Ely Vrtzz.
FRIDAY, DE(JThfBER 5, 1862
TUE WAR.
Tirt: news to-day from the various departments of
the army will be found highly interesting. General
Grant had advanced at last accounts to Abbe Ville,
'Mississippi, and occupied that town. Gen. Sher
man is nt Senatobin, on the Memphis and New Or
leans Railroad. lie , will form a junction with
ell'antls main army at Grenada Junction, where the
rebels will probably Make a stand. The general im
pression seenis to be, however, that Gen. Pemberton
has fallen back to Jackson, which is'on a line run
ning east and west through yicksburg. It is
plain that General (leant now has the ad
vantage of breaking through the enemy's line
of operations at Meridian Junction, on the MO
tile and Mississippi BMfrond. Such a movement,
if successfully executed, will end the war in-the
'Southwest, as the enemy's entire communications ,
would be in our possession. The hopelessness of the
rebel cause is evident If we can destroy, or even keep,
/may during the Arbiter, the army of General Lee,
which is now gradually falling back to the ;Nines,
river, from a fear off disasters in the Southwest and
a flank movement in the region watered bY the
'York and :fames :rirers, whereby the hope,
of the „success of : their' cause will be anni
hilated; By engaging the attention of , this
army of Lee and ' fragmentary corps of
Beauregard, we insure , the , final safety and
nuccess of Gen. Grant's plan.; yictories of the
snort substantial character await our armies in
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The expe
dition of Gen. Banks, which sailed :from New York
yesterday, will be heard from in ft few days, and it
lviil do much .to crush that power which is nest ,
;sustaining the rebellion at a point the very an
nouncement of which will create surprise. The'
Army of the Potomac will soon be performing its
,important part in this last grand effort to sate our
Country from :destruction ; fur the war-cry is upon
the aitHaction, rigorous and continued. The new
year will be ushered in amid the roar of our artillery:
and the steady onward tramp of our invincible:divi
sions and corps.
CaNGRESS.
Sherman (01110' intr °LIMA a reso
lution calling for all eorrespondence; telegramS, let
ters, 61. c.; if compatible with' public interests, relating
to the surrender of Iterperls Ferry. The death of
'Senator Thomson (of New Jersey) was referred to,
and apprOpriateehlogies were pasSed on his chartic
ter by several Senators, after which'the customary
resolutions were adopted.-
lio esolu t ions introduced by Mr:Wickliffe
(Kentucky), inquiring by what authority a Military
Ci overnor of DiStriet of Columbia was aPpointed, and
what power he posselisesovas tabled. Mr. Stevens
offered a resolution declaring it a high crime fOr any
executive or legislative department which
- propose or accept terms: of pc:We on any• other, bitsis
than the unity of the States ns they existed before
rebellion broke out. FoStpoued 'until Tuesday week.
The death of Senator' Thomscin was announced,
.and tributeS were paid to his `memory by several
member's, after which tin: usual resolutions of respect
were passed.
Ti lE NEWS.
AT the late 'State election in Arkansas 9„6,266
Totes were cast, of lrbielt 'Flanigan received 18,139,
Rector '1,419, a iid Rainey Tn. Robert •W. Johnson,
has been elected to the t!onfederaterSenste, over A.
H. afiriPll(l. lie is at present a member of the
other House. A law will be passed forbidding the ;
planting of cotton and the distillation of grain.
Column - Num: Wourn•r.T, :whose services on:,the
Zionito r. ]rave been so highly appreciated by his coun
try,' is again ready for active duty; and is expected
to Sail next Week cruel 'New York, in conunand of
the newt iron-clad,.Steniner .Montauk; now nearly
ready for sea, and represented to be a first-rate ves-
NO of her class,
A I,Errtni from Norfolk states that Mr.:Welles,
:the contractor for raising sunken vessels, haS raised
the frigate United States, and removed hcr to the
Cos Port navy yard. He Is now at work raising: the
Cumberland, which was sunk near Newport News;
'l"irg'Seeretary . of War has ordered the discharge
of all .the Quakers who were drafted in Ohio,
the laws of which State did not exempt:them.
Pr is reported that Colonel Dimmick will shortly
be relieved from the ennunand of Fort Warren, and
will be assigned either to the command of Fortress
Dbanroe or to some position of trust in the immediate
vicinity of Washington. The command of Fort
Warren -will devolve upon . Captain Cabot, of the
Heavy (unattached) Artillery, Massachusetts Vo
lunteers. , ' - •
JOSEPH. SITSENDOIIP, a naturalited Prussian, who
Was arrested sonm months since, while attempting
to go from Baltimore to Richmond, anti sent to Fort
Warren, afterwards became insane,' and was placed
In the State Lunatic Asylum: - He has recovered his
sanity; and on Monday was discharged from that in
stitution. _ ,
GE N KRAL HOOKER has sent an - applicrition fl in to
the - War Department, asl;ing that General'. Stone be
given a' command in his corps. It was returned to
him, endorsed "not granted. ,,
Ara the sick in General J3urnside's army are to be
transferred 'to the Washington, Georgetown, and
`Alexandria hospitals. The project of building an
lospital in the Rappahannock has been abandoned.
SEVERAL Tliou.s.A.xii' men are immediately to be
sent from the coni . alescent camp at - Alexandria to
join their regiments in Gen, Burnside's army. Ex
changed sqldiers in the Alexandria camps are to be
sent at once to their regiments, and those still on
parole to the parole camps. •
The Action of the Common Council.
The career of Common '.:C01.111C.11 is not
always an agreeable subject, but the course
of that branch, in its session of yesterday,
is shameful and humiliating, We Call par
don many things to a spirit of party feeling ;
we may even submit to see honer, good feel
ing, and justice : trifled with by politicians
with feelings less ; angry than stich
tions generally create. But there are deeds
which no party discipline ; can justify,
and one of them is. •- recorded in - our
Council proceedings - this Maiming. its
we understand the matter, it may this
be explained A portion of ; the. present
body of Councils hold over another year.
Those who Were elected at the last poll take
their seats on the first day of the new year.
Aeccirding to the opinions of the remaining
members and those whn'COMC in with the.
New Year, the Republican party will have a
majority of one in the new organization. This
Would insure the success of Republicans:for
the heads:of 'departments, to be chosen by
the new body ; but the Deniodrati,e members
were not ;disposed to permit the municipal
power to pasfiffroMitheit.hands.: A caucus
waS andit, was determined - that thiS
contemplated- majority, shoUld be reduced.
The accannuodating gong, of :the
Third ward, was selected to make the at-
tempt, aud, the rod of party discipline
brOught every Democrat into the Chamber.
It is said that Mr. TIMMAS J. DUFFIELD.
Of the Eighteenth ward, has been appointed
to a position in the Arsenal. He is a Re ,
pi11:4166n, and his term. continues for another
year.: • His eptilSion would reduce the ma-
jority of his party into a minority, and Mr.
accordingly moves that he be
pclled. 13c'gin es two reasons : for the
notion, in the shape of an extract. from
114 :Qonatitutiori zintl the acts of Assem-
. .
lily, declaring that " no member shall hold
any . ;ififhce *under the
.ooVernment of the
"United States or this Commonwealth, during
hiS continuance:: in.office." The motion of
Mrb Quiz; wasforeed . to.a vote, and , carried
by a vote of 24 to 17.. • The whole matter
was prearranged.- The ::resOlutioe, *wits
'rushed , into the earlieSt stage of the lattsi
ness. NO
.ci.platiatiOn was made, fhb
majority 'would not , permit a committee to
make a report.. The assertion of an un
scrupulous partisan was made the solemn
ordinance of the COuncilS.• There was a
question of veradity,'and 'any fair body of
men would haVe asked Or evidence before'
arbitrarily deeidin - ea..: (l *.njentent•whielfl the Empetor himself. '' Capable and anibi
disfranchised . one of the •largest , wards of -I tiou s, he might' prose . the Glo'ster to the
the city. , :Mr.: 614Feb:1 . .denied that Mr. .'young . -:Prince Imperial. • When NAPOLE . ON:
• De*ELD . .held an appointment, tinder the : 111. was only President, this cousin gloried in
Goveriunent: .liere was ono assertion: Mr. i: being:a - Red Republican; but under the Em
: Quin. :bad-n: letter signed by MIL• Due- ! pire be has changed: his tone, and submits; ..
• rucin .as . - "...General: Superintendent o f ! with impatience, -to the honor of being a
. Clething." Here
. wai -the counter asSer- i ; Prince of the blood,. well salaried but of the
• . tion. Decency would have suggested to the ' public; 'treasury. Other rivalship than his
- Chamber 'to pause, and inquire and satisfy i might spring up. For example; • the Hour:.
—itself as to the-truth of Mr. SIMPSON / B state- I bon and the Orleans dynastic lilies
,each
.:..3014, or the genuineness of the docuMent .." - have representatives claiming the :Crow n : of
Frhich.Mr. Q,-u presented to the Chamber. 1 .- F rance, on the . somewhat . - simple ground
' Bit ; decency is not generally respected -by F that an ancestor fortherly wore it, but were
:Inen 'who are doing a wrong, and Mr..111-fr.:. 'severally expelled, as imbecile. -or •tyrannici
-. FIELD, without a word off - explanation or in-i. 'l4. : . thal., greater . sovereign,. the: TPeoPle;
...ii - o h. 3 .—iiay ; in his own absence—without' a 1 . The
,Ceunt Di C/IJSMDODD, ..who. . reprei
Mord. •Of , •defence;being permitted, was ex= septa • - the ;Bourbon, ..land:': the.. (Yount -• DE
pelled . from the .Chamber. . • PARIS, , who . represents the : Orleans dy
."1 - 1 , 4 submit that:no•greater outrage has 1 nasty; mail ' turn , up ; in France, some day;
_ . _
;EMT -been committed. in any legislative body,.. 1 shouldtroubleanrise-in the
. succession;: but
. )lOt even in • the:;•Corinrion Council. .11ere 1 -we confess that it is jaSt :as-,probable that
''tike see ''a party' banded together in secret, . one of them will be elected , Typhoon of
`under the obligations of. a caucus, and with -japan and`the.pther called.to the '. Presidenff.
nn undisialsetlPaity,parpose, hurriedly ex- iial chair. of Liberia.' The danger wonld . ,boi :
pep
. ft member Trent his scat, because Mr. 1 nearer' home,. •if danger there ...were:l- - If
1
1 : .IC4ntri hail heard ilia holds he in appointment Prince NA e 01.1Wh' . proved . faithful 7. : tir el
- , in the Arsenal : i vmy . 4 ... s. ,T , . BARgEp .. not . .*inperor's . ien, in the event of a 'Rii,liie'n.
z;i ,
, ; expelledl l .; He ,it' a..nienilierOt:thite,gislif 4 :*.i,s: jatPoitibkthiit the boy,. hi l ..fniness , of
ture and a-member. •-;ok; boUntile.,. *ilia, tifne, 'would y sign A•er. 'France.
