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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS —» The conspiracy
to break np the Union U a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the controversy. Every man mast be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals In thlh war. There can bo
none bnt patriots and traitors. 1 '
E3** Mr. Jolm W. Pittoek is the agent for j C/ir
Tress at Pittsburg. Persons wishing to be served
with the paper in that city will please leave their
names at his store.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
Wo have nt length received some definite intel
ligence in regard to our Great Naval Expedition
and itsdcetinutfon. The steamer Muuticcllo ar
rived nt Fortress Monroe on Monday from
the blockading fleet, off Savannah, and reports
that she passed our Armada moving along
finely on Saturday night within thirty miles of
Bull's Bay, Professor Bache, in his report
of the Coast Survey foi 1857, states that “a
reconnoissanee of Bull’s Bay,'thirty miles north
east of Charleston, and a survey of North Edisto
entrance, about twenty-fire miles southeast of that
city, pointed to these hftrborS AS harbors of refuge
for vessels üb&Mo to pass Charleston bar in north
east or southwest gales." Assistant C. 0. Bou telle
(who, with Lieut. Bankhead is upon the present
naval expedition) entered both these harbers in
3550, and gives an instance in which, by running
into North Edisto, a vessel might probably have
been saved from wreck. The report also says:
«• Bull's Boy entrance gives thirteen feet at mean
low nditer, and North Edisto twelve feet. 5
On page 60. same volume, we find the following
as the report of Mr. Boulelle and his sub. assistant
B. Huger. Jr.:
“ During the mouth of February the work was
carried forward over Bull’s Island and through
Bull’s Bay to Cape Boman by the parties working
jointly. Bull's Bay we found to be a large, she;t
of shallon* water, intersected with numerous nar
row channels leading from the creek entering
the bay , but suitable for ‘navigation only of light
draft vessels.
** A very fine harbor of refuge is mnde by the
northeastern end of Bull's Island, v:ith a safe and
easy entrance from ttto by night or day , AND
ABOUT FOUR FEET MORE WATER THAN AT CHARLES
TON BAR.”
* In 1850 it was again surveyed by Lieut Bank
head, (who accompanies the present expedition,)
whose report stated that;
-- The in In ml passage leading to the southward
and westward, was sounded out as far as Caper's
Island. -# * * I doubt whether it will ever be
used except ns a harbor of refuge for coasting ves
sels, for which purpose, however, it is well adapt
ed, being easy of access, affording good holding
ground, and having ah.imilaneo of water (in the
channel) for that class of vessels. The small chan
nels that traverse the bay arc too nnrrow and irre
gular in their depth for anything but vessels of the
lightest din ft."
Ami again, in the same report, he says:
“The inland passage, connecting with the hay,
I find to be too narrow and crooked for any vessels
other than very small steamers and llatboats, there
being but one foot of water at mean low tide, and a
width of only fifty feet at the narrowest part."
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Balti
more American of last evening says:
“Among naval and military men at Old Point the
Impression is that the fleet landed on Ball’s Island,
at the mouth of Bull’s Bay, on Sunday, the dis
tance from Cape Romaine, where the fleet was pas
sed on’Saturday night, being but fifteen mites.
The storm having damaged the Southern telegraph,
their landing could not he known at Norfolk or
Richmond before Tuesday Intelligence from Nor
folk indicated that the point of landing was believed
to be at the Port Boyal entrance to Beaufort,
some forty miles south of Charleston, whilst Bull’s
Bay is thirty miles south of Charleston. Gentle
men who passed through that section of the State
TCpTescnt that three weeks since there was no for
tification at BnllkBay; and the impression is that
nothing could have been erected there since that
would be able to stand the batteries of the fleet for
an hour’s cannonading.’’
The recent battle at Gauley Bridge, in Western
Virginia, resulted in a repulse of the rebels, in
which they suffered great loss.
The official news of the removal of Gen. Fremont
reached him at Springfield on the 2d inst. It
naturally excited some feeling among the soldiers
who were not familiar with aU the facts upon which
the action of the Administration was based, bnt
couldtoqucTl the excitement, t ancf < t»iscftsll fill ft?
troops to discharge their whole duty.
From a copy of the Norfolk Day Bool: of Mon
day, we extract the following interesting items of
Southern news:
“ Gen. Wise is still confined to his room, but he
is convalescent and receives a large number of vi
sitors. The Wise Legion will be withdrawn from
Western Virginia, and another force sent to replace
it, but its future destination is unknown. Breckin
ridge wants to take it with its fighting commander
to Kentucky, but. Wise thinks the enemy have
serious designs on North Carolina, and prefers to go
there.”
The Day Book also says: “We understand that
a gentleman arrived in this city several days since,
who reports that a vessel recently’ arrived on the
coast of .South Carolina, in an apparent state ef
distress, from some of the British Islands, bound to
Baltimore. Some of her sails and riggiug had been
cut sway as though she had been in a gale, and she
was endeavoring to make her way into Charleston
harbor for the purpose of getting relief. She was
overhauled by the Federal fleet off that coast, and
by them fitted up with such needed repairs as would
enable her to keep on her way’.
“ They then put their mail on board of her. She
left there and soon got an opportunity and dodged
in either to Charleston or some other Southern port,
where she was delivered over to the rebels, to
gether with her valuable cargo. On an examina
tion of the letters in the mail from tho Yankee
fleet, it was found that considerable information
leaked out as to the intention of the invading fleet
which recently left Hampton Roads. It appears
from this source of information that their design
is to attack Charleston in force from three dif
ferent points or approaches. may be that
Port Royal is one of these points. This informa
tion luckily has been in the possession of the
Charleston authorities long enough to give them
an opportunity to prepare for their reception—that
is, if they can place'any reliance on it.”
The Richmond Examiner of Saturday says :
“It if understood that the Government has infor
mation, the particulars of which arc not given to
the public, tkat furnishes ground for the belief that
the Yankee fleet were preparing to land at Port
Royal, in South Carolina There is said to be here
oue of the most capacious and finest harbors on the
Atlantic coast, with but few*natural advantages for
its defence. It iB thought not improbable that the
enemy may attempt to move inland towards
Charleston/’
Death of Sir James Graham.
By the mail-steamer Persia, which arrived j
yesterday, we have intelligence of the death j
of Sir James Graham. Exactly the same age j
as Earl Bussem, (born in 17112,) he entered j
Parliament forty-three years ago. During half
of the lengthened period of his public career-:
he sat for thc.county of Cumberland, or for '
Carlisle, its capital. His principal landed pro- i
perty, colled Netherby, Is situated in Cum- j
berland. In 1824, he succeeded to tlic'title |
and estates on the death of his father, the first :
baronet. Like most eminent parliamentarians \
of fortune, Graham had the advantage of :
.excellent education. From Westminster \
School he passed into Queen’s College, i
Cambridge, and entered public life, at the i
age of twenty-one, as Secretary to Lord i
Montgomerie, in Sicily, and subsequently held •
the same relation to Lord William Bentingk.
He was elected M. P. for Hull, in 1818, upon
such particularly liberal principles-tkat his fa
ther, a strong Tory, refused to give him any
pecuniary assistance in that contest. Early in
1820, there was a general election, in conse
quence of the death of George the Third, and
young Gbaham was not re-elected. In 1820,
however, he was returned for Carlisle, and has I
been in Parliament ever since. |
For some years, Sir James Graham sought
to obtain celebrity rather by writing than
speaking, and published numerous pamphlets,
of ultra-liberal spirit, from 1820 to 1830. In
the latter year .the Wellington Government
toppled over, in consequence of its leader’s
bold denial that any Parliamentary Reform was
required. Lord Grey formed a new Admi
nistration, and Sir James Gbaham was ap
pointed to office. From November, 1830,
until July, 1834, he was First Lord of the
Admiralty, and discharged the duties of that
office with ability, tact, and industry. After
Lord Gbey was manoeuvred out of office, in
1834, Sir James Gkaiiam and the pre
sent Earl of Derby resigned, on the
plea that Utfe Melbourne Ministry con
templated the confiscation of the tempo
ralities of the Church of England. Peel
became Prime Minister in the autumn
of 1841, and appointed Graham to the office
of Home Secretary, which ho filled until the
break-up or that Ministry in July, 1840. As
Home Secretary he became, for the
most unpopular public man in England. The
tragic fate of the brothers Bandiera made
Mazzini suspect that his letters had been
secretly opened in the London post office and
their contents communicated to foreign powers.
By a series of ingenious traps,' laid by Mr.
Buncombe, M. P. for Finsbury, this suspicion
was converted Into assurance, and Sir James
Graham was compelled to make the humilia
ting confession that, by his express orders,
he correspondence of. certain persons was
secretly opened, read, and copied in the Post
Office, for the use of the Government. He
never recovered the popularity which this (lis.
graceful act destroyed. In 18-32, when Lord
Aberdeen formed his Coalition Ministry, Sir
James Graham resumed liis office in the Ad
miralty, and resigned it in February, 1855
when tlic Administration fell to pieces. lie
j lias not been in office since.
1 It might be said of Graham that he has be
, longed to every party in England. First an
j ultra Liberal, then a Reformer, next a thick
! and-thin stickler for Church and State, after
that a Protectionist, then a Coalition man,'
and, ilt last, a sort of independent advocate of
Palmerston's policy.
Ho was a well-looking man, with large fea
tures, a massive frame, and a very small voice.
Indeed, it was amusing to hoar that Herculean
politician delivering an able speech, in the
most attenuated tones—the marked energy of
his action being in curious contrast with the
feebleness of voice which uttered language,
sometimes ardent and eloquent. Sir James
Graham will not be missed—ids influence
went at the time when Letter-Opener was
branded on his character.
Foreign Special Correspondents,
Compared with some special correspondents
of the London press, Ur. Russell is a living
exemplar of impartiality and accuracy. The
Times is not the only London newspaper that
rejoices in a “special” correspondence from
the Unifed States. Chronicle, Post, and He
rald severally have long epistles of their own
—though, from economy j all three papers cm.
ployed the same gentleman, who thus became
a sort of literary Cerberus, with three pens,
and only one bead, and that not particularly
overweighted with brains.
