gly FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1863. THE NEWS, New difficulty from the rebellion, it seems to be confirmed, has threatened the Government from the most unexpected quarter: A plot to burn the 11th anizedppiSteen era is succeeded by a conspiracy to :release the rebel prisoners from Camp Chase, and this gives place to another 'rebel enterprise, in vading the American lakes from Canada. - A number of suspioious vessels on Lake Erie warned the authorities thire for defence, in view of the fact that there are now over two thou. sand rebel officers on Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay. A despatch received from the OsnatitSn ao verntntnt by Lord Lyons eivei information of a 'contemplated movement to invade the North from Canada, f , re the rebel prisoners in Lake Erie, and burn the city of Buffalo. This news is published ciVer the signature of the Secretary of War. Every effert.will be made by our own and the Oundian Goveihment to arrest mud punish any attempt of the No definite news of the reported movement of Bragg against Burnside has been reported. In the affair at Rogersville, our forces were overpowered by superior numbers and a sudden at tack, whleh, ho W aver, had not seriously endangered Gen. Burnside, who has a strong force and position. Gen. Sherman, it appears, has succeeded in deceiving the eaerny by employing the rebels with the force unde r Oaterh sus, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, near Tumourabia, ,while he moved a formidable army across the Tennessee. Tilts army , is now on the march to strengthen the operations around Chatta nooga. It is thought that the Memphis and Charles. ton railroad will be to a large exrent abandoned, to enable the forces guarding it to take the field, FROM the Army of.the Potomac the news is in teresting. It is certain that the whole of the rebel infantry has retired beyond the Rapidan, the south bank of which they are strongly fortifying, with care, which indicates their intention to go into 'winter quarters, an intention greatly dependent upon the actions of General Meade. Lee's army at Gordonsville is said to be about 30,000 men, exclu sive of cavalry. Our cavalry are far south of the Rapidan, reconnoitring the enemy's position. • GENERAL AVERILL'B victory at Droop Mountain, in Western Virginia, was decisive. The enemy had a force of over 4,000 of which 300 were killed and wounded, and lost 100 prisoners, with three guns, and a large number of small arms, wagons, etc. Fr oar Charleston we have rebel accounts to the 10th, at which date the bombardment of Sumpter was being steadily continued. No other movements are continued. THE evacuation of Virginia, it is thought, must scour before long, if Burnside and Thomas maintain their ground in East Tennessee and at Chattanooga. A paragraph in the Raleigh Standard, however, to the effect that the rebels are once more busied with the railroad connection between Danville, in "Vir ginia, and Greenshorough, in North Carolina, Would seem to prove that they do not expect to leave the State at once. It is singular that this short link in the Southern railroad system has not been completed long ago. A REBEL ESTIMATH gives General Thomas' (centre army 60,000, General Burnside's left wing 19 000, and General Hooker's right wing 12,000. Genera/ Sherman, with 15,000 more, is near Tus. mumble, moving eastward to join Hooker. The cavalry apportioned to these commands is placed at 15,000, making a total of one hundred and seven thouriand men commanded by General Grant. A BOARD for the examination of candidates to fill lieutenancies in the Ordnance corps in the regular army, is now in session at Washington. The con.; ditions of the examination are published at length. ratii. great success of the free plantations of the Southwest, now in operation under patronage of the Government, is shown in au interesting report from Adjutant General Thomas. A ConennvArivaimsjority of three, and a Radical majority of 294 In the late election, are clainaed by the parties in Missouri. TEM mobile Register says the negro is no longer 'Jul object of small talk in the South. The people have found a place for them, and that is in the army. There should he no distinction of color when men are willing to fight for home. ADV arrival from Europe brings further news of the detention of the rebel vessels built in French ports. Learning that an attempt might be made to lake the ramehipa in the Mersey off to sea by force, the British sent a vessel of war to Liverpool, The Conscription teLeil. Minorities are always right, it is said, and 'while the assertion cannot be accepted in view of the recent Union majorities, it finds some support in the different opinions ren dered by the judges of the Supreme Court upon the conscription act. The Chief Jus tice, Mr. Justice WOODWARD, and Mr. JUS tee Taorarsosr i in deearing that act uncoil-- stitutional, are doubly wrong, not only in the question of law, but in using the law as an instrument to embarrass the Government. it is not, however, their opinions or pur poses that we shall now discuss; it is the very clear and able opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Sinosto, affirming the constitu tionality of the act, sustained by an argu ment which evades no difficulty and leaves none unsettled. Whoever reads, the Constitution with the object of finding in its letter proof that it does not authorize Congress to draft into the military service of the United States the general militia, is confronted bythis express provision, "Congress shall have power to raise and support armies," accompanied by no restriction, excepting this, that "no ap propriations of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years." He will be forced to find elsewhere provisions which, by implication, restrict the power thus formally without restriction granted, or to abandon all thoughts of proving that the Constitution is violated by the draft. And where will he find these provisions ? "Row will he make good his assertion that the Constitution limits the power of Con gress to raise armies in spite of this unlimit ed authorization? The difficulty is obvicais. If the framers of the Constitution had in s ~ tended to limit this very important power, they would have done so in direct and for - anal expression ; they would not have left the limitation in inference. Mr. Justice WOODWARD affirms the un constitutionality of the act upon a forced construction of the clause declaring that " Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia " for certain pur poses, and adroitly implies, without for mally asserting, that this clayse 'is a full definition of the only manner in which armies can constitutionally be raised. This is purely an' assumption. It is justified by ne reference in the one clause to anything in the Other. The clauses are absolutely distinct : one 'authorizes Congress to raise armies, without any restriction as to. their number or size ; the other authorizes Con gress to call out the militia, with delini-' lion of the purposes for which it shall be called out. Congress may act by authority of either clause, or by both clauses. If they are intended to apply to the same necessi ties and embody the same principles, one is clearly superfluous, and the framers of the Constitiition were ignorant of the use of "words. Mr. Jostice STRONG is wholly right 'when he says i " Had any limitation upon the mode of raising armies been intended, It must have been' expressed. It would not have been left to be gathered from doubtful conjecture." Yet it is upon conjecture en tirely that Mr. Justice WOODWARD has - based his argurfient, and entirely upon hy pothesis that he argues that the power to raise armies, conferred by one clause means no more than the power to call out the mili tia, conferred l another. Mr. Justice STRONG, by an argument which exhausts the question, proves that a State has no power over its militia that is traperior to the power of Congress to raise Armies from the general population of the *country. This is very near the root of the whole matter. Re shows that, upon the same ground by which the constitutionality sef the draft is denied, the constitutional au thority of Congress to raise armies s.sy voluntary enlistment may be denied ; for, if a State has the right to forbid Congress to take the militia into the National service by one way, it has the right to forbid Congress to take the militia in any way. If the authority of the States separately is superior to that of the States collectively, -then the method of raising armies is not the -matter in dispute ; it is the right of Congress to recruit or draft in any State, without the consent of the State government, that is denied. Indeed, the whole question is of State rights and the authority of the Con 'stitution, and Mr. Justice Woonweno and his concurrent colleagues are *advancing *the dstngerous doctrine that State rights are above National authorities. This is the •doctrine used by traitors to destroy the Re public ; the doctrine by which South. Caro 'line justified secession ; the doctrine which, if true, makes our nationality worthless, sand the American people guilty of- lawless tyranny in their resolution to preserve the Union by force. It is not a doctrine which thoughtful and loyal men can hold, and we thank Mr,. Justice &moms for his masterly analysis of its sophistry. mr. S. o.lodereer, editor of the Nashville Union, t• upon a short visit to this city. He will return to Ashville in a few dap. • The Fenian Brotherhood. There was a Convention held in Chicago a few days since which has attracted . sorne i ..