± pilliT (BPSDAM IXOSPTBD,)
OI]JOHN0 l] JOHN W. FORNEY.
* ' ill SOUTH FOtJRXH HRBIiI.
—-r
- |» AII* * PRESS,
1 Cts *s Fe» WXRK, payable to the Carrier.
)tT * ont if the City at Six DOW. AM
TOO* Dol.tABB to* IIIOHT M.OHTBB,
.1, ,r *' r( , a Six Months—invariably In id'
i|U.WEEKI,y PRESS,
1 Subsctibero nut of the City at Tnaßa »OL
A^' ln MnenaanMMMnnw
Sr
..-'gyjNiitY GUOI)S
-% I ''
M . BERNI-lEIM,
y.gOfIJfiSTNUT.BTBBBT,
3t(! rs, inst received from AtfOIIOH, alargo
stock of - . .
tE '' pilißOSSi of oil widths and colors.
f [l oV.'EllS| all the new shads*.
/KATHBUS) . di. do. do.
VELVETS) do. do. do.
do, do. do.
„ gKGkISII OBiPJIS, at oil priosu, and
BIBBOSS to suit, and oil othtr articles
Juatotba lWiln-rT
"I, B!)? - jriliDg off’hti oatire Bteok at
GI'JA'TI' 1 REDUCED PEIOES TOE O&SH,
jffiidcall !ho attention of the trade to this fact
p, o 't farcret. ; ,
Ko. *26 CHESTNUT STBBST.
; ? _V,!vot«cutMa».
0~~ 1862
WOOD & GARY,
JCOOSBBOBB TO WHCOIiH, WOOD, * HIOHOLB,
in Btore#
COMPLETE STOCK
FALL.
MILLINERY goods.
consisting of j
Sili, Velvet, and Colored Straw
gONNETS AND HATS,
jrsisoh Flowers,; Feathers, Ribbons, &0.,
. they respectfully invite the attention of the
, jab®< of tbe Hon “ 0 ’ “ n4 - tho ttaA9 generally,
* -a—_ - - '
EDY & BRO.
, ; 4 cfIBSWfUX STREET, BELOW lIGHTH.
HAVE now beady their s
U lh IMPORTATIONS OP FRENCH
FLOWERS, feathers.
AtO) GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS.
k!* - :
j FALL MILLINERY GOODS,
ROSENHEIM,
BROOKS, &Oo„
431 MARKET STREET,
NORTH SIDE,
Birn-’ spen f° r their
fall sales
a ussa AND HANDSOME STOCK ON
*ALL MILLINERY GOODS,
fIOSS tSTIKO OF
RIBBONS, VELVETS, SILKS,
FLOWERS,
ffBAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
"AND '-"X
-MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY,
I, thick the attention of the trade la
BE3PBOTFULLY SOLICITED. ' '
k»-!b ■■
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
WILLOWWARiC
A. H. FRAMOISGUS,
«3 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Stre#t,
PBIX.ABBI.PHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
Always on hand, a fell Stock ot
m EBOOKS, OHUBNB, ME ABUSES, BBOOM3,
WHXSKBj : ' ,
FANOY BASKETS,
mil, so hub, ana swaspins bbusses,
LOOKING- GLASSES and WINDOW PAPES,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF CLOCKS,
Koclers, Jlonr Buckets, Host Boxes, •
BROOM CORN, HANDLES, AND WIRE,
ViJHBOifIDA, MOLDING and ODOTBES PINE,
M AND TABLE OIL OLOTHS,
SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNEB BASKETS,
fifsf Biti, Indigo, Blacking, Matches, Sleds, Barrows,
(Jsrriages, Hobby Horses, &0., So.
AU Goods sold at
M’EST net cash prices.
larc-est stock in the union.
tongeri visiting the city are Invited to look through
which W the largest of the Mad in
Also, thooDly Wholesale Agent for H. W.
MKAM’B CLOTHES-WBINGEB in the State of
faatrttwis. »!6.2m
CARPET CHAIN.
addin gT^WADDINO^
WADDING I
"ADDIS3, BATTS, |'
TWIHES, WIOKING,
ooitonl YABNS,
. o.Abpet chain, so., SO.
‘HA LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY,
IN STjOKE,
MS rOB SABI, at HANTTH’AOTUBEES’ PBIOBB, by
A. H, FRANOISGUS,
U-to MAfiKET and Ho S,Horth FIFTH Street.
BATTS. AND
OARPRT CHAIN.
fin Pr e PBri w‘ to sell when wanted:
WjUuO lbs. Carpet Chain-—Cotton, Lin
„ en, and Woolen.
•W/JOO lbs. Cotton Yarn—Nos. from 5
to 20.
J’ffO lbs. Single c ute and Tow Yarn.
w,OOO Sheets Black Wadding.
AwO Bales all grades Cotton Batts,
" from 12 to 50 ots. per lb.
i m sll grades Wiok.
vQQ Bales all grades Twine—Cotton
, and Linen.
tos «K*fnient ot TWINEB, TIDY COT
’®B, 4o„ at the | ■ -
BARGE FQUE-SjrOKY STORE,
»9.54 S NOETH TRIED STBKET,
1, I Sm , lOomer of New St)
*&if» nl, Wjr ln tllB Yara Business, lam prepared to
% "w s°®de tower than any other honse in this
R T. WHITE. ■:
lARNB,BATTS, CARPET-CHAIN.
! OWi °! a Lting, of all grades.
E ft J es of Biac . k Wadding.
iffiS flesofWi °w
jo'fiAr, n^ C 3 Cotton Twine.
ffll oUDdsof Cotton Yarn.
m Bounds of Colored and White
Chain.
m p ol ls of Manilla, Jute, and Oot
ille Rope. ;
fta,lo «k Mflli T ? ni A ß6a Wash Lines, and •
wods in the above line, for sale by
**»^-franctsous.
a MABKET and S North PIPTH Street
FPRfUTPJUK.
W, * J - A3LLEN & BRO.
oabinst warebooms,
lo * iao9 CHESTNUT ST.
4 iARsa ASSOETMEHT
SI? PEHIOR furniture
vH-hu 1 ■
OH HARD.
B^^X4“K b 0 r Bwflae "-*"
jgU* TABLES,
A Oahpiom.2 with th*
w«S 0 E 8 impbovbb oushiohb,
JjVyfe Ml otS/ b 7 T Who ta,# toem *® b*
th ** # the m*nn-
W #lo# i Who M, f.S c , 1 n J nraer ? n * Wteo m thromhont
m, «b»UM withUn ol»r*ottt olthtb
__ - '• ■■■•■■■ -- aoSS-flm ■
*«R§?
fG» Neat and Cheap,
town's, m b.foubth
MS
VGL.6-N0.82.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
jQAwioiTiiANioNjTa^T™”
N. W. CORNER OF MARKET* AND
FIFTH STREETS,
Invite the attention of Cash Buyers to
their entire. New Stock of
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, ETC.
T. B. DAWSON. O,BRANSON. J.Q BOXQARDNKR.
oci22-lm 5 -
L HALLO WELL & Go.,
No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JAYNK’B MARBLE BLOCK,)
Have jnat opened an ,
ENTIRE- NEW STOCK
' • or '
FANCY SILKS, from Auction,
DRESS GOODS in great variety,
SHAWLS, GLOYES,
RIBBONS, TRIMMINGS, &0., &0.,
Which have been , .
PURCHASED EXCLUSIVELY FOE OASH,
And will he told at \
CHEAP PRICES.
The attention of city and country buyers is Invited.
geSfitf
1862. e 1 all 1862.
BIBOEL, WIEST, * EBVIK,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOO DS,
HO. 4T NORTH THIRD 3T B 111,
rauamnnan ■.
Merchants visiting this city to purchase Dry
* Goods will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Figures. In certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any other house in
Philadelphia. sel6-2m
rpiOS. MELLOR & Co.,
ENGLISH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS,
40 AND 43 NOBTH THIBD STBEET.
HOSIERYi GLOVES.
Shirts and Drawers, 4-4 Linens.
Fancy Woolens, Linen C. Hdkfa.
Manufacturers of Shirt Fronts.
iell-3m - .
1862. * AL L • 1862.
JOHNES. BEBBY. & 00.
(Booeeauors to Abbott, Jobnea, & Go.,}
It? UABKKT, AND <34 OOMMEBOB STBBBTg,
IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS OP
SOIL'S
. \ ■' . AMD
PANGY DRY GOODS.
Save how opened an entirdy
HEW AND ATTBAOTIVS BTOOK, IN
ENGLISH, TRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODR
: AIM, a full assortment in - • ; -
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS,CLOVES,
SHAWLS, Ac.,
Which they offer at the very Lowest Market Price*,"and
solicit the attention of the Trade, inlß-Snt
. Y AR2XGXLLMORE.& 00,
Noe. 61 T CHESTNUT and 614 JATN3 Stmt*,
Have now open thslr ’
FALL IMPORTATION
OP SILK AND PANGT
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS, •
LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &o.
BOUGHT IN EUROPE BY
ONE OF THE FIRM.
To whioh the attention of the trade Is particularly In
vited. eall-Bra
CARPETS AND* OIL cloths.
Arch-street carpet ware
house.
OLDDEN & RIOKNER.
No. 832 ABOH STREET,
TWO DOOBS BELOW NINTH STREET,
SODfH SIDB,
ire now receiving their
PALL IMPOBTATIOHS OP
POBEIGN AND DOMESTIC
CARPETINGS,
embracing all the new styles, which they are offering at
LOW PBIOBS •
MST.am PQB CASH. ,
Q.LEN ECHO MILLS,
McCALLUM & CO,,
SO 9 OSES TN BT SI BEET,
(Opposite Independence Hall,)
XANUPAOTUBEBS, IHPOBTBBS, AND DEALERS
CARPETINGS,
OIL OLOTHS, &e.,
Have now on hand an extensive stock of
ijarpetingfl, of onir own and other makes, to
which we call the attention of cash and short
ttme buyers.
