THE PREBS. PUBLISHED DAILY, (STJKDATS EXCEPTED.) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. THE DAIRY PRESS, Twelve Cents Per “Week, payable to the Carrier. Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six DOLLARS rKuAxxuM, Four Dollars for Eight Months, Three Dollars for Six Months—invariably in advance for UDESHEIMEK,-BERG, LAUBEN TTT7 /'!!*''rfVf'Wffß j J\ HEIMER, and HOCKHEIMEft 'WIjSTEj In case® ■ IJN JJlljU JsljU-nj . o f ono dozen bottles each: warranted pure. Imported . . . u .... n . .. 1 And for sale low by CANTWELL & KEFFSB> south* * Aud every variety of Goods adapted to Military Clotlung* east coruer GEBMANTOWN Avenue and MASTKB : Street. for sale at the lowest prices , BPciMES'Ts equipped a* shobt notice. TIMMERMAN’S DRY CATAWBA KECIMESiTS EQUIPPED A* /j 'WIKB.-Thiß approTcd brand of Cmcimiatt wine, BENJ. E. BERRY, (JLOTH HOUSE, SO SOUTH SECOND STREET. ocs- tf . ARMY FLANNELS. COFFIN, & CO., 116 CHESTNUT STREET, prepared to make contract*) Tot immediate dcliTery, rf WHITE DOMET FLANNELS, AND ALL WOOL INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS, Oovcrtimouf standard. FLANNELS, "PHILADELPHIA. VOL. 5-NO. 96. COMMISSION HOUSES. holes ALE STO ok AT RETAIL. M. Li. HALLO WELD & Co., 333 MARKET STREET, AND 97 NORTH FOURTH STREET, HAVE CONCLUDED TO OFFER AT RETAIL THEIR STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER DREgS GOODS, CONSISTING OF BLACK DBESS SILKS. IN GKKAT VARIETY, SILK VELVETS, BOMBAZINES, TAMISE ALPACAS, &c. TLAIN AND PRINTED MERINOS, MOUSBEHKES, POPLINS. BEPS, VKLOURS, Ac. WOOLLEN TLAIP?, PRINTED FLANNELS, &c ALSO, TIIEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF * SHAWLS, OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS. CLOAKS* MANTLES, &c., EMBROIDERIES, AND L. C. TTPKFS. And will sell by the Single Piece their stock of WHITE GOODS, CONSISTING OF LINENS, MULLS, JACONETS, CAMBRICS* NAINSOOKS, Ac., Ac. ocl4-imvf:2m gLACK CLOTHS FOE CLOAKS AND COATS, FROM SI TO Si PEIi YARD. CASSIMEKES FOR MEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR. COOPER & CONARD, S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets, null -fnnv-lm JptOTHINGHAM & WELLS, 34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA STBEET, OFFER FOR SALE BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS, CANTON FLANNELS, FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS LACONIA, LYMAN, EVEBETT, DWIGHT, LOWELL, CABOT, IPSWICH, CHICOPEE, and HAMPDEN, &ABTLET MILLS. LIKEWISE, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS, CASSIMEKES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS, BLANKETS, AND ARMY GOODS, FROM THE WASHINGTON (LATI BAY BTATI,) AND OTHEB MILLS. ocl-3m SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, No. 119 CHESTNUT STREET, OOH MISSION M BOHA.NTB VOX VHI BALI OV PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. DRUGS AND CIIEMICALS. Robert shoemaker & CO., Northeast Corner FOURTH anil RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. MANUFACTURERS OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, *O. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied ut VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. TUST BECEIVED, per “ Annie Kim ball,” from Liverpool, Hander, Weaver, & Han dor?s preparftlinng: 25 lbs Extract Acoiuti, in 1 9> jars. 25 lbs Extract Hyoacryami, In 1 Jb jars. 60 lbs Extract Belladonna, in 1 ib jars. 100 Ibß Extract Taraxaci, ini Ibjars. 50 Iba Yin Rai Colcliici, in 1 ib bottles. 149 fts Cl, Swwini Re«tn in Ift bottles. 600 lbs Calomel, in 1 lb bottles. 600 fts Pil Hydrarg., in lib jars. WET H I£RILL & BBOTHEB, 47 and 49 North SECOND Street. CABINET FTONITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL \J LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 202 Soath SECOND Street, In eannection with their extensive Cabinet Business am now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the KOOBB & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to b# superior to &U others.' For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu* Bactnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work* au26-6m BOOKING GLASSES. pEMENSfi BEDUCnOIf LOOKING GLASSES. OIL PAINTINGS. ENGBAVINGS, PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. JAMBS S. EARLE & SON, 818 CHESTNUT STBEET, Announce the reduction of 26 per cent, in the prices of the Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses ; also, in Engravings* Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil faint* Ings. The largest and most elegant assortment In the sonntry. A rare opportunity la now offered to make par, in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Price* EARLE’S GALLERIES, Jy9.tr 810 CHESTNUT Street. WINES AND LIQUORS. PURE PORT WINE. HUQUB BO POBTO WINE, BOTTLES IN PORTUGAL IN 1820. „ Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of pure Port Wine can be supplied by inquiring for the above wine at CANTWELL & KEFFBBS, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. TTENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO -1 I prietors, Biaqult, Tricoche & Co., Marett, Pinet, and other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for tale, in bond and from store, by CANTWELL 4 RSFFJBB, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue _ and MASTER Street. STUART’S PAISLEY MALT WHIS KY. Buchanan’s Coal Ha Whisky, Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin, London Cordial Gin, Boblen's Gin, In bond and store. CANTWELL A KEFFEB, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. X.--&PP* the best article out for “.cobblers,” for sale pure, bot tled and in cases, by CA NT WELL A KEFFER, south east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and* MASTER Street se24.Bm DORDEAUX BRANDT.—46 Pacfc- JJ ages J. J. Dupuy Brandy, in bond, for Bala by the sole agents, JAUBETCHE & CARSTAIBS, 202 and 204 Booth FRONT Street. _oc22-tf_ Rochelle brandies.