Blams Jr. Russell us we may for the hos
tile and even partial tone of his letters in The
Times, we should wrong our own judgment
by affecting to deny that he is a man of edu
cation and information, and, from his having
witnessed war, upon a vast scale, in the Cri
mea and in India, possessing more intimate
acquaintance with the practical part of a cam
paign than any other civilian of his time. He
places military movements before ns with a
graphic power not inferior to that exhibited
by Napier in his History of the Peninsular
Wav, and describes battles with a rapid elo
quence which carries the reader right into the
heart of each encounter, ills weakness is vi
sible when, abandoning the narration of facts,
he enters into the mystical region of specula
tion. When he relates he is a giant; when he
spent laics (in New England, they might say,
when lie yuesses.) lie becomes dwarfed down.
There are not always military movements to
he described, and the readers of the Times
perpetually exclaim, “Give! give!” like the
Giaour in “Calepli Yathek,” and Dr. Rus
sell, when he has next to nothing to write
about, gives his opinion de omnibus rebus, and
sometimes blunders, amusingly or provoking!}-.
Presently, when our gallant soldiers get to
fighting, wc shall have Dr. Russell vivid and
eloquent as ever.
The Special Correspondent of the Morning
Herald, writing from New York, heats Dr.
Russell hollow in wild speculations. He de
clares that President Lincoln is the protector
of the African slave trade ; that Secretary
Chase and Secretary Welles alone have kept
Gen. Fremont in commission ; that Gen. Mc-
Clellan has been influenced, all along, by the
solitary desire of keeping the Southerners out
of Baltimore; that their march from Phila
delphia and New Y,°rk would be the easiest
tiling in the world; that as “Anti-Slavery”
is not to be inscribed along with “ £ Fluribus
Unum” on the Federal flag, there is no reason
why the war should be prolonged; that no
Southern leader dreams for a moment of Disu
nion ; that, leaving foreigners and men of
foreign descent to fight this battle with the
South, comparatively few American-born citi
zens in tlie North have ventured to risk their
lives in the campaign j and that, when Phila
delphia is captured by Beauregard, he need
not press forward, for that casualty would
break up New Y'ork. He adds “New York
would be better off if Washington was de
stroyed.”
“At this moment the city [N. Y.] is so com
pletely exhausted of troops and of arms —all hav
ing been sent to protect that abominable hole,
Washington—that if Beauregard outnumbers Mc
ffiouWfrt>oJSt,tfei§^<) re J he
street before this day fortnight. Ten thousand
men coming on would create such a panic that they
would have all their own way. They could burn
the towns in Nee* Jersey as they came along , and
capture and hold Mete Tori city, with its vast
treasure . New York city could not raise 3,000 men
to oppose them. On the contrary, the rebels would
be warmly welcomed here. This may te treason,
but it is true notwithstanding. What would be
i thought of -London if that great city was menaced,
: and she should send every armed man to the Shet
’ land Islands to protect an old lighthouse keeper ?
! There is about ns much sense in doing what New
I York is doing.”
i The sheer absurdity of those statements
: will cause no small merriment in this country.
; Be it remembered, however, that foreign coun
; tries accept this “ information” as authentic,
[ and that it is supplied by journals of respecta
! ble character and large circulation. The Man
chester Cottonocracy triumphantly appeal to
; such statements, and say, “ England ought to
i break the blockade, and let us have cotton,
i And the North will thank lior for it, seeing, as
letters from New York tell us, 'the rebels
: would he warmly welcomed here. 5 ”
On the comparison which we have insti
: tuted Dr. Russell appears to very decided
: advantage. He has taken a wrong view of
I many things here, but we acquit him of wilful
j misrepresentation, whereas the “ special cor
; respondent ” whose, letter we have just ex
! amined not only wrote what was false, hut
: knew its mendacious character when he wrote
j it. Therefore, we say, better one Russell
; than a score of anonymous letter-writers
j whose “ special ” aim seems to be the throw
ing wild inventions into foreign journals with
a palpable purpose of deceit.
Who General Peel Is.
General Peel, who lately undertook to talk
American war-politics to the chawbacons and
clodhoppers (as Cobbett used to call them)
of Huntingdonshire, in England, js a gentle
man who has seldom heard his own voice
in Parliament during the period of thirty years
of his being a member. He belongs to a nu
merous class of public men in England, who
'severally play the part of Orator Mum in the
Legislaturejaut show off, true Tritons among
the minnows of country places, at agricultural
dinners, where their station and property ob
tain them a hearing, and where each is the
Sir Oracle of the hour. Thanks to the pitying
good-nature of the local newspaper editors,
their attempts at oratory are licked into a
shape fit for publication and pernsal, and they
obtain the somewhat doubtful reputation of
“ net having made such a mess of it as might
have been expected.”
Jonathan Peel, who bears the title of
“ Bight Honorable” before his name, by vir
tue of being a Privy Councillor, is a “ fine
old English gentleman” who has just com
pleted his sixty-second year, having first
breathed this mortal air on the 12th October,
1799. He was fifth son of the first, and
younger brother of the second Sir Robert
Feel. In June, 1815, just after the final fall
of Napoleon 1., Master Peel entered the
British army as Ensign—a rank equivalent to
that of Second-Lieutenant in our service, and
derived from the fact that, in the English infant
ry, the two flags or ensigns, national and regi
mental, are invariably carried, in battle and
on all public occasions, by the two junior com
missioned officers of each regiment—there
being one ensign to each company. Ensign
Feel, having entered the service at a time
when, as Othello said, the soldier’s occupation
was gone, speedily retired on half pay. Ne
vertheless, his rank went on, and though, like
Michael Cassio, “ he never set a squadron in
Die field,” he gradually rose until he became
Major-General in 1854, and in 1859 rose to the
rank of Lieutenant General, which he still
holds. So much for the influence of wealth,
position, and connexion in England. Henry
Havelock and Jonathan Feel entered the
army at the same time. One went to India,
where lie was constantly employed, in camp
and in council, as a diplomatist as well as a
soldier, and, at the end of thirty years’ hard
service, was only brevet Colonel in 1854, when
Jonathan Peel, without any service at all,
was Major General. But then, Havelock had
only his sword and his brain to aid him, while
Peel’inherited a princely fortune from his
father, the Lancashire cotton-spinner, was
brother to the leading statesman of the age,
had a seat in Parliament, and was married to
the daughter of a Marquis. 130, as often
happens in the battle of life, Worth rose slow
ly, while Wealth advanced rapidly; But there
IS a retribution even here on earth. Henrv
Havelock, of Lucknow, will he a household
word among brave men of all countries to the
end of time, while Jonathan Peel will be re
membered only as the dull and lucky brother
of a great statesman.
In 1824, Jonathan Feet, married Lady Jane
Kennedy, daughter of the Marquis of Ailsa,
on which occasion, George the Fourth made
a lon mot —which previously did not appear in
the classic pages of the late Mr. Joseph
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1861.
Miller. Two or three of the Peels bad
man ied ladies with the baptismal name of Jane,
whereupon, George IY., who did not like the
statesman and loved to ridicule his humble
origin, said, when Jonathan brought a third
Jane to the altar, “ So! I perceive that those
Peels continue attached to the Jennies!” —
the cotton-jenny having made the fortune of
the founder of the family. '
General Peel’s public life has been as fol
lows : Member of Parliament for Norwich
from lfiL'C te 18S11, and for tho little borough
of Huntingdon from 1831 to the present time :
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, during his
brother’s Administration, from September,
1841, to July, 1846 f Secretary of State for
the War Department, in the Dcrby-Dlsraell
Ministry, from March, 1858, to June, 1858.
Such arc the antecedents of General Peel, ono
of the modem carpet-knights,
Trimmed can-a.iiie,'
Wlio loTes in the saloon to show
The arms that never knew a foe.
How far qualified such a person is to play
the critic upon the great war now raging in
this country, the public may have learned
from “ the full, true, and particular account ”
of him which we have here given. But, it
seems a rule of life, that the less some men
know of a subject the more boldly they preci
pitate themselves into its discussion.
The Blockade.
Already we have alluded to the change of
opinion among British statesmen respecting
the internecine war in this country—a war in
which we have engaged solely and wholly to
prevent that worst usurpation of the exacting
ambition of the Few over the constitutional
rights of the Many. Far from us to under
estimate the bravery of opponents who have
been induced to think themselves engaged in
a righteous cause. While we regret that they
llftVQ thus been tempted into the path of error,
wc look forward with hopeful faith to the not
distant time when, this unhappy contest
ended, the South will publicly admit, what
it must now privately feel, that, after all, better
than a causeless rebellion is loving obedience
to that Constitution which was won by the
valor, framed by the wisdom, and sealed with
the blood of our ancestors. Peace will once
more settle on tho land-peace won by no
compromise of principle—and an unexampled
career of prosperity may be hoped for then,
lor
“ All that most endears
Glory is when the myrtle wreathes the sword,”
In Europe, but chiefly in England, where
certain traders and manufacturers are inte
rested in obtaining cotton from the rebellious
South, though the feeling of the masses has
been with .ns, all through, it is undeniable that
politicians and statesmen—there is a wide dif
ference between the two classes—have de
cidedly and openly inclined m the opposite
direction. Two parties, severally inheriting
the traditions and representing the policy of
Fox and Pitt, were friendly to the pretensions
of the South, at first. Yet Fox and Pitt de
cidedly agreed upon only a single question of
policy—the extinction of the Slave Trade,
and, like themselves, their successors would
denounce, as rankest treason, any attempt on
the part of Ireland to break from the Union
with Great Britain. It was a singular ano
maly, for men holding such principles to
think even for a moment of standing by tbe
South, in its battle for the maintenance of
Slavery and the triumph of disunion. That
anomaly, we hope and believe, is in a fair way
of being removed. At least, as we have al
ready shown, the political leaders of England
have considerably modified their opinions,
and are anchoring in the fixed impression
that, after all, it is tee who are fighting, not
alone for that Constitution, which is the life
blood of our national system, but for the uni
versal and conservative principle of Freedom
herself.
