Efy Vrtzz, TITUBSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1862 Or We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. Voluntary correspondence solicited front all parts of the world, and especially from our dilthrent snilitary' and naval departments, When used, it will Le paid for. FORNEY'S WAR PRESS. Tip; WAu PRESS for Saturday, December 13 4 is now published, and may be had at this office. The WAlt PnEss this week is a beautiful number. The type hats been renewed, and the mechanical ar. rangements perfected to such an extent that it is :now without exception one of the most beautiful :papers in the country. We give an illitstration of the Indian war in the West, and contributions from writers of celebrity and experience:: The present number is a historical document of great value, as it contains the three great reports—the War, the Navy and the Treasury,tn full—and will be worthy .Of preservation as a record of the most remarkable .events of a renuirkable year. ENGRAVING—The War in the West Attack on Federal Wagon Trains by Rebel Indians, AN ORIGINAL STUDY.The Boo4sellpr of Lo - Congo ; A Tale of the Present War. °HOWE POETRY.—After the Battle—Lineson the Death of It ear-Adrairal E. A. - P.Lavallette, U. s. ItlistletocSong: The Gaelic Tongue. FITE LETTERS FROM. "OUCIASIONA.L.,, fThe War Press publishes every week all the let ters of "Ocoasional'; that appear in the DailyPress.l WAR NEWS cHf THE WEEK AT.S.—Peport of the - Secretary of the Trensury•—The Indian War in Minnesota—Napo- Leonia hieng—The National Credit—The Paper Pro, bletn. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. ' " IMPORT OF THE NAVAL CHIEF OF ORD NANCE, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH . -ARMY- OF THE TENNESSEE. ARMY OF THE FRONTIER. ARMY OF NORTH' CAROLINA. PROM WASHINGTON. AND HUMOR. IYCISCELLANEDUS.-Orpheus O. Kerr on Con gress, Lamb, and Peace—Whales, Whalers, Whaling —New 7.eftland Poetry. NANO L AND COMMERCIAL.—The Money Market, Philadelphia Market, ice., Copies of the 1V a PriEsi, put up in wrappers for mailing, may be had for five cents. ' CONGRESS. Suw.wri.i.—Mr. Wilson reported a bill from coin. mit:tee to establish an arsenal on the tidewater of New York harbor. Mr. Rice offered a joint resolu tion to forfeit the lands and annuities of the Sioux Indians which was .adopted; by Mr. 'Wright, a resolution instructing the Military Dommittee to into theoxpediency- of providing amore efficient system for, the identification and discharge of soltliers-dopted. Bills for: the relief of the Owbers of ",1 idea et Marie," and for increasing the bonds of the superintendent of , public printing? w•ere.passed. The bill providing for the discharge of State prisdners was taken up, considered, - itnd postponed until to,day.'- Ttie resolution concerning the arrest of certain citizens of Delaware was post poned until to-day. Mr. Sherman gave notice that he would introduce an amendment to the rules, of the Senate to provide. a committee on agriculture, and Mr. Henderson; that he would introduce a bill to give aid to the State of Missouri to emancipate .the slaves. HcusE.--Mr. Holman introduced a series of reso lutions asking for information relatlye to the num ber of officer§ in th 6 army not now employed, which were adopted. The Military Committee was rested to inquire into the propriety of amending the It'll , relative to the ' appointment of quartermasters and commis§aries from the volunteee corps and civil life. The Homle resumed the consideration of the Senate bill to :admit West Virginia into the Union, was passed by a vote . of 96 to •55; and the House adjourned. THE NEWS. Dn. J. M. Wit yrr.oon, - a member of the Legisla ture of. New Mexico, was mnidered about a Month since at Fort Stanton; by a party of soldiers, under circumstances of extraordinary atrocity. He had had a difficulty with Capt. Graydon, of the New Mexico volunteers, about the supposed treachery of the latter in an engagement with .a _party - of Apache Indians. The Doctor was standing before a camp tire one morning with Col. Carson and others, when Capt. Graydon canie.up, and threatened him. 'Both drew pistols, but Graydon gave an Slane, and ran behind a:gun-carriage, from which he began to shoot: The Doctor returned the fire; and hit Graydon in the breast. The first lieutenant of the company, Morris, immediately called out the company, and ordered them to fire on the Doctor. The order was tight bullets and ninety-eight buckshot. „ . 'Tux 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, twelve hundred strong, under command of. Col. Gregg, late Of the 6th 'regular cavalry, reached Washington recently, and is encamped in,the vicinity of that city, It has the material for one of the finest regiments in the ser- Vice: and we hope its efficient, officers will be al lowed time : to :drill it thoroughly before taking the fle1d:” Col. Gregg is a nephew „of Goy. Curtin, of Pennaylvania,, and distinguished himself during the Peninsular campaign. Tux Common Cotincil Of Indianapolis, Ind.; haze -discharged the entire police force. They concluded that there had been robberies, burglaries, and mur ders enough perpetrated within the last month to warrant this step. They will organize another force, consisting of twenty-eight deteetives, Under a Police Board, of which the Mayor is the head. -AT this moment the little kingdom of 13avaria har bors no less than six:crowned heads-a rather con siderable number for a population of little more than four millions: They are the reigning King Maximilian 11., the - ex -monarch Ludwig, King Otho of Greece, Queen Maria of Bavaria, Queen Ame lia of Greece, and the consort of Francis 11. of Na ,,ples:" A LETTER from San Francisco says : The .news from the wreck of the steamship Golden Gate is of the same character as heretofore, and the prevailing idea at msent is that the treasure is covered with several feet of sand, and it will be :some time before it can be recovered." • POSECIIATCS is still on the move, and the .proba bilities are strongly in fare' , of his soon having, an engagement. Gen. Granger, it appears, is entrusted with the task of driving the rebels from Cumberland Gap, which duty he will endeavor to accomplish as speedily es possible. _ • - • • THE Memphis Argus of December I says " Yes terday a little steamboat known as the Lettie was captured and brought to this city. She was over hauled netielsland 37; and the charge against her is trading in contraband articles. , TREICE is tine sleighing in the northern,and north eastern portions of. New England. In upper New Hampshire there is snow enough for operations in the Woods, and the sleighing in the roads is very superior, as_ the snow is not deep and the surface is glare ice. • IT Is said not Bombay has already been enriched - to the extent, of nearly £4,000,000 by.the -advance in" the price of cotton, one Parsee alone having cleared £600,000 by his speculations in that article. The Recent Action of the Common Conncil. ! We trust we may be permitted to return. I to the action of our Common Council in ex pelling Mr. THOMAS J. DUFFIELD, : of the Eightenth ward. We should not 'trouble OUT readers with such a , small matter,' but for the great principle involved: It really makes very little difference Whether the CommeniConneil contains Mr. , DUFFIELD or not, and, under ordinary circumstances; We should pay no: attention to, the in.atter. There" is; hewever, a great principle- m iolved—and that principle affects the very existnnee_of_thr ! ,Cnoi...l4,,th,,,,OselVeS. - ;-7 - The 7 Same -power that ,expelled Mr. DUFFIELD might expel a dozen other :members, and, with a facile president like Mr. WILSON KERR, and willing clerks like those': now incumbent, proceed to reorganize the whole city government. We are surprised that such :aft impetuous Democrat as Mr.. who, this case, was probablY Imere caucus tool, should have stopped with Mr. DUFFIELD. He might .haVe added every Republican: in the Chamber to his resolution; expelled the whole party, and proceeded to arrange matters comfortably. For, according tohis theory, and the indecent action of the Chamber, a caucus of a dominant patty may arrange who shall be expelled—and the party will rea- : dily carry the behest into operation. The case of Mr. DUFFIELD possesses no more merit than any other member of the body. He was expelled on the unsustained and con tradicted assertion of Mr. QUIN. It is in Mr. QUIN'S pOwer to attack the character of any member by a similar assertion, and with a servile majority the attack will be fatal. This fearful doctrine was adopted by our AComthon Council, and according to its deci sion, the wirPef the people is nothing more than the will of the successful political party. In order that the Democratic citizens may have the benefit of the full statement of Mr. . DUFFIELD'S case, and that our readers may :know how this strange case stands, let us recapitulate a few facts : Mr. DUFFIELD was elected meraher of Common. Council in 1861, He was qualified as a Member Janu ary, 1862 ; He at that time was " twenty one years of age, and had been an inhabi tant of this State three years pre c edi ng his Jiy -the fourth section of ithe consolidation act "the members of the Common Council Shall i kave the same. quali-: fications as are reqUireiT.hy the Constitution of 11115 Commonwealth for, members.of the Honse of ,RepreSentatiVes,':' Theae are 'the - qualifications of a member of Council; and a preVision determining qualification at the: time of election does not require that that qualification . shall continue through the whole official term, execilt - there be ex- press words in the statute. A member of Congress must reside in the district he re presents when elected, but if lie removes into another district after he is elected, he does not cease to be a member. In the ease of the State,Senate there is a special provision making nettnbership'depend on continued residence in the district. The reasont of this is Manifest. If a member of the Hmise, who is elected for one year, should remove froth the district after his election; and hig Seat become vacant from that reason, his con stituency 'would be unrepresented. The same reasens apply to Common Council. If he should become disqualified