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CIDER. —New clarified Champagne Cider, of extra quality, by the hogshead or barrel For sale by EMIL MATIfINU, pos-12tif Nos. 120,122, and ISH LOMBARD »t, LYMAN, DWIGHT, CABOT, CHICOPEE, and BABTLKT MILLS. By a Sag of truce just from Norfolk, we have news of the fleet, but it is provokiugly meagre, The only person who came down was bound, by parole of honor, to reveal no particulars. The steamer Union, with a cargo of horses and stores, and another transport, whose name is not given, were lost during the gale—one at Kill Devil Shoal, and the other on Rogue’s beach, on the coast of North Carolina. The crew of both vessels, se venty-three in number, are now prisoners at Ra leigh, North Carolina. It is not known whether any were lost, but fifteen horses were saved. The executive officer of the Minnesota states, upon information received by the Flag-, that the fleet was bombarding Port Royal, and meeting with a warm reception; the rebels having for some time been preparing for them. The above reached Nor folk by telegraph to-day. The reported resignation of General Wool is news at Old Point. The United States gunboat Monti cello will leave for the blockade of Wilmington in a couple of days. General Phelps states that the rebels are bolder and more numerous than ever near Newport News. Another Report. PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1861. THE REBELLION. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ROYAL. SEVERAL OF THE SHIPS SUNK BY THE STORM. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. A BATTLE NEAR COLUMBUS. BRILLIANT VICTORY. THE REBEL GUNS CAPTURED AND TMEIII LAMP EQUIPAGE BURNED. THE POSITION OF THE UNION FORCES. SKETCHES OF THE UNION GENERALS. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. News from the Fleet. Fortress Monroe, November 7. —The steamer Spaulding left for Hattejwj Inlst, last evening; with a cargo of commissary stores. It is more than probable that some of the troops will return in her. It is understood at Old Point that Hatteras Inlet is a place of too much impwtauce to abandon, Should the Twentieth Indiana Regiment return, its place will be immediately supplied by a larger force/ Baltimore, Nov. B. —The following statements are made by passengers from Old Point f They Sky that the troops had landed at Beaufort, South Ca rolina, when the bombardment commenced by the fleet. The report also states that one of the war ves sels was disabled by the rebel fire. What success attended the attack is not stated. One report says that three of the Federal transports WVW wrecked. Commodore Tatnall is said to be in com mand of the rebel forces. [Port Royal, where the fleet is said to be en gaged, is the entrance to the harlot of Beaufort, South Carolina, and the rebels are said to have fortified it, and would doubtless make a strong re sistance. The possession of Eoaufo/t would give us a good harboT, and place Us within BtrilUßg distance of-Savannah and Charleston.] Beaufoit, South Carolina. In The Press of Oct. 21st, the following descrip tion of the chief town situated upon the Fort Royal river, which the Federal forces will take possession of as soon as the outer forts are stormed, is thus described: (( The necessity for the seizure of this port by tho Federal forces has been often dismissed in cer tain quarters, and has been said to be a seizure which would be highly advantageous to the Go vernment. It is situated in an arm of the sea called Fort Royal river, about fifteen miles from the Atlattie. Xhe harbor is one of the safest on the whole Southern coast, and has sixteen feet water at low tide, and over nineteen at full upon the bar, at its entrance. Situated immediately south of the line of railroad, at a distance of twenty miles, running between Charleston and Savannah, it would afford an easy base for land operations against cither. Either could be much more easily taken by land operations than from theses. Its importance is then by no means to be under valued in any future series iff assaults upon thsss hot-beds of treason. Its distance from Charleston is less than fifty miles, and twenty-five from Savannah. “The great desideratum gained by an attack upon it is that it can be taken with little or no loss of life, and can be so fortified as to be held landward against a most formidable force. The British took it and held it for a long time during the Revolu tionary war, deeming it a point of the greatest im portance. Its collector, under Mr. Buchanan’s Administration, refused to give in his adhesion to the Secession .dynasty in South Carolina, and was arrested for high treason. He subsequently suc cumbed to force. It must not be confounded with the North Carolina Beaufort, more than a hundred miles northeast of it.” There is another entrance by which Beaufort am ho reached, called St. Helena Sound. It communi cates with Beaufort by a . narrow inlet, which schooners of but very shallow draught can enter. Indeed, the whole surroundings of Beaufort consist of a series of those sea islands, which produce such magnificent cotton, the best and finest staple known to commerce. Among these are St. Helena, Hunt ing, and Fort Royal islands. Broad river, the arm of the sea, entered by the- Coosawhatchic river, is the same as marked upon many maps as Port Royal river. Coosawhatehie, the seat of justice for the district of Beaufort, is on thiq river, about one hundred miles south of Colum bia, the capital of the Stale. It is the nearest point upon the Charleston and Savannah railroad to Beaufort. Into St. Helena the other inlet, through which vessels of light draught can enter to reach Beaufort, pour the Combahee, Chehaw, and Asheepoo rivers. The Combahee, the largest and most important of these, forms the boundary between Beaufort and Colleton (counties) districts. Into the southwestern portion of St. Helena puts the South Edisto inlet; the North Edisto running direotiy into the Atlantic ocean This river oiosSSS the Charleston and Savannah Railroad twenty-seven miles from the former. Steamboats of light draught can ascend near to that point. Beaufort can be easily fortified so as to be held both landward and seaward. Access is given, by its occupation, to the richest cotton 'region of the South. Not only the cotton planters of South Carolina, but the richest cotton districts of Georgia can be reached. But, above all, easy approach is afforded to that part of Georgia which is said to be still secretly but strongly attached to the old Go vernment of their fathers. It is therefore evident, that whilst Charleston may be susceptible of defence, against heavy vessels in every direction, as can Savannah, they are aecessi ble by a large number of avenues; so large a num ber that a vast force of guns and men are required to defend their flanks and rear. Where must a sufficient force come from to do this ? Most oer tainly from tho Potomac. There is no other force which can send the requisite number of men. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. important Battje ueart'olumbus, Ky,—A iiniliunt Victory. CAino, Nov. 7.—An expedition left here last night under commend of Generals Grant and Me- Clernand, and landed at Belmont, three miles above Columbus, at 8 o’clock this morning. The Federal troops, numbering three thousand five hundred, engaged the rebels, whose force amounted to seven thousand, at eleven o'clock. The battle lasted till sundown: The rebels were driven from their entrenchments across the river with great loss. Their camp was burned, with all their stores and baggage. Their cannon, horses and with W) hun dred prisoners, were captured. The Federal troops then retired, the rebels hav ing received reinforcements from Columbus. Both of our Generals had their horses shot from under them. Col. Dougherty, of Illinois, was wounded and taken prisoner by the rebels. The rebel loss is not known. The Federal loss is believed to be from three to five hundred. Particulars of the Fight. Chicago, Nov. B.