THE, PRESS.
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET
THE DAILY PRESS,
TWELVE CENTS PER WEEK, 'payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six DOLLARS
Pg. Atmest, Fouft DALLAILA NM. Er bur Mdttrus, Tunes
DOLLARS FOR Six MONTR.s . —invariably in advance for
the time ordered.
THE TRT-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at THRICE DOI,
ABB PNA ANNUM, in advance.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. TO CASH BUYERS. 18g%LA.i
.
H. C. LAUGHLIN & Co.,
No. 808 MARKET STREET.
Are receiving daily, frem the PHILADELPHIA and
NEW YORK AUCTIONS, a general assortment of
tiLEBOHANDISB, bought for CASH.
CASH BUYEAS are especiaiir invited 4o call and ex
amine our Stock.
MILITARY GOODS.
DREVSMITGTN AL CAMP, OR
TRAVELLING
BED T RUNK.
(P:debt appall for) For sale by
W. A. ANDREWS,
nol6-2tt No. tin CHESTNUT Street.
AR" SUPPLIES_
60,000 pairs ARMY PRAWERS.
20,000 GRAY FLANNEL SHIRTS.
10,000 RED do. SHIRTS.
600 dozen FINE TRAVELLING SHIRTS.
For sale by
BENNETT, RUCH, & GO.,
Manufacturers of Army Goode.
EirilMm 215 and 217 QLIVIW Allay, Phila.
A RMY CONTRACTORS
AND SIITLEAS
GIIPPL•IED WITH BRUMES at the lowest rates.
Always on hand, a large stock of
CAVALRY BRUSHES,
Government standard;
WAGON BRUSHES,
Government Standard;
And every Description of Brushes required for the Army.
KEMBLE & VAN 'HORN,
cocl6-3tn. 321 MARKET Strout, Philadelphia.
pDIGO BLUE KERSEYS.
riNiDiCkil BLUE CLOTH'S,
tied 437 , n7 variety of Goods adapted to Military Clothing'
Fir sale at the lowest prices
'SEGMENTS EqUIPPED AT SHORT NOTICE.
BEND. L. BERRY,
(MOTH HOUSE, SO SOUTH SECOND STREET.
ocs. tf
A RMY FLANNELS.
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ars prepared to make contracts, for immediate delivery,
of
WHITE DOMET FLANNELS,
AND ALL WOOL
INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS,
of Government standard.
DRUGS AND CHEIVIIGALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO.,
!godhead Corner FOURTH and RAMC Street%
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLES ALF, DRUGGISTS,
DIPORTERE AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
WRITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, "cc.
AimTs FOE THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
!Dealers awl consumers supplied at
. VERY LOW _PRICES FOR CABS.
oc3l4;fti
JUST RECEIVED, per " Annie Kim
V ball," from Liverpool, Mulder, Weaver, & Man
der's preparations:
2,5 Els Extract &mitt, hi 1 lb ktra,
25 The Extract Hyoscryami, in 1 lb Jam
(.4 lbe Extract Belladonna, in 1 lb jars.
100 ms Extract Taraxaci, In 1 lb jam
60 ma Yin Rai Colchici, in 1 lb bottles.
100 be 01. Faiccird Boot., in lm bottles.
SOO The Calomel, in 1 lb bottles.
eau De re nydr.rg., in ifb Jar.-
WETEIERILL & BROTHER,
tulaS 47 and 49 North SECOND Street.
VAIIINZW FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BM
LIABD TABLBS.
MOORE it CAMPION,
No. NI South SECOND Street, •
to connection with their extensive Cabinet Buidnasi an
DOW manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
Agd hey, Gow on band a fail supply, finished with the
MOMS & CAMPION'S IliTkOvllD gribiltOtfe,
which are pronounced, by all who have used thew, to to
Superior to all others.
For the Quality and finish of these Tablet the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union., Who are familiar with the character of their work.
awle-ein
LOOKING GLASSES.
JMMENSE REDUCTION
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
tIOTIJAN /MD PHOTOGRAPH PRAXES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
815 CHESTNUT STREET,
Announce the redaction of 26 per cent. In the prime or aL
tate; Imencraotta-ea stock of L001:t0.411...... I I 1 o, la
Engravings, Plactre and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint
tngs. The Largest and most elegant assortment In the
country. A rare opportunity la now offered to make nog
abbess in this line Toy Cash, at remarkably Low Prima
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
Irl-1: 816 CHESTNUT Street.
riESH MINCED MEAT.
The mtbscriber begs leave to inform the public that
he is again prepared to offer his justly celebrated
NE PLUS 'ULTRA IVIINGEI) MEAT,
In large or small quantities. Orders through De
spatch Poet will be punctually attended to.
% 1051-IVA WRIG-HT,
BPRING GARDEN and FRANKLIN Streeif.,
nnl3-5a Philadelphia
COAL OIL! COAL OILI
GEORGE W. WOOTTEN.
38 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
AGENT FOB THE
NORTH Am - FRICAN OIL COMPANY_
ISIANVFACTURERS OF COAL OIL, AND BE
OF COAL AND CARBON OILS.
W2I. F. JOHNSTON, rrealdent.,
GEO. OGDEN, Secretary.
Al5O, Ant for BEERS, ittbebST, DEEM,
Class Cones for Lamps, and wholesale dealer in Dith
ridge's Patent Oval (fire -proof) and Eastern Flint-Glass
Chimneys, Lamps, etc. Burners to burn Coal Oil with-
Out Chimneys.
Cash buyers or prompt payers are respectfully invited
to examine our stock. no2l-1m
FORTLAND KEROSENE
0 I L.
We are now prepared to supply this
STANDARD ruumnumnars on.
AT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Z. LOCKE & CO. ; SOLE AGENTS ;
1010 ILIMIXT STBEEL
Pniladetohls.
WAIN PIPE.--,STBAM-PRESBED
STONEWARE DRAIN
PRICE LIST.
2-Inch bore, per yard 25 cent&
a 66 46 66 30
IP it
5 Li u is 62 "
8 ts LS a 66 u
66 66 85 "
g it 66 bit /10
. 44 66 61 125 "
30 " LSO LL
12 at 66 it 208 "
A liberal dismount allowed to Dealers, and to those or
dering in large quantities.
NACTORY—SEVENTH and Germantown road.
S. A. HARRISON,
VV.:Awes° 1616 tiffWetiMir amok.
LAMP SHADE MANUFACTORY
OF V. QI7ARRE,
gOnthesst corner of NINTH and ARCH Streets,
Wholesale Fditabliehmenti
Retail Store, opposite, No. Sal ABM Street,
For convenience of Lady customers, who will find there
the most suitable article for a Christmas present.
n 02544141
"REST QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
JUT always on hand and for note at 'Union Wharf, MI
IMAM Sheet, Kenningtm T. THOMAS,
anr-ly UT WALNUT Shoot, Motolabia
VOL. 5,--NO. 108.
HOLIDAY GOODS
•-•. - ,r• • ~,,,,,
GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A choice and varied assortment of articles, suited to
the coming season, which have been selected with much
care from the latest importations, comprising:
WRITING AND FOLIO DESKS,
'WORK, GLOVE, JEWEL, AND DRESSING BOXES,
CABAS,
rOBTS-NONNAIES,
CARD CASES,
WATCH STANDS,
THERMOMETERS,
PAULO, GLAM., LOA ) AND CHINA ARTICLES,
FANS IN CRAPE, SILII, AND LINEN,
DOLLS,
Speaking, Sleeping,Mode!, China, Wax, and Patent.
DLLS' SHOES,
ROSE,
MITTS,
CABAS,
JEWELRY,
PARASOLS,
AND RATTLES.
DOLLS' FURNITURE IN EVERY VARIETY
THEATRES. THEATRES,
STABLES.
SOLDIER EQUIPMENT 3.
PANORAMAS, BOX AND BELLOWS TOYS.
Ornaments for Christmas Trees, Fairies, Balls, Fruit,
PEBFCBIEBY AND TOILET AnTiettb
DERBARIUMS, SCRAP AND TOY BOOKS
A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF GAMES AND PAPER DOLLS
ENGLISH BOWS AND tittOKET ukrs
BASE BALLS, &c. ac
All the abore articles can be had, at Reduced Prices, at
MARTIN . k QUAYLE'S
Stationery, Toy, and Fancy Goode Emporium,
1035 WALNUT STREET,
Below Eleventh,
PHILADELPHIA.. deT-t25-1p
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, AT
CLARK'S $1 STORE,
No. 602 CHESTNUT STREET.
