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* THE PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUBDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Twelve Cests Per Week, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Subscribers nut of the City at Six Dollars
Per Annum, Four Dollars forEicht Months, Three
Dollars for Six Months —invariably in advance for
tLe time ordered.
THE THI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of tbe City at Three Dol
lars Per Annum, in advance.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. f g 1861.
R O
E FALL o
S D
H S.
RIEGEL, BAIRD. & CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS.
«0. 47 NOBTH THIBD SHEET, PHILADELPHIA
Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully
■lnvited to examine our large and carefully-se
lected stock of desirable goods, which will be
•Sold at prices to suit the times,
fleZB-2m
1861 TOCASHBUYBRS -1861
H. C. LAUGULIN & Go..
No. 303 MARKET STREET,
Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHIA and
HEW YORK AUCTIONS, a general assortment of
MERCHANDISE, bought for OA3H.
CASH BUYERS are especially inyited to call aud et«
BoS-tf
•mine *nr Stock.
IMPORTERS AJVD JOBBERS.
EN • S
HEAVY MERINO
SHIRTS
DRAWERS.
THOS; MELLOR & CO.,
40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET,
no4-im
CLOTHS.
iQHT N(iHTTiTi A
BEAVERS,
JL‘5? RBfiiiivKu,
IN BLUE, BLACK, AND YELOUR MIXTURES.
AL^'O,
IN STORE, MEN AND BOYS' WINTER WEAR,
In great variety, and for Bale by
IjIFEINCOTT & PARKY,
200 MARKET STREET,
«021-M Comer Second, riulwJelplHA.
CARPETINGS.
CARPET STOCK
SELLING OUT
AT GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES,
CLOSE BUSINESS.
DAILY & BROTHER,
No. 920 CHESTNUT Street.
sel7-Hltliß 3m
JJEW carpetings.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
80. fl 9 OBS3THCT STREETa=OPPOSITE STATS
HOUSE,
Are now opening, Rom Custom House Stores, their
FALL IMPORTATIONS
NEW OABPETINQS
1,000 pieces J. CBOSSLEY & SONS’ TAPESTRY
CARPETS, from
75 OTS. TO ®1 PERTAHD.
■ 0-4 TAPESTBY VELVET:
FRENCH ATTBUSSON:
FINE AXMINSTER;
BOYAL WILTON:
EXTRA EHfILISH BEBSSELBi
HENDEBSON k CO.’s VBNITIAN:
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL 07 NEW CHOICE STYLES.
BAVHt9 BEKIT INVOICED BEFOBE TBE IIATB
ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF,
Will be sold at
MODERATE FRIGES.
*n29-3m
MILITARY GOODS.
ORIGINAL GAMP,OR
TRAVELLING
BED TRUNK.
For Bile by
W. A. ANDREWS,
n016.2m No. 612 CHESTNUT Street.
(Patent apjliefl for)
SUPPLIES.
60,000 pairs ARMY DRAWERS.
20,000 CRAY FLANNEL SHIRTS.
10,000 BED do. SHIRTS,
600 dozen FINE TRAVELLING SHIBTS.
For sale by
BENtfETT, RT7CH, & CO.,
' Manufacturers of Army Goods,
nol3-2m 21S and 217 CHURCH Alley, Phils.
Army contractors
AND SUTLERS
•SUPPLIED WITH BRUSHES at the lowest rates.
Always on hand) a largo stock of
CAVALRY BRUSHES,
Government standard;
WAGON BRUSHES,
Government standard;
-H«nl ©Tery Description of Sritilidl fof Hii
KEMBLE & VAN HORN,
ocl6-3m 1 321 MABKET Street, Philadelphia.
WOOLLENS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & Co.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Are prepared to deliver on contract 3*4 and 6*4 Dark and
Sky Blue
CLOTHS AND KERSEYS.
eeB-3m
JNDIGO BLUE KERSEYS.
INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS.
And every varioty of Goods adapted to Military Clothing.
for sale at the lowest prices
REGIMENTS EQUIPPED AT SHORT NOTICE.
BENJ. L. BERRY,
CLOTH HOUSE, 60 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
oeS-tf
FLANNELS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ai* prepared to make contract*, for immediate delivery,
* WHITE DOMET FLANNELS,
AND ALL WOOL
INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS,
Of Government standard. oc4-tf
HARDWARE.
Hardware.
MOORE, HEXSZEY, A 00.
Have new on band, and are constantly receiving, a
Urge assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS,
Jfcc., to which the}' invito the Attention of purchasers for
Cash or short credit.
iw. 4ST MARKET Street, and
ocB-2m No. 416 COMMERCE Street* Fhilada*
Drain pipe.—steam-pressed
STONEWARE DRAIN PIPS.
PRICE LIST.
2-inch bore, per yard 25 cent).
3 “ “ “ 30 «>
4 “ “ “ 40 «
6 “ “ “ SO •<
6 « “ « 65 u
T « “ 85 it
X M “ 110 «
H “ “ “ 125 »
10 “ “ 150 “
12 “ “ . “ 200 «
A liharnl rilMOunt nllauiM to Dnilevs. and U U»»a
tiering in large auautitics.
FACTORY—SEVENTH and Germantown road.
. S. A. HARRISON,
ocls-tf Warehouse 1010 CHESTNUT Street.
VOL. S.—NO. 95.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
p'ROTHINGHAM & WEUA,
34 SOUTH FRONT AND 33 LETITIA STREET,
OFFER FOR BALE
BEOTTN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS
LACONIA, LYMAN,
EVERETT,
LOWELL,
IPSWICH,
HAMPDEN,
LIKEWISI,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
FROM THE WASHINGTON (LAW PAT BTATB,)
AND OTHER MILLS. OCI-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 11SI CHESTNUT STREET,
COM MISSION M ROHAHTfI
FOE THE SALE OF
PHIIjAI )EL,1 j HI a-made
GOODS.
se2S-6m
DRUGS AWl> CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
• MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITI2 LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, DUTXY, &c,
AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FKENCH ZING PAINTS.
Deoils Atul /wfisumeps sullied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
oc3l*tf
TUST RECEIVED; per « Annie Kim
1/ ball," from Liverpool, Slander, Weaver, A Man
dor’s preparations i
25 }bs Extract Acontti, in 1 ft jars.
25 lbs Extract Hyoscryaini, in 1 lb jara.
50 fts Extract Belladonna, in 1 ft jars.
100 ftß Extract Taraxflci, ini ft jara.
50 fts Yin Ral Colcliici, in 1 ft bottlea,
ICO fts 01. Succini Beet., in Ift bottlea.
500 lbs Calomel, in 1 ft bottles.
500 fts Fil Hydrnrg.i in lib jars.
WETHERILL * BROTHER,
mhB 47 and 49 North SECOND Street
CABINET FURNITURE.
pABINET FURNITURE AND BID
\J LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 251 South SECOND Street,
m connection with their extensive Cabinet Business art
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And hare now bn band a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have uned them, to bo
imwrior to nil others.
For the Quality and finish of these Tables the manu*
factnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character of their work.
au26-6m
LOOKING GLASSES.
pIMENSE REDUCTION
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
815 CHESTNUT STREET,
i&BOtmce the reduction of 25 per cent, in the prices of all
die; Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses; also, jn
Engravings, Picture And Photograph Frames, OU Paint
ings. Vh£ Urg&l Ahd AflSAtfcHia&t ih tfc*
country. A rare opportunity U now offered to make pnrj
ihftiifn in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prices
EARLIE’S galleries,
jyg.tr exo CHESTNUT street*
HOTELS.
QT. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
jj BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
BOARD REDUCED TO 82 PER DAY.
BtttQe the opening of this vast and wmmodtoufl Hotel,
In 1554, it has been the single endeavor or the proprietors
to make it the most sumptuous, convenient, and comfort
able home for the citizen and stranger on this side the
Ailantic.
And whatever haa seemed likely to admlnfster to the
comfort of ita guests they have endeavored; without re*
gard to cost, to provide, and to combine all the elements
of individual and social enjoyment which modern art
boB invented, and modern taste approved; and the pa
tronage which it has commanded during the past six years
Is a gratifying proof that their offorta have been appro
bated.
To meet the exigencies of tho times, when all are re
quired to practise tho most rigid economy, the under
signed
HATE REDUCED THE FRIOB OF BOARD TO
TWO DOLLARS PER DAY,
at the same time abating none of the luxuries with whioh
ILeir Ut>le ii»e luiterio been supp lied.
se7-3m TREADWELL, WHITCOMB, A 00.
ACAKD.— THE UNDERSIGNED,
late of the GIRARD HOUSE, Philadelphia, have
la&sad, for & term of yeapa, WILLARD’S HOTEL, in
Washington. They take this occasion to return to thek
old friends and customers many thanks for past favors,
»wri beg to assure them that they will be most happy to
•ee them in their new quarters.
&¥KE§, QHAPWIQK, ft
WABHnroTQX, July 10, ISO 4. au23-ly
WINES AND LIQUORS.
