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JOHN CADWALi- DEIt, Judge of the District Court of tho United States, iu and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvauia, iu Admi ralty, to me directed, will he sold, at Public Sale, to the highest and best ImlihTi for cash, at the MERCHANTS* EXCHANGE, on WEDNESDAY, November 20th, 1861, at 12 o’clock, noon, the one-fourth part of the ship MARATHON, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, being the interest therein of William Knox, a resident and in habitant of the State of Louisiana. The above-named ship is now lying at Race-street wharf. WILLIAM MILLWARD, U. S Marshal E. D. of Penti’a. Philadelphia, November 9,1861. noll-6t Elixir propylamine, Tho Now Remedy far RHEUMATISM, During the past year vs have introduced to the notice of the medical profession of this country tho Pure Cryr laiited Chloride of Propylamine, as a REMEDY FOB RHEUMATISM; and having received from many sources, both from phy sicians of the highest standing and from patients, the MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS af it* real value in the tPAAt&Ant of this painful And ob stinate disease, we are induced to present it to tho pablio In a form BEADY FOB IMMEDIATE USE, which we hope will commend itself to those who are Buffering with this afflicting complaint, and to the medical practitioner who may feel disposed to test the power* of this valuable remedy. ELIXIR PROPYLAMINE, In tho form above spoken of. hat recently been extenaivaly experimented with In the PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, and with MARKED SUCCESS, (as will appear from th* published accounts in the medical journals). It is carefully put up ready for immediate use* with full directions, and can be obtained fiom all the druggiata at 76 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of BtJBLOCK & CBEKSH.VW, Drtig&lsta a&d Hanufocturing Chenuntoy Philadelphia. ma *4-1 y Drain pipe.—steam-pressed BTONEWABE DBAIN PIPE. PBICE LIST. 2-inch bore, per yard.2scents. 3 u a it 50 “ 4 «« » «* 40 “ 6 “ “ “ 50 “ • 6 ** ** *» 65 » 7 “ «* «* 85 « 8 “ «* “ 110 *■ 9 44 44 14 ~,11.......,.1.125 H 10 « « « 150 u 12 it a u 200 «« A liberal discount allowed to Dealers, and to those or dering in large quantities. JTACTOBY—SEVENTH and Germantown road. S. A. HABRISON, Warehouse 1010 CHESTNUT Street COAL-OIL LAMP WITHOUT A CHIMNEY. TISITTINS’ PATENT COAL-OIL LAMP burns all kinds cf oiJ without theu>eof a chimney. Burners nml Lamp--. wholesale s%uA retail, l»y K- U. WEEKS, General Agenf, 16 North SECOND Street. INTO MORE HARPER’S FERRY J-l FLOUR—-But our arrangements are now com* plete for procuring equally good brands from St. Louis, 3risso«H, <«nd silicon Mills, Maryland, of which tve invite ft trial. Also, MOUNTAIN RUCKWIIKAT MEAL, of superior quality, by the pound or half barrel, for sale at lowest cash prices. ALLMAN 8c ZEHNDER, FOURTH and VINE Streets. HIDES AND GOAT SKINS.—An in vtfw per cchooner Seaman's Pride, from 8L Barts, fur sale by JAURETCHE & GABBTAIB3, 209 and 204 Soutli FRONT Street- ocl-tf TI/TAGKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, JJ-1- SALMON, Ac.—3 000 bbls Mesa Nos. 1,2, and 8 lACESBEIi large, nmlium, and email, In assorted ackflges of choice* !ate*cauoht, fat fish. 6,000 bbls. New Halifax, Eastport, and Labrador Her- Inge, of choice Qualities. 6,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings. 8,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herriugs. 8,000 boxes large Magdaline Herrings. 350 bbls. Mackinac White Fish. 60 bbls. new Economy Mcbb Shad* 25 bbls. new Halifax Salmon. 1,000 quintals Grand Bank Codfish. 500 boxes Herkimer County Cheese. In store and landing, for sale by MURPHY & KOONB, noB No. 146 NORTH WHABYBB. PlI-D LEAD—B barrels just received iH r M-luH.iK'r Amalia, for Bale by .TAI’IiETCHE 4 CARSTAIRS, noT -JOS and 201 South IBONT Street. Please To Sing tiie following, TO THE GOOD OLD TUNS OF YANKEE DOODLE. We clap our hands and shake our sides, And cry aloud for wonder; We shout right out for victory. Anil make a noise like thunder. The wicked rebels ran away From out the town of Beaufort, Leaving one drunken nmn behind, And tents, and nigs, and so forth. The stars and stripes wave o*cr the soil Where lons they have been etpangMy, And soon wo hope to see thorn wave All o'er that laud of dangers. So let us give the rebels fits Wherever next we find them. They rmi away in “double-quick," And leave their nigs behind them. ciroitss. Buy your clothesat the Great Oak' Ham. ! Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Great Oak 11.m.i. wile* cheap to all— Yankee Doodle Dundy. Come and buy a new suit. On the strength of the victory. OAK IIALL. S. E. comer SIXTH mid MARKET, W’aNAMAKEK a brown, NEW PUBLICATIONS. W'^^lir'M^eUßLisilKDlN'A l Kff TI.VYS THE FIELD MANUAL BATTALION bit ILL. Containing all the movements and manoeuvres in the School of the Battalion, with the commands arranged in tubularfomis, and properly explained. Translated from the Trench, with adaptation to the C. S. service. By Captain HENRY COI'FEE, late Instructor ig V» B. Military Academy at WcM ToLut. This little manual is an invaluable aid to officers of ■every grade in battalion drill. The study of the tactics is not only jdiortenril, hut very much facilitated; the ar rangenient of tl*e commands. in every case, explaining the movement, and petting forth the duty of cyefy QfifcQf at a c. It* small verniers it a rade mccum for the officer on the fit Id. TI(E FIELD MANUAL OF EVOLUTIONS OF THE LINK, arranged in a tabular form* for the use of ofluers of the V. S. Infantry; being a sequel to the au thorized V. S. Infantry -Tactics. Translated, with adapt* ations to the L'. S. Service, from the Jatost French au thorities. By Cuil. HKNKY COUPEE, lute Instructor in the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. A most valuable and timely book: every officer should Ii&VA It lb his pocket in tlu* mawcuvres of brigades and divisions. It contains a condensed and tubular slate ment of the commands of the instructor and of the batta lion commanders, with short but sufficient explanations accompanying each. MnnyuF our officers find ths evolutions t?\e [(‘ft? ft xuosd compUctth-d study. Tlicj* are Here rendered easy botl* of knowledge and reference. J. 13. LIITINCOTT A CO., Publishers, nol2-ti-.lL.s-ot 22 and 21 North FOURTH Street. Defence oe akmageddon, by DIL F. E. FITTS, Nashville, Tennessee.