TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 18G1 EXTRACT FROM THE EAST SPEECH OF STEPH£N A* DOUGLAS.—(i The conspiracy to break up the Union is a fact now known to nil. Armies u& u*ai levied *o accomplish it* There can be but two sides to the controversy* Every man must be on the aide of the United Statps or against it* There can bo no noutv&is in this war* There can he Hone but patriots and traitors.** TOE LATEST WAR NEWS. Tile fnlsehiKHls of the infamous message of iTeffer son Davis are so palpable that the document bears an ample refutation of its statements on its face. It is said the rebel Congress have tg remove their seat of government from Richmond to Xashville. Rut it is questionable whether they will find the latter city a much safer pluco of re treat than the former. Both are, to some extenti threatened by our army, and will sooner or later be captured. The rebels have been congratulating themselves upon the gf tbrirelmmetefg wiw'ue for in veigling the Indians of tho Southwest into thoir conspiracy. Rut it seems that a portion of tho In dians are now ravaging their frontiors, and acting as thoir deadly enemies. The Houston (Texas) Ti'hgraph fins! *« The last mail from the frontier brings us the fol lowing letter. Wr have received other accounts of Indian forays, which lead us to believe tlintPikos great Indian trrnty is an unmitigated humbug. Thu Indians are becoming as troublesome this fall us ever, and at least two regiments of rangers will be required to protect the frontier this winter. Wo that, since war is our hiwinns.« nt prasunt. tho »var will be carried on 1 knife to the hilt 7 against all our encmit .'. Nothing but the extermination of the Indians will ever save our frontier settlements. Here is the loiter: " 4 October £l, 1 SOI. —A terrible con flict occurred in Hamilton county, about forty miles above this place, about twilight on Saturday even ing last. between a scout of seven or eight citizens and a party of Indians, twelve g? thirteen ill num ber. Thcfcouthnd stopped for the night, when "Witcber, who had rode some distance from camp, was discovered by the Indians, who at once gave chase, and pursued him so closely that he was com pelled to nlmiidun \\\? lioxse and gave himself by concealment in tho thick shin-oak thicket. Grundy Morris, another of the party, who was about three quarters of a mile from camp, a-foot, saw the chase, but, not recognizing "Witcher, supposed they were in pursuit of a beef. and. giving notice to hi.J com rades, they were soon in the saddle and after the Irdians. who promptly turned upon them and gave battle, which raged with great fury, when the scout?, having exhausted their fire, were compelled to retire Upoit together after the fight It was found that Robert Carter, an old and highly esteemed citizen, was missmg. The next morning he was found dead upon the field, his back scalp taken, and with twenty-five wounds upon his per son IIU horse was lying deadneae him. An jul - passed through the calf of Moms - leg, and punctured the sweat-leather of his saddle, literally pinning him to it. a 4 Air. Hirst was shot through the side, the spiko of the arrow lodging in the spine, and so firmly was it embedded there, Drs. Ryan and Douglass inform me, that in extracting it the whole body was raised before it gave way ; the arrow had previously betfh broken off near the spike, in an attempt to with draw it. Lloyd’s lioree was wounded ami died the next day. Townsend 7 ? horse received an arrow in the foreshoulder and one in the hind leg. It is stipposed that several of the Indians were wounded, but thev uiawigrd to cling to thoir horses. They were subsequently pursued into Comanche county, where they scattered and made good their escape. “J. W. Howard. 7 75 Col, Mulligan recently visited Cincinnati, where ho was very hospitably treated. In a speech de livered there be truly and eloquently said : “ Let xue say in addition, that I believe the great Republic was not created to be so soon crumbled: [ApplBu?e.J I believe that God did not intend that the wisdom of our fathers should so soon be set at nought. I do not believe that so much re volutionary blood was spilled that nil the results of the efforts of our fnrnfnthGiw should Qiimo to confu sion. [Applause ) I believe that there is a great future for our nation —that the lustre even of the ancient nation? will pale before the American Re public when it shall go forward anew upou the inarch of restored and united nationctUty, [Ap plause.] “ Let me say that it is the duty of every man to do all in hi? power to accomplish the graud result. I say, in sincerity, let him be accursed who do* span's of the Republic, i Applause. | In the per formauoe each of his own duty, 1 hope peace, white-robed peace, shall again brood upou all the hills and valleys of our land. But, my friends, honestly as I pray for peace, I do not pray for its advent until wc shall have tho laws vindi cated, the Union respected, and the Constitu tion honored and obeyed. [Applauses.] Then, when that is done, and when such young, suscepti ble gentlemen a? John C. Breckinridge and his associates, baser limn Catiliue in the Senate house, shall refuse to forego the honor? of an American Senator for the gaudy plume? of a rebel brigadier. when we shall have all these, then let peace come. [Applause.] 1 hope the time will snnn omna when we shall have no traitor?, no rebels—nothing but united American freemen. [Cheers.] 77 The London Times of the 11th lost-., in specula ting upon the probable success of our naval ex pedition. says : u lf the Federal (ruvennnent can setzf a port and open it even nominally to the trade, they thereby take atony the grounds of complaint v'htrh Europe has against them. They fhow that it is not they who prevent cotton coming out, but that it is the- Southerners who keep it in. That they will get cotton in any large quantity no one can believe, for the Confederate or -the State Governments will, of coarse, take euro that every bale, and probably every negro, shall be removed from the neighborhood of the enemy. But still the Federal? will have satisfied to some extent ihi demand &f foreign itn/ioHA, iHAmudh they will be able to say to us or to the French, < Hero is a port, enter it and take all the cotton you can get; you are at full liberty' to trade with all whom you can find to trade with you. r In the late engagement between General Bon ham and Governor Floyd, a rebel cavalry officer displayed a degree of bravery which attracted the admiration of all our troops. In bis vain efforts to rally his flying forces he was mortally wounded. He proved to be Colonel Croghan, son of the United States navy officer of Pennsylvania, who, in the last war with Great Britain, displayed undaunted courage in defending a Western post against a combined attack of British troops and Indians. General Benham, in a letter addressed to Governor Floyd, dated November 15, thus referred to him : < • gns: in the skirmish which occurred yesterday between the United States forces under my com mand and your brigade, I regret to be obliged to inform you that Col. St. George Croghan, command ing your cavaliy regiment ? a? he stated to me, was mortally w ounded. He was shot through the right wrist and aide and the upper portion of the abdo men, the ball passing entirely through the body, and lived from 9] A. M., when he was wounded, till 21 P. M. “ I s«w him in passing, a few minutes after lie was wounded, and he recognized me, conversing freely but with pain, and, shaking my hand on leaving him, he requested me to spite that he ‘ died the death of a brave soldier’—aa lie did, in every way worthy of his gallant and noble father. • “ I left him in charge of my brigade, and one other surgeon, with hospital attendants and a guard, and on my return this morning from, my camp ground, the hospital steward handed me a small blank memorandum hook, in which was a history, made by his request, of which I enclose you a copy. He left his address, Ac., with the chaplain of the Tenth (Cbl. Lyttle’s) Ohio Regiment, Rev. if. E. Q, Higgins, and told me that his family wore re siding in Newburgh, Hew York. I will endeavor to communicate with them as early as possible, and send each little memorial from him as I shall be able to collect them, for I yet cannot ascertain where most of his property has gone, as the people of the house where ho died would not attend to it. I have sent his remains toward Fayetteville, where they will be interred, if we are not able to take them to Gauley, though I will, if possible, place the body there in a base with salt, to preserve it for his friends. It will le subject to the order of Gen. H. S. Itoseerans.” The Kentucky and Cincinnati papers contain many appeals from the patriots of East Tennessee, urging that our army shonld march at once to their relief. One of their communications, printed in a late number of the Cincinnati Commercial, con cludes as follows! “ 1 Is Philip at Paris V was the significant ques tion of the Emperor Charles V, when tidings reached him, in his retirement, of the victory which his son’s generals had achieved at St, Quentin, hike the dying old warrior, those brave patriots in East Tennessee— ‘ faithful found among the faith less’—have looked with straining eyes, since file intelligence reached them of the victory at Wildcat, for the onward march of our enthusiastic soldiers, and have asked the oft-repeated question, ‘ Are they at the Gap V They have looked in vain from their mountain-tops for the first gleam from our ad vancing standards. No ray from those starry folds has reached their expeatant eyes. They have listened long for the thunder of that artillery which would be the dcnth-knell of their enemies and ours. But. brave hearts, they have listened in vain. “But it is not for tho purpose of fault-finding I have taken up the pen. It is to ttUer one more plea in behalf of thoso who seem to have few friends, or whose friends seem strangely indifferent to their situation. Is it the difficulty of leading an army over the obstructed roads that deters us .' ThC'Alps have been scaled by generals whose highest motive wits ambition. Can wc not surmount the few obstacles that interpose between us and those who, almost within our sight, are sacrificing their all upon the altar of our common country? “ In the name of all that is noble and generous, and loyal, and true, let us hasten to the rescue of East Tennessee. If another point of attack has been chosen, then let