PURE PORT WINlr
DUQUE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED IN
PORTUGAL IN 1520.
Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
pure Port Wine can be supplied by inquiring for the
abovo wino at CANTWELL & KKFFBR’S,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN
and MASTER Street.
Hennessy, VINE-YARD PRO
prieiors, Bisqult, Tricocbe A Go., Marett, Pinet,
and other approved brands of COGNAO BRANDY, for
sale, in bond and from store, by
CANTWELL A REPPBft,
. Southeast comer GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street
STUART’S PAISLEY MALT WHIS
KY.
Buchanan's Coal Ila Whisky,
Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Bohlen’a Gin,
In bond and store.
CANTWELL A KEFFER,
gsutbsast corner GBBMANTOWN Avonne
and MASTER Street
yOUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
m~A brand—an excellent article. Imported and for sale
at a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL ft l£gjf-
FEft, Bontneeet corner of GRRMANtOwN Avenue and
MASTER Street.
EUDESHEIMER-BERG, LAUREN
HEIMER, and HOCKHEIMEB WINE, in cases
of one dozen bottles each: warranted pure. Imported
end for sale low by CANTWELL ft KEFFER, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street.
TIMMERMAN’S DRY CATAWBA
M-A WlNE.—This approved bf&n4 <?f wine,
the beet article out for «* cobblers,” for sale pure, bot
tled and in cases, by CA NTWELL & KEFFEB, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street. se24-6m
Bordeaux brandy.—46 Pack
ages J. J*. finpny ternudy, in bond, for sale by the
sole agents, JAURETCHE A CARSTAIBS, 202 and 204
South FRONT Street. 0c22-tf
KOCHELLE BRANDlES.—Pellevoi
sin, A> Seignette, anil Alex, Seignette, in hAlf«Dii»a,
Quarters and octaves, lor sale, in bond, by.JAURETCHE
A CARSTAIBS, 202 and 201 South FRONT Street.
ocß2-tf
pOGNAC BBANDY.—Pinefc, Castil
ion, Ei&iuit, Tricoche, & Go., Sanvin Ain&, dan
ger and Ilcnnessy Brandy, for side in bond by JAU
RETOUE A CARSTAIBS, 202 and 204 South FRONT
Street. 0c22-tf
copartnership notices.
NOTICE.— The interest of CHARLES
A. SMITH in the Firm of BILLINGS, EOOP, &
CO.; has thfa day ceased, Ly the aa'o of the gamO to the
other rnrtnerHi The roiiiniiiluß I'lirtnow urn alone au
thorized to settle the business anil to use the name of the
lirm. JAMES M. BILLINGS,
SAMUEL W. HOOP,
SAMUEL W. KOOP, Exoc’r
of W. F. Waahingtoii. dec’d,
0. A. SMITH,
H R KIBBE
Philadelphia, Nov. 9,1801. nol2-12t*
•VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
_Li that the Partnership lately subsisting Iwtwaen
the undersigned, under the (lint of CANTWELL &
KKFf’EIt, was dissolved on the Seventh day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1861, by mutual consent. All debts owing to
the said partnership are to be received by the said
JAMES B. CANTWELL and JOHN C. ‘KEEFER,
trading as CANTWELL Si KEEI'EH, ami all JeuiftuJs
on the paid partnership arc to bo presented to them for
payment. WILLIAM 0. PATTERSON,
JAMES It. CANTWELL,
novll-mw&flBt JOIIN C. KEFFEB.
Best quality roofing slate
always on hand and tor aaie at Onion Wharf, ltt]
BEACH Street, Kensington. T. THOMAS,
myT-lr »7 YfALHOS Strat, PUMeiphia
DWIGHT,
CABOT,
CHICOPEE, and
BABTLET MILLS.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCnU
Cures Disc-ußes of the Bladder.
HELMBOLD’S EXTBACT BUCHU
Cures Diwmsos of the Kidneys.
BELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures d»r;»v«tl.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Dropsy.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Nervous Sufferers.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT JUJCIIU
Cures DcbilHatcti Sufferers,
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Loss of Memory.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Loss of Power.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Consumption, Insanityi
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU *
For Epileptic Fits, St, Vitus* Dance*
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Difficulty of Breathing.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For ficntrwl Svwikm-ua,
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Weak Nerves.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Trembling.
HKLMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Night Sweats.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Cold Feet.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Dimness of Vision.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Languor.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System*
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Pallid Counteuanco.
EFLmJoLirs EXTRACT BUCHU
For Eruptions.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCnU
For Pains in the Back,
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Headache.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Sick Stomach.
HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
If j'ou are Buffering with any of the above distressing
ailments, use HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU.
Try if, mid bn eenvineed af its Wy.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, recomraondcd by
names known to SCIENCE ami FAME.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. Sco remarks
made by the late Dr. Physic.
EFI'MPOWS EXTRACT BUCHU. Beu Dr. De.
woe’s Tfdwible work on rructico of l'liyuic.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dispensa
tory of the Umted States.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCHU. Seo remarks
made by Dr. Ephraim McDowell, a celebrated physi
cian, and Member of the Royal Colhrgu of Surgeons,
Ireland, and published in King and Queen’s Journal.
HELMBOLD’S Gei.ume Preparations. See Medico-
Chirurgicnl Review, published by Benjamin Travers,
F. K. O. S.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. Sco most of tllO
late Standard Works ou Medicine.
HELMBOLD’S Genuine Preparations. See remarks
made by distinguished Clergymen.
HELMBOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS
Give health and vigor to tho frame,
And bloom to the pallid check j"
and are so pleasant to the taste that patients become
fond of them.
HELMBOLD’S EXTRACT BUCnU, $1 por bottle, or
six for 95, delivered to any address. Depot 104 South
TENTH Street, below Chcstuut, Philadelphia, Pa.,
where all letters must be addressed.
PHYSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE
From 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Describe symptoms In all communications.
ADVICE GRATIS. CURES GUARANTIED.
Rsld by DfUgglstS iL5d Dellerl every where. ocS-nlulkSm
"|\ifUTTER’S COUGH SYRUP.
IYJ_ F. BROWN.
COPY-RIGHT SECURED.
Prepared only from the Origin**! PP'SCriptitfn Of th? lftfc
PROFESSOR MUTTSIt.
AT FREDERICK BROWN’S,
Northeast corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets,
Philadelphia.
This Remedy is a safe and simple preparation from the
receipt of the late distinguished Professor Mutter, with
whom it was a favorite prescription. That ho used it in
his extensive practice, insures to the timid a certain
proof of its pure and Innoxious elements, and to those
who know his character for skill and careful attention,
to prescribe only such remedial agents as should secure
KsterAtion without wwluilug subs4aU4ht evil, it will be
welcomed as a real good. Under the guidance of a Phy
sician (to whom its combination will unhesitatingly be
-made known). It will glways be'found very beneficial,
and in caws where a medical adviser is not at hand, it
may be used with safety, according to the directions, in
all caucs of aLoii or loos duration. For s«le at
FREDERICK BROWN’S,
Drug and Chemical Store, -
N. E. corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Sts.,
ocl9-s&w Gin Philadelphia.
By order of the Orphans’ Court of Buckß county, will
be sold at public sale, on TUESDAY, Nov. 20,1661, on
the premises, in BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, Bucks county,
that very pretty FARM of BENJAMIN BALL, de
ceased, containing 65 acres and 105 porches ofland, beau
tifully situated on the Bristol and Newportvillo road, 2
miles from Bristol, 1 miles from Schenck’a Station, on
the Phila. and Trenton Railroad, and within 200 yards of
the Neslmminy creek; adjoining lands of estate ofLaw-
JdltiiAAn, J««*<l, Edmund flrumly t iMwani Bu&er,
and others. The improvements are a good and substantial
Frame Dwelling. stories high, with a veranda along
the front 6*2 feet} a Frame Barn, stone stable high; Hay
house, Wagon houses, Chicken houses Ac., allot which are
nearly new; Pump at the house and af tho barn } ft strsflni
of water passes through the Farm; a nice Orchard, just
come to bearing, with other fruit; large Lawn in front of
house, well filled with choice shade and ornamental trees.
The location, fortuity of soil, improvements, &c.,mako
the above Farm one of the most desirable to be h:td.
■\TOTICE.— IN THE COURT OF
IN COMMON PLEAS FOR TIIE CITY AND
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
To tho lojml ri'fimmiitiitivu* of WILLIAM BING.
HAM, tlie older, demised.
Whereas Charles S. Williams did, on the 26th day of
October instant, present his petition to the Court of Com
mon Pleas aforesaid, praying tho said court to authorize
and direct the Recorder of Deeds for the said city and
coiinty to cuter satirtfactlon oh the record of a certain
indenture of mortgage, executed by one Benjamin B.
Morgan to the said William Bingham, the elder, bearing
date the Bth dny of February, A. D. 1800, and recorded
at Philadelphia, in mortgage-book E F, No. 2, page 109,
to socuro the sum of £2,113.37 upon a certaiu tract of
laud !n the former township of tho Northern Liberties,
now in the said city, lying between Gunner’s run and
MacphtTHon’s lane, containing 54 acres and 82 perchos.
