Et'st
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1863
THE NEWS.
SINCE the successful operations of Saturday, the
-Army of the Potomac has been on the isouth tilde
-of the Rappahannock in occupation of Fredericks
burg, and in penult of the rebels towardCulpeper.
:Near this point and Stevensburg, rebel fo \ raes had
been engaged by Kilpatrick and Buford's' 'cavalry,
With - what result is not positively known. Ten rebel
guns were captured in the engagement just,_ past,
and I,72o,prisonera have been sent to Washington.
At latest amour. ta our forces were at BrandY Sta
tion, and two miles beyond Kelly's Ford, and at
other points. .-
GEN. BURNSIDE'S advanced positions, near Lcu
don, are reported captured by the rebels, with the
loss of half of the two regiments defending them.
IrmaLLlO&Nott from the Mountain region of West
Virginia, dlited Clarksburg, records several success-'
ful engagements with the enemy on Friday and'
Saturday last, by the mounted, infantry forces of
'Generals Averill and Duffle. Mndwall Jackson's
fermi were totally routed, and retreated east of the'
Greenbrier Mountains, leaving supplies, guns, co
lors, ea.
Irrrxr.r.rovasom from the rebel States principally
describes the speech of Jefferson Davis in Charles-.
ton complimenting Calhoun and South Carolina,
the official report of General Lee's recent opera-
Ilona, the address of Mr. Gantt to the people of Ar
kansaa inviting them to abandon a useless struggle,
and a conflict between the civil and military anther
Title' at Troy, Alabama, resulting in the arbitrary
arrest of Judge FitzpatriOk by General WileY,
commandant Under General Pillow, the officer-in
chief of the conscription. The Alabama papers de
3nounoe this act as a great outrage upon the rights
of the people.
A Dasr LICH, dated October 31, from Major Elliott,
commanding the post of Fort Sumpter, gives a list
of the soldiers buried by , the felling of the barracks
en the Bea-face—news which has caused some de
preaeion in Charleston, the papers of Which city also
publish an order from Beauregard to the men of the
Confederate navy who lately aaaailed the frigate
IsTew Iroesides..
Tax Bon. Mr. Gantt, in his address to tohis fel
low-Arkansans, holds the remarkable opinion that,
"whether it is a divine institution or not, negro ala
vely has accomplished its mission here. Its exist
ence had become incompatible with the existence of
the Government. For, while it had stood as a wall,
damming up the current and holding back the peo-
pleand laborers 'of the North, it had, by thus pre.
eluding free intercourse between the two sections,
produced a marhid change in their manners, cus
toms, and sentimEnts, And the two sections were
growing more divergent every day. This wall or
the Government must give way. The shock came
which was to settle the question. I thought that
the Government was divided and negro slavery es•
lablished forevar. I erred. The Government wan
stronger than slavery. Reunion is certain, but not
more certain than the downfall of slavery."
Am dale of the 6tb, Longstreet , sheadquarters were
reported on Lookout Mountain, which was held by
a strong force. It is estimated that the rebels ex-
DendedliA,ooo worth of ammunition from Lookout,
and killed one Federal soldier and wounded another.
The national forces have only dislodged the rebels
from a part of the mountain.
URGENT. propositions have been made to the Go
vernment, by residents of Mississippi, to organize
that State on a free basis.
THE Conservative majority in the whole State of
Missouri will be over 4,000.
The Alloy of the Potomac.
In urging, as we did on Friday last, that
" a forward movement of the Army of the
Potomac must become absolutely neces
sary" if General BURNSIDE'S position was
.as critical as it appeared from all the testi
mony, and in _expressing the belief that
East Tennessee was not wholly cleared of
- the enemy, we confess that we did not so
soon expect a confirmation of both these
opinions. This advance of General MEADE,
lie confidently believe, does not so much
signify a march against Richmond as a
march to the relief of. General BURNSIDE.
So far as it bas been accomplished it must
be regarded as one of the happiest and most
- promising movements of the war. It should
e understood, in the first place, that the
reoccupation of East Tennessee is the grand
point to whose accomplishment the rebels
have been lending all their energies. Before
it can be attained, BURNSIDE must be dis
posed of, and the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia Railroad repossessed. BRAGG, however,
has not a force sufficient to do this much,
and LEE is,- therefore, called upon for as
sistance. To prevent him from furnishing
- this assistance, or to destroy the remnant of
:his army, it, relying upon our inactivity, he
has already detached a large portion of it
to co-operate with BRIGG, is, therefore, the
:purpose of General MEADE. How shall he
achieve it ? There are but two eligible
lines of operation- presented to his choice—
rstly, the Orange and -Alexandria Railroad,
and secondly, the Richmond and Potomac,
or Acquia Creek route. By the destruc
btion of the:first-named road, an advance in
that direction would have been a slow and
tedious affair, and General MEADE -nuld
at all times have found himself corifronted
by the bulk of LEE'S army, while his com
munications would have been exposed to
constant interruption. Menacing Rich-
mond, however, by the Fredericksburg
route, he promises to effect quite as great a
diversion in B URN srnt's favor, and coMpels
L either to abandon the East Tennessee
Railroad, or to expose Richmond from the
north, or to divide his forces with the CleSign
of holding both routes. Such is the dilemma
in which the rebel commander now finds
himself placed by C4eneral MEADE'S sudded
and successful movement. Which of the
desperate alternatives presented to him will
he accept? Judging from the reports that
our forces had occupied Fsedericksburg,
and that the rebels were moving towards
Culpeper, it would appear that the, holding
of the East Tennessee Railroad is now re
garded by General LEE as of greater im
portance even than the security of Richmond
itself. The rebel commander doubtless
takes this view of the situation : that while
_be is 'at all e'vents sure of his ability
to retreat as long as he holds Culpeper,
'General MEAD will by no means be equally
sure of his ability to advance while this
point remains in possession of the,rebels.
We can only suppose such a view correct;
we can only suppose that General MEADE'S'
communications are menaced and Washing
ton imperilled by the rebel occupation of
Culpeper, by supposing that our army has
totally abandoned the. Orange and Alexan-
.dria Railroad. Although we have no full
information as to the nature of the recent
movements, we do not believe that this has
been done. Until the telegraph is more
communicative, it is idle to speculate upon
;the present situation and prospect of mill-
tarp affairs upon the Rappahannock ; but
that a battle will speedily be fought in the
vicinity of Culpeper, seems possible and
even probable.
Humors of an English Election.
The readers of "The Pickwick Papers"
nay form a pretty fair idea of what once were
the humors of an English election, by turn
'ing to the pages whereon are recorded the
incidents that took place in the borough of
Eatanswill, where Horatio Fizkin, Esq.,
and the Honorable Samuel Slumkey were
rival candidates. A chs.nge has passed over
the spirit of such contests, but something
in the old manner occasionally takes place
—as if to remind the world of things that
lave been. The latest exhibition of this
sort was at Tamworth, a fortnight ago.
Tamwortb, which returns two members
to the British House of Commons, is a town
- erbtialed in the counties of Stafford and War
an,:.l is within six miles of the cathe
,dral city of :I;Ll:thaeld, - where SAMUEL lORN
-sox and DAVID t;.!',RRICE were born. It
has some manufactured, It brisk trade,'and
- .nearly 9,000 inhabitants, of whan Only 465
can vote at parliamentary electiens. The
town is mainly the property of two indi
viduals—the Marquis TOWNSI:IEITIT and Sir
ROBERT PEEL. TaMVirOrth Castle is a
.tesidence of the nobleman, and , Drayton
"Manor, within a mile of the town, of the
'baronet. The latter, as all the world knows,
eldest son of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL,
long the leader of the British Tories, and
has settled down, after exhibiting some par
liamentary eccentricity, into a passable and
certainly energetic Chief Secretary for
The Townshend and the Peel interests in
'Tantworth rarely clash, 'for each sends its
. t 7 ,11 nominee to the House of Commons. It
a Townshend tenant did not vote far a
Townshend, and a Peel tenant fora Peel
candidate, they would'be turned out of their
respective dwellings with the earliest legal
speed. Accordingly, on the death of Sir
ROBERT PEEL, in 1850, hia eldest son was
elected to succeed him as M. P. for Tam :
worth, and has since been re•elected up to
the present time. So, when a ToWNBIIENy
succeeded to the ISlarquisate, in 1856, there
by causing a - vacancy in the representation
of Taraworth, h WAS Succeeded by. ViPouat
linvrinasi - , his eldest son, who lately became„
Maiquis TOWNSREND, by snccession, and
thereby necessarily vacated the family seat
for the borough.
There being no TOWNSEEND ready, at
the moment, to fill this vacancy, and the.
Ministerial strength in the House of Com
mons having gradually become " beautifully
less," of late, Sir ROBERT PEEL conceiv.id
the idea of having:elected, as his colleague
for Tamworth, Mr. HENRY Cowrita, broth—
er of. Earl COWPER, and ' grandson of Lady.:
PALmntisTorz. The electors; however, did
not relish the idea of being thus redueed to
non-entities, and started a candidate of their
own, 1n the person of Mr. .TOTIN Pp.cr., a
Manchester Manufacturer. Here came the
tug of war—one PEEL pitted against another
PEEL ! Happily, the belligerents, thohgh
namesakes, are not relations, and, indeed,
Jonv PEEL'S chief recommendation to the
Tamwoithites, was that he was in no way
connected with Sir ROBERT PEEL. Hence,
it would appear that the latter is unpopular
in his own town. For once, the influence
of property has failecl,,and JoEN PEEL fa
the new M. P. for Tainwortlii, expressly
because he belongs to the school of the late
Sir ROBERT PEEL. Mr. COWPER has been
beaten, because his grandmother is wife of
PALMERSTON, (not a popular man at Tam
worth,) and his patron is the eccentric SiT
ROBERT PEEL. •
The latter exerted himself, with the zeal
of an Oily Gammon <at Yatton, to secure
the triumph of Mr. COWPER. At public
meetings on the streets, in the tap-rooms of
taverns, in committee-rooms, and at the
hustings, he made speeches in favcr of Mr,
Cowrrat—chiefly because that young gen
tleman is allied to Lord PALMERSTON, head
of the Government. . On the day of elec
tion, Sir ROBERT PEEL,' a very excita
ble man, came early into - Tamworth,
from his adjacent residence at Drayton
Manor. It was amusingly said that the
Irish spirit was so strong in him, that his
actions seemed to ask, " Will any gentle
man oblige me by treading on the tail of
my coat ?" When he went up to vote for
Mr, COWPER, the populace hissed him,
which he bore very well, but he blazed out
when a hard-headed gentleman, on the
other side, objected to his vote, .on the
ground of a resolution of the House of
Commons, in 1779, that no paid officer of
the Government should vote at Parliamenta
ry elections. The Mayor received the vote,
but - the objection so much- ruffled Sir Ro-
BERT that, immediately after, he got into a
fracas with an elector, knocking him down
over a coatscuttle, in the Heenan fashion,
and then picked him up, courteously apo
logizing for the blown The lately-pros
trate voter has threatened to bring an ac
tion at law for 'the assault. It was appa
rent that the plucky baronet was about
being mobbed—there is a convenient
pump in the market-place of Tarnworth—
so he retreated, and galloped home. _ Af
ter hincheon he came back in great state,
in a coach-and-four, accompanied by his
sister and h,er husband, and re.entered the
Town Hall, where he was received with
hisses, and walked through the town with
a mob yelling at his heels. Opposite a
bronze:statue of his father, he paused and,
pointed,with his "shilelah to that effigy, as if
to ask " Why forget him?" But it was` he
who had forgotten the example and aban
doned the policy of his father. The elec
tors preferred the follower of the father to
the friend of the son, and elected PEEL, of
Manchester, by a majority of 57. Next time,
perhaps, they may reject PEEL, of Tam
_
worth.
