%\t |Jms, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1861. extract from ~itiL Last section of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.— > The conspiracy I* break up the Bsh» l» a tact now known to ftß# Armies are being raised, and war levied M accomplish it. There fan be bnt two sidrs So the controversy. Every man mast be on the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none bnt patriots and traitors.” WAR NEWS. The removal of GeaN Fremont has elicited (as vrae to have been expected) considerable feeling throughout the erfunhy. But there is an almost tthirersal dUpogitiott B&fl&ifeStdd tO flppPOV® Of thd action of the Administration. It was evidently animated'by the most patriotic and praiseworthy motives. It was only after what may he termed a series of careful investigations into the manner in which the affairs of his department had been admi- nistered, the public money under his charge dis bursed, and tho military operations in Missouri directed, that his unfitness for the eminently im portant position ho hold, as tho general of a com mand numbering nearly one-fifth of the entire Union army, became painfully apparent. After such aTtfseovery, the Government was compelled to select for that post another leader. The Albany Evening Joum al truly says: “We must believe that the President and his advisers acted .from a rigid sunse of duty They had no choicb but to consult the public interests. Having become satisfied that Gen. Fremont was not tbe right man fur the right plwce, a failure to act would have been criminal. They had no right to make concessions to popular sympathy, which would endanger the national cause in the West.” That some excitement should have been engen dered amoßg his soldiers by his rooail, at a time when they were upon the ova of a battle, is not surprising; but the Administration des pa eked its messenger some days ago, when all the intelligence from Missouri indicated that the chief object of Price was to effect a safe retreat, and to sedulously avoid a battle. There was then no reason to anticipate an attAck upon the Unioa army by tho rebels as a probable, or even a possible event. The patriotic address of Geo. Fremont to his soldiers, urging them to obey the orders of their new officers, has been, with justice, warmly praised by thB press of all parties. For the gallant manner In which he dt§charg6d that trying and painful duty he deserves, and will receive, the applause of the whole nation. The numerous speculations in regard to the des tination of our grout naval expedition, while they differ in refereuco to details, conaur in the ex- pression of a belief that the troops on board will effect a landing at some point on the coast between Charleston and Savaonah, from, which both those cities may he threatened. It is generally believed that the fleet will sail up the Port Royal entrance to a point in the vicinity of tho town of Beaufort, where a disembarkation can be safely effected. It Is not considered certain, however, that, for the present, any important operations will be at tempted, a& further reinforcements may be awaited. It is scarcely possible that all of the rebel army oii ih& P6tOU£&6, lii ike presence of such a menace, can be retained in the vicinity of Ma nassas, and the hour seems to be approaching when we will have the enemy upon tha -honw of a terrible dilemma; nssAiljujj. them at once injront and in tho rear, with General McClellan pressing closely upon their army in Virginia, and Captain Dupont and General Sherman prepared to carry the war into the heart of Sceeasia, and to make the infamous scoundrels, who, for the last quarter of a century, have been hatching treason in South Carolina, tremble before the awakened wrath of the injured and insulted nation they have too long assailed with comparative impunity. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: <{ The circle of the war is gradually widening so as to embrace a number of separate wars, each of which would have been accounted, a few years ago, as wars of considerable magnitude. War is to be brought into Texas by the California volunteers under General Denver and other leaders. The coast wHi just begun, mil be prosemitcd with all tbe power which the Government can command. The war on tbe Potomac will soon become more active. Besides these, we have the Kentucky and Missouri wars, and the Western Virginia war. In fact, ‘fee war spirit rage? through the land, and were a peace concluded between the two hostile federations, the war would be continued in several States.” Parker H. French, who was arrested on the charge of treason at Bradford. Connecticut, some days ego, by Detective Franklin, of this city, was one of the most dangerous enemies of the Union. He has been travelling AVcst and North, under nu merous aliases, for the purpose of forming an order known as the “Knights of the Goldon Circle” in the different towns. He succeeded in forming such an order in Bradford. Ho had in his possession, when arrested, the constitution and by-laws of the Golden Gircte, and ' entire authority from, par ties at the South for organizing the institution. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished scoundrels in the country. He was one of Walker's lighUhnud men in the Nioaragnun nffrip, and has fought three duels, in one of which he lost his right arm. Through a forged, letter, in the name of Parson Brownlow, he obtained the sum of $l,OOO from Amos Lawrence, of Boston, the money being given In support of the Parson's somewhat famous paper. He has figured in Tarious schemes of vil lainy, particularly in California! He says he has infsunaiion of parties in Boston who are playing directly into the hands of the Secessionists. So em phatically does he assert this that Government will causa eertaln matters to be investigated, and the names of sundry citizens engaged in commerce, particularly with St, John, and thence to Southern j In Hollse of LordS} the Earl of Radnor, 1 ports, will be overhauled. . a liberal peer, made a motion relative'to this The r«ew xork Post of last evening has a ae- :- ~ . .. A u . , _ , «»tehfninW M hu*«n, dated yestefday, whieh i ? " eg * states that a gentleman from Charleston had ar- : ' fntholli a dlYlSlon ' Mtei a la P se of te “ da - vs > rived in that city, who reported that every possible | Mr - Duncombe again brought the question be precaution had been taken by the rebel authorities ! fore the House of Commons, and moved that in South Carolina to prepare for resisting the fleet; j a Committee of Inquiry he appointed to in showing that information of tho movements of the j vestigato and report. Sir James Graham still expedition had been conveyed to them. It is also ! refused to explain or justify his conduct, and asserted that the celebrated Washington Artillery j g; r Robert Peel had to perform the ungracious had been sent from Charleston to Bull's Bay and ■ task of tryi to vindica t e him. The bad that soldiers and artillery had been despatched to ~, , « « „ . : • ,1= „ = ; : fuitli of violating, at tho request of a foreign all points on the South Carolina coast which were _ - . , \ „ ,? considered to be in danger. | Government, the correspondence of an exile, The Washington correspondent of the New York ! < Jose P h wm *>***& denounced by Po f t savs, in his letter dated November 5: < several members. Mr. Buncombe’s motion “ General Stone oflers to make tux exchange of nbgativod bj T 206 to 162 VOtUS, fllld ft Simi= prisoners with the rebel General Evans, and the lar motion, in the Upper House, by Lord Rad last-named officer B«ys ke will* refer the whole aUa fall fa thf> around matter to the Government at Richmond. The fact nor, also lell to tne grouna. - that General Stone offered an exchange shows that j Still pertinacious, and powerfully backed the Government no longer objects io sack a policy-, up by public opinion, strongly expressed by a of great majority of the newspapers in town and division, and if the Confederates desire a settle- country, Mr. Duncombe made a third assault, ment of this difficulty^they can have it upon these j n fljg pf CQSBBWSSj asd ffl<JY94 that ft S leave* the Select Committee be appointed to inquire hands of ’the rebels, they having beaten us, thus into the duties and employments of the per far, in the matter of taking prisoners. It is ru- sons engaged in the secret or inner depart mered here from Richmond that the rebel govern- , Jr,, « , D ment wfll not <6 fiby furthep eSdh&nge of ; ment of the General Post Office* This time prisoners unless the regular Government here for- ’he was successful. Sir James Graham, who mally recognizes the thus extorting the ]j a fl achieved the unprofitable notoriety of acknowledgment of belligerent rights on the part of ! , . , .. , . the rebellious States. The demands of the mends being the most deservedly unpopular man in of loyal prisoners i m the Sjmtli upon the Govern- descended from his stiltg, declared ment are very pressuag, is ™7 J 1 ";* to deny himself anxious for and consented to them. It is, therefore, not improbable that at an • • early day the Government will assume the re- the appointment of the Committee, only bar sponsibility of an exchange. It would probably do gaining that its proceedings should be secret. i M 4 ffi« tteCWMßittM Wfifi mtod, The New York Port, in an interesting article I consisting of nine persons ? _four connected speculating upon the destination and objects of onr | vrith the Ministry and five with the Opposition, naval expedition, says: j Neither Graham nor Duncombe was a member u The Navy Department has so admirably kept | of this Committee. In the House of Lords, ’the secret of the destination of this fleet, that even ; on L or( j Radnor’s motion, another was ap and what has appeared in die prints is little more l pointed to inquire into the law and practice re than conjecture. Some bavc said Bull’s Bay, others I specting the Post-Office letter-opening. The