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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1861.
EXTRACT rnOM Vain LAST SPEECH Or
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a tact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war Icvied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the controversy. Every man must be on the
side et the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
1 11 E LATEST WAR NEWS.
The most striking feature of the news received
from the South is the numerous indications of the
discontent and suffering which prevail in that un
happy and distracted section of our country. The
proverb that I , the way of the transgressor is hard,"
never found a more forcible illuStratiOn. Ruin,
distress, and misery environ the people of the rebel
States on every hand. Most of the stern realities
of war arc brought home to every fireside, even
ithilt3 no battles are fought fitd no lives Eternally lost.
All ordinary business pursuits are broken up, the
usual sources of revenue are destroyed, a scarcity
of the luxuries and many of the necessaries of life
ritiliiB J and while thousands are forced against
their will into the rebel army, the hopeless aspect
of the war they are waging cannot be disguised,
and they see the Union army constantly pressing
upon them, slowly it may be, but surely, in every
quarter, by land and by sea, on the Atlantic coast,
on the line of the Potomac, in Missouri, in Ken
tucky, in Western Virginia, and oh the Masts-
It is not singular that this feeling of discontent is
raphily assunAng a tangible shape, and that the
rebel papers complain of the existence of organized
Union societies in Tennessee, in Arkansas, in New
Orleans. in North Carolina, and in othoe quarters of
the South. After our armies achieve a few de
cisive victories, as we do not doubt they will, this
'Union feeling will be greatly strengthened, and,
finally, a reaction will occur in many quarters that
will greatly assist our efforts to crush the re
bellion.
The Memphis papers pt 010 4th instant contain
a partial confirmation of the rumor of a battle be
tween the Union men and the Secessionists near
Morristown, Tennessee; but it has not yet been
clearly &own that Nelson Browniow has achieved
a brilliant victory in that quarter.
More vessels are about to join the stone fleet ex
pedition. Several will shortly leave New Bedford;
six will rail from Boston to-day, five from Now Lon
don to-morrow, and two will shortly depart from
New York. It will shortly be an impossibility to
run the blockade of the principal rebel harbors.
The signs of the limes indicate that a, groat move
ment will shortly be made on the Mississippi. A
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing
from Paducah, under date of December 3, says:
I do not say how soon it 'will take place, but
I do say that every movement points in that direc
tion. 'What does the countermanding of orders to
prepare winter quarters here moan ?' Why are the
Brigade Quartermasters ordered to make ready to
baste all means of transportation ? Why are all
furloughs so suddenly refused to all privates and
elEeera ? Why are 4,5 many marines shipped to
Cairo, unless: they are to man the Mississippi flo
tilla? Why are those powerful gunboats being
completed, and seven to be brought to Cairo ? The
truth is, there is a grand movement on foot, that
will make treason feel the hopelessness of success.
The rebels are expecting us at Columbus, and aro
preparing accordingly. They well know the im
portance of that position, that it is the very portal
that opens to all Western Tennessee, and with it
Memphis must inevitably fall. Columbus is
strongly fortified both by nature and art, and must
either be taken by wise strategy, or at severe cost.
Here is a chance for feats of generalship. Let us
hope that they will soon he put into oraeaciou.ll
IT WAS not without a degree of reluctance
that we opened the report of Mr. Secretary
CHASE. His task was an appalling one, and
great as was our confidence in his ability,
honesty, and courage, we felt that he had
before him a duty which would have tested
the intellect of a more than ordinary man, for
in his hands was confided the most material
duty of the war—the great work of meeting
the responsibilitieS Which it brings, and so
shaping and developing the resources of the
country that they would promptly meet the
demands of the Administration ; conducting
the most delicate negotiations with the
financial potentates of America and Europe;
answering and obviating the multitude of ob
jections which are incessantly coming from
those interested in tariffs, loans, and. taxation.
All these labors have accumulated upon the
head of Secretary CHASE with fearful effect.
Ile found the Government paralyzed-=he found
'the treasury depleted and exhausted by the in
famous Cosn—so that, if we except the brief
period of the masterly management of Mr. Se
cretary Dix, it may truly be said that Mr,
CHASE was compelled to create his depart
ment out of a chaos worse than nothing, and
to reorganize a Treasury Departtnent which
had been beggared by the thieves and traitors
nurtured by Mr. BUCHANAN.
. The Secretary devotes the introductory
portion of his report to an account of the exe
cution and practical operation of tbe various
measures adopted by Congress at its special
session. They provided, as our readers are
aware, for a national loan of $100,000,000 ; a
loan in Europe or in the United States, at the
discretion of the Secretary, for the same
amount; the issue of treasury notes in pay
to creditors or in exchange for coin,
bearing an interest of 3.65 per cent., and the
issue of notes payable on demand, to be used
as coin in paymenta and exchanges. The ne
cessity of providing for immediate exigencies,
and the regular and continuous disbursements
of the war, was the great care pressing upon
the attention of Mr. °HASH. He met it by
entering into negotiations with the leading
bankers of New York, Philadelphia, and
Beaton—the purport of which was that
the Government should receive from these
gentlemen two separate loans of $50,000,000
each, and a third loan, which was negotiated
on the 16th of November, at par for seven per
cent., to the amount of $45,795,478.48. These
different loans, including the issue of treasury
notes, realized an aggregate of $197,242,08,14.
The other sources of revenue depended upon
by the Secretary in his estimates, such as
customs duties, income taxes, and direct taxa
tion, did not meet his anticipations, partly
because-Congress reduced the duties on tea,
coffee, and sugar, and partly because of the
derangement of commerce consequent upon
the war. This deficit will reach, it is thought ?
sf-'5,000,000 ; and, as if to add to the em
barrassment of the Treasury, the war ra
pidly assumed proportions beyond all cal
culation. The Administration supposed in
July that the war would be terminated by
an army of 300,000 men. Estimates for such
an army were made by Mr. CHASE I and appro
priations voted by Congress. But the subse
quent judgwent of the President in favor of a
short and decisive contest, and the action of
Congress in enlarging the army, thee* upon
the Treasury an establishment the extent and
magnificence of which history does not parallel.
The increase of pay and rations to. the volun
teers, voted by Congress, made a very im
portant item in the national deficit, swelling it
to an enormous extent. So that the Secretary,
from causes over which he had no possible
control, found a virtual deceit in his taIITHITCS
since July of $213,904,427.68.
How to meet these vast expenditures and
Provide for this sudden increase of our army,
and at the same time continue the war and
meet its obligations, is the question discussed
by Secretary CHASE, and will form one of the
embarrassing topics of Congressional legisla
tion. The Secretary very justly recommends
retrenchment and reform ; the abolition of
unnecessary - offices; the reduction of salaries
and pay. He also suggests that the property
of rebels be made to pay the cost of this re
bellion, and thinks the large amount of pro
perty owned in the ,Icerth by traitors should
be confiscated. He also submits the doctrine
that "rights to services, under State laws,
must, of necessity, form an exception to any
I' WC Of confiscation." Although this sen
tence is a little obscure, and the distinction
hardly as important as the Secretary would
seem to think, we heartily endorse his de
claration that a persons held rebels,a
under
such laws, to service as slaves, may, however,
be justly liberated from their constraint, and.
made more valuable in various employmenta,
through voluntary and compensated service,
than if confiscated as subjects of property."
But no retrenchment, and the fruits of no
rebel confiscation, can provide for the large
sums incurred by this rebellion, and here is
the great difficulty of the Secretary.
In II a lino this difficulty Mr_ Cittau lays
down one great axiom, which we commend to
the country. It is that the idea of cc perpc . ual
debt " can never become an American idea.
War may bring upon us sudden and onininom
expenditures of treasure, and we may find it
neck ssary to permanently depart from the sys
tem of adequate taxation, but the financial
policy which does not look to a payment of the
interest and a gradual extinction of the prin
cipal is essentially false. We cannot depend
upon the revenue and import duties, for under
the most fortunate condition of affairs they
can only yielilA
fragment of tile sum now 'ne
cessary. The income tax will almost fail by
reason of the vast machinery necessary to put
it into operation—the direct tax, can only be
collected in the loyal States. The aggregate
amount that can conveniently be raised by
taxation is V 30,000,000, while with an advance
ou tea, coffee, and sugar, such as the Secre
tary recommends, and taking into account the
receipts from lands and ordinary sources, we
can only raise from customs $45,800,000,
Which, added to the estimated receipts front
taxation, will place in the Treasury not more
than $90,000,000, leaving a balance to be pro
vided for of nearly $380,000,000.
In discussing the problem this presents, the
Secretary makes but a general reference to
the tariff question. c , Freedom of commerce,"
be says, ac is, indeed, a wise and noble policy,
but, to be wise or Wohlo, it must be the policy
of concordant and fraternal nations;" but
cc the most sacred duty of the American peo
ple at this moment, requires the conecutration
of all their energies and all their resources to
the re-establishment of the Union on the per
manent foundations of justice and freedom;
and while other nations look with indifferent
or unfriendly eyes upon this work, sound
policy would seem to suggest, not the exten
sion of foreign trade, but a more absolute re,
Hence, under God, upon American labor, Ameri
can skill, and American soil." This eloquent
tribute to the necessity- of protection for labor
and industry will be read with especial pleasure
by the people of Pennsylvania, and, coming
directly from the financial head of the Ad
ministration, will go fair towards perpetuating
among our people a feeling of confidence in
the Government.
