MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS—“ The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to BCLomplifth it. There can be but two sitles
to the controversy. Every man must be on tlie
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 WAR NEWS.
No event rincc the commencement of the present
wnr b«9 enneod iiD»rc rojni<un«r »mon«s the
loyal portiuh of ilie American people than the re
cent capture of the rebel envoys, Slidell and Mason.
Their arrest would have been peculiarly gratifying,
even if they lind not been engaged on a mission
from which the traitors expected to derive vast
•benefits, because they were two of the most adroit,
influential.bitter, and determined foe?of theUaion*
•Slidell occupied so important a position that he ex
pected to be made the President of the Southern
Confederacy, and he did far more to promote the
Secession movement than his successful rival, Jef
ferson &avia. Kx-Scnator Mason is one of the
worst traitors this country ever produced, and
has long been actively engaged in the unholy task
of plunging Virginia, notwithstanding her strong
conservative elements, into the vortex of rebellion.
From the mission of these men to Europe the
most gratifying results were hoped for by the de
luded people of the South. They have relied from
the first upon tho aid and co-operation, at no distant
day. of European notions, trusting that their god.
lving Colton, had sufficient power over the com
filhl jupriufflcturjng interests of the old
world, to force it to sustain the South in all her
mad and desperate movements. They expected
that with Mason pleading at tho Court of St.
James, and Slidell adroitly seeking the assist*
aneo of Louis Napoleon, they would soon secure
a recognition of their independence, or the despatch
of a powerful fleet to break the blockade of our
Southern coast At the very least they looked for
the formation of an influential party in France and
England which would furnish supplies of arms and
munitions, and in exchange smuggle out of the
Southern States vast quantities of cotton.
Tho failure of these sanguine expectations just at
the moment when all Secesria was jubilant over the
reported successful escape of the rebel envoys from
the blockading sqaudron off Charleston, and their
embarkation upon a British steamer at Nassau, de
lights all loyal men, and will exert almost as depres
sing an influence in rcbcldom as the brilliant suc
cess of our naval expedition at Beaufort. There
are some* however, lvhoee minds are filled with
anxious forebodings, because Mason and Slidell
were captured on board a British mail steamer,
and the opinion is even expressed that their arrest
may lend to hostilities with Groat Britain, Fe
confess that we do not share these apprehensions.
If England is determined to seek a war with this
country there will he no lack of pretexts in tho
many new complications that will evidently be
engendered by our present difficulties. But cer
, tainly there is no legitimate cause for war fur
nished by an incident that inflicts upon British in
terests so slight an injury, and we doubt very much
whether the people of England would sustain any
ministry that, for ?uch a cause, would seek to in
stitute hostilities against us. What harm has been
done to British interests? No British citizou has
beeu goiaeJ or * na British auhjeet
wronged in any way. The head and front of our
ftffcsding. if any offence lias been committed, con
sists only in detaining for a few moments a British
TGferi, nnd removing from her decks two of the
most dangerous enemies of our country. While
we have clamored against the exercise of the
right of searching American vessels by British
cruisers, it roust bo recollected that ouf main
idea in making those objections was based
on the constant danger of the seizure and harsh
treatment of men who had a claim, as adopted citi
vensj to the protection of our Government. It
should also be remembered that, in spite of our
repeated remonstrances, British cruisers have, in
almost numberless enses. exercised the so-called
right of search on the most frivolous pretexts; and
%trkll£ WO ll&VO strongly complained of these nets,
yet never has the British Government distinctly
abandoned its claim to exercise this right in such
cases as it may deem it necessary to enforce it.
Aside from these considerations, the British
steamer Trent was, at the time she was carrying
Mason and Slidell,- cither consciously or uncon
sciously committing a flagrant violation of the neu
trality which her officers were bound to observe,
not only by the law of nations, but by the procla
mation issued by the British Government upon tha
outbreak of the rebellion, Even if we concede to
the South all the rights of belligerents, which
France and England have recognized, it is still
a very flagrant oft'once for a British vessel to
assist in nny way in tho pros&fluliau of
hostilities against our Government; and cer
tain! jno more effective method of promoting the
rebellion could have been adopted than to trans
port the rebeFcnvnys to courts whore their intrigues
and representations might have proved more inju
rious to us than the largest division of the existing
rebel army. It is a general principle of the doc
trine of neutrality, that neutral ships must be al
ways ready to prove themselves what they profess
to be, and that- for that purpose, in time of war,
they must submit to a reasonable exercise of the
right of visitation. It is considered a flagrant
violation of neutrality to carry for a bellige
rent official communications upon the public
affairs of his State. The same principle which
forbids an .act of tins character, necessarily for
bid? the trauej'ortntion of envoys who are spe
dully entrusted with the presentation of commu
nications of the most important character. The
act of transporting men for a belligerent U stated
by Be Bftutcfeuilte, a, leading French authority
oil international law, to be 11 a more serious viola
tion of the duties of neutrals than a case of
CQUtrdmid, * * Neutrals have, duties to
fulfil towards nations at war, and if the captain
of a ship chooses to carry men in the service of
one of the belligerents he exposes himself to all
the consequences* J
Ortolan, a writer on international law and a great
authority among the French, goes even further
than B'Hautcfeuille. He thinks that, even in the
case when a captain is ignorant of the quality of
CBC ofkls he iiiiisl surrender him upon
summons of one of the belligerents to do so. This,
we believe, is also Ibe opinion of Wheaton and of
Ward.
If precedents me to be nonsuited, several may be
found of a character very similar to the act of the
gallant Captain Wilkes, with the position of the
parties reversed. Daring the Revolutionary war,
in 1780, Henry Laurens, of South Carolina, was
despatched by the Continental Congress as an
envoy to Holland, in a neutral ship. When off
Newfoundland she was overhauled by an English
frigate, and Laurens was seized with his papers,
and sent to London, where be was kept a close
prisoner in the Tower until the war was ended.
The British Government, so far from apologizing to
the Dutch for seizing him, made the fact that his
despatches indicated a friendly feeling towards the
American colonics on the part of Holland a pretext
for declaring war against that country.
During the Canadian rebellion of 1837-8, the
British authorities net only invaded our territory
in pursuit of the rebels of that day, but destroyed
the steamer Caroline in our waters for the offence
of carrying passengers to the rebel resort on Navy
Island —a very similar offence to that in Which
Captain Wilkes found the Trent engaged. For
this performance, it may be remembered, the chief
actor, Allan Mae Nub, was honored with knight
hood by the Bfiiish Government.
In another similar case in the Irish rebellion of
3048, the person of Terence Bellew McManus was
forcibly taken from an American ship, the brig
AT. n. Chase, of Boston, in the harbor of Cgj-fe,
where he had takeu shelter under the stars and
stripes, at a time after she had cleared the port
and was virtually on her voyage, having been
lying off the harbor for six days, waiting for a
favor a Ole wind.
I'nder all these circumstances, it is scarcely possi
ble that Great Britain will, at the most, demand
more tinman apology for the detention of a British
mail steamer. Her own history and the resolute
character of her naval officers justify us in believing
that, under similar circumstances, any spirited
British naval officer would have acted just as
Captain Wilkes did, and that h? would hllVe bCCD
cordially sustained by his Government.
“A Caution to Privateers.”
In the Liverpool J)aily Post ol October 81 is
a paragraph, as follows, under the above head ;
“ We have reason to believe that ships belong
ing to the United States, now leaving this port,
are all being put in a condition to repel dny at
tack that may w- made upon them while oil the
voyage to New York or other Northern ports,
by the Southern privateers. The merchant
vessels here are strengthened in the upper
decks and bulwarks, and are pierced in order
to carry guns, all of which arc of the most im
proved construction. Experienced gunner, ■>
have been engaged to work the cannon on
board, and initiate the crew of each vessel into
the art of gunnery, so that, should the vessels
be altadifd by j;, ini/eem, they would not be sur
rendered without a struggle. The equipments
of these vessels, many of which are now on
their way across the Atlantic, while others
are readv to sail, arc such that privateers
will catch tartars should they come near any
of these quiet-looking merchantmen, the car
goes of which (so we are told) replenish many
exhausted war depots. One ship now on her
way is said to carry 18 82’s, which, if well
used, would settle the account of any Southern
privateer afloat.” It was full time for English
mere hantmen to be put in propOT trim fw 74-
polling the Southern pirates.
We arc beginning to realize the effect of the
Beaufort victory upon Sontli Carolina and the
Cotton States. The Federal Government has
at last placed its hand upon the throat of trea
son, and tlie serpent is writhing in the
Cotton States. Is it not the sign of coming
dissolution ? Is not thogreat fabric of treachery
jailing away fragment by fragment, losing its
hideous and horrible proportions ? The Cot
ton States must abandon their position or sur
reinter. They have an avenging enemy upon
their coasts —an implacable and fearful enemy
at their very homes. The staple of their
greatness—the basis of this insolent and arro
gant cotton aristocracy—has been crushed by
the natural effect of their own folly. What
ever torm events may take, there is a fearful
revolution before them—a revolution in trade,
for England looks to India and the islands of
the see; lor the of her mills—a revolu
tion in agriculture, for the war now progres
sing has rusted the ploughshare and broken
the prnning-liook—a revolution in political
sentiment, for the honest people of the North
who are now making themselves felt with the
bullet will soon exhibit their power with tho bal
lot. Let the work go on. To be effective, it
must be followed up. Let the blows be quick,
sharp, and decisive. The consummation is ra
pidly approaching, and God spued it, for it
brings harmony, peace, prosperity, a Union
restored and a Constitution defended.
An Important Order.
We see that President Lincoln has issued
an order directing the military authorities in
Virginia to suspend the civil authorities when
ever they claim to hold authority from Gov.
Letcher, and to place all the State officers
under arrest who attempt to interfere with
fhuir functions. Wo arc glad that the Presi
dent has taken this step. The existence of
the Richmond authorities, and the exercise of
tlieiv power, feaye caused a great degree of
embarrassment to tho army in occupation of
the Virginia shores. It will not do for us to
trifle with these people. If we mean to crush
treason in Virginia tve must go about the work
in earnest. Our Administration has recog
nized the Wheeling Government as the bona
fide Government of Virginia, and it must se
cure the performance of tlmir duties without
the interference of the rebel agents. This
course will be the course of tho army in its
progress through the Cotton States. It is
just and proper, and rendered necessary by
the present extraordinary and remarkable con
dition of affairs.
Manufactured News.
In the Paris correspondence of that ro
mancing journal, tlie Independence Beige, it is
mentioned (as usual) “ on reliable authority,”
tantamount to no authority sit all, ” that the
Mexican expedition has ulterior objects, and
that if the Southern Confederacy hold its own
until January, France and England will recog
nize it, and break the blockade.”