• attention. It wits known by the pecu r name of the Fenian Brother hood, and had for its object the libera tion of Ireland. This enterprise is one of those interesting schemes that occupy the minds of our friends from Ireland, and serve to create a haimless and necessary agitation. It is a subject that can never be calmly dis cussed, for, in the minds of-many Irishmen, Ireland is a crushed, groaning, oppressed race, and inlhe minds of- many other Irish men it is in a. condition of prosperity. When Irishmen find so much difficulty in making up their minds as to whether they are op pressed or not, the outside world can scarce ly be expected to arrive at a conclusion. The difficulty has lingered through many generations. The time has never been when Ireland . was united, and we see in the works of ED:vamp SPENSER an elaborate ffisserta tion upon the woes and wrongs of the unhap py island. CnomWELL settled all Irish differ ences with the culverin and sword, while WILLIAM was far more lenient and just. But at no time in the history of the modern world can we remember Ireland to have been united. When JAMES called a Parlia ment in Dublin, in the hope of making a dual stand for the empire he had so shamefully abused, be found as many dissensions as he had left in Whitehall. When the Irish had their Parliament on College Green, there were as many differences as there are . now. Nor can we imagine anything but' dissatis faction among men so strange and peculiar. Limerick and Londonderry are both glori ous names; SARSFIELD and WALKER have left us glorious memories. No' Irishman 'should be ashamed to feel proud of them, and yet there are few Irishmen who will not blush at the mention of one and exult at the mention of the other. When O'Coicriam. made his fight for . Catholic emancipation, he found as much opposition in Ireland as he found in England ; and when the Repeal failed so utterly, none rejoiced more sincerely than many Irishmen, whose liberties were suPposed to be involved. In America the Irish people still retain the original propensity to differ among them selves, and indeed from everybody else. The most extreme advocates of slavery Idve been Irishmen, the most extreme enemies of slavery are Irishmen. They wear Federal and loyal uniforms. Mercnun defends the South, MEAGHER defends the North. The feeling that made the Orangeman hate the Ribbonman, the hatreds that clustered around the orange and the green, and made every fair-glound from Coleraine to Cork a scene of violence and bloodshed, is intensely developed here. Mr. 13BEcnEn, in one of his English addresses, said that the riots in New York were caused by the passions of the Irish people that had been stimulated by bad men. We do not accept Mr. BEECHER'S statement as a just one. There may have been Irishmen engaged in the disturb ance, but there were as many Irishmen en gaged in suppressing the disturbance. How it is with the Fenian Brotherhood we are not able to say, for its councils are closed to the people, but we do not think that, as an or ganization, it can at all represent the temper of the Irish people. At the Convention in Chicago . there were upwards of three hun dred representatives. They called them selves " Centres " and delegates, and de clare the first object of their organization to be the "national freedom of Ireland." They announce their allegiance to our Con stitution, and predict, from the tone of the English sentiment towards America, a war between the two countries. Into this war the Fenian Brotherhood will enter, and to the end that they may do so successfully, the younger members of the order are di rected to oiganfie themselves into military companies and study the use of arms. The Convention takes special pains to deny that the Brotherhood is a secret society, or a society proposing to commit illegal acts, but merely an organization in which every member promises to do his utmost "to pro mote feelings of love, harmony, and kindly forbearance among all Irishmen." After this it declares itself to be a fixed and perma nent institution in Amerita, and that it.will "continue its labors without ceasing until Ireland shall be restored to her rightful place among nations." It would of course be impossible for any convention of three hundred men, having for their object an enterprise so hazardous and romantic, to assemble together without speaking and printing a vast amount of rhetoric. In the proceedings of the Brother hood we have it with. the luxuriance and extravagance that characterize Irish writers and speakers. All this we ,can overlook. So far as the scheme of Irish liberation is concerned God speed it ! If the people of Ireland are not satisfied with England, -let them drive England away and take care of their own affairs. It is merely a question of power, and they have a perfect right to obtain that power in any way feasible. The Fenian Brotherhood is, perhaps, the most extended attempt of the kind that has been made, and 'we wish its leaders as Much success as they deserve. • - Mr. Laird on ""The Alabama " Mr. Jornc LAIRD, K P. for Birkenhead, who violated the Foreign Enlistment Act of England by building and ,fitting out the Alabama and other pirate vessels sailing under the Secession flag, made a speech to the Volunteers of Birkenhead on the 23d ult., in which he vindicated himself and-at tacked Lord RUSSELL for having put Vie- TORIA'S "broad arrow " on the steam rams built at Liverpool, thereby authorizing their detention. Mr. LAIRD admits that he built the Alabama, but declares that it was done all in the way of trade. Moreover, he jus tifies his violation of statute and interna tional law by relatingthe following affecting morsel of autobiography:: You know I am an old hand myself in fitting out secret expeditions. - - A•few years ago it Was thought desirable by the Government of this country to send vessels to China- and to various parts o 0 India secretly. A Chinese war was anticipated ;`,the Rus sians we expected to:. come down the head of the Indus and the Euphrates : and it was desirable to place faith in somebody. Her Majesty's Govern ment were pleased to place faith in me, and I built for the British Government about a dozen vessels; but the Government said to me, "What we want you to do,t.Mr. Laird, is this : we .want you to build, and to arm and equip these vessels, and to send them out; they, must be yotirr, and nobody must know anything about it." "'Well, being a prudent sort of a shipbuilder," I said, take your order on these conditions." I built the ; they were armed ; I engaged men ; I did everything. [Hear, hear, cheers, and laughter.] I had:to' eti• gage, not only sailors, but engineers and boiler: makers, ship carpenters, and men of a variety of trades; I had to send them to various parts of the world, and I can assure you that a few shillings per month extra did all the business. They did not care where they went, so long as they got a little extra pay; and, therefore, the statement regarding the captain of the Alabama having told a sailor all about the ship—whose she was, and where she was for— bears the impress of falsehood upon the very face of it. I never saw the captain of the Alabama but once, and that was after , having taken the ship out, and I don't think he waithe man to make such a statement as that upon which the ship might have been stopped. The logid of this confession would have charmed the late Archbishop WIIATELY. Because Mr. Irtann secretly Wit and fitted out vessels for the British Government, whose command he was bound loyally to obey, he thinks himself justified in pro viding the American rebels with pirate ships, and because sailors will go anywhere for a little pay, Captain SEMMES never could have told any one that he purposed taking the Alabama under the Confederate flag, as a buccaneer. One suggestion in Mr. LAIRD'S speech is significant enough, for it shows what grounds the parliamentary 'sympathizers with Southern rebellion will take next ses sion. Mr. LAIRD said : " Earl RUSSELL is a man who is well known and respected throUghout the country by his own fol lowers; but he is a man of whom SYDNEY SMITH said that he had such confidence in himself, that he would take command of the Channel Fleet, if necessary. Well, I think Earl RUSSELL has undertaken some thing that he will not be able to carry through quite so easily as, perhaps, he might command the Channel Fleet. He has undertaken to say in this country that he can do certain things, and that if he finds the law is not sufficient he can go to Par liament for an indemnity. I don't believe myself that Parliament will ever indemiTify any man in the country, however powerful and however great he may be, if he is try ing to transgress the law. At any rate, up to the time that the Act of Indemnity is Passed, there are laws in the land whit all of us are bound to obey." It' was understood, before the rams were seized, that Lord RUSSELL had complained of the insufficiency of the‘ Foreign Enlist ment Ad, and intended to ask Parliament, during the approaching session, so to alter it that it may meet such circumstances as Mr. LAIRD evidently takes pride in. Per haps Lord RuBSELL has somewhat gone be yond the letter of the law in seizing the war-rams, If so, he will ask Parliament for, an indemnity. The real struggle, next ?session, between Union members and Seces sion members in the House of Common , will be on the points, is Lord RussELL to be borne harinless for going beyond the law, and is the law to be made stringent enough. to prevent British shipbuilders from viola ting the neutrality openly declaredin Queen VicmonlA's proclamation in the spring of. 1801. No doubt the British Government has sufficient strength to obtain decisive ma jorities upon each of these issues. If not, the Tories will return to o office, and •it is un deniable that, in or out of office, the Tories are the reverse of friendly to the Federals or Unionists of this country. Our trust, there fore, must be that PALMERSTON and RUS SELL will defeat their opponents on this' question of international law. A cumous and amusing general order, issued in July last by an individual signing himself "THOMAS C. REYNOLDS, Governor of the State of Missouri," has just Goole to light. Believing it probable that "the 0041,- ft -dente Congress, at *its next session," might "consider . ;the propriety of exer cising its constitutional right in providing for the election of Congressional representa tives from Missouri," Mr. REYNOLDS issued this decree; " It is, therefore, ordered that a register of voters be opened in the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri. Every citizen of the State is invited to communi cate to that office (temporarily located at Little Rock, Arkansas,) his z6me, his age, the county of his residence in Missouri, and the time when his residence there com menced, so that the register may exhibit all the facts showing eligibility to office or right to vote." In providing for an occurrence so unlikely es the election of rebel repre sentatives from a loyal State, Mr. REYNOLDs certainly evinced, in a remarkable degree, the quality of statesmanlike sagacity which seeks to anticipate and prepare for every contingency, however improbable. But the trouble is, that "the Confederate Congress, at its next session," will not " consider the propriety of exercising its constitutional rights " in tht, manner indicated ; and, as for "the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri," "temponvrily located at Little Rock," we -learn that it has since been moved elswhere for reasons which Mr., REYNOLDS well understood, and which-We forbear to mention in deference to his per sonal feelings and the painful associations