r 110.1 PIIESS, EXCEPTE • • j oigN W. 1101tNEY, • vorwrii s-rnEnT 111,11111..1* PRESS, WEr.k, payable to the Carrier, . r , 0111 of the City at SIX Duia.Alts poi.i..ut 4 you El MoNTllA—lnrntiliblY hi advance for the . . I.OI.I.V.EFALLY rauss, t m ont of the City itt THR EE Dot Wiein ativoneo. •• _ 11:K.8 • ~E.I)OIAL ATI STO IlEp coESTNUT STREET. .Toweiry, Pitetottrapir Albums, l'orkct nooks, Port Moan:tie+. Caba,,, ...ro•ut lo4s than tho regular orieqs. ova& list of articles which NVO yell Tho sumo goods are sold at id to 4LS encb • FOlt ONF: DOLLAR.I .'H, i i i ' mid beautiful styles, I:nins • ~•ve Ihninnn, ni do.. Thimblna, .11.•1 Emus, 11'1 'HT /11 1 MSC, .;7 1'1 :,E1 311 1 )itia : ilo. do. ...k 01111115. illfferOnt FATIOPI, v littllWlS, do, do. • 11.1.. do. do. • 11. do. do. • mine.. do. do. •—srf Rings. to. wogs, . do. do.. 01.70 . , reVering. vick, revolving, I:.eie, • • Hooka. . ••1,,d0 (item', • • . 800 k , . If nide- Ste i 11 •ot -.11:1:.l'hATI. WARR. FOR UNE 1)01.T.A.R1 • spoon& do. •r lad Woo, lurk, w ith MAHON • 1 , . ir ANY Or TUB ABOVE ARTICLES • •;.h.r to meet 1110 111,1164 of our 1111111eVOUS , stork of the attest Plated and •, • t a..LiterVith an asiortment of heatvi and a variety of Photograph Al. , which we will sell at prtees ' • •ara•tition. Ladles and Contlomen ttro " .1 ,•Natiihn , our stock. Evory attention •.. ',ilia they wish to parchaso or not. • Itetnembor CLARK'S ONE-DoLLAR. STORE, 60A CHESTNUT Street, 01)ilOSS1()N HOUSES. • FLPLUA BAG MAN [MAO- ;,;A:I.AP BAGS OF ALL SIZES corrEE, 130 NE-DUST, &e. ALSO, ...NAMLESS BAGS. oral' Sizes, for sale at low figures for Het eit4it on thillyory, GEO. GRIGG, - VW CHURCH ALLEY. .f1029-6t DY-MADE CLOTHING. DNTLEINIFINS N-01 witatar, CLOTHING, ItY 11118 11, 4 P. AND PRICE, .t itPit OVEROOATS BUSINESS SUI riots". INA K a4: - ,BROWN, `i,:iri . ‘i;OTIIING HOUSE, OAK HAIL, .41S - Eli SIXTH AND MA.RKET STREETS. E,) QPEOIAL DEPARTMENT FOR CUSTOMER WORK, 'E ItEAI)Y-INIADE ,CLOTIILNG. (1, soAIEBS & :SON, ' No. 6:45 CHESTNUT STREET, UNDER JAYNE'S HALL, :eade up fur sale nu entire new stock of PINE •CLOTHING. - I,4ortinent of CLOTHS, CASSIMFRES, mut • hick they respectfully invite tna public to Purchasing elsewhere. ee'27-td3l. ixr VUJENISILtNG GOODS. N E ' CLOTH OYER SHIRTS ! LINEN AND 3ICSLIN SHIRTS, lactic to order, of the most approved cut, >d jllr. .NT 1 .2111EN' S WRAPPERS, 1 - ' L.: -; nncl best assortment in the city. lo.lllllfG, IIOSIE,ItY, GLOVES, TIES, &c. AIioLESALE A..ID RETAIL G. A. HOFFMANN, No. 606 ARCH Styeet joIIN A.1311,150N1 ;:00i:TER AND 'MANUFACTURER, OF GENTLEMEN'S . . \l FURNISHING GOODS, AND 3 NORTU srrrit STREET, IFlrst Store above Market Street J, BURR MOORE'S,) repittatiou of thih Establishment for (;iiiillB ut MODERATE PRICES will be • , r.lebratesl IMPROVED-PATTERN SHIRTS, •• 'Altar. eau be supplied at short notice. 1 . 1, 1'.1RE AND CLOTH OVERSIIIRTS, In 0 real "Variety. oell-tf GRANT, An? ACTURER OF AND DEALER IN I, "TS . FURNISHING GOODS, No, 010 CHESTNUT STREET. PNE SHIRT _MANUFACTORY. ,tll;,, c rllior would invite attontion to his 13IPROVED Cul. OF SHLRTS, makes a speelaltyin his business. Also. e0n r41.4-iving , vELTIES FOR OENTLEMEN'FI WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING HTORS, 0 . 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors below the Continental. DRIJC4S AND CHEMICALS. OT 1;T SHOEMAKER ct CO., Ponrth and RACE Bireetti, PHILADELPHIA, VT oT ,ES ALE DRUGGISTS, 13 11'01:TEES AND DEALERS FORLION AND DOMESTIC M>OW AND PLATE GLASS, MANtFACTUILHBFI OF 17111.11 i AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, .tec Alin n 3 FDR:THR CELEBRATED F ILE CI - 1 ZINC PAINTS. con:umers supplied Rc VEItY LOW PRICES FOE CASII LGOKEVG GLASSES. 1111 *: B:EARLE.:k.Q,Ni M ANt t FACTURERS AND IMPORTERS LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PA IlsITI:VO EiNE ENGRAVINGS, ANG PORTRAIT FRAMES' PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, C ARTEs-DENISITE PORTRAITS. 1, E'S GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT STREET, lrg~l'i;~; PrIILADELPIIIA y r An, 'IONERY AND FANCY GOODS. 1 1 N tcQUAYLES' STATiONTRY, TOY, AND FANCY 000D9 MORIUM, Nk.. 1035 E WALNUT STREET, t • " ' LW n""TihiILADELPHIA. I P, I 'S I'IN & op , LITHOGRAPHERS dy , 7l) PIIINT ciff . ,ORISTS, Southwest corner of ..?1 Xllr ItiaL I : I, EVF,ZITTH Streets, are prepared to ex ii;,, Liir de , roptio n of Portrait; Landscape, Natural :FY, Ai reiteet oral, Autograph, Map, or other Litho , "'q, i!) Ow filo 1 4 . . manner, and the most rea- L1 , ,, 1 ~ . am rtor ~,, Milk Portiaitg Natural History, and Medical :i. • , .:' kr , . and tiny Niter description of Platen , colored e..,- ,!,,L,.! , i ?;13-1,, ni,d e wa rran t e d to re tlittasfactLon. '' ~..1 ntir.till:w ti Coloring Photographs. or 23-tf • •• • x %t 1 f i , . • . ... ~• - •., , , I/ ,•• ' '-',' - - )-4. '• 1 -,,,.,- - •••••,.... 1 / 4 `, \ x i•,I i f / j /./ • .4- 4 . • '• • AI: '•/•.. II - •fE.‘ • ~4,,, 1 / 4. -- V *3...V - -;•" 7 y• ?I -,-, N.. v .,‘‘ t ti. I /,-; ..• ~,,, . .•. 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Nashville Railroad. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Loursymmi, Nov. 27, 11312. 11.01' THSKKBOIYINCI-DAY WAS OBSERVED. • TIM is Thanksgiving-day, and the observance of it—blush not to hear it, Kentuckians—reminds me very much of the manner in which Thanksgiving is conducted in New England. It is a bleak, raw, windy day=Thanlcsgivingilay is always so in New England—and the streets are extremely quiet, and free from Vehicles. A large number of the people of this city attended church this morning, the place of worship which 1 attended being crowded. It was a church ptesided over by an unconditional Union pastor. I did not learn his name, but I know he is loyal. He spoke of the past condition of out' coun try, and dealt unkindly with traitors . and treason. Every word he said was seasoned with loyalty and charity. Ile informed his congregation that this was not only a day of thanksgiving, but of prayer, and finally bade his hearers trust in God, and pray for the success of their country. Unlike New York andPhibulelphin, the afternoon was also quiet. The streets were almost vacant, the restaurants and tippling shops remained closed, and the very few stores which were opened were those kept by others than Gentiles. In the evening a little festivity was noticeable. The theatre and several other places of amusement opened their doors, and the auditoriums were filled with quiet and respectable people. So passed the day in Louisville. TILL' INCREASING LOYALTY OY. THE PEOPLE, I trust it is not imagination, for it does seem to Inc that, every time I visit Louisville, I perceive a healthy increase of loyal sentiment and good faith toward the Government. Probably there area num-a ber of bad, designing men in this city, but, on the whole, the people detest treason and love the Con stitution. However, the majority of the people of Kentucky have always been all right, and Bragg's entrance into, and exit from, the State created an intense feeling, slightly tit e reverse!of that expected by the Confederate authorities anti rebel sympathizers. This event attbrded the opportunity for a few hun dred young men, who were anxious to assist in the destruction of their country, which they eutbraced ; and the most appropriate remark I can say in this behalf is, "Good riddance to bad rubbish." They wlll do less damage to•the cause and to Kentucky in their present situation than if they had remained another twelve-month among their loyal neighbors. Bragg devastated the entire country through which his large army passed, and Secessionists and Union ists suffered alike. Of course, the Union people en tertain no more love and regard for a Southern Con-. fetleraey than before Bragg's stupendous foraging (marauding) expedition, and, from all I can under stand, it is safe to believe that the Secessionists do less. In conclusion, let me reiterate that Kentucky is all right. TIII 131.TSINES - S APPEARANCE OF THE CITY,. This day, as I have said befOre, is very quiet. But. I am informed by business men and others that, or- , it is not so ; that the warehouse's and streets of , Louisville actually thunder under the pressure of business ; that there are fewer poor peo ple and a less number of persons out of employment than ever before, and that everybody seems' to be making money. At all events,,, the hotels are all jammed; which is no proof of depression. Money seems to be-plenty, and the necessaries of - life abun dant at reasonable prices. • " " TilE THEATRE, MissfLaggie Mitchell, one. of the most vivacious acl' e resse s? . upon the stage ; is playing a highly rcniu.; nerativl engagement at the theatre in this city. This even' o . t the house was filled to overflowing, the pro pthe being "IFanchon, the Cricket." Sonic of the dialogue of the piece is interspersed with materialTif a piosy nature, and a little pruning would do the production no harm. However, it is a pretty play, and was sustained well. The imPersonation of Fan chon, by Miss 'Maggie Mitchell, is fascinating, .and calculated to please an audience not too critical, OFFICERS IN TOWN There are a number of Federal officers tarrying at the a aft House, but no generals that I know, except Staikweather, one of the heroes of T'crryville, who has since been promoted for his gallantry' at that battle; he was then colonel of the Ist :Wisconsin, but acting brigade commander. A RAILROAD RUNNING To NASIIVILLELAN AC UIDE.vr. The first through train from Nashville arrived last evening. As the cars approached the lower tunnel, a dirt slide took plar.o.lritu ,..--- wpiirmen:, Alter _an hour'sshoyel-_ ling by sevcrei nundred negroe., the train passed on. Among the passengers w.. 12, the Hon. Horace May. hard; and the redoutoeule Parson Brownlow, both of whom are steeping at the Gait House. A large inunber of 1 ,41 e will start for Nashville to-morrow mornieo, - notwithstanding the telegraph rumors that Morgan is around. AN IMPORTANT ORDER IN RELATION- TO SLAVES. The following order , is published in the papers of this city this morning : HkAnriuAr.TEns DISTRICT OF WI:sTER:v LOUISVILLE, Nov. 27, 1862. GENIMAL OUDERS—No. 2. I. All commanding officers, serving in this dis trict, are ordered not to permit negro slaves to enter the camps ; and all officers and privates are forbid den to interfere or intermeddle 'with slaves in any 11..A1l slaves within camps will be placed beyond the guard lines, and not be permitted to return. 111. All officers neglecting to enforce these orders, and all enlisted men violating them, are required to be reported to these headquarters, that they may be dealt with and reported to:the proper authorities. By command of Brig. Gen. Boyle.: . • A. U. SBM.PLE, A. A. G. LAIIC4E TRAINS The trains upon the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad last evening brought down twenty-six car loads of hogs and twenty-three car loads of miscel laneous freight, including a large amount of tobacco. They also brought to the city, from Lexington, forty three rebel prisoners, and one car load of con valescent Union soldiers. The family of Governor Johnson were stopping at the Burnet House, in Cincinnati. B. U. T. ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. The Reports about 'Bragg - thatrime—The Probabilities or a Fight with Price. EIe'ADQVARTERS ARMT OB THE Ti.:NNEssEF. November 25, 1462. TILE WHEREABOUTS OF PRICE. I have learned that one of our most trusty scouts returned to-day from Holly Springs, and reports no thing of the sort. He does say, however, that Gen. Price has moved his headquarters from Abbeyville to Lumpkin , s Mill, and that he has destroyed every bridge and culvert from - Coldwater to Abbeyvillc, on both railroad rind turnpike. If this movement means anything, it is that he is disposed to make a fight there. I make no doubt that he will be accom modated in that respect. The " situation" is a strong one, and he may as well be Whipped there as anywhere. Price has been reinforced to the extent of a regiment of Texas cavalry, and a regiment of Arkansas infantry within a few days, and "they say" he isto be still more strongly reinforced. do not place great reliance upon these remirts, but give them as the current rumors of the day. My own ex perience is that camp rumors, as a general thing, are altogether unreliable. It is, however, absolutely certain- that Gen. Bragg is not within striking dis tance of Holly Springs. NARROW ESCAPE FROM A TIGHT. If the reports which reached us from Salem be true, Col. Lee, in his recent expedition and recoil= noiiisance in force to Ripley and below, had a nar row escape from either a tight or a horse-race. It is said that while we were at Ripley, General Price moved his entire cavalry force from Abbeyville, upon a reconnoissance towards our left, and came within five miles of Salem. If this be true, the column sent from the point where the Ripley road and that leading to Salem unite, with orders to visit the latter place, failed to discover them. The, opinion Is, that instead of being Priceis entire cavalry force, it was only that portion of it commanded by Baxter, ARMY OF VIRGINIA. Brilliant Reconnoissance of General Stahl —The Enemy Encountered at Snicker's Gap and BerrYville—A Rebel Camp'. Sur.' prised, and its Garrison Defeated—Dashing Conduct of our Cavalry. A despatch, dated Novehaber 30, from Fairfax Court House, gives the following particulars of a late brilliant reconnoissance of General Stahl, in the vicinity of the Shenandoah Valley : General Stahl returned this evening from the re connoissance in force commenced on Thursday night' last. After driving in White's pickets, at Ashby's: Gap on Friday, the command returned to Middle burgh, and there encamped for the night. On Saturday it proceeded to Berryville via Snick, er's Gap. The enemy, White's Battalion, was first met at the Snicker's Gap ford - of the Shenandoah -river. A portion of the advance detachment, come manded by. Colonel Wyndham, of the let New Jersey, opened fire and crossed the river, when the rebels, after firing a few volleys; Bed in,confueion to their camp, one and a quarter miles distant, closely pursued by Colonel Wyndham's commandifilrhe camp was taken entirely, by surprise and White's force, almost without firing a shot, tied in confusion. Horses, prisoners, three tags, cattle, ambulances, guns, pistols, sabres, tents, etc., were captured. The reserve force, .commanded by, Col. De Conola, then advanced upon Berryville, which was occupied by-White's Battalion, the Bth, 7th, and 12th Virginia Cavalry, who, accompanied by Major Knox, charged through the principal street; driving the enemy be fore them. A force of the enemy then came from a cross road, and charged. Major Knox returned to the attack ; at the same moment Captain Heintz, of Gen. Stahl , l6 staff, charged upon the same force. The rebels, who had expected to have an easy victory, fled in utter dismay. In this affair we had one man killed. eieht or ten Wounded and one (Lieutenant Ballet, of the 9th New York) missing. The principal - force of the rebels, commanded by General, Jones, fell back on Winchester a n d were purdued by the 9th New York Cavalry - to within four miles of that place. . The name of the manlkilled was George Bradley, Company G, 9th New York Cavalry. Among the rebels taken Prisoners were Su eon IVotten, .Captaln Grubb, Lieutenant Barrett Bob White of Washington, and .belonging to White's Battalion. • • The wounded of our men,, so far as returned, are as follows Lieut.- John T. Rutherford, Company L. Privates, 3no. Phillips, Company A; .f no. L. Bruster, Com pany C. Lieut. Luther Henrick, Company A. Adrian Leech; Jno. Brewster, Company G; all of 9th New- York Cavalry. , Lieut. Mervine, of the 17th Michigan. Sergi - . Major Smith, of the 9th, was taken prisoner, but escaped,'as did'several others. About 50 prisoners In all were , captured. All the men and otlicers engaged acted. -with the greatest bravery. ARMY OF VIRGINIA. Official Despatches of the Recent Reeoll.• nolssatinee of Gcn. Stahl—Rebel Cavalry Attacked and Routed—A Brigade of Rebels at IVinchester—Jackson at New Market. WAS/MCC/TON, Dec. I.—The following despatch from Gen. Sigel NO been received at headquarters : CiIANTILLY, Va., Nov. 30-7 o'clock P. M.—Brig. Gen: Stahl has just returned. lie attacked the ene my at Snicker's Ferry and followed them, with 300 Cavalry, into their camps, ou the other side of the river, and near to Berryville. Our men charged splendidly whenever they met the enemy. White's cavalry was driven in all directions. Nearly all their °dicers were captured and their colors taken. White himself fled, and hid himself/ at a house in Berryville. The. 3d, "Ith, and 12th Virginia Cavalry were also attacked and routed. Forty of their men, with horses,were taken prisoncrs,fifty killed and wounded, and two colors taken, One wagon load of pistols and carbines was picked up on the road, having been thrown away by the flying enemy. Eighty cattle and eighty horses were also brought in. Our loss in killed and wounded is about fifteen. •Gen. Stahl reports that his officers and men be haved excellently, and used only their Swords, no firearms being brought into use. Re also reports that there is a brigade under Gen. Jones at Win chester, but that Jackson's main force was at New Market last Wednesday, as reported Previously. F. SIGEL, Major General Commanding. ARMY OF WESTERN-VIRGINIA. A Gallant Raid by the 2d Virginia Cavalry —Number of Prisoners and Wounded Cap. tared. Col: J. Cl. Paxton, of the 2d Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Cox's army, has recently made a successful raid into Nicholas and Raleigh counties. Governor Peirpoint, yesterday, received the following de spatch Sox:lnn:mix, Va., Nov. 27. • GOV. PEMPOINT The 241 Virginia Cavalry, tinder my command, has just made the most successful and extraordinary - raid during the war. I have 110 pri- - 'goners, 100 horses, and 250 stand of arms. We de strOycd theiroampa, stores, and wagons, and did not lase a man. J. U. PAYNXITOI.V, • Colonel 2il VirginiqUavalry. STATES IN REBELLION. The Pfth of Gen. Sam llonston , s Speech— ,A Sehente,for Clothing the Rebel A.rmy— Piteous Appeals for the Troops. VICE PRESIDENT STEPHENS' PLAN FOR CLOTH-- INC. THE SOLDIERS Tice President Stephens, in a recent speech, sug gested the . following plan for the clothing of the' soldiers of the rebel army : The plan which he suggested was for the people' of each county to provide first for their own soldiens, and in doing so, for each contributor to select pan. tieular soldiers for whom he should undertake to provide, until every soldier from the county should have soinebbdy at home to whom he could look with confidence for the supply of all his necessaries. In purchasing cloth And other materials the people might act through some common agent, but each contributor should personally see to it that pro -vision was made for the particular soldier of his care ; and then the articles should be sent to the army, and delivered into the very hands for whom they are intended by some agent of the people's own selection for that particular purpose. This Alan is 'now operating in his own county, and every soldier fibm that county now has somebody at home who stands sponsor for the supply of all his wants. The result had been that the soldiers from • that county have had all their necessaries supplied, and the same result would follow everywhere throughout the Confederacy, if the same plan should be adopted and zealously and faithfully carried out. • . VIEWS OF G. SAM HOUSTON. 'The Galveston (Texas) News, of November 7th, says : • A letter from Brenham, to the Tek graph, informs us that Gen. Houston passed through that place the - other day, on his way to Independence, with . his family, in order to get out of the Way of the Yankee invaders. The people of Brenham were at the time holding a meeting in relation to our'currency, and a committee was at once sent to General Houston, re questing him to giVe his views. He complied, and as he rose to address the meeting in thia.court house, here to-day, I could observe—nay, I could not be mistaken—i could see; I say, a tear drop here and there, as he hobbled up and looked around fte meet ing. lle WRs listened to with profound attention throughout. He beseeched the people to abide by the law ; that it was sufficient for all purposes ; that if any one refused to take Confederate money, to point at him with a finger of scorn—that would be punishment enough Without resorting to the harsher measures advocated by seine of his friends around him ; said that in seine instances a mail. gave gold' , and silver, a year or two ago; then a laW stepped in and said he could not collect the debt—and surely, irhere the law prevented the collection, it was fair that the creditor should have the right of., refusal. In the course of his remarks he said that Governor Lubbock had asked his advice about sending any more men away from tho State. He advised him not; in fact; we have Sent our all.; that General Hobert had no control O'er him, and that he should not allow the State to be " knocked into a cocked hat but should' look to its defence, while the savage Indian was at one side, the alieq," in feeling, Mexican on : the other; the enemy .in', possession of our coast ; the 'negro' in theirfterior to look to, and, which was worse than all, Some yet, °f the rtUr i a l alg " I=4'; a — Winie(ViilrtikWi t x ",-• 7 - rna nix u er contempt -- of the people of Texas. He Wound up by saying that this was probably the last occasion om which he would ever address a public assembly—one foot on the brink and the other in the grave. He- exhorted to temperance and mbderation, and to use all their efforts to repel the insidious foe that was.stealthily marching to rob, plunder, and destroy their homes, their property, bcc., and concluded by a , beautiful peroration in his own caseLa septitagenarian drifen from his house and home, without cause-or reason, and coming back to Washington county,. the cradle where the liberty of Texas was rocked, and where he now expected to lay his bones. A PLEA- FOE THE EMPLOYMENT OF: N,EGEOES zs TUB REBEL AIIMY The Grenada (Miss.) Appeal, of the 25th ult., con cludes a long appeal for the employment of negroes in the rebel army: By the employment of our negroes.