—A special Cairo despatch to day gives the particulars of the fight at Belmont, yesterday. PHILADELPHIA, SATU Onr farce consisted of the following Illinois regi l meats; Twenty-second, Col. Dougherty; Twenty 1 seventh, Col. Buford; Thirtieth, Col. Thirty-first, Col. Logan; Seventh lowa Regiment Col.Lnmon; Taylorls Chicago Artillery, and Dob ten’s and Delano’s Cavalry. i They left; Cairo on the steamers Alex. Scott, Chancellor, Memphis, and Keystone State , ah' companied by the gunboats Lexington and Tyler. After landing, they were formed in line of bat] tie, General McClernnnd in command of the Cairo' troops, and Colonel Dougherty of the Bird’s Poini troops. 1 They, were encountered by the rebels, 7,006 strong, and fought every inch of their way to tilt enemy's Camp, making aad-havoc in the enemy’s ranks. Colonel Buford was the first to plant the stars and • stripes in the enemy's camp. Colonel Dougherty’s regiment oaptured ths rebel b&ttety Of twehre pieees, two of which were brought away. Colonel Foulke's men suffered greatly, as they were in front of the batteries before they, were taken. The Position of the Federal Forces. ; The Louisville Journal has the following-hr. foresting account of the position of the Federal troops: ■ , Buckner has left the south bnnk of the Greco river and retired his forces towards Bowling Green, and Stanton has left Burksville, in Cumberland •. county, and returned into Tennessee with his njfi muling gang. These movements may be regarded, as our strategic victories, defeating the rebels without a battle. The disposition of the- three divisions of our Federal troops may be' briefly, stated : General Crittenden commands the Western division, General McCook the Contra, and General* iichoepff the Eastern, while General Sherman supervises the whole. We have already shown that in the west Colonel Burbridge has advanced as far as Woodbury, which is at the confluence of the Big Barren with Green river, about fifteen miles on the left flank of Buckner's position.*! „ Bowling Green. i In the centre out troops have gone some fifteen, miles beyond Nolin and taken position at Bsayu Greek, whioh is not more than six or seven mitts, from MuflfordsyiUe, vn the Green river. Wa gave a letter on Saturday from Crab Orchard, stating that the Western division had rcceivra orders to inarch from Mt. Vernon, the intended route being through Pulaski towards Cumber-. land, from whence Staunton fee? just fallen bSfb " Sims our troops aie converging upon the enemy’s position, which extends from Boling Green on his left through his centre in Barren county to ins right recently at Burksville. The Union armies are advancing slowly and surely. General Crit tenden has bis headquarters at’ Morgantown, in Butler county, with such gallant spirits as Colonels Jackson, McHenry, and Burbridge. . General McCook will soon be at Munfordsville, on the Green river, at which point he can crbqs whenever It is desirable, and General Schcepff is clearing away the Tebels who have recently ravaged the valley of the Cumberland. Whether any ad vance will be made at present, we do not knotv, but the movements of our friends give cheerful intimations that the threatened march of Buckner and bis men upon Louisville, for their winter quar ters, is entirely impracticable. Our forces are able to assumo the defensive with all security, but we are not prepared to say that they are strong enough to attack the reh?} satroflolwioats and fortifications at Bowling Green, nor do we know that suoh a course is desirable. That place may become a “Lethe wharf,” where the “dull weed” of rebel lion mny riot in inglorious easo. Another Victory fit Morgantown. The Louisville Democrat of Tuesday says: We learn from a gentleman who arrived in our city Sunday night direct from Owensboro, that Col. McHenry had had another engagement with the rebels at Morgantown, in which they vtttt Again overwhelmed with considerable loss. On Thursday the rebel forces to the number of three or four hundred swam the river below the village. Col. McHenry, on learning the intelligence, at once ad vanced with the foreo he had, and after » short conflict drove them back, killing many, and pretty effectually dispersing them. The rebels, it is be lieved, had sent off for reinforcements, with the determination of making another assaults Colonel McHenry despatched messengers to different points for reinforcements, intending to give them DSttle- It is thonght that by this time he- has iome-3,050 or 4,000 troops collected under.hi3 command,: The messenger from the camp thrived jiist* before the boat left, and our informant.did not learp the num ber of hilled and wounded,, though it it bCIiOVCd 10 have been very severe on the part of tie Confede*; rates, as they were compelled to cross’the river in retreat, We may soon expect news of a battle , as the point is otic seriously threatening Bucfoter’x jiami' ami within thirteen or fourteen miles of Bowling Green. Camp Wild Cat is not the only wild oat camp in Kentucky, and the fetinb tribe in the southern port of the State seem to have daws and teeth quite as sharp as those in the mountains. Among those who distinguished themselves in the battle of Tuesday, under Colonel Burbridge, we learn the names of Captain J. W. Belt, Captain Breathet, and Lieutenant Ashford, of Jackson's cavalry, (dismounted.) Lieutenant Porter, Lieu tenant Cosby, formorlyjs.tatQ.Scns (or, h(eiitenant Thomas, Captain Boam-rby,. oP- ttit, artmery, 1 who himself sighted tlie cannon. Lieutenant Thomas SBw? Captain Hotter, of the Sharp-shooters; iHdeSd.'idji seemed to have distinguished themselves nobly.: / Allairs in the Mountains. , The following is an extractfcom a letter frock Camp Culvert, near Camp Wild Cat i r - V I was just about proceeding to teil you how Old : Solly, as ihe mountaineers Call- Felix Zollieoffer, the redoubted, destroyed the land he passed through. Had the seven plagues of Egypt passed over the Cumberland district, jt would not have been more desolate. The poor faTUlttS Who, in a season of plenty, hare not inctfe than enough to. see them safe into the spring, Were robbed of; every sack of flour and pound of pork; their feoces : burned, their cows, sheem and geese shot dcf|d in their tracts. I counted on one farm, that of a ' noted Union man, thirty head of. cattle shot and left in the fields to poison the air with their pesti lential odors. From not oneof them had a single steak been cut. . As the Federal army marched along, the affrighted inhaUHaUtO CHOe ShUlKlDg from the woods to look at their devastated dwell ings. ? The nngathered corn served to feed the reboh horses, and it? plaateihjow go mourning up' and' down the land without food for their starving {amt lies. To the credit of Zollieoffer be it said, that all the inhabitants represent hud as endeavoring to stay the destruction, bnt his forces are a lawleak of marauders, acknowledging no Control, and. ! obeying no superior. It would sicken the heart of ; Pharaoh's lean kine to see this blighting eurso. He v retreated like a whirlwind, withering and destroy ing everything he touched. .Great diversity of opinion prevails as to the rebel loss at WilctCat. It was very heavy, how heavy we cannot guess, i Zollicofier said, in the presence of some of his pri soners, who have since escaped, “ That his best regiment was cut to pieces." I think that we have all been deceived as to the numbers of his men. He undoubtedly had seven Colonels in the fight, and as a thousand men is the orthodox number to a regiment, it has been pre sumed that he had between 6,000 and 7,000 ; men there; bnt we now learn that his largest and best regiment