for any subse quent reasons, his ward would be unrepre sented, so far as lie is concerned,, and the policy of our courts has 'always been that w the people elect a person to an office, : who is- eligible at the time of his election, that the :otlibe sit ill not become - vacant for arty subsequent reasen, except that,thore is - an expreSS provision. The same principle has applied in the cases of urn school direc tors in this city.B3 the act- of 1854 they are reqUired to reside in thewarcls"-for which they were chosen: It happened that in many instances school directors Would change 'their residences, and in -1850 a sec-- 7 tional School 'Board declared the seat of a school director Who had thus - removed; va cant, and , the Com Mon Pleas decided that,:aS he -was eligible at the tithe of election, his removal did not create ft vacancy, and-for- this reason au-act of the - Legislature WaS passed,: approVed May 20, 1857, P. L. 617, " that removal from the :ward shall cause a: va ertneyin said Beard, which shall ,be filled by the Board in which such vacancy oc curs." Because of these principles, which have; been conSidered settled, Mr. CLEARY, a member of COuncil from the Nineteenth watxl . in 1855, who was a master : pluniber at the nnVy yard under the Ad thildstration of Mr, PIERCE, Was hold: Om peteut as a meMber of Council tut. Mc-' MAtoN, whO was "a member of the Legisha- . hue in 1862, was held a proper member: Of Select _Council; and .".61r. Q:iTHERWOOD, member of . Select Qouneil of the TwelF. ty-third ward, - who had TerrlOVed to - the Twenty 7 second, was held entitled to that , 'seat; and Mr. GUYLER, in joint cone entien; in 1860, decided that DANIEL G,.`rtromAs., Who bad been eleeted it mernber .of Comthon Council of the Ninth ward, and who after - W*l '•W . 3 elected to the State Legislature, was entitled to a vote for heads of, deparL 'Dents. Btit it is said, in the first place; that the provisions of the :act of 1888 forbid the con thriainee: of . .51r. DUETIELD as a Member Of Council. That act was passed for members of Councils who were elected for a different term, who had: different powers; and whose jurisdiction Was over ft different territory. The present CouncilS .are elected finder a law Which establishes a complete qualifici tiou for.: its members, and determines j the length of their terms:and:their powers. To hold that the net of "ii is to be construed by . the prioract of 1888, : and that the qualifica tions in one act are to he piled to the qualifi cations of the later act, without any express enactment to that effect; is to violate settled . rules in the construction:of public statutes:, It is further said, that the 19th section of ar ticle Ist of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which provides " that no person holding any office tinder the United. States shall be a member of the House of Representatives," excludes Mr. It so - happens that the. Constitution of the United States defines what an: officer of the United States really In section 2d of article 2d of the Constitu tion of the United - States, it is provided that an officer-of the United States is such a per son. S is appointed :by the President, by and with the advice of the Senate. Mr. DILF*IEEM is a labbrer at the :Arsenal,: is appointed by the ~M ilitayy Stere keeper ; he is not appointed by the Pre's'', .;_9P?:ti..) 10 .1:—F91.- I kl.ll,4 l (arCtil l taitffa - brttirOor laiv of the United States. J=le is merely the aid or a commissioned officer, assisting in an 'unusual press of busirieSs.: is further said that 'because Councils haVe :thepoiver . to determine the oaliftcations of their:o'mi inembers.they have 'the right to declare' this seat Vacant. It will be .perceived they have no,:,poWer to itet granted them by any liiv except in the case of impeachment; or of -a contested election There is : no power in any of the laws, from 1789 down, to expel a member, except for disorderly aonduct. The 'power of the House of Representatives to do ,so is founded upon an express clause of the Constitution, which reqUires the con- cunenee of two-thirds to expel a Menfber; . and: that: not twice - for the same offence. Under the: Constitutkin of 1709 there was a like power, and it was for that reason in serted. The case :of WILKEs, which hap pened in the English Parliainent, - and Who. was expelled twice for the sane Offence, IS . the : foundation of the clause:existing in the present Constitution of our 'State. If the poWer to cletcnnine the qualifications of their own members is one Which gives the ma jority a right to expel, withont notice and without a hearing, the act on Thursday last will be a precedent for misrule and Usurpa tion. . Gene,ral Butler. What has General BUTLER dene to excite the animosity of: the Southern newspapers: and the journals in England, France, and the Northern States in the interest of the South? We see this commander abused. everywhere. He is constantly appearing in ML. SEWARD!S diplomatic: correspondence he is the American Haynati of the London Timm—the beaSt of the Richmond Enquirer -the despot of theNewYork World. Men of 'doubtful loyalty constantly assail him in : the most malignant terms, and Men whose: loyaltyis not doubtful hesitate to say a word in his faVor. It seems impOsSible for the treasonable:journals:to keep their temper when they speak - of!him: They assail him without reservation, and More. p'nticulsily since the report of Hon; REVERDY JOHNSON hag been presented to the Secretary of State. Why this Wise and judicious Statesman, should be summoned into the' contest - as :an enmity of General BUTLER we do not see. He has merely decided that in his dealings of.th e_ foreign. nnusints.tt e.Gen eraL misapPreliended certain principles of inter national laW. This ,decNion General: BUT: LER accepts, and the:Secretary of State ap pro - Ves. Here the matter would be naturally suppOaed to end. But the enemies of the country receive the Cale, and now we hear the whole pack furiously at"his heels. ' What has General BUTLER done ? His' outntel with the consuls was a Mistake. , Jfis order inrelation to the women of New Orleans was a Misapprehension. "Lan swered," says M.K. SEWARD, in his reply to Mr. STUART, " that he:must ask his Go vernment, in reading that proclamation, to adopt a rule of construction which the Bri tish nation had elevated to the dignity of a principle,.. iiiicl made it the motto of their . national arins-- 7 ( ypense.'" The other charges must be permitted to answer theniselves. General BUTLER, is said to be a tyrant, WhOni :has he op presSed ? Is it such men as PIERRE SMILE? PIERRE Sour.v. WaS atraitor. gave allegiance to the Confederate Govern . meat. lie was the leading spirit in a rebel organization, and he was arrested for ay-ow ing his sympathy with the rebel cause. Are We to blame him for. executing Mu3rFoito - ThenTwe censure the only general wird has aven , i'ed Withdeath a oleliberate insult to his flag. Are we to denethice Minas initinnan for : imprisoning Mrs. .Pitrmara ? Tleen We mama to insult and wrong towards our gal lant: dead, and manifest -no: resentment - wards those wino Villify them. - We calf him a thief-,-yet whom ]ms he . robbed : ? What loyal man has lie deprived of 'a penny what disloyal man can say that lie.hasise . questrated property with a selfish motive ? We puss over. these combined assaults upon General BUTLER = and We.find specified charge—no allegation that bears a trace Of truth—nothing but angry declamation: Without making any general defence, of General BuTLEnH-for we'do not-think itsic- cessary-we will say this in"lda behalf. Of' all the generals in Our array, he is - :,the one. 11195 t detested by,the rebels.: They.hate hint with all the bitterness of the Southern cha racter. It is an endless, fierce, unreasoning te—without motive, purpose, or explain. tion. He is not even a Northern man to them, but the embodiment of all that is filse, and vulgar, and sordid in the Yankee character. He is, we repent, the only com mander who made the dishonor of our flag a fatal crime. He is the statesman of this war, for he was the first general to see the overweening importance of slavery as an element of strife, and when he pronounced property in man contraband of War, he libera ted thousands of men. And in his intercemrse . with the rebels of.the South, he has been; so firm Unyielding, and relentless that treason in New Orleans is a little more than a dark memory of the past. General BETTLEIL may not be is great military commander—he may: not be a gentleman." after the fashion of the South 7 —he may not be a believer in th& . new policy of conciliation multompromise ;; but. from . the beginning until this time, through evil report and good report, he . ihns : served the Union with the fidelitY of the patriot and the rigor of the se Bier. Audi: the best evidence of his value to our cause is the wild hatred: which the enemies of that,cause beStow upon him. Ilittred such as this is the best compliment the true patriot can : receive from those who are destroyMg mir pence, Murdering mu - friends, and. 'endeavoring to ruin- ein• 'beloved cOuntry. 