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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1861_
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.--." The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact nom known to
all. Armies are Ming Phi Se al 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
east be no neutrals in this war. There con be
none but patriots and traitors."
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TILE LATEST WAR NEWS
At a late hour lastnight we received a telegraphie
despatch stating that in the encounter near Lees
burg. which resulted from the advance movement
of General Stone, the largely superior force of the
enemy enabled them to gain a temporary ativan-
Vigo, and in tho battle the country lost one of its
noblest and bravest defenders. Hon. E. D. Baker,
the eloquent Senator from Oregon. who was acting
as Colonel of the California Regiment, (Which is
composed almost entirely of Philadelphians.) under
a commission recently issued by Governor
Curtin. We have so frequently referred to
the remarkable and honorable career of Colonel
Baker that our readers are all familiar with
it. Among the numerous instances which the
history of our country has afforded of the elevation
of the sons of toil and poverty to elevated positions.
his own memorable example will ever be oho of
the most conspicuous. From the positions of a
poor newsboy and of a struggling weaver in Phila
delphia, he rose to be one of the most distinguished
members of the United States Senate. Ile distin-
guished himself as an officer in the Mexican
war. and was one of the Representatives in
Congress of Illinois from 1849 to 1851. He soon
afterward removed to California, where, at the
time of the great - LeCompton struggle, he was one
of the most able and resolute defenders of the
right. His eulogy on the lamented Broderick was
one of the finest oratorical efforts ever deli
vered. Emigrating to Oregon, he was elected ono
of the United States Senators of that State, and
his replies to the leading Secessionists in the de
bates or last winter were read with intense satis
faction by ell loyal men. In the very zenith of his
noble career he has been stricken down, sinking
IVith all his country's wishes blest-"
Our army on the south bank of the Potomac
continues to steadily advance, entrenching each
important new point it occupies. and thus making
it doubly sure that we shall have no more Bull Run
affairs ; because, even if it is unsuccessful in an
attack upon the enemy, it can fall back in good
order to strong posts.
Gen. McCall's fine division, the Penasylvaniaße
serves, continues to occupy an advanced position.
Ills reconnissanee in the vicinity of Dranesville, is re
ported to have been successful in gaining important
information. A number of other reconnoitring
parties have pushed forward in different directions.
The latest rebel accounts of the attack upon our
blockading squadron, at the mouth of the Missis
sippi, state that it was the United States gloop-of
war Vinebnnes., and not the Preble, which was
sunk by their iron-clad marine battering-ram. The
VinalnleB was a vessel of 700 tons burden, carrying
twenty guns. She was built at Brooklyn in 1826,
and as she had Seen her best days her loss to the
navy is not very great. The following is a list of
some of her principal officers :
Commander, Robert Bandy, of Rhode Island;
lieutenant. John E. Bart, of New York ; surgeon,
S. Allen Engles, of Philadelphia; paymaster, R.
C. Spalding, : midshipman, 0. 1. Ilateheller, of
New York B. F. Raskin, of New York ; M. W.
Sanders, of California ; E. M. Shepard, of New
York ; boatswain, J. Shankhead ; gunner, William
lt'ilson; carpenter, A. 0. Goodsoe; sailmaker, N.
Lynch.
The Washington Star says that "a letter ,as
addressed by Mr. Eliot, Civil Engineer, to the
President of the United States some time since,
calling the President's attention to the powers of
the steam battering ram as a means of harbor de
fence. It is a noticeable fact, that in this letter
Mr. Ellet:distinetly alludes to the probable loss of
some of our blockading vessels at the mouth of the
Mississippi, which he thought were exposed to the
assault of a steam ram in course of construction at
New Orleans, and against which he regarded the
guns of the fleet as no adequate prateollarm." It is
said that Mr. Ellet's plans will probably be adopted
in the harbors of some of the Northern cities.
So many conflicting rumors are telegraphed from
Missouri that it is evident the aspect of affairs there
is codently changing. On Sunday, we were in•
formed that Price would undoubtedly make a
amid, yet yesterday we were told that he was
again retreating. Gen. Albert S. Johnston, one of
the ablest men in the rebel ranks, is reported to
have been chosen to command the army of the ene
my in that quarter, and this indicates that they at
tach great importance to its operations, and expect
it to perform great achievements. Some conjecture
that a eudden movement is to be made against St.
Louis.
A Washington despatch min/Amon that the Ad
ministration is convinced of the necessity of the
reorganization of the Union forces in that depart
ment, and that Gen. Fremont will not be continued
in command of it.
The editer Of the Baltimore &Ganz Patriot
has conversed with several refugees who have re
cently arrived in that city from the Southern
States, who say that the Union feeling is still strong
in North Carolina, East Tennessee, Northern Ala
lama, and in Northeastern jilis3issippi, They also
state that cL one account gives 13,000 men in and
around Norfolk, and 110,000 at and about Manse
tat!. Another account stated that the quarter
master at Norfolk served up 35,000 rations daily."
The diplomatic correspondence between Mr.
Seward and Lord Lyons, which we published yes
terday, is commented upon at length in the New York
journals. They all concur in commending the Se
cretary of State for his pointed rebuke of the sug
gestion that we should be governed in our official
interpretation of the American Constitution by the
views of the law officers of the British Crown. But
a difference of opinion is expressed in regard to the
probability of the preservation of friendly relations
with England. The Herald thinks that there is
" a manifest purpose" on the part of that country
"to provoke a quarrel" with us, while the Times
believes that Mr. Seward " has touched a chord
that will vibrato through the nation, assuring it of
harmony at home, and of the respect and strict
impartiality, if not the kind offices, of other we
(ions."
This correspondence will probably add new fnel
to the warm discussions of American affairs which
are appearing in the Canadian journals. Almost as
plain a line of distinction between the friends and
foes of the American Union is there heft drawn
as exists between the loyal and rebellious States.
The Montreal Herald is an advocate of British in-
tervention in favor of the South. It construes Mr.
Seward's recent circular into.a menace against Ca
nada. It " supposes " that the Rankin Lancers,
instead of being sent South, may be employed to
watch the line of the Detroit river against Bri
tish designs." It alleges thatErance and England,
which forced open the closed ports of Japan and
China, are not likely to allow a more important
trade to be sealed uy to them for an indefinite
period, without making some effort, without in,
ten:ening, in some way, to ward off the dreadful
calamities which seem to be impending ;" and that
" unless the naval expedition at present about to
sail from New York, or other Northern ports,
meets with a speedy and decisive success, we may
not unnaturally look for French and Engltsk
intervention, probably by or before the first of
_December."
On the other hand, the Toronto Globe earnestly
denounces the " infamous proposal to take a step
'Lich would establish the Republic of= New Daho
mey on 'a sale basis," and says that a recognition
of the Southern Confederaoy or an attack en our
blockade would create a war between the United
States and England in which Canada " would be
ravaged, her cities burned, and her population and
finances 'wasted in n fratricidal war," and it con
tends that while a few may be " willing to encounter
these evils in the effort to establish a slave State of
unprecedented power and influence, the people of
Canada ere opp,,ed to a policy which would put the
country back twenty-five years."
Another Sub-Atlantic Telegraph.
Some time since, the French Government
accorded a concession to certain capitalists for
establishing a submarine telegraphic line be
tween France and America. A company has
been formed at Paris, on the Societe Anony
rile principle, for carrying this project into
operation. The capital will be $3,000,000 in
$lOO shares. There is great hope, in conse
quence of the report of practical and scientific
men in favor of the coninlete feasibility of the
scheme, that from the care taken to provide
against the self-destruction of the submarine
cable, the contemplated scheme will succeed.
The outer covering of the conductor Will be of
hemp alone, impregnated with a solution ren
dering it proof against the deteriorating
effects of sea-water or insects. It is proposed
to carry the line from Brest, the most north
westerly port of France, to the Azores, and
thence to the American mainland, taking one
of the Miquelon Islands en route. These are
two islands off the south coast of IsTeWfound
land, forming, with the adjacent isle of St.
Pierre, a small colony, belonging to France,
with an area .of 85 square miles.
One of the great speeches of this distin
guished statesman will be found entire in Tut:
Pails to-day. It was delivered early in Sep
tember, and has since been repeated. Its
truths are fresh and its arguments apposite,
it touches the right chord, and is addressed
with manly eloquence to the sin* issue—the
issue of standing by the Government in the
struggle of protecting and perpetuating that
Government. The venerable orator grapples
with the war question with singular energy.
Re discards partisans and party appeals, except
those devoted to the flag, and teaches a lesson
to every mall wll9, in this hour of peril, insists
upon maintaining apolitical organization. DA
NIEL S. DICKINSON has occupied many public
positions. He has been Lieutenant Governor of
his own State, and a Senator in Congress, and
is now running as a candidate for Attorney
General on the Union ticket in New York.
He was one of the most earnest opponents of
DOUGLAS in 18G0, and dedicated himself, with
eharaeteristie earnestness, to the support of
BRECKINRIDGE. Some of our readers have
charged that we have regarded the Breekin
ridge Democracy as beyond the pale of for
giveness. Our answer is, that he who is for
OUT country is our friend, and he who is against
our country, our foe. However we may have
differed with DANIEL S. DICKINSON in the
past, we greet him as a brother now, when he
not only stands by the flag of his country—not
only supports the Administration in the pre
sent just and holy war—but chastises, with his
great intellectual powers, all men with whom
he lately acted that do not follow his example.
The speech of Mr. Thomson cannot fail to
produce the best impression upon the men
who voted for JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE in the
free States. They will see how he appreciates
the doctrines involved in this contest, and how
he regards the candidate he supported in 1860.
It would be a proper and a poetic sequel to
his glorious efforts in favor of the Union if the
certain majority that will elect him Attorney
General of the State of New York should be
so large that, hereafter, no Irian in that Com
monwealth will dare to oppose the glorious
truths in the speech we printio-day.