The public men across the water who now
give voice to antagonism against us are not
leaders of public opinion in any place or in any
shape. Mr. Lindsay, who so warmly entreats
L'vutit-e and England to unite with the South,
and at once liberate a-*-*—, Au.-Breaking the
blockade, has no weight—simply because it is
known that he is interested, as an extensive
shipowner, in the carrying trade. With equal
distrust does John Bull regard the suggestions
of other persons, who also have special pecu
niary interests involved in the success of
their views.
One of these, whom we select out of seve
ral, Is a Mr. Dayman, a cotton-broker in
Liverpool. He has laid a plan before Earl
Russell to this effect—that as the Federal
Government affirms that no dissolution of the
Union has taken place, it can have no right to
exclude British ships from any of its porta,
and he maintains that the British Government
should send armed steamers to break the
blockade.
Lord Russeil lias not taken up the sugges
tion, but it is likely to be taken up and
strongly pressed upon him when, from
“ short time ” and starvation wages in the
cotton districts of Great Britain, (Lancashire
and Glasgow,) the manufacturers will have
cause to anticipate distress of the heaviest
kind among theirlaboring serfs. It is known
that the Secessionists themselves rely upon
Englands’ being drawn, on their side, into the
contest.
The Weekly Times, a London journal with
a circulation of over 500,000, chiefly among the
working classes in Great Britain, and justly
understood to utter the convictions of the
masses, takes up this proposition, and thus
disposes of it:
■“ Our commercial interest, as well as our moral
duty, are both on the side of strict neutrality. We
might possibly, at the expense of an American war,
obtain the exit of cotton a few months earlier than
it weuld otherwise occur, but a hundred millions
sterling would not pay for much fighting, although
it would far more than represent the less occasioned
by the evii against which we are invitod to take up
arms. We must also remember that a targe por
tion of our trade depression arises from the fearful
disturbance which the civil war has occasioned in
the finances of the North. We might, by quarrel
ing with them, make this much worse j but raining
customers has never been found a gootl method of
enlarging trade. If we were to break the Ameri
can blockade because wo don’t like it, we should
commit an act of aggression which every civi
lised country in Isurope would condemn, and
we could not afterwards enforce any blockade
ourselves. It is very inconvenient that war should
interrupt the occupations of peaco, but we must
submit to such a disaster until we can persuade the
parties to the quarrel to refer their cause to an ar
bitration milder than that of the sword.”
The case is so sensibly and clearly put, in
these few sentences, that we shall not weaken
it by any comment of our own. Before Lord
Bvssell, or any other person, seriously in
clines to break the blockade, because the
Lancashire money-mucks dislike it, he must
abrogate at once, and forever, all international
law, and wholly exterminate the writings of
Gentiles of Ancona, (who founded the
science,) of Grotius and Puffendorf, of
Bacon and Yattel, of Story and Wheaton,
of Fhillimore and Twiss.
Bargains in Piasos and Melodeons.— There
being a large temporary reduction in the oost of ma
nufacture of the above, J. E. Gould, Seventh and
Chestnut streets, offers the full benefit to his cus
tomers. See advertisement.
Sale at China Hall.— We invite the attention
of housekeepers and others to the sale this morn
ing at China Hall, No. 529 Chestnut street, of rich
China and Glassware.
Southern News.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. s.—The Southern papers
say the loss of the rebels at the Leesburg fight was
300 killed and wounded.
One hundred and sixty Federal prisoners from
Leesburg reached Richmond on the 24th.
The Richmond papers say that Gen. Evans fought
at Leesburg contrary to orders, and is to be court
martialled; and that the Federal loss at that fight
was 2,000 killed and weundod.
The Knoxville (Twin.) Register says the rebel
loss at Wild Cat was only 5 killed and 23 wounded.
Col. Ficklin asks for reinforcements from Rich
mund, and fears that the Federals will cut off
Prestonburg, Ky., from communication with Vir
ginia. (Gen. Nelson {ias already done this.)
Beauregard’s official report of the battle of Ma
nassas says 399 rebels were killed and 1,200 wound
ed, that the Federal loss was 4,500 killed, wounded,
and prisoners. He says his entire force then was
28,000 (128,000 ?), of which one-fourth only were
engaged.
The electors of Maryland to-day are to
choose a Governor, to servo for Tour years, in place of
Thomas H. Hicks, against whom the Union-loving
people of the State have not a word of complaint,
and the Governor will retire from the office with
the plaudits of four-fifths of the people. The can
didates for the now Executive are Augustus W.
Bradford, who is nominated by the Union party,
and is sure o( his election by an overwhelming ma
jority, and Benjamin C. Howard, who will be sup
ported by the “blood-tubs” and “rosebuds,” the
rowdy KnoW-Nothings and 19th-of-April rioters
and bridge-burners of Baltimore, and by the Seocs
sionistg and rebels throughout the State. There
are also to be sleeted a Comptroller of the Treasu
ry, three judges of the Court of Appeals, a number
of circuit judges, sheriffs, county commissioners,
c-lcrks of courts, State attorneys, magistrates, con
stables, supervisors, surveyors, members of the
House of Delegates, and about half the Senate. -
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ORDER OF REMOVAL.
GKEAX EXCITEMENT IN THE CAMP.
Insubordination among a Portion
of the Officers and Men.
PATRIOTIC ORDER FROM FREMONT.
PRICE AND McCULLOCH MARCHING
ON SPRINGFIELD.
THE ENEMY ENCAMPED OH WILSON’S CHEEK.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
LATER FROM THE FIGHT AT GAULEV.
REBELS REPULSED GREAT LOSS.
GENERAL BENIIAM IN THEIR REAR.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY
THE REBEL GENERALS RETIRING.
Special Despatches to Press.”
Washington, November 5, 1851.
The Army.
The Commander-in-chief of the army is not out
of the oity to-day, and the telegraph reports all
quiet over the river- The water in the Potomac is
falling rapidly, and communication will bo imme
diately resumed by the Long Bridge and Govern
ment ferries. Though not noted by newspaper re
porters, it is no violation of good faith to state, that
the army trains nre daily engaged in transporting
shot and shell, heavy cannon, and powder to Vir
ginia. This morning forty loads of shot and shell
were carried over; and the army, though not fight
ing, are daily and diligently employed in prepara
tions to that end. The encampments, rendered
somewhat unpleasant by the storm, are all again in
fine condition. The roads in Virginia are not im
proved, and the constant passing of heavy teams
has ent them up so that in manyplaoes they are
almost impassable. -
The News from the Fleet.
The intelligence from the fleet confirms the im
pression entertained here that it did not experience
the storm in its violence, and that it made a stroke
on Monday, hut where it is not stated. On Friday
they were off Caps Fear, N\ C-, and on Saturday
off Cape Remain, one hundred miles further south,
and within forty miles of Charleston. The intelli
gence comes via Hampton Hoads, and is considered
reliable at the War Department. It wifi remove
the anxiety felt in consequence of the storm.
Rumors are current at Willard’s to-night that the
fleet has attacked Charleston, though it is not ge
nerally believed.
The Dead in the Potomac.
Twenty-one bodies were recovered yesterday from
the river, between Tenallytown, above, and Fort
Washington, below thiscity. Among these were three
officers, one of them grade unknown, and the other
two lieutenants. One had some twenty or thirty
dollars in his pockets, a revolver, two daguerreo
types, supposed to be the likoness of himself and
wife, and a bundle of letters, directed to Lieut.
Gkats. The other body had his pockets cut off,
and nothing was found on his person to tell who he
was, or where he belonged. One finger was cut off,
and it is thought that the rebels eut a ring from
the finger, and then threw the body into the river.
The captain of a vessel, laden with potatoes, from
Maine, informs me that he saw three bodies floating
past his vessel, when he was discharging cargo at
Georgetown, one of whioh ho recovered. Many of
tbc bodies are so mutilated as to render recognition
impossible
The Cabinet.
There was a Cabinet session this morning, three
of the members of which, however, are absent, be
ing out of the city. Mr. Chase is expected to re
turn from New York this crrcnmgj Mr- Smwart> in
a day or two, and Mr. Cam-erox in a week.
Troops Coming.
There are now twenty thousand en route for
this city from the North. They come in slowly for
want of transportation.
No Movement at Present.
It is very evident that no general movement win
take place until after the naval expedition is heard
from.
The Gauley Fight.
No despatches have Wen received directly from
General Roseciians, relative to the late engage
ment, and nono since the morning, on that subject,
up to a late hour to-night:' Those already ad
dressed to headquarters, however, from responsible
sources, are in accord with the telegrams transmit
ted to the general Press.
A Fire Brigade.
The Hope Hoso Steam Fire Company, of Philaj
dclpbia, have tendered their apparatus to the Go
vernment. . They wifi send members to work the
machine at about the pay of an orderly sergeant.
Colonel Florence has tendered his services to tho
War Department to organize _a fire brigade. He
says ho will require throe Bteam-engiues. There
is a regiment of regulars here doing patrol duty,
and as a number of them are old firemen they are
very anxious to bo enlisted in the fire brigade. If
Philadelphia sends steam fire-engines down, they
would not be of much service unless the Fairmount
water works were sent with them.
In Cabinet council to-day, it was ordered that
two steam-engines be at once procured from the
North, probably Philadelphia, with experienced
companies to work them.
Pennsylvania Enterprise.
The dealers in anthracite coal in Pennsylvania
propose to make our supply of coal abundant and
cheap. They can forward coal to Baltimore, they
say, at the same rate it is delivered in Philadelphia,
The freight from Baltimore to Washington is usually
60 to 70 cents per ton. Thus we can in twenty or
thirty days be supplied with coal at $4 per ton, in
stead of paying 810 as at present. The Pennsyl
vania dealers have taken the matter in hand, and
they will put it through.
The Latest from Western Virginia.
An official despatch, dated to-day, states Gen.