was only 850 strong, and that some of them had not more than 500. He is now at ihe ford Strengthening his entrenchments, where, if we can , get force enough, the battle of Cincinnati must be , fought. with the exception of the Thirty-third Indiana, . the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Ohio, all our forces ' are cither Tennessee or Kentucky men, from the mountains. The Union Generals m Kentucky. The Nolin correspondent of the Cincinnati Qa&etle gives the following 'description of Some, of the Union generals in Kentucky: Kentucky is well supplied with She has now eleven of them in active operation within her limits, beside g number of native aspirant*, who are already rejoicing in the titles, but whose com missions are dependent on their raising their bri gades. The generals in command—ail brigadiers— are Sherman, McCook, Wood, Jehnson, Rousseau, Naglee, Thomas, Schoepff. Nelson, Smith, and Wal lace. Ohio has the honor of having both the com mander of the department and the commander of the most important column Kentucky has three out of the eleven, and three of the ablest—Generals Wood, Johnson, and Rousseau. Pennsylvania has one, Gen. Nagle* ; Indiana one, Gen.* Lew. Wal lace; one is a Hungarian, Gen. Schoepff; one is from the United States Nary, Gen. Nelson; and two. Generals Thomas and Smith, have been so long in the regular army that one would hardly think of them new as attached to aw particular Slate. Military Education. Six of the eleven are graduates at West Point, and haye served in the regular army—ftenoral* Sherman, McCook, Wood,. Johnson, Thomas, and. Smith. General Nelson is a graduate of the Naval Academy, and General Schoepff of some of the European military schools. Of the eleven, eight, are men whp 6ftYB been educated to WOT as a profession, aim each of whom has had more or less experience in the conduct of military affairs. Brigadier General William "Tecumseh Sherman, the “ General Commanding ” in the Department of the Cumberland, graduated from West Point, in the artillery corps, in 1840, and immediately en tered the Third Regiment of Artillery as a second lieutenant. He remained in the service for a little over thirteen years, served in California as first lieutenant of hie company during the Mexican war; two years after its close was promoted to be a commissary of subsistence, with the rank of cap tain, and held this position till he resigned in Sep tember, 1853. The record ia certainly not a very brilliant one, yet it comprises the whole of Gen. Serman’s mili tary experience, up to the outbreak of the rebellion. After his resignation be went South and became president of the State Military Institute, of Louisi ana. Resigning this position after the bom bardment of Fort Sumpter, he returned North on the 14th of May, was commissioned colonel of the Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, and three days later, a Brigadier General of volunteers. As he owed his original appointment to West Foint a* Cadet, in 1836, to the influence of his father, (Hon. C. R. Sherman, of Lancaster, formerly a Supreme Judge of Ohio,) so his rapid promotion from commissary to colonel, and from colonel to general, is in part, at least, attributable te the fact that he is a brotherto our Senator, John Sherman. Since his appointment as brigadier general, he was in the first battle of his life, as eommander of the Third Brigade at Bull Bun. Among army officers, who know him best, Gene ral Sherman is repntsd ah able man of excellent administrative ability, and with an acquaintance with military science that his position as president of a military institute gave him fine opportunity for extending and perfecting. His friends predict for him a brilliant success in managing the affairs of his department, and none of us can fail to hope that the prediction may be realized to the full. Somo splenetic correspondent, whom Goncral Sherman bad doubtless offended, in his hearty and rather old-maidish hatred of newspaper nun, by DAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1861. refusing him a “pass,” described the commander «f the department as “brod among the Camaeebe Indians, and still retaining their bjpits to a greater extent than is usual among civilised beings.” General Sherman certainly does not waste any un necessary time in the amenities of life, bnt he has more serious matters pq hand \, and it is far more to bis credit that no man ean say he ever approached him with business and did not haTO it promptly transacted. He may be a little gruff, but be is always prompt and clear, and his very gruffness seems to arise rather from his entire absorption in his plana than from the natural habit of the man. As he rides by my window, while I write, with the firm seat and graceful pose that characterize alt West Pointers on horseback, the General, looking like a self-absorbed Puritan, deep in thoughts and plans of his own, contrasts finely with the bluff, frank Cffidef that rides beside him in the person of General McCook. Take Senator John Sherman (whose personal appearance few, familiar with the prominent men of the West, will neod to have de scribed), sharpen tbe angles and bronze the color on his faoa ; give him a slimmee and more sinewy frame, put a casing of stubby brown-black beard around bis throat and over half his cheeks and chin, replace tbe suave smile of the politician, with the stern, half-abstracted, half-vinegary look, eauir. him in a double-breasted, brass-buttoned coat, with a silver star on the shoulder, and cover (almost con ceal) the medium-sized head with a civilian’s high crowned black felt hat, of uneertain age and doubt ful value, and you have General Sherman, as he Game down upon us, the ether day, to look brio, the organization of his army, and to perfect his plans. Tbe figure is not attractive in a picture, but it may yct> become an American favorite. Bng. Gen, A,!?*, McDOWCII SleCoofc. . Personally, a greater contrast to the commander of the department could hardly be found than the commander of the principal army of the depart ment exhibits. Of about medium height, portly, almost te'eorpulence, (sufficient, at least, to war .-rant lh6.net name fei him among his army friends, j “Fatty'McCook,”) with a broad;fhoe-and almost’ Itogßipalquoinlhdchccks, ooai-blapkLair, a light Mack curved lip, a bread and rather .low forehead, and. a. general air of satisfaction gad the teat of the worid—that is General McCook. - Courteous to every one, polite even when he is sternest, a thorough disciplinarian, and exceedingly industri ous,-General, McCook won great popularity as a colonel in the three-months service, and has lost none of.it as a general. His k&dnledge of the mi nutiae of drill and tactics qualified hijn admirably for the command of a regiment; whether he pos sesses the broad and comprehensive grasp of intel lect that qualifies for the command of an army, re mains to bo tested in the field. Like the other “Mo *’ whose name everybody is mouthing, General McCook’s career in the army has been marked by singular good luck. Gradu ating from West Point in 1852, he entered the army as swend lieutenant of the Third Infantry. In eight years and a half of service he rose from se cond to tint lieutenant, won credit in a fight with Apaches in New Mexico, and served for a year as assistant instructor of infantry tactics at West Feist. Such was his military career up to the out break of the rebellion. On tho 14th of May, the date of the first great batch of promotions in the regular army. General McCook was promoted to be captain of his company in the Third Infantry. Speedily afterward the Secon4 Ohio elected him colonel, and he accepted the position, conducting himself with credit through the three-months ser vice, and covering the retreat at Bull Bun with his regiment. Governor Dennison subsequently-iwm utusioned him colonel of the First Ohio, and-he>. was engaged in recruiting bis regiment tit Dayton wbon he received the appointment of brigadier general of volunteers* and was assigned to duty htre. Brigadier General Thomas J, Wood. By fui thfi U&St £3£jSertetice present rank in tbe army is lieutenant colonel of ! cavalry. Sherman served but thirteen years, i McCook hardly nine. General Wood graduated. 