THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W, FORNEY, UrrlUK Wo. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. DAILY PRESS, mr*iT« Owns Pe» Week, payable to the Carrier Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Sts DolUkß EH AHDMi Foul Doll. 188 808 BIOBT MOKTHSi THU! Dollies fftm Bis Mosifls— lnvarlaby in advance for the time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Snbioribara out of the Oitr at Till! I)oL lies Fee Ammi. in advsnee DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. 1861. p R O E MX O s r> H S. EIEGEL. BAIRD. & CO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS. HO. 47 NOBTH THIRD SHEET, PHILADELPHIA. Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully Invited to examine our large and carefully-se lected stock of desirable goods, which will be sold at pricea to salt the times. se2B-2nf JAMES, KENT, SANTEE. & GO, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS! OF DRY GOODS. Hos. £l9 and 341 North THIRD Street, above Race, Have sow open their nasal LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC GOODS, Among width will be forum a general assortment of PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. 9T CASH BUYERS SPECIALLY INVITED. aelT.Zm 1861. CASH BUYERS. 186 L H. C. LAUGHETLTN & Go., No. 803 MARKET STREET, Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHIA, and X*KW YORK AtfCTIONS, a general assoripaout of MERCHANDISE, bought for CASH. CASH BUYERS are especially invited to call and ex amine onr Stock- neß-tf IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS. JJ E N * S HEAVY MERINO SHIRTS DRAWERS. THOS. MELLOR & CO., 40 AND 43 NOBTH THIRD STREET. noi-ltn CARPETINGS. JARGE CARPET STOCK SELLING OUT AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, TO CLOSE BUSINESS. DAILY & BROTHER, No. 920 CHESTNUT STREET. , eel?-tilths 3m FOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE No. 47, ABOVE rnMintn, X mb mw offering my stock of ENGLISH CARPETINGS, EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE. Imported expressly for City Retail Seles, at Prices CESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. J. T. DELACROIX. sel9-2m • JJEW CARPETINGS. J. F. & E. B. OKNE. CD. (10 CHESTNUT STREET—OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE, Are now opening, from Custom House Stores, their FALL IMPORTATIONS NEW CARPETINGS 1,000 piece* J. CBOSSLEY t SONS’ TAPESTRY CARPETS, from ¥5 GTS. TO Si PER YARD. 6-4 TAPESTRY VELVET: FRENCH AUBUSSON: FINE AXHINSTEB: BOTAL WILTON: EXTRA. ENGLISH BRUSSELS; HENDERSON A CO.’S VENITIAN; ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS; ALL OF NBW CHOIOS STYLES AND BAYING BEEN INYOIGED BEFORE THE LATE ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF, WiU be Bold at MODERATE PRICES. wiB-3ni ; MILITARY GOODS. SUPPLIES. 50,000 pairs ARMY DRAWEES. 20,000 GRAY FLANNEL SHIBTS. 10,000 BED do. SHIBTS. 504 dozen FINE 'TRAVELLING gHIRTg. For sale by BENNETT, RUCH, & CO., manufacturers of Army Goods, SIS and 317 OHUIIOH Alley, PLIIA. noid-2m A RMY CONTRACTORS AND SUTLERS supplied WITH brushes at the lowest rates. Always on hand, a large stock of CAVALRY BRUSHES, Government standard;. WAGON BRUSHES, Government standard; ;&nd every Description of Brushes required for the Army a TTEMBT.E & VAN HORN, ocl6-Sm 321 MARKET Street, Philadelphia. WOOLLENS. WELLING, COFFIN, & Co., 116 CHESTNUT STREET, Are prepared to deliver on contract 8-4 and 8-4 Dark and Sky Bine CLOTHS AND KERSEYS. JNDIGO BLUE KERSEYS. INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS, And every variety of Goods adapted to Military Clothing* for sale at the lowest pricea regiments equipped at short notice. BENJ. L. BERRY, CLOTH HOUSE, SO SOUTH SECOND STREET, i OCd.tf __ army flannels. "■WELLING, COFFIN, & CO-, 116 CHESTNUT STREET, prepared to make contracts, for immediate delivery, * WHITE COMET FLANNELS, AND ALL WOOL INDIGO BLUB FLANNELS, of Government standard. §sci- tf hardware. Hardware. MOOSE, HENSZBY, ft CO. Have now on hand, and are constantly receiving, a targe assortment of HAbBWASE, CUTLERY, GUN 9, ftc., to which they Invite the attention o* purchasers for cash or short credit. No. 49T MABKET Street, and No. 416 COMMEBCE Street, Philada. P” RAIN pipe.—steam-pressed STONEWARE DBA.IN PIPE, PRICE LIST 1 2-inch bore, per yard. ' 3 it K CC .. 26 cents. 3O “ ‘t ................ 40 “ ** f ••••■**• •• • •*• so ** t( 4>J 1 « •< 5 “ “ 6 “ “ 65 <• 7 “ •« 85 “ 8 « “ ' “ 110 «* 9 « “ “ 125 “ 10 tl « « ii .iISO fl 12 u » “ 200 “ A liberal discount allowed to Dealers, and to those or dering in large Quantities. FACTOBY— SXVSNIH and Germantown road. 8. A. HAHBISON, oclS-tf Warehouse 1010 OHEBTNDI Street. VOL. S.—NO. 91. JpROTHINGHAM & WELLS^'™ g. 1861. 34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA BTREET, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS, DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS, CANTON FLANNELS, MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS LACONIA, EYEBETT, LOWELL, IPSWICH, HAMPDEN, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS, GASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS, FROM THE WASHINGTON (LATH BAY BlATB,) AND OTHER MILLS. 0c1.3m CJHIPLEY, HAZARD, & (J HUTCHINSON, No. 113 CHESTNUTJPTREET, COM MISSION M BOHANTO FOB Tax BALB OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. ee2B-6m DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. w\AA.‘V\-h->.'\."nV^'. , >.'.VvS.^WS^VVWvWwNAAAAAiWWW\A JJOBERT SHOEMAKER Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets* * PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, POTTY, 4c. AGENTS FOE THE CELEBRATED FKENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES POR AH in this line For Gash, at remarkably Low Prioes EARLE’S GALLERIES, jyS-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street. HE LM B OLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS. HILMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS. HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU Cures Diseases of the Bladder. gELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU " Cures Diseases of tiie Sidneys. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU Cures Gravel. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU Cures Dropsy. HELMEQIjP’c; extract buchu HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCIfU Cures Debilitated Sufferers. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Loss of Memory. EELMEQPP'S EXTRACT BUCHU For Loss of Power. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU • For Consumption, Insanity. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Epileptic Fits, St. Titus 1 Dance. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Difficulty of Breathing. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For General Weakness. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Weak Nerves. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU Fop TrembliM. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Night Sweats. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Cold Feet. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Dimness of YMoil HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Languor. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System* HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Pallid C6lUil6ii&ttee. HFLMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Eruptions. HELMBOLD’S.EXTRACT BUCHU ' For Pains in the Back. HELHBOIiD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Headache. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU For Sick Stomach. HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS. If you are suffering with any of the above distressing ailments, use HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. Try it, and be convinced of its efficacy. HELMBOLD’S EXTBACT BUCHU, recommended by names known to SCIENCE and FAME. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See remarks E&&U by the late Dr. Physio. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dr. De wee’s valuable work on Practice of Physic. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dispensa tory of the United States. HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See remark* made by Dr. Ephraim McDowell, & Wlibf&ted physi cian, and Member of the Royal College of Surgeon*, Ireland, and published in King and Queen’s Journal. HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See Medico* Chirurgical Review, published by Benjamin Travers, F. B. C. S. EELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See Most of the late Standard Works on Medicine. HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See remark* made by distinguished Clergymen. HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS “ Give health and vigor to the frame, And bloom to the pallid cheek;” and are so pleasant to the taste that patients become fond of them. / HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU, SI per bottle, or six for $5, delivered to any addrcßs. Depot 104 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. Bold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. oca-stnth3m Etjxtr propylamine, Th 9 New Bemedy 11m Snrlag Iks >ut psm we have Introduced to tho Dottos of tie medical profession of this country the -Pure Otft• talitei Chloride of Propylamine, as a BEMEDY FOE BHEUMATIBM; and baving received from many sources, both from phy sicians of the highest standing and from patients, the HOST I'LATTEBINQ TESTIMONIALS of Its real value in the treatment of this painful and Oh* itinate disease, we are induced to present it to the publW in a form BEADY FOB IMMEDIATE USB, which we hope will commend itself to those who cure suffering with this afflicting complaint, and to the medical practitioner who may feel dlis6&ed teat the powerd of thii SllßlbU remedy. BLIXIB PROPYLAMINE, in the form above spoken of, has recently been extensively experimented with in the PENNSYLVANIA! HOSPITAL, and with MASKED SUCCESS* (m will appear from tbt published accounts in the medical journals). •7" It Is carefully pnt up ready for immediate use* with full directions, and can he obtained ftom all the dracaists at 76 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of BULLOCK & CRENSHAW, Druggists end Mannfimtoring Chemists, pt M.ly Philadelphia. TiyrßS. JAMES BETTS’ CELEBRA XVI TED SUPPOBTEBS FOB LADIES, and the 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 avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand Invalids have been advised by their phyaicianß to use her annllances. Those only are genuine hearing the United States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and ai«o on th. fittupadass. with testimonials. oclS.tnthstt Best quality roofing slate always on hand and lor sale at Union YTharVUn Wffisara* |4S.. COMMISSION HOUSES. VITEK TVK SALK SHIRTINGS, FROM THE LYMAN, DWIGHT, CABOT, CHICOPEE, and BARTLKT MILLS. USBWI9B, BLANKETS, AND ARMY GOODS, & CO.. MANUFACTURERS OF CABINET FURNITURE. jloobtttvr GLASSES. MEDICINAL. Cures Nervous Sufferers. RHEUMATISM. JORNEY’S “WAR PRESS.” The intense interest everywhere felt in the mighty con test in which the Annies and Fleets of the Nation arc engaged, ON THE POTOMAC, IN WESTERN VIRGINIA, IN KENTUCKY, IN MISSOURI, ON THE SEA COAST, and elsewhere, and the existing demand for a Weokly Journal that will furnish a full and accuralo account of the thrilling events of this exciting and over-memorable period, acceptable alike to Soldiers in Camp, to Peaceful l IfVBiUCB, to those Who Wish, to obtain the latest war news, and to those who desire to preserve in a convenient form, for future reference, a correct History of the Great has iuduced me to commence, on SATURDAY. NOV. 16.1861, the publication of a GREAT WAR PAPER, (in lieu of the present issue of the Weekly r'ressy) to bo called <4 FORNEY'S WAR PRESS.” It will be printed in Bupcrior style, on a large Quarto sheet of eight pages, and each number will present the following ATTRACTIVE FEATURES, via; A BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING, Illustrating an event of the War, or n MAP. of some lo culiiy where important operations uro la contemplation j A RECORD 0E THE LATEST WAR NEWS from all parts of tbo country, received during each week by MaII and by Telegraph, from uiumu'Mis SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS, and all ether reliable sourcca of information; THE LETTERS OF “OCCASIONAL,” whose epistles from Washington during the last three years have been singularly correct Iu their statements and predictions, and whose comments upon pnblic affairs have been copied and read with deep interest through out the whole country | A THRILLING SKETCH OR TALE, illustrative Of the romantic incidents connected with the War; GLEANINGS FROM THE BICH TREASURES OK WAR-WIT AND WAR-POETRY, that are elicited by the mighty events now transpiring; ABLE EDITORIALS ON THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF THE DAY; THE LATEST LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS; A SUMMARY OE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, interesting to all Denominations; important articles prom first-class WBITEKS; ACCURATE MARKET REPORTS, Including the Cattle Markets of Philadelphia, New York, and other places, the Money Market, and Reports of the Prices of Produce and Merchandise. Efforts will constantly ho mndo to introducs such new features as will render the “WAR PRESS 1 ’ one of the most popular and attractive Journals of the country. If, contrary to general expectations, the war should bo sud denly l>roii# lit id. a £lo££, 111 441UM89 U'lll h« HIM Willi article that will prove deeply interesting to Its readers. TERMS: One copy, one year 83 00 Three copies, one year 5 OO Five copies, one year..,,...... 8 00 Ten copies, one year 13 00 Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thus: 20 copies will cost $24; 50 copies will cost $6O; and 100 copies, 8120. We also offer the following EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS! To every Subscriber rcmittißg us 32 vre will fcrwurd by mail a nrswuvc, «ww, w«v*,*uiy uiar ox *.«<» Southern States, -which gives the most useful and com prehensive view of the Scat of War, and descriptions of tho important localities of Iho South, that has yet been published. Its retail prico is lift)' cents, and it is well worth double that sum. We will also forward one copy of this Map to any per son who sends us a club of three, of five, or of ten sub scribcrs. Any person Bonding ns u uiub of twenty subscribers, accompanied with #24, will be entitled to an extra copy (for the getter of the club,) and also to a copy of the above-mentioned Map. In order to further stimulate individual exertion to ax. lend the circulation of tho “WAR PRESS,” wo offer the following liberal premiums: ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH ! will b.- i>rei6Btid to the pawon or persona who map pro cure the largest list of subscribers by tho Ist of April, 1862; FIFTY DOLLARS tA the person for warding tlie second highest number by the same period, and . 9 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS to tho person forwarding tho third largest number up to that time. The conditions or the foregoing premiums require all subscriptions to be paid in advance for ONE YEAR, at the rates published above. ALL POSTMASTERS, and other loyal citizens, are earnestly solicited to assist in extending tho circulation of the “WAR PRESS.’ They may rest assured that they win thereby set only secure to subscribers a first-rnte journal, but one which will be an earnest champion of the vigorous prosecution of the war and the restoration of the Union. SPECIMEN COPIES -will be furnished to those who request them. Subscriptions may commence at any time. Terms ALWAYS CASH, in advance. All Letters to be addressed to JOHN W. FORNE Y, “ PRESS 1 ’ Office, 41T CHESTNUT STBEET. PHILADELPHIA. V All Journals which republish this Prospectus will be entitled to an Exchange for one Tear. LEGAL, Philadelphia, November 11, 1863.—Notice is hereby given that writs of scire facias will be issued on the following Claims for CURB ING AND PAYING, in three months from tho date hereof, unless the sumo are paid to tho undersigned at their Office, No. 617 SPRING GARDEN Street, Phila. N. B & T P. POTTS, Attorneys of H. S. Stephens. THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO USE OF E. C. PANLING vs. JAMES M* LINNABD* in the Court of Common Pleas, No. 135, June Term, 1861, against a certain triangular lot of ground on the oast side of Ninth street, 198 feet 11 inches south of Moore street, in the First ward of said city, containing in front on Ninth street 20 feet 1 inch, on the northerly line about 2XO foet 6 inelm and on the southerly lino along the south line of the towpath of the old Delaware and Schuylkill canal, about 300 feet to ground now or late of John Wagner. SAME vs. SAME.—In the Court of Common Pleas, No. 136, June Term, 1861. Against a certain triangular lot of ground on the west side of Ninth street, in the First word of said city, 235 feet 4 inches south of Moore street, containing in front on Ninth street 16 feet 8 inches, and in depth 23 feet more or less. no!2«tnl3t* "VTOTICE.