Floyd’s force at 7,000, and that Bekham And
Schenck’s brigades were following him on the Row
road > Another despatch from Cleveland, dated
last night, slates that the Kanawha boat had just
passed Maysville, Ky., and reported that General
Hosecbans had repulsed Floyd, and, at the last
accounts, Generals Benuam and Schexck had got
into his rear, and it was thought that Floyd’s force
would he captured by them.
Condition of the Troops.
A ride from Lewinsville to Arlington, this morn
ing, showed that all the troops arc ready to maroh
forward at a moment’s warning, The recent heavy
rains created sad havoe among the different en
campments, but the soldiers set to work with cheer
ful hearts, and soon set things right. The camps
now present their usuaLncat and tidy appearanoo.
The Pennsylvania Kcserves, as a whole, are un
questionably the best disciplined and .best equipped
body of men on tho other side of tho Potomac.
Every private soldier seems to take a pride in his
martial bearing, for the purpose of reflecting credit,
as they do, on the old Keystone State.
Important Military Changes.
Sines the retirement of the veteran Gen. Scott,
it is understood some important military changos
have been made. No alteration will take place in
the programme of the campaign, which meets Gen.
Scott’s unqualified approbation. Tbirty-nine out
of forty offioers favored Gen. McClellan taking
command of the army without regard to precedence
or rank. Gen. McClellan finds very little time
for sleep. Ho is hard at work day and night. Ha
is much annoyed by people at a distance writing
him frivolous letters, evidently for the purpose of
obtaining his autograph. He has no time to an
swer nonsensical letters. He ia not In want of any
further assistance on his staff, and applicants can
save themselves much trouble by not writing for
such positions.
From the Lower Potomac.
A gentleman who came up from Port Tobacco
this morning reports that our troops are Greeting
formidable batteries at important points along the
Maryland side. The rebels arc watching our move
ments evidently with much anxiety. The rebol
ferry-boat Page is now rendered useless to them.
She Is completely blockaded in Qanntico creek. A
number ot vessels are reported to bo still at the
mouth of the Potomao. The rebel batteries daily
fire across the but do us no harm. Their com
munioation with the Maryland shore, whioh has
been of great advantage to them, is now entirely
out off. A schooner isreportod to have passed Mat
thias Point last night. Large reinforcements of
Federal troops have arrived in tho vicinity of Port
Tobacco. The health of tho troops is most excel
lent. But very few are on the sick list.
Latest from Port Tobacco.
SiOKf-BK 1 , Sykes’, and Hooker’s brigades are
now down the river on the Maryland side, and the
largest portion of the men are along the river at
and pear Port Tobaoco, throwing up breastworks
and mounting heavy cannon.
The First Maryland Regiment.
Much complaint is made that the First Maryland
Regiment was permitted to stuck their arms and
proceed In 0 body to Baltimore for the purpose of
voting at the election. There were no overtone
whatever made to influence their votes.
The Names of the Prisoners.
It is understood that Auictant Secretary of w<ir
Scott has taken measures to ascertain the names of
the prisoners captured by the rebels at Ball’s Bluff.
If this is done it will relieve many a sad and anxious
hoart.
From the Upper Potomac.
A sutler who came down from Poolcsville to-day
reports all quiot along the lines. Tbe rebels have
not shown themselves for the post three days. It
is reported that they are again m force at Bees
bmg. Capt. Ci AiinieK Mallobt, Jr., of Baker’s
Brigade, who has had a severe attack of fever, is
said to be rapidly recovering.
Blankets for the Army.
Quartermaster General Meigs is now among the
manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Boston,
buying up blankets, army clothing, Ac. Nearly half
of the dry goods imported into New York during
the month of October were army woollens. The
supply is lnrgSi find B9W six hundred thousand
pounds of wool are offered for sale in New York by
one house. The factories will not be stopped for
want of raw material.
Colonel Townsend.-
Col. E. D. Townsend, one of Gon. Scott’s aids
until that officer retired, left Washington this morn
ing, for New York, on business connected with the
army.
Deaths of Pennsylvania Soldiers
The following toldiSi-S died yesterday :
John Walker, Company D, Twenty-seventh
Pennsylvania, at Roach’s Mills.
F. Somers, Company G, Twenty-third Pennsyl
vania; Blasius Smith, Company E, Thirty-fifth
Pennsylvania; Jacob Askby, Fifth Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps, and Charles A. Thompson-, Com
pany B, Twelfth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, in
the camps.
The Burned Hospital.
The soldiers and patients missing since the fire
yesterday have been found all safe.
Consul to Quebec.
Charles L. Ogden, of Philadelphia, has been
appointed consul to Quebec.
Wood Cutters.
A gang of one hundred negro wood-choppers
passed over into Virginia, this morning, to cut
wood for the army.' They wore comfortably pre
pared to camp out, and as they, passed along they
•were singing, merrily, “ Wo am bound for Dixie ”
A New Hospital.
Minnesota row, consisting of three elegant pri
vate residences, originally built for Senators
DouchAS, RiPS) and Breckinridge, has been
rented for hospital purposes. ’
Miscellaneous.
Information has been received at the Post Office
Department that the regimental postmasters and
others detailed to receive and forward letters from
thoU. S. army have in some instances demanded
and exacted pre-payment of postage on letters
destined for the British North American provinces.
This practice is a direct violation of the postal regu
lations, which do net require pre-payment Of postage
on such letters, and it should be imrdediately dis
continued.
The President received a despatch this morning,
announcing that the fleet was spoken on Thursday,
thirty miles distant from Charleston.
The President intends to sustain the Provost
Marshal’s Court in Alexandria, in its course in re
ference to the property of rebels.
Colonel Fmedman, of the Cameron Dragoons,
contradicts the statement that his regiment desires
to have a Jewish chaplain. The correspondence
published on this subject is declared to be a hoax.
The officer in command at Great Falls telegraphs
that the body of an infantry officer has been washed
ashore at that place. Probably it is one of the
drowned at Ball’s Bluff.
It appears from the Official Statement, that the
amount of the drafts upon the Treasurer, last
month, was §10,500,000, of which §6,600,000 were
drawn from New York. The unavailable bullion
fund is §902,000. The total balance to the credit
of the United States Treasurer in the States now
under iusurtecHoiiary control Is stated at $6,500,-
000, and, after making a deduction for the una
vailable, gives the available balance at $1,500,000.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
GENERAL FREHONT RECEIVES HIS ORDER
TO RETIRE FROM COMMAND.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN CAMP. .
Insubordination among Officers and Men
in the Face of the Enemy!
MANY LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS.
PATRIOTIC FAREWELL ADDRESS OF FREMONT.
HE DEMANDS THE OBEDIENCE OF HIS
MEN TO HIS SUCCESSOR.
THE ENEMY ADVANCING AND ENCAMPED
ON WILSON’S CREEK.
r ' .V ' .
FREMONT’S BODY-GUARD DISBANDING.
Departure of Fremont for St. Lonis.
SritiNGFiiLD, Mo., November 3.—Yesterday
Small bodies of the enemy came within twolve
miles of us, and news was received of the approach
of their advance guard, 2,800 strong.
Preparations were being made to go out and at
tack them when General Fremont received the
unconditional order from Washington relieving
him at once from the command of the Western de
partment
Simultaneously, tie newspapers arrived an
nouncing the foot. The intelligence spread like
■wildfire through the camps, and created indescri
bable excitement and indignation,
A great number of the officers signified their in
tention to resign at once, and many companies laid
down their arms, declaring that they would fight
under no one but Fremont.
The General spent much of the afternoon ex
postulating with the officers, and urging them by
their patriotism and their personal regard for him
not to abandon their posts.
Jle also issued the following farewell address to
the troops:
Headquarters op toe Western Depart-)
meat, SprincpieldMo., Hov. 2,1861. )
Soldiers of the Alississippi Army :
Agreeably to orders this day received, I take
leave of you.
Our army has been of sudden growth, and wo
have grown up together, and I have become fa
miliar with the brave and generous spirits which
you bring to the defence of your country, and
which makes me anticipate for you a brilliant
caresT.
, Continue as you have begun, and give to my suc
cessor the same cordial and enthusiastic support
with which you have encouraged me. Emulate
the splendid example which you have already be
fore you, and let mo remain as I am, proud of
the noble army which X had thus far labored to
bring together.
Soldiers, I regret to leave you most sincerely. I
thank you for the regard and confidence you have
invariably shown to me. I deeply regret that I
shall not have the honor to lead you to the victory
which you are just about to win; but I shall claim
to share with you in the joy of every triumph, and
trust always to be fraternally remembered by my
companions-in-arms. John C. Fremont,
Major General U. S. A.
The feeling ran intensely high during the whole
of last evening, and there were meetings held al
most everywhere, The various bauds serenaded
the genera], and whenever he appeared he was
greeted with cheers.
■ Though notifying General Hunter, as his order
directed, that he had no longer command over the
troops, General Fremont spent several hours in
making a personal examination of the ground about
the city to bo prepared for a battle, and, in accord
ance with a written request from all the brigadier
generals here, he remained through the night,
ready to lead the army in case of attack.
All the troops slept on their arms, and many offi
cers remained at their posts all night, an attack
being hourly expected; but nothing occurred,
more than the firing on our pickets on two different
roads.
The enemy are now encamped on the old Wilson
Creek battle-ground.
General Fremont is prepared to leave for St.
Louis, and will go os soon as General Pope arrives,
the latter having been sent forward to take com
mand till General Hunter gets here.
Universal gloom prevails throughout the camp.
A battle will undoubtedly occur ere long. The
troops will meet the enemy firmly, but they are
disheartened, and have lost their enthusiasm. The
body-guard, who could not be induced to remain,
and who will now disband, as the terms of their en
listment permit, will accompany General Fremont
and his entire staff, including General Asboth, com
mander of the first division.
Gonerai |Fremont will permit no demonstration
from the troops on his departure.
Si'iuNGKtEi.n, Nov. 3.—General Fremont and
staff left for St. Louis this morning. He is accom
panied by his body guard, and will reach St. Louis
on Wednesday.
Bi’RiNOfTBbP, MP-1 2.—[Special tP the St.
