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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1361.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—“ TUe conspiracy
to break np the Union is a fact now known to
Blit Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can he but two sides
to the controversy. ETery man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors.”
THE LATEST WAU NEWS.
Our latest intelligence is of the most gratifying
character. The tide of vrar is sotting strongly in
favor of the cause of the Union, ily land and by
sea our arms are being crowned with victory, and
the haughty rebels made to fool the power of tho
noble Government they have wantonly nsstiled, A
feeling of terror pervades ihe whole Southern sea
board. The blow struck at Hatteras Inlet has been
followed up by another still more important at
Beaufort, which has filled South Carolina with dis
mny, and made her proud traitors tremble for tho
safety of their metropolis.
Our telegraphic despatches furnish all the details
of the operations of our great expedition which
have up to this time been received. The accounts
of the capture of the rebel forts at Hilton Head,
Bay Point., and Port Royal, after a sevoro struggle,
in which the enemy suffered a heavy toss, are too
well authenticated to admit of further doubt.
Now that we have gained possession of Beaufort,
we eon undoubtedly retain it, for while we control
theeurteunding harbors and rivers with our gun
boats it can easily be made almost impregnable.
A safe rendezvous is thus scoured, whero a force
can be gathered that will threaten both Charleston
and Savannah. When the large reinforcements,
which it is understood are rapidly being fitted out,
join the original expedition, not only will those
cities be at our mercy, but New Orleans and Mo
bile will also be endangered.
We are informed, too, of the glorious victory of
General Nelson (a name that may henceforth he
as renowned in American as in English history)
over the rebels in Eastern Kentucky. The rout of
the enemy was complete, a large number of them
being killed, and 1,000 prisoners, including the
rebel General Williams, were captured. Thus,
Eastern Kentucky is secured from further ravages,
and the traitors will be obliged tu abandon, as hold
ers. any further demonstration in thnt quarter.
The capture of so large a body ol' prisoners, in view
of the probability of an early exchange of the cap
tives of the respective armies, strengthens our
hopes for u speedy release of all the Union prison
ers taken at Ball’s Bluff, Bull Run, and other
places. We have repeatedly directed attention to
General Nelson’s movements, and indicated the
probability of his success in the important expedi
tion in which he was engaged. The realization of
these expectations is peculiarly gratifying.
News from rebel sources intimates thnt the Union
men in East Tennessee, fired with the hope of being
speedily rescued by our approaching armies from'
the tyranny that has tee long oppressed them, have
not been content with sending forth some of their
most gallant and determined sons to enlist under
cur banner in Kentucky, but that those who re
main behind are seriously harassing the rebel ar
mies. by intercepting their lines of communication.
It is said that, among their other achievements,
they have cut off Buckner's retreat. The counsels
of glorious Andy Johnson, and of Parson Brownlow,
have not been forgotten ; and, if the Cumberland
Gap expedition proves successful, such an uprising
may be expected among them as tho world ha;
rarely witnessed.
Further details of the late massacre of a portion
of the Union troops stationed at Guyandotte, Vir
ginia, show thnt they were destroyed by a most in
human and despicable act of treachery and cruelty.
The rebel population who betrayed them, and the
rebel EOldiers who killed them in eold blood, de
serve, as they will receive, the execration of man
kind. in this and all succeeding ages The massa
cre at Wyoming, and the slaughter of General
Wayne’s troops by the British at Pnoli, wore less
horrible and justifiable than this bloody outrage.
No one will wonder that the dwellings in which they
had lured our brave soldiers on to death, by pro
fessions of friendship and proffers of hospitality,
were burned to the ground as soon as Cot. Ziegler
was apprised of the facts; and we hope that swift
retribution will also overtake and punish tho mur
derous rebel soldiers.-
Northern Creditors in Virginia.
We published, some days ago, an abstract
of the opinion of the provost judge at Alex
andria, J. R. Frease, which stated the facts
involved in the cases of Bowe.v, Holmes & Co.,
of New York, and Morris L. Hallowell &
Co., of Philadelphia, against Wither & Bro
thers, and Wither & Co., of Alexandria.
The plaintiffs Instituted the proceedings lu
the suits referred to, for the purpose of recover
ing the amount of debts due them by firms
composed in whole or part of men who are
connected with the rebel army. The provost
judge ordered that certain goods of tho de
fendants, found in Alexandria, should be deli
vered to, or sold for the benefit of, tbe plain
tiffs. His decision, however, was submitted
to the Cabinet for further consideration, and
it appears they have not yet finally determined
what action shall he taken. The lawyers for
the defendants have made an earnest effort to
stay all further, action, and they ingeniously
argue that strong guards must ba established
against the presentation and enforcement
of fraudulent demands before a military
tribunal, whose action is summary. The
Administration has not yet confirmed the
order of Judge Frease. It has, how
ever, directed him to retain possession of
the goods of the defendants, and meanwhile
the virtual destruction of the usual civil pro
cesses in such portions of the rebel States as
fall into our possession strongly indicates the
necessity of resorting to some such mode of
procedure as that adopted in Alexandria.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are now due
to Northern creditors, which can probably
never be collected in any other way. Most of
these claims have perhaps been forever sacri
ficed; but all proper measures should be
cheerfully adopted to lighten the burden and
diminish the losses of the thousands of mer
chants who have been ruined by misplaced
confidence in Southern customers. In Eastern
Virginia there can be no remedy for Northern
creditors, unless it be afforded by the military
authorities as our army progresses in occupy
ing rebel districts, or unless Congress esta
blishes new courts of specific power. In most
cases, the local Virginia officers—judges,
sheriffs, and clerks—seek shelter in the rebel
armies, and,in suits like those we hare referred
to, when the claims are admitted to be valid,
due, and unpaid, there are no existing civil
tribunals competent or willing to enforce
them.
A Word to the Fair.
The ladies of Pennsylvania, beautiful and
accomplished, are eminently ornamental—the
life, grace, and charm of society. They have
now the opportunity, at which they should re
joice, as true-hearted women, of being emi
nently useful also. There is an absolute ne
cessity, at this moment, for knit woollen socks
and mittins, with a variety of other “ fixins,”
in the shape of various articles of wearing ap
parel, lor the brave defenders of their country’s
constitutional rights. It is utterly impossible
to keep the army in health without warm feet
and hands, and cotton socks and Berlin gloves
are wholly inadequate for this purpose. Every
gentlewoman ought to be able to use her
needle, and she cannot better employ her time
than in providing these articles, not only for
the men on duty, but for the sick soldiers.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Philadelphia
(whose headquarters are at 701 'Walnut street)
will gladly and gratefully accept all contribu
tions of this kind for the sick and wounded
patriots, and the War Department at Wash
ington will receive articles for the brave men
in service. Inner clothing, of all kinds, will
be gratefully received by the soldiers in ser
vice. We simply remind the fair sex of this.
It is for them to take the hint, and act upon it.
The following just compliment to the Go
vemor of Pennsylvania appears in the last
number of the Delaware county Republican
“No man in the Commonwealth has more fairly
earned, none more justly deserves support at the
hands of her Union-loving citizens, than Governor
Curtin. Laboring' under every disadvantage since
the breaking out of the war, he has steadily pursued
the even tenor of his wayi and has succeeded in
placing Pennsylvania at tho head of the loyal
States in the Union. Mainly through his indefati
gable exertions have one hundred thousand men,
in our State, been mustered into the service of the
Government. The labor, the responsibility, and
anxiety, which have devolved upon him, have been
immense, and yet ho has met all these, and per
formed his duty faithfully and well.”
Bargains is Pianos and Mklodeons.—There
feeing a large temporary reduction in the cost of ma
nufacture of the above, J. E Gould, Seventh and
■Chestnut streets, offers the fuli benefit to his cus
tomers. gee advertisement.
Sale this Evening.—Miscellaneous books. Eng
lish and American editions, including elegant illus
trated works, now arranged for examination, with
catalogues.
Valuable Beal Estate, 26ih inst., including
elegant and plain city residences, and thirty acres
of valuable land, Oak lane.' Peremptory sales by
Order of Orphans’ Court, executors, ftc,
See Thomas J- Sons’ advertisements of both sales.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL,"
Wasiiisotox, November 12, 1861
“ Forbearance, Patience, Confidence.”
These words, used by our young Commander
iii-clilef, in his short spcecli to the Committee
of tbe Philadelphia City Councils, represent
equally his own theory of the campaign,
and his own solution of the duty of the citi
zen—Forbearance in onr treatment of our
public servants, Patience in regard to the ope
rations of the army, hearty Confidence in the
ultimate triumph of the good cause. That
the President and his constitutional advisers
have made some mistakes in the selection of
men cannot be denied, hut who would not
have erred in the face of such novel perils,
and in the midst of such extraordinary respon
sibilities ? That some grave military blunders
Lave been committed is also too true,
but these were alike unavoidable, with an
almost entirely improvised army, and with
a foe that had accustomed itself to
every manner of frapd and crime. But
from the nettle Danger our young General i 3
daily plucking tlie flower Safety. He knows
the Taluc of a victory on tho Potomac, hut he
knows the value of abundant preparation be
fore lie strikes. He knows that millions of
freemen are watching and waiting, with palpi
tating hearts, for the moment' when the blow
shall fail, but lie knows that every day’s delay
is inflicting new calamities upon the conspira
tors. While liis line is being fortified and
strengthened—while his army is being in
creased—they are growing weaker and weaker.
As they contemplate his movements, and won
der why he does not advance, they hear around
them the voice of a betrayed, indignant, and
starving people, and behind them the echo of
the triumphant carmen of tin? Union army,
As thousands of troops are rushing forward
with noble alacrity to his standard, thousands
are subtracted from the standard of the rebel
foe. It may be that his advance upon Rich
mond will be an unresisted advance, now that
the naval expedition is breaking up tlie Con
federacy in the rear, and battering down their
coast towns. Thus his laurels may not be as
brilliant as if they were stained with the blood
Of the traitors; but who will complain if tho
end is accomplished; if tho good work is done;
if the soil of the Old Dominion shall be purged
of the vermin that have been despoiling it ?
