TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 5, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGJLAS.—“ The conspiracy
O'llhil tip the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can he bnt two sides
to the controversy. Every man mnst be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There con bo
None bnt patriots and traitors.”
The Exchange of Prisoners.
The letter Of “ Occasional,’- in The Press
of this morning, will attract attention on ac
count of the manner in which he grapples
with the great question of the necessity ef
adopting the system of exchanging prisoners.
This is an issue of transcendant yet delicate
importance, and one which has been so ex
clusively discussed in private circles, that a
writer who has the nerve to give it the benefit
of a public and thorough discussion is entitled
to consideration and respect.
THE LATEST AVAR NEWS
We have important intelligence this morning
from Kentucky and Westers Virginia. The com
mand of General Kelson on reaching the rebel
camp at Prestonburg, found that the enemy'had
fallen back about six miles, being evidently 'un
willing to risk a battle at that point.
Floyd has attacked the camp of (tenoral Kosc-
Crans, but it is being gallantly defended by the
Union forces, and very little damage had at last
advices been done by the enemy.
A report has been telegraphed from Springfield.
Mo., that the officers who are the special favorites
of Fremont are very much incensed by the Tumors
of his removal. Someofthem.it is said, are silly
and wicked enough to threaten a revolt.
(The 2Jew York B.irprcss of last evening S&J9 Ihut
Captain Ashley, of the schooner Andromeda,
which arrived at New York yesterday afternoon,
from Havana, reports seeing, off Hattcras, ou
•Thursday! last, at a fleet of thirty- steam
ers, bound south, No sailing vessels were in sight
at the time. The wind was very fresh, from south
west.
. This statement, it is to he noted, ddu Agree
with the report of Captain Hall, of British brig
James Sutler* at Baltimore—that the fleet passed
Hattcras On Wednesday sight. As the fleet left
Hampton Roaus early Tuesday morning, it aei 1 -
tsinlyhad time to get beyond Hatteras by Thurs
day night —and we incline to the belief, therefore,
that the captain of James Butler is correct. The
french ship ifewr i also arrived yesterday from Ha
vana, reports a heavy gale from oast-south-eftst on
Saturday. Such of her Mils as were not carried
aw&y were split and otherwise damaged.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Evening Post says:
‘‘•The rebels above us. just this side of Edwards’
Ferry, have been making some capital shots of
late across the Potomac- One of them, on Friday
night, lodged in one of the camps of the Pennsyl
vania artillery regiment* severely wounding one of
the artillerists. This kind of practice is continually
kept up by both sides, above aud below "Washing
ton. Some of our Parrott guns opposite Shipping
Point have been throwing shells at the rebel
eteniner George jVg*, some of them exploding
dirtily wuThkt. The r«bels began the game
long ago, and are vainly endeavoring to stop the
erection of batteries on the Maryland shore by the
Government troops. According to the latest re
ports from the lower counties of Maryland, our
troops are very busy in throwing up earthworks,
aud are not so much afraid of sending a shell or
cannon-ball across to the enemy as they were ten
days ago. That the rebels tmre collected and con
structed & large number of boats is true, but there
ts no danger uf their making any attempt to cross
over into Maryland upon them. The rebel gene
rals are too shrewd for that.” *
The Springfield (111.) Journal thus notices a re
jort, in the Cincinnati that General fro.
mo&t challenged Adjutant General Thomas to fight
a duel when General Thomas was in Missouri,
and gays:
“If it is tree that Gen. Fremont did actually
challenge Gen. Thomas to deadly combat, our opi
nion of the man sinks lower than ever. Not be
cause not be circumstances under which
a'gentleman-may be excused, if not justified, for
sending a hostile message; but because, situated as
Fremont was. at the head of an army, ig th§
roy’a country, and expecting a battle at almost
every moment, his first duty to his soldiers and to
his Government was to take care of himself.
■\Vbftt were his petty personal quarrels to the
great and pressing business which he was ap
poiit?d and commissioned to perform ? What
were the ‘ outrages and false charges’ (if
they be such) made against him, that
they demanded such immediate attention ?
Why not fiist finish up the urgent work upon
which tie was engaged, and then, if he have pep
Bonal insults to resent, or personal wrongs to avenge,
attend to. them at his leisure ? His conduct in
thus exhibiting such a testy humor, and demand
ing satisfaction in the face of the enemy for actual
or imaginary grievances is not merely puerile,
hut, under, the circumstances, criminal and reck
less. No true general, fully conscious of the re
sponsibility of bis position, tvhile loading his army
out against.the enemy, would have made such an
csiiibilionof himself,
“ As we understand it, thesafety of the army de
pends, in a very great degree, upon the safety of
the general. For the same reason that a general
ooxnmatidiog ought not recklessly to expose himself
in battle ty the fije yf the fee, he Ought not to allow
himself to he made a target for a duellist’s pistols.
General Fremont, if he is correctly reported, has
been guilty of a very great weakness. He has shown
himself, by his lack of prudence, unfitted for the
responsible position which he occupies. General
net only did right in declining his c.lial
lenge; hut he ought to have had him court-mar
tialed for unofficer-like conduct.”
A correspondent at (lamp Wildcat, Kentucky,
just after the battle, gives the following end, but
interesting account of tbe Tennesseans in and out
it the Wildcat Battle:
“Two regiments of East Tennessee refugees
left Camp Dick Robinson, forty-four miles dis
tant, tli£. fiiorbiag before the battle, and had
reached a place for encampment two miles and
a balf from the field, when the night attack
was heard-- Though much debilitated by sick
ness, and worn down by the length of the march,
they started at tho firing, and a,mi up at n doable
quick, ready and eager for action. But alt was
now quiet, and the poor fellows were sadly disap
pointed. Going over the battle-field next day,
they found -among tbe rebel dead many ac
quaintances, neighbors, souring, brothers, «b<l, In
one instance, a father. Had they urrived a few
hours earlier, they would bare met them ou tbc
field of carnage. ’Such arc the fruits of this mise
rable rebellion.”
Hos. J. If.- (Juggle (late Consul at Antwerp)
and family, who came over in the Arago, reached
this city on Saturday last, and are stopping at the
St. Lawrence Hotel. Mr. Quiggle ably represented
our country abroad, and at tbe very commencement
of our troubles came out nobly on the side of the
Government. We believe it is his intention to tako
up his residence in this city.
Hlasko's Gymnasium.— This daj\the newly-re
fitted Gymnasium of Hlasko’s Natatorium and
Physical Institute, 219 South Broad street, will be
aptßcd, for terpwiivßi tv the press anil the public,
between the hours of 4 and 9 P. M. Mr. Hlasko,
who has just introduced the Russian or Turkish
Baths into this city, has done more then any other
of our fellow-citizens to promote and extend tljc
advantages of physical education.
The Library of the jate Joseph P. Engles, Esq.,
will be sold this evening and to-morrow, at Thomas
& Sou’ Auction Rooms. See catalogues nnd ad
vertisements.
Sales by Thos. Birch A Sox, Auctioneers.—
Household Furnilurc —At the uuction storo, this
morning, at 10 o’clock.
Sale at China Hall —Wednesday. Catalogues
now ready.
Piano fortes. —Friday, at 12 o'clock, at auction
Large Positive Sale or Boots. Shoes, Bro
gans, Travelling-bags, Ac. —The early attention
of purchasers is requested to the large assortment
of boots, shoes, brogans, gum shoes, caps, travelling
bags, Ac. i also, stock goods, and an invoice of boots
slightly imperfect, embracing a general assortment
of desirable seasonable goods, to be peremptorily
sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morn
ing, at 10 o'clock, by Myers, OlAghorr., A 0».,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market street.
Charles R babe’s New Novel, “The
Cloister and the Hearth. ■’ —Mr. ftogfig tjß9
here written an historical novel that Is pleasant and
touching to read. There is a power, a clear, vivid
life of description, and a real pathos in the last
scenes of the booh, an insight into the ways of a
distant generation, an analysis and .portraiture of
character, which mal.L* this story not unworthy io
tnke a place beside the historical romances of
Scott. * * * It is scarcely necessary to say
that a work hv Mr. Reade, which extends to four
volumes, is full of those affectations and quaint
nesses in which he delights. * * * let the
general Impression it leaves is that of a very un
usual degree of originality, pathos, and force. It
is full of learning, of pictorial truthfulness, of
shrewd refleotipn, and of happy touches. Few
novels arc so likely to tnke a strong hold, not only
cf the imagination, but of tha memory of the
reader, and this is a "great success in the line of his
torical romance. # St it We compare this booh
with the novels of Walter Scott—and It deserves to
be compared with them. —Jsondmt Sat- Review.
The New Jersey Tragedy.
About one o'clock this morning, Mrs. Marks, one
of the parties arrested on suspicion of being impli
cated in the ir'ellner murder, and the sister of At
bertinr Fluim, attempted to commit suicide in the
Eighth-ward station-house, under the following
circumstances. Mrs. Marks, it appears, has been j
closely watched siuce her sister committed suicide, ;
and a woman has constantly kept her company in
.her cell.
Between half past twelve and one o’clock this
merning, Mrs. Marks seated lierself on a lounge, ,
in her cell, ahd, placing her arms over the back,
■wrapped herself in her shawl. About one o'clock, I
the doorkeeper entered her cell, and observing a
email spot of blood on the prisoner's bands, he at
once approached her, and, removing her shawl,
discovered that she had cut the arm lying over the
hack of the lounge with a small penknife.
. The blade of the knife was short and dull, or the .
woman would undoubtedly have injured herself
fatally. As it is, no danger is apprehended.
The knife it is supposed she concealed beneath
her under-clothing when she was searched in tha
station-house.— lV. Y. Con.mercial Advertiser of .
yesterday.
The Speech of General Peel, !>I. P.
A speech by General Peet., M. P., appears
in the London Times, just received, of the date
of October 1 fith. The speech referred to wag
delivered in Huntingdonshire, on the occasion
of an agricultural dinner, the Earl of Sand
wich being in the chair, and a number of
influential and titled gentlemen occupying
places at the board.
