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NONDAY, DECNINIBER R, 1862
WE ,91i:111 be compelled, from to-day,
December BtH, 10 charge three cents a
copy for Tact : PRESS. In making this
- advance upon our present rates, we are
-but yielding to a business necessity and
following the example of all the New York
papers, and, indeed, of the leading newspa
pers in every-part of the country: The de
rangement of the cotton- trade by the ex
istence of the war—the absence of cotton
-fibres from the market—the great advance
iu the raw material—the general increase in
the price of labor, of 411 descriptions—the
national tax upon advertisements, telegra
phic despatches, and incomes—all oppress
-our business so heavily that we must make a
thange to relieve it. The desire to do no
injustice to the kind friends who have stood
by our enterprise so warmly—the hoPe that
the crisis would 'be temporary—have in
duced us to postpone this action, although
in doing so, we have suffered a pecunia
ry loss. The main cause of our ernbar
rassment is the high price of paper.. Within
two months, the white paper on which TILE
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paper which the reader holds in his hands,
this morning cost us more money than he
paid for it. No such, system of business
could last without -speedy ruin, and we
know that no friends of TEE Pass will ask
us to give them a newspaper which can,
only be , printed at a great sacrifice to oux-,„:
selves. 7
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THE WAR.
The fact that the Army of the Potomac has been
recently powerfully reinforced is of more than ordi
nary significance. It proves that the Government
is fully awake to the importance of the work to
be done In "Eastern Virginia this winter. it. tre- I
mendous crisis is approaching, and we may as
well be prepared for it. The army of Lee
now defending Richmond is the life of the
Wicked cause of the Southern States. Crush
that assembly of ragged,. shivering, filthy, but 1
desperate men, and you close the war and end the 1
rebellion forever. This is the grand coup de guerre
which Burnside must make with what assistance
can be given him. by other generals leading ind -
pendent armies. 1t is enough to do this, and, there- ,
fore, let us not try to do too much. Burnside must
leave nothing to chance in the present or future
strategy of manccuvre. He must take no 'risks ex
cept those authorized by the most celebrated captain
of modern times—the risks of concentration and 1
seizure of advantageous positions. If Lee is defeated
in an extensive pitched battleontheßappahannock,
he will fall back to Richmond and behind the James
river. Gen. Burnside may follow him rapidlywith ;
the Army of the Potomac, but we opine that it will be 1
the glorious duty of the Army of the Blackwater to
render the rebel position at Richmond insecure, in
which ease Gen. Lee can retreat to Lynchburg, a
point that he has been fortifying and has converted i
into a depot of supplies. In this retreat he should
be crushed by the combined armies of the Potomac
and Blackwater, suid.there can be little doubt that It
will be so; but not urdes s a these armies are ma
naged with great skill, zeal, and courage. To ac
complish this it is well to reinforce both armies with
alt the available troops now In the service of the Go
vernMent in Virginia and encamped temporarily in
the Northern States. Let us commit nograve errors
now. The rebel army of General Lee is the only
One that threatens either the Government or its :
capital, for all others are virtually subdued. It is
plain, then, that by vigorously and continuously 1
engaging this army to its utter destruction, we
are defending our all and rendering it secure for
ever. The Government is doing well In hurrying
forward the best generals with freah brigades, and
plenty of stores, clothing, and blankets, for the win-
ter campaign before us. The suffering of the enemy
from cold and want of food and clothing, are our
aids and advantages, and with them we must use :
strong columns. We have found the enemy where .
he is strongest, and we must strike at his heart with
all of our force, and completely overthrow him. If
we are nerved for the work it can be soon accom
plished. Its re,ults will be such as to repay us
for any lose we have 'experienced or may sustain.
Burnside must defeat Lee, and hurl the rebels 'stag
gering back to Richmond, while another" good gene
ral, et the proper time, must shout, as he will, "
and at them Pt to complete the destruction of the
rebel army of Eastern Virginia.
'rile National Credit.
Iluestiono of finance are among the most
- clißlult and intricate with which Governments
have to den]. Since there is not enough of
' , coin to do the currentabusiness of the world,
resort is had to a system of exchanges and
other representatives of value ; and thiough
' , these mediums the demands of trade are
'satisfied. The tendency of P the substitution
of representatives for real value's is toward
expanSion, 'which only, becomes dangerous
when the spirit of Speculation overrides the
free and natural demands of legitimate buil
ness. . ,
The' ex.traordinary demands made by the
War in which we are engaged upon the na
tional exchequer have created the necessity
fora considerable increase of paper cur
rency.. We are now banking on the good'
faith and credit of twenty millions df people:
The real and personal wealth of the coun-
ail it vast and valuable improve
ments and its undevehliceresoarces, are
actually pledged for the redemption of these
floating obligations of the Government.
With the sympathy and support which is
due from the people, the Government is as
certain to redeem its notes in gold as the
oldest and best banking institution in the
country is of redeeming its issue, which may
be less than one-sixth of the amount of the
coin in its vaults. For the capital upon
which the Government banks is cumulative
and not fixed. ; Every ton of iron and of
coal dragged from the mines, every railroad
constructed, every acre of land clewed up,
and planted, and every honk, erected where
none stood before,. adds so much to that
capital. In fact, he who makes two? blades
of grass grow where but one grew before,
insensibly aids to hasten the hour witen the
GovernMent may lift its obligations- without
embarrassment, either to itself or totte com
mercial interests of the land.
We are aware that Wail street is the
money.centre of the country ; that it hi the
home of the financial seers and patriarchs
who are deemed oracles in the world of
trade-; but Wall street not seldom utters
prophecies ° which smack more of worldly
wisdom than of philosophy or prescience.
Its seers have sometimes protested against
any further expansion of the national cur
rency- as dangerous. When any expansion
of the currency fakes plate, in response to
the'demand of a speculative spirit, itris, of
course,
.attended with danger, and may—
nay, often doesresult in disaster. But-the
present expansion is not due to speculative
spirit, but to an unlooked-for demand of the
times. Nor is it based upon a limited and
precarious capital, like that of ordinary
banking institutions. The cases are • not,
then, precisely. parallel, and the difference is .
in favor of the Government. '
The deeline of ten per cent. in the market'
price Of gold since it reached its maximum
is variously accounted for as it is :variously
viewed. Its rise Was, - in some quarters, at
tributed to the increased circulation of legal
tender notes; in others, to the varying for
tunes of war ; and in others still, to the es-
portation of gold: Probably all three were
integers of a prime cause.- But not any
any one by itself 'rationally accounts for the
fluctuations in price of gold. We are
inclined to recognize in the steady decline
of the past month an increased confidence
in the credit .of .the Government, brought
about by several causes; but more particu
larly by the convertibility of the floating
"currency- of the Government into interest
bearing certificates. The sale of the twenty
year six-per-cents, commonly called " five
twenties," at par, proVides a safe and natu
ral channel for the reduction of the floating
debt. The process of funding this debt is
moving steadily on. The people see in it a
certain way to assist the country in its need,.
and poor men, comparatively speaking, are
investing their surplus earnings in bonds
which cannot fall below par while gold is at
a premium. , This mode of funding the non
interest .bearing debt seenis-to us most fortu
nately conceived, and capable of correcting
'any tendency to undue expansion of the
currency. Banks will base their circulation
upon these bonds, in a ,great measure, un
doubtally, and their-negotiability eminently
fits them for use as a medium of exchange
Where large sums are required ; and through
them ,thousands, who have desired to do
something for their country, can now do it,
and at the same time proVide for those de-
pendent upon their exertions.
The late Mr. ChABLEs OA.R - ronn--the
Yorick of our locality, a man, as Hamlet
said, of "infinite jest, of most excellent
fancy"—was wont, tie times, tp amuse his
friends by recitations of, humorous Poetry,
in a manner which would have made the for
tune of a comedian. Among other pieces
was Peter Pinches account of the rascal
who sold razors that no one could shave
with, and when asked what they were made
for, saucily answered—" Why, to sell."
Many things in public life, we suspect, are
done, as the razors were made 7 —merely to
se/1. Among these may be placed the Em
peror NAPOLEON'S recent and plausible pro
posal that Russia and England should join
him in proposing that a six months' armistice
should shspend the contest in America.
It appears scarcely plobable that NAPOLEON
expected this proposition to be accepted.
He must haVe wished to make the United
States doubtful of their tried friend, the.
Czifx; and to irritate France against Eng
land. Instead of selling England, be has
contrived to sell himself. Hirman razor
that he is; he Cmild not shave John Bull,
but has cut himself severely.
In France, whenever the working classes
are in distress, they turn at once to the Go
vernment for relief. Want of bread in
Paris, almost as much as bad government,
created the first revolution, in which Christi
anity being declared a myth; St. Peter lost
his keys, and St.. Guillotine crowned witlta
laurel wreath by a pseudo Goddess of Rea
son, was elevated on the pedestal instead.'
The cotton manufacture in France, though
far from being so great as in England, em
ploys much Capital, and engages a great deal
of human labor. In England, the value of
the textile fabrics mainly depends on the
spinning and the weaving ; in France,. its
peculiar value is chiefly attributable to the
designer and the dyer—that iii, to art and
chemistry. If France had its former supply
of cotton, its textiles would be sold in Eng
land, because of rree Trade, and here in
America, despite of Protection, inasmuch as
if an• article be the fashion, the fair sex,
practical antipodes to political economy,
would have it, 'no Matter what the ; ex
pense. The out-of-work cotton laborers of
France already look to the Emperor for re.;
lief. t The result of his- mediation offer
will 'enable him to tell them, "My good
friends, I wanted England to join me in a
measure by which the.cotton ports of Aineri
ea, now narrowly-blockaded, .might be open.
for six months, so as to admit five mullion
bales of cotter' into English and French
ports, and that wretched, PALMERSTON has
compelled the imbecile RUSSELL; his foreign
clerk, to refuse acceding to my just request.