DRUGS/ANBCHEMICAJLS. ~
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
fi! CO, ,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and EACH Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AHD DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
KAKOFIOTnBB*g 0»
WHITE LEAD ANfrZINO PAINTS, PUTTF,**,
AGISTS 108 THI OBI.ZBBi.TIn
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Dealer* end ebnanmer* aappHed»t
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
se2o-tr
M T UOIFER” OIL WORKS.
JLI 100 bbl* “inoHer" Buroin* OR cm hand.
We enusntee tbe oil to be non-explosire, to bam as
Ibe oil in tbs lamp with a rteadr, brilliant Same, without
•mating ths wick, and but ulowljr. Barrel* Uned Witt
llan enaatl. WBIQHT, SMITH, A PEARSALL,
MH-tr Offloa tit MARKET Btrset
tATOira 01L.—492 baskets Latopr
Olive Oil, jnat received per ehlp Fandalia, from
Bordeaux tor rale by
JAtfBBTOHX & liAYBEaUB,
. *8 and 3WB»uU»JBOHT Street.
GEBMANTOWE, PA.
Jrf9-Sa»
SEWING MACHINES.
Q.BOYER & BAKER’S
• CELEBRATED FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES,
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS:
Particular attention i.i called to the fact that, betides
the Machines making our celebrated stitch, wo manu
facture, in great variety of styles, superior
FAMILY LOOK-STITCH MACHINES.
The peculiarities or each stitch will be cheerfully
known and explained to purchasers, and they have the
great advantage of being able to select from our stock
either a Hachino making the
GROVER & BAKER STiTOH,
0r one makfngthe
LOCK-STITCH,
The only valuable Sewing Machine Stitches in practical
usd. v:
FRICES FROM $4O UPWARD 3,
, Office 780 Cliestnut St.
no3-tf '
rpHE WILLOOX & GIBBS
■'JL -j ■ FAMILY
BBWING M&OHINKB
have been greatly improved, making it
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
and with Self-adjusting Hemmerß, are now ready tor
ealeby
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
se27.H 716 CHESTNUT Street.
& WIESON,
SEWINGMACHINES,
828 0 H ESTN UT STB E E T,
selß-Bm ■ . . PHILADELPHIA. .
MILITARY GOODS.
JJILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS;
PRESENTATION SWORDS,
SWORD BELTS, SASHES,
OFFICERS’ CANTEENS,
PORTABLE WRITING DESKS,
PASSANTS, EPAULETTES,
military: and naval goods in general.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
EVANS & HASSALL,
No, 418 ARCH STREET,
oo 31-12tfp
rjIHE ARMYi
SWORDS, RIFLES,
PISTOLS, SASHES, BELTS, &o.
No, 13 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
WHOLESALE , AND RETAIL.
007 ‘
J fijunv .MADE CLOTHING. (
OJ&TLEMEN’S
\JI wintkb clothing,
VERY DESIRABLE
V IN 6TYLK AND PBIOE,
Suitable tor the season; ■ ;
/YVERCOATS AND
BUSINESS SUITS,
■ In great variety.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
IT POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
OAK HALL, ,
s. E. CORNER SIXTH AND AIAJUvET STS.
SPECIAL^DEPARTMENT
POB OUSTOMKK WdBK.
no3-tjal
JUNE READY-MADE CLOTHING.
O. SOMERS & SON,
No. 626 CHESTNUT STREET,
UNDER JAYNE’S HALL,
Have now made np tor sale, an entire new stook of
FINE CLOTHING.
Also, a foil assortment of OLOTHS, UABSIMEEES, and
VESTINGS, which they respectfnlly invite th© public to
examine before purchasing elsewhere. *oS7tde3l
LOOSING GLASSES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
SIANUPAOTUBIBS AND IMPOBTES®
';' ’ . ,o» ./ . . .... ■ -
’■ - : LOOKING GLASS®,
OIL PAINTINGS,
WHS .AHBEAVIHOB,
PIOTOBK AND POBTBAIT PBASCBI,
PHOTOQBAPH PBAMES,
PHOTOGBAPH ALBUMS,
OABTES-DX-TISITE POBTBAITS.
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
818 CHESTNUT STREBT,
tell.'"' ■ ■ nmanaußU.
WATCHES ANP JEWELRY. 1
A& ELI HOLDEN, JSS
la :. Dealer in fine , MSI
AND ISIPOBTED
JBWELBY, AND OLOOKS, • '
• ccSI-fim# 708 MABKET Street.
AlOmoM WAffiOHM
■■ ; w ■
SOLD AND SILVER OASIB.
JOS. H. WATSOI*,
anl-Bm Ho. 330 OHBB'TISrnT Btrert.
. . < v . ll
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. |
A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
£\- XHAH FOBMEB PBICBS.
S'ABB & BBOTHBB, Importer*,
mhSO-if 824 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth.
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
gOYD & STROUD,
HO. 32 HOBTH YQTJBTH BTBEET,
n6w 64006 of
CHINA, GLASS, AND QUEENSWARE.
0c22-lm
STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS.
MARTIN & QUAYLES’
IU. STATIOHEEY, TOT, AND YAHOY GOODS
.XU FOB mu.
Ho. 1036 WALNUT BTBEBT,
laU-fpl, “^“^“^WADXtPHXA’
® f. I, a. /«
BIN O, ABUT, AND TOILET MIBBOJEtS,
The best in iho world for flniih and dnrabiiitjr.
B. M. S.
Tbs beat brand Silk-flnished
s VHIiVBT BIBBOHB.
8010 Agent, BENJAMIN M. SMITH,
I#6 DUAHK Street, near West Broadway,
joW-3«a Hew Y or*.
PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1862.
PHILADELPHIA.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
JTANGY FLANNELS f =
, FOR SHIRTING,
NEW AND DESIRABLE STYLES.
AND WHITE FLANNELS,I
Of all grades and widths.
. YELLOW FLANNELS, ...1
Fine,- Medium, and low Ggades.
: SOARUET FLANNELS,
.= Twilled and Plain, of ail desirable qualities.
GRAY TWILLED, and
BLUE TWILLED FLANNELS.
OUKWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 452,. and 454*N. SECOND AT , AB. WILLOW.
FALL AND WINTER
DRESS GOODS!
AT MEDIUM AND LOW PRICES:
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER
Have just received from Auction a large lot of
WOVEN SAXONY DRESS GOODS’;
’Banging Froin
25 TO 35 CENTS PER YARD !
. In daily receipt of cheap lots,
450, 452, 454
NORTH SECOND ST,, ABOVE WILLOW.
T>ALMOR AL SKIRT‘D?
XJ OF ALL SALE ABLE IDISOBIPTIOSS.
CURWEN BTOOD£RT ft Et- V ' "
450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND BT-AB. WILLOW.
* .. - - ■ nos3t
'RICH DACE CURTAINS,
JLhl 53.50 to «35 per pair. \ ;
Rich Drapery MuaUns, 25c to $1.50 per yard.
“ Curtain Materials.
Upholstery Goods. . -r."
“ Furniture Chintzes.
“ Embroidered Piano and Table Covers.' .
Table Coverings.
Our stock of-Lace Curtains comprises two invoices
o f 500 pairs, entirely new and very elegant designs, bought
below auction prices, and is worthy the'early,attention'
of buyers. ."-■■■ *
SHEPPARD, VAN HAR
' LINGEN, & ARRISON,
100 S CHESTNUT STREEP. 3
nc4 tutbs lot -■
QHEAP LINEN GOODS.
■DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, 2 tp 8 yards
long ■
HEAVY TABLE LINENS, in neat and: beautiful
figures. -
; BBEAKFAST, DINNER, AND TEA NAPKINS, to
match.. - rv
DAMASK, DIAPER, GLASS, and HUDK TOWELS.
PLAIN and PL4ID GLASS LINEN. ‘
TO WELTNGS for Kitchen, Pantry, Bath, and Cham
ber use.
STOUT and FINE SHEETING LINENS, 8-4, 9-4,
10.4,11-4 12-4.
BEST HEAVY PILLOW LINENS, 40, 42,45, 50, 54,
inches.
FLOOR and STAIR LINENS.
SHEPPARD, VAN HABI.INGEN, ft AB BISON,
nc4-intbslot 100 S CHESTNUT Street.
“ Jy|TiW MOURNING STORE,"
926 OHJESTNUT STREET.
Evjry article for
MOURNING WEAR.
MOURNING BONNETS,
JtEABV AND TO ORDBB. v
M. & A. MYERS & Co.,
IMPORTERS,
oc3o,thim lm
QLOAKIN Gc CLOTHS,
F KOS TED BE AV ERS,
FINE CASSIMERES,
VELOUR |tEPS,
BALMORALS,
BLANKETS.
LADIES' CLOAKS.
WOOLEN SHAWLS,
BOPS’ CLOTHING.
C 0 OPE R ;.&. 0 O N*AR By
Oc2B-ff~' B. E. COE. NINTH kj m,
OLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
THE ONLY GENUINE : WATEB-PBOOFS IN THE
.: ■■ CITY. . ■ : .
our -new; styles
' THE OSBORNE, \
THE CELEBRATED CASTILIAN,
THE LE GILET AND PRINCESS.