General I’kel, hitherto unknown to cis-At
lantic fame, appears to have been the member
in Parliament for the borough of Huntingdon,
though his address is remarkable only as an
avowal of the utter ignorance of himself and
the English people at large, upon the true
issues entering into this American war. Ha
ving uttered a lament upon war in the ab
stract, and having deprecated tins in particu
lar, the General, amid many encouragements
of “hear, hear!” proceeded to eulogize llie
Times correspondent, and dwell upon the bad
discipline of our soldiery. He said:
“If soldiers —and I belie vetho American volun
teers are second to none—be hot put under officers
in whom they place 'Confidence, the best army is
but a rabble. J Hear, hear.] We have all heard of
troops who. never know when they are beaten.
[Hear, hear.J I have read elaborate essays, written
lor the purpose of showing that the Duke of Wel
lington was beaten at Waterloo, but could not be
induced to believe it—[laughter] —but it appears
that with the Amerioan officers it is exactly tnc re
verse. They know when they are whipped well
enough—[laughter]—but it appears tome that they
do Dot know when they win. [ Hear.] At least, if
they ds, their greatest vieleries have never been
attended with any results. What the warts all
ahoat Ido not very well know. If the object of
the North were to put down slavery , they would
hare my sympathy —[hear, hear] — but , as far as
ire cull learn, that does not appear to be their ob
ject.’ However, be that as it may, I. for ono, must
express my hope that this American war may soon
be put an end to." |Hear, bear.]
A strange jargon of ignorance, frankness,
justice, and prejudice is comprehended in these
admissions. And with General Peel the
English masses know neither the causes nor
the objects of our struggle. If this were a
war for emancipation wc might “ have their
sympathy.*’ If it were a crusade looking only
toward freedom in the end, though in viola
tion of sacred compacts, and reckless of the
means to be employed, we might hope for
tlicir countenance, perhaps their support.
But as a crisis involving security, nationality,
nnd a republican government, they are at a
loss to know “ wlmt it is all about.” Since it
docs not mean liberty for some millions of
black men, they sec no reason for the con
tinuance of liberty to more than twenty mil
lions of white men. And, because abolition
was not the spirit and object of tho war, they
are contented to deplore our condition in altcr
dinner recreations, and hope, for humanity’s
sake, that we will soon ground our arms, and
be a peaceful and divided continent. But
why establish freedom for the African if the
freedom of the Caucasian cannot bo preserved ?
If self-government bo a failure in our case,
can it be less so if established for millions of
serfs ? The idea that our arms uphold is
broader than tlicir paltry philanthropy ; for it
includes the final settlement ol the great ques
tion of freedom for all mankind. If the world
must relapse into despotism, it would be cruel
to lift those nlvondy slaves into a le mjtoraiy
enjoyment. Let them and us, therefore, he
the creatures of kings, and this revolution de
cide our common fate.
Such is the philosophy of General Peel,
and the gentry assembled throw up their hats
and shout “ hoar, hoar!” But may we hope,
for tlio credit of the English people, that a con
viction of our heroism, and interest in this
war, will soon be experienced. We have
notiling to hope from the Times and its cor
respondent hut misrepresentation and opposi
tion. Tho English people, with a love of liberty
innate, have but to bo conscious that our homes,
our flag, our capital, our honor rest upon
the triumph of our arms, and they xvlll cheer
us across the water. There is no hope for tho
black man hut in our success. Division will
be fatal to him and to us, and while in good
time— perhaps not far distant—the wish of
General Peel and the gentry in respect to the
negro may be gratified, it would be well if the
charity of both extended to those of thoir own
huo who are fighting out, at bitter odds, the
vindication of their freedom and their
Government.
Another Grievance
Captain Jervis, an English officer, who was
employed in this country under the British
Board of Ordnance] in 1855, and is now M. P.
for the borough of Harwich, has been speechi
fying at a Tory dinner gathering in Essex.
He touched upon the American question, of
course, saying that the imports of eotton from
the South amounted to thirty-five million
pounds sterling, and the value of the cotton
manufactured to £50,000,000. Moreover, he
suggested that our Civil War would soon place
a pipe out of the reach of his auditors, as, in
1860, the tobacco imported from America
into England was twenty-six million pounds,
whereas not one pound could now be eiponted
from the same source. There may, therefore,
he a tobacco as well as a cotton grievance.
Cotton enters England duty-free, but as to
bacco pays a duly of thirty- four cents a pound,
Queen Yictoria’s revenue is likely to suffer
very materially. Another (British) reason for
breaking the blockade!
Public Amusements.
Herrmann’s Soirees de Prestidigitation.
—Mr. Herrmann, of whoso priy§tc editorial seance
at the Continental Hotel, and public debut at the
Academy, we gave lengthened notices, continues to
attract increasing audiences each evening of his ap
pearance at the Academy of Music, from the sim
ple fact that each of his auditors unwittingly be
comes an advertisement of his prestidigitorial skill.
His marvellous tact in manipulation, the rapidity
and certainty with which he effects his experi
ments, nail the certainly with which the results aro
produced, we have previously alluded to; but his
saroir faire, and refined elegance of style, must
be seen to be appreciated. Herrmann is no em
piric or Gommon conjuror, but an artist in his line.
This and to-morrow evening will be the last of his
inaugural programme, as on Thursday he produces
an entirely new one, without repetition of any of
his present experiments. Xh? public should bear
this in mind.
Continental Theatbe. —That the legitimate
drama, legitimately produced, has a claim upon
the popular heart, nono con deny in view of the
immense audience" that congregated last night to
witness the representation of Brians by Mr. E. L.
Davenport, Cassius by Mr. J. W. Wallack, and
JSlarc Antony by Mr. William Wheatley. Had the
inferior drama —by which we mean the subordinate
personages, displays, processions, sceneries, etc.—•
been of corresponding magnitude, we should have
witnessed an unequalled performance of "Julius
Os&s&f.” As it was, the three characters so en
grossed attention that the people were oblivi
ous of many shortcomings of scenery and su
pernumerary. A press of news-matter forbids
tbe extended notice which this combination de
served. Particularly should we wish to make
notice of. the relative claims of Mr. Davenport and
Mr. Wallack. In many respects the men were
types of the characters they] assumed. Brjitus,
with conscious, dignity, weiring in hie piiirid fane
the raetitnde within, and having weighed all mo
tives and cast his purpose, resigned, but not reck
less, found a fit embodiment in Mr. Davenport.
Cassius, calculating in his uudjft, hconor at hate
than close in love, and reckless, Where resolved,
either of reputation or of life, was one of the
type of characters which Mr. Wallack loves to
portray. With more power than Mr. Daven
port, Mr. Wallack haa less judgment. The one is
angular and native both of form, diction, and move
ment ; the other polished, modulated, and soholar
ly. Mr. Wallack is by temperament adapted to
-the poiiit&l, S&ntehtioiis speecii of Cassius ; bat
Mr. Davenport not less bo to the calm, superior in
tonations of “the noMe Brutus." Cassias anfl
Wallack are instinctively recognized as envious
»n. 4 passionate conspirators ; hut Brntns and
Davenport have the placid faces and pure tones of
the patriot and sage. These characteristics were
developed—the one by Cassius in the second
scene of the first Act, the other by Brutus in
his speech to the Edob during Act the third.
Cassius (or rather Wallack) was stealthy, crafty,
and designing, given to passionate expletives, a
scornful lip, fitful gestures and advances, and that
multiplicity of words by which evil passions are in>
variably expressed.
Brutus , disdaining to make a public mob the ar
biter of his acts, and, having calmly and briefly
spoken, as gravely retiring, was the embodiment,
in Mr. fiavenport’s hands, of the stately Homan
who sacrificed his friend to the public good. With
Mr. Wheatley, of old a favorite in the part of An
tony, the two tragedians were loudly applauded
during the evening- We dull see them to-night,
in the great characters of Ot/ie/lo and la-go.
Walnut street Theatbe.— Mr. Proctor, as
Virginias, last evening, was welcomed back to
Philadelphia by Ms eld admififs. Meiirs. -Rich
ings and Adams divided tbe applause with
him.
Signor Blits. —lt is pleasant to return to our
first delights and witness the manipulations of fq.
miliar Signor Blitz, with Bobby,” tbe learned
birds, and the thonsand-and-one tricks wherewith
the Signor pleases both staid and young people. It
may as well be confessed that Signor Blitz, after
years of publicity, is still the most versatile, ori
ginal, and amnsing of all the sleight-of-hand per
formere. As such, he deserves the renewal of po
pular favor that he has always obtained. Jdo givos
fi'ghtly performtmte!.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL."
Washington, Nov. 4,1861.
There is one thought which is so deeply en
shrined in the popular heart—so repeatedly
and anxiously discussed at thousands of hearth
stones, that it is no longer possible to prevent
its formal and public expression. There arc
so many sacred interests involved in it, that
the theories of diplomacy must give way
before it, precisely as all mere plausibilities
subside in the presence of a stern and inexora
ble necessity. I allude to the question ol ex
changing the patriotic soldiers of the Republic,
now prisoners in the seceded States, for tho
rebel prisoners of the Federal Government.
The allegation that, if our Government shall
agree to this exchange, it will thereby recog
nize the rebellion, sinks into utter insignifi
cance when contrasted with the overwhelming
arguments which demand generous and can
did action pn the part of our authorities.
Before proceeding to discuss this idea of
recognition, (which, I think, can bo satisfac
torily disposed of,) let us calmly review the rea
sons that should weigh with the President and
his Cabinet in deliberating upon this question.
The first duty of a Government engaged in a
war Of sueli magnitude as that which lias
aroused the enthusiasm of our own people,
and ilie sympathies of the civilized world, is
to see that every honorable advantage is
secured to the brave men who are fighting our
battles. This is no rosewater war, in which
no lives are to he lost and no prisoners taken.
