I t ess. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1861. FRqM THE last speech of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. “ The CMSfhMr te break up the Unlen I* a fad new known te *ll, Annie* are being rained, and war levied to accompUih It, There can he irat two elden to the controversy. Every man ®nit be on the •Me et the United Staten or againnt It. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors.” THE LATEST WAR NEWS. We publish this morning a number of rumors in regard to the great expedition. Nothing absolute ly eortain appears to be known in reference to its destination, Tho Washington. Chronicle gays that at an early hour yesterday morning it was' general ly believed in official circles that it had arrived at its destination, and the some journal- contains the following paragraph: . ■■lt was rumored at Old Point, on .Thursday and Friday, that the destination of the naval expeiltioa was Charleston. According to rumor, the fleet Will land the greater portion of the troops at Bull Biy, distant thirty miles from Charleston. The army will then march on to Charleston, and if opposed by the enemy the city-will be shelled by the' land torse, while the fleet engages Forts Moultrie and Sumpter. Should Charleston be the destination of the fleet, the expedition has reached it ere this, and until further intelligence can be received, great anxiety will be manifested to boar from.it. u Should tbegreuter portion of the expedition land at Bull Bay, but little difficulty would be experi enced in reaahing a point near Charleston, unless' the rebels appeared in overwhelming numbers. The land is level, with hut few natural defences. for the enemy to conceal themselves. Lg the des tinat on oi the fleet be where it may, intelligence from it will be reeeived shortly, as the fleet, pro. vising no mishap has attended it by the late ,gale, bus.had time to reach Now Orleans."- , - Many persons suppose that the destination- of the fleet is Beaufort, South Carolina, on the Port Royal harbor, by which that town is approached;' The advantages of this point consist in the fact that if a landing is effected there, our foroes could at once threaten Charleston and Savannah—two of the most important, cities in the South—and neither of them could be defended without a large conoen-. tration Of rebel soldiers.' We can well imagine the consternation that would be caused in Georgia and South Carolina by tho danger of the capture of their chieC towns, and the strong desire that would be engendered among the troops from those States who are now stationed along the line of the Poto mac to return to protect their own homes In Georgia, too, a very strong State-righte feeling, or jealousy of the Jeff Davis Government, has been organised under the J leadership .of- Go vernor Brown,' which would , probably-he lushed into afurious outburst of indignation if tho Con-: federate -leaders ehould refuro his natural request to have'.the Georgia troops withdrawn from Vir ginia. Others suppose that-Beaufort,NorthCaro lirm. is the destination of the fleet, We.have received the London Times of October IP, whioh contains a letter of Dr: Bussell, dated October 4. Speaking of the points that will proba bly be assailed by our naval expedition, he says: “ Much .will depend on the discretion of the offi cers in command as to the places to be taken, and it is not miliktly that Fernandina. Pensacola , and the months of the Mississippi will be visited with hostile intent. Nor can Texas hope eventually to esoape untouched, and the permission given by Mexico to send troops through her territory will add considerably to the dangers and difficulties of the Confederates in that quarter. Fort Maeen, which protects the entrance to Boaufort, and a se ries of internal communications, is probably too slrong to ho reduced by long range shell fire, as it is a regular fort with casemates,, and, as it is armed with heavy guns, the fire of shipping can scarcely reduce it. The spirits of the navy run high, and the recent gallant little affair at Pensa cola, where the boats ran in and destroyed a Confe derate armed schooner, and spiked the guns of a battery, has given them-confidence and a desire to do more. The flag-nfficer of the northern division of the Atlantic blockading squadron is Captain Goldsborough. The flag-officer of the southern di vision is Capt. Du Pont,- and Oapt. Davis, already mentioned, is oaptain of the fleet. The land forces, numbering some 4,SOD or S;OOQ men, will be under the command of General: Sherman, ah &tti lery officer of repute and ability, and the Marines will be commanded by Major Reynolds, of that branch of the service. Six luge steam-frigates, eight corvettes and sloops,: and a large number of gunboats will form part of the blockading squad rons and the squadrons of offensive operations, and no pains or expense has been spared to make the force complete in all its points. In the course of fifteen or twenty days .we may expect to bear that its work has been commenced, but I think for the present the large cities, sueh as Charleston, Sa vannah, Mobile, and New Orleans, are tolerably safe.” The 'Wheeling Intelligejicer, of November 2d, gives the following account of the condition of af. fairs near Romney, the scene of the late victory of General Kelley: ' - “ From Major Frothingiiam and Lieutenant Colo nel Kelley, whose presence is the city Ift dotioed yesterday morning, we learn something of m con dition of things about- Bomney. - The placd is so' situated that it was oot-eqpiiidmecl odVjSaktoto-fori• tifyit. The hillsare*th'rotim’abont*ffimo wiUesl confusion, and no particular position'Will ho held, as there is-noonc hill ithat is hotoverlooked by another. Gen. Kelley will, -,inVi!aBe of an attack, select the jestpqsitions and fight as long as heoan.” Late neusfrom the South-puts us in possession of the faetdbab (he 'rebels.kayo an army of 496,000 men in the'field, which iu'e eaid' to be ; divided as follows: Departaenfof tbs Potomac.. 150,000 Pepartumitof Chesapeake and rest of Virginia,. 90,000 Department of Kentucky and Tennessee 1!T,000 Department of Missouri 60,000 On the tine of the Mississippi 39,000 At Charleston, Savannah, Mobile,and Galveston. 40,000 The amount of small arms proves to be 898,000, which were, obtained as follows: gent to the South by Floyd while Secretary of War ..578,000 Seized in Southern arsenals 100,000 Hade in stolen arsenals 20,000 Sliipped from Europe 200,000 Total We learn, saysthe New York Herald, of yester day, from St. Louis, on the authority of a loyal citizen just returned from the oamp of the rebel General Price, at Neosho, Newtown county, that the latter General and Ben McCulloch had united their forces—3o,ooo strong—at that place. Large quantities of clothes, medicine, and other supplies, had reached Gen. Price, and he ex pected a number of rifled cannon to arrive to day, in charge of General George B. Clarke. It was said that Price intended to give General Fre mont battle at Neosho, where he hoped to defeat him, and then march on St. Louis,, and make his winter quarters in Central Missouri. General Scott arrived at the residence of his son at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on Saturday after-, noon. The retinue of the Genersl, however t .con tinued on to New York. It consists of the follow ing distinguished personages: Hon. Simon Came ron, Secretary of War,; I. B. Cameron, the Misses Cameron, Hon* S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Trea sury ; Adj. Gen. Thomas, U, S. army; Miss Thomas, General YanYliet, United States army; Major General Butler, United States army ; Major B. Cameron, United States army; Governor Sprague, United