—This is the most remarkable human production that has ever been offered to the American i* ople. The style is chaste and truly eloquent. Theologians, Civilians, and States men pPOMVmee its argument demonstrative. The subject treated of is most inspiring: « The United States iu rrophecy.” The tlieory of Dr. Pitts is: That the United States is foretold in the lfoly Scriptures, and that the battle of Armageddon is to be fought iu the Valley of the Miisis- Bippii The United States in Prophecy lie demonstrates by two arguments: the Ist chronological; the 2d geographical. The chronological argument is founded on the 1290 symbolic days, and the three and a half times embraced iu the predictions of Daniel, chapter xii. That “tho time of the eiul,“ an age of great intellectual energy and adventure* was rhe ago iu which a great nationality Would arise, and that the United States arose at the end of the 121*0 symbolic days. The burning of the Temple being the starting point, the 1290 days runout at a quar ter to three o’clock mi the 4th of July, 1776. at which hour, according to the best sources of information, the Declaration tf Independence, was read from the steps of tins old Hov.=v, on Chestnut street, in the city of Philadelphia. Another length of these times is 1335 days, and will end in 1878. These two lengths begin and close “the timo of the end,’’ and answer to the rise of the American Republic, and it* expansion into the Millennium. Tilts argument is purely muthi'mnticak mid, wo believe, un answerable. SECOND ARGUMENT—Gj:oonAPHiCAL. That the people were to inhabit a hind “lying between the East ern and great Western seas;"’ that this “land had al ways been wastethat it was to be located in thirteen distinct States i“ tlmt tliP rieuplo should h build and duull safely in unwallcd villages aud cities, having neither gates nor bars/’ “a land of broadjrivers and streams;” a re public where the people “ should appoint to themselves one head, and their rulers and governors" should be from •i amongst themselves," aud that our great country, an twriiig tin* pmliclions eo precisely of the nationality that was to come, is the nation born in a day—born on the 4th of July, 1776. The second part of the work relates to the world’s last conllict between civil and religious liberty on the oue hand, aud political and miesiasticul despotism on the other. Tliovoicnnf the prophetic Soripturos fre-puatly &ue allied with Russia ex* cept France. As she was with us in the beginning, so she will be with us in the end: that the battle-field will he tt>e Volley of the that our glorious Con federacy will Lever dissolve. No storm-cloud in the North, or volcanic eruption in the South, will ever di vide our great country's* And when the dreadful carnage is over, and victory shall perch upon America's banner, confederated republic?, muter the council of the United Meg, will spring up in the farmer lmbitAtlo&idf&ipot jsm, and our glorious Republic, like nn elder brother, will kindly instruct them in the principles of popular freedom. Thu?, when the thrones of earth shall be destroyed, there shall be but one religion—the religion of Je3Us— but one form of government, and that republican. Then the cloudless splendors of a new heaven shall beam iipou a new earth, Messiah rclgit, and earth keep jubilee a thousand years. 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HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Trembling. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Night Sweats. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Cold Feet. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU Fwr Dimness of Vision, HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Languor. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System* HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Pallid Countenance. gFLMBOW’S EXTRACT BUCIIU Tor Eruptions. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Pains in the Bark. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Headache. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Sick Stomach. GENUINE PREPARATIONS. If you are suffering with any of the above distressing ailments, use HELJIBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. Try it, and be convinced of itß efficacy. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCIIU, recommended by names known to SCIENCE and FAME. BELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See remarks miulo bi* the late Dr. Physic. HKLMBOLD’g EXTRACT BUCIIU. See Dr. De wee’s valuable work on Practice of Physic. BELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dispensa tory of the United States. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCIIU. See remarks made by Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a celebrated physi cian, and Member of the Royal College or Surgeons, Irrlnntl, and published in King and Queon’i Journal. HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See Medico- Cliirnrgiral Review, published by Benjamin Travers, F. R. C. S. HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See most of the late Standard Work 3 on Medicine. HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See remarks by CliTgymen» HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS Give health and vigor to the frame, And bloom to the pullid cheek ;” and are bo pleasant to the taste that patients become fond of them. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU, SI per bottle, or nix far §3, delivered to any address. Depot 164 South TENTH Street, below Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa., where all letters must be addressed. PHYSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE From 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. Describe symptoms In all communications. ADYICE GRATIS. CURES GUARANTIED. .Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. oco-stutb3m MUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP. F. BROWN. COPY-RIGHT SECURED. Prepared only from the Original Prescription ol the lfttO PROFESSOR MUTTER. AT FREDERICK BROWN’S, Northeast corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, Phlladclpiua. This Remedy is a safe and simple preparation from the receipt of the late distinguished Professor Mutter, with whom it wad a favorite prescription. That ho used Jt in his extensive practice, insures to the timid a certain proof of its pure and innoxious elements, and to those who know his character for skill and careful attention, to prescribe only such remedial agents ae should secure restoration without producing subsequent evil, it will be w elcomed as a real good. Under the guidance of a Phy sician (to whom its combination will unhesitatingly be nuulu known), it will ulu'ujs be found very bMieliclal, and in cases where a medical adviser is not at baud, it may be used with safety, according to the directions, in all cases uf short or long duration. For sale at FREDERICK BROWN’S, Drug and Chemical Store, N. E. comer or FIFTH and CHESTNUT Sts., oclths&w tim Philadelphia. TI/TRS. JAMES BETTS’ CELEBRA- J.U. TED SUPPORTERS FOB LADIES, and ttaa only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La dies and physicians are respectfully requested to call only on Mrs. Betts, at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, (to ovoid counterfeits.) Thirty themond Invalids have been adviaed by their physicians to use her appliances. Those only are genuine bearing the United Stater copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and also on the Supporters, with testimonials. oclS-tutbsU PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1861. %\t Jims. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1861; THE REBELLION. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. LETTER FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. THE LATEST NEWS FRO^ FORT ROYAL, BEAUFORT NOT YET OCCUPIED; INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE, t THE ARISTOCRATS OF CHARLESTON Visit BEAUFORT TO SEE A REBEL VICTORY. HOW TIILY TOOK THE BISAI’POIXTMET: A PAGE OF SOUTH CAROIINA HISTOKT, LATEST SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS FROM BEAUFORT. \ THEY REMOVE PART OF THE COTTON, The Rebels Preparing to Defend Beaufort. INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH; MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR DICKENS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE NUMBER OF TROOPS SOUTH CAROLINA HAS FURNISHED—HER EXPENDITURES. ' GUNS OF FORT SI-JIBIER ALL MOUNTED. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE BURNING OF GUYANDOTTE. ZOLLICOFFER RETREATING TO CUMBERLAND GAP. GEN. GRANT'S OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE OP BELMONT. &C., &c„ See. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. Letter from the Steamer Pocaliontas. [Correspondence of The Press.] U. *s. Steamer Pocahontas. Port Royai, Hakroii, S. 0.. Nov. 8. 1801. Here we ere, safe and sound, in the midst of that great humbug—Secession. lVe have again planted our flag upon tho soil of the State which is the leader of this great rebellios, We sailed from Hampton ltoads on the 29th, and on our way down we encountered a series of gales, which blew us a great wayisut of our course. IVe had no less than three gales on our Tray cluwn, nnd it was very fortunate that there were no more lost Tcssels. Wo only lost two or three in ail, thd then their crews were all saved. We came very near Icing too late, but, fortunately, we arrived up in time to do some good. The first land thst we made was Savannah, and, as we approached the shore we saw a schooner standing in towards land. Chase was immediately given, and we all thought that we were going to capture a privateer. RHj upon coining up, we found her fa be a eoal achoirinr belonging to tho squadron. As we were of coat, we look her in tow. and sent our boats to her to obtain a supply. W r o were busily employed when heavy firing was beard in the direction of Beaufort. We Immediately east off the schooner, hoisted in the boats, and made the best of our Riiiy. towards the plane from-which the reports were heard. I never saw such eagles displayed before in my life; we were greatly afraid that it would all he over before we could come up. Every one was in a state of intense excitement; we could sec the shells from the different ships exploding in every direction, but wo wore 60 far off that wo could not distinguish w hether they were doing any damage or not. We heard the firing about 10 o'clock; at 11 we we could see and distinguish the vessels engaged. (The cntfMice was defended by two forts, one on each side; tbe one on the left had 17 guns mount ed ; I cannot say how many wore in the other, but we could distinguish five large guns. At 12.10 we beat to quarters, and stood in toward? the shipS that were engaged. When we came up, most of the large ships vref6 laying quietly at anchor, while four or five gun boats were engaged with the battery on the left. The entrance is about 31 or four miles wide, so you can see what a fire we had to pass through. Tire land on the ieft is called “ Hinton Head,” and that was where the principal fort was placed. Hinton Head is an island; that on the right is the main land- At 12.20 we opened fire upon the fort, from which they replied with rifled cannon. AVe hud no idea of there being a battery on the right, and what first made me aware of it was the buzzing of those con founded rifle shot. They fired three shots right over the poop where I was standing; the last being so close that it made me dodge considerably. One of their shots struck our mainmast; another one cut away our staysail halliards. AYe then stood in towards the battery on our left, and directed our firing towards it. Yl'e wer? complimented upon our shooting. Of floors of other vessels say that it was the best made that day. About three o’clock the enemy deserted their guns; the signal was then made for the troop ships, who were anchored outside, to cume up. In the mean time Some sailors and officers had been sent ashore, and then once more that glorious old banner spread its starry folds over the State of “ South Carolina! ” It was the first flag hoisted in the State since the fall of Sumpter ; and what ft IJirill Of joy it Sent through each of our hearts to see it once more as serting its supremacy over the Palmetto and Con federate flags! I can assure you that it was well worth all the danger we ran to see that glorious emblem of our nationality flying in the midst Of the land of Se cession. The troop-ships now came up, and their disem barkation commenced; and as it was a calm night, they were ail landed by morning. As soon as the flag was hoisted, the bands struck up the great tune of “ Dixie ’ —a thing ryhiCh struct me 83 Tery ap propriate- The Southerners were completely routed. They left in such haste they ieft all their private papers, letters, swords, Ac. They even forgot to spike their guns, and did not take any of their ammunition. It was a complete victory, and that at a very trifling loss to us, as we had but aeVcn oh eight men killed. I must acknowledge that they fought well, for we threw in an average of three shells a minute, and ®?3t of them exploded. The slaughter must have been awful, as shells are no light things to withstand. I went ashoro this morning, and it was a hard-looking place. Throe of the guns were dismounted, and on tbe carriage there were pieces of human flesh. The ground was ploughed up all around, and, altogether, it was a piece of desolation not often witnessed. We have gained possession of a most important pest, being only fifteen miles from the entrance t» Savannah and forty-five from Charleston. It is of great importance to US as a rendezvous and naval station, besides being an initial point from which we can carry on offensive operations. I presume that they will regain this plaec if they can ; but they will never do that while the navy is ■ about, IVo thought last night that we would have to engage