likely to be suggested by the subject. Is all other respects, his "general order " is wholly unobjectionable, and, in so far as it is harmless, is worthy of its distinguished author. IT IS ALLEGED, upon reliable authority, that important discoveries of gold and silver have been made five hundred miles west of Santa Fe, in Arizona Territory. liThe gold is said to be from one to four inches below the surface, and for over a hundred miles it may be found in every gulch and creek-bed. Brigadier General CARLTON, commanding the military department, has sent troops to the mines, where a military post is to be established. If the reports which reach us are verified, Arizona is likely to become the new El Dorado of America, and the wealth of her mines will arrive most opportunely to help extinguish our portion of the war debt. Mn. CLEMENT L. VALLANDIOISAM, the martyr, who came within a hundred thou sand _votes of being unanimously elected Governor of Ohio, is at Windsor, Canada, in an alarming state of impecuniosity. The journal from which we obtain this interest ing piece of " personal" intelligence very bluntly and indecorously observes, without the slightest regard to his sensibilities, that he "is out of funds," and adds that his landlord is "solicitous." If Mr. i'Annetc- DIGHAM has any self-respect, he will take an early opportunity to snub "the landlord." Canadian landlords are getting to be un bearable. THE Great Northwestern Fair, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission, at Chi cago, closed on Tuesday last, with a dinner to the soldiers, and an address by Miss ANNA E. Dims:lrmo - H. The affair was a decided success, the aggregate receipts being over $59,000, and the average attendance 4,000 persons per day. To-monitow evening is, appointed as a Grand Gala Opera night for the sole benefit of the Special Relief Society for the families of soldiers. BEEmovEac's " Fidelio," by particular request, will be presented. Ma dame JOIIANITSEN, M'lle °ANIMA, HIMAIER, WEINLICH, TES CKE, and HABELMANN, will appear. The Special Relief Committee is a branch of the Sanitary Commission, and its object one of the most pure and exalted conceivable. The tickets are for sale by the Committee, the admission being one dollar, and reserved seats fifty cents- extra. We feel confident the house will be crammed, for three good reasons : because of the object of the benefit, because of the character of the music, and because of the ability of the singers. THE COMING CoNonass.—The thirty.eighth Con gress assembles on the 7th of Dehember. The'nomi nations for the Speakersbip and Clerkship are be• coming numerous. For Speaker, Messrs, Elihu B. Washburne, Schuyler Colfax, George S. Boutwell, Henry Winter Davis, and William D. Kelley, are named by the friends of the Administration; and George Hr Pendleton, S. Sunset Cox, ;fames O Allen, and Fernando Wood, by its opponents. For Clerk, Samuel C Fessenden, of Maine ; Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania; and Henry W. Hoff man, of Maryland, are prominently named among Unionists ; and Thos. B. Florence, of Pennsylvania; Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee; .and Hon. E. Deitrieh, of Illinois, among the I , Copperheads." What a Rebel Thinks of the-Rebellion. HEADQI7ARTBRS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, NOV. 10.—The following interesting letter has been for warded to Gen. Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, by Captain Pitkin, A. Q. M., at Warrenton Junction, it having been found upon the body of a rebel sol dier, who died of wounds received last Saturday at Rappahannock Station. The names are suppressed for prudential reasons : You it BIRTHDAY, Sept. 21st, 1863, .Mr DE4II SON : * * * Robert has got 'Well, and is all the time talking about you. He is a brisk boy, and wants to know why, you can't be taken prisoner,, and come home on parole, like There is not a day but some deserters pass by, going home. We have plenty in our neigh borhood that have come home, and will not go hick to the army. A great many have gone to Vicksburg and claimed protection. This State has gone under. The negroes have all left and gone over to the Yankees. Ply son, it seems hard that you all have to stay there and fight for the rich man's property when they will not fight them selves for it. There are some rich men who are gentlemen, and go in with their all, but where you find one who does this you find ten who do not. These men are a dead weight to the Co . e.- federacy. We have got some men here, robbing, doing more damage than the Yanks would have done. They are, making more Union men than Lincoln ever could - make. It is beyond description ! We cannot believe all we See in the newspapers, but what I see with my own eyes I can believe. I have made a good crop of corn and some cotton, and if they burn it I shall most assuredly go to the Yankees and claim protection; and I know I ant as gcod a Southerrerights man as anybody. The rich population have run into. Texas, leaving the poor people to do the best they can—burning up their cot ton. and talk of burning up all the houses. This will make war among us at home. * * * * My son, Prance find England will divide the 'Uni ted States. In Winn parish there are 600 men that will not turn out-that is, with the deserters. They are doirg something in - the Union way. They are • trying toget them to go back, threatening to burn their houses, but the Yanks are so near at hand that it keeps our army here busy to keep out of their way. Tbo Yanks are marching on Texas at four differ ent points. They will have fine picking there. Our people will return back to Louisiana stripped of all they had. Those men who have lost their property want to see peace on any terms. These are the men who are hurting the Confederacy by their influence. The Yankees expect that Prance and Mexico are going to do something for the South. They are. turning their guns down the river at Vicksburg, Natchez, Ellis' Cline. twenty.tive miles below Natchez, and at Port Hudson. If France had come to our assistance when we held Vicksburg, it would have done some Komi, but it is too late now. Our men arc too much divided, and too many have gone back to Union. This war was got up drunk, but they will have to settle it sober. There area great many men here in the South who are to be pitied. My eon, I must come to a close. Hoping : I may see you shortly, your affectionate father,. P. S.—Do not forget your duty to your God A Query. To the Editor of The Press Sin : We, the citizens of Northumberland county, Pa., having been drafted under the late oonecription act, and finding it utterly impracticable to serve per sonally, discovered that, upon paying the commuta tion fee, we were required by the collector to pay three dollars more, under the pretext of thereby re leasing us ffom going to Harrisburg, where (as he averred) we would otherwise be compelled to re port ; he refusing, however, to furnish us free transportation to Harrisburg from Sunbury, where we reported according to notification. Now, if our editor will be so kind as to, give, in an early issue of The Prese, a few words by way of ex planation of this affair, it will , greatly relieve us of much unpleasant feeling. Your obedient servants, JOB. KEYSER, WM. W. PERRY.. QrtcsrsgtTngruE, Northuniberrd Co., Pas tfOY. 3 : 1833. ThE PRESS. - PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1863.1 WASHINGTON, November 12, 1603. I observe that a number of the so-called Democratic papers in Pennsylvania have raised the name of General McClellan for the next Presidency, which is. a somewhat early notification of the purposes of the men who have steadily opposed the Ad ministration and the war.". Without as suming that General. McClellan participates in this movement, it may be well now to call his attention and that of his particular friends to the fact, that no name, however distinguished, and no service, however bril liont, can succeed against the great prin ciples involved in this struggle for the pre servation of a free Government. You will, remember When General McCall, running for Congress against Mr. Broomall in the Chester and Delaware district, in the election of 1862 not all his services, not all his prrsonal merits, could rescue him from the overwhelming defeat which rebuked his identification with the enemies of the war in which he had wan his laurels. General McClellan will not overlookthe effect of this admonitory example. A curious fact, in connection with General Mc Mellen, may as well, be related here, inasmuch as, besides being a fair comment upon the times, it is also a warning to aspirants wao, either through ambition or disappointment, forget their self-respect and their obligatio-s to their country. When his letter, calling upon the people of Pennsylvania to vote for George W. Woodward for Governor, reached Philadelphia, on the night be fore the "election (being the last card of the men who were desirous of de feating the Governor, and rebuking the Administration), it occasioned some con sternation in loyal circles, and would have undoubtedly been published the next morn ing in the Union- papers, with, elaborate comment. But it is due to Mr. John D. Watson, the able associate editor of the Philadelphia Nora Americtht, to say that he recollected that General McClellan had one year previously written an' equally strong letter complimenting Governor Cur-_ tin for the manner in which he had for warded troops for the defence of the. Penn sylvania border, and for the strength added to the Army of the Potomac, then massed upon the field of what was afterwards called the field of .A.ntietam. So- that on Mr. Watson's suggestion the letter praising Governor Curtin appeared - in all the loyal morning papers, without the slightest reference to the one which he had written, asking the people of Pennsylvania to vote for George W. Wood ward and against Governor Curtin ! It was adi amusing sight to see, posted at every precinct poll in Philadelphia, the letter of General George B. McClellan applauding Andrew G. Curtin for his activity and en ergy in strengthening Irli army in one of the darkest hours of 'the campaign of 1862, and by the side of that letter another from the same General McClellan asking the people of Pennsylvania to vote ,for George W. Woodward, who had never given ut terance to one single sentiment in favor of the war, and had never spoken a word in favor:of this same George B. McClellan I I carhiriagine how anxious the antagonists a of, thevar are to secure a military hero as their Candidate for the Presidency, But / do not believe they will be able to seduce even George B. McClellan in view of the record to which I have called attention. There are military heroes who would run, and no doubt receive as many votes as George B. McClellan orr the Copperhead ficket next year. For instance, why not put upon the track that accomplished and daring knight of slavery, John C. Breck inridge ? He has fought for Ms country. He is, in fact, in sympathy - With - the North ern Democratic leaders. His principles are theirs. It is true, he has been:doing his best to kill a great many who voted for him in 1860. But there are same yet living, espe cially in Philadelphia, who would far rather vote fol. him than for George B. McCiel lan. I believe that if there is a single sol dier who is entitled to the.vote of the lead ers of the so-called Democratic party, that soldier is General Breckinridge. Why not make hinf the candidate ? Special Despatches to The Press. Some time ago the membere and managers of the African Civilization Society. who have their room in the Bible liouse, New York, addressed a letter to Rev. JAMES MITCHELL, Commissioner of Emigre- Son, asking hit to bring to. the notice of the Presi dent of the United States the fact of ,the existence of the society, and the objects of their organization, which is stated by themselves to be the civilization and Christianization of Africa, and of Africans in any portion of the world, wherever dispersed ; also, the destruction of the African slave trade, by the introduction of lawful commerce into Africa, the pro motion of the growth of cotton and other producta there, whereby the natives may become industrious producers as well as consumers of commerce, and generally the elevation of the condition of the co lored population of our own coantry and other lands. Mr. Mrrcrinta, recently procured the delegation, consisting of live colored men, who came well en. cloned by gentlemen of prominence in New York, an interview with the President of the United States, and they presented to him an address, in which they ask him to place the sum of live thousand dollars or more to the credit of the African Civili, ration Society, with such arrangements that they may draw on the proper department for similar amounts, as the progress of their work shall require. The President gave them a patient hearing4hd Bald he 'would bestow upon their Written communi cation due consideration. The President has recognized J. H. Gossixa, Jr., as Consul Of Prussia at Boston; JUAN PICKY VlLLarruzva., consul of Spain at Newark, and Germ 1512.131TTEN consul of the Principalities 'of, Schaumberg•Lippe for the: United States, at Phila delphia. Operations of the Blockading Fleet. The steamer Robert E. Lee, captured by the James Adger, Was fOrnserly Agreed the Giraffe. She is an iroristeamer of about eight hundred tons ; was fitted Out at Glasgow in October, 1862. She had been ply ing between that port and Belfast, and was con sidered one of the fastest boats afloat. Her paddle wheel draws about ten feet of water, and she has been one of the most successful of blockade runners between Bermuda and Wilmington. She is supposed to belong to the rebel Government, and has been in the command of rebel navy officers.-' 'The Oornubla, also recently captured by the James Adger, was fitted out in Englansl'in the autumn of 1.662, and is a Idde.wheel, fifteen knot steamer, of 800 tons, and supposed to belong , to the rehel Govern ment U She was at one na:called the Jeff Davis, She has been , equally su7Geseful as the Robert E. Yee in running the blockade, and plied between l3er male and Wilmington. The Ella & Anna, captured by the Niphon, and formerly called the William G. Howes, is an fron ded wheel, of 600 or 700 tOns, and is Wonsidered fast. All were -inward bound for Wilmington, and had valuable cargoes of etoreliand ammunition. The Election' rt Missouri. The Democrat's footing, as far as heard from, gives a Eadical majority of 294, including the soldiers' vote. The Republican's tooting, iuoluding „the soldiers) vote, gives a Conservative majority of three. Marriage of Senator Sprague. M'Senator SPRAGUE wee married to-night to Miss BATS CIIABB, daughter of; the Secretary of the Treasury. A large number of persons attended at the ceremonies, including many ladies and gentle men from the Northern cities; of whom about forty were from PrOvidence, R. I. All the branches of the Government were represented—the executive by the President and his Cabinet, the-Supreme Court by Judge WA NE, the Senate by .o:rraorrl and WILSON of Massachusetts, and the army and navy by those-occupying the highest positions. Appointments to the Ordnance Depart• meta Examination of alficers—Regu.- lations. Vasa's:gems, Nov.l2.—A. board. for the exami nation of candidates to fill the vacancies in the rani/ of second lieutenant in the ordnance corps of the regular army, is now in session at the Ordnance oftice in Washington. All officers of the army, whether regulars or vo lunteers, are eligible to fill vacancies of the lowest grace (second lieutenant) in the ordnance corps, pro•- vided they pass a satisfactory examination before board of ordnance °Moms. The rules governing the board are set forth at length in General ,Orders No. 118, of May 18,:1863, from the Adjutant General's office, Washington. The object of MIS law, is to secure to this eorpi the services of young men of suitable education and talents, who may be found fitted for the special du ties entrusted to it, whether they have been edu cated at West Point, at colleges and academies, or , are-self-taught.'No matter where an officer may have received his education, the simple question to be decided by the board ie whether he can comply with the requirements of the order above named. If he can, he will be commissioned; and thereafter, on his own efforts will depend his' advandfnent, since no officer can be promoted from one grade to an- other in this corps without :passing a rigid exanti nation by his seniors. _ The *Ordnance end Engineers ire now the only corps in the army in Which promotion deperdl on LETTER , FRO! "000ABI0NAL." ~'A~I~IIN~T~I~T W.ABECENGTON, D. C" Hoy. _ 12 African Civilization Society. Recognition of Foreign _Consuls. THE REGULAR ARMY. paseing an examination euccessfully r and the sooner the principle is extended to the whole ar my the bet ter it sill be for its reputation and dincipline. • Applicatio' to, cone before the board now instil eion should be madoio the Chief of Ordnance. It is understood that the board will be in session only a few weeks longer. The rules to be observed by boards in the exami nation of officers applying to be eomminioned la the Ordnance Department of the army, of a rank not higher than captain, are as follows, offioially,pro mulgated by Assistant Adjutant General Townsend, by ewer of the Sehretary of War: 1. Each applicant will be examined as to his sap city and fitness for the correct and efficient discharge of the duties of an ordnance officer, mental, physi cal, and moral. 2 Under the Mot he must be proficient in ortho. graphy and composition, and must be able to give prompt and intelligent answers to any questions in relation to geography, physical and polities! ; tOrm of governinent, divisions of the branches of govern ment, with *le functions of each and its sphere of action, whetheeseparate and independent, or joint arid co-operative; the lawn and regulations, organic and disorction 24, of the military service, particular ly as regards tth Ordnance Department,the laws and regulations goimrning and directing the procurement, the reception/ the issue, and the accountability for ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies, physicalist eves, pattladarly in regard to the laws of chemical combinationand analy sis ; of the strength of mate rials, and the nature and force of the strains pro duct d- by pi ,e/sure of masses of earth or other mate rial, or by the -expansion -of gases; of meotisainal pilneiples aid their combinations ; of mathematical rules and foiniuloe, and their practical application ; and must have a fair knowledge and skill in me chanical and rrohitectural drawing. • 3. Under the second, as regards age, prisent state of healthfulnies, soundnesa of vision and hearing. fiefdom fromorganio disease, and capacity of bear leg fatigue aril exposure. 4. Under the third, habits past and present, with full and dist Met evidences of loyalty to the United SMtes, and trustworthiness for employment in their service. ." TREASON IN Tin WET, INTF3I I ED RES(1111 OF Tll REBEL PRISO , MRS ON JOHNSON'S ISLIND, 'Tile 4iti-re. Cities to be 33u rued lhaVe . ALoi Nov. 12.—Mayor Pargo has received a despatch from Secretary Stanton, that the rebel re fugal' in Canada bad consummated a plot for the ttlease of he rebel prisoners on _Johnston's Island and intended burning Buffalo. It is understood that 011 1 lake cities have been similarly warned by Secret e ery Stanton, The information received by the Government comes from a high source. WAsuiROTON. Nov. 12, evening.—The facts con tamed int the dmpaterVent from Waahiagton this morning with regard to the rebel prisoners on John son's Island' were obtained from official sources, but since additional information, authentic in its character, h 4. been obtained, by which it appears that the OoreMor General of Canada has given notice? througll Lord Lyons, to the Secretary of State, of the re ‘el plots, hatched in the British pro 'slimes, to deliveithe prisoners on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, and burn Buffalo and Ogdensburg. Adequate measeres to defeat these nefarious en terprises have bent promptly adopted by the Go vernment. - "The °omits: l and goodlaith of the British author'• ties are highlyappioved." It is not a prrhended that anything - serious will `grow out of the affair, as the Government was not unprepared f 4 the disclosures now ramie. THE REBEL PLOT IN OA.NADA., BUFFALO, Nov. 12.—The following despatch was received to.cay WA SUM& N, (Midnight,) Nov. it —To the Afayor. vernor Creneral of • Canada, there is reason to of BvffaloiThe British Minister, Lord Lyons, has, to-night, Olcially notified the Government that from telegraphic information received from the Go believe that there is a plot on foot by persona who have fouLd an asylum in Canada, to invade the - rated Otates and destroy the city of Buffalo, and that they propose to take possession of some steam boats on!Lake Erie, to surprise Johnson's Island, set free the prisoners of war confined there, and pro ceed with them to Buffalo. This government will employ all the means in its power to suppress any hostile attack from Canada. But, as other towns and cities on the shores of the lakes are exposed to the same dangers, it is deemed proper lo communicate this information to you, in order that any precaution which the circumstances of the dlin will permit may be taken. - The Governor General suggests that any steam boats or other vessels giving cause for suspicion by the number or character of the persons on board shall be arrested. You will please acknowledge the receipt of this telegram, and communicate to this department any inlormation that you may now or hereafter have on this subject. ED WIN M. S T AN CON, The Reported Lake 'Erie Privateers. - Sannuerry, Nov. 12.