English jon nals pronounce that this is a
mere canard— a got-np paragraph wholly
Wijhpyt foundation. Eecogp.itiyg of tjje South
ern rebels would actually bo equivalent to a
declaration of war with the actual United
States, which neither France nor England will
risk. In all probability, too, by next January we
shall he supplying Europe with cotton and to
bacco from the South.
Tlie authority of the Independence Beige is
more than doubtful. That journal, published
iu Brussels, is notorious for its manufacture of
canards, political and personal, and is distin
guished for what harshly-speaking persons
might call Its persistent mendacity, but which
wo shall simply characterize as a highly ima
ginative and largely practised faculty of free
invention. Taking advantage of the shackled
condition of French Journalism, L 1 Independ
ence Beige, published in a capital not very re
mote from tho French frontier, has especially
devoted itself to tlie collection of Parisian
items of intelligence, and having four or five
regular Parisian correspondents, abounds in
Paris gossip of all sorts. Between its corres
pondents naturally exists considerable emula
tion as the collecting and forwarding what is
known as “ exclusive” intelligence, and it is
said—alas, said truly I—that when nothing pro.
sents itself for record, the imaginative letter
writers take the trouble to invent something
original and exciting. We always read the
Independence with full knowledge that it is
wholly unreliable, hut under the fascination of
its pleasant, racy, graphic manner of record
ing events which ii-e impossible, arid of an
nouncing contingencies which are improbable.
What the adventures of Baron Munchausen,
Bobinson Crusoe, Baron Trenck ? and that ex
cellent Dr. Primrose, (“ Yicar of Wakefield”)
were to us in our youth, the Independence
Beige has been to our maturer years. We
know that the simple element of Truth may be
vainly quested in its columns, hut we also rest
satisfied that Fiction will there be found
dressed up with a truthful air—just as, in
these awful days whan crinoline gives all wo
men a curious similarity of figure, a gallant gen
tleman may follow a seemingly youthful belle,
and be disenchanted and brought to a stand
still when, getting a little in advance to see
whether the face accords with the figure, he
finds that it might have belonged to his grand
mother or liis great aunt! Just so with Id hide,
pendence Beige: its information does not bear
the test of being looked at full in the face.
More British Opinion
American affairs continue to trouble British
politicians. The Times, in reply to a strong
Union letter from Mr. Theodore S. Fay, our
Minister to Switzerland, goes in, very deci
dedly, for the establishment and recognition
of “the so-called Southern Confederacy,”
because, (it says,) thereby the political power
of the slaveholders will be mnch less than of
yore, and the filibustering feeling will also be
checked. To this arises the prompt reply,—
to acknowledge the independent sovereignty
of the seceded States would he rather an Irish
way of diminishing their political power.
Sir John Pakington, who was Colonial Se
cretary and First Lord oi the Admiralty in tlio
Dcrby-Disraeli Cabinet of 1852 and 18-58-9,
has been ventilating his after-dinner opi
nions at a great Tory gathering in Worcester.
Ho strongly condomned tho moderation of
Earl Russell’s recent speech at Newcastle, —
that in which, as Foreign Minister, his little
Lordship declared that it was impossible for
England to rOcOgnize the rebellious South.
Sir John Pakington, like Sir Edward Bulwer-
Lytton, certainly expects office, should the
Tories return to power, and, taking the ex
pressed opinion of these two leading men as
indicative of the feeling of the party, it is
evident that a Conservative Government
would be even more hostile to the United
States than Palmerston’s has been.
At the same gathering at Worcester—a fine
old cathedral city, famous for its porcelain
manufactory—the Earl oi Shrewsbury declared
that democracy had been on its trial in Ameri
ca and had failed; that separation was inevita
ble ; and the establishment of some sort of
aristeevaey ili America was inevitable also.
We have an aristocracy here, though of a class
not familiar to the noble orator, who concen
trates a number of titles in his own tall person
—being Premier Earl of England, and also
Earl Talbot and Earl of Waterford, Viscount
Ingcstre, and Baron Talbot. The aristocracy
in this country is that of intellect and educa
tion, enterprise and industry, honorable ambi
tion and reputable character.
The weight of a diclum depends upon the
person who delivers it. Lord Shrewsbury) who
speaks so oracularly about America, is the self
same sagacious gentleman who, some thirty
years ago, when the noted quack doctor, St.
John Long, was tried and convicted ter the
manslaughter of one of his patients, actually
swore, as awitness for the prisoner, that, when
afflicted with a chronic headache, he (then
Lord Ingestre) rubbed one of the quack’s
lotions upon his forehead, and it removed the
ailment, by drawing a lump of lead from the
nolile’s cranitim! It is clear, from his Wor
cester oration, that a portion of this metallic
substitute for brain remained in his'Lord
ship’s head.
War Literature.
Lippincott & Co , of this city, are doing good
service to tho army by the publication of standard
u ilitery rvoTks. Their Inst issue is another volume
sprite $2) by General McClellan. It is entitled
“Regulations and Instructions for the Field Ser
vice of the U. S. Cavalry in time of War.” To
these aro added Basis of Listruetion, Cavalry
Tactics, Instruction for Qfi??rs jn Qjjtpost ?r Pa
trol Duty, Skirmish Drill for Mounted Troops, and
numerous illustrations, on wood and stone, of the
text. Even the music of the bugle-calls and sig
nals is added. We question whether ever before,
in the same compass, (for the volumo is very porta
ble, and would be more so with flexible covers.) so
much practical information on the cavalry arm of
war was collected. It is a thoroughly complete
VaJr hfcctntt for every mounted soldier la the
, service
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, Nqv. 17, 1801
No greater outrage has ever been perpe
trated upon the Southern chivalry than the
capture, by the officers of' tlie United States
navy, of those distinguished statesmen, John
Slidell and James M. Mason. The idea that
two men who have wielded so much power in
the South, and have contributed so much to
the overthrow of the regular Government of
tho United States, should be captured by the
vulgar “ Yankees,'’ will shock the tender sen
sibilities of the whole Confederacy. If there
are any jewels among the Secession statesmen
these jewels are Slidell and Mason. They re
present the whole theory of the ingratitude of
slavery. Slidell, horn in the North and. mar
ried in the South, lias devoted more than forty
yeaisof liL file lu an attack upon Northern
mert and Northern institutions ; and Mason,
who has subsisted upon the money which he
married in Philadelphia, seems to have had no
other purpose but to traduce tho city that has
supplied to him tlie means of living. Both
were oh tlielr way to Europe for the purpose
of securing foreign aid to enable Jefferson
Davis successfully to conduct his crusade
against the Republic. As 1 write they are on
their way to Fort Warren, in Boston harbor.
It is difiieult to imagine their feelings as they
contemplate tlie difference between their coming
quarters, and the expected felicities, previous
to tlieir capture, with all tlie gaities of Paris in
view. In the solitary confinement that awaits
them they can contemplate the many wrongs
they lmvo heaped upon Northern men. It is to
be hopedlhat none of the agents of these prominent
traitors will be allowed to approach the public
authorities in order to induce their release. If
they had reached Washington on Saturday
evening it would have required great determi
nation on the part of General McClellan to re
strain a popular uprising against them. Mr.
Slidell was present at Richmond when some of
the political prisoners were sent into that city,
and exhibited the utmost ferocity and intole
rance, and in at least one case persuaded
General Beauregard to enforce the most of
fensive treatment.
The domestic question of the arrest of Sli
dell and Mason decides itself. Their capture
is highly creditable to the parties who acted
under the authority of tlie Federal Govern
ment ; but the consequences present a new
question, involving the Administration of Mr.
Lincoln with that of her gracious Majesty-
Queen Victoria. They were taken by force
from a British yv§«], sustaining tv semi-official
relation to the British Government. It is re
ported that Lord Lyons has demanded, or will
demand from Secretary Seward, an explana
tion of this procedure. Hei?d Ari§6£ tlie old
question of the assumed right of search—that
right which wc denied in our second war with
England, and .which, during protracted and
frequent negotiations, has never yet been fully
settled, England maintaining it and the Ame
rican Government denying it. In stopping
tho British mail steamer we simply asserted
that right of search which the British Govern
ment has itself asserted. It is, I think, a
reasonable probability, in view of the increasing
successes of the Federal arms, that the British
Government will not be disposed to make a
point in favor of Messrs. Slidell and Mason,
when they have been taken from a British ship
for the purpose of vindicating that principle
which no nation has successfully resisted, viz:
the principle of self-preservation. But if the
battle for liberty on these shores is to be con
ducted against the traitors of the South and,
the monarchs of Europe, let it come.
The School-Teachers' Cose.
Public attention has been drawn to the cir
cumstance of the teachers of the public schools
in this city being unpaid for a considerable
time. Above twelve hundred ladies and gen
tlemen of culture and education have thus
been placed in a most unplcasant ? if not pain
ful position. They cannot live upon air.
Rent, wearing apparel, and sustenance cannot
he provided without money, and the non
payment of the teachers reduces them, in
very many cases, to disagreeable straits. The
city of Philadelphia is proud of the excellence
of its school system, and certainly not without
cause. Close on 65,000 children of both
sexes are educated at our public schools.
The city has entered, before the world, into a
compact with the teachers, and, we iong have
thought, the city has the best of the bargain,
for education is about the lowest paid of
all the necessities of life, The teachers, it
cannot be denied, fully perform their part of
the compact, by zealously devoting their time,
tlieir ability, their knowledge, their experi
ence, and their labor to tlie instruction of
thousands and tens of thousands of young
folks, —instruction so good that it qualifies
them for almost any position they may aspire
to in maturer years. By withholding the
hard-earned salaries of the teachers, the city
is guilty of a gross breach of faith. Above
all things, the teachers should be able to cal
culate upon punctual payment. Failure in
this has already subjected most of them to
many annoyances—including the humiliating
necessity of getting into debt. "We may add,
fot it is within our personal knowledge, that,
in numerous cases, whole families are depend
ent upon the remuneration, inadequate as it
is, which is doled out to the teachers, —no,
we must change the word, and say which has
been promised, and is not paid to them. "We
hope that these remarks may meet the eyes 9f
the members of the City Councils, who have
the power of redressing the great wrong which
we here notice.
Public Amusements.
Musical Fund Hall.—This evening, Miss Ca
rlotta Patti, the sister and teacher of Adelina Patti,
appears at Musical Fund Hall, sustained by Mad.
Strakosch, Henry Sanderson, and Sig. Centemeri—
said to be the best baritone now in America Miss
Patti has a handsome face, a clear, sweet voice,
and an enthusiasm for her art that has been impart)
ed to her younger sister, and given the latter a
leading position in America and Europe. The pro
gramme is well selected, from the most popular
operas and ballads of the time. A concert more ap
propriate and excellent, in all respects, will seldom
occur in Philadelphia.