SnSS.pJSSSfr nr h p f erh^ iß Nfw Odfint: ! UuKe of Wellington, who bad previously'pooh* Nor is it improbable that all these places will be poohed the accusation against his colleague, ■visited in turn. But the first blow is more likely sir James Graham, now freely admitted the to fall on that part of the coast of South Carolina : T . . ... which is xv ate red by Port Royal onti*o4o and St. necessity of full lnquir}. It was impossible Helena Sound. The famous Sea Islands, which for the Government to whitewash Sir James, produce the best cotton in the world, are there; but it was hoped that he would not appear so admirable harbors are there; slavery has its deepest ■ ~ , ./ ... , „ hold there; white there are few defences, and two. «rjr Mack, if some of his predecessors in of df the most important cities of the South, Charles. , flee worn covered with mud. Besides, it ton and Savannah, are within easy inland reach ] would be a sly hit at the Russellites and Pal “lt our troops are able to eftect a safe landing , . * . ......... , , near Beaufort, they have tbe means of entrenching . merstomaus to show that their leaders had themselves within the course of & fc.v days. The, ■ done precisely, in office, wliat they pretended climate in tbe winter months is delightful, and the : eetideniu hut of it approaches by land furnish no advantages for an j _ .. . . " . ~ „ enemy. Should they be attacked, they could be • Gn the otli of August, 1844, a mouth after well covered, not only by their own fortifications. I their appointment, the two committees re but by a fire from the fleet. Reinforcements could i ST , Pr tiveli- rennrted the results of their ixiniii bo sspt, without mqch delay or trouble, frpßSitbw i reported the results ol their inqui ilatterus or Hampton, and they could be poured in vies. The report from the Commons commit more rapidly by sea from the North than they ; tee gave the whole history of post office letter | opening. The secret practice, though never with the adjacent island, wirald affvrd an excellent vtr y extensively used, was by no moans obao base for military operations. It is not more than lete. But Sir James Graham was the first 5?3KA£Ssi c “rr; -« m •«»•»■»»»»«»•* would be enabled to threaten either place in so exclusive benefit of a foreign monarch. Crom formidabie a manner «g to U?ge bodies of well had used, but never abused, the power* SSS*' : * «• -y scrupulous, but would have cities, they might yet be held in a constant state of turned away, with a proud scorn, from any alarm, compelling ihe withdrawal of many regi- proposition from Austria, or any ether foreign moots from the main array, and-relieving MuClel- . • “* .. lan'e operalioßE on the Potomac. Butin the event power, to give up to them the contents of let of an actual assault, our vessels of war mi»ht sail ters confided to his Government. I » a PF eared > from the Reports bythetwo gaged on ihe inside. This double attack could Committees, that the letter-opening practice f-u t° be successfid. ! waß of long standisg, YarioHs Adminiatra. 11 That Charleston may be eelectcd ae the first ob- 1 .. . „ .. . . , ject of the combined movement Is the ardent wish. tIOUS, IVhlg 88 Well 88 Tory, had issued WOT of every man atthc North, and of not a few men rants of an unlimited character for opening s h t“ g lo [‘h B e b natioS e Foi let From 1712t0 1798,the^number ol 'such thirty jears or more they have been gathering wa TOHrts was 101» and from 1799 to lS4ij tho iheir venom; they have inoeculated others with it, number was 37:2. This would give an average "«»« «v«,y year, and Uiout hw rhe first blow at our national flag, and Charleston persons were named in each warrant. Among should receive the first hea '7 retribution. Odious the names of Secretaries of State who signed to the North, through her crazy theories, and warrmtt j™ ti,...-rw r. . scarcely less odious to tho moderate men of the ,!, warrants are those of Mr. Fox, the Duke £outh by her insane practices, which have deluged Of 1 ortlana, Nan Spencer, Lord Sidmouth, the border States with blood and will soon cosan- Mr. Canning, Lord Melbourne, tbe Tlnke ixf nnine the Cotton States, there would be few to ■ T ord Ttxliu R.t.aai' f weep ebd iuihy to hail her fldl. , ncllmgtoii, Lfld Jvlm Ruaael, the Earl of “Whether a conflict occurs immediately or not, Aberdeen, and Sir James Graham. Besides the mere presence of our fleet on the Southern eight warrants for opening, two, for detaining JSSi? “iS'SS* Slf J: com- i letters, had been annual* issued, parative weakness of the Confederacy, and of the . Both Committees declined to recoiptaend many points at which it may be assailed. The ex pedition just gone is but the beginning of the end ; other expeditions are to follow ; other cities are to be menaced ; and should wo fail altogether in one attempt the event would not lessen the determina tion of tho North. Port Kuyal is the first point in a line of offensive operations, which will bo extended until it has reached in succession Fcrnandiua, Now Orleans, and Galveston. The rebels having begun tliL- war, ili„ loyalists mean to end it. One army on the I*otonm\is but a single branch of a grander army, which already roaches to Springfield, in Missouri, and which is destined to move down, in solid columns, with the winter wind of the North, while the naval expeditions are scattering their hot shells all along the shares of tho Gulf. “ The Cabinet, we learn, havo determined upon the most active prosecution of tho war; there will be no going into winter-quarters anywhere; and what is to be done will be done without rnoro delay than is neesssajy to the conduct of movements SO vast and momentous.” - Letter-Opening. Ther? is puc British institution which wo have neither imported nor copied. There is not upon record—wc doubt whether there ever has been even on suspicion—a single in stance of such n breach of public faith as the opening of letters in an American post-office, on the pretence that the exigencies of the State demanded such dishonesty and mean ness to be committed. No'American official has been branded as Letter-Omsker. by an indignant people, like Sir James Graham, whose recent death we recorded on ‘Wednes day. It is almost certain that Post-Office espion- age is practised very generally all over Eu rope. There has existed, from the time of Richelieu and Mazarin, a peculiar department in the Paris post-office, called The Black Cabi net, (Je cabinet noir,) at which the art of se cretly unsealing and resealing letters has been cultivated to a large extent. Under the Bourbons, under the Republic, under the Em pire, under the Restoration, under Louis Philippe, under the Presidency, and now un der the Empire again, letter-opening has been practised. Some other time, we may describe the mechanical operation, including the cu rious process of almost instant imitation of seals. Since the general use of gummed en- velopes has set in, there is no art in the mat ter,—the steam from the pipe of a kettlo of hot water opens the envelope in the cleanest and swiftest manner. The late Sir Robert Liston, whose life was spent in the English diplomatic service, once explained the reason why all the despatches to ambassadors are sent by special couriers, when the ordinary postal routine would usually deliver them earlier. He said it was because every despatch sent by the ordinary post was opened at the Foreign Office. On one occa sion, when Sir Robert was Secretary of Le gation at Madrid, his chief sent for him, gave him a copy of a despatch from the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, evi dently written by a Spaniard, and desired him to go to the Prime Minister of Spain, and de- mand an explanation why the letter containing the original despatch had been opened. When the Spanish minister heard the inquiry, he made no reply, but rang the bell, and when bis own private secretary, appeared, handed him the copied despatch which Sir Robert" Liston had brought, and said, in a very augry tone, “ How could you, sir, be so stupid ? Give the gentleman the original despatch.” This done, : his Excellency politely bowed Sir Robert out of the room. There could be no explanation. The letter had been opened and copied, and, by some clumsiness, the copy had been put into tlio envelope, and the original retained. In June, 1844, great indignation was excited i all over England by a statement made by Mr. i Thomas Duncombe, an ultra-liberal M. P., that letters were secretly opened, in the Len ; don post office, under instructions from Sir •James Graham, the Home Secretary, who, it 1 may be stated, never was Postmaster General. : He presented a petition from Joseph Mazzini, ; William Lovett, W. J. Linton, and others, . complaining of the opening and detention of ! their letters in the Post Office. He added i that even his own letters had been dealt with j in the same manner, and mentioned the vari i ous plans he had adopted—such as putting a j human hair under the seal, or a shred of silk jin the fold—to detect this baseness. He added ; that one of the letters addressed to Mazzini by ! two brothers, named Bandiera, bad been | opened, their contents communicated to the j Emperor of Austria, who, upon sueh evidence j alone, had the writers hanged as revolutionists. To this charge, Sir James Graham gave no i denials but bbki mere wnan ranutv rnimaiu time of Queen Anne, which invested him, as the Secretary of State, with the power to issue warrants to detain letters, and he had issued a warrant with respect to the letters of one of the petioners, hut it was not then in force.. He declined giving any further explanation. Of course this subject greatly agitated the public mind. More ilian Graham were mixed up in it. Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister, must have sanctioned his colleague’s letter opening, and Lord Aberdeen, as Foreign j Minister, was undoubtedly the man who com : numicated to the Austrian tyrant the contents ] of the letter to Mazzini, and thus consigned I the writers to the doom of traitors. the abolition of the letter-opening system, and, as regarded Mr. Mnzzini’s letters, re ported that they were stopped and opened under Sir James Graham’s warrant, and in spected by the Foreign Minister (Lord Aber deen) under the impression that he was en gaged in it correspondence having for its ob ject designs which might bo injurious to the tranquility of Europe, and that part of the information thus obtained was transmitted to the Austrian Government, « but Without the names or details that might oxposo any indi vidual ” tlien under Austrian jurisdiction to any danger. Nevertheless, the brothers Ban diera were executed in consequence of tile information sent to Mettevnich by Graham. jf The Commons’ Committee further reported that “ the practice of sending the foreign cor respondence of foreign ministers to a depart ment of the Foreign Office had been discon tinued since June last (1844).” This proves the truth of S'r Robert Liston’s statement. Early in 1845, Mr. Duncombe vainly ■ at tempted to legislate against the lcttcr-oponing system. He was curtly informed by Sir James Graham that the old system had been so far abolished that, instead of warrants being issued by the Secretary of State, some times without any other official being aware of it, they must in future he issued with the cog nizance of the two undcr-Sccretarics of the Home Office and a confidential clerk. In point of fact, the system remains in ope ration. The facts which we have stated, showing how hasely it was prostituted to aid a foreign tyrant, will explain wliy Sir James Graham, the offender, has descended to his grave Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.” Washington, November 7, 1801 Tlac bad weather will undoubtedly produce a new delay in military operations in this quarter, but it will tell terribly upon the Se cessionists. 'With all the advantage of their railroad connections with Richmond, their lack of other transportation is so great, and the miserable condition of their troops so no torious, that both win be more than a set-off for the difficulties interposed by heavy roads 'against the forward movements of General McClellan. Late information authorizes me to state that the utmost demoralization pre vails in the army of Beauregard. Every conceivable rumor is afloat about the designs of the naval expedition, and a good deal of alarm pervades all circles—military and civil, Should Commodore Dupont have made a suc cessful landing in South Carolina, and at other points along the Southern coast, do not' be surprifcd if there is a stampede among the re giments from that quarter of the Confederacy; and if our land forces are enabled to advance into the to gain possession of tho railroad connections between the different Southern cities, nothing can prevent our army taking up their winter holding their ground, to the serious detriment of ttjs plans of the rebel chiefs, Strange to say, there is a large Union party in Georgia, only waiting an opening against Cobb and” Toombs. Nothing has done more to weaken the Secessionists then tlie growing opinion that Mr. Lincoln is determined not to be driven from his purpose by the cry that he contemplates an attack upon the institution of slavery. When Gen. Fremont’s proclamation reached Richmond it was received with shouts of joy, but when it was modified, this act of the President was concealed or misrepresented, lest it might operate against the designs of tho traitors. Now that Fremont has been super seded, however, a practical pledge is given, not merely that the President has resolyed (q adhere to his original policy, but that he will do nothing which can give ofience to the loyal men of any section. A strong feeling is also growing up among the cotton-planters, particu. larly since the rebuke administered to them by Mr. Memminger, the rebel Secretary of the Treasury. The necessities of these men will wompel thorn to taka advantage of any facilities that maybe extended to them, in the event of the opening of a port by tho Federal arms, and they willgladly pay any ex port tax for the purpose of realizing means. Should this experiment be successful, the war will be robbed of its chief horrors among the English people, and I will not be surprised if, 111 UUIA-i 1 i A of the Northern cause will be found among the British statesmen. North Carolina alone, should it be conquered by our arms, would be able to furnish an immense amount of cotton. I remember well, during the Peace Congress, hearing Ex-Governor Morchcad, of that State—who was one of the members of that body—dilate upon the extraordinary ad vantages of North Carolina for-the production of cotton. Thousands and thousands of acres arc susceptible of cultivation. No doubt the Administration have resolved to avail them selves of these facilities, so that, even if we cannot subjugate tbe extreme Gulf States, we £aay take possession of North Carolina, and hold it for the benefit of onr English customers. All that is necessary is to open a port along some accessible portion of the coast. This, followed by a wise and moderate policy, will soon attract the interior commerce, and gra dually crush out the rebellion. , The consummation of General McClellan’s plans may he postponed, but cannot bo de feated. He is now the master of his situation, and if Rosecrans has beaten Floyd in Western Virginia, and Sherman can maintain himself ill Kentucky, and there is no reverse in Mis. souri, the army of the Potomac and the naval expedition will soon turn the tide in our fa vor. The news from Texas is cheering in the extreme. The people in that quarter, con vinced by their indescribable sufferings since the commencement of the rebellion, and the growing dissatisfaction among the German residents, are admitting the fact that when they lost the kindly protection of the Federal Government, and allowed Wigfall to carry their State out of the Union, they lost their only real support. It will be a comparatively easy tiling to seize upon Texas, and to govern it, alike for the good of its people and the commerce of the civilized world. The fact is, bankruptcy and ruin are Bpread all over the extreme Gulf States, like a disease, and: any change will be welcomed by the masses of the population, But sorao Wow must he struck— some great victory achieved—some strong points occupied in the furthest Southern States, before the winter sets in, and every energy of the Government ia being enlisted to effect these objects. Occasional. New Music. Thors seems a “revival" in musio publication. ‘ Suiting the temper of the times, a good deal of tho new music is martial. We notice, among new pieces just published by R. Meyer, Arch street, “Chestnut Hill 'Walts,” composed by Signor Joseph Rizzo, of this city, and dedicated te Mrs. David Webster. This is a charming composition, delicate in harmony, and lively without running into exeoea- No mere six mouths’ piano-forte player can master this “at sight;” it is truly scientific, and, when mastered, by a little practice, must become a general favorite. Byron’s “Fare- Well, of ever fondest prayer,” set to music by Mias Rose O’Callaghan, and dedicated to Signor Rizzo, her teacher, is simply a pleasing air. “ Colonel Baker’s Funeral March,” by Edgar M. Porter, is a fine military composition. Lee A Walker have issued a new edition, with fine title page, (in chromo-lithography by T. Sin clair,) of Mr. D. Brainard Williamson's national song and chorus, “ The Banner of tho Sea,” the words of wixioix we recently published. J. JE. Gould (successor to Beck & Lawton, Chestnut street) is agent to Oliver Ditson, the well-known Boston music publisher, and has seat us “The Hermann Polka,” composed by Strauss, a spirited and lively composition, with an amusing frontispiece, showing the great Prestidigitateur performing one of liis card tricks, assisted (as his audience have every reason to euepeet) by an at tendant imp, squatting on the rim -of the magi cian’s hat! Mr. Ditson has also lately published “The Warrior’s Triumphant Mareh,” by Thomas J 1 Rowe; and three patriotic sengs, via ; “ Rot a Star from our Flag,” by George W. H. Griffin; “ Off Again,” answer to “ Home Again,” by Mar shall S- Pike; and McClellan’s Serenade,” a quar tette, music by P. K. Whiting. All these patriotic songs are spiriLstirring, and in unison with popular feeling. We may here mention that Mr. Beck, late of the firm of Beck & Lawton, has resumed music teach ing. Pew gentlemen in that profession are so oora petent. Auction Sale of Carpeting, Druooets, Bros, Ac.