'Dir. ltichimitv. not expelled? Be is Tree- ' The • oilier view remains to be taken.
surer of the Mint and a member of Coun-.!..NAtio,i.x.ON the. First, when he founded the
cils. 'Why was Mr. McMexut permit- I• . Empire, yo4lcued France from many social
ted to hold a scat in the Councils,
and,. at the same time, act as a represents
five at Harrisburg ? Why is it, 1% - lien ii is
impossible to hold a special election to fill
Mr. DUFFIELD'S place, when the people of
the Eighteenth ward can by no possibility
be represented in the new organization, that
this deed should be done in such a suniluary
and indecent manner ? The whole transac
tion is one. of the 'Most 'disgraceful we have
ever known in Philadelphia, and all, engaged
in it deserve the scorn and condeinnation of
the community. ' ' ,
: Napoleonic
: Speculations.
There May be,- and there often:is, terrible
significance in a short sentence,-in the simplest
arraugeMent of the plainest words: - One of
the most touching verses in the New Testa
ment consists. of only two words. It is the
fact; sometimes it is even the suggeStion
involved in' the sentence, as Well as its
brevity, Width makes ikampressive. The:
composition; whether spoken or written,
which most earnestly impresses the mind
is not that :Which contains high-sounding
weals, but that: Which, in :Words . of most
ordinary Use, best Conveys the idea which
the spetiker Or:writer wants to express in the .
most [telling manner: Great orators - ,: fl.or
yet great writers, do not cultivate stilted
phraseology, nor endeavOr: to make trans
cendental that which ought to be Plain, 'nor
get lost in the mazes. of metaphysics, nor get
suspended between syncrelles and' cestheties,
but go right on to the goal, rarely pausing
to pluck up floWers by: the ' wayside, and
ever using plain Words to relate plain facts
or enforce. strong argument:. In oratory*, as
in authorship, he who would be popitlar
must be intelligible.: Thus, a few v,
may sometimes be unusually:significant and
suggestiveHMore so `from what they leave
to the imagination than from what they
enunciate. •" :
. 'ln the foreign news just received by the ,
Hibernian, and published in this paper, is
one :linefull of Suggestiveness : "fl is ru
mered that an attempt has been made ani
roLEoN's life." It is impossible, ifthought
be given to these few wmls, to avoid being
struck with - what they. suggest, Suppose
• that the rumor were a fact, and a fatal one ?
SuppOse that blow or bullet had taken effect :
and: stricken clown the Emperor of the
French, as he . )iyas w
, toil hi his pride of
place among the rulers of the earth ?
than, of all the Pi : Obable, yea, even of the
impAahle - ebns , equeneeS, Think of the .
conditiOn;Of Franee—like a mighty ship
which,"broken from the moorings which se
cured her in the haven, had wildlyplunged„
out, once more, into the wild breakers of
revolution, threatening ruin to all other yes
' 'eels in the vicinity, and fast hurrying on to
her own destruction, Think, in alvord, of
such a people as the French; : suddenly de
prived,',:by an act of violence, of the great
man N,-horn,they placed, ten years ago, upon :
the throne which his renowned uncle had
fOrined for himself. All this islinvolved in
one line in a. telegram. • •
:We call NAPOLEON the Third•a great - man.
Undoubtedly he all that. : , He : has cast
aside islratcver follies : maThavo clouded his
difficult youth, for he was cradled in: misfor,
tune, reared in exile, and passed six year
of his gol4n prime in prison at Ham, He
has in:thiS, as in some other things, followed
the example of AUGUSTUS,
,the Reman Ern
'perm:, whose early manhood had ,ibeen.
stained by . excesses, but :who, when aa - -
sumingthe.purple; flung behind hint what- .
ever leaSt becathe .his imperial station, and
Occupies a bright page therefor in history:
During ,the ten years of NAPOLEON'S reign,
his life has been discreet, and aober, and
moral, as:firr as the public. Can judge, ana
-1 he has not_often or much abused , the great
poWetiwhich Providence has 411'6'46(11am to
That very reticence wldch,:When he
was only -an adventurer and a,. Pretender,'
made him an :Unpletisfint companion, stands
him now, when he is Emperor, as grave'
, and prudentdignity: It is one of the
perial qualities of this man that he is master
of himselfth4t,lle keeps , hi own -counsel,
nor commits himself until the exact
moment has arrived for action: In
this :.he resemble§ another great man,
the-Duke of WELLINGTON, who is reported
to haVe said, when Prime Minister under
GEOUGE IV.; ". If I thought that the hair of
my'head knew any purpose of mine :which
I desired to keep coneealed,, I should cut it
off and wear a Wig,": : Coining back' to the
consequences,: probable 'or improbable,
NAroLtow's sudden death, by treason and
violet).* let us OIJSCI'VC :11OW ill-prepared, at
*present, France is :for such a catastrophe:
In this man; When! the nation lias placed on
the throne, with power almost absoltite - , not
Only France, but 'Europe, has great cend,
dence. He has disappointed the predictiOns
•of enemies and slanderers ; he has more
than' fulfilled the highest ; anticipations of
friends and partisans, He haS :Made
self,'personally as well as:imperially; an ac
knoWledged Rosner in Eit_ope. The "le
gitimate" monarchs, whO may. affect to
SIICCT at him because the fonnder. of his dy
nasty was son of a petty attorney in Corsica,
must still feel that lie possesses talent, policy,
- purpose, and the ability to combine all three.
I He has become a self-constituted and gene . -
rally 7 adniitted arbiter in :national affairs,
Be:willed it; when lie desired to hunible
Russia, and straight Way 'England united
with France and fought the :Czar in the
Crimea., He willed it, and Italy shook off
the yoke of foreign princes. He willed it,
and the tri-color of France and the red cress
of England together .were taken into the
city of Pekin by soldiers who had conquered
the Empire of China.. He wills it, and
by him alone is the Pope maintained
Rome.
At his death, especially: were .it' sudden
and vielent, thiS great POWer would
because it „ islindivichua. France must
Ways be a great - nation among the coun
tries of the but it needs the, genii:is,
the Ernmessi the philosophy of a NATO
LEON, or some such wonderful Man, to mike
itera r coooneenday Power: The heir to the
purple is: a little- boy, T Who will be seven
3 , eats o]d next: March: :The Regent, to go
vern for some : eleven: 'years, :(uitta he
reached: the age of 18,) wintid be :the Era
press Ene . . - srE,) : a:foreigner iv : birth, per
sonally , popular,: but , latterly„:l7i9Wed with
some „distrust b' k the:nrniknii4 the middle
class; who Are tiberal, because she is known
to be in &Var . Of Maintainingthe-Pone as, a
'temporal
,Sovereign, and `is .telletra to be
priest-ridden. She is accoinplished, intelli
gent, prudent, aud''sagacions, but _it is
doubtful whether Priinee, for the next
woman's
eleven subiS §
rule. Besides, next to the throne itger are
hoStile iniluenceS, .in the person of Prince
NAPOLEON; (JERONIE,) cousin to the Em
peror, and son-in-law of the King of Italy,
a man of middle age, with much talent,
And- the.advantage of standing in the same
relationship -, .t6 the first NAPOLEON as does
and political evils. lie himself said : "
found the Crown upon a bramble, whither
it bad been flung in, contempt, and, guard
ing it with my sword, I placed it on
my head." At various times in the his
tory of nations, bold soldiers have raised
themselves to supreme power, even as
the great NAPOLEON did. Should a na
tional, or rather a political, commotion arise
in France, on the early death of the present
Einperor, (especially MS vielent dentlrd it
is on the eardS that some ambitious warrior
may dp whathas so - often been done' lie
fore—namely : take advantage of eirenni7
stanceS,:.and condense the ruling power into
his own hands.
Such are, a few of the speculative opinions
arising, nnturally enough, in the mind 'of
one who recollectS ther historical events of
France,: even during the: present ieentur3r,,
and recognizes the - great intportance of
NArot.EoN's life, not only to Frtinee, but tO!
the wholecivilized world, Iris death, how
ever eausedi, might lead to another Revo :
in'Fraute, and the annals record :that
each political and social : convulsion in
Franet-1.789, 1830,: ',and 1848—Lhas more:
orless created civil war in sonic other part
or parts of Em ope Therefore, ,it is lutport 7
ant to the :family of:rulerS in Europe that
NAPOLEON should not fall by. the weapon of
an ias,SiisSiu. Teo much I depends on that
single life.
Another Naval Revolution.
For months past, Arr. WHITWORTH', in,
veutor ,of the forthiclable gun which bears
inc name; has been• experimenting : in Eng,
laud upon thp penetrability of armor-plates
for: ships-of-war. The results he has arrived
at have been very significant and important
in all 'their successive gradations, and the
development they. have now - reached, • al-,
though not fialHfor. there can be no wit! to
the revelations of SCieneeare 'indeed asto
nishing. :Butletus, in the first place, briefly
advert: to the rapid progress which has
marked this_ : - department of invention since.,
our naval battfe last March, _in Hampton,
Roads, set the „world's ingenious minds to
thinking. In October,last, when Mr. WHIT-
Tiorait succeeded, after mouths of trial, in
dri.iftg a seventy4our:pound shell through
fOut-inch iron-plate, the London : i Ti4nes
deemed the result of ,so much consequence
as to chronicle it at a 'length - of about three
columns: At that time, no breach had
heen : made - in the target so thoroughly
as to satisfy the ordnance iron-plate comthitL
tee that the same astonishing effects could
be obtained with a larger gun at a greater
range than 200 yards, and against a target
as strong, for instance, as the Warrior's
sheathing. To determine • whether this was
feasible, a second trial came off a week after
, ward in the presenCe of the committee, Sir
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, (who : is now laid up
in ;“ lavender, 7 !) Lord CLYDE, and Mr.'