Tlicae are beautiful and exquisite styles, and call only;:
bo found In perfection at'
-- ; v IVENS & Co.,
OC3O 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET
riLOAKS! CLOAKS!
An Immense Stock of
NEW & FASHIONABLE STYLES.
Oar Garments to style, quality, and manufacture
Are guarantied equal-to any In the City.
ladies will niease examine before purchasing. .
PARIS STORE,
EIGHTH ANP WALNUT STREETS.
MISSES AND 0 HIL DRE N ; S
AWL CLOAKS 1%
The largest Assortment,
Latest and Most Approved Styles, ,
At Exceedingly Low Prices.
No. 137 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET.
OC3O-1 m
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & GO.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hays just received, and are now offering, magnificent
lines of
SILKS, SHAWLS, & DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS BEASOH,
ocB-tf
: : 1034 OItKSTNPT BIBEET. :
E. M. NJEEDLES. ■ '
| ■' : ' ■ :■■■ 1
| WHITS GOODS, q
* LINENS, |
g EMBROIDERIES. §
tn Cj
» : ■ ‘■a
W m
Q tq
A. ftiil wwortraent of the above on hand ai LOW &
ijj 1 \ ' H
® PBIOBS> to which additions are made of ail
„ E r NOVELTIES.
se2s.tr ■
1024 CHESTNUT STBBHT.
riHEAF DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
V/ Oil. CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADES -V.
E. ABOHAMBAULT, N. E. oorner B tiBVENTH and
Streets, will open this morning, from Auc
tion, Ingrain Carpets ,at 3T, 60,62, T 6, and 8T cts.: Bn
try and Blair Carpets, 25 to 66 cts.; Bag, Yarn, and List
Carpets, 26,t0 46 cts.; Floor OH . Cloths, 37 to 62 its. :
GlltJßorderea Window Shades, 62 its. to SI 50: Bnff and
Green Window Holland, 16 to 46 ots.: Muslins, 12if to
25cts.; Canton Flannels, 25 to3l cts, ocSOthstnlm
H STEEL & SON HAVE JUST
• received, from Hew York, a few choice lots of
FINE IMPORTED DEE 33 GOODS. '
Wide fancy Silks, very rieh styles.
Bioh figured Brown Silks, a great variety of these very
■catce and desirable Silks.
A great variety of Fancy Silks, at low prices.
Bioh fig ured Black Silke, from $1 to $2. -
Yard- wide Plain Black Silks, at SI.
Block Silks, all widths and qualities, at
YEBY LOW PBIOKB.
Bich shades, Brown, Bine and Green.
PLAIN lEISH POPLINS.
Silk and wool and aU-wool French Poplins.
A choice lot of new Plaid Alpacas.
BIOH PRINTED MBBINOES.
bioh peinted magenta cloth.
Eich printed all-wool Delaines, at 62Xc, worth 87e.
SHAWLS. SOABFB, AND OLOAKS.
Broche and Plaid Blanket Shawls.
Bich Ohalae Laineßroche Shawls.
■Striped Shawls of every variety.
Merino Bcarts, Broohe and Ohalne Laine Borders.
Habit and Water-proof Cloth Cloaks. 'v "
COO SHEPHEBD PLAID LONG SHAWLS, at 54.25,
worth SB.
713 North TENTH Street, above Coates.
A LL WOOL BID BLANKETS.
41 A foil assortment of sizes—
-9.4—10-4—11.4 -12 4.
All wool, medium and fine.
Extra quality large size Blankets,
i Also Gray Army and Horse Blankets.
Knee Wrappers, Travelling Blankets.
ocl7.tr BHABPIiESS BBOfHEES.
rtOLOBED POULT DE BOIES.
. A full line of plain oolored—
Embracing all the rich, dark shades,
Heat figures, single and doable faced.
Bright colored Chocks and Plaids.
SHABPItESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
fWOICJS DRY GOODS—Just re
\J celved. . .
Brown Poplins, Plain and Figured.
Brown. Wool Poplins, Double Width.
Herinoes of all Shades.
Wool D’iaines, Plain and Figured,
Cotton and Wool D’Xiaines—a nice line.
Figured Merinoea.
A full line of Plain Shawls.
A full line of Gay Shawls.
One lot of Blaeh Figured Mohairs, at 25c.
Bix lots of Brown Alpacas, choice
A full line of Oassimeres,
A full line of Vesting.
"DINE APPLE SAP SAGO CHEESE,
A. for sale by BHODXB &WILMAMB,
OCS-if im South WAT KB Street/
>JOHH H. BTOKHB,
703 AKOH Street
|)ms.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1862.
Our Grand Army in , Virginia*
COffTIKUED iffD TRIUMPUiffT iDTIffCE,
Headquarters at Ashby’s Gap Yesterday—Pied
mont and Markham ; Occupied—Pleasanton
and Ayerill Bloving On—Advance of Sigei’s
Army—Gen, Sickles at Brentsvilie, and be
yond—Later from tVarrenton.
HsiDguABTERS Abut or the Potomao, Nov. 4.—10
P. M.—List night it was nncertain whether the'poßses
sion of Ashby’s Gap wonld be contested or not.
Every preparation" was made to force it if circum
stances made it necessary ; hut the rebels retreated this
morning, leaving our troops in undisturbed possession of
the .mountain. From the heights a favorable. view of
tie Shenandoah valley was had, but no large body of tho
enemy was to be seen. Winchester was plainly visible,
and the intervening portion of the valley.
The commands of cavalry and artillery under Gene
rals, Plessantori and Averill occnpled Piedmont last
might. This morning they pushed on, and, after a spirited
Bkirmish; occupied Msrkham. They now hold the ap.
preaebes to Manassas and Chester Gaps, on th» left of
the. Bine'Ritfge Mountain. The rebel cavalry showed
themselves to- day opposite Snickei ’s Gap, and were also
visible from Maryland Heights. Gen, McOielUn spent
moitpf the afternoon at the top of Ashby’s Gap, taking
the Shenandoah Valley. , : «
Infcimatioii from Manassas Junction, of this morning
.says the portion of General tickles’ command, sent
forward to look after the Orange ahd Alexandria Bait,
read, found it in much ; better condition than was anti
cipated to a point nearly up to Cattiet’a Station. The
railroad bridgo at Broad run was found partially burned
by the rebels, end the supports partly sawed through*. It -
can, however, be easily “and qoickly repaired.' Kettle
Run . Bridge was found uninjured. Our troops hold the
country in the vicinity of Brentsvilie, and have driven
in the patroling rebel parties upon WarrenJu notion.
They, however, continue to scout down as low as Cat
lett’s Station, and will doubtless destroy Cedar Bun
bridge, if they have not already dono so. The Manasßas’
Gap Railroad Is in pretty good working order oloar up to
Thoroughfare Gap. ■
Information received last night indicates that the totul
rebel force at Warrenton and Warrenton Junction is not
more than tlrte thousand.ioTantry, with corresponding
number of cavalry and artillery.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
POSITION OF LEE'S ARMY.
Military Mismanagement In the Sooth.
Anticipated Capture of Seaport Tow-ns—An
other Privateer Heady for Sea—Destruction
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—North,
eni Virginia to be Evacuated—progress of the
Yellow Fever at Wilmington.
FEOit FORTRESS MONROE. ;
Fortress Monroe, Nov. 4—The flag, of-truco boat
Express atrivtd at Fortress Monroe from Aiken’s Land
ing lisf evening jest as the Baltimore boat was leaving
ihe wharf. She br;ught no pjßseugetg or' returned
prisoners. Our cfficcis and guard, while at the landing,
were treatpd rather abruptly by the rebel guard, no one
being allowed to step cashore, and Col. Aikes (one of the
rebel cotcmistionere) was not allowed to come on to the
v.lmf while the Expiess lay there. The Colonel’s com
mission has’ been taken from him, and ho is denial all
communication whatever. ‘ - ' ’
LEE’S POSITION IN NORTHERN VIRGINLL.
The Richmond JJitpatch of Nov. Ist says:
“ The recent movements of the rebel forces indicate
the .entire..-evacuation: of. Northern Virginia, or that
these moves were made -in reference to the reported ad •
vanceof McClellan through Loudoun county. Prom all
it can gather, it is satisfied that a general advance of the
Union forces is not anticipated, and that tharebalgene
rai who.deeifes.eneh a movement on the part of McClel
lan wilt ha disappointed for the present campaign. The
opotationsof the Union troops, so far as transpired, do
not indicate that they wiil iisk an engagement with the
well appointed and highly disciplined troops under Gen.
Lee. Prom Winchester and the country below, it'says
we have advicts up to Thursday, when no movement of
the enemy ; haddaken place along the: Upper Potemac.
The report that Winchester had been evacuated is Incor
rect. The rebelchvalry pickets still .hold their old posi •
tlons northof Bunker Hill, and east of Charlestown.”
[Extn.pt! from the Eichtnond papers ]
* ABUSES IN THE AkMT.
A close investigation into the management of the Oom
mitsary and Quartermaster’s Department would disclose'
a degree of recklessness entirely, inexcusable, and well
In conversation with a number of fanners of the val
ley, recently, we wet e frequently asked the question,
whether the Government intended to redeem its circula
tion, the inference being, drawn, from its unnecessary
expenditure, that Confederate.money was only being
used for the present exigency, and that final repudia.
Son wonia ensue, fbom the extravagance 6r the Govern
ment's commissioned agents.
