THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY, (BUNDATS ItitCrEPTED,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET THE DAILY PRESS, TWELVE CENTS PER WEEK, payable to the Carrier. Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six DOLLARS rELANNUM,Forrn DOLLARS NOR Etat!, MONTHS, Tames OLLARS FOR Sue ItlonrEs--invariably in dance for time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribere oat of the city a 4 Twig§ 122i .411.3 PBS Ammer, ill MILITARY GOODS. ARMY GOODS. RERSEYS. SITINETS, FLANNELS, AND BL ANKETS, Fulled and Finished by MCNEELY & Co.. POIT.TIT gad DIRAMI AVMILIT d 111-V-11 ANDREWS' ORIGINAL CAMP, OR TR.A_VELLINCV BED TRUNK. (Patent applied for) For sale by W- A, AND WS, nolo-2n No. 612 CITESTNUT street. ARMY SUPPLIES. 60,000 padre ARMY DRAFTERS. 20.000 GRAY FLANNEL SHIRTS. 10,000 RED de. SHIRT& 500 dozen FINE TRAVELLING BRIMS. for sale by BENNETT, RUCH, & CO., marmrarturere or Army Goode, nol3-In 215 and 217 CHURCH Alley, Ma A RMY CONTRACTORS AXE , Svltitau SUPPLIED WITH BRUSHES at the lowest rates. Always on hand, a large stock of CAVALRY BRUSHES, Government standard; WAGON BRUSHES, Government standard; barmy PqmiOgn vt Pratiki maim% br tin Arm, KEMBLE & VAN HORN, oohs-3m 321 MARKET Street, Philadelphia. ARMY FLANNELS. WELLING, COFFIN, & CO., 116 011E3TEUT SMUT] Ale prepared to make contracts, for immediate delivery, of WHITE DONET FLANNELS, AND ALL WOOL INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS, of Government standard. oet-tr DRY-GOODS .1013RERS. 1861 . TO CASH BUYERS. 1861. H. C. LAUGHLIN & Co.. Ito. 308 MARKET STREET, Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHIA and MCW YORK AUCTIONS, a general peortment of SIEBOHd.HDLEE, bought for CASH. HASH lIIITIERII Are Oopoelolly Invited to cell mad o:c -amine our Stock. leg.tf DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER it co.. • Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS Ptiftnl4l4 AND .5455ik'xic WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. MANUFACTURERS! OF WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &v. FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. I _TUST RECEIVED, per " Annie Kim ! ft, ball," from Liverpool, Mander, Weaver, & Mea -1 der'a preparations: 265 The Extract &mai, in 1 lb Jam 25 be Extract Ilyouryami, in 1 b jar& 50 be Extract Belladonna, in 1 lb jars. 100 Tee Extract Taraxaci, in 1 lb jam. 50 Tea Yin Eel Colcbici, in I. lb bottles. 100 be 01. Succini Beet, in lib bottles. 500 Unt Calomel, in 1 /Mt& non rn urarars., in llb )are. WETB:1111ILL & BROTH - Mk. 47 and 49 North SECOND Street. CABINET FURNITURE. ff3MLy a y a RNITURE BUR- MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SBOOND Street, in connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are pow manufacturing a superior article of BiLLIABD TABLES, And bave rum an band a fall supply, finished with the MOORE & CAMPION'S UNPROVED CUSHIONS, erhkh are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be waperior to 8U others. For the Quality and finish of these Tables the mann tech:were refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union. who are feral= with the character of their work. exi2B-een LOOKING GLASSES. rEMEN2R ItEDIJOTION LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINGIEL INGRATTNCIB, IrIOTURZ AND PHOTOGRAPH PRAXIS. JAMES S. EARLE & SON, 610 INTlllsTtiln EIT/MITI announce the reduction of 25 per cent. in the priom of all she Manufactured Stock of Looking Gismos • also, in Ilkilrayings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Pak+ tugs. The lailee; and most elegant assortment In 151 towitry. Afars opportunity is now offered to make purl atom in this line 'or Clash, at remarkably Low Prima EARLE'S GALLERIES, Jy9-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street. FREItH MINCED MEAT. The enbecriber beg leave to inform the public that be is again prepared to offer bia justly celebrated NE PLUS ULTRA MINCED MEAT, In large or mil quutities, Orden through Des 'patch rest will be punctually attended to. JOSHUA WRIGHT, SPRING GARDRN and FRANKLIN Street', nol3-'ln Philadelphia. COAL OIL! COAL OIL! GEORGE W. WOOTTEN, 35 SOUTH SECOND STREET, AGENT FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY. MANUFACTURERS OF (DAL OIL, AND BE FINEIIS OF COAL AND CARBON OILS. WM. F. JOHNSTON' ?MUM' ONO. OGDEN, Secretary. Also, Agent for BEERS, 31 DSO! & BEERS, Patent Ohms Connm for Lampe. and wholesale dealer in Dith ridge's Patent Gra! (fire -proof) and Eastern Flint-Glass Chimneys, Lamps, ace. Burners to burn Coal Oil with out Chimneys. Cash buyers or prompt payers are respectfully invited eexamine our Mons. n021.1m PORTLAND KEROSENE OIL_ We are now prepared to impply Ude STANDARD ILLUMINATING OIL 1 GREATLY REDUCED PRICER. E. LOCKE & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 1010 MARKET STREET; ISI-Sn Pelledelplda. IERRA.PINS, OYSTERS STEWED AND FRIED, AND CHICKEN SALAD.—Inv!- Wien Cards and °tbs. , aollses be .11.siviLoiod in Date of the city, with punctuality. The undersigned is at all limes prepared to present, for tie inspection of Ladies and Gentlemen, a list of the dings neoeseary fora large or small enterta inment, as the oiss may ba, thereby avalliag all unnsessgarit Srefittlan sad waste; and &Mora himself, that by his long expe rience in Nutmeat, he will be able at all times to give, as heretofore, entire satisfaction to all who favor him with their patronage. HENRY JONES, Caterer, No. 250 South TWELFTH Street, ahoy! GPIII3OI. DRAIN PIPE.-STEAM-PRESSED STONEWARE DRAIN PIPE. 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A choice and varied assortment of articles, milted to the coming season, which bave been selected with much caro from the lateat importations, catanrlsine WRITING AND FOLIO DRAKS, WORK, GLOVE, JEWEL, AND DRESSING BOXES, CABAS, POSTE-KONNAIES, CARD CASES, WATCH STANDS, THERMOMETERS, PARIAN, GLASS, LAVA, AND CHINA ARTICLES, FANS IN CRAPE, SILK, AND LINEN, DOLLS ] Speaking, Sleeping, Model, China, Wax, and Patent, DOLLS' SHOES, HOSE, MITTS, CABAS, JEWELRY, PARASOLS, AND RATTLES. DOLLS' FURNITURE IN EVERY VARIETY. THEATRES. THEATRES. STABLES. SOLDIER EQUIPMENTS. PANORAMAS, BOX AND BELLOWS TOYS. Ornaments for Christmas Trees, Fairies, Balls, Fruit, PERFUMERY AND TiMLET ARTICLES. HERBARIUMS, SCRAP AND TAY BOORS 11111 ~ ~ ~ 1 ENCLIaII 116W3 ANT, OItIONAT AT BASE BALLS, &c. tec All the above articles can be had, at Reduced Prices, at MARTIN It QUAYLE'S Stationery, Toy, and Fancy Goode Emporium, 1035 WALNUT STREET, Below• Eleventh, PHILADELPHIA. d07t25-lp HOLIDAY . GIFTS. PRICES TO SUIT TIIE. TIMES, AT CLARK'S $1 STORE, wo.an CILEgTNIIT STREET.. SILVER-PLATED WARE, JEWELRY and FANCY GOODS, in great variety. New and beautiful ntyles re eel„ea agai, au.). aald kali;below 116 , b.,:nd prict.e. CLARK'S $1 STORE. aos_l3. doti:t EEt. HOLIDAY CONFECTIONERY. THE FINEST QUALITY OF ' CONFECTIONERY, IN GREAT VARIETY, Prepared expressly for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS PROM THE PUREST MATERIALS. At Wholesale and Retail, by J. J. RICHARDSON, 12G MARKET STREET. P. S.—A flue assortment of fruits constantly on band. d9-t24 CLQAlib' AND MANTILLAS. WINTER CLOAKS SABLE CLOTHS, FROSTED BEAVERS, SEALSKIN - CLOTH S, BLACK BEAVERS, LYONS VELVETS; LAIIGZ ASSOBTXENT, AT MODERATE PRICES, Tll2 PARIS CLOAK EMPORIUM, 70S CHESTNUT STREET J. W. PROCTOR & Co. 14-11 CLOAKS ! CLOAKS ! CLOAKS! WATER PROOF CLOTH CLOAKS, in endless variety; LIGHT AND DARK 45Lotik CLOA/CD, of every shade; BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS, of every onalitY ; BLACK SILK-VELVET CLOAKS, EVERY NEW STYLE, EVERY NEW MATERIAL; THE LARGEST STOCK AND vo:icozoP-90:4:4.