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'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25,1861
ENTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH. OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy
to break op the Union is a tact now known to
um Armies ore being raised, anti war lerleti
to accomplish it. The - re can be but two sides
to the controver.sy. Every man must be on the
shlr of the Vnitttl Mateo or aAaiPA it• There
ran be Oa neutrals in this war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
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ENGRAVINGS.—Fort Delaw4re—Peculiarly Appro-
ite—tri”,jor Oeurra+l Gvorse is. ni.-d1,11a.•
CIIRISTM AS EVE AT CAMP.
FROM. missOUßL—Captain WoixA Scanting Party
c,e4eral Jobn pnpe--1 lire(' Hundred Pd
ohein Taten, and all the linginigo entt niooltions—Xore
Co-Koi News fr, m IVliieniri—Confirmation of the Union
ictory— erin , hleg ➢news to Rebellion.
yitom is ilaticliy —The Grand Army of Ken
tuel4.s —The Skinabb iit , 51;11.11 , 111 oz
Somerset—General Buell and Lk Oilicers--Late trona
Binding Green and Vicinity—The Truth about the In
dians.
runt /I Ifor. 3Likl Hung
at Enoxville—Reporad Evacuation of Galveston, Texas,
by the Rebels—Captain Ricketts—Onr Prisoners in
Richmond—Aliscellsneous--Rebel Accounts of the Situa
t.:...• Nentata, - --- Plhr USI;(>1" Men In TAll
nessa,—L ate hews from the Rebel States—The Rebels
Distressed for Iron and Coal—Seizure of Salt by the
Rebels—The Prisoners at Richmond.
Portems Monroe—SW.:
ping Up One Rat Hole—The Report of General Phelps—
From New Tork—Sailing of the Africa with Despatches
for Englnt.d—important from the Upper Potomac—ln
&realer! fpm Point of Itocks=Another Robot Attack on
Col. Geary's Regiment Iteput.cd—bifileulty with Great
Britain—Appropriations for Coast Defences—Later from
Fortress 31oLroe, Hatteras, and Purt Royal—lmportant
1.1.=ic.--Th. Was Favor iu eallathl_Th4 Supply
of Arms from BuglanA—The Mason and litlelt Affair—
Smith O'Brien on a War with Zugland—Solemn Advice
to Irishmen in the North and South—The Difficulty with
Fnehaul Gomm] Sfutni Lotter.-Tho Dint ot the Late
English News upon the Rebel Leaders—Stefttoship Arago
Olt Cape Race—General Scott on his Way Home, etc.
EDITORIAW.—The Late-et War Few,--The Renorta
Of the Interior and r,.bt otrice pvpartments—no Pa
triots of Past Tonneggeo—The &overlie Court—pritisn
International Law—French Mediation—Death of Prime
Albert.
THE "LETTERS FROM OCCASIONAL."—IreImuI
and Great Britain—The English Complicatiott —The
Movements of the Union Armies—British Hostility to
the 13liited States.
..nPROIAL 11PgPATOTUF9 FROM_ THE CAPITAL:—
OtTicial
Peepatelies from Commodore Dupont—Nowa from
the Enemy—Propc*.ed Abolition of the Franking Pri
silege—The Retirement of Nar•nl Officers—The Coolie
"Tr.d.—Tne T.,. 11111.
TIIE NAVY .—F Port .Boy al—From fur Forces
in South Carolina—Letter from Beaufort—Official De
spatches from Fort Royal—A Rebel Expedition Fitting
cot
THE BATTLE AT DRANESTlLLE.—Pennsylvania
Does the Work—Details of the Battle.
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS
The festivities appropriate to the season are en
tered into with such a hearty spirit that to all ap
pearanee " grim-visaged war has smoothed his
wrinkled front." Our streets were never more
crowded with tt....0. 6 . of 1. 117 ..a eooEenEad
people, and to-day promises to be one of the mer
riest Christmases we have ever known. The rush
st Adams' Ex - Frees *Mee tor several clays pask
proves that in the midst of the home preparation
for enjoyment ; our brave soldiers have not been
forgotten_ A countless number of peekaoes have
been forwarded to them, and they are thus re
ceiving at their camps welcome tok-ns of the vatic
-4loooto re s .ra. 4,4 I , aativag tkai
cluster round their firesides.
There are strong indications that the Mason and
Slidell diffieulty will be amicably settled. It is by
no meats certain that, after a full hearing of all the
facts involved, Great Britain will demand a sur
render of the Rebel Commissioners. But what
ever may be her determination, the Administration
will doubtless prefer a steady adherence to the
great object of the war in which we are involved,
the suppression of the existing rebellion, to the
creation of any new complications, inconsistent with
the atiaMment of that end, that can be honorably
avoided.
Another important step towards the practical ea
change of prisoners hue been taken - by the relea..,e,
on the .2.3 d instant, of two hundred and forty-nine
of the men captured at hatteras Inlet. They were
telttn to asaney Island under ailed of triton_ An
equal number of Tinian prisoners are expected to
arrive in a day or two at Fortress Munroe.
In the phirmish at Newport News on the 9/d
inst., which was reported yesterday, several of our
soldiers were wounded, but none kilted. A nun/-
trey or the ra,ois were wouridea, and +dß .41 , 6
to have been killed. It is reported that a com
pany of negroes fought on the side of the enemy.
It is reported 4.1 der, Webb, 51. e. ..kmerlce.
Minister at Rio Janeiro, has sent a demand to the
Brazilian Government to supersede the Governor
of Maranbam, for having supplied coal to the rebel
privateer Sumpter.
The statement of Mr. Hurd, a wounded Union
prisoner, who was releaSed by the rebels at Charles•
ton after the great fire by which the jail where
they were confined was burned, wilt be read with
tinniest. Cul, Qumran is unstring, and it is pea
end@ that he succeeded in effecting his escape
to Beaufort.
lava, 1:Nob-Ayr's tercet show but lititle alepeelitext
to risk a battle at present with our troops. On the
19th inst. 8.000 of our forces advanced four miles
south of Green Ayer without meeting the enemy..
It is a somewhat singular coincidence that the
battle of Bull Run was fought on the 20th of July,
the battle of Beira Muir on the 20th of tiototter,
and the battle of Draneaville on the 20th of De-
The Now York .geonins- Post thinks that Sivre
tary Seward's letter to the New England Society
proves " that a foreign war will be no act,of our
own Goverr.ment. It will be forded upon Lig whin
it cornea. The Administration, like the people, de
sire no other conflict than that they have in hand ;.
lb.* *ill molts onsmy air-shims, of lumina purposes
or international insult necessary to avoid the cala
mity ; but they will neither of them shrink from
any responsibility thrust upon them by the events
of the times."
The letter thole referred to is dated December 11 7
aa is cc follows!
Pray present my apology to the eons of New
England for declining their invitation to the New
England dinner. 11Iy duties here allow me little
enjoyment of the holidays_ If it were an Old Elm ,
land liittner instead of a New England feast, I
would certainly strain a point to attend. I would
like so good an opportunity to attempt to show to
our cousins across the seas that there is no material
benefit or moral inflating that can accrue touts that
will not also increase the prosperity and greatness
of Great Britain. and that every disaster that be
falls the United States is also pregnant with sutler
-1..8-ef.,6114Y or later to be horns by Greek
Britain."
We are being abundantly supplied with arms,
and no fears on that Score need be entertained.
The 'Hamburg steamer Teutonia, which arrived at
New York on the 23d inst., brought over seventy
/too thousand stand of arms, principally rates, for
the Goverment. The arms are of various kinds;
a few of them are old muskets, but nearly all are
now and excellent arms. The largest proportion of
tTaribipment was procured in Austria. The arms
are consigned to many different houses. The
steamship Hausa, of the Bremen ling, also brings
to new York a oargo quite as large—a por
tion of them from France and England. The
Mame; Nniqm,y, recently from Liverpool,
is now discharging a quantity of arms and lead.
Of the former there are only a few thousand stand
—less than five ; but there are one hundred casks
of ingot lead, each cask weighing fourteen to fifteen
hundred pounds. It is estimated that nearly a
quarter of a million stima of arms have been
brought to this country during the past four
months, by the Hamburg line of steamships. Be
tides these, a large amount of war material, in
eluding infantry and cavalry equipments, has
been imported from Europe.
Captain D. D. Porter's expeditionary fleet of
mortar-bonts is expected to be reedy for az tiyu ear
yiee and to sail from New York in a short time.
Advices. received by the North Star, which ar
rived from Aspinwall, at New York, on the ',334
state that an English steamer at Aspinwall
brought a report that the privateer Santpter was
COulli , at Fort Martinique ) when the United
States steamer fre g yots• arrived at that part, but
that her capture was prevented by the interference
of a French man-of-war, the captain of which ob
jected to such a proceeding on the ground that it
would be a breach of neutrality. On the same
night the French veecel went to sea, and the Ire
quois, believing her to be the Sevnipter, followed
her ; but upon overtaking her and discovering the
mistake, put bank to secure her peke. Meantime,
the Sumpter had taken advantage of the opportu
nity to escape, leaving the Iroquois to find her
elsewhere.
IT 3IAT be a questiQu of taste for State Le
gislatures to pass resolutions of instruction or
advice to the President and his Cabinet,
but the action of the Legislature of Kentucky
asking the President to displace one of his
ministers, is a somewhat novel experiment..
They have selected for their exeommunica-
Howl deeree the Secretary of War.
The only consequence of this legislative
dictation will be to grieve every true Union
man in the free States ? and to produce divi-
sions among the people these Kentucky lt,bgis
haters represent. For if the loyal men in the
Border States are to be divided; if they are to
be taught to lose confidence in the men direct
ing affairs ; if every expression of opinion by
tbose,whose opinions are entitled, at least, to
itogpent and consideration, is to be the subject
of a censure end a protest, the agents who en
gage in this work are only aiding the common
enemy. It is an awkward compliment to the
President's kind and affectionate allusions to
the KentuCky people in his last message, that
while their representatives in the Legislature
praise 111 n 1 7 mtrilte down a Cabi
net minister who shares his full confidence.