Forty prisoners of war arrived in this city {Richmond}
last evening, via Central train. They were captured last
Saturday fn the’vicinity of Harper’s Ferry. Four pri
soners were.received at the Libby prison'yesterday, They
gave ths-names of James G. Bestow,' William W Uliams,
Joseph; Bu Pate, and Jaoob Bafle. The prisoners were
captured a few days since at the mouth of the Sappa
bannock; Bastow wasahe toaster of thosbip Altegiianias,
WHHams first-mate, and PatB pilot. We could'hot
learn under what circumstance they were captured, wire :
ther by adventuring, on shore, or a surprise on board of
their ship j; ... -
Beven members of the 42d Mississippi. Regiment were
lodged in the Eastern District-prison yesterday, for act
ing as bogus city guards. :j
PAUL OF MOBILE, CHARLESTON,AND SAVANNAH,
** It Is evident that Mobile, Charleston, and probably
Savannah, will soon be assailed by the naval and laud
forces of the Lincoln Government. The loss of these
cities, would not touch the vital sirength of-Southern
strength, jet it would inflict suffering and humiliation
which no sacrifice would be too great to prevent. Mo
bile can see in New- Orleans what she has to expect.
The occupation of Mobile by the Federate would enable
them to penetrate hundreds of miles : into the interior of
Alabama', and inflict immense damage upon private and
pnbiic Interests. Charleston; ah especial object of
Fefleratmalignity, would probably be made to drink the
bitterest cup of all if she was to fall into Yankee hands.
Wo hope: that every Southern city will permit itself to
be converted into ashes before surrendering to the in
vaders.”' :
FEVER AT WILMINGTON,
The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, Oct. 28th, repsrts
the number of burials the previous day, white parsons,
five. , The negroes are'golng off -much more rapidly than
at the outset of the epidemic. The weather is cool, but
no signs oi frost.
- : v - CAPTURE OF THE SCOTIA. ,
The' Charleston Mtreury gives an account of the cap
ture of the steamship Scotia, while on her way from Nas
sau to that port. Sho was commanded by Capt. T. S.
Lebby, of Charleston, the same who.ran a privateer from
that port, was captured,\aud made.his esoape from the
Yankees ac Boston. The"ScotlA wiiea captured, had on
beard a valuable cargo of 106 tons of merchandise, con
sisting of shoes, blankets, wcdlens, Ac.
ANOTHER privateer.
Letter of marque and reprisal has been issued to a cer
tain officer of a splendid vessel, which is to sal soon from
some; rebel port.... The second officer is Ooi Charles
Carroll Hicks, who for several months past has rendered
efficient service to the Government.
JACKSON DBSTROYINjG THE RAILROADS;
The Whig isaje that General Jackson has destroyed all
that portion of the Baltimore end Ohio Bailroad from the
North Mountain to Sbepherdstown, tearing np the rails
and burning the ties. The large machine shops and
depot bu Idings at- Martinßburg were fired arid destroyed.
REBEL WAS. BULLETIN.
The Secretary of War has caused an order to be
issued to oflicers commanding camps of instruction to
caute the enrolment of conscripts to be extended to all
men not subject to exemption, who are between eighteen
andforty yeefs of age. It cannot be disguised that the
law under which this is done is.unpopulaij if hot odious,
among a large class of tiie people,.
REBEL HEWS FROJf' HEW ORLEANS.
„ A Bicbmond paper has-the following
Becentiy the British mau of- war Itmaldo approached
tlat’ foot of Canal street, New Orloaus, and. assumed a
hostile attitude, demanding from the. authoiitias the re
lettse of James Syme, druggist, an English subject, con
fined in, Fort Pickens, and indemnfficatiphfor the seizure
of/bisperßonand property to ,the. amount 0f.8100,000.
General Boiler reauested ten days to consult with Wash
ington authorities, which was assented to. The oaptain
of the Binaldo is an officer of groat gallantry, and whose
sympathies are said to be warmly ia faror of the South.
General Butler has issuai another Infamous order forbid
ding tho p&ymont of debts to persons who hare not taken
the‘oath.’” •
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Situation of Price—What lie Designs to do—
Review of General Grant’s Ariny—Bolivar
Being Fortified—A. Heavy Siiow Storm.
Bolivar, Hovemberl.
'She'latest nows from Gen. Price places Hi army at
Tupelo, on the Mobile and Ohio Eaiiroad. What hig
purpose is in going to that point we do not know, though
it by some that he designs forming a junction
wlth~Bragg somewhere in the vicinity of Enscumbia or
Huntsville. After that iB accomplished he, may move
I upon Corinth with a certain prospect of success, if that
ppjiit be not strongly reinforced before that time. Etui
story that lately reached'ydu from Memphis, that Price’s
army : was: 70,000 strong, and ready for .an offensive
movement to the. Horth, is not , entitled to credit. lha
most reliable information that can be obtained places his
strength not far from 40,000, including the reinforce
ments he has lately received. EUb army is still living
upon parched of raw,corn, in limited quantities, and; all
his men contemplate withmany.a sigh the piles of army,
stores at Corinth and Bolivar.’ In their • present need ft
is certain that they wilt make a desperate tight whenever
they come face to face with our troops ■ ;
The aimy at this point was yesterday reviewed by
Generals Grant end McPherson. Ehe troops were drawn
up on two Sides of an immense field, and formed in all a
line more than two miles in length In addition to this
force, there were Bovefal regiments bit on expeditionary
■ service in various directions that were not represented in
the review. . The health of thermen is excellent; and the
display elicited the .praises of all Thecloudß
of dust Ihat every where blew over the field greatly im
peded theprospect,;ar-d at times it was impossible to see
more than fifty yards in any direction. Ho rain has
• fallen hero for some time, and the roads, though hard,
are covered in every uiroction with two or throo inches
of’dust.’ ... , . ~,,
Bolivar has been strongly fortified of late. The rebels
are well aware of the fact, and in .making ..the above
general statement I am not giving contraband ioforma
.tion.' Natarally,it is an admirable!position, and, with
the aid of the works that have <been thrown up, the
troops now-here could-hold-.it against twice or three
times their number.; • , ,
The t»6w storm of tho 25th October extended ovor a
lorg line from north to south. # It-came over the bouu.
darieß from the British’dooJinibne, followed tip-the Bed
river of the North, and then traversed tho divide to the
-Minnesota river,and' the Mississippi Valley. It passed
down the course of tho groat stream in a belt about
two hundred miles wide; end-crossed the ’lines between
the’Federal and'Confederate armies, giving Price’s rebels
a taste of Northern cold. From too same atormclond
snow fell at Forts GarMe and Abercrombie, in British
Horth America and at Corinth, Mississippi, within two
hundred miles of the Gulf. At.Oorioth and at this point
there were two ’inches of snow'ohva perfectly dry and
dusty soil Usually the early light snows fall npon a
worm. and;moiat ground, and disappear, in an hoar or
two Htre the previous celd had thoroughly romsved
all heat from the dust, and the snow! fell upon a perfectly ’
’ dry and chilled sttrfaoo: When it did vanish, after lying
nearly a whole day, It was.only by the sun V warmth:
melting it from the tap. ,
The Pirate Alabama;
PROTEST OF PAPTAIN small; OF THE LAFAYETTE
—COMMODORE PORTER OFFERS TO PURSUE
. “THE'PIRATE.
Uaptain N. T.. Small, of tho ship Lafayette, has entered
a protest, in which he makes the following declarations:
Nothing unueual happened until the afternoon of the
twenty.third of O .toher, about four o’clcck, wind north
northwest, and squally, ship under full sail, made a
* fwc Points off the weather bow which they,
rook to be a topsail schooner, bound to the westward
sm * • lid ' Beln s bedded directly for them, • they
(ltd not discover that the sail was other than they
supposed her to be until within a mile of them, when
sheered off, showing her broadside, and they dis
covered.that she ,was a steamer, ,having the British
flag, the cross of St, George, flying, at the mizzen peak.
This was immediately hantel down, the Confederate
nag hoisted, and_ a shot fii td across the bows of the
Lafayette. Der ming it impoesible;to get oat of her wey,
they were obliged- to haul to, and considering that, the
cargo was the property of British subjects, protected by
a certificate to that offect, they supposed that they
would be allowed to proceed without molestation. A
boat’s crew then boarded the Lafayette, and Captain
Small was ordered on board the steamer with his papers
On reaching the steamer Captain Small was Shown into
the cabin, when an officer came in, who, he subsequently
learned, was Captain Semmes, of the Ooufederate steamer
Alabama,' The ship’s papers were then examined, and
on papt. Small calling Semmes’ attention to the fact that
the property had been sworn to before a notary public as
the property of British subjects, and a consular certificate
attached to each bill of lading to that effect, ho observed
that “the people of New York were getting very sharp;
but that this would not save me; it was all a damned
hatched-up meßs, and unless I had further proof than that
he should burn the vessel.” Captain Small then replied
that he had no further proof. Semmes then called his
first .lieutenant (Kale), and ordered him to have the ap
pearer put on board hfs vessel, giving him liberty to take
cne trunk, and the crew a bag of clothes each, and then
4o reiurn to the steamer, and the, ship to bs set on fire
immediately,' all of which was accordingly done. As
soon as the ship wts well on fire the steamer stood to the
northeast, under sail. The ship was soon in ilamss, and
the laßt seen other was about ten o’clock P. M. The
steamer took all the nautical Instruments, books, charts,
&c , together with such live stock as was on board; On
arrival bh hoard'the steamer the entire crew were put in
irons, officers included, where they remained till the
evening of the 29th of October, when they w. re re
moved on'board the brig Baron de Gastine, which vessel
bed been taken as a prize by the Alabama, but was raa-
Bcmed and released, and on board of which they arrived
at Boston.
LETTER FROM COM, PORTER. ' '
- New Yore, Nov. 3, 1862.
