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TUESDAY* NOVEMBER 19, 1861.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—“ The conspiracy
to break np the Union is ft fact now known to
all. Armies arc bring raised* and war levied
to accomplish it. There can he blit two sides
to the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can bo
none hnt patriate ud traitors.' 1
the latest war news.
We publish on our first page a number of quota :
tions front writers on international law, which show
that Commodore Wilkes was fully justified by the
laws of nations in seizing Mason and Slidell white
they were on board the British mail steamer Trent.
It is evident from these expositions that, if Great
Britain is wilting to respect the laws laid down by
her own writers, to observe the precedents she has
hersoif established, or to carry out in good faith the
letter and spirit of her proclamation of neutrality
at the beginning of the present war, she will rather
be surprised at the forbearance of Commodore
Wilkes in not seizing the Trent than at the course
he pursued in arresting the rebel envoys.
It is said that Mason and Slidell will be confined
in Fort Warren, near Boston, with the other State
prisoners, until definite action can be taken in our
courts in regard to their future destiny.
Senator Gwin has been confined in Fort Lafayette.
Thus three of the gang of Senatorial conspirators
are for the present satisfactorily disposed of.
Letters received in this city from Bichmond show
that a large portion of the missing members of the
California Regiment are now confined in the rebel
prisons of that city. The names of many of them
have been obtained and their friends have at least
the consolation of knowing that they are alive and
uninjured : but we hopo that at the earliest possi
ble moment measures will be taken to secure their
exchange for tho rebel prisoners now in our pos
session.
The completeness of the victory of Gen. Nelson
in Eastern Kentucky was greatly exaggerated by
tho first reports. The .Cincinnati Gazette makes,
by the light of the full report of its correspondent,
the following important corrections: “ The number
of the enemy killed was Teduced from four hun
dred to twenty-five at tho last account. With
thß modem improvements in tha material of
war, great victories are now much less sanguinary
than formerly. The number of prisoners taken
is not two thousand and fifteen, as was exactly
stated in the despatches to Washington, but it
will be when General Nelson takes them; and as
there are more than two thousand and fifteen
rebels at large, to be taken, the report was only
a little premature. Gen. Nelson’s strategic combi
nations on the battle were not correctly stated at
first. Gen. Nelson’s army was not formed in the
shape of a letter V, and Col. Harris did not feign a
retreat to draw the rebels within this admirable
arrangement. They left before they received an
invitation. Therefore, it did not close upon them
like a trap. In point of fact, they were on a
hill, and a few shells from our guas put them
to flight. This slightly varies the strategic
points of the battle. The rebel General Wil
liams was not shot through the head. In fact,
he was not shot through any part, having had a .call
to leave the ground early in the affair. This modi
fies Gen. Nelson’s great victory somewhat. Tho
killed and captured rebels were ‘in buckram.’
But it was a glorious victory, and has rejoiced the
hearts of the nation, and greatly cast down its ene
mies. And when, as our correspondent shows, it
has broken the heart of Secession in Eastern Ken
tucky, and closed the gate to supplies and re-iu
forcements to the rebels,' the public mind will be
relieved to find that so much has been accomplished
at so little cost of blood.” .
A Cairo correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
gives, under date of November 13, a sketch of an
interesting conversation between Captain H., of our
army, and General Polk, when the former visited
the rebel camp and stated that the object of his
mission was to bury our dead, attend to OKI Wound
ed, and to exchange prisoners:
11 Exchange prisoners,” said General Polk,
that is just what I wish to get at,” reaching
around on the table and grasping General Grant’s
communication, and reading, “ there are twenty
three wounded and sick men £ send down to you ”
'“Dots that look like exchange? No. General
Grant does not treat us as we deserve to be treated.
Why does he not treat us and address us as bellige
rents ? All we wish is for him to acknowledge us
as belligerents. We do not desire him to acknow
ledge our independence. We hare taken prisoners
on both sides, but still we are not even to be consi
dered in the. light, of belligerents. Now, why is
tbis? Ido not held you responsible for General
Grant's act, but why is this so ?”
The captain replied that General Grant would
fight him a hundred years bofore he would acknow
ledge that point, unless so directed by his Govern,
niont.
“ What are you fighting for? Do you expect to
subjugate us?” asked he.
Captain H. told him we had no desire to subju
gate them, but we were determined to maintain the
Union.
General P. remarked that there was no Union.
It was completely dissolved
The captain assured him that it was still per
fectly sound, as far as we could see from the
North; they in Columbus were standing on United
States soil.
He wished to know if wc did not feel like ac
knowledging their Confederacy after a few more
such battles os we had had.
The captain assured him there was do disposition
to do so; that .the North had hardly commenced
fighting jet; indeed, had scarcely taken care of
the trailers at heme. The first earnest move we
made was the present coast expedition, and he
thought we would soon occupy all the principal
Southern harbors, and then we could manage the
cotton question on our own terms.
He replied that the planters would not bring the
cotton to market.
The captain intimated that the world could get
along without King Cotton as long as his majesty
could get along without the World —after which
the conversation changed.
Soon after the breaking out of the rebellion,
says the Troy (N. Y.) Times, and when Washing
ton was surrounded by a large hotllle army —before
the battle of Bull Bun bad been fought and lost—
and when the cry was reiterated and reiterated at
the North, “On to Richmond,” General Wool, in
the quiet of bis heme and in the deep repose of his
library, said to us: “ Sir, this is not the way to put
down (his rebellion. You must fight it on its own
soil. Yon must send an expedition to the Southern
coast, and strike a blow right in the heart of the
Confederacy, There is only one way for us to get
to Biehmond, and that is via Beaufort. It is the
key to the whole field, and when you strike there
you will have broken the back of the rebellion.”
The General always insisted that a broad and com
prehensive plan of operations included an expedi
tion such as has just been so successful on our
Southern coast, and that Beaufort was the place to
strike.
There are six fall regiments at Camp Curtin,
Harrisburg, ready to march to the seat of war, so
soon as transportation facilities are afforded them.
The Baltimore American of Inst evening says
“ By the steamers Georgians-, Captain Solomon
Pearson, and the Georgia, Captain Edgar, we have
interesting intelligence of the fact that on Sunday
tho entire Federal forces, under the command of
General Lockwood, of Delaware, were preparing
to enter the Eastern Shore counties of Virginia,
and it was reported that the advance would com
mence, but this is rather improbable, as much pre
paration remained to be accomplished. The com
mands, generally speaking, were not only in good
health, hut a fine feeling prevailed, and they were
exceedingly enthusiastic at tho pregpeet of an ac
tion with any opposing force which might be placed
before them. Reviews and drills and instruction
were going on with a fine effect upon both Officers
and men.
“ The main objects of the movement are certainly
pacific, and calculated greatly to advance the in
terests of the whole people of the counties. Tore
open their intercourse with the loyal States, and
especially with Maryland; to reoonstruot lights on
their coast; to afford a free export for their labor;
and to give them peace and freedom from annoy
ance, are the.main objects, and these, when be
coming generally known, will no doubt raise np fo T
,tbe Government a host of friends, and give tho ex
pedition but comparatively little trouble or diffi
culty, even from the most stubborn and violent
opponents of the Union. No opportunity will be
lost, either, upon the landing, to have the procla
mation widely circulated.”
Tho steamship CosmojwLtarr-, Captain Crooker,
arrived at New York yesterday morning, from
Havana, bringing news from that port to Nov. 12.
It is reported by this arrival that Mason and Sli
dell received marked attention during their stay
in Cuba, and tho demonstrations of sympathy fol
lowed them to the moment of their embarkation
on board of the steamer Trent. It is also stated
that the rebel steamer Nashville had left a South
ern port with seventy naval officers on board —
destination unknown. If this report is true, it
indicates that the Tebels are anxious to engage the
services of foreign ships as privateers.
Major W. E. Ilaskm
The officers composing the Twenty-seventh New
York volunteers recently petitioned the Govern
ment to have Major W. E. Haskin assigned as their
paymaster. In accordance with the request, the
Government made the assignment, and Mnjor Has
kin, wc understand,, paid them last week. This
merited compliment to tho Major enables us to
allude to the capability and promptitude he has
manifested in performing the duties of his difficult
and responsible position. Few officers have given
such general satisfaction; few'officers have become
more popular with the army, and at tlufsome time
more thoroughly in the confidence and the respect
of the department.
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The Mason and Slidell Case
So far from Captain Wilkes having com
mitted a breach of international law in taking
the traitors Slidell and Mason out of the Bri
tish mail-steamer at Bermuda, perhaps lie ra
ther foil short of the full performance of his
duty in not capturing a vessel which, most un
deniably, had violated neutrality by aiding and
comforting “ the so-called Southern Confede
ration.” If he had taken possession of the
steamer herself, with the crow and all tile pas
sengers, and taken his prize into New York,
he would have been warranted by the circum
stances.
It appears that, a rebel steamer took Slidell
and Mason, with their respective families, out
of Charleston, and that they were conveyed
to Cuba, where, as wo have frequently
stated, Mr. Crawford, the British Consul-
General, introduced them to the Captain-Gene
ral, who there acts as Yiceroy for tho Queen
of Spain. After some delay at Cuba, they
left, and were finally apprehended, on the
high seas, on board an English vessel. But
for the miserable vanity of being treated, fit
Cuba, as grand magnificos, they, would most
probably have reached Europe, in safety, had
they proceeded thither without delay. They
are in confinement now, and we are willing to
believe, what tho country expects, that the
Government will not be induced, by any influ
ence, or any promise, to treat them otherwise
than State-prisoners. As to their being libe
rated, under any pretext, that is wholly out of
the question.
We do not anticipate that any trouble with
England will arise out of Captain Wilkes’
very decided action. If the truth could be
known, it might turn out that Lord Paimees
tos and the Emperor Napoleon will actually
be relieved by the event. They cannot have
any present disposition to treat with « the so
called Southern Confederation,” and the
would-be ambassadors to London and Paris
will not commence negotiations in a hurry—
seeing that they are in prison.