Now, in pursuance of an order of the said court inndo
on the said 26th day of October, you are hereby required
to appear ut the December term of the Bitiil Court of
common near,-to i>« held «t Philadelphia on the first
Monday ot December next, and make answer to the said
petition, if any you have.
Mason ami Slidell.
Ho! Mason siul Slidell, ye infamous trnitors,
From tlie laud of the rattlesnakes and alligators!
VV Imre caught you at last on your embassy foreign,
And fftitoueil you nnfely enough in Fort Warren.
As now you are caged there seeurely, old traitors,
On diet of water, and bread, and potatoes,
What think ye concerning your present position,
A* romvsired with the prospect ye had in your mission !
O, Meson ! O, Slidell * Y? ItPftMlttUtad (itMien \
Leave treason and crime to the youthful beginners !
Repent of your wickedness, wretched old fellows!
Repeutance may yet be too late for the gallows!
Meanwhile, stands erect on southeasterly comer
Of Market ami sixth streets, that famous adorner
Of loyal nion’n parsuim, and g46d people all,
Tho oxtensivo emporium known as Oak Hal).
McClellan Sacks, Pegtop Pants, Stylish Vests, and
garnienle of every description, suited to the cold weather,
at nil prices, less than anywhere else. Army and Navy
outfits at war prices. WANAMAKER A BROWN,
OiiK Hull Clothing Bazaar,
S. E. corner Sixth and Market streets.
N. B.—A splendid assortment of Gentlemen’s Under
shirts, Drawer* l , and Hosiery.
MEDICINAL.
HELMBOLD’S GENUINE
PREPAKATIONB.
HKTiMHOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
HKLMIIOLD’S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
Elixir propylamine,
Tho Now Bemedy for
RHEUMATISM.
During the past year we have introduced to the notioe
of tho medical profession of this country the £*W9 Oryt
toKrtd Chloride of Propylamnti as a
REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM;
and having received from many sources, both from phy
sicians of the highest standing and from patients, the
MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS
of its real value In the treatment of this painful and ob
stlutbio disease, we are induced to present it to the public
In a form READY FOB IMMEDIATE USE, which we
hope will commend itself to those who are suffering with
this afflicting complaint, and to the medical practitioner
who may feel disposed to test the powers of this valuable
remedy. .
SLIkIR AMINE, in the form above spoken
of, has recently been extensively experimented with In
the
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
and with MASKED SUCCESS, (as will appear from the
published accounts in the medical journals).
1/ It is iWiffilly fHt Hf w,siy tor temsaist* ass,
with full direotlong, and can be obtained fiom all the
drm?gists at 76 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of
BULLOCK & CBENSHAW,
Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists,
ma 24-ly Philadelphia.
-]\/rils. JAMES BETTS' CELEBRA
XIA TED SUPPORTERS FOR LADIES, and the
only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La
dies and physicians are respectfully requested to call only
on Mrs. BettSj at her 1039 WALNUT
Philadelpliitt, (to avoid counterfeit.) Thirty
Invalids have been advised by their physicians to ura her
appliances. Those only are genuine bearlug the United
States copyright, labels on the box, and siguaturos, and
also on tbe Supporters, with testimonials. ocl6-tuthstf
MARSHAL S SALES.
MARSHAL’S SALE.—By virtue of a
writ of salts by the Hon, JOHN CADWALA-
X)EB, Judge of tlio District Court or tlie United States, In
and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Admi
ralty, to me directed, will be sold, at Public Sale, to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, at QUEKN-Street
wharf, on WEDNESDAY, November 27th, 1861, at 12
o’clock M., the cargo of the schooner SPECIE, consist
ing of 167 casks, 32 half ca»ks, and 253 Baks of RICE.
Samples may be obtained on the morning of the sale at
the wharf, or at the auction store of Dutilli, Cook, ft Co.,
No-124 South FRONT Street
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
U. S Marshal E, D. of Penu’a.
Philadelphia, November 18,1861. ft6lB-Gfc
MARSHAL’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE
of a Writ of Sale, by the Hon. John Cadwalader,
Judge of the District Court of the United States, in and
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Admiralty,
to me directed, will be sold, at Public Snle, to tho highest
and best bidder, for cask, at CALLOWHILL-STREET
WHARF, on TUESDAY, December 3d, 1861, at 12
o’clock M., the six-eighths part of the schooner FAIR
WIND, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, being the
interest of BENJAMIN BRAGG ROBIN
SON George H. brown 2-3, residents and in
habitants of the State of North Carolina.
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
U. S. Marshal, K. D. of Pennsylvania.
Pmx.Apßi.rjnA, November 19,1861, no2o-6t
MARSHAL’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE
of a Writ of Salo, by the Hon. John Cadwalader,
Judge of tho District Court of the United States, in and
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Admiralty,
to me directed, will be sold, at Public Sale, to tins highest
and Lieut bidder* for cash* at MEAD*ALIiKY WHARF,
on WEDNESDAY, December 4th. 1861. at 12 o’clock M. t
the Schooner HARRIET RYAN, her tackle, apparel,
and furniture, and the cargo laden on board, consisting
of 13 hogsheads MOLASSES, 2,400 bushelo SALT, 1
barrel SUGAR, and 2 puncheons RUM. May be examined
on the moruing of sflje,
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
U. S. Marshal, E. D, of PcnrTa.
Philadelphia. November 21,1661. n022-6t
LEGAL.
/\RPHANS 5 court sale of
\J REAL ESTATE.
Bile nt 2 o’clock Pi M. C. N, TAYLOR, Atlui’r.
Bkistoi. ToVNsmr, Nov. 1,1861. no2l-tli9M3t*
WILLIAM 11. KERN,
n»2-rit Sheriffof the City and Count] of I’lulst.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 186 L
fuss.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1861.
RELIGIOUS
Elocution in the Pulpit No. £,
DV GRAVBEARD
It is to be hoped that the interest recently
awakened on the subject of Pulpit Oratory will
result in something moro practical than more talk.
It is unnecessary to argue the want of better elocu
tionary training in tho clerical profession, both in
England and America, os it is an admitted fact.
In a new country like ours, where the institutions
of learning nro coiqparativcly young, there is some
excuse for this; still, we ought to improve with
age. So far ns the pulpit is concerned, this has
not been realized. On the other hand, we have
relrogTadiVd. If we look for tho host pulpit ora
tors of American production, wo shall find them not
in the present, but in a preceding generation. In
mere learning and thcolog cal soundness, perhaps,
this rule may not apply; but in tho mutter of do
livering a sermon effectively—of elocutionizing—
of suiting action to the word, and sound to tho
sense—the fame of American pulpit eloquence rests
not on tho young and middle-aged of to'-day, but
upon tho thinned ranks of a class of older divines,
now passing away. It may bo said that a long life
of practice ought to produce greater proficiency ;
but the effect here referred to is, in a measure, at
lonsti nltrihutfiblo to a different cause, Until
within the last thirty years, young men wero
trained for the ministry under private tutor
age. Then it was not uncommon for a cler
gyman of ropntJitioTi ns a preachur to make his
residence a kind of private seminary, and devote a
considerable portion of his time to preparing stu
dents for the pastoral office. The duties thus im
posed. u AS 1*614, ,J had a most Salu
tary effect upon the mind and habits of the teacher,
as contrasted with the more recluse custom of cler
gymen in our own day, who spend their years in
close retirement, until they become ns unsocial as
their sermons nro unprofitable. Nor was the effect
of this domestic, but practical sort of training less
potent for good upon the students themselves.
They were early required to “ think on their legs”
andj&pcak their thoughts under a cross-fire of rigid
criticism from teacher and fellow students. Such
a process in ft moro public way would, no doubt,
haru been a more trying ordeal; yet* we may ask,
is there not something suggestive in this good old
way, and its telling effect upon a former period,
that may be of service in remodeling our public
institutions of learning in this woak point ?
To a great extent, if not entirely) this ancient
plan of making preachers has been superseded
by the college and seminary. In these, the divine
nrt of oratory is either wholly neglected, or but ia
offiiftentljr taught. It Is, of coarse, not surprising
that in founding theological institutions the moro
radical and fundamental branches should be pro
vided for first, and in this country, at least, it is no
undue leniency to say that the exclusion of elocu
tion from them, as a distinctive branch, results
more from their being inadequately endowed,
than from y deputation of importance*
AVe are not willing to believe, because here
and there a fossilized clergyman is found who
regards good speaking and reading as a worldly ac
complishment unbecoming tho sacred desk, that,
therefore, tbe cultivation of voice and jesluro is
systematically ignored by the profession. Such
men do not make or direct public opinion; it would
not be well if they did ; for the same warped intel
lect tflat would crump nature in the human voioo,
in the utterance of God’s truth, would, if it had
(he power, chide the brooks for murmuring, and
the birds for singing on the Sabbath, and, if within
hearing distance 7 hush Niagara’s roar the year
round.
