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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1862.
- RETRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.--. , The conspiracy
to break up the, Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
,`Ao accomplish it. There can be but two sides
no the controversy. Every man must be on the
Snide of the United States or against it. There
,can be-no neutrals in this war. There can be
'Hoyle but patriots and tralters.”
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
We publish, this.ncerning, detailed descriptions
of the late battle near Somerset, written by the
correspondent of a Cincinnati paper. It was one
of the most complete and impertant victories of the
_war,_ and the accounts to which we refer indicate
that it was won rather through a blander of the
rebel general. and the extraordinary valor of the
Union troops than by any mancenvring of the ge
nerals of our army—who, in fact, appear to have
had little or nothing to do with the battle. Now
-that our soldiers have been fairly inured to
the hardships of camp life, and that they fully
comprehend their military duties, they are in
spired with a spirit of undaunted courage, which
-will render them. invincible. The battle of Mill
Spring, like the battle of Dranesville, proves that
the rebel forces are.totally unable to contend
against our soldiers, unless they have an immense
advantage in position and numbers. A new era is
dawning upon us. The period of Union disasters
is fast fading away, and we are beginning
to_ realize that the glory and the integrity of
,of the Republic have been confided to the hands
. of as gallant, brave, and resolute a band of men
as hove ever been rallied under any banner.
No raw recruits can be expected to display all
the qualities of trained veterans. ' No civilians
long _accustomed to .pressful pursuits can instan
taneously change their 'Wiliam and shinii conspicu
ously as thorough - soldiers. Bat American free
men were never slow in the earlier days of our
history in turning their ploughshares intoswords and
- their pruning-hooks'into spears ; and recent events
amply rove that the present generation are worthy
descendants; of their gallant and illustrious ancestors,
and, like them, able, With proper training and op
portunitiMito afford as convincing proofs of their
'manhood and indomitable spirit upon the battle.
field as in the struggles of civil life.
From one end to the other of the great line's of the
nobly army which now encircles the area of the re
bellion, a spirit similar to that displayed by the
Union regiments at Somerset has been engendered,
and' with proper generalship, the citizen-soldiery
.of America will prove on every contested field,
where the rebels dare to meet them, that they have
the will and power to emulate the noblest deeds
recorded in history, in defence of their country
against the villainous conspirators who have as
sailed it.
We are too apt to lose sight of the peouliar
characteristics and the intrinsic superiority of the
American people and of the American soldier; in
our discussions of current events; but, by such vic
tories as that we ere now referring to, they so fully
challenge our admiration and vindicate their cha
racter, that the whole nation grotefully applauds
them.
We have many good of cers . now in our service,
and many holding commands who are rapidly in
creasing their vtock of military knowledge ; but in
the ranks are thousands and hundreds of thousands
of men whose merits are but imperfectly appreci
ated, yet who, if they are to be judged by the rule
which teaches - that true honor lies rather in per
forming well comparatlyely humble duties than in
imperfect attempts to fill high positions, are enti
tled to a largo share of true glory.
A telegraphic despatch announces that General
'Montag bad not recently been heard from, but it
Was supposed. that he would take a position at
Monticello, uhich is the capital .or Wayne county,
Kentucky, about ten miles south of Mill Spring,
and about twenty miles north Of the Tennessee line.
'up to aevon o'clock yesterday evening no news
had been received by the Department in Washing
ten in regard to the Burnside expedition. Much
anxiety is felt in reference to it. General Burnside
Is said to have bad positive orders to attack New
barn, and it is alleged that he was authorized to
use his own discretion in regard to a movement
into the interior of North Carolina, to seize the
rebel railroads. -
4' correspondent of the Manchester (N. It.)
Amen' tun, writing from Port Royal, South Caro'
Line, ems that a captain of ono of the New
Mamohlre rsdrimentas.....arry - vnuted - Savannah,
fittergia, as a spy, and after learning all he
wished to know in relation to the situation of
the rebels there, returned in safety.
Rumors (which are probably false) are current
in Springfield (Mo.) and Bt. Louis that Jeff Davis
has offered the following peace propositions to
the Administration,' as well as to England and
France:
1. Recognition of the Southern Confederacy.
2. Absolute free trade between Northern and
Southern confederacies.
3. Abrogation of the fogitive•alave law.
4. Introduction of 000lio•labor to Southern
States.
In 'addition to the above, a gentleman residing
in St. Louis, in a high official capacity, is the au
thority for the statement, that ho learned from
Union officers who claim to be in communication
with relatives in the Confederate army, that Davis
has also submitted the following :
5. Abolition of slavery in twentyone years.
This last, the gentleman says, is the bait thrown
out to England.
:The Norfolk Day Book, received via Fortress
Monroe, contains rebel accounts of the battle of Mill
Spring, which confess that they were compelled to
retire, but falsely allege that our force was vastly
superior to their own. General Crittenden and
several of his colonels were wounded. Ile is re
ported to have made a stand at Monticello, where
General Thomas is supposed to have marched, and
it is not improbable that another engagement has
occurred there.
;The Charleston Mercury of a late date admits
that the Cedar Keys, in Florida, have been cap
tured by a Union expedition. By this movement
we have gained possession of the western terminus
of the Florida Railroad, which connects the Calf
of Mexico with the Atlantic ocean, and the rebels
_will hereafter be prevented from transporting
troops or supplies over that road.
Leading Virginia newspapers of the 23d instant
have .been received. They express considerable
anxiety in regard to the Burnside expedition. An
attack upon the coast of North Carolina is ex
peeled, but they contend that, although some of the
towns of that State may be captured, any attempt
of mu army, to march into the interior will prove
disasirous. The Richmond Dispatch. of the 23d
says:
The design of General Burnside, it seems, is to
strike at the unheard towns of North Carolina, and
cut off, our railroad line between Norfolk and
Petersburg, end Charleston. This seems to be the
pet naval expedition of the Yankees, from which
they are expecting greater results than from all
others. So large an armament, and so numerous a
body of troops, may, indeed, embarrass our cause
in-Eastern North Carolina • but it is quite certain
that, if the Southern people had been , allowed to
choose the destination , of this expedition for the
manly, they would have designated the very one
whisk the enemy himself has selected. The coast
of Mirth -Carolina, from Norfolk to Wilmington,
withlts' send Wands; shifting inlets and shallow
sounds, its dismal swamps and everglades, its cane
brakes and cypress bogs, stretching out for miles to
the right and left of river channels, constitutes the
meet delightful Cretan labyrinth for the confusion
and envelopment of an enemy to be found the world
it By meats of hie viands of shallow draft he may
penetrate through the jungle and reach the firm
and more eleva ted inland; but his safety in that
ease 'would be `put in Very'great. peril. If he masses
his trouppee, we can mats mire likewide, and fight him
eaoeesefidly inland, - or con fi ne him ingloriously to
the narrow channels of the rivers. If he scatters
hieforoes, be puts it in our powbr to attack and
beet them in detail. If he out opr railroad imunco.
tied Pith Charleston, that dimi not ruid us; for we
Ad( soon have a better line under way far id the
interiorleyond• his reaeh. *theme. it seems,
iv to get into the, rear of Norfolk; by shallow boats,
through , the ;Diemel ';damp Canal - and to destroy
therrallread bridge at Weldon. The natural del
hit* of-Norfolk, from the Albeinarle Bound, are
almost' pinfecti requiring but the alig,htest assist
aueeof art; and Ss to Weldon, he'will fled it rather
re difficult to reach 'it than to bum" the bridge
wieWthere. ,
. .
"On the whole, it may be predicted in safety, in
Interoto6;that the deems* to reedit to us from this
• - is-pot likely to teeth' onwfourth tho
ealkWklie expedition Wulf on the enemy. The
, elhateriaufelbst for every million of expenditure
'hi ihrontlit it will not' inffiet a hundred thousand'
dblieirr Of dimige to enrielved. If the 'enemy can
rdrOAl la heap up the wer' by 'operations" of. this
mkt, it Winithemetically oettain that we can afford
to buffer our pert `of the prainute without trou
hrna:—TOte , Buniside Expedition 'oempletes the
Odd deeps - of kieebili a n. lie ii 'now entirely
'ready to crush' out the rebellion and 'to rector°
the_ Union.' Therrolumem rit oneness are against
011ierfarotehad: the rake on the Potomac we
did *same 'thing, before winter set in in Western
We did it in thirattlt lam:nary Manner
en the peninsula in Tune. It does not yet appear
that we have not done it in Kentucky. The move
ments of the serpent are too feeble on the coast of
Mississippi to require any decisive steps against
him there as yet. We have sootohed the snake at
Beaufort. Burnside is the last coil of the reptile,
and if we elm cripple and destroy him there, our
troubles may be set down as over; for fhb enemy's
treasury is now bankrupt, and without some great
and brilliant success, which will Out him in posses
sion of cotton, this war must break down in a few
months. We have no apprehensions from Burn
side ; but a prompt and vigorous rally of our peo
ple against this favorite enterprise of the enemy
will carry dismay and despair to the heart of the
North."
A despatch from Charleston, S. C., dated Jan.
22, says that twenty Union vessels were seen off
Charleston bar, our sailors were stripping the rigging
off the hulks, and it was supposed to be their in.
tention to sink more stone vessels in 'Charleston
harbor.
The Rebel Secretary of the Treasury has deter.
mined to introduce some changes in the plan and
management of the produce loan. Agents have
lately been appointed in all the principal (Ales of
the South to make collections, and they will also be
charged with receiving subscriptions, and reporting
them to the central office in Richmond. There has
been of late a considerable falling off in subsenp•
lions. The aggregate on the superintendent's books
is estimated, in its equivalent of cotton, at 500,000
bales.