the battery on the right; but the morn ing beams of a glorious sun found our glorious old folds streaming out over the fort. M. Letter from an Officer of the Flag-Ship Wabash—The Rebel Lieutenant Unger Probably Killed. \Ve were yesterday permitted to make the fol lowing extracts of a letter received by a gentleman of this city, from bis brother, who is an officer of the U. S. flag-chip Wabash; U. S. Flag-Ship Wabasii, ) Off Foot Walkek, Nov. 7. j He An R—You have read an account of our de parture from Hampton. On the evening of the 29th ult., we were well out to sea, taking the lead of our squadron, which comprised over fifty vessels. Among the steamers were the Vanderbilt and Bal tic x of New York. The ships Great llepteblic and Golden J\ge assisted as transports. Early in tho evening we formed a eemieireU ten miles in stretch, and telegraphed to the whole fleet by pyrotechnic signals. This was a most beautiful sight, of which but tt faint conception can be formed ! from a mere verbal description. The illumination I On board 6uf ship tasted for two hours, ns wo had to I answer each signal by red, white, or blue fires. | On the morning of the 30th the fleet was sent j tered : over some twenty miles of ocean, the ; smaller vessels keeping well in to shore. That night it blew a heavy gale, and next morning : most of the vessels were completely out of sight. We lay-to until we had discovered them, and then , despatched our fastest steamers to hurry them up. Through that day (31st) the wind lulled, and we made muck progress. In the evoning a se cond gale, much heavier than tho first, burst upon us with full fury. I have not seen its equal for ten years. The steamboat Governor, with a crew of from inrec to five hundred on board, including two hundred and fifty marines, hoisted a signal of dis i trees. A vessel was at once despatched to her assistance, and succeeded in rescuing ull her passengers save thirty-three of tho marines, who sank with her. (Another report snvs she did not sink until iliroe hours after all on board hod been taken off.) The gate continued for two days, thereafter the weather continued to be pleasant until we came to Port Royal Bay. On Thursday at 8 A. M., wo formed in line of battle, and taking the lead, ran iu abreast of Fort Walker and opened fire. You can imagine the amount of damage done thorn iu a three hours siege, when I stato that forty of our vessels poured a continual rain of shells upon them. Wc silenced two of their rifled guns which had been using shell very freely. Iu the engngcmegt much bravery, amounting at times to perfect recklessness, was dis played on both sides. • A shot passed through our mainmnst, rendering it unfit for use ; a shell cut away the end of our spanker-boom, which was also rendered useless. Captain Jackson, while in tne act of firing his gun. was struok by a shot which passed through the ves sel's side, and took off his leg. Another shot, which Bti'uok the ring of the waist-anchor, broke It off as though it lmd been of cast iron. Our spare top sail and starboard swinging boom wore both carried away. Four shots entered our hull, and our rig ging is very much cut up. Inatfdiiwß to the one killed, wc bad two wounded, but not seriously'. After our first attack, we hauled off to repair damage, and in about two hours renewed the as sault. After IU resumption of our lire tlic rebel batte ries ceased to reply. Our guns carry two miles with effect, and we were then within seven hundred yards of them. Commodore Dupont declared that Ci they might sin): his ship, but he wouldnot move from his position until the forts had surrendered .” On perceiving that the fire was not returned, ho sent a Dig of truce to ascertain the Cause. Our crew landed, and found, somewhat to their astonishment, that the rebels had retreated, and (to all appearances) in double-quick time. We hoisted tho stars and stripes, and came aboard again. Two divisions of our ship's company with the marines, then returned tc the forts and took pos scssion-of them. This morning we landed fifteen hundred troops, and our transports hare all day been lauding stores and camp equipages. Our first crew found iu the tents watches, clothing, silver-bitted swords, boxes of mathematical instru ments, fowling-pieces, cases of pistols, and many other MUole? which could not be conveniently taken with them in their hurried flight. I have an officer's gray cap, coat, and knapsack, belonging to one of the Georgia Artillery. The clothingT intend to keep as a trophy. Some of our crew came into possession of very costly clothing. One of them saw an officer lying on the ramparts with a heavy gold watch and chain upon bis person; owing to conscientious scnplfiS) or) perhaps, more truly from a dasisato avoid ail contact with the dead, he neglected to se cure the jewelry- This morning onr gunner, Thomas Stewart, went on shore to examine the ordnance. There were two English guns of the date of 1805; two others lately cast, and marked '‘Confederate States of America;” another was a monster, almost equal ling in calibre the Union gun at Fort Monroe. The rest were uniformly of heavy bore. Tlfa fart is pentagonal, Is one-quarter of a mile around, and has guns mounted on every side ef it. We discovered the bodies of 2T of their dead, and afterwards a number more buried in a sand batik. , Outside of the fort was a camp of 2,000 man, an of whqqkretreated, however, leaving all their baggagejatoreS, Ac., to fall into our hands. While we were engaged in landing our troops at Fort Walker, a gunboat was sent to reconnoitre in the vicinity of Fort Beauregard. It speedily re turned wph the joyful intelligence that the fort fiad been evacuated. To-day we buried the dead (five in number) from ill? tquadroSi I wont in the third cutter with the two corpses from this steamer. We were followed with a boat having on board a band of music. Im mediately behind came two boats containing the remaining dead, together with ten officers and men to perform tho funeral ceremonies. Wo burled them at sundown, and, firing a salute, returned to the boats. I believe tee will be in another aetion in a Jiio days. Rope Yarn. [The following letter, enclosed lg {foe game enve. lope, is dated November 8. It will be found very interesting: J Dear R : It appears that my gray suit is the uniform of a captain or lieutenant of the Savannah Guards, and belonged to a son of the famous G (mo ral Huger —pronounced “Hugee.” I am led to believe this from the fact that, in the breast-pocket. I found a fine linen handkerchief, marked “ Joseph Huger,in indelible ink. In the right-aide pocket were three Minie rifle-halls, a number of musket wads, and a five and threo-eent pieee. On the front of the cap is a palmetto tree, and as neat a specimen of such work as I over saw. Yes terday, when on shore, I was