WinTwORTII, It s is WOTIII while AO .give a
suminary of the trial here, for reference.
The gien used was a muzzle-loader, made at
WOolwich,- on ARMSTRONG'S wrought-iron
coil principle, but with WntrwonTiVs hexa
gonal bore, and With a nominal calibre 0f120,'
pounds, which was probably thirty pounds
heloW, its aQtltal caliaCitF. 1\ as placed at
.
a distance of , six hundred yards freim , a see=
flop of the Warrior target, a longer range by
four hundred yards than on any previous
test of the :same' ordnance. The plates of
the target were four and a half inches thick;
resting "against 18 inches of teak, which, in
turn, Was backed by a sheathing of iron.
fire-eighths of an inch thick. Only tveO
shots were fired from the gun on this occa
sion, but they sufficed to smash many a
crude theory, and threw all England in ecsta
sies. The first , was a solid shot, weighing
129 pounds, with a charge of 23 pounds. It
struck :the target
i within an Melt: of the
centre,: crushed thr9ugh the buried
itself m the'teak, and tore the inner iron
sheathing in shreds. But:the second discharge
did - better execution. A shellloaded with three
and a half :pounds:of powder, , and Weighing;
: 131 poundS, 'Was fired at the same range inch
elevation; and with a: 25-pound charge of
powder. In the language of the Tz nes , "it
went CoMpletelythreugh everything, burst
ing; -apparently ; where it mlOlll4OO . the
last resistance of the inner skin, which the
eXplOSion bleW - cen - ipletelY away, and send
. Mg.,
_the bits of shell over what, had it been
the Warrior; Would have been; her main
' deck, and therefore in thel midst, of her
crew." 'This, we believe, was in October.
- In. NoveMber those achievements are ,
eclipsed; and England; is in another :blaze Of,
- : ;pleasurable excitement.
,By our latest fo
reign advices we learn that the experiments
wcie continued, and that: still more extraor,.
ditiary developments have been - reached.
Some account: of these -we printed yesterday:
The armor-plates were five : instead of four
and, ra' half inches thick, as in the former
test ; the range was eight instead of six
]Mildred yards, and the shell'uOt only
through : the target, Must-big midway and,
tearing it, to fragments, but: portions of it
buried - theinsclvea in the deck beyond.:
, This effect, never before equalled by the
heaviest solid shot, Was accomplished sim
ply by increasing the weight of 7 the_ alien'
by nineteen pouhds and the charge of po - w 7
der by two Pounds. The calibre of the gun
is reported as being the same as on the first-
MentiOnedtrialtorninally 120 pounda-and
we : have no doubt that: preciselij the same
gum WO MO on both occasions. But the ,
most wenderful result. of the trial remains to
be told. It is almost incredible I and we
can readily believe that Mr. WHITWORTH
himself Was astonished.. A 130-pOund shell,
with a bursting charge of three and a half
pounds of powder, went completely through
:the tinget. In: other words, the swine pro
jectile which in Octobtir: could only :be
driven through: four Mid a half inches of iron;
in November is readily 'driven with terrible
effect througkfiVe,: if hot tivOand a quarter
inches of iron: Whether the Charge of pow
,
der - was greater in the-Jattor instance: we
are not. informed ; :bUt, at any rate,' the dif
ference of poWer: displayed was due, in
great part; :if not ,wholly, to an iinprOVement .
in the' head of the shell, which; instead of
being fiat, is now convex. Mr. WRIT-'
.is of has cl.ohe a: good - and bad th4eg : for
the: navies of the world,
,and : for..the: English
navy `especially, Whqrjrott::i';iialtS; are 'lnow
unSafeiy penetrable, as certainly
deemed . to be demolished , : as: were her
Wooden dills a 'year:ago; Ories:s. -• In case
of n war: with any enterprising nation,
: her
fronOtts Warrior wOuldbea worthless hnik—
that . single: shell might serKL' to itlo
b0o» - !. :of. the:: ocean: Our own navy
may he giorii of some of its strength by the
Works of Mr. Wltinvonli's :genitis.-,, The
New Ironsides, lyhich is (..itiubtlesS our Most
fornaidalA iron-Clad now afloat, has' an iron
iliiiioi plating. of but fOur and a half inches
thick; , the same :.as theTWarrior ; and, of
Course, wOuld,'inthe sauce degree, be at the
mercy: of a singla,l4o,pounder WniTworra
gun. Indeed ; the broad fact incontestably
decided by these experiments at Shoebury
nesi is this : that, in the present state of war,
as a science, the, means of
,attacir are supe
rior to the means of defence.. This was the
pciint : apparently demonstrated by the suc
cess of the Moniter,- but it is now settled be
yond the reach of cavil.
The Paper Problem.
The , extraordinary advance in the priee
of . evetidescriPtion of paper, and the pre
sent high premium offered fdr rags, and old
newspapers ; render the . discovery of the
most tiivhil means of relief important. We
have' bele* tie copy of . ..the report' of the
" Eighth Anneal Exhibition of the Massa
chusetts. Mechanic; Association'," in 'which
we find the. description of a newly-invented
machine for. redUcing..all kinds of . .wood: to
. . .
a :fibrous pulp for making •paper... The
machine . . • May be
. . deseribed s;
stone disc revelving'• perpendiCularly, • al
though:it:-is, "actually
.an _ irOa Wheel;*with
separate stones let into • aid ` secured
- both-Of its fiees. The faCes "'are - dressed
to a perfect. plane; true. with.the plane of
, revolution. Upon /this. ar e attached.
t.ivpnty`fittmes,'With centres to receive: gy
.i. 4900, of w ood,' some
, twelve inches
- Aongi :and oi , any...dianleterputt :May be
fiired::"Tlei& frames - eio
swingyii i ion-pivots;qoAbe:purpose.of iwi ng4
ink the - cylinders of 'wood in contact with
the stone faces of the wheel. ' The axes of
these. wood On..
: :CYlititlers, : when . thus in
THE PRESS. - PHILADELPITIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1862.
contact, if prolonged, would forM a de
cagon, When nuts in contact tlx wheel
revolves rapidly, and the cylinders of
wood slowly. This combination of mo
tion produces a friction, more or less severe
according to the pressure upon the cylinders ;
which is determined by springs .to each
cylinder frame, which arc adjuStable to.
the exigencies of the work. This friction
is almost parallel to the axes of the
cylinden of wood, varying only as the
curve and chord of a small arc. The effect
is to tear off the fibres of the cylinder with
out grinding the wood - to dust. TO make
perfect paper,. every particle of its material,
should form. part of a fibre, and the goodues's
of paper dependS upon . . the strength com
bined with the length. of its fibres. The
machine operated you . successfully , upon
trial at an examination at the rate of ma
king about five hundred pounds of pulp
froin spruce wood in twenty-four hour S.
This is about the amount of pulp which can
be tmat from, rags in the same time by a
beating engine with twelive-horse power aP - -
plied. The general success of this Machine
would seem to.• indicate the propriety and
advantage of using this . wood Pulp, partially
at least, in the manufacture of paper, thus
making a saving; we will say, of one-half of
the cotton pulp now used in the manufac
ture of paper for. printing. This machine is
the invention of . Mr. R. B. FITTS, of Bos
ton, who may be addressed through i the
post office, or at the office of this news
paper. •
The President sent a brief message to the Ilouso
the 15th day of the present month." •
to-day, which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, relating to the collision of the
war steamer San Jacinto with the French brig Inez
St. blarie, off the coast of Cuba,in November last. He
recommends an appropriation of $9,500 for thorepa
ration of damages to the latter, through neglect on
the part. of the officers of the San Jacinto, in accord-;
ante with the verdicts of a nmial . commission coin
posed of officers of this . country, France, and
Italy, and the United States consul at Havana and
the consul of France.
The court martial in the case of Major Gen. Fi'rz
JOHN FOIITIM was in session again to-day, Major
Gen. Joins; Porn being the witness under exami
nation. The substance of his testimony was that it
was his thin conviction that if Major General Port!
TIM had obeyed his orders promptly he could have
entirely defeated, if not captured .TAcicsoN'S army.
Senator, WILIZINSON, of Minnesota, tendriir pre•
sented an earnest, but respectful, protest to the Pre=
silent against it pardon or reprieve of the oon.
denmed Indians in that State. After reading this
paper to the President, Messrs. WINDOM and
.A i.nni en, being present, and heartily endorsing his
protest, desired to join therein with Senator Wu,
Kircsox, thereby making it the unanimous action of
the entire Republican delegation.
General HIRAM WAI.BRIDOY., who was the Re-
Publican candidate for Congress agape Ben Wood,
in New Yoik. city, is named as a
,prnbable successor
to the Military Governorship in this city. General
BIenTINDALE now occupies the post temporarily.
Dr.• Erront, of the Treasury Department, has sent
'to Philadelphia some arp.mt, TOW* statistics of the
finances of the United States. They will be pub.,
lisped in a National Almanite, to be issued by George
W. Childs, Esq., early in January?
The Chevalier BIZItTENATTA, umpire of the joint
commission for the adjudication of claims against
Costa Rica 3 to-day notified the secretary of the com
mission as follows :
"I will receive no observations, either verbal,
printed, or Written, from either party interested, after
No Surgeon-Artists...
The fact is elicited from the SurgeonGeneral'a
office that there is no such office as surgeon-artist
known to the army or navy. The title has been un.
warrantably assumed. • ' - • • •
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury will
be sent to Congress at noon to-morrow. Every pre
caution has beep taken to.guard against a premature
disclosure of its
The following are the resolutions submitted by the
Ron. Ti4Annsus STnvinis, of Pennsylvania; to the
House of Representatives to-day :
Resolved That this Union must be and remain one
and indivisible forever.
• Resolved, That if any person in the employment of
the United States, in either the legislative or execu
tive branch, should propose to *lake peace, or
should accept or advise the acceptance of any such
proposition on any other basis• than the integrity:
and entire unity of the United States and theirVer
rittories as they existed at the time of the rebellion,'
he will be guilty of a high crime.