us with united energies push forward the force that will emancipate aur brethren there, and repair, by prompt nt,j vigorous action, so far as it IB possible to repair, the strange remiss neseof the past." The first portion of General Butler’s expedition to the Southern coast sailed from Portland, Maine on Saturday. The regiments that compose the ex pedition are the Twenty-first Massachusetts volun teers, Col. E. F. Jones; Ninth Connecticut volun teers; Col. Thomas W. Cahill; Twelfth Maino vo lunteers, Col. George V. Shepley; and the Fourth battery of Massachusetts artillery, Capt. Charles H. Manning—making in all about 3,500 men. The transports used were the Constitution, Kingfisher, and Fore.il Gity, and it is suppogod that they will first land their troops and their provisions at Port Boyal, and then return for the other portion of tho expedition. General Butler and staff will not ac company the advance, preferring to wait till the remainder of the soldiers are ready to depart, and, therefore, the present advance is under the com mand of Col. E. F. Jones, of the Twenty-first Massachusetts volunteers, he being the senior co lonel. In the instructions which Mr. Toombs, as Secre tary of State, gave to privateers, we find the fol- lowing ' <! Neutral vessels convoying one mie?'despatches or military persons in tho service Of (be enemy forfeit their neutral character, and are liable to*capture and condemnation." If we had applied this general rule to the Trent she wmld have been lying in one of our harbors as a prize. IVlien Mjifoii ;iml Midull first, come on board the San Jacinto, immediately after their capture from the Trint , they were received by Captain Wilkes. who epohe ns follows; Gentlemen. I shall endeavor to make you as comfortable on board as my mean? will permit. I wish to have it distinctly understood, however, that this,is a vessel belonging to tho Government, of the Untied States. There must be no political talk on board. 57 The commission took the hint, and instead of talking about polities* contented themselves with other subjects and playing ft game of backgammon occasionally. On their arrival at Fort IVarron they came out of tlmir cabin and walked to tho gangway. When Almam saw tho fort his ohin droppod. and both *he commissioners wore a decidedly gloomy aspect. Their baggage was taken with them to the fort. It consisted of six or eight trunks, six valises, several eases of brandies, wines, and liquors, a dozen or more boxes of cigars, and two cn.sk? of bottled Scotch ale. On thoir arrival nt the en trance of the fort they were met by it? commander, Gol. Diiuuttak, who mode tho following address • “Gentlemen, I mu most happy to receive you in Fort Warren." To which the commissioner? did not make any reply. Jlnrfhnl Murray* who took charge of tho prisoners after they loft the San Jacinto, then made a thorough search of their effects. hat no papers or despatches of any sort mrc found . Their keys and baggage wero then delivered to the prisoners- rvho rvore shown to their quarters. True Men «nu Traitors, Mr. Adams, United States Minister to Eng land iinrt Mr. Vantkv, Commissioner (lmt it'pngntacd by no Eiimponn power or politi cian) fi om “ the so-called Southern Confede racy," respectively made public speeches in London on the ninth of November—the first, the inauguration banquet of Lord Mayor CiJ bttt ; the other, at tho dinner of the Fishmon gers" Company. The Mayoralty bamiuof, which in uomilly nt tended by the Ministry, the leaders of the Op position, the principal judges, tho richest city mcrehanfs, and the Foreign Ministers, is given in Guildhall, a city edifice which was begun in the year I II 1, in the reign of Henry IV. (the famous Bolinghroke,) and more than eighty yp.nrs before the discovery of this Western Continent by Columihs. The Fishmongers’ Company, which rank as fourth among the twelve Guilds of London which arc entitled to the prefix of '' l-loriordble** to ilioir 11 ties, dv votc a large portion of their revenues to feast ing, and, like Caliban in the « Tempest” who mistook drunken Stcplumo for a god, evi dently mistook "William L. Yancky and Dud ley Mann for persons of some importance when at home! Tiieir Hall is near London Bridge, and was erected less than thirty YCaro ago. 3lr. Adams, our Minister to England, was selected by the Lord Mayor to return thanks will'll tho health of tho diplomatic body was given. The Lord Mayor of London—re elected on this occasion—is Mr. "William Co out, a builder by profession, who lias risen to great wealth by labor, enterprise, and talent, and like all self-made men is Conservative in ]ii... principles. lie stated, iii comtceu, lan guage and apparently with sincerity of feel ing, that at this moment, this country was in a condition to require the sympathies of (he world, and he added that in no country would these sympathies be yielded more readily than in England. Mr, Atmsis replied in a speech ol great tact and considerable eloquence, in which he ex plained how truth and sincerity were the real bases of diplomacy. He said : «In America wc ure so used to speaking what we think — perhaps with too much freedom—and I have got into sucli a habit of it, I should not be fit to eomo to play my part hero if I were ex pected by my employers to say what I did not mean. [Cheers.] Permit me, then, to assure you that my mam object has been , ami is, to endeavor to continue and •perpetuate thcfrieiul hj relations that have so long existed between the two countries . Indeed , I see the strongest re. a sou s’ why they should never be changed." Lord Palmerston, who spoke after Mr. Adams, touched on the British difficulty' from the want of cotton, and, after touching on the prospects of Europe, added, “ On the other side of the Atlantic we witness with the deep est affliction —with an afliiction which no words can express—[cheers] —diffeieiives of the most lamentable kind among those whom we call our cousins and our relations. It is not for us to pass judgment upon these dis putes ! it is enough for us to offer a fervent prayer that such differences may not be of long continuance, aud that they may speedily he succeeded hy the restoration of harmony and of peace.** Mr. Adams and Lord Palmerston were greatly cheered when they delivered themselves as iibovn, and wo notice that tho loading Lou don journals comment with very warm appro val upon the tone of what was said—especially as indicating Lord Palmerston’s intention to imtiniuin strict neutrality. Very different, as might be expected, was the language of Mr. Yancky, when addressing tlic Fishmongers, lie adroitly assumed that, by acknowledging the rebellious South as “ belligerents,” the Governments of England, France, and Spain had, in fact, recognized it as an independent nation—a begging of tiie question, which we take leave to dispute. He declared that the effective army of the South consisted of 250,000 men, aud the whole white population of the South was 0,000,000 against 20,000,000 in tiie North; that the South nei ther desired nor sought for foreign interven tion ; that there never could be peace until the North admitted the South to be a bellige rent Power; and that there can ho “no basis for negotiations, or for peace proposals, or consultations, so long as the Confederates are deemed to be and are treated as rebels.” We predict that, not in Mr. Yancey’s lifetime, were lie to attain the longevity of Mf.thuse- L.HI, will tho Federate treat the Confederates except as rebels. Foreign Invasion of Mexico. The Journal dot JJebatsj treating on the ex pedition against Mexico, intimates that «the common object of the three Powers [England, France, and Spain] has not as yet been accu rately stated to the public ” —that the expedi tion-will retake possession, at least morally so,, of America by Europe—and that “it consti tutes a real infringement of the famous doctrine oj Monroe, which pretended to interdict Eu rope for ever from exercising any influence over the destinies of America.” Tho Fori sian journalist hero repeats what The Press has said, several weeks ago. In the Queen of Spain’s speech, on the opening of the Cortes, on the Otli instant, she conmmnid&tes the his tory of the new tripartite alliance against Mexico: “ Disorder anil excess hare reached their height in the unfortunate oountry of Mexico. Treaties having been violated and rights forgotten, my sub jects having been expesed to serious attacks and continual dangers, it became indispensable at length to make an example of salutary rigor. “ With this object my Government had made the necessary preparations, when two groat nations found that they bad te complain of acts of violence on the part of the Mexican authorities. Our wrongs -were common,’ our notion should bo joint. My Government desired as much. Proper stops for this purpose were at first favorable, but the result did not correspond with the desires of the other two nations. a Subsequently France, England, and Spain ar ranged together to obtain that satisfaction which was due to them and to prevent the repetition of offences which scandalised the world and outraged humanity. Thus the design will he accomplished, the execution of which has'been the constant object of my Government. At the proper time an account win be rendered to you of the convention which, with this object, has been signed by the representa tives of the three Powers.” From this it would appear that tho initiative in this matter was taken by Spain, which has become very pugnacious of late—no doubt much to its own surprise. Death in High Places. The last news from Europe includes the obituary of three persons, more or less dis tinguished by rank or taient. Tho young King of Portugal has died, of typhus foyer, which disease had previously removed one of his brothers and reduced another noarly to the grave. Dos Pedro V. was twenty-four years old on the 16th September, and leaving no son, will be succeeded by his next brother, Prince Louis-Piihippe, a naval officer, born on the last day of August, 1838. Sir Howard Douglas has died, at the advanced age of 8-3, and will long be remembered, in military science, lor his work, which successive edi tions augmented from a pamphlet to a book, «On the Construction of Military Bridges,” and for his « Treatise on Naval Gunnery.” The third., on this list of Death’s) doings, is Geoffroy St. Hilaire, aged 56, certainly the ablest anatomist and physiologist in France. LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL." "Washington, Nov. 20, 1801 It is related of Itufus Choate, that, having been sent for by a man who had committed a terrible murder, and who was anxious to secure the sen ices of that distinguished advocate, tho latter, after hearing Ids case, exclaimed with every exhibition of disgust and horror, “ What! hands stained with human blood and not a dollar in your pocketT” Jefferson Davis,m liis message, which w as, of course, printed and commented upon in The Press of yesterday, resembles this murderer. 