Captain Wilkes, to say the most of it, has
but carried out British practice. We should
like to know on What grounds a British naval
officer, knowing who Mason and Slidell
were, and what was their mission to Europe,
should presume to violate the proclaimed neu
trality, by receiving them on board, as pas
sengers to England ?
The Advance of Dix.
General Dix has advanced his forces across
the' Lower Potomac, and is about to occupy
the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
In his proclamation announcing the advance,
the General assures the Virginians that to
“ those who remain in the quiet pursuit of their
domestic occupations, the public authorities
will certainly give peace, freedom from an
noyance, protection from foreign and in
ternal enemies, a guarantee of all constitu
tional and legal rights, and the blessings of a
just and parental Government.”
This movement of General Drx is an im
portant one. It is an advance, and perhaps
the advance guard of the Potomac division.
General Sickles and Genera] Hooker, with
a large force, have been moving slowly down
the Maryland shore towards Port Tobacco, for
the purpose of repressing the Secession feeling
there, interrupting the communication with
the enemy, and preventing any attempt of
Beavreoard or Johnston to cross the river
as they had threatened. Instead of an ad
vance of the rebels, however, it is an advance
of the Federal forces. It is a very important
demonstration in a military point of view.
The batteries at the various points of the
river must be abandoned, and Manassas will
be threatened with a flank movement on the
south. If the rebels do not abandon their
position at tha Gap, they may find themselves
surrounded and destroyed. With Banks on
the right, Dix on the left, McClellan in the
centre, Wool in reserve at one extreme,
and Kelley in reserve at the other, what can
the enemy do ? We anticipate important news
from the Potomac very speedily.
Tiie bravado of the Southern rebels is ex
tremely amusing. We understand that the
authorities of the State of South Carolina
have been in correspondence with the Rich
mond government on the question of raising
the black flag along the coasts, especially since
the Yankees have descended. We have no
information as to the result of the application;
but we suppose it was unfavorable, for the
South Carolina papers are very indignant, and
say the State will take the affair into her own
hands, and, after hanging the Yankee prison
ers, turn them over to the Confederate go
vernment. These wild suggestions of the
rebels can only proceed from the desperation
of utter despair. Their dramatic declaration,
is very harmless, and all suggestions like that
of dying freemen, burning their cities, asking
no quarter and extending none, with many
other notions peculiarly Carolinian, must ex
cite as much amusement in the more sober
States of the South as they do in the North.
May we hot look for a speedy termination
of the war ? Events are accumulating with
wonderful rapidity, and history is burdened
with great deeds. "We shout over every sin
gle success; but it is only when we look at the
whole field that we see the progress we have
made, and the advantage of our position. In
Eastern Virginia, wc have seen the great army
of the traitors collected and concentrated,
draining the resources of the entire Confede
racy by the magnitude of its forces and the
necessities of the camp and field. Now it is
rapidly crumbling away, regiment after regi
ment laying down their arms, or returning
home in response to more urgent and inees
sant demands from the menaced Cotton States.
New Orleans is on drill; Savannah citizens
are flying in terror; Charleston blusters,
swears, and talks fustian; and in Eastern
Tennessee the heart of the loyal men is throb
bing bravely for the Union. Yahcey despairs,
and writes gloomy letters from Paris; and
throughout the South there is one continued
wail of misery and despair. Commerce has
perished; industry is paralyzed; for the crop
there is no market; for enterprise and ability
no inducement and no reward. What a terri
ble future awaits them! a future which suc
cess, can only make more fearful. In the
North, all is confidence and prosperity, and
victory comes surely and swiftly.
We republish, to-day, on our first page,
a portion of an exhaustive article from
the National .Intelligencer on the princi
ples involved in the recent arrest of Ma
soh and Slidell. The arguments of the
Intelligencer are conclusive, and will be
especially interesting in view of the alarm
which certain stock-jobbers and interested
speculators have been seeking to create in con
sequence of the capture of tho rebel envoys.
The question is now with the two Govern
ments, and can only result, according to the
unanswerable arguments of the Intelligencer ,
which are undoubtedly ear cathedra , in the com
plete vindication of the act of Captain Wilkes
in arresting two men intent upon destroying
the Government of the United States. -■ •
The “Jeff Davis” Piracy Cases. —King &
Baird, Sansom street, have brought out, in a hun
dred-page Bvo pamphlet, a full report of the trial
of William; Smith for piracy, as one.of tho orew of
the Confederate privateer, the Jeff Navis, held in
this city last month, in the Supreme Court, before
Judges Grier and Gadwalader. The report, which
is foil and accurate, contains the indictment,
speeches of counsel, evidence, charges of the
judges, Ac., has been made by Mr. D. F. Murphy,
of the Philadelphia bar. As a legal and historical
record, it is of great value and interest.
English Publications.—From S. C. Upham,
310 Chestnut street, we have the Illustrated News
of the World, of November 2, with a striking por
trait on steel, from a photograph by Mayall, of
Col. Tal. P. Shaffner, projector or tho North At
lantic Telegraph, and the Illustrated London
Ncn-s, of same date, with numerous engravings of
the King of Prnssia’s Coronation. Also, Thacke
ray’s Cornhill Magazine, and G. A. Bala’s
Temple Bar for December —of which last, more
anen.
Atlantic Monthly.—We have an early copy of
the December number, which completes the eighth
volume. Among the contents are contributions by
John G. Whittier, Mrs. Stowe, Dr. Holmes, Miss
Martinenu, James Russell Lowell, T. W. Higginson,
J- W. Newcomb, J. T. Trowbridge, Francis Way
land, Jr., and George W. Greene. In the January
number will be commenced a series of-papers by
Professor Agaesiz, and a new story by the late
Theodore Winthrop. Nathaniel Hawthorn is an
nounced for a new romance, to appear early in the
year.
Eclectic .Magazine.—’We have the December
number, from T. B. Peterson and Brothers, and
also from W. B. Zieber. It closes the fifty-fourth
volume of an excellent periodical. The Illustra
tion contains fine portraits of Prince Napoleon and
Princess Clotildc, engraved by John Sartain, in his
best manner, from life-photographs by Brady.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, Nov. 18, 1801.
Mr. President Lincoln has a quaint way of
avoiding long speeches by throwing his argu
ments into aphorisms. Thus, when called
upon to interfere in the Kentucky struggle by
those who distrusted the Union men, lie quoted
the fable of the farmer who returned to his
home in ;ho evening and found that the cot of
his beloved children had been invaded by ser
pents. He said, if I attempt to strike the ser
pents I may wound my own offspring. And
a few days ago, when addressed by a deputa
tion of leading men from Baltimore who in
voked him to dispense a portion of the enor
mous patronage in his gift in that city, he
used the following characteristic expression:
“ He who strangles himself, for whatever motive,
is not more unreasonable than were those citizons
of Baltimore who, in a single night, destroyed the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, tho Northern Central
railroad, and the railroad from Baltimore to Phila
delphia.”
Wliat an opportunity Maryland has lost ’ in
refusing a cordial and prompt support Qf til®
Federal Administration! All her interests are
on the side of the Union. In the event of a
disruption of the Union, Maryland could
never be prosperous or happy. Slavery Itself
is dying out within her borders, and yet in the
face of this unanswerable logic lier politicians
still insist upon “ strangling ” her, and still
try to array lier against her only benefactor.
It is to them that she is indebted for the tempo
rary loss of that great artery which has poured
into lier commercial metropolis incalculable
and invaluable aid—l mean the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. It is to them that she is in
debted for the distress that has overtaken the
mechanics and working won of Baltimore.
Yet, in spite of all their efforts, it is interest
ing to see how steadily and faithfully the
General Government has taken care of the
State of Maryland. Apart from the great
motive that controls the Administration, that
no obstacle shall be interposed between the
approach of the people of the free States to the
city of Washington, innumerable advantages
have boon showored upon Maryland as a re
sult of the present war.
Annapolis, her political metropolis, has
been languishing for many years for want of
a proper spirit, equally on the part of those
who reside in it and of the Legislature of the
State. The harbor is almost unsurpassed, the
climate genial, and the surrounding country
beauteous and bountiful; but, notwithstand
ing, it is a fact that has elicited much con
demnatory comment that no telegraphic com
munication has ever existed between it and
Baltimore—a distance of less than thirty
miles—and that the railroad connecting it
with the Washington branch of the Baltimore
and Ohie road had become notorious for the
manner in which it was managed and its gene
rally unsafe character. I visited Annapolis
the other day. It was a peaceful and lovely
Sunday, billy a few days after the people had
declared, at the ballot-boxes, in favor of the
Administration and the war. I had never
seen Annapolis before; but two thoughts
occurred to me the moment I entered
the ancient town. I was shown the building
in which George Washington surrendered to
a grateful people the almost imperial power
that had been conferred upon him. Many an
old house was pointed out to me clothed with
historical memories. It is, indeed, a location
of indescribable beauty ; but wherever there
was an evidence of retrogression I found that
it could be justly charged to the slave despot
ism, and wherever there was an indication of
progress and enterprise it was due to the fos
tering generosity of the General Government.
Nearly all the new modern buildings had been
constructed by the General Government. The
late Naval Academy, with its splendid sur
roundings, was the result of lavish expendi
tures from the Federal treasury. The railroad
itself, heretofore and for years_ so dangerous,
has been taken up and repaired since the be
ginning of the present war. No doubt a
straight telegraphic line will now be erected
between the political capital of Maryland and
Baltimore. The Government has manifested
much liberality in this city, and is ready to
manifest more. But no popular welcome was
extended to the guests who came_to look upon
the troops congregated in and around Anna
polis. The houses were closed; 'there were
no crowds on the streets; no spectators at the
review; no demonstrations of joy when those
national airs were played, which for nearly
half a-century have thrilled the American
heart. After all, will it not become the duty
of Government to resuscitate Maryland, in
spite of her own ingratitude ? Will not Mr.