Blame them, not me, for the continuance of
your social sytfering." - •
France, not entirely blind, sees that even
if the three great powers had asked the
North to allow the Southern ports to be open
for trade, during six months, a stern and
contemptuous denial must' have been the
answer. Can any one seriously believe that
.NAPOLEON believed to the contrary ? His
object must have been, while thus giving
indirect support to the South, jwhich he
wants to conciliate on account of his an
, nexatioh views in Mexico,) to make French
men angry with England. He is seen
through, at home and abroad, and has
literally "sold" himself. It maybe, though,
that he haS a determined purpose-of 7naking
England quarrel with him, so as to realize
(in a way) the old story of the wolf and
the lainb—only that, in this case, the wolf
would get into the sheep-skin !
The last number of Punch has a cartoon
embodying the feelirer , c' 'of England on the
" mediation"' question.PALMERSTON stands,
hands in pocket, while NAPOLEON, pointing
over his shoulder, across the water, there
Americans are making War, addresses him :
" - I say, hadn't we better tell our friend
there to leave off making a fool of himself ?"
and PALMERSTON, the pr9veFbiallyjudieious
bottle-bolder,' significantly answers, "
well, suppose you talk to him yourself ? He
Is a great admirer of yours, .you know:"
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ENOLlati PIeTORIALS.—FrOIu S. C. Upham, 403
Chestnut street, we have the Theist rated London News
and 17/ustrafed Neva of the World, both datedthe 22d
ult. The former gives numeroinfillristrations of the
cotton famine in Lancashire, which reveal a sad
condition of things, the remits of Sew:aims; and the
latter, with fewer and inferior wood-cuts, gives a
very fine supplement-portrait, engraved , on steel, of
Dr. W. Thompson, the newly.-appointed Archbishop
of York, now only forty-three years old.
POSITIVE. SALE OP FRENCH DRY GOODS.-The
early !attention of purchasers is requested' to the
choice and desirable' assortment of French, German
Swiss, and British dry . goods, embracing sin hun
dred and twentylots of fancy and staple articles in
silks, worsteds, woolen, and cottons, to be peremp
tortly sold by catalogue, on four mouths , credit,
commencing this morning, at ten &Meek, to be con;
Untied without intermission all day, "6y Jim B,
aryel , CO auctioncers,l2os. 232 .and 234 Market
Napoleonic Ideas.
LETTER FROM 46 VUUASI(YNAL."
WAsans'GioN, Dec. 7, 1662
The great idea of the Democratic party is
Opposition to the Administration in all of its
measures for the salvation of the country.
It will be impossible to find any section of
this party truly committed to the Union
and an unfaltering prosecution of the war.
Its leaders are consistently and constantly
against our cause. Sometimes they pay a
reluctant tribute to the justice of this war for
the. Union,. by half-hearted declarations of
loyalty—but every such profession, is evisce
rated: by some treasonable reservation.
There are but two partiesin this , contest—
the enemies= and the friends of the Republic.
We see its armed enemies on the southern
bank of the Rappahannock—its 'urthrmed
enemies in every county of the North.. The
temper of these men may be judged from
their course in the few days of this-present
Congressib.sal session. - There is a:strange
avidity in their animosity to . the Giovem
ment,, and„ . to judge from the eagerness
with. which their representatives rushed
resolutions before the House, it, is
evident that they will be actfte, un
ceasing, and vigilant in their attempts to
embarrass ,the Administration. These ef
forts, and the past successes of the party in
many unexpected quarters, should teach
our friends one great leSson. That, is the
necessity of thorough and immediate orga
nization. This is vital. -If the Republicans
and loyal Democrats, and other friends of
the Union, do not organize in every State,
county, township, ward, and school dis
trict ; if efforts are not made to strengthen
the cause by encouraging one another to
unremitting effort; We shall be overwhelmed
in the elections of 1803 and 1804. We shall
lose not only a few States, but a "majority of .
States, and the choice of the next Admi
nistration.: The result of all our troubles will .
then be shaMeful peace. The tenacity with
which these men cling to this' organization
shows .a courage worthy Of a better cause.
In the midst of great civil,commotiOn, with
the country in the agordeS of prOtiacted'
war, they have schemed and plotted cease
lessly. While the true friends of the Go
vernment have been doing the best to sus
tain the Administration in the prosecution of
the War, they have been rejoicing over every
disaster, recriminating every error of admin
istrative judgment, and striving to cause our
failure. These leaders are not to be despised.
tre must organize to overthrow them; Every
loyal journalist should repeat and-eMphasize
this idea. We have the right—they have
the wrong. They began the war, and should
be held to its responsibility. The Republi
cans were anxious to avoid the responsibility,
and tried all means so to do.
I would earnestly appeal to my friends to
accept this counsel. We have the long win
tm; before us, and this season of friendship
and social intercourse,' with itsdong nights,
and neighborly meetings, and kind . associa
tion,_might be enniloyed with profit in the
cause of the country. This may be done in
many pleaiant and ng,reeable ways. The
communion of loyal men with one another
is a pleasant thing, and there • should be
Union associations every where. A weekly
meeting in each.member's parlor, the circula
tion of a good newspaper, the distribution
of loyal speeches and the writings of loyal
men, loyalty in the pulpit, the Piess, and the
the social circle, should become a part of our
duty. We should bring loyalty into every
relation of life, until the feeling became even
more intense than that of the Hebrew for
the customs of his race. Above all things,
let theie be harmony► and confidence in
all things. We never can act effectively to
gether until mutual faith exists. We must
remember that nothing delights the enemy
more than to see demoralization:and dissatis
faction and constant assaults upon those we
have placed in authority. They look, with
joy upon every feud among our own people.
When I look at the policy of the DeMocratic
party heretofore, and remember the rigid
discipline surrounding and sustaining that
organization, I try to imagine what policy
they would adopt were they to have the
cause that now animates the Republican
party, sustained with the power' that party
possesses. With so much justice, and such
power at their command, they would not
merely have suspended the habeas corpus, and
suppressed a few pestiferous sheets.; they
would have set aside. everything. With
the Republican - party in opposition,
and as guilty as the Democratic party now
is known to be, their leaders would have
laughed at threats and legal interference.
They would have proclaimed martial law,
and -punished every one who dared to talk
against them. It would have. been the yoke
of Rehoboam, and not that of Solomon—
instead of whips, they wonldlhave chastised
with scorpions. In asking the friends of the
Union to imitate a little of this spirit; to
unite and press forward, and do battle
against the enemy ; to insist upon harmony
and confidence, and cease complaining--;
ask them to do nothing degrading, to sur
render no judgment or opinion, to become
the passive vassals of no political organiza
tion. They are tolct so by the Deinocratie
leaders, but they should remember that these
leaders persecuted, and traduced, and assist
ed in the ruin of all men who dared to re
sist the corruptions and• infamies of the
Administration. of Jam . .es Buchanan. They
were tyrants when-in power, they are des
perate in the effort to regain power. We
might imitate in a good cause much of the
energy and perseverance they gave to the
cause of those who are against he country.
OCCASIONAL.
W.A.SI-30LN - 4Gr'X'IDW.
Special Despatches to cc The Press.”
WASHINOTON, December 7,1862
Mr. Seward's Correspondence.
Mr. SEWARD'S correspondence will not be sent
into Congress for a few days, as it is not yet all
printed. It is voluminous. The Secretary regards
the two letters to Mr. Minister DAY TOY as the most
important. They contain his arguments as to the
legality and law of blockade, with its bearings upon
intervention, &c.
The Stevens Resolution,
The resolution of 11fr. Sernyarrs, of Pennsylvania,
denouncing as guilty of a high crime any person in
the executive or legislative branch of the Govern
meld who shall propose to make peace, or shall ao.
cept or advise the acceptance of any such proposi
tion, on any other basis than the integrity and entire
unity of the United States and the Territories as
they existed at the time of the rebellion, the con
sideration of which has been postponed till Tuesday .
week ) will probably be fully discussed, as several
member!, are already preparing to speak upon the
subject. Thin resolution is not supposed to be aimed
ga the A.dmbaistration, as its position is known to
be that no pesos Is admissible at the cost of a single
acre of the Union.
Vallandigham's Resolution.
The resolution of Mr. VALLANDIGHAM proposing
m Convention of the States, and which is pending
from the 'nit session, will soon come up for conside
ration in the House.
Internal Revenue Decisions,.
The *following regulation has been made by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue relating to the
agents of manufacturers-. The word agent, as used
in the 74th and 75th sections of the excise act, is con
strued to mean either a person who le the exclusive
agent of a manufacturer, or any person or firm sell
'o.ng goods on commission, designated by a manu
facturer as his agent for the sale of his manufactures.
In all eases, the manufacturer will be required to
wilco known to the assessor or assistant assessor of
the district the name and place of business of the
agent so designated,
The Agricultural Bureau.
There seems to be some trouble in the Agricultural
Bureau. Both in Senate and House resolutions of
inquiry have been offered, - and the bureau has been
called upon for information about its clerks., and
how . its appropriations are used. There has been an
appropriation of sixty thousand dollars made for the
purchase of seeds. The bureau is entitled tobut one
clerk, and as a half dozen are employed, some mem,
hers of Congress are under the iMpression that part
of this appropriation is, given for salaries. What
the upshot of the matter will be the next few days
will disclose.
Prisoners Discharged.
The: following IS a list of prisoners of State re
cently examined by Capt. PARKER, (a commissioner
to that end), who were yesterday discharged from
the Ohl Capitol Prison, some of them on parole, and
otherti, taking the oath of allegiance, viz : Tenn H.
HALLEY, AIOSEST/ISIZET, HEXTER, ED
WARD:WILSON, liotY.S BLACKSTONE., RICHARD. H,
powEI,R,I;•:ALONZOIIIORLEY, and HENRY RIMELEY,
on taking the oath of allegiance to the 'United States ;
7ortn ;BENSON, .83CTIIONY P. ROBINSON, W. J•
HAY 34, . and PZT.4I3 HEWES, on giVrifitheir parole
not to give aid or corefort to the enemies at the
United States, and to hold themselves subject to.the
orderik)f the Secretary of War until exchanged.
• Rumored Movement.