—The early attention of buyers is invited to the large and attractive assortment of 325 pieces rioh English velvet, Brussels, three-ply, ingrain, Vene. tian, hemp, and list carpetings, rugs, mats, has socks, Ae; also, an invoice of 18 pieces double ground ingrains and Venetians, choice new styles, of the manufacture of the Clinton Mills, Wm. Hogg’s best make, to be peremptorily sold, by ca talogue, for cash, commencing this morning, at 101 o’clock, by Myers, Cloghorn, A Co., auctioneers, K 03.232 and 231 Market street. THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,' NOVEMBER 8, 1861. Hon. Charles Sumner on the Rebellion. Tlic second lecture of the present course before i the People's Literary Institute was delivered at j Concert Hall lost evening, by lion. Charles fium- | ner, of Massachusetts, his subject being: The, tie- } hellion, its Origin and Mainspring. The au- : dicucc was immense, iho seats and nearly every foot of standing-room in the ontiro hall having been filled long before the hour of commencing. The stage, on this occasion, was gracefully decorated with American flags, containing, in the centre, a portrait of Washington. l'ho appcnxanco of the leeturer upon the plat form whs greeted with the most enthusiastic ap plause, and from all eyes the inquiry seemed to flash, “ What will the eloquent Senator have to my tme about tho institution against which ho has so long been battling ?” On being introduced by Mr: J. W. White, Secre tary of the Institute, Mr. Sumner, looking the em bodiment of health and conscious purpose, slowly approached the desk, without iii&miasflpl or note, and commenced bis lcoture. Having, he said, been invited to appear in this course of lectures, in which so many of the most eminent men were to take a part, and having had the privilege kindly accorded to him to speak upon whatever happened to be uppermost upon his mind and heart, he would gladly address them upon some peaceable theme, but he could now only speak to them of war, and so because war now was the only road to peace. Tho great applause whioh this opening remark elicited gave evidence that he had chosen the theme most nonr the popular heart. It was easy, he said, to soo that eiroumstanees were now rapidly developing, which, in thoir con summation, wonld constitute tho third grand epoch in the history of our country. Tho first of those epochs had been tho discovery of tho continent by Columbus; tho second, th<f Revolution, by which we achieved our independence, and this was to create for us the new heavens and tho new earth of liberty in our national history. Tito origin and a mainspring of our present troubles were so clear and definite that they coifld not be mistaken ; and it was his purpose now to unmask them, which he said must be done to every man's mind boforo he could act intelligently in his endeavors to do his duty in the present crisis. On tho 6th of November last, eno year ago, the people of the United States had chosen Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, President. The eleotien of him had been in nil respeets legal and constitutional, and to call that otcotion in question was to assail the very framework of our Constitution. And yet scarcely had the intelligence of that election flashed across thp country beforojmuttorings of sedition came from the opposite quarter. In this, South Carolina has taken a conspicuous part. Her loaders had acted in the unholy work of breaking up the Union with the pertinacity of demons, until now we stood face to face with double-headed treason, and such was the malignant venom of slavery that it had been with difficulty that the fire of secession had not swept over every slave Slate- A conspiracy to assassinate a prince, or to seize a castle, was a petty offence, corn .pared with this gigantic rebellion. He beggod his hearers to remember that South Carolina had hesita ted to endorse the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution, in which she had been joined by Georgia, both these States having actu ally refused to become parties to the Union except on the basis of tho slavo trade being recognized. In proof of this fpet, Mr, gansnor rad extracts from the debates in the Federal Convention of that --date. These two States had been pacified, and taken their places in the Union upon these revolting terms, and it was eiisy now to see. that if our fathers had met this evil at the start Kith due firmness wo should hot to-day have to deal with a monstrous rebellion, wliieh, he said, had its root in slavery, and nothing else. Even when the Union was formed the seed of what we are now encoun tering had been latent in its bosom. The political history of the country was then sketched, and the various marked periods dwelt | upon. In toe many cf these, instead of throttling the monster when it -raised its head, it had been fed by compromises and concessions. Mr. Ithett had acknowledged, in the United States States Senate chamber, jn the speaker’s in own hearilg, that secession was not a consequence of the election of Mr. Lincoln, or the violation of tho fugitive-slave law; but that it was a matter i seriously contemplated during the last thirty-five ! years. But that conspiracy, said Mr. Sumner, would have been powerless had it not received succor and support from the late corrupt Adminis tration, composed, as it wa3, either of slave mas ters or Northern men with Southern principles. The mention of the name of General Scott, in conneetion, contrastively, was received with thun ders of applause, as was also that of Major An il erSon. The lecturer then proceeded with a spicy review of the wholesale system of plunder which hud been carried on by the rebels for the purpose of destroy ing the Union, and that, too. with the knowledge and consent of tho bad men at the head of the Go vernment a year ago. Thus had our Government been degraded and despoiled even before the out break of the rebellion. On tho 4th of Mar 9b, in hearn^ he did not take a positive part in attempting its overthrow, he stood iaiy Dy, although warned by th? Uommandcr-in-Chief, while the country was being stabbed to tho heart. There James Buchanan had stood like a painted Jove, with idle thunder in his lifted hand. The rebellion had commenced in a conspiracy, the spring of which was found in tho pretended : right of a State to secede from the Union. ,This j was now a fixed part of the slavehelding system. | Making merchandise is am mi this false tetris? j were well matched, and he declared boldly that they were destined to he doomed together. If secession was to he recognized, it left to every State the right to play the. mad horse at .will. ■ And yet, instead of scorning tins pre tension, and scouting it from the legislative halls, new concessions had been made from time to time. Still farther concessions, his audience were aware, had been rocommended in order to cement to the Union the Border States. But when he came to examine the concessions proposed, he found them all utterly indefensible. Slavery had not only been an integral part ef these concessions, but the integer. He next reviewed the Peace Conference, as it was, he Eaid, delusively called, which convened at Washington last -winter. Injthat body slavery had constituted ih» ill-cKgS6SiiHg thOfito Of JiMafk, looking to still farther concessions in its behalf. For his own part, when he thought of the revolting concessions which had then been advocated, eren by Northern men, all looking to a radical change in the Constitution, and that altogether in favor of slavery, he felt that the most charitable construction that could be placed upon their actiea was, that they were ignorant ef what they were doing. It had been alleged that the proposed concessions had been, small; but, in his judgment, no concession to slavery could he small. It was with him a regret, heartfelt and profound, that this wrong tendency of things had not been properly met long ago, as it was unquestionably true that concessions had at length developed into Secession; had the one never been made, the other never could have come to the birth. In the election of Mr. Lincoln the popnlar vote had been against farther concession, and then at once slavery had proceeded to carry out its logical end and purpose. Slavery could not exist in a country in which the slave power did not rule; just as idolatry could exist only in a nation of idolators. He here called attention to the fact that, in the history of the world, popular revolu tions had always at their outbreak beep controlled by minorities, and so beoause minorities in such eases always set out with a clearly-defined Hue to pursue, and a determination to pursue it. The great French Revolution, had been the work of a minority, and one authority was quoted to prove that it had been the work of fewer than twenty men. So was the present rebellion the -work of a small minority, but reinforced by sla very, which was now setting armies in the field from all the Southern States—a parricidal host arrayed to destroy the Government which had always given them protection- And ail- this was in the name of slavery, for the sake of slavery, and at the bidding of slavery. Yes, slavery was the soul of this rebellion ; it had placed its army in the field, and unfurled its banner ef treason, robbery and destruction, in full harmony with the law of its being; and the slaves were now toiling at home to feed and support those who ore arrayed against 118 in battlo. But slavery could not only be seen in what it was Contributing to the rebellion; it was laying its heavy hand upon us—upon every man, woman, and (hild in the community—which the lecturer pro ceeded to picture in stirring strains of eloquence. He nexbmet the allegation that the cause of this war is not slavery, but ««<i-slavery. As well might the early Christians be charged with the enormi ties against them on account of the principles for whioh they suffered. The lcoture was received with frequent demon strations of applause. United States Light Infantry Drill. —This is the title of a small twenty-fivo-cent volume, published by T. B. Peterson A Brothers, in which is sst forth dearly and fully tho drill of tho riflo and light Infantry in onr service. It is issued under orders from the Secretary of War, and has been revised and corrected from the latest War Office authorities. Recruits who wish to know their duty will master this hand-book. Ladies’ Aid Society —A report . from this Philadelphian Society, acknowledging donations in aid of the sick soldiers, has been published. It solicits assistance, and, indeed, almost any contri bution will be acceptable. Sale To.day —This.morningi at 10 o’olook, at Birch A Son’s auction storo, cabinet furniture, oar* pets, Ac. Fine Piano-fortes. —At 12 o’clock, will be sold eight first-class rosewood piano-fortes, made by James W. Yose A Co., of Boston. The Navy Department does not expect to hear of the operations of the great fleet till next week, - The fleet LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON. OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS SATISFACTORY. GEN. BUELL TO COMMAND THE KEX- TItKY DEPARTMENT. Aflairs on the Upper Potomac. TIIE REBELS INCREASING THEIR FORCES AT WINCHESTER. INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. The