SILVER-PLATED WARE, JEWELRY and FANCY
GOODS, in great variety. Hew and beautiful styles re
ceived daily, and sold ninth below the usual prices.
CLARK'S el_ STORE.
de3-Irn 602 CHESTNUT STREET.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
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34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA STREET,
BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETING%
SKIRTINGS,
DRILLS; JEA.NS, BILECIABI
CANTON FLANNELS,
FROM THIII
DIAIMARRVOETTS I OAXAT PALI4E
LACONIA, LYMAN,
EVERETT, DWIGHT,
LOWELL, CABOT,
IPSWICH, CH/COPEE, and
HAMPDEN, BABTLHT MILLE.
LIKEWISE,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
NEON THE WASHINGTON (LATE BAY STAVE ' )
AND OTHER MILLS.
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHTNSON,
No. 11S ORESTNIIT STREET,
OOMMIBBION m BUEANTB
roz TN/ SALE or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
MILLINERY GOODS.
KENNEDY'S
FRENCH '
FLOWERS, FEATHERS,
AND GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS.
No. 729 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH
oc6-3m
FURS !
GEORGE F. WOMRATH,
NOB. 418 AND 41T ARall STREET,
MAS NOW OPEN
A FULL ASSORTMENT
LADIES' FURS.
To which the attention of the Public is invited. no22tjal
LADIES'
CHOICE FURS.
WARRANTED
WELL SEASONED
VERY REASONABLE PRICES,
PARIS CLOAK AND NUB KMPOR/CM,
705 GIEBBVNIIT
J. W. PROCTOR & Co.
no/4-1m
MEDICINAL.
ELIXIR PROPYLAMINE,
The New Remedy for
BuEtrici , r2B3L
During the past year we have introduced to the nodes
of the medical profession of this country the rune Oro
kifised Chloride of Prwylamine, as a
REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM;
and having received from many gOarcoat both . from AP
skims of the highest standing and from patients, the
MOST FLATTERING. TESTIMONIALS
of its real value in the treatment of this painful and ob
stinate disease, we are induced to present it to the public
in a form READY FOB IMMEDIATE ESE, which we
hope will commend iteolf to those who Aig eihniqiis with
this ambling complaint, and to the medical practitioner
who may feel disposed to test the powers of this valuable
remedy.
ELIXIR PROPYLA.MTNE, In the form above spoken
or; hex recently been extensively experlinente4 witii LB
the
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
and with MARKED SUCCESS, (as will appear from the
published accounts in the medical journals).
AT It is carefully put up ready for immediate use,
*lth fall direetionn, and can be obtained !tom all the
druggists at 75 cents per bottle, and at wholesale of
BULLOCK di CRENSHAW,
Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists,
Philadelphia.
ma 24-11
CONSUMPTION.
WINCHESTER'S
genuine preparation of
DR. J. F. CITURCIIILL'S
lITFOrIIOSPIIITES OF LEAD AND SODA,
A 11,-clll Oa. t;zatEmitt of
CONSUMPTION.
The great success which . has attended the use of
the Ilypophosphites is creative. a very general inquiry,
not only among the medical profession, but also
among-the thou.ancl.- , :rho are suffering from Pulthetotry.
Disease.
In all Nervous or Scrofulous Complaints, Debility,
Loss of VITAL POWER, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and
Female Weaknesses, it is a sovereign and invaluable re-
Price PI, or Eix bottlos for $.25, with full dirgations.
Circulars may be obtained by all inquirers. sold whole
eakt and retail, by
S. C. UPHAM,
310 CHESTNUT. Street,
EOIP agent fur Philtulelybia. Trade buippliel
n027-Nrfinam
QPERMATORIMEA.-ONE TO SIX
Boxes of 66 WINCHESTER'S SPECIFIC PILL"
&Igo of Remind I.lTOoknege, Or
its re eAtiug impotency, however snravated, and whether
recently developed or of long standing.
BEAD THE TESTIMONY.
"We believe it to be as near a specific as any medi
cine can We 111114 curvAnißm3l severe ca 4" with
Ulna DI TV TWIT DOOLO.
"B. KEITH, M. D."
Amer. Jour. of Mod. Science.
• - -
Price 81 y)er box;
six boxes for S 5. Sent by mail.
Sold only by S. C.UPHAM, MO CHESTNUT Street,
role ara-at fir Pllladat a ida. Trade aupplied.
na27.armala
HOTELS.
QT. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
1..3 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
BOARD REDUCED TO $2. PER DAY.
Moe the opening Of tide vast and commootone
In 504,1 it has been the single endeavor of the proprietors
to make it the most sumptuous, convenient, and comfort
able home for the citizen and stranger on this side the
Atlantic.
And whatoyer hot teemed likely to admlnlitor 19 tM
comfort of its guests they have endeavored, without re
gard to coat, to provide, and to combine all the elements
of individual and social enjoyment which modern art
has Invented, and modern taste approved; and the pa
tronage whichit bee commanded during( thepaet six years
eniitvina meet than hair offer& have bean annem
eIT
d.
To meet the exigencies of the times, when all are re
quired to practiee the most rigid economy, the under
signed
RATE IXAVOIP rug sawn OF soann T 9
TWO DO/iLAJUS PER DAY,
at the OMB time abating none of the luxuries with which
their table has hitherto been supplied.
se74m TREADWELL, WHITCOMB, a 00.
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ZiLiD lIBLIABLZ,
F ORNEY'S
"WAR PRESS. "
The intense interest everywhere felt in the mighty con
test in which the Armies and Floats' of the Nation are
engaged,
ON THE POTOMAC,
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA,
IN KENTUCKY,
IN MISSOURI,
ON TIIE SEA COAST,
and elsewhere, and the existing demand for a Weekly
Join nal that will furnish a full and accurate account of
the thrilling events of this exciting and over-memorable
period, acceptable alike to Soldiers in Camp, to Peaceful
Firesides, to those who wish to obtain the latest war
news, and to those who desire to preserve in a convenient
form, for future reference, a correct history of the
Great Rebellion, has induced me to commeuce, on
SATURDAY. NOV. 16, 186_1.
the publication of n GREAT WAR PAPER, (in lin at
the present issue of the Weekly Press,) to be called
46 FORNEY'S WAR PRESS." It will be printed in
superior style, on a large quarto sheet of eight pages, and
each number will present the following ATTRACTIVE
PEATY:REA, vie
A BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING,
Illustrating an event of the War, or a MAP of some lo
cality where important operations arc in contemplation ;
A RECORD OF THE LATEST WAR NEWS
from all parts of the country, received during each week
by Mail and by Telegraph, from numerous SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENTS, and all other reliable sources of
information i
THE LETTERS OF 440CCAS1ONAL,',
whoa° epistles from Washington during the last three
years have been singularly correct in their etatements
and pracitons, and whose conunents upon putAlo affairs
have been copied and read with deep interest through
out the whole country ;
A THRILLING SKETCH OR TALE,
illustrative of the romantic incidents connected with the
War; GLEANINGS FROM THE RICH TREASURES
OF WAR-WIT AND WAR-POETRY, that are elicited
by the mighty events now transpiring;
ABLE EDITORIALS ON THE GREAT QtTESTIONS
OF THE DAY;
THE LATEST LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS;
A SUMMARY OE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,
interesting to all Denominations;
IMPORTANT ARTICLES FROM FIRST-CLASS
WRITER.S;
ACCURATE MARKET REPORTS,
Including the Cattle Markets of Philadelphia, New York,
and other places, the Money Market, and Reports of the
Prices of Produce and Merchandise.
Efforts will constantly be made to introduce such new
features as will render the s‘ WAR PRESS" one of the
most popOler and attractive Joarmlis cf the mutry,
contrary to general expectations, tho war should be sud
denly brought to a close, its columns will be tilled with
article that will prove deeply interesting to its readers.
TERMS:
One copy, one year 02 00
Three copies, one year 5 00
Five copies, One year..,., 8 00
Ten copies, one year 12 00
Larger (nubs will be charged at the same rate, thus:
20 copies will coat $24; 50 copies will cost $6O; and 100
copies, $l2O. We also offer the following
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS !
To every Subscriber remitting us 62 we will forward
by mail a tirst-rate, new, large COLORED MAP of the
Southern States, which gives the most useful and com
prehensive view of the Seat of War, and descriptions of
the important localities of the South, that has yet been
published. Its retail price is fifty cents, and it is well
worth double that sum.
