MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1862. c*n take no notice of anonymous communica tions. We do not return rejected manuscripts. IKT Volnutarv correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially fr< m our different military and naval departments, When need, it will be paid for. THE WAR The announcement in oar telegraphic despatches from Wasbi; g(on, that the President has com menced to dismiss from the army all officers who are incompetent, absent from their command with out leave, and guilty of numerous other irregula rities prejudicial to good order and discipline in the army, will be taken as another indication that the President has determined to carry on the war ■more vigorously than ever, and that all the means at bis disposal will be used to orusb the rebel lion. At this very time hundreds and thousands of officers are scattered ail over the North, drawing the bountiful pay of the Government, and returning no recompense. And this, too, at a time when the rebellion is in its fast stages, and when our armies, in the North, South, Bast, and West, and along the seaboard, are making herculean efforts to crush it by a grand move ment in all parts. Even if this were not the case, justice -to those l brave non-commissioned officers and privates who enlisted to fight under them, demands that th se offi ers shall stay with their soldiers, protect their interests in the camp and on the march, and, if need be, lead them into the fray. If they are physically disabled or oonsoious that they are unfit to command, let them resign, and thus give way to those in the ranks worthy of promotion. By doing this wili save themselves from disgraoe, and really do good, both to their commands and the cause they represent. This action of the President is well-timed, and lie deserves the thanl™ •of the whole nation for cheeking an evil which was no! only becoming too prevalent; but perfectly alarming THE NEWS, ! Ik iho Banks expedition New York will oer* taiiily have five regiments, Connecticut five regi ments.. Maine three regiments; and Massachusetts ■eight regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and three batteries of artillery. Official rettirns from all but three eounties in Illinois give Mr. Starne, the Democratic oandidate for Treasurer, an aggregate of 136,123 votes, and Mr. Butler, the Republican oandidate 117,572—a majority for the former of 18,551. It is said that .the President has expressed his determination, to a friend, to have every officer and man whose name is on the rolls of the regular and volunteer service, and who is not actually disabled or on parole, report for duty, and remain at his post. The Conncnutville (P i.) Record says that track laying has been commenced on the Franklin Branoh of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. It forms ajunotion -yith the main road at Meadvllle, and will greatly facilitate the transportation of oil from Venango county. A rifled six hundred pounder gun is rapidly approaching completion at Els wick, England. Its weight, when finished, will be 22i tons, and its length 14 feet 10 inches. The outer diameter is to be 4 feet 4inches at the breech, and 1 foot 9£ inches at the muzzle. The bore of the gun witi be rather more than 13 inches, and the greatest thickness of metal at the breeoh about 19 inches ; at the muzzle 4J inches. Chicago papers notice the fact that, for the first time since there is an active movement of real estate in that city. The demand is for the most part confined to business property. In 1860 the number of medical students regis tered in tho London schools amounted to one t :ou ®and two hundred and twenty-eighttho succeed ing year (1861) the number fell to one thousand one hundred and twenty-four; and last October the number had decreased to one thousand and forhy five, being one hundred and eighty-three less than in 1860. ... : I?ine thousand Italian priests have just present ed a petition to the Pope, in which they entreat of him, in the name of religion, to abandon the tem poral power. The Lafayette (Indiana) Courier gays that a little girl near that city swallowed a brass thimble, in the early part of last month, and is now gradually sinking under the effects of the poisonous metal, and has been given up to die. Judge Swatne has jttst commenced a term of the United States Supreme Court at Indianapolis. The Newfoundland fisheries this year have not only proved very unsuccessful as to numbers, but the fish are poor and meagre. This they attribute to the wasteful habits of the French and American fishermen in their wholesale destruction of the fish. o.v Friday last a party of soldiers started to visit a houso of ill repute,, kept by a colored man, in Carlisle, in this State. When they arrived at the plaoe, (hey were refused admittance, when they attempted to break the door open ..No sooner had the door been opened than a pistolwas- fired from the' house, and one of the soldiers instantly killed and another wounded. The colored man was ar rested on the eharg#of firing the fatal shot and ' confined in jail. It is stated that Brigadier General Robert Anderson will soon be assigned to the military comqiand of the cities of Covington and .Newport, Kentucky. •* The German newspaper publishers of Easton, Pennsjlvapia, have oalled a meeting to assemble at the Keystone House, Reading, on Wednesday, the 3d of December next, for the purpose of taking into consideration the. state of their business as affeoted by the recent rise in the price of paper, and printing materials generally. The national convention of all loyal and patri otic-men, which was to have been held at Pittsburg, in this Stale, on the 25tb November (to-morrow) is postponed until Bth of January, tiro anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. The War upon the Administration. The most amusing exhibition of the,present day is the attempt of the Breckinridge De mocracy to dictate a policy to the present Ad ministration, and there is no current literature mqre interesting and attractive than the nume rous plans for peace and conciliation that we see in their journals. The Washington corres pondence of the New York Herald is uhceas ingly facetious on this subject. The New Tork World is ior ever saving the Union in sounding sentences. According to these writers, we of the North, we of this stubborn hard-hearted generation, we Yankecs who have the hardi hood to.believe in such a thing as liberty,’and the audacity to enter into a war for the salva tion of the Union, have only to lay down our arms, wipe the blood from'our swords, turn them into pruning hooks, and rush into the arms of an affectionate and loving South. How blind and giddy we have been throughout this weary, wasting war! How greatly we have wronged our noble brothers in the Southern States! We have misunderstood them from the beginning. We misunderstood them at Fort Sumpter. After all, we shall probably hear that when Gen. Beauregard opened upon that fort it was only an affectionate piece of artillery practice—that the advance into Maryland was merely a playful visit of plea sure—a picnic—and that if we had only taken time and kept our temper, and listened to rea son, and followed the counsels of those pure patriots and far-seeing statesmen, Fernando Wood and James Buchanan, we should now be a happy band of brothers. There was no thing in the world more easily settled than this difficulty, had we not been so fierce and fana tical. Mr. Reed and Mr. Hughes would have arranged the whole affair in three days. It was only necessary to set aside the election of Mr.. Lincoln, adopt the Montgomery Consti tution, do away with onr flag, and accept Mr. Davis as the President of the Confederacy. Had these counsels, been, adopted two years ago, when so freely and frankly given, we should now be at peace, Europe would be sa tisfied, and war would have come. But, alas for the hopes of these wise and good men! there was a general superstition throughout the North that wo had a country ' —a history—a race—a Constitution—homes —tariffs—and all the blessings of liberty and coDsti utioDal order. And we were ,so fixed in this belief that we determined to die for it, and to put to death all who • attempted its overthrow. We rather liked Mr. Lincoln, and as we elected him for four years, concluded to try him for four years. We- raised armies and went to war. We met disasters. It seemed : to be the providence of God that we •should be chastened. Slow and' doubtful generals were given to us. War was an ; experiment; and as we could not extern-' •porize a NAPotEON-r-nor even a Hocus, a Desaix, or a Wolf—we were compelled to experiment for genera’s, Some have failed,, and others have succeeded. Some have risen, to tho surfaco, and others have gone to thebot fom. The SciPioof this war for the Republic •may bp at the head of a division or an army, •or he may beamdng'some of the dratted levies "now shiveriDg in their canvas homes. We ! can only hope and pray, as wo have hoped and ! prayed before—for generalship is not a mat- 1 ter of education, advancement, on official I favor, but a gift that God gives to man: We have kept on flghtmg, in the hope thkt the end, was near. Money has been spint, - blood has been shed, the contumely of the European world has poisoned every breeze ' that comes over the broad Atlantic; com merce has been shattered, and the dust, has gatht led around spindles whose music once brought bread to thousand* of men and chil dren. A great party has succeeded in ob taining power in the North. Its leaders pro pose to undo all that we have been doing, to turn omrsufferings into mockery, our sacrV flees into ashes, our Hopes into bitterness and despair. The issue they make against us is precisely what was made nearly two years a £ & —the overthrow of the Administration, and with it the overthrow of the American Republic. They have declared their purpose, and open • ed their campaign. They 'are building bat teiies around Fort Sumpter. Let us, they say, demand from the President the suspension of hts proclamation of Emancipation, ■ On this point the contest is how being waged. A hun dred arguments are scattered over the laud in support oi this demand. “It will conciliate the people of the South—it will be a practical offer of compromise—it will give us peace.” This is what we are told must come from the abrogation of a solemn decree. “It will be a step in the immediate path of peace.” Then we may see “ the permanent flags of truce” j for which Mr. Reed is constantly at his devo tions. But can we believe these men ? If we grant this first demand—-what next ? If we surrender emancipation, will their demands cease ? If we give up the outworks, can we hope to be unmolested in the citadel. We can only sustain our cause by sustaining it from the beginning to the end. If we surrender emancipation, they will demand confiscation, and eventually recognition, And, judging events by events, the temper of men now by iheir temper before this war.came to us, their associations, sympathies, and antecedents, we believe that every follower in this crusade upon emancipation would rejoice in an ultimate recognition of the rebellion. The progress of men in political heresies is as easy and as