Arch-street Theatre.—A play, with the not
very indicative title of “Up at the Hills,” was
produced at the Arch-street Theatre on Saturday
evening. It is the latest comedy of Tom Taylor,
perhaps the best contemporary exponent of the
legitimate drama, and partakes in some sort of the
tone and temper of “ Still Waters,” his most popu
lar composition. Tho characters of “Up at the
Hills” are practical, every-day personages. The
unworthy parties do not meet with condign judg-.
are tho virtuous unduly rewarded. A
major in the British service—a man of the world —
having beguiled an Indian girl, attempts to estab
lish his ruined fortunes by obtaining tho hand of a
wealthy widow. He compels her to listen to his
suit by means of certain indiscreet letters in his
possession, hut finds a foil in the person of a quick
witted woman, who manages not only to defeat but
to expose him. The major thereupon makes a fall
confession, does justice to the ayah, and resolves to
wash out his dishonor on the battle-field. Such is
the outline of a plot, skilfully filled in and full of
sparkling passages. The language, throughout SOB"
versational, is often elegant, and a soliloquy by Mrs.
Drew, over some old love-letters, is one of the
neatest morsels of sentiment that we ever remem
ber to have heard. In passion, the piece is, per
haps, deficient, hut there is an abundance of wit,
particularly in tho passagcs*at-arm3 between tho
Major and his enemy. There are hut two acts, each
taking up a whole hour, and the interest is main
tained from tho beginning to tho end; Aa little
true feeling characterizes this as any of Tom Tay
lor’s previous comedies. The wit is without humor,
and our interest in the fortunes of the actors docs
not partake of sympathy. Cold, eorreotj and glit»
icring, there is a certain worldliness attached to
each personage, of which we never lose sight.
But in this respect the players represent the ago
<?f wbfch they farm a part, and perhaps th? B 9
comedy is one of the most frithful, if not one of
the most agreeahit.*, portraitures of real life of to
day. The dramatist of this generation li&9 little
dramatic material, save among fltern, busy, practi
cal personages, even though he seek them in a.
soldier’s career, or in dreamy, dislant India.
Mrs. Drew and Mr. Shewell sustained the lead
ing parts, and both were equal to their high repu
tations. Mrs. Drew was seldom more spirited.
She knows no mediocrity in any part. Miss Thomp
son and Mr. Gilbert were satisfactory—the former
representing ]\Toi>p('- an Indian ayah, in appro
priate oovtuino that duvuiupud kur lieut shape;
Miss Taylor and Mr. Mortimer -made the mo3t of
the widow and the gamester’s dupo. Tho play will
be repeated to-night, and will have a favorable
career.
CORTiSESTAia Theatre.— The " Siren of Paris”
and the 11 Yellow Dwarf ” will be revived to-night.
They are both sensational, and, therefore, attract
ive pieces. The former has the advantage of splen
did scenery.
Walnut-street Theatre.—Mr. Clarke plays
Paul Pry to-night; also, an amusing character in
a nautical drama. Ho was never more successful
than at present, and has vindicated himself os the
first low oomedian in America.
THE PR ESS.—PH TLADELPHI A, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
THE CAPTURE OF MASON A\D SLIDELL.
THE SCENE ON SOABD THE BRITISH VESSEL.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IK
WASHINGTON'.
THE BEDELS CAPTURE A FORAGING PARTY
GUN. JILTLEK’S EXPEDITION TO
SAIL ON WEDNESDAY.
The Federal Fleet Pass Fernan-
N 0 QUARTER TO RE GIVEN OUR TROOPS
BY THE SOUTH CAROLINIANS.
GENERAL JOHNSTON REPORTED TO
BE ADVANCING,
OUR TROOPS PREPARING TO RECEIVE HIM.
EXPECTED ATTACK ON NEWPORT NEWS.
THE REBELS CAPTURE A FEDERAL TRAIN.
The Navy Department prefers not to publish, at
present, the official reports madq by tbfi officers Of
the war steamer Sait Jacinto, in roferenee to the
capture of Mason and Slidell The general facts
are these: Commander IVilkes, evidently a man
of “grit,” was sent out to bring home the Saif
Jacinto from the coast of Africa; on his retnrn he
touched at Cicnfuegos, where he ascertained that
Mason and Slidell had run the blockade, and
were en route to Europe, probably by th? way of
Cuba. He sailed up and wont into port at Havana.
There he ascertained that the Confederate commis
sioners hnd been gone but a few hours, having sail
ed in the British mail steamship Trent , tbs evening
before, (7th November.) He immediately put to
sea, directing his course eo as to intercept the
vessel. When about forty miles off Matanzas, in
the old Bahama Channel, the Trent hove in sight,
and the two vessels were soon within hailing dis
tance. Commodore Wilkes sent a shot across the
bows of the Trent. To this no attention was paid,
when another was directed near the bow. This
brought the steamer to. Lieutenant Fahh-ax, to
whom both of the Confederate passengers were
personally known, was sent on board in a boat,
supported with two more boats, filled with
marines. Lieutenant Fairfax went on deck
and called for Messrs. Mason- and Slidell,
who soon appeared. Lieutenant Fairfax
politely informed them of the objects of his
mission, and asked them to go on board his boat.
To this they objected, Mason remarking that
they had paid their passage to Europe, to the
British Consul at Havana, (who acts as agent for
tb? StamesMp lia?,) and ho would not leave
without force. Lieut. FaibfAx, pointing to his
marines drawn up on the decks of the British
steamer, said: You see, sir, I have the force, if
that is what yon require! ” “ Then you must use
it," replied Mason. With this Lieut. Fairfax
placed his hand upon the Senator’s shoulder and
pressed him to the gangway. At this juncture the
passengers rushed forward, somewhat excited, and
attempted to interfere. The marines imme
diately showed their bayonets, and Mason
consented to the decision of Lieut. P a inf a x,
asking that &e might be permitted to make his
protest in writing. Just then a fine specimen of
an Englishman rushed on deck in military or naval
uniform (the officer in command of the mails, pro
bably), and demanded why passengers on hoard
that ship were molested. Lieut. Fairfax in
formed him that he had stated to Capt. Mom, of
the packet, why he arrested two of his passengers,
and fur tho i* than llial he had ao explanations to
make. Protests were then drawn up, and Masox
and Slidell, with tlieir secretaries, Eustis and
McFarland. went into the boats of the San Ja
fflu/o. Com. Wilkes sent a Ik 6
that his best cabin was at their service if they de
sired to accompany the prisoners book to the United
States. They, however, declined, and proceeded
on the voyage. The arrest was made on the Bth,
and the San Jacinto arrived with the prisoners at
Fortress Monroe on Friday. Lieut. Taylor was
despatched to Washington with the official papers,
and the San Jacinto was ordered to New York,
whence the prisoners will be forwarded to Fort
Warren, in Boston harbor.
Occasional,
The Trent is not, as has been supposed, an inter
colonial steamer, plying between the West India
Islands, She is a British international packet,
carrying the British mails, and plying between
Southampton, England, Vera Cruz, Havana, St.
Thomas, and thence back to Southampton,
Lieutenant Taylor arrived here at noon, yes
terday, and the news of the arrest created a pro
found sensation, and very general and almost un
bounded rejoicing. The act is, outride of the de.
pertinents, very generally approved, though there
aro various opinions expressed in the speculations
as to the light in which England will view tho
transaction One thing is evident: England IIBS
always favored the right of soaroh ; and it is a bad
law, or rule, that will not work equally well both
ways. Captain Wilkes was disposed to seize the
packet, under the charge of favoring the enemies
of our country, and bring her to Key West ; but,
findmg that It would seriously disappoint a large
number of passengers, he abandoned his purpose.
The arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, qu
board an English vessel, and under the English
flag, has occasioned a great degree of speculation.
Many contend that this act of our naval officer in
volves an infringement upon the rights of the Bri
tish subjects, and the immunity the Government
extends to prisoners of State. The question is a
delicate one; but this is the way we view it: Eng
land has always contended for the right of searah.
This was the principle involved in the war of 18X2.
America has always opposed its exercise, both in
the field and in the Cabinet. Thus, at best, the ar
rest of those two eminent rebels is merely carrying
out a principle long maintained by the English Go
vernment. Can the ministers of the Queen object
to our practising the principle they propound ?
A Foraging Party—Capture by tbe Rebels
of 5 Wagons and 31 Federal Troops.
A foraging party went out from Gen. Wads
worth's brigade yesterday, and having procured
a large supply of corn, they started back in the
afternoon. Five of the wagons became detached
from the main body, and halting in the road about
two and a half miles to the left of Falls Church,
the men stacked their arms and went toward a
farm house to get something to eat. A party of
rebel cavalry who had been scouting in the neigh
borhood, availing themselves of the opportunity
thus presented, suddenly rushed between our sol
diers and their arms, thus rendering them power
less for resistance. The consequence was the cap
ture of five loaded wagons and it is supposed thirty
one prisoners. About ten of the soldiers certainly
esaapad, and it may bo that some of tho others may
yet return, as it is not improbable that they sought
refuge in the woods. They all bolong to the Thir
tieth New York Regiment. The place where they
were taken is beyond pur lines, and this unfortu
nate affair is the result of their own oarelessness.
Tbe Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Col.
McLean, was paid off by Maj. Sallade, a day or
two since, and out of $30,000 received, the boys
have sent home over $20,000. Many of them sent
to their families the whole amount of their re
ceipts, with the exception of a dollar and the odd
change. This speaks well for the sobriety and
thoughtful economy of our volunteers.
Pennsylvania Troops to be Paid Off To-
Ttm Forty-ninth Pennsylvania (Reserve) Piegi
mentwill be paid off to-morrow, by Major Sal
ladk. They are at Lcwinsville, on the outposts of
the army.
Col. Louis W. Hall, tho Bpeaker of the Penn
sylvania State Senate, is in town.
A review of over 30,000 troops will take place
to-morrow near Hall’s Hill, in Virginia.
No Army News.
The array is quiet to-day, as indicated by the
telegraph despatches to headquarters.
The preparations for the embarkation of the ex
pedition of G en. Born side arc going on quietly and
rapidly. It is expected. tli&l ffiliS Of the New Jer
sey regiments, with Captain Knabb’s Pennsyl
vania Battery, will join the expedition.
It 15 understood that the GdVAHUiiOnl will, In the
course of a few days, make arrangements to open
trade with Beaufort, S. C. It is reported that our
forces there have captured fifteen hundred bales
oi cotton. It U not HMid whethM it will U 34Ut
North.