We bill also forward one copy of this Nap to any per
son wbo fiends us a club of throe, of. five, or of ton sub
scribers.
Any person sending us a club of twenty subscribers,
accompanied with $24, Mill be entitled to an extra copy
(tor the getter of the club,) and also to a copy of the
above-mentioned'--Map.
In order to further stimulate individual exertion to ex
tend the circulation of the "WAR PIIICSS," we offer
the following liberal premiums:
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR'S IN CiAAN
will be presented to the person or persona who may pro
cure the largest list of tiubscrihers by the let of Apr%
1862;
FIFTY DOLIABB
to the person forwarding the eeeoud highest number by
the enure period, and
TWENTY-RIVE DOLLARS
to the person forwarding the third largest number up to
that time.
Tha conditions or tin fOrtring all
aulittriptione to be paid in advance for ONE, YEA/L 1 at
the rates published above.
ALL POSTMASTERS.
6.1 othet loyal citizen, are earnestly solicited to amid
in extending the circulation of the 44 WAR PRESS.'
They may rest assured that they will thereby not only
secure to subscribers a first-rate journal, but one which
will he an earnest champion of the vigorous prooecutioa
of the war and the restoration of the Union.
SPECIMEN COPIES will be furnished to those who
request them.
Subscriptions may commence at auy time. Terms
ALW4II:* CASH, in advance.*
All Lettere to be addreased to
JOHN W. FORNEY,
"PRE.SS" OfEice, 4/7 CHESTNUT briIEET
PHILADELPHIA.
Sir All Journals which republish this Prospectus will
be entitled to on Exeleingefor Qnc Your,
WINES AND LIQUORS
PURE PORT WINE.
DUQUE DO POBTO WINE, BOTTLER IN
PORTUGAL IN 1820.
. _
Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
pnre Port Wine can be 'supplied by inquiring for the
above wine at CANTWELL & KEFFEWO,
GERMANTOWN Agbllll.3
and MASTER Street.
H ENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO-
Drtetors, Eisen% Tricoche & Co., Mann, Pinot,
and other approved broads of COGNAC BRANDY, fa ,
sale, in bond and from more, by
CANTWELL & REITER,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
SjtJAET'S PAISLEY MALT 'WEIS
KY.
Bnchanan's Coe Ila Whisky,
Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Bohien's Gin,
In bond ...d.ioro.
OANTWELL & KEMP,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street
PJ OUAYE VIIAMFAODIE t —A new
brand—an excellent article. Imported and far eale
at a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL & KEE
FER, southeast corner of GERMANTOWN Avenue and
hfAI...TER Street.
URDESHEDIER-BERG, LA_UBEN,
REIMER, and HOOKIIKIMEIL WINE, In cases
of one dozen bsttles each ; warranted pure. Imported
and for sale low hs CANTWELL & KEFFER, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
7I3IMERMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
WlNE.—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine,
OW Net §:lido alit far " COMM," for Bale pure, bot
tled and in easee, by CANT`{ ELL es KEFFER, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street. ee24-8m
Qcl - IE4 I A. r.4AINT Dilgt — re ll
9V9I
JA, ,sin, A;Seignette, and Alex, Seignctte, in hail-pipes,
Quarters and octaves, for sale ' in bond, by,JAIIRETOH
1 CARSTAIRS, 202 and 204 South FRONT Street,
0c22-tf
OLD LEAD-8 barrels just reeetved
per schooner Arne/a, for tole by
JAURETCHE & CARSTAIRS,
no 7 202 and 204 South FRONT Street.
COGNAC BRANDL—PAIet,
Castil
lon, Bisquit, Tricorn°, ft Co., Sanvin Aln&, (Han
ger and Hennessy Brand y, for ;sale in bond by JAII
RETCIIR h CABSTAIBS, 202 and 204 South FRONT
Street. 0c22-ti
BORDEAUX BRANDY.-46 PA,ek
ages J. J. Dopy Brandy, in bond, for sale by the
sole agents, JAIIRETOHE A OABSTAIBB, 202 and 204
Booth FRONT Street. 0c22-tf
PHILOSOPHIOAL INSTRUMENTS,
School Apparatus for Class Illustrations, Globes,
Drawing Instruments, &c., made and for sale by
JAMES W. QUEEN & CO.,
OIL BIIESTNUT gireet_
Priced and Illuatratea Catalogues of 138 gages furnished
gratis, and sent by mail free, on application. no2l-1m
SPRING GARDEN FRUIT AND
PRODUCE BTOttl STILL AIIRAT.—T6
sub
scriber takes this method to Inform his patrons, Ad the
public generally, that he has removed his Fruit and Pro.
duce Store to No. 812 SPRING GARDEN Street, where
he is now prepared to keep up a full supply of Apples,
DAMON Sweet 'Potatoes, Cranberries, Nuts of all kinds,
Pried Fruits (both Foreign awil)oww.d.), tatter, E gg s,
Poultry, Sc„ ,tc. Also, EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
Buckwheat Flour, and Corn Meal. All of which he will
sell as low as can be bought anywhere in the city.
Being thankful for past favors, to those who have so
liberally Datronisnd him heretofore, the t tcrikcr Mod
respectfully solicits a continuance of their patronage, and
invites all others to give him a call, at his new place,
where be has superior facilities for supplying all with
everything in his line, on the most reasonable terms.
My motto is : w To live and let live 1 • quick sales, and
small profits."
Please give me a ca' before purchasing elsewhere.
S. Z. GOTTIPALS,
del-tt 812 SPRING GARDEN street.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECIMBER 9, 1861.
rtss.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1861.
Fruits of Progress
Progress is pursuing its inevitable course,
however tardily, in foreign countries. In
Italy, so long in thraldom, a great revolution
has taken place within three years. Austria
has been compelled to surrender Lombardy,
and the secession of Venetia is a mere matter
of time. The Duchies, nominally governed
by native princes, but actually ruled by Aus
tria, have obtained their independence, and
made good use of it, by judiciously agreeing
to sink their respective indiVidualities in the
formation of one great Kingdom of Italy.
Carried on by that infatuation which appears
to he Providential in such cases, the Noapoli.
tan Bourbons firmly persisted in repudiating
good government in the Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies, until the avenging Nemesis came, in
the person of Claribaldioind, with a breathless
rapidity of revolution, Sicily broke her chain,
and straightway Naples, following the ex
ample; expelled King Francis, who is now a
fugitive in Rome. The temporal sovereignty
of the Pope will probably be upheld by Na
poleon during the life-time of Pius.the Ninth,
but, whenever his death takes place; we shall
probably see a thorough change in the Pon
tifical system, = a change which, still giving
the Pope a residence in the Eternal City, With
some small territorial possessions, wilt leave
him the Head of the Roman Church,—a su
premacy which does not derive its power from
the possession of temporal dominions. Should
Napoleon be living when the present Pope is
called to pay the last debt, perhaps we may
find him carrying out his project of being
himself head of the Church within the limits
of his own empire. This would be no novelty.
For three centuries - such a headship has been
exercised by the sovereigns of England. In
Prussia the same system prevails. The Czar
Clenrch as well as State under his sceptre.
It is in the four greater Powers of Europe
that Progress more especially is making resist
less way. The changes which Alexander of
Russia has lately introduced are great and im
poytant. The abolition of serfdom, to which
he has steadily and firmly devoted himself,
from the moment he had rest after the Crimean
War, is one of the miracles of this century's
civilization. If he succeed in carrying it out,
he will rule over a nation of freemen, and there
is no knowing what greatness Russia may not
attain, ere millions now living have reached mid
dle age. His nobles know that the results must
be important, but prefer a mean Present to a
magnificent Future—like our own Southerners,
they have an innate affection for slavery, and
jealously repel whatever looks like an attempt
to meddle with that peculiar institution."
There is now a great COMM' in Russia between
the nobles, who own the serfs, and the Czar,
who would see them elevated to freedom. It
would not surprise, but would greatly grieve
us, to learn that the contest ended, as social
strifes often end in Russia, by the hereditary
c , apoplexy" which, within the last hundred
years; has removed five Russian Emperors
viz ; Peter 111., in 17G2 ; Paul, in 1801; Alex
ander 1., in 18:.% and Nicholas, in 1854. Still,
even though the cord, the dagger, or poison,
should remove the Czar, his proposal to liberate
the serfs is seed not sown in stony places, but
will eventually spring up and bear fruit for
freedom.
