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A PAPER FOR THE CAW AND FIRESIDE.
FORNEY'S WAR PRESS.
CONTENTS OF NO. 6, FOR SATURDAY, DE
CEMBER Si.
MNGRAYINGS.—Portrait of Parson Brownlow, the
Union Patriot of Tennekee—Map of the Boomed City of
Charleston, S. C.—General Sherman's Headquarters,
Milton Head, S. C.
A STORY OF THE WAR—How it was Mickey Free
went for Three Years.
FROM KENTUCKY. An Impending Battlo—Move.
nlente or TrOnps—Poktion of the Forreh—Singular
reer of Gen. Samoa—The Army in Keatucky—Ken
tacky Rebels Stealing Negroes and Arming them—A He
roic Act—A Battle Imminent in Eastern Kentucky—A
Battle in Prob-rette atsomerset—Reinforcements for lien
tucky—Prospects of a Battle.
FROM MISSOTIRL—Reported Battle at Lexington—
General Price - and Governor Jackson—Time War in Mis
-83111-l-s,o4:4oniUra to Supportthe nefugees—A 50CC4,63-
ful Scouting Expedition—Order of Gen. Halleck—Price
Still at Osceola—The Arrest of Capt. Sweeney.
I' ROM FORT PICKERS —The Official Report of Col.
Brown—lmportant from Fott Pichens.
FROM THE SOUTlL—Parson Brownlow's Wherea
bonts—Feeeral Occupation of Portsmouth, S. C.—The
Union Nanßetrayed in Arkattens—A Begort tO Prating
Itecominr Neees.4arr—The Rebel General Price Not Sit,
horsed—Proceedings of the Rebel Congress—Admission
of Rentneky—Excitement at Norfolk—Seizure of a
Schooner—Lestrurtion of the Cotton Crop, tira,
MISCELLA IslEOUS.—The War on the Mississippi—
Union Victory M Western Virginia—The Late Battle in
Vicatern Virginia Stammer PangefollSll Ilt Tit
Army of the Potomac—From Cairo—The Prospects of a
Forwent Movement and the )oming Battles on the Mis
eissippi—More Union Troops Lauded at eltip Island—
General Burnside's Expedition—Our Northern Frontier
—The Mason and blidell t2u‘tstion in roropo—ThreeDaye
Later from Europe, &c.
RAYY—From our Forces under Gen. Sherman:
Better from Port Royal—Letter from Tybee
EDITORIALS. The Latimt War here—Oue of the
Motives—No Surrender—Southern Finance.
TEE "LETTERS PROM OCCASIONAL".
the Sontlivrn ATlfinatraCT formerly Controlled WlWhil2l,6-
ton—The Movements of Gen. McClellan—The Capture
of Mason and Slidell—The New from England—The Ob
jects of the War.
SPECIAL D.R.grATIPHEg FROM THE CAPITAL.
—From Gen. Heintzlemon's Con l ll and—Etfeet or the
English News at Washington—Secretary Seward's Fore
sight--The Traitor who was ithot—Tho California Rog' ,
meat—Arms for the Army and Navy, .tc.
COIMIIESSIONAL.-1 Funeral Day in the Senate—
mum /Amy trone on the War-like 'Nowa from Eng
land—Senator Wilson's Dill fur the Abolition of Slavery
in the District of Columbia—The Congressional Inquiry
into Government Contracts.
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS
The details of the news from England, brought
by the mails of the Jiera, indicate that the
excitement in regard to the seizure of Mason and
Slidell had, to a slight extent, been allayed by the
publication of the letter of General Soott, which
appears on our nut page, and by the discussions
which had appeared in the Engli.l journals, show
ing that we bad only followed English precedents
in stopping the Trent and seizing the rebel com
missioners. It is evident, however, that much
angry feeling still exists, and even those journals
which are frienal,y to the Xeith Intimate that, if
what they deem " ample reparation " is not made,
it will be almost impossible to avoid a war between
the two countries, The London Times, whilo it con
cedes that plenty of British precedents can be found
=to prove that the British navy has repeatedly acted
in a much more offensive manner than the Stn Ja
cinto, contends that we " must be prepared to
accept as international law, not what the Eng
lish navy or others have done in old times, but
what the English navy would be permitted to
do in the present day." It also alleges that the
English Ministry have sent " to Washington, not
to am c Controrcrew,Lct to demand cc reseitm-
On the other hand, the London Daily News
<>pew. lie &FluirMS to ki:Affilwell-written communi
cations, one of which shows that E tg, land, for
seventy years, when she was a belligerent, "as
serted,' not by law, but by armed force, the
right to search for and capture persons sail
ing under the neutral flag of the United
States: . Another correspondent ably shows
the folly 'of censuring Captain Wilkes for not
subjecting the innocent passengers on board the
Trott to the pecuniary loss and inconvenience
which they would have suffered if that vessel had
been taken into an American port.
Richard Cobden, too, in his letter warns his
countrymen that any intervention in our internal
difficulties " can have no other effect but to aggra-
Tete epd provoke the quarrel."
But these worn of sc.blr and unimpassioned
counsel have tut a limited effect in stemming the
torrent of British prejudice and passion, which has
been aroused; and 'which %b sympathizers with
the rebellion are doing their utmost to increase.
And such military and naval preparations hare
been commenced 1.7 the Brill.l, Government that
their intention. to speedily commence hostilities, if
a diplomatic adjustment is not male, cannot well
be doubted.
A telegraphic despatch from New York says that
Secretary Chase stated yesterday in that city that
he had good reason to believe that an amicable act
dement would be made, and we presume that the
Administration will adopt every honorable means
in its power to avoid a war with England at this
critical juncture in our national history. He also
expressed to the New York bankers the opinion
that within thirty days intelligence of the most
cheer-lag chai/i4t4P would be 1.43d8i4.64 ftkdifet oils
armies and our fleets; and, if a war with England
is avoided, the present position of affairs seems to
fully justify his hopeful views.
General Pope is reported to have scattered in
confusion a large body of the rebels in Western
Missouri_ and to have taken about three hundred
prisoners. Bates county, where he attacked them,
borders on Kansas, and lies a short distance south
of the latitude of St Louis.
The Washington Star says that a successor to
General Phelps, whose injudicious proclamation we
published a few days ago, has been appointed, and
that he will be hastened out of the Gulf with as
little delay as possible.
The New York Evening Post says that no un-
eaainees need be felt in regard to a denotenay of
our supply of saltpetre. It is assumed that the
amount now in Government stores is sufficient for
all emergencies, while as to arms, we arc abundant•
ly able to help ourselves from the armories now in
operation, and with our ability to construct new
machinery whenever it may be needed.
A deFpateh from Somerset, Kentucky, states that
General Schoepff, with his army, had loft that place
to attach Zolliovirer, who was at riehin g Creok
with 6,000 rebels, and several pieces of artillery.
General Schoepff's force consists of about 7,000
men, with three batteries of artillery, and he was
confident that, with the force under his command,
he would be able to whip ZolHuffer, and perhaps
tam some of his troops DPIPINTIAP.4. The itT6 roe_
monis, composed of fugitives from East Tennessee,
lead the van of General Schoepfrs column.
England is the Turnkey
- No later than yesterday, we heard a gentle
man bitterly complain that his brother being a
prisoner in the South, it was a terrible thing
that he could not be liberated, as generally
takes place in war, by exchange. He asked,
in the excitement which was not unnatural un
der the circumstances, why some plan had not
been framed, by which this exchange of priso
ners could be effected ?
That so many persons pine in captivity in
the North and in the South, is mainly to be
attributed to England. We surely do not err
In bellevba s that not, Otily do the public. desire
to see this condition of affairs changed, but
that Congress, the Cabinet, and the President
himself also unite in the desire to have an OK,
change of prisoners. "England, which talks so
loudly of freedom, is the real jailer—
the actual turnkey. Suppose that by
it mutual arrangement an exchange of
prisoners were made, what would Eng
land do and say ? Her words would be,
" While you treated the South as Trove we
could not acknowledge it as independent. AU
we could do was to acknowledge it as belliga
rent. Between a nation and her revolted ter
ritory, exchange of prisoners cannot be ad
mitted—because the exchange would show
equality. The moment you do exchange with
the stoult, we shall insist that you thereby
concede to it the status of national independ
ence, and we shall at once acknowledge it, by
rceogniplog Its flog, break-log the blockade Tau
have proclaimed, and sending our merchant
men into its ports, for cotton and tobacco, rice
and turpentine, under the escort, if necessary,
of our ships or war.''
This is what England would say. She would
act upon it, even if the present difficulty had
not arisen, and thus England keeps, in North
and South, the prisoners who, but for her,
might just as well be restored to freedom and
home, to friends and relatives. If they re
main in prison, England holds the key.
WE HEAR a voice of supplication from the
mountains of Eastern Tennessee. It is an appeal
that we cannot refuse, and which the honer of
the country should speedily answer. It is a
cry of help by those in sad distress—by brave
and good and loyal men, who are suffering for
the cause of their country. For Eastern Ten
nessee we have a peculiar affection. In no
part of the South has the tyranny of the Se
cessionists been more cruel and unrelenting.
In no part of the South has the loyalty of the
masses been more firm and incorruptible. The
people of that district have shown us what it
is to be patriots and citizens—and they show
us every day that while Secessionism may
have extinguished the forms of 'Union awl of
law, they are nevertheless cherished and de
fended by the people.