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FULL PARTICULARS.
AIL QUIET ALONG THE ARMY LINES.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
dina, Bound South.
LATEST FROM KENTUCKY,
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
Special Despatches to “The Press.”
Washington. Nov. 16,1861
The Arrest of Mason and Slidell.
An International Question.
Economy of the Troops.
morrow.
Personal
Grand Military Keview.
The Burnside Expedition.
Trade with Beaufort, S. C
Carrying the War into the South.
The War Department is besieged by the colonels
of the one hundred nnd fifty regiments located in
and about this capital for permission to take their
commands to South Carolina. Tlie stories of the
Italian climate and delicious fruits of Beaufort, nar
rated by those who have described the region now
in possession of the forces of the United States, have
greatly sharpened the appetites of our soldiers, nnd
they are anxious, if there are to be wintor quarters
anywhero, that they should spend December and
January in the State of Calhoun, Kiiett, Kjutt,
Onn, nnd Aiken.
Ex-Secretary Toucey in Washington.
Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy during
Janes Buchanan's ontire Administration, has
done Washington city and the Administration of
Ann aham Lincoln the honor of paying a visit to
both. Doubtless he is ready to communicate many
important secrets, but we regret he is a little too
late. At any rate, he will hnvo the gratification to
know and to see thnt that nnvy which lie sent to
every distant part of the world, ns if for the purpose
ef helping the Secessionists, has been recalled to the
waters of the United States, and is now employing
its tremendous energies in favor of the flag and tho
Government heso readily and so shamelessly assisted
to betray.
Tariff Decisions.
The Secretary of tho Treasury has made the fol
lowing decisions under the tariff act of March last:
Lithographic hand-hills or show-bills are liable, on
CBtly, to A duty At the rate of fifteen per centum,
as printed matter. Woollen jackets, not made on
frames, but hand-knit, open in front, with buttons
and sewed button-holes nnd pockets, were properly
charged with a duty at the rate ef twelve sente per
pound, and, in addition, twenty-five per ocntuin.
The deoision of the collector nt Boston, assessing a
duty of forty cents per pound, in addition to ten
per eetdiifti. An cigars costing eight dollars per
thousand, is affirmed by tho Secretary of the Trea
sury.
Death of Lieut. Snyder.
Lieut. George W. Snyder, of the United States
engineers, first assistant to General Barnard in the
construction of the forts on the line of the Potomac,
died hero to-day of typhoid favor. Ha was a vary
valuablo officer, and deservedly esteemed.
General Denver, of California, left to-day for
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he will report to
General Hunter.
General Sumner yesterday had an interview
with the President and General McClellan.
Ail Quiet Along the Potomac.
All is reported quiet on the line of the Potomac
to-day.
Deaths of Pennsylvanians,
Joseph G. Stone, Company A, Forty-fifth Penn
sylvania, died at Camp Casey, and private Bush,
Company D, Fortieth Pennsylvania, in camp.
Meeting of Printers.
The journeymen printers of this city held a
meeting last night. GS9RI3E CtaCHItAH mis ap«
pointed chairman, and John H. Cunningham
secretary. A resojution was passed reducing the
hours of labor from ten to eight hours per day.
A Captain Reinstated.
Captain Chapin, of the regular army, who was
dismissed under misapprehension as a sympathizer
with Secession, has been restored to his former
rank and position, nnd ordered to New Mexico.
General McClellan’s Opinion of the
Troops Composing General Porter’s Di
vision.
The following older bns just boon issued 1
GENERAL ORDER NO. 44.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, )
Washington, Nov. 16, IS6I. j
The General commanding the army desires to
express to the troops hie appreciation of tho high
soldierly qualities displayed by the division com
manded by Brigadier General F. J. Porter during
the review and evolutions of the 9th inst. The ap
pearance of the troops would have done credit to
veterans, and tho regulars must look well to their
laurels if General Porter’s division conduct them
selves on the field of battle as well as on review.
The General commanding thanks General Porter,
and the officers and men of his command, for their
excellent military appearance on the occasion nl.
luded to. He feels confident thnt such soldiers can
be implicitly relied upon when brought before the
enemy, and he regards the division as a model for
the army. Let others excel it if they can.
By command of Major General McClellan.
S Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.
PROM FORTRESS MONROE.
SAILING OF THE SAN JACINTO WITH MESSES.
MASON AND SLIDELL.
EXPECTED ATTACK ON NEWPORT NEWS.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NORFOLK,
Fortress Monroe, Nov. 16, via Baltimore.—
Tho United States steamer San Jacinto sailod to
day for New York with Messrs. Slidell and Mason
as prisoners.
AflBgoftruee went to Norfolk to-day, but brought
down so newspapers or intelligence of any deaerlp
tion.
The gunboats Cambridge, Mount Vernon, and
Lockwood have gone up to Newport News. The
rebels have assembled in considerable force at Greet
Bethel,- and an attack upon Newport News is by no
means improbable.
The gunboat Young It otter has been sent to York
river. .
The gunboat Cambridge arrived to-dv from
the Rappahannock, but brought no news.
The recent fire at Norfolk destroyed a large
quantity of stores, including nearly the entire
supply of oil.
The steamer S. R. Spaulding leaves for Hat
teras Inlet to-night, having in tow two schooners
loaded with frame houses for the troops and stores.
The stenmbont Bclvitfcro will also leave for Port
Boyal to-night.
Expedition to the Eastern Shore of Vir-
rUOCLAJIATIOX OF GEN. DIX TO THE TEOPLE OF AC
COMAC AND SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES.
Baltimore. Not. 17. —About four thousand
iii£lU.dlfig Boston battery, will march
from Snow Hill, Maryland, into Accomac and
Northampton counties, Virginia, to-day. Accomac
is prepared to array itself for the Union, but
Northampton shows fight. The following procla
mation from Gen. Dix has been sent in advance of
the expedition:
To the People of Accomac and Northampton
Counties, Va. ; The military forces of the United
States are about to enter your counties as a part of
the Union. They will go among you as friends,
and with the earnest hope that they may not, by
your own acts, be forced to become your enemies.
They will invade no rights of person or property;
the C&fitrA?y, your laws, your institutions, and
your usages, will be scrupulously respected. There
need be no fear that the quietude of any fireside
will be disturbed, unless disturbance is caused by
yourselves. Special directions have been given
not to interfere with the condition of any persons
held to domestic service, and in order that there
may be no ground for mistake, or pretext for mis
representation, the commanders of the regi*
meets and corps have been instructed not toper
mit any such persons to oomo within their lines.
The command of the expedition is entrusted to
Brigadier General Henry H. Lockwood, of Dela
ware, a State identical in some of the distinctive
features of social organization with your own.
Portions of his force came from counties in Mary*
land bordering on one of yours. Prom him, and
from them, you may be assured of the sympathy
of near neighbors, as well as friends, if you do not
repel it by hostile resistance or attack. Their mis
sion is to assert the authority of the United }
to reopen your intercourse with the loyal States,
and especially with Maryland, which has just pro
claimed her devotion to the Union by the most
triumphant vote in her political annals; to restore
to commerce its accustomed guides, by re-establish
ing the lights on your coast; to atFord*you a
free export for the products of your labor, and a
free ingress for the necessaries and comforts of
life, which yon require in exchange; and, in a
word, to put an end to the embarrassments
and restrictions brought upon you hy a cauae
less and unjustifiable rebellion. If the cala
mities of intestine war, which are desolating
other districts in Virginia, and have already crim
soned her fields with fraternal blood, fall upon you,
it will not be the fault of the Government. It asks
only that its authority mny bo recognized; it sends
among you a force too strong to be successfully op
posed—a force which cannot be resisted in any
other spirit than that of wantonness and malignity.
If th££6 Any among you, Wh6, All
overtures of friendship, thus provoke retaliation,
and draw down upon themselves consequences
which the Government is most anxious to avert, to
their account must be laid the blood which may be
shed, and the desolation which may he brought
upon peaceful homes. On all who are thus reck
less of the obligations of humanity and duty, and
on all who are found in arms, the severest punish
ment warranted by the laws of war will be vi
sited.
To those who remain in the quiet pureutt of their
domestic occupations, the public authorities assure
all they can give poace, freedom from annoyance,
protection from foreign and internal enemies, a
guarantee of all constitutional and legal rights, and
the blessings of a just and parental Government.
John A. Dix,
Major General Commanding.
From Kentucky
Louisville, Nov. 27.—A slight snow fell this
morning, being the first of the season.
The Mount Sterling Whig has a report from
Thomas Turner, one of Gen. Nelson’s aids, relative
to the late engagement of Gen.. Nelson at Pike wo.
He says that at Prestouburg, the Federal army di
vided into two columns, one under Col. Gill, who
marched by the way of John's creek, and the other
met tho enemy by nnotber route along Ivy creek.
The latter had a sharp engagement for one hour
and twenty minutes, routing the rebels, and wound
ing 24.. and killing ik The- i-eh-ds reported to tho
Unionists that they lose from 2(111 to 3118, of whom
40 were killed, and about BIX wounded.
Another account says that the Federal loss was
0 killed, and 17 wounded.
The previous accounts via Ctueiunati appear to
have been greatly exaggerated.
Gen. Butler’s Expedition
Boston. Nov. 17.—The steamship Constitntiens
arrived from Now York this afternoon. It U un
derstood that 3,000 men of Gen. Butler's division
will embark on board of her, and other transports,
f and sail o n 'Wednesday. These troops will depart
thoroughly equipped, with oonukUte (toll wt tamp
equipage.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Rising in Eastern Tennessee.
Baltimore, Nov. 10.—Petersburg (Virginia)
papers of the 14th instant have been received by
fugitives arrived hero by tbo bout from Old Point.
The papers appear to be very much in the dark
with regurd to the operations of the fleet.
Fright at Savannah.
The panic is so groat at Savannah that even the
men are running away, and the small wara mer
chants aro packing up their goods to leave, but had
been notified by the authorities that they would
not bo permitted to carry off their goods. The
KrjttiWircni is indignant nt the cowardly desertion
in tho timo of danger, and urges (ienoral Lawton
to issue an order preventing any able-bodied men
under sixty years from leaving.
Miscellaneous Southern Items.
The Norfolk Day Jinni’ of yesterday contains
the following:
Macon, (la., Nov. 14.—The Planters 1 Conven
tion have adopted a resolution endorsing the de
fensive acliou of the tluverumcnt, and recom
mending a discriminating dutv of 20 pur cunt, on
the productions or the United States. Also, that
the cotton plnntcrs, should the war continue and
the present crop remain undisposed of, should not
plant next spring boyond the wants of home con
sumption.
