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IBPKESS,
rtH ,D PAHT (SUNDAY KXO**>nUM
JOHN W. rOHNEY.
11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
«fICS. «•*
jj pAIU PRESS,"
* 0( „ fg pm WsEK,‘p»yal>lBto the Carrier.
-baoribenousortliß Ottyat 81* Dowlas
ft H^* 0 " rou , DOMNU* ron *IOHT -months.,
fH A^ o[/I _' 4M to* Six Months— Invariably In ad
i*'** tlie time ordered.
.M fRI-WEEKET press,
* gubsoribera out of the City at Bofc-
a whom* in advance.
DRY-GOODS jobbers.
irwtw^oMfc
•OgH & KURTZ,
B (jiKcenw to KW, Bafoir dl Co.)
1 FOBMBMiT BUNS, BAiQUELj k 00.
Jj7 NORTH THIRD STREET,
" PHILADELPHIA,
JMFORTBRS and jobbers
IN
BLACK and FANCY SILKS,
~B g NOHf : ENGLISH, AND
* AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS,
SLOTHS, cassimeres, and vestings,
linens and white goods,
iAOBS AND EMBIIOIDKBIKH,
ItIBBONB, TRIMMINGS,
HOSIERY, GLOVES, NOTIONS, AO.
SHAWLS. •
A complete assortment of
OOL LONG AND SQUARE SHAWLS
Of the following well-Known mates:
gtODhESEX, WASHINGTON, WATKBVLIET,
S ‘ PEACE DALE, 40.
ALSO, ' ■"
3ROOHE, LONG AND SQUARE:;
SJEhLAi AND THIBET, LONG AND SQUARE,
. i.j, invite the attention of CASH and BHORT
i4? TIME BUYERS, saH4mwf 2m
qIwSON, BRANSON, & Co.,
.. tr CORNER OF MARKET AND
FIFTH STREETS,
fnvl te tiie attention of Cash Buyers to
entire New Stock of
j®ESB GOODS, SHAWLS, ETC.
r,B.e*wsoa. o.dbassos. j.q.bomoakdsbr.
acl2Z-lm v ■ ; ~
U Li. HALLOWELL & Go.,
\o. 615 CHESTNUT BTBEET,
(JAYNE'S MARBLE BLOCK,)
lost opened an
entire new stock
OF
J?ANOK SILKB, ;from Auctiott,
PBIBB GOODS in great variety,
SHAWLS, gloves,
RIBBONS, TRIMMINGS, So., Ac.,
filtt have been
FOBOHASBD EXCLUSIVELY FOB CASH,
Sa)triin>esol4*t
CHEAP PRICES.
■The attention or city and oountry bnyera Is Invited.
„»«
1862. FAU. 1862,
SIEGEL, WIIBT, & ERVIN,
importers and jobbers
0»
.D R Y GOO D S :
18. «t a O'BIJA-W*
flttAD*tr«A. ,
'Mtßliants Wafting this elty fco purchase D*t
Goods will tod out Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Fiomws. 'to certain classes
Of Goods we offer inducements to
jnrchMßHi unequalled 1 by any other house In
F&delphia. . ~ selß-2m
|HOS- MEfcBOR & Co,
BMBT.TSIT AND GERMAN IMPORTERS,
iO AND 48 NORTH THIBD STREET.
HOSIERY* GLOVES.
Shirts and Drawers, 4-4 Linens.
Fancy Woolens, Linen 0. Hdkfs.
Manufacturers of Shirt Fronts.
eU-3m . •
1862. * ALI ''- 1862.
JOHNEB. BKHIiV. & 00.
(Successors to Abbott, Johnea, A Oo.,)
«W HiBKBT, AND f 34 COMMERCE STREETS,
IHPOBTBRB AND JOBBERS ON
'A» 7
fancy dry goods.
it*ri aow opened an entirely
HEW AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK, »
SSOLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN .
DRESS GOODS.
Mm, s foil assortment in
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS,GLOVES,
SHAWLS, &o>,
Wbloh they offer at the very Lowest Market Prloei, and
totoutte attention of .fit* Trad*- »nlB-8m
Y ARD.GILLMORE. & 00,
Boi, w OHISTHDT and fIU JAYNE StresU,
Save now open their
importation
01 SILK AND NANO*
®®BB GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS,
mnSHB, KMBBOIDEBIHS, *«.
bought in europe by
ONE OF THE FIRM.
ft) *Woh the attention of. the trade I* *arUontartj Ib
_ DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
Robert shoemaker
» &00.,
'"WihsMt Corner FOURTH and RACK Streets,
FHIIiADEIiPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
UtPOBTOBS AITD MAMBB
AND D.dMBBXIO
window and glass,
MASurIOTO»BB or
« ailE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTT?, *o.
10MT3 roi TSM OELXBBATan
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
B#t * Sra W( j conmtnerr supplied at
**.**** low pricks por cash.,
JPTO’S REPEATING RlFLE—
llffies, in A™ of fee age; will shoot fifteen
t ?“] o^“ nd *f W»-n*a* Vot Mto »
PHUiIP WU.BOS ft 00.,
4U OHBBTNOT Street.
VOL. 6.—NO. 89.
MILITARY GOODS.
fJIHE ARMY!
SWORDS, RIFEES,
" PISTOLS, SASHES, BELTS, 4a.
No. 18 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
007 ■ ■
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
GENTLEMEN'S
W WINTEB CLOTHING,
VTERY DEBIBABLE
Y IN STYLE AND PRICE,
Bailable for the eeaaon.
nVEROOATS AND
\J BUSINESS SUITS,
In great variety.
VYTANAMAKER & BROWN,
I? POPULAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
OAK HALL,
S. E. CORNER SIXTH AND MARKET STS.
SPIcSI'DEPARTMENT
FOE OUSTOM.EE WORK.
no3-tjal
JRNE READY-MADE OLOTHIN&.
o. somers & son,
No. 625 CHESTNUT STREET,
UNDER JAYNE’S HALL,
Have now made up ror gale an entire new stock of'
FINE OLOTHINOv
Also, a foil assortment of CLOTHS, CASSIMERHB, and
VEBTINGS, whloh they respectfully invite the public to
sxamlne before purchasing elsewhere. seSTtdeßl
YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAIN.
WADDINGI
WADDINII,'BATTS,
TWINES, WIOKINS,
COTTON TARNS,
CARPET CHAIN, *O., *O.
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY,
' IN STORE, .
And FOB BALE, at MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES, by
A. H. FRANOISGUS,
No. 433 MARKET and No. * North FIFTH Street.
■■ ' eeai-atn
BATTS, AND
CARPET CHAIN.
The enbecriber is prepared to sell when wanted:
50,000 Its. Carpet Chain—Cotton, Lin
en, and Woolen. -
50,000 lbs. Cotton Tarn—Nos. from 5
ail U'-t D WTarn
100,000 Sheets Black Wadding. 7
5,000 Bales all grades Cotton Bails,
from 12 to 50 eta, per lb.
1,000 Bales all grades Wick. i
1,000 Bales all grades Twine —Cotton
and Linen.
And a general assortment of TWINBB, TIDY COT
POH, ROPES; *o., at the
LARGE FOUR-STORY STORE,
No. 242 NORTH THIRD STREET,
(Corner ol New St.)
Ail am solely in the Yarn business, I am prepared to
Mil the above goods lower than any other house In this
eity.
»20-am XL T- WHITE.
BATTS, CARPET-CHAIN.
2,000 Bales of Batting, of all grades.
1,000 Bales of Blaok Wadding.
800 Bales of Wioking.
1,000 Bales of Cotton Twine.
12..000 Pounds of Cotton Yam.
=50,000 Ponnds of Colored and White
Carpet Chain.
500 Coils of Manilla, Jute, and Cot
ton Rope.
Also, Coverlet Tam, Bed Cords, Wash Dines, and a
101 l stock of Goods in the above line, for sale by
'A.'EL. FRANGISGUS,
ttio-lm 433 MARKET and S North FIFTH Street
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
AND WILLOW WARE.
A. H. FRANCISCUS,
(33 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Streatj
PHILADEI.PHIA,
WHOLESALE DEALER IS
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
Always on hand, a foil stock of
PUBS, BUOKETB, CHURNS, MEASURES, BBOOMB,
WHISKS,
FANCY BASKETS,
WALL , 80SUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES,
LOOKING-GLASSES and WINDOW PAPER,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF CLOCKS,
Mats, Keelers, Floor Backets, Nest Boxes,
BROOM CORN, HANDLES, AND WIRE,
WASHBOARDS, ROLLING and CLOTHESPINS,
FLOOR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS,
SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKETS,
Paper Bags, Indigo, Blacking, Matches, Sleds, Barrows,
Carriages, Hobby Horses, ho., So.
All Goods sold at
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
LARGEST STOCK IN THE UNION.
> Strangers visiting the city are invited to took throngh
ids Establishment, whioh is the largest of the kind in
aria country. Also, the only Wholesale Agent for H. W.
PUTNAM’S OLOTHES-WBINGEB in the State of
Pennsylvania. ael6-3m
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET lURNITURE AND BUr-
TATnVBSL
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 861 Booth SECOND Street,
31 connection with their extensive Cabinet Snafnees, «re
iOW manni'actoring a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And‘bare now on hand a full supply, finished with th*
*OOBB A CAMPION’S ; IMPBOYBD CUSHIONS,
phi oh an prononnoed by aU wbo have used them to ba
iuperlor to all others. \
Nor the Quality and finish of then Tables the mann-
refer to their numerous patrons throuihout
Onion, who are familiar with the character of thafr
wort. -■ • anas-mt ,
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
JtS ELI HOLDEN,
ifiuS Sealer In floe .
A.MEBIOAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
JEWELRY, AND CLOCKB,
708 MARKET Street.
00Sl-sm*
JEN AMERICAN WATCHES,
2£k ' nr -
GOLD AND SILVER OASES.
JOS. EL WATSON,
•Hi-On 80. 338 CHESTNUT ftreot.