We believe in comparative loyalty. We are
not disposed to be harsh with the majority of
the Southern people. It is a great deal easier
to go with the tide thanbuffetit, and while there
is glory about martyrdom, men generally do
not care to die for their opinions. Therefore
we are not surprised that, throughout the ex
treme Cotton States, there is no such mani
festation of loyalty as we believe exists, and as
we soon hope to sec. When we know that
loyalty in the Carolinas means death and
poverty and shame, we naturally expect to see
the Carolinas disloyal, Then we lam of citi
zens being sent to prison in New Orleans for
speaking kindly of Mr. Liscots, we reflect
that people, as a general thing, have a dislike
to prisons, and de_ net wonder at the nnahi
mity with which they detest our Chief Magis
trate. Men are executed in Arkansas and
Texas for devotion to the Union, and,
therefore, in Arkansas and Texas the
Union has few friends. All over the South
the enemy is powerful and relentless, disobe
dience to his will is only the prelude to the
prison or the scaffold, and therefore all over
the South, our friends have submitted to the
temporary sway of the tyrant, and look long
ingly unto the North for the coming of the
avenging armies of the Republic. 'When ,So
cessionism broke forth—when State after State
Seceded—and it gcciticd as if the whole
coun
try, south of Mason and Dixon's line, had
yielded to the traitors—there were Union
strongholds throughout the South where the
friends of the country were determined on
making a gallant struggle. One by one they
have surrendered. Northern Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina,
and Virginia—where the liaff, of the Union
waved even after their assumed Secession—are
now overrun and controlled by the enemy,
and such Union men as CLEMENS, STEPILEICS,
Sorre, Horsrox. CiratEn, and Mi.' ES Arc
in
the ranks of the enemy.
One stronghold remains—and that is East
ern Tennessee. No page will be brighter than
that which tells the student of American his
tory hew bravely the Ijilien "net?: fombt — wltb
what devotion they have maintained their alle
giance—against what odds they have con
tended. They are surrounded by an enemy.
Their channels of communication have been
interrupted—their newspapers have been sup
pressed—their public men have been villified,
banished, and plundered—and still they are
true. Not in silence, and under a protest—
but boldly, openly, and with arms in their
hands. We have before us a detailed account
of what they have boon doing—of the recent
"insurrectionary movement," as the Seces
sion newspapers call it, and the cruel mea
sures taken by the rebels to suppress it and
punish the participants. Several have been
hung already, say the Secession organs, and
short work will be made of the rest of them.
Their homes have been visited and plundered
by the rebels, and injury and wrong heaped
upon their families. In the words of, the au
thority from which we quote t cc Hundreds of
families took refuge in hidden mountain re
cesses, leaving_ everything behind them to
escape the ruthless vengeance of their Mrs°.
tutors, while hundreds again have been pil
laged of their all, and are reduced to a state of
starvation, without husbands, sons, or brothers
to protect or feed them." All through Bledsoe,
Rhea, Carter, Johnson, Cocke, Greene; Coles,
Blount, Sevier, and Jefferson counties the
Union men are numerous and enthusiastic.
In the rugged region thereabouts they are en
trenchiag themselves, maintaining an armed
e ri sesitim. to The enemy - , and defending them
selves against vastly superior odds. They
are doing this, too, in the face of every possi
ble disadvantage, scantily supplied with am
munition and provisions, and armed only with
rifles, shot-guns, home-made pikes, and knives.
They are making a desperate and forlorn fight,
in the hope that Pczza. and his army I yal
speedily conic to their assistance.
To the men who have made and are making
this fight let all honor be paid. There were
those who abandoned the field when the first
sign of danger became apparent—abandoned
it cowardly and without striking a blow, only
that they might swell the crowd of Washington
place-hunters and spoilsmen, and receive the
reward of a loyalty which was tempered with
discretion. There were Those like .ALL-. NEL
SON who followed the Union until suddenly
confronted with the doors of a Richmond pri
son, and obtained their liberty by a shameful
abjuration of their allegiance. There were
those like Joux BELL, who covered with dis
grace an honorable life that they might retain
+kelt , lands mid t. 6.454t3§16i1A. Among the
heroes of the fight, none stand higher than
ANDREW JOHNSON. Representing the honest
men of the mountains, a plain, blunt, self
made man, full of energy and power, attached
to Tennessee as the State where he has lived
all his life ; where he has raised his family,
accumulating and investing the earnings of
his life; the State of his pride, his interests,
and affection, he abandoned all that he might
be true to the Union. He was the first to
open the fight by his celebrated attack
upon LANE, of Oregon ; he traversed Ten
nessee, at the 'risk of his life, denouncing
the traitors and opposing Secession until
his public duties recalled him to Wash
ington. As a Senator; he has been a con
sistent friend of the Administration, an earnest
supporter of a radical and thorough war
policy. Since the adjournment of the special
session he has been advocating the Union
cause in Kentucky, and giving his best exer
tions to maintain the loyalty of that State.
His rolativea in !Tennessee are among those
who still cling to the Union. His son-in-law,
Colonel &clams, is at the head of a body of
Union mcg in toles county, while another
son-in-law is directing a similar movement in
the counties of Bledsoe and Rhea. Nor in
speaking of the Senator should we neglect
the gallant •TIMIICt; CATRON, of the United
States Supreme Court, who remained on the
bench until driven from Nashville, and is now
an exile in Washington, having lest his home
stead by confiscation ; nor the eccentric but
indomitable Parson BROWNLOW, who is now
in a 3outhern prison for daring to write and
speak and fight for the Union. Such men as
Representative Alkmaar', Judge DAVID L.
PATTERSON, Major 11E/SKELL I ex-Senator
Frans, Colonel N. G. TAYLOR, and others
well known to Tennesseans as prominent
citizens of that State, are now suffering exile,
inaprisobicent, and proscription for their
loyalty.
When will 81 - Err. and his delivering army
come over the Cumberland mountains to their
aid I The honor of the country demands that
they should not be left to the fate which seems
to be upon g them. It will be an ineffaceable stain
n r oi. the Amegeeti name if the Unita !Ma of
Eastern Tennessee are sacrificed to this spirit
of rebellion. We know that the President
feels kindly towards the people of the Border
States—that for Tennessee he has a parti
cular affection—his message ably repre
sented and defended their cause. To
him the - Union men—these Lineolnites "
of Tennessee—look in their hour of trial—to
him the country appeals for the maintenance
of its hoisor and its faith. .And we hope that
neither our suffering fellow-citizens in Ten
nessee, nor their sympathizing friends through
out the Unlop, will be disappointed.
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IF WE have not given Secretary Smart and
Postmaster General BLAIR the attention they
deserve, it must be remembered that they are
not fighting men, and therefore scarcely en
titled to the honors of war. In the reports
tl.ey have submitted to the President, there
was a vast amount of information, and a tho
rough history and exhibition of the internal
affairs of our country. This history is espe
cially interesting to us when war is deranging
our commerce and agriculture, covering the
nation with debt, and retarding the operations
of the Government. They show what the re.
sources of our country are ; what we may de
pend upon in the prosecution of this war ; and
where, in the future, when peace and quietness
arc restored, we shall find the true elements
of our national greatness. In the report of
the Secretary of the Interior we have our
whole internal system exemplified. His de
partment, perhaps more than any other, has
felt the depressing effects of treason. Our
intercourse with the Southern States having
been suspended, there is a consequent de
rangement of the Land and Indian bureaus, in
which the South is so much interested. The
Interior Department has been, in fact, a South
em protective institution. Most of its expen
ditures have been given for the benefit of the
Southern States. Nearly all its expensive
operations have been carried on within the
limits of: the Southern States, and South
ern politicians have feel and fattened upon its
bounties,
The. Secretary, after presenting the affitirs
of the Land Office, and showing that, notwith
standing the war, there is atilt a great desire
among our people to obtain the public lands
by pre-emption to convert them into home
steads, discusses the Indian question, which
has assumed a peculiar aspect since the break
ing out of the rebellion. To the mind of the
Secretary, the affairs of the Indian tribes are
unsettled and unsatisfactory; many of them
being in the limits of the seceded States, the
spirit of rebellion has been instilled into their
minds by the traitor emissaries. Largo tribes,
including the Cherokees, the Chickasaws,
and the. Choctaws, have suspended all in
tereourse with the Federal agents, and
consummated an alliance with the South
ern Corrtederacy. They have been driven
into this hostile attitude by violence and
threats on the one hand, and a withdrawal of
the Fideral troops on the other. And al,
though it may be a source of sorrow to our
Government, the Administration has been
compelled to deal harshly, and, at the same
time, justly, with them. Their annuities have
been suspended, and the privileges which
they received from tile Government taken
away. The Secretary thinks the expe
rience of those in the management of Indian
affairs proves that they are incompetent to
conduct their own business, or to protect their
rights in intercourse with white men, and he
proposes that a change should be made, by
which they should ho no longer subject
to the injustice and extortion of rascally
traders and men who amass large fortunes
out of their ignorance and misfortune. The
Patent Office has also felt the burden of this
war, although a stimulus to invention has been
found, in a desire to improve our present
means of warfare, and to simplify and render
more efficient our arms and ammunition. The
Secretary anticipates a large increase of busi
ness in connection with the Pension Office,
and thinks, justly, that there should be some
legislation to meet the enormous demands
which the war will most certainly create. In
speaking of the eighth census, he ;makes a
suggestion in relation to the establishment of
a bureau of agriculture and statistics, which
we trust to see incorporated into a law. It is
lamentable that the country is so rarely sup
plied with reliable returns respecting the value
of our agriculture and manufactures ; and we
repeat the regret of the Secretary, that we are
shamefully ignorant of the extent of our inter
nal and poaaaeSS nc , means of mem
tamping its importance.