Rebel Steamer Theodora Returned to Savannah. PRIZES BROUGHT INTO CHARLESTON. Eeported Capture of the Sumpter. IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI. THE CONDITION OF THE ARMY. CONFLICTING REPORTS. NO BATTLE EXPECTED SOON THE ENEMY FALLING BACK FROM WILSON'S CREEK, THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. Zollicoffer Falling Back to Cumberland Gap. IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO, AN EXPEDITION STARTED AGAINST COLUM v BUS, KENTUCKY. Special Despatches to " The Press.’' Washington, November 7,1861. The Army To-day. Pickets have 1 been extended from Alexandria down to a creek at Occoquan, without meeting -with resistance from the enemy. The distance from Alexandrh is nineteen miles. On the Maty land side, our tioops are deployed all the way from the bridge ovoi East Branch, near the navy yard, to Port Tobacea The telegraph is completed to day down the entire distance to Hooker’s brigade, and will be completed to Siekies’ brigade imme diately. There sno movement reported to-day. The Commander of the Army. Gen. McClellin was out on horseback much of the time to-day, tut he did not cross the river, certainly, until alate hour. He wears his honors easily, and is every day growing in the confidence of tlio army. Uo is unembarrassed now, and di roots Ms orders os tho head of the army, and with "die dignity an}-decision o( « great mutuary general. Awaiting News from the Fleet. The dosire ti-Aoy to ko&r from tho opojatlo&s of the fleet haß been more intense than even on any previous day. Information by telegraph that a vessel from the south approaching Portress Mon- IOC! increased tho desire for intelligence, To the inquiries made at the Navy Department, the reply was that intelligence might be hourly expected, and would cortainly bo received during the eve ning. If so, y4u,will-have it in a late despatch. Str General Wpei, - t undation for the report that Gen. Wool has resigned. His application to the De partments berk'iwjrtilnforoemonts, after the de mand for xncdrTor 'the fieet had diminished his strength, was -urgent, but his request has been complied with, .and troops are.jtili going forward to,the fortress. -The report'.of his resignation is gratuitous and idle. ' Our. Ytieign Relations. The news from Europe, at the State Department, is understood to he eminently satisfactory Official despatches corroljtltU the impressions given by the telegraphic reports already published in the news papers. / , > . • . Unofficial commuhifeatioha from loyal citizens of the United Statesfrosiding in Paris and London, say that in France.Priiice Napoleon has cast off all reserve, and declared ,that:4he ihsurreqtich can-, not prevail; and other letters say that Sepessia is dead in France, or; at least, that it givos/nosigns of life. __ __ V Sweden and Nomayr-niir Secretary of State to-day, at the Department. It is officially to the Govywfmentthat-: the selection of tile- distinguisirjzY’ etatvaqpru^a' lineal descendant of Count PipEr, who is identified With the glorious history of his country m the period of CiiAni.ES 'XII., of Sweden, is designed as a special mark of respect and goed will vn the port of Sweden towards' (he United States. It is not unlikely that our Government will make some suitable recognition of this action on the part of Sweden. ’ i Military Affairs. An order has been prejared officially informing the army of the retirap- of Lieutenant General Scott, and embodying hit letter in which he states his reason for this voluufery act. - The indications are.thatGen. Buell will be as signed to the command cf the Department of the Cumberland, to relievt Gbn Srehuan, who will probably return to the arny of the Potomac. General Halleck kas'not as yet been assigned to a position. It is beliwed that he will remain here to become thorougqy acquainted with the general plans of the Coimander-in-chief, whose polioy appears to be, wtib acting with a view to the good government efficiency of the army, to render his appointment, changes and transfers, entirely egrets'?!? to ty? djr??tly eeneerned in them. i General Mitchell, wjo recently tendered his resignation, has arrived i Washington. From the Upet Potomac, A letter received to-nigt from Darnestown (Gen. Banks’ headquarters) sot : “ The latest reliable information from the Vfeinia side of the Upper Potomac induces the buef that the rebels are strongly reinforcing thef jests and fortifications in and around Winchester ASwell as on their river frontier, fearing a simufatpous advance of General Kelly, from the direetbn iff Romney, and Colonel Geaby, from Sandy n/ok.: Some persona estimate the number of rebels a-IViiejieater at 15,000, while. it is known that their trees qtttih* - rivyrijidst? juL-pj., been increased duly, f lstd -They 1 liave resumed the practice of firing 'll Otf&idkctii, but thU mode of warfare has not ye yery sanguinary nor successful to the ■■ The letter farther ays tat yesterday,the mac rose so high as to iomjteur pioketpto forsake the towpath of the caoaj, ft that,’ at pijMynt, there is no danger of cithCTpMbe-contoqiling parties crossing in force. . i ! - J ; From the Virginia hie of the Potomac. There ham been no uqujtant events en tjte Vir ginia side of the rivor fopjne days past. Prof. Lowe has comprad his contract for five balloons, to be used for eeryatory purposes. A reconnoitring part’rpm-Gpu. Smith’s divi sion, yesterday, when or Vienna, arrested Dr. Hcnteb, a Virginian yds in the service of the rebel army. He will bjrought to Washington. The Maryi^^Ejection. The result of the eleekHn Maryland. so fardw heard from, is a gloriodffiumph for the Union psrty, sod »a sidioMioiP ffhon protected from the threats of Sccessionikiiot only Maryland, but other border States, wfllhsrt their undying at tachment to the Union. Te large Union majoHty in Baltimore has been a tope of general rejoicing here to-day. j The lad. The river yesterday gawp fifteen more of the bodies of our soldiers drown near Harper’s Perry, and fioated down by the Death of a Pe/mrivnnia Soldier. . Corporal Robebt ftinntEß, Company K, Twenty-first Pennsyl aia tolunteers, died in citiup, at Tenallytowi,r€stellajr. Consol j Bayonne. ".Wit. Moban, of PenuflT&nk, has been appoint ed consul to B»yoqg£, inca Washington hws >nd Gossip. The city tkismarnlins annually quiet. There is no news of moment irringj The severe storm of wind and rftin whifl preTjiled last night dees not appear to have doi| any pneidernble damage on the other side ,et fe: Potpnac. The soldiers were mostly prepared t it. j Resignationin tie Army. The following ri&iitioMiof Pennsylvanians have taken fdace in p flribj: First Lieutenant Jose JvEi.i-vi ■ Regiment; First Lieu tenant j. A.-'Culp, Fit Rrtment, (Reserves;) Seoond Lieutenant CiiiTiAificHNßinEn, Forty fifth Regimkjit t-y First lutenatt Edwin Rogers, Fourth Regijnent; Stadßijotenant Evan P. Dixon, First \ Capt. Bladen T. flulanet- and First Lieu tenant R. A. JiuRRUfS the First Maryland Vo lunteers, haw also lgnedv for the pnrpose of raising an artillery ebjimy in Baltimore. ' Heavy Cotact lor Wood. Col. JoHM*VGA*jn(wou known to the Phna doljSiia press), Jaw® Smith, and Chabi.es W. BoTELEB; haWeoBWSd to furnish the Govern ment with eight then/d oords of wood per month. They are to"fnrnis&/-wflnd at 87 per cord, while citizens are to $ll per cord. Generqf Keenans’ Command. The GyfernmentM no information frem Gen. army olorticular Interest. How the Rebels Obtain Information. It lias been ascertained that the rebels keep up n communication between Washington via Winches ter. The Second Pennsylvania Reserves. Major Smith commenced paying off the Second Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment yesterday, regiment bog had a different paymaster assigned to it, and, if the rolls are properly made out, the whole Pennsylvania reserve force will bo paid off between this and Monday. The Moynmcnsing Hose Company. Alderman William McMullen, mid Mr. Wil liam Mc'Gikr, tendered the services of the Moya mensing Hose Company, with one thousand feet of forcing hose, to tha War Department this morn* fog. Miscellaneous The Government Railroad Department has boon in negotiation for some time with tho several rail road CAinpfiiiiAS between Washington, Now York, Boston, and Buffalo for a more expeditious arrange ment of trains, by which communication with different parts of the North will be more frequent and euro. Tho arrangements are nearly com pleted, awaiting only the final action of a Conven tion to be held in Philadelphia on Monday noxt. The Post Office Department will be represented by Assistant Postmaster General McClf.llan, anc| the War Department by Thomas H. Canfield, as sistant Gonernl Manager of railroads for tho Go vernment. Captain Morlev, the General Ma nager, has been compelled, on account of ill health, to ash for leave of absence for a few days, during which time Mr. Canfield will discharge the duties of that offioo. There have been no arrivals from tho flotilla, and none from the Lower Potomac. The name of the steamer Mount Vernon has been changed to Mount Washmgton, and that of Pou-hatan to King Philip, there being already a Mount Vernon and Powhatan among tho United States steamers off the SgutbCffiMSSti FROM MISSOURI. EXCITEMENT IN THE ARM'S DEPARTURE OF PRESORT WITH HIS STAFF. GEN. HUNTER'S ADDRESS TO THE ARMY ON ASSUMING THE COMMAND. SriiINGFIELD, Not, 4.