TU PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFRIS NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. M
THE DAILY PRESS,
TWELVR CENTS PER WEEK, payable to the Carrier.
Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at SiX DoLLABa
PEE ANNUM, FOUR DOLL - IRS FOR EIGHT MONrUS, THREE
DOLLARS FOR SIR Mowrna—invariably in advance for
the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEERLY PRESS,
Mailed to Butlecribere out of the City at THREE Dot,-
Laze Pas Ainium, in advance.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. F
R O
E FALL 0
1-1 s_
i RIEGEL4 BAIRD, & CO..
/XIVIATERS AND JOBBERS
'DRY GOODS,
a. 47 NORTH THIRD BREW, PHILUNELPHL4.
Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully
Invited to examine our large and carefully-se
lected stock of desirable goods, which will be
cold at prices to suit the times.
ne2B-2m
1861. TO CASH BII"118. 1861.
H. G. LAtTUHLIN do Go.,
No. 303 MARKET STREET,
Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHLS. and
LOW YORK AUCTIONS, a general assortment o
fiENHOHANDISN, bought for CASH.
CASH BUTNES are especially invited to call and ex
amine our Stork. - sell-tf
MILITARY GOODS.
ANDREWS' ORIGINAL CAMP, OR
TRAVELLING
BED TRUNK.
(Patent applied for) For sale by
W. A. ANDREWS,
nolo-2m 412 WIESTNIIT blZeat.
ARMY SUPPLIES.
50,000 lairs ARMY DRAWERS.
20,000 GRAY FLANNEL SHIRTS.
10,000 MED do. SHEET&
500 dm= FINE TRAVELLING mum.
For sale by
BENNETT, RUCH, & CO.,
Manufacturers of Army Goo-Is,
nol2-2m 20 and 2.17 CHURCH Alley. FhilL
A RMY CONTRACTORS
AND SUTLERS
.11IPPLIED WITH 8P:17311E3 at the lowest rates.
Always on hand, a lame stock of
CAVALRY BRUSHES,
Government standard;
WAGON BRUSHES,
Government standard;
dad every Description of Brushes required for the Army.
IKEMBLE & VAN HORN,
oc/6-30i 321 MARKET Street. Philadelphia.
ARMY WOOLLENS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & Co.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Are prepared to deliver on contract 3-4 and 6-4 Dark and
Sky Blue
CLOTHS AND KERSEYS.
VIDIGO BLUE KERSEYS.
_INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS.
Aws 'Tory Tariety at dead. adapted to Military (Nothing'
for Bale at tho lowest prices
REGIMENTS EQUIPPED AT SHORT NOTICE.
BENJ. L. BERRY,
CLOTH HOUSE. SO SOUTH SECOND STREET.
ocb-tf
A RMY FLANNELS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
116 CIINSTNIIT MIDST,
are prepared to make °entracte, for immediate delivery,
WHITE DONET FLANNELS,
* AND ALL WOOL
INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS,
e Government standard. oed-tf
LOOKING GLASSES.
1
MSE REDUCTION
LOOKING GLASSES.
011 PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
.r/OTURN AND PHOTOGRAPH FRANZ&
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
-/ismoance the reduction of id per cent in the prices of ell
ewe! Manufactured Stock of Looking Illesses • also, in
savings, Picture and Photograph. Frames, 011 Pthlt.
inge. T6B largest and most elegant assortment In the
Vextetz7. A rare oPPOrtdenT JR now offered TO make pia
awes In this line For Cash, at remarkably Low PAM
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
Blb 011111ITNUT Blceek
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE.
- MOORE, HENSZEY, & 00.
airs now on hand, and are constantly receiving, a
Male assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS,
an., to which they invite the attention of purchasers for
gash or abort credit.
No. 427 MARKET Street, anti
oce.2m No. 416 COMMERCE Street. Phihula.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
13URE PORT WINE.
J.. • DUQUE PORTO WINE, BOTTLER IN
XORTUGAL IN MO.
Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
yore Port Wine can be supplied by inquiring for the
shove wine at CANTWELL it lIEFIfiiR'S,
Bontheast corner GSRWITOWN . Avenue
and MASTER Street.
HEINEBSY, VINE-YARD PRO
tors, Diem% Tricache & Co., Marett, Pinet,
Mad other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for
sale, ba. bond sad CANT
by
CANELL A SEFFEIL
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenne
and MASTER Street.
QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WEIS
"kJ KY.
Buchanan's Gail lla Whisky.
Old Tom Gin, Old Londe). Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Boltlen'eGin,
In Lond and store.
CANTWELL & KEYNES,
Bentheast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and RASTER Stmot,
VOUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
. brand—an excellent article. Imported and for sale
it a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL fr, REP
MLR, southeast corner of GERMANTOWN Avenue and
MASTER Street
BUDESHEIMER-BERG, LAITBEN.
REIMER, and ROCKHETMER WINE, in came
Of one dozen bruin each ; warranted pure. Imported
and for sale low L. CANTWELL Et REFFER, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street.
1711 MERMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
WlNK.—This appmed brand of Gioomtiati wine,
Om beta snide coic for cobbles," for Raba pore, bot
iGed and in caaee, by CANTWELL & EEFFER,
ieut corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street. se24-6m
14 . 0CHELLE BRANDlES.—Pellevoi
atn, A. geigvette, and Alex. Seignette, is half-pines,
onartars and octaves, for sale, in bond, by JAMBETCHAI
OABSTAIRS, 202 and 204 South IrBONT Street.
0c22-tf -
nu LEAD-8 barrels just received
per schooner Amalia, for sale by
JAtr.RETOHE & CARSTAIRS,
noT 102 and 2GI South FRONT Street.
COGNAC BRANDL—Pinet, Caatil
lon, Bienult, Tricoche, 5 Co., Banvin Ainit, Clan
gor and Hennessy Brandy, for sale in bond by JAU
=TORN. k CABSTAIRS, 202 and 204 South FRONT
Street. 0c7.2-tr
BORDEAUX BRANDY.-46 Pack
ages A, J. Danny Brandy, in bond, for male by the
Mole agents, JAUBETCMI & OABSTAIIIB, 202 and 204
ISonth MONT Street. oc'22-tf
iWitDOW SHADES.—The subscri
ra keep constantly on hand, and put up in the
leery beet manner, both in town and country, Plain
(washed) Palatial, Gilt Border, and Fancy Shades, of
every description.
Tiber also fernish !Medea colored to outer, adapting
them to CO Odor of the front, or to the prevailing e dor
In as PEElli and supply Shaded in quantities, and at re.
awed prim, for Churches, Hospitals, and other public
• '
GREPpARD,. VAN HARLINGEN, & ADDISON,
Importer, and Dealers in Curtains, Curtain Materials.
pie., lc" OFESITITT Strait no2T-tf
COTTON SAIL DUOS and ClAN
vis, at Ali nunthen and brands.
aminWpadc awning Twins all desuripllons, foe
pith MMus, Trunks, and WilgonGovers.
Alm. taper itiandscturore bria r Nis. frOSII
pig tub. Tarpaulin", Belting, MI Twins, ha •
AWN W. IMIBMAN &CO.,
Ida .TOWIM Atlas.
WILLIAM' F. GEDDES PLAIN
ArTPPAiiGYd4Bmarrladr., No. NO UMW.
tIVT Street. Boob, Pamphlets, Constitutions, Circulars,
Cards, cheeks, Norm, Drafts, lifil-heads, Bills Lading,
11644-owl gutrtoia-house Diego : &c., at (*mates. n3Q6tts
VOL. 5.-NO. 106.
FROTHENGHAM & WELLS,
'G
1861.
34 ROUTH FRONT AND 33 LETITIA STREET,
BROWN AND BLEACITED SHEETINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECLAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
EPRON THAI
BIASSAUHIISETTS, GREAT FALL
LACJON/A,
EVERETT,
LOWELL,
IPSWICH,
HAMPDEN,
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLODEIS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
FROM THE WASHINGTON (LAT' BAY Scira,)
AND OTHER MILLS. ocl-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, Sr,
HUTCHINSON,
No. 1111 OHICSTNIIT STREET,
OONNIBBION N BOHANTS
TOE 11l BALI Of
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
CITY BONNET brECIRE.
SEASONABLE G.OODS
A!
SEASONABLE PRICES•
SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK SALES.
Ladies' and Misses' Bonnets, Obildren's Turbans,
Caps, are., the beet and most fashionable, and at the low
est Brine. lidg MA& over, or bleached, and re
trimmed ; Millinery Goods in quantities to suit. BEA
FEB, FELT and PLUSH Goods for Children.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
ocUl-ff NO. Tea CHESTNUT STREET.
KENNEDY'S
FRENCH
FLOWEIIS. FEATHERS,
AND GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS.
No. T 29 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH
ocs-Sm
FURS
GEORGE 1% WON:RAPE",
NOS. 414 AND 417 ARCH STREET,
HAS NOW OPEN
- A FULL ASSORTMENT
OF
LADIES' FURS.