in charge of a boat’s crow, and had no time for trophy-hunting. To-day. however, I may take a trip through the camp, and endeavor to find the materials for an interesting letter. lam told that we have captured more pro perty than the expedition has cost; and you know that is no small sum. Here are bales of cotton piled up ready for shipment, and but for our opportune arrival it might ere this have been en route for an English port. There is a plantation which mustered two hundred negroes. They are coming oil' to us at every opportunity, and I expect every one will be aboard our Teasel bofore we leave. When the rebels retreated, they never spiked a gun. They might have destroyed their entire camp, but their flight was so precipitate that they left everything in excellent order. Their maga zines were found to be filled with shot, shell, and powder sufficient to withstand a ten-days bom bardment. One of the contrabands, in answer to a ques tion as to how many of the rebels were killed, replied that the general who owned him had threat ened him with death if he ever divulged the se cret. Hesaysthattwofull regiments were killed— probably meaning two companies. Wc found some of the corpses lying at a mile’s distance from the fort, thus showing that they must have commenced retreating before our fire had been discontinued. I erjiect we will have another battle m a few days—probably at the fort up the bay.- We do not want it badly, however, for we now have sole control of Port Royal harbor. Rope Yarn. Rebel Reports from South Carolina. Baltimore, Nov. 15.—8 y the Old Point boat, Charleston papers of the 12th inst. have been re ceived. The following are among their contents :• Gen. Lee is mnking extensive preparations to de fend Beaufort, which place has not been occupied by Gen. Sherman. The negroes are engaged in removing the ootton, and other property. Two Yankee gunboats arc said to he aground Bear the village. The Charleston Courier states that there is but little cotton stored at or near Beaufort. Messrs. Pope and Bayard, who reside on Hilton Island, set fire to every building on their premises, and also their crops, leaving a mass of niiUS behind them. The guDB of the T-atly Davis and the Huntress have been placed in battery at Port Royal Ferry, under Col. Donovant, where a stand will be made. A lavgo number of families have left Savstniali for the up country. On Saturday last, according to the Charleston papers, there was no sign of Gen. Sherman taking possession of Beaufort. The Rutledge Jlountedjlli fiemen started for Beaufort on Sunday morning, and also a detaohmentof additional mounted rifle men, Col. Clingman’s North Carolina Regiment was also on the way. The Charleston '-Mercury condemned'the manner in which the Confederates have neglected to pre pare for the emergency. Federal Accounts from Port ltoyal. New Yonx, Nov 15 Tho steamer Coatza cealcos, arrived at midnight, brings Port Royal dates to the llth. It was rumored at Fort Walker that the Federal pickets on the opposite side of the island had been attacked by the rebels, and reinforcements were sent out from the fort. The Federal troops were to take formal posses sion of Beaufort on Thursday, the llth. The Coatzacoalcos passed the gunboats Monti cdlo and Connecticut on the 13th, ofl’Frying Pan fboals, bound South. The French gunboat Catinet has arrived here. The latest News. Tho United Stales steamer Coatsacoalcos arrived at New York at midnight on the 14th inst., with dates from the fleet to the llth. Some interesting new intelligence has been thus received: Affairs at Beaufort—A Saturnalia Among the Negroes, On the 9tli insl., in pursuance of the orders of Flag Officer Dupont, the gunboats tieneca, Lieute nant Commanding David Ammcn ; Pembina. Lieu tenant Commanding John Bankhead; and the Curlew, Lieutenant Whortmough, proceeded up the Beaufort river to reeonnoitro, and to take pos session of two light boats, which had been removed there early in the summer. The boats proceeded rapidly up tho stream, cleared for action, anj V6fidy iV>r any emergency-, but the bunks of the riVCi* were found deserted, save by groups of negroes, who were observed to gaze upon the novel sight of three war vessels, bearing the stars and stripes on South Carolina waters with curiosity, if not with lively fees. No whites could be ’seen, find, no dofenei* of Any kind could be descried, besides « battery near Beaufort, where the guns bad been taken out and transferred to Bay Point. On arriving at a point about half n wile dislnnt from Beaufort quite a number of-nm&air were observed to leave the village, and hastily take to the woods. Soon thereafter, on approaching the village a little nearer, Captain Amineo, of the *SV vccu, sent Lieutenant Sprotson in a boat to the shore, with a flag of truce, to eommunioftto with the people nnd to assure them of perfect safety to their persons and property, and inviting them to return to their homes. On landing. Lieutenant Sprotson was met by a number of negroes, who seemed groatly rejoiced to 6ec him. nod choered lustily for tho slaw nnd stripes. They informed Lieutenant Sprotson that there were two whites left in the villnge, and took him to one, who met the lieutenant at the door of liis store waving a flng of truce, and exhibiting In his manner every indication of deep fear. This man, a Northerner by birth, reported that the ne groes were perfectly wild, and were plundering stores and dwellings, wantonly destroying property of every kind, and carryingoff everything of apor tnbie character that mid Ifij their hands upon. They had bent worked ?tp to a pitch of frenzy by their wasters* who had shot several ne~ strops v.di.o refused to accompany them into the woods, and away from the village, to prevent them from communicating with the United States fpj*9Pp, and that the negroes were retaliating in this man" ncr. and that the lives of the remaining whites and their property were horribly insecure, A perfect saturnalia had begun. The negroes reported that the rebel force which Ifttoly occupied the fortifications on St. Philips Island had, with the Beaufort artillery, retired in a hasty manner to Port Royal ferry, about ten miles dislant, where there was a force of about a thousand men. On these facts being fcngwn Cflptain Annual, ho returned to her, and reported them to Cowim>* dore Dupont, who immediately ordered the Una* tliliti, Captain Collins, the senior officer of the gun boats, to proceed to Beaufort and suppress any excesses that the negroes might commit in thefr efforts to retaliate against their znnsters, aild tO take particular pains to assure the white inhabi tants that we had no intention to disturb them in their rights or in the enjoyment of private pro perty. and in the spirit of these instructions, and la accordance with these principles, to