:;•rtzs. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1861. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy to break up the Union is a fact now known to all. Armies aro being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two aide■ to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitcrrs.” A PAM FOR THE CAMP AND FIRESIDE FORNEY'S WAR PRESS. CONTENTS 01 NO. 4, FOR SATURDAY, DE CE;VIREII 7, .—Splendid Portrait of Major General EIiGEAV;Z: G evrge D. N celellau A WAR BKlActl— ,, By the Way." WAr. FOETRY.-31.- I,nrq plan of Deanfort—The e Mother—Up With the Flog—The Adventures of the C. S. A. Coinmisrionrs—The Traitor's Work—Slialc ,pea re on the Tinos. EDITORIALS.—The LateA War Newi—The Presi deaf% Message. &c., &c. CONCRESSIONAL PROCEEPINCS THE LL LETTVInt 111.031 OCCASIONAL Action of Conere,—The Aristocracy of the South—The Memdtge and olds of the Secretaries—Genera! Don Carlos Itueli—lhe feeling in Congress on the Shivery question. SPECIAL CIiERESPLINDENUE FRON Op:-nine of Congress—The Iteading, of the SPI ('IIL Pimp' TCIIES PIWIIf TILE CAPITAL. Movement by Gentral cCall's Dhision—Post Olio, Order—Au Unsuccessful Reconnoissance—Work for the Provost 2lsrshsl—Bohliere for the 44 Union"— Elated States Supremo Court—Army Appointments—.\ TfOgiUnit of Dom - Artilltry—nravy Gialcus for T..- ant4gef...—Col4re6s—Meers. Gwin, Benham, and Brent— AVinkk Quarters—Post Office Orthrs: Treasury Notes Ao 1,0 EVCOTIA—The Ringgold Regiment—A Demonstra tion en kite- Polemo,-99:6 PMEdnllO3 NingfEtn_Traft‘ /•ury• lledealptbm—A Bccounoissance—The Rebel Pick rts—Deaths of Penns) lvanta Suldiera—Geueral Don Car los Buell—Oh to nuhville. 'ELIE6I7O P.llO. —l,Lf 7rl ember& of the I' oltkA States Senate o 1 House of Re presentatives. riamic DOGYMENT:3.—The Preeident'a Annual Itta-,,age to etomrt,,--nepott of kLe gJAPOiIIt.S. of WIIP Report of the Secretary of the Navy—Report of the Postmaster General. NEWS FILOM TILE SJUTIL—Tho Affairs at Fort Eaton: Tbo 'traction in Tenoesoce; The Clioriefitiot Courier Opposes the II Black Flag"—The rrisonera at Richmond—Commodore Tattlelf Attacks the Federal Fleet in Cockspur Roads: The Yankees in Possession of Varsaw—Miksonri and the Confederate States—Tennes see Preparing for an Inyasion—The Eight at Pent:wax: Opening of the Th 111: The Firing of Friday—Commence ment of the Second Day's Fight—A Desperate Stravle T:Npected: Pensacola "Mut - mi.:ly Fortified—lnsurrection airy Demon.txrdlezz,—.Vo,l,lllo, IPPrili64A(Tho Throat_ coed Attack on Canottols—The Rebels Alarmed—Con scription at the Scuth. FBOM KENTUCKY.—GeneraI Bueil and the Be nin-rid of NilSlEriite—The Fiowlislt Spirit of the end Nelson's Brigade—Rumors: A Ficion Man Ect urns from Buckner's Army, where he had been Prisoner : The Forces at Bowling Green—The Burning of Union Men. PROII 315.SOURT._tienoral Frice's Army Moving Towards Kansas—Tlw Country Devastated and Deserted —Proclamation of 'General Price—Rebel Outrages in Northeast Missouri—Fremont's Body Guard—General Halleek's Pelicy of Campaign: An Advance Down the River—The Secessionist Rllled—MevAA Bane Released on Parole—Brilliant Skirmish at Salem: The Friemy Punted. THE EATY.—Our Forces in South Carolina—Letter T 51.44 Ifliihd and Milan lload—Letter front Port Bo) al—T) bee L.laud Occupied by Our Troops—Tylice Islam], Georgia—The Stoue Fleet, or Eat-hole Bouad ron"—The "Camp Kettle"—Contrabands—Gen. Burn bides Expedition — Tlw,4loeisAppi xpedition. 311SCELLKNEOUP...—Itints to 'Volunteer Officers— Report of the Con.miesioner of Lands—Gen. McClellan, hi Regard to the Obeervance of the Sabbath—Large Car goes of Cotton Shortly Expected from the South—Onir Two :totes Left—Western Virginia State Com - mu...— The Seventy Thousand Stand of Arnie Sent to California by Floyd—The Armament of the Niagara—Colonel Crogban—Capture of a Privateer. WAR WIT_ .ALetter that Slidell might have written —A • Southern Lute Letter—A Praying Match—Poetry in the Army. LOCAL LNIELLIGENCE-FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWs-IVERELY REVIEW OF THE MARKETS-CATTLE DiAlttiET, ecc - Sirgle Copies for sale at the Counter of The Press. Titans :---One copy, one year, $2; Three copies, one year, $5; Five copies, one year, $B. THE LATEST WAR •NEWS The intelligence of the victory of Parson Brown low over a large body of rebels, at Morristown, Tennessee, will be read with intense delight in all portions of our country. The previous adviees re ceived from him indicated that he had a force of about three thousand men under his command, but he was in the vicinity of so large an army of the rebels, and be bad so little reason to expect efficient aid , or support from the main body of the Union troops, that there was apparently little reason to suppose he would hazard a battle. The most that COuld have been reasonably hoped was, that he would be enabled to find a safe refuge among the mountain fastnesses of Eastern Tennessee. But 1,6 has bravely turned upon his persecutors and the enemies of the Union, and made them blanch with fear and consternation. Morristown, where the battle was fought, is situated in Jefferson county, and is a station on the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, about forty miles east of Knoxville. Tnis bold blow will doubtless be pro ductive of most important consequences. It will place, at least temporarily, a portion of the main artery of the rebels under the control of Union men, and enable them to seriously damage it. It will arouse the enthusiasm of the hardy and patri otic mountaineers of Eastern Tennessee to the hiffilfigt pitch ; and send thousands of them allow lug into Parson Prowntow's camp. On the other hand, the rebels will doubtless be incited to a pitch of frenzy, and will make such desperate exertions to capture his forces that they may yetbe ccimpelled to flee to the borders of Kentucky. But, however this may be, such sterling and undaunted patriot lam earmot and will not long be left unaupported. The firmness and heroic determination of Parson Brownlow and his noble compatriots shines out like a beacon star amid the black night of Southern treason. When millions, who were bound by every sentiment of honor and patriotism to stand by the noble Government that had protected them and in sured their prosperity, proved faithless, and turned their parricidal hands against their country, these mountain heroes stood firm. And now their leader proves that he can not only teach freemen their duty, but that be can wield the sword et' the soldier as ably as the pen of the undaunted editor. Hence forth his name will forever be enshrined in Ameri aan history one of the moot devoted, acuminous, and determined of American patriots. It must have been evident from the outset of the rebellion, to most of the sensible men of the South, that Secretion was little better than a synonym far self-destruction, and the logic of events day after day trinket this fact more perceptible. Not only rArg 11 ins of present prosperity destroyed in the seceding states, but they are now seeking to matte their future hopeless. A New Orleans paper con tains this paragraph : There has been some talk of entirely preter misting the planiirg of cotton-seed the next sea son ; that it will be the wisest policy for cotton fields to be turned into corn, wheat, and potatoes. Then we shall have a large over-production, and a complete surfeit of products perishable in their na ture, while cotton will maintain its own without deterioration. A division of planting or raising can be successfully carried out—that is, much less than usual can be planted, and cereals and escu lents in general be largely increased, also beans and peas. among the most lILITCELSOMLbIe and unwise s.uggestionsrecently broached is that before the Le gislature of 31 - 6,issippi, to prohibit, by statute, any ration -say/ front being planted -until the iment crap 6. sold. This reminds us of fu,l and fiddlesticks." Joseph 11. Senn, of South Carolina, has been appointed postmaster at Port Royal. The details of the office have been arranged, and mail matter will be despatched by sea from New York. Letters for Tybee Island will be despatched to Port Royal, and thence to the former place. The follotviag letter has been forwarded by the Secretary of fl - - to Captain Wilkes: NAVY DEPARTMENT, November 30, 1861. firdhte, Comnetoat:l4 , Um tell States 'steamer "San Jacinto," Boston.: Stu : I congratulate you on your safe arrival. , and especially do I congratulate you on the great public service 3 ou have rendered in the capture of - ti. robot MAMA and glidsll have been cot spicuous in the conspiracy to dissolve the Union, and it is well known that when seized by you they were on a mission. hostile to the Go vernment and tLe eountry, Your condor= - -. - fixing these public enemies 072.? ',narked by int‘.... 6 cuee. ability, decision, and firm ness ; and.has the emphatic approval of .this Lte l . pertinent.. It is .not necessary . that I should,. in thin eimmuniealinmrwhich is mtended to be one of congratulation to yourself, officers, and crew— express an opinion on the course pursued in omit ting to capture the vessel which had these public enemies on board, further than to say, that the for- Learastee eXesol.ed In this instance mutt not he rtar= crated to constitute any precedent hereafter for in fractions of neutral obligations. I am. respectfully, Your obedient servant, tnecta WELLEg_ The annual message of Governor Pierpont to the legislature of Kanawha or Western Virginia is an intending document. He deolares that the sita owe 'nil - 101l bee atm:awl thy ranimotrucava b. .eho State Government is greater than was anticipated originally by the mont DAnguing_ lie denounces the rebellion in -try forcible and energetic terms, and maker• en eloquent appeal to all wavering men to support the Union. lie draws the following "fearful picture of the poeitiort of inr, 5 1.4. which 10 nyder the control of the Secessionists : "If we turn our attention to that portion of the State which is yet under the control of the rebel i.,--overrnent . , we will find its condition lamentable indeed. 