-as unarmed auxiliaries, we can serve two Purposes. The army can be relieved from all menial service , in camp, and in erecting defences. It can be kept more efficient, We'can, also, place between us and the enemy forti fications and obstriwtions to any extent,` and as quiekly as desired, with the aid. of which the pre ponderating numbers of our foes cambe'rnuch more efficiently, if not successfully, resisted. We can cut ditches, rite-pits, and bringjo our sad all the artifi 'cial means known to warfare to retard the adyance of an enemy. They can be employed as servants our crimps, as liattendants in hospitalS, as teamsters with our baggage trains, and in. this way relieve thousands : and enable them to shoulder arms, there -by increasing our combatting strength to an extent that can scarcely be estimated. The Confederate authorities hal* AO power to Use this cle w nt, but the State can. And we submit, in view of the imminence of the dangers that threaten us, its authority should be exerted: - If we' are found un able to cope with the enemy ; if our State is - over run; if our plantations are ravished.; the: power we have withheld to prevent the disasters will be taken froM us. We must be successful to preserve it ; why not then use it to aid in success i The people theMselyes will rejoice ,hereafter should such mea sures be adopted,And the army will thank them for the relief and assistance. Let the pOlicy of Ala bama be adopted at once. New. 7,epland_Poetry. following. address of the Maori chiefs ofigew' Zenland on the death of the Prince Consort of Eng.;_ . land has been forwarded to the Duke of NeWeastle t who presented it to Queen yietotin "Oh - Victoria, „our:mother !---We greet you. You, who are all that now remains to recall to our redo' , lection Albert, the Prince Consort; who can never again be gazed upon by the people. , - We, your. Maori ichildren, are now sighing in sorrow together with you, even with a sorrow like to yours., All : we can now do is to: weep-•together with yon. Oh, our good-mother, who ha st nourished us, your ignorant children of this -island, even. to this day.! "We have just heard the crash of :tho huge headed forest tree which has untimely fallen, ere it had attained its full growth of greatness. " Oh, good lady; pray look with favor on our love. Although we may have been perverse children, we have ever loved you. "This is our lament. "Great is the pain which preys on me for the loss of my beloved. "' "you will now lie bUried among the other de parted Kings ! ' "They will leave you with the other departed he roes of the land. ".Wit,it the dead of the tribes of the multitude of ~Ti Mani. - - "Go fearless then, 0 Pango, my beloved, in the path .of death ; for no evil slanders can follow you. "Oh my very heart Thou didst shelter me from the sorrows and ills of life. " Oh my pet bird, whose sweetyoice welcomed my glad guests I " Oh mY noble pet bird, caught in the forests of Rape ura "Let then the body of my beloved be covered With Royal purple robes! "Let it be covered with all-rare robes ! ".The great Rewa, my beloved, shall himself bind these round thee. " And my ear-ring of preciousjasper shall be hung .in thy ear. " For, oh! my most preclouSjewel thou art now lost to rue. " Yes, thou, the pillar that didst support my palace, bast been borne to the skies, Oh, my beloved ! you used to stand in the very prow of the war canoe, inciting all others to noble deeds. Yes, in thy lifetime thou west great. " - And now thou hest departed to the place where even all the mighty must at last go. _ " Where, oh physicians, was the power of your re -medics!' " What, oh priests, availed your prayers? "For .I have lost my love; no more can he revisit this World, " ATELIE ' " RIWAS TE Alll7. IV 1 IT E TAINITHANA TE N .ekt " PARAKATA TEPOUEFA•I IlottoaioNA Ton Ext. " Afl_krAT-t.HAUTITRI r . ' 'KAUAI: ANA TE PAn AONE Tr. MANIIKA " " 310E.OAT I KIHAROA A 'HAPPY EXPEDIENT.—Governor Salomon, of 'Wisconsin, has hit uoou a very happy expedient for relieving many—perhaps all—of those cases where thedraft has fallen with , espeCial hardship. in almost every, county there are instances where families have already furnished one or more volun teers for the war, and where the only remaining member capable, or bearing arms has been drafted.' There are other cases of poor men ,?.ith large fami- Hee, who are unable , to procure a substitute, and who cannot go without leaving their wives and chil dren dependent, in a measure, upon public charity. The Governor proooses -to remedy this by appoint ing the regimental and company ()Ulcers of the drafted regiments from men who will volunteer as substitutes for those men upon whom the draft falls with peculiar hardship. IN ARKANSAS, the rebels not only burned the old crop of cotton, but fire now burning all the crop of new north of White river. In Mississippi, one tenth of the negro population between the ages of fifteen and fifty have been called out to work on fortifications, and $1,000,000 has been , appropriated, THE 4th Kansas Cavalry is represented as being the finest regiment raised, in the State. The men are called " Jennison's Jayllawkers,'! and nearly-.all of them were either followers or admirers or old Os. saw,attamie Brown during the bOrder-rutliattlrou hies in Kansas. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECENIBER 2, 1862. In the South Atlantic squadron, which blockades the harbors and coasts of. South Carolina, Georgia, and the eastern portion of the Florida peninsula, no change has taken plate. Rear Admiral Du Pont, as signed to that squadron when it was fleet made a distinct organization, Mill remains in active and use ful ervice on that lilthly interesting station. . The necessity . of a division of the Gulf squadron. .having been stated to he necessary in my last am. nual report, it was consummated on the 21st of February, Flag-Offieer.Mclimin retaining command of the Eastern Gulf squadron, the limits of ,which comprised the southern and westernportioni of the Florida peninsula, commencing at Cape Canaveral on the eastern coast, and 'extending to Pensacola. On the 4th of June he Wits, on his own application, in consequence of impaired health, relieved by Acting Rear Admiral Ladner. This officer's health also giving way, he was compelled to ask to be re- Raved, and Comniodorus Theodore Bailey has been appointed his successor. The Western Gulf squadron guarded a coast •which, commencing at and including Pensacola, ex tended westward to the Rio Grande, and was, from a variety of causes, one df the most• important and • responsible commands ever entrusted to a naval offi .cer. From the harbors and rivers subject to that blockade there are exported in peaceful times vast amounts of cotton, sugar, and other products. Within those- limits are the ocean outlets •of.the great central valley of the Union; and in selecting the officer who should be put in command of the• squadron, regard was had to an expedition for which the department had made extensive preparation, and in which the whole Governmenthad participat-, ed, for the capture of New Orleans, and reopening the navigation of the Mississippi. After scrutiny and deliberate consideration this responsible posi tion was 'entrusted to Captain D. G. Farragut, in the confident belief that his courage and energy were equal to the exigency. Besides these large squadrons on our maritime . frontier, it became a necessity at an early'period of the insurrection to have an organized naval force on the Mississippi and its tributaries. On the 16th of May, 1861, commander John Rodgers was directed . to report to the War Department, which in the pre liminary stages assumed the chief expense, for the purpose of initiating an armed flotilla on the West ern waters, and immediately entered upon his duties. Proceeding to the West, he purchased steamers which, under his supervision, were fitted, armed, and armored as gunboats, and thus was commenced the organization of the Mississippi flotilla, which, a few months later, made itself felt in succesaion of achievements that electrified the . country. But before Commander Rodgers had . an opportunity of completing, his • arrange- - ments and taking his vessels into Renck!, Captain..,' A. H. Foote was appointed to the command of the flotilla. The labors commenced by Commander Rodgers swelled into gigantic proportions under Flag-Officer Foote, whole energies and talents were exerted in creating and .preparing that, navy on the Western'waters, which he song made so serviceable to the country: Painfully wounded at Foit Doneldr., son; he _ ,ersza - v v _l4 a,a "form r October.' relinquished rne .11ffreall - Or - rt igation, am n relinquished the command. By order of Congiess the gunboat fleet was transferred to the navy, and now constitutes an important squadron, under the command of Acting Rear Admiral D. 1). Porter, who entered upon his duties on the 15th of October. The /laths , operationa of the Tetothac .fietilla ceased in a great measure, after the erection of the extensive rebel batteries on the Virginia shore, In the autumn of 1861.. For several months the com merce on this important avenue to the national capital was almost entirely suspended; though at no time was the passage of our armed naval vessels pre vented. In March the batteries were abandoned by the insurgents, and the troops which garrisoned them were withdrawn. The advance of our army towards Richmond made the duty on the Potomac comparatively light during the spring and summer. . At present the flotilla is under the command of Com modore Harwood, and is rendering good service by • checking illicit traffic and capturing many prisoners and no small amount of property. - The transfer of the army to the York Peninsula, and its detention before Richmond, compelled the Navy Department to divert some of its gunboats and vessels destined for other service to the waters of James and York rivers. After the battle of Mal vern Hill and the concentration of the army on James river, such was the condition of affairs that it became necessary to organize the vessels which had been retained to co-operate with and protect the army into a distinct organization. Captain Charles was detailed for that. duty on the 6th of July, and entered upon the work with energy; but the withdrawal of the army from the Peninsula in August released the vessels which had been diverted from their original destination, and rendered it un necessary to continue an independent organization in jams river. The flotilla was therefore disbanded on the 31st of August. The persistent. aid systematic attempts to viCilate our blockade, and furnish assistance to the inner-. gents in defiance of our laws, made it necessary that specific and effective measures should be adopted .to. prevent those lawless proceedings. This purpose. had been interrupted, and the proceedinga to,etfeet, * it delayed, in consequence of, the detention of: the arms - before Richmond during the spring and sums nier, our vessels being indispensable auxiliaries while the army lingered on the upper waters. of James river. Immediately on being liberated, a flying squadron was organized with a view. of sweep-. fog from our coast and the neighboring :waters. the lawless contrabandists who made it a.busineas to violate our blockade and promotetheefforts of those ; . who are engaged in schemes to break up, our Union Union d-Subvert the Government. The eominfind.of this -flying squadron has been given to Apting Rear Ad miral Wilkes, who sailed from Hamptomßea4 in the .Wachnsett on the 24th of September, NAVAL EXPEDITIONS.: " HArE TE HonorrAu. " TAM.IHAItiA Ti R.