Mr. ROBERT really is the chief adminis
trative officer of Queen VICTORIA in Ire
land, for the Lord Lieutenant is only part
of the State pageantry—an ornamental
figure-head. Fancy the le - ading Govern-
meat official in Irela4d, in his own town of
Taraworthi when some one said, "Here's
Tom SMITH voted against your man,"
brusquely calling out, "Did he ? then bon
net him," and the poor voter's hat was at
once mashed down over his head. We
fancy that the frolicsome Baronet would
distinguish himself greatly at an election in
Ireland ,or a free fight" any where.,
Whether his eaduct during the Tamworth
electionowas decorous or even legal remains
to be decided, but it is said that Lord PAT,
arraisrow has suggeste.d , that, under existing
circumstances, Sir ROBERT might as well
cease to be a member of the British Go
vernment. Ireland, at all events, will not
.put on what Hamlet calls a "customary suit
of black," on the occasion of his retiring
from office. -
steam Cars iu the City.
Why it is that steam has not long since
superseded horse-power in the propulsion
of our city railway cars has always been a
mystery to us. The needed improvement
is one against which not a single objection
of weight could be alleged, and a hundred
arguments: might be adduced in its favor.
The Scientific American, the ablest and most
zealous champion of reform in every depart
ment of art, science, and mechanics in the
ceuntry, and whose opinions are, therefore;
entitled to ibuch weight, some months ago,
urged the following reasons for the intro
duction of steam city passenger cars in New
York, which will apply equally well to Phi
ladelphia "Were steam introduced, we
should have a much more sightly-looking
car to begin with, and the certainty with
which the proper time could be made, with
out any overtasking of animals, together
with the comfort to the passengers in cold
weather, derived from the heat which is
readily conducted from the boiler into the
cars, and the reduced space the car
would occupy upon the track, present ad
vantages which must be admitted by all.
There is another and far more powerful
reason which should be adduced, and that
is the reduced cost of keeping the rolling
stock and line in order. Repairs to a steam
engine, when it is properly made` and ma
naged, are almost infinitesimal for a number
of years." We are:convinced that this is
none too sanguine an estimate of the ad
vantages of steam-power, - and think that
before many years commonsense will so far
conquer prejudice that the invisible motor
will be introduced upon aar city railway
cars. If, as has been alleged by some, and
as is believed by many, steam can be suc
cessfully applied to the propelling of ordi
nary private vehicles over common turn
pike roads—and we perceive that, one of
these stearn-carriages will be tried at
Point Breeze Park the present week—
surely there can be no question as to the
feasibility of employing the same agent
economically upon railways. We are glad
to perceive, therefore that the Frankford
and Southwark Passenger Railway Com
pany on Saturday last placed upon the
suburban portion of their route a steam
dummy car. The experiment, judging by
the accounts we have seen, appears to have
been completely successful. No horsii
were scared, no aceldents occurred, no
lives were lost. From Frankford to Berks
street, a distance of four miles, the average
time made was twenty-five minutes—while
under the old system a trip usually con
sumed fifty minutes. After such a prac
tical exhibition of the advantages to be
gained by such an innovation, including
such important items as health, cleanliness,
convenience, comfort, and economy, both
of time and money, we cannot conceive
why there should be hesitation or objection
on the part of the,assenger railway com
panies to give it countenance ; and it must
be recollected, that great as these advan
tages are, experience and ingenuity would
be constantly improving upon them, and
suggesting others equally important. Let
us have a little metropolitan energy in this
matter 1
LETTER EROII "OCCASIONAL.'!
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9,1.868
Decidedly the most significant and em-)
phatic endorsement of the whole policy of
the Federal Government is: the recent ver
dict rendered by the people of Maryland in:
the last election. Four out of the five* mein.
bers: of Congress, unconditionally pledged
to emancipation and to the policy of the
Federal Government, have been elected by
large majorities. At the head of this list is
Hon. Henry Winter• Davis, one of the earliest
and most fearless opponents of slavery, and
novi• one of the most resolute and disin
.
Wrested supporters of Mr. Lincoln. He
andhis• associates will come into the
.
next ' House as a ,great power, and
will dispose of the disputed question as
to the organization of that body. However
Secession sympathizers and open traitors
may claim thtt military force greatly assist
ed in producing this wholesome and grati
fying result, let us not forget that this cry
proceeds from the same men who denounc
ed Mr. 'Lincoln, in 1861., when, in, order to
hold Maryland to the Union, he asserted
and exercised his authority against a reck
less Legislature, laboring to carry the State
into treason, and against an inside organi-'
nation of traitors who only waited for that
usurpation to raise the rebel flag, and on
the soil of Maryland to enact these atroci
ties which they have since enacted in Vir
ginia and other of the revolted EitattS. It
comes, also, from the same men who en
couraged the Baltimore mob to fire upon
the Union troops, in the same year, and
who, in the language of George P. Kane,
called upon the traitors in the different
counties of the State to come from
their hills and their valleys to take the
lives of the brave men marching to the de
fence . of the capital of, the nation. Had Mr.
Lincoln then failed or refused to protect the
loyal people of Maryland against the ravages
and intrigues of the rebels, their State
would now be a howling desolation, a
bloody battle-field, cutting off the city of
Washington from the North, destroying the
commerce of Baltimore, and all that glo
rious prosperity which is enriching many
who continue to oppose and to slander the
band thlit protects them. If it was through
Lineoleo6 influences that the loyalists
of Maryland gave such an immense vote for
the Union at the late election, he deserves
immortal honor for the act. But the fact
seems to be that the only perapa "co
erced" were disaffected traitors, and that
there never was a freer, fairer, or more
peaceful struggle at the ballot box. I repeat
that the verdict in the State of Calvert and
of Carroll on. ie third of this month de
serves to be classed first among the splendid
popular expressions of the Union people of
the country. OCCASIONAL.
WASIIINGTOINT.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON, D, 0., Nov. 9.
Naval Expedition to Tampa Bay—De-
straction of Blockade Runners.
Acting Bear Admiral BAILY, commanding the
North Atlantic blockading squadron, reportsto the
Navy Department the destruction of the blockade
running steamer Scottish Chief, and sloop Kate
Dale, in Hillsboro river, by an expedition from the
TJnited States gunboats Tahoma and Adele. He
says that having ;learned that these vessels were
loading with cotton, and about to sail, and being
apprehensive that by means of their light draft they
might escape the_blookading vessels, he sent Lieu
tenant Ooramander BEmniss to Tampa Bay to de.
strop them.
It was planned by Lieutenant Swarms and him
self that he should, with the Tahorna, assisted by
the Adele, divert attentipn from the real objeot of
the expedition by shelling the fort, and, under cover
of the night, the men should be landed at a point
on old TaMpa Bay, to proceed overland to a place on
liillaboro river, where the blockade runners lay, and
then to destroy them. The plan was successfully
carried out, butuot without loss, and the vessels were
set on fire. On their return, they encountered an
armed party near the beach. A charge was made, and
two, rebels captured. Subsequently, when they com
menced embarking, the rebels opened fire. The first
and second divisions_ proceeded in an orderly and
quiet manner to the boats, while the third division
spread out, so r that the rebels might not fire into the
mass, and returned the fire energetically, and with
coolness and bravery. The vessels, in the mean
time, shelled the woods in which the rebels were
concealed. They, were under the command of Capt.
(late U. S. Senator) WBEITCOTT, and were so•called
regulars. Our loss was three seamen killed and ten
wounded, including Acting Ensigns RANDALL and
KOnlitAlt. A number of rebels were made priso
ners. Our expedition numbered about one hundred
men.
Naval Captures.
The Navy Department has received intelligence
of the capture of the schooner Mail, Capt. Ginn N,
Bailing under Britleh'eolora,lrom Bayport, Florida,
bound to Havana. She had on tioard vie bilei of
cotton. According to her register, she was built at
Glasgow, Scotland.
The British schooner Martha 'Jane was also cap
tured oft' Bayport, bound to Havana, loaded with
nearly 27,000 pounds of Sea Island"cotton. On the
persons. of the captain and crew were. found' over
$1,200 in gold, silver, and treasury notes.
The British schooner Herald,,of and from Nassau,
was captured off Frying Pan Shoals. She had 350
bags of salt and 125 kegs of:soda.
The Union . Prisoners in Richmond.
A Government officer here in high position, re
ceived a note written in lead pencil from a 'Union
prisoner in Richmond today, saying that the rebel
authorities have at length altogether stopped the
very small meat ration heretofore allowed to our
starving soldiers in their prison. Their only alleged
excuse is, that they have ceased to be able to fur
nish their own soldiers with meat.
Rebel Prisoners.
' One hundred and twenty.fiVe officers are among
the rebel prisoners just brought from the front.
These men represent that but few of their corn.
panions retreated across the river, and their-general
commanding had barely time to escape on his horse.
They seem to unite in regarding the movement on
our part as having been one of the most brilliant
and successful of the war.
Military Change.
LIMA. COL TOWER.% the provost marshal of Alex
andria, has been relieved of his command, by an or
der of the War Department, and Captain GYBN,
the medical inspector on General SLotron's staff,
is appointed to the aloe,
The Wisconsin Soldier's , Vote.
The 6th' Regiment of Wiecensin Volunteers, of
the Army of the Potomac, cast 4t5 votes for the
Union ticket of that State, and only one for the
opposition.