Resolved, That this Government can never.: accept
the mediation or permit the intervention of any,
foreign nation in this rebellion or in our domeitic
affairs.
Resolved, That no two Governments can ever be
permitted to exist within the territory now belong
ing to the United States, and which acknowledged
their jurisdiction at the time of the insurrection.
The following letter was published in this morn."
ing's Chronicle.:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1862.
Girs.:nnAt, With your report, published this morn
ing in the Chronicle newspaper, is a despatch of mine,
containing the following paragraph :
"Banks , corps is very weak, numbering not more
than five thousand men, and is much demoralized."
This paragraph might seem to imply some re
proach upon that gallant corps, but such.would be •
very far from my intention, and very un:ust. That
corps, under its gallant leader, had fought the bloody
battle of Cedar Mountain, and had there rendered
service which merits the gratitude of the country.
But in that severe' and hard-fonght action General
Banks himself was so badly injured as to be unfit-for -
duty. Generals Augur, Geary, and Carroll had been •
badly wounded; nearly all of the field and company. -
officers, particularly of the Massachusetts regiments, ,
had been killed or wounded, and the corps was
nearly destitute of officers.
After such service as they had rendered, and the
broken condition in Which their gallant and heroic *
fighting had left thew they should for a time have;
been withdrawn' from the presence of the enemy,
until they could be rested, and their officers replaced.:
X should have done so at once, but that it was im
possible at that time to spare a man front the front.
In the hurry and brevity of a telegraph despatch,
• it was not possible to explain to you why this corps
was really unfit for service.
God forbid that I should be suppoied, even by mis
conception of my despatch, to cast 'even the impli
cation of reproach upon this gallant corps mittits
intrepid leader.
1 trust you will make this letter public, in . justice
to General Banks and hiS corps.
I am, General, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN POPE, MajOr, General. r.
Major General H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Ohief.
WASIIINGTON.
Special Despatches to g‘ The Press."
WASHINGTON, December 4, 1862.
j►iessage from the President.
•Case of General Fitz John Porter.
The Indian Murderers.
Military Governor of Washington.
A National Almanac.
Costa flea Claims.
Secretary Chase's Report,:
Non Arrival of Senators.
Senators COWAN and Wri,stoiltare not yet-ar-_
. .
Mr. Stevens' Union Resolutions.
Justice to - Banks' Corps.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
FORTRESS Moxnok, Dec. 3„—We' learn from those
who have had an opportunity of seeing for them
selves that Petersburg, and along the route between•
there and Richmond, is being strongly fortified by
digging rifle-pits and throwing up . strong earth
works. Large forces are at work upon them day
and night.
We also learn from a reliable source that the elian
nel through the stone blockade at Charleston is
temporarily obstructed by the use of railroad iron,
BO that the rebels can readily remove it for their
(Nit
'FORTRESS NONR(*, Dec. City
of Hudson took fire this morniftg o sOciii After
rival from Norfolk, but the flames we're extingUisited '
with but slight damage to the vessel.
It is rumored that a reconnoitring force frditiSuf-:
folk, in command of Colonel Spear, of the fitli
Pennsylvania Cavalry, had a skirmish at Black'.
water yesterday, capturing a rebel battery atia •
taking forty prisoners, without the loss of a ]nan.":
The steamboat New York, with a flag of truce,
left this afternoon for City Point, with one hundred„
rebel prisoners.
A storm commenced here this morning. •
Departure of General Banks' Expedition.
Nxw Youx, Dec. 4.—The steamers Illinois, North
ern Light, and other smaller craft, sailed from here
to-day with troops for General Banks' expedition.
General Banks accompanied them. He was escorted
down the bay, this evening, by a distinguished party,
comprising Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
Mayor Opdyke, and Commodores Vanderbilt. and
Van Blunt.
.The weather is tine, and the ekpeditionpailiutider
the most favorable auspices. , , , •
, hlajor General Augur remains, sail next
week with the remaining regiments of the
hon. •
The Pirate Alabama'.
Ninv Yonx, Dec. 4.—At a meeting of the Cham
ber 'of Commerce held to-Alay a letter was read
from Secretary Welles stating that an additional
force will be despatched in search of the pirate Ala
bama as soon as practicable. There is no authority
for granting commissions to private vessels to *search
for the
.Alibarna or other piratical vessels or priva 7
tiers. The Chamber adopted resolutions asking the
dovCinirient, to send several war vessels to cruise
on the eastern coast of South America. -
"Thi titiliirt . of,:t4e: . - Seiretary of t4e Trost.;
• •
•
• miry. • ,
• • -
• • •X•rw YORT:, Washington despatch to
:the Post. says that Secretary Chase's report will be
"sent North by this evening's mail. His estimate of
tifepublic debt will. exceed -$1,050,000,000 on the,l st
91,July..ne.xt.
Arrival of the Steamer Saxonia.
May Yonx,.Dee. 4,—The ateimehip.Saxonia hak
been below '
Maikets.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 4.—Flour buoyant. Wheat firm ;
white, $1.66@1.80 ; red, $1.40®1.60. • Corn steady'
7f.(ii.•Hfc for old white. Whisky steady at 42e. Pro
visions steady.
STATES IN REBELLION.'
Gen. Ilofort s <w gone to join Pemberton—llis
Force 49,000 strong-4,0,000 Rebels left
Helena erg recite for Grcnacin—Guerillats in
vicinity of Dicinpinis still Trotablcsozne—
Cotton still ISurnamt by therm.
Cairo, Dec. Dlernphis !capers ORS' that
General Holmes crossed remit Arkemsas to Mis
sissippi at Vidor - lA.llg, last week, with. a' force
which was estimated at 40,00 men.
The guerillas are still very' troubles M o. in the
vicinity of DTemphis.
They continue to bu - ce cotton and' impiesa inert
into the Confederate sersice. They litundso , pickef:
up k number of stragglerwfrom our army.
• The expedition which left lielennyArk., laslweek,.
IS said to haVe numbered' 20,000 men. It landed
lavelVe miles below, to move overlent to Grenada:
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA•
Thanksgiving-Desertion of Twenty-one-
Federal Soldiers-The Congressional Mee-•
t ton-Murder of Sturgeon littrat-Disg listed;
Nrith the War, dr.e..
'FROM NEWREMsr, N. C., Nor: 28; vi - A FORTRESS
MONRoE,Dec. 3.--Yesterday was observed sTh a n
giVing by the troops and loyal citizens. of this de
portment, by order of Major General Foster, com
manding. All places of business in - Newbern were
very generally - closed, and the day passed without
disorder. Twenty-one men of the Maine - Artillery'
deserted, on the night of the 25th inst:, in a sail-boat;
taking with them their muskets, cutlasses, and
Pistols. The difficulty appears to hare• been. about
their pay.
On-the 26th inst. (Wednesday) about sixty citi
zempsf Newborn left under "flag of•truce" for the•
interior.
Petitions requesting Governor Stanley to.order•an
election for the remainder of the termof the present
Congress are in general and active circulation in
eastern North Carolina.
Dr. Hunt, assistant surgeon 27th Regiment Mas
sachusetts Volunteers, was shot by guerillas on the .
jamcstoWn road, near Washington; N. (1, a few
flays since. His two companions barely - escaped the
same fate, one of them, however; bein,Twounded..
Dr. Hunt's home is in West Boylston,
where he leaves a wife and child. His body has
been embalmed, and will be sent North by the first
steamer.
This wanton murder has produced immense excite
ment. Many arrests are being made by the Federal
authorities. Gen. Foster is determined to stop the
smuggling operations which have been carried on ex
tensively by professed Unionists, and his energetic
measures have already gone far to remedy the
evil. Rev. James Means, of Massachusetts, chap..
lain to. the United States Hospital here, has just been
appointed to the responsible and laborious position
of superintendent of contrabands, a post for which
he is excellently fitted. •
Lieut. B. B. Foster, a brother of Charles Henry
Foster, of North Carolina, has been promoted to the
position of • :Assistant Adjutant General to Major
Gen. Peck, commanding U. S. forces at Suffolk, with
the rank of major.
Late Raleigh papers received here indicate a strong
feeling of disgust with this bloody war, and a growl
ing and prevalent desire for honorable peace.
The village of Greenville, on the Tar river, has
.been taken possession of by our forces.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Despatch from den.Grant—Retrent of the
Rebels—Occupation of Abbeville---Par.
suit to Oxford-. Sixty Rebels Captured--
General Sherman Crosses the River at
Wyatt. •
WASHINGTON, December 4.—The following has
been received at headquarters of the army
• READQuAnTErts, in the field, near
Abbeville, Miss., Dec. 3, 1862.
To Major Gemara. Hallo*, General-in-Chial:
The encinV.deserted their fortifications yesterday,
destroying all their stores that they could not carry
away with them.
The weather is bad, and the stream somewhat
swollen, making it difficult to cross. Some of the
cavalry swam the river, however, and occupied this
place last night. To-day pursuit was made to Ox
ford. Coming on the rear guard of the enemy, the
shiraiiphing lasted two hours, resulting in the cap
turfsome rc .t h nusEuit mill eon.
tinue to-morrow, but the roads are so bad it is im
possible to get up supplies for a 'longer continuance
of it.
Gen. Sherman is crossing at Wyatt.
U. S. GRANT, Major General.
OPERATIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
From General Grant's Advance—Steamboat
Sunk—Gen. Sherman at: Coldwater—Ad
miralPorter's Fleet--Gunboat Condemned
Gunboat Lexington Fired
.on—Generid
1-luvey , a New Expedition, &c.
Canto, Dec. I.—A report is current in Memphis
that Germantown was burned- by soldiers belonging
to the Bth 11.1iSsouri, while Gen. Sherman's division
was near that town, and that Gen,Atnith had the
offenders arrested and shot. •-• :
.All the teams in the_ country passed Over by. Gen.
Sherman's • arm - have been preised into the trans
portation airv,icei
night,. near
from
Island, the
-1404ti:or-,f3letok 'Memphis and Helena,.
collided with the upward-bound boat White Oliiud.
. The Black Hawk was badly damaged; and floated.
slatn. y distance and sunk. -Three negroes were lost..
_Thal rest on board escaped: - The Boat was vnitied at.
..: . $6,c470, and is a total loss to her owners.