To which the attention of the Public is invited. no22tia2
LADIES'
CHOICE FURS,
WARRANTED
PARIS CLOAK AND TUR EMPOISIMIX,
J. W. PROCTOR & Co.
nol4am
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO..
Northeast Corner FOURTH and BADE Streets,
PAM ADELPELI.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, ito
AGENTS POE THE cELEnnTap
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES POR CASH
0e21,3m
JUST RECEIVED, Per " Annie Kim
ball," from Liverpool, Slander, Weaver, & Man•
der's preparations :
25 lbs Extract Aceniti, in 1 lb jars.
25 lbs Extract Ryoscryami, in S ib jug,
60 Da Extract Belladonna, in 1 lb jars. .
100 lbs Extract Taraxaci, in 1 lb jars.
50 The Yin Ral Colcbici, in 1 lb bottles.
100 lbs 01. Succini Rect., in lb bottles.
600 lbs Calomel, in 1 lb bottles.
500 Pil Ilydrarg., in lib jars.
WETRICRILL R BROTHER,
MILS 41 and 49 North SECOND Street.
fIABINET FURNITURE AND REG
46.1 LIAM TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. Fin South SZOOND Street,
connection with their extetwive Cabinet Benham ire
INEI =UrllCEE'ilig a superior article of
BLLLIABD TABLES'
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOOSE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which-are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
snperior to all others_
For the quality and finlab of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union who are familiar with the character of their work.
ana-am
FRESH MINCED MEAT.
The subscriber begs leave to inform the public that
be is again prepared to offer big justly celebrated
NE PLUS ULTRA MINCED MEAT,
In large or small quantities, Orders through De.
'patch Poet will be punctually attended to.
JOSHUA WRIGHT,
SPRING GARDEN and FRANKLIN Streets,
nol3-2m Philadelphia,
COAL OIL! COAL OIL!
GEORGE W. WOOTTEN,
NORTH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY.
MANIMACTITRRRS OF CSAL Olt, AND NN
FIRERS 07 COAL AND CARBON OILS.
WM. 1. JOHNSTON, President,
GEO. OGDEN, Secretary.
Also, Agent for BEERS, JUDSON, & BEERS, Patent
Glass Cones for Lampe, and wholesale dealer in Dith
ridge's Patent Qyttl (fire -prof) anti Barden Flints°lees
Chimneys, Lamps, &c. Burners to burn Coal Oil with
out Chimneys.
Cash buyers or prompt payers are respectfully Invited
to examine our stock. no2l-1m
PORTLAND irratosErw_.
0 I L.
We ere now prepared to imply this
STANDARD ILLINLINATItte
()NEATLY REDUCED PRIM.
Z. LOCKTI & CO., Sams Amor.,
leo Kam* Mimi\
Irmo miaow&
COAL -OIL LAMP
WITHOITT A CHIMNEY.
TRITTINEP PATENT COAL-OIL LAMP hem all
kind. of coal oil without the nee of a chimney. Bonen
and Lampe, wholesale and retail, by
B. H. WEEKS, General Agent,
noltam 10 North SECOND Street.
BEST QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
m ea hand sad tar Nab at Valea TnalA
"AO/ Bina, Kensinake. T. =Mas i
'llo4i 111 T WIWI Ono,
: 14r 7 . 1 ",
S. VIII 4 1 / 1 45P) 11.
34.
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COMMISSION MOUSES.
OFFER 101 NAI3I
SHIRTINGS,
LYMAN,
DWIGHT,
CABOT,
URICOPER, and
BARTLET MILLS
LIBBWIBs,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
MILLINERY GOODS.
FURS I
WELL SEASONED
AND RELIABLE,
VERY REASONABLE PRIORS,
70S CHESTNUT STBEET
br.i24IIFACTUREBS OP
CABINET FURNITURE.
38 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
AGENT kw' THE
LEGAL.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
THE PERSEVERANCE BUILDING ASSOCIATION
vs. MICHAEL KELLY.
lone Term, 1861. No. 812. Vend. Ex.
••- • •
The Auditor appointed by the Court to distribute the
proce.als of the .Iteriff's sate male under the writ above
entitled, et the property hereinafter dcacribmi, will at
tend to the duties of his appointment on THURSDAY,
December F, 1861, at 4 P. M., at hie Office. No. 611
WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. when and where all
percent; Interested are required to present their claims,
of be debarred from coming in upon Said fund. The
property sold as aforesaid is described as follows—to wit:
. . . . .
All that certain lot or piece of ground, with the four
story brick messuage or tenement thereon erected, situ
ate on the west side of Front street, in the city of Phila
delphia, late in the Northern Liberties; beginning at
the distance of 110 feet 5 inches notiliWard from Vino
street, thence extending by ground of Elizabeth Cooper
Westward 143 feet 8 inches to the east side of an alley 8
feet 4 inches wide, extending into and from the said
Vine street, thence by the said alley southward 17 feet
7 inches, thence partly by Page's lot, partly by ground
of Joseph B. Jenks 0144 rifo l and partly by ground of
Mary bacon, eastward 60 feet, thence by Mary Bacon's
lot northward 1 foot 81( inches, and eastward 77 feet 6
inches to Front street aforesaid, thence by the same 15
feet 1014 inches to the place of beginning. [Being the
same premises which Thomas E. Pryor,
.by indenture
bearing date the 711, day of March, A. b. 1804, recorded
in Deed Book T 11, No. 125, page 554, itc., granted and
conveyed unto the said Michael Belly in fee, reserving
tbereout the yearly ground rent or gum of $ll7, saya
ble half-yearly en the 7th day of the nwlinlit of March
and September in every year forever.]
n026-10t JOHN WINTYItE, Auditor.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL
PHIA.
Rehire of CHRISIIANA MEEKER, deceased.
The undersigned appointed by the C• urt to audit, set
tle, and adjust the account of JOHN C. FARR, Esq.,
and trustee sur estate of CHRISTIANA MEEKER, de
ceased, and to make distribution of the balance, her My
gives notice that he will meet the parties in interest on
TUESDAY, December 10,1561, at 4 P. M., at hig oirme,
southeast corner of SIXTH and WALNUT Streets, Phi
ladelphia. D. W. O'BRIEN,
n029-frnust , Auditor.
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
I_ TIM CITY AND COUNTY OF PIIILAIAL
PHIA.
Estate of HANNAH L. CRESSON, deceased
The undersigned appointed by this Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account of STANLEY C. FLAG, adminis
trator of HANNAH L. CRESSON, deceased, ftn4 tp mltke
441.1+41:mt10n or the hatance, hereby gives notice that he
will meet the parties in interest on MONDAY, December
P, DM, at 4 P. AL, at his office, southeast corner SIXTH
and WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia.
n029-finwst D. W. O'BRIPIN, Auditor.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
NOTICE.—The partnership heretofore
existing between the undersigned, under the name
of S FIIEEDLEY Ai CO., is TIM DAY dlikvolva by
tuntnal consent.
WILLIAM FRASER will continue the business in
his own name, and is authorized to settle the affairs of
the late firm.
SAMUEL FREEDLEY.
WILLIAM FRASER.
PHIf.A hELHHA, 110,-. 4, 1361. de4-wtm&w 4t*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Partnership lately subsisting between
the undersigned, under the firm of CANTWELL &
KEFFER, was dissolved on the 5c Tenth day of NOTOIrt.
her, A. 1.), 1801, by mutual consent. All debts owing to
the said partnership are to be received by the said
JAMES R. CANTWELL and JOHN C. KEFFER,
trading as CANTWELL & KEFFER, and all demands
on the said partnership are to be presented to them for
payment{ 13v
avw&HBt JOHN'
novll- C. KEFFER.
MEDICINAL.
RELMBOLD'S GENUINE
PREPARATIONS.
lIELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
RELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT Rtrerrtr
Cures Diseases of the Bladder.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Diseases of the Kidneys.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Gravel.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT HUMID
Cures Dropsy,
riEtitilol,lrl3 EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Nervous Sufferers.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
Cures Debilitated Sufferers.
RELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Loss of Memory t
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Lose of Power.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Consumption, Insanity.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Epileptic Fits, St. Vitq' Dump,
giELISIDOLDS' EXTRACT strum
For Difficulty of Breathing.
HELMDOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For G.etteral Weakness.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Weak Nerves.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Trembling.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Night Sweats.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Cold Feet.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BEENE
For Dimness of Vision.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Languor.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Universal Lamitiide of the Muscular System
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Pallid Gotuitenanoe.
lEFLIMBOLD'S EXTRACT BIIMU .
For Eruptions:
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Pains in the Back.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Headache.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Sick Stomach.
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
If you are suffering with any of the above distressing
ailments, use HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU.