—TO EVE DEANE, late «i.v of the County of Philadelphia. In obedience to an order o# Publication to me directed, you are hereby notified to be and appear in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, on the First MONDAY of December next, to show cause, if any you have, wliv your husband, BENJAMIN J. DEANE, BbOMld B9t he divorced from the bonds of Ma trimony entered into with you, according to the prayer of his petition filed in said Court. WILLIAM H. KERN, Sheriff. Sheriff’s Office, Philadelphia, Nov. 2,1861. no2-tu4£ ■VTOTICE,-TO ANN ELIZA CAL- J_l LOWAY, late of the County of Philadelphia. In obedience to an order of Publication to me direct ed, you are hereby notified to be and appear in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of .Phi ladelphia, on the First MONDAY of December next, to show cause, if any you have, why your husband, GEORGE CALLOWAY, should not be divorced from the boi-ds of Matrimony entered into with you, according to the prayer of biß petition filed in said Court. WILLIAM n. KERN, Sheriff. Sheriff’s Office, Philadelphia, Nov. 3,1861. nos-tu4t "VTOTICE.—TO HENRY VOELKER, J_ i late of the County of Philadelphia. In obedience to an order of Publication to me directed, you are hereby notified to 4 be and appear in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadel phia, on tho First MONDAY of December BA!it, lA ShOW cause, if any you have, why your wife, JULIA VOEL KER should not be divorced from the bonds of Matri mony entered into with you, according to the prayor of her petition filed in said Court. WILLIAM H. KERN, Sheriff. Sheriff’s Office, Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1851.' UflS-tUtt COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. NOTICE.— The interest of CHARLES A. SMITH in tt,. Firm of HILLINGS, HOOP, * CO.; has this day ceased, by the sale of tho same to the other Partners. The remaining Partners are alone au thorised to settle the business and to use the name of the « rn . JAMES *3l. BILLINGS, SAMUEL W. BOOP, SAMUEL W. KOOFi Exec’r ofW. F. Washington, dec’d, C. A. SMITH, H. B. KIISBE. Pnu.ADKi.pniA, Nov. 9,1861. 0012-121* ITOM E-MADE SOAP. XI SAPONIFIES, manufactured by PENNSYL VANIA SALT MANUFACTURING, COMPANY. One pound makes, from kitchen grease, eight pounds of hard soap, or nearly a barrel of soft soap. 'Dry il: it is easier done than making bread, nois-it* POSTAGE STAMPS.—Twenty-four cent, twelvc-cent, and ten-cent STAMPS for sale at five per cent, discount. Apply at The Press office. nofl-tf PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1861. Jims. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1861. THE REBELLION. ARREST OF MASON AND SLIDELL. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The Legality of their Arrest. SKETCH OF THE PRISONERS BV ■'OCCASIONAL." BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OP COM. WILKES. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Arrival of General Halleck in St. Louis. GENERAL HUNTER’S MOVEMENTS. , INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. The Charleston Mercury’s Account of the Port lloynl Buttle. $30,000 RAISED POR THE PAMILY OF COL. ELLSWORTH’S ASSASSIN. THE EXPENSES OF THE WAR. AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY. The Movements of Zollicoffer. GEN. NELSON’S VICTORY. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS, MORE FIGHTING HEAR PORT PICKEHS. The Rebels Shelled oft Santa Rosa Island by our Vessels. THE PEOPLE OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA ASKING PIIOTECTION. AN ATTACK EXPECTED AT NEWPORT NEWS. COMMODORE TATNALL’SPROPERTY TO BE CONFISCATED. &c., &c., &c. ARREST OF MASON AND SLIDELL. So much interest is felt in tho Into arrest of the two arch-traitors, Mason and Slidell, that every thing relating to that important event is cagorly read. How intense the disappointment at the South will be may be judged from the following jubilant announcement in the Richmond Examiner of Oc tober 29 of their safe escape: “By tliiß time onr able representatives abroad, Messrs. Mason and Slidell, are pretty well over the briny deep towards the shores of Europo. We com mit no indiscretion in stating that they have em barked upon a vessel which will bo abundantly able to protect them against most of the Yankee cruisers they may happen to meet, and the chances are, consequently, a hundred to one that they will reach their destination with safety. The malice of our Yankee enemies will thus be foiled, and the attempt to capture them fail of success. Great will he the mortification of the Yankees when they shall have learned this result. Our ministers did not choose to leave at any other port than one of our own. or under any but the Confederate flag, *Y p '• T t day. Mr. Mason will have the pleasure of signing it r/c, amity, on behalf of the Confederate States, with one of the oldest and greatest dynasties of Eh ra/ie, and thus cement those relations of commerce upon which our future go largely depends.” The Character of Mason and Slidell. “ Occasional,” in hie letter of October 19, gave the following graphic sketch of the rebel envoys: iVben Jefferson Davis appointed. James M. Mason as minister to England, and John Slidell as minister to France, to represent the Southern treason, he acted upon the theory that they, of all men, were most competent to advocate this treason, because they had been prominent in its origin, and are na turally identified with its destiny. I have fre quently referred to Mason. A more arrogant, offensive, dictatorial demagogue never lived. As ostentatious and as stately as Dombey, he may, nevertheless, bo called the Pumblechook of the Se cession conspiracy. Vain of his mediocrity, which he mistakes for statesmanship, he cannot see that he is laughed at by his associates and despised by every decent man. Hisarrogance would be insuffer able if it were not ridiculous; and all that fondness for aristocratic 62&ffipl6S &&d opinions, wliiali Mho* men would rather conceal, he takes pleasure in displaying on every occasion. What, then, induced the so-called President Davis to send this wretched quack to England ? The anewer is, because he is tho slave of slavery—the worshipper of England, and the remorseless enemy of everything like rational liberty. If he disgusts our English ene mies by his conceit and bluster, they will receive him with open arms on account of his undying hatred of all republican dootrinesj John Slidell fi a man of another temperament. His first quality is a dogged obstinacy in pursuing whatever he under takes, without hesitation, to the bitter end By birth a Northern man, he has for a longtime been hasten ing on tho Southern rebellion, His ambition' is un bounded, and among his dreams for more than twen ty years has been the idea that he might one day bo the head of a great pro-slavery Government. His abilities are of a higher order than Mason’s. Not much of a speaker, his strength lies in the skill with he digits, alid ths fOSdLUiOU With which h 5 presses forward his plans. Married to a French lady, he talks French like a native. His tastes are refined, and his habits of life Insurious and expensive. Like Mason, he has a deep-seated horror of the mmilk aad “ mßtl-eilir' of sssisty. He is a travelled, as well as an educated man,-and when he reaches, if ever he does reach Paris, he will at once throw himself into a sea of intrigues, and toil with unceasing vigilance to carry out the instructions of Davis. It has been his study for years to est&hiish intimate relations with foreign ministers at Washington, and he will use the ad vantage thus acquired with considerable effect. One of his nearest friends in Paris is the cele brated Frank P. Corbin, also a man of affluence, by birth an American, who only escaped the clutches of the United States marshals, about two months ago, by fleeing into Canada. The proofs of his complicity with the Southern treason are so clear, that if he can jein Slidell is the Freseh espial he trill be enabled to render bim much assistance. Tbt connection of Slidell with moneyed men in Europe was undoubtedly one of his chief merits in the eyes of Jefferson Davis. If the Rothschilds and Barings can he induced to believe in the stability of the Southern Confederacy, they would be most efficient allies of the new French minister. Slidell has, for more than thirty years, been the intimate friend of James Buchanan. They had few secrets that were not secrets in common. Both of them crafty to a degree, and neariy of tiie same aae, Slidell was the most determined, and therefore the ruling spirit. Fully appreciating the cunning and heartlessness of Buchanan, he knew also that he was a timid man, who could be controlled by a strong intellect, and hence he