There is a band of organized robbers on the roads
leading from .Memphis. -On the 28th they robbed
I'lljaltHrooks ofsll,ooo. •
Gen. Sherman, at last accounts, was at Coldwater.
Copwater is in Desoto county, Mississippi,- thirty
•'ondmilet; south of Memphis, on the Mississippi and'
Tennessee railroad. .
026n0, Dec. 2.—The United States gunboat East- :
pert . liaa'beentondenined by Adirilial porter, and de
'elared unfit for service. She will be put out of coin- ,
' mission here. Her officers . and7e're* are now being.
shifted to more.serViceable boats:
Captain Shirk, Of the gunboat Lexington, had a.
. skirmish with the rebels at a plantation twenty
Miles below Helena, on Tuesday last. He was fired
UpOrt by about one hundred infantry; assisted by
' .cannon, and the wood work of the Lexington per-•
' l l:ecily Milled with' musket and cannon balls. No
one was killed on the boat.
fits guns of the Lexington were quieklYlbrought
‘to bear, and soon sent the rebels flying from their
position, leaving several killed and wounded. Cap
tagtShirk went, on shore with a boat's crew soon
'afterwards, and captured twenty contrabands. and
sLxtcen.bales of cotton, all of which he carried to
-Helena. •The cotton has arrived here-by the steamer
• Wilson.
The Lexington can easily be repaired, find although
a wooden gunboat, the rebels will * hereafter give her
and her latnye".captain and gallant inen - n . iyl4tiberth.
They dori'efilfokether like the looks of her guns.
GeneralAlovey has morel again irons Helena,
hound tki•kii the river, He. left On- the 27th.. His
31eitinntioNin.,unknown ; some say Vicksburg, as
andAoine . say Little Hoek.-
CALIFOFNIA.
SAN PR ANcTSCO, Dec. 2. 7 Th0 ship Tempest a.
'fired to-day from Philadelphia.
Trade is dull
,-The . grand jury of San Francisco have indicted
'l,liirty-six'gamblera. This action has caused (Dille a
stampode among the sporting fraternity. A rigid
anti-gambling law will be the principal reform Men
sure asked of the next Legislature.
Sandwich Island dates to the 15th of November
have been received.; Tiventy4hiee whalers had 'ar
rived, Including tuinlve from the Arctic and. seven
from the . Ochotsk seas, with an average catch of 980
barrels of oil and 13,900 pounds orbone. Fourteen
more vessels were expected to arrive soon.
SAN pitAxcisoo, 'Dee: 3.;:-The markets 'arc
Dried apples sell a hVic ; 'erti§lied stlgal'ils offered, at
• 13,%e; Americambiandy ia'Se/ling-at 47;4'13)50e ; Aine•
rican 46e; split peas, - 7Xe.
The President's message was published in the San
Francisco and Sacramento papers this morning,
having peen telegraphed from Chicago in eight hours.
PnaxotsCo, Dec, 4.-H-The ship
...Magellan
sailed tO:day, for Liverpool, with a cargo of 19,099
' sacks of wlieat and 150 sacks of coffee:
rl'he Ophir silver mines have declared a. December
dividend of .111.2: per foot. • ,
Oeneral Wright has ordered a_ pOitleri of thetroops
under: his pemmand-to protect the 'Humboldt Kegion,
1 Ailairs in Canada.
I.IIoNTnEAL, Dee..4.—The thermometer. this morn
ing, has falien to 4 degrees below zero. Navigation
has been elOsed, the last river steamer leaving to-day
for wintermiarters.
To-day is observed as thankseivingthroughout the
Provinces.
The Rumored Plan to Assassinate Napoleoll.
All the ministers left Paris on Saturday evening
en vasse for CA impeigne. As they did so very unex
peetedly, this circumstance had the effect of Strength
ening IL current report that the Emperbr was tired at
The same evening by a soldier of his body guard.
All Paris la, this evening, tilled with stories of
the conspiracy, to which I .alluded in my last
lolistter, as the cause of the inauguration of the
Boulevard du.. Prince Eugene being put off.
did not like to give a circumstantial account
of what I had there heard, passing from mouth to
mouth, on the suttject, feeling that it was too seri
ous to treat as a mere on dit. .But as there is now,
for a wonder, some reason to think that there is a
basis of truth for this report, I do: not feel the same
hesitation about going into some details when
speaking of it. The story goes that fifteen men,
armed with pistols, who are generally said to be
.were to have been posted along the Boule
vard du Prince Eugene when the Emperor was to be
passing. If one failed in carrying out his object, the
second WAS to have made an attempt to accomplish
tt; and if the second failed, the third was to have
taken his place, and so till one of the fifteen had sue
ceeded. I have also heard, but I do not know
whether it is the truth or not, that all the conspira
tors have escaped, and that the Government are in a
state of great alarm. As for the Parisians, they arc,
Dom the Arch of Triumph to the Barriere du'
Trone, and from Montmartre to the liarriere du
Maine, calling to mind the clairvoyantes prediction
that a terrible catastrophe is to occur about the end
of the decade which commenced with the destruction
of the republic. I know several persons whom all
this talk has ioalarnmed that they will notgo to see the
pag e ant which is to come WWI the 'lth of December,
let' they should meet with a stray projectile. Seve
ral ladies, I am told, also refused to order court
dresses till after the first week of December shall be
:tided aver by the Government in safety; so as not to
,slave their wardrobes filled with useless finery in ease
catastrophe should meanwhile take place.
-The-feeling. which prevails here can only be Cala
pared to the panic vilth.q) some years ago took place
in different parts of the 'United, KingLiom,•ill conse
quence of some sensation preachers baking an
pounced that according to their calculations of the
prophecies the world would be destroyed on a cer
tain day. The Emperor, it is believed by many of
• his vultje,ets, is also influenced by the same feats as
- to what the end of the decade may have in store for
.him. The Emperor has also, by professing to be
in fate or destiny, done inueli to originate the
'popular superstition of which I speak.—London
;Morning Herald.
bf the ablest paoers in :Franee is the Phai'c
de la Loire; is moreover; h firm and erilight6ned
friend of the United States and of liberty% :The fol
lowing eloquent letter from its chief editor to our
Consul at Nantes we find in the Phdre of OCtOber
:
-
,
li-To:3l.John de to Montaigne, Consul of. the Untied
States at .i'Cantes : - ••
"The editorial columns of the Phare are devoted
to the defence of two principles ; too much misunder,
stood to-day, but which': have. in them sufficient vi
tality to vanquish all reSiStnnee--•-Law and Liberty.
In the modest, sphere of our influence we have
devoted what little power and publicity we may have
acquired, to ;sustain, existing authorities ; and we
consider ourselves boUnd with thoSe;whatever may
be their :nationality, who, in'other countries, contest
for the same cause.
"We have prafound sympathy: and esteem for free - '
people I for the practice and enjoyment of liberties
are with Motives, signs , of the most advanced civili ,
'zatiOn :-and the higheit appreciation of liuman
.
"We see:in them pioneers who plant stakes for
the guidance of thoSe who conic after;'and we regard
as a calamity every trial or crisisavhich puts :their
existence;within or without, in:peril:
•,‘ The Northern States are fighting not only against
the South, but' for the law written in the 'Federal
Constitution. In view of, the principle of universal
liberty, they have to fulfil the -highest, mission that
can be given to armed men to accomplishthat of
restoring to humanity a race unjustly held, by virtue
of a law that politically your Government yet reeog,
nizes, but that its conscience, responding to the MlA
suience of all, hae virtually yielded.
" The philosophy of history, the idea of equity in
this world's; alThirs, tell us and:tench us that the
greatest people are :not tho'se : whO have received
front nature, or ,acquired by'foree, the Most VEsst ter
ritory; but those who have -Made - the highest con•
quest over ignorance, wrong, and injustice, and who
htvve, consecrated it by examples of the higheA:
denial:'
"In this : view, thete never was an act more eal.
eulated to honor' country; and toCOnsole by
way
.of compensation, for the oppressions: which
elsewhere gain ground, than' the act of enutiuelPa
tion. •
"The Union- has, -then, a double 'claim :uPon the
support of, the Phare, upon which the Government
places a higher value than is called `for from the
discharge of a simple duty:
`Each individual who entertains hope for human:
advancement has a part of his: moral being engaged
, in the problem whose solution shOuld'he the Crown;
NEW BRIGADIERS .--Among t the newly aping Point of the War Which is now Witgitt / Those who.
.have' mingled in - the' contest, either ix/nal:ly or:
;:rioinfed")3rigadier', Generals area Colonel Dwight,: o f
: mentally; will find theiereCompenad in their Share of
the 2tl Excelsior 'Regiment ; 'Colonellilidrews; of -
the 2d Massachusetts ; Colonel Hugh. Ewing, of the the triumph.
;loth:Ohio, 13011 of Thomas Ewin,g• ; Colonel N. C. "Accept, sir, the assurances of our sentiments of
I
jvieLean, of the 15th (thio, son of Judge affection and devotion.
Colonel M. M. Crocker, of, the 13th Town, and Colo, "For the editors of the Phare :
Webster and David Stuart, or lianas, "VICTOR BIANGIN."
XRXVIItk CONCRlS—SecondSetwion.
WABITINGTONf December 4, 1E192,
SENATE.
Volunteer Naval Appointments.
Mr. VALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, offered a
resolutioa instructing the Commit tem on Military
Affairs to inquire into the expediency of providing,
by law, thrit appointments in the voltzteer naval
service shall be submit lei! to the Semite for con
firmation.
nischitrge of Soldiers.
Mr. WRIGIicT (Lr.), of Indiana,. offered' a reso
lution instruct - in the Cottwaittee on Military Af
fairs to inquire tato the pi-society of reporting a bill
requiring that all' soldiers hereafter discharged shall
be discharged witlin the lindtl.Nof their own State.
Agreed to.
Compensated Emittecipa.ttom
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kansas, offered ajOint
resolution that so mach of the•President , 9 mesaage
as relates to compensated emaiteiliation and depor
tation be referred to a select committee of three
members of the Senate and five o> tie House. Laid
oTer.