WAT6HE§ B JEWELRY, &© e
A FRESH ASSORTMENT, at LESS
rt THAN FOBMEB PRICES. _
FABB A BBOTBEB, Importers,
mhan-tf 884 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth,
STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS.
wpasa3^r»»—
rH i O B i ii ® >
Ho. 1036 WAINUT STREET,
inlaw
l*ll-fply PHIL AD HIP HIAJ
QLAEK’S
ONE DOLLAR STORE,
603 STREET.
Silrcr-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph Albums,
Travelling Bage, Pocket Boohs, Port Monnaiee, Oabae,,
4c., for 60 to 100 per cent, less than the regular.prices.
The following Is a partial list of articles which we sell
at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same good* are Bold at
other places from ®2 to SB each :
'FOUR CJBOIOB FOR ONE DOLLAR !
Lodlea’ Seta, new and beantlfnl styles,
Do. Pina,
De. Ear Binge,
Do. Sleeve Buttons,
- Do. Gnurd Ohatn,
Do. Neck do
Do. Gold Thimbles,
Do. Finger Binge,
Do. Pencils,
Do. Pens with caae,
Do. Bracelets,
Do. Medallione,
Do. Oharme,
Do. Pearl Port Monnaiee,
Do. Morocco do.
Do. Wire do do.
Do. Parses,
Do. Card Oases.
Infant’s Armlets,
Do. Neck Chains.
Gents' Vest Chains, different atylea,
Do. Sleeve Bnttona, do. do.
Do. Studs," do. do.
Do. Pina, do. do.
Do. Scarf Pine, - do. do.
Do. ■; Pea, f Binge, do. do.
Do. Finger Rlnge, do. do.
Do. Pen and Oaae,
Do. Pencil,-revolving,
Do. Tooth Pick, de.
Do. Watch Keye,
Do. Cbaia Hooke,
Do. Chain Charms,
Do. Pocket Books,
Do. Bill Books,
Do. Port Monnaiee, &o. .....
SILVER PLATED WARE.
YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE DOLLAR 1
Bette of Table Spoone,
Do. Desaort do.
Do. Tea , do. t
Do. Forks, i
Fair Butter Knivea,
Do Napkin Binge,
Knife and Fork,
... Goblete, .
Cope,
Bngar Bowie,
dream Cups,
Syrnp Cups,
Better Diabes,
Oastors with Bottles,
Salt Stands, &o. _ _
YOUR CHOICE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE AR
TICLES FOB ONE DOLLAR.
NOTIDB In order to meet the wants of our numer
ous customers* ve she!) keep a stock of the finest Plated
and all Gold Jewelry, together , with an assortment of
heavy plated Stiver Ware, and a variety of -Photograph
Albums and Fanoy Goods, which we will sell at prioee
which will derv competition. ladles and Gentlemen are
Invited to calf and examine onr stock. Every attention
paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not,.
Bememhar CLARK’S
OHH DOIIAB STOBE,
602 OSB3TKU S Street. ;
nnU-2m
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
JJYRE & LANDELL,
E. & L.
FOURTH AND ARCH.
POPLINS FROM AUCTION.
PURPLE POPLINS,
GREEN POPLINS,
BLUES, BROWNS, BLACJfS,
MODE MERINOES,
BLUES, PURPLES, BROWNS,
RICH MOIRE ANTIQUES,
FINE ' CLOAKS, *O.,
4 4 LYONS VELVETS,
WOOLEN SHAWLS, C
BROCHA SHAWLS,
GOOD BLANKETS,
VELVET CLOTHS,
WELSH FLANNELS,
CLOAK CLOTHS.
nof-tf .
OLOAKING GLOTHS,
frosted beayers,
VELOUR REPS,
BALMORALS,
BLANKETS,
LADIES' CLOAKS,
WOOLEN SHAWLS,
BOVS' CLOTHING.
COOPER & 60NARP,
ocSB-tf B. E. COB. NINTH and MiBKET St*.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN ~
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have just received, and are now offering, magnificent
lines of ■
BILKS, SHAWLS, & PRESS HOOPS,
15 SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIB BEASOH.
ocB-tf ■ • '.■■■■
1024 CHESTNUT BTBBET.
’■ E. M. NEEDLES. 'V
. "" 7r •. \ M
| LACES, 1
3 WHITE HOOPS, g
t LINENS, 1
g IMBROIPERIE3. u
'' ' c
£ ■-■■■- - «
a. : g
® & foil assortment of the above on hand at LOW j*
© FBIOES, to whloh addiHone are made of all §
H NOVELTIES.
eeSS-tf . ,
“ 1024 OIUSBTNTJT BTBBSIT.
T\RY GOOPS FOR WINTER.
U Bep. Fopline,
French Merinos,
Colored MonsreUnes,
Foolt De Boies,
Fonlard Bilks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Bilks,
: Fanoy Bilks,
Black Bombasines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap do Baines,
Frenoh Chintses,
Shirting Flannels,
Sroche Shawls,
Fine Blankets,
Crib Blankets.
BHABPLESS BBOTHEBB,
noll-tf OHEBTHPT and EIGHTH Streets.
WOOLENS.
ladies’ Cloakings of every description.
Black Beavers and Tricots.
Frosted Beavers from 88 to 83.60
Union Beaverß, good weight and oheap
Fine Black Olothe, Extra fine heavy (Moths.
low-pricedjOloahings and Overcoatings.
FANCY CASBIHEBES
And Black from 8T cents to 82. •
Casolmeres, extra fine stock, from SI to 81.33.
-- Boys’ Oasslmerfß, low-priced goods.
BMMOBAL3. .
large lota at wholesale and retail.
010 AK AND BHAWI BOOM.
Fine Cloaks, ready-made or made to order.
Seasonable Shawls for Ladies and Hiaaes.
BOYS’ OIOTHINO.
Overcoats, Jackota, Pants, Suite made to order.
COOPER & CONABD,
no6-tf S. H. eorner NINTH and MABEET Streets.
H STEEL & SON HAVE JUST
, received, fremNewYork, a few choice lots of
PINE IMPORTED DBE3S GOODS.
Wide fancy Bilks, very riah styleß.
Bich figured Brown Silks, a great variety of tbeae very
jcarce and desirable Silks.
A great variety of Fancy SUks, atlow prices.
Bich Binred Black Bilks, from 81 to 82,
Yard- wide Plain Black Silks, at @l.
Black Bilks, all widtbß and rwaUtles, at
YEBY BOW PRICES.
Bich shades, Brown, Bine and Green.
PLAIN IRISH POPLINS.
Bilk and wool and all-wool French Poplins.
A choice lot of new Plaid Alpacas.
8100 PRINTED MERINOEB.
BIOH PRINTED M&.GKJSTA CLOTH.
Bich printed all-wool Delaines, at 62Jfo. worth 870.
SHAWLS, SOABFfI, AND OLOAK3.
Broehe and Plaid Blanket Shawls.
Bich Chaine Lalne Broche Shawls.
Striped Shawls of-every variety. ■
Merino Scarfs, Broche and Ohaine Laine Borders.
Habit and Water-proof Cloth Cloaks. .
800 SHEPHEBD PLAID LONG SHAWLS, at 54.25,
worth *6.
713 North TENTH Street, above Coates.
fIHOICIS DRY GOODS—Just re
cdyed.
Brown FopUoa, Plain and Figured.
Brown Wool Poplins, Double Width.
- Merlnoea of all Shades.
Wool D’Lainea, Plain and figured.
Cotton and Wool D’Laines—a nice line,
figured Merlnoea.
A. full Une of Plain Shawls.
A foil line of Gay Shawls.
One lot of Black Figured Mohairs, at SBc.
Six lota of Brown Alpacas, choice.
A fall line of Caseiraeroa
A fall line of Testing.
BURNISHING PRY GOO OS.,
JO Fine Marseille* Quilts in Pink, Bine, and Whits.
Dimity, Allendale, and Honey Comb Counterpanes,
v Blankets for Beds, Cribs, and Berranig’,rise.
Sheetings and Pillow osae Muslins, all widths. .
Flannels, both Colored and White, of all makes.
Woolen Floor Druggets, So. ' _
BHBPPABD, YAH BABLIHGBH, & ABRISOH,
no4-l'2trj . « - 1008 CHESTNUT Btraet.
PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1862.
®| 1 1) ns s;
New Publications.
Before we discuss books, let us consider the itn
plcmoi.t without which it would bo Very difficult to
produce them. It is probable that the improve
ments in metallic pens have tended to increase the
number of-books. In the old time, when Scott and
Byron reigned supreme, quill-pens of various sorts
were almost exclusively used, and, : as autograph
collectors know, the handwriting varied very much-
in the same letter. Byron’s ragged scrawl is note-'
rious. Moore, a very neat writer, must have used
a crow’s-quill pen, and George IV, whoso “ psa
cook letters ” gave a sort of dignity to his bold sig
nature, .ecrta'nly used a swan’s-qaill. As reoentiy
as July, 1825, the late Professor J.IV. Alexander,
of Princeton, asked a correspondent, “ Pray, can
you recommend me any of the steel pens which are'
advertised ? I shall want such a fan?] utensil in
travelling.” This shows how recently the article;
had got into use. Twenty-four years later, Dr;
Alexander wrote: “ A quill-pen begins a letter
like a pen, continues it like a pin, and ends it like
a shaving-brush.” The misfortuno is, that it
continually requires ; to be mended, and even:
when a sharp knife is at hand, not every
writer has acquired the art of paring, split
ting, and nibbing. The Ateel pen usually is
corroded by the ink, before it is past service, and
in return gives out so much oxide of iron to the
writing-fluid as to convert the flowing liquid into
a dark-hued mud —to the waste of ink and temper.
Within our own reoollection the pride of steel pens
has descended from sixpence a piece to sixpence a
gross. The’ fountain-pens, which ware popular a:
few years ago, but speedily got out of repair, were
invented and failed in England as far back as 1830.