1 from West Point in the corps (I’ehle, Topographical : Engineers, in July of 1&45 T and has h&ku In the ser> 1 rice ever since—a term of between sixteen and i seventeen years. ; , Finding u promotion very slow” in his corps, ho j was transferred, at his own request, to cavalry, and j greslwally rose from second to first lieutenant, cap* : tom.ana major. During the Mexican war he was | in constant service, and won distinction. He has- I since been on garrison duty, on the Indian frontiers [ .and elsewhere, wltll the exception of one year, ; when he visited Europe on furlough, uuij improved i tbe for tbe study of European military ! science. During a portion of the year, tho late : rebel General Garnett was his travelling companion, j and the two, both army officers and both Southrons, ' spent many an bou; ifl lifting what Would be j tbrir duty in the eyenk—then beginning to appear I probable—of a dissolution of the Union. j Returning during the beginning of the troubles, ! Major Wood was besot by his brother officers from | tho South to desert the service as they were doing. ! He could see, however, no wrongs his saetion hod j to complain of, and no future for their Secession ] remedy for fancied wrongs but anarchy; while, on tbe ether band, he could see that the,Government ! by which he had been educated and he had i swom'allegiahce, needed his services just now, far | more than over before, and like a true man he re- j e«jve4,Sf>t-te desert in the hour of .naed- . He was i . assigned to Indiana as mustcring-in officer,- and 1 wbito thero a vacancy occurring in the regtefoßt, d be was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel ! (Fourth Cavalry,) the position in the regular army ! he still holds. j As mustezing-in officer, he was singularly efficient, and Indiamtns owe much of the reputation their State haawon for the management of its military affairs to Lieutenant Colonel Wood. He has been recently appointed brigadier general of volunteers, and assigned to duty in his native State. A school mate of the rebel' Buckner, with him at Yfogt Point; and intimate ever since, be better perhaps than any of the others, understands the plans and policy of the arch-traitor, and can prepare to resist them. In person, Hen. Wood is rather under the medium sire, with a thin, nervous-looking face, now begin ning to bfi ioSccalcd with a luxuriant growth of black whiskers, a. high forehead, a keen eye, and a skin swarthy with sixteen years’ exposure in cam paigning. An exceedingly striot disciplinarian, he ts nevertheless a great favorite with the Indiana troops, who constitute- his brigade, and several of the Indiana regiments expecting shortly to enter Kentucky, are urging their claims to be included also in his command. Brigadier General Richard JV. Johnson, Another Kentuckian, and another regular army officer, graduated at West Point in July, 13191 and in his twelve years of service had been successively second lieutenant, first -lieutenant., and captain in the Fifth Cavalry; before receiving his appointment as brigadier general of volunteers. General Johnson is one of those men whose very appearance inspires respect and confidence. I can describe him no better than in the words of a com mon soldier who saw him for the first time, “ That man Will do to go ifito• a fight- under. He looks cool, and quiet, and determined, and he's got a big. brain there to direct things.” You would turn to look after him, if yon passed him on the street, not because of anything outre in his appearance ; be is simply a well-dreggi, good-looking gentleman; hut because his intellectual expression tells you you have passed a mail of mark. As a tactician, his education and experience have of course made him accomplished; in'the higher sphere of the general, he, too, is as vet untried. Tfeo Ohio rogii meats axe in General Johnson’s brigade, Of the Rest of Them General Schoepff, first brought into notice in the late engagement at Camp Wildcat, is known as a Hungarian officer, of fine education and reputed abilities, from which much is justly expected. Gen. Wm. Kelson, commanding the expedition to Pres tonburg, is a lieutenant in the United States navy, and a graduate of the Naval-Academy. General Smith, in command at Paducah, is an army officer of ever twenty'years’ service, and colonel of the Tenth infantry. Gen. Naglee, in command of the Pennsyl vania brigade here, has hitherto, l believe, been a civilian. Gen. Lew. Wallace, also at Paducah, is known as the colonel of the Eleventh Indiana, (Zoiiaves,) in the three-months service. Ho has devoted great attention to drilling militia compa nies in Indiana, and his regiment was made up of the crack companies of the State. He is a brother in law to Senator Henry S. Lane, and the malicious say that he ewes his promotion to his Senatorial re lative. He did well as a colonel; how he will do as a general remains, as with so many of tho rest, yet to be seen. Altogether, the corps of generals in Kentucky, hurriedly gathered ns they have been, will com pare favorablywith that in any of the other de partments. They have weighty responsibilities resting upon them, and the public will scrutinize closely their management of the important cam paign now opening. Opposed to them are some of the ablest and the wiliest of the rebel commanders; and we shall need all their generalship to oonduot the war in Kentucky to the speedy and triumphant close for which all true patriots pray. Agate. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Organization of the Militia. Washington. Nov. 6. —The success of Governor Gamble, of Missouri, in obtaining the aid of the General Government for the defenoe and pacifica tion of that State, has already been stated. The National Intelligencer of this morning says : “ The President, we learn, has authorized the or ganization of the militia of Missouri, to be employed in defending the State against invasion, and in sup pressing rebellion within its limits. The number of troops to be raised is not specified, but they are to be mustered into State service, and to be armed, equipped, clothed, subsisted, transported, and paid by the Government. _ Gov. Gamble stipulates that there shall be but OfiS major general of tho militia, and to secure a unity of aotion, the general commanding the De partment of the West becomes also major general of the State militia, by the appointment of Gov. Gamble to the position. As many brigadier gene rals are to be appointed as there are brigades ef four regiments each, and the staff officers shall not - be paid moro than the same are allowed in the re gular service, whatever be their rank under the State law. As the money to be disbursed in this service is the money of tbe Federal Government; it is to assign its own staff officers to make the expen ditures ; or, if the United States officers cannot be spared from the regular service to perform these duties, then Gov. Gamble is to appoint from the State militia such officers as the -President shall de signate. Fremont’s Leave of His Army. Tho St. Louis Democrat of the 6th inst. says; Tho intelligence from the camp at Springfield will this morning be read with profound interest. It confirms the litter reports from Washington rela tive to Gen. Fremont. On last Saturday fbrenoon he was officially notified of his removal from the command of the Department of the West, and re ceived the news, in