An Irrepressible Correspondent
Those Siamese Twins of the London press,
the Morning Herald and Standard, have lost
their eccentric correspondent, who invaria
bly devoted a considerable portion of each
letter from the South to a description of the
dinners which were given to him by JEFFER
SON DAVIS, DEAUREGAIID, and other worthies
of that stamp. All along, however, they have
maintained a New York correspondent, who
signs "Manhattan," and seems to give great
anxiety to his principals in London. Per
bape we could give a pretty correct guess at
the identity of this writer, but we respect his
incognito. Ile is clear-headed and warm
hearted, shrewd and impressive, eloquent
and fearless, and, above all, a thorough
Unionist. Standard and Herald centimie to
publish his correspondence, for it is better
than any other London journal obtains from
America, but, almost always append a dis
claimer of his principles and - his deductions.
Evidently proud of the authentic information
supplied by "Manhattan," they compliment
him, while they adiise their readers not to
believe half what he tells them.
cc Manhattan" is a dashing fellow, who ap
parently cannot be kept on the track laid down
for him by Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Gamp, of the
London press. He will write what he believes
to be true. He is an irrepressible correspond-_
ent, who will not be put down. Here are a
few examples of what he says, and how he
says it:
"There are no parties now at the North that
favor the Southern rebellion. All feeling is now
dead. It is different from what it was six months
ago. I write the feelings of seven-eighths of the
Northern people, who have their interests South,
and I write the feelings of another class, those
whose relations, whose property, are at the South.
Let everything go rather than lose our nation.
Perish family—perish proporty—take our chance—
but preserve our nationality. Support Lincoln.
Fraternize with an Abolitionist. Ride in a railroad
car with a nigger—anything to preserve our na
tionality. So all feel. Every bank feels it. Every
moneyed corporation feels it. Every person who
has a dollar feels it. ' Give every cent wo pisseis
to support the President to save the nation. Far
and wide, deeper and deeper is felt the sentiment—
human life is worthless if we cannot save the
nation Let us give all—not one out of fifty—but
if need be, every third man who is fit for military
duty, and that will make 5,000,000 of men—to save
the nation."
He then proceeds to show, what is only the
truth, that, with more military tendencies
even than France, to whom warfare has become
a sort of second nature, we- should have no re
bellion, if, like the great European nations, we
had always been prepared for the contingency
of war or rebellion. He asks, to Why need
this nation dread a war 7 We want war. If
we had a war every ten years with some
European nation we should have no rebellion.
We should have a fleet as large as England or
France has. We should have had experienced
generals. We should have had a million of
men; and we should have had now, what we
will have ten years hence, the respect of every
foreign Power."
There is such a strong persuasion in England
of the Cc loyalty" of Canada, notwithstanding
that its great Catholic population mainly con
sists of expatriated Irish and the descendants
of French colonists, that the idea- of British
North• America preferring the United States,
near at hand, to remote England, would be
laughed down as preposterous. cc Manhattan)
thinks differently, and has a few other thoughts
which must somewhat surprise the Tories,
who chiefly read his lucubrations, and must
involuntarily contrast their vigor with the
lukewarm milk-and-water verbosity of their
favorite editorials. Here arc:some bold specu
latiOns
o A wa r with England, and brought on by the
British bilailistufet, to uphold slavery in the United
States, will unite the people of Canada' s one mad
to the United States of North America. Mexico is
certain to be annexed. It burns in men's minds.
People talk of the disgrace of permitting that
republic to be invaded by the cowardly troops
of Spain. We only want our chance; we only
want to see the let-np that will authorize the Presi
dent of the United States to say, 4 Go in and win;
and if we do not drive out every Spaniard from
Mexico, and annex it to the United States before
next winter, then I do not understand my own
countrymen. All this will happen. If England's
Ministers unite with the rebels, slavery must go to
the wall. The handwriting that says so grows
larger every day. It is doomed. War only makes
it more certain. If the rebels 'caved-in' to
morrow, I am afraid slavery would bo saved in
seven of the fifteen States that now permit it.
Slavery would be lost in the other eight States.
If the rebellion lasts ono year longer, there will
not be a slave in the United States. The war may
cost us $500,000,000. To free slaves by purchase,
even if the rebel owners would consent, would cost
us $400,000,000. So I think it will bo economy to
lot the war last until the slaves get free by their
own act, and not by purchase."
This self-abolition theory is bold. Who
shall pronounce it fallacious?
On the vexed question of the tariff, the irre
pressible correspondent is equally out-spoken.
The English journals, we should mention, fol
lowing the lead of the Times, denounce our
tariff' as a wickedly-intentioned blow at the
manufactures and produce of Great Britain.
This they do, apparently unconscious of the
fact that the British tarif, time out of mind,
has been a hundred times more antagonistic
to us. True, it now admits American cotton
duty-free, because it is for the interest of the
Lancashire manufacturers to have that raw
material as cheap as possible. But they have
duties upon American timber and a bonus in
favor of Canadian timber, which excludes the
first from the English market and almost ex
clusively admits the latter. Then, how does
the British tariff deal with our tobacco ? It
saddles it with a tax of more than one thou
sand per cent. on the nnmanufactured leaf,
(rids Mornatis' - Cycloptedia of Commerce, arti
cle " Tobacco," page 1840,) and draws
upwards of $20,000,000 to its public revenue
from this article alone. " Tobacco," the
above-named Cyclopcedia tells us, is, next
to salt, probably the article most universally
consumed by man," and its consumption in
all countries would be immensely increased
if it was taxed less heavily. All European
nations squeeze considerable revenue out of
it, but England, which complains of our
"wicked" tariff, has put by far the heaviest
tax upon it. Our irrepressible friend thus
writes about the tariff-question :
" This country has for years, or until this rebel
lion brake out, actually shaped ovrtariff to please
the English people We had no public debt, a
small army and navy—had a large revenue from
public lands, and did not require a heavy tariff,
and we could afford to make a light tax on all
English goods. It was an accidental tariff, and
not protection at all. How in future years will
the manufacturers of England regard the British
Ministers who have been the means of.raversing all
this? They turned the cold shoulder to a friendly
nation, opened negotiations with a lot of mad rebels,
and have cost the Government of the United States
perhaps a thousand millions of dollars to end the
rebellion. Who will have to bear a part of this
shot? Who will puffer as well as we? The natural
and inevitable result muetbe that fora whets gene
ration at least we shall put a high tariff upon
English wartufactstred g oods. Manchester, Shef
field, Birminsliam, and Paisley will have rivals
springing up in every little village in America. The
duties will be not so high as to be prohibitory, but
they will bear a high tax upon English goods,
which will diminish their importation to a certain
extent until we can wholly supply ourselves. All
ideas of reducing a tariff upon English goods is
hopeless for a long time."
conclusion, we congratulate John Bull
on haring, in the unlikely columns of Tory
journalism; one writer who conveys to his
mind some bold truths and plain facts about
American antra. "Manhattan " must rather
astonish .the English:
Froin Cairo
Caine, 111,. Jan. 25.—Since the return of the
troops from Kentucky, a detachment of the rebel
cavalry visited Blandville and removed the county
records to Columbus,
The Flity-second Illinois Regiment and the Se
venth lowa left to-day for Smithland, at the mouth
of_the Cumberland river.
Jeff Thompson has again appeared upon the
Miizouri border. lie visited Commerce yesterday
with a force of 800 men, and completely sacked
the homes of the Union citizens of thatplace.
An expedition will leave Bird's - Point this eve
ning, In,pursuit et the mamba.
THE PRESS: PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1862
LETTERS FROM $. OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, January 25, 1862
The Hon; Thaddeus Stevens, the member
from the Lancaster district, is in many re
spects a great man. He is a profound lawyer,
an accomplished politician, and a close student
of men and history. Although at an advanced
age, the extraordinary intellect which created
and controlled a great party in Pennsylvania
nearly thirty years ago, remains almost unim
paired. As chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, he has shown equal ability
and courage. The opinions of Mr. Stevens
have always been decided—anti, while in the
political calendar he has generally been ga
zetted as a radical, no ono knows better when
expediency becomes the duty of a statesmen.
He was one of Mr. Lincoln's most efficient sup
porters in Pennsylvania—lie is attached to the
Government as chairman of the Ways and
Means, almost in the capacity of a Cabinet
minister, and aids to shape most of the legisla
tion of the country. It is therefore to be re
gretted that on the occasion of his recent
speech in the House, he should have led in an
attack upon the Administration of Mr. Lin
&dn.
So far as the emancipation ideas of Mr.
Stevens are concerned, we have no issue to
make. Me does not improve the theory of
emancipation in his elaborate defence of it as
a military and political necessity. It is an in
genious mathematical calculation, to say that
emancipation in the border States would cast
but $60,000,000, and that by making emanci
pation a law, we would save $440,000,000 out
of the $500,000,000 we are annually expending
to carry on the war, but we do not think that
the distinguished chairman of the Ways and
Means would enter such an item in his appro
priation bill. The same difficulty meets Mr.
Stevens that meets every exponent of the
emancipation theory. While in some respects
he is the ablest of them all, his logic becomes
uncertain and bewildered when ho attempts to
show how we are to solve this, the great
problem of the age.
The practical idea is to let slavery be dis
posed of by military necessities and the course
of events. If slaves come within our lines
from the plantations beyond the lines, use
them. If they bring information, act upon
their information. If they can work on forti
fications, or dig entrenchments, or erect bar
racks and hospitals, use their services, clothe
and feed and pay them. If necessary, arm
them. If they are the slaves of rebels, free
them ; take Cameron's plan, or Fremont's
plan, or any plan that is just and feasible. Re
member our obligations to our friends in the
Border States. Remember that rebels forfeit
all their rights, and it is proper to turn those
forfeited rights to the use of the Government
they are endeavoring to destroy. The theory
on which this war is prosecuted is a theory
assuming the existence of a usurped tyranny
in certain portions of the Union, which keeps
in thraldom a large portion of our loyal peo
ple, and declares the purpose of the war to be
the termination of this tyranny by utterly
conquering and exterminating those maintain
ing it. Wherever slavery interferes with this
purpose let slavery be abolished, just as we
abolish the rebels' right to life, liberty, pro
perty, citizenship; but, as an existing consti
tutional right, however disagreeable and in
jurious it may be, we are bound to respect and
recognize it when in the possession of loyal
men.