Pens are. made of various materiiils, including
india-rubber, which last pen. is pleasant to write
with, as it very freely runs ovor -the paper, but,'
from the impossibility of being finely slit, writes
ooarsely. Various metals have for pen-
making—steel, brass, silver, gold, and an alloy of
gold and silver. The gold pens axe the best. Some-
times the nibs axe tipped with precious stones—:
ruby being most common; sometimes with rho?
dium; sometimes with platinum. The essentials:
of a gold pen, (which is the cheapest in the end, as
it will last for years, if taken care of,) are du
rability, elasticity, lightness, and capability of
writing clearly
catching or sticking into the paper. It also,
gives- a certain uniformity of appearance to the
writing, as the Twentieth sheet does not show
a darker or coarser writing than the' first;
One of our own life-troubles has been to get a
pen which is good at starting and will remain con
tinuously in proper condition. For the last two
months we have been satisfied, and have been li
mited to a gold pen, with an Iridosmin point-, with
which (as the compositors will gratefully aoknow :
ledge) we write with an cron legibility not always
attainable by aid of other pens. Oar jewel of a gold
pen was manufactured by Mr. A. MortOD, the cele
brated manufacturer in New York,and, we shall
be surprised if, even with the hard work we put it
to, it does not keep in good condition for years.
From pens to books is a natural ascent. Not
withstanding the augmented price of the materials
'of book-making—paper, ink. prepared calico, paste
board, and gold-leaf—the selling rate'of books has
not yet been advanced, nor their number much
checked. We have before us a batch of volumes
just published by Harper and Brothers, and shall
briefly notice them.
Tho Life of 13dward Irving, Minister of the Na
tional Scotch Church, London, is an octavo volume
of 627 pages, by Mrs. Ohpbant, hitherto chiefly
known as a superior writer -of fiction, but entitled,
by this work, to rank still higher. Illustrated as
this biography of Irving is from'his own corre
spondence and journals, it is eminently authentic,
and shsws a man of piety and of undoubted genius’
who, though his mind latterly was warped, was a
Christian, in heart and deed, from -first to last.
Born in August, 1792, and dying in his prime, he
yet filled a large space in the world’s consideration
for the last twelve years .of his life--namely, from
his advent in London, in 1822, as a preacher, to
his death, in December, 1834, at Glasgow ; his;
mind clear to Jar..wnfc
his genius, for it - was all that, as a preacher,
seemed liko an inspiration. We knew him. well,
and heard from him, two years before his death,
that, at no time during his ministry, not even in
his early popularity in London, did his annual in
come exoeed $1,500. The money-getting Beedhers
and. Hawks, of our time and country, would de-
spise audit scanty remuneration as this; -but Irving
was a man of simple tastes, few wants, and no pre
tence. This biography of Irving may be thought
too bulky, but, on perusal, we can not point out
where it could be abridgednot in Mrs. Oli-
phant’s earnest and satisfactory, certainly nor in
Irving’s own, letters and journals.
(author of the anti-Catholic letters signed “Kir
wan,” which caused a sensation in their day,) is.
from the pen of a ready writer, Samuel Ireumus
Prime, who knew him well. The career of
Murray was so unchecked by incident that its story
might have been told in a score pages. A poor
% Irish lad, he was fortunate ®n arriving in New
York, forty-five years ago. in< obtaining employ
ment from then laboriously found
ing that immense establishment which has done so
much for distributing good literature, at low prices,
all over this country. In a short time the lad gra
dually received serious impressions, and from being
a careless Catholic was converted into an inquiring
Protestant, patronized, educated, and sent to the
University For some time he was travelling agent
for the American Tract Society. In 1821 he was 1
licensed as a preacher by the Presbytery of Phila- ,
delphia, and received a call to the church :S of .
Wilkesbarre and Kingston. Declining various
calls to other places, he accepted the pastoral charge
of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New
Jersey, in the summer ®f 1833, where he continued
until his death in February, 1861, in the fifty-ninth
year of his age. The only incident of public inte- :
rest in his life was his writing two series of letters,-
attacking the Homan .Catholic Church, addressed!
to Archbishop Hughes, and signed “ Kir wan.” In
these he assailed Catholicity as idolatrous, and his
biographer speaks of “ the wiles of a false reli
gion,”—on which tho late Dr. J. W. Alexander
says, “ The Papist creed does contain—shrouded ja ; .
great superstition, Iconfess—butstiUitdoesoontaiO, .
the great fundamental saving truths of the Bible”
Mr. Prime’s book, to swell it to the proper extent,
is crowded with sketches of Dr. Murray’s friends or ■
contemporaries, and long letters from many of tiem
highly eulogistic of " Kirwan.” It was his biegra
pher’s duty to have sifted the grain out of all jthls,
verbose chaff, and spared his readers the.tireiome
reiteration of personal praise. Loiters, Some of
them occupying many pages, from clergymen, (Ma
gee, Cory, Sheddan, Sprague, Edgar, Gibson, {Rein
hart, Chiokering, Childs, Janeway, Schenek,) and
from; Mesdames Duncan and Jones, largely occupy -
these pages—most of thorn saying the earns thing
over and over again—very pleasant testimonials
for Dr. Murray’s, surviving family, but tedious to
Hie general reader. Mr. Prime needlessly 'givis a
sketch of the Rev. M. J. Rimes, simply because
his daughter was married to Dr. Murray, and also
of Mr. Kirwan, the celebrated Irish proacier—bo-. •
cause Dr, Murray wrote ever the signature of
“Kirwan.” We should say that the character
sketch of Archbishop Hughes, to whom the letters
were addressed, was needless, but for'its being re
markably well written. It is forcible and accurate,
and no Catholic can object to Mr. Primers able esti
mate of the great politico -polemic- We cannot con
ceal the fact that this biography of “Kirwan” is
an instance of book-making. Because Dr., Murray
was minister in Elizabethtown, Mr. Prime gives us
- twenty-eight pages of its clerical history. Mr.
Prime, whose; travels are excellent reading, has
written so many successful books, 'that even a
failure like this, which would crush an unknown'
author, will not much affect him—except by giving
him a lesson in life-taking. The grandiose style,
too,, might be advantageously abated. Judiciously
treated, the Life of Dr. Murray might have made a
readable volume of one hundred and fifty pages,
-instead of a diffuse extension to four hundred and'
- thirty-eight. A fine portrait of Dr. Murray is the
suitable frontispiece. ‘ . . ....
Of all liviDg English novelists, next to Charles
Dickens, assuredly Anthony Trollope is the' most
natural. Deficient in the racy humor of “ Boz,”
he has a finer instinct in developing character
rather by what his men and women do than by
what they Say. He is dramatic, and well skilled in
keeping the mystery, which is,the key-stone of his
plot, well-hidden to the end. “Orley Farm,”
which has been reproduced, in monthly portions, in
Harper's Magazine, with'illustrations by J. E.
Millais,'the great pre-Raphaelite painter, is now
published-in a handsome octavo volume, and will
find at least as; many readers as any of Mr. Trol
lope’s former productions; it deserves, to have;
more, for, as a whole, it is the host of his works.
In some of tkem incidents of more pregnant inte
rest may be found, and here and there a more
original character, (such as rich Miss Dunstable,
in “Framley Parsonage ;”) but, >»s a sketch of
middle-class English life, of the -higher order,
commend us to “ Orley Farm.” Iu the whole
range of Anglo-American literature, for our novel
. ists also must bo included, there is no better or
more delicate pen-drawing than that of old Sir
Peregrine Orme; he is a thorough gentleman, oven
in his passionate regard for Lady Mason, the hero
, ine of Use tale.
fJOHN H. BTOKFB,
70S ABOH Street
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1862.
and rapidly, without, its; nib
Memoirs of the Rev. .Nicholas ..Murray, D. D.,
Marcius Willson, whose School and Family
Readers are by far the best of their class, has
brought out a “ Manual of Information and Sag-,
gestions for Object Lessons, in a Course of Ele
mentary Instruction.”, This !b a book literally de
omnibus rebus, giving information on a great va
riety of subjects, and in away to be understood
and. remembered, by making sight and touch assist
in communicating material facts to the mind. The
book is s ightly illustrated, and has a copious
index. ■
Their Handbook for Travellers in Europe and
the East, by W. P. Fetridge, being a deserved
success, Messrs. Harper have planted their flag
on other lands and thus extended their dominion.
They have brought out, with two maps and thirty
one neat engravings on wood, the second edition,
revised and corrected, of Dr. F. N. Otis’ “ Illns
tfated History of the Panama Railroad.” It re
lates why and where, how and when, the railroad
was made from tho Atlantic to the Pacific shore,
'ana the engravings Bhow the, leading objects of, in
terest on the route.,. Further, it gives a great deal
of valuable' information for the shipper and the
traveller, concerning the various lines of steam
and rail communication connecting with the road-
Lastly, it gives an acoeunt of the countries border
ing on the Pacific coast, doing business with the
United Stateß and Europe over the Panama Rail
road, with the expenses usually , incurred in com
mercial transactions with them. These are the.
Republics of Costa Rioa, Nicaragua, San Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras, in Central America;
New, Granada, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili,
in South America; and Mexico, California, Oregon,
Vancouver, British Columbia, and Washington
* Territory, in North America. To persons disposed
to travel, but especially to-The commorcial world,
this book, which is well written, will :be ef infinite
value.
. “A System of Logic, comprising a Discussion of
the various means of Acquiring and Retaining
Knowledge, and Avoiding Error, by P. McGregor,
A. M.,” is also from the press of Messrs. Harper.
Including .a: groat variety of subjects, connected
with the science and art of reasoning, this book
while it covers a larger field of thought and investi
gation than usual, is yet tho briefest treatise on
Logic, as well as fullest, wo have yet encountered.
It consists, of. an Introduction, followed by five
treatises. 1. Of the ultimate sources and elements
of knowledge, and the primary processes by which
it is acquired and retained : 2. Of the principles
&d methods of-investigation: 3. Of Fallacies: 4.