‘:10;c•:444:t(Hzft20_1*_42c-t44* - 4 No. 23 South NINTH Street. CL OAK S! The Largest, Cheapest, and Best-assorted Stock in the city. HOUGH & No. 25 South TENTH Street, Oppoelte Franklin Market. NEW CLOAK STORE! The . imogit Iffeg.aat fn Am city No. 29 South NINTH Street, First door above Chestnut. THE ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE. NEW FALL CLOAKS. WATER-PROOF TWEED CLOAKS. BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS. EVERY NOVELTY AT MODERATE PRICES. JACOB HORSFALL, SaSI-Om N. W. corner TENTH and ARCH Ste COMMISSION HOUSES. BLUE CLOTHS, DOESKINS, LT. A Full Assortment of JOHANITT'S,pate %EVERS it SVIELMIDT'S (S a DI) INDIGO-BLUE CLOTHS; Fa. FAWNERS', (Little Ticket,) Aug of cotebratea umutatturors. BLUE CLOTHS, DOESKINS, &c., AT VERY LOW PRICES. RIDGWAY, HEUSSNER, & CO., 206 CHESTNUT STREET. de7-6) FROTHINGHAM & WELLS, AA SOUTH FBONT AND 35 LETITLA STREET, BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS, CANTON FLANNELS, "BOY TIM Nitt3LiMAIVIETTSI GREAT 'ALIA LACOIIA, LYMAN, ZMIETT, LOWELL, IPSWICH, 1/AlarDE LLKEWIIm, A FULL ANNUNSHT 91 SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS, CASSIKERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS, DLANEETS, AND ARMY GOODS, IRON THE WASHINGTON (LATE BAY STATI,) AND OTHER. MILLS. ocl-Sm SHIPLEY, HAZARD, do HUTCHINSON ) 15191 An MEM= MEET, 001111/821017 X BCIHANTO 101 111 13.11,3 OP PHIL A TIELPTIL4L-MADE GOODS. se2l3-6m riTzl FURS GFEORCirE F. WOMRATH. NOS. 4.10 AND 417 ARCH STREET, HAS NOW OPEN A FULL ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' FURS, To which the attkAtin of On Public to inTital. maital LADIES' CHOICE FURS, WARRANTED WELL SEASONED ARR RELIABLE, AT VERY 'REASONABLE PRICES, AT THE _ PARIS CLOAK AND FUR EXPOBTEMI, 706 Oiciiiii•allT OTWJENT. J. W. PROCTOR & Co. nol4-1m STEAM -SCOURING AND TAILOR ING done at the shortest notice. HENRY B. BASCOM, In 7 SNYENTIL Street, Om Walnut_ N. BASCOM'S plan .for the times is to recommend Gents to bring their old Clothing to hint, and have them made new. Also, their Cloths, aud have them fashion ably made up. delo-4 E!MEI DWIGHT, CABOT, 011:94FEEI and BARTLIGT FURSI fIONSULADO DE ESPANA EN FILA.DELFLd. D. M Eryna. N. 13. g.) se hadignatto por Heal Or den de ID de Octubre anterior, ampliar por oltirmino de on also, quo se contara deal° esta fecha, la gracia de Real !Want) ' concedida en 20 de Noriembre de 1960 los protugos de convocatoria ansentes deans matriculas OP DI c9DIPM2IIic liceßciiit, Los comprendidoo en Aquella Beal gracia ea presort• tarau en este Consrdado a infortnarse de los requiusitus que deben llenar. Filadelfia, 6 de Dectembre de 1861. El Consul de S. M. &Da CARLO'S DR RAMDA.M. LAMP SHADE MANUFACTORY OF V. QUARRE, t3outheast corner of NINTH and ARCH Streets, Wholssali. /WWI Store, opposite, No. SU ARCH Area, For convenience of bay customers, who will find there the most suitable article for a Christmas Present. no2S-PieM RETAIL DRY GOODS. WHOLESALEBTOCK AT RETAIL. M. L. HALLOWELL & Co., 333 MARKET STREET, AND 2 NORTH FOURTH STREET, NAVE CONCLUDED TO OFFER AT RETAIL TIIEIR STOOK OP FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS. CONSISTING OF BLACK DRESS SILKS. IN GREAT VARIETY, BILK VELVETS, BOMBAZINES, TAMIBE ALPACAS, Ac. PLAIN AND PRINTED MERINOS, MOUSSELINE& "POPLINS, BEM a:• : 44, VELOURS, At,. WOOLLEN PLAIDS, PRINTED FLANNELS, Ao ALSO, THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF SHAWLS, OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS, CLOAKS, MANTLES, &c., EMBROIDERIES, AND L. 0. HDKFS And win oeU Ay tLe Single Piece their otocit of WHITE GOODS. OONSISTING OP kIZIEZT% MV! L% /MONET% GAMD/1/03 1 .NAINBOOKS, &e., &c. ocl4-mwf2m WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL, FOR CASH. J4 l O, CAMPBELL J CO., 727 CHESTNUT STREET, Will offer for a limited period, at less than wholesale rates, the lyolance of their Itiock-, consisting of Ginghams, Prints, Tickings, Bleached Muslins, Bleached and colored DIAN cci9fPii Goutrigh Paper Cambria, Alpacas, Saxony Plaids, and MEDIUM DRESS GOODS. FLANNELS, ENGLISH CANTON FLANNELS, LONG CLOTHS, and COUNTERPANES. fAc, IRISH and FRENCH LINENS, in great variety. lAITEN DAIWASW.S, TABLE CLOTHS, NAPKINS, and DOYLIES. L. C. HDKFS and SHIRT FRONTS. WHITE CrOODS In large auantitiea and great variety, embracing all grades of JACONETS, CAMBRICS, SWISS, NAINSOOKS, Check and Striped SWISS and CAMBRICS, BOOK atitN 4 fti . 2 l BISHOP'S DAWNS, IMILLIANTS, in elegant and novel styles, &c., &c. SMIVLS, BLANKETS, SATINETTS, AND A LARGE LINE OF SUPER. EXTRA BLACK AND COLORED FRENCH CLOTHS and DOESKINS. diEls.6t BLAcki CL4THS FOR CLOAKS AND COATS, FRODI el TO 85 PER YARD. CASSIMERES FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR. COOPER 8c CONARD, S.• E. corner NINTH and MARKET Street. nott."..su TIPALMORAL SKIRTS - BALMO .I-• RAL SKIRTS. Just received, direct from the manufacturer, 1 LOT BALMORAL SKIRTS, Largeat ,diced and Choicest Were. Aleo, one lot or Black and White Plaid Blanket Shawls. Long Blanket Shawls, $4 to $l2. Equare Blanket Shawls, $1:13 to $O. CHEAPEST BLANKET SHAWS IN THE CITY. We offer great inducement; to ladies in BEATER AND TRICOT CIRCULARS, BEAVER AND TRICOT SAOQUES, HABIT CLOTH CIRCULARS AND SACQUES, ae we manufacture them onnielreo, and aro 1010 to sell them 30 PER CENT. LESS THAN RETAIL PRICES. NEW DRESS GOODS OPENING DAILY. IL STEEL & SON, delo No. 713 North TENTH Street, 4911 Qoateg, A T 1013 MARKET STREET, YOU can buy the best 25-cent Flannel in the city; very fine pink-edge, all wool, at 25; vary heavy, all wool, at 26; full Yfird•wide Domat, at 26; very fine, ad wool, rad, at lb. These are extra cheap, and very desirable. Fine Ballardvale Flannel at 31%; full yard-wide do. 37%, usually sold at 50; very fine do. 50, and every other qua lity in theßallardvale Goods that comes. The celebrated Shaker Flannel, warranted unshrlakable, 37%; finer do. SO, and the heat et M. These are full yard-Wide, and very heavy. Plain Gray, all wool, at 28 ; finer do. 31,,tt ; and the finest, 37%; heavy gray, twilled, 311(, 37,4, 40, 44, and very fine at NI blue twilled, 37}4 and 44; h.avy red twilled 313 i, 85, 37%, 40, 44, and 50 cents. I will guarantee to sell y ibese S'ocalP cacliPat tlitiu they can be bought. Heady Canton Flannel at 18%, and usury qua lity there is in the market. Good Brown Muslin 0%, and all the widths and qualities made. Societies in want of Flannels will find it to their advantage to call and ex amine. Also, a full line of Merrimack Calicoes, at 124 mats, suitable prose:kis Er —d strien ,e -laines at 18, 4 ". GRANVILLE Tt. gAIICES, delo.3t 1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth. BocHN LONG SHAWLS RE_ MORD FOR CHRISTMAS. Scarlet-centre Lon g Shawls. Green-centre Lon g Shawls. Two-faced Long Shawls. RY.RS2 It LANDRLL, de9 FOURTH and ARCH. BLACK - CLOTH FOR CLOAKS. Esquimitx Beaver Cloths. §•'l §tcut I/oakum Liudeuu Bay Seal Rine. NYRE & LANDELL, de9 FOURTH and ARCH OTTOMAN VELOURS, Plain dark colors and agues. Rich printed Epinglines. Woven styles Reps, very cheap. IMPORTED BALMORALS, New designs, handsome colorings, nearly kg; SCARLET FRENCH FLANNELS, Twilled and plain, of extra qualities, suitable for rheumatic underwear. LOW-PRICED DE LAMES. New designs, eanstantlo arewlnk, of rich pri.tod Mousaline De Leiner. SHARPLESS BROTHERS, der CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. LAMES? BLACK CLOTHS. Men's heavy Overcastings. Men's fine Dress Clothe. COOPER & CONARD, rica NINTH and MARKET Streets FLANNELF- Yard wide, tine white extra at 38 cents. Shaker Flannels, warranted genuine. COOPER CON RD, nor NINTH and MARKET grant§ FNCY CASSIME 'ES-- Of every grade and style, from 62c to $1.50 per yard Black Caseimeres, some extra fine lota. GOOPEB & GONARD, noT NINTH snd DIARKET Streets. DRESS GOODS. Reps, Merinoes, Poplins, pantiles, ao. Dimic Y9l?ii➢B, Nimbus, Denims, BornbaEines, &e COOPER t CONABD, no? NINTH and MARKET. CILOAKS NJ Ready made or made to order. COOPER p cORARD, noT MINTY and MARKET Streets GROC ERIES. MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, nimmoN, 120,-3.000 bbl. Mese Noe. 1,2, and IdAHLBREL, large, medium, and small, in assorted aaragee of choice, late-caught, fat fish. 6,000 bbl.. New Halifax, Eastort, and Labrador Her ing, of choice analltioi. 0,000 boxes extra new sealed Herrings. 8,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings. 8,000 boxes large Ragdehne Herrings. 960 bbls. Mackinac White Fieh. Oli bbl.. now Economy Non SIMI 86 bbis. new Halifax Salmon. 1,000 (militate Grand Bank Codfish. 600 hope. Herkimer County Cheese. In store and landing, for sale by MURPHY a KOONS, nos Ho. 146 NORTH WHARVES. BE" QUALITY ROOFING SLATE always an hand and for tale at Union Whiut MACH Street, Kensington. T. TIIONIMIs RT I4 F SitT—WM Mina tharidedit PHILADELPHIA, " P IA 7 , I ' 11, 1841. C't 4 llrEss. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1861. Living in Paris.