The practical effect of Mr. Stevens' efforts,
and the efforts of those he represents, is to
divide public sentiment in the loyal States,
array a party against the Government, and
weaken the hands of the Administration. Ho
is too good and too loyal a man voluntarily to
attempt such a thing. Representatives like
Mr. Ancona and Mr. Biddle desire to refashion
the rotten timbers of the old Democratic orga
nization, for the purpose of aiding the South,
and every speech like the recent effort of Mr.
Stevens, in the House, only strengthens them,
and weakens the Administration. There is
not a word in disparagement of Mr. Lincoln,
by a Republican, that is not hailed with delight
in Richmond. The enemy desires, above
everything, to break down the great Northern
Union sentiment, which stands like a mighty
bulwark around the Administration, and from
which that Administration gains dignity
and existence ; and whether an assault
upon that sentiment come from friends,
like Mr. Stevens, or enemies, like Mr. Val
lancligham ; whether it exhibits itself in a mad
clamor for an English war, or a misguided zeal
for immediate emancipation, it is equally ap
plauded and approved. I can imagine with
what joy Jefferson Davis would read such sen
tences as these, which I quote from: Mr.
Stevens; c , If an effectual course is not pur
sued," (that is to say if emancipation Is not
immediately procimmeo,) ror fear of offend
ing Border-State friends, better submit at
once, and, if we cannot save our honor, save,
iitleast, the lives and treasure of the nation.
If those in authority will not awake to their
responsibility, and use the stern energy neces
sary for the public safety, let the people speak,
and teach them that this is a responsible Go
vernment, in which the rulers aro but the ser
vants of the people."
Such sentences as these are texts upon
which every silent enemy in the North may
boldly assail the Government. And if the
Government is broken down where are we to
go? If we do not give our confidence to
those in authority, to whom shall we give it?
President Lincoln found the ship of state
foundering in the sea of treason ; lie is labor
ing honestly, diligently, and courageously, to
bring it into smooth waters, and carry it once
more into safe channels; and if ho is to find
opposition and unfriendliness on his own
quarter-deck, how can he succeed ? Let us
appeal to men like Mr. Stevens, to men high
in authority, to men of intellect and expe
rience, not to lend their intellect and ex
perience to those who desire to weaken and
destroy the republic. If there ever was a
time for harmony of counsel and action, that
time is now. There must he patience, con
fidence, and forbearance. There must be
union among ourselves if we would save the
Union. 00CASIONA.L.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1862
The late cold and changeful weather has
been hard upon the men in the camps. Friday
night was one of the most tempestuous and se
vere I have ever experienced. More than one
heart beat warmly for our gallant soldiers and
sailors, as the wind howled, and the sleet
drove in blinding clouds along our streets and
avenues. 'Prayers were offered up at thou
sands of firesides for their safety ; and those
who dwell in luxurious mansions, and 'enjoy
the pleasures of civil life, could not fail to con
trast their somewhat inglorious ease with the
many chances of death by battle and diseaso
that are almost ummirmuringly borne by
the
,defenders of our fiagt,, , on the wide and
wintry, plain the damp knd dismal swamp,
the sandy and inhospi6his bean, the
treacherous sea, and the no less treacherous
neighborhood to professing ((friends of the
Union" in the slave States, who wear a
smile on their faces to conceal the malignity of
their hearts. These brave fellows have, you
may tell me, no taxes to pay. Oh, Dives!
They do not watch the rise and fall of the stock
market with fear and trembling. They do not
grow pale and nervous at the reduction of
their rents. They never endured the agony
of the dispensation that deprives them of a
splendid turn-out. They cannot appreciate
what it is to do without an opera, and they aro
just savage enough not to count over how
much they might lose in the event of a foreign
war. They have but one thing to offer to
their country—their lives. When they agreed
to give up these, they did not think it be
coming to think of such important matters as
money, taxes, houses, and lands. They put
all they had upon the hazard of the die, and
so were content.
There never was a nation upon earth, which,
properly awakened to a sense of its advan
tages, would go so far voluntarily to show its
gratitude for these advantages as the Ameri
can nation. But it requires no Daniel coma
to judgment to predict that if some compre
hensive policy, among the people, is not
quickly resorted to, we shall be divided into
factions that will prey upon each other until
a catastrophe, final and overwhelming, will
overtake the whole. On this very subject of
taxation we are in danger of being put to
death between conflicting theories. The banks,
and all corporations, look, first of all, and for
ever, to themselves; and as they are most in
fluential, they can affect, by manifold and
.mysterious manipulations, other interests. It
is amazing how much mischief corporations,
banded together by a sense of their own interest,
can inflict upon a great cause. They operate
by invisible, and, therefore, by invincible
means. They feed disaffected politicians, and
keep up nefarious newspapers. They pander
to the miser. They excite the cupidity of the
avaricious, and they manage to cloak their
real purpose with the garb of devotion to the
country. Do not misunderstand me. I have
seen, during the last five months, many men
who, occupy high positions in the financial
world, and in no class have I observed a more
patriotic and self-sacrificing spirit. And it
gives me pleasure to add that the most disin
terested of these hailed from Pennsylvania.
But, however true this may be, it is a histori
cal fact, that, unless under a monarchy, (and
not always there,) corporations will generally
stand in the way of the just purposes of the
G ovelmnent.
What is needed is a better and a higher tone
among our masses; less carping at our rulers;
less dissension in Congress, and no parties in
the country. As to retribution upon all plun
derers, that will come soon enough. Those
so anxious to punish them will be gratified all
in good time. Let us awaken tho spirit of the
revolution. 'Let us put our best men forward
for all offices—municipal, State, and national.
Let us save our country first, and then settle
with those who have plunged her into war and
spoliated upon her in th,p midst of her distress.
OCCASIONAL.
The Female Prisoners in; Washington.
WASHINGTON, January 18, 1862.
To the Editor of The Press:
In your paper, a few days since, was published a
notice of the female prisoners who had been inoar
oersted in this city.
In referring to Mrs. Betty A. Hessler it is stated,
'she possessed less education than any woman ever
confined in this prison." Now, it is not my inten
tion to question the truth of this statement, but
simply to remark, that, if it be (rue, the ladies im
prisoned by our Government must have been vary
superior persons, for ides. Hassler is not only well
educated, but possesses a fine mind and ready wit.
However, there is one iiiitement made in the para
graph, relating to this lady, which is not true, and
d beg to, correct it. Her-husband is not a Southern
man. He was born and educated North, his inter
ests and property are all North, save what is in
this city ; and, at the time of his wife's arrest, ho
was on his farm, whielwis on the banks of the St.
Lawrence.
I beg you will give this note publication, as the
article referred to has been extensively copied by
Northern papers, and it may do hinxprious injury
in that section where his principal interests lie, un
less the impression that ho is a Southern man, and
sympathizes with Secession, bo corrected. His
family is truly loyal, as is proven by the fact that
three of his nephews are in the Federal service.
Armen.
Public Amusements
John Drew will repeat, to-night, his personation
of Major O'Dougherty, in Tyrone Power's
drama of "tat. Patrick's Eve." The piece is ono
in which there is fine scope for an aotor to display
both his pathetic and humoious powers, and since
the death of the great original, few have had the
courage to attempt the oharacter. We believe Mr.
Drew to bo the best living representative -of the
part, in this country at least.
At the Walnut•street Theatre, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams enter on the fourth week of their engage.
meat. Few artistes have been as suceessfal as
these, in their peculiar line of characters, and the
publio taste is too fastidious to stamp with its ap
proval any actor or actress not possessing genuine
talent. They appear to-night in throe pieces—
" Undo Pat's Cabin," "Patience and Perseve
rance," and " Teddy the Tiler." In the latter,
Mr. Williams is particularly droll.
The Hutchinson Family will shortly give a series
of concerts in this city. They are well and widely
known.
To-marrow evening, a lad of eleven years of ago,
Master Rice, said to be a musical prodigy, will give
a concert at the Musical Fund Hall. His tutor,
Carl Wolfsohn, Madame Johansen, and others;
will participate in the entertainment. The pro
gramme embraces favorite vocal and instrumental
selections, in several of which young Rice appears.
Those who have heard him state that ho exhibits
considerable precocity and versatility. To-night a
Eno vocal concert and ball will be given at the Na
tional Guard Hall for the benefit of the German
Hospital, a very creditable and deserving charity.
On Wednesday evening the Handel and Hadyn So
ciety and the Germania Orchestra give a joint con
cert in aid of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons.
The Musical Fund Hall will be orowded on that oc
casion with the friends of both orchestras and of the
ealoone.
To-night "La Traviata" will bo performed at
the deadens', wherein Kellogg, who has a sweet
voice, but only tolerable powers, either as aotress
or vocalist, will sing the role of T'irdetta. MAn
cusi, who his become quite popular in this city,
will appear as Germont for the first time. Satur
day evening's performance of "Don Pasquale"
passed off indifferently . well, the audience being
slim and the artistes correspondingly dispiriled.