The opinions of the Secretary of War, con
tained in his first report s are before the coun
try. They are the opinions of a great part of
the American n'tion. They are endorsed by
thousands of those in arms under the Repub
lic. 'Re Secretary wrote them frankly ; and
then submitted them to the President. When
the President, out of regard for the loyal
Southern people ; suggested certain alterazi.na,
Secretary CAMERON generously waived his own
judgment for the common good, and in so
doing received the earnest and cordial thanks
of Mr. LINCOLN. The example of the Secre
tary of War might well be imitated by. the
Legislature of Kentucky. Mad Secretary
CAMERON MAO an issue upon his sincere son•
timents—had he made the course of Mr. LIN
COLN the pretext ;or dissatisfaction—had he
been ambitious of political advancement, at
the expense of the cause—he might have re
tired from the Cabinet, thrown himself into
the arms of those sustaining - and defending
him, and become the leader of a mighty
Northern party. He might have been the
politic-100 i be. F ie-Fez -red le be Ake 1.i:6/e4_
Other considerations make this action of
the Kentucky Legislature look inopportune
and unjust. The Secretary of War has been
Kentucky's good friend during all this contest.
The many Vigorous preparations for rescuing
the property of citizens from confiscation, 494
their homes from devastation and desolation,
were chiefly owing to the herculean exertions
of General CAMERON. He visited Kentucky
that he might see with his own eye the con
dition of its people and their military wants,
and he promptly instituted measures to relieve
there.
lon have been welcomed by him and treated
with the most distinguished consideration.
He had his opiniona preciauly as the people of
Kentucky have theirs, and any one who has
read attentively the Louisville Journal and the
Louisville ileino&itii, will recall many a para
graph containing sentiments at least as radical
and extreme as those expressed by the Secre
tary of War , --paragraphs in which the bitter
est denimciations were heaped upon the rebels,
and the severest measures invoked for crush
ing out the rabellion.
These Kentucky politicians claim to he loyal.
They are treading upon dangeraus ground.
They should beware lest they fall into tae old
Breetrinrlase-and-iluruett rut. Their late
cote
against General XAMERON only gives aid and
comfort to the enemy—to their foe and ours—
And to flow who hate the Government here in.
the North. It would have been a graceful
manifestation of impartiality on the part of the
Kentucky legislators, if, while differing with
General CAMERON on the slave question, they
bad at least recognized his great energy and
devotion, his earnest desire to serve the coun
try, and his many kindnesses to themselves.
It is
_a fine tribute to the Secretary-of War,
and a fitting comment upon the protest of the
genftichlana, that, ahmiltitticously - wills the
passage of their resolution, the searching in
vestigation of the Van Wyck Committee
should be given to the eettrtky, and that, not
withstanding the clamors and calumnies which
have been hurled against him, nothing has
been disclosed clam- directly- or indirectly
affecting his personal integrity. Will the
Kentucky Legislature take a note of this ?
All of his many obligations have been faith
fully and honestly discharged. He has been
one of the boldest andmost disinterested war
ministers of the age; and, notwithstanding the
action of the Kentucky- Legislature, he will al
ways stand high in the confidence of the Presi
dent, and the affection of the American people,
THE PUBLIC will recognize in the order of
Gem Rumex, compelling the ref 1s to con
tribute to the support or the Union refugees in
St. Louis, a bold step in the right direc
tion_ All loyal men admit that this rebellion,
which is to cost the American people such an
immense expenditure of blood and treasure as
Will diyest the records of antiquity of what 1144
heretofore seemed fabulous, is without any
adequate -provocation; that it roots in the
ancient discontent of South Carolina politi
cians, and has attained to hs present unnatural
proportions by reason of the perverted ambi
tion of its present leaders. Why, then, should
these ambitiens loaders, their alders, abet.
tors, and apologists, be made to reimburse the
loyal men for the least of their expenditures—
their treasure? And even when this shall be
done, how insignificant, what a mockery seems
the cclast dollar," among the items of that
great journal, whose entries are made with the
hearVs blood of our relatives, friends, and
neighbors ? There are sacrifices which no con
fiscatory laws and no bills of attainder can
reach ; offerings laid upon the altar of patri
otism without expectation of other reimburse
ment than that of a Government vindicated,
and through this, order cdio6 intiote eAa
blished.
Wait being arbitrary in its nature, its laws
have suffered less change; in the lapse of time
and in the progress of mankind, than the
codes Of States. Being an incident of barba
rism, civilized nations have ondeayorcd to
divest it of its greater atrocities, and have in
good degree succeeded. We may rightly
carry on the work, and eliminate every un
necessary atrocity remaining. It is a national
duty, a duty we owe to the world as a con
servator of human progress_ But we cannot,
in justice, go farther; we cannot, as the con
servator of human progress, abate one jot of
the rigors and hardsbips of war, in so fkr as
they affect our enemies. For these are legiti
mate weapons, so long - as the evil endures;
and the strong use of them is the merciful use.
The heavier the hltllYti we deal with Muhl
the sooner will this waste of blood and trea
sure, this paralyzation of the industrial inte
rests of the country MM. We must nut per
wit rapine, but exact subsidies ; east down the
leaders from their social position, and ion
poverl.k the!, 1311pparrivrt, inasmuch thcar
may be able. We are dealing with an enemy
who does not ask magnanimity, and would not
appreciate it if proffered and we cannot
afford to be magnanimous until victorious.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.—J. E. GOULD, Seventh
and Chestnut streets, is selling his elegant Pianos
and 3lelodeons at greatly reduced prices. Such
inducements were never before offered to pur
chasers.
SIGNOR BLITZ announces three grand perform:
maces to day, at tho Temple of Waders, Tenth and
Chestnut, commencing at 11 A. M., 3 and 7 P. M.,
and every afternoon and evening during the holi
days. _Blitz is decidedly the magician and ven
triloquist, for the ago. Be is humorous and par
feet.
AUCTION Di4TICE — SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.—
The early attention of buyers is called to the largo
and desirable assortment of 1,000 cases boots, shoes,
brogans, &c.; also, a desirable invoice of plush and
cloth caps, to be sold at auction, for cash, to-mor
row (Thursday) morning, at 10 o'clock precisely,
by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store,
Nos. 525 Market and 522 Commerce streets.
LETTER FROM i 4 OCCASIONAL."
Iltnnumirox, Dec. 24
The exhibition of moral and physical hero
ism ix always grand but ft people exercising
the philosophy of patience born of faith, would
present the grandest spectacle the world has
ever seen. When all the best and worst pas
sions of a people are aroused, it is scarcely to
be expected that a majority will so hold those
pa } ; oos in check as to render the exercise of
patience possible.
But " the mills of the gods grind slowly ;"
aml their results seem insignificant, for the
reason that we judge of all results as they de
velop within the span of a single life. And
then, our Self-hoods arise and confront us on
every hand when we sit in judgment upon
current events. Every man wishes the CC mit
leimium" to come in his lifetime, forgetting that
the causes which have delayed, and still delay
it, are, as old as creation, and oft renewed.
This desire to effect certain results within
given periods, is, probably, the cause of 'the
almost irrepressible impatience exhibited, by
great and small, touching national troubles.
Define the 4,rst blow fell, the country was in a
fever to know when and where it would fall.
So great was this fbver of impatience that tens
of thousands would have been bitterly disap
pointed had not the madness of South Caro
lina expended itself in an iron tempest upon
the 'heroic defenders of Sumpter. We need
not be ashamed of it, but however closely we
may wrap us about with the robes of man
hood, the childlike impatience of curiosity
win peep out Item its told.. This is only one
phase of human nature, and perhaps ought
not hastily to be praised or blamed.
cc When is there to be a forward move
ment?" ig What is the Government about?"
When will this war end ?" , z Is there to be a
war with England?" Who will say that these
are not the great questions of the day? Yet
it may not be possible to allay public fever is
regard to one of them. The first and the last
tw o tomi le v Aly 4ersnd iipoH d6Stlition9 not
revealable, because not yet ascertained ; nor
is it proposed to speculate respecting those
conditions here; for, after all, it is a matter
of greater moment to mankind as to what is to
be the result of this war. It is a struggle for
national integrity against the most_ wicked and
ambitious of disorganizing influences. • It is it
strife, on the one part, for power ; on the:
other, for order, for truth, and for right; and
in this regard it Is its world 3 s W.Sl'.. If there
be a loyal man who despairs of the Republic,
be either reads history backwards or needs to
increase his faith in Almighty justice. Ken
may retrograde, communities may becetile
demoralized, States may perish from the roll
of nations ; lint in the great AYPFage of time
the race goes forward. The law of relapse is
only local in its operation. This - country,
which represents so many nationalities, com
bines the strength and vigor of all, and thete•
by has a deeper hold upon permanency than
Any that has ever existed.„The best and truest
bleed of all civilized nations flows iu this
struggle. To fear failure is to fear the ruin of
all that is worth preserving.
NR) shall Wit fail. A 5 a nation, striving io
better the condition of man everywhere, we
cannot fail. The duration of the fight is a
e l tiestion of 11101111 s and a rightly energized
purpose. When the sky clears, we shall see,
with the poet, that—
(i 'Twits but the ruin of the bad,
The wasting of the wrong, the ill
hate'er of good the old time had
Is living still."
And not oven the strength of _England added
to the factitious strength of treason can change
the pre-ordained result. The rills of blood
how flowing may, through her inturforanco,
swell into rivers, and these may coalesce and
form bloody seas ; but if the American people
deserve national existence, they will find some
Moses to lead them thrOugh that suppositious
Red Sea; and they will carry with them the
fruits of that covenant made by the men who
founded the Republic amid difficulties second
only to those now confronting us. Our Go
vernment has been, and must continue to be,
the wvrltPs boat vomnplc, and etauding refu
tation of the theories of despots.
Wisdom requires that all should prepare for
the worst 4 for, while no just cause of war will
be given to foreign Powers, nations are some
what less immaculate than individuals, even in
the matter of attending to the business of
other peoples. We must place the wOrSt be
fore us, and school our souls to face it. If
the worst do not come, we shall be wiser and
stronger for experiencing it in anticipation.
Sti.eQUioniot Terrongm in Canada.
[From the Toronto Globe, Dec, 12.]