1 have embraced all the sources of infor mation in my power to ascertain the truth respect ing it. There seems no reason to doubt that nearly all the able-bodied men between the ages of six teen and sixty have been forced into the Confede rate army, including thousands who are at heart true to the Constitution and the Union. I need not mention that our public improvements, rail roads, canals, bridges, and public buildings, have been destroyed wherever the Secession tames have had control of the country. Repine and plunder have marked their path ; and men arrogating to themselves a superior civilization, derived, as they ray, from the existence of negro slaver? , utto.vtg hay& nhandoned the rules of 11.,!. made nor , S:11'1D114, scene of indiscriminate and useless destruction. '• A large proportion of the slaves have been sent farther South for security. All the live stock within the rebel lines have been ached ter the lime of their army. Farms have been stripped of horses, wagons. fencing, and timber, and the houses of the people of blenkets and even clothing—whatever, in short, that could be made useful to the soldiers. The property of men linflPirt or supposed to bo true to the Union bas been taken wittiont compensation, and they regard themselves fortunate if their lives are spared. The property which is pretended to be paid for is paid for in treasury notes of the Con r<,u—to it tee; es in bank notes issued an the deposit of such treasury notes. This cur rency, even at Richmond, is already at a discount of not less then thirty per cent., and the papers there are seeking to maintain its credit by de .ounclittst the penalties of death or eonfiscation age hist merchants and bankers who make any dis tinction between such notes and coin. Yet this circulation is really valueless. If the rebellion fails to sustain itself, the notes must go down with it. If it succeed, from the immense amount issued, and the character of the leaders. we may safely assume the repudiation of the debt to be inevitable. The President of the Confederate States, it will not be forgotten, was for many years the leader of the ..,- 1 .0,11.1.1.tt rawly le Itiositisippi.o Secretary Welles' Report The annual report of the Secretary of the Navy is et once important and intorosting-..a contribution, in fact, to the history of the country. We shall take leave to draw atten tion to Fotne of its statements and suggestions. The nation will observe with satisfaction that the gallant conduct of Captain Wmrcigs, in removthg the rebel pseudo-ambassadors, SmDkir. and liti_ksom, from the British mail steamer Treat, receives the fullest approval and endorsement from the Naval Department. Filirly and plainly' stating the facts, Secretary WELLES declares that "tare prompt and de cisive action of Captain WILKES on this occa sion merited and received the emphatic _ap proval of the department, and if a to gm rous forbearance was exhibited by him, in not capturing the vessel which had these rebel enemies on board, it may, in view of the special circumstances, and of its varbitk motives, he excused ; but it must by no means be permitted to constitute a precedent hereafter for the treatment of any ease of similar infraction of neutral obligations by foreign vessels engaged in commerce or the carrying trade." This is precisely what TILE PRESS has said, on every OdeaSion when it diseusSed the eon. duet of CaptainTußns. .It is very gratify ing to find Secretary WELLES taking a posi tion of such firmness and strelgth; by pro claiming that Captain WILIIEg, when he eap tured MASON and SLIDELL, would have been justified in also capturing the vessel which violated international neutrality by conveying them. Mr:: WELLES speaks very decidedly, also, upon another subject, the discussion of whieh has Somewhat occppieit 414 excited the pub lic mind, of late. Mentioning the fact- that "fugitives from insurreetionary places have sought our shipS for refuge and protection," Mr. WELLES adds that his instruetion as to the proper disposition to be made, of those per sons has been, "that, if insurgents, _they should be banded oyor to the custody of the Government ; but if, on the contrary, they were free front any voluntary participation in the rebellion, and sought the shelter and protec tion of our : flag, then they should be cared for and employed in some useful manner, and might be enlisted to serve on our public ves seis or in our navy yards, receiving wages for if such employment could not be furnished to all by the navy, they might be referred to • the army, and if no employment conbt be found for them in the public :service, they should be allowed to proceed freely and peaceably, without restraint, to seek a livelihood in any loyal portion of the country. This I nave considered to be the whole required duty, in the premises, of our naval officers." No mention is here made of the color of such fugitives, so that we take it for granted that Mr. WELLEs intended this instruction as to their treatment to apply equally to black and white. Whatever course in this matter is taken by the navy, will M taken, of course, by the army and by civilians. It is intimated that the efficiency of the navy ma y be increased by creating more grades. Thus the lieutenant-commanders, a grade used during the Revolution, may be employed as first lieutenants, and in the com mand of the smaller classes of naval vessels. Further, it is recommended that a grade to be designated Flag-officer be established (the number limited to seven), to command the squadron to which he may be assigned, the appointment (except when the officer receives the thanks of Congress; on the recommenda tion of the President, for gallant conduct in battle), to cease when he hauls down his flag. This last is a .good recommendation, and will remove the annoyance long complained of by our naval officers, of the inadequate honors paid to our national flag, when an American' squadron is saluted by foreign vessels. But we regret that ; instead of the title of Flak officer, that of Admiral, borne in almost every other navy in the world, had not been sug gested. It would at once denote the actual rara and position of the officer—lf we have Generals on land, why not Admirals on the sea, as other countries have ? The report Mentions that the public yards, in their capacity of construction and repair, were found so inadequate to the task of build ing the required number of vessels, that many vessels belonging to the mercantile marine had to be purchased (the readiest way of ex temporizing a navy), and that though eleven thousand mechanics and laborers have been in the daily employ of the GoyeViiiiietit at the different navy yards in building and preparing vessels, and equipping and arming them for service, still the Naval Department has had to resort to private ship yards and outside labor. Contrary to our expectation, Mr. Wetnes has omitted to suggest so obvious a remedy for this as the enlari2ement of the Nary Yard of Philadelphia. Nature, making this city the centre of her two great products, iron and - coal, would seem to have specially marked it out as the best place, on der Whole seaboard, for a Navy Yard. At present, na val architecture, for the Nation, is crbwded up here into an area of from ten to fourteen acres, while the New York navy yard (at Brooklyn) covers forty-five acres, and that of Boston is still larger, we believe. Strikingly important is the view, given in this Report, of the present condition of our Navy, as compared with what it was, when President Luccoitx commenced his Adminis tration, last March. Our Navy then Cen§l.§ted of 42 vessels, carrying 555 guns and about 7,000 men. It now consists of 261 ves sels,, 2,557 guns, 218M1 tons, and 2 4 4,Q49 Men? This result of indefatigable labor, untiring energy, and exhaustless wisdom, was arrived at in nine months. It is inferior, of course, to some of the great European navies, Whi6li have literally taken centuries to mature to their present expansion, but, as the world never be fore saw an army swell, in a few months, from 16,000 to nearly 700,000 men, as ours has done ; so, never before has a Navy been cre ated in so short a time as ours has been, It would seem, indeed, as if the real greatness and the mighty resources of this great coun try were unappreciated, almost unknown, even by ourselves, until a crisis of difficulty sud denly developed them. These who may have sighed over the re ported capture every now and then, of our Merchantmen by privateers, may desire to know what stands on the other side of the ac count. Mr. WELLF.9 reports, 6, Since the in stitution of the blockade one inmdred an fifty-three vessels have been captured sailing under various flags, most of which were at tempting to violate the blockade." The : augmentation of the Navy : extends to quality as well as to number. Three iron clad 'ships of different models are reported as In ei.tirse ef being constructed, under skilful and experienced naval officers, and, no doubt, will report themselves, by and bye. Finall7; acknowledging—the loyalty of the officers and men of the navy, Mr. WEr.r.as truly says, cc Courage, ability, unfaltering fidelity, and devotion, to' the cause of lheir country, have been the genet* tied rielk char racteristies of their conduct in the arduous and intpaptatit MlVVit`.4 with tvikielt they have been entrusted. I state, with all confidence, that in their hands the historic renown of the American nary has been eleyatcd and aug mented." THERE can be no better argument in favor of the Administration than the simple and OM plicit paragraph of Mr. Secretary CAMERON in his report. cc The interval of seven months has been spent in preparation," says Secretary CA3mitox, seven months of preparation ren dered necessary by the appalling proportions this rebellion has assumed. We commenced the war at a disadvantage—traitors in control, traitors in all the departments, a weak instru ment of the traitors in the Presidential chair; our arsenals stripped, our treasury depleted, false sentiment pervading the country, a fierce cabal in arms against its peac.i. This was the relative position of the Republic and the rebellion, and this has made the seven months of preparation necessary and proper. We have been summoning imp our energies— we have been preparing to strike the blow. When it falls its effect will be final and crushing. LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL." W,ABIIINOTOrf, beGt 0, 1601. The defeat of Fernando Wood as Mayor of New York is the latest and best indication of the patriotic telPper Of the people, Ire WAS the boldest enemy of the Government and the war in the free States, and it is believed that if he bad been elected he would have seized upon the first opportunity to give some prac. tical evidence of his treasonable purposes. It is stated by those who claim to know that, if it had been a contest between Wood and Up dyke atone, the majority of the latter would have been thousands instead of hundreds. Loyal Democrats are everywhere discarding untrustworthy leaders. The ties of the old organization are being rapidly weakened, and it only requires a few more such letters as that of Colonel Biddle, and a few more such rebukes as that administered to Wood, to complete the good work. But for all this, the late Breckinridge conspirators are not idle, They are even now at work to se duce all Democrats who hate been elected on Union tickets to the State Legisla tures of New York, Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, back into the organization. What an outrage such a coalition as this would be! These men were chosen by Republican votes, with the aid of citizens of their own belief, and upon the distinct platform of sustaining the Administration in the most vigorous prosecution of the