States army; Major S. P. Sanford, United States army; Senator Harris, New York. It is not known how long a stay General Scott will, make ■at .Elizabethtown, but it Is highly probable that it will be brief, and that he will be in New York during the week. ; ' It la said that General Cameron, as soon aa he leaves General B«ott,\ will repair 'to Springfield,' Massachusetts, to examine Hie* armory works there; and to test UmitfadaptaMlity to the .iMiiS troops with aims., •He will be absent “from Wash ingtonforseverale incurred that the mcpe interest upon the debt will press like a nightmare upon the energies of the country. But they should re member that the preservation of the Union is one of the most sacred objects for which a war was ever waged. It is of inestimable valno, and even if the burden of its cost should fall solely upon the people of the loyal States, the end in view justifies any expenditure necessary for its accomplishment. There is another point connected with this subject well worthy of consideration. It should be the aim of our Government, as far as practicable, to impose, either now or hereafter, the bur dens of the war upon those whose trea sonable wickedness has created it. The disloyal men of the nation, and the dis loyal sections, should be made, sooner or later, to. pay the expenses incurred. Some iiiay think this is impossible, but if, as we hope, the power of the rebellion is broken, its armies defeated,: its leaders.. arrested and punished, or compelled to flee from the coun try, it may not bo so difficult as they imagine. Every other notion in the world in dealing ■with a great rebellion adopts rigorous and summary measures, and it is distinctly under stood on both sides that the man who takes up arms against an existing government risks Ms life and fortune. If he fails in his desperate enterprise, he certainly loses his estates, if not his existence. If the people of the South, as a body, persist in maintaining an attitude of hostility to our Government, the time may come when popu lar sentiment will universally demand that the property they so lavishly contribute to its de struction shall be seized and sold to new and loyal owners, to defray a portion of the ex penses now being incurred for its preserva tion. Even supposing that no such measure is re sorted to, there maybe other ways of com pelling the disloyal States to make large con tributions to our national treasury. The dif ficulties in which the cotton planters of the South -are now involved suggest a mode of raising an annual revenue in future as large as ■ the interest of the whole war debt. Secession has r proved a terribly destruc tire experiment' to them. Instead of having the manufactu ring and commercial interests of the world humbly prostrate at ‘their feet, begging for .a of; their [products^they' fend thdin-,' selves; involved in a terrible financial dUeuimn.: Their slaves have depreciated so much in va lue .that' they are almost worthless. * They have scarcely enbughof food to preserve tlie existence of;their “contrabands,” and no means of payjng their debts or supplying their own wants, because the strictness of our block ade prevents them from sending their cotton to market. They have offered to subscribe a large portion of their whole crop to the rebel Government; but they beg, and beg in vain,vfor an arrangement by which they may obtain : either Southern Treasury notes, or some other currency, in exchange fof their unmarketable cotton. Notbing would at this moment afford them greater relief, in a business point of view, than a political or mer cantile system that would enable them to dis pose of their cotton at a discount of twenty or thirty per cent, from its present, or even its old prices. Even if such a scheme should be enforced for a series of years, the tax falling partly on' the producer, and partly on the con sumer, they could bear its pressure far better than the planters of Cuba now bear the bur dens imposed upon them by the Spanish Go vernment. That little’ island supplies all the vast sums necessary to pay the large army em ployed to keep it in subjection, to maintain the fleet which guards its coasts, to enrich the host of officials who are quartered npon it, and over and above all this, still furnishes to the Home Government a net revenue of fourteen or fifteen millions of dollars. If we are successful; in our efforts to vindi cate the national authority, and- by maintain ing a powerful fleet guard our whole coast, and hold .possession of the chief cotton ports of the South, justice to the loyal people of this country, who are now obliged to make a lavish expenditure of their blood and treasure, wjH demand that "the' men who organized and «»«-' couragcd -.thisrrebellion: shall have imposed npon the products they so. proudly boast Of an export duty that'will go far’ towards paying otu whole war debt. This is one'of the Mast aots of expiation:, that should' be demanded from the authors of ' the wicked and causeless .existing insurrection. , King- Cotton having played 1 the part of a remorseless tyrant: if.he is' caught and chained, may and ought to be' made asnbmissive and profitable servant. The manneb in which a Pennsylvania regi ment is-fltied out for the war is illustrated in the ceremonies preparatory to the departure of the Ringgold Regiment from Camp Lacy, near Doylestown, in this State, under com mand; of CoI.WiW.H. Davis, editor of the Doylestown Democrat, an educated and expe rienced soldier, : who, besides serving his country during the Mexican war, has occupied several impof tantcivil positions—among them that of acting Governor of the Territory of Mew Mexico. - Swords, flags and flowers have been presented to the Colonel, and to many of his, officers, and elegaDt entertain ments and, eloquent speeches, on both sides, , have signalized those who gave and those who accepted these gifts. Apart from, these, considerable sums of money, and quantities of •provisions and clothing of all kinds, have been sent to the different conipaniesjcomposing this, fine regiment. The Colonel, for instance, no tices in his paper the receipt of $46 from Miss Mart R. Fox, for the purchase of gloves for the spldiers; $5O from Miss C. C.Gbies, bf Reading, for India rubber blankets for the members of* the Ringgold battery, and $25 from Dr. Ste vests for the library of the regi ment. The ladies of the village of Newton presented a box of hospital stores, consisting of wines of various kinds, jeflies, flour,.mus tard, pillow-cases, quilts, drawers, and lint. We also observe huge contributions of money from various townships in Backs .county to. this gallant body of men. • lb would seem ,as if Colonel DAyro yriptiid need; exiam. tefinsppjci tation to cpnyey 'the donations of -the -fair daughters of . Bucks afld Berks counties' to the ■ v '-‘ * it-X. * ‘ To-day, Gbreraw • CnittlS: ntil! present a: flag;!»'/,the* West Chester, wir«e,‘'we 'presume, 'a scene not less snggestiy e; will itake ’ placeithan'tbat * Which occurred at reported in our local columns on Frklay. . If our brave boys are not . spoiled before starting to the battle-field, it will; not be the fault of .the ladies. .At amoment when a good deal of £pcr censure is bestowed upon armyeon tqiU 'and speculators upon the public is, in this the hour of our country’s triWnlatidDi has it ever occurred to the embryo' historian that the only truly disinte -rested patriots in this crisis are the women ? They not only give their hearts’ best wishes to the cause,; but their time and their talents, and that eloquence which is better than the argument of the orator—4he eloquence of an unselfish apjwal for assistance to the sterner race. They .toil, in season and out of season, for the defenders of our flag—sew, knit, cook, ant collect money and means, and all this without expectation of pay or reward, save in the consciousness and consolation that they are doing good in a great cause, and are serv ing alike their country and their God. ... 