Having exhausted the resources of the cus
toms office and the tax-gatherer, Mr.,Secretary
CIIASE approaches what after all is the great
question before him—how «to enable the Go
vernment to obtain the necessary means for
prosecuting the war to a successful issue with
out unnecessary cost?' Two plans are sug
gested. The first contemplates the gradual
withdrawal from circulation of the notes of
local banks, substituting as an issue United
States notes; the second suggests the prepa
'ration and delivery to local banks and moneyed
associations of notes prepared for circulation
under national direction, to be secured by
United States bonds and other securities.
There arc so many dangers and abuses con
nected with the first plan, and it is moreover
so radical and startling in its nature, that the
Secretary cannot recommend its adoption.
The second plan meets his favor, however,
and his argument in illustration of it is forcible
and elaborate.
Into this argument it is not our purpose now
to enter. The change it proposes to make
will be a thorough financial revolution. He
proposes to establish a magnificent currency,
consolidating the uncertain and unreliable in
terests of the local banks and financial institu
tions, and virtually substituting the faith of the
United States for the faith of innumerable pri
vate associations. He will find it, notwith
standing the experiences in New York and
elsewhere, an untried theory. The changes it
produces will be gradual—and the effect in
the end 'win be beneficial. To our minds,
however, the beauty of Mr. CHASE'S scheme is
the fact that it consolidates the currency of
the country, and by making the faith of the Go
vernment the representative of national wealth,
labor, and industry, it will make that Go
vernment stronger—and the people, being more
or less dependent upon its existence and sta
bility, they will be more anxious to defend •
and protect it, supporting its authority, and
crushing any rebellion against it. A plan like
this, the Secretary thinks, will so establish
our Government securities that it will not be
difficult to :attain the additional loans required
-for the service of the Government at fair and
reasonable rates. This last consideration will
go far towards commending the plan of Mr.
CHASE to the confidence of the country ? and
Ave trust that Congress will adopt it.
There is - a frankness about this report of
Mr. CHASE which we like. He opens his books
and shOW§ US every figure in his account. He
tells the country that there will be conside
rable burdens ; that our public debt in July
next will be over $500,000,000, and in the July
succeeding nearly $900,000,000; shows us that
we are running in debt more than a million
dollars per day ; but his confidence in our na
tional resources is so greet, that he thinks we
can pay off both principal and interest in thirty
years. , In other words, we can save this Go
vernment by thirty years of toiland these
thirty years of toil the country will gladly con_
tribute. Ills Other recommendations are wise
and proper, and in all of them we concur. He
reiterates the sentiment that "commerce shall
follow the flag," and thinks that whenever
ports are opened in the South, they should be
opened without restriction, and all commerce
freely permitted. A compliment to the Coast
Survey, and a recommendation that steps be
taken for establishing a decimal currency over
the world, close his report.
The Secretary of the Treasury has done his
work well. Few documents, of any Cabinet
minister, exhibit such a high order of states
manship. He grasps his great theme with
courage and boldness, and masters its many
embarrassing and difficult details. And while
there must be discussion and difference of
opinion as to the various measures he has pro
posed, the country will certainly join with us
in applauding the ability and devotion he has
exhibited in his high and responsible position.
IN CASE our readers should have forgotten
the feet, we beg to state that Joint LETCHER is
"Governer Of Virginia." Mr. LETCHER has
so completely_ passed out of all recollection,
making no speeches, writing no letters, and is
so thoroughly ignored by the Confederacy, that
the aneentieement of his being still in existence,
and in the Executive chair of Virginia, will be
news throughout the North. He is still living
and still Governor, and in attestation of his
authority has sent to the Virginia Legislature
a message. Extracts from this message we
have published. It is ii remarkable document,
and still breathes the spirit of Virginia. As
usual, we have that prolific old Commonwealth
boasting of her relatives and her progeny.
Maryland is her (csister," and the Cotton states
her "Southern sisters." Kentucky is GO Vir
ginia's oldest daughter"—and Virginia her
self is the "Old Mother Commonwealth," and
feels a "mother's affection for all her children,
wherever located," KisuOuri might appro•
priately be called a cousin, or a niece, but the
Governor evidently looks upon her as a very
ungrateful relative, and simply calls her the
"gem of the Notthwest."
Ibe style of this message is unique. IPe
have Jona LETCUER all through it—and a
very indignant Joux Lercuna he is. He tells
us about the 4e wreath of victory," and about
a c( righteous resistance to tyranny." The•
Southern soldiers are "worthy sons of illus
trious ancestors," and they will cc plant their
dais firrniy upon her soil orate in the attempt."
The Northern army is a ,‘ living libel upon
mankind ;" Kentucky will be "redeemed,
regenerated, and diSenthralictl ;" Western Vir•
ginia has been harboring the (‘ floating scum
of Western population," is "unnatural, dis
graceful, and treasonable," and must be made
to feel that (( Virginia has power io execute
her laws and visit punishment upon the guilty
violators."
In this message 11'e have an angry Gover.
nor. lie has his griefs, and very good cause
for grief. lie does not like the way affairs
are being managed, simply because his advice
has not been taken in the management of af-
fairs. He went hobbling into Secession at the
last moment and came near having the door
shut, consequently he finds himself standing
in the aisle with no polite usher inviting hißi
to a front seat. All the high places are filled,
and the service goes on, and old Jour(
LETCIIER stands unnoticed and disregarded.
DAY/9 finds no use for him, and governs Tim.
ginia in his own way, whether it pleases Joint
LETCUER or displeases him. He evidently
dislikes the old fellow, and we do not believe
bag ever asked him to dinner. He became a
traitor with sui..h a bad grace that his treason
is disputed, and, consequently, he makes a
bcold effort in his message , to prove that ) ahei
all, he was with the Secession conspirators from
the first, and that all his profeaSionB of _
for the 'Union were mere attempts to mislead
the North, and more effectually to assist the
conspiracy. Thus he sent Judge GRUMP as an
emissary to Governor Theirs, of Maryland,
but Cavmr found that °Meer very unmanage
able. Before the secession of Virginia, and
in "anticipation of the event," he tells us
that he was busily engaged in the purchase
and manufacture of arms—he details his cap
ture of Harper's Ferry and Norfolk with much
parade—he tells how many guns he has given
to North Carolina, and his " friends in Mary
land," and he very circumstantially relates
how "as far back as the eighth of January"
he arranged a plan for the capture of Fortress
Monroe, but that it was not " deemed prudent
to make the attempt:P
All this, however, does not help Joust
LETenme, and on the strength of these repre
sentations he scolds terribly, " We," he says,
must restore these men to their homes,"
which is a fearful sarcasm upon DAVIS for
allowing MCCLELLAN to drive him out of West
ern. Virginia. "We must retake Accomac and
Northampton counties;" we "must have
Maryland," as its "possession is indispensa
ble ;" c; We must recover every square foot
of Southern territory ;" as We must triumph
in the struggle ;" as We must repudiate all
compromises, and reject all advances to
wards reconstruction." Ife opposes the
waiting policy of DAVIS, and is with BEAU.,
REGARD and the lire-eaters, shoWing, in
the space of a very few months, a change
of opinion from an avowedly strong 'Union
man to the most extreme and bloodthirsty
treason.
The "Nashville" an British Waters
European politicians are somewhat puzzled,
just now, at the new phase of American affairs
presented by the impudence of the rebel pri
vateer Naas ille in going to the Br.tish port of
Southampton, there to receive assistance in
refitting and : bett-r adapting her for 'warlike
purposes. The facts connected with her visit
are so recent that we need only briefly say that
the Nashville having committed an act of
piracy by burning the American clipper
Ramey Birch at sea, steamed direct for South
ampton with the crew of the clipper, in irons
—a 1 except her captain and mat*s—put them
on shore there, as prisoners of war, and then
coolly anchored in OW harbor, with the avowed
intention of taking in stores, and of being
better adapted to war purposes. The latest
accounts left the Nashville at Southampton,
where, however, no movement had been made .
to hypply her with coals or stores, or to effect
repairs.
The impression in England is that the
Nashville committed a great breach of inter
national law by landing the crew of the Harvey
Birch, piratically seized, on British soil, and
that the British Government should have taken
possession of her. Mr. ADAMS, our Minister
in England, has the matter in hand, and a Ca
binet meeting had been held at the Admiralty
—presumed to be relative to the Nashville.
In its usual insolent manner, The Times treats
this affair very slightingly. There was an United
States war steamer called the James Adger,
(the Times informs the world,) which went
into Southampton for repairs, received them,
and steamed out on the 12th of November,
mid had been sent over to England to intercept
a vessel loading at Liverpool with warlike stores
for a Southern port. On November 21,
another war-ship, the Nashville, also steamed
into Southampton Water, with the Confede
rate flag flying at her peak. ecThe Nashville, like
the James ad g er, was allowed to bring up off
the mouth of the Itchin, and within a few
hours afterwards, in a very free and easy way,
she took up a snug berth in the dock. She
has met with some bad weather, and she pro
poses, like her hostile sister, to make good da
mages, and go forth again upon business of
her own. The only point, if it be a point, in
which the Nashville differs from the James Ad
ger is that the former has been so fortunate as
to take a prize. This prize, however, she has
left at the bottom of the sea, bringing the
crew into Southampton, and giving them up
to the United States consul. There was no
prize in the technical sense of the word, no
Air/ and cargo to be brought into court and
condemned and sold. As we have no right to
board a public vessel of war, no one, of course,
has any means of knowing what either the
James Adger or the Nashville has in her cap
tain's cabin or her lieutenants' berths. All
we know is that neither of them had any float
ing thing following her in the fashion of
prize."
