* THE PRESS. CVBLMUD DAILY, (SUNDAYS UOIFTKD,) PY JOHN W, FORNEY, ORION No. 41T CHESTNUT BTBKBT. DAILY PR GSS, fwtw Omis Pit Wss&t to tde Carrier H&ild 16 BoWrllien our fli tbu Retail dales* at Prices tiESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. J. T. Db; I. A CKO IX. selO-Zm QLKN ECHO MJLL.B, McCALLUM & Go.. KANUFACTUBBBS, IMPOBTEBfI. AND DKALEB3. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, QABPBTINGB, OIL CLOTHS, AO. We have now on hand an extensive stoefc of Carpet- €ngs of our own and other makes* to which we caU the attention of cash and short time buyers. JJEW BARFBTIN GS. J. F. & E. B. ORME* fid. 619 OHESTXTJT STBEET—OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE* Are now opening* from Cnatom Uonse Stores* their FALL IMPORTATIONS NEW CARPETINGS 1,000 piece. J. OBOSSLEY A SONS’ TAFE3TBY OABPET3, from . .. 75 CTS. TO Si PER YARD. 6-1 TAPESTRi VELVET; FRENCH AUBUSSON: riKE AXMINSTEB; ROYAL WILTON : EXTRA ENGLISH BRUSSELS, HENDEBSON & CO.’s VENITIAN; ENGLISH INGBAIN CABPETS; AIL 01 NEW CHOICE STYLES ASS HAYING BEER ETTOICED BEFORE THE LATE ADYARCE 1R THE TARIFF, Will be soli st MODERATE PRICES. LOOKING GLASSES. piMENSE REDUCTION LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PIOTOBEANP PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, JAMES S. EARLE & SON, 818 CHESTNUT STREET, Announce the redaction of 25 per cent, in the prices of nil Vie Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses; also, in Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint ings. The largest and nioßt elegant assortment in the country. A rare opportunity is now offered to make purd chases in line For Gash) at remarkably Low Prices EARLE’S GALLERIES. 810 CHESTNITT Street. CABINET FIIKNITHKE. riABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, Ho. 261 South SECOND Street, ffi eo&tt&etiAb with their £kt#e>elT4- UaMuet Badness are Bow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And h&TB now on hand a full supply, hushed with the MOORE ft CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by all wbo have used them, to be superior to all others. For the Quality and finish ot those Tables tho manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work. an2s-6m DERKOM’S patent combina- TION PORTABLE HOUSE, bring the cheapest, simplest, And iiA&teit inode of House building yet pro duced for temporary or other purposes. Thoy can be tisi-d for permanent or other camps; for hospital purposes; for temporary or other dwellings, in town or country, or fit sen-side as cottages, or station offices for railway Companies. The extraordinary advantages offered by this new mode of building are, the facility with which thev can be transported, or taken down or put up; their simplicity and greater advantage*) in the numbcrlm simple modes of lighting and ventilating, besides their beauty acd neatness of appearance, and the trilling cost at which they can be produced. Any information can be obtained or orders attended to, either for the manufacture or sale of Cottaees, Huts, Ac., or for State, County, or Individual Patent Rights, at liberal rates, by addressing A. DEHIiOJI, Steam Carpentry, FATEfiSO I *, New Jersuy OCZB-121* Terrapins, oysters stewed AND FKIED, AND CHICKEN SALAD.—-Invi tation Cards and other notices will be distributed in all parts of the city, with punctuality. The undersigned is at all times prepared to present, for Che inspection of Ladies ant! Gentlemen, a list of the things necessary for a large or small entertainment, as the case-may be, thereby avoiding all unnecessary profusion and waste; and flatters himself, that by his long expe 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, aheve SPRUCE. ocl-6m pOTTON SAIL DUCK and CAN \>/ TAB, of all numbers and brands. Haven's Pack Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for Tents, Awnings, Tranks, and Wagon Covers, Also, Fftper Manufacturers’ Drier Felts, from Ito 9 feet vide. Tarpaulins, Setting, Ball Twine, Ao. JOHN w. HVTCRMAn a GO., iftft jowwr After. Best quality roofing slate llfiyg on bwd Mhl ttrif Bale at Union Wharf, Ift) BEACH gtrert, Kensington. T. THOMAS, njT-lj H 7 WALSTUT Street, Phfi*WpMji IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. jfipr N * s ~ HEAVY MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS. THOS. MELLOR & CO., 40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET. no4*l2t & WELLS, 34 SOUTH FRONT AND 34 LETITIA STREET, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS, MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS LACONIA, LYMAN, SHAWLS, BEATER CLOTHS, TRICOTS, CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS, BLANKETS, AND ARMY GOODS, FSOH THE WASHINGTON (un Bat Stits,) AND OTHER MILLS. od-3m CHIPLEY, HAZARD, & ° HUTCHINSON, Ho. 113 CHESTNUT STREET, COM MISSION M BOHANTB /OB ISB 84LX OP PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. geSB-em DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. DOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS 13 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. MASCFACTUBEnS OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ac. AGENTS FOR THE CEXiBBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. 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HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU, recommended by names known to SCIENCE aud FAME. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. Ses i'emirka made by the late Dr. Physic. HELMBOLD’S- EXTRACT. BUCIIU. See Dr. De woe’s valuable work on Practice of Physic. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dispensa tory of the United States. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCIIU. See remark* made by Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a £y Druggists and Dealers everywhere. ocs-stuth3m T7LIXIB PROPYLAMINE, Jjj The New Remedy for During the past year we have introduced to the notice Of the medical profession of this country the Pure Ory*- talited Chloride of Propylamine, as a REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM; and having received from many sources, both from phy sician* of the highest standing and from patients, the MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS 6f Ha real value in the treatment ef this painful and ob stinate disease, we are induced to present it to the public in a form READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE, which we hope will commend itself to those who are suffering with this afflicting complaint, and to tlm mudical practitioner who may feel disposed to test the powers of thiß valuable rCtmuiy. ELIXIR PROPYLAMINE, in the form above spoken of, has recently been extensively experimented with in the and with MARKED SUCCESS, fa* will appear from th* published accounts in the medical journals). It la carefully put up ready for immediate cue, with full directions, and can bo obtained fiom all the druggists at 75 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of BULLOCK & CBEHBHAW, Druggists suit Manufacturing Ghemlita, m» 24-ly PhUadeluhl*. "li/TRS. JAMES BETTS’ CELEBRA JXL TED SUPPOBTEBS FOB LADIES, and the only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La dles and physicians are respectfully requested to call only on Mrs. Betts, at her residence, 1030 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand Invalids have been advised by their physicians to nse her appliances. Those only are genuine bearing the United States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and also on the Supporters, with teatimoniala. oclG-tuthttf ✓'JMPORTANT. g Send all Money and Packages of Merchan ' f dise for places in tho Eastern States, New i f York, and Canada, by HARNDEN’S EX ! PRESS, No. 248 Chestnut street. They collect Notes, Drafts, &c., and Bills, i with or without Goods. Their Express is i : the oldest in the United States. J Express Charges on a single case, M i or small lot of Goods, are less than iby any other conveyance. eolQ-Slm,-* 1^ YOL. 5-NO. 83. COMMISSION HOUSES. OFFER FOR SALE SHIETINGS, DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS, CANTON FLANNELS, FBOX TUB DWIGHT, EVERETT, CABOT, CHICOPEE, end DABTLET MILLS. LOWELL, IPSWICH, HAMPDEN, LIKEWISE, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF MEDICINAL. BHETOATISa. PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, RETAIL DRY GOODS. OLES Al'e”'Tt CkTk AT RETAIL. M. L. HALLO WELL & Co., 333 MARKET STREET, AND ar NORTH FOURTH STREET, HAVE CONCLUDED TO OFFER AT RETAIL. THEIR STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS. CONSISTING OB' BLACK DRESS SILKS, IN GREAT VARIETY, BILK VELVETS, BOMBAZINES, TAMISF, ALPACAS, Ac. TLAIN AND PRINTED MERINOS, MOUSSELINES, POI'LINS, REPS, VELOURS, Ac. WOOLLEN I’LAIBS, PRINTED FLANNELS, Ac iI.SO, THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF SHAWLS, OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS, CLOAKS. MANTLES, &o, EMBROIDERIES, AND L. C. HDKFS. And will sell by tho Single Piece tlieir stock of .WHITE GOODS, CONSISTING OF LINENS, MULLS, JAGONETB, CAMBRICS, NAINSOOKS, Ac., Ac. oc!4-mwF2m 0 N N 0 V E At 726 B CHESTNUT STBEET, FOR FALL TRADE. JUST RECEIVED BY PRICE, FERRIS. & Go. JUST RECEIVED—A LOT OF PARI S-M A D E VELVET CLOAKS. TO BE SOLD AT LEBB THAN THE COST OF MATERIAL! POINT ALEKCOH LACE COLLARS AND SETS POINT VENICE LACEJCOLLABS AND SETS, POINT DB BARCELONB (new eetlele In Lee.,) POINTS APPLIQUE LACK COLLARS AND SETS, VALENCIENNE COLLARS AND SETS, THREAD LACE COLLARS AND SETS, FRENCH EMBROIDERER COLLARS AND SETS— .... trimmed with Vslencißl&ee, very chpft* tfyj,, CAMBRIC AND SWISS COLLARS AND SRTS- , v . . All price.. HANDKERCHIEFS, CAPES, COIFFURES, BABBKB, and BERTHES, in all of the above materials. PrinceM Clothilda HANDKERCHIEFS, (a new article embroidered in colon,) SI worthtl Anew lot of Pine Apple HANDKERCHIEFS, 2d cents, '* * Hemstitched * • 13 cents, all linen. Real Thread VEILS, 82.00 to 825. v Cambria -* 75 cent, to 82. A new lot of Valencicnue Edgings, Inserting, and Laces. •• Gnipnre » •• • * Brussels Thread Edgings and Laces. -- Lace Sleeves, 50c to Btsb and inufe contracts* building of barracks, and all supplies and purchases appertaining to that de partment. The committee in their report say, the frauds in contracts in the quartermaster’s de partment are numerous, and nave been clearly proven, and extend through all branches of Jjfs control and supervision. In relation to the purchase of horses—the second act of fraud—the testimony is extensive as to the various species of imposition practised, the “ old English jockey tricks, 7 ’ as they are called, being in this case of the lesser magnitude. A party con tracts to furnish 1,000 head of horses, at sllo.oo per head, to the Government, through the quarter master. The contractor's agent, who is approved by the quartermaster, has charge of the field where the contractor’s horses are to be passed upon. A countryman, having horses to sell to tho Govern ment, pays $lO entrance fee to the field, where his horses are examined, and upon the payment of ano ther fee of $lO. they arc recommended to the con tractor, who purchases the same at the very lowest figure, which, throughout the entire evidence, ne ver exceeded and s(>o per head. The contractor tabes his purchases to tho inspector, who is also reimbursed by a fee, which amount is compu ted according to the quality of the animal. The contractor, on obtaining a certificate from the in spector, demands the money of the quartermaster, who pays the same when the bonus lor said pay ment is guaranteed. The evidence discloses seve ral such schemes, and many other ways in which horses and mules are obtained. The testimony also shows that the horses, in a majority of instances, are of the most, inferior kind, and* have broken down or fell dead on the road. Around the depots where horses were kept, thus purchased, numerous dead Cftrc«»w have been found. Ommbu* and stage horses havo been trotted out. “full of bruu and peppered. 