—No. V Passing into the restaurant, under the me morial inscription, at the Palais Royal, "Au Grand Vide]," we ascend a narrow ditir6ilsB, at the top of which is a folding-door. Enter a large ball, where you salute the handsome dame-du-comptoir, who presides over the bill making, and occupy the little table No. 6, exactly suited for a party of two. Behind it rises a great mirror, in which you see the whole eompany reflected. Tables of various sizes— to accommodate from two to a dozen—are dis posed through this large apartment, in which one hundred and fifty persons may dine at once_ There are private cabinet§ Poi , kilvate parties, where the service is similar to that in the grand hall, except that, in the private rooms, no half bottle& of wine are allowed. The dame-du-comptoir is as much a part of the restaurant, in most cases, as the cooking itself. She is usually a handsome, showy, well-made-tip demoiselle, dressed with more taste than richness, who has been a belle in her day, and is now in excellent preservation. Not to salute her, when you enter her pre sence, would be a blunder, which, Talleyrand remarked, was worse than a crime. Such a betise as this no Frenchman ever could com mit. Twenty years ago, when we first set foot within the Troia Fri.res Procencaux, (also in the Palais Royal,) the dame-du-comptoir there was pointed out to us as being 61 the very image of Mademoiselle Mars," the famous French actress, retired from the stage only a few weeks before, (March, 1841,) at the age of sißty-tiwoo, who played youthf.d characters all her life, and, it was fondly said by her legion of admirers, better in her maturity than in her earlier years: Exactly six years later, she died—it was said, from the deleterious effects of having had her hair dyed every ten days. Her fair similitude, at the LAD Freres, was witty as well as well-looking, and had the ta lent, or knack, of repartee. Old gentlemen of wit, in the intervals of their courses, would leave their seats and exchange merry sallies with her. But she and they have passed away. We drop a sigh to her memory, and return to the Grand lratel, where you, gentle reader, are going to dine with us. Hanging our hats on the hooks behind our seats, we reconnoitre. It wants twenty minutes to five, and, therefore, very few din ners have been commenced. Here and there a chair leans against a table—the usual inti- T 114091 13 in civilized countries, that such places have been reserved. Half a dozen garv i ons, in clean white aprons and polished hair, whis per among themselves, or look quietly out at the crowds in the garden of the Palais Royal. By the side of the comptoir, according to gene ral restaurant rule, stands a middle-aged, gentleman. Ile is drestied with great neat- . ness, and without any approach to dandyism— a little formally, perhaps, with white choker painfully high, figure rather rotund, carriage erect, (he has been in the army,) and what re mains of his hair brushed in front, with care- Precision. Note? as a general rule, that a Frenchman rarely wears a wig—considering his own hair, however scanty, preferable to that which had ever belonged to another. This precise, formal, well-costumed gentleman might be taken for a visitor, except for the official napkin thrust under his left arm. This IS the Ycritalaie Arnphytriow—the proprietor of the Grand Vatel—whose duty is to look otter his own interests and the gar9ons, and see that every thing is done en reale. While you have boon taking a momentary view of the room, a gargon deposits by the side of your plate—whereon rest the usual napkin and large roll of bread—a knife, fork, and spoon, hands you the carte, and asks what wine you desire. The carte itself is not only bound in a handsome volume, but also forti fied with brass, like those old tomes, at once the envy and glory of antiquarian book hunters and book-owners, which are reputed to contain the rarest treasures of human thought. At Taylor's restaurant, corner of Broadway and Franklin street, in New York, there is a very good imitation of the metal cincturcd carte which you find in most of the great dining-houses of Paris. The question, , c Quel vin desirez vous, Mon sieur 1" though it is only the gargon's mud to luaow what wine you will take, is one of no small importance, if you wish to dine well. For the wine must be in accordance with the *44 And the slightest mistake here will spoil the dinner. More than this, the wine must be adapted to the season. Even John Bull, accuse(' by Voltaire of having only one sauce (melted batter,) and ninety-nine reli gions, has learned this great truth, and never gives port wine in summer, nor claret in win ter—except, it may 14 3 at the yery close of the sitting, and then in a small quantity, "just to correct the port-wine, you know." It is not the habit, in America, to mu into many Tani. eties of wine at dinner, but a compelling sense of justice obliges us to say that, here in Phila delphia, we know one Amphytrion at least— a ilian of letters and of wealth—who seems to have an intuitive knowledge of the art of adapting his wine to his viands, and both lived in France, wherehi m s a fi n ne to the season. This9 ; l u g d l i g t ' men t have correct taste, (no pun meant here,) would have an ample field. Had he flourished in the time of Louis XIV., we believe that he would have gone into mourning for the untimely self-martyrdom of Patel The carte at the Roder de Canals, which we described in a former article, exhibits a greater variety of wines than does that at the Grand Vatel. For instance, at the Rocher, you may choose 'out of thirty-seven red, thir ty-one white, and twelve foreign wines. At the Grand Iratel only fifty different kinds of wine may he had: Out of these, believe rig, , reasonable man may make a choice which Would satisfy even the severe taste of an Api emus or Lucullus—indeed, more than satisfy it, - 4ir the Romans, with all their wealth, had few wines, and apparently-very little 'discrimi nation in using them. At the supper of Glea m, (in " the Last Days of Pompeii,n) the drinks were diluted wine sparingly mixod with honey, fifty-year old Chian cooled with snow, and Lesbian favored with rosin ; and at the Amiens feast 'of Diomed, though the cuisine embraced as all the delicacies of the season," the guests were actually put off with ....wine.and-water. Yet it is the custore,dieatea by ignorance, to talk of the luxurious living of the Romans. Unfortunate and benighted, though victorious race, not one mother's son or mom ever tasted that modern Nepenthe— a tumbler of whisky-punch. For the. matter of that, it is almost unknown to French ap petite itself. [Before these articles are Moil, we shall tell our readers how to make it : private instruction on liberal terms,' if the company be as good as the whisky must be. For our own part, we use Andy Craig's, mix ture of three famous Scottish distillations.] In the heart of Burgundy reposes the pros perous town of Macon, a great pgre . pq fin Burgundy wine, red and white. The best of that wine is disposed of in Faris, and the Grand Yatel monopolizes a great deal of this— in a word, is famous for it. Since we took our seat, an ancient gentleman wearing the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor has en tered: He salutes the dame.du.comptoir, the Anaphytrion, and even the garcon. He sits down with great deliberation ; slowly unfolds his napkin and passes it twice or thrice over his plate 1 talrea his glass and carefully rubs that, holding it up to the light to see if it be clean ; passes his knife, fork, and spoon through the-same process ; and, finally, tilehe one corner of his napkirrinto the bosom of his buttoned coat. He is ready. The garoon, who knows his ways, and comprehends his palate, receives his whispered alder s , and re turns with winc—a bottle of Macon—as we live ! and soup. Every subsequent dish is ordered, like the &at, 'without re f erence to the carte, on which he has bestowed a glance rapid as that which Wellington gave the French at Waterloo, ere he called up the Quards to mako‘ the final charge. He has noted, at once, every novelty in the carte, but, for the most part4nows it by heart. He is a retired tradesman' of good income, who may write himself itentier in any bond or