'rite Golden Rule, We are now illustrating one, of the most' blessed preeePts in Our sacred faith in, our dealings with the English nation. . That conntry has no friendship to claim from:us for when this rebellion is chronicled, it will be said that in. the hour of our calamity she Mocked Os, and when fire :WMT deep in disL tress she laughed at our woes. When our :children read the story of these dreadful years, they~~ ill see : that. England was the: enemy of the Republiothat when the re bellion Was dying frOilllinanition,, she called: it a belligerent, and gave it life—that when the ports of the world Were sealed' against its cruisers, she welcomed them to her: docks; and permitted the rebel - flag to float under the cross of St, George. They Will see with mortification .that the press of England waS bitterly against us —that her public men :conspired to cause ow overthrew, :and that English capital and English labor sent pirate's into the ocean to plunder and burn our conunerce. They .will see that this great: kingdom, with the Power to.close the :rebellion in her keeping, used that power to our injury, and that, much of the money that lids been spent, and many of the lives that lia:ye been lost, can be attributed to her perfidy and injustice. They will see More than _this: They Will' read that when their fathers had received every , proyocation that proud Mat: could: bear, they held the hand of vengeance and extended the hand of - charity, When Eng.: laud's millions Were. famishing for :bread, 'America sent them, bread. Nor was it a stinted and :reluctant offering. The meet. ings in. New York,: the meetings ni Phila delphia, the meetings everywhere, in aid of. the 'Lancashire distresses, show holy sincere . and generous we are. Money, and grain, and :clothing, are being contributed: in the Most magnificent manner. All classes seem to rival eaoh Other in the prodigality of their offeringS. We look :uPon these starving men of Lancashire asOtir bretherS. We feel,, perhaps, that our War has done hutch to bring Calarnity upon theM, but we, see that the perfidy 'of their rulers, and the avarice of their capitalists, are doing more. In any eVerit,these exhibitions of kindueas are noble : things. to do. They show that, with our just cause for resentment, we still remember we aro men-=that in Our exhaust- Mg war we have the lneans not only to maintain - one of the greatest armies that ever were raised on the earth,bitt that out of all our burdens:and our neeessities we have enough,...-: and to - sPare, for the suffering people of another,continent. - -dt shows the sincerity , others.:W "w as e' ould .that lOthers "would` do .• Unto us. . , . The Letter of Mr. Meigs. - :Ve reprint tills merning aletter from Mr. B.- J. , MEi:I6S, of TenneSsee, on the :Piesl-1: dent's Enuitteipation Proclamation, which , posseSses great.,importance and will be read', with great interest. Mr. MEras is one of the brave Union men of the Sonth: Born in 'Kentucky, lie removed- early in life to Ten 7 nessee, where he studied law, and settled finally in :Nashville. He held no political office,: but Was one of the law-reporters, and State librarian. He opposed, from the be ginning, the rebellion-movement, bkieving and trusting that it must gO down beTore the Federal ipower, and believing, alsO, that, should it unhappily succeed, it must end in: the overthrow of free Government, and the 'establishment of a military despotism: : When his State seceded, he left, as he had said int the very beginning of theJnove, inent lie should do, in that event, detert mined, as he also declared, to live iutH der no flag but the stars and stripes. His . opinion on the prOclamation is important for many reasons; amongst others, the folloW ing: is He is a cultivated and able lawyer ; he upright and beneVolentin character; lie is over sixty years of agei and never lived out of Et slaire State, until after Ten nessee was carried -. nut of .the. Union, what he, believed to be a minority alter people.: He'.understatidS,' as few Nortlierii' Men can, Slavery; its nature, lendenbies;.: and probable,cfleCts; upon Morals,. customs;- economics; and upon both the gOrerning goVerned elasses. We }lave; therefore:, in this letter, the con.. victio»s:Of a well-spent life; of a:sound and , beneyolent hart, of a I,oyal, upright, and patriotic citizen, Who, in obedience to ,his convictions, left..his home and State, r4her than sanction the movements of ti body of leaders, whose plans, aspirations, - and inter= dons, lie utterly condemned as Opposed to the laWs both of God and man.. • THE:ASSOCIATED PRESS : sends us a ,de- Spatcliifroth Chicago, detailing the :wonder- fuVexperiences..of one J. WESLEY GREENE, Who tells a - .LNlrtnehause - n story of interviews with Mr.. LINCOLN and JEFFERSON is al)earer of despatches from the rebel Pre sident; asking compromise and peace. 'A. SecOnd Tlespateh • tells US tat Mr. GREVtit is an:iniPostor, and his story a falsehood. Of course it is—and we are surprised that sen sible menShoUld go to the trouble and ex pense of telegraphing it over the country. When Perim come Sit will come from other sources than J. WtSr.,r.v GnEED7.: 7 -and if DAVISMr. is anxious to haVe peace, a flag of truce will be passed through our lines, and a prayer for mercy Will be carefully con sidered. ACADEMY OF Music.—On Friday the great • , . play of "East Lynne, or the Elopement," I whiCh has everywhere, whenever performed,' created such an unusual senentio», will be performed at the above fashionable resort, with Miss Lueihe West ern, Kate Benin, Charlotte craninton, Charles Barron, Ben Rogers, L. l Barrett, and others, of Grover's excelsior combination. A conimend able action of the manager is in "making the prices to suit the ,mostwealthy or most stinted imineaus-,.. ' the private boxes six dollars; parquette fifty cents, and family circle twenty 7 five cents. This will be, in -deed, a gala occasion. JouN B. Gou6d.--It is hardly necessary to re mind such of our readers as were present at Mr. Gough's last lectdre in the Academy, that to-night his theme is, "Here and there in Britain." He ice lured on the same subject last year, and we Well 're member his matchless descriptions of Bitish scenery and character. The "account he gave of his . Visit to Chatsworth, the seat of the Ddlie of Devonshire, is impressed upon us as one of the finest specimens of descriptive eloquence to which we have ever its tenet]. We hope, seeing the proceeds are for benevo lent purposes, that the house will he again crowded. VINESTJALLY, LAIVIN SALA: .01 , DRY GooD.R, &0., &c.—The early attention of •purchasers is requested to the choice and Seasonable assortment of British, German, French, and American dry goods, =bra:. tint about 1,0133 packages and lots of staple and fancy articles in woollens, worsteds, linens, attics, and cottons, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this morning at 10 o'clock, and to be continued (without intermis sion) all day and large part of the evening, by John B. Myers Sc. Co, auctioneers, us. 232 and 231 Mar ket street. . • AUCTEON NOTICI—LAIOE SALK' OF BOOTS A 11.71 ), SHOES.—The early attention of the trade N called to thelarge and desirable assortment of boats, Bilges, brogans, balmorals, and cavalry boots, to he sold by catalogue this morning, commencing at 10 o'cloak precisely, by . Philip Ford &Co., auctioneers, at Male store, No. 525 Marlcot and 522 Commerce atreeta, THE PRESS.-PMLADELPIII HEBEL'ADVANCE tN TENNES FEDERAL PICKETS DRIVEN Gcn. Nogley r rn:ltes the 171 Gen. Aril then iu Commtmd eat Nashvi NO TRAIN FROM GALLATIN 13 A. 'l' 'Jr I-4 :JO i21.1C AZ I 1 11 6 - 11 211 FORREST AT. CLARKSVIEJ.E [Special Despatch to The Press.] NASRT3LT,E, Dec.' to P !Court Honse, or by the water route; and was, -in iinien, consistent with the safety of the The rebels, under Gene Joe 1%;,,•0te-1.1. Cheatham, Forrest, and Morgan, have ad va 44,111 What forceseculd the enemytit that time have and appeared_ fa our front in great force this t lisisased of for the threatening:of Washington, and ing, driving in our pickets. At 4very point. A b by what route, and at *what time could they have is momentarily expected . near Hartsville. n made? forcements are being hurried fut;vard, and e . Gen. Ittc Oiellhn stated he was perfectly wil 13answer thieqnsstion, if the court desired, but point will be strengthened. The. reheat rebel eg to would ask if it was not somewhat irrelevant, and tory at Hartsville has greatly emboldened the re ssuming too much latitude? In view of this Gen. Ncgley takes the field Additional Staff Officers. Inorrowin person. General IlsitcrznElll,lX, by generat orders, has • Gen. Mitchell will Cominand the post of Nashv amed the followingf officers as additional to his tuft and is rapidly organizing the new troops under Lieut. Col. Solon. A.. Lathrop, assiStant inspector orders of Gon. Posecrans to form a reserve fore eneral. Lieut. Col. chief quartermaster. move at any moment. • Capt. Joshua Norton,. assistant quartermaster. Lt. Col. Saint. MeKeloy,cominissary Of subsistence. The citizens are much excited over the fit Major Leavitt Hunt , mid-de-camp. rumors that are being circulated on the streets, Captain Granville Ilijohnson, aid-de-camp. the greatest confidence is expressed imour gene Captain Henry .. Norton., aid-lie-carp. Captain L. C. Sturges,. nommen er of ambulance and troops, ns it is now generally understood t ores. the troops who surrendered at Hartsville were Lieutenant E. P. Deacon, volunteer aid. Abolition of a Military District. featly new and became panic-stricken when t • In consequence of General HEINTZ 14 r,:w.vrs recent found themselves surrounded by the rebel cave order reciting that in.obsdience to instructions from No train came through frourGallatin and Bowl ,order commander-in•chief f the District of the Defences Green to-night, and it is feared that the• rebels h. of Washington South oC the Pcitomao would be dis possession of some part of time road. cOntinnedahat portiomoC - rebel territory is merged Forrest has reached Clarksville, and hold..t into General Ilni.vrzEr.matOii command. place with a considerable. force. Appointment. Should a battle occur, I will apprise you.proni and send details by telegraph. B, 0. • ARMY .OF THE. TENNESSEE. PEMBERTON RETREATING. EA Canlpaigl4 Piobabl# Mudd Release of State Prisoners. Yesterday afternoon and to-day six additiona' prisoners of State have, after due examination into their cases, been released from the Old Capitol . . • [Special Despatch, to. The Press.l - ' p rison ' Capture . of Another Prize Vessel. CArno, Dec M—Reports from Gen Grant's a indicate that our forces 'are brought to a stand the muddiness of the roads about ten miles bet 0 The Navy Department has information that the U. S. steamer Montgomery, on the 20th 'ult., r ea Grenada. :- tured the rebel sloop - Westchester, with a cargo of It is evident from the tenor, of governme n cotton , despatches that General Pemberton, b while attempting to evade the blockade. of being w i l d Mobile. unable Jo cope with Grant in battle, has marehedi The New State of West Virginia Admitted retreat towards Alabama, with a i of forming into the Union. junction with the rebel forces in Ten Ti m". The House to-day passed the Senate bill for. the General Grant cannot now follow him in that c admission of the State of West Virginia into the forced.re o. In this ease, nosecrans should be ici Union, by a rote of 96 yeas against 55 nays. Gen. Rorey's movement upon Gr d Decision of the Commissioner of Internal ena a w, splendidly executed, unfortunatelyl but • the enem Bevenite. sple The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made had retreated to the northeast, and Hovey could nd the following decision,defining the place of mann ed off his retreat. Itiiitithord here that the Mil 1 facture sissippi is almost clear of rebelsin force,andtha Vicksburg can be easily taken. ' - wares, or merchandise may have been made by per Whenever, previous to Sept Ist, 1862, goods, , The rebels are acting as if, uncertain of any. sue eess, they would leave the SonthWest to it inevital sons who were not the owners of the materials, the big. fate, and consolidate their forces for future o )e premises , where such goods, wares or merchandise - rations in the Gulf, or Cotton States; - 1 were made shall be regarded as the place of mann- The campaign so brilliantly begun bYGen. Grant fa has failed of giving great results at present. If 'The eture. following decision has been made in relation Bosecians is successful, however, all will be well. Porter and MeOlernand are awaiting develop. teproducers !t , rhere producers are enumerated and taxed in the meats, or orders, it is hard to divine which. 