Savannah, Nov. U—A United States iW «
reported to have pnssed Fernandina. Fla., yester
day, bound south.
Great activity prevails in strengthening the de
fences of the city, and n general feeling of security
prevail*'
The Norfolk Day Book says that the ship F:»-
gaf has arrived at Savannah, with a cargo of war
munitions, <fcc.
The Richmond Disjwich says : 1: We have in
formation that the authorities of South Carolina
have communicated with tho Government upon
the subject of hoisting tho black flag, to which al
lusion has been made, since the nttack upon the
coast of that State. It is believed that General
Leo him received ardors from tho War Department
Urging that those captured must he regarded «3
prisoners of war. which will bo disregarded by tho
authorities of South Carolina, and that the same
course will ho pursued which Governor Wise
adopted at the time ©f the John Drown raid, say
ing : 4 When we are done with the invaders the
Confederate Government can have them.’ ”
Tho rebels assume to make light of the affair at
Port Royal, but ftt the time betray their ap
prehensions of the results.
A resident of Norfolk thinks that there arc nearly
20,000 rebel troops in and near that eity.
The frigate Merriviac has not yet been com
pleted.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Dank Robbery at Kansas City,
Kansas Citv, Nov. 16.—The Bank ofNorth
rup & Co., and the Union Branch Bank, at this
place, were robbed to-day, between 12 o’clock M.
and 1 P. M.. by a gang of twenty men, belonging
to Cleveland’s gang of Jay Hawkey FortUUftfoly,
both of tho banks* anticipating a robbery, had for*
warded tho greater portion of their money to a
place of security. Nortbrup <t Co.'s loss is about
83,000. and that of the Union Bank $350. This
will got prmat the hunks from carrying on their
business as usual.
From the Amoor River via San Francisco.
San Francisco, Nov. 15. —The schooner Caro
linCy Capt. Foote, arrived here to-day, from the
AmoorßiTcr, bringing a cargo of Siberia cam els.
The ship Ocean l\oxcr was spoken on the 7th of
September.
The Piketon Victory.
THE FIRST nEI'OItTS A HOAX
Cincinnati, Nov. IG.~The first reports of the
Piketon battle turn out to be a cruel hoax. The
Maysville despatch of yesterday is believed to bo a
correct account of the affain
Colonel Williams' Cavalry.
Harrisbcro, November 16.—Colonel E. C.
Williams’ fin© regiment, the Lochiel Cavalry, now
nt Camp Cameron, has boon ordered to Covington.
Kentucky. They will leave next week. Colonei
Williams commanded a {brigade in the three
months service. The lieutenant colonel of tho re
fiment is Captain Thomas C. James, late of the
First City Troop.
The Niagara at Boston,
Boston, November 16.—The Cunard steamer
N Niagara., from Liverpool via Halifax, arrived hero
at bait past two o’clook this morning. Hor mails
will be due in Philadelphia to-night.
Departure of Steamers for Europe
New; York, Nov. 16.—The steamer City of
Isew York sailed to-day for Liverpool, with 286
passengers, and the Borns,tin with 142 passengers.
The Pirate Sumpter.
SfßY> York, Not. 111.—Advices trom Pnrtftioes
to the 22d ult. state that the pirate ii ampler was
there at that date.
The Steamer Saxonia Off Cape Race.
St. Jons. N. F., Nov. 16 —Ths sU&msUip £,W
oma, from Southampton on the 6th, passed off Cape
Bace last evening, but ns the weather was bluster
ing she could not be boarded by tho press yacht.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Steamer City of Manchester Off
Cape Race.
Cate Race, November 17.—Tho steamship City of
Manchester passed hero last evening', with Liverpool
dates to flio 6th instant.
The City of Manchester brings 146 steerage and 21
cabin passengers. She encountered heavy gales.
The steamer Horth American, from Quebec, arrived
out on the stli instant, and the Etna, from New York, on
thv fth inst,
The correspondence between Lord Lyons and Mr. ge*»,
ward is criticised by the English press, and generally in/
a spirit adverse to Mr. Seward. The Loudon Times
says that the American Government i 3 seif-convicted of
violating the rights of nations*.
The convention for intervention in Mexico Ims been
signed, and preparations are actively progressing.
The convention between England and Spain, for inter
vention in Mexican affairs, was signed on the 31st of Oc
tober. A letter is published stating that a three-docked
man-of-war will be sent from England. There was a
eurmisc of ulterior demonstrationsi
The London TimcstUi its articles In relation to the
correspondence of Lord Lyons with Mr. Se varrt, main
tains the right of foreign Governments to call attention
to a constitutional provision.
The Bank rate of discount has been reduced to 3 per
cent. Now York Central sharet^*** I ** ouxt&d at GO.
The London Times ridicules Mi*. Seward’s manifesto
to the Governors of the States relative to fortification*,
Ac., end in another column exposes Lord Lyons bad
grammar. It says that the English side was argued un
commonly ill and the American side with much ability*
but the only result was to entirely convince it tluit in
their own showing the acts of the American Government
have been illegal as regards the American citizen, ami
violations of the rights of nations as regards foreigners.
The London Herald says that Lord Lyons has ex
posed Englnnd to a rebuff without the right to resent it,
and compelled her to listen to a proclamation which
means a defiance to England The Herald then at
tacks Earl Russell for interference in lecturing on tbe
American Constitution, and quietly endorsing robbery
*»4 wri »» (l»t lie will find tint ho has not
drifted ns into war.
The Post says that Secretary Seward has wantonly
added another to the rnauy differences which he wishes
to perpetuate between the two countries.
The London Daily Hews thinks that the course pur
sued by the Government premature, liu4 ill*
considerate.
It was reported that the American bankers were hold
ing out liberal commissions to English bankers to place
a portion of the Federal loan in London. Financial
writers in the London journals point out the danger of
touching iti and think the chances of auccesa Tery remote*
BThe {remains of Terrence BeUew McManus, brought
from America, were honored with a public funoral.
FRANCE.
The demonstration by the French troops had attracted
considerable attention. Switzerland had protested, nud
demanded the evacuation. Franco had proposed a nego
tiation.
A belief had gained ground that a large loan was ur
gently required by the French Government.
It was reported that some negro children had been
publicly sold as slaves in the French establishments at
GabAAU.
The Paris Bourse was quiet. Rentes GSf. 35c.
CONTINENTAL NEWS.
Tbe intelligence from the continent was generally un
important.
Count Lambart, Governor of Poland, has been re
placed by Gen. Ludais, on account of ill health.
A treaty hod been concluded between Prussia and
China.
SHIP NEWS.—Arrived from Philadelphia Nov. 5,
ship C. TT. Poullney, at Qucenstvwn.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Liverpool, Nov. s.—Sales of Cotton for two days
7,000 bales; prices easier, with a downward tendency.
Sales to speculators and exporters,. 3,000 hales.
Brkapstcffs The market closes quiet and steady,
Flour uuiet at 298©32a fid. 'NYlmat; firmer nt 2d advuncm
principally on inferior Qualities;: red Western lls IQd©
12s 6d; red Southern 12s 7dal2s 9a; white Western
12s 9d®33s: white Southern 13b<zb13s 4d Corn easier
at 33s 6d for mixed; yellow 33s 9d; white 355?>375..
FnoTisioNS. —The market is dull. Beef dull. .Pork
boa udownward toiulonay'Bacon steady and unchanged,
at 340365. Lard quiet. Tallow quiet and steady.
Produce.—Sugar quiet and steady, llice inactive.
Coffee buoyant. Ashes active. Common Rosin 13s 6d®
14s. Spirits ' Turpentine advancing, owing to sales to
speculators; attics at 60h.
London, Nov. s. —Consols for money 99*08!,'.
THE LATEST via QUEENSTOWN.
Liverpool, November 7.—Sales of Cotton for two
rlaya 35,000 hales, the market having an upward ten
dency, and prices firmer, at a slight advance for all
dualities; sales to speculators and exporters 17,009 balesi
Brendstufls quid and steady. Corn very dull, at u-de
clino of Gd®ls. Mixed Corn. 32s 6*l. Provisiona-dnll.
Common Rosin 14s 3d®l4s Gd. Spirits Turpentine firm
ftt 70s.
Large Sale of Paris- Printed andi otheil
Dress Goods, Shawls; Ribbon’s, Millinery,.
Fancy Furs, &c.—The particular attention of pur
chasers is requested to tho handsome assortment of
French, Gorman, Swiss, and British dry goods.
Fans dregs goods, silks, shawls, black velvet, and
Paris bonnet ribbons, mantilla and bonnet velvets in
choicest new shades, gloves, hoop skirts, fancy goods,
Ac., comprising about 575 lots desirable articles--
adapted to the season also, ladles 7 furs, and Sibe--
rian squirrel skins,, ta be peremptorily sold, by
catalogue, for cash, oammencing this morning, at
10 o’clock, tbe sale to be continued, without in.—
iAHbisrion, nearly nit day, ending vdth tko FurS, by
Claghoni, & Gu., auclwi»c«aw, Nos, 232 44id<
234 Market street.
Intervention.'w Mnxico.—-TiUo London Twits'
Paris correspondent says: “ The* .Pmst? announces
that the difficulty raised in England aguts*t the
treaty for a combined action in.Mcxico is sow re
moved. The English (Tovcriwaeat, U says, has ex
prefsed a wifeil i&at the- convention should bis com
municate to. the Government of tks- United
States, iv.order that the Cabinet of Washington
way nnSto with the three Sttropsa.it Tm*rs. The
treaty »to* b« signed in London this week, by Iho
French awl Spanish, plenipotentiaries. Th iyl*return
adds, that the delay wbien has occurred la of no
importance, the French naval preparations not be
ing complete. 55
Tbe London Morning Herald says : 4< The ac
ccuuta from Turkey apeak of th* capacity of that
Gauntry as a entton-pvaduaing diairiot, and the in®
vestigution of tho subject will prove, that with only
ordinary attention, there is tbe prospect of deve
lopi’ng the staple.”
French FinanciallAkfaihs. —Tbe Times' city
M-llcl. S iv« View of tho flspaat of
finnncinl iiffsirs nt Paris: 11 Tho wants of the trea
sury are believed to be great, and it is therefore
assumed that a new loan cannot long be delay*!,
although, of course, every effort will be made to
"avoid coming upon the market until §-\HAfr
tion uf tone shall ha* c taken plaoe. 1 '
THE CITY.
amusements this evening.
Walnut-Street Yrsatrr—Ntnte and Walnut at*«—
“ Paul Pr> 11 —“ The Lem-1) Man of the Ouean.”