rapid as that of /Eneas to the infernal regions. Few, indeed, are the men who were in favor of the South at the beginning that are not in favor of it now. They have been sympa thizers from the first. Time and political success have emboldened them, awl now they open their .campaign. Their assault Is upon the President of the United States, and the object of that assault is to compel him to re scind the proclamation of emancipation. We think we can assure the country that, from all we know of the, President of the United States, he will neither surrender nor amend this mighty weapon against the rebel lion. He approached emancipation cautiously —we might say that he was driven to it by the necessities of "events and the appalling power of the rebellion—it was ho measure of his own choosing. The dread it has inspired 'in the South shows that It.was well timed. It may fail, as a thousand of other schemes have fail ed since the beginning of the world; but the effort will be,mado, and, what is more, it will be sustained by the combined power of the Republic. The sudden death of General Fbancis E. Pattebson will startle the community, and cause sincere sorrow among many friends and relatives in our city. General Pattek son was a Philadelphian, a brave and accom plished officer, serving his country with zeal and effect, and gaining his promotion by merit. His loss will be severely felt in the Army of the Potomac. LETTER PROM “ OCCASIONAL.” Washington, Nov. 28, 1862. _ There is a hopeful and a trustful feeling •since General Burnside has assumed command, of the splendid Army of the Potomac. There is no disposition to load him down with praise, or to ascribe to him qualities which he may not develop, but there is, what is better, a spirit of confidence that he will do his best to strike the rebellion at the earliest moment and in the most effec tive style ; for until we destroy the traitors near this capital there can be no visible end of the war. When the fall of Richmond is an nounced, the whole fabric of revolt will crush into a mass'of ruins. The extremities cannot holdout when the heart is pierced. The despe rate and ragged hordes in the further South will only be convinced that they are doomed when tbey-fcear that Virginia has been delivered from their fellow-traitors. General Burnside has many advantages, not the least of which is the fact that the people of Virginia are heartily sick of the war, and anxious to see the Fede —T-K4*Y-3»aiTia..atr:^xis:t.r,.nTnA. conclusion that the Government of the United States have determined to listen to no remedy of compromise, and that their motto is con quest or submission, and that every day'only adds to the power ot that Government and to their own divisions and troubles. Burnside’s army feels this in ail its departments, and every column and corps is eager for the fray and confident of victory. Occasional. Peterson’s Dailies’ Magazine. The, December number, completing; the forty second volume, is richly illustrated.; The frontis piece, From ,a picture, by W. Sandford Mason, is entitled'" -Waiting at tlie Stile;” and, as a good design should; tel’s its own story. The title-page, also, engraved on steel, exhibits in the centre a vignette of a sentinel on duty at night, and all around, intermingled tyit-h native wild grasses, are neat vignette portraits of Mr. C. J, Peterson, the editor, and also of Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Denison, L. C. Moulton, F: L. Benedict, V. E. Townsend, and Carry (meant for Caroline?) Stanley. The fashions are here represented in numerous en gravings en steel and wood. The literature of tbi3 periodical has generally been good. In this Phila delphia magazine, however, in the descriptions of fashions, only New York modistes are named. The proper time for subscribing for'Petsrson is now, at the commineement of avolume. It is the cheapest ladies’magazine in the world, and not surpassed by any in literature and art. Publications Received Atlantic Monthly , for December, a very good number, from T. B. Pugh, Chestnut street and Sixth, ...... Illustrated London News and Illustrated News of the World, of November S, from S. 0. Upham, 403 Chestnut. . The first of these gives superb por traits of the Prince of Wales and his future wife, and the other gives a fine portrait, on steel, of Ba ron Rieasoli, ; the Tuscan Minister of State. The first and second numbers of the Army and Navy Gazette, published atNew York, from W. R. Dy er & Co., proprietors. This is amonthly journal, twelve large pages, well edited and well printed which, after a little, time, ought to be a weekly. It is for the Union very strongly. Wo have found in it a great deal of information on war matters at home and abroad. Extensive Sale of French Dry Goods, etc. — The early attention of. purchasers is requested to the choice and attractive assortment of French, GermaD, Italian, and British dry goods, em bracing 700 packages and lots, of seasonable fancy and staple' articles, in silk, worsted, woolen, and cotton, to be peremptorily , sold, by ca’.alogue, on four months’ credit, -commencing this morning, at ten o’clock; to be continued without intermis sion all day and part 1 of the evening, by John Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. ■ ' ■ , Auction Notice—Sale of Boots and Shoes.— The attention of buyers is'called to the large and attractive sale of 1.000 cases 'of boots, shoes, bro gans, Balmorals, ate., to be Bold, by catalogue, this morning, at ten o’clock precisely, by Philip Ford A auctioneers, at their store, No. 525 Market anf -522 Commerce street. Stocks and Real Estate, at the Exchange, to morrow, including handsome , residences, plain land's, .building lots, &a. Peremptory Sales, by order of executors and others. See, Thomas 4" Sons' advertisements and pamphlet catalogues. , The Movements of Gen. McClellan. New Fork, Nov. S 2 —The longer Genorat McClellan remains in this city, the greater seems the rush to visit; him Mrs. McClellan just now seems the great centre of attraction, and tho ladies of our most prominent mer-. chants have been calling upon her in large numbe-s. Some unknown' lady sent to .Mrs. McOleJlen to-day an : elegant bouquet composed of the oholeost flowers 1 Late on Friday night, Maior General, Baaks and staff walled on General Scott, and then calibd'oaGanerai; McClellan, when a most pleasant interview resulted- To-day the. General’s timo has been sore!?, taxed by a 1 constant stream of visitors. Among the many who have tendered him their regards Were Brigadier General Blea ker, Major Jones, Major Brownell of Connecticut,-Co lonel Olits, Colonel Coleman, Inspector General Muir of the British army, Mr. Le Boy,’’ Hon Lyrnaa Tremaine, Hon. W. G. Steele, Hon. H 8. Owens, Wa. H. Aspin wail, Eta, ond Wm. B. ABtor, Seq. Jose- Esmonds Olaneta ’of Boyal Corps of Engineers of tt H. tho Queen of Spain, now in Ibis couulry for the purpose of inspect ing the Monitors now building, also paid-hia respects to the General. McClellan will remain at th» Fifth Avenue Hotel for some time yet, at least until hia private bneinesa has ail been transacted. -. Nothing further has been developed in regard to the public reception, but the’General’s mind is supposed to have undergone ho change in the determination not tb accept it. As a soldier, ho does not deem if appropriate or prtper that be should be publicly exhibiting himself, though entertaining a thorough appreciation of the mo tives which have prompted the authors. " * Ths Pawns*.— The United States gunboat Pawnee was placed upon the stocks for repairs, on Saturday, at the navy yard. FROM W A SHIN ©TO IT. Wilt) rib Benson, captain, 69 :b New York L, w -p, , , _ - ~ , Marys, Florida, Bombarded by m. Mobring, cßi>taii,, 62d New York. *§ " ’ «“ . " Paul Jteichert, captain. 62d Keif Fork. i OUr UllllbOatS. JohnKieler,captatu, 2otb Indiana. 1 ■ -■■■■ Destroyed by the Chm- John Brady, Ist lieutenant, 38 h-New York", I boat Mohawk. AMiifT? 1 . lot “onW' l ®!**. 33it New Yc? New Yoke, Not. 23.—The New York Htrald hao Jurten McKay, 2d°'teotonau^ 2 2‘i?MMB»bhQMtti :C<!lVed a letter from J?erEalldl . D ®* fldll<Ji < of : th » 10th, • H. M. Bouse, adjutant, lOJth’Pennajlvania- “liyh'e ® D acceunt of the bombardment of St; Mary* : :. v now or m-ay become d-ut. a |Tke steamer -Neptune, with » detachment of the oth Ofaarlss geldeneck, captain, 46th N Y., absent wit* a ’“ , >' Üblontfl Bleb, proceeded to St. Marys on the 9th, ni!^ V o'w n Mi > » li , D( 5, OTrt8 * £<1 for indication,, icompanied br She Mohawk. The troop* landed, and *»* °» b? the rebels, /one': being dangerously sentence of couft.njartial, Y while The reSelß. then mastered stronjdy, tmd the Paul B. Brsdiee, captain, 2d Kxcelsior Brigade, |ptnn®, with the troops, left the wharf, whereupon tire leaTe ruder olrcnmstancesilndlcaKjhawk Aral wlihstalls for twenty minutes. The firing r w V r.m C^„,„_„ i , *n ceased, owing a- female approaching the ship command. ’ ** lU,no,!l oava l r f> a flag of trace, hicutenwat Durand went ashore, Clayton Puddled, Ist nontenant, Ist Virginia artillel l cowmnuioated with-her. On his returning, Captein not reporting for duiy.sfnce muster. nghee hauled off, with the intention of returning to oeptahog 112 th Pennsylvania, desSiahdlaa. The rebeta then fired a volley o» musketry York, neglect of. dnty and absence without authoriff - Bo returned abreast of the town, and 5. Barly* lieutenant, 3d Kentucky volunteers, absent up an incessant fire for'an hour and 1 a'haifi Jffaif tak* aind fatcmpiwnoia.. . ' . She town was reduced to ashes, and'almost every prtoie® ertb£dTOi i deBire RBt 89Ul ohia ’ beto * uk 4e was more or less injured. Previous to-firing-the John Kendall, Ist lieutenant, 7th Kansas Cavalry, iutenf Dd Hme,Captain Hughes invited ail the-women-and ••IJW inefficiency, and absence without leave. ~Hren on board the ship, but they refused. No-guns C i captain, 6th Ohio Volunteers, absent wither#® aimed at the house in which they- ensconced tkenv . leave end speaking m an fsap-ropor manner of the waif Walter H. Jndaen, 2d lieniefiont, 13Ih Massachusetts! —nr „,, n ~, absent without leave. 1 THE WAR IN MisSoUftll Special Despatches to '‘The Press.” WABHiHOTOtr, November 23 Important Order from the War Depan ment—Prisoners to be Released. Was DKPir.TMEST, Washikoto.h, Nov. 22,1882. Ordered, let. That all persons now in military cus tody, who have been arrested for discouraging volnnteer enlistments, opposing the draft, or for otherwise giving aid end pomfort <o the enemy in States where the draft hßg been made, or the quotas of volunteers and militia have been furnished, ehall be discharged from farther military restraint. 