—The anther of the Cincin nati despatch with regard to two suspicious vessels in Lake Erie bee seen considerably more than any one here. It is not likely that rebel veesels will hover about Sandusky bay while the United States steamer Michigan is here. Captain Carter, her commander, is fully prepared for emergencies. WasainaTow.., Nov. 12.—1 t has been ascertained, on inquiry at the proper bureau, that there are nets over two thousand rebel officers on Johnson's Island, "Sandusky Bay, together with forty-tiro others classed es guerillas and spies. Eightycad- . °ere, recently captured - by General Dleade's army, are now on the way to that place. Several days ago there were indications or, per haps, suspicions, that the rebels on that island con templated a combined movement for the purpose of making their escape, and on this information being communicated to, the authorities there, the requi site precautionary measures were immediately taken, including the ordering of a gunboat to the vicinity to prevent it. Therefore, the prisoners could not leave the island were they to make the attempt. Whatever apprehension may have existed on this subjectlis now qui.ted. OccAsiowAL Meeting of the State Legislature'. ST. Lours, Nov. 12.—Nothing of special interest Was done in the Legislature yesterday. The Governor's message relates almost_ entirely to State matter. • It recommends appointments to be recognized by the State; to induce emigration to the State from all countries. In relation of the State to the Federal Go vernment, it says : "There is now no military or ganization within our borders hostile to the Go vernment of the United States, that there is every indication that the former feeling of hostility has settled down into quiet acquiescence in the supre macy of that Government,and unwillingness to have the peace• of the State further disturbed by the rebel organizations." The Mayor o 1 Baltimore at Boston. BOSTON, Nov. 12.—Tohn Lee Chapman, Mayor of Baltimore, and seven of the Commissioners of the Water Board, are on a visit here to inspect the water works, in contemplation of additions to the water supplies of Baltimore. They visited the State House to•day, and were introduced to Governor Andrew. Bills have been introduced in both branches of the . Legislature today to make up the deficiencies of pay to the 64th and 55th Massachusetts colored regiments from the State treasury. Arrival of Stores at Richmond for Union Prisoners. FORTRESS MONROE, Nov. 12.—Intelligence has been received from- Lieutenant Wallace F. Ran dolph, of the 6th U. S. Artillery, who is a prisoner in Libby prison, that-twenty-one boxes of clothing, stores, and medicines, recently sent to Richmond by the U. S. Christian Commission, have all been received and safely distributed by himself and an other °facer to the Union prisoners. Owing to the large number of prisoners and the great destitution, the distribution was confined to those in hospital. Sm. Lours, Nov. 12.—The Cedro Republican's spa. sial says that a despatch from Eastport, dated the 7th, says that General Lee commands Chattanooga, Bragg has been sent , to Mobile, and Longstreet has been left in command of Virginia. CIALAIs, Maine, Nov. 12.—The telegraph line fell, Late this afternoon; west of St. Sohn's, and' cannot be repaired before - morning. There wasno sign of the Asia at the latest Hali fax dates. • ' FORT,MCBB MaNROB, Nov. 12.—IVIajor General Foster and stall - left here this afternoon at three Velock for Washington, on the tomer Carrie 'Martin.- Death of George W. Lane, U. S. District fudge of Alabama. LoursvlLLE, Nov. 12.—George W. Lane, the TY. district judge of Alabama, died at the Galt House, this morning, of congestion of the lungs. TORONTO, Nov. 12.—The Globe says that the Go- vernment has withdrawn ite account from the Bank of Upper Canada 5 transferring it to the Bank of Montreal; which bank has agreed to take a million and a half of the five-per-cent. Prociricial debentures at ninety- eight. - New YORK. Nov. 12.—The public sale of wool to day was largely attended by home and out-of town buyers, and passed off with great spirit and at high Some dercriptions of the Californiabrought higher prices than the holders anticipated. The South Ainerloan descriptions of foreign wool fully sustained the prices current at private sale; but the other grades dragged. All of the catalogue was sold;including many du plicate lots, not on the list. With the exception of the very poor classifications of the wool, the whole offering was entirely satisfactory. The California brought from 22@e6c, of which Mr. Brodhead. of Cheltenango, N. Y.. was the heaviest purchaser. The Mertiza, 16,4(,§30c ; tuguese 16@200; Adelaide, 29%@301; A ego, 15a: Ittertlzo. 30c ; super pulled, 60@57) s. Of damaged Cape, ST bales sold at 35%@3730, which were considered very high pricer. • Markets by Telegraph. BALTIMORE, Nov. 12.--FIOUT active, at $6.60 for Ohio superfine, and $7 60@7.621 for extra. Wheat steady for white, and dull for red, which is quoted at $1.63@1.68. Cern firm; old yellow at $1.06621.06. 'Whisky quiet, at 62% for Ohio. OINOINNATI, Nov. 12.--Flour steady at $6.25. Wheat dull, and white declined 2c. Corn advancing. 'Whisky in good demand at 600. Lard lliQULl.fo. Exchange on New York dull at ,1.; percent. diecount. Stevenson.Naw Yonrc, Nov. 12 .— Arrived — Bark Harriet A. S from Swan Island for Havre, in distress; balk Sohn W. Andrews, from Havana; brig Tartans, from caenftiegoia, Secretary . of War. ANOTHER ACCOUNT TATSSOURI. Changes In the Rebel Army. ~Non—Arrival. of the Asia., From Fortress Monroe. canada`West. A. Sale of Wool In New York. Ship News. DIVISION 'OF THE IHISSISiiIPPI. THE DEFEAT OF DU aNSIDE'S ADVANCE Al RoGERSVELLE. Five 'Hundred Igen, tour GFV2S, and Thirty six Wagons Captured. AAYOXVILLE, KFoir.vrr.Lit, Tenn., Nov. 11 —ln the reoent affair at Rogersville, General Burnside's forces were ever wbelmed by superior numbers. General. Burnside has taken over 600 prisoners since he came into Tennessee, independent. or the garrison at Cumberland Gap, putting us far ahead of the rebels.' There are indications that a large, force of the enemy are com Log againut us, but we expect to re pel them. At Rogersville the rebels captured about 500 men, four pieces of artillery, and thirty-six waves. Most of the men captured belonged to the 2d rennessee Regiment and trith Ohio Volunteers. We hold the country from Washington, on the Tennessee river, to Bull's Gap. The disaster refeired to above occurred at Rogers ville, in Hawkins county, Tenneesee. This plane is the termination of a branch railroad of the Rtst Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, and is situated about fifteen resift from the Virginia State line, and about fifty miles from Knoxville. Burnaide's main army is where it wag when the attack was made on Rogersville, in an impregnable position, in good opiate, subjeot to the orders of General Grant, who isperfecify well adisfied with itS ailuaffort 111A13T TENIXB4IOt, Optratioug of the Army . under Gen. Bora tilde: Icsoxvms, Tenn., Nov. 11.—In the recent affair at Rogersville, Gen. Burnside's forces were over whelmed by, superior numbers. (3en. Burnside has taken over 1,600 prisoners since be came into Tennessee,.independent of the garrison at Cumberland Gap, puttlng us fat ahead of the rebels, There are indications that a large force of the enemy are coining against us, but we expect to repel them. At Rogersville the rebels captured about 500 men, four pit ees of artillery, and thirtysix wagons. Most of the men captured belonged to the 2d Tennessee Regin.ezt and 117th Ohio Volunteers. We hold the country from Washington, on the Tennessee river, to Bull's Gap. W 7. BUtjoin a letter from an " occasional" cone spoof exit from the Army of the Cumberland: FLEADQUARTERS 29Th PENNSYLVANIA VOLS WAIIHATOIIIE, Tenn., NOV. 3, 1863 I am this moment in receipt of two letters, of the 17th and 22d of October. You cannot divine how much pleasure they have Worded me. We are fortifying ourselves, and are now fully prepared for any attack of the enemy. I presume you received my last letter, written the morning after the battle, which terminated so fatally to the enemy, and with so much credit to our arms and our own little brigade, which fought the great fight. We buried one hundred and fifty-nine of the rebel dead, have some forty of their wounded in the hospital, and one hundred and thirty prisoners. Our lose is two hundred and eighteen killed and wound ed. The battle was fought nearly, if not entirely, upon the same ground as that on which Gen. Jack son fought the Seminole Indiana years ago, and which is known as the battle of Wauhatchie. Or dens have been issued highly complimentary to our division for their success, and Gen. Grant made a speech to his troops, stating that the " White Star Boys" from the Army of the Potomnc had suc ceeded in opening the "cracker line," for which he proposed three cheers. We are now on half rations. Ilow long it will continue is hard to say. The Tennessee river is a beautiful stream, as wide as the Delaware at Philadelphia, and navigable to within tl irty miles of its source. Pennsylvania suits me above all other States, and Philadelphia above all other cities. I expect to be stalled any moment, as our Butter. nut friends on Lookout Mountain are busy with shot and shell. We are in close proximity, and can ace each other's movements byelay and night. We lost two men killed from Co. C, McFadden and Joseph Strong. Wounded are all doing well. We expect another battle hourly. Will PE SPAR. THE SIEGE OF tiIARLESTON. Bombardment of Fort Sompter—ReberAe comet s. FORTRESS Mormon, Nov. 12.—The Richmond Whig of November 11 contains the following de spatches: CHARLESTOW, Nov. 9.—Slow firing has been going on all day on Sumpter ; 58 rifled shots were fired from Battery Gregg last night, and all were directed at the southwest angle. Sixty rifled shells were fired to-day, and 23 mortar shells, of which seven mimed. The whole number of shot and shell fired at Sump ter during the bombardment is 9,346, of which 7,700 struck. One monitor only was in action today. No casu• alties. CHAuLusrox, Nov. to.—The enemy continues firing olowly. There is no report from the fort this morning. [SECOND DEEPANCE.3 CEABr ESTON, Nov. 10 —The tiring from Gregg on Sumpter, today, was at intervals of half an hour. Two n onitors came up and fired 30 shots. There has been no new movement. \ NORTH CAROLINA, FORTRESS MORMOE, Nov. 12, WILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 9.—Tbe Confederate States steamer Cornu. bile was captured yesterday morning by the bloeka• dere. On coming in, the 13ansbee narrowly escaped. Joseph E. Brown was inaugurated Governor of Georgia, on the 7th instant. THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION The North Carolina election returns show that Gaither is ahead of Lander. THB STARVATION OF UNION,ERISONERS.—Seve. red prominent gentlemen recently laid before the War Department information received from Rich mond with regard to the barbarous treatment of Union prisoners by the rebels, and urged the liens sity of adopting forthwith some efficient measure to save from starvation the men who are serving the country in Richmond dungeons. The proposition most in favor was that the Government should de mand of the rebel authorities facilities to supply our prisoners with army rations, and to threaten them, in care of refusal, with retaliation upon the pri sorters in our hands, in numbers who are largely in excess of those confined in the prisons of the rebel capital. There is reason to believe that an order bail been or will immediately be issued, substantial. ly in conformity with these suegestions. It is postai ble, however, that the threat to retaliiite by feeding the rebel prisoners as our men are fed, may be made direct, without the preliminary offer to provision the victims or rebel inhumanity. Should such pro position be made to them there is little doubt that the rehels would refuse to accede to it, since they have in a communication to our Government denied that they are starving our prisoners or ill-treating them in any way, and have affirmed that they are giving the name rations as heretofore, and the same that their own soldiers receive. -To allow the United States to supply its own soldiers while in rebel prisons with food would indeed be for the chiefs of the rebellion to admit, either that they are too barbarous or too poor to discharge the common duties of humanity.—Tributie. Public Entertainments. THE. GERMAN. OPEEtik.—" Stradella," by Flotow, will be given this evening with a full force of Mr. Anachuizis very successful!company. Madame Jobanneen, liimmer, Weinlich, and Graff will ap pear in the principal parts. The public will, no doubt, hear " Stradella" to greater advantage than ever, this evening. Last year it. proved one of tho moat popular operas of the season. With the addi tional experience and strength gained since that tbne, we shall expect from the company a pqrform ince of new power and beauty. GNAWS : ITALIAN OPERA. TROUPE.-.oa the eve nings of Friday and Saturday next concerts will be given, at the Musical- Fund Hall, by Manager Grau's Italian Opera Troupe, now performing at Niblo's Garden, under the directorship of Signor Muzio. On this occasion Madame Sophie Vera Lorini, who made her drat appearance before an American audience only two nights ago in New York, will make her debut in Philadelphia. The New York critics speak of her as a prima donna and tragedienne of the highest merit. That she will ba well supported is sufficiently evident from the fol lowing list of artistes, who are likewise promised to appear : Pd'Ue Pauline Castrl, cantatrice; Arlie Morensi, contralto; Signor Stephan", tenor; Signor Morelli, baritone. WALNUT•STREET THEATRE. The general in terest and pleasure which Miss Provost's imper sonations appear to have created throughout the week, is ample reason why her benefit should and will receive a generous compliment from the public this evening. She will, present the historical melo drama of " The Female Gambler; or, the Miniater, Decoy, and Spy," appearing as Marie de Foniterages. Concluding the evening, the Arab troupe will go through their extraordinary' performances. This troupe deserve special notice. Of its kind, we know of none which have appeared before us so remarkable and satisfactory. Usually, performances of an acrobatic character give but a qualified plea sure, for they are generally the same old circus style of gyratory, high-faluting, with a certain amount of practice and dexterity, but no very great amount of physical intelligence. The Arabs are very genuine and original, and perform real Wonders. They have a genius for .evolution; they construct Pyramids of bodies like architects ; support them like giants and artists, and go through their work as if arms, lege, bodies, hands, and feet were inspired. They dress sensibly, in light tunies, ignoring all buskin nudity, and are much more like men than animals. It would trouble us to describe all they do, for their performance is a marvel and an enigma, which deserves the respect of a tine art ands. work of genius. All who have wondered whether performances of this character could surprise them may see this with sensation. One little fellow, a true Arabian pickaninny, is at once the funniest and the cleverest of youngsters; and the troupe have also their Adonis and Herculee. The last act of their brief but wonderful performance is a perfect whirl of tumbling—a climax like a chorus. These worthy people give a matinde on Satuirday afternoon, for the convenience of families and children. ARCM. STREIT THE D. P. BOWER% presents a fine. bill for her benefit to-night, " The Soldier's Daughter," and " Madeline." This letdy might play any character with a Certainty of a good beneet. Her popularity is so well established that it would not be endangered if she appeared as King Lear and the Gladiator. NEW CHItSTItIIT•BTREET THEATRE.—To-night Miss Avonia Jones will take her first benefit in Philadelphia, producing "The Stranger" and "Katherine and Petructio," in both of which dra.' mas she will play : . We are not sorry that this charming actress will appear in a role less severe than that of lifedea, and give further proof of her fine talents. NATIONAL CIRCUS. There War another over . • flowing house at the National Hall fast evening, to, witness the, performances of the great National MOUS troupe. The applause was very enthusiastic; Tau male agricultural population of England and Wales, of twenty years and upward, declined (rein 1,129,479 in 1661, to 1,126,104 in 1891, SECOND EDITION. FOUR (YOUWIC. A. M. ]cou . n,c).v - ra. THE BOHEMIAN AT FARTHER POINT. BUILDING OF REBEL RAMS PRE- VENTED IN FRANCE. The Ramships in the Mersey—Rumored Attempt to take them to sea. INTERESTING- NEWS FROM PRANGE, Ate., Sce, FAlLTintlt POINT, NOV. 12 —The steamship I3ohe miazi4from Liverpool on the 29th ultimo, arrived thla evening , at this port. The steamship Salon arrived at Liverpool on the 26th, and the City of London on the 27th. GREAT BRITAIN Owing to the naval precautions being t siren lig Engin:id to prevent the steam runs from leaving the Mersey, the French G (morn m.n t hae a tutioneil the Whirrs ergaged in constructing similes vessels for the Cenfederateis against proceeding with their en terer, FP. The Anbesuise 'elkGiven - lord et, TI nno nn the 29th ult., and stouped atZondondetry on the 30`h Advice's brpueht"bil the West Indian mail sap that tl e rebel 'titsvateer Georgia pa4ced pvimnn'h, Ja maica, en the 13 , h of September, under full steam, and nu the same evening, It was believed, she cap tured a steamer, There bad been a Blight commotion in naval circles in England. riming to rumor which was current that an attempt would be made to take out by force the (Aeon* rams lying in the Xeraey. Orders WET received at Plymouth to send a veinal groom] to Liverpool, and it lactated It at. after amine Ituleelgien on the part of the suthnritieg and collo termar dirg of, orders, the iron•plated frigate Prince Consort had started thither. In 'the' Meantime another gunboat reached the Merrey, on the 28th, and anchored opposite Laird's yard. reedy to start at a moment's notice. The Morning Sicr announce. that the French eln vermeil:it hm, informed the United SiVea ministar to France, Mr. Dayton, that the authority nr.vl• viol) , granted for the construction of certain venni. of war, and whiet , were now found to he built - tins! in Trance for the Confederate., and for certain cannon and munitions of war for their armament. had heen withdrawn, and the parties eneaced in the hualne•s had been warned of the danger of prosecuting - the work. The London Times publishes a letter from Mr. Spencer, of Liverpool, in which he expresses his Dv At the present exciting situation of affairs in tie TJnited States, which. he contends, is in favor of the South. lie aski, 'o•What - more practical proof is neetial. of the absurdity of the scheme of concinttat, than that cotton is quoted at 920 in New York, eiet, teen months after the occupation of New Orleans?" FRANCE.. Rumors are current that the French' army will soon evacuate Rome, leaving only a garrison at Civita 'Vecchia; and Mao that Spain mill send ton thousand troops to Rome. It is also skated that the journey of the Empress Eugenie to Madrid is not uncenneeted with this matter. POLAND. An order has been issued that all perfects mho hew' had their passports viced at Warsaw mere to quit Pol.nd in one day. The inhabitants of War saw have been ordered to carry lanterns in the eve ning, and no person is allowed to be in the streets after nine o'clock at night. SYRIA. It is renorted that a serious state of affairs exists in Syria, 20,000 Arabs having revolted in liauran. lAPAN The overland mail had arrived with Calcutta dates of September 2941, and Hong Kong advises to September lith, and from Shanghae to Sept 3d. Detailed accouata ha e been received of the Hagligh bombardment, of l hnag.wha, Japan. Seven yea vela were engaged, including two frigate.. Tag British lost 13 killed and 60 wounded. The ammu nition used by the Itpaneee was of a superior quality. Their forts mounted 93 gong and mortars. The Rhine laid 450 yards from the fort, and it wag sur prising that they were not all sunk. Prince Sat, 14,2uma bad bought TJnlt.d States guns and arn taunt ' lion, Including four 150-notindera and Borne r shell guns. Without a land force Admiral Keefer could do nothing further, and aa 'Prince gezuma evinced no desire to negotiate, the fleet left for YO kuhama, to report. The object of the expedition was as far from being . gamed as ever, and if the s Ja.- panese remained obstinate. a large army would be necessary to obtain satistaction. The advices from India say that the prospect for cotton in the Central Provin ems is most promising% great increase in the amount of land was under cul tivation. THE LATEST LrvxnrooL, Oct. 30.—The political news s unim portant. The rebel steamer Georgia was spoken re. cently In the Bay of Biscay. . "News by the Steamer Edinburgh. - . The following summary of news was taken out by the steamer Edinburgh The Times, in its comments on Mr. Laird's recent speech, says: "If no more can be said for the sue. petted rams than Mr. Lcird has now said for the Alabama, we feel sure the public will approve of the action of the Government in detaining them." The notorious Georee Sanders, in a lePer to the Times, dealt a that Laird's rams have anything to do with his contract for furnisbiog vessels to the Con federate Government, and contends that the con tract is perfectly unimpeachable. simply covering mail steamers, torun between neutral and Southern ports.- The Morning Post thinks the result of the present campaign in the several States will probably decide the issue of war or peace. A statement has been put forward that Marshal. Neil was going to Russia on an extraordinifymis- Mon. to make a last attempt to obtain concessions for the Poles ; but a telegram from Paris pronounces the report unfounded. It was rumored that Blouravieff had asked to be recalled. The French blockade of the Mexican ports had been officially promulgated in the London Gazette. The Paris Bourse was flat. The Continental news is unimportant. Comxcorciel Intelligence. LivEnrooL, Oct 29 —Cotton —The sales of three days amounted to 90,000 bales. of which one-half were token by speculators and for export The market continues buoyant, ani prices have again advanced tigf3.l4. BREADSTSIFFS —The Breadstnffs market is steady, ex cepting- Corn, which is firmer. PROVISTONS.—The circulars report Provisions steady. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols are quoted at 9:3X :SECOND DE3PATCB:]r t r- , ,: 2 LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFF'S If A R Ire9srs. Ricbarason ar France. Wakefield. Na9b.; -- Sr Co and ether authorities, rerort Flour Quiet but steady. Wheat firmer: winter red 7s 10508 s 4d. Corn- , Sales of mixed at 2S- LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET —The circulars ration Beef steady. Pork easier, Butter steady. Lard LIvEPPOOT, PRODUCE IeIARNIVT. —Tallow is dull at aal.44s. Ashes steady. Sugar has a downward ten dePoY, and pricer are 6@9d lower. Coffee is inactive. Ries continn es to advance, with an active market. Spirits of Tarpon t - ne—no sales. Rosin dull. Petroleum has on onward Mr den ay; sales at AVI2 )s for refined. LONDON MARI:EPS. —Baring Brothers report Bread stuffs firm, Slicer has a downward tendency. Coffee easier. Rice buoyant. Tallow quiet. Petroleum has no limmoi ten el Pllf , ". LONDON wirTEY MARKET—AMERICAN STOCKS: The following quotations are renorted: Illinois Cen tral, per cent. di samnt Erie Railroad, 65©67. GENE DIX ORDEREO TO BUFFALO Protection of the Frontier. BUFFALO, Nov. 13-3 o'clock A. M.—Mayor Fargo has received a second despatch from Secre tary Stanton, stating that Major Gen. Dix has been ordered to Buffalo to adopt measures for the securi ty of the frontier. The mayor hag taken steps to gu anl against in.. ceridiaziam. The mayor is also in communisation with Gover nor Seymour in relation to military affairs, TIIF CITY. POP. ADDITIONAL CITY ITSWS, SEE BOtralt Bocur, GATIIERING.—The old and well known St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, in Catharine street, above Sixth, was crowded almost to excess last evening by the old, middle. aged, and young, who assembled there to commemorate the twentytfifth anniversary of the dedication of the church. The meeting. Wm a social one, and the thoughts of it will never be forgotten by those who participated on this occasion. The old pastors who cfficin,ed in the church many years ago were pre. sent, and their cheering words and beavenly.like facesgave great effect to the iD tcrest of the meeting. The exercises opened about 7 P. M. with singing by, the very efficient choir stationed there, and prayer by the Rev. Dr. Greenback after which, Mr. John Virbiteman, one of the first Members, but at prevent attached to the Union M. E. Church, read a very interesting and pleasing account of the church—writ ten by himself—from its beginning to the present time, which was well received. At this stage of the proceedings, it was announced thatthe good things of this life were ready to be served out in the lecture room to the older portion of the audience, who, as might be expected, imme diately availed themselves of such a. kind invita tion, and the gratifying opportunity of refreshing the appetite, while those left behind might listen to the addresses which were being delivered, and thereby receive the comforts of spiritual food till their time of feasting arrived, which was not long after. Every one was given the opportunity to eat as much as possible, which invitation was cordially coincided with; but some few, we noticed, not only satisfied their inner but also their outward capacity. Short addresses were delivered by the Rev. news. John P. Crouch, E. S. D. Pepper, Wm. Uric, - F. Hodgson, Dr. greenback, S. E. Meredith, S. Walker Jackson, and others, which were entertaining and pleasing to all present. Towards the close of the meeting, a very affecting and never to-be forgotten scene took place, which filled the eyes of many with tears. It was the farewell parting of Mx. Bradshaw, the oldest member of St. Paul's Church, and Mr. Whiteman, one of the founders of it. This farewell greetinfi -is customary on such occasions, and the scene is, as we have said before, very affecting in,.'_ deed. The meeting was brought to a close by singing the doxology and pronouncing the benediction. These social gatherings of the old and young mem bers of different churches should be more numerous, from the fact that persons who have been unknown to each other become friendly, and there .is a unity of spirit prevailin g which should always eharacterize the church militant here below. All Christians ex pect to know each other in the Church Triumphant, and why not here? If such was the case, all would be built up in the cause of the Omnipotent, and a more earnest endeavor to bring sinners to repentance would be felt. FOREIGN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.—The following are some Of the principal articles ex ported from this port to foreign ports for the week ending NOV. 11, 1863: Petroltum, lefined, ga is WEST I NDIES. Bread, bbls... 400 itt.24olSlediel /MS Candy es, 1b5....13,000 9 ,14010il Hake Grease., ... ... 3.11 Petroleum, re -I[s. 03 S. rb. 4,777 430 fined. galls . • 1,776 002 Hardware 1.000 Shooks 1,300 Ind. Corn, bus: 200 230 Timm, bble ..... 1,573 10,265 Ind. Meal, bbls 50 225 C(7l Beef, bbls 141 $246 Beer, galls 2.340 204 Biscuit, boxes-. 6 300 Cables, cwt- . • 43 438 Candles, 1b5....2,723 351 Coal, lona 23 255 Cotton Malin thetUrea 950 Earthenware 326 Grease - 261 Flares, The 4 617 551 )danufae• urea of lu dia. rubber 71.7 Iron machinery 51, on BRA Flour. bbls HA Butter, ibe ...... S 296 $1.533 Cbe.se. lba 2.057 2139 Lard, lb 1 776 229 The following , are sore: imported into this port fo bee 12, 1863': FOC. CONS Smar, boxes.— 947 $9,291 hhda..... 16 900 Molaesee. bbds 080 19,519 Salt, for 5..::..4,253 5,193 Cot. Tarn. bales 32 2,979 Coffee. • .... 41 Coal Tar. lbble.. 10 55 Sugar. WABBH M1A5..... 040 1 tierces.. • • 001127.718 SERVED couple of young men, hailing from New York, went to the New York saloon, on o nesten t .street, about it &stoat last evening, evidently hitch:ling to make a fuse. They made me of some insulting remarks, when they were summarily ejected. One of the names attempting to pu 1 a pistol from hit pocket, the wee- DOD explooed, burning a hole through his pants. loons; the ball struck the paremen t. The report attracted the attention of Reserve-0113. er &wham, who immediately proceeded to the scent', and a-rest ed the two men. They were taken to the Central Station, and locked up for a hearing:, A. large amount of money and the founshooter weCe foiled upon one of the prisoners. THE COOPER-SHOP REFBESTiefitWV SA, Loorr, an institution Viet hae done a vest ainouvit of good, hae had a complimentary benefit tendered tit by the Arabs, at the . Walnut-street Theatre, to to Ice place on next Wednesday. afternoon. The seltitett is daily visited by many ladies and gentlemen Pill Philadelphia and other sections of the country:, Almoet every dal !quads of soldiers are passing one way or the other, and their entertainment at the Sir loon le always looked forward to with a great deal of interest and pleasure. DEATH OF A SOLDIER.—The following" death was reported yesterday at the Medical Dire.- tor's office from the sooth-atreet llotipttal ; Corporal Joseph Bricker, Company M, Ind Pews sylvania Artillery. Tan Fubßcription agent reports the sale of $903,200 five turrntier. on Thursday, November It. The sdvantae« of hr ring full coupons oo next Vity, can only be obtained by buying the back interest ta. gold or its equivalent, THE PONTITATAI..—The United States stesm•nigate Po cohatan is now taking in stores, taut will start probably today or to-inorro w. Destina tion unknown. CENTENARIAN DEAD. —Mrs. Eliwtheth Summerfteid fiird yesterday at her. late resliene.,„ - 7hirty•sixt h and ISM:WM Streets. Twerapfourta. WML She bad etleinerl the. NSA nf 100 years. PIIILATV6LPITIA. Nov. H. 111. Gold was somewhat excited to.dav and rose to lit nn an re vorahle rumors cram Virginia and Tell aqa.K. The money merket was easier. withortt any change in rate% eight ner cent. being paid as often a" never. There was a. more clteerfnl feel in g' d tvpb. yed all round. Government PPCM 4 itee are firm and the demand e.ORAY no77 interest is being nitro eed toward new certificates and quartermasters' vouchers. The sale of the Ore , twenty bonds is progressing ea.tiAfeetrortiv at the office of Jac Cooke. Esq.. Government agent. No. 114: S. Third street. The decline at the Rtock Board amms to have comets en end, and a new demand for stocks arson. tenecially for the more premising of the fancies, as Cata.wiera an.d Felenylkill Navigation preferred. The latter ?MO to 15, the. former cone strong at likg3llO - ; Reading wan stetdOr at 81;4: North Pennsylvania at 2.31‘: Long lelani sold. at 40: Pennsylvania at 111.1-.‘: Little Rehrtylkill at 51: Pace and Vine et 101(:. Fproce and Pine et.ls: North. Pentmylvvriaeixes at RdtC: Camden and Amhey edges at. 7f2 z : Pennsylvania Railroad Ist mortgages at VD; s . cbuTlicill Navigation sixes 1882 at PO, 1872 at WU Union. Canal preferred sold at 5; Big Monntain at 4%; New City styes sold at 108%. Old at 103 g. The 'market closing doll. Dreg.) I, Co. quote: • United gtt,ta Brands iftgl Telavelao tr, knew ilettificatA* of TudahtealetArg..