110 fetAnds before the tribunal of the nations with the blood that has been shed in all the battles that have taken place siiico tho beginning of a Treason,of which, at first flic reluctant, he is now the fiendish champion, red and reeking upon his soul, lie insists upon a hearing, and upon a favorable verdict. He blusters and'whines; entreats and threatens. Like a guilty malefactor, in tho same breath, he offers to bribe the very' jury that he bullies. And yet this man, cowered all over with the heinous crime of attempting to assassinate his country, has neither cha racter to secure for his treason a decent apolo gist, nor money to compensate such ail apolo gist. In fact, tho Southern Confederacy, abundant in many of the resources of vil lainy, lias become Hie ragged Robert Mnnairn of the civilized world. That Jefferson Davis, of all men, should consent to pv.t himself for ward as its oracle and organ iu a proof of the manner in which lie has lost his own self-re spect, and an evidence of Hie triumphant ter rorism of the conspirators around him. When lie departed the Semite, islanding in tho new hail, then and now occupied hy that august assemblage which it was his custom to look upon as n mnnmnent of his own genius, lie left with tearful eyes and broken voice, con demning in all his manner the unparal leled ingratitude of Secession. From having been tlte peculiar defender of State lights in Mississippi, lie had announced in the State of Maine, not many months before ho withdrew as a Senator in Gungvessj doctrines which were the strongest appeals to maintain the Union tit every hazard. The Southern traitors, afraid lest liis conscience might return to counteract ltis compulsory submission to their treachery, elected him President of their so-called Con federacy. liis message of the 18th of No vember is a mere refuge of lies. After care fully reading it, my mind hesitates whether to regard his assertions as satires or as false hoods. A paper which is such a self-evident mim'pi'i'sontation will bo noooploil only by (he ignorant and misguided people of the Seceded States. The first thing that will arrest any intelligent reader will be the spirit of panic that pervades the whole document. Davis vainly attempts to conceal liis fears behind the noise of liis boasts. 110 confesses poverty’ in every line, and doubt and apprehension in every sentence, lie begins hy boasting of the manufacturing industry of the Confederate States, hut lie fails to add that tills industry is l'or military purposes, and that every citizen driven into it has been subtracted from that producing class alrca.lv drained for the (hankless uad fatal duties of tiie army. liis own theory lias al ways been, that the South depended upon its colton agriculture, and rot ho boldly threatens the destruction of this interest, unless Europe recognizes his treason j and he calmly’ con templates tlic horrors of a consequent ser vile insurrection "When he alludes to a people fighting for the “ sacred right of self-government,” he does not say that Se cession has crushed that right in the South ern Slates. His reference to the conliict in Kentucky is inconceivably' infamous. Reck less as liis instruments have been in other sec tions, they have been most reckless in Ken tucky. After having been repudiated in at least two elections by a popular vote, when neither the Federal nor the traitor forces oc cupied a foot of her soil, the former entered Kentucky only when the State authorities de manded that the General Government should protect it. And yet, confronted by this inex orable history, he has the audacity to say that it never was intended hy the Confederate re bels to conquer or coerce the people of Ken tucky! He winds up this unprecedented lie by declaring liis desire that the people of that State should have the liberty of choos ing, and il a free opportunity to de cide their own destiny according to their own will.’* The doctrine of State rights,- as propounded first by Calhoun, and afterwards hy Breckinridge, has had a signi ficant illustration on the soil of Kentucky, in the utter contempt with which a fair decision of the people has been treated. It only needed the robber argument of Davis to com plete the wicked betrayal. A practical pic ture of the benefits of Secession is the para graph of the message of Jefferson Davis in re ference to the postal system in the so-called Confederacy; There is no portion of our people who hare paid less into and drawn more from the Federal treasury’, for tho trans port' tion of the mails, than the rebel States. The North and Northwest supplied the reve nue, tho South reduced it. Hundreds of mail' routes were established to please the South ern politicians, anil staticians have delighted in exhibiting the contrast between the money paid into tho treasury by’ the loyal portion of the Union and the money taken out of tiie treasury by the present dis loyal States. How is it now? There arc, in fact, few* or no post offices in the South, or at least in that dominion of which Jefferson Davis is the dictator. lie tells us that the railroads are occupied in the transportation of troops and military supplies; that the rolling stock of these railroads is insufficient for this accumulation of business 5 that “ water cmvnmicution it obstructed by the presence of the enemy's fleet that mail contractors fail, and often refuse, to comply with tiie terms of their contract; and then, with a coolness worthy- of ids graceful and ragged prototype, Robert Macaire, he adds that all these « have combined to impede the best efforts of the Postmaster General!” In these extract?, from a single paragraph, we find at least three eloquent admissions: First, that there is no post-office system; second, that all the rail roads have been seized for tho purpose of carrying troops and supplies; and finally, that the gallant fleet of the American Union lias become all-powerful in the waters of the enemies of that Union. He dismisses the condition of the rebel treasury as an unpleasant subject, giving only two paragraphs to its explanation; but he can not hide or heal an incurable bankruptcy. Tho most important element in a government, the management and prosperity of the finances, is, if possible, the weakest of all the rebel insti tutions. The rebel treasury notes are only taken on compulsion, and wherever money is raised it is raised by force or threats. The conse quence is, the rapid withdrawal of specie from circulation, the greatest distress among the troops, fearful scarcity of supplies of all kinds, utter stagnation of trade, and as a re sult of a close blockade, a complete closing of the cotton market. It would require the tit. lents of a Necker or a Colbert, an Alexander Hamilton or a Robert J. Walker, to procure money for snch a government as this, and yet Davis has the audacity to say that the “ finan cial system already adopted has worked well so far!” The rest of the message speaks for itself, and is undeserving criticism. The acts charged against the Government of the United States, while in the exercise of its high authority to preserve the Union, will be applauded by posterity, precisely as the crimes of the rebels will be execrated and condemned. Foreign nations, to whom Davis appeals for recognition, will contrast the power of the re gular Government with the poverty of the re bellion; the dignity and forbearance of the one with the brutality and aggressiveness of tho .other; the amazing uprising of a free people in defence of their rights with the des perate efforts of a few despairing tyrants, who have been enabled to extinguish every spark of humanity among their followers i the abun. dant plcnteousness and prosperity of the loyal sections of this Union with the scurcity of food, and the approaching perils of famine, in the disloyal section. They will not take long to decide between the two. Jeffer son Davis concludes his message with an appeal to Providence. This custom, gene rally more honored in the breach than in the observance, was novar 'so inappropriately re sorted to. If civilization and law, and rea son and humanity, all revolt from the perfi dy of Secession, God will never sanction it. A treason which had its. origin in a conspiracy to erect human slavery into a Divine Institu tion, and to found it upon the ruins of tho only free Government on earth, cannot long pre vail, especially when its career is marked by every sign of turpitude and vice, and its path way strewn with the evidences of its contempt for all the laws of God and man. Occasional. THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1861. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. PROBABLE MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY. THE REBELS IN POSSESSION OF FAIRFAX. GENERAL McCALL TO MAKE AN ADVANCE ON LEESBURG. Affairs on the Lower Potomac. IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI. GEN, PRICE RECROSSES TIIE OSAGE OUR PICKETS NEAR SEDALIA DRIVEN IN His Speocli ou tho Occasion. Everybody here seems to have eomo unanimously to the opinion that General McClellan is about to jmike tin litlvuiicc upon I lie enemy. Ills army is certainly in excellent condition, and the move luentsof the past few days certainly soem to indi cate n movement of some kind. In connection wUli this fact. I may state that the Wheeling Tr/trl ligvncer makes tho important statement that the troops of General Reynolds’ command are being divisional for active service in oilier qunrtors of the country. Tho a J vices. Nam Cheat Mountain aro that several of the Ohio regimonts are ordered, ansi arc now on their way’ to Kentucky. Others, it is reported, will take up the line of march in a few days lor General Kelly’s headquarters at Rom ney. and, in connection with the force already there, commence a forward movement in concert with an expected movement of the grand army of the l’otomac. Additious to General McClellan’s Stall. Colonel CiiAiti.ES Fni’DiiitiOK Havelock:, late of the British army and » brother of tho late Gene ral ha VELonc, has been appointed an aid to Major General McClf.llax. with the rank of colonel, and assigned to duty as Inspector General of Cavalry, his late position at homo. Comte de YillADE.mj, an experienced Fronet, officer, has also been appointed an aid to General McClellan, with the rank of captain. General Fremont. General Fremont recently obtained permission from the proper authority to visit Washington. It is the opinion in military circles that there will be a €vurt of Inquiry in his case. Mr. J. Howard, Jr., of the New York Tunes. has heon tondored the position of Assistant Adju. tant General to General Goumax's Brigade. I,a?t night a youth of eighteen, named Willi,in West (a son of William West, of tho United States Treasury Department), who, being at Win- Chester, was some months since pressed into the rebel service, made his escape from the enemy’s camp, opposite our lines. He met our pickets at Anondaie, on the Fairfax road, and claimed and received thoir protection. He was formally con ducted to Gen.BLENKEivs camp, and by that officer was sent to henaquaners, in Washington, this morn ing. His position in Hie rchoi service was that of orderly to Gen. Elzey. Release of Maryland Prisoners, The following-named prisoners, belonging to Ma ryland, have been relensod from Fort Warren: John J. Ileckart, Leonard J. Quinlan, Wm. G. Harrison, Geo. W. Landing, Thomas Shields, Ueo. Thompson, A. Williamson, David Succhssi. Geo. A. Appleton, Michael J. Grady, John L. llouldon, llobt. line, Chas. D. French, Robt. A. Carter, S. B. ±"rost, and J. If. Maddox. The Fortieth Pennsylvania Regiment. Col. Bon lex, of this regiment, has been promoted to a brigadier generalship, His hrigndn will con sist of his own regiment, the regiment of Colonel gvniMELi’i nxic, the New York Black Yagers, and another regiment unnamed. JosEinrS. CirA.vnr.Eß, of company B, in Col. Boiilen’s regimont, has been promoted from a first lieutenancy to captain. He is a son of Josni'ii R. Chandler, of Philadel phia. Joux WiF.CKE, of Philadelphia, of the same regiment, has been promoted to brigade quarter master. Fire, nt a Government Building—s3,ooo Copies of the Patent Office Report Burnt. By the loss nf Puiwiiovv/a bindery hy fir« to day. 52,000 copies of tlic mechanical portion of tho Patent Office report, ordered by Congress for dis tribution among their constituents, were destroyed. Resignation af General IHenkci-. General Blenker, commanding a division in Virginia, tendered his resignation to-day. AToraging expedition from General McDowell’s division to-d«y, obtained a large quantity of hay and corn, about half way on tho road leading from Fulls Church to Fairfax Court House, Thore wero no Indications of the presence of the enemy. There is no doubt but that the Pennsylvania Re serves, under Gen. McCall, will ooeupy Bosshurg within the next few days, and make it their winter quarters. Private Leeds, of Company E, of the Fifth Re giment, died at Camp Picrpont yesterday. His remains wore forwarded to Snow Shoe, Centre county, Pennsylvania, to-day. Surgeon Dickson, of the Fourth Reserves, re ports the regiment as enjoying most excellent health. The late colonel of the regiment, Robert G. March, who tesigned on account of ill health, is on the ground, carefully looking after the wants of tho soldiers. He pays particular attention to the delivery of packages sent to members Of the regiment from Philadelphia. He particularly wishes the friends of the volunteers in Philadel phia to send warm and substantial under-clothing instead of delicacies. The other day Lieutenants Fairlasth and Wa«- Kfiit, of Company D, McLean’s regiment,■ at Alex andria, received notice that a quantity of whisky was about being smuggled into camp. They pro ceeded to make arrests of the parties, duringwhich the pistol of Lieutenant Wagner exploded, in. flicting ft very serious wound in tho neck of Lieu tenant Fairlamb. lie is now in the care of Sur geon J. H. Seltzer, and will soon be able to ro surne his duties, We were reminded of the approach of winter by a light fall of snow lost night, just enough to change the top of the ground to a white' appearance. A light snow storm at Ball’s Cross Roads, is reported by messengers from Virginia. Last night was frosty, but the soldiers report that they were warm and comfortable in their tents. Covering is being provided for the cavalry horses. Passports from Portland. Joshua R, Gildings, consul general for the British North American Provinces, has accom plished the object of his visit to Washington, namely: the removal of the delays and inconvonienoes at - tending ft? granting of passports to British subjects taking passage for Europe at Portland, Maine. Heretofore the passports were requirod to be coun tersigned at the State Department, but that busi ness is now performed by a Government agent The following notice was Issued to-day from the State Department: “ Oscar Irving, Jonathan Amory, and E. li. O. Adams, at New York, Boston, and Portland, re spectively, are authorized to countersign the pass ports of foreigners proceeding thence abroad. “ W. H. Seward.” The Eighty.lifth Pennsylvania Regiment. The Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, under the command of Colonel Howell, have arrivod, and are for the present encamped at Bladensburg. This regiment is composed of men from Washington county, Fa., and has in it some of the best military material In the State. The Lieutenant Colonel, Mo- Giffin, served in the Mexican war Among the cap tains are Mr. Puryiance, the editor of the Wash ington Reporter ; Mr. Yankibk, the register, and and Mr. Horne, the recorder of Washington county. Money for the Army. PayWaatM PAMRRSidSi has just left the treasury with $559,000, to pay ofi' the army in Western Vir ginia. Two of the treasury clerks will start in the morn ing with a million of dollars for the army In Mis souri. They go to St. Louis. This transfer will bo followed by another in a few days. Every precau tion is takenjto prevent an accident. fiewß from ihe Lower Potomac. The Fusty came up yesterday. Everything is quiet on the river; the rebel batteries seldom speak, and vessels occasionally pass without being in any way molested. The Fusty went down again this morning. The army on the north bank of the Potomac has completed effective batteries opposite Matthias Point, and hayc been anxiously awaiting a demon stration from the enemy. The army is reported to be in fine condition. A Suicide. The body of a well-dressed female was taken from the water in lluhtihg 05661 e, hear Alexandria, in Saturday. The body was supposed to be that of a German woman belonging to one of the regiments. BY TELEGRAPH. THE REBELS BAP IDLY ADVANCING. FUCEPTION OF CAPT. WILKES IN BOSTON. Specinl Despatches to “ The trress.” WAsiirNorox, November 2A Movements of the Army. Army Appointment. A Refugee from the Rebel Gamp. A Foraging Expedition. The Pennsylvania Reserves. Accidentally Shot Indications of Winter. Miscellaneous. Several of the encampments have boen changed to-day in accordance with (review, orders, aud there has been on this tide of the Potomac quite a lively stir among the volunteers. Col. Cake's Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment passed up the Avenuo this morning on thoir way t* Alexandria. The Second Regiment of Now York Cavalry changed their quarters from the Soldier’s Rest to Ihe Park. The New York Fifty-ninth, under Col. G... 1.-. 1... wot. at BladvnEbwg toll-gate awaiting orders. The Rebels Hold Fairfax The pickets of the rebol army aro yet nt Fairfax Court House. No opposition to the advance of our army would be shown at that point, as the enemy is not in force on this side of CcDtrcville. Secessionists Arrested. Yesterday, four Secessionists were arrested in St. Mary’s county, Maryland, nnd brought to Wash ingten Vy « earnlry guard, Their mtmea are; B. L. llayden, E. W. Sikshll, E. H. Jones, and IV. 11. Ahel. They were sent to Fort McHenry. Contract for Muskets. General Cowan, of Pennsylvania, k&grMtiVftd. a contract to furnish the Government with C0 } 000 muskets. Smithsonjan entertainments. Arrangpmcnls nrc to secure an attrac tive course of entertainments at the Smithsonian during the winter. Com. (ioldslramigh, Com. (ioi.BSiionoi.'Cii .arrived to-day from Fort. reps Monroe, on business connected with the army. Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway. Tin' Di i 'ilt‘ii( liu.. recoglGttcd 'Y:. 11 Mx,.a, UOV.fi as consul of Sweden aud Norway, to reside at Chi- cago. Capt. Park made a Brigadier Gensrqi, Captain J. G. Park, of tlio Topographical Engi neers, United States army, has boon promoted to the position of brigadier general of volunteers. Mou aud. IVoiweii Arrested l.clow AlcMiudriii. The Star of to-day has the following report: “ The following persons have been arrested in tho neighborhood of Aceotlnck recently and set,l to Richmond, sorno of the most quiet and peaceable citizens of the county of Fairfax: “ Ezra Troth, and his son Wjlliam, botli of Ac colineU j fr.im. DAns-rv, taken for selling ills oats to tho Government; Samuel Troth, uoar Oceoquan; ltuon llam.mill, llenrv Smoot, and two Indies, one of which is John Underwood's mother, for waving her handkerchief to the Union troops that came down opposite Oceoquan creek, merely’ returning a salute that was offered, as she would have done to any troops who were polite enough to salute the ladies.” FROM MISSOURI. GEN.PHICL KECKOSSES THE OSAGU. SmO ADVANCE OF THE REBELS, Our Pickets near. Sedalia Driven in. Svr.Al'l'fiE. Mo., Nov. 25. —ItttolligSMS hss hecii received here, from parties direct from Osceola, that General I'rice .- army crossed the Osage river, at Ifoffan's Ferry, on Friday last, and that the ad vanced guard would reach oi.ct.ola on tho follow ing day. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 25.— 1 t is reported that Price is still advancing, nnd is now coming towards tins place, and that the Federal pickets were driven in this evening. A number ol' rebels wero arrested last night while on their way to join Price’s army, The Secessionists residing in this town are quite certain that the Union forces are to bo driven from this section of Missouri. Tiiey aro very quiet in regnnl to tiie movements of Price. Without doubt, he is advancing towards Sedalia. The military authorities are very strict in on forcing the regulations, and no one can pass the lines without a pass signed bj- the commanding officer of the poet. . The train from Warsaw arrived yesterday morn ing. It brings a report that a sick soldier left at Wursair was murdered hy the Secessionists of that town. Alt the business portions of Warsaw were de slroyed in the late fire. No clue has as yet been obtained to tho ineondiariee. Later News from the Gulf Stations. THE STEAMER GEORGE vkahodt signalled. New York, Nov, 2a.