5 ’ by contractors, who received $115a130 ior ouch horse they furnished. One of the recent re ports of Boards of Survey will suffice in giving the character of horses Government furnished to regi ments upon the requisition of their commanding officav. Other similar reports tk& commUlco Uuyo on file; Camp Sullivan, Warsaw, October 21, lfcGl. To Colonel William Ihshnp; The undersigned having been summoned, as a board of survey, to examine and inspect the coudi tlob of the horses forwarded to this regiment from St. Louis and report the result to your headquar ters, would respectfully report that we have ex amined said horses, and find seventy-six (76) fit for service, five (5) dead, and three hundred and thirty (830) undersized* under and over aged, slifled, ring toned, blind, spuvined, and incurably unfit for any puhli.- .service, said hvrsco being a part of the Missouri contract. Very respectfully, David MclCek, Major, Gkorge Rockwell, Captain, John Sciikk, Lieutenant. The committee also have in evidence that United States District Attorney Jones was A&ocifltcri with Messrs. Thompson and Bowen in the purchase of horses and juulcs. their contract being at sll9.i>o each horse. Bowen sold out to Thompson and Jones for $5,000, payable in bankable funds. Thompson went to McKinstry for payments on horses Messrs. Thompson and Jones had furnished, and was told that “ another party was interested in this-'horse business, and unless the $5,000 in gold was deducted by Messrs. Thompson and Jones, none of the money could be paid.” The $5,000 was kept by McKinstry. and the remainder paid over to Thompson and Jones Inder this head of fraud, the committee hare tcftiniODy of over half a million of dollars sunk in pay contracts. The quartermaster paid $17.50 per ton for hay in bales, which on examination is found to be prairie grass, and hay of a very poor quality. The cost of transportation between St. Louis and Scdalia is about per ton, w $25 per ton deliver ed at Sedalia. The committee have accumulative evidence that fresh hay from the stocks, and in abundance along the entire route to Warsaw, can be obtained at $6aS per ton. In Government wagons the evidence shows that large numbers are here without any owners, until litter they have been pressed into the service, and then the builders present their claims. A majority of these wagons are unfit for service. The axles, reach, bolsters, spokes.hubs, tire., are found to have been cracked* and the cracks filled with leather and putty, and painted over where the fraud was patent. Several of the wagons were condemned. The committee will report that a numher of the wagons thus received by the quartermaster and his agent have broken down before the army had proceeded far. and that all the wagons will be use less after a few weeks' service. The third net of fraud is in building of fortifica tions at St. Louis. On the 15th of August, Colonel Hassondcuhel, by order of General Fremont, engi neered and surveyed the points within the limits of St. Louis for the erection of eleven (11) forts. Un der Major H.’ssuperintendenee five (5) were built directly for the Government, without any interve- Jiing contractor. The wages of the laborers were 60 Gouts each por day, and the oost 6f each fortifica tion not to exceed $ 10.000. On the 25th of Septem ber when General Fremont knew that the forts, completed, cost §lO,OOO each, Quartermaster Mc- Kinstry, per order of General Fremont, mode a contract with E. L. Beard, of California, to build Six additional forts for the Government, similar, in all respected to the five constructed by Colonel Hnssendeubel; agreeing to pay 45 cents per cubic yard for all excavations, 55 cents per cubic yard for the same dirt excavated upon the bank of the fort and forming the embankment; for all puddled earth 90 cents per cubic yard ; paving walks with brick or stone, floors or block-houses, &c., St per squnre yard for cisterns, 25 cents per cubic gal lon of 231 inches, arched •with brick, crown and cement; lumber for magazines, block-houses and quarters for officers and troops, sewers, &e.,the lumber and timber to be measured in the building, £lOO per 1,000 feet; for factncs and breastworks required on the work, $1 per cubic foot, and for roofing all tbc buildings with three-ply roofs S4.GO per square of 100 superficial feet. Tho total cost of the six fortifications figures upward of $300,000, upon which Mr. Beard has received £170,000. An additional payment of an order for £60,000 from General Fremont was stopped by the Secretary of "War when in St. Louis. The evidence sets forth, that notwithstanding Beard has received already three times tho original cost of tho works, the laborers are clamorous at the Govern ment offices for their pay. The items of the cost of forts, as proven by other forts built, and the evi dence of master mechanics, put tho figures, viz: 10c per cubic yard for excavations and embank ments ; puddled earth 30c; paving, &c., 40c; cis terns. Ac., 3c; lumber and timber, $40a50 per 1.000 foot; facicos and breastworks $35*40 j roof ing $2a2.50, and total cost of six fortifications not over $60,000. The contract for fortifications was drawn up per order of General Fremont The contruct is regarded by the committee as irregular and informal, except that it provides that tl no member of Congress shall be interested in the said contract. 