Aroh-Street Theatre—Arch afreet, above Sixth.—
41 l‘p »t till* HillsI*—“The 1 * —“The Dumb Mfttioi Manchester. 1 '
Whkatlkt’s Continental Theatre —Walnut street,
alifive Eighth.—“ The Siren of Paiii-”—“Tho Yellow
Dwarf; or, The Desert Hag.”
Mcsipai. Ki nd Hai.i., Locust street, iibovi-Kighth.—
Annul Ouorutk. Concert.
National Nall. Market street, above Twelfth
Grand Combirmlion Concert.
Temple of Wonders—N. E. corner Tenth and Ghost
nut utreetß. Signor Blitz's Entertainment.
Assembly Bad, pings— Comer of Tenth and Chestnut
streets, —Waugh’s Italia ftud Stereoscopic Views of the
Wflr.
Olympic Music llali Paco street, between Second
and Third.—. Concerts nightly.
The Coni Interests of Philadelphia.
TIIK LKHIIVIf CO AI. AND NAVIGATION COMPANY.
By the InVhirss of th* „f tin* North Peiri
s>!vania ami Lehigh Valley Jlmln.atl-;, our rnport<*r h:i*
hftu pmiiitM 1° ‘wnm*' lh« minea and coal intere!(t!i
of tho great Lehigh Valley. The ronnectiou of Lehigh
and Philadelphia interests has not been discerned l»y the
mass of renders, find with a view to elucidate in some
sort their respective and material claims, we passed the
Smiday in Mauch Chunk, rambling up and down ite
tunnels and suburbs, and noting the character of its
niinr-s, mcrchandiss, and people.
The histories of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys
have r soi'i of financial romance that can test be por
trayed in connoGlian with tho liittGi’i It is well known
that three extensive fields of anthracite coal He between
the Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers. The existence of
these was in part known at a very early period, and the
gradual exhaustion of vegetable fuol led, at a remote
d»y» io tho consideration of the minora! deposits between
the two main tributaries of the Delaware.
In 1793 a Lehigh coal company bought 30.00 D acres of
land in tho vicinity of Mauch Chunk, and made afutile
rlFort to open tho mines and limit coal down the Lahish
I‘ivcr. In 1807 they leased a large portion of tho land gra
tuitously.
In 1813 the company made a lease for ten years of their
lands tn Messrs. Minor, Cist, and Robinson, with the
piglil if hiiKiii" lumW nil the lands, for building boats',
the whoh* consideration for this lease was to he the annual
introduction into market of 10,000 bushels of coal, for the
benefit of the lessees. Five ark loads of coal were de
spatched by these gentlemen from the landing at Mauch
Chunk* two of which reached Philadelphia, the athei'.-i
having been wrecked in their passage. Four dollars per
ton wore paid to a contractor for the hauling of this coal
from the mines to tho landing over the road above refer
red to, and the contractor lost money. Tho principal
part of the coal which arrived at Philadelphia was pur
chased ut twonty-ono dollars por loin by White imd Hiu
ssard, who were then manufacturing wire at the Falls of
Schylkill. But oven this price did not remunerate the
owurrs for their losses and expenses in getting the coal
to market, and they were conseiiueutly compelled to
abandon the prosecution of the business.
Jn 3»JT, tli? Inn<!« wrslfawfl iWiiin for tivcntr ycnri’i
to JoMah "White and Tirakine Hazard, fwo Philadelphia
manufacturer.', by whose efforts the navigation of tho
Lehigh was finally effected, and tho coal of that great
region transported to .Philadelphia. They decided to
institute a slack-water navigation, hv moans of dams
m.<i toctip, tiii- c*-.h| j« t.«« trniisimtiff to I'iiilaJtiliiliiiL in
flat-bottom boats. At that timo tho region of tho Ln.
high was exceedingly desolate." From Stoddartsvillc to
Lauzftnne, a distance of thirty-five miles, there was no
sign of a human habitation; everything waß in tho state
of nature. Tlie ice had not yet left the shores of tho
river, uhioli mium for almost the whole of this dtatiiuu in
ft deep ravine, between hills from four hundred tn one
thousand feet high, and so abrupt that but few places
occur where a man on horseback can ascend them. Tho
adjneent country, though in many parts well, covered
with timber, had only a nominal valuo h as all hope of
pelting Si l-> inrirkt-t was i-xtiiigruishod t»y tlie repeated
failures of all attempts to improve the navigation, which
was now considered impossible. The fail in this part of
tho river was ascertained to be, from Stoddartsville to
Mauch Chunk, nine hundred and ten feet; or, on tlie
nvrrugfi nlint Iwmly.liTnfrri to tho inilo.' Aboro tlio
gap in tlie BlueMnuntain there ware but thirteen houses,
including the towns of Lausanne and Lohighton, within
sight from the river. Below* tho gap, the country was
improved. Bafts were sent, during freshets, from Lau
sanne downward, but no raft had ever enmo from above
llM't r°fpt. From .Muifli Chunk \<> Kitsiun Hip full wits
three hundred and sixty-four feet, making the whole fall,
from StoddartsYille to Easton, twelve hundred and se
venty-four feet.
In 1838 the legislature of the State granted to White,
I!:r/iird & Hauto, tho whole of the Lehigh river.
ivns iit fir.-t tlmuslit sullicinit to iiocomplifili tlio
purposes of tlio company, and after the most persevering
efiorts the navigation of the Lehigh was completed, ami
a railroad—one of the first constructed in the country—
huilt from the river to the company’s mines.
Three hundred and sixty-five tonn of coal were M»nt to
rhillf rirliiff 'liiririK tli»; firflt imr wf the cmumiiy's npc.
ration, in 3821 the original corporators resigned their
exrlnsive rights mid privilegCß. and tlio present Lehieh
Coal and Navigation Company was organized. Tlie
Lehigh Company sit the Hume time expended considerable
in improving the cbanmds of the tipper Delaware.
Tlie boats need on tlua liesccnilmg niivination consistoil
of fullin' iinsrsi or nrKsi from eixteon to ei?titoon foot
Wide, mill twuuty tnlivonty-livofeet ion?. At llrst, tivoof
theoe. wore joined together by hinges, to allow them to bend
up and down in passing the (lsiniß and sluices, and as tho
men became accustomcl to the work, and the channels
were sdralghleued and Improved ns experience dictated,
the number of sections in each boat was increased, till at
last their whole length reached one hundred and eighty
feet. They were steered with long oars, like a ratt.
Jlachinery was devised for jointing and putting together
the planks of which these boats were made, an 3 the hands
bteftuw that put 355-
linn* together and launcli It In /orty-five minutes. Soats
of this description were used on the Lehigh till the end of
the year 1831, when the Delaware division of the Penn
sylvania canal was partially finished. In the last year
friitv Ihausßnd nino Imndrad nntUixty*Bix tons woreiont
down, wlilcli w/mlrofl so many bouts to bo built, that, if
they bad all been joined in one length, they would have
extended more than thirteen miles. These boats made
but one trip, and were then broken up in the city, and
!!“■ UmA'p p?M to lum''fri *!> e 4ill 9tlisr
iron worh, brins rctnrnvd te Mauch Chunk by lan'l, n
distance of eighty miles. The hands employed in ruu*
ning these boats walked back for two or three years,
wlifn rough wagons were placed upon the road by some
of the tavr-riikeepera to carry them at reduced fares.
The great consumption of lumber for tho boats very
Boon made it evident that the coal business could not be
carried ou, even on a small scale, without a communica
tion by wutcr with the pine forests, about sixteen miles
above Mauch Chunk, on the upper section of tbo Le
hlpli. T 6 aLLiIr tkik was vm* difficult ThA i ! iv*i‘, lh
that distance, had a fall of about three hundred feet,
over a very rough, rocky bed, with shore so forbidding
that in only two placcß above Lausanne had horses been
got down to the river. To improve the navigation, it
became necessary to commence operations at the upper
end, and to cart all the tools and provision* 1»y a circu
itous and rough road through the wilderness, and then
to build a boat for each load to be sent down t> the
place where tho hands were at work by the channeis
which they had previously propared. Before the-*:*chan
nels were effected, an attempt was made to send Uowu
planks, singly, from the pine swnrap, but they became
bruifOd and broken by the rocks before they reached
Blauch Chunk. Single saw-logs were then tried, and
men sent down to clear them from the rocks os they be
came fast. But it frequently happened that when they
got near Maifch Chunk, a sadden rise 9f tlio water W9]]U|
sweep them oft", ami they were lost. These ilitftcnltb’S
were overcome by the completion of these channels in
3823, which gave rise to an increase of the capital stock,
at the same time, of ninety-six thousand and fifty dollars,
making tho whole amount subscribed five liunrtrqd thou
sand dollars In this vpat\ also, fivn thomund oigTit hun
dred and twenty-three tons of coni were sent ta market,
of which about one thousand tons remained unsold in the
following spring, there being still a great prejudice
against the domestic use of coal. This prejudice was,
however, on the wane, and very goon after this tirue be
came nearly extinct*
In 1526, the Hpcoiid iron railroad in the United States
was constructed between Mauch Chunk and the Summit
Mines. It was nine miles in length, and had a descent alt
the way from these miuea to the river. The cars were
originally rc-turm-d to l>j l initloK, Wj.o irod^doWti
with the loaded cars, eating their fodder and surveying
tho landscape. In 1827 the present canal was commenced*,
with permanent locks, embankments, Ac. Had the ori
ginal plan been carried out, of adapting thecaoal to boats
of 120 tons, sloops and schooners would at this day have
taken Tip their cargoes at Whitehaven, *1 miles from the
mouth of the Lehigh, and delivered the coal without tran
shipment at any of tbe Atlantic ports. From the time of
the completion of the canal, thenceforth the Lehigh Com
pany prospered, and it is now one £of the wealthiest
corporations in America. Its mines are leased at large
sums to Individual companies*, ftal the Lehigh Company
has the exclusive right of transporting the coal to this
city.
lit the year 1860, 3,091,798 tons of coal were trans
ported over the Lehigh canal. About 600,000 tons of
this was shipped at Mauch Chunk and East Mauch
Chunk j 45,6£6,5G-i feet of lumber were likewise shipped
over the canal during the Bamc year. Immense quanti
ties of iron ore, slate, flour, etc., were likewise sent by
this route.
For the year 1860, after paying State tax, interest, re
psirfi tmimffiffnte) mi* «i»B»c*i thc *!*" «»»!*«»
were $528,601.19, against $419,6*1.85 for the preceding
year; being equal to an interest of over 2l per cent,
upon the capital stock, and exhibiting an improvement
over the year 1859 of $112,959.31.
Connected with the Lehigh Company are a large num
t?r®fS>rBnshrai!re!y]p!9fldinsi9ft!}t!u'S!'®!l? ? na ! 84!?