—Peiievoi- Bin, A. Seignette, and Alex. SeignMte, in half-pipes, rinarters and octaves, for sale, in bond, by j AUBETCHB A CARSTAIBS, 202 and 201 South FRONT Street. 0c(22-tf ___ fIOGNAC BRANDY.—Pinet, Castil- L/ Inn, Bisquit, Tricocho, A Co., Sauvln Ainfe, Olan vpt and HpimosßV Brandy, for sale in bond by JAU BKTC&TcABSTAIBS, 202 and 204 South FRONT tiinml. ocK-tf HOTELS. ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, BEOAWAY, NEW YOBK. BOARD REDUCED TO 82 PER DAY. Since the opening of this vast and commodious Hotel, In IBM, it has been the single endeavor of the proprietors to make it the most Bumptuous, s *° provide, and to combine all the olemonts of individual and weial enjoyment which modern art has invented, and modern taste approred; and tho pa tronage which it has commanded during the past six years is a gratifying proof that their ©Aorta have been appre ciated. To meet the exigencies of the times, when all are re< Wired to praetise tha Mosl rigid economy, the under ligned HATH KtDUOKD THX PRIOR OP TWO DOLLARS PER DAY, at the same time abating nono of the luxuries with wiiidh thtir table has hitherto been supplied. TREADWELL. WHITCOMB, & 00. A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED, late of the GIBARD HOUSE, Philadelphia, have (eased, for a term of years, WILLARD’S HOTEL) In Waulijiigton. They take tills occasion to return to their old friends and customers many thanks for past favors, and bog to asauro them that they will be most happy to •ee them in their now quarters. SYKES, CHADWICK, A CO. WASSrafiTOlfi JulT 16.1861. *u237ls MARSHAL’S SALES. MARSHAL’S SALK—BY VIRTUE of A Writ of Sale, by the Hon. John Cadwalader, J mitre of the District Court of the United States, iit and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Admiralty, to me directed, will be sold,'at Public Sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at CALLOWIULL-STREET WHARF, on TUESDAY, December 3d, 1861, at 12 A'cWh M„ the six-eighths part of the schooner FAIB WIND, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, being the interest of BENJAMIN BRAGG ,V, JOSEPH ROBIN fSON GEORGE H. BROWN 2*B, residents and in habitants of the Slate of North Carolina. WILLIAM MU.I.WARD, v. fs Marshal, T„ Tf, of reDnsylVftnift. Pirti.Aoi:i.riiiA, November 19,1861. no2o-6t ■jV/rARSHAL’SSALE.—BY VIRTUE JLIIL of a Writ of Sale, by the Hon. John Jud>;e of District Court of tne united states, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Admiralty, to me directed, 'will be Bold, at Public Sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at MEAD-ALLEY WHARF, on WEDNESDAY, December 4th. 1861* at 12 o’clock M., the Schooner HARRIET RYAN; hop tackle, and furniture, and the cargo laden on board, consisting of 13 hogsheads MOLASSES, 2,400 bushels SALT, 1 barrel SUGAR, and 2 puncheons RUM. May be examined on the morring of sale. WILLIAM MILLWARP, IJi Si Marshal, E. D. of Pimn’u. Philadelphia, November 21,1861. nr>22-6t LEGAL. ORPHANS’ COURT SALE OF KFAT. ESTATE. By order of the Orphans’ Court of Bucks couuty, will be sold at public sale, on TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 1861, on the premises, in BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, Bucks couuty, that very pretty FARM of BENJAMIN BALL, de ceased, containing 65 acres and 105 perches ofland, beau tifully situated on tbo Bristol and Newportvillo road, Q miles from Bristol, 134 miles from Schenck’s Station, on the Phila. and Trenton Railroad, and within 200 yard? of the Noshauiiuy creek; adjoining lands of estate of Law rence Johnson, dec’d, Edmund Grundy, Edward Baker, and others. The improvements are a good and substantial Frame Dwelling 2J£ stories high, with a veranda along flic front 62 feet; a Frame Bam, stone stable high; Hay house, Wagon houses, Chicken houses Ac., all of which are nearly new) Pump at the house and at tho burn: a stream of water passes through the Farm; a nice Orchard, just come to bearing, with other fruit; large Lawn in front of botisp; well filled with oluiloe shad* and ornamental Ire*-?. The location, fertility of soil, improvements. Ac., make tho above Farm one of tho most desirable to oe had. Sale* sit 2 o'clock P. M. C. N. TAYf.Olt, Adm’r. Bristol Township* Nov. 1,1861. no2l«thsm3t3t WHEREAS WILLIAM T. BLACK ? f MAN, of tho Nineteenth ward, did, on the 16th day of September, A. D. 1861, make and execute a General Assignment of all his estate, real and personal, to the undersigned. in trust for the benefit of creditors, all persons indebted to the said assignor will makg pay hi*iit to JOHN CLARK, Northwest corner of SECOND and GRF.EN Sts. Or, to his Attorney, JOHN GOFORTH, oclfi-wfmlSt# 115 South FIFTH Street. "NTOTICE —To the heirs and legal JJ X riwwaMttfttlvo* o? LEWIS .1 »md ca th ,\- KINK JUNKS, late of the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia, to be and appear at a Court of Com mon Pleas, to be hold at Philadelphia on SATURDAY', the 7th day December next, to allow cause, il* any they have, why a certain indenture of mortgage, given by Nathan Jones to the said Catharine Jones and her sister Aim Jones for $6,000, dated the 2d day of August, 1813, and recorded in Mortgage-Book J G, No. 11, page 667, should not be satisfied. By order of the said court: no4-in4t WM. If* KKUNi Sheriff. Lewis f oheerer ts . mary SGHKEEEIt, C. P. No. 19, June Term, 1861, Dl vorco a vinculo matrimonii. Mapam, Take notice of Utile for Divorce, returnable Ewturdw, November 30,1861, »t 10 o'clock A. M. G. BEMAK, Atfc’y for Libellant. nolB-mtl» 41* COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. "\rOTICE.