13 :f. , 7411 section of the excise law,•they are not required to la ke license as dealers for the sale of such pro s upon the premises where they are produced. ' . Naval Orders. thief Engineer I. W. Tumersox has been de taied from the Monongahela, and ordered to the st mlt , sloop-of-war Shenandoah. - ,Thief Engineer GEORGE F. 10EETS has been de laphed from the.Paynee, and ordered,to the steam. slOop7of-war Monongahela. ]first Assistant Engineer WIT. ROBERTS has been detached from the Shenandoah, and ordered to the Pawnee. i •, - , Second Assistant Engineer B. C. If—Am - TON has been ordered to thelllonongahela. • - Captain S. T. HAz_ann has been ordered to take passage in the Circassian for duty in the West Gulf SqUadron. . . . Lieut. Wrd. P. BUCKNER, has been ordered to ord- Tummy duty at the New York navy yard. THE DESIGN OF THE REBELS HOVEY'S MOVEMENT ON GRENA WA.SIIINGTON. • Special Despatches to $6 The .Press.” WASHI2POTON, December 10, 1862 The McDowell Court of' luquir7. . . . The court met at 11 o'clock this morning. • The examination of General alcOlellan was rot Burned. • ~ I The following - questions were put by. General 141. Dowell and answered by Gen. 21IeClellan: • • Q. What commission from the President, through Gen. Franklin or otherwise, did you receive as to the separation of Gen. McDowell's corps from your *limy 1 Please state fully what you know concern- 1 ing that separation, so far as it relates to Gen.'Mc.) Dowell, and what communication, if any, you made to the President concerning him in that action ? A. The of the communication through General Franklin from the President was, that the President assumed the responsibility of the change of destination of General McDowell's corps, as ne cessary for the defen e . .. a • . . . • double the garrison. fixed by the engineer and lery officers, end considerably , mpre tart the largest Wirig - cOrps command ers to be left in the. vicinity of Washington; tdo not, at present, recall any ; communication made to the President in regard to the separation of General McDowell's corps. It would be necessary for me to consult my papers before I could answer the ques tion definitely. Q. Do you recollect having received any telegram from Gen. Franklin prior to his joining you on the Peninsula, concerning Gen. McDowell and in con nection with the-separation of itecorps of the lat ter from your armyl - Yes. I remember. merely- the general tenor of the despatch; which- was that Gen. Franklin's opinion, from his knowledge of the case, G-en. Mc. Dowell had nothing to do with the separation of his corps from the Army of the Potomac. • - Q. What was Gen. Franklin's official position with respect to Gen. McDowell at the time of that despatch'? • A. He commanded a division in the corps Of 0 ;3•4; McDowell. . . Q. Please examine the copy of the New York Herald of October 31st. containing a speech of. Hon. S. B. Haskins, at Tarrytown, N. Y., and state if the following remarks, attributed to you, - to wit: "I have been unfortunate in not taking Richmond in consequence of my plan not being carried out, b 4 cause. General McDowell did not reinforce me, as he could have done, and as it spas agre?d upon he should haVe done," are true in their letter and spirit so far As relates to General McDowell; and, - if not true in this, wherein are they tiotsol, A.. (smilingly). The incidenerelated in the speech is entirely new to me. I never received any de spatch informing me -that' Gen. Halleck was made Commander-in-(thief, and am very sure that I never ' made the remark attributed to Erie, in connection, as stated. I have no doubt said, for it has ever been my opinion, that the Army of Ike Potomac would have taken Richmond had not the corps of Gen. McDowell been sepa ruled from*. It is also my opinion, had the command of Gen. McDowell joined the Army of the Potomac in the north. of May, by way of Hanover Court Ilousc'Aom ' Fredericksburg, that we would have had Richmond within 'a week after the junction. Ido not hold Gen. McDowell responsible, in my own mind, for the failure to join me on either occasion. . 4. Did or did not Gem Fianklin, upon his joining you on the Peninsula, give you a verbal Message from Gen. McDowell that he Would endeavor to Make a demonstration or diversion' in your .. .favor by joining you at Fredericksburg? , . A. I think he did. Q. After the. change of base to Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, and on the Peninsula; was it any:part of your plan that any of your forces'shmild go to Fre dericksburg? Gen. McClellan. You mean the original part of the campaign, I presume? . • Gen. McDowell. Yes, sir. Gen. McClellan:—No, it was not: All the active troops were to move in the general direction of the Peninsula. • CI en. McDowell here asked and obtained leave f 0 present several documents bearing on tbe can' which were read. • Q. Did you frequently and daily see . Geneial McDowell when he was in Pairfax'Court HOuse in March last,And if so, did you see him on the day when the troops were ordered back to Alexandria. If so, state what was his eondition at that time or any time during his stay at Fairfax Court .ILogre when the army was there in March last, whetTer he was or was not under the influence of liquor. State also how long you have known General McDowell, and what has been his reputation among those who know him as an abstainer from all in toxicating drink. A. I saw Gen. McDowell. several times every day in March lad; at Fairfax. Conrt House; and also on the day the troops were ordered hack to. Alex andria; he 'was in his usual condition,.entitelY free from any effect of intoxicating liquor; I have known General McDowell for twenty years ; I have known him as one who abstsined entirely from anything in the shape nf vine or apiritous liquors—l think even from tea or coffee; [laughter-.;) I know that has been his reputation among all who have kno)vh. him, and I could imagine nothing more absurd than) the charge of his being, in any way, under the influi ence of liquor.. : • General McDowell here stated that.he had no more questions to ask the witness at present. • The following questions were then propounded by l • • 1 the court: Q. State whether General Mepowell was undo your command at the time of your movement from the Potomac and the l'eninsulat A. He 31'10 Q. What orders were given by you to Qen. Mc- Dowell having reference to the movement on the Peninsnla, and how did these plans affect the gel:Ce rn' plan of movement for the Army of the Potomac! A. The orders were for Gen. Mcliowell to em bark has corps upon the transports engaged in car rying troops, and having his whole command em barked, to report to me for further orders at Fort ress . .Menroe, or wherever I might happen to be.; the intention being to move that corps as a unit by the 'York or Severn river, according to .circum stances ; that movement being an essential part or the eampaign. Ct. Were these orders ever chat - aged by you, or others higher:in Nut hority,. if so, how A. They were not changed by me, bik by the Presi dent of the United States. When in front of York,. town, with a considerable portion of the army under tire, I rectiVed the first intimation of any intention' to chiinge the destination of General McDowell's eoips. That intimation was a telegraphic despatch from the 'War Department, informing me that Gen. AlcDoweiPs corps had been withdrawn from the. Army of the Potomac. Q. Did you, after the investment of Yorktown, send any orders to General McDowell, or did you - . request anfordeis to be sent to General McDowell ; if so, what were the tenor of such orders; and what was the reply of General McDowell? A. I hoped for the co-operation of General 11116. lIURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1862. 