rendered him con. sidcrable aid in reaching the Presidency, and all this, undoubtedly, in the hope of being able to nse the General Administration. It was Slidell that forced Buchanan to abandon bis conservative and jngt ground on the Kansas question—Slidell that insisted upon making the Decompton Constitution a test—Slidell that led in the war upon Douglas, and counselled the measures which ended in the de struction of the Democratic party at Charleston and Baltimore—and whra, finally, the direful harvest of Secession was about to he reaped, the poor old man recoiled from the precipice to which he had been dragged by this recklesß leader. In the last hours of his Administration, when he refused to obey the commands of his evil genius, Slidell turned Upon him with contempt, and left bim with every expression of detestation .and scorn. Sketch of Captain Charles Wilkes. Captain Charles Wilkes, the captain of tho Saw. J adult fti the time when she overhauled the Trent, is a native Of New York, of which State be is a citizen, and from which he was appointed to the navy. He was bom about the year 1805, and at the early age of thirteen entered the naval service, his origi nal entry therein bearing date January 1, 1818. He steads, according to the Inst navy list, No. 51 on the list of captains, his present commission bearing date September 14, 1855. His sea servioe under nis present commission has been of short duration, his total sea service being about ten years. He has baon on shorn and other duty about twenty.seven years, and has been unemployed about seven years, thus making his whole service under the Government or the United States about forty-four ‘ years. Previous to his present service, his last duty at sea was in June, 1842. His principal employment from that time till ordored upon the San Jacinto was upon special duty at Washington. Captain Wilkes is also noted as the great explorer and navigator, having, in consequence of bis well-tested scientific ability, been appointed by tho Government upon the command of the naval expedition gotten up far the purpose of exploring the countries bordering on the Pacific and Southern oceans. At this time his command consisted of a brig, two W#r sloops, and two smaller vessels, as tenders, Charles Wilkes having charge of the whole. Start ing from New York, he pursued his route, via Cape Horn, towards Australia and the neighboring islands. He visited Singapore, Borneo, the Sand wich Islands, and the upper port of Oregon, Ac., and r elumcd tc New York during the year 1812. This expedition lasted four years, having been commenced in 1838. For the interesting disco veries made by the explorer, the learned Geo graphical Society of London presented him with a geld medal, as a meinonto of their appreciation of his labors. Captain Wilkes has published several works on geographical research, the one on Western America being very valuable as a volume for re ference. the statistics, maps, and drawings, being of the highest order. Captain Wilkes has, by his pre sent notion, added another triumph to his list of glories. Sketch of Lieutenant Fairfax. Lieutenant P. McN. Fairfax, tho officer who had charge of the removal of tho prisoners from oil' the Trent , is an officer formerly connected with the Constellation, which was cruising in tho African waters. lie is a native of Virginia, bat is a citizen of North Carolina, from which State he was ap pointed. He ontered the service on the 12th day of August, 1837, and his present commission bears date February 26,1851, he now standing No. 44 on the list of promotion. His sea service, under his pre sent commission, is over seven years, his total sea service being nearly sixteen years. He was for four years on shore and other duty, and about three years and a half unemployed, making a total ser vice of about twenty-four years. He was appointed in February,'lBsB, to the Constellation, after which lie was transferred to tho command of tho Mystic,, and from thonce to the Sun Jacinto, from which vessel ho conducted the two boats which drew up alongside of the Trent. The rebel commissioners were taken from the Trent under his charge to the San Jacinto. The Legality or the Action of 'Common , . dore Wilkes. . • Tho opinion that tho act of Commodore Wilkos was fully justified by the usages of all civilised 11a. tions, and by well-scllledp rinclples of International law, is confirmed by numerous and by" quotations irem tho writings of .*•liuble authors. Chilly, a ottnflanl if&'glisb law writer, says, in his “ Law of Nations,” page 147 : On the same principle on which contrabands of war and infractions of blockade have been inter dieted in the 1 commerce of neutrals—l mean tho principle that a neutral has bo right to relieve &, belligerent—it haß been held that other acts of il legal assistance afforded to an enemy expose to con fiscation the property of the neutral concerned in them. Among thesv, none is of a more injurious nature than the, conveyance of hostile despatches. The mischievous consequent of such a service is indefinites infinitely beyond the effect of any con• traband that, can be conveyed. The carrying of tv.'o or three cargoes of stores is~necessarily an assisluncc of a Ignited iialiire } hilt in l)t& hPatis mission of despatches may be conveyed the entire 2>lun of a campaign. that may defeat all the projects of the other belligerent in that quarter of the u’orld. Again, Mr. Chitty says: Equally intolerable is the employment of a neutral ship as a transport for the private men, or for the officers of the enemy. * * Any one of these acts being brought to there can remain no ilouht respecting the unfairness of that specific transaction. # * Upon the breaking out of a war—here he quotes Sir William Scott —it is the right of neutrals to carry on their accustomed trade, with the exception of the particular cases of n trade to blockaded places, or in contraband ar ticles, (in both of which cases their property is liable to be condemned,) and of their ships being liable to visitation and search , in which case, however, they are entitled to freight and expenses. Ml, rbUlimore)|“ Advocate of her Majesty in her office of Admiralty and Judge of the Cinque Ports,’ : says,in his “ Commentaries on International Law,” that it is competent to a belligerent to stop the ambassador of Ms enemy on Ms 368.) On page 370 he says: Sf.o. 273. “ Official communications from an offi cial on tho affairs of a belligerent Government are ! such despatches as impress a hostile character on i the carriers of them. The mischievous consequences . Of such a service cannot he estimated, and extend ; far beyond the effect of any contraband that can be conveyed ; for it is manifest that by tho carriage of I such despatches the most important operations of a \ belligerent army may be forwarded or obstructed, j In general cases of contraband the quantity of the ; article carried maybe a material circumstance; but | the smallest despatch may serve to turn the fortunes of war in favor of a particular belligerent.” See. 274. “ The penalty is senfistatfos ?f ft? ship which conveys tho despatches and of the cargo.” Chancellor Kent, in speaking of the right of search, says, in his Commentaries, volume one, page j 154: All writers upon the law of nations, and the highest authorities, acknowledge the right, in time of war, as resting upon sound principles of public jurisprudence and upon the institutes and practice Of fill gr?Rt maritime Powers f and if, upon making the aearclij thevessolbo found employed in the contraband trade, or in carrying enemy r a property, or troops or despatches , she is liable to be taken and brought in for adjudication before a prize ceurfci Wheaton, in his work on the law of nations) co incides with the views of the other publicists whom we have quoted. He says, (page 529): Of tho mature with the carrying of con traband goods is the transportation of military persons or despatches in the service of the enemy . * * * Aa to the number of mUitary persons necessary to subject thejEossel to confiscation, it is difficult to define, sine v-fewer pertvns of high quality and character ?