use every effort to Test ore confidence, to bring the people back to their homes, when order should be re established and personal safety and the rights of private property secured to all. IVe have not ltcurrl from the XJnadrlla as yet, but there will be no more excesses committed if Commodore Bujont and tbe forces under his control can prevent it; and I am sure that General Sherman is controlled by the same sense of duty. While the Seneca war returning, a boat load of negroes came aboard the vessel, and they were dis tinctly informed by Captain Aramen that wo had not come for the purpose of taking them away from their masters, nor of obliging them to continue in a stale of slavery, and that they might go to Beau fort or to mi ton Head, as they pleased. They loft, saying that they would return to Beaufort, and make arrangements to remove, and that they thought that all the slaves would come down to- Hilton Head. The Contrabands at Port Royal. The New York Post says ; The negroes ran to greet our boots as we landed to take possession of the fort, and among those found. on the shore by our marines were several belonging to General Drayton, commander of the post, whose plantation, on Hilton Seed island, was well stocked with fellows of the genuine ebony east. Two of them were taken on board tbe Wa bash. and gave much interesting anti reliable in formation in'regard to the situation of the affairs o> the Island One of them asserted that his master hod, that morning, assured him that he might fait into other hands before night, and he seemed to- have been sufficiently pleased with the prospect of a change of masters to get bis little bundle ready to be takes off. The Negroes Trading. Early in the morning after the victory the plan tation negroes began to comejnto camp, and, with the gennine African instinct for trade, each bad provided himself with a turkey, a shoulder ef ba con, or two shoulders and a brace of hams in the shape of a straggling porker, which he bore, kick ing and squealing, under his arm. It was amusing to see the pertinacity with which the fellowd would cling to their prize, even while waiting to be ques tioned under a guard of a file of soldiers. instant one was spoken to, the bit of wide-awake or the rimless crown of straw which did duty as a bat, would be jerked off with characteristic obsequious ness, the negro stand scraping and-bowing, answer ing meanwhile his cateohisn, as well as ha could, with the noisy and struggling beast distracting his attention. Several-who came in brought wagons loaded with knapsacks and other accoutrements which they had picked up on the way. AII seemed ready to work, nnd there who were fortunate to have possessed themselves of some stray horse or a pair of planta tion mules found abundant occupation. They Are Cared For. As our troops were at first too busy iu making good their position to attend to anything else, and the quartermasters had already more upon their hands than they conld well attend to, tho negroes who appeared were not encouraged to remain, but were at once sent back, and on one pretence and another to take care of themselves. But by tho morning of the second day fifty were already gathered at headquarters, and signs of a much greater influx were abundant. Those who remained were put under the charge of Capt. Goodrich, the quartermaster of General Wright’s brigade, who saw that their wants wars well attended to, giving up an old building to their accommodation. Our troopß were accompanied in their first reeon noissance into the island by Dr. J. J. Craven, the efficient surgeon of the Third brigade, who reports the negroes on the plantations further inland as al most wild with delight at the advent of our troops, and the hasty flight of their masters, which they de scribed with the utmost gusto. The Day of Deliverance. “OLordt massa,” said one, “ wc'sc so glaij tQ see you. IVe’se prayed olid prayed tile good Lord that he would send you Y'ankees, and we knowed you'se was coming. ’ “How could you know that asked Dr. Cra ven. “You can't read the paper; how did you get the news ?” “No, massa, we’se can’t read, hut we'so can lis ten. Maslsa and missus uses to road, aijd sometimes they's would read aloud, and then we would listen so’ —making an expressive gesture, indicative of close attention at a key-hole—“ When I’se git a chance I’se would listn, and Jim, him would lis ten, and we put the bits together, and we kuew’d the Yankees were coming. Bless the Lord, massa." Conversations With the Contrabands. Another stout fellow asserted that the good Lord lmd appeared to him in the shape of a “ Yankee.’’ who assured him that his hour of deliverance was at hand. The poor, trusting creatures never seemed to question that a war which they lmd heard was all about them must mean their deliverance from a bondage wiih which they do not seem to have been sufficiently in love to follow the fortunes of their fleeing masters. A drivers lvbip which was picked up, and which the correspondent of the livening Dost now has in his possession, was shown one of”them, and he was asked if he knew what it was. “ Golly, mnssa "! said the negro, with a suspi cious, side-long look at the familiar whip ho saw raised aloft, “Guess dis nigger knows what dat dere.is,” and he proceeded tQ explain tho USD to which It was applied. When some doubt was expressed as to the nogro statements in regard to numbers, one of them an swered : “ Wc can’t read, but we’se can count." “ How d'd you learn to count V “ Picking cotton, masse. We’se all got to count when wo pick cotton, mnssa." There seems to be abunduht work lor them to do in picking cotton on Hilton lead Island, which our troops have occupied, andi t is to he hoped that their services will be iu some way turned to account for this purpose. Acres of it, already white tor the harvest, Were found within less than a mile of Fort VI alker, and will be lost unless speedily attended to. Several buildings filled with unginned ootton were also found further back toward Skull Creek, and on the islands beyond that stream similar de posits could be eocn. A hoavy smoko which was seen at a distance the negroes reported to come from a lot of cotton which had boon fired by the retreating rebels. For some reason the negroes appeared at first in clined to wait until they were called, for before making their appenrance' but the few who were dismissed on the first day spread the report that the Yankees were indeed at hand, and the next morning a number eamo in from (he mainland, whore their musters had retreated, making their escape at night in a canoe. The reports must have spread as far up as Beaufort in an astonishingly fimrt space of lime, for when our boats wunt up there the negroes were ready to greet them. By that singular sort of freemasonry which seems to be established