898,000 His Excedlkhcy David Tod, Governor elect of. the State jof. Ohio, is among the guests at the Continental Hotel. Large Sare of French Dry'Goods, Ladies’ Fashionabre Furs, Ac.—The particular atten tion of purchasers isrequested to the large and at tractive assortmentof French, German, Swiss, and British dry goads, Faria dress goods, silks, shawls,. Ao. Also, ladies’'fashionable furs, Ac., embracing about 745 lota choice articles to silk; worsted, woollen, cdtton, and linen fabrics, to be perempto rily sold,-by catalogue, for eash, commencing this morning, at ten o’clock, the sale, to be continued, without intermission, all day. and part of toe eve- Ring, by Myers, Claghorn, A Co,, auotioneers,Nos. 232 and 234 Marketstreet.-« - - ' ■ : ’ Gen. at: Harrisburg. ITar riSßunfr, Nov.^2.—Gon. Scott, accompanied bf=Waf, and; other dis^ .5??™"?, Washington, atten o’clock this moratop WBhra woES?’ GetoßcSS, drivra to m lo*®!?® 11 eton > whera titer breakfastorl- Scott reizmmed in the withstanding the inclemency of the we’athm *n immense crowd gathered around to catch , of the hero. In order to Ratify this General stepped upon the platform, and wasmetod with* enthusiastic cheers.: A few were fortunate enough to get JS shake of his hand. ‘The-party staffed fer.Kew .Xork r via Beading and Easton, at lOo’clock. • . v. - ' ' LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Wasihkotoh, Nov. 8, 1861. Few men have bees more fortunate than 11 infield Scott. He has lived through more than two generations and a half, and has sus tained a relation to events that have no parallel in liuman annals. Bora in the year 1786, he has grown with the growth and strengthened with the strength of our republican experi ment. If bis infant eyes opened npon the dawning glories of the Republic, the falling vision of his latter days beholds a fratricidal strife which may bury that Republic in abloody sepulchre. Too young to take any part in the revolution, he was permitted to observe many of the later events, and to mingle'with many of the historic leaders of that early American era. .He had seen Washington. ! Like Wash ington, he is a native of Virginia, and in ma jestic harmony with the example of Washing ton, he retires from a field made luminous by his own great deeds—followed by the grateful prayers and praises of -loyal millions; clothed with. the proud consciousness that his reputa tion is as bright as hia own sword, and that it. will be cherished By his countrymen among their most precious memorials. It was impossible that a cUisfen who imbibed his first lessons of patriotism at the fresh fountain of constitutional liberty’.should not recoil from the polluting breath’of. treason. It would have been unnatural if the cotemporary of many of our most illustrious sages and heroes should have been tempted from the path in which they trod, by the degenerate ingrates who boast of being the descendants of men whose teachings they daily dishonor and dis card. - The armed conspirators had an early and distinctive distrust and dread of Winfield Scott. They shrunk appalled before the aus terity and dignity of hisyirfnes ; and when, under the Administrations of Pierce and Bu chanan, they began the plot which ha*'since ripened into"rebellion, their first step was to send the battle-scarred warrior away, from hi* post, in this city—to seclude him in New York—to surround him with spies to dev prive Mm of many of his privileges— to make him a mere effigy—a titular -and powerless dignitary—the representative of authority without influence to exercise it. The au thors of this infamous ostracism were Jeffer son Payis.and' John Buchanan Fldyd. They knew that Scott’s eagte-eye weuld detect their, intrigues ; they knew that, with ai. instinct-, -ivelpve' of country, tie would expose their. • designs tio thC American. pdopW. it.- must,' • therefore,be remembered, when the fearful indictment is drain up against- these une qualled apostates,, that nothing has contri buted more totheii conspiracy than the suc cess with which thisy proscribed, embarrassed, and exiled Gen. Sccitt. Others might be seduced but they knew that he would remain firm! Hence they were prepared for Ms stern rebuke of their treason, when, at an early stage in our troubles, he droVe their emissary from his pre sence, and in language of immortal eloquence, rejected their offer, and renewed Ms fealty to his country. It was only when.the curtain was lifted above the drama of Secession, and when the dark macMnery, long prepared for the destruction of the Government, was ex posed to the view of President Buchanan, that that most disloyal public servant sent for the banished head of our armies, and gave back to Mm the power wMch Davis and Floyd had so perscveringly and malignantly with held from him. President Lincoln promptly confirmed the reluctant act of his predecessor. Notwithstanding the weight of years that bowSd his frame, and somewhat impaired his great intellectual powers, General Scott’s pre sence, Ms counsel, his hold and , frequent de nunciation of the traitors, Ms readiness, to use Ms own language, “to offer his life as a sacri ' fie® to his country,” and especially the manner tin wMch he trampled under foot the pesti lential heresy of State rights—AU.these inspired the popular heart, strengthened this arm of our new Executive and Ms constitutional advisers, in the midst of the perils'of; a- dislocated and betrayed Government, and gave an impetus to the preparations for the common defence that ‘ could have resulted, probably, from' the ex ample bf no other living man. The - experience of Winfield Scott touches the two extremes of-American’progre'ss and civilization. The experience of' George B. McClellan.-touches butone.; Scott retires in the seventy-sixth year of his age. . : McClellan accepts the brilliant tefott wtiich he resigns, in' the thirty-fourth year of his age. A young man, who.has lived a little more than half the period'to which MS illustrious predecessor has • .attained, assumes the -Entire' edjnmanii.efjthe . greatest army ever assembled on the face of the earth, to vindicate popular liberty against an unexampled usurpation and an unparalleled despotism. General Scotbidso won high posi tion at a very early age. He was a brevet major general whenbnt twenty-eight years old. The President, thoroughly conversant with the characteristics of one who resided in Ms own State of Illihois, for several'years, and wisely CatcMug the spirit that honored and promoted Scott for'Ms -distinguished services in the suc cessive conflicts at CMppewa and Niagara, did not hesitate a moment in conferring this splen did and perilous distinction npon the young Pennsylvania-born, soldier. The old com mander-in-cMef won battle after battle, medal after-medal, promotion after promotion. He has acMeved an immortal renown, as well by bis. intrepidity as by Ms prudence; as well be cause he struck boldly at the. proper time and at the proper place. Scott’s motto, notwith standing his «sudden dashes” on the Cana dian frontier,, has -ever been, since he took command of the American army, that “they stumble who run fast,” and his youthful suc cessor seems disposed to imitate Mm—at least in this respect. While the latter .occupies an enviable eminence, he at the same time occu pies.a most responsible «ne. - General Wash ington, however, never achieved a substantial victory until he was relieved from pll em barrassment, and placed in supreme conimand, and I do not doubt that it is written in the horoscope df McClellan, that he will be equal to the exacting, expectationsof his country men,and to the shining fame, of his world-re nowned'predecessor, Occasional. -- : PufcUc, Amusements, f A Wrbk ov Koveeties.