— The interest of CHAIi LES Xl A. SM ITH in the Firm of BILLINGS, HOOP, & CO.; has this day ceased, by the sale of the same to the other Partners- The remaining Partners are alone au thorised to settle the business and to use the nmne of the firm. JAMES M. BILLINGS, SAMUEL W. ROUP, SAMUEL W. ROOP, Exec’r of V. F. Washington, dec'd, C. A. SMITH, 21, B. KIBBE. PITIf.PIIIA, Nuv. ft, 1001 ■VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, JJI tliat the Partnership lately subsisting- between the undersianed, under the liviu of CANTWELL Sc KEt'l'Kli, war dissolved on the Seventh day of Novem- Ler, A. I>. lilGl, by nuiluftl consent. AH debid owing io the said partnership are 10 be received by the said JAMES It. CANTWELL and JOHN C. KEFFKR, trading as CANTWELL & KEFFEB, and all demands on the said partuersliip are to be presented to them for payment. WILLIAM C. PATTERSON, JAMES R. CANTWELL, novll-imvAllBl JOHN Ch KJSFFBR, -\r OTT C E IS HEREBY GIVEN, J_N that the Partnership lately existing between M. L. and JOHN SHOEMAKER, im sailing under its country’s flag, violated the rights ftf Shib&d&y, for the roost jpart held sacred even amongst barbarians, by seizing our ministers whilst they were under the protection and within the dominions of a neutral nation. u These gentlemen were as much under the ju. risdietion 6t tlid British Government upon that ship and beneath its flag as if they had been on its soil; and a claim on the part of the United States to seize them in the streets of London would have been as well founded as that to apprehend them where they were taken. ' “ Had they been malefactors, or citizens even of the United States, they could not have been ar rested on a British ship or on British soil, unless under the express provisions of a treaty, and ac £6F«lixig to ILc forms therein provided for the extra dition of criminals.’* Uuviß speaks of Faulknor as having been per fidiously' arrested, aud says; “In conducting this war we have sought i)9 aid and proposed no alii, ances, oflensive or defensive, abroad. IVo have asked for a recognized place in the great family of nations; but in so doing wo have demanded no thing for which we did not offer a fair equivalent. “ The advantages of intercourse are mutual among nations, and in seeking to establish diplomatic re lations we were only endeavoring to place this in tercourse under the regulations of law. “-Perhaps wo had the right, if we had chosen to exercise it, to ask to fcaoir whether the principle that Mot-hades, to be binding, must bo effectual, so solemnly announced by the great Powers of Europe at Paris, is to be generally enforced, or applied only to particular parties.” Davis soys h? h|lg '■ caused the evidence to bo col lected which proves completely the utter ineffi ciency of the proclaimed blockade of the Southern coast, and ahull direct it to be laid before such Go vernments as shall afford the means of being heard. f «• But. although we should he benefited (lls wn* imuos) by the enforcement of thirl Jaw, SO solemnly declared by the great Powers of Europe, we are not dependent on that enforcement for the success ful prosecution of the war. •‘ As long as hostilities continue, the Confederate StataS will fiJillibit h. Steadily capacity to furnish tfceir troops with food, clothing, and arms. 4; lf they should be forced to forego many of the luxuries, and some of the comforts of life, they will at least have the consolation of knowing tbflt they «rc thus daily becoming more and more indepen dent of the rest of the world. ? ‘ The message concludes as follows: “ While the war; which is waged to take from us the right of self-government, can attain that end. It re mains to be seen how far it may work a revolution in the industrial system of tne world, which may carry suffering to other lands 03 well as our own. ;; In the meantime, wc shall continue this strug gle, in humble dependence upon Providence, from whose fcurcMog scrutiny wc cuuaot uonccul the secrets of our hearts, ami to whose rule wc confi dently submit our destinies. For the rest wo shall depend upon ourselves. { * Liberty is always won where there exists tho unconquerable will'to l? 9 and WC have reason to know the strength that is given by a conscious sense not only of the magnitude, but of the righteousness, of our cause. 1 ' Comments of the Southern Tress, &c. Tho Richmond Whig, in commenting on the message of l)avis, says: tl AVe are two people from this time forward. UVe are aware that the Yankees are determined not to quit us, happen what may. If they cannot conquer us, their calculation is that they will be eonqyercd by ug, and they have made up their minds to submit tamely to their fate. Well., if we must, we must, though wc shall have a great aversion to the task. Our choice is, that, after drubbing them soundly, nnd nmkiug them pny the expenses of the war, Jura them loOfC upon them selves, a prey to their own vile passions.” The lticbmomd papers of Wednesday contain despatches from the Confederate army, the sub stance of which is as follows : The small-pox, u violent type of typhoid fever, and the black measles, were prevailing among the Confederate troops. Near Bowling Green. Kentucky, large numbers were daily dying. Gen. Floyd'inriuy had Men back four miles south of Raleigh C. H., and the Federal troops had been largely reinforced. General Lee's command has retired to Meadow Bluff. The Confederate reports two killed and several captured, in a skirmish during the poet ~-eek la Western Virginia. The ronds are in bad condition, making it difficult to obtain supplies. A despatch from Munassas, in relation to the skir mish scar Palls Church, within the past week, ac knowledges two killed and three wounded. They claim to have killed five Federals, and taken ten prisoners. The Richmond Whig announces the death of John N. Hughes, a delegate to the State Conven tion from Randolph. He was wounded la the battle of Rich Mountain. The Richmond lCmminer. of Wednesday*, con firms the report that the rebel Colonel Croghnn was killed in the recent