ABpecial Survey of the principal branches of Know-
ledge: 5. Of the retention; of Knowledge. There
are also fourteen pages of Notes, and an Index
habpily so copious that it extends over twenty
pages. We highly recommend this system of Logic
to Students and all other Knowledge-seekers.
LETTER FROM JP ARSON B ROWNLO W.
Frcm Chicago—The Result of the Election—
j Cassius M. Clay Delivers a Speech—What the
; Parson Thinks oi Him—Why the Election
was Lost—What the People Demand anil
: Pxpect—Vfhat Should be Done—What the
President will have to Contend Against.
- , Chicago, November 10,1882.
• Jt» the Editor of t The Frees:
Sib : The weather, for this latitude, is delightful, and this
city is Quiet, the.excitement growing out of the election
having subsided. ‘ Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, the Union can
didate for Congress, has been re elected by the decided
rosijerity of 1,740 votes. This result is a terrible rebuke
to the blackguard of the t-bicago Timtz, and to the
Hortheru traitors who sympathize with the rebellion.
I beard the Hon. Oassluß M. Olay, at Bryan Hall, on
Saturday night, upon- his-favorite theme of emaucipa-
Hon. His address exceeded an hour, bF a few minutes,’
land w»b throughout greeted with hearty applause. He
is a very sensible and blear-headed man, but not as fide
a speaker as I expected to hear. He speaks too rapidly,
and dees not give sufficient time to breathe between his
.sentences. -He is a very fine-looking man, personally,
’land looks to be at least twelve, years younger than he is.
■He is fifty-two years old. He is a very agreeable mania
the social circle—converses fluently, and is interesting
upon any and all subjects. Ho Is blessed with a noble
constitution,; and. bids fair to live many years. Any
stranger, not acquainted with Mm, but being a judge of
,-bumsn nature, .would at once set him down for a man of
great moral and personal conrage.
i The result of the elections in these Northwestern Btates
Js ike topic among all elapses of mem and will be the oo
casipq of great rejqicingin the Southern Confederacy,
I have taken some trouble to look into the cause, and my
oily astonishment is that the Union candidates held their
.own as well as they did. or that as many of them were
successful at.tfie polls! Of 100,000 voters in the army
(jronilllinois, I have no doubt that 75,000 of them would;
tmvß vbted'tlb Union ticket, had they boon at homo. In.
-fgance.a few faots in lowa * There provision was made
.their-votes by regimenls. and, the result was.that they
voted.the Union ticket. I conversed with two of these
commissioners,'who informed'me that in one regiment
the t'cffus Democracy got Jive 'votes, and in another sixty
votes! ■■ ' '
Here, in the Stateß, thousands who voted with these
miserable sympathizers, were carried away by the charm
ed name of Democracy, and they did not intend te vote
against the war, the Government, and the country - ) as in
reality they have done The democratic leaders and
candidates have declared themselves for the war, and
promised, if elected, to.prosecute it with mere, vigor than
the party in power, are doing.
, Then, thousands of what are called Bepnblicna voters
voted for.the Democratic ticket, as a rebnko to the Ad
ministration for its war policy—l mean its tardy conduct
of the war. All hands concede that President Lincoln
is honest and patriotic, bnt they comp'atn bitterly that
he has exercised too much leniency and forbearance to
wards the rebels. They complain that his generals in
'command,-are too sioie—that tho achievements on the
part of our, arms have not been eoaal to the men and
money consumed, and that the President has consulted
all the parlies, for advice, and been too much influenced
by those, who were either selfish in their objects, or se
cretly in sympathy with the rebellion. The eontimont of
the real people is, that we must have a change of policy,
and a change of men.
Loud complain's are made against some of the Cabinet
officers, for their false notions of a conservative policy.
The people, syej the very people who elected Ur. Lincoln,
demand three achievements at once, and they will not be
satisfied without them. One is the capture of Bichmqnd,
the other is the seizure and occupation of East Tenues*
see. and the other Is the opening of the Mississippi river
to its month. The loyal people cf the Northwestern
States are far in advance of .the President and his Cabi
net, and even his army officers: The people demand that
an army shall be marched through the .States now in re
bellion, to confiscate the property 5f rebels, of whatever
name or nation, and to call upon Union men ever; where
the army passes, to rally around the national standard.
I have defended the President in every speech I have
mate, and excused, as bestl could, his forbearance poli
cy; but I vehture' the prediction, that if twelve months
more of the slow, do-nothing policy of the past shall be
carried out, that the Administration will not be able to
carry one State in the Union. Tho people are sick and
tired of this tame policy of the Government, and ofjthe
«rtf ping negligence ofthe men in commandoi tho army.
There is ah end to human endurance, and that end haß
been reached by the people at home. Action is now the
word. The people do not doubt bnt what Mr. Lincoln 1b
honeet, patilotic, and zealous in the cause of his country,
butthey doubt his having enough of the backbone that
characterized Old Hickory Jackson. They want him to
run roughshod over tho do-nothing advice of a portion
of his Cobinet officers, and to spuria the counsels of all
peace-making'demBgognes, The conhtry calls for war
in earnest, or peace upon rome terms, the most honorable
that can be obtained.. At any rate, all true friends of
the Administration demand that the old policy of inac
tion and neglect in the field shall give way to new and
energotio measures. And If there is not a visible chance,
without further delay, al! tho journals in the country
can’t save the present Administration from going by the
board.
The friends of the tfnion, and of tho President and his
Cabinet, owe It to the one, to the other, and te themselves,
to speak out plainly, and to do it before it Is too late. Let
the Government at Washington feel, what every man of
sente who mixes, with the' people in the States sees,
himely, that nothing short of a series or vigorous and
comprehensive measures instantly inaugurated, and firmly
carried out by the President and bis chief officers in
command, can save the country from disunion, and the
North from disgrace, which would surely follow the
achievement of Southern Independence.
The men elected to Congress in the severaUoyal States,
a few days since, falsely called Democrats, sire pledged to
the vigorous prosecution of the war, until thß rebellion is
crashed out, and the political unit; of the oonntry is re
stored. In many easesthese piedges were.intended to de
ceive, and they were successful in humbugging honest
voters. ThOfPresident, by.means. of this deception, will
be made to-contend against a powerful and openly dis
loyal force, a set of, bad-men in sympathy with the
Southern leaders, aa soon as the next Congress shall meet,
The people placed confidence In- the sincerity of these
bad men, were deceived by. the charmed name of D&ino~ ■
fcnd coat their votes according. «o their convictions
of right. n v : .' , , • ’
r There exists ft deep-laid scheme to defeat, this Govern
ment hereat the North, and the programme of treason
is widening and deepening dally, whilst the leaders.at the
South are kept posted in all these movements of Northern
traitors. These allies cf- JtffdJavis are becoming more
bold every day, and more fierce and out* spoken in their
advocacy of treason They have their newspapers in
lowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, In
diana, Ohio, Pennsylvania* New Jersey, Delaware, New
York, Connecticut, and other States, penetrating all the
various ramifications of society, and talking out treason,
rank and infamous They-bave grown insolent since the
fall elections, and now wage war against the Government
in a defiant tone. And>whafc ia strange, the Government
tamely submits to their hostility. That many of these
papers are in the pay ofrthe Southern Confederacy, I,
have no doubt,'and hence the game of. treason is,a deep
one, well playedoufc. . The liouitville papers speak of
the arrest of a man in that city, by Gen Boyle, wh© had
in bis possesßion SISO,COQ, which he alleged was the mo
ney of loyal persons in Augusta, Georgia, who had. em
ployed - him to bring it North and deposit in bank'; for
them! Will any sane man believe one word,of this story !
That amount of money would-sustain a half dozen of
these fory papers at the North for another year. _ f
X repeat, a deep game ia being played out by the South
and her Northern allies, and I warn all true men, of ail
parties, against th6ir machinations. Backed up.with that
infamous organfzailon, the of the Golden Circle,
these traitors" have now got a network spread over th
entire nation, so minute in details; and'so.ihexpUoftble in*
its n atm e, that even tho devil, with all his arts Land sub- .-
tlety, could not elude their grasp. Northern Demporacy
are falHng into.it by thousands.' Thousands* of them are
honest, and deceived,*'having ho idea of the extent and
purpose of the conspiracy they are going thou
sands'of there voters are acting iu good-fouh to-:
wards the Federal Government, and if. had the most
dutant Idea thatthey are going gradually, but certainly;
into the victorious camps of Jeff- they would in
dlgnaatly oeassr to beco-workers with Bqch traitors M
are now leading them astray. ?
Mr. Editor, warn.tbe honest raassts against faMoa teto
ihe web ihese vile leaders have woven for then), and ex
hort tbfui) whils'they may, to extricate themselves from
the abyss of rain into whloh they are unßonscioualy
yl'anging themtelvea and thoir oonntry !
Intending to leave on tho tralu.for Oinoiopaii, ■ •
lemj&o., - St BBPVFSLOW.
The Reported Invasion of Pennsylvania
Untrue—How the People of Chambers
bjirg were Frightened.
[Special Correspondence of The-Press ]
OHAMBBBSBuae, Nov. 11,1862.
To-day our staid old borough was a scene of confusion
and panic almost indescribable. About four o’clock P.
M. a man and horse came dashing into town, a la 2 40,
with Hie report of rebels advancing on the road from
Mercersburg to this place. Yeeuvius and Etna'. what' a
heliebaloo enßned. The town at the lima was well filled
with conntry people and their teams,, and immedi
ately an evacuation was inaugurated, such as has
Dover been witnessed in the annals of Ghambersburg.
The avenues leading from the town were literally filled
with horses, carriages, wagons, and mounted :non, u flee
ing to the monntaine,’tin order to save valuable horses.