The infamous conduct of the corruptionist organ
in this city excites the deepest indignation among
our people. There are plenty loyal men in To.
ronto ; there are none, in fact, who are unwilling
to turn out to defend Canadian soil whenever it is
assailed, but our people are not such madmen as to
Fmk a quarrel with neighbors who profess the most
friendly feeling, and have done nano injury, It is
a general opinion that the agent of the Jefferson
Davis Government is overdoing his work, and is
likely to be kicked out of his position Ion; before
he has accomplished the object of his ambition—the
stirring up of a war between the United States and
England. The exquisite absurdity of an editor of
a Washington paper coming over here to lecture
the r op . le upon their Jay to the Peitia fhig
assume, in fact, the part of a loyal bully, excites
its appropriate share of ridicule. Ms gyrations
would be harmless, but for the position of
the Limier. As the organ of the Government, as
the recipient within a few years of a hundred
thousand dollars of public money, it is a matter of
moment that the Leader is using every weapon of
invective and falsehood to excite war. The Ama'
rims of course conclude, from the position of the
paper, that its nefarious work is sanctioned by the
Canadian Government, and that they are influenced
in their turn by the imperial authorities. Its dia
tribes are published tar and wide by the American
papers, and help to keep up the flame of hostile
feeling. This work may be all very pleasant to
the agent of the Jeff Davis Government, who, if
bo aecomplishea bis work, will speedily seek refuge
in Richmond and obtain his reward, but to those
who have their all in this country, the stirring up a
senseless, causeless war, is about as distasteful as
that can La coirilfavecl_
l ' he most infamous parts of the Leader's infa
mous efforts to create disturbance are its assaults
upon individual Americana in our midst. It tries
to excite proicitcy agamat them so as to drive them
.out of their employments. Although the Hama 1110
not mentioned, the directors of the Northern Rail
way have been plainly informed that their retention
of Mr. Grant as superintendent, and Dr. Beatty as
fu anee la ..lispleacing to the Washington
editor, and that. the nuisance must be abated. The
following was the language employed :
" We will not enumerate illustrations at present;
though the time may come, and thatspeedity l when
railway directors and others may be required to
justify their toleration of the exclusive temper
shown by superintendents, express contractors, and
others who avail 1114m1N1T. , 4 4 of every chance to
promote American interests as distnignieront riV/I1
Canadian."
There is but one board of railway directors to
whom this language. can be made to apply, for no
other an Aii.eilekcihrethitoll4olo,_ Mr, Grant
is the most efficient railway man in Canada in his
own department. He has managed his road admi
rably ; not one word can be bald against him on
that Nue 4.9 was employed by Government as
one of the commissioners to inquire into the posi
tion of the. Grand Trunk Railway, and did his duty
there also efficiently and ably. But he is an Ame
rican : an editor fresh from Washington and Rich
eiiii.oet aldose /marines, and so he tells the
Northern railway directors that they must dismiss
Mr. Grant. The Jeff Davis man seems to think that
we have commenced a new reign of terror, and
that we are all at the mercy of the OM man 11119
denounces U. He has actually the impudence
to threaten the Globe office with a domiciliary
visit from a mob. This would be perfectly
laughable were it .not, as we before said, for
the fact that the Leader 15 a dovermwout
organ, supported by public money ; that it is under
stood to speak as it is instructed by Mr. John A.
Macdonald, Mr. John Ross, and Mr. J. C. Morri
son, all of whom are in Toronto at this moment.
Do these gentlemen desire a war with the United
States? If they do, it must be because the affairs
of the Government are in such a desperate state
that they sec no hope of postponing their fall, save
in bringing about a collision with our neighbors.
If this is their position, it of course accounts for the
conduct of the Leader—it accounts for the Rich
mond man being brought over to fan the flame of
Tr'"4,7
hearts may be wrung with anxiety for the future )
hut if it will keep the coalition in, by all means let
there be war—lot the Leader vilify and threaten,
let a mob be raised to insult Americans in the
streets, and drive them out of the country. Never
mind the expense, the bloodshed, the devastation—
will not the coalition be kept in office?
Enrron OF THE PRESS : In an article in your
puper of to day, your local editor or reporter has fallen
Into an error or misundergLnod me.
When I epoke of the Mobility to eonteol the eeporteed
of 4, the press.," I used the words just in the sense that
they are first used in the article referred to, and as I now
Use them, and not with reference to your journal, The
Press. I then added that, on a former occaelon, I had
culled on the editor done of the newspapers of our city.
raid requested that my remarks should not be published.
lisasniuch as your reporter seems to have been fully aware
that he did not have a copy of my Speech, and that I did
not call upon him; and, further, that your journal did not
have a stenoiraphyr Meant; 10 whom ; at he states, I re.
fermi; and that your Journal did not publish my re
marks. I em at a lose to comprehend how he could have
le much ntisundereood me.
. .
As I have never received any other than courteouii
treatment from the editor of The Press, it is Droner that
I should state the fact And to that and you will oblige me
with the publication of this correction.
•• • .
The editor to whom I referred underetood perfectly the
maitre and tenor of my remarks.
Vary rAID46.IfuIIY, JAMES ISILLIKVIN_
P1111..11:1ELPIIIA, Dee. 24, 18M.
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.—At the Northern
Mann fur FrieniHags Chi!dram, a RMIRiOIIM Chriolllllg
I POO, with the Patraordinury fruits and tom and other
iikli-narhs, with which Kris Kiniglo le wont to clothe
in. bending brooches, lois been provided for the two
bluely d little folks at this matchless institution; all
hiiich iii ntirihntnhlr, no Warn, to tit) PITH& GOII4OO
- Whit Of Mr ladies AIM their triondio
We wish the ollicero and iiiniate:i of the Home ri very
liftoff Cliriquisas, and Idol - ratted lives to enjoy amity
root, sorb tittie of innocent gratificatiuu.
THE ILIES. TETLALEEPHIA, ITITNEFDAY, rECEMTEIt 25, 1861.
OCC A.SION AL
LATEST NEWS
BY T LiX3•RAPEI.
FRO)! WASttINGTON.
CHRISTMAS IN THE CAMPS.
INTERESTING FROM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
Special Despatches to 64 The Press."
W.igIIINCTON, Dec. 9.1, 1881
General Porter's Division of the Army.
There aro, porheps, few point of menace in
any ono portion of the army of the Potomac over
another. Throughout the lines great exertions have
be4ls made for months past to whet the army in
drill and discipline, and the pwress made has been
commensurate with the exertions put forth. Gene..
rat FITZ JOAN PORTER'S command has, however,
done special honor to itself and to the army gene
rally, in the very marked improvements it has made
in all that pertains to correct drill and good discip-
line. It has been decided by generals and experi
enced officers present at their last review, among
whom were Generals MCCLELLAN, MCDOWELL,
BLENKER, BARRY, lIEINTZELMAN, ANDREW Port-
TER LIM KEW I and IVII,MAKS, that the marked
precision of the evolutions of the infantry, cavalry,
and artillery, on that occasion, equaled that of any
of the regulars of the army. Each man manifests
a pleasuro and a deep interest in his vocation; and
his uniform, his arms, and his military education
are each an object of careful attention.
Tiic encampments of this division of the army
RIO principally on and in the vicinity of Hell's hill,
where the rebels, on the night of the 13th Septem
ber, burnt down the house and destroyed the pro
porky of Mr, Mimi,
Gen. PORTER'S division embraces the following
strength: a en. 111oRELL's brigade, consisting of
Col. CASA' celebrated Ninth Massachusetts Regi
ment, who went as the advance guard to that part
of the country, each with an axe in one hand and
a musket in the other ; Col. BLACK'S Sixty-ninth
Pennsylvania, one'of the finest regiments from that
Otato Cols Wooonony's Fourth Michigan ] esplen
did regiment, and Col. McQuAna's celebrated
Fourteenth New York regiment.
(ND, KARTINNIpE's brigade, consisting of Lieut.
Col. JOIINSONTB (COL REILRIGA.N'S) fine regiment,
the Twenty-fifth New York ; Col. ROBERTS' Second
Maine, and the model Eighteenth, (Cal. BURNS',)
Mid f l‘tift , My-fiaaond (Col_ Gov't) Mansachasetta
regiments.
Gen. BUTTERFIELD'S brigade, consisting of Col-
STOCKTON'S Independent Michigan, Col. L.tx
ellftre Seventeenth New York, Cot. STY.6R I *
Forty-fourth New York, and Col. McLEAN's Eigh
ty-third Pennsylvania regiments.
nese, with Col. AvEntmt's Third Pennsylvania
Cavalry, Col. GIIORIIAN'S high Lit Pennsylvania
Cavalry, and Crutprxx's, FOLLETT'S, and WEE
DEN'S batteries, complete this central division of
?IMAM of which not only the officers
and commander of the division are justly proud,
but. one which has elicited the especial praise and
gothaiejalatipa of Gen. McCLELLati and other su
perior officers.
Preparations for Christmas.
Jnrgc nipplies of turkeys ready for the tables
have arrived here from the North for the camps.
A large part of McCLELLAN's staff, and many of
the officers of the army, have gone home to spend
the holidays. The soldiers generally have been
busy to-day in their preparations for Christmas, and
there will be a merry Christmas throughout the
camps.
The Rebel Loss at Dranesville.
One hundred and sixty graves were counted near
Dranesville to-day, by a person who visited the
scene of the late imstio, inc hod j - of Mir sr,..„_
onory, of the Bucktail - Regiment, was recovered
to-day. He was shot through the heart.
Theprimmere taken nt thP. Ircua examined
to-day by the Provost Marshal. Their statements
were contacting, and they desired earnestly to De
exchanged,
Surgeons Confirmed.
The Senate, in executive session, to-day, con
famed the appointments of a large number of sur
ge...v:3 6 the arzni 7 and many appointments 6 that
branch of the service were received, and referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Notts from the South
Cniteco, Dee. 24.—The Memphis Appeal, of the
19th inst., has the following:
A litchi:to vsosz - vwfvudviat rays, in addition to
the $250,000 appropriated by the Confederate Con
gress, for the relief of the sufferers by the confla
gration at Oharlvdton, Ito Lagislaturc will -hpro
prints $200,000. Colleetious will also be taken up
in all the churches on the 15th.
The correspondent also says, to such a frightful
.4.- A tcat iE6i.1161/4 ig RiAeima that
the city bids fair to become as infamous as over
Baltimore or Naples was. Shootings and stab
bings are every-day occurrences.
The Memphis Appeal publishes the telegraphic'
reports of the foreign news and remarks : " What
will be the course of the trembling tyrant at Wash
ington we are unable to say ; but we presuoie he
and his astute advisers will suffice to take up the
gauntlet so fearlessly offered by Great Britairt„and
thinks the action of the Federal Government will
engender such it state of senitragat 6 Praia.. arta
England as will secure a speedy recognition of
Southern independence."