Now the James Adger, as was subsequently
admitted by the Times, "was only suspected of a
design to waylay a 4141 P carrying contraband of
war," while per contra, "the Nashville has
actually captured and burned the Harvey Birch,
and made prisoners of her crew." The
English were wrens, the Times adds, in ad
mitting either vessel into Southampton,
though one had violated no law, while the
other had burned the Harvey Birch and cap
tured her crew, precisely as a pirate would
have done under the black flag ! The old
doctrine that dead men tell no tales has caused
murder to follow robbery, and the Times'
theory that , because the Nnsfnrffie, haying
burnt the Harvey Birch at sea, did not trail
her in, towed at her stern, into English waters,
she must be esteemed a well-behaved and
highly respectahle pirate. Lord JOHN Res.
sru.'s instructions of June were c‘ to interdict
the armed ships, and also the privateers, of
both parties from carrying prizes made by
them into the ports of the Hutted Kingdom,
or of any of Her Majesty's possessions."
We should like to know whether, under this
order, the crew of the Harvey Birch were not
"prizes" taken int. Southampton ?
The Nashville has not even the excuse of
being a privateer ; for though her com
mander (one PEGRAM, formerly in the United
States navy,) holds a commission from JR . -
FEESOPI DATISOIC had no letter of marque
authorizing him to be a privateer. This adds
to the complication. One cannot see how
England can treat the Nashville except as a
pirate.
Significant
The last number of Punch contains half a,
dozen cats at America, including one half-page
pictorial. The wit of these is so small as to
be scarcely distinguishable, but the malice is
ob!ious, as usual. The engraved satire, called
cc The Wilful Boy," represents the United
States as a very small urchin, sword and pistol
in hand, who exclaims , "I will fight—l will
have a National Debt like other people!"
John Bull, stout and sturdy, holds little Jona
than by the ear, and says "If you knew as
much about fighting as I do, you'd keep
quiet." Precisely so. Mr. Bull's pugnacity
has cost him four thousand million dollars,
which he owes and cannot pay, and the annual
rderest, drawn from the poor British, is
$150,000 7 000 a year. When Sneers at
Jonathan's fighting, he forgets that exactly
one fourth of the National Debt of England
was incurred, between 177 G and 1788, in at
tempting to eruth Fiwdein in America.
ENGLISH PICTOHIALS.—S. C. Upham, 310 Chest
nut street, has sent us the London pictorials of the
23t1 Novembes, just seeelved by the Africa. The
Illustrated London Aram, with a variety of en
gravings, has several American war-scenes, sup
plied by Mr. Vizitelly, its able artist-eorrespondent.
The illttetrated News of the iVill'lll, with a vile
caricature of the late "Tom Duncombe" on its
front page (its wood-cuts arc generally very poor),
gives a fine supplement-portrait on steel of Louisa
Fyne, the well-known English vectilist, who gang
In this city , in /M.
SCHILLER'S. LAY OF TILE BELL.-WO have re
ceived the libretto, in English verse, of Schiller's
"Lay of the Bell)? which will be given this even
ing, at Musical fund Hall, as the second part of
the Handel and Haydn Society's Concert. The
music is by Andreas Romberg, who has happily
Wedded immortal sang to Ina malady.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES, GUN
SHOES, HATS, TRAVELLING-BAGS, dIC--The early
attention of purchasers is requested to the large as
sortment of boots, shoes, brogans, long leg cavalry
boots, hats, caps, travelling-bags, &0., embracing
first-class seasonable goods, of city and Eastern ma
nufacture, to bo pronaptorily sold, by catalogue,
for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clock,
by Myers, Claghorn, k Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232
and 234 Market street.
RUM raorniug, at ten
o'clock, at the auotion store, No. 914 Chestnut
street. Sale of stock of carpets Wednesday, at ten
o'clock, at Bailey,& Brothers', 920 Chestnut street.
T, Birch do Bon, anotionotirs
PEREMPTORY SALES—REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
PEWS, Sc., this day, at 12 o'clock, at the Ea
choir, Awry large sale.
ISOOKs this evening at the Radian rooms.
STOCK OF SUPERIOR WINKS, BRANDIES, &C., at
the auction rooms to-morrow, (Wednesday.)
See Thomas 4- Sone' catalogues and advertise•
menu of the three sales.
THE rllEss. -TM A-DELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, VOL
In the last message of Governor Pierpont,
of the new State of Virginia, he draws a
vivid picture of the bankruptcy am" despera
tion of the so-called Southern Confederacy,
and predicts that the holders of the Secession
securities, bonds, or notes, will, in any event,
be cheated or robbed. lie says :
A large propertion of the slaves have been sent
farther South for security. All the live stock within
the rebel lines have been seized for the use of
their army. Farms have been stripped of horses,
wagons, fencing, and timber, and the houses of the
people of blankets and even ClOthing..whatever, in
abort, that could be made useful to the soldiers.
The property of men known or supposed to be true
to the Union has been taken without ewmponsation,
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.
federate States ; or in bank notes issued on 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 peperd
there are seeking to maintain its credit by de
nouncing the penalties of death or confiscation
against merchants and bankers who make any dis
tinction between such notes and coin. Yet this
circulation is really velneloes, 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
repudiation party in Mississippi."
In reading overthis paragraph, which is so
ruitful and suggestive of thought, which at a
glance exposes the weakness, Mitt tion, and
bankruptcy of the traitors' experiment, and ad
monishes all men to place no faith either in
the principles or promises of the Secession
leaders, I am reminded of an incident which
occurred in Arkansas, during Gem Jackson's
Administration, while it was yet in a territo
rial condition, and overrun by tribes of wild
Indians. Arkansas, like many of the South
ern States, has for more than thirty years been
a field of speculation for gamblers in money
and politics, chiefly because of the vast sums
necessary to satisfy or subjugate the Indians.
Men of desperate fortunes rushed into the In
dian reservations, and by means of influence
at Washington having secured positions as re
ceivers of public money, registers of public
lands, Indian agents, or sutlers, were enabled
to accumulate inductee and wealth., Among
these was a celebrated character called nag
Rector, for more than a generation since a
leech upon the national treasury, the recipient
of office under nearly every Administration,
and now, in grateful recollection of these kind
nesses, a bloodthirsty and remorseless enemy
of the Federal Government. I see that one of
his relatives is the acting Go ver n or of Ar
kansas at this day, and, like nearly every
rebel Governor, shows his appetite for quar
rel by ridiculing and attacking the self
constituted managers of fife rebellion, RV, to
return to old Elias. While acting as sutler, at
one of the military posts in the Indian terri
tory, an order was issued by the Secretary of
War, Joel R. Poinsett, to Lll9 military com
mandadt at the post, directing him to enlist
one thousand friendly warriors for the purpose
of co-operating with oar troops against some
of the hostife tribes, and to pay them eight
dollars a week. As soon as this tempting offer
was made known, an immense number of red
men rushed to the post and offered themselves
as volunteers, They cam with their squaws
and papooses, their horses and rifles, and im
mediately entered upon an extensive frolic.
Rector had a. great mass of supplies on hand,
and, relying upon the faith of the Government,
was only too glad to dispose of his stock at
exorbitant prices to the extravagant and
greedy Indians. But, in the midst of the
carnival, a second letter was received from
Secretary Poinsett, informing the com
mandant of the post that - a slight mistake
had occurred in his first order, and that, in
stead of being able to pay the Indians eight
collars a week, he was directed to apprise
them that their wages would be but eight
dollars a month. As soon as the corrected
order was read to the assembled tribes by their
several interpreters, the greatest consternation
prevailed. An instant andzuniversal stampede
took place. Those who had no horses started
away on foot, and in a few hours there was not
a red-skin to be seen in the neighborhood.
Poor Rector saw his own dilemma at a glance.
His goods bad been sold on credit, hiS ware
houses stripped of their contents, and he had.
scarcely sufficient ammunition and provisions
for the small garrison of soldiers. There was but
one remedy left, and that was to appeal to the
generous Government at Washington. He
accordingly took stage and steamboat and
reached the Federal city in due time, put up
at Brown's Hotel, dressed himself in his best,
combed out his long black hair, which he wore
like a woman, tucking it up under his hat with
„f o olt.• Mc called upon the Secretary Of
War, and detailed to him the sad story of his
misfortunes. The Secretary sympathized with
him, expressed his desire to indemnify
him, but declared he had no authority
to do so. 'After a long consultation, how.
ever, a happy thought occurred to him,
and be solemnly advised Rector to return to
his eutlership, find out his Indian customers,
take their notes for the amount due him, come
back to Washington and lay the case before
Congress upon these vouchers. The surprise
of Rector may be imagined, but cannot well
be described. Pulling his comb from his head,
and uncoiling his flowing locks until they
rolled almost to his middle, he exclaimed, in
tone of mingled sorrow and anger, i‘ Take
an Indian's note, Mr. Secretary 1 why, Great
God ! / would es soon take the note of a red
headed woodpecker!" The dejected sutler re
tired from the Department uttering the deep
est curses upon the errors of the Circumlocu
tion Office, sad his own ill fortune in having
confided his wealth to the tender mercies of
the Indians. It is a somewhat touching reflec
tion that all men like Rector, who have been
flourishing upon the liberality of the General
Government, are now taught the lesson of
trusting to the faith of a rebellion, which,
without the manliness of the poor Indian, and
with none of his causes for complaint to sus
tain them, are now crushed under the double
burden of baying lost their own 4 , 21:19f and.
their own property at the same time. The
notes of the Southern Confederacy aro as
worthless as the notes of the Indians them
selves, Mated as a currency, they are forced
upon the farmers and traders of the . South;
who accept them with a full knowledge that
they can never be redeemed, and with a sor
rowful anticipatiOn that they arc but pledge's
of coming ruin. OCCA.BIONA.L.
ACADEMY of Music.—A notice of "Richelieu" is
unavoidably crowded 010, Mee it to say, that
in no part has Mr. Forrest been so handsomely en
couraged and so successful. Re was tolerably
sustained, but needs the assistance of a capable
character actor. It is to be regretted that Mr.