Ha ving had a tSBto of rebel rule, ,a Short time since, onr
citizens were determined not to be taken by surprise
again, and ail were on the q.ui vivo. The engines at the
depot were “fired np,” the commissary stores lately
shipped to this place' from Hagerstown were loaded on .
cars, and all were ready for an early departure, in order
to cheat the beau chivalry of their Intended spoils
Mounted patrols and scon’s were sent out In everv di
rection, eo as to give timely notice of the hear approach
of the <* rebs.” Merchants were hastily secreting thsir
most valuable goods, and, in fact, almost everybody had
something to hide: . One man was butchering swine, aud
another was boiling apple butter. Pork and apple batter
were both hidden in.tbe cellar. Stores and offices were
closed, and the occupants were all in the public sonars,-
with hundreds of others looking for or anxious
to ;; hear of the approach or nen approach of
the invader. The crinolifcmina portion of the population
were in'a decided ferment, and from the happy smiles
and joyouß faces of the loyal fair ones of this place, one
would imagine they would not be averse to -another visit
by the gallant sons of the F. F. Vs.- Instead of fright
ened faces, all seemed to enjoy, the fan, and every one
seemed disposed to laugh at each other's fears. Seme of'
the young folks (females) walked out to meet them, and
one lassie declared “ she didn’t core if they did come, for
she thought the rebels . were real nice fellows, and right
clever, too, for the last time they were here they let her
pap keep bis horse, and it was blind at that.”
But the grand skedaddling of the militia from Gamp
McOlme was’.the, mott ludicrous scene in the pro.
gramme. As eoon as the news became known at camp
the greatest excitement prevailed. Some were for fight
and many for rnn. One fellow said: “ Bally for old
Jackson; now we’ll be paroled.” Colonel WiestHngs
gave the order to break tip camp, and in ten minutes
every tent was level with the ground.;: About half the
men filed in good order into town, but the remaining half
scattered in glorious confusion over fences, a'one walls,
through woods and creeks, towards their homes, their
progress somewhat expedi’ed by the reports of several
muskets fired by some of the guards.. Those who got
, into town took a position in the public sauare, and, as
they bad no fire- arms, of course presented a very daring
and opposing frent . At five F. M;,'a party of would-be
heads of the town rede out the Pittsburg pike in order, I
suppose, to meet and negotiate, and stipulate for an
honorable surrender of the town, as they did once before.
After proceeding a mile or two, the? came to a dead halt
Bnd held a council of war. One party was for go on and
the other go back. ’ Go: on carried the day, and they, pro
ceedid,.at a cautions rate, for another mile, stopping
about fifty times in that distance to stretch their necks,
and strain tbeir vision, over the “ distent hills,” in order
to get a glimpse, IT possible, of the advance guard of the
minions of Jeff Bavis; but no rebels were in sight. The
tramp of the invader was notto be heard. So—right about
face, end off they eel for town, at a rate that would have
themed John Gilpin. By' this time it leaked out, and
wes whispered round that it was all a hoax. Many and
loud were the curstß heaped upon the head of the per per
tretor of the sell it was.' Militia started fo
esmp, and citizens dispersed for their homes, and soon
“ not a sound was heard” to mar. the silence which
' reigned about the town, save the distant shout of some
bewildered and drunken soldier, on bis way to camp. At
no time—not even excepting the advent of Stuart's Ca
valry—did our town present a scene of such otter confu
sion as baa reigned supreme for the laßl few bourn. ■
B E. S. ■
THE PIRATE ALABAMA
Full Particulars of the Capture of the Ship
‘ -Tonavranda—Journal of the Voyage, and
Incidents of the Capture.
[From the New, York Herald of yesterday.] ,
The following highly interesting letter from one of the
passengers of the Tonawanda will be perused with more
than ordinary interest. The ship sailed from Philadelphia
oh the 80th of September, with a orew of thirty-live men
and seventy-five passengers, four of whom were in the
eabiD, viz.: F. A, Calhoun, of St. Louis, W. T. Hacker,
' orPhiladelphla, W. L of Philadelphia, Henry
McKay, of New York. '
The Tonawanda arrives at Liverpool at 3 o’clock on
the afternoon of the 27th of October.
, The following is the tetter from one of her passengers:
ACCOUNT OF THE SEIZURE OF THE SHIP TONA
VTANDA BY THE REBEL STEAMEE ALABAMA
(290) AT SEA, OCTOBER 9, 1802, BY ONE OF
THE PASSENGERS OF THE TONAWANDA.
The ship Tonawanda, Oapt. Theodore Julius, is the
largest vessel oftbe well- known lino of Oops Brothers, of
Philadelphia. Her measurement is 1,204 tons. She sailel
from Philadelphia on the 80th of September, at half past
two o’clock P. M , but, owing to adverse winds and
tides, did not discharge pilot and leave the Capes of the
Delaware until half past ! F.'M.VOotober 3.
. {(OTOBBit 9,—We had most favorable weather, nothing
of consequence trahssiring until to-day, whioh opened
i with a very light west wind, almosta-calm, increasing.
I - 30~sejerses~30 tmmsT63 J 'iongttuae'~we3t~Bi aegreesnsu ~
minutes, we espied to the southweßt, making for us, a
suspicious steamer, exchanging color salutes when two ‘
or three miles apart. She displayed the “British white
erms of Bt. George,” we running up the Stars and Stripes,
whereupon she immediately fired a blank cartridge to
bring ns to. • •
After laying to ttwaß not long before we discovered her
true colors, the stars and bars (which were suddenly run
up amidst the smoke of her gas) divulging her a rebel
steamer. She was soon alongside, and lowering a boat,
containing two officers and four sailors, uniformed muoh
the same as our own United States officers and Bailors,
each armed with a cutiass and pistol, boarded and de
clared ua a “prize to the Confederate States man-of-war
Alabama (290), Captain Bemmes.”
Captain Julius was! ordered aboard with his papers,'
where he was detained several hours, the Tonawanda re
maining in charge of the offioars who boarded us. In the
meantime another vessel hove in Bight, to which she (the
Alabama) gave. chase, we following inher.wake ~ The
vessel was soon brought to and boarded; but provingHo
be a British bi ig was not molested, but permitted to
proceed on her conrse. Capt. - Julia's-was: temporarily
released, and returned to bis ship by authority of Oapt.
Semrnes, to resume command, the officers and men re
turning to the privateer.
We are ordered to keep alongside and follow her; the
next American vessel overhauled we expect to be trans
ferred to, snd the Tonawanda burned. Captain Julius,
however, gave a ransom bond, payable at the end of the
war, which Captain fcendmestook only on account of the
women and children passengers, about fifty in number,
which are evidently a puzzler for him! He consider s our
vessel too valuable a prize to let off, and if he decides to
hum her he promises to return the bond. The necessary
bond and ail the ship’B papers being in possession of the
privateer, we may possibly bo allowed to proceed in the
morning.
Ootobkb 10.—The privateer still to the windward,
keeping a sharp lookout after us. We have been in hopes
to lose her in the night, hut no such good luck was in
store for us. •
At twelve o’clock H. wo were signalized to close up,
as she desired to send a boat to us The summons was
promptly obeyed, and two officers boarded ua with in
structions for Captain Julius to again report immediately
on board the privateer, with a change of clothing and
blanket. Ho therefore returned in the officers’ boat with
them, very much to the grief of all on hoard the Tonar
wanda. We were also'ordered to launch our quarter
boats to bring off the prisoners from the privateer. This
wss immediately done, and the prisoners were soon trans
ferred to us. They consisted 5 of Captain Harmon and
twelve men.of the hark Wave Crest, from New York to
Cardiff, eight days out, burned at sea by the privateer
oh theffth instant, in latitude 40 25, longitude 54.25, at
five o’clock P. M.; also, Captain Johnson and seven men
oi the brig Dunkirk, from New York to Lisbon, eight
days out, horned at sea by the privateer on the same day,
in latitude 40 30, longitude .54.20, at nine o’clock P. M. .
These men were held aB prisoners onboard the Ala
bama, being confined in a small .space of about twenty,
feet iquare, on deck, all heavily ironed—officers and men
alike. The poor '.fellows, mostly respectable men, were
very glad of their release, which, as we are shit in tow of
the privateer, may be only temporary. Boon afterlife
were boarded by another boat’s crew,, bringing the cap
tain’a clerk of the privateer, who, before returning to his
vessel, paroled all oh board the Tonawanda, except the
passengers, with whom no Interference as yet has taken
place. This operation over, she immediately headed to
the westward, with a fair wind, and full head of speed
under sail, ordering us ,to follow close after, which, as
they held our five captains as hostage, we did with a
perfect looseness, crowding the Tonawanda with sail
until she fairly bounced through the water, the sea being
quite heavy. <" :
At 11 o’elook P. M., clear moonlight, the privateer
brought to a ship bound eastward, which, proving to be
a German vessel, was allowed to pursue, her course'. We
retired verF late, being fagged oat with anxiety and un
easiness about our fate. Her ; Intention is undoubtedly
to hold on to us until site falls in with'another vessel,
. which, if more ..valuable than ours, , will he destroyed,
putting the men and passengers on board this ship; if,
however, ours be the most valuable, it will have to be
burned instantly. This seems to be the
opinion of all on hoard.. It Is gratifying to know that,
notwithstanding <he inducements offered by the officers
and men of the privateer, every one of onr men refused
emphatically to join or have any thing, to do with them
October 11.—This morning finds us still in the wake
of the privateer, who continues to hold our captain as
hostage, nothing of consequence transpiring beyond fol
lowing her: on her . westward course, until three o’clock
P. M., latitude 4125, longitude 35.51, when ,we fell in
with a sbipi which proved to be the splendid fall-rigged
ship Manchester, Capt. Landerkin; from New .York to
Liverpool, six.days ont, laden with grain and cotton, the
whole valued at nearly 5280,000.
The usual treacherous form of seizure was gone through
with, and! she was . soon a prize , to the “ Oonfederate
mah-of war Alabama.”- After being condemned,
which occupied only about thirty minutes, her. captain
and crew, consisting altogether of twenty-three men,
were ti ansferred :to us with their baggage, and, about
nine o’clock F. M., she was consigned to the flames.
The privateer then signalized us to “ wear ship ” and
follow him,-which we did; losing-sight of the ill fated
Manchester about half past two A. M., whioh at that
time continued to illuminate tho horizon.