In "France," where reigns the most saga
cious sovereign of this era, Progress is steadily
advancing. Greater liberty has latterly been
granted to the press, and the EMperor's mag
nanimous acceptance of the terms upon which
Fould has become Minister of Finance
terme by which the Imperial - right of raising
and spending the public money without previ
ous sanction from the Legislature—is another
great stride towards constitutional rule and
national prosperity.
Prussia, too, which has long been an abso
lute monarchy in fact, though a limited one in
name, is on the advance. King William has
ill:szaiit•tl Pk& paliay and the duty a sat ds
barring Prussia from the changes that must
come over all , human communities with the
progress of Knowledge and civilization gene
rally. He has announced important Liberal
reforms. The deputies of the Upper House of
the Legislature are to be gradually reduced
from ninety io rorty - -five. The reforms or the
Stein Government aro to be continued, thereby
phieing the rural administration in the hands of
all proprietors, instead of the largest proprie
tors exclusively. The Cabinet, as in England,
is to be made personally as well as politically
responsible, and education is to be put upon a
wider and better basis than before.
In England, what is called Parliamentary
Reform has long been a bone of contention,
not only between the People and the Aristo.
cracy, but between office-seeking parties.
The titled and the territorial aristocracy, not
content with supremacy in their own legisla
tive chamber, the House of Lords, have over
powering influence in the House of Commons ,
which, as the name indicates, should be the
People's legislative chamber. The British Ca
bh.et—whether Palmerston, the Wig, or
derby , the Tern he its head—is composed,
almost exclusively, of peers and great landed
proprietors, from whom cannot be expected
the grant of a Reform which would deprive the
aristocracy of its usurped power. Hence, a
Reform Bill, whether brought forward by
Palmerston or Derby, is a mere subterfuge—
s tub thrown to the whale—a hollow pretext
to deceive the masses, six millions of whom,
that is, about six-eighths of the whole adult
Population, have no voice in electing their so
called representatives. At last, the People
themselves are stirring, and, in the coming
Parliamentary session, a great effort will be
made to effect a real reform in the British Le-
gislature. If successful, Progress will advance
into British institutions with giant speed and
strength.
As {lie treat pLatlan
de
veloping the principles and resources which
make men happy, by good government, we
may expect that their dislike, or rather their
envy, of free
. American institutions will de
cline.
From that grand epoch in modern civiliza
tion, when, on the immortal Fourth of July,
1776, the Colonies cast off the slough of mere
Provincial submission and declared themselves
the United States of North America, succes
silo Governments in all - parts of Europe haye
dreaded the influence of our example. Not
so, the people—the masses—of Europe. They
have been with us, from the commencement
until now : they are with us at this hour more
warmly than ever, with heartiest good wishes
for the continued and increased success of our
great experiment to consolidate a mighty na
tional sovereignty on the deep-set rocky basis
of republican institutions.
fiad our troubles with the South come to a
warlike issue, on the Nullification question,
thirty years ago, how would the European na
tions have acted ? Most of them, we are sure,
would have recognized the South, at the com
mencement of revolt, in order to annoy and
injure the remaining States of our Union. How
is it now ? Thanks to Progress, which has so
much changed nations, not a single European
Government has dared to repudiate its alliance
with us by acknowledging the independence
of if the so-called Southern Confederation,"
None of them dare do it, in the eyes of the
world, because, instructed by Progress, which
teaches leBle 01' events, all tho pb . 15163. of
Europe are well-wishers of our cause, however
certain men among their rulers may incline
against us.
The Question of Exchanging Prisoners.
The disposition to be made of the officers and
men of the United States army, seized, by the
rebels in hia.h 6hsly ga.et of the eontea, ae 6111V611.-
&red through the treachery of commanding officers
and released on parole, has been a subject of serious
consideration with the military authorities. These
°Mears mad saldlnas are smmloim to he amskaisgml,
and released from their paroles, so that they may
return to active duty. Among them are many of
the best trained troops in the army. It is now pro
posed to place them on the Northern frontier, to
garricon the take defences. They will thus be en
gaged in active duty, although not permitted to
participate in the contest with the rebels.
THE REBELLION.
IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH.
LATER PROM THE PMIHT AT PENSACOLA,
Capture of Confederate Steamers.
PRICE SUPERSEDED IN MISSOURI.
~~ i ~!' ~ i JI~J ~'l' il' ~
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
What the Rebels are Doing
UNION TROOPS ADVANCING TOWARDS SOMERSET.
MOVEMENTS OF BRECKINRIDGE.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
The Whereabouts of aen. Price
DISAFFECTION BETWEEN LENS.
McCULLOCH AND PRICE.
LOYAL' ARKANSAS MOON JOIN OUR
FORONB IN ilissouza.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
A BRITISH JOURNAL ON TEE MASON AND
SLIDELL QUESTION.
Sze., &c., &c.
LATE FROM THE SOUTH•
Parson Brownlow.
The despatch published on the 6th instant, to the
effect that "Parson Brownlow" commanded the
forces at an engagement in Eastern Tennessee, is
rather doubtful, as the Richmond Dispatch of
Monday contains the following card, which he re
cently published:
"I have never, at any time. left Knoxville or
elsewhere with any guns, nor have I had any guns
to furnish to others. I left Knoxville about three
weeks ago, on horseback, to try and collect some
fees due me for advertising, in the adjoining coon=
ties of Blount and Sevier, and, stated to different
persons where I was going and what my business
was.
"As it regards the bridge burning, I have no
knowledge of the guilty parties, and I never had
any intimation from any quarter of any such pur
pose until I heard the next day that the outrage
bad been perpetrated: I condemn the burning most
unqualifiedly, as an ill-advised measure, and I am
not a sympathizer in any such movement. And
had a knowledge of any such purpose come to me,
I would have felt bound in honor and all good con- -
science to have madd the fact known to the chief
officers of the railroads.
" I voluntarily signed a communication to Gen.
Zollicolfer, weeks ago, together with fifteen or
twenty other getlernen, pledging nureolves to pro
mote pence, and to urge Union men not to rebel,
to take up arms, or to commit any outrages what
ever. That document was published in all the
Tennessee papers. I signed it in good faith, and I
lutve kept that faith
W3l". G. DRow:gLow."
The article upon which the despatch in refer
ence to Parson Brownlow's victory was based was
taken from the Memphis Avalanche of the 2d in
emit, find vo 04 Plows
IMPORTANT FROM EAST TENNESSEE. -- We
have information that on yesterday a large
body of Unionists attacked an inferior force of
Confederates at Morristown, East Tennessee*Ming
a number of the latter, the - balance being compelled
to retire before the auperior force of the enemy.
There is intense excitement, and it appears as if the
rebellion, which was supposed to be quelled, had
broken-out-with increased virulence. Nothing bat
summery vengeenee will repress the Lincoln ineen.
diaries of East. Tennessee. They are possessed
with the demon spirit, and controlled by the evil
counsels of those arch traitors, Johnson and May
nard. . • .
We have also information of the arrival of Major
General Georgt.Orittenclen at Knoxville, to take
command of the Confederate forces in. East Ten
ner‘ma and' Southern Kentucky. His arrival at
this junetiiffts ntesenppectanc. Ito was an officer
high in rank and distinction in the old army. He
has seen much active service, and is possessed of
that indomitable vigor and courage, as wall as
thorough military knowledge and generalship,
so necessary to cope with the formidable rebellion
of the Lincolnites in Fact Tennessee. They will
find in him an opßonent who will drive them like
chaff before the wind. We are truly fortunate in
scouring, for important commands, the beat °Ewers
in the old Federal army. General Crittenden is
the eldest son of John J. Crittenden, but, unlike
his father and brother, is true to the cause of the
South.
Bridge-Burners Hung
GREENVILLE, Tennessee, November 30.—Henry
Fry and Jacob M. Henslie were hung this evening
by order of the military, authorities, for bridge
burning.
Late from Columbus.
A gentleman just come down from Columbus
gives it as his opicion that a great battle will come
off there before the close of the present week.
A gentleman from New Orleans says that many
of the companies in that city are volunteering for
thirty-days service at Columbus.
The Third Mississippi Regiment, Colonel J. B.
Beason, reached the city lest evening. They ere
from Mississippi City, Harrison county, and all
armed and equipped.
The Cotton Moscow
The Aralaw& contains the following despatch :
.NOV, i30, -- 1119 patriotic planters
on the seaboard are hourly applying the torch to
the crops of cotton and rice. Some have authorized
the military authorities to destroy the crops to pre
vent the ravages of the enemy on their plantations.