engagement between Floyd and Rosecrans. A despatch from Charleston, dated November 17, says: “ The unexpected failure of our short batteries at Bay Point and Hilton Head to demolish at least one of the attacking has sadly shaken the popular confidence in the efficiency of our guns against the monster frigates and iron-clad gun boats which they may have again to encounter; and so alarmed are many of the sordid sonts that infest all Southern cities, that the effect may already be seen in the lengthening of the freight trains which leave almost hourly for the interior.” In Savannah the panic is even more general and decided, whole neighborhoods having been sud denly deserted by the exodus of the wires and children of those who are in arms at Port Pulaski and the batteries on the Savannah river. Coast uetences. The Augusta Constitutionalist, of the 7th inst., says that we have upon the coast of South Carolina ten or twelve thousand troops, and on that of Geor gia tight or ten thousand m the Confederate ser vice, to repel the invaders. Besides these, Gover nor Brown holds in reserve seven thousand troops raised by himself for such an emergency os is now presented. In addition to these, reinforcements are pouring down to the coast. It is to be hoped the thtlhy will attempt to march to the Interior. The Legislature of Alabama has appropriated one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the con struction of a steam-ram for the defence of Mobile Bay. No More Troops from Mississippi. The Jackson correspondent of the Vicksburg &«« says he has seen a letter from General Johnston to Governor F6ttus, declining to receive more troops under the late requisition, having already more soldiers than he can dispose of. The Governor is requested to disband all companies organized under said requisition, unless they go annul and equipped for the wur The Sun says that the volunteers who had been recently mustered into the service at that city were very indignant at being disbanded, and their officers had left for Jackson to lay their case before Governor Pettus.— Memphis ApjieaL THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. The Battle at PUceton—A Soldier's Expe- lienee in hie First Hattie. The following lively description of the late battle at Piketon, Kentucky, was furnished to the Cin cinnati Press by a gentleman who received it from a brother who was one of the participants in the fight. Though not written in the form of journal istic correspondence, we prefer to publish it as we reeeire it. It cannot fail to be read with interest: Camp “ Hopeless Chase,'’ Pikesville, Pike County, Ky., Nov. 11,1861. I take the first opportunity of writing to you that I hAve had since I sent my last to you. I havo been in an engagement, have heard the cold lead balls fly past my ears; I have seen men struck dead by my side by those same bolls, and yet, by the good ness of God, have escaped unhurt. Let mo now give you a full description of'the fight. IVe marched from Salyersville the day after I wrote my last, and, after marching one whole day and a half, we arrived at Prestonburg, fording the Big Sandy about amile from town. We staid there two days, and then received orders to march to thispia??, We were to start at 12 M,, everything being got ready, os it was to be a forced march. Norriß and myself got our horses ready, brought them into the yard, and hitched them dp ready, but near nightfall news came that we would not go till the next day. “ Oh, how glad wo were that we could have a little sleep.” W? went to hod, leaving everything ready for the march, as we did not know what might take place, or what might in fluence Gen. Nelson. It was well enough that we did so, for at 4 o’clock in the morning there came a rap at our door! “Who comes there?” shouted Major Mc- Cook. Cot. liarrisand Adjutant Yandegrit't Imme diately got up and opened the door. “You must all be ready to march in twenty minutes.” So up we all sprung, and then began the hurrying. I kept coo), and soon had everything ready. In less than half an hour the whole brigade, over two thousand strong, was ready to move. The Ken tucky regiment in the advance. Then came the “Bully Second,” and the remainder of the force bringing up the rear. We took three days’ rations, expecting to be back in that time. On we marched, and after having past four or fire miles of our distance, den. Nelson sent ordors to throw oat our “ flankers,” and now came the Second’s turn.. Out went two of our companies, and they scoured the woods and mountains, climb ing, creeping, jumping and leaping through the un derbrush ; over logs, stems of trees, over rocks, and over rills, more like squirrels than men; now,- you could see them through the foliage, as they, half walked, half crept, half ran. After two hours? duty the skirmishers were withdrawn, and on we went, as brisk as larks on our march. We made. a shert hot about eight o'clock A, M,. to givetho. men breakfast: after which wc took up our marehr ing again. As wo were marching throu^,some, open woods our scouts caught sight of some thirty or forty cavalry. They fired, and it waxreturnea by us. Just then our cannon came up and. opened on them . After three or four rounds..j|ist as. we were getting their range, they dispersed. After examining their position, wo found that no. barm had been done on either side. Now the battle Still on we marched, and at übouti 2 I’, M. the Kentucky regiment being in the advance, the Second next to them—and now to. the details. fill were marching along a road cut Ipto-the solid rock, on ono side a steep bank, sev«uty-fivo fOet high, and on the other side a perpendicular rock from twenty to forty-five feet high,, above which the hill run up about nine hundred or one thousand feet, very steep. Tlio rebels were po&cfl on ft kind o£‘ embankment, and had strengthened it by piling, rocks in the front. They were about soventyJtaS or eighty yards from the road, and when the Ken tucky regimonls came in a good view they let. fliy a volley, killing four and wounding oloveu.. They were thrown into confusion, when our men, the Second, came np; and now oommeuccd th,° tight in earnest, our men firing up at them, and they firing down at us; their halls rattled about oui- men’s ears thick and fast. Now our artillery came up and opened fire; they throw a few shells into the woods and on the first ridge, hut wo did not yet know just where they were, and we shot over thorn. 