Wo have bean somewhat encouraged as to onr fate by
a letter from Captain Jolius, on board the privateer to
his soil, first mate', and in charge of this vessel, stating
that we will be probably released in a day or two,after
they take a few more prizes and load us up wilh a few
more crewß. The female passengers hove been the means,.
thus far, of saving ns from a similar fate,to that of the
Manchester. We are all' very much, depressed and
shocked ai.tlie wanton manner in which this noble vessel,
has been sacrificed. Until w« fell In with the Manches
ter, this afternoon, we were’in terror all day of being
landed oh Sable Island, as oar course for seme time had
been nearly in that direction. We thought, pahaps,
that as he had no vessel to transfer ns to, he might land
us there, burn the ship, In' our view,: and let us. Bbift
for ourselves. This, however, has proved not to be his
intention. . „ - _■ , .
October 12 —This is Sunday; hnt all days are alike
on this unfortunate-cruise of. the Tonawanda. The day
closes without anything In particular transpiring, but
Increased anxiety. Not another sail has been In sight
ail day, although wa are right in the track of outward-‘
bound vessels. ■. ' . - . '
October 13,—TMs.is a continuance of,the bad weather
of yesteidayi’butmnph worse. A series of equalla from
the south have hunted us all day,making it very rough,
»nd disagreeable, paTtlcnlarly so as the privatoes-con
tinues his scourging course to the westward, unrelenting
‘ .in his determination to fire and destroy every thing he meets
American. At twelve o’clock' M., he SignaHaed us to
wear ship, signifying that ha rear a sail, which we soon
discovered from oqr masl’a.he&d tp.be coming from the
southwest, most probably ifrom New York. We got
around and joined him in the chase, during, whtch'a most
feariifisqnaU Btfnck . ua, and the atmosphere became so
thick with rain we would often lose sight of the privateer.
■ Clearing away somewhat, we found the privateer lying
to as if in distreia,tand the vessel, which was a large full
tigged ship, - rusbkag into hta araoe far 'the purpose, ho
doubt, of belting him. Buddealy the ship put about,
smelling a rat, ea we supposed, and steered for the north.
■To our surprise the privateer, Instead of giving ehase,
brace straight down for us, where we were hovote await
- ingHhe tsbbU. Qomibg wiihiu a short . dlfttance* boo
" hove to, launched a boat, and at five o’clook P, M. re
turned out captain to us, with, orders f® set sail and be
off oh our coarse. This occurred, and we iotfc tho Aja
tamo in latitude 40 degrees ID minutes, longitude 89 de
grees SB minutes,
TWO CENTS,
FROM GENERAL BURNSIDE’S ARMY.
An Advance Probable in a day or two—Move
ments of General Hooker--The Capture of
the Rappahannock Bridge—Scouting Far
...ties...
• . Wabkekton, Va , Nov, 10.
Bince the army reached Warrentcn it has been allowed
a short breathing sped, but it Is not likely that it will
remain motionless long at a time. Yesterday one divi
sion was preparing to move toward Warren ton Junction
to protect the railroad at that point. The necessary sup
plies are being transported to the army, and when it
again advances It will be witha view of meeting the ene
my in battle. Whether the rebels intend to make a stand
this ride of Gordonsville remains to be seen. The
Shenandoah river is about the litre of separation of the
two armies at the present writing. Our cavalry, how
ever, are on the alert, and it is probable that tn a few
boms the army, in force, will occupy the weßtom aide of
the river.
: Gen, Burnside’s headquarters remain at Warrenton.
The railroad is open to that point. The citizens of the
place did not extend a very cordial welcome to our
troops, having in mind, as many of them related to me,
the fact that upon a previous occupation of the town by
our men, their property was damaged to a fearful extent.
It is.unfortunate that a distinction is not made between
Union and rebel citizens. As it is, both classes suffer.
The Union seblimentis so much iu the minority that it is
almost impossible to discover it, consequently the soldiers
are not prone to give any inhabitant credit for Union
support or sympathy. The number of real Union peo
ple in Warrenton will not exceed a dozen, and, notwith
standing they have been greatly annoyed at different
times by our troops, they continue to cherish a good will
towards ns, and even ex-ert themselves to the utmost to
extend aid and informatton-
A prominent citizen informed me to- day that he had
learned, through rebel sources, of the arrival of Gaorge
N, Banders at Richmond.' How be succeeded iu passing
our lines is a mystery. It is reported that he entered the
office of the rebel Secretary of War in the garb of a sailor.
When the Secretary had despatched his business with
those who hßd previously claimed his attention, he
turned to Sanders, and asked what he could do for him.
Sanders replied that perhaps he was able to do something
for him (the Secretary.) ..He then made himself known,
and a long conversation ensued between the two. It is
understood that Sanders .assured the Secretary that
JEnglandwas ready to interfere in: behalf of the South
whenever Jeff Davis intimated' his readiness for that"
event.. ■ ■ . ■. ..
General Hooker and staff will arrive' here "to-morrow.
General Hooker will take command of the Fifth army
corps, formerly commanded by Gen oral Fitz John Por
ter. It is thought that the advance movement will be
"pushed with vigor during the next few days,' Whether
or not we have a battle, depends upon the action of the"
rebels. If they make a ttand, we shell attack them. If
they run from us, all we can do will be fo follow them
up, and harass their rear, unless we can also succeed in
getting on their flank, in which case a battle would bo
inevitable. : ,
Warrenton, Ya, Nov. IF—Strong reconnoitring
parties have been constantly kept in advance of the main
army. On Saturday Pleasanton’soavalry, with a bat
tery, were advanced to the right, as the head of the
Column' arrived here. They went to the extreme right,'
and have been occupying Freeman’s Ford, some nine
miles above Bappahannock Station. The river is,' as yet,
at a tow stage, and as fordable as it was in August. This,
of course, increases the difficulty of guarding it.
Bayard’s cavalry, with Taylor’s brigade of infantry,
marched to Bappahannock Station. They had with them
Captain Gibson’s battery of regulars They arrived at
the bridge on Sunday nfght, and found the enemy’s ca
valry, with one piece of artillery, encamped on the oppo
site Bide of the river, commanding the bridge. So at
tempt had been made to destroy it Captain Gibson
shelled their camp—the rebels running away and leaving
camp-fires burning, and their prepared supper uneaten.
General Bayard remained and occupied the position aii
day Monday, and then retired to oamp, leaving one sec
tion of battery and. a Equad of cavalry on picket. The
bridge at the railroad crossing is in our possession. The
only firing has been an occasional shell exchanged from
opposite sides of the river. ' On Sunday; Sergt. Bobersoa,
of Oapt. Gibson’s battery, received a slight wound in the
left cheek, from a fragment of shell, while serving at the
guns. The sergeant seems a'cool and brave man. He
has been five years in the regular service, and has re--
enlisted for the war. , .
During Sunday a squadron of Bayard’s cavalry, were
sent to scout through the country, and wsre fired on by
em*ll roaming parties of guerillas, mounted, and dres3sd
in citizens clothes Among the rebel prisoners recoatly
captured was oce.mouiited on a fine horse, who had hts
horse shot before he would surrender. The five officers
belongingto Longstreet’g staff who were captured and
brought to headquarters included a Lieut. Col. Blunt,
already referred- to.- GeneraV Averiil’s-cavalry occupy
Kelly’s Ford. Cannonading was heard in that direction
from 10 o’clock yesterday until 3 o’clock I’.' M, ’ The
weather continues very fine. No movemeni of the army
Is yet apparent. Affaire are assuming shape under the
new regime. — N. Y. Times.
FROM GEN. ROSECRANS’ ARMY.
Review, of General Rousseau’s Division—A
Novelty in the Undertaking Line.
A Bowling Green fetter to the Cincinnati Times, dated
November 8, communicates the following items of news:
Yesterday the division of troops forming the comm and
of General Bosuseau r (at present stationed in the vicinity
of Bowling Green) were reviewed by General Boaecrans
.The day was cold and stormy, commencing with rain in
the morning, which soon, howeter, turned to snow.- At
the hour appointed,TO A. M., tbe entire command was
drawn up in line, in an open ploim.one mile from the
town, awaiting the arrival of the General Atthli rims
it was snowingquiie hard, aad many in the ranks doubted
the presence of their commander: Bnt these did not
know the man. They were early led to know that Gsse
ral Boßecrans was not the man to order out his troops to
any exposure that he was not willing to share In person
with them, as they had not long been in line before tha
announcement of the approach of the General passed
along the column. The General came riding through the
storm, habited in common “ BOger clothes ” No pom
pous hearings or, unnecessary trappings were to bs ob
served in bis presence. -
Be rode unostentatiously forward, accompanied by a
"‘—‘t 1 -".e-Li . -.aoc-t n] rm? the front of the
ceivcd him with vociferous-, cheers aa no passed from
regiment to regiment, until the whole were viewed. The
troops were then formed in columns of companies, and
after passing around in view of the General, they closed
column e» masse /the Generalthen stopped attho colors
of each regiment and m ido an off-hand and brief address
to those of each command. His remarks were plain and
unvarnished. He; spoke in a language which they all
nnderetood : telling them plainly what he desired them
to do and what be proposed to accomplish with their will
and courage. He’told them that when they were in lack
of requirements to immediately appeal to their Officers,
and they to their next in command until it should
finally reach to himself, and no pains or labor should be .
spared, on hie part, until their wants were supplied, were
he able to command it. The troops were all highly
pleased with the bearing and presenoe of thß General.