During last night and to.day rumors have been rife
of a change of positicat of the left wing of the Army
of the Potomac: It is believed in high quarters that
theymnorsare,without foundation in fa
,ot.
• . Petsonal.
S. Wnvrz,.nepreaentative in Congresa
frall'udiana, arrived to-day.:
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1862.
On. Wednesdny morning fast, as the Dragon, under
command of Captain Winoar, was on the way to
.Port Royal, her engine broke down, snd she was
forced to remain for some hours' near Dairies' liver,
about twenty-fire Miles up the ritet.
A party of rebels, probably thinking she was not
armed, put oft' from the south side of the Inver, in
five or six boats, in which about fifty persona were
observed, and made towards the Dragon, but 2 , efore
they had approached too dose, Capta:in Wl:lousy let
fly a shell, which explodett in one of t'Se boats, and
they hastily turned and rustled for the rebore. MAUL
a glass, the ()Ms' ers saw tier men were.' dressed in
various uniform:to. They were probably a guerilN
band.
The Dragon wars towed doWli by the Satellite, and
this morning was lgrought to the Washington Navy
Yard by the Resolute.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de
cided that the provision in section seventy-seven of
the excise law, providing for the taxation of
yachts, applies only Its vessels so known technically
in the maritime language of this country, and to
such of that class 41.9 are used for sailing or purposes
of pleasure.
Drafted Men in Service.
Three steainers, crowded with drafted men from
Pennsylvania, have left this city for the field„ They
bid fair to make excellirat troops, as their conduct
while here was so unexceptionable as to be the
theme of praise on the part of the officers stationed ,
here, who were over them for the time being. Their
destination is not publicly known.
Naval Officers and Seamen:Exchanged.
Nester's mate HAROOITS, Gunner COLLINS, and!
twenty-tirree seamen belhnging to the, crew of the
frigate Congress, who were taken prisoners on the.
Bth of last March by the Jamestown, after the battle
with the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, have been
exchanged.
Five seamen, a portion, of the crew of the U. S,
sloop-of-war Wachuiettovho were captured on the.
19th of last May, near City Point, on the 'lames;
river, have also been exchanged.
• Naval Matters.
Lieut. Comniander Sown WATER& and Lieut. It
W. Thomas have been. ordered to the steam..sloop,
of-wai Nonfingaheln„ -
Lieut. Contmander E. . DIVEN has.been &blahs&
from the James Adger and, ordered to the Miss' s sippi squadron.
Lieut. Commander Tnouss PATTERSON eta act
ing Lieut. Ssirsc E. Viroonwouxu have beenordered:
to the Mississippi squadron. '
Captairaoury A. , WrsisLow- has been ordered to
the command of the steam screw sloop Kearsage,
vice Captain Pteretuno, detached and ordered
home. -
Lieutenant Commander Tuostscron is ordered to
the Kearsage, vice Lieutenant Commander DT. PAT ,
TEESON TONES, ordered home. The above will take
passage out in the Vanderbilt.
The Porter Court-Martial.
In the Fizz ToFix PORTER court-martial yester
day,, Major General Jorix POPE complained that the
Republican, by the publicatign of a portion,of his
testimony of the day previous, and the Star, by a
totally false synopsis of his evidence, placed him in
a false light before the public.
Judge. Advocate HOLT ' and one or two members
of the court, suggested the impropriety of any in
correct report of the proceedings bding published in
the newspapers.
Major General' HUNTER ordered the court to be
cleared while they deliberated whether or not to
allow any report of the proceedingslo be published
while the session progressed.
This secret deliberation lasted over an hour. At
last the doors were opened, and the sage conclusion
arrived at that your correspondent should take
notes, s and print them in the New York Herald,
on a promise that it should be done verbatim,
el Moulin!, el pandualun or not at all. The Presi
dent, iMajor General Hunter, repeated the court's
decision, stating in substance that no publication
would be allowed if the offence of the Star was. re
pealed.
The cross-examinationof- Major General Pope
was resumed by the counsel for Major General Por
ter, Hon. lieverdy Johnson.
Question. Will you state in what particular, as
accurately as you can, the accused failed to carry
out your General Order of the 29th of August'?
Answer. I can only state the facts from the re
ports made to me by others. I did not myself, du
ring the 29th, know of his exact position until it was
reported to me by my aid-de-camp, quite late in the
day. I don't know bow far he had complied with
my orders except `from the reports of others.
Q. Will you state, as accurately - as you ban from
the information you have received up to the preaent
time from any quarter, what are the particular
orders the accused failed carry out? A. I stated
that the accused had failed, in my opinion, first,
because I believed if he had attacked the enemy on
the right flank I should have known of it, being at.
the time myself on the battle-field near, to the front.
In relation to the first order—the joint order of the
29th—I have General Porter's note to. General Mc-
Dowell and General King, in which he himself states
that he had failed to obey it. [The note was pro
duced.] This note sets forth the fact that Gen. Por
ter had an enemy in his front, and the impossibility of
Communicating with Pope on that account by cross
ing the road to Groveton, etc. I received icon the
29th of August between seven and eight o'clock in
the evening. Ido not remember to have received
any other note. The note to which I refer in my
official report was a note to McDowell and B e ing,
which I received. This note was brought directly'to
me and not delivered to General McDowell or
togeneral King. The only inforraation I received
from General Porter I received from General Mc-
Dowell when he arrived on the field, and from my
aid-de-camp when he returned at half past four.
P. M.
Q.—Recollect, if you can, whether you received a
note at the hands of your aid-de-eamp after the re
ception of the first, stating that the accused was in
position and could hold out and perhaps attack if
strengthened by the division whichoyou had taken
from him, Ring's or another. A.—l do not remem
ber to have received a note, but I remember thist my
Es ti
aid-de-camp told me that General Porter had nt
me word;.or it WAS said in his hearing that 'rid
Porter said, if he had Ring's division he could . he
a dash. at the enemy. .1f ./ received such a not end
have it I will produce it. It made no impression
upon me at the time if I received it, because King's
division was at that time or about - that time engaged
in an action in our immediate front, and there were
no other troops that could• be spared. In fact, I
thought lie had troops enough to accomplish the
purpose implied inithetbrder ; Morell's divisioti - was
a part of his army corps, which I supposed to be with
him.
Q. Recollect, if you can, whether you received in
formation orally or in writing, whether Morell's
corps was there ready to engage the enemy? A. I
do not remember to have received that information,
though I presumed in sending the order of four and
a half o'clock P. M., that hie whole corps was ieady
to engage the enemy.
Q. Where do you suppose the aocused - was with.
his command when you issued your order to him of
the 29th of August, at half-past four P. M 7 A. I
supposed him to be somewhere on the road between
Manassas Junction and Gainesville, and by that
time far advanced towards Gainesville on that road.
Q. Would the accused, by obeying thejoint order
of the 29th, have been brought up in front of the
enemy at half past four of that evening, and, if so,
state by what means? .
A. No. He was not eipected to be brought in front
Of the enemy. The joint order was made to inter
sect the Warrenton turnpike at Gaineiville,and,
being on a road which constantly converged to the
pike, Porter's corps would have been in a position
to have been brought on the field in a short time.
Q. Do you,
in point of fact, know where the ac
cused was with his command , in whole or 4:lliad, at
four and a half P.M., on the 29th of August, 18621
A. Of my own knowledge, I do not. Knowing the
relative position of the forces under his command,
and the enemy, at that time, I and certain that it
would have been in the power of the accused to turn
the enemy's right flank. I knew the position of the
enemy, occupying a line perpendicular to the turn
pike at the town of Groveton. I was sure, from the
orders I had given him, that General Porter must be
somewhere on the road to Gainesville. My belief
was that the road from Manassas Junction to
Gainesville either passed or was near the right flank
of the enemy, and that General Porter's march
would, if pursued, pass to his right flank or his rear.
[General Pope here pointed out the position of his
own and the enemy's, and the position he supposed
General Porter's forces occupied.]
Q. Did you know then, or doyou, now know,
whether at that time Longstreet's forces had joined
Jackson in whole or in part? A. I had feared this
junction of corps at any moment, as I knew from in
formation that Longstreet was pushing forward to
join Jackson; General Buford, with his cavalry,
was in that direction, and I knew that he was watch
ing for that movement, and expected him to report
about it. At half past four o'clock I had not re-
celled any report from him. lie was under the com
mand of General McDowell.
Q. Did you know then, or do you know now, what
line of march Longstreet's corps was taking to unite
with Jackson? if you do, state - whether that would
not have carried him to the right of Jackson'sline,
as yelehave described it on the map. A. I expected
then, and understand now, that the advance of Long
street's corps passing through - Gainesville, Nould
seek to
join Jackson by the Warrenton turnpike.
According to my understanding of his position,this
would have brought Longstreet to the centre of
Jackson's line, though it was easy at any point be
tween Gainesville and Groveton to have changed
the course of his column and to have brought it in
on the right or the left of Jackson's column, as they
thought proper.
Q. The accused desires you to state, assuming
-Longstreet's corps had arrived on the right of. Jack
son's line, from what you know of the actual po
sition of the accused and his command at half-past 4
P. M., on the 29th, what distance would he have
had to march in order to strike the enemy on the
flank . and in the rear? A. Ido not assume that
Longstreet was- on Jackson's right. You require
mete. assume certain things which Ido not. Unless
I could know how the command of Jackson was
formed, and what dispositions were made by him, it
is impossible to tell how much ground his line occu
.
pied, and know.how far General Porter would have
been required to march. The distance would have
certainly been ranch less than from Manassas Junc
tion to Gainsville.
Q. Without knowing that fact, which your pre
ceding answer indicates, you state you did not know
at the time when the order of half-past four P. ?,I:
was given, how could you then have known whether
It would be in the power of the accused to strike the
enemy in flank or rear? A. Would the accused be
kind enough to.state what Metal . am ignorant of. I
declined, in my previous answer, to assume that
Longstrect was there at half-past four P. M. This
is not a fact stated or proven.