It is time now, however, that moro efficient at
tention should be given to this important branch of
clerical education. Tho order rccontly issued by
Dishop Wigrain, regarding tho qualifications of
voice and manner in candidates for orders, has di
rected public attention to the subject in England,
and as the daughter is leading her traos-Atlantic
moth or in all other matters involving progwss And
utility, there is no reason why we should?not toko
the lead in this. There is, according to the best in
formation we have been able to obtain upon the
snfajQfit, not in England, Scotland, Ireland, $r
Wales to-day a single educational establishment
that provides for teaching its pupils how to read
and elocutionize. The facilities for imparting thi9
class of instruction here are but little better; though
there are signs of improvement. Within a year or
two the Western Theological Seminary, at Alle
gheny city, this State, in the interest of the Old
School Presbyterian denomination, has devoted a
Chair, now occupied by Professor Wm, M. Pax
ton, D. I)., exclusively to Sacred Khetoric,
which includes theoretical and practical instruc
tion in the art of composing and delivering
sermons. In the Theological Seminaries at Prince
ton, and in Prince Edward’s county, Virginia, be
longing to the same denomination, the department
of Sacred Rhetoric is also recognized, hut not in a
distinct professorship. In the seminary of the Re
formed Dutch Church, at New Brunswick, special
instructions are also given in this branch, by Prof.
Woolbridge, the students who are sufficiently ad-
V&Bft&l bei&g F£qui?£d twice a week to preach be
fore (tic professors and students for criticism. Still,
it cannot be denied that for efficient instruction in
elocution per se theologioal students at this, and
nil ether similar institutions are obliged to employ
travelling teachers of elocution to instruct them or go
untaught; for it is one thing to appropriate a chair,
and quite another to have it filled with a competent
professor in a department that has been hitherto
ao generally negiected. This department at IS UW
Brunswick was for a short time in charge of Dr.
Dethune, an orator born, and an accomplished elo
cutionist, but other duties soon removed him to
another field. In the theological department Of
Yale College, while the chair devoted to Pastoral
Theology was occupied by the late Chauncey Allen
Goodrich, D. D., the latter made Pulpit Eloijuenoe
a specialty. She seminary at Andover, JVIa.9.,
a Congregational institution, was one of the first to
recognize the claims of elocution by combining it
with another department. In the various Baptist
institutions of Amorica, the study of elocution is
nominally included among the branches taught;,
but we have yet to hear the ' first Baptist
clergyman who reads and speaks well, to givo the
credit of it to his educational advantages while a
student. The great difficulty in the way of se
curing a higher culture in this department will un
doubtedly be in procuring adequately qualified
professors. In this rospeot, wo cannot help think
ing that the Philadelphia Divinity School (an Epis
copal institution lately founded upon the ruins of
their Seminary, at Alexandria, the details of which
have already been given in these columns) has
been peculiarly fortunate in its aeleetion of Kev.
Dr. Stevens—Assistant Bishop elect of Pennsylva
nia—for the Chair of Pulpit Eloquenco and Litur
gies. Dr. Stevens, who was, for several years,
f rcftim of Belles Lettres and Oratory in tho Uni*
versify of Georgia, is at onee a profound scholar, a
classic orator, and an excellent elocutionist. The
routine he has adopted since entering upon his
new prefcsswttte is of the moat thorough and prac
tical character, and we hope the step now taken in
Philadelphia will bo followed up in other places.
Good reading lies at the foundation of good speak
ing, and no man can be a good reader unless he
baa command of bis voice. Action is, of course,
important; in the estimation of Demosthenes, it
was paramount; yet the graces of action, combined
with the greatest learning, in deliberative oratory,
(which is the class best suited to the pulpit,) with
out proper modulation, intonation, and accent in
speaking, cannot make on orator.
The fact that the ministers of the Gospel, through
all time, who hove left the deepest impression upon
the World, have, with rare exceptions, boon men Of
eloquence, should alone stimulate a higher culture
of this invaluable gift. Nor will it be long befsre
this delinquency must be remedied by all Who
with to succeed as preachers, end ss, Leiauac the
proper reading of the Scriptures is the most con
densed and intelligent commentary upon their
meaning. The inference will, therefore, be, that
ho who oumot read them does net uadessUnd
them. In Garrick’s day, many clergymen took
lessons in reading from that celebrated actor.
Whitefield, of whom Hume once said it was worth
while to walk twenty miles to hear him, was one of
that number. They appreciated the importance of
this attainment, and they acted wisely in seeking
the best means to acquire it. Let othors patronize
tlie Garricks of onr day for a similar purpose, We
fcol that no apology is needed for urging this sub
ject upon the church. John Wesley thought it of
sufficient interest to publish a tract, entitled "Di
rections concerning Pronunciation and Gesture;”
and of Luiiier’a nine requisites for a good preacher,
the third and fourth designated are eloquence and a
good voice.
Cali, Acceftep. —We are authorized to an
nounce that the call recently extended to the Rev.
G. F. Krotel by the congregation of St. Mark’s
(Lutheran) Church, Spring Garden and Thirteenth
streets — lately m charge of Rev. Dr. Krautil —haB
been accepted.
Rev. Thomas Stockton, Chaplain to Con
gress, Will prsask in 81. Mark's Lutheran
Church, SpringGurden, above Thirteenth street, on
Sabbath evening. , An eloquent discourse may be
expected from this eloquent minister of Christ,
TBE REBELLION.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
A GIFT FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO
OEA. rovssjjAll’S liBKiAUli,
THE RECALL OF TROOPS FROM LONDON.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND.
HOW THE NEWS OF THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE BRIDGES WAS RECEIVED.
OENEKAL BEAUREGARD lIAS NO
IDEA OF RESIGNING.
HIS LETTER TO THE RICHMOND WHIG.
ACTIVITY OF THE REBELS AT COLUMBUS.
THEY’ FEAR AN EXPEDITION DOWN
TIIE MISSISSIPPI.
The Arrival of Federal Prisoners
at Memphis.
THE WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
RETREAT OF FLOYD FROM THE KANAWHA,
ANOTHER REBEL BULL-RUN AFFAIR.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
THE CAPTURE OF MASON AND SLIDELL.
The Silence of Lord Lyons.
PONTOON BRIDGE BUILDING.
AN INTENDED REBEL DEMONSTRATION AT THE GRAND
REVIEW.
EDWARD EVERETT ON THE ARREST.
&C., &C., &C.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Pennsylvania to Kentucky.
The Lcuisvlllc Ja?< r~rt(xl of* gjjjj ;
We take great pleasure in laying before our
readers the fallowing letter from Gen. Negley, of
the Pennsylvania Brigade, to Gen. Lovell H. Rous*
senu. It spenks tho language of patriotic devotion
to our country, of profound admiration for our
State, and sympathy with her imperilled condition,
and a generous appreciation of our distinguished
and chivalrous fellow-citizen. When he shall have
received from Pennsylvania} as the representative
of Kentucky, the stand of,regimental colors which
it is the intention of Gen. Negley’s Brigade to pre
sent, the noble sons of the Keystone State may be
assured that their gift will never bo dishonored} hut
that it will always bo found flying in the van and
the thickest of the fight whenever it is upreared in
the defence of our country, from foreign foes or do
mestic traitors:
HEADQUARTERS NeGLEY’s BRIGADE. )
Camp Nevin, Nov. 14,18G1. * {
General Lovell JT. Rozisseau:
Dear Sin: Allow me the honor to inform you
that it is the intention of my brigade to present
through you to your brave command a stand of re
fimeßtal colors. It is also desired that George D.
rentiee, Ksq., should present them. You will
please intimate the time most convenient for the
ceremonies. I assure you this gift is not intended
as an idle compliment, but is expressive of tho
sympathy and national interest Pegggyjyftaia feels
for her Kister State. She has witnessed with pain
ful solicitude the cloud which has hung over your
land like tho mist over Niagara, hiding from the
thoughtless and unwary an abyss of destruction.
She has seen Kentucky, the cradle of science anft
the birth-place of heroes and statesmen, arrested in
her flight of ambition, the hands of progress turned
hack on the dial plate of time, all tho grand con
ceptions. of a rich and happy people blighted by the
schemes of Judas patriots and heartless
her wisest citizens bugging the phantom of peace
until limy were bound like slaves, and compelled
at tho point of the bayonet to swallow the deadliest
draughts which could bo distilled from the Upas of
rebellion. She has wondered whether the sons of
Kentucky had degenerated from the spirit of their
forefathers, and had lost the sensibility of honor
and chastity of feeling which nourish manly senti
ment. Many prayers nave been offered for the suc
cess of those whose devotion to their country shows
them worthy of being free, who consider no sacrifice
too great wnen liberty is the reward.