Mail Smith bad been prohibited from appearing
up to the present time. Mr. Smith, it will be re
membered, is a son of "Sal Smith," the veteran
Western comedian. Two sons of the eider Smith
are officers in the United States navy, and one—
attached to the engineer corps—was engaged in.the
Port Royal expedition. The report of the dis
loyalty of Mr. Pealth bas a opeehme foundation,
Few men have been so uniformly patriotic and
self-devoted. The public demand that the ma
nagement shall be sufficiently independent to
introduce him i and it will be loft to the
generosity of a Philadelphia audience to give him
the reception that it has always accorded to a
stranger, a gentleman, and a cosmopolitan. The
Senorita Cubas appears this evening in her
characteristic dances, full of the passion of motion.
The dark beauty of Spain will visit the Volunteer
Refreshments Saloons this afternoon.
WALNUT-STREET TaeATRE • —The beautiful spec
tacle of Faust end Miti*,..6riko ,3 Im produced
by Mr. Roberts this evening. A full house greeted
it last night. Mr. Adams plays Faust with his
usual discrimination and ability.
ARGII , 6TItEET TIIEATRErTO•nigIit Mr. L. R.
Shewell, one of the moat capable and efficient ac
tors in this country, takes a benefit. A new drama
tization of Scott's Novel of the , c Bride of Lam
mermoor" will be produeed, and else the nautical
drama of II Ben o the Boatswain." Mr. Snewell is
a Philadelphia gentleman, who adopted the stage
from enthusiasm, and with unprecedented rapidity
has passed through the several aEoges Or his pro
fession, until be has reached a most enviable and
merited position. Ile should have a full house.
CONTINENTAL TIIEATRE.—TiIO Catira4 of the
(ilwage§" will in played again this evening. Its
startling effeets, fine tableaus, magnifieent.proces
alone, and good acting, will be greeted, as hereto
fore, with unbounded satisfaction.
A GRAND CONCERT BY VIE INSTITUTION von Vie
I3Lian, fur the benefit of the Vooper Refreshment
fund for volUnteers, will be given at the Musical
Fund Ball on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17th.
Or. Louis, Dec. 9.—Gonerat. HaHeck has issued
orders stating that the Mayor of this city will re
quire all municipal officers to immediately subscribe
to the with of allegiance, prescribed for them by
the convention, in October last, and directing the
proved marshal to arrest all State officers who,
haring failed to subscribe to suoh oath within the
time fixed by the convention, may attempt to exor
cise civil authority in violation of the ordinance.
LETTER FROM 6, OCCASIONAL."
WAsulNoToN, Dec. 9, 1861
Public Amusements.
From, Mrsvouri,
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE CASE OF COL. KERRIGAN.
THE CHARGES AGAINST, HIM
GEN. MoCALLII DIVISION GONE ON ANOTHER
'REOONNoITR/NO EXPEDITION.
A MOVEMENT CONTEMPLATED ON
THE LOWER POTOMAC.
FROM THE UPPER POTOMAC•
A FIGHT WITH THE REBELS.
A BATTERY TAKEN FROM 'THEM BUT AFTER-
WARDS ABANDONED.
Special Despatches to " The Press,"
W&SRING?ON, Dec. 9, 1861
Trial of Col. Kerrigan.
Tho court martini to try Cal. JA.iins E. RUM
GAN., of the Twenty-fifth New York regiment, as
sembled at the Art Building, Seventeenth and
Pennsylvania avenue, this morning, at 10 o'clock.
Tho following offieuro e 6.114656 the court
Brig. Gen. Silas Casey, U. S. regular infantry,
Rhode Island.
Brig. UM L. P. Graham, U. S. regular 2d ca
valry, Vlrgifila.
Brig. Gen. J. N. Palmer, regular sth cavalry,
New York.
Brig. Gen. John G. Parke, regular topographical
engineers Pennsylvania.
Col. - Frank Wheaton, 2d Rhode Island volun
teers, regular 4th cavalry, Rhode Island.
Col. Z. W. B. Stockton, Michigan volunteers.
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P. C o h a o r mr d 8
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Pennsylvania
a try, lry.
Col.
John,
Col. W. 11. IL Davis, 104th Pennsylvania volun
teers.
Col. J. W. Allen, 9th New Jersey volunteers.
Col. J. B. Howell, 85th Pennsylvania volunteers.
First Lieutenant J. Addison MoCool, 3d U.
S. infantry, Judge Advocate, Rag_
The charges .upon which Colonel 'KERRIGAN is
being tried—seven in number—are the meet serious
known in the..military service, and the court
before which he appears is regarded AB the strongest
in talent, experience, and other respects, that hes
ever met in the army of the Potomac. The four
generals are all of the regular army, and ex
perienced disciplinarians.
So 11150 18 Colonel WHEATON. The Judge Advo
cate, Lieutenant McCooL, is a native of Pennsyl
vania, well known to the editorial fraternity of
your State, and also to the legal profession of
Schuylkill county, of which he was a bright orna
ment -when he entered the army, at the opening of
the war.
The following is an abstract from a recently in
tercepted Southern letter: suggest that you
send your letters through the lion. JAnns M. M.
sow, at London. In this way they will be sure to
reach their destination."
COL KERRIGAN, who has for some time past been
confined in the city prison, pras this morning ar•
raigned before a court martial, when the specifica.
tions and charges were read to him he pleaded
"not guilty."
Colonel KERRIGAN appeared in court in Chargo
of a guard. Ilis counsel was Judge EnwAnD L.
HEARNE, of New York. lie Was arraigned on the
following charges:
Charge First. A habitual neglect of duty.
Charge Second. Showing conduct which was
prejudicial to good order and military discipline.
Charge Third. The violation of the forty-fourth
article of war. •
Charge Fourth,. Disobedience of orders, in vio•
laden of the ninth article of war.
Charge Fifth. Lying out of camp without the
leave of his superior officer.
Charge Sixth. Drunkenness on duty.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty to all the eharges
except the fifth.
Application was then made for a postponement
of the trial, which was granted, until to-morrow at
ten o'clock.
Since the adjournment of the court, the following
additional charges have been preferred :
Charge ,Sevetifft, 4 shameful Bbandonment of his
post.
Charge Eighth. Withdrawing of the pickets
without orders.
[Note. This conduct is alleged to have immedi
ately preceded the attack upon our forces and cap
ture of Munson's Hill by the enem', on August
27.—REP
Charge Ninth. Communicating with the enemy
a number of times, between the 2.5 th of July kind
the Ist of October. That he left his camp, in Fair
fax county, Virginia, and visited the enemy in said
county.
The Hon. AloxicaT ITonititioa is engaged to de.
feud 00101:10/ pII.BIGAN, whose position is a despe
rate one.
- Captain Boil), of the Lincoln Cavalry, who
made the succeSsfid fcCOntlOiNallGe to Fairfax Court
House a few days ago, and for which he was com
plimented by General MeCLuLLAN, has been de
tached from his regiment and now performs the
duty of promt laurel:lel for the divilion under
General Fue.tcuitiu. His company perform patrol
duty.
Colonel Illtrudaior arrived in Washington to-day,
and was warmly received.
GOnerul McCall's Division.
General McCALL's division of the army went
out before daylight this morning, in force, on a
reconnoitring expedition. They will advance
farther into the interior, and Elecqie the Country
more thoroughly, than on former expeditions, with
a view to discover and drive off rebel scouts that
have been venturing beyond the rebel army lines.
Movements in the Army.
have high official authority for saying that the
rebel batteries on the Potomac are soon to be wiped
from the banks of the river. It is no credit, it is
true, to our boasted strength that they have
been allowed to long to impede the navigation
of the river, but if, at the first of January,
we can say the blockade has been completely re
moved, our rejoicings will enable us to forget the
past. General SICKLES, whose brigade is on the
Maryland side of the lower Potomac, has been in
the city during the last two days, and has received
important instructions from the Government in
reference to a general movement upon the enemy's
batteriee.
From the Lower Potomac.
Four schooners from below reached Alexandria
at noon to-day. They were loaded with Govern
ment stores. The steamers Murray end Satellite
came up to the navy yard this morning. The
rebels fired some shots at the Satellite, as she
passed up, but they did not take effect.
A Telegraphic Line from Fortress Monroe.
Gress W. P/SLD is here, endeavoring to get the
Government to adopt a plan for the building of a
telegraph line from Fortress Monroe to Baltimore,
or Some other point on the Northern coast.
The War in Western Virginia.
HUTTONVILLE, (Va.,) Deo. 9.—0n0 sergeant and
four privates, deserters from the enemy's camp to
wards Monterey, came in last night. They report
the rebels in a suffering condition. The roads were
Impassable, and the soldiers were anxious to desert.
The deserters appear well pleased to be from under
the paternal Government of Jeff Davis. They be
longed to the Bansborough battalion, and are from
Western Virginia,
The Future of Virginia.
The sacred soil of Virginia will not be long un
occupied after the close of the war. In neatly
every - portion of Virginia where the army of the
Potomac is encamped, the soil is of very superior
quality, and many of the soldiers have moduli')
their minds to purchase farms, if they cmi mangy
obtain them, and make that country their future
home. With Northern enterprise and industry,
Fairfax county could very soon be made one of the
most profitable farming cligrioie in the United
states.
Installation.
The Rev. WM. HENRY CHALINCY Was installed
yesterday. His church (Unitarian) Was filled.
The diorama gem delivered by the Rev. Dr ,
Brainy W. BELLOWS j Rev. JOHN PIERPONT pro
nounced an address ; the right hand of fellowship
was offered by the Rev. C. J. BOWEN ; Rev. FRED.