This war is no rivalry between an overwhelm
ing force, myriad handed and irresistible,
against a puny and contemptible set of fugi
tives, but a struggle between two great
armies— the one contending for tlm existence
of the only free Government on God’s foot
stool, and the other lighting with demoniac
desperation to give organization and effect to
a stupendous, treasonous leaders stimulated
by the fear that defeat will be their own anni
hilation, and their followers fired with the in
fatuation that they arc battling in a righteous
cause. If OUl 1 preparations are immense, SO
are theirs. 'Whatever may be said, all ad
mit that they have achieved some im
portant successes, and arc capable of
achieving more, and thus that the chances
of war, in spite of all the precautions we can
take, will enable them to overpower detach
ments of our troops, and gain possession of
other Union prisoners. Tho national army
numbers nearly half a million of men, who
have voluntarily risked their lives in defence
of the Government} and aro willing to cj:psse
themselves to the direful hazards of the battle
field—who have sacrificed tho comforts of
peaceful, and, in many cases, luxurious homes
—and who, in turn, have a right to demand
that they will he shielded from all unneces
sary privations—that they will not bo exposed
to any dangers from which troops in the
service of any ether nation are exempt—
and that whatever steps the Administration
can take, consistent with a vigorous prosecu
tion of the war, to protect them, shall be cheer
fully taken.
The flag they follow should be their pano
ply and their bulwark in every peril. As it
covers and strengthens the citizen in peace, so
should it cover and strengthen the citizen in
war. It has been truly said, that, unless wc
establish a system of exchanging prisoners,
the patriotic soldier goes into the conflict witij
many chances against him, and the very flag
lie adores is of little practical use to him. He
may lose liis life. lie may be wounded, taken
prisoner, and thrown into the hands of an in.
furiated enemy, left to die, uncared for, or he
may be captured, and sent, in good health, to
a crowded den, subject to all the ills that
“ flesh is heir to”—disease, starvation, want
of clothing, and every manner of opprobrium.
It is notorious that, whether because of tho
malignity of the rebels, or because they had no
medicines to administer to OUr sick prisoners,
many of these gallant fellows have perished
since they have been carried into the seceded
States. Some have fallen victims to the ty
phoid and other fevers, and many more have
been conveyed through Richmond, to different
points, objects of the insolent curiosity of
those who came to gaze and laugli at the
“ Yankee ” captives.
Now, when we attempt to realize the feel
ings of these brave men, we can easily sym
pathize with the remark of one of them, who
said that, unless tho principle af suahaaglhg
prisoners is adopted, ho would prefer death
to a capture by the Secession hordes ; but wc
can much more readily imagine the feelings
or thousands ,of loyal families who are inte
rested in'.the gallant men still confined in the
pestilential jails of the South—who pray for
their return, who wonder why they «rc net
released, who do not stop to discuss tho fine
drawn speculations of theoretic statesmen,
-irire ask each other, day and night, what have
our husbands, fathers, sons, and ferytiigra done
that they are deprived of the benefit of a
custom that has been recognized whenever
civilized peoples have been at war. For in
stance, what an irresistible appeal ean be made
to the passions and prejudices of these deeply
interested parties by a malignant enemy of
the cause when he tells them that nearly seven
hundred Americans were taken prisoners at
the blundering .reconnaissance or battle of
Ball’s Bluff—a mistake not theirs! It was
their duty to obey orders. It w r as their glory
to fight. It was the fate of some to die under
the focmau’s fire—others to perish in tho
treacherous deep, others to fall into the hands
of the victorious enemy.
There is one way, at least, partially to atone
for this bloody blunder, this monstrous mis
take. At a moderate estimate, ten thousand of
your own people are directly interested in the
release of tho Philadelphia portion of our troops
connected with the California regiment, taken
prisoners on the occasion referred to. Ac-
OOVdifig t 6 thd official statement, only - eighteen
of these men were killed in actual battle; of
the remainder, many were lost in attempt
ing to cross the river; others wore captured
wounded and bleedingand others, still, were
captured’unhurt, and sent forward to the dens
at Richmond waiting their reception. It
would he, I think, a sorry return for the me
morable valor of these heroic men, if tho
wounded were permitted to die in these stifling
prisons, and the healthy were left to the rava
ges of certain disease; Let thorn bo released
by an honorable exchange. Let the rebels,
now confined, comfortably and hospitably
treated, near Boston, who were taken at Hat
terns inlet, he sent back, if you please, to re
new their war in favor of a dishonored cause,
and let the insulted, half-starved, and badly
clothed, patriotic soldiers, still held by the
rebel leaders, W returned to the army, that
they may renew their glorious efforts in favor
of our imperishable cause. Thus would not
only Ball’s Blufi' be partially atoned for, but
the same spirit manifested in reference to
other prisoners Would carry joy to thousands
of loyal hearts; give back to us some of the
choicest jewels of our army; thrill the army
itself with new enthusiasm; make the Ad into
nistration more popular; stimulate enlist
ments; help forward the loan; and crush out
the miserable insinuations of the internal trai
tors, who are charging that the President and
his Cabinet are, for tho sake of mere theory,
forgetting and sacrificing some of the purest
and noblest of our champions.
New let us consider the argument of those
who contend that an exchange of prisoners
would result in an injudicious recognition of
the Southern rebellion. The desirability of
the accomplishment &f that end is univcrsally.re
cognized by our soldiers and statesmen. The
subject has repeatedly attracted the attention of
our Government, in various shapes, and some of
our commanders have assumed the responsi
bility of independent action in reference to it.
When Gen. McClellan captured a large body of
rebel prisoners in Wcstern Virginia, the Ad
ministration directed, as it had previously done
with a company of Secession cavalry, surprised
near Alexandria, that the prisoners should be
released on taking the oath of allegiance —a
condition that has been of little or no benefit
to onr cause. Since then, when a small body
of the Union prisoners were released at Rich
mond, our Government evinced its anxiety to
secure the release of the remainder by promptly
setting at liberty an equal number of Secession
prisoners. Brigadier General John A. McCler
lliUidi in command at Cairo, Illinois, a short
time ago voluntarily proposed to General
Polk, in command of the rebel lorces at Co
lumbus, K cntucky, to unconditionally deliver
liis Secession prisoners—an offer which was at
once responded to by his opponent. General
Evans, in command of the forces near Lees- .
burg, Virginia, in reply to a letter from Gen.
Stone, requesting information in regard t 6 the
disposition which had been made of the Union
prisoners captured at. the late battle, stated
that he would immediately communicate with
the rebel Government in relation to their ex
THE PR ESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,s 1861.
change, nnd on Friday last a lieutenant of the
United States navy arrived here from his pri
son in Richmond, to make an urgent appeal in
favor of the release of his recent companions
in misfortune. The only thing that prevents
those who direct tiie operations of both armies
from effect ing the object they profess mutually
to have in view, is the diplomatic question in
volved in the official recognition of tho rebel
conspiracy. Bnt have not all the negotiations
alluded to indirectly recognized the overmaster
ing necessity of an exchange of prisoners ? Is it
right, on a mere point of diplomatic etiquette,
to unnecessarily jeopardize the lives of many
of our bravest and noblest sons ? The Exi
gencies of the war have rendered absolutely
imperative tho frequent interchange of flags
of truce, n still more direct recognition of the
belligerent attitude of the conspiracy. Since,
therefore, whatever principle is involved in
this point lias been repeatedly abandoned,
what practical benefit can he derived from a
further persistent assertion of it ? There is
scarcely an important camp along our whole
line from which flags of truco have not at
some time been sent forth or received. At
Fortress Monroe, it is no uncommon oc
currence for small rebel steamers to run
within the very shadow of its walls, and to
flannt the rebel flag, accompanied by the
military symbol of peace, immediately be
neath our own glorious ensign. Any ar
rangement we can make to mitigate the hor
rors of the war, as a warlike necessity, cannot
he construed into a political recognition of the
so-enlled Confederate Government. There U a
wide difference between the formal acknow
ledgment of the military power of a rebel
lion and an official recognition of the indc
pendenoo of the States which maintain It.
European nations already talk of the so-called
Southern Confederacy as a formidable belli
gerent, even while they refuse to admit it into
the family of nations.
There is, therefore, so much to gain and so
little to lose by an exchange of prisoners, that
I hope a system will very soon be adopted by
which the prisoners who belong to your city
and to other loyal portions of the country
may be returned to the army or to their
friends. Occasional.
LATEST NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON.
NO FURTHER MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY.
THE BURNING OF A MlhlTAltY HOSPITAL.
IMPORTANT FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
GEN. ItOSECRANS SURROUNDING FLOYD
TIIE WHEREABOUTS OF GEN. PRICE.
DISSATISFACTION AMONG TIIE OFFICERS.
They Threnten to Resign and Make
A review was arranged for to-day, in which
three brigades were to drill on Halls Hill; hilt the
storm has left the roads in bad condition, in con
sequence ot which the review has keen postponed.
The army is quiet, and there arc no movements
reported to-day at headquarters. The Pennsyl
vania Reserves continue at their encampment, this
side of Drainsville, and are reported to-day in fine
condition.
Up to neon to-day neither tho Navy Department
nor the Star office had reoeived any definite intel
ligence of its precise whereabouts since the .re
ceipt of tbc news brought by au English captain,
who passed it, sailing along in good condition, and
in fine weather, off Cape Hatteras, on Wednesday
A. M. last, at daybreak. The recent terriblestorm
commenced here at six P. M. on Friday, and at
Old Point Comfort nt two P. M. of the sums day.
Thus, if it extended south to the latitude in which
the fleet must have been, it struck it (tbe fleet) at
least two, if.n'ot three hundred miles south of Hat
teras. But, judging from the direction and cha
racter of the winds prevailing here before, during,
and immediately after the storm, nautical men be
lieve that tho gale commenced about in the latitude
of Hatteras, and that little of it reached as far east
as the fleet must liaTC been by Friday morning last
by daybreak. Hence there is no apprehension felt
at the Navy Department that the recont storm may
have seriously endangered or injured the fleet.