Slaves in Insimmectionant Districti
Mr. CLARK (Rep.),.of New Hampshire, offered
the following joint resolution :
Resolved, by the Senate old House cf . Reprrsenlalives,
That they cordially approve'of the polibrof the Pre
sident of the United States in setting: free the slaves
in 'insurrectionary districts, as indicated. in his pro
clamation, dated Sept. 2!'i;' 1862, and' recommend to
him the employment of that and every othermeans
known in civilized warfare, to termini:ollie present
rebellion and assert the supremacy. efahe United
States Government over its entire territory and peo
ple. Ordered to be printed.
Grades of Office in the Nitvy.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire r introduced
a bill repealing the act to establish and' equalize the
grades of office in the navy. Referred.
Reports of Mc Army of the Potomac.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio? offered: a reso
lution requesting the President, if compatible with
the public interest, to communicate• to. the Senate
correspondence, telegrams, letters. and reports
concerning the military operations of the' Army of
the Potomac, and all correspondenCe, letters, and
telegrams, and reports relating to. the surrender of
Harper's Ferry, and the testimony taken before the
investigating committee upon such surrender:
Death of Senator Thorckson
Mr. TEN EYOK (Rep.), of New. jersey, an
nounced the death of his late colleague, John R.
Thomson. He spoke briefly of the character and
good ipialities of the deceased Senator. Mv. Thom
son was born in Philadelphia September 25th, 1800,
and was nearly sixty-two years of age when he died.
He was always a prominent man of the State of
New• Jersey; a true patriot at heart; and wstspporter
of his country in its hour of trial, when he ardently
denounced the crime of Secession and the traitors
who endeavored to destroy the , "Union. Mr. Ten
Eyck offered the customary resolutions of respect,
and Messrs. Latham, Rice, Fields and Anthony, also
delivered brief eulogies, when the Senate-adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Reverme Law. .
Mr. VAN WYCK (Rep..),. of New York, gave
notice of his intention to introduce -a bill to amend
the revenue law, by reducing the tax on hemlock
tanned leather to four mills per pound.
The committees were called upon for their reports,
but there was no reply.
Northern Pacific Railroad. ,
Mr. ALDRICH (Rep.), of Minnesota, introduced
a bill to grant the proceedir of the sales of certain
public lands to aid the construction of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Referred to the select committee
on that subject.
Military Governor of the District.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (Union), of Kentucky, offered
the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary in
quire into and report on the following subjects :
First. Under what law there has been appointed a
military governor for the District of Columbia.
Second. What power does he possess or exercise,
and under what law has he derived his power.
Third. What salary or compensation has been
paid him, and under what appropriation.
Fourth. What is the entire annual expense of such
military governor, including all sums paid for guard
houses and prisons, and for ;house rents, servants,
soldiers, and assistants- under his control.
Fifth. Whether the sr:Moil:ice of military governor
has interfered with or obstructed the administration
of justice. and law by the civil or judicial tribunals
within the. District. of Columbia, and state the facts
of such obstruction.
Mr. WICKLIFFE moved the previous question,
which was not seconded—yeas 33, nays 62.
Mr. WICKLIFFE. Have, I a right to say any
thing? .
The SPEAKER replied, If the debate arises the
resolution goes over.
Mr. WICKLIFFE. When can I look for the reso
lution to come ui [Laughter.] "
The SPEAKER- replied, The Chair cannot an
swer.
Mr. WICKLIFFE. I'll offer it every morning, if
in order.
Mr. BIDDLE (Dem.), of Pennsylvania. I desire
to offer an amendment.
WASHBURNE proceeded to debate the re
solution.
The SPEAKER informed the gentleman that he
could not deprive the gentlemen from Pennsylvania
of the right to the floor.
Mr. BIDDLE proposed an amendment, which Mr.
Wickliffe accepted, also inquiring under what au
thority the said military governor extended 'his
power to Pennsylvania br any other State.
Mr. BIDDLE moved the previous question.
Mr. OLIN (Rep:), of New York, moved to laythe
resolution on the table. Carried—yeas 85, nays 46.
Investigation Asked for.
Mr. ASHLEY (Dem.), of Ohio, said that during
the late canvass in Ohio, a number of private and
confidential letters, written by-him to the Surveyor
General of Colorado, touching the latter's applica
tion ~and appointment to the office, had been
liublikhed in connection with a newspaper coinment,
c h rgAig him with swindling and.defraudingthe
vernment. • He 'sought an investigation into :his
conduct, conscious that he had discharged his..du
ties 'With fidelity as a Representative. It was due
that thiS should be accorded. • lie therefore offered a
resolution'for the appointment of a seleetcoinmittee
of five, to investigate the truth of the charges refer
red to, and to inquire into the whole subject-matter,
to send - for persons and papers, and to employ a
stenographer... :
Mr. RICHARD.SON..a.n.m-luinnis there_
Were no specific; chargesin the resolution into-which.
the committee could examine. If the committee
Were going to inyestigatetthere should'be something
More than'eague and floating rumors. and ,state
ments. .
•
Mr. THOMAS (Union), of Massachusetts,. asked
that the'lettbrs referred to be read, in order that the
House might understand on what the charges are
Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, also thought
that-the charges should be- set forth, and that the
witneSses should be examined under oath.
Mr. DA'M'ES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, was of the
opinion that the resolution should embody the let
ters..
Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, said - a copy of these let
ters had been sent to him as well as •to other inem
berg. Many of the gentleman's conetitients de
mand an investigation; with a view of biS expulsion,
if the charges were -true:. :His colleague should:de
mand an investigation. The letters which he (Mr.
Cox) presented were genuine. If so, it was the duty
of his colleague to explain them, in order 'that' he
may occupy an honorable seat. • .: •
Nis colleague had just ,been elected to the House.
His constituents, as well as public justice and de
cency, required that a full examinafioneehould take
place. The House ought not to set a precedent in
examining the subject as proposed, unless - they-had
before them something more than o the common cla
mor.
Mr. ASHLEY Withdrew his .resolution with a
view of modifying it, so 'as to meet the objectionS as
to its phraseology:
Sick and Wouraded Soldiers. .
A resolution was adopted instructing the Commit
tee on Military-Affairs to inquire and report on what
measures are: necessary: for•the better care of the
sick and wounded soldiers.
„Military- Academy. . .
Mr. HUTCHINS (Rep.), of-Ohio offered a reso
lution instructing the Cm
omittee,on-Military Affairs
to incinire and report as to the prOPriety of dispensing
with the West POint Military Academy, and, instead
thereof; aidinglifthe•eridownient of nulitary schools
in the several-States.
The resolution-was - rejected—yeas 48, nays 78.
• • . .Conwressional Mileage:'
Mr. ALDRICH (Rep.); :of Minnesota, .offered
bill to reduce the Congressional mileage. Referred
to the Committee.on Mileage. .
lialtiniore . muil Ohio R ailroad. Mr. BRBROWN(Caoni, ofVirginia, .
Offe i ; .rt reso
lution which was tabled; instructing the' ' Wee
on -MilitaryzAffairs to 'inquire into t-
glyliericy
of making an appropriation to 'aid th 13ifftimorc
and Ohio Railroad Company to repair their roadland
rebuild the'brhbres recently destroyed by the Sooti)h
ern troops.
Couvrilesetatt Camp.
A resolution was adopted instructing the Cominit
tee on thellonduct of the War to inquire into and
report the condition of the convalescent. ea mp,at
Alexandria, with view to the correction of alleged
abuses. • •
Stattomiiiy and Newspitpeks: . •
Mr. IV_RIevIITAUnion), of Pennulvania; oftbred
resolution, which }vas ntloptetVtAlit, members nn
degateS,be 0/19.18'iliikiviffpers
and here been all9wed -Tor
the short: sessions of Congrees. - • _
Thr trziion
Mr. STEVENS fliep.), of- PennsylVertia, , subuilt;
tett a resolution which, on his motion was..liost
potted till Tuesday week, declaring that' the Union
must be maintained one and indivisible forever,and
depoUncing as guilty of a high crime any One"; itilhe
executive Or legislative departments, who shall pro
pose or adVise the acceptance of a peace on any
other ternis„thiiii..the entire. unity of the- United
Stateion.,lliey Oxlatetl at the time the rebellion
cornnieneeili -'• ••••
: :
Mr. • A:Skittrfiltroduced a preamble' relating
to tliV charged n>nlnsf hid], prorlding. for s= obin
pittee of investigation, &e.; Rs - aut;;;,
The ~.4 , 4 r tate..Vsolutions announcing the death of
Senator Thomson, of New Jeisey, were. read.
Messrs. Nixon, Steele, of New derse.y, find Perry
severally delivered eulogies.
The usual resolutions of respect were adopted,
when the House adjourned till to-morrow,'when the
report of the Secretary of the Treasury will be sent
in.
A French apurnalist pit America.
THE CITY.
The Thermometer.
DECEMBER 4, tBBt. DECEMBER 4, 1882.
6 A. M 12 711".....3 P. nr. 6w. M 12 8E,....3 r. at.
22 31 3•U4 33 • 32 4034
WIND. WIND.
S. WNW ....ENE SSE.
A GRAND FESTIVAD,----Last evening one'
of the best festivals ever inaugurated in Philadel—
phia took place at Sansom street Nall. It was for
the benefit of the sick and Ivo-abaft!' soldiers in the'
hospital at' National Guards'' Nall, Noce street,
and Was furnished and supervised by Blzzs. Harnett
.and a committee of ladies belonging to the several
churches in that section of the• city. (User five
hundred persons, ladies and gentlemen, were pre
sent, forming a brilliant scene. Four largo tables,
extending the whole length of the' room, were set,
containing every dish tasteful to seoepicure; After
the doors were opened, and supper was announced,
those present were not long in doing, justice to the
good things before them. To Accommodate all, other
tables had to be set in an adjoining room. Nu
merous and attentive ladies waited on - the tables and
dispensed tine good things to those present. At nine
o'clock a meeting was organized, by the appointment
of Colonel Crosman, deputy quarterninster general,
who returned" thanks for the honor. conferred upon
him, and paid a high compliment to the ladies
folf - their efforts in behalf of our unfortunate
soldiers.
Rev. lUr. Young was then introduced. He said
thud' the country was now struggling for its exist
ence:. Liberty, law, and order was on one hand, and
anarchy and despotism on the other. These br ave
boys who were fighting for the rormer must be sus
tained.: If we could not go ourselves to the war, we
should sustain and protect those who were now
battling for their country, and if perchance they may
be wounded or sick, we must take care of them, nurse
and attend to them until they. aro: able to take
their place again in the field. There must be no di
version of sentiment, but all work, as the noble
ladies are doing, for the glory of their country and
the health and comfort of those who defend it.