In that part oi the State. Mauch Chunk, the chief seat
of the coal trade, is curiously situated on both sides of
a creek that falls into the Lehigh from the west.
• The town is built along a narrow margin of the river,
with the base of the mountains touching it in every part,
and the river Hurtling by in front, A little dmtnnw
below, the Blue Mountain crosses the Lehigh, which
passes through it in a wild unearthly gap, Coming
down to the town on the west, is Mount l’isgah, a very
high hill, whereupon the empty coal cars are raised by a
stationary engine flo that they reach sufficient altitude to
allow them to run six mllca by gravity. Here they arc
raised by a second inclined plane, and continue to tho
Gompnny’g farthest mine The great plain at Mount
Piggah evereomes a perpendicular height of 064 feet,
tho greatest elevation overcome by any single plain in
the world.
This reitl ia called tbe switch-bach read) as the cm?
run the whole distance by gravity, one the most
beautiful excursions that can be taken in the State is to
pnFft over the switch-back railroad on a clour day. The
Lehigh can be followed for miles with the eye, the hills
being pHed around it until tbeir outlines become misty
ami lnut In tho horizon; Tho country in tho vicinity is
generally of a very sterile and rugged character, incapa
ble of being used for agricultural purposes. Its great
wealth,, however, reposes in the bowels of tho mountains,
and thousands of sturdy, laborious citizens, lind em
ployment in dragging from their recesses tho fuel which
glveg lleat ami siuufort to uiilllous of houaaholda.
The natural beauties of the LuUtgh valley arc unsur
passed by any scenes of river or mountain in Pennsyl
vania. The descent of tho stream is more precipitous,
and the hills that envelop it more weird and majestic.
Below Gatasanjua and the Gap there are stretches of
opnn country, but above the Blue Mountain the scenery
is uniformly grotesque, 6torilo, and mountainous. The
Lehigh Railroad »ud the Lehigh dhua! follow thewind
ihgs-1 f the river, and in places vistas are obtained of
more than a mile of foaming wateefidls. where the spray
falls upon immense rocks in the bed of the stream, and at
eTim> . h nn( j iWe arc U&nllfu! £«*&! that MUtA dtuUlnj!
down the mountains, making cascades whole speckled
trout ore swimming and leaping. Tbe Beaver Meadow’
Railroad continues above Mauch:Glusnk, following Black
creek Cor several miles. At UaaeL’a creek junction the
traveller takes the cars of tho Unaleton Riitrosd, and at
Erttles, a mining village on the- Hudz. Mountain, nousoi
by stage.U Whitehaven, where hy a short ride over the ;
liohigh and Susquehanna Railroad 110 moots tho latter -j
stream ii> tbe hollowed valley of- Vt ytuniug. 1
railroad is now being extended down tho Wyoming?'
y-alloy, that eppjjt-chl and Susquehanna rord i
with! the great coal mines of Inwierne count}-. The j
pent president of the Leliigh Coaly Navigation, aud ILuJ-- I
road companies, is James GUhc, Es*|.» of this city, ,
whoso efficient munagemcni tho- present
condition of the corporation k» great part duo. The j
tohWrcnrrtisfimrmllrcmi'™ 1 thl ' ‘l"’TlT '
kel, A pr*»prr t'eHuu: 01. pu-rrt.Ui.--m has inmuc »
minors the Lelilalt, and Carton county j* to
be the banner county oi ttlo State, having
thousand si4diei-a from a wolung population ot out) throe
themaml. The aiUacenk comity of Luzerne Y.^Auv
inrECgt cuiimic? m n'» »j “e lu r 'i."T
several ropulnUK towns. The navigation «»t 4.<«-Lnnigli
justly the greatest accokiplisluiieiits
of the »«e I’ersi-viqwjce, Ingenuity, And were
the Sleep de^et.t^of-1 im river
Have Hi'oii «vomm» w *r»l sw i m* to-ippp-v.-
ment ia now one of Gfce most permanent aadi prpiUahle m
tho Oounuonwenlli*
Fatal Ar»>w»YNT. —Ott Safrivnoon
James McAHi?Wir tVH from A wagon,, vriuvh he was
driving iioop llw IVwnahieUmi crooli,. uiitl wm iu.dantjy
killed. Tho body was conveyed So, his. residence, in
Dlanaymikv where an inquest was hpld, osd a verdict of
accidental death rendered.
Coroner’s Inuikst.s. — Qbcelia McCann,
resided »t tlio corner of Currurit alloy amd Locust
died suddenly on gatunlay An examiw*apn
showvd that hor death was reused by apoplexy.
Daniel Conway wan found (lead ia his room, at,N.o. 706
Passyunk road, yesterday morning. The coro-jcc’s jury
rendered a vonlict of death from natural cane;-a..
Ordnance for yf asiiington Largoamoiints
of ordnance are constantly going forward to the seat of
\\At. On Saturday thirty boxes, which arrived iu this
eityi probably from Cold Spring foundry—tho groat ma
nufactory of Pavrott guns—wore forwarded. It is known
iliat wniianal preparations for fkid-«ftrU!lery tpovsmehta
have for a considerable time boon in pros-resa.
Final Count of the Army Vote.
certificates and protests.
THE MANDAMUS OBEYED,
On Saturday, the army vote was finally count'd, thi
ceitifiraten wero duly granted (although under
double protests), and tbo parties who had boon sumnoned
to nppriir btfoiv Jiidsi* Ludlowi having compliuil with tha
instructions of thn court, were discharged.
The Keturn Judges reassembled nt nine o'clock, at th*
Supremo Court room, and were called to order by t?i*
President. A quorum of m«*mbers were on hand at the
callihii of the roll.
The Chair announced the first businofis to bo the an
nouncement of the aggregate votes of the army, including
the twenty-imu regiments first counted.
Mr.'Claghorn, ope of f|]e plej-frr*, for fotfriKtivn*
rs to how the votes were to be ridded together, as the>"
were iu three divisions, viz: The city vote, the twenty
one regiments first counted of the army, and th° army
vote Ul ich had been Collated ip,d**j' protect.
The J’reHidejit that i-ome member maks a
motion on the Aiiium.
Some debate ensued. Mr. Wright thought that all tho
votes should be pul somehow into one column, so that wtt
cun get at the result.
Mr. Hancock gavo a sketch of the operations of th*
Board, voluntarily and under the mandate of Judge Lud
low. He thought that a distinction should be mads he.
iw« * n the votes counted without opposition, and tlios**
counted by order nt' Judge Ludtow. Our eertifientes
should be a daguerreotype of the proceedings of tin
body.
Mr. V right rejoined, saying that all the returns had
now been counted formally, at the kind and gentle rvmi'St
&f Jftdgi* Ludlow. 7 . 0 f.f f M T
A voice—Cetitie!
Mr. Wright. Yes, I think Judge Ludlow, in the kind
est and gentlest manner, Huggested to thn prnthonotarr
the propriety of sending in* that little additional bundlo
of returns. The speaker closed by moving that tho Civil
and military vote b© iwpjed togetj|f;r, and tho returns bi
made out on tho result thus given.
Mr, o‘Hara moved to amend, by directing the certifi
cates to bear on their face tho threo classes of vote
namely, the civil vote, the votes of the army voluntarily
Pont uk by tl.*.* ~1-r.Uir.notary, and the votes counted by
older of Judge Ludlow.
Mr. Wright opposed tho amendment. He denied that
tlie judge Imd ordered tlio additional returns to bn
counter). The prothonotary had simply been advised by
the jiulfifl u lmt tho not of Asxumblir rouuirM t« Uo dAi\».
and thou ha tout thorn all in on his own fespohsibllity.
Mr. Hancock replied to Mr. Wright. He said that thot
precedent of allowing the judge to order just such votes
to be counted an be pleased, nr that of allowing the pr#-
tlmnolary In scnc) j n just HUifll Tote nB 110 IlleOiCd, HM
finally bad.
The amendment was then agreed to—yeas 14, nays 10.
Tlie resolution, ua amended, was then adopted—ayes
13, nays ft.
The President declined to vote on the resolution. He
said iimt in oonniiiif. (lie returns sent in l»y ontcr
ot the judge, be violaied bis most profound convictions
oF whn 1 was due to himself, lie Iwl never rn.*rformed so
painful a dui y in his lib*.
We give the resolutions, ns amended and adopted, in
the exact words in which they wuro reduced to
and placed on the minutes:
llAtalVPd, Tlial Urn tILPIH bovj P r»«e«Howrib down
tbo ntiniber Of votes received, in the following order:
u First—Tin* city vote of October 8,1801.
“Second—The volunteer vote first Bent iu, and certi
fied to by the prothonotary.
“Third —The volunteer vote sent In by the directinnof
tllfl linn. J. H. Ludlow, and certify same ns tlie rcluru
Of this Board.”
[in our opinion Judge Ludlow merely declared that
the proclamation of October 2 removed Mr. Knight’s
ohjiction to the returns as being those of Pennsylvania
regiment?-'.]
Tlie clerks then proceeded to announce tho TOTeiS re
ceived by tho candidates for Judges of tho Coznmou
Pleas, booping separate the iltreo classes of vo tos—viz :
Tlio civil votes, the votes certified by the prothonotary,
and the votes ordered to be counted by Judge Lodlow.
Tlio cerlificfttoi wuro then inmlormt to tho candidates—
the Democratic rnndidntOß for the “How” being lu
cludcd—in the following form:
We, the Beturn Judges of nn election held on Tues
day, the Bth day of October, A. D. 18tl, in and for thn
city and county of Philadelphia, at tlm several election
dtetYiM.-tlu'Voof, for the pnrpf.nt* oP electing a Cit) Tn*a
surer for the city of Philadelphia, having met according
to law, at the State House, in the city of Philadelphia,
on the 30th day uf October, A. D. 1861, and carefully
compared tho returns from the several wards of the i
city,
lin liPi'ahy ooplify llial,
Henry iltmim received twenty-eight thou-and ou-*
hitndred and ninety-six (2S,1(!0) vote?*.
Jnmes MrClintork received twenty-nine thnmaud
fiix hundred and ninety-eight (20,M8) vote-.
James S. Diddle received twenty-five hundred and
tU'ldlty-llll'Of (d.SQfij
.Scattering two (2) vote*.
And that at a meeting ot the return judges of said city
and county, held on Tuesday, the 12th day of November.
1801. at the sunn* place, tho prothonotary of the Court of
Common Picas of saiil city and county presented to this
BlJilld tuniltyiono PtltifiGUte?!, Which he certified to he
copio? of tlie return* of tlie votes of the volunteers, in tlie
actual military service of tin* United State-, received by
him in accordance with the act of Assembly of July 2*l,
A. D. 1839, whereby it appears that
Henry Biunm received two hundred and eighty (2HO)
V&ißfl. ' ' *
JiitneK McC’lihtoek received three hundred and fifty
two (352) votes.