The rebel account of tbefight on Green River
places the Federal loss at 75 killed and 1 mortally
wounded.
Thu giov exaggeration characterizes the repoit
of the battle at Camp Allegheny, Western Yirgiwiti,
General Milroy is reported killed. The Federal
loss is set down at 500 killed. The rebels aeknow
14dge 20 killed and 97 wounded,
The Appeal rejoices at the movement of the radi
cal Abolitionists in Congress, and, speaking of the
emancipation schemes of Stevens, Bingham, and
Elbermani end others, iG gap vies roee rather like
this species of legislation, inasmuch as it wins vic
tories for us which the bayonet and bullet will
he hard to achieve_
The Fort Smith (Arkansas) News of the 121 h
instant has discouraging news for the rebel cause
from the Indian country. The Creeks, Cherokees,
and Seminoles are deserting the cause of the rebels,
and large numbers have joined Opthley Halls, who
is encamped on the Big Bend of the Arkansas, with
four thousand Indians, well armed wills rifles, re
volvers, and knives, and naked to the waist, to op.
pace this force. The rebels had a small force under
Colonel Cooper ; who was ciamorona for roinforce
went. A battle was daily expected, aS the two
armies are only a few miles apart.
The New Orleans Delta of the 17th says, that
U,a envoi commander of the Federal fleet had for.
bidden the transmission of Gien Phelps' proclama
tion, and threatened to fire into any boat that at
tempted to carry it.
The Fort Smith News, a the Mb, lease from
the telegraph operator at Fayetteville that about
one hundred Union men had been arrested in Madi
son and Cerro/ counties.
The Nashville llNion, of the 1711 t, says it has
the gratifying assurance that Line . oln's message
had produced a complete revolution among the
NMI a j rcioneosee."
The Georgia Legislature has appropriated
$lOO,OOO for the relief of the Charleston sufferers.
The War in Missouri..
Sr_ Loris, Dec. 24.—About a thousand of the
rebel prisoners taken by General Pope arrived here
at a late hour last night ; and were allowed to re•
main in the ears until Ails morning, when they were
escorted by their capturers, under Colonel Davis, to
Dr. McDewell's Medical College, where they will
be taken core of for the kiiaAeSii.
CONGRESS--FIRST SESSION.
WAsniNarox, Dec. 24, 1861
SENATE
Not more than twenty-one &native were pre
sent at the session to-day; the majority of them,
as well as many members of the Rouse, having left
to enjoy the holidays at home,
The Attorney General has respectfully declined
to give to the Senate his opinion iaa private claim,
alleging precedent as welt as want of power as a
justification for a non-compliance with the request.
Several petitions were presented, praying for the
emancipation of the slaves of rebels, with compen
sat on for those 4elonging to loyal masters.
Mr_ armies, of lowa, introdueed a ragalntion
instructing the Ciimmittee on Naval Affairs to in
quire into the manner in which war vessels had
been fitted out, lie had heard rumors of great ex
travagance practised in the navy yards; is Ma re
spect. The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Max, of New Hampshire, offered a resolu
tion calling on the Secretary of the Navy for a list
of the volunteer Houton% nutitore, pupoggrs,
&a., In the navy. Agreed to.
Mr. HALE, of New Hampshire, presented the
petitions of citizens of Boston, complaining that the
freedom of the press has been infringed. Referred.
nowa, of Wi sconsin, sa.v6 itotice of his in
tention to introduce a bill to amend the fugitive
slave law.
The Senate then went into executive session, and
subsequently adjourned till Thursday,
The House is not in session today.
Madame Rumor on the Trent Affair.
Tirivi 'Venn - , Dv, 24.—The a this
evening contains a rumor, current in this city this
afternoon, that, in an interview which Lord Lyons
held with Mr. Seward, the latter road to him a
letter which he had written to Minister Adams ten
days ago, in which he said that if the British Go•
vernment claimed Mason & Slidell upon the ground
of illegal capture, and as contrary to the law of
nations, and would consider the• aurrooder iia W
iling the principle for both tiovernments, they
would be given up on request.
BOSTON, Dec. 24.—Nothing is known hero in re
gard to Mason and Slidell going to Europe tomor
row, and tha rumor to that oll'oot is doubtless un
founded.
honors to the Memory of Prince Albert.
NEW YORK, Dee_ 24 -.Thu British and Maori°Ma
vessels generally in port had thbir 001451 V at hid&
mast to-clay on account of the death of Prince
Albert.
From Gen. Banks' Command.
WiLiakmarewr, Dee. 22.—From personal obser
vation, your corrospondent is convince , ' that the
rebel troops which have been threatening this point,
were not, at the utmost extent, over 7.000 in num
ber, IRA not over four pieces of artillery have been
seen here within the past week-. The militia, which
might have numbered 1,500, refused from the first
to cross the river, and en two OCOW3IOIIS would not
approach nearer than a mile.
The mill, owned by the Celatons, at the south
end of ham No. 5, was sot on Ike on Thursday
night by Capt. Hampton of the Pittsburg Light
Battery, attached to the First Virginia Regiment,
and six men, volunteers, who wont over in three
skiffs. They found in the mill, besides the articles
before mentioned, several shells, which wore pro
bably to have been sent over the next day.
On Friday, the elegant brick residence of the
Oelstons. situated a hundred yards from the mill,
was seen to be on fire, but a party of the First Vir
ginia went over and extinguished it, after which
they ransacked the out-buildings, and brought off
a comatierable amount of plunder, such 4.1 ovor
coats, picket ropes, leggings, axes, besides a suppiy
of poultr y.
The rbels, e:teentlno a few solitary sentinels
posted on the distant hills, were not soon at this
point until italf past three P. M., when they
brought in sight their nineteen-pound Parrott gun,
and threw a few shells towards tho camp of the
First Maryland, which had succeeded the Fifth
Connecticut, then en route for Hancock. A ton.
pound Parrott gun of Matthews' (Pennsylvania)
Battery soon drove them out of eight. There was
ms lees en our side, and probably but slight loss on
the other, owing to the safe distance at which their
gun was stationed.
While these things were in progress, a troop of
rebel cavalry made their appearance opposite Wil
liamsport, about one mike from the rtver. They
remained in full view for several hours, going
through a drill for the benefit of the spectators.
About noon a regiment of cavalry and another of
infantry made their appearance near the ford at
the Four locks, two miles above Dam No. 5, but, not
liking the appearance of Colonel Kenly's prepara
tions, they subsequently withdrew.
Zn the afternyon intelligence reached Colonel
Leonard that the main body of the chewy - wore,
with their wagons and boats, concentrating near
Falling Waters, five miles from Dam 5 , on the Vir
ginia side, but, owing to the curves of the river,
fifteen miles between there points on our side,
Colonel Leonard immediately reinforced his pickets
at the former point, keeping a section of a battery
and the Twenty-ninth . Pennsylvania as a reserve.
A few shells were exchanged, and the enemy re
treated, encampin g out of .1 6 1 A, 6. 7 0na the range
of our Parrott guns.
Intelligence yesterday, from the other side, goes
to show that the rebel commander, being foiled in
all his attempts, withdrew his forces that morning
towards Martinsburg, leaving only three or four
companies as pickets, but not taking away his
wagons and boats. All was comparatively quiet
during the entire day.
ilANcoc., Ike. .20.—Tho Nth Illinois, having
received their arms, are now here, posted in a
strong position, awaiting an opportunity to repel
the enemy or co-operate with General Kelly's ad
vance guard, which now extends hero, insides
guarding the railroad all the way from Cumberland.
WILLIAMSPORT, Deo. 21.—This morning a man
named J. B. Wharton, residing at Clear Spring,
approached one of the river pickets and offered
Wu 05 to carry a despatch to the other side. The
soldier made the fact known to Col. Leonard, who
bad him arrested, but not until he had destroyed
the despatch. Ile is connected by marriage with
ex• Senator Mason, now at Fort Warren,
Leonard holds him as a spy.
Telegraphie communications are now received
from Romney in four hours, including twenty miles
of horse transportation. In a few days the wires
will connect,
Lemon's brigade, "The First Virginia Regi
ment," consists of three companies of cavalry, now
with Gen. Kelly, four companies of infantry, and
two oomp..les of Col. Leonard_
The latter have volunteered to act as riflemen un
til their batteries are received.
DA3r :No. 4, Dec. 22. James Greenwood, a
stlait,ak Uatonist, rarorts that there is hot ono
guerilla company left to keep guard on the lAA
opposite, between this place and Palling Waters,
four miles above. The remainder left for iVlarl ins
burg on Saturdny morning, exceptingthe wagyp
containing the boats.
Sylvester Stonebreaker, a resident of this pre
cinct, but who was arrested amt made to take the
oath of allegiance by General NeAey, last summer,
made his
aL s
ais escape in t o y * L A
Fsanatt norbal. ran., last
night. It is stated that this man gave. the enemy
intelligence that a large force, under General
Bunks, was preparing to cross at Williamsport and
marsh upon Winehester, and probably inducing
Jackson to make the recent demonstration upon
Williamsport.
Reports from Union men on the otltr side state
that during the gallant repulse of last Tuesday, by
two companies of the Indiana Twelfth at this maco,
eight rebels were killed outright and twelve
wounded. It will be recollected that the enemy
had two small guns and made an attack on our
piebets there, who, with their rifles, compelled the
former to beat a hasty retreat, This occurred at
the time of the capture of Captain Williams and
seven men of the Twelfth Indiana. The attacking
forces comprised &Wel:wavers from Colonel Atabby's
command, under Captains Henderson, Mason, and
Baylor.
MERCERTILLE, (on the river, four miles below
Dam No. 5,) Dee..22.—This little hamlet is DOOR.
Weil by persons engaged in the sang trade, but
being, without exception, strong Unionists, threats
have been made by the enemy to destroy their
b a bitivtim, creating considerable anxiety. This
place is closely watched by the rodisca
Lest night, a large barn occupied by John E.
Caned°, but owned by Samuel Stonebreaker, of
Baltimore, was fired by an incendiary, and eon
-41,44,A:7p ha_ aktlea eantantainelttdine ,
six horses, five cows, and several tons of hay, five
hundred bushels of wheat, hogs, agricultural im
plements, wagons, harness, etc. Loss $12,000 to
,115,010 . , Mr, Confide is a Unionist, and was ab
sent from home at the time.