quittance. He dines at the Grand Vatel almost every day, and goes to the 'Thefitre Francais after that. This gentleman knows how to dine. We fol low his example, and, as this is merely a tete a-tete dinner, and not a grand feast, order a bottle of Macon, with another of Eau-de-Selta to aerate it. Take our word for it, it greatly improves such sound Burgundy as this. We are gPtting on, you see—the dinner has commenced ; for the wine is on the table. The gars i on draws the cork before your face, and you drink out of the black bottle. This is un like the abominable system all over England, Ireland, geotlaild, where it is almost im possible to get any thing like a full bottle, though you have to pay for such. They pour out two-thirds of it into a nicely-cut decanter, and keep the remainder to convert into negus, or to make sauce, or to flavor soup, or to accu mulate, with other spoils of the same kind, until there is enough to fill a black battle—for which they charge as high as if it was of first quality. You never do get a full bottle of port, sherry, or Madeira at an English hotel, As yet, claret conies up in its . original Cardi gan. Our private opinion is, that if, at Rad ley's, in Liverpool, or Morley's, in London, (Web MIMI 134:noted by Ainericans,) you Were to express a desire to have the bottle of port or sherry paced on the table and uncorked before your face, the landlord would personally vait upon you to protest against this as a reflection on his honesty, and respectfully decline the honor, and profit, of entertaining you any further, As a general rule, in4lee tip your mind to be cheated thus all over the British dominions in your wine. They add insult to injury by using small boas. Sir Boyle Roche knew what he was about when he introduced a bill into the Irish Parliament to enact cc that every quart-bottle shOuld bold a quart;" and Dean Swift, who flottilaial. long Before Sir Boyle, was truthful as well as witty when he con gratulated a landlord on his being an excellent packer, seeing that he contrived to put a quart of wine into a pint-bottle. [N. B. At this crisis, just when we were about ordering a few oysters, to commence, our dinner with, the efilee-boy—'successor to Peter, of mis chievous memory—gently hints that we had better -not run on this article to an uncon scionable length. We agree with him, and kiss our hand to the reader, with if au revoir " —which holds out the promise of soon meeting again.] THE. REBELLION. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. Imo. ' gRxTEs TO KOPUTII, RE E ' 7 .l - / Le THE SECESSION MOVEMENT EUROPEAN SYMPATHY COURTED, Affairs in the Southwest Portion of Rebeldom. WHAT THE REBELS ARE DOING IN NASHVILLE. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. TEM AROVALOT4I CONDITIoN Or =as 3TATZ. Secession "Outrages in the .liorthurest: THE MASON AND SWELL AFFAIR. WIVES' OFFICIAL REPORT TO SECRETARY WELLES. The Reason he did not Capture the Trent HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO LIEUT. FAIRFAX A Tennessee View of the Campaign. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. LATEST FROM NORFOLK. The Rebels Preparing for a Battle on the Potomac. GEN. BUM'S EXPEDITION AT PORT ROYAL. MORE ABOUT THE FIGHT ON THE - UTTER POTOMAC. &C., &C., &c. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. A/41W from Geo. A. Sanders to Kossuth_ LOUISVILLE. )ee.lo.—Nashville papers received here contain a otter from George N. Sanders to Kossuth, extollbg the Secession movement, and limping that the Etifoi>oao lovers of freedom will extend their sympathies to the South. An elegant fig was presented by the Louisville ladies to Gen. gorrison yesterday, at Camp Bart Spaulding. Mr. Tingle, the editor of the Lafayette Courier, made presentation speech on behalf of the ladies. An Aural from Nashville ..ournal of the 9th - instant says i--- Mr. A. S. Barker the , well-known railroad agent, arrived from Nativille, Tennessee, last evening, having left that plc° on Saturday, the 2:11 instant. It will be remerbered that Gay. Hamli, of Toro, nessee, made a figuisition a few months ago for thirty thousand mu and additional arms. The call met with no respose whatever, and the authorities were compelled s draft in order to fig CIN re- Tho cork of dretting commenced in Nashville the daysf his departure. Be estimates thinumber of rebel troops between Nashville and Besting Green at twenty-eight thou semi, He 11e111111911ti that they are miserably fed and badly clothed and that there is a great defi ciency in the matto of arms. Many of them, too, are ill, and he thiks there are fully three thou sand five hundred iok soldiers in Nashville alone. No attention is Bien to the peyment the troops, and the soldiers live been so accustomed to that sort of neglect, th they do not expect to receive remuneration for heir services, being but too glad if they can obtain efficient subsistence to keep their souls and bodies teethe,. Mr. Barker wsufkmiliar with many of the boys who left this eit'and joined the rebel army, and relates some aiming episodes in their histories down there. Be nit that Blanton Nun Liße fallen into cilsgraceren there, having given up the pursuit after milkry fame and adopted gambling as a profession. AFFAIRS 11 THE SOUTHWEST. The following lies are gleaned from full files of New Orleans raPelto 0 1 9 28th ult, Tho Now Or. leans Crescont of tie 25th contains the following "talk on 'change Saturday was doted to the war elements, and though the streets t general were crowded to ex am, the flap of Girondelet were tleeerted by the habitues. Countinibouses, offices, and warehouses were all closed. 'le telegraph wires brought no thing important fan distant parts, and the day was devoted to the rand future of the country ; and even yesterdi there was vary little .I.e talked of than the autd review on Saturday. Accounts were rerived yesterday that the naval expedition for Relucky was progressing finely toward its destinam, and that the grew liNifim battery lc.. g-0.-ns T rr. incip We dislike to say any more of the moments of this expedition, as the infernal spies id Black Republican sympa thisers will be seilin g of their bearers of de- Gracfies. There ri some talk last evening of the withdrawal of the ird Mississippi Regiment, Col. s i Deacon, from the a shore, and of its embarkation for Columbus las vening. This leaves the sea shore of Miasissip Sound unprotected, though theFii is Both6g of • uscluenee for the picayune marauders to steal t a few chickens, pigs, and cows. The village ffer nothing more to attract their attention. The steamer Ma eta, which arrived yesterday ff 6151 MetaWs, b —l,,t two lormirod dales of cotton, consigned nd for account of Messrs. Puk Brothers, tiu fled for shipment to Spain Or Mexico. It w z. chased at one of the inland depots, and was all , it to co hidnj by spvvisl peizo 6 e.eu of the • eritice, as this house Has made arrangements the exportation of cotton. It is not supposed th be the only consignment to their address, as learn they have liberty to bring to the city tiundred bales at any ono time. We do not k how our non-exportation- ids will regard this vontent, but if a Spanish, English, or French v , 1 runs the blockade, enters the Missiasippi, and a to Natchez or Vicksburg far mitten. We fife no are thWt ittei ceu be =u terrupted, nor tshOiet . ey be, paiticularly as in the case of the Berm at Savannah, they bring cargoes of inerchand" or which we are greatly in A Grand Review. A grand review of the First Division of the Lou ;elan& Militia recently occurred at Now Orleans. The Delta of the 24th says : DestAte the absence of twelve thousand of our people who are now in remote points of our Con federacy, battling for our cause and serving in h e a ib m it p i s o , n t s h o e f m display iil tstv fig w e; c ro e c e a d l e n d a t h n or previous th ex er hers in line at twenty-eight thousand men, we give a lower figure than the general estimate. On Ca nal street, from the river to Broad Street, on both sides, the lines extended A diatanee of over three miles. Marching in column, more than four hours were consumed in the review. In order of battle, the line would have extended seven miles. And this great force included no non-combatants. They are all fighting men men who aro prepared to tams