THE PRESS. PCBIiMHZD BAILS, (SUNDAYS IX0WI1I),) BY JOHN W. FOKNKV, OFFICE Ho. 41T OH*STNUT STREET. DAILY PROSE, rviLn Oans P*x w**», pwMe to tbe Carrier Mailed to Subscribers uut of tbe Ulty at Six Dollaxs Pi* Axinnr, Fonx Dollaxs rox Eioar Moiras,.Tnxxx Dollaxs rox Six Mohtbs—lnvariahy (o advance for thx time ordered. THE TRI-VfKBK.LT PRESS. Haded to Snbacrlben one of the ultv at Tnxxx Dol laxs Pxx Amxux, in advance DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1861. F a 1861 li O E FALL O s d h s. KIEGEL. BAIRD. & CO., IMPOKTEES AND JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, SO. 47 NORTH THIRD SHEET. PHILADELPHIA. Promptypaying merchants uro respectfully Invited to examine our targe and carefully-se lected stock of desirable goods, which will be cold at prices to suit the times. bo2B-2ui JAMES, KENT. SANTEE, & CO, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or DRY GOODS. Noa. Std and til North THIRD Street, above Race, Have sow open their usual iARGS AND COMPLETE STOUR OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC GOODS. Among which will be found a general assortment of PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. XT'CASH BOTEBS SPECIALLY INVITED. sclTrSm' UJIHOMAS MELLOR & 00^ Noe. 40 and 42 NORTH THIRD Street, HOSIERY HOUSE* LINEN IMPORTERS and SHIRT-FRONT MANUFACTURERS. ImpoKatfona direct from the fllamif'actorlds. aell-Sm 1861. TOCASHBUYERS 1861. H C. LAUGH IJN & Co.* No. 303 MARKET STREET* Are receiving daily, from tbe PHILADELPHIA and new fork ADCTiQKg, , dvuwa! •waortmrait ol MERCHANDISE, bought for GASH. CASH BUYBBS are especiall* { nvfteft to call and ex •mine our Stock. *es-tf CAKPETINUS. J'OUETH-ST R BBT CARP BT STORE, No. 47, ABOVE CHESTNUT. lam now offering my stock of ENGLISH CARPETINGS, EMBRACING EYEBY VARIETY ANO STYLE. Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices C<SSS THAU PBESEKT COST »P IMPORTATION. J. T. DELACkOIK. e«l9-Sm Q.LEN JCHO MILLS, GERMANTOWN, FA, McCALLUM 6e <Jo., CANTJFAOTDRERS, IMPORTERS. AND DEALERS. M# CHESTNUT STREET, 0 ARPET I NGB, OIL CLOTHS, /to. We have now on hand an extensive stuck of Carpet ings or our own and other makes, to which we call the attention of cash and short time buyers aell-iim CAEPBTINGS- J. F. & E. B. OR3ME, 00. *l9 CHESTNUT STREET—UPPOBITX STATS HOUSE, Are bow opening, from Cngtom ftiooee dtores, their VALIi IMPORTATIONS NEW CARPETINGS .1,900 vleeei J. OROSBLST * SONS' TAPS3TKT OAEPETB, from E 5 GTS, TO®IRER YARD. 6-4TAMBCftt YEiiVBT: YHSSC& AUBUSSON: nm AXMINSTKB: &OYAL WILTON ; -EXTBA ENGLISH SKDEHHLd: HENDERSON « CO.’a vbnitiaN: ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS; &&& OP NEW CHOICE STYLES HAVING been invoiced before the late ADVANCE w TBS TABim Will be void at MODERATE PRICES. «u29-3in LOOKING GLASSES. JMMENSE REDUCTION LOOKING OLiAeSSES. OH. PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAME A JAMES S. EARLE A SON, 81ft CHESTNUT STREET, Announce the redaction of 29 per cent, in the price* of an the Manofactnred Stock .of Looking Glassea; also, in Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Palnp. Inga. The largest and most elegant assortment in the •oontrr- A rare opportunity la «ow offered to make purj ehaaea in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Price* EARLE’S GaIjEEREES, jyS.tf CHESTNUT Street. CABINET FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIABD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 Booth SECOND Street, la MRas?ti»a with their extensive Cabinet Business are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full snppl>, finlenod with the MOORE ft CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be superior to all others. For tne Quality aud finish of these Tables the tnanQ fheturers refer to their nmueroua patrons throughout the Unfon, who Are familiar with the character of their work* &u25-6m TPkERKOM’B PATENT COMBINA XJ TION PORTABLE HOUSE. bein» the cheapest, simple?*! and neatest mode of house building yet pro duced for temporary or other purposes. They can be used for permanent or other camps; for hospital purposes ; for temporary or other dwellings, in town or "country, or at spu*pi(ie ns coitagps, or si-ttion oiHces for railway companies. The extraordinary advantages ottered by this new mode of building are, the facility with which they can be transported, or taken down or put up; their Simplicity end greater advantages in the numberless flimplv model) of lighting ttud Yuntilating, bcaiilis thoir beauty and neatness of appearance, and the trifling cost at which they can be produced. Any information can bo obtained or orders attended to, either frr the manufacture or sale of Cottages, Huts, &c., or for State, Couuty, or Individual Patent Bights, at liberal rates, by addressing A. DERROM, Steam Carpentry, PATERSON* New Jersey oc2s-:!2t* mEBBAPIES, OYSTERS STEWED X AND FRIED, AND CHICKEN SALAD.—In Vi* tatioti Cards fihd will be distributed in all parts of the city, with punctuality. The undersigned is at all times prepared to present, for the inspection of Ladies and Gentlemen, a list of the tilings necessary fora large or smull entertainment, ns the ease may be, thereby avoiding all unnecessary profusion and wwtf \ And flatters himself, that by his lung expo, rience in business, he will be able at all times to give, as heretofore, entire satisfaction to all who favor him with their patronage. HENRY JONES, Caterer, No. 250 South TWELFTH Street, above SPRUCE. ocl-Sm rtOTTON SAIL DUCK and CAN YABt Of all nnmbera and brands. Haven's Puck Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for Vents, Awnings, Tranks, and Wagon Covers. Also, Paper Manufacturers' Drier Felts, from Ito 0 feotwidsx Tarpauliiur* Brittjg* iM Ac* JOHH W. SYBKMAN A CO., ion JONHB Alter* Best quality roofing slate atirara on hand add lor Bale at Union Whaiß 1W BEACH gft-Mt, Keiudagksfi. T. THOMAS, mvT-lv mt wauimr ntnut. uwiuWaMa XJMPORTANT. f Send all Money and Packages of Merehan. i disc for places in the Eastern States, New f York, and Canada, by HARNDEN’S EX PRESS, No. 248 Chestnut stre'et. They collect Notes, Drafts, &c., and Bills, With or without Goods, Tlieir Express is j the oldest* the United States. j Express Charges on a single case, M or small lot of Goods, are less than by any other conveyance. - VOL. S.—NO. 82. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.' ~ m M EN ' s HEAVY MERINO SHIRTS DRAWERS. THOS. MELLO R & CO.. 4A ani> -id No&tii third street, no4-12t w. S. STEWART & CO., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. 309 MARKET STREET. WO hkve just received a full line of CLOAKING CLOTHS in UNION and ALL-WOOL, Comprising, in part, PLAIN BLACKS, BLACK BEAVERS, BLACK TRICOTS, *O. * Also a Email lot of RETELL ANTS Tho attention of the trtulo Is invited to these Goods. 0c24-tf gtC. COMMISSION HOUSES. COFFIN, & 00.,' " " No. 116 CHESTNUT STREET, Offer, by tho Packago, tbe following Makes and Descrip tions of Coods: PRINTS. DONNELL MFG. CO. GREENE MFG. 00. BLEACHED COTTONS. Say Mill, Lonsdale, Hope, Blackßtone, Grccno Mfg. Co., Bed Bank, Mariposa, Jamestown, Slatersviile, Belvidere, BROWN COTTONS Fredonia, Ohio, Groton, Silver Spring, OlenviUo, Eagle, Mechanics’ and Farmers* Union, Ac- CORSET JEANS,—Glasgow, Manchosteii PEKIMS AND STRIFES. —Grafton, Jewett City, Madison, Slatersviile, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw. CANTON FLANNELS.—Slatersviile, Agawam, Shep- pard’s. glLESlAg,—gmith’a, Lonsdale, Diamond nilL WOOLENS. ARMY BLUE CLOTHS AND KERSEYS. BROAD CLOTHS.—Bottomloy’s, Pomeroy's, Glenham Company. CASSTMERES AND DOESKlNS.—Greenfield, Gay’s, • Stearns*. SATINETS, —Bass River, Crystal Springs, Convers ville, Hope, Statfordville, Converse and Hyd§, Cqq veree Droihers, Bridgewater. ALSO, Flannels, Lineeys, Kentucky Jeans, Nankeens, Tickings, Colored Cambrics, Printed Cloakings, Sc. au9tmwSm 5 FLANNELS ANGOLA, MERINO, SAXONY, £jq, ' VARIOUS WIDTHS AND QUALITIES. PdF i&lo by WELLING, COFFIN, &:Co. auo-fmw3m JpROTHINGIIAM & WELLS^ 34 SOUTH FRONT AND 39 LETITIA STREET, OFFER FOR SALS BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, DEILIiS) JEANS, SILEOIAS, CANTON FLANNELS, TOOK TUB MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS LACONIA, LYMAN, EVERETT, DWIGHT, LOWELL, CABOT, IPSWICH, CHICOPEE, and HAMPDEN, BARILET MILLS. UKEWISBj A FUXtli ASSORTMENT OF SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, .TRICOTS, CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS, BLANKETS, AND ARMY GOODS, FROM THE WASHINGTON (latb Bat State,) . AND OTHER MILLS. ocl-3m OBIPLEI, HAZARD, & » HUTCHINSON, No. 118 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION U BC HANTS JOB THI BALE Of PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. Be2B-6m MILITARY GOODS. rjVO ARMY CONTRACTORS. DUCKS. BLANKETS. AND DRILLS. For sale by SIMONS & GARSED, Agents, Koj 106 CHESTNUT .STREET, 0c25-fm£wlm Army contractors AND SUTLERS SUPPLIED WITH BRUSHES at the lowest rates. Always on hand, a large stock of CAVALRY BRUSHES, Govcrnmont standard; WAGON BRUSHES. Government standard; And every Description of Brushes required Army* KEMBLE & VAN HORN. ocl6-3m 321 MARKET Street, Philadelphia. Woollens. WELLING, COFFIN, & Co., lift OnEStfNTJT STREET, Are prepared to deliver on contract 3-4 and 6-4 Dark and Sky Blue CLOTHS AND KERSEYS. 