What redounds to the credit of the Secre
tary of the Interior is the energy and sagacity
he has inarrit'ested iii carrying out the wish of
the Executive in the suppression of the Afri
can slave trade. Hitherto our laws against
this fearful piracy have been void. To Mr.
SMITII belongs the credit of having carried
those laws into effect by entrusting their exe
cution to competent and faithful officers. No
thing is more complimentary to the Secretary
than the fact that, under his administration,
the first capital conviction for complicity in
the slave trade has been obtained. lie has
sent to Liberia between four and five thousand
Africans. This is but a colonization experi
ment, however, and it will require further ex
perience before we can test its success.
These are some of the matters in the report
of the Secretary which possess a national in
terest. They reflect high credit on his admi
nistration of his department.
The operations of the Post Office Depart
ment, as presented by the Postmaster General,
though not as extensive as those in the juris
diction of the Secretary of the Interior, pos
sess a general and particular interest to the
people. The pest office is necessary in all our
social and business relations. It cements our
friendships, brightens our associations, im•
proves, extends, and strengthens our inter
course with other nations and ourselves. It
is as necessary to the poor man as to the rich,
and enters into every possible relation of
life.
The report of the Postmaster General is,
therefore, always interesting, but Postmaster
General BLAIR. has a different task from any
of his predecessors. His revenue has been
plundered; his postal routes violently sus
pended; many of his departmental operations
fatally, and most of them materially deranged.
But he has bravely met the difficulties of his
position, and, if we may judge by his report,
has partially surmounted them. That great
department was never more efficiently con
ducted. Corruption no longer fester in its
channels. There is economy in its disburse
ments, and energy in all its management. He
has extended our postal system by means of
advantageous treaties with France, Russia,
and Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the
Central American States. He has also taken
a, very material step towards accomplishing
one of the most needed reforms of the age—a
cheap transatlantic postal system. In the ex
penditures there is a decrease of Qygr ty, mil
lion of dollars, and the amount he will require
from Congress will be less than has been asked
for many years. As an illustration of the great
totAll s m.oe of ou r pe9ple, 904 ttic vast cvnyc
nience of the postal system to them, we may
repeat one fact which he mentions—that there
were over 212,000,000 of letters sent in the
last year. He recommends that provisions
be made for assuming control of the Southern
post offices on the restoration of loyal autho.
rity ; and he advocates the erection of a post
office in Philadelphia ; suggests that the frank
ing privilege, as enjoyed by postmasters, be
either abolished - or curtailed; that branch
offices be established in great cities ; and that
the postal laws be revised. He makes a fine
argument io defence of his course towards
disloyal newspapers, excluded by him from
the mails ; and with this argument, thorough,
conclusive ; and convincing as it is ; ho closes
his report.
As we intimated before, our object in alluding
to the reports of the Postmaster General and
the Secretary of the Interior, is simply to
present to the people the great fact that, not
withstanding the dangers surrounding the
country, and the peril it is now undergoing,
all the operations of the Government move
on surely, smoothly, and in perfect harmony_
Could there be a greater illustration of the
stability of our institutions and the confidence
and faith of our people ?
THE hOrA - 14 MEN of the Border States should
take care not to be driven into a false position
by certain of their leaders in both Houses of
Congress who oppose confiscation. These
leaders commit as great a blunder as those
who think this a war of emancipation. The
eentiSegicill of tho property of rcbold to the
use of the Government, and as a recompense
for the vast outlay of money incident to this
war, is perfectly consistent with tho law
passed in July last, and does not at all affect
the great objects declared by Congress to be
involved in this contest. If the Representa
tives of the Border States, at the special ses
sion of Congress, had permitted a proper con
fiscation bill to pass, millions of rebel proper
ty would now be in the treasury, the burden
of taxes would be lighter, and the war inure
thorough and effective.
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LETTER FROM 6 $ OCCASIONAL."
If there is masterly inactivity in the grand
army of the Potomac, there is extraordinary
vigilance and energy in every other part of the
country where the Federal troops are assembled
to punish the traitors. if General McClellan,
for some wise and unknown purpose, feels
that he can afford to waft, melt is evidently
not the temper of General Bnell in Kentucky,
General Halleck in Missouri, .General Sher
man in South Carolina, General Roseerans in
Western Virginia, Harvey Brown on Santa
Rosa Island, and the gallant leaders of our
various naval expeditions. We are receiving
daily evidences of the vigor and the victory
which distinguish the operations of these
brave soldiers and seamen.
The tide is not only rapidly but inevitably
'turning in our favor, and in a short period the
most impatient and exacting will find their ap
petites gratified by abundant and brilliant tri
umphs. Circumstances apart from the efforts
of our troops aid the good cause. The rebels
are not merely defeated by the courage and
perseverance of our army and our navy, but
their own dissensions and distresses, coming
like so many dispensations of an avenging
God to complete the good work. If Rich
mond is trembling over the smouldering voi
canb of popular discontent, the grass is grow
ing in the streets of Mew Orleans, and the
famishing poor are clamoring for bread in the
market-places. If Nashville is consternated
before the apparition of Buell's advancing co
lumn, Charleston is desolated by the greatest
conflagration since the New York fire of 1832.
Savannah is almost depopulated by the appre
hension of an advance of the Federal army,
and the neighboring State of Florida is crowd
ed with fugitives driven from the burning
towns along tin ir own coast.
General McClellan evidently knows that
throughout these Southern States, this work
of disintegration is going on; he feels that
ictory is coming to our standards—that we
are advancing to a certain triumph. The
South is growing weaker and weaker; the
North becomes stronger and stronger. The
resources of the South are being rapidly ex
hausted; the resources of the North are being
developed and increased by commerce anti
agriculture. Jefferson Davis sends a message
to his Congress to ask relief for Charleston,
and the Congress generously votes $250,000
with more ostentation than the Federal Con
gress exhibits in dispensing its millions, Every
indication coming from the South shows
want, despair, and misery. With a suffo
cated commerce, a false etirrencY, burning
crops in the Carolinas; with the dread of
servile insurrections, not to speak of the in
censed Indian tribes, who may avenge their
betrayal and the injustice of their chiefs by an
indiscriminate massacre, where can the re
bellion possibly lead
Therefore, are we not reaping a victory ?
Is this contest not becoming rapidly decisive ?
When the army of the Potomac moves, may it
not be as an army of pursuit ? With Sherman
at Savannah ; Dupont at Charleston; Buell at
Nashville, and Halleck at Memphis, how long
will it be until McClellan is in Richmond ?
OCCASIONAL.
TILE PILGRIM FATIIERS.—The anniversary
of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers will be
celebrated by the sons and daughters of New
England in Pennsylvania, on Saturday eve
ning, 21st instant, by a public meeting in Con
cert ntdt, when an oration will be delivered
by the Hon. Josinu QUINCY, Jr., of Boston,
one of the most popular and interesting ora
tors of New England ; and several patriotic
pieces will be sung by a select choir. The
theme of the orator will be, cc The Spirit of
the Puritans, the necessity of To-day." Thu
occasion is intended to be a happy intellectual
festival to all who may attend, both ladies and
gentlemen.
Striking as is their announcement, in the adver
thing columns of to-day's Press, it inadequately con
veya en idea of the extent and variety and value of
the magnificent collection of books now on sale at T.
B. Peterson and Brothers', 306 Chestnut street. A
larger, better selected, or more suitable collection
has never been exhibited, for the Christmas and
new-year time, gift-making seasons, even at this
'cell-known establishment. The prices have been
seduced, tee, to suit the times, nod this ir, of itaalf,
a great inducement to give the preferenoe to this
house.
The variety, as we have said, is immense, in
cluding books, in all sorts of binding, from the pub •
lishing cities in the United States, and also fine
editions imported from England. There are Al
hums and &tannin of all sorts, and for all egail,
and an unlimited supply of children's books, games,
and albums. Of Bibles, Prayer, and Hymn-books,
there is no end. There are handsome editions of
the roets, liinericmia and English, in various bind
ings, and we notice that a large and complete fa
mily Bible is marked at $1.50. The course of
cheapness can no farther go!
Messrs. Peterson's own publications naturally oe
copy a prominent space in their catalogue. They
include about seven-tenths of the best English and
French navels and romances Wahl the
last fifteen years, and procurable here in no other
form. Also, numerous works of fiction by eminent
native authors, including all the writings of the
late Mrs. Lee Hants, and Mrs. Southwerth, in va
rious styles of binding.
Upon Scott and Dickens, however, Messrs. Peter
son have bestowed the greatest pains and coat.
They have the Waverley Novels in all shapes and
sizes, from one hundred dollars (the Abbotsford
edition) to their own, in five volumes octavo, at one
dollar a volume—or every line of prose fiction ever
written by Scott, for five dollars: They have as
many es Twenty-nine editions of Charles Dickens,
in all varieties of size, type, illustration, and bind
ing. Of their Dickens, however, we shall write
more fully on another occasion. We conclude by
recommending these who desire to make suitable
season-gifts of lasting value, to choose out of Peter
sons' immense stock of books.