'At (hi? period of the fight n company o? xcVU TWO CENTS. who had succeeded in getting on the other side, got position in n cornfield, and commenced dropping their balls about us, in rather too Close a proximity ! for our well-being. Now our men turned in jin right good earnest. Colonel Harris coming ! up, he sent fire companies up the hill. Up, up they went, firing and loading ns they climbed. lie rebels soon gave out, and retirod to the first ridge, bat they were soon com pelled to flee from that also, and retired further up, to the second ridge, and as our men reached them, they tied in hopeless confusion, 'l'he rebels boring their position in it cornfield, trero treated, respectfully, with a few shells and a couple of vol leys or so of bullets, when they also fled, leaving the field in our complete possession. Our brigade less is thirteen killed and mortally wounded, and about thirtY-fivc wounded slightly and otherwise. You trill perceive it was quite a battle, (although ttio loss was not so very groat,) and we ull think so. Wo have found fifteen of the rebels killed, and some twenty-fire wounded ; so, as far as v;e /. non’. the loss ie about equal ifi numbers. Wc do not know for certain what their logs was. I only speak froin what we do know. Our loss was not from their bravery, but from their wonderfully strong natural position ; and the surprise ia that our loss was not grantor, especially when we examine the plflh of the ground. On equal ground, where would they have been ? Annihilated ! As it is, we call it a great victory. All hail to the glorious Stars and Stripes ! Long may they wave, and be the ensign to lead us on to victory,‘a&d peace, and happiness. And now for my share in the battle I was riding along somewhat carelessly, when crack! crack! crack ! went their rifles, and down fell our men. CrflGlc! oraok ! oraok [ tlvoy i&hie. Oil' I lumped from my horse, when along came tho Major, and gave me his horse to hold; but I soon hitched them both to a tree down by the river, and sprung again up the bank, when whir.! went a bullet past Biy ffice»about three inobei from made mo draw my head back in a hurry, I can Assure you. I looked up the hill, hut .could see no oneibr the stnoke, which was plenty, so I levelled in the fttrec*- tion of the enemy and fired—loaded again and fired. Igot my rifo ft readiness again, Ah! that ball wae pretty close, Here comes another—bus. buz—(you e n hear their whiz for fully a hundred yards as they come) —get out of the way. But where is it to go to ? Whew ! that was close. But, great God ! it has gone through a imm's shoulder within a few yards of me! lie falls ’—some of his comrades pick him up. Now a horseman comes past in a burry. He is right opposite me—when whiz, crack ! a ball strikes his horsa in the foreshoulder. Off tumbles the man ‘ down falls the horse stiffened out and dead. If the bullet hud gone through the animal, it would doubt less have struck me. Here come a dozen or moro. How they whiz as they go past I 4i Loud and fire!’* and fire I J is the order —and load and fire it is. My notice was especially drawn to a very fine-looking man, who stood close to me. and he truly acted like a hero —loading and firingjust as if he was on pa* retdr. when whiz ! whiz ! comes a bullet. M3' God ! how closet It almost gtuuned me! When I l&oked toward my soldier, I saw his comrades lifting him up. He was shot through tho breast, he died in less than half an hour. Oh! the horrors of war! Vengeance on the heads of those who initiate it. I directed 1113- attention up the hiil; a little puff oF smoke was dying away. **Boy.?, ?J says Ito the .-quad of his fellows, <{ you see that smoke: aim for it. a rebel sin its rear.” I raised my Enfield and glanced through its sights, when I for a moment caught sight of a man through the bushes and smoke there. Ornofe \ wont nur guns, asd all was over. It e crossed to the place afterward and found tho man”.- body. He had four out of twelve musket ball.*, and one Enfield rifle ball—mine, as mine was the only rifle hall fired. They all went through him: cither of which would kav* killed him— mine through his breast. Thank God ! 1 had done my duty for the poor fellow who fell beside me. Now the firing grew so I went up the road and found Henry, and we, with John llow, second lieutenant of company A; with some forty skirmish ers, took a little rtconnoissanco up the creek, (Joy Creek.) We caught sight of six or seven'rebel? running' up a hill; we levelled ourpieces, butthey got behind the trees and out of sight, and nltbough wo fired, we were not certain we killed, although hHU« have hit somebody, as we found blood. As I ran along to get a shot, I picked up a revolver and a double-barreled shot gun. The revolver will do me service, as I was lacking one. We now returned to the battle-field, and I counted eight corpses in on? hundred and fifty yards, and twelve wounded, mi of me Kentucky regiment. The loss of the Second was two killed and thirteen wounded; and so it was, as I said before, a considerable battle. X find that the rebels bad only one hundred and fifty men well armed with Minio rifles, the re inainder with squirrel rifles, shot guns, Ac. We kDow that they lost 10 killed and 28 wounded. Their number killed, we know, too, was