BOONESPAPOISCLI, Deo. 22.—Capt. Howe's bat
tery, of the Fourth Regular Artillery, arrived here
to-night, cn route from Romnoy to Washington.
The Nairy Yard Extension
MR. EDITOR : I am pleased to find that parties
ass moving in this project. At a meeting of Nun
oils, held some time during the last fall, a commit
tee consisting of the chairmen of the different stand
ing committees of both Chambers, were constituted
a eommilt a on the subject of the enlargement of
the United States Navy Yard at Philadelphia. In
pursuance of that object, n majority of that com
mittee visited the navy yard, and the grounds
south of it and adjacent thereto, They were shown
over the yard by that very gentlemanly officer,
Captain Turner, who took great pains to enlighten
hie visitors as to the great importance of this con
templated and much-desired improvement by the
General Government. After the reconnoissance by
the .0..1g0e, of the, United States property, ky
invitation they visited and examined the grounds
south of the navy yard, and were shown where a
great extension to its present' limits might be
made by annexing to it all the land lying south is
far as Franklin street,- and extending from Front
street to the river Delaware at the foot of Dickin
can APASS. On the north it in contemplated to
take in all the ground from the railroad on
Washington street to Prime street, to Swanson
Birch The whole navy yard, as thus enlarged,
would contain an area of fiftyTive urea, including
about twelve acres acquired by the vacating of the
different streets. This last movement might ap
pear at Drat sight a great obstsolo to the meow
plishment of this proposed plan of enlargement.
It seems, as before intimated, that vacating the
knell shove and below the navy yard from Diok.
inson and Franklin streets, and the streets running
from Front to Beaver street, as well as nutting off the
communication with the river front, might form an
Aj f et6., fat, when it is considered that the navy
yard already interrupts any such communication,
both above and below, the vast addition to the local
interests of that section of our city, by the increased
importance thereto by this great enlargement to
a groat public work, furnishing, as it would, In the
great equivalent given for the land to its present
owners, as also increased employment to the indus
trial portion of our community, advantages more
than an equivalent for the loss of river front, or its
intercourse north and south by the river front
already - intercepted by the Wootton of the present
navy yard.
A Singular Incident
The Lynchburg Republican publishes the fol
lowing incident, remarkable alike for its singularity
as well as for its melancholy fulfilment to the
brother of ono of the parties concerned;
Just before the war broke out, and before Lin
coln's proclamation was issued. a young Virginian,
named Summerfield , was visiting the city of New
York, where he =tele the ..kcqualularice or two
Misses Holmes, of Waterbury, Vermont. He be
came somewhat intimate with the young ladies,
and the intercourse seemed to be mutually agree
able_ The proclamation was issued, and the whole
North thrown into a blue of excitement. On
visiting the ladies one evening, at the hour of
parting they remarked to Summerfield that their
present 'Meeting would probably be the last; they
must hurry home to aid in making up the overcoats
and clothing for the volunteers from their town.
Buturnerfield expressed his regret that they must
leave, but at the same time especially requested
then: to see the.t the; es-ereee.bt were Well made, as
it was his intention, if be ever met the Vermont
regiment in battle, to kill one of them and take his
coat.
Now for the Sequel, Virginia Seceded, Tho Se
cond Vermont Regiment, a portion of which was
from the town of Waterbury, was sent to Virginia.
The battle of Manassas was fought, in which they
were engaged, and so was Summerfield. During
the battle, Summerfteld marked his man, net know
ing to what State be belonged ; the fatal ball was
sped on its errand of death ; the victim fell at the
flash of the gun, and, upon rushing up to secure the
dead Jake's arras ? gurotnorfield observed that he had
a fine new overcoat strapped to his back, which he
determined to appropriate to his own use. The
fight was over, and Burnmerfield bad time to exam-
Ina his prise, when, remarkable as it may appear,
the coat was marked with the name of Thomas
Holmes, and in the pockets were found letters sigaed
with the names of the sisters whom Summerfield
bed known In New York ; and to whom he had made
the remark wo bay° quoted, in which the dead arm
was addressed as brother. The evidence was con
clusive—he had killed the brother of his friends,
and the remark which he had made in jest had a
melanshely fulfilment. We are assured this narra.
tive la literally true. Summeriield new wears the
coat, and, our informant states, is not a little im
pressed with the singularity of the coincidence.
Mas. I. W. /sionasonn, of Detroit, has gone to
visit her son in CapiiVity at Charleston. He was
taken prisoner at Bull lien. A Detroit paper says:
"After learning that her SOU Will rOMOYed to
Charleston, and that he, as well as the othrr
prisoners, was in a destitute condition, she has
perseveringly and heroically kept in view her
purpose. and, 1111ViPg at Ilpgth received permission
front General BicMellen ro pass through our lines
by flag of truce from Fortress Monroe to the
Chesapeake, she left this city yesterday morning,
on the way for Charlestoh. She goes well supplied
wliL all tl5 t9EN41411146:1 for the comfort of her son.
together with a considerable freight of material rtid
for others who were attached to the same regiment.
The prayers and good wishes of an extensive circle.
of acquaintances follow this noble and solf-saeri-
Ming lady in her einhamy. 0119 go.e
ponied, and will undoubtelly meet with that sym
pathy and protection duo to an American mother."
FROM EUROPE
Arrival of the America's Minis.
By the arrival of the mails f the steamship
America, we are placed in possession of two days'
Inter Mee d English pnpors. A fell telo h •vephie
summary of the America's news has been pub
lished.
The Ainrrira brings .£3,i3c,i; in specie.
The London Tin's of lila r, th contains an edi
torial devoted to giving its readers a high idea of
the resources and capabilities of the Southern
Ataico. The remarks are Inmed. on a Seeegglon
Artl
eto in Blarkwood's Magazine, and the Tim,cs
concludes by declaring " the chances of war are
not against the Confederate States.
THE AMERICAN FRIGATE NIAGARA
A correspondent sends to the Times a letter about
the Niagara ? in which he says:
"It may not be generally known that thin far
famed ship is useless and powerless R 9 a man-of.
war. being thoroughly rind hopelessly rotten in her
timoiaers.
" A few months since I visited this Goliath of the
deep in company with ono of her officers, who in
formed me that in event of war they would not
dare to use the few guns which she then mounted,
owing to her great tenderness, and that he feared
the naval authorities would be shortly compelled
to dismantle or break her up.
"The vessel was then on her homeward voyago
from Je l '”itb to the Slates."
The 'times of the Bth contains a long account of
Stevens' Floating Battery, which it says "is sure
to prove a costly failure.
A LIVERPOOL VIEW,
The Liverpool Mereury of the .6th 010:483 an
article on the war rumors as foltowa—the extract
gives an idea of the absurd views taken by some
newspaper writers in Englonii nbcn4t ifineFieq4
affairs:
"We see, therefore, nothing irrational in the
belief that the Washington Government may yield
to the just demand of England fur the redress of a
umelfest -wrong, especially A.4 tlib~b ba} i kb fib
doubt that tbe demand has been made in a mode
rate and conciliatory tone, and with a sincere de
sire for pence. Yet we should be affecting a confi
dence which we do not feel were we to Attempt to
diqiuiee from ourselves that there are at least
equally strong probabilities on the other side.
There is too much- ground for the suspicion that
it has been the deliberate purpose of certain
Amerienn statestuen to provoke a quarrel with
England ; and, insane as such a policy would be,
wo have no reason to think that, the world has
yet seen the limits of the reckless folly of which
men like Mr. Seward aro capable. We should be
qu iv un T rarrente u ie eseenung th e y the answer to
be given to Earl Russell's despatch will be dictated
either by a regard to the justice of the case, or by
respect for the public opinion of civilized nations,
or by a correct estimate of the strength of England,
or by a wise and thoughtful patriotism, or by any
consideration whatever except subserviency to the
popular passions of the hour. On the whole, while
it is always well to hope for the beet, it is impossible
motto feel that the worst is quite within the bounds oi
probability. We should certainly view tho future
of our own country with despair if we saw it domi
nated by such influences as those which for the pre
sent hear sovereign sway in the once great and prom.
perous American Republic) ,
EUROPEAN CREDITORS OF AMERICA"
The London Times, in its city article of the
erxa-s
" As the sum which will fall due next month in
the shape of interest or dividends on American
securities held in Europe may be estimated at not
legs than 119.,000_000 sterling, the titestien of the
probability of a declaration of war in the interval
is a matter of serious pecuniary moment to a large
class of investors in England, France, and tiormany.
If America could bo relied upon to adopt the
preceeleeta of modern honor and civilisation, there
would be little cause for present or future anxiety
on the part of the holders, either :f the securities
of the central and State Governments, or these of
private corporations; but the symptoms manifested
on other points of her intention to disregard or
override every principle, whether conventional or
legal, current among other nations, have naturally
been watched with misgiving by all who nav h e in
the way to suffer from any views she may think fit
to proclaim with regard to financial rights.
During the Crimean war, Russia, with a scru
pulousness which will yield nod results to her.
through all future titno, not only made provision
for the punctual discharge of the interest payable
on her loans contracted in London, but also gave
MIT facility to lighten_ tt4e; rosponlil?ffitto§ of
contractors who had mat previously been engaged
in reign Nude nv uer oe.'atilf. If the Washing
ton CEovermnent imitate this example it will be
well for the parties interested, but far better for
America herself. The honor of the General Go
vernment will serve as a stimulus to each separate
State, and the private corporations, such as railway
companies and others, will likewise take their tone
from it. IP any once the holders merely of bonds
payable to bearer may be assumed to be free from
:11. 0 i )a tily:bedidig,-, they can be transferred to neu
trals ; but, of course, ti3ose who have stooks and
shares standing to their names, and otitsantittigi
amounts due to them, will be exposed to unpleasant
contingencies.
" These contingencies, supposing anything like
the regular mice of honor to be retained among
the American people, will at the worst be merely
those of delay. Remittances cannot be made to
an enemy, but in the present state of the world no
commercial community could be thought capable af
taking advantage of a temporary- state of hostili
ties for any permanent evasion of their liabilities.