The merchants of New York ehould put their shoulder
to the wheel. The Dreadnought is one of the finest ships
afloat, and tho onl? oue I Have soon fit t© t)9 con verted,
intom man- of- war. In a very short time she can be fitted
for sea, end I recommend this step to their notice. If
they have sufficient confidence in me, and the Govern
ment willallow me, I will superintend the outfit of this
vessel, and do my very best to take the Alabama; but
ehould they desire a better officer, then permit me to re
commend to them Oapt. A. H. Kelty, United States navy,
an officer: who may be considered the Nelson of the
American navy. W. D. FORTES.
I desire no extra pay, and If tho vessel is captured the
bounty money may go to pay expenses, &o, , ;
(From the Boston Traveller.] ;
,’We have conversed with several shipmasters, who were
captured by the British pirate Alabama, and are con
vinced that the could be easily crippled, if not destroyed,'
byranj of our smart three-masted schooners, if properly
armed and manned. The fact is notorious, that every
veeeel she has captured has been deceived by her appear
ance, and; that seme of them, had they suspected her,
.could have eluded her, for thus far she has izsed only her
sails. " ■■■■■■
Any of onr three-masted schooners cannot only 011*-
sofi her, but sail aronnd her. She is so long, and her
masts so badly placed, that ehe cannot be stayed, or in
other words, cannot be brought round head to the wind:
and she is very long in wearing, in being brought-to,
upon the oppoeite tack by Bailing before the wind. Any
®aticr can,easily comprehend the advantages a smart aatl
iug schooner would have over her. In the first place,
the schooner is much lower in the water, and therefore
an uncei tain mark to fire at, .while her opponent Is high,
and cannot well be miesed; and, in the second place, the
schooner, by her great breadth of beam, hae more
stability.
In Bpecd, readiness of evolution, lowness in the water,
and stability, we consider the schooner her superior
under canvas, and might destroy her* before she could
steam up The Alabama is quite narrow for her depth,
is yerjr rapid in her motions—we mean in rolling—and
therefore the effectiveness ef her artillory is much im
paired. ,In a sea way-she might fire fifty shot without
striking a schooner. '
In view oi these facts, would it not be well for our
shipownera and underwriters to fit out and atm fltty or
even a hundred schooners to go k search of this pirate'!
There is an important suggestion connected with her
'enlisting- men from the vessels she has captured, which
ought to stimulate all interested to immediate action.
To us it 33 apparent that after &bo h&s men ©poiagh to
man anotbor vessel, that one suitable for piratical prir-
POEBB will be manned from these volunteers, and while we
are talking about capturing her she may have a fleet of
companions to aid her in her infamous work of destruction.
When’.she captured tho whalers she had a crew of only.
Seventy, two all told; at last accounts she had nearly ouo
hundred and forty men. Now fifty men are amply suf
ficient to work her, and we can only account for her
having increased tha number upon the presumption that
they are to be put on board of other vessels. It is not
improbable that she may, by some trickj capture one of
our homeward-bound dippers from China, and fit her
out as a consort She has, spare artillery on board, so
one of the captains who had been captured by her iu
foimed us, and this was probably procured for the very
purpose which we have supposed. At all events, whether
this be so or no!, it is absolutely necessary that enms
means should be adopted as speedily as possible to cut
siort her career. ■ .. ■
AFTER THE ALABAMA.
have been received at the Brooklyn navy yard
to despatch to sea at once three men-of-war, of which
the Yanderbiit, as already reported; is one. The others
fire the tFcited Ststes stesmer RaSotflilit one of th’s Yesasis
regular nfivy* and the . ship Ino, a crafi pretty
neaYJIF armed. Yesterday a brew of Bailors and' a guard
of marines were sent on board the Yanderbiit. The Da
cotah was rapidly finished and hauled out to the buoy,
ready to depart. The Ino is already off the Battery,has
her powder on board, and will soon sail, probably to-day.
Oth-r vessels, chiefly steam corvette and gnnbcatj, are
preparing speedily elsewhere. A troop-of marines-was
sent to Portsmouth on Saturday for a man-of-war ready
there. The destination of these vessels is supposod to-be
the ocean haunts of thfi Alabama, and far that reason we
do not print particulars or them. The Dacotah and Yan
derhilt wtU leave to-day, if posstble. In a few days other
ships at this station will be reported ready, so that it is
quite likely the Alabama will .soon bo captured; There
will be in the stream off the-ftiavy yard, to-day, four
prizes, all recently captnred.,slt'is also believed ffist'Hve
or six fast and well-armed gunboats- hsvs Been, or are to
be detached from the South Atlantic and West India
BQuadrone,-to loek after the “bold-privateer,New
York Worli.
The Reinforcement of Nashville;
GEN. SILL’S DIVISION'EN-ROUTE. -
Bowling Green, October 3L—-This has been a stirring
ufiY in our town. A largs zunnber of soldiers have ar
rived in pursuit of their regiments; they seem to b© wau
- ?**?“£ afccmt loßt sheep, -the hotels are folk and it
is difficult to find accommodations. .
This morning, about nine o’clock, General Sill’s divi
sion of General McCook’s' corps bßgan to pass through
the town, en route for Nashville. This is the advance
of the column, and is composed of the following regl
. merits: : Ist Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Ist
Ohio,-parts of the 15th, 16th, and 19;h Regulars, consoli
dated into one regiment, 6th Kentucky (the Louisville
Legion), 77th Pennsylvania, 34th Illinole, SOih Indiana,
■B* 39th Indiana, 39th Illinois, 49th
(Jhic, 15th Ohio, 32d Indiana, and three batteries. It wilt
be seen that this division is composed for the moat part of
veteran troops.. Their valor has illustrated almost every
bat'Je-fiGd during the war. It will be remembered that
the o2d Indiana, under the command. of Colonel Witlich
(now General), punished so severely lost winter the Texis
Bangers, under command of' Colonel Terry. : They
are a fine-looking body of men—stalwart and hardy—
and, notwithstanding their recent long marches and hard
fighting at Perry villo, they exhibited no evidence
of fatigue. They are sunburnt and covered with dust,
hut their tread is elastic and firm. The colors of many
of these regiments are soiled by the smoke of gun
powder and tattered by bullets. There are two tunnels
oh this side of Gallatin, on the Louisville and Nashville
Baiiroad. Only one ot thise had been destroyed by the
rebels. It is reported here to- cay that they have no w
destroyed the others, and tern up a long stretch of the
rails. Up to this timSt travellers have been psrmUtel to
pass, but all travel is now intercjpted. Hacks which
loit for Nashville this morning wore stopped and turned
hack. Some of these have returned to Bowling Green*
What their object can he I cannot conceive.— LomiviUe
Journal. ■ ■ -v,.
Death of Major General Richardson—a
Biographical Sketch.
A" Harper's Ferry despatch conveys tho sad intelll.
fence that "Major General Richardson died at Sharps
burg on the evening of the 3d instant.
Major Genera! J. 8." Richardson, whose death we an
nounce to-day, died from wounds received at the battle
: ef Antietam, while commanding a division in the corps of
General Snmner. He commanded a brigade at the first
battle of Ball Run and the akirmtshea which preceded it,
and distinguished himself by the plain, short aid bnsl
nees-like report of his -operations, as much. as by his
bravery in the field. General Richardson was a native
of Vermont,.and is said to be a descendant of the Bevo
lutiohary hero, General Putnam. He was a matt of
massive frame, with the true iron-like expression of *the
men of tho Green Mountains'; of unusually inlet manners
and unpretentious address. • •
Gen. .Richardson was educated at West Point, and
served nearly tnenly'yearßin the army of the United
•States, which he left with the rank of (major a short time
ago; His'experiehce as. a fighter has. been very great."
During the Mexican war ho distinguished himself in
nearly every important battle, and, perhaps, received
more brevetsthan any other officer of his rank. He was
known in the army by the sobriauat of “ Fighting Dick,”
and it was said of him by an officer—himself greatly dis
tinguished for bravery—under whom he 'served, that
Richardson never appeared well out of battle, but that
in one he was magnificent.” v v '•
He probably never know fear in his life, and want under
firo with as much nonchalance"' as"ordinary people go to
breakfast. Hone of the commanders sent to Washington
by the States were sgreeted with a heartier welcome by
the commander-in-chief ,than he was. “ I am glad,” said
the old General, meeting him, “ to have my Fighting Dick
with me again, and will have plenty of work for him to
do;” and in a few days afterwards he plaoed him at tho
head of the brigade with which he covered the retreat of
the army at Bull Run. Every description which has bean
given of the' engagement reveals that he was atVthe
right place at the right lime, and that whatever he had
to do was well done. ’
. General Biohardron was about six foot In height,
broad-chested, ‘ compact, powerful in form. He was
bronzed by theconstant exposure of many yearsof military.
life; had a. idhd, sonorous voice, which it would take"
many.hannon to drown, and a piercing, fiery eye, whloh
few men oould meet in anger. Hia intonation and pro- ■;
nunciation Were those of a Hew Englander." " No onewho
could hear him speak coaid doubt where he came from.
Be was no holiday soldier, and had no doubt that war is
earnest business, in which men must shoot and ha shot,
and not a mere opportunity to wear fine clothes and dis-,
port in the bravery of evening parades. ;Qen. Rlohard
son was the person who preferred the charges against
Col Miles for bad conduct on tho field at the first battle
of Bull Dun. Tho latter died from wounds received at
Harper’s Ferry, the former from wounds received at Au
tietsm, both having received the wounds within a few
days of each other. 1
The Scott Letter—John Van Buren Ex
plains. ■
At a meeting at Tammany Hall on Monday night, Mr.