Louis Hejmhltca tt .J —Reliable information has been
received here from different sources that General
Price was at CassYille on Thursday with 25,000
men, and McCulloch ten miles this sido ef that
place with 10,000 mure, with the intention of
inarching on SpriDgfiotd and offoring us buttle on
the old Wilson Crook ground.
McCulloch was expecting 10,000 additional troops
from Arkansas.
A large number of the residents of Green, Jasper,
and other adjoining counties recently joined Prtce’a
army, and many of our offioers think the rebel force
now nearly 60,000 men.
Fremont has been up nearly the whole of the past
five nights making the most perfect arrangements
for a battle, and the confidence of the army in him
was never so great as ut present.
Generals Lane and Sturgis have arrived, and Pope
and MeKinslry are hourly expected.
[The above despatch was written previous to the
reoeption of Fremont’s erder to retire.]
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
FASZICULABS OF THE FIGHT AT GAULEV.
THE REBELS REPULSED WITH 6REAT LOSS.
GENERAL HEXHAM IN. THEIR REAR.
Cincinnati, Not. 5,-The 7W, of this after
noon has some particulars of the recent fight at
Gaulcy Bridge. The engagement „a» not a gene
ral battle, but a rather warm skirmish, in which
the rebels were repulsed with great loss.
The action commenced by the rebela, who opened
two batteries on our lines near Gauley Bridge, but,
although firing constantly alt day, little or no
damage was dene; not a man en our side being
killed. Late on Friday our artillery was brought
to bear, and the rebel firo anon sflenoed.
A train was also-fired upon about the same time,
some miles up the river, and' three men were
wounded, but none killed.
General Benham’s brigade moved down the river
to Gauley Bridge, and were ferried across on a flat
boat, which the rebels had previously sunk. He
moved along the base of the hill upon which the
Tcbel batteries bad been planted, intending to go
down as far ns Lamp creek, three or four miles
below, where there is a gap in the mountains, and
a road leading to the rear of where the rebels are
encamped.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
THE REBELS RETIRING.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. s.—General Buckner
fans retired towards Bowling Green, and General
Stanton haa gone back into Tennessee.
The Federal troops in Kentuoky, under General
Sherman, are thus divided : General Schaepff is in
command of the Eastern division, General McCook
of the Central) and General Crittenden of the
Western.
In the Western division, Colonel Burbridge has
advanced to Woodbury.
The troops of the Central division have advanced
to Bacon Creek, and it is thought that our troops
are able to assumo the defensive with all security.
THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK.
THE PEOPLE’S UNION TICKET ELECTED.
New Yoek, Nov. s. —Returns from different
parts of tho State indicate the success of the Peo
ple’s Union ticket by a heavy majority. The fol
lowing constitutes the successful ticket, it being the
same with one exception (that of Canal Commis
sioner for the short term) as that voted for by the
Republicans: ...
Judge of Appeals—AV. B. 'Wright.
Secretary of State —H. Ballard.
Comptroller—Lucius Robinson.
Attorney General—D. S. Dickinson.
State Treasurer—\V. B. Lewis.
State Engineer— Vi. B. Taylor.
Canal Commissioner —F. Alberger, (longterm.)
11 “ F. A. Tnlmadge, (shortterm.)
State Prison Inspector—A. P. Tappan.
In King’s county, the People’s Union State
ticket has 5,000 majority, and the county ticket
3.000 majority.
The Mozart Hall Democrats Victorious in
New York City—James Lynch Elected
Sheriff..
New York, Nov. s—midnight.—James Lynch
hns been elected sheriff of this county.
The returns from various parts of the State indi
cate the election of the whole People's Union State
ticket by a heavy majority, with the exception of
the Canal Commissioner i'or the short term, which
is in doubt, with the probability of the election of
AYright (Dem.) ovor Tnlmadge, (Union,) and
Bruce, (Rep>)
Henry J. Raymond, of the New York Times, is
elected to the Assembly.
The Election in New Jersey.
Trehton, Nov. s. —Mercer county elects George
W. Johnson (Rep.) to the Assembly from the First
district, John G. Stevens (Union) from the Second
district, Morgan F. Mount (Rep.) from the Third
district, and Robert L. Hutchinson (Rep.) sheriff.
Middlesex county elects Robins (Union Demo
crat) to the State Senate and three Union Demo
crats to the Assembly.
The Massachusetts Election.
A SMALL VOTE —GOV. ANDREW 1 RE-ELECTED.
Boston, Nov. s.—The vote at the Massachusetts
election to-day was remarkably small, being not
xnuoh more than one half of that of last year.
The vote of Boston, for Governor, is as follows :
For John A. Andrew (Rep.), 5,9X7; Isaac Davis
(Dcm ), 5,281.
The vote of AYorcester: Andrew, 1,439; Davis,
7,361.
Tho vote of Lowell: Andrew, 2,139; Davis,
1,003.
The vote of Newburyport: Andrew, 5,032; Da
vis, 5,034.
The vote in fifty-two cities and towns foots up as
follows : For Andrew, 18,381; for Davis, 9,211
The retains from the other towns will probably
continue this ratio of two to one against Davis.
One Democrat is probably elected to the State
Senate from Boston.
The Legislature is strongly Republican.
Caleb Cushing is elected ts the Legislature front
Newbury port.
The chief interest of the election w&S in Burlin
game’s old district, the seat in Congress having
been made vacant by the resignation of Hon. Wm.
Appleton. Samuel Hooper, the Republican candi
date, is elected over G. B. Upton (Demoorat) by
900 majority.
Charles G. Loring, of Boston, and ex-Governor
Clifford, of New Bedford, are both elected to the
State Senate on the Republican ticket.
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA AND BORUSSIA.
New York, Nov. s. : — The steamers Persia and
Borussia have arrived, with Liverpool dates to
Saturday, 20ft uit.
The Persia reports that the Niagara arrived at
Queenstown on the afternoon of the 27th utt. She
passed the City of Manchester on.the 28th. The
Persia brings 116 passengers and £62,000 In specie.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Complaint is niailil Of the system of espionage by
the Southern merchants in Liverpool.
Sir James Graham died on tho 25th, at Nether
by.
Dr. Russell’s last letter to the Lorn!On "times is
dated Ootoher 10. He says that persons of weight
and influence were again urging on the President
the necessity of an advance, for political reasons.
The Liverpool Post says that Capt. Semmes, of
the pirate Sumpter, arrived at Liverpool, in the
steamer Edinburg, having shipped at New York as
Capt. Burnuster, of the Royal Navy.
The London Shipping Gazette thinks that the de
feat by the Confederates of the squadron blockad
ing New Orleans will render it scareoly possible
io maintain even the semblance of a blockade at
some of the principal Southern ports.
FRANCE.
The Paris papers announce that England, France,
and Spain have nrrived at a complete understand
ing relative to Mexico. The convention will be
signed in eight days, and the expedition will start
at the beginning of November.
. The French financial accounts are rather more
satisfactory. The drain on the bank had subsided.
Rentes had advanced to 68f. 20c. The rates of in
terest on Treasury bills had been further augment
ed.
It is reported that the Frenoh Senate will be eon*
yoked early in December, to consider a reform in'
the Constitution, in order to relievo tho Govern*
ment from responsibility in financial matters.
A vague rumor prevails that France had notified
Italy to have a military organization ready for any
eventuality by the Ist of March next.
The Paris Steele urges the adoption of measures
to get cotton from Algeria.
It is confirmed that the Greenock shipbuilders,
Messrs. Scott A Co., have signed a contract for the
construction of three targe iron-poddlc steamers for
the French Trpneailrotio Company.
POLAND.
Affairs in Poland are unchanged. The churches
continue closed. Reports prevailed of serious dis*
turbances at Pesth, but they were unfounded.
The opening of the Cortes has been postponed
Gil the Bth of November, on account of the death ef
the Queen’s daughter.
CHINA.
The Calcutta and Chinn mails loft Marseilles on
the afternoon of the 25thfor England. Teas at Can
ton and Foo Chow were tending upwards, but were
unchanged at Shaoghaoi
THE LATEST.
Berne, Oot. 25. — There is no truth in the state*
ment that the Govemmentof Geneva had requested
Swiss Federal troops to be sent there. Tho Govern
ment of Geneva had, howevor, called out the mili
tia of the canton for extraordinary night duty,.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Liverpool, Oct. 25.—Flour easier and dull. Wheat
lias declined let?d. Corn is quiet aud drooping; mixed
32s 9d&33ti.
Provisions.—Beef dull and unchanged. Pork <|iiiet
and steady. Bacon steady anil unchaugu-I. Lord firm.
Tallow active at Is® is tkl higher.
lTortncc,—Ashed quiet; Pot«, 355; Bogin
steady; common* 12s och Spirit* or Turptmffne has a
downward tendency; sales at 60a01s. Sugar dull at
9d®ls lower. Coffee Ann. Rice firm. Linseed advan
cing. Linseed Oil firmer.
iJoxnox, October 23.—Breadstuff* firm but quiet. Iron
dull. Coffee lirm. Sugar easier. Rice active. Spirits
Turpentine dull at 02s. Linseed Oil scarce at 355. Teas
firm: common Congou 12# (L
Lnxiuis, October 2o.—Erie shares ; Illinois
Central 38a37 discount.
Livintroffi., Saturday October 26.—Sates of 20,000
bales of Cotton. Prices firmer, but unchanged, Provi
sions doll and unchanged.
London* October 25.—Consols* ; Illinois
Central shares, 35®37 % discount; Erie Railroad,
26©2t \U.
Havre, October 24 —Cotton—Sales of the week, 34,000
PallTi QrH-'uu-* ires oniimiiTt, IoU. Marker
active und advancing, and l©2f higher* Stock iu port,
100,000 bales.
From San Francisco.
Sax Francisco, Nov. 4.— Arrived, to-day, ship
Content) from New York, and ship Cata.u-h/r y from
Bnstim. The J iirnler thfeW MNWbOUd 585,011(1
worth of merchandise off Cape Horn.
Arrival of a British F rigate.