Mr. SEWARD has administered a severe but
merited reproof to the British Government,
for presuming to put an interpretation, ac
cording to its own political views, on the
Constitution of this country. Lord RUSSELL,
as the Foreign Minister of England, commis
sioned Lord Lyon to Neture our Executive
on various matters, and to refer to the opinion
of the law-officers of Queen VICTORIA as
settling the question of our President's power.
Sir WILLIAM ATEIERTON and Sir RousinELL,
PALAIEfi, the lawyers in question, apparently
are in a state of dark ignorance respecting the
Governmental system of this country. As for
the suspension of the habeas corpus privilege
during actual civil war, it is justified by Imes
sity ; and were we to go abroad for an example,
it would be found in England, where the
habeas corpus act has been suspended, some
times by Act of Parliament, and sometimes by
Order in C4Uneil, some twelve or fourteen
times since the accession of George the Third.
Our Government, we contend, has a clear
right, in times like these, to arrest all persons,
citizens or not, against whom there is a prima
facie case, as happened with Messrs. PATRICK
and RARMING, British subjects in this country.
If there be one point of international law more
clear and indisputable than another, it is that
which ordains that every one who, either as
sojourner or visitor, enjoys the protection
of the laws of any country, is bound, in return,
to pay the homage of obedience to those laws.
Strong suspicion rested, from their ambiguous
conduct, on PATRICK and Itinsmtc, and they
were arrested, just as if they had been Ame
rican citizens so charged. England has re
peatedly done the same, with less cause, and
thell Sat the prisoners out of the country,
under the severe provisions of the Alien Act.
" To rest,
THE Pittsburg Post is exercised because
loyal Democrats hold up the example and
the opinions, the living actions and the last
words of STEPHEN A. Doem.As. Like some
others, the Post thinks nothing is to be made
by reviving a recollection of the deeds of the
dead patriot. It has ce no desire to keep open
hie tomb and exhibit his scars!" It if cannot
imagine what good it will accomplish," adding
that "even sincere sorrow will not revive the
dead, and if we must weep, let us not do all
our mourning in the streets!" This is novel
philosophy in a paper that has over-advertised
its admiration of the great popular apostle.
We bad supposed that the final injunction
of DOUGLAS to his countryman, was his richest
legacy, not to be squandered, or misrepresent
ed, and, above all, neZ to be forgotten. There
is more potency this day in the name of the
dead patriot, in his eloquent denunciation of
party organizations in the midst of this war,
and in his celebrated motto that there can be
but two sides to this question—the one that of
country, and the other that of treason—than
all the theories of trading politicians. It is a
good thing for a grateful people to cherish the
actions and the counselS of their departed
statesmen and heroes. If it is right to refresh
ourselves with the memory of I.V.isuntarox
and JEFFERSON, and CLAY, and WEBSTER, is
it not also right to recall the character and
the example of STEPunx A. DOcowis The
words that SHAKSPEARE puts into the mouth
of Henry V, before the battle of St. Crispin,
have always been quoted to illustrate the
obligations of the living to those alio sacri
ficed themselves fir their country, and arc
singularly applicable to our benefactors :
"Old men forget ; yet all shall be forgot,
But they'll remember,
with advantages,
What feats we did that day. Then shall our names.,
Familiar in thgir mouths as household words—
Harry the King, Bedford, and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloster—
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembeed.
This story shall the good man teach his son,
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered."
It is related, when the Roman legions pene
trated the far East to drive back the barbarian
hordes which threatened the stability of the
empire, that at Antioch the majestic Fagan
temples blazed with the fires of sacrifice for
their success, whilst they were themselves left
to endure thirst and hunger under a scorch
ing sun;, but in a grove near the city the
despised Christians refreshed the soldiery with
food and drink. Under the eagles the grate
ful legions swore friendship for the Nazarenes,
and years afterwards they remembered their
oath when they eagerly rushed forward to save
the city from destruction.
In these days, in an unostentatious way, the
Cooper Sbep Volunteer Refreshment Asso
ciation have entertained our troops with sub
stantial food, and sent them forward to the
war for the Republic with words of cheer.
From the Fourteenth regular infantry comes
the following acknowledgement to the asso
ciation, which we publish with great pleasure :
/INADQICARTERS 1 0 OURTF.F.NTR U, S. INFANTRY,
„ VAMP STONE," PERRYVILLE, Md., 1 5
October 18, lsel.
The officers of the Fourteenth Regiment U. S.
Infantry, being desirous of expressing their grati
tude to the citizens of Philadelphia, for the exceed
ing kindness shown to them, and the men under
their command, on the occasion of their passage
through that city yesterday evening, take this
method of thanking those to whom they are so
much indebted.
Twin D. O'CONNELL, captain Fourteenth Infantry,
commanding battalion.
W. RENWICK SMEDIJERG, first lieutenant Four
teenth Infantry, adjutant Second battalion.
RICHARD F. O'BEIRNE, first lieutenant Fourteenth
Infantry, Q. M. and C. S. Second battalion.
DAVID B. MCKIBBEN, captain Fourteenth Infan
try, commanding First battalion.
Joan. B. WAGER, captain Company B, Second
battalion.
WM. HARVEY BROWN, captain Company C, Second
battalion
.11auLIN W. KEYES, captain Company D, Second
battalion.
Guth° Ir.ccs captain Company E, First battalion.
JAMES F. Mckt.noNE, first lieutenant Company 11,
Second battalion.
JNO. HOBART 'WALKER, first lieutenant Company
G, Second battalion.
PATRICK COLLINS, second lieutenant Company H,
Second battalion.
ENGLISH PICTORIALS.—From Mr. Upham. 310
Chestnut street, we have the Illustrated London.
Il 7 ClrB and Illustrated Ifetes of theWorld,Of Octe
bor 5, with their usual quantum of fine engravings,
—the pictorial history of the time, in fact. From
Mr. Upham we also have the Cornhill Magazine
for this month. Its most striking features are two
new chapters of Thackeray's Adventuresof Philip ;
the Picture Sale, by Richard Doyle ; a further por
tion of the Struggles of Brown, Jones ? and Robin•
eon, by Anthony Trollops, and Barbara Fleming's
Fidelity, a fine ballad by Mary Hewitt.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES, BRO
GANS, MILITARY SHOES, TRAVELLING-BAGS, &C.—
The early attention of purchasers is requested to
the large assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, mili
tary shoes, cape, trayelling•DagS, kO , ) embraouig
first-elate seasonable goods, of city and Eastern
manufacture. Also a large invoice of boots and
shoes, partially ituperfeet, to close a concern. To
be peremptorily sold, by , catalogue, for cash, com
mencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by Myers,
Claghorn R Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234
Market street
Daniel g. Dickinson
England's Grievance.
The Army Thanks Philadelplua.
LETTER }Mom '4 occAsiONAL."
WAstmcrrotl y October 21, 1861
Nothing can prevent a meeting between the
hostile armies in Virginia but a eontintted re
treat of the rebels. We are in hourly expecta
tion of a battle. Our troops are confident and
eager for the fray, and their gallant com
mander, surrounded by his staff, is visiting all
points to see that the necessary preparations
are perfected. Two theories are suggested as
to the morale and strength of the enemy—the
one that their troops are disheartened, and the
other that they are full of determination. My
own opinion inclines to the latter conclusion.
We must bear in mind that the railroad con
nections of the rebels are extensive and sup
ply their deficiency of other transportation,
enabling them to throw a vast body of troops
upon any salient point. Our army must, of
necessity, move slowly, entrenching at every
step, and fortifying every position, thus, in
effect, diminishing the advance.
Late information gathered from an intelli
gent friend, who has just returned after a care
ful inspection of two days of our camps,
enables me to state that our soldiers are in fine
COriditioh. At Falls Church he had a conver
sation with an old Virginian, who gave him
some interesting particulars in regard to the
forces under Beauregard. They had fallen
back two weeks before. Their supply of dour
was ample, and so of fresh beef, but they were
badly clad, very little attention being paid to
regularity of uniforms—but well armed.
Another authority, by no means so credible,
states that there are three hundred thousand
available men under the command of the traitor
generals in Eastern Virginia ; that they are
fierce and resolute, and will fight to the last-
Although, as I have said, a battle may be pre
cipitated at any moment, it is possible that
some two weeks may elapse before our ad
vance will be enabled to reach Centreville.
which is seven miles distant : from Fairfax.
The latter post is supposed to have been occu
pied this morning by the division under Slocum
or Smith. Once in possession of Centreville,
and the surrounding heights, four miles from
131111 Rtih, n e shall be enabled to shell the for
tifications of the rebels and drive them upon
Manassas—where they are expected to make
another stand. Meanwhile, McCall is advancing
towards Leesburg, from the right, heavily sup
ported.. When Leesburg is occupied, with a
strong force at Fairfax, extending towards the
river on the left, in the neighborhood of the rebel
batteries, the enemy will be almost completely
surrounded. The one great fact that gives
assurance to the troops and to the country, is
that, while the army has been advancing from
all points along its former base of operations,
each division is perfect Mall its appointments,
and each corps d'armie within supporting dis
tance, and ready, at any moment, for offensive
or defensive measures.
We shall have a victory if we have a
battle ; but General McClellan cannot hasten
his steps for the purpose of pleasing those
who are beginning to revive the 4 ‘ On to
Richmond" cry. It is easy to recall misfor
tunes and bltindQrS3 but would it not be well;
at the same time, to give our young General
the benefit of the tact that he neither created
the one nor the other—that his task was to
repair errors and calamities, and that, although
the winter is rapidly approaching, it has taken
time to bring our army into its present splendid
condition ? If any man has been energetic it
has been McClellan. It is also easy to antici
pate evil, but if we defeat the dtt emy his demo
ralization is certain. There are those here who
contend that General McClellan ought to have
been confined to the simple duty of protecting
Washington, and those who insist that the
numbers of the enemy have been greatly over
rated. These latter demand a forward move
at every hazard. Now, when it is understood
that the present programme was agreed upon
when he assumed command, is it not reason.
able that he should be trusted to the last, or
at least till he has fought and failed ?