ENGLISH PICTORIALS AND MAGAZINES. —We are
indebted to Mr, Upham, newspaper agent, 310
Chestnut street, for the latest pictorials and peri
odicals from England. The illustrated Lwulon
News, of Nov. 30, is a double number, with four
engravings of American subjects, including the
swercl presented to General McClellan by the city
of Philadelphia, and made by Messrs. Bailey & Ce ,
Chestnut street, and the Illustrated News of the
World with supplement-engraving, on steel, of
Charles Mathews, the comedian. The Cornhill
Magazine continues the stories by Thaokeray and
Trollope : Richard Doyle sketches A Popular
Entertainment, Some one else writes and illustrates
The Excursion Train, and the Roundabout Paper
pleasantly chats about the Bearded Lady in Ame
rica. Temple Bar closes Mr. Sala's Seven Sons of
Mammon, The Mystery at Fernwood is concluded,
and it is promised that in the January number
shall be commenced two new novels,—Aurora
Floyd, and (by Mr. Sala) The Strange Adventures
of Captain Dangerous.
Booxa ItEcErvna—From Peterson and Brothers.
Poems by William Allingham : blue and gold,
(Ticknor and Fields); May's Constitutional His.
tory of England, from 1700 tb 1860. Volume T.
(Crosby and Nichols,) and Lilliesleaf, a novel by
M. Oliphant, (2'. 0. IL P. Burnham.)
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE.—The reputation of
Mr, Daniel high% the /Won median, gath
ered a fine house at the Walnut last evening. Mr.
Setchell appeared in two comediettes, the first of
which, entitled the "Four Phantoms," did not do
justice to his good talents.
The style of Mr Setehell is akin to that of Bur
ton, but he has many individualities that redeem
him from the charge of imitation. There is little
donht, that . Low nights would make the new come
dian a champion and a favorite in Philadelphia.
Me kept the house in a roar from the beginning to
the ad Qf bl B perfsamuce, /lo Wald Indly Called
for at the end of the first piece, and made a cha
racteristic speech. To-night and to-morrow night
will finish Mr. Setchell's engagement for the pre
sent.
GERMANIA ORCHESTRA.—The Saturday after
noon concerts of the Germania are very well at
tended. The musical selections for next Saturday
aro above ovon the usual standard:
ANTI-SLAVERY FAlR.—This fair remains open
till this evening. The tables aro pleasantly ar
ranged, and the exhibition better attended than
BANNVM IN PITILADELPIIIA.—On Monday next,
P. T. Barnum, Esq., will open his famous museum
in Philadelphia, The 'Meg Mice children, the
g( What-is-it," the performing bears, the living sea
lions, and the Albino family, are some of the &Urea
.tions promised.
Szamion BIATZ I S Temple of Worolers is one et duo
most attractive places of amusement in the city.
His feats of natural magic are inexplicable to the
mind, and the drill scenes in ventriloquism excel
lent. The learned canary birds are also deeply en
tertaining to all who love the feather tribe.
SALE OF FURNITURE ? PIANOS, &0.---This Morn
ing, at 10 o'olock, at Birch & Non's, No. 814. Chest
nut street, will be sold household furniture, pianos,
sewing machines, paintings, and other articles. See
cataloguel.
Arrival of the City of Washington
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The steamer City of
Ylro.ohittoom, fret% Live peel, has been eignelled
belevr. Her ettricea havehlell. latioirett4.
WAsumatom, Dec. 19, 1861
Books for the Season
Public Amusements
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Mason and Slidell Seizure.
NO OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS UT FROM
LORD LYONS
AN AMICABLE ADJUSTMENT PROBABLE
Reconnoissance towards Fairfax.
THE RkPontiki. SURRENDER OF FORT
PULASKI UNTRUE.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
qm!i514:01;01i19 , • •14.101)14jAti:P4
GEN, POPE IN HOT PURSUIT OF THEM,
Capture of Three Hundred Prisoners, and
all their Baggage and Munitions-.
A LARGE SUPPLY TRAIN FOR GENERAL
PRICE'S ARMY CAPTURED
THE SECESSIONISTS OF ST. LOUIS SUP
PORTING THE UNION REFUGEES.
FROM POINT OF ROCKS.
'COLONEL GEARY'S COMMAND ATTACKED BY
THE REBELS
They are Repulsed, with a Loss
of Fourteen Killed.
NO LOSS ON OUR SIDE
INTERESTING FROM NEW YORK.
IMPORTANT PREDICTIONS OF MR. CRASH.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
SCHOEPFF'S COLUMN IN 1110TIoN.
REGDMITS LEAD THE VAN
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WASIIINGTON4 Docember 19, 1891
Slavery in the District of Columbia
As the subject of abolishing slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia is now agitated, it may be of
general interest to know that, according to the re.
cent census, the number of slaves in Georgetown is
577; in Washington, 1,744; and in the remainder
of the county 834, making a total of 3,185. The
number of free blacks in the District is 11,181. The
total population of Washington is 61,122.
The Conduct of the War,
The joint committee to inquire into the conduct
of the war consists of Senators WADE, CHANDLER,
and JOHNSON Of Tennessee. and Representatives
GOOCH, COVODE, JULIAN, and ODELL.
Proposed Abolition of the Franking Pli-
vilege.
The bill abolishing the franking privilege, re
ported by Mr. COLFAX from the Post Office Com
mittee, and the consideration of which was post
poned till the second Thursday in January, abo
lishes all laws authorizing letters or public docu.
meats to be sent free but providee that all who
are now entitled to the franking privilege may send
them without pre-payment, as soldiers' letters are
regulated at present, the postage to be paid by the
recipient. Speeches are to be carried for 1 cent,
and public documents at 2 cents per pound, within
2,000 miles, making the postage on an Agricultural
Pa.tent Offiea Report 5 cents. and on volumes the
size of the Congressional Globe 10 cents. The
estimated increase of revenue by this change is
over $1,000,000.
The Dead• Letter Office—All Dead Letters
to be Returned
The bill which was passed by the House to-day,
for improving the efficiency of the Deed-Letter
Offiee, provides for twentyflce additional clerks at
a salary of $BOO each, in accordance with the re
commendation of the Postmaster General, to return
ell dead letters to their writers, and nut valuable
letters alone, as now.
By the estimates of the Department at the pro
mpt, postage rates, the receipts on these returned
letters would exceed the cost of the required clerks
—513,000 per year. But the bill, as reported from
the Post Moe Committee,inereases the postage on
returned money letters to . treble, and on all other
dead letters returned to double the ordinary rates,
still further increasing the surplus.
The Smithsonian Institute
The regents of the Smithsonian /nstitute, on the
part of the House, are Representatives COLFAX,
MCPHERSON, and Cox.
Another Reconnoissance Near Fairfax.
Three companies of the Cameron Dragoonns nir
der Major S. E. SMITH, commanded respectively
by Captain WILSON, Company F ; Lieutenant
STETSON; Cotopaxi)! H, and Lieutenant Hass, Coin.
pany C, went out on a scout, yesterday, on the
roads leading to Fairfax Court House and Hunter's
Mills. When within a mile and a half of Fairfax
these three officers, with eight privates, as an ad
vance guard, encountered an equal number of the
rebel cavalry. Instantly they gave chase, but the
rebels tied, seeking the cover of a wood nearby. In
the chase they passed through an orchard, when
one of the rebels dismounted under an apple tree,
and, with his carbine, a five-shooter, rested against
a tree and fired three shots at Major Siam
Fortunately for the Major, none of them took
effect. After vainly endeavoring to draw the
rebels from the wood, our little party rejoined the
main hotly under direction of the Major, and rode
to Vienna, and from thence to Hunter's , Mills,
When near the latter place, Capt. WILSON and
Lieut. STETSON discovered a rebel who was endea
voring to make his warm. They dashed off after
him, and soon returned into camp with him as a pri
soner. When introduced to Gen. HANCOCK, the
latter said : “Ah VOLLIN, I am glad to see you
—wo hare been looking for you for may time
past." He is said to be a spy, and a most notorious
picket murderer. He is now in prison in the
city.
A Present from Philadelphia Ladies.
Company F, Capt. GATES, of COL MAGILTON'S
Fourth 'Pennsylvania Regiment, were to-day the
raoipionta of good and substantial woollen under.
shirts, mittens, and home-knit socks. The company
was drawn up in line, and each man received the
article named. Lieut. Wermenon, of Company
~ivti 4. 4e.l alßsi serving on Glen. s6ll' 7
had the pleasure of being the recipient of this
really acceptable gift from the patriotic ladies of
Chestnut CRS, GATES received the presents
on behalf of the company, in a few remarks, thank.
ing the fair donors. Lieut. WAvsurran made a
neat address, stimulating the men to attain proa-
Meiidy in their new vocation_ The men gave three
cheers, and a most terrific tiger, for the ladies of
Chestnut Hill.
The Trent Affair—An Adjustment Pro-
It is believed that Lord LYONS has not yet made
any official communication to the Secretary of
State en the Mir et the Trrnt•
A number of private letters have been received
from England, representing the excitement as in
tense, but the speculations on the subject are simi
kr to those indulged in by the press of that
country.
It is believed here, in well-informed circles, that,
whatever may be the demands or claims of her
11fajestyss Government ; the questions at Issue may
be adjusted honorably to both nations.
A New Rebel flattery
A new rebel battery on the Potomac!, opposite
Run Point, consisting of three guns, one of which
is a 64-pounder, opened fire last night. One of the
shells carried away , the corner of CLBIdENS' house,
end two fell into the canal, of it NSW Jersey regi
ment on the Maryland shore, neither of them ex
ploding. The last shot was found about 12 o'clock
last night.
Cell. Butler fiiid Cart_ Wl4km_
Gen. BUTLER arrived hero to-night.
Capt. WILKEs visited Congress to-day, and was
cordially received by the members.
Penitent Soldiers.