Q. Did you ascertain, when you issued that order
to accused to attack the enemy in flank and rear,
that it could be carried out by him? A. The ac
etified was expected to have attacked, If possible, as
I understood, the right , flank of Jackson, and, if
possible, his rear, and to have prevented his PAC ,
tion with Longstreet. I did not then believe, nor
do I now believe, that at that time any - considerable
portion of Longstreet's forces were in the vicinity
of the field.
Q. How long after the order referred to• was issued
did you think it would take to place it into the pos
session of accused A. I did not then know pre
cisely at what point on the road from Manassas. to
ainsville the accused was, and could not say how
long it would take, but I know that as aid riding
rapidly ought to go to any point from Gainsville to
the west of ]Manassas in an hour.
Q. Do you know whether at five tldrty P. M., or
between that and seven, the accused had the eneray
immediately in his front? = A. I don't know it except
through the reports of others, though I think it al
together likely that the enemy would :have pushed
some forces out to observe the road between Gains
ville and Manassas Junction. Of my own knowledge
I do not know it, however.
Q. Will you'point out the position of the other
corps on the map I A. There is no difficulty in
doing that with the exception of McDowell's, which
had not then reached the field, but was moving from
Manaisas. (Witness here pointed them out.) Ge
neral AlcOnwell was understood to be on the Smiley
Spring road. I occupied the hill immediately in the
rear of the line on the east side of the Sudley Spring
road, and near the }Warrenton pike. - In . frontof me
was the 'reserve of Reno's command.
Q. State itthe line of march of McDowell,. made
under the joint order of the 29th of August, towards
Groveton, does not necessarily entry him to therear
of the line of accused A. I understood McDowell
to say, subsequently, that Gen. Porter, with hi/lamps
was a little in advance towards Gainesville, allftle
east of the forks of the road, and that. McDowell had
passed, taking the Sudley Spring gpad lindens of the
Gainesville, to the rear of General Porter's column.
Q..lf McDowell's statement is 'correct, web not
the accused obeying, the order of the With---thejoint
order? A. lie was at a halt when MoDowell
passed.
Q. Are you now enabled tosay that you were in.
fonued, or knew that at seven o'clock in the even.
ins, on the 29thithat'Longstreet was up with Iltele.
son in force? A. .A.t seven o'clock. I learned born
Buford that a portion of hls Imo, numbering .one
half the:Agree. unties .Porter—certnlnly not ' numbering
Cuerillas on The Potomac,
Tax on Pleasure YAohts.
passed through ( - 4ninesvilie, and had
probabipjoined Jackson. It iseemts to be implied by
the aoeußoil, in putting these questions, that 1 have
stated somewhere In my testimony that 1 did not
know that portions of tongstreetra fo.rces had joined
Jackson. 1 have not so stated. If mil; not my in
tention so to do.
Q. Pilate in what particular the amused failed to
obey the order dated 8.90, August 29. A. I thought
he failed to obey because two of the brOgades 01 his
command were not brought up with iMm, but by
genie means or other Will straggled from it and were
at Centreville.
After it few unimportant questions thc'tourt
ad
jotnned until Monday.
ARMY OF TAE POTOMAC.
Relbelnr using Artillery Against our Gun
boats in the laappa/tannogc—Why Sione
Generals are in Washington, &e.
ELVADWARTERS Aunt ON THE POTOMAC,
SAYOMIELy morning, Dec. 6.
_
On Thursday the rebels brought some fleld-pieces
to bear on our gunboats lying - in the Rappahannock
near Port Royal. •
A. few allota moon compelr"l them to withdraw
their guns out of range. No• harm was done on
either side.
The weather yesterday was very unpleasant. .rn
the morning it commenced raining, which was fol
lowed by hail, and about noon a snow storm set in,
which continued until 10 o'clock last night. This
morning there is four inches of snow cm the ground,
and it is freezing.. .
Much complaint is expressed among army officers
in reference to. the large number of brigadier-gene
rals hangingarnund Washington with a view of ob
tailing appointments on court inertias,. and thereby
escaping active service in the field.
There is nothing new from the other side of the
river. The enemy have not changed their position.
REPORTS PROM RICH3IOND
FAIRFA-X COVET HOUSE, Friday, Dec. s.—Two
Englishmen,.direet from Richmond, passed through
here yesterday. morning, en route for Washington.
They called at General Sigel's headquarters, and
'gave some valuable information. They stated that
the city hai within and around it a force of 40,000,
Which is fast being augmented. On all sides the city
is well fortified. An attack is .antialpated by its
residents. Fine superior gunboats have been
finished there,. end auotheris in the course of con
struction. They all carry from five to sixteen guns
each.
'MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY.
'FALMOUTH, Friday, Dec. s.—The enemy broke
ground yesterday in the rear of their old works for
`the purpose of erecting new works. It appears as
though they had abandoned some of their works and
again reoccupied them, especially the redoubts on
their left. All day they were busy in strengthening
their batteries. Cavalry and infantry were easily
discernible, drilling in the rear of the rifle pits.
Two officers came up the Rappahannock last eve
ning, all the way from Port Conway, in an open bat-.
teau or yawl. All the little villages and points of.
interest along the rebel aides of the river are pick
eted.
INTENSE COLD— THE TROOPS SUFFERING
FOR BLANKETS—ICE IN THE RIVERS--
JACKSON AT FREDERICKSBURG THE
PONTOON BRIDGE.
HEADQUARTERS AUNT' OF THE POTONAO,
December 7.
Last night the weather was intensely cold,
,and
some of the troops suffered - for want of blankets.
Ice formed on the Potomac and Acquia creek from
one and a half to two inches thick to-day. The sun
came out fair and cheering, but the air continued
piercing cold. The roads are hard and very. rough.
Officers well informed state that Jackson has ar
rived near Fredericksburg, and joined his forces
with those already there. They also report that the
enemy have extended their lines several miles fur
ther down the Rappahannock.
The report that Major Spaulding, of the Engineer
Brigade, is under arrest for unnecessary delay in
the transportation of the pontoon trains from Wash
ington, is unfounded. That officer has been com
mended by his superiors for overcoming weighty ob
stacles in executing his orders.
There have been no field movements to-day.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Election for Congress—Hon. Joseph Segues
District Exempted from the Effect of the
Emancipation and Confiscation acts—
Heavy Gale in the "Roads and on the Coast.
FORTRESS Moratoa, Dec. 15.—T0-morrow, Gen.
'Vele, as Military Governor, will issue a proclama
tion and a writ of election for a member of Congress
from this district, comprising the counties of Norfolk,
Princess Anne, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight, to
gether with the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
A large vote will be polled, as the residents are
anxious to save their slave property from the effects
of the President's proclamation, by conforming with
its requirements.
It is known that Eon. Joseph Seger has suc
ceeded in having his district—the counties of North
ampton; Accomac, Charles City, - Flizabeth City,
and,Warwick—exempted by the President from the
effect of his late proclamation.
A heavy storm has been raging here all day.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7—The Old Point Nod ar
rived this afternoon ; not Aving left till yester.
day evening, she brings no news. There has been a
gale here all day, and disasters are feared in the bay
and along the coast.
ARMY OF THE. SHENANDOAH,
Gen. Geary Occupies Winchester-125 Re
bels Captured—Large Number of Horses
and Mules Taken—Our Forces Return to
Herper's Ferry.
NEW TORE, Dec. 7.—Special Harper's - Ferry de-
Snatches 'state that General Geary,' with 3,300 in
fantry, 12 pieces of artillery, and 50 cavalry marched
upon Winchester, on the 3d instant, and - demanded
its surrender, which Was complied with—the people
exhibiting many signs of joy at his arrival, the re
ports to General Slocum, having leftEarper's Ferry
on the Ist, met the enemy's cavalry, under White,
Henderson, and Bayler,lat Charlestown, routing them
with much loss in wounded. He marched into Berry
ville the same evening, again met the enemy, drew
them into a trap, killed five and wounded eighteen.
The same evening he bivouacked three miles beyond
Berryville. The next day he adVanced beyond the
Oquequam, skirmishing with the rebel cavalry and
infantry, and bivouacked in Ash Hollow, between'
Berryville and Winchester.
Our troops captured 100 horses and mules, and seve
ral wagon loads of flour belonging to the rebel army.
At: Winchester, 125 rebels, unable to escape, were
paroled; 75 rebel conscripts claimed .protection,
which was granted, and 6 Union prisoners were re
leased.
General Geary, in pursuance of orders, then re
turned to Harper's Ferry, though large deputations
of the citizens begged him to remain.
Our only loss was one man slightly wounded.
Further Particulars.
HAMPER'S PEERS, VA., December 6, 1662.—Gene
ral Geary has just reported to General Slocum the
result of his reconnoissance. He left here on the Ist
inst., and met the cavalry of the enemy, under White,
Henderson and Bayler at Charlestown, routed them
With a loss in wounded; marched into Berryville the
same evening; again met the enemy, drew him into
a trap, killed five and wounded eighteen more, and
the same evening bivouacked three miles beyond
Berryville. Next day he advanced beyond the
Oquequon, skiimishing with rebel cavalry and infan
try, and bivouacked in Ash Hollow.
On the 3d, at seven A. M., General Geary appeared
before Winchester, demanding an immediate sur
render. The order was complied with, and the
Gople received our forces with acclamations. Gen.
eary sent a few shells from the fortifications after
the flying enemy, clear across the city, as a fee de
joie. One hundred and twenty-five rebels, unable to
effeet their escape from Winchester, were paroled.
Seventy-five conscripts rushed from their conceal
ment and begged for protection, which was eitended
without reserve. Refugees Rocked for deliverance
from persecution. Five of our own prisoners, con
fined in Winchester, were released, and the prison
doors thrown open to a number of contrabands con
fined by the rebels.
. _
Next morning General Geary prOpesed to depart,
when large deputations of citizens begged him to re
main. He explained that his orders forbid him, ex
pressed his regret, and left amid the tears of some,
and the evident regret of thousands.
General Geary reports a great revulsion of feel
ing everywhere he went, and that at .Winchester it
was almost complete. Marked kindness and gen
erosity was shown our men.