Van Buren professed to explain how he obtained posses
sion of the letter from Gen. Scott to Mr. Secretary Se
ward, the contents of which he made public on a former
occasion. Ho said : " '
In reference to Gen. Scott’s letter, he would" how state
how he esme into the possession of that letter. Ho
' should not have done so now, were it not for a singular
circumstance. He had taken occasion in a speech at
Brooklyn, a conplo of weeks ago, to say that it was a se
cret, and that a lady was helping him to keep it. , One or
two days after, that the lady of the President of the
United States came to town, and although I had not had
the plotsnre of seeing her, I thought it a mere ordinary
mark of respect to call upon the wife of the Chief Magi
etrate. I had not got a hundred miles into the interior
of the State before. I was - told by the people that they
knew exaolly where Ihadgot acopy of this letter. Said
I, “It so, my lady must have letout the secret ” “ Oh,
no, wo know all about it; yon got it from" Mrs. Dinoolh ”
I now think it proper to explain to cyon how and where.
Idid get it. Gen., Scoltr-kept the.originai draft of the
.rtth r.whioh ho. communicated to the President of the
united States, through the Secretary of State. The.ori
gihsl draft he showed to me. When he handed it tome
I asktd,permission to‘take a copy. I did take a copy
through my clerk.
After having, made this copy I said to General Soott,.
II This is ono of the most extraordinary documents I
ever saw. It isa monument of your ssgaci.y, and, is.
creditable to your patriotism and intellect In»U respects,
and as yon have never given me anything in your life, I*
would be much oblige! If yon mafeh me a prwont of this
TWO CENTS.
as an autograph”—and so ho did; and hare it Is (hold
jng it up between bis finger and thumb)—yon perceive it
is just as simple as possible: I intend to have it ohoto
praphed by that extraordinary skilful man, Mr. Brady.
yon will havo an opportune s' to get a
.“U- 0 ;- ~ Io **“ waaaflmeT shall preserve it carefully
?,? * men >ealo of kindness, a token of frlead
-oa?ie ,itno as an evidence of extraor-
manifested at a very
eventful period of the history of the country, by one
who is, in my judgment, one of the traest pitribt*
S?M STS rn.K reathe thefiret soldier of the civilizad
world. [Three cheers for General Bcott—tiger.l Still,
I- had no right to communicate it to the pub to It
seemedTto me important that it should be made pub.
lie. General Scott did not consent to it, for fear that an
injury might accrue from such publication to the Presi
dent of the United States. Thoroughly loyal himself
knowing what was due to bis offic'a! head, he deter
mined that, in this crisis, at ail events, nothing could
possibly he done by him which could, by any combina
tion of circumstances, be injurious to tho Chief fifagis
■ vf.‘ “e had doubts of the propriety of giving formal
publication to it, notwithstanding the notoriety given to
it. I snggfated to him that the determination of that
W ®B be committed to persona who were
mitbrnl friends of Ins, who were not unfriendly to the
President of the United States, and who united io vigor
or intellect a feminine altachment to himsdf and a Ua
-OT6rT ®“ Ei>n who might
bo effected by the publication, which would jnsnrs the
-*> « Tor sonld by possibility be oommitted in
.hat determination. This was done with his assent. The
persons to whom it was confided to decide the ancalioa
uuanimously declared that it ought to be iaid before tho
public. In pursuance of that I did so lay it before the
pttme. '• •
Results of the Election.
COMMENTS Or THE NEW YORK PRESS,
[From the Sow York Tribune. |
Keyer was a great and patriotic party doomed to bear
np agaiE3p tcch a combination of adverse Infiuancea as
these With which tbs Bepnblicans and Union War Dbaio
crats struggled in our contest ot yesterday. They wore
compelled to meet at the polls—l livery partisan of
elaverj and sj mpatbizer with the slaveholders’ rebsliion.
2. The great lumrelling interest, organized as a political
power, ar d lavishing funds as well as efforts in behalf of
the Democratic ticket, 3 Two hundred thomaud votirs
who ‘‘never voted any other than the Democratic ticket,
and never win,” though that ticket were all madb hp of
Fernando and Ben Woods, and undisguisedly favorable
to revolutionary usurpation and despotism. 4 i Thou
sands whose god is Mammon, and who, finding' the War
expensive and burdensome, are anxious for peace at any
price. S. Every coward who fears being drafted. 6,
Every sneak who has been told that Sej in cur’s election
will relieve him from the payment of war taxes, and is
actuaßy fool enough to believe it. T. The depressing ef
fectof the recent elections and their unexpectedly ad
vei go results. 8. The absence at thaseatof war of atleast
one hunt red thousand of our bravest and best, two
thirds of them ardent Bepublicans, and a good share of
the remainder Union War Democrats of the school of
: Dickinson. Brancroft, and Tremein. 9. General dissatis
facticn with the slow progress or ho progress of our armies,'
srd a widespread feeling that, through the: Incapacity,
inefficiency, or insincerity of onr military leaders, the
blood and treasure of the loyal millions are being saori-
Seed in vain.
, The lobb' to,General Wadsworth and the Union War
tickets from this last source alone mu9t be estimated by
, ttns of thousands. It wai in vain that the party of the
country bore np manfully against it, and did all that men
could do to mitigate its effect « What is the use of
sending cur young heroes to die of exposure, fatigue,
andfever.in a war wherein’they are not permitted to
fight I wherein nothing is achieved Because nothing is
really and resolutely attempted I We tell the Adminis
tration, most earnestly, that tho country cannot endure
Mother month’s inaction of onr armies; that a Fernando
Wood.dictatorship,at the North, in thorough: sympathy,
if not in open alliance, with the Jeff Davis rebellion at
the South, will inevitably result from such inaction.- The
war for the Union must Be fought out speedily and reso
lutely, or it will die out. Defeat would be calamity, but
delay is ruin. ■
[From the New York Herald J
, Sacll ia , th6 meaning of these astounding manifestations
from onr loyal States and from this imperial city, the
head and front asd main reliance of the Government in
the prosecution of this great war for the Union. ' They
do not mean that the war shall be ended in an ignominious
and ruinous peace, involving a division of the Union into
two independent confederacies, but that the war shall be
prosecuted for the maintenance of the Union, and for
nothing else; that the malign Abolition influences which
have brought defeats and disasters to our armies where
we should otherwise have been crowned with victory
ai d that the radical Marplots, who, in Congress and in
the Cabinet, have caused the sejuanderiug of hundreds of
millions of money and the needless sacrifice of thousands
o! our hrave BOldiers. sbaU be henceforth repudiated by
President iincoin. He is thus admonished by the p:o-.
pie of onr ioy al States that his own sound and patriotic
war policy, which they approved in 1861, they now re.
affirm against cur Abolition fanatics.
But low is this new Congress to reach the legislation
of the General Government msaason for any practical
good? Under the regular coarse of things, the present
Congress, which lasts till the 4th of March next, will pass
- all the legislative measures for the support and direction
of the executive Government for the fiscal year ending
June 30.1864 The new Congress, unless specially con
yenedby the President, does not meet till December,
1863 end in the interval we must have this rebellion
cruehtd ;#or such is the voice of these-late elections.
How, then,.is onr new House of-Bepresentettves, fresh
from the people, to give its counsels to the President in
tbeirbehalf? Weknowofno better method than an in
formal meeting of the members of the new Congress, after
the fashion of the late Altoona conference of the Gra
vaunts of onr loyal Stales. Accordingly we suggest an
mfoimai meeting of the people’s newly elected represen
tatives, in order that they may agree upon a aeries of
recommendations and declarations of the generarpolicy,
which they? believe would meet the cordial support of
our loyal people. Bet a meeting of this character be held
in this city before Ihe reassembling of Congress, and it
may-contribute much to aid the President in tha recom
mendalionrot his annual message and in the important
work of a'reconstrnciios cf his Cabinet.
[From the New I ork World ]
No patriot shruld to-day despair of the Republic. The
Bmpire State has sent two hundred thousand of her sons
to fight the battles of the nation against the traitors who
are stabbing at its heart by the Potomac, but with un
droned vigor she has turned and smitten tothedustthe
misoreanls who strove to cheat her remaining children of
the liberties which they defended at home. She ihnnders
out her demand for a more vigoroni prosecution of the
war, and warns the President of the Union in which she
is the cbiefest Siate, that the Constitution and the law 3
and onr liberties must .be sacredly upheld and guards!
by their: chosen custodians, or else come anarchy and
might.. - .
The great conservative reaction which the October
elections began,'and jester da?’a oltcttons carried on so
triumphantly, wilt reach its consummation on the next
Presidential election, Then the honest, nnbonght people,
made wiser hr events, taught something of the kindly
aiffi conceding spirit in, which alone sister Statea can
grow to common and nDited greatness, admonished also
of the vigilance which must ever guard their civil liber
ties, will hnrl Irom power the party which mocked at the
peril to. that greatness, inviied calamity, and'swore faith
lessness to Its high custody.
[ from the Sew Fork 1 imos.]
Of the Government had given ns victories—if it had
even Bhown any just apprecialion of the need of vic
tories, and had taken the most ordinary means of exact
ing them at the hands of its generals in the field, the
ptople would have rallied SB'one man to its support.