New York, Nov. s.—The British frigate hnmar
lutili arrived here at neon, from HulVax.
Specie irom Europe.
New York, Nov. s.—The steamships Pr y,in and
Borussia, arrived to-day, brought an aggregate of
half a million in specie.
From Harrisburg.
PRESENTATION OF STATE FLAGS—LETTER OF GOV,
CURTIN TO GENERAL SCOTT
HARRlsnrno, Nov. s. —The Governor and staff
Tinted Camp Curtin this afternoon and presented
State flags to three regiments, namely, Colonel
Hartnraft’s Fifty-first, Col. Dodge's Fifty-second,
and Col. Brooke's Fifty-third.
His presentation speech was eminently patriot’e
and oneotivo, nnd wni listened to by thousands of
soldiers and civilians—many of the latter being
ladies. The Fifty-second Regiment will leave to
night and the Fifty-third to-morrow.
Governor Curtin and staff will goto P’ottsville to
morrow, to present n flag to Colonel Cake’s Ninety
sixth Regiment, which wfll leave for this seat 6f
war on Fridny.
The following is a copy of the letter sen# by the
Governor to General Scott:
Sin : I regret- extremely that yon should have
passed through Hhrrisburg, the other day, without
my having any knowledge' of your npproaob or
presence, as it would have (riven me sincere plea
sure to have had the opportunity of paying the offi
cial' and personal homage _to which your eminent
patriotism and genius entitle yoa, and which every
citizen of Pennsylvania would rejoice to offer.
Although infirmity of health hns compelled your
retirement, wc shall not cease to ehensh the me
mory of your glory, and hope that yon will long be
preserved ns a living example of the highest public
spirit and gallantry, and that our young men may
learn from your career that virtue and merit lead
surely ts the affections of a grateful eountry.
I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
A. G. Curtin.
To Lieut. General Winfield Scott.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
Aroh-Stbbbt Tbbatrb—Arch etreet, above Sixth.—
“ The Iloimo on the Bridge of Notre name ;" and a Fa
vorite Coim-fliettu.
Whbatlkt b Cohtihkhtal Theatre—Walnut street;
above Kifflity “ Damon and Pvtliing Hack-Eyed
Susan.” i
Walndt-Street Theatre—Ninth and Walnnt st*.—
“ Nick of tflu Woods : or, Tho JibbonamoNoy“ Tho
Port of Honor.’*
Americas Academy of Music —Broad' and Locust
etrootH.—Hermann, tho Frfbtidigitfltvur.
Temple op Won'durs —N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.—Signor Blitz’s Entertainment.
Assembly Buildings— Corner of Tenth rod Chestnut
streets.—Waugh’s Italia and Stereoscopic Views of tho
War.
Return of the FloridA from the Fleet.
—The Hide-wheeli steamer Florida, which sailed with the
great expedition, lust week, from Fortress Mon
roe*. returned to the navy yard shortly befoDO noon yes
terday, in u disabled 1 condition.
On the 2d inst. r wben off Capo Fear ? tha storm, whose
disastrous cftocts we have already chronicledy burst upon
her, and, in the immense strain to which her machinery
was consequently subjected, a crank-rod'of one of her
engines gave way- Being unable to. reach the Washing
ton navy yard* she was compelled to come to this port
for n-pairs. The- diunAye Is i»ot serloeiti, Ift
so fur as it delttys the vessel several days. It was fully
inspected yesterday afternoon by Chief Engineer Dauby,
of the navy yard, who states that it can be- remedied by
Friday next.
When the Florida sailed from Hampton Roads she'
held ilie FoHfth In tliA flotilla batag preceded by
the Curlewy formerly a Philadelphia ferry-boat, and fol
lowed by the Georgia. She maintained this position
until Wednesday evening, when, owing to the heavy sea
and her deranged machinery, she fell astern and finally
was obliged to turn back and put into Philadelphia for
repaira, ller officers and men report that several of the
minor transports were unable to cope with the strong
southeast gale nnd the heavy waves. Three of the vessels
were out of sight in the offing on Thursday, and one, the
Bdvnlere, seemed totally disabled. This vessel Ims
since returned to Fortress Monroe. The officers of the
/Vm'rffl report that the big war-ships of the flotilla kepf
steadily and closely together. Tito storm continued with
out intermission from Wednesday to Frida}*, at which
time it had much abatod. Daring the dark nights the
drums on the ships were heard heating tumultuously,
even when the lights of the ship wore lost in tho se 1-fog.
Signals wore given from the li'abaxh; hourly, ami re
turned hy the other vessels, and below Cape Fear, when
the Florida turned about, tho squadron was going gaily
southeastward, being within 80 miles of Georgetown En
trance, at the mouth of Winyunbay, and about 100 miles
from Charleston Harbor. Bull's Ray, Charleston Har
bor, nnd I’ort Royal Entrance, be it remembered, tire in
the same direction, and we, therefore, know nothing po
sitively beyouu our telegraphic advices as to the destina
tion of the fleet. The officers ami crew lament that tUcy
were unable to go Southward in convoy, and take partin
the achievements of the expedition.
The Florida is oneof the recent additions to the navy*
She <>f 1,261 tons burden, ftiul was built in Now York
in 1851. She is rated as a first-class vessel. The follow
ing are her officers'
Commander—J. 11. Goldsborougli.
Clerk—L. Pennington.
Lieutenant—Q- W. Scott.
Master Jociiili Stone, B. B. Mnyly* J. W. Butch,
Clias, Baker, W. B. 'Wise, Thomas S. Hamson.
Surgeons—J. S. Cohn, John S. Smith, Jas. A. Sharffe,
George Bennett, George Mason, George G. Smith.
Gunner—J. D. Fletcher.
The Florida was statioued near the head of the fleet,
immediately behind, the Cuvkiv, fcf this city. She ap
pears to have been the only vessel that suffered mate
rially by the storm. The transports and steam-tugs were
toßsed about, and, at times, were so far separated as to
be out of sight of one another.
When the Florida’s mishap occurred she was over two
leagues distant from the shore. The other vessels con
tinued directly on tlicir course, and seemed to be making
for Bull** Bay.
The Florida will sail to rejoin the expedition on Sa
turday next.
Sailing of the New Gunboats.—The new
Vniled States gunboat Itasca, launched on the first of
October Inrt* is now ready for delivery to the Govern
ment, and till, sail for Fortress MoiiVde iluiri&g
the present w<jok, &hc is now lying at the wharf of Mor
ris & Co., Richmond, whore she has received her machi
nery. The engineer corps appointed for the purpose, by
the Government, will make a trial test of the engines and
machinery of the boat, commencing to-day. The time
to be occupied in the trial is fixed at seventy-two hours.
A trip down the i iver in order to determine the speed and
general working of the vessel, will take place immediate
ly after the trial.
Tl»e new gunboat ficiota will lie finished in about ten
days. Her engines are being eumdied by Morris & Co.,
at ltielmond.
Tlie WiltahicJton will also probably leave during the
present week. Her capacity wilt first be tested by tire
agents of tlie Government.
Naval Affairs— . The main entrance gate
tp thy noyy yard is being repaired, and a temporary one
of wood lip? been erected.
Tlie woikiiitti at Jbe yard (2,200 in number) toC.k tho
oath of allegiance at on 6 O'clock Yesterday. Consider^*
lie enthusiasm was elicited in the CMnonj', end cheer
after cheer was given to varioug patriotic sentiment*.
The oath was administered by Capt. Turner, by order of
the Government, and . was taken by .the men en masse.
The officers of tlie yard will be subjected to tho same test
of loftily to-day or to-morrow. If there are traitors in
the Government employ, they will thus be stricken from
the “rc»ll of liouor.” The same movement will, before
long, be proceeded with in nil tho other Government es
tablishment*.
Ihe I nhed States gunboat Sam Rotam , placed on tho
dry-dock of Snnpson & Neill, on Monday, fur coppering,
was taken oft'yesterday, the work having been finished.
Two coasting schooners, the Christopher Lozier and
Jesse Williamson, were placed on this dock yesterday
afternoon for repairs. After their completion, the gun
boat Stars and Stripes, built by this firm, w .11 be hauled
up for coppering. Site carries nine gans.
The Samuel Rotam carries two long 32-pouiidcrs.
She received them from the navy yard oil Monday.
The new Government gunboat James S, Chambers,
built ?.y Mo srs. Charles Williams k Sons, will be
launched in a day or two from their ship yard.
The bark Irma, belonging to Francis Tate, which had
been lying itllo for the last two months, was yesterday
towed up the river for the purpose of receiving a cargo
for a foreign port. We mention this as one among many
evidences of therevival of business.
• Thu barks Grey Eagle and Marian, belonging to Phi
ladelphia parties, are lying at Simpson & Neill’s yard,
ami have been here for the past flvo months. The former
is known to lie one of the swiftest sailers from this port,
and rhe wonder is frequently expressed tlmt her services
have Dot been called into requisition by tho Government.
Negotiations had at one time boon pending for tier pur
chase by an agent of the Navy Department* but tho mat
ter wus reconsidered, and it was decided that “no moro
.sailing vessels were wanted. 1 ’
Two new propeller sloops-of-war have tx?en ordered,
and will be commenced immediately after the launching
of tlu> Miami and Initial n. ■ The J/mm/ ia nnw ready to
he launched, nwl i 3 waiting orders from Washington.
The ncw propcllers will be in length about 220 feet. The
exact dimensions are not yet known.
Tlie steamship -State of Georgia was yesterday taken
stocks, her coppering baring been completed.
Shois to be immediately fitted out as' a gun boat.
The overhauling of the Brooklyn is being continued*
j3he lias been found to bo Tory much decayed.
The Remains of Col. Bakes to be Brought
to Philadelphia.—The remains of Col. E. D. Baker, of
the California Bcgiment, will leave Washington early to
morrow morning, and arrive in this city at one P, Bf.