-1.131'A " AVANUI. tt Kma TE ATIOAI3O. " HANITA TE WILARE, 3LAKATEA, 1 - 111KIKI. " PARAONE TOANOINA. " lIOHLIA TA/PARE. li - ErA KERIKERI. " PITA TE PIIKEEOA," REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. NAVY D EPARTX ENT December 1,142. Sin : It is due to the naval service that in this re port I should, first of allftecount to you, and through you to Congress and the country, the operations and achievements of our naval forcea during the event ful year which has elapsed since my lasl annual communication. Since the commencement of our national difficulties, four powerful squadrons have been collected, organized, and stationed for duty on our maritime frontier with a rapidity and sudden ness which finds no approach to a parallel in previous naval history, and which it is believed no other coun try but our own could have achieved. These squad rons have been incessantly maintaining a strict blockade of such gigantic proportions that eminent foreign statesmen in the highest scenes of legislation did not hesitate, at its commencement, publicly to denounce it as " a material impossibility ;" and ye after. this most imposing naval undertaking had been for a period of eighteen months in operation, and after its reach had been effectively extended along the en tire sweep of our Atlantic and Gulf coasts, from the outlet of the Chesapeake to the mouth of the Rio Grande, the same eminent authorities„ with a list in their hands of all the vessels which had evaded or escaped the vigilance of our blockading forces, could not refuse in their official statements to admit with reluctant candor that the proof of the efil ciency of the blockade was conspicuous and wholly conclusive, and that in no previous war had the ports of an enemy's country been so effectually clOsed by n naval force: But even such testimony was not needed. The proof• of the fact abounds in the current price of our Southern staples in the great commercial marts of the world, and more especially in the whole industrial and commercial condition of the insurgent region. It should not ))e forgotten that no circumstance is wanting to attest the rilag-' nitude of this areatest of all naval triumphs. The industrial necessities and the commercial cupidity of all the principal' maritime nations, armed and empowered as they are by the resources of plodexa . invention, are. kept at bay. A multitude of island harbors under foreign jurisdietkm, looking nearly upon our shores, -and Wording the most con venient lurking places 'from which illicit coin.' therm may leap forth to • its prohibited destiny- . tion and purpose, are so closely watched as to ren der the peril of all - such ventures far greater than even their enormous gains when successful: ' And finally; a vast line of seacoast nearly three thousand' miles in extent, much of it with a double shore and almost honey-combed with inlets and harbors; has been so beleaguered and locked up, that the whbie immense foreign commerce, which was the very life of the industry and opulence of 'the vast region which it borders, has practically ceased to exist. DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORCE.- Some changes in the command of the squadrons and , flotillas have taken place, and new organizations have been made during the year. The North Atlantic squadron, guarding the Vir ginia and North Carolina coasts, continued in charge of Rear Admiral Goldsborough until the sth of Sep tember, it-hen he was relieved on his own request by Acting Rear Admiral S. P. Lec, who has since had that command.. This exhibition of the distribution-and attitude of our naval force naturally introdupes.a. succinct his tory of- that remarkable series of:naval expeditions and operations along our southern, seaboard, and through the great rivers.of; the• centraLvalley, in which the power and vabror. of our navythave- been so strikingly displayed. These expeditions, it must be-remembered , were- undertaken in addition to, or rather in aid of, the.u,arelaxin,, ,, labors. of the block ade. They were conceived and directed in the policy, early adopted and uniformly adhered to by this de partment, of the most active and strenuous prosecu tion of the war, so long as the war should last, and whenever and wherever an effbetual blow could be struck against the power or resources of the-rebel-- - lion by the naval force. In this view this depart ment has constantly sought the co-operation of the army when such co-operation was indispensable to success, and when such co-operation was not indis pensable the navy alone has acted. The result la . that the hiississippi, the main artery of the great central valley of the Union, with its principal tribu taries embracing many thousand miles of inland navigation which had been interrupted, is 'under our control, except at Vicksburg, where the rebels still retain possession, but from which, with a co operating military force, they can at any-time be ex pelled. Erich one of our blockading squadrons has secured and holds a considerable portion of the coast within their respective limits, and in each there is a commodious and open port for rendezvous, refitment, and supply, where imports , and exports may be made under the authority of a collector duly appointed by the National Government. Nearly the entire seaboard of the insurgent region, in its - main points of commercial or strategic import ance7-Irom Norfolk and the .outlet of the Chesa peake through Roanoke, Newbern, and Beaufort. N. Q., Port Royal, Tybee, Fernandina, Key West, Pensacola, to New Orleans and Galveston—is prao tically in our hands, held fast and irrecoverably un der the guns of our navy, or else garrisoned and governed by our military force. But a short time 'can elapse before the few remaining ports which are still in the possession of the Insurgents will be reduced to our naval or military occupation and authority. When the insurrection is thus excluded from the coast there may be presented for decision, and its near approximation makes allusion to it justifiable, the grave and important question whether, in so far as relates to all such ports and places on the insur gent seacoast thus actually . held and controlled by the national. Government in time of war for war_ purposes, and by the power of war, it be not our right and duty to dismiss the costly apparatus and embarrassing formalities and rules or an interna tional blockade, and to substitute in place of it, with in all the ports and places held and occupied by our forces, our own domestic authority to control all trade therein, as we control everything else there, and thus to subject at such points all commerce, coastwise and foreign, of export or import, to such conditions and restrictions and regulations, either of admission or exclusion, as a wise war policy may prescribe, and a present war power, afloat in the harbor, or on shore in a military custom-house, may enforce. Such has been the practice of nations in times of rebellion. Such was our practice in the Mexican ports which we held during the war with that country. Should such a policy be adopted, among other important advantages resulting from it would be the release of our fleets from much of their present harassing and exhausting blockade duty, and the immediate concentration of their activity in the protection of our commerce on the high seas, by the pursuit in augmented force,.and probably the speedy capture and punishment, of the marauders who now avail themselves of the incessant occupa tion of the mass of our naval force in other scenes of , action, for the temporary prosecution of their pira tical designs. • NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON—ROANOKE LAND. At the commencement of the blockade constant annoyance was experienced from various sources by means of vessels of light draught, which made ingress or egress through the sounds and inner wa. tern on the coast of North Carolina. To gain pos session of the important points within the , sounds Was therefore necessary. Early in January a joint expedition of the navy and army for operations in the waters of North Carolina moved from Hampton Roads, under the command of Flag-officer L. AT. Goldstairough and Brigadier General A. E. Burnside, respectively. • The naval force, consisting ofi seventeen light draught vessels with an, armament of forty-eight guns, most of them of heavy calibre, arrived at Hat teras inlet on the 13th of January, and in two days succeeded, though with labor and difficulty, in passing over the bulkhead and through the narrow, • shallow, and tortuous channel ; but the army trans ports were unable to surmount the obstacles, and be fully prepared for active co-operatiOn, until some weeks later. On the morning of the sth of February the combined expedition proceeded towards Roanoke Island.; the naval vessels placed by Flag-officer (3oldsborough• - under theimmediate command of Commander Stephen C. Rowan, -were formed in three separate 'columns, annimanded respectively by Lieutenants . Reed Werden, Alexander Murray, and IL K. Davenport. On the morning:A the, lth,the vessels of, the insurgents, eight in number, were discovered drawn up behind an extensive barri cade, fonned by a double row of piles and sunken veliseln, : stteteting across the sound. At 10.30 the enghgentent commenced, and by noon became gene ral: By 4 P. M., the batteries were, temporarily silenced and the first landing of troops effected. At midnight over 10,000 troops had disembarked. The engagement was renewed the following morn ing and carried on chiefly by the army until 1 P. M., when the fleet proceeded to open fr passage . through ' the, obstructions, which.was successfully accomplish-- ed'bi 6P. M., a nd the national flag was hoisted on. Pork Point. Firing other of their works and one of their steamers were 'the closing events of the' day, tlh6 - rebels yielding the island to our possession. Retreating from "Roanoke Island r tho rebel naval fleet fled up the sound and into Pasquotank river, towards Elizabeth City, Commander Rowan. pur-• , fining them with the flotilla, anchoring for the night h .few miles from' Fort Cobb: At B . A. M., Februnry 10, the rebel steamers, under command of. W.T. Lynch, formerly of the navy, were discovered. • drawn up behind a battery of tour guns, supported: by n schooner on. the opposite side of the river, finned with two heavy 32••pounderS. Fire was opened lbyjhe insurgents from the forts and steamers at long range. Commander Rowan pushed on•steadily . until within three-fourths of a mile, when-he opened fire, and dashed ahead at full.speed: This bold and wholly unanticipated onset dismayed the rebels, who• lini,tilyabandoned 'their works. which, with their • entire fleet, were captured or destroyed. Passing up the river the flotilla took possession of Elizabeth City. LientenantAlUrray was despatch ed with a small force to Edenton, of which he quiet 'ly took possession, and on returning from this duty he.was sent to obstruct the' Chesapeake and Albe-• mnrle Canal. • In MS expedition there were five armed steamers and'One.schooner destroyedf and one •steamer, the Ellis, captured. 7 , CAPTURE OF NEW BERN AND lii'ASIIINPFON, X. 0.