FKS«S, s** rrs^ a!1,,l ~y JOHN W< ITOK.N.E’K. in SOUTH FOURTH STREET S HCB, «»• ” , - jjall-* PRESS, 1 OS# TB r*» Wbik, Diyßble to the Oarrlw. llbßOr n,crn out of the Oity at Six Wollabs w j. otm Dollars job Sight Mo»ths> r « you Six MONTHS— Invariably to ad ««*'* {M time ordered. 1«E TRI-VTEEKIiT press, a w Subscribers oat of the Oily at Thbbb Doi> " „ . ««sdh, In advance. " imy-GOO»S JOBBERS. BRANSON, & 00., -r CORNER OP MARKET AND S’ yl ’ FIFTH STREETS, tbe attention of Cash Buyers to New Stock of nHESS GOODS, SHAWLS, ETO. O.BRANSON, J.G BOMQARDNBR, riS .PA^ £Ufl * & Go., 6IS .CHESTNUT STREET, {JAYNE’S MARBLE BLOCK,) 9sr( jasi opened an 7 ; ' gNTIKE NEW STOCK OF ' SILKS; from Auction, nHESS GOODS in great variety, 0&WL8, gloves, jIUBONS, TRIMMINGS, &0., &0., n-yoli imveteen PURCHASED EXCLUSIVELY FOB CASH, j.frflbaßoW st CHEAP FRICKS. jus attention of city Bad country buyers Is furltod. . : ■ 1562. fall 1862. aIEGEL, WIEST, & IRVIN, OIFOBTEES AND JOBBERS ... ■ or ..... dry goods* . (JO . if NORTH THIRD BTRKEY, yEn.ISII.r2U. i[.;;chants visiting tMs city to purchase Dm Goons will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at Low Fiodees. In certain classes of Goods we offer Inducements to purchasers unequalled by any other bouse in fliiladelphla, : : \ sel6-3m .JHO& MELLOE & 00, ; BKSLISH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS, 40 AXD49NOBTH THIRD STREET. hosiery, gloves. Shirts and Drawers, 4-4 Linens, fanoj Woolens, Linen 0. Hdkfs. Manufacturers Of Shirt Fronts, Kli'Sffl ' 1862. * ALL ' 1862. j'OHNEB. BEERY, &' 00, (Snooeaaora to-Abbott, Johnen, & : " SOUTHERN BUSINESS,; commerce, and finance. The Charleston Mercury of the 7th.inßt. has the fol lowing concerning the vessels and their cargoes which have run the blockade of that harbor: “A single Brin in Charleston; John Frazier & Co., hftvo shipped about seven eights of the cotton that hss gone from the .ports of the Confederate Btatesfor some time past. Not one pound of cotton shipped by that house baa gone to tho United States eithor by sale or • cagiUre. Jtvery particle of it has gone to Europe. Se much fdrA the Yankees getting our cotton.”’ , It is broadly aseertet/tbet “scarcely a single-article applicable to the Immediate"purposes 'of'tbs" war is brought iuby.the adventures which ‘run the btockade ’ so constantly.” We .affirm, off the contrary, that, to -thoktog np the return cargoes,' each steamer* is first loaded with as much' heavy freight for tbs Government as tlie can-with safety, carry, and that then packages of lighter gopdsare.put in to ohmplete the cargo. Most of . tho latver are also goods of the most imprrtancs to the Govffnmenland the troops/faheh asshoes, clothes, medl cin’es; Ac, &n; The iuvoices of Messrs. John Fraser & Oo.,sre handed to the agents of-the Government, and are allowed to tske -whatever the Government do ■ "fires, fixing the pr ices themselves,:, The balanob, which tbe Government dees not want, is advertised and sold at. auction. Take, for example, the last Btoamer , that ran the blockade—the,Minho. Sh* has brought in pf heavy freight- for the Government, 867 ! cases of rifles, at tiiaiiiing 7,340 ; 35 cates of swords, containing 2,100 ; 37 cases ammunition ; 89 cases of cep;. This was hsr heavy freight, and as much as she could safely tak . Be- Bides this Bhe had aboard salt and cases of shoes, good s, Ac. to complete her cargo. It is not customs! y to till the public what the Government takes. This is buta samplebf thesead ventures. Almost all the good; brought in her tire British goods. Some shoes, some cotton cerdr, some thread, some esses of calicoes, Ac , have been bought at Nassau, and brought to Oharleston.and sold at auction. But they were not paid for in cotton, nor was; any cotton sold at Nassau to buy them. The cotton has ali gone to Europe. They were paid for, by exchange drawn, on .Llverpool-or London. They have generally been" articles greatly heeded, which we oculd afford to purchase at Nassau, whether • they; came' from ; Yankoedom or elsewhere. The. Southern people and soldiers .need the cloth on which the objectionable “ HorcaieahZreavc” is stamped, and esn afford to wear it. They are not ashamed to wear Yankee suits and shoes when captured In battle, nor to sleep .In -Yankee blaDkets when they can get them. If the Confederate States had- twenty, mercantile houses "with the enterprise and patriotic liberality of -John Fr»Etr & Ce, wo wenld not wont for arms and ordnance, . our army would hot now' bo in rags, and onr psoplo Would not want many of the comforts of life. If other Southern cities had done as.muoh for,the purposes of war as. Charleston, the South would beta a much better con dition. Without Charleston as an emporium of trade, the South would be badly off to-day, RISE IN THE PRICE OlfFOltKv The Petersburg Express says that pork will probably start off at very high figures. Twenty dollars per hun dred is asked. This will startle all who have been in the habit of purchasing their supply at a price not exceed ing seven dollars. ; MORE CONFEDERATE SHINPLASTETta', . Wo 6ee it statedthat a eonteact is pending between tho Go7f rnment and the Richmond Paper Mill for a hnn dred and fiftyThoaeand dollars’worth of bank note piper on which to print hew fives, tens, fifties,’ and hun dreds. This paper is ho doubt intended for the seven per cent- notes to be issued on and after Deoember let, is pursuance of the late act of Congress. STATUS OF INSURANCE - IN RICHMOND.' The Merchants’ Insurance Company of this city has declared a dividend of ten nor cent, out of tho profits of the post six months. Tbe Virginia Life Insurance; Com pany has declared a dividend of S-T par share on their .profits’for, same period. Tho dividends declared by matmfactnrihg and coal companies have not been an-' nonneed for some time. THE. VIRGINIA TOBACCO MARKET. The Lynchburg Republican Bars that Colonel Lewis 0. Arthur, of Bedford, sold, last week, two shipping, hogs heads of tobacco at the unusual price of twenty-nine dollars per hundred; the highest figure yet obtained for tbipping. He also sold one worker at forty-five dollars, two shippings at twenty-one dollars and riifty cents, and one of Inga at thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents. INTERVENTION AND CONFEDERATE FONDS.' The Btenntoa Spectator remarks that if the rumor of intervention he true, or If from anv other cause an early peace should become-probable, it is evident that the eight-per cent bonds will be a most.desirable invest ment- Capitalists will at once eeek for them. Confede, rate money is.available to buy them at par, while bank Eotegwillnot necessarily be so. The eight-per cent bonds, under a’brisk demand,-.will go above par, and Confede rate notes will keep pace with them, because they are, by law, convertible Into eight-per cent, bonds. -By this pro cobs,.millions upon millions of dollars of Confederate notes " wiJl bewlthdrawnfrom circulationand invested in bonds; A auldeiv contraction of the currency will be tho oonee-: Quencc, followed bra fall in prices, and a generalstnasb inaowoulatiqn. On the whole, we think peopje had bet-, ter.be on the lonk out. loi'-eonails, andJhanlAo tbelrsatis' • before the storm comes " Prudence wul also dictate that men sbonld hold -on ’to Confederate money, as it is likely tO'be at a premium. DRi 0 GOODS AND GROCERIES GOING DP FEAIt- TOLLY, At Messrs Kent, Paine, A Co.’s auction isle of dry goods,,; on Wednesday, blsck and white prints sold for $1.45*1 60 ; black alpacas 81,75; do:. gros de rhinos $4.50*4.75 ; extra London blue cloth $l4 60; gray armyi caesimeres S 6 87 black English'crapes $4 62; bine twilled flannels $3 75; linen huckabacks $l4O. At Messrs. Bobinson, Adams, & Co ’a auction sale of groceries, Ac , to-day, there was a large attendance and : spirited bidding. The prices obtained for several ar ticles denote a decided advance, especially in lard and molasses. The latter was said at auction, in Petersburg on Wednesday at 83.10e50.20. At the sale in this city to-day it brought $3 41. Other articles gold as follows: Manufactured tobacco 44c.