—The steamer George Pea body is reported below. She is probably from the Gulf stations, but nothing further has been heard from her up to the hour of closing tho Sandy Hook telegraph line. The Missouri Department. PROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE St. Loyis, Noy. 35,—The committee appointed to investigate the claims against the Government in this Department have been in session for over two weeks, during which time claims amounting to inore|tiian StbOUIUHM) have bceu presented and ap proved. Many witnesses are examined daily, and their evidence relating to the different claims is reported in foil. Claims will continue to be presented daily, in lurgo numbers, aud the labors of the eoramitioo will hardly be concluded for several weeks yot. From New York. heinuorgements run ronr royal—five iiitn- BRED MOKE REGULARS I’llOM CALIFORNIA —AR- REST OF ADJUTANT SI'OTT. New York, Nov. 2o.—The steamers Boston, Helawa-re. and Cosmopolitan sailed to-day for Fortress Monroe. They will carry troops to Port Royal. Another detachment of 509 regulars arrived by the steamer North Star to-day from California. One of the officers, Adjutant Scott, was soon after arrested by the police, he having been charged by the passengers on the North Star with Secession ism. He is a son of Rev. Dr. Saott, who roesniljf left San Francisco for Europe, in consequence of his symptiiies with the rebels. Lieutenant Colonel Buchannn asserts that Adjutant Scott is loyal, and lias made application for his release, promising to be responsible for his delivery to the proper au thorities* at Washington. The steam frigate Powhatan sailed this after noon. The schooner E. Shedtlmi is loading with a cargo of provisions tor Hatteras Inlet—being the private donations inude to the Union men of North Carolina. Reception of Capt. Wilkes in Boston. - Boston, Nov. 25.—Notwithstanding the severity of the storm to-day, the '■ welcome " to Captain Wilkes was numerously attended, and very en thusiastic. George B. Upton, and others of the eommittoe of reception, met Captain Wilkes, Lieutenant Cook, and Assistant Engineer Houston on the Long whuf. and conveyed them in carriages to F&neull Hall, which was densely crowded by citizens, in cluding many ladies. Mayor Wiglitman, in behalf of the City of Boston, made a brief address of welcome. After the applause attending the Mayor’s speech had subsided, Capt. Wilke*, who was in full uni form, came forward, and responded in tlm following language!: SPEECH OF CAPT. WILKES. Mb. Mayor and my Friends: I am doeply sensible of the kindness which has been shown me. 1 depended upon my own judgment in doing what you all have flattered me was cor* rect, and I am exceedingly gratified by the ma nifestations of approval I have met, and which have been, I may say, a spontaneous outburst from all parts of our country. I have-' only to say that we did etir duly 1*11.6 Union, and are prepared to do it again. [lmmense applause.] Galls were then made for Lieutenant Fairfax and ethers- The former being absent, Lieutenant Cook was introduced, and bowed his thanks. This closed the formal reception, after which several thousand citizens were introduced to the honored guest. A committeo of leading citizens have tendered Captain Wilkes and the offieirs'ef the Sum Jacinto a complimentary dinner, at the Revere House, to morrow evening, at which, it is said, Mr. Evorott, Mr. Winthrop, and other distinguished gentlomon, will bo present. From Santa Fe. Kansas City, Nov. 25. —The Santa Fe and Carson City Express has arrived with dates to the lfitb, two days ahead of time. There ware no through passengers. At a meeting of the merchants of Santa Fe, on the 7th instant, it was resolved that they would endorse for the Government to any amount that may be advanced to the Territory. This action was taken in consequence of the scarcity of the coin which has heretofore made up the circulating medium in the transaction of business, and has, from some cause, almost entirely disappeared, causing an unusual stringency in the money market. The call of the Government of Now Mexico for 1,200 militia, to garrison the different posts in the Territory, .has been promptly responded to. The whole number will in a snort time ba reported for duty. A light artillery battery, commanded by Lieut. Anderson, of the United States army, left Santa Fe on the 9th tbr the South. An important movement in that direction is anticipated. Gen. Hatch and family have gone East. The small-pox prevails with fearful mortality among the ohildren in tilt Bio Abajo, and it has also spread to the Navajo Indians, proving fatal to many of the tribe. Arrival of the North Star -with @830,000 in (told. New Yoke, Nov. 25.—The steamer North Star, from Aspinwall, with 8828,000 in treasure, arrived at this port . She brings United States troops, under Colonel Buchanan, and the following officers: Surgeon McCormick; Major Ketchum ; Captains llallor, Bussell, Uavidsop, and Davis; Assistant Surgeons Lettcrmian and Folium ; Lieutenants Gouty, Scott, Tamer, Carlton, and Grny. The sloop-of-war Cyanc had arrived at Panama. The United States steamer Lancaster is to go to San Francisco. There is no news of the pirate Sumpter, but she is probably near the coast of Venezuela. New York Bank Statement. New York, Nov. 25.—-The bank statement for tlie week ending on Saturday shows— Ail liisrsns* of spool* #147,250 An increase of loans. 21,157,741 A decrease of circulation 193,780 Au iucreaseof deposits, .... ~22,108,150 The Hero of Lexington. Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 25.—Colonel Mulligan, who arrived in tili? city tiiia evening, had n In nr a and enthusiastic rccoplion from tho city authorities and (he citizens generally. Non-Arrival of the North American I'oKTLAM'j JtoV. II o'clwk f, Jvf, ■ It is raining, >viUi the wind northeast. Up to this hour, thore arc no signs of the steamer A'ort/i American, nowduo at this port. Destruction of Railroad Property. Alton, 111., Nov. 25. —The ongine.house of the St. Louis, Alton, and Chicago Railroad, at this place, was destroyed by lire yesterday morning. Xu rue engines aro in ruins. The loss is estimated atS2O,OOO; partially insured. Destruction of a Planing Mill by Fire. <?hu aoh, Not. 25,— Tho planing mill of C. 5. Band & Co. was destroyed by tire on Saturday night. The loss amounted to" $15,000, on which there is a small insurance. Las Explosion at Boston Boston', Nov. 20.—-a serious explosion of gas took place last Right, at the rosidcnce of Bxra Lincoln, on Commonwealth avenue, damaging tllfi basement and walls of tho building, and caußNlg a loss of from $5,000 to $B,OOO. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were considerably injured, but not seriously. I ron! the PpiHt of Rocks. Point of Rocks, Ml, Nov. 25.—Colonel John \V. Geary, [of the Twcnty-oighth Pennsylvania Regiment, has been appointed one of the Board of Examiners, to examine volunteer officers in Uene i-iil tllvLiiofi. fitUgfldlflP Gefierrtl O. S. lf:i milton is president of the Board. They are to oon vene at the hoadquarters of the army immediately. Municipal Election at Hanford, Conn, ILuin'oim. Cohn., Nov. 25.—The municipal election to-day resulted in the success of the Peo pie’s Union ticket by from 200 to 400 majority. A British timiboat at ftc’iv Ifork. New Yoiik, Nov. 24.—The British gunboat Nimble arrived at tins port this morning. The steamship United Kingdom has also ar rived. No News from Fortress Monroe, Baltimore, Nov. 25.— The boat from Old Point has arrived, but brings no news from Fortress Mon rofl. Public Amusements. Academy or —The appearance of the auditorium of tho Academy, Inst night, fully indi* cated that the popularity of the great Ibrestidigita teuris in nowise on the wane, for ho was greeted by a crowded audience. His new combination pro gramme is {.he most attractive he has yet presented, as it includes the most popular feats of his two pro vious entertainments, whilst the additional and en tirely new tricks which he introduces are both sur prising and Incomprehensible. The same pro gramme will be repeated this evening. To-morrow Herrmann takes his first and only benefit, and on Thursday ho gives two performances/(matinee and evening.) which will close Ida pveatidigltatoi'lal career in this city. "We learn that his private soiree to the President, and a large party of native and foreign celebrities and diplomats, in the East Room of the White House, on {Saturday night last, was a most brilliant affair. Herrmann gave his entire performance on this oc casion, and, in the course of it, an incident occurred Which Is worth recording. Ha h. ling a pack of cards to the President. Herrmann requested him to shuffle them. With ready wit, Mr. Lincoln handed them to Secretary Cameron, who was seated near him, saying t 14 No } excuse me. this gentleman shuffles the cards for me at present.” The bon mot elicited much merriment. Lar<u: Positive SAt.k ok SiTOJSS, Got Shoes, Tiiavellixg-bag.s, dc:.— The early attention of purchasers is requested to the largo assortment tfbWts, flme, brognnP,gun} shpes, traysHtag-bSg?, caps, Ac., embracing first-class seasonable goads, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be perempto rily sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morniDg, at 10 o’clock, by Mycre, Clnghorn, & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market street. Lahok Sale To-day—Stocks,fGnovxD Rents, Real Estate, Ac., by order of Orphans' Court, executors, and others, including the estates of E. McCarty, S. Jones, and S. Ayars. Also, residences, Walnut street, Pine street, and other desirable lo cations. Building lots, 30 acres, Oak lane, itc, See Thomas & Sons’ catalogues and advertisements. T. Bir.cu & Son's Sa lks. —Furniture, this morn ing, at 10 o’clock, at the avustiaa state, Na. 0U Chestnut street. Sale of elegant furs, sleigh robes, Ac., on Wed nesday. THE CITY. AHUSHMEKTB THIS EYENINB. Americas Academy- or Music—Broad and Locust streets.—Herrmann, the Preatidigitateur. Walhut-Strbet Thkatrk—Ninth and Walnut ats.— 44 Octoroon } Or, Life in Louisiana.' 