3d. a hat persons who, by authority of the military commander or governor lit rebel States, have been ari rested and sent from such State for disloyalty or hostility to the. Government of the United States, and are now in military custody, may also be discharged upon giving their parole to do no act or hostility againstthe Goveramentot the United States,.nor render aid to ite enemies But all snob persons ehaii remain subject to military surveillance, and'liable to arreet on breach of their parole, and if any eneh persons ehall prefer to leave the loyal States on condition of their not returning again during the war! or until special leave Tor that purpose be obtained from the President, then euoh person shall, at his option, be released and depart from the United States, or be con veyod beyond the militarylines of the United States' forces. This order ehall not operate to discharge any person .who has been in arms against the Government, or by force and arms hag resisted, or attempted to resist, the draft, nor relieve any person from liability to trial and punishment by civil tribunal, or by court-martial or military commission, who may be amenable to each tribunals for offences committed. By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWN3KND, Assistant Adjutant General. Affairs on the lower -Potomac—Persons Captnred bp our Gnu boats. Tbo Satellite, which has been doing dntyfor Borne moßths pest on iho lower river, arrived at the navy yard this morning for repairs. She brings op the following persons, a lot of contraband goods, and a number of crntrabaiids and contraband rouners. Joseph Moyengo was taken by the Satellite crossing to Maryland, near Arams creek. He stated that he was going over after a lew articles of clothing; CosTrs Gbimes an} .Thomas Grimes, who live a Bhort distance below Acauia creek, were captured, while crossing the river, by a boat of the Freeborn ■ , I! is said that these two men have been for a long time engaged in transporting-goods across, and that heretofore • they have been very successful In their operations. John K. Grows wbb takeii' ctf the : shored near Mathias Point, by the Yankee. Brows, when he saw a boat of the Yankee lyingout in the stream, hailed it and came down* to the shore, being pursued bysome gnerillas, who fired at him, but without success. Bbowk was a haudon board of a schooner which was captured near Charleston over a year, since, and he, with the crew, was taken prisoner. He has been confined in various prisons at the South, and some months since was released af Bichmond, on parole, since which time he has been at work there. bout three weeks ago, he effeoted his escape &om Bich mond and made his way to the Potomac. - Ihe Satellite reports that but few persons now attempt to cross the river, for, with a cavalry force which is sta. Honed on the Maryland siiore, and the boa s of the flo tilia, which are at al! hours on the look out for contra, dandiste, &c., they now find it more dangerous t*m for merly. • The wharf at Acacia Greek is fast progressing ib com pletion, a large force of engineers being at work day and night, and in the course of a few days it is expected that vessels will be enabled to land their cargoas here. Capture of Rebel Correspondence. There hes been received in this city a package of rebel correspondence, coneisting, for the most part, of several letters, of different dates, addressed to' his family in Florence, by Thomas J. Page, formerly of the Unftsd States navy, and during the years 1863, >64, >66, and >66, commander of the American expedition for the explo ration tf the La Plata and its tributaries. Accompanying these several epistles from the fattier are also two from ctber members of the family. Something is said in these letters concerning the transmission of rebel commnnl catioßß on the persons of females from the French con eulate at Bichmond, and by means of tha British mail, from Tampico. The letters are not ef recent date, and refer to anb jeote which have ceased to be dismissed. The cipSaiu expresses the opinion that if England were to send fifteen men-of-war into the Chesapeake Bay, neither Old Point nor Washington city could hold out throe weeks Old Point would bo starved out, and the army would ba com vpeileo to abandon Washington; because, without the supplies by navigationthrough the bay, it cannot pos sibly be supplied by the railroads. He has no doubt Europeans sympathize with the North, because nearly ell they read and hear, comes from the North in their bitterest strains; but he 1b glad to see that the writers in English papers fniiy understand the condition or things, and will soon learn that all the civilization doss not centre at the North . Captain Page predicted a good many naval victories I for the rebels, having very much faith in the turtles and rams. Bufhis anticipations were hot realized. The Captain, in a letter to his wife, dated atßiehmond, telh her of hi 3 military experience as the oommanderof a battery, and says, speaking of the United States soldiers: «• We whip them most soundly in almost every engagement when they are not more than three to one; and yet yon will read their accounts as 1 glorious victo ries.’ This is done by the Government to induce the people to furnish money. The Government, with ail its boasted resources, is ton times worse off than this. Yon meet write to Mr. Mason, my dear wife, and Mrs. Slidell, and BBk them to forward yonr letters ” ' : In a curt criticism on the Trent affair, be says: “Old Beward, -I suspect, is too cunning and astute for Lord Lyons." ' ; , The immediate female relatives of the Captain' have a very contemptible opinion of “ the Yankees, ’’ and one of them Bays: “They find that it is tougher work oon auJMng the Booth than they at first imagined, and the ver7 naex^°^r %^i6saiiaei^and^ The Reported Movement of Jackson on Washington. =- The report in last night’s fftar, that " Btonewfdl". Jackson is marching on this city, via Leesburg, is not true. His cavalry have appeared in the latter town, but it is only a Hint to cover Jackson's retreat to Frede ricksburg, via Goi donsvllie. . - Affairs at Fredericksburg. A gentleman who left the Army oi the Potomac at ten o’clock thiß morning says'that eleven additional hours bad been given the authorities of Fredericksburg to sur render the town. The Sturgis Rifles. „ The Sturgis Bifles. heretofore acting as tee body guard of Sen. McClellan, are to be mustered out of service to-morrow. The Assessors of Internal Revenue. The Commissioner of Internal B avenue has addressed a letter to each of the assessors, suggesting that when the ahnusi assessment for September, and the returns thereof of their assistants, are complete, they will consider whether ihS SetVloesyf a portion of their assistants can not be dispensed with, at least until May, 1883, retaining those .bestqualified for the duty consequent upon business relating to maunfactures If any assessor finds such a redaction of hia assistants impracticable, he is requested to communicate the circumstances for the consideration of the bureau. The Dismissal of Officers in the Army. The War Department has commenced the publication of dismissed officers, for, among other causes, being ab sent without leave, intoxication, disrespectful language towards the President and their commanding officer, cow ardice, Ac. The first printed list comprises eighty-one captains and lieutenants. An other Rebel Vessel Captured. The Navy Department has been informed of the cap. tore, by, the tchooner Hale, in Nassau .river,, of; the schooner W ave, iosded with turpentine ar.d cotton. The Daylight boarded the Bacer, of Nassau, off Wilmington. The crew of the latter vessel made ! their escape, and af. terwsrds ineffectually fired upon the boat’s crow of the Daylight. The Bacer bad to be abandoned in conse. quence of the gale; but her cargo, which consisted prin cipally of salt, was saved. The Bnrnlng of the Alleghanian. It is ascertained, from other despatches, that the ex pedition which fired the Alleghanian was led by Lieut. Wood, formerly of tho TJ. 8. Navy. Several of the incen diaries were captured, one of whom confessed that be was tho rebel pilot on the expedition. The Trial of Gen. Fitz John Porter. The trial of Gen. Fitz John Porter is delayed in Con sequence of the non-arrival of witnesses. The McDowell Court of Inquiry. The preliminaries for the meeting of the court of in quiry info the conduct of Major General McDow ell’ will probsbly be finally pranged to-day, so that it may be expected'to commence its proceedings on Monday next.'.'... ■ , Death of Lieut. Hinkle, of Collis’ Zouaves. . Intelligence has been received of the death of Lieut. OiEtBLES J. Hinkle, of Collis’ .Zouaves. He expired while being conveyed in an ambniance to Falmouth, Virginia, oi typhoid fever . His demise is deeply re gretted by his regiment, with whom he was deservedly a great favorite. The Intervention Rumors Untrue. The sensation batch of tumors of mediation and Inter vention brought by the Persia is spnrious. ■ - Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander Be Haven has been ordered to the command of the Penobscot. Paymaster Washington I»yihg has been ordered to the Sit. Lawrence. Lise of Officers Dismissed from Serrice. WAW PEPIRTJfBST, ■Washisgtow City, Not. 22,1882. The oMoers enumerated in the subjoined list having been sSioioUy reported, and theirdismissal recommended by theiespective commanders, for the oauses stated, it is ordered that they be, and they are hereby, dismissed front the service ot the United Statee r Absminmikmt leave—DitmUse& witk lon of all pm and allowances that are now or may become due. Eugene Paustleroy, 2d lieutenant, 20th Illinois. J. J. Thompson, captain, 22tl Massaohn-etts. Michael "Seßßel, captain, 74ihPemuylvania, Isaac Monrer, 2d.Nontenant, 2d: Pennsylvania Reserve. Sokmou Stearne, Ist lieutenant, 4tb Maine. N. 8. Thompson, captain, 9th Indiana Battery. Job B. Stocton, captain, Ist Kansas. ' Benry D,. Eggiy, Ist lieutenant, 75 tb Pennsylvania. E. 8. Dygett, captain, 16lh Michigan. , JchnJ Garbutt, captain, 95th New York, aug P. McGraw, captain, 95th New York. ■Wnt. J. Baily, Captain; 95th New York. James BrQnick, oaptain, 95th New jSbrfc Isaiah Vf. Kimbsl), captain 4th Pennsylvania B. C. ——-Bigelow, assistant surgeon, 6th Missouri Cavalry. : H. G. Thomas, captain 2d Kentucifcy Yolnnteiera. : - Joseph Barman, lieutenant, 2d Kentucky Volunteers. Hentenant, 2d Kentnck»votnnteers. ■ .» CbSB Carrion, Bent, and auarterenaster, 2d Ky. Vols. : , George Ingalls, lieutenant, 17th New York. ' Kntorx.Pmdy, captain, 10th Bow 3orfc.Cavalry. i s David B. Poky, captain, 9otk Pennsylvania. * . 0 0. Series, captain, Uth New York. O. ’W. 'Waiker. captaiD, IS7th Pennsylvania Yolvratesca r Jamah Br Comity, 2d lieutenant* 137th Pa Volunteers. . B B. McClelland, lsUientehaatt IB7lb Pennsylvania. t-E; E. Giles, captain, 7th Wisconsin. t tt. Klctiardaon, captain, 7th Wisconsin. i Cl. O. Troisier, lieutenant. 7th Wisconsin. ■ * :1.<3. Morsej Uentenant, TthTitlaconsU ■Wm-HadoU, 2d lieutenant, sth, Maryland. ' > Chrtelfon Bitten,, oapteto, Mb Mary Idbd.' Nicholas Ganster, captain, sth. Maryland. * ‘ Kdwin.G. Kirkwood, lieutenant, sth Maryland. 1 . B iU.jB. oarlen, 2d lieutenant, 29th Massachwatta. • Bcesler, captain,-514k lUnois./ GA. Hevroy,‘lst UehtenanVllflth Feunsplvania. i P W. Dros, captain, 45th New York, Philip Bofner, chaplain, 45th New York. D. &. Kimball, lieutenant, 103 d Ohio Pranen CoTerfc 8d lieutenant, 69th So w York. THE FREBS.—PHILAJEEPHIMONDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1862. ■ . Himitsid tie Service. . 1. ; Elijah li. Smith, Ist lieutenant. 2d District of Ooiambisl Town o£ Lamar Burned-Difficulties wifcte Volunteers; causing dissatisfaction among the men oft Rebel Guerillas, his command. ff A. W. Maioaorviez, captain 9ih Hew York Batterg•i AVB ? WOB ' rß * Nov - 22.