much larger than ours, which is owing to our superior weapons that shatter terribly with their balls Our entire loss in the brigade was 51 killed, o mortally wounded, and 3t not seriously. Allowance must be made for us not making a greater destruction of the rebels', to the position of their ground, which gave a decided advantage in a battle of this kind. If they bnd had effective weapons, the los® would have been terrible on the part of the Kentucky regiment, and also pretty considerable in ours. If our positions bad been changed, we could have wiped them out of existence. We mnrehed, after the battle, about three miles and encamped. The next morning we started early, in the midst of a terrible rain, which con tinued all day. It was one of tho heaviest falls of rain I ever saw, and I had a most disagreeable ride) and, to odd to the discomfort, the Secesh had cut down some thirty trees across the road, and'wc had to move them before we could proceed. It de layed us a long time. We came across twrrbarrcls of applebrandy, which Major McCook-stove in for fear they were poisoned. (.Wo are aim?;! Certain they were, as the rebels tout been inquiring.for arsenic along the road; so we had- 1 »• pretty sure thing on them.) When we encamped at night we wt-re-ull wet through to fne xrwas~completely saturated: but, for all that, slept well;.and do not feel any inconvenience fr?ui jt; indeed,,! feel in. Tery good health, saving a- tftffle cold. When we arrived here, we found l that the de tachment that had started; the afternoon before us had had a little skirmish, killing sis and-wounding, two of the rebels, without any loss-.iv-hi.tover on our side. W> expect t? follow them, in a.dav or two. when our baggage comes from Ptestonburg, and it' we overtake them, I assure you we shall give them, fire and death. From Crab- Orchard? We learn that Gen. Schoepfs- brigade has re ceived orders to march from Crab. Orchard toward Columbia, on the road to Bowling Green, and that they intend to start on the Mth, and, more' leisurely, keeping in condition for attack, at any moment. There is a strong desire throughout the brigade to have an Ohio brigadier in. place of Seboepf. This does not arise from any particular-lack of Confidence in the present commander., who.is represented as competent, but the soldiers-wouldigenerally prefer, a native of this State. More Plain Talk ficomi a, Kentucky. Fapep. The Frankfort Coinmotiwcatiftimys The rebels have two full rogimants of negroes in Louisiana.. They have throe or four regiments of. Indians in the field, armed-with tomahawks and, scalping knives, in addition to-the ordinary wca. pon of warfare, They hare a,battalion of Nash*- Tille State prison convicts- in the field, (the Ball Pups.) commanded by. a beast timt served tea years in our penitentiary,.(Red Bill.) What do these professed Union men, who are so. shocked about the contingency hinted at by John Cochrane, say to these facte-?: They approve them,, of course. The Confederates can do nothing wrong. If they violate tho-Cbaetitution, the rutea of decency, and the l&wa-of; civilized warfare, jt is ■ all right, because they, have no. Constitution, no. de cency, and no civilization. But the Government. must adhere strictly to-the Constitution, and fhsow its protecting arm around tbo traitors Who arfctry ing to destroy it, Out upon such hjstaoritieal cant, say A. straightout, open, and- avowed rebel is infinitely, above such Union men. Kentucky,’s- Qjioia Furnisliecit Kentucky has n?w furnished to the Gfisenunant her full quota ofithe half million of men called, for the national defence, and proposes to, .raise as many more for State seruioe until the rebel armies. are driven from hor soil. THE WM IN MISSOURI, The- Advance of the Rebels. lioi.i.A. Ma.. Noy. 23. —General McCuUoch, .with., a large fosoe of. rob Bis. is now ?BCfi©ped .between,. Springfield and. Lebanon. IBs pickets’.extended, last night over a space of fifteen exiles this side- s£ Lebanon. This-intriligence is reliable. It was- rumored, in camp last night that tband. vsince a! the-rebel army, eight hundred, stating, was at the Gasconade river, ahnirt tliii'tcor'.uailes. west of here,but the report is nafc credited. fK.ViSAS Ciav, Mo., No. 2£.—The drjfrgoods store of. J.. N.. P. Shannon was. broken, into and robbed, last evening by some twenty, or, lh£r)y m?«, in soldier,’s-daess, and armed, with revolvers ami. sabres. The windows and. show-cases were coui,' plotaly. demolished, and son* £5,01)0 wojihof.goods. serried, off.. Sewfilial drinking saloons wore demolished, lust, night an j to-day by ordor of the presost marshal, the proprietors violated thft.proclamation, forbidd&ig the sale of liquors to soldiers. Gea.Halleck at St. Louis—Tlie Cln*m,a L'tyuniittee. Tie St. Louis correspondent .f, the New, VjorJt Sen. Halleck hs>4,established hi? headqnart.ess.ai; Use former office of, Gen. MoK4>str.y. on fliamnar flf Fourth stroot and Washington av.ctno—a iaet which, it is hoped, will not ber.egardedas-eYuUhce of corruption, a'.vm though is n.CaljfoimiiMV. His staff is not yet. announced. Hois visited, by a large number of local sages, wfip. explain, to kau the proper police of the war, not only here all tho other dspartmonts; txall of whom hh proves that ho is.q,good listened. He is a plated unpre tending.. stoutly-built gentleman, appesiontly of about fifty, with a large, noticeable hcaii. He ap pears in civilian's drt3B,. seems to. be. acquainting himself, rapidly with the condition of the depart ment,, end impresses strangers us a wan of dear, sound judgment. It is reported that.he called upon Hon. Fremont yostetday morniu". The Claim Commission, consisting of tha Horn Joseph liolt. Judge Davis, of Indiana, and ,r U( w Campbell of this city, is in session daily. • Saouipl filovcr. Esq.. of St. Louis, IS the attorney fot the Government, The whole