I was in the-Senate on the fourth of Janua
ry, 1JS&0, and heard tlie young Vice President
—then in the flush of his popularity—pro
nounce his greatly admired speech immediate
ly before the removal of that august body to
their new chamber, Mr. Breckinridge pos
sesses, in a remarkable degree, the graces
of a finished orator, and his friends pride them
selves upon the manner in which he utters his
thoughts. It may be said of him, that he ra
pidly rose to tlie respective liigh positions con
ferred upon him by the pooplc, more by his
personal address, and his peculiar traits as a
public speaker, than by tlie strength or origi
nality of his views oil great questions. He
was, in fact, an ImitAtor of the great Kentucky
statesman, Henry Clay. Whatever opinions
he sincerely entertained he inherited from his
great family—all the members of which were
emancipationists, if not Abolitionists. As an
illustration of this, I remember hearing Mr.
Breckinridge relate, to a large company, when
lie first came into tlie Congress of the United
States—almost a hoy—that in passing down
the Ohio river, on one of the magnificent float
ing palaces, in company with General Sam
Houston, the latter said to him, « John Breck
inridge,” pointing to the Kentucky shore,
“ there is Kentucky; look upon itand then
pointing to the Ohio shore, “ there is Ohio;
dwell upon it. The same soil, the same pro
ductions, and almost the same people—.why
is it, that on your side ol the river desolation
and poverty seem to prevail, and on the op
posite shore all is prosperity and cultivation ?
I tell you, young man, .it is because the curse
of slavery rests upon Kentucky.” In truth, if
there was any sincerity in Breckinridge, it
was deep-seated and candid hostility to sla
very. His great uncle, Robert, is now speak
ing what the apostate nephew fias a thou
sand times proclaimed as his own doctrine,
and his New Jersey mother, if she could
speak from her tomb,' would rebuke the
scandalous treason of which he has become
the infamous representative. It is well, there
fore, to oppose to Ills, prosent example the
opinions he so recently proclaimed. No one
man of equal intellect and years has ever been
more flattered or fawned upon than Breckin
ridge. No one man has ever been so largely in
debted to the Union as this same Breckinridge.
He was, in truth, the Creature of Northern
politicians. His first auxiliaries, apart from
the people in his own district, came from
Pennsylvania. Tho money that put him
into Congress, in 1852-3, was raised in
New York. His nomination for tlie Vice
Presidency did not como from the South—
f. om the people whose abject tool and slave he
has now become—but from the warm-hearted
and generous men of the free States, against
whom he has drawn his traitor sword. But
not alone has he been unfaithful to these. He
has turned upon his own blood—upon his own
friends—upon the memory of his own father
and mother—upon the State in which he was
born, and upon the doctrine of State Rights
lie has so frequently advocated. If, how
ever, no single man of our day and generation
has received so much at the hands of a gene
rous country, so no other man has repaid this
munificence by such unexampled ingratitude
and treason. It rarely happens to one indi
vidual to bestow unnumbered blessings upon
his kind, but how easy it is for a single man
to plunge liis country into ruin, and to render
himselt immortally infamous ? John C-
Brcckinridge might have saved the country
he is endeavoring to slay. If he had saved it
he would have been remembered with grati
tude—now he will be remembered with indig
nation. The following is an extract from his
speech before tho Senate on the 4th of Janu
ary, 1859:
It is impossible to disconnect from an occasion
like this, a crowd of reflection on our past history,
and of speculations on the future. The most mea
gre account of tho Senate involves a summary of
the progress of our country. From year to year
you have seen yonr representation enlarge; time
and again you have proudly welcomed a new sister
into the Confederacy; and the occurrences of this
day arc A material &nd impressive proof of the
growth and prosperity of the United States. Three
period’s in the history of the Senate mark, in
striking contrast, three epochs in the history of the
Union.-
. On the 3d of March, 1789, when the' Government
was organized under the Constitution, the Senate
was composed of the representatives of eleven
States,- containingthree millions of people.^
On the 6th of December, 1819, when the Senate
met for the first time in this room, it was composed
of the representatives of twenty-one States, con
taining nine millions of people.
To-day it is composed of the representatives of
thirty-two States, containing more than twenty
eight millions of people, prosperous, happy, and
still devoted to constitutional liberty. Let these
great facts speak for themselves to,all the world.
The career of the United States cannot he mea
sured by that of any other people of whom history
gives account; and the mind is almost appalled
at the contemplation of the prodigious force which
has marked their progress. Sixty-nine years ago,
thirteen States, containing three millions of inhabi
tants, burdened with debt, and exhausted by the
long war of independence, established for their
common good a free Constitution, on principles
hew to mankind, and began their experiment with
the good wishes of a few doubting friends and tbe
derision of the world. Look at the result to-day ;
twenty-eight millions of people, in every way hap
pier than an equal number in any other part of the
tlobe I the centre of population and political power
escending the western slopes of the Alleghany
mountains, and the original thirteen States forming
but the eastern margin on the map of our vast pos
sessions. See, besides, Christianity, civilization,
and the arts given to a continent; the despised
colonies grown into a Power of the first class, re
presenting and protecting ideas that involve the
progress of the human race; a commerce greater
than that of any other nation ; free interchange be
tween the States; every variety of climate, soil,
and production to make a people powerful and
happy—in a word, behold present greatness, and,
ia the future, an empire to which the anoient mis
tress of the world in the height of her glory could
not be compared. Such is our country; ay, and
more—far more than my mind could conceive or
my tongue could utter. Is there an American who
regrets the past? Is there one who will deride his
country’s laws, pervert her Constitution, or alien
ate her people ? If there be such a man, .let his
memory descend to posterity laden with the exe
crations of all mankind.
So happy is the politioal and social condition of
the United States, and so accustomed ore we to the
secure enjoyment ofa freedom elsewhere unknown,
that we are apt to undervalue tho treasures we
possess, and to lose, in some degree, the sense of
obligation to our forefathers. But whon the strifes
of faction shake the Government, and even threat
en it, we may pause with advantage long enough
to remember that wo are reaping the reward of
other men’s labors. This liberty wo inherit; this
admirable Constitution, which has survived peace
and war, prosperity and adversity; this double
scheme of Government, State and Federal, so pe
culiar and so little understood by other Bowers,
yet.which protects the earnings of industry, and
makes the largest personal freedom compatible
with public order; these great results were not ac
quired without wisdom, and toil, and blood—the
touching and heroic record is before the world.
But to all this we were born, and, like heirs upon
whom has been cast a groat inheritance, have only
the high duty to preserve, to extend, and to
adorn it. The grand productions of the era in
which the foundations of this Government were
laid, reveal the deep sense its founders had of their
obligations to the whole family of man. Lot ns
never forget that the responsibilities imposed on
this generation are by so much the greater than
those which rested on our revolutionary ancestors,
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1861.
ns the population, extent, and power of ottr country
surpass Hie dawning promise of its origin.
It would bo a pleasing task to pursuo many trains
of thought, not wholly foreign to this occasion, but
the temptation to enter the wide field must bo
rigorously curbed; yet I may be pardoned, per
haps, for one or two additional reflections,
The Senate is assembled for the last time in this
chamber. Henceforth it will be converted to other
uses; yot it must, remain forever connected with
great events, uml sacred to tho memories of tho do
parted orators and statesmen who hero engaged in
high debates, anil shaped tho policy of their coun
try. Hereafter the American and tho stranger, as
they wauder through the Capitol, will turn with in
stinctive reverence to view the Epot on w-hieh so
many and great materials have accumulated for
history. They will recall the images of the great
and the gaud, whose renown is the common pro
perty of the Union; and chiefly, perhaps, they will
linger around the seats once occupied by the mighty
three, whose names and fume, associated in life,
death has not been able to sever; illustrious men,
who in their generation somotimes divided, some
times led. and sometimes resisted public opinion—
for they were ofthat higher class of statesmen who
seel; the right and follow their convictions.
There sat Calhoun, the Senator, inflexible, aus
tere, oppressed, but not overwhelmed by his deep
cense of the importance of his public functions)
seeking tho train, then fearlessly following it—a
man whose unsparing intellect compelled nil his
emotions to harmonize with the deductions of his
rigorous logic, and whose noble countonanoe ha
bitually wore the expression of one cugagod in the
performance of high public duties,
This was Webster’s seat. He. too, was every
inch a Senator. Conscious of his own vast powers,
he reposed with confidence on himself; and scorn
ing the contrivances of smaller men, ho stood
among his peers all the greater for the simple dig
nity of his senatorial demeanor.. Type of hia
northern home, he rises before the imagination., in
the grnnd mid granite outline of his form mid in
tellect, like a great New England rock, repelling a
New-England wave. As a writer, his productions
will be cherished by statesmen aud scholars whilo
the English tongue Is spoken. As a senatorial
orator, LU groat offorta are hislorioiilly fisjocUtccl
with this chamber, whoso very air seems yet to
vibrate beneath the strokes of his deep tones and
his weighty words.
On tho outer circle sat Henry Clay, with his im
petuous and ardent nature untamed by ago, and
cxhibiiing in the Senate the same vehement patri
otism and passionate eloquence that of yoro elec
trified the House of and the coun
try. His extraordinary personal endowments, his
courage, all his noble qualities, invested him with
an individuality and a charm of character which,
in any ago, would have made him a favorite of
history. He loved bis country above all earthly
objects, lie loved liberty in all countries. Illus
trious man ! —orator, patriot, philanthropist—whose
light, at its meridian, was seen and folt in the re
motest parts of the civilized world; and whoso de
clining sun, as it hastened down the west, threw
back its level beams, in hues of mellowed splendor,
to illuminate and to chcor the land ho loved and
served so well.