7 ’ Tbc contract id in part irregular*for tho reason that according to the regulations of the department, the quartermaster only can make con tracts. -The fourth act of fraud is the house rent, first in the palatial mansion of Mrs. Colonel Brant, cousin of Mrs. Jesse Fremont, rented to General Fremont for headquarters of major general, his privato secretory, and chief of tho staff, at the rate of $6,000 per annum. Other palatial mansions in tho neighborhood are rented at similar rates, and occu pied for offices of members of the staff. Large and expensive barracks have been built in the immediate vicinity, ns quarters for the Fre mont body guard, numbering 000 men. The bar racks will uccoimnodate 2,600 men. The cost of these barracks and Benton barracks, capacious enough to accommodate 40,000 men, will be about $150,000, double the amount necessary to erect precisely similar buildings. In the roofing of these buildings, which is upward of 5,00 ft squares of 100 superficial feet, the committee have dis covered much fraud. The contract provides that the roof shall be three-ply, and put on with felt and soak ed in hot tar, and in a substantial and durable man ner. The committee have evidence that the super intendent and architect, A. B. Ogd en, received a draft of $7OO on General MclCinstry from Clapp & Co., provided he (Ogden) would obtain tho contract for them at their hid, which was $3.50 per square of 100 superficial feet. A Mr. King, under oath, testi fies that he gave Ogden a draft on McKinstry for $1,500 for his services in getting him the contract for $3.25 per square. To each of these Ogden pro mised the contract. The work was awarded to Almen Thompson at $2.50, but whether any bouua was given does not appear. The committee find that Thompson sold the contract for an advance of §3,000, and that the party doing the work only put on onc-ply roof, and that with felt dipped in cold tnr. In n few places there were only two plys. The facts‘were obtained by cutting into the roof at various points. It is also in testimony that thcro were responsible bids at $2 for this same work. Another fraud was in the contracting with E. W. Fox for the manufacture of picket pins, at 45 cents each, when Thomas Hood, a blacksmith, with good security, bid for the some at 25 cents per pin—the number to be made, 50,00 ft pins. Also to Fox and others, camp kettles, at 35 cents, when there were bids at 20 cents mails, axes, spikes, Ac., at similar rates. Saddles, that were rejected by the Quarter master, were purchased by Fox at low figures, and sold to McKinstry at increased rates. The building of sundry tug-boats, and chartering of several steamers, at double their cost and value, particularly tho chartering of sundry boats belong ing to the Keokuk Packet Company, havo boon gone into at length, and much imposition found to exist. The tug-boats are being built at a cost of $8,500, when they ought to bo built at $4,500 each. Other frauds in tho purchase of oats, clothing, blankets, tents, Ac.; the issuing of transportation tickets, nnd paying of employees in uneurrent funds, such ns the Union Batik and Bank of St. Louis, 55 cents discount, instead of Government funds, Ac., Ac., are fully in evidence before the committee, but all are on a par with those given above. No frauds were found in the Commissary Department, but tho report of tho committoo will exhibit the transactions of tho other department* in an exceed ingly unfavorable light. As the California con tractors arc alleged by the committee with being largely interested in many of those contracts, we give their names: Joseph Palmer, of the firm of Palmer. Cook, & Co. ; Leonidas Haskell, E, If Beard, Major Selover. of tho firtn of Selovor Sintern, real estate auctioneers.; and I. C. Woods, manager of Adams' Express Company. Three of these gentlemen are living in St. Louis in fine style, and two are on Gen. Fremont’s staff. The committee could have continued their in vestigations further, but thoy believe they have 6undent evWme, iuu| few ga«S W QaiW to QV TWO CENTS. amine a few vitnouei there. They will then visit Louisville and Cincinilti, and take evidence of nny frauds existing in the Apartments of those cities*. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. The Washington correspondent of the New York Timet says, under date of November J> v Advices have been received at' the War Depart ment, by way of Fort Monroe, (fiat ijn Ugtiirdnv evening the vessels comprising tbciinval expedition passed Bull's Bay. and would, within twenty-four hours, reach their destination. Tbr.