The patrons of opera in this city have been trifled
with until patUnce, hereafter, is encouragement to
bad faith and worse gratitude. Dilatory singers
and managers have been excused until they have
learned to demand terms of the people. There
could have been no Apology for the intolerable
hiatus between each of the acts on Rsf , ..a.y..na
the soara..a of Sotu.aoy weekoowever unavoid
able, might have been otherwise, and nobody dis
appointed. The opera will go on to-night, unless
Brignoli's boots should be tight, or Barili should
oversleep himself.
THE CONTINEiTAL THEATRE has struck a popu
lar chord at last by the revival, in good style, of
" Uncle Tom's Cabin." The populace crowded
the house on Saturday, and the applause was posi
tively frightful of times. The representation of
Era by en interesting child, Miss Chapman, was
intelligent beyond childhood, and often touching,
and even tearful. The antislavery sentiments of
the drama were tremendously cheered. The pre
sent version of Uncle Tom is that which ran three
hundred and ninety nights in lcow York oily.
Siormn BLITZ, vre may truly observe, is a city in
stitution. Ills admirable exhibitions at the Temple
of Wonders, Tenth and Chestnut, deserve the
highest commendation for their ingenuity and ele
vated character. Parents cannot possibly amuse
their children so delightfully as to take them to see
the canary birds, the unaccountable feats of magic,
and the most extraordinary powers of ventriloquism
of the age.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to "The Press."
WksnironoN, Jan. 26,1882.
Captive of eighty Rebels of Jeff Thomp-
son's Command.
The War Department has reeeived a despatch
from General HALLECK, announcing the capture of
Lout. Col. FARNER and 79 officers and privates of
JEFF Tuoursott's command, by the expedition
sent from Cape Girardeau to Benton and Bloom
field.
The Conduct of the War.
The committee on the conduct of the war have
frequent sessions. Such abuses or errors as are
discovered requiring correction are promptly re.
ported to the proper authorities. The committee
have thus become a valuable auxiliary, and much
good has already been effected in a quiet way.
The Burnside Expedition.
Up to oven o'clock this evening no news of the
Burnside expedition had been received by any of
tho departments hero. But they were anxiously
waiting intelligence. ,
Arrest of a Counterfeiter
GEOROE BEOXER was arrested at the National
Hotel last evening for circulating counterfeit
money. In the trunk in his room several thousand
dollars worn found. BEO,KEP. keepA a periodical
stand at Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue. M4GGIS
SHAN, an accomplice, was also arrested.
The .Kerritgan Case.
A verdict in the Kerrigan case will probably
be rendered this week.
Col. Friedman's Cavalry.
It is said that Colonel Friinumerr, of the Came
ron Dragoons, will resign, unless certain officers,
hppointed to fill vacancies in his regiment, aro eon
'firmed by the Adjutant General, who refuses be
cause they are 40mmissioned by the Governor of
FOnnsylvonia.
The Weather.
The weather is 0001, and the mud. in the streets
is being frozen.
Counterfeits In Circulation.
Counterfeit money Is circulated in the camps as
Well as in Washington. Yesterday tho Metropoli
tan police made several arrests, and among the
effects of one of the parties were found about StO
in notes of the denomination: of ono, three, Ave,
and ton dollars, tho counterfeits being on the Penn
Township Bank and Western Bank, of Philadel
phia; Farmers' Bank of Pottsville ; Williamsburg
Bank; Warren Bank, of Massachusetts; Atlantic
Bank, Boston; Montpelier Bank and Southport
Bank, Connecticut; Commercial Bank, Rhode
Island ; Waterbury Bank ; Farmers' Bank, Lan
caster. A quantity of spurious half and quarter
dollars were also seised.
WASIHNGTON, January 25, 1882
secretary SEWARD, In company with BARON
Einnovr, , eft this 'city in the eleven o'clock train
today for Philadelphia.
Joni; TINKER, Esq., will probably bo confirmed
as' Assistant Secretary of 'War on Monday. The
committee have reported favorably on his ease.
The Rouse Committee of Ways and Means aro
till engaged in perfecting the tax bill today.
Brigadier General T. W. SHERMAN, commanding
at Port Royal. in a communication to the National
Intelligences, deems it to be due to the interests of
the public service to
. publicly proclaim the utter
falsity of the statement made in several journals of
the country, and repeatedly brought to hie notice
that a projected plan for the continuance of the ex
pedition was abandoned in consequence of a diva.
greement and misunderstanding between Commo
dore DUPONT and himself. He says the most
friendly and cordial feelings and entire harmony of
action have always existed between them.
The President has appointed, by and with the
advice of the Senate, Major Lewis G. ARNOLD, of
New Jersey, of the First Regiment of Artillery, to
be a brigadier general of volunteers.
The State Department, as well as the War De
partment, will hereafter be closed on Saturday to
all visitors, members of Congress excepted, and
Thursdays be sot apart for business with the diplo
matic corps.
The railway from Washington to Alexandria and
other conneotions, is ekpected to be in working
order in the course of a few days. The almost im
pessablo condition of the roads, owing to the son
tinuous heavy rains, for teams oontaining army
supplies, constitutes this a highly important im
provement.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
THE STORM SUBSIDED
WRENS OF THE FEDERAL STEAMER LOUI
SIANA, OF THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.
ALL HANDS SAVED.
Doubts About the Plot being in Pamlico Sound
REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE DEFEAT IN KENTUCKY.
Crittenden Making a Stand
FORTRESS Mownoa, Jan. 25, via Baltimore.—The
storm has cleared away, and the sun is now shining.
In consequence of the rough weather the steamer
George Washington has not made her trip to
Cherry Stone since Tuesday. The steamer Adelaide
did not arrive from Baltimore until about one
o'clock this afternoon.
The Georgiana, detained from last night, left at
about the.same time this afternoon for Baltimore.
A flag of truce this afternoon took to Oraney
Island several rebel officers, who arrived yesterday
morning from Baltimore. The boat also brought
back several passengers to go North.
The U. S. transport Louisiana, of the Burnside
expedition, formerly of the lino between Old Point
and Baltimore, has boon beached, and, to prevent
her falling into the hands of the rebels, sho was
burned. All bands were saved.
The light boat on the middle shoal, placed there
to supply the absence of Cape Henry light, went
ashore last night on Pleasure House beaoh. The
crew Were taken to Norfolk.
A despatch from Knoxville says that General
Crittenden has retired, and will make a stand at
Monticello.
The Norfolk Day Book of Saturday contains not
a word in relation to the Burnside expedition, ex
cepting a paragraph on the weather, saying that it
is under the impression that the Burnside expedi
tion is the cause of it all. Somebody relieved them
selves yesterday by wishing that the said fleet
would either go to the bottom or go home, as they
wore tired of such bad weather, and never ex
pected to see better while they were menacing the
South.
An extract is given from the Newborn Progress
of Thursday last, which says in reference to the re
ported presence of tho fleet in Pamlico Sound,
that up to this writing (on Wednesday) wo are not
sure whether there is now or ever has been a Yan
kee gunboat over the awash at Hatteras or not.
The latest news wo have is from Capt. Hill, who
arrived here yesterday from Matamuskeet, Hyde
county, through the sound, and sayehe saw nothing
in the sound in the shape of a gunboat. We shall
probably hear more before going to press, as Col.
G. B. Singletary sought and obtained permission
from the commanding general to go on a recon
noitring expedition down the river. He left on
Tuesday evening. A postscript in the same paper
added, says that Col. Singletary had not arrived
when we went to press, and we are still in doubt.
The rebels at last admit their defeat in Kentucky.
The Day Book says, under the head of further par
ticulars of the Somerset disaster, " Not so bad as
first reported by our side. Six thousand Confede
rates attack fourteen thousand Federate." The Pe
tersburg Expresssonds us the following: "General
Crittenden began the attack at seven o'clook on
Sunday morning. The enemy was supposed to bo
but fifteen hundred, but it was afterwards found out
that they were fourteen thousand strong.
"Gen Zollicoffer was killed early in the nation.
General Crittenden was wounded. Colonel Carroll
took command of the forces and recrossed the Cum
berland river. Our less is throe hundred, and the
enemy lost four or five hundred. Rutledge's and
MoClung's batteries were left on the field. We
marched seven miles. The enemy were repulsed
Three times, and fell back to their fortifications.
They then outflanked us, when we retreated to our
breastworks. Wo were surrounded, and crossed the
CumP l (land river under lire.
E \n T
"ht o'clook, Sunday night.—We lost all our
borsea, tents, and equipments; 11 guns were spiked
or throb's into the river. Colonels Powell, Butler,
Stalin, and Cummings, were wounded. Major
Fogg was wounded in the hip. Zollicoffor's body
has not been recovered, Our forces were six
thousand strong. We are still falling back.
"Second Despatch—Petersburg, Jan. 9 4--A des•
patch from a friend at Knoxville has just been
received, saying that General Crittenden rallied at
Monticello, and will make a stand there. The
disaster to our forces was very much exaggerated
by the fugitives."
WILMINGTON, N. C., January 24.—A heavy wind
from the E N. Ti,. prevailed all last night and to
day up to eight o'clock this morning. There is
nothing new from the con s, except an apparent
wreck, drifting shorewards this evening, fifteen
miles east of Now Inlet.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 26.—The paragraph, in tho
letter from Old Point, about the loss of the steamer
Loni6iana, should be given as a report prevalent
at Norfolk.
The Norfolk Day Book has an article from tho
Charleston Mercury, headed "Important from
Florida," giving the particulars of the capture of
Cedar Keys. There were three schooners and five
fishing smacks loading there at the time the Yan
kees took the place. The schooners were loaded
with lumber and turpentine.
The Mercury's informant thinks that they wore
destroyed by the owners on Thursday night, as soon
as it was ascertained that the Yankees intended to
attack the place. Tho president of the railroad
company wentdown with two companies of infantry
to protect the property, and a messa4e was sent to
General Trapier for assistance. During Thursday
tiring was beard in the direction of Cedar Keys,
and the Federal fleet has no doubt taken the place.