Between Berryville and Winchester we Captured
about one hundred horses andmules, and several
wagon loads of flour belonging to the rebel army.
Gen. Geary marched six miles toward Bunker
Bill, cavalry continually hanging on his rear.
Yesterday he marched to Oakland, near Cherie*.
town, his men bivouacking in the snow, which had
been 'falling all day, and was now .several inches
deep. The cavalry still kept after us, but by an in
genious trap were here so thoroughly whipped that
our troope reposed in peace on their snowy pillow.
This afternoon our forces returned, cheerily and
well. Our only loss was one man slightly wounded.
General Geary's force consisted of thirty-three
hundred chosen infantry, from all the regiments in
his division, two sections of artillery from Knapp'e
battery, two from Mciailery's battery, and twofrom
Hampton's battery, making altogether twelve guns,
and fifty cavalry of the Ist Maryland.
Among the prisoners brought in are several rebel
cavalry that have not been paroled, and a rebel in
fantry officer. . • .
Senator Wilkinson visited General Slocum to
day.
Four deserters from the Ist Maryland rebel in
fantry came in yesterday.—.N. Y. Herald.
ARMY OF THE KANAWHA.
Another Expedition to Greenbriar County—
Ita Complete duceiss—RebelorAidoeked at
Cold Knob and Defeated—lmportant Cap
tures.
WAsumoTorr, Dec. 6.—The following despatch
has been received at headquarters:
CHABLIIIS7OII, Va., Nov. 28, 1882.
ISIAJon N. H.. McLI:Ai, A. A. G. :--Col. Paxton,
of the Seeond Virginia Cavalry; supported by the 11th
.Ohio Regiment of infantry, =Man attack on a post
of the enemy near Cold Knob, Greenbrier county,
on the 26th. It wa,s a successful surprise, capturing
two commissioned officers, one hundred and eight
non-commissioned officers and privates, one hundred
horses, two hundred stands of arms, four wagonp,
and the camp equipage of a regiment.
The wagons, equipage, and a part of the arms,
were destroyed by Col. Paxton.. There was no loss
on our side.
On the day:before, a small scouting party of the
Bth Virginia :Infantry had a skirmish with the ene
my's cavalry in Logan county. Our men were but
nunibered and forced to retreat, though without se
rious loss. J. D. COX, Major General.
ARMY OF THE 01110.
Rebels. Advancing on KnieforWing, • Ken
tucky— Green-River Bridge •~ the Goal of
General Wheeler—Genera - pilbert Pro
yetred for any Emergency.
LOcrisvnix, Bee. 6.—The Journal has the follow
ing important intelligence of an advance of the rebels
in our State
" We learn by telegraph that a rebel force under
General Wheeler was within fifteen miles of Nun
fordville on Monday night. At 7 o'clock their
pickets were on the cross-coed at a point equi-
distant between Glasgow and Woodsonville, near
Little Barren. At 2 o'clock the messengers
who brought information to General Gilbert i
were fired upon. Reinforcements were ordered
forward, and General Gilbert has men enough to,
repulie any assault that:may be made on the Green
. .
ricer bridge. All other reports which have beers Th 'W e ,
W
• elland;e:; C,anid Closed by lee.
!tying-about the city concerning this affitirare bops,
GAntirairx, C.- 'W., Dec.- o—There is a *cord
The extent of the rebel deteelmieilthae not bees deal ice in theWellarideisnal—probably 'sufficient
finitely ascertained: , . . - ,I to close narigatiort•by td-morrow.
-'^
ARMY (VP TI H TENNESSEE.
liover E' ' aptbt•esGrenr4ay Mfsstssippl—
A 23rd lion! Movement —Gets,,Grozenilove
forttts Rebel Itylireail Cut 1311r—Crossing
the Tolloltalehle—Ftmnll-Pox'Among the
Cottlr.abands, &v.
tlAino,, 111., Dec. 6.—Freon the Memphis papers
we" learn that Gen. lioiny's expedition, twenty
thormand alrong, which left Helena, Aek., sonic
days ago, loaded at Friar's Paint, fifteen or twenty
miles tielow, and marched to Grenada and took, pos.
sessioil of thin place.
A large taunter of the citizens st Grenada fled , ork
the. appnitielt of am troops.
The editor of the Memphis dppeaUAtw ref:nova:lNa
neivsPaper' ostablisitrizent to Illarietlay, Georgia. '
Before thr' Occupation of Orem* lei by the lfrilted ,
States two's, the' a...obeli burned some fifteen ea
twenty loTornotivea tand abOut one buzzard cars.
CAI ao, ILL., Dec. b.—There is no wsrival from.
Memphis to-day. = .
A despatch from Heal - Springs says trice rebels are
falling back to Oithid
From AbbevilleVerlerena that the rebeii rout from
that place is coniplete:
The main body' of Gem.. Grant's army emssed the
Tallahatchie Tneaday moaning. When the- rebels
learnesl these macomentit they burned theircommia' -
sary stores at Abbeville r trad made a pfecipihate re
treat. -
General Grant leilitHalir - Springuesterday morn
ing. His headquaiters-waald be in Abbeville last
night.
General Sherman. • erotism; the Tallahatchie• ten
miles below the pois& at General Hamilton
crossed. Sherman crowed an pontopn bridges. '
It is reported at Holty.Springs that Gen. Hovey's
expedition, which left, Helena a few days ago, have
penetrated to the lliissiaeipps Central Railroad, and
destroyed the bridges near Grenada, thus cutting;otf
the rebel retreat.
There were, two news oases of Ennall-pox to-flay
among the contrabands: , There are now about twen
ty-fire in the hospital. Five-died yeaterday.
LATE NEWS FROM MFrMYmR- n
DETAILS OF GEE.- IEIO`VET!ES MOVEM - ENTS,.
&E.
BlEmputs, Tenn., December 3, via Cairoy.Docem
ber 6.—The city has been exalted about rumors :of
the capture of a part of.Stuart , s cavalry, but , it
turns out to have been.ouly a few stragglers, per
haps a company, that waited to be captured and
paroled.
I learn that the movement from Helena to Delta,
twelve miles below,under. Hovey, last Thursday
was larger than at firstreported ; perhaps 20,000 in
all, have gone 'there to: move overland toward the
railroad or Grenada, *Web, latter place, it is maw
stated, is to be captured itporolble. -
General Holmes, with 40A0 men, crossed from
Arkansas to Vicksbuiviaat week. It is supposed
that his force is designed to take part in the first
battle against Grant. There is understood to be
three or four gunboats watching at the mouth of the
Yazoo, waiting for a rise:
The guerillas have been quite bold around Mem
phis, but do not COMB . very near us. We still con
tinue to receive treops from above, but whether
they will go "to reinforce Grant or towards Vicks
bu remains to e seen.
The steamer City BelletfromHelena this morning,
brings a report that the• force which went to Delta
last week had been heard from within ten miles of
Tallahatchie, on the Grenada and Jackson railroad ;
that on their approaoh, the Confederates, who had a
battery, had run off and that the battery had been
captured. Our - elwalyy were' in pursuit at last ac
counts. I give this for What it is worth. It comes
from a passenger on the City Belle. The officers' f
the beat knew nothing of the statement. .
There arc few people in to-day from any point.
News is very scarce. The Confederates will not let
any one pass toward Memphis on any pretence.
Col. Ruel Hough has been appointed Surveyor of
this port. All persons going out to buy cotton now
have to take the oath of allegiance.
The guerillas are onite active. On Saturday last
they burned seven. bales of cotton about two miles
from. Germantown, and confiscated the horses and
wagons drawing the same.
• Thebeurning ofGerinantow - n is greatly exaggerated.
Three or four of the principal houses were burned,
and for this the guilty parties werepromptly punish
ed.
The Confederates have severalcaValry corps prow
ling about, gathering up conscripts.
Rev. _Riche/dad); of Fayette county, is at the
head of one of these companies now operating 'in
the upper part of Shelby county. They profess to
be very much opposed to burning any more cotton,
but every, man they can pick up over . eighteen
and under fort3 - -ftve they force to go with them.
Many . are hiding in woods from these conscript
gatherers. The people of. Shelby county are re
presented as being afraid to vote in the approach
ing Congressional election, least the guerillas
prowling around may utterly destroy them. .It is
said that many of them will endeavor to get secret
voting places, while others will come to this city to
vote. The people in Shelby are cut off from all com
munication, except with the Confederates, ,They
have,very erroneous views of the President's pro
clamation, and think that after the Ist of January
an attempt will be made to get up insurrections
among the slaves.
The necessary steps have been taken . to elect a
sheriff for Shelby county at the next term of the
quarterly court, which meets at Raleigh in january.
Information from Brownsville is of the most gra%
tifying character. The Union cause there is"pro
gressing finely. A/1 are for the Union and the Con
stitution.—Chicago 7 ribune .
ARMY OF THE FRONTIER,
Rebels Concentrating Against Gen. Blunt
in Northwestern. Arkansas —Junction of
the Forces of Hindman and Marranduke-
A Battle4nwiluent—Gen. Herron Noxell:*
lug to Reinforce Gen. Blnut—No Danger of
Defeat..
(Special Despatch to The Press.]
ST LOUIS, December 6
At headquarters last evening we learn that intelli
gence to the following purport has been telegraphed
by Gen. blunt from Cane 1 4i11
Generals Hindman and IVlarmaduke appear to be
consolidating their respective forces at a point about
wenty miles south of Cane an intention
of giving battle—probably of assuming the offensive
and moving upon our lines. No fears are entertained
as to the results.
From previous despatches we recall the fact that
Hindinan , s force was estimated at.twelve and Mar
inaduke's at eleven , thousand. Of the amount of
Blunt's force we are, of course, unadvised, but pre
sume there is no danger that the commander of the
Department of the Missouri will be caught napping•
General Curtis, in view of this, has ordered Gen.
Herron, with his "Diviusion of the Missouri," to
march to the relief of General Blunt immediately.
General Curtis is pushing forward other reinforce
ments, and the war in the State of Arkansas will be
prosecuted with increased vigor to the end.
