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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<l military man in tills i
column—not excepting even Sherman himself—is ;
General Wood, of Kentucky. General Sherman I
was only commissary, with tho rAnk of captain, j
when he resigned ; McCook only captain of infan- ■
try I Johnson captain of cavalry. General Wood’s >
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 &<P ’Jiirpenlinp Wlbss octirff.
a good lit other kinds thero'
is no flbange. Plaster is steady. Provisions are ftrm»
but quiet.* No change in Ttice or tielt. Cloverseed* ir irr ‘
better dcraimd T and Flaxseed is scarce nt the ad?aur«.
(Pfsi, IP6IH!W4- Woo! conttnuT'tti riflo bjghi Thtf
Pry Goods market is quiet, exceptor artii'les suitable'
for army purposes# which uro source and in demand atf
| advanced, rates,-anil all staple articles of Cotton and'
: - TYwllea ntanufhctore arc funding npwr.tfi
j Tilt* FiJitr m&ritet Ims ruled dull news from '
[ ai road, and only about 7,000 bids found at about
: pn •vlous rates, vis r $5.50 for superfine, $6:750:5.87% for
< ra, and 86 for extra family, including a sale of Broad,
stra ot 3liils extra oa private terms. The snitg
and bakers are limited vritbin «il}B Of
s, and fancy toib from $4.56 to 87.50 & bbl. Uyo
“ is rather more plenty, and Helling at 04
hbr- a s in quality, Com meaL nothing doing; we
ciuoWvPenn’a at and Brandywine at 83.15
9* Tiitb limited mint 7
•AT.—Tliero isfair amount offering, and the
demand ie good nt ahont previous rates. Balcg of
. 7&,ottPlf nalicls at 30 for common to good, and '
ptime- tWestorn and Pmnsylvania reds, 81*35 for
-Stalttiem do. and white set 81.35:51.45. Byo is dnli, with '
JnnKylvnniaat7il»T2c ? and Pvl ft ware at 60©66Ci
<?srir jir ni steady denmnd,* and 25,000 bushels ythoW r *
aflorftussid ut 62ct63c, meetly at thn former figure, and
61®03fe i» ;Btore. Oats are * Unchanged, 15,000 bushels
prime 3 k is»\H'are sold at 39c, -and 70,000 bushels Permsyl
vdfiLvoOlOcv Barley is d&U:3!few York has been soldat
72cf.'®nd'53)»i»h<Tn nt,ssc IP'buSheb
Is UtttVmdidoing in any liini; -
cmdH%aUi vf Tness Pnrk HI 814.50«15 & bbl, cash and
short Mcdt; atyur 2,000 taken tofiU Govern
menr toitttsrets In 29ew York &0& Bettmore .pa private
terms. City-packed mess oa wanted* ffr' shi^
stored at*@Mals. Bacon is an# prices are now
j gf Hamff »t 7®l>3"for ptoln tnd tkney •
Sides at viatic , BnashouTderssixty
days* €rreen* Keats are very <i w*r: ‘a side of Shouldera
was nmtteaMKSdjfc \ we quote IliratfiaiidfSklea at
Lard ts Uelitlnnly at the advanso Tinted last week ; sales
of tierce?and bbls at \ but with
out Btioii' IKwtw—Prices are bat there is
less offering-; .isles uf packed Pomnytvania am! Ohio at
Barsjgc ; good- do at 0c ; Western Eisttrve ikary at lie,
and fresh/m lofe, atOJs®H»£c, quality. Cheese
continues dull at the decline noted ZAeV week: sales of
new lb.
MBTALH.—rThtro is mow inquiry fait Pi#Wn, but
bu) ere apd sdlur&aro apart in their uf 1,066
tons No. 1 Adthrnrite mostly at 818 Rteall sales
of No. 2at $F7.7 Scotch Pig Is nominally l held at 822, 6
months, but then* has been no movement of Bar
and Boiler Iron continue as last quoted. Lew}— I £bere
is H& clock in and prices iiave'iid'vanced C
3P* tb; some pUrdhooes were miulu in New Vorb, to coote
here, at c cash/ Copper is dull at 24eS6e-for eiieath
ing. Yellow adyniced, and is new held at 19c,
6 months.
BAIiK comes forward Blowly, anil is In demand:
GUlfil of Ist K&. 1 QUWfeitrrm at 828 ton,-and some ae
loclod brands at 828 50. Tanners’ Bark is steady at 810
4? cord for chestnut; and £11.50®12 for Spanish onk.
BEESWAX is scarce. Gooi yellow conunn&da 32a33c
V lb.
CANDLES.—Price.? continue as last quoted''' a sale of
100 boxes *l»mi fit 30c, on tllli4. City Liadc admaaniln*
sell ut 16®18c W Ibi * There are few Western here. Tal
low Candles are firm at 11® 12c ft.
COAL.—There is more activity in the demand for
home use, and the inquiry for the East and other markets
is better, ami prices are fully maintained and firm.
COFFEEi—The market U bare of Bio
tiim of a prize cargo in the hands of the Government,
which is not offered at present; sales of 800 bogs Bio at
ldX®J6)ic for low grade, and prime and scu&lots of
Laguayra at 17)£c, on time.
COTTON.—Tbe advices from abroad havo onrajed an
upward tendency in market; and holders liauu fut up
their prices. The sales nre limited, being confiued to 180
bales: uplands at 2*da2sc lb, cash: the latter for good
middlings, including samples at 20®22c Ib.
DKCGS AND DYES arc firm: opinm is dull; alum
ranges fi-om 2a i 2 y , B 'c f°r lump and ground. The last sal?
Of IftgU'OOil WAS Ht Slfi ion,-lor Jamaica Gambler
sells at 4#4 Kc; soda ash, ; indigo, the activity
still continues, with further sales of 100 cases,.including
Bengal at £1.750>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<s«p7 %*" ppj, A3' 10
Quality.
FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool there is less
prices are not so firm \ a ship was taken up last week .at
a price kept private} a small vessel was also taken up
to load tor Cork and orders at 14d for grain, and M.
flour; a brig was chartered to St. Thomas with eoalat
s6 4P ton f with privilege of going to Rio at $8 1? too ad
ditional. Boston Freights are very dull, and the. rates,
if anything, lower; wc quote flour at 20c, oats Scvand
measurement goods at s®6c 4P" foot: Coal VCSSOIfI- are m
good demand at an advance on U&t Week's
say $1.50 to Boston and $1 to New* York.
GINSENG is scarce, awl no sales of Crude or Clarified
have been reported.
GUANO—The season is over, and the sales are unim
portant At quotations.
HIDES are firm but quiet. with saUs of Slaughter at
full prices.
HEMP is very quiet, there being no American-here
in first hands. Jute is held at $1.12 4P. ton, 6 months.
HOPS are very dull, with small sales at 22®240f0r
first tort, Eastern and Western.
HAY k active, aud wiling at 65»f5b the 166 & a . .
LUMBER.—There is very little movement in any
kind. A cargo of yellow' Sap Boards sold at $13®14 on
time. About 200,000 Laths sold from the landing atsl.lo
01.25 M. Pickts are not wanted. Cooperage Lum
ber meets a fair inquiry at previous quotations.
‘MOLASSES.—The market contiuuce very quictyWllX
the only sales reported are some Barbadoea at 39c, and
New Orleans at 52c, on time.
NAVAL STORES.—The stock of Rosin is very light,
and it sells in a small way at $505.25 for 55.50
05.75 for medium j and fprfiNO* Tlir is Bteady ftt
35.25 ers.sl>, 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.