—A letter from Tort Boott, _ retaining Government boisesfoFhis private use. 'a thel7th, eays: Thomas Sullivan, lieutenant, lfSth Hew: Hampshire, in-Be burning of liamar, Missouri, has been confirmed, manwhifehisSiand “ ’fawn train, which was so anxiously looked for, has B. H. Kerr, 2d lieutenant, 7th Kansas Oavslry, imtem-1 at the fort. Great caution and perseve p&racfe and careleeaueea indfschargefif dnfcF. | had to be exercised bytbe CGmoanding officer to* CBpt&i s? llth Connecticut Volunteers, lit through. Vhe train, which consisted of a ban- Officer! 8 disrespectfnl t 0 hi » commanding | wagonB , mostly loaded w<th clothing, started on — Sailor, Ileutensnt, 107th NewYorK, for being cap- |»y from General Blunt’s command It had pro lured when across the Potomac, contrary to orders. S 3 but a few miles when Major Hammings received B ‘jHsr*n<£ bT ' captata > lßt Independent Battery, intern- (which justified him in ordering it back to the fort ». H. Carroll, Ist lieutenant, Ist Independent Battery, f ait 6 ,arßer * meTt Uvingston and his baadof . ft temperance. ‘ Bas have twice been in Kansas, on Drywood creeS, M.: B. Jacheon, 2d lientenantj Ist Independent Bat- n the last two weeks, murdering and plundering in tery, intemperance. jfcjnatvty. ' ' and uegleo^of“fty BrigSie ’ |-men arrived here yeßterday from below, who re 0. I>. Hoefoid, oaptain,' 11th Conn, Yols., tendering hi|v-ie“^ a aln - bnßdr<d wagons is on the way resignation in a manner disrespectful to his com > hut if is probable that the party will have to fight mending officer. . dr wayi the rebels being in greatly superior numbers. ' TOWMdioe^ 11 ’ l3t li6UtonSnt ’ 84 lfeW Cavalry j g reported that they are rapidly concentrating at A. Paige, surgeon, 4th Pennsylvania Reserve. Corps. F‘ haBe > Bnd » lbe br ™ h ls Bwarmi “« with bushwhackers incompetenoy. . m Spring river to Shanghai Frank A. Hardy, 2d lieutenant, 94th Ohio, absenting! himself frojs hia command without leave 7 during a re treat. ■ J. W. Taylor, lieutenant colonel, 40th Ohio, represented by the officers of the regiment as troublesome, i J. McKay, 2d lieutenant, 22d Massachusetts, tendering his resignation in a manner disrespectful to ids su perior officers. By order of the Secretary of War: rnD.-TOWHSHND, Assistant Adjutant General THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Mayor Slaughter's Reply to 6en. Samner. THE REBELS FORTIFYIHG FREDERICKSBURG. Headquarters op the Armv op the Potomac, Falmouth, Ya , Saturday, Nov. 22—Ifoon. The following is the reply of [he mayor of Fredericks burg-to the demands of Genera! Burnside, a copy of which, owing to the lateness of the hour, could not be obtained last night: ~ Mayor’s Office, Fredericksburg, Nov. 21,1852. Commanding J BiK: I bays received, at twenty minutes before fire ? o clock this afttrcoon, your communication or this flats. In It j on state that under coyer of the houses of this to™, shots have been fired upon the troops of poor com mana—tbat our mills and mamifaotoriea are furnishing provisions and the material for clothing for armed troops Jd rebellion against the Government of ths United States that our railroadß and other means of transportation are removing supplies to the depots of BUoh troops; that this condition ot things most terminate; that bycom ““n." of Seneral Burnside. yon demand the sarrender of tins town ioto yoar bands, as ihe representative of the Government of the United States, at or before five o clock ibis afternoon, and that failing in an affirmative rip y to this demand by the time indicated, sixteen hours will be pormilted to elapse for the removal from the town ot the women aod children, the'Bick aod. acecl. which period having elapsed, you will proceed to shell the [. town*.- ■ In reply, I have to say mat this communication did not reach mein time to convene the council for its consider- SM J? I ,'! 1 * reply by the hour indicated, (8- o clock r. a.) It was sent to me through the hands of the commanding officer of.the Army.of the Confederate Btates near this town, to whom it was first delivered, by" consent of General Patrick, who brought It from you, as ! am informed; and I am authorized by the eommaudor of the Con federate .Army to say that there was no delay In pOßßiog itthrongh his hands to me jn icgard to themattera complained of by yon, the Bring of shots upon yoor troops'bccacred dpon the north ern Bnborbs of the town, and was the act of the military officer cemmasdingthe Confederate forces near here, for which matter the citizens nor civil antherities of this town are responsible. regard to the other matters of complaint; I am an* thorisedlby the latter officer to say that the condition of things therein complained of shall no longer exist* that yonr troops shall not be fired oh from this town; that the mills end manufactories here wKI not farnfah aay farther sapplies, previsions, or materia! for clothing for the Con federate nor will the railroads or other means of transportation here, carry snppMee from toe town to the depot oft aid troops,ohteide of the town. • - - . fke civil suthoritios have no control, butl am assured by the military authorities of the Confederate army near' here, that nothing will be done by them to infringe upon' the conditions herein nemed, as to matters within the town. But the’ latter authorities inform us that, while their troops will not occupy the town, they will not'per mit yours to do so. ’• “ , v lra most- bo awarathat there will not be more than three or four bonrs of daylttht within the sixteen hours given by yon for the removal of the .[ntua.e thev.women:andSdfaildren,-aad the agtg ne railroad transportationrmcessible to the tbv&Vßec&ustr of the? interruption thereof by your batteries, all other means of transportation within the to.wn are so-limited as to render the removal of the classes of persormspoken of v itbin the time indicated an utter impwibility. . I have convened the Council, which will remain in ses-’ Sion, waiting any further communication -yon may have tothshe. -<■ : ■ ■ ' ‘" Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ■.' . * M. SIiAUSaiER, Mayor : . PREPARATIONS FOB. THE-BAirM. last night w»b a busy one In Fredericksburg, the in habltanta belng engaged in their persona and property. The military authorities were also not idle, as da; light this morning revealed to view a line of earth' works to the right and rear of the town—the result of last night’s labor. Our artillery is now being placed in the most favorable positions, while „the encampments, which were within range of the enemy’s guns, are being moved further back from tho river. There are very strong reasons for not opening upon lho city to-day, unless we aro forced to do so by the enemy. The rebels have just fired a few ahots, but no response has been made. ' , - Satubpay Bvksino, Hot. 32 —Nothing ol Interest has transpired this afternoon. v Owing to some misunderstanding, a train which was leaving Fredericksburg with a number of women and children was fired into lo day, but fortunately no one was hurt The citizens are fart leaving the city. NO SHELLING HP TO , SATURDAY EVENING. Washington, Nov. 23.—tTp to last evening, though we have telegraphic communication with Falmouth, Virgi nia, nothing had reached Washington leading to the con elusion that at that lime General Sumner had com menced to shell Fredericksburg from that point. Ac cording to the terms announced in his communication of yesterday to the authorities of the placa, he designed be ginning that operation at nine o’clock this morning. The fact that he Is not known (here) to have commended this work makes it highly probable that, on second thought, the town was surrendered to him ore the expiration of the sixteeirhours allowed in which to remove the women and children. Possiblyhe may have extended the time j which we doubt, however. The prompt refusal to surrender the town seems to look as though Longs treat t» in force im mediattly behind It, and .'proposes.’seriously fo dispute Burnstde’s passage to the south side of, the ; river. i|lBTBr tlielesß, we hardly think so; conceiving thah his present purpose is simply to observe our movements as closely as possible, keeping ready to retreat before us the moment he is satisfied that Bqrn&ide is ready to make th^croasing.. Affairs on the Upper Potomac. Rumors about Stonewall Jackgon— The Dan - age to the Baltiruore and. Ohio Railroad—A Rise in the Potomac Expected. Babpbb's Fbbkv, Nov. 21.—We have a rumor that Jackson is still in the vioinity.of.'WmchfsterV with an army of forty thousand men; The general impression is, however, that he is retiring in the direction of Gordons ville.- AU is now qtoet along. Hie;Hheß| ttoughtGeneral Geary is sending out reconhoissahces daily to notice the movements of the enemy. A reconnoissence over the Baltimore and Ohio,Ball road by one of the supervisors gives some idea of the eitent of the damage to thetraokof the Baltimore and Ohio itallroad by the rebels. ; The malt track is torn up to the extent of about twenty-two miles, tho rai.a rendered useless by heating, and the ties all burned. There Is about an average of seventy rails to the mite only fit far • relaying. • The sidings at Martinsburg are all ' • The,weather has been very disagreeable for several dayi j but .the river has 60 far only risen about two inches, though the rain of yesterday, when It reaches us from the mountains, will doubtless oause a further riße. Important from Washington, lecsbnrg la Fossessroa »f the Rebels. JACKSON RESORTED TO BE 111 ARCHING # . on Washington. The Star, of last oventng, contains tho following: ■Washington, How. 22,1862—The impression prevails dalle extensively in. the front, yesterday and this fore nooD,.that Earlp’k and- Maohall’k dtvfeiona of Stonewall Jackson’s force aye advancing upon Washington, and: have arrived in the vicinity of IXiddleburg and lieesburg. We,, however, state what we know in saying that if Stonewall cornea in this- direction, with lees' than ahun dsed-thousand men, General Heintzleman wilhhardly let him get back to tbehiountxlris again. Sc there need bo little tear that vita will hear the report of his artillery In this city. ~. . .. We are no believers that the rebel troop*, why now hover nieunfi onr imnudialw front, are in any con-. (Merable force whatever,.. Three hundred rebel cavalry, by hurrying -to -and fro abound our pickets, may.easily persuade the uninitiaud, lor the time being, that they represent many thousands. Fairfax Siaxmn, Nov. 21,10 p. M.—My last infor mation from the front is up to this morning,"when, according to Hie nioat reliable reports from 'there; rebel cavalry drove in our pickets to Oentrevillei capturing two orlthree of: them. ... > Tbe latest from .Leesburg represents (doubtless cor rectly) that White’s guerilla cavalry now.hold that town, ‘ and the country, adjacent,down to Goose oreek. • It-vnjg ‘ evacuated by us before their entrance Into It. Hence no' fight over,lts possession took.place, ; . ' ! ' The impfeeeion increases here that Jackson is actually on bis way down from the mountains, and Is new not far from Let slung, with forty thousand men, designing to ' make a dash upon some perlion of the defouoas on-Ar lington Heightsrwlth lbs hope of setting into" them hy. an unexpected co«j>, and turning their ghn* apon your city. Twenty-four hours 'will determine wtMtllB r fie is or is not bent on any such fool’s errand. THE WAR IN MISSISSIPPI. iIGTTATXOK OF GOVEENOE EEdOE, OF ABKANBAS. UHO, Not. 22 —The Grenada Apptal of the 18th Inat. tally exercised about the future of Mississippi, and big to,the people to ratty en ma»e around P.ember*, land in this way the army may be Increased to BO men, thereby virtuaUracknowleaging that it is psent much lets than that number. yernor Sector has resigned. Judge Fletcher, ot 4iaaa, is acting until Col, Piannagan, the GoTomor e\ia installed. 