All the States may point, with gratified pride, to
the services in the Senate of their patriotic sons.
Crowding the memory, come the names of Adams.
Hayne, 'Wright, Mason, Otis, Macon, Pinckney, and
the rest—l cannot number them—who, in the record
of their act© and utterances, appeal to their suc
cessors to give the Union a destiny not unworthy
of the past. What models were these, to awaken
emulation or to plunge in despair! Fortunate will
be the American statesmen who. in this age, or in
succeeding times, shall contribute to invest the new
hall to which we go with historic memories like
those which cluster here.
And now, Senators, we leave this memorable
chamber, bearing with us, unimpaired, the Con
stitution we received from our forefathers. Let
us cherish it with grateful acknowledgments to tho
Divine Power who controls the destinies of empires
and whose goodness we adore. The structures
reared by men yield to the corroding tooth of time.
These marble walla must moldcr into ruin; but tho
principles of constitutional liberty, guarded by
wisdom and virtue, unlike material elements, do
not decay. Let us devoutly trust that another
Senate, in another age, shall bear to a now and
larger chamber, this Constitution vigorous and in
violate, and that the last generation of posterity
shall witness the deliberations of the Bcprcscnta
tives of American States still united, -prosperous,
and free.
Public Amusements.
To the popular romantic play of tho “House on
tho Bridge of Notre Dame,” the management of
the Arch-street Theatre will add to-night the ex
travaganza of “ Shyloek,” akin in merriment to
its predecessor of “ Mazeppa.” The “House on
the Bridge ” will be withdrawn after to-night.
Boucicault’s comedy of “ IVest End” has been
prepared for Thursday evening, and, in a short
time, Tom Taylor’s comedy of “ Up at the Hills ”
will bo ready for representation. Tho public can
be assured that, with its present resources, the
Arch is calculated to do justice to the best con
ceptions of the now and tho old dramatists.
At the Walnut, Mr. J. S. Clarke will appear
this evening in the comedy of “Everybody’s
Friend,” and in a new fAree. Mr. Clarke has wen
for himself; by the sheer force of talent, one of the
first reputations of the country, and the experience
of some months of starring has done much to de
velop his judgment, and soften and refine his
manners. Few young comedians owe so much to
nature. His mobility of feature is often wonder
ful, and a rare individuality attends all his per
formances. Undertaking a list of widely different
characters, he never repeats himself, and free from
the extravagances which beset most comedians, he
is in general truthful to life, yet always popular.
At the Continental Theatre, the Wallacks and
Mr. Davenport continue, appearing to-night in the
play of “ Rob Roy.” Mr. Davenport ropeats Jcr
rold’s nautical drama of “ Black Eyed Susan.”
Herrmann last night had a large and brilliant
audience at the Academy. Governor Curtin and
his staff were present, and seemed to enjoy the'
great Prestidigitateur’s feats immensely. This eve
ning is his last but three, whenho repeats his groat
comic programme. ’ These fleeting opportunities of
seeing this expert in his art should not be neglected
by our arauAement-seeitisg public. ”
Signor Blitz holds over at tho Temple of Won
ders, and gives an exhibition this afternpon.
Waugh’s Italia is still in town, and the enter
tainments are deservedly popular and well at
tended.
The Phkenakosmians of Gettysburg.—The
Alumni of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, fol
lowing the example of other educational institu
tions, have a literary society with a Greek name.
On the 21al September,f Jehu S. Hart, LL. D., for
merly Principal of the Philadelphia High School,
delivered the biennial address, before this Phrena
kosmian Society, on “ Some of the Mistakes of
Educated Men.” What he said has beenpublished
by request, and we have perused it. Dr. Hart
treats his subject in a practical and sensible man
ner, laying down certain plain rales, and arguing
in their favor. These are as follow: Take care of
your bodily health ; Acquire the habit of being be
forehand with whatever you undertake ; Hold on
to the calling or profession which you choose; Have
some fresh intellectual acquisition always in
hand; Avoid the mistake of limiting too strictly
your studies to your own specialty, or yonr
intercourse to your own particular set or caste;
Cultivate the art of Conversation; cultivate good
manners, and “Be truly loyal to the dear land
which gave you birth and nurture. Cultivate a
nice sense of personal honor, which shall keep you
unsullied even among the corruptions of party po
litics. Aim in all public affairs to do right, rather
than to gain place or power. As Henry Clay once
said, on a memorable occasion when pressed to de
sist from a certain course, lest it should endanger
his election, so you too may proudly say, should
he alternative ever be placed before you, ‘ Gentle
meti f lhad rather be right than be President
These are golden'rules for young men entering the
world, and Dr. Hart has illustrated them in a for
cible manner, without any falling into the too com
mon error of the day—fine writing. His plain dic
tion is appropriate and good.
The Religious Press.
The religious press of the North, with but few
exceptions, are among the most loyal of our news
papers. In speaking of the present rebellion, they
use no mincing phrases, no “ uncertain sounds,”
but characterize it as a wicked and causeless at
tempt to break up one of the best Governments the
world has ever known. Nor do they favor a dis
honorable compromise, while they would gladly
hail peace—such a peace as would fully vindicate
the Government, and forever put an end to the
odious doctrine of Secession—hence, they advocate
a “forward” movement, and would “conquer a
peace.” The following artiole, from the last num
ber. of the Protestant Churchman , edited by the
Bev. Dr. Tyng, is a fur specimen of the tone of
the religious press of tbe North :
1 ‘ What, then, is our duty in this crisis ' ‘Go for
ward. Speak unto them that they go forward.’
The Government must go forward. The people
must insist upon it, that they do go forward. For
ward in the prosecution of this actual struggle, un
til, cost what it may, it has been triumphantly and
finally settled in the full re-establishment of our
Government, our country, our laws, our liberty,
and our territory, over every foot of soil which
violent insurgcnco has pretended to claim. To
Stop anywhere short of this is to do nothing per
manently, and to have done and suffered every
thing in vain. To yield at any point within this
makes the whole contest past a mere insanity, and
every life and every dollar an useless sacrifice.
We had better have left off the contention before it
were meddled with, and haTe allowed the robber
peaceably to depart, after he hnd spoiled our goods,
before our resistance had resulted in the murder of
our children, and the wounding of ourselves. The
great principles at stake are only to be secured by
final victory. If they are to be yielded in a time-serv
ing and cowardly peace, at any point of the contest,
the responsibility of prolonging it to that point is just
so much the greater; and the oppression of the
tyranny to which we yield is to be just so much the
more violent,f or the suffering and loss which,by our
resistance, we have caused it. We cannotafford to
rest at any point, as a nation keeping tho truth, till,
by the blessing of God, we have made that truth
triumphant. To doubt whether we may as a right
ful nation do this is to deny the whole authority
and purpose of human government. We habitually
pray in our? liturgy that God would ‘so direct and
dispose the hearts of all Christian rulers, that they
may truly and impartially administer justice to the
punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the
maintenance of his true religion and virtue.’ It is
as much tho righteous duty of a Government to
punish vice as to maintain true religion and virtue.
And what state or aspect of vice more destructive,
more inexcusable, more, an outrage upon men,
could have ever been imagined by man than the
wide-spread and slaughtering rebellion with which
our country is now struggling? The duty of the
Government is to go forward, and the duty of tho
people is to speak unto them that they go forward,
wilh increasing vigor and determination, at what
ever cost of wealth, and with whatever employment
Of arms or men."
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IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
RECONNOISSANCE BY GEN. HEINT
ZELMAN TO OCCoqi'AN CREEJK.
CAPT. TODD, OF THE LINCOLN CAVALRY,
THEY CUT THEIR WAY THROUGH.
THREE KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED—
CAI’T. TODD A PRISONER.
GRATIFYING OFFICIAL ADVICES FROM EUROPE.
IMPORTANT MILITARY CHANGES IN THE
WESTERN DEPARTMENT.
Clothing to ho Sant South to Federal Pri9«n.u.
Affairs on the Lower Potomac.
ADVANCE OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEDERAL
TROOPS FROM ALEXANDRIA,
FEOM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
NEWS FROM THE REBEL ARMY IN VIRGINIA.
THE MASSACRE AT GUYANDOTTE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TREACHERY
OF THE INHABITANTS.
THE LATE BATTLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
Two Rebel Generals Taken Prisoners.
THE LOYALISTS OF TENNESSEE.
THE BRIDGE OVER THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER BURNED.
BUCKNER’S RETREAT CUT OFF!
AFFAIRS Iff MISSOURI.
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
Washington, November 12, 1881.
Important Reconnoissance by General
Six regiments of Infantry, with two batteries anil
three companies of cavalry, under eemmancl of
Gen. Heintzelman, made a reconnoissance to-day
as far as Occoquan creek, about twenty-five miles
from Washington, or eighteen miles from Alexan
dria, in a southwesterly direction.
Thoy started at 4 o’clock this morning and re.
turned late this evening.
The entire force first went to Pohick Church, and
there divided—one portion taking the telegraph
road to Burke’s station on the Orange and Alexan
dria railroad, and tbe other the rood to a point on
the Ocecquan creek, about three miles from tho
Potomac river. The latter crossed Pohick and Ac
cotink creeks, and reached the Occoquan without
meeting with any opposition.
Captain Tonn’s company of the Lincoln Cavalryi
which was with the party that went in the direc
tion of Burke’s Station, were sent out to make a
reconnoissance in advance of the infantry.
When several miles from tho other portion of the
division, they were suddenlysurrounded by a large
number of rebels who had been concealed in the
woods.
Occasional.