Lincoln be compelled to teach her true patriot
ism, by showing that her best friends are
among those whom her politicians have most
abused 1 Occasional,
More British Feeling.
Christchurch, in Hampshire, England, is a
pretty town, containing some 1,500 houses
and 7,500 inhabitants, of whom only 340
have a right to vote at the election of mem
ber of Parliament. For the last nine years
they have elected a sort of modern Commo
dore Trunnion. This gentleman, who is Tory
to the back-bone, is one Admiral Walcott, now
retired from the navy, who owes his election
to the fact that he owns a considerable part
of the borough. No one ever heard this tough
old tar express any opinion in Parliament,
but, in what is generally called “ the recess,”
he usurally makes at least one attempt to win
the bubble reputation, as a village Demos
thenes. The occasion on which he made the
last effort was at an agricultural meeting; the
place was his own Christchurch; the time was
exactly this day fortnight.
Agriculture and politics have no visible
connection or similarity. The general rule is
that no one shall introduce political questions
at these agricultural meetings; the practice is
to speak of little else. Accordingly, Admi
ral Walcott, on his health being drank,
plunged over head and ears into the sea of
politics. With a light gaiety, which reminds
one of the gambols of a hippopotamus, he
said “he was always determined, whenever
he was able and wherever he might be, to
keep in the open sea, as he did not wish to
ran his head against sand-banks, shoals, or
breakers;” and then, dashing upon a rock,
he expressed his regret at “ the unnatural
war now raging in America,” and said, «I
sincerely hope that the contest will soon termi
nate, and that we shall see a Southern Repub
lic, with perfect independence and security.”
What the opinions of such a mere nonentity
as Admiral Walcott may be, upon any point,
concerns none but himself and his little con
stituency. But the Chairman of the meeting
was the Earl of Malmesbury, who has twice
been Foreign Secretary in the Derbv-Disraeli
Administration, and looks for a speedy resto
ration to that office. He is too cautious to
commit himself. The only allusion he made
to America was in a speech in praise of the
British volunteers, when he said, “To trust
the safety of the country to a- body of men
whose habits do not accustom them to the
stern discipline of the Line would be a most
dangerous and fatal thing to the country itself
and to the Volunteers themselves. We have
seen what has taken place in America. Those
men who fell at the battle of Manassas an dat
Bull Hun were doubtless as brave as ourselves,
or any others descended from our race; but
from the inferior quality of the officers—Vo
lunteer officers who had not been in military
command opposed to those who had—and the
inexperience of the troops themselves, when
brought to face dangers to which they were
unaccustomed, and led by persons net accus
tomed to lead regular troops, they sustained a
disastrous defeat.” Than this he went no
farther, but, when Admiral Walcott ex
pressed his desire to see a Southern Republic,
and seme of the bucolic company cheered,
Lord Malmesbury, the probably proximate
Foreign Minister in the next Tory Cabinet,
neither reproved the orator nor checked the
applause. He, it is clear, sympathizes, like
several of his late colleagues, with the rebel
lious South.
A Masonic friend rojoiees that the rebel
envoy, James M. Mason, is no longer a free*
Mason.
Labge Positive Sale of Boots, Shoes, Bno
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of desirable seasonable goods, to be peremptorily
sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morn
ing, at 10 o’clock,'by Myers, Claghorn, & Co.,
mtotioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Return of Hie Old Sixty-Ninth to the Seat
of War.
New York, Nov. 18.—The old New York Sixty-nintli
(Irish! Regiment, Colonel Meagher, left for the seat of
V ur this afternoon.
THE TRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1861.
The Capture of the Rebel Envoys to
France and England.
ALL HONOR TO CAPTAIN WILKES —CASE OP THE
To the Editor of The Press :
I trust, with all my heart, that our Government
will be prompt to mlopt, applaud, and defond tho
gallant conduct of Captain Wilkes, for I agree with
you, most cordially, that, 11 since the commence
ment of the present tear, no event hits caused more
general rejoicing among the loyal portion of the
American people.”
While I can add nothing to tho patriotic and
sound views with whioh you announced the event
in your able editorial column this morning, I am
yet tempted to ask leave to send you a few thoughts,
if you think thorn worth publishing, connected with
the international phase of the Bubjoct—so far, at
least, as regards precedent.
In the first place, I would throw to tho winds the
idea ot any international lines!ion. In tho elo
quent language of Mr. Ilolt, in hit) fatuous letter to
Mr. Speed, I would dismiss at once all such ques
tions, “ as insects that feed upon the lion's lip.”
While the noble fabric of our Government con
tinues wrapped in flames, roaring and hissing above
and about us, and lighting up tho very atmosphoro
With the lurid glare of Treason ; while tho howl of
tho Storm King and tho crash of armies, eontond
iugiin tho frenzy of civil etrifo, nro tho only sounds
that reach the car, and the very life of the Repub
lic is in danger, is it a timo to eon over tho pagos of
Grottos And Puffemlorf, of Burlamnqui and Vat
tol? No. There is a law older, and of more uni
versal authority and npplieation ovon, than tho
learned disquisitions of theso eminent publicists;
assuming any of them even to be against us, whioh
is by no menns admitted ; a law written by tho
finger of tho Almighty in tho hoarts of ovory poo
plo and nation from tho foundation of tho world—
the law or sklf-presehvation. Triod by that
universal test, the act was right, and should entitle
Captain Wilkes to the thanks of the American Go
vernment and people. Again, to quote Mr, Holt, in
that noble speeeh with which ho electrified his
immense audience at Irving Hall, Now York :
“ The Union must be preserved, and the rebellion
must be suppressed, and the country will sustain
the Administration in the assumption and unhesi.
tating exercise of all powers absolutely necessary
for the accomplishment of these great ends. ” The
act of Captain Wilkes was absolutely and impe
riously necessary towards the suppression of this
atrocious rebellion, and, as Such, the Administra
tion must unhesitatingly assume it, and the loyal
people of the United States wilt enthusiastically
sustain the Administration in doing so.
Suppose it should involve us in a war with Eng
land, which I should deprecate and deplore, what
of it? Better far would be a dozen wars with
England rather than forego the intrepid oxercise,
by the Government of the United States, of every
authority and power, by every means known to
resolute men and nations, end sanctioned and
sanctified by the patriotism of the world in all
ages, necessary to enable it to reassert its supre
macy over a foul and wide-spread conspiracy
aimed by its own people at its very vitals, and in
so doing, to furnish, in the words of the Same great
Kentuoky patriot and orator, “an amount of
guilt hardly equalled in all the atrocities of
treason that have degraded the annals of our
race."
But England will never go to war with us abont
It. Never; she knows better. She would contra
dict not only all her own doctrines, but her own
repeated practice in doing so, and would expose
herself to the jeers of the world, if she were to
dream of it. You have cited several remarkable
precedent fiotn her history, in which she has boldly
and unhesitatingly taken the very ground for which
we now contend, and acted upon it—in one instance
at least, to the very death ; in this respect outstrip
ping Captain Wilkes. May 1 add a little to what
yeu have go well said, on the subject of ono of these
cases—the case of the Caroline steamer, daring
tho Canadian rebellion of 1837-’3B; happening to
have had some little familiarity with that case at
the time it occurred.
The steamer Caroline, Capt. Gilman Appleby,
from a manuscript abstract of wbosa affidavit,
dated 30th December, 1837, now in my possession,
I quote, owned by W. Wells, of Buffalo, left that
place on the 29th December, 1837, bound for
Schlosser.
The Caroline was cleared to run between Buffa
lo and Schlosser to carry passengers and freight.
On her way down she came to at Black Rock
dam, on the Niagara river, where the American
flag was hoisted, and, after leaving Black Rock
Harbor, several mnskets were discharged at her
from the Canada shore, though without effect.
The Caroline continued her course, unmolested,
down the river, and came to at Navy Island, where
a number of passengers disembarked, and where, it
is supposed, certain articles of freight were landed.
From this place bLo ran to Schlosser, and after;
wards made two trips between that time and dark,
between Navy Island and Schlosser. , At about six
o’oloek in the evening of the 29th December the
Caroline was fast to the dock at Schlosser.
The crew asd officers amounted to ten. In the
course of the evening twenty-three persons, all ci
tizens of the United States, came on board with per
mission to sleep, making thirty-three persons on
board.
At about midnight tho Caroline was boardod by
some seventy or eighty armed men; the persons on
board, as well as the crew, except the watch,
having previously retired to rest.
These armed men immediately oommeneed an in
discriminate warfare with muskets, swords, and out
lasses upon the defenceless erew and passengers,
accompanied with the fierce cry of invaders.
The vessel was abandoned without resistance,
and immediately afterwards set on fire by the
armed force, towed into the current, and there
abandoned, after which she went over the Falls!
Only twenty-one persons out of the thirty-three
on board could be found the following day! Of
these, one was found dead upon the. dock—Amos
Dnrfie.
Captain Appleby had no doubt—and so deposed
in his affidavit —that tho twelve persons missing
from the Caroline were either murdered on board
the steamer or went over the Falls in her!
Immediately after the Caroline was towed into
the current as above, beacon lights were discovered
upon the Canada shore near Chippewa, and when
time enough had elapsed for the boats to reaoh that
shore, loud cheering was heard at that point.
Several persons were wounded in the attack, and.
the commander of the vessel narrowly escaped with
his life, after receiving several wounds.
Captain Appleby had, therefore, no doubt, and
SO deposed, that the persons who boarded the Caro •
line were a part of the British forces stationed at
Chippewa.
Such was the fact; and such are the main facts,
sustained at the time by an immense mass of
corroborating testimony of the seizure and destruc
tion of an American steamboat, made fast, to the
American shore, by an armed British forced the
complaint of England being, that she had been em
ployed in conveying to the aid of her rebellions
subjects men and munitions of war. For this al
leged offence on our part, twelve American citizen!
Were either murdered on the deck of their own
Steamboat, or sent to destruction in her, as she went
flaming and foaming over-the Falls of Niagara;
American property being destroyed by the act to
the value of nearly five thousand dollars.