Public Amusements.
ITALIAN OPERA —OIIT Philadelphia Opera 'House,
which unprofitable times—wherein art languishes—
hare left for a long time to shows of horso-taming,
and exhibitions of school children, will be reopened
on Wednesday evening, for the first benefit of 4r,
'imeo. The exigencies of the occasion entitle
Mr. Ullman to more than usual encouragement,
that citizens, for their own credit, will assuredly
bestow. The advertisement of the manager con
tains the best compliment to his energy and enter
prise
" I appeal," he says, "to the great public, who
owe to me the satisfaction of having heard Sontag,
Piccolomini, Angri, Lagrange, Gazzaniga, Adelina
Patti, Laborde, Formes, Thalberg, Sivori, Henri
Herz, Vieuxtemps. and various other musical cele
brities, and to whom I have given the splendid
spectacles of a Juive,' the ' Vespers,' the 'Hu
guenots,' &c.
" Generosity and liberality form one of the load
ing traits of the national character, and I have no
doubt that I shall meet with extensive support, if
not in acknowledgment of long and faithful services,
to avoid the bad moral effect the closing of the ope
ra for an entire season would produce in the South
and Europe."
Ilaving thus stated his can, it depends for the
public but to support his cause, and the impresario,
having chosen for Wednesday evening the glorious
entertainment of "Il Ballo in Maschera," will
doubtless meet with a liberal reply in the shape of
a full and fashionable house.
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE.—A comedy in three
acts, called "Black Sheep," was produced at the
Walnut, last evening, with a strong cast that more
than atoned for a rather commonplace plot and
moderately-individual characters,
Mr. /temple repreeented a pseudo philanthropist.
that, finding his way to a wine cellar, is robbed of
certain documents by Mr. Vining Bowers. The same
establish the claims of Herbert Lester, it poor artist,
(Mr. Adams,) to a fortune, out of which he hag been
defrauded by Mortmain, (Mr. Johnston) Herbert
is thus enabled to reject a proposition to unite him
self to an ancient widow, Barbican, (Mrs. Thayer,)
and rewards the self-denial of Ethel
ward, (Miss Richings,) whom he has long loved,
with the gift of his hand, TheSe ordi
nary incidents were pleasantly portrayed, es
pecially by Miss Richings, Mrs. Thayer, and Mr.
Adams. The former, always correct, but too often
cold and unimpassioned, sang two pieces of music.
Mr_ Hem& was very laughable, but too broad in
the &Waken scene; and the conception of Mr.
Bowers—a young tradesman who is hired for fash
ionable balls to make a figure among the dancers,
and introduced as a viscount—was extremely
happy.
The comedy, combined with the very old scenic
drama of t , Zembuca," wherein Mr. Richings, Miss
Gray, and Mrs. Cowell appeared, made an agree
able entertainment, that was witnessed by the best
house of the sewn. Both pieces will be repeated
tonight:
Tux BLACK SWAN, otherwise known as Miss E.
T. Greenfield, a charming colored vocalist, gave a
concert at Sansom-street Ilan last evening, assisted
by Mrs. M. L. Brown, Miss Sedgwiek. and "Ma
rio." The house was filled with people of both
colors. •
J. B. CLARKE, whilom a poor supefnunlerary ab
the Chestnut-street Theatre, and having made him
self a Philadelphia reputation that has become na
tional, appeared in New York last evehing. The
Herald (standard in such matters) says :
"Whatever may be the diversity of opinion upon
his performance of particular characters, it seems
to ff be generally conceded that, now that we have
lost Burton forayer and Jefferson for a Wile, Mr.
Clarke ranks as our first IQW comedian. its every
movement is mirth-provoking, and those who de
light in broad humor will unfailingly find it at the
- Winter Garden while Mr. Clarke is there."
Mits. BOWERS.—We extract the following from
the London Times of October 4 : -
" Mrs. D. P. Bowers the Amerieall lady who
appeared with so much success at Badlertf Wells as
Julia, in the /hatchback, is now engaged at the
'Lyceum. where she efficiently sustains the charac
ter of Geraldine, in Mr. Falconer's comedy—
Woman ; or, Love against the World ; Mrs.
Charles Young having transferred h_r services to
the Ilay-market. An actress endowed with such in-
W1;0:flee and sensibility as Mrs. Dowers. is acre to
make her way wherever a field is fairly open for
the display of her talents; and the readiness with
which she has passed from ideal representations to
the delineation of ordinary =prose characters, at
once shows her versatility and her willingness to
adopt any line that may be in accordance with
public taste. Many actors do themselves Cocci
derahltinjury by tanning permanently on a pin
nacle the height of which is wholly disproportion
ate to their power of attraction. If they made
themselves ordinarily useful, and did their best to
contribute towards the formation of a strong com
pany, they would ho everywhere welcome; but he
who resolves to be Ant Ccesar aut will
in nine eases out of ten find himself compelled to
accept the latter alternative_ Within the last
dozen years or so the world has looked on a series
of Hamlets, Shylocks, &c., who have come forward,
received loud applause, and then have been utterly
forgotten. though they have proved their possession
of qualifications which might have done good ser
vice had they been less infested with that vaulting
ambition which, when it list overleaped itself, often
subsides into misanthropy and discontent. People
who do not care to see Mrs. Bowers in tragedy may
be glad to accept her as an actress of ordinary
comedy or drama, and thus, as a member of a
working company, she gains a chance of remaining
prominently before tho public, which might never
have been aithrded had she determined to
, pereh
immovably on the top of the hittrionic tree,'
SALES BY Tiros. BIRCH ct , SoN.—This morning,
household furniture at the Auction Store, No. 914
Chestnut street.
Wedneaday, elegant private residence and furni
ture, 1834 Arch street.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TITE3DAY, OCTOBER 22, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
Important from General Stone's
Column.
The Federal Troaim Attacked by
COLONEL BAKER KILLED
SUCCESSFUL RECONNOISSANCE BY GENERAL
NeCALL'S DIVISION.
Rumored Removal of Gen. Fremont.
The Extravagance of His Expenditures
the Alleged Cause.
REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF HUM-
j , (IDD 4, %1INalki:1 1 )*1 0 :;.:0 1 041.140 ,T 4C*1011:)
RECONNOISSANCE TOWARDS LEESBURG
The following despatch from Gen. STONE'S com
mand to the headquarters here has been received :
EDWARD'S FERRY, Oct. 21.—This morning at 1
o'clock, five companies of the Fifteenth Maiwachu-
Croased the river at Harrison's Island at day
break. They had proceeded to within a mile and
a half of Leesburg without meeting the enemy,
and they still hold on, supported by the remainder
of the regiment and part of the Twentieth.
A gallant rosonnoissimoo was made early this
morning, by Major Mix, of Col. VAN ALLEN'S
cavalry, and Capt. STEWART, assistant adjutant
general. from Edward's Ferry towards Leesburg,
with $0 cavalry. They came on the Fourteenth
Mississippi rebel regiment, received their Ere at 35
yards, returned it with their pistols, and fell back
in order, bringing in one prisoner. We have pos
session of the Virginia side of Edward's Ferry.
Additional accounts say that, up to three e'ClOOk
to-day, General STONE held his own position satis
factorily, though his comparatively small force upon
the island is engaged with some four thousand of
the enemy.
A subsequent despatch, received late this after-
ROM, says !
g; General EVAYS (in command of the rebel
forces) has four field pieces and three pieces
masked, with about 4,000 men. A prisoner who
was taken mentions that he has 4,000 rebel troops,
an. expects reinforcements."
General STONE at that time believed he could
occupy Leesburg to-day, and hold it.
The despatch is dated Edward's Ferry.
Latest and Important Particulars.
WASIIINCTON, 21—Midnight.—General STONE
crossed the Potomac, this morning, with one portion
of his command, at Edward's Ferry and another at
Harrison's Island.
Skirmishing began between the enemy in
taro numbers, and a part of General STONE'S com
mand, as early as nine o'clock in the morning, and
continued, without much effect, until about fire
o'clock in the afternoon, when large reinforcements
of the enemy appeared upon our right, which was
661Emmided ly Colonel BAKER, (Senator from
Oregon.)
The Union force engaged numbered about 1,800,
and were attacked by a force supposed to be from
5,000 to 10,000.
At this juncture, Col. Baker fell at the head of
his brigade, gallantly cheering on his men to the
conflict.
Immediately before he fell, he despatched Major
YOUNG to General STONE, to apprise him or the
condition of affairs, and GOON tSTONE immediately
proceeded in person toward the right to take com
mand, but in the confusion created by the fail of
Colonel BAKER, the right win& sustained a repulse
with considerable loss.
OCCASIONAL.
Oen. Szotia reports that the left wing retired in
good order. He will hold possession of Harrison
Island and the approaches thereto.
Strong reinforconients will be sent forward to
Gen. STONE during the night.
The remains of Colonel BAKER were removed to
Poelearns, and will be btoiaght to this city on
Wednesday. , lie held his commission as colonel
from the State of Pennsylvania, having lately re
ceived it at the hands of Governor CURTIN, as com
mander of the California Regiment.
GEN. FEEMOBT'S REMOVAL D
The Extravagance of His Expenditures Confirmed
by the Congressional Investigating Conunitteo,
In connection with the fact that payment hall
been suspended of the debts created in the Depart
ment of the West, it is proper to state that the in
vestigating committee appointed by Congress to
inquire into all contracts, and now in session at St.
Louis, have, in their examination s discovered great
irregularity and entravagance in the public expen
ditures.
It was a wise precaution onthe part of the Go
vernment officers, whose duty it is to sec and know
that the wants of the soldiers are provided for.