They would have spurned with indignation the base at
tempts of demagogues to sap their faith in the Adminis
tration, and to array Ihem in hostility against it. What
may be the Bffect of all tins upon the popular vote re
mains to he seen. We trust it will not have been
sufficient to withdraw the Empire State from the sup
port cf the Government. If it has brought aboui
this calamitous result, the Government has itself main
ly to blame If not, the Government has had a very
narrow escape. In either .case it will have received a
lesson from which, we .trust',, it will not faU to profit
The wisest men may be misled by success, but that Ad
ministralion must be weak indeed, which fails fo be
instructed by adversity. President Lincoln is repre
sented to have, said that he should bo greatly dis
couraged in his attempt toormshthe rebeUion, if New
fork should vote against him. We hope he has said
nothing of, the kind. We, hops still more strongly that
he :o no such unworthy and unmanly im
pulse. While ,an adverse vote may be received' as
a rebuke, it can never relax the efforts of a
ruler fit for his place to save his imperiled couu
iry. The vote in' this State, as in Pennsylva-
West, indicates a profound dlssatlsfta
tion with the method of the Administration in
carrying on this war—and a peremptory demand for
the adoption of one better adapted to the awful emer
gencies of the case. The President must not hesitate an
hour to respond to this demand. Whatever may have
been the results of thase elections, alt the powers of the
Govrenment are still In his hands, all the fearful respon
sibilities of the crisij still rests upon his shoulders He
mußt not suffer them to depress his courage or. enfeeble
his energies; he must the rather meet them with fresh
vigor and redoubled resolution.- let the popular verdict
just pronounced dispel whatever of hesitation or of timi
dity may have hampered his movements. He must have
more self-confidence, more of that reliance upon his own
strength and resources, which, though it might bo reck
less audacity in a private individual, is only a necessary
and becoming courage in the ruler of a mighty nation,
in a great and terrible crisis of its fate.
£From the New York Evening Post.]
She Administration will be warned in time, we hope,
by the results of the recent elections. It is not tbo late
to repair the past. 11l the requisite power is still in Its
hands. The people are good natnred still. They hive
chastised, hot bo mneh in anger, as in hope. They want
to see the cause of the Union defended with a rigor war-,
thy .of the greatness of the canse; they are as ready as
ever they were to do and die in its bihalf; bnt they will
no more tolerate rose-water ! statesmanship, or generals
who are-.afraid to hurt the enemy; or a policy which
drifts with- events like a piece of cork upon a stream'.
Actlon— stem.' heartyi'energetic, irrosietible—is the one
demand of the hour, without which we shall be carried
into unimaginable difficulties, bnt with which we can
compel an honorable peace long before the trees, which
are now stripped and barren, shall resume ihe green live
ries of spring.
[From Ihe New York Evening Express.}
The New York election does not mean any atd or com
fort to the enemy, or any personal hostility to the Presi
dent. It meana a just and constitutional war, conducted
according to the forms of civilization, to put down the
rebellion and the Union. It is not a war for
emancipating the negroes, nor for abolishing State rights,
nor for exterminating or subjugating any portion of the
American people; hnt it is a war for bringing enemies in
arms under the, authority of the Federal Government,
and for-the supremacy of the national authority under
Ihe old-flag and Constitution, over all the States of the
Union—a State for every star, and a . star for every
State.
■ CUSTOMS.6FJAYA—In Batavia, the capital city
of java, the houses, which are as white as enow, are
placed two or three hundred feet from the etroots,
the intervening space being filled with trees, literally
covered with birds and every variety of plants and
flowers' livery house hasta-piazza in front decorated
with beautiful pictures, elegant lamps, bird cages, &c.,
while rocking-chairs, lounges, &0., of the nicest de
scription, furnish lnxnrions accommodation for the fami
lies who ait here mornings and evenings. At night, the
city is one blaze of light trem the lamps All the hotels
have grounds eight or ten acres in extent around them,
covered with fine shade trees, fountains! (lower gardens,
Ac. Heals are served np in abont the same style as a
.first-dais hotel in.theUnttod States, although the habits
of living are quite different. At daylight coffee and at tea
are taken to the guests’ rooms, and again at eight o’clock,
with light refreshments. At twelve, breakfast is served,
and at seven dinner. Coffee and tea are always ready
day and night. Mo business is done in the middle of
the day on account of,heat. The nights are delightful;
the birds are singing all'nlght.
A BUDHIST TEMPLE—A traveller writes to the
Straits Times an account of a journey through Siam, in
which he describes a gorgeous Bndhist temple In Ayn
-thfa, the old and now rnined capital: “ The temple Itself
wee, very grand, of Immense size and height; , marble
pillarß supporting the roof, the walls literally covered to
the height of about twenty feet with small gilded niches
containing figures of Budha. There must have been
thousands of these little idols, and the: value maybe
judged on reflecting that all these Images, from the
largest, measuring sometimes 120 feot In length, to the
very smallest, are.madeof clay, incased in copper, and
that again covered with a layer of pure gold.”. .Of
another,' ho says: “ Inside and outside, the building it
self you would eay, was made of gold and precious stones; ■
tut the articles of ornament which yon find inside, there
is no mistake about. There is a massive silver mat of
rearly half an inch thick entirely covering the floor,
with vases of solid gold, chandeliers, images of Bndha,
all made of pnre massive gold; the curtain surrounding
the shrine is doth of gold j the walla themselves, plated
with gold thick as shipß’ yellow; metal, form a splendid
contrast to the flimsy 1 gimerack decorations of the
smaller temples which line the banks of the river.” We
foor inch wealth as this may prove tod much for French
cupidity. Already, the French "in Saigon have had ‘ a
diplomatic dispute with the Siamese Kings ns to the mb
aesslon of part 5f Cambodia.
BIBBS—The birds found in the District of Columbia
number 226, of which ft are permanent residents, 44 re
gular, winter residents, 69 summer residents, 64 regular
vtsitante, and M occsslonal visttants.
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AMERICAN AFFAIRS ABROAD.
The British Secretary of War on Recognition.
In Ihe conrae of his remarks at the meeting cf tha
Hertfordshire Agricultural Society, on the 11th of Octo
ber, Sir George c. Lewis, the Secretary ef War, mad*
the following allusion to the troubles in this country.
He said:
«J^?w e,nE r^ a .? iatl , bee a made by previous speakew on
th ? maaafaciuring districts, ant
iia Indirect effect m lessening the demand for agricultural
produce, as wed as its effect on the laboring population
OS the manufacturing districts. They must all deplore
the existence of that state.of things, and if it should ap
pear hereafter that the law was insufficient to provide
for the extended distress—distress which no human fore
sight could guard against, and which fell on a nniver
sol population—-bo doubt all classes of society, whether
agricultural or commercial, would be disposed to
BMr ®s®osding sacrifices for its alleviation.
Bnt H* 67 hoped that, as the causa
d e t- to thls Stress was extraordinary, so that
KhioifL>? lgllt sr . D7e of short duration, and the war
blnckrnS >B »°Y.tS° l ?eonln the United t tales, and the
rot^v a 3®. St, hihorn States which prevented the
cotton -rem coming to this cone try, would, before lon*
That'’wag a subject on which many
different opinions were and had been entertained. Tha
Government of this country was placed in tho position of
having 4 to choose between two opposite couraes-vix
rseogmtion of the Southern States on tha one band and
»mp athy or alliant e with tha Btatf s of. the Federal sec
tion of Ihe Lcion on the other. Well, the Government
avoided both those extremes. They- had consiitentlr
and strenuouily pursued a middle course of strict neu
trality, and had abstained from giving direct or indirec’
countenance or assistance to either of the belligerent par
[Hear, hear.J It had been said'that great com
plaints had been made by the Government at Wash
ington that the Government of England had not
mainiained ihis strict neutrality, bscau36 It hod
recognized the South as a belligerent Power, and
-- Tioert said that by recognizing the South
as a helligerent Power we had depa ted from a strict Una
of neutrality. Now, he (Sir G. U Lewis) couid not but
thu-k .that if any impartial person reflected on the course
ot this unhappy eonttet he would come to the conclusion
that no word orithe JCcglißh laagnage wonld apply with
gteafcr aptitude tc the Bouthern States than the word
“ belli serent.-’ Here parties had combined for the pur '-
pose of carrying on a war, and when they looked to the
number of armed men they had raised: when thay
locked tcs the large armies they had brought into tha
field ; to She ability of the generals by whom those armies
Were commanded, and to,tho pertinacity with which the
contort on their part had been waged, it conld not
surely bo denied -that they deserved'the .name of
belligerents,’’ in reference to tbe manner in which
they bed carried on the war against - the United
Stales. .Under there circumstances, it seemed to him
(Sir_G. C. Lewis) that a more unfounded charge
coma sot have been made against the Government
of. ihis country, than that of having departed from
-the prtrcip'e of strict neutrality by recognizing tna
Boutbern States as belligerents [Hear, hear-T; But when
the Government was asked to go a step further, and to
say that the Southern States have constituted themselves
an independent Power, then it seemed to him that inter
national law would not ho on onr side. Everybody who
reed the acconnls in the newspapers of what was doing in
America could see that, although there was a war there
between these two contending Powers, it was a war which
was as yet undecided—a war which was waged on the
P v ar t °f lie Northern States for the purpose of restoring
the States to the condition of union they were "in before
the wer began; and on the part of the Southern States it
wes a war (o establish their independence. But tbs 'war
must be admitted to bo undecided. Its batiie-fields Were
still ieeking with the blood of thousands of soldiers killed
on both sides; and until.the war had been decided on on*
side or the other, or until it had been decided So far in favoc
of the Southern Stales as to induce the Northern States to
recognize their independence, or to prove to foreign Statea
that the contest was exhausted, and that the Northern-
States were incapable of continuing the contest—until
•*“ moment arriveddt could not be said jin acooidanoa
\jitb wie established doctrines of international Uw; that
of the Soathem States had been eata
bmcea, [Bear, hear.] He believed it was the general
opinion or the people of this country that the contest
would ifiene m the estabiishmeat of the indepeadenoe of tha
Bonth. He bimsflf did notexpress that opinion: he did
not say that he dissented from that opinion, but that was
the general opinion in this country, Let them look to
the state of things established between the parties. It
conM not be said that the Southern States of the Union
had, at facto y established their independence. That
being a matter of notoriety resulting from the accounts
which everybody might read la the newspaper he could
not think that they were guilty of any neglect in not
recognizing the independence of the Southern States.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,
TBi: FORTIFICATIONS ABOUBD WASHINS
. BN —The important Military OommlsMon how inspect
ing the fortifications for the defence of Washington
will make an elaborate report on the whole sntjeefc
which wih be ot great interest to military men every
where. The total periphery of the chier works arount
the city is in excess of 35 miies. It is'the opinions*
the committee, so far as they have examined, that llu
suei of the various forts hare been judiciousivseleoted, ant
the forts themselves are weii constructed: but that more
Mtillery and forger garrisons are required to render them
thoroughly defensible; andalso that the intervals between
the larger works should, in many places, be strengthened
by the construction of rifle pits, redani, and abatUs.