6eB*3m JNDIGO BLUE KERSEYS. INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS, And every variety of Goods adapted to Military Clothing, for sale at ths lowest prises REGIMENTS EQUIPPED AT SHOOT NOTICE. BENJ- L. BERRY, CT.OTH HOUSE, SO SOUTH SECOND STREET. ocs tf FLANNELS.. WELLING, COFFIN, & CO., 116 CHESTNUT STREET, Aw prepared to make contract*, for immediate deliyery, tf WHITE DOMET FLANNELS, AND ALL WOOL INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS, ©f Corenunent standard. oc4-tT ORIGINAL CAMP, OR TRAVELLING BED Trunk. (Patont applied for). For tjuie by W. A. ANDREWS, Oc2-lm No. 6X3 CHESTNUT Street. HARDWARE. H ! ~ ar d w a r e . ' MOORE, HENSZEY, A CO. i Hava now on band* and are constantly receiving, a 1 (arge assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, ; &c., to which they invite the attention of purchasers for i cash or short credit. No. 427 MARKET Street, and j ocB-2m No. 416 COMMERCE Street, Philada. FLANNELS. PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1861. Abont New Books. There is considerable briskness, at last, in the publishing business, and it is a good sign when people can spare money to purchase books. In this country alone does a man get full value for his money expended in a book store. In England, on the average, a book costs about four times what it sells for here. Dickens’ “ Great Expectations ” is published at $7,60 in London, without any illustrations, whereas, paying $5,000 for tlic right to repub lish it, besides a large sum expended on origi nal engravings, Peterson sells it hero at from $] ,00 to 25 cents. Charles It cade’s "new book, (“Tlio Cloister and the Hearth; or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; amatter-of-fact romance,”) sells for $7.50 in England, in plain boards, hut has been republished by Kndd and Carle ton, strongly and neatly bound in muslin, at $1.25. Messrs. Harper have brought out, at $2, with o map of Southern Africa, and a score of some of the finest engravings ever executed oh wood, Charles John Andersson’s volume, (Bvo. pp. 414,) “ Tho Okavango River; a narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventnrc, the English price of which is $6. Here, too, is tho Westminster Review, for October, received from W. B. Ziebcr, which costs $l.OO per number in England, and is reproduced here at 25 cents. This same Westminster Review contains one of the best articles wo have yet read upon Mor monisrn. There is a paper upon Count Ca rour, some months too late, because other English periodicals had previously exhausted that subject. In an article on «Biography, Past and Present,” immense praise is given to llie “ Biographic Univcrsclle, Ancionne et Mo derns,” (second edition,) while the critic passes by, without any notice, the more recent and infinitely better “Nouvelle Biographic Generate,” now in course of publication by Messrs. Didot, of Paris, and fast approaching completi lie reviewer says, “ Gray, al though one of the most profound scholars of bis time, was accustomed to say, that could he make his own Elysium, it should be tho one that allowed him to He on a solh and read the memoirs of Sully, De Retz, and other chroni cles of the gossip, as well as the weightier matters of the League, and tho Erondo.” Upon this we beg to remark that Thomas Gray never said any thing of the sort. He, an elegant poet, and the laziest of literati, did write to his friend Wnst. « Now, as tho juim disnicul pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing on the iiuto and lying with Houris, be it mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crcbillon.” lie never once men tioned Sully, nor De Retz, the League nor the Fronde, and tho Westminster Review, which long Ims been avowedly irreligious, hero exh ibits itself as mendacious also. Touching another new book—Andersson’s “Okavango River ” —we may remind our patient public that Messrs. Harper, its pub lishers, have exhibited a decided specialty in bringing out works of exploration, discovery, and adventure in Africa. We can count up, in this list, the various works of Captain Bur ton, Dr. Livingstone, Dr. Barth, Gordon Gum ming, tho Kev. J. L. Wilson, Du Chaillu, (whose accuracy, once disputed, is now gene rally admitted,) and Mr. Andersson liimsolf= whose previous book on “ Lake Ngami” is as well worth perusal as his now volume. With the exception of Livingstone, no traveller has traversed so much African ground as Audors son. The river Okavango, which he disco vered, in Southwestern Africa, has the pecu liarity of running, not into tho sea, but into tho interior of Africa. That river has to bo explored. Mr. Andcrssou’s party also dis covered a great fresh-water lake named Onon dova. Like Nimrod and Gordon Camming, he is a mighty lmntcr, and the most enter taining parts of his book are those in which, like Mansie Waucli, of sartorial fame, he gives his« adventures in the sporting line,” Elephants, lions, giraffes, gnus, zebras, hyenas, jackals, antelopes, springboks, wild boars, pan thers, rhinoceroses,- alligators, _leojjards^«lre» J tabs, and so on, tfere. the principal game, and we find Mr. Andersson mentioning (t the bag ging of three dcphMi'ts ” as no very great feat, and dining, with no small relish, on a lion-steak. As we have already said, the en gravings, whole-page size, are very fine. The Bnrpers have also published, inal2mo volume, “ 1 he Last Travels of Ida l’feiffev,” including her visit to Bavaria, Prussia, Hol land, London, Paris, the Cape of Good Hope, the Isle of Fiance, the Mauritius, and a full account of travels through and residence in Madagascar. Mrs. Trollope was fifty years old when she published her first book, and Ida Pfeiffer was forty-live when slic started on her first journey—when she completed her last, she had traversed 050,000 miles by soa, and 20,000 miles by land. This last record of hers is full of interest. It is prefaced by her bio graphy, written by her son. We are unable to loftrh from this, ‘however, the year of her death. Her own note (p. 277) that she was sixty years old in October, 1860, is certainly | wrong—the year 1867 must have been in | tended, for she was born in 1707, and we ba | lieve that she died in 1808. The portrait in i this volume is a good likeness. ! Of Charles Jlcade’s new romance, we have i only tA that et Tho Cloister and the Hearth ” is a stoTy of the middle of the fif teenth century, when Louis XI reigned in France, Edward IV in England, and Philip “ the Good ” in Holland. Tho action opens in a small Dutch town, and ends in Italy. Tho hero and the heroine suffer more trouble than , usually falls to the lot of young people— tha fruit of tlieir wedded union is the great Eras mus. This talc is very unlike any romance we ever read before. The author has literally thrown his mind into the medimval age, and gives what painters call the local coloring, with remarkable effect. There arc numerous faults in the story and its conduct—but there are numerous beauties, too. Above all, unlike most modern novelists—from Scott and Edge worth down to Dickens and Thackeray—the heroine is by far the best-drawn and best-sus tained character in the book. Her beauty and grace, her piety and intelligence, her truthful ness and constancy, and, above all, her true womanly impressiveness are exquisitely charm ing, booauso Strongly real. Surely, never be fore did Fiction create such A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warm, to comfort, to command; Aril yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light. YYe purposely do not detail the plot of this romance, lor we wish the reader, even as we did, gradually to unravel it for himself. The pirated Boston reprint of “ Great Ex pectations,” printed in almost illegible type on miserable paper, has the novelty of giving more than the author’s words! It supplies a distinctive, yet not distinct, title to each of the fifty-nine chapters, and, when Bftldy re veals tp Pip that she has just been married to Joe, some improver upon Diekens throws in, as a parenthesis, the following curious sen tences: “The frailty of human hopes. The bliss of simple, unalloyed affection. The priceless, peerless, endless love of woman. Oil bless God, all who know it, for that better and more enduring love, manifested by the Cross of Christ.” This ultra-pipfls exclama tion is almost profane, stuck into the middle of a novel; but profanity and theit are twins. To rob Dickens and then pass off such stuff as this for his, reminds one of the Gipsies, who, to prevent recognition, disfigure the children whom they steal. The numerous admirers of the late Elizabeth Barrett Browning wiU learn with pleasure tfcftt she has left sufficient unpublished and uncol lected poetry to make another and final volume. It will soon appear. Sixce the bombardment of Fort Sumpter about 7,000 seamen have been booked in the New York, and 20,000 at other naval rendezvous—Wash ington, Philadelphia, Boston, Portsmouth, Buffalo, at, aggregate of 36,000 men. The number or men enlisted in the regular army during the same time is approximately as follows: lor general service, 2,000 ; for the nine rogiments of in fantry, one of cavalry, and one of artillery, 10,000 —making a total of 12.000 men. PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6,1861. THE REBELLION. THE GREAT ARMADA. THE EXPEDITION SAFE. CHARLESTON THE SUPPOSED DESTINATION. RUMORED RESIGNATION OF BEAUREGARD, AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY. DESIGN OF THE REBEL‘GENERALS. MORE TROUBLE AT WARSAW. UNION CONFIDENCE IN GEN. SHERMAN. LATE SOUTHERN vKBWS. INTERESTING FROM NEW ORLEANS. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. ■ j Doings of G-en, Lane’s Brigade. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS STIRRING SPEECH OF SECRETARY CAMERON. THE GREAT NAVAL EXPEDITION. FORTRESS Monroe, Nov. 4, via Baltimore,— The steamer Beirut ere, one of the expedition, laden with horses and stores, returned to Old Point on Monday noon, and reported that she had been separated from the fleet during the storm of Fri day, and a portion of her upper works being stovo and otherwise so roughly handled that she was compelled to return. Twelve of the horses were hilled. Ilcr captain knew nothing as to the rest of the fleet. About three o'clock this afternoon the steamer Monticello, from the blockading fleet off Savan nah, arrived here and reported that she passed the whole fleet) moving along finely, on Saturday night, within thirty miles of Bull’s Bay. The storm had nearly abated, und the officers have no doubt that the fleet entered Bull’s Bay enijy on Sunday morn >ng and landed within twenty-fire miles of Charles ton. This part of tho coast is bnt slightly fortified. A Norfolk paper of Monday morning says that the destination of tho fleet is knoitn to be Port Royal Entrance, which is sixty mjjeS sen! h of Bull’s Bny. “ V No less than sixty centrabands came into For tress Monroe, and to the fleet on Monday. They report that many of thu troops h&vo been with drawn from Great Bcihei, Yorktowu, mill the vi cinity of Norfolk, but do not know where they have gone. The contrabands were picked up in boats and ca noes. One beat had twenty-four In It. Passengers by the flag of truce boat say that no information had been rcccivod there in relation to the fleet, at 10 o’clock on Monday morning. The Day Book mentions a rumor that Geg?fjvl Beauregard had resigned, and alto publishes a despatch from Richmond, mentioning the same ru mor as afloat there. The Fleet Spoken. New Yoke, Nov. u.—The knelt Hon,l uras re ports that at daylight of the 2d inst., (Saturday,; between Cape Fear and Charleston, she passed a large fleet of naval vessels, consisting of smaU steamers and two largo ships. The 'gala of wind had abated. ' Speculations in Regard to its/pestination. “ Aga,” one of the Washington correspondents of tb« EaUiiuutv £«?t, aajl; The reasons whjffKwiest opinion here points to Brunswick, ti.a-, as the destination’of tne great naval expedition, are that tliat_point is much bet ■ ter calculated than any other point Bowtii of Old Point fur the harboring of ‘ numerous Weaeis of deep expedition to open portktSn t^eTwnlSufiffN^Aotton frowingcogiuh ; bat to effect that particular object, eTiEerTßiAifijrtjnJlorth.Cirrolina, nor - Wilming ton would answer. Nor are their harbors good. As Charleston and Savannah are points "of con vergnnoe of net-works of railroads in the Interior, very large bodies of troops could bo concentrated at those points. So also they could be concentrated at Beaufort, C., which is on a railroad that runs. between Savannah>and Charleston. But there is no direct railroad communication between the lat ter cities and Brunswick, whieh lies in n region where the very best of cotton is produeed. A rail road from Brunswick intersects one running south westerly from Savannah to'point? flew Tallahasaee, Florida, a railroad from Fernandina, Florida, runs west to the same point and connects with the former. Neither of the roads extends on to Pensa cola, as laid down on some of the cheap maps. The New York Herald, yesterday, editorially remarks: The general impression is, and the general hope is, that the destination is Charleston; but some of our wise astrologers, who profess to know the plans of General Sherman gad Commodore Dupont, gay that Bun’s Bay, some twenty-five miles this side of Charleston, or thc.dcep and spacious harbor of Port ltoyal and Beaufort, some fifty miles the other side of Charleston, will be the point of debarkation of tbe land forces under General Sherman.. We, of course, cannot tell whether tile landing will be at tho one or the other, or at either of these places. Bull’s Bay has water enough, and is very conve nient to Charleston in the matter of distance; bnt then Ball’s Bay and Bull’s Island are flanked on the mainlnnd by an extensive morass, bearing the fearful name of Hell Hole Swamp; and God forbid that our brave Union soldiers under General Shcr nmn should become entangled among tbe bogs and jungles of Hell Hole Swamp. Bull’s Bay and Bull’s Island, moreover, have a gtfiftliog affinity in sound to Buii Bun and Big Bethel, and Ball’s Blnlf. Notwithstanding all this, however, while Bull’s Bay would form a good temporary resting plaee for our squadron, Bull’s Island would answer equally well lot a temporary rendezvous fyp eur land forces; fqr there, against any land forces of the enemy, our troops would be protected by the gloo my morass of Bell Hole Swamp. - But we should prefer the deep and spacious in land waters of Port Royal, fof they ftie connected with good land communications to Charleston, and are convenient to tbe great railway which connects Charleston with Savannah, and one between those two ports; so that from Port Royal or Beaufort General Sherman and oar fleet could s|f;hc fit CLurlestem or Savannah upon twenty-four hours’ notice. But speculations are superfluous, inasmuch as at any moment we may receive some definite in telligence of the arrival of our great expedition at its destination, and of the elevation of the Union ting once more upon the “sacred sell” of South Carolina. ’ AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY. From Southeastern Kentucky. We published a telegraph despatch in our issue of yesterday morning to the effect that Gen. Nel scßi commanding the Union troops in southeastern Kentucky, had advanced and taken possession of Preßtonburg. In regard to Gen. Nelson’s eommand, the Cincinnati Times, of Saturday evening, says: The command of -Gener?! NclSCBi BOW marching on Preßtonburg, consists of the following rogi ments : Second Ohio, Colonel Harris; Twenty-first Ohio, Colonel Norton; Thirty-third Ohio, Colonel Dill; Fifty-niaih Ohio, Colonel Fife; and the Kcntnoky troops under Cols. Metcalf, Marshall., Apperson, and Grigsby, with a battery of six guns, in charge of one company of the Ist Ohio Artillery Kcgiment. On the 26th instant, the headquarters were at Camp lYfldsfforih, Hazel Green, Col, Marshall, in com mand of 330 men as the advance, took possession of the passes over the Licking river, near Licking sta tion. The people in the mountains, under the protection of the Federal volunteers, are coming forward in great numbers to renew their allegiance to the Go vernment, especially those who have been tinctured with Secession. The proclamation of Gen. Nelson is a sufficient guarantee of immunity for past errors, and they readily avail themselves of it. They see they have been misled by vtioked leaders, and seem anxious to return to their homes in peuce. The triumph of Harris’ regiment at West Liberty was a brilliant one. The regiment marched twenty seven miles in thirteen hours, mostly in the night, to surprise the rebels. The road, too, was ono al most impassable to horses, and the regiment, he it remembered, was in a drenching rain, without overcoats. In the engagement twenty-three re bels were killed, and not a loyal soldier scratohed. The Designs of the Confederates to Sub jugate Kentucky. Tbe.Louisvillo Journal of Saturday says: Buckner has already been reinforced from Gen. Polk’s army nt Columbus, only six or seven thou- Band being left at the latter point; ho has been ro. inforced from Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alubama, and the Indian tribes, and he is expecting large reinforcements from the armies in Virginia. But will he be along herein twenty days ? Wo know that leading Secessionists here have an un doubtieg faith that he will be; that he will take possession of Louisville, establish martial law, do all things according to his own will, seize Frankfort and theStnte archives, and disperse the Legislature if it should be in session, and make our city the winter quarters