—Tto'town amusements ; ' , toJs''w^k-’^i^^pVtipim,'|MWia^ta^tiisdn^. < : : ; ’*lA4ddUion who life, pro-;: ' .gramine after Wednesday/fco.totroduqi new and. . v surprising Xestsoisleight' of-hanA ,fte to haVe* sterling- tragedies* enaeted at ; tfoptjho ’ *'ana'A , ’ , new jilay ; : at tbo'ifcird. Mr..Wheatley, has,- secured for four nights the services of E; L. Dayen- ■ port and J. TV. Wallaek, Jr., and lady, while Mrs. - Garrettson has' concluded an engagement with Joseph Proctor, the tragedian. ' The three stats and Mr. Wheatley will enabt to night the- leading parts, to Shakspeare’s drama of, ‘’Julius Caesar,” Mr. Davenport representing Bek tus, Mr.Wallack Cassius, and Mr. Wheatley Metre Antony. A-like combination has seldom been witnessed in this country, and if- the shbordi? nateeharacters be even tolerably distributed, we - shall see this famous historical play performed in a manner would delight the immortal bard hira self, couldi ho bo resurrected towitness the creation of his genius. r - Mr. Proctor-has b'een travelling until raeently in Europer—latterly to-.Caltiornia. His initial appear- 1 anee.to-nigbt will bedhthe pari of Hr ■Adams playing Jeilius, and Miss Gray Virgin*#. If Mr. Proctor has profited by years of experience —and his friends assure, us that he hasnoequals in certain characters—the performance will be ad mirable in every respect. Vtrginitts, notwith standing toe repulsive event upon which the drama is founded, possesses great merits that have been .made highly effective.and impressive to the hands -of talent. Mr: Froctor will remain fa this city but six nights, producing during his stay four new plays. ’ V V At toe Arch we are to have all the week the suc cessful new play of “ The House on the Bridge of HotrePame:” :• The story, in the main, is the adventures of "one Ernest De Le Garde, who beam a striking resem blance to his natural brother, Zamlaro, a young Gipsy. Both of these characters are admirably sustained by Mrs. Drew. The properties, ofold Count De'Torqueroltes (Mr. Gilbert) being willed to Ernest, the lad’s ancle, the Chevalier (Mr. Shewell) resolves to kill the. heir or-force him to leave France. Ernest, who has been previously be trothed tQ’. a ereoie,: of Martinique', Zoe, (Mbs; 'Price,) islUrecHo the Willows’ Inn,-kept by Oho t RtkobeH (Mr. Mortimer), where he is forced into a ’ ' dnel and wounded almost to death by the Chevar Iter. The crime Is witnessed- by! Pettisso, a law yer’s clerk,- (admirably depicted by .Mr, Scallan,) wboreStoresEruerftoiifeahdconfrouts the guilty., Zantbard, " the'; Gippyi coming fortuitouslyin, is , made the protege ot Rigobert, and assumes: the . garb and guise; of the deceased. In toe-end,>toe cheat Zambara, refnsing to play out his part, is murdered at the House .on the Bridge by Rigobert, the Chevalier is denounced, gnd Zoc is united to toe young connt,-who myste riously appears in time to make out the deuQue - ment. ■ - nr-': .. ? h ‘*S*tors enumerated are aU that'are to-. THE PKESS—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1861, quisite to sustain the plot; but Misses Henri and Emma Taylor and Mr; Ringgold are made to play unnecessary personages, of whose careers the drop ping of the curtain leaves ns in utter ignorance. Mr. Mortimer, ns lligobert, might have imparted something of his grace and snbdued power to Mr. Shewcll, who, with physical advantages of a higher order, is generally stilted'and unnatural in both manner and declamation. Mrs. Drew’s delinea tions left nothing to he wished ia either part, and her transformations were rapidly and handsomely made. Miss Price evidenced her capacity to look and to play serious characters, and all the minor personages said their little With good taste. The strength of the piece lay in its scenery, that was of r durable and handsome order, the “House on the Bridge” being the finest stage, scene that we have ever remarked. -It will not mar the last act if it be made longer and mare intelligible. As the piece will have a handsome career, let the amend ment bo made at once. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ALL QUIET ALONG THE LINES. ITS DESTINATION BELIEVED TO BE REACHED. FREMONT CERTAINLY REMOVED. THE REMAINS OF COE. BAKER. More French Officers Tender their. Services. PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO GIN, M’CLELIAN, His Speech on the Occasion. INTEBBSTM FROM OEM- BINES’ COLUMN- AFFAIRS ON THE tOWERPOTOMAC. IMPORTANT PROM MISSOURI. TBS ATTACKED BY GEN. LANE, Washikcitox, November 3,1861. Certain Removal of Mayor General Fre • ' mont. Colonel Frank P. Blair is now in Washington, and it is beyond doubt that the Older has gone forth for the superseding of Major General Fre mont. Various stories are in circulation upon the Avenue: one to the effeot that Fremont intends to revolt, and to defy the orders of the Administra tion. Should this be so, and should he attempt to place himself, because of his removal, upon the ultra Abolition platform, "hundreds and thousands of Democrats in the Northwest will rush to the standard of the country. It will be impossible, however, for General Fremont to create the im pression that he has been displaced on account of his peculiar anti-slavery opinions. Stevens' Submarine Battery. The boasted success of the submarine battery, called the Turtle, at New Orleans, would seem to suggest the propriety of the Secretary of the Navy completing the much-talked-aboub. Stevens’ sub marine battery, now remaining unfinished in the Hudson, near Hoboken. - This invention, which has already cost half a million of public money, is said to possess extraordinary destructive powers. Would it not be well for the Government to finish- it, and send it off,,for the purpose of testing- its peculiar qualities? ~ - Intense.solicitude prevails in all quarters to hear news of th'e great naval expedition/ Every variety of rumor is in circulation—one that Hie storm se parated it, and that a-number of the transports were lost; another that it escaped the storm, and that a landing had been effected at various -points. The weather is now calm and beautiful, and no doubt is entertained that a sufficient force can be gathered by Commodore Dupont - and General Sherman, in order to carry ont the entire wishes of the Administration, and the full policy of its military subordinates., rV v - .•: The Government officers, have .received reliable information yesterday,;bythe arrive)-of influential j pnrticßfrom Maryland,’ tlia£ attempig , ' made by Secessionists to defeat the election in-that .State,by violence, if they could not accomplish it ;in any other way. Gen.