,N, EMT, Rev. WILLIAM D, HAMMY, and Rev.
W. H. CuDwonitt, also took part in the interesting
ceremonies.
Sunday in the Camps
ConscientiOW! ebeplaing have evidently en mi.
pleasant time of it in the administration of their
pastoral labors. I visited the camps yesterday, but
could discover but few evidences that the Sabbath
Was vbStried at all. A short religious exercise was
observed in some of the regiments, but even these
had but slim audiences. eenerally, the men were
busily engaged putting up log cabins, and were as
industriously employed as on any previous week
day abuse they commenced the erection of their log
houses. If the different regiments follow the ex
ample already set in some camps, and erect log
chapels, it would give the chaplAng some Golly°.
nience to assemble a congregation, but now they
have no place for worship, and as the severity of
the weather prevents them from calling the men
together in the open air, it is next to impossible for
Chaplains to sail any number of bearers together
for the purpose of religious worship. Officers of
the regimenti should encourage the erection of
suitable log chapels, to be used during the severe
weather_
A Skirmish
A scouting party from the New York Seven
teenth, when near Anenttale, mot a party of rebels
to-day, and, in a skirmish, thre., of ou- men were
taken prisoners, while four of the enemy were shot.
The New York Seventeenth, together with the
Fourteenth and Forty-fifth regiments of the same
State, went out in forte in pursuit of the rebels,
but they, could not be overtaken.
Republican Caucus—The CollfiliCatioll of
Slave Property.
The Republican caucus was in session to-night for
several hours, Gen. Pommel-, of Kansas, acting as
chairman, and Mr. Manensos, of Penneylvania p
secretary.
Ten-minute speeches were made by Messra.STE
VESTS, POTTER, DIVER, BINGHAM, KELLEY, ED
WARDS, LANE, CAMPBELL, ASHLEY, and DAVIS.
The discussion is represented as having been very
spirited. The general feeling seemed to be to con
fiscate the slaves and all other property of the
rebels, and their alders and abettors, but not to in
terfere with those of the Unionists. A resolution
somewhat to this effect, it is said, is pending.
Owing to the insufficient notice given of the cau
cus, the attendance of Representatives and Sena
tors was not as large as was desired. Hence no vote
was taken, and the caucus adjourned until Wed
nesday night.
Frauds Upon the Government.
Mr. D. It. Cnnisr, of Pottsville Pa., has dis
covered an extensive sYdeill of fraud upon the
commissary department here. His attention was
attracted to a Government wagon in one of the
out-of-the-way streets of the city, and his suspicions
were aroused. After it left the Street, he managed
to obtain, through the Window-shutter, a peep into
the building opposite the spot where the wagon
stood. Then he discovered large quantities of oats,
forage, and wood stowed away. These facts were
laid before Col. RUCKER, of the commissary de
partment, who instructed Mr. Cult/ST quietly to
follow up his investigations of the matter. The re
sult of his labors has been the discovery of some of
the thieves, among whom are the purchasers of the
stolen goods, teamsters who delivered the., and
military men who assisted the teamsters, and shared
the spoils. Several arrests have been made.
Col. Corcoran, of the Sixty-meth.
Judgo DALT, Hon. lIIRAM BARNEY, collector of
the port, RICHARD O'GORMAN, Esq., and JCHN SA
VAGE, Esq., of New York, have been in this city
for several days, laboring to eiroot an exchange of
the gallant Col. Conconnw, of the New York Sixty
ninth Regiment, now in Charleston jail. These
gentlemen have produced a profound impression
by their representations to the President, members
of the Cabinet, and of Congress. It is to be hoped
that the arrangement they desire will be effected.
Washington News and Gossip.
The summer-like weather which we are now en
joying has caused much log-cutting among the
troops on the other side, who are preparing their
winter quarters.
Several large foraging pinto darted out this
morning. One, from the Pennsylvania Reserves,
in the direction of Leesburg.
Several resignations of officers are reported to
have taken place in the Pennsylva4ia Rederyo9
during the past week.
Secretary WELLEs is about to issue proposals for
the purchase of a large number of vessols, of heavy
tonnage, which are unfit for sea. They are sup
posed to be latemtvil for the steno float,
Personal
Gen. FREMONT has taken apartments here on E,
between Ninth and Tenth streets.
Secretary CEASE'S report was read to-day, and
referred to the Committee on Finabee.
Col. JAMES A. MULLIGAN IS at Willard's.
Judge NELSON appeared in his seat upon the Su
preme Court to-day for tho first time in the current
session.
Seentary SEWARD went as far as Philadelphia
Saturday, to accompany some members of his
family returning to Auburn, N. Y. Mr. Snwann is
again at his post to-day.
Joni J. A3Tott, graudson of the late J. J. As'Nit,
is to-day officially announced as volunteer aid-de
camp to General hfcCLELLAN, with the rank of
colonel.
Mr. RUSSELL, of the London Time,, dined, after
the review on Saturday, at the camp of the Gari
baldians, with Colonel D'UTAssv and his officers.
Dr. RUSSELL complimented the Garibaldians in a
neat speech, for their tividierlike movements in the
review, and the officers for the harmony manifested
in a regiment made up from so many different
nations.
Deaths 01 Pennsylvania Soldiers.
The following soldiers have thud since our last
report
MILTON BRANT, Company A, Fifty-third Penn
sylvania, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
JOSEPH BOHIEFFER, Company A, One hundred
and fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, at General
Hospital.
G. W. GIST, Company I, First Pennsylvard§
Cavalry, at Columbian Hospital.
J. B. lirrcurnt, Company E, Fifty-second Penn
sylvania, at Columbian Hospital.
DAVID Koeormt, company I, Thirly•Birth
Pennsylvania, at Indiana Hospital.
Wlt. DUNLAP, Company C, First Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps, at Camp Pierpont.
JOHN T. TAYLOR, Company J, First Pennsyl
vania Reserve Carps, at Camp Plerpout.
Miscellaneous
Hon. C. B. CALVERT, of Maryland, and Hon.-
R. R. DVELL, of New York, waited upon the Pre
etlettt to-day, urging the appointment of Col.
JoHN C. ROBINSON as brigadier general. The lat
ter commanded at Fort McHenry on the 19th of
April, and commands now a brigade at Annapolis
Junotion.
As to-morrow and Wednesday will be devoted by
Congress to proceedings consequent on the death of
Senators BAKER and BINGHAM, the House has post
polled the consideration of the eat-toes slavery pro
positions before it until Thursday.
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, has modified his
resolutions in several important particulars, so as to
include the deal/114,416h that time can bo no solid
and permanent Union so long as slavery exists, and
that all slaves should be proclaimed free,, full corn
pensation to be made to those loyal masters who
have been, and continue to be, eupportera of the
The bill introduced by Mr. HUTCHINS, of Ohio,
to-day, proposes unconditionally to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia.
'De notice for a caucus tonight at the Capitol,
as read after the House adjourned, invited the
attendance of the Republicans of both houses, on
matters of importance, whereupon Mr. VALLAN
WUHAN expressed his surprise at the coat:mange
of Ring Caucus's reign. He thought gentlemen
intended to carry out their" no.party" professions.
A delegation of eight Cherokees, Creeks, and
Seminoles have arrived here to examine and report
to their people the true condition of political drain.
They had an interesting conference to-day with the
Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, and have expressed their surprise at
finding things so entirely , different from the repre
sentations made to them by the rebel leaders.
Commanders E. It. THOMPSON and OVERTON
CARR, and Lieut. JAMES A. DOYLE, of the United
States navy, have, upon the recommendation of the
OW in main in New York i been retired
upon furlongh pay.
During the coming few weeks the navy will re•
quire a large number of the vessels now fitting out,
and it is earnestly hoped that fishermen and others
returning from summer cruises will enlist in this
branch of the Government service. Several thou
sand will be needed.
A well-known gentleman of financial ability bats
prepared, and will publiali tine week, a pamphlet
explanatory of the Secretary of the Treacary's
proposed system of national finance.
Important from the . llpper Potomac—A
FREDERIcK, Dec. 9.—Colone! Leonard, of the.
Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, arrived hero
this morning, from Williamsport, with important
advices from tlic Upper Potomac,
On Saturday afternoon a rebel force, consisting
of a battery of six pieces, about four hundred in
fantry, and two hundred cavalry, made their ap
pearance at Dam No, 5, on the Virginia side, and
cornrnenoed throwing shot at the dales and Liouaoa
on the Maryland shore, burning a barn and rid
dling all the houses within range. They continued
the fire until dusk.
The only forces there to oppose the rebels were
a company of the Massachusetts Thirteenth Regi
ment, on picket duty, and an unarmed regiment
from Illinois. As the geeemliusetta company were
armed with smooth-bore muskets, their fire was not
effective at that distance,
Early on Sunday morning the rebels resumed the
fire with artillery a PRlttli - arms, and, emboldened
by the slight resistance they mot with on Saturday,
they came down to the very brink of the river, and
exposed themselves without fear.
During the night Vol. Leonard bad despatched,
by canal boats from Winiamrport, another company
of his regiment, armed with Enfield rifles. This
force was concealed as skirmishers along the Mary
land shore. On the renewal of the attack on Sue
day, the riflemen opened fire feout th.lr
conceal
meat, and in a short time the rebel artillerists wore
compelled to abandon their battery in hot haste, the
infantry and cavalry leaving the ground about the
ROO time. The rebel lose is believed to have bean
fifteen or twenty killed, and many wounded.
For want of a sufficient infantry force, and a bat
tery to protect their movements, Col. Leonard was
COMPOIkd to let the rebel guns remain in pasitieri,
and after nightfall the rebels returned and took
them off.