for a portion of his army, and Cincinnati for another portion. The Union military authorities in Kentucky, in Ohio, in Indiana, in Illinois, Ac., and at Washing ton, must be well aware of the movements, the pro- bnble movements, and the possible movements, of the enemy, and cannot fail to adopt measures of suitable vigor to counteract them. Tho United States Government well understands that it is in dfcpenSflbU to tt© prosperity of ibis war, On tbe E&ft of tbe United States, that Cincinnati and lOuisville, and Lexington and Covington, and tho capital of Kentucky, shall not fall, even for a day, into the hands of the Confederates, and we cannot doubts that thfi understanding this, will, if necessary, pour a powerful reinforcement into'Kentucky within the next, two weeks, to ren der such a result impossible. But our Kentuckinns must place only partial reliance upon aid from abroad- If their State be saved at all from subju* galioc, slavery, dlsgiaca, ruin, ibey themselves must do a very large part towards saving it. If they will not rise up now, even now, and put forth, in the^cause of freedom, the whole might of tneir free right arms, invigorated by the spirit of strong, free hearts, it were a thousand times better for tilljHu soul and. body, that they should he dead* than alive. Rebel Outrages. The Louisville Democrat says: We make tho following extract from a letter from Columbia, of tbo date of tbo 29th : “ It is awful to sea the men oomo in from Tennessee and the lower part of the State. They all give in the most horrid stories of the hardships which the people in their sections undergo.- They come in daily by the hun dred. If tho Government would take the proper steps, five thousand men could be'eolleoted hero in three .weeks. Tbe Secessionists are robbing and plundering tbe whole country south of here. The men arc anxious to get back home and fight. They are urgent for a fight. Tho Government is buying all the corn about this section of the country, and paying hard oash for it. There will hardly bo cnongh, as tbe crops are rather meagre.” ' The Camp Wild Cat correspondence of the Cin cinnati Commercial says: I to-day conversed with several men from tho mountuiu regions. They all tell a sad talc of their suffering and distress, having been driven from their homes by the merciless foe, respecting neither age nor sex. One old man of over sixty years of age stated that himself and four sons, all men of grown ago. were forced t* leave their homes, by the approach of these Vandals, and that for the last six weeks they had not dared to sleep in a house, for fear of being shot or taken prisoners. They have during that time been -obliged to sleep beneath rocks and ip dark cares; sometimes expe* ricucing great suffering from cold and hunger, the women being obliged to watch their opportunity for carrying food to them. Their guns they are obliged to keep hid only at such opporiunities as they can find to emerge from tlieir hidibg-placee and use them to au advantage on the rebels. There is one dare devil of a moun taineer, of whom they told me, that frequently succeeds in popping over a Seccsh. The rebels have in vain tried to catch him Ho will appear among the oliOk und rocks, pep eifliis man, and is gone again. The rebels «ay they know the crack of his rifle, but .ney can never get the man. They stated that about i ,300 muskets had been sent into Knox county by the Government, of which number about 180 bud fallen into the hands of the Seces sionists. The remainder were all hidden, and would be brought out whenever they received suffi cient protection to enable them to do so. They now begin to feel somewhat encouraged at the presence ol the troops now. here. Tbe Central Kentuckian, published at Lebanon, ssjs: Every day wc hear of all kinds of depredations being committed in Green and the lower edge of Taylor county by SeCfiSßionislfli A few uojs ago they visited the house of Mr. Lloyd Tbnruion in bis absence, and stole a Colt’s rifle, and demanded of Mrs. Thurman her gold wa eh. She told the scoundrels that it was not there ; that Mr. Thurman had taken i( with him, Tho black guard replied, “ you are a damned liar.” Such is the material of which the Southern army to a great extent is composed. Mr. l'hnrman, we understand, has been com pelled to remove his negro property to Caapbell villo for safety. We also learn that the Secessionists have stolen severed valuable mules from Mr. Thurman. The Louisville Democrat, of Saturday, says Asgomiis from below, guoh ui we oan hear, indi cate that Buckner’s command is still continuing the ravages of the country around about Him. The flimsy veil is thrown off. It ia no longer an inten tion to confiscate—in plain words', rob—a citizen besmißO ho may favor the Union, bat marauding bands lay waste the country—laying waste every thing they can find, without regard to party, and burning what they cannot carry off. TVe heard yesterday of a gentleman who arrived in our city, and who had himself been a Secession ist. Ha says it.is absurd to talk of &,.y regard for the rights of private property; that the army act more like an undisciplined mob in an enemy’s country, than a regular force, and that while some of the Confederate officers may and doubtless do, try to prevent it, yet it is beyond their power. The men arc almost wholly unrestrained-in the country in which they are. More Trouble at Warsaw. j On Tuesday evening last the Louisville and Cin eillJlHti audit—lit to,,k up a d£l£ikment of Home ! Guards from Vevay, Ind., to Warsaw, Ky., and as I they landed at the latter place, they were met by i a messenger from the Federal camp near the town, : who reported that a number of mounted rebels had i just ridden np to the Union outpasta and were fired ! upon .by our troops, with what result he was unable ; to say. The Federal force was small, and as they ; feared an attack from superior numbers, he was ; sent to Warsaw to procure reinforcements. Forty : or fifty men at onoo started for th® seenc. when s'the messenger left, continued firing was heard in the direction of the camp, but nothing further was known. The Confidence Felt in Gen. Sherman. General Sherman has basn out here spending several days and seeing how matters stood, but has now returned to Louisville. No one can be about General Sherman without very soon perceiving that he is one of the very ablest of men. He is a man of powerful intellect, and only a ninny would find fault with him on account of his abrupt manners. Ho is really a kind-hearted man, a just, upright man, but then you might as well try to dam the Nile with bulrushes as to turn him aside one iota from the straight line of duty. He butts you out of his way when you attempt ii, pretty much as a lo comotive butts au impertinent little bull T)ff tho track, with just as little ceremony, and quite as effectively. He has in him the elements of a great commander. lam satisfied that there are not threo men now in the service 6f the Government who arc his equals. The confidence felt in him-by every body here is unbounded. He is so able, so prudent, so circumspect, that all believe be cannot be de feated. The officers toll many anecdotes of him, which show the interest they take in him. He is a most able man, a prudent, alert, and safe man, just such, in short, as is needed in Kentucky now. Reported Fight in Warren County. Tho Evansville (Indiana) Journal of November lit, says: From Kentuckians who were in tbe city last night, we learn, that on Tuesday last, Colonel Bur bridge, with a portion of his regiment, aqd g de tachment- of artfiiery, attacked two hundred and fifty to three hundred rebel cavalry at Woodbury, and routed them, killing fifty, and taking several prisoners, with a large lot of camp equipage, small arms, Ac. We also learn that the mill at Woodbury, which baa been employed in grinding wheat for the rebel troops at Bowling Green, has been taken, and four thousand bushels of wheat stored there, confiscated, for tho use of our troops. It is also reported that McHenry’s regiment, sta tioned at Cromwell, Ky., was attacked on tho 21th of Ootobor, by a large force of the enemy. The lat ter were -beaten off, with what loss is not known. We lost one man in the fight. The Union men along Grech river arc becoming fairly aroused, and will give the vandals a warm re ception, wherever they find them. Fears for General Nelson’s Safety. • A despatch was reoeivad at Washington on the 29th from General Roseorans, in Western Virginia, stating that he had “ intelligence that for several days the rebels had been retreating from that sec tion.” Simultaneously comes intelligence from the upper part of Kentucky tbfit information had teen received there, and was believed, that General Floyd, with 5,000 men and a strong battery, was makiDg all speed to reinforce General John S. Wil liams, at Frcstonsburg, in this State. If Williams shall bB thuß reinforced, our gallant Nelson, it is to be feared, wiil have too great odds against him. We hope that he