'lie War in the Southwest. connoissance to Ripley, Miss.—The Re , of Bragg Joining Price untrue—Why the els Abandoned Holly Springs. 1 o, Illinois, Nov. 22 —A. reconnoiasanoe from La in to Bipley, JHißßiEßippi, returned last night, after ia' occupied that place and Orizaba, which is twenty ail auth, for twenty-four hours. They captured lx seventy prisoners, and sev,nty horses and mules, -nc : with no loss. - hr ( o, Nov. 21—A member of General Grant’s staff, wh as just' arriycd direct from Lagrange, says that Goi | Bragg is not in that vicinity, and that the report to effect in the Memphis Bulletin ol the 18ih is untj . A er from Abbeville to-the Mobile News says that Bel prings was evacuated by consent of all the rebel geha, the position not being considered tenable. The; ere preparing for winter quarters at Abbeville, and «bot consider it probable that the Federals would aitactiem at that point. This correspondent affirms that o\,bird of the rebel army are without blankets. He that the army is half naked. „ The brad a Appeal has a despatch dated Richmond the says the Federals have a,numerous fleet' in the dies river, in the neighborhood of Brandon Bar. ■al Rosecrans’ Department. its of BrigadierJSenerals—Capture of' Morgan’s and Forrest’s Guerillas— hereabouts of Bragg. .LI, Tenn., Nov. 22.—Seventy-five of Mor fforrest’a men were brought in to-day. rsday we captured a guerilla provision train aville and thirty prisoners. Bragg is at Tnllahoma, w and Maynard addressed an immense crowd The Union-war feeling is increasing. Movent Partf The | Nash! - gan’s an] On TB near Ola Genera Brown! lastnighj The tel jrapliing of military intelligence ia prohibited. v THE LATEST. *... Contruictory Keportsiabout the Movements of the lebels at , Murfreesboro—The Where about! of Bragg—Jeff Davis wants that Geueml to Fight for Every Inch of. Tennes see—Movements of Kirby Smith. NashvLle, Hot. 21.—Murfreesboro la said to be evacuated by the rebels, who are retiring to TnUahoma, wWchtbcy er» fortifjing Bragg's armyjs divided into two corps under .Gone* raio \ ,SASPg~i« Sep. DavlsjcaptnredLfertßt “Stone’s river. .. Btayy.cannonading was heard this morning in the di rection of Lebanon. The causelb unknown. The robots report Bragg to be moving on Mutfress boro,instead of that place being evacnatod. Betters received here say that Jeff Davis reqnirea Bragg to fight for every inch of Tennessee soil. f Breckinridge's division hag occupied Shelbyyitie, and the rest of the rebel army is gonth of Duck river, fortify ing Elk Stage. Kirby Smith’s corps was croaaing the Tennessee river, on Thursday. ■ * The bridge across the Tenxessee river at Bridgeport is nearly ihished. ; Trial[of the Indians in Minnesota, Evidences of their Guilt—The Atrocious Con duct of the Guilty—Plumbers of them Identi fied ]l*y the Survivors of the Massacre- Friends Recognizing the Murderers .of theif Relatives. The Bi. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer, of the l?th, con tains the following letter from a correspondent: I - • OiMp Siblev, Lower Agbscv, November 7; 1862,. Our military campaign, whioh commenced ita sessions at Camp Belease, for the trial of the “ mn lajtto, mixed biobdai and Indians,” engaged in the Bionx bfts cicßed its labors and been relieved from dttfcj'. Four "hundred and ninety-eight cases hare been dis posrdjof, go yon can see the calendar or the commission was a/formidable one. / At J?Smp Release, or Sibley, a tent served for a court room/ but here more _comfortable accommodations were obisined in a log building, formerly occupied by a hslf breed namedßa Batte for nnromantlc kitchen purposes, hot henceforth to pass into history and be immortalized Butto return to toe commission. The business has been desyaiched with celerity, as many as forty cases being tried per day in gome instances. The prisoners were brought in, chained together by fhe feet, In pairs, in some coses eight at a time, and the' charges, which were preferred by General Sibley , read to them through the interpreter, Antoine Frenler, and then, after being exhorted to toll the truth, and not equivocate, each was asked as to the extent of his participation in the outrages, and, it necessary, witnesses were called against him. , i . THE BRUTALITY OT THE I.dDIASS, ■ Itwas proved on one old out nosed Indian that, on the occasion, he.had shot a white man, and butchered with his knife eleven women and four children; and another/ that he had killed nineteen. Many of those engaged in the Fatville murder have been tried. Fatviilestarted from Jo Reynold’s place, just above Red Wood, for New Dim, on the morning of the Outbreak, with three young ladies and two other men, and on the way were attacked by the Indians. Fatville was hilledLnear the wagpn, and the other men at the edge of the woods, while trying-to escape; One of the girls .was wounded, and all three were, taken pri soners and brought to Bed Wood. Here the three were all abused that bight h’y the Indians; one, a girl of fourteen, by seventeen of the wretches, and the wounded young lady to such an extent that she- died that night. The two other young ladies were reclaimed at Damp Belease, aitd sent to their friends, after suffering indig-' nitics worse than death, and at which humanity shudders and sickens. * • . A WHOLE YAMIIiT MURHEBED. Others have bees tried, who'bclong to a band of eight, that separated fhemseiv.s fromlfie main body which nt tacked the fort in the second battle, and went towards St. Peter, burning the ehuroh, the Swan Lake House, .and Other buildipgs, and murdering and plundering. They attacked one party and killed all the men, and then one of them caught hold of is young girl, to take her as hta property, when the mother resisted, ahd ;en deavoied to poll her away. The Indiana then shot the mother dead and wounded the gtel, who fell Upon the ground; apparently lifeless One Indian thought she was dead,- and told her first captor to raise her clothes, which .he attempted to do. Modesty,; strong* in death, revived: the girl, and she attempted to prevent it, but as ■he did so the : other Indian raised hie tomahawk and dashed out her brains. A BOY BESOGNTZES TnE HUB DEREK OF HIS 3IOTIIEK. An old man, shrivelled to a mummy, one of the errors on the Indian camp, was also tried, and two little boys tetUSed against him. 1 These boys belonged to a large party, who came from above-Beaver oreek to within a few miles of. the fort, whom tho Indians met there, and told them" If they would go babk jslih them to.where they came from, and give up their teams; they, should not be harmed. 'When they got somejdistanoe from them toey fired into them and hilled one man tend a number of,women, takiog the re* mainder prisoners with the ohildren.. The old wretch was made to aland upf loot ing cold and impassable, and s as t tolid as a stone, tbe boys . likewise standing,.placed opposite, gazing at each other for a moment, when one dr; the boys said: “B jaw that man shoot a man while he was on his knees at prayerj” ahd theother hoy said: “I’ saw him shoot my mother.’’ . . j HOW THE riHSONEHS LOOKED. DOIUIIQ, THE EX . AJIINATION. ■ < The prisoners were generally cold and uclmpasslened,' and, strange te-say, many averred that they shot from a; long distance In the fights, and acknowledged that they-' were cowards-l-an uncommon admission for-nu-Indiau-'to; make.-- : - - ■! From Californi-a, Fan Frawisco, Nov. 21.—Tbe markets, are qulet-.* 500 cases ol Elagina] olive oil ware sold at, auction ad S4hB. There Is considerable speculative Inquiry tor toieign.brandies, also for coal oil, which-Is quoted ad 05070 c. - '- ■ ■ . ■ . , The steamer Constitution, which sailed, yesterday for Panama,Josjt on consignment to New..Xork 550 bundles' of whalebone, 118 bales of. wool, sBo,OOOiwent forward for the NationM Sanitary Oommlttoe, malting.the total frtm lhls coast S5OO 000. ■ , Sailed, sblp Win. Calais. Ban Ebancisc6 November 23:—There is a speculative lrquir- tor teas and coat oil, A sale of 20,000. gallons of the latter was made at 75 oents; %SOO gallons, whale-oil at 65 cents : butter 25 cento; barley §1.95.;. wheat SI 80. A preliminary meeting or the wine groviera has been recently held'here, to oonslder tbe'Gbnditioa.of'tbe wine interests of tbe Stole, and urge Congress lo repeal or ,-niodiiy the>heavj-Atax on native wines. Officsrs were eh otidto.mature,plans for f utnre action. United StatesTSenator front New Jersey. .Tassvds, If- j-VNov. £2 Gov. Olden” has appointed Blchafo Field, of'-Brinoeton,-Halted-’States Senator- to till tbe vacancy caused by the.deathof Hon John K. .Tb'-niton. ,The term will, expire on thedih of March, next.. . ,’s General Fremont at CinoinnaU. ; Cincinnati, Nov. 22 —General Fremont; arrived here to-night, unaccompanied. Gen. Geary's Fore® Hear Harper's Ferry Attasled. Thc Rcfeslß Driven off—Several of them Pisv Habper'& Ferry, Hot 22.-{Bpectal' to the Hew York Herald. >-=Our wording parties were-attasked this morning, near Haltiovra, by a troop of rebet horse. General Geary ordered a Batiery of si* maeKfed sans to Be opened upon them. They were driven back at the first routd, and shelled as lea* as theyremahied within rarg*. Several msn ; and horses were placed' KoTf de CCK&of. We did not lose a man. ' ‘ ■/. Drom Fort jftoyaf NrwYork, Nov. 22.~The United States gnnboat-Maa sachnsetSs has arrived from Pbrfßoyal ‘ The yellow fever had entirely disappeared from that locality. Fire at Poughkeepsie. PonoHsanrstE. Nov, '23'—The-Poughkeepsie Eagfr ertablfebment has been destroyed- by fire. Loss, $l2|QOO; insu ance $B,OOO, Loss ore the building and stores, ®15,030, partially insured.- Departure of Steamers. Quebec, Not. 22 —The steamer Nova Beotian sailed for Europe thiomorning. New Yoke, Bov. 22 —The steamers Oily of Baltimore and New York sailed this morning for Liverpool. Marine Disaster. f New York, November 23.— The schooner irautslana, from Baltimore for Bemarara, was-abandoned, in a sink* ing condition, on the 10. h inst. Alt hands were saved, and brought here by the schr Bushes? ~ Ship News; Nnw York, Nov. 23.