among the negroes, the re port will speedily spread from one end of the South to the other, and before the snows of De cember shall have whitened the plains Of tllO -forth, oven in distant Texas tho story of our appearance will have travelled, distorted by a thousand ex aggerations, to excite the eager hopes of those who are watching and waiting so patiently for the de liverance which is so near at hand. Slaves of all Colors. Another correspondent sAys : As soon as the negro slaves observed ns coming on shore they flocked along the banks in great num bers, some bearing parcels and bundles, as if ex pecting us to take them at once to a home of free dom. Every variety of negro and slave was re presented. I say negro and slave, for it is a melan choly fact that some slaves are apparently as white ns their masters, and as intelligent. Darkies of genuine Congo physiques, and darkies of the genuine Uncle Tom pattern, darkies young and jubilant, darkies middle-aged, and eager, and gray, haired, solemn, looking follows. Some appeared mystified, and some intelligent. The quadroon and octoroon, possessing an undistinguishable tint of negro blood, mingled one drop with seven of southern nativity and ancient family, formed, to speak mildlv, an interesting scene. As fast as Ihe contraband article came within rcaeh.it was placed in the guard-house, an old frame building behind Fort Walker. Hero quite a collection was made. They were huddling to gether, half iu fear and half in hope," when a ug. TWO CENTS. vnl officer of the Bienville looked in upon thorn asking, “Well, well, what are you atl about'”' “Dat's jest what we'd like to find out. mas'r,'' was the response. The officer assused them that they would be kind ly taken care of and perhaps found something to do, and need not be alarmed. “ Tank God for dat, mas'r," was the reply. On drawing them into conversation, they said they caught a great deal of fish in Port Royal Harbor, fishing at night, after the plantation work was over. Two slaves wore found reeonneitrin* about_ oh their own account, and on being brought into camp, explained that the,- belonged to Mrs. Pinck ney. of Charleston, and came down to “seo what de white people were all about. 1 ' They Raid that the white people ail ran away when the ships earns up, crying “Great God ! Great God! Great God! the Yankees are coming; fire tho boats. Other slaves reported that “when the white folks see the little bouts coming up, dey luffed at them: but when they sec do big dicrkcroiideil vessels cornin', they laffed on do Oder side tier moufs.” Scenes and Incidents of the Fight and of the Voyage of the Expedition. CiRKEV SOLDIERS. The greenness of some of the soldiers in nautical matters was amusing, aud the jokes perpetrated by the naughty Jacks at their expense not less so. Tho rules prevailing on shipboard were very incom prehensible to them. Por example, they were not allowed to go on the wbcclhuuses, a guard be ing stationed there to motion them away. One lank-limbed Yankee took no heed of the motions, cut was ascending tho ladder, when the guard shouted. “Stop; you mustn't corns up here." “Halio, why not ”' says Yankee, never think ing of obeying without a good reason. “Soldiers not allowed up here,’ 1 says guard. Yankee stood still, surveyed the landscape, gazed at the smoke-stacks, thinking them mortars, perhaps, and, after a general feconnotssance, replied to the guard in an injured, but half rebellious tone— turning upon his heel—“ Well. I s’pose there ain’t nothing to hinder a fellor’s goin' down cellar.’' A Grave Hoy and a Gallant Sailor. One of the powder-boys on the Bienville, IVm. Henry Steele byname, deserves particular atten tion. He is only fourteen years old. a bright, ac tive fellow, and performed his duties with signal bravery . °lt was Bis duty to Band cartridges to one of the gunners. While the Bienville was in the thickest of the engagement, the balls' whistled fiercely over the deck and splashed about in the water," but he never wavered. A large rified shot struck the water some distance from the steamer, bounded upward, and, crashing through the beam, tore through the bodies of two then standing near him at his gun, aud wounded two others. Ho handed his cartridge to the gunner, and, stepping over the bodies, brought a fresh supply of ammu nition, with which he ?9ntißßs4 hi* labor*, After the light, Captain Steedtnan, tn thanking hi; men for their noble conduct, especially com mended the bravery of young Steele. During a part of the time the Bienville was the mark for almost the eptire fire of both rebel batterie?, and her crew displayed the greatest heroism. The first shot fired at her struck, and was one of the most serious. Her guns were in. such constant use that thev became hot. and almost leaped from the deck at each discharge. It jj j-f&Hy wonderful that her damage ii so very immaterial. Beyond a hole be. tween decks, another through the beam, just at the lower part of the gunwale, a cut shroud and a battered stare-pipe, (not smoke-stack,) she is un harmed- The ir.iAoxi alsoonmo in for a large share of the fight. A cannon shot passed along her deck and struck Thomas Jackson, tbe coxswain. The ball nearly carried away one of Ms legs, leaving it so that it hung only by shreds of flesh and skint. Lean ing against a gua. he drew out his sheath-knife and tried to cut it off entirely. The knife was too dull, and his shipmates hastened to him and carried him below. He kept continually asking, how the fight progressed, saying, “I hope we’U win; I hope we'll beat them.” He died in two-hours, his last words expressing happiness that he had done some tlußg for his country. A Test of Rough Weather. One day, on tho voyage dowu. to Port Royal, while many men were down sick, the wind waa by no mean? high, nor wa? the sea at all obstreperous in f«t. -AwOtfdiflg to the bailors, it was-ibe pleasantest of pleasant weather. Bat It is always- very hard to fet from a sailor any admission that the present low is at all violent —it is only when it i&ali over that he will speak of it a» i4 a heavy gale, 17 or a s?tough time.” Accidentally. I to-day got at the gauge of rough weather, as set by the steward’s department, the cooking force of the ship; which is original and curious. “The weather is not rough, sir. until the saucepan? jump off the galley, sir; the toil ketr ties fly about the place as if they was shot out of a gun, sir, rad tho ship rolls the fire out of the grate and all over the floor; then, sir, Uis rough weather, sir.” So. hereafter, when I have doubts. I'll go to the kitchen. anVe arrived bffon* Chiirlrston oil thp llth, [July*. 