accordance with his well-known characteristics, witjj cgjinness and 983193. As gracefully as he had accepted the unsought and arduous trust, he prepared to yield it to Gen. Hun ter, his successor. Major General Fremont’s valediotory to his army is a medel ’gf patriotism and propriety. Briefly and modestly, he jratefnlly remind* his soldiers of the support they hare given him, and urge? them to accord the same devotion to hie successor Freud of the noble armyhe tna gathered, he will hereafter share in the joy of its triumphs. Miff appeal wiß, j doubtless, affect deeply those to whom it feud ; dressed, and inspire them anew Iw battle, tlial ho ; may remain proud of the force he has with sir great | care and energy created. To us, thcr farewell of Fremont to his enthusiastic army speaks volumes in i his praise. General Hunter, recently tho second in com mand, is a rete-rau. of proved abitidy, and Vf doubtless as well acquainted with t'hc a-ffairs' of the deqiartmenl as any man in it with the except tion of Fremont. Since the latter was to be su perseded , the selection of his successor is evident. ly a judicious one, especially in Yiow of tho pro* spect of a decisive battle at hand. With a portion of his body guard, Fremont left Springfield Sunday morning, and may be expected in St. Lonis by to-morrow. He, doubtless; will at once give his attention to the accusations agaiqgt him. Situation in the Southwest. The St. Louis Democrat of tbe fith inst. says-: Our Springfield despatches this morning convey the important intolligonso that the rebel' army, under price and McCulloch, has been lurgoly rein forced by detachments under Gens. Johnston,-Har dee, and Thompson, which are well provided- with' .artillery and small arms, and that tho* combined rebel forces are insolently msntaing onr army at Springfield, its advanced guard occupying Wilson's Creek, on the site of the old battle ground. That this is beScvcd in Springfield is evident, from the manner in which the different divisions under Hunter and Pope were at latest accounts kurrylug to the front, and from the watohfulness of the offi cers in command. We are also informed that the wife of one of the leading division officers, now in this city, received a letter from -her husband yes terday, stating that they were upon the eve of 0* ihest important battle. The G en. Fremont, with his body guard and staff, j||id the resignation of Gen. Asboth, .tteuld, necessarily have a disorganizing and dispi riting -influence upon .our army; but the prompt arrival of Gen. H«stor VH day morqjng, and the tbflrhteniDgiiis&hesp of the. enemy, probably restonii-onktr, and placed our troops in good fighting- condition. Tho com bined strength of the rebel army, according to the speculations of tho correspondents, is placed at fisty thbuS&nd man, Taking this representation at ihe usual’' disoeunt, and we may reasonably give tbe rebelsaforceof between forty and fifty thousand men, against which out army of thirty-eight thou sand men will have to contend. In a fight, which would be se nearly fair and ostial, there need be no fears as to the result. Tbe next news will be most anxiously looked for. AFFAIRS IN~THE SOUTH. The Great Confederate Financial Bubble Bursts—King Cotton Dethroned—Great Suffering and Destitution among th? opulent. I'ho Louisville Journal , of the 6th instant, says: An intelligent gentleman, just from the South via Nashville, on his way to Covington, in this State, where he Intends remaining until the war is over, brings the startling and interesting informa tion that the great financial measure of the rebel Government, known as the “ Cotton Loan, ’' has cx- E lolled, and King Cotton is dethroned, and many of is disappointed subjects aje in a Slate of rcvolti Among many schemes of finance in the South were two more prominont than all others—one was for the Confederate Government to become (what Bid dle and Fostlethwaite found to themselves and the United States Bank so disastrous many years since) the eentrellera of the entire cotton crop. To this end, it was proposed that the Confederate Govern ment sbeuid found a National Bank, and issue their post-notes,' payable two years after date, valuing the strictly middling cotton at ten cents per pound, higher 'and lower grades in proportion, according to classification. The scheme contemplated the issuing of §200,000,000 on this bnsis, and then $100,000,060 more on the contingency of the large profits. The advocates for this measure believed Government would realise on the sale of the cot ton, which they confidently predicted would be largely over $100,000,600, after defraying all ex penses attending it. Thi3 latter feature excited the ever-grasping cupidity of the cotton-planters, who thoggfet they night arrange a plan whioh would serve the Government as well, and them selves better. The planters, who are ever grasping, though often improvident and wasteful, knew well that their true interest is in having an abundant and depreciated currency which would tend t? elevate their commodity nominally, as was the case in the palmy days of the famous “Brandon” and other Mississippi bank issues. To this end it was agreed between the Confederate Govern ment and the planters that the Gpycnimcßt should receive, ns a loan from the planters, whatever they, in their one-sided liberality and patriotism, might choose to subscribe, and the Govern ment to issue to them its eight per cent, bonds at ten cents per ponnd for cotton, and whan the cot ton was sold to the needy Englishman for fifteen to twenty cents a pound, as the planters affected to believe it would be, they to get the excess in a farther issue of irredeemable Confederate bonds. This latter plan was fully adopted, and the best orators of the whole South campaigned Alabama, Mississippi,. Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessoo, and all the cotton region foradditionsto the “ cotton loan,” proclaiming to the world, -through the Southern v newspapers, tha loyalty and liberality of the South, ’ ern planters, and the-great success of the loan which they confidently represented would, by January-3, 1862, reach $200,000,000. UndJr tliisarrungerftent the cunning and sharp planter, whoowesall, and in many instances more tfegi} crop Would bring, was paraded through the Southern press as a loaner to bis Government of fifty or sixty thousand dollars, when in facthe could not divert from the channel of his honest and just creditors one thousand dollars, and in fact only wanted to convert liserbpinlQggai, convertibility, not earing whether the money went, to nothing, as he intended to pay it out ly. The time has now arrived when tha-cotton planter sees there is no chance to realize anything for his cotton, and he isno.w notifying the Govern fitefit that, he la ready to deliver Ills portion of the loan, when, to bis amazement, he is coolly met by a proclamation from the new Secretary of the Con federate Treasury that Government ignores the whole arrangement, and the planter all at once finds himself Surroiinded by h!s cotton bales, which will not aid him in appeasingthe demands of urgent and suffering creditors, anq poor, humbled King Cotton finds himself prostrate and unable to feed-, clothe, or m any way provide for the necessities or comfort of bis most opulent and prominent subjects. The argumentsby which Mr. Secretary Mummingor arrives at his ignoring the cotton loan are the ex pense anddifficultyin storing, protecting, and taking care of the cotton, the danger of inviting invasion, confiscation, do., and in lieu he caiis on the patriot ism of the Southern banks to extend the circulation of their irredeemable issue to the relief ofthe plant er's. The whole truth is, Secessionism has devas tated and destroyed all commercial value in the ggnth. The Vmen Souls of Tennessee stock was