It is with such emotions Pennsylvania sends you
aid, and offers her sons a willing sacrifice for your
defence. Those who have come have left tearful
eyes and aehiDg hearts behind. No long service
has turned their hearts into dissolute
camp has changed their manly feelings. Their va
lor springs not from reckless habits or indifference
to life, but from the stern resolve that Kentucky
shall be free. Thoy 6&rs hot that the enemy have
frowning tiers of stolen artillery, steep rocks and
everlasting hills for their castles, tangled woods for
their palisades, deep rivers, and nature’s wildest
forms for their ally; they will conquer or perish iu
the Attempt. The flag which we tender to you is
surrounded with hallowed memories, its blazoned
folds shall be a rainbow of hope and promise to the
oppressed, and a soldier’s pledge that we will stand
by you in preserving the Union unsevered. Re
member that our national greatness, 9ur social and
political happiness, are enshrined in its silken folds
and bright stars. The pleasure of prosperity has
been ours—’tis ours to have adversity. Let us
meet it like men who know their duty, and who
prize their constitutional freedom. If we fail, we
will foil in the gana* tiuiuktf, And on (1... same
fields where many of the heroes of the Revolution
perished in defence of tho same rights.
In conclusion, dear General, permit us to express
our admiration of your personal valor, generous
li6itof, and inflexible perseverance in the path of
duty.
I have the honor to remain your friend and very
obedient servant, Jahes S. Negusv.
Affairs in Paduwh,
The Paducah correspondence of the Louisville
Journal, writing from that city, under date No
vember 15, says:
This hitherto Secession city, now under the be
nign influence of about 10,0fi0 well-behaved and
orderly Federal seldiers, is rapidly assuming a de
cent respect for law and order. A large majority
of the citizens now here are loyal to the United
States, and tbe Seceshers begin to recognize the fact
that we have a Government. Many of the most
rabid are returning to their homes, after a search
of about two months in the Southern Confederacy
for their rights. They have concluded to come
home, where thoy have every reason to believe
their rights have and will be rospeeted. It is a
pitiable eight to look upon men, women, and chil
dren who have been out in this unfortunate eruise
in search of their rights. They now see themselves
penniless and diseased. The men, lashed almost to
fury by tbe consciousness of their own evil doings,
and their wresgs te their GeVeffimtSt, that has
never deprived them of one single right, are now
coming back to the house of their fathers, where
all such can find an asylum, and determined to
live in the old Government’s honse, whioh is the
freest, happiest, end best oh earth.
Recall of the Troops from London.
The Louisville correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial 7 writing under date of November IS,
says i
ThoTocall of the troops from London, and their
occupation of Danville, was done upon an order
from General Sherman which had grown old in the
hands of General Thomas. Itwasapartof General
Sherman 1 ! plan to plaes General Thoms.? at the
last-named point, as soon as the expulsion of
General Zolhcoffer could be effected. As I have
said cn more than one occasion, there lias never
existed any plan or purpose to follow Zollicojfer
into East Tennessee, I speak knowingly when I
assert this. The plans of General Sherman could
not be carried out until Zollicoffer was effectually
checked or expelled from the State, and the order
to General Thomas to occupy Danville was on the
condition indicated. Dither contingency had to bo
accomplished before this retrograde movement*
could be made. It is natural that the East Tennes
seans, who are of course uninformed of tho plans of
the campaign, should grow discontented and rebel
lious, hut it is strange that they will not recognize
the impossibility of accomplishing a successful cam*
puign in Eastern Tennessee during the winter so
rapidly approaching. They will yet get weary of
quarters in idleness at Camp Dick Robinson, and
rally to take a hand in the fight for their freedom
and home!.
The occupation of Danville has not necessitated
the recall of the troops at Somersot and Monticello.
I am informed that the regiments advanced to thoso
points still remain there watching the rebel Staun
ton, or have gone forward in search of him. The
establishment of a post at Danville will therefore
be but the advancing of the left wing of the main
army of General McCook.
Examine the line of the Union army in Kentucky,
and notice the main body is enoamped at Bacon
oreek waiting tho results of movements on the left
wing, and anxious to move forward. The right
wing has its extreme at Morgantown, in Butler
county, and is in force at VVoodberry. Imme
diately on the left of McCook is General Ward’s
brigade, the advance of which is at Griereburg.
The left wing under General Thomas, haring the
incumbrance, Zollicoffer, has assumed its position at
Danville, with its extreme as far south as Monti
ceiio. Thus a complete line of outposts is estab
lished, each post occupied by an army of itself.
How that Zollicoffer no longer threatens the left
wing, observe what efforts are making to reinforce,
and strengthen and advance the lines.
The 15,000 men who have entered in the past
fortnight have been divided between McCook and
Ward. The Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth Illi
nois, at Elizabethtown, the Tenth Indiana, at
Bardstown,.as well as others too numerous (as well
as impolitic) to mention, are under marching orders
for a<3 [vsmeed poets. All the movements or troops
now, in this vicinity, are indicative of important
movements and momentous results, and it is not un
likely that a battle may be precipitated upon us
ere a fortnight.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
Late Southern newspapers have boon received
in the Western cities. They contain the following
items:
An Interesting Letter from Richmond.
The Memphis Appeal contains the following let
tor from iu Richmond coircipokJeht;
Richmond, Nov. 11, 1861.—The destruction of
the bridges on tho lino of the railway between this
city and Memphis, will probably still further per
plex and delay the mail communications each way,
already sufficiently slow and embarrassed, and the
letters of “ Dixie 1 ’ may, for some time to come,
lose their interest with their freshness, in conse
quence. The news of the destruction of the bridges
created a greater excitement in lticlimoud even
than the glorious tidings of the victory at Belmont,
At this moment we are without any definito intelli
gence of the full extent of the disaster, whether
one, two, or throe bridges have been burned, and
what amount of damage has been done to tbe track;
but tho presence of any body of traitors in Tennes
see, sufficiently strong to work out their malice in a
manner so mischievous, is a fact by no means agree
ablo to consider. The promptest measures have
been taken by the Government to repair the injury,
and re-establish the line of communication, and,
wo may hope, that in two or throe weeks at farthest
ibis will be done. A full regiment, with u largo
body of laborers, carrying all the necessary imple
ments for the reconstruction, left town this morning
for the scene of the ruin beyond Bristol, which they
will reach at an early hour to-morrow.
We have ho intelligence beyond what was known -
Beaufort. It was
night on Saturday, and tbis, taken in connection
with the significant ciroumitance that not one of
the higher officers of the Administration, President,
nor members of the Cabinet, nor Adjutant Gene
ra!, was visible yesterday at church or elsewhere,
led everybody to suppose that momentous news had
been received. The Cabinet, I hear, was actually
in sossinn all day at the President's house, wKcre
they dined en familh, deliberating upon tbe latest
advices, but the nature of these has eot yet trans
pired.
I am gratified to say to you that two of the ills
under which tbis community has been suffering fur
months past, and of which I said something in a
former letter—ills every day increasing in magni
tude—have just boon taken in hand by the 7’/v 7,7.7-
dicuinx of tbe law. and with such vigor of prac
tice as to giye promise of an ultimate cure at tbe
hands of that stern and ablo physician. Nothing
short of the cautery could seem adequate to get us
rid of the shinplnstcrs and gamblers, but tbe cau
t?ry lfi§ b?9D applied. Xbe grand jury nf tho
Hustings Court last week, presented all and singu
lar, the corporations, (including the city of Rich
mond.) savings banks, small grocers, newspaper
dealers, and other financial empirics who have
issued small notes, and the good yf this is be
ginning already to be felt. The banks now refuse
to take them on deposit. The fresh igsuc of them
has ceased. The quasi-respectable institutions
which have been engaged in the wretched business
are calling iki their bills, and the 4iTty TOg£, hereto *
fore supposed to represent dimes and half-dimes,
arc now refused by all decent people. The Hust
ings court has only to act fearlessly and efficiently
with the wrong-doers to make amend for the matter
and restore us a healthy currency.
Oft SAliirday night, about 11 o'clock, the police
made a simultaneous descent upon tho two most
elegant and aristocratic hells in the 2 city, (Wor
sham’s, near the Kxchangc Hotel, and Monterio’s,
contiguous to the Spottswood House,) and somewhat
smashed up and sonttepod tho infernal g&de. Sup
per, SUinptflOUS find savory, was going on, or rather
going oft', up stairs; polite, well-dressod dealer
seated behind the table, slipping the awful cards
deftly through the silver box; multitudinous bet
tersy'soldicrs’, civilians and otherwise seated around
and bending over the oil-cloth, with its accs and
knaves, and tall piles of many-colored ivory; ser
vants, sleek, soft-footed negroes, sliding about the
room over the rich carpet; with brandy and water
and cigars, when enter constables and companions,
whereupon general confusion and dismay, cursing
and swearing, and a rapid leaping out at the front
door of visitors, military and civic, overflowing
Main str«t fisfl Franklin street, as the case might
be.