/uty be of much more *m finvtsnt.tx’tji/r.u a faersons of lower condition. To carry a veteran general, under some circumstances, might be a much more noxious act than the conveyance of a whole regi ment. The consequences of such aasistanee are greater, and, therefore, the belligerent has a stronger right to prevent and punish it. Nor is it material, in tho judgment of the prize court, whether the master be ignorant of the service in which he is engaged, ft is deemed sufficient if there has been an injury arising to the belligerent from the employment in which the vessel is found. * * * The fraudulently carrying the de spatches of the enemy will also subject the neu tral vessel in which they are transported to cap • iure ami confiscation. The case of despatches (continues Wheaton) is a service which, in whatever degree it exists, can only be considered in one character — as an act of the most hostile nature. The offence of fraudu lently carrying despatches in the service of the enemy being, them greater than that of carrying contraband, under any circumstances, it becomes absolutely necessary, as well as just, to resort to some other penalty than that inflicted in cases of contraband. The confiscation of the noxious arti cle would be ridiculous when applied to despatches. The vehicle in which they are carried must there fore be confiscated. The National Intelligencer expresses the fol lowifig elaar and unequivocal opinions, and fully sustains them by some of the quotations we have given above, and others of equal force : Those, therefore, who are not already familiar lb? principles involved in the proceeding of Capt. YYilKes, will learn with interest that %t is fully justified by the rules of international law t as those rules have been expounded by the most illustrio us British jurists and compiled by the •most approved writers on the Laws of Nations. So far from having transcended the powers with which he was clothed by that code, Capt. Wilkes did not exhaust the full measure of his authority, for he not only had an undoubted right to arrest these “ Ambassadors” of the Confederate Govern ment on their passage to Europe but might hare justly captured the vessel on which they were found, and brought her into port to be condemned as lawful prize. The points of public law involved in the ease, and on which it turns, are as follows: 1. Tke rigLl of vlslilng and searcLing mefokint ships on the high seas, whatever be the ships, their cargoes, or their destinations, is an incontestable right of the lawfully-commissioned cruisers of a belligerent Being a purely belligerent right, essential to tho capture of enemy’s property and the discovery of contraband of war on board of neutral vessels, it is, from its very nature and defi nition, incompetent to a state of peace, but accrues to each belligerent on tho outbreak of war. Q. To engage in the transportation of military persons, beams of despatches, and despatches themselves, is of the same nature with the carrying of contraband goods, and a vessel so engaged in the service of one belligerent is subject to capture and confiscation by tho other. 3. A belligerent may lawfully arrest an ambas sador of the adverse belligerent, if found at sea in a neutral vessel on his passage, and therefore be fore he has arrived in the neutral country, or has assumed the functions fif his OfilOO HQ&F tho Go* vernment to which he is accredited- But,. when he has arrived, and been admitted in his official re lation, he is protected by his representative and in ternational character. 4. The fact that the voyage is made to a neutral port does' not change the legal character of the transaction, where contraband of war—including, of course, military persons, despatches, and their bearers—is found on a neutral vessel. It!? also worthy of remark that the declaration of war by England against S-ussia, of the 2§th March, 1854, contains the following language; “ It is impossible for Her Majesty to forego her right of seizing articles contraband of war, and of preventing neutrals from bearing enemies 3 de sjmtchcs*-" * And in the recent proclamation of neutrality, of May 18,1861, made with reference to the very war now going on between the Government of the United States and the rebels of the South, the fol lowing language w&s used by Ike British Ministers i And we do hereby warn all our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protec tion, that if any of them shall presume, in contempt of this our royal proclamation our high dis pleasure, to do any sots in derogation of their duty as subjects of a neutral sovereign, in the said con test, or in violation or contravention of the law of nations in that behalf, as for example and more especially by entering into the military service of either of the said ceatending parties, * * orby carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, mili tary stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war, according to the law or modem usage of nations, for tho use or servioe of either of the said contend ing parties—all pawana so offending will inour, and be liable to the several penalties and penal conse quences by the said statute, or by the law of na trons in that behalf imposed, or denounced. And we do hereby declare that all onr subjects and per sons entitled to our protection who may misconduct themselves in the premises will do so at their peril, -and of their own wrong, and that they will in no wise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal consequences, but will, on the contrary, incur our high msplmwc by such mis conduct. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Gei». Hallnck at St. Louis—Rebel Pn* soners, St. Louis, Nov 18.—Generals Halleck and Ham ilton arrived here this morning. Gens. Sturgis and Wyman arrived last night. The 4 ivislonß of Generals Hunter, Sturgis, and Pope have reached different points on the Pacific Railroad, where they will await orders from General Halleck. General Wyman’s brigade reached Rolla on Sa turday, and the divisions of Sigel and Asbotb Will arrive to-day or to-morrow. General Wyman brought a number of rebel pri soners, including Colonel Price and several other officers. Gen. Hunter’s Movement, The Chicago Tribune says: General Iluuter’s retrograde movement from Springfield is obviously the only course open to him if he would save his army from imotion and untold suffering during tho winter months. Let us see what were tho set of facts he had to deal with when he assumed the com mand. An army of forty thousand men, with a vast number of cavalry and artillery horses and baggage muias eating their heads off—nearly one hundred and fifty miles from any railroad—in a sparsely-settled country which has been threo times swept of food, whother for man or beast, as by tho seventeen-yoar locust—with a stilt more desolate country In front, and no enemy iu pros pect, whoso presence ought to oall for a quarter of that display of force—Buch was the attitude of af fairs which he was called to face. Such was the condition of the extreme right of the Army of the >V est. How was it on the extreme left ? if there was much too great a forco at Springfield, and far too little means of subsistence, transportation, and shelter, exactly the opposite condition was found to exist at Cairo and Paducah, l'hero the force is too small, but the means of feeding and moving an army exist in tho greatest abundance. To trans port rations and forage for forty thousand men and their animals, from Sedalia or Rolla to Springfiold through the snow drifts, of winter, and the mire of fall and spring; woald b« altnaM If. not wholly im< puffin. 0 And (hen as to barracks for winter quarters —it would be necessary to haul all the lumber the same distance, for there are hardly houses enough there to comfortably shelter the resident pepnlalien. Every mile of forward movement would but add to the diffi culties of the situation, without accomplishing any perceptible good. If Gen. Lyon had had ono xourth of forty thousand men in July last, when he begged so earnestly for reinforcements, the oecu- Eation of Arkansas, both east and west, would have een a feasible undertaking, and he might have hoped, if ably seconded on the Mississippi river, to have taken up winter quarters in Memphis. But these golden moments have passed; the face of thingshas changed ; and a retrograde movement of the Western army is now the only course which promises the soldiers cither employment or food during the coming four months. Arrived again in tho valley of ‘.the Mississippi thcro is work for them to do. It is not probable that any considerable portion of tbe army will re main torpid during the winter. The Mississippi river never freezes so as to obstruct navigation beIAW C&ifd, and It is closed'only for & brief period below St. Louis. Hence, in the means of keeping perfect communication, and furnishing abundant supplies to an army moving Southward on that line, there is nothing to bo desired. Even with tho insufficient force left in Southeast Missouri our lines have advanced practically from Ironton, Capo Girardeau, and Cairo, to the parallel of Bleomfield and Columbus, nearly seventy-five miles south of Ironton, and twenty-fivo miles below Greenville, where Hardee was threatening us in August and September last. If there is any field in which the \Y estern army can now look for activo usefulness and substantial success it is this; and it may bo confidently assumed that thirty or forty thousand men thrown into the scale, at and below Cairo, under the guidance of so thorough a soldier as General Halleck, will tell mightily on the result of the war. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. The Charleston Mercury's Account of the Battle ol PoTt lloynl The battle of Port Royal will be remembored as one of the best fought and best conducted battles which have signalized tho war in which wo are en gaged. If General Ripley had been appointed a general in command two months sooner everything would have been in a better state of preparation. But these two previous months were wasted in doing nothing for our defence. Within the time loft for him, General Ripley did all that untiring energy and skill' could accomplish, to pub our coast in a state of preparation. The two islands of Hilton Head and Bay Point, with their extreme limits, constitute the two points which guard the entrance to Port Royal Sound, about three miles in width. On these two points forts were erected —Fort SVaikor on Hilton Head, and Fort Beauregard on Bay Point. The timo we possessed enabled ns to niako them only earthworks, without any protection from shells or bombs. The Island Of Hiiton Head was commanded by Gen. Drayton. The officers immediately superin tending the artillery and conducting the fire of Fort Walker, were Col. Wagencr, Major Arthur Huger, and Capt. Yates, of the regular service, especially detailed by Gen. Ripley to aid in directing tbe ar tillery. Col. Dunovont commanded at Fort Beau regard, but he generously allowed Capt. Elliott, of tho Beaufort Artillery, to direct and conduct the batteries of the fort. The day was beautiful—calm and clear, with scarcely a cloud iu tbe heavens— just such a day as our invaders would have or dained, if they could, to carry on their operations. In such a sketch of the battle as, amid the excite ment! and tbe thousands of baseless rumors, ire are enabled to present to our readers, a brief review of the earlier events of this' memorable week will not be uninteresting. Preliminary Operations of the Enemy. Ths great fleet, of the enemy runtgodjaiii bourn Sunday, the 3d inst., and, on the following day -rr.. „«»nlinred off Port Royal entrance. About 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon, Commodore Tatnall, with bis “ mosquito fleet,” ran out from the har bor and made the first hostile demonstration, Tbe immense armada of tbe invaders, numbering, at that time, thirty-six vessels, was drawn up in lino of battle; and as our little flotilla steamed up to within a mile of them and opened its fire, tbe saene was an inspiriting one, but almost ludicrous in the disparity of the opposing fleets. The enemy replied to our fire almost immediately. After an exchange of some twenty shots Commodore Tat nall retired, and was not pursued. About seven o'clock, on Tuesday morning, seve ral of the largest Yankee war steamers having come within range, the batteries of Forts Walker and Beauregard were opened, and the steamers threw a number of shells in over our works, inflicting no damage on Fort Walker, and but slightly wound ing two of the garrison of Fort Beauregard. This engagement lasted, with short intervals, for nearly two hours, when the enemy drew off. The steamers made a similar but shorter reconnoissance on Wed nesday evening, but without any important results. Qu tbs fiOSt dsy the weather was rough, and the fleet lay at anchor five or six miles from shore. Du ring the day soveral straggling transports camo up, swelling the number of vessels to forty-one. All Tuesday night, and all day Wednesday and Wed nesday night, our men stood at their guns, momen tarily expecting an attack, and accepting only such scanty rest and refreshment ns chance afforded. The Day of the Battle. Thursday dawned gloriously upon our wearied hut undaunted gunners, and all felt that the day of trial had at last arrived. Scarcely had breakfast been despatched, when the hostile fleet was ob served in commotion. The great war steamers formed rapidly in single file, and within-supporting distance of each other, the frigate Wabash, the flag-ship of Commodore Dupont, in the van. As the long line of formidable-looking vessels, thirteen in number, most of them powerful propellers, with a few sailing, men-of-war in tow, swept rapidly and majestically in, with ports open, and bristling with guns of the heaviest aalibrs, the sight was grand and imposing. This was at 81 o’clock. Until the Minnesota came within the range of and directly opposite our batteries on Hilton Head, all was stilt. Suddenly the fifteen heavy guns of Fort Walker, which bad been flitted dimHy at the huge frigate, belched forth their simultaneous fire, and the action was begun. Almost immediately afterwards the batteries of Fort Beauregard, on the other side of the entrance, also opened their fire. The enemy at first did not reply'; but as the second steamer came opposite- to Fort Walker, the hulls of the first three were sud denly wrapped in smoke, and the shot and shell of three tremendous broadsides, making, in all, seventy-five guns, came crashing against our works. From ihis moment Ike komb&rdnieYifc iW4S sant and terrific; one by one the propellers bore down upon our forts, delivered their fire as they passed, until nine had gained the interior of the barber, beyend lb? range of our guns. Tho Min nesota, Btill followed by the others, then turned round and steamed slowly out, giving a broadside to Fort Beauregard as she repassed. Then the battle was continued, the enemy’s vessels sailing in an elliptical course, pouring one broadside into Bay Point, and then sweeping" around to deliver the other against Hilton Head. This furious fire from four hundred guns, many of them the 11-inch Dahlgren pattern, and some even 13-inch bore, (for a sabot of that diameter was found in Fort Beaure gard,) ms maintained ineessontly, and the roar of the cannonade seemed continuous. Meanwhile our garrisons were making a gallant defence. They kept up a vigorous and well-di rected fire against their assailants, and, notwith standing thnt their best gun was dismounted at the beginning of the action, they succeeded in setting fire to several of the ships. Whenever this hap pened, however, the enemy would haul off and soon extinguish the flames. The effect of our guns was, in many instances, plainly visible from the forts. Although the sides of the Minnesota are of massive strength, several of her ports were knooked into one. Nor was she the only vessel upon which this evidence of the power of our fire could be seen. Many of the othor steamers were likewise badly hulled. .ii,. After some time spent in sailing round and deliv ering their broadsides in rotation, in the manner we have described, the enemy’s steamers adopted another and more successful plan of attack. One of thein took a pOStUOW IHSidS the harbor, SO OS tO - the batteries of Fort Walker, while several opened a simultaneous enfilading fire from the out side. Besides this terrific cross-fire, two of the largest steamers maintained the fire in front of the fort.. Thus throo various converging streams of shot and shell were rained amongst tho brave little garrison, for hours. The vessels oame up within half a mile of the shore, hut nearly all out guns had, by this time, become dismounted, and were no longer able to reply with serious effect. • ■ ■ ggQU after ii o’clock the batteries of -Bay i’oint were silenced. The fire of Fort Walker, as-far as the guns that remained wero ooncerned, wasnot a whit slackened until 1 o’clock. By that time the dreadful condition ef the fort became toe,apparent to be disregarded much longer. Tht gilftS lay la every direction, dismantled and useless - the de fences were terribly shattered: the dead, and dying were to be seen on every side, and still the iron hail poured pitilessly in. Fort Walker Abandoned. In this strait it was determined! to abandon the fort. A long waste, about a mite in extent, and commanded by the enemy’s guns, intervened be tween the garrison and the woods. Across this they were ordered to run for their livts, Stili Site for himself, the object being to scatter them as much as possible, so as not to. afford a target for the rifled guns of the fleet. The preparations for run ning this perilous gauntlet were soon made Knapsacks wore abandoned, but th« men retained their muskets. Each of the