The greatest care was exercised in the selection of
agents to execute the order. GEORGE P. Saarn,
Esq., formerly of Pittsburg, a gentleman of un
blemished character and large experience as a mer
chant, was requested by the Department to aid
Col. TIIONAS in selecting and purchasing material,
which he does without compensation for his services,
but solely to assist the Government from the best
and most patriotic motives. The policy of the
Secretary of War in supporting home manufactures
when it is possible to be done, without positive in
jury to the service, has been so frequently exorcised
in a practical shape for the benefit of our MUMa
factures that no question can arise in this case,
Non-Extension of McCormick's Reaper
1. That the invention is one of great utility and
importance to the public.
2. That the sums already received by Mr. Mc.
CORMICK, and the sums he is entitled to receive
from infringemento, together, amount to en ade
quate remuneration, and therefore the patent
should not be extended.
The Advance of the Pennaylvankt Reserve.
Oen. McCALL's division still remained at its
advanced post near Leesburg this morning. It is
presumed from this movement that the division
under Gen. MeCALL will cross the Potomac. The
armies are now getting very close together, From
a reconnoissance made yesterday afternoon, under
the immediate superintendence of Gen. Alcermte
LAN, it appears that there aro some forty thousand
rebels 'within four or five miles of our advanced
guard. An engagement was anticipated this
morning. and our troops were under arms before
anylioht. in every way preparca to iiiNitst =4 each;
ground. The village of Fairfax appears to be
strongly fortified, but the general theory is that our
troops must, march to Manassas Junction before
the rebels will show fight, andthat they would not
do it then if they were not strongly entrenched be
hind a line of masked batteries,
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON,
RECONNOISSANCE TOWARDS LEESBURG,
the Rebels.
BOLDT7 KAP.i4A4I Br REBELS.
Special Despatcheit to it The Progs.n
WASHINGTON, October 21, 1861
IMPORTANT FROM GEN. STONE'S COLUMN.
The Federal Troops on the Virginia Side,
FALL OF COL. BAKER.
THE PAYMENTS SUSPENDED.
WASHINTTON, Oct. 21
In view of all the circumstances, it is apparent
that the Administration will yield to the necessity
of completely reorganizing the entire department,
to aeeomplish which acueral rItEMONT wilt bo
transferred or assigned to some other duty.
The President and his constitutional advisers are
determined that this department of the service
shall be managed with prudence so far as they
have and can exercise the power to control it.
While the steps necessary to be taken may affect
the standing or position of some few individuals,
it is considered better such changes should be made
rather than the great interests at stake should suf
fer by hesitation or inaction on the part of the Go
raiment.
The Purchase of Cloths in Europe.
The statement of the Boston Journal, on the 18th
inst., that letters of credit for 412,000,000 sterling,
or nearly $80,000,00, hfITO been sent to Europe by
the Government agents, to purchase army woollens,
is regarded as another evidence of exaggerations
which sometimes occur and cause mischief . On a
careful inquiry, it is found that the stun of $400,000
was sent, and $400,900 more it it# be sent in thirty
days, in nil less than one million dollars, to secure
cloths to be made up in this country, to meet the
pressing wants of our soldiers in the field, until our
own manufacturers can supply the goods now so
much needed.
Patent,
The Commissioner of Patents has decided ad.
Yereely On Prit:CVll7 , llC/li's application for the es_letl-
MD of his reaper patent of 1847, for the following
reasons:
The parties residing in the State of New York
and opposing the extension, were represented by
Judge DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, and ROBERT. W.
FENWICK, of Washington City.
General McClellan and the Western De-
partment.
A report prevailed on the Avenue to-day that
General McCi. E LIAM would be sent West to put the
army there on a fair War-footing, the quarrels be.
tweet) FImMONT and BL AIR having left affairs in a
very questionable and complicated state. Of course,
there is no foliatiation for the report. General Mc-
CT.ELLAN cannot, under any circumstances, be
spared from thc.Potomac. He is in daily consulta
tion with General &tr.; and they carefully revise
each other's pions before they are put into execu
tion.
The Forty-ninth Pennsylvania—Mott's
Battery.
The Forty-ninth Pennsylvania, under command
of Colonel W. M. H. Taunt, were still encamped
near Lewinsville this morning. Captain Morr's
battery is on a beautiful little knoll adjacent. A
large rifle pit is in front of the battery, lit Which
three companies are constantly stationed.
The Secretary of War.
General Cemunea and Adjutant General Trrou.t.s
arrived here this morning.
Steam Floating Battery.
From information received hero it is believed
that the armored ship or floating steam battery
now being built after the Ericsson plan will be
completed before the other two are fluiffilVd, thO
work upon it being of lose magnitude. A largo
surplus from the sum appropriated by Congress re
mains.
Fremont's Transportation Facilities.
- Information is received here that FREMONT'S
transportation facilities have boon largely aug
mented within two days. General PRICE has,
however, crossed the Osage river, and is sixty
miles in advance of General FREMONT'S army,
with the prospect of widening the distance. Gen.
FREMONT'S army is in five divisions, under the
command of Generals McKissrar, HUNTER,
SIGEL, ASIIDOTH, and PRICE. It is thought in St.
Louie, ea adviees here inform the Executive, that
PRICE'S game is to run South, and, uniting with
MCCULLOCR, strike for St. Louis in the absence of
the Union army.
The Report of a Chain Across the Polo,
mac n not Credited
The report of a chain across the Potomac was
made by the officers and crew of the Resolute.
Mr. S. N. Monsm, a very intelligent man, who was
on board of the Resolute at the time of the CBCOIII3-
tor with CO iebel batteries, made drawings of the
shore and position of the chain and the vessels.
lie says nothing but the resistance of the chain, or
some other hidden object, could have caused the
the hawser to part; and his observations Admit of
no doubt in his mind as to the fact that a chain
lies across the pathway of the shipping. He says
it is buoyed up with rafts, and in one place he said
it was connected with a boat, sunk, but supported
undeP Water by a floating raft of plank.
On the other hand, it is stated that the hawser
may have parted without any extraordinary re
sistance ; and the fact that vessels have come up
since - without meeting with this obstruction goes
far to corroborate the statements that such as
pediment is without an existence.
The decision at the Navy Department is that the
schooner struck a ledge and caused the hawser to
part. Either this or the theory that the hawser,
when tight, Was cut by a rifle shot will afford a
more satisfactory explanation than that of a chain
across the river. There is a strong feeling against
the officers of the Resolute for running away anti
leaving the Fairfitz to fall a prize to the enemy.
From the Virginia Side of the Potomac.
On Saturday, when two companies of the Twenty
second New York Regiment, belonging to General,
Kay's brigade, advanced to within a mile of Fair
fax Court House, they ascertained from the inha
bitaiits of that neighborhood that when the rebels
retired the condition of the roads was such that
they were compelled to leave six pieces of artillery
behind them, which remained there until the Sun
day previous, when the rebels in force returned and,
took them away.
On Saturday night, a private in the Fourth
Michigan Regiment, while on picket duty a mile
beyond Barrett's Hill, on the Leesburg turnpike,
received a severe wound in the arm from a rebel.
krom the description of the latter, he is supposed
to be a Mr. WILLIAMS, of Alexandria, who was
confined for some ten days in a slave-pen, in that
city, but released by the Government, and who is
now acting as a scout. Orders have been issued
that, in the event of We capture, he be hung forth
with.
A Government construction train advanced out
on the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, to-day, a
mile and a half beyond Falls Church, finding the
road that far in good condition.
Major JOHNSON, of the Seventeenth New York
Regiment, who commands the pickets of that regi
ment on the Leesburg turnpike, beyond Falls
Church, reports that a body of rebel cavalry made
their appearance at one o'clock to-day, within a
mile of his outpost.
A detachment was sent out to effect their cap
ture, but they succeeded in making their escape.
Captain bitranzn, assistant adjutant general for
general Sutra's division, with a small escort, ad
yawed on the road leading from Letinsville to
within a short distance of Vienna on a foraging ex
pedition. The result was the bringing oft' of about
sixty loads of hay and 250 bushels of oats.
,Every
thing in that direction was reported quiet.
The teconnoltring esped Won sent out by Gen. Mc.
CALL, which advanced to Drainesville on Satur
day, returned this morning, the object of the expe
dition having been accomplished, and valuable in
formation obtained.
The maba body remained at Drainosiille on Sun•
day. The engineers, under an escort, proceeded
to the right as far as the Potomac, three miles dis
tant, and on the left as far as the Londoun and
Hampshire Railroad.
Rebel pickets were encountere . d by the esqqrt of
the engineers, and sharp tiring ensued. The re
sult was, five rebels were killed, one of whom be
longed to the Louisiana Tiger Regiment None of
our men were injured.
Court of Inquiry,
A court of inquiry is now sitting at Camp Wil
liams, Ya., in the case of Col. D. S. MILES, who
commanded the fourth division at Centreville during
the fight at Bull Run. It was alleged, at the time,
that Col. MILES acted in a very unoffmer-like man
ner, and seine Very hata things were said against
him. Lieut. SALINGen, of the Twenty-seventh
Pennsylvania Regiment, says that he was with Col.
MILES during nearly the whole time, and he saw
nothing wrong in him, further than that he was la
boring under an illness which he had contracted
some days before. There appears to be some mis
take as to the identity of the Colonel, which will be
clearly shown. The person who flourished a sword
and cut up some strange antics by tumbling into a
carriage at Centreville on the day of the fight, was
a civilian from Philadelphia, and not Col. Minus,
as many at the time supposed.
Release of a Philadelphian.
WILLIAM M. Bum, Esq., of Philadelphia, who
has been here for some days, has succeeded is ob
taining a WAWA fot JAMBS IV. PACKARD, who was
arrested In your city and sent to Fort Lafayette,
on the charge of treason. Secretary SEWARD made
out the papers on Saturday, and Marshal MURRAY
proeeeddd to New York with them this morning.
Mr. PArmanr, was charged with being connected
with Mr. BLOAT, a manufacturer of sewing ma
chines, at Richmond, Va., but we learn he clearly
established his innocence of any treasonable designs
against the Federal Government.. He says that he
is, and ever has been, a loyal Union man, and that
he was glad to escape from the rebels at Richmond
on any terms.