- Din’s general order, pab was /issued 1 vijitb i a viewto prdtect’honeat .voters in their rights ; 'bnt orders,: without-a sufficient force to carry them! out, .are 'of - little avail. The /Government have, therefore, in view of these, facts, and go; verned-by information received from Prince Frede rick county, inarched some ten thousand troops into Maryland this morning, embracing General Sykes’ -brigade, and a number of regiments not assigned, together with cavalry, ~ artillery, and transportation facilities. With this force, added to .the troops now at Baltimore, Annapolis, Port To-, banco, Ac., every attempt at an improper inter-' forence with the ballot-box will be .promptly sup- ’ pressed. The troops went out early in the day, since wbioh the city bas been quiet. /; ‘ From the Upper Potomac. Oh Friday Gen. Stoke sent a flag of trace to Gen, Evans, at Leesburg,- to know what disposi tion had been made of the Federal- prisoners taken at Bail’s Bluff, and those left dead, on the field. The latter replied that the prisoner were-quarter ed in the tobacco; Warehouse in Richmond’, and that the dead were prqperly interred: ; Ue also said that he would immediately communicate with the Con federate Government in relation, to an exchange of prisoners. • Lieut, Col; Wistab is fast recovering from his wounds. ( Capt. Mallery, of the Caiiforniaßegiment. lies in a very precarious condition at a farm hoosc near Poolesvflle. Alexander H. McCleary, for- a number of years connected With the Phptdeifhl# press, was taken prisoner. About, one hundred wounded still remain at Poolesvflle—all doing well. Rebel Emissaries in London and Paris. The news from Europe by the last steamer shows that the rebel emissaries m London and Paris are very noisy and confident in their belief, tint the necessities of the manufacturing intorestswill lead to an interference-inthe American- struggic for. the purpose of breaking the blockade in’ order to pro cure a supply of TOtiton/bht it is evident that their Oaui . '•sßeftoCth# jfatiaqyol Jhsp.nption : that; the rfcbgy nition ofthe -Confederate’ States would'reopen the cotton,trade. Onthe contrary, it arguea that such a recognition would'only increase the rigor of the" blockade, and that any interference with the block ade would be an act of war, embroiting-England at once with the United States. V . '■ The Remains of Gol. Baker. The body of Colonel Baker will be' removed hence on Thursday morning, arriving, at Philadel phia early in the afternoon, where it will be received by the military and civil author!ties, and escorted to Independence Hall, and lie in state during the nest day. On Sunday the body will be exposed to the pnbUe view at the City Hall, Hew York, and on Monday will be placed on board the stqnmer for California, in charge of Chabi,esS. Drew, of Otage&fil. B. Sari* Franciacoj E. M. Bahkcst, of'Oregon, and W._ Wau.aoe, of Washington Territory, who. will aeooinpany the re mains as far as New York, Recovery of Bodies from the Potomac. Five bodies of the victims of the fight at Ball’s Blnff have been fished out of the Potomac, to-day, at the Chain Bridge. They were 3o mntUated as to be beyond recognition.. Only one -orthem was apparently wounded. - The Army, ! ' With the exception of the movement.of some ten thousand troops into Maryland," early this montingj. there has been nothing transpiring in‘the spuy worthy Rfjßete. The General attended churchin themqnring, and Hjc city has been (jnipt. ' ; ; '' ; Intense anxiety is manifested here for news from the fleet. .The latest -accounts ap,te,noen;to-day weref reports feomaea captains, who passedtheyes sels off Hatteraa on Wednesday. . . - . Last night, about ten o’clock, as Lieutenant Wst. Bii>or.K,'of the Pennsylvania cavalry, was -passing along Fourth street, near Pennsylvania avenue, die was brutally assaulted by four men wearing 4he TinHea States uniform.' He received' a frightful wound on the. right side of the temple frpma slung-shot. The .villains then seized the lieute nant, Mid choked him. , Thoy robbed- him; of Adi his money, and left him, on the ground for dead. 'He remained in an insensible condition for' half; an. hour,- when he succeeded; in reaching his hotel.. The police force in this city are good for nothing'. Nightly occurrences of thiskindtake place. A rumor preyails to the, effect 'that nine 'of the vessels of the great naval expedition were disabled •in the late storm, and that they had to pot- back for repairs. The other reports from the expodtliOh are fall of encouragement. BY TEIUEGHIATPB. THE GREAT ARMADA. WHEREABOUTS OF GEN. PRICEi Special Despatches to “ The Press.’ * The Great Armada. Brutal Assault. Rumors. Presentation of a Sword to Major General McClellan. Arrangements were made yesterday for a review of the Pennsylvania troops here, after whioh a com mittee from your City Councils proposed to present to General McClelian the sword prepared for that purpose hy order of tho City Government of Phila delphia. The severe storm prevented the review, and the presentation took place atGeueralMcCnEi,- lan’s headquarters in the evening. .. At seven o’olock the committee, with friends, and a number of our prominent citizens, were assem bled, when Stephes Benton, Esq., in behalf of your city, made the presentation with the following address: “ General : Tho Counoils of Philadelphia, the hity of your birth, have sent us here upon the plea sant duty of presenting you with this sword, in tes timony of their appreciation of your services and your individual worth. We represent alike the regard of your near friends, as -well as the broad ana general feeling of unison with your efforts of a great community built upon the holy spot where liberty and free institutions received their first form and method. This token is tendered for that which yon have already done, to show that through all your toils and dangers, and.those so gallantly and. successfully led by you, that vrd of your birthplace have looked on with applause and heartfelt inte rest. “We have the good fortune to be. the first to sa lute you as the head of the proudeßt-army ever as sembled en this continent—to ,say that, with re newed ardor, Pennsylvania stands by your side. To-day we recognize .the spirit of the age in the placing of the war-weapon in the hands of youth and heroism. Son of Pennsylvania, your State looks oh you. To tho last drop in her veins and the last coin in her coffers, she is yours. Be not appalled by tho magnitude of poblioexpectation, or be fearful of the result . Let our trust be in God, for our eause is the cause of constitutional liberty and of huma nity for all time to esme. “ You may regret the occasion for the .drawing of the sword. We feel it is in your nature to re joice when it can honorably be put up; but while it is drawn, and our misguided countrymen hold to their rebellion, the lives,' the' honor, and- the for tunes of thousands of the State of wMchyou are the son, afc ready to be devoted, each and all, to the present cause; and they are proud that you have so large a part in the Conflict, shielded as you are to-day With the bright and trusty armor of -seventy thousand Pennsylvania soldiers around this-sacred capital, ' " “We honor you as a representative mal—as rep resenting loyal Pennsylvania—where every family sends to this contest a father or a son, as opposed to. a rebellion against her part -and lot in the in heritance from our sires, and in accordance with a sentiment nnalterably declared, that she will per mit no armed dictation at home ofabroad, which has for its object the diminution of a single bond of the Union or the least fibre of ite strength. _ -“Genera!: An active mind led you to leave du ring peace the art you learned so thoroughly. War has restored you to it with high responsibilities. Youbavo been favored largely with a success which has sealed the good opinion of your earlier pro-, raise. . From the peaceful arts has risen withyou a. mighty army, which," it is to b,e, hoped, but not beforo'a decisive blow has been struck, willsoon -retire again to the same peaceful pnrsuifs. -But nS: .soldier of any time,or country has> carried to.his - homey or left to Ms-posterity, a prouder reoolloction ofrisks.and Bncrificesthan-wilb those of this great struggle for our national existence. -Augmg the last to leave the field wilhbe .yourself.. Once more restored to your family and. friends, bearing with yon the applause of -your countrymen, and