considering it clear that if an attack be made upon
Washington it cannot be made along the whole
periphery of defence at the saine moment, but that
the enemy will mass the strength of their attack
against some portion-of the line, probably not ex
ceeding a mile and a half in length, if so much;
and it is , the ©pinion of Generals Totten, Cnffaml
BaxßUr<J> the threecWef engfoesi* officers of the
commission, that there are portions of : onr lines whlob
eminently * call for additional safeguards'against ax
aesanlt of this description. This commission, we
may add, has been assembled at the direct re
auest of General Barnard, one of the most aocm
pUehed engineer officers in this or any other service, un
der whose chief supervision the whole defences have
men constructed, in view of the events of last August.
He was unwilling longer to have Imposed upon him tha
Tmdivided responsibility for the correctness and suffi
ciency of works of such importance; and feeling that Btill
.additional delences Were necessary, ha has very wisely
sought: the endorsement of his views by this commission
as preparatory to laying the whole subject before Con
gress at itsnext session, with a -request for an appropri
ation, which, at a small additional cost, will render our
national capital as impregnable as any fortified town on
the face of the oarlh. -
PEOCIiIAB PBOPEBTIKS OF PHOSPHOBDS
It is now just two hundred years since phosphorus wan
first obtained by Brand, of Hamburg. Se wonderful was
tbe discovery then considered that Krapt, an eminei*
philosopher of the day, gave Brand three hundred dollars
for the secret of its preparation. Krapt then travelled,
and visited neatly ail the courts of Europe, exhibiting
phosphorus to kings and nobles. In appearance the artt
cle; resembles beeawax, . but is mors transparent, ap
proaching to the color of amber. Its name, which ie de
rived from the Greek? signifies “light-bearer,” and is
indicative of its most distinguishing Quality, being self
luminous. When exposed to the air, it shines like a
star, giving out a beautiful lambent, greenish light.
Pbosphoruß dissolves in warm sweet oil: and if this
phosphorized oil be rubbed over the face in'the dark, tha
features assume a gbasiiy : appearance. The origin of
phosphorus is the, most singular fact concerning it.
EvrTy other known snbßtance can bo traced to earth or
air; hnt phosphorus ssems to be of animal origin. Of
b!1 animate, man contains the roost: and of the various
parts of tha body, the brain yields, by analysis, more
phosphorous than any other.
PTJGIXiIbTIO.—The BonSon Sporting Life says ot
the approaching prizs fight between Mace and King for
the championship: *• The close approach of this great
enccunter has at length fairly awakened the curiosity of
the lovers of miffing Opinions are still divided aa to the
last battle between the two gladiators, but Mace’s friends
are sanguine that King will not be able to reverse the
issue on the first occasion. Both men are now directing
their minds to active training. The most ample arrange
ments are in course of negotiation for the accnamodatiox
of intending spectator* of the fight, and on entirely new
part of the country will be selected for the battle. While
upon this subject, we may mention that there are fresh
rumorsof Heenan’sagain having a shy for the bait. A
gentleman largely associated with the P. Jtt. assured US,
this week, that the ■ Benicia Boy’will Quietly await the
issue of the coming contest for the championship, and
then challenge the winner. It is needless to. say that
Heenan’s second trial of strength and skill would create
bb much excitement as the famous-Farnborough fight.”
GEN. EOSEOBANS IN HIS NEW COMMAND—
Major General Bosecrane in taking command of the de
partment of the Cumberland, vice Gen.BueSl, has issued
a general order, in which the following staff officers are
announced and will act until a permanent organization
of the staff is effected: lunt.-Col. A. C. Ducat, of tha
12th infantry Illinois volunteers, acting as assistant in
spector .general and chief of staff; Major 0. Goddard,
Jr., aid-de.csmp, acting assistant adjutant generdi; Major
W. F. Hepburn, 2d lowa cavalry, acting judge advocate;
Capt. Samuel Simmons, acting chief commissary: Capt.
J. G. Chandler, chief quartermaster; Surgeon Bobert
Murray, medical director of the department: Capt. N.
Micbler, chief topographical engineer; Ist Blent. si
Edson, of the ordnance corps, ordnance officer.
■ TO FATTEN CATTLE—A fanner of Hauboorain,
France, has just tried the experiment of fattening cattle
by the use of cod- liver oil. Thitfrlal was first made upon
two calves, eight sheep, and tw<J“pigs. The result sur
passed all expectation. In ninety days they were all in
primecondition, the flesh being perfecQy.white Bnd of
easy digestion. The quantify given was:, To the pigs
sixty-three grammes (two ounces) per day, to the sheep
thirty, one grammes, and to the calves fifty grammes. For
the calves the oil was mixed with bran 7 and rehopped
slraw; for the sheep with bruised beans, and for the piga
with their regular food. : '
HAT AND CORN BBBINKAGK BY DRYING
The less upon hay, weighed July 20th, when cured
enough to put in the barn, and again, Febrnary 20th,
has been ascertained tab® 27j* per cent. So that hay at
815 a ton in the field, is eqnil to $2O and upward when
weighed from the mow In winter: The weight of cobs In
a bushel of corn in November, ascertained to be ISfits,
was only-8)4 in Hay. The cost of grinding a hushsl of
dry cobs, counting, handling, hauling, and- mffler’a
charge, Is about one cent a pound. Is the meal worth
the money I—Scientific American.
SNOW IN THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS—Sen.
Bragg’s rebel army encountered serious difficulties in
its retreat from Kentucky. Not less than ten inches of
snow bad fallen in the mountain region, and his poorly
clad and poorly-Bhod troops were exposed during their
forced march to all the rigors of a winter campaign. The
Bufferings of the rebel troops . are said to have been terri
ble, and much sickness edsuod, and many liveswere last
through fatigue and exposure to the inclement weather.
WINTER WEATHER IN OHIO—It commenced
Bnowing .in Toledo, Ohio, last Friday night before bed
time, and continued till about ten o’clock on Saturday
morning, at which time the ground was covered abont
three inches deep. On Saturday night it tamed very
cold, and ffeze all the apples on the trees. Nearly all
the winter apples in the countylare ruined. Bnoh a snow
storm and freeze were never seen there before In October
by the oldest inhabitant.
DEFENCES OF CORlNTH—Thedefences of Corinth
are being strengthened on an extended scale. Over ona
hundred buildings in the line'or the fortifications, now
completed, have jbeen appraised and torn down. The
seminary building is now used as a hospital, bnt will
probably be destroyed, since it is In the range of our
guns. The Tishomingo House, a very large building,
situated in the centre of the town, just beside, the rail
road track, is to be converted Into a hospital, for which
it is well adapted. , . .
BATHER-TOO SHARP—Our Columbus correspon
dent relates *an instance of the manner In which onr
sharp men sometimes ontwlt themselves.. A-yohog Cin
cinnati,, tawyer,,who bad been-recruiting an infantry
company, sold himself as a ,subsUfnte for a drafted man,
hoping to Seep hia rank and pocket the money besides.
The Governor, however, on learning the facts, revoked
his commission, and so the speculative genlus.got into
.the ranks as a private. - : ; . ,t
A PORTION OF STUART'S CAVALRY STILL IN
MARYLAND—Tho Government was surprised to-day
by the receipt of an official telegram apprising it of the
fact that a detachment of Smart’s-cavalry, -200 or3M
strong, wag still concealed in the woods near Poolesvilie,
: Md., and had been there aver sihoe they galloped around
the,, army-of the .Upper Potomac, having been unable to
croES hack again with the Washington special.
DEATH OF AN EDITOR;—The Lancaster Naamia
ner and Herald announces the death of John F. Huber,
one of the proprietors of that paper. After an illness of
three weeks and a few days, he expired at his residence in
that city on Tuesday merning at four o’clock.. An honest
sed an upright man, he leaver behind him the record of
a falrly- earned and unsullied name.
SHE MILITARY INYES HGATION IN.GENER Ali
McDOWBLL’S CASE—General Anger, at his own re
quest, has been relieved from serving in the ihvesttgatioa
called for by General MoDoweU. The arrangements for
the MoDowell court are not yet completed. The aesaiona
wfil commence when theeleotion returns are all in.
PRINTERS AND THE WAR.—Sine# the war broka
ont fifty-six members of the Chicago Typographical
Union have entered the army. The most of these now
bold commissions i besides three or four majors, there am
several captains, and a large number of Uentenants.
GOT. MORTON IN WASHINGTON—A Washington
special sayß“Gov. Morton, of Indiana, has been hera~
for several days, holding' constant interviews jrith th* .
President, Gen- Halleck, the Secretary *f War, ftqdothsg
members of the Cabinet.” - ■ : - V' - ;