation of the Alhambra; and
the architect is Zwirner, who has from the first su
perintended the great work of restoring and finish
ing the Cathedral of Cologne.