- IMLIDEfaiM= Flag-officer Goldsborough having= been recalled to Hampton Roads, a combined army and -naval expe dition, under General Burnside and Commander S. C. Rowan, left Hatteras Inlet and. arrived at Slo- - cum'a creek, the point selected for the disembarka tion of the troops, on the 12th of The next morning the landing of troops com menced, the gunboats shelling the woods at the - ,point of landing as the troops advanced on shore. At the; same tune. six- naval boat howitzers with their crewa, under command of Lieut. IL S. Mc- Cook,:Were ladded to assist in the attack .on the enemy's works. About 4P. M. the first of the one inys batteries opened upon our boats, and were an swered at long range, the firing ceasing at sundown, and • the fleet anchoring in a position to cover the troops. Early on the morning of the 14th,- the army having engaged the enemy in force, Commander .Rowan moved steadily up the river with his fleet, and the insurgents abandoned their- forts in -succes sion under the- pressure pf-the - combined" columns moving upon them. On arriving at Newbern, the rebels having fled, Commander Rowan took posses sion of the place, and later in the day the army were moved across the Trent, and occupied the city. The approach by the river to Newborn - Was heavily obstructed with piles and torpedoes, from which the vessels sustained some injury, and the passage was disputed by six forts, at distances of from. half a mile to a mile and a half from - each other, and mounting gum!, ranging from 32-pounders to-i3O-pounti rifled cannon. - - - Lieutenant McCook is reported as having, rendered moat effective service with his naval battery, and Commander Rowan bears cheerful testimony to the gallant conduct ofthe officers and men.of his entire command. Several steamers and schoonersy. large quantities of Pitch and turpentine, and• a valuable stock •of arms and munitions of war, fell into our hands with the capture of Newbern. After the fall of Newbern, Lieutenant Command 7 ing A. Murray was despatched with a naval column, accompanied by a detachment from -the• army, to take possession of Washington, iN"', C. Forcing,-a passage through the obstructions in the approach to that place, he arrived there on the 21st of. March, and it was surrendered to him without resistance. , The, batteries on shore having, 'on the morning. of the 26th of April, opened tire on Fort Macon, Com mander Samuel Lockwood, senior officew of the blockading fleet tiff Beaufort, prepared his-vessels for. action, and proceeded within range of the fort. Fiie was opened from the steamers Daylight, the State of Georgia, and the Chippewa, and the bark Gemsbok, which was: continued about an hour and , a quarter, when they were compelled to haul off on. account of the heavy sea. In the afternoon.a.flag - of truce was displayed from the fort, which,.on the next morning, surrendered to Major General.Burn .side. Commander Lockwood united in signing.the articles of capitulation on the part of the United St a tea: AFFAIR AT WEST POINT The arriial of the Army of the Potomac on the York peninsula rendered it necessary to detailseve ral glinboats, Oddly Trim the North Atlantic squad.; ran, within whose limits it is, to convoy the trans ports and protect the right flank of the army.on its march along the York and Pamunkey rivers. While on this service, on the 7th of .May, the enemy, in large force, attacked General Franklin's division, constituting. the : right . wing of the army at West Point, the junction of the Pamunkey and Matapony. The Assistance of the' navy was requested by Gene •ral. Franklin; and •Commander William Smith, se nior officer 'of the naval forces in York river; ordered the gunboats Wachusett, Maratanza, and Sobago.to ..the support..of General: Franklin. These vessels, • :taking a-position:no nesr_theineurcentei taapoakibity . wa T great effect. Their fire soon swesvalogst_ttguareat; . The aid .rendereAy our was most essential,.enabring General Franklin to hold his position and to repel the rebels. On the 15th of May the Galena„Alouitor, Aroos took, Port Royal, and Naugatuck; all under, M CO inand of Commander John Rodgers, ascendedjames river, with no serious obstructions untilnear Ward's or Drury's Bluff, where piles and sunken vepsels.dis puted their further passage, and a heavy battery ex posed the vessels to a plunging fire. The Galena and Alonitor ran within six hundred yards; Of. the bluff ; but, the latter was obliged to ‘ dron. down. several, hundred yards, as her guns could. not be sufficiently elevated for effective service. Athaction of three hours' duration took place, when, outing to a scarcity of ammunition, the vessels retired.toUity Point without silencing the battery. The, Nuga tuck was unfortunately disabled by the bursting of her rifle gun. The men on the vessels were.eigiosed during the contest to a cqnstant fire from; sharp shooters concealed in rifle pita on the river bank but officers and men. exhibited great cociness and courage throughout the engagement. SOUTH ATLANTIOBLOCKADDNG SQUA In my annual report in December,lBel, mention was made of the plans and investigations which had been projected during the summer preceding for seizing.and holding some of the important ports on the Southern coast, and that the command of the South Atlantic squadron had been given. to Flag eiliter DuPont, chairman of the commission which bed been selected by the Department to make ex amination and report on this subject. I was also enabled to communicate his aervices.at Port Royal and BeauforN in South Carolina t and. the capture of Tybee Island, at the mouth of tile. Savannah river, in November." " Following up these successes, anain.order to carry out the original purpose of his eommand, in addition to the duties of maintaining a blocknde of the coast, Flag-officer DuPont and the squmiron became ac tively cmgaged in examining the waters and islands m on the Smith Carolina and G.eoribi, coasts, prepara tory to their iniiitary - occupation, Expeditions were sent to St. Helena, Niietteaga.South Edisto, War saw inlet, Tybee arid , other; islands, and other itii portant localities. The necessity of guarding tillike points until the army was Prepared to hold them em ployed no inconsiderable.portion of the naval force in that quarter. • On the Ist 'of January. a force of five gunboats, under CommanderP. Rodgers,was detailed to co-operate with a Qolump of troops, under Brig. General-Stevens, in ; certain. military operations in the vicinity of Beaufort, South .Uaroiina. The movements, both naval and military, were con ducted with, success.. The ellbetive action of the navy on DIM occasion elicited from the late gallant General Stevens a very complimentary acknow ledgment, and the entire management of the expe dition is commended in high terms by Flag-officer .Dupont. FORT AI/LASKI. At the commencement of the project of cutting off communication between Fort Pulaski (held.by the rebels) and Savannah, the ultimate repossession of that fort, • received consideration and was pre pared for by frequent and successful recoanoissancee, An expedition being in the course of preparation to capture Fernandina and other points South, the oo casion WAS not permitted to pass unimproved of making a reconnoissance which would serve as a demonstration upon Savannah and cover up the real purpose which was an attack on Fernandina. Aceor ingly, on the 27th of January, a fleet of gunboats, under Flag-Captain Charles H. Davis, and of transports conveying a column of troops under Brigadier General Wright, entered Little Tybee river, and passed beyond the highlandit of Wilming ton Island. They examined the creeks and localities, and obtained much valuable information, so neces sary to future successful Military operations. While on this service five steamers, the rebel fleet of Commodore Tatnall, made their appearance. Captain. Davis and Commander John Rodgers, who • was at anchor in Wright river, opened upon them. 'A short but spirited engagement of less than half an , hour followed, when a part of the rebel fleet was forced back, and the remainder escaped to Fort Pulaski. The appearance of such a force in Wil mington and Warsaw Sounds created a sense of alarm at Savannah - , - inducing the withdrawal of troops from other points, in anticipation of an attack on that city. In the capture of. Fort Pulaski, a purely military operation,_ which occurred some months afterwards, August 11th; the navy had the. good fortune to participate, a detachment of.officers 'aud men from the Wabash servl4• in- one of the breeching batteries, and having the ,management of four rifle guns in Battery Sigel. - -R EP OSSESSI ON OF FERNANDINA, ST; MARY'S, FORT CLINCH,. JACKSONVILLE,* . ST. AUGUSTINE, BRUNSWICK, .t.e. The repossession and reoccupation of the eastern coast of Florida was another of - the primary objects on the part of the South Atlantic organization. Flag-officer Dupont sailed from Port Royal in the Wabash on the last day of February, and on the 2d of 3larch, transferring his flag to the Mohican, en tered Cumberland Sound in that vessel; accompanied by eighteen other vessels of the navy, the armed steamer McClellan carrying a battalion of marines, under the command of Major Reynolds, and several transports, containing a brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Wright. The immediate object of this expedition was the repossession of Fort Clinch and the capture of Fer nandina. The insurgents abandoned their works of defence, and rapidly retreated. Commander Drayton with a division of the force proceed to -Fernandina, and occupied that place. 'llse flag was hoisted on Fort Clinch, the first of the national forts seized by the insurgents on which the ensign of the Union had resumed its proper position since the commencement of the rebellion. This fort and the several batteries commanding the channel of approach to Fernandina bore every indication of preparation for a vigorous defence, and their aban denment without an effort to hold them was as much of a surprise as it was doubtlesa a disappointment to those who had come to capture them. .Commander C. R. P. Rodgers with a second • divi sion was sent to occupy St: Mary's. Lieutenant ,Commanding T. H. Stevens, in the Ottawa, pushed :oh from this place, and; encountering the rebel riffe nien and cavalry on the banks, he -soon dispersed Diem. ;On the 7th of March a small force was sent under Aljornmander S. W. Godon, to hold 13rtmswick, and, ' about the same time, a squadron of light vessels was organized and sent to Jacksonville, both of which places were surrendered without opposition. On the 12th of March St. Augustine surrendered without exhibition of force the citizens raising the flag of the Union with their own haffds. ;Thin expedition, organized chiefly from the forces which had but a short time previous participated in the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard and Beaufort, though carried through without loss of life, was of very considerhble importance. It secured to us Fort Clinch, Fernandina, St. Mary's, Cumber land Island and Sound, Amelia Sound; Jaoksonville, St. Augustine, and Brunswick; in reality the ooast and inland waters from St. Simon's southward After noticing the operations on Stono Island Cedar Keys, Florida, Apalachicola, the capture -o the steamer Florida, Secretary Welles refers to the attack on the fortiffcatione of New Orleans and their capture by Commodore Farragut, and pays a fitting compliment to those brave men who achieved suoh a grand result. The report goes on then to state that the 'Western Gulf fleet then proceeded up the Mississippi, and , took possession of the towns of Baton Rouge and Natchez. On May 18th Commandl er Lee demanded the surrender of Vicksburg, which 'was declined by the rebels. Several *days afterwards Commodore Fa rragut arrived, and preparations were commenced to bombard the place. do 28th June the bombardment was opened, and, in a short time r the rebel guns were silenced ; bat, having an insufficient land force to hold the works, they were again mem. pied by the rebels. The seizuze of Ship Island, the attack on Baton Rouge by the rebels and their re.. pulse,'the destruction of the ram Arkansas. by the Essex, the .capture of Corpus Christi; Galveston,. are then mentioned, also the depredations of the' guerillas on the Mississippi, and the death of Lieut.