- rnujtirtr with oilier reports said to have readied the Cupital, that a portion of thr troops had hr.rn. softly- landed at Hull's Hap. lam inclined to think that the re port fiat mentioned is correct, as I know it reached (he War Department, and may be deemed official. I understand that Bull's Bay was one of tiie points originally fixed for the landing- of the troops, but thnt afterwards the order to land there was withdraws, and it was left to tho discretion of the commander of the expedition to land there or not. as .be might deem expedient. The report that a landing had been made there comes, I nm in formed. from a member of (Sen. Wool's staff. The Washington correspondent of tho Baltimore Sun gays: The Navy Department has intelligence that the fleet was on Saturday evening off Point ltomaine. near Charleston harbor. As no mention was mmio of ihc gale, it was inferred that the fleet was not exposed to it. Nothing Is to bo infowotl frdm this Intelligence as to the destination tf the fleet. It may he that it is to be divided into squadrons after reaching its place of rendezvous, and proceed to take possession of several cotton ports; or it may, assisted by por tions of the blockading squadron, make a formida ble attack upon some important point, like Fort Macon, ft is not believed that it is to proceed, at present, to the mouth of the Mississippi, -though that position is to be ultimately taken by a power ful naval and military force. An intimation was made to-day in a high quar ter, which would lead to tho supposition thnt Beau fort, C., is the destination of the naval expedi tion, hut as that point is reached by railroad from both Charleston and Savnnnah, a large Confederate force could be easily concentrated there. The same cannot be said of Brunswick or Fernandinn. The possession of those places, with a chain of posts across the neck of Florida, would be of great mili tary advantage. Bull’s Bay and Beaufort Harbor. The country about Bull's Bay, however, is hut spar.-eiy seltlcd. At some distance from the coast it is traversed by tho common road froni CflftflCS ti>u to Georgetown—there is no railroad communi cation to Charleston—which crosses the Santee river about ten miles from the const. The nearest town or village is Mount Pleasant. Tho thirty miles of coast from Bull's Bay south to Charleston harbor bears the peculiar character of the whole Southern shore line, being a scried of islands, and inlets to creeks running between the islands and the main land. These creeks communicate with Charleston harbor between Sullivan’s Island and the main land, hut are suitable for navigation only by light-draught vessels. If, however, the expedition proceeded to P*rt Royal Entrance! Our fleet finds itself in the finest harbor of South Carolina, and one of the noblest inland waters of tbe whole South. The harbor of Port Koyal or Beaufort is about seventy-five miles southwest of Charleston, and is about equi-distant between that city and Savannah. The entrance from the Atlantic, between Hilton Head Island and St. Helena Island, is about three miles wide, and has, even over the bar, three and a half fathoms, or twenty-one feet, and probably twenty-seven feet at high tide I Within the navies of tho world might float. Six teen miles from the sea is the town of Beaufort, the water approach of which does not admit vessels oyer eleven feet draught. A few miles back of Beaufort is the railroad connecting Charleston and Savannah, itself approachable by Port Royal Inlet and St. Helena Sound. The whole of this region should be studied on the map, as it has quite an amphibious character. The mouths of the rivers, and the inlets of the OCCau enclose a number af islands of considerable size, among which maybe mentioned Hilton Head, St. Helena, and Port Royal. The possession of the fine harbor of Beaufort or Port Royal thus gives command of one of the most important ami, for the designs the army of the Union has in view in making a lodgement on the Southern coast, most advantageous bases of opera tion in entire rebetdom. Beaufort district has an area of 1.540 square miles. The surface is low and level, and the soil sandy and alluvial, producing cotton, rice, etc ,in great abundance. Our troops Will IIIUS find themselves lodged in the richest dis trict (South Carolina term for oounly) in the State— yielding some fifty million pounds of rice annually, and thirteen thousand bales of the finest quality of cotton, the famous long-staple sea-island, the very kind Europe most wants. Here are over six millions of dollars’ worth of erops, subject at once to confiscation, if their pro prietors persist in their disloyalty. It is also one of the most thickly settled districts of the State, the population in ISSO being .18,605. Of these no less than 21,279 are negro slaves—a property* re presenting twenty millions of dollars i It is on this spot that the Shaded maps of negro distribution show the nightliest shade. Tie sJTa/l thus titerai ly carry the kvr into Africa ’■ The 'place is ad mirably suited for a vast camp of instruction, and with proper defences it will not be found difficult to hold this whole district against any force the re bels can bring against us. What a splendid nucleus of loyalty in the very henrt Of the birthplace of Secession I— J\ 1. Times. Tbe Effect of the Expedition. The Herald says No matter what may be the design of the mili tary and naval commanders who are in charge of the expedition, the occupation can not fait to produce intense alarm at Charleston and along the whole Southern coast, ami cause an im mense drain upon the rebel army in Virginia for the purpose of defending the sea coa9t. They will see. in this movement, the first step towards an at tack upon Charleston, and we may. therefore, ex pect a hurried march southward of at least fifty thousand men to guard that city. When similar demonstrations are made at Port Royal, Beaufort, Brunswick, Mobile, and New Orleans, tho rebel army of the Potomac must soon be disorganized. Whether that be so or not, footholds for the na tional forces will be obtained all along the Southern const, and probably a cotton port or two may be thrown open to commerce, and, from those points, the influence, power, and authority of the Repub lic will gradually be extended over the whole re gion now cursed, impoverished, and devastated by this unnatural rebellion. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. Three Engagements in one Day—Entire Rebel Camp Routed—Camp Equipage Destroyed. The Louisville Democrat of the 3d inst. says : On Sunday lass, Colonel Burbridge, who is in com mand at Owensboro, received n call from Colonel McHenry, at or near Morgantown, for help, as he anticipated an attack by a heavy force of the enemy. That same evening Colonel Burbridge left Owensboro with two hundred and fifty or three hundred men. ami two cannon—about one hundred of his men being cavalry from Colonel Jackson’s regiment; tho rest was infantry, with their sup plies in their knapsack s. This little band made a forced march to the bank of the river opposite Woodbury, which they reached Tuesday afternoon. The ferry boat was oh the Woodbury side, in charge of two robol gentries and a black man. The sentries were picked off by rifle shots across the river, a distance of nearly three hundred yards, and Colonel Burbridge then ordered the negro to take the boat across Into the boat he put one of his cannon and a portion of his forces, while the balance of his rifles and the second gunboat pro tected his advance against the rebels, wbe hod formed on the river bank. Making a landing with his squad, he charged upon the enemy, driving them back into the town. Meanwhile, the balance of his forces were crossing as rapidly as possible. They were all over before it became dusk, and they made a charge through the town, drivingthe enefljy before them. On the way through they were fired upon with several shots from houses, whieh they instantly riddled. Unfortunately, and to the regret of all our men. a woman thrust her head out of one of the windows, and, in the dusk of tho evening, was not distinguished as a woman. She was shot in the forehead and killed. The surgeon who attend ed the expedition reported six pc spypn killed ill the houses. . The enemy retreated to his camp in the rear of the town, which Col. Burbridge immediately at tacked, utterly routing the entire force, some four or five hundred in numberhe took possession of the camp, with equipage for 50(1 men, nnd all their camp utensils; but ns he hail np aetins Of transpor tation, the entire camp was burned. Two prisoners were taken, named Ives and Lewis, aud brought to this city this morning—one of them from Alabama, one fs»m Mississippi. One of them is reported to be a captain, the other a private. About the same time Col. McHenry, with some 2(H) men, made na attack on a camp of the enemy at or near Morgantown, and took six prisoners; how many wero killed and wounded we did not learn. Colonel McHenry lost one man, but drove the enemy off. About tho 3amc time Captain Necrer, who is. stationed with tv parly of twenty men at lino hew ter, his men all armed with Colt 7 ** revolving rifles, had a skirmish with a largely superior force of the enemy in the vielnily of Rochester, but with what result \vc have not yet learned. Colonel Burbridge, ia hi* attack, had one Juan wmimlcd,. but lost none. "We believe thes> par ticulars to bo entirely reliable, and think that fur ther reports will only eonlirm last Tuesday’s work as a day of glorious achievements. The marching, as Col. Burbridge did, with about three hundred men from Owensboro to Woodbury, a distance of sixty or seventy miles, in. two days— attacking and utterly routing a force-af five hun dred of the enemy within less than eighteen miles of Buckner’s headquarters At BoWHng &reen, where he is reported to havo a very heavy force, destroy ing the entire eamp and camp equipage, driving tho enemy off with a loss of fifty or sixty iu krilech an unknown number in wounded* and recrossing the liver in safety, with only one of his own wen wounded, aud none killed; and doing all thUj too,, with raw troops who bad never smelled poredei; be fore, is 09c of tho most brilliant exploits ef tho civ tire campaign. Brigadier General Breckinridge—Danglas’ Prediction & correspondent of tbo Cincinnati Gtette, writ. iroxn Kolln, Ky., says : Od Ins woyioiable jjourney homo ftoia Washing ton, shortly before his death, Senator Douglas re marked to a distinguished Kentuckian whom he chanced to meet at Indianapolis, 4 'l know your man Breckinridge better than you do yourselv'es. Mork n»y words, sir; icithin a year from • this time John C. Breckinridge will bn a Ge/uml in the rebel army!"' The result shows how thorough ly Mr. Dougina did know his former friend. The year has hut half passed since the prediction was made, and. to-day Mr. Breckinridge hold a a tom wi&siun as Brigadier Genera? in the rebel ATtoiy V.lltkr Buchur . at Buu-litig (rft . THE WEEKLY PRESS. T«a Whitt Press will bo asnt to nbeeribera bp mail (per annum In advance,) at *3.o* “ *.o* “ B.U* “ lil.Ot 11 (toono addross) 30.0* (to address of Thrso Copies, “ Vive « it Ten u (i Twonty « u Tweiitr Copied, or over, each BBbßcriber,) each... For a Clnb of Twenty.one or over, we will Bead as extra Copy to the gettor*np *f the Olob, W Poatmarten are reqoojtal to act M Agent* lot Tn Wxiklt Parse. Brerkinndee'fl Wanderings. Th,o?e whokavo watched the phasea of the con test in .Kentucky will remember bow übiquitous tho ex-Vice President and ex-Honorable appeared to bo n few wieeks eioco. (first be was reported shot, then he Jbad beea heard of