the field in defence of the city at a moment's warning. They inc:uded not only citizens, but a vast number of resident foreigners, who, so far from availing themselves of their privilege to stand neutral in the present ever, fully eral our native population in the alacrity and enthusiasm with which they gather around the Confederate flag, and pledge their lives and fortunes to defend our soil from the barbarous invader. It will be an occasion the remembrance of which will never peas from the memories of all beholders. In the distant future he who visited this parade will recur to it with pride and exultation, and by the recital of its inci dents will excim the profound wonder of Mum generaticiie. Such a manifestation confirms the assurance we have ever cherished that there is no force at the command of the vandal invaders of our country which New Orleans is not prepared to welcome with bloody hands to near, TiiiMniren(soutirk.),Standard says: It is.said that no less than 7,000 men met at Po cahontas, in this State, in forty-eight hours after the news was given them that the I d ingqiniteg were marching on - that pace, armed with guns, rifles, so., to repel the invading foe. Gray-haired fa thers and striplings (as one about fifteen summers said, be was armed with a scythe blade) were " going to kill some darn Yankees." The Caddo (La 4 S ourkieestern, says that a gen • Semen just from Fanning county, Texas, says that the people in that county are tanning a great quan tity of leather, perfecting it in three days by a pro cess of bois d'art. The process was accidently dis setwad. The gaiitleix.n who g ave us the infor mation—who is a good judge of the article—pro nounces it equal to leather tanned by the old pro cess. The Houston Tele! raph, says : From proton, indications it appears that the result for Congress in Texas, is as follows : First district, John A. Wilcox;• Second district, J. C. Herbert ; Third district, P. W. Gray ; Fourth District, F. B. Sexton r t Fifth district, M. D_ t S 6 th dis trict, B. 11. Epperson. Of course it is not certain that all these gentlemen are elected, but such are the indications. Further returns may make some changes. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Eckel Outrages tu the Northwest Tile St. Louis Democrat says Our letters and despatches from . day to day ex hibit a terrible condition of affai ..s in that portion of the State lying between R• firhaut and the katts ...„ 11°1 '95 1'a4144 Secessionists, supposed to 's army, have been be detachments frc - ai p r i ce scouring the cur ntr y and arousing some of the worst - P a ' ar -of unman nature among the gitlzggio, The w Pr° r of Union men Las been ruthlessly , e er, " and destroyed, whenever 'st has been of a ,:uaracter not calculated to be put to the use of the robbers; or, if useful to them, taken offend appropri• ated, The residents of these seetions are being daily driven from their homes, and are flocking to the various military posts for protection, Is there no remedy for these persecutions—no punishment to be meted out to the bold freebooters? It is plain that trecumusiwo efforts are now • Taise volmsteeni ig tile rive; counties and in I..rorthweld, MissOtil4 for Price's arms. A meeting was held in Lexington ? on Friday of ;I . l# week, et which several Secessionists spoke, to urge a united effort in behalf of the rebels. Meetings for the same purpose have also been held in Ray, Clay, and other counties in that section. Colonel Boydand Captain Kay, of St, Joseph, are said to be , in the upper country, on the same mission, endeavoring termite volunteers. Subscriptions for money, clothing, ete. are in circulation, with, as we learn, however, bat little summits thus far. The Union men in the Rotation refereed to file closely watched, and, in the present condition of affairs, being unarmed, are unable to put any ob stacles in the way of the rebel movements. It is to be hoped that this thraldom will be speedily re moved, and the reinforcements Intended lee Gene ral Price be prevented from reaching him. A Brave Woman. [From the St. Louis Christian Advocate.] Mite. Phelps resides about a mile and a half from Springfield, Missouri, and is the wife of Col. John S. Phelps, of a loyal Missouri regiment . On the af ternoon after the battle of. Wilson' s Creek, it was noised that the rebels bad determined to out, out tho bearL of Gen. Lyon, and preserve it as a trophy over the United States army. Mrs. Phelps, learn ing of the outrage upon the slain general, armed herself, as she was accustomed to do for some time in order to preserve her life and the lives of her family from the muiderees assaults of the Secessionists. Thus armed, she drove to Mr. Price's camp by nightfall, and there, all, all alone, guarded the body of Gen. Lyon. When ordered by the rebels to give up the Indy, she post, lively refused, and declared they must cut out her heart before they could get the heart of the general. There, all alone, she stood guard during the whole night, with her arms in readiness to de fend her charge, rogard/ces of her own life, thus fearlessly passing the dreary night amid the asso ciations of the dead, the wounded, and the blood thirsty men who were awaiting an opportunity to obtain the coveted heart of the noble Lyon. After daylight, having made arrangements lu reference to her precious charge, she repaired to her home, and sent a colored servant with a wagon and two horses to bring the remains of General Lyon to her residence, in order to inter them in her garden or on the farm, with all the respect in her power toward the commander of the loyal army. But as the wagon had not returned in due time, she drove again to Mr. Price's camp, and found her wagon had been seized for the use of the rebel array, and her servant eondned in it and gagged. As the horses had been unhitched from the wagon, with her own hands she again hitched them. When resistance was again offered to her course, she fearlessly declared she would deal death with har raealeasa to any one who ...tasted her. about the time she had released her servant and got her precious treasure in the wagon, resistance was again threatened. She then pressed her way to the pre sence of General rritie, who, at her pressing in. attune, ordered her to have the body of the slain general, without further interruption. Having thus obtained her precious object, more dear to her than life, she accompanied it to her re aidenee, and there interred it in the best manner she could. And all this was done in the absence of her loyal husband, who, in consequence of his duties as colonel, could not be present to accompany his ndle wife in performing this work of loyalty and humanity. Anomalous Position of Missouri. The admission of Missouri into the Southern Con federacy, so far as the acts of the rebels eau mow plith It, will lead to at:vox - at complications. Here tofore General Price has levied war on the United States exclusively in the name of the State of Missouri, and his sympathizers have claimed that they 11 4 44 Still citizens of the Union. But now the aspect of affairs is changed, and Missouri presents the anomalous picture of a State under four different governing powers, being governed according to the oceu . pation of the military authorities, by Jeff Davis end Cleih Admen, where der rebel. are la power, and by President Lincoln and Governor Gamble, where the Unionists have the upperhand. A Rebel View of the Campaign in itim- The Memphis Azalanche of December 4 publishes the following article in regard to the campaign in Missouri. Our readers will readily detect, and cor net far tharasslosc. ItS numerous erroneous state ments : The war in Missouri has taken a sudden and ex traordinary turn. But a few days ago General Price's army was retreating, as if it intended to evacuate the State, the greater portion of which was in the military occupation of the Fedorals, and Fremont's army was pushing on, as if in hot pur suit of Price. It was loudly vaunted by the Lin- COlll forces that the Federal army was eagerly seeking battle with the Missourians. It looked very much, indeed, as if Missouri was to be given up for the time to the undisputed control of the Federals. But, ,just as thZ tWo a nvies came almost in sight of each other, and a battle