.Almost instantaneously with these marvellous
proceedings, the gas went out in every hell in this
city, for the alarm had gone forth, and all the ap
paratus of faro was speedily removed from apart
ments where the game had g 6&& on undisturbed
since tbe day of Secession. But for this, a thorough
overhauling and clearing out of these establish
ments might have been effected. As you may
imagine, the rage of the gamblers to-day is exces
give; but if it bo truoi as rumored; that tho police,
in this matter, have acted in accordance with the
wishes of tho President, and it is his fixed deter
mination to put a stop to gambling in the city, ab
all hazards, they might as well at once subside,
and bid Richmond farewell
Tbe long-delayed battle on the Potomac is be
lieved now to be imminent. It is whispered out of
doors that our generals at Centrevilie have been
given carte blanche to carry on the campaign. So
look out.
The angels of life and death were hovering over
the inhabitants of those high in office last night.
The Presidential mansion was gladdened by another
little occupftnt yesterday, ana, this morning, the
Governor’s house held a beautiful corpse; at half
past ten, a sweet infant daughter or Governor
Letcher, four years old, pa-sed away to Heaven.
The Battle of Belmont.
GEN. POLK’S DESPATCH TO PRESIDENT DAVIS—THE
president’s REPLY.
Headquarters First Pit., Western I)ei*art’t,
Columbus, Ky., Nov. 7,1801.
To General Headquarters , through General A■ S.
Jvhmton:
The enemy came down on the opposite side of the
fivoif, Belmont, to-day, about ?,o6s strong, landed
under cover of gunboats; and attacked Col. Tap
pan’s camp. I sent over three regiments, under
Gen. Pillow, to hiß relief, then at intervals three
others, then Gen. Cheatham.
I then took over two others in person to support
& flank movement which I had directed. It was a
hard-fought battle, lasting from 10.30 A. M. to 5
P. M. They took Beltzhoover’s battery, four
pieces of which iye ropsptiircd. Ihc enemy were
thoroughly routed, we pursued them to their
boats, seven miles, then drove their boats before us.
The road was strewn with their dead and wounded,
guns, ammunition, and equipments. Our loss con
siderable ; theirs heavy. L. Por.x,
Mojor General Commanding.
Richmond, Nov. 8,1861.
To Major General Poll-: Your telegraph re
ceived. Aeeept for yourself and officers and men
under your eottuaaud my sineero thanks for the
glorious contribution you have just made to our
common cause. Onr countrymen must long remem
ber gratefully to read the activity and skill, courage
and devotion of the army at Belmont.
im? PAVIS.
The Activity of the Rebels near Colum
bus—A Panic in Missouri.
From parties who left Columbus on Wednesday,
and who are in a position to know fully what they
state, \vc learn that Gen. Folk is still suffering from
the injury he received on the occasion of tho bursting
of the cannon thoro, and Gen. Pillow was in com
mand. A foroe was at work cutting down the tim
ber on the Missouri side, opposite Columbus, so as
to leave no ambush for the enemy In any event.
The people on the Missouri side are in utter con
sternation, and are flying from their houses. While
the Kentucky was up tne river on Wednesday, her
captain kindlyferried over five families tojhis side,
with iheir teams and household articles. Fugitives
say there is a large amount of corn and hogs in the
country, all of which they expect to fall into the
hands of the enemy. It has been forcibly kept
there by the blockade. The people were destroying
or removing all fiat*, landing boats, and ferry beats
that were along tbe shore. The ferry boat that orossed
near Point Pleasant has been destroyed. A soldier
who had been taken prisoner, but who escaped from
Cairo, reported that soldiers were coming into that
place in great numbers, and that the day before he
left (Wednesday) bine regiments arrived. There
was a general expectation at Columbus that there
will soon be an invasion of a more serious character
than tho late one at Belmont. —Memphis Appeal.
The East Tennessee Insurrection,
The Memphis Appeal oflast Saturday says
Ws Apprehend nothing serious from the recent
outbreak in Bast Tennessee, but regard it, on the
contrary, at least in point of time, as one of the most
fortunato incidents of the crisis. It was evidently
one act in a carefully arranged programme of tho
enemy, all of whose parts were to have been exe
cuted simultaneously, but which has eventuated in
a miserable abortion. We 1 have long been aware
that there was a deeply disaffected element in this
section of the State, and have repeatedly pressed
upon our authorities—State and Federal—the ne
cessity of exercising a proper espionage over their
movements. A traitorous combination, headed by
Brownlotr, Ifeffhit, and other leffsef &5 ,lts i iR
league with the exiles Johnson and Maynard, ard
known to have been in constant comfilUtiioation
with the enemy, and cognizant of his project to at
tempt the invasion of Tennessee through Cumber
land Gap or some other inlet through that range of
ttidUfttams.
It was a stroke of policy merely that induced
the abandonment of tho Greenville Convention,
and the ostensible acknowledgment of the Con
federate Government by the arch conspirators who
were encouraging this scheme. In fact, it was a
most dangerous part of their conspiracy, inasmuoh
as it disarmed our authorities, and tho adherents of
our cause in that section of all vigilance. They
thought that the refractory spirit of rebellion that
at first showed its head had been permanently
quelled, and looked for no further manifestation
of it.
This insurrection, however, while comparatively
harmless from its being premature, gives evidence
of a deep-laid plot among a few of the most reck
less traitors of that region to resist tho sovereign
voice of the pcoplo of the State by force of arms,
so soon ns they have hope of assistance from tho
Lincoln despotism. It is fortunate that it has oc
curred at the present time, when we aro fully able
to put »lasting quietus upon It, from which no ap
pliances of future Federal aid will ever be able to
resuscitate it. We now have an open foe to conquer,
who is rendered impotent by the very disclosure
of his hostility—nnd not less so by his isolation.
The Burned Bridges.
From a letter in the Southern Confederacy ,
dated the 11th, at Ringgold, Georgia, we learn
that tho two bridges burned on tho Western and
Atlnnta Bnilrvadi nerese the Cbieknmauga, are
about eight miles from Chattanooga, and about half
a mile apart. Tho East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad crosses the stream between them, nnd
about one hundred and fifty yards below the upper
one Col. John D, Gray, who built then), estimates
their cost at above *lB,OOO. Major Rowland, the
superintendent, was at the place of the disaster
with a large foreeqn ; the 10th, and will have good,
'gubstantial, trestjeijwldges made, and the trains
running regulariy,’ in about two weeks. He has a
number of the very beat railroad mechanics in tho
country actively engaged, together with a largo
force of laborers. Arrangements axe made with
the East Tennessee ancl Georgia Railroad to carry
the freight, mail, and passengers by the way of
CUre, dud to diulijuiooga, dti4 In two or throo
'days the passenger trainßwl(}'iun regularly on the
State roau.
The New Orleans Delta' sayl t The news of the
°S Railroad bridges
TWO CENTS.
put a damper on the up freight going East by the
way of Memphis.
Enst Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
We are requested to Say that troops, passengers,
and army supplies, intended for East Tennessee, as
far east as this point, will meet with no delay in
consequence of the burning of the Hiawassee
bridge on the East Tennesse and Georgia Railroad.
— hvorvitlr, KrgiatfJi lit tin
Arrival of Federal Prisoners at Memphis,
Tennessee.
The Memphis Appeal of the 15th says:
There were ninety-nine prisoners brought to this
city yesterday. Being a portion of tne trophies
captured by the gallantry of our treops at Bel
mont, the nearness of the battle which had wit
nessed their unavailing bravery threw around them
a degree of interest which caused the gathering of
an immense crowd on the levee. The streets lead
ing from the landing to the corner of Second and
Jackson streets were crowded by men, women, and
children, eager to get a glance at them.
A few fools and one or two mischievous urchins
shouted out a few cant phrases, but the general
fealißg was, we ore happy to state, one of respect
ful forbearance, and many remembered that if we
brought these men prisoners to Memphis, their
comrades , had brought some' of our brave boys
prisoners to Cairo. It is but the fate of war, and
he who wonld rather be taken fighting than fly,
deserves the respect of even the foe who may have
chanced to havo captured him. Those soldiers
looked like men. It was easy to perceive that
more than half of them were Germans. Their de-
Bieanor was quiet and gsntlemxnly, We trust that
during their stay here they will meet with that re
spectful treatment which a brave people should
. Bver display to ,<Uk , unfortunate foe. . They are now
in the large building known as Meeeby ’a cotton
shed, near the corner of Second and Jackson streets,
under guard.
Extortioners and the Remedy.
The Vicksburg Sun says
We have been much flattered by the encomiums
of many of our oldest citizens who havo called
upon us, aud who have most cordially approved
our leader of yesterday. We propose to state one
or two new facts that havo recently come to our
knowledge, and to propose what we conceive to be
a remedy against thf Liß«9lßlt9 extortioners of
Vicksburg.
Wc arc informed that large quantities of flour
are [stored in this city, and that the holders say
they will not sell until they can get $2O per barrel.
Comment on theso fellows’ principles is unneeossary.
Desperate measures require desperate remedies,
and we hope that the flour will be taken. The men
paid a fair market valuation for it, and receive a
strong bint to ‘ : leave the country for their country’s
good;” other extortioners whose names are fur
nished us, and which we shall probably publish for
Ihe scorn and execration of the community, have
held the staple articles of provisions until they
have risen several hundred per cent., and now the
“ patriots” are fattening upon what they stole from
the families of the soldier. Their names always
appear conspicuously in the list of donations, but
they “give an inch and take an ell.”