Naval Court of Inquiry.
Commander C. 11. POOR, having asked an inquiry
into his conduct while in command of the Brook
lyn, in respect to the escape of the rebel steamer
t.s:umpter from the Mississippi river, in June last,
a Woll2t. of inquiry upon the case has been ordered
to convene in this city on Wednesday. The court
consists of Captains SHUBRICK, STRIBLING, and
SANDS ,•. judge advocate, 0 nonoz M. WESTON.
The Report in Relation to the Vincennes.
The report published in some of the morning pa
pers purporting to be official, and stating that it wall
the Vineennes and not the Preble that was sunk at
New Orleans is not from the Navy Department. No
official report has been received, nor is one expected
in less than ten days.
The Hospitals—Pay of the Sick Soldiers.
The Wife number of soldiers who are eotiiiiil7l
in the different hospitals, some of whom are couvit.
leseent,-suffer much inconvenience from not receiv
ing their pay. Several of them would start for their
homes immediately if they could but obtain the
money due them to defray their expenses- Others
stolid le need of' many little art-1019D which would
conduce to their comfort if they had the means to
buy them. Some measures should be adopted to
have these poor, unfortunate men, who have been
wounded in the defence of the dearest rights of
the Union, paid off promptly. It' the matter was
properly brought before Secretaries CAMERON or
SCOTT. it would no doubt receive their earliest at
tention. Some good Union-loving philanthropist
should move in the matter, and we have plenty of
them.
A Grand Review.
General CASEY this afternoon had a grand re
'view at Meridiaa VIII. Ile is the provisional bri
gadier general, and forms the different regiments
into brigades. Among the regiments in the review
were two from Pennsylvania, one from Rhode
bland, one from New York, one from the District
of Columbia, and the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and
Eighth New Jersey,
The Washington Post Office.
The arrangements of the Washington post office
do not seem to give general satisfaction. There are
a very large number of strangers in town, besides
the immense army of the Potomac, who are ever
o T or-imAcms for their lottoro; but still the old
regulations are adhered to with the same tenacity
as if Washington was only a quiet country village.
On Sunday, the office is only open one hour during
the day, and during the week not before eight
o'clock in the morning. Soldiers are early risers,
and will complain.
The Bids for the Beef Contract
The bids for the army beef contract were opened
at twelve o'clock to-day. There was a large ga
thering of contractors present. The following are
the bids:
Jag. Minx, $4.89; W. 11. Mallard, $1.05; J. B.
Dickerson, $4.73; Jas. Steele. $5.45; L. Plitt
$4.10 ; .1. B. White & Co., $4.15 ; Jas. Furland
& Co., $3.78 •, W. M. Sprawkel & Co., $1.91; L.
E. Frederick & Co., $4.47; Jas. C. Jordon
• Co. $4.93; J, Baker h Co., $3.95; Ed.
Longstreet & co., $4.23; S. Gillett & Co., $ 5 . 13 ;
C. B. Merkel!, $3.43 •, (1-. A. Piper, $3.091 ;
Robert Neale & Co., $4.68 ; W. Durvey. $4.573 ;
Norman Fuller, $4.50 ; J. J. Buell, $4.140 ; T.
Dyer & Co,. $4.56 ; David Allerton, $4 871 ; It.
Livingston, $4.79 ; S. C. Benner, $3.98 ; S. C.
Yining & Co„ $3.44 ; T. Co., $1.75; J.
H. Jones, $5.15 ; Thomas White, $129 ; J. Mc-
Kay & Co. ' $4.75 ; S. IL Carpenter & Co.,
$4.04 ; N. Nathan & Co., $3.971 ; D. W.
Bradley, $4.97 ; James 11. Williams, $4.37 ;
FA. Williams, $4.85 ; - Fisher ' Thomas, eb Co.,
$4.33 ; J. Allison, $4.20 ; J. Lothar, $3.75 ; E.
McQuade, $4.36; 11. Einstein, $4.12; J. Cur
win & Co., $4.29; A. Campbell & Co., $4.18 ; J.
It. sheen, $4.09 ; L. P. Sanger, 4.48 4; G. W.
Gage, $4.664; J. Y. Wallace, $4.834; T. S.
Mitchell tt $3.60; C. Beers, $1.21; C. 40-
Bet, $4.43 ; J.. Co., &punter, $4.19 ; Jameson, $1.15 ;
S. Wilson, $4.23; B. F. Hueston, $4.124; .r. B.
Wall & Co., $3.95 ; Myers & Bros., $1.34 ; Clay,
Smith, & Shaw, $5.25 ; Wolford & Fulton, $1.75 ;
P. Crowley, $4.43 ; H. Becker, $4.25; A. Hague
et Co., $4.08; J. P. Lunt, $3.85; J. T. Bush,
84.19; W. W. Loyd, $3.5; Co.,
$3.73; W. F. Dill, $3.90; W. H. Meagher, $-437;
J. E. Preble, $4.90; Jas. Rittenhouse, $5.90; B.
S. Kunkle, $3.49 ; E. L. Fay & Co., $4.39 ; J. C.
D. Eaton, $4.20; Cregen & Co.. $4.47; Jas. Con
verse, $4.43; J. J. Ptarr k go,, $4,19 Piper it
co., $3.89 ; Churchill & Witson, $5.
The bids of KUNKLF,, LOYD, MARKELL, and
YOUNG& CO. and MITCHELL & Co., were selected
from the best, and were under consideration, the
award &Trading upon the character of the sureties
to be offered. One or two bids were lower than
those put in by these gentlemen, but they did not
appear with bondsmen, and have, in all probability,
thus saved themselves from heavy losses. The bid
•
is ruinously low.
Miscellaneous.
The Reliance went down to join the Potomac flo
tilla last night, and the Robert Lesley started till,
ther at noon to-day.
Some forty vessels wont down the river yester
day, and safely passed the rebel batteries. A large
number of shots were fired at them, but none struck.
The steam:packets Chamberlin and Seymour, of
Philadelphia, with mercantile cargoes, arrived yes
terday morning_ They were shot et as they *wised
the rebel batteries, but suffered no damage, it being
in the night.
The following deaths of Pennsylvania soldiers
are announced as having occurred yesterday in
the hospitals here.: GEORGE MOTZER, fourth Penn
sylvania Regiment ; E. R. DARLINOTON, Ninth
BARNEY SULLIVAN, Thirteenth ; WM. CAMPBELL,
Fifth. Also, W. T. ESTELLE, of the New Jersey
Cavalry.
There is but little nows of note stirring this
morning. The army on the other side of the Po
tomac still maintain the position whioh they took
on Saturday. Some little skirmishing has taken
place among reconnoitring particl CS the
but nothing serious has resulted.
The weather has suddenly changed. There
was a slight frost last night, and it is quite cool
this morning. Some of our brave volunteers who
have not yet received their overcoats begin to feel
the went of them.
Gov. Courix has not yet forwarded the three
companies from Harrisburg which are necessary to
fill up Col. MANN'S regiment.
A soldier belonging to the first Pennsylvania Ca-
Ta]ry was shot while on picket duty yesterday.
The amount of forage issued by the Government
daily for use in Washington and vicinity is, of hay,
215 tons; of grain, 180 tons.
The household furniture, &c., lost by the cap
ture of the schooner Fail fax, on Saturday Math
lag, belonged to Mrs. ELIZABETH EvaNs, of Wil
liamsburg, N. Y., and was valued at about $2,500.
The good discipline and extraordinary ardor of
our troops, in their recent movements, afford a sub
ject far military encomium.
It is stated that THOMPSON BROTHERS, bank
ers, of New York, have made arrangements,
through their agent here, to dispose of a large
amount of treasury notes for Government.
FROM MISSOURI.
MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 21.—Union scouts report the total
number of armed rebels in Southwestern Missouri
at 6,000.
A man direct from Gen. Price's army says Jack
son's rebel Legislature is in session at Stockton, the
county seat of Ceder county, which place Ben
McCulloch was approaching, with from 6,000 to
12,000 reinforcements for Gen. Price.
The statement in the Washington correspondence
of the New York Tribune, that Captain Prince,
the oommeetket a Fert Leiwonworth, refuses to
recognize Gen. Fremont as his superior officer, is
untrue.
JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 21.—The steamer Perry,
which arrived here to-night with 50 wagons and 140
liter Min St, Louis, was attacked by the rebels
at Portland, and narrowly escaped being captured.
Her captain thinks there must have been 700 rebels
at that place.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY
General Zollicoffer Superseded by General Lee.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 21.—The reported occupation
of oareensburg by the rebels is prematttre. A small
number went there and took twenty mules which
had been placed as contraband in charge of Gen.
Ward.
Gen. Zollicoffer has been superseded by Gen
Lee.
ft is reported that Gen. Ward fell back twelve
miles from Greensburg to Campbellsville. He
despatched 150 cavalry to reconnoitre, intending
that they should return yesterday ; but they had
not returned when our informant left.
Gen. Ward has about 3,0.00 troops. The ad
vance guard of the rebels at Little Barren, on the
south side of Green river. is estimated at 3,000.
The river was very high, and will be impassable
by fording for several days.
A private despatch to the fournol says General
Ward has not fallen back as reported.
FROM KANSAS.
REPORTED DESTP.UCI'ION OF HUMBOLDT ET
THE SECESSIONISTS.
LEAVENWORTH, Oct. 21.—The Conservative of
this city has advices that the town of Humboldt,
Kansas, has been totally burned by the Seeeeaion..
ids from the Indian country. It is thought proba
ble that the records and papers of the United
States land office were destroyed.
The Republican State ticket is formed without
regard to political principles. The last TeUghliatUre
having failed to provide for an election in the
coming November, it is claimed, by those opposed
to this movement, that the present incumbents hold
over till January, 1863.
Two hundred wagons and one thousand yoke of
oxen neve been sent to Fremont's command within
the past week.
The steamer Florence arrived here this morning
from St. Louis, having come through unmolested.
Frdni Cairo.