They M-i 11 at once be escorted to Independence Hall by
Col Btckle’s First KiminiMit of Infantry, and Colt Daru’s,
Second llegtiueht of Infantry. One of the companies of
Col. Dare Mill be detailed as a guard of honor to tho re
mains. The procession will more up- Broad street to
Pine, thence to Sixteenth, thence to Chestnut, thence to
Independence Hall. Here the body, will be deposited in
[date, and will no remain open to pubtkfviow until Sa
turday morning, when it will leave for New York, and
after » brief tdsay at the City Hall, depart by tlie Califor
nia steamer ou die morning of the 11th inat. The pro
ceedings in this city will l>e of unusually imposing cha v
racter, and citizens and public bodies of every description
will unite in the precession. The body wilt also- be es
corted to the New York depot by a detachment of milita
ry. The annexed correspondence will sufficiently en
lighten our readers as to the details of the reception:
WjsumiTOXi November % 186 L
Hon. A. lienvg y Mayor rf Philadelphia —Dti.UtSlU!
Several prominent citizens of Philadelphia having re
quested of us, an the committee in charge of the remains
of the late Col. E. I>-Baker, topormit his hotly to remain
one day in your city, while en route for New York ami
California, we have thought it advisable to inquire your
vW vs and wishes on tho subject.
11l tills Mllllt'f tl'>» W® w ill State tliftf tlie b(k).y lifts been'
emba Died, and its nuturul uppearunco marvellously pro*
served, and if it be tlie wish oftlio people of Philadelphia,
whom he loved so well, and- so many of whose children ho
ltd in battle, that he be among them long enough to re
ceive their respects, the committee will cht erfully co
operate with so sacred a desire.. We propose to- leave-
Washington with the cemoiua on Thursday muimitig, the
7th lust., and as wo wink tivanticipate tho steamer of the
11th iast., at New York,it will bo- convenient foe- us to
rcmahi iu Philadelphia until tho morning of the 9th iust.
By nidifying us uf your desires, at the Kirkwood. House,,
you wiU much oblige your obedient, servants,
M. E. FLANAGAN, of Sun. Francisco*
\V. H. \YA Lf,AGE, of Waslii gton Territory,.
N. lU. BAHN UMj.uf Oregon,
Committee in charge of the Remains of Col-Baker.
Crt tofi or Tin; piayoo or tms City vr
Novciuber 4,1861.
Gentlemkn : I can. make no more appropriate-reply to
yum* communication-of tho 2d inst., thou in the words
•f a ** resolution in reference to tho body of Col. K..D*.
Baker,” adopted by the Councils of Philadelphia, on
Thur*duy last, and to.which I have just given asseut,.
which are as follows _
Resolved, Thar tho use of Independence Hall bo of--
fmil to the family <*f the dcct-oncd soldieri where- his.
body may be laid while it remains here,, and. where our
citizens may have an opportunity to see, fou the huifr
time, all that remains of one who lias, by honest indus
try and indomitable energy tuid courage, risen fromttim
hiunhlcbt rank off - life to the highest, but one-which any
American citizen can occupy.
Fitting arrangements shall bo made to manifest tho
rerpcct ivnd admiration universally entertained- i-y tlye*
cUi'/fu* of PU!&-iu[|tltia foy the nw'invry uf Hit! g&lbuil
soldier whwoilnst you »vt conveying to its fiual'rojn>;o.
I tin, very respectfully.
ALEXANDER HENRY.
Kaiebow Escame —Yesterday morning, the
Goodwill Engine tome in ccvatact withaooithw' ap.i.t
ndw ut Tenth uud SpruceVireuht. Ohilof thii
mimed Emorv, who was riding in the tender, jump *d off,
and was considerably injured by being struck on tho log.
No boucs were Woken.
Arrest of ax Olb Offender Yesterday
a woman, named Mary Blair, was before Alderman
PeilltTf having been nrresti- i by boiwltvw SomoW UttA
Levy upon the charge of t-hopti'ting* She was caught hi
the act of stealing a piece of goods irom a store in Eighth
street, above Filbert. The accused is an okl offender,
ard lias served out n term of imprisonment for a
offence. She was committed to answer.
Terrible Accident at the BndesbWfV Ar
senal—Two Men Killed and Twfnty-
fire Wounded
At two o'clock j fsffnlnj Afternoon ( a terrific tiploulmi
occurred at the Bridcsburg Arsenal, Twenty-third ward.
The Immediate cause of tho cxpkwron cannot bo ascer
tained, inAHtruich as tlie only two persons who could give
any account of the circumstances are berth beyond tho
reach of coroner w rvporicr. Wo procordcfl to Frank,
ford last evening, and learned from Lieutenant Sommers
and the officers of the district tho names of (he <feat,
and some partieabws of the accident. If seems the? on*
<A the ieoding functions of the ofwrml in the manufacture
of fulminating powder, wherewith to fill the fricifon
tubee, cannon caprq ctc.i of which thousands aro daily
(urUed out under Ferkfcis & tile armorers of
establishment.
Two building* are employed in the making ar.d storing:
of this combustible, and both are lire proof, with slate
roofe r brick wnlts r atul devoid of machinery. They are’
situated ifi the ertirmo nnrthprn part otf- the grounds, a
few yawls apart, »ml back of a large brick workshop,
where some fifty hands are employed at filling the fric
tion tubes. The fuTminating powder is rraulo by chemi
cally uniting mercury, nitric acid, and a preparation of
sodium. The solid components of the combustiblo are
plarcd In solution nnd spread -ut to dry in one of the
buildings, ami after bef.tg (fried are stored away la tka
second building. It was- in the drying houoe whore tho
accident occurred. But two men were engaged in tho
building at that time- Thoir names were J. Nell, or J.
Ncng'e. and .Patrick Cooney.. A third man, named Ger
hardt, a regular in the U. 8. army, was engaged in con
veying the dried powder from the drying hons®to ths
riming house. Six hundred and'firty pounds oft he com
bustible, vainwl at 91,000, And 1 thought to be sufficient
for the. purposes of the arsenal : d uring the entire winter,
were situated in tlie building A very small part of this
war sufficiently dry to be explosive, and it is believed
that ft very few pounds caused tlie accident and its ac
companying casualties,.
The cNplx/pion which occhrr'-d, bow or why no one
know?, happened at’n few minutoraftor two o’clock. It
is reproreated by the citizens of BHdesburg and Frank
ford as producing an immense concussion, which shook
the window panes for many neighboring windows, and
made many sober persons think that tlie stoves in their
kitchens hart fallen tromtheir perches,-or thf*chimney had'
been pmlpithtird UpoH llift VA&f. Nat' ft brick af the ori
ginal edifice was left standing. The roof *va» spUn’ered
into a thousand fragment*, and even tlie strong founda
tions of the edifice torn up and blown away. The unfor
tunate men, XcHgle and Gboney, were* torn to pieces, one
of Keagle’s legs being found in a corn-field two hundred*
yards from tho scene of the accident. llin skull and body
eannot he found, upd pieces of fhe charred and jelhei
flesh litur thu whole enclosure. A dog was seen at tho
time of our visit trotting off with a piece of the dead
man’s flesh ! Cooney was scarcely less maltreated, his
legs being broken and both his hands Mown off. His
body was lifted Irom tt.« ground and thrown several feet.
Last evening it presented a horribly discolored appear
ance, tharc scarcely being a wholo bonn in the unfortn*
hhte tnfch’s body. The sobller, Gcrhnrdt, who was joet
outside the building,.urns struck with, bricks in various
pnrtßnfthe body, and oneof his legs broken. In the
adjoining work-shop about fifty hands were employed, at
least twenty*fiveof whom were cut and bruised by falling
bricks and pieces of glam that were blown from the win
dows. Although tho Orying-rootn was several yards dis
tant, tike S&Hcliftslhn tore out a ereul-nmnW of brlrkfl
in the wall of tho work-shop, and ono brick, was precipi
tated through tho window of tho etoring-room,.striking
a box filled with fulminating powder. Had. the box
been broken a most‘dreadful exp osion must hare occur
red, hr the building contained an immenßC quantity of
powder which would have been ignited by the slightest
friction.
Uneofthe hricks<was blown 200 yards, striking Mrs.
Batpulh the wife of the farmer upon, tho premises. Mrs.
Bated! carried’a. child in her arms that narrowly e«-
chjm d being struck. Tlie lady was somewhat bruised.
Tlie neighboring house of Mr. I’erkius wrh somewhat
damaged in the windows and roof. The-carpeut-r shop
ivflH likewise injured. Id tho ivork.&hos toman,.who wan
engaged with a barrel of powder before him. filling-cart-.
ridges, marvellously escaped. None of the hands in th»
work-shop were seriously hurt, although many were cufe
in the face and head, Tlie damage to the different build
ings will probably amount to S3OO. Lieut. Treadwell,
commandant of the arsenal, was al>>ent ut the time.
drove from Richmond, where he heard the shock* ft#
rapidly a# possible.
The workmen were at once dismissed,.and l>ihor dis
continued.. The woikmen in the adjacent factory of
Jenks A Co. swarmed from their forges, and, for a. time,
n scene of unparalleled confusion and anxiety trans
pired Thu dead men were unmarried.. Neagh?
resided in ’Whitehall, near the arsenal, and- Cooney
lived ttJth.hU father, who keeps the seeenth tell-«aCi
on the Bustleinn turnpike, above Fr«i)Uford,
glo was about twenty, two years, of age, Cooney was-a
middle-aged man. A report prevailed in tlie city laet
evening that the great magnzino of tho arsenal had been
blown up. Such was not the case, the magazine being
surrounded by double walls,, and situated some distance
from the ecen.c of the accident. The cninmity os it is>
ho\ve¥«r T I* sufficiently horrible to excite a}l e-yhipMh-y,
The coroner will hold f.a inquest upon as suich ȣ tho
mutilated remains as can ho collected this morning. It
is a matter of wonder tl:afc no accident haa occurred be
fore. The fulminating powder is, perhaps, Mu* most ex
plosive of all combustibles.