The rebel battery consisted of three Parrot 10-
pouudera, 0116 12-t.culdct c'airylekg the sawyer
shell, and two smooth-bore 6-pounders. some of
the infantry were armed with improved long-range
rifles. This force came from Bath ; the cavalry
tiEtl infiwatry by the country roads; but the battery
by railroad from Martinsburg. They were proba
bly en route to Winchester or Harper's Ferry, and
stopped at that point to destroy the dam, and thus
impede canal transportation.
Ais 'morning, the /OM were in considerable
force, and kept up a scattering fire with their rifles
upon our wen whenever visible. One Federal
soldier was struck twice and severely wounded, but
Oats -was k6a Only casualty on our sill() during tiao
whole affair.
At 11 o'clock last night, a portion of the First
brigade here was put in readiness to start to Wil
liamsport; tout at a later hour the order was coun
termanded.
A battery of Parrot's guns was forwarded to
Harper's Ferry : by railroad, at noon, to.day, to be
in readiness should the rehele gain wish to test
their Gill in projectiles.
XXXVIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION,
wAmmrros, December 0, 1801
DIM
Mt. Dixot , 0f Connecticut, presented the resolutions
of the Jowlslatnre of the State of Connecticut asking the
Senators sod Representatives to use efforts to secure the
repeal of so much of the act for the increase of the re.
venue as imposes an income tax, or eine to have the
amount
_appOrtioned among the several Stotes, Mu as to
allow them to raise the amount in their own. war. Re
fereed to the Committee on Finance.
Also, the resolutions of the Legislature of the State of
Connecticut in favor of a s ystem of decimal welathats and
measures. Referred to the Committee on Finance.•
Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, presented the petition of a
citizen of lowa, who had invented a rebel iimwing
chine, oe double-acting bomb, to which be %imbed to call
the iipeelftl attention of the chairman of the Committee
on Military Affairs.
. .
Mr. WILSON, of Maseachneette, introduced a bill re
lative to eourte martial in the army.
Al6O a bill to provide ler allotment certificates among
the gollnteers. itererred to the Committee on Military
AfTake.
Mr. SUMNER, or Massachusetts, presented several
petitions of citizene of Rhode Island and Vermont, call
ing on Congress, under the war power, to tegjolgte oil tho
Rutmet of the emanelpation of the reales belonging to
rebels.
Mr. COLtAMER, of Vermont, presented several pc
titonaof the same character.
The President of the Senate also prosented several pe
tition. from citizens of Wisconsin of the nano character,
All were refitted to the Conitaitteo oh Om Judiciary.
Mr. SUMNER presented a resolution that all memo
rials and papers on the tiles of the Senate relating to the
recognition of Liberia and Hayti be taken from the files
and refer? ed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Agreed to.
Mr. CLARKE, of New Yrampamtfp, Keyed a refold.
Con requesting the inarshal of this , District to inform the
Senate by what authority he keeps slaves of the District
in jail because they were refractors. Re said he had
visited the jail and found a number of slaves of the Dis
trict confined for nu re aeon, but only because their mas
tea and Pliat"B_&eH gent theta there became refractory.
The reboot - tom was agreed to.
PollitaßOY, of Kuzma ' introduced a bill grant
ing pensions and land warrants to soldiers. Referred to
the Committee on Miiitary Affairs.
Mr. LANE, of Tianetta, introduced a joint resolution
directing the Secretary of Her to rpablv. oml
certain mounted regiments. Referred to the Military
Conimittee.
Dlr. HARRIS, of New York, introduced a Nil for the
protection of the public property from fire. Ref 4, lTed to
the CommLtteo an the 131.trlci of eot—Lia.
Dlr. Hale's resolution directing the Committee on the
Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of alsdishing
the present Supreme Court and establishing another was
taken up.
Nr• HALE Enid the present Supremo Court had faik.l
in the purpose for which it ilad , been established. He
sincerely believed that if the rebels now in arms against
the Government should succeed, the Supreme Court would
decide that the United States soldiers now in Virginia
were trespassers and rioters.
Dlr FObTElt, of Coonoetieut, thou4ht that Congress
should legislate only for the great question before it.
While he believed that the Supreme Court haul lost flub
confidence of the country, he did not think that the judi
ciary 'would be benefitted by - the denunciation• of Sena
tors. Ho did not believe this to be the time for such radi
cal legislatiqh
intwwrilliG, of Illimb!, thought that it Was not
in the power of Congress to repeal the Supreme Court.
That power was not given in the Cktustitution and we
had no more power to do that than to repeal the Consti
tution.
Air, COLLABIER, of Vermont, moved flit A. sitbaltuto
that all that portion of the President's message relating
to the judiciary be referred to the Committee on the Ju
diciary. The discussion was continued at some length
by Mr. Hale.
Mr. Collamer'e amendment as a substitute was agreed
toi and the resolution, an amended, adopted.
Tno report of tho Seeretery of the Treasury was re
ceived, and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. HALE, of New Hatripphire, offered a resolution
that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to in
quire into the expediency of making alterations in the
Conthtution in rotation to the myeral courts. Laid
°Teri
on motion, various portions of the President's mes
sage were referred to the committees on Indian Affairs,
Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, &e.
Mr. DIXON, of Connecticut, presented a bill to re.
store Mr. B. Woolsey to active service in the navy-.
On motion of Mr, VI/ANDLER, of Michigan, pia reso
lution inquiring into the causes of disasters at Dolt Run and
Istuffix a:4 taken up—the question being on the sub
stitute of Mr. Grimes, that a committee be appointed to
investigate the causes of all disasters that have hap
pened to the Union forces.
Dlr. POMEROY thought that theta) inycatizations
tv6te of doubtful oxpelienCy, and might loud to impeach
ments.
Mr. CHANDLER said that the officers of the army
were not liable to impeachment, but one of our number
has fallen, and is nobody to blame ! Ile thought that
the NOR ought to be known.
Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, enumerated a great variety
of causes which had been given for the disaster at 801 l
Run. fie said he granted the true cause known: - In
regard to the disaster in Missouri, referred to by the
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Lane), it Geo. Fremont see
to blame, let it be known ; but if not, %bent in God's
bathe, le t him be justified, and let the country know it,
Mr. LANE, of Kansas, said he did not attribute the
blame to any particular officer; but he did know that
troops were on hand to relieve General Lyon and
Colonel Mulligan, and the people believed there was
a want of capacity or dereliction of duty somewhere.
/In FOSTER said, if military 0ffi661 4 .4 thought it best
not to investigate the subject now, under the present cir
cumstances. he thought Congress had better not do it.
If the military officers manage the army badly, Congress
will only make a bad matter worse by interferiug. He
would let the military alone in time of war, An inquiry
of Ibis kind will only call men away from a Wakes desk.
et the Proper time Congress might make the inquiry.
Mr. FEW:IMES, of Maine, thought that no harm
coda come of such an inquiry, and good might result.
Congress might make the inquiry - without in any way
putting °Wades in the path br WM", oit.,rs. Sys
see many things which seem wrong, and he thou-41A it
tether to make an inquiry now into their causes and hare
the mutter settled promptly. The Senate was not under
the control of the military. They were not second, but
the prot, and their molests aro to ha obeyed. They
snould perform their duty and calmly investigate the
subject.
Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, concurred with the Sumter
from Maine, but thought the inquiry should not be con
fined to the disasters of the war, but should be a general
inquiry into the whole coudtiCt of the Ivan Many orders
bad been given which might be inquired into. One
officer is said to have refused to take any cotton from
the rebels. If so, he was in the wrong. Another is said
to have refused to receive slaves in his camp; and one
high officer of the Government, the Adjutant General,
had been travelling !Ivor the Country to pick UP steeps of
testimony not worth anything, and had the' stuff pub
lished. The people were full of enthusiasm, which wee
damasod by these jealousies o! military officers.
On motion of Mr. ,FESSENDEN, of Maine, it was re
solved that the Committee on the District of Cultunbta
be requostO to report the number of fugitive ti,tve4 that
have been coatined in the city jail, In Washington, du
ring the last one and a half years, by whom claimed,
and whether any of these fugitives have been returned
to their claimants, and by what arab srity and to whom;
and also eperifying what number, if any, have berg
returned since the Weht order of Secretary Seward In
reference to alleged fugitives, and to whom, and by
whom, they have been delivered.
Mr. SHERMAN continued. Impedimenta had been
thrown iu the way of the progress of the army by tunny
of the derlfilßHlll4 the fiturernment Ha uremia record
ids solemn conviction that before the War ceased slavery
would almost if not entirely have crated to exist ; but the
war would be carried on without any reference to the
subject of slavery, to preserve a free country for free
num. If he could infuse the spirit of the people into all
the departments of the Government the war would acent
end.
Mr. GRIMES proposed to amend the substitute, SO as
to appoint a juin committee ' consisting of three members
of the &nate and four members of the House, to investi
gate the condition of the present war.
Hr. HALE, of New Hampshire. thought theresoluttons
were not pottitt9_. etiOngli, and moved to add; o sgpsejally
the disaster ot Bull's Bluff."
Dlr. WILSON, of Ma•eschusetts, said he was glad 10
see the resolution take a wider field. 13e thought it wa
time that the diverse proclamations of officers should
cease, and the Government have a settled policy. We
must remember hiMeyer, that we Late not many men of
large military experience, and great mistakes have been
made and mil/ likely c,ntinue to be made. But he wanted
it to be understood by the military, that the people ex
pected no such mistakes should be made.
Mr. LATHAM, of California, irked for the yeas and
nays. The resolution was then agreed to—yette 33, nays
3. Mean. Cartla4, and nice.
Absent—Messrs. Bright, Collamer, Foot, Thomson,
Willey, and Wilmot.