On the mouth of the Edisto, and neighborhood, as well
AS elsewhere along the coast of South Carolina, there
is one sheet of flame and smoke.
[From the Memphis Avalanche of the 2d.]
4 . Rang 'Em."
"Hang 'em," yes, hang them every one. Every
East Tennesseean found recreant to the will and
interest of the State of Tennessee, and known to be
actively conniving with its enemies, should be hung,
and loftily. When the citizens of a State have, by
an overwhelming majority at the ballot-box, deter
mined on its foreign policy, and by that policy have
been necessitated to arms for the defence of their
homes and firesides, every resident on the soil of
that state who lends or gives aid to the invader,
deserves as little mercy on earth as BEELZEBUB
will give them in his empire. Wherever the cobra
like head of treason is lifted it should be stricken
or, and that quickly, for its poisonous saliva is con
tagions ai the airs of Diaremma. 1, Bang '
EA24O 'E.II " EVERY ONE.
Alabama Legislature.
The Legislature of Alabama has appropriated
$6,000 for the purpose of arming the 48th Routmut
Alabama militia, at Mobile, with pikes and bowie
knives. The pattern is said to be formidable and
destructive.
Arrival of Prisoners
Three prisoners of war arrived at Richmond on
the 4th instant, by the Central train, under charge
of Sergeant E. F. Morrison, of company A, Fourth
North Carolina Regiment. Their names arc Charles
Runnol, a citizen of Fairfax county; Daniel Sulli
van, private in the Third Pennsylvania Regiment,
and Henry Vanport, private in the Sixty ninth
Pennsylvania Regiment.
A Runaway Prisoner Captured.
At art early hour on Wednesday morning, says
the Richmond D ispatele, an individual in blue uni
form was observed skulking through au apple or
chard in HanoviT county, and Mr. W. C. Smith
very properly took him into custody. He proved
to i e one of the 1 ssU ii , un the Ictierat
army, who had made his escape from a Richmond
prison two or three days previously, and was ma.
king his way to the blockading fleet. Mr. Smith
co.tluoterl him beck to Riolituoad. Ho had been
employed for some time as a hospital nurse.
Capture of Confederate Steamers.
We copy the following from the Mobile Adver
lisi, of tht .9Ath
We are informed on good authority that private
despatches, received in this city last night, from
Ilandsborough, state that the steamer Oregon, put
in there last evening and reported the capture of
the steamers Conihrida, of the mail line, the
Lewis, the John Briggs, and one other vessel.
We hope the report is not well founded, but fear
it is, as the Gulf was well known to be filled with
Lincoln gunboats. The steamers, except the Lcuris,
left bere yeEterclay niasniag.
Movements of General Floyd.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 3.—A gentleman who has just
arrived here from the army in Western Virginia
says the amain in that region is virtually ended
for the winter. The nature of the country, the
want of forage and subsistence, and the condition
of the roads, make any aggressive movement for
the present, in his opinion, by either party, imprac
iicahl9, Gen, Floyd has fallen back to a. 'feint
within thirty miles of the Virginia and East Ten
nessee Railroad.
The Richmond Dzspatch of Thursday says :
A ieyzet is eurrent that General FlOfd'g coin•
mend has been ordered from Western Virginia to
another important post of duty. General Loring
still holds his position near Cheat Mountain. It has
already been announced that the enemy have with
drawn six regiment front Virginia and sent them
to Kentucky.
Lick Creek Bridge Repaired.
LYNCLIBURG, December 4.—President Branner,
of the East Tennessee Railroad, telegraphs here
that the bridge ever Lick dveok is all ilght, and
that the trains are passing over. He will have a
line of.packots at Union on Thursday to carry pas
sengers around that bridge.
The Robethen in Tennessee.
A letter from Kentucky in a Cincinnati paper
gives later news from Nashville.
Governor Harris had begun to draft from the
Tennessee militia, and in apprehension that he
*alai Adept Audi A &tuna, Aix or eight able , bodied
Unionists had left Nashville within a week, some
for East Tennessee arid some in other directions.
The Otate Bank in Nashville had been filled with
arms wrenched from the bands of citizens, in obe
dience to Harris' threatening circular. All th4S fire
arms in the hardware stores had been seized. The
City Hotel, with its beds and bedding, had been
taken for a hospital, and several large warehouses
had been taken for the same purpose.
The Pensacola Fight.
The. Pachinotia Rawminer of the 2d 65tant give
the following extracts from its exchanges in refer
ence to the recent engagement at Pensacola :
The Pensacola Observer says of the fight at Pen
saMa ; While we are not able to give the fall par
ticulars of the casualties, 4tc., of the light, we aro
prepared to correct some errors we were led into by
Madame Rumor. It was not the Niuga ra but the
Colonido that was injured in the engagement, and
she bus " hauled off;" a silenced old wreck; having
learned by experience that
Little boats mast keep near shore,
Bat larger ones h ay - venture more
Nearly the whole of Warrington has been re
duced to ashes by the enemy "sshot and shell. None
of our batteries are injured, and among the build
logs destroyed arc the St. John's and the Catholic
churches. The houses occupied by the officers are
only slightly damaged. As to the injury done the
enemy, any report made is all speculation, and no
reliable er truthful statements hare MN from
there yet. All our batteries have been worked
with great credit to those in charge of them. On
yesterday there were thirteen of Abe's vessels in
eight, but from their tardiness in commencing the
fight this morning we are led to believe that
" somebody is hurt." A gentleman from Warring
ton confirms the report that the firing of the enemy
is very bad and of very little effect. He says he
counted over twenty shells lying there on a street,
none of them having exploded.
The correspondent of the Columbus (Ga.) Sun
says : General Bragg says he cannot make out what
old Brown is after. Ile has been firing for eighteen
hours consecutively, and has done us no injury.
Not a soul was hurt yesterday, and no damage was
done to our works. Gen. Bragg thinks Brown's
firing yesterday was ridiculous. One•half of their
shells would not explode, and the navy yard is piled
with them. You can walk over them, they are so
thick, We cannot ascertain what damage we We
done. Our aim was deliberate and our Eire slow.
Every gun did execution, and our shells burst al
ways just over Fort Pickens. Our boys would fire
a big gun, mid then jump •on it and give cheers.
They pre perfectly delighted at the fun. The force
engaged has been McCrue's, and Wheat's, and ano
ther battery, all from Louisiana and Mississippi. The
enemy attempted a
- landing at Perdido river on
Sunday night. but were most signally repulsed
by our gallant troops there. A negro wagon driver
was at Mane this morning when the firing com
menced, and said he would drive his team to head
quarters if Pickens killed him and every mule he
had. A shot killed one of his mules; he eat it
loose and drove the remainder safely through.
Gen. Bragg says he intends to mention him in his
report to the Government.
Another correspondent writes : The bombard
ment was kept up nearly all last night, and, from
all the information I can gather, with very little
damage to our side. It is said that there are three
breaches in Pickens. and the Niagara attempted to
run in yesterday, but received a heavy shot in her
bow, and turned round, when she was raked in the
stern, and it is supposed she is disabled. The gene
ral impressson is that Bragg is fighting slowly, but
safely and surley, net wasting a shot, and holding
batteries in reserve that they know nothing of.
[From the Richmond Erspfitch, Dc.e.
CAIRO, Nov. 30, 1561.
General Polk yesterday received a despatch from
General Bragg. at Pensacola. stating that Pickens
had ceased firing, and the result so far has been
eight rebels killed and several houses destroyed.
No breach had been made, as reported. iu the walls
of the fort. The United States fleet, he said, had
been injured. Bragg stated that he hourly expect
ed a renewal of the firing.
[From the Charleston Courier, Nov. 20.]
PENSACOLA., Nov 23—S A. M.
Both parties are silent this morning. I walked
down to the beach this morning and looked at
Pickens. She seems consblerably bAttortd. A long,
dark place upon her side, which the • men say is
shot marks, was plainly visible. Poor Fort
Mcßae suffered yesterday far more than we
thought. Six men were killed by the falling of the
cover of a rest, and ten others wounded. They say
ace hundred shot and shell fell late the fort. The
damage was done by the ships, which took position
southwest of the fort, _where the guns could not be
very effective. and fired broadside after broadside
upon her. A battery located just back of her aided i
in repelling the attack, and, t is Etrack them
fifteen times. Only two ships aro off the harbor
this merning. I-fear.neither party will renew the
fight this morning. If they do, Moßam will pro
bably be abandoned during the day, and the battery
behind her worked. But, if she was levelled to
the sand, nothing would be a.:complished towards
the reduction of our batteries. We have never
counted, her as anything in the fight.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Another Bridge Burned by the Rebels.