For the acts of the English commander who
planned and conducted the expedition, the honor
of knighthood was deemed no more. than a fit re,
turn, and Captain McNab, of the British Navy,
was made Sir Allan McNab, accordingly. To add
to the dramatic effect of the occurrence, not only
was this haughty act of the British Government
flung in onr teeth, but highly colored pictures and
placards were everywhere seen in the shop windows
of the streets of London, representing the Caroline
wrapped in flames, reaching mountain high, iii the
act of tumbling over the falls, with, if ,my memory
serves me, a dozen or inoyo- unfortunate human
beings crowded on her deck.
Now for the sequel. We remonstrated in indig
nant terms. Our minister at London, the late An
drew Stevenson, of Virginia, for many years
Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, and among
the ablest of out public men of that day, acting
under the instructions of the then able Secretary of
State, John Forsyth (father, by an odd coincidence,
of one of the rebel envoys to Washington last win
ter), denounced the act in an official despatch to the
British Government accompanying all the testi
mony, as an “ unwarrantable aggression upon the
rights and sovereignty of the United States .”
England laughed at our remonstrance, and to this
day no answer even has ever been received to Mr.
Stevenson's official despatch! True, Viscount Pal
merston, the then accomplished Foreign Secretary
of England, contrived a dexterous movement in
tended to satisfy his own people and ours, and in
the Ashburton treaty an attempt was made to patch
up tho case; but certain it is, that England never
gave us the least satisfaction, and that, feeling at
bottom that we were ourselves, perhaps, as much
or more to blame, we just had to submit, with the
best grace and good temper we could.
And now jt will be England’s turn to submit with
equal g^ace)and good temper. She had no more
right to. extend to the leaders of our rebellion,
proceeding on an errand especially contrived and
intended to promote the dismemberment of our em
pire, by the encouragement and aid of forsign
Powers, the protection and oonvoy of her flag, than
we had to carry over men and munitions of war to
assist her rebellions subjects in Canada. She was
not slow to vindicate wnat she thought her rights
and honor then, even to the extent of invading >ur
shores, and destroying the lives and property of
our citizens, by means revolting to humanity. All
that we have done, in the person of a gallant offi
cer of the American Navy, has been quietly to take
from one of her passenger ships two prominent
leaders of tho armed rebellion against the authority
of onr Government, the act having been performed
without the slightest infringement upon the rights
ef her subjects, even to the extent of hurting a hair
of their heads.
Then, let Captain Wilkes he cordially sustained
by his Government, and let higher honors than
those of knighthood reward his act—namely, swift
promotion in the gallant navy he adorns. Let
anything and everything be done, and every re
sponsibility be fearlessly assumed, to put down for
ever tbit infamous rebellion, and re-establish for
ever the anthority and supromaoy of this great
Federal Bepublio, with nil its inestimable blessings,
inspiring memories, and still more inspiring hopes
to mankind.
Writing from the country, this may not be in
time for your paper to-morrow, but is at your ser
vice. - . An American Citizen.
CAROLINE, in IB3T-8,
November 18,1861.
LATEST NEWS
by telegraph.
AFFAIRS ON THE VIRGINIA
SIDE OF THE POTOMAC.
OUR PICKETS AT FALLS CHURCH SURPRISED
BY REBEL CAVALRY.
The Government to Purchase its
own Arms,
A FLAG OFFICER APPOINTED FOR
the western fleet.
INTERESTING FROM GEN- BANKS’ COLUMN-
THE FEDERAL FORCES AT PORT ROYAL
EXTENDING THEIR LINES.
TIIE GREAT EXPEDITION DOWN
THE MLSSISNIPPI.
THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS ALARMED.
Special DcspiitcheN to “The Press."
Washington. Nov. 18, 1881.
From the Virginia Side—Our Pickets near
Fall’s Church .Surprised by Rebel Ca-
valry.
Late tbis afternoon, while Generals McDowell
and Wadsworth wore reviewing tho brigade
formerly commanded by General Keyes, a stam
pedo occurred among a portion of tho Fourteenth
Brooklyn Regiments who wore performing picket
duty about a mite and a half to tho loft of Fall’s
Church. Tho flight was owing to tho approach of
a large squad of cavalry. One of oar men was
wounded, but safoly brought in.
As soon as General McDowell hoard of the
occurrence, he ordered the Twenty-fourth and
Thirtieth New York, and the remainder of tho
Fourteenth Brooklyn Regiment to support the
pickets, when the enemy fell back.
On a survey of the ground where the skirmish
took place, there were signs of blood, indicating
that some of the rebels were killed or wounded.
Three more men have since come in, having sought
refuge in the woods. There arc still twenty-eight
mining in connection with the capture by the rebels
on Saturday of a detatohmont of tho foraging
party. '
A Sunday Review.
On Sunday morning a large party took a special
train to Annapolis, for the purpose of witnessing
a review of the Massachusetts, New York, and
Connecticut troops, now encamped near Annapolis,
under command of General Burnside, on the ove
of sailing for the Southern coast. There were
nearly eight regiments, consisting of some seven
thousand men. Governor Andrew and his aid,
Colonel Ritchie, reviewed the troops, in company
with Secretary Cameron, Secretary Seward, Se
cretary Smith, Assistant Secretary of War Scott,
Assistant Secretary of Stato Sewahd, and Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Smith. Among ether
persons present wero Assistant Quartermaster
General Van Vleit ; the gallant Colonel Devens,
of the Massachusetts Fifteenth, who behaved so
nobly at the battle of Ball’s Bluff; George Berg
kbh, Esq,, publisher, and Wein Fohnev, Egq ,
editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph ; Thomas C.
Fielb, Esq., of New York; Mr. Wilkinson, re
porter of the New York Tribune; Colonel John
W. Forney, and others. At Annapolis Governor
Hicks called upon the members of the Cabinet,
and accompanied them to the review, riding by
the side of General Cameron for several hours.
Mr. Chadwick, now one of tho popular and pros
perous hoßts of Willard’s Hotel, contributed greatly
to the comfort of the party by his generous and
hospitable attentions.
The Great Review.
Immense preparations are making for the great
review which is to take place at or near Munson’s
Hill on W ednesday. At least sixty thousand troops
will participate in this grand display. It will be
impossible for spectators to have an opportunity of
witnessing the whole body en masse, but they will
pass a certain point where can be seen the most
magnificent spectacle of the age. Every brigade
Will be thrown in solid column, and the entire hr*
mand will be personally superintended by the com
mander-in-chief, General McClellan, himself.
The anxiety te obtain passes is so great that already
an order has been issued to limit them to a certain
JlUffltW’
Two Foreign Troubles on Hand.
It is more than likely that two difficulties will
arise out of the joint arreata of Messrs. Gwin,.
Denham, and Bus”--- —zmnmas of Panama,
and that of Si.mKi.r. and Mason, on board the
British mail steamer Trent ; so that Mr, Sewakij
will have his hands full.
Release of British Minors in the Army.
An arrangement is about to be entered into by
which all the British minors who have enlisted in
the Aiucrioan army are to be returned to their re
spective homes. Many of theso youngsters have
volunteered from Canada, and, as Lord Lyons is
not now in the very best of humors, he has de
manded that they shall be returned. The Secre
tary of War and Secretary of State have graciously
condescended to accede to his request.
The New Senators from Kentucky.
It is supposed that Hon. James Guthrie, Secre
tary of the Treasury under President Pierce, and
John, J, CniTTEfipEN, ttHI be the new Senators
from Kentucky, in the place of Breckinridge and
Powell;
The New Senator from Maryland.
Very little doubt exists that the veteran patriot
and statesman, Hon. Rhverdy Johnson, will bo
elected to the United States Senate by the Union
Legislature, that is shortly to assemble at Anna
polis.
Hon. E. Joy Morris.
Letters lately received from our minister at Con
stantinople, Hon. E. Joy Morris, confirm the
theory that the enterprise of making cotton in Asia
Minor promises to be completely triumphant.
Rearrest of Gmn, Benham, and Brent,
So much indignation was manifested when these
notorious Secessionists were released on parole, in
New York, that, in compliance with telegraphic de
spatches, an order was issued by the War and State
Departments to rcarrcsfc them and put them inclose
confinement.
Running the Blockade.
A number ef enterprising men are said to be
ready to attempt to run vessels loaded with hay
and other provisions for the army through the rebel
blockade of the Potomac.
The Government to Purchase its Own
Arms.
The War Department will soon issue a circular
addressed to the Governors of the loyal States, re
questing the withdrawal of Itate agents for the
purchase of arms, both at home and abroad, as the
Government has received advices to the effect that
a sufficiency pf anus will he secured through its
own agency to meet the demands which may from
time to time arise.
Tins arrangement will very much facilitate the
speedy delivery of arms, and remove the tempta
tions to speculators to withhold delivery for better
oontraet prices at the expense of the Government.
The Arrest of Slidell and Mason.
Captain Wilkes was sent to the coast of Africa
especially to bring home the San Jacinto , and it
was only when he arrived in the West Indies that
he heard of the escape of Mason and Slidell.
Therefore, his arrest ot them could not have been
pursuant to orders.
Captain Wilkes acted in accordance with the
principle of international law—a fact which has
been communicated to the Government. He ten
dered to the ladies accompanying the Mason and
Slidell party the use of the eabin, with all the deli
cacies and attentions they might require, but they
declined his gallant and considerate invitation.
; Flag Officer of the Western Fleet.
The President Jias appointed Captain A. H.
Foote as flag officer of the fleet in the Western
Department. He thus ranks with the major gene
ral? This arrangement obviates any possible con
flict of authority between the commanders re
spectively of the land and water forces.
Appointment of consuls.
The following-named consuls have been ap
pointed :
George Kent, of Maine, at Paso del Norte,
Mexico.
Max Einstein, of Philadelphia, at Nuremburg.