The Senate then adjourned.
ROUSE OF . REPRESENTATIVES
DAW/0 4 , of Maseachtleette, from the Committee
on Elections, introduced a resolution, which WAS PildSed,
authorizing the parties In the contested election case of
Beach ye. Upton, in Takla]; district, Virginia, to take
testimony. •
Mr. MiiltRILL, of Vermont, gave notice of his inten
non t i Introduce a MU donating lands to the seyeral
Staters for the henellt of agriculture and the mechanic
arts in the establishment of college*.
Mr. EICOANDSON, of Illinois, from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported the following, which was
passed
Whercao, The exchange of prisoners, in the present
rebellion has alPkedy been megrim', Indirectly, and as
such an Pxcliango would not only Mcßae° the enlist
ments and vigor of our army, but subserve the higbeet
intereoto of humanity.; and as such exchange does not
involve the recognition of the rebels as a Government:
therefore be it
Reibli4d by Me &nak and House of Representa.
fires, That the President of the United States be re
quested to Inaugurate syatematic measures for the ex
change of prisoners In the present rebellion.
On motion, it was resolved that the Committee on
Foreign Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of furniahing relief to the starving popubstion of
Ireland, and to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. WICKLIFFE, of Kentucky, from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the rais
ing of a volunteer force for the better defence of Ken
tucky
Mr. LOVEJOY, of Mill*, introduced the rennin
joint reeolution
Resolved, That the Secretary of War he repunated to
revoke the first section of the general order dated Nov.
20th, 3861, of Major General Halleck, commanding the
Westsrn Livisiou. 'TM section alluded to is substantial
ly no follows :
ii.AN it I. reprepenioa tit infonwition or the
numbers end condition of our army bus been conveyed to
the enemy by nienea of fugitive slaves, who have been
allowed to enter the lines, therefore, in order to remedy
the evil, no such persons shall hereafter be permitted
to outer the bun of the army, and ohs , heiV N.-Alan item
shall be excluded therefrom."
Mr. COX, of Oltlo, moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Not agreed to—yeas 6J, nays 68.
YxAs—Messra. Allen, Ancona, Bailey (Pennsylvania),
niddiet In* (Yligitiin,)i &OEM (Rhode Nandi)
brown (Virginia), Ilurnbani, Cobb, Cox, Cravens,
Crisfield, Crittenden, Dawes, Delano, Dunlap Dunn,
English, Feuke, Crider, Harding, Harritint, Holman,
Morton, Johnson, Kellogg (Illinois), litßinger, Law,
Lanni', Leary, bateau, mexeight, McPherson, Mal
lore, Maynard, Meng Nlkaii, Noble, &Al, Norton,
Odell, Olin, Pendleton, Richardson, Robinson, Sheffield,
Shellaburger, Bidet, Smith, Steele (New York), Steele
(New Jersey). Stratton, Thomas (Massachusetts),
Thomas (Maryland), Upton, Vallandighani, Wadsworth,
Webster, White (Ohio), 'Wickliffe, Wood Woodruff
r
and Weight-Bg.
NAYS—Moen& Aldrich, Alley, Ashley, Babbitt. Bailey
(Massachusetts), Baker, Baxter, Bingham, Blair (Mis
souri), Nair (Pennsylvania), Blake, Bitflinton, Cham
berlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe,
Coating, Conway, DaVIN Diver, Duell, Edgerton, Ed.
Minh), Eliot, Fenton, Fe ender, Pranchni, Prank,
Gooch, Granger, Curley. Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Lan
sing, Loomis, Lovejoy, Morehead, Morrill (Maine), Mor
rill (Vermont), Phelps (California), Pomeroy, Porter,
Potter,. ]rice- (Massachusetts), Riddle, Rollins (New
Hampslire), Sergeant, Sedgwick, Shanks, Sherman,
Bleed+, Spaulding, Steven°. 'frain, Trimble, Trowt.riage,
Vandever, Vanhorn, Vain Wyck, Wall, Wallace, Walton
(Maine), Welton (Vermont), Washburue, Wheeler,
Wilson, and Worcester-66.
Dlrc LOVEJOY then moved the previous question.
Whereupon Mr, OLIN, of Kentucky, moved that the
House adjourn. host by a large majority.
Mr. LANSING offered a substitute, which Mr. Love
joy accepted, characterizing the order as inhuman and
cruel, and respectfully requesting the President to direct
Gen. Halle& to recall the said order, and CRUse hint to
code.. to the practice le order departments of time
army.
Mr. 'LANSING, of New York, offered the following as
a substitute, which Mr. Lovejoy accepted:
Whereas, Major General Halleck, of the Western Mi
litary Department, has issued an order prohibiting. ne
greet.: froitoi.ln,e witliln tl a lines of otlr anny, and es
eltinling those already under the protection of our troops
And,
Whereas, A different policy and practice prevails in
other departments by the direct sanction of the Adminis
tration ;• Anti,
Whei7ede s . 71lho cold order is creel and inimman,
ill the judgment of the House, based upon no military ne
cessity : Then fore, be it
Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested
to direct Gen. Halledt to recall said order, or cause it to
coxform to the practice in other 4fpnyigipatH of rho
array.
The consideration of the subject was postponed.
Mc BLA77t , of Missouri, introduced a resolution,
which was adapted, instructing the Committee on
ffitG
tary Affairs to inquire into the propriety of Paying alt
°More mut roldiere in netted nervier• in tics We tr 6 Re
pentant of Missouri, tinder Gen. Fremont or under any
other commanding. General, where they have porformiqi
actual service, and thst the committee report by bill or
Otherwise.
Ni. "SC" COfitcfill.t(l, rf &Yr York, intruluctst
ottit to tuWcct rvrtnin persons to Wilton' trial And pun"
isliment. It covers the Cases (..t such as may eater into
spec illations for the purpolie of der(tllditlg the Goyorn,
meat, and W 1 vier, directly - OT inditectlY, °NI bri br *
the advantages of furnishing military stores,mow
of war, etc Mititery and naval courts martial At'
thorized to hear each retire, and those found guilt
to be punished while Imprisonment of not lees than
708111.
e_ coimmtra eaf4 that the Government hair
tdreattd of large sums of money. There was a multi
of harpiee, which no won could 'imbue, preying
the vitals of the Commormenith. They should p
with certain severity thin clme of criminals. lie reps
that there was a clans of desperate. specula Vera wh
depleting the tremors' to ersolmom asonuntsAt
ty of ingenious 1110144.
Mr. DAWNS, of Massachusetts, who is on the-
Committee-to examine into Go vertuinon t contrasts,
spoke of the duroveries of frond already made,
that witturat legislation the Treasury will become
rupt.
The bill wee refined to tho tioisisuittee on the
Clary.
Mr. BINGHAM, of Ohio, introduced a bill to
the medical department of the army. Refers..
Committee on Military Affair&
Also, a bill repealing all acta and pact/ Of arti
tltdnu Go commitment of persons of color as run,
Of suspected or charged with being runaways, am
eold to pay expenses, etc., awl providing a puni
for such practices.
Mr. Gurley's for Ohio) bill to conflstate th
party of robola, li rerada th.dr niaveA, and colonize
WS referred to the Committe., on Military AiTairs
Mr. HUTCHINS, of ODiu, introduced a hill to :
slavery in the District of Columbia. Referred.
Mr. WEBSTER,. of Maryland, introduced a ma,
which woe adopted, Inarructlng the Committee on
and Crumb to Inquire Rao the lii.r4lcncy of wtab
a railroad from New York to Wailliington, via the
sy ivenia Central Railroad.
Many other bills atta twsolndesss of minor imps)
were introduced and referred.
The SPEAKER presented. the annual report of
Secretary of the Treasury.
A 1116116 h for printing extra: caries was referred to t
Committee on Printing.
On motion of Mr. VALIANDIGMAM, of Ohio,
was
Resolved, That the President borettnestcd to foroia
if not incompatible with the 1 ,11 - 4 !ie iolvrentrh colidol or
i,i-oclamidlo.a or onion. Limed and pubitialind iu the pre
or otherwise made Toddle by himself (Dr any head of
partmeht or any military or naval otlicer of the thot
States, litllCO the 4th of March last, (.feting to the pod
tog contest with the so-called etinftsrerate'dtates.
OD motion of 3fri tioXy it wax ragolvad that th,.
mitt, C of Ways and M 1111.115 tie instructed to consit,
subject of the tariff andtaxation, with a view to
the burdens of the prennt war upon alt citizeth., n.
upon all suctions, and upon capital and labor, and,
the a jamptine, that +he bi e...,t b.rlW sod d.rert tax
An modified as to carry out the principles °Nast and gin -
taxation.
Mr. UPTON, of Virginia, introduced a bill to facilltat
judicial proceeding H in the confiscation of captured pro
pay had for the better regulition of Simian of pri, s.
The 'House then adjourned.
From Lew York
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The steamship Congress
from Antwerp, arrived at this port this afternoon
Her advices have been anticipated.
The gunboat Tuscarora has arrived from Phila
delphia. Tho gunboat Suwannee is below.
Furman ds Co.'s distillery, in Williamsburg, w:
partially destroyed by fire , this morning, by the ex
plosion of oho or the stifle. One of the workman,
Prancis Teague, was killed. Nearly $20,090 worth
of rum was destroyed,
Klindenmueller's German Concert saloon, in the
Bowery, was visited by the police on Sunday night,
And all the initeleiens, performers, supers, bar
keepers, and the proprietor, were arrested.
hlnnicipal Elections in Massachusetts.