1 • „ IDOWeirs corps or General IVlcDOWeills army, al 'though -hat exttectation was not the only reason for occupying Hanover Court-)douse. The expectation land hope of cg-operation wits based on information II had received at various times from •Washington. The reason why this co-operation was desi.ted was to increase our nvallalAe strength sufficient to' in- - sure the capture of Richmond, ana in my opinion• the junction of General McDowell and General. Porter would have enabled us to have accomplish:mil the object of the campaign—that is, the capture of. Iticlnond. That question, however, I have already answered in my other testimony. Q,. Was such co-operation practicable, and by. what 'route . ; and was it consistent, in your opinion, 4ith the safety of the Capitoll A. The co-operation was practicable, either by the direct land route from Fredericksburg to Hanover J. W. )bin, Esq., a• correspondent of Western newspapers, in this city, has been appointed clerk of the House Committee of Military Affairs. • General' Abercrombie. BrigadierGeneral:S.j. Anuitenomnin has trans ferred his headquarters to Arlington House. Secretary Seward. MContrary to all reports of sickness and indisposi tion, Secretary SENve.urr is well, and at a late hour last evening was hard at work at publid business. ARMY OF THE FRONTIER. The Late Brilliant Victory in Aficitusas— Despatch of Gcn. Curtis—Gallantry of the Generals and Soldiers of the Fax West— ' An Open Field and a Pair Fight—A Rebel jiii - E7 - 4--rrerrible H avoc . Created by our Artillery. . WA:pining:oNi Dec, 10.,Tite, following official de spatch has been received at headquarters : Sr. Louis, December 9. Major General Hallech, General-in-Chief: My forces of the army of the.frontier united near Fayetteville, in the midst of a hard-fought battle. General Blunt had sustained his position at Carte Hill till - Saturgf.iy night, when the enemy, 25,000 strong, .under Gen. .Hindman, attempted a flank mpvement on his left, to prevent the arrival of Gen. -Herron's . forces, which- had been . approaching for four days by forced marches. On Sunday, at about 10 o'clock A. 111:, the enemy attacked General Herron near Fayetteville, who, by gallant and desperate fighting, held him in check for:three hours, until . General Blunt's division came up and attacked himin the rear. • The fight continued desperate until dark. Our troops bivouacked on the battle-field, while the enemy retreated across the Boston. Mountain. The loss QA both heavy, but much the greatest on the side of the enemy, our Artillery creating terrible slaughter in their greaternumberi. The enemy had great adti•antage in their pdsition. Among the enemy's killed were Colonel Stein, formerly Brigadier General of the Missouri State Guards. Both Generals Blunt and Herron deserve special commendatiOn for their gallantry in the battle of Fayetteville, Arkansas. S. R. CURTIS, Major General Commanding. ARMY OF TILE CUMBERLAND. The Recent Disgraceful Affair at Itartsville —Some Additional Det ails Rebels Ad vaneing to Give Battle—New Line of Ope rations Adopted—The Courts of Inquiry, 43.:•c- i - . NASIIVILLI7 3 Dec. B.—We have no further particu lars of the disgraceful affair at Hartsville. From. all I can gather, it appears that the new infantry regiments fought but little after relieving the 2d . Indiana Cavalry, except the Illinois regiment, which is said to have lost eighty killed. 1 'When the infantry came up the cavalry was being 4 forced - back, at which the former were seized with i panic and fled to camp again, where they were stir , rounded and taken. Theloss. is said to be about forty killed and wounded, the rebels retiring as re.• • inforcements arrived. It is rumored that General Polkas rebel corps of General Bragg's army has advanced up the Lebanon like to Beard's mills, twelve miles south of Le_ }anon, while Kirby Smith's corps is reported at Kurfreesboro'. .These movements change the entire ' iituation. lEastern money was refused in this city to-day at ' vent - I -five per cent. diScount. iThe Buell Court of Inquiry, in secret session, took e testimony of Gen. McCook. JThe Court of Inquiry on General Crittenden, re garding the surrender of Artirfreesboroi, adjourned tii-day. I ler TEE SUR - BENDER AT lIAIITSVILLB. . •i toznstriii:2, Dec. 10.—No passenger trains left I e for Nashville this morning. . - The Journal says that, in the late Hartsville affair y3O of the United States forces were captured; and 1 90 t at the number of paroled troops at Hartsville was *Y), CoL Stewartivas among the prisoners: • 4 DEPARTMENT OF _VIRGINIA. J'irriviti of Prisoners—Gen. Banks' .Eiiiedi ition—Flre at Norfolk—Den. Dlx goes to Drlatteester Irou'rxxsa IlloNitim i Ya., December 9, 1862.--Ar r4ed this morning from Baltimore, on the mail boat lelaide, sixty rebel •prisoners of tvar, who were trstisferred to the steamboat New York, and left to d4, noon for City Point, in charge of Capt. John E Milford, VI N. Y. Regiment. ... 11:hrp steamers from New York put into Fortress Monroe, to-day, for ;navigators (pilots for the Red Sea, probably). They belonged to General Banks' fleet. • • • i The old Virginia and North Carolina Hotel, situated on Thomas street, Norfolk,. was burned last night. Major General Dia'and.statfileft here this morn ing for Gloucester, to review the troops at that place. . The British frigateAdriondie came up tlieliamp ton Itqads last nightA This morning she fired a salute, which was replied to by the water battery of the fortress. She made her departure to-day, at noon, after ob taining cadet papers which were awaiting her as here: . " Stonewall"' Jackson not a Poet. We have been shown a copy of the Richmond I:swim, of December 6, which contains the folloW ing characteristic letter front General Jackson to Dirs. Eppes, now residing at the Rockbridge Alum Springs, in Rockbridge county, Va. : " :sIY WIFE AND Z!IIILD." [From the Richmond Enquirer, Dec. 6.3 We published, soine . time ago, a beautiful poem, entitled " .11.Iy Wife and Child," giving credit to Dtajor General T..T. JaekSon as the author. We are almost sorry that the following letter proves us to have been in error in the matter : CioDoNsv o ir,Li; PIKE ; Nov. 27, 1862 DxAn NADAM:•In answer to your letter of the nth, which has just been received, I am happy to inform you that I am not the author of the beau tiful lines entitled " My Wife and Child," of which you inclose a printed copy., The poem was written by the lion. john R. Jackson, of Alabama, wire was a field officer in one of the Southern regiments during the Mexican war, and one of the noblest sons of the South: Dining a great Ivor generals often get credit for ninny acts which they do not perform, and this is not the first time that-I have been Inad vertently complimented by the press. I have never written anything for publication—would always read rather than wdkr. I am a plain, practical sol dier, with an ionbitin only to demonstrate the great problems of the art of war and serve my country. I am, madam, your humble servant, T. J. JACKSON, Major General 0. S. P. A. Mrs. R. W. Berks, ROAN - tar MUM. XXXVIIth CONGRESB.-Third Session fiSlilliGTON. December 10, 1802. . • SENATE. Arsenal in New 'York. Mr. WILSON (Rep,V, , of Massachusetts, foam the Committee on Military Affairs, reputed a bilt to establish an arsenal and ordnance depot on the tide water of New York harDsr:. The Sioux Indians. Mi. RICE (Rep.),*of °Mired a joint resointion forfeiting the lands - and annuities of the Sioux Indians, and providing= for their removal far away from the white settlements. Referred. Also, a resolution directing the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for feiting the pay and cmolumeats of °Maw' of the army dining the time they were - absent, exceyt when upon•siek leave. Adopted. Conduct of the Wnr. Mr. HOWARD (Rep.), of Michigan, offered a con orcarent resolution instructing thcaoint Committee on the Conduct of the War to nuticePa report convenient speed. Adopted. Discharge of Soldiers. Mr.:WRIGHT (Union), of Indiana, offered a reso lution instructing the Military Committee to in quire into the' expediency of providing by law for the adoption . of some system more efficient and practical. than the one now in use for the identification and' dischargeqlf soldiers. Adopted. The Jules et Miurie On motion of Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massa chusetts, the WIT for the relief of the owners of the French ship , :PAR'S et Marie was taken up and passed. Increase of Bonds. On motion.of Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), of Rhode Island,' the resat:di.= increasing the bonds 'of the Superintendent• of the Public Pfinting was taken up and passed. . _ . Discharge of State Prisoners. On motion of( Dir. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illi nois, the House•bill providing for the discßarge of State prisoners asst authorizing the judges of the United States courts to take bail and recognizances to secure their trial, was talcen up, ordered to be printed, and postponed till to-morrow. Rules of the Senate. Mr. SHERMAN. (Rep.), of Ohio, gave notice that he should introduce an amendment to the rules of. the Senate so as to , provide for a committee of agri culture. Emancipation in Alisacatri. Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Missouri, gave •no flee that he should introduce a bill to aid the State of Missouri in effecting the emancipation of slaves in that State. Arrest of Delawareans. The resolution concerning the' arrests of certain citizens of Delaware was postponed till to-morrow. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Number. of Army Officers. ~, Mr. HOLIYIAN (Dam.), of Indiana, subraittedthe• following resolutiony which was adopted : Resolved, That the .ecretary of War be directed Ito inform the House, First. How many commissioned officers of the army are now absent from their respective com mands, specifying the number of. each grade, and whether absent on. leave, without leave, or by. de tail. 