number of claims amount to nearly twelve hundred, and the members of the commission see that they haTC undertaken, a long and arduous task. lam informed that they find tlio indebtedness of the Government bure. about six million dollar-—much Icsb than has Lw* aitogvd — and tbkt* vv hdc there has boon soma axtravanant expenditure of money, they fail, „ 8 yo t, to detect 9vy fraud or corruption. Thqt'tho expenditures have been liberal there is r,o doubt; whatever is done rapidly cannot alwav - he done economically. This statement of their Progress is based only upon current-ref tins; their oclion. ill lino time, will bo unille public. THE WAR PRESS. The WAS! PiseSS will lie sent to Qul’ftCi'UlCfS 1)1 ■nail (per Annum in advance) ot £2.00 Tlii-iv- Coplf*-* “ ** 5,00 Fivp “ “ “ 8.00 Tfn “ “ ......it......12*00 Larger (.lulu will !»e charger! ot the Kiune rate, thus : £0 copies will cost S'-U ; 60 copin will cost $00 ; and 100 copies 8120. For a Club of Tu ~M or ~v,.r , >v ,it eeirl an Extra Copy to the grtter-np of the Club. SCf Postmaster, are reiiuested to act no Agent, for Tits' War Press. Serenade to Col. F. P. Blair, The St. Louis Evening iYcw-v says Tho friends of Col. V. P. Blair treated that gen tteman to a serenade, oo a recent occasion, as a mark of their esteem, and as a welcome to him oa bis return from Washington. Colonel Blair wn, stopping at the residence of Benji)tgiH Farrar, on Foui-th street, between Blj» and Myrtle; and thither tho main crowd, bearing transparencies, and preceded by Boehm’s fine brass band, repaired about half past nine o’clock—it number of Colonel Blair’s personal friends having previously in this hbrarv of the dwelling tO gTCCt bitlß Tllo large crowd having halted around the door and in the street, the band played "The Star-spangled Banner, 1 _ with great spirit and beauty, after which loud calls for Blnir tfsr ? jnnds, (Jtrlonol Blair made his appearance on tho stop?, when Colonel Fletcher, in a few words, tendered him the welcome of the crowd on his return to the citv. In rente Colonel Blair said: J 1 r ' I thimk you most heartily and sincerely, my friends, for this compliment, mid assure you that I value it highly. Ido not feel that I have done anything to deserve such a marked expression of your favor and regard. I have not done much to advance the cause of tho Union in ivhiah we are &&- gaged ; but I can, and do claim, all the merit that a cordial enlistment in that cause, find im ardent support of it may entitle me to. I have never, for one moment, doubted the success of that cause. £ have never, like some gonUimnm. allowed myself to despnir of the safety of the Republic and the tri umph of the Union; and I never will despair of them because some individual happens to be disap pointed. The safely of the country does not de pend upon any one man. One man canned save It. nor can one man subvert it. It rests upon the peo ple, and I mu firmly convinced that they can and will uphold it. I presume, my friends, that this compliment has some refcicnije (? recent events in this oitv, in which I took an active part On that subject I will say that I have no regrets to express, and no apologies to.make; J had hone to make in the pre- TetfCcwf wraMd. nOwar, ud in hood.: and whatever might have been the iSueof‘(fic’'aKsh- | wo.4l»CTaA.nr force could have wrung from ins an apology or con cession. What I did I did from a sincere desire to serve God and my country, and I believe I faith fully served both. I have the satisfaction of know ing that the Administration Approved my conduct, ami I am convinced the nation will approvo it also. As'to the newspapers in this city, in tho pay of the Quartermaster's Department,' that have been hounding after me, I have but little to say. If the P,nn'ltUm< is a Union paper, as it professes to be. it is due to the fact that one of its proprietors was arrested at Camp Jackson, and made to take the oalh of allegiance ; and if there is any merit in its conversion to Unionism, I am entitled to a share of the credit. And if the proprietor of the pcjnihUctlll, captured nt Camp Jackson, should again become disloyal, it will be owing to bis release from bis oath by a late stipulation for the exchange of the Camp Jackson prisoners for the brave men of Mul ligan s Brigade. As to the Democrat I hardly give it a thought. It told so many lies in my favor, in the past, that I suppose it is trying now to get even, by telling as many against me. But Ido not believe it will live long enough to bnlanco tho account. But. gentle men. I will not prolong my remarks, but again thunk you for your kinditeia, had bid you adieu. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. l etter from tieorge Francis Tram about the Operations of the Rebels in Kngland. No. IS St. James street, -Luxno.v, Not.'.*. LSOI. To ilte RUtu, of the ISm-e- 1 *ord- JScrctld : When steamships owned by Englishmen, loaded by Englishmen. despatched by Knglishmcn, man ned by Englishmen, continue to leave English ports, under English colors, under the Very eyes of the American legation and the English foreign of fice, full of goods contraband of war. in aid of those in open rebellion against the Federal Government; when Lord Palmerston replies to Mr. .Adams, “Fes, we know if —catch them if you Ganwhen it becomes generally known that the English army is Secession, the English navy is Secession, the English church is Secession, the English Parliament is Secession, the English aristocracy is Secession the English mercantile marine and the- English bankers are Secession, as you may &fiy day see by reading the Secession articles in the English Seces sion daily, weekly, and monthly press—l say, when you see the entire drus-circle of England is Secession to the back bone, it is time to declare, from personal observation, that the English, pit is sound, and goes for the Union