Wh. Irwin, of Pennsylvania, at Bahia, Brazil.
Allen Francis, of Springfield, Illinois, at Vic
toria, Vancouver's Island.
Military Appointments.
The following military appointments wore made
to-day, viz:
Assistant Adjutant Generals of Volunteers—
Capt. Leonard Scott, for Gen. Paine's brigade;
Capt. John Pound, for Gen. Price's brigade; Capt.
George A. Hicks, for Gen. Burns' brigade; Capt.
Andrew C. Kempor, for Gen. Wade’s brigade;
Capt. William Van Dohn, for Gen. Duryea’s bri
gade.
Capt. Charles A. Reynolds to be an assistant
quartermaster in the regular service.
Aid*dc*camp—William Staffer to be an aid to
Major General Bonks.
From Harrisburg,
Eakrishurc, Nov. 18.—ThiB afternoon, the Seventy*
sixth Itegimeut, Col J. M. Power, aud the Fifty-sixth
Regiment, Col. Richard White, were presented with the
State flags by Governor Curtin.
The regiments were drawn up in the rear of the Capitol,
and made a fine appearance.
The Governor's presentation speech received the most
enthusiastic applause, particularly when he referral to
the Beene of thp future operations of these regiments in
South Carolina, whither they are ordered.
• Colouet Power will leave to-night for Fortress Monroe,
and Col. White will leave to-morrow.
A regiment per day will leave for the seat of war for
some time to come.
Mayor Wood's Police.
Nkw Yokk, Nov. 18.—The Bupreme Court has decided
that Maj or Wood's police are entitled to be restored to
oflice aud pay Under the Metropolitan Police law.
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
THE FEDERAL FORCES AT FORT ROYAL
EXTENDING THEIR LINES.
ALARM AT MEMPHIS.
THE PROPOSED EXPEDITION DOWN
TIIE MISSISSIPPI.
St. Loris, Nor. 18.—Tho Memphis (Tenn.)
Argiis of the lGtb instant has a despatch, dated
Charleston, the 14th, which says: “ The Federal
forces have possessiea of Pinckney Island, and
have seized all the able-bodied men on the planta
tions, and taken them aboard the fleet. They pre
vent the others from fleeing by use of force. They
have made no attempt yot to effeot a lodgment on
the main load,"
Tho Memphis papers express great alarm at our
preparations for an expedition down the Mississippi,
and domnnd that the entire resorve force of the
country Bhnll be brought to boar against it.
The Argiis says General Price hns done much
for Missouri, but far moro for Memphis. ( . ;
From UencralJßanks’ Column.
Camp Munnv Buakcii, Nov. 15 The north
easter of yesterday gave way to a freezing gale
from tho northwest. Ice formed last eight, and tho
ground continues to freeze to-day. The contrast of
the present temperature with that of the woeic pre
vious esnnot but prove very detrimental to the
health of the army and horses, unprotected as all
are from tho inclemencies of tho weather. It is to
he hoped, for tho sake of the men who have left
comfortable homes for the defence of the Union,
that the military authorities will not delay a mo
ment, beyond the actual necessities of the case, to
provido comfortable quarters for thoso whose duty
it is to guard our frontiers, or meet the enemy in
combat during the coming winter.
Private Flavius Perkins, of Company F, New
lork Twenty-eighth, died of typhoid fever on
Thursday. lie was a native of Elba, Genesee
county.
P. M. Engle, Esq., long the efficient acting as
sistant quartermaster of Gen. Banks’ division, has
been rewarded with a commission as captain in the
regular army! and appointed brigade quarter
master. He is a gentleman of fine aosompHsh
ments, a nativo of Germany, and received a Eu
ropean military''education. Officers and men of
this division indulge the hope that he will be de
tailed for this division.
The New York Nineteenth, Cel. Lcdlie, were
quite elated yesterday, by the appearanco of Maj.
Lawyer, paymaster for that regiment. They have
recently received a complete outfit of clothing,
including warm and substantial overcoats. Their
new tentß are expected in a few days*
John Chandler, of Cumberland, Md., but for
merly a resident of Darnestown, was arrested there
yesterday by the provost guard. It is reported
that he is charged with being a spy, while others
say he was clandestinely selling articles oontraband
of military rale.
Gcugpjil At&rdrbtabiej vrlao- had been on a ylsit
to a sick daughter in Philadelphia, has returned
and resumed the duties of his position. Colonel
Webster, of the Twelfth Massachusetts, was acting
brigadier general in his absence.
Important from Mexico.
rnoGßEss or tiie eeaqtiohist pautv.
New Your, Nov. 18. —The steamer Cosmopoli
tan, from Havana, has arrived with dates to the
11th instant.
Tho Spanish fleet for Mexico was only awaiting
the arrival of vessels past duo from Spain.
The Mexican news is not favorable to the Juarez
Government, owing to the disaffection of General
Ortega, who had retired to his own State, Zaeate
cas, which tells against the Government.
Marquez, with 4,000 troops, though onoe defeated,
was approaching the valley of Mexico, but it was
supposed he would be again defeated.
The constitutional guarantee, suspended by Con
gress, has been restored by the edicts of President
Juarez.
A report prevailed that Mexico had acceded
to the demands of England and France, but was
not believed at the capital,
Cuerrnovnsa, only twenty-four miles from the ca
pital, was in the hands of the rebels.
Eight hundred filibusters had passed theJJßio
Bravo, and were marching on Durango.
Max Maretzek’s opera' troupe had been roughly
handled on tho way to Vera Cruz,by the Reaction
ists, and sustained considerable loss. Part of the
troupe, ineluding the sisters Natali, were taken to
the strongholds in the mountains for ransom.
[Tho sisters Natali, mentioned in this despatch,
are the well-known Philadelphia artists, Miss Fanny
Heron (now Madame Testa) and Miss Agnes
Heron.J
The Rebel Ministers.
New York, November 18. —The United States
steamer San Jacinto, with Mason, Slidell, Eustis,
and McFarland on board, has not yet arrived. It
is thought she may have sailed direct for Beaten,
to deliver her prisoners at'Fort WftltOU
No communication will be ftUo»»4 between the
San Jacinto and the sbejj, till t j, o prisoners are
landed at Fort W»' rcn ,
New Nov. 18—The United Ststeß steamer San
vfl cx r.*e was signaUed below tfaie afternoon, but after
coming inside of Sandy Hook, she lelt for Bcstou uqd er
orders from Washington.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE NORWEGIAN AT PORTLAND.
Portland, Noy. 18.—The steamship Norwegian, from
Liverpool on the Bth inst., arrived at this port at 9 o’clock
to-night
The If. S. steamer James Adger was at Southampton.
The English Government has ordered large shipments
of ball cartridges to Canada, bat the shipment of the
Armstrong guns has been countermanded.
AUSTRIA.
The Emperor of Austria has addressed an autograph
letter to the Chancellor of Hungary, declaring that the
disloyalty of the Hungarian municipalities menaces po
lice order in such a dangerous manner that public duty
required the raising of strong barriers against such ex
cesses ; thac os the convocation of the Hungarian Diet in
a constitutional manner appears to be impracticable
until order is re-established, all of the existing authori
ties in the districts and commons are abolished, and
the Chancellor is ordered to elect persons to replace
theU, and to take care that the administration of pub
lic affairs suffers no interruption. All persons charged
with crimes against the public safety shall be tried by
the military tribunals.
In conclusion, the Emperor expresses an earnest wish
for re-establishment of public order, iu view of the
concessions he lias granted to Hungary.
It is stated that ninety-two Marlette towers are to be
erected around Tfemia at a cost of £500,000 sterling.
BELGIUM.
Monsieur Soloms has been nppointed Belgian Minister
to Turin. This is considered as a recognition of the
Kingdom of Italy.
THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO.
The Paris papers give the particulars of the conven
tion agreed upon by France, England, and Spain, rela
tivejto the Mexican expedition.
The Paine says the three Powers are to have the
right to send the same naval strength, while the strength
of the forces to be landed is to be apportioned according
to the number of subjects each Power bM iu Mexico.
Spain, therefore, will claim the precedence.
The Cabinet at Washington will be invited to join in
the expedition, and it will be left optional with them to
send such number of ships and troops as they may deem
advisable.
The Debate says, The Powers are, at the commence
ment* to endeavor to impose a suspension of arms be
tween the belligerent parties in Mexico. They undertake
not to occupy permanently any part of tho territory, and
to obtain no exclusive advantage over Mexico. They
engage to leave Mexico entirely free to choose its own
form of government.
“ England gave up the conditions which she wished to
have inserted in the that the throe
Powers should plcdgo themselves not to accept the
throne of Mexico for any princes of their reigning fami
lies. If a monarchical form of government prevails, the
three Powers pledge themselves not to use their inter
vention to the profit of any prince in particular."
The Pafrie says the contingent force of France will
number 3JH)O.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The frigate Warrior has arrived atQuconstown after
a sea trial-trip, in which she realized the highest expec
tation. It is reported that her speed reached seventeen
knots per hour under steam and canvas.
The London Times treats, in an editorial, on the ill
feeling of the North towards England, and its ground
lessness. It says: “We shall, nevertheless, continue to
express' our conviction that Secession has destroyed the
Federal Union, and that, to whichever side victory in
clines, its reconstruction on the old basis is impossible."
Tho Times also repeats its convictions or Bundry other
points.
FRANCE.
The Moniteur, in alluding to the occupation of the
valley of Deppea, says the French Government never en
tertained the idea of determining by force or military
occupation tbe territorial Question pending between
France and Switzerland, and does not doubt that a frank
explanation with the Federal Couucil will lead to a solu
tion of the difficulty.
Th» Paris Presse asserts that the occupation of the
volley by the French troops still continued.
M. Ratazzi still continued in Paris, and would have
a second interview with the Emperor.
Tbe Pays editorially eulogizes M. Batazzl as the pro
per man to head the Italian Ministry, aud denounces
the policy of Bicatoli.