selling in Philadelphia when South Carolina went out at 115; to-day it is freely offered in this city for 50 cents, and can likely be bought for 45 or less. In March last the Southern States had about one hundred and twenty-seven millions in gold and sil ver ) in Spite Of ell the e&fidtf h and watchfulness of the Confederate Government it has run down to ninety or to one h mg) red millions at most, and. not withstanding the vigilance of the Government it would have been much more reduced had it. not 'been for the fast that an uauidal amount of sterling exchange was held by the-bunks, which state-of things grew out of the foot that the banks stopped specie payment early in the seaaon, and, consequently, they did not remit their ex change to Sew Ywk, to be cashed, aa usual, for the purpose of redeeming their circulation; and what also tended to keeping the exohange in the country is the fact that sterling exchange was down in April and May lower than it has been but once in 25 years, reaching the depressed point of 93a93j, when the rbal par the sovereign at 405, the standard by law) is 108 j. The writer has often heard .intelligent men express a conviction that' from '- the plentifulness of sterling exchange the Confederates must be in possession of monetary aid from England. Such, lam confident, IS not the case, from the fact that the great Btaplesof cotton and tobacco, at present in the South, are without price or sale. If' England were aiding them it would be by advances on these commo dities, which W6Uid.C6h§ecpiehUy have a price. The facts in (he Case- are that sterling exchange ap pears to be more plenty than it really is, as the hanks cannot get tne coin into the country in ex change for it, and from the further faot that very large balances aro now being drawn for, as shipping cotton to Liverpool from tie Sonth has realized im menso profits, in many cases over 100 per cent; and as they only drew for what the value of the ootton was when shipped, hence they have the balance to draw against now,' The writer was told by a banker or this city of a sharp praotieo of tha Nsishvillo banks in redeeming their'checks on New York whioh were dishonored. The bank held their checks for their own notes or Confederate money at 10 per oent, premium, and new when they are re turned they will only return the currency paid for tho exchange, well knowing this is worthless to the holder here; but, to facilitate and oblige the dis appointed customer, they will frank sterling at 120, which they purchased in April at 93 to 9S. Bohemias. Louisville, October 30,1861. An Interview with General Polk. P. .w. Hurtt, of the Ohio State Journal , re cently eienrted a Southern lady to Columbus, Ky., the headquarters of Generals Pillow and Polk. He has written a long letter, giving Ins experience. We extract the following: We found Gen. Polk in much more comfortable quarters than General Pillow, and rather gjofe ex clusive in bis company. He is a fine, large, gray, headed man, rather amiable looking, but distant. My case was presented, and tho permission readily granted. He began to deplore this war, and won dered what the pwple ;n the North intended by it, lie thought'they ought to stop it at once, as they could gain nothing by its continuance, Ac. I asked him how he would settle. Qcn. Polk. “By giving us all that belongs to us.” —. “ What belongs to you V Gen. Polk. “All that has always been acknow ledged ours.” . “Do yon want Missouri?” Gen. Polk. “ Yes, that is ours, undoubtedly.” vs 1 1 Do you want Kentucky V 7 Gen. Polk. “ Of course, the Ohio river has air ■ways been considered the line.” : “But Kentucky, don’t want you !” : Gen. Polk. “We must have her.” “ You want all of Virginia ?” Gen. Polk. “Of course.” ——. “You roust have Maryland?” Gen. Polk. “Mostcertainly..” —t-. “ What will you do with Washington ?” Gen. Polk. “ Any trouble about arises from its unfortunate position. We don't', want it! remove it if you want it; but Maryland is ours.’ ’ . “Well, General, yon will never get Wash ington * * * * # * ■ Their camp news was always encouraging, even to the whipping of Jeff Thompson at Frederiek town. He reported his battle there in a very la conic style. He was marohed upon from both rides, a»d giwd 9Vrt tW9IV9 »tt9§ VjWMfl 9KSIP m WPoitmaitM* «„ wuuwiea to act m AgeoalM TWO CElfTh'. I *" v "“ TP " Ba Till®, He thee turned buck and fnrmod a Khe flt battle, one mile from Frederick town. “ ffere,” be says, “ the enemy came vat two to my on*, km whipped me, whew J left.” lie says he lost only , one gun. The General read me a despatch be received! from Hollicofier, which' says- tfmt ho had captured) Gamp Dick Robinson, with great Joss to the Na tional forces, and only eight on Iris ride. T They had a despatch, alffo; from Floyd, in West ern Virginia. lie had out' Bozecvans “all to pieces,” and the whole Kanawha \effley was now clear of Federal troops. The Battle at Leelburg (they sayjjwas l ®® greatest victory of this century—3,ooo' Confcdtenrtes baa met twelve regiments of Federal*; and' whipped them, with a loss of 2,000 Lincdhites and' OtJly 300 CoßfCdAristis. £25 prisoners luu?irCc-n brought! Into Richmond at one time, and ICO at'another. - MISCELLANEOUS WAS General John A. McClerWWnrl! This gentleman, one of the chiefs in thß'batUb'dff Belmont, Kentucky, which took place on the 7til, is at promt a Rapteeentative fttu the SjutUgfißiff! district, in tile- State of Illinois—the rcxdCrlOe op President HiDcolh.. He has represented that same’ district for 11 number of years in the Congrrssef'thc" United* States, haying served with much dkiiastteii. during the Admiitisbation' of President Polk, when ■ he wasregarded aa- one of the leading men in the House. He is about; fifty years of ago, nearly six - feet high—straight ihstatura, and slim in figure. Hd 1 was among the wannest friends of Judge Douglas, - and, although strongly sympathizing with the ' Southern people until' tie present war broke ont, when Sumpter foil; ho asserted his deteminatjyn to stand by the Administration of Mr. Lincoln at all hazards—in- doing which he gave great offence to snch of hispid confrere? ds Burnet, of Kentucky, Lamar,' of Mississippi,. jxstl Pryor, of. Virginia. Theso gentlemen wej§ «l«K9llent term! with each otber, and.thoy wrald'notienduro the idea of sepa rating from so profound a Democrat asMcCler nond. He is a fine speaker, of nervons tempera ment, and a high sense of honor. When the war btekC out, Governor Yates,-»P Illinois, sent him tO Washington,.on a special; mission, for the purpose 1 of looking to. the defence of the-Mississippi. He discharged this • duty with so much accuracy, zeal and promptitude,-that the Prcsidefit appointed'him a Brigadier General at tbe earliest moment. It will be recollected that he exchanged hie prisoners, on a recent occasion, with General, or Bishop Polk, of the rebel army, under. GirGumstanoeg which ex hibited a good deal of real diplomacy. He is a fine classical scholar, -well read in history, and a brave and determined man. The Batteries on the Potomac. General Siekleshas been in Washington for seve ral days, awaiting the arrival of his batteries. He expresses the opinion that the rebel batteries on the Potomac are not of the formidable character supposed. They bare been .'erected at six different points—namely, Freestone Point, Shipping Point, Evansport. above and below. Acquia Creek, and Mathias Point. At one. there were five guns— field pieces—at Freestone Point, but there is good reason to believe that the battery jjas since been abandoned. No shell-were ever-fired from them tO the Maryland shore. At shipping Point the work has embrasures for. seven guns, and they have there one gun from which 10-inch shell have been thrown to the Maryland shore. It is believed that this gun was originally.iHtendcd is be conveyed to Mathias