As by tost evening or this forenoon the fleet may
have proceeded as far off as the mouths of the
Mississippi, if the storm did not throw down the
telegraph wires south, the probability is that the
Richmond papers of Ibis morning announce its ap
pearance and landing somewhere upon the coast.
Burning of a Military Hospital.
At one o'clock &!§ HWBIBg & fire broke out in
the lower story of the general hospital, on Judiciary
Square, originating from a|furnacc. The combus
tible parts of the main building aud of the right
wing, together with the roof, were destroyed.
When the flames were first discovered, hurried
preparations were made for the removal of the sick
and wounded soldiers, about fifty in number.
This was effected in good order, and with safety to
the patients, whe sit nsw Mtafirtably jsred for In
the neighboring City Hall, and other buildings in
the immediate vicinity.
Most of the chamber furniture was saved. The
antiquated ami insufficient city fire apparatus pra*
vented the entire destruction of the hospital. The
employment of a steam apparatus has become a
public necessity. Fortunately, thirty of the pa
tienta were on Thursday removed to Annapolis.
Col. John Potts,
The newly appointed chief clerk of the War De
partment, has been connected with that department
foF fiSfifly tWfefity years, and he is thoroughly ac
quainted with the duties androutine of the office.
He was born in Maryland, but is descended from
the Pottses, of Pottsville and Pottstown, of Penn*
BjlTania Upon the transfer of Mr. Holt to the
War Department, he appointed Col. Potts chief
clerk, and it was chiefly owing to his watchfulness
that the frauds of the traitor Floyd were brought
to light. His appointment gives great satisfac
tion.
The President has recognized Camila Martin,
as vice consul of Spain, at San Francisco, and God-
FUEY Snypagser, as eensul of the Principality of
Schaumbuig-Lippe for the United States, to le
side at Chicago.
From the Lower Potomac.
Tho steamer Resolute came up to the navy yard
last night. One of tbe Federal batteries on the
Maryland shore has been completed, and the range
of some of our 32-pounder Parrott guns was tried
tbe rebel steamer Qterge Page yesterday after
noon. Three Bhotß struck her, with what effect is
not known, as, the water being very high, she was
enabled to run np Quantico Creek out of range.
A detachment of seamen from the yard this
morning attended the funeral of John Walters,
one of the unfortunate boats’ crew fired upon at
the time of tbe death of Captain Ward, and who
then received a bullet wound in his breast, under
the effeit if which hi h&S lingered until the present
time.
Great Rise in the Potomac.
The Potomac has not been known to be so high
for many years ns it is at present. The water is
twenty feet above its usqal mark. The Long
Bridge is covered several feet on the Virginia side,
and all crossing has been suspended since yesterday
afternoon. Tbe Government ferries at Georgetown
have alee been stopped—the water being four feet
above the landings. The only communication now
with Virginia for teams is by tbe Chain Bridge,
and the travel by that route is consequently in
creased to a constant jam- The debris coming
down is very great, and many of tbe dead bodies
from Edwards’ Perry will unavoidably float past
without being discovered.
Recovery of Victim! of the Ball’s Bluff
Fight.
Owing to the rise.in the water in the Potomac a
number of bodies of soldiers drowned at the battle
of Balls’ Bluff'have floated hitherward. In addi
tion to tbe five mentioned yesterday as having been
recovered at the Chain Bridge, thirteen havo been
drawn from the river in the vicinity of Washington
and Georgetown, and . one near Port Washington!
twelve miles below this city. The recovered
bodies bare been buried.
The Commander-in-chief and hie Gene-
Brady waited upon General McClellan this
morning, and took pictures of himself, grouped
with Generals A. Porter, Fitz Jorn Porter.
McDowell, Franklin, 6>htu, Blexkkii. nnd
others.
BY TELEGRAPH.
AFFAIRS ON THE LOWER POTOMAC:.
A BATTLE ON GAULEY RIVER.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
the Rumored removal of fremont
Fremont a Dictator.
SKIRMISH AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.
Special Despatches to “ The Press."
Washington, November 4,1881.
The Army To-day.
The Fleet,
Foreign Consnls Recognized.
mis Photographed
More Seizures in Alexandria.
Provost Judge Freese, of Alexandria, on Fri
day, ordered the seizure of tbc,goods of Washing
ton A Co., of Alexandria, to insure the payment
of elftime made by liyal citizens. One of the mem
bers of tbe firm, a degenerate namesake of George
Washington, is in tie rebel army. Judge Freese
appointed Mr. Whigßt, who lives in tho vicinity
of Mount Vernon, the ngent of tbe Government, to
take charge of the property of the lulo Jons A,
Washington.
Provost Marshal D. A. Griffith, and Messrs.
Berkley nnd Stoltbnbero, of Alexandria, have
been appointed a commission to assess the property
left by Witmer A Co., with a view to the satis
faction of all tbeir creditors, as far as possible.
“Tsmes" in Seceasia.
Ot tbe 18th ult., gettlemen's boots were selling
in Ricbmond at $lB ptr pair, and common brown
sugar at 14 to 15 costs per pound. At the same
time, tho farmers of tie Piedmont region were ut
terly without a marketfor their wheat. Red wheat
was then worth, in Richmond, 95 cents, and whito
!)9nlol cents. This is equivalent to 75 to 80 oonts
for red, and fire cents more for white—in robot
ehinplnstcrs at 20 per cent. disoounto-on tho farms.
At that rate, the rebellion has cost tho agricultu
rists of the Piedmont region of Virginia, in the de
preciation of tho value of wheat alone, many
millions of dollars.
Going none to Vote
The First Regiment of Maryland volunteers went
to Bnltimoro without arms this forenoon, to exer
cise their lawful rights at (be MM-bex in tbe State
election on Wednesday. A considerable number
of Maryland voters employed in the Quartermas
ter’s Department here, also went home to-day to
the same cud.
Gen. Casey's Brigade.
General Casey’s brigade, consisting of the Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth New Jorsoy Regi
ments, and n regiment from the District of Co
lumbia, fMeived mtircUng orders curly yesterday
morning. They left all Iheir tents standing on
Meridian nill, in charge tf a guard. They have
gone to Port Tobacco, to support Gen Hookeij’s
kigndci
Beginning of the Forward Movement.
From every indication a Large force of our army
will be in possession of F&iriax bofore dark. This
point will be strongly fortified before oar troops
move on Centrevillo.
The Transportation Bnsmess.
The Conestoga Wagon Express has been fully
organized, and tho teams are arriving nlmast
hourly. Some of them curry seventy-five hundred
pounds, and are drawn by eix mules or horses.
These wagons are mostly from Baltimore, and York
and Inncnstor Bounties, Pa. Massre. .1. S. Gta
boxs A Co., the pioneers ol the line, inform me
that they aro now receiving goods, by rail and
wagon, in three days from New York and two dnys
from Philadelphia. They have established branches
in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
What Pennsylvania Has Done
The reports of the different Departments are
being prepared, to be sent in at tho mooting of
Congress. It will bo conclusively shown that
Pennsylvania has furnished the Government with
over thirteen thousand more troops than any other
State. This will be gratifjing intelligence to tho
loyal citizens of tha Old Keystone.
The Richmond linqutrerfm a letter from Lees
burg, states that C. L. L. Hatcher, of Loudoun
county was among the killed at the battle Of Ball’s
Bluff, Hatciibr graduated from Columbian Col
lege in this city at tho commencement of 1350, and
remained in this city till tho war commenced,
when, like many others, ljy eovtld not resist the
Secession pressure, and left to join the rebel army.
A Steam Fire Department.
The fire last night has aroused the Government
to tho necessity of organizing a tiro department in
tho city. The firemen of Philadelphia have, on
several occasions, tendered the Government the use
of three or four of tbeir steam engines, and we un
derstand this aeroing that Colonel Thomas A.
Scott, the Assistant Secretary of War, has deter
mined on accepting them. He will then organize a
fire department similar to that which now exists in
Philadelphia. Colonel Thomas B. Floucnce, uq
old Philadelphia and cx-Moiubur of Con
gress, is spoken of as Chief Engineer.
The Pennsylvania Reserves
The Pennsylvania Reserves were to be paid off
fcO'day,
A “Fleet” of Army Wagons.
A large train of army wagons was to leave to
day for Baltimore to bring down the forage for
the Government which has been accumulating
there.
Searching for Missing Soldiers.
A large number of citizens of Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania have beon at Edwards’ Feyry fyy §
week past, searching for missing relatives. In very
many eases they have boen unsuccessful, and many
return home without, juwert&lnlug the fate of those
whom they have sought to find.
Mrs. Lincoln.
Mrs. Lincoln left Washington at half past two
o’clock to-day, on a short visit to. New York.
Wounded Soldiers.
There arc one hundred wbunded soldiers at
Poolesville. They, are generally doing well.
gick and W oiraded Pennsylvania Sol.
diers in the Hospitals
[The letter indicates the company, the figure the
regiment.]
Columbia College Hospital. —Sergt J S Miller
1 Art. Rufus D Clark H t Art, John Harris Q |
Art, J Scol.fc H 1 Art-, it Fisher D Rifles, T B
Stewart A Kune Rifles, J Bradou 13, ID Martin
I 3, J Sharer I 3, Corp C Brooks K 3, J Coff
man C 4, J Cokeley H 4, J Fornwalt K 4,
Daniel Winkler C 4, S Gurney H 4, Wm Bar-
IlStt A P. Prank Renshaw A 5, Joint C Cummcy
A 3, John Creighton E 8, Charles F Smith E
8, A Bombarger K 8, George Brice K 8, Ro
bert Poland K 8, James McGaiey F 10, Byron
Tome H 10, Charles Harper [ 10, P S Forry
E 10, G McCool G 10, H C Wilson Jj 10, M B
Burdett A 8, David Conrad I 8, W Davis C
12, J De Wolf D 12, R N Axton J 12, J S Stewart
H 12, E Coleman A 12, Corp Isaao D .Culmary C
12. W H Norris H 13, John Jenkins B 13, G Zeu
flo F 27, David Fufcy A 31, W J Kelley » SI, T
McAdams E 31, Moses Wells I 31, dorp Wm H
Lancaster H 31, J Morehead 133, J B Baker K 33,
O P Finney M 33, W F Morgan B 33, C Braden
bnugli D 33, AY J Crick E 33, B F Morgan M 33,
John Shafer M 33, R J Henry 0 S 3, L Davidson E
33, Henry Slagle, I 33, Wm Rowley I 33, Serg Sim
AnspaekD3s.