— Returned, brig»Belle, hence for' New Orleans, having been in collision with the British schooner Tempest, of Nassau, from Jfstamoros for New York Theßelle lost her jib boom and all her head gear. The Tempest was snDk. She left Matamoros, October 28 with 276 bales of cotton, 10 tons lead, ISO bides, and 10 bales wool, and had on boatd li-passßngers. Oh the 22d she was run into by the brig Belie, Birthing the Tempest op the port side, forward of the fore-rigging, carrying away both masts, and cutting her-down to the water's ..edge. Oapt. Gates took the crew and passengers onboard the Belle, and reinrned to New York with them, and to rep*ir. , "" The Dntch ship Beilge&tia, from Batavi&.for Amster dam, with |sng4r'and coffee, was-spoken oil -Sombrero, November 3, bound to St. Thomas, havingtspruog aleak ai d had thrown overboard one third of ber cargo to pre vent her from sinking. ' The Britith brig Garland, of Cardlffj bound to Eng land, from Sombrero, with 250 tons-gnano, foundered at sealso mileß B. 8. X. of that place. All haads.yvere saved . and landed at St. Berts. Arrived, schr Etta, from Nassau, with fralt. left ship - Hester, from Philadelphia, for New Orleans, discharging, having been aehore on the Bahama banks, and was got off by the wreckers. The brig Black. Hawk, hence for Cardenas, west ashore on the night of the Bth instant, on Orange Bey, and became a total wreck. Part of her cargo was Baved and taken into Nassau, Arrived, bark B. W. Holbrook from-Havana, brig Conflict fiom St- Kitts and Nevis, Britishbark Alleecore irom St. Thomas, British ecbooner®orvis» fiom Ponce, P. 8.. Banish brig Undine from fit. Thomas,, btlg :Betbafrom Bt Thomas, schooner-Phebe ftom Havana, Swedish brig Ady Blrlok from Sombrero, schooner Kasbeck frc.ro Arroya, P. R. Public Entertainments Tdk Walnut, street Theatre —Mr. Bayenport has recovered from bis Itdisposition, and will appear this ( evening as .Richeiieu. We shall be rejoioed to see this great actor in a character which will give him the oppor tunity of displaying his fine genius. It ia always a mat ter of regret with ns to see an artist as eminent as Mr. Bavenport clothing himself in blue Are and smoke, and debseing the intellect which oan render Hamlzt, and lago, and Richard as only lew living actors can render them, to the representation of Black Doctors and Wizards of the Wave Richelieu is a great play, and Mr. Bavenport is onebf thegriatest reepreseniativesof Richelieu. Al ways excepting Mr. Forrest (whoso Cardinal Duke will be remembered long after his name has passed into the glory of Roscius,) and it maybe Mr. Booth, who has won high commendation for'Mr'recant-perform-, anees in Sew Turk, we do not know an aotor who seems to realize the true idea of Mr. Bulwer as fully. ;as Mr. Bavenport.;-He has an impressive, earnest, and sympathetic style. He enters into the spirit of his part, giving it life, and power, and reality. We have the great prime minister who ruled the.destinieg of Jfrance, and the great cardinal who silenced kings with the Grander of Rome. And the many beauties of language, thought, conception, and imagery, with which the play abounds, are delivered by Mr. Bavenport with exquisite and grace ful declamation, Those of our readers who wish to see this noble drama nobly performed Bhould spend the eve ning with Mr. Bavenport. We are glad to see that his engagement has proved go successful, He, is a versatile, accomplished and elegant actor, and we shall always bs gratlSed to see him patronized and oherished by the people of Philadelphia, The Arch-street Theatre.— Mrs. John Drew Is i meeting with a very gratifying ffid remarkable mccess at her theatre, and the engagement of Mr Clarke has proved one of the most <brilliant ever performed in this city. Much of i tbis success is doe to the fine management of Mrs. Brew—to her excellent orehßstra, stage appoint ments, scenery, and good company. In many of these respects Mrs. Brew’s theatre is one of the best in the country; and while there might be some improvements, which do not require suggestion, still she is doing all in her power to deserve euccess, arid we are glad to see her so abundently rewarded. On Friday evening Mrs. Brew presented anew play— which might be very justly called a specimen of eccentric comedy—entitled “ Peter Waxem, or The Gentleman of Nature.”. This play, we are informed, was written by Mr. Be Walden for Mr; Olerke,' who appeared in the principal part. We shall eay for Mr. Bo Walden that bis comedy is one of the mcßt original thatbaseyer been written. It re sembles nothingelse in the English language, nor, we be lieve, in any other language, living ordead. Peter Waxem, the hero, is, of course, a shoemaker. He appears in the first act as a Shoemaker and a Taakee, who wanders, around the country singing a ditty about old Bhoes to mend, and the desirabiUty_of possessing as much monoy. as.it was lu bis power to Bpend. The time Is BhorSy' ifter too Revo- Intion,' 'and a certain captain, jwho is condemned as. a ~*tr»ytorJ£ialiH>°-Jifi-li!siV»-Wfa-fei<i.ahSfl£lgfl:ijd'-B»rt : ot-the —lie ineeiH Hid wue an<T CBIKIy-V»i^na-tu»' formed that he must never again meet them. Of course, they pert in tears. The child is given in. charge of a faithful cottager, who likewise receives a small handle of papers, supposed to contain an-immense sura of money, to be.given to the .child when eighteen years of 'age ■ A villain named Jacob Krookley overhears the interview, and when the .captain departs rushes from Mb conceal ment, tries to sieai the papers, and, on resistance being made,Btabß the faithful cottager, but is compelled to fly before obtaining his prixe, ’ Waaem appears; hears Hie dying woman’s' last words, and becomes a father to to e child amid alowmusio, a descending curtain, and the loud cheers of the boys in the gailery, /Fifteen, y ears pass away. In the meantime Mr. Djd worth plays a merry piece of mneic, and the curtain rises on the second act. Waxem is a til a shoemaker, and has taken good care of his musical education, for he still sings bis ditty abont bid shoes to mend. Krookley has improved bis appearance, and allowed his hair to grow, assuming a feigned name, ppd altogether looking very tatpectahle, if we except a large black cloak and a maltl tndlnoua cravat, which of course stamp him to be the villain that he is, The child has grown to be a woman, and falls in love with Dr. Gray, a young physician, who in the end tnrba out to be no better than he ought to be In conjunction with W moat disagreeable old fop, who wears sn extraordinary garment: ef incomprehensib’e embroidery, Krookley has made up his mind to steal the child /away, and obtain half of her fortune, although how does not very clearly appear. In the mean time the child’s mother is found. We then learn that her former husband, the proecribod cap tain, departed this life ten years before, and that she, like an affectionate wife, had immediately married a judge, who does not appear in the play, amah to his own peace of mind, for it shields him from a know ledge of the painful feast that his Bponse was a widow, and a mother, and not the spinster she professsd to be. Krookley threatens to. expose her: former marriage, and nothing but the ingenuity of Waxem prevents the do mestio catastrophe. This ingenious affair comes in the last set. Before it takes place TTazens thinks he will make love to bis ward, notwithstanding the disparity of their ages. The wooing scene, which is the only good scene in the whole contrivance, gives ns a very delicious bit of serious acting on the part of Mr. Clarke. The ward still professes to love the young doctor, and Waxem im mediately seta about reforming that gentleman. Tnls beloved physician has been borrowing money to buy diamonds for a certain Butch countess in New moralß appear to be sadly out of repair, and for whom he has formed an unfortunate attach ment. In the meantime, by the generosity of a stock-broker, and the ignorance of one of his apprentices, Waxem becomes very rich. We will db Mr. Bo Walden the justice to say that be makes his extra ordinary shoemaker tifinent in a most remarkable and original manner. Waxem then buys a snit of good oiothes, visits the Dutch countess, and after a very vulgar ex hibition of himße/f, aa it be had never worn good oiothes before, intimidates that lady into rejecting Dr. Gray, who leaves the house in'Buch a atsrte of distraction that we' naturally suspect he died shortly afterwards from one of the most violent poisons in his pharmacopceia, more partloalariy as he does not reappear. Waxem returns home, mteSa Krookley, locks the door, takes out an im mense knife, ana threateES immeiiliste death to that long haired villain unIOBB he admits his crimes. Krookley writes a confession, whereupon Waxem calls in two policemen,'who take thescoundreito the nearest station house, amidst the most tremendous, cheering from the aforei aid boys in the upper gallery,:who seem disposed to administer summary justice. Then the ward appaars, along with her mother, and informs- her foster.father, / Waxem, that in conseqnenoe of his noble conduct, and so cn, she had concluded to marry him, And with this matrimonial-declaration the drama eads. ...... We will say for .Mr. De Walden, that he has succeeded ; in writing a very ttupid and improbable play. From the beginning to the end it is unuaturaii' and extravagant, and although well placed upon the stagemnd well played, f it makes a most tedious, dreary- and unpleasant perform ance. That should play such a part to fall J houses, is a sign of his great power and popularity. He, ; of all men, however, should remember that there is no-; thing more easily lost than the very 'popularity which; now brings to his feet immenee and constant! audiences. Mr. Clarke Ibstill ayoungman, and has much to learn.- His power is reiaarkable, but It is tbe/power of ai imi-: tative and not an original mind. Hike the picture copy-; lets in the Italian galleries, he gives us fair copies of the; old masters, without exhibiting any of thßir genius. B at; if this power is to be spent in gratifying false, volgarj and vitiated tastes—if he is to d) nothing but. , ".over the v stage in. melodramas, whose; | only qualities are exaggeration and blus-fite—lf he Is’; : to detnean ; himself in his. profession merely to create' , an uproar among unthinhing- and giddy boys, he wl'l ; ,find the trne and gennihe dramatic, taste of the people—j , that of an accomplished and educated public—gradually; ! pass away. There is no study more delightful and diffl-; cull than that of true and. natural humor. Thero is no art more earnestly priz3d and patroniztd Mr. Clarke' , has shown us what he can do, and theref. re we are pain ted to see him do what he is.doing, for it is a sad thiag to see en actor who has few, if any, equsls as ISnb Tykt, Bcb Acres W-afl&ilove, Houabttons, and Tony L'inlp , playing nishtßafter nisht in BUCh parts as/Nipr cheese, C’jrtts Blbomf(?o(!.Vlej, and Piter Waxem, -. ‘ IOArTAiN WiLMAMs—We are glad to have - Captain Williams with us again. There Are few entertainments in the city mere agreeable fhan his Whaling Voyage' The Captain himself is a bright, genial, manly sailor, full cf inielligcn’ce and anisstion, who has followed the levl atbanß into ihelr moat distant and dangerous homes, and whose cheeks are tanned by the hot and. changing weathers of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. To alt at his feet and listen to his narrative Is a very delightful way of spending an 'hour. He. Ib'eO trank, Bimple, auji trneheaited, snl In many egeuca becomes go graphic and intense, that we feel omss’.ves carried away, and for the time .ixnsgine-mnrseleofi e harpooner, ( at.the how, or an si x [c ue Icat m an ~ w 1 th the ocean around us, and the djing while whirling 'through the eddies of the sea in a vain and mad endeavor to escape from the weapon that has fastened. Itself Into its life, It to rarely that we see 60 ehtorftsinment so foil Ot Interest cmd froth, and for this reasonwe earnestly commend Captitfn Williams to the Hod consideration of onr people.. Gabbseb ft orsMsnßO'B saw AMrHrrHBAVXX.