1770.] in tin* ovoniug. Tlie eneinj' sent ijext lftonmig to know what terms we would grants Four hours won* al lowed them to surrender prisoners of war, or take the oath of al’egiiince to his Majesty, and protected in their persons and properties, and retiirn to the class t*r peaceful citizens. fiR Wt'Frfl having iirriml in thfl mean time from Gen. Lincoln with an account of Jus ap proach, and that a reinforcement would be in town that day, the enemy «rev more conftdwit, and began to talk in higher tri ms; however, they proposed a neutrality for thff province until the war between Great Britniu and Amerien was dfterminPtl," The following is tho made by Cola. Smith und Mclntosh to Col. Provost and Captain Moncricf. at a eonfcrcnco at Charleston, May 12, 1779: “ Thyt Carofiva should remain in a state of neutrality during the war, and the question whether Carolina should remain an independent St Ate i)) 1 Le Sllhjfitf to Great .Uniat be dctcrr/Hlbcd bythejateofwar.” The proposition on the part of South Carolina is made the subject of tho following bitter comments in Game's Mercury of July 12, 1779: “This pro position shows in a clear pnint of view with what tfflse the people of Carolina can throw oft'and break their most solemn engagement with the Continental Congress and Prance, on the approach of real dan ger, or whenever they think it will suit their pri vate views. Such /•« the mueh-hoasted virtue and honor of the inhabitant v of South Carolina ! :t How curiously this same spirit of cowardly selfish ness appears in the present course of goufft Caro lina I It will bo remembered how careful that State was to see that the war was kept out of her own borders and transferred to the soil of Virginia, and with whut scorn the proposition of Virginia to preserve a position of neutrality was met by South Carolina. Having succeeded in making the u Old dominion*'the great eliopping-bjock gp Which tho contending busts should spend then 1 destructive blows, South Carolina—the perfidious, the selfish— with a chuckle of diabolical satisfaction, proclaimed her delight at having succeeded in the ruse, and transferred the operations and the horrors of war far from her own border! And now that the Government, in the exercise of a just retribution, has 6truck a blow at tho very heart of the rebellion, and planted a galling thorn in the side of that haughty, high-blown State, her leading journal, the Charleston Mnrury, does not scruple to admit that Us sole object in urging an aggressive cftthp&lgh on the Potomac was for the purpose of protecting south Curolina from inva sion. The admission deserves to be placed on re cord-first as a companion* piece to the picture of her conduct in the first Revolution, and secondly, for the present instruction of tho State of Virginia. TVe quote from the Charleston Defer any of Saturday last: "South Carolina beyan llui viar, and it ptylapA, fitting in the nature of things, (hot she shiukl end it. ‘The rage and Imto of hnr eiuantas Jiave pri-cipltatcd tlu’ui cn her coast. They eiuno to punish her for daring to assort her liberties and independence. Hence, as Butler, of Massachusetts, says, »Tha war is to be illumi nated by Jilt liimnm; cities and villages.’ TVe Jiave fore- Keen niid have depreratnl tin* wretched policy Which has Induced thy iimivion of the State. YVth arc wished that it would hove been and that the t'c.letaptinn of Maryland, tttid the protection of South Carolina, hod b*en occonqtlif by fighting on the bank* of the Potomac. But, since all our efforts to shield South C«fr oUna from invasion have failed, we await with clieur fubiefis the fate which is ltfon us." Thcro tlion fol lowr a. groat deal of inflated non sense about “ laying Charleston in ashes,’ 7 nitlrer than submit, and giving “ the Yankees who shall remain on our soil a prison above it or a grave beneath it,"’ etc., clc. If we did not have the historical antecedents of South Carolina, these might impose on us. But we know exactly what they mean. The whole Xorth does not con tain a single individual fool enough net to estimate this ridiculous braggartism at precisely Us just value. Thai bubble is now pretty well pricked.— JX. i r . 'limes. AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY. Important from Kentucky I.orisvil.l.K. Nov. 15.—Gen. BueU, who i- to tucoeed 41 tin - Sherman in tills Stale, Los arrived. A letter from Crab Orchard, to ,tke Journal, soys that Zttilicoffer and his rebel horde retreated, on Wednesday last, blockading the road from Cum berland Ford to Cumberland Gap, by blasting im mense looks from tho Mile- into tho road. Humphrey Marshall The late news from the South brings the intelli gence that this gentleman has at last had his claims recognized by the Southern Confederacy, No man in Kentucky has boxed the political compass more completely* than he, and scarocly any man has had a moro varied political career. Belonging to the Marshall family of Kentuoky, which has afforded; more talent, learning, varied accomplishment aadi eccentricity to the country tlmn any other on* family of the nation, no man has seen grower changes in life than he. Beginning life as a lawyer, after leaving West Point he aspired, at the breaking out of the Mexican Wk r , to a military position. Appointed by Governor Owsley to the eo’oneloy of the Kentucky Mounted Rifles, (known technically as the Third Kentucky during that war.) he behaved with great gallantry at Buena Vista. That service of twelve months on the line of the Rio Grande constitutes his only actual military experience in the field, though he is a gradunteof West Point. After receiving an education at the expense of the country, like many others he went hits the | THE WEEKLY PRESS. I Vuilt Fuss will be lent to mbaorlben tr ■ moil (per innum in advance,) at 99,99 *' (.09 “ 8.09 19.00 “ (to ono addroH) 90.09 (to addreae of Throe Copley “ Tire Ten Twenty « n Twenty Copies, or over t eoch subscriber^) wwh,«, ((4(> suffering of oar brave troops iu Virginia, I directed on the Bth of August last, twenty thousand dollars to be deposited in a bank at Richmond for tho relief of the sick and wounded. X also put into the hands of the colonels of the two first regiments I soot to Virginia two. thousand dol lars each, for any extra necessities that might ba required for their regiments, I also, deposited in the hands of the quarter master of General Bonham's staff livo thousand dollars for immediate wants. I was called on, un der sudden and extraordinary circumstances, to send troops to Virginia, and, as there was then no general organization of any kind. I thought it right that those whom I sent out of the State should not suffer for anything. I also sent on twenty thousand dollars to pay our first regiment of volun teers in Richmond. In all these matters I trust to receive jour direct ?nncliQiii I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury .which will give you all details in full, and in such a lucid form as may be easily under stood. Continntd on Fourth Cage,