An ingenions and most singular dodgs has been adopted
by a tradesman of the town of Bowling Green for the
purpose of accommodating the weary and thirsty soldier,
and as well at the same time to lino his own pooketa with
the filtiij- lucre. ; The dodge Is this: Over the door-of a -
smallshop is to be Been the following sign : “ John Den
nis, cabinet-maker arid undertaker.” Here was where
the former citizens of the town were furnished with the
needed concomitants for the bearing of the last remrins
of their friends to their final resting-place. Bat the
bus! nets of John’s profession having fallen off oflate, or
bis wishing to accumulate an increased fortune, the idea
introduced itself to him cf adding a new and more roady
means cf increasing his coffers. Consequently, John
provided himself with a good store of the ardent. How,
it must be borne in mind that the traffic in which our
PBeudo-merchant had .thus, entered was contraband of
military law. Ton have, perhaps, ere now, heard of
.«.< another nail being added to th e coffin.” But here one
could get coffin and alt. On entering the premises, the
lower apartments were all proper enough.' But on in
quiring for a coffin the seeker would be led to the cham
bers above, where was to be found that which was con
traband, and for which the mind of the thirsty seeketh,
and those who deßlred to imbibe could freely indulge. A.
Ibriving business was thus indulged in in this increased
demand on the undertaker’s calling.
GEN.-, FOSTER’S EXPEDITION.
Tlie Capture-of- Hamilton, N. C.—Rebel Ac
counts of the Affair—Further Movements
Contemplated... ,
Washington,, N. 0., Nov. 3—Yesterday morning?
Major General J. G. Fosterlett this place, with tho fol
lowing specified force, on an extensive movement against
Hamilton:'
Colonel Emery’s:{acting brigadier general) Brigade;
Colonel Stevenson, do.; Colonel tee, do.; Belger’a
Bhode Island Battery; .four' batteries of the Sd, New
York Artillery, under command of Major Kennedy; a
portion of the Marina Artillery, under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Manchester; two battalions of caval
ry, under command of Majors Fitzsimmons and Gassard.
In the onward movement of our army the Marino Ar
tillery wafl in the advance. ; This place loofcs exceedingly
lively, especially on the water, for this latter is alive with
transports and-guuboats..; Lieutenant Colonel Lyman, of
the 27th Massachusetts, commands at this point,. The
North Carolina regiment garrisons the fort and does
guard-duty. -When our army got six miles from.this
place yesterday, in the course of its forward movement,
it encountered tho pickets of the enemy. Six or seven of .
,- them were captured, and two of our horses were killed in
a brief skirmish. At last accounts our army had halted
for the night, to advance again at daylight.: A number
of navy and marine artillery gunboats are to operate, by
way of the Boanoke river, with this overland expedition.
Hamilton, N.-0., Nov. 4.—We have just arrived at
this piece, taking it with a grand cavalry charge and
combined gunboat movement. Our land forces left Wil
liamafoE yesterday afternoon, encamped for the night six
miles below Hamilton, and moved forward at daylight
this morning.’ The enemy is in strong force, and has
precipitately retreated to Tarboro. We will seek the
earliest opportunity to afford him a fight. The people of
the country are greatly alarmed ai our approach. They
flee from home and their property, as we learn aud see
on the course of our march. The gunbeafs have suc
cessfully. co-operated with us—that is, the Hunchback,
Captain Calhoun; Hetsel, Captain——; Seymour, Cap
tain Wells: Yalley City, CaptainFuroiss, and the Perry,
Captain Flutoer. The gunboats had a few minutes’ en
gagement with the enemy as they came up the Boanoke
river.
General Foster’s command had a severe engagement on
Sunday night'with three thousand rebel infantry, at a
-breastwork,: supported by six pieces of artillery. We
killed and wounded sixty of the enemy, ®or loss was
ton. Tie forces immediately engaged were the24th Mas-,
sachusetts, 44th Massachusetts, Marine ArtUlery, .Bel
ger’s batters , and 3d Bew York cavalry. The Marino
Ariifierv made a gallant and bold dash across a creek
and lost four of their men. One of the 24th was killed.
When we charged into Hamilton—Major Gerrard’S bat,
tollcn of the 3d New Yorkjeavalry being to the advance—
we found the roads leadtog.from the town covered, with,
: wagons, containing the household goods and trumpery of
those hastily leaving the Piece.
Accidentally, Colonel Potter, Captain Wilson, a cor-.
loreM" privates and roar correspondent charged into
and ont of the town, existence of fonr miles, and killed
one rebel, wounded, two .others, took two prisoners, and
-captured ten horESS. ; Be much for a little party. -
Tbe emmy left this place, abandoning his earthworks,
ptodpitately. We,move from this place in two hours,
to proceed to and take Tarboro, on Tar river. Gunboats
will co-operate-with ns. The North State am), some
other gnnboat had an engagement, day before yesterday,
on the Tar. river-' Gnr marohes have been tm>de with
great.rapidity. Expect,shortly better and mare tor.
portent news than Lhave referred to here.
AE.AEb, ACCOUNTS,
[From the Bicbmond Dispatch, Nov. 10 ] :
There is no longer any doubt that the enemy’s forces
in Eastern North Carolina are moving an Weldon, with,
a view .‘of. tapping the railroad at that ppint. Wo pub
■llshed seme dais’ ego- an acconnt of a,fi«bt which took
: place between, three companies of thaAßrh North Uare«.
lina regiment and lie advance gurgd-of the enemy* oa
:■ Sunday last.. In ibis engagement- the enemy was
Kpulstd, eur loss being ten kiTad agd twenty aune
< Latfflrfetelligenee furnishes nfewith B.pme fullaaparti
, enters of the advance, Irons , which it appearsfta! the
mtmv ianded large forces L a£.Wasktngton m Sunday>
and advanced toward! llgmiiie»,aAd fopfcj)mas*»>"*<>/
'that town It ie reported that.they destroyed nearly the
emira place. Their force fAHaxfliltoii isrspresenteAto
be about thousand totßjtry„witb forty piegs, of ar
tillery and a considerable- force of cavalry. ar6
cdso! reportedto leave tmfcdia targe fart* at Pabmra,-
oitowly, seme, twaotyifiye or tlwty miles from
Welmto; General Petfidrew commands tbe Confederate.
forces -at W.ldon. Tho- Yankees are said to becom
; mended by Gen- Fcater. ;
Thore vas a repoife fcacirculation on o&tnns&y tiic&tfiit
, maaaement occuvntdia. the vieinily of,, Tarboro,-.Edge- •
i combe county, oa Thursday last, between some six regi
’ -ririntsof North Gordina State troops, under'the com-'
marid of Gov. Yapce ,and Gem Martin, and about ten
thousand or the enemy. Tbs Baleigb Journalof Sainr
day teyß that this report was incorrect, and that nothing
: of the hind had taken ptetm fight of {Sunday
. evening. . ' ' .
TbeTmprissioh prevails that the enemy is concontre
ling his forces in the neighborhood of Wiliiamston, Mar
tin county, with the intention of attacking same point
op the line of the Wilmington and Weldon Ballroad.
. A despatch from Goldsboro, dated.teg o’clock Friday
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night, slates that there had been no fighting, and that tbs
enemy baa retreated in toe direction of Weldon. We do
<not exactly understand how they could have retreated
inwards Weldon, since that is the point towards which
tK'ey were supposed to be advancing.
[Fi’om tho Bfchmoca Whig, November 10.]
The news from the Boanoke region of North Carolina
has* within the past few days* occasioned somo anxiety
in the public mind. The Baleigh Register entertains no»
doubt tx'aafc a movement is about to be made agaiaat the
railroads jonnlng from Petersburg to Wilmington, and
hat 'Weldon is the point to be attacked. It is presamed
hat, in vfeor of the probability above mentioned,-the
proper precautionary measures have been taken-' for the
defence of thi» ; important line of communication. . The
Baleigh Standard- gives ihe following statement of the
recent eftinhish near Hamilton:
It appears that three companies of ibe 26th Noitb
OaroHnußegimeDt had been sent down below Hanrilton
or Williamston* as other forces had been sent to other
points, to enable onr people to remove th&fr negroes and
other movable property from toeyond-ihe enemy’s lines*
Many were avahiog themselvpß of.this arrangement,-andL
were removing large numbers of blacks. The Yankees,
hearing of this, determined to prevent it, if possible, and
hence moved a force in the direction of. Hamilton or
WiHianjston. - - --*•
Col. Bnrgwyn, with his small force, determined to ar
rest; their progress and hence attacked them, keeptagin
check a very superior force of tbe enemy until reinforced",
.when he determined to fall back to a better position. The
rumors about tbe landing or tbe enemy in Bertie and on-
Tsr river, and of his intended advance upon Tarboro’,
•were believed to be premature. ‘Wehopethat the rumored
destruction of property at Hamilton by the enemy is alao
mognified or unfounded.
Bill! later advices are received through a passenger who
reached Baleigh from Tartor©* on Friday last. He re
ports that our troops met the enemy seven-miles below 1
that town on Thursday, and drove him back to the shel
ter of his gunboats; and that the inhabitants of Tsrboro*
and the adjacent conntry, apprehensive of another ad
vance, are moving off aa fust as they can. Another re
port sayg that onr ft oops-in Thursday’s engagement were ‘
.commanded by General Martin and Gov. Vance, and that
they succeeded In repulsing the enemy, but with
loss on both sides. A Jotter from Tarhoro\ dated Wed
nesday, F. hX., states that the enemy* 12,000 Btrong, was
within fifteen miles of that place.
[From Ihe Bichmcnd Dispatch, Nov. 11.]
There is no longer any doubt that the Yankees are con
centrating their forces in the neighborhood of Williams
town, with the intention of attacking some point on the
Wilmington and Weldon Bailroad. Aietter from Tar
bore, of the sth inst., Bays the Yankees are marching
on that town with twelve thousand troops; They are re
presented to be within fifteen miles of the town, and
within one mile oi the Confederate troops.
LATE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Result of the Elections Reviewed bjr-
Rebel Papers—The Sufferings of the Rebel
Army—The, Late Federal Raid on Frede
ricksburg.
Wehaye received Richmond papers to the 11th Inst.,
extracts from which will be found below:
THE ELECTIONS IN THE NORTH.'