Silo*. '
The first snow of thOseason took plaoe to-day. It
was slight and of short duration. •
DIVISION 'OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Burnside's Advanced Positions Assailed
and Banged-by the Rebels. •
A REGIMENT CAPTURED.
WASHINGTON, RON% 9.—The Star says : " We hear
that General Grant has telegraphed hither that Ge
neral Burnside's two most advanced positions have
been assailed and carried by the rebels, who made
prisoners of one-half of the two regiments that
were holding them at the time.”
Arrest of Persons Charge'd with Resisting
the Draft in New Hampshire.
Bomar, Nov. 9.—Joseph Perkins, the chairman
of the Board of Selectinen of Jackson, New Hamp
ehire, and his son, Paul Perkins, Joseph H. Dear.
born, and Barker Wiggins, have been arrested by
the Provost Marshal charged with Mitigating and
aiding resistance to the draft in the town of Jack.
son and vicinity, and also with aiding drafted men
to escape into Canada. '
The accused parties have been.brought to Ports.
mouth for trial.
From San Francisco—Affairs in Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.—The steamers St. Louis
find Moies Taylor have arrived from Panama,
bringing dates from Mexico via Acapulco, up to the
21st of October. •
The French are preparing , for an expedition to
wards Queretaro. -
Forey left Mexico for Vera Oruz on his way to
France on October 4th, having turned over his emu-
Mond to deneini Basin, who appears to be much
more popular.
An agent of the rebels arrived at Mend° on 'the
9th of October, via Brovvneville„it was stipposed
with instructions to make a treaty with the regend7
of Mexico. • '
It was reported that Juarez had reorganized the
Liberal army, and was marching towards QUeretaro
to meet the French, and a conflict was expected
shortly.
Minister Corwin has so far taken no active part
in the Mexican troubles.
The Election in Missouri.
Sm. Louis, Nov. 9.—The official returns from
mixty.turo counties, and soldiers' vote, as far as heard
from, give a Conservative majority of 068;
Colonel Pratt (Radical) is elected State Senator
from Lima-county district, in place of Major McCul
lough (Conservative), deceased.
The Draft in Milwaukee, Wis.
Nir.weouge, .Wrs., Nov. :9.—The draft is pro
gressing in this city to-day, the ahanCes being about
one, in Mar. The best of feeling prevails; and no
disturbance is apprehended.
peneral
[From the Missouri Democrat.]
The statement that the above named general has
been relieved of his command in Nebraska is contra
dieted by the Sioux City Register. • That paper says :
"It is the generally received opinion that but for the
sagacity of Gen. Sully in the late campaign against
the Indians, the whole enterprise would have been
a most signal failure—that the Indians would have
regarded themselves as the victors, and would have
been tenfold more bold in their marauding expedi
tions against the= settlers than ever before. The
battle of White Stone Hills has been
.a terrible blow
to them; but to be effectual in, accomplishing the
end of a permanent peace, and lasting security to the
frontier, it must be promptly followed up next
season."
The following is a copy of =official letter to Gen.
Sully, from Gen. Pope, commanding the Depart.'
merit:
ChratnnAL : Your several letters and reports, con
cerning your campaign , and the battle with the In
diana near White Stone Hill, have been received,
and, ransmitted to - the headquarters of the army:
The results are entirely satisfactory, and' I doubt
not the effect upon .the Northwestern Indium wilt
• be, as you report, •of 'the, highest lionseeiende.
Whilst I regret that difficulties and obetaclea of a
serious character prevented your co-operation with
Gen Sibley at the time :hoped, I bear willing testi
mony to the dlitingitished °endued of yourself and
your command, and of the Important service you
have tendered to 'ttle Clorniauttat,
THE PRESS.-PiIiLADELPIIIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1863.
The ,Occupation of Frederickskuig.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE ON
SATURDAY. ,
Firiutc lEleard near Culpeper.
Kilpatrick and Buford Engaged with
BRILLIANT SUCCESS IN- WEST VIRCINIL
NT UDWALL JACKSON'S FORCES ROUTED
BY AVERILL AND DUFFIE.
[Special. Correspondence of The Prose. I
GERMANTOWN, Va., Nov. 8, 1863.
GUERILLA FIXINGS.
The railroad is feet being repaired -to Rappahan
nook Station. The injured, rails have all been re
moved, and the ground been prepared for the recep•
tion of the track as far as. Bealeton. Guerillas
roam through the woods and gobble up the uncoil,
scions and guileless correspondents, with the same
avidity they display in taking soldiers. General
Meritt•and stag were attacked day before yester
day, in the neighborhood of Morrisville. Lieut.
Sage, quarterinaster of the brigade, was killed.
The General' fired his revolver at the rascals and
then rode oft General Buford very gravely in
formed his officers that if-they 'Mould be so fortu
nate as to capture any of these lawless villains7he
Would "fix" them, if sent to him with proper
charges. Every day some one is captured or shot,-
and if some stringent measures are net immediately
kdoptedrwe know not how much they may become
emboldened by these sUeeereee,
MOUNTED INFANTRY.
This army should have, at least, two brigades of
mounted infantry. They should have no picket duty
to perform, as this exhausts horses and men sooner
than fighting or marching. In making raids they '
would be eminently useful, and with their long
range guns, would be an excellent and valuable sup
port to our cavalry. The enemy have found they
have the advantage of us in this respect. I have
known them to open a skirmish With their cavalry,,
and before long our men would observe their cat-.
bines of no use because their enemies had Enfield
rifles. After the Atte of Gettysburg, the rebel
train was at Williamsport. Buford's_ Cavalry ad
vanced from Bo onsboro and Kilpatrick from Hagers
town. But the rebels had as much cavalry there as
was' in the united commands of KilpArick and Bu
ford, beside a large force of infantry. There is no
doubt, if we had brought three thousand mounted
infantry along as a Support, that whole train might
have been captured. During the retreat from the
Rapidan to the Heights of Centreville, the enemy
threw their mounted infantry against our cavalry.
If, at Brandy,
_Station, where our whole division
fought so magnificently, if there had been a brigade
of mounted infantry tosaiupport the cavalry, we
could have smiled, when they appealed for aid to
their foot soldiers. _When one of our cavalrymen is
dismounted he ie sent to camp to procure a fresh re
mount. Stuart don't allow this, but obliges such
men to do the skirmiahing on foot. '
ON PICKET.
Yesterday our pickets were pushed out almost to,
the river. It, was feared a Light would be the result ;
but the enemy quietly yielded the "ground. Last
night they attempted to- capture a picket post near
Rapp ahannock. Station. The 3d Indians Cavalry
was on duty here, and repulsed the attempt with
vigor. Most of the men at this post were new
recruits; when in company with a few old soldiers
they make excellent pickets ; they are so watchful,
always looking for the enemy or expecting danger.
The old soldier has become so inured to these things
that he pay Ei but little attention to anything but his
orders, being nothing but a machine. As the rebels
have returned from this side of the river, our army
advances to-day. The sth Corps is there now, and
the other corps are moving on.
CRAWFORD'S REVIEW.
General Crawford returned from Pennsylvania a
few days ago. He reviewed the Reserves, now at
inched to the.Sth Corps. The day was lovely, and
the grounds, near Warrenton Junction, are well
adapted for such a military pageant. • After the re
view the men were drawn up into a hollow square,
and were then addressed by the General, who had
been absent for about forty days, on account of his
Wound. The Pennsylvania Reeerves are busy in
discussing the order relating to the Veteran Corps.
Thousands of Pennsylvania's sons will be numbered
among these heroes. • B.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
1,730 Prisoners Sent to Vinsititigton.
the Eneini.
OISASTROUS RETREAT OF THE ENEMY,
WAsartio.rois, Nov. 9,-It is repeated today, on
the authority of a surgeon in the Army of the Poto
mac, that our loins on Saturday were About
four hundred, as stated In the . press telegraii-laa
Two in. red and sixty of theme, who are wound
ed, arrived herd tmirmorrang - aliciwere placed in the
hospitals.
The premises of the Old Capitol prison are dense
ty crowded to-day, 1,130 rebel prisoners taken in Sa
tuiday's engagement having reached here up to 2
o'clock this morniog. ,
Qtheens from-whointhis information is derived say
a few more.are on the way. •
CAVALRY :ENGAGEMENTS WITH. THE
ENEbIY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.--Information, received
from the Army of the. Potomac to.night, mentioni
that an aid of General Kilpatrick arrived from the
front late onSaturday night, and reported that that
cificer encountered and fought with a body of rebel
cavalry, near Steveneburg, late in the afternoon of
that day.
The enemy's pontoon bridge over the river, di
rectly behind their works, fell into our hands after
Sedgwick's defeat of the rebels, and- was placed in
charge of the 50th New York — Bngineers. The
bridge consisted of only five boats, and these were
the same which were abandoned by the Engineer's
prigade for want of transportation on the Chicks
hominy last year.
The cannonading on Sunday evening was probably
;Buford's light batteries, and some of the rebel ca
valry with guns, in the vicinity of the Yew hills,
northeast of.Culpeper. Nothing authentic had been
received up to ten o'clock this morning from that
quarter, at which time all was quiet. ...
The railroad and telegraph on the opposite aide of
the Rappahannockwere found uninjured.
Our cavalry are reported to be at Culpeper. At
the latest accounts apart of our forces was at Brandy
Station, while another wastwo miles the other side
of Kelly's Ford.
, Some of our troops were at additional points.
s 'WASIITSGTON, Nov, 9.—Reports received to.day,
from the front, represent that heavy tiring vvas
heard yesterday and this morning, as though occur
ring in the lower part of Culpeper, out from Kelly's
Ford, in the direction of the jtmetion of the Rapi
dan with the Rappahannock.
THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
Intelligence has been received here, dated Clarks
burg, Va., that Generals AVBRILL and DITITFIIS,
commanding separate forces, after several engage
ments on Friday and Saturday last, succeeded in
driving the enemy, under MonwAra, JAMISON, for
several miles down the valley east of Greenbrier
Mountains in Western Virginia. After the first
battle on Friday, under General Dirs the enemy
was' reinforced, but nevertheless he was totally
routed.
On Saturday, under the combined forceS of Dor.
inn and AviatiLL, the rout ;vas so complete that the
enemy abandoned all their supplies, guns, colors,
&0., and fled in dismay, leaving their dead and
wounded on the field.
Our men behaved splendidly, and the victory, was
one of the , most brilliant of the war.
. .
The number of killed and wounded on'our aide La
not stated.