this sword, which; with your other trophies, shall adorn the arches of yonr house, to remain foreyer the type .and symbol of a manly courage and a loyal heart,” ' Taking the Bword and handing it to General Mc . Clem.as',' he said: “ Sir, I place in your hand this sword, and may the blessings of God go with it. May yeu handle it with trust in that high power, and acknowledge that the cause in which you are engaged is one of liberty and of constitutional rights for all time interfere in;Auieri»a aßd’break the ' blockade. Says that Eoglaird wouH rather' Undergo much suffering than break, the plain -rules of , inter national law. She has reboghizfeS tbej?lv?k»de, and must abide by it. To brcak it would disgrace and stain thereputation of England. Euglanawill Hot: commit snob an aeteven to save her'greatest manufacturers. The Times, however, says that ;the blockade-isnoteverywhere effectual,’ and it re mindathe Washington Government fchat itis only a real .blockade that can caßtor recognition." The article concludes by saying that it woold-ill become •England to he the tool of Southern machinations, the leaders in which, by withholding cotton, count on compelling,foreign nations to take their side in the quarrel The Shipping Gazette continues to denounce the conduct of the blockade, and the wrong done to British ships. It sayß that some action on the part of the British Government is becoming indis pensable. - - ...Dr. Rnesdly in bis'last letter'to the London Times, asserts that England and the United States were all bat at war three months since. The Times points to all but the.independent operations in Missouri and Kentucky to show the impraeticabls nature of the war. A company has been formally inaugurated for restoring the telegraph to’lndia. ' FBANCE. It is reported that Franco has sent ah answer to the Italian proposition on the Roman question to the effect that financial difficulties in France pre vent at present a solution wf the question’. : , The return of the ’BA of Franoe oontinnes to_ excite uneasiness. -It is reported that twenty millions'of francs have been lost In specie since the last statement. , It is assorted that the panic relative to the French wheat crop is'premature and exaggerated. INDIA. The Bombay mail of Sept. 27th brings Calcutta telegrams to tne 25th. Cotton imports were active and advancing in both markets. The weather Was good for the crop. A medium yield of ootton was anticipated in the Northwest.' The Bombay Ga zette asserts that in another year England need .only look to India for cotton. LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. Tobin, Oct. 23—A decree issued abolishes the Lieutenancy of Naples and the separate Govern ment of Tuscany. ... Oct. 24.—A hand of brigands insulted the French vice consul at Con3ignola, and pillaged his residence: - .- - - . PARIS, Oct. 24:—The interest on Treasury bills has been.raised to 4ias.per cent. London, Oct. 24.—G00d Mils were readily dis couiited yesterdayafiSjper. cent., and mfsome in-' at 2iper emit, .Business at the; bank Was: atastand-stiU. . . ..... ■ £ ?«,«PP“ent mitigation of ; the financuti crisis rumored -th&t’tbo boilion io of franco to de«reased "£i^S&;doo , OTfiao ; ' retanjy 'aa immediate rise ia .tte iatei .of olscount was | T ; ' V ’; 4 1,! v- ; . J t p£- Oottwi^t’tsrwflas^: haftel>e€or 55,000 bale&t ibie market cloaiiyr excited, vwithi aa:adyaaee of on aU^delities:. at.-* porters toijk 35,000 bales. Middling Ofleaua Is ouoted at 12ic; spirits, wine* fami * tobacco slightly mors active.. ;, ■ .... - ... t • ****? - Five- volunteer companies hal saileu for Oregon- The house, plasterers of San Krancisco have struck far an increase of pay, which waaconcedes and they now receiVe’five'doSarsper day, : SAKPRakoisoo, Not.’l—A«iTed^»i»' 1 » ot faL;»,-4i, -i .frdmNewTork.'with the.losaSf one.hnndrad tons offler cargo, thrown overboard in a storm oft Cape Horn - The steamer Golden Gate has sailed for Panama with 51,000,000 in treasure. She camee 14 armj . jg 1 ™? soldiers, and 200 other passengers. The traasnTre7ai-I menh are smail on account of large remittances in tra!T stiry notes and drafts. The Bhip; Neptune's Car has been libeUcd - beta, partly owned in Alabama. , m, Doing The da ten from Hong Kong are to Sentemha. TheKniperor of China’s death occurred on ' THE CITY. The Great Naval Expedition—Rumors About Town Since the departure of the great Naval Expedition from Fortress Monroe, the greatest curiosity and anxie ty has pervaded the community. The people contented themselves during the latter part of the week with dis cussing, the probible destination or the expedition. Maps'of the Southern coast were brought into requisi tion, and reports of the Coast Survey minutely exam ined, with a view to ascertain the depth of water in the various .ship’ channels and across harbor bars. From the intelligence which reached the city on Friday that the expedition had cleared Cape Hatteras, -and would probably arrive at its destination before Saturday, it was generally agreed that , some part of the Carolina coast would be selected for the debarkation "and attack ; the rival merits of Wilmington, Georgetown, Charleston, and Savannah being canvassed, ‘ the general conclusion seamed to be that either Beaufort itr North Carolina or Beaufort in South Carolina was to be* the site of the bombardment and capture. . The latter place was finally designated, and yesterday, with this foregone conclusion, rumor made busy with a hundred speculations and reports wherein it was opined that the expedition had ‘ already landed, and that Port Royal Island had been seized by the seamen and land forces of Dupont and Sbcrmsn. There was, in redity, not the slightest foundation for either-or any of these ac counts, inasmuch as the only despatch from .Fortress Monroe contained no mention of the fleet or its where abouts.- At the Continental Hotel groups of anxious citizens heard the interested statements of busy individuals, among whose numerous acquaintances were several that had received u private despatches ” One of said (des patches consisted of a gloomy outline of a terrible storm, that had disabled and scattered the fleet with great loss of life and munitions of war. A second, more terrible still, narrated the destiny of the Wabash, that had been strackbctween wind and water by a ball from a rebel battery,' and had gone down with all her crew. A third, more ghastly than all, told of the total defeat .of the ex pedition by means of some hundred sand-bag batteries, and a fleet of‘gunboats, more memorable than those of the renowned Hollins, that had put out from shore, run down onr men*of-war, and wound up the Armada with the most frightful and destructive casualty. Hard upon these came the testimony of a reliable gen tleman, whose reliable correspondent from a reliable quarter had sent a hasty line informing him of the im mense success which the seamen, the marines, and the Boldiers had gained j how Beaufort had been burned to; the ground, and the ffhtte tents of a dozen thrown up along the Carolina shore; the railroad be tween Charleston and Savannah seized, half the rebel*, troops withdrawn from Manassas, and the.whole rebel seaboard alarmed and humbled. The description of JECu bert in King John might apply to theso excited news- - mongers, who “ Shook their heads, And whispered one another in tbe ear; And lie that speaks doth gripe the hearer’s wrist, Whilsfche that hears makes fearful action With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes. I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor’s news, Who with his shears And measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French That were embattled and ranked in Kent.” In addition to the groundless rumors relative to the great'expedition, others quite as groundless were afloat relative to Fremont in Missouri, who, it was said, had flatly refused.to obey the .Executive demand to' give up : the commandj>f his department^and had -been sustained - by army, who were in open mutiny, and threatened. to- become more formidablß to the Union cause than they had at any time previously -been to the:, .enemies of the Union. It .is enough, fn contradiction of any of these, statements, which may . be amplified and passed around during' to-day, to state that tbe telegraph communication with Pittsburg, was totally suspended yesterday, and nothing came over the wires until nine o'clock last evening, when the line by way of Buffalo was.ln operation. . ' Thu Storm, the Freshet, and the Da hade.