seemed imminent, Fre mont was superseded, and his successor, Gen. Hun ter, ordered a retreat to St. Louis—leaving Sigel, with a portion of his NW, to Oyer the real:, he being the greatest general in a retreat in the whole Federal army, Gen. Price hotly pursuing the Teu tonic general. The reason assigned for this sudden retrograde movement is, that Gen. Ilunter's army is to . part4CiFilic iii the grand expedition down the This change of programme puts an entirely new face on Missouri affairs. It liberates Missouri from Federal thraldom. The scattered Federal forces throughout the State were concentrated under Fru > moat for the great battle with Price and MeCul• loch, which was to put an end to rebellion in Mis souri ; and consequently their removal to the Mis sissippi leaves the State free from their detested occupation, and under the protection of the derete 11.6 7 .glib the exception of the small per tion of it which may be cursed hereafter by the ac tual presence of the Hessians. It seems very probable now that the war in Mis- Souri will be narrowed down to St_ Louie, whore the Federal)] will make their final stand, and be put on the defensive. They are being literally driven out of Missouri by the army of Price and McCulloch, which they dare not meet. The over shadowing clospollau. which Lincoln had established over that State has been scattered to the winds, never again to be restored. A well appointed, thoroughly equipped, and pcwerfiil army, heti at last been created by the genius of Price and energy of Jackson, capehie of maintaining the independence of Missouri, and which will continue to grow in strength and effi ciency. This is all she lacked heretofore. Having such an twiny fIQW ehli can never again be overrun by her invaders, who will be forced to concentrate for their own protection. The people, able to breathe freely again, and relieved from the hateful espio nage and harassing oppression of the Hessian SOI d/OrY3 will organise and equilthemaelvaa far thg.i own defence, and with overw helming and ever-ac 'cumulating forces, will ere long drive the last ac cursed minion of the tyrant from Missouri soil. It is said that Prose announces his intention to winter se Ms Ifineaarl riv-cr, amid rich valleys, which afford ample sustenance for an army. But we doubt not that he will continue to pursue and menace Hunter, so long as the latter shall continue active. If „ 11 untvr shall attempt hostilities this winter in t he blisslietippi valley; Price will be on hand to meet him. But, by threatening St. Louis, which Price is now prepared to do, the Federal forces in Missouri. instead of undertaking to de- M a e " 43 ai rir.rt I rQCVWFQ I I94 csilaalii at pt, TWO CENTS.. Louie, and troops will have to be withdrawn from other pointefor its defence. •In every point of view, WO regard the results of the war in Missouri, now being developed, as in the highest degree matisfectery. For thaw we kre chiefly indebted ito the prudence. the untiring energy, unfleggingperseveranee, and consummate generalship of ben. Sterling Price—a commander of the highest order of ability. second to none, we fife inclined to believe, In the- Confederate service. Starting out without as army. arms, or munitions of war, he basin a few months mustered a force before which the combined armies of the enemy are emnPelle4 t 9 fly; be Wont-goner/Wed the Lincoln commanders—whipped them in two battles—and nearly accomplished the liberation of Missouri. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Late News- from Norfolk FORTRESS Mornas,= December 9, via Balit more.--A flag 9. truce wont to Norfolk this morn.. Mg, carrying thirty-two prisoners discharged by the United States Government on parole. A rebel flag of trues met our boat and transferred thereto some ladies coming from Richmond, Prom to-ddy' Zforfoln Bay Book we learn that a battle is immediately expected on the Poto mac, as the sutlers. are removing their stores from the camps. The war rumoro and war foyer are very high, A telegraphic despatch dated Savannah, Decem ber 7, states that General Butler's expedition ar rived PP tilat day at Port Royal. - Nothing is said about Parson Brownlow's vic tory to -Z ans affair. Dr. Johnson Clark, surgeon of the Union coast guard ; died today of typkitid fever. Hle belly is to be sent North by this evening's boat. Appearance of Five Thousand Rebels near Williamsport—One Hour's Can nonading—The Rebels Forced to Retire —TWelve of them Esikil. The New York Herald contains the following special despatch &tiny 1100 u, Dee. 9, via Frederick, Md.—The reticle opened a cannonade of Shot and shell against Dent No. 5 of the canal, near Williamsport, yester day afternoon. The firing lasted over an hour, but it was badly directed, and did no damage either to the canal or its defenders, except the wounding of one man_ The long range rifles of the Thirteenth Massachu setts Regunent compelled the rebels to retire. Their loss is unknown. General Banks has ordered Gametal Hamilton to &Lady Hu& to 46zoinleit.e The rebel battery engaged. ima Pendleton's artil lery. Knapp's Pennsylvania Battery has been ordered to Willicalvor& from. Frederiek: I will send more details if anything important transldres. the enemy bas opened the railroad, and is run ning ears Vora. Winchester to garper's Ferry, and assembling large bodies of trzepa near the Ferry. FREDERICK, Dec. 9.—Tho rehels renewed the fight this morning at daybreak, °mein within good range of our Enfield rifles. • In fifteen minutes they were tbrced to retire, leaving thaif gene, aphiek they aubgez v i6i,lls , re gained under cover of a company of rebel riflemen. In this encounter twelve of their number fell. No loss on our side. They hare fire thousand troops opposite Wil• liarnsport, under Jackson. General Hamilton has returned, and reports all quiet. He brought with him a deserter and two hundred dollars in rebel scrip, taken from a pri- EMAIL_ edatel i...eonara eounnoiceled our men. Arrival of Colonel Mulligan and Family. Colonel James A. Mulligan and his family ar rived at Washington on the 9th inst. In an inter view with him ha infarmad . ee.ieereadorti that the simple object of his wit to 111 P phinston is to obtain authority to raise a new eel:mat. lie finds 'himself Isithout a commiaajo h under an order from the 6etnidiii,tinj geheial, JAW.. ethilieliekee,_ the commissions of officers in the regiutellitZ le Y are mustered out of service. His regiment ,'" 'llTai... enlisted and sworn in for three years. They were all taken prisone T s, sad the Colonel himself was at the same flume in the anomalous position of a oivi lian and a prisoner of war. The government will probably grant Colonel Mulligan authority to raise a regiment without delay. He has at hand nearly Eva ceougb for that purpmet Review of Eighty Thousand Rebel Troops at Centreville—Pante and Stampede. The Government has received valuable and in teresting infotinalien from domorterg who have into) , come into our lines. A colored boy came in on Monday, from Centreville, and has made a statement which is deemed reliable. He says the rebels had a review of eighty thousand troops at Centreville a few day§ ago. Deacregara and all their principal generals were present. During the review an alarm was created by the report that our entire army in this vicinity was marching to attack them. El panto and stampede took piapp, tivellitsg the retreat at Bull RIM. deverai guns were left on the field, and not recovered until the next day. Army wagons were capsized and wagon poles broken off., and their drivers fled In dismay. The scene is said to have been ludicrous in the ex treme The Rebel Army on the Lower Potomac. A deserter from the rebel army on the Lower Po tomac reports that General Holmes has chief eon/- Mend in that quarter of about twent.v.five thousand men, and all the generals under him whom he heard the names of were General French, of Mis sissippi, General Wigan, of Texas, and General Whiting. The rebel forces have been greatly aug mented within the hut four or five weeks. The fa moue Hampton Legion is among them. Besides the Maryland artillery, there is another company over there called the Baltimore artillery. Most of the infantry companies from Maryland, he t 091191-91, are stationed farther in the intsrior—Sumewhere