It was stated that tho arrivals of grain in France had
lately been so excessive, that some -wheat was about to
be reshipped from Marseilles to England.
The Paris Bourse was firm and higher. Rentes were
quoted at 68f 60c.
Several heavy commercial failures had occurred at
Paris.
*She' Constitutionnel has betn recommended by the
Minister of the Interior to be less positive and less per
emptory in ite articles against the temporal power of the
Pope.
The finances of Italy arc reported to be in a very bad
state, and a speedy system of economy Is necessary to
prevent serious disaster.
PORTUGAL,
Tho Cortes opened on the 6th met. The King a mes
sage was read, bill It contained nothing important. The
Cortes then adjouruod till January.
The infanta Don Ferdinanda died on the 6th.
POLAND.
Numerous arrests without any apparent cause con
tinue to be reported from Warsaw, while in the Polish
provinces the violence of the soldiers is represented as
more terrible than ever.
The Protestant churches in Warsaw were reopened.
TURKEY.
The European Commissioners on the union of the
Damibian principalities had received fresh instructions
from their Government.
LONDON MONEY MARKET,—In London
money market funds on the 6th were dull but steady.
On the 7th they opened at a slight Improvement.
Money is very easy ’at 2% per cent, in the open
market
Commercial Intelligence.
[By the Norwegian.]
Liverpool, Nov. 8 Colton—The a&Us of tho week
amount to 60,000 bales, with a buoyant market but un
changed prices, which opened at a decline of #®?jd,
but subsequently recovered. The sales include 30,000
bales to speculators, and,7,000 bales to exporters. The
sales of to-day (Friday) are estimated at 20,000 bales,
tbe market closing buoyant with an advancing tendency}
but the prices are still without quotable change, as fol
lows:
Fair. Middling.
New Orleans .J2#d 12d
M0bi1e...... 12
Uplands .12)4 ; HJ*
The stock of Cotton now in port amounts to 633,000
bales, including 300,000 bales of American*
Breadstuffs.—The Breadstuff's market is Quiet, but
steady.
Provisions are quiet. .
, London, Oct. B.—Consols are quoted at 93)£®93)£ for
money. . , , * .
The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased
£B,OOO during the week.
American Securities are quiet.
Illinois Central shares 30#.
Seizure of a Supposed Slaver.
New York, Nov. 18.—The bark Augusta, which it is
alleged has been fitted out for ef rvioe in the slave trade,
wus seized yesterday at Firo island. Her crew, consist
ing or sixteen men, aud the alleged owner of the vessel,
were piaccd under arrest. ,
European Steamers off Cape Race.
Bt. John, N. F„ Nov. 18—The steamship Kuropa
Passed Cape Jtace at 0 o’clock on Saturday evening; bat
[lie telegraph lines between here and Cape Race having
iieen cut ill two places on lliat day, all messages intondoi
for her failed to be delivered. The line was not repaired
till 10 o'clock in the evening.
Tiie steamer Asia, from Liverpool ou the 9th and
Queenstown the loth, passed Cape Race at 7 o'clock on
Sunday morning, hot at a diHtance of sixteen mites, so
she could not he boarded by the Press yacht.
Death of Miss Debbie Hughes.
'Vkst Chkmkii, Nov. 18—Miss Deibio Etishos, win,
was injured by the recent railroad accident, died at muni
to-day of tetanus. Tho deceased was recently a nurse
in the soldiers’ hospital at Washington.
Seizure oi a British Brig for Runmns the
Blockade.
Vouk, Not. JB,—Tun British firia Wn. R. Kit'btJ
was seised to-day for running the Southern blockade,
and the captain was committed to Fort Lafayette
The Transport Constitution an 4 New
England Troops.
BoptOHi Nov, 18,—The oteiunor Constifnlim, After
embarking tJie troops here, will proceed to Portend on
Wednesday afternoon, where she will take üboranl the
Mftbio Twelfth Regiment, Col. Shipley.
The troops embarking hero will include the Massachu
setts Twenty-sixth Regiment, Col. Jones, being com
posed of the late Sixth Regiment, which inarched through
Baltimore on April lOtli.
New York Bank Statement,
Nbw Yoj’.k, Nov. 18.—The bank statement for the
week ending on Saturday ahowa—
An inn-ease of specie .$247,835
A decrease of loana., , 3,319,025
w circulation 140,2d2
“ deposits „ 3,211,291
The Trade of the Northwest.
The following article from the Dubuque
Herald of November 12 contains suggestions
which deserve the careful attention of our
merchants, and all the enterprising business
men of our city:
Philadelphia Ahead. —The newspapers of Phi
ladelphia ought to make a note of the fact that
mails from that city reach the Mississippi Valley
several hours, and sometimes a day, ahead of metis
from New York and other points eastward. This
fact ought to be made use of, too, by Philadelphia
merchants and business men generally to extend
their trade operations in this direction.
If goods can be brought hither one day sooner
from Philadelphia than from New York or Boston,
tho saving of time, much more the saving of freight
expense, important as time is, will be a great gain
to both purchaser and seller. So, in the transporta
tion eastward of Western productions, the saving
of freight to Philadelphia ought to be, if it is not,
considerable, and therefore worthy of considera
tion in choosing an Eastern market. With those
advantages which it possesses to a considerable
degree over rival cities on the seaboard, Phi
ladelphia ought to be able to compete successfully
with every rival for a largo share of the trade and
productions of the Northwest. Why it is other
wise, it is not difficult to explain. Enterprise is all
that is needed in Philadelphia to secure the ad
vantage to which we refer; and there is no city in
the Union that experiences so beneficially the
effects of well-directed enterprise as Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Central Railroad tells Phi
ladelphia every day of its existence how well done
it was to construct that great commercial highway.
By means of that and other enterprises the mer
chants and manufacturers, and business men gene
rally, of the Quaker City might control the most
profitable portion of the trade of the Great West.
* Wc commend the matter to our Philadelphia co
temporaries. Their efforts might awaken those
whom it most oonoerns to a sense of their interests
and of their duty.
Public Amusements.
Walnut-street Theatre.— Mr. J. S. Clarke
continues to draw full houses nightly. The most
cynical cannot withhold a smile when Clarke ap
pears. He has wit without vulgarity, and is capa
ble of expressing the utmost tenderness and pa,
thos. By the sheer humor of his face—the most
mobile and mirthful in the world—Clarke can
move to laughter or to tears, and those transitions
are often made in the same instant. The low co
medy parts of the standard plays seem to have been
written for him, and in most parts he has no rival—
at least none since the palmy days of Burton and
his imitators. The touches of nature, that make
kin the actor and the auditor, are marked and fre
quent with Clarke. IVo recognize in some grimace
or scowl the familiar face of a village worthy or
character about town. The gossip, the rustic, the
boor, are some of his personages, and the inferior
passions ho has catalogued and always at command.
The future for Clarke is brilliant and bountiful, and
to see him now is to gather an experience that wilt
be recalled with pleasure in years to come, when
his name shall be a by-word and his acquaintance a
boast.
Continental Theatre.— Tho » Yellow Dwarf,”
a musical burlesque, has been well received at the
Continental. Miss Wilks and Mr. Chapman were
encored last evening in a laughable duet, and the
monstrosities, caricatures, and processions of the
piece are exceedingly well prepared and delineated.
The “ Siren of Paris” filled the house, and its fine
scenery, situatipps, ?!?,, were leuclly applauded.
THE CITY.
FOB ADDITIONAL LOCALS SEE FOURTH PAGE,
AMUSEMENTS THIS IVISIUQ
Walnut-Stbkbt Thbathh —Nln*h and Walnut ata—
“ The Babes in tho Wood”—* l The Lonely Man of the
Ocean.”
Akob-Street Theatre—Arch street, above Sixth.—
“Up at the Hills’—"Mazeppa-or, The Untamed Bak
ing Horse.”
Whbatlet’b Continental Theatre—Walnut street,
above Eighth.—“ The Siren of Paris”—“The Yellow
Dwarf; or, The Deßert Hag.”
National Hall, Market Btreet, above Twelfth.—
Grand Combination Concert.
Temple of Wonders—N. E. corner Tenth and Chest
nut streets.—Signor Blitz’s Entertainment.
Assembly Buildings—Corner of Tenth and Chestnut
streets.—Waugh’s Italia and Stereoscopic Yiows of the
War.
FatAMTT AmOHO GrOVEKUSIEXT MILLS It
has been alleged in a variety of prints that a number
of mills engaged at Government work have been recently
burned by design, and the inference is drawn that rebel
incendiaries are among us.
To show the fallacy of any such statement, so far as
is concerned, we have obtained the follow
ing list of mills engaged at Government work that hav£
been burned miico the middle of April i
On the 14tli of Juno the wagon-works of Beggs &
Rowland, in Front street, were burned by accident. The
loss was $25,000, involving much valuable public
material.
On the 18th of June the woollen and shoddy mill of
Evans & Co., «t Crcccentville, on North Second street,
wag accidentally fired. Less $1,500.
On tho 8d of September Brady’s sawing and turning
mill in Allen street, Eighteenth ward, engaged in naval
cabinet work, was burned. Loss $15,000.
On the 2d of October Carravau's morocco factory,
Canal street, for the lining of military hate, was damaged
by Are* Lose §5,000,
On the 2lßt of October Thompson’s planing mill, at
Beech and Shackamaxon streets, sawing naval timber,
was damaged to the extent of $5OO.
October 22d, Goline's shoddy and blanket mill, making
army cloth, Manayunk, was burned. Loss $3,000.
October 30th, Craig’s null, Twelfth and Washington
etfAMfl, £ttgA§&l &t Government flannels, knapsacks, Ac.,
waß burned. Cause, gross carelessness. Loss $100,009.
November sth, Pugh’s leather mill, making military
bat lining?, Ac., was burned. Loss $25,000.
November 14th, Ridgway & Co.’s bayonet mill, near
Germantown, was totally destroyed. Loss $12,000.