The Returns! of the Army Vote all
Oi’ENE j>.—All the rtturns from tho several encampment?
have now been opened, and the fists and, ballots are in
the custody of Mev Knight. If we are to beßeve rumor,
the entire army vote, as received, will, with the city
vote, elect Mr. Thompson as sheriff, by a majority of
about 300 over Mr. Kwing. By tlie same returns the
People’s party will retain majorities in both branches of
City Councils. Wc believe that in the above estimate
tlie returns ol the regiment purporting to be Colonel
Schhomelpfeunig's are included. In that case there will
doubtless be a strong cfl'orl made to throw* out this regi
ment, upon various grounds. The returns, a* a general
thing, were grossly irregular, and the case of the Schim
molpfecnig reg mont is but one instance of a dozen of a
similar character.
Tho figures in some crises lmd reference to roedmentp,.
and in others to companies. There was no order nor
system about some, and others could scarcely be inter
preted as meaning auj thing, being merely promiscuous
arrangements of figures nnd names. There was to some
do date, no locality named, no name of company or regi
ment mentioned, and no signatures of etection or other
officers, Tho low rcnuim (hot the retnrne ehetflfl he
transmitted to the prniliorinrary hy tho means
of their transmission were almost as various anil irregu
lar as the papers themselves were. Some can** hy mail,
ethers were brought by private baud; while,yet cthors
were brought by express.
The receipt of tlie soldiers’ vote, as can he understood
from the above, has been productive only of irregularity
at.d confusion. Many eiti/.ens are fyvor of petitioning
for the throwing out of the whole army vote, uud others
assert that fully one-half the ballots should be left out on
the ground of fraud and Irregularity.
Fire Yesterday _Morning.— About seven
•’deck yesterday morning, a fire was discovered in a
three-story brick buildiug, situate in Miller street, below
Washington avenue, between Eighth and Ninth. In
the rear of this structure was a two-stury frami build
ing* attached to which was an extensive. onc-rtoTy frame
shed* extending almost to Eighth street. The brick
structure is owned by Mr. John T. Hohoway, and the
frame buildings by Jacob Search. The whole were oc
cupied by Mr. H. Fughe, manufacturer of hatters* and
book -binders’ leather. The buildings were almost en-v
tirt-Iy destroyed, Mr. Fughe succeeded in rescuing eti>cit
to the value of £BOO. 110 estimates Ids tit $1,500,
which is nearly covered hy insurance in the Common*
wealth Insurance Company.
The Ato originated in the drying room, in the eecond
story. The heat is passed through tbo building by
memigof CftSt-ir«iflpes*,&nd in tho preparation of tho
Tarnish for the leather, benzine is used as a substitute
for turpentine. Two of the workmen had been in the
building jiwt previous to the discovery of the flames, and
built a fresh fire. They then locked tip tlie building and
went to breakfast. It is supposed that the heat had uot
been properly regulated, and to this fact the origin of the
five is attributed.
Adjoining tho factory, on Miller street, is a three-sto
ry brick dwelling, owued by Mr. Drinkhoiise, and occu
pied by Mrs. Margaret Lynch, whose husband and son
ore attaciiv'.l thc- iu-friy, iw-ur Washington. The upper
portion of this was partially destroyed. The
furniture and household effect# pf Mrs, Lynch were C-on
slderably damaged by water and hasty rcnjoval.
Two or three other brick dwellings were slightly in
jured, ami the occupants lost somewhat by water.
An ittiorcnpied three-story dwelling, located in a
court in tho rear of the brick factory, was damaged in
the upper part. The bouse belonged to Jnmca Mc-
Gloskoy.
Adjoining the frame portion, is a frunte efa-
Lie, owned and occupied bv John Ferry, a drayuaftti.
The upper portion of this building was destroyed. Atxnft
two tons of hay were consumed. There wen* nine horses
iu tlu« stable at the time of the fire, but they were all
rescued. The loss oF Mr. Ferry is about $lOO, upjn
which there is no insurance.
The extensive bone-dust factory of Mogfrt 4 . Talker A'
Clark, adjoining on the south, wus in great danger for
some time, but through the exertions of the firemen, and
being covered with u fire-proof roof, escaped with but
trifling damage.
Tlie total loss by the fire will probably reach $2,500.
About 0 o'clock yesterday morulug ftames Mere dU
torm-d i*sn’»g from tit® pocc-nsl-story ef i»n dd Drivk
structure, No. 628 Weaver street, in the Twelfth ward.
The building is owned by Uachel Oram, and occupied by
McssrA Abhett k llcynoof, carpenters and builders. Tho
building was damaged to tit* extent of $l-50. It is in
sured in tbo Franklin Insurance Company. The stock,
fixture?, tools, Ac., of Messrs. Abbott 1' Keynoof wore
almost entirely ruined. Their lose is about $l5O, which
i<* coverod by in France in ike ExcT&hge Tn^ut-aiMTe-Curn—
-pany. Tho fire originated from the stove, and at
tributed to accident.
Fire Yesterday Afternoon.— Tho alarm
of fire, about five o’clock yesterday afternoon* wrs
caused by the partial burning of a stable and dwelling at
Palu-r and spaffovd f-treets. Tim titablu was owuad by
James Duffy, and ouenpiod by him and George 1 fifteen,
Tbc fire was confined to the loft. Tho los? will reach
about $lOO.
Democratic Meetino.— A meeting of the
Democratic citizens of tho Stventli ward was held Inst
fvt'pjpg. nt Eighteenth and Naudnin stfoetf, for th* pur
pro o of TnaklDg arrangements to attend a man mertforof
Democracy, to bo held In imlopcndence Square, on<Fii«
day evening next. Tho only butrinc.cs transacted wav
the appointment of committees to procuro music, torches,
Ac. Mr. E. It. Helmbold presided, and the meeting wa»
attended with considerable wrangling and confusion.
Ar»e§* of Alleged Counterfeited On>
Monday evening, Deputy United S ate* Marshal Jenk'ns
and Dctri tiro Sam. Henderson made an Important arregt
in the lower part of tto city. They proceeded to a house-
Id Tusker street, aud secured the person of-Andrew Scott,
a dewier in charcoal, win is charged with manufacturing
bogus half-dollars. Mr*. Scott wont up Gtair.4, and,white
tlie ofliiTfn weru examining a abiblo attached to the n*-
made her escape. In u buruau drawer* iff tho
second storv of Seutf s house* they found a stocking
containing about one hundred counterfeit half-dollars in
an unfinished state-.. They also secured a galvanic battery
vliich had recently been used. Mrs. Scott was arrested
yesterday morning, and the pair had a hearing, at two
o’clock, before United States Commissioner Hcazlitt.
31 re. fcJcvtt protested that »he left by the front door, and
Hot by a yecond-story window, &s tho Beauty
supposed, It ia took a mmlng machine
and other instruments with her. She was released, but
her husband was held in $1,600 bail for u further hearing
on Friday next. Uto protested loudly lUat lie did uot
know how the coin came ihte his house, lie is well known
as one who goes bail for counterfeiters.
Presentation.—Osv Monday ovoniug, Sop
gennt Major E. Ai Walllizz, of Col, >V, »\ 11. Dav*#*
Ringgold Beghnent, V.), was presented with a
handsome silver-nionntc<l Colt’s navy revolver, suitably
iiisciiled, Mr. Waliazz is u native of Philadelphia, u
printer by trade, and well! known to our citizens. He
graduated at tlie Virginia: Military Institute, under the
tutorship of MHjpr William Gilbam, late U, upd
stool high iu hia class,
Public Improvbmbw.is. A th?w school
house is now being created on SU Jolm strout, lndow.
Brnfinnwood, on n lot- 00<by. 80-fbet; tin-building will be
by 70 I‘eet. Auoltier one- been commenced oiu
Uowm-tl street, bcluw Girardiuvinue. Tho building wilt
be 40 by 80 feet.
Tllo f-sitehi»tve Ati.l 6?
Vhaim- & M«-t\enn( ! ,.nt‘F*trm<»v»ii, wlticb was destroyed
by lire some months since, is-being rebuilt. The wood
work of the structure and considerable portions of the
brick walls were destroyed, and are being renewed.
A six-feet culvert has btMk commenced at Fifth and
Cantos streets* which is to r:u% up Coates to Frauklin*.ui>
Franklin to Par,dsb, where ib will connect with the eul
rert at tlmt point. Tlu», it in thought, will entirrtypvc*
YVIlt t>Y«-||»ws ■R'Wtili.ltftVff J*erc4oforo pcfnrfid^artlßftb
and rurrish, l*i>iilar-streets> &u. V \ ‘ -
Water-pipe ia being laid along Canal street, \qhfch
rovers the old Cohocksinic creek, from Beaver ta.LfcwA
reitro street. When finished it will complete the- water
clreuit from Front street to Girard avenue. TM&*ttroct
is now paved from Front to Beaver street, and from
Thompson slret t to Girard avenue, and an ofToci'ifebeing
math- to pa;** befrwei^*,ltoA\ , er *nd Thompson attacks.
ThorepuirH to tiift- Wiru ilrulgu urn urugrusslng slowly.
At present*, iwrsous residing in MahtdU, \vbo, wish to
drive into.the city by private veliklee, must pvoceel to
Market street*, though that routo should th *m a
mile out of tJirir wao--..
Four of the slv pumps for the new wheeLhouse at
Fairineiuit have been, delivered, and the®- ar.e- now lieir g
jKitln pluci-.. 51)® foundations tm- consist, if Wlid
Btoms t ight iret deep, upon which rusHlienvy c-iBt*imu
frames, seewfud by India, which pass.klu-ouch this stone
distance of six foot. Tlioy are kn«>vu, as the Cor-.
t\Uh vntvo. pvojp.».
The wiMtk of moulding the ca.-iAiugs for the tut blue
Wheel tutuke the place of the oaoe broken by the cxjdo
olonot the lioUer at I, V, 3lorrta A C«Vb works Is. nru-
There Are V“ V«-h
iruuirlug pounds of mvtftl to cast tlwuj. The
tnouldipg of this itntuenso piece of iron work takes about
five weeks, and about two weeks are required to ( finish
the easting. One of the»e cases is completed, and will h*x
•hcq-tly transferred t<?. tUe uiUMumse ut »irj«ount.