Try it, and be convinced of its efficacy.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, recommended by
names known to SCIENCE and FAME.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU. See remark/
made by the late Dr. Physic.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU. Sere Dr. De
wee's valuable work on Practice of Physic.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU. See Dispensa
tory of the United States.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT &TORII. See remarks
made by Dr. Ephraim McDoweil, a celebrated physi
cian, and Member pr the Boyd College of Surgeon%
Ireland, and published in King and Queen's Journal.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See Medico-
Chirurgical Review, published by Benjamin Travers,
F. R. C. S.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See most of the
late Standard Works on Medicine.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See remarks
made by distinguished Clergymen.
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS
Give health and vigor to the frame,
And bloom to the pallid shook ;el
and are so pleasant to the taste that patients become
fond of them.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, SI per bottle, or
six for $5, delivered to any address. Depot 104 South
TENTH Street, below Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa.,
where all lettereronst be addressed.
PHYSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE
From 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Describe symptoms in all communications.
ADVICE GRATIS. CURES GUARANTIED.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. ocs-stuthSen
E L-rxilt PROPMAMINE,
The New itemeds for
RHEUMATISM
Doring the past year we have introduced to the notice
of the medical erefetedon of this country the /We Grp-
MOO Chlerm_e Propoiciatina• as a
iti S .L.COY Holt RHEUMATISM.;
and having received from many moms, hew from phy.
VICIOUS of the highest standing and from pimiento, the
MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS
of Ite real value in the treatment of this wiLeaj and ob
stinate disease, we are.induced to present it to the r .bu o
In a tuna READY FOE 1111HICDIATS 175 E, which we
hope will commend Wulff to those who are suffering with
this afflicting complaint, and to the medical practitioner
who may feel disposed to test the powers of this valuable
remedy.
PEOPYLANINIC, In the form above spoken
of; hu recently been eitenelvely.ftryierimentad with in
the
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
and with MARKED SUCCESS, (as will appear from the
published accounts in the medic journals).
gar It ia carefully put up ready for immediate use,
with full directions, and can be obtained tam all the
druggists at 76 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of
BULLOCK & CRENSHAW,
Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists,
ma 24-17 '• Philadelphia.
MUTTEIV4 COUGH MU.
F. BROWN.
COPY-RIGUT SECURED
Prepared only from the Original Prescription of the late
PROFESSOR MUTTER.
AT FREOICRICK. BROWN'S,
Northattet carnal. of FIFTH and CHFSTNITT Streets,
Philadelphia
This Remedy is a safe and simple preparation from the
receipt of the late distinguished Professor Mutter, with
whom it was a favorite proscription. That he used it in
his extensive practice, insures to the timid a Certain
proof of its pure and innoxious elements, and to those
who know his character for skill and careful attention,
to prescribe only such remedial agents as should secure
restoration without producing subsequent evil, it will be
welcomed as a real good. finder the guidance of a thy
%Minn (tO whom its combination will unhesitatingly be
made known), it will a jdwit3 s be found very beneficial,
and in cases where a medical adviser is not at hand, it
may be used with safety, according to the directions, in
all cases of short or long duration. For sale at
FREDERICK BROWN'S, '
Drlid . AMA Chemical Etoret
14. L. corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Sts,
ocl9-sku Gm Philadelphia.
CONSUMPTION.
WINCHESTER'S
gemuitsa twegatAlkw. or
DR. J. F. CHURCHILL'S
HYTOPHOSPHITES OF LIME AND SODA,
A Specific Remedy for the treatment of
CONSUMPTION
. .
The great iiIICCORII which has attended the USA of
the Itytiophosphites is creating a very general inquiry,
not only among tho medical profession, bbt also
among the thousands who are suffering from Pulmonary
Disease.
In all Nervous or Scrofulous Complaints, Debility,
Loss of VITAL Powza, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and
Female Weaknesses, it Is a sovereign and invaluable re
medy. •
Price $l, or six bottles for $5, with full directions.
Circulars may be obtained by all inquirers. Sold whole
ealo 444 Weil, by
8. C. UPHAM,
310 CHESTNUT Street,
Sole agent for Philadelphia. Trade supplied
no27•wfm3m
Q.PERMATORRHEA.—ONE TO SIX
Boxeo of "WINQUESTER'S SPECIFIC PILL"
will permanently - cure any case of Seminal Weakness ; or
its resulting impotency, however aggravated; and whether
recently developed or of long standing.
BEAD THE TESTIMONY.
•
We believe it to be at near a specific as any medi
cine can be. We have cured many severe cafes with
froin SIX T 6 TIM DOSES.
K. KEITH, M.
Amer, Jour. of Ned. Science.
Price $1 per box: six boxes for P. Sent by mail ,
Sold only by S. C. " UPHAM, SD CHESTNUT Street,
sole agent for Philadelphia. Trade 'applied.
n027-wWin
I J AMP 13HA.DE MANUFACTORY
OF V. QUAllitt
southeaat corner of NINTH and ABM Straggly
Wholesale RatabilehtweeL -
Retail State, oepoette, No. 831 Awn; Street,
For conveniencecd Lady metonymy, who wm mad. dors
the most suitable article fora Obriatatia lowa,
ads4clol
PHILADELPHIA, IRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1861.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBIIR 6, 61.
THE REBELLI
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
WIIEREABOITTS OF KO/LIMPER.
REAPPEARANCE OF OEN. iTLLLIAMS.
The Activity of tip Rebels.
ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO STARTFROH
kADUCAIt.
AFFAIRS AT QAURci,
AN ACTION WIT'S THE REBEL OUNiOATS.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NMS.
IMPORTANT ARMY ORDEZS.
Major Lynde, of New Mexico Notniety,
Dismissed from the Service!
DOINGS OF PARSON BROWICOW.
AFFAIRS AT ST. LOMB.
OPERATIONS OF THE OUTPOSTS 01 THE
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
EX PRESIDENT BUCHANAN ON THIt AR
REST OF MASON AND SLIDELL.'
&0., SZO.,
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY,
NoVentents of the Rebei General 40111-
Tho Louisville correspondent of the Oncinnati
Commercial, writing under date of D"mber 1,
says;
The rebel chieftain Zollicoffer has had sluice as
much uncertainty of location in the eyes of news
paper readers during the last two months as the
noterious Jeff Thompson. Since his retreat to the
fliatneSSeti of Cumberland (lap, partieulaily, sumac
has had him in succession at half a dozen different
points. As early as ten days ago it was believed at
headquarters in this city that he had joined his
command to the main body of the rebel army under
General Johnston, and that it formed the right
wing . of the same. I eemliatted this belief at the
time in my correspondence, and positive informa
tion arrived here yesterday removes, at last, all
doubts as to his recent movements and present
whereabouts. In accordance with orders received
nrevious to the uprising of the Vitat Tennessee
tntoniste, he fell bank from the Gap, after leaving
a small force, comprising about one-third of his
brigade, to dispute the rumored advance of the Fe
.derals, and arrived at Knoxville about twelve days
ago. His troops were in a deplorable condition—
clad in rags. half starved, arid alillett without
transportation. But nevertheless he made but a
short rest at Knoxville, and the bridge-burning on
the East Tennessee and Georgia-Railroad having
made transportation by rail between Knoxrille and
Nashville slow anti tedious, be matched overland
through Roane, Morgan, Fentress, and Overton
counties, Tennessee, via Kingston and Montgomery,
and entered Overton coisity r apthis iStateohontot
week ago, and has since pushed onward through
Albany and Monticello, Taria conogy, and, GO"
cording to latest accounts, had even erased the
Cumberland, and was making for Jamestown, Rus
sell county.
The news comes to me so well authenticated that
I cannot help crediting it, although the withdrawal
of Zollicoffer's brigade from East Tennetleee, in the
fees of the hsurrectionary efforts of the loyalists of
that section, must seem strange. It can only be
explained by the presumption that the arrival of
Gen. Carroll's brigade at Knoxville, from North
Alabama, took place before Zullicoffer's westward
movement, and that it (Carrellla brigade) logetter
with the rebel troops seat into East Tennessee from
Western Virginia, were deemed suffictentto hold.
the disaffected region in check Zollicoffer's over
land march may have also been made to prevent
any intended uprising in Roane, Morgan and Fen
tress counties, the Unionism of whose inhabitanfs
was alwitial most earnest and uncompromising. The
fact that Johnston ordered Zollicoffer to join him,
may be taken as conclusive evidence of serious ap
prehension on his part in view of the great name
rical superiority of the Federal army opposed to
him. Zollieoffer's advance upon Jamestown was
undoubtedly for the special purpose of counteract
ing the recent strengthening of the left Federal
wing by troops from Gen. Thomas' division;
Simultaneously with the news of Zollicoffer's
movements, information was received here of the
reappearance upon Kentucky soil of the rebel Ge
neral Williams, with a force of about 1,000 men,
lately chased out of the State by Gen. Nelson.
Nothing serious need be apprehended from his pre
sence in the valleyof the Big Sandy. Food for
neither man nor animal is leftin the mountains of
Eastern Kentucky. The State troops of Central
Kentucky will be abundantly able to take care of
him.