The total logs enumerated above is $187,000, which,
considering the number of new hands, tbe pressing de
mand for manufactured articles, and the general care
lessness resulting from limited space, haste, Ac., is less
than during tbe same period of any previous year. More
over, all the fires were the result of accident.
Naval Matters.— Yesterday, the Brook
lyn was taken from tbe dry dock, at tbe navy yard,
having received numerous repaid.
It is expected that the Maria TFood, steamer State of
Georgia, and the AGolpk Huyel wilt leave the yard some
time this week, fo join the blockading fleet.
The following officers have reported themselves:
For the Adolph Hugel— Acting master, George Fer
ris j acting master’s mates, George Spencer, George W*
Garrison, and John O’Grady.
For the Maria Wood —Acting master, John A. Rogers \
acting master’s mates, William Baker aud Charles F.
Fort. f
For the State of Georgia —Commodore, James F.
Armstrong; lieutenant, Mil too Haxton; gunner, Thos.
B. Wilson; acting master’s mates, H. I*. Cooley, J. G.
Koehleiylaaac Collett. John J. Hughs, Olios. H. Tilling,
host, and Daniel Jackson; assistant acting paymaster,
James Haskill; first assistant engineer, James Wilkin
son ; second assistant, David Pike: third assistants, Da
vid D. Rogers, Wm. H. Miller, aud Thomas Nesbon.
The Powhatan has been ordered to the Philadelphia
navy yard for repairs, where she trill arrive in a few
days.
The gunboat lying at Simpson if Nctfie yard, formerly
called tlie Sta rs and Stripes , has had her name changed
to the Kittatinny in order to distinguish her from a New
York steam gunboat. The Kittatinny has been cop
pered, and the painting is nearly finished. She will be
ready to band over to the Government this week
Freaks of a Mad Steed*—Several Per.
soss Injured.—About 11 o’clock yesterday morning a
large steer became separated from a drove near Ninth
and Spring Garden streets. Wben turning the corner
the animal caught a lady and threw her on the pave
ment, and, after striking her with his horns, immediately
made after two other ladies, both of whom he throw
down, goring one in a serious manner. Continuing ttp
Spring Garden street, the beast caught^still another lady
and threw her upon the ground j but his horns catching
in her hoops prevented him from indicting serious injury
upon her person. At the same moment agent'eman libj*
penlng to be passing near, ran towards the infuriatwl
animal, and diverted bis attention from the lady; but be
had in hie turn to look for himself, for the steer gave
cbaw. and the pursued had to take shelter in the cloth.
ing store of W. C. Thacltrny, whose doors and windows
suffered from the horns of the quadruped. The latter
was at length secured after considerable trouble. Seve
ral of the persons who came in contact with him were
badly hurt.
Arrested.—Catharine Graw ? who has been
employed in several families bb a domestic, was arrested
on Sunday on the charge of the larceny ot a gold watch,
belonging to Mrs. McMinn, and a diamond ring, belong
ing to a Mrs. Bell. A number of other articles, in
cluding a silver watch, were recovered by tlie police, and
await an owner at the Twenty-fourth wart! station
house. Catharine was committed by Alderman MHler.
Serious Burning Case.—l esterday mora
ine a man named Earle was seriously burned while at
tempting to extinguish a fire at No. 857 North Fifth
street, caused by some varnish placed in a stove taking
fire. __„
Passing Bogus Monbt.— John Burns was
arrested on Saturday night, while attempting to pus a
counterfeit 85 note, purporting to be tho issue-of the
Unadilla Bank of the State of New York. Some 830 of
the spurious money was found upon his person. About
$&0 in good money and two diamond rings were also
found. The Accused Imd fi bearing yesterday morning,
before Alderman Tatchel, and was committed in default
of $2OO bail. The rings were retained by Lieutenant
Paulin, of the Seventh ward.
Funeral'of Joel B. Sutherland. — The
funeral of the lato Hou. Joel B. Sutherland took placo
yesterday afternoon from his latu residence, No. 171 ft
Pine street. The funeral was largely attended. The old
soldier* of the War of 1&12 assembled in the Supreme
Courtroom at half past two o’clock, and marched in a
body to the late residence of the deceased, who was pre
sident of un association composed of these old veterans.
Personal— Lieut. Colonol MoUor, of the
Twenty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, is now
in town.
Geoige Ifoover, late a meuber of Company K, of the
California Regiment, was buried on Sunday afternoon.
The funeral was attended by the Southwark Home
Guards.
Col. 11. J. Sleinrook has been commissioned by Gov.
Curtin to raise a jegimont, to be culled the Curtin Light
Guards.
Philadelphians Imprisoned at Richmond
Advices were received yesterday, from Richmond, by
"hich we obtain the following list of the prisoners at
that place, boloncing to Baker’s California brigade, alf
o! Whom are Philadelphians. It is probable that tbr
rebels, having fixed by lot upon thorn* of llie captirffi
Who are to be hung in retaliation for the condemned
pirates, allowed the prisoners to send the information
North, with the hope of delaying the doom of their myr
midons.
PaiflOKEßi OCiUPAVV p.
SmsiiJ ticnltnaulGoorge W, Konnoy, First Sergeant
A. P. gchnrtK, or Bucks county, Bergeant W, J, McGirr,
tograitt George L. Brown, I>avi<l Lsubb, Richard
iuley, John Black, Wm. Sullivan, 410 South Front
street; Frederick Poleman, of Manayunk; H, B, Runyan.
Isaac Paiater, W. Harris, Geo. Bhinehart, 5. McQuade,
j. MeKm n ht, John Bell, John Ho union, Chas. Orchard,
X raiioiß Lo«lu*r, Mullen, Paulnboroi N» J. f Saraucl
>. Bennett, Theodore Afihburn, John Sjliceimn, Willi tun
Berner, Geo. W. Harper, Bucks county; Nelson L. Wit-
Hammondton, N J.; Joseph Seymour, Conrad
Donheln, Stephen Curtis, Sergeant Jolm Wise, Stephen
JlcCamey, James Divine, Samuel J. Price, George C\
Moore.
COMPANY n.
Robert Lcsher, Wiiliun* Colebaugh, John Fisher, John
Ib-ap, John Groenhnlgli, Oliver Snyder, ICmmet Brett,
James Greer, George Hart, Bichard Standing, William
Batt, George Strickland,-Saxunel IXooley, an! John Ho
gan,- of Frankford. Al.so, Henry Zepp, Thom ns Zcpp,
John Stokes, and John Johiuon, of Cohockslnk. Thr>s
Vnim?r. The fojinv Ing an* mining: John Castor* David
Chipmun, Hubert Smith, and John Stott.
COMI’A-ST N,
Captain F. J Keffer, Company N, Spring Gardoa
street, near Seventh.
Captain John MiirW, Company A, No. 1020 Locust
street, wounded, but nol seriously,
lieutenant Frank M. ParkW, A. k„ r.ai
C&llouhill hti-cet. ' mrm. } a, no, DSX
Jolm K. Klopp, Joseph B. Hughes, J. Whartenby,
John Lawlor, « m. Glymer, Joaepii Jlimtlcy, Geo. .Swag
per, Wm. H. Clare, Gao. Kohlaml, Goo. Ellis, j jt,
Koch, Chits. Street, John Perkins, H. Weaver, Jacob
Harris, Wm. Wingate,. J. W. Walk, I>avi<l Kmcri-.k, 9,
V, Kline, H< Luther, J, XL Bsanchot, Cliaa. Wningavt
ner, D. ClUUgilH, Jolm Ztmo r 11. Kramer, M. Garrold,
Aliiim H. Simmons. CJihh. Cheeseman, Thou. Mitchell,
A. M. Bnmes, Chas. Neal, K. L. Callely, J. .Mainland, H.
Huey,. Robert Whilehead, Harry Franks, Jonathan
C’hiMs, Wm. Inphording.
CGMDA.NV C,
Lieut. W. IT. Kerns; O. S. T H. A, Harding; Corp, J«€»
C. Huftyi Corp, Aug. YerjjeD; Corp. Alva C. Slowds;
PrivatN! W. H. Lechler, 8. Young, ft. C, Snyder, F.
. Carpenter, K. G. Carpenter, J. W. 3liller, K, Gil
lar, Jop.-Mcßride, R. F-\VafJin, W. B. Humes, Wm.
B. Roberts, Jolm Simmons, Al9x. J. McCieary, Geo.
W. Heston, Ibrael Bend el, Joa. Biiroughs, Mas
sey, S. B. Brown, W. Mallock, Jos. Lewis, Joshua
Nichuiilr, Tyndall-, Julia Syjtt, H. Dunlevy, Jos.
Edgar, A. Bomb&u*b. ' '
COMPANY K.
Tho following lint of the members of this company, at
present held prisoners in Richmond, is furnished us by
Mr. A, II Sloanaker* Assistant U. S. storekeeper. He re
ceived it from big bfOtUviY who is a lieutenant in the com
pany, yesterday i
Lieut. Wm. Harris; Lieut. W. 11. Sloanaker; Sergt.
F. A. Donaldson; Sergt. John Riley; Sergt Benj. J.
Fleck ; Corp. R. Margemin; Corp. F. Miller; Corp. S,
McDonald; Privates: F. Wliitehonse, T. Palmer, J.
Chapman, P. Martin, Bussell S. Jlufferly, Wm. Bradlev,
G. DMigiierty, E. Furd, E. McMcnnmin, J* Blair, J.
McMennmin, Smith, —Wilkinson, —Hagan, —Eran
ley, P. Hane, A..McKrown, C. £. Kammey, T. Froy,
John Kintlock, Jos. B. Koch. C. 15. Street.
The prisoners are under charge of Lieutenant David*
Bradford, of a Min3ifc«ir>pi regiment, wm formerly
pngifeod at the United States Mint ih thin city, and who
is a nephew of Jeff Ppvis and a brotiier-in*law of ex-
United States Senator Brodbead. Lieutenant Slonaker'a
letter is dated at Richmond, on the 13th of November.