—After the heavy storm of Saturday came a very heavy freshet yesterday. Haring in a measure been foreseen, however, its consequences were ■ pretty well guarded agaifiet. The damage done, although conside rable in the aggregate, is, in most individual cases, trivial. An embankment on the line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad was washed awav, by the violence of the storm, on Saturday evening As a consequence, the train due in this city at 9.20 P. 11. did not reach here until noon yesterday. The passengers were scared and hungry, and as the cars steamed into the depot ejaculations of gratitude broke from every lip. Two Delaware regiments which were to have gone Southward at 11 o’clock Saturday night, were conse quently delayed. On the Schuylkill the new bulkheads of the Pennsyl vania railroad, above Market street, were totally sub merged, and a considerable quantity of the made-up earth washed away. The new culvert just built has un doubtedly suffered damage; though to what extent we were unable to learn. Below Market-street bridge several piles of lumber were washed from wharves, where they had been incon siderably left. At high-tide the water rose as high as three feet above the level of many of the wharves. A number ef men were out in batteaux picking up the floating property. The river was swollen, rapid, andmuddy. The water roared over the dam all day, in one perpetual sheet of liquid mud, . Dozens of fishermen might be seen on both sides of the river, and crawling up beneath the dam with their cockle-shell boats to scrape the torrent with unwieldy nete. Many hundreds of the finny tribe were caught in the day. Yesterday afternoon, crowds of .persons assembled at the new Fail-mount water-works, which it was generally thought must have sustained some damage. Such, how ever, hag not been-the case, beyond a slight temporary interference with the prosecution, of the improvement. Every one came a*ay with a look of disappointment. The regnlar-trips of theriver steamboats were discon- lt was "Considered dangerous to run them on account of the immense velocity and strength of the cur rent. - 1 Abont a dozen finerockfishwerecaughfc in the “locks” yesterday'morning, byt means of- a net. The rising of the ttte interfered with fbissport. It is be lieved that the business of the Schuylkill Navigation wifi not be interfered witk 'to-day., Tbla company has been peculiarly fortunate in each respect during the present season/ The of the Fail-mount water-works were stopped all day yesterday. The wheeUhoiwe was crowded with visitors. The gable-end of an.unfinished bnck dwelling, situ ated at Eighth and'lnclrfnsbnlßtreetSt'was blown out last evening. “ NoJMyhurt.”' « ' r r * TOe: Improvements: at it is -thought, be quite seriously delayed by. the storm. The channel helngcnt island IsYUsd' with water Tfie sfp«r eau-of thfoHanAwliicli'if batons foot aftov. suffered less than a month since, from a si -miJar- cause. . .Delaware avenue presented a unique and*animated ap-~ pemranee yesterday afternoon- The waters of the-Dela-' ware, submerged the whole length of the . street, and aquatic excursions were all the rage. Boxes, barrels, /cask's, and incidenis floated around' promiscuously; and - then eqHed off with the 'ebbing tide. 'We noticed a box pi dry goods sweeping down the river. It might have, been rescued hdd there-been any feminines around. ' ‘ At all of the various namps in the vicinity of the city' the soldiers are represented as having stiffered indescri bable pluvial miseries oh Saturday night. The torrents of rain filled the trenches about their tents and then crept in beneath the canvas. When the poor fel lows shivered awake yesterday morning they discovered themselves floundering, in an 'alluvial deposit, of which the straw they had gone to sleep on was tho.jnost incon siderable element. At Camp Meigs, so we hear,’ the ! ca- * valry horses were surprised beyond expression to find themselves changed to, a very clear mud-color. Literally, their owners had made them idols and had found feem clay. . . AtTbompson’s Point, on the Jersey shore of the Data ware, just opposite Marcus Hook, affairs took a ludicrous if not a: critical .turn. The dike at this point having given way, the water came rushing in through the cre vasse, and in n remarkably short space of time the meadow-land was-submerged for a distance of twelve miles. Shrieking women were dragged from second story windows by pale husbands, and, with their chil dren carried to places of safety. Real estate and chat tels of all descriptions found a common level in the moat approved democratic style*. Trunks, picture-frames, old bonnets that had hung on pegs for years, until the cob webs had made a lining for were hustled from the upper stories, and nothing less than an instantaneous photograph would do justice to their motley aspect. » The Susquehanna was also swollen fearfully at Perry vilie ; the track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore road was washed away, and the mails'thereby considerably delayed. The number of “special de spatches’? for the sensation press , thus interfered with was immense. Their loss,.however, was our gain. Tim trains will be running as usual to-day. There was no truth in the report that one of the bridges on tHs route had been carriidawayby the storm. • , Military Matters in and arotjnd the City,—The Rtrggoid Light Artillery of Reading have signified their desire to enter the service again,"and have' written to the Secretary of War to that effect. Ninety-, odd names have thusfar been placed upon the rdU,'and" in the letter addressed to the Secretary of War they stated that their ranks would be filled immediately If the Government would consent to give them a regular army r officer tor h commander, and allow them to use the tamn ' Pieces of artillery which formerly belonged tofthemi -We learn that their offer has been accepted. "The guns'are at the Washington Arsenal, and are not at the present - time in use, and no regular officer would hesitate to ac cepi the command of such a well-drilled company. Capfc. James McKnightj theirold commander; is how iiTlhe regular service, and could without detriment be detailed to 'the, command. - . /Harrfeon M. James, a son,©f R»ac,T. James, Eeq.rof -Reading, who went toCaiifdrhia 'niw" the. adjutant of a regiraentoCUniou troops raised in" that. to serve in the war for the.Union,..' •, ‘ . :1T * f v-The Ringgold Regiment aADoyleriown has beennnra , bere&the4lHth;-qf .&e^ ; Penlisylya£aajiiie,.’sshichwfll be * upcm the flag presented. >y Ms tho. ; ,??-JS >._r.-4ri TTTTT^rcH!!