—lt would bo impossible to exaggerate the gloom which pervadod our camps yesterday, and nothing but General Fro merit's ur gent endeavors prevented it from ripening into a general mutiny. His quarters were thronged with officers all day, expressing their indignation and the inclination to resign. The Germans were there en masse, and talked loudly about resisting Gen. Hunter’s assuming the command. As the enemy had entrenched themselves upon Wilson’s creek, and nothing was heard of General Hunter, and in accordance with the most earnest entreaties, General Fremont finally promised, just at dusk, that he would lead the army to attack them this morning, if General Hunter did not ar* rive. I never saw anything at all approach the excitement which this announcement oreated. It caused immense cheering around the headquarters, Which spread in all directions frptn <;ag|p {9 tamp, and thero was almost uninterrupted cheering, growing more and more remote, as the news reach ed the camps further and further away. For two hours and a half a dozen bands of .JttUMt wtsta serenading, tho GcLoral at once, Eve rything was prepared to start at daylight, and all pafading and disappointment was changed to uni versal joy. Our army, under that inspiration, would have whipped a hundred thousand men, but at 10 o'clock General Hunter arrived. He spent one hour and a half with General Fremont, who gavehim his plan of battle. General Hunter Glen assumed tha oommand, and General Fremont left for St. Louis, via iftpton, this morning. If wo have a fight beforei the army recovers from its last and cruel disappointment, we fear greatly for the multi hut heps for the bsst. .' General Popeishere with his entire division, and General Hunter’s division will be here to-night, when the troops will he concentrated here. All of General Fremont’t staff left with him, ex cept Colonels Lovejoy, Shank, and Hudson. The following is General Hunter’s order on as suming the command: Headquarters Western Department, > Senwapietu, Mo., Nov. 4, 1801. J The command of this department, having been relinquished by Major General Fremont, is'assumed by the undersigned. Officers commanding divisions, together with their brigade commanders, are re quested. to report immediately at these head; quarters.,' _ J. Hunter, Major General Commanding. A LESS GLOOMY ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF AF FAIHS—THE ARMY IN GOOD SPIRITS AND NO ENEMY NEiR—A. BATTLE NOT kxFECTED. St. Louis, Nor. 7.—A'letter'from.an officer high in rank, dated; Springfifitd, Nor. 6, sayaaffaira were quiet, and the army ingobd spirits; that there was »? ?s™y pe® ll ! fltasfor ttifflfo sspgsu tation of j, '' A despatch fr^*oheSP@Bi«*i^ in « a “P —T. ———a*-, ha will be at St. Lotus on -Snday, accompanied by 408 mtn, • lATESt From spriivgfield. THE ENEMY RETIRING. OTO PICKETS EXTENDED TO WILSONS fftrewg CAPTURE 0F A LARGE AMOUNT OF REBEL PROPERTY. Holla, Mo., Nov. 7—[Correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat Captgig Stevens, who left Springfield on Tuesday morning, has reached here, and reports that on Tuesday morning our pickets were to be extended beyond the old battle-ground at Wilson’s creek, the advance guard of the enemy having retreated from that position. Their advance guard at that point numbered 7,500 strong. General Wyman had been appointed provost marshal of Springfield, gad oar lines were strictly guarded, no person being allowed to pass West "or Southwest. Tho expedition, under Colonel Dodge, which left Bolla a few days since in quest of ex-Judge Fre mnn’g hand of marauding rebels, toak pssssssiAfi of Houston, in Texas county, on the 4th instant, and ’captured a large amount of rebel property and se veral prominent Secessionists, including some offi cers of the rebel army. A large mail for the rebel army was also captured, containing information of the position of the entire rebel force in Missouri. Captain Wood, with his rangers, has gone forward to Spring Talley to attack the mag tody ef Free* man’s band stationed there. IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO. Federal Expedition to Ky Cannonading. . V: Oaißo, to the Ohioago Hue ''‘tiing Journal.) —The expedition which left here latirtoftHfig, supposed tohedsatined forColumbue, are having awarin time- Heavy cannonading has been hpard £ere for the last few hours. Tfe are expeoting momentarily to hear of the ' Capture of Columbus. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. GEN. ZOLLICOFFER FALLING BACK. Louisville, November 7.—General Zollicoffer has fallen back to Cumberland Gap, and sent to Knoxville for roinforcemegts, Louisville, Nov. 7.—The Journal says it is creditably Informed that in the counties south of Green river, Buckner’s men, within the last four or five days, have stolen or seized from six to eight hundred wagons. Important from the South. Louisville, November 7.— Late Southern pa pers anuonnea tha arrival of the steamer Theodora at Savannah with a valuable cargo of coffee, am munition, saltpetre, sulphur, and small arms. The Theodora also brought as passengers the ex-United States Minister at Brasil, Mr. Mead, and Captain S. J. Short, of the British navy, who has tendered his services to the rebel Government. The Theo dora, it will be remembered, is the vessel which escaped the blockade with Mason and Slidell on board. The steamer South Carolina, which had arrived from Europe,' reports that the feeling in England and Franco is warming up in favor of the South. Galea*! Tilgkaaa, who U keen appointed a brigadier general in the rebel service, supersedes General Alcorn in command of the troops at Hop kinsville. Ex-Senator B&rJ&mlfi, of Louisiana, has been for mally appointed to the office of Secretary of War. The vote for the President and Vice President of the Confederate States, which was to bo taken on the 6th instant, was expected to bo small, and it was thought that Davis and Stephens would en counter but little opposition. General Hardee has been promoted to a major generalship. He and Gen. Sidney Johnson were at Bowling Green on the 4th instant. Rebel Prizes Brought into Charleston- Reported Capture of the Snmpter. Louisville, Nov. 7.—The following additional items of Southern'newß have been obtained: An. armed Confederate steamer brought into Charleston the brig Betsy Ann Wells, of Maine, Michael, Tennessee, and six other vessels as prises. Tho privateer Sumpter is said to have been captured on the leoward of Barbodoes. ■ffigfall has been made a brigadier, and Bonbam a major general of the rebel army. It is stated in Richmond that five hundred and sixteen vessels have run the Southern Blockade since the 15th of May. The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette says Solon Borland has been appointed a brigadier general. From Sau rmncisco. San Francisco, Nov. 6.—The steamer Uncle Savi has arrived from Panuma. Trado was dull to-day. Isthmus Butter, 27:c. Lard. 131, Caudles heavy. FROM HARRISBURG. Col. Lnjeane Superseded by Co I. J. W Sweeney, Hahhisbirc., Nov. J. —Col. J. W. Sweeney, of the mercantile firm of Messrs, llallowell & Co., of Philadelphia, hus been appointed colonel of tho Ninety-ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers by Governor Curtin, at tho special written request of the War Department. Tho Governor was first askod by the War De partment to name a colonel for this regiment, in place of Colonel Lnjeane, who has hitherto com* manded it. This he declined doing, and referred the matter back to the War Department. Tho above request was received to-day, and Colonel Sweeney therein named as Lujeano’s successor. No doubt Some good and sufficient reason, known only to the authorities at Washington, exists for this change. Governor Curtin and staff go to Lebanon to-mor row morning, to present a standard {9 Col9Dol J. M. McCarter’s Ninety-third regiment. This regiment is nearly full, and will go forward in a few days. Tuesday next has boen fixed by the Governor to present a flag io Colonel Guss' Ninety-seventh regiment, stationed at West Chester. From New York. New York, Nov. 7.—The Evening Post says a gentleman of this city has received a private letter from Fortress Monroe, dated the sth, saying “We have just received a second despatch from tho great expedition. The Great Republic has ground ed, and last some of tho horses, but everything else waß right. They were off Bull’s Bay.” This intelligence is extremely doubtful. Fitz James O’Brien, a captain in the McClellan Rifles, is under arrest for shooting Drill Sergeant Davenport. The Fifty-sixth Regiment, numbering 1,400 men, arrived from Newburgh to-day, and had a recep tion by tho sons of Orange and Sullivan counties. Among tho speakers was Commodore Stringham. The regiment will icave for the seat of war this afternoon. Governor Morgan and Senator Harris have sent a despatch to General Wool, asking him ■to delay his contemplated resignation, and aontinue in his present position. The Chamber of Commerce has passed resolu tions expressing its sense of tho "eminent services of General Scott in flattering terms, and appointed a committee to present him with a copy. The Chamber of Commerce has resolved to me morialize Congress for the establishment of a mail steamship line between San Francisco and China. Also, to memorialize the Canal Commissioners for the late closing of the canals and an early reopen ing in spring. Arrangements are being made for tho military reception of General Baker’s remains. Destruction of a Lake Propeller by Fire- Twenty Lives Lost—-Loss 940,000. Chicago, Nov. 7. —The propeller Hunter, ofthe Buffalo and Chicago lino, was burnt, this morning, while lying opposite the warehouse of Sturgis, Smith. & Co. The boat was valued at $40,000, and fully insured. Twenty persons, whose names are unknown, and supposed to bo deck-hands, were lost. Destructive Fire at St. Louts. St. Loris, November 7.—The bagging factory of Jobn C. Bull, at the corner of Mullanghly street and the levee, with about one thousand bales of hemp, was burned this morning. The loss amounted to about $120,000, on which there was but a small insurance. Capture tf.Qnfi ttu»ilre4a»4rjP»Hr Vnivn Troops. Kansas City. November 6.