All such points, moreover, would naturally be pro
vided for on the restoration of friendly relations,
and as any dishonor that might then take place
would operetta to prevent for ever any
resumption of the flow of European capital to
the country, the consequonces. both moral and
material, would be too severe to be likely to be wil
fully encountered. Thera is a large body or
American merchants whose sensitiveness on points
of commercial good faith is, as many English houses
have had occasion to remember and acknowledge,
worthy ofall admiration and it is console ory that
although this (slam are powerless in times of aggres
sive frenzy, they may be expected to be found
among the leaders of opinion when peace shall be
dawning with her promises of a new era of inter
course and pres purity :-
The Nouvellzste de Rouen asserts that Mr. Sli
dell's despatches have been safely brought to Pa
ris by bis secretary, Colonel Leinat, (an American
of Trretsch origin}, and chat they worn
with the seals unbroken to M. Thouvenel, Minister
for Foreign Affairs.
The London Daily News has a leader speaking
of. Gen. Scott's letter in the hiohest, terms. The
editor remarks
"It is scarcely surprising that such a document
should have rather disconaerted the calculations of
wh6. tii;clav 4E4 ef' Apnealy-Isiaded
feeling, had virtually decided beforehand the course
which the Washington Cabinet would pursue in this
grave emergency."
The London Glebe (Ministerial), on the evening
of the DM. has a high.sounding article on the Scott
Letter, concluding thus :
We accept his good intention ; we have cer
tainly no desire to quarrel with the North; but the
men ho, havlrle phased themselves ;.ceder the pro
tection of our flag, and were torn from it, must be
forthwith returned."
The London Observer informs us that stops have
hoot token to put a stop to what it calls Amorist ut
espionage in England," that is to say, the system of
sending out detective policemen to watch Southern
rebels in English cities and towns. The editor
says
it Mr. Adams, the United States minister in Lan
don, is understood all along to have protested
agamst these doings, and they appear to have been
carried on through the instrumentality of another
ambassador of the United States at a foreign court ;
but it is expected that the disolosures that have
taken place will have the effect of put.ing an end
to proceedings that have gatiovil sv Louth public
outcry and indignation."
The Dublin Meeting for America
The only report of the great meeting in Dublin,
in favor of America, we have men, is the following
from the Manchester Guardian :
A monster meeting of "Irish Nationalists" was
held hi Dublin, on Thursday night, "to take into
consideration the aspect and position of Irish na ,
tional affairs at the present momentous oriole." The
O'Donoghue M. P., presided.
The honorable gentleman said that the prospects
of a war between England and America afforded
the opportunity for tenting whether Ireland has a
right to ehape her course with a view exclusively
to her own interests—whether she has a right to
think, speak,and act for herself, [" hear, hear," and
gt to 1,0 C. 6
guardians of Ireland's honor. [Cheers.] Now, he
continued, I believe such an opportunity never oc
curred before—[bravo,] and I fear such an opportu
nity may never offer again — [oheere,] and while
so many millions of Irishmen are yet to lac
found in this island—of true Irishmen, I mean—
[yells]—animated with that indomitable spirit
which for more thaw six hundred years has refused
to acquiesce in forel ii r, domination. ritiscle s of
hate•and great cheering, amid which the conclusion
of the sentence was lost.) We all knew what hos
tile legislation has done and is doing to destroy
ourpopulation, A fearful responsibility is throve
upon us—for we must act. [Tremendous
cheering, and shouts of " We're ready."] If
we remain quiescent at this critical juncture, or
if we allow oureclves to be used by others for their
own purposes, we accept slavery for ouraalekas Ark/
for our children—[bravo]—and, in fact, are guilty
of recognizing the extinction of our own nationality.
[Cheers.] England is aware of the unfortunate
stale of things fa Atneriea, and imagines that she
would have no great difficulty in crushing the
Northern States. This may not be so easily done.
[Shouts of Bravo." waving of hats, and tremen.
liens cheeripg.] Then, I suppose I am right in
rupposing that this is not an indignation =mag—
i-cheers-I—that we are not met here like abject syco
phants to echo the sounds of English wrath, and
that we are met here, as Irishmen, to consult the
saf<at a , of Iraa. [Yells and groans
Now, I am perfectly certain that the great ma
jority of Irishmen will object to contribute either
men or money for the purpose of enabling England
to make war with the Northern States, I Etitha
siastio cheering.] At the some time lam perfectly
satisfied that the very contrary will be said in ad
dresses emanating from corporations—[hisses]—
poor law guardians, town commisdoners, and other
sources, which ahem iirriVrilbli misrepresent our
opinions. As a friend of America, as au Irish
man deeply interested in the welfare of
America, I am for a restoration of peace,
and, It r eale, foi , n teatatietieri of the
Union. If this is impossible, lam for a Northern
Confederacy and for a Southern Confederacy; but,
FIB an Irishman, as the friend of America, I am
against.. and shall ever be against, the Baglioh
vernment or people stepping in to settle this dia. ,
pute, by annihilating or attempting to annihilate
the Northern States. [Cheers.] With regard to
the question of international law that has been
rater;; by the tales 'the Southern Ceintniagioners
from the deck of an English steamer, the opinion
of the law officers is, that if the American war
vessel had taken the steamer as well as
the Commissioners, there welild have been
no violation of international law. The A.me-
Henn Government are able to get precedents in
favor of what they have done ; and for my part, I
have quite as much respect fur the opinions
of the Amer-teem as I- Lova far the opinions of
the English law officers. Mr. P. .1. Smyth. Mr.
Thomas C. Gray, " Lieutenant Crane, of the Papal
Brigade," and other patriots, moved and sec:ended
Za. ScSise of eekatitione hostile to England, One of
these resolutions ran thus! 4 i That we recognise
in the great Amerioan Union the great home of
the exiled and persecuted Irish, and, comae.
queutlV ! that }.l have met here to-night for the
purpose of manifesting by our Irrepage—strou r .i, by
our resolve—firm, and by the majesty of our num
bees, that we are prepared to extend our sympethy
if a struglo arise between the hereditary foe and the
hies aria protector of our country," Another de
clared i.Thet the events of the hour imperatively
dictate to all Irishmen a forgetfulness of past dif-
fereneee, and n united rally for the old GRUM of
their country." A committee, with The O'Do•
noghue at its head, was appointed "to take into
consideration the witicabilit_v of an organization in
the present state of ailkirst at home and abroad.''
What Will France Da?
[Yrcrn the Dianehewer mt..)
If we may believe the I'aris correspondent of the
Times, the Emperor Napoleon's entortrage has
been split into two parties by the seizure of the
Confederate Commissinnera on board the Trant.
One, beaded by Prince Napoleon, recommends that
Franco should mediate between the Cabinets of
London end Washington, and should refuse to re
cognise tha indapandenee of the Southern States.
The other proposes that Prance should aid England
in exacting reparation for the outrage committed
by Captain Winces, and should be prepared to re
cognise the Southern Cnnfederacy_
These statements are corroborated by Ilia lan
guage of the Paris journals, which all betray satis
faction at. the prospect of war between Groat Br--
thin and the United states, npli are evidently
disposed to foment nnimosity rather than to allay
it. As to any mediation which Prince Napoleon
may recommend, its objects would seem not to be
gory trien.ll 7 +0 11 , 000+01, ...+0 xn..y jurlT
the fact that the Opinione Nationale, a journal
well known to be influenced by him and his friends,
deems the present moment an opportune one for
the publication of a letter, purporting to be written
in Canada, which urges that the Canadian provinces
should be incorporated with tho American Union,
end complains that the French Canadian clergy
discourage their countrymen from attempting to
shake off the oppressive yoke of England.
•
THE CITY:
ADIIIHEffiENTtf Ttus EVEN/NO.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSlC—Broad and Locust
strtAa—.. Matanaa."
*llB/1.1.1.81r'13i10PT1N7G2t7.4. TEMATRTE--WallUißilV.4
above Eighth.—" Thu Southern Itehellion by Sea and
Land"—" The Forty Thieves."
AROII-STRBRI. TEIRATItS—Arch street, above Sixth.—
" Lgifni I/EIMEF'I4 i/Oticl "
BARNUM - 8 TEMPLE OF LIVING wumanti—lorm cholit •
nut street, above Tenth.
WALEUT.STREMT 'DitgATlLE = . Ninth and Walnut sta..
LL A .Mesense from the Sea "—AL My Neighbor's Wife "
—" JOUltthith
Tsurba or Worinsmn—li, E. corner 'reran arid Qrioll
nut streets.—Signor Blitz's Entertainment.
CHRISTMAS,
Christmas Eve was duly celebrated by an innu
merable company of people that no man might
number—during the day by shopping, and at night
by the blowing of trumpets and the beating of
gongs.
Last evening Chestnut street, Eighth street, and
Beehd tlreet, the three great mete for the sale of
fancy goods, refreshments, etc., were crowded with
purchasers. Among the people could be noticed
many from the rural districts, who sauntered list
lessly up and down, with mouths agape, and a
general susceptibility that argued a limited ac
quaintance with great cities and great crowds.
Here a. mother, haying (Deposed of her butter
and eggs, by a cold day's tenure in market, or
propped upon the sidewalk, with a market-_wagon
beeide her, wandered toward the railway depot,
ladened with toys, sweetmeats!, and small wares,
A whole family, perhaps, including a staunch, sal
low plough-boy, were going at a rattling pace
down the row of gaslights, tnd stopping, ever and
anon, to examine some flaunting ribbon or suit of
clothing; or article of furniture. At Adams' Ex
press the bustle continued all day. Boxes, with
various styles of directions, wont out by all the
tennis and trains, and many it soldier's heart will
be gladdened when the same shall reach him by
the camp fires on the bivouac. Stockings Were
bung up at night by many a chimney place, and
many young hearts beat quickly in sleep, half
dreaming, half waking, in view of. the festivities of
the coming day Clear and cold ! Blessed be
such a Christmas ; for the noses are blue, though
the air is healthy as a breeze, and the sky brightas
a hello. There might be sleighing, but if so, per
haps slush i there might be ei t mies, it ee, per
haps a drowning. The city will be in a ferment;
the shopkeepers grateful ; the showmen eloquent ;
the young men dissipating, the stildren all day in
a glee. May many such days recur in many an
after year !
The amusements of course will be immense,
Borne., ak Tenth and Bl4,estnut i e, hihitc ging,
stroeities by the There are the living Ansi
noes, or white Africans ; and the living Sea Lion,
*bat plunges and - wallows is a cistern of clear
water, spouting and fuming, during all the day ;
the greatest Bear ever exhibited, and the 4, What
id It ?" which is simply a tlwariod wagry idio6, Arc
some of the ether curiosities.