has been or will be able to put in bis good blows quick enough to make them effective. —Louisville Journal. Affairs at Paducah, The Paducah correspondent of tho St. Louis Republican, writing from that plaee, under date of Oct. 29, says : ~ Affairs hero are quiet, and the wprkj of defenee alone occupy the attention of the Paducah garrison. Earthworks already encircle the whole city, and those around the Marine Hospital are being rapidly completed. To give increased security from attack, w)d reader an approach by rebel artillery difficult! if not impossible, the forest, usually a covert for foes, has been used to thtvnrt them, and its trees lie felled in such positions that passage over or among them by anything with wheels is impossible. Approaching iron the land side a stranger would think Paducah had just been cutoutof the forest, and that its circling belt of stumps and fallen tim ber marked the suburbs. It is now the strongest military position in the West, and will bo a safe base to act from hereafter if Government linds it necessary to defend itself then ns now. It would lie much pleasanter, however, for volunteers to fight instead of spending their time digging and wheel ing dirt, a task hailed by them with extreme dis gust. In future they will petition to be sent to places whore defences arc already built, oreftlt be gained by bayonet instead ofspadc. An Eloquent Appeal. The following is from an appeal to Kentuckians, fren the Louisville Journal ; First, becauso he is a man, and the nation needs him—because the one, world-grasping question, which this struggle is to decide, is—Shall this na tion die ? Shall the Government of our fathers —the best that men oyer lived under, or heroes ever died for—fall a victim to the caprices of a re bellion in the first century of its cxisteneo ? Secondly, because every citisen owes his life of life—his liberty—the better part of all he is, and has, to his country j and is in duty, honor, man hood, bound to give his lifo, if noed bo, in her just defence. Thirdly, because a single arm, if wielded well, has often saved a nation, and may now save ours. No one, however humble he may be, .can know what help his single hand may hold until he gives it. Give it, one and all! Fourthly, Kentuckians, because Kentucky needs it ’most —needs it now—this moment—while we write this word. Do you hear it? Nekds it’. The watchword of Kentucky is “Defence!” “De fend me*” is her cry. Defend lien every man* or SDcak down into a second-hand grave, and be at least dumb as the heroic dead! You cant, you .icon 7 do that. To arms! The mother StatQ that bred vou bids you rise. To arms, men, quo and all! LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. The New Orleans papers, of th« 21st ultima, hava been received in Louisville. They contain tho fol lowing items of interest: Tho free market in New Orleans, for the supply of tb© needy families of and PPM* people gtiiWfiUy, has proved a groat success. At the last opening ot the market, supplies were furnished for hom eix to seven thousand impoverished citizens. The v icksburg "Whig exhorts the planters of tho South to prepare for the coming year, by raising pork, beef, mutton, Ac., such things as will and onalvlo planters to pay taxes, It says it can see no prospect that the blockade witl be opened and thinks there will be no peace until the Soutli shall invade the North, which must be done next yew. The Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Jl Tfi.WUity, i»f iv recent date, sttye ; Among the on tfits and floating rumors, I may mention the follow ing : General Wise is dangerously sick; General Toombs is said to have said there will be no fight at Manassas until next spring; there is enough tobac co in England to ltisb two years i ten than mud bales of cotton arc at a certain point in Florida v'aitivg for the Yankees ; we had a right sharp storm of wind and rain last night. A letter to the New Orleans Crescent , from Co lumbus, dated tho 16th of October, says tho fortifi cntiocs there progress slowly, but th& indioutiong are, that Columbus will yet be made a Gibraltar in point of strength. There are big guns, and guns enough mounted there. Tho writer says ho is for bidden to speak of the strength of the place, but he .thinks that precaution useless, as the adroit spies of the enemy, together with thoir gunboat observa tions, place them in possession of &U the intelli gence desired. The recipients there work on the defences six hours each day. The Memphis Appeal expresses the opinion that the army of Gen. Kofecrana, in Western Virginia, has. been ordered to Kentucky, nnd that it is tho design of the Government to open a vigorous cam* paign against Tennessee. Governor Brown has been re-elected, in Georgia, by a majority of about 12,000 votes. The Jackson Mississippi an says the Hog, At G» Brown ivill be returned to the rebel Congress by general consent. The Protestant Episcopal Convention of the Con federacy met at Columbia. South Carolina, on the 16th ult. AU the Bishops were present but Bishop Polk: During the session of the Commercial Convention, at Macon, on the 17th, the following resolutions were passed : 1. To MNjuestrute tho property of snch tilicn enemies as have Sous in the Confederate army fov the benefit of tTUCh 2. Approving the plan of the martne bartering-rain in* vented by J. K. Butts, and recommending it to the Con federate States, and that a subscription be opened in the convention to put it in operation. 3. Declaring the importance of opening railway con^- ftMihteation with the coal and irou niiucß of North Caro lina. 4. Declaring that return cargoes of our produce should be lurnislied vessels bringing goods from foreign ports, but that no accumulation of produce should be allowed in our 5. JtOQiieKting the Post OffitfO Department to establish postal relations with tho European Governments as soon aa possible. The Convention, after adopting some other un important resolutions, adjourned at* half past ten o'clock, to meet in Montgomery on the first Monday itt May, 1862. ' The Florida and Massaclhiselts , rebel and Fe deral vessels, had an engagement off Ship Island on the 29th. After fighting au hour the Florida , the rebel vessel, withdrew. The Mcmpbi* Appeal of the 19th complains bit terly that farmers in the neighborhood of Colum bus. Ky., are not permitted by the military autho rities to send their corn, wheat, and other products to the Memphis markets As a consequence, wheat and flour were becoming extravagantly high. A meeting of mcrchunts was to be held on the 19th to take measures to correct the evil. The Mcsilla Times- of the 12th ult. saysan exten sive'eampaign is to be made against the Indians, so soon g§ it ishnown what tho movements of the Fe. deral troops are to be. The Times says several companies will be kept in the field, and the war inust be one of extermination. , Tho Times announces that the Federal troops bad abandoned Fort Craig. The Norfolk bay Book announces with a j flourish that large numbers of counterfeit notes on ; the Bank of Camden, S. C., were found in the 1 tranks of the Indianinns taken at Chiekamacomico. ! It says the original plates are in the hands of , Northern people, and it has no doubt that FederalS have great numbers of the notes, with the design : of flooding the South with the worthless trash. An enterprising man is about to establish a glass / manufactory in South Carolina. A Government bcef.panking establishment is to bo organized on the Red river. „ A bill, provid’"" ’i-"* nenrand brokers shall not vimrge more than five per cent for coin, has been brought forward in the Tennessee Legisla ture. The New Orleans Cmmil says there is&l&rgi demand ior gold in monetary circles thete, which is sent over into Kentucky for the purchase of sup plies for theSoulh. From the touc of the Southern journals it is fair to believe that the rebel army of the Potomac will winter in its present position if not driven out by the grand army of the Union. The papers and people of the South counsel the authorities to attack Washington, but the leaders hesitate. The New Orleans Crescent expresses the belief that the Federal Government is concentrating men and supplies in Kentucky preparatory to an attempt to invade tho South from .this direction. A despatch from Knoxville, Tennessee, to the New Orleans Picayuneo[ the 2oth instant, makes mention of the battle of Camp Wild-Cat. I have not seen the paper, but am informed that the despatch represents that Zolticoffer com manded in person; that the retreat was occa sioned by some misconception of orders, and that the febel loss in killed and wounded is put down at two hundred and sixty odd. As it is ge nerally safe to estimate rebel losses as twice as large as admitted, we may suppose they lost over 600 .—Cinciniiati 'Fimcs. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Political Troubles. Tbe Washington correspondent of tbe New York Times says: Gov. Gamble, of Missouri, is again in Washing ton, urging measures for the protection of the Unionists of that State. Property and life were nevermore unsafe. Almost every county is in fested by roving bands of guerillas ; and the events of the war and depredations of the armies, by bankrupting men, add daily to the number of desperate characters who live by pillage. Hons. James 3. Boltins, Willard 15.l 5 . Hail and Robert Wil son, the three most prominent Unionists of North Missouri, are now in St. Louis, virtual fugitives from heme—their lives and the lives of their friends boing threatened by gangs of Secessionists that roam the State. Ah efficient organisation of Home Guards is needed for each county, as tbo national army gives no protection except where it is personally present. The immediate object of Gov. Gamble’s visit is to obtain aid from the Government in arm ing and equipping the forty thousand {giUilft au thorized to bo raised by the Legislature of the State. The militia will be composed of thoroughly loyal citizens, and will be able to defend its soil against all enemies—domestic and foreign—and leave the Government troops free to penetrate fur ther south. A Difficulty at Boonviilc The St. Louis Democrat of Saturday says • We ore sorry to hear of trouble at U^oßyilJf, pfl Sunday lasi, between parties who should act ic har mony. The force at that place consists of two compa nies of the Illinois Thirty-seventh, under Captain Payne ? and about one hundred and soyenty-fiyv Home’ Guards, under Major Eppstem. Captain Powell, of the regular army, is quartermaster. Some dispute having arisen between Captain Pow ell and Major Eppsteic, in reference to some con traband property, the former caused the latter to b& put under arrest. Captain Holder, of the Home Guards, still resisting tbe authority of the quarter master,' was waited upon by Captain Powell, with a file of ten soldiers of the Illinois companies. A dispute arose, when Captain Powell assaulted Captain Keisor with sword &nd revolver, entting his hand severely, but the shots from the pistol failing to take effect. Capt. Powell, at the SHme moment, ordered his men to fire. The Illi nois troops refused to fire, but Capt. Keiser’s men, whe bud collected around him* did fire at Capt. Powell. One shot passed through his whiskers, another through one of his co&t-sleevcs, and still another carrying away the handle of a pistol which was in his belt. His escape from instant death was miraculous. Unfortunately some of the shots took aflf&St AU Iks Illinois troops, wounding severely three of the number. We are glad to hear that the matter he/e terminated, and that good feeling exists as before, between tho Illinois and Missouri troops. The point of difficulty has been referred to the ooromarding offices! at OtiervilU. Danger at Tipton, From Lieut. Sawyer, of the First Kansas, we learn that a force of about 1,800 rebels, which has recently been collecting near lioclicport, have de signs upon military stores at Tipton, and an attack .may be expected from them at any hour. Tipton 'is in charge of the First Regiment of Kansas Volun teers, which now does not muster more than about 500 effective mon r but these having so gallantly passed through the war in the Southwest, feel themselves a good match for more than twice their number. They are well prepared, and wa rather incline to the belief have no great fears. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Secretary Cameron m New York. Secretary Cameron was serenaded at his hotel in New York, on Monday evening, by the Union Club of that city. In response to the compliment— Mr.' Cameron began by saying that lio was ex tremely obliged at such n manifestation of kind, ness as that exhibited that evening. He was glad, to meet the gentlemen before him, representing, as they did, the great city of New York on the great question now before the country. Ho snid a great qnostion, because it wa? the greatest one ever known in the history of a country which the other day was united, happy, and prosperous, but is now involved in one of the most important wars Which tho world has ever seen. Why we have been thus chastised by Providence is not the question now. Certainly iti must be for some grievous .sin. Thsr& was wrong somewhere, but he did not believe that it was in this State nor in this section of country. [Applause.] It was now our simple, and plain duty to restore our country to its pristine grandeur, and to that prosperity with which it has always boen blessed, and which he firmly believed it would yet CDjoy for all time to come. [Applause.} -He' wus not vain enough to regard this demonstration as a mark of honor and respect to hiutsclf, but as a mark of approbation of the efforts of the Govertv tnent. [Loud oheors, and noise from a man in the rcur.] [Loud cries of “ Put him out 1” here arose, and * some scuffling took place in the attempt to eject the intruder, when the Secretary requested that h». should be let alone,] TWO CENTS. j Mr, Cameron proceeded to gay t*%at he was there to thank those before him And the patriotic men oF I this great city for what they had done for the I Gflugo of the whole nation. Out of a population of , one million, New York has sent to the field of war 1 no lees than 35,000 men. But he was eixre that, if the necessity should arise, she would be .ready to send 100.000. {Tremendous cheers.] In the war of tho Revolution, when wo were only building up this Government, the little State of Massachusetts, out of her population of 300,000 souls, iiont J><s,ooo armed men to battle for freedom and independence. [Cries of ** Bully for Massachusetts,” followed *>y loud and ringing cheers.] Thntwn? more than o/*e for erery five of her population. [Cheers.] At ntr time wag Massachusetts more patriotic or more brave than New York, and he felt fully conduced that if the energies of New York should ever be aroused, and a call be made upon her for men, even to the one-fifth of her whole population, she i will be ready to send fivd hubdtud thou sand men to the defence of the country— (loud and long-continued cheering]—nnd more. She had not only sent her sons, but she had given her money—that commodity with which men are frequently legs lavish than with the lives of their , Shilton. [Cries of - That's so! : “] She has con tributed her money to this holv cause, not only in thousands, but in millions; and, if need be. they will be ready with hundreds of millions for tho salvation of that country and that Constitution established by the blood of their fathers. [Loud applause.] \Ye certainly had some reverses in tho commencement of this struggle, and there were some excuses to be made for them. The people of the North are a working peopttl, engaged for tho last fifty years in the peaceful pursuits of civil in. dustry. fur more than fifty years the South had been meditating this foul rebellion, and were pre paring for war, while the North was consolidating pence and harmony. They were not content with thefr own, reaooitfteg, .but stealing that which belonged to üb. The honegt Who was in the War Department not long ago stole all our munitions of war and sent them South ; and when the rebels were ripe for they stole everything that they found ready to their hands. They Inculcated and disseminated treason among j the people. They stole the soldiers whom we had ' eduentedflt West Point, that Guy might fight hgalnat their fathers and their brethren. There have been reverses in every war, and we have had ours. But I believe we have passed our day of reverses [Loud cheers and continued applause.! When the war commenced we wers without money, without men* without aims. All our money and arms had been ! stolen by those who had meditated rebellion. But ; now the case is very different. We have plenty of j money, plenty of arms, and an abundance of men. (Loud cheers.] And more ? wo have the brave and j gallant young General at the bend of our army, ' [Bxilhuri&stic applause, followed by three deafening cheers for General McClellan, and three more for the old hero. General Scott.] That young soldier ' is the idol of his troops, because of bis solicitude and e?iro for thorn. In every eoetast,f«? ks his \ career has gone, ho has been victorious. Since he j has assumed the command of our armies his constant i care has been to have his men disciplined and in- J structed in the art of war, so as to insure a victory \ when he shall be prepared to move with the iin- i znense host, at whose ncad he now stands, [Ap- j pltiuse.] The day of trouble has gone by. Lotus | wait patiently until our young general has per- j A cted his arrangements, and he will pledge his ! life upon victory. [Prolonged applause ] He j wo* glad to meet his friends th&t &vemog. i He belonged to the neighboring State of Penn- | sylvania. [Three cheers for Pennsylvania.] | The time was when Pennsylvania was consi dered the great State of the fcnion, but now New ■ York had gone ahead fasr. The wealth and gq> i tcrpxiEe of rhe Empire city had tended to the pros- j perity of Pennsylvania, while