Their only hope of escape, therefore, was by cut
ting their way through, A skirmish accordingly
ensued, and the cavalry effected their purpose, but
with a loss of three men killed, one wounded, and
throe taken prisoners, including, it is supposed, in
the last named, Capt. Todd, who had ventured at
least a quarter of a mile in advance of his com
mand.
The object of the reconnoissance having been
accomplished, General Heintzelman ordered the
troops to fall back to their encampment.
It was ascertained that 400 rebel cavalry re
mained at Pohick Church last night, but left before
tbe arrival of Gen. Heintzklman’s forms to-day.
From the Upper Potomac.
A letter received to-day from Dames town xenro
sents all quiet on tho UpperPotoinau. "The ge
neral court-martial, of which Maj, atirrsort, of
the New York Ninth Regiment, is president, and
Capt. Collis, of the Zouaves d’Afrique, is judge
advocate, has been made a permanent court for the
division, by order of Gen. McClellan. Several
oapital cases will be tried immediately, among
which are two for murder,
A report is ciroutated this morning that a portion
of Gen. Sickles’ brigade -bad crossed over into
Virginia, and captured the rebel battery at Matthi
as’ Point.
The Ceenr de Lion has returned to the navy
yard from the Potomac flotilla, and reports affairs
unchanged down the river.
The rebel steamer George Page still harbors In
Guantiao creek, and may ba seen from Bird's Ferry.
Three schoonors ran tho blockade in the open
day yesterday. They came abreast of the rebel
batteries about 11 o’clock in the morning, whon fire
was opened upon them. They sailed slowly up the
Swash channel by the Maryland Bhore, and although
forty-three rounds were fired at them, they all
escaped unhurt.
Most of tho shells fired were apparently from
rifled guns, and struck on the Maryland shore.
Two More Pennsylvania Regiments
Coming.
The Eighty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel
Powers, and tho Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Regi
ment, are expected to arrive here during the week.
These regiments are made np of a majority of men
who served in the Third Pennsylvania Regiment in
tho three-months service. They are mostly from
Cambria and adjacont counties, and are well offi
cered.
Proposals for Army Cloths.
#. Quartermaster General Mkigs has invited pro
posals to ho received by tho United States Quarter
master at Philadelphia, until noon of the 15th inst.,
for furnishing cloths for army clothing. Each pro
posal must be aooompanied by samples. Light or
dark blue elotbs preferred, and light grays will not
be considered. This looks to the rsclothing of an
army of Horn four to fire hundred thousand men,
thus affording encouragement to manufactures, and
necessarily involving an expenditure of millions of
dollars.
The Massachusetts Boys and “ Thanks-
The Massachusetts custom, of “ turkey for
Thanksgiving dinner,” is as old as the State itself.
The boys here from that State ere not disposed to
forego the time-honored custom, and are already
preparing to secure their turkeys, and hare a high
old time in damp. Though separated from their
friends, they will keep up the custom, and, in spirit
at least, unite with their distant dear ones in grate
ful acknowledgment for their manifold temporal
blessings.
There was a protracted meeting to-day. A dele
gation of Baltimore merchants had a long interview 1
with the President and members of the Cabinet, in
reference to increased facilities.for transportation.
Army Changes.
General HcCz.zlz.ah spent the forenoon with
Adjutant General Thohas, in consultation on army
changes and promotions.
The Eighteenth New York Begiment followed
the body of their late Colonel Jackson to the rail
road, at one o’clock to-day. The body will be for
warded toNew York. The colonel of the Eighteenth
was a good officer; he lived in the esteem ef his
men, and died sincerely regretted. His death was
caused by bomorrhago of the brain.
Captain John Mariton.
The statement in several of the journals rcfiecting
upon the character of Captain John Maiistox, of
the United States navy, while in eommand of the
blockading squadron at the port of Charleston, for
allowing the steamer Nashville to esoape, proves
to he most unfounded. The Nashville did not run
the blockade at Charleston with the rebol commis
sioners, Mason and Slidell, and therefore the
whole story falls to the ground. Captain Mahston
is a Philadelphian, on officer of high repute, and
one of the most loyal and devoted patriots in the
country.
Encamped on Unhealthy Ground.
Col. Gallagiieb’s Eleventh Begiment of Penn
sylvania Beserves, attached to Gen. McCall’s di
vision, is encamped on wet and miry ground, and
the men arc beginning to grumble. In Colenol
Black’s regiment there are one hundred and
eighty men on the sick list. Their diseases are
incident to the long spell of wet weather whioh has
prevailed, and readily yield to medioal treatment.
When the torch-light procession marched through
the grounds of the Presidential mansion last night,
Mr. Lincoln came out and inquired “ What it was
all about.” The bands in response struck up
11 jH(ul to the ehief;” and red and blue fires and
variegated. rookets illumined the whole scene,
which somewhat astonished the President, who had
received no previous intimation of the affair.
Departure of Gens. Halleck anil Buell for
Gene. Halleck and Dps CAntds 81-eli. will
leave to-morrow for the West, to enter upon their
respective military departments.
The New Steamer Pensacola.
The machinery of the new Bteamer Pensacola
was tested to-day. It worked satisfactorily.
IN AN AMBUSCADE.
Helntzelman.
From Down the Potomac
giving” Day.
The cabinet, etc.
Funeral of a Colonel.
The President Surprised.
the West.
Resignations of Pennsylvanians in the
Army.
The fallowing resignations of Pennsylvanians
have been officially announced : Capt. Oscar J.
Loraine, Fifth Reserves; Capt. John McManus,
Thirty-first Reserves; Capt Jerome Myers,
Seventh Reserves; Capt. L. S. Cantwell, Eighth
Reserves; Surgeon J. M Henderson, Thirty-soconS
Regiment; Assistant Surgeon S. B. Munger, First
California Regiment; First Lieutenant Honry A.
Colt, Fifth Reserves; First Liuiitennnt Gustsrus
L. Braun, First Artillery, to accept promotion;
First Lieutenant Lemuel Howell, Seventh. Re
serves; First Lieutenant Charles Kuhn, Twenty-
Seventh Regiment; First Lieutenant George K.
Schott, Seventh Reserves; First Lieutenant James
Vnnstueron, Seventh Reserves; Second Lieu
tenant P- J- Murray, First Reserve Cavalry J
Lieutenant A. G. Whitfield, Thirty-second Caval
ry. There have been over one hundred resigna
tions from other States within the past week.
Advances in the South to be Maintained.
The Indications are that the Administration will
act with promptness in maintaining whatever suc
cesses the expedition may hare already achieved
in the neighborhood of Beaufort. As at the com
mencement of the preparations astudied silence was
übsorved in official quarters, so now thero is ap
parently no disposition to speak of present orpros
pootivo movements in this connection.
Accounts continue to bo received here from
Government officers and others at the North of the
confidence of manufacturers nnd capitalists in the
Administration,
Clothing for the Federal Prisoners in
tlie South,
Gen. Wool has been instructed to communicate
with the proper Confederate authorities, under a
flag of truce, in reference to facilities for supplying
the prisoners in their custody with clothing and
otlior necessaries.
The release of Lieut. Ai.dkiit Kurtz, on his pa
role, for a limited period, has been reciprocated on
our part by the release of a rebel prisoner. Thore
is still a prospect of n general exchange of prti
soners, although thero is as yot no definite arrange
ment on the subject.
Departments of the West
Assistant Adjutant General Julius R. G aiiksonk
has just issued the following official general orders,
forming departments from the present departments
of the West, Cumberland and Ohio :
1. The Department of New Mexico, to consist of
the Territory of New Mexico, to bo commanded by
Colonel C. B. S. Candy, United States army.
2. Tho Department of Kansas, to include the State
of Kansas, tlie Indian territory west of Arkansas,
and tho Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, and
Dacotnh, to be commanded by Major General
Hinted. headquarters at Fort Leavenworth.
3. The Department of the Missouri, to include
the .States of Missouri, lowa, Mincsoto, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Arkansas, and that portion of Kentueky
west of the Cumberland river, to be commanded
by Major General H. W. Halleck, U. S. A.
4. The Department of the Ohio,'to consist of tho
States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, that portion of
Kentucky east of the Cumberland river, and the
State of Tennessee, to be commanded by Brigadier
General D. C. Buell, headquarters at Louisville.
5. The Department of Western Virginin, to
consist of that portion of Virginia included in the
old Department of the Ohio, to be commanded by
Brigadier General W. S. Rosecrans, U. S. A.
Gen. Meigs is to be transferred to the Depart
ment of the Missouri.
Soldiers’ Letters.
The following is the order under which soldiers’
letters are now transmitted through the mails:
“The certificate ‘Soldier’s Letter’ may be signed
by any acting field or staff officer in the service of
the United States, as well as the major, and when
so certified may be forwarded without prepayment
of postage; which must, however, be collected at
the offioe of delivery as before. ”
I cannot conceive a particle of benefit to be de
rived by our soldiers from this arrangement. If
we really wish to do the soldier a benefit, or a
favor, in the matter of his correspondence, we
should permit his letters to go free and tho favor
would certainly be a small one, compared with
tbe sacrifice he has made in the cause of his coun
try. To allow him to forward his letter with a
charge of three cents upon it, to be collected before
It is delivered, is ho favet at all. It goes perhaps
to bis wife, who, when it reaches her, has not in her
possession three cents to pay for it. In thousands
of cases this is literally true. The absence of her
husband has deprived her of the income of his
labors, and her money, if sho has any, must beoon.
verted into bread for her little ones. She has no
thing with which to pay for letters. If the postage
has to be paid at all, the writer ought, and in most
eases prefers, to pay when he mails the letter. The
present arrangement is, therefore, of no benefit to
the soldier; and if he cannot have his corres
pondence franked while he is in the service of his
country, he prefers to ba governed bytho rule that
governs all other 'writers, and pay for his letter
wtiuv U Lr mailed.
The Wagon Road.