FROM KENTUCKY.
The Battle at Mill Springs
THE PURSUIT OF THE REBELS
DAVISVILLE, Jan. 25.—At Logan Cross Roads,
°n the 15th, the First Tennessee Regiment was next
to the Tenth Indiana, but they were ordered to
hold the Cross Roads, and therefore were not in the
thickest of the fight The report that Colonel
Fry, who shot Zollicoffer, was himself killed,
is false. The wounds of Colonel McCook
and Lieutenant Burt are not serious. Wet
more's battery, attached to the Twelfth Brigade,
Gen. Carter, did the most essential service on the
field, and upon the enemy's entrenchments on Sun
day ovoning. The rebels, in retreating, burned
four gun carriages at Monticello, but their cannon
and guns wore scattered all over the track that
marks their flight. Gen. Thomas' forces have not
yet been hoard from, but it is supposed that they
will occupy Monticello.
FROM MISSOURI.
CAPTURE OF EIGHTY REBELS OF JEFF
THOBIFSO2i'S GANG,
Sr. Louis, Jan. Z.—Official despatches from
Cape Girardeau state that tho expedition which
loft that place a few days since, for Benton and
Bloomtlelds, has returned, having captured Lieut.
Cpl. Fames, eleven other officers, and sixty-eight
privates, of Jeff Thompson's command. Also, quite
a largo number of arms, horses, saddles, ,lre. A
telegraph lino is to be immediately constructed
from Rolla westward. The most of the rebel offi
cers were surprised in a ball-room. The despatch
is signed by (General Matlack.
ST. Louis, January 26 —Samuel Engler, the
banished Secessionist, was sent across the river this
afternoon. His attorney has boon released from
military imprisonment. Attachments were served
on the property of several other delinquent Seces
sionists today.
General Henderson, the newly-appointed United
States Senator from this State, left for Washington
this evening.
OATII OF ALLBUIANCE TO BB
Sr. Louts, Jan. .20%—The following special ardor
will ho issued in the morning:
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI
The president, secretary', libi orlon, directors, anti other
officers of the Mercantile Library Association, the presi
dent, secretary, directors, and other officere el the Chant
her of Commerce of this city, are reuulred to take the
oath of allegiance prescribed by article 6, of the State
ordinance of October 10, Mt. Any of the above
officera who shall neglect to file in the office
of the Provost Marshal general within ten days of the
date of this order of the oath so subscribed wilt he
deemed to have resigned, and any who, alter neglecting
to the his oath of allegiance within the time prescribes],
Khali attempt to exercise the functions of such office will
be arrested for contempt of tide order, and punished ac
cording to the laws of war.
Sti. It Is officially reported that carriages, bearing tho
enemy's gag, are in the habit of driving to the vicinity
of the military prison In Nebowall'A College. The com
nnuling officer of the prison glum] will sett() and take
possession of any carriage bearing the enemy's flag, and
the horses, carriages, and harness be confiscated.
Ed. It is officially reported that _certain women aro In
the habit of approaching the vicinity of the military
prison, waling hostile lingo for the purpose of insulting
our troops, and carrying on communication with the
pri.nere of war. The commanding officer of the prison
guard will arrest and place in confinement all women eo
offending.
9th. Any carriage or other vehicle bearing a hostile
flag, in the city, will be acized and confiscated. The city
police and patrol guards are directed to arrest persons in
vehicles tinder such gage. Also, persona wearing or die
playinga hostile flag in the city.
By command of Major general Matlock.
McLEAN,
• Assistant Adjutant Oenerat.
LATER FROM EIIROPE.
The Europa at Halifax
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS CONTINUED
The Tuscarora and the Pirate Nashville
Ilatirax, January N.—The steamship Europz
arrived here last night, with dates to the 11th from
Liverpool, and to the 12th by telegraph via Queens
town.
The Europa has neither troops nor stores on
board, the Government having discontinued ship•
ments by the Cunard steamers. The wind was
blowing a hurricane when the Europa arrived,
which stilt continues, with a heavy sea.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Notwithstanding the pacific aolution of the Ame
rican question, warlike preparations were continued
at Woolwich. The steamers Spartan and Ajax
continued to take in heavy stores for Halifax and
Jamaica.
Mr. Seward's despatch was considered in Cabinet
council on the 9th. The Times understands that
an answer will be returned expressing gratification
at the disavowal of Com. Wilkes' act, accepting
the satisfaction rendered, and assuming that the
precedent in the Trent case will rule the ease of
the Eugenia Smith.
As to the general discussion of the law of nen
trals, the Government will decline any answer
until they have had the opportunity of submitting
the whole question to the law officers. There are
propositions in this note which are not at all ad
missible, and after the delivery of the prisoners
these points may be properly discussed.
The London Post announces that a thorough un
derstanding had been arrived at with the American
Government. Not only had they given the required
reparation, but, in doing so, Mr. Seward wilt have
succeeded in impressing on the English Government
the notion that they have not only obtained the prii
sent indemnity, but no small pledge of future so
eurity.
The Daily News eulogises the course of the
Washiniton Government, and denounces the course
of the 'lmes and Post.
The Times has a strong editorial opposing any
ovation to Slidell and Mason, and says they are the
most worthless booty it would be possible to extract
from the jaws of the American lion, having been
long known as.blind and habitual haters and revilers
of England.
Other journals advise a similar course.
The Times denounces the stone blockade as a
most atrocious crime.
The United States gunboat Tuscarora and the
pirate Nashville are at Southampton. The Tus
carora is at her anchorage, a mile from the dock,
with fires banked up, and ready to slip anchors and
start at a moment's notice. She only required
coals, water, and provisions, which were being
supplied to her, Captain Craven, on his arrival,
asked permission to fire twenty-one minute guns in
respect to Prince Albert, but the Queen having
requested that no guns should be fired in the vici
nity of Osborne,
the courtesy, though fully appre
ciated, could not be accepted.
The Nashville continues at her dock. The
Government had observed the strictest neutrality
towards her. Nothing was permitted to be done,
except what was necessary to make her seaworthy.
Neither powder, guns, nor munitions, have been
put on board. During the night of the 9th last ,
three armed men from the Tuscarora were dis
covered reconnoitring the Nashville, and were
ordered off by the dock superintendent. The fires
were lighted on the Nashville on the 10th, and it
was the impression that she was about to sail, but
she made no movement. The Tuscarora was on
the alert with her steam up.
It was reported that the Sumpter had left Cadiz
for Southampton. It was also reported that
another Federal vessel was Cruising in the oharfftel
and might be expected at Southampton.
No official notice had been given at Portsmouth
respecting any discharge of hired mechanics or la
borers, but it was understood that the reduction
takes place in April.
The London Times says that rumor fixes Eng
land's expenses, owing to the late difficulty, at
.0,000,000, but the Times expects that when all
the bills are in it will bo double that sum, and that
the money has not been thrown away.
The Times sincerely hopes that Englishmen will
not give these fellows (Mason end Slidell) anything
in the shape of an ovation. The civility due to a
foe in distress is all they Can claim. England has
returned them good for evil, and oven now their
only effort will be to entangle her in a war with the
North. England would have done just as much to
rescue two negroes. Let Mason and Slidell, there
fore, pass quietly on their way, and have their say
with anybody who may have to listen to them.
The other journals allude to Meson's strong ad
vocacy of the fugitive-slave law to prejudice the
public against him.
The Times reiterates its denunciation of the
atone blockade of Charleston harbor, and says
among the crimes which have disgraced mankind,
it would be difficult to find one more atrocious than
this Even the fierce tribes of the desert will not
destroy_ the well which gives life to the enemy.
The Times protests iu the strongest language
against such proceedings, and asserts that no bel
ligerent has the right to resort to such a warfare.
Great interest is excited relative to the move
ments of the Tuscarora and Nashville at South
ampton engaged in watching each other.
The Morning Herald is surprised that the
Government has not given orders to the authorities
at Southampton to warn the Tuscarora that she
must either leave the port at once, or wait until
twenty-four hours have elapsed after the departure
of the Nashville. We should not, says the Herald,
have allowed the Nashville to lie in wait within
the mouth of the Mersey for American packets and
merchantmen ; therefore we cannot, without a
gross violation of our duty as neutrals, allow the
'Tuscarora a license we should have refused her
enemy.
The Herald holds out the course of the French
authorities, at Martinique, between the Iroquois
end Sumpter as an example to follow.
Mr. Russell, in his correspondence to the Times,
predicts that the fate of the American Government
will be sealed if January passes without some
great victory.
SteLaurin, the mate of the American ship
Ganges, has been committed in London for trial
for nontrrin. Ting nna /IC the urauf at can
The London market on the 10th opened firm, but
at the close showed some slight reaction, closing at
an I decline for consols, attributed solely to reali
zations after the advance.
- The market on the 11th was dull but steady.
Since the reduction of, the bank minimum of
Thursday to 2} per cent., money has been pretty
plentiful at 21 per cent. for the best bills, and was
offered on the stook exchange at 1 per cent.
There had been a considerable advance in salt
petre under the idea that the export prohibition
would soon bo removed.
FRANCE.
There is said to be much satisfaction in official
circles at the settlement of the Trent affair, which
caused a rise of ono per cent. on the Bourse.
The Afonitmr denounces the stone blockade.
A telegram from Cadiz says that the American
consul had received orders to protest against the
admission of the Sumpter. It is said that Spain will
protect the prisoners brought by the Sumpter.
A violent shock of earthquake bad occurred,
extending from Dresden to Leipsic. No damage
is reported.
The Dutch Ministry bad resigned.
The monthly returns of the Bank of Franco show
a decrease in cash of over 18,000,000 of francs.