One of the two things must ha done, and that
done immediately. Either the extortions must be
put an end to by legislative enactment, or the
people must rise and put an end to the extor
tioners.
The Oxford (Miss.) Intelligencer says: It is
highly probable that the Legislature will in a few
days pass a law touching the - heartless speculators
in salt throughout our State. We would like to see
the State seal put upon the door of every salt specu
lator in the land, and an agent put at each door to
sell the article at a fair price, Dealers here are
demanding 813.50 par aa«U.
Union Movements m East Tennessee.
The Memphis Avalanche issues an extra con
taining the following intelligence, received by tele
graph from Nashville;
A most reliable gentleman from Enst Tennessee
arrived here this morning, and reports that Chieka
mogo-ereek, the Charleston, Dick creek, and the
Upper Ilolston bridges were burned at precisely 1
o'clock on Friday night. Other hridgaa war* fired
at the same time, but were extinguished. The
telegraphic wires were destroyed at the same time.
Dan Trewhit is at home leading the insurrection.
Hon. Josiah Anderson was assassinated at the polls
on eleetian day.
A thorough organization exists among the- Union
ists in East Tenncssoo.
Grand preparations are making to receive Andy
JohDson in Green county—his homestead.
McDowell is standing firm and true, but cannpt
stem the current A portion of the East Tennessee
members of the Legislature are at home making
insurrectionary speeches.
Eight thousand Eederals are reported at Red
Springs, Macon county, where they hare burned
(he lowa.
The Reported Resignation of Beauregard.
The Richmond correspondence of a Memphis
paper says:
The rumored resignation of Beauregard was in
cepted as a fact throughout the city, and the an. tlit
ran so far as to say that it was the wish of the Presi
dent he shonld withdraw from his command in con
sequence of his having recited, in his official report
of the battle of Manassas, a plan he had drawn up
for the relief of Mnryland and the occupation of
Washington city, which was rejected by the Presi
dent before the battle. I have no means of knowing
.whether or not our Chief Magistrate was seriously
displeased at this introduction into the report of
matters not properly belonging thereto, but I do
know that the gallant little hero, the beau sabreur
tt lean soldat— Beauregard—has no idea} of resign
ing ; at least I have this upon very good authority,
and that he remarked to ft gOßtleman who men
tioned the subject to him at CentrcvUle that he had
entered the Confederate service for the war, and
expected to remain in it till the final consummation
of our independence, unless removed by the hand
of death.
The following is Gen. Beauregard’s letter to the
Richmond Whig, which was briefly noticed in our
telegraphic columns a few days ago:
Centbeville, within Heading or the 1
EiiEMv’s Gi'ss, Nov. S. {
To Editors Elchmond "Whig :
Gentlemen : My attention has just been called
to an unfortunate controversy now going on rela
tive to the publication of a synopsis of my report
of the battle of Manassas. Bone can regret more
than I do this, from a knowledge that, by authori
ty, the President is the sole judge of when and
what part of the commanding officer's report
shall he made public. I, individually, do not
object to delaying lts publication as long as
the War Department thinks proper and neces
sary for the success of our cause. Meanwhile
I entreat my friends not to trouble themselves
about refuting the slanders and calumnies aimed
against me, Alcibindra, on a certain ooo&sion, re
sorted to an extraordinary method to occupy tfie
minds of his traducers—let, then, that synopsis an
swer the same purpose for me in this instance. If
certain minds cannot understand the difference be
tween patriotism, the highest civic virtue, and
oflmo-sdekoru, the lowest civic occupation, I pity
them from the bottom of my heart. Suffice it to
say, that I prefer the respect and esteem of my
countrymen to the admiration and cnvyoftheworld.
I hope, for the sake of our ea\)§? ggd country, to be
able, with the assistance of kind Providence to an
swer my calumniators with new victories over our
national enemies, but I have nothing to ask of the
country,Government, or any friends, except to afford
mo fill tho aid thoy .can in the great struggle we are
now engaged upon. lain not either a candidate, nor
do I desire.to be a oandidate, for any oivil office in the
gift of the people or Executive. The aim of my
ambition, after having cast my mite in the defence
of onr sacred eaqs?, gnd assisted to the best of my
ability in securing eur rights and independence as
a nation, is to retire to private life,-my means
then permitting, never again to leave my home,
unless to fight anew the battles of my country.
Respectfully, your most obedient servant,
G. T. Beauregard.
Miscellaneous Items.
We find the following telegraphic despatches in
the Appeal, of the 14th :
Augusta, November 12.—Tj)? Charleston Cof(-
rier, of this morning, learns from a friend, just ar
rived, that Bluffton wag on Sunday in possession of
our forces.
Beaufort was deserted and virtually in possession
of tho enemy.
It is believed the Federais bay© mad© up at*
tempt at landing, except a few thieving excur
sions.
The brig Betsy Ann was captured and brought
to Charleston.
Accvsta, November 13. —Special despatches
from Savannah announce the arrival there of
Captain Anderson, with a Confederate steamer
from Europe, loaded with large quantities of arms
and ammunition.
Nashville, November 13. —Madisonville, Hop
kins county, was occupied by one hundred Federal
infantry and five hundred cavalry on the 10th.
Southern men were compelled to fly to avoid
arrest.
.§Q far sg heard from, tho following g£ntl&u£il
have been elected to the Confederate Congress
from Mississippi: Second district, General Reuben
Davis,* Third district, Israel Welch; Fourth dis
trict, H. C. Chambers; Fifth district, O. R. Single
ton; Sixth district, E,Bartedale, (ae opposition;)
Seventh district, John J. Mcßae.
Mrs. Virginia Smith arrived from Arkansas on
yesterday, whero, in company with Mrs. Pennoyer,
of Fort Smith, she has been giving ooneorts for the
benefit of the Confederate soldiers. These two
lndiog design repeating their entertainments in
Memphis for a like benevolont purposo.
One of the machine shops at Richmond has com
menced the manufacture of steam-engines. Ono
of the exchanges from that city says that workmen
aro now putting on (ho finishing touches to two
large and very heavy engines, made for the Govern
ment, and intended to bn used in turning the ma
chinery for making arms at the Confederate armory
at Fayetteville, N. C.
A privato loiter from Col, S. Borland rooeivod in
Memphis states that he haa not been promoted to
the position of brigadier general.
The Gubernatorial vote of Georgia at the late
election is announced as follows: Brown 45,404,
Nestiit 21,429. Brown’s majority, 23,915,
The last rail of the Mobile and Great Northorn
railroad was laid on the 11th. This is the comple
tion of an important link of communication be
tween the various important cities of the South.
Mayor F i S, Heiakell. a prominent Unionist of
East Tennessee, bns been arrested on a charge of
inciting rebellion. He has been held in s2<J,ol)o
bail for his appearance at the Confederate court.
It is stated that the valued ciirgo of the steamer
which passed some time ago into Savan
nah) was all paid for In England before she left.
The money was remitted from the South in June
lost-
The following is the offioinl vote of Mississippi
at the late Gubernatorial election, as by
the Legislature; Pottus, 30,16? *, Thomson, 3,&50 ;
McAfee, 234; Benton, 373; Scattering, 249.
The Memphis Appeal has seen a private letter
from Col. Borland’s camp, which speaks of the
danger of invasion apprehended by the people of
North Arkunsasj and further adds that the miiitia
are rushing to his defenoo in large numbers.
In tho Tcnuofsco Senate, on the 12th, Mr. Card*
well introduced a resolution inquiring into the
ways and moans of procuring, arming, and equip
ping gunboats, for the defence of the Cumbeflwia
and Tennessee rivers. The ml® was suspended,
and the resolution referred to the Military Com
mittee.
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For a Club of Twcnty.one or over, we will send an
Extra Copj- to the getter-up of the Club.
t&" Poßtmaßteru are rvijm-htrd So act as Agents for
Tire War Vkkbs.
that the British steamer Bermuda-, with a cargo of
1,800 bnles of cotton, succeeded in getting to sea
from that port. Saturday night la«, about 8
o'clook. she weighed nnehsr, proceeded flown the
stream, and, finding all things favorable, made a
clear and triumphant exitover the bar. She cleared
for Havre.