. .
We hold Lewisburg.
Maw YORK, Nov. 9.—A special despatch to the
Herald says that our troops occupy Fredericksburg,
and that our army is on the soutliside of the Rappa
hannock, pursuing the rebels.
f3ATIMDAT'S BNGAGEMENT.
Worxespondence of the Herald.]
WannauTolv „TurroTlON, , NOV. B—NoOn..--Upon
the - liftin of the fog OUT. forces commenced crossing,
and foundlittle or no opposition. They are pressing
forward toward Culpeper. I am off again for the
front, and as the railway is not finished further than
this point, we shall have to express our news twenty
miles by horse.
The 2d division of the 3d Corps, under General H.
Prince, crossed the river last evening at Eclly's ford,
and ,captured. two hundred and fifty-twoiof the 2d
and nth North Carolina Regiments. TheVrisoners
say their orders were to remain there and #ght until
ordered to retreat Or taken prisoners,_
boy waded the ford, which was about Whist deep,
and their prisoners had to wade back. 4'he 20th ,
New York Lieutr Col. Hardenberg com
mending, accompanies the prisoners to Washington
as an escort.
The wounded are arriving here, on their way to
Washington. Cars are also ordered for fifteen bun-,
dred prisoners. Two hundred snd fifty orthe latter
were taken by the left wing, commanded- by Major
General French.
The prisoners are now-arriving. They'are chiefly
from North Carolina and Louisiana. They say to
our boys, "You all could not have taken 'us if we
had had bayonets like yours." The Wisconsin and
Maine fellows answered, "Oh, gammon; that's
played out We did the same thing at Fredericks
burg, and can always do it. Our orders were to go
into those works, and we should have done it, bayo
nets or no bayonets. We never thought of them
till we got close up to the redoubts, and then fixed
them."
The stoicism of the Fifth Wisconsin boys, when
wounded, is remarkable. Three poor fellows ' who
lay with their faces towards the enemy, and who,
had fallen while charging up the, bill upon the re.'
doubts, on being asked if they Were dead, replied,
"Dead) 'No; we are worth two or three dead men
yet." Each had a broken leg, and they coolly.re.
marked, "That's all "
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OE THR POTOMAC),
Sunday, November B.'
Portions of the sth and 6th Corps, under the com:
mend of Major'General Sedgwick, last - evening at,
tacked the enemy in their stronghold, on the left.
bank of the Rappahannook ,between Rappahannock'
Station and Beverly Ford, carrying the works sue
cesefully, capturing nearly all of the rebels defending
them—Motet twelve hundred to fifteen hundred, four
flags, with their arms, and seven pieces of artillery.,
The works consisted of the old earth fortifications`
near the railroad cropping, recently strengthened by.
the addition of railroad iron taken from the Orange;
- and Alexandria Railroad, and another similar work
half a mile or more westerly, on the river ; connected-
BY a curtain, rifie.pits, and all the usual contrivances,
resorted to for the defence of sinailarworka.•
At about midway between these forts the enemy'
had a bridge across the river, and another bridge be•
low the railroad, in front, over which our troops had:
to pass, first having to drive the enemy's skirmish:
era and sharpshooters. -
There were several natural rille.pits filled with
During the day the 6th Corps moped forward/rom
the rear of Bealton Station, on the right of the rail
road, to within one mile and a half of the enemy's
works—the let division (General Rtissell) on the,
left, the &I division (General Terry) in the centre;
and the. 2d division (General Howe) on the right 4
The bth Corps moved forward on the left of the
track, and took position in a plectra woods a little
more to the rear, but sending forward a picked bri
"wide of picket skirmishers under Brigadier General
Gerard, who drove the enemy's skirmishers from
the plateau on the left of the railroad to the river
bank; 1,16 doing 191/10h rum auttereq; wogs!
from' a cross fire of artillery and rifle shots from the
fortifications nearest the railroad.
Having .accompllehed the special object of this
movement, a portion_of the troop' were placed un-
der the cover of railroad embankment, while
the remainder watched the river bank to prevent a
flank movement.
At a little before sundown, Brigadier General
Russell, commanding the let division of the 6th
corps—the division belonging to General Wright—
but who yesterday commanded the corps. moved his
command on the right of the railroad, and under a
very heavy fire of artillery and infantry carried the
natural ri tio pita.
Just as night bad shrouded the heavens in dark
ness. a charge was made by the sth Wisconsin and
6th Blaine volunteer infantry upon the fortifications
near the railroad, supported in the movement by
the 119th Pennsylvania and 49th Pennsylvania.
Baying carried the fortification, after a brief but
severe struggle, the
6th Wisconsin and 6th Blaine
dashed forward to the bridge, completely cutting off
the whole rebel force on the left bank of the river.
General Shaler's brigade, of the Ist division, came
up, on the right, and at an opportune moment car.
tied the works there, when the whole rebel force
threw - down their muskets and surrendered. The
force is composed of the 82d Pennsylvania, 66th
New York, 6711 a New York, 122 d New Ye - dr, and
23d Pennsylvania.
The troops captured are Hoke's North Garonne
brigade, commanded by 001. Godwin ; Hayes' Lout-
Mane brigade,i commanded by Col. Pene—both of
whom are prisoners—and the Louisiana Guard
battery, all belonging to BwelPs corps.
'the Riots at Mauch Chunk..
(Special Cerreepondenee of The Preen. ?
MAUVE( °aura( ) Nov. 7, 1863
, .
Several accounts , appeared during the last few
days in Philadelphia and New York papers of the
"riots" in this region, and the murder of Mr. G. K.
Smith, one of our beat and most valuable citizens.
The accounts given are, as far as they go, subetan
tally correct. The murders committed, however,
are not "riots," but' the work of assassins, exten
sively organized throughout the coal *ion, and
the leading Copperheads are the chief instigators.
The murderers are all Irish, organized under the
name of "Buckshots" for the avowed purpose of
resisting the draft. They number probably several
thousand in the mines of Beaver Pdeadocir, Cole
rain, Jeanesville, Hazleton, Audenried, Yorktown,
Frencbtown, Spring Mountain, and Mount Pleasant.
They are all armed, either with shot-guns, rifles,
muskets, or revolvers. The most notorious Copper
heads of our place counselled them to_ arm them
selves ~'to defend their liberties," and "to resist
the tyranny of the Lincoln despotism " The beasts
duped by these demagogues declare their determi
nation to drive out of the mines every one who is
not of their own stripe, and a number of Welshmen,
Englishmen, Protestant Irish, Germans, and Arno
ricers, have been waylaid and murdered by
them during the last two or three months, About
two months ago one of these Suckshots was arrested
near Beaver Meadow, and lodged in our jail on a
charge of assault and battery with intent to kilt
On the following night over one hundred armed
Buckshois Marched into town, well armed, arriving
here about one o'clock in the morning, sur
rounded the jail, and rescued the prisoner. No
!effort was made by the civil authorities to arrest
the offenders, although the Grand Jury, last month,
presented the names of a number of persons who
participated in the outrage. The District Attorney,
being of the moat malignant stamp of Copperheads,
refused, and continues to mime, any steps Calcula
ted to bring these villains to justice. The High She
riff the county, it is believed, would prefer doing
his duty, but he being in the Copperhead boat, can
not do so. He has made no effort to raise a 2i9sse
comilatus for the arrest of, these or any other outlaws
in our county. Even one of the associate judges of
our court, and leading officer of one of the most
prosperous and respectable local corporations, it is
raid, discountenanced any effort to arrest "Buck
shots,". dimply because they (the Demooraoy)
"need 'their votes and must not offend them."
Thus e,ncouraged by our local authorities, these
outlaws frequently deolaied their determination to
not only kill every officer who would undertake to
enforce the draft, Mat also to put out of the way
every one suspected of sympathy with the G-overn
ment. They openly declare now their determina
tion to secure entire control of all the mines, and to
stop the shipment of coal, and thus deprive the
navy of, this indispensable article.
The deputy provost marshal of the county re
cently received a company of the-Invalid Corps, to
protect him and his assistants in serving notices on
the drafted men of the infected district. Reaver
Meadow was selected as headquarters, and the no.
'tires were served without serious difficulty. In
each of the mining villages the well.disposed citi
zens earnestly appealed to the marshal for perma
nent military protection, but the force under him
was barely strong enough to move from mine to.
mine and protect the officers whilst discharging
their duties, The last notices were served on
Wednesday, and the military marched back to
Beaver Meadow.
On the Brunie day, Mr. C-. K. Smith, one of the pro
prietors of life Yorktown mines, with his wife, vi
sited Mauch Chunk, and remained over night at the
Mansion House. On Thursday afternoon he went
home, in a two-horse carriage, -and arrived there
eettly in the evening; and being somewhat indis
posed, retired at 9 o'clock, about which time some
body knocked at the door, which was opened
by Mrs. Smith, and an individual in soldier's
uniform entered, and said he had a letter for
Mr. Smith from Mauch Chunk, on important
business. Mrs. Smith proposed to hand it
TO .13.1, but• vsyr.tc, -- -ic. , --szldier's clothes
insisted upon giving it to him personally,
saying that was his positive order. Mrs. Smith
then retired to Mr. Smith's apartment and informed
him of the very important letter for him. He soon
enteredthe room, received what purported to be a
letter, - and stepped up to the light to open and read
it, when the villain stepped up behind him and shot
him through the head, killing him instantly. As soon
as the shot:was fired, the door opened and a gang of
Buckshot assassins rushed in, and Mr. Uirick,
clerk in Mr. Smith's store, who was also in the
house, came in the room by way of another door.
Be succeeded in killing one Buckshot, but received
k hituself a ball through the thigh.. ittra. Smith re
ceived threeimlletibles through her dress, but sus
ceededed in making her escape without injury. The
deadlrishman was carried away by his fellow-ruf
. flans, and thus far none of the gang have been iden
tified.
The alleged reason 'for this most cowardly and
brutish murder is, that Mr. Smith was suspected of
haring furpishecl the deputy provost marshal a map
of the town, indiesting the houses in which drafted
min resided. Whether he did or did not furnish
such a mail, is probably known only to the marshal
and his assistants. The mere suspicion, however,
was enough to induce these:cowardly Buckshots to
commit this foul and damningnrime.
Other prominent men of this coal region are
threatened, and Perna of them have already left
their homes and property to seek personal safety ;
and unless something is done very soon to protect
the citizens of the region, the shipment of coal must
cease.