Eftrert Hospital —[Burnt down this morning. |
—Benj D Dunkle F Ist Art, Alfred E Grod H Ist
Art. John Morrison E Ist Art, William MeGluskey
B Ist, Lawrence Nauzhton D Ist, Serg-Samuel
Caldwell F 3d, Geo W Rorabaugh B 4th, John Wil
liams A 6th, George Deens I Bth, Berkin Mansfield
F Btb. Daniel Rigby B Bth, Joseph Shipp B Bth,
Jss G White mu'n Bth, Jno Eiahnrdgon D 23d,
Edward Coleman I 26th, Sorg John J Lenny A
27tb, Ross Wightman A 45th, Serg D S Judd H
46th, Henry Hillens A 46th, Philip Mead H 46th,
Ransom L Higby H 46th. Jeremiah Letts L 46th,
William s Keeffer l 4Qth, Mapity Sawyer £ 50th,
Pastel Soman r Ist mounted rifle?, Jacob Cor*
well D 4th Car, Augustus Snail G Cameron dra
goons.
Umon Georgetown. —Samuel Craig
li J H Wittich 3, D N Peeta 3, John Doney 6, B
F Parks 6, C B Shaw 6, J Sterr 6, H Kasch 7, G G
Crow 8, W D Ritchio 8, J Creswell 11, James
Owens 11. J. M Boren 12, Captain J Horn 12, Lieu
tenant Kelley 12, T Turnbull 12,' T Flngerly 27, H
Mason 27, R Marx 35, Regbcg W'ttacTl 47. Ca
valry- —A Davidson 2, Fii Barrett 2, H Keppei 2,
A Rosenbergcr 2, James Filburg 2, Gcorge'Ervin 3,
Jacob Miller 3, Richard Neely 3, J T Stidham’3,
“Charles Ray 3, JGFeIIG. Artillery.—HHßis
’ bin 1; W T Cline 1, W Frankford 1, J) W Taylor 1.
Hospital at Alexandria. —John Delians A 33d,
John Gross A 33d, Samuel Carron C 33d, Charles
Stuchel D 33d, Henry Bargentiok D 33d, Marcus
Ayler D 33d, John Bougher F 33d, Jacob Birney
F 33d, Corp William Small F 33d, Serg Walter
Sbfison 6 33d, Charles Hill G 33d, W G Fauoett G
33d, Serg T H Douglass H 33d, Jas H MoCormick
H 33d, Thos C Anderson I 33d, J H Love I 33d,
Wm lirnman K 33d, J Foy K 33d, Geo H Leithead
L 33d, Capt Thomas Epsy H 33d, Capt J C Hull A
33d, John Beats M 33d, Leonard Fifie H 33d, John
Wnroer 133 d.
Death of Pennsylvania Soldiers.
- G. H. Johnson, company C, Berdan’s Sharp
shooters, at the Patent Office.
W. Mensberzer, company G, Twelfth ■ Pennsyl
vania, at ihc Union Hotel.
Private Crolty,-company C,.Thirteenth Pennsyl
vania, at Camp Tennally.
Washington News and Gossip.
The weather to-day is Gold and blustery, and tha
roads are fast drying up. Yesterday the army
wagons experienced much difficulty in reaching
the different encampments on the other side of the
Potomac, in consequence of the heavy washes
which took place during the hoary storm of Wed
nesday.
From the Pacific,
San Francisco, Not. 2.—Oregon dates to the
29th nit. giro glowing accounts from the njißCSr
$469,696 in gold had reached Victoria within ten
days. '
Arrived at San Francisco, bark Euterpe.
Thb Markets.— Butter and Candles are lower;
Sugar and. Tobacco improved.
Death ol a Bank President,
Allentown, Nov. 4.—Hon. J. DilUnger, presi
dent of the Allentown Bank since its organization,
died yesterday at noon.
The Bark Edward Ashore.
New York, Nov. 4.—The bark Etboard, Copt.
William Mclntyre, of New Bedford, 35 days from
Monrovia, in ballast, came ashore north of the
liighlondfi nt 2 o’clook this morning. The pasaen
-gerß, numbering eight persons, and tho crew, ten,
were all saved The chances of getting the vessel
off are poor, as she has lost her rudder, and is
thumping severely.
New Yohk, Nov. 4—Noon. —The bark Eau-'4t'lt
has got off, and is now coming up in tow.
The Steamers Persia and Arabia.
St. Johns, N. F-, Nov. 4.—There have been no
signs at Cape Race of the passage of the stfHawr
Persia, from Liverpool on the 26th, or Of the
steamer Arabia, outward bound. The Persia must
huve passed to the southward.
The Expedition Spoken at Sea.
New' Yoiitv.Nor. 4.—The schooner And ruined a .
arrived here, spoke at sundown on Thursday, the
31st ult., off Hatteras, a fleet of thirty steamers,
bound south, the wind at the time being freßh from
the southwest. The captain reported that he caw
no sailing vessels,,
Chased by a Pirate.
New York. Nov. 4.—The schooner Dash«v.'<ty
reports that, the .was chased by a hermaphrodite
brio, from Crooked Island passage, for two days,
hut outsailed the pirate.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
THE KEFOBTED REMOVAL QJ FBEMONT,
DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE OFFICERS.
Threats to Resign or Crente Fremont
Dictator or the Southwest.
Headquarters Camp Lvox, Springfield, Oc
tober 51—Special despatch to the St. Louis Repub
lican.—A good deal of excitement had prevailed in
cnrnp for dome days past respecting tho report of
General Fremont's removal, but late Washington
advices received at headquarters mention nothing
of tho kind.
General Fremont's removal would cause an im
mense excitement, and I suspect no little trouble at
camp. A number of officers declare they would
resign in that event, or insist upon creating Fre
mont Dictator of the Southwest, independent of the
Administration, which is bitterly denounced in
camp for its vacillating and injudicious policy re
specting this department.
The list of rebels killed in tho battle of Friday
last now numbers 127.
No intelligence has yet boon recoivod of Gon oral
Johnston having assumed the command of the rebel
forces in Missouri.
Tho cause of tho cannonading heard in tho vicinity
of Sarcoxio is still unknown.
Springfield, Nov. 1. —[Despatch to St. Louis
Democrat.] —Our soouts bring us, this morning,
definite information that Price has loft Sarcoxio,
and moved via Neosho townrdß Cassville, Barry
county.
Opinions differ as to whether he will march north
6f that point oh Springfield, or continue his retreat
into Arkansas.
A body of rebel cavaly was seen twenty-five
miles south of here last night by a reconnoitring
psrty,
Generals Pope and MeKinstry should bo hero
to-day. General Hunter is on tho Poinme-dc
terre, ten miles south of tho Osage, waiting for
rations.
jEFFErSOM OITV, NoV. 4. denOta! Pl'Cllli.id IIOS
broken up a rebol oamp in Boone county. Some
loss is reported on both sides, but no particulars
have been received.
In the absence of other means af lumporlation,
General Fremont is having provisions forwarded
from Tipton on pack mules.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
BATTLE AT THE JUNCTION OF
GAULEY AND NEW RIVERS.
FLOYD’S FIBS INEFFECTIVE.
GEN. ROSECRANS PREPARING TO SURROUND HIM.
A FRIGIITENEO tklegkaph operator.
NO LIVES LOST ON 6UR SIDE.
Cincinnati,. Not*...4. —The Commercial has ad
vices from General Roseerans up to Saturday eve
ning :
On Friday morning, at 8 o'clock, the enemy
opened fire with two guns frowj points opposite
Gauley's Ferry UDd Camp Tompkins, and a noisy
fire of musketry. Their object was evidently to
cut off the supply trains. They succeeded in sink
ing a foray-boat on tha Qaulay riv&y, and threw
about forty shells into the camp of the Eleventh
Ohio. Not one of our men was killed, and only
about half a dozen were wounded.
The majority of the shells thrown by the enemy
did 86l explode, anil their musketry was wild and
irregular.
The ferry-boat, which had been sunk by the
enemy’s shot on Friday, was raised that night, and
communication across the river restored.
There was ho firing on Saturday on either side.
The position of the forces on Saturday evening
was as follows:
The rebels were in possession of the left or west
bark of New river.
General Sckerek'a brigade was a few 8ai163 above
the junction of Gauley and New rivers, on tho
east side of New river.
General Coxe s brigade and General Rosccran3’
headquarters were near tho junction of the rivers,
and between them, and General was be
low the junction, on the right bank of the river.
Floyd's force is believed to be about 7,000.
It was believed in camp that General Schenek’s
and Benham’s brigades would be thrown across the
river above and below Floyd, and catch him.
Th« loss of Ulogv&pkiA ooifttattfiio&tioa was oc
casioned by the alarm of the army operator, who,
when the fixing opened, sent a hasty despatch to
Clarksburg, announcing the battle, and then com*
meneed to move his office up the Gauley. if 9 Wa4
tW9 M thm miles lip tho riven when he was over
taken by orders from Gen. Rosecrao3 to return,
and, while returning, his wagon was driven over a
precipice, and the telegraphic apparatus destroyed.
Floyd’s demonstration was rather agreeable to
General Rosecrana was certain br» nmiid lurfd iita
ow*j» auu expected to rag'bis assailants.
Colonel Eagwick, of the Second Kentucky Regi
ment, is reported to be wounded in the knee by the
splinter of a shell.