The Biebmond Dispatch', of November 10th,‘in an
article commenting on/the elections in the North, says:
They (the Democrats) believe restoration still post!.
ble. In this respect they do not manifest thoir usual
sagacity. They have the incredible folly to believe that
there still lurks emong the body of that people who have
fought against the Union as men never fonght before, a
secret attachment to “ the old flag,” which' is the most
detested of all earthly symbols to the whole body or the
Bontbern people. They do not reflect that while, to
them, the condition-which it is intended to represent haa
been productive of unalloyed blessings, it is associated
in the Sc othern mind with images of commercial poverty
and sectional oppression. To this imagined feeling of
latent loyalty to the Union they are willing to appeal.
They have no doubt that they will be successful. But
first they must beat ua itto -the humor for submission.
They must make us know their strength.
They must teach us that they are our masters. They
must kill a hundred or two thousand of our men. They
must take Richmond They must crush the rebellion.
And then they will offer us terms, having first asserted
the supremacy of the “American eagle,” as they are
facetiously wont to term-the Yankee buzzard. They
osre, and pretend to care, nothing for the nigger. Ther
will be willing, alter having conquered'us, to agree upon
any terms, provided the Union be restored. They wiH
consent to introduce slavery into every Stale in. the
Union, provided this grand object be attained. If the
Southern people will not agree to all this, os mostassu
redly they never will, then they are tor carrying on the
war to any extremity that would satisfy tha most ultra of
the Abolition party. They will never consent—let John
Yen Buren say what he may—to let the “ way ward Bis
ters” depart in peace.
ft may be that a Democratic Congress might propoea
to the Southern States, as a condition of re-entering tha
Union, to legalize slavery everywhere, and this bef o
proceeding farther with the war. Bnt even were the
Bonth disposed, nhdf r any circumstances, to re-enter
such a state of bondage, it must he borne in mind that
the present Abolition Congress has still one year to -run.
In that time some of the most desperate battles the world
ever heard of will have been fongbt, and the Yankee*
will already have conquered usor been expelled from oar
territory. So far, then, as the war is concerned, we shall
gain nothing by tbe late Democratic victories, at least far
the present. Ae in the case of expteted intervention, we
warn our people to trnst to themselves, and to nobody
and nothing else. Nevertheless, it is pleasant to find OU
Abe thwartc d in the dearest wisheß of his heart.
A FEDERAL RAID ON FREDERICKSBURG.
The Dispatch of the 10th says:
We have very little latei Intelligence'of operations In
Northern Yirginxa. ho far as we are informed, indica
tions seem to justify the conclusion that an advance of tha
enemy is contemplated It is said that the corpt of the
Dutch General Slgel crossed the Bappahannock river oa
Friday night last. Considerable skirmishing has occur
red within ihe last two or three days in the vicinity of
Warrenton. * -----
. We have intelligence of a Yankee raid upon the town
of Fredericksburg. Mr. B. H. Mullen, who left Hie
town after our own troops had retired, and while tha
UPWlU^BW<ltttftftrt--sno-a«-iw-'—» J»—.— y.i—.j ---WAh-Alm,
About bine o’clock yesterday morning the enemyJe ca
valry* supposed to number some three or four hand red,
crossed the river at Falmouth, and dashed into the town,
through Commerce, Main, and Princess Anne streets.
Our forces in the town consisted of four companies of
cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel Qritcher, and two
companies cf the Chesapeake Cavalry* of Colonel Ball**
command. Colonel Critcher, with his force, was quar
tered at the hospital building, near the railroad depot.
The enemy seemed (o be fully aware of his position, and
at once charged his camp, capturing about twenty* fire
or thirty of his men. The remainder of his force made
their escape, and afterwards formed on the outskirts of
the town, where a fight ensued, the* Yankees attacking
them. Meantime the two companies of the Oheaapeak*
cavalry, under lieutenant Welford Corbin, made a dash
upon the guard who had Colonel C } s men ia charge,
and succeeded in releasing nearly all of them, be
sides capturing a Yankee captain and three privates.
In those two skirmishes Mr. M. thinks we had two men
killed end one or two wounded. The Yankees had six
or seven killed,'and as many wounded. Yankees cap
tured Btat6 that their force in the neighborhood con
sisted, of an Ohio and an Indiana regiment of cavalry,
in all numbering one thousand four hundred men
It will be perceived by the despatch of the Associated
Press, received at nine o’clock la?t night, that the town
has been evacuated by the enemy, and that the state
ment of numbers does not by any means correspond with
those given by our informant.
. THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SBBEh ARMY.
The Sichmcnd TFMp, of the 11th inst., says:
A few days ago a scene was witnessed in our streets
Which at I&Bt aroused the people to a lively sense of the
real condition of bur soldiers. A number of regiments
marched down Ninth street, passing the very door of th«
War Department. -Citizens standing near—there were
no officials present,- they never are on such occasions—
saw with their own eyes what the papers have long and.
vainly tried to make , them believe. They saw numbers
of soldiers inarching barefoot through the melting snow.
Nor was this all. They saw them thinly clad in ragged
and wornout clothes; some of them without blanket*
and without hats. This was a spectacle to stir the pulses
even of a speculator.
But there were Mine who took good care not to witness
so disgraceful a sight. At the very moment this bare
footed procession was passing the War Department, the
President of the Confederate States, his Secretary of
War, ail the Cabinet officers, the quartermaster general,
and some thousands of able-bodied young clerks, were
sitting by rousing fires, toasting their well- shod feet and
thinking of anything but the soldiers. It is not to be
expected that stout young fellows, whoelink into Govern
ment drudges in order to get outof the army, should oara
much for anybody but themselves. It is not to be ex
pected that an Administration, no member of which was
ever known to put his foot inside of a hospital, or to be
stow so much as a plate of soup on a sick private, or to
send one of their gorgeous vehicles to bring in the wound
ed—it is not to be expected that such an Administration
should care very much for anything but the snubbing of
men like Price and Beauregard. Our system
makes them secure in.their places for six years, and it ia
a mailer of profound indifference to them what happens*
so long as they can draw their salaries and reward.-their
favorites with the honors and bounties of Government.
But the cold-blooded inhumanity of Government does
not absolve our citizens from tbe religious duty of imme
diately supplying the wants of the army. The soldier
who offers his life as a sacrifice for his country—who en
dures the perils of battle, the still greater perils of tha
hospital, in charge of drunken and conceited boy- sur
geons, the filth of camp, and the fatigue,:of'marches
should have every want cared for. There.is nothing
i that a people can do for the soldier which ought to be left
undone. While the soldier Ilfea he should be well fed
; and well clothed, and a*: long as he is. in tbe service hia
family should be attended to. The people, who allow
their soldiers to go naked in the cutting winds of winter,
while they stay warm at home; do not deserve liberty.
God will net prosper the cause of such a people. .
; We of Richmond have been remiss. We have .been
slow to wake up to a sense cf the horrible destitution of
our army. It is not altogether out fault- From the be
ginning we desired earnestly to co-operate with the Go
vernment, to be on good terms with its members, to share
its trials, and promote, as far as in ns lay, its success and
its glory. But the Government has;;persistently held
aloof fremus and flouted us. Svery attempt to partake
of its responsibilities; and to co-operate.with it in.its la
bors, haß been scornfully rejected as impertinent inter
ference with"matters"which did not concern, us,, and
which we were incapsble of comprehending* If„in: defi
ance' of official influence, we endeavored: to dp our. duty
in a pressing emergency—as when the channel of James
river«wastob» closed—we were hampered and, thwarted
with the idiocy of sloth and official routine.. We
to the leading men of this city to say if this is not to the
letter, true. What wonder then that, when not permitted
to take any part in the plana or purposes of the Govern
ment cf our own making, we did the only thing loft us to
de—maie as much depreciated paper money as/we-could.
Citizen bof Richmond! your courage in not, abandon
ing the capital of your State and the Confederacy, when
the Government seemed to have !o&t all -hope, will be a
proud theme for the.historian. Your noble;kladneaa
and devotion to the wounded in your homes and hospi
tals, will be a theme still nobler. : We pr?7,yot*,by tha
love you bear to old Virginia, by the prfde yon.feel in
whatever conduces to her honor, do not let the love of
filthy lucre tarnish your glorious reputation, hot
shame the . Government a? you have shamed* it before.
The naked soldier,y?ho is fighting: for your, freedom, is
shivering in ycur streets. Help him.
Prize Money,
'ate (ht Bmxrtf Tht Press:.
Sik : Haying only heard of yonr editorial of yester
day, on the subject of .prize money, P shall nob attempt
a reply, bnt will, il yon please, place such faot* relating
to prizßge before your readerß.as may bo ef general in«
tercet. The impression existing among the people is,
that all the raosey realized from Iha auction Bales of
prize-vessels and their cargoes is paid over to the officers
and crew of the capturing vessel; bat this is not so, bo
canse the Jaw is, that when the captured vessel is of in
ferior fosea, half the net proceeds (all expenses deducted)
gee sto She Government,: apd the other half Is divided
among Ihe.offlcers.nnd■ crer. of all.the vessel! in sights
according to rank. A priz? vessel and cargo valued at
S?6ii. (SOS will bfißg, at,auction, the way-the thing ia man
aged, about 555,038. : It is often the case that Jack Tar,
aiter.dstislirig. in, the capture of what 6 called a rtoa
prize,” allows his fancy to rtm riot * with the idea that
ha will here pocket , money enough ellotrM wm to
lest a llfeHme cf jpUificaiion, but when bte dtahmliva
‘■ share ”of ten dollars is pHd -MM» f XftST
wi»a sum speedily benefit ofthe'
Jcntore to such -cases, receiving
captors only , Government, rara occurrence.'
nothing! but such instances nr appealed, from,
£hen ti* condom* scp.effieOourt hrtd.t*ms£
Mtgetioni -Tntll poor Jack himsetf.goeS to
t< rin “°5 B p® t f 0 m of the sea. Prize money'is an
chsncery or the nor™ ut lhe roa lizatto» Brings the
: very nearly utgß, a.level; the
: f, mer r«eivin« a smatle. penaion than
“ ™ Z Tho Bailor (nay also sail beSora. the mart during
«'e«nirooancecf a waf, and not become a participant
a prize. Very
W'i£nigoi:Qfi, Hoy, is,