He says that they are as comfortable as possible, under
the circumstances, being well treated by their captors.
Mote Difficulty in the Election Case.
CSKTIFICATEB GIVSK TO TWO SHEIUFF3.
Yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock, tho counsel for
Alderman Jolm Thompson, one of the candidates for
sheriff, appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, before
Judges Ludlow and uml exhibited «*i certificate of
Clodion, given by certain of the return ju'ij'rrg, and in
quired when security should be filed.
Messrs. Hirst and Cassidy, who were preseat in court,
immediately opposed tho entry of security, and urged that
the certificate was not valid in view of the mandamus. In
answer to this; it wag asgertad that the mandatwiM did
not require the return judges to give* certificates under
t ie count of all tho voice.
Mr. Iliret contended that the mandamus did require
that, and referred to the fact that tho return judge*
themselves so considered it when they give cottificatea t*
the other candidates.
A postponement of the matter was. asked until thia
morning and granted.
It seems that two sets of certificates have been issued ;
one to the Democratic candidatea and cnc to the Repub
lican candidates, both sides claiming the election-. The
return judges of the Republican party wore in the ma
jority at the meeting for summing up tho votes. They
issued certificates to theiy upon the- ground
that the paper* certified to» and juHt handed to them by
the pruthonolary, and tho votes of which, summed
up, gave them the majority, were the only legal docu
ments. The return judges refused to recognize the last
batch of returns sent in by the prothonotaey by the ad
vice of Judge Ludlow; and, it will he renumbered that,
before counting them, they filed a protest. These addi
tional papers gave the majority to the IVdooratio tarty,
and as the return judges were cdtnpeHod by tho wvlt of
mandamus to recognise these last returns, they were also
obliged to issue certificates of election to the candidates
of the opposite party, which wua likewise done under
protest. Hero the matter stands; and as the candidates
of both parties have certificates of election, one with a
protest and the other without & protect, the case seems
tadFe completed than ever, nnd both tho Go*
Timor aod the people will be ombarrussed to determine
the result.
Exploits or a Goversmext Detective—
Sketch of Officer Benvamis Fraxklix Not the
least curious part of tho history of the war will tk*
arrest of traitors. A large number of spies and rebel
*.«»c ueen detected in the nonncin
consigned to Lafayette op to Fort Warren. Two
criminal officers have been prominent in these attests
one of whom must be nameless for the present. Tho
other, whose name lias became khowh to traitors and
loyal men throughout the laud, is a leading member of
the detective police force of Philadelphia.
Officer Benj. Franklin, who lias been concerned in the
detection and commitment of the leading rebels of tho
land, is not yet thirty years of age. He was born in Ta
maiiua, Pennsylvania, and vros the son of a rpputftblP m&3
ghrtrateof that borough. In 1855 Mr. Franklin came to
tills city, and was appointed a high constable, by Mayor
Conrad. To all appearances, he was at that time a ver
dant and retiring young man, who took bis seat in the
detective office a stranger to the entire force. Dr
Blackburn, the present fire marshal, was the first to be
frieud him. Franklin was indoctrinated into the fnys
teries of his profession, and an opportunity at once
occumd to signalize himself. About the first of
January, 1855, the Bccond week of his connection
with the police force, he was appointed to pur
sue a fugitive murderer, who, it was supposed, had
taken refuge in Pottsville. Arrived in that town, Mr.
Franklin was satisfied that the felon had fled some time
prcTiouriiy, and hmi sailed from New York to Ireland.
Returning by way of Reading, ho overheard, while
standing upon the platform, that a telegram bad been
received from Danville, Montour county, calling fbr the
arrest of two counterfeiters. Before ho had time to hear
the full story* the whistle of tho locomotive blew, and the
train moved off. The thought at once flashed npon bin
that tho counterfeiters wore in the cars, Without a duo
whereby to (iMlnguislr then), and guided only by his la
tuitive sagacity, Franklin fixed upon two men as the
probable criminals, and arrested them on their arrival at
Philadelphia. They were found to bo the identical
knaves, and were afterward incarcerated in the Eastern
Penitentiary.
From certain information obtained from these parties,
Mr. Frank lin determined to return to BKanteur county
and make an effoit to arrest an old and desperate coun
terfeiter. The man, whose name was John Mengus, had
defied the utmost efforts of the officers of the law to take
him into custody. During five years, attempt after at
tempt had been made to capture him, but he seemed übi
quitous—a flitting personage whom everybody hftl Stott*
bi,t nobody could locate, Franklin called upon bis first
patron, Dr. Blackburn, and upon Detective Richard
Ellis, now-a captain in the volunteer service, to accom
pany him to Danville. Assisted by a deputy sheriff of
that county, they were directed to the residence of Men
gue—a most romantic spot on the banks of tho SusqueS
hapDft river,with the canal running post the daar, a&A
built upon piles in the gorge {Jof the mountains, with a
stream running under the house and emptying into the
canal. The mountains abutted against the house on each
side, and there wss a trap-door in the roof whereby ho
could at once escapo to the lulls if in peril of arrest
The road led up the river bank to the front of tho
bouse, and a kind of floating bridge or raft across the
canal had to be passed over before reaching the house.
It was this place, fortified by Nature and by art, the
common resort of horse-thieves, desperadoes, and vil
lains of all descriptions, that the three officers and their
guide were to surprise at the dead hour of night, out or
hearing of all human habitations. Placing his two as
sistants upon the ground, Franklin essayed to gain ad
mittance to the den. He knocked at the door
with the handle of his whip, and was an.
Bwered by the counterfeiter’s wife, who refused
him admission. Ho at once seized a fence-stake lying
near, and battered down the door, of tbe domicile.
The officers then rushed in together, and found the only
occupants of the house to be the wife and family of Men
gua and his father-in-law. Four guns, loaded with buck
shot, stood against the wall, and a large quantity of
money, both counterfeit and genuine, was discovered*
Mengus, it was stated, had gone to Philadelphia. But
from something inadvertently said by one of the .chil
dren, Franklin believed Mengus to have gone to a dance,
kept at the low groggery of a man named Haas, tea miles ‘
distant. Haas’ tavorn was simply a rendezvous for
horse-thieves and counterfeiters. Haas had married
Ucngits’ sister, and the detectives at onco determined to
pursue him thither.
The snow was thick on the mountains and the night
bitterly cold when the four officers, with a driver, set out
in a sleigh for their destination. The folk in that part of
the country were more or less intimate with counter
feiters and it soon became evident that tbe deputy sheriff
was a Stool-pigeon of the thieves Having travelled fiva
miles, and reaching a desolate and solitary part of tho
mountain, Detective Franklin took the deputy by tho
collar and pitched him out of the sleigh, giving him SIO
and leaving him to his meditations, at 3 o’clock in the
morning, with the snow-flakes falling around him, and
his habitation twelve miles away.
It was almost daylight when they reached Haas 1 ta-
Yfrn. Tbe gaieties of the previous night were over, and
a lazy hostler was the sole occupant of the bar-room.
Tho hostler strenuously denied that Mengus was in tho
house; but fortunately Mr. Franklin could speak tho
Pennsylvania German. He told the boor that Mengus'
wife had been taken with a dangerous illness, and that
himself and the two officers were physicians. The hostler
at once admitted that Mengus was up stairs asleep.
Drawing thoir revolvers, tho throe officer* darted up the
stairway. They were compelled to pass through the
room of a female, who shrieked vociferously; but dash
ing open a partition door, they found eight desperadoes,
sitting up in their beds, each of whom was probably a
bodily match for all the officers. None of them, however,
were armed, and the officers threatened to shoot down
the first man who left his beiL Neither the driver aor
the detectives had ever seen Mengus, but recognized
him by a peculiar malformation of his upper teeth.
While his two associates stood ready to repel any attack,
Franklin pulled Mengus from under the coverlet, and
put him in irons He was driven across the country, put
on board the cars, and taken to Philadelphia, where he
was convicted, and spent five years in the penitentiary.
This feat at once established the sagacity and pewsss
of the new detective, nnd ho thenceforth fought his way
up to eminence in the department. He arrested and
convicted Peter Haddocks, the murderer of the mulatto
woman. Haddocks was hung Afterwards iu the county
jail yard. Scarcely any crimiua! case has transpired
within the last five years in which Detective Fraukliu
has not imd a hand.
When the w ar broke out lie had a strong inclination to
attach himself to the volunteer army, but was persuaded
to remain iu tho department and assist in detecting
some of the many traitors, both Southerners and North
erners, who dwell in our midst, aud were supplying the
pscudo-ConftHleracy of Jeff Davis with both news aud
arms, aud wliuße labors were devoted to creating disaf
fection in tta loyal Mr* Franklin became asso
ciated with the superintendent of the National Detective
Police, and hi** succvsb ib at fhis time well nttested, if te
no other place, at least in Fort Warren, a greater part of
the tenants of which fortress have been placed therein hy
bis perseverance and sagacity His success within the
last few months has mode the Philodelpliia Detective De
pariaieut known throughout the land*
Iu person Mr. Franklin is of medium height, but mus
cular])’ knit, and having a face indicative of great physi
cal courage, eagueity, and resolution. Fertile in re
sources, he is at atitlmes ready to carry out his plans, and
although enthusiastic in his profession, few men ftro so
attached to their families aud homes, aud have so great
a share of tho rrlrate and fioclnl virtues. \\'e have
deemed the publication ofthesc facts due to tho public
who have so often heard tils mimo, not less than to a
deserving and excellent officer.
The Ladies* Aid Society of Philadelphia
acknowledge tbe receipt of one hundred dollar* from W.
W., San Francisco. This gonorotis donation could h6t
have been more opportune. It reached them (a a time
of pressing need. The evidence thus afforded that then
are those on the Pacific who sympathize in their feelings
and labors, is peculiarly acceptable and encouraging*
A Foundling.—A one-month-old infant
w&b found on the steps of the Catholic Cathedral, Sigh'
&hd Summer streets, on Sunday night.