Twenty-seven insubordinate members of the New
York Thirteenth Regiment, who for two months
hhva I.ssa senfitted in the antral guard house,
have been released and returned to their regiment
in Virginia. They have all come to the decision to
be hereafter faithful to their duty.
Forgery of Franks,
The Poet Office Department will rigidly enforce
the law against counterfeiting the handwriting of
any person entitled to the franking privilege, or
causing the same to be done in order to avoid the
payment of postage. - The penalty is a fine of $5OO
Franks are being fraudulently titled, and sometimes
forged end sold to soldiers and other portions.
Seamen for Philadelphia.
One hundred seamen are to leave the navy yard
to-morrow morning fer Philadelphia.
Flags to Col. McLean a regimens.
It is understood that the State flags for Colonel
Mauves Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment
will ba presented on Saturday. This regiment is
stationed at Alexandria.
Washington News and Gossip
The agitating question today has been the =lure
of the despatches received this morning by the
state Department from Europe. The Avenue, alit
usual, is full of rumors. One is, that the Cabinet
held a meeting this afternoon, and had agreed to
hand over Messrs. MAsoN and SLIDALY. to the Itri
tipt, Oovernment. One thing, However, i E positive—
Lord Lawns received no instructions to return
home in case Meson . and SLIDELL were not placed
under the protection of the British flag. Lord
LYONS and Secretary SEwann had a long inter
view this evening. One of the Cabinet officers re
marked to a party of gentlemen in She Navy De
partment to-day, There need he no fear of any
trouble with England. Szwann has satisfactorily
arranged every th ing."
The Navy Department has received an. ofireini
contradiction to the report that the rebels , hart
/evacuated Fort Pulaski.
There are six prisoners in confinement at Alex
andria on the charge of desertion.
COL WALL, of the Third Maryland Regiment,
proceeds to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which .
bag recently returned to its allegiance, to organize
a new brigade, to be called the First Eastern Vir
ginia Brigade.
INTERESTING FROM NEW YORK.
SECRETARY CHASE PREDICTS BRILLIANT
AND DECISIVE MILITARY AND
NAVAL RESULTS.
THE TRENT AFFAIR TO RE AMICA
BLY ADJUSTED.
NEW YOBK, Deo. 13,—AL the Mimic meeting held
to-day, all the pending questions of accounts with
the Treasury Dopartment wero harmoniously ad
iuglad.
Secretary Chase stated that the present balances
with the associated banks would be sufficient for
the wants of the Government till about the middle
of January, before which time be bed confident
expectations that our military and naval operations
will give brilliant and decisive results, and he did
not doubt that the questions with Great Britain
would have a pacific solution, lie made no propo
sition for further financial arrangements at this
time.
Exchange on London is firm at 1101a1.11.
The Evorinp, Post says that about $300,000
will be sent to Europe on the steamer Africa.
A mear travails that Saeratary Chase has re
ceived a despatch from Washington that justifies
the belief that the Trent affair will be amicably
a.-vanacd.
SIGNAL VICTORY IN MISSOURI.
FLIGHT OF THE REBELS.
GENERAL POPE IN HOT PURSUIT.
THREE HUNDRED FRIEONERE TAKEN, AND
ALL THE BAGGAGE AND mumrioNs.
ST Louis, Dee. IQ.—Despatches received to-day at
headquarters from Ceti. Pope state that after ft
forced march, yesterday, he got between the ene
my, encamped eix miles from Chilhowee, Johnson
county, and 2,200 strong in Clinton and Henry
counties. But as soon as they heard of his ap
prosch they beat a rapid retreat towards Rose
Hill, in Johnson county. leaving all their baggage,
and a large quantity of arms ; munitions, papers,
itc., in our possession,
Gen. Pope then threw forward ten companies of
cavalry and a section of artillery in pursuit, fol
lowing with the main body of his army.
- When nt Johnson, in Oates county, the rebels
were so closely pursued that they scattered in all
directions, but mostly towards the south.
General Pope then threed a Ptrang (tawdry reaan:
noissanco to within fifteen miles of Osceola, and in
tercepted and captured BO fleeing rebels, and all
their baggage, horses, to.
Other squads of scone ton or fifteen rehab were
taken, making the aggregate number of prisoners
about 300.
No fighting is reported to have occurred.
OrellCleti pope says the whole country between
Roso Hilt on the west, and Grand river on the
south, is clear of rebels.
General Price has only 8,000 troops at Osceola.
It is understood that General Pope will send a
strong force of cavalry to Lexington.
The main body of his army is now ea route for
Sedalia.
A train of seventy wagow, with clothing and
supplies for Price, has been captured, in addition
to the articles previously reported.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
THE UNION ARMY IN MOTION.
.t 'i i i + ~ i' h~ /uli
CINCINNATI, Dec. 19.—A Frankfort despatch to
the cemmsrriai says :
Advices from Somerset etate that yesterday morn.
ing, at daylight, Gen. Behoepff, with all his force,
marched out to attack the rebels.
General 2ollkoffer is in pation
Creek, with 0,000 men and some artillery.
General Schoepff's force consists of two Tennes
see regiments, Hoskins' Kentucky Regiment, and
the beTenteentb, Thirty-first, Thirty-fifth, and
Thirty-eighth Ohio Regiments, and Standart's Ohio
and Hewitt's Kentucky batteries, of ten guns, four
of which ere rifled, four cintootia - lnrc, and two
Parrot guns.
Zollicoffer has no wagons on this side of the river,
and but indifferent menus of crossing.
- General iSehoepff was confident of whipinnx
lilm, with some hope or capturing most of his men.
The Tenness.eans head the column. It is pro
bable that a battle took place yesterday or today.
Interesting from Point of Rocks,
411021111% REBEL ATTACK OM COL !MARV'S
REGIMENT REPULSED.
Is 9 LOS ON OUR SIDE.
POINT op Roots, Dec. 19.--At ten o'clock this
morning, a rebel battery of three guns, flanked
with about two hundred infantry, suddenly com
menced shelling the encampment of Col. Geary's
regiment.
About twenty of the shells, which weee well
aimed, fell amidst the encampment. the first within
a few feet of Lieut. Col. De Korponay, com
manding.
The six companies in the camp were immediately
w ell deployed end entrenched, end the battery of
the Pennsylvania Twenty-eighth Regiment opened
fire with two guns. The first shot, which was
[sighted by Capt. Knapp, diaablvd 949 9f 449 rel2el
guns, and the second, sighted by Lieut. (teary, fell
in their centre.
Our battery then advanced and poured a continu
ous fire Into the kehati, iiieldelii# all their guns, avid
driving back a fourth one, which was sent to rein
force them. The rebels were driven from their
position in full retreat, with a loss of fourteen killed,
as far ws know., sad easy wounded.
Our side did not lose a man.
The engagement lasted for over half an hour
After the rout of- the rebels the victors turned
their guns on some bream cituatod near the old
furnace on the Virginia side, where about 150
rebels wore secreted. They drove them out, kill
ing a numbor of them,
The guns were admirably served.
The War Feeling in Canada
ITAIAPAR, Ds& 19_—The warlike feeling ig high
here and throughout the province.
BUFFALO, December l9.—Persons owning vessels
now in winter quarters on the Canadian shore are
towleg theln to this place, on account of the war
like tone of the BugDoh press.
The Secessionists of St. Louis Supporting
the Refugees.
,Sr. Louis, Dec. 19.—The; a tue of about 200 Se
cessionists have been enrolled at the Provost Mar
shal General's office, upon whom contributions will
be levied, under General lialleek's general order
No, 241 for the boat , of the Pcll44lo79stere 'refu
gees. About sixty of the most prominent of these
parties will be called upon to-morrow for the sums
set opposite their names, varying from one to four
hundred dollars, and the balance be notified as the
exlgesialea may require.
Fire at Lexington, Ky.—A Lieutenant
LEXINGTON, Ky., Deo. 19.—The Amphitheatre,
at the Fair Grounds, where a regiment of soldiers
were encamped, was completely destroyed by fire
last night. Loss from $lO,OOO to $12.000.
During the excitement a sentinel shot Joel Hick
man, the first lieutenant or Colonel Woolaji'A
valry, killing him instantly.
A Grain Vessel Capsized
Biapni• t Deo. 19.—The ship Oriental Queen,
from iiow York fvr queoustowa, with b e r.l.74ri.
capsized off Nantucket on the 16th.
The captain and eight men were picked up by a
light•ship, after beinc thirty-one hours in a small
heal The mate and five men were loft on the
wreak. The light-ship arrived at Edgerton to day
with the crew also, the crew of the schooner Con
gress, which was abandoned on the 21st.
The Nteasner Ameracii. Signallgit
Sr. JOHNS. Dee. 19.—The steamship Anariica,
which Left Liverpool on Saturday, and Queens
town on Sunday, the bth inst., passed Cape Race
at eleven °iota& to Wednesday night, three miles
and a half distant. The news heat reaelled within
half a mile of the vessel, but evidently was not
seen, as the steamer left without being boarded.
Tbv Amfrirq took the place of the rersta, and
will be due at New York on Sunday.
A Government Propeller Ashore
Zinn - Toni, December 19 —A propoller supposedt
to belong to the Government was seen ashore yes
terday, on the north ahead of Barnegat. She had
two masts. She was firing guns in quick succes
sion.
A Telparttith_Liiie to
_the PennsNivanin
Corsi Oil Mines
PITTSBURG, Dec. IA.—A telegraph line from
Pittsburg to the Franklin Oil creek and Titusville
is now in operation, The office is in Qt. MOO
ltotel..Pitt;burg
XXXVIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, Vita
SENATE.