At the Academy, setchell and McCullough—two
talented young actors—appear in a military drama
galled the t Ohltpatea, 37 with Elsa hatutifttl Colas
in some of her ravishing dances. Forrest, the
greatest tragedian, plays Metamora at night, the.
mention of which will crowd the house to reple
tion.
At the. Continental Theatre, an excessively funny
and fascinating spectacle, full of new and gorgeous
seenery, will be produced, with horses and proms
lions to match
At the Walnut, the .' Mreeege from the Sea,"
and some of J. S. Clarke's merriest comedies are
andorlinoci r in ott of Clovka 7111 arakokt
and move to tears.
The Arch, after great preparation, will produce
the Shakepearean speotaelo of " Love's Labor
Lost," the IneD tome of - which to weld tv be in
tensely gorgeous. :z.,1.;
Blitz will introduce the eanitries7so learned, and
mak@ fon as of yore, while there will be a thousand
minor shows to take in the groundlings and thbge
that fight for bitten apples.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
At the Beck Bop' and Girls' Gremlin , School,
(formerly the Walnut-street school,) the (dosing
exercises yesterday morning were of a pleasing
aad a number ef the parents of the
pupils were present upon the platform. After the
rendition of vocal music, and recitations by the
scholars, two of the female teachers.-Misi Aldrich
and Miss Wright—were made the recipients of
handsome testimonials of esteem.
Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the pupils
of the West. Sned.q eel t,ol of Pt. P.ets
copal Church assembled at their school-room,
Twelfth street, below Buttonwood, and a very
Voting routdop of teachers and Scholars took
place. The room was festooned with evergreen in
the tasteful style of femininity. The juveniles,
one hundred and thirty-five in number, and jubi
lantly clamorous, were each presenkoa With a faund
of " munehibles," including a choice assortment of
confections and freshly-baked jumbles. The scene
surpasses description, The mi 86101190491,
attached to an Episcopal church, is conducted on
"Union' principles, and is one of the best-attended
apd most prosperous schools in this section of the
city.
At the Normal School the closing was unattend
ed with the formalities of past years. Mr. Cregar
deem.d it tisitdeLtabla to have any public &Teraina
upon the occasion as counrencement-day isso close
at hand—being on the last Friday in January. Seve
ral young misses, who had prepared well-written
oempeeitlene in anticipation or a. public <1140...i, Mt
unutterable chagrin.
The High School likewise closed without cere
may, The mite here contemplate presenting a
handsome testimonial or gratitude and esteem to
Dr. MeMurtre, whose term of professorship expired
yesterday. The presentation will take place on or
after the second Tuesday in January.
At the Ringgold flop' School the celebratton of
the t , Day before Christmas" was of a fitting cha-
Tpcteb and was participated in by the pupils, their
parents, the friends of the institution ) and several
school directors.
There was a distribution of bread, yesterday
morning, to the poor of the Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth
wards, from the office of the Visitor of the Poor,
No. 4 Fayette street. There was a large crowd in
attendance, and the hearts of many poor people
gladdened 1: 7 - the relief affeicla.
The public schools of West Chester closed on Fri
day, Dec. 20th, for a two'weeks' vacation. Soon
after the oommencoment of the last half-day's ses-
Nun the touchers of tic high and secondary depart
ments were unexpectedly treated to Christmas gifts
from their different classes.
The proems in the Bigh Department were par
ticularly appropriate and tasteful, and exhibited a
pleisant state of feeling existing among the mem
bers of the school.
The presentanvno w ere n de L. Mos E. O. Ila to
for the first and second classes, by Miss Emma
Townsend for the third and sixth, and by Miss E.
D. lialpes fourth and fifth.
In lieu of the usual Near Year Exhibition, the
scholars of the Baptist Sabbath School purpose to
have something in the shape of a donation party
foe the benefit of the Ninety.seventh Regiment.
There will bo &lecture before the children in the
church on New Year's night, admission free, but all
are urged to attend and bring donations of money,
clothing, or in fact anything that wilt be antel or
beneficial to the soldiers of that regiment.
Yesterday the students of the Jefferson Medie%l
College and the Unirealty Of Penecy'vault , were
dismissed until Monday hat. Those Who reaide
within a ruluionable distance of the city will spend
their Christmas with their friends. Yesterday
afternoon numbers of fiats NIA* lask sad
this State left the city for their respective homes,
At nearly all the grammar schools the commence
ment of the liglicisys was observed in spirit if not
in form, and the pupils were dismissed at the close
of tho morning's session.
rioAtwrAr. Inumg_—Yestoday afternoon, a
man named Hugh Gillon, aged about fifty years, had one
of his itugern cut off by being caught in conic machinery
in Sixth street, between Lombard and Smith.
Patrick Kern was injured yesterday afternoon. abont
the heed eee hesest 7 t, the aauc_tutteltur
of an engine on the Norrhitown Itallrond. The accident
happened ricer Broad street. Both the chore unfortu
nates were admitted into the hospital.
Mary ley, the woman who nos buaton, b.y POMO
perbomi. Wales 9.1111 Wolout atmneht- died at
the hiwpital yeoterday afternoon. Thu cotronnn vritl hold
un iniluret
gotTII CAROLINA COTTON AT TIM PORT
Yegterilay morning, the brig, Elhit Pt SlAglilr t. A. IL
Cain, maker, arrired at this port fr•inn Port Royal ilar•
For, Smith Carolina, with it cargo of St.s. Matta cotton,
belonging to tho Unitod States iloserummat, amounting ,
t.. Ml battik It it tutintiviloit to the , HIM , IttWlllta (Ma to
Fe held subject to the order of flo thwtrentont. TM. NU
of lading (ie.:critic% Om cargo as. !allow;:
bags cotton (itiginna.l)
187 bags cot-on (tmetaled) in butt.
38 built Nig& (glum!).
The, abiltmmd Wxll molt by nag unAer Anpt , nt, Rua
the bill of lading it bit
New Rulee for the Government of the
Detective Police.
Chief Franklin has reorganized the DetectlyrForce,
and made many new rules co promote its effectiveness.
The Rogues' Gallery is to be rc•carpoted ; the present
telegraph room deserted, and a Letter occupied, and , the
CT iect3 room euhrfged Sulvoin the admirable regu
lations imposed upon the department by Mr. Franklin:
First. The officers or the detective department. having
been appointed by the Mayor from the contldence reposed
in their integrity, activity, and sagacity, are expected to
prove, by their gentlemanly hearing end honorable con
duct, worthy of the position they occupy.
Second. Each officer must, at all tiosern he respectful
to the Chief of this deem antent, courteous to his braher
detectivee, attentive and obliging to citkens n strange..
tie in likewise required to show proper deference to the
Chief of Police, and to cultivate kindly relations with the
lieutenants, and all other officers of the preventive de
partrnynt,
Third, Iligh tinnatable J, nary DuMicro from bite
long connection with the police service, acid his expe
rience and qualifications, hag been detailed as clerk to
the department, awl in the absence r.if the Chief will act
am lig head, and will Ito mulcted and obeyed accordingly.
He will be charged with attending to Um currooondoo co
of the department, receiving and tratisnattinp wiagraph
ileepatehen, keeping the records or the Ake, and receipt
lon for s.ll Arden property recovered by the offiefirs.
. • . .
Fourth. The Oiliness will report ihemselet . s daily (9utt
days excepted) nt 9 o'clock A. M., Tor duty, and the
details of the day will he announced immoliately after
the lieutenants of police make their reports, at 10 o'clock
A. 31. to the Mayo ,
Fifth. Tut (Miners In turn will ho detalied.Thr daily
duty at the office, hut all business will be apportions'
according to the cirmunstances of each ease, at the dis
cretion of the chief.
Sixth. The "'ice of thin tIYQ firciltlii 'HO"
cast, Wait ""1 3. 40 will ram , ' from TN
o'clock A. N. to t l P. N. It will be thoq• (lacy to
giro prompt attention to all telegraphic messages, and to
afford proper advice and alsistaece to all who make
complaints. The will be constantly en hued during the
~,,, alwaye s+ tenet eater., ,r tho
mayor or cider. They shall have charge of the de
teetivee' room, and Roque.,' Gallery, admitting no one
thereto, except members of the police, without express
orders from the mayor or chief; and this ruin mutt be
strlotly eleiervel, ail Roth e7ieet.tte,ne oolr do 'nay he
necessary to further the ends of justice. The, officers of
the day will be careful to extinguish the tights in the
attic, befortl retiring.
Seventh. The officers on duty at the (Ace will attend
t o : al o „,tt oeo cob,lptt En thalP batet,,ltttlhft the aLthAbA:o
01 the chief, making sushi Prised., tlit,Noof as tray he no
cetwtry for exact information and efficient action in con
formity u ith the rules :tnd regulations. They will hate
access to the private office of the chief for interviews
with miler!, and will he accomitablo for tin rift imp
of mere awl elferte therein. They will open any
letter or telegraph despatches addressed to the chief, sup
posed by them to reimire immediate action, and like inch
mensures as tin cm, may demand,
Nightin WhCli an Officer is clotai/ori to invootigFttol zny
Glee) tic will tutu due diligence ftlid make a retroll of his
proceedings, us soon its possible, to the chief, 80 that an
account of the progress or result of his examination may
appear in the morning report to the Mayor.
Ninth. The i facers are exported to use every eater
-41"ill !gr . ! 'raPirti - Fr Per mccm. to geems , r ...a pro
vent contemplated crimes—to detect and arrest criminals,
and to recover stolen goods.
Tenth. Each officer will keep a diary of his opera
liens, noting every arrest, and its attendant nirvana
eleovesi if,, y.vheami the a.g.ti, if Lai to
entered. by whom; the date of trial, of conviction, and
term of sentence. lfe will also keep a record of the
stolen property recovered by him; its vaitte, aid the die
poeition made of it ; likewise a record of all goods found
Lim at wk.,. A n.l..te.t flat of
misming articlee shall have lieen left with them' and. In no
cow will advances on stolen genie be allowed to pawn
biokerc, until the circumstances under which they wars
pawntd shall be reported to the chief.
DOMICIL The tiiik!ON will at all times hers Ileni94lo
the thlent btivete offiee, fee eaedultitiatte, advice, ar
suggebtions in their operattons, when not specially await
ing orders.