1 AaOH-SrREET Theatre—Arch strati above Sixths “School for Orown Children"—“ Shylock; Or, the Mer chant of Venice Preserved.” Wheatley’s Cohtiksxtal Theatre— Walnut street, above Eighth.—“ Liuu-rick Boy”—“ The Cataract of the Ganges.” Concert Hall— Chestnut street, above Twelfth.— George Christy’s Minstrels. Temple of Wonders—N. E. corner Tenth and Chest nut streets.—Siguor Blitz’s Entertainment. Assembly Buildings —Corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets.—Wau§h J s Italia aod Stereoscopic Views of the War. The Election Frauds—Another Injunc tion Asked For.—At the special session of the Su preme Court .filling at Pittsburg, on Saturday morning, William L. Hirst, of Philadelphia, applied for a special injunction, based upon a bill in equity, in which John Hulsem&n and George Brink worih nre complainonts iiml James fieema and Charles E, Sincr defendants. The lat ter gentlemen have received from the Re turn Judges certificates of their election as mem bers of Council for the city of Philadelphia, and the injunetits asked for by the complainants, rival candidates for the same position, is to pre vent the oomputation of certain returns and to keep the respondents from taking their seats in Counoil. The application was based upon affidavits from certain officers in Colo nel McLime’s regiment, in camp at Bladens burg, sqtting forth that no elections had keen held in their companies, and that fraudulent returns, purporting to be from their companies, bad been computed by the return judges. The ap plication was urged by Mr. Hirst, and resisted by James Briggs, F.sq., wbo appeared on behalf of the respondents. The matter was fully argued, and the court took the papers. A decision may be looked for to-day. If aval Mattf.rS.— There is at ihe present time a great pressure upon our navy yard, and all work is being pushed as rapidly forward as the limited space will admit. At the nary yard the saw and hammer were plied as briskly on Sunday last as though it was a regular work day. The Tttscarora, the first of the new steam sloops of-war orderea to be built, is being prepared for sea as rapidly as possible, and she will be in readi ness for service within four or five days. The Oneida, the second of the set, was launched at New York within a few days, our ship carpenters getting through with their work nearly three months earlier than their Gothamite brethren. The third sloop, the Juniata, is upon the stocks in the frigate-house, and is about nine-tenths finished. Two other steam sloops-of-war, of larger size than the Juniata or Tttscarora, will be commenced forthwith. The first of the two is already being “laid down” in the loft which is used for that pur ' pose. Her model presents an appearance of great beauty, and promises to be very swift. The side-wheel steamer Miami, which was launched on Saturday last, has been taken down to Reed street, for the purpose of receiving her ma chinery. . The sloop-of-war Brooklyn has been thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt. She is just off the dry dock. and it is thought she oon be got ready for sea within three weeks, with the strong force employed upon her. The sloop-of-wnr St. Louis is a sailing vessel. She ocoupms the place on iho dry dock just va cated by the Brooklyn. Three or four weeks will suffice to get her in readiness for sea. The side-wheel steamer Keystone State, which lies at the pier near the frigate house, is nearly ready far sea. The Delaware, a side-wheel steamer, is receiving her guns. She is nearly ready for aotive service. The schooners Adolph Hugct, George Man gum, and Maria, Wood, are being transformed into war vessels with all passible despatch. Each *f the three vessels named is to bo furnished with a very heavy mortar amidships. For this purpose large masses of timber have been placed between the keel and the gun deck at that point. These schooners will soon be ready to sail. The gunboats Wissahickon, Taltoma, and Itasca are receiving their stores, Ac. The following is a list of the officers of the Wissahickon : Lieutenant commanding, A, N. Nesbitt; lieutenant, 33. E. Potter; master, R. Price Walter; acting master, Rethel J. Handy; assistant paymaster, T. C. Up ton ; surgeon, Ackley; chief engineer, Thos. 8. Cunningham; third assistant engineers, E. P. Hntobinsnn, Augustus Saekett; acting master's mates, Charles Bird, 0. L. Roberts, Jauios M. M. Forsyth. Her battery consists of one 11-inch, one 30-pound rifle cannon, and two 24-pound howitzers. There is at present a large number of guns and shell atthe yard. About tW* thousand f*Uf lViUi dred men are employed, requiring an expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars per month to com pensate thorn for their services to the Government. Arrival of a Portion of the Powhatan Chew. The crew of the Powhatan, which ar rived at New York some time ago, have not yet been paid off. One hundred and fifty of them came to this city yesterday, and the remainder have been sent usher? without a penny in their pockets, and therefore without any means of subsisting un less they canobtain credit from a boarding-house master, who, in a case of this kind, has no legal claim whatever upon the blue jackets, but most trust entirely to their honesty, The mm are very much dissatisfied in consequence of this treatment, and many of them will ship on board of merchant men. There is very often more or less delay in paying off ships’ crews at New York, which gene rates a bod fooling among the men, ami cannot but be detrimental to the service. Completed. —Yesterday afternoon the work of relaying the curve of the railroad at Third and Dock streets was completed. This curve had got in very bad condition, and the enormous transpor tation business of tne Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, precluded the possibility of the loss of one or two entire working days to make the needful re pairs. Dn. Hayes. — This adventurous gentleman has been invited by the Academy of Natural Sciences to report the fruits of his late Arctic ex pedition, at the meeting to be held this evening. As none hut members will be admitted, tt to be hoped that Dr, llayes will soon give to our citizens an opportunity to hear something of his oxperienoo amongst the north polar ice. Tick Election Difficulty. —Yesterday morning, in the Court of Common Pica?, before Judges AHiftO sad Ludlow, the question ns to the legitimocy of the certificates of election issued to Messrs. Thompson and Ewing, and Stevenson and Lawrence, was again brought up. Some discussion took place, in the early stages of the proceedings, in regard to the propriety ot taking up both cases at one time. The court decided to hear both cases. Mr. Hirst proposed to offer parole evidence in support of the allegation that tho certificates held by Messrs. Thompson and Slevenson wexo not legi timate. lie would call as witnesses members of the Board of Return Judges, who would say that this paper, purporting to emanate from them, never did il fticti ltc would show by nine judges that tho imper never name before them. Ilow it was done he did not know, but it could be shown that the pa per was either gotten up secretly during the session of the Board, or made up after the adjournment. These nine judges wer© present at nil tit 6 &o.f«OnS Of the Board, and they will say that those papers, given to Messrs. Thompson and Stevenson, were never before the Board. Mr r Lmratcr urged that the simplo question for decision is, who is elected upon the faoeof these papers. The act of Assembly directs the manner of a contest, and a court is not to act upon the as sertion of counsel. Let thirty citizens sign their paper ami bring tho matter regularly hoforo the court. A perfect «ystein is provided by the court, and tho gentlemen on the other side must follow the directions in the acts of Assembly This paper of Mr. Stevenson it was said was not correct. There woro two ways of disposing of the return— ono is, by objections on tho face of the paper; the other, by parole evidence of facts outside of the Return Judges. But this case is not properly be fore the court, in order to go into so extended an investigation. IVko Is to ke the pnrty upon ija© cord here f This investigation may take days, weeks, and months, and after it is decided, where is the remedy for the party against whom the court shall decide ? There is no X'cggpcJ—there is nothing to ahow tho party or tho party defend* ing, and no writ of error will remain for *the party aggrieved. Mr. Wharton, for Mr. Ewing, contended that tho ttots of Assembly rolorrod to by Mr. Bs&wnUr, j> ro vided for a condition of things after a certificate has been grante-l, sureties approved, and a contest commenced. The case was not difficult of solution, if this fact was kept in view. Until the court should have passed upon the correctness of the cer tificate now presented, thore could be no commence ment cf a contested election. Mr. Thayer, for Mr. Thompson, replied to Mr. and urged that the counsel for the ot)i9r side, in conceding that there were two returns be fore the court, had settled that the acts of Assembly must be followed, and a regular contest entered upon. A contest could not be decided upon a col lateral issue. The court decided not to receive any evidoneOj but. if possible, to decide the question of accepting sureties upon the face of the returns themselves. If it should prove to be necessary to establishing any question of fact* an intimation would bo given to counsel, and evidence would be required. Mr. Brewster commenced the argument in behalf of Mr. Stevenson, and, in the first place, he read the act of Assembly requiring the Return Judges to certify the election of parties. Mr. Stai'ens&ii’g certificate was the only one which declared any one duly elected as clerk of the Orphans’ Court. This is the only return in the language and in con templation of law. The law requires them to de clare who has boon duly elected, and thege Return Judges have so declared. The other return given to Mr. Lawrence has the word duly erased, and no one upon the face of that return is declared elected. And the law requires the Return Judges to return the candidates as duly elected. If there U any re sponsibility attached to this act of the Return Judges there is a remedy. Now as to signatures. Tho law requires to be signed by tho judges present, but the refusal of clerks or Return Judges to sign & return would not vitiate an election. The gentlemen ought to have reasons for refusing, and yet they could not, by their refusal, prevent a certificate being given. These returns and certificates arc entitled to rc epcct, and if h is to be impeached there is a way designated. It wa? said that Mr. Stevenson’s leturn was sign ed by but fifteen of the Return Judges. If this was an objection to the return, then it was equally objectionable in the other certificate. Look at Mr. Lawrence’s certificate. It is signed, not by twenty four Return Judges, but by fifteen, and after that the nine others sign the protest to the form of certi ficate They prx-tesi against these gentlemen having receiyed votes under protest. They disclaim union with the paper as an insult to lion. James R. Lud low. It was said that Mr. Lawrence’s certificate de clared that he had received the highest number Of votes. But it did not certify who was duly elected. It merely certified who had received the highest number of votes, according to particular enumera tion. What was their duty in regard to counting thfl VMflfl &£ tlie militia. ? The prothonolary when he receives the returns from the army, delivers to the Return Judges a copy of the returns, and the Return Judges must include in their enumeration the votes so returned, Tfley gf? apt to compute, any other votes. II they say they kavo computed certain votes which the law says they shall not, their certificate falls. Theprothonotary has sent seventy-nine returns to the Return Judges, and did not certify to flay one of them. Judge Ludlow. Why did they not come into court and say that ’{ They concluded to take an other course, and they shall not throw the odium upon rne. Why did they not Mate in their return that the papers were not duly certified ? They preferred to make a return which admitted that the returns were certified, and that they were do ing their duty ard counting the votes. I gaye them every opportunity to coiae into CQlirt and state their objection to the returns as being fraudu lent, and a learned member of this bar advised them SO to do, but thov chose to take onothor course. Mr. Brewster, in answer, said this might be true, but nothing that the Return Judges did could pre judice bis client. The Return Judges were simply to look at the returns certified to by the prothonotory. The seventy-nine were not certified, and there was no seal of this court- certifying the correctness of thi returns* The court should say that the prothonotary should not have the right to certify any returns of military votes, except those coming to him through theTOgu lar and prescribed channels, and if be should see fit to send others, the Return Judges should be told they have no right to count them. Judge Knox, on the other side, contended that the proper vto get at this question was to in quire what the Return Judges were required to do. and what they did do. Under the General Election Law. the Return Judges had no difficulty in obeying the instructions given in the aot of Assembly, Sut, as in the present instance, where there nre persons outside of the State entitled to vote, the Return Judges have further duties.to perform. He read the acts of Assembly directing the Re turn Judges bow to act, and urged that they were ministerial officers, and had nothing to do bat enu merate all the votes before them, without deciding judicially whether this or that return we* fraudu lent. The order of the court compelled them to per form their fluty. The certificate given to Mr. Ewing convicted the Return J udges of error in giving the certificate to Mr. Thompson. Mr. Ewing’s certificate declares that all the votes were counted as commanded, and, having admitted that. they must abide the conclusion resulting from that foot. Mr. Wharton followed on the same sidq i gmj t°9k ‘lie ground thaf, before polls close, a right Js vested to object to votes; that after the certificates ore given, another opportunity is afforded t* tost the legality of votes; out during the intermediate stages there was no right vested in any man or set of men to throw out any votes, or to pass upon the legality of the votes. After seme further argument, the CRSC WOS fid jonrned till ten o’clock this morning. What Soldiers do and do not Need. —lt if, perhaps. a very difficult matter tor those who arc collecting hospital supplies to obtain those ar ticles which are really necessary, and at the same time refuse those things which are not needed. Some persons have strange ideas in regard to the wants of the sick, furnishing jellies, preserves, eto, which are of little or no benefit to healthy stomachs, much less to those that are weakly. Let our la dies, as far as possible, devote their energies to ob taining articles of comfort rather than diet—blank ets, shirts, drawers, slippers, sooks, and all that is ossential to the diet of tne siek can bo usually ob tained on the surgeon’s order from the regimental commissary. Magazines, newspapers, and bookSj especially those to form a “hospital library," will he highly appreciated by the soldier when convalescent, and when confinement to bed or to the ward is irksome.- Chequers and boards, backgammon, and now and then chessmen, will also prove valuable. If the medical purveyors of the army had not funds to purchase whatever their experience indi cated would be useful, tben the charily of the pub lic might be evoked. Rut as this is not so, let the efforts 9f the truly uud judiciously benevolent bo directed to obtaining and forwarding to the hospi tals, or to the medical purveyors, freight prepaid, or to the quartermaster, such articles of clothing and amusement combined with instruction as will be really wanted and correctly appreciated by toe soldier whose tastes are not effeminate or childish. Manufacture of Artificial Teeth. —It is stated that at least three millions of teeth are annually made in this country alone. The first operation, according to the method of manufacture pursued at one of the most extensive establish ments of this city, is the choosing of the materials. These nre feldspar, silica, aud clay. To these are added various metallic oxide* to produce any shade of color desired. The feldspar, clay, do., are "round to an impalpable powder under water, dried, and made into a paste. That composing the body of the tooth is of different materials from that composing the base or enamel. The teeth are made in brass moulds, and this is quite a delicate process. The enamel is first put in place with a small steel spatula; the platinum rivets, by which, the teeth are fastened to the plate, are placed 111 position, and then the body is pressed into the mould. They are then submitted to powerful pressure and dried. After being dried, they arc submitted to a process called biscuiting, in which they can ho cut tike chalk. They are then sent to the trimmers, who scrape off all pro jections, and fill up all depressions wnioh may have been left in the operation of moulding, and then wash them with what is technically termed enamel. This is composed cf various substances, more fusible tliau the tooth itself, and answers the glaze in oom* mon porcelain making. It is ground to a fine powder, and suspended in water, and is laid on with a camel’s hairbrush. They are now sent to the gummers, who apply the gum. This is chiefly composed of oxide of gold, and is applied, in the same manner as the enamel. After being, dried they arc burned. This operation is carried on in a muffle. The teeth arc placed on a bed of crushed quartz, which is placed on a slab of refractory clay. After being exposed to an intense heat for some hours, they are taken out, cooled, and sorted. Personal.— Ms- Alexander J. McCleary, a well-known Philadelphia reporter, and fbr many months connected wilh The Press, is a prisoner at Richmond., as has already been stated. Gnu of his friends received a letter from him last evening. The letter had evidently passed a rigid examina tion from the rebel authorities, tor it was conside rably mutilated, and boro neither address nordate. The latter had probably boen written upon u pane whioli was missing. Mr. McCleary states that he enjoys good health and is pretty well treated. Dnowxixo Case. —Lust evening a member ef the Cameron Dragoons walked overboard at Callowhill-strcct wharf, and was drowned. Wo were unable toascertainhis name. The ooroner was notified to hold an inquest. Building Improvements.—Among the per mits time far issued in the present month by the building inspectors, wore six for the eraotion of school houses, two for churches, and three far market houses. Meeting of the Boaud of Trane. —Tho regular stated meeting of the Board of Trade held latf evening at tho room*, in Chestnut stroot. above Fifth. The attendance was much better than usual. Mr. S. C. Morton presided over the meeting. Letters were read from the Wilmitlgtoa Institute and the Board of Trade of Chicago, re turning thanks for donations of the reparta of the Board. Mr. Buzby spoke at some length in regard to the defences of the city. Up recounted what had been done in regurd to the safety of Fort Delaware since ihe coimaencemeni oC IU present rebellion* De cently the Corn Exchange unpointed a committee to visit Washington, and they reported to tho speaker that Mr. Cameron hod promised to do something in regard to repairing Forts Mifflin aui Delaware, but at present it does not appear (b it anything is being done there. The speaker referred to Mr. Seward's letter to the Governors of the various StateS| and to the retort of Governor Curtin to the Secretary of Sfote, He believed that the Bccrotary of State intended to give u gentle hint toforeign‘Powcrs that we would repel any attack with vigor. Ido not believe that Mr. Soward is a timid man, but think he believe; that “in time of peace we should prepare for war.” The question is, have we taken this advice or not; can we afford to be any longer indifferent about this matter ; shall we do less than our neighbor- of Now England ? Less money to been expended iu the defence of this than for any other city on the Atlantic coast. One million of dollars bus boon spent here, and nearly four millions in tire defences of New York. Fort Mifflin cost but $BO,OOO at first ; Fort Delaware has ninely-Mifi woufttel in tne*- mates ; but the defences are in an unfinished con dition. The sneaker read a number of statistics, showing the relative weakness of Philadelphia, an*i offered the following: TJjpt th c rivvr and bay defence? of Philadelphia arc entirely inadequate** and’ need t» bo immediately and largely increased; and tint it is tho duty of the United States Government to superintend and effect such nn imfroaso, nt such points as u competent corps of engineers may indi cate .with the least possible delay. Resolved. That the ardent, patriotic, and efficient services of Pennsylvania in tho work of -uj*pre?