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TILE NEWS.
BROWlrevrttat, Texas, has been occupied as the
headquarters or General Banks. An attempt to
levolutionize the district of Tamaulipas, which in
cludes Matamoras and the mouth of the Rio Grande,
4Dy the klexienn chief Miramon handing it over to
'the French, was frustrated by the timely appear
-mews of General Banks. The presence of the Union
'troops drove General !Debts, the ally of Miramon,
2o the other side of, the river, where he fell into the
21sada of Oorttnas, who defeated him, and shot him
ass a traitor. Three revolutions occurred in one
'Week, On the Mexican frontier of the Rio Grande.
,The positson which General Banks now occupies
Mecums to the United States the port of Pdatamoros
'Without danger of a foreign war. Later despatches
from New Orleans brig the highly important intelli
gence that the 13th Army Corps has also embarked
Tor some point in Texas.
Tun rebels say, they have almost nothing where
with to feed the Union prisoners at Richmond, yet
she Common Council of that city hasi net voted s 6o ,*
11)00 to buy a house for Gan. Lee. The - Richmond
Payne also give the following statistics of Union
prisons in and about the capital: Prisoners of war,
32,747 ; citizen prisoners, 3; Yankee deserters, 3; ne
groes, 22—total, 12,773. Among these are 953 emit_
3nissioned officers of different grades; from brigadier
general down to third lieutenant. There are also
eighty-four surgeons in the lot, Seven hundred of
these prisoners Were! on the 14th, sent to Danville,
and seven hundred will be sent daily to that point
until four thousand are thus disposed of. It is
understood that several thousand will also be sent
to Lynchburg.
&THE findings of the court of inquiry of which
General hiicDowelrwas president, which had for its
object the investigation of charges of `"speculating
in mitten" by Union °Ulcers in the Valley of the
Mississippi, implicated Major General Curtis in four
illaudulent transactions, The friends of that officer
tiave lately induord the President and Judge Advo•
oate General Holt to make a special and thorough
investigation of, the case thus presented'against
General Curtis, in connection with his explanations.
The resurt is his complete vindication,- e.rid it is
thought he will be speedily restored to command,
• SECRETARY CHASE has rescinded the order which
caused the strike of the workmen upon the Treasury
building, and thus all difficulties have been removea.
The men returned to work upon the promise of Mr.
Chase to examine into their complaints and do them
justice, a day or two after the strike first took place.
SECRETARY STANToN and General llalleck are
Maid to be still opposed to the appointment of any
more military Governors, but if they should be over
ruled on this point, the President will commission
Ouch thorough antislavery men as ex-Congressman
Casey, of Kentucky, who is likely to be military
Governor of Mississippi, if one be appointed.
DESPATCHES hem Knoxville contain a few addi
tional details of the fighting between Longstreet and
)3urnside. The national commander and his brave
army have been equal to the occasion, and are in
tspired with confidence.
A Bacoalioisseace of the enemy across the Rap.
prihannock was handsomely frustrated by the liiietii
gan and Pennsylvania cavalry.
A CONTRACTOR of this city, convicted by court
martial of having furnished inferior and false sup.
plies to the Army of the Potomac, has been sen
lenced to confinement at Albany.
APPEALS are still being made to the humanity and
patriotism of the North to feed our starving soldiers
at-Richmond. The prisoners on Belle Isle had
actually killed and eaten dogs to sustaintheir lives.
Coßaßsrolinurica dated the 16111 says that Gen.
Yranklin'a headquarters are at 'Vermillion Bayou.
Hie troops have possession of the bayou, but the
pickets of a rebel force of nearly 5,000 are in plain
- view. It is reported that the forces of the enemy in
'Texas and Louisiana are concentrated between Sr,.
bine Pass and Opelousas. The generals in front of
Gen. Franklin are :Houten, Green, Walker, and
CAL Major?, while Gen. Dick Taylor is at watch in
the vicinity.
Tux expedition to the Rio Grande has been a
omplete success. The Texans seem to have been
completely taken by surprise. Two efficient batte
ales at the head of Brazos. Pass would doubtless
'have oaused great annoyance, but the invasion is
mniesieted. It is not doubted that General Banks
'will realize his hopes. General Bee was in command
;at Brownsville, but no discovery of troops have
been rnade.
OuAGovernment now holds thirty-one thousand
rebel prisoners. There are forty thousand negroes
armed and in the service of the Government
REBEL papers say that their great ram Missouri,
built at Shreveport, Louisiana, is a total failure.
she coat $500,000.
ADMIRAL LTSSOVZRY has selected Hampton Roads
as the winter quarters of the Russian fleet.
What is Yet to be Done.
We are in the last weeks of the year 1863.
`The winter is upon us, and we . count the
days that will bring us to Christmas. It is
perhaps too much to ask froth our military
Mien any decisive' deeds during this incle-
ent season. The rebels in the east seem
to be going into winter quarters, and in the
west there is nothing that would gratify
General 81 - .AGG more than an opportunity
sof doing - the same thing. Our military ope
rations during the latter part of the
year 1863 May be summed up in Vicksburg,
Gettysburg and .Chattanooga. The fruits
ofick s bur g have been gathered, and Gene
ral BARKS is finishing the harvest. Get
tysburg has foreveil ended the dream of a
rebel invasion of the North. At Chatta
nooga we fought for a position, or rather
we fought to save ourselves from •disaster.
'We consider Chattanooga a drawn battle.
Bo far as the mere contest of arms is con
cerned the rebels may claim an advantage,
and yet the rebel newspapers are de-.
nouucing BRAGG with vindictive earnest
ness because he has gained nothing by
his campaign. Since the battle, there has
been the long pause that in this war has al
ways succeeded battles—a pause necessary
to allow the wounded to be healed—the
wasted regiments to be recruited—the ord
nance, the commissary, and quartermasters'
stores to be replenished. The attack. - of
LONGSTREET upon BURNSIDE was, evidently
:prompted by a desire to rectify one of the
misfortunes of BRAGG'S campaign—the Fe
deral occupation of East Tennessee. There
'is a military-as well as a political meaning
1n this attempt. The strategic importtnce
. of East Tennessee has always been appre
ciated by the rebels—and they have spared
fro effort to hold it. 'The tyranny and terror'
of their occupation will never be forgotten,
and will be remembered, in connection with
Tabby Prison and the treatment of our co
3ored soldiers in South Carolina, as the infa
mries of rebel infamy. The remembrance
,of this 'conduct on the part of the rebels
Taakes it a . matter of national honor and
duty to protect the persecuted friends of the
'Union at every hazard. East Tennessee,
too, is a barrier against any rebel invasion
of. the North, and will prevent any..rebel
occupation of Kentncky.
4 - There is every indication that at Matta
' Tiobia the 'greatest battle of the war will be
:knight. General GRANT has under him the
largest army of the - Union ;
_General BRAGG
has under him the largest army of the re-
Ullion. The rebels know the importance
of maintaining their position in Northern
.• Georgia, and *e cannot but feel that a vie
' " tory there would crush the rebel' military
IroWer. The rebels have been draining
every township and district in the south Of
their able-bodied men,-and sending them to
swell the army under. BRAGG. The Rich-
Mond journals say that it is now " fully as
large as any general can handle." We
might say. the same of our army under
GRANT. Helms as many menus can well
. 'be managed; and we see from the Western
- papers that other forces are being sent to
ids aid. We are glad of - this, for it shows
-`that our Government does not share with
the people in the feeling of contented apathy
that is everywhere manifest. The Adminis,
tration does not: overrate the work we have
done, nor underrate the work we have to
do. There has been such an absence of in te
rest in the war among our people since the
; great successes of the summer, that we have
. dreaded it as a positive danger. We had a
- similar feeling and incurred a similar daiager
after the battle of Fort Donelson. When
Gen. GRANT captured BocKnEri. and his
army the nation was so rejoiced over the
success that it spent the next two months in
Shouting and burning fireworks..