wounded was placod in a blanket, and carried off by four mon. The safety of the living precluded the idea of removing the dead. And thus the gallant little band quitted the scene of their glory, and soampered off, each one ns best he could, towards the woods. The re treat was covered by a small detachment, who re mained in tie fort for an hour after their comrades had left. Among those who remained wore Captain Harms, with six men; Lieutenant Milchers, with four aica, and Lieutenant filschoff, with feu* men. worked three guns until about two o'clock, v/hen they also quitted the post. The abandonment of Fort Beauregard was two cents; equally « necessity. The gasraon were exhausted 1 ,- and in momentoiy don 6 er °* boiD B out off - Col. Dunovant ordered a retreat, rtaro of morldittt tfon and rndignatioii filled tto eyes ofCapt. El,' lioBt; at the- md necesrity. The retreat was adni-' rnbty conducted, and rendered entirely successful 1 by taaprudont energy of Cupt- 909 of Gen, Itipley's aid*, who Bad gotten together seme twelve flats at Station Creek, By which t&q- troops passed safely over to St. Helen* Island. ProflH there they passod to Beaufort Island, and reached*the tram at Peeetaligo without the lees or injury off * man, In this fort none were hilled, and hut five WWOWOUQd* cd, and two’ of these were wounded by'negiirgence in loading a cannon r by which hot shot w6a;cwlven on the powder without the wet wad preceding ft. Evacuation of Bay Point The rest of the story is briefly told- day night the garrison of Fort Walker had coTlcfct-' cd at the landing, in the hope of being afcfe to* roflGh Bluffton by water. Luckily, asvcral Confederate steamers were within Jhail. But bore 1 a ludicrous mistake occurred. The retreating troop)? - imagined the little steamers to be Yankoc gUH. J boats, while the crews of the steamers we're cock' Tinm *B»t the fi99ps it ere a body pf disembarked l Yankees, Acting upon this double delusion, a deal of mutual reconnoitring was made, and it was only after a vast variety of strategotic approaches, that they reached the conclusion that it was “ all right,” A quick trip to Bluffion followed, Thcuco tho troops marched to Hardeevme, 17 miles distant. The road aloug which they dragged tlieir exhaust ed frames was filled with a heterogeneous throng of fugitives of all conditions, carriages, carts, ana eouveyaness of every description that could by any possibility bo pressed into the service. The spec tacle was a sad one. Thus ended the defence of Port Itoyal. The mortification of the disaster is lessened by the con sciousness that our troops deserved euoooss. What injury we did to the enemy we do not know. Our firing was, of course, less efficient than theirs. Our troops were volunteers—theirs wore picked artillerists; yet it is remarkable how very low worn hilled or wounded amongst our troops. This battle, in this respect, was very much like the battle of Fort Sumpter. How so many cannon could have been dismounted and rendered useless, and yet so few of those who worked them injured, seems very marvellous. Our troops did their duty faithfully and bravely, and fought until to fight longer would have been sheer folly. Though en countering Immense odds, no signs of cowardice marked their conduct. Officers and soldiers ex ths ancient character of the [State, an<| deserve our profound gratitude and admiration. The Retaliatory Measures. IKTERESTINO CORRESPONDENCE —NAMES OF TIIE PRISONERS SELECTED TO AWAIT TIIE PATE OF THE REBEL PRIVATEERSMEN, ETC, [From the Richmond Enquirer, November 13. J C. S. A. War Department, ) Richmond, November 9, 1861. J sm; You arc hereby instructed to choose by lot from among the prisoners of war of highest rank one who is to be confined in a cell appro priated to convicted felons, and who is to be treated in nil respects as if such convict, and to bo h4ld £di> AXAAUtiou in the same m&n&ap as may Ua adopted by the enemy for the execution of the pri soner of war Smith, recently condemned to death in Philadelphia. You will also select thirteen other prisoners of war, the highest in rank of those cap tured by our forces, to be confined in the colls re served for prisoners accused of infamous crimes, and will treat them as such so long as the enemy .shall continue so to treat the like number of pri soners of war captured by them at sea, and now held for trial in New York as pirates. As these measures are intended to repress the infamous at tempt now made by the enemy to commit judicial murder on prisoners of war, you will execute them strictly, as the mode best calculated to prevent the coiumissloii of ad keluoul & crime. Your obedient servant, J. P. Benjamin, Acting Secretary of War. To Brigadier Generul John Winder, Rich mond, Va. Headquarters Department op Henrico, > Richmond, Va., Nov. 11,1861. } Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War; Sir : In *be» PMhulil- Bupcosed «e WUing a strong work* fcr >Wlvr pbia. Tho names of the six colonels were placed ~ xr in a can. Tho first name drawn was that of Colonel Corcoran. Sixty-ninth Regiment N. Y. S. M., who More Fighting Near Fort Pickens. , is the hostage chosen to answer for Smith. In New York, Navember 18.—Mr. Savage, United choosing tho thirteen from tho highest rank to be States Vise rCOWrfUI at Havana, wbo rotoruod frvm held to answer for a like number of prisoners of K Wwt on thg 10th inBtant reports thgt fifteen war captured by the enemy at sea, there being only , r , .. , . ten field officers, it was necessary to draw by lot hundred rebels were discovered by thfc Federal .three captains. The first names drawn were Cap- patrol od Santa Rosa Island, some twenty miles tains J, 3 Ricketts, H, MoQuode, and J. W. Rock- from Fort Pickens, The commander of'the fleet wood. The list of tnirteon will therefore stand: aont a force, who shelled the rebels off th». island r Potter, Revere, and Vogdes; Captains Ricketts, wee to get together a forco of five thousand or more ■MnQuody, .u.J Rook.rood? - - troepi, l£d lJi4& BlObS 1 fAMSd BISEiIS JOuOiliiLil Respectfimy, yoar obedient - -Wilson’s camp foa another night attack. John H. Brigadier General, The a'Bove report is brought by the steamer Cot- Headquarters Department of Henrico, I viopohlutt, arrived to-day from Havana. RifcaaoKiv, V» , Nov. IS. lßttl. j From Fortress Monroe-. Hop. J, P. Benjamin, Secretary of War, Rich- Fobtbess Monbob t Nov. 17, via Baltimore.— mond. Va.: There has been no flag of truce to NorfolKito-day, Sir: In obedience to your instructions, all the , ~ ? „ f wounded officers have been exempted as hokages to <“ d consequently have no news from the South, await the result of the trial of prisoners captured I Spanish bBFlt, tflkp!] off Charleston by thß by the enemy at sea. I have therefore made se- gunboat Alabama, has arrived here in-charge of lections, by lot, of Captains H. Bowman and T. aprize orew. She has-no cargo, and will prolmbly Keffer to replace Captains Ricketts and 1 McQuade, b e released The list of thirteen will now stand! Colonels Lee,. Our naval force at: Newport News has -been jo" Cogswell, Wilcox, Woodruff, and Wood; Lieuts. creased, in order to check the rebel expedition Cols. Bowman and Neff'; Majors Pbtter, Revere, fitting out in the James river, of which-three KeffeT° SdeE; CaptaUl3 Rockwood . Bhwman, and | formidaW e fire-ships are said to form a part. Respectfully, your obedient servant, General Phelps’ command are building. ,oom ■ Jobs H. Wi*imb&, Brigadier Genof&l. fortahU huts for their winter qsarters, and- Donations for the Family of Jackson, the port-News will, in a few days, present the appear- Murderer of Ellsworth. ance of a large frontier village. [From tbe Richmond Examiner, Nov. 14.] From the Virginia. Eastern Shore. Wi.'h pride and pleasure we record’the gratitude of the Southern people, in announcing that no less than thirty thousand dollars, made up by the free will offerings of men, women, and children, now stands to the credit of the widow and children of the martyr Jackson, the brave Alexandrian, who fell in defence of the flag of his country. Should the marauders penetrate to our hearthstones, we trust that they will find that the example of Jack son is not lost upon the fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers of our city. The Kentucky Provisional Government. In the Louisville-Nashvillo Courier of the Bth of November, we find the following in a corres pondence from Richmond, Virginia: “Major Breckinridge, Colonel Preston, Colonel Marshall, Hon. J. W. Moore, and A. Williamson, are here. They have been here for some lime,, but will leave in a few days for tbe fields of their labor. Colonel (now Brigadier General) Marshall