Affairs in Southern Kentucky.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from Fort Smith, Smithland, November 25,
says:
The post at this place,under command of Lieut.
Col. A. L. Cheltau, welfth Illinois, deserves a
passing notice. We have here four companies of
the Twelfth and two of the Forty-first Illinois in
fantry, and one 6kfairy compariy from the same
State, under Capt. Mars, and one artillery, (two
pieces,) under Lieut. Hopkins. In addition to the
above force there are three companies' of Ken
tuckians, part of Col. R. K. Williams' regiment,
under command of Major P. D. Yeiser. The total
force about 1,200 Union troops; quite sufficient
for the purpose,
inasmuch as Sinithland has never
been considered a strategic point, and its close
proximity to Paducah, where a large force is sta
tioned, would necessarily deter the enemy from at
tempting to hold it, liotwithetainting the above
statement, Government has been lavish in its garri
son appointments.. The fortifications—two in num
ber—are upon the most extensive scale, command
ing, at the same time, the Ohio river in both direc
tions, the Cumberland from its mouth two miles up,
and the country in every direetioh. Tcril 04-pound
era are mounted upon swivels, and, in addition to
the smaller calibre, give confidence to the friends
of the Union here.
On dit, it is rumored that General Grant eon.
templates another movement against Columbus.
Captain Lyman, just returned from Washington
air. reports it as certain.
Venal , Beauregard, situated near Felleiana.•
Graves county, Kentucky,.where about I,sao oon
federate troops are quartered, is being sadly de
pleted b y
_ desertion, I.laptain Kuhn, provost mar
shal of Paducah, has quite a number of these men,
and they report an average aesertion of three per
day. Times, they say, are very hard—no shoes,
clothing, or money. it is even stated-that Briga
dier General John S. Bowen contemplates disband.
invhis forces if money is not forthcoming.
We clip the following from the legislative pro
ceedings of Kentucky, as published in the Frank
fort Commonwealth, of Monday -
Mr. Yeatman- offered the following resolution,
"is
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Af
fairs be instructed to inquire into and report to this
Rouse whether it is expedient and necessary to
raise twenty-five thousand troops in Kentucky', or
any other number s in addition to those now in ser
vice front this State, for a term of service not ex
ceeding one year, to be organized and officered
under the authority of the State, and subject t. the
order of the commanding general of this deFtrt
ment.
2d. And if so expedient, a commissioner be ap
pointed and authorized by this General Assembly
to arrange with the United States Government for
the servieea of such troops, and for defraying the
exp . ensas of arming and okkelpfping the Men, and
their payment while in the service.
The question being taken, said resolutions were
adopted—yeas 55, nays 9.
Mr. Sparks offered the following joint resoluticas,
which lie one day on the table, viz,;
Resolved by the General Assembly of the Cam.
enonwealth, of Kentucky, That whereas, there are
numerous persons in the United States drawing
pensions from the Government of the Thule&
States, who are disloyal to said tiovornmeit:
therefore,
Resolved, That our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress be requested to so amend the
laws in relation to pensions that no person or wa
goner of the United States shall be allowed to driw
his or her pension until he proves his or her loyalty
to said Government to the satisfaction of the Pen
sion Office, or the member of Congress of his or ter
respective district ;' that the oath of loyalty alms
shall not be sufficient to entitle said penstonerte
payment_ of a pension. That the Speaker of the
blouse of Representatives be, and he is hereby, te
quested to send a copy of the above and foregoing
resolutions to each of our Senators and Represrat
tativee in Congress, and to 411 of the GoVernors of
the United States.
The Situation in Kentucky.
The Evansville (Ind.) Journal of Saturday says
that a battle near Calhoun, Ky., is imminent, sad our force there is such as to render defeat impro
bable, if not impossible. The ..Tomia/ predicts the
speedy occupation of Bowling Green by our troop,
if Gen. Crittenden is successful. Gen. Buell will_
march forward the immense army encamped en
the line of the Nashville road, and the enemy will
be forced to evacuate the Green liver MAI
The Bowling Green correspondent of the New -
leans Picayune made a fair statement of the arse
when he said that the positiceketthe Confederates
in Kentucky is oritioal.
Anothlr ErssiktKin.
The Paducah correeponderit of tho St. Louis 275-
morrat, under date of tho let instant, says an expe
dition has left Paducah, and another has left Shat
neetown for Caseyvilleothero it le rumored to
rebels hare planted a bodge; blockading the item.
No particulars have as yei r ;kwt to band.
Activity of the Rebels.
Reports reach us of the increased activity of de
rocas iq gionthern Eentuoki s to the ieet ind wet
' of Bowling Green. A force of several thousand
infantry, and Ave hundred cavalry is reported to
be advancing upon Columbia, in Adair county,
where there are several thousand Kentucky troops
encamped. At Lebanon, there is a considerable
I Union force, composed in part of the heroes of
Camp Wildcat. From Lebanon to Columbia there
is a good turnpike road, and I presume, therefore,
that there iv little danger of our fermi at Columbia
being overwhelmed. But Colonel Hoskins, who has
been encamped with one partially organized regi
ment near Waitaboro, at the head of navigation on
the Cumberland, is in danger of being out off and
surrounded with superior numbers.
The demonstration on Columbia is probably a
mere feint for the purpose of preventing the send
ing reinforcements there to succor Col. Hoskins.
About 250, however, of Col. Wolford's cavalry
have gone to his assistance. The rebels were re
ported as about crossing the Cumberland on a raft,
and Col. Hoskins is said to have fallen back to a
position at Fishing Creek Cliffs, where he expects
to give battle.
Gob Hoskins is one of our best Kentucky eold=
nets, and if he can have half a chance will give a
good account of himself.
Advance of the Rebels.
911 the western side of the railroad the rebels aro
reported to have advanced a force of 3.000 men
from Hopkinsville to Greenville, and a like num
ber from Bowling Green to Rochester. A report,
not credited, has reached us of the advance of 3,OQQ
men toward Ashbysburg. Still another account
mentions but one body of four or five thousand
men, said to be approaching the Green river, near
Rochester, under the traitor Breckinridge. And
since I penned the last sentence I have, from good
authority, learned that this large rebel force, find
ing they would have some fighting to do, turned
tail, and retreated to Bowling Green.
FROM CAIRO.
An Action with Rebel Gunboats.
A speeiltdespatch to the Chicago Tribune, dated
Cairo, December 2,1861, says : •
Throe rebel gunboats came up in sight of Fort
WU this I'. M., and fired several shots, whieh• were
returned from the fort and battery at Bird's Point.
The rebel shots end those,from Fort Solt fell short.
A shot from Bird's Point went over the rebel
!newer?, which caused them M put about and scud
down the river. As soon as the firing was heard,
General Grant got on board the steamer W. li.
Brown, which ran down towards the Point, but
found - that the rebel steamerti had passed out of
sight. • The gunboat Vasuaioga, having steam up,
ran down as far as Lucas Bend, but did not gain
sight of the rebel steamers.
Considerable excitement existed for a time. Af
ewyehreadfirdeidsaopypeeratined
tharaotinkculegthtiembefttrdo,ma few Fort
! b or ei t i h .
Prentiss at this point, with a view of further expe
diting their movements in case they had anchored
there. The shells were well directed, and flew over
the Mississippi across Bird's Point and dropped in
the river beyond, a distance of over two miles.
The fact of our bating each heavy metal at Fort
Holt does not seem to have been suspected by the
rebels. It is regretted by many that the gunboats
bad not been coaxed into a shorter range before
they were opened upon by the columbiad. The
gunboat Lexington, Captain Stumble, which was
lying in the Ohio at the time, immediately got up
steam and proceeded about fourteen miles down the
river to reconnoitre. An hour or more elapsing
before she got underway, the rebels had got so good
a start that she was unable to see anything of them.
She returned before dark. It is said that 'one of
the gunboats was Hollins' famous ram, the Manas
sas, which it is said arrived at Columbus a day or
two since. The fleet probably came up on a re
connoitring expedition, and fired her shot as a bit
of empty . bravado. If we bad more than one avail
able gunboat here, possibly they would not have
got off so easily.
Some — fears are entertained of an attack on Fort
Bolt by a land force, in conjunction with the gun
boats. In ease of the rebels making their appear
ance, they may receive a reception more warm than
pleasant.
A quantity of ammunition has been sent to Fort
Bolt, with a number of marines to man the guns.
A large amount of ordnance arrived hero last night
from bt. Louis on the steamer D. G. Tyler. It is
intended for Paducah.
The steamers Lake Erie No. 2 and New Golden
Gate, with troops on board, under escort of thegun
boat Conestoga, left Paducah yesterday on an ex
pedition to Caseyville, up the Ohio.
Several regiments at this point are now under
marching-orders, destination not known.
Another CampJaokson prisoner came up from Co
lumbus to-day, who, upon presenting himself, was
put in the guard-house.