Twelfth. The two officers on duty for the day will
make nary on thooftico slate, of the nom and residence,
or place of nueinesa of every party caning to touter mri
dully with any officer then absent, and will notify such
officer thereof as soon as possible.
Thirteenth. On Sundays, the special detail for service
at the office will be es follows i Two officers lt be on
duty from nine o'clock A. K. to one P. M. Two from
ono P. M. to Me P. 31., and two from foie P. I. to ten
P. M.
Fourteenth. During the hours for evening, duty,
uflicerc tut detailed fon railroad dentin, or OELOOffOIi In
ofil(1 , reknit bugitiovt, tutu repair from time to time to
the ofliee t that their atrvices may he readily had, if
LOCI•ARary.
Iteetitb. Every officer must report himself at the
r 3 ideloede k_
prevented lyy .special pollee liusiness and h case of Ws
absence at teat hour, lie will report himself as soon there
after its ro:trible, stating the cause or reason for such Ail..
i•ence. In the evSet of sickness or other disability, the
°Meer rntl.t commwlicate the feet, kidthotik defer, to the
Sixteenth. All goods, moneys, or other effects taken
from the person or parties arrested, or recovered by the
officers in any other way, matt he immedlatels delivered
1„t o th e of the ,dhiel, with O. list stud damAelalon
to Le furnished 1*- the ollicet having them In charge, for
entry, by the clerk, in the "Property Book s " All such
property shall remain in the fire-rocs-2; d o r noto.reolun
until di.posed of by direction of tt,e Slayer.
All zbuittatfelLsPitrittltt!!
notes
4 ' ffh 411 burglarious implements,
machinery, e
it'e r C. rl ,olti. t
aPPa ° 4 4h
. t ,nZ and materials for counterfeiting,
mmt in like "wanner he placed in charge of the chief.
i. ; : 6 :renteentli. Ali Information or business of a police
cterecte,,mmt L proiriptli "and e.,-.Eakauhl
"""4 to the cloio . l anti without his permission or know_
ledgeno detective measuree inuitte
Eighteenth. The chief indulges the hope that due heed
and obediencs n-411 he givim to tIL,Sii Pt•itillitttsll-4,Aad
adttemiSh the officers of Ale department th.tt
did
cipline must be maintained, and that disrespect of the
rules will subject the offenders to suspension from duty
and pay, of to dismissal, as the lllayor in each case shall
determine.
PHILADELPHIA PRISONERS AT RALEIOIL,--...
Judge Win. D. Kelley has received the following h.-
portant letter from a Philadelphian conflued at Raleigh,
Sforih Carolina. It Ls ..rl;ed, =Etanlned h r the Ad
jutant General of north tiarolina." We copy it entire
Matron, N. C., December 6,186 L
DEAR SIR: There are now here enure eovent• pri
sonere, 4p:111,3111g myself ; meet all belonging to Philadel
phia, ..lit were wlth me Ir. 414 S_ thoweat.f. diAtikee
Orion, and wrecked on this coast, on the morning of the
3d of Norember.
We are, as a matter of course, desirous to get home
again, and we beg son will use your influence to get us
kokikAect, by Ali 652411%1w fee the Elittild number of Hat
teras prisoners!; or, if that dahlia LA donA, to lige year
influence towards a regular exchange, if consistent with
Got.rnme...t. g.lley
We were compelled to leave the wreck, goon alter who
baVa, 6111 , Ryas, as Ithp 1%_111114111111.11
hunietllately, aisd saved titithlile but the defiles tee had
on at the time, awl will soon be deatitate. We suffer
consideintile these cold nights for the want of covering,
and have not been supplied here. Unless something is
done by our Government, we 010 have a large number
01 pick, if not tonic , deaths, before the winter la niter,
unless soon released. The destitute condition of the
men exposes them to sickness now around them.
There are idea some forty others, Including officers,
belonging to different regiments here, who are likewise
desirous of getting released as early no possible, ani
fully as destitute, some having been here several menthe.
We feel it peculiarly herd, after barely escaping with
our livrs from that severe gale of tioyember 2.1, and
then the strnwreek on the morning of the 51, to be haki
here se prisoners of wit , * for an indefinite time, short of
clothe and covering this cold weather, and without
funds, or means of procuring the nect ;wary articles for
out comfort. Yours respectfully,
JOHN J. GARYLN
11614. W. D. Ant.m., Wm:thin/IW, D. 0.
SINIWLAIt AFFAIR.—A few evenings since
ymma eme celled At the keiise of Oiirmr.a.
Worthington, near Wesd. Chester, and ;inked Mot the
rebels were after him, and would kilt him that night. life
appeared much excited, and took out hie pocket-book,
heisting that Mrs. Worthington should keep it, for he
wok bsetaiii to be inudeped. She objected to waiving
it. but he fairly forced it UPoii her, sitYlin2 that it eon
t.l TTPCI about thirty dollars. Ile gave the name of hie
father as Lewis Davis, and said his own name was Isaac
Davis, and that lie resided at Rockville, Cheater enunty.
Ifs Rhalli 6641/11ided t.t npendst an invitation to ate! all
night, If the , would maim hi a a bed lh thltdart.et, Whore
the rebels could not find him, which they armload to do.
The tsmily left the room for a few moments, in course of
preparing supper fur him, and whon they returned he
Wa., sem-, lee ~1.5 his seLeri
Search was immediately instituted, and he was salted by
thme in Beard', but no trace of him could he found. He
wee evidently insane, aid under the delusion that he WWI
Singer of rebels in pursuit of him. i3is pocirt•book
Wall opened, and found IV cop oiu,X , rf+9l - elehtia heel a
dollar of the amount he had stated. It is to be hoped
that be may be found and properly cared for. He ap
pears to be a well-educated and intelligent man.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS POR TIM Ali Arr—
. of a petition to Cougrass in favor of intro toeing
homeopathy into the army, by appointing a portion of
HIP tillfgfPilif Trim Unit Kiln"), tll.ll , left for signs
turen at tho - ATrirtirititr . finriiPPßP, B eavd o f Tr4d '
rooinF, and the halt of the Frankitzt inetltute:
SIOPMENT OP lißgArisTuFrs.—The ship Phi
ladelphia oiled limit thiv Mt) ynstordny afternoon, for
Glatinow, Scotism], With a TVIT largo carsor priswirsay
of breadatuffs. In addition to a quantity of tallow sad
hark, she will take out about six thousand barrels of
flour and fifty thousand bushels of wheat,
DEMOCRATIC UONYEATIONI••••AT the VORTOII
- of the Fourth Representative District, comprising
the P itch and pert of the Eighth wards, Mr. John P. De
laney was chosen unanimously to represent the said dis
trict at the State Contention to be hell at Maiden,
ANNIVEREIARY.—The Sunday Schools of the
Fir6l, Bnptiet Church, Broad and Arch streets, will hold
thrir 19 - P o Frow evening. Tbe, exercises
will Dr Twrird niyiwwwl7 Prpi wilt b. &gi
ve:Tit by lon, JlllllOO Pollock end "there,
AN OCTRAGE.—A woman maned Mary Rlilp
wait found at Water and Pock ntrootar In On insenwlri•
condition. at a late hour on Mummy night. tithe ha*
been badly beaten by come persons unknown. She woo
convoyed to the Pennsylvania Hospital.
G ENPOWDER AND SALTrNTßE.,,Gtmpoirder
has heat!' advanced; the Mewing are the prices: I►nga,
$2.25; round canisters, $10; diamond label, $20.75.
Granulated saltpetre has advanced ttvo cents per pound.
and the crude article from seven route, has advanced to.
nose 4, lb,
The Advance or Gen, Buell's. Arenry.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
r.sttino from Bacon creek, under dots of
December 11, says :
This romp, situated at Bacon creek, on the pike
and railroad, was established. on Monday, the Oth,
four days after the burning of the bridge sorest
the creek. It is unneeessary to state the MIME'
of troops here, or the number which.hare passed
on to Green river; but the charred-remains-of the
bridge are perfectly secure. The ears, which
might bore In OR rppgin t i- araark eker (slsht
miles further down,) now halt here.
The railroad is not, and has not been, used as a
means of transportation, but, merely to.carry sup.
plies. It has been of little consequence since the
destruction of the Salt , river bridge; but , WS-ail/
again be in order in a day or two.
CI emend Johnson's brigade ooenples. the. right
bank of Green river ; and the brigade of General,
Wood pate livgley's) bas also g9R9 down. 110-
seau is here. General McCook has also " pitched ,
his tent a day's march nearer " Nashville.
There never was an army moved forward with
more &Midst& than this_ They era not afraid_ oC
7/n.l4d-es—the ruin dour armies heretofore. They
are " thrice armed'' in the justice of. their cause; ,
they are strong, and feel their strength, and.ge.
with II rojoieing as it strong man to run a mom"
This mit* is much more pleasantly sitestedi ami
is a healthier locality than Nevin, or &dial, and: ire
seems strange that tt was not occupied long,ago.Bh
is also a much better place to make a stand them
Dowling Green i and thy mistake of bask,ner in.noh
stopping here is gassing stratus.
. Two deserters. from the rebel arms,—two. bee
there, from Maysville, aged about 18 ond2fl-onese
into camp yesterday. They report the form as,
Bowling Green, front 25.001 to 30,500 1 ((of whiek
about 4,000 'sue sick,) pretty. welp fortilba, gad
commanded !ay Johnston, ilreckinoidge, eat Enok
licrt
ONP of the oldest g.enerals. that , British ar
my., ArmArong,, died eel& roe:donee. at Beth, Eng
land, on. the lid tristanb the age of/ 96yea!". AS
f ur I N ,A 17g9 oritorea tlire 4.4aat be .rea
senior tv Field-Marsha Visvount Ceinhermere. 11
went uut to Flanders with Lord Moire in 1791; eat
with the Duke of York at Antwerp, and in the dis
ustr4ii4 1 , 646 at Reiland le Dioinea in the
winter of 17944. lie served to iredand durteg the
Rebellion of 1798, and was Assistant. Arljut.tnt Gene
ral of the Centre District, under General it.
until the Peace of 1802. ?if.) belenzal to the
Royal Irish Artillery, before ills amalgamation wiitt
the Royal army.
Edward A Cutler ! of 'Putnam, Conn , has poi . ;
ttito o o vvilm 11;1 , 1 1 1 , t43iLteq.
mill full lime