The increase in bills discounted was nearly 01,
000,008 francs.
The Parts correspondent of the Morning Post
assorts that the French official circles felt much
satisfaction at tho pacific termination of the Trcnt
affair.
Tho Monitcur, of the 11th, says a tebling of pro
found regret and indignation has boon aroused in
England, as well as Prance, by the vindictive act of
destroying Um port of Charleston.
RUSSIA
It is reported that Russia has sent an embarrass•
ing ultimatum to the Pope, saying that if ho does
not condemn the conduot of the Polish clergy,
Russia will recognize the kingdom of Italy!
The fonrn al, of St. Petersburg, publishes an ar
ticle congratulating Mr. Seward on the uprightness
and intelligence of his policy, and demanding that
the Trent affair may become the starting point of
negotiations for the recognition by the Powers of
the common principles upon the question of neutral
Tho article also expects that England will
give to the world solemn guarantees for the future,
by signing a convention which, by insuring univer
sal respect for the rights of neutrals, would contri
bute to the maintenance of peace and mark the
progress of civilization.
The suspension of Shea's bank, at Madrid, is at
tributed to heavy defalcations by the junior part
ner. The liabilities were estimated at 1250,000
and upwards,
Tho majority of tho Chamber of Deputies unani
mously resolved to continuo to support Monson's
government
BEM
The Turks at Tripoli have maltreated several
Christian inhabitants. The French consul de
manded indemnity, and a French frigate had ar
rived off the port.
INDIA, CHINA, &c.
Additional telegrams bad boon received in an
ticipation of the arrival of the mails.
At Calcutta, Deo. 15th, the produce markets
were active. Rice freights to England 725. Gd.
After the coop d'itat at Pekin a now Regency
was established under the two Emperors.
The state of affairs was encouraging.
The rebels were in the vicinity of Shanghae, and
the foreigners were prepared for an attack.
Ningpo was also in a state of alarm from the
same 011U30.
At New Zealand affairs looked peaceful. Sir
George Grey had accepted the invitation of tile
foreigners fur a conference.
Commercial Intelligence.
LITSIIPOOL, Jan. 10.—Cotton has advanced 3 ; to ld,
and the market closes excited. Tho sales of the week
have been 168,000 bales, of which 90,000 bales have been
to spectilatcrs, and 20,000 to exporters. The sales to-day
(Friday) were 12,000 bales, closing km
SATURDAY, Jnn 11.--The sales toAny were 3,000
bales, closing quiet and unchanged,
13ABADSTUFFS —JEIIIIIIITy 10.--Flour has declined 00;
'Wheat 3 codd, and corn from Ism is Bd..
PROVISIONS.—Beek and Pork drooping; Bacon de
clining ; sales of new at 410435. Lorni has declined Toe
2s. Tallow is Is loner.
Pnovucti.—Sugar is firmer. Coffee quiet. Nice
0(14. Eosin advancingt sales at 13a 81er141. Spirits
of Turpentine buoyant at i ss.
LONDON, Jon. 10.—Consols, 93).‘ 093,4. American
securities nre dull and linchangel
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
Tunis, Jan. 12.-1 n reply to a motion made by Signor
Crispi ' In the Chamber of Deputies, for explanations ro •
lathe to the late events in Civillmam, Baron 11Irmsoll
Btnted that according to derpatches received by the Go
vernment, almost all the leaders of the movement had
been arrested and order restored. •
. . . .
rents, Jan. 11—Es. ening.—Rentes firm nt 88f. Bac.
Ilse's, January 12.—A decree, by the Emperor, op
rointo Marshal Magnet' grand master of the Free Ma
sons in France. Tho grand master has hitherto boon
elected by the Free Blastula themselves.
Another decree regulates the taxation of foreign bonds
and shares.
110310, January 12.—The Bourbon Committee have
deprived Chianone of the command of the brigands for
having disobeyed his lush notions by shooting prisoners.
PA eSaNGERB ran B VROPS.—lifrs. Brant, Mr. Mlles and
lady, Mr. Lee and lady, Miss Davies, Blgssrs. Borden,
Fake, Turpin Bored, Johnson, Colismore; Clark, Bald
win, Fenton, Itockssood, Cartier, Loci], and Bon. Joseph
EloNct , (for Halifax).
lisu Fax, Jou. 2G.—The Europa has 18 passengers for
Boston, £6,600 for Boston, and £64,000 for Halifax..
Commercial Intelligence
COTTON 111A1tNET—LIVSRPOOL, January 11.—The
Brokers' Circular reports the sales of the week at 166,000
hales. The market has been excited, and prices have
Advanced n sold. Of the sales 00,000 wore to speculators
and 20,000 to exporters. The sales yesterday (Friday)
were 12,000 bales, 5,000 of which si ere cm speculatlon
and for export, the market closing firm and. upward
The authorized quotations are:
Fair. Middling&
Orleans 14X d. 13%d. •
klobliee 14d. 13x d.
'Uplands 13 vd. 133(d.
_..____
The stock in port is eatimaced at 505,000 bales, of
Which 248,000 are American. The above statistics are
all shalt the 18th of January, no tables having been pre
pared lust week.
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STATE OF TRADE.—Advices frbm Manchester re
port sales small and holders demanding an adyance.
BREADSTUFFS.—WakeIieId, Nash, & Co., and
others, report Flour very dull and 6d lower; American
quoted at 2.36t325. Wheat doll, and declineil3m4d ; red
Western llv 3deel2s 2d; red Southern 12s 3416112 s 4d;
white Western and Southern 125 Wens 3d. Corn
heavy, and leads 611 lower; mixed, 318ea1s 6d; white,
340370.
PROVOIONS.—The same authorities report Beef
quiet and easier. Pork tending downward. Bacon do.
dining; sales at 400438 for new. Lard inactive and
let2s lower. Tallow dull and le lower.
PRODUCE.—The brokers' circular reports Aehe3
steady; Pots, 36s tid; Pearls, 38a. Roalu advancing;
common, 13s 6derl4e. Spirits Turpentine buoyant and
considerably higher; sales at 76e. Sugar firmer. Coffee
quiet and unchanged. Rice steady. Linseed tending
upward, and lits 9.3 higher. Linseed Oil quiet at 255c033s
6d. Cod Oil dull.
LONDON MARKETS.—LoNnox, Jan. 11.—Daring's
Circular reports Breatliituffs dull and quotations barely
maintained. Iron steady; rails and hare, £505.58.
Sugar firm and ed higher ; Tea firm; Coffee tending up.
ward; Rice quiet and unchanged; Spirits Turpentine
buoyant at its • Tallow declining, sales at 490; Linseed
Oil firmer; sales at 330 ; Cod Oil steady at £42;
Sterm Oil nominal.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.—The market is dull and
sales small. Erie shares, 29; Illinois Central, 42K oils
discount.
MONEY MAIIKET.—ConsoIs closed on Friday at
03X estiffli for money.
The bullion in the bank has increased .£84,000.
LATEST.
[By Telegraph to Queenstown.]
LIVZRPOOL, Jan. 12.—Cotton—Sales yesterday, 3,000
bales, the market closing quiet and unchanged; the sales
included 2.000 to speculators and exporters.
Breadstuff's flat, except Corn steady; mixed 31sa
31s 3d.
Provisions dull.
LONDON, January 11, P. ➢f.—Console closed at 93.1i' es
05 for money. American securitiea steady and un
changed.
Itsvnu, January 9.—Cotton—Sales of the week 12,500
bales; market excited and firm, with an advance of 9
er4ofr. on the news from America; New Orleans tros
ordinaire 165 francs, do has 159 francs. Stock 128,000
bales.
From the South
CAIRO, January 25.—The Memphis Appeal, of
the 16th, 18th, and 22d instant, has been received
here by a flag of truce.
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Journal, of the
17th instant, says that General Frost, a Camp
Jackson prisoner, who has been on parole, is now
at Jacksonport with a hundred adherents, and
waiting recruits to join the gallant old Chief
Sterling Price.
The British residents of Mobile have organized
into a company for home defence.
The Confederate News, of Columbus, Ga., dated
the 18th inst., has the following : " Col. Nealy's
regiment, Kennedy's battalion, left ydeterday for
Mayfield creek, in search of the Lineolnites."
It also intimates that half a million dollars have
been sent to that place for the payment of the
troops.
A letter from Richmond, dated the 15th, states
that John K. Jackson, colonel of the Fifth Geor
gia Regiment, has been appointed brigadier gene
ral, and la in command at Pensaoola.
The Memphis papers say, A , We understand that
United States money is at 25 per cent. discount at
New York."
Not a word is said about the dofoat of Zorn
coffer's army.
Governor Oleib Jackson was at New Orleans
the week before last,.
Later from Nassau - Arrival of a Steamer
from Charleston. _
NEW YORE, San. N.—The steamer karnak, from
Nassau, with dates to the 20th, arrived this morn
ing.
Tho steamer Kate, formerly the Carohue, ar
rived at Nassau on the 18th, in 43 hours from
Charleston, with 390 bales of cotton and 8 passen
gers. She flies the rebel flag
The United States steamer Flambeau sailed from
Nassau on the 10th. A Federal steamer was at
Berry Islands, waiting the departure of a schooner
from Nassau, which bad run the blockade.
The culture of cotton bad been commenced at the
Grand Bahamas.
Lieutenant Temple, of the United States gunboat
Flambeau, had offered the services of his vessel and
crew to assist the wrecked British steam frigate
Conqueror, ashore at Rum Key.
The Bodies of ZoTheoffer and Bailie
Peyton.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 24.—The remains of General
Zollicoffer and Bathe Peyton, Jr., aro undergoing
the process of embalming, at Somerset, so as to be
delivered to their relatives.
Affairs below are reported as quiet.