'Second. The number of major generals and briga dier generals who are not assigned to :iffy actual command, the name of each, the length of time since engaged in actual service, and the name of the mem bers of the staff of each of such generals, theirgratie, and how long unemployed, in actual service, and specifying only such generals and the members off their respective staffs •as are receiving their pay and allowance from Government. Third. The number of aid-de-camps which may be dispensed with without impairing the public service. quartermasters and COMM las:tries. On motion of Mr_ GURLEY (Rep.), of Ohio, the Committee on.lffilitary Affairs was instructed to in quire into the propriety of amending the law, that quartermasters. and commissaries may be selected from the volunteer corps or from civil life. Excise Law. Mr. FENTON (Rep.), of New York, presented a resolution, which was passed, that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to brlng•in a bill' so amending the 11th section, of the excise- and tax law as to confer upon assistant assessors. the same authority that is possessed by the principal assess ors. Also, to inquire into the expediency of ex empting the maker or makers of boards, shingles, staves,. and ether rough lumber from his.or their own lands or, tiMber, as wholesale dealers to the amount of -:--;.dollarS. The Admission of West Virginia. The House resumed the consideration of the Senate bill for the admission of the State of West Virginia into the Union. Dlr. NOEL (Derr.), of Missouri, briefly stated the reasons why, after a careful investigation, he had come to the conclusion to vote for the bill. As a re presentative of a slave State, he would save the life of the Union, whether unconstitutional or not. Mr.'SEGAR (U.), of Virginia, without entering into a discussion of the unconstitutionality of the measure which had already been exposed, said that the fundamental principle that all governments de rive their just powers from the consent of the peo ple, had been ignored in I his case. The consent of Northwestern Virginia even had not been given to the proposed new State organization, and he pro ceeded to show that this was the case. Congress had no right to interfere with the domestic concerns of a State, which, in effect, they proposed to do as to Northwestern Virginia. In the name of the ' loyal people of the eastern portion of that State he protested against the injustice now sought to be inflicted. What would become of the loyal people outside of the proposed limits of the new State? They would all be turned over to the traitor Governor of a traitor State. He wanted the Wheeling .Government to remain as it is, to serve as a nucleus round which all the counties might rally. He believed that the entire State would gradually returnto the fold of the Union. Then, he added, let this bitter cup, now presented, pass from me and my constituents. Mr. SHEFFIELD (Rep.), of Rhode Island, briefly • expressed his views. Ile believed that the Govern inent of the United States wisely recognized the le gality of the Wheeling Government; and, in-his opinion, the constitutional question having been set tled, it•waa expedient s just, and proper td the loyal people of Western irginia to admit them as a State. Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, said it was now Ve.V7Maites7trattk l "Wittenal a ffor dll ebe:trefutatio n argument.f:slen ln replyt3%lr. sega r,ieremtiket that tlagentle gentleman .claiming baSis of twenty-five votes only, and was now. here, after a. subsequent election, betraying the people whom he should represent. It was not for him., therefore, to resist the admission of the new State on the ground of not having received the assent of the majority. In opposition to the views which had been advanced in the discussion, he remarked that the majority of the - people of a State are not the State when they play the role of traitors. If the majority of the Virginians have turned rebels, the State is with the loyal minority. The Senate hill for the admission of West Vir ginia into the Union was passed, yeas 96, nays 55, as follows : YEAS. Pratehot (IL) Frank (It. Goodwin (R) Gurley (R.) na:gilt (It.) I'Hale (R.) liarrisou Hickman (R.) Hooper (IL) Horton (IL) Hutchins (R.) Julian (It.) l~riley ‘ Keilogg(R.)3llch. Kellogg (It.) 111. • K)llinger (U.) Lansing (IL) Lanvin (D.) ' Loomis (II) !Lovejoy (It.) „. Low (U.) McKnight (R.) :llePhersou (It.) Maynard (U.) Mitchell (R.) Moorhead (R...) 'Morrill (R.) Me. (Morrill (11) Art Nixon (IL) iNoell (DJ Olin (11) Patton (R.) Phelps (it.), Cal. NAYS. Allen (D.)Ill Granger (II) Alley (R.) Crider (U.) Ancona (D.) Hall (U.) .Ashley (It.) Harding (U.) Bailey (D.) Pa Holman (DJ Blip le (D.) Johnson Aldrich (R.) Arnold (B.) Babbitt (R.) Baker (11) Baxter (R.) Beaman (It.) Bingham (R.) Blair (II.) Va.. Blair (R,). Pa. Blake (B.) )roivn (11.), Va. 811111 Mull v,..) Burnham (R.) Campbell (R.) Caaey (U.) Chamberlain (E.). Clark (R.) Clement; (U.) Colfax (R.) ConklingF.A. (R.) Cove& (it.) Cutter (R.) Davis (It.) Duel I (It.) Dunn (R.) Edgerton (R.) Edward. (R.) Eliot (R.) Ely (R.) Fenton (R.) Fessenden S C (R) Fessenden T. A. D. (Rep.) . - . Cobb (D.) Kerrigan (IL) Colliding R. (R.) Knapp (R.) Conway (R.) Law (D-) Cox-(D.)•• • Mallory (U.) Crayons (D.) Mendes (11) Crisfield (U.)_ Morris (D.) Crittenden (IL) Noble (D.) Delano (11) Norton (D.) Delnplal ne (D.) (Odell (D) Diven (R.) Pendleton (D.) Dunlap (U.) Price (U.) English (D.) Rice (R.) Mass 00orli (K) The Rouse ilia: aljoutited. Another Peace Rumor. " CMCAGCS Dec. 10.-1 'Wesley Green publishoS statement in the papers of this city, to-day, to the effect ;that 'he brought certain peace propositions from Jeff Davis to President Lincoln, and that he had several interviews with the President, and two with the Cabinet on the subject. ' • The statement is sworn to by Mr. Green. Explosion of a Locomotive. NEW YORK, Dee. 10.—A freight engine on the Hudson Railroad exploded near Poughkeepsie, this morning, killing the engineer and fireman. The concussion Wits so great as to throw the tender and two cars of a passing freight train bodily into the river. ' P , rogress of a Naval Expedition. NEw Yonx, Dec.lo.—The bark Islende, which ar rived this morning from. New Or)eans, reports that on the 6th inst. Off. Cape Hatteras, she passed an expedition of eight - Steamers, bound South. Com. Wilkes' Flag-ship• Spoken. NEW Yong, Dec. to.—Thc schooner Flying scud, from Nassau, reports having spoken, off' Abaco, on Nov. 28th, Corm Wilkes , flag-ship, cruising. The North America at Portland. PonTLvzi . u, December 10:—The steamer North America arrived at this port this mOrning. The steamer .St. Andrew, from Glasgow on VIC 21st ult., also arrived. The news by bOth steamers has been anticipated. - Departure of the Africa. BOSTON, December 10.—The steamship Africa sailed at noon• to-clay foi Liverpool, via Halifax, with $220,000 in specie. Death of.l3c—Governor Owsley. DANVILIA Ky., Dec. 10..--Ex-GoiTernor Owsley died to-day. Search after the Alabaina. NHIV YOlti:, Dee. 10.—The steamer Vanderbilt sailed today again in search of the pirate Alabama. BALTI3toItE, Dec..lo.Flour dull ; superfine $6.62 66.15. Wheat quiet; Western white $1.6501.66. Corn firm ; old white 78@79c. Oats steady. Whisky firm at 43434334. Coffee dull ; Rio 31d/32c. • Chxcps.xxri, Dec.-10.—Flour dull at $5.10P5.15. Wheat, red, q 1.06. Corn firm at 45e. New ,17ess Pork held at $12.50. Exchange on New York un changed. • MEETING OF TUE PLATE AND SHEET litoic \Voiu SOVETY.—An adjourned meeting of the Plate and Sheet-iron 'Workers' Society was,, held at half past seven o'clock last night, at the hail or the Fire Association, !southwest corner of Fifth and North streets. The nomination of officers,. to be voted for at the next meeting, was the only sub ject of interest occupying the attention of the meet ing. The assembly, however,. was quite full, and the concern manifested very general. AN . EXCHLLENT APPOINPMENT.—WC an-, . . Bounce -with pleasure the appointment, by Gov. Cdrtin, of Dr. George Huhn, of this city, as assistant sur the 151 th RegiMent P. V., commanded by Colonel Brooker. Dr. Ituhn is one of the most emi nent members of his profession in Philadelphia, and possesses, in a high degree, those qualities which will always render the surgeon popular with the Soldiers : sound judgment, expertness, and moral mut age. HEALTH OF PARIS. - A. very satisfactory rind almost unprecedented fact as regards the health, of Parikis,thnt, on the 11th of November, nOt a sle4,le death took place in the Ist, 2d, and 3d arrondisse ments, which contain a population of more than 40,000. That circumstance is doubtless owing to the works which are being daily carried on by the city for improving the sewerage, Pike (R.) Pomeroy (IL) !Porter (R.) l'otter (IL) Rice 1-11% littdd (f) Rollins (R.), N. H. Sergeant (R.) Sedgwick (R.) Shanks (R.) Sheffield (IL) Sliellnharger (IL) Sherman (IQ 'Moan (R.) Spaulding (R.) Stevens (IL) Stratton (It.) Trimble (IL) Trowbridge (R.) Van Roma (11) Van Valkeuburgh (Rep.) IVan Wyck (IL) alke Verree (r (U,)W Wall (R.) Washburn° (R.) ' Whaley • IWnite (R.) Ind. Wilson (IL) Windom (R.) Worcester (R.) Richardson (D.) Robinson (D.) 11l Rnllia+(U.) M. Segar ( . 11.) Shtel (It.) Smith (D.) Steele (D.) N.Y. Steele (D.) N. S. ThomnA(R.) ilfasx Thoinas, AId(UJ Train (R.). Vallandighain(D) Veerheeg (a) Ward (D.) White Ohio, (D.) Wickliffe (U.) Wright (U.) Yeamau (U.) Markets. JE iT R, 0 I' 70 Arrival of the Steamship Hansa—Who shall be King of Greece I—Garibaldi getting will—Admiral Mousy goes to Russia as Special Commissioner for the Rebels, &c. New 'lotus, Dec. Lo.—The steamship. Hausa, from Bremen, via Southampton, with (latex ter the 26th ult., has arrived. She brings 209 passengers, Heavy gales were enceuntereer dunng the voyage The Prince of Wales is to be married in April next. • Cotton is being extensively cultivated in Barbary. La Patric says that Russimv has• virtually intimated to England and France that she is not prepared , to recognize Prince Alfred as Mies of Greece. The London Times thinks that Prince Nicholas, i the youngest brother of the Kim; of Sweden. will be elected to the G reek throne. _ • The Paris journals assert that orders have been sent to Corfu from London, to prepare for Prince. Alfred's reception. Advicei from Greece say that Prince Alfred's' election is considered certain. The Constitutionnel denies that France has de spatched a second note on American mediation. The bullet has been extracted from Geribaldes foot, and he if progressing well. Captain Maury, who arrived out in thermship Arabia, proceeds to St. Petersburg as coi issioner of the rebel States to Russia. The marriage of the Prince of Wales will be so lemnized at the Chapel Royal St. George's, Wind sor, early in April next. The- walls of the Reubens room, at Windsor Castle, have been hung with a rich crimson figure satin, the pattern being the royal arms. The Council Chamber has also been hung with crimsoadamask satin, the design being a wreath of laurels surmounting the royal crown. It is thirty years since the walls of the apartments were deco rated in a similar manner. A special meeting was held at the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on Monday, November 24. Mr. Campbell moved "That the Chamber adhere to the views expressed by it in its memorial to the Board of Trade, January 19, 1860, and its petition to the House, Blarch 6,1862, in favor of the proposal to except private property from capture at sea." Mr. .Tames Spence said he thought it would be highly adverse to the interests of this country to abandon the right of capture at sea, and still more injurious to abandon the right of blockade. He moved, as an amendment, "That, in the opinion of this Chamber it is not expedient to memorialize the Government to abandon the rights of blockade; or diminish its efficiency." The amendment was carried by 23 tO 14 votes. The Constilutionnel, of November 24th, says: . • ossome foreign journals have spoken of a second i note on Mediation in America having been despatch led by Drouyn de elluys. We can state, how -1 ever, that this rumor is without any foundation." La France, (organ of the Empress Eugenie,) in an articlesupon the attitude of England with respect to Greece, and on the proposal to elect Prince Alfred to the throne of that country, draws attention to the gravity of the situation, and says: "The Great Western Powers have common inte rests in the East which ought to unite and not to divide them.. Itis evident that if one of the Powers desired to obtain a preponderance, to the prejudice of the others,.the equilibrium of their relations would be disturbed, and a shock be given to the principles on which their good understanding rests." The Praia papers of November. 23d publish a tele gram dated - Athens, Nov. 21st asserting that orders had been seat to Corfu, from London, to make pre parations in that island for the reception of Prince Alfred. The Times' Paris correspondent, writing on the 25th, says : Trade in general is not as good in the departments, where several extensive bankruptcies have been de diked. • Trade has begun to revive at Lyons. Sonia large orders have been received there f rom England and Italy The cotton !Manufacturers are coming forward most liberally for the relief of the distressed opera tives. Some mills have undertaken to maintain all their hands on full pay until July next. The goverricir of the Bank of France has sub scribed 10,000 francs for the relief of the unemployed cotton spinners at Rouen. The Paris corn market is well supplied. Prices were firm. The Paris flour market is unchanged. • - The Paris Bourse was fiat on Monday. Rentes closed at 101'.10c., or 10c. lower than on Saturday. TEE REMOVAL OF GENERAL M'CLELLAN. (From the London Times, November 24.3 What are we to say,to the sudden collapse of Gen. BleClellanl Is it heroic patriotism, or disgust, or absence of ambition, or want of pluck; or is it po licyl Here is a man occupying the first place in the world's eye. He had a great army at his back, which.respects him as it respects no--other leader. He is the foremost member of a party which is co ming into power. Be is the only man among the Northern generals whem the enemies of the North, respect ; and perhaps we may even say he is the only man among those generals whom the world al large rail speck. Yet, while he is in camp with his army, -` sur rounded by his friends, late one night a missive is put into his hands from a President who seems to have lost all influence, and from a Government Which is sinking daily into contempt, and immedi ately this powerful general 1.49 down his command, sinks into a private individual, and, with a short farewell to his men, goes away into retirement, and almost into exile. General McClellan obeys .the law., He Wears to he the only man in America who admits that the law has any force. If McClellan had wanted precedents or pretexts for tossing his official dismissal into his camp-fire, neither was difficult to find nor far to seek. If it was proper to resist by military force the process of the Supremo Courts, and to deny the habeas corpus writ in cases of arrest of American citizens, surely a great necessity might have been pleaded to prevent the action of a mere State Secre tary's letter ; and if the whole municipal laws and individual liberties of America are rightly suspend ed under the plea of military essigedcy, surely a simi lar plea might have justified a resolution ofd General McClellan not to leave his army leaderless while in the face of the enemy. It was a bold exercise of power in Lincoln, one of those bold exercises of power which weak men sometimes do, but seldom at the proper time. To strike down this party foe even at the head of the army of the Republic was an act of vigor which might have had important consequences had the general's ambition been equal to his opportunity: 11 Gen. McClellan had: refused obedience, there is great reason to be lieve that the army would have stood by him, and that a large party of the Democrats would have ap plauded him. To save the Constitution by force from the forcible violations by the President would have been a fair party cry. But McClellan has pre e red to play part ofthe model constitutio uluadansoestitutirn, and, with a -smothered. complaint 'of "doubt and coldness" in sonic quarters,.he turns aside from the possible dictatorship to till his'New Jersey farm. Mr. Van Buren proposes to run McClellan for next President ; and, to a man who has made himself renowned for slow and certain tactics, perhaps this' is a better chance than that offered by the opportu nity of bringing into immediate action the army and the Democratio party. A bold, patriotic man might have been dazzled by the glory or impelled by the diity of daring everythingsin- order to put an end to the present outpouring of blood, and arresting the present rush to ruin ; but so far as the world know Gen. 'McClellan, he was likely to see things in a dif ferent light. While matters are going so well for him and his party, there is no need of any great coup. No doubt Gen. lAoClellan has Confidence in Lee and Jackson, Uwe have not in General Burnside, and lie naturally thinkS that operations which he did not bellow 'to be wise to attempt himself could not be successfully carried out by the gene ral who has superseded him. A great defeat in Virginia would bring back McClellan with aug mented power and reputation, and would finish up the present decaying Government. Such may be the calculations of the obedient general who formed the Army of the - Potomac; and if such be the thoughts that swayed him they seem to be shared by a great many others. During the few days which have intervened between his dismissal and our last ad vices, rumors-of defeats have been already rife in New York. These are probably only the whisper ings of a general apprehension. The new com mander must, of course, do something. If McClel lan was superseded because he refused to advance, Burnside must have been appointed because lie was ready to advance. Every day during which it can be said, as the news of this morning say's, that's the Confederate pickets still show themselVes. on ,the 'Virginia side of the Potomac," is a day of reproach • - to rot. Lineo]n. And il3 new general. nurnside must go-on and fight, and the rumors in New York tell what is there expected to be the result. These rumors are accompanied by "A slight panic in the stock intolet," which is naturally attributed by the Northern papers to accidental circumstances; but which tends nevertheless to make it •apparent that the holders of State stocks are not reassured by having got rid of their Fabius. Meanwhile gold is at 32S s , and creeping up, and 4.xchange at i46g, to the eternal disgrace of our, merchants, who, not withstanding the fervid exhortatiens of the Ameri s can press, will none of them consent to see their own welfare in the payment of more than the quoted . value for American 'securities. All this uneasy feeling is doubtless complimentary - to McClellan, and must be unsatisfactory to Mr. Lincoln. There ought to be at this Momenteat joy and acclaim throughout the ranks of d the war party of the North. What they have been asking far as , the sole necessity to victory= has now •been granted.. All the 'WA rabid war spouters of the 'ederal Mates teem *e% I)A:r6 Iln4 neither • 1- ‘ 4 !::'; nor pen except to abuse the commander ^f the I Army of the Potomac. Their prayers haVe been heard. Their victim has been handed over to them. McQiellan has been dismissed and publicly disgraced. Stat.s ought to have gone up, and gold ought to have come down. Wall street ought to have been left discounting expected victories. Instead, how ever, of this, all New York seems to have been, at the last advices, under the shadow cast upon it by Borne coming disaster. Even General lialleck's long letter of indiuiment against McClellan does' not raise the spiriti of the war party to a proper pitch and peopled° not fu:d reassured even by the certainty that the same war minister who coun soiled McClellan to "cross the river at once and give battle to the enemy," will not fail to reiterate the same order to Burnside. How it is that these people are less confident, even after their "victory of Perryville" than they were after their first or second defeat at Bull Run, we shall not seek to show.' But the fact is plain, that even while the Army of the Potomac was cheering McClellan and Burnside as they rode through the ranks together, There was a slight panic at" New York. If we re frain from tracing the origin of this, we may never- • timeless accept its testimony. For the first rime we see that there is now a war party, and a party which is hot a war party in the North. For the first time, also, we see that the war party is rather quiet and chopfallen. Upon the whole, therefore, these last tidings tend to show that the war fever is a little subsiding, and that the - Rine is approaching when reason may be heard. It must be remarked, however, that been General alcOlellan does not leave his old compa nions without .a word for' the Union : " We shall ever be comrades in supporting the Constitution 'of 'our country and the nationality of its people." -It there is a distinct war party in time North, there is not yet a distinct peace party. This is the next step to arrive at. Some of the Americans evi dently looked wistfully to Lord Lyons, who is just arrived at Wasliingtan ; but it is clear thht what McClellan dares not say, and Seymour dares not say, would not be prudently said by foreigners. If it he true, as the. Southerners boast, that they arc massing their forces on the Rappahannock to fight the greatest battle of the war, the fortune ofe such a