—The’ commodiona building, known »l National Hell. Mar ket etnet, will tie opened this evening, uniter the management of Gardner a Hemming—both experienced and subctsefnl showmen—as as amphitheatre. If pro periir BOppwted, aa it w3‘ be If the programmes aro al- WO7B as attractive as that lor tooi&ht, it will be made * permanent ibvfitutfon. •, There it ramitt .tbe city for an' eßtalSiShment ef Hus kind. rar nr ri t it* ‘V -A JEL Mi ■ ; vj Jfc JL-. -It «• 'FOR ACTmONAIi HOSAI. NEWS'SEIT FOffBTirKSSS.j The Thermometer. HOVEMDJnt 22; 1861. I NOVEMBER Zi; lSffit 6 a.M.„..15fK.....8r. m 6a.13 K....1y.» ! 39....... [ 40,....-,.45X'.--»--'.**J# 1 tram. 1-. - .wind. iNHE.... ..NKH..-. .NN^NW..... ..SWV.. .HfbrH’. * lB6l. fa NOTBafBBB 23," 1862. oam 12 M Br. M. •« A. M..... 13 M1...3?. ie. 46... 49.. *.....46 ...SJ..M.;.iMBB* WIND. ... . WIND. Kt*rS NE. ..„.WNW' vr;.... r w&vr....ws'f The last week wrawn one. Tfie" mein temperaturecfthß thermometer up to Friday eve ning’ was 48, while that for the same period' is 166 t was' 40 6v East week 3 2i?iaohea of rai»fe4VmakiDgBB,'4Bl2s ’ gallons to the aore. : Death of Bare. Gsir. Francis E; PATTEB&ON—ABBITAE OF TJas BOpri—Tliß re mains cf Brigadier General Francis B: Patterson arrived in this city, from Washington, Saturday midnight, and were Quietly conveyed to the resideaoe' of his father, Thirteenth and Eocnst streets, about ten o’clock yester day morning. The deceased is-euppoeed to have acci dentally shot himself, while in camp, about seven mftes from Fairfax Court Honso; Open the removal of the re mains from the Baltimore depot, yesterday, there was no excitement whatever attending. The, remains-were in charge of some of the officers attached''to the same brigade as the deceased. General Patterson at an early day: di@lsyed great military genius.: When the -Mexican war- broke ont, he was appointed to the regular army as a second lieutenant in the Ist Artillery, on the ■24* of June, IE4T/ He was promoted to a first lieutenancy in 184 S- He fttterwards law considerable service in the West. . Boms yesrs ago be resigned. Whilst here he was called npon by the officers-of the Ist Artillery Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers to serve -as colonel. He held that commission at the ont of the -rebel lion. His regiment wbb composed of thucrack, artillery, corps, Washington Grays, Philadelphia Grays, Ofldwala der Grays, Independent Grays, and others. After the regiment was mustered out of-service Col. Frank Patterson returned to Philadelphia, and shortly after was eleoted brigadier general of the Reserve Bri gade. He was subsequently nominated as a brigadier general by the President He went Into service shortly before the movement of McClellan to the Peninsula,, and-wag assigned to the command of a brigade, principally com posed of New Jersey troops, in Gen. Hookert division. At the time of bis death his brigade was noas Faitlax Court House. The General was much beloved by his command, andwaa a good and brave soldier. Trade : tbfr ; slgns of the times may be observed in the greatnumber of trades men’s meetings now being held. Printers and pap ,r-hang ers, horse-sheers and plumbers, barbers and Baa-makers, draymen; riggers, garment-cutters and cigar, makers, have all been represented. Among mechanics a general move is on foot, and although no serious .difficulty need oe anti cipated from their demand of an advance in wages, yet the earnestness displayed at their meetings, and the action token, are sufficient guarantees that, something will soon be done. On Saturday evening, tbe X.ITHOQRAHHi PRINTERS of this city hdd a meeting, at So. 431 OallowhiU Btreet. The chairman was Mr. Francis Mitchell ;;the seoretary, J, p, Finnegan. After ample discussion, a resolution to appoint a committee to wait upon and obtain the con currence of alt the shops was negatived, and a resolution to appoint a committee of three-to draft rules for perma nent organization was agreed to. Messrs. OonkUn, Zi hinehl, and Flanagan were appointed the committee, aud the meeting adjourned, A MEETING. OF- RARBERS was held last night, at So. 428 Ooates street. All barbers residing la the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, nine teenth, aid Twenty-fifth wards were reanested to at tend. Mr. Ernst File was president, and Mr. Thomas Bpechts secretary. On Aprill3th, 1862, the First, Se cond, Thiid, and Fourth wards adopted resolutions raising the scale of prices to. that which had attained in the middle jectioEß of the city. The prices in these first four wards had been, up. to that date, five cents for shaving and ten cents-for hair-cutting. By the resolu tions passed the prioea were raised to six OBUts for shaving and twelve cents for hair cutting. The meeting of last night was to harmonize the scale of prices in ibe wards then represented with the Beale of prices prevailing in the lower and middle sections of the city. The resolutions adopted by the first four wards went into operation on the first of May, 1882. At a future meeting of the wards represented last eve ning, to be h*ti next Tuesday night, at 327 Girard avenue, some decisive action will probably be taken, last night nothing was transacted but the appointment fcf a crromittee to wait upon the different wards aud promote unanimity of_actlon. In Bichmond and Ger mantown some of the shops have prices as low as four cents. The colored members of the profession are in : eluded in the action at present under oaattdanttan: ; Febsonal Items.—Goy. Curtin lias. just issutd ,a commission as captain of Oompsny K, of the 26th Begimout Pennsylvania Volunteers, to Lieuie nsrt William Swain. Small, son of the colonel of the. re.- r-,; Youpgßmall joined the regiment as a private before he was seventeen yearn size alone— through all the intermediate ranks td‘ his present position. :Lieataniint_ ;Jos. Penrose Ash, sth TJ. S. Begular Cavalry, the gallant young officer who led the brilliant charge upon the rebel cavalry at 'Warientoh, Virginia, two weeks since, has reached this city in charge of his friends. Blent. Ash was badly wounded in the encounter, having two sabre cuts on bis bead, a bullet ploughed through his scalp, one in the left shoulder, and another through his right thumb. All these wounds are painful and severe, but not dangerous. It will be a month or two, though, before he can lossibly join his command. Bieut. Ash is a native :of this city, th# son of the late Caleb L. Ash, Bet, has been in the army ever ...stupe the commence ment of the civil war, ,is an accomplished bffi cor,’and one of the beet horsemen in the country. Funeral of Hear Admiral Laval- LETTE.— I The funeral of Bear Admiral Lavallette took place on Saturday from the residence of the son-in-law of the deceased, No. 1624 Wallace street. A number of the officers of the army and navy were present and took part in the ceremonies. Among them were Commodore Stribling, the new commandant at the navy yard, and Brigadier General Montgomery. The body of the de ceased was placed in a handsome coffin, which was covered with black cloth aud mounted with silver. It was wiapped in the American flag after being placed in the hearse. The funeral procession-proceeded to the Church of the Intercessor , on Spring Garden street, be low Broad, in the following order: Police under lieutenant Lovaire. Marines from the Navy Yard. ' .• Band. Hearse containing remains of deceased, with eight sailors acting as guard ol honor. Army and Navy Officers. Carriages containing family and friends of deceased. . At the church appropriate religious services,were per formed by the Bev. B. A. Carden, assisted by several; other clergymen ; after which the line or march was again taken up; and'the funeral proceeded to Laurel Hill, where the Interment took place. The usual honors were paid'to the deceased Admiral at the grave by a de tachment of marines. v The Criminal Court.— On Satur day, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, before Judge Thompson, a habeas corpus case was heard, in which the discharge of Wm B. Mertland, a private in the 109th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was prayed, on the ground of his minority at the time of enlistment The muster roll set bis age down at twenty-one, but the boy’s parents had in court the family rfeord, showing him to be under eighteen years of age. Their testimony was also to the same effect, and the court ordered a,discharge. Mertland was enlisted In January last, and has been away with his regiment until quite recently, when he was ordered home on recrniting service. His parents then took ont this writ. Nothing else of importance transpired. Ch&nncey Johnson, the noted bank- robber, was np on a writ of habeas corpuß. Johnson, it will be recollected, is held to' answer’* charge of robbing the Girard Bank of 52,000 by a trick familiar to him—hooking with a piece of wire. On.Batnrdar.the hearing on the writwasrefused, on the ground that the proper notice had not been given to the district attorney. Had'Johnson succeeded in getting hi! release he would have jumped from the-frying-pan into the flra, as officers from Washington, Hew Tork, and Boston were present to take him. Donations to the Homeopathic Hos pital —The following donations to- the Homeopathic Hospital, Ho. 1118 Onthbert street, are acknowledged by the corresponding: secretary, Mrs. H. N. Gnemaßy : Mrs. Wallace—Liver puddings, vegetables, 3 shirts, bandages, lint, books. Mrs. Bosche—Basket of rusks. Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Cady, Mrs. Shoemaker—Large dona tions of meat, vegetables, apples,fand pears, Mrs. Thomas 1 largo dish, coal scuttle, and shovel. Mrs. Wilson— Prying pan. Mrs. Cousty—lron stand. Dr Brans—l box of wine. Mrs. Homer—l. tea pot, 1 strainer. Mrs. Wallace—Marketing. Mr. Wannamacher—Eggs. Miss Pesoa—2 combs, 1 hairbrush, 2 bottles of wine. Mrs. Paschall—2'packeges oom starch. Mrs. Scott—l bottle of wine, I bettle whisky. Mrs. Garnett Darby—l 2 pil lows, onions, 12 pillow slips. Mrs. Ji W. Scott, 2 pairs of widen socks, 1 pound bntter. Mrs. M. K Smith—l jir current jelly. Mrs. Wallace—Beefsteak, 2 fish. Mrs- Dr. Bane—Beefsteak.. Jane Smith—2 smoked shad, 8 r pou*ds:sugar.7 Mr.; Thomas Webb-—2 U pounds of cof ree. Mrs. Bichardson—Basket eft rnsks.. Mrs. Pierpont —Donation of *lO, 3 pounds seda crackers. Mis- W. Williamson—Beefsteak. Mr. inner—Paper, envelopes. . BLd.Ptns. Spring Garden Market—2 bsskot sweet pota to 3s, 1 white, 1 basket of apples, pear, onions, pumpkins, mnttote and a lot ol vegetables. Mrs. Kelly— Variety, of jslliea. Mrs H. Groble—l basket of potatoes, 1 basket of apples ...... EpN’i Bead THB. NmwspA.PEßs.