Point. It required from thirty to forty yoke of oxen to move it. The remainder of the guns at Shipping Point are field pieces. At Evans port the battery of field pieces is concealed, but no firing has aver been done from it which could not easily be done with, four guns. The hattCTy'above Acquia Creek isconeealed, and as it has not been fired from for some time, it is not known what is its strength. That below the creek is also concealed, but it ia regarded as a strong bat tery, as the point is an important one to hold to protect the depot of the, Fredericksburg Railroad. The battery at Mathias Point was concealed by a small undergrowth, hut it is believed that there are no guns there at the pre»Bt time, though it is stated that a large wood-pile on the Point oouceals a number. The situation, of Mathias Point makes it'a dangerous, one to. bold, as it can be assailed from the river, and as a large marsh is in its rear, a retreat could be easiiy out off. From Krcestone Pqjg{ Ia M&thlfiA l*Ami iV three miles, and Gen, {SicklGS does not believe that the rebels have more than 25 guns on the whole distance. These are distributed at the points located where the channel of the river runs close to tbe Virginia shore. There 15 no indi» cation of tbe robsjsbeing present In any force ex* cept at Evansport. Our scouts have crossed the river about the mouth of Oecoquan, and have dis covered no troops-or pickets. AaSlfiblA Boy. Tbe Louifiville-z/re/v&zl gays; We have had the pleasure of receiving a blanket from Mr. George S. Savage, of Milleraburg, under circumstances of peculiar interest.. states that aa hu wits reading the Journal before his family in theerening, when he came to an article referring to. the destitution of some of our Kentucky soldiers on the line of .the Nashville Railroad, his little boy, about six years old, said“ Mother, send nqr blanket to the poor soldiers; I will do without it.” Before he went to sleep, this-darling boy—the future father of a line of patriots—in his little prayers, asked God to bless the soldiers. “Ohye cf little faith” in the great and holy eanse of our country, why deep ..WAHfi and feed sumptuously, and yet are niggan in your gifts to oar volunteers, think of the noble spirit which animates the heart of that little boy, and “go ye and do. likewise.” Our dear young friend will be delighted to know that bis humble gift, like the widow’s mite, recorded’ on the everlasting page of heaven’s register, has started for its destination, and we join with him in bis fervent: petition, “ May God bless the sol dier.*’ DHO EsehftHge ifEtwhhers. The question of the exchange of prisoners, which meets the approval of. Gen. McClellan, will be de termined on the return of Secretaries Cameron and Seward, and without , doubt in fat-on of an cx(bm)£C, the remaining members of the Cabinet, 09 llilS b66H Btatcd, approving of it. A “ Union” movement. The onmp Pick Robinsou 'oerrespondent of the Cincinnati. Wzmea says : Though in rather a bad humor at the result of our operations at Albany, we had many a hearty laugh over the account Col. Woolford gave, us of some of. his exploits in Rockcastle S9BHty the week before. One, for its oddity, 1 will relate : When bis troops came near. London a woman came out swinging her. bonnet and shouting glory to the glorious union .men who'had come to deliver their country from'the wicked, tories who and just MesKd it, After she-had became somewhat quiet, the Colonel asked her'if she was married. “No," said she, “lam a widow."' “I am si widower,” said Col. Woolford, “ and., if.it will suit you, after this war is over, we. will many.” “All right,” said she. Ceme over ;; I shall expect you.” Some of UC inquired if be knew her name;” “Ho," he said, “ I can find her without-’ ' Thte Harbors of South Carolina. An interesting article- in. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine! gives tho following description of the harbors on the coast; of South Carolina ; Georgetown. Georgetown, South Carolina, is seventy-two miles southwest from Cage Rear,, having a single winding channel, ten miloa'in lengiir, running among shoals. The depth of ohannel varies from seven feet to thirty. The Pedee river cconects Georgetown with the interior, being navigable as far as ConWayborb’ by brigs- The blockade of the entrance to this har bor would he easy.. Farther dewu the coast empties the Santee river, whose mouth is obstructed by shoals, on which the depth of water is only from two to two and a quarter feet. ' This is a good harbor of refuge from.southeast winds, and very accessible. The depth on the bar at mean low water is thirteen feet, and the anchor age is good in twenty-one feet, inside. Capers’ and pewees’ below Bull’s Bay, admit vessels drawing six feet water. Charleston. The harbor of Charleston has Bix entrances, which, beginning with the one farthest north, are in order ; Maffit’s or the Sullivan's Iil« and channel, with eleven feet; the North chan nel, with eight feet; the Swash, with nine feet; the Overall channel, which is not now usedthe main ship channel, with eleven feet, and Lawford flannel, gives eleven feet at mean, low water. The entrance by North ohannol is ex tremely precarious to vessels drawing seven feet of water, and. impassable at low tides to any other. Swash channel varies in depth from seven tn ten feet. Maffit’e channel' is narrow at the bulkhead near Fart Moultrie jettee. The entrances to Charleston are such that a single vessel; could easily blockade tbe harbor without being.molested from possible fortifications on shore. Charleston is tennrottd with tbfi interior by the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and by two railroads that join, the the national network. Tbe entrance to Charleston 'is perfectly protected by Forts Mpultrio- and Sumpter, the latter on a shoal near the channel. There are also military works on Morris lßland and Cummings’ Point The city, lying at the con fluence of two rivers and surrounded, by lew rice marshes, is difficult of approach. There is an ap proach through Elliott’s cut, from Stone river. North Edisto river, between Charleston and St. Helena Sound; has nine feet of water, onto bar at mean low tide. This and the Stono. and South Edisto river entranaes arc good harbors of refuge from northeast winds for vessels of light draft. Beaufort. Following the,; coast downward,, (lie next sea- Jiort of any importance is Beaufort, South Caro ina. This pi see, situated on. St. Helena Island, is accessible by two inlets, via r the south chan nel of St. Helena Sound, in donth seventeen foot | the second' inlot, of twenty feet, being the southeast channel of Port Royat ontraneo. Beau fort river has an average depth. «f sixteen feet at low water, to a point within two miles of the city, and nearly fifteen up to, Beaufort. The entrance to this port it easier than that of Charleston, but as, there avo no railroad or river communications with; the interior, the importance of tho place as a port of entryjs limited. Interesting. AtfaiSh*=Aii interesting, ajnt instructive entertainment came off last evoking at the Bedding M. E. Church. A stirring Union poem was.re cited tv Colonel 8.. Maurice. It was entiSed “ The Up rising of tlio People; tsr, the Pulsations oh the Northern '3;,.Hit," and was very well received Vj the auA’enco, which was larsv rail appreciative. Bie. should add that an able address was also delivered, op the occasion by Jtev. J. S. Willis, It was a most aHtartive feature of tbe programme. ' Munitions of Wxn.-yCaptain Hitchcock, V, St Sbtjt arrived In FitUbiirs on Wednesday last, and immediately commenced the Inspection of navy shells, of which an enormous quantity have been oast and finished at ibe Port Pitt Works, The work will be pressed for wnrd with despatch, A car load of The ahetls and guns will probably reach tlu.v.vity 10.