General Blair will join General McClernand'sex
pedition, and be assigned to the command of a divi
sion. McClernand , s army will be called the Army
of the Mississippi. B.
DEPARTURE OF AN EXPEDITION.
Reported Departure of an Expedition from
Hampton Road* under Commend of Ge
neral Emory—Destination Said to be
• North Carolina.
8aL2114011E 5 Dec. 6.—Advices from Fortress Mon
roe, of yesterday, announce the sailing of a fleet of
seven transports and two - iron-eads with sealed
orders. Destination unknown.
LATER PARTICI:MAAS.
POTITIVESS Mormon, Dec. 6.—There was a division,
commanded by General Emory, sailed South from
here last night. It has been heretofore supposed
that it would form a part of the Banks Expedition.
Its destination is to reinforce General Foster in
North Carolina. The. rebels threaten to prevent
Funk from'advancing by way of Weldon to Suffolk,
to reinforce Banks is his advance from Suffolk upon
Petersburg, in overwhelming force. The reinforce
ments consist of three New York regiments, one
Pennsylvania, and one Massachusetts, including a
force of over four thousand men.
LEGISIATFRR OF VIRGINIA.
Senator Carllle Requested to Resigd—Gov.
PlerponVe Message" endorses the Presi
dent's Proclamation—The
Rebels moving on St. George, Tuckeis•
County, V &c,
. .
WnEnt,tiio, Dee. G.---'The Senate to-day
Passed a preamble and real:4llElOn, setting forth that
U. S. Senator Cathie had violated tie instructions
of the body that elect;tl him, in failing to sustain the
legitimate effortti of the Government to suppress
the insurrection, in opposing, by his votes and
speeches, both in and out of the United, States Se
nate, measures which were absolutely necessary to
the ftservation of the Union and enforcement of
the laws, and in opposing the admission of Western
Virginia as a new State into, the Union. The resolu
tion requests Mr. Carlile to resign his seat in the
United States Senate. It will come up in the Hous4
on Monday, and pass by e. large majority.
In the House to-day a resolution was offered; re
questing the United States Rouse of Representatives
to. pass the new State bill now pending before it,
without alteration of amendment. It will also come
up on Monday, and will pass , by nearly a unanimous
vote.
The Governor's Message, which was sent into
the Legislature to-clay, endorses the emancipation
poiicy of the President.
Mr. Enoch Muller and family reachedthe city last
evening from Tucker county. •He reports that there
is great excitement in that county. When he left, it
was reported and confidently believed that the rebel
Imboden was advancing upon St. George with a con
siderable force.
Some time ago Generallllllroy levied a contribu
tion upon certain rebels about St. George, for the
purpose of making good the losses sustained by
Union men from the numerous rebel raids in Tucker,
county. The contribution amounted to about $5,000,
and the order of General Milroy made it payable
upon this day, the 6th, under penalty of seizure and
punishment. The rebels thus assessed were en
deavoring to make the payment, and it was sup
ponied that Imboden was coming to - relieve them. '
The Pirate Alabama.
• .W3TOX, Dee. 6.—The bark Harriet Spaulding,
Captain Peabody, from New York for Havre, was
captured and burned November 19th, in lat. 41 deg.
.13 min., long. 66 deg. 16 Min., by the pirate Alabama.
Her crew were kept in irons for several days, and
thirdly transferred - to the brig Hiram, from Pictou,
which landed theta at Fall river.
The Alabama had on board the crews of three
other.vessels which had been captured and burned.
BOSTON ; Dec. 6.—The above statement, that the
pirate Alabama had burned the bark Harriet SiYauld
ing, and had the crews of thEee other vessels on
board, is from the Portland• Argus of yesterday. It
looks like a hoax, as no brig had arrived at Pall
liver, and the name of the captain of the Harriet
Spaulding is Wallace,, and not Peabody, as stated.
THE STOUT pENIED.
BosTow, pm:G.—The owner of the bark Harriet,
Spaulding states _that thele is: no truth in .the story
of her eaptugaiamithat. Captain Peabody is an tm:,
postor. ' -
The Vanderbilt to 'Make
. .
,
• AnOther Cruise.
, .
Nnw Tenn, Die. 7.—The Herald says the Navy
Department has received reliable information of the
whereabouts of the pirate Alabama, and that the
steam frigate Vanderbilt will sail to-day or to-mor--
row to look for her.
The . Bauks Expedition.
NEW 'YORE, Dec. 7.—The steam transports Ent.
pire , State, Eastern Queen ; Union,,Carrie White,
raid Star of the South satled sauth last everting,
SECOND EDITION.
FOUR O'CLOCK A. M.
BATTLE IN TENNESSEE.
CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL BRIGADE.
- ;ix.t7,y ItAiled and Wounded•
(Special IDeapatels to the Prmara.
I have just learned! that a battle has taken plaee
on our outpost line; lletween our adivanced forces
and the rebel troopritiadbv Gen. Jolur nforgan, the
notorious guerilla leader. The fight trek• place at
Hartsville this mornins
- Illoore's brigade was' repulsed several times
by the enemy, and finally.Captn?ed.
Our troops made a desperate' resistance, Vat were
finally forced to succumb.
'Our loss in killed and wolunled is estimated. at
ai.tty, but may be more.
Our killed and wounded were.neft upon thet.itttle ,
field.
Morgan attacked Gen. Fry th.W afternoon aVGal
lat,in, but was repulsed with heft - YIDS&
Gen. Fry has been reinforced, and, is now foUow
ing the enemy closely.
Gen. Buell and staff' arrived hero this morning,-
- B. O. T. -
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.
SAN Fuszrersco, December Sth.---The ship Cy;
clone sailed for Hong Kong to-diy vritli $120,000 in
treasure.
The exports of treasure during the year to Euye.•
peantand Asiatic ports have exceeded twelve 'tali , '
lions of dollars.
A copper lead, which is traceable for six miles, has
been discovered in Dlsaiposa county.. It is from six
to ten feet thick.
The House of Assembly of Nevada has passed a
bill unanimously, reoviring mining corporations to
have their offices in that Territory, and giving.
foreign corporations six months to comply with the
law.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Gale at Aspinu - ad—Unlted States Brig Bain
bridge Communication with, Panama.
Suspended, &c.
NEW YOira, Dec. 6.—The iteamehip Ocean Queen,
from Aspinwall on the 20th ult., arrived at this port
this afternoon.
During a tremendous gale at Aspinwall, which last
ed for three days, the british brigßollvar and steam—
ship Aron were wrecked. There were no lives lost.
The steamer Ocean Queen lost her paddle-box, but -
succeeded in getting to sea.
The United States brig Bainbridge was abandoned%
by her officers and crew after throwing.overboard%
her guns and stores.
All communication has been suspended between
Panama and Aspinwall, the telegraph wires being
broken down and the railroad track submerged: The
raffway track was expected to be in running prier
by the 26th, as the water was subsiding.
There is no news of interest from Central America.
Destructive Fire at Lockhaven.
WiLiamseromr, Dec. 6.—The extensive• soap
factory belonging to Taylor Sr, Co. was burned: this
morning, and the whole business part of Loekhaven
is reported on fire. The fire companies ofNirlitiarns
port have gone thither on a special train,,learing
here at 6 o'clock. The telegraph operator there re
ported his office on fire, and that he had to, remove
his instruments. Nothing has been hearit tom him
since.
Lockhaven is the county seat of Clinton county,
240 miles from Philadelphia. The town- is on the
west branch of the Susquehanna. The population
is about 3,000. The fire, as far as we can learn, has
been on Main street, which contain/sal:Lumber of fine
buildings, among which are the Fallon House,
White's Hotel, the Clinton House, the bank, news
paper offices, and a. number of dry goods and other
stores, the destruction of which will involve a very
heavy loss.- The telegraph office, reported burned,
is nearly opposite the public hall 3 the basement of
the hall is occupied as stores. The tine Episcopal
and Presbyterian churches are near the described
limits of the fire. - The bridge which crosses the
Susquehanna to Dunstown may also be destroyed,
A. large quantity of lumber is Bent to Philadelphia
from Lockhaven.
Burning of an Orphans' Farm School.
ROCHESTER, Pa. Dec. 6.—The Orphana' Farm
School, at Zelienopie, Butler county, Pennsylvania,
was this morning destroyed by lire. The children
were mercifully , saved, but the large building, cost
ing $26,000, with most of the furniture, provisions,
clothing, &c., was totally destroyed. The school was
under the charge of Rev. Mr. Passavant.
2,500,000 Dollars in Unsigned Certifi-
cates Stolen.
NEW Yons - , Dec. 7.—A special despatch to the
Ymea says that certificates of the denomination of
$6,000, amounting to $2,500,000, have beep stolen
from 'Treasurer Spinner's desk, at the Treasury De
partMent, Washington. Fortunately, they were un
signed. Measures have been taken to prevent the
engraving of any more of the same kind.
Government Officers . Indicted in New
Jersey..
TRENTON, Dee. S.—The arrest of Messrs. Kugler
and ;Wright, of Hunterdon. county, - which was mae
some time ago, on the charge of interfering with en
listments, has been the subject of inquiry by the
Grand Jury of the county, which adjourned to-day.
Several bills of indictment were presented against
the parties concerned in the surest, anti among the
number one against Abraham It. Harris, of this city,
and Deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Harris
was arrested and taken to Flemington this morning.
It is said the authority' for the arrest of Kugler and
Wright came from the United States District Attor
ney of this State, Mr. Keasbey.
The iljnited States Steamers Mississippi
and Merrimac.
BOSTON, Dec. 6.—The steamers Mississippi and
Merrimac, from Newbern, N. C., anchored off'
Wood's Hole to-day. They were both ordered to
proceed to New York.
Aid foi the Poor of Lancashire.
YORIC, Dec. 6,441,850 have already been
Eribscribed in this city ice aid of th distressed English
operatives. A. T. Stewart Sr- Co. subscribed $lO,OOO
this morning.
Suicide of a Prisoner.