Mr..Bt;MNIE7t, of Diassaehusetts, presented petitions,
nataeronsly sigo,sl, for the enutecisettion of slaves, will.
Gellle,neittivn lu loyal mattern,
Mr. 11rAlOt, ut Ohio, presented ft petition from Cab:me
-01 Ohio, malOux that John C. Fremont be appointrd
Lisatenei,i gores-rel.
kir WILLEY! uf Virginiar offrred r reedution flint
the ex hater!, war wait forced own the country by the
States iu rebellion, without provocation r And was de
signei. to ileerroy the Union mid the (Ariteritotion, and
that its rurpone wan to dieavow an repuillutfir Mee funda
cuente3 principbe or the republican Government,
Ile pror , .e4r4 to Opoith et length . on the resefution•
cohtentlitig that the rebellion wan yerrect:y urattrifiable.
In no country witalifer =ore secure, end civil twid; reli
gious liberty snore perfect.
The costar) , was in an unexampled prnesporlty, and
especially was the Smith favored, and eoessvpleotty there
could be 119 grievance 111% 11 came for reliellAnn. Au to Vir
ginia tionater and & klaveholner, he declared that the
South always got what eke . demanded. 1.30 commetaled
the proclamations of those generals who declared that it
was net their intention to. interfere with loyal institu
tions, and expreceed his grestilMation that the Ptysieletit,
in his miaistuir, had reiterated his fidelity to the Consti
tution. Ile declared that by no efforts of his Should
very bs extended,. though• he believed it was necessary
_roc the present that the African race should be kept- im
bondage. Ile gave a brief sketch of the rice of S cessiom,
and declared that it Wail the rpsult of a long.concoctedi
conspiracy, as avowed by the . leaders of the retie/lion.
He argued at some length against the doctrine of &Cell-.
oion, and contended that the real cause of Secession was
to the dtleivaillic rrinciphlt y 1 a rePOPcfltiVe
vormnor..
Witt out concluding. Lie tipeeab, Mr. Willey gave way ,
too motion for an executive iietdon.
The resolution from the Doane, to adjourn to the 6th
of January, was taken up, mid hi r. CARLILE, of Vir
glnia, roortrl to amend ro um to uKtioorn on Monday next.
Mr. BAYARD, of. Delaware, odd that as the resolution
read only referred to the Mouse, he riveted to amend 80 its
to read that both flousea adjourn from Monday next to
the 2el of January.
Mr. NVADE, of Ohio, oppos,t an aLljoarnnttnt, and
moved to lay the subject on the table. Log—yeas IT,
nays 19.
Mr.FESSRNDEN,of Maineonnved that the subject be
POStPPhc'l WIN N' mit, hvat—you 116113 /1,
FE3*tailn;.ti moVoti to pvApoin tUc nulpject till
to-ni9now.
No quorum voting, Mr. FOSTER, of Connecticut,
moved to adjourn. Carrird,
Thu Senate Merl adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
On motion of Mr. ANNULI), of Illinois, it was re.
golved that the Seeretary of War to mounted to fochiait
the cost of the transportation of arms, ordnance, and nut.
nitionti of war, to that portion of the country west of tlio
Alleghenies, since May last, and give, as far as practi.
Cable, a detailed statement of the piecesfront which tliey
were transported, and the cost, whether by rail or water.
A Lai to amend the act of ;Italy last, which Crams
$lOO bounty to soldiers at the expiration of two mini,
and to those sooner honorably discharged by reason of
wounds and disabilities, so as to extend its provisions to
those who entered seryjce linger (lit tarot Pryclana,
tiob of tilo President, and were similarly disqualified,
was,
after debate, tabled.
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee
Ylvp and Mcmr, rcpsncsi ft bill mishig apart/pail:
Vous for the construction, preservation, and repairs of
fortifications and works of defence. Referred to tho
Committee cf the Whole on the state of the Union.
The House !maned the coneideratiou of the bill pro
viding for the conetroction of twenty iron-clad Bream
gunboats, to be built by conirack or eihorwise, AS the
beeretary of the Navy may deem best for the public in
tereet.
VALLANDIOII.Ifd, of Ohio. offered and ailvo
°aka an kiipddinkeid, in-01:1416.g, that the saM gunboat,
shall be constructed at the public navy yards, as far as
practicable, or by private contract, after giving ten
days' notice for proposals, to be published in the papers
of Neu York. Boston, Philadelphia. taut Baltimore.
Mr. SEDGWICK, of New York, in explanation, said
these vessels are to tie built on a plan entirely different
from those already constructed. The details and speci
fications he would not deem it important to disclose, if he
had the means. The plan was well considered by a com
mittee of naval officers.
fdr. YALLANDIWIAM. incidentally said, in the
course of his remarks, that rather than yield the princi
ples which we have held for years, ho was prepared to
meet the combined hodility of the whole world, and this
he believed was the sentiment of the entire Ass rican
People.
Mr. SEDG WICK said the Pensacola was one of the
beauties of building by private contract, which was le,s
satisfactory and economical than those constructed at
the Government yards. Ile did not believe that a foreign
war was pending, but if so, he trusted the question would
lye met In the pPelq-r t4,lldt. There leas he lbstat of
which Cr. at Britain could complain to justify a war.
Tire vessels now proposed to be constructed were not for
service ;ad osd, but at home to put down the rebellion.
Mh_ aidellahlelit maa aleldreed ts.
The bill was then pitaekl.
Mr. ,OLFA X, front the Committee on Pest Oftines and
Post Roads, repot ted u- bill to promote the ettinertey of
the Dead Letter Office, basedion the re .orumendation of
kieneral, to hi-s 1441 ,cu ml. rvpori.
•
On motion of Mr. WASIIBUILNE, of Illinois, the Com
mittee on Elections were instructed to inquire and report
whether any i-erson holding office. under the - United
Mates, and receiving compensation therefor, is at the
Same time holding a Heat hero and receiving compensa
tion as member of this House.
A resolution was passed directing an inquiry into the
building of the Capitol and Treasury extensions; whether
the contracts bad been faithfully performed, and whether
the work cannot be done at 1e53 expense to the Govern
ment.
Mr. COLFAX reported a bill abolishing the franking
privilege. Its consideration was postponed until the
bertaal Tuesday in January.
Ole comular and diplomatic appropriation bill wag
considered and passed.
On motion of Mr. ITOLMAN, of Llama, a resolution
was adopted instructing the select committee on con
tracts to innuire whether the transportation of troops by
railroad linta by meal eontract or othorWieS, eta., and
palling on the Secretary of War to furnish all orders re
lative to the transportation of troops and munitions of
war.
The House then adjourne4.
The Case of Jefferds
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—1 t was adduced in evi
dence to-day that Charles Jefferds confessed to the
brother of the murdered man his guilt in taking the
life of John Walton, his step-father, in June, 1860.
The Army Sanitary Commission
WHAT IT HIE DONE AND WHIT IT NEEDS
We have received from Mr. George T. Strong a
pamphlet which sets forth the object of the Sani
tary Commission, shows what the organization has
accutupliehed, and replies to certain oltargei which
halls been made against it.
Mr. Strong says:
t , The Commission is almost daily called on by
army surgeons for medicines and stimulants, with
the ointment that their stock is exhausted—that
under the forms and regulations of the Army Medi
cal Bureau it cannot be replenished in less than a
fortnight. and that in the meantime some ten or
twenty of their patients are sinkind fur want of
these remedies, and will assuredly perish unless
the Commission come to their rescue. It has, in
these cases alone, saved the nation scores of valua
ble lives, by merely supplying the few dollars'
worth of brandy or rintne which ...hi not other
wise have been obtained till too late,
"The general object of the Commission is to
watch over the health of the volunteer army, and
ospecially to sulgsst and curry 9lti for On
pIiTOIMOD of nisoase. This duty the Army
sal Bureau cannot at present thoroughly perform.
Being organized with reference to the wants of an
army of fifteen thousand regulars, officered by men
educated in +.1161i profecA.n, it is un
equal to the care of half a million of volunteers
under officers as inexperienced as the rank and
file. It would seem, moreover, that some of its
senior officials, who have grown old in the
routine of their duty on its former limited
scale, are unable to emancipate themselves at
once from official habits and views which are now
out of place and sometimes positively mischievous.
They are naturally and pardonably slow to per=
eeive that forms and usages properly held sacred
and inviolable for fifty years may now be mere ob
stacles in the way of substantial duty. Their in
telligence may be beyond question, but the ten
dency of their life and 6apelleadA hue
hardly been such as to qualify them for the lin
mi mei work they are suddenly called on to perform.
Bence the necessity for that volunteer aid which
the Sanitary Commission is appointed to furnish."
Mr. Stroup proceed , ' to illuetrade tide point ? and
then adds:
" The operations of the Commission have been ne
cessarily expanding and enlarging. They now in
volve a monthly expenditure of nearly five thou
sand dollars—a trilled compared with what the pri•
vete charity of the country can afford to contribute
towards saving the lives of our soldiers.
" A storehouse for its supplies, its offices at Wash-.
legion, end the building occupied se the `solciiere
Horne' in Washington, ace furnished by Govern
ment. which also provides horses, ambulances, and
army wagons for its inspectors and other agents,
abrl gl‘q.ii theta every faeility for visiting names,
hospitals, and military posts. Its current expenses
are thus greatly diminished. But it can receive no
money from Government without an appropriation
by Congress; and this members of the Commission
bays thits far been unwilling to ask. They fear
that the moral power on which itsusefulness mainly
depends would be weakened, if it appeared in the
attitude of a petitioner for money from the public
treasury, anti thereby incurred even the Suspicion
of connection with political machinery and in.
trigue."