In my judgment, there is but one way, to 'treat
these fiends. They must be exterminated, lung, or .
shot; No one belonging to thin "Buckshot" orga
nigation should have a bit more right to live, for a
single moment, in the presence of a decent man, than
a mad dog or a rattlesnake; and if the Government
will not give us plenty of 'men to exterminate these
outlaivs, the citizens must and will do the work ef
fectually by means of a Vigilance Committee. If.we
must have civilwar here, it may as well be a war of
extermination. ANTHRACITE.
United States Christian Cominission.
BELIEF FOK UNION PRISONERS IN . THE
RICHMOND PRISONS
The following letter was received at the rooms o
the Christian Commission, in this city, yesterday
OFFICE COMMISSIONER FOR EXCHANGE,
FORTRESS MONIIOI7, Va., Nov. 3, 1.863.
George 11. Stuart, Chairman Christian Commission, Phi
ladelphia:
Sin: I have, the honor to inform you that twenty.
one packages, ddressed " Lieut. W. F. Randolph,
6th United States Artillery, Libby Prison, Rich
mond, - Va.," and one addressed" Rev. John Hus
sey, Castle Thunder, Richmond, Va,," containing
clothing and other comforts forwarded by the Chris
tian Commission for the benefit of- our suffering pri
sonere in the hands of the enemy, have been re
ceived and delivered by me to the authorities at
Richniond, and I trust and believe they have ere
this found their way to, and madeglad the hearts of,
many of those for whom they were intended.
Your noble association cannot find a wider or
worthier field than this for its work of benevolence
and charity, nor do I believe any other where so
much good may be done, or so great an amount of
real Wit ring can be alleviated as here, even at the
cost of redoubled efforts and means.
Should you desire to make any further shipments,
address to the party whom you wish to receive and
distribute the articles, in care of "Brig. Gen. S. A.
M.eredith Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners,
Fortress Monroe, Va.," and forward by Adams' Ex
press.On.arrivfd fit Forticoo KO/Wee such packages
will be promptly foeWarded.to Richinend, Via " flag
of truce. ,,
With heartfelt thanks in behalf of the recipients
of your bounty,
I are, air, very respectfully,
' Your obedient servant,
JOHN E. MULFORD,
Major, and Assistant Agent for Exchange.
Money for the purpose of purchasirtg stores for
the relief of our suffering heroes In the Richmond,
prisons will be received by Joseph Patterson, Esq.,
treasurer of the Commission, at the Western Bank.
ARRIVAL OF- A CHRISTIAN COMMISSION
DELEGATE PROM RIOHMOND.
ATZNATOLIB, Nov. 9.—Rev. John Hussey, -a" dele
gate of the United States Christian Commission,
who was taken prisoner by the rebels on the battle
field of Chickamauga, arrived froin Richmond yes
terday, comparatively well, and thankful to get out
of Dixie. Like all the other prisoners, he comed
destitute of everything.
THE COMMISSION IN PITTSBURG.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 9, 1863.—Five great meetings'
were held in this oity yesterday on behalf of the U.
S Christian Commission. The Episcopal, Presby
terian, Baptist, Methodist, and Welsh Churches,
in which they were held, were filled to overflowing.
Revs. George J. Mingins, R. J. -Parvin, B. W.
Chtelatt; and Mr. Castle, conducted the meetings.
The gathering at the First Preebyterlan Church in
the evening was a very large one. The crowded
audience seemed deeply interested In the statements
made. The collection amounted to over two thou
sand dollars.
THE COMMISSION IN PORTLAND.
FORTLAVD, Nov.'9.—An immense meeting was
held here last evening,- on behalf, of the United
States Christisn_Commisaion. Overthree thousand
persons assembled in the new City Hall, and hun
dreds went away, unable to find standing room.
George F. Emery, Esq ,- presided. The meetingwas
addressed by the Rev. Dr. Patterson, of °Masks°,
and George H. •Stuart, Esq., of Philadelphia.
Both` of these gentlemen speak again this evening,
in. Lai:Lasater Hall. Mr. ~:tuart speaks to-day on
'Oharige.
A Telegraphic Wonder.
The following account of an extraordinary
French telegraphic invention is given by the Paris
correspondent of the London Star: -
The Abbe Classe!Ws pantelegraph is taken up
by the. Government. A project of a law was
recently presented to. the Corps Legislatif, Which
proposes that it should supersede the Morse appa
ratus, now in - universal use. The pantelegraph is
one of the greatest Scientific wonders of the pre
sent day. It is properly enough termed here
an autograph and amateur. A despatch writ
ten • at Stns .
is reproduced without the - mi..
sistance 'TT any cleric at Marseilles, with the
moat rigorous fidelity, as is also a portrait, sketch,
or drawing of any kind. Nor does the. Clas
sellPs apparatus need so great supply of electricity
as that of Morse, and is much -leas affected by the
condition of the atmosphere. The Empress hats had
her iiheeess telegraphed to some of her friends in
the Provinces ; and, last week, Clacutelli telegraphed
a painting of a full.blown rose, from the observatory
to the bureau of the Telegraphic Administration.
The petals were 0f,..a beautiful pink color, and the
leaves Grim equally good green; in short, were ex
actly like the tints of the original. Rossini, also,
not many days ago, telegraphed to Marseilles, by
this apparatus , a melody Which he improvised in
honor of the inventor, and which has glace gone the
lOWA QS gte Mil salons, •
REM YORK CITY.
Correspondence of The I tefeci
NEW Yosic, Nov. 1/, ORM
THE LATE Rtrssimv BALL.,
The grand ball given• to the Russian °Worm on
Thursday night and Friday morning, passed off with
considerable eclat. Tee Aeademy of Music was
magnificently decorated with a superior quality of
colored mulling, plaster statues, photographs,
and scenes in the best style of otholoth painting.
Vases and baskets of Bowers were disposed in pro•
minent places ; ornamental gas jets were arranged
in luminous clusters, And portraits of Prominent
pagans, Czars, and Ruesian and American geniuses
stared grimly down upon the scene. Certain it is, that
no expense wag spared in condueing to the splendor
of the decorations, and rendering the tout ensemble of
the ballroom worthy of the guests It was intended
to honor. The coigne was under the immediate di
rection of that culinary sublimity, Delo:ionic°. Re.
aides the regular supper room, was a coffee room,
de signed for the benefit of those who might not care
to waste twelve dollars' worth of valuable time . in
the sensual enjoyments of the palate. The exterior
balconies flamed with Itrummond lights. -
, The scene within the building was one of brilliancy
and fascination. The female toilets were of especial
magnificence—hormone, silks, velvets, jewels, and
here and there blue coats with brass buttons, worn
by some refined political lions, acted as a foil to the
more graceful apparel of the fair sex.
Thus far, success ; beyond, utter failure, ludicrous
and absurd. The floor was crowded. Presently,
high above the hum and rustle, creeps tie music
from the balcony. "Now, gallants, for your ladies'
sakes, upon them with the Landers. , " Crush,
crush I there is nothing but crush. Here and there
desperate couples, With starting eyeballs, bob up
like corks upon a Biscay sea, and sinking, are lost
and overridden. The floor managers interfere, dis
torted crinoline is rescued, and as the music swells
higher and higher, Muscovite and Amerioan, with
grins of excitement, grapple with their feverish part
ners and plunge into the eddies, which gradually
Sweep them into the vast maelstrom of gauzes and
silks, and glistening jewels.
_ . .
At the "in - oper time, the, gentlemen *nipped, and
then gave plane to the 'adieu.
.Su eh id a summing up of the grand ball, with ics
crush, ita heat, and suffocation. It was the stick
which came down after the brilliant rocket of pre
paration and announcement. The memories which
it will provoke will not be like those faint, delicate
sensations which cluster about the winter hops in
Madame's saloon; but rather like the gross and
garish recollections of a galop de Aboard at Paris.
Now that' . it is over now that the blood is cooled
of its fever, the papers are grumbling over the
ghastly mockery of a great ball in times of war and
public disaster. The 4idcoge shapes of the battle-
field are conjured up, and placed beside the woman
of jewels and gauzes, with the delirium of the dance
in her eyes, and very Pertinently it is asked, why,
this horrible conjunction I Perhaps it would have
been as well had the, objection been raised before
the bell. A second Russian squadron, of eight ves
sels, is expeeted to arrive shortly, perhaps to winter
in our harbor. Some twelve °there are also named
which may intend to keep company with Limft.
sky's fleet,
MOZART HALL.
Mozart Hall is furious over the reduction of the
usual Democratic majority. On Thursday , evening
a receting of the members was held, the object of
which was a denunciation of the McKeon wing, to
which they attribute their losses. Fernando Wood
introduced the resolutions, which were three in
number. The second of them, referring to Messrs.
McKeon and James T. Brady, concludes as follows :
"These representatives of a ' pure judiciary should
first be purified of the odium and corruption which
hang around their own personal characters, before
they preach purity to others. The first (McKeon) is
a noisy little, brainless demagogue, and, the latter
(Brady) a practical amalgamationist " From this
may be observed thedesperation of the mob leaders.
The McKeon wing includes the loyal Democrats,
and their disgust at the McCunn ticket, and the
strenuous efforts which they made for its defeat,
have dung the Copperheads to a pitch of fury eel
hom experienced even , in political quarrels. Fer
nando 'Wood is sensitive of his personal character.
For the last few years he has endeavored to procure,
upon the basis of his wealth, an introduction to the
ranks of good society. On every aide, however, he
has been contemptuously repulsed 3 and the expos&
made by the R . icKeonites, and the reSpzetable press
at large, serve to neutralize his continual efforts.
MCOunn probably desires to rush in at the same
door Fernando is striving to open. The thing is
provocative of laughter. Imagine these worthies
inviting Mr —, the banker, to a private glass of
whisky, at some trysting spot in Mackerelville, or
the Five Points I
Mlt. HENRY B. STANTON AND SON.
Henry B. Stanton, whose implication with
certain developments in Custom House matters has
been previously mentioned, publishes a letter to
Secretary Chase, in which he asseverates his Irmo.
centre, and throws the guilt upon his own son, who
holds a position under him. The expose, requisite
to sustain ler. Stanton's reputation with the public,
has caused a sensation, somewhat peculiar in its
nature. The revelation, however, being extra
judicial, will riot, probably, affect the conclusions
at which the Washington authorities will arrive
regarding the matter. The gentleman has vindi
cated himself, at all events, by the positive denial
of all the charges which have been made against
rum.
The position which he , holds is onsoof peculiar im
portance to theGovernitent. New York and the
Jersey shore afford constant rendesvoui for embryo
blockade runners, and the amount of contraband
goods which are shipped weekly from their piers
tor Southern ports must be enormous. Although
vigilant officers are continually on. the watch, the
traitors outwit them in numerous cases. In all
cases of suspicion, hoWever, bonds are required,
and Mr. Stanton is 'the - official who receives
them, and supervises their prosecution when such
a course becomes requisite, as it does very frequent
ly. The blockade•runners. if successful, can always
afford to lose the penal sum on the bond, which
is, as usual, double the estimated value of the goods
or vessels here, which is no criterion of their value
in rebel hands. _But notwithstanding this fact,
these fellows are continually upon the lookout for_
anopportunity through which they may reduce the
amounts of such losses, and it seems that, in this
instance, they. were in the habit of paying young
Stanton roundly for delivering the bonds to them.
This he did in several instances, and, although he
to ice acknowledged his to.a friend, the
facts never reached the ears of the father or or any
customhouse officials. At length the authorities at
Washington, learning of .the affair, despatched an
agent, who, unknown to Mr. Stanton, collected the
evidence which was at hand, and the first intima
tion which he had, either of the abstraction of the
bonds or of own supposed implication, was by a
summons to meet with the Collector, Naval Officer,
and Snivel or, and offer Such explanations as might
lie in his power to make. These are thefacts which
first went to, the public, and upon them were based
the most extravagant rumors, such as that Mr. S.
had been shipping munitions of war to the rebels,
and that ht} had been ordered to Fort Lafayette,
there to await a trial upon the charge of treason.
STUYVESANr.
Public Entertainments.
TUB GEEMAN OPERA.—We have to thank the ar
tists of the German Opera, and especially Madame
Johannseil, for the finest musical performance of
the season. " Fidelio" was so well sung last night,
so thoroughly interpreted by :instruments and
voices, that the public was actually surprised.
Last 3 ear, " was given almost entirely
by the orchestra; now the increased strength and
variety of Mr. Anschutz's company results in a per
formance which, if not perfect, is at least the beat
vocal rendering of Beethoven's music heard in 'this
city for years. The audience was not only large
and fashionable, but enthusiastic; the beautiful
quartette in the first scene was repeated , upon em
phatic demand, and Madame Johannsen, Herren
}Timmer and Weinlich, at the close of the second
act were called before the curtain by the universal
applause of Their hearers,
The noble orchestral performance' of those sub
lime, unrivalled symphonies would have made the
worst vocalism bearable; but the singing was worthy
of the Instrumentation. Madame Johannsen's
Fiddia is her greatest character ; it is a lyric and
dramatic performance of unusual beauty. Where
the music is most beautiful it is moat difficult,
and where it was most difficult Madame Johannsen
was most charming. The Florestan of lien. "Timmer
was far superior to that of Signor Lott!, a sweet
and pleasant tenor, and added greatly to the success.
Herr Weinlich is an admirable Rocco'; hie voice is
suited to the music, Herr Habelmann Was arr efrec
live Jacouino. Herr Steineeke sang .Posarro hoarse ,
ly, but with excellent tante. Pdademoitelle Canines
ii too young for important parts;
"Fidelio" is thus far the great triumph of the
reason, And should be repented. It deserves far
more than this brief notice, for this noble perform
ance is an honor to all the leading
~ artists, and an
event in the munical world. To-morrow night
Mehul's "Soreph, ), one of the noblest of operas,
will be sung, with Idadenioiaelle. Frederici as Ben
jamin
OHESTNUT•STREET TltEterltn.—We saw Miss
Avonia Jones last night, and were very favorably
impressed with her performance. She is young,
good looking, and full of lire. Medea is a very bad,
fascinating woman fora good, fascinating woman to
portray. Yet Miss Avonia Jones did portray it
well, although she did not drive off, in the last act,
in a chariot drawn by dragons, according to mytho
logical authority. Want of space precludes us from
dwelling upon the merits of: Miss Avonia Jones.
On another occasion we shall be glad to do so. She
was enthusiamtically received and tumultuously ap
plauded. We prophesy her success.
WALNUT. STREET THEATRE.—Mies Mary Provost
waNeloomed, last night, by a crowded house ;,her
success was unqueitionable ; of her merits we shall
speak hereafter. -
ARCO-ST/MET THEATRE—Mrs..D. P. Bowers
was received with enthusiasm yesterday evening;
'few actresses are as popular in Philadelphia as
she.
A Ns.w PAROunmA, by Waugh, of "Italy and its
War for Independence," is announced for early ex.
bibition. .An event of this description is worth at•
tention. llJr. Waugh is one of our best painters,
and the splendid Italian panorama painted and ex•
hibited by him some years ago has given him a
reputaticn without rival in this particular: Ills
new work is even more artistic than the first, and,
in addition tiisocurate and beautiful productions of
Italian landscape and architecture, presents "some of
the most animated features of the campaigns of Gs..
ribaldi and Napoleon. This panorama will no doubt
possess merit even beyond its purpose as an enter
tainment. .
LAEGE POSITIVE SALE OP BOOTS, SHOES, BRO•
,Gll3l SHOES, AND BOOTS AND SHOES
SLIGHTLY DA.MAHED.—The early attention of, deal
ers is requested to the prime assortment of boots,
shoes, brogans, - gurn shoes, (and first class city-mede:
boots and shoes slightly damaged,) embracing cam•
pies of 400 cases of fresh goods, of city and East
ern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by cata
logue on four months', credit, commencing this
morning at precisely ten o'clock, by John B. Myers
&Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232,and 234 Market street,
-,Major Gen. Prentiss, of Gtuiney, 111., hail ten.
tiered his resignation to the War Depertment A and I t
bat been accepted.
FINANCLU, - AND COINNERUAL
MONEY MARKEL
- • PHILADBLPHIA. NM 8. 1863.
Gold opened weak this morning on tbe reliarts from
oar armies in Virginia. but before noon the demands of
the aborts gave a strong tone to the Market, and an ad-
Vane, from 14& to 1473 was effected. but it fall off again
and closed at 146%.
The stringency In the money market shwa no signs
of giving ont, and money was slightly tighter than at
anytime-last Week. AB high an eight par cent. was
Paid. seven being thillgure at which the bulk of the OPe
rations was made.
Laot week was a very fair one for sales of the five.
twenty loan, over fourteen millions being taken. -
The - following is a statement of the snbacriptions to
U 2,01140 year loan, through Jay Cooke, General Subscrip
tion Agent, Philadelphia, for the week ending Saturday,
Novernber 7; IS8.1:
New 'York and vicinity
Boston and Vial:thy.
Rhode Island
Penasylvania..• •
New Jersey'.
Delaware
Maryland
Nate , t Columbia.
.West Virginia.
Ohio
Indiana'
Illinois
VO lawn sin
lowa •
Minnesota.
Kentucky.
M-ssonri
Kansas
Total for the Week
The pressure on the money market was severely felt
on stocks and almost every thina on the List declined.
some of the epecalative shares quite heavily.
Stare Ryes N.ll off to 99%. New City sixes sold at 10931.
Pennsylvania Railroad 241 mortgage bonds sold atlo63d.
Sunbury and Brie sevens at 111. 96 was bid for North
Pennsylvania sixes. Reading bonds were firm.
Beading shares were pressed for sale, and declined to
613%%. North Pennsylvania to 26% Kinehill to 62. Ca.
tawissa preferred to 30%. Philadelphia and Erie to 31.
Norristown to 6004. Little Schuylkill to 40 was
bid tor Long Island. 704', for Pennsylvania. Arch- stree
Passenger sold at 26.
Union Canal sold at 2 Schuylkill Navigation declined
to 10.4 the preferred to 3336. Lehigh_ - Scrip. sold-:at M.
Susquehanna, at 17%; Canal. were 'neglected. Big
Mountain Coal sold at 4% and Penn Mining at 2%. Tha
market el osed
Drexel & Co. Quote:
United Sts.tee Bonds. 1881 1ffi54011.0
New Certificates of lodebt'sm. 98340 99
" Old Certificates of Indebt'ss 161 X C 0102.14
7-30 Notes IfaiVaio7
Quartermasters' Vouchers 98140 99
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness 310 1 Is
Gold ••••• • • ... •• . •• •• 46 (di 46iz
Sterling Exchange 160Wg1814
Messrs. M. hchnitz EL Co., No. 16 Smith Third. street,
Quote foreign exchange per steamer Canada, from Ba
ton, as follows
Lonaom 60 days' sight
Do. 3 davo 162 (o , 6et,f
.4...
diois' sight Sf 50 MOM
Do. 3 dayo„.,.a..r4m,ratsw
Antwerp. 60 days' sight . 3 - 150 f 55
Bremen. 60 days' sight - 117 am. 175
Hamburg. 60 days' sight 633 cg 4
Cologne. 60 days' algid. ...... . .. (01073;
Lelnsic. 60 days' eight 107 01.07 , 4
Berlin, 60 days' sight 107 ed+lo7Y,
Amsterdam. 60 days' sight - @ 61.3
Frankfort. 60 days' eight.........,.613;14
Market steady • -
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ci en ri nk .. Balances.
$6.C82,430 17 62972,036 19
• 6,815;779 51 635,23 e 43
5,891,565 84 - 581,318 12
• 5.601,6615 44- . '
.360,34112
6,158,826 21 510,315 49
• 5,014 737 04 406, 782 64
$34,5161),283 71
The following statement shows the e onditi
Banks of Philadelphii at various times dU
and 1E83:
046„%'7
'9,517,900
• Er 35,153
}5, , 514.-..995
36 77 ,723
37,679,675
5. 268,894
37,901 080
5 .516 520
5 487 • 9 9
. ,143,997
5.93 ,8 1
,390,179
,773,596
59 573,410
75,698
:9 485.311
, 8,798,8313
9.046,494
3:17
99 fa' a 57
a 9,100.421
9 847
`fftmurkry .....
Augont 4
Zegtezrinerl
December L .. .
January 6.16E61
February .2
March 2
April -:6
August 3..........
12. ...
21.
. .
October i
Nov omb er 2.
The break in the Delaware Divielon Canal has been
thoroughly repaired, and the Canal's now in good work
in B order.
The earnings of the Canal to October 31st, of last year,
were .$7l, 437, and to the same date of this ye‘r they
amount to $113,366.12. "This is an increase over last year
of $62,9i9.12.
Plttlatla. Stock E - xe
(Reported by S. R. ELAYUAN.
100 Reading R t 234 100 Cata R Pref :WO- 31%
1/0 do
cash
.... . . ... 6234 MO do 31
1(0 do ....
62% 100 d 0...... ... . . 55.. 31
3(0 do 6234 300 do b3l-313‘
200 do s6Own.. 62 100 • do b'22.3156
800 do 1: 7 2 'too do 30%
100 do b3O- 6 - 234 f 200 d0...........b6.: 3074
100 do 2dys 62 '
200 d 0.. .. ... • .b 6.• 30 307
"4110 do 63, 100 do cash- 30%
I 3 S. 7.20 Treas NM, 100 do b 5.. 3034
End A& 0 106 SlO American Gold •.• .146
36 Little Schl It 52% 400 Saeq,Canal b 30.. 17%
4(00 Penna. Sc, 100 Union Canal. • ••• . • 2
6000. do 100.4 182 Lehigh Scrip.cash. 50
Mu do 99%. 1000 City 6. new • • • -It6g.
100 do 0 9 35 N Penn scrip.-- sO
67 Norristown R. 6034 85 do.'. 59 1 4
Philada & Erie It.. 3) 11C033ounst . i2d mort -106%
BETWEEN BOARDS
NO Penna. 1370 -.100%1 •20 Mechanics 8k.b5.• 21%
60 Union Can • ... 2 100 Cata Prat 3037
20 Mechanics 8k..b5 25341 100 Big Mountain.b6- 4%
SECOND BOARD.
2000 rearm It 22 mort -306341 180 beading R...b10.. 6134
100 Penn Miring 2.16 60 Seal Nay Pref. 910. 31
3.60 Big Mountain. b - 4% 60 do.- 'Pref. bl).. 31
60 to bd.. 4% 100 do ....Prf.sewp. 33%
260 Reading R.. .... .. . 614 200 N Penns . ....... 25 . 3. f
t.,0 do 6i# RICO Sun & Erie 7a 111
200 do.. • • ....2dys.. 61.1" 58 Minehill It 62
200 do bsw.a.. 614 100 oclil Nay....b30- 19,N
200 do 633. 426 do 10%
200 do blO.. 6134 ROO Cata,R Pref 30%
AFTER BOARDS.
610 Penn Mining 2341 100 Arch- st R 26
CLOSING PRICES-DULL.
Did. Asked. ' detest %
11 13 l3s '81.........109 Catawissa R. Con 10 10
S 7-30 N0te5...1(6% 10734 Do prfd. , ... 3034 3034
Phlla, 65... .. . . 103 N Beaver bleadi... « .•
Do new 10. 5 34 1063:1 Minehill R• • •••• • •
Penna. Os ..... ...49034 100 Harrisburg -. ..»
Do Coups.... • • Wilmington
Reading R 6134 61% Susq Canal.
Do 6s '50'43.109 111 Do 0.3
Do bde '70..1%i 107 Alle co 68 R....,.
Do bds'll6 c0nv.122 124 Lehigh -
Patna R 70% 71% Do bda
Do let m6s 110 11136 Phila Ger & N or.. • . •
Do 2d m 65.106 107 Cam & Amb R... • . • .
Little Schnyl R.. 623.4 6234 Phila '& Erie 6s•. • . • .
Morris o consul 74 76 Sun & Erie 75.... .. -_Do 6
s prf .
d.'76 ...137 140 Del Doawarebds Div-. .• • •
Do .. • • .. ... ".•
Do 2d mtg.. - Fifthstreet R.... 67 60
Schnyl Nay 1934 It% Do bonds .• .
Do prfd. ... . 3334 WI Second-street R.. .. 86
Do 6. '82... •91 92 Do bonds • .•.•
Elmira i - 37% Race-street R. 9x 10%
Do prfd 64 66 W Phila R., 6934 .-
Do -75'73....109 111 Do bonds... 2 ,
Do 10s Sprnce-street R.. 16 1634
L Island R 40 46 Green-street 46 47
Do - bds .. . Do' bonds•••
Lehigh Nay Os.. Cheatnnt-st R.... - 69
Do shares- 51 62 Arch-etreet .. •26 1634
'Do scrip.... 50 60.i4; Thirteenth-st R. ..
If Penna. R•••••• 25 25h Ssfer.teenth-st R 12 12.4
Do 68 ..... • 95 9 6 , itßiard College R 27 27M
Do No , . • .... •• 11.23 ITentli-street lc-. 47.54 ••
•
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
The arrivals and sales of Beef . Cattle at Phillips'
Avenue Drove 'Yard continue large, reaching about
2,9(0 head this week. The market is more active, and
nricea, of extra cattle are rather better. First quality
Western and Penns3lvania Steers are selling at In
10 3 c, good ditto stoogl9.l4h. fair at s@B}.c, and common at
front 7©73-;:c lb, according to quality. The market
closed itrin Within the above range of Priem
Caws. —Aboutl2s head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard
at from $25 up to $lO head.
bliEnt. —There is a fair demand, with sales of 5,000
bead at, from 431®5140 14 lb. gross, as to gna
DOGS. —3 4CO head sold this week at the different yards,
at from *6.5(@S 75 the 100 The, net, as to quality.
The. Cattle ou sale to-day are from the following States:
1,050 head from Pennsylvania.
3(0 bead from Ohio.
. .
772 bead from Illinois.
SO bead from Maryland.
The following are the particulars of the sake;
P McPillen, 124 Cheater county Steers, selling Wrote
83-Agl9Mc for fair to Extra •
A, M. Fuller - Mt - Co., 223 Western Steers, selling at from
EfOlYc for fair to extra. • •
P. ' Hathaway, 125 Cheater county and Ohio Steers.
sellinsr at from Stgiltic fdr fair to extra.
Martin & Shriver, 104 Western and ,Chenter county
Steers, selling at from S@Sl.ic for fair to good.
Pengler & afcClese, 32 Cheater county Steers, selling
at from f@9o for fair to good. -
Plimarm Boehman, ISB Western Steers, selling at
"from 2tAlec for fair-to extra.
John Eirwin, 75 Western Steers, selling at from 0P.1,1:0
for fair to extra.
Rica & Smith, 160 Western Steers, selling at from WO
1C3,;,c for good to choice quality: . -
b. o.:Baldwin. 40 Cheater county Steers.isellingatirom
for fair to extra.
Mooney & Smith, SO Western Steers, selling at from
f@llc
El. Chain. 76 Pennsylvania Steers selling sit fronfS34.@
No for fair to extra.
COW'S AND CALVES.
The arrivale and sales of Cow. at Phillips' Avenue
Drove Yard reach about 125 head this week, selling at
from $20@:10 for springers. and 3125a15 V head. for GOA ,
and Calf; there is a fair demand „at these rates. Old.
Poor Cows are selling at $1.5®171t head. as to quality.
Culver—abort 40 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, at
from 4.Ea'@sXc 68 th, as to weight and cmdition.
- - - - - - -
ras SHEEP rifillißET.
The arrivals and sales or Sheep at Phillips' Avenue
Drove Yard reach about ,5,000 head this week There is
a good demand, and prices are about the same as last
q o oted. Fat Sheep selling at froml3ligh3,l4c lb,gross as
to condition; a few extra are reported at a higher
figure
stock hlis&P are selling at from $2.6003.50 head, and
Lambs at $2,801g.1, as to quality. ,
THE HOG MARKI`.
TLe arrivals and sales of Hogs at - the Union Avenue
and Dieing Sun Drove Yards reach about 3,400 headthis
week the market is firm at from sp. 60@8. 7f.the 100 Itte
net.
.2:2e0 head sold at Henry Glass' Union Drove Yard. at
from the 100 Ilia net, ✓-
920 haul sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, at from 846 0
ta8,75 the 100 lbs net. - •
2(1) bead soldit Phillips' & Moth's Eising Son Drove
Yard, at ft om 87®S, as to quality.
Philadelphia. Market,.
Nov Emma 9-11venina
The Flour_ market is very firm but inactive. Sales
comprise about 600 bbla Western extra family at $6 75@
7, GO for old stock and fresh ground 600 choice OW do at
$B. end 1.000 bbls City Mills extra and - extra family OA
private kerms. retailers and bakers are buying at
65.373.05.75 for superfine: s6@7 for mare; $7.50@8.50 for
:Atm fatally, and 0ge1.9 k bbl Art f 0.0 3, Waal% dd to
quality , . Eve V,loar and Corn Meal are scarce at footerrate&
GRADY --Wl:mantis active and firm at previous tasm,y
about ACM bushel(' sold or likeki - lc for common mut
good choice red. the batter for amber, sod 1700539 c tit bai
for white, as to quality. live is in steady demand, wide
small saies 15$41@krak ba. Corn is rather seareer.
.8,0(1) bus sold PillWal,97cfor Western and Southall* yet
low and 106 c bn fur white. whisk is an advance. . fosaa
are also better; about 4,ooobus sold at No weight.
BARK„—ilnercirron Is in demand; about 20 hhdeolliret
ICo.I sold at 636, 50 lk ton,
COTTON. —iThere is very little doing, mannfietwitenr
only purchasing to onppiy their immediata wanta, bat
the market Is firm. email lots of Middlings - are reficuted.
at EBC ca. -11
01100artIES. flea ecuitlnnas scarce at 3l@Pa IP' No
for Rio. ' In ;Sugar there is more doing and the market
is very firm. 70 • boxes (India sold at 12Isfig)14Mc, and 65P
bbd do. at 12,1ai125c
SEEDS —Clover is firm at" $909.50 la bash. Timothy
is steady at SLOW, 75, and Flaxseed k 5 112(43 1211 bash,
FRO VISIOaS —The mallet is very firm. Mess Pork
is quoted at Ma bh L.. Bacon Shouldsrs
at 7c, and e. 7.1-le2Sc thf a sale of salt Shoulders was
made at ai-,Vissf,c. Lard is firm, with sales of 04a-tiarsve
at 1131:01I,3ic
W SRYis
without change: Barrels are eelllng
613'@6` 1 9c. an d Drudge 5934200 c
9he following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
this port today:
Flour .. Nirkibiri.•
-81,0713 858
2,981,450
• 3 48)0
. 2.061 NO
122,6 0
200.450
1,017:800
112,600
81,400
1.06:3;050
34,100
.3i11.600
211,700
114 000
60,2:4
• 10,810
• 102. 4 °60
. 47,710
. 60 000
A Great Success.
The splendid new brown-stone edifice of Kenn.