Hon.. Henry 1). Moore, State Treasurer, was in
trodueed, and he delivered a speech" short and to the
point. He thought that it was a high privilege that
we had a chance to work for our country in times
like these. We were not indebted for our present
condition to arrant and jealous ibreign foes, but to
those whom we had thought brothers. Mr. Moore
did not believe but God would bless our cause when
we had such pure patriots fighting for it in the field
and on the water, and such ministering angels of
mercy attending to our hospittuts at home. English
soldiers love to clutunt the - praises of a Florence
Nightingale for her sublime efforts to alleviate their
sufferings during the Crimean war, but, said Mr. M.,
this country, and especially - this city, is full of Flo
rence Nightingales. Selfish men are not lighting
the battles of our country, and we who stay home
should not be selfish, but provide liberally for the
wants of our brave soldiers.
Rev. Mr. Talmage Itras the next speaker. He
said what they wanted was practical charity. "
hope and pray you may succeed," "God bless your
efforts!" and hundreds of other such invocations are
daily pronounced and thankfully received ; but yet
this was very pooreharity. Men and women should
not only come forward and pronounce their blessing
and shOw their patriotism; but they should also.give
something with it that will show they are sincere in
their profetislons. We ought to have more:confi
dence in our cause ; it must. surely triumph. The
Lord God Almighty, and not cotton, is King ; and he
would see that this great and good government, the
hope of the present andof future generations, should
not fail. Mr. Talmage continued at some length,
introducing many amusing anecdotes; and keeping
his audience in the best possible spirits:
Hon. James Pollock was next inlroduced, and
after he had delivered a short and pithy speech,
made his debut as an auctioneer for the sale of
pound-cakes, hc., and we must say that his efforts
were attended with marked success. The assemblage
broke up at a late hour, well pleased with the eve
ning's entertainment.
THE TAX ON MAICOFACTUREICS. OF CLOTH
NG.-It has been argued that. clothing, under the
excise law, is not a manufacture; and consequently
not. subject to taxation ; and if a manufacture, and
subject to taxation, the tax should be levied upon
the increased value only over the value of the ma
terials on which taxes have been previously levied
and paid.
It is the decision of the . Commissioner, however,
that clothing is a manufacture, and subject to taxa
tion at the rate of three per cent. ad valorem, the
value to be returned by the manufacturers, or esti
mated by assessors, in the manner pointed out by the
statute.
It is represented by parties that the work of mann
lecturing clothing is generally performed by persons
who arc not the owners of the materials, and who
receive the garments cut, and return them completed
to the Owners. Upon this statement, it was sug
gested that those who perform the larger part of the
manual labor should be regarded as the manufac
turers. This view does not seem-to be warranted by
the law. Ins the general fact, that a manufacturer
does . not contribute any considerable portion of
manual labor needed in the branch of business
which he pursues.
Indeed,, in. every important branch - of manufac
turing industry, the manufacturer furnishes only the
capital and businesS capacity necessary for the
support and utanagentent.of the business.
-- -antores.a....to....ho_no_reasort_whr_the_onerative__
employed in the manufactuie - of a coat should be
.re
garded as thunanufacturer, which would not 'apply
with equal force to the wearer of. cloth in a mill. It
is _sufficient to say that the' construction asked for,
if applied to every branch of inanufactUres, where
reasons of equal force could be urged, would render
the execution. of 'the law, in the collection of taxes
upon manufacturers, exceedingly &Moult, if not im
possible.
The decision upon this point, then, 3s that the
manufacturer is he who furnishes the materials, the
money. and the skill employed in the management
of the business..
SOUTH. AILEBIC.AN TRADE.—South Ame
iiom among Tier- republics, supplies Philadel
phia with many customers, who are valuable in
every sensc, of the term. The loss of custom which
this city has suffered in the South is amply recom
pensed by the increase of a trade in still more South
ern latitudes. The difference between the Southern
and the South American trade in their terms is like
wise noticeable. To purchase at twelve months'
time, and pay: at twice that date, was characteristic
of Southern customers, and a proceeding not very
likely to win esteem and confidence among the mer
chants of the North. The terms of South American
memhants are to send their orders, and with these
orders drafts upon England, which are 'now worth
1453,1.
•: Passing the big wholesale drug warehouse of •
Messrs., Wetherill & Brother, yesterday, we saw ten
curt-loads of goods marked for firms in Leguayra,
Puerto Cabello, and Valencia, on the Spanish math.
These firms send their orders .to Philadelphia. We
learned that for years together they had purchased
from . the same house, and without a !electing ever
occurring between seller and buyer. The articles
shipped were rings, books, and newspapers, the al
ter purchased to fill the order.
One large case in the shipment was filled with a
.
. quack medicine, prepared in this city, sold in conse
quence, not of its merits, hht of the shrewdness of
the proprietors. It was marked_ to go to Caraccas.
In Caraccas is published, in the Spanish language, a
little seven by nine paper. In this paper was adver
tised the medicine in qucstiou. The advertisement
created a demand for it, and to satisfy that demand
the cane, comprising ten gross, was ordered.
The trade of South America to this city is highly
valuable. The vessel carrying out these ten thou-
Sind donate' Worth of drugs takes also seventy-five
sewing machines, several tons of wall paper, a large
lot, of machinery from our foundries,- and, in the ag
-gregate? an enormous quantity of Philadelphia pro
.dhets. Foreverything cash is }laid. The only kind
• ;of ereilit accorded them is the credit of never asking
:for any. 'ThIS should teach less conscientious busi
'ness'men' that prompt payment always meets the
appreciation it geserves.
S.:VI - MAULS Of 001, A - NNIVEItSABY.-- Last
evening the Sabbath sch6lsl of the Berean Baptist
Church held its third anniversary. The edifice was
filled to its utmost capacity, and the exercises were
of, a highly interesting' character. The Superin
tendent's report,-which was read after the opening
prayer, set 'forth:that the membership of the Sab
bath school: amounted to 340 seholars. There were,
also, 27_tenchers and 4 ,officers, with a library con
taininir over 801) volnmes. 'ltirtr-selreft R9IY em
hers were, added lttat year. The donations Of the
children, Which were . quite large,Wete eOntributed
to the Foreign and Home Missions, to the purchase
Of new books, §re. The repart, hi 'brief, SitOWed the
Sunday school to be in an exceedingly flourishing
condition. -
Beit. Dr. Eddy delivered an interesting and brief
, address to the children assenibled. There were a
great msay beautiful things, he said, in
,the scenes
Of every-ffay life, but none possessed such a real in
terest and charm as an' ssemblagepf youthful and
happy faces of the Sabhath-schOol such as this. The
scene was inspiring and Inspiriting, alike to the
children and to the audience. - It reminded him of
the old pi overh that, ":Great oaks from little acorns
grow." FrOm a small beginning, the Sunday-school
enterprise had grown into a system, which now
girds the whole globe. ~.kchild was once so thankful
for a Bible:presented to her that a tear of joy fell
down her.cheek which so impressed the donor that
.
through. his.ageney the Bible' was printed - in two
hundred - fifty different languages, Dr. Eddy
congratulated the
.teachers on the prog,ress , they had
Made in the children's advancement. It was a tit
subject for congratulation, for it was evident that
the Sab bath-school of this church had prospered:
well.
The hymn, " The Christian Soldier," was sung
with fine' etikt, ,the organ
: playing the accompani
ment. .The hymn thus : coMmences :
" Oh ! when will be ended our warfare with sin?
- 'The foe that assails us Without and within ;:
'Tho' fierce be the struggle, still let us endiire,
For when it is over the conquest is sure."
A number of.interesting dialogues were represent
ed by the children in the pulpit and all 'were exe
holed with taste and precision. " The Finding of
MoSets , l wss peCuliarly well rendered.
Mr. Cooper, the pastor, stated; at the conclusion
that' he felt highly, gratified With Whitt he had wit
nessed. The scene was well calculated to make all
resolve to do even nu:44' in-behalf of the sunday
,,
scheol cause, especially as we behold the beneficent
influence which it shed, everyWhere._ We were all,
he said, ?ailed upokto Ont.:Witte -our moiety of in
fluenee in the - great work of training the youth of
our landi4 that they may' the, better be enabiekto
withstand its temptations, and be preseryed in
righteou
The;benediction concluded the interesting cere . -
hienieS of the ' ,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—The Cooper - Shop
Volunteer Refreshment Committee acknowledge the
fellowing donations since their last. report : •
Proceeds of 11 fair, 960 North Sedond street, Misses
Blary : Albrighti Pauline Dean; Rosalie Stokes, $23;
6., by Misses Mary Sheets, Mary Swartz, Eliza
Harris, A. Price, Elmira Bain, Susan Bain, E. Craft,
Mary E. Emedek, Amanda Sheets, M. W. Swartz,
N. T. W. Harris, Charles Bain, $lOO ; E. M. Hop
kins, $5O ; donation box, $1,2,5 ; Lasurance COmpa-
ny State of Peinsylvatris, $2,3, (previausly
proceeds of fair field at the corner of Oh' 5.,;, 1
and Sixth street, by Misses Hannah Porri!l
Rose, Sally Evans, and Master Geo. v
do. held at 1703 Ridge avenue, I ) ,
Rebecca and Georgians (let; 630.10;
et Apple street, above Jefferson, h.- ."
o lsso s
Schmmer, Anna Fairheller, Hannah Fairhol..
1y Fairheller, Ida Jobson, $33.43; Abater'
Sprage, of Jill/MICR Plains, Massachuetts, sl;
Grigg s 05. Also,sfrom numerous
ix
of turkeys, chickens, oysters, pies, vc7 A st., 4 , t s ,
for Thanksgiving dinner for soldiers at thp) •
THE TWENTY-FOURT' WARD EL
FrtAIMS.--A hCaliM ?,,
g took Place yeedetider'.
noon in relation to the late frauds in
klultbi ward, in which five election
charged with having. fraudulently is gued „
of election toPhilip Lowry. The heari:giK .
at the office of Alderman Witter.