-day V.’A the Peun s ylvnv bin Boilroavl. i THE WEEKLY PRESS. Tut Wxkklt Paisa will be not to mbaoriben br meU (per In whence,) . 59.04 ThreeOoflM, “ “ 4.94 The •• ■< « B.M Ten <• « « 13.04 Twenty “ •« u (to one addrem) 90*94 Twenty Oebiee, or *r*r, (to eUnu or ••ch enbocrlber,) each., IJM tor a Club of Twenty-one or orer, we will lend ew ntro Co»r to the gattor-up of the Club. I Weekly Review of the Markets. ! Philadelphia, N„ v . 8,1861. [ The Pr/SliCi' markets bate been Inactive Coring tin* j past peck, tilt without much alteration in prices. In . Breadstuff. View) ia leas doing, tlio advice* from abroad ; being not so falVerabip, but, foe most kinds, prices'are' , well maintained tnd firm. Bark is quiet. For Coal' i there is more denned, chiefly ft* home consumption . Of | Coffee there is no rftet in first linnds. Sugar and Mo : lasse* are very quk-t. 3'oitOH Las favors* 1 Wh adficpg frnm Kntfaki* Fish fii&ih'ste&Jy demon V j Mil' Hie advance U Vi cvb maintained. .Foreign Frutt'is j very mart*, aud domentiV in Belling sfovly. Iron is in' bcffctf rpij-SMst, anti price# are firmer. loftd lias ad vaiiM-b Xicmber moves Hlovfy at previous sates. Koraf' Store? are firm; but Smvtu &

3"for ptoln tnd tkney • Sides at viatic , BnashouTderssixty days* €rreen* Keats are very 2.2d, Kirpah at 31.90, and bEantßa-at 65c®51.25, on time. FEATIIEBS ore very dull at3B®4oc ft ? far’Wost cm. FISH.—The demand for Mackerel is less active* but prices are steadily maintained: the wharf quotations are $7.62a8 for Mo. 1, $5.62)4 cf 6 for No. 2, and $4 for small threes, with sales of 1,000 bbis at these figures. The store quotations are sB.so®9*fbr No. 1, $6 for No. 2: -and fof am&U Afed Urlfrllwees. Plcki^d'Hetring range from $203.50, as to quality. For Shad and-Salmon there is not much demand. FBUIT.—The market is nearly bare of most kinds of foreign, and prices eontinue-to rule high; wo mute bunch liaising ftt anil layers at $2.87 iia3. currants are held at il#c* A few Havana Oranges sold at 2?5e6 4P bbl. Domestic fruit is rather quiet. Green Apples range from $2 to $4 bid, as in quality. Dried Apples are less active and lower, with sales at Dried Peaches sell At 6®7)£c for unpared hft)ys3 ftjjd QUMtdfS. Oriiiberries are -worth s, and fitch at VM, Spirits OlTUTpOIl" tine meets a limited inquiry at a further decline* small sales at $1.55 V gallon. PLASTER.—There is verr little coming forward. A small invoice of soft sold at $2.25 ton. . OILS Aft finu, WiillWioillraU sales of Sperm,.Vo»aie, and Lard Oils. Linseed is active, at a further-advance, with sflles at gallon. •Imports of Sperm and Whale Oil and Whalebone into the United States for the week ending Nov. 4,-.1861: &Ms dpi Bbta Whi Lbs Bods. 720 1,100 18)000 58,871 126,845. 96^700 Total ■Previously From Jan. Ito date.. .59,591 Same time last year ...69,085 BICE. —There is very little stock here, and it is Beilin* in a emnll way at a? Ws e&sli, SALT.—A cargo of Turks Island sold at t22c> usual credit. Two import* of Liverpool ground remain un sold, and have been stored. A prize cargo of-SL Kilt's, also sold by auction, on terms we did not learnt SEEDS.—Cloverseed is in good demand, small' sales at s4tSoi anti fionio at SHLG2# W linsbol. Timothy sells in lots at $1.75# 01.87 }£ . h'iaxseed is source, .aod much wanted by tlie’crnshers, at §1.8001,85 BVGAK is held firmly, and the stock in.first hands nearly exhausted; sales of Cuba, in a small-way, at Bo Bftc t on time. • SPIftITS —There is no change in foreign, &nd very litlle Belling. N. E. Bum sells at 30a32e. Whisky is firm; sales of Ohio bbls at 21 ® c; Peunfe. do at 21c \ drudge at 20®20#c; and hhds at 21c TALLOIV is in good demand; we notice n* few gajes of city-rendered at 9# ®92{c. Country is worth B#oB#c W ft* which Is au udiancif $ TOBACCO.—The stocks or both L&aL Manu factured arc very much reduced, and tho sales kre limit ed, but at vory, full' prices. / WOOL.—TI»e activity still continuec-wuribated, and,, the market being nearly bare of 'low and pra&itm grades, tiie inantifKturerfi are turning tfmir attontfon to the fin#!* descriptions) which have heretotere beeiriiogtected: sales of 100,000 lbs, ranging from 48 to 57oi’ raflh tho latter for Tub* which is scarce and in request.'. The Late General Bakers-Almost a Fro* phecy. "When the late lamented General E. D. Baker was in Congress, in a debate in.. Committee of the Whole, he was assailed as a foreigner by Mr. Ysuable ef North Carolina, a farions Democratic partisan. Below i 8 the reply which he made at the time, in whieh he seems to have foreshadowed the present unhappy conflict in .which the country is engaged, as well.as his own. brave death in de fence of his country and her. Constitution and flag. The SStS&et wlil be read with interest by many of his friends and admirers :: I beg leave to trouble the committee once more, since the course of the debate seems to be some what personal, although not altogether so; but, Wk&IAVSP of A WerSoßaliiitturathere'inay be,'l trust I shall not he frightened from, my temper or pro-' priety. I do not see what the birth-place of an individual so humble as myself eon possibly have to do with California; and.jocrbaps l ought to be obliged to the gentleman for dignifying mo, by Con necting my name for a moment with suoh a con troversy. But no man feels altogether satisfied to bavo his position studiously misrepresented and I appeal to the candor, of tbe gentleman, with’ when my &Ss6ciatiena- have- hitherto been agree able, if not friendly, to inform me what my an, cestors up to father Adam, have to do with tbe ad mission of California into this Union. Whether they came from (treat,Britain or anywhere else, it can make but little difference go fir os this question is concerned. But while I acknowledge the grace and magnanimity with which my colleague (EpHrisl has spoken for me,.l desire to say, also, for myself, if any gentleman on this floor, directly or indirectly, means to impute to me that, because my firstbreath may hav.e been drawn in a foreign land, and be cause my eyes first opened to tho light of, another flsy, that I am not in mind, heart, feeling?, pur poses, and intentions, as true to the land of my childhood, and the land of my choice, as,tl)s man who dares impsga me, be says wbat i» from the beginning untrue in word, and act, and deed—that winch is utterly and entirely untrue. Sir, I have proved it, ss my colleague haß Baid ; I have bared my bosom to-the battle on the Northwestern fron tier in Say youth and on ihe Seijttov, extern fron tier in my manhood. I have earned somewhat of the good will of my country. Ip the counoils of my State for a period; of, ton oonsecutive yeari, and in her service here, my constitu ents have confided in ipy. deyelion t» thtls interests and my attachment to. the Union. I have only to say that,.if the, time should come when disunion should r.uic tho hour, and discord is, to reign supreme, \ shall: again be ready to gtye the best blood in my veins.to.ay oountry’i curse. I shall be prepared* to meet all antagonists, with lanee in rest, to do battle ip every land in defenoe of the Constitution of my country, which t have / sworn to support, to thi* lsist extremity, against/ Disunionists and all ifa enemies, whether ot tne South or tbe North—tu moot them everywhere, at all times, with speech or hand, with weed or blow, ■until thought or being shall be min® ns,longer. / Hat for the Government.— Owing tj eewotty of W- lb Wniliitigtou. and oansoaur Trices, Government egenta arc naw DJjJimg purchases in the interior of the Stale. The bay to Harrisbure, and thence conveyed sopthwe" road. Fortunately, the bay crop of the -• has been a largo one, eo that prices in " ' twit come down to a rwsn»M« a* —‘ 127,995 986,100 138,006 1,352,500 the It high Ltenslre shipped / by r»ll fent se»Bo.n igto.u Rum.