in the vicinity of Centreville. A battery of artillery, consisting of six pieces, under command of Captain Emborden. of Virginia, is encamped near Dumfries. Captain Aptirows' Maryland artillery company are putting up sheds for their horses ; and several in fantry regiments—among them one from Tennessee —are erecting log houses for winter quartefs. Just before he left the rebel camp to effect his escape, in telligence was received from Dumfries, where it had come by telegraph from Fredericksburg, that Burn side's naval expedition, which had been fitting out at Annapolis, was already at the mouth of the Po tomac. A few nights ago the rebels were thrown into a state 9f groat cacitement by seeing the MR. ing star, limo, seen dimly through the mist, was at first mistaken by them for a signal for an attack upon them, for they have been anticipating an at tack, and their idea is, that, simultaneously with an ad rnnee of the Union army in feast of itreshin s ton, the flotilla would engage the batteries opposite here, and General Hooker's division cross over to support the general movement. This man says that mat of the Marylanders with whom he mime in contact in the rebel army are young men under twenty-one years of age, who crossed over in the early stages of the revolt, without due deliberation, and are now convinced of the rashness and folly of their 66iine, end are anxious to return to their homes. He says that so far as he has obserred, the rebels are well clothed and fed, and are anxious for a fight. He has frequently heard the wish express ed that the war was ended, though most of them are led to believe that the Southern cause is a righteous one,. and they would scarcely consent to terms of peace which did not include the recogni tion of the Southern Confederacy. THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR. REPORT OF CAPTAIN W/LKES. WHY HE DID HOT SEIZE TA K E THEFT NIS ORDERS TO LIEUTENANT FAIRFAX, Capt. Wilkes' Letter to the Secretary of the Navy on the Arrest of Mason and Nild@ll. The following la the interesting roport of Capt. Wilkes, assigning his reasons for the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell : U. S. STEINER gAll J.Lonve.o, At Sea, Nov. 16. SIR : In my despatch by Commander Taylor I confined myself to the reports of the movements of this ship and the facts connected with the captgrc 241.1011, Muacia l and iqucfarland i as I intended to write you particularly relative to the reasons which induced my action in making these prisoners. When I hear 4 at cicall 4 ll4lll Qn the south side of Cuba, or these commissioners having landed on the Island of Cuba, and that they were at Havana, and would depart in the English steamer of the 7th of November, I determined to intercept therm and carefully examined all the authorities ea iatesus tional law to which I had access, viz.: Kent, Wheaton, Vattel, besides various decisions of Sir Wm. Scott, and other judges of the Admiralty Court of Great Britain, which bora upon the rights of neutrals and their rearumsibilitiss. The Governments of Great Britain, France, and Spain, having issued proclamations that the Con federate States were viewed, considered, and treat ed as belligerents, and knowing that the ports of Great Britain, France ; Spain, and Holland., in the West Indies, were open to their vessels, and that they were admitted to all the courtesies and pro tection vessels of the 'United States received, every aid and attention being given them, proved clearly MO they acted upon this view and decision, and brought them within the international law of search, and under the responsibilities. I therefore felt no hesitation in boarding and searching all vessels, of whatever nation, I fell in with ? and have done n in my mind wnether I had the right to capturetheperwons of these commissioners —whether they were amenable to capture. There was no doubt I had the right to capture vessels with 'written. despatches—they are expressly re• (erred to in all authorities, subjecting the vessel to seizure and condemnation if the captain of the ves sel had the knowledge of their being on board.. But these gentlemen were not despatches in the literal cetiSe', did not scorn to otilao under that designation, and nowhere could I And a ease in point. That they were commissioners I had ample proof from their own avowal, and bent on mischievous and traitorous errands agalzst ouki.try—to over throw its institutions and, enter into treaties and alliances with foreign States, expressly forbidden by the Constitution. They had been presented to the Captalg famorai of Cuba by 11. IL M. consul general, but the clap tain general told me be bad net received them in that capacity, but as distinguished gentlemen and etrangers. I then ecileisicresi them as the nu/Yoh:atm of despatches, and as they bad openly declared them selves as charged with all authority from the Con federate Government to form treaties and alliances tending to the establishment of their independence, I hemline eat fled that their3oLioli. Wks oavoruo 'and Criminal to the Union, and it therefore became my duty to arrest their progress and capture them, if they had no passports or papers from the Federal gurernment, es provided for under the htw tions—vit That foreign Milliken of iR 4eUlgortat THE WAR PRESS. Tag Was PaR3B will be sent to subscribers by mail (ter annum . in advance) at 62.00 Three CoDios 11 Five " " Ten 11 1i Larger Clubs will be charged at the eaten rate, thus ! 20 copies will coat $24 ; 50 copioa will cost $6O • and 100 copies $l2O. Fora Club of Twenty-on e or Error, we Will send en _Nogg Cm ts fill LP AttAP-lii. of iL e char. •r Postmasters are requested to ad a! Agents for Tins WAR PRESS. on board of neutral ahips are required to petweat papers from the other belligerent to permit them to yass free." Report 'and asawnption gave them the OM, of nfiniAtoti, to Drones and tug - land, but itutsumott they had not been received by either of these Powers, I did not conceive they bad immunity at tubed to their persons, and were but escaped coo sigivrors, plotting Mid contriving to overthrow that Goverinuent of e - United States, and they were, therefere,.not to be considered as having any claim to the immunities• attached to the character they thought et to assume. As roajioote the steltm&i. in whtel, they em barked, seertained in the %mann that abe wee a ,merchant vessel plying between Vera Cruz, the Havana ands St. Thomas, carrying the mail by contract. The itgeat of the- vowel, the son of the British consul at Havana, was well aware of the character of these persons; that they engaged their passage and did embark in , the vessel ; his father had vi sited them, and introduced them as ministers or t h i p Confederate States ea their way to &vend and France. They went in the steamer with the knowledge and consent of the captain, who endeavored afterwards to conceal them by refueing to exhibit the passen ger list, find the parsers of Thor.... 6a no doubt he knew they were carrying highly im portant despatches ) and were endowed with in structions inimical to the 'United States. This ren dered his vessel ilfiliffin II good prize; and I determined to take possession of her, and, us I men tioned in my report, send her to Key West for ad judication, where I am well satisfied she would have been condemned for carrying these parsons, and for resisting to be searched ; the cargo was alit; liable, as all the shippers were knowing to the em barkation of these live- despatches, and their trai term/a motives and actions to the Union of the forlore to sota-e , of InY being IQ irs eon. and crew i and ;he Ocrangernew it woad cause innocent per sons, there being a large number of passengers, who would have- been pat to great lose and incon venience as well as disappointment from the inter ruption it would have caused the** pet bibs able to join Ile steamer trona tit. Thomas for Su mps. I, therefore, concluded to sacrifice the in terests of my steers and mew in the prim, and sof fend the steamer to 'proceed after the necessary detention to effilotlimlansfer of these commission. 