RECONNOISSANCE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER
CAIRO, 111., Oct. 20.—The gunboat Conestoga
made a reconnoissance of the Tennessee river yes
terday, as far as the State line.
A strong rebel force was discovered near the
Tennessee line.
The Conestoga returned this afternoon, having
seized two barges loaded with flour, destined fora
rebel camp.
It is reported that the rebels were in strong
force at Blandville z on Saturday ; also that Hardee's
force, 6,000 strong, was at Belmont, 310. •
Excitement at Terre Haute.
SOLDIERS AND CITIZRXR AT WAR
TERRE HAUTE, Intl., October 21.—Two or three
companies of the Third Indiana Regiment stationed
at Camp Vigo, in this city, under command of their
colonel, quietly proceeded to the office of the Jour
nal rend .Deenorrat newspaper this evening, and in
a short time demolished everything. They then
proceeded to several private houses and served
thorn in the same manner.
The citizens are organizing and preparing to
proceed to take their camp, and great excitement
prevails throughout the city to-night in conse
quence of the conduct of the soldiers.
The calgtornia Pony Evros 10 be DiS-
c outinue. d
ATCHISON,
October 19.—The president of the
Pike's Peek Express Company issued orders to-day
to stop the running of the pony . express as soon as
the California telegraph lino is completed, which
will probably be early next week. It is therefore
probable that only one more pony express will he
run.
Sent to Fort Lafayette.
BOSTON, Oct. 21.—William Pierce late of New
Orleans, arrested in this city on the charge of
complicity with the rebellion, was discharged
to-day, on the suggestion of the District Attor
ney. and by orders from Washington was sent to
Fort Lafayette.
Chased by a Pirate
NEW Yonw, Oet. 21.—The ship R. M. Milts,
arrived here this morning, reports that on the 19th
instant, when two hundred miles E. S. E. of Cepo
_Hatteras, she spoke a brig hailing from Baltimore,
which that afternoon had been °Mood by a pirate.
New York Bank Statement.
IsTaw YORK, Oct.' 21.—The bank statement for
the week ending yesterday, shows
An increase of specie....... ..... $1,143,278
A decrease of loans 4,490,478
do do oiroulation 149,417
do do deposito 2,753,421
BURNSIDE'S MONONGAIIELA. — StonkdaIe .t`. Co.,
331 Walnut street, will accept our acknowledgment
for a bottle of Burnside's pure old Monongahela
rye whisky, of 1814, of which they are go b, agen t s ,
selling at Pittsburg prince_ It is very fine indeed.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
WereanaT i f) VOSTRiIiNTAL Tflaeras—Walant street,
above Klabth.— Si The Tempest," aml IL Napoleon.'
ARCH-STREET TFINATRZ—ArCh street. above si x th._
I. The Belle'a Stratagem," and Mazeppa,"
WALNIIT-STRIIET THEATRIE—Ninth and Walnut
Black Sheep," and Zenilmca."
ASSEMBLY BVILDINOS—Corner or Tenth and Chestnut
streets.—Waugh's Italia and Stereoscopic views of the
War.
TEMPLE OF WONDERS-N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.—Signor Blitz's Entertitinntent.
THE PIRATES OF THE ENCHANTRESS.—
POSTPONE3fENT 01 , TCk TgtA r„—y ro t or d ar morn i ng; a tm
United &aim circuit Court, Judges Grier and Oadvrala.
der. met for the purpose of proceeding with the trial of
the men taken from on board the Enchantress, and who
arc charged with treason. Tile defendants were repre
sented by Mr. Harriman and J. I'. O'Neill. 111essrm. W.
D. Heller and J. fiubley Ashton appeared for the Go
vernment.
'it hen Mr. Ashton called the case for trial, Mr. Harri
son desired the court to grant the defendants some 111111..
It had been found impossible to secure witnesses, and as
the counsel for the Government declined to make certain
admissions necessary for a proper defence, it would be
necessary to ask a postponement until thin morning,
in order to allow time for conunlintion with Osssgs
Wharton, who had jest been retained for the defence.
The admissions which Mr. Harrison desired the attor
neys for the. Government to make, were, that the letters
of marque and reprisals were granted by the no-called
Southern Confederation so far as that Confederacy had
power to grant them 3 that the Constitution, laws, pro•
chtmotion, mot neneeedinga of the ilo-milk! geintitern
Confederacy were what they purportrd to be.
Ashton opposed the continuance. The case had
been fixed for trial to-day, by the counsel for the defence,
and now the Government hail WalleMeN present from Ros
ton who were anxious to return to-night. lie did not
consider that the atturncyil fur the floyornment had any
power to make the admission desired by the defence.
Mr. Harrison said that when the lay was fixed for
trial he was led to believe that these admissions would
be made. If they were made now, he would he ready to
go, to trial.
Mr- Ashton next read all the facts that Mr. Harrison
tlatired admitted, and in addition to thou
he desired It to be conceded that William Stewart, one of
the defendants, was a resident of South Carolina, and
was there at the time of the passage of the ordinance of
secession; that at the time of the alleged offence, and also
when the letters of marque were issued, aline courts of
the United States in that State and other States rem
ming the southern Confederacy ; were closed and ti 6
longer able to administer justice.
Mr. Ashton said he would be willing to admit that
William Stewart }va?. are ulgltt 4f month Carolina, but
he, ;mild not admit the other racig. No letter of mar ina
Was found with the men taken from the Enchantress,
although they formed part of the crew of the Jeff. Davis,
a Eitotovr, film wrecked.
Mr. Harrison, as a further argument in favor of his
application for a continnance, stated that Ito had just re
ceived a letter in answer to one sent to Washington for
the purpose of procuring a copy of the articles of capitu
lation entered Into at Hatteras. The letter did not con
tain the copy desired, but gave directions what course to
Duran in order to procure them.
Judge Crier suggested that there were certain thimm
which, as historical, could be admitted by the Govern
ment without detriment to its cause.
Mr. Kelly said be felt confident that, on the trial,
the Court would not keep the counsel t,r the defence to
a strict line, and the counsel for the ginvrrinwnt were
not tilopomeo to be unreasonable in this respect. After
come further discussion, it was agreed that the case should
go over until this morning.
THE ARMY VOTE—OPENING OF TIER RETURNS.
—Yesterday was the period appointed for the C0111111011Cd•
ment of the count of the vote of the Peensylvaida
Opera. The matter is in the hands of Mr. Knight, Pro.
thouotary of the Common Pleas, together with a
committee from each party. The committee met yester
day morning, when Mr. Wm. V. McGrath, Democrat,
declined to serve because his request that Capt. McMul
lin shnuld he appointed a. cleric, (inasmuch as he, like
John M. Sam had ham eleetioneering in tlit,
WWI not Complied with. Mr. 3. M. Riley, of the People's
Party then retired, leaving the committee composed of
two Democrats and two People's men ns follows :
People's—John C. Martin, G. W. Pomeroy.
Democrats—John P. McFadden, John Downey.
Charles Gilpin, Esq., was also present as counsel for
Mr. Knight.
largo crowd was collected during the day in front of
the Prothonotary's office and along the State House row,
and the subject was freely discussed. The business of
yesterday morning was entirely of preliminary cha
racter. Some two hundred or more envelopes will have
to he opened and registered, after which the counting of
the votes will begin. It is thought that the result will
not be known fop at least (Inge or four days.
INVESTIGATION OF TILE BOILER EXPLOSION
IN THE NINETEENTH WARD.—YeSterdlly. morning Coro
ner Conrad held an investigation upon the, bodies of
Patrick O'Neil and Thomas 'Filbert, who were killed by
the e4Pl9Pioll of a boiler at the works of Maus. Morris
and Co., at Richmond street and Lehigh avenue, in the
Nineteenth ward. The following witnesses were exam
ined
Win. Scott was sworn —The witness is foreman of the
lower portion of the machine shop: he was not present
at the time of the explosion i he had visited John Parker,
the injured man, who told hint that the hOIIOY4 were two
thirds full of water at the time of the explosion; at five
minutes after five o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, there
were but sixty-three pounds of steam on, which is con
siderably less than usual; Hibbert had told him before
he died. that O'Neil threw water on the cinders from a
hose; they are in the habit of deadening the fires in that
War Witness exantined the boilers within %few days,
and be then believed them to ho perfectly safe; the ap
pearance of the fractured iron at present proves that it.
was in sound condition he had no theory whatever as to
the cause of the explosion;the iron in the boilers was
fully a quarter of an inch in thickness.
Washington Jones sworn—...l was in the drawing room
at work, and I 4014 a crash, then a sound like the rash.
log of waters, and then a shower of falling timber and
bricks ; I looked into the yard and saw that it was full of
steam; I hurried out and aided the workmen, who had
gathered, in the search for the body of the engineer; I
can only account for the explosion by the fracture of the
iron caused by a sudden contraction resulting from the
splashing of cold water upon it while playing upon the
cinders; the throwing of water into the furnace is con.
Wiry to orders; there was a good bead of water on, and
it was thrown on the cinders through a nozzle three
quarters of an inch in diameter.
Edward Colwell was sworn, and testified that he ex
amined the boilers last summer and found them to be in
good condition; the fragments of the exploded boiler in
dicate that the iron was in as gee.d couttion ai eyor at
the time of the disaster; he had no theory of the cause of
the explosion.
From the works of Morris g Co. the jury proceefied to
the residence of John Parker, for the purpose of hearing
his testimony, he being the only person present at the
time of the accident who survives. He was too weak to
give evidence ' and the jury made up their verdict without
hearing big statement_
'rho verdict sets forth that the deceased came to their
death from the explosion of a steam boiler; but the jury
were unable to assign any cause for the explosion.
MATTERS. AT THE MATT-YARD.---The iron
steamer De/aware, pact abed from 'Harlin & flellingg•
worth, of TlTilmltteas, Delaware, will arrive at d nary
yard
nay
yard to-day, This is the thir steamer purchased by
the Government from this firm, the-Rescue, now at sea,
and the Hatteras, formerly called the St. Mary, being
the other twe.