-ing Hie {southern rebellion, give her tho right to de mand from the National Government adequate protection for her seaport —Philadelphia. Resolved. That it is ineuinlunt upon our muni 9‘pal antbwitivf, upon the Executive and Legisla ture of Pennsylvania, iind upon our Representatives in Congress, to use all their influence, in the ap proaching session at Washington, toward securing tho immediate extension and completion of our maritime defence?; and that they should invite for this purpose the co-operation of the proper authori ties of New Jersey and Delaware. Resolved. That a copy of these resolution- h»; transmitted by the Secretary of the Board of Trade to our City Councils! and tu our members of Con* gross and tho State Legislature. The resolutions were unanimously adopted Colonel Snowden said that he had spoken to Colonel Enkcn in regard to the defences of Phila delphia. and hud hoped that he would have bc<m present at the meeting. We must stand by tho Government, right or'wrong, /b.v -mj ne fas. iu every possible emergency which may arise. Tt is because our city lies over a hundred mile-from ilia sen (hat riie hflsb«eh h eglectcd. In these dnyr. of steam iron-clad ships we arc, in fact, as near the sea os any city built on the const. Messrs. Fcrnon and Tutham addressed the meet ing. advocating at length the passage uf the reso lutions.-• Adjounud. Moke New Military Hospitals.—Tin: south wing of the immense four-story brick struc ture situated on Twcntj-sevgnd street, and running from Wood to Cnrlton streets, i; being fitted/ up for a first-dass military hospital, under the direction of John McArthur. Esq., architect, the carpenter work being done by Sir. Denny. The building i.s kDOffii as “ Ourirs walDpaper manufaetorv/’ and the north wing is still, occupied by Mr. Curry. Xbc entrance to the hospital is by an arched passage way on Twenty-second street. The first floor is intended for a dining-room, and is seventy-five by tvronty«five foot. Tho ceiling is supported by ai* irofi columns, and, together with the side walls, has been whitewashed. To the left, the kitchen (twenty eight by sixteen feet iu dimensions), bath room, and water-closet are situated This floor is warmed by a combined healer and ventilator, projecting down ward through the ceiling. The second floor is one hundred feet long and twenty-five wide, nnd is furnished with three ventilators. The third and fourth floors are of tho same dimenrions and heated hy steam. The old Rending Railroad depot, at the south castjcorner of Broad and Cherry streets, i* being converted into an arsenal. The inteii >r is now being floored over and whitewashed, iml Uflatflre are being inserted. The building is three stories high, and would furnish ample accommodations f >r nn entire regiment.. The Guay Re«ki* veh_—Thia hotly, com manded by Brigadier General F. E. Patterson, will make a parade on Thursday next, Thanks giving day. For some time past the officers have been drilling in the school of evolutions of the line, under the of General Pattersonr and are now prepared to execute the most complicate movements. The brigade will assemble on Thurs day, at the parade ground, Diamond Cottage, Camdon, and perform tho various marches, change of direction, nnd alignments in single and double column and taking distances ; formations of line of battle, forward, to the rear, and to the right and left, changes of front to the right, left, and rear ; foFinatl&fcs And changes by companies, divisions, battalions in masses and in deployed lines; pay ments into column from deployed lines of com panies, divisions, and battalions; passage of double lines advancing and retreating; marches by eohel tonsj countermarches 1 straight and oblique squarefq will be executed. During the manoeuvres, thirty thousand rounds of cartridges will be fired. Jtfany of ihoso mnrr merits will be new to our citizens, as they have rarefy- been made in our militeryMls plays heretofore. The parade of the brigade will take place subsequent to the drill. Regimental Consolidation It is stated tk«t the Peensylvaniß regiment heretofore known ns the Sixty-first, will be, or has been chaoged to the Second Pennsylvania Reserve, and has been filled to the complement of twelve hundred. The Second Pennsylvania Reserves, it is stated, never was filled, and the Sixty-first was consoli dated with it by order of Governor Curtin. The officers of this regiment thus constructed are : Colonel 0. H. Rippey, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Robbins, and Major Maurice Wallace. A Heavy Contract.— Jlf. H. E. Lehman, of Lancaster, well known in this city, has received from the War Department, at Washington, a con tract for rifling and repairing a large lot of arms. This contract Is a heavy one. Involving an expense to Government of nearly $300,000. In order to execute the job speedily, Mr. Lehman has already commenced enlarging his works, and will employ an immense force of workmen, so as to rifle, repair, and put in complete order about 1,000 muskets each day. It is understood that muskets so re paired, and supplied by percussion looks, are cqunl, in every respect, to the new ones made at Springfield. CITY ITEMS, Mn. CußTis’ Lectube os Thibsday Even* lxti.—Gueat Bale op Tickets—Tlio opposition ma t* Just veay Mr. G. Curti#’ fulfilling an cng&jj;pmcnt to lecture in this city liau created & petfuri furore Id his favor this year. Wo understand that the sale of tickets in advance, for Ills lecture before the People's Literary Institute, at Conceit Hall, en Thursday p vett ing next, on “ National Honor,” lias Leon so great, that, in all probability, enough will be Bold to All the UaU be fore tlifi day of the lecture. The most Intense intaeat prevails to bcO and hear what the flo.|u>>ut nod racy orator will have to say, under the circumstanced' Annuat. Oration Before the Society of •nil! Ali'mki op Tim Uaiemm* or The annual oration before the Society of the Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania will be delivered on Wed nesday evening, of this week, in the college hall, Ninth slurt) abuTP Chestnut, hy Alfred grille, M> V„ his sub* ject to bo “War the Civilizer." From the Qualifica tion* end antecedents of the erator, a production may be expected worthy the place, its time.houored associattens, and the cultivated audienco which is certain to grace the Ve anticipate for ouKrlVes a twtc itewl, >n<l may promite as much to ail who may attend. Cards of admit sion, wu believe, are Issued free of charge. “ Manfueness.” — This will be the subject afaleeture-to be delivered at Handel aud Haydn HaII this (Tuesday) evening, by the Rev, J. Hyatt Smith, the talented and eloquent pastor of the Eleventh Baptist Church of this city. We know of no man better qualified to treat the subject of 11 Dfunfulncw" in a “lire,” man ful way than J. Hyatt Smith. He will doubtless have a targe audlcuco. Ladies’ Furs.—Ladies who have not supplied tlioinioh oinvith winter Furs ean save a hand some per ceutoge by making their selections vow, at Messrs. Charles Oakford & Sons’, under the Contiueotal Hotel. Their stock is magnificent, embracing every variety—from the lowest coat goods in the market to the richest B«dw, and they are selling them (tl *»n jtri’ccdented loto prices. This opportunity Miould be promptly embraced, as the increasing scarcity of watte t/pfurs must enhance the cost of them very materially ill . f,-\v weeks. Our ailvice, t!|o|vfi)j-c j s , ft g, (2 Oftk fords' at onre, ami secure bargains while they are going. Old Port Wine, for Medicinal Pur poses — Persons wishing a genmne article of pure.old i’ffi't Wine—euch ua is recoinincnrtrd by physicians for UHHUciiiHl purposes—wilt find it nt Mr. C. H. Mattson's, dealer in fine family groceries, at Arch and Tenth streets. Mr. Mattson has also novr rn hand a very superior Ma deira Wine, of the celebrated lt Bn»l n brand, a rare and very choice article, The Indian's. —AVe take pleasure in calling attention to the call for n meeting In behalf of the In dians, for it is well known that tho frontier tribes ftr? smnrtin? under the accumulated wrongs which traitors aud speculators have heaped upon them, and, until tho true sentiment of better mind* inraado known to them, it is sot to< be. wondered at that they nre disrititUfied with tlioir condition. Lut us, hers in tho city of William Penn, show that we are prepared to do them justice; And a demonstration may have some-effect ou the action of Congress. The Hon. Judge Kelley, aud others, will give addressee o» the occasion, and we also understand tliut ojtvCtovernor Pollock will psusldo on the occasion. Concert Hall*— George Christy’s minstreia appear this evening for tlie last time but one, prior to their departure for Worthington. The performances are of the most pleasing consisting of songs, both BentimontrU and comic, jig and ballet dancing, &c. We weald advise all ouv reader* to attend Grand Parade on Thanksgiving Day.— The Gray Reserves are to have a grand parade and drill on Thanksgiving day* Thirty thousand rounds of blank cartridges will be fired during tho evolutions, and it is expected that (be drill witt be- far superior lo anything o f the kind ever witnessed is. this city. Tho effect will be heightened hy the splendid eppemuee of (he Reserves, the best equipped of them having procured their uniforms at the lteowa Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill A Wilson, No*. and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. Tho-firm named is alike ftuned for gelling up elegant and BUbdtaa tiril suits for BOldleH and elVtUana. Contentment produces, in some measure, all thoso effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what lie call* the philosopher's stone; aud if it does:not bring richest it the samo tiling by buntobinff tbs de sire for them. If it cannot remove the disquietudes aris ing from a man’s mind, body, or fortune, it makes him easy under them. Nothing conduces iw>re to a contented miud than the possession of oue of the cheap fi\h .and Winter 8»lt§ §Ptt?B BP fit the one-i«‘iee Clothing Empo rium of Granville Stokes, No* SOP Chestnut street. The finest aud cheapest ganneuta iu the city can ho obtained at this renowned depot.
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