- - • -
NEW Yon R, Dec. 6.--Osgood W. Gould, a messen
ger employed by the Commissioners of Charities
and Correction, who was arrested on Friday for em
bezzling letters which he had been sent to deposit in
the post office, committed suicide by taking poison
in his cell shit; morning.
Public Entertpiuments.
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE.—FOT the past five
weeks Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport have been
performing a round of their best characters at this
house, and we look upon it that their little season
has been most successful. They are equal to all
they undertake, and only select such parts as are
pleasing and instructive to appreciative audiences.
The coming' week will no doubt prove a real har
vest at the Wel nut. The legitimate drama is to
have full possession of the stage. This evening
Mr. and Mrs. Davenport appear in Shaks
peare3s great comedy of " Much Ado About
Nothing"=Renedirt, Mr. E. L. Davenport ; Bea
trice, Mrs. Davenport—assisted by the entire stock
company. The afterpiece will be the "Castle Spec
tre." 'The following is the bulletin of Mr. and Mrs.
Davenport for the week : Tuesday, " Richard III.;"
Wednesday, comedy of "Fashion ;" Thursday,
" Othello ;" Friday, Mr. Davenport's benefit night,
"Wild Oats" and "Black-Eyed Susan." Seats may
be secured in advance for any of these evenings.
Every play-goer should attend the Walnut during
this week, with relatives and friends.
GARDNER AND .11E3Dilla'a ANIPIIITHEATME,
MARKET STREET, ABOVE TWELFTH: The perform
ances for thiß evening will be varied and attrac
tive. Besides the dashing horsemanship, athletic ,
feats,- and cornicalities of Dan Gardner and John
Foster the public will be pleased to learn that the
celebrated clown and conversationalist, Dr. J. L.
Thayer, will make his first appearance this evening.
Dr. Thayer is even better than the famoul Dan Rice,
and deals out only real wit, fun, and good humor in
a manner to please the most fastidious. We bespeak
an excellent reception for the Doctor this evening.
ARCH-STREET THEATRE.—Mr. T. S. Clarke Con
tinues to provoke the merriment of the people at
this house. One never tires of Clarke—he improves
upon acquaintance. This evening he appears in tie
character of Paul Pry, and as August us; in the "Wil
low Copse." Of course, he will be favored with a
tremendOus audience. Mrs. John Drew, and the
entire "star company," appear in both pieces.
CITRISTIIAS PANTOMIMES AND SPECTACLE-4 AT
THE ACADEMY OP Music.—The little ladies and gen
tlemen of Philadelphia will be gratified to hear that
Mr. Rood has secured the grand Academy of Music
for a little season, and during the holidays be will
produce a number of beautiful show piece, aniong
which we may name "Cinderella," "Little Red
Riding Rood," "Jack, the Giant Killer;" &c. The
parts will be played by little girls and boys, and the
pieces will be put upon the stage in a most accepta
ble style, with excellent music by a talented orches
tra.
,Onr young friends may look for a happy time
durixig the Tipolidays, as Mr. Hood knows well how to
please them in his selection of choice pieces.
FIRE YESTERDAY Alcaorrsd.-1--Shortly
after one o'clock yesterday morning the carpenter
shop occupied byalr. David lioan, situate on Fe
deral: street, between Fourth and Fifth, Second
ward; was discovered to be on lire. -The.alarin was
given by the watchman of Messrs. Merrick & Son's
foundry, opposite, who tolled the bell most vigo
rously. Mr. Doan, the occupant prow . shop, was
about to move out. His loss in benches, amortising
machine, &e., will reach about Vol. . - No insurance.
The shop was owned by Joseph / Antonio. His loss
is $l6O. No insurance. The wind was blowing a
gale Irmo the northwest, and the flames oixickly
spread to a double three-story frame tenement. This.
building Wes speedily reduced to ashes. It belonged
to Theodore Lyndhurst. It WAS occupied by Wil
liam Murray and Alphowzo Braman, a4dlamilies.
They 'escaped in their nightclothes, and were unable
to eerie their household effects.
A three-story brick tenement, adjoining the car
- treater shop oh the west, ownelly
Was occupied by the family of Thomas •Ilfurnaite,
'printer of fifteen years' standing in. Philadelphia.
At present he belongs to the kith Pennsylvania Ca
•val ry.l The rear building, And :the-upper part of the
front 'structures, were entirely dystroyeir. A sick
lady, named "HcCagg, lived under the caste - ars. X.
She Barely escaped perishing in the flames. The
little children, dye in number, were found upon , the
frOzen ground by the firemen and police, who forty,
nately soon arrived at the scene. The podolittle
obildr4n were nearly frozen to death. They were
carried into the houseinf the neighhori.
The . .ear - part of a three-story brick, to the teat ,
ward of the are, wee destroyed. The housahelooesd
to Richardson, Jr„ and was. ocolrfibidtie"
John §tilrling. The back part cif seyetal. dweillpg
houses fronfon Redwood street were cod?'
klyehirred. ht the time of the oorkdagralloa„ the
. Iv`eather Was 15Ittetly cold, mid the ()Nickell, in fast
their parents also, in escaping from the
veil near Inceting death in ti.e mitreiii.:
they had nothing On their persons to
from the northern blasts, but their ni g h t „,
The snow on the surrounding roofs estinite,
sparks and flakes that fell, otherwise tl/P
tion would, in all probability, have exteni,:d.
east '
ward as Fourth street. The c ondinni, 1 ,"
family of Mrs. DlCErnane 13 such that it rif -
peals to the benevolent. Mr. Al. is listtlici,7',.;"
Union to keep peaceful homes for the people
latlelphia, amid his children should not he
to suffer. .t
PATIENT ADMITTin TO THE
f.
VAITIA HOSPITAT...--„Tohn Benntt, aged F l
two, has been aLknitted to the. Penntylra t ,i, }i 7•lr
"iii 9 left arm Was badly ernahed b y b t i li
over by a coal car. The accident occurred t,E•t;
twelve and one eeloclr on Saturday, at tnF ;
and of Air. Charlet Reese, at Germantown
arm was amputated on Saturday night. '
IsrAsELI - WLE, Nor. 7
TrILE kfONMY MARI:CRT.
PI MALIELPHIA, 11:p6 .
not
Thecreate EepOrt of the
S e t ea s
of the rr.,441,-7
lthe alarm that many anticiicatek
was rather stextly and riled at 131. G m eral „ „ :
securities were without change, and the ek.ak
het, which was rather weal•in the moraine,
raljir
and prices are we up to yesterday's dgarel,,itt,
gm aspect. Stata fives we weak and de(11.664
City sixes were st2ndy. StmbUry and E r i e
were firm at 105 X. Camden mnd Amboy six wen;
(s.
Bold at 102. Phibsdoiphia anirEtie sixes also Lt
pitteburg, Fort Wayne, and
„3 Chicago khu ro , ,
.6..
maid
mortgages, sokrtat 02,K;;910 change. Pe74.,1-
vania Railroad, first mortgag;:rflehrue;itkeiruin yivait
second mortgages wezestead
tion sixes, 11M22, fell oIni". Remit* r - soc es. leas, ;0 _
; te7o2 rose 1. ElmSra se verainiprErred tv cru 7
Penns Mania Railroa*bonds rpm steady.
Cerruti preferred rose 2. Sehuylk44l nod Lehigh U -
vigatina were steady.
Reading Railroad shiszim openrt'at a decline of
1.
• a number of sales being-made at - 37 ;at th e
sales were made X bett-,:r. Norezdown Bold at 64,
4 F.flifira. at 19, klinehill sold up to ;1; PennsylvsniA
rose ; Little SchuylkiiTiVll.B steady at 21 ; OMN
i wissa preferred improved ; North Pennsylvania
sold at 10; Camden and ikinboy - at :62'; Philadeloq,
land Erie at _0;" Passenger ltattlaays were dull,
: . ;sp ruee and Pine selling as-i 8; Plettanie's gunk la;
` ‘ at2s3l; City at 46; 190 was -bid for North America.
3 1114,,% for Philadelphia.
Drexel & Co. quote :
Vatted States Bonds,
_-to3},;@,iot
United States Certf. of Indebtedness . ... 07a4 . 0)
United States 7 3-10 Notes
—l'o3Wrstot.
Quartermasters' Vouchers.. ...... 3 1 th',l,
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness. 4
sold
@
Demand N0te5 .......... .. ......• 31 31 ‘ Up .
p.
The subscriptions to the new National Loaf
lerday, amounted to $160,C00, nod tc.diay the figam,
touched a quarter of a million , Of' doliura. This re
sult, following close on the . Secretary's report, L, a
eheering evidence of the will ,of the people to sus
tain the Government. The popularity of this loan
must continue, as it affords-,parties so opportunity
to take immediate advantage-of the. valuable gig,
gestions of our worthy Secretary in regard to the
finances of our country.
The inspection of Flour au Nes/ in Philadelphia,
during the week ending December 4, 1894 were FiE:
follows :
Total . n 5,993
Schuylkill Navigation Coal Trade, for the wmt.
endiog Thursday, December 4, 1862:
To the sametime last year 1,152,135 06
The following is the amount of coal shipped-over
the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad.
for the week ending Wednesday, Deeembez-7,1.31:,
and since .7aaunry I, 1862 :
Week. Previously. Total.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
8,593 295,447 3E4,011
6,378 241,132 247,513
Increase 2,215 51,315 56532
Amount of coal transported on the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad during the week ending Thurs.
day, December 4, 1882:
From Port Carbon
Pottsville
" Schuylkill Haven
" Auburn
" Port Clinton
" [Harrisburg and Dauphin
Total Anthracite Coal for the week.... 37,&18 12
From Harrisburg—total Bituminous— . 6:116 04
To same time last year 1,61;763 18
The following statement of the financial condition
of Canada is taken from Samuel Hallett Ec. Co."a
circular of the 3d inst. :
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of to-day says:
The stock market at the close of Fridara deal
ings was much depressed on an unfavorable 'mores
sion regarding the effect of tho Treasury report.
