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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1861.
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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.
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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,