The bridges on the wagon road between this city
and Baltimore have been repaired by Gibbons k
Co., and freight is freely arriving. The Govern
ment will hereafter keep all the bridges along the
route in repair.
News and. Gossip.
" The ovation to General McClellan last- night,
by a portion of the German Brigade under Gene
ral Blenker, was a grand affair. General Mc-
Clellan did not appear to approve of the demon
stration, and rather gave his Teutonic friends the
coid shoulder. While such things are very common
in Europe, they do not meet with favor among our
practical people. Major Lorens Caxtador, of
Philadelphia, had the general supervision of thi s
affair, and a more brilliant display of pyrotechnics
was never witnessed before in this city. The Ma
jor is attached to the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania
Regiment, and if the regiment will accomplish one
half in real fire what their Major has done in ar
tificial fire, tho State will ever bear them in grate
ful remembrance.
ft The weather to-day has been delightful, and we
have now a fair promise of fair weather for some
time.. The roads on the other side of the Potomac
for the past month have been in a terrible condi
tion, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the
teams could reach some of the enoampmeuts. A
few days of sunshine will remedy the evil.
Gallantry of a German Officer.
Last evening, while a lady and gentleman were
standing on the sidewalk, looking at the fireworks,
one of the German soldiers rudely thrust a torch
in the lady’s face. A German lieutenant standing
by witnessed the act, seized the offender by the
collar, and hurled him into the street. Turning to
the lady, and gracefully tipping his cap, he said:
“Madame, me reports him to the General ia the
morning.”
Official Order in Relation to Passes.
. The.Sccretary of State to-day issued the follow
ing order:
Circumstances, which have recently occurred,
render it necessary to repeal a previous regulation,
and that no person, whether a citizen or a foreigner,
will be allowed to pass the lines of the United
States 'army, in any direction, without a passport,
signed or countersigned by the Secretary of State;
and if. any.person shall attempt so to pass, he will
be liable to arrest and detention by the military
authorities. William tf. Seward.
It has been further ascertained, on application to
the State Department to-day, that such passes will
only be granted to persons upon business for thy"
Government of the United States.
Despatches from Europe.
, The official advices from Europe, just received,
show a strengthening of the belief in the restoration
of the Union, and increased confidence that the Ad
ministration will be able to re-establish its authori
ty, and especially gratifying in these respects is
the. news from England.
A Military Wedding.
Colonel Wheaton, commanding a volunteer re
giment, was married to-night to the daughter of
the' late General Mason, at the residence of Gen.
Durll. Amonglhe guests were Secretary Caue
kon, and Generals McClellan, Heintzelxan,
Meigs, McDowell, Van Vlikt, and other gentle
men of high military rank. It was, throughout, a
brilliant assemblage.
The First Maryland Reeiment.
Since the Maryland aleotion, a number of deser
tions are reported in the First Maryland Regiment,
which went from here to Baltimore to vote.
A Provisional Brigade.
A provisional brigade, consisting of the Ninety
sixth Pennsylvania and Fifty-fourth New York Re
giments, has been instituted at Kendall Green.
Col. Cake, of Schuylkill county, has been made
the provisional brigadier. Both regiments are in
excellent health, owing, in a great measure, to the
Sanitary measures adopted by Gel. Cake, who is a
great favorite among officers and men.
Flag Presentation.
A handsome flag was yesterday afternoon pre
sented to Company G, of Berdan’s Sharpshooters,
by the citizens of Albany, New York. It was re
ceived on behalf of the company by Lieut. Col.
Mears.
The Wreck of the French Vessel of War.
Baltimore, Nov. 12. —1 t appears that the ac
counts of the wreck of the French vessel of war
w«e net correctly stated yesterday. Her name is
now said to be the Pronsy. She was a steamer
mounting six guns.
Her crew, about 100 in number, were not per
mitted to hold any communication with the people
whatever, but the officers were allowed to mingle
with the residents to Borne extent.
The officers hod heard of tho'taking of the forts
at Pert Royal, but appear to have very little other
information.
Our correspondent at Fortress Monroe is, of
course, mistaken in saying that they came via
Charleston.
All tho crew came passengers by the boat from
Old Point, and will go North this morning.
New" York, Nov. 12.—The French war steamer
Catinet left at noon to-day for the scene of the ca
sualty to her consort, the corvette Proney.
From San Francisco.
San Francisco, Nov. 9.—The markets are dull.
Candles and Crashed Sugar have declined. Butter
sells at 28c; Cordage, 9o; best Lard, 13c.
Marine — Arrived, whaler Janette,, from the
Ochotsk sea, with 2,000 barrels of oil; ship Salvo,
from Boston. Sailed, ship Sea Serpent, for Hong
Kong. ‘
HON MEN OF TENNESSEE RISING,
THE CUMBERLAND BIVER BRIDGE BURNED.
BUCKNER’S RETREAT CUT OFU!
CONSTERNATION AMONG THE REBELS.
Cincikkavi, N*v. 12.— The eoweapondont of
the Gazette, writing from General Sherman’s
army, says:
The bridge across the Cumberland river, on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and to the rear
of Gon. Buckner, has been burned by the Union
men, causing great consternation among the
rebels.
A BLOT ON CIVILIZATION.
THE MASSACRE AT GUYANDOTTE, VIRGINIA.
Our Troops Slaughtered while Enjoying
the Hospitalities of the Inhabitants.
VIRGINIAN AGAINST VIRGINIAN.
Cincinnati, Nov. 12.—The defeat of tho Union
forces at Guyandotte, on Sunday night, was accom
plished by trickery on the part of tho inhabitants.
It seems that a force of rebel cavalry, variously
estimated at from 500 to 1,000, had concentrated in
the country back of the town, and it was proposod,
with the assistance of the rebel inhabitants of Guyan
dotte, to annihilate the Federal forces in that town.
The Federal troops consisted of 250 mon of the Vir
ginia Regiment, and a few of Zioglcr’s Virginia ca
valry. It was arranged between the rebel cavalry
and rebel citizens to massacre our troops in cold
blood.
Accordingly, the rebol citizens became very cour
teous to our troops, and, on last Sunday evening,
invited them to their houses on various pretexts.
The invitation was accepted by all who were off duty,
and, while they were being entertained, at about 8 i
o'clock at night, the rebel cavalry dashed into the
town. Signals were displayed from every house
where the loyal Virginians were unsuspiciously en
joying themselves, and into these the robcls rushed,
murdering the unarmed soldiers in cold blood.
The rebel citizens, men and women, rushed to arms,
and aided the cavalry- in the slaughter.
The Federal treep? irhe were in camp prepared
as soon ns possible for their defence, but were over
powered, and had to break lines and retreat. Very
few of our men were killed in the engagement with
the cavalry, nearly all the killed being murdered
in the houses.
When Col. Ziegler arrived and ascertained the
particulars of thi3 fiendish outrage, ho ordered the
destruction of the town. The buildings were im
mediately fired, and the whole town reduced to
ashes.
The War in Western Virginia,
Cincinnati, Nov. 12. —Advices from the Ka
nawha state that the rebels who had been shelling
Camp Tompkins from Cotton Hill had retired upon
the approach of the Federal force nnder Col. Dc
Villiers. Nine of the enemy’s pickets were killed,
with no loss on our side. Col. DeVilliers has taken
possession of the hill.
LATEST FROM KENTUCKY:
Locisvili,e, Nov, 12.—Accounts by mail confirm
the defeat of General Williams’ command by Gen.
Nelson’s forces at Piketon, (not Pikesville, as has
been reported by telegraph,) the capital of Pike
county.
FROM MISSOURI.
St. Louis, November 12.—The following general
order was promulgated to-day:
Headquarters of the Western Deparwent, )
November 10, 1861. J
The commanders of troops in this department
will avoid extensive movements which offer bat
tle or divide and prolong our lines until further
concert and concentration of action can be arranged
and instruction given.
A full and concise report will be forwarded im
mediately to Brigadier General Curtis, ftt St, Louis,
giving the strength, position, and condition of every
command in the Department. These reports will
be consolidated under his direction, and a weekly
abstract forwarded to the commanding general.
By order of Major General Hunter.
R. M. Hough,
Majcr and Aid-da-Camp.
Henry W. Clements, chief elerk in the quarter
master’s office under Gen. McKinstry, was arrested
to-day, by order of Gen. Curtis, and sent to Jeffer
son barracks, to await an investigation into
McKinstry’s administration of tho afiairs of
that office. It is understood that McKinstry
has been ordered to report to Washington, and
willjnaoh here to-morrow night.
nnoier’s Staff.
Warsaw, Mo., Nov. 12.—The following is a cor
rect list of General Hunter’s staff, as officially an
nounced ;
Surgeon James K. Barnes, as Medical Director.
Major Charles G. Holpine, Assistant Adjutant
General.
Captain Marcus J. Parrott, Assistant Adjutant
General.
Lieutenant Edward D. Smith, Assistant Adjutant
General,
Captain John W. Shaffer, Quartermaster.
Captain John W. Turner, Commissary of Sub
sistence.
Major Edward Wright, Aid-de-Camp.
Major R. M. Hough, Aid-de-Camp.
Maj6r Lewis D. Ilnbbftrd, Aid-de-Camp.
Captain Richard Thompson, Aid-de-Camp.
Lieutenant Samuel W. Stockton, Aid-de-Camp.
Lieutenant AnSO& 0. Doolittle, Aid-de-Camp.
Lieutenant Arthur M. Kenzlc, Aid-de-Camp.
Lieutenant Charles E. Hay, Aid-de-Camp.
From General Banks’ Command.
Darnestown, November 9.—An arrival from
Western Virginia brings dates from Manassas to the
16th of October. At that date, the central division
of tbe Confederate army was at Centrorille, and on
immense number of hands were engaged in erect
ing new entrenchments, in anticipation of an attack
by General McClellan. Johnson was at Centre
ville.