Three negrees i free; below, presented themselyes
to the picket guard at Bird's Point, about noon to
day, and were taken before Colonel Oglesby, com
manding Bird's Point, who ordered them sent back
through the lines, with orders not to retiieu
Bis (Colonel Oglesby's) action in this matter
was based upon general order No. 3, issued by
Major Cieneral Ilalleck.
The report that Jeff Thompson has four hun
dred negroes working on fortifications at New Ma
drid ishonfirmed. Thompson has 1,500 men under
his command.
A. number of the largest ealitte gnus are being
mounted at Yore bolt and other points here.
The steamer Ndshville, from St. Louis, landed
four rebel prisoners at Commerce, by order of
General Curtis.
We hare nothing from Columbus to-day. All is
quiet here:
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe
BALTIMORE, Doc. s.—The Old Point boat has
arrived, but brings no news from the South, there
baying beon no flag of truoo to or from Norfolk.
The steamer Spanlchng has sailed for Hatteras
Inlet.
The detachment of the New York Fifth Regi
ment, which has been doing duty on the Eastern
shore of Virginia, returned in the steamer Star,
Secessionism being now entirely defunct there.
Important Army Orders.
WASHINGTON, December s.—By an army order
just issued, the Secretary 9f War diretita that all
officers and enlisted men of the volunteer service,
now prisoners in the hands of the enemy, or re
ported as missing in action, or that may hereafter
be taken prisoners, or reported missing in lotion, be
transferred to skeleton regiments, to be formed by
the Governors of the respective: States, and to con
sist entirely of sueh prisoners and missing officers
and men. The MIMI* thus OSSASIOELOd in the
organized regiments will bei,Und by the Governors
of the various States to, whioh the regiments
belong.
In time of actual field service, officers of cavalry,
artillery, and infantry are permitted to wear the
light blue overcoat , prescribed for enlisted men of
the mounted corps.
The uniform for chaplains of the army will be a
plain black frock coat, with standing 9911er and One
row of nine black buttons, plain black pantaloons,
black felt hat or army forage cap without orna
ment. On occasions of ceremony, a plain chsTrAll
de bras may be worn.
Assistant Burgeon J. G. Herndon, of Virginia,
has been dismissed by direction of the President
for desertion of his post. Also, Major Lynde for a
similar reason, /Ina for subsegnently surrendering
Lie commana m an inferior force of insurgents in
Now merle°.
mustering officers who have not already done so
are requested to send the rolls on which they have
mustered regiments to the Adjutant General's Of
heel Washington.
One of the Rat-Bole Squadron Returned.
BOSTON, Dee. 5.--Below, the ship Terror, of the
rat-hole squadron. She put back in a leaky con
dition, when off Hatteras.
Parson Brownlow.
The Louisville correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times says:
When I wrote you last, I spoke considerably
about BAR/ 111 01Y, At would seem, by a despatch
which comes from a Richmond paper, that our Eli
jah has turned up, not by the brook Cherith, fed by
the ravens, nor under a juniper tree, seeking death
by a direct application to the Almighty, nor yet
seeking protection Wader the shadow of the wing of
the widow Zarephath; butwe find Brownlow at the
head of the regiment spoken of in the prophecy of
the Memphis Appeal, which I quoted, a regiment
or three regiments, an army of three thousand men.
But 331.01,1110Vit is fighting on the side of his country,
and not of the rebellious oligarchy which seeks to
tread out all real freedom from the face of the
South. Glorious old Brownlow ! I could wish my
self by his side—if he were not in such a close
places But the despatch says he is doing mom mis
chief (to the hellish cause of rebellion) than all the
Yankees in Kentucky. That would not necessarily
be Much; but I take it that Brownlow is doing
much mischief. As they count mischief, he is capa
ble of doing a great deal.
rnion Feeling in the South
Last winter, when the monster of Secession first
lifted its dragon head in Tennessee, and we began
to tremble lest we should be quickly toppled over
the brow of precipitation, called me to
Georgia and thence to East Tennessee. When I
entered the State of Georgia, I found that once re
spectable Commonwealth, which had inscribed
~W isdom, Juatice, and Moderation" on her coat-of
arms, in the act of doing the most unwise, unjust,
and immoderate deed ever done in the world's his
thry
At . least her usurping Convention was doing the
work for her. That body, just then, false to their
country and to their own Nipple who had elected a
majority of pledged 00-clperatioiliats,_ passed an or
dinance of secession. I was amazed at the demo
niac spirit of exultation with which the news of this
meet rash deed was received along the public high
ways,. where trowicei has flourished most during all
the history of this great rebellion. Disgusted with
the worse than insane exhibitions of the Georgians,
and trembling for the fate of my own State, I made
my way into East Tennessee.
Even there, along the railroads, I found Secession
noisy and rampant; but only leave the road and
go back a few miles into the rural districts, and
there you will find, on the farmer's mantel, per
haps, but two books, the Bible and the Life of
Washington, and one newspaper--Brownlow's
Knoxville Whig. - These people could not under
stand how they Were omega:sea, and Aouta'nut
know it. They loved the Government of Washing
ton, and had read his Farewell Address. Treason
found no place in their bosoms, but indignation
beamed from their eyes at the Were mention of the
attempt to dissolve our glorious Union. These
were the men who east their votes five to one
against Seeestdon.
What Might have been Done.
BrownloUr has done muoh for hie country. And
now, if he is sti ll able to keep the field for three
weeks, and finds himself, at the end of that time,
at the head of a largely increased force, what could
have been done if our forces 'had at once been
&lied into East Tenneasee, immediately after the
burning of the bridges? Zollicoffer would Ituve
been driven wet or annihilated. Large rebel stores
at Knoxville would have fallen into the hands of
the patriots. The railroad, with its rolling stock,
would have fallen into our bands, from Union sta
tion to the Inwastaie, a distance of over 190 miles.
Twenty thousand East Tennesseans would have
sprung to arms, and the rebellion would have been
forever driven From Fist Tennessee. Western
North Carolina would have promptly come to the
rescue, and a section. of country large enough for
on ePt9r9 Rake would hero been reclaimed to the
cause of the Government. But, no; our army in
Eastern Kentucky must turn and run likelhe hosts
of Sennacherib. without an enemy near them. I
hope that Gen. Buell, who found this folly already
committed, will soon. find opportunity to redeem
c h o is mm las un t
ic a u d t v io a n ntg r o o . ugh T ua be
t g7 T o etet i4 e n e n ol l u o st f be cut
Mr. its importance moot be overestimated.
Confederate Gunboat Destroyed.
We learn from the Memphis Avalanche of Mon
day, the 25th nit,, that the Confederate gunboat
Tumarora, on her way up the Mississippi from
New Orleans, took fire on the 23d ult., about fif
teen miles above Helena. A strong wind was
blowing at the time, and it was found impossible to
save the boat. An anti to save the magazine was
successful, but the shells on board commenced to
explode soon after the fire commenced. The ex
plosion fired the negro quarters on Mr. Harbutt's
plantation, as well as the tops of trees on the hank
of the river. The boat wasburned to a wreck. It
is not known how the fire originated.
John C. Breekmndge 111.
The Nashville-Louisville Courier of the 25th
says that John C. Breckinridge is quite ill
from an attabk of jaundice.
AlRuts at St. Louis
A special despatch to the Chicago Tribune, dated
St. Louis, December 2, says
Sixty: five of the Camp Jackson exchanged raq
sonora, including Gen. Prost and most of the officers,
were hugely disappointed' because not allowed to
join. Price's army by the Pacific Railroad. After
taking all except officers' aide arms and extra bag
gage, seising several doyen Mtrabilnd letters and
newspapers, the provost marshal made each man
anbscribe.ansvath that he was the identical indivi
dual named in the list of exchanged prisoners, that
be was taken prisoner laitifeey by Tali. Lyon, he.
This was done to prevent recruits g ting South un
der assumed names. The lot were then shipped to
Cairo, on the steamer latan, about 1 o'clock. One
of the Camp Jacksonites, who couldn't get off, was
arrested on Fourth street, and sent to the military
prison, for cheering for Jeff Davis.
The iron-clad gunboats Louisville and Carondelet
leave to night for Cairo. Their machinery is no
yet finished, but ice and low water are feared if they
delay.
Large numbers of families of refugees from tho
vicinity of Springfield have been arriving con
tinually all day, in the moat destitute condition. As
no organized attempt has been made to relieve their
wants, their suffering is intense. They crowd the
warehouses, and are fed by piteous appeals to hotel
lieepers. About 200, mostly women and children,
nearly naked, sleep in the calaboose to-night by
permission of the chief of police. Their appear
ance on the street is shocking in the extreme.
The captain of the steamer Emerald had seven
of his crew arrested to-day for general insubordi
nation. They raised such a row in the military
prison as to make it necessary to put them in irons.
Captain Postal and his clerks, Lyle and White, of
the steamer Platte Valley, have been acquitted,
after diligent investigation, of any complicity in
the stoppage of that boat by 4 . 4, Thompson,
Operations at the Outposts of the Army of
the Pot-omac.