Non-arrival of the Old Point Boat
BALTIMORE, Jan. 25-13venIng.—The steamer
from Old Point has not yet arrived, and there is no
prospect of its arrival to-night. It is probable that
her departure from Old Point was delayed on ac
count of the storm.
Arrival of the California Steamer at New
NEW YORE, Jan. 25.--The steamer North. Star t
from Aspinwall on the 14th instant, arrived at 9
o'clock this evening. She brings $603,000 in trea
sure from California.
Terrible Storm in Vermont—A Car Blotvn
off the Track—Loss of Life.
T.ltOr, N. Y., Jan. 25.—A tremendous gale pre
vailed all through Western Vermont this morning.
The train which left Troy for Rutland, at quarter
past seven this morning, encountered the gale in
the town of Shaftsbarg, and, while passing an
embankment thirty feet high, a fierce wind broke
ono of the cars from the coupling and threw it down
the embankment. Dr. Lf . .." - " i ght, of Boston, was
Instantly allied ; cunt' Robinson, um watt-master,
was severely injured, and cannot survive; and two
ladies were severely injured.
Bono; Jan. 25 —The severe rain-storm still
continues, and the snow is melting in the streets,
which present the appearance of a miniature de
luge.
Maryland Legislature
BALTIMORE, Jan. 26.—Resolutions were intro
duced in the Maryland Senate, yesterday, request
ing Senators Pearce and Kennedy to resign, on the
ground that their sentiments are in diroot conflict
with the settled views of the people of the State,
and that it is right and proper that the State should,
at this critical juncture, be representedly Senators
whose hearts beat responsive to the throb of devo
tion to the integrity of the Union felt by the great
popular heart of the State.
Destructive Fires in New York
Nnw YORK, Jan. 26.—The storage establish
ment of R. H. Wyatt, No. 2 Nail street, was
burned last night. Loa $300,000; fully insured.
The Fulton Bank, corner of Fulton and Pearl,
and several other buildings, were burned this morn
ing. The loss is probably $.500,000, but is doubt
less insured.
One of the hospital buildings at Quarantine was
burned this morning.
The Fulton-street Fire.
NEW Yona, Jan. 26.—The Fulton street fire
was a very serious affair. The following buildings
wore destroyed :
No. 91, a four story building, David Wood's wire
factory, totally destro tit ; loss $lO,OOO.
No. 95, four story building, occupied by J. J. Steer's
brush store, and Haines & Pell's agricultural warehouse,
totally destroyed ; loss $19,000.
No. 47, four starter, partially destroyed; loss $25,000.
No. 41, partially destroyed; loss slight.
No. 207 Pearl street, corner of Fulton street, lice
stories, occupied by John H. Howard, wire clothmaker,
A. T. Foster's exchange, and Bach & Nostrand, totally
destroyed; loss $17,000.
No. 209 Pearl street, tiro stories, S. Si E. Wadlow's
steel store, and John Rowe's cabinet hardware, totally
destroyed; loss about 930,000.
No. 205„ five stories, D. Bidwell's paint and oil store;
10. $lB,OOOl
No. 27], five stories, John Rowe, cabinet hardware,
and Phillips t Nanning, totally destroyed ; loss, $15,000.
No. 273, four stories, J. 31ot:en's brush factory and
crockery factory •; loss, $15,000.
Nos. 270 and 272, occupied by J. H. Atwater & Co.,
house furnishers, both totally destroyed; loss. $33,000.
Nos. 275 and 277, were damaged about $lO,OOO.
The Fulton Bank building was also destroyed. It was
occupied by the Bank and several offices, and Walker &
Hastings, stationers; lose about $30,000.
Other neighboring buildings wore damaged heavily by
water.
The United States Hotel narrowly escaped destruction
by the shifting of the wind. Tho origin of tho firo to
unk noun .
At 1 o'clock, this morning, the five-story building ad
joining the scene of the lire, iu Bridge street, near the
Battery, which occurred last evening, caught from the
ruins and wee totally destroyed, with its contents, veined
at *5200,000.
The total losses by the fires in Bridge street are esti
mated at $lOO,OOO, and by the fire an Fulton street at
over $200,000
THE COOPER-SHOP VOLUNTEER HOSPITAL
COMMITTEE acknowledge the receipt, through Dr. A.
Nebinger, from Mrs. George W. Sheaffer, of Carlisle,
Pa., of the following donations:
Mrs. 11. Sheaffer, 2 jars of peach and gage butter, 2
glasses of jelly, 1 bottle of wine, 4 pillows and cases;
Miss M. Jackson, 2 pillows and cases, 1 blanket, I quilt,
1 jar of jelly; Miss Philips, 2 pairs wciollen socks, liars
of jelly, 1 piece dried beef- Mrs. Robert Irwin, 6 jars of
Jelly, 1 of brandied peaches, 3 tongues, farina, corn—
starch, and lot of soap; Mrs. M. Smith, 2 glasses of
jelly' Mrs. Sullivan, 1 jar of pickled quince, 2 glasses
of jelly ; Mrs. Cline, 1 jar of jelly; Mrs. Handschuk,
I jar of quince jelly' Mrs. Anthony Fishburn, 1 jar
of butter; Mrs. E. Doyle, 2 glasses of jolly; Mr. W.
M. Beetem, 2 jars of jelly, 2 pairs of woollen socks;
Miss Jones, I glass of jelly, 10 shirts, 3 pairs drawers,
I pair socks; Mrs. H. Line, 1 crock apple butter, I pair
socks, I plecedried beef; Miss Jane Alexander, l crocklard,
2 glasses jelly, I crock plum butter, 7 handkerchiefs. 30
needle cases, and a lot of dried cherries ;Mrs. Geo Keller,
I gloss jelly ; Miss Mary E. Sheeler, 33 needle cases; Miss
Julia Deetern's scholars, 25 needle cases and 4 Testa
ments; Miss H. Adair's scholars, 26 needle cases; Mao
111. Phillips' scholars, 26 needle cases; Miss E. Peelle
ait's scholars, 15 needle cases; Mrs A Caufneen's echo.
lore, 6 needle eases; Mrs. P. 'Monger, 3 glasses jelly 1
Mrs. Phillips, 3 cans tomatoes; Miss R. Noble, 6 towels;
Mrs George W. Shearer, 1 dozen handkerchiefs, Jellies,
wines, tongues, bologna sausage, drift raspberries, black
berries, dried peaches, apples, lard, null...soap; 37 pairs
of slippers made at Mrs. G. W. Shearer's by the follow—
ing named ladies: Mrs. McNeely, Rbey, Irvin, Cauftnan,
Adair, Inhof, Shearer, Miss Cleadaniel, Jane, Annie,
and Laura Alexander, M. and E. Faust, M. C. Shearer, the
materials, in part, contributed by Mre. E. Byers and
Mrs. Gould; birs. W. Noble, 2 jars jelly and 3 tongues;.
Mr. John Noble ' five dollars; an unknown lady, 3 pairs
woollen cocks; Aire.. M. McGranaham, 2 pairs mitts ;-
Miss Flare Hastings, 2 pairs socks; air. J. Lindsey, 1
blanket; Mies S. E. Henderson, 4 pairs woollen socks;
Mrs. R. Campbell, I pair woollen socks; Mr. Jas. Itsmit , -
ton, 1 flannel shirt, 2 pairs drawers; Mrs. W. Leeds, 4
polls woollen socks', Mr. A. L. eponsler,4 flannel shirts;
Mrs. Jacob Rbeen, quilts, 1 pair pillows, 3 cushions., 3
pairs slippers' Mrs. Agnes Wolf, 1 jar pickbas, 1 crock
apple. butter; Mrs. H. Strickler, 1 crock apple-butter,
dried fruit, 3 chickens; Mrs. W. Rentz, I crock apple
butter, 3 chickens; litre. P. Louk, 3 pairs chickens;
Mrs. D. Reedy, 1 pair chickens; Mrs. C. Dillon: 1
blanket, 2 bottles catsup, 2 papers farina; Miss E. fa
lloff, 1 pair woollen socks.
To blows, Henderson and Reed, forwarding Merchants
of Carlisle, the committee express thanks for forwarding
the above-named articles, free of charge. .
• .
Also, the following, from the citizens of Whitehall, in
the Twenty. third ward, sixteen dollars and twenty-five.
cents, (BM 25) through the committee, hfes9re. 'Henry
Wlnterbottem, Oliver Brownell, Franklin I). Brown,
and George. Lich - Through the same committoe, sixty
dollars and fifty cents teSO.5O) from the employees ad Al
fred Jenks & Bon, of Bridesbnrg.
PERSONAL.—Hon. William IL Seward, Se
cretary of State, arrived in the city on Saturday
evening, and stopped at the Continental ROK lie
is accompanied by the Orleans princes,
THE CITY
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
ACADEMY or Hume—Broad and Locust stresbr.-- ,, La
Trayiata."
Amort-Sratrs Tnaisas—Arch street, above Sixtb.--•
" St. Patrick's Eva "—" Hone Blunders than One."
Warattrr-Ssamnr ramiess—lftnth and Walnut sta.—.
Uncle Pat's Cabin "—" Patience and Perseverance"-
4, Teddy, the Tiler."
Coarmainrat. Tasavas—Walnut street, above Sightia.
Uncle Tom's Cabin."
NATIONAL GrAnDS' HALL—Race street., below Sixth.
—Grand Vocal Concert and Ball."
THXPLX or Wonnsas—N. Z. corner Tenth and Obit
nut streets—Signor Blitz's Intertalnment.