_The rebels
quietly retreated. into Mississippi, with
-amazing energy organized a new army, and
burled it upon our forces with such 'power
'that we narrowly escaped defeat. The corm.-
- try was so well satisfied with one victory -
'a victory. that came like's star in the dark
mess and gloom of night—that it believed
the rebellion was over, and lay down to
:sleep.' Shiloh ended the repose. .Wlien
'Vicksburg and Gettysburg were conquered,
the country was again satisfied that the re
"; hellion was closed, and again was disposed
to go to sleep. Chattanooga was a shock ;
but hardly rude enough, for the country was
SO • well pleased- with its former triumphs
. that it did not seem dis Posed to take the
imon a past experience had taught: -Nor
are we sure that ,it rightly understands the
danger of the situation now.
"Let us," said the President, standing
over the honored graves of Gettysbitrg, "be
dedicated to the great tasks remaining be
fore us, that from this honored day we take
increased devotion to that cause for which
they here gave the last full measure of devo
tion ; that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain; that the
nation shall, under God, have a new birth."
There is a meaning in these words of
Atinntraiit Latcorti that every oitizen
should study. We have still much to do.
There is a great work before us. We
have done nobly. Asa nation we have ac
complisited more than any nation in history.
It is not merely the fighting of many bat
tles, nor maintaining a vast blockade, nor
bidding defiance to the aristocrats of Eu
rope, whose sympathy with slavery made
them the enemies of freedom, nor the devo
tion we have shown to the Administration,
but the education Of public sentiment to a
higher appreciation of our rights and duties
as citizens. We must, however, not be too
confident. The Wills and successes of the
Past can only become successes in the future
by devotion and self•sacrifice now.. The
President has asked for new armies, and
directs the conscription to furnish them.
Without waiting for the conscription, let us
fill the quota, and so strengthen the military
arm that it will grind the enemy to pieces.
Let every man that can be obtained be
sent to the front. Strengthen GRArtle and
MEADE, so that when they advance it will
be a mere march, to victory. This is " the
great task remaining before us," and this
we must make up, our minds to perform.
W e can end the war this winter, if we do
ow duty at once.
The Prisoners in Richmond.
The Richmond Enquirer justifies the
tieatment of the thirteen thousand Union
prisoners in the rebel prifons, denying, in
deed, the Northern accusation of rebel
cruelty. It is said that the people of Rich
mond are denied provisions for them
selves and children, that the "Yankees"
may be supplied. No denial can satisfy us
that the prisoners are not treated barbarously,
for the proof is multiplied day by day, in the
living skeletons thlit come from Richmond
with their stories of misery and famine.
Nor - will the assertion that the rebels need
the wretched food they give their prisoners
exonerate them ; for our Government and
people have repeatedly offered to send pro
visions, and have been inhumanly denied the
privilege. Our readers will find in the narra
tive of Rev. Jourf llussEy, a released pri
soner, evidence that the want of food is not
the only cause of suffering in the Richmond
prisons. Want of clothing, want of air,
light, water, exercise, are all effective causes
of disease, and despondency, and death.
Without pausing to point out particulars, it is
enough that the rebel Government does not
treat our soldiers as prisoners of war. In its
prison legislation, we find a spirit of mean
ness and revenge which descends so low
that the men are actually denied water
for ablution. General TERRY, in like-man
ner, - wishes he could hang " every d--d
Yankee chaplain," and we find that the
Kansas soldiers captured are hung up like
dogs, • sixteen at a time. The Richmond
journals may attempt to extenuate the star
vation of the Union prisoners, by declaring
that they are fed as well as the people, but
these facts will not be hidden. And, chief
of all, we must not forget that all ground
for extenuation of this crime" is removed by
the offer of the United States Government
to bear the whole expense of feeding these
thirteen thousand starving soldiers.
The French Iron-clads.
NAPOLEON the Third, the gentleman who
so curtly summons the sovereigns of Europe
to meet him at a Conference where the af
fairs of the world shall be discuss.ed and de
cided—upon Tiis plan—has directed his at
tention, ever since he became powerful, to
creating a French navy, as a counterpoise to
the once famous " Wooden Walls" of Eng.
land. This was no original idea with him,
for Loins PHILIPPE, that " Napoleon of
Peace," who disliked fighting, but delighted
in winning bits of land, in remote seas, by
treaty and cajolery, had employed all the
means he possessed to give France, al
ways powerful on land, the further ad
vantage of being able to operate success
fully at sea with any enemy. With great
shrewdness, he commenced substituting
iron steamers for the ordinary wooden
war -vessels; and may be allowed the
merits of having to a great extent anti
cipated England in this. :He brought up
his son, the Prince . DE JOINVILLE, as a
naval officer, and, in 1847, that gentleman,
then Admiral •in the French navy, wrote a
startling pamphlet to 'show how readily,
and with considerable chance of 'success,
England might be invaded by, a French
steani-fleet carrying over a powerful army,
and its full allowance of anillery and other
usual modes of aggression. NAPOLEON has
very earnestly followed the example of
Lotus PHILIPPE. He was the first to build
war steamers of iron, gigantic in proportion,
and powerful by nature of their large guns
and immense weight. He has improved
the harbors of Cherbourg, Boulogne, and
Brest, so as to adapt them to contain nu
merous vessels of the largest size. He has
similarly improved Toulon and Marseilles,
and the result is a great fleet of French
iron-clads. In this he has been followed,
also, at vast coat, by the British Govern
ment.
On Sunday, September 27th, a French
squadron of iron.clads steamed out of Cher
bourg on a trial-cruise. This squadron con
sisted of several classes. The Normandie: .
and Invincible represented the first class,
the Couronne the second, and the Solferino
and Magenta the third. The fourth night,
(September 30th), after the squadron was
at sea, it was caught by a sharp gale from
the northwest, and the Magenta rolled in
the sea like a tub. The heavy sea damaged
two of her boats, and, at the rate of live
knots an hour, not one of the squadron
being within sight, she slowly joined the
Admiral;s ship thirty-six hours after the
storm, at an appointed place of rendezvous.
Soon after , the other ships came up. Ali
were more or less damaged. The heavy
Normandie had lost her bowsprit and fore
topmast, and shipped so much' water in her
fearful rolling, that it was feared each mo
ment that she would tumble over. The In
vincible had her machinery damaged, and
lost some Of her boats. The Couronne lost
most of her boats. The Napoleon, model
sailing and steamship, suffe - red much in her
machinery and lost her boats. The Ma
genta and Solferino were least injured.
These are ships-of-the-line, only partially
plated, and not only sailed better, but sur
passed the great iron-clads in a military point
of view. The Normandie carries from thir
ty-two to forty guns, and the Solferino
about thirty, but during this cruise the Nor
mandie could not fire a shot, being com
pelled to keep her portholes closed, while
the Solferino had twenty-four guns avail
able.
This result has caused the English to pause
in building mammoth iron-clad ships-of
war, particularly at experiments with their
own vessels of that class have not been satis
factory. These immense - war-ships, in fact,
would seem unsuited—for anything but to
bombard or defend ports. If they suffer
. so
much in the channel, it would be mad and
desperate risk of life to send them across the
Atlantic, especially when one reflects how
proverbially inefficient most Frenchmen are
at sea. These huge vessels, it was threat
ened, would cross the -Atlantic in a week or
ten days, and simultaneously bombard Bos
ton, New York, PhiladelphK Baltimore,
and Washington. We venture to predict
that they will never• operate for such war
fare as that, for these great European iron
clads are scarcely seaworthy.
Mr. Forrest.
EDWIN FORREST makes his appearance
in Philadelphia this evening, in Mr. B uL-
Wan' s play, and his own creation, of " Ri
chelie,u." Mr. Forma's'' , occupies such a
high and - recognized position as the greatest
tragedian - living—the founder of a school,
and the representative of the highest degree
of culture in our dramatic art 2 --that his ap
pearance among us `becomes an event of
public interest. We underetgul that ',hie
present engagement will be limited—his in
tention being to appear but once in each of
his greatest characters. Nor would it be at
all unlikely if he should not again perform
in our city for a long time. Mr. FORREST
entered into his recent engagements merely
to gratify the general desire among all lovers
of the'drama to see and profit by his genius.
He bad not appeared for a long time before,
and he may not again appear for a long
time to come. He brings with him an ex
cellent company, and will be splendidly
supported in all his plays We bespeak for
the great tragedian•in this city of his birth
and his home an enthnsiastic reception.
WASHINGTON.
Specs.al Despatates to The Press.
WASHINGTON. D. 0., Nov. 22
Important Railroad Unanges.