- Swasey, by these murderers, at Donaldsonville,. Louisiana. , - The operations of the Western flotilla, under the command of Commodore Foote, from the time he' assumed coinmand at St. Louis on . the 6th of Sep tember, through all its operations at Forts Henry, Donelson, at Clarksville, Eastport, Nashville, New Madrid, and departure of Commodore Foote from it on 9th of May, are reviewed. Captain Davis took commend the:same day, and he was attacked on the 11th, but he gallantly repulsed the rebels. ' The ease of the pirate steamer Alabama is then reviewed at length, and. Secretary Welles says gyre Was built and fitted out in an English port, in Viola tion of English law, and he , has reason -to beliive that her crew is composed. exclusively of English sulijects,.and saihrunder the English flag. Our Go- Vernment informed Great Britain of her character and purpose, but no notice was paid to it until' it was too late. "Tq what extent (says Secretary Wellea), under these circumstances, the Government of Great Britain is hound in honor and justice to make in= demnificatioll for the destruction of private property. Which this lawless Vessel may Perpetritte, is a ques tion that may present itself for disposal." The Depart .ment has despatched vessels to.effect the capture of catered upon the duties of his office there were but 76 the Alabama, and fitere is now quite a fleet on the ocean engaged in pursuing her. When - the Seeretary vessel attached to the-navy, and 42 of these were only in commission. In March, 1861, there were but' 207 men in all the ports and receiving-ships on the At frintie coast to man our ships and protect the navy yards. Now, we have afloat, or progressing to rapid completion, 427 vessels; of an aggregate tonnage of 340,036, and mounting 3,268 guns. The subject of iron-clad vessels absorbs . a great deal of the attention of Secretary Welles, and he re views at length their history from the time they that mungested themselves to the department until the present moment.: The report of the committee on the relative merits of New London. Connecticut, and 'League Island, as a proper glace for the construction, of iron-clad'ahips, is reviewed--and Secretary Welles disproves of the - principal objections of the committee against League Island. He considers the latter the best site for the following reasons : The advantage of having fresh instead of salt water; its security against attack by a foreign enemy ; its near proximi ty to the iron and coal regions. For these reasons he proposes to accept the gift of League- Island. (Phila delphia having donated it),unless Con ress shall other wise direct. He also urges the establishment of a naval depot somewhere in the valley of the Missis sippi. The number of persons employed °aboard of our naval vessels is about 28,000, and- there are not less than .12,000 mechanics and laborers- employed at '4lle different navy yards and naval stations. The appropriations made at the regular and: special sea.: sions of Congress for the fiscal year, ending June 30 1862, were $43,615,65117, and the expense•durizig.that 'time amounted to $92,200,629 96. In consequence of tie length of this interesting document we publish the above synopsis of more than half of it, but We will lay it entire•before our readers to-morrow. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE: POST-. MASTER GENERAL,. The report for this year exhibits a very healthy 'financial condition of the Post Orifice Departinent, and shows it to be thoroughly impregnated•with the spirit of improvement. The efficiency of.the 'service has been maintained at the highest point, accom . panied by a great diminution of expenditures. The gross revenue of the Department for this fiscal year,including the standing Treasury credit for free mail matter, and -a small amount approprbited for the relief of individuals, was $9,012,349.13. The ex penditures for the same year amounted to -$11,125,- 314.13. The • regular postal revenue for 1862 is only $4,947,650 less than it was for the &dal - year 18611 du ringa large part. of which year revenue was paid in. from all the States of the Union. This.faet shows a large increase in - the correspondence of. the loyal States. While the revenues have been, so, nearly sustained, at the highest standard, the' expenses. have been largely reduced. For the preceding-year the expenditure was $2 481 394.98 greater than. last year. . The following comparison of figures is.intereet— ing _Expenditure for 1,89), for service iu all the States ' $14,874,772 89 Revenue for the same year ' ' 9,21.80. r, 40 Expenditures f0r8611 7 111 , Ser e -- "e in 1861) 13,606,759'11 Orossrevellue for 1861, (service interrupted in 1661) 9,0.0,29640 Deficiency F..xpentlitures for 1562 lteieu lieu for 1562 Deficiency , !ti,112.814 57 • Rednetiork of expenditures as compared with 1860 Reduction of expenditures as compared with 1861 The Department has not been for.tnany,years.so, nearly self-sustaining. The result is largely owing to suspension of postal expenditures' in. the South, which were greatly in excess of. the. postal. receipts there, but not alone to that. A revision.of all dis cretionary expenses has been made, and large re ductions. ordered. The pay of agents has been re graded and equalized; economy has been.estabilshed in the larger offices where waste was. fourul. In whererer.found in, official position, has been removed, and an effort made tondopt s a.stand r . and of merit, and of administrative efficiency, in.lieu of other and inferior motives for appointment. The Postmaster General expresses his determina tion to adhere to this course. The number of postage stampstssued.to.postmas ters during the year was 251 ; a07,105 the number of stamped envelopes was 24,869,300.. The value of thesestamps was $7,078,188.; the . value of,the letter envelopes was $733,255.60. The yalueotthe newspaper wrappers is $23648.60. The• increase of issue over 1861 is $1;144,858.27, and:the• total. value' sold was $6,910,131.89. The increasing demand on the pea of,the. public ; for the stamped-newspaper wrappers- shows that their introduction has satisded a pidilie demand, and promoted the convenience of correspondents. In the first quarter of the curgent.ye-ar,, ending, the 30th of :September, the number of stamps isstuid. to postmasters was 104,000,000, their. cells being for about 200,000,000,which would have been nearly sulll cient to meet the usual demand Ws year. This ex traordinary demand arose from 'tam temporary useof these stamps as a currency, in lleu, of the smaller denominations of specie, and ceased with the intro duction of the so-called postai currency. The diffe rence between the value of stamps sold' and stamps cancelled in the fiscal year 1862, shows $.198,379.96 as the amount in the hands of postmasters on the Ist of July, 1862. The 'whole number of dead. letters received and examined during the yeat.,,2,282,018; Which is 267,000 less than in the previous year. The whole number of valuable letters sent out by the Dead Letter Office, was 61,239. - 9.lany interesting details arc given in the report touching the mierations of this office. Out. of 21,493 cases, where the causes of non-delivery.were ascer tained, only 225 were attributable to the fault of postmasters, and 522 letters had no address what ever. Congress, at its last session, passed an act authorizing the employment of twenty-five ad ditional clerks to facilitate the return of dead letters to the writers, with the expectation that the receipts of postage thereon would cover the appropriation of. $20,000 made for their compensation. The result, thus far, shows an excess of revenne therefrom over the expenses has accrued to the amount of several thousand dollars. t The whole number of post offices •in the :United States remaining established on the 30th of June. 1862, was 28,875; of which there were in the loyal States and districts 19,973, and in the insurrectionary States' and districts there were 8,902. The net in- . 1 crease in the established offices over last year was 121.- Then umber of cases acted upon by the appoint- . meat office during the year was 7,785. • The total postage accrued on the United States and European mails during the year amounts to. $1,144,095.52, being a reduction from the amount of the previous year of $217.940.98. Of the total amount collected, 'the excess collected in the 'United • States was $212,607.36, which constitutes the balance paid to the several foreign departments, the cost Of ex changes being paid by the United States. The Post-. master General objects to the.citstras inequitable, I and proposes, if possible, to relieve the Department from this burden. The mail' lettings which went. into operation on. the Ist of July' last in the Western division were . effected on such favorable terms, as compared with the previous letting, that a reduction of expendi tures resulted to the amount of $331,000. At the same time the length of routes was_ increased by 6 / 159tnilett , with an annual increase of triiiiiporta, bon of 754,428 miles. The total annual cost of inland service in opera tion on the 30th of .Jime last was- $5,883,834, to, which add the cost of the various agencies, route local messengers, $160,630.62, and the cost of service at that date is $6,314,161.62, which' includes $1,000;000 for the overland route not before charged on the revenues of this Department. He discourages the use of the mails for transmit ting money, and speaks favorably of a limited money' order system, and of an amendment to the registry system, by which a return receipt shall be sent to the despatching party,, as evidence of the fact, and date of the delivery ol his package.. The public attention is called to the- great im-. portance of good postal. officers for a successful ad ministration of the Department.. Ifpostmasters and. their clerics are selected without chief reference to their efficiency and personal fitness ' no amount of good legislation willsecure public satisfaction. An. ' energetic, faithful, and efficient postmaster, devoted. to the interests of the service, should be retained as long, as he illustrates these qualities In. his adminis-. tration of the office. He attributes the success' of the English system largely to the permanent clime, ter of their officers and their familiarity with law and : regulations, and regrets the extent to which other 'motives to appointments have prevailed, in this country. Ile urges a return to the old standard of honesty, capability, and fidelity, and anticipates more public satisfaction and administrative success from the adoption of such a principle than from auy other single act of reform.. He uses the following language : It Is my intention to adhere fully to my determination to displace incompetency and indif ference, wherever found in official position under my control, without any discrimination in favor of ap .pointinenta which 1 may myself have made under misinformation of facts. The document, as a whole, will be read with un usual interest, and contains numerous suggestions of great . importance to this branch of the public ser vice. . THE RAILWAY PARE from §hreveport, to Vicksburg is as follows : To Mrinroe,tllo miles. $18; Monroe to Talulla by rail, 65 miles, $8; Ta lulla to Vicksburg, 25ani1es, by 'stage, $7 to $9. The roads are 4aid to be very good. It is by this rail railway that the rebels bring their supplies from Texas. Ti - Ir.WiSCONSIN • DRAFTED 11.51 --- N.