to the last. The boxes breathe hostility, but the galleries are true to the Union cause. War between England and America is absurd, simply because when the war cabinet doolftfel war the peace people will demand peace. The people of England will net fight the-people of America; but the leaders are doing their best to egg them on to bloodshed. Thfe driver of the stage coach can place all the passengers in the river if J)f cheeses. But the Premier fears that he cannot jump off in time to save his own neck. English' politics are in a rotten state—nobody knows- anybody;. German polities are equally mixed ; French politics are muddyßussian politics are rather hazy, while American politics are divided- into- the party of traitors and the party of patriots. There are more of the former in-Europe than the latter, 1 regret to say.. Secession seems fashionable with many of our merchants and- bankers abroad, They think it foe their interest, te be neutral, as they call it. I consider neutrality the basest kind of treaohery. An open enemy is preferable to a neutral friend. The highwayman who demands yonr money or your life in open road ie nobler than the scamp who fires at you- from; bebiodiai tree 'and; robs you afterwards. ■ England's neutral position, is- contemptible. I have seen one, two, three vessels load, under my very ira with cannon, riflee, shoes, and. blankets for the Southern conspirators. Tessier took in tigltsts large .iilcj guns, two one hundred and twenty pound Whitworths, 7,509 • Enfield, 18,000 Belgian rifles, 90,000• pairs of shoes, and 90,000 overcoats-in the Bermuda, The gnll left the Scottish shore a fortnight since with a duplicate cargo. The XV, TEVfMew, lam glad, to see. hag been sunk. off. Glt&vl&toa- One or two other vessels are now due at tho pirate.rendezvous; but this letter, made public through your columns, is to make sure and stop the Gladiator, eighty horse power, 600 tons ; , steams- nine and a half knots; old Lisbon screw steam, packet; sold by Bake, Adam,.* Co.;..loaded,by “Private Joint btov-k Company** (unlimited) off* English fttld Southern Secessionists, with 500«c«sb3 rifles, cannon, shoes, blankets, provisions, and a.large quantity of gsnpowder, which oh* took. in.feat'night at Eritfa, fc&e clears to-day for Teneriffe and Nassau. J, have given all these particulars to A. B. Mar ahand, Esq.. Commander United-States war steam* • ship. James Adger, just arrived at Southampton via. Queenstown and Ealmouth, one. htandred and sixty three men and nine guns, who js.-fully alive to cap turiDg this English pirate—estimated value of ' Cargo iGO.Oilfir-having on bcnid the requisite’ for, an army of. 2>,0€0. men. The. chief men in the company arc reported to,,ha Sahel (passenger .and . ship broker, Liverpool),. Oapt. fiV. D. Hughes. (Southerner),Jlrielard, (Charleston firm of Frazer, Newholm, .<& Co., Liverpool!,) Bake, Adam. & Co. (purchasers and despatchers-of the Steamer), and , Isaac Campbell, & Co. (array outfitters, Garmyn street, (London.). The. business is done in shares, and is so profitable that if two ships are taken„the Bermuda's profit will cover, the loss of the others. Capt. Bird will go. in command, Hnrrop as mate, Hughes ss.-supercargo.;. halos and cases marked. “ fit. U. iL,” in a triangle beneath, If y(Kir gimboatj get this information on the arri val of this.-mail, thoy .can, in case she escapes the James Alger, catch her at Nassau'. They will, no doubt, discharge,into,sehftiaaers, there not wishing so mazvy.eggain one,basket. She will be twenty days. in getting.out—nmple.time,to catch her, Th3.foregoing facia majihe relied BjW6, ,u» far ns possible. A detective,watches all their movements, and. these, pirate merchants may possibly find out thst they-ate watched, and all their plane known by .- some of the loyal Ameri<»n3 in England.. England permits.. tbco§ ships to leave; vet lost -iosehu yon lemsmina, the British Government, seized the cargoes-of arms despatched from jtaly. to. the Dardanelles, efien before she knew .or, yet knows any thair projected de tinatiuu; but when tho. njjtfntiQUp Of War are again -t.the govern ment nt fiYafihjflgtca, Lord John Russell incites t), Itaymnn, afiLj.vofi»»l, that they must take upon, themselves all the risk of the hazardous, enterprise. Free fag epxera free goods; bqj;,rifles, cannon,, and gunppwzler ace not free goods when bound to, the American, coeat, where war is -aging against the govuriijacnt. England,,reocjgnlzcs tho United .States.Govern*, ment, awl,is boind to givo moral, if, not physical,. suppmt, to oil 1 '; legation Is England ambitious to. be the. fit ting-out shop of all the'filjbustering na-. tion v (jf i the vorld ’ Such only prolongs, the cpnteat, zetards the arrival of cotton— post*. potfi&S hircUvd of reclprccal commerce. C Heard, vaJnsed war supplies in his steamers fur, the Nwth.;.so did Inman ; iutt here, in ,upqn nAtpsJoariiSor the South, in eight of Itqwaieg strecL. In. the, middle of the Thames- liJ these, things go on. so untduviingly, low long, pray, wjll, it bfi WffißS EnglWMitnd America williajd tothe horror, of the contest, by a hand-in-hand engagement between thcinsalves? Cotton rttlly agpgiirs-to .he king. HrigJwil blows, hot and dlpws euld, always.taking the weakest aide, simply tq bring down tlta strong csk.. I, learn tbvf tile Svaesßiouista .arc ncgqtiiAhig for ttvri I ,; iijay/h and tons ouch. 800 biase.powiar, Mnrahag teak, tfcpc-dcolwss; steam eleven to. fourteen knots; VipuUl cost to build, SI,200,009; price asked for, ,-;SP,OQC|, They are Bast India men-uS w.»r, and ypy,crucian* asks bonds for $980,000 tbsit‘ they sbajj, not go, to America. What does this mean, ?. Government-bus also lately sold, or offered to..sell. ninq. condemned sloops-of war, such os the Qanjsj\„i, tu,a,party who is sail*, to have sold them, to tho fjoullMftU, Davy Depart ment. The 3V«Mff,l