This feeling was again manifested before the drat
board to-day, and through part of the call of the °fa
dal list at the board. But prices soon began to re
cover, and -at the close were a fraction higher than
late "yesterday afternoon.
The Government stocks were steady on the cou
pons oflBBl, but a fraction lower on 7.30 per cents,
probably on the construction given to a portion of
the Secretary's report regarding the alternative
means for raising money. Gold opened with very
heavy sales at 13035' per cent, on the street and at
the board, but soon after the adjournment the price
was 1310.13133 per cent. The export by the steamer
to-day is $920,820. The overdue California steamer
is not yet telegraphed.
The fluctuations in the stock market were on the
railroad stocks, from the highest sales to the lowest
yesterday afternoon, about 2@2 . 3-,', per cent. The
changes en Governments were not important. The
demand for railroad bonds continued good, and the
changes in prices are rather upward. The business
in gold was large, the extreme prices 128 ®I33X,
closing yesterday afternoon at 131%.
rhilada. Stock Ex.cl
[Reported by S. Z. S,ljur3Liz
FIRST 1
VA Phi! 47 Erie R 20 I
1003 Snabary Erie is- 10 05 .
7MI Penna 5s 94
/000 do 9354
300 City
,5.
•Fash..king
....
Noril*Ponna R.... 10
300 Beading .... 87%
101 do 37%
10D do as 37%
100 .. 37%
100 do .1;39 37%
130 do . ..
.
190 Spruce & 16
Deana R
SECOND
93 55%
122 Ninehill. R 51
9 do
19 do 90%
19X) P F & I
9 Morris Canal Pret.l2l3
29) City 6t...C&P..ea5h.100..,
.
29b City
19
CLOSING PR
• Bid. Asked.
II S 6scpna IL. —lO4 lOW
II 8 7-30 D blk..-103% 104
American Gold - .101 131
Phila. Os ..old- .100. 3 4 100%
Do new NO% 101
klieg co 6s R 48
Penna bs 9.3,14: 94
Beading 14 -37158 31 %1
Do bd "5)...108 109
Do bds '70.-102 Ma" )
Do bds 993 i RW)
Penns R 55 W &3341
Do ht m 61.110% 11.1% ,
Do al m 66...10434 195
Norris Canal— •. 01 12,4 ,
Do prfdlOs-128 130
Do 6s '76:..... I
Do 24 tritg- 1 . 1 . '• •
Susq Cana1.......
Do 6s
Balmy' Nay
421 0
Do prfd --.1314 13%
Do 6s - '82.:.68%.
Emira R 19 20
Do peed-- 32% *2
Do is Ist tn.. 9.91 99
Do 105.........
N Penna. It 9% 10
DO E5.......:86.34 9 i41
Do lOs .. . 101
nth Ger St Nor. 0334 54
Lehigh Val H., 0% •• .
Lehigh Val bd5..106
New York Steel
14000 U S - 54Cp. 1 ......10.1
WOO U S 0:'74 Coup:— 92
32W) do 92341
' 90017-S 6.1-year cer.. 9734'
10000 Tr .7 3-10 p.0em....1113%
4000 111-War L'l3 brt
40004 N F Cen 6,4 '
97 TB 1 idd
3/10 az It
1)000 Mich So 24 .92%
15000 Clev S 3....10934
3 0 6 0 AmG old
3%
1
0020 do:. 53.1-131%
10 Pacific Mail ' 120%
WA) do
160 Pen na Coal Co • -116
19 Ndo
York Cen -102%
VA 102%
00 do En%
4lWErie " 61.4
100 Erie R infd ..
91 40.........x:10..92f
400 do 2
Sill do WO— 99. Li
NO trey & R.- 6715
500 do wg
100 do— •• • :10... 67%,
Philadelphia ;gaskets.
ECF.MBEII 6- Evening.
The Tfisur market continues dna; there being very
little inquiry either for ehipluent or home use. Sales
comprise 400 bbls standard superfine at $6.12% 4t bbl.
1,000 bliki Broad-street 31ills and 500 bids Jenny Lind
family sold on private terms. ' The sales to the re
tailers and bakers are moderate, at $6 . §6.18,..1 for su
perfine, 1i6.37%@6.75 for extras, $037.60 for extra
family, and $7.75@t3.40,11 bbl for fancy lots, accord
ing to fmaiity.
There is rather more Rye Flour offering, and it
sells at $51513415.75 bbl.
Corn Meal is steady, at $3.50 for Pennsylvania.
and $4 al bid for Brandywine.
WasAy.--The offerings are light, and prices bet
ter, with sales of 6,0u0 bus Penne_ snd Western reds
at $1.4591.48, the latterfor choice Penna.,
and white
at from $1.60 to $l.BO rf bu. actordingto quality.
liye sells, on arrival, at SfogSLIC Abu for Penna., and
Sec for Delaware. Corn is scarce, and prices have
advansed, with sales of 2,500 bus. Western mixed at
76c, and 3,000 bus Southern yellow at 18c bu. Oats
are in; demand, with , sales , of .AOOO bus at 41@4 3 ..Ke
for Penna., the latter for heavy. Small lots of South
ern sold at 41c.
BArtn.. 7 quercitzon is dull, and Ist NO.I is offered
at .$33 ton.
COTTOIY.—,The market, coat - kates very quiet, the
stock on sale being light sinald.hits of middlings are
selling at 67@68e t ID, cash.'
enocEnrx-3.--There ie verrlittle doing in Sugar
at Coffee, the stocks in first bands being extremely
light; small sales of the former are making at loge
isiiCuba and-lure .lif for New Orleans. Rio Coffee
is selling slowly at 31@.r.e
PitoVisuisis.—The transactions a r e limited and
prises unchanged. Mess Pork is selling at sl3lx'
bbl. In Lard there is very little doing; sales at
Ngflo%e it, the latter la kegs.
r SarmS.—There is a good denit l ii n fyr Clovenwed,
with sales of 900 bus , at $5. .50 bus. mostly
xt the , latter rate for prime. by ranges at
from $1.7512.25 bra., and'Elaxaeed bus.
Warisav continues firin; sales comprise about6 oo
bbls at 40c for Penna . and Ohio, and 38,14 c for Dnsige
. The following are thi reeeintaa Flour smd Grain
at this4fort today:
Wheat..
Qom..
=IIMEI
FINANCIAL OM COIIIIIII4mAL.
Barrels of Superfine
do Fine . ...
do Rye
do Corn Neal— ..... .
do Condemned
Puncheons Corn Neal
From Port Carb0n... . .. . ....
"
" Schuylkill Haven..:
" Port Clinton
Total for week—. ....
Previouely thin year__
MEM
Total of all kinds for the week ... 43,135 16
Preciously this year 2,279,532 Ot
Total...
-I.ee, Dec. G.
R. Philadelphia Exchange.]
BOARD.
101Readh
I'2 do io .b 30.. 37 3 h
30 Palma 525
do 55!:
25 Mechanic' Bank., 25h .
11)00 Read'gOs 'B5, r.scrn 99h
RA) Cataiv R Prf.- 65.. 153 , 4
10 City Bank 46
6100 Bch Nar Ge • 6 9X
30 Elmira R 19
10(X0) Peßlla R let mtg..Ui
50 Little Sch
5000 U 7-30 Tr NElnk.lo3h
BOARDS.
8 Minehin R 50h
BOARD.
50 Norristown R..b5. 54
11%0 Penn Cis 93K
700 . do 03h
2000 Phila & Erie
100 Read'g R. .. 37% .
00 Cam & Am 04, ; 5102
3000 Sunbury & Erie isauag
CBS--STEADY.
80. Asked.
Catawissa R 4ig: 41f
Do prfd 15 15X
Beaver Mead R.. 65
• Mae - hill le. MX Li
IHarrisburg R. • • .• • 6 /
Wilminnton R... 56ii 6.1
Lehigh Nay 65.. .. ..
Do shares ..- 5.1 si.L4'
Do scrip .... 711. W. S)J
IC= & Arab R... 132 161
Phila dr. Erie 63 —10134 102'4
ISure iit Erie 78-- • •
L island R. ..... . :12 Ir.':
Do bonds—. 99,1 i - •
Delaware Div.... • .
!Do b0nd5...... ..
preece-street R.. 16,4 16
Chestcnt-at R.... 48 49
Arch-street R.—. 25'i 26
fßace-street R.— S ' 9
ITentb-ftreet R... m 31'4
IThirteenth-st R.. 22 24
W Bella R m 64
Do bonds.— ..
Green-street R... 36 37 -
Do bonds.— .. ..
S , •cond-st - rret R... 76 77
Do bonds . .. LS
Fifil-street 12.-...5134 53
Do bonds. • -
Girard College b0nd5.... ..
`Si Si
Seventeenth-se It 10 10,4
:—Second Board.
150 111111,on 1' 74
10J • do .410.. :71N
340 Harloro it prfi1...... 51S
100 do .10— •'-'R . P..
100 Rich Gni I it..... - .. 90
100 do —... 5.14
50 do 89.14.
600 Mich &N 1 :phi - ..1 .. 323 i
100 do • , 10.. S2'i;
100 :AI'S S.: N 1 ...... blO.. 154
101 do 134
100 lb/ , 11).•
400 do
400'111 Con C sCP ...... --, 73 ';
,11 do 731.
Al) do ....:70..75
•_lo.C.rev & Pilt , b. ..... .. 42
1.% do
30) do -.... MO.. 41K . ..
.001 do ....0).. 41%
,I 1)) fiat &OAP . '4l.- Feel;
1100 do. ... .....<O.• Sri
lib Chi &11 i ' ll-- 79 ;i
101 do —.1)10. •7 9
NO do 773%.'
'..110 do
' ''' ... 3,00 bbig.
1111 Pa MIS.
6,100
6,5u5.
(K)
On • Curt
",757 On
1,910 ix,
.27 x 069 10
,166
936,493 Ci 6
1)e1 7 600 OS
Tons. Cwt
.. 15,692 14
.. 1,664 02
.. 42,866 13
3,347 98
.. 4,040 14
329 00
...3,332,667 17