Cincinnati,- Nov, 4. —The Gazette has received
the following despatch:
Gallipous, Ohio, Nov. 2.—Tho rebels under
Floyd opened fire on General Roseerans* forces
yesterday morning from two poiafcSi opposite Gau
ley Bridge and Camp Tompkins.
General-Floyd’s forces opposite Camp Tompkins
are not less than four thousand, but how many at
Gauley Bridge, four miles this side, is not known.
The telegraphic communication by the
line is interrupted, and the casualties cannot be
ascertained.
There has been no communication with General
Roseerans’ headquarters since Friday afternoon.
The operator at Comp Tompkins at that time re
ported figktifig going on at Gauley, hut gave no
particulars, and immediately afterwards the lino
- broke.
The Kanawha line was working to Camp Enyart,
twelve miles above Charleston, on Saturday, but
nothing was known ih&& of affmts at Gauley.
A boat, that left Charleston at 7 o’clock on Sun
day-morning, has arrived at Gallipolis, but brings
no information.
Matsville, Nov. 4.—A gentleman of this city,
from Gauley Bridge on Saturday evening, reports
that Floyd has cut a road around the hill where
General Bosecrnns was encamped, and was shelling
his camp. General Rosecrans was returning the
tire, and bad silenced two batteries.
Ha had sent a fores up a new-made road to at
tack Floyd in the rear, and would hare him com
pletely surrounded .
No Federals had been killed when our informant
left.
Washington, Nov. 4. —The War Department
has no further news from Gauley river than that
telegraphed to the press.
IMPORTANT FROM KENTUCKY;
OCCUPATION OF PKESTONBURG.
THE TtKHKLS BKTIKK WITHOUT OPPOSING
THE FEDERAL TROOPS.
Maysvilie, Nov. 4.—A messenger arrived thig
evening reports that Gen, Nelson took possession
of Prestonburg on Saturday morning without re
sistance, Gen. Williams falling back six miles,
where it was expected ho would make a stand.
The Late Siorm aotTelt off Hatteras till
Thursday Night.
Baltimore, Nov. 4.—A vessel arrived here re
ports encountering a heavy gale off Hatteras on
Thursday night. This- would indicate that the
gale sprung up there, and that the fleet, being then
further south, has probably escaped its fury.
From Kansas
SKIRMISH SEAR I.EAVEN WORTH THE REREI3
SCATTERED.
Leavenworth, Nov. 3.—A skirmish took place
yesterday, six miles east of this place, between a
smalt force of the Missouri militia, under Major
Josephs, and one hundred and fifty rebels. The
latter were scattered, with small loss. A battalion
of the Kansas Second Regiment waseollcoted to go
to the relief of Major Josephs, but it was not
needed. This regiment is being organized.
Portions of Linn county, Kansas, have recently
been pillaged by marauding thieves from Mi&ourii
Effects of the Gale.
Boston. November 4.—Several long stretches of
the Eastern Railroad, over the Hampton (New
Hampshire) marshes, were swept away by the
storm, and travel on tho road will bo interrupted
for some days. Considerable damage to the bridges
and wharves at Portland has also been occasioned
by the flood.
The bark Mary C. PovtM is ashore at Glouees
ter, and will have to discharge to get off.
The brig Tyro , of Eastport, cut away her masts
in Gloucester harbor, to prevent going ashore.
Pisovjncetown, November 4.—One hundred and
fifty fishing vessels if ero anchored in the harbor du
ring tho gale, and suffered great damage. About
twenty went ashore, and a large number were stove
by running afoul of each other.
Politico-Religious Mission to Europe.
Albany, Nov. 4.—lt is rumored here that Tbur
low Weed and Archbishop Hughes are about to
Btart for Europe, probably by thb Africa , on Wed
nesday next, to endeavor "to counteract tho opera
tions of the Southern’ emissaries, and prevent any
recognition of the Southern Confederacy by either
France or England. General Scott, it is supposed,
will go in the same steamer.
.Immense Union Mass Meeting at Balti*
Baltimore, Nov. 4. —A great Union mass meet
ing is in progress at Monument Square this eve
ning. Intense enthusiasm is manifested by tho
crowd. The meeting is intended as a grand rally
of tbe Union men prior to the election, which comes
off on Wednesday.
Convicted of Mail Robbery.
Boston, Nov, 4,—Joseph S. Hewins was to.dsy
convicted of robbing the mail'of a $5,000 package,
Arrest of John A. Morris.
Wilmington, Nov. 4.—John A, Morris, lottery
manager, was arrested and held to bail to-day.
The Jersey City Murder Case— Attempted
Suicide of Mrs. Marks.
Kr.T Yo«k, Nov. 4. —Mrs. Marks, another of
the women iuiplieatod in tho Fellnor tnurdori at*
tempted suicide last night by cutting her arm with
a dull penknife. The act was discovered before a
fatal injury was indicted.
New York Bank Statement.
'New York, Nov 4.—The bank statement for
the week ending on Saturday shows
A decrease o? loans
A decrease of specie 989,5.16
An increase in circulation 1:16,483
A deemase in depoeite-,3,783,415
LATER FROM EUROPE.
the steamer jura at father point,
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SUMPTER AT LIVERPOOL.
AUSTRIA TO RECOGNIZE ITALY,
Father Point, Not. 4.—Tha steamship Jura,
from Liverpool on tho 24th, via Londonderry on
the 25th, arrived hero at 4 o’clock tills morning,
In consequence of tho derangement of the tele
graphic lines between here and New York, the
transmission of her advices was delayed till this
evening.
Tho steamer I'utcoii, from New York, arrived
out on the 21th.
Copt. Semmee, of the privateer Sumpter, had
reached Liverpool on tho stonmer Edinburgh.
It was expected that the Bank of France will al
most immediately adopt seme measures to palliate
the existing crisis.
The accouchement of the Empress of Austria is
expected at tho commencement of February.
It is the general impression that the recognition
of the Kingdom of Italy will be the basis for tho
reconstruction of tho Austrian Cabinet.
The steamship Bohemian, from Quebec, reached
Liverpool on the morning of the 24th ultimo.
A competitive trial had taken placo at Shoebury
ncss of rilled 32-pounder service guns of different
inventors. The trial was brought to a close without
any very satisfactory results. Tho Whitworth and
Armstrong guns alone appear calculated to moot
the requirements of the navy.
It was reported that Sir Cromwell Lewis had
suspended for tho present the issue of a hundred
pounder Armstrong gun, and directed such experi
ments to be mode ns shall bring the efficiency of
this new ordnance to a decided proof.
The London Times announces that the Queen
has offered to confer the dignity of knighthood
upon Mr. Fairbairn, president of tho British Asso
ciatiun, in consideration of tho eminent services he
has rendered to the service. It is understood that
Mr. Fairbairn declined the honor.
A Paris telegram, dated October2s, rays:
II The ]V[bir.i.lcicr, to-diiy, contains the following :
‘ A judiciary investigation has established the fact
that the congregation of the ladies of Saint Uniono
at Douai have voluntarily abetted the abduotion of
Jewess girls.' These facts would have justified the
Government in revoking tho authoriiation of tha
Society of the Saint Unione, but it has confined
itself to withholding the acknowledgment of its
legal existence. This measure will roinind reli
gious congregations that neither their character,
ebjset, nor rules, excuse them from obeying the
laws of the country."
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, October 25.—Cotton. —The Brokers 1 Cir
cular reporta tlift sales of the week at 34ti,0U0 bales. Tho
nrnikot wag oioitmJ, aiul prieea closed J/akl. highor,
with u still unuotifed mid excited market. Of the sales,
82,000 bales were to speculators and 13,000 to exporters.
To-day’s (Friday V) wiles are estimated at 20,000 bales,
including 12,000 bales to speculator* and exporters,
closing with a still advancing tendency. The authorized
quotations are as follows:
Fair. Middling,
Now Orleans 32# 12
Mobiles ..12# 11#
Uplands .12% 11#
Tho stock in port ii estimated At 614.000 halos, of
which 323,500 hales are American.
ftTATK OF TRADE.—Advices from Manchester con
tinue favorable; prices for goods and yarns are still ad
vancing.
Bukaestkffs continue to have a declining ten
ding Wheat is dull, ami all descriptions are slightly
lower.
Provisions are quiet but steady.
Lonpox, Oct. 25.—Consols arc quoted at tha close of
bußinesß at 92# f1>92% for money.
Erie shares sire quoted at 26#, and Illinois Central at
38®38# percent.discount.
Tha hiilliun in tho Bank of England has ineM&ud
£ 211,500.
LATEST SHIPPING NEWS-[By tbe Jura.]
Londonderry, Oct. 26.— Arr., from New York, Arago,
at Rochelle; W. n. 'Wlmrton, at Flushing; Wm. Miller
and Ellen Steven?, at Marseilles; .1.1., Bogart, at Havre;
Lady Franklin and Patrick llonm at Deal \ Chancellor,
at Liverpool.
Arrived from Baltimore—Guetavus and Queer) of tho
Exe, at Liverpool.
General Scott in New York.
[From the New York Evening Post.]
General Winfield Scott arrived in this city by the
New Jersey Central railroad at 8 o’clock on Satur
day evening, and repaired at onco with his staff to
the HwVCOPI House, dirtier of Fifth avenue and
Clinton place.
Bis escort consisted of Simon Cameron, Secretary
of War; Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Tcea
sury; Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island ; Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler, Adjt. Gon. Thomas, and a
number of others, besides four members of bis staff
—Cols. H. Van Rensselaer, E. W. Cullum, Schuy
ler Hamilton, and Edward R. Wright, aids. Col.
E. I). Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, also
of his staff, is expected to arrive to-morrow. Gen.
Ripley followed on Saturday, in a later train than
that on which Gen. Scott ana his escort came. Gen.