General Fitzjohn Porter reports tq headquarters
that, on the morning of the 3d inst., he arranged
with Generals MeCall,Raneock, and Wadsworth to
Ma the country from Vienna to Hunter's Mills,
and sent out four hundred men of the Second Maine
Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Varney, and
one hundred sharpshooters of the Twenty-second
Massachusetts, under Major Tilton. to be specially
statione{i. 9elleral r9rtcr (91/9woct them at a later
hour with the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, all un
der command of Colonel Averill. The whole com
mand returned, and Colonel Averill reports that,
while patrolling the country, and beyond 'Vienna
to Hunter's Mills, no enemy was seen except two
small parties—ona of three parsons, beyond Vi
enna, and one nearly two miles beyond Bunter's
Mills—to neither of which could he get closer. No
enemy has been in the region visited by Colonel
Averill since Sunday. He expresses great satis
faction at the manner in which all parties acted
to-day, and thinks Captain Bell was fortunate in
not losing his whole squadron upon his 'reconnois
sance last week, as the party which attacked and
pursued him is known to have been over five times
his number.
Gen. Wadsworth guarded the road from near
Fairfax Court House to Vienna; Gen. Hancock
near Walters' Mill, and Gen. McCall had a foraging
party en Difficult run, and discovered no enemy. A'
dense smoke of camp fires was seen rising from Ger
mantown, to the rear of Frying Pan.
General Hancock telegraphs from the head•
quarters of General Smith's division to headquar
ters, that on the 3d instant a boy, working at Mrs.
Walters, near Walters' Mill, beyond.the Alexandria
and Leesburg turnpike, who had worked for her
daughter in Germantown, had jai& arrived from
that place He was a week in getting through the
enemy's lines. Ile says the enemy's scouting par
ties we see are habitually the old pickets, each of
which is required to make a scout after coming off
picket duty. Ile also states that there was ono re
giment of 'infantry of about one thousand men at
Germantown one week since, but no considerable
force this side of Centreville. They often come
down in force and go back again. This regiment
at Germantown, with the cavalry, he states, does all
the picket duty in this region. When he was at
Centreville, three weeks since, the report among
these troops was that they had seventy or eighty
thousand men, all between Centreville and Ban
nn, With a few troops on a road leading to Ma=
names. At that time, two South Carolina regi
ments and a battery were to go South on the fol
lowing Saturday. There was a great deal of ill
feeling existing between the Virginia and South
Carobna troops, in consequence of the determi
nation of the latter to return home. The boy states
that there were no troops at Fairfax at that time.
General Hancock thinks the boy states the truth.
Our scouts, up to the night of the 3d inst., re
faritttehrsa7t
m no ffi e . nem No y
c e ll o c ul pa d y b h e iti se b e e n en in w the th v a i t ain d it ir y so o!
tion since Sunday night, and then at the Union
school-house this side of the turnpike, and between
Peacock Hill and General McCall's lines there
Prisoners cthOrembeahlTedfialled. ni ght.
was a p e o on l a i i t d i e ca ra l ble force ,
We learn, from the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register,
that the Union men under arrest there on the
charge of bridge burning had been delivered over
to the military antborities, and were to be tried by
court martial on Thursday the 28th ult.
The Ex-Public Functionary on the Slidell
and Mason Arrest.
A Lancaster correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, who has recently visited Me. Bi -
obanan at Wheatland, says
Reference was casually made to the Slidell and
Mason arrest. This drew out from him a prompt
regret that the Administration should be " embar
rassed b 7 a new difficulty, now when gyerthing
seemed to be going along so favorably towards the
overthrow of the rebellion." Re hesitated not to
soy, that the prisoners would of course be given up
as soon as the facts came omcially before the Go
vernment. The ground of this opinion was the
same that has been taken by others, namely • that
the British flag was the same in its responsibilities
on the sea that it is on the soil of England. The
men under it were entitled to its protection. Long
diplomatic, administrative, and executive experi
ence would give to his opinion much weight, but it
is fair to presume that he would hare reflected
more before expressing it in conducting a diplo
matic correspondence. At least, from the appear
ance of the man, one may have a right to that im
pression.
The Young Men of the Army.
The Louirrille Journal says
Th. 3 fame of Spartan mothers is to be rivalled by
-the Brmness, devotion, and loyalty of the mothers
of America. The present war calls forth the exhi
bition of the noblett traits of the female heart. We
have seen scores of letters which, if collected in*a
printed volume, might accompany the "book of
books," as a most fitting commentary on the value
of its inculcations, and show the rich produce of the
ripe harVegtilillidt spring from its seeds of right.
eousnese and truth. But we are permitted to copy
an extract from one addressed to Col. J. M. Shack
elford, which, in its tone of Christian confidence
and patriotic self-sacrifice, is above and beyond all
praise. Written from 11 Minded country home,
that Shenstone might have envied"--a home
where " peace, tranquillity, and innocence, shed
their mingled delights around"—it pours forth the
hopes and fears of a mother, who, leaning on the
Almighty arm, trusting to ills power and confident
in the justice of her country's cause, gives up her
eldest son to her God and to that country. The
simple pathos of the letter is the highest eloquence,
and its religious confidence the most holy charac
teristic of an American mother. It reads as fol
lows :
COL. Jowl M. SHACKELFORD : I send my son
to you, yes, my eldest child, with the full confi
dence that you will care for, guide, and protect
him as you would your own son.
My boy bee bees as tenderly cared for t and his
morals as strictly guarded as a girl's. He is young,
unsophisticated, and innocent as the most refined
female. God grant that ho may remain so, al
though I know the camp is calculated to demoralize
and unfit a man for the soolal circle. My boy is
gentle,
but firm and unwavering. He can be ma
naged by kindness, but not by harshness. This I
know by experience. > I know martial laws are ri
gid gentle and forbearing in consequence able
youth and inexperience.
Pardon the feelings and partiality of a doting
mother. I now give my darling boy up to his God
and his country, and may the just God of battles
preside ever and shield your devoted regiment, is
the prayer of your unhappy friend.
The Fortifications at Cumberland Gap.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Regaster, of the 22d ult.,
says that th e fortifications at Cumberland Gap are
now completed, and are amply sufficient to Wend
it from anar force from any quarter.
Winter Quarters or Cantonments.
Col. J. B. Urchin says, in the Kentucky Z ounce
Gazette : In the European wars there were many
cases where the campaigns were conducted during
the winter time, but in all these eases it was really
active campaigns, with marches and fights that
were conducted during severe weather, and not
mere dispositions in camps, of the armies at con
siderable distance, one from another. During
these campaigns, sometimes by mutual agreement,
sometimes by the example of one of the parties, the
armies took cantonments and remained for a con
siderable time in winter quarters. In 1807, in a
war between Napoleon I. and Russia and Prussia,
both parties were so exhausted that the Ruled=
army showed a disposition to take cantonments,
and seeing that, Napoleon also wont into canton
ments behind the river passage. In the Russian
campaign in 1812, the last part of the campaign
was conducted during the cold weather, but whey
the French army occupied Moscow, the troops were
cantoried and around. Moscow, _except the a&
winced guard'of Murat that.was sent against the
Russian army in position at Nalciarostavets. In
{he Crimean war the operas ups oogliged Woo
TWO CENTS.
mailed A space, mid the wnr WOO SO much like the
siege of one large army besieging another. t 7 htbt
both parties were encamped m winter time in Ltsts
and barracks.
. , .
Tho active campaign, eftbnsive or defensive, may
make it necessary to keel. teoops in camps or bi--
vouaes when the campaign. to prosecuted vigor
ously, and where there is aidbsire to break, so to
speak, the enemy's hock, aid. not to give him a
chance to breathe !redly, w Arettlit mud to prepare
to fight successfully against twin the spring. But
When the military operations cter noh decisive, and
particularly when the troops areliieatcd at a con
siderable distance from the enemy, and separated
from him by some natural line ordemitreation, as a
large river, for instance, it is rather' injudicious to
keep them in the camps. In cold,. rainy, or frosty
weather, it is impossible to have etiteidc drills—the
soldier is shivering all the time ; tieing out on
guard or on picket, his clothes sometimes are lite
rally soaked with rain, and on going: to bis tent,
not baying any chance to dry his clothe*, and ex
hausted, hu throws himself down on the. wet straw,
and to-morrow he is stitt with rheumatism and
cough, goes to the hospital, or roves, unable for du
ty, among the tents, shivering and being apt to get
inflammation of the lunge. Being low-spirited and
idle, be cannot And any mental occupation, because,
even if he bad some book or newspaper, being cold,
his head refuses to work. The man must be, ac
cording to circumstances, comfortably located in
order to become a flobting mans The toggh9l6 of
the muscles has a limit transgress that limit and
the ruin of health is inevitable.
The troops in cantonments generally are disposed
according to the order of battle. If it is an army
corps of three divisions, for instance, one division,
with its artillery, is advanced forward. so as to form
an advanced guard, and is cantoned in close quar
ters ; the other two divisions, with their artillery,
remain behind, taking larger space for their can
tonments. In each division the brigades are dis
posed so as to have two of them in front, and the
other two behind. The campaniles of each regi
ment are located according to the ardor of battle—
deployed or in column. The advanced guard is
disposed so as to be 'able to concentrate in four,
twenty-fourhonre, according to its distance
from the enemy; each of the othardalalons ismore
or lees spread out according to the same °Aleuts
tione. The headquarters of the corps are located
in front of the wish/ boil, and behind the adrenal
guard; the Melilla/a heartwitere are loomed lathe'
Centre, or on the nearest flank of the division tiP
wards the corps headquarters, and approximately
at the same distance from the corps headquarters,
in order to transmit orders from the commander-in
chief to the commanders of divisions in the same
length of time. The brigade healitartere maid
be located in the centre of the brigades, and approx
imately at the same distance from division head
quarters, and so with the regimental headquarters,
in relation to brigade headquarters, and the com
pany headquarters in relation to the regimental
headquarters.
The cavalry—if not employed in the advanced
guard—the infantry reserves, and the artillery re
serves, are disposed behind the main body of the
army corps, and occupy still larger space for their
cantonments. Mail post routes are estAlAybod be.
tween headquarters of each part of the corps down
to regiments and batteries, and the orders carried
from one point to another by cavalry or teamsters.
The rendezvous places are designated for each regi
ment, for each brigade, and for each division; the regi
mented retiderVOUd Mint be chosen on ihe road lead
ing towards the brigade rendezvous point, the bri
gade rendezvous point must be on the road leading to
the division rendezvous point, and the division ren
dezvous must be on the road leading to the rendez-
YOU point of the whole corps. The positions in
which to meet the enemy must be chosen before
hand, for the advanced guard and for the whole
army corps. The position for the corps may be
chosen in front or in the centre of the entire dispo
sition. The first case may prove sometimes dan
gerous if we have an energetic and &lei-Inked ene
my, because, concentrating his armysecretly from us,
he may push forward unexpectedly, force back our
advanced guard, and occupy our position before
we reach it; thus meeting our separate divisions,
and defeating them one by one. Such was the Case
in 1811 in the war between Napoleon and England
and Prinsia. The Allied armies were cantoned se
parately, and their rendezvous points were at Floras
and Charleroy ; Napoleon secretly concentrated
his forces, moved forward and occupied Flores,
defeated the Prussian army, sent the seeps of
Grouchy to pursue them, and attacked the English
at Waterloo. It is better to choose a position in
front of the main body, and behind the advanced
guard ; then, if the advanced guard is obliged to re-
Wel it will retreat on our main forces, who will
have time to concentrate on the position.
The cantonments consist of all disposable 4114-
lags including barns and stables, converted : irde,
habitable quarters. They are preferable. to. bar
racks, because they aro loss expensive fpr thp,
vernment, and more comfortable for the troops. In
Elizabethtown and around it, in the radius.of seven
or eight miles, may be cantoned easily the win&
brigade with its artillery.
Letter fropi . ....au*R,lolNtl i tt.
[Correspondence 110 Press] ,
ilAiou,Sru*Q, Deo. 4, 1861
Sitting this evening in my easy chair, (a soldier's,)
and reflecting on thines in geueral, I thought that
I wig interest some of my friends and your read
era by giving them the b,eneflt of my observa
tions.
The main object of interest in Harrisburg at this
time is, of course, Camp Curtin, and the soldiers
there etleamped.
The ground on which Camp Curtin is located
is not a proper site for a permanent camp. It
is too level for proper drainage, and consequently
is not a very healthy locality. Considerable sick
ness prevails in camp now ; not to an alarming ex
tent, however. Typhoid and bilious fevers are the
prevailing ailments; though there are a few eases
of more dangerous diseases. Taking the location,
age, and filthiness of Camp Curtin into considera
tion; I am surprised that there is not more sick
neaS than there is. " It's an ill wind that blows
nobody good," and though the soldiers . complain
some of the cold, penetrating wind that sweeps
dawn the river course and over the ridge on
which the camp is located, causing an involuntary
double-Vicki or a very unmusical "hake" in
one's boots these cold Dempber days, they should
be thankful, for were it otherwise the constantly
arising odor of poudrette would soon engender
most of " the ills that flesh is heir to." There must
be a skilful corps of surgeons in attendance, for
were they not so, the bad location and execrable
hospitals would prove destructive to the life of
every poor follow who is so unfortunate as to he
consigned to one of these nauseous prisons. Since
writing the above, a friend, who has just dropped
in from camp, informs me that the Medical Board
have pronounced the camp unfit, and have recom
mended its removal to a more healthy locality. I
give the rumor as I heard it, but my opinion is that
such an act of good sense would be so unusual in
the management of our military affairs that I am
compelled to doubt it.
There are between five and six thousand soldiers
in Camp Curtin now. Gen. J. Y. James' Mountain
Brigade, formerly in camp at Huntingdon, moved
down here one day last week. This brigade is in
a very flourishing condition. There are some
twenty-five hundred men in it in camp, and it is
constantly receiving recruits. I heard it stated, on
pretty good authority, that the General intends
taking the field, with the First and Second Regi
ments of his Brigade, in the course of ten days.
You will hear a good report from them when they
get an opportunity to show the rebels their teeth.
The "Silver Grays!" It is not many years
ozpression had a pllitioai aignificance;
but today in Camp Curtin, It meant something
more, something deeper, somethinggreater. Walk
ing around camp this afternoon, I noticed a new
company coming in through an entrance, and as
the arrival of a new company is an object of in
terest, I waited for it to pass. Imagine my feel
ings, on discovering that the company was com
posed entirely of men whose locks and beards de
noted their name—S" The Silver Grays." On in
quiry, I found that they hailed from Cambria
county, I bad believed that I realized in some
measure, if not fully, the importance of the con
flict in which we are engaged; I had seen a
number of men whose years exempted them
from military duty, volunteer to defend the flag
and the Constitution of our fathers from the con
taminating touch of treason ' • I had seen a
fond and doting mother send her only son—her
only earthly hope—with the injunction, while the
tears Came thick and fast, yorer country needs you;
do your duty. I had seen these and many other
things that would lead , one to ponder upon the
justice of the cause in which we have unsheathed
the sword, yet never, until I stood in the presence
of those old men, did the grandeur, the righteous
ness, and glory of the contest appear to me. Here
were fifty odd men, whose prime of life had passed,
and whose lives had been spent in the enjoyment of
the benign institutions bequeathed to us by the
patriots of the Revolution, offering their lives as a
testimony of their devotion to those institutions !
The spectacle was a sublime one, worthy the pen
and pencil of genius.
Workmen are now engaged in refitting the cham
bers of the Senate and House for the approaching
session of the Legislature. The coming session
must be an important one. There will be a great
number of wordy and windy resolutions offered,
but th e complexion of the House satisfies me that
any resolutions or bills which shall pass mast be
passed on a strictly conservative and constitutional
basis.
This letter has spun out to twice its intended
length t but if it is worth the valtutble space which
it will occupy in your paper, use it.
Yours truly, THEO.
[For The Preen.]
Hon. Charles-J. Biddle :
Bin; Myself, in common with many of your con•
stituents, voted for you because we thought you
capable of rising above the prejudices of mere
party ties, and posseming intelligence tufficient to
understand the necessities of the epoch, and courage
necessary to not independent of cliques in all mat
ters pertaining to your country's welfare. Your
letter of acceptance confirmed this impression ; but
your _recent Weer proved we have been deceived.
I, for one, should never have voted for you. had I
,
for one moment supposed that t you wore a mere
party man, and „that you would be one of the first
to assail the Gifiernment. 1 thought you, sir, a
patriot, - acting on the moat disinterested principles;
relinquishing all loaal prejudices, and proceeding
upon a large and comprehensive view of the situa
tion of the country, were prepared to aot in co
operation with the Administration in all things
necessary for its maintenance and security.
In.view of the situation of the Federal Goverli
ment and its political aspects, your letter, to say
the least, was injudicious sad ill-timed.
tiotivity and seal, a Colin that there is but one
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cipmmon iritaTeSt, is what we require in a Repro.
& L ghtly° at this important crisis. It must be mani
fest to you, sir, as it is evident to every Intelligent
mind, that from the very ... commencement of Mr,
lincols , :b"- government to this moment, a party has
misted iiAmssantly opposed to its operation and in
deekent in their attacks on the constituted authori
ties.
This partf wasat first large,. but, thank Heaven,
grown, lad is growing, more limited every
'fry; end it is not to hx - doubted that the members
of that party POte prepursd'to seize ow the first op
portunity which) presently* itself to annihilate the'
present tiovernmmt, (the l"aeohor of thy nation r f l ,
or Mosili it to the news of the rebel Rater
yet ttisstiovernmete, so free in its pricelpies, so ,
gentle Ill• its restraitta, so just in its Paso; so pru
dent iv its measurce,, the source and suety of
our poliZfisal liberty and civil km llo ll4lo l kW' been
the eongiest subject if reproach, end those who
have coveted it the ,etims of calumny aa-lwris
representatiom.