* regiment, wMphbasbeen encamped -near Lebanon for a month or mbrc,'is expected tomove' to the seat of war in a ISwdaya. • > Two of Mr. Thatcher, the sash' and door manu- at Chester, one of whom was slightly wounded to the breast, were s in the late disastrous battle to our* &!TW^J taoai * yoTmg man named Kenny, s®Jved a portion of Mb education at .the Media lnstitute, was also in it, and was drowned while attempting to swim back/to the, man nmned from Haverford, a.hephew rf'- Charles Johnson, of that township, belonging to Com- ‘ w y> we, are informed, one of but ten who **“*!*/ said company in the above fight, and th'st - anothei-from Kelley ville was killed. ««bfoeu yeara,wbo ni killed at 21st tflhmo, will be buried this morn “£ fi 60 ., 0 dock MajortieneraiPleasonton has ordered out a portion of the Home Guard as a mUiteryescort. , messrs. Cox A Co., of Lancaster, have procured a con tract tor building one hundred army wagons. The arcbe the tot material,and workmanship, and be ready for delivery by the tot of December next. _ Appointments by Governor Curtin Dr. fUh^i'vra? 1 S heB^ r ’ i“ beBn “PPotatei surgßon for Colonel Toluatoere. Bov. John McCoaker hag been appointed or the Go vernor chaplain to theUinely-fifth (Colonel Goslino’s) re- T)™ iV D S w ,’ una ? r ““MiWng orders tor the seat of war. r “ n ha . ot - ,he Catholic church at Etaabethtown, and la distinguished for his zed and Iw?!*—nSS Quimby, of Reading, it ia understood, will ”v^^^£ ap } a “.°f,? eY - J - McCarter’s regbnSit. Peale, of tine city, has been madoagSattot Borgeonin the Pennsylvania volunteer corps. i STorrow Knoj, of Bamettown, who wag ap- to an-aeststotßurgeoncy a few weeks ago, has Inßentncky 10 Colonel Cake e Hinety-Sixtb Regiment. How Stands the Army Vote—Al&omli no officml re turns of the army vote have yet been™ SSi * & t\t frau.i . "Huruf record of the vote HU the poaseßstono^ a document ■ Beiimejit P * V*' of Y 9«®P«»y A,j£ight£! r»'RSrT’4 Y*» (Cameron Light. Goards^V v al «L~. ’ °4SS? O ?- I - , o' H i l duABD. •■ > ...J 'Sattirflaj'. morning tue body of a female one month old; toss 'Sweeny’s lot, at Seventh. and Fitzwater streets. ThelitfiecM-psewas very neatly dressed in fine linen was wrapped «p In an. old sheet. There . ; weieno%iarks of violence-visible. The renoalns-were remqjed jpj the Second district police station, where i heid.&aahQ.u&st. .. ; : v Naval Affairs—Tlie State o/gZ^T^ taken from the dry dock at the navy jnnt „„ '* "as and the Brooklyn trill be placed on the dock t j The eloop-of war Tmcarora received her ' ‘ and stores on Saturday and will make a tn*i * ■ r c 'd. the week. " x *»4uti u : The British brig Ariel was brought into nor* * morning, in charge of a prize crew. 'She trai r off Frying-pan shoals while trying to rim th* at Charleston, Her cargo consists of 2,4*5 wu*. r k &U She was seized by the United States Kttn-boawV* from which a prize crew was pnt onboard. A contract has been made in this city f or tU i of an iron-clad frigate for the United States Un ? The laying of the keel has been commenced at K niT,|, -nt. ton, and it is expected that the vessel will b*. r J?V n ?- and ready for sea in eight month?. .The 240 feet long, 68 feet beam T and 30 feet depth 0 J' I “ L * The plates of iron with which she is to be clad v. ;« 1,15 be 20 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 4j£ incline The spar deck will be of iron, and the guns wtfi L on the lower deck. Her armament will consist of of the largest sized rilled cannon. The hnU of f < . will be of the most substantial character, b« rtV i iv * being very heavy, and placed close together r,., strength. The contract for the building of the gnnbnat T j, was awarded to a firm in West Chester, and tlin i>ss, ‘ 7 will soon be ready to hand over to the Government V engines have already been tried with great Tb ‘‘ Suburban Affairs.—Thirty bbls. of were killed in the Susquehanna, below Havre^i e .G r Monday last—-that day being the commencement n ‘ shooting season—by gunners from sink-boats' - m ~y Vni ' in The river. They were sent by railroad to phia, New York, and other Korthera cities . table trade is carried on every fall and winter hv „ Pmri ' who live at Havre-de-Grace, and follow tw> T-.m*'* 11 * ducks formarket. f >f Messrs. Bahill & Malone have been awarded the tract for constructing the now turnpike, leailitm r° n ' Marietta to Mount Joy. The contractors have i3r commenced their preparations for the work. All the manufactories in West Chester, now in on* tion, are running fall time on Government work u-* notice, among the mills actively employed, are thin Benjamin Gartside & Son, Samuel Bccles, John GartlV r James Campbell, and Abraham Blakeley, AU thp SW *’ chineryin these factories is nm to its utmost camS®’ Mr. Eccles’ establishment has been in operation r,- and day, Sundays excepted, for the past three The de®b turned ont by these mflls is a superior a»T i ‘ and is mostly used for making overcoats for the soldio*^ The large paper-mill of Moses McHenry, in East tingham township, Chester count?*, was destroy*?! fire, on Monday lost The fire was discovered »L , four o’clock In the morning. Sir. McHenry and hr °‘ >u * bad just prepared and started a load of paper for w? mingtou, when the mill was observed to be on fire tS supposition is that the fire originated from thedrn apparatus, and that it had been burning there ztu Saturday night, but owing to its.being so closely r* fined, it made no headway until the draught got 4 ,' opening the door in the morning. The mill, with al -7 contents, waa entirely destroyed. There was an it IU ranee on it of about *5,000. John H. Brinton, one of the former editors of the ,r,f fersmian, has been fined for an assanit (in August i,„. on the editor of the Chester County Times. a California Restaurants.— We copy from Hie San Francisco Mirror, of the 9th of October a r, items from the bill of fare of the Clipper Restaurant that city,- as an example to some of our Philadelphia tauranta-T-shewing the very low prices charged in »h» metropolis of the Golden state-. “ ““• Soups— Stock tnrtle, oyster, mutton broth, vwtabi. Y-rmicelli, boniUoD, chicken, oxtail, Scotch, musmli 12c each. Roast —Beef, real, pork, mutton, 12c each’tarfcpv chicke»,£sc each; dnek, venison, 12c each; beef am! inafbee, 12c; beef and onior * to “ . Entrees —Stewed chicken, chicken pie, chfrfcpn r*i leasee, breastoflamb, ’(breamed,) 12c caca. In * .. snipe, broiled teal dack, 25c each -h.Shalt*—Cooked to -order—Rread and potatoes with meats'yfree of charge— Porter-house steak, 37 c • tender loin,i sirloin, 12c each: beef steak, beef steak and onionA mutton chop, do. breaded, pork chop, do. breaded re 2 r cutlet, do. breaded, 12c each; Wiener snitzel. 25c • |j ver (broiled or fried,) tripe, (plain or in batter,) sansaeea! "bacon, (broiled or fried,) dry hash, ham, (fried or bmiu .ed;).22s.e&cli.~ - Cold meats, all kinds, 12c each. Ship Timber for ora Nats Yard.—Nearly all of tfle oak timber now used at the imvy y broughtfrom Chester count,. Hr. Wm. Johnson, pro prietor of a steam saw and planing mill in Hew Garden Is how engaged in filling a contract for over 400,000 f.-J of such timber: 160,000 feet of it has already heen sawed, and brought to this city, via the Baltimore Cen tral road. The.principal part is plank, from tiro to sir inches in thickness. The supply of logs for the miii comes from the townships along the railroad, principally from Xondongrore. The trees are measured in the woods. A tree that trill cut a thousand feet is worth ten dollars. Some trees ent two thousand feet, which, of course, is worth twenty dollars. One tree purchased from Wm. Underwood, on Elk creek, will cut three thonsand feet. The gangs of wood-choppers are also employed in the neighborhood by Mr. Barrett, of. Wilmington. These men are brought up in the timber regions of the Eorth and understand the art and mystery of hewing lo“» They cot and dress immense logs for keels, kelsons, on