-4=loUt one-half of the drafted! men in this county, says the Racine Journal, seem to have had a very sudden de sire to visit Canada. In some towns mere than one• half have loft. There seems to be n'defeet in the draft . law, as it appears to be nobody's lnisi4eSs to bring them to camp, ARM' OF NORTI! CAROI,I*Ao ExStAisive Salt Worres Destroyed near lOtrlt, in t 1 R 1 47 4 : 021-- T we Gitnbotits being Coaistrue,t ad There—Naval Ilintfera. FonTittBs PILGT4 ROE, NoV. 29 . — The N ewbull- Daily Pro!x/ift of November 17th says : "The gun boat Ellis, Lieut. W. D. Cushing, commarsling, made a reconnoissmice recently. into New Topsail Inlet, twelve miles limn Wilmington - , and destroyed very i extensive - sait works, whicliwere in•operation. NQt a 'vestige Or the'w9rks was left. Some of the pans used for boitng salt water were of copper, and fourteen feet in length." The population of Virrainington, N. C., before the* war was 12 • 000 It is - novr not more - than 6,000 ; four thousand have joined the army. The Charleston' Marcury says the Southshould not discourage their expntatiims as to foreign recogni tion. The Progress of the - 1011 sap, " Our skedaddling predecessor, Lieut. J. L. -Pennington, 1:3% abOut to start his Newborn Progrm• at Raleigh." The - Progress., of Nov. - 21st, ~ r ays : "The United States gunboat General Burnsidss is now. at Beau fort, on her way North forLrepairs, - haVing been dis abled on the Georgia coast, .111 , i:a gale on Octeker She will proceed as 5001 RS' the:weather, permits." It is rumored that two gtfribosps are being:con strtieted at Wilmington; N..-0.,-but , that they are short' of iron for plating them. : The Progress, of the 24th, .ama'ouncesthe arrival' at NeWbern of the United Suites- , gunboat Wainsuttk on the previous evening. She had•on board the 01Z cers'and crew of the British prize-etearnotOuachita,- captured by the - United States' steamer: Alemphis. They report the loss of the steamer- DIN - Queen crew safe: • ;TohnDibble hasbeen appointed pfmtlnasilsrtn this city (I\roWtoern), and took , possession onhe'office on Saturday. last. This dcpartment, commanded . by Majcir - Gneral Wright, ejnbraces the following districts ndi divi alone 1. District of Western 71Injor General T I). Cox. • Divisions—Brigadier GettertkrGeorge Ordokst Ka nitwits ; Brigadier General Benj. P. Kelley, Balti more and Dhio Railroad;.Brigadier General ItObert H. Milroy, Beverly. 2.. Army of Kentueky, Major - General Gerdbir Granger. : Brigadier General A...T. Smithe - - 2d : Brigadier General Quincy A. Gillmore-3d: BH gather G eneral Absalom Baird.' 3. District of Western Kentucky, Brigadier Gene , - ral J. T. Boyle. • Two divisions of the Department - of the Cumber , . land are serving in . General Wright's dejiartment„ viz: the 10th, General Gilbert, on the line of the - Louisville and Nashville Railroad ; and the 12111,. General Dumorq At Frankfort. The Ist Division of the Army of _Kentucky (General Smith's) is under orders for General Grant's department. Fi„HARVEY ELY, one of the rpioneers - of Roches ter N. Y.; and ever since liil7 largely engaged in the mining business, died in that city on Monday last, aged 7:2. He was a man of remarkable energy, of the strictest religious principles—never running his mill'or canal boats on the Sabbath, and was identi fied with all the early religions moverrients in that THE CITY.. . DECIF . '..MBER Ist, 1861. DECEMBE R Ist, 1862. 6 A. hf 12 br.....3 P. M. 6A. M..... 12 3f.....3 I'. AI 37 48. 47 46%.......49 ' 49% WIND. WIND. SbyW...S by B. ... SSW. SSW... SSW...SW by IV MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SURVEY.— The Board of Survey met yesterday_ morning, at 10 o'clock, the president in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting being. read and approved, Mr. Haines moved that the plans of Pennsylvania ave nue and Canal street, advertised for paving 3-ester day, be taken up. Agreed to. Mr. Roberta moved that the plan of the revision of grades on _ the line of Spring Garden street, from Broad to Twenty third street, consequent upon the widening of the footways, be taken Ili). Agreed to. Mr. Patton; president of Navy Yard, Broad-street, and Fair mount Passenger _Railroad Company, presented a communication and plans of road, asking the ap proval of-the Board. J. R. Flanigen, president of Richmond and Schuylkill Passenger Railroad Company, also presented a communication, asking for the privilege of changing their south track, from Broad street to Howard street, so, as to conform the plft'n to that proposed by the Navy Yard, Broad street, and Fairmount Passenger Railroad Compa ny. The matter was laid aside for the present. Mr. .Cornman appealed to the Board in regard to a diffi culty in obtaining a certificate as to•a. majority of property oivners for paving. The Board thought they had no jurisdiction over the matter, but would like a communication. The matter of the Navy Yard, Broad-street, and•Fairmount Passenger Rail road again came up. The president read a letter from the president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington. and Baltimore Rai/road Company, in relation to the matter, urging - the Board to approve the plans pre sented. Mr. Miller moved that the plan of the track be the train ofiti — irrTii I,"rititrl4Theitli e alongside. Agreed to. Mr. Roberts moved that the track be located be:: tireen Willow street and Girard avenue, in the same position, as regards the middle of the street, as that . south of Willow street. Agreed to. Mr. Wolf offered the following : .....44,657,462 71 11,12;7,361 ; • 1012.546 56 Resolved, That the plans of the Navy Yard, Broad street, and Fairmount Passenger Railway Company ) . presented, Ls° far as regards their line on Broad street, between Washington and Girard avenues, and the line on Howard and Harrison streets, north of Girard avenue, both as regards location and ar rangenient of tracks;' be, and the same are hereby, approved, and that the request of the Richmond and Schuylkill Passenger Railroad Company be, and is hereby, granted. - • • 3,749.408 ....2,481;194 The yeas and .nnys were called by Mr. Daly, seconded by Mr.,Davis, and the resolution was The consideration of a deed of dedication for street in the First district, called Baltimore street, being postponed until next meeting, the •Board ad journed. . GIJAIIIMANS :A3l. TEE Pooll.—The stated meeting of this.body.was held yesterday afternoon at their office, No. 42 North Seventh street, Presi dent Marls in .the chair. The census of the. Alms house, for; the two weeks ending November 29th, was reported as follows : Number in the house Same time lapt year. Increase .. 198 Admitted, 166; births, 4; deaths, 19; discharged, 68; eloped, 29; granted lodgings, .46; ,granted meals, 92. The inmates of the house comprised-1,093 _males, and 1,417 females. . The resignstions were accepted of Dr. Moran, out. door physician of the Third district; Miss Ann Ro binson, matron of .Children's Asylum, and Miss Rachel Scott as teacher. The Board of . Visitors reported that, during the past month, they had ex pended $2,620.85 in granting outdoor relief to 6,371, persons ; of these, 945 were Americans, 1,167 foreign ers, 3,269 children, . A communication *as received from Clerk of Select. Councils, and accepted, in re ference to erection of municipal hospital foresees of contagious disesses. Messrs. Dickinson and Hainewe,re.appointed com-, missioners to act on the subject, in connection with the committees appointed by. the Councils, the Board of Health and Prison Inspectors, and the Mayor. A resolution was adopted, as offered by, Mr. Dick son, that the. Guardians having charge of.the re spective poor _districts be authorized to appoint . assistant visitors, if necessary, at a salary not. ex- . ceeding one dollar for each day of service. The steward's requisitions were read and granted. Adjourned. THE SCOTTISH. SOCIETIES.-Yesterday evening, the.Scottish,socioties of,this city held their anniversary socinl meetings._ The St, Andrew's. SO% ciety dined at the Continental Hotel, David Milne, ER . 1. 7 President, in the chair, and Chas. McAllister, Esq., officiating as. Croupier. .The banquet was superb, and there was some good speaking as well as some good singing. The Thistle Society, met under the Presidency of Daniel.Mclntyre, Esq., with William Gray, Esq., as. Croupier, and held their fes tival, which was .well supplied and well appointed, at the Wetherill House, Sansom street and Sixth.- Here, too, there was some good speaking, and great many capital songs. In the course of the even ing the two. societies mutually exchanged good wishes, with social and national sentiments, by visits from respective deputations. The charity ad .ministered by these Scottish societies Is very con siderable, and administered with equal kindness and discrimination. . FDlE.—The" alarm of fire shortly . after 7- o'clock last evening was caused by the burning of a. tenement house, at No.626.Lombara street. The building was a three-and-a-half-story brick, the first floor of- which was occupied by lames Terney, tavern-keeper, and the remaining rooms were each occupied by a colored family. The back garret was occupied by one Eliza Bennet- and several children During her absence a little boy set fire to the bed. The flames spread rapidly, and it was with great difficulty that the children were rescued. The roof was burned off, and the house completely flooded by water. During the progress.of the flames, 'fancy was busy at his bar selling liquor, and only ceased when' driven' from his house by the large iliaotl of water. - brEcur., 3IEETn7o or COMMON COUNCIL. specialmeeting of Common. Council was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering the annual bills to the various beads of departments, as reported by the Committee on Finance. The bills were mostly all passed without amendment. The Ira._ rions items of the bills have already been published. Select Council will consider them at their meeting on Thursday. PENSION , StRGEoN.,--11re are pleased to learn that Dr. James Cummiskey has been appointed by the Commissioner of Pensions one of. the pensioA surgeons of this city. It will be hiaduty to examinee invalid pensioners, as well as such . disabled sold:less and seamen who may apply for• pensions, without regard to the State whence they come. Dr. CuM miskey is an experie — need sußgeOn, and Will fill his post with great ability. • REPAIRS TO T.IIV. AV4T.E.II WO)IKS.—The annual cost of the Repairs to the various water_ works of the city amounts to eight thousand three hundred dollars, For the year 1663, the ohief en . gincer will require $4,000 for. repairs to Fairmount works, $1,200 for repairs to• Delaware works, $2,600 for repairs to Schnylkilttrorks, anti $1,600 for re pairs to twentygpißth ward IvOrks, TWO CENTS. ARMY OlE" OH roa. °meter. THE WAR Pi LESS, (PLIBLISI1S1) IVEEI;.I.Y.I 7.1 ": WA/3. 