— -- og a osg TT s old Ca7ti flcatag of Indebtedness-- 1 0 1 Wait'n't Tr, S. 7-VI Notes "Vw. (avulgc Quartermeeters' Voucher:, - 98_ fa 9S . . OrAers for Certificates of Indebtedness Stertina ErcbgTigP Say Cooke &Co quote Government sem:allies. &0.. ear Follows: ff== . . tinit.a gt &tee. 7 8.30 Notes ..... florfillostoa of. To.ieuteritleo.ol.4l - of Tod wbtoil CAHN now anartellMP.terW Vonchorß Dom and Note Go] d The fo owinvie a statement of coat transportekton Ma Delaware and Ffeddon Canal. for the week and dosses. ending Nov. 7, 1863: _ Weak. Edmismi. Telawaro and Trodson r'anal Co 25,1R6 7 15 Pennsylvania Coal Co 20.141. 591.012 Total For the same period last year Delaware and Hudson Caaal Co KM Ett!tar Pennsylvania Coat Co 2.2.7 , 45 518.£12S Total The following shows the ehipmente of coal over the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western It ailroeA, for the week ebding Saturday, November 7. Md. compared with the same time 1862 shipped North Shipped South Total 28.521 For the correepondine time lent year Shipped North ' 7.47712 Shipped South 12,977 17 The following is a statement of the cotton supply of New Orleans, from the Ist of September to the 29th of October:- Et ~c k on band 1.1 September.... Veceived no to the Mb October Bales, eacks, and bags, in seed, ecinbralent The New York Evening Poet of to day save Gold has been firm lhis morning' Pt 1-16f',@..te.lf. A few early transactions took place at USN, hot their amount was in, ignificatt. Exchange is dull at 161.Xe16 4 . The loan market in more easy to-day. bat some of the brokers have still considerable difficulty in obtaining loans. and 7 per cent is freely paid be all Nteratntild parer is lees in request_ and in quoted at 61 1 0 ne• gent. The stock market opened with a depressed feeling. but improved towards the close. Governments ore strong. State stocks quiet. bank AbAYAR dull, coal stocks active_ :andrailroad hands firm. Railroad shares are nro , ...ttlecT and lower. Erie, Hodson River- Pit.bure, Fort Wayne and Reading being the most active no the Before, the first spesiort gold wa sellt ae• at 14834 0 14 44 '; New York Central at 1aW , ...1324"; Erie at 103/E;10354; Mfebtgau Centra. l at 124: Fort Wayne at 84; Vintages_ Southern. at Sl34g,S2t'llockl.l and at 110. The appended table exhibits , the elder movementa of the market, compared with the latest prices of yester day Thurs. Wed. Adv. Des. U. 8. 3,.. issi. Telt insw. 10754" 1 • • U. S. Sc, 1661, c0u.....1C9109 .. .., 11. S. Seven-thirtiss....lo7 lOsµ. I,'E•• U. 5 Iyr cer., gold.• -10104 1011 - .1 . )..:. U. S. 1 yr, etir ... 963/9q...../ .-. ii :mark= 501d.......-...146)/ 1453/ , 11/ TArateagee 6r. ...... ,-• • 6034 60N - Si Missouri 5c......... .... 64% 64 . . x .... Pacific Mail 2163. 216 . 2g New Yorkeen.ltatir'd.l:4ll4 1525 .. LIE , :I % Brie • .... 1023/ 103)/ Uri. 'Preferred 100 101% Hudson Hive - . 12431 117 Mariam.. . - 991/ 96 An rlsro ireferred ..... .105- 105 Reading.. 121)/ 122% . Michigan CantraL 121)/ 124 Michigan Southern.-- sn 823 Michigan South. guar.:l373. 140 Minnie Cen. Scrip...-114 1171! Pittsburg 102 1043& Philads_ Stock Exci [Reported by S. E. SLAY - MAK" ^ FIRST 100 Catawissa R Pref. SO 300 d 0... . ... ..b5.. 003. 50 ReadingTß 134.. 611r -400 do .... . . • 6 . 134 100 d 0.... 134 . file 100 do . • ..2ds. 6124 60 Union CsnafPref.. 2000 Schnyl N Os 1372...102 MO d 0... .. . . 1882, .. 80 110 Race and Vine R.. 10; , ‘ 1((-0 P 413118. R lat m 109 500 Big Alonntain.b3o.. 000 do— b2O. 4% P.17*F.1? 10(0 (1 Sc Amh 6s 16. 102.34 6 N Penne R 2330 260 Sch N Pref.. SECOND ,J 23,523 $67,052 Laps La ro rd.-Ibs 106,983.12914 heather manufact's • 396 _Lumber 2,040 Petroleum: refined. gene 3 004 1,614 . Sowing machine.— 95 Soap, ihs.. ...... 4,000 24 Shooks and headings 16,309 Hoops 4,112 lbs 46744 , 6,116 Tobacco manafec- 1,496 6?9 tures, lbs ZIL. - • ." 2,600 $29,000 Pork. bbla 450 $6,626 robacen Leaf, hhd ..6 1.956 Flour. bbla... —1 900 12.977 of the pillielpal,nrtiolee the week ending Novem- lIITCTION. - Wire, His.. 44 $278 Iron. shoots ...... 549 1,312 Wine. pipe 3; 32 Ray Rum, kegs . 2 2 Tallow, eask...'.. 1 155 Guano, tons 215 3.306 ouan.D. Tooacco. bales... 44 VIM FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. Fedortlye-twrritieß to day, *903,2C0. Week. Year. Tons. Cart. Tons. ('.wt. . 6,49708 2M.P85 02 . 91).025 19 10 756,95?. 18 auge Saida, Noy. 12. R. Philadelphia Exchaam ; OARD 12 Penna R. •• .. . —• . 711W4 H _ O Spruce & 15 SO do ....b45.15 50 do 2.500 City 6s New Gas 1O 4N % 10 - 13‘ 0000 do • Naw— —10634 25 Schnvl 35 500 X-Pes na R S. 9431 25 Long Island R. 40 20 N Penns. R— . • • ... MK . 10 Little Schuyi R.... 51% BOARDS seo City 6s New Ga5...163W 15 Little Schuy BOARD. ylon N Penna 6s 9.5 10P0 Elmira R 7s .... irm Lehigh 6e 105 VO3 Green. Mountain... 43 109 Schnv N Pref b3O . 35 3000 U S 'Wive Yrs OpL.lOO 10 0 Penna. 68 Rag ...... 107 X 19 N Liberty Gas. •• SO BOARDS. 50 Wyopainrr V 0.1.136. 79 1(0 Reeding R. -..b10 61% 460 do 61 100 do bVan.. 6134' Iro doss.. 61 300 Cata R Prf.. 30 NO do MO— 31,41 21 . 0 do 60 6(0 Eusq Canal—Wl 17 _ AFTER 200 Reading R CLOSING PR. Baked I TIS66'BI 106 • • 7-30 Notes., .1f 614 107 Phila 6.6.. • • • 103 h, Do new 1014: leS34 Pepta is 9991 100 DO.. 1011 ,1 )6 ..... • • • • • Readinz . 61% Do 66 'BO 'C. • Do Isis '70..106 107 Dobds'66 c0nv.12214 124' Penna R 7034" 7094 Do Ist m 66.109 10 0 34"1 24.1 m 66.105 106 Little Seanyl R. 06% 695.1 tiorris C'l consol 73 76 Do prfd. ...IN 140 Do 2,1 mit- • • Sellnyl Nae 195' 20 pod. .... -2434 34.4 Do 65'82. - ... 90- 9034 nelia R P. 5 37 Do , 53 55 Do 7a '73—.109% 110 Do 10s I, Island R 40 42 Do. Ms . .. •• Lehigh Dav" Os.. . • Do shares.. 60 62 Do scrip.... 4931 50 Pennn R 27.31 r. 24. -Do 6s 94 95 : Do 106 • • ras-: DULL Bid. dAkelf. latasoriess R Con 934 10 Do prfd . .. 30 SOK dlaver Mead R...-. R Wilmington B. Cana1...... Lehigh Val B Do bdo . •• Phila her ac Nor. Cam & Amb & Erie Be.. 30 Delaware Div..... Do bda.... - • Firch-atreet R.... Po bonds... Second-street R.. S 2 sa Do bonds... . • Rsee•strest R.... 103( . WPhilaß 69 7L Do bonds....- Spruce-street R... 1414 Green-street R.. 46 563( Do bonds... .. Chestnut-st R.... 58 Arch-street R.... 763( Thirtoentn-st R 27 84,% Seventeenth•st R 11 VI Girard College R 2'X Tenth-street R. • 47 1 .. Lombard & South 16 22 Ridge Avenue R. 20 21 Philadelphia Markets. There is more demand for export, and holders are verr • dim in their sieves ; sales compriee about 3,000 at 6f4 for good and choice fresh-ground extra family, including 1,2 - 0 barrels City Mills do, and 500 barrels fat op Western on private terms The Matters end bakers are buying at from 45 3705 75 for superfine: $6.20@7 for extra,_ $7 25C S for extra family, and s3@lo 11 barrel for fancy brands. according to- quality. Eye flour continues very scarce: small sales are making at $6 37E0.50 It barrel. In Corn Meal there is little or nothing doing. GRAIN —There is less Wheat offering. and prices axe firmer, with sales of about 5.000 bushels at 1650156 e for Penneylvaninand Western red. lefic for prima southern do. and white at from 180©20•In Vi bushel, according to quality. Nye is selling atl.22c IS bushel for Dela ware and Pennsylvania. Corn is in demand, and urine are better; about 10.000 bushels Western mixed and yel low sold at 110efi bushel.' Oats are fit demand; 5.01 NS bushels have been disposed of at T.fc, weight, for Dela- Ware and Pennsylvania. DARK —lst do 1 Qaercitron is in demand, with sales of 25 blidc at $36.66 "il ton. COTTON.—There is little or nothing doing in the, war of sales. but the market is firmer; small lots are reported at 87$088c b ib cash. for middlings. GROCERIES. —Coffee is rather dull at 30(at33c 'shlti for Rip Su gar is firmly held; about 150 hhds Cuba sold at ($ 1 2% BRET/S.—Timothy is in steady demand at $2.60@2 76. Flaxseed is rather dull at $3 10 "f- hu. Small sales or Clever are nicking at $7.2507 50 ys 64 lbs. PROVISIONS. The market is very firm, and prices have an upward tendency. 250 bble. new mese Pork sold at $l7. 75@17. 87: 100_bble old do at $16.50. and 100 bbles prime at $l3 IS bhl. In Bacon and naked Steats there is not much doing, but prices are well maintained Butter is held firmly. with sales at from 1S(4)28: $t lb. the latter for choice New York. Lard is also firm; about 500 tax sold at tiMs lb. Eggs are worth 25c 33 don. WHIPSat —Prim; are looking np, with sales of NXI blds at 62063 c for Pennsylvania and-Western. and. so o gal for dredge. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port to-day - , Corn Oats !Slew York litarketa, Nov. 12. ASHES are firm at $5.6214 for rots and 0.75 for Pearls. BIiIiAII:7TTFES —The market for State and Western Flour was it better, with an increased demand. The sales are 35,600 blds at $0 5505.71 for superfine Stale; $6.1(@6. 25 for extra State: $..6(05.75 for sneer fine Michigan. Indiana, lowa, Ohio. Sc; $6 95@725 for extra do. including shipping brands of round-boop Ohio at $7.7.(CL7 Sr,. and trade brands do atfifl . 40@a.2a, Southern Flour was 'firm and in fair request: sales COO bbls at $7.1C17,16 for superfine Baltimore , and $7.800 , 1060 for extra o. Canadian Flour is 5 "cents higher. and more active; ea les of 710 bbls at $6.10@6.25 for common. and $6. MO 8 76 fol . good to choice extra. Rye Flour is scarce and. firm at $5.75(44.60 for the range of fine and superfine. , - _ Buckwheat Flour is finn at s3@3 25 38.100 lbs. Corn Meal rules very firm; sales 150 bbls Brandywine and 265 bbls Calorie at $6. Wheat lam e re buoyant. and.llo2 cents higher: Wilk some speculative demand, The sales are 56.001 brisbels at $1 35(40,86 for Chicago , twin g'• $1 8401- 36 for Milwaukee club: S7f4i SW; for amber. Milwaukee ; *1.4161.53 for winter red Western,. and $161@L55 for amber Michigan; and $1.64 for: white Kentucky. - Rye is scarce and firm at $1.21@1.25. . - Barley is. firmer -and more active: sales 80.0 Ce bus ok $1.tc@1.66 Sr Canada West. and el. 3541.40 for State. Corn is lc better.with a moderate business: sales 45.0011 bus at $l-s:d forprime Western mixed in store. and sl.os for do afitat. Oats are steady. and selling at fl3(c for imseY.SIKM. for (Isaias, sad 833 , 63)i for Webtalt and Malik I.a IL ‘4,:rm 47 , . ta ..... RAW/ 10q (411004! 101.1VRIACtr, • ON - 4 04 pawal row . 14sX9/14.734 45.277 1, 319, 194 102.a05 1,987 IB 2./VP . M. 1$ 662.94.1. 14 91Vel .99,n84 11 B ti 44, .11 4fn 11110 2 , 4 2V, 2.14 NOPENCEBR Iverilskr. E. coo bids. •••••1 4.570 trait.
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