Beauregard was stationed at Fairfax Station, on
the right of Braddoek's road, and was also busily
preparing for the anticipated attack. The com
bined forces of Johnson and Beauregard were esti
mated not to exceed 100,000 fighting men; but re
inforcements were expected from Richmond.' Their
artillery amounted to two hundred pieces, mostly
indifferently supplied wMC horses of a very inferior
quality.
The troops, with the exception of those from the
Cotton States, were poorly clad, and many were
almost barefooted. The Commissariat Department
was deficient in the means of transportation.
The Virginia troops were much dispirited, and
asserted, in many instances, that when their pre
sent term of service expired, they wonid not re
enlist under any consideration. Eleven desertions
came within the informant’s knowledge on one
night.
At Manassas, the troops had coffee rations only
sufficient for one month.
Advices from Northeastern Virginia are to No
vember 1. The chaplain who was taken prisoner
At Ball’s Bluff, oh the Sunday previous to that
affair, preached a war sermon at Lovettsville, and
at. the conclusion opened a list, and personally
called-upon all the young men present to -enrol
their names in the cause of the rebel States.
jColonel Sineendiver had embodied all the militia
in Berkeley county, and marched them in the di
rection of Romney. A portion of Colonel Ashby’s
cavalrywere at Martinsburg to guard the movement
of grain to Winchester.
Miss Bella Boyd, the accomplished daughter of a
prominent Secessionist of .Martinsburg, had removed
with her father ,to . Manassas Junotion, where she
was engaged in selling whisky to the troops. Owing
to some partiality by tbe fair devotee, a fight oc
curred between the Wise Guards and the Border
Guards, in which several were wounded.
Ail remains perfectly quiet in Gen. Banks’ divi
sion. There is a perceptible diminution of typhoid
cases among the troops. Last Sunday an alarm
wak caused in the camp of the Ninth New York,
by the appearance of 300 cases of a new form of
illness. On examination into the cause it was dis
covered that, underlying the leaves of tho forest,
in which they had recently encamped, -WAS ten
inches of moist vegetable mould, in a state of de
composition. The camp was instantly removed,
and the illness almost suddenly disappeared.
Amoßg.the viotims was Major Attenburg, the idol
of the regiment.
The Provost Guard, during the absenoe of Major
Stone on detached duty, has been under charge of
Captain Wenriok, of the Twenty-ninth Regiment,
an officer every way qualified to succeed the major,
should he return to his regiment under his reoent
promotion. Captain Wenrick has acted os assistant
provost marshal for some weeks, and has been in
strumental in abating the clandestine sale of intoxi
cating drinks to the troops.
Last night a prisoner from the Fifth Connecticut,
confined for assaulting his colonel, made his escape
from the prison camp, and, up to alute hour, eluded
the grasp of his pursuers.
On Thursday, two sentinels of the Sixteenth In
diana, engaged, while on duty, in practiee of the
bayonet drill. They had previously taken the
caps from their rifles, but, in the frolic, the coat of
one, named Lewis B. Caffe, of Laurel, Ind., got
caught in the lock of his opponent, whose rifle dis
charged and shot Caffe in the left breast, the ball
passing through his body, breaking two of his right
ribs, and entering the ground. Caffe expired almost
immediately. .
From Fortress Monroe.
Baltimore, Nov. 12.—We learn the following
additional particulars with reference to tho wreck of
the French corvette; Seeing her dangerous posi
tion, a small boat, with assistanco, was sent from
the steamer Albatross, off Hattcras, but the assist
ance was refused.
It is now stated that the Frenob officers complain
of not having been properly treated, and that they
refused the civilities tendered them nt Old Point.
It appears that tho wreck was blown up to pre
vent her arms and ammunition from failing into
the-hands of the belligerents on either side.
These reports arc given ns received. There hns
been no opportunity of vouching for their correct
ness-
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE NOVA SCOTIA AT FATHER POINT.
Father Point, Nor. 12.— I The steamship Nova
Scotia , from Liverpool on the 31st ult , via London
derry on the Ist inst., passed hero to-night, bound
to Quebec. Her advices are five days later.
The Nova Scotia has twenty-eight cabin nnd
one hundred and twenty-eight steerage passengers,
and $OO,OOO in specie.
The steamer Niagara arrived out on tho 2Tth.
The steamer Norwegian arrived out on the 28tti.
I ( ' Bt J ier .% fi / arrived out on tho
30th. She broke her shaft after leaving Queenstown for
Liivfrpool, but whs safely to\v«>il to tho latter point.
GItKAT BRITAIN.
Theodore *ay, late American minister to Switzerland,
writes ft lengthy letter to the London Times iu defence
of the North.
The steamship Edinburgh sailfd for Nhw York on tho
30th of October, She took $14,000 in specie.
The United States steamer James Jdger, which pit
into Queenstown on the 30th ult., short wf - coal, bad
Bulled again. Tier destination is not Known.
The London Times lms published Mr. w. Torwnrd’H
account of his arrest on landing from tltc steamer City
of Washington, hut without any important comments.
The Times also notices the arrest of anotlwr British
subject, Mr. Cornelius, of Milford, on landing from the
steamer Niagara at Boston.
TLe Htatiftticß of exports show a great increase of
British goods to Franco.
The sensation trial, in Dublin, of the cab-driver Cur
ran, charged with a wanton outrage on Miss Jolly, re
sulted in a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to two
years* penal servitude.
FJIANCK.
The Monitem publisher ft imgraph relative to aeon*
trovers)- on the Government policy in the journals gene
riiily. Jt in supposed to Bpmik under Government inspi
ration, and says: “Such publications are oidy self-in
spired, and announces that it alone is tho solo organ
of the policy of tho Government, and that no semi-olticial
journals exist in Franco.”
The Paris J’ays bvliovea that the negotiations for tho
transfer of silver from tho Pruumn Gunk to tho Rank of
France are indefinitely postponed.
The Bourn; on theSOth was firm anil higher.
A ministerial circular had been Issued to the clergy, in
which the acts of the clerical opposition against the laws
of the National Government, were deplored, and a warn
ing given that the Government while wishing to respect
the liberty of the churches, will take severe measures if
the clergy continue their attacho on tho lairs and institu
tions of the country, and endeavor to disturb public or
der.
The brigands in the country between Cancolla and
Nola hud made a proposition to surrender.
AUSTRIA.
Tbe magistrates of Postli had tendered thoir resigna
tion. A few funcfioit&riei* will remain in ofliec.a mouth
longer to trammel the most urgent business.
PRUSSIA.
A grand ball was given by the Duke of Magenta, in
honor of the coronation at Gcrlin, on the 30th. Thu oc
casion was one of great maguiticence. Tho King and
Queen attended.
POLAND,
It was ascertained that General Lambert’s departure
from Warsaw was not on account of ill-health, but in
consequence of a summons,
COMMERCIAL,
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Oct. 31.—The
sales for four days amount to 27,000 bales. The market
hag boon dull, and quotations have declined since
Friday’s report. The prices for the useful sorts continue
firm. The sales to speculators and exporters amounted
to 10,500 bales.
THE LATEST.
[By Telegraph to Londonderry.]
Friday, Nov. 1, —Tho sales of Gottou for the week
amount to 63,000. The market continues dull, but
priceß unchanged uml steady. There is a fair demand
for fair ami middling qualities at full previous quotations.
Sales to speculators 28,000 bales, and to exporters 6,000
bales. The eales of to-day (Friday) are estimated at
5,000 bales, the market closing quiet and unchanged.
The following are the authorized quotations!
’ Fair. Middling
New Orleans 12#d 12 d
Mobiles .12)£ 11%
Uplands 12% 11%
The stock of cotton in port amounts to 588,000 bales,
including 311,000 bales of American.
Senator Baker’s Successor.
San Francisco, Nov. 10.—Benjamin Stark has
been appointed United States Senator from Oregon,
in place of the late Colonel Baker. He is a native
of Connecticut, and in politics a peace Democrat.
Mount Ternon TOttiiiu Our Lines.
In front of the left wing of our army below Alex
andria. our picket lines extend from the mouth of
the Accotink up the Accotink Ridge ten miles in
front of Fort Lyon, and four in front of Mount Ver
non, which estate is now within our lines. The
rebel pickets appear about two or three miles
beyond our lines, and about the same distance this
side of tbe Occoquan. *
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
Ahoh-Strebi Theatre—Arch streets above Sixth.—
The House on the Bridge of Notre Dame ” —Shylock*
or, the Merchant of Venice Preserved.”
Wheatley’s Continental Theatre—Walnut street,
above Eighth.—“ Rob Roy ” —“ Black-Eyed Susan.”
Walnut-Street Theatre—Ninth and Walnut sta.—
“Everybody’s Friend”— l4 Smaslungton’s Coat.’*
AMRiMCAtt A«A.bftUtf OR Mtt&tO—BroWd &nd L66Ufet
streets.—Herrmann, tbe Prestidjgitateur.
Temple op Wonders— N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.—Signor Blitz’s Entertainment.
Assembly Buildings —Corner of Tenth and Chestnut
Btreets.—Waugh’s Italia and Stereoscopic Views of the
War.
Oltwpic Music Hall—Race street, between Second
and Third.—Concerts nightly.
Meeting or ii»o zioturn Judges.
THE ARMY VOTE EXCITEMENT.
A PROTEST ENTERED.
Yesterday morning the Return Judges again assembled
in the Supreme Court Soon* for the purpose of receiving
tlie returns of the amp vote, Mewls 8. PArker, president,
in the chair. At 10 o’clock the roll was called and all the
judges answered to their names.
A motion was made that the Prothonotary be requested
to report the returns of the army vote. Agreed to.
Mr. Knight) the Prothonotary) appeared) and handing
the returns to the president) eaid; «la the fulfilment of
my duty as Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas
for the city and county of Philadelphia) I now hand you
the returns of the military Tote held October 8,1861.”