<>$l 06—latter for “J. J, Hankins;” cotton jams. (Nos. 8 to 10) $9 12jf®9 40; brown soap, in bars, 6des66c. per .pound; corn brooms 827.84 per dozen; lard 46e ; superfineoarb. soda $2,080 2.13; brown s ugar 68060 c,; adamantine candlee 82 per pound; ground pepper $1.55 per pound; tar $lO per bbl. BICHMOND MONEY MARKET. Bichmond, Friday,: Nov. 7 —Gold is still selling at $2.2502,30 premium, with limited demand So-no hold ers have been offering to sell to brokers at $3.1502 20, but these figures are above the buying rates. Virginia Bank noteß are selling at 20025 s pßr c6ut. prem. North ern drafts, guaranteed, at 51.60 In Now York, on the Sd, Gold closed at about As it is how excluded from the brokere’ lists, the quotations given in the Noithcrnpapere are not definite or reliable.; RICHMOND STILL RIOTOUS. Itis well for the credit of the city that the mayor and Gen. Smith have ot last fixed upon soma plan for pro tecting tho inhabitants from the assaults of rowdies and ruffians., Ab an instance of the pervading- interest felt in regard to this matter, we Copy the follo wing from the Danville Appeal of Tneeday : “The municipal police of the city have been able, in times gone by, tortßboin the wicked from the perpetra tion of,euch crimes (as robbery, etc ) in Bichmond, but under the present regime, : it would require almost an arihy of policemen to cope with the organized hands which infest the capital. Nevertheless, we think Bich mond owes it to Virginia ts spare neither energy nor expense in putting-down these bands, and, if the olty goveri ment be unable to do It, then let Governor Letcher take the matter in hand, and secure the safety of the citizens of Virginia visiting their capital.' It is truly a lamentable state of affairs that a Virginian cannot visit the capital of hiß own State without danger from the knife of the midnight assassin or the “billy” of the Baltimore Plug. The whole State is interested in put ting down th»B0 rcbbfTß, and, if some eufiioient measures be not taken before, we have no doubt that the General Assembly, when it meets, will proceed toput them down in the most summary manner.” SOUTHERN GOVERNMENTAL FEMALE BOREAO OF SHTNPLASTERIAL DESIGN. Itis stated by a Bichmond correspondent that fifty new female clerkF, in addition to one hundred already employed by the Treasury Department, are about to be’ appointed to number,'sig i, register, divide, and clip the email notes, '(the ones and twos,) of which myriads almost sro already in circulation. : It may uot .be gene rally known, bat it is a fact that will be interesting to some readers,: ttmt the .gl and $2 bills of the Confederate States; those wiich are embellished with badly engraved likenesses of Secretary Benjamia and Mrs. Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, are all signed by young ladies, of whom many are, beautiful and accomplished girls, ornsmente of the society of the capital. Each clerk is required to pigh ; two'-thousand notes, a day. Thß salary of theße gentle employees is 8600 per annum, bat will soon be raised fifty per cent. Mr. Memminger, in making eppeintments in tho female bureau, has been very properly gtlided, other things betog equal, such as fitness and responsibility, by the,need and circumstanoes of the applicants, recognizing in the youngwldows or the orphaned children of soldiers killed upon the battle-field a peculiar claim upon his attention. THE ELLEGiri}!ATE DRAMA IN RICHMOND. jgjIOHMOND VARIETIES, (Late Franklin Hill, one door below the Exchange Hotel) 'Acting Manager. ...D’OliaKY Ocdka, Stage Manager...,........ J. W. Thorp*. Friday- Evening,.November- T, 1862. The new comedy of- FOUNDLING. Mr. 001pjander.,,................. . . . .Mr. /Harr Lon. .; Mr Bates. G0tten,,....,... Beilin....^,;;— Mii5C0tt0n................ Miss k Sallic Partington. Miss 8r0wn.,,...........Mias Deßar. Dance. After which the new Drama, the PARTISAN BANGERS. 001. Carew...... .DiOrsey Ogden. Col. P0pe..1............. Mr. Hamilton. Zike,.1............. .Thorpe, Miee'Carew. MissK, Estelle. To conclude with PADDY MILK 3. Faddy Mites., FROM VfESTERN VIRGINIA. A letter from a private source, which is reliable, says that tbe enemy are.reported to be at Monterey, in High, land county. Their force is said to coisist of fifteen hundred cavalry. THE CHURCHES SOUTH WILT, SEND GREETING AN ADDRESS TO THE CHURCHES NORTH. The .Blchmond Christian Advocate of the 16th ult. hss an overture for & Convention of the Christian ebutebes, Of dll tie:: oinicatl-nB in the Confederate Stateß, to unite in a formal solemn testimony in vindication of their position in the sanguinary conflict which tbe fe deral Government is'waging them. It wants such a testimony to demonstrate to our enemies audio tbe world ihat the Southern churches arc a unit in their unalterable resolution to maintain the independence of this Confederacy,; their conservative and Scriptural'principiee oQthe slavery question, which has been made prominent ii this struggle. The Advocate thinks that the Convention should consist of one or more ministers from every church and from every State, and that they should prepare and send forth an address, em body irg their principles, to the Northern churches and to the world. 'rebel colonel ivohnded at ufperville.; ... We regret to learn that Col. Wm. 0. Wickham, who received a severe sabre thrust during the cavalry charge in the “handsome affair” at Williamsburg, has boen dangerously wounded again in a skirmish with the enemy, iBBt Sunday, in the vicinity of Cppervilie, Fau quier county. A bullet struck him in,the. neck, and cam near severing thegujpdar vein,:missing it only by half an inch- .It irJbe opinion. of hls anrgoon that he will recover if inflammation does not ensue. : , union men in texas. Tbe Tories in Texas;— I The Houston-Weioi publishes tl e following, from the northern part of the Stete : GAiKBSViibB, Texas, Oet. 13,1882. Editors News: 1 reacted this place yesterday amid the wildest state of excitement. A secret organisation cf tbe Uncolnlteß was detected within the last few days, ‘ the object of which was to murder all the SecMgloQlgts, take the movable plunder with them to Missouri, and bom «p the balance that might be left The militia of this and adjoining conn ties have collected to the num ber of four or five hundred. They have caught twenty, nine of the outlaws and hung two of them yesterday. Dr. .Childs and brother will examine the balance to-day, anti if found guilty, they will meet the same fate; It is said they bad secret signs and passwords. Those arrest ed are mostly from Cooke and Grayson counties, though they are said to exist ail along the frontier counties. Yonrs respectfully, H. 0; STONE, DREADFUL CALAMITY—EXPLOSION IN A CART- Jaceson, November 6—Shortly after 3 o’clock P M., to-day, a large amount of powder, stored in a building used as a cartridge factory, exploded with a fearful con cussion. Of the occupants of the building—boys, girls, and young ladles—hot oho escaped. In the confuelon and excitement prevailing, it is impossible to learn the number certainly. It is not less than thirty, and may far overreach that number. The cause of the explosion is unknown.' Augusta, November 6,— The: Savannah Republican of this morning learns through private letters that the Abolitionists were bombarding Timpa Bay,’Florida, on the.3d, .Onr forces were confident of their ability to hold out. An Advance on Grand Junction In Pros The army Is .once more “ moving oh the enemy’s werkß.” A large portion of the troops at Jackson left for this place on Sunday morning, and yesterday took up their line of march toward Grand Junction, distant from here, by some accounts, only, nineteen miles, though it mutt be something farther. I can make no further reve lation of the force sent from here than to say that Lo gan’s. Vea'cU’s, HurlbutV, and Larmon’s divisions are part of it, and that others are probably to follow. Troops have been pouring out of Oorlnth toward the sumo point for two days past, and every thing indicates ibm a permanent holding of the railroad from Memphis to Corinth, an attack on. Price at Holly Springs, and the ultimate capture of Vicksburg and opening of the Mis slsslpni are determined on. The late order regulating the amount of baggage eaoh officer and soldier should carry was enforced to the letter, I understand, and the Army of Tennessee, at least, is not encumbered with burden some transportation. The rear guard left here at 1 o’clock V. M. yesterday, and the head of the column halted at 3 P. M. about ten miies ont. - General Grant and staff left Jackson on a special train at 2 P. M yesterday, and passed here to a point on the railroad ten or twelve miles south, but returned in the evening by the seme train and staid over night. They ail leave for the heed of the colnibn this morning. The force is under command of Major .General-McPherson) but, you,perceive, the whole is under the immediate eye oi .General Grant, and every movement probably ap proved Tor ordered by him. , Infantry, artillery, and cavalry were pouring through the streets all day, and the auiet, qnaint old town of Bolivar will probably never witness such an imposing demonstration again. The troops are wild with excitement, and manifested un bounded satisfaction at the prospect of “ something'to do.” Under General Grant, the Army of Tennessee would prove Invincible against vastly superior odds. That under him it is certain to achieve yet other and speedy distinctions, not a man of them doubts. General Brayman, recently arrived, is left poit commandant here, and his former experience as an executive officer, added to his peculiar Qualifications for such work, fit him ad mirably for the position. [From the Herald.) The significant event; which we foreshadowed seme weeks ago is new a matter of history. Gen. McClellan has bien relieved of the command of the army of tho Potomac The act of his removal will create a profound sensation throughout tbe country. Among the Abolition radicals It will be baited with fanatical joy. while among tbe conservatives of the Nsrth it will be accepted with doubts end apprehensions of evil. The radicals have urged thls movemont as demanded by the late elections, while the coDeei vatives wiil contend that the people, m these elections, have spoken in favor of McClellan. In any view of the we cannot donbt that President Lincoln has been guided by patriotic considers-; lions in yielding to a pressure which, it seems, he found it imnossible longer to resist. Nor fa it a matter of small satisfaction, in view of the loss of McClellan, that anoffi,- eer of the skill, abiluies, and successful experience of Gen. Burnside has been promoted to his Important com mand at this most important crisis of the war. i Btill the question recurs, what are the causes which, at this particular juncture, have resulted in Gen. Mc- Olellan’B removal 1 We do not pretend to know’ the ex act specifications ageinst him; nor is this knowledgene eef eery for our present purpose. It is sufficient that he has fallen a victim to the machinations of the radioal Abblilfon faction. Their intrigues have pursued him from the day that be was first called to the command of the Army of the . Potom'ad’td the present hour; and his unpardonable crime has been his. persistent refusal to meke lhe cause of the Union eecondary to the cause of negro emancipation.' GOD WILL SAVE OS YET ! [From tho Tribune ] At the laßt hour—too late to save his friendsj but not toolate, we trust,’to save the country—tho President has relieved General McOlellan from the command of the Army of the Potomac. General -Ambrose E. Burnelde tucceeds him. General McOlellan retiree for the present . from what ia, by,courtesy, termed active service. ; We are among those who hailed the summons of Gen. McOitllan to the chief command under the President of our armies with outspoken hope and joy. We trusted In him ae the predestined right a-m the Republic iu her deadljuetrnsfilo.wlth her traitoreea.faaM. “Ye tooS-monthß" cf eltibboru, criminal,lata! paralysis, in the face of a foe contemptible in every element of strepgth-eave capacity to hoodwink onr commanding general, to cure us of that fond delusion. Not till we had seen and felt and realized that our fondly imagined Marcellos had a chronic inca pacity for getting on, did cuf faith in him falter. But when month alter month had paßaed sway Inglorious! y while he held 150,000 brave volunteers Idly shiver ing through a winter in canvas tents, while our chantry was brought to the brink of ruin by the imminent danger of a war with Great Britain, which would soou have widened into a struggle with ail Western Europe, and while fifty thousand rebels beleaguered Washington, ob structed tjie Baltimore and Ohio Batiroad, and kept the Potomac cioßed againtt ohr chipping, that faith was shaken.:: And, when at last, three weeks after the time set for the movement in peremptory orders given him four weeks earlier yet, he advanced to Oentrcvillc, and found nothing but maple oannon to impede his progress, we gave him wholly up, and the faith that had yielded so slowly to overwhelming evidence could never be re-; vived. . - [From Tho World ] There ie no room for doubt to-day upon the past. We wonld that we could eay there ie no room lor alarm as to the future. But thie it would bo treason to our duty as faithful, sentinels upon the public watch-tower to as eert. The GcEcral-in-Ohief of the army, under whose ordertf this portentous step seems to have been immediately made, has felt It necessary to publish a letter addresßed by bimeelf to tho Secretary at War, in which, without particularly stating bis reasons or excuses foi the action he hae taken or been ordered to take, he leaves It to be inferred that he has incurred all the fearful risks of re moving the Coromamier- in-Ohit f of the national forceßln Virginia in coi sequence of miaunderstaudiogs between General McOlellan and the various bureaus of supply at Washington as to the causes of delay in the transmission of supplies to the Army of the Potomac. Were the army of General MoOiellan in winter qcafters or parading oil Long Island we might have patience te review this let ter. In the actual crisis of affaire we must regard all criticism of such matters sb trifling with the public honor end the general welfare. It is not important now to know whose fault it was that necessary articles of equipment were not sent forward to the army of General MoOiellan with the last three weeks, nor even to investigate the wißdom of the official orders which hurried that general across the Potomac in the face of a powerful enemy, and at the opening of an inclement, season,.with an army Imperfectly equipped. AiMKst the American people know and at this moment is the fact that the army of General McClel lan was actually moving forward upona campaign re quiring the most absolute harmony, unity, and contE uuity of purpose in the command, when suddenly, and at midnight, without a word of previous warning, the chief upon whom the eyes of ail those brave and trusty troops were.fixed was hurried from hie tent, his com mand devolved upon another, and the worst element which can efiilct an army in the; field thrown into the camps of the Union. [From the New York Times ] General McOlellan has been removed from the com mand of the Army of the Potomac, and General Bum side appointed in hie place., Ths immediate cause of this removal hss been General McOleilan’e refusal to ; advance against the enemy, even under the most peremp lory orders ol the General-in-Ohlef. , ; We presume that this particular Instance of disobe dience of orders, though the immediate oocasiSn, is not,- the whole cause of General McOlelian’B removal. It is pretty generally understood that this is only the culmi nation of a systematic disregard of orders, of a steady and obstinate tardiness in the conduct of the campaign against the rebels; and of a consequent inefficiency in command, which would long ago have secured his dis missal under any Administration loss timid than that which has now possession of power. The fifteen months during which he has ; had virtual control of the war, have been utterly barren of results to the cause he has professed to serve. Few commanders in history have bad such splendid opportunities, and fewer still haTe so ostentatiously thrown them away. With an army ca pable of the most heroic achievements, powerful in num bers, unrivalled in discipline and equipment; eager always lor active and onward movement, he has accom plished absolutely nething but suapeeeful retreats from inferior forces; and the defence of the capital at Wash ington, which he- should have. .left. no. foe capable of menacit g. The rebel ar mies have grown up.in his pre sence and by bis toleration. Through all his long career be has made but one attack and won but a single victory, and that became absolutely fruitless through his failure to follow it up. Mr. Morton, .Miss ,M«ry Partington. ...C. Morton. RIDGE FACTORY—THIRTY LIVES LOST, BOMBARDMENT OF TAMPA BAY. FROM GENERAL GRANTS ARMY. Bolivar, Tenn., Nov. 4, A. M. Gen. McClellan’s Removal. COMMENTS OF THE NEW YORK PRESS. | From the New York Sun.] Now, we are opposed to the removal of McClellan, think if the never-ending efforts to get him out of command could have been Btopped, and.he could have been supported, that Richmond would have been ours, and our troop? now far on their way to the Gulf. He has thus far proved himself Incomparably our best general. But it in remaining in command, with .Cabinet officers thwarting “his best efforts, Fresident .liincola, falling to withstand the radical pressure for bis removal, while McClellan himself obtains no chance to prove ability, the result proves that the. country is endangered over, the contention, the people will say that the quarrel must cease, at whatever cost. But-they will demand that the same principle be car ried .out elsewhere. If McClellan be removed beoause Cabinet fights render his command barren of good re sults, then. Hunter, the Radical Proclamation hero, who baa accomplished, nothing, except uselessly to arm va-, grant negroes in South Carolina, should have: no new ccmmand; Buell,; Fremont, Fops, and McDowell, should be placed In,the ranks, or dismissed from the service, and the new era he. inanguratrddhatsncoess and good results shall be the only proofa admitted for proficiency to com mand. • The Evening Potts of last evening, says: Finding bis orders disobeyed, and the enemy, in con sequence, out of tbe reach of our army for some lime to ccme, General Hal lock has done right in insisting upon a change of.-hie', subordinate. He is chan ed with the re sporsibility of the strategy Of the campaign; the whole country looks to him for rapid ami vigorons movements; otd he must have men under blip who will execute hia purposes. If McClellan is either Unwilling or incompe tent, some other sgont must be tried. Fortunately, we are rot now, as we were at tho beginning, quite desti tute of generals of tried-ability and-known qualifica tions. Tbe war Itself has developed the means of sup plying its wants. Heintzleman, Hooker, Keyes, and a dozen others,,have displayed qualities which justify public confidence. Burnside, in particular, shlues-forth wilh conspicuous lustre. He may not be a better soldier than McOlellan, but he has been more fortu nate ; at Bull Bun, at Roanoke, at Newborn, and more lately at Antietam, he haß proved himself an ener getic, and at tho same time a calm and jndlolons leader. His own.immediate troops have always conceived the warmest attachment to htoperßon. They are convinced that he means to go ahead and, to fight, and they will follow him to the last extremity. With the prestige of success in his favor, at any rate, let us try. him until he (ails, and then, if needs be, try another. All that has been wanted In this war has been earnestness in the pro secution of it, which, when it is put forth, will crush out the rebellion as certainly as a tpring freshet carries drift wood from a river. Anothbb Decision.—Tho following Important decision under the tax law has been an nounced:*''' " ■; ‘ '' ’... Treasury Department, Oefioe Of INTERNAL Bevksue, Nov. 6,1882. Gentlemen: Your letter of November 4th has been received. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has derided that the rendering of tallow Is; not a manufacture, and, consequently, tallow Is not subject to (my tax under the excise law. Very respectfully, 0. F. E3TEK, Acting Commissioner. TWO CENTS. The Surrender of Harper's Ferry. The Report of the Investigating Commission.- The Commission, consisting of Major Gen. D. Hunter, XI. 8. A. of Yo!r , Pres ; Major Gen. G. Cadwalader, IJ. S. A of Vote; ; Brig. Gen. 0.0. Augur, H. 8. A. of Vote. ; Major Bonn Piatt, A. A. G of Vols.; Oapt. F. Ball, A. D. C. of Vote.; 001. J. Bolt, Judge Advocate General, called by the Government to investigate the conduct of certain officers connected with, and the circumstances attending the abandonment of Maryland. Heights aud the surrender ot Harper’s Ferry, have the honor to re port the following: ' On the 3d of September, Gen. White entered Harper’s Ferry with bis force from Winchester. The next day he was ordered to Martinebnrg, to take command of the forces , there. On the 12th ot September he again re turned to Harper’s Ferry,-where he remained until the surrender without as.-.uirdng tbe command. On the 7ih of September, General McClellan, the moat of his forces having preceded biro, left Washington un der on! ere leaned eome days previously, to drivo tbe enemy from Maryland. That night he established his headquar ters atßicfcville, from which place, on the 11th of Sep tember, he telegraphed to Gen. Halieck to have 001. Miles ordered to join him at once. On the Bth of September 001. Thomas H. Ford, 32d Ohio, trek commend of the forces on Maryland Heights. Fcrcis were placed at Solomon’s Gap and at Sandy Hook. Those at Sandy Hook, tinder 001, Maulsby, re tired, by CoL Miles’ order, to tbe eastern elope of Mary ; lend Heights, two or three days previous to their eva cuation by Colonel Ford. On the 11th of September the force at Solomon’s Gap were driven in by the enemy. Colonel Ford called upon Colonel Miles for reinforce ments. The 126th; New York and the 39th Hew York (Garibaldi Guards) were sent him on Friday, the 12ih of September, and on the morning of the 13th he wasfurther, reinforced by the 115th Hew York and a portion of a Maiyland regimentunder Lieutenant Colonel Downey, Colonel Ford made requisition for axes and spades to enable him to construct defences on the Heights, but ob tained none. With fen axes, belonging to some Mary land troops, hiriDg aU that conld be obtained, a slight breastwork cf trees was constructed on the 12th, near tbe crest of tbe Heighte, and a slabbing of timber made for a Short distance in frontof the breastwork. The forces undrr Colonel Ford were stationed at various points on Maryland Heights, tbe principal force being on the crest of the bill near the breastwork and look out. Skirmishing; commenced on Friday, the 12th, on the creetof tbe bill. Bariy on the morning of the 13tb, the enemy made an attack on the crest of the bill, and, after eome. time, the troops retired in some confusion to tbe breastwork, where ibey were rallied. About nine o’clock, a second attack was made, which the troops.behind,, the breastwork re mitted for a short time, and; until Colonel Sherrill, of the l£6tbHew York, was wounded, and carried off the field, when the entire 126th Regiment, as. some.witnesses testi fy, nil" but two companies, Major Hewitt states, broke and fled in utter ccnfurion. Men and most of tbe officers all fled together, no effort being made to rally the regi ment, except by Colonel Ford, Lieutenant Barras, acting adjutant, and some officers of ethef regiments, directed by Colonel Miles, then on the Heights. Soon after the remaining forces at the breastwork fell bach, under a supposed order from Major Hewitt,who bimeelf says that be gave no such order, merely sent instructions to the captains of bis own regiment that, If they were com pelled to retire, to do eo'in good order. Orders were given by Colonel Ford for the troops to return to their position. They edvanced some distance up the Heights, - hut did not regain ‘the breastwork.‘v That evening Colonel Miles Was on Maryland Heights for some hours, consulting with Colonel'Ford. He left between 11 and 12 o’clock, without directly ordering Colonel Ford to evacuate the Heights, but instructing him, in case he was compelled to do so, to spike his guns, andfhrow the heaVy siege guns down the mountain. About 2 o’clock, perhaps a little later, by the erdbrof Colonel Ford, the Heights were abandoned; the guns being spited according to instructions. On Sunday, Colonel D’Ctasey cent over to the Mary land Heights four companies, nnder Major Wood, who brought off, without opposition, four brass 12- pounders, two of which were imperfectly spiked; and a wagon-load of ammunition. Gen. White, on his return to Harper’s Ferry on tha 12th of September, suggested to 001. Miles the propriety of contracting bis tines on Bolivar Heights so as to make a better defence, but-Col. Miles adhered to his original line of defence, staling that he was determined to make bis stand on Bolivar Heights. Gen. White alsonrged tha importance of holding Maryland Heights, even should it require the taking "the entire force over there from Har per’s Ferry. Col. Miles, under his orders to hoid Har per’s Farry to the last (xtremity, while admitting the im portance of Maryland Heights, Beeraed to regard them as applying to the town of Hat par's Ferry, and held that to leave Harper’s Ferry, even to go on Maryland Heights, would be diiobeyiDgbisiußtructlons. Gen. McClellan established his headquarters at Frede rick City on the morning of the 13th of September. On the night c-f the 13th, alter the evacuation ot Maryland Heights, Col. Miles directed Captain (now major) Bus sell, of the Maryland Cavalry, to take with him a few men and endeavor to get through the enemy’s line and reach some of our forct-s—Gon. McClellan, if possible—. and to report the condition of Harper’s Ferry, that it could not hold out mere than 48 hours, unless remforoed, and to urge the Eending of reinforcements. Capt. Bussell reached | Gen. McClellan’s heidquarters at Frederick, at 9 A. M.' entbeWrii September, and reported as directed by Cal. Miles. Immediately upon bis arrival Gen. McClellan sent off a messenger, bb Captain Bussell understood, to Gene ral Franklin. - At 10 A. M., Captain Bussell left fbr General Franklin’s command; with a communication to General Franklin from General McClellan. He reached General Franklin about 3 o’clock that afternoon; and found him engaged with the enemy at Crampton’s Gap Tho ehemy*-ere driven irom tba Gap, and the next morning, thelsth, General Franklin passed through tbs Gap, advancing about a mile, and finding the enemy drawn up in lir.e of battle in his front, drew his own forces up in line of battle. While thus situated, the cannonading in the direction of Harper’s Ferry, which -bad Poeji tewd -revraiaturcuy aitthe morning—Harper’s Ferry being eboni seven miles distant—suddenly ceased, whereupon General Franklinsent word to General Mo- Olelian of the probßDle surrender of Harper’s Ferry by Colonel Miles, and did not deem it necessary to proceed further in that direction. Tbe battle of South Mumtain was fought on Sunday, the 14th. On the same day, Sunday, during the after noon, the enemy at Harper’s Ferry attacked the extreme left of the line on Bolivar Heights, but, after some time, were repulsed by the troops under command of General White. Sunday night the cavalry at Harper’s Ferry made tbeir escape, under Colonel Davis, of tbe 12th Illi nois Cavalry, by permission of Colonel Miles, and reached Gieencaßtle.Pa , the next morning, capturing an ammu nition train belonging to General Bongatreet, consisting of acme fifty or sixty wagons, Ac. Several of thelnfan try officers desired permission to cut their wav out, at the fame time the cavalry made their escape, but Colonel Miles refused 'upon rhe ground that ho had been'ordered to hold Harper’s Ferry to; the last extremity. On the morning of the 15th the enemy opened theii* batterieß from several points—seven to nine, as estimated by different witnesses—directing their attack principally upon onr batteries on the left of Bolivar Heights. The attack commenced at daybreak. About 7 o’clock 001. Miles represented to Gen. White that it would be neces sary to surrender.' Gen White suggested that the brigade commanders be ealled together, which was done 00l Miles stated that the ammunition for the batteries was exhausted, and ha had about made up his mind to surrender. That was egreed to by all present, and Gen. White was sent by 001. Miles to arrnnse terms The white flag was raised by order cf 001. Miles, for the enemy did not cease Are for some helf or three quarters of an hour after. 001. Mileß was mortally wounded after the white flag was raised The surrender was agreed upon about 8 A. M. on Monday, the 15lh of September. The following was the testimony respectively of the .‘officers commanding batteries: At the time of the sur render Oapt/Yon Schlen had eome ’kmmunition, conld not tell, wbat amount,-but mostlF shrapnel; had lost abont 100 rounds on Saturday, the 13th, by the explosiou of a limber caused' by one of tbe. enemy’s Bbella. Oapt. Bigby bed expended, during the siege of Harper’s Ferry, abontBoo rounds, with the exception of canister; had nothing bud. canister left. Capt. Foils had expended about 1,000 rounds, with the exception of canister; had only canister letf Oapt Graham had but two guns of bis battery under bis immediate command on the morn ing of the surrender; had probably 100 rounds of all kinds, but no long-time fuses. Oapt. Phillips had ex pended all his ammuniUtn, except some forty rounds of canister and Eomelong-range shells too large for his guns. Capt. McGrath’s battery had been spiked and left on Maryland Heights on Saturday. It eppearg that during the siege, and shortly previous, 001. Miles paroled several Confederate prisoners, permit ting them to pasH through. our lines. During the week previoußto the evacuation of Maryland Heights, a Lieu tenant Bouse, of the 12th Virginia Cavalry, who ’ had been engaged in a raid upon a train Irom Harpsr’s Ferry to Winchester a short time before, was captured and brought into Harper's Ferry. He,escaped while on the way to the hospital to have bis wotrods dressed, bnt was retaken. He was paroled, bnt returned in command of some rebel cavalry on the morning of the surrender. The attention of Gen. A, F. Hill was called to the fact that Lieutenant Bouse was a paroled prisoner, but no at tention was paid to it,.- Lieut-naut Bouse himself, on being spoken to about it, laughed at the idea of observing his parole. On Saturday, the day of the attack upon and evacuation of Maryland Heights, Colonel Miles directed that sixteen Confederate prisoners be permitted to pass through our lines to rejoin the rebel army at Winchester. Other cases are testified to, but those are tbe most important Of Ihe subordinate officers referred to in this case, the Ccmmisßlon finds, with the exception of Colonel Thomas H. Ford, nothing in their conduct that calls for censure. General Jullus White merits its approbation. He appears, from the evidence, to have acted with decided capability and ccnrage. In this connection the Commission calls attention to the disgraceful: behavior of the 128th New York regi ment of infantry, and recommends that Major Baird should, for his bad conduct, as shown by this evidence, be dismissed the service. Some of the officers, after the . wounding of the gallant colonel, such M-Lionc. Barras, and mhc-re not known tne commission, behaved with gallantry, and should be commended. In the case of Colonel Ford, charged with improper conduct in abandoning tbe Maryland Heights! the Com mission, alter a careful hearing of the evidence produced by the Government and that relied on by the. i efence, and a due consideration of the arguments offered, by oenneel, find : That cn the 6th of September, Colonel Ford was placed in ecus maid of Heights by Colonel .Miles. That Colonel Ford, finding the position unprepared by fortifications, earnestly urged Colonel Mileß to furnish him means by which the Heights could be made tenable for the small Force under his command, should a heavy one be brought against him. That these, reasonable demands wore,., from some cause unknown to the Commission, not responded to by the officer in command at Harper’s Ferry. That subsequently, when the enemy appeared in heavy force, Ooh Ford frequently and earnestly called, upon 061. Miles for more troops, representing that ho conld not bold tbe Heights unless reinforced,. That these demands were feebly or sot at ail complied with. That as late as the morning of the 13ih, 001. Ford sent two written de mands to Col. Miles for reinforcements, and,saying that., wiih the iraops ihen under his command- he could not hold the Heights, and unless relieved- or otherwise ordered, he would have to abandon them. That as late as 11 o’clock A. M ofthe lSih, a .few hours previous to the abandonment of this position, 001. Miles Baidto Col., Ford that he (Col. Ford.) coffid not have another man, and must do the best he could, and if unable to defend Ihe place, he must spike the guns, throw them down tha bill, and withdraw to Harper’s Ferry in good ordor. The court is then satisfied that Colonel Ford was given a discretionary power to abandon the Heights, as his better judgment might dictate; and it believes from-the evidence, circumstanthl and direct, that the result did not, to any great extent, surprise nor in any, way dis please tbe officer in command at Harper's Ferry. But Ibis conclusion, so much relied upon by the de fence, force a the Commission to a consideration of the fact—did Colonel Ford, under the discretionary power thus vested in him, make a proper defence of the Heights, and hold them, as he should have done, until driven off, by ihe enemy ? ' - 1 Tbe evidence shows conclusively that theforcs upon the Heights wob not well-managed ; that the point most pressed was weakly defended as to numbers, and,after the wounding of tbe Colonel of the 126th Begiment New York Iniantry, It was left without a competent officer in com mand, Cel Ford.himself not appearing, nor designating, any one who might have restored order anfi encouraged (to men: that the abandonment of the Heights was pre mature, Is clearly proved. Our foroes were, not driven from tho hill, aa fulltime was given to, spike the gnus and throw the heavier ones down the cliff, and retreat in good order to Harper’s Ferry. The next-day a fcroe return ing to the Heighte found them, unocaapied, and brought away unmolested four abandoned guns, and, a quantity oi ammunition. ‘o'o ' In so. grave a case as this, with, snob disgraceful con sequences, the court cannot permit an offioer to shield himself behind tbe fact that ha did a* well as he could, if in so doing he exhibits a lack. .WSPty; It is' clear to the Commission that 001. Ford should not have been placed in eommand, on Maryland Heights; ■that he conducted thi defence without ability, and aban, doned bis position, without safftcitnt cause, and has bhown throughout such a lack of military capapity as to. ditqualify him, to the opinion of the Commission, for a Cen-mand in the service. - The commißikm has approached a consideration o( this officer’s conduct in connection with tho surrender of Harper’s Ferry with extieme'reluctanco. A.P, officer Who cannot appear before any earthly tribunal tc,.answer or explain charges gravely affecting his character; who has' met his death at the hands of the o«e»y, even upon the epi t he disgracefully, surrenders, is entitled tq the ten -dtrat xup; wd most caretol. toTestigaUgn, twi tha THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) 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He seems to hare understood, and admitted to his offi cers, that Maryland Heights is the bey to the position, and yet he places 001. Ford In command, with a feeble force; makes no effort to strengthen them by fortifies tions, although between the sth and 14-th of September there was ample time to do so; and to Col. ford's re peated demands for means to entrench, and additional reinforcements, he makes either an inadequate return. or c no response at all. He gives 001. Ford a discretionary power as to when be shall abandon the Heights—the' fact of abandonment haying, it, seems, been concluded on 1 in'bis own mind. For, when this unhappy event really occurs, bis. only exclamation was to the effect that he feared Col. Ford bad given up too soon; although he* must have known that, the: abandonment of Maryland 1 Heights was the surrender of Harper’s Ferry. Tills' leaving the hey of the position to the keeping of 001. Ford, with discretionary power, after ihe arrival of that capable and courageous officer, who had waived bts rank to serve wherever ordered, is’one of the more striking facte illustrating the incapacity of 001. Miles. _ Immediately previous to, and pending the siege of »arper s Ferry, he paroles rebel prißoners, and permits, indeed sends, them to the enemy's headquarte s: this, too, when be, Bbonld have known that the taok of ammu nition, tbo bsd conduct of some of our troops, tbe entlra absence of fortifications, and the sbsndonmentof Mary land HeigbtF, were important facts they conld, and un doubtedly did, communicate to tbe enemy. Sixteen of these prisoners were paroled on the 13(b. and a pass given them, in the handwriting of Colonel Miles, while a rebel officer, by the name of Bouse, after an escape, is retaken, fchd subsequently has a private interview with Colonel Miles, is paroled, and after the surrender ap pears at the bead of his men among Ihe first to enter Harper’* Ferry. It is not necessary to accumulate evidence from Iba mass that throughout scarcely affords one fact in con tradioiion to what each one establishes, that 001. Miles was incapacle of conducting n defence so important as was this of Htrper’s Ferry. The Commission would not have dwelt upon this painful'subject were it not for the fact that the officer who placed this incapable iu com mand sbonld share in the responsibility, and in tbe opi nion of tbo Commission Major General Woo! is guilty to ibis extent of a grave disaster, and should be censured for his conduct Tbe Commission has remarked freely on Colonel Miles, an old officer who has been titled in the service of his country, and if cannot, from any motives of delicacy, re frain from censuring those in High command, when it thinks such censure deserved.' The General -in chief has testified that General McClellan, after having received orders to repel the eremy Invading the Slate of Mary land, marched i nly alx miles per day, on an average, when pursuing ibis invading enemy. The General-in- Chief also teeifies, that to his opinion General MeGlallan conld and ebould have relieved and protected Harper’s Ferry, and in this opinion the Commission fully concur. Tbe evidence tbus totrodneed confirms the Commission in Ihe opinion that Harper’s Ferry, as well as Maryland Heights, was 'prematurely surrendered. The garrison : should have been satisfied that relief, however long de layed, would come at last, and that a thousand men killed to Harper’s Ferry/vould have made a 'snail loss had the pest been saved, and probably saved two thousand at An lietsm How important was this defence we can now apprecitte, Of the 97,000 men oompostog at that tlnrt the whole of lee’s army, more th an one-third were attack ing Harper’s Ferry. And of this, the main bode was inVirgiria. By reference to the evidence, ft will be seen that at the very moment Colonel Ford Abandoned Maryland Heights bis little army was to reality relieved by Generals Franklin and Knmner’s corps at Orampt rn’s Gap, wilbto eeven miles of bis position; and'that after the surrender of Harper’s Ferry no time was given to parole prisoners before 20,000 iroops were harried from Virginia, and the,entire force wfent off on the double quick to relieve Lee, who was being attacked at Adtietam. Had the garrison been slower to surrender, or the' army of the Potomac Bwifter to march, the enemy would have been forced to raise the siege, or would have been taken in detail, with the Potomac dividing hia forceß. The Eecent Operations Against the’Satan:-' nah ana Charleston Railroad. official repost. Headquarters United States Forces, On the BAYASNAH Biyeß, ' Port Pul a SKr, Geo., October 23/IB6Y Captain: I have tiio-honor to report my share in the recent operations against: the “ Charleston and Savannah Bailroad.” In accordance wiih orders from General Mitcbell, received on the evening of the 20th inst., I left this tort at 8 o’clock A. M., on the 21st ibst., with three hundred men of »be 48th New York Volunteers arid fifty ' men of the 3d Dhotis Island Artillery (the latter* tinder command of Capt, John H. Gould), with three days l cooked and seven days’ uncooked rations, on board the armed transport Planter. On arriving at Hilton Bead I received instructions as to m? number in*fce line of the fleet, and also direction* to report to Brigadier General Bracnan, who com manded the expedition, on reaching l( Mackay’s Foinfc/* for further orders. Soon after daylight, on the morning ' of the 22d, I reported to General Braun an on board the Ben Deford, and was directed byhimto proceed with my command up the Ooosahatcbie river, as near" to th* town of that name as I might deem practicable, and, dig embarking under cover of the gunboats, which were to accompany me. to move toward the town, and, if possi ble, reach the Charleston and Savannah Bailroad, and destroy it and that point, and thence on it over the Coosabatchie. I was fully instructed, however, not ta : rb«aftrdlno nmoh in order tOSCCDIDPIIsb the. above'; but if opposed by-a force at all superior, to fall back under cover of the fleet There was some delay in starling, arising from the gunboats being well to the rear, which I improved in bon owing from Cemmtihder Steedman, on board the flag ship Paul Joses, a twelve* pound Dahlgren boat howit zer and fifty two rounds of ammunition, which 'proved of great service to me, and for which I desire to return my thanks X was also famished, by General Branuan’a order, with fifty men from the New York volunteer en gineers, under command of Captain Eaton, provided with the necessary implements for cutting the rail road, &c. We were Eoon under way, and had proceeded Some three miles up the river, when the gunboats turned around and came back, in compliance, as I am informed, with an order from the flag-ship; I, however, continued on my course, in the Planter, meanwhile, signalling to the flag officer for at least one reply to which ; he kindly sent two—vis: the Patroon, and the Marble head, .which followed after the lapse of a few minutes. ' The river at this point was uery narrow and winding, but the water in most places was over twelve feet in depth at low tide. I found no difficulty, therefore, In reaching a point, two miles distant from « Ooosahatcbie,” but it now be ing almost dead low tide, farther progress oy water was rendered impossible by the Planter running aground, throwing a few shells in the woods, I disembarked with - mv infantry and engineers as expeditiously as possible, taking with me the beat howitzer referred to above, ia charge of Captain Gould, 3d Shod? Island Artillery, and a detachment of twelve of his men. The swampy na ture of the ground' rendered landing difficult; but losing bo time. I advanced toward the main road, sending a rf Quest to the officer in command of the Patroon, the. gunboat nearest me, and about a mile and a half astern, ’ to cover the road in my rear as I advanced. * I should state be: e that both of the gunboats were nn fcrtnnately aground, and were thus prevented from taking a position nearer to the Planter. My advance ' reported equads of cavalry in sight as the main body i ntered the road, which it did at right angles to the point of disembarkation. The Toad proved to be am excellent one, hard and firm, and evidently repaired but an hour or two before, the dirt being still fresh, and the tracks upon it showed plainly that; artillery, infantry, and cavalry had just passed over it. I continued my advance towards the town, driving in the enemy’s pickets, and skirmishing the country as thoroughly as possible. When about one mile from the village the whistle of a locomotive was heard. I was informed by the contra band who has been furnished as a guide, that it was the ' dirt train, which always passed at that hour, and which, he B&id was well on Its way to Savannah. * A few mo ments. however, proved that he had misinform'd me, for when the main body arrived at a point within a fewhun dred yerds of the town, and when the skirmishers had ' already reached the railroad track and telegraph line, the train wab heard and seen rapidly coming down the road. I quickly placed my battalion in position, and as the train approached I directed a heavy and rapid fir* upon It with grape and , canister and musketry. This fire was very destructive. The train consisted of eight cars, six of which were platforms, crowded with men, the two box cars filled with officers. There were also two light field-pieces on board. * Many were seen to fall at the first fire, (among them the engineer,) and twenty* five or thirty jumped from the train, most of whom were maimed or killed, the rest, with one exception, betaking themselves to the woods and swamp on the other side of the. track. We carried sway or destroyed hare about thirty stands of arms, moFtly rifles, and secured one officer’s sword and cap and a stand of silk colors belonging to the <* Whippy! Swamp Guards.” We left a number of the enemy’s dead and wounded on the track; and have since learned from the Savannah papers of the 24th and 25th, that among the killed at this point was Major Harrison, of the 11th Georgia J egiment; which regiment, with the guards named above, were on the train. Immediately after the train had passed, Captain Eaton, bv my direc tions, set vigorously at work tearing up the railroad track, and continued thus until the retreat was sounded. After this occurrence,,! concluded, if possible, to push rapidly into ih» town ami attack the troops, while in the . confusion" Of disembarking, and. marched forward for that purpose: I had proceeded but a short distance, however, before.! o&me ip full view of tbefenemy’s force?, advantageously posted on the other side of the public road bridge, between that and the railroad bridge. They were flanked on their left by the river,and the right by a thick swamp, whh three pieces of artillery command ing tie bridge They immediately opened fire upon us, with their ar tillery aid ipfantry ; fortunately for us*. however, firing too high. I . fired a few rounds in return, when, as it was now Nearly night, and the enemy’s reinforcements above were double my entire force, I marched Blowly back to my boats. Daring my retreat, the skirmishers frequently observed and encountered small bodies of the enemy’s cavalry, who were, however, easily driven off. I directed Captain Eaton, of tbo engineers, to destroy the bridges on the road in my rear, which he did, tho roughly, this In a measure hindering the pursuit The enemy, however, made biß appearance, and attached u* with infantry and artfHery, several times, during mv em barkation, but on eech instance we drove, them off with serious loss, as they were directly under the guns of the Plsn'er and Patroon. As soon as the rieamer again floated, we returned to Hack ay’a Point.” by order of Gep. Br&nuan, and * tbence by way of Hilton Bead*to this port. I regret to report that during the last attack of the enemy, Lieut.. fi J. M. Blending. 8d Ttbrde lalaad Artillery, at that time. in charge of the Planter,-waa d tngerously wounded in_ the left arm and aide., He fo now,.however, doing well*. k This was the only casualty on our side during the day. . It affords me great; pleasure to state that every officer and man of my command behaved himself during tba day in the most commendable manner, evincing only 1 a derire to meet the enemyi. and regret at the necessity o? a retreat. Major Green lieutenant colonel of.the 48th New York Yolunta»s. and acting major Oaptedn Strickland, N Y. Yoluoteerr, were especially useful-.,; Captain Gould, 3d & I-Artillery. al ; o rendered™, - most' efficient Eerviwvas did also Captains Ectsn>.&nd Serrill. volunteer all of whom displaced the utmost zeal, energy, aad ability in all they wora, catted upon to perform y - * T ta*e the honci&ii® be, Captain, very r«B%ctfcily, your obedient eervant, WJL.B. BjyfLTGl3Fj . N. Y. Vola., ,commooafoe,piJ3t. Capt. li. J. lAjiaißßT, A- A. G. BEBEL ISON'OI»ADB.-—A "London correspondent of. the Boston Cxn:mrcialßulletin writes :lUs well ypu we just compjattog ft fleet of' Monitors 3 • Yon are likely to coed tb«» l before loo©. Workmen engaged night * and day Mtrsty,en the Clyde* and elsewhere, in building 3M*e twenty iron- clads* te> \%phkdrc to see ser* vice in Jv-enican waters. They are intended to convoy vessels iAtO' Jtouthem ports . ThiiJtJcna'tQ- to be afact . ’ lnformation • isdlrect from those in confidence with the promoters. X can only sbs oaawiay of preventing a ’ good deal of mischief. Every port for which they ar& designed ought to be intbe pOTxar.ofthe' American Gov ernment before these ugly moaaiers can erosa the Atlan» tio Then yon saightwelcoiDe them, as effective aids JnT operations. To disarm suspicion it is popmady : given cut that this iron flee* is being built for the Chinese. Sovenjineßtf bnt I need hardly teH yon.that Mr. Mason and his friends form one ofcthe chief contracting parties. ... MELiOJOHOXiI BYKHT -In‘he iorongh olGeHya tmrr, Pa., on tho Sd-tost, some difficulty MCrtto. .tsretn ayoong men named Meets; JW person. Beeroff was flourishing a_hnife and making threats. Mrfjohn Knox, a reepwtableoW^nof tonban township, happened to be there at the time, and. It appears, drew orenolver, for eorap leaton or ot%or» and ft W»s discharged, be knows not how, the load paes ?DStb«o*h The head ofDegroff, and canting his death In a few boors. Mr. Knox Immediately gare himself np_ to the authorities, disclaiming all intention or injury to wtrds Degroff, and that ths oX pnreiy aeddentil.