she had done no little i to further the prosperity of New York. [Applause.] ’ Ho' would mention that out of her population of j two millions, she has sent fifteen hundred more men ; to th© wars than New York with her greater popu lation. [Applause and laughter.] He only men tioned this as information to the people of New York, because he was certain that if they had known of this they would hare completely outstripped |jj? Keystone State [Loud laughter and applause.J '■ Perhaps, however, this would incite New York to ! further enlistments, and when next they came to ; compare numbers he hoped that the Empire State ; would not only beat Pennsylvania by fifteen hun- 1 dred, but by a£ many thousands ak she pleased, j [Loud applause.] Secretary Cameron concluded i by saying that he was not a man of words—his whole life had been one of action; so, therefore, | thanking them once more for their kindness, he ! begged leave to bid them good mg hi. [Loud ap- | plause J [From the New. York Tribune of yesterday.] Secretary Cameron. The Secretary of War and the Secretary of tho Popartm?ms! They timed their visit to the journey of (ien. Scott, and made that the occasion of a demonstration of personal respect to the veteran commander, on hid wav to retirement from his labors and his rank. Mr. Chase’s visit was 66fifi£Med with the Inte rests of the .Financial Department over which he so ably presides. Secretary, Cameron inspected yes terday the fortifications, which guard our harbor. He will go to-day to West Point, and thence to Springfield Jn Massachusetts, to asAniiMtke IJfiiUd States Armory. He will probably continue his journey to Boston, to inspect, the defences of that city against attack from the sea. £Mr. Cameron’s great labors in raising, equiplng, and organizing the army with which the Mbellia* is to be crushed; the vigilance, wisdom, and prac tical ability with which he has guarded the public interests while providing for the sudden expansion of the military power of the nation from eighteen thousand men to half a million, are at last recognized by the country, and will soon be matter of history. At the age of 61, and in the possession of an ample fortune acquired in business enterprises, the Secre tary took charge of the War Department at a time when its duties were more burdensome than ever rested upon any War Minister of France in the years of her greatest struggles, whether under the Republic or under the Empire. The national im patience has demanded impossibilities. When the magnitude of the contest we are engaged in has been appreciated by the people, and Ibeie determi nation to succeed has settled into an inflexible moral principle, justice will be done to Simon Cameron's administration of his enormous trust. The Army of the Potomac and Their Winter Quarters. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times writes as follows: It will be a week at least, with the most favora ble weather, before the roads are firm enough for an advance. The country may rest assured that Gen. McClellan means to advance, and to prosecute the war actively and unremittingly. He has no thought of going into seinter quarters in front of Washington. Further gpolß it K BOt » COld. and McClellan's intention is to winter in a milder region than even the south bank of the Potomac. I uo not mean to say that he may not he disap pointed. The natural elements may conspire against him and prevent his moving, as this gtena has done. The Rebel Ministers Mason and Slidell at Nassau. A private letter from the United States consul, at Nassau, N. P., dated October 28, states that there have been several arrivals from the blockaded (?) ports, one of which brought a nephew of Gen. Har dee. “I am under the impression,” says the wri ter, “ that he teas on the lookout for arms and poieder, st'hieh, I am officially informed, were to he skipped from England. Last week, the armed steamer Theodora, nfias Gordon, Capt. Lockwood, direct, from Charleston, chased the New York Un derwriter’s steamer Johnston into tho very month of the harbor, but ns Capt. Hoyt wasnear thelight hsuEC, she stood off for Havana, as the Captain of the Gordon told the Conehs who hoarded her, that he had a lot of passengers for England, via Havana .” Among them were Messrs. Mason, Slidell, and company. She was heavily armed. Jlnnl Labor During the War and Hon, fiscatioa for Rebels. By genera] orders issued from the headquarters of the Western Department by General Fremont, John Caldwell, Joseph Aubuchon, Hartley J, Phib lips, Thomas G. Childers, Joseph Baker, Philip Jackson, and Ulysses Y. Yannousdoif, having been convicted of taking up arms against the Federal Government by a military commission, of which Major John Mcllvain, Twenty-fifth Illinois Volun teers, was President, were sentenced to imprison ment at hard labor during the war, and to have their property confiscated for the use of tho Gene ral Government. In the ease of several others the sentence was remitted, in consideration of youth or other extenuating oiroumstanoea. federal Troops on e.v-Seaator Bright’s We understand that the Thirty-ninth Indiana regiment has taken quarters upon Jesse D. Bright’s kiln, near Jeffersonville* It makes an excellent camp-ground for the loyal soldiers who have re sponded to their country’s call. If the traitor r s heart and soul with the enemy, it is no reason wh y his grounds should not contribute to the cause 0 f (he timrement and the country, We only wf di the traitor was mustered in the ranks, and mndt , to “keep step” to the musio of the Union.— Lol lt ' s . rille Democrat. A Canadian Journal on the War . The MOUire&l Herald takes the Gazette, o f that city, to task for the unjsrst reflections up m the North in its •struggle against the rebellion i.- The Herald concludes a long article thus : The war has not been made by the Nerf h, but by the South. Its object must be determir , e( i ),y authors; and that object is oloarly enoug j, declared to he tho extension of slavery, whereve' ■ the South shall find it convenient—by legislatir e action, if possible, otherwise by revolution, trf !Mon blood shed, and ruin. Undoubtedly this - determination raised a new issue, and brought (lie Southern pro slavery Democrats face to fur a , v ith other opponents than the anti-slaver y Republicans. It ‘brought them into conflict at , once with every man who, however indulgent gat , f aTO rabte lo stul very, loved it still less th>M . ] aw am i on}er . The contest is no longer what . it was at the polls, between freo soil and slave ar .]]; but between law and anarchy. And yet havinr , been brought to this P aE3 by th? flsvchsldcra ther jsolvce, it has assumed this complexion, that evert tho pro slavery men in the North, who adhere V 0 t], o side of the Union, are fighting an anti-sir" vtr y battle. For if the South now prevails by 'arms, the power of the Re publican party at the >p 9 }[ s wifi be overridden fey violence, while an .-A-vU.ing the triumph of law and order, the North vrj'.il also leavo the anti-slavery party free to act. [Corrcspwidcace ot," The Tress.] ■' poylestown, Nov, 5, 1801. The RinggeW. Regiment, One hundred and fourili Pennsylvania.' Volunteers, enlisted within tho lost five weeks, V.mler the management or the gallant Col. IV m. IV. 11. Davis, and now encamped at Camp laf;cy, near this town, have received march ing orders from Governor Cnrtin, and will break camp •early on Wednesday morning, and leave horc at & "o’clock, and will reach your city about 101 bV.ock. Tho regiment will disemhark from live Ctirs at Master street, and march from thence to tho Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Washington (street, where a collation hns boon kindly ottered them bv those in charge. The route wU| bq flpwg THE WEEKLY PRESS. T» ffuiLT Fuss will be aent to nbeorfben tf mall (per annum In adrance,) at SS.M .... *.o* Three Coploe, “ “ tlve <f l< M Ten “ tu.o* “ (to one address) UO.Ot (to address of Twenty “ u Twenty Copies, or oyer, “oh subscriber,) each, l,tt Tor ■ club or Twenty-one or over, we will (end mi extra Copy to the getter-op oftho Club. W Postmasters 'are rentes ted to act a? Agents for Tn WISXLI nisi. Fourth street to Washington. They will leave for Washington city at 4 P. Al., via Wilmington and Baltimore railed, No finer regiment than tMw has been fitted out for the war in this Common* wealth. The Colonel is a soldier himself, andknowa the wants of a soldier, and has taken care to pro vide everything necessary for the COUfort of his men. The procession will be preceded by their pioneers and fine regimental band, and cannot fail to create a favorable opinion wherever they go. \ cry truly, yours. Yoi.u.vtkkh. j Exchange of Prisoners. Novbmbeb sth, 1861. To the Editor of The Press : J Sin: I have rend the letter of t( Occasional ’* is i yi»«? journal of this morning, and most heartily endwrse the wisdom and justice of the views therein expressed. I advocated, and uided, to some ex tent, with my means and my 