Orders have been received at the yard to equip the
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis for sea as soon as
possible. Nothing deSuite ip yet tininen concerning the
Mystic,
The side-wheel steamer Miami has been ready for
launching several days, but owing to the machinery not
being ready the launch has been postponed. This, how
ever, does not delay her completion, as much of the work
can be done on the stocks.
The planking of the sloop-of-war Juniata Progresses,
and she now beetle to maims the Appearioice of a hand
somely modelled and substantially framed vessel. The
Juniata, which rates as a first-class sloop-of-war, is
being constructed with due regard to strength. Along
the interior of her entire frame, bare of iron four inches
wide and half an inch thick are being securely fastened
in the manner of lattice work, which will brace and
strengthen the bull. This, with the ordiaaty beaehig
and the heavy planking, ought to render the vessel capa
ble of resisting any amount of strain.
The Tuscarora was still en the sectional dock, but her
coppering beim , ' nearly completed, she will be let into the
water to-day. The Government is anxious for the early
completion of this vessel, as from her light draft and the
formidable character of the battery she will carry, she
will be titifel in any kind of service.
A requisition has been made for stores for the steamers
State of Georgia and St. Mary, both of which are being
fitted out for the blockading squadron.
Constant additiene are being made to the mechanical
and laboring force of the navy-yard. There are now on
the rolls about twenty-four hundred names. Gas is
about to be introduced into the workshops to admit of
the employment of a night force. Fifty men are now at
work upon gun carriages, which are bring made not only
for the vessels at the yard, but for the gunboats built by
contract, the Government furnishing the batteries for
them.
The Government vessels afloat and on the stocks at
this port are the steamers State of Georgia, HatterttS,
Miami ' and Mystic: aloopooktene Brooklyn, Tuscaro
ra, St. Louis, anti Juniata; and gunboats Wirsartickon,
Seiotaltasca, Stars and Stripes, and James S. Cham
bers. All of the above are steam vessels but three. Some
of these will leave in a week or so. The San Jacinto is
expected to arrive at the yard.
CANNON ON EXHIBITION AT THE MERCIIINTO
EXCitaiinn.—The gun, now or. exhibition at the Ex
change is one of twelve—two batteries—made by the
Phoenix Iron Company of thie city for the Committee
of Public Safety. It is made of wrought iron, in a rolling
mill, by a process patented by Mr. John Griffen, the su
perintendent of the Plicenixville Iron Works. This gun
weighs 1,010 palmitin, is of fig-liiekes and
is rifled with nine grooves, having one twist in eleven
feet. The shot intended for this gun is conical in shape
and weighs. solid, sixteen pounds. The shell, of similar.
shape, weighs fourteen pounds. The extreme range has
not been fully determined, but is estimated to be about
four miles, point-blank range from flve-eighths to three
quarters of a mile. The advantages claimed for these
wrought-iron-silo% over cast iron, are that of greatcr en
durance, and for tile same calibre only about one-third
the weight. The advantages over bronze guns are
less cost and better adaptability to rifling. The ex
periments with these guns, conducted by the Ordnance
Department, have thus far, we understand, been highly
successful and satisfactory.
The carriage and caisson on which this gun is mounted
was manufactured by Mr. Henry Simons, of this city.
The beautiful finish of the gun and carriage is attracting
much attention and admiraHvn. It will remain at the
Exchange a few days longer and can be visitedby ladies
or gentlemen. The shell to be used in the gun can be
seen by application to Mr. Michael Dunn, superintendent
of the Exchange.
THERom TALS OF TILE VOLUNTEER RE
FRESIMENT SALOONS.--The hospital attached to the
Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon is finished, and by the
last of fide week the beds awl all the necessary materials
for such an institution trill lie in their places. It Is ao_
signed to have fourteen beds placed in the room set apart
fir patients, and the room is admirably adapted to the
purpose, it being removed from noise and confusion. Au
experienced nurse with several assistants will he in con
stant attendance to relieve all Lick or wounded soldiers
who may, need add. Two physicians have volunteered to
attend the patients and likewise furnish all the necessary
medicines, free Of rose.
The hospital of the Union Committee at the fool; of
Washington street is nearly ready fur occupying; the
last coat of plaster is on, and the Width , ' ' is ready , to ho
moved in as soon as the room is perfectly dry.
FUNERAL OF CO3S3fANDER YOUNG.—The fu
neral of Commander Wm. S. Young, of the United States
navy, who died at his residence in this city ott Thor*toy,
the 11th inst., took place at Now Conic, Delawum, yes.
terday, from the horse of his brother-in-law, Dr. Cowper.
Commander Young was in the 49th year of his age, and
was well known and highly appreciated by many of our
citizens. A number of naval officers attended his re
mains to the grave.
THE DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER GENERAL,
Txrlfth Ri Girard streets, desires to acknowledge the
receipt of blankets, se.,given to his army by the fl
lowing - persons, wiz: t. 21, from Harrisburg, two pairs
of woke, one shirt, and one quilt; MISS 11. A. Jones, of
Itoxborough, two blankets; Mrs. Win. Weightman, 709
Franklin street, six blankets; Nantes of donors unknown,
five pairs of socks and two blankets; Mrs. G—., Stevens
etreet, Camden, N. J., one pair of socks and one blanket;
Mrs. Gem. W. Halstead, twu blankets.
Sitoema AC.TIDENT.—YevtraUy 4ft61110011 3
at hot named t: verge Bey'bert, aged ten )'care. Wati roll
over by o' the Baltimore Railroad ears, hi SIVAILSOII
street below Washington, and instantly killed. Ire Wad
standing on a pile of boards, and, as the CRTS passed, It IS
supposed he fell or was knocked off. The wheeli passed
over him, crushing his head to a jelly,. rendering hint a
too,t frightful object. The coroner WAS summoned and
held au haituAd_
A Bonus-COIN CASE.—John Magee has been
committed by Alderman Hibbent to answer the charge of
gassing bogus half-dollars. Idegee passed one piece upon
u woman in the Western market, and attempted to pass
another upon a man, when he was arrested. One of the
counterfeits was found in his pocket, and ten more in his
hoots. The accused IS 111 N charged with having COM
maul all 'assault and battery upon ilia man on whom no
attempted to pass the money.
THE COOPER-811OP REF nEmiat ENT COE RIVET
have the pleasure to ankuowltslge the receipt Of $130 , 85
as a dallatilal 11411111 e employeos of news, Muria: &
Sous' Southwark Foundry; also, a donatienof 83,75, in
mob, anti two barrels of vegetables Win biI"SL (lard P.
a Checks- minty,
GUARDIANS OF THE Poon.—A stated meet
inz at Hie Board of Guardians of the Poor was held tee
terthif afternoon at their office, North Seventh street.
Mr. Maris in the chair. The agent's report of the
~c elthih" of the house for the week egclitot October
wan reef, re. foilo,, n ;
Number in the house, 2,629; number at the same time
last year, 2,377; increase, 252; adulated during the last
two weeks, 160; births ' G; &MILO, 22; discharged, 138;
eloped, 23; bound, 3. Number of persona granted lodg
ings within the last two weeks, 33; number granted
meals, 88.
'She 'heftouter of the Board reported haying iwa Late
the City Treasury the emu of 32,a4.04, which le made
up from million cases and amount recoired for proceed*
of sale and interest of Pennsylvania State bonds.
The collector of debts, etc., due the Guardians fur the
relief and employment of the poor of the city, reported
having collected the aunt of 5349.75; and paid the same to
the treasurer. The st
I)wersi's mart states that the eaah
amount to '4.41.
- . .
The committee to whom was referred the matter of in
vestigating the responsibility of the sureties submitted
by the various officer, lately elected by the Board of
Guardians, reported having approved a long list of sure
ties, v filch was submitted, and approved.
On motion of Mr. Diekinsmi, it %%4
Resdeed, That the president of the Board be au
thorized to confer with the officers of principal charitable
and benevolent societies of the city with the view of
jointly adopting measures whereby fraud and imposition,
heretofore, so extensively practiced by unworthy per
9011s, may be prevented.
Nrg Eretr offered a resolution, whielt wall adopted,
requiring reports of the house 'o be made hereafter in
classes, according to their classification.
On motion of Mr. Eroty, it was also
Resolved, That Dr. J. L. Ludlow be respectfully re
quested to furnish for publication a copy of the lecturo
delivered by him on the oeca,,ion of the opening of tits
BOY ciihlc RPM of the Pennsylvania 118spitsi.
Besolutione directing that a warrant be issued in favor
of Henry J. Murray for the sum of 5.48.49, being the
amount appropriated by City Councils by ordinance da
ted October 12th, 1801, that Messrs. Stevenson and Whit
en he added to the Committee on Estimates; and that the
Committee on 'WHIM Departerwid be 4irecutt to Imo
wire ecrcena placed on the stairways of said department
to prevent accidents, were severally adopted.
Mr. Taylor submitted the following:
Resolved, That the Committee on Accountsbe directed
to report to the Board the names of visitors, who, since
the re•.r 1855, received from the department certain 81110.9
known an advance money ; whether these net twin bfil6ii
returned or accounted for such money i who of those now
in tare had, and who hail not such funds in hand, and
the propriety of making a uniform practice In regard to
a discontinuance of such advance money to the visiters.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Willing, it was resolved that the se
ept4ry l7t dirocted to inform the insurance offices having
perpetual policies on the four principal buildings of the
Blockley Almshouse, that it is the wish of the Board that
a re-survey should be made of the property insured.
Mr. Dickinson offered the following:
Resolved, That the guardians of the several poor dis
tricts lie authorized to employ, should they deem it ne
cessary, assistant visitors, to aerie 4ring the months of
November, December, January, February, and March
provided the expense thereof shall not exceed one dollar
per day for each assistant. Adopted.