battle may change all things ; but in default of some fuel of this kind the fire seems to be sink ing, and perhaps McChehian may be out of fashion and forgotten before the next Presidential election comes off. TflF. :NTILITARY LESSONS OF TIM .4:MERTON'S' 11 , 11 m the Londou Times, 26th.) If the American war tenches us any lesson at all, it leeches us that science and discipline are of more value than numbers in the field. We have seen at every step of those campaigns that a little fort did its work, while a great army perished by its own weight. Judging by that experience, it is certainly better-to have a good system of defences than half a million of men. Happily, indeed, it seems to have been established that enormous levies and prodigal expenditure are by no means necessary for the ef fective prosecution of a war. The Confederates 'have spent far leis than the Federals, and have done more. The fabulous charges incurred on the Federal forces have not ren dercd them in the least degree more effective. It is thosight, on the contraty, that a tenth part of the force, well handled, well trained, and well managed, would have prorndmare formidable to the South. Numbers havc..e,Me little or nothing, whereas every scientific appliance has done wonders. At Corinth two gunboats saved an army, and in Hampton Roads one iron-cased ship saved a State. The Merrimac was' actuallyvalued by the Northerners themselves as an equivalent to 50,004rnen. • lIALLECK AIS - D M'CLELLAN [New York :eorrespondence London Times, N0v.11.3 The report of General HaHeck- accuses General McClellan of disobedience of orders, in 'refusing to advance against the enemy after the battle of Au.- tletam. , upon the plea that the- army lacked shoes, tents, stores, and other necessaries, which plea General Milled: holds to be entirely unfounded, as setting that all the _wants of the army were duly oared for, anti that Any delays which may have oc curred were trivial and speedily remedied. lie furthermore _charges McClellan point blank with wilful neglect of a peremptory order of the 6th of October to cross the Potomac immediately to give battle to the enemy or to drive him south. General Hnlleck shows himself a stern critic. lie _writes like a lawyer, and the brief is unexception ably drawn. Perhaps, however, it would not be very difficult to indite as unfavorable'l himself. He is a general who never and all that the world knows of hi m that he la nominally commander.in.eh—i°4l Seas splendidly befooled by Gene nd Corinth, and Battered an army of tos,(y))ill,ll:`7., Ilithciraw from ft etrotitc that wic,:4 lK l l :‘ guered brfore he knew that a single thain" pealed, and entered Corinth to it ture6 it but a few dogs and two neg res :th; CFrom The London Times' City Auld,. q.l In thanhare market to-fla7 the inirsar•l2.' again few,and theaverage prices of 1 , ;,"qt . i generally remained Steady, Alserj,.,n slight tenCeney tOWMals recovery fro m preciation. 'lO%. The Engli3h funds t9-day have again sh r ,... dency to Improvement- tlonsnt.s• for re ce — a at the firm quotation of yestenlay„'7q; soon advanced-to t 0 ,71,, at %%Aka:, rary relapse to their firqt price; they'd" IS good appearamse. For theaccokust the'r:" tion was 923 f tcli.-ex dividend. Th t s ets ."%ir crease of firmnoss consists chiefly is a * .` 4 ' stock eonsequena on a succession of ptr e s„ft• public rind several large eatuldishintni: past ten days. The quotation of•gold at Park isalasig, premium, and the ehort exchange on 1.0 4 ,: m i" sterling. . these fish Mint price. of .£3 17* lOg i i akr a andard gold, it appears that Mid is ra per cent. dearer tharsin.LondOs... htt r‘i 4 By mil - ices from Homburg the totee s c ssr per mark, and the a:tort excha.lge , :n 13.3, E per £1 sterling. Still:Manly:id tit Z. 1 44? Mint price is, therefore, about 2.100, 4 " d 'th dearer in London than in Hallam TheToll7se of exchange at Neu'yo r t „ for bills at 60 days' sight is Itc';; to 14: the premium on gold is about as pe ; cest '%' : rates these is a profit on the i niportati e the 'United States. eas The last price from Paris this etesiagn..... showing a recovery of an eighth. .• In the , foreign exchanges this li af te4%r_ upon ttinburg was a shade. higher!ine post ; on other places the rates wereqbe qut • AbOut 000 was taken from transmission to Germany. the brsi( lna { The specie to be taken by the liondowt4... isgr i ssirm, on the 2:7th, amounts.to £1,600 in gold is for Alexandria, asd the £48,198 in gold and .f..109,aiu in sfiver.isk,.r.:l A distinct diminution has at • letr , th the demand for gold for France. s rays, The bar silver brought by the Tte:,l about ten days since has to-4th.; 613.(d. 110 z.: showing a deeli,PrOr pt tro7.: 'clouts . price. The demand for Mu:Phu Iclio the whole less decided, and 11* ;ate of fra.e. : Marseilles being by the new armasemeor cheaper than van Southampton teids to nicnts to that direction, and todepr ris tss here. CLOSING PRICES OF AMF.llfeCktdrEa: SECURITIES AND ILIILIVAV. Cl . sS Prit, ....... t., t• Maryland 5 per cent.... S. per ceut. red 1574 Virginia State 6 per cont. .......... . Atlantic & C real Wes.en, N. Y. Rt. . Ist Blort ge, 1680. 7 Per cent ......... Erie Share., .. Do. 7 per cent. preNtenee ........ 2t to 61 Do. assessment sem) ............. im to . Do. li't Alortgnire, 7p.c. 1 .....52 to (17..: Do. tw. do., 7 per cent., 13.71 ...... .73 to S 1 Do. 3d do.. 7 per cent., ISSI .......... to 71 ••• Illinois Central 6 percent., red'75.75 t‘..78 1)o. 7 per cent., 1:61 ........ . Do. $l6O shares, liPO .. ....... to it& • Do. $lOO shim*. ;and ........ to 51 Idio t , cell. eon. 19D, I; per r0d.....a;- to St Do. sink. fund.. 8 n.c.'ist n!. to S.) IN. Y. Con. 61). e.. (sink. tutolp'3l...;) ‘„ 7 4 , Do. p. C: con v. bonds, t „ Panama 11., lst BR', 7 P. e• * Ca—. —lOl, to Dot Do. 7 p. c., '72 ..... Joe. Pa. Celt. 6 P. C. Noir.... m Do. 2,1 M.. 6 per cent ............ to t," & Reading :{io :Mans: ....... t„ FINANCIAL AND 0-)DIERGIL THE MONEY 31111firr. PRirdibEtrnra, hoccmix: 10, The gold market was rather shady to-i a; closing figure was 1313.1. Old dema n d ; „; 11 , tire request at 126;4, and certificates of ic!tiile: ruled. at 97®67g. Money was e t3 i,,.. kt Timis rates were in force. Sultscriptious wee and popular hve-twenty year loan araonzei tr hundred and fifty thousand dollars—a lc; tion being taken in small aniqunts. Tta i well for 4he people, Who seem to mule:tar:it :al financial credit of the Government will cot ". lowed to be tumbled to the ground I.yrzel tions of any one man. ' Reading Railroad shares were firm at yet. figure, SS% ; Penpsylvania was in &a m! t: advance of%@,a, ; Elmira sold at 12 ! the m t: rising 34 ; Catawissa preferred was !alirro:X , hill sold at 61 ; Little Schuylkill at 21;; ; • Island was steady at 22. Passerger rafiTtp a little more active, Green and.Coatee sell* Arch-street at 26, Second-and Third atlC;i4t improvements ; Girard College improrol:;• teenth and Nineteenth was dull, notlrtr4i ; its low price, and the anticipated di:ital.: Philadelphia rose ;‘. Parmers';andlilehtial sold at pg ; Mechanics' at 2.53. The t...-zke.z firm—s29,ooo in bonds, and about 1,:11 changing hands. Drexel & Company quote : United States Bonds; 1881 11; United States_Certf. of Indebtednes s:... *et United States - ? 3-10 Notes Quartermasters' Vouchers • Orders for Certificates of Indebtednets. . Gold .310 5 Demand Notes Nis` 7:: We learn from Messrs. Imlay & Bicknell ti.t altered ten.do]lar note on the Farmer; Iti:2 Bucks county is now beim; circulated in thi Vig.—On lower left two Indians, onokneel; above in medallion ; on lower right, pro. above in medallion. " Bucks county is ye regular. The"following is a report of the amount a'. transported over the Delaware, Lackawar: Western Railroad for the week ending ;I,: .—Denember 6: Shipped ?.Torth Shipped South Total lo For corresponding time last year: Shipped North Shipped Swill Decrease The following shows the amount M.:mit:,e ed over, the •Lehigh- Valley Railroad forth ending Deeembei'6, 1862 From Hazleton mines... " East Sugar Loaf " _t_ ,4 2Vp l 9l). Ridge .... "" Mount Pleagant " Spring Mountain " Coleraine ... ). ' " Beaver Meadow " New York and Lehigh • Si 11 " North Spring Mountain 3 , " Seddo I 012 •" Harleigh 011 U " German Penna. Coal Co 1,303 8 " Ebervale Coal Co 303 r : " 1113Inesville..... 1,095 ','• " Other shippers 571 lii , Total Correspondlns week last year Increase The New York Evening Post of to-day f 451 The stock market opens strong, without en ranee in prices, but there is considerable dif,. tion shown to purchase at the quotations. 72,• appears to be but little stock offering, holflena\%7 dently expecting the passage of a currency thorizing an issue of $200,000,000 more baeksf" as proposed by 111 r. Stevens. willed ereif would, it is claimed, have the effect to VA! vance the prices of all securities. The shores pear. to be the chief buyers, they not wishful : To caught if the proposition should meet with sz: : !..ta The market at the close of the call loot:see:NZ ly firmer. N. Y. Central closes at abuat 101: ti - 21 Erie preferred, 94 ; and Southern sold Pacifiehlail is rather weak at 120; - 1.) cent. stock is, howeVer, not much influenced by the* sition. The C.mpany receive a large amount gold from their California petsiengen, for passage freight. amnia is firm at 160 L 3 cent Railway bonds ~bearing 7 cent. interest. err good demand at lull prices. Terra Haute3 8 0 1', with that price bid for more. Toledo and' bash are Si bid. The Erie issues are gm at vaned prices. - . Cot, ~,u'veliiinerits are a trifle better to-a”. Sixes of 1981 are 1043.: : Registered a7e . . . 993,1, ex-interest. - Seven-thirties are rather heavy, on it re a''' the Ways, And Means Committee wilt ir.0. 7 an issue of $30,000,000 worth of them. Mdnek continues - in east demand at w. with occasional transactions at 5 1. 1 OK 41 ' prominent houses on "gilt edge" collaterlL State - stocks are off, on an AvarAtre,)„,iii , ilCL .l . :„. Gold is oaf front the highest point of VA.'S about.l ?3 , cent., closing to-day on the toilet..•. 3 1325 cent., but since the Adjournment oftV l4 132% is the best bid.. Dutiable demand note fife firmer 12634€127. 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