Mr. Simpson moved that the door-keeper he instructed
not to permit any one to enter or leave the room except a
member of the Board or a reporter of the press. Agreed
A motion was also made that the president be requested
to procure the returns of the vote deposited by order of
the Board in the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank.
Mr. Simpson asked the object of the motion.
Mr.-Green said that he understood that there were
some errors in the additions on some of the wards.
The president said that unless there is a real necessity
for tbe returns, he would much prefer to have them to re
main where they are t as they might bo needed by somo
official body, and then they could be obtained direct from
the vault.
Tho judge of tho Fourth ward said that thorn was an
error of 60 votes in one of the divisions of his ward.
Mr. Wright contended that it was right, and the duty
of the return judges to make corrections in the returns.
He understood that there was an error in the return of a
single division of the Fourth ward.
Mr. Simpson said that the only duty of the board is to
receive the returns from the return judges.
The motion was here withdrawn by Mr. Green*
Mr. Carrigan renewed the motion.
At this point an officer of tbe Supreme Court was in
troduced, and semd upon each judge an injunction
against receiving the regimental return purporting to be
Bigned by William SchimpfeUer, Colonel Thirty-ninth
regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.
Tho question was thou taken upon the motion of Mr.
Carrigan, and it was agreed to—yeas 24, noes 1.
A motion to take a recess of ten minuteß was disagreed
Mr. Simpson was called to the chair, and the president
went to the Mechanics’ Bank, after the returns deposited
there.
The Fourth ward returns were opened, and the votes
called off, They wore pronounced by tho judge as cor
rect.
The Fourth precinct of the Fifth ward was then read
for Clerk of the Orphans’ Court. Stevenson is set down as
148 and Lawrence as 103. The figures, it was stated,
Bhould be reversed.
The president announced that a mistake of 90 votes had
been discovered in the Fourth ward. Lawrence should
have 1,438, instead of 1,348.,
Mr. Wright called attention to a transposition of figures
in the Fourth precinct of Fifth ward.
The president declared that the Board had no authori
ty to make such an alteration. ' The returns as handed in
by the Board must be taken aB official, and the members
bad no right to go behind'them. Such a decision had
been mode a few years ago, when he made a mistake of a
few votes, and elected the wrong man. In that case the
Legislature had to settle the matter.
The certificate of tbe Prothonotary accompanying the
returns was then read.
The sum total of -the vote returned by the First, Se
cond, Third, Seventh, Twelfth, and Thirty-third regi
ments, for the Judges of Common Pleas, was as follows:
Bfeskill, 339; Thompson, 280; Sheppard, 340; AUteon,
277.
After the vote for Judge of the Common Pleas had
been read, it appeared that the returns of but twenty-one
companies hod been certified.
Mr. Wright said that it was timo that matters should
be looked into. He thought that he had come to count
the fair vote of the army—the vote of every volunteer en
titled to a vote.
Tbe president said that the prothonotary-has told us
why he had not certified certain returns.
Hr. Wright said that tins was a pretty piece of busi
ness. A prothonotary, who had been foiled in an attempt
to foist upon tho Board a fraudulent return, now made
but a partial return.
The president here reminded Mr. Wright that he should
not impeach the character of ft sworn officer, acting un
der tbe authority of tho court. He would willingly Listen
to any remarks, but did not think that it was proper to
use such language.
Mr Wright then moved that a committee of three be
appointed to wait upon the prothonotary and request him
to transmit the full army vote.
Mr. Simpson moved that the motion bo laid on the
table.
Mr. Wright then proceeded to argue at length in favor
of his motion, when a-point of order was raised, and tho
president decided that a motion to lay on the tablo was
not debatable.
The question was then taken upon tho motion of Mr.
Simpson, and resulted in 13 yeas and D nays. So the
motion was agreed to.
Mr. Wright then moved to take the motion from tbe
table, and Mr. Btinnwm movod to lay that motion opon
the table. ,
The yeas and nays were again called.
Mr. Wright contended, at great length, that tho motion
was not t*ngible. .... r
The president said that he had not the honor of ever
being a member of the Legislature, but he held that tho
motion was tangible. It wan not our province to sit hero
in judgment over tho prothonotary- That was a question
for the court to settle. . ......
After considerable discussion, the question to lay the
motion of Mr. Wright upon the table was taken, and
agreed to—yean IP, nays 9.
On motion of Mr. Simpson, the messenger was Instruct
ed to call upon tho Mayor, and ask for a sufficient police
force to clear the passage way into the room, as several
members htui cMwienced difficulty in obtaining admit-
Forjudges of the district the following was tho total
vote: Shar.-ovood, 627; Hare, 279; Stroud, 283; Otter
son, 340; Bateman, 345.
Mr. Wright offered a resolution to appoint a commit toe
of three to wait on tho judges of the Court of Common
rit’af, In order to obtain from said court an order on the
prothonotary fto furnish to the board the full returns of
the army Vote in his possession. , "
Mr. Wright agan occupied tho attention of the body
for a considerable time, and again charged Mr. Knight
with having boxed up tho returns to suit himself.
The president aunonuced that this matter was now
under consideration in tho court.
Mn Wright thru withdrew h« resolution.
The returns for the comity ticket were then called off:
For Sheriff— Thompson, 260; Swing, 366.
For Register of Wills —Lloyd, 279: McCullough, 343.
For Clerk cf Orphans’ Court—Stephenson, 269 ; Law
-11 IHb inlderstoM that tho boldiers’ vote, as received and
counted l»v tho Hoard of ltotuniJuflgMi AM#! ta
the official vote cast in tho city on tho second Tuesday iu
October, given Mr. Thompson ft majority of forty-six
over Mr. Ewing for fdieriff in the aggregate count, Tho
“SchimpfeUer” mul numerous other returns ware ox
eluded in this 'count, as will be seen by reference to the
rcnsinuniration unit to the Board by Mr. Knight, the
prothonotary, and copied below. The C.OOVO computa
tion, uf course, electa Mr* Thompson*
After Qi6 vote fee the CAUttty ticket hod been counted*
an officer of the Court of Common Ffcas ajrpearod anil
stated that Judge Lndlow requested tfhat the judges
would suspend their operations during tbe pending of a
question in the court.
Mr. Wright moved to take a recess for one hour, upon
which the yeas uerc 10 and nays 15. The motion VM
therefore* luht.
Finally, a motion to take a recess for half f*n£boar
prevailed.
During tho morning thcro was a good deal of excite
ment about the State House. Crowds of politicians
gathered in front of the building and discussed affairs as
they stand. Some of tho dlscti»Hions were carried ton
in no my spirit; but no absolute dis
order took plnce w far as we saw. A a‘rang posse of
police was at hand, in case tbe feelings of any of tho
persons forming the excited crowd should got the better
of their judgment, and they should commit excesses.
The following is a list of the regiments and company
returns not certified to by the prothonotary:
Regiment*—Hchimpfiller, Philadelphia Fire Zouave,
Tw+-n»y-Bixth, Twenty-seventh, UHiJ nnd stnfT officer* of
the Twenty-niuth, field ami staff editors of the Twenty
first, and the Twenty.first.
Companies—Fight companies of the Twenty-first Regi
ment I*. V.} two companies of tin*- Second Regiment
N. V.; five companies of tint Forty-fifth Regiment P. V.;
ten companies of the First Infantry, Third Regiment
P. V.; three companies of the Twenty-third Regiment
P. V.; eight companies of tho Twerity-iinrt Regiment
i*. Y.j one company of the Twenty-seventh Regiment
I*. V hi* companies of t!«J ITWeftty-dgLUi
V,; two companies of the Kentucky Cavalry; tW>
companies of tho Twenty-ninth Regiment N. Y.; ni*»
companies ’of the Twenty-ninth Regiment P. V.; four
companion of the Thirtieth Regiment P. V.; twoom
panicK of the Thirty r fir«t Regiment P. V.; one company
°/ " hirty-BRcond Regiment P. V.: one company of
the pistnct of Columbia; two <:ompanl*f} of |jje Thirtj»-
Bixth Regiment I. N. \ four companies nr the CameiOii
Light Guard; one company of Col. McLeau’s regimeaU
eight companies of Baker’s Brigade; two companies H
the First California Regiment.
The judges reassembled sit quarto past one- o’clock
The roll was called, after which Mr. Wrurlit deidved to
know whether my one prurient hail heard from tho Court
of Common Pleas.
Ha was answered in the negative.
Mr. Wright then moved that a further recess of half
an hour ho taken. This was not agreed to.
Mr. Carrigan then moved that a committee of three
be appointed to wait on tho judges and ascertain what
length of time they wished the board to suspend opera
tions.
'I his motion was agreed to, ami the committee was ap
pointed.
The committee returned, And reported that Judge
Ludlow would not he able to give any decision until four
o’clock. Ho did not olgcct tc the Board proceeding with
their luudness*.
A messenger from the Court of Common Pf«M »t
this point admitted into tho room* Ho bad boon request
ed by Judge Lndlow to ask the president of the Board to
appear in the Court of Common Pleas with the* report tw
made by the. prothonotary.
t The president, Mr. Parker, immediately left for the
Court of Common Pleas, and Alex. J. Simpson was called-' 1
to the chair. ,
After same time Ihe retnrhod, utid efated Hifti
the papers were now In the hands of tho court, ami wool:
be argued by counsel.
As this would take some time, a motion to take a rec'
until 4 o’clock prevailed.
The Roard reassembled about quarter past four o’ck*
when the president stated that the court had decided’*
the members Had jio rjght fp ftlljQlß'A,
Tho vote for State Senator was then called. It
Mahlon If. Dickerson... 105
C. M. Donovan 47'‘
The Legislative Districts were then called off.
sum up as follows:
Fiist District—J. Caldwell, 29: W. Forfar, 28.