On Monday, the 23d inst., a general change la the
schedules between New York and Washington on.
curs. Four daily trains, at improved speed, will
run in each direction for through travel and mails,
leaVing Washington at B and 11.50 A. 51., and 5 and
8.30 P. 21 . .. Leave New York at 8 and 'lO A. M. and
'1,30 and 12 P. M. One or two of these trains each
way will pass through Philadelphia without change
of cars between Jersey City and Washington. Be
.
fere the first of January, all the trains, both freight
and passenger, are expected to run between New
Yorleand Washington without any change what•
ever, using locomotive power, by the new road built
around the northern limits of the city of Philadel
phia, between Kensington and Gray's Ferry.
The patsengers and mails from Washington, con
necting in New York for points North or East, will
leave Washington at 6 P. M. ; but all New York
travel proper can take the 'sleeping oars at 8.30 P.
M. here, and reaoh New York in ten hours pre.
cisely without interruption or change.
The Baltimore and Ohio line adds anothdApas•
tenger train between Washington er,ill3 l inuora
the beneffrof Governmerit c i ar k o , C onvninnen,
and
others, who T 5 1. 41 iodge in Baltimore, by moving to
te.nd from Washington to suit business hours here.
This is expected to relieve through travel trains
also.
The double tracks between this city and Balti
more, ass well as between the Suequebanna and Phi
ledelphia, and also near Trenton, are all tieing ra
pidly completed, and Elections of them will be put in
uce at once.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company also improves
its sehedule for Western passenger trains from
Washington and Baltimore to meet the demands of
itereased travel, the route now being regarded as
perfeetly safe.
Naval Changes.
• Commander Missal. has been detached from the
command of the Matoriza, and ordered to the -com
mand of the Chickopee. Lieut. Com. MILTON is
ordered the command of the Matanza. Lieut.
Com. HENRY ERBEN, Jr, is detached from special
duty at New York, and ordered to the Niagara.
Lieut. Corn JOHN S. Boirriaa is detaChed froin the
Niagara, and ordered as fleet captain of the North
Atlantic blockading squadron.,
The Army.
The 6th Army Corps, Major General Svon
'commanding, was reviewed near Brandy Station on
Friday. '-
Sutlers are now permitted to bring up tobacco for
sale to the soldiers, and to fill orders for the imme
diate necessities of officers; but supplies for the
latter are to be' placed in the hands of those ordering
them as soon as they arrive. The sale of articles,
tobacco excepted, by. sutlers, is prohibited.
The impressions in regard to the enemy's strength
on the Rapidan are various, at least so far as pub-
Holy expressed. Some maintain that Lizes entire
force does not exceed 35,000, while others place it as
high as 75,000.
Government Expenditures.
The payments for all branches of the public ser
vice, for the fiscal year ending with last June, were
nine hundred and three millions of dollars, of which
amount six hundred millions were for the army, and
sixty•five of sixtysix millions for the navy.
A sufficiency of money has recently .been placed
in the hands of all the paymasters to pay our armies
up to the first of the present month. •
The Exchange or Prisoners.
Gentlemen recently arrived here from Fortress
Monroe, repeat what they have heard in that vici
nity, namely That, as the correspondence of the
reaps ctive agents for the exchange of prisoners ha s
degenerated into personalities and - a loss of confi
dence one in the other, their usefulness has, to that
extent, been impaired. Hence, the opinion is strong
ly expressed that, if there could be a change of
agents, an exchange of nearly, if not all, the pri
soners might be effected, leaving disputed points as
to valid paroles, etc., on both sides, to be adjusted
hereafter. "
The License Required for Pension Agents.
All perso - ns transacting business before the Pen
sion Office will be required to file in that oitee evi
dence that they have taken out the license required
by the excise law. The fact may be shown by a cer
tificate from the collector from whom the license
WIVE obtained, or by a copy of the license duly au
thenticated..
Letter of non. John Alluor Botts.
Ron. JOHN MINOR BOTTS, now at hie residence at
Auburn, Culpeper county, previous to our recent
advance over the Rappahannock, sent a letter to
the Richmond Examiner on the subject of his arrest
and treatment. This full of interest,.and a copy has
been obtained for publication.
Seiite,nce of a Diattoilest Contiactor.
The following official notice of conviction and
sentence by court martial of John K. Stetler, of Phi
ladelphia, is an evidence of earnest intention on the
part of the Government to prosecute and punish all
attempts at fraud in furnishing supplies for the use
of soldiers:
AIMUT ANT GENERAL'S OFBICR, WASHINGTON,
Nov. 21, 186.3.—J0hn K. Stetier has been convicted
by court martial of wilful neglect of duty, he ha
ving contracted to furnish the Subsistence Depart
ment one hundred thousand pounds prime roasted
ground Rio coffee, stipulating in his contract that
proof, by chemical analysis or otherwise, shduld
show the same coffee to be composed wholly of pure,
prime Rio coffee, and that the same shotbd be de
livered, and that in failing to deliver any quantity
whatever of pure prime Rio coffee, and having
agreed to furmob. the United States about one hun-
Or ed (leo) ranks of pure, prime roasted and ground
Rio coffee, did deliver instead thereof about one
hundred casks of coffee, proved by an inspection
and chemical analysis to be inferior and adulterated
with foreign substances, and which was, therefore,
rijected by the Subsistence Department, the court
oentenceo the said John K. Stetler to be imprison
ed in the Penitentiary at Albany, New Year, o'r
ouch other place as the Secretary -of War may di
rect, for the term of five years. The foregoing sen
tence has been approved by the Searetary of War,
and Albany, New York, designated as the place of
confinement, which has been approved 'by the
President. E. D. TO WNSEND
Azaistant Adjutant General
Another Rebel Plot to Attack our North
ern Border.
BITIZLINGT'ON (Vt.), Nov. 22.-Considerable excite
ment was caused yesterday in the villages of Rouse'e
Point and St. Albans, by the report that a body of
Secessionists, in Montreal, had planned to. seize
Fort Montgomery, destroy the drawbridge at Rouse's
Point, and plunder Plattsburg and Burlington.
Information of such a plot reached Governor
Smith and Collector Clapp, of this port, on Friday.
They immediately took steps to communicate with
the officer in charge of Fort Montgomery, and soon
had its guns manned and ready.to give the renegades
a warm reception. This scheme was probably
linked with the Johnson'e Island project. Ample
preparations have been made by Gov. Smith to re
pel any attack which may be made upon our bor
ders.
Loss of the Bark Salati A. Nichols.
Mass., Nov. 22.—The bark Salab A.
Nichols, Captain P. B. Nichols, of Searsport, from
Elizabethport, bound to. Portland, with a cargo of
Coal, was lost on Great Rip on Friday. Her crew,
nine in number, together with the wife of the cap
tain,--the mate, and two . men, were left in a boat,
and the rest on a raft. All of the latter, except one,
who was lost, were picked up yesterday by a fishing
smack, and carried into Edgartown. The boat has
not been heard from. The bark is a total loss, and
went to pieces at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning.
Destructive Fire at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Nov. =.—lldiles Greenwood's ma
chine shops, at the corner of Canal and Walnut
streets, were partially destroyed by lire this morn
ing. The loss amounted to $200,000 ; insured for
half that amount. A fireman was killed and several
wounded by the falling of the walls.
Boston.
BOSTON, Nov. 21.—The prize steamer R. E. Lee
has arrived here.
. The Bank of the Metropolis, of this city went into
liquidation on the nth. There were no liabilities of
any description,
Sentence of Doctor Drown.
Maw Yoirs. Nov. 21.—Dr." Brown; the abortionist,
was sentenced to two'years irnprisonmeirt; by Re
corder Roffman, to•day.
Ge'neral Log4n.
Sr. Louis, Nov. 21.--Major General Logan and
staff. Juana through here yesterday, en route for
Nashville.
Markets by Telegraph.
ChigangNATl. Nov. 521.—Flour le buoyant.; Baleri at
$5 eogs 'M. Wheat active. Corn quiet. Whialty
good demand at 67c. Hoge uneettled. Lard 12e.
Green llama BXc. Exchange on Now York, more
sellers than buyers at par. -
Marine.
NBW Yonx, Nov. 22.—Am ived, ship William Rath
bone, from Liverpool ; :bark Reindeer from Cadiz ;
brigs Oscan Belle from St. Sohn, P.'R., Car/ from
Marseilles, Annette from Havana, Lady of the
Lake from Jame,
THE CASE OF WILLIAM T. SMITIISON.--FrOMAO.
official paper or order published 'in the Star this af
ternoon, it will be perceived that William T. Smith
son, banker, of this city, has been sentenced_ by
court martial, to live years imprisonment, and
that the Secretary of War has designated the Peni
tentiary at Albany, New York, as the place in which
be shall be confined. We learn that he was duly
sent thither, uncer guard, last night. The proceed
ings of the court martial by which he was convicted
have not yet- been divulged. We are, therefore,
unable to state the evidence on which he was con
victed of holding improper correspondence with the
public enemy.
The public will, however, recollect that he was
first arrested on a similar charge, by order of the
State Department, as long ago as when Beauregard
was commanding the rebel forces in our immediate
front. Certain lettere, signed " Charles Capers, ,, fell
into the hands of the Government, being found.in a
captured rebel mail. They were 'addressed to
Beauregard in person, and contained abundance
of just such information se a paid spy stationed
in this city would communicate. The' were
written in a hand so closely resembling that
of Smithson, who had then been for some
time under surveillance, as that his premises
were searched; and in his private writing-deek was
found the other - half-sheet of the paper, on which
the most atrocious of the Capers' lettere was...writ
ten. There existed -no doubt whatever of the iden
tity of the two half sheets of paper, and scarcely
less of the handwriting. His offence was not pun.
ished at that time, and subsequently it was found
necessary to rearrest him'with the 'result indicated
In the order mentioned above.—West into% Sfarl
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1863.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Reconnoissances and Captures,
l MOVEMENT OR THE ENEMY FOILED.
ARMY 011. TIM POTOMAC, Nov. 20, MO.—The
guerillas around Warrenton having fired upon our
pibkets quite frequently of late, the citizens have
been notified that on the first recurrence of picket
shooting Warrenton will be shelled.
Two cavalrymen, who,were outside of the linen,
were pursued by mounted guerillas yesterday nearly
to Oath:Ant Station. The .cavalrymen escaped, but
two privates, of the 142 d Pennsylvania - Infantry,
were captured
Last evening, between twenty and thirty guerillas
mime up to our lines near IVlanassas and fired their
pieces at our pickets. They were immediately pur
sued and fired upon, but none of them were captured:
Four of them subsequently made their appearance
diliNeiresville, but fled from the railroad guard, who
pursued them.
Several rebel soldiers and citizens, Borne of the
former being deserters, and the latter prisoners,
teem sent to Washington last night. Slime of the
citizens tried to bribe the guard to allow them to
escape:
General Russell, the hero of Rappahannock Sta
tion, went to Washington today.
A squadron or two of ihe eth New York and 3d
Virgule Cavalry, of Bufortre command, under Capt.
Conger, of the latter regiment, made a reconnois.
mance yesterday in the direction of Sperrvville,
captured a rebel herd of two hundred 'arm P . ,'i r t y .,
two cattle, fourteen horses, and fifteen . herder ..
The cattle were turned over to the iliv:;hdeh commis
sary; Capt. Hale.
[Correspondence New York Tiro: e . g.]
AMY POTOMAC, Nov. 9 :o.—The movement of the
enemy an Wedneede.y tr i.orning seems to have been
ni
a concerted Moveen along our whole front for the
purpose of asaertntning our poeition. Suet about
the time the leih Pennsylvania Cavalry Was at
tacked near Germania . 0
Zw l e, a . f orce Of infantry
crowed t llO/I 'fistance below Raccoon Ford,and at
'Wll°,_. 7—,0 cut oft' the tat Michigan Cavalry, Major
Brewer, on picket near that point.
The enemy crossed to the ravine, and kept a little
rite of ground between the picket and themselves,
but, fortunately, Major Brewer was on the alert,
Hand discovered what was going on, before an
attack could be made, and he was therefore
prepared .;;;* them. The enemy •crossed the river
during the night; and exi,l themselves just at
dawn. After skirmishing for tine Vent, and
finding tbat their plan had been discovered, they re
turned to the opposite bank. Similar movements
were made all along our front, with equal soon.
On Friday, before the battle at Rappahannock
Station, Gen. Lee and Gov. Letcher reviewed the
rebel army near Brandy Station, and while the latter
was giving assurance that the campaign- was ended
for the present season,- the former received Informa
tion from a " ecout " or "spy" to the effect that
the Union army was moving upon Fredericksburg.
That night Lee moved his army in that direction,
and was too far away on the following night to aid
the force left to guard the Upper Rappahannock,
and army and citizens feel dispirited because their
favorite general has been defeated in strategy.
•
BRANDING FOR DESERTION.
Two men of the 6th Corps were publicly branded
with the letter " Di' yesterday, having been con
victed of the mime of desertion. One was branded
upon the hip and the other upon the arm. The divi
sion to which the men belonged witnessed the ope
ration.
ANOTHER RAID OF MOSEBY'S
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 Yesterday afternoon
about ninety of Moseby's men approached within
three miles of Bealeton, with a view of making a
raid on the railroad. Being dressed in Federal uni
forms, the detachment's of the let Pennsylvania and
6th Ohio Cavalry, who were in the immediate neth
borhood at the time, mistook them for friends, but
they soon discovered their error, the rebels tiring a
volley into them, and wounding several of our men,
Pursuit was given, and the rebels were driven into
Snicker's Gap. Six of the gang were captured, but,
at the latest account; our cavalry had not returned.
The storm ceased last night.
Gallantisy 0r131. - tr.nside an.ci Ilis
Crriarr,mr, Nov. 21,—The Commercial has the
following :
RNOxVILLII, Nov. 18, 1 P. M.—The oriels in East
Tennessee has come, and found our army and gene•
rats ready. Saturday, the rebels, under Longstreet,
crossed the river at Loudon. Our forcesiell back,
slowly and in good order, before them.- During. Sun
day briale skirmishing was .going on all the while,
and'on Monday we held them in cheek all day, at
Campbell Station, twelve miles below here, on, the
Lenoire road: Our forces were under the personal
command of General Burnside, and acted splendidly.
Our loss during the day is estimated at 250. The
rebel loss is unknown, but cannot, from the nature
of the Bghting, have been less.
During Monday our army fell back on Knoxville.
Early Tuesday morning the-line-of battle was formed
around the city. The rebels appeared about noon
on the Lenoire road at Armstrong's house, two
miles from town, and heavy-skirmishing immediate.
ly commenced. General Sinders held our line of
skirmishers in most gallant style and stubbornly
until nightfall. Late- in the evening, our troops
charged the rebels, and drove them from their
ground and beyond Armstrong's _house, but fell
back again to the original line.
This morning was very foggy, and the ball did not
open until nine o'clock, and when it did it was on
precisely the same ground Am last "night `-The-skiff
mashing has been very heavy, and accompanied with
considerable shelling, both by the rebels and our
selves. Our loss yesterday and to-day, in killed and
wounded, is about one hundred and fifty.
Our boys are in eacellent spirits, and are confident
in themselves and their generals. In fact, I have
never seen an army on, the eve ..of battle in better
spirits.
General' Burnside is confident of the result, and is
winning golden opinions horn every one by his„gal
lant bearing and masterly dispositions.
About three o'clock this afternoon we suffered
loss in the wounding of that most gallant officer,
General Sanders.
SDERMAN'E COMMAND—AN - PROM GEE.
E.
7! "GENERAL ORDERS, 67.—The Federal army
being now in possession of that portion of Ten
nessee and Alabama from Columbia to Decatur,
and no Confederate force occupying any portion of
Middle Tennessee tile folloWing policy will be par.
sued by my command
"I. Oitizens who have a surplus of corn, wheat,
fodder, cattle, and hogs, by bringing it to the-differ
ent posts along the railroad, from Columbia, to De
eatur, in sufficient quantities to supply the com
mand, will receive vouchers upon which they can
obtain the money. Unless this le done, foraging
trains will necessarily be sent, out, and what we
used be taken and certificates only given.
" 11. As long as the people maintain quiet in the
country, put down guerillas and robbers, they will
Leproteeted, their produce paid for, and treated in
all respects as loyal citizens. Otherwlee they will
be levied upon to support the army, and treated as
enemies.
- -
" 111. The citizens living along the railroad and
telegraph lines will be held responsible for any da
mage done either by any but regular Confederate
troops. When damaged in any way, the citizens liv
ing nearest that point will be assessed to the fall
amount of damage done.
" IV. Citizens in the adjoining counties are invi-
tcd tb take such measures as they see proper to com
ply with thil order, and every assistance and encour
agement will be given them by the - conimanders of
the different posts. •
By order of Brig. Gen. G. M. DODGE.
"J. W. BAnxas, Lieut. and A. A. A. G."
Kwoxviian, Tenn., Nov. 7.—We have newel again
of brilliant operations by the 11 North Carolina
Union Volunteers, who are under command of Co-
lonel Smith, and who have penetrated no little dis
tance into the State of their nativity. On Wednes
day last a force of rebels partly consisting of the
'.23d North Carolina (rebel) regiment, advanced to
attack them in their position on. Frenoh Broad A
ver. A fight ensued at Warm Springs, in wlaichthe
loyal North Carolinians succeded in driving -their
antagonists in confusion back again. Many of the
rebel North CaroliniansKropped out in the flight, and
deliberately turning upon their late comrades, used
their rifles with great effect. They then gave them
selves up to our men, and all express_ a wish to en
list in the loyal regiment. Colonel Smith's position
is the key to an advance upon us from North Caro
lina ; but the North Carolina boys seem determined
that no rebel shall menace us -from that quarter.
The rebel force at Warm Springs was commanded
by Colonel Bob Vance, brother of the Governor.
The 13th Army Corps Embarked for Texas.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—The following despatch has
been received from New Orleans by steamer.
Nxw ORLEANS, Nov. 13.—The 13th Army Corps,
lately operating in the Techd country, embarked to
day et Brashear city for some unknown point in.
Texas, by way of Berwick'n Bay. .
The steamer Circassian arrived today, and reports
the disappearance of the yellow fever from the
blockading fleet tilt Mobilg.
Trade with St. Louis, on private aeoduat, is rapid
ly
A rumor is current to day, among secession sym
pathizers of a rebel defeat. in western Indiana.
My DEAR. Falun : We are very much in want of
Nome smoking tobacco. lam clean out of " spond -
licks" for the present, and shall not be in possessic l
of a remittance from home for some weeks. -ye
will confer a signal favor, and a very great kindness,
by sending me some good smoking tolmoco and ti.de
cent pipe. lam going to indulge in the fashionable
dissipation of smoking. 0, the interininable tedium
and ennui of this 'dreary prison. Would to Ileaveh
I had followed. your advice. So soon as - I shall tje
released I• shall return to Missouri, and take Dip
stump in favor of restoring that State to her alle
giance. The rebellion has proved a signal failure.
Jeff Davis is a magnificent humbug, and the restore
tion of the entire Union (whole, as it sprang forth
from the pure hearts that conceived and the vigor
ous arms 'that achieved it,) is certain and inevitable.
I shall bow to the omnipotent behest,'" Vet papal!,
vex Dei, ,, The interest of Misaouri is with the
Union. That people should never have renounced
the Federal Government.. I shall -use my humble
iiltuence to restore the lost pleiad back to her own
native heavenward track. . . :
EXTRAORDINARY SORNI3 IN A COURT Room.—
Che James Sutherland, who has been on trial at
Indianapolis, for several days, for killing Roddy: A:.
Small, was acquitted on Thursday. His wife and
three childred were in court at the time. After the
announcement of the verdict there followed a Baena,
says the Indianapolis Journal, not often witnessed
in a courtroom:
DIVISION OF THE
THE PATTIES - EAST TENNESSEE.
Forces.
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WINO, 16th ARIIY CORPS,
" Ptriaext, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1263.
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
DEPARTMENT OF THE. GULF,
Letter of a Rebel :from Prison.
- - -
U. S. NASHVILLE,
November 15, 1863.
Truly and sincerely, your friend.
OGILVIE BYRON YOUNG
The prisoner that was—a prisoner now no longer
fell capon his knees, and lifting his eyes toward
heaven, uttered an earnest prayer of - praise and
thanksgiving to God, whose justice and mercy have
been so wonderfully manifested in him. The prayer
was irresistibly eloquent, and when the amen was
pronounced, amen came back in response from every'
part of the room, and there , were tears in every
eye. All rose to their feet ; the acquitted man
aevanced and took each juryman by the hand,
with a fer Vent "God bleu you! You have
saved an innocent man from shame and die.
grace ; you have taken a foul stain from ny name.
God bless you !" And to the prosecutor, whose con
duct iu the case commands admiration from all, fdr
fairness, and honesty, he gave a co dial "God hive!
you !" The old white-haired father, whose firm
trust bad supported the son in - the dark hours of
trial, now melted in tears of joy that his boy was
acquitted of 'guilt, and his own good name remained
untarnished. The- judge, wiping his eyes- of the
tears that bad come unbidden, ordered thealieriff to
A jot=th e 0011 St. ° r
Alexander H. Stephens on Southern Grley.
The following speech of Mr. Stephens, the present
Vice President of the rebel Confederacy, was de
livered in the Georgia State Convention in January,
1861. It will be remembered that Mr. Stephens,
just before that time, made a Union speech to the
people. The language of this address to the Con.
vention is even stronger than that of his more fa.
mous speech. It is a crushing reply to those North
ern sympathizers with the rebels, who are constant
ly proclaiming that "the South " was injured, and
came abort of its rights in the Union. Mr, Stephens
said
"This step (of secession), once taken, can never
be recalled ; and all the baleful and withering con
Sequences that must follow will rest on the Oonven
tilm for all coming time. When we and our pos
terity Shall see our lovely South desolated by the
demon of war, which this act• qf yours win inevitably
invite and call forth; when our green delis of waving
harvest Omit be trodden down by the murderol:a ,
soldiery and fiery ear or war sweeping over our
land ; our temples of justice laid in ashes ; a:a th e
horrors and desolations of war upon us: 'who but
this Convention will be held responsible for P . 'and who
but him who shall have given hie vat", for this un
wise and 111-timed measure, as I havatly tUrrlc and
believe, shall be held to strict moue.,
for this suicidal
act by thepresent generation, and probably - cursed and
execrated by posterity
foil° C.;mizg rime, for the wide
sud desolating rain that .i
inevitably follow this
act you now propose te perpetrate?
' PII U BLAMCLEBB.
"Pause, I ant seatyou, and coniitier for a moment
what maser . Sou , can give that will even satisfy
s l 2uraeiV ° 7e in calmer momenta—whatreason can you
g',,ve, your fellowsulterers in the dalamity tat it
etiug Upon us. What reasons can you give h
to the
... ..otions of the earth to justify it? They will be the calm
and deliberate judges in the cane ; and what cause or
one overt an: can you name or point to, on which to
rest the plea of justification? What right has the
North assailed? What interestof the South has been
invaded? What justice has been denied? and what
claim, founded in. Justice and right, has been with-.
held) Can either or you to.day name one governmen
tal act of Wrong, deliberately and purposely done by
the Government of Washington, of which the South
bag a sight to complain? I challenge the answer.
While on the other hand, let me show the facts (and
believe me, gentlemen, I am, not here the advocate
of the North ; but I am here the friend, the firm
friend and lover of the South and her institutions,
and for this reason I speak thus plainly and faith
fully for yours, mine, and every other man's inte
rest, the words of truth and soberness) of which I
wish you to judge, and I will only state facts, which
* are clear and undeniable, and which now stand as
records authentic in the history of our country.
"When we of the South demanded the slave
trade, or the importation of A f , 2l..ing for
vation of our 1._•.113, did they not yield the right for
twenty Mrs? When we asked a three-fifths repro-
Sentalion in Congress for our slaves, was it not
granted? When we asked and demanded the return
of any fugitive from justice, or the recovery of those
persons owing labor or allegiance, Was it not in
corporated in the Constitution, and again raf fl ed
1 and strengthened by the fugitive slave law of 18$01
But do you reply that in many instances they have
violated this compact, and have not been faithful to
their engagements? As individual and local com
munities they may have done so, but not by the
sanction of Government, for that has always been
true to Southern interests.
"Again, gentlemen, look at another fact when
we have asked that more territory should be added,
that we might spread the institution of slavery, have
they not yielded to our demands in giving us Lout-,
Mena, Florida, and Texas, out which four States
hat% been carved, and ample territory for four more
to be added in due time, if you, by this unwise and
' impolitic act, do not destroy this hope, and, perhaps,
by it lose all, and have your last slave wrenched
from you by stern military rule, as South America
end Mexico were; or by the vindictive decree of a
I universal emancipation, which may reesonaby be
expected to followl
WHAT THE SOUTH HAD IN THE UNION.
"But, again, gentlemen, what have we to gain
by this proposed change or our relation to the Ge
neral Government? We have always had the con
trol, and can yet, if we remain in it, and are as
united as we have been. We have had a majority
of the Presidents chosen from the South, as well as
the control and management of most of those
chosen from the North. We have had sixty years
of Southern Presidents to their twenty-four, thus
controlling the executive department. So of the
judges of the Supreme Court, we, have had eighteen
from the South, and but eleven from the North ;
although nearly , four-fifths of the judicial business
has arisen in the free States, yet a majority of the
court hes always been from the South. This we.
have required, so as to guard against any interpreta
tion of the Constitution unfavorable to us. In like
maneer, we have been equally watchful to guard our
interests in the legislative Drench of Government.
In choosing the presiding presidents (pro. tem.) of
the Senate, we have had twenty-four to their eleven.
Speakers of the House, we have had twenty-three,
and they twelve. While the majority of the Repro
sentatives, from their greater population, have al
ways been from the North, yet we have so generally
secured the Speaker, because he, to a greater ex
tent, shapes and centrola the legislation of the
cOnntry.
"Nor have we had lees eontroi in every other de
pertinent of the General Government. Attorney
Generale we have had fourteen, while the North
have had but five. Foreign ministers we have had
eighty-six, and thqy„,put fifty-four. While three
fourths of the business which demands diplomatie
agents abroad is clearly from the free States, from
their greater colnmercial interests, yet we have had
the principal embassies, so as to secure the world
merkets for cotton, tobacco,. and sugar, on the best
possible terms. We have nad a vast majority of
the higher offices of both army and navy,
while a larger proportion of the soldiers and
sailors were drawn - from the North. Equally so
of clerks, auditors, and comptrollers filing the
executive department, the rewords show for the last
fifty years that of three thousand thus employed we
have had more than two-thirds of the same, while
we have but one.third of the white population of
the republic.
"Again, look at another item, and one, be as
sured, in which we have a great and vital interest
it is that of revenue, or means of supporting Go
vernment. From official documents we learn that
a frodia!, over three fourths of the revenue collected for
the support of Government has uniformly been reused
from the North.
"Pause now while you can, gentlemen, and con
template carefully and candiely these important
`items. Leaving out of view, for the present, the
countless millions of dollars you must expend in
a war with the North; with tens of thousiads of
your eons and brothers slain in battle, and offered
up as sacrifices upon the altar of your ambition—
and for what? we ask.again. Is it for the over
throw of the American Govern - ment, established
by.our common.oenceatry, cemented and built up
by their sweat: andblood, and founded on the
broad principle,
of right, justice, and humanity?
And as such, I „must declare here, as I have often
done before, and which has been repeated by the
greatest and wisest of statesmen and patriots in this
and other lands, that it is the best and freest Govern
ment—the most equal in its rights, the most just in its
decisions, the most lenient in its measures, and the most
aspiring in its principles to elevate the race of men that
the sun of heaven ever shone upon. Now, for you to
attempt to Overthrow Ault a Government as this,
under which we have lived for more than three
quarters of a century—in which we have gained our
wealth, our standing as a nation, our domestic
safety while the elements of peril are around us,
with peace and tranquility, accompanied with un-
I bounded prosperity and rights unassalled—is the
height of madness, folly, and wickedness to which I
can neither lend my sanction nor my vote."
A COIVFLICT OrAATTROP.ITIES.—There is a singular
diversity between the correspondents of the London
Times in describing the Ohio election and Mr. Val
landigham's defeat':
[From a letter dated New
York. Oct. 113.]
• "Greenbacks" were as
Plentitul as she flowers of
May, and to be had for the
plucking by any man who
would vote against Mr.
Fallen digbam. - Soldiers
and civilians wore alike
pressed into the cause: and,
- what the promises of place,
mousy, or advancement
could not purchase, the'
threats of the provost mar- 1
sbal were- employed to ex
tort
Public Entertainments.
TBB Grataraw Ornna.—We presume that it will
be many years before a symphony of Beethoven is
again played in Philadelphia, the experimental per
formance on Saturday night having failed so lamen
tably. The audience in the Academy was, literally,
not so large as the orchestra. The scene was posi
tively laughable, especially as the ingenious bill
writer had announced in large letters, " a monster
concert,"
In the balcony were five or six forlorn people, and
a score or so in the parquette and parquette circle;
the entire audience could have been packed in an
omnibus. We congratulate the musical public of
yhiladelphia on its appreciation. The rain did not
Veep it away, for the theatres were well filled. Beep
tho Ten did the business, and should be ashamed of
himselrfor composing music which drives every.
body away. Mr. Anschutz, however, paid as
much attention to the fifth symphony as if all
.the world bad been listening, and when, it was
over put out the lights, and sent the little party
home. The affair was so mortifying to all coa
-1 cerr;ed, that it dropped by geueral consent, as soon
las the symphony was ended. We trust Mr. Anschutz
has learned a lesson, and that for the future he will
I cut Beethoven dead, and take to the barrelorgan
"music, which is so deservedly popular.
To.night the Magic Flute" will be Sung. Bee
thoven did not compose it; and ao the public may
believe our assurance that it contains the most beau
tiful music in the world.
Tuesday evening, "Faust" will be again sung, for
the benefit of Mr. Anschutz, and we will be glad to
see the Academy crowded. Mr. Anschutz is one of
the very few managers who care more for art than
moneymaking, and his noble efforts for the benefit
of music and f the publie deserve acknowledgment.
STREET THEATRE. —Mr. T. S. Clarke,
who, to say the least, has no superior in low comedy
on the American stage, will make his first appear
ance this semion, tanight. Liston:was defined as a
laugh—Mr. Clarke is a peal of laughter, and not
only the funniest, but one of the most artistic of our
actors. He is welcome.
rt THAITICSGIVING CIELSBIZATIOIL—The lady mana
ger of - the
.great National Circus Troupe has made
extensive arrangements for the proper celebration
of the forthcoming national Thanksgiving day, in
response to the proclamation of the President of
the United States. The people have much to be
thankful for, and a jubilee of pleasant recreation,
such as Me. Warner proposes, is entirely apropos
to the occasion, There will be three performances.,
morning, afternoon, and evening.
SUBSCRlPTlONS.—Subscriptions to the forthco
ming Italian and Ilavana opera may now be made
at the American Academy of Music. The opera
will commence on Monday evening 30th that.
ATTRACTIVE POSITIVE SALE OP FRENCH GOODS,
&o.—Tbe early attention of dealerd is requested
to the choice and desirable assortment of French,
Swiss, German, and British dry goods, embracing
about 526 lots of staple and fancy articles, in silks,
merinoes, shawls, high , colors and black silk velvet
ribbons, mantilla and bonnet silk velvets, gloves and
gauntlets in large quantity, the importation of
Messrs. John B. English & Co., gingham umbrellas,
&c., to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, this morn
ing at ten o'clock, to be continued, without inter
mission, the greater part of the day, by John B.
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market
street.
AUCTION NOTICE—SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES, B$0•
PANS,' CAVALRY BOOTS, AND Turrass.—The at
tention of buyers is Called to the large sale of 1,000.
oases boots, shoes, brogans, balmorals, cavalry
boots, trunks, etc., to be sold this morning (61onday)
by catalogue, for cash, commencing at ten o'clock
precisely, by Philip Ford &Co auctioneers, at their
store,'Nos. 625 Market and 622 Commerce street.