Lortartw:. Dee. 7.—lt is reported that the
bridge over Dueon creek wee burned by the rebate
yesterday.
What the Kentucky Rebels are Doing.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
An intelligent Kentuckian, who, for his devotion
to the - Union, has suffered imprisonment and the
loss of everything tut life, presents tv us a state
ment of the affairs at Paducah, and throughout the
counties comprising the First Congressional district
of Kentucky, that confirms our gravest apprehen
sions of the mismanagement and disorder existing
thorn_
About two weeks ago, es• Postmaster Milliken. of
Paducah, set out for Mayfield, intending to cause
the arrest and imprisonment by the rebels of J. and
R. M. Conner, devoted Union men. They were on
the look out for hint, however. and the attempt to
capture them resulted in his being killed. One of
the brothers succeeded in making his escape and
fled to Paducah ; the other was arrested and con-
fined the put at Mayfield. The one who had
escaped called upon amend Smith and requested,
that a detachment of troops be sent down to May
field to rescue his brother. The application was
backed by Generals Wallace and Paine, but Gene
ral Smith not My refused to have arlyttaug, to 40
with it, but rebuked Conner as impertinent. At
last, after thirteen hours of importunity, his request
was reluctantly granted, and a force detached for
the purpose set out for Mayfield. In the mean
time, the Secessionists had sent runners to Camp
Beauregard, at Falieinnft, and a detachment imme
diately marched to Mayfield, took Conner out of
jail, and shot him, two balls entering his body, then
stabbing it with their bayonets they left the town,
the rescuing party from Paducah arriving just two
hours too late to save ono of the most loyal men in
Kentucky.
Expeditions are continually sent out, our in
formant says, from Columbus and Hopkinsvilte, to
gather up the beef cattle, hogs, horses, and grain,
in Graves, Marshall, laallovey, Trigg, Lyon, Cald
well: and other counties. They generally pay the
/Secessionists Confederate scrip for their stock and
grain, but plunder the Unionists without mercy.
It is from these sources that the rebels at Co
lumbus and liopkinaville mainly derive their sub
sistence. They are cleaning the country from the
Ohio river to the Tennessee line of everything that
can be made available in the commissary depart
ment. Every 'Union man that comes within their
reach is carried off, Shot or imprisoned, and they
show very little mercy. In those marauding ex
peditions they are materially aided by Secession
citizens, who are only too happy to be able to point
out the loyalists and assist in their capture. Traps
are laid to inveigle the confiding* within their
reach.
Ex-Congressman Burnett has added to the infamy
of his treachery to the Government by treachery to
his friends and neighbors, a number of whom fled
to Paducah for protection. They fire among the
most influential and respectable citizens of that dis
trict. Burnett affected to be greatly distressed, and
wrote them letters begging them to return to their
homes, and assuring them that they would not be
molested. They hesitated, but finally determined
to return, and had proceeded some distance when
they were neet by a son of one of the gentlemen,
who told them not to go further, that the rebels,
weary of waiting for them, bad entered their
Jettitos-ed the furniture, killed or carried
oil' their milch cows, cattle, horses, sheep, hogs,
poultry, and laid desolate all that could be de
stroyed. Even then they could hardly believe
their old neighbor could be so cruel and wicked.
" Brother Against Brother."
The divisions in distinguished Kentucky fami
lies, caused by the recent necessity for the citizens
of that State to choose between loyalty and treason,
firk rSl?lt ! r) able.
Mon. Jobn J. Crittenden, for example, inks a
nephew. (Brigadier G eneral Thomas L. Crittenden,)
loyal like himself, now commanding the important
division on the Green river ' which - constitutes the
right wing of our army in Kentucky; while a con
(George Crittenden) is a major general in the rebel
service, commanding an invading column in his
native Stato.
So the eldest son of Kentucky's great advocate
for the Union was recently arrested for treason,
while his brother, Thomas H. Clay, is stated to
have preferred the complaint on which the arrest
was made, and while a nephew, young . Henry
is oh &Wails+. adjutant general 111 our army
in Kentucky.
Prominent among the leaders and organizers of
the Union party in Kentucky has been the well
known George D. Prentice. His son, Clarenco
Preiitid6, is en officer in the rebel army, which has
threatened that its first work in Louisville,- after
taking possession of the city, shall be to hang the
father.
Ex-Governor Helm was recently arrested for
treason. Ills cousin is one of the most reliable of
the Union men now assisting the central column of
our army by their ',knowledge of the country and
the people.
The venerable Robert J. Breckinridge but the
ether day published a masterly defence of the Go*
vernment, and a crushing denunciation of the trai•
tor leaders of the rebellion. Among those traitors
his scarcely less distinguished nephew, ex-Vice
President John C. Breckinridge, hag a prominent
place as wbrigadier senerai i and is now at th.e bona
of n brigade, with the avowed object of subjugating
his native State.
.Ex-tiov. 'Wickliffe has urged the expulsion from
Congress of a colleague charged only with sympa-
thy with the rebels. Ills own son, wo arc told, is
in the rebel army.
And so the list might be extended almost at
pleasure. No sadder illustration could be found of
the iverkings of civil war.
Letter from Central Kentucky.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.]
CAMP Two MILES FROM STANFORD,
Qfilipty Seat of Lincoln county„ K. 7.,
'November 30, 1.861-
Intelligence to-day reached headquarters that a
rebel force, variously estimated from 5,000 to 7,000,
had attacked the Union forces, under Col. Haskins,
cigbt 18i1cf beyond Somerset. The Courier also
Mated that ilfteitins' force was railing back upon
Somerset, though contesting the ground at every
Three hundred of the rebel cavalry to-day crossed
the Cumberland river, and Breckinridge is Sc, rtod
to be advancing to reinforce the enemy, Stan
tiara's
battery; I eappcse, reaglted. Fomeract to.
TWO CENTS.
night. We marched fifteen miles to-dny, and ex
pect to go thirty to-morrow. Two regiments, the
17th and :18th, are on their way.
We have as yet received no definite account of
the loss on either side in the different skirmishes.
Tattoo has beaten, the boys are seeking their
repose preparatory to a hard day's march, and if
anything of importance occurs I will write again.
LATER.
Front another Correnoinlent.]
A Skirmish on the Ist—Cannon Firiug on
STANFORD, Ky., Dee. 2 1861
There was a skirmish at Camp Coggin. near So
merset, yesterday, across the Cumberland river,
lind cannon have been heard firing in that direction
to-day. It is supposed that Zollicoffer is in Wayne
county, at Monticello, 12,000 men tend eight pieces
or artillery strong. The Ohio Seventeenth and
Thirty-eighth are at CatupGoggin by to-night. It is
supposed that the rebels wish to get possession of
the Curulg•rlitrld river for the purpose of getting out
the coal and proAsion to Nashville. P. N.
Movements of Breekmridge.
Gen. Breckinridge, in command of a small bri
gade of rebels, lately marched into and through
Butler county, making his appearance as far north
as Allervilla. west, of Morgardowrl. lie, however,
made no demonstrations, except by a few marau
ding expeditions, one of which entered Greenville.
where they burglariously entered the stores of that
villiwe and robbed the proprietors of everything
valuable' to them. arrested ; as prisoners of war. a
few sick soldiers, and then returned to John C.
Col. Jackson's cavalry going in pursuit of them,
John C: marched back to Bowling Green with colors
flying. end a large drove of stolen hogs grunting at
their ill usage.
FROM MISSOURI.
The Disaffection between Ben McCul
loch and Sterling Price.
The Chicago PoAt says :—lt is well known that
since the battle at Wilson's Crock, Ben McCulloch
and Sterling Price have not acted togel her as
leaders of the rebellion in Missouri. Among Union
men in that State, it is generally believed that they
bad a " falling out" about that time. The cause is
commonly ascribed to the cowardice exhibited by
the blifleUTillla t tshicii is oopposod to bare die- ,
gusted the chivalric Ben. But we learn from Vol.
Mulligan—who spent six weeks as a prisoner in
Prices camp, and during that time was not an idle
observer of men and things—that the true reason
of the disaffection between these two rebel chief
tains is that Pike has. lest confidence In McCulloch,
while McCulloch, by virtue of his greatness as a
general of the Confederate army, chooses not to play
a subordinate part under a general of the single State
of Missouri.