This factm has nover ceased to • obatrueo the
Glovernmenrand to em'Atter the masses, though ,
foiled in sucx , ssive a ttemyts to disorganize and'set
the Norther,Statee agairatthe existing Admirals- •
tration.
Though netcly crushed out by the force of public
opinion, they raise with ne — vigor to the charge,.
proud of their very defeat, and meditating greater
mischief.
The very Measures neteasazy to guard the coun
try against their destrytive r.vojects -of revolution
and anarchy become the subjectof•accusation, , and
are set down as fresh items in their catalogue of
grievanees.
The object of the faction that you seem to have
identified yourself with, sir, in plain terms, is to
disorganize the Republic, and upon the ruins of re
ligion, morality ; and Ia y, to" tatfl►iith +the reign 'of
terror and the sword of despotism.. What reason
able man, not actuated by ambitious designs,- or id
the pursuit of plunder, can deny to the present Ad. ,
ministration the tribute of praise and gotihat
Hoping that you may learrt to respect the views
of the conservative men who voted ter you,.
I remain, respectfully, your fellow-citizen,
THOMAS J; WORRna,
The Intervention ni,hliexieni
The following ill a copy of the treaty entered into
between England, France, and Spain, for the inter.
ration in Mexican affairs ;
TEE CONVENTION BETWEEN ENGLAND,' FRANCE,
Convention between Her Majesty the Queen of
Spain, and the E7npror of the. French, relative
to Combined Operations against .1110(cp,.
Her Ma j
estyj the Queen of the United Kingdom.
of Great Britain and Ireland, Her Majesty the •
Queen of Spain, and Ills Majesty the Emperor of
the French, feeling thenoshys compelled, by tlie
arbitrary and vezattons conduct ol the ant/tort - -
ties of Me Reinv6lio of .117b4r0, to demand 'from.
those authorities more effiCll47l,olls protection for
the persons and properties of their .subjects, as
well as afulfilment of the obligtrtions contract
ed toward' thezr Majoniea. the Rrpublic of
111rxtra, hare agreed to. conclude a Convention,
with a view to combine their common.action, and,
for this purpose, have named:as their Plenipoten,
tiaries. that is to say :
Her Majesty the Queenot the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Right lion, John.
Earl Russell, Viscount Aweisetley end Ardsalia,
Peer of the 'United Kingdom, a member of Her
Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of. State for Foreign Affairs ;
Her Majesty the Queen.of Spain, Don Xavier do.
Isturiz y Montero, Knight of the 11140rieue Order
of the Golden Fleece, Grand Crops,of the Royal
and Distinguirhed. Order of Charles. 111., of the,
Imperial Order of the Legion of Honer of France,.
of the Orders of the Conception of billaviclosa and,
Christ of Portugal, Senator of the Kingdom, lats.
President of the Connell of Ministers. and Oat Se . .-
cretary of State of Her Catholic, Majesty, and her
Envoy Extraordinary and Ministas Plenipotentiary
to Her Britannic Maje sty ;
And His Majesty the Emperar of the French, Ilia
Eggellency the Count de Flabotiltde la Billarderia,
Senator, General of Division, Grand Croesof the
4oaoti of Honor, His Imperial Mpjestyis Arabian,
dor Extraordinary to Her Britannic Majesty :
Who, after having reciprocally communicated
their respective frill powers, found in gO9d aud dna
form, hare agreed tepee the following articles
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, her Majesty the
Queen of Spain, and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, engage to make, immediately atter tho
bature of the present Convention, the necessary
rangements for despatching to the coast of Mexico
combined naval and military forces, the strength of
which shall be determined by a further interchange
of communications between their Governments, but
of which the total shell tis §nlNtflot to dEiZO sad
occupy the several fortre.sses and!teary posi
tions on the Mexican coast.
The commanders of the allied forces shall be,
moreover, authorized to execute the other operatious
lt , hich maybe considered, oft the spot, most austar
ble to effect the object specified in the preamble of
the present convention, and specifically to insure
the security of foreign residents.
All the measures contemp lated
. in this article
shall be taken in the 11/1156 find on account of the
high contracting parties, without reference to the
particular nationality of the forces employed to
execute them.
=EI
The high contracting parties engage not to leek
for themselves, in the employment of the coercive
measures contemplated by the present Convention,
any acquisition of territory nor ally special ad
vantage, and not to exercise in theinternal af
fairs of . Mevieo any in/hence of a nature to
prejudice the right of the Mexican nation to
choose and to constitute freely the forin of its
government.
A commission, composed of three commissioners,
one to be named by each of the contraetisg Powers,
shall be established, with full authority to deter
mine all questions that may arise as to the applica
tion or distribution of the sums of money which
may he recovered from Mexico, having regard to
the respective rights of the three contrasting
parties,
ARTICLE IV
The high contracting parties desiring, moreover,
that the measures they intend to,adoptshould
not bear an exclusive character, and being aware
that the Government of the United States, on its
part, has, like them, claims to enforce upon the
Mexican Republic, agree that immediately after
the signature of the present Convention, a copy
thereof shall be communicated to the Goverament
of the United States; that the Government shall
be invited to accede to it ; and that in anticipa
tion of that accession, their respective ministers at
Washington shall be at once furnished with full
powers for the purpose of concluding and signing t
collectively or separately, with the Plenipotentiary
designated by the President of the United States, a
Convention, identie,
save the suppression of the
present article, with that which they sign this day.
But as by delaying to put into execution articles I.
and 11. of the present Convention, thahigh con
tracting partici would incur a risk of failing in the
object which they desire to attain, they have
agreed not to defer, settle the view of obtaining the
accession of the G-overnment of the United States.
the commencement of the above-mentioned opera
tions beyond the time at which these tom-bind
forces can be assembled an the neighborhood of
Vera Cruz.
ARTICLE V
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications tend Anil be exchanged at London
within fifteen days.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentia
ries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the seal
of their arms.
Done at London, iv triplioate,_the 31st day of the
total of October, Litho year of our Lord 1861.
(L. s.) RUSSELL.
(L. s.) XAVIER DE ISTI.TRI.
(L. S.) FLAHAULT.
THE ELEMENTS OP TROUBLE IN THE TREATY.
The London Tin kayo:
Nothing can be more equitable, but nothing,
under the circumstances, more difficult to observe.
We have to deal with a people utterly distracted
and demoralized by a whole generation of mutual
blunder and murder, whore the landmarks of so
ciety have been forcibly torn up ; where law has
ceased to exist, and where religion is merely a
name for a more cruel extortion and a more bloody
revenge. To undertake to respect the will of such
a nation is like undertaking to respect the order of
chaos. Fortunate, indeed, shall we be if we do
not find ourselves in the position of persona on
whom has devolved the duty of recreating and re
invigorating a society the last elements of which
we have dissipated, and of founding anew for the
Mexican people that Government which the Con
vention wrongly, as it seems to us, assumes to be in
existence. Such a tad would be very difficult if
entrusted to a single .Power. How much will
that diPcully be increased whom, three jealous
and powerful nations are required to join in an
undertaking so delicate It will be in this, and
not in the distribution of the money when we have
collected it, that the real difficulty of the enter
prise Will Consist.
There are two nations which will regard this ex
pedition with very different feelings. Spain will
naturally see in it a substantial proof that she is
rapidly regaining the place which she ones occupied
in the first rank amid the Powers of Europe. She
is admitted as a confederate by two States which
aspire to control the destinies of the world. She
must also feel a peculiar pleasure in beholding . the
position of the colony Which flung off its allegiance
to her forty years ago, and comparing it with her
own. The Spanish nation seems about to renew its
youth. while the apparently vigorous and prosper
ous colony has fallen into more than senile decrepi
tude The States of the American Union, on the
ether hand, Ohnnot but view the presence of
the troops of France, England, and Spain on the con
tinent of North America with feelings ofmortlfloation
and distrust. England, so long lectured with the
Monroe doctrine and Spain, whose fairest possession
in the New Wor l d
America has so long looked ones
about to become her own, have announced their
intention of doing themselves justice by an armed
intervention, without seeking tho approbation of
the United States. It is true that the Convention
reserves to the United States the liberty of joining
with the three European Powers, and that a sort of
syclogy is offered for this course by the sungeolion
that if the Convention were not immediately con
cluded, its object! might fail through delay. Still,
it can hardly be, concealed that, torn by intestine
disorders, and wasting in mutual destruction that
strength which on c e was consolidated in support of
their foreign policy, the United States occupy •
less important position then in the days of their
union and of their strength. No ungenerous ad
vantage has been or will be taken of this; but it is
impossible not to feel that a great nation m seeking
to efface itself, and that,• considering the shortiess
of the time which haselapsed, and the smallenuitint
of bloodshed which it has undergone, its endeavors
have been crowned with a very considerable.
amount of Success.