131.4, essiddeshig I harLeiblallWal die important end T. had is view, and whit& idilMied deo interests of our country, and interrupted the nedien of that of the Confederates. I would add that the *endue' of H. B. M.'S Meb jseth, beak affisial and ett nui. re gard or obedience to her proclamation by aiding and abetting the. views and endeavoring ' to conceal the persona of the oomaitalionera. DIST@ pointed out sufficient ream to show lots that my action in this case was derived from a firm, conviction that it became my duty to make these parties prisoners, and to bring them to the United States. Anse* In inya-Mug-up Utle valuable f istie have deprived the officers and Grew of a well-earned reward, I am assured they are quite content to forego any advantages which might have accrued to them under the emremstanees. I faliy Lail that, rearm:- billty, I am willing to abide the result. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES WILKES, Captain. Hon. Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy. The Orders tor the Arrest of Mason and Slidell. The following is a copy of the orders issued by Captain Wilkes, of the Zan Tacinto, to Lieutenant Fairfax,executive officer of the vessel, for the ar rest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell: "U. S. STEAMED SAx JACINTO, AT Brt; Nov. 8, 1861. "Ma: You will have the second and third cut ' tars of this ship fully manned and armed, and be, in all respects, prepared to board the steamer Trent, now hove to under our ens. uOn boarding Ler, Ital min deinSfsi the papers of the steamer, her clearance from Havana, with the list of passengers and crew. "Should Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustis, and Mr. Macfarland be an heard, Tau will males them prieoners, and send them on board this ship immediately, and take possession of her as a prize. -- "I do not deem it will be necessary to use force '-"ners will have the gem' Rage to .04.K11. L a e—.big it ; but, if they should, hyoid any necessity rot . that it is their they must be made to rindeirsterre own fault. They must be brought on boars. " All trunks, eases, packages, and bags bel to them, yen will Wiz melon of sad rand` v board this ship. Any despatches found on the per sons of the prisoners, or in possession of those on board the steamer, will be taken possession of also, examined, and retained if necessary. have undo:weed that the families of these gentlemen may be with them ; if so, I beg you will offer some of them, in my name, a passage in this ship to the United States; and that all the attention and comforts we can commend era tendered them, and will be plaited at their service. "In the event of their acceptance, should there be anything which the captain of the steamer can spare to increase the comforts in the way of nacos- Karim or stares, of whisk a war vestal is deficient, you will please to promise them ; the amount will be paid for by the paymaster. Lieut. James A. Gregg will take charge of the third cutter, which accompanies you, and will mi dst you in these duties, "I trust that all those under your command, in executing this important and delicate duty, will conduct themselves with all the delicacy and kind ness which becomes the character of our naval see viee_ I am, eery rest.eattaily-, " Your obedient servant, "CHARLES WILKES, Captain. "Lieut. D. M. FAIRFAX, U. S. Navy, " Executive Officer San Jacinto.' OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. A Successful Foraging _Expedition. [Correspondence of 'The Prem.] CAMP PIERPONT, Fairfax co., Va. General MeCall's Division, Dee. 9, DM, The monotony of the camp life of the Pennsylva nia Reserves was dissipated somewhat on Friday last by an expedition in search of forage, which was attended with the most satisfactory results. Our pickets and scouts extend three miles in a aut• werdly direction, although ecouting parties fre quently proceed beyond Dranesville, and to Diffi cult creek, a distance of seven or eight miles. You 4aT9 hotird id the reconnoissance made a few weeks since by Colonel Bayard, when his horse was shot from under him, and Dr. Alexander was fatally wounded by a shot from the rebels. They LAT° grown holder since that Oaension, and a raw days ago a cannon ball was lodged on the farm of a Mr. Nelson, a short distance from our encampment, supposed to have carried three or four miles. in view of ibis state of things, and Compelled, by the force of circumstances ; to provide subsist- once for our forces, it was deemed advisable to march wcetwardly with a largo force, fur the don. ble purpose of making a reconnoissance and to ea. cure forage. Accordingly, at an early hour on Friday last, the Second brigade set out under com. mend of General George F. Meade, of your city, accompanied by Captain Samuel Ringwalt, quer. termaster of the brigade, in charge of a large num ber of transportation wagons. Scouts were sent lilt lB NSlTilint i and although tho line of march ; in many places, was on a narrow road and deep ra vines hemmed in by almost impenetrable forests, our troops met with no resistance, and failed to see the Most remotesign of the enemy_ The soldiers! were in excellent condition, and eager for battle, and therefore felt somewhat disappointed. The farms in this section have generally been deserted, the wades having joined the rebel army) awl those remaining at home are in an almost destitute oondi tion. Many of the inhabitants are sick and unable to procure medical attendance t and are obliged to glie up all the luxuries and many of the neces. series of life on account of their inability to pass the lines of either army. The particular plantation ? however, to which our expedition was directed was an exception to the general rule. It is located a mile north of the Leesburg turnpike, about three miles from Dranes vile, and belonged to a man named Gagne3l, pgp of the most wealthy, aristocratic, azd notorious Se• cessionists in Eastern Virginia. Gunnell was par ticularly noted for his persecution of citizens claim ing to be loyal, and iirft.7 the term of the neighbor= hood before our gallant Pennsylvania Reserves took possession of the sacred soil of Virginia. His farm, however, has been very highly cultivated tiPti its surroundings indicate that he was an expo= rieneed agriculturist. his mansion was left in charge of an aged sister and a few slaves some two months ago, while Gunnell himself and his most valuable SIDYSS Were transferred to the rebel ger. vice. The furniture was of the most costly and luxurious character, the cellars were stocked with the choicest liquors, and the larder contained all the delicacies of a well-appointed household. The barn was filled to OTerilowing with hay and grain, and numerous stacks were revealed to our expectant, eager soldiers. Captain Ringwalt, escorted by companies A and B of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and tu,lu a in Aurae Attri,T9 largo teams, pro ceeded to search the premises, while Gen: Meade stationed the regiments of the brigade in various positions ? to keep a sharp look-out and be prepared for an attack or surprise by the enemy. The old lady above referred to promptly surrendered the keys of the establishment, upon being assured that eke would bo properly protected, and. although Our brave, Self-sacrifieing soldiers saw many tempting delicacies, they generally abstained from destroy ing or capturing them. The party then proceeded to the barn, and loaded fhe wagon* with Trimp4, oats, corn, potatoes, brick, lumber, and twenty seven fat hogs, averaging two hundred pounds in weight. They also procured a fine pair of fat oxen, a subettuttial &erbium wagon, and fievett horses, besides a number of articles of minor importance. The two nephews of Gunnell were taken prison ers. The slaves threw themselves on the protection of eos troop. and tears subsequently sent to Matz ington. The expedition reached their •quarters near Langley about sundown, without having met with the slightest accident. The property captured was { 9 L api, bail, quartmanater of McCall's division, and will be properly distributed. It has, of course. been confiscated, as Gunnell haa always been regarded as one of the most active il.ti cessiontsts in this region. An expedition was made on Sunday, and *levered of the soldiers secured valuable lots of property in exchaniza for salt, which is said to ha mart autr.- ble data erg other CinPatidity. POW/. 0.90 8.00 12.00
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