An important department of the Commission is
that of camp instruction, and it is intimated in Mr.
Rtroods paper that roan ? , or eat volunteer officers,
suddenly withdrawn from civil life, are ignorant of
the nature of camp diseases, and of the remedies
-which should be applied. He further shows that
the measures adopted by the Commission have pro'
vented a large amount of suffering and sickness
among our troops.
The Commission, however, is in urgent , need of
funds. Mr. Strong says :
I , The rands' now at the disposal of the Commis
sion will enable it to go on for but a few weeks
longer.
Unless its treasury is speedily replenished, it
must, very Milli dismiss ill inspectors, anti notify
the numerous associations throughout the country
with which it is affiliated, that its depots at Wash
ington and elsewhere are closed. I am confident
that the liberality and patriotism of the . country
50t permit this, esepially at the present time,
when the approach of winter exposes the army to
new forms of disease, and when additional sup
plies are more urgently demanded than over."
A note at the end of thin pornpillet contradicts a
statement which recently found a place in ono of
the daily journals of this city, to the effect that
"the Commission has become less attentive and
efficient, Rod is bitten by the ambition of super
seding, or at least remodelling, the established
medical bureau of the regular army." Mr. Strong
says
"The source of this article is obvious. It is
noticed hero mainly for the purpose of denyittg
MR positively and explicitly that the COMIIII4-
sii•it has become in any degree less attentive or
efficient' in camp inspection, or in any of its de
partments of work enumerated in the preceding
pages. Qn. the goutrary, its corps of came in
spectors is steadily lie eades . us xtumber, gn4 j,
hence chiefly arises the great increase in its ex
penses. It- employedske inspectors in August.;
it now employs Mon, and it contemplates en
gaging three Mire. 118 supervision of their labors
is more sad more systematic and thorough, and
those labors are believed, with good reason, to. be
daily more and more valuable and beneficent.
There is steady progress in the amount of force
e t ili lD e r i l at c a d ; en
he a ga th i;: wseol of
x'perlencseechin ivapece o is "t
1o
ti r
e ' •
statement in question is, therefore,.absolutely with.-
out foundation."
A CENTRAI EPISCOPAL. EL/N ASSOCIATION,
for the sick and wounded of tho army, line just been, or
ganized at 0-ace Church, (Rev. Dr. Suddaras,) corner of
Twelfth a ‘4 . Cherry
streets, and ladies residing tit that
r venom of the city are invited to Patella and Fintlictpuite io
the opt rations of this Society, commencing at I,4lotelook
to-day.
This humane and considerate undertaking is attributa
ble to the fact that the Government has taken, the large
warslwuses fit the canner of Brood and C !tory gtepal Cur
hospital uses, and that live hundred of our sick and
wotimied troops are to be removed there immediately. It
is well known that many of the comforts which men in
their situation need tare not supplied by Government.
We doubt not, therefore, that the ladies thin centrill
locality Kill yealnuely contribute from their industrial
and pecuniary reaonteea to the relief of the aufferinga of
those brave men who, by the fortunes of war, have been
thus brought to our especial notice. The association is,
Of comet., conducted by autliorltYl and will csidlici with
co other oraily.atiett.
THE CITY.
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS ON FOIIIITH PAM
ANDONMENTB THIS BVZIIINQ
AMERICAN AOADICKT OF MUSlO—Broad mDI LOGDOC
itreets-- 4 . Richelieu."
WIIRATLEVII (JONTIMIIIIPPAL TlTEA.ll2—Walgitt
above Eighth.—" The Southern Rebellion Ly Sea and
)rand"—. The Cataract of the Ganges."
Akoz-S T ■—Arch street, ab9y, ma,-
- Cabin Bo) Owllhaame Ted "—°' Mirk en a Mak-ck
Hare."
WALNWT-STAILST 'n!PIATRI--Zirinth and Walnut Oa
...Me Fr= Phantoms"--.. Virginia (ban Eitradrat Years
Ana The Fulls of 7911001 a."
Teetrhs or Wonnens.-11, E. corner Tenth and Meet.
wet streets.--algoor Blitz's Entertainneat.
Henry Ward Beecher at Concert iltwlP.
Tlke seventh lecture of the People's Literary Institute ,
course was delivered at Concert Hatt last evening, by thw
Rey. floury Ward Beecher. The audience wee Immense,
every seat In the hall and every foot of gentling room
having been deneedy occupied. The lecturer was late it
makinxhie appearance, an a matter of colimi though ter
one of Mr. 'Aerobe...it's autecedentb- in [not) meeting eta
magentritn, not to have dhatepointtel altogether' , we op
pose, nut , lie accepted as a punentality. Hit detention
of the aNdif.llC44 on $4lO OCOPPiOII, however, opened tiny
way for e telling opoloyy. At a few mlnutee. before 8'
o'clock. J. V. White, Nee., came upon the platform. and
stated that the niuel unplinteant duty Ito knew of was to
mass a MIMI , apology, font the more PO wawa waa
calico fur by the nehnquenciee of another. The audi
ence commenced hissing.. Dlr. Waite, raising his voice.
continued, "hies Mr. Eleecher when he cows!" [Ap
idiaiite.)
Ale. W. then read apoirmitch from Mr. Beecher, aMtizug
that hr had been at the pier five minutes before two p,
31.. but the boat having, without his knowledge, rhanged,
its point of starting, tie was unavoidably obliged to wait
for the four &Mock train. Mr. White. r.sheliteled.
hoping that the ladies would spend the few retnaining mo
ments plensently at their knitting, (which has become a.
fitAionable occupation at lectures at late.) and the gen
tlemen in discussing the Mason and Slidell complication.
The audience +hen gay, the.,,, Leer. for life. White, and
relapsed irate a very contested and sprat:randy happy
conversation society.
At twenty-live minutes pact eight the lecturer made
his appeatance, said was received rather amour. ma
opening apoinkcy, gracetutly made, truly and konlir re
ceived, contain, 11 thin item of news: That on Monday
last the editors of The Independent had resigned, leav
ing that miner in imminent danger of not getting out
this week. From that time miti) yivotPrOy hi 4 Urns 104
been uninteriuptediy occuzied in effecting the arrange.
meats by which the entire control of The fralcpendent
land prists,d into bin own !MIAS he that he ' , ma-obliged In.
Put oil leaving foF the /OM fififift The
rest of the apology bag already been given,
lie then commenced his lecture., stating, as his subject.
"The Results Of the Pant, and the Policy of the Munro."
It would be inumisiiiblo to give any accurate idea of its
treatment, a n than to nay it me analytical,philmepht
rut, mid, 111)011 Oa whole; more logically argumentative
than Mr. Beecher's Pictures usually are. The poet was
ours: the future, lie said, no man mild discern with
out being a prophet, though he thought that it was
perfectly lawful for every man to try his band at pro
phtey, and, with this understanding. ha proceeded
to unravel. with a masterly hand, the experience
of the past, and to draw therefrom deductions which
are likely to mark the future. We have never
NAM an audit nee in 15164 , 6 6naufslete gam.ost with a
speaker, flt. controlled swayed by oratory, than was
evinced in Mr. Beecher's audience last evening, atoms.
ting, as they did, between breathless attention and the
most enthusiastic applause. It was admitted, on all
halitift lbpi by Mitt §urprond hiigtttlf oh thi*ormin,
The nest and last lecture of this popular course of lec
tures, will he given at Concert Halt, on next Monday
evening, by the Rev. E. H. Chapin, of New York, his
1111hject to be " The l'eepte."
DEDICATORY CEREMONIES AT TIIE NEW MA
so:sic HA,. MAN., K—The hoe large building
erected on Main otretitt hlntinyunist by tioxburough
lodge, No. 135, of the ancient Order of York Masons,
has lately been completed, and was yesterday formally
opened. The building is three stories in height, and
constructed with a view to both utility and ornament. A
portion of the third-story floor has been leased for the
use of the American Protestant Association, the remain
ing atm Dimas in the same story being used by the
above lodge. The second story comprises a handsome
commodious room, extending the full length of the build
ing, which is designed to be used as a public hall.
The first Poor has been occupied as a public market
for tlic laid two months, a largo ouratior of atalla haying
been introduced. Tile new structure is centrally located
in the built-up portion of Mannyunk, and is a decided
improvement to the neighborhood. By this method of
leasing the building a yearly rental of $1,700 will be
realized, which may eventually entirely defray the oust
of erection incurred by the lodge:
The ceremonies l.f dedicating that portion of the hill
reserved for the use of the Masonic brotherhood took.
-place - yesterday. The - Norristown Phoenixville, awl
other lodges wore in uttototoitco, and orovion to the ex,
ercises at the hall formed in procossion4 at the Odd Fob
lows' Hall, and, beaded by Beck's Philadelphia Band,
proceeded to the Mount Zion M. E. Church, where an
address was delivered by the Rev. John Chambers,
timid (Iletplain of the Order. An ellielmtt &minium,
tinder Hr. eunn'og,ton, discoursed most evcellent musk.
The church was well filled, the galleries presenting suc
cessive unbroken rows of bright female countenances.
The orator of the day commenced his widress with a
reference to the fact, generally, that those present had
not assembled tor the purpose of culogittrig the institu
tion with which tne greater part of those present telt ho
nored to hold communion: those who Imo. its booed dal
oorkin„ were satisfi.d that it needed no eulogy, It wee
of the most ancient origin. It is not and never
Was de.„lghed to shish h' the ehui.:l., f or w ..t e t,
there was no preeed.nt. The Society of Pr,-e MAsoll•
ry had increased, year ty year, for centuries, and
now stood forth in all its numb od and inherent beauty.