near Alt. Sterling j then lie was collecting the troops at I'rcstoDbitrg and on theßif? SaDdy, which Oonernf Nelsun will h«Te dispersed, it is Hoped, before thin can appesr in type ; then he had gone across the - border into A irginiii forarme. -Aino.o before the loot report htnl been received, jiitmo, Mr, lirefUiaritlge appfc&fj at Bowling tireon. I Gist hoard of hie arrival there, at Hurrodirburg. hot Secessionist, whv had Just relanred from jivi^Tt l to Buckner’s army On getting out to railroad TTmt.es trgain. I found that a similar report had rcTObed L».ui=ril|p; gmJ f» a Utter at that time [ has-since proved to be the late explanation. Mr. Breckin ridge had gone into Virginia to cocure arias for hi*- ragged recruits at Prestunburg; then having per formed his work he went (by rail’ from Lewisbnre t 6 Nsfhvilie, and thfim up) tu ilia own place to* receive his reward—the brigadior generalship he been bad promised meaths before. The Secession Army in Kentucky. Secessionists claim eighty thousand men in Ken tucky. Well, to have each a tremmdous force, lliey get most consumtJty licked wry often. Hadn't they better send oeauregard narl Johnston to help them ? They have now Buckner, Polk, Pillow. Hanson, Hardee, A. Sidney Johnston, Zolli coffer. and eight or ten mere not mentioned; be sides, Lee and others are comong. They have been thrashed so often in this Watt that it becomes nb« solutely necessary to baveahoet five to one in Ken tucky. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS; Secretary Cameron at West Point. General Cameron with a party of distinguished i ladies and gentlemen paid a visit to the military academy at West Point on Tuesday, lie delivered* the following appropriate Speech to the emlets: Yotue Gentlemen : I greet yen all most cor dially. I greet y«H a» the future protectors of this great country, i am rejoiced, indeed, to see you here, and to be a witnesito the excelh-ntand hand some manner in which you have performed your duties. More than thirty year? ngo I was here for the first and the Inst time. General Jackson them sent me here on an inspection among the Beard of Visitors,.- and since that time, notwithstanding all the honors whieh my country has shown me, Ido not cherish anything more than the trust which* that great man confided in. me to inspect, the West Point cadets- There have bwen-greut and' wonder ful changes since that day*, There were no rail roads then, and steam had noj asserted the mastery and power which it has since attained. Tho subtle agency of the silent but eloquent telegraph was not yet developed by the wisdom of man. But, never theless, we were progressing with tho most progres sive hhllbbs of the earth. We were a working sad* an acting people, enjoying the fruits Of peuoe. and neither desiring nor looking for war. Every man’s life was being passed in peace and. industry for his own happiness and his country’s-prosperity. There were no preparations of any kind for war except such as were made in this little academy. We were blessed then, jurt as we aro now, fay the most boun tiful gifts of nature; and who can say that any conn try was ever mere liberally gifted with nil earth’s blessings than that in whieh it is our lot to live '! The scene now presented to me here is- just the same as it was thirty years ago. The number of cadets certainly sec»3inueh less than it should be, and. perhaps, a great (lent less than it will be in another year. lam now here for the second time of my life, at the head, of that department in which your future lot will probably carry you. I must take the opportunity to express-the satisfaction I feel at the general welfare of the institution, and again applaud you for the praiseworthy manner in whieh* your whole duty has boon performed, You aro the men on whom the country is hereafter to depend for the defence of her saeretl rights, and it is, therefore, your, duty to fit yourselves for the high responsibility. From haviDg been a peaceful people wc are now going to become a great military nation, and n« man can imagine the briber of golrUers that we shall need, and of well-trained officers to guide and* direct them in the art ot'war. The true secret of this art is to lend men to victory, not to defeat. No man con say at this moment that wo shall not yet need and have an army three hr four, or five, or ten times ns large as it now is. And this army must* spring from this academy. This must bo its grand, basis and fundamental principle. You, and, those who crone after you, wilt have to form apart in the composition—the rank and file—of that great army. We have thousands of men. plenty of arms and money, and these are great cssentials-in forming nn army. But we miut also have woll-oducated men to control its organisation, as-well as to control its movements and the distribution of its means of support. I know that OTery one of you will fulfil to the best of your ability the trust reposed iuyou. No man could venture to-say but that any oue of you may, at some future dny, be called upon to control the destinies of tbs nation When I was here last the aged chieftain, who has just: retired from the command of the army crowned with age and honor, was with me as on active member of the spjm* Board of Visitors. Hb had served his country in the war. of 1812, as he has ever faithfully served her, and now he has hed« by the ikt of an unbending la>v T to give way to die pressure of time- and long service. He is now retired into private life, but he wills over live in the memory of bia country and of the world. Ten or twelve years after I was here, the young and gallant soldier who now leads- our armies graduated in this academy, and now. b? feoldg the highest position in the world, where to-day ho may be able to do more service to hie country "than, any man who has ever lived in any country for the last five hundred ycara. It has been-well.said by the old Homans that greater praise was due to him •who saved the Republic even than to him wlio founded H Such in now the giory awaiting the leader of our armies, and such, my young friends, is the dignity to which each of you: aspires. From Fortress Monroe and, Hatteras. Fortress Monroe, Nov. 5, via Baltimore.