1. 117,5ii will 1 Sent to sub•. , orlberp, by /nail (p)r au nu in itt udvonce) xl Sft Tb ree Conics " 5.01) Five " B.oa " 12 MO the Kline rate—thug : 20 cost $7.4; iU copies will co,it $6O, awl 10 0 earl For a Club of Twenty-ono or over, We Will eons! OA. Extra Cony to the getter-an of the Ctivh, ro:itAn:tater,i are requeteYl to aA as Agenbi for T.m.: WA V, Advertisements insarted at the USUS4 rates. SiK lines constitute a square. AMUSEMENT A.ND PATEIOTISM.—A, pre va tiling furore in fashionable CirCieß 7 since the coin ine,:lnement of the winter, has been a new style of 50c .iables"—altogether a decided improvement oa anything of the kind which has appeared for man years. ,Sewing stockings for the soldiers has been made a la.bor of love even among those who usually consider any vocation, as knitting, for instance, a • vulgar employment , We hear of the formation, in various parts ole the city, of parties of lively youths, the female portion. of whom take the responsibility of perfectingall the details; The most timportant featuire of these " Ostive" circles is; that the ladies devote the first hour Or so to-knittingstockings, after which comes the enjo.vment of the light fantastic. It is gratifying to know that the well-being. of our brave army is thought and'proirsated•by these gar and fairones at home, vitoove. are apt to suppose entertain. no' idea beyoLALF their Own' joys - soili pleasures:' . REMOVAL OS' STREET ETC. -1 11 4 1V following - table - will exhibit Vie . atnorlot •dirt Babes, etc.yremovea from the pithile•higlreMys the introduz.tion.of otreet-sweepi'ng-machittee': Months. Dirt. Aslle,c. Demi Tnlnt.g Animals. glean'd; guy , 15,033 10,649 197 3Cte- - June . . BOR 3 110 202 • , tit • July . 7,620 3,920 191 7,04 , August . • 4,747 - soas /91: I.oll* September . 2,631 , 3,520 /02 - 249' October . . 3,260 6,372 60 — CAI November . 3,721- . 8,973 64 DEW The last few wcoks - of wet weather t interfeiret - greatly with the cleansing of the public 'streetwr - Owing to the fact' that' the city does not' possesiv suitable carts for the'conveyance of 'the soft mud, it to'remain until the weather is more - favorable. • The wet dirt, when placed in the city carts:Cop& - along the streets, and renders their appearemee'mutii. worse than before they-were cleansed. Neither oast The machines be run with, satisfaction, gld the work has to be performed by gangs of men: 'We • notice that a number of the unpaved strees4,- - oveir which the contractor has- no control, are: in er merit— filthy - condition, notwithstanding' the 'fact that & ' large appropriation was made by 'Cknincili to %weir.' them in order. • COT TELEGR!.. , PriIESSAGE6---1 1 :4-' terday the law' requiring a stamp on all telegraph.' messages went into operation: Messages for whit& the telegraphic charge is twenty cents or under roe," the first ten words require a one cent stain*: 'Mem - sages for which the charge is-over twenty cents for. the first ten words require a three cent statriP. The- " section of the tax bill' relativeto this - rriatter says that no telegraph company, .or its Pig6llt3 or em- , ployees, shall receive from anyi person,'or tranSreit - • to any person r any despatch or message, without as • adhoiive stamp, denoting the duty impoicd by this act, being affixed to a copy thereof, having the same ' stamped thereupon, and in default thereof shwa incur a' penalty of ten dollars. In all cases inhere an - adhesive stamp shall be used:,. the person using - - or affixing the same shall write thereuoon the initials of his name, and , the date upon which the same shall be attached or used,so that the same shtill not sgrula be used. A 'HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL.OF REGARD.— Yeoterday„ the anniversary of the• appointment of - Benjamin Franklin, Esq., as Chief of the Detective Police of Philadelphia, WAS commemorated by the Detectives, by presenting to him a beautiful official badge of solid gold. The face of the badge, which is shield-shaped, bears the title of the officer whose insignia - it is, and also-the coat-of-arms of the city is bold bas-rellef upon an enamelled blweground. The rim is . formed of laurel mingled with stars. Upost the back is the following inscription: "Presented by Alderman'. David Beitier and De tectives George H. Smith, Joshua Taggart, Samuel Henderson, .1 oho Lemon,. George .W: Callanan, Ed ward G. Carlin,.G - eorge W.Hrtaholomew, Benjamia Levy, 'Joseph Sommers;. John W. Brown, Charles H. Smith r to Benjamin -Franklin, Esq.- Chief of the Detective Police of Philadelphia, as &token of their esteem for him as a man,. and a testimonial of his ability as a public officer. December t, 1862. The ceremony of presentation took place at nom yesterday at the Central Station; .Alderman Bottler presented the-testimonial with a neat speech, which was happily - , responded. to by the recipient of the gift. During Chief Franklin's reign many important arrests—some• of which concerned the interests of the National'Government—weremade.• • THE CEDIESAL Corrirn—Yesterday morn ing, the December term of the Quarter Sessions com menced, Judger Ludlow on the bench. Wm. Hender son was appointed foreman of the Grand Jury. Front present appearances the term will be a light one. The calendar , of prison cases contains about two thirds less than. the number of cases usually to be found on the list. • Constables who are required to make returns et licensed and unlicensed' houses within their respec tive wards should;have made full returns yesterday morning.' Three wards only were returned in fulf„ and, as the court refused to receive partial returns, the, other wards were not reported. The court di rected process to•lssue against defaulting constables. E. W. CLARICE, Tit RolrAL RELIEF CoarstiTT ceipt of the following coot B. 11. Bartlot, 2d eon_ .5 OW David Scull, do. 50 00 Abm. Barker, do.. 50 001 Lindley Smyth, do., 50- 00 Jay Cook fs. - Co., do.. 100 00 Cash, DI., 60 00 J. P. Galvin.. 10. oo Cord Sunday School. , • at Wilk esba.aire, through W. C. ' • deraleve,' 18 1f..) Horatio C. Wood,::. 10 00 FURTIIII'.: ECTESTIGATION. Yesterday morning the tiveßeturn Judges of the Twenty-fourth ward,'whose arrestier,fraudulentlyissuing a certifi cate of election to Philip Lowry, Jr., has already been noticed, had a further hearing before Police Ma_ gistrate Beitler : Philip Lowry, Jr.,.was recalled and. produced the certificate which. had been landed to him by the constable; the paper bad been in his house ever since he received it ; he never conversed with any of the Judges about the matter. except Mr. Pagan ; he (Fagan) told witness that he had signed a eertitioate, but Mr. Lowry could not,say whether or not this was the one ; he might hare talked with Lodge, but did not recollect it.. • . Augustua. Simpson. identified the certificate, and said that he. wrote the name." Philip Lowry, Jr.,” in it, but did not fill it up he did not see any of the Judges sign the paper. (in cross-examination, he said that he had filled up another certificate for Com mon Council; end put :the nameof the constable in it, but that was (lane in ajoke, The names of other Witnesses were called, but as none .answered, the case was adjourned until four o'clock on Tharsday.afternoon.. BEEF Apy_axcnco.—The prospects of the cattle-drovers of large profits during the winter are about being realized. The business of raising steers has become quite profitable of late, as " high" livers will soon )%avo occasion ; to ,feel. Good beef com mands larger prices than fop many years past, and - yesterday over twenty-on&,hundred head of fine cattle .were bought up at. the cattle market in the TWenty-fourth ward, the prim& quality bringing $9.25 per 100 pounds. This advice will cause muoh rejoicing among the poultry dealers, who can now, with better grace,. demand enormous prices for holi- . day turkeys. POLICE STATIS.TICS-7-Dilring the mouth of November, ySSG arrests made by the Pollee. department, -which -were dii;rided. among the severaL districts as follows First 'Second . Third Fourth , Fifth . Sixth . Seventh Eighth. . Ninth Tenth• 'Eleventh . 2181 Twelfth . 469,Thirteenth . 344 Fourteenth . . 192 Fifteenth - . 262 Sixleenth . 15:1 Reserve Corps _ . . 68 Harbor Police. . .Slark Police - V . 91 agrant Officers. . . 1621 . 981 Total . . . 2AR DA.IIGE, CONSUMPTION OF COAL AND T - Low.—The estimated, expenses of sepplying t .the various waterworks of the city with coal during the coming winter amount to $21,000. The Schuylkill works alone will consume coal to ~the .;vklue. of $15,000. For tallow and oil $1,300 will be, . required POLICEMAN DECEASED.—tieorge... SING; a member of the policeforce.of the First ward, died at hie residence on Sunday of- congestion; of the lungs. 'rhe.deceased was well known.in the lower part of the city, and has.heen.en the f.o . rce.g.inge the. establishment of the AfarehiPs . SII.OORiNG DEATIL—.3 man.,n4med- 301.111 Garnett went into. a., limekiln. at. Tyzenty-fdth,and Lombard streets, on. Saturday night, to sleep, At an early hour on. Sunday morning .he„w,as found dead, haiiing beeksuffi?elited.Ap.rii4g the night. ENTFIVED ON Ins DiziTißa.•--Ttle mew,- Pro thoThotsry .of the .Cingt. of, Couur.oii i Pleas, entered, on his duties yesterday, inoin,i,m, Civoige• T. Deisili.al been_ appointed - col-11:p eierk., ROBBERY.—A jewelry- store. on. Main street, Gerrrtantown,"wis ea...t : red ea : Saturd£W, du-• ring the temporary absei - sce:o.f < the,prorietor, 11134 robbed of two gold. Avlttche*. PEATns AT Aniifilo..4r.T.RA.7.4---The only death reported yesterkiy was. that or Leranaon - Rogers, Co. A, 9.a linite4 States.Sharpshooterai at the Broad. and Chezzy-streets HELD TO ANSWER:—.3*try Towle h a s been committed by. Aldevunu 1 - I,utehin,soo tom:ha:wee the charge of keeping and ntinta.ining a disorderly house at Seventeenth and Ogden Streets, . S c„ I.ll . E.—AbOlll, halt past nine o'clock on. Sunday night a dwelling 1:10USO at Nci. 106 .Shippers nixeet dainauxl byltro. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday was the commencement of the Deem bollerm of the different courts, and, as is usual at the beginning of terms, but little business ofpublic into •rest was transacted. The lists. are not as full as usual, and we may expect their conclusion at an early day. Jury trials will not commence before the •lirst - of . the year. On the first Monday in January the. Supreme Court will meet in this city, and the ju• dicial machinery will then be in full working order. Until then, with the e_xcepticin of the Quarter Ses sions the reports of the proceedings of the courts /will be shorn of much of their interest. The District Court was engaged during yesterday morning with the Current Motion List. The Court of Common Pleas was. occupied with the 14 ew Trial Mo tion List, Frederick G. Wolhert, Esq., the recently elected prothonotary of the Court, was sworn in and entered upon, the performance of his duties. He has . made a goof selection of court clerk in Geo. T. Deice, Esq o n'tl9 is well knows to WS` liar Of the city. ASURF.R OF TITE PORT Fs, acknowledges the re ributions : - Nts l . l ltAlltel f a, t 4A / P° ° 4l lEd. Buckley, 20 ,Ho Eridport, 10 OD 'John Cox, 20 os 11.. C. Cope. 50 oe A. Manderson, 30 00 De Haven & Bro., 20 06 John 13. Ellison, 25 Os Laing & Maginnls, 150 00 ,s S. A. Mercer, 26 oe Elizabeth Ely, 1 00 $1,519 lit
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