7stc, the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency, and am, and have beth fro.it the first, an unflinching supporter of his declared general policy. But my mind has never comprehended that any possible good* could result from the-releeal of the Administration to agree to receive from the-rebels our bravo defenders ctvp tured by them, in cxchango-Sbr their soldiers whom the fortune of war had placed'in our hands. And- I confess I hare looked with-wonder on the self-sacrificing spirit- with which the parents, wiveß, and childr en of- the Sederal troops'now detained in loathsome prison-* by the enemy, as well as the prisoners themselves, have submitted,- without a murmur, to the inexplicable course of our so. lona *' Te rebels, virtually without condition, and fusing to receive for them-in exchange un equal number of our own heroic defenders, lest, by so 1 doing, the independence of tho rebel ■ Government [ should seem to be acknowledged.' No instance of | devoted patriotism on tho part of - our people hBS i been equal to this. So long as the hope may have : been cherished by the Administration that the re bellion would be speedily quelled, their refusal to do any Bft which would raise the rebel* to tha dig* I nity of bclligorcnts was natural enough,' But the : moment it became obvious, as-it certainly, has been since the battle of Bull Bun, that we had an enemy to cope with equal in skill to ourselves, qtjdfkftT in movement, and of such abundant resources, -both in men and materials of war, as to outnumber, and generally overmatch us in various conflicts, it is amazing that the masculine mind of ■ the President did not at once brush away the diplomatic cobwebs bywhich-it was songht to manacle it, on the im portant question we are considering. Indeed, as *• Occasional ’ ! justly observes, tho ground ofobjec j tion taken by our Government to the oxohanga of prisoners loses all its force and significance, In view : of the frequent interchange of flags of truce be tween our commanders and those of the enemy, which the necessities of war have made unavoida ble. Surely it Cftfi&bt bo contended that an agree ment between the same parties to restore an equal number of each other’s captives respectively held by them, would be any more than tlya reception and ■ sending of flag? tf trues no acknowledgment hy ua of the independence of the Southern Govern ment. Indeed, the very action of our Administration in allowing men taken in sirg)§ ngftiast the Govern, ment- of the Inited States to return to their'hemes unpunished, proves that it is no ordinary revolt with which we have to deal. Why, then, shall our brave men, many of them wounded and mutjjgtfj, taken in discharge of their duty, be forced to suffer more than the common -evils of war, themselves sutficiently severe, upon a mere technicality ? ' Let us see whither a persistence in tho present policy May lead US. Of tho ultimate conquest Of tho armies of the Southern demagogues I presume none of us entertain any doubt, but who can say at what period that consummation, so devoutly to be wished, shall be reached ? In relative population, means, and military power, the South, however in. ferior to the North, is vastly nearer on a par with it than were the thirteen colo nies with Great Britain.- ’Ehqw.. . of in*. arvTviimvu Trnowugcui uud yet alter a seven years* struggle with varying fortunes, most frequently adverse to bar cause, the mother country was forced to abandon the contest. I have faith that in that, respect there can be no parallel, nor in the result of the present war, even if it should outlast thw present generation. But should it prove a long war, instead of a short one as we hope, does our.. Government propose to persevere in its present course respecting the national prisoners hold by-tho rebels, or (suppose I should say) would-be revolu tionists ? If precedents arc wanted for a different, coarse, the President and the learned members of tht Oftl&et ban readily find them in the history Of our own war of the Revolution, as well as in that of nearly every civil war since the middle agc3. On this subject it is time that our rulers BhouUt < bo authoritatively addressed by tho whole. press - and the whole people of the loyal States as .with one voice. We offer you, in defence of our re publican institutions, our power, our talents, our means, our blood, without stint. Use them aU with the requisite profusion; we tender them to the last man and the last dollar, subject to all thc.ha zards of incompetent leaders and unfaithful agents, - but we demand that you do not require of our no ble warriors Other risks afld sufferings than, those ■ which arc the legitimate offspring of war, suck risks and sufferings as can have no boneSeiial effect. on its successful prosecution. Give ns back, for fresh duties, our parents, our husbands, our ■ brothers, our children, from the pestilential pri sons of the South, detained there tbrough your un wise adherence to an obsolete idea, L.. GENERAL NEWS* The coffee and spice mills of Messrs. Dow- . ner .fc Co., a$ 43 and ii Franklin rtreats, Chicago, were blown up on Saturday afternoon by the. ex plosion of a boiler. There were nineteen persons. in the building at the time, all of- whom escaped, without injury. , The ntiinlioi! of deaths in. UCew., York, re ported for the wreck ending November 4, waa .391, being 10 less than the previous-week,and bless than in the saurc week of 1860. Two thousand Enfield riibs, .purchased, in Enrnpo by ouder of tho Kentucky Military Cam*, inittee, arrival yesterday. A itEai-i/vB. system of signals by, lights is. put into opt nation every night uppn the Virginia, shore. Res/ lenses from Maryland are now seldom, attempted. The. ratio wing Pennsylvanians lave re signed fror i the army : Twenty* third Regiment—Surgeon A. C- Stille. Thirty-fhird Begimont—Lieutenant (Mmol Fa F. Uehmi ,n. Harlan*’s Cavalry—Fir3t Lieutenant W. II- Kile ner. { Thirdj Harlan’s Cava&y—First Lieut- Philander Ai I'ilJf xrnid. Becoß d Resen’e—Colonel WliHiam R Mann. Four ih Reserve —First Lieutenant Thomas ft. OHari Eigl ith Reserve—Second Lieutenant George W. Park/ Tcf ith Reserve —First Lieutenant Marshall Harts horn . T< ,nth Reserve —Second Lieutenant Oscar Hcrj ring ! several oases ol smnlbpox bavo appeared on board the Potomac flagship Hamel Latte. Two W ere sent up in the Herbert. mid tho Powhatan. b ss gone to the Arsenal wharf to receive others to I ,o brought up on the Mount Vernon. ZOLLICOITktt i 3 fill Cx-edltor, but probably he had more leaded matter in his column on the night of the 21st than he expected. —Louisville Journal. To-i>at tbe election for Presidential electors takes place in tbe eleven States forming the bogus Confederacy, and such of the rebellious State! as have not held their elections will also choose at tho same time their members to the Richmond Con gress. About thirty Parrot guns aro turned out at the West Point foundry now per week. Four hun dred and fifty men aro employed in the manufac ture of these guns, as also in forming projectiles. Cuaki.es Andebson, brother of General Robert Anderson, lately ooncluded to sell out and remove from Texas to Kentucky. Ho started from pan Antonio, and proceeded toward Mexico. When twenty-seven miisg put on Lis journey, ho was over-, taken by a detachment of rebel cavalry, sent for the purpose by Col. U. E. McCulloch. Mr. Ander son is now a prisoner, but his family proceeded to Ohio The Present for Col. Baker,— A magni ficent horse, valued at ¥6OO, which was to have been presented to Col. Baker on tho very day on which lie was killed, hasheen sold to the Dukedo Chartres, of Gen. McClellan’s staff. Another Exraamos.—Tho next excite iuefit oH the tapis is lb 6 expedition which is now getting up under the. auspices of Major General Butler and Brigadier General Burnside. It is to bo composed mainly of Now England men, and will strike in an unexpected quarter. GeSB. SMITH ASS>LAx»ek.—Gail. Smith has recovered from his recent illness, and is now in the field again. Gen Lander is still confined to his house from his wound, hut is slowly recovering. It will be weeks, however, before he will be able to resume active service in the field. The steamboat Igo exploded her boilers at Little Hocking, Ohio, on tbe Ist inst. One {man was killed and fifteen soaldod. The boat had neon running for some time between Gallipolis and Par kersburg* I.iett. Joel McGrec.ory, the last Revolu tionary pensioner in New Hampshire, died at New port, New Hampshire, on tho 31st October, at the age of 101 years. He was a prisoner in the “ Old Sugar House” of Revolutionary famo, Mn. Embury, son of Mr. Augustus Embury, president of the Brooklyn Bank, was killed on Sa turday, evening at Fisbkill Landing, by an un known assassin, while proceeding to the residence of Gulian C. Vcrplank, where he was to epead tho Sabbath. Price to be Marked Down.— Price of MU- Tre Worst Kind of Traitors.— The Southern SefWfS-ilfitVlS. B.M
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