Van Vliet, chief quartermaster of Gen. McClellan’s
staff, was also of the escort. The whole party, ex
cept the General and his aids, proceeded to the
jutor House. Secretary Cameron was iwaompaniod
by three daughters, and General Thomas by one
daughter. Two members of Governor Sprague’s
staff were of tho number.
The party came in a special train, which started
from Washington early on Saturday morning, It
was proposed that General Scott should have an
escort to the depot from his residence; but when
General McClellan, accompanied by his staff and
fuard, arrived at the residence of the General, he
ad gone. . .
The whole then proceeded, through a drenching
rain, to the depot* where the parting took place.
General Scott and his escort then entered the car
which had been provided. Tbe train consisted of
a sleeping cat and a baggage car. It stopped gfc
Harrisburg, where the whole party, with the ex
ception of the Genera), breakfasted at the house of
Donald Cameron, a son of the Secretary of War.
The greetings along the route, though the rain
fell in torrents during the gptir? dfty, Wars moat
impressive. At every station very large crowds
were gathered, and it was found necessary, on
several occasions, for the old hero not only to make
his appearance, but to make brief addresses. They
were always received-with the most affecting evi
dences of real emotion. The fervent blessings of
the multitudes, in all the various forms of speech,
were the chief features of the demonstrations with
which the venerable chieftain was met at every sta
tion where his countenance was visible. On several
000 A lions military bodies awaited tha &&d
discharges of artillery constituted & part of the re
ceptions.
There was only a temporary stop at Elizabeth,
where tho cars were switched on the Now Jersey
Railroad trrok. The train halted for a few mi
nutes, and during the stay Mr. John Stearns. Su
perintendent of the New Jersey Central Rail
road, introduced General Scott to the multitude.
The General made a short address, referring to the
pleasure he felt in again greeting his old neighbors
and friends.
Arriving at Jersey City, lie -was quietly and
quickly conveyed to the Brevoort-House, where he
occupied the ladies’ parlor, on the first floor, bor
dering on the avenue and Eighth street:
Though somewhat fatigued by his journoy, he
was able to see yesterday, besides the members of
his own family, a considerable number of persons.
Among these were the principal parties composing
big Gsasral Sandford and Mr. Huvrlaml.
Hon. George Bancroft, of this city, and Genaral
Halleck, just arrived from California.
It is remarked that the journey was performed
by General Scott much more easily than had been
expected. The General seems quite recovered from
his fatigue, and was this morning engaged in con
sultation with his relatives in regard to liis future
course. Very few strangers are admitted to his
presence.
As to a public reception, little is known. The
General desires to avoid all display. It is under
stood, however, that, if he will permit it, a demon
stration will soon take place for the purpose of
testifying the profound sense of the citizens of
New York of bis great national services. But his
inability to preside at a, review ef trespe wstild
operate against a military demonstration ; and
there would be a similar objection to any public
reception.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
ARch-J3trzzt TiKATBis-£-Arch street, ftbPTP Sixth'—
"The House on the Bridge ofNotre Dame j” and a Fa*
vorite Comedietta.
Whsatlby’b Continental Theatre—Walnut street,
ateve Eighth.— l 4 Othello 5” “ Uncle John.”
Walnut- Btrbbt Theatre— Ninth and Walnut sta.*—
1* Nick of the Weeds \ or, The Jlbbenumot&y j M “The
Barrack Room.”
American Academy of Musjc—Broad and Locust
streets.—Hermann, the Preotidigitateur.
Temple of Wonders—N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets. —Signor Blitz's Entertainment.
Asssmrly Buildings— Career ef Tenth &5d Ohsatfiflt
streets.—Waugh’s Italia and Stereoscopic Views of the
War.
Lease of the East Brandywine and
Waynesburg Railroad to the Pennsylvania JIAHr
boad Uompany.— On the 15th of August last, IheEast
Brandywine And Waynesburg Railroad, a branch of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad, was opened from Downing town
to SVaynesburg, in Chester county, a distance of seven
teen and a half miles. Since that timo it has been opera
ted SUWS-J6fttliy by Oliver W. Burner, of iliis city, civil
engineer, by whom il was constructed.
On Saturday last, a lease of tho road was made to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a period of five
the terms of which secure the application of the whole ot
tho net earnings to the payment of the interest on the
SM-iGjGM of sereii per cent- nM.rigftgo bonds issued by the
Brandywine Company, first, and the balance to tho stock
holders of the latter company.
As tliis new rood traverses ami terminates in a thickly
settled region, having abundant resources in agriculture,
monufacturing establishments! vast deposits of Jrjfj 9f9j
numerous water powers, Ac., demanding constantly large
supplies of Anthracite and bituminous coal, lime, and
merchandise, it is probably not predicting too much to
say that a business in freight and passeugers will soon be
developed sufficient to pay a fair interest on its cost,
which has been about $13,000 per mile, derived from tho
following sources:
Common Stockholders ».$ 90,000
First mortgage 7 per cent, bonds 140,000
The company owes a balance on construction account
and for loud nnd rights of way, ummmting to £lB,OOO. to
be paid out of cash due on outstanding instalments on
common stock nnd subscriptions now being made to pre
ferred stock, w hich the company is authorised to issue.
This is a pretty fair financial exhibit considering that the
road has been built in these unfavorable tunea for enter
nrJecs rniulriiif money in largo amount*
Two trail*, will be run each way t*' 1 haj by tho Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, leaving Dowmngtovni at 7
A M and Ik P. M. Returning wdl leave WnyiiMburg
at 9 A.M. and 3.20 P. M., connecting at Downiogtowa
with regular train, to and from Philadelphia.
lleij> row a Fi'rtiieb Hearing.—Three
young men, named Peter Lewis, Win. Moore, nnd Geo.
Brown, arrested on Friday night, by Otneer Taggart, on
suspicion of being concerned in > robbery on the pro
civllng wrßiw& if" 1 s tosrlns Vefope Alderman Pvitler,
The cumpluiuaut, named Truxess, keeps a cigar store on
Faktyiink Toad. It appears that on Thursday evening,
übout G o’clock, while the fire at Twelfth anil Washington
streets was in progress, his dwelling was entered by a
buck ahed and through a second story window, and the
guui of fiyp himdrcil dollarsi one hiindnxl ftiul sixty of
which was in gold, aud the bulauce in stiver, ab
stracted from a bureau drawer. Trnxc&i testified that
a few days previous to the robbery Moore and Lewis
stepped into his store, as though with tho in
dention of purchasing a lot of cigars* aud after loitering
for fpia? tifflf, prl?ihfi S9Y?™! y&riettos, renueaUri him ta
change some money for them, which ho did, going up to
the bureau to obtain such change, After this evidence
was taken Brown was released, uxul Lewis and Moore
were held in $l,OOO each for a further hearing ou Thurs
day.
Consumption or Gas.—The price per 1,000
feet for the consumption of gas is less in this city than In
any other. It is charged here nt tho rate of 92.2 a per
I,COO feet, while at New York, Albauv, Rochester, Bvtf*
fiild, Louisville, Detroit, Chleajro. aud Cincinnati* the
vritT is S2,CO. In Oswego, N. Y„ it ia «a Irish iw W,sot
and iu many other places $3.
Statement or a Participant in the Battle
of BalPs Bluff—The Dead and Missing
Philadelphians.
Yesterday we had a long conversation with a corporal
of Baker’s California Regiment, engaged in the battle
Harrison's Island, who gave in some statements
of hearsay nnd of Lib own personal knowledge relative
to the gMiant spirits that perilled and lost all Id that
memorable stmgKlc. The intelligent manner in wlijch
these statement*} were made is their best guarantee of
truthfulness, and they are, moreover, identical with facts
heretofore made known. It U to be hoped that tho
validity And intrinsic interest of tho narrations will aton»
for the lateness of thoir pmjlicatloti. TLq Incidents of
the battle have been already portrayed. What we have
to relate lias reference to individual deeds of courage and
individual sacrifice.
Martin McDonough, of the Twentieth Massachusetts,
joiaed ilmt regiment an it passed throngb this city. He
chanced to he standing near the Volunteer Refreshment
Saloon as the men debarked from the New York boat,
and recognizing in the ranks an old acquaintance, enter
od into conversation with him. Doing without otnptor*
menr, and learning that tho roll or this company was not
yet filled, he immediately joined, and fought like a mad
man in tbe battle. In tho retreat he was wedged be
tween the rebel advance and our rear. Jumping into
the rebel nuiks, he (deseed a lieutenant by the waist, and
lifting him bodily from the ground, hurled him into tho
midst of our men, who made' him n prisoner. Almost
instantly McDonough was rinbbed by a dozen bayonets.
Richard Lester, of the California Regiment, missing,
w»h from thin city. Ho had loft the ranks, and was last
well disappearing down a copse, in full pursuit of a rebel
officer.
George Merlin, also of the California Regiment, is
missing. He hail dropped on his knee to take aim at a
group of rebels wh 9 stood nefir tllQ edgG Of a woods*
Finding that his cartridges were all gone, ho turned to
ask some of his comrades, but found, to his amazement,
that ho was effectually surrounded. His astonishment,
as may bo imagined, was only exceeded by hU chagrin.
Between u private named Fairbanks of tlw Twen
<;..lh Massachusetts, and a young man, named Heap, of
the First California Regiment, a stroug attachment is
said to have cxißtcr). They fought side by side dnriag a
great portion or tbe contest, seeming to rival each other
m In the rapidity with which they could load &&d fi?6
When the retreat was sounded, they leaped into the Po
tomac together. Fairbanks, although a good swimmer,
was seen to sink, ah though attacked with cramp, and
Heap has not since been seen. Both were doubtless
(lfouudd.
A young man, named Grcenhall, of the California,
missing, secreted himself, with three comrades, in some
underbrush. Grecnhn.ll was un excellent marksmao*
and picked off seven of the enemy who had got
lnm nnd tho river. One of them, he thinks, was an offi
cer. The rest then hurriedly vacated the spot, and, with
his comrades, Greenhall managed to make his way back
to our lines.