—A few days since, a man from Ft araixriil;-, accompanied by his wile, arrived in this city, for tbe purpose of purchas ing a bureau. : They went-lßto,a furniture stare, picked out a handsome bureau K snd inquired the price, which they were told wee $3B; This they® thought was too much, end told the proprietor of the establishment that they would be willinpto s»e $lO, which he refused to take. Our Phoenix gentleman then passed a 520 gold piece oxer to Mb wife, telling her at tbpsame time to go to another establißimont and parchaßS, one. The sharp Philadelphian fleeing,'the $2O gold piece, anxiously in? Quired U he intefided-to pay that money for it, .whereupon Pieenix remarked, ‘‘ Certainly.!’ “>rhen, yon tan have, ihe : bureau,” says the storekeeper, who took the gold piece, and no doubt realised a handsome premium. on llr We . can hturily believe a .story of this kind, but it o»r -jatnly goei to prote that it la not safe to hi without a good newspaper. ‘ " 1 The Proceeds.— The fail" held last week, In Musical Pnnd Haiti in aid. of the Ohnrch-of the , Arrant elation, reeUeed upwards of $3,600. This large sum is a coinpllmentto.the popularity of Father Ho- Anany, the pastor, as it also attadUth* devotion and aeal of hi* ow jrtgftiion. Important to Drafted Saturday, a number of dratted men,prho badr*e n report themselves, arrived at Camp ri-Slidoiphi 3 h escorted her* by a guard of soldiers. Those ** b6l!li home who have been draited and who have cot 1863 41 themselves at camp, should do so at once, or toerS 1 * 53 taken by force. lea very short time the broke nr*' Will be placed In the hands of the saperintendsaf r rendtzvons, when all control of the matter , W tt6 of the hands of the. CommlssJoners ot Draft, placed In the hands of tbe United States oa Cw I? *** duty it jHB be to send for these men-, ’ Meeting of New Summ p I;D EIBHEBS'.-=The late extreordioary rise- of gf. oect.-ln thrr price of printing paper and prig* ? Mr teiftls generally, toe induced a large number o’* **' paper ptffilittftrerfn Hsw Jersey to toMest Birr-t,'"'*' 1 ' of thcrßditorlat' Association to call trspeciaf that body to t&Se into consideration the pJ3%tf Sg ** either increasing" the-prie® of °f size, or eSeptingwue other practicable sseasfcrJr the necesoities' of newspaper publishers. Tb a 0 | S'6t hsa, thereJwe, issued' a- calT tor a mßetto-j-'o: ciation to Eft held af Temperance Hall, | :1 the 8 1 Trenton, on Thursday, December 4th, at H j, Cl!r "* The Last* of ah ©ed Tanv.^n 'Batnrday workingmen wk»'engaged, on the Fourth street, opposite WlHibg’r alley, remr T |j Bor list of the an cleat bhttonwbodriwee which stocV n, tl!e That portion of s&S'ctty'wK»S? > if graced was Whet End of PhiMdelpbia, audits virfnity tbs t£k pink and creena’ of weaUlf-tohd' fsehlon. Wb ° 6 * old'lvee was but a M*litig, JUdoo-Bhlpr» n ro? | l(< j 14169 spot; oaffi'Andre wooed and Arnold'' woo there the - Of Philadelphia. Ac a'time-hoMied roavenjr, olent free deserves aloftast a paaßing'notio*. 5 SW&bt> Prisestationst—To morre at the camp or parolcft prisoners, Annapolis, h i , ' Bworda-'wi!l be presented to two worthy and C J ,' t> cfficere.-Mejor jamet Given, 7th c , °! ,3t and Elsat. Cel. Geo. gangster, 47th' Bkw militia. Tbe presents are gotten up in o fcsr.th ;m ,._ 8 ' e ner, end wffl be presented- through Ocptsia this city. . ,ll! ESLIGtIOUS —The- dsivotion-of ttj Forty Honra” was commecefid yeaterd&j, t Q sj tojj; resa’a Ghxirob# ted will oontJ.nti& tUI servlets being held three times daily. This pecoliarlrimpreßtive, and always attracts e dance. 2 * Intebbsting Exercises a }i; ri v the benefit of the sick and woanded asldiors ot' p etreet Hospital, wlli be held at Eo. 815 fi MO 5 ;- 86{>( . Wt ' mencing-on Wednesday, and continuing fes jj 3 Sbekßpearian readings will take place every ” George K. Bttrr, a soldier connected with the ' The United E tates Ikgwi Ooy- PANT.—A fine pair of bay horses -has been preoarM by the Cnftid States Engine Compeay f or tkefr A new carriage with eight hundred feet 0 t hose, with the Jones patent conplieg, wist i a tie txa° of two or three weeks be boused by the members. ™ Jumped off the Boap.-On ga;,,!.. day morning a man named Abner Sheppard tsa.ji from the roof of a house, No. 118 Poplar street, ini instantaneously killed. At the time he was laboring - a der a fit of Insanity. Oobn-Husking Interfered with— The rain and snow of the paet fortnight hsvs ably Interfered with the business of com-hMI% j,’ Chester county, a conßiderable< quantitj of gra; a | s ut yet garnered. The Union and Schoh-kill (Ja- NAEB.—The present has been a good seasonf* ijg. ing; and these canals bring now-in good cotdltion, 5,.. boatmen are making tbe best use of their time. Kavy Yard Machinists.— The ployees of the machine shop at the Philaitlphii Yard give a grand half, at Musical Feed Hall, t„. morrow night. Bailboad Accident.— Last niaht Daniel Baker died at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He tad been run over on Saturday night, by one of toe oatsrf tho Tenth and Eleventh, streets Passenger Bailvay. Deserters.-—Four tees, deserter-, wer-> sent to their regiments on Saturday by the Provost He. ebal. eXj E Gr l JsRT ID LILI Gr II XC K, Saturday : is always a dull day in the civil cruris, mi the last was no exception to the ruts. The uaoal tome of business was gone- through with; motions for n!s were disposed of, .aad.rnles themselves made absolute it discharged.- Tho-lists were not as full as nsuai, ani in gotten through with at an early hoar in the day. Tne following sketch of the proceedings ia aa fall as iu la portance deserves:; In the. District Court in Banc the motion Ii&WH called, aud the cases, thereon heard or coniinaed. A District Court was aiso held by Judge Hare fer the pir pose of rendering judgment In ceaes where no sSJavin of defence had been filed. The jury in the case of HlM zer vn. Mintser, an action to recover damages for il-ftsi ant’s alleged interference with plaintiff’s me and eojjr ment ol Baltic place as a passage way and water trims, before reported, came into court iu the rs.-rclo; aid de sired further instruction on certain points. Tiny hid been out all night and were still unaole to agree, “iter an answer from Judge Bharswood to theirensaiion!, they ; agreed on a verdict for defendant. In the Court of Common Pleas the Mowing deciaiotß 1 were rendered, none of them of paths interest: Brazier vs. Wyant—Optniouhy Allison,.!.—lnlgmsat refused: defendant to give bonds so SrhhO, conditions! that he shall account to Brazier fc: his ehaieof the put - newhip profits. . Chew vs. Chew.—Opinion by Allison, J,—Bubs bast aside fl fa’s discharged. Tigbman’siEatate.-r-Opinion by Allison, J.—Saafett taciiment for not filing account granted. : Fisher vs. Bradford Opinion by Allison, fions to report of master aaitained. „ , , m coney v»—cman:—oruami-iT- Anisoa J.-Bcls to auaeh certiorari absolute. .-, Warren vs. Brnntpn.—Opinion by Lullow, 1-hitta to (tuseh servlceof subpoena discharged. Bonssll vs. Oomly:—Opion by Ludlow, J.-Ifflan* to plea sustained; Cordas VB Scheerer.. —Opinion by Ludlow, J.-jterar rer to plea sustained, with leave to amend. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL THE MONEY MARKET. P3ILIDBI.OTI, SC’T. 55.® Tlie gold mu-feet was very stead? 10-dsy, ml ft* ruling figure for buyers wa8 ,131 Jj, with ta! a mated! Bincnnt of transactions. The tenderer asms to Se tor • lower figure, and If a -rigorous campaign iaoeaaiz-'d Virginia (he rate will certainly foil wry ansHsaUf- The continned favorable aspect of cor eipsrt tadsii hiring a great: deal of weight with srer of the la ® operators, and a feel’ng of insecurity in gold ,is being engendered, which cannot fail a ak® l * * unfavorebly to the bull toterest. Enbacriptions to iberesr nalienal ea-pM G® - again reached two hundred thousand sollaa e . glad to reco? d this fset, as it shows a widety-a < and continned confidence in onr Governmental Patties desiring investments need only to _bs WWW ' the advantages of this loan to appreciate it, as the most for their money. The plentiful anpplyd«® to the commercial centres, most affect the tereat considerably, and it becomes every r™ e to glance into the in tore, and decide whether s ®‘ three or fonr per cent, to a savings hank, or erg eent. frem Government , The Stock market was without maeh change to and only a moderate bnsinees was dcoe. sixes hnd eeven-thirties ruled at State firs* ’ City sixes, old, at 103#, new at I$X- Sff m Third-streets Kailway second merS 1 ? 6 ’ 50 , ' Snnbnry and Erie sevens atlOltj; EeaifoS v without change. Pennsylvania Baikal mortgages and Ilmira Be vena were steady l Navigation sixes were % lower; Lehigh >* * ( firm North Pennsylvania Blxes were am* the tens were steady, Lehigh Zinc sold d»>' vance of X j Schuylkill Navigation prefettsd < . advance of X i Morris Canal at sS—:Miadvaed > > preferred was steady at 128. Bohemian pany brought S—an advance of lon last sa.»- Navigation Block and scrip were steady. 4I > Beading shares opened more cheertnlly O’ ’ a : made a slight advance on the opening the closing figure. Oatawisss was setire at ** j'jji preferred improving %, little Schuylkill . ff * at to-day, an advance of %- PetnW'f steady at 54# ; MinehUl at 4S#. NWfbf®*,, was a shade lower. Bong Island was wtthoiK \ Elmira and Lehigh Valley were steady. wajßmoved mote freely. ITest Philadelphiat no change; Thirteenth and Fifteenth at 2i,3 “ p. of X ! Second and Third at 77 ; Green and proved X j Arch street X j Girard College K- gold sold at the board for the first time since tlos wae removed, 130# «»#. being paid for it- ket closed steady, 1,600 shares and f23joootoc 1 tog hand®. Old demands were steady &tlo4#. Drexel & Co. QUete: : United States Bonds, 1831..¥ *, aft' United States Certificates of Indebtedness.. United Btates7 3-10N0te5...:.......... Quartermasters’ Vouchers.. -* j j#. Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness.....- I * -mi G01d......... Demand Notes.... The following is a comparative stalemate! ports of foreign dry goods at New Fork 1® ending November 20, and since January 1: jgji For the week:; 1860. 1 8Kv» EK^ 1 Entered at the port. 851,285-884- 233 3" j&« Thrown on market.. 1,003.421 lei,-- 8 Since January 1: - . Kr If Entered at the p0rt.304,073,630 40,624,i» ;jj Thrown on market.. 93.821,140 ■ 41,010,™ The following are the latest exchange :• Pittsburg, Pa...-...-.. *—Liol-Mi Boston, Mass.—.— *li P*®’ Buffalo, mod.all places to Central and WestemNew Y0rk............ X % Cleveland; 0hi0........... * . Crociira*ti, Ohio.. . . -* * & Detroit, Mich. V*' Lexington,'Ey... Milwaukee,Wis, St Louis, Mo i pr^ nl - Davenport, lowa. .......... 1 f $ 0 . Dnhnau8,!10wa.„....... ........ • Bt.-Panl,Minn. _ rt]a ,iii, - The legal-tender issues by Mr- ciia3B stood as follows a few days since: Total anthority by order of July V< 1 Eebruary 25, and July 11, W* l-mOUI lisned for droniaion..l... 1 Custom House notes..... Beeerved to pay depoalte uaat» eg 1 ' Balance unexhausted authority— • --' ~Q i ci This balanco is probably rsther over i* s The earnings of tho Tcdedo and "ft 1 tho second week to November were IB6L ' 5&585 ' 53,73® ,*•»*-*“*» Passengers^.,...... Breight ......... Sot* l Id crease. "• i Tke earni»g» ,o{ the HJtoefs Oe etcond week fa November were: 15©.... 1861..;.. In etc ste. ‘' Jr«l The earnings oi the Michigan ( afeonfl.-week in HoTomhor wet® * -isaa. IQCISB W* 9 ** l ' *
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