war. In Ohio, the Republieans magnanimously threw their votes for that fearless Democratic patriot for Governor, David Tod, and new I hear that the Democrats in the Legislature will recipro cate this generosity, by assisting to re-elect to the United States Senate the indomitable Ben jamin Wade. No doubtful man should receive the votes of any representative in these Legis , latures. If the spirit that produced the defeat of Wood, and the election of Tod, is honestly maintained, we shall be able to rescue the Go vernment from all' the perils that surround it; but if there is bad faith on either side, the active sympathizers with treason in the free States will be able to recover their lost ground. What these men desire is to divide the earnest friends of the Union, and, when this is done, to force a dishonorable peace; to bring back the seceded States on the basis of some disgraceful compromise, and . ; in effect, to restore the despotism from which we are now flattering ourselves that we have escaped. If you will closely watch the signs of the times, you will soon begin to realize the force of this suggestion. We cannot be too vigilant in the face of this new peril. While the friends of the Government are rallying around the President, and endeavor ing to strengthen his hands in the prosecution of the war, the enemies of the cause are labor ing industriously to create the impression throughout the country that there has been a discrepancy between the President and the Secretary of War. The message of the Pre sident is merely a general summary of the reasons governing the action of the Executive in administering the affairs of the country ; while the specik remedies proposed by the Secretary of War are, after all, to be left to the military authorities. No loyal man, what - ever his positidn may have been, can fail to agree with the action of the patriotic Demo crats. Mr. Bancroft tells us that cc if slavery gad the Union are incompatible, listen to the words that come to you from the tomb of ' Andrew Jackson : The Union must and shall be preserved.'" General Butler, in his Rox bury speech, says fi if our army's march amounts to subjugation, let those that sowed the wind only repent because they have reaped the whirlwind." General Burnside, a life long Democrat, asks the pertinent question, cr Are we to allow this slave farce to remain without endeavoring to turn it to our own pur peses 7" while the opinions of John Cochrane, strong as they are, only show how earnest and sincere these Democratic leaders are in the determination of the slavery question. This may to called the attitude of the entire Democratic party. Our mission is not one of emancipation, but if the alternative is slavery or the - Union, no one will hesitate in making his choice in favor of the Union, even if slavery should be destroyed. OCCASIONAL. Public Azixiiei r ffieiit§. ACADEMY or Mvstc.—Last evening Dona Isabel Cubes appeared at the Academy in two characteris tic dances. Cubes is a Spanish lady—and married,by the way..with very dazzling eyes, and a form that might literally be designated as ravishing. She ap peared twice, but was each time encored, and made the most advantageous display in the divertisement of "La Flor De Sevilla," In the latter dance her extraordinary flexibility of body was instanced, and showers of bouquets exemplified the passion that she had awakened in the house. Dressed richly, but modestly ; and exemplifying in her moticus ell voluptuousness, elegance, and grace, the new danseuse will probably crowd the house during Mr. Forrest's engagement. To-night Mr. Forrest appears as Damon, JOHN GILBERT'S BENEFIT.--TO•Dight Mr. John Gilbert, one of the most versatile and talented of comedians, will take a benefit at the "Arch." Three pieces will be enacted, in two of which Mr. Gilbert 'will appear. In certain descriptions of characters he has no rival, and in all he has been acceptable. The friends of a legitimate and enthu siastic comedian will rally around the Arch to-night to assist Joint, Gilbert. WA LN VT-STREET THEATRE.—Mr. Clarke had a crowded house last evening, and will appear to night in two leading parts. Mr. J. B. Roberts wig, appear on Monday evening in " Faust and Mar guerite." CONTINENTAL THEATRE.- 4 ` The Cataract of the Ganges," with all its thrilling spectacles, scenes, and processions, will be performed to-night, having hnd a very favorable career, and always greeted 'with approbative shouts. The houses have been good from the beginning, and the piece will har•e § long success. APPLETON'S RAILWAY AND STEAM NAVIGATION QVIDE.—We have the December number from T. B. Peterson and Brothers. It includes the now railway arrangements between New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Harrisburg, Elmira, and Washington. Of all Railway Guides, Apple ton's is the most reliable, SALT: THIS AFTERNOON.—Fine engravings, &0., at Thomas & eons' auction rooms. Now arranged for examination, coS catalogues. LABOR. SALE EXTRA VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, at the Exchange, on Tuesday next, comprising the first-class sugar refinery of Messrs. Eastwick, a 'valuable oil factory, a ground rent of $12,050, sad a large amount of valuable real estate, by order of the courts, trustees, executors, &0., to be sold peremptorily, ON EldTertiSCLUclitg. loguea to-morrow. LARGE SALE. OF FASHIONABLE CITY-MADE etzenitta, c.--Tho early attention of purohatiers is invited to the Large Assortment of fashionable city-made clothing, embracing 275 lots of seasona ble and desirable garments, to be peremptorily sold, catalogue, for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by Myers, Claghorn, .k Co., auction eers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. Tom New York Nkw - roux, Dec. b.—The boiler used in the building No. 375 Broadway, occupied by J. Lan. sing, dealer in cloaks, exploded this morning. The vault under the alley way was destroyed, with a sonsidernble logs of properly, hut Roue of life. The Seventyfifth Regiment of New York velum. teers . will be sent to Fort Pickens aboard the steamer Baltic. The Chamber of Commerce has adopted a memo• Biel - requesting the President, to send two of ilioPe armed vessels to the coast of Europe, for the pro tection of our commerce against privateers. Pierre L. Pearce was arrested in this city to-day, on a ppliontlon of the District Attorney of Boston. Ho is charged with fitting , ont the slaver .Dr.cu., from New Bedford. Regents of the Smithsonian Institute. WANtizierox, Deo. 5.--I,Tiss-Pessidant Hamlin has appointed Senators Pessonden . ana, Trumbull regents of the'Sndtlisonian Institute, to flit the va cancies calmed hy the death of Senator Douglas and the tam 9f 11111914. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1861. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. IMPORTANT ORDER FROM THE STATE Our Generals must give Protection to all Fugitives Item the itenels. The Disposition to be made of Rebel Property. APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS BY THE GENERAL FREMONT DISOBEYS ORDERS 01111 , 1fil Dil244lliSnig. A6eampaliyhm the President's Message. GLORIOUS NEWS FROM TENNESSEE, Parson Brownlow in the Field with Three Thousand Men. HE FIGHTS HIS FIRST BATTLE AT MORRISTOWN. THE REBELS ACKNOWLEDGE THEMSELVES TOTALLY ROUTED. ,-.; An Important. Arm3r Order from - !OP ! 4 ! YTO ! 00 , o' - The Union Refugees to be Quartered and Fed py th knease of the Secessionists. A BATTLE EXPECTED SOON INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTERS BURNING THEIR COTTON. Fright Among the Rebels at Memphis szOW.6IOII2WORTN AINYUT TrE Ontkitierr Special Degpfttehoe to 61 The Prow?) A resolution was passed by the house, last July, inquiring if any, and what, legislation is necessary to increase and extend the trade and commerce of the United States with foreign countries. The President, in response, says he Is not aware that any legislation of the character suggested could now be wisely adopted, beyond such as has been already recommended in his annual message, and further can be effected until the trott.: ties to be submitted to the Senate shall have been ratified. A question of importance was raised. in Ale joint United States and New Grenadian Commission to day—namely, Whether the latter Republic is liable, under the treaty, for the payment of dama ges growing out of the Panama riots, or whether the business of the Commission is merely to ascer tain the amount of claims fur future' action. Mr. CARLISLE, for New Granada ; maintained the latter proposition, and Messrs. Cox and DEAN, of Ohio, for the claimants, the former. The commissioners being divided in opinion, they have sent fer the umpire, Judge T.Truent. It seems that General FREMONT left St. Louis in violation of orders. He was directed to remain in that city to await the further directions of the Pre sident. It is the intention of the Hon. JOHN SHERMAN to call for all the papers and correspondence rela ting "to the m9rotoonto of liteneral ParrnitlOn, and especially to his raucli-talked-of withdfural front Charlestown to Harper's Ferry. Chas. J. Faulkner to be Exchanged for Mr. Ely. CHAELEs J. FAULKNER, Of Virginia, will be re. leased from confinement in Fort Warren on his pa role. The letter has probably already been mailed far that purpose. He will proceed immediately south, and procure a similar release of Hon. AL FRED ELY. If not successful in that errand, ho lute pledged himself to return to custody in thirty days. Review of Col. Birney's Regiment. Col. ElnNnY'S regiment ? the 23ci Philadelphia Zouaves, after their parade to-day, was reviewed by the President and Secretaries CAMERON and SE WARD. The appearance and discipline of the re giment was the subject of high commendation. Important Order from the State Depart ment—The United States Protects Fu gitives from the Rebels. DEPARTMENT OP STATE, WANNLNOTON, December 4, Lek. GENERAL : I am directed by the President to call your attention to the following subject : Persons claimed to be held to service or labor under the laws of the State of Virginia, and actu ally employed in hostile service against the Go vernment of the United States, frequently escape from the lines of the enemy's forces, and are re ceived within the lines of the army of the Potomac. This Department understands that such persons, afterwards coming into the city of Washington, are liable to be arrested by the city police, upon the presumption, arising from color, that they are fugi tives from service or labor. lly the 4th motion of the net Of COMtregg Rib proved August 6, 1861, entitled " An net to confis cate property used for insurrectionary purposes," such hostile employment is made a full and suf.