At ilee Utile of Wilson's Creek, McCulloch was
the chief in command, and it is to his incompetency
that Price attributes the disaster that befel him on
that occasion. The plan of the rebels was to attack
General Lyon's camp on the very night that Lyon
attacked them. For this purpose, McCulloch or.
dered all the pickets to be drawn in, and got
everything in readiness to march.
Just then a storm of rain came up, enveloping
everything in thick darkness. McCulloch decided
to wait tilt the storm was over ; but the night con
tinued extremely dark, and the troops fell asleep.
The pickets were not again sent out. and the result
was, the rebels had not the slightest intimation of
the approach of Lyon; until his batteries hurled
their savage missiles among the rebel breakfast
cups, Col, Mulligan nays it was related to him as
an actual fact, by some of Priee's officers who were
in that battle, that an officer, while eating his
breakfast, was interrupted by the hurried approach
of an orderly. telling him to bring up hie command,
as the enemy were approaching. "Is that official ?"
exclaimed the officer, swallowing his coffee. The
next moment a six•pound shot from one of Captain
Totten's guns cut off a sapling near his table.
c , Well, by —!" cried the astonished officer,
"that is oftirial !" and dropping his breakfast he
ran to order out his men.
Prices estimate of McCulloch is said to be that
be is a dashing and gallant exploiter at the head
of about fire hundred men : but that he is incom
petent to handle a greater number. McCulloch,
naturally. places a different estimate upon his
Own mobilities, and hence the 01,81%t0n/eat be
tween them.
When Colonel Mulligan left Price's camp at
Neosho, McCulloch was there, and it was under
stood he would give, at the head of his own com
mand, whatever assistance he could. Price, at that
time. had only about fifteen thousand men, and
McCulloch a mush smaller number. They could
have been easily whipped by Fremont, could he
have got them into a battle, which ; however, was
not probable.
'Union Men in Arkansas Joining the Mis
souri Troops.
The St. Louis Rep/Ai/ram says
Within a week past a member of the present
Legislature of Arkansas has arrived at Rolla, with
forty other citizens of that State—thirty-five of
whom, with, the representative referred to, have
joined Colonel Phelps' regiment of Missouri troops.
These parties state that in the hortheen section of
Ari.anta,v loyalty still pi-cc-ails, and that lore of
tie eitlyag—the emblem of a wilted couutry—yet
glows and burns in thousands of patriotic breasts.
It is not merely a silent allegiance that could be
found in the section whence these men come, for
they say that, with efforts properly directed, our
people would be astonished at the number of sol
diers that could he ridged there to fight in behalf
of the Union. This gratifying intelligence is con
firmed by representations we have received from
other sources with regard to the feeling in Northern
Arkansas, and it is well to bear these reports in
Znind in connection with any 99E 1 qicillViNI 9f tin
rebellion in that Otate.
We have before us the message of Governor Rec
tor, to the Arkansas Legislature, in session at Little
Rock last month. Reserving for anothei article
HOC comments upon the financial condition of the
State, as shown in this document, we sift from the
message a few interesting items with respect to
military operations, exhibiting rich developments.
It appears that the State Convention and On
i-cznor Reetoi and the Leglelatere have been le a
terrific snarl ever since the former body mot and
assumed to do acts which thExecutive believes
overstepped its authority. The principal cause of
complaint that Governor It. places against the Con
ventien lies in the creation of a military board,
which appears to have restrained the Governor
somewhat, or. to use his own language, " put him
in string." An immense amount or trouble, ac
cording to the message, has flowed from this ‘, un
merited rebuke to the Executive incumbent,"
But let us look a moment into the movements of
the rebel generals, as detailed in this document.
On the 10th of May Gen. McCulloch was put in
command of the Indian Territory west of Arkansas,
and bad with him two regiments, one from Louisi
ana and one from Arkansas_ Before he could pre:
pare any offensive operations, Gen. Lyon, in pur
suit of the fugacious Jackson, approached near the
south boundary line of Missouri, and the military
board of Arkansas called out ten regiments. ror
defensive purposes. On the 41st of Junc the board
despatched a messenger to Richmond proposing to
transfer the entire State force with their arms to
the Confederate Government, making a condition
precedent ; however, that the arms were to be used for
the -protection of Arkansas. The rebel georetary of
State was willing to receive the men and arms, but
would make no promise as to their future dis
position, and so the transfer was not then effected.
Qll the -Ith of 419 effort wa olpin cmaye4,
one of the members of the board 'visiting General
Hardee, then recently appointed to the command of
the northern border of Arkansas, and an agreement
was made whereby a vote should be taken among
the Arkansas troops ; and if a majority of each com
pany consented to be transferred, those consenting
were to be turned over as a company ; if, however,
a majority declined, the company was to be dis
banded altogether. One company of General Yell's
diYA9n two or three IniP4r9d others
"from various motives returned home." This was
for the eastern division of. the army. The western
division, under General Pearce, however, was not
so easily transferred, as will be seen by what fol.-
Isms
After the battle of Springfield the military board
despatched an agent to Gen. Pearce to turn over
his troops to Gen. Hardee. The agent proposed to
submit the question of the transfer, but Gen.
Name got mad and refused to allow it to bo done,
following this insubordinate conduct up by writing
a most abusive defter to the board. Not even con
tent with this, Pearce separated his troops from
McCulloch's command, marched //wee Liza, lo Ar
kaaw, whom theH were informally didan , lrxl
and sent home. Gov. Rector says that without
Pearce's command " McCulloch was left too weak
for anything but passive inaction," As soon as
Peace's return to Arkansas was known, the mili
tary board, fearing a disbandment, directed him
trearce) to suspend all action in reference to the
transfer, but the despatches were received too
late, and only "in time to stay the waste of public
property, scattered in all directions."
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
What the Rebels Thought of Port Royal.
Now that Port Royal has fallen into the hands of
our Government, some of the rebel prints are poo
poohing at it as a point of no great importance.
How couch was thought of it, however, before it
was taken, and how largely it figured in the "plane
and specifications" for the Southern empire that
was to rise on the ruins of the Federal Govern.
ment, will appear from the following excerpt from
an article in De Bow's Review for October. 1860 :
The draft of wator at Port Royal is twouty
eight feet at ordinary high tide, which is equal to
Sandy Book, and superior to Norfolk. Kb port
within zts limits will, in: the: future, be more
important than tins, should necessity ever drtve
au! ft , ..'yytkiztta *formation of a separate
Go-
Terltrltettt."
De Bow is high authority on matters where
Southern interests are involved, and our Govern
ment will be glad to find the wisdom of its course—
in Seizing Art R934l—apprucil by enc PP MU
patent to speak. It is the part of wise general
ship to accept the teachings of enemies, when such
teachings can benefit us, and we shall not fail to
"improve" the hint of De Bow's Rcriew.—A/bany
Evw LIT Journal.
rikitish Journal on the Amerman side of
the Mason and Slidell Question.
[Front the tialifax (Nova Scotia) Sun, Nov. 25.)
'Thu pails 1.6 a 45 seemlasl 7
about the legality of the apprehension of Mason.
and Slidell, the ambassadors and bearers of des
patches on board the royal mail steamer Trent,
who attmpting to escape to Europe. When we.
refer to the law of nations as laid down lay the
greatest of British international writers, vse• funk
that the action of the United States Governmeatt
in this apprehension, has, at least, the sanction, of
ancient and modern law on this important point.
Lora glow en, ofiE of the abbot of
says " The carrying of the despatebee of the ene
my is also a condemnation, oven if carried by neu
trals. The ambassador of the enemy may bo stop
ped on his passage, but when he arrives in the nen•
trat country he 13. comes a sari cl middle man ;
is entitled to certain privileges.
Lord Stowell further declared—and the dentrina
was acted upon by the - whole judges in the subse
(punt ease, that of the Atlanta—" that the neutral
slip carrying deapateheswee liable to 40tagottoci,"
APIA deemed ancedlngly,
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And Sir 'William Scott, in one of his celebratel
judgments in a case of this kind says : " It appears
to me on principle, that the fact of a vessel carry
ing the ambassadors or despatches of a belligerent
Power, whether knowingly or not, at . fiirds equal
ground of forfeiture, if such vessel is seized by the
opposing Power."
That the foregoing is the true state of the law at
the present time may be gathered from the fact
that in ber Majesty's proclamation, dated 15th
April, 1554, during the Russian war, the following
highly important clause appears : " To preserve the
commerce of neutrals from all obstruction, her Ma
jesty is willing for the present to waive a part of the
holligerent rights appertaining fa hes by the laws
of nations. But it is impossible for her Welty to
forego the exercise of her right of seizing articles
contraband of war, and specially preventing EMU,
trals from bearing the enemy's messengers or do
apnieheP."