EXTRA LAUGH SALE STOCSS A 3 ,113 REAL ESTATE,
to•morrow (Tuesday): See Thomas & adver
tisements and pamphlet entail:3l;nm
FlitES.—A alight fire took place between
twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning, back of
No. 1206 Poplar street, caused by the burning of a
chimney. - -
A frame dwelling occupied by Jos. Stewart, at
the northwest corner of Leopard. and Otter streets,
was slightly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon.
A3lolk.er fire also _occurred_ shortly after in- Lox
le Vs court, between Third and Fourth atreete, nboKe
Arch. The lose vino atnail.
EBCArlf. OF PRISOITF.BEI.—On Saturday
night, between eight and nine o'clock, fourteen de.
Betters and substitutes, who had been confined in the
fourth story of the hospital at Fifth and Buttonwood
streets, effected their escape. The means by which
they accomplished it, was by boring a hole In the
side of the building, commenced probably with A
penknife, and which they nibbled at until the
opening was large enough for a man's body
easily to go through. There is a low one-story sta.
ble contiguous to the hospital, and it is supposed the
prisoners let themselves down upon its roof by
blankets, held by comrades. The last man jumped
the entire distance but received no Injuries. They
then let themselves down to the stable yard, and,
undisturbed, walked quietly away. The stable
• eepers heard the noise of the falling men, and saw
the manner of the escape. They did not, give any
information about the matter to the guards, alleging
that it was no part of their business to assist in
their arrest. The names Of those who escaped are
as follows : John W. Abrams, Barney Donnell;
Wesley L, Brook, William L. Arbuckle, Andrew
P. Mann, William Cully, IYles. Karchter, Charles
Hour, Abraham Kreeolier, Charles M. Dow, Win.
P. Payton, Wm. Meade, Henry Harris, Jannis
Williams.
HOSPITAL ITEMS.—A. man named JOllll
O'Brien, aged fifty years, was admitted into the
Pennsylvania Hospital, at an early hour yesterday
morning, with his skull fractured. He Was brakes
man of a freight train on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and when about two miles from the city was
ordered by tee conductor to detach three cars from
the train"; but he only cast two loose, and in a short
time another one broke away, coming in collision
with the other two, throwing O'Brien off; and in
juring his skull in such a manner that be died at the
hospital between three and four o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
TRH WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MA
caiNx A ILVGDMIC ASPECT.—Dr. A. IC. Gardner,
a professor In the New Yierk Medical - College, re
cently read a paper before the Academy of Medicine
on "The Hygiene of the Sewing Machine," in which
he claimed that the latter was the great boon of the
Nineteenth century to the women of Christendom
and of the_world ; that it bad emphatically menu
milted fhe while stave, and, in the course of his able
essay,"he showed that, for the preservation and pro
, motion of health, the Wheeler & Wilson, on account
of the manner in which it is operated, (sold in this city
at their elegant Brown Stone Warerooms, No. 704
Chestnut street,) is vastly preferable to any other.
Gentlemen selecting handsome presents for their
wives, daughters, sisters, mothers, sweethearts, or
any one else in whose health they feel an interest,
should bear this in mind.
(From a letter daied dincin
oat!, Oat 4.:.!
- -
Voters dropped. in one by
one and interested persons
lon both sides took care that
the operations should be
conducted 'in all fairness
and legality. The public
authorities up where inter•
fared. I saw soldiers no
where; nowhere Irish but•
lies armed with formidable
shillelaghs; nowhere any
attempt, I will not say to
force, but even to solicit a
vote
JE CI'T' Y.
POII ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, SEE 1/OiTUTII PAGN4
Russell M. Briggs, aged forty•neven years, was also
admitted into the hospital yesterday with both his
handa amputated. It appears that he went to the
National liemetery, at Gettysburg last week for the
purpose of obtaining the body o f his sou who was
killed at that memorable battle, and while there he
picked up a shell, which, unknown to him, con
tained some powder, and while hammering it on a
atone the powder ignited, exploding the shell, and
terribly lacerating' . both his hands, which were am
putated there before he was sent to the hospital.
BALTIMORE LINE CRANGES.—The four
o'clock morning train to Baltimore will not start un
til half past four on and after to-day. A train will
leave at live minutes past eight o'clock, morning.
one at twelve o'clock, one at half past two, after
noon, end another al h131.1f past Owen o'clock at
night fin Baltimore. Travelers should bear in mind
this change of time.
RESIGNATION.—Lieut. W. S. Batchelder,
of ComPany R, 118th Regiment, P. V., has resigned
because of physical disability. While in health
was always a brave and gallant soldier.
cvvy
" THE UNIONIsT."—This is the appro
priate title of an elegant new style of Black Felt
Hat, just introduced by Mr. Warburton, No. 430
Chestnut street, next door to the Post Office, and
which, from its grace, convenience, and comfort, no
less than its identity, in a modified form, to his pa
tent Army Folding Hat, which has obtained such a
universal* popularity among military men, bids fair
to become as great a favorite in America as the
"Republican Hat," , "Liberty Cap,” and "Kossuth
Hat" have at various times been among the nation
alities of Europe. "- The - Unionist , ' has everything
to recommend it to a gentleman of taste, and has
withal an individuality about it at once significant
of the capital name it bears, and is every way wor
thy of being the National Hat—the civic badge of
loyalty—elf-We believe it is soon deatined to become.
We may state, in conclusion, that the slightly varied
styles adopted by Mr. Warburton in trimming " The
Uniorist," will contribute materially to its popu
larity with the civic public.
SEASONABLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.
The sudden, and, we , may say seasonable, change in
.
the weather yesterday, made everybody, who had
not yet done so, wish / that they had laid in their
winter supply of W. W. Alter's coal, Ninth street,
above Poplar, and the wiser sort will, iio doubt, im
prove the opportunity of attending to this matter
today, or at their earliest convenience. There is
money saved by dealing with Alter.
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISH
_
31 - IRIZT.—We know of no • establishment in this city
that has more successfully won its way into popular
faVor than the splendid ground-floor photograph
galleries of Mr. R P. nipple, No. Sno Arch street.
Everybody speaks well of his pictures, and praises,
especially, the judgesent displayed by him in lilting
his subjects to produce the finest artistic effect. His
rooms are daily thronged with applicants for pie
.,
Lures.
No LADY CAN BE SAID to present a finish
ed appearance in her dregs, unleia she is graced with
an elegant. new Bonnet from Wood Sr. Cary's, No.
DRAEE',S PLA/WATION BITTERS are sold
by Davie Sc *lchards, Arch and Tenth streets, at se.
vally 7 five cetts per bottle.
MR. GEORGE GRANT, NO. 610 Chestnut
street, has iistw ready, of hie own manufs.cture and
importation, a superb stock of Fangs , Scarfs, and
Gentlerden , s Furnishing Goods, of every description,
including his celebrated Taggart-made Shirt—the
best-fitting shirt in the world. -
LAMES' AND GENTLEMEN'S Fuus—the
largest and best stook in the city, at Oharles ash,
ford S. Sons', Continental Hotel.
ELEGANT JERSEY•CURED. HAMS, large
size Tongues, and fine quality Dried Beef, just re
ceived by Davie & Richards, Arch and Tenth streets.
FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL assortment of
Hats for Misses aid Children, go to Wood & Cary's,
No. 725 Chestnut street.
NEW STYLE HATS—Charles Oakford &
sons, Continental Hotel. •
SIGNOR Burn, Citizen Blitz, gentleman
ly Blitz, sharpens one's wits. The magical Blitz,
the ventriloqual Blitz, Blitz the witty, and Blitz the
wise; one Blitz, the rcalßlitz, the only Blitz keeps
open every evening and Wednesday and Saturday
afternoon, at the Temple of Wonders, Tenth and
Chestnut streets..
C. OAEFORD & SONS, CONTINENTAL.
FIOW A TOAD UNDRESSES TILNISELE. —We
once saw a toad undress himself. He commenced
by pressing his elbows against hie sides and rubbing
downward. After a few smart rubs, his side began
to burst open. Re kept on rubbing until he had
worked all his skin into folds on his side and hips ;
then, grasping one hind leg with both hands, he
hauled off one leg of hie pants the same as anybody
would ; then stripped off the other leg in the same
way. He then took his cast-off cuticle between his
fore lege, into hie mouth, and, swallowing as hie
head came down, he stripped off the skin under
neath, and gulped down the whole. About once
every twenty•four hours, we strip off our clothes;
but we never swallow them. We couldn't if we
would, and if we could we wouldn't, because they
were made at, the Brown Stone Clothing Hail of
Rockhill & Wilson, Nos, 603 and 605 Chestnut street,
above Sixth, and such garments as are manufactured
there are worthy of tender regard and careful pre
servation.