Second District—Tlios. E. Gaskin, 51; Wm» I* udl ~
mail, 8.
Third District—Samuel Josephs, 13; Ed. C.
Fourth District—Samuel C. Thompson, 29.* >3 ‘
sengarten, 4.
Fifth District—Jos. E. Devitt, 5; Job. Moo^ r *» “•
Sixth District—Jno. McMakin, 12; Ilermir® 1 *?”’, *
Seventh District—N. K. Shoemaker, 7; i , h asCoc “~
ran, 8.
Eighth District—Arthur L, Burton,!*, V* M. Den*
nis, 2. _ w «
Ninth District—George A. Quigley, 1' Heury L.
Fritz, 8.
Tenth Dietrict—Tlioh. Greenlmnk, 10: jn Miler, 10.
Eleventh District—James \\\ lsaac A.
Shepherd, 19.
Twelfth DMrfct-W. 0, Snyder, iOj V-Uder,
Thirteenth District—Francis-MeMa*** 39 i eor6 °
Dehaven, Jr., 9. ,
Fourteenth Dietrict—James DonnaVt 41 \ Samuel
Bingham, 8.
Fiftcentli Dietrict George Wolf * 4 i William *•
Smith, 16.
Sixteenth District—Thomas W. juttfcld, W; Thomfla
Dixon, 8; Robert P. Desilver, 25. ,
Seventeenth District—Robert A* Carlisle, 5; Lnarios
F. Abbot, 7.
THE CITY CONTENTION.
The Board now resolved itself into a city convention,
and announced tho following returns, befog the SUffl total
of all the regiments •.
For City Treasurer—Jaineß McClintocK, 352 \ Henry
Bumm, 280.
For City Commissioner—John Johnson, 353; Bertless
Shoe, 273.
Mr. Wright moved that a committee of three be ftp
pointed to wait on the prothonotary to ascertain IrtJ
soon the balance of the returns will be ready. A(p' ea
Mr. Chftrfw. Gilpin, & few hiam&hU afterward.
with the prothonotary, bringing the return-, wn®
not been certified to by him —they were eighty in iUm r er *
They were accompanied by the following co ,munlca “
To the Return Judges of the City and Coii'ty °f
ladelpkia— ...
Gentlemen : In pursuance of the dffchons °*
Hon. James B» Ludlow, Associate rt ot
Common Fleas, I make this further an* f e “
turn, anil certify to you copies of rotu fIS of votes, being
in number 79, received by me. .. - ..
Given under my hand and seal till* 12th day of Novem
ber, Anno Demini 1861. _ „ . .
seal. (Signed by the Prothonotary.)
Atodions,rambling,andnninterestlug d&fito
on the enliject of the seal of Ilia court Using attached to
the returns. It appears that this seal was attached only
to the paper containing the order of the court.
Dir. I. Alexander Simpson submitted the following
protest against the reception of these new returns:
Wo, the return judges of the city and county of Phila
delphia, whose names are hereto annexed, do
protest ageinpt the reception of the returns* fsuepMting to
be army returns, presented by the Prothonotary ot tna
Court of Common pi«»» at the hour of five o’clock ana
forty-five minutes P. M., believing that the prothonotary
una im power to make additional returns, the
returns heretofore certified by him are certified to lw all
that are mcomommy witniaw.
Nov. 12,1861.
Signed I, Alex. Simpson, John Jeffries, J. H. O’Hara,
Fd. J. If. Coulter, Joseph Twe, H. Schell, M.
Gibson, S. P. Hancack, John $• Green, In» Jones, John
A, de Grooie, Thos. L. Stafford.
A member here rose excitedly, and declared with ve
hemence that he would never sign the returns, as tho
law regulating election returns was clear, positive, anl
had not been complied with iu the present instance.
It was then moved that the ■protest should not be en
tered on the minutes. Through a misapprehension,
owing to its having been put in this firm, it was car
ried.
Much confusion then followed, which gave place to a
mutual explanation. A second ballot was taken, when it
wsb agreed that the protest should be entered on the
Mr. I; Alexander Simpfl n\ then moved that the returns
in question should be laid on the table! This was strong
ly objected to by the member from the Fourth, and tho
debate grew rather spicy, a dozen gentlemen rising
to the floor at once.
At length a vote on Mr. Simpson’s motion was taken,
amid the greatest disorder, some of the members de
it 9g a
The motion was lost by a vote of nine yeas to twelro
nays.
It was next moved that tho returns should be counts!
off. Hot agreed to.
It was agreed to, upon motion, that the returns should
be placed in the fire-proof safe, at the Mayor’s office, un
til the morning, during tbe recess of the Board,
It was next agreed that the Board should take a recess
until 10 o’clock this morning.
Mr. Wright, of the Fourth ward, here announced that
he had lost a spectacle-case in the heat of the debate, and
desired to know If any one had seen it! [Laughter.] Ad
journed.
THE EXCITEMENT ON THE OUTSIDE—THE
ARRESTS.
All the adjectives In the language would fall to convey
to the reader an adequate idea of the turmoil on Chestnut
street. During the afternoon the entire State Housa
front, but especially in front of the prothonotary’s office
and Court of Common Pleas, was blocked np by a vast
crowd that at length became boisterous* and almost un
manageable. Cheers, yells, and angry discussions broke
from every knot of politicians, and the «*roughs” of the
city, who, it seems, have not all gone to war, Bought a
cheaper glory nearer home, more akin to their early in
stincts. Chief Buggies, with his customary quickness of
perception) scented a prospective ttrow*” unless the law*
less spirit of the gathering could be checked. About noon
lie detailed a very large force of men at the Central Sta
tion, and gave them word to be ready at an instant's
warniDg.
Between four and five o’clock a number of individuals
were arrested in tho vicinity of the prothonotary’s office,
while engaged in creating a disturbance, and taken to the
Central Station. The crowd surrounded the officers, and
the prisoners struggled desperately to escape. The police
arrangements, however, had not been mads with a view
to allow of any such contingency, and the rioters were
brought before Alderman Buitler last evening for a hear
ing. Five of them were held to bail to keep the peace.
The crowd still continued lo linger around the Supreme
and Common Floss Courts, Hid ft? proft9B“t»t7’» “® co
was an object of Interest until a late hour* "Hoot!”
said an Irishman by our side, “what’s the use of tryin’
to find a Knight at his office in the mtdillo of the day T’
THE MATTER IN COURT.
The prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas hav
ing withhold a number of tho returns of tho army vote,
because he considered them informal Aud fraudulent, the
subject whs brought to the official tUtehtieu of Associate
Judge Ludlow. The matter was investigated in a hur
ried manner, and between five and six o’clock last eve
ning he decided that the prothonotary should make th 4
returns to the board of judges of the election, and made
this an order of court. The returns were disposed of as
directed by tbe judge, as will be Been by a reference to
that part of the proceedings of tho meeting of the board
referring to Its
The Feeling in Town Relative to the War
A hundred years hence, when this war becomes trans
ferred to history, a very natural curiosity will occur ta
to tho interest which ultendid the various battles. Tbe
sioge and capture of Bemiforf, ftiid the glorious battle of
Nelson, in Kentucky, will be tvo renowned themes for
that generation, and were not unnoted in this. The
tidings reached Puiladelphia, yesterday afternoon, that a
body of determined loyalists, ably commanded, met a nu
merous body of rebels in Piketon, Ky., and vanquished
them with severe loss iu killed and missing.
Straightway the news travelled, far and wide, and, at
its announcement, tho blood rose to many a cheek, where
gloom, induced by continual defeat, hod boon enshrined
The capture of the Sumpler, and the certainty of the
success nt Beuufurt, had been announced before. Tho
three made up a sorics of themes that were everywhere
discussed, the victorious tidings gladdening all hearts,
and reviving universal hope in the success of onr arms
and the re-establishment of the Union.
Arrest. — Yesterday afternoon Aligns
Berber, a young German, was charged before Alderman
Bottler with receiving a large quantity of sa\vmg*BUk v
knowing it to have been stolen from Messrs. Howell,
Smith, & Co. He was committed to answer the charge.
Annual Meetino. —The twentieth annual
meeting of the Mercantile Beneficial Association, was held
yesterday afternoon fit three o’clock, at the rooms pf the
association* Seventh and finnaom streets. Tho transac
tions of ths society will be made public at the anniversary
to-morrow evening.
Funeral of Lieutenant Stewart-— I Tlio
funeral of Lieutenant Johu B. Stewart took place yester
day morning, and was attended by tin 1 officers of tbe
army and murine corps in this citr, who met for tho
purpose at the ifoval Asylum, at It o’clock, it* Andrea*
uniform.
Shooting Stars.—Last evening and this
evening arc the unuiverrarics of tlie great shower of me
teors in 1838. It was calculated tliat 240,000 fell in the
space t>f nine hour*, varying iu size from a moving point
tu globes of the moon’s diameter* It haa been oiworved
this particular epoch of the year abounds in similar phe
nomena. Humboldt observed a shown of meteors on
tlie 12th of November, 1709, while at Cumana, in South
America. The November meteoric storm was also ob
served in tho United States in, 1834. If our readers will
regard the heavens this evening, they may bo gratified
Will! tbe pight of many falling gtftftt ftfid meftW,
New National Loan*— Subscriptions to
this investment are daily increasing under tho buoyant
effectof the war news. Mr. Jay Cooke received yester
day $55,900,
Appointment, —William M. McCHnc, who
served as captain in Colonel Jiirrett’s Eloveuth regi
ment, three-months volunteers, has received tho appoint
ment of captain in Colonel Angeroth's First regiment
Pennsylvania heavy artillery, and will recruit Ms com
pany in Montour, Northumberland, and Lycoming coun
ties. This regiment is designed for service- to, Fortress
Monroe.