Mr.
ward P t e s nn f in e g d to t n h , a t co h n estahbalde of
ethive Twee 3,4, eced
a
signed by tire persons, named Force, N . ,
bert, Osterholt, andiodge, which he g ave if,
Lowry..
O'Neil,-who is counsel for the d^fratr..
gether with Mr. Cassidy,. stated that hr h.,,1;;
ten to produce the certidcate with him • x tf : .
replied that it eras highly necessary th l i tkt :
sate should lie producedl.and urged upos
that he should despatch. a mesAenger f )t
the latter did not do.
After a close cross-examination of th.
regard to h.ta knowledgeof the doe utzt , at
uon, the further hearing of the Case 1743
until Tuesday next.
rETIE LITITOGItArirre-PIIINTER:3'
A stated meeting of the Lithorapht!
Union took place last evening at Vriekliolls•
not so
half pa
wellst seven o'clock. Although the ulte2 :
attended as the.. previoui pat.
association was organized and the roll/wi n .,
appointed : President, LCIVi3 .1. Fli c k '
dent, John Mansure; secretary 3. I: o3 lt'x :'
translating secretary . (necessary
from ti:e mit a t 1
1
Tier of German members), Auguste ltiese:tretv.,
V.Tm. Patton ;- and stewards, Josetth Jl smu t ;"
;tames Ferguson. The object of tl:e
Printers' Union, like most other, ot hitiwill
to raise: the scale of wages. for Isl.nr•
meeting, which.will take place next 1 . h,, L1 ,1 4 .;
at the same hour and place, will probshly
:satire proceedings. Communications were;....„
th e Lithograph Unions of Boston, i3ait
..
New. York. The association of Milt City etc, , ,,
stout eighty, and the interest evir.ced by tb
tiers is energetic.
THE RE-OPENING OF Tin.: Gilt.kr.l)
—The interior of the (limn! Ilouse is at
confusion. The whole building. has hen re•Aj
and papered, the cornices regildeil in TIMIITg t
and alterations made where they war
The dining room has been laid with
floor, which, when completed, will preen' ;-;
neat and unique appearance. Many of th.
are already carpeted. The furniture is reilly
to
moved in as soon as the alterations are car;;
Great expense has been necessarily incur??
fitting- out of this extensive establishment.
patronage will probably be equally nett. Thr
prietors are Messrs. Kanaga, Fowler 11 0 ) . - 1
house will probably be opened either tvititi*3.,
Or the 25th of the present month.
THE PHILADELPHIA DIRECTOItYPOP.I.34
t ---IricElroyis Philadelphia City Direffory
will be forthcoming about the middle orredsom
The canvassing is nowcompleted,
complished in thirty days, a very short tiae
extensive a labor. The increase of ter o uht .
though it may not materially afrest the s of
volume, is yet quite sufficient to be notieetble.
culiar care has been observed in the pretruitior
this edition, and every one apprecia'esti.t •
incalculable value of a,reliable directory.
CAUCUS NOMINATIONS.—TIiC Repa
members of Select Gouncil held a coum
nesday evening for the purpose of nominitig.
cers for the new body. Twelve members wilt;
sent—Fred. C. Brightly, the new rnee.be:
from the Twenty-second ward, beinvibient
following nominations were made :
President—Henty Davis, of Fifteenth %vat
Chief Oterk—.T. Barclay Minting, Mirth nt.'s
Assistant Clerk—Benj. H. liaine3.
Messenger—Joseph Hemple, Thirteentluit
FOUND IN A DlTCll.—Yeslenby rT.
ner investigated the case of the unknownthity
mat) who wise found drowned in a ditehneiri
Mifflin. The deceased was recognized a; Iwo;
who was seen wandering in the neighborhood
Tuesday last. She was rather neatly &merlin
supposed to have been intoxicated and Weak
the ditch and drowned. The body was tskeett
green-house to await. identification.
' MEETING OF JOURNEYMEN' P.lnfllF.?.i
A meeting of the Journeymen Plumbers' Asu
lion xvils held last evening, at Sixth and
streets. No business of public import.ir
transacted.. The body adjourned to meet xpt
Thursday evening next. The object of the Plural
Association is to reform the abuses of the trad , ..
to assist one another both in procuring work a:',
in time of sickness or trouble.
•
POLICEMAN ASSAULTED. — At Week
yesceßlifiiionaing, rae. iCernstn, aIIMIt
George Page, alias Dutchy Ahern, were intv.
leg the vicinity of "The Bugle," at Fifihitil
ford streets. The men were arreged tr Ms
Barcus, with the .assistance of Officer Twist, it
sent to prison. In the struggle whkh twk plve
the time of the arrest - the mace loclongiag is Be
was taken from him, - and Taylor revelvels rid
blow upon the head with a club.
FAIR AT CONCERT HALL —A fair
be hell at Concert Hall from the creaMtettle
to the 20th December. The procecdsnre
fit of the sick and wounded soldiers on finlei
in the hospitals of Philadelphia, and
divided for these purposes. The ladies
this fair are' devoted to the work, and ar.c;:.2.
relation to the proceedings can be henalkAll'
tion to them.
Tim 'VARIATIONS OF FLOFIL—The
lowing shows the average pries of flour in
market, in iSTovember, for ten years pat
$6 1211957
5 21 1656
4 91 1655
5 25,1851
5 15'1553
1862
1861
1860
18E011
1858
TTIF, UNION VOLUNTEER REEREFV... rS
CO3I3IITTKR acknowledge the following ')3
tions: Proceeds of fair held at Crinulen,N.!Ji
bliss Mary Bnntsill, C. Brcxoor, Eliza
Mary Brown, $12.01 ; proceeds of fair by 3lioVr
Harnmell, Martha W. Jones, Fanny 11, L .97 1 : 4
Dorell, rind Fanny Hamill, $22; Annie F. 111 , 41 4
lot of.lint, bandages, &c. ; Dr. Townsend, 3iS
of wine for hospital.
WE UNDERSTAND that the post-oftiu
are about to petition Mr. Walborn for an in:110i
their salaries. Considering, the greatiy irantii 4
rates of living, and the comparatively small snsOf
usually paid in the post-office depar4sent their r
quest, ifrensonable, will doubtless be f womb:) . n
sponded-to by the postmaster.
BEV. DR. PLIDIER CALLED
syttnny Carucrr. 7 -We notice that the Rm . . lk•
Piumer has heen engaged to till the pulpit of t 2
Arch-street. Church (late Dr. Il•adstrictlf.t: 2l:ttg
OM - ensuing winter. If the labors of e 4
divine shallprove as successful in
labor/IS' they have been in others, pc.: :•”'" 1.44
result,
OF JOURNEYMEN 1101;:,'Ff-110Er'S
A= stated meeting of jot:mermen hurse.4:9.!..'aw
~
place, .last night, at. Flanigan's:Hotel at u
1:11 - e proceedings were not of a caturc tc
public generally, the chief design
consolidate , the association as it nolt": :. '
definfte action was taken in regard to
Uteri at previous meetings.
TrEE PROVOST-GUARD.--boat to' •
leseents from the various .1101il''' ,,
'' -
were sent to the provost guard
preparatory to leaving for Washingi - an,
"roled prisoners will Jetn-e fer
. _
ring
ttaterday ten dtlerters were taken tot`'
-
house, having been picked tip on the
city during the day.
NF,W JERSEY
- - - , -
Jersey Conference of Con°Te atinnsl .' 1, "' . ::,,:. ? :,.
commenced Its second annual ses,•:ion in ': , of
gregfitiOnal church, in Newark. It is ,Nnal.„, .
,_
. '''
the pastors, and three lay members, foal !.. :.,!,.:,
gregational church in the State, 'O ll,ll ' - 'n 1 :: . .. , :.
ten, and they were air represented; The e ''
. 9
one pastor absent.
Oggr
Coxer.ivr TIEE BIMAD l e
:fiT.RicETS Jl - 10.81 , 3TAL.—This evening 3 ,n
he= glyen at: the Ignited States tJenerio 11‘1,'13,6
Broad end Cherry streets. The hail/RAI
give this entertainment, and will,
honored With afull attendance.
PIAR . GBD - WITH PASSING (40-INTI:O,I,T
llogerty and James Maltby were arnt'...,
Wednesday, at Camp Philmielphia ,
passing counterfeit notes. The I,sStte? Parr":
be that of the Bank of Penn Town:thip•
were accordingly committed by Aidermaa 1141"5.
ITE JriIiTAT.A. I --it Wits expected 'Of
vessel would leave the Navy Yard yesteravi'‘'''
trial trip. In the afternoon she sfeanof 11,1
moivott Out itrthe streitaii but had not s•Mrt,t tY:
Into hour last night, She will probably .le:r•'
meriting.
COUNTERFEIT NOTES—Counterall
notes on the Bank or Penn,TowrOdp :irt‘
.
culated. One was passed yesterday ;„V
clothing store, Second and Spruce erects.
fender escaped.
PAYMENT OF BOUNTY._Co•
giment, received their Government bountY'''''
day afternoon at the office of Col-Var.
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SALB
°F.
Flirt
'` .CI orfili,
Is ago RENI)I,-...t.1,7% - ~,,,,,,
T.-I . ILORING STOCK, GOOD-WILL AN" 1.C'1,,„.g.
BW.—"Th6 early attention of purchasers i' re ', r i, ,
'to the assortment of fashionable furs, vi':, 4 i
1111.1iTS, capes and cult's, carpets ; ab. ) . 5 t w :, ,r ,:.5.
tailoring establishment , by order of :cdolite?
,::,....,
consisting. of ready-made clothing,. clatio.i:ol
meres, vesting's, trimmings, &a., and od d 11d 1v:,,.
fixtures of store N. W. corner of Arch sr ., mrft
streets ; to 'be peremptorily sold I'S ' l ' n ' ott3
(oomtnencing )vith furs,) on a credit of
this morning, at 10,!...' o'clock precisely.
~b l, J . , 0r 5,.4 1
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 231. and - 3 / '
street. ------ ,i).a
-we11:F.3,0
four
_01,,, 6.
IRISH IRONY.—Ati Irish pedaVgll';;;;;.L. .
formed his pupils that the feu-EMU:I:
be applied to all Fillips sad essels alp"
mail steamers and mafrof-wa v
i..