'Wheeler & Wilson, for the- sale of their popular-
Sewing , Maobiztes in this oity, at No. 704 °bests.*
street, two doors above Seventh, was yesterday
visited by thousands of our eittrena. In fast, such
a bee-hive 'scene has rarely, if ever, been witnessed
314,242,600
in Philadelphia. We were fortunate enough to too,
on the spot, and, as the chatter of delighted visitors.
mingled with the clatter of the elegant, machines*.
operated by the handsome soung ladies in attend.
ance, one could &lipoid imagine himself suddenly
anslated from this ordinary cosmos of ours into a.
world of Sewing Machi2ee. And while the gay and.
surging throng, of 4nd if a principally, were enjoying
the splendid performances on the machines inside.
scores of ourioui pedestrians were assembled on the
pavement in front of their office, watching the rapid
and graceful movements of therelegantly-attired
automaton lady in the west window, and admirink
the magnificent specimens of braidinPexhibit.et
in the east window, such as can only be dens
on the Wheeler & Wilson Machine. As ona
among many evilenees of the growidg trade
at this model Sewing lifleoldoe establiahnient, we
may mention that the proprietors have recently"
been obliged .to enlarge,their Instruction Room
for the. Elncommodatidn of ladies Who %re avail,.
log themselves of the generous offer of this firm
to give gratuitous instruction, pro bono pubUoe,
to 'al/ who may apply to them for that purpose.
'And s ae another evidence of the well-deserved prow
perity of this immense Sewing Machine concern, We
may earl that, with all the vast facilities possessed
by the W; & W. Compantat Bridgeport, Conuedi.
cut, for the production of these -instrumented they
find it almost impossible to supply the demand,.
Numerous orders are already showering in upon.
them for machines for Christmas presents! - Sensible
idea, as there will, no doubt, be thousands of these
instruments wanted for that purpose, and aertairdi
the only way to insure choice and prompt deliveqr
into apply early. One reason among data why
the Wheeler S: 'Wilson Machine is sold so mush
more extensively than any others is found in the
fact that its reputation is wart& udile. There i 1 scarcely
a single arrival from abroad that doea not bring the
account of some_ handaome compliment to the
... _
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. Indeed, Euro
peans talk, write, and act, as if there wee but one
Sewing Machine in the world. By the last steamer
from abroad, we perceive that the great Fai r
recently held at Konigsburg, Prussia, awarded the
highest premium to the Wheeler & Wilson Machine
over all competitors. After the recent historical
and deecriptive sketch of these Instruments, which
appeared in tha_colunms of this and other journals,
it is hardly necessary for us to enlarge upon their
relative merits. To reassert that the Wheeler Sc
Wileon Sewing Machines, sold at No. 701 Chestnut
street, are superior to all others for family use, we
fear would strike our readers very much, as if we
were to insist upon the axiom that daylight is
superior to candlelight. Nevertheless, the Sewing
Machine is &noble theme; the more it is discussed,
the better it will be for the human race; and we
therefore confess ourselves under a thousand oblige
tions to Messrs. Wheeler & Wilson for having pro
vided us with a salutary and inexhaustible subject.,
HuLBURT & CG.'s LUBRICATING OIL
,370,143 99
on of the
ring 1862
2,116,219
6,026,070
6,071,566
6,106,704
1,13E0,890
4,173.7.M4
654,116
1,1814(0
3,696,697
3,371,413
2,958.428
9,786,96'3
2.561.6631
2,417,7.79
2 .).S 3061
2=3,533i
2. 9 34.632
2.221,17
9 193.030
2,169,314
12,169.1081
2,123,617
1 2,1(6281
1230902 U
21,596,014
21,003,288
21 597,596
25,419,340
Ans,7l4
t3,4.0',159
29,2.31,753
30, 178,518
29,531,559
30,659,831
31,828,763
5411,544
1:311,799,448
Me-A.612
626,702
33,03 0 ,035
32,40 9 783
32,•954,051
12,536,502
r 32 881,915
32,045 003
1 805 90,-
130,812,09
onge Sales, Nov. 9.
Philadelphia Exchange. 3
NOVEHBER 9, 1862
CITY ITEMS.
ESTABLISHMENT.-We are glad to 'invite the atten
tion of our readers to an announcement, in another
column, of such an establishment as Philadelphia
has long stood greatly in need of—a first-clasa depot
for the sale of all kinds of the best burning and L 41..
bricating Oils, Such an Emporium-has at last been
furrdshed by Messrs. Hulburt & CO., No. 240 An&
street. Heretofore, we are sorry to confess, a large
portion of oils for these purposes were ordered
from New York, but from the comprehensive an
nouncement made by Messrs. Hulburt Sr. Co., in an- -
other column, this morning, there will be no further
occasion for this extra trouble and expense to pur
chasers. It will be seen that they are prepared to
furnish the very best Signal Oils, Fire Eagiu' ae and
Machinery Oils, Light Oar Oils, Paraffin Lubrica-
tor, Jackson Oils, Pure Mecca, Patent Compound;
2nd other varieties, in any desired qualities, and at
the shortest notice. The e fantities of these oils for
the purposes recommend ,we have reason to be
here, are the finest in the world. By the
_way,
among their oils for lubricating purposes, we met
not omit to mention that Messrs. Hulburt
have a, splendid article for the Sewing Machine.
This alone will, no doubt, send thousands of oasts&
readers to their establishment, the more so as its two
Is highly recommended by sewing machine mamas*.
tine= and proprietors.
THE "FLORENCE" SEWING liAvErura.
DE - POT is now open at No. 630 Chestnut street, south
-side, next door to GOUld's Music Store, where our
citizens can examine, in - operation, the celebrated
Florence ~' Machlnes in all the various styles and
prices. We regard this splendid new Emporium as
a substanftal convenience to the public, as there is
no doubt that for the widest range of practical 111343
the " Florence Machine has advantages overall
others. It not only makes a greater variety of
stitchea, but the style of the stitch can be instantly
changed while in motion, and it will sew either to
the Tight hand or to the left, as necessity may
require.
CARD.—The sula i ipribers find it neces
sary to announce to their customers, and the public
generally, that Mr. S. P. Dill is no longer in their
employment. ..„„
They have transferred the Curtain Department,
heretofore entrusted to his care, to other and com
petent hands, 'and hope hereafter to have thft ar
rangements-of this part of their businewso ret
proved as to obviate all cause of delay or dissatis
faction.
Orden in their hands remaining unfulfilled will be
pushed forward with all despatch, and they solicit a
eontintiande of the patronage heretofore so liberally
conferred upon them.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON, LOOS
Chestnut street. _
A Cann.—l would respectfully inform my Mends
and customers that, having closed my engagement
with Sheppard, Van Harlingen, & Arrison, I will
open, in a few days, the store northeast corner of
Tenth and Chestnut streets, with a wel.l•selected
stock or Curtains, Curtain Materials, Furniture
Coverings, and Upholsterers' Trimmings generally.
I would also inform those parties who favored me
with their orders while with the firm above stated,
and yet unfilled, that the same shall be executed
without delay, and solicit their patronage at_the
new store. S. P. larr.r...
• . .
N. B.—To those contemplating purchasing any
article in the way of Curtains, Coverings,-Corniaec.
Shades, &e., &c., a postponement may prove beneft-
SPLENDm Emromms. of Aivr.—Those
of our readers who have not recently visited the
elegant Art Gallery of Messrs. Wenderoth & Tay
lor, (formerly Broadbent & Co.'s), Nos. 912, 914, and
916 Chestnut street, ought to.go now. Some of the
lirge pictures recently executed by this popular
firm, and now on exhibition at their rooms, are the
lineet specimens of the Photographic and coloring
art that have ever been produced in this country.
LADIES WISHING TO PURCHASE Bonnets
will find the most extensive and stylish Memortment
at Wood &Cary's, No. 725 Chestnut street.
MESSRS. DAVIS & RICHARDS, Arch and
Tenth streets, have just opened a fresh invoice of
Dutchhead, Pine• Apple, and Sapsago Cheese, of the
choicest quality.
A SPLENDID LINE of Misses' and Chit
dren'a Hata, at Wood & Cary, No. 7`16 Chestnut
street. . _ ,
PURE PORT, SHERRY, AND MADEIRA
Wrisms, always in Store by Davis Sc Richards, Arah
and Tenth streets.
OAKFORDe ITATS, CONTINENTAL 1101".TIL:
THE GREAT DOOR OF THE CAPITOL:—
The great bronze door of the Capitol at :ashington
is in its place. It is covered with rich carvings
which are designed to represent the discovery of
America and various incidents in the life of Colum
bus. It has been suggested to introduce as a type
of American business enterprise and prosperity a
view in Ms relief of the famous Brown. Stone Cloth
ing Hall of Rookhill & Wilson, Nei. 603 and 605
Chestnut street, above Sixth, PJiilsdelphia
SOFT HATS; O.AXFOEDS', CONTINENTAL.
" WISE SAYINGS OF WISE MEN."—The
snow is that downypovering which God covers the
earth with to protect it from the blasts of winter.
The stars are holes in the sky to let their Dlakeeir
glory shine through.
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made
and forgot to put souls into.
- The Coats, Pants, and Vests,' made by Char.
Stokes & Co., under the Continental, are the most
beautiful things of man's handiwork.
FOBS AT OAKFORDS,' CONTINENTAL.
'
FACTS IN J. HYSIOLOGY. — A man is taller
in the morning than at night to the extent of half
an inch, owing to the relaxation of the cartilages.
The human brain is the twenty.eighth of the body,
but in the horse but a four hundredth. Ten days
Per annum is the average iitcknesa of human life.
About the age of thirty-six the lean man becomes
fatter and the fa man leaner, and at a!! ages do men
express a preference for the beautiful styles of
clothing gotten up by Granville Stokes, merchant
tailor, No. 609 Chestnut street.
OASFORD9' CONTINENTAL HAT EXPO
RIUM.
LIFE INSURANCE.—Our retiders filth
the card of the Rina Life Insurance Company in sm
other column of this paper. This old and popular
'Company have A branch office located in this city, at
No. 400 chestnut street. Its peculiar method of
doing business renders it one of the most desirable
companies in this country for those seeking life in
surance. nob-thstuet
C. OAS:FOND & SONS, CONTINENTAL.
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S Fous---the
largest and best stock in the city, at 'Charles tisk
ford & Sons', Contineital Rotel. •
MILITARY GOODS, . GAKFORDS', GOMM
ITEIPTAL. • •
Gyampanraes HATIL—AII the newestand
best styles for fall wear, in Fen, Silk, add Oaarimsel,
will be found at warburtows, No. 43D uholauta
street, next door to the Post Moe. com.ink
NEW STYLE EtAavr--Charles Oaktord &
Oontizientol SUtOIk
_,OOG bur
... 4.750 boa.
... 0.000 bEa-