Mr. Server submitted a resolution directing the
steward lo have printed for the use of the Board two se
parate lists, with names and emoluments of all salaried
Atm and other unhurt% of the Board' corrected to
present date. Adopted,
Mr. Server MAO submitted a resolution providing
that the rules be so corrected as to allow of a transfer
from the house agent to the clerk of the duty of conducting
the correspondence with the counties and townships in
this State in relation to non-resident inmates i and also
the duty of lumping the accounts of ouch non-residents
and of the pay patients in the : institution. Adopted.
Mr. Taylor submitted the following:
Resolved, That the clerk of the Rouse he directed to
compute the amount due to George Brewer, late visitor
of the Seventh Poor district, to the 21st cloy of Octob•er ,
end illftt the warronte for such amount to
drawn accoraingiy. Adopted.
Dlr. Linnard submitted the following:
Inereas, Great inconvenience is experienced by nurses
and other subordinate officers by the delay in the pay
ment of their claims, the steward not feeling it his duty
to have the warrants for the pay-roll cashed at the price
now asked for therefere
kosorredi That all persons on the pay-Noll whom
monthly stipend amounts to $7 or upwards have warrants
drawn to their order until further orders. Adopted.
Mr. Dickinson offered the following:
Resolved, that the Committees on Hospital and In
sane be instructed to inquire into the manner in which
the Engineer'n Department of the Almshouse has been
romlueteal by the lacuna/ea, and the condition
of the boilers and machinery therein, and report the
same at the next stated meeting of the Board.
Adopted. The Board then adjourned.
ARRESTED.—Peter Airhart, and Louisa, his
wife, were arrested on Sunday, ln the Twenty-third
ward, on the charge of having committed 111.131101411 S
depredations on farmers residing in that section of the
country. They were caught in the act of stealing cab
bage, and a lot of cabbage, butter, eggs, &c., was found
in their wagon. The operations of the accused among
spring-houses, &c., are alleged to have been quite exten
sive. They wore c9mmitted by Ald, Golly,
DISHONEST DOMESTlC.—Yesterday morning
a woman named Margaret Lyon was charged before Al
derman Beitter with larceny.r She was employed as
shambermaid at the Merchants' Hotel, and several arti
cles have been missing from a portion or the hme
tiirdei bee- care. Two ladies' shawls which had been
stolen were found, and Margaret acknowledged having
taken them. A gentleman named Hull, from Connecti
cut, lost $l3O in gold from his room some time since, and
it is thought that the accused made way with that. The
same amount of money in gold was found in the possession
of a woman to whom it was given by Margaret for safe
keeping_ Tha defehtlai4 6:alloa this money as her own.
and denies having stolen it from Mr. Hull. She was
committed for a further bearing.
RECOVERY OF A DROWNED BODY.—The canal
boat which mink about ten days ago at Lombard-street
Wharf. and was raised a day or two since, has been towed
over to Point Airy, Yesterday morning, the body of the
lad, James Harken, who was drowned by the accident,
Was recovered. The deceased was found ander the steps
leading to the hold, with a rope tied around his arm. It
seems that a reward was offered for the recovery of the
body, and a'boy undertook to raise it. He dived down,
tied a reps around the arm of Harken, but was unable to
accomplish his object, on account of the body becoming
fattened under the stairway.
CORNER. STONE.—The services connected
with the laying of the coms stone of the Beeeeyille
Presbyterian Church will be held this day, (Tuesday,) at
2 o'clock.
The Rev. Albert Barnes, Thomas Brainerd, D. D.,
John Jankina, IL D., IL J. Walla,., D, a ;Ms atri
1... v. B. B. Hotchhin, of Marple
. and ROY. W. E. Moore.
of West Chester, with other ministers, will be present to
take. part in the exercises.
The care will leave Eleventh and Market streets at 12
o'clock returning, will reach the rityat 6.30, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company having kindly consentedd to
111119 margin ticket, at half the timid fare,
SOLDIER'S FUNERAL.--ThiS afternoon the
funeral of Robert White a member of Company C, Col.
McLean's regiment, will take place from' his father's
residence, Flat Rock. The deceased died from disease
contracted while in camp,
TRIAL OF A GUNBOAT.—Steam has been IMO
cessfully applied to the gunboat l'ahonta, now lying at
the Pennsylvania Iron Works. This is tho first of the
batch of the gunboats ordered In July last to which steam
has been applied.
A CHESTER COUNTY REOIMENT.—Eight fuU
companies, 800 men, from Cheater county, are now en.
camped near West Chester, under the command of Col.
Ouse. The full, quota of men for the war has already
been furnished from this county.
FLAG RAISED.—A large flag has been raised
an this 11001 , finetild, B6aeh a 4,1 Ot m t uu t Amts. on
the occasion patriotie speeches were made by Col. G. PI
Crossman and others.
A USEFUL INVENTION FOR WOREMEN.—
Workmen, whose places of employment are at a distance
froni their homes, need no longer hays to Oat cold dins
nero. In the we; and wintry seasons especially, the ne
cessity of eating a cold meal frequently drives the work
man to the nearest tavern, that he may obtain in spi
rituous liquor the stimulus and warmth required for the
support of his system.
Both the evil and its temptation are avoided by an aril
cle just invented by a gentleman of this city, who will
Eliortii apply for a patent. It consists of a workman's
dinner kettle; exteriorily the came as those now used,
being of the same size and weight, and tan probably be
manufactured at the same cost. It is to be made in two
sections. The upper one is a complete kettle in itself,
with compartments for knife, fork, spoon, napkin, etc.,
and a separate one for bread, meat, or any similar article
of food, is provided.
The lower section, which is detnehttble from the upper,
consists of two compartments, one intended for boiling
tea or coffee, and the other for cook'ng eggs or other «ref
fishes." Both are furnished with small faucets, bymeane
of which the coffee may be drawn into a tin-cup, as re
quired, and without the annoyance of o grounds;" and
the boiling water may be allowed to run out, after using.
without the necessity of removing the upper section of
the kettle.
Beneath each of these compartments a small spirit
lamp is placed. To guard against the possibility of fire,
they are enclosed by a screen of perforated tin.
A good meal may be cooked by this kettle, and served
up warm in about five minutes; the only care and atten
tion required being to light the Minna. such an article
introdueed would command a PAllkirsale . N{'# trouite th e
inventor, however, does not intend engaging in its ma
nufacture at present.
Film—Last evening, shortly before six
o'clock, an alarm of tire was caused by the partial burn
ing of the planing mill of George Thompson, at the I
utni Int
Shockuuson-otrect - wharf. The damage wai
The place was formerly known as Bloat's
TIT! NATIONAL LOAN.—Messrs. Jay Cooke
& Co., during their incessant labors in receiving sub
scriptions to the great National loan, for more than two
months past, announce the following aggregate recelpte;
For the week ending 13th geatataber____ 11821,600.2.1
Do 28th September.... 856,185.15
Do 6th October 409,298.01
Do 12th October 213,981.2 T
Do 19th October 51.6,214,73
Yesterday the receipts were
Making. a total 0f...... ....
FELL biAn.—Yesterday afternoon, one of
the Fifth-ward pollen fell dead at Walnut-street wharf.
An inquest wan held by the coroner.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
DISTRICT COURT•—Judge Stroud.—lloratio
G. Jones, assignee of Joaeph Ripka. re. Alex. Browne-
A feigned lane. 'Verdict for Plaintiff ,
Lewis IL Lent vs. Kato Barmore, admintstratrix of
Wesley ,Barmore. An action to;rceover rent. Verdlet
for plaintiff for $21.8.70.
Joseph Noble, Barnabas Hammett, and Asa 'Packer,
lately trading:, Ac., vs. James Carter, administrator of
John Carter, deceased, who survived Richard Carter,
with whom lee was trading, under the firm of John and
Richard Caner.
DISTRICT Com—Judge Shargwood.--w
limn R. Dirkerton VA. Joseph Lantienhaugh. An action
of ejectment. Verdlet for plaintiff, subject to opinion of
Vona. ()Ivens and Palethorp for plaintiff; Conarroe for
defendant.
Catharine Genssetnere vs. Christian Schnitzel) and
Henry Schmidt, trading, &c. An action on a due bill.
Verdict for plaintiff for $197.29.
Yootorday tho Court of 011fIrtEM geligitlll9 cross gitellibet
in trying mania and battery ell Sea.
CITY ITEMS.
PURE MADEIRA WlNE.—Persoris in want of
a realiprurr IdadeiralYine, for medicinal or other pur.
roars, we would inform our readers can obtain it
at Ur. C. U. Mattson's, dealer hi tine groceries, Arch
and Tenth streets. The wine is the celebrated 6, Baal"
brand, and is the choicest imported, and the most highly
recommended.
A WELL-CLOTHED ARMY.—The allowance of
clothing to our soldiers is much greater than to soldiers
in European arnikia. Our troops get one uniform coat
awl two Back roots a y.,,ar, and a pair of traWeerS every
five months. In the French army, the allowance for
three years is only one tunic anti three pairs of trowsers.
while a shell jacket is given every two years. In Ma.
Sardinian and Belgian armies, the great coat is expected
to la.st right year,. A considerable proportion of Mg
gaunt - Ms made for the ealdiere u the American army
are gut up at the Brown Stone Clothing flail of Rook
tt. Wilson, Nos. 803 and fO5 Chestnut . streak. above
Sixth. This fact is a guarantee that the men are ele
gantly, comfortably. and substantially clad.
A SPLENDID BATA.--The navy-wd machl
nik4s ore to giVe a grand ball, at Mileical 'Viand Ilall t the
, kwoc.a. of -attt be given for tls benefit or t h e
'Volunteers liefresquent Fund. Tile. haN will be a moat
brilliant affair, as 'the gentlemen attending will alibis
clothed in new garments, from ft*• fashionable latharr
and civic clothing emporium of Girtutrine state. Me
ebostnut street. The fine stook of fail and winter gar+
InfiliS now on hand at tbks
cminot liv trivalleak eIotIVIA
52,817,378.62
101,600.00
5z,935,975,5: