THE PlifiSS* JZTiXtit (BOHDAVH Bxonrrro,!. N w FORKEY 15 1,1 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. yF ICB) 1 pAI 1< T PRESS, 1 (lists rs« WSKK, payable to the (larriei. ont of ths olty at 8 “ Dol ' l ' A * B pjlie 1 B j, olr , DobbAas so* JBiohi Momths, f(» fob 8a Mosths— Invariably la ad <>ljrf THS TRI-WEEKI.Y PRESS', out o f the Uity at Dot, Jf** A^ PM ’ iP ftdTaPo< ’- —■ )B y.GOODB JOBBERS. BB ANSON, & 00., CORNER OF MARKET AND JI. FIFTH STREETS, yjn attention of OasU Buyers to New Stock of Ikuss goods, shawls, am 0. BRANSON. J.O BOMOABONSa. f. u. bawsos. erfsa- 11 "- & Oo.„ I 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYKK'B MABBIK BLUOK,) { , i „jna!ol*BWl“ gNTIBE NEW STOCK or jA UOy SILKS, from Auction, MESS GOODS in great variety, nHAVVLS, gloves, Jiubons, TRIMMINGS, &0., &0., ,j;o me be«o * PUBOHABJ® JUXOLBSIVELY job cash, , ,1 stub* sold »t: 0 CHEAP PBIOEB. n# .Mention ol oßy and country buyers li> invited. »«« ' ' - ' 0 FALL 1862. * ; -,X MfiGEL, WIEST, & ERVIN, IMPOSTERS and jobbers or dry ooods, so ..n « IM stb»*t, raiLiDiiiriM. . Hjtotoats viaitlng this city to purchase Dxv Goods will find oui {Stock large and admirably assorted, and at IjOW Fktobes. Id certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to nrfttasers unequalled by any other house In fJIHGS. MBLLOB & OcL. ■ SS9MSH AND GERMAN IMPORTERS, to AND 4B NORTH THIRD street. HOSIERY, CSLOVJSS. Shifts and Drawers, 4-4 Linona. jF&noy Woolens, linen 0. Hdkfs. "Manufacturers of Shirt Fronts. 1862. * AIL v 1862. UOHNES. BERRY. & Go, (Bneeeesors to Abbott, JTobnes, * C 0.,) m HABKET, AND *34 COMKEBOB STREET®, mrOBXBBB AND JOBBBBB 0» SILK ■ AMO FANCY DRY GOODS. UfcTi aow opened an entirely RSW AHD ATTEAOTIV* BTOOK* 111 BRBLISH, FRENCH, ©ERMAK. AXro AMERICAN dress goods. 11m, a Tan assortment In f HITE GOODS, RIBBONS,GLOVES, .SHAWLS, &0., ffUeu Omt offer at the very lowest Market Fries*, and «lelt the attention of the Trade. *u«-8m y AKD. GrILLMORE, & Go, a«. »1T OHB6THDT and 814 JAYNE BtraeW, Have now open their FALL IMPORTATION! 01" BILK AND TANDY mm GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, *o- BOUGHT IN EUROPE BY ONE OF THE FIRM. 'lavhlch the attention of the trade Is eartlonlarly tn- MOG-Sre DRUGS AMD CHEMICALS. gOBERT SHOEMAKER & 00., Kirtheaat Corner FOURTH, and RACE Street*, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMIBTIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MASIOWLOTUBBES OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, PUTTY, fto, AQIRT3 ro* TH* OBLHB»AMD fBENCH ZINO PAINTS. Dealers and consumer* supplied at VERY LOW PRICES YOB CASH. •e2B.tr LOOKING GLASSES. B. SABLE * SON, EANOFACTDBBRS AND IMPOBTIM LOOKING GRASSES. OiL PAINTINGS, FINE ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, OABTES-DE-YIBITE PORTRAITS. ®ARRE*S GALLERIES. 110 CHESTNUT BTBSBT, pxilabxlphia. watches and jewelry. ELI HOLDEN, JtS «*B Dealer In fine Hi AMEBIOAN AND IMPORTED WATOHEB, JEWELRY, AND OLOOKB, __ ■ .WjUßm# 708 MARKET Street. AMERICAN WATCHES, SOLD AND SILVER OASIS. JOS. H. WATISON, Ho. 328 CHESTNUT street WATCHES^JEWELRY, &e. A ®REBH ASSORTMENT, at LESS than former prices. tehsn m FARR & BROTHER, Imjdrter*, 824 CHESTNUT below Fourth. a* FANCY GOODS. MaBTIN & QUAYLIS* A BTATIOKBBY, TOY, AND TAHOY GOODS EMPORIUM, K 0.1036 WALNUT STREET, MMW IUTWM) “ PHILADELPHIA] VOL. 6.-NO. 88. MILITARY GOODS. JJILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS. PRESENTATION SWORDS, SWORD BELTS, SASHES, OFFICERS’ CANTEENS, PORTABLE WRITING DESKS, PASBANTS, EPAULETTES, ■ ■ AND . MILITARY AND NAVAL GOODS IN GENERAL. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ' EVANS & HASSALL, : No. 418 ARCH STREET, 00 81-12tfp PHILADELPHIA. ?JHE ARMY! SWORDS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, SASHES, BELTS, &a. No. 13 NORTH SIXTH STREET, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. :ooT READY-MADE CLOTHING. GENTLEMEN’S WINTER OLOTHING, ■\TERY DESIRABLE V IN STYLE AND PBIOE, BoitaMe for the season. rwEROOATS AND KJ BUSINESS SUITS, In great Yftrietjr. TTTAN AMAKES & BROWN, V V POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, OAK HALL, 6. E. CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STS. (N, B.) SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOB CUSTOMER WOBK. no3-t>al JUNE READY-MADE CLOTHING. O. SOMERS Bs SON. No. 625 CHESTNUT STREET, UNDER JAYNE’S HALL, Bare now made np for sale an entire new stock of FINE CLOTHING. Also, a full assortment of OLOXHB, 0 ABSIMBBBS, and VESTINGS, which they reapootfnlly Invito the pnblio to sxamtne before purchasing elsewhere. seB7tdeBl YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAIN. ! WADDING ! WADDING! WADDING, BATTS, TWINES, WIOKING, COTTON TABNS, OABPET CHAIN, &0-, ha. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY, INSTORE, And FOB SALE, at MANUFACTURERS’ PBIOE3, by A. Ho FRANOISOUS. Ho. 433 MARKET and No. S North FIFTH Street seSl-Sm ■ ■ 'Y'ARNB, BATTS, AND CARPET CHAIN. T&e subscriber Is prepared to sell when wanted i 60,000 lbs. Carpet Chain—Cotton, Lin en, and Woolen. 50,000 lbs. Cotton Yarn—Nos. from 5 to 20. " 10,000 lbs. Bingle Juto and Tow Yarn. 100,000 Sheets Black Wadding. 5,000 Bales all grades Cotton Batts, from 12 to 50 ots. per lb. 1,000 Bales all grades Wiok. 1,000 Bales all grades Twine—Cotton and Linen. And a general assortment of TWINES, TIDY COT TON, BOFBB, &c„ at the LARGE FOUR-STORY STORE, No. 242 NOBTH THIRD STREET, (Corner of New St) As I am solely in the Yarn bnstaees, I am prepared to seU the above goods lower than any other house to this '“Saw. R. T. WHITE- yARNS, BATTS, CARPET-CHAIN. 2,000 Bales of Batting, of all grades. 1,000 Bales of Black Wadding. 800 Bales of Wicking. 1,000 Bales of Cotton Twiae. 12,000 Pounds of Cotton Yam. 20,000 Pounds of Colored and White Carpet Chain. 500 Coils of Manilla, Jute, and Cot ton Rope. V Also, Coverlet Yarn, Bed Cord*, Wash Lines, and • inll stock of Goods in the above line, for sale by A. H. FRANOISOUS, «elS.2m 433 MARKET and S North FIFTH Street WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. AND WILLOW WARE, A. H. FKANGISOUS, 433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Btre*l PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DEALER IN WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, Always on band, a foil Stock of TOBB, BUCKETS, /CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMS, . WHISKS} FANOT BASKETS, WALL, SCRVB, and SWEEPING BRUSffBS, LOOKING*GLASSES and WINDOWPAPBR, A FULL ASSORTMENT OF CLOCKS, Hats, Keelers, Flour Buckets, Nest Boxes, BROOM CORN, HANDLES, AND WIRE, WASHBOARDS, ROLLINS and CLOTHES PINS, FLOOR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS, SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKXTB, Pa«er Bags, Indigo, Blacklbg, Matohes, Sleds, Barrows, Carriages, Hobby Horses, &0., fto. All Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES, LARGEST STOCK IN THE UNION, Strangers visiting the city are Invited to look through this Establishment, whloh Is the largest of the kind In this country. Also, the only Wholesale Agent for H. W. PUTNAM’S OLOTHES-WHINGBB In the State of , Pennsylvania. ‘ •: ~ J sel6~2n, . CABINET FURNITURE. fTABINET FURNITURE AND BUr \J LIABD TABLEB. MGOBE & CAMPION. No. 391 South SECOND Street, eomieotlen with their extensile Cabinet Bnsineas, an kw mannractnrin* a superior article of billiard tables, An* ham now on hand a fnli wi*J? *h« XOOBE A CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS; rhtohara prononnoedby aßwhohateused them to In l&HwSSflnishof than T^ea«M*«»wh aetnrera refer to thair nu«MW« patamo towntfort. he Union, who are familiar with tha oharaotar of man QLABK’S ONE DOLLAR BTOIE, 609 CHESTNUT STREET. Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph Albntaa, Travelling Bags. Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Cabas, Ac., for 60 to 100 per cent, less than the regnlar prices The following Is a partial list of articles which we sell at ONE DOLLAB EACH. The same goods are sold at other places from ®2 to SB each : , PODS OKOIO® FOE ONE DOLLAB ’ Ladles’ Sets, new and beautiful styles, ■ Do. Pins, Do. Ear Binge, 80. Sleeve Buttons, Do. Board Chain, Do. Heck do ■ Do. Gold Thimbles, Do. Finger Binge, Do. Pencils, Do. Penß with case, Do. Bracelets, Do. Medallions, Do. Charm., Do. Pearl Port Mommies, Do. Morocco do. 80. Wire do do. Do. Purses, Do. Card Oaseß. Infant’s Armlets, Do- Neck Chains Gents’ Vest Chains, different styles, Do. Sleeve Buttons, do do. • Do. Binds, do. do. Do. Pins. do. do. Do. Scarf Pins, do. do. Do. Scarf Bings, do. do. 80. Finger Btogs, do. do. Do. Pen .and Case, Do. Pencil, revolving, Do. Tooth Pick, do. Do. Watch Keys, ‘ Do. Chain Hooks, Do. Chain Charms, Do. Pcrke't Books, Do. Bill Books, Do. Port Monnaies. Ao. SILVEB PLATED WABE. . YOUB CHOICE FOB ONE DOLLAB! Betts of Table Spoons, Do. Dessert do. Do. Tea do. Do. Forks. Pair Butter Knives, Do Napkin Bings, Knife and Fork, Goblets, . . . Cups, . • Sugar Bowls, - . Cream Onps,: : Syrup Cups, , Butter Dishes, Castors with Bottles, Bait Stands, &o. YOUB CHOICE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE AB TIOLEB FOB ONE DOLLAB. NOTIIE.—In order So meet the wants of onr numer ous customers, we shall keen a Block of. the finest Plated and all Gold Jewelrv, together with an assortment of heavy plated Silver Ware, and a variety of Photograph Aiboma and Fancy Goods, which we will sell at prices which will defy competition, Ladies and Gentlemen are Invited lo call and examine,onr. stock. Every attention paid to vißitorß whether they wish to purchase orhot Bemember OGABKM, ONE DOLLAB STOBE, 602 0 9E3TKTJ E Street. noli' 2m RETAIL DRY GOODS. T3ICH LACE CURTAINS, XL *3.50 to 835 per pair. . Rich Drapery Muslins, 25c. to $1.50 per yard, “ Curtain Materials. « Upholstery Goods. t‘ Fnrniture Chintzes. . « Embroidered Piano and Table Covers. “ Table Coverings. ' . Onr stock of Late Curtains comprises two lnvoioas offeOO pairs, entirely new and very elegant designs, bought below suction prices, and is worthy the early attention of buyers. ‘ SHEPPARD, VAN PEAR LINDEN, & ARRISON, 1008 CHE3THUX STBUET. no 4 tutbs lOt ■ pLOAKINGr CLOTHS, FROSTED BEATERS, FINE CASSIMERES, VELOUR REPS, BALMORALS, BLANKETS, LADIES' CLOAKS, , •WOOLEN SHAWLS, BOYS’ CLOTHING. COOPER & CONARD, oc2B-tf S. E. COB. NINTH and MARKET Sts.' 0LOAK8! CLOAKS! CLOAKS! THE ONLY GENUINE WATER-PROOFS IN THE OUR NEW STYLES THE OSBOBNE, THE CELEBRATED CASTILIAN, THE LB GILET AND PBINOES3. These are beautiful and oxciuiaite styles, and can only be found in perfection at . IVINS & 00., 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET. CILOAKB! CLOAKS! Vy An Immense Stock of NEW & FASHIONABLE STYLES. Oht Garments In style, quality, and manufacture Are guarantied equal to any in the City. Ladies will please examine before purchasing. PARIS STORE, EIGHTH AND WALNUT,STREETS, A VIRGINIA FARMER. At Wheatland, a village with a flour mill and three houses, I met a farmer on horseback, who was questioning some straggling soldiers in regard to a horse he had lost the night before. He said he was nineteen years old, and that he lored him as one of his children. Our army had taken it. We rode together for some distance. He was a hearty man of fifty, with a full beard, and clothes of drab cloth.' Either this or gray homespun is generally worn by Virginia farmers. Those in easy circumstances, and advanced in years, often wear a high-crowned white felt hat, with a mode rately broad brim, in fashion twenty years ago. This, like all otter descriptions worn, is much the worse for wear. My companion was very friendly, and surprised me by the open way in which he always spoke of the Confederate army as “ our people.” This I found universal on my journey. He was a simple-hearted man, whose seoessionism was very mild, but who thought it would be “ d—d hard to be subjugated at last,” a fact which he considered rather conclusive.; In alluding to the habit of our soldiers and officers in often paying for dinners at farm-houses, ho exclaimed, “My God, the idea of a Virginia gentleman charging for meals! Vlf any borne to me, they are welcome to all they can eat.” He stated that a.farmer near Leesburg treated rebel soldiers to .dinners un'il he had consumed forty sheep and Oil his hogs, without charging a cent, and; would 'have done the same to Union troops. \ I’ENS Si’LVANIA UEOIMENT3. f ( . ' Bidding my friend adieu at the little village of Purcellville, and passing by immense farm! and thinly scattered houses, I reached Pillemotpt, a phace of similar size. Shortly beyond thee, I, overtook two brigades of Humphrey’s, dipion, Porter’s army corps, which were returnin/ from, the capture of Snicker’s Gap. The fight ha been carried on by regular artillery and. cavalry The infantry had not been engaged. A force h/d. been left to guard the Gap, ana the romainia troops were joining the main army. The two bigades in ___ question were those of Briggs, commandi by Col. 1024 OHESTOTT BTBBBT. Allsbaoh, of the Ifllst Pennsylvania, andbf Tyler. ~po Allsbach’s command consisted of the 133, 131st, . IVI. riFiS ft iTiOi 133 d, and 155th Pennsylvania. That •£ General __ Tyler included the 9.lst, 12flth, 120tb,Jmd 131 th fi _ A „ S Pennsylvania. We passed but lhree ftm-houaes § LACES, g adjoining the line of march,, the' kitchp gardens g WHITE GOODS, g of which were each overrun with seders, while “ T TNBIVS § cabbages flew through the air in myrkds, to be I ottwr Tins 1 Cttu e bt b y comra■ Cotton and Wool D’Laines—a nice ilna. - Figured M&rinoes. . A fall line of Plain Shawls. A foil lino of Gay Shawls. ■ Onelotof Black Pigured.Mohairs, at SSo. Six tots of Brown Alpacas, choice, A full line of Caaainieroi. : . i A foil Una of Veelina. ' rjQHN H. STOKES, 008 Hffl ASOH Street. PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1862. |)r'us. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1862. THE ADVANCE OF OUR AIMY. SCENES AND INCIDENTS ON THE ROUTE. LIFE AND LAIV IN VIRGINIA. Special Correspondence of The Press.] Head quarters Army of the Potomac, Rectortown, Nov. 9,1862. ■ On looking over covaeoutive numbers of The Press, I find that four of my letters, within the last month, have miscarried. Part were mailed at Knoxville and the others at the headquarters 5 post office, whence they were doubtless sent. The fault of non-transmission lies on the route. The most im portant of these letters was dated 25th ultimo, an nouncing the advance of the army as having com menced, which would have formed an important addenda to the telegraphic despatch appearing on the 27th ultimo. Awaiting the convalescence of a lame horse, I delayed my departure from Maryland a day or two after the removal of the main army and commander in-chief, concluding to overtake them before an en gagement was probable: A portion of Slocum’s army corps still remained in Pleasant Valley, on Tuesday, as a guard to the Maryland: Heights and circumjacent region, while Geaiy’s division of that-, oorps was stationed at Bolivar Heights. E verybody, except a few storekeepers, was heartily glad that the soldiers had, to a great extent, departed, and that pillage had decreased, yet pointed dejectedly' to those still remaining, as an augury of further, possibilities. Farmers, who had suffered in loss of forage and stock, wore blank faces. They had danced incessant attendance On quartermasters for/ many days, without procuring orders on;Washing ton for damages, and those latter had finally de parted, leaving them without recourse for their ■■losses,.' ■ THE SACKED SOU. On Tuesday I passed the night at Lovettsville, four iniles from Berlin, on the Virginia side. It is a place of fifty houses, nearly every window of which, in slave-State fashion, has a broken pane. The TTnion sentiment there is strong, and almost universal. There is one tavern, kept by aa indivi dual named Snoots. Snoots was overrun by strag glers, and I went to a private house, where Gen. Burnside and his staff had been staying. Two neighbors dropped in during the evening, and the conversation turned on the captiousr.ess of several junior members of the staff in regard to food, and upon the losses in chickens and burnt fence-rails incurred by neighboring farmers. These latter were used by the different camps for firewood. Bobberies of cows, hogs, and horses were also duly enlarged upon. Mr. Burdsall, a Quaker near by, and a Mr. Gregg, were spoken of as heavy suf ferers. Large tracts of ground on their farms were dotted with feathers from vanished fowls- The gambling feats of a volunteer brigadier general, lately encamped there, absorbed their share of com ment, and much glee was elicited upon the dexte rity with which he had bankrupted various sutlers and officers. Compliments were paid upon the generosity of Quartermaster , who, on being asked ten dollars a ton for hay, thought it was too cheap, and generously paid twelve dollars, and who allowed sixty-five cents a bushel for corn, instead of the low price demanded of fifty cents. SO LAWS ENFORCED. It was observed that there were now no laws enforced in Virginia, The State had been without lawßinoe the war commenced; but few robberies had occurred, except “ 'right smart o’ horse stealin’,’ perpetrated by rogues from Washington, who took the animals there to be sold. An Irish Union man, named James Bristlin, was shot a year ago with impunity in the principal street of Lovetts ville, by Franklin Bronaugh, a 'fanatic. Secession ist; but, beyond afaint attempt of private citizens to catch him, no legal measures were, or could be, taken for his arrest. Justices of the peace had either joined the rebel army, or had no police offi cers to carry their warrants. _The proprietor, of the house went off in the morning to put-firewood for himself, at one dollar a cord, on the property of a neighbor, and y-KiLL_ Departing, on Wednesday morning, through roads lined with farms despoiled of fences, I-was struck with the superiority of soil over ,that of Mary land, and with the excellence of roads, which were comparatively devoid of stone, and excel lently macadamized. The country roll 3 boldly, and the soil is a clay loam. No swamp mack is found, and manuring is done with barnyard and plaster of Paris. Lime is not easily obtainable. Much land is enriched by clover, and guano is considerably employed. Large quantities of stock arc raised. Middleburg, three miles beyond. They were relies of the seoond Bull Run. A story was told me of one of our men vho had lain on the field a week, with both thighs broken, and unable to move. He had stabbed a passing hog with his bayonet, and lived on his raw flesh for several days. “But,' 5 added the unsympathizing maiden, “we had enough of our own people to attend to and left him.” A female slave child rang a bell, and we walked to supper, which consisted of cold baeon, admirably cured, hot. biscuits, com cake, butter, honey, and excellent rye ooffee, with cream, and; what is rare in Virginia now, sugar. Breakfast the following morning was of the same materials. A middie-aged lady cousin, tall, thin, and sallow, joined us at table, shivering in a shawl, who en larged upon the strict honor of Confederate soldiers,- in paymg for all they took, and asked me if I knew a Dr. Somebody or other in Philadelphia, who had married a lady with a large fortune. THE NEGRO QUESTION. My host had twenty-two negroes before the war, who had .all left him but a rnan and a woman, and a few. children. The men had found satisfactory employment in the atmy and were content, but the women had mostly fled with their children to Alex andria,and were earnestly sending word to be taken hack. Life was incessant work to them in free dom, and they could not support both themselves and children. Their master intended giving them further experience where they were, and then re ceiving them. He; ohs'erved 'that, where negroes had been well fed and clothed, mi 6 ept eon stoutly at vrorh, they had run away far less than where they had leisure to grow discontented and crave variety. His good nature had.led him. to indulge them too much, and they became restless. During the past year he had employed free white labor, and found it so muoh more profitable than keeping slaves that he wa3 glad tho latter had departed. He would never have sold th!m, and was rejoiced : to be relieved of the necessity of keeping them when little work offered; The President’s procla mation, he said, had created no excitement or in dignation in his neighborhood. It was felt that slavery was unprofitable. The sentiment was that, if negroes chose to stay, they could stay, and' if to go, they were welcome to do so. They could be dispensed with. : A bed room oe bygone days. My : bed- room was lit by thf ee small windows, in each of which was a blind, a pair of red and a pair' of white curtains,- a fancy for excluding light not confined to Virginia. Two immense four post bed steads.cxowded up the small room, which was ad ditionally lumbered by .old-fashioned arm chairs and boxes covered with white quilted cotton. . Oh the mantel piece were bobbins of cotton ready for weaving,' and a musty old book, entitled’“ Pious- Reflections:” Upon the yellow fly-leaf was “Mary McCann’s New Year’s Gift, 1.774.”' A mouldering image of dreary days Flowers in ancient needle work adorned the walls. SECESH PAPERS, AND ETCETERAS. My/host was an: enlightened man, and had tra velled much through the Union. Ho had soaroely seen a new book or a hewspaparsince the war be-- gan, and felt mentally rusty, but in past times had subscribed to two fanning periodicals, which, with his county newspaper and the Baltimore Sun, had formed the staple of bis reading of late years. With no editorials but tie Secession vituperations of these two last papers, it was hardly to be oxpectod that either he or his neighbors should entertain other than disloyal sentiments. After breakfast, my host informed me that he intended to shoot a few par tridges that day, which, owing to the absence of young men in the army, had become exceedingly plentiful in Virginia, and also to bait fish, in Goose creek, which operation consisted in throwing grain into a certain locality and waiting for the fish to colleot there. After this, he readily caught them with a hook and line. All the fine horses of my host having been robbed by our army, no thing remained to him but three young colts and an old lame mare, thirty-three years of age, who, not withstanding her discreet period of 'life, had presented him with a foal the year before, and con templated soon adding another to his stock. With a coat of well-worn brown, pantaloons of gray homespun, with immense patches, and a high crowned ragged hat of white felt, he mounted the mare in quest of the colts, which had either strayed or been stolen. I accompanied him, and parted before reaching Middleburg, which is a large vil lage, containing many handsome houses and many welirbred families. Many of the wounded brought ihere.-after Bhll Bun have died, including all the '‘7inue:r? 7 aiKi inOSc reiiuumeguo’ud be seen in piaz zas and at windows, as the .army passed. I joined an officer whorode a horse once belonging to are bel cavalryman. The man rode up to General Birney, tapped him on the shoulder, and told him he was a prisoner. Birney did not altogether see it. The man had carelessly neglected to level his carbine, and Birney rapidly shot him through the breast; OUTRAGES BY OUR TROOPS. From Middleburg to Salem is nice miles,_and here most painful ravages present themselves. Houses are ransacked, mutilated, or burned; fields are fenceless, and the four churches despoiled. Pews, pulp'ts, and altars are torn up, and the walls defaced with ribald language and pictures. Two of these buildings were Methodist, one Episcopal, and one denominationless. These outrages were perpetrated by the so-called “ Blenker’s Dutch,” -German soldiers enlisted in New York, and com manded by General Blanker, who encamped for a week in Salem last spring, and were a terror to the country around for their ruthless thieving and , brutal manners. The notions in regard to carrying on the war prevailing among both German soldiers tend their officers partake more of that adopted in (their own country than here, and I find invariably I that on this march Germans are far more unprinci pled in stealing poultry and o her eatables than either Americans or Irish, Before reaching Salem ;I was hailed by a vei-y attractive woman, of a full blown order of beauty, who took me for an officer, ; and asked me, with trembling lips and tearful ■ eyes, to protect her. She was the wife of Mr. John Picketts, a Baptist minister, who had taken no interest in the rebellion. Every fowl, pig, and calf had been taken from her; the eattle, with I seven or eight horses, had been driven away; her cellar had been ransacked the previous evening, arid every eatable in the house stolen. Her re monstrances and those of her husband had been answered by a request tb go to h—l and remember what Stuart’s men had been doing in Pennsylva nia. Suggestions were made that soldiers must eat,, and that she was Secesh, and must make the best of it.|She said to mo, “ I am almost broken hearted. Everything I have is gone. My little ones went crying to bed last night with hunger, and I had nothing to give them- Won’t you stay here a little while, sir, and protect mo from these men? My husband is away, and l am afraid of them.’.’ I; assured her that such'a thing as rudeness to la dies, in our army, was rarely heard of; that the men were hungry, , and all, they required was food. “Pray don’t break my rose bushes,” said she to a cavalry man,' whose horse was restive, “ I.havelost all the vegetables in my garden, and I have now only my flowers.” I soothed the weeping dame to the best of my ability, by stating that the Govern ment would most probably pay for all losses incurred through, our army, where the sufferors had not been active in the rebellion, and soon after, a. quarter master arrived, offering to give a receipt for the '’ articles taken. Paper is scarce in Virginia, and I’ was resorted to for a piece, and as X'departedj her - tearful “thank yon, sir, for your kind words,” amply repaid me for the time lost. I. hold with the courteousand humane McClellan, that the property of non-participants in rebellion should be protested; These frank and generous people cannot always be blamed for their sentiments. , They have heard but one side of theq question, and if inclining to their own neighborhood; invariably deplore the war, and receive all Northerners withcordiality who are civil to them. Let us blow tho heads off of-all in arms, if we can, but by all means let us act with civiliza tion towards non-participants- Where non-combat ants have offered information or. pecuniary assistance to the rebels, the case is different. They would de serve punishment; Setter-protect citizens-and win battles, like McClellan, than brutally oppress the former and lose the latter, like Pope. I spent Thursday night with a neat- and respect able, but unpretending, family, about two miles. from Salem,- near which plaoe were Gen. Frank-- tin’s headquarters. Brooks’ division of his army corps -were the nearest encampment to. my host. Be is a poor man, and hires a small meadow.to raise bay for his stock, and a house and garden, the lat ter of which, with poultry and pigs, feeds-his little family. He otherwise ekes out a subsistence by rough carpenter work, and by hiring himself as a farm laborer. Hither General Brooks’ soldiers, or others, had eproplete’y robbed him of all but two cows, a few hogs, and a lame mare. Even his bee hives were unspared, and;after I arrived, the quar termaster of Colonel Town’s brigade, Brooks’ di vision, unceremoniously carried off a stack of hay, with a promise to give a receipt, which he has yet unfulfilled. The unlucky man sat up the whole night, as he had the night before, to. preserve the small remnant left him. Soldiers prowled past at all hours till dawn, insisting on food; no guard has been sent, and, as I write, both ho and hia family are worn out with watching and anxiety. ; THE 28th y-ENNSybvANIA.; ’ They contrast this conduct strongly with the well-behaved young men attached to Geary’s regi-; ment, which guarded the adjoining railroad Hast July, and who excited warm feelings of regard by their uniform politeness and generosity. By them nothing was lost, and the only fault charged was an excess ef liberality in compensation. “By God,” said a soldier at Antietam, “I would rather belong to the 28th than, be king of the world!” The 28th has earned a noble reputation in camp, as well as in battle. ~ - Pillaging soldiers are often cowardly sneaks, who are never on hand in time of action, and lag behind out of the range of fire, under pretence of getting water or of sickness. Horses have been, considerably taken on this route within the last few days. Near Mr. Macar thy’s house I heard of nineteen being seized by offioialiTin Tyler’s brigade, without reoeipts being given. Horses were also taken for Brigg’s brigade (Col. Allsback commanding), but the receipt was acknowledged. < UNENLISTED YOUNG MEN.. Snow fell yesterday to the depth of an inch. Virginia hybornatod, and I write this letter in the gloom. The supper of rye-coffee without sugar, fried bacon, butter, honey, and hot biscuits,-being despatched, the tallow candle was extinguished, to save expense, and 1 sat with the little fami y by their blazing log-flre. There were my host and his wife, a daughter of twenty, and an orphan grand son, ohristened Scott, after the general, whose play fellows sneered at him for being named after a Yankee. Shoes are not to be had, and Scott goes barefooted in the snow. A ragged pair of woolen socks were found for him, but they had proved colder than nakedness. He took them off, and his feet recovered warmth at the fire. There was no sewing done by the women. Dry goods were not to be purchased, and if they had been, economy en joined .a strict confinement to positive need. The man was wearied and somnolent, the daughter was Bilent fr®m lack of ideas, hut the old lady, shrunken and yellow in the chimney-corner, was garrulous. She said that now her fowls were gone, her mind was ielieved. She knew the worst, and was lively over her losses. Gossip ensued about a grand en tertainment in an Irish cabin, ten feet By fifteen in size, upon the railroad, which took'place a year ago. A wedding, a christening, and two church ings took place there the same evening, and the guests overflowed upon the railroad track. I found that the reports of no young men existing'in the South, out of the army, were partially untrue; I had seen at least twenty under thirty-five; and' the old lady mentioned a dozen to mo in her: neighborhood. HOOP-SKIRTS AND MATRIMONY. The old lady hears of no marriages now a-days, except an occasional Irish mating. There is no one now to “ keep company with;” and maidens pine in single blessedness. The important article of hoop-skirts is made of reeds; which are bought by each family and manufactured into She desired form. thK army. Our army has been for a day,or two past waiting for provisions by the Manassas Gap railroad, which commenced again running on Thursday, after a cessation since July. The long provision trains of wagons have also been waited for. With infantry, cavalry, artillery, wagons, and ambulances, our army, in one consecutive line, would be a hundred miles long. As said the pretty Mrs. Picketts, “ I’m sure they ought to do something; there’s enough of :em;” a remark not altogether without its point. GENERAL SI’CLELLAN’S HEADQUARTERS . Moved yesterday from Keotortown, near to Warren ton,‘abundant conversation being furnished to the staff on the route, by the recently-reeeived in formation that General McClellan had been relieved from duty. Each officer is puzzled to know to wbat duty he will now bo assigned, and, without knowing anything of the circumstances of the case, all are much surprised that the General shofild be stayed when fairly in the field upon a promising campaign. McClellan received a notification of the fact on Friday, and rode the same evening to 1 Warrentoh, to resign his command to Burnside. The two have long been knit in bonds of amity, and the latter was extremely unwilling to displace his friend, both from personal esteem and from the immensely responsible charge to be assumed. Com manding two army corps, as a subordinate, he could add to his brilliant reputation, and avoid all odium of failure. Now difficulties stare him in the face. General McClellan is yet here, this morning. The army will remain here for several days to receive supplies. The snow and late cold weather have been unprecedented here at this early date for many years. A blanket being a ibin covering for the soldiers, while sleeping in thin, campaigning shelter tents, and their repose being disturbed by the cold, the only recourse has been to sit through the night by camp fires. Many availed themselves of these, while others, unim piessible as iron, slept profoundly. In a distance of ten miles, upon the route hither, I saw but five houses. Four of these were untenanted, and three of them hut mere shells. Fences were everywhere Consumed for camp fires. By the repeated tramp ing of armies, the country is blasted. War has done its work, and the bleak November wind sweeps desolately over withered fields. THE CLIMAX OF TILLAGE. As a climax to the pillage of our soldiers, an aged and decrepid negro man, adjoining head quarters, has been robbed of the corn and turnips composing his little garden. Ho owns a horse, and fears that the stack of hay he possesses for his win ter’s feed will yet he taken. His old wife Is para- lyzed and helpless. “If dey take de hog,” says the poor creature, with resignation, “de Lord he know what we do. He all we got to eat till next year.” The various quartermasters have thus far given few or no receipts for produce taken by this army. They have promised them to Union suffer ers, both in Maryland and Virginia, and decamped without giving satisfaction. I recommend this case to their sympathy. A very respectable gentleman recently informed me that Mr. Crise; a Secessionist of Emmitsburg, mentioned by me in The Press as having been seen with Stuart’s cavalry in their late raid, merely followed them to obtain a horse stolen. I make the correction by request. ,N. OUR GRAND