Under these circumstances it is evident that the
apprehension of lilason and Slidell has the smetion
of the laws of nations.
The Army
It is the intention of General MeClolloh t o con
solidate the different companies of each regiment of
the regular army. The exigencies of the servioe
hitherto have made it necessary to scatter this force,
so that there is hardly anywhere a whole regiment
of the old army together: To effect this COngolidnt
tion. a number of companies of infantry are to be
sent to Fort Pickens, where the rest of their regi
ments are stationed, and other companies aro to he
brought from Fort Pickens here to fill up the regi
ments to which they belong. Thus, in a little while,
each of the regiments will be all together, tor the
first time since the Mexican war, and, in some in
stances, for the first time since they,were organized.
Letter from Point of Rocks.
[Corrowndetice of Thu , Press.]
POINT or ROCKS, (Md.,) Dec. 5, 13G1
The winter is at last upon us, and the cold frosty
nights remind the soldiers that to serve their country
in the tented field is not only to give up the asso
ciations of home, but to submit to many severe pri
vnliolla, at avoidable in war, One of them is sleep
ing under canvas, with only one blanket for a co
vering. This, for the past two weeks, has been very
trying, and yet, if we lay aside the patriotism of
those who suffer, we are surprised to find no mur
inifr oyltapnttmt, , Were you to visit our camp,
you would find Many curious devices, and
very effectual ones. too, to keep out old Jack
Frost. Those who are in camp, under tents,
hare arranged a large flue to pass entirely through
under the tent. with a chimney of two or three bar
rels at one extremity, and a wood fire in the other.
The fine is covered with railroad bars, laid side by
side, and covered with earth to the depth of several
inches. This arrangement keeps the tent always
warm, its great objection being the difficulty of
regulating the fire, so that the tent becomes unbear
ably hot after the fire has been newly made. Those
who are out on picket have dug a place in the
ground, large enough for comfort. and thatched it
with straw and earth, in one side of which they
have hollowed out a place much like an oven, with
a chimney run through, and opening oat of the
ground, away from the roof. These are very com
fortable, though often too warm.
The Twenty-eighth has been for the last two
weeks threatened • by attacks from all points along
the line, and our noble colonel has been ready to
receive them, no matter where made. His known
courage and military skill has for a long time kept
the rebels at a safe distance from his lines, except at
Harper's Ferry. where they occasionally appear,
knowing, no doubt, that he is not in immediate
command, and they don't fear all his officers as they
do him. One day last week they attempted to shell
the quarters of Company 11, but their fear of our
little MitillAlS balls from our Enfields induced them
to lengthen their distance between them and the
object of attack, and the greater part of their balls
(or shells) fell short of the mark in the river,
while the little captain. Ahl, by a wise deploy
ment of his men, not only secured them from the
few balls which reached : but made the opposite side
too hot for the rebels. An incident here happened
worthy of mention. One of his men concealed him-
NU behind a busli, and in the next ianlent Ohl(
struck the ground immediately in front of the bush,
penetrating the ground under him, and scattering
it over - him. Be, of course, " made tracks" up the
hill, but fortunately the shell did not explode, and
was afterwards dug out, anti remains to him, at
least, a striking comment on the dangers of war.
Company F, with their worthy Captain Copeland,
are stationed at Harper's Ferry, below Company Ff,
all under the command of Major Tyndale, as is also
Company G, who are stationed at Knoxville.
Company E, who have been for more than three
months on constant picket duty, have partly, be
cause of their merits as a company, been in nearly
every action along the lines, in all ot which they
have sustained their character, and established the
bravery of both officers and men. As was noticed
in the daily papers, a few days since, Carded'
Chapman ! with twenty of his own mcn4 accompanied
by Colonel Geary, made a successful reconnoissance
in the vicinity of Catoctin mountain, where they
fell in with a party of rebel cavalry, upon whom
they fired several rounds, making them retreat is
Nieto, leaving two men anti ono horse dead,
several of them wore the uniform of our men taken
at Bolivar or Ball's Bluff.
Lest Sunday night Captain Chapman, believing,
from information cautiously gathered previously,
that a number of Secession horses might be cap
tured, resolved to make the attempt. To this end
he selected A nu :1 1 )g of Teii4 l /4 MAIL end the
knowledge he had acquired by observation and a
careful scrutiny of surrounding circumstances,
enabled him to count on certain success. He
crossed just after dark, haying made RN necessary
arrangements for a speedy retreat in ease such
should ultimately become necessary. Leaving
eleven men under the command of Lieutenant C.
W. Chapman—who is as able and of an officer
as his rank can boatit of, mid fat better fitted than
many who hold them for a higher position—in ■
position to command the Leesburg road as well es
the road from Waterford, the Captain with ten
men, including Lieutenant Amer, proceeded up
the river road a distance, and passed up a natural
gap over one of the most miserable roads that any
one need fancy. The feeling was indeed strange,
thus to be travelling along without a word being
spoken, and conscious that they were in a merciless
enemy's country. Arriving at the house of one of
the Loudoun county Secessionists, the Captain pru
dently; and happily too, as the sequel shows. left
two men as a guard, with instructions to arrest any
person passing. Further on, at the lane leading to
the house he intended visiting, he also left two
mum with /Acute/Int Arner, and proceeded with tht
remaining men to the house, which he sufficiently
guarded, and then in a very short time secured the
horses. five in number. Calling back the guard,
they mounted and drove off, leaving the owners to
meditate upon Southern rights am/ the probability
of their being able to reclaim their horses after the
war. Upon reaching the guard at the other house,
we found them in possession of a horse and his
rider, whom they took with them—he afterwards
proved to be a brother of one Orison, now in Fort
Warren, taken opposite this place on the Gth
August last.
The party reached the reserve in safety, with
Captain Chapman bringing up the rear on foot, and
although the night was intensely dark, and the
wind and water high, the whole party were suc
cessfully ferried over to their friendS i Itho wore
waiting anxiously for their return.
The whole expedition occupied only about two
hours and a half. The great secret of success in all
armies, it will, I think, freely be conceded. is the
confidence, or, in case of defeat, the lack of confi
dence of the men in their officers. This was par
ticularly seen and noted at the battle of Bolivar
Belukha.. Before the arrival of Colonel Geary all
seemed to be in an uncertain state, and things
seemed to indicate a hasty retreat ; but as soon as he
appeared among them and took the lead, none
thoo b Li ao li ht Lod. viot6as, mad.
tained ; and I believe there is not now in the service
a regiment of men who would do or dare snore at
the word of one man than the Twenty-eighth Bow
sylvania Volunteers. 8..0, also, iu the case of Cap
tain Chapeau when he proposes an expedition, no
matter how dangerous or laborious, there is hardly
a man in Company E who does not offer at owe to
make ono of the party. Now, this is certainly not
because the men are braver or snore venturesome
than others, but simply because they have sufficient
confidence in him as a leader to go and do without
question, believing that he will attempt nothing
rashly or unthinkingly, and they know, too, that
he asks none to go where he would not go himself.
Th e ppm 9f 1449487 user which the Twenty
eighth has for four months been encamped, (or
such part af,it as are not on picket,) has been:noted
for its Secession proclivities, and the necessity
)myjpg cacurred ? Capt. Chapman has been ap
pointed, provost marshal. In accordance with or
ders from headquarters for certain emergencies, ha
yesterday ordered the arrest of George Berry, of
the ht. Charles Betel, on some charger, 9144 Of
which was selling liquor to soldiers after being re•
peatedly warned against it. After a preliminary
examination by the Colonel be was remanded. to
the I +Mak, if he gets his dttek.
will visit Fort Warren soon, This evening hie Urea
man, likewise a Seoessiouist, returned from. Frede
rick with a fresh supply of liquor (all found yester
day being desiroyed), whisk was at CAW ile6etl and
will be turned over to the hospital department.
The rigid policy in the matter or stopping the
sale of spirituous liquors, l eaug ,- , , aa t e d by C o l one l
Cleary in the outset s has abundantly proven its
necessity and benefits, as co.w- regiment compares
most favorably with
,any ia the service. For in
stance, the Twenty-eighth Regiment, with fifteen
hundred men ; and with four months of mathat
picket duty, have valy buried three, and were the
long roll beatest today there would not be more
than twenty Caen who would not report table to
bear artne. Very respectfully youre4
SavaNOLL(