Action of the Grand Jury Relative to
Concert Saloons
The law is spasmodic in its operations. It takes
a virtuous impulse to-day, and saying " Wendell°,
resolution, I'll treat thee !" retires into inactivity
for a whole week. Periodically a descent is made
upon the gamblers, at which the press and people
hold up their hands applaudingly. Then the lot
tery-policy writers—never the backers—are fright
ened, and finally the cellars and licentious resorts
are emptied, and Alderman Boitler reviews a regi
ment of doubtful women and verdant gentlemen,
holding them over to keep the peace; so that they
immediately open places nine times worse than
formerly. The law in this wise is ludicrous
and halt; and it has just that guise at present
in its treatment of the concert saloon nui
sances. The Grand Jury, last week, called
the court's attention to the "immorality "
of these places, and particularized, among other
evils, that of vicious females serving liquor to
minors. The court, with the best intentions, re
plied that the matter ought to be looked to, and so
the affair rests. So in the Legislature : last week a
gentleman from the interior proposed that all
places of theatrical performance be returned to the
authorities, in which proposal the House concurred.
It was by no means plain, however, that any re
formatory measures were designed, and if so, the
proceedipg referred to was the least direct and
certain. The police authorities confine their vigi
lance to propping two officers againstt, a lamp-post
in front of each concert ball, whore they stand at
odd times until midnight. While the law is
thus irresolute, the proprietors of ,the saloons
- are combining for mutual resistance. Emissaries
have been despatched to Harrisburg, provided with
money whereby to defeat any antagonistic bill, and
one of the worst of the saloons has employed boys
to serve liquor, but still employs the female waiters
to sit in the boxes and beguile the patrons. The
case stands thus : that while New York, of profane
reputation and generally reckoned a sort of modern
Sodom, is about to abolish these saloons, Philadel
phia, of old chaste and staid, has surrendered up
her halls and highways to be desecrated by the most.
shameful night-orgies. When the Albany Legisia
tore have ousted the Panders from Broadway, they
will, of course, resort to Chestnut street. Thus,
legitimate amusements will be obliged to suc
cumb. In course of time the infection wilt
reach not alone sons and husbands, but daughters
and wives; drunkenness and disease will be no
longer vices, having become universal; and the
sublime impersonations of Hamlet, Othello, and
Lear will be burlesqued upon the boards that they
have consecrated. Perhaps trade will flow in upon
us; perhaps the town will not be so stupid and
lonesome; perhaps the afflicted victims of ennrrs,
and those who can no longer enjoy the loyes of good
women and the comforts of good households, will
be gladdened ; perhaps we Shall emerge from oar
primitive ignetanCe and rusticity to the more pro
gressive hereafter; but can all these things atone
for the temptations that will encircle the young,
the ambitious, and the generous? Enough for us
that we have spoken ; enough for the laws, if they
are insufficient.
NARROW AND FRIGHTFUL ESCAPE.—Yester
day afternoon a funeral, which had proceeded to
the Cathedral Cemetery, was returning to the city
via the Wire Bridge. When at a point about a
square west of the bridge, the horses attached to
one of the carriages, becoming frightened at the
whistle of a locomotive, dashed off with a sudden
start that placed them beyond the control of the
driver. The latter, with extraordinary presence or
mind, strove to check the speed, and, at the garnet
time, avoid a collision with the carriages blocking
the road ahead of him.
The frightened animals, however, were perfectly
infuriate, and a fearful fate for the driver, as well
as for the occupants of his vehicle, seemed almost
inevitable. At this point on the bridge there is but
little pavement perceptible, and the south aide of
the street borders upon a frightful declivity. To,
ward this declivity the carriage was madly dashing,
while people soreamed and ran from all directions.
At such a critical juncture the wheels struck the'
foot-plank just on the edge of the declivity, the
tongue and. swingle-tree were torn from their
fastenings, the driver still cool and self-possessed,
was dragged from his box, and.the horses were se
cured.
Every one thought the driver was dead, and
every one felt a grateful relief to see him pick
himself up, and strive to stanch the blood that
flowed from some trivial cut about the head. He
ceuld not be persuaded off to a drug store, but pro.''"
flounced himself sound as a dollar. The carriage:
was very . badly smashed—so badly that it could
not be driven to the city, but was allowed to stand
on the road all night.
One of its lady inmates was the wife of the de
ceased, whom interment had just occurred, so that
her distraction and alarm, amid the excitement
of the moment, can but faintly be conceived. She
was placed in another carriage, and so reached her
residence. Another female fainted, and was car,
vied into a residence in the vicinity. Altogether,
the escape was as Marvellous as it was frightful,
and attracted quite a crowd to the locality.
Not Denga terward& 4.lltht baggy-wagon,
irnlte drivendown Brig asrect,,Aos....4
square or so of the Bridge, gave way in some of
parts, and crashed to the ground, landing its four
gentlemen occupants in a sudden and picturesque
manner. Luckily, no bones were broken, whereat
the gentlemen went home elated. •
A WELL-KNOWN ODDITY DEPARTED.—Oopt.
Searles, well known to the travelling community as
" directing " agent at Walnut-street wharf, and for
several years the agent of the Schuylkill line of
steamboats, died last week. The Captain was de
cidedly an "original," and Dickens would have
asked nothing better than a chance to immortalize
him, aided by John MeLenan. His penuriousness
was proverbial, and his eccentricities are described
as innumerable. Many years ago. he was engaged
as agent for various lines of steamboats running on
the Ohio river, and the diverse methods ke there
introduced to benefit his employers were both de
cidedly original and enterprising. His language
was racy, and his speech eloquent. He was a
travelling time-table as regards the hour of starting
and arrival of railroad trains, and never could ba
appealed to in vain upon these subjects. He wass
man of property, and, at the time of his decease,
possessed a snug farm near Spotswood, N. J. For
several months past he had been in the habit of
frequently referring to his farm, stating that he
soon Intended to locate upon it for the remainder
of his days. The Captain paid for nothing that he
could well avoid. He haunted the newspaper
offices to beg papers of the date, which he would
afterwards proffer in exchange for his breakfast
When needing a favor, no man was more affable
and importunate. "A blighted copy" was the
phrase that be generally used in The Press officio
when soliciting the clerks for the gift of a paper.
The Captain was cowardly, and, although daily au.
gaged in troubles begotten by his own unscrupu
lousness, he was never known to be whipped,
There was nothing amiable in him, but much that
was characteristic. He was, indeed, a caricature
of a man.
Two SWINDLERS ON THE CIRCUTT.-A morn
ing or two since an individdal of prepossessing,
make-up called upon Mr. Robert T. Gill, at Ms
place of business, and asked to see him fur a few
momenta. The stranger then pretended that Ito
bad been mistaken in the person, and, turning to a_
directory, observed that "he supposed he could
find the Mr. Gill he wanted there." He shortly
after left. Upon Mr. Gill proceeding to his resi
dence in Lombard street, at noon, ho ascertained.
that the stranger bad preceded him there r and had
represented to the family that he bad been re
quested to call for a black cloth coat belonging to ,
Mr. G. The coat was handed to him, and has not
since been returned. For the information of un
suspecting housekeepers who keep . coats on hand,
we append a description of the swindler, orrather
swindlers, engaged in this business. One of theist is
about five feet eleven inches high, is about 25 years -
of age, has small side wlliakors, and is habited in a
brown business coat, black vest, and dark pants-- -
all seedy. His comrade is about five feet high,
has a fashion of picking his teeth with a quill, and
is apparently a Jew.
WAR Irsms.—Col. Price's regiment has
moved its camp to Point Breese, and will, it is et
peeted, push on the column in a few days. Tho
weather, during the past week, has boon about as
disagreeable as it .well could be, thereby making
camp life particularly uncomfortable, though it
hardened the men.
Squads and other parties of soldiers arrive daily
and nightly, pay visits to the refreshment saloons,
and then keep on their way rejoicing. Onr streets
have not presented so many soldiers the various
regiments on the Potomac, during the past week, as
on the week previous. The rendezvous age still
open in many parts of the city, and if the services
of any more soldiers were wanted a number of ad
ditional regiments could be easily raised-voluntarily,
to meet any emergency.
Heavy cannon, from Pittsburg, arrive almost
daily, for batteries, forts, gunboats, and ohms ves
sels that fly the stars and stripes, and bear them en
the waters of America.
George Cadwalader Sanders, wall known in this
city as the Infant Drummer, died on the. 22&
at Camp Observation. De was attaohed to.Cotenel
Owen's regiment in the regimental band.
COMMITMENT OF BuncL.vits----Vin.eent Tra
verse and Thomas Pennimore were committed on
Saturday, by Alderman Beitlor, to answer the
charge of having committed several burglaries
recently. They acknowledged to. having entered
the dwelling of George G. Nest, on the night of
the Bth inst. ; the house of Josiah Randall, night of
15th inst. ; the house of Mrs. M.aekaw, Eighth and
Christian streets; the house of Wm-Hauer, 921
Passyunk road ; the house old. C. Martin, Eighth,
above Spruce. Articles stolen consisted of silver
ware, plated ware, and other articles of value
they could conveniently lay theie hands upon. In,
some places they set the table, helped themselves:
to eatables, and indulged in the refreshments
wine and liquor. Officer Jeffries, one of: Lied
Bumpkin's mon, sedated by Deteetires Taggart. red
Smith, made the arrests, and reoevered some et*,
booty. These two youngmen en very respeetaddy
connected But they have been thieving for a long
time, having been made the dupes and tools. of in
famous:women. They lost long ago all manliness
and integrity.
IliorEas Courts Cassu—On Saturday the
Court of Quarter Sessions was engaged with a raw
writs of habeas corpus, of r.o publio interest.- After
disposing of these, the vase against H. L. Benner •
and others, of the National Insurance and Midst
Company, wee resumed . It is simply a resume o[_
the hearing before Alderman MoCallon, and aqua -
time will probably elapse before a decte.on is can,