loaves the “Old Dominion” to-morrow, with two as fine-looking regiments as the eye would wish to look upon. He also- takes with him a fine field battery of rifled cannon. He commands the East ern division of our army in Kentucky, now under command of Colonel John S. Williams, at Preston-- burg, Brigadier General John C. Breckinridge will return to Southern Kentuoky this week, for the purpose of organizing his brigade, and putting the wheels of a provisional government, in Ken tucky, in motion. The Government is pledged to ■ sustain it at all hazards “ Delegates wfli be sent from the Sandy Valley to co-operate with Southern Kentuoky. So make way for the locomotive as it comes.” The Expenses ef the War on Both Sides. £From 4Lc Savannftlt Republican, Nov. &.] The expenses of the Confederate States during; the last six months are acknowledged to be fifty millions of dollars, and the war expenses of the VfliUd States* far tbs §§»* acknowledged to be two hundred xnUliooa of dollars. The num ber of men slain in battle, in the fifteen or twenty. actions, great and small, that have taken place between the two belligerents since the war opened In the taking of Fort Sumter cannot be easily.esti mated, but, as hear as we can learn, it is in the -pro portion of about one to fire, and may be set down in Tound numbers at 2,00$ Confederates and .10,900 Federate. This shows that every Hessian killed by us has cost the Confederate Government $5,000, and that every Southerner killed ift b£tttl6 k&§ C6St the Federal Government the round sum of $100,000.. The Southern States can raise about one million and a half of fighting men.' To kill off these-at the above rate—and killing is probably the only way in which they can be subdued—will cost tho Ffide~ ral Government one hundred and ffnf.thousand-' millions of dollars*: Would it not bo cheaper, a& well as more humane, in Mr. Lincoln and’his Cabi net, to make arrangements for trying, to. buy- ue oat? THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. Zollieotter’s Movements. The Nashville Union of the 26th. ult. expressed alarm respecting Zollicoffer’s command; and! set forth the necessity, at all hazards, of protecting the railroad, connection between Tennessee and South western Yirgintfl, If the intelligence fjtoiq the rear of Zolliceffer can be depended,upon,.the loy alists of Eastern Tennessee have already destroyed the muoh-prized and indispensable connection. That effected, Andy Johnson can find kis-wny back to his home, and Parson Brownlow- may. be libe rated before he is tried for treason by the-Confede rates. Tho Richmond Dispatch, confesses- that to permit a Federal army to enter,or even, threaten East Tennessee, would be attended.by acoumulating and irretrievable misfortunes, engender civil trou ble Mil division, paralyze Southwestern Virginia, and break up the chief line of communication with the West. Our gallant Nelson, is-already on the borders of Western Virginia,. white Thomas and Shoepff arc menacing East Tennessee, tho region of; oil others in the Confederacy whioh burns to cast offits despotism, and has already commenced to, move in that direction. Let our armies push on then, and the fears of,the Nashville and Richmond' papers may prove prophetic. Acorrogpondenitof the Cincinnati Commerml, writing from Camp Calvert, London, Ky., under dato of November 12, says: Esquire Maupin came in last night from,Camp bell county, and brings very authentic information, 6f Zellieeff&M fortes. He bos sonic sight rogir. ments at and about Cumberland Gap. They are blockading all the road 3 through all, the other gaps, and we, of course, must wait until he-gets every thing fixed to. suit himself, and get fully pre pared for Our conies before a move is made against him. Maupin says, and all other information con firms it, that if this column had kopt on and fol lowed Zollicoffer up as he retreated, we could now have been at Knoxville, as welt as here. The Se cession forces Wero very much scattered, and badly scared. They had got fixed for running, and taking it for granted that the Union army was following them, tbey did not intend to stop. There has been no force come down to Zollicoffer from Virginia as yet, to the best of our knowledge, and two of tee regiments known to have been in the Wild Eat fight are non est inventus —supposed tohayiflbßon mostly killed and wounded, and what was left filled up the gaps in other regiments. THE WEEKLY PRESS. Xbb Wirnr Fuss will fc. wnl to ntaedbui he mall (per annum in advance,) at .... 39.C-* Three Copies, ** “ live ■< Ten » a lSin « (to one address) 90.04 (to address of Twenty “ « Twenty Copies, or oyer, each subscriber,) each I.M Tor a dob or Twenty-on* or over, we will wad M extra Copy to the getter-np of the Olnb. W Postmasters m reunested to act M Agents for Tn WIIILT FUSS. ! Gen. Nelson’s Victory. | The Cincinnati Commercial of the 10th inst. ' flays: We have been patiently and anxiously awaiting ffliy details of the recent engagement between our foiW* and the rebels under Gen. Williams, in the T>i«Si!&.!y of Piketon, Kentucky, in which Bon, Neb son &s reported to have gained a splendid victory, WaKtiiag killed over 400 and captured over 1,000 of ftin eiaemy, together with their leaders. The only details' of the bottle that have yet reached us show tsrt'tjn.' l affair wa.vnot ao important aa atflrfti repre sent!'!; jVIr. Johnson, clerk of the Big Sandy packirt 'Ji’oiioii., informs ns that boforo the Boat left Catle£tiUu.rg, last Thursday, Capt. Dunlap, of Col. Metenifi’tf Ksntusky ftcsiasßt, bed arrived frogt Gen. rtelim-Vs headquarters, descending the Big Sandy rildrr in a canoe from Frcstomriue, eighty miles disSaift from the meudh. He reports that ■ ! fight occuti-t di on Saturday, after skirmishing ail day Fridafitm 1 * 11111 or meuudam. neatty midway between Prt3Wn*urg and HSmvrile. or Piketon He says the omettev numbered eleven hundred, and ! stood only a few i'ounds of musketry, when they broke The robe oss ,s estimated at thirty-six, whfre the Fcdcrr.l loss is only five ill)Sod. ’Co I ,t. l-iftilAjP-says there wore no pnsonors “ffiher party, Smith.of Pomeroy, a cutler in one of til* rc(?in ns. Price remarked to Col. Mulligan, as he sat in his , aairinge one day, while.tha colonel; wan a priooner; Colonel, by the.2ath of Doeambornext, every bat-, tie vp ill be fought North of tbs Ohio river and on , free soil.” Thsibopes of :Gen«.lf!aoe have “ grown . 3mall by degreas-and beautifully less.” In the sir . weeks betweea any trad the Border States will be the.tbeatreso&the- war, and the,con quering armioaof.the Union,wiS have penetrated into the very heart of the rebel territory. Boau-. fort is but “ ia boginningiof; tho endi.” General Stunner %9 !»*§ aa Important GommEuad. General Sumner bas had.several, interviews with.. General Ms£tl«llan siaoe has arrival at WasUipg,-. ton. He has not yotbeen. assigned to a command. but in viftWi of bis. Ibng experience Bfiiilsl? dis-. ‘‘ - eaiifr- I—ll 1 —11 of which are tinguishoi services in lifornia, al .-dou. duly appreciated by General McClellan. the latter*, who was. formerly a captain under Geaeral Sum-, nfr. wiLb detail: him, to. some responsible-post with-, eut df'i'ij. Wb? a two generals mat, General Sums' ar, who had b«» six years in the army when. Geneijat McClellan was born, congratulated, the> latter most heartily upon his elevation. Th£ Captain of the Gun,* Press.] Ho novor trod the quarter dock Iu pride of high command; No gold on his broad shoulders gloomed Ho rapier graced his hum!; But a braver captain of a gun- Did ne’er by trunnion stand !• He had, perchance, bnt little-grace Of learning, or of mien; His conscience mid bis gun, ho thought. His duty lay between, And with his utmost skill he strove, Alike, to keep them clean. He fought ay fight Columbia’s tars; Her ensign overhead; Her clear eye o’er his smoking gun A cheery radiance shed: A shell crashed thro’ the port; oh! God l His limb hung by a shred i I tell you, had the Jarls of old] Beheld the hero then, Their beards had gleamed with tears of pride— Tbpso ipjg-hearted men 1 And all Valhalla** warrior balls Had rung with shouts again l He crawled the bulwark near; his eye With coining death was dim; H&drow hisoluip«knifo forth* m Death No terrors hail for liim, And strove, with firm, tbo’ feeble hand. To sever his torn limb 1 He Btrore in vain 1 They bore him thence, Still yearning to abide The combat’s Usne, at his post. 44 Messmates,” he feebly cried, 44 We’ll boat them! ay ! we’ll surely boat, I trust!" andwibr dM! CHARLES D, GARBKTT*. •Thomas Wilcox, contain of a «un on board tbo eteom frignte iralxirA, killed in tlie action at t'ort Royal. ».H