ARMY IN VIRGINIA. PEPSENT POSITION OP THE ENEMY. WHAT GEN. BURNSIDE IS DOING B liode Island to Burnside—Gen Patterson and Gen. Nagle Moving On—What our Generals are doing—From beyond the Rappahannock —“On to Culpeper”—Burnside’s Stall—Gal lant Cavalry Charge, &e. RHODE ISLAND TO HER FAVORITE SON. State of Rhode Islakd, Execotivk Depaktmbnt, , Providence, Nov. 10,1862. Gbherai. : Allow me to tender you my sincere con gratulations on your appointment to the command of the Army of the Potomac. Tour well-known energy, skill, and patriotism will, 1 feel sure, restore confidence to a disheartened people, and lead them to expect active ope rations. and the speedy success of our brave army in the suppression of treason and rebellion. Rhode Island regards yonr appointmentwith unfeigned pride and pleasure. Witt. SPRAGUE. To General Brmxsma, Commander in Chief, Army of the Potomac. Headquarters Army, November 10,1862. To Governor William Sprague . Tour despatch of this date is received, and I thank you for it. It is a greatsupportto mein the assumption of so great a reßponsibiiity to'know that I have yonr confi dence, and that of the State of Rhode ißißnd-, - A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General Commanding the Army of the Potomac. ADVANCE OF GENERAL PATTERSON. Manassas, Friday, November7,lB62, General Patterson, late of Sickles’ division, made an advance from Bristow’s Btation, fonr miles beyond here, last night, to Catlett’s Station, near Watrenton Junc tion; on . the railroad, but returned to the former placo this morning, having found a large.force of rebel cavalry at the latter place. The entire force at this place has just received orders to prepare to march at a moment’s notice, probably np the Warrenton road. A NICE ARRANGEMENT DISTURBER. .Warrbxtok, November 8. After Gen. Pleasanton thrashed Stuart near Ashby’s Gap the latter fell back along the base of tb© Bine Ridge, and' endeavored ; to. draw. Gen; Pleasanton south of Chester’s Gap, where Gen. A- P. Hill’s force was stationed, ready to fall on bis rear. Had the plot succeeded, the whcle face of matters in this section would have been changed. The trap, was. discovered in time to avoid a disaster, and instead of failing into ft, Gen. Pleasanton, when near Chester's Gap, crossed over to the OakhHland Orteens road, and then taking a southwesterly direction, cut off Stuart, preventing him from extending the pro-, mised relief to Coi Payne in this place, and also forced him hack upon Hill’s command. (JEN.. SXQED ABTAKCISn. Gen. Bigel’s command is near at hand, and- he will pro bably make his headquarters here to not to re main. The whole army is is motion, and in light march irg order is pressing fonvard into the very bowels oi Dixie. WHAT OHft GENERALS ARE DOING,, Gen. Sickles is moving down the railroad, and was yesterday at Catlett’s station. Gen. Heinizslman is to move toward Fredericksburg, it is understood here; Gen. Reynolds’ column and all the other columns fill np tba. Gap to the base of the Bine Ridge, and everything is he-’ ing swept before themighty Union host; there is no rebel power that can stay the onward march of this army, I confidently believe. GEN. FLEASA.NTON ACROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK- Old Sol made bis appearance early this morning, and everything and everybody looks more ohoerfnl.. General. Burnside hss not arrived yet, butts expected every hour. General Sigel, who was expected to follow me here, it is. now said is movtog upon the Bappahannook, General. Pleasanton crossed the Eappabanncch yesterday, after a brief skirmish with Joe Johnson’s command. A portion ef Gen SigePs command is within a short distance of- the Rappahannock. Several bridges have.to bo.rebullt be fore the army can move on in force. This will occasion a delay of only a few days. THE POSITION OF THE REBEL. ARSW- Jackson is supposed to be covering the rear of the rebel army near Winchester, and with D. H. Hill’s force on our right flsnk aoroßß the Blue Ridge. Dee himself, with the hulk of his army, was yesterday between Onlpepcr and Gordonsville.. Dongatreet and A. P. Hill have also passed on in the same direction. POSITION OS SHU XNEMY. Bsuhquahtebs Abmy op vsr Potomac, Nov. 11. Escent reoonnoiesances Indicate that; two divisions of rebel cavalry are between the Bappahannook and Bapi dan, and one division In the vicinity of the old battle ground of Cedar Moan tain, under the command of Sen. D. B Bill. Gen. Hampton's Legion, consisting .of a brigade of cavalry from Stuart’s division, waa between Little Washington and Swrryvilleyesterday. The ar tillery; with him early, yesterday morning'shelled the, cemp of the Sth Illinois Cavalry. 'Con Wilcox, hearing the cannonading, promptly moved his dlyißicn to thesirp port of Gen. Averitl, whose, entire' brigade'was but a sbort distance from him. Gen. Averlll being ill, Col. Farnsworth, of the Bth: lUinolß, now commands the brigade, «0N TO CrIPErER!” G«». Tailor, with a brigade of infantry from Gen. jjickett’s aivision, now ponuaattiod by Gen. Groan, E » 3 TWO CENTS. occupied the village of Jefferson, fear miles from the Rappahannock, on the road from Wat ronton Springs to Culpeper, BURNSIDE’S STAFF. den. Burnside's staff has not pet been announced, but It is understood that he retains bis own personal staff and the department staff of den. MeOlellau, including Adjutant General Seth -Williams and Lieut Col. Hardie. Major General Park will continue to be Genera! Bqrn sido’B chief of staff. This gives very general satisfac tion. For this most responsible position,' hardly second to that of the commanding general, he is believed to Pobsspb peculiar fitness. The feeling in general, throughout the army, toward* Gen. Burnside is very warm and cordial. REMOVAL OP M’CLELLAN AT HEADQUARTERS; Wakrenton, Nov. 10—The order relieving General McClellan was received at his headquarters, at Reotor town, midnight, Saturday. General Gorman and a few other officers were present at the lime. The faot became known at daybreak among the soldiers, occasioning much excitement and discussion, but. not the least indication oi an outbreak. General McClellan's staff, as might be ' expected, were furious on the Government and mankind generally. Several officers tendered their resignations on Saturday, but these are generally considered to be of that number who are waiting for some excaae to turn up for abandoning the army. SUMNER AT HIS-POST. Gea. Sumner has returned, overtaking his command at Salem, which reached here about noon yesterday in fine spirits. The old hero was received with the wildest de monstrations of delight by his old troops. A train of cars is expected to-morrow. They continue to rnh up on the regular route os far as Salem. Unfounded rumors to the effect that a supply train had been cut off between Gainesville and that place occa sioned considerable uneasiness yesterday. Ltrge numbers of Biraggiers are between here and the Potomac. It is feared that many of them may be cut off by guerillas getting into our rear through bnicker’s Gap. GALLANT CHARGE GAINES’ CROSS- ROADS; In a dashing cavalry charge, led by Lieut. Asche,-of' the sth Cavalry, near Gaines’ Cross Boads, on Saturday, he hilled a number of the enemy,, and carried off five rebel wounded. Lieut. Ascbe was bimßelf severely wound ed, havirg soverel bullets and sabre outs on his head and bocy. One other officer, Lieut. Bohler, and seven others in the regiment, were wounded. Their names are: Corporal Hogan, O, dangerously. \ Corporal Moore, E, slightly. Private Caeavant. ®, slightly. Private Cornell, E, rethmsly. Private Myers, E, slightly. Private Fitzsimmons, E, slightly. Private Trainer, D, slightly Lieut. ABChe is the same officer who led the charge of a detachment of his regiment at Markham on the 4th inst. The following is a list of the casualties that occurred during that charge: Obadiah Baily, E, 3d Pennsylvania, mortally. Bobert Manly, A. sth Regulars, Slightly. Sergeant Conrad Besnor, A; sth Regulars, slighily. Michael Carey, A, sth Regulars, slightly Thomas Canfield, 0, 6th Regulars, dangerously. Michael Clary, D, slh Begnlars, leg amputated. John Jennings, D. sth Regulars, slightly. Martin Sharp, E, 6th Begulars, slightly. The mas Lindell, H, 6th Regulars, dangerously. Thomas Grahßm. H, sth Regulars, slightly. James McGngin, I. Bth Regulars, slightl?. General Pleasanton’s command has recently beenpush ing the enemy clrsely, capturing a number of prisoners and guns. GENERAL NAGLE,. OF .PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE ADVANCE In the Advance. Beyond the Bafpahannock, Nov. 11, 1882 Yesterday forenoon the enemy attacked (Jen- Pleasan ton’s pickets, three miles beyond Amosvillo, withp large force of cavalry and artillery, well supported by infantry. Ab Qon. IMeasanton had no infantry near at hand, the pickets fell back to the main body, near AmosylUo, and reinforcements were sent for. . ' Gen. Wilcox, of the 91b corps, immediately despatched the 2d division, under General Btnrges. who advanced hiß command from the vicinity of W aterloo, atthejune ticn of the Bappshannock river and Oartor’s .ruo, and, joining General Pleasanton, at once drove back the rebels and established the pickets. The skirmishing was done principally by General Nagle’s brigade, who drove the rebels in fine style. Gen. Fonno, with his brigade, at the same time ad vanced npon and occnpied the town of Jsffenou. The loss'in Gen. Nagle’s brigade was some three or fonr wonndfd. , . . , , „ Up to neon fo-day the rebels had not renewed the at-, tack. AFFAIRS IN THE VICINITY Of HARPER’S PERRY. Harper’s Ferry, Nov. U, 1862. The rebel pickets have appeared on the Virginia side of the Potomac, between Berlin and Point of Books. The rebel cavalry are sconriog the country oti the south side of Loudon Heights. Yesterday they fired upon our pickets in Loudon valley. _ ' A contraband who has come in from Winchester re ports the column of Jackson in the vicinity of Front Boyal, with the exception or about 2,000 men and six guns still in the valley. Archbishop Hughes on the War. SEffll-OFFICIfiL REPORT OF HIS EUROPEAN MISSION. The War Must be .Brought to a Speedy Close* New York NoyemberlO, 1862. To Mon. William M. Seward, Secretary of State : Mr Dear Governor: It is now more than twenty tbreeyears sicce 1 had the pleasure of being introduced to you on the railroad train between Albany and Utica Op portunities lor cultivating more intimately that first ac quaintance have been few and far between. Still, as a personal friend, apart from what they commonly call poli tics, I have always recognized yon, in my own mind, asa true, unflinching man, (3 npr lght principle. As for myself, Icannot say that I ever belonged to any political party, and yet, siccomy return from Earops, certain nominally Oathoiio papers have written me down ss a politician, Mnch allowance must be made for such witters. They assume that my going to Europe was for a political, and not a national purpose; in fact, they seem, or chcoee to appear, a, incompetent to dißtihgnish. between wbat is vulgarly called a politician and a patriot. Of the two, I would prefer to be considered a patriot ra- • : tber than a politician. Before the outbreak of this me lancholy; civil war, it is known to you, my dear Governor, that I foresaw the coming calamity. I wrote to distin guished persons in the Sonth, praying and beseeching - that they should exercise their infiu'nce for the psrpsfn- ■ ation of peace, or rather against the disruption of the Union. In my own sphere in New York I left nothing undone to soothe bitter prejudices, especially on the part of Abolitionists, with a.view, and even in hops that the domestic strife which has since overtaken ns might be ar rested ard turned aside. It is just one year and eight days since it was desired, by a telegraphic communication, that I should visit the city of Washington on public business. I obeyed the summons I spoke my mind freely. It was thought that, in the perils of the nation at that time, I could be useful in promoting the interests of the Oommonwealth and of humanity if I would consent to go to Europe and exercise whatever little influence! might possess in pre venting France and England from intermeddling in oar sad quarrel. It haß, no doubt, escaped your memory that, during the fourteen or fifteen honrs which I Bpent in Washing ton, / diclinfd the acceptance of what would be to per- : sons not of ray rank a great honor. I did not absoluteiy refuse before deciding, but I wished to consult one or two persons very near and dear to me in New York. FI-’ nally, and at the very last hour, there was a werd ut tered to me, not by any spsct.l member of the Cabin, t to which yon belong, but by the aufhority which it pos seises. to the effect that my acting as had been suggested was a personal re quest, and would be considered as a per sons! favor. In three minutes I decided that, without contuUing anybody, I should enibarkopa volunteer to aces mplith what might be possible on the other side of the Atlantic in favor of the country to which I belong. What occurred on the other side I think it yronld be, at the pi esent time, improper to make public. lam not certain that any word, or act, or influence of mine has bed the slightest effect in preventing either England or France from plunging into the unhappy divisions that have threatened the Union of these ones prosperous States. On the other hand, I. may say that no day—no hour even—was spent in Europe in which I did not, ac cording to opportunity, labor for peace between Europe and America. So far that peace has not been disturbed. But let America be prepared There is no love for ihe- United States on tkeglher side of the water. Generally speaking, on the other side of the Atlantic the United States are ignored, if not despised; treated in conversa tion in the Earns contemptuous language as we might employ towards the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, or Washington Territory, or Vancouver's Island, or the settlement of the Bed river, or of the Hudson’s Terri tory. , This may be considered very unpollshede-almost un christian language proceeding from. the pen of a Qatholic archbishop. But, my dear Governor, it Ja unquestiona bly true, and I Bin sorry it is so. If you, in Washington.. are not able to defend yourselves in cate of need, I do net see where, or from what source, you "can expect friendship or protection. Since my return I made a kind offamiliar address to my people, but not for them ex-' cinsively, in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. , Some have balled it not a sermon, bat a discourse, and even a war blast, in favor of blood- spilling. Nothing of the kind could be warranted by a knowledge of my natural temperament or of my ecclesiastical training. From the slight cor respondence between üb, yon can bear me witness that I pleaded in every direction for the preservation of peace, so long as the slightest hope of its preservation re mained. When ail hope of this kind had passed away I was for a vigorous prosecution of our melancholy war, so that one side or. the other should .find itself in the 'ascendency. On my retmn from Europe I knew it was expected that I should make, in writing, or otherwise, some observa tions of my experience abroad that would resell the pub lic generally. These observations were made in the Ca thedral of St. Patrick on the 18th of August. They con sisted of a very simple narrative, of my experience;in different countries of Europe during my, absence from New York. Towards the close of my remarks, two ideas I ventured to express with psrhaps moreenergy.than had been employed in the simple narrative. One was the advocacy of conscription, in preference to the dragging business of enlistment - and volunteering. Perhapß some may have thought that It was nnbscoraing for me in a Catholic pulpit to have expressed my'opinion on this topic. But I-knew that the country, which I had ho reason not to love, was being agonized by civil war. And besides, on reflection, I consider that conscription, sometimes called drafting, is the only fair, open, honest, mode by which a nation oan support its rights, and, in esse «f danger, its own independence. ; Many of my hearers on that,occasion confounded the principle of conscription with the abominable practice of the “press gang.” during the war between England and France. This, of course, was their mistake, not, mine. ' France is a military nation, and a.great nation; and its. system of conscription, although at periods of great national necessity, verging, in Mb operation to almost ci nelty, in taking from the family, one after another, pf, the sons who might he otherwise the hope, and the stay, and consolation of their aged parents, is, notwithstanding, still the impartial mode of, providing for national defence end honor. Tet, on the wi ole, there is no system in. civilized countries so just, so eijpitable, and so efficient in raising an army of defence, as the system of conscription rightly administered. If it can be dispensed with by the multitude of volunteers, of course there would he’ no ob jection to that result. But a government must execute the office for which it was appointed, and for the execu- ’ tion of the functions of-which it is supposed to have srnpie means, or else it-should abdicate. The other idea was that either by volunteers or by conscription, if we have a Government which we recog nize as legitimate, it Bhoald multiply its powers by thousands, and hundreds of thousands, even millions, to the extent of "existing necessity for the putting down of ci*il war. This was not expressed as_ the gratuitous ad vice of a speaker, in the pulpit, but suggested as an inti mation that if he had any-advioe to offer, the councils of the nation, that adyloe would be what he hag now ex- Question there may be different opinions, in regard to which I have not an additionat-word to say. It may be humanity to allow conflicting- brethren of the some nation to protract and drag onwards for a period ef, even ten sears to come the bloodshed, with which they are reciprocally now so familiar. . Another view of, humanity: and raeroy lS.that wrnca 1 suggested—namely, that the raalanoholy. contest ahordd he brought to a dose with as little delay as possible The reason tiint operated and • s3#*l-operates on pay niina, in favor or .this view or humanity, as compared or in con tiast with the other, is, so,far as ray knowledge of his •tory warrants a conclusion of the most humane battle m any military strife, eitfcw of a foreign or a domestic pha raoter,: has been invariably the battle whiohpnt an end to the war* If there were any possible rpeana of settling our domes tic strife in’ a peaceful bloodless manner, I hope you will ; believe that none In this country is, or can be more pre pared to aid in bringing about such a remit.-- As it is, however, I consider myssU as perfectly useless in such an enterprise, though by no means unsolicitous in reft rence to the momentous'conseanenees that are impend ing upon ns like a dark cloud, which furnishes no ray of light either on its nndei or upper margin. Believe me, my dear Governor, ns ever, yonr devoted friend and ser vant, fJOHH, Archbishop ot lipw Toth. THE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers by mall (per annum in advance) at SO. Off Three Copies 11 “ 5.00 Five “ « « 6.00 Ten « « « 10.00 Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate—thus: 20 copies will cost #24; 60 copies will coat $BO, and 100 copies *l2O. For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we wlB sand aa Extra Copy to the getter up of the Club. Poßimaeters are requested to act as Agents for Tbs War Press. Advertisements inserted Bt the usual rates, ff lines onstitute a square. FROM KEY WEST AND THE GULF. Abatement of the Yellow Fever— Arrival of Prizes—Sale of Prize Vessels, ice. Key West, Novembers. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE FEVEB. The yellow fever, which has been raging very exten sively here for the past few monthr, has entirely abated, and the general' health of the place is now considered good. Many, however, have died since its- first appear ance, and among the number could'be named someof the best men in our navy and army. No less than thirty seven on board the frigate 8t Lawrence, including' some of her officers, fell victims to tbis dreadful malady; and we were informed by a resident of Key Weet'that ont of a population of two thousand five hundred, no lesi than two hundred of thatnumber have died sincethbfever fitat made its appearance this season. BUSINESS A»s ? MONEYi Business at Key West iB brisk, and money seems to bar plenty. Bince onr arrival here we have seen more eUver change bande than we did for four montbß North previ ous to our leaving borne. The merchants here do not hesitate a moment in throwing ont three and four dollars in specie in making change for a 11 greenback ” Vor Xj and seem to be Surprised when we tell' them how scarce change is in New York and the North generally. AH kinds of Northern bank bills go current here in exchange for goods | but, bb a general thing, they prefer Uncle Barn’s notes to any other currency. There is more or less chipping constantly- coming and going from this harbor. The principal portion of the merchant craft, however, are small vessels. Bines our arrival here the United States steamers Magnolia and Penguin, also the schooner Kittatinuy, have left port to cruise Tbs vessels remaining are the flagship St Law rence, Pori Boyai, Santiago de Cuba, and the Stirs and Stripes. ' [ "■ CAPTURE AND SALE OF PRIZES." - • Since, my., lari there have been three prize vessels brought into tbiß port. The sloop 0. L. Brockenbrough, of Apalachicola, was cut out from that harbor, loaded with cotton, and brought in by Prizemaster G. • W.’' Bogus, under circumstances of peculiar daring and peril. The capture was made by three boats’crews, manned from the Bteamers Fort Henry and Tahorna .. The schoontre Francis and Taier, both of Nassau,' were taken by the steamer Sagamore, Captain Bigelow; the first near Indian Key, with an assorted cargo; the other near : Indian River Inlet, Florida, laden with salt, bound to Pott Boyai. Both are sure prizes, and attest the zeal and enterprise of OBptain Bigelow in seeking that particular field of operations. There are eight prize' vessels now in port awaiting the action of the court. Three prize steamers coudemuea were eoia at the United Btatee marshal's sale on Saturday, the Ist instant, at the following prices— yz: Steamer Reliance, for $lllOOO, to William Curry; steamer Swan, for 818.200 to Govern ment ; schooner Union, $2,040, to Government. —New Ycrk Herald. Rejoinder of JLieut. General Scott to lix;President Buchanan. To the Editors of the National Intelligencer: I regret to find myself in a controversy with the vene rable ex-President Buchanan. Becently (October 21) y6n published my official report toPresident Lincoln, dated Kerch SO, 1861, giving a summary of my then receDt connection withonrprincipai Southern torts, which, I am sorry to perceive, has given offence to the ex-President, That result, purely inci dental, did not enter into my purpose in drawing up the paper,' but, on rt flection, I suppose that, under the cir cumstances. offence was unavoidable. Let It bo remembered that the new President had a right to dimand of me—the immediate commander of the army- how it had happened that the incipient rebels bad been allowed to seize several of these forts, and from tbe bad cc Edition of others were likely to gain possession of them aho. Primarily the blame rested exclusively on me. Hence, to vindicate my sworn allegiance to the Union and professional conduct, the report was sub mitted to President Lincoln at an early day, (in hia ad ministration,) and recently to tbe world. To ihat sbert paper ex-President Buchanan publishes a reply of double the length in the Intelligencer of tba Ist instant. My .rejoinder, from necessity, if not taste, will be short,for 1 hold the pen in a rheamatic hand, and am without aid de-camp or amanuensis, end with out a printed document and my own official papers. Unable, in my present condition, to make an analysis of the ex-President’s long reply, I avail myself of a sub stitute furnished by an accidental visitor, who has kindly marked the few points which he thinks may require soma Blight notice at my bands. 1, To account for not having garrisioned sufficiently the Southern forts named against anticipated treason and rebellion, according to my many recommendations, be ginning October 29, 1860, repeated the next day, and again, more earnestly, December 13, 15, 28, and 30, the ex-President ssys: “There were no available troop* within reach.” How, although it is true that, with or without the ex- President’s approbation, tbe Secretary «f War had nearly denuded our whoie eastern seaboard of troops in order to augment our forces in Texas and Utah, I nevertheless pointed ont, at several of tbe above dans, tbe six hundred recruits (about) which we hadjin the harbor of New York and at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, nearly ail or ganized into temporary companies, and tolerably drilled, and disciplined--quite equal to the purpose, in question—- beßidestbe five companies of regulars near at hand, mak ing about one thousand men. Theße disposable troops would have given (say) two hundred men to the twin forts Jack- I son and St. Philip, below New Orleans; an equal nn nber to Fort Morgan, below Mobile; a reinforcement of ona hundred men to Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, and a garrison of the like number to tbe twin fort Me Sie; a garrison of one hundred men to Fort Jefferson, Portugal Island, and tbe same to Fort Pulaski, below