BOSTON, Dec. 9. Mayor lYightman was re
sleeted to-day by 1,009 nobaky over ir o b e y i tho
upublican candidate.
In Lowell, Mr. Hosford was elected mayor over
Graves. (Republican.)
P. M. Neal was elected mayor of Lynn. Wm.
Gaston re-elected mayor of Roxbury. P. J. Stone
elected mayor of Charlestown, and P. E. Aldrich,
mayor of Worcester.
George W. Jackman was re-elected mayor of
Newburyport, by an almost unanimous vote.
New York Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The hank statement for the
week ending on Saturday indicates—
A decrease of loans
• A decrease of deposits....
All increase of specie
An luctenee of cirobition
AUCTIOX NOTICE—SALZ or READY-MADE CLOTH
INC.—We would call the attention of the trade to
the large and desirable assortment of ready-made
clothing, including the entire stock of a first-clam
clothier, being the finest stock of clothing offered
this season. To be sold on (to-morrow) Wednesday
morning, December 11th, commencing at 10 o'clock
precisely, by Philip Fara At Co., Auctioneer..., at
their store, No. 521 Market, and No. 522 Commerce
street.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
AMERICAN ACADEMY OP MOSlO—Broad and Locust
Grand Cubits sight."
Wmtice-Prattiti- aWae. - talit—ritiatia and Wainat MIL
4 , Faust and lliarguerlte."
ANON-STREET THEATEE—Areb street. "boys Sixth.—
"The Prophecy"—"Ben, the Boatswain."
WEE/PIAVE COEVINEENAL TlVlZEtifi—Wolo n t
above Eightli.-4 , The Southern Rebellion by Sea and
Land"—The Cataract of the Gauges."
TEMPLE OF WONDERS—N. E. corner Tenth and Ohm
nut streets.—Signor Blitz's Rsit ertainment.
Ur IN THE CIIIMNEY.—At this cold, rainy
season of the year chimney-sweeping is moat In vogue.
At this time Winter shows his teeth and tho frost gathers
on the window panes.
The Pakil , 4k Pobin begin to look desolate, and great
fires are kindled under the mantel-places. But, alas!
the chimney is full of soot, that falls upon the new zinc,
all flaming and blazing, and the fire bursts out near the
roof, threatening conflagration, so that g malt, OTer
alert for the safety of our citizens "—such being the
motto on his engine—screams " Fi-er I" at the top of his
voice, and soon calls up half the department.
Therefore, as we commenced, this is the time of the
year for the weeps, They go out, three sable youths,.
with the arms of their „ profession," and leading the old
blind uncle that carries a club and wears green spec
tacles, up and down, perhaps half the morning, singing
the Oh loh oh oh :" in a sort of curious music that
doesn't Men shythlng, and yet singe out Tory merrily
on the Nile, clear air.
tp and down, by windows full of jewelry, of beauti
ful waree, of costly silks, and paintings, and furniture,
the Men sooty end dusty; and very seta, Go hugging
their rags and flourishing their brushes, and crying,
"Oh! oh! oh! oh!"
By and by, they reach a very old home, that SWIM de
termined to be taken for a relied the Revolution, though
it isn't so old l.y MY means, and a maiden lady. who
might have been the mother of any of the forefathers,
pokes her head just a little way out of the door, endears.
in a cracked sort of voice, "Little boy."
The little boy sees a ttjob" in prospective, so be jumps
up the steps so quickly that one of bpi grot tot%
determined to be active, bursts through hid old boot.
Bow nasty you are," a tys the maiden lady, as if that
were on obstacle to the successful prosecution of chimney
sweeping.
yes um," said the !ATI "SW YOU Went the wood.
story - back, the kitchen, or the 'tether chimney
cleaned 1 11
The old lady opines that the "'tether" is the chimney
in question, but she is nevertheless strongly opposed to
eing four ebony personages come grinning up the stm,
The old man 'stumbles awkwardly after, led by the seOtT
urchins, and together they explore corridors of Cobwebs,
bleak, chilly passages, and go, finally, into a parlor that
is embellished with frowning puritans, a dingy carpet,
and furniture of antediluvian pattern and heaviness.
Ike old lady Mil the negroes peep up the chimney in
succession, am if some strange dragon dwelt therein, and
directly the eine/lest lad, being assisted by the other
brothers, finds himself going up the funnel, half intro
rated by dust and wood ashes. Once he mei dim
and lens tisat it can't De stood, and that It will
be his death, but the old gentleman griper him by the
neck, and he is up in no time.
He has reached the top: how beautiful seem the Wm
the city spread beneath! and the swallows that are rattail
froth their mita scream aronnd hint, itad laske sundry
dashes at his head. But, all unabashed, the little fellow
shouts his tt Oh, oh ! oh, oh!" until the people look me
and around to see the vocalist, whom they presently die
cover by his sooty face and woolly cranium.
Itlrectly he begins to sweep. The moot falls to the
Werth; as that the old lady who had remained in she
musty parlor, with indistinct notions of theft, perhaps
arson, is when with a terrible cough, and goes limp
ing out at the door.
Such is the life of the sweep, who is, by the way, II
sort of hero. ills struggle la like that of a good man
who Mae through it sooty world, made foul by the hot
missing of men, and, arrived at the top, where the
heavens are blue and beautiful, he shouts his triumph in
tong. They are good men who make the chimneys
clean. For fire is a good servant but a cruel and tyran
nous master; and many a chintney corner that is
pleasant through the long winter owes its safet7 and
eseurity to the brushes of the chimney sweep.
A CASE OP SYMPATILY.—SOme three years
since a gentleman named Onnottundro, a native of Rich
mond, Vu.,emit to this city to he educated two of his
'younger hildren, brother and sister. Thu children
well; eonimitttd to the earn of A. W. Mood
of the fluidly, who resides In this city, and who placed
them at boarding school under the tutorship of MINK
Davis, of MI Poplar street Here they remained, and
on account of preceding business engagements the fattier
Wm natio to Volt hit offspring. Time were nit, and the
breaking out of the Southern rebellion cut off all com
munication between parent tind children Sumo throe
weeks slime, the lad, Silas Vinohnliro, was taken seri
ously ill with the typhoid fever, and, in spite of the ex
ertions of skilful physician(' and the tender n 11911,1149 qf
hi gawniton, he died on lige dti, instant, information of
the lads death was sent to General Wool, at Fortress
Monroe, with the mittest that he would forward it to the
father at Richmond.
It is not known whether tlr , nr.r.,Sage was received or
net, as nu reply has yet been returned. The iensillao,
di r. Band, felt deeply pained at the death of his youthful
ward, and adopted every proper means to pay the last sad
tribute to the deceased. Ho procured the services of Mr.
E. S. Early, the well-known undertaker at the cornor of
Tenth and Green streets, who furnished four coffins, one
of which; continuing the body, waantade of seder,
with satin. Upon the lid of the coffin was a large glass,
showing the face and breast of the boy. This was placed
in a metallic case con], also having a glass top similar
to the first, end which was rendered perfectly air-tight,
in order that the remain.: might be preserved, in MO the
father should at any time succeed in muffing this eltr-
These two conies were enclosed in another made of tea
bagally, and handsomely covered with black cloth,
and famished with silver mouldings and handles.
Upon the lid was is magnificent silver breast
plate, which bore the following inscription: " Silas
Offielffindrth Jr.; died &wadies Mb, nal, aged 1.5
and 6 mouths." The whole of these were again enclosed
in a red cedar box, held t •gether with copperand copper
bandings. A copper breast. plate, similar to the other,
adorned the lid ; it also bore the same inscription. The
funeral took place yesterdai from the hoards
ens ecitooi to ,mist, the tieteattell was mulched, The only
relative present was the key. Mr. Henson, of the Baptist
Church, Broad and Brown streets, who was not even
aware of the presence of the chikleen in this city until ha
heard of the death of the boy.
The funeral tens VOPY :Mended, which no doubt
was caused by the peculiar circumstances of the case.
The Rev. Pr. Morton, of the Episcopal Church, officiated
at the grave. Those present were much moved by the
solemnity of the proceedings. The interment took place
at Laurel 15111 Cemetery, the body beteg placed in the
vault of Dr. Let is. u ha stieLded the 1.1 dories his sick
ness. The father of the deceased is a wealthy merchant,
doing business iu Richmond, where he owns a large
amount of property.
NAVAL MATTERB.—The snbooncr. Ell a ,
eigiathe of ih owned by Wm, I. y ow l", a r
s w a t
of Alexandria, Va., who is said to be an amcer is the
rebel army, has been seized at this port. The ease ves
sel escaped the vigilance of the enstom-house Wasiak in
New Yurk and Ruston, in both of which porta she has
livltvi Property afloat stand& but ultra
chance or cheeping detection and confiscation, in the tort
of Philadelphia. The gunboat Itasca and the steamer
Mystic have bath flailed from the navy yard. The offi
cers of the Mystic aro: Commander, L. Arnold ; lieu
tenant, 11. Farquhar; acting nia.stra ...Ttotgmj geMa k
Samuel It. Maltdei, 11. 14 111i.ulteetin.- acting emu - etre
nudes, 0.11 Durand, Mortow, .'
Joseph B, Levitt;
second aseistant engineer, John it. lowa ; third di.,
F. tovaire, C,. NT. Shank, John `/A. A. Allen, Jr.; assist
ant iurgeon, Wm. F. Brown, The Rag presented to the
Ell/ pf rltititdripitia Ur the crew of the flag-shiallartford
miracle great attention. • Great taro will be taken of the
pro:dont:gift. It will only he flipplayed In cute WsattiN
and eAtti , a.r the day-t4r,
$ 4 ,096,340.
0 ,68 ~7131.
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