And subsequently, to wit: On the last-mimed day, th>
said prothonotary presented to this Board certain other
rttfnrufr M-vtntyriiim; in numbori as apporirs Uy tlia oor
tifU'Hte thereto amiexi d, “ By the direction of ths Hon.
J. B. Ludlow, Associate Judge of tho Court of the Com
mon Pleas,” nnd which are not certified to be copies of
returns of the volunteers in actual military service of the
United States in conformity with tho law, and which said
mural Yim rmirai by this DonrJ nnflar
Inxnfrti anu iificnvaids computod by tlip said Bonrd by
compulsion, in obedience to a writ of peremptory mnndf
mus issued by tho said Hon. J. B. Ludlow, Although pro
te.-ting against the saidM-ritor the computation of the
said returns, whereby it appears that
Ihnvy Dnmm rwolvsnl twelve hundred and thirty-tWa
(1235) votes. '
Jamts JlcUUntock received twenty-one hundred and
thirty-five (2135) votes.
James Fb Biddle received three (3) votes.
Seultuiiiitf; one (1) vulu.
And wo da further certify that J&ms McCJlnteftk had
tho highest numhor of votes polled for City Treasurer of
the city of i’hiladelpbia, as aforesaid, and that therefor®
he is, and we do hereby declare him, duly elected City
Tiwurrr for the whl city of Uhiladulpliin.
In testimony whereof* we* the Judges, have hereunto
set our hands aid seals this sixteenth dav of November,
A. D. 1861.
[Here follow thn signatures of Hia Return Judges of tl**
People's Party.]
Th«* Democratic member* here add thr subjoined COUfl*
ter protest, beneath which are their signatures ;
“The undersigned, Beturn Judges of tho eity And
county of Philadelphia, do protest against tho abovo
protest as an insult to the Hon. Jaorca B, Ludlow and tho
Court of Commnn Fluflii”
•{.These certHcatesgo to Governor Curtin.
At the conclusion of the counting, n resolution thank
ing the doorkreper, 31r. Timmins, for his fftithftU dis
charge of duty, and the president aud clerks for tho
efficient manner in which they performed their duties,
mhk aduptuili
Mr. Simpson mnde a speech) iu which he confeM«d
that he Imd said and done many things in hasta, for
which he felt that somo slight apology was due.
Mr. Wright then offered the following:
Resotved r That tho thanks of the Board arc emineatlv
duo tn tho Hon. James li. Ludluw, Aasoeiato oV
tho Court r.f Cf.mmon Picas, for advising the prothono
tary ot said cottrl to deliver to the Return Judges the full
returns of tlie army vote, thereby Hecuring to our fellow
citizens iu the field in defence of our rights, liberties, and
homes, a fair count of their votes for the candidates of
thtrlV ili6i£e, for 9kAb? and local officers: and afrH>
thank the said honorable judge fi>r the hint to said officer
to keep iu close cuvtody certain fraudulent returns in his
possession, purporting to come from the army, whereby
certain evil-disposed persons expected to ot’orthrow our
system of Government! and fcocoi'Q odious of honor
profit tn their depraved associates.
Kesolved, That thanks are also due to said judgifor
timely admonitions mid warnings to such members of our
body as wore disposed,.nt Hir»-ont»ot,tn 'set at defiance the
Jaws of fl.o lau.l, and onk'i's cf vcmti l>y fCtoin* to fount
the returns and grant certWcatw of election to tIIOW
officer? who had received’the highest number of votes.
Resolved , That our thanks are also due to the Su
preme Court of our CiwnniomveAtth for directing the pro
thouotury of the* Court of Common Pleas to withhold
rcrtiiin friiululrnr returns rurpoit/ns to rnm« froin'th,
, cginn-nt of one C-lonel tViilinni gcltlmpDller. no officer
of that name being in tlie service of the Suite or nation,
thus relieving us of a vexatious twmoyance. and possiblv
a temptation, while it will serve as a wftroiog to those
who devote their time and skill to the fabrication of
fraudulent returns.
The resolutions were voted down.
The yeas were Messrs; Jos. K\ Cnrrigau, Hubert Con
well, Andrew Gillespie, Win: F.. Kermuly, Daniel Wit
ham, James Maguire, John W. Boileau, Richardson L.
Wright, and Daniel Allen.
Tho Board' thou adjourned sino i&a
While this business wus being tmnsaeted, the Common
Pleas, Judge Ludlow, hud.met and disposed of the mau
damns, and attachment against: Mr. Simpson for con
tempt.
Before the answers of the return judge* ware read,
Juries Ludlow euld •
Before proceeding with the bmijww of tho court, it is
necessary for mo <0 correct'd grossly erroneous impres
sion wh*ch seems to lia*.* berai produced by a remark
which fell from the court on Thursday evening last.
In Mponkmg of the conviction w* entertained of the
entire Mtwetness at tha Ui&L announce*!
in the various stages of this unfortunate controversy,
we said “that the only doubt- we entertained was as to
the propriety nf having given any a&eice to the pro
thonolary. In making thij- we did not in
tend to- say—nor did we say—that we hail any doubt
WhdiiV&A Ajf fh£ ikaVa.dxdce, {the teller of
the Attorney General of the State prove* tho entire cor
rectness of our view,) but a 9 a- question had arisen
whether we-ade/sed or ordered the- prothonotary, we re
gretted that we had not, upon tha- mnadamns directed to
him, formally commanded hlm-to*do a certain act; for,
-as wan intimated in an- advisory opinion, delivered on
Monday evening, whilo Mnipty.acting ae. a judge of this
court,., dealing nith Mr, Knight as clerk of the
court, I had m> legal power to com-nxcact him to do this
or that with these election returns ; yet, when ft writ of
77iam?am?/s issued, I never doubted for a moment our
right to deal with him, as with u.rt Act
ing in a ministerial capacity.
This view was foresliadOwcd'ih file opinion delivered
in thssuit in equity, and Ims been cortctiously and cou
stantlv acted upon throngiinufc* these enttirewoceediugs.
Mr. Hirst said ho was liappy ti hay Mutt he received a
letter to day from tke Attorney CeaerA of the Stu>t9,m
wlnch. he approves of' tko cour»u taken in reading his
letter in open court, on tho former-hearing. He Adds
in coTiclusior, that although h* did: not desire to appear
to be unnecessarily taking part- in- &ha- case, lie did not
pi.jsfttc «p}- piibHrin-thflf iTBsJiC fsgiYci) tc bin letter
that might be necessary to justice,.
Mr, Conarroe now read the -following affidavit of Mr.
J. Alexander Simpson:
To the Hon. James It. Ludloto%, Jhdy&ef the Court of
Common Pleas for the City: and 1 County of Pftilti-
delphlth
I mu informed nnd brtinvc that? tt motion Is now i>end«
ing before.yonr honor for an attriohmeut agaiust me for
contempt, in not making,return? to-the writ of perempt,)-
ry ninudamns, served upon mo cn.Tlwu-sday inorntug last.
Befim* that motion : off-ibis but right aud pro- .
»er flint I shcuM set, m)eei& ifgJit upun the rec«rvl,
After which, whatever course is- pursued by your honor,.
whatever direction-is given h shall b© oltcyed by me..
Aud first, let me say that, .in tho course pursued by me, t :
have intended no disrespect- on coiwempt, either Fortlu>.
court in Ub judicial cttijacity. op-for-xnur honor as an in-,
dividual. Tho writ of peramptwe-.* mandamus upon rrsq,.
required m« to t-nuniendu 4k»j-Ee-tttrTi3 of votes from,cc*r-.
lain companies in-tho imlitwiy service of the United:
States, and wined iu tho auid wit, which the saidavriu
further states were oeutiti«i by the prothonctary
to the Boanl cf Return Judge*.’* As I knew of no eucii,
returns itulu ((rtHiui’ t'f fliflt cdiccri tlin (irrins'-.tfli for
im-10 flo tlmacviiiili coiißnot ljo aonc. It istnuMl><&
the proilioußtury ueiu iitsuiienly-nine papers, br.Utedoes.
not certify dienito ho any thirst more tlmu returns whicU
he sends to ushy directiou o€ the Hon. Jatnea R,'LhdloME«
Associate of Common PkJAa K ijh&ikS
i;oii in lay hmuhlc jtulgnwiti (htlu certifying, tn cm
Boa id pa<»qa which ue a« rnjumid to eisnpute Uy b*w.
Iu point of,fact,, muh-y tlieiu arc delciityp oiAbßeir
face, m il should not have been Included iu .tho eiyUAora
tion ou.tliat account. The prothouoUay dota. uo4 say
that they,.or any < itthesu, arc tlnrcturUß.of v-oteaof per
sons inrilie niUiUry norviro uftlio Uniicd Stuioa. e>*
by him uTidmvtha>actonB3ff.
Tlvi. oath which I took aa a judgoof the election, says :
“ 1 will me um best iqtdouvcrs to prevent auv fraud, de-
abuse in carrying on the election bi citizens
qualified to men, or olbct s, ami that I will make a true
ay ii per foot tietan of said fraction.” i may be mts
tiknn, but my present judgment is, that, to include all
she returns i» the peremptory mandamus, would be to
viphUo that oath. I would rather be pmiiahed temporari
ly- for u n ntmnac:* or contempt, than stand;
before the bar of the Uvinj..Uod, guilt upon my
soul nf x inlatihg my offieiM&ath, I shvuld merit,
mid ovsbt to receivo eternal condH^uatiou.
I am, xc'jy respectfully,
« , t „ Jt . J.AA,fiXASDBR SIMPSCti,
S#orn and HiihscriUdd before me, this 16th day of No-,
Vember, A. D. 1801. Edwin T.
Mr. Briggs nest rood Ihoui&wopof fiftaea of tho. uu
turn judges, inciitOfm* Mr. Simpson’s, sotting forth, that,
in obedience to tya.command of the court, thev had con
cluded the cmweration of the votes specified.
Mr. Hirst aajd, it seemed to him that this return wus
eulficient.
iTmlgo likdlouwA full find final raturu, hhviA§ bM4
mndo, thavespondents, with the exceptloa of one, are
diPchkrged without day.
& motion lias been made that an attachment shall I>*
lulled against Mr. Simpson for contempt of this court
He has appeared here bj- rPimffPl, find* hlfiPi lW 3 « wb “
| nutted, undei aignnriiTe nufi ohth r hiR MatemenV. f
I could hardly believe it thfft this