The Judicinry Committee of the Georgia Legis
lature have hern jointly instructed ftp inquire into
the power of the General Assembly to suppress
speculations, monopoly, and extortion, and report,
by bill or otherwise, as early as practicable, the
most effectual means of accompliehing-such sup
pression.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS;
lion. Edward Everett on the'Arrest of
M&S6fi anil Slideii,
Mr. Everett delivered hia address on the- “ State
of the Country,” before the Middlesex Mecha
nics’ Association, at Lowell, on Tuesday even
ing. According to tho Journal and Courier »f
-that city—
Mr. Everett began by remarking that he had been .
requested to say a word or two upon an event that
reached ns within a day or two—the capture of
Messrs. Mason and Slidell. Some have apprehand
ed that this,act, however desirable in g?me reeptote,
may yet be oonsidered by tiie British Government
as unauthorised by the law of nations,, and, there
fore, likely to bring us into unpleasant relations
with that rower. This apprehension is. entirely
Crowidless. There is no right defter qgitfiMt
y the law of nations than that of the armpd vessel
of a belligerent Power to detain m neutral vessel
on the high seaa, t» ascertain whetber on board of
*•: anytbipg contra
band of Wfcr. is expressly lam- down by ali
tho text writers on the law of ballons, that
among the things which are forbidden to bo
carried by a neutral vessel are ambassadors of.
either belligerent Power. There have been
many cases in which this principle has been
laid down and enforced in the English Courts
of Adnlil'Ulty. I& the year ISOS-, an American
vessel, called the Coroltare, on her way from:
New York to Bordeaux, in France, was captured
by a British cruiser, carried into England, tried'
and condemned before Sir William Scott, after
tvard Lord Slorrell, the highest authority on any
question of the law of nations that can be found in
Great Britain—condemned because it carried de
spatches from the Government of one of the French
celeste?' In giving his opinion on tho oondamna
tion of this vessel, Sir William Scott expressly said
that the belligerent cruiser was- authorised in
stopping the embassador of the enemy on the way
to his destination. You are, many of you, familiar
with the cage of Mr, Henry Laurens, who was at
one time President of the Continental Congress, in
the Revolutionary war, who was on his way from
Martinique to Holland, on board of a Dutch vessel,
at that time a neutral Power. This vessel waa
captured by a British frigate, enryietj gfc,
John, Newfoundland; ho was transferred to an
other ve&sel and sent to England, and there con
fined in the Tower of London, as a traitor, for two
years, and it was only after the surrender of Corn
wallis, at Yorktown, he was given up, in exchange
for the commander-in-ehtef of the British forces.
You see that there is not the slightest ground for
apprehension that there is any illegality in this de
tention of the mail packet; that the detention waa
perfectly lawful, the capture was perfectly lawful,
their confinement in Port Warren will be perfectly
lawful, [cheers.] and, as they will no doubt be kept
there in safety until the restoration of peace—
which we all so much desire—we may, I am sure,
cordialiv wish them a safe and speedy deliverance.
LChesrs,]
Eurmug of a Rebel’s House.
A despatch from Gallipelis to Governor Pierpont,
on Saturday, stated that there was a report there
that the Union men had 9?S9fflliled in large num
bers, and set fire to the splendid property of Albert
Gallatin Jenkins, who led the recent attaok on
Guyandottc. The property was situated in Cabell
county, about twelve miles from Guyandotte, on
the Ohio rivoF. Jenkins was a Congressman from
Western Virginia, and after the breaking out of
the rebellion protested against the action of the
Postmaster General in removing a number of dis
affected postmasters in Western Virginia, for which
he received a cutting robuko from Mr. Holt. Ha
is said to be immensely wealthy.
Pontoon Bridge-building.
The Washington correspondent of tho New York
Trillium says:
The Fifteenth NiW York Regiment this afternoon
made tbeir first attempt at pontoon bridge-building,
on the eastern branch of the Potomac, near theur
camp. In thirty-three minutes they inflated the
India-rubber pontoons, and laid a bridge 188 feet
long, over whioh fifty men marched at common and
double-quick time, and on the run, and two horses
crossed without trouble. The regiment has the
pontoon train which has been at West Point for
some time, and is well supplied with engineering
88(1 implements, They bnve also fascines and
other materials for fortifications. Two-fifths of ths
men are skilled mechanics, and the camp gives
evidence of their manual skill. Although they
have been but two weeks in their present location,
they have constructed a brisk range and OTOB for
each company, and made many other improve
ments. In their four months of service not one
mnn has died of disease, and there is now hut one
in the hospital.
Mnjor General llaHeek,
The Commanding General of this Department, is.
still at (he Planters’ House. With the exception
of Gen. S. Hamilton, no appointments have been
made upon his staff. We understand that the Major
General proposes to establish his headquarters in
the building corner of Fourth and Washington ave
nue, formerly the headquarters of General McKin-
Etry.— St. Louis Republican.
An Intended Rebel Demonstration at the
' Grand Review.
The New York Herald's Washington corne
spondent writes thus:
A rebel deserter, who came into our lines to-day,
*tnt§s that tbs rebels bad been apprised of the re
view which came off yesterday, and that it wag
their intention to have made a formidable demon
stration against our pickets, with a view of driving
them in, and thereby produce a regnlar panic and
stampede among tho civil urns, who were te. witness
the grand affair. He states that a pretty large
rebel force had been concentrated at Fairfax for
the purpose, but that for some cause or other it had
been abandoned- He says that the officer in com
iimml at Fairfax had board that seven divisions
were to be reviewed by General McClellan. The
rebels, he says, are daily expecting an advance
movement of the Union forces, and that they are
fully prepared to meet them. He does not believe,
however, that the rebels will make a regular stand
Afid give battle this side of Manassas. They have,
it appears, some pretty good fortifications at Cen
treville. The capture and occupation of Port Royal
and Benufort by the Union fleet caused great ex
citement among the South Carolina and Georgia
troops.
The Mason and Slidell Question.
Washington, Nov. 22. —Much speculation eon*
tinues to be indulged in relative to the Mason and
Slidell question. So far as oan be ascertained!, Iks
minister of her Britannic Majesty's Government
has taken no action whatever upon the subject, but
will probably await instructions. Nor has them
been even an informal conversation between him
and the proper department concerning it. Those
who are intimately acquainted with Lord Lyons
believe that in this, as in other matters, he has ob
-s?r?td bis usual dilation in refraining from pre
mature expressions of opinion.
Gen. Meigs.
While some gentlemen of distinction are desirous
that General Meigs shall take tbs field, it is known
that the Government, appreciating hla eminent qua
lifications for the discharge of the extensive and
very important labors devolved upon him, is not
inclined to transfer him from tho Quartermaster
General’s Department to the performance of other
public duties.
THE WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Floyd’s Retreat from the Kanawha.
The Cincinnati Times of Wednesday says:
We published on Saturday a telegraphic des
patch concerning Floyd’s second retreat from
Western Virginia. By the arrival of the Alien
Collier we hare some details of the retreat, by
which, it seems, that this last run of the old Vir
ginia traitor was the most disgraceful retreat of
the campaign. His forces arc estimated at from
ten to twelve thousand. Our troops were just
ready to attaek him in front nnd rear, when, as at
Carnifex, he gathered up in the darkness of the
night and started on a hurried retreat.
General Benbam’s brigade was then in his rear,
Floyd having about eight hours’ start Benham
started in pursuit, leaving behind everything that
Would prevent the speed of ills troops. IBs bri
gade did some tali walking, the men preferring to
do without rations if they COtlld get n fight.
Floyd anticipated this pursuit, and at once or
dered tho destruction of everything that would re
tard progress. The most of nls wagons and touts
were burned. The road was strewn with broken
camp-kettles, and tin-pans, cups, &c., which had
been perforated with bayonets and then thrown
away. Even some of his cannon were dis
mounted and hft by the road side, His troops
threw away knapsacks, guns, and other articles
which encumbered them. Even bowie-knives,
swords, and pistols were found in abundance on the
road side.
The people along tho road stated that the whole
column secmccl to be intoxicated, and were march
ing in a confused mass, frequently wnntonly de
stroying privato property as they passed along.
After marching about twenty-five miles, Genoral
Benham came upon Floyd’s rear guard, in the vi
cinity of Raleigh Aourt ‘House. It consisted of a
body of cavalry, in command of Colonel Croghan,
who was formerly of the Federal army.
Our advanced skirmishers pitched at them
promptly. The cavalry made a brief stand, and
then took to their keels. One of our skirmishers, a
clerk in the commissary’s department, emptied
the saddle of Colonel Crogban’s horso. Eight of
the rebels were killed ana others woundod. No
aid was sent to the cavalry ; in fact, the attack on
them tlUitd the mam body to shove akoad more
rapidly.
Want of provisions compelled Gen. Benham to giv.
up the pursuit, after this skirmish. After the troops
were rested, the brigade marched back to Gauley.
Oel. Oregban was found by our men mortally
wounded The best care was taken of him, but he
died in about four hours after he was found. It is
said he expressed regret that he had taken up arms
against the Government, and died repentant. His
body was brought bock to Gauley, where it await!
the call of his friends.
Some think that if Gen. Rosecrans had been
more speedy in his movements, he might have
bagged Floyd. He had, however, to contend
against high wntarg and a want of foraging faoili.
ties. Floyd accomplished nothing by nis mareh
into Western Virginia, except to completely demo
ralize his brigade.
From Fortress Monroe.
Baltimore, Hot, 22.—The Aid Point boat has
arrived, but brings no news. The passengers repert
that a flag of truce had arrived from Norfolk with
several women and children, but no information