—One hundred and fifty United States troops, under Captain Schields, were captured by tho enemy, near Little Santa Fe, Missouri, this morning. The detachment was on the route to join General Fremont’s army. The force of the enemy is reported at five hundred men. s Election in Kansas—Fire on the Prairies, Leavenworth, Nov. 6. —The election yesterday for county and a portion of the State officers passed off quietly. Iu this county the officers are about evenly divided between the Republicans and Democrats. We have asestinis of. a devastating prairie fipt la the western part of the State, sweeping over the greater part of Davis and Dickerson counties, involving the destruction (if fences, grain, hay and utensils, stock, Ac. The fire was kept away from June lion Oily only by thagreataat exertion) of tkd citizens. Rumors prevail of a loss of human life. The Wisconsin Election. ;• LA It OK DKMOCIt ATIC CAINS. Milwaukee, Wls., Nov. 7.— i Later retuqos show large Democratic gains in R§sine county) which usually gives 1,000 Republiwm .majority, hut is now supposed to hare gone Democratic. The result is very close, and only the offioial re* tome ean settle it. The Tenth Wisconsin Regiment, Colonel Chapin, leaves'here for liOnisville on Saturday. / ' The Marylan dElecuon. yj, Bautimoub, JSov. 7.—The whole city yesterday Jras .21,068. The Union ticket re ceived hnlavereg&lT.Tlß, and. therm'ajoii<yj(&r A. W. Itoktti«Mididate for CMnAur, is 14;375. Ifefliiiajonry St the State will be'nearly Arrest of Matthew J. Maury. Cleveland, Nov. 6.—Matthew 3. Maury, of New Orleans, was arrested here to-day, by united States Marshal Bell. His trunk contains a ljrgf number of letters to parties in the rebel States'.' Drowning Case. New York, Nov. 17.—A small boat wasupset in *hs Keith river, this afternoon, and fonr negroes (seamen) were drowned. They were intoxicated’ at the time. The Prisoners at Fort Warren, Boston. The reporter of the Boston Dost has been voting Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where the prisoners of the General Government have been reientW transferred from Fort Fafayette, and account of his observations to the readers ofbfraf. paper. He says: . , “ The most noticeable prisoner at the fort is ifar shal Kane, of Baltimore. He affects singularity, and is airy and arrogant, fig jg g gcod-lfiniag man, physically—tall and of fine proportionsr-and is quite vain in consequence. With his Scotch cap, and pants tucked within his boots, he looks very liko a freebooter. Ex-Governor Moreheufi. Mr. Faulkner, Commodore Barron, and Mayor BWwn, of Baltimore, arc much more modest men in emir ways, though bearing a manner of unspeafeble contempt to those about them. The politicafpri soners embrace those in rags and those in ‘ ptrple and fine linen,’ inelnding all the intermeiiate stages. During the day, they are allowed a liberal area in front of their quarters In which to OXOc cise, walk, smske, 4c., Ac., which they do not fail to improve. They nearly all take to smoking," and talk to something like excess. One, would judge, at the first glance, by their manners, that they are as jubilant as thanvh at a cummer watering-place; but a closer observation discloses that, at heart, they feel their true position, and are more or less unhappy. Gladly would they turn their baeks on the tort. *>Tbo prisoners of war are, on the whole, a abate by-looking set of men—or rather boys, for a majo rity of them are quite young. In dress they exhi bited a wider contrast* hap did Falstaff’s Y«y many of them have mover'yet point in eduoation read tha EajJph language. Onauewspfijiwr'brbook therefarwgfiM*' great .way* The prisoners employ their time in va rious ways. Games, such as cards, checkers, Ac., ere quite common. Once a day letters and news* papers reach Ihe fort, and those who can, by reason of their enlightenment, avail themselvesof their con tents. Time Killing is chiefly a concern of the day; as most of the hours of darkness are devoted to repose, or what is supposed to be such. “ Secession talk is rampant among a portion, at least; of the prisoners; Those from North Caro* lina say that'they cam* into the fort Secessionists, (rebels,) and they will go out such. In this decla ration, besides an emphatic maimer, they use ad jectives wbioh we prefer not to grace our columns witlj. They are as ranfc in sgetieent a§ is the ve getation of their own delectable swamps. What ever else they may or may not be mealy about, it is quite certain that in declaring rebellion in our midst they are out-and-out. They shonld have the kfisSt 9f their ierofoßsc nod tronsctii “There are several contrabands at the Fort, It is their special wonderment, in view of the reputa tion which Boston enjoys at the ‘ Sunny South,' that they have not before this been either stolen, secreted, or made way with in some manner. Sambo is in a puzzle which is too much for him to unravel. “ Much has been said about tho needy condition of the prisoners, and the want of suitable accom modations said to exist. Particular stress has been laid on the hospital department as being defective. Very much of all this is without foundation, at the present time, at all events. The hospital is in good condition, and the sick, of whom there are between thirty and forty, are well cared for. Everything, or nearly so, whioh they can desire or ought to ex pert, is provided. Dr. Peters is incessant in his efforts, and has his department already admirably organized ' Tho paiients themselves attest to tho care that is given them, and are quite satisfied. They do not hesitate to say that their treatment here is better than it has been elsewhere, not ex cepting their own South. Tl\o diseases most preva lent are typhoid fever, pneumonia, and the mumps. There is no doubt of the recovery of all, with one or two nxeaptions. “ Many of the political prisoners hare means, and are allowed to send to the city for various arti cles for personal comfort, the table, Ac. The boat yesterday took down quantities of bedding, chairs, As., and ales not a little of a supposed imhihatory nature, including cigars, tobacco, snuff, Ac They endeavor to make themselves as comfortable as possible, so far as matters of this nature will go.” SoLDfEJt-nniKTb'Bsaro abundant in the Fede ral army. Several newspapers have been started at points in tho enemy’s country, of which our troops have takon possession, and the last speci men is the Zonal r Gazette, published by the Nine teenth Illinois volunteers at Elizabetht.wn, Ken tucky The rebels were driven pell-moil out of that city ’he other day, and the Illinois boys made a descent upon a Secessionist newspaper office, tipped over the rebellious articlos, purged the con - eern of treason, and sent out the Gazette. The editors are William B. Bedfield, of the ?Ji|c"g9 Journal , who accompanies the Nineteenth as a correspondent, and Lieut. Lyman Bridges. Six soldiers, among whom is W. J. Bamage, a Phila delphia typo, are the compositors. As intelligent wok e. man on army shoes informa the editor of the Newbmyport Herald that the specifications are so faulty, in several particu lars, as to preclude the possibility of their having been drawn up by a practical man.- Twelve stitches to the inch are required in the upper and six ui the sole, whioh he says are too many; as they fre quently cut out the leather in drawing in, thus making an inferior shoo at an mortared expense. ■Again, while oak-tanned etooh is required, nothing is said in regard to its thickness or quality, and, consequently, an article which might ho termed leather shoddy is frequently used; stTtfbced up with shingles or pasteboard for soles, while tile important a tiele of a counter, for the support of the ankle, is entirely overlooked. Public Amusements. Academy op Music — Last Nigur. — Herrmann hid in immonao audience last night, and ana ef tha most fashionable character, the oeea«tt' > ° being the first performance of hia soctnd or <eomie pro gramme, which is far superior to his .first, inas much as it provokes uproarious merriment .tbrougli out. Hot a trick failed, nor was a point .missed, and tho result was a complete triumph for the great prestidigitateur. We hod read of bis catting the chicken’s head off and putting it on again, Jbut received it as ft canard 1 however, he did ri, in H— midst of the audience, apparently without SB efiat, His method of hatching innumerable ducks, was also perfectly incomprehensible. But it would be useless to attempt to explain the marvels be achieved; they must be seen, and then they cannot be understood, llis first matineo takes place to morrow. . Olympic Music Hall. —Last evening witnessed the transmutation of the Olympia Theatre (formerly McDonough’s Olympic) to a Concert Hall, under the superintendence of Itobt. W. Butler, the pro prietor of the Broadway Music Hall, Hew York sity. The new management will probably be more successful than the old. If less legitimate, the per formance will now he at least more popular. Mourns will hereafter bo the tutelar divinity of the “Olym pic, ’ and a magnificent ballet troupe —of which But ler has the beat In the city; added to other gymnastic, vocal, and burlesque entertainments, cannot fail to make this theatre the best of its typo. The nightly performances will commence soon after seven, and close some time after twelve o’clock. The house was crowded last night. Germania OnciiEsriu.—Tho Germania enter tainment, to-morrow afternoon, will embrace the newest and most popular musical selections, Tho concerts of the Germania hare beau deservedly fnir.ous for a long time. Walnut-street Theatre. —Mr. Proctor will take his benefit to-night, when the pieces of “ Alex ander the Great” and “ Outlanchet, the Liog eftbe Forest,” will be performed. J. S. Clarke appears on Monday. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. Arch-Stbbbt Theatre— Arch atreot* above Sixth,— - ■ The Hou§o on tho Brito of Notro Dame •» and a Fa vorite Comedietta! Wheatlet’B Continental Theatre— Walnut street, above Eighth.—“ Hamlet“ Family Jars.” Walnut-Strbrt Theatre—Ninth and Walnut sta. “Alexander the Great”—” Outahlanchet; The Lion of the PWsE" * American Academy op Music —Broad and Locust streets.—Hermann, the Prestidigitateur. Temple of Wonders— N. E. corner Tenth and Chest nut streets.—-Signor Blitz’s Entertainment. Assembly Buildings—Comer of Tenth and Chestnut streets.—Waugh's Italia and Stereoscopic Views of tha War. Olympic Music Hall—Dace street, between Second and Third.—Concerts nightly. Arrival of the Remains of £oi. Raker— Military and Civic Parade. The remains of Colonel E. D. Baker arrived in town, from Washington, at two o’clock yesterday afternoon. Considerable excitement Attended tho reception, inas much as the particulars of the ceremonies had been pub lished in the daily papers. By one o’clock a crowd hod collected on tho outside of the Baltimore depot, at Broad and Prime streets, in tho hope of gaining admittance to that bitjfdjftg, men, however, hnd been stationed at all tho doors and gates, and Btoically refused to entertain all appeals to their favor and politeness. Within the building were a company of the City Grays* under. Captain Barney* Major General Fatter* son, Brigadier Generals C&dwaluder and Riley, Colonels Patterson, Dare, Bickel, Gregory, and Eilraakor, Mayor Henry, and the committee appointed to receive the body. Quite a number of returned members of the California Regiment, some or them bearing honorable wounds and maims, and a number of other well-known military personage. When it had been announced that the Baltimore train was in sight, a silence fell upon the entire assembly, and the City Grays, which had been selected as the guard Of honor, on account of Captain] Barney haring been an intimate friond of Colonel Baker during the latter's term of life, tiled out upon the southernmost platform of the depot, being followed bp several officers of Colonel Mpjg head’s Regiment and the members of the press. As the cars came in the military presented arms. The coffin waßthen taken in charge by the pall-bearers, (who consisted of four officers and four privates of the Cali fornia KogimentJ and oonvoyul to Broad street tluuugk the main entrance of the depot, immediately followed by the escort. The scene upon Broad street must have been very im pressive to those who were successful in obtaining a good stand-point from 'which to view it. The entire line of military] which occupied the right of Broad street, and extended almost from Washington to Christian streets, stood at present arms. As the remains passed up Broad street} the band com metraUigjiter the "Dead March,” the notes sounding monrafuflyiUßtinct and clear, amid the general silence. At two o’clock precisely the procession began to more . in the following order: _ Deiacliment of Puiioo under Chief Rucglea. Home Guards’ Baud. * Brigadier General Pleaßonton and Aids. Company A, Second Regiment City Grays, Captain Bar ney, First Lieut. Henzey, Second Lient __ _ Hc&lKsler, Ffesf B e siffi?nt pf Hvme fiuarilsi Calouel BicKel goiu- tnaiKTlDg’. Second Refliroont of Home Guards, Colonel Dare. Colors or First and Second Regiments of Home Guards draped in mourning. Colonel Gregory’s Regiment. Colonel Dare, Major C. W. Smith, and Officers -*f BjiWa 9rig»uc. Untied States Cornet Band. - Colonel Bradford and Aids. Detachment of the Gray Reserves. Returned members of the California Regiment acting as Poll Bearera* *m% Thos, Bush, Co. I, jl a Clinton. Lieut. Fimble, Co.B, B. F. Dardine, Corporal Lewis Pcze, and Henry Btegoe, Capt Henry Salkcld, of Col. James Culli«an. Morehead’sßegiment. Polte*. ; HR ARSE. Major General Patterson. . Brigadier Generals Riley, and Colonel Undertaker'Good and assistants, viz: Mri J» Mi Ball, Charles Goods John C. fiulori. ;• Detachment of City Grays. Carriages, occupied by Mayor Henry and the Committee in charge of Lhe remains, viz: M. B. Flanagan, ofi W. It. Wallace, ofl B. M. Barnuni, of San Francisco. | Wash. TerritV.l Oregon. Regiment of Home Gnurdst CoL Mmokar. ! Detachment of Police. Carriages. The hearse wag-drawn by sixbi&ck horses, their heads being decorated with white and black plumes. This is tho same vehicle which carried the remains of Henry Clay to Ifall, on the occ&efon of their arri val in this city 6ome years ago, prior to interment. Yes* terday it was surmounted with six white ostrich feathers, tipped with black. Otherwise there was nothing of oston tation about it. Thp coffin; which is metalie, has hwn pataijj t& ¥»- ECmblc mahogany. It differs somewhat from the usual pattern, being rounded off upon the edges, and there* fore presenting no unpleasant angles. Attached to it are eight silver-mounted handles, four upon each side* UpOtL tUft lid ifl k inscribed simply with the name of the deceased.' *•-. The coffin was dfftpad with ahaudsome American flag, the same which was presented to the' Mayor about six months since, by the greasy gf Fruts jtiKo. it SRotn foot in length. Tjfcrlblfowing was the route proceeded over: up Broad ,*rP!nt»j out Pine to Sixteenth; up Sixteenth to Chest* nut 5 and down Chestnut to Independence Hah. Mere theproOjMioEbaited, and HTd cinfcnurTigtes&is m3!®w 11 present anns* 9 ’ The crowd at this point was very dense, and the patience of the police waa taxed to the utmost in keeping It in order. The coffin waa taken from the hearse, and conveyed into Independence Hall, by the pall-bearers. After, being deposited in the centre of the hall, upon a bier draped with tie national ensign* the top portion of the lid was removed, so as to permit & view of tbe features of the deceased, and the public were allowed to enter and gaze, upon the solemn scene. To prevent the usual crowding; and difficulty of malting exit, a door had been cut through the rear wall of the apartment, through which those who had looked upon the dead were allowed to depart. About three thousand persons passed through the hall prior to eix o’clock P. If. The flag upon Independence Hall, the Baltimore Depot, the High School, United States Mint, United States Naval Abjludi, and both United States Arsenal* as well as those of a number of private residences throughout the city; were lislf-masted during the day. As early as one o'clock in the afternoon, the route of the procession, which we have given above, was a oon*' tinuous throng of spectators. Both sides of the street were closed to all pedestrianism, and each upper window was a group of anxious faces. Next to the hoarso which contained tho remains of the lamented deceased, the eight members of his former command, who bad been seltcted to act 09 pall-bearers, were the object of greatest interest. All, or nearly alt of them, are Philadelphians, and their gallant effort to secure the corpse of their com mander, after he had fallen at the hands T of a cojjc?£jg<f and deadly foe, baa been recorded to their native city’s credit. About f ,000 military participated in the ceremonials of the sad occasion. Their display was in many (but not in All) respects a creditable one. It might have been twice as large without any impropriety, aud many of sh? men seemed unabio to acquire the slow and measured tread demanded by the solemn nature of the music. Cql. Gregory’s Regiment, however, looked unusually fine, and appeared to have turned out its full complemmt. The body of the deceased'Colonel will remain in state !" Imli'lM!nd<'n(;e 1J»!J until Sfttnrte’ SBBnM by the City Grays, who are specially honored with the trust confided to them. Tboy will escort it to the Ken sington depot on that morning, leaving tho hall about 9 A. M., bo as to allow ample time to reach tho 9.30 train for New York. MrSr and Mrs. Cory ? tho only relatives of laie officer who now rcsidu in tiiia city, win accompany tho remains to- California, and will also leave for New York in the 9.30 train on Saturday next. C’ol. Baker will bo tho first of his JhuUly to l>e interred in California soil. Ho has a father and one cliU&buried in Spriiwfirhl, Illinois, where he himialf \m parti ally raised, mid where in youth he became acquainted with the present Chief Magistrate of the nation. If the scene on Choatnut street was impressive by day, it was doubly so last evening. Tho main-entrance door of th»lmll having been closed, on account of the crowd wodfins itsplTtightly ngoinst if, tho more patient of tkoio composing the assembly contented themselvoa with quiet ly blockading the entire street. Others, not to be deterred br disappointed by any obstacle, clambered upon tho windows, only to ga/.o in more galling disappointment at the throng of successful visitants within, who completely shut out ail view of tho coffin, trad selfishly strove to linger by the dead. The St. George’s Society adopted the following appro priate series of resolutions in honor of the departed horo, whose birthplace waa in merry Kngland, and whoso early education wus acquired in Philadelphiu—his boy hood’s home; JfsisJMtf, That the Society of tho Sons of SL Goorga of the city of Philadelphia have learned with painful emo tion of tbe full of our fellow-countryman, the Hon. Col. Edward D. Baker, while leading a heroic charge against the rebels iu Virginia. That, by this disaster, his bravo brigade boa bran bereaved of a fearless, wiielitonite, and beloved commander, and the nation of an accomplished statesman, and valuable officer. Ifctolveii, That iu tho distinguished career of this illustrious man there is afforded to the citizens of all na tions a practical illustration of tho superior opportuni ties afforded by tho democratic institutions of this Re public to every naturalized citizen to attain tho highest honor, after the Presidency itself, in tho gift of th» Go vernment and peoplo of the United States, Resolved t That the prompt, energetic, and efficient action of this lamented Senator and Soldier, in the dark hour ol his adopted country's peril, r , ler i to t |, B honor # „ a emulation of his surviving fello'.v-citizenß; that his stricken thndl> hare our eondoler.ee in their Cecp nfllic tion; and, that n deputation frov.l this society will alteud, and co-operate in any civil demonstration that may bo appointed to take place in city, in honor of the gal. lautdend,
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