It was founded on the Bible, and all that has been said to
it disfavor boo emanated from the twin Write of yin,
1'11.3h-emcee and Ignorance, miner ectottaltlY or Wiled.
The speaker cottoned We, hare been coiled a secret
Order. We are if secrei Order, and do not refute the :Ole
got ion : yet men will denounce us because of oar secrecy.
whrn PO know that our eermte are our 011111 We are
henenciat rociety, and I hazard nothing in tho assertion
that, according to the menns at our disposal, do more for
the benefit of mankind than any institution of a like na.
tare in existence. We do not do these things publicly:
the right hand, hi the mrfornianee of beneficent acts,
r-.
hwoivellt pot what the wit Imutt dueth.
With regard to the unify of our Order, it 'Amon may
recognize his brother in the canoe whether he meet him
among the snows of Iceland or the horning sands of the
desert.
hi reply to a EA Mk MCI] alloll YII2OIIEII mad., that die
Order count 'named the use of liquor within its temples,
rho speaker averred that during an almost life-long
membership; since 1814, he had never s.en a drop of
liquor within the precinct. of a Masonic lodge. Lie did
m.t deny that tt.ed et the fe.ttvaiA
of Masons. aud regretted that such a custom should ob
tain. If anent became a member of the Dlasonic Order,
it was necessarily zeouisite that such a man should bo a
Christian at heart. Upon entering the lodge room of any
ei tie dill'.-rest Lroovi— of the Order, the tommorc t.
visitor could not fail to notice that, upon the pedestal
consecrated to that use would ever be found, day and
night, the holy Book of God.
A further reference was made the speaker to the
badinage of idb- gorrippere, te Ric effect that members of
certain lodges became intoxicated, indulged in lam hours,
and lake delmouencies. As au answer to all of which, he
put the ipieeiien: bid not men who never claimed to he
Matonr—who, because of prepdice or ignorance, re
viled tile teaciait,, astmi nprrzt the 6rder—do those
things ! In conc lusion, he expressed. the hopeful con
viction that the particular order nt whose instance-the
present assemblage had convened, would ever live up to
the rules and regulations imposed for its government and
Preterratlon.
Upon the conclusion of tho mbirces, the procession
spin formed outside the church, and proceeded to the
new building of the order, when the peculiar ceremonies
incident to the ocno,ion were performed, after which, a
A - MIT ronrcorntlition 9f the d l jjarrl l t ;015eq present s et
007111 to n funotion Of Seen. illlogi, RNPVIYITVA WA ;w
-ronged by Major Chao. E, Orneff.
CIIESAPE.ARE. MCD DELA WARE CANAL.—
Tbia canal will remain open all the ',lnter- It Is need
by Government to transport immense quantities of hay
and military freight. Several big boats aro require' to
transport the heavy draught, and frequently the entrance
locks at Chesapeake and Delaware cities are besieged by
a score of ves.els. Much of this freight is shipped From
New 'York, passing I. barges through the Nat-Ilan ca
nal, then down the Delaware, when it is towed by steam
ers to Delaware el . : 3'. Tho greater part of it is landed at
Perryville, at the beret of the Chesapeake, but much l a
also forwarded to Annapolis or Baltimore, whenro In
railroad or steam it is transported to Washington. The
line of canal propellers between Philadelphia and Delhi
more is almost insufficient to accommodate the im
mimes amount of freight that goes toward Wash
ington daily. Horses in large quantities are
placed ekii booed these boats at
the foot of Cheenut street, and Itinitineralde tintless
front New .Tereey and the interior of Pennsylvania take
passage in this way, with their conveyances and met ,
chardlise, for the eeet of war. Last evening three Jer
'lemon departed far Alexandria, laden with all the equip
moats for a soldier Poinuing - holier, which may intone
to construct five miles beyond Alexandria, and antici
pate a rich pecuniary return. Many passengers go
southward in these propellers. The accommodations are
pot generally capacious, and the boats aro often so
crowded - with freight 014 sr,,m4 old the Cats et
the Delaware City entrance to the canal. The Wednes
day evening boat was delayed nearly en hour at Dela
ware City, and was obliged to wait for the flood tide be
fure she V 9111.4 enter the locks, clor corre spondent Passel
ht. George ' s on Thursday morning, mid R'an't the canal,
as tar as the eye could reach, filled with barges and tug
boats, carrying bales of hay. There is a telegraph along
the tow-path of this canal which is now very serviceable.
Bore nem are wit newt lIPOD lime canal ProPeiler 6 t
and the convormatione among the adventurers is or a
highly animated and Individual character. A tall New
Englander remarked to no last evening, that "he guessed
there wasn't no money outside o' Wasbuiton and he war
a nein to have some while it war about." ihis indivtd
tial !netted ?.1 add fifties to 11 small Junk bottle that ho
carried in a capacious coat pocket. lie "guested"
that he was as smart as any on 'em, and hoped, if this
war held out for sonic time, to come home laden with the
gond things of this
Them orooellero ore doing an Wic9iNnt Peofneet sus
the storliliulders ere amply rrinnuerntrill et this time,
They furnish a safe, swift, and cheap mode of conveyance.
The canal has been long laboring under tt heavy debt,
which will be in great part liqu'ilated dnring the war. It
is a carious fort, that saw of hit PlaPaSen of Ise uhe"-
Rahn and Delaware Canal »TIT, Si the VOI)ITeTICIPMent of
the war, very inimical to the Union, by which they are
now rearing fortunes. Some of them, it is said. in May
had contemplated removing the canal lochs, and ihas for
iilo Government to transact its business throogis
that medium. If the seat ot war slieuativrr pe remove 4
toward Philadelphia the line of this canal will most cer
tainly become historical. Tte bite military recommit/-
Sallee of the vicinity of Philadelphia, denoted this canal
SI ells the heat natural lines of defence.
NAVAL MATTERS.—Tho ship dritelitt, it 11107
be recollected, was captured by the Brooklyn. dome
months since, while endeavoring to run tin blockade.
An the reward of Ruth temerity a portion of her Clirgth
consisting of boiler, hoop, bar, and flue iron, wan /told tot
Tuesday morning, at Queen.eireet wharf, „ on account
of whom it way concern.''
The material was divided into six tote, acoording to
the anality, and Muhl for yrrr fair Prif": First loft I?"
Igilallea 111011 iron' brought if , oo it log ervotel !et, ttott•
tons pig iron, brought s'2o a tin; thin! lot, 210•alteeta
flue iron, at tic. a pound; fourth lot, 140 holmr plates, at.
23 c. a pound fifth, lot, 10 bars angle iron,. ands 10. bars
arra iron, xt :Vie. a pound sixth lot, 281 bars an&
bundles iron, at rive Pc."Pc."
What has become or the audinutrine battery captured
at our wharves Montt six months ago '1 The question in
suggested by our perceiving that a ankanarine boat itt
coarse of construction by a firm in Kensington. It tad.'
Wig., iron, 41 lon g , . Su ineLes across, and az hales
deep. It is shaped Ike an egg, and is designed: to. ope
rate under the water, the interior containing machinery
for sinking it, and aloe to propel it.
A /I ANDMOME TESTIMONIAL 5'6
Ci ir tacit, ere pleased tit learn that Meseta. Bailey
& Co. hate, just completed a magnificent ext• of silcer,.to
be presented to governor Hicks, by the loyal. men of
Kent femur, Maryland. as a token of their appreciation,
Of his dasotinit to the cause 01 the lininno.arald trial. an 4
danger. The Sot COMMIS of a splendid pitcher ana
Halt er,. and two beautiful goblets. The pitcher. is naarlf
fifteen inches high, and is of exquisite pattern.. Ottona
side is finely engraved the United Stales coat-of,arcas,
and ()It hlt othor that of the Ocoto of Pilryl4o. in fmni
is a shield eurruuudcdby liege unit waiter) anywo., 'sad'
hearing this inscription:. To his Excellency Thomas:
Holliday Hicks, Governor of the State of Alaryhmd,.frona
the Union men of Kent, for his unswerving devotion to
the coontitution of the I,nirn. The salver is sf beautiful
.....
ilecipa, Thu surface taiginv-iiirava IPIP. ...A.".
surrounding two ongra - red YiOWS of landscape sceneata
Kent county. In the centre is the sattw, inscription„
übich is also on each of the goblets. The presentattos
hat made at an .3arly.day Sy EdwiPllki ns .R K A
Of Chester ewe, aid., on "' d
It: ef the dove...
A RELIC OF I VOLL'TLOIURY DAre.—A well
known citizen and matmlactUrer has lately contontamed
the erection of it splendid mansion aooa the old bode.
ground at Gamentown. The workmen. engaged Ii dig
ging the foundations, a few days sisceoxknased a human
skel °ton ridontly that of . a soldier, as the Crates of
military uniform still clung to the whitened tones, But.
a most singular corroboration a this snopoeition was Le,
ti,e-tact that a small imitet Laa wan ton nd so have
pierced through the trontai sinus, and in moving the
figure the bullet was heard to rattle in the cavity opt the
skull. The remains were carefully removed and so-la
terred in a now looality.
LARCENT. Yesterday afternoon Hiram
Redman wan committed by Alderman Rider, to flamer
the charge of having stolen a coat from a store at Sarong
PiiTtifb VW PC...1 1 K wilvP) nrwted i wan in •
lox - wawa, anti to the coat vv,,