OARFORDS I- • CONTINENTAL HAT EMPO
RIIIK.
OAXPORDie HATS, CONTINENTAL HOTEL
A Ruses-its - VlSlTOR.—Admiral -Whiskie•
trickle, of the Russian fleet, being on a visit to this
city for the purpose of making arrangements with
the Camden and Amboy Railroad to bring his fleet
on and through the canal of Smith's Island, had a
long confab with the officers of the Company and
with the Mawr of the city, When it was decided that
they should be brought on. After the business was
over the - party visited the Continental Hotel, and
the . Admiral was delighted with the manner of
screwing the guests up stairs when in not a tit posi
tion to walk. He was afterwards taken into Charles
Stokes & Co.'s One Price Clothing Store, where he
expressed much admiration of the styles of the
Clothing there on hand, pronouncing it rvnh-un.
MILITARY GOODS, OAN,FORDS', CONTI
NENTAL.
RHYME AND REASON.—
Nat Austin, at the circus, shows
That he is good at cracking jokes;
He makes all laugh, and buys his clothes
Of the famed tailor, Granville Stokes.
There's rhyme in this, as well as reason;
He likes a joke and clothes in season;
And yet he knows there is no hoax
In buying clothes Of Granville Stokes.
Nat sets an example worthy of popular emulation.
Reader, go to the circus and see him, and then get
your personal wardrobe et the great store of Gran
ville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street.
FIIIO3 AT OAECiooRDS,' CONTINENTAL.
GENTLI33O3I4's HAT9.—AII the newest and
cot styles for fall wear, in Felt, Silk, and Oassimers,
will be found at Warburton's, No. 430 Chestnut
street, next door to the Post Office. 0tr23.1m
- HoTsBEWEBYERB, and those about going to
'housekeeping, can save from 10 to 15 per cent., by
purchasing their housekeeping articles it E. S.
Farson ex Co.'s Kitchen Furnishing Rooms, - No. 299
Dock street, below Walnut. oe22•tham-4f.
FIRST-CLASS Salesmen are referred to an
advertisement in te.. day's paper.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TEE MONEY 'MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 21, 1863.
The week closes on a somewhat excited gold market.
Minims of heavy shipments and military disasters have
contributed to advance the price of the precious metal
and keep it firraat the advance. 183.440153 were the ru
ling-figures, although some operations were made at a
lower figure. The mark et at the cleise Was steady at
11234@153, with an ascendancy of buyers. Government
securities are without change. Money is quite easy at
lign, the demand being somewhat heavier than for a day
or two. Operators look forward to a still easier, time
nextwoek.
There is not much change in prices, at the Stock Rx•
change, and the demand for stocks seems to come from
,egulsr investors. which keeps the market firm. As sodas
as the money market is ono of assured ease a mare lively
time will prevail. Seven-thirty Treasury Notes sold--at
1.7. 109.4.1 Oid for 1881 sixes. rive-twenties sold at 1003%
Pem sylvania coupon sixes sold at 103 Bow City sixes
;Alf 8,4: old at 104. Reading sixes 1870 sold at 106"4. Le
high sixes at 108 Camden and Amboy sixes 1883 at 104.
N) was bid for North Pennsylvania sixes. 109 for El
mira sevens. 109 for Pennsylvania Railroad first mort
gages;lC6t4 for second do. -
Reading closed at 62 1 ..1, an advance of 3‘... Pennsylvania
`3iturbad advanced Philadelphia nut Alia woo btiAdy
at 30;. Catawissa preferred at 31. Nl.nehill at 613 i.
23,X was bid ior North Penneylvania. 42 for Long Island.
MX for Little Schuylkill. 170 for Camden and Amboy.
77)1' for Beaver Meadow. 69 for Norristown. 84 for Le
high Valley. Race and Vine rose to 19. Arch-street
Wooed. at 31.
MX was bid for fohuylkiaNavigatlon; the Preferred
selling at 815. Wyoming Valley sold at 83, Lehigh at
61)4: the scrip at 49)4. West Branch at 100. Penn
Mining rose Sl. Green Mountain sold at 6 Big Moun
tain at o%@og. Philadelphia Bank sold at 123. Mann-
Jacturers' and Mechanics' at 27K. The market closed
firm.
Drexel & Co. quote:
U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness 112 ig
U. S. 7.30 Notes 106 XI 106%
Quartermasters' Vouchers 49@ 99
United States Bolide. 1881 . 10934( 110
U. S. new Certificates of Indebtedness.. : ...... KM Of 'eSig
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ,li Id.
Gold 83ig 63N
Sterling Exchange. .. ... ..... .....183 IV
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c., aa
follows:
United States 6e, 1581
Malted States 7 1.10 P.totes, October.
Dulled States 7 3-10 Notre, s ngutt
Certificates of ludebtetlnass.ohl.
Certificates of Indebtedness. new
Quartermasters' Vouchers
Demand Notes
Gold
t.ales of 5-208 $1,010,950; for the werk, $5,317,450.
The following abstract of Carnpany's reports show;
the coal tonnage for the week and season, 2.3 compared
with corresponding time last year c
ESPEESERE!
71,180 2,960.116 2.212,995
30,689'..80,679i 910.8431 .. .... .
21,7321 634, 1.541 333,8151 3CO 339
25,10511,1,7801 635 8141 703.965
I
27,2 1 :0 51 7,,,e9rb! r 2.921 104.876
25,11 _752,4701 570 987 181,483
18,274 612,3071 539,692 72 62; .• • •••-•
9,9:4, 2.:36 0791 211.6i8 24,441 .- •
3.9211 277,531 ?67,297 6,iii
4.201 124.237 161.068 36.830
1,469 76.601 63,116 3 455
Reading R
6rlny'llfay..l
Lehigh IL ay..
Lehigh
Dol. Sz Lack.)
Del. & Bud...
Nona. Coal..
Shamokin
Broad To P •
Lyken's Val..'
Trey 0rt0u....
Totals Z 11.08 2, 0 .660.100,7.C:t.767 1,738„ 33,5 1L6,207
Th e following is the amount of Coal traneported on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, during ;the week
ending - Thuraday, Nov. 10. 1663;
From Port Carbon
Scmaylkill Haven
Auburn
Pert Clinton
" Harrisburg and Dauphin..
Total Anthracite coal for the week
Prom liarrisbarg and Dauphin. Bituminous
coal for week 2,303"05
Total of all kinds for the week.
Previously this year...
Total. • —....
To the same time last year.
Turrealle • 717,19.1 01
The following is the Schuylkill Navigation coal - trade
Air the week ending Thursday. November 19, 18433:
From Pori Carbon
Pottsville
" Schuylkill Ha'ren
" Port Clinton
Total for week
Previewsly this year.
T0ta1....
To same time last year
Decrease 109.663 CO
The New York Evening Pont of to-day says:
Gold opened this morning at 151, and after selling at
152 M, dotes at 153.
The loan market is inactive. Seven per cent. is the
cm rent rate, and no dillictilty-is reported in obtaining
all the money required by the limited business now
doing.
The associated banks are well supplied with currency,
and alter paying to-day into the treasury another inetal
men tof FP,519,C00 on the loan made to the Government
en 3d September, they hold over 5520,000,009 in resolve.
The balance now dun on this loan is only $5,250,000. or 16
per cent.which can without difficulty be psid up in the
con rse of . next Week,
The stock market opened steady, and closed with a
better feeling. Governments are arm, the prices of 1865
being held at 130, and gold certificates at 10P0@1024.
Currency certificates are the weskest securities on the
Government list, and are quoted at 99)‘@9.43 , ,1.
Railroad shares are more active, hew York Central,
Brie, and Pittsburg being especially in demand. Of
these three stocks over thirty thonsand shares lave
changed bands this morning.
Before the first session gold was selling at 152N@151,
New York Central at WU@ i1i731, Illinois Central at 122