Thp nmnbrnr of those killed while recroMiag in the
boats must have been aUile large. In one of the boats
a Philadelphian, name unknown, nnd two men of the
Tammany Regiment, were pulling at the oars. They
wore compelled to stand upright, and their shoulders
were urseti as rest* by thnir comrades, who Kept up a OQU
tiimous fire. Singular to say, the boat had leached the
middle of the stream before one of the oarsmen was
struck. They finally fell simultaneously. Tlieir places
were iiifttautly eupuliml j the boat, howcreri turning with
the current, drifted, ns they thought, out of danger. In
less than fifteen minutes, however, a terrific fire was
poured into it, from the skulking enemy, aud, filling
slowly, it began to sink. Tho scene then presented was
fuurful boyoud oonccptlim. A shriek of horror wont up
from the crew. Mon clutched each other in despair, aud
went down together. Voices that ntrcdfo to shout for
help were drowned in tho rushing waters and died away
In gurgles.
Among the rebels was one prominent wb?
wore a red handkerchief tied around liis head, but waa
utterly hatlese, coatless, aud reckless, standing out in
advance of Ilia line. He loadethaml deliberately fired at
our men for nearly an hour before he was struck dow n.
He was shot by a member of the Tammany regiment,
wbt>i almost at the same moment} waa rcrced by a rebel
musket-ball.
Another rebel was observed to be ensconced on the top
of a tree, nnd, as ho seldom fired without inflicting a
lleMh-VvowYiil, Kfcffe?, oC Company N, directed.
one of his men to shoot him. An instant after the rebel
fell from his perch, and went crashing like a log through
brunch nnd foliage. Several other adjaceut trees were
observed to bo. vacated before much time had elapsed.
After the buttle one of our men was S?und stark aud
dead in tho hollow of a log l The manner of liis death is
supposed to have been as follows : At the commencement
of the battle, while a general confusion prevailed, he pro
bally crfpt into the log (which lay near the rirer bank),
for (ho purpose of “ picking off” the enemy. This shel
ter ivßh very much decayed and worm-enten, nnd waa
speedily pierced by # rifle-ball. When dragged out, his
musket was found to havo been recently discharged. The
rifle-tall had entered his lieust, and passed through the
left lung.
In the panic that ensued upon the discovery that the
rebels had been reinforced and could not be driven from
their cover, many scones, that might have seemed ludi
crous in any other juncture! occurred upon the hillside*
It was not uncommon for frantic men to leap tho whole
distance of the bluff and plant their feet on their com
rades’ hath?. A lusty loyalist who had ponneed upon a
prisoner, slipped at the top of the bluff, but still keeping
a dogpnrntr hold upon bin prim tho two rolled to thi
bottom in a firm embrace!
There wa£ in tho California Rnghncnt a gray-haired
private from this city, tie bad fought hard &U day,' And
bad been twice wounded, the last shot carrying away his
trigger-finger. Be stood upon the hanks of the stream*
divesting himself of his surplus clothing, when a burly
fellow' belonging to a New York regiment leaped upon
him, knocking the breath out of the old mui’s body. In
the hurry and excitement oommnont upon tha fight.
Unionists and rebels frequently fell into each others lines
and began to fire at their own columns. In this way
several of our soldiers were captured.
A mau named Stokes, who was among tbe list of pri-
Bonerp, seeing no chance of escape, lay down in an open
field among a number #f the dead, as though he were
really hors de combat. At length a rebel eharp-sbooter,
stumbling upon his body, selected it as an excellent one
for a foot-rebfc. Door Stokes was in tfpHil&ttoni frllt Itftt
bis peace. At length the rebel, having made a very sue
cossfnl shot, sprang up and danced around for joy, well
nigh kneading his foot-Btool into a jelly! 11 Stop! for
God’s sake !” shouted Stokes. The 6harp-sUooter drew
basfe t perfectly tliunileratruclii them divining tho trua
Btute of affair?, bo shouted out, “ You sneakibg Yankee
cuss, git up here!" The ejaculation brought a score of
rebels to the spot, and Stokes, when last Been, was going
off under a guard, with a very crest-fallen face.
The hsosl deadly congest of ihe day occurred between
a member of tlie Massachusetts Fifteenth and Eighth
Virginia regiments. The latter, as is well known, were
at one time retreating, with the Fifteenth hotly pursu
ing. The rebel rear flight UP by ft lUO3t deter*
mined fellow, who turned repeatedly, anil discharged his
musket iu onr ranks. Animated by the eamc personal
daring, a Federal soldier rushed beyond the head of hU
column,, firing continually- After the pursuit had conti
nued for sumo distance, it being feared that eur
were to be drawn into a trap, they were ordered to retire.
The order was obeyed by all save tho volunteer who had
led the advance, nud before many minute?, he was seen
struggling with the laggard Virginian, whose own column
bad gone ahead. Three barrels of a revolver were dis
charged at the rebel without seeming effect, and the Vir
ginian, rushing upon his assailant with a huge knife, wan
about to stab him. His knee was on. die other’s breast,
and the loyalist had shut hU eyes. Tho knife, however|
fell from the other’s grasp, and he reeled over lifoless.
All three of the pistol shots had actually taken effect
upon him, yet such was his overmastering brute ferocity,
that for some instants his wounds were without effect.
It is related of Sewell Randuli; of Company D, Cali
fornia Regiment, that tho night before the engagement
be had a singular dream. Next morning, so vivid was
the impression loft on his memory, that he related it to *
companion, amLadded a belief that it was an unfavorable
flUlOli. I I UH«SUI<S fior 3T«rA«vju. could move him fromr
this strange conviction, and when the advancehad been
made, he went into action as though he had just received
his death-warrant. He had crossed the river, but had
barely reached ftp (jp gf ftp opposite Muff WIICR ho fell*
shot through the side. He lingered for some time, in
great agony, but before death his pain was somewhat
abated. He was acquainted in this city, and particularly
in the vicinity of Frankford.
Our informant adds that uwre mgUUss Upon
both sides, was never remarked. All consciousness of
organization was for a timo abandoned, nnd men, fight
ing upon their own responsibility, presumed, evon in the
face of death, to set examples of bravery, A number
fell dead in the act of courting ita coming, and some
openly doclared they would never leave the field* alive.
Target Practice.— Company F, First Re
giment (infantry) Home Guards, proceeded to Balmont
Cottage yesterday afternoon for the purpose of target
firing They turned out forty-five muskets, nnd made a
highly creditable appearance. Tho firing, circumstances
considered, was excellent. The two best shots were
made, by Private Potts.
After the firing the company partook of a handsome
collation prepared by tho host of Belmont Cottage. Af
ter the collation, Colonel J. Ross Snowden presutted tkk
4>rizc— t very handsome silver Washington medal—ac
companying the presentation with some very happy and
patriotic remarks, which were receivod with hearty*
rounds of applause. The medal was the gift of Colonel
Snowden. Mr. Potts replied in an eloquent strain, and
wm fitllowM lit loml gefierill RHUlilti Gißlril Plea
sonfon, who, v Ith a portion of his stiff, was also present.
Tlii whole affair was of the most pleasant character,
and will doubtless he repented at no distant day, as this
prosperous coniiiajiyifldotmnined to be os proficient in
target firing as in their other soldierly duties.
Direct Telegraphic Communication with
Gen. BlcCi.ei.lan —Yesterday a telegraphic wire was
connected with the lino o! the American Telegraph Com
pany, «t Third street, and thence stretched to the Central
Dtfice*sl»tiuni at Fifth anil Chflitnul. streets: As a
branch of this company’s line has been extended to Gen*
McClellan’s headquarters, in Washington, it will be seen
that a direct communication has thus been established
between our municipal police station and the office of the
commimder- in-chief of the army. As an experiment,
thv BVHStIFf TTW!!! ?y m "W KKSSWfIII.
Death of Ex-Alderman "Wynkoop.—Ex-
Alderman Wynkoop, of this city, died at his residence,
Hestonville, yesterday morning. About a week ttfnce he
whs attacked with the typhoid* which caused his death.
J|e waif largely acquainted in West Philadelphia* nnd had
filled various public positions with credit. For many
years ho was principal of tho Mantua Boys 1 School,
Subsequently he was elected aHenflan of the Twenty
fourlh ward. At the time of his death he was way-agent
of the Hestonville and Fairmouut Passenger Railroad
Company. He-was about sixty years of age.
$230,000
Sword Presentation. — Last evening a
sword presentation took place at the Government build
ings, Chestnut street. A. Lemuel Adams, Esq., on be
half of Company K, of Colonel Ghantry r s regiment,
presented Captain Elaeguud,. of (hat edßipaniV with a
beautiful sword. Lieutenant Thomas H. Clarke also
presented Lieutenant Carteret with a handsome sword
and belt, making some pertiuent remarks upon the occa
sion.
Fatal. Accipehts.— A inah SifiMtfed William
Robinson, while driving a team last evening, fell from
his wagon al Seventeenth and Hamilton streets, and was
run over. He resided at Franklord. Death was almost
instantaneous. , u ,
A lad mined Jamtli tos* I ** mm vm to • t«r
at Fourth and vmtfilngtMi streets lwt evening. llt tm
taken to the Fenusylvauta Hospital, where one of hia
legs waß amputated.
Accident in the Twenty-second Ward—
A tiny w te: n Hll,C6 t °n* 9? tbf wrkmrs ia Harper’s
factory, located in tho Twenty-second w ard, mot with An
accident which resulted In his death. Re was engaged
upon Government picks, when one of the articles (ted
der tally struck hhn upon the forehead. The point peats,
trsted the brain, and the man died the next day from tfc*
effects of the itvjtttjy^dved.
Trial Posttoßvd.—Yesterday nunning,
Captain Ferry util First Lieutenant Harrry, al fee pirato
.hip Ptlrel, captnred by tlw United Staten ete«ner St.
liufTfHM, were arraigned in the United SWes Clicuit
Courts Jiidgts Grier find Cftdwftladeri Ttic triftl wiM
JOitfgncil.