- dent answer to any further claim to service or la bor. Persons this eiss - pleiad end marking are re ceived into the military protection of the 'United States, and their arrest as fugitives from service or labor should be immediately followed by the mili tary arrest of the parties making the seizure. Co- Mof this columnnicatton will he refitto the ayor or tbo oity of Washingtoni and to the Mar shal of the District or e.oumbia, that any collision between the civil and military ...thorities may be avoided. I Ain, Genova, your very oballiant servant. Wk. U. 52117.A.RD. To Major General GEORGE B. McCLni...4z; ) Wash- ington : Disposition to be Made of Rebel Property —Appointment or Agents by the Trea sury Department. The Secretary of the Treasury has just issued the following general regulations relative to securing and dlipailisg of the property found or brought within the territory, now or hereafter, occupied by the United States fortes in the disloyal States : U. S. TREASURY DEPARTRENT, W.Laninamon, Nov_ Mt 1881_ In order to the security and proper disposition of the productions of the soil, and all other property found within the limits of States or parts of States declared to be in insurrection against the United States, end now occupied, or to be hereafter Deem' pied, by the troops and authorities of the Union, the following regulations aro established : There shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, agents to reside at such posts or places as are or may be occupied by the forces of the United States, whose duty it shall be to secure and prepare for market the cotton and such other products and pro perty, as may be found or brought within the lines of the army, or under the control of the Federal authorities. To enable such agents to fulfil the duties that will devolve upon them, the military and naval au thorities, under proper instructions, will render such military preteetion'and aid as may ba raquirod to carry out the intentions of this Department. Persons held to service for life under the State laws, who may be found within such limits, may be employed by the said agent, who will prepare lists einka-rscias the names, sex, anal condition of such persons, and, as near as may be, their respec tive ages, together with the names of any persons claiming their services, which lists shall be in tri• plicate—one for the military commandant, one for the files of the agent, and one to be itrouvdiatay forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury. The persons so listed will be organized for syste matic labor in securing and preparing for market the distinn, rick end ethesprodnats found within the territory brought under Federal Control. Pay rclls will be prepared and a strict account of the labor daily performed by each person entered there on, fur which a proper compensation shall be al- MPH(' and paid to the Isiborern. Tuc allount of such compensation will be fixed, in proportion to the service rendered, by the agent and approved by the military commandant and by the Secre tary of the Treasury, An inventory of all horses, mules, and other stock, vehicles of transportation, and other pro perty, wil be carefully made, and a copy 'transmit ted to the Secretary of the Treasury signed by mob agent, Rebel kroperiy. A record of all products taken possession of will be made, and these, of each plantation, kept die tinet. When prepared for shipment, the packages will be tlxinlymarked and numbered, so as to be easily distinguished. An account of all provisions, of whatever character, found on each,plantation will be taken, and such provisions will be used, as fur el may be 1104PEarYi for the sustenance of the laborers • thereon. Any dedoteneles of subsistence will be supplied by the United states Commissary neon the requisition of the agent, to whom they will be charged, and for whieh will•aocount. The cotton and other articles, when prepared for market, shall be shipped to New York, and au far as practicable, by the returning Government trans ports, and all shipments shall be consigned to the designated agent at New. York, unless otherwise specially directed by the Begretery of tbo Troaegry. A carefully detailed aeoount will be kept by the agent of all supplies furnished by the Government, and of all expenditures made. Each agent will transmit a weekly report of his proceedings to the BY TEEJEGRAPI-I. DEPARTMENT TREASURY DEPARTMENT LATEST FROM MISSOURI General Halleck LATEST FROM KENTUCKY. IN MISSOURI WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1861. Qor Foreign Commerce The New Grauadian Claims. General tremont General Robert Patterson. Secretary ohe Treasury, and render his accounts, iu dUPikilionthly for settlement. All rap' one, bills of lading, a0.,11”v01.e.g, be eountersted by the military commander, or by such cm as he may designate for the purpose. Each age will eo transact his business and keep his 11646411501 W as little injury Ut puttibit muy accrue to I , ate citizens, who now maintain, or may, withineasonable time, resume the character of loyal chins of the United States. Fnn the Lower FC49lrnao. The Dry('Vet came up this morning to the navy yard, and rorts all quiet below. The coasting. vessels wertoming freely. One of them passed the hosvie4lf the rebel batteries yesterday in open daylight 'eV ;lout inolestalion. The Ilarroet Lane and Jacob !11, last night, went down on a recon noissance rar the rebel batteries. The Anacestia goes down Id lies off the rebel pins crory night, on the looktt for the rebel steamer Page, which once in a wile comes out into the Potomac and pounces on nue unsuspecting steamer. The Cali ds L 1 .071 came up from the lower , Potomac 01 isgar, l'onvoy Dig eluYarl which were.oaied with Government stores. The E.,ipress lir as Liverpool Point, with stores for General Sitir.as' brigade. She took down two hs.lloo.s. wiish was deapatehed to Port Royal, andtbe lithe: left at Chlekamoxan Creek. The ResohEr also mrived last night, bringing up Commander IlariniLL, flag officer of the lower Lientenani A. D. UnitaETA had been transferred to the Hrovet Lem and has taken command of the flotilla Lf the Totomac, in place of Captain Oa A YEN, win has ben relieved. WMO4lOOll ' Plows and Gossip. There is nal:ling if much interest stirring to-day. The reportsreeeiret at the Department this after noon from Meng the lines represent everything quiet. As asual, several large reconnoitering par ties started out this morning. They found that de tachments 41 rebels had appeared in sererei &Lees visited as Tuesday. The committee of the 'louse having in charge the contestd election CUB of LEHMAN and BUTLER, from the First District of Pennsylvania, it is under il66d, 515 &tut kringing their labors to a 0108 e, The testimmy on behalf of Mr. LEHMAN was con cluded in omtuitteo this morning. It is presumed that the qntestant, Mr. Bosun, will conclude to-morrow! The reknit of the committee may be looked for n the early part of next week. Private iroCtorn, of Company G, Third Ponn syliania, 4eil in camp this morning. Captain itonitina rrn in We city this •eeetilag, waiting acz r angements to have his remains forwarded to his friends to-morrow. The deceased was from Mount Airy, Phithlelphia county. Rm. i'D:Linm D. Itai.t.nt- ...d. some roveikdo remarks in e n 011913 this morning ix favor of put ting the D aware river in a proper state of de fence. Capt. WIG. BNRIOEIT, Of Company 75, Thirteenth Pennsylcsula Volunteers, who shot private THOS. O'RotTEßal of his company, in November last, for mutinous conduct, has been honorably acquitted by tu a utr i , wtta, ho ai,;:rus,ALta. It um clearly shorn that the deceased brandished a knife, threatening the captain with his life, before the fa tal shot ivas fired. , /Ur. those's Report The Secritary of the Treasury will not have his report really before Saturday, if indeed he can sub- Mit it on ad +by D4l, CnAaF: reports directly to the'llouse.i The Secretary of War and Secretary of the Trel l aury report to the President. freparations for Winter General IRCALL'S division improved the furs weather yesterday in building huts for winter quarters. They go in bodies into the forests, fell large trees, and split them into planks, with which they are building very comfortable cabins. The forests yestergay were deprived of many a due oak tree, valued highly, no doubt, by the owners of the soil. The Removal of the Southern Congress. It iS certain that a bill was presented to Congress to remove the seat of Government from Richmond. The opposition which was manifested against it, however, defeated the project. The Pennsylvania Reserves General DieCALL's Division of the army hare all returned to their quarters at Langley. They found no =eheis is their resent retionnoissanao towards( Dranesville. They brought home large quantities of forage. Deaths of Pennsylvania Soldiers. The following deaths of soldievs have occurred since our list report CHARLES SLITFM, Company E, Fifty-second Pennsylvania 'Volunteers, at Camp Dodge. MATTnnu - CAVANAGH, Compaby I,F6nYth sylvania Volunteers, at Seminary Hospital. B. W. BALLARD, Company H, Forty-fifth Penn. sylvania Volunteers, at Seminary Hospital. °Ward ALLYATiIIER MONGAIis Company .ilj Twelfth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, at Camp Pierpant., A Bill fok The Confiscation of the Pro perty Otnebels, :Anti giving Fieed.oiii. to the Persons they held ex Slavery. The' following bill was brought in, agreeably to notine, by Mr. TRUMBULL, of the Senate ; and re. ferred to the Committee on the 'Judiciary, in the melon of. to-day : Be it exacted, efe., That the property, real and -per cyery hind NI , haUoever, awl wheresoever situ ated, Within the limits or the United Stases, belonging to any person or persons beyond the jurisdiction of the same, or to any person or persona in any State or dietriot within the United States now in a state or Insurrection and rebellion against the authority thereof, so that in either ease the ordinary process of law cannot he sewed upon them, who shall during the present rebellim be found in arms against the United States, or aiding and abetting said rebellion, shall be forfeited and confiscated to the United States; and such forfeiture shall take imme diate effect upon the commission of the act of forfeiture; and eli right, a;-.d the ace, together with the right or power to dispose of or alienate his property, of any and every description, shall instantly cease and determine, and the same shall at once vest in the United States. Soc. 2, "Ind Os itfarfacr enacted, That every person having claim to the service or labor of any other person in any elate, under the lawslliereof, who, during the present rebellion, shall take up arms against the United States, or in any manner aid or abet said rebellion, shall thereby forthwith forfeit all claim to such service or la bor and the pereons from whom it to claimed to be due, commonly calla a slaves shall ipso facto, on the com mission of the act of forfeiture by the party having claim to the service or labor as aforesaid, be discharged there. from, and become forever thereafter free persons, any law of any Mae, or of the United States, to the contrary notwithstanding; and it shall be the duty of the President of the United States tomake provision for the transporta tion, colt nizatlon, and settlement in some tropic M. country beyond the limits of the United States, of such persons of the African me, made fres by the provialona of this act, as may be willing to emigrate, having first obtained the consent of the Government of said country to their protection and settlement within the same, with all the rights and privileges of freemen. E'EC. 3. And be it further enacted, That It shall be the duty of the President of the United States, as often SS in his opinion the military necessities of the army, or the safety, interest, and welfare of the United States in regard to the suppression of the rebellion shall require, to order the seizure and appropriation by such officers, mi litary or civil, as he may designate for the purpose, of any end ail of the property, real and peremed, conflscated and forfeited under and by virtue of this act, situated and being in any district of the United States, beyond the reach of civil process in the ordinary course of judicial pr9ceedings by reason of such rebellion, and the sale or other diem:dine of mid property, pr so much of it as its shall deem advisable. Sae. 4. And I,e it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officers so designated to make to the Pre sident full reports of their proceedings under such orders, which report obeli be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and all molars received on the sale of the eentiteated property of any person as aforesaid, after a deduction of the actual and necessary expsnaos at tendant thereon, and the payment of the just claims of loyal creditors of such person, to be allowed by said officers, of all of which a particular account shall be ren a-ed, the United .4tatee Tramp"; and a separate account of such moneys shall he Rept under the nt.es ef the "Rebellion Fund," ft.rad a full re• pert thereof shall be presented to Conee.oB at its next re gular session, and at each session thereafter; and the said rand shall be held for the benefit of such loyal citi. mans as may have been despoiled of their property by said rebellion, and shall be paidout to them upon proof of lose, and the amount thereof being duly established in such manner as Congress shall hereafter provide ; and the ex cess,.lf any, shall be applied to extinguishing so mush of the debt incurred by the United Mateo in the eneproodien of said rebellion. . SEC. S. And be it fuether enacted, That, In ease any of the property so seized and appropriated, or sold as belonging to rebels, shall, in fact and in good faith, have belonged at the time of the passage of this act, and at the finis ef Melt ataure, to a loyal eitim of the United States,.emh loyal citizen may file in the office of the Secretary' of the Treasury, at Washington, within sixty days from the date of such seizure, such petition and proofs as he may think proper, and on due allow nice of lie claim for restitution by tech authority, anti in such winner as Congrirs may hereafter direct, such loyal owner or his lawful heirs shall 1,0 entitled to the restitution of such property, if the same shall not have been sold,or its value at the Hine of its seizure, if it shall have bees sold, together with an allowance, case of the restitution of the property, or of its value, in the discretion of the authority awarding the same, which allowance shall not exceed five per conturn of the value of the property so reclaimed, and the payment of such value and allowance shall be made from the said " Rebel lion Fund," in preference to its appropriation to any other lintleam See. 6. -40dhe ftfurlher enacted, That fur the purpose of enforctig the forfeiture specified in the first section of this act, it property situated and being in loyal States or districts, to which case ouch proceedings shall conform, ilp ilvftr it may be, to the proceedings in cases of forfeit llre arldng nutter the rt-Tepoo law," iand, in all cages, the property condenineil, whether real or personal, shall be sold, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied, and an account, as provided in the fourth section of this act , and any Perim] discharged from service or labor, and made free, as Ramified in the wand section of this act; in any district ,of the United States in which the ordinary course of judicial proceedings is not obstructed by the reltellios, may institute proceedings in said District Court, it in any other District Court of the United States uhaeo Via pawn so dim:tetrad may at the Mlle bet for the pitipote of establishing the evidence Of hit or her freed* on giving such notice as the court shall pre scribe ;land the several. District Courts of the United States tre hereby invested with power to issue all pro cess. niether mewl ur 10 do every other mat ter 110,1101,5 t necessary OW proper to carry out the pur pose of this act. SO. T. And be it further enacted, That any person duly cciwicted of the crime of treason, in addition to the ponishmebt now prescribed by law, shell forfeit to the 'Coifed Stales all his pet-sonal property. of whatsoever nature, 'within the United States and also the right to the possossiou, rents, is4nes, and profits of his real estate within the United States. for and riming MO natural life' t he proterty forfeited by tads :o.rtion to be disposed of under the direction of the court before whom the eon -it-mien see trear , nn is taw% in a.. 0101110 ms.nner, and the proceeds to be applied in the acme way, as provided in the sixth section of this act. Important (anent, Documents Accom panying the rreeident'slmage. OUR FORISIGN 'ABLATION& yalnixoroa, December s.—The parlors relating to fortign eirairs,aocumpanying the President's message` COTCT -four hundred and -twenty-five Pages. lECRETARY BLACK'S LAST CIRCULAR The volume opens with the ciroulur of President BUOMODIt'S aeoreCury ot &ale, Black, dated the 28th .pf February last, addressed to our ministers abroad, in which, after briefly setting forth the po liticacOnditioxi of our country nt that time, the fol. lemn eVietenc!aooeur: gi is notiziaprobable that pgrsens elsiming to repr • era the States which have tints ittemptal to thre off their Federal obligations wilt seek a re_ I cognition of their independence. In the event of such an effort being wade, you are expected by the • Psmidant to use such means as may, in your judo'• meat, be proper and necessary to prevent ita sue- CCM Your particular knowledge of our political institutions will enable you to explain satisfactorily the ogees of our present domestic troubles, awl the grounds of the Rope entertained illak entire harmony will soon be restored." SECRETARY SEWARD'S CIRCULAR. Next follows Smeary fiuu - caur's circuler, dated March 9th, 1891, also addressed to. all the ministers of the United States. lfe says he is entrusted by the President to inform them that having assumed the Administration of the Gorornutout is pursu ance of an unqueationed election, and of the direc tions of the Constitution, he renews the injunction which the previous Secretary has mentioned, and ' , awl upon the exercise of the greatest possible di ligence and fidelity on their part to counteract anti prevent the designs of those who would invoke fo reign intervention to embarrass or overthrow the Republic. The President entertains a fall confi dence in the speedy reeloritlioit of the harmony and unity of the Government by a firm yet just and li beral bearing, co-operating with the deliberate and loyal action of the American people. The Secretary further sue ; "Any advantage that any foreign nation nddltt de rive from a connection that it might furor with:thy dis satisfied or discontented State or section, even if not al together illusory' would be ephemeral, and would be everbelenccd ivy the mile it would suffer from to dissev tinlire Or the Union, witole raanifeA policy roall se it has always twin hereto?ore,. to maintain peace, a liberal commerce and cordial amity with oil other unbolts, and to favor the establishment of a well vnivro Government over the whole American continent. fo - Nor do we think yin rxa c rate oar natio-Ina lance when we claim that any political disaster that should befall us, and introduce discord and anarchy among the States that have so long constituted one great, pacille, prosperous nation, under a form of government which ' hits approved itself to the Ivaco and confidence of mono kind, might tend to disturb and unsettle the misting sys tem of government in other parts of the world, and arrest that progress of improvement and civilization which marks the era in which we live. "The President expects that the ministers will be enema in transmitting to the Stale Patinae - f any formation they may receive on the subject of the at tempts which have suggested this communication." RIME r OF NEUTRALS IN MARITIME WAR—P6O - TO ADOPT THE PARIS TREATY. 'Next follows 0 eircaiar from Secretary- to 41,0 Ministers of the United States in Great. Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, and Denmark, in which he says : "The advocates of benevolence and human progress, erteratraced by the slow, though marked, meliorations of the barbarities of war which have been obtained in modern times, have .been recently engaged with much assiduity in endeavoring to effect some modifications of the law of nations - in regard to the rights of neutrals in imiritinv war," lie recites the diplontatic history of our Own country on that fothject, and inotrak:to them to as certain wbethor those Governments are dispose - I to enter into negotiations for the accession - of the Government of the United states to the declaration of the Paris Con gress, with the conditions annexed by that body to the - • . It the Governments are go dispoged the ministerg will enter into a convention to that effect. The Secretary concludes by saying: "It is presumed that you will need no specie! explanation of the sentiments of the Pre- Skint on this subject for the PlifPUSe Of M4 l lOlllB the necessary conferenceswith the Government to which you are accredited. Its assent is expected on the ground that the proposition is accepted at its suggestion and in the form it has preferred. For your own information, it will he sulfirient to say that the President adheres to the °pinto:, 011i,Mlittel he my predeeestur, Mr. Morey, It would be eminently desirable for the good of all nations that the property and effects of private individuals not contraband, should lie exempt from seizure and con , &cation by national vessels in the maintenance of a war. I If the time and circumstances were propitious to a prosecution of the negotiation with that °Week In he would direct that it should be assiduouely pursued. But the right season seems to have passed, at least for the present. Europe seems, once more, on the verge of nuite general wars. On the other hand, a portion of the MOO raised the standard of insurrection, and proclaimed a Provisional Government, and, through their organs, have taken the had resolution to invite privateers to prey upon the peaceful commerce of the United States. Prudence and humanity combined in persuading the President, under the circumstances, that it is wise to receive the lesser good offered by the Pei 44 Congress, without waiting indefinitely in hope to obtlin the greater one offered to the maritime nation's by the President of the United States. PRUSSIA. • Mr. Seward, on March 22d, itti, addressed Minister Judo, that, white It is the intention of the Pe...ldea to maintain the sovereignty and rightful authority of the Union everywhere with firmness as well as discretion, he, at the same time, relies with great confidence on the werkingof the agencies which the Secretory mentions to resign, the beemeety and union of the States. But to this end It in Of the greatest importance that the disaf fected States shall not succeed in obtaining favor or re cognition from foreign nations. It is understood, ho says, that the so-railed Confederate States of America bare sent, or are about to send, agents to solicit such re 66Ntlition in Europe. Although there is no special rear amt for supposing Prussia to be one of the nations to which application will be made, an almost electric politi cal connection exists between the severaliCapitols of Western Europe, and therefore your most efficient and efforts must be put forth directly, and even indi rectly, to prevent the anrcees of that iii- s tarreA. design. He concludes by say log, "These instructions are given because it is our first and most earnest desire and expectation that Minister Judd will avoid all possible forms of offence and irritation, and will, on the other load, erdsever to establish the most friendly and cordial relations with the Government of the King, of Prussia. With this view. Minister Judd will assure his Majesty that the President and the people of the United States entertain sentiments of the highest respect and sincere goodwill for bit 'Majesty - and the people of Prussia." Pk-Minister Wright, under date of May ge, says I It I have, since my return, had it long interview with Baron Von Schleinetz, the Minister. of Foreign Affairs, who, whilst he expressed the earnest sympathy of his Govern ment aith the American people in their present frau bles, not only because of the effect of such disturbances oPoo soioioOgi'S of Borers. hot also on Remind of the intimate relations between the two countries, owing . to the - presence of a large German population the United States, gave me the most positive assurance that his Government, from the principle of unrelenting ky* of it:1 , 1941141.y 1%.1er54 reverses, among which ere tin) following : Tint lien. 15 41 -nourl, 6.1 611 i Atfnntge, inery's force to pieces, taking ktontgontorypriao4er, That Gen. McCulleeti bad surrounded Gen. Si, al, et Sedalia ? and it wee believed the latter would be forced 10 Fririender or be out to pieces. Thot . o en. Price had crossed the Gasconade river, ni,vre for St. Louis, the people everywhere [look ing t 9 f pprorti and it vino believed that ha would have an army of Oo,ooo.toofore Touching Ranting of ZM►on Men , in TRnuessee CAnto, Dec. Moraphis papers skate, that Ilenr7 Fry and Jitoob DI. lieneltor. Unioutaid, were bung at Greenville. Tenn., on the 31 of Nat Tauber, for bridge burning.' GOOD NEWS FROM TENNESSEE! PARSON BROWNLOW HEARD FROM. THE REBELS TOTALLY ROUTED BY HIM. BATTLE AT MORRISTOWN, EAST TENNESSEE CAIRO, Ili., Dee. s.—The Memphis Ara[anent, of the 211 inst., cuntaino thu following: A large body of - Unionists attacked the Coda aerate pickets at Morristown, in East T001108:00, yesterday, killed a large number of the Southern troops, and completely routed thou,. Major General Crittenden has arrived at Knox ville to take command of the Confederate furues. LAT l!lt —A special despatch to the Merophi; papers of the 2d gives an account of it grunt battle at Morristown, East Tennessee, between the Fed& ral forces, under'Parson Brownlow, and the rebels. The battle was fought on the tat December. The kvacrofi were victorious. The rebel despatch goes so far as to term it " the first Union victory." Brownlow had 3,000 men. The rebel force is not estimated. The rcut of the rebels wa,z total, according to thoir own clinving, South Carolina Planters Burning Their Cotton. IGIIARI.BSTON, C., Nvy. ;;C) (vta Memphis anti Cairo).—Patriotic planters on the seaboard are hourly applying the torch to their crops of cotton and rice. Along the Coast there is one sheet of name and smoke. Many military companies at New Orleans are volunteering for thirty days' service at Columbus, Kentucky. The War in Kentucky Casorcatcrr, Dec. 5.—A Frankfort despatckto the Commercial Advertiser says Zollicoffer is on tho south sidu of Cianktorind rirsT, u9lllll Rik§ from Somerset, with 7,800. men, and some good ar tillery. Gen. Schol' is on this side, and will be ready to engage him as soon as the river, which is swollen, recedes_ A fight is expected soon. From Port Royal. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—A letter from Port Royal soya that ono of the quartormnotoro, 911 his 9111 re sponsibility, has get forty cotton ging at work. The negroes receive 3c per pound for all the marketa ble cotton, and have gone into the businegs with en thegiesm. NXXIIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION, WASHINGTON, Dumber 5, 1861 SENATE. Mr. RICE, of Minnesota, naked leave to record hit Tate an the expulsion of Breckinridge, as he was absent . I..eaTc hying gramtc.i, }re.. Mr. SUMNER, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution to print ten thousand extra copleaot the President's mes sage and accompanying documents. Referred to the Comndltee on Printing. - Yr. SUMNER presented the petition of citizens of Ha, verhill, Massachusetts, that the slaves of rebels be libe rated unconditionally, and tlm slaves of Union men on fair ra3ntent. Mr. CBANDLER, of 'Michigan, offered a resolution to appoint a eonintittee of three to inquire into the disasters at Dull Run ano . - ardrs' rerry • - Mr. LANE, of Kansas, moved to amend, and insert Springfield, Wilson's Creek, and Lexington. 11r. CHANDLER hoped that the resolution may not be emended. Dir. LANE Redd that a man most entitled to honor writhed at Wilson's Creek, and perished because he was not relieved when he could have been. The people want to know why the gallant Lyon was sacrificed ; why regi ment* were tent to Cairo instead of to the relief of Gen. Lyon ' and why the army moved at 9. tread's pace to rein force Mulligan, The jun& wanted names, aud, in his Whin, WCMId not have to toots Tar ror the moo pent itU d the sacrifice of General Lyon. Mr. Lane's ainendintnt was not agreed to. Mr. GRIMES offered a snbstitnte, to appoint a com mittee of two members of the Senate and three members of tha house to favobtigatC the cat= of all tlto giqP*e* to our arms. On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN, the subject was post poned until th-niorroiv. Mr. WILSON, of Illas?aehnsette, gave notice that ho should to-morrow introduce a bill to abolish the sutlers PtWinthhtg. Mr. GRIMES, of loaii, moved to take up the resolu ticio to investigate the case of Colonel Miles. He said lilt the court of inquiry proved that Colonel Miles was inflsxicated to a certain extent, enough to justify Colonel Richardßon i n applying the epithet to him, but not enough to remove him from 11.t1COMInitnii. He wantod nil the facts of the case to go to the people. The rethdution was agreed to Dlr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, introduce! his hill for confiscating:the property and giving freedom to the cloves of rebels. [Pee another column for this important bill.) SPERMS or MR- TRUMBULL Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, said, in presenting this bill to the consideration or the Senate: I desire to RC, conically it with sonic remarks explanatory of its char acter and the principles on which it Co booed. As its title imports, it is a hill for confiscating the pro perty and giving freedom to the slaves of rebels. It pro vides for the absolute and complete fc.rfeiture forever, to the United States, of every species of property, real and personal, and lihrlCOOEfef §itinito Within the I.J sited States, belonging to persons beyond Bic juriodiction of the United Mates, or beyond the reach of civil pfocees in the orainary mode of judicial - Proceeding in c'2l2eoPnEs of the present robelllon, who, during. 4 , : existence, Az , , arms against the United titater, or in any wise aid or abet the rebellion. This forfeiture to bo en forced against property in the rebellious districts throngh the military power, and sgainet property in other portions of the UuLted States in which the judi cial newer is not obstructed by the rebellion, through the courts, and the proceeds of the property of each in dividual seized and forfeited, subject to the just claims of his loyal creditors, to be held for the benefit of loyal citi sent, deopolled of their property by the rebellion, and to defray the expenses incurred in its suppreision. The bill also forfeits the claims of all rebels, and those who give them aid and comfort, to the persons they hold in slave ry declares the sieves thus forfeited free, and makes it the duty of the Preeioent to provide for the colonization of such of them :tummy be willing to go, in some tropical country. where they may hare the protection of the Go vernment and secured in all the rights and privileges of freemen. The property belonging to traitors ' or those giving them comfort, who moo - be convioted by the judi cial tribunals, is to be forfeited on their conviction; the realty for life, and the personal property forerer. These sea ties main features of the hill I have introduced, itc. companied with the details necessary to accomplish the objects dictated. It will be observed that a distinction is made in the mode of forfeiture of rebel property in districts under in myrectiertary control, and that which may be found in districts within the reach of the process of las, in be or dinary forms; the forfeiture in the one case to be en forced through the military, and in the other through the judicial power. This is a matter of necessity, for it would be impossible to enforce the forfeiture through the enets in disc; lota wheee thojeloiebil sewer wan overborne by the rebellion ; and if not impossible, it would, in my judgment, be clearly unconstitutional to enforce it in any other way in districts where the property seized was within the reach of legal process. So; Wadi in the case of a conviction for UMW, Th 9 property of the traitor within reach of the court can only be forfeited by the court—the personalty forever, and the real estate, ender the Cnstitution, for life only. The power of Congreso to pass a bill of this character is, to my mind, unquestionable. But Ido not place it on the ground Which has Leen tavat.e..l in sonic ~uarfer4, Oaf, in times of war or rebellion, the military is superior to the civil power; or that, in such times., what persons may choose to call necessity is higher and above the ConStittl tion. liesessity is the plea of tyrants; and if our Consti tution cooed to 000roto 11w noemeet a person charged With its observiture thinks there is a necessity- ro vioiste it, it is of little value. So far from admitting the oupe riority of the military over the civil power in time of war, or that there is any necessity that it ehould be so, I hold that, under our Constitution, the military is as much eobjeet to the eabtebl of tide evil power in war as In pease. The powers of Government under our system are three, of which the military is not one. It is merely Incident to the others, :old subject to ono of these, the legislative. without whose permission it can have no existence; and when called into being by the action of Congress, it is by the Ceuetitution expressly made subject to ouch =dee ' Congress shall prescribe for its government. When, there fore, our armies, to raise and support which Congress has express authority under the Constitution, go forth to sup press insurrection, and in doing so shoot down rebels and desolate their abodes, as they CCinstitatiniftllY men they are as Mich subordinate to the civil power as when en gaged in a holiday parade in time of peace; and contra band properly seized and appropriattol by the military in insurrectionery districts In suppression of the re bellion, is as legitimately taken as if condemned to forfeiture by the judicial authorities in districts in which judicial process wee not obstrncted. I want no other authority for putting down even this gigantic rebel lion than such as may be derived from the Constitution, properly interpreted. It is eeriest even tettbie great emergency, and the mere eau study its previsions, the more it is tried In troublous times, the greater will he oar admiration for the Mara. meat, and our veneration for its authoro. As unpopular as the avowal may be for theinowentamong the thought lee., I declare that I em for suppressing this monstrous rebellion areorilinet to lam) and in no other way ; and I beitevr, that G. puree has only to discharge its dusy, Islet the army perform its with energy and activity, to bring the war to a speedy and successful issue. We are fighting to maintain the Constitution, and it especially becomes us, in appealing to the people to come to its Footle, not to violate it eursolres, How are W 9 better than the rebels, if both alike set at naught the Constitution 1 I warn my countrymen, who stand ready to tolerate any act done in good faith for the suppression of Who rebellion, not to sanction usurpations of power, 'which Dilly liereetter become precedents for the destruc tion of constitutional liberty. The Corietilution declares that Congress shall have power "to declare war" and "make rules concerning captures on land and water;" "to raise and support armies-'' "to provide and meintain a navy ; tee make rules for the government of the lend end HOY.' forces i to provide foe calling forth i t o mmilitia to execute the lax, of the Union; suppress insurrections acid repel invasions, tend' to make all laws which shall lee necessary and proper for earrying into execution the foregoi lig powers." Acting antler these grants of power, Congress has pro villvil fini bringing into service more than half it million of nien, who aro now engaged in suppressing the insnr reetion,. an t has, to wane extent, made rules fur rte go vernment of these forces, which, as far as they go, are °Wearers' science them; but, in the absence of any regu lation ao So how the army is to be used in suppressing the ia ' surreeriors, etc cenuneruf woold beet illeva9 intim such use at it, consistent with the rules of civilize,i war fare, as Ile believed must be conducive tee the service of the Stave, and best moculated to secure the end for which it was culltd into being, upon the principle that every mall allirlded9ll with fur le1119111)11191/t of mail ip presented to be invested with all the pettier necessary to enablehim peribem the service. Henri , the power of an army in the suppression of an insurrection, to seize, imprioon, or shoot the insurge sts, to desolate the country they (neve- Dl;.io 814111 And appropriate, for the time Leine, their pi merry, and tree the persons ille/ lewd ne Lso. , isno, is ample and complete under the Conetitotion se that of: , a court, in peaceful times, to arrest, imprison, try, melt eo 111113,e a murderer. Toot ihr jic iieisl tribunals Lace no right 11r. mater Ice fleturfers with the some in she caercleo of Its suppressing an insurrection, either by homing writs habeas moue or otherwise, is apparent from the fact tbat tee only ground on which the military authority can be invoked at all is, that, the judicial tribunal being :Noboru@ end incompetent to the mils, the jlpliSjiil our thoi unt rityerls at the , very point where the military i and offVU as, a delicate unestioo to deter-- amino this particular point, and decide in what tocalliteo the m ilitary, slid iii what judicial authority. should'hoottr Wily. This the Constitution has left to be provided; Sox etutrottg, lit' declaring that it shall here over to eallforth the militia to auunress insurrection.; and, cutt ares,, seas a ter the adoption of the Conohtlition o peerool on am motto' io Mg the president to call forth. llietoril tia for that purpose, whenever the laws of lis.Unlted, States were obeiructed by eontbinationotoo powerful ton be one preeeed the oistiusr.y course of lac3eiel and by au art peesed at the first scoolon of the present Congress, the President is authoriztol o in certain, ceseo s to declare lie inhabitante of a 'Stitt, or part thereof, in is state of immuneßon, and make Otto the ammo to sup press it. The respolosibilitY, therefore, of-deteemboing when and in what districts of the United States tbertailitari power may be need tee suppress a felollion, is devolved by Coe grim on the. Executive; and when the military power is palled into reunleitton, the judicial authority can no more ieleitere with its action than can the military wltit the judicial tribunals In flutes of peace. Under certain cit.: efilliSlittleeS, either may be called to the aid of the othea. The courts sometimes make use of the military in skint this execution of their powers, and the military would, aiitt..i4ty to Stake stet of .iti,ltelat tribunate in tlistricie under insurrectionary control, should they be deemed a proper moans by the Qatari lower to aid is allPPretteing the rebellion, In each cane the power called to the aid of the other, whether it be the military in time of pence to the ae• distance of the judicial, or the judicial i n times of robot_ lion to the RlAlNtance of the millutril would be aulfordi nate to the power milking the call, In accordance Will/ these principles, it has been my object, in framing the bill under coneideration, to distinguish between the pro perty on whirl, the military may operate, and that cub iert tojudiciui control. end c'early to tterttle the jurisdic tion of tech, confirming the seizure net nu-nature or property situated in districts of the tufted States under insurrectionary control to the military power, and its condemnation and forfeiture in other por tions of the United States to the judicial power. Which ever tom takes hall of 11.7 property within its .ioris diction would, upon principles of comity, retain poiriession till its final dieposition, upon the acme prin ciple as that of two courts of concurrent .ntriadic lion—the ono whisk first seta Possc , ‘ , don of affi.oling 4.111a4. pr , eutitta nr propertr, is nnritlnd to otitis jurikilirtion until Its filial disposition. It is upon this principle, also, that pPritone captured by MO military au thorities in inhurrectionary districts, as prisoners by the military power, without interference with the courts. till their cams are finally disposed of, notwithstanding this nifty fro for polrinienti of knfolil NA1146118 of Stara, he brought within districts where the judicial power is in. fall Op4ril Hon. Having ehown that the military rolled forth under this ennollolion, In 41111, , 9 , 1 inearrection, In CO VP4• , I tciil, oil the PA% er necmgialy to the cud coneht"id with It,. . of warfare, it follows that if tarots artnlea may oven cnnflaeate an enemy's property, the right of the 'United States to do it in the case of the re bels is unmirrtionahle, inr sorely no war wee O'er more Fllloeinll4 than the one now being waged by the rebels for the overthrow of this Government. That' Stilfly e • Fduiii i.f treatment we would !keys A right to mdetal to foielgn athilmt. The right of seizure tun] confiscation of the property of the enemy an prize of war is a settled mitudion of international law, which has been affirmed by our own Supreme Court. In The Mile of Drown vl4. tilt. United States, reported in the h r!--1„ p>„.,r (h.,- vernment, Vin &add is onkel-Mined. That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persotisand conflecab3 the property of the enemy, wherever found, is conceded. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which humnne and wise ..f times LAVA introilffead to ttroettea, clot more , or lesa affect the exercise of thlg right. but cannot impair the right itself. That ramnius undiminished, ROIL when the sovereign authority shall choose to bring it iiito operation, the judicial department must give effect pi, 191, will, Rut until that will shall be expresaed, no power of condemnation can exist in the court." That case also decides "that the power cf confiscating enemy's property is in the Legislature." Wheaton, in commenting on the case, says : "The property cannot ho wired :mil condemned as prize of war, without come legitt- Wil , ,nprr;for its confiscation. The court bold that the linS of Congress declaring war was not Anal an act. That declaration did not, by its own operation, in vest the property of the enemy in the Government as to support judicial proceedings for its seizure and con fiscation. It vested may a right to confiscate, the asser— tion of which depended on the will of the sovereign power." Mtwara to the transfer of private rights of property, Wheaton holds this further languacre: 4, It Ts competent for the national authority to work a transmutation, total or partial, of the property helon4ing to the van— qutbi,e.i party; aml, it ecimilly coneinc46l, the tact must hr taken for right. But, to work ouch it transfer of proprietary rights, some positive and unequivocal act of contiscaVon is essential." Most of the nations of Eu rope acquired title to territory they possess by conquests,. and private perms have derived their WIN from that of the Government thug obtained. According to the modern usage dilations, private pro perty of alien enemies on land has not generally been. forfeited, but the right of forfeiture in unquestionable, P,11) pin' a eifercised, if nece,ary, to secure the putt tams or the 'war, or in retaliation for forfeitures try the enemy. The rebels whenever they have the power, have seized. and confiscated the property of loyal men, and this, ac cording even to modern usages as between independent Wiens, tathld isitte to the United States the right to confiscate In turn. Much more would they pos sess that right as against rebels, who have calLle leesly taken up arms against that Government. Tho right to free the slaves of rebels would be equally clear with that to confiscate their property generally, for is es property tint they profess to Ltd then Lot so sits a the most efficient means for attaining the end for which the armies of the Union have been called forth, the right to restore to them the God-given liberty of which they have been unjustly- deprived, is doubly clear. It only remains to inquire' whether, in malting 1140 0f 1444 means to crush Mitt wicked rebellion, it Is policy to con fiscate the property of rebels, and take from them the support of unrequited labor. Can there be a question on this point Who does not know that treason has not gained strength by the leniency with which it has been trenied. We have dallied with it quite too lug already. Instead of being looked upon as the worst of crimes, as it really is,it has come to be regarded a trivial offence, to be atoned for by a promise to do so no more. The despoil an of MIA Milan's, the onnapirotill wittinict , the Poaeo of a nation, the plunderers of the public property, the amassing of liberty, when they have fallen into our hands have been suffmed to escape- on taking an oath of allegiance, which many have not scrupled to violate tie first opportunity. Thousands of industrious and enterprising business men t nye been rninca by ibis rebellb.n. Moro then twenty millions of la ople now eontrilenting of their mains and their blood to its suppression ; more than half a million of men, as noble spirits no ever trod the earth it, martial array, now encamped in tents and uniltrareing the hardships of winter campaign ; thou sands of °there now contirtrl in pristine, and tome in dungeons, by the rebels; the blood of the disinterested, the noble-hearted, the dauntless and heroic Lyon ; of the gifted, the element, the brave, and patriotic linker; and of the hundreds of other loyal citizens nnii true men ebe.l lit rebel liable, still uplifted for the alinuilittr of then sands more, and the destrirtion of free government— these, and a thousand other considerations, all demand that the authors of theta ealamitie., and others yet to follow, if they Lave the power to inflict them, should ha made to suffer, both in their persons and their property, for the enUrlliOnti crialve they Lave been and are Coni waiting against private rights and public liberty. Besides, sir, not to confiscate the property of rebeisis to offer it premium to disloyalty, so long as they, when ever in power, confiecate the property of loyal citizens. Under Melt a policy, the rebel's property is mfr, let wive will triumph, while the man true to his allegiance, hie country AO his flag, is, if within their power, despeilea of all lie possesses ? ruder such a policy, the path of safety for property is to place it on the road to treason. In it any wonder that, under such a policy, treason, which at fleet had lint a partial foothold in such States as Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, has spread till in some of them it now has com plete possession. The loyal citizen, in all the States where the rebels have sway, knows that the penalty for an avowal of his allegiance to his country in the for fatties pf all he has' addle, if ks fasmiart hit alias gianee ; Istaperly ik dike protected by friend and foe. If we cvt-4,1 bring this war to n snccessfid tame, it is high Niue ;t irni i,i~'r OS terrible to the enemies as to the friends of the Republic. 76re.f. sectifitr to coirPt rn.4c,rs rel.]. fo lifita against the Communal (Ira cruelty and peril to loyal citizens stengglintt for the preservation of the Union and maintenance of constitu tional liberty. They who deny their allegiance to the Government bare no right to claim its protection. Let 66h.a, 4a affm l / 4 1 Its deal with them and their property as their crimes deserve. prosecute the war with vigor, and it will soon be brought' to a success ful issue. It cahoot be that twenty milliona of pimple, armed in defence of coniititutionnl liberty' are to be ingt,yJee then tine•fonrth their number, tinting for the overthrow of free government, the establishment of an aristocracy, and the perpetuation and spend of human slavery. But, Nvhilo fighting this battle in behalf of constitutional liberty, it behooves na especially to see to it that the tionglitntion raegvem no detriment at our handl. _ . IRIVe will have gained but little in euppresaing the insur• rection. if it be at the expense of the Constituttom for the chains which the bondman wears are none the lighter because they were thrgtal by his own and not anr4her'e bands. - As we expect to come ant of this contest with our ling fa :soft complete In n.ll. 16 propoition4, exit to stripe erased or et star obscured, so let us preserve the Constitnlion perfect in 141 its parts ' with all IN guarantees for the protection of life and libert y unimpaired, and the instrument itself rendered doubly- dear t from the fact that it line been eacredly mnintained and lirnTen PM to any emergency, under circumstances the most trying to whirls a nation was ever subjected. Then, when this struggle is over, we will have an assurance that our Girmernment is stronger titan et or before, and that constitutional liberty is established on a foundation which no human power will ever be able to bU6Tert The bill was °Hera to be printed and referral to the Committee on the Judiciary. Nr. CLARE', of New Hampshire, gave notice that he shmild offer an amendment to the tunitive-slave tint, Tho @onto thou wont lota oktinutlve onion' and gab. sequel fly adjourned until Monday. lIOVSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The SPEAKER annnunc•ii that the varstneins in se , vend tif the etandine committees ha 10 been fiUnl na tvl— lows : On Nays and Means—Messrs. Hooper and Maynard, On the .Tudiciary—Mr. On Territories—Mr. Stir]. On Indian Aftairs—Mr. Phetto, of Colifornia. Puldia fillip, of Tivginia. On Military A ffotre—Mr. Dunn. Commifteee on the Establishment of a Western Armory —Mr. Kellogg, of Illinois. On the Muffle Railroad—Mr. Sarceaut. Mr, GVZf7tl T of Qto, offered a resolution, which Wad adopted, requesting the Coninsittee on the Judiciary to inquire if n telegraphic cell...m*4llp of the press has been established in this city, and, if so, by whose autho rity mot by whom it is now controlled, and report if such eel:eon:hip line net been need to restrain wholesome criticism and diectwetioth while its professed mid lan dable object boa been to withhold from the enemy infor mation in relation to the movements of the army. Mr_ STEVENS, of Pt nnsylvanin, submitted n series of resolutions, referring the rarions branches of the Presi dent'S message to the appropriate standing committee,. Mi. AIfIUILII, of 1114ncia, tnavoil that the pet ra. lilting in the defetiee3 end fortitleations of the event likes and harbors be referred to a select committee of nine rrembera. The question was debated, whether it should be thus referred, or to tho Committee on Military Affairs. It was contemled ono., skim }hat the gUitt. Wag and Northwest shouldnot I.e igsismel, and on the other that the subjecrof defences concerned not a section, but the entire country. The question was finally referred to a select committee by ten majority. The resolutions of Mr. St'Srens, as thus emended, were Inn BLAIR, of Missouri-, introdneed n reaointioll NA. ferringthet portion of the meseago fa relation to the colo nization of slaves taken frt m armed repels to a select co endure of seven members. which wag, lulopt,d in Com mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union, hilt will afterwnrao reiected t thefforans. Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois,. introduced a bill proposing to repeal all laws requiriiwr passes to persons of color going northward, to take Immediate effect. Referred to the Committee on the District a Colombia. - • . . .. itir• lIIMSLON, of 1 ,, ,n,y(v.r.hi., fhtiquitterd a hill providing fora board of. C0M121154011P1 .14 ti , reVigi. and codify the ggneral statitt.e of the United State'. Re ferretilo the Judiciary Granulitic.). Tho Howe then adjourntti tilt nondar. Department of the•West—Army Orders Sr. Loris, Dec. s.—General flalleck has issued lengthy general orders in reference to affairs in this deportment, the principal* points. of which are as follows : Lieutenant Colonaf B. G. Farrar has been appointed Provost Miushal General of the depart ment.. The commandin officer of districts, posts, and corps are dirtctesi imarrest and place in con finement all persons . in. anus against the Vatted Status, or who give aid., assistance, or encourage ment to the enemy. AM property belonging to such p eroanfil w hich pm l be used by the army, will be taken possession of for that purposei and all other property will be examitted by a board of officers ami sold, according to. tike army regulations. All ppm found in disgpfse., as pretended loyal °W seas, or under false pretences, within our linos, giving information to. or communicating with the enemy, will be arrested, tried, and shot as spies. Persons nut employed or enlisted in the garde(' at the so-called Conettleirote Slates who commit acts of hostility will nnt,he treated as prisoners of war. hut punished as criminals and be shot, or loss so voroly. pun:stied, .accordin g to the rules of war. In consequence of lar,go numbers of Union families and non-combatants braving been plundered and driven from their homes is destitute condition, thousands of such persona. arc now Muting their way to this city, and the provost marshals are directed to ascertain the condition of the persons who are driven from their beams, and, under the military law of tiamil. - 4 thest in the, Mune, and food and clothe them at the expense: of avowed Seces sionists, who,. although they drama themselves rob, and plumbs, give aid and encouragement to abet: SUSI, heti al titile fallow-rebels. Tim Western Virg as Convention., Wrrretuto, Deo. 5.--The Convention Willa,: aloiteleed the vete= of voting vita case triAlt- Logirlatare, substitutivg, that of 'voting by ballot. Mr. Burley, of Marshall oc.unty, offered aresolu lion to inquire into the expediency of rewiring ( att attorneys to take the oath of ellest'atite t 11114. allowing no perso to sne in the 00=44 who, is dis loyal to the Government. Reath uf . RQlnr4 .I.,amme.ii, of fittlttnielte.. BALTIMORE, Deo. s.—Rabort Lammact, a wail% knpRR Inerclp4 of DaMIAMI OA lad olata•