—He steamer Spaulding Las just returned from Hatte— ras Inlet, bringing Gol. Hnwkins, who proceeded to. Washington in a special boat, upon business con nected with his pest. The 3torm at Hatteras Inlet has been very ee- Tcrc. The recent high tides had completely over flowed the space outside of the forts, and as a new channel is forming between the forts, it !s appre hended that they may become untenable. About one fourth of the much needed clothing of the . Twentieth Indiana regiment,had been landed, from the Spaulding, on Friday night, whan the gale came on and it was all washed away, with some other stores that had boon landed.. Yesterday, ten days’ rations for the post were safely landed, but the Spaulding brings back, the greater part of her cargo. Five rebel stoamers came near the Inlet yester day, but retired after firing a eouple of shots. liieiitcßsnt TVYII, Dunlan, who returned from the fleet in the Jh/eid* ip . also-goe.-: toßuUimorc,. to look after the repairs of hit-vessel. Two coal schooners carrying, fuel to. the fleet, made Hatteras Inlet during the. gale, and-hoisted. signals of distress, but could.not. he re&chcd.by the vessels inside. Important News from, Hatteras. FIGHT BETWEEN THE REBEL STEAMER CURLEW AND THE ONION BATTERIES AND STEAMERS. Fortress Monroe, Nov. 4, 1 Via Baltimore, Nov. 5,1661. j The following js from tho liiclimond Examiner ot November 4,1881: There has been reoaived at the Navy Depart ment the report of Captain Huntet, dated off the North Carolina coast, Confederate steamer Curlew, October 30, 1861. W.e make tho following extract from the report; , Confederate States- SteAM-Kic Cijiilew, ) Oct.. 30,. 1861. }. At dawn yesterday we started, and on our way looked in at Beaeon Island and Ocracoke, but saw. nothing with certainty of the enemy at or near cither place. "We then started tan Ilattcras Inlet, and when near the position of inner busy the ene my opened fire upon us from the fort and two.oC their steamers without injury. On coming, within easy raDge,. I sighted the rifled, gun at the Harriet Lane and. lired, the fort and. two steamers continuing, to floe at us as rapidly as possible. We fired six shells of twenty-five and twenty fuse, And as the course of the steamer was necessarily changed te keep in the narrow channel,, wo fired the stern gun at them live times, training it well forward. It is uncertain whether the enemy sustained any injury, although many of the crew and officers think the fourth shell took effect umid ship of a very long three-masted steamer lyingneac the Harriet Lane , and another burst between tho two. A small steamer, was seen employed tuning a merchant vessel, either out of danger, or out of range of the fovt. Tho "Vandals fired twenty-three shells at us, only one of which eainc near,. Feeling that I had carried out the spirit of your instructions, I withdrew, and waited within,half a mile of the hauy, hoping to draw tha small steamer outside. When wo fired tho stern gun the ffirt re turned tho shut. We stood back, fired another shell, and then took our departure. All hands displayed great enthusiasm, andseemed delighted when one steamer began, moving toward us. There w.0r,0 at anchor insult; sixteen sailing vesicle and three steamers. Only uuu vessel In tho offing. One IJnniUed Thousand! Rebel Soldiers nud Uyo Hundred I’leics of Artillery ■a Beauregard's Army— Insubordination Anions the Keitel '.Vroftps,. »tc. A scout, who recently returned from Virginia, reports General Beaurcgard.’s.rebel army, stationed, to the right of Braddoci’s. road, between Fairfax, and CenUeville. one h-sqdml.thousand strong, with, two hundred pieces of artillery ;■ but the pieces are indifferently manned,, aqd tim cannoniers undisei pliueii, the quartermaster’s.department deficient in wagons, and many troop?. hsieiMt, The Vjrginia troops arc inspirited. These whose terms of enlistment expired will not re-enlbt. Desertions are of every day occurrence; eleven deserted from one company in a single right. Advance of the Rebel Pickets towards. Vienna—A tixeat Battle Impending, The scouting parties sent out foysuseral days past from General Smith’ 3 division iq, the direction of Fairfax Court House, report that tho rebel pickets have advanced within a mile and: a half of I icnnft. Occasional shots have been fired at our pickets, but without MJl'hg or wounding anybody, A considerable rebel force, is at Falrflu; Court Douse, and rebel troops are being thrown westward from that vioinity in the direction of Leesburg. It is apparent, from the military movements, and the aotivity displayed in Washington since General McClellan took chief command, that a great and de cisive battle is about to ba fought. It would not surprise us if there should be one in a very few days. Opposite tbe- city the pickets of General Fitz John Porter’s division, and of General McDowell's divi sion, occupy their old lines, without having seen or heard of the ep.tmy for ten days past. Continued on Fourth Fast- I.M