Savannah, which, like Forts Jackson, St. Philip, Morgan, and Me- Bae, had not at the time a soldier—leaving about two hun dred men for the twin forts, Moultrie and Sumter, Charles ton harbor, wbera there were two we ak companies, m aking Jess than ninety men. Fortress Monroe bad already a gar rison of some eight companies, one or two of which might. In the earlier period- of danger, have been spared till volunteers could baTe been obtained, notwithstanding printed handbills were everywhere posted in Eastern Vir ginia by an eccentric character inviting reoruits !o take that roost important work. Now, I have nowhere said that either of those forts, even with the reinforcement indicated, would have had a war garrison. Certainly not. My proposition was to put each in a condition, as I expressly said, to guard against a surprise or cou.p-de~ma.in, (an off-hand attaok, one without full preparation.) That these movements of Email detachments might easily: have been made; in November and December, 1860, and Borne of them as late as the following month, cannot be doubted. But the ex-President sneera at my “ weak device ” fer saving the forts. He forgets what the gallant Anderson did, with a handful of men, in Fori Bumpier, and leaves out of tbe account what he might have done with a like handful in Foit Moultrie, even without further augmentation of men to divide between -the garrisons. Twin forts, on the opposite sides of a channel, not only give a cross-fire on the head of an attack, but the strength of each is more than doubled by the flanhirg fire of the other. The same remarks apply to the gallant Lieutenant Blemmer, with his handful of brave men, in Fort Pickenß- With what contempt might he not have looked upon Chase or Bragg, in front ofhim, with varying masses of from two thousand to six thou sand men, if Fort Pickens and its twin Fort Moßae had had between themionly two hundred men! I have thus shown that small garrisons would at first have sufficed for the other twins, Forts Jackson and St. Philip, also. My object was to Eave to the Union, by any means at hand, all those weeks, until Congress could have time to authorize a call for volunteers—a caU which the President, for such purpose might no doubt, have inf.de, without any special 1-gislation, with the full approbation of every loyal man in the Union. * 2. Tbe ex-President almost loses bis amiability in hav ir g his neglect of the forts “ attributed,” as he sayg, “without the least cause, to the influence of Governor Floyd;*’and, he adds, “all diy Cabinet must bear mo witness that I was the President myself, responsible for alJtbe acts of tbe Administration.” Now, notwithstanding this broad assumption of respon sibility, I should be sorry to believe that Mr. Buchanan specially consented to the removal, by Secretary Floyd, rf 116,000 extra muskets and rifles, with all their Imple ments and ammunition, from Northern repositories to Southern arsenals, eo that, on the breaking out of tha maturing rebellion, they might hefound without coat, ex cept to the United States, inthe mo,t convenient positions for distribution among the insurgents. So, too, of tha one hundred and twenty or one hundred and forty pieces of heavy artillery which the same Secretary ordered from . Pittsburg to Ship Island, in Lake Borgne, and Galveston, . Texas, for forts not yet erected I Accidentally learning, early in March, that, tinder this posthumous order, the shipment of these guns bad commenced, I communicated the fact to Secretary Holt (acting for Secretary Cameron) just in time (o defeat the robbery. But on this point, we may hear ex-Secretary Floyd himself. At Bicbmond, he expressly claimed the honor cf defeating all my plena and solicitations respecting the forts, and received bis reward; it being there universally admitted that but for that victory over me there could have been no rebellion. 3. Mr. Buchanan complains that I published, without permission, January 18,1861, ray views addressed to him and the Secretary of War. October 29 and 30, 2860. But that act was caused, as I explained to him at the time, by tbe misrepresentations of the mews in one of the earlier speeches of the same ex-Seoretary after his return to Virginia, . 4.; One of my statements complaining of the joint countermand sent through the Secretaries of War and Navy to prevent the landing at Fort Pickens of Captain Vogdes’ company, unless the fort should Tit attacked, is cited by the ex-President to prove a “ singular want of memory” on my part; and a note from Secretary Hott •is .adduced to show that I had entirely ap-. proved of the joint countermand the day (January 29) that it was prepared. Few perrons are as little liable to make a micstatement by accident as Mr. Holt, and no one more incapable of making one by . design ; yet, I have not the slightest recollection of any Interview with Mm on this subject. I do; remember, however, that Mr. Holt, oh some matter of business, ap proaching my bedside about that time when I was suffer ing greatly from an access of psin. Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Holt, and my self, were fall landsmen, and could know but little of the impossibility of lauding troops on an open sea.beeoh, with ahigh wind andsmf. Mr. Toncey, Se cretary of ihe Navy," with officers about him of intelli gence and nautical experience, ought to have saidplump ly that if Vogdes was not to land except in the case of attaok upon Fort Pickens, he might as well have remain ed at Fortress Monroe, as the prohibition placed tha fort, so far as he was concerned, at the mercy, or (as the event - showed) on the want of enterprise on the part of the rebel commander at Pensacola. Possdbly there are other parts of the .reply whioh A . superficial reader may tMnk require comment or eluci dation; and, indeed, here is another marked for me by my kind visitor: 6. Tbe ex. President has brought together a labyrinth , of dates.respecting the arrival and depa.tttre or rebel commissioners, armistices, &oi, with which, as I had no officiel conneciion, I may have made an unimportant mistake or two; but, as I have not by me the moans of • recovering the clue to those windings, I shall not attempt to follow him. .WINFIELD SGOIT.- New York, Fifth-Av. Hotel, Nov. 8,-1862. Letter from Jo age Latte of Alabama .to ; Secretary.- Stanton. HE ASKS FOE A VIGOROHS.tVAF. POHCT -IN-Z-KW V V - - -STATE.' Judge lane, at present the only civil officer of the United States Government in Alabama, has addressed a letter to Secretary Stanton, dated Danville, Ky., Nov. 5, presenting bis views as to the policy which should con trol the Army of the Ohio, row that it is ,ah.ent ,to ad Vance into his State.; He says:. . , I urge upon the Administration the importance of the petition to which Chattanooga is the key. • This view has often been presented in more impressive language than I can clothe it Aside from Iho great faot that it will .free thousands of loyal men of Hast Tennessee, it is lm r portant that Chattanooga sbonld be taken on account or the fact that it will he a great, blow.ai,, this season of the year to the entire Southern States. From ffipst Tennes see comes the entire supply, of coal for the rebel Confede racy. To stop that supply would put an end totheope rations of nearly all the foundries and arsenals of the. Sonth. To take Chattanooga-wonld he to oanse the. evacuation of all Fast Tennessee, and the important point of Knoxville would, fall, into our -hands. Bpmg. with its extensive arsenal wanld become ones, and At lanta could hot long be held. I leave yon tc elaborate this in y our mind. The most accurate Information yo» can obtain in regard to ibis place will confirm all Leonid, say more. lam aware that Its importance has been Im pressed upon the mfndaof-Generals Buell and Bosecrans, and I trust that an effort will be made to capture it. A LOYAL COHVENTIOff OF THE PEOPLE OW THE TOITEDi STATES.—A national- convention or the loyalpeopleoftheUaited Statea» ia faxpr ot,a vigor ons prosecution of the war.hasbeen calledtemeetat Pittsburg, Fa ,on Tuesday, November 25th inst. The caU is signed by most of the business bouieainßit tsbarg, and has, therefore, no aspect. It ig intended that thfe convention shall express the determined end fivwi imrrase of the loyal masses to overthrow and wipe ontthe present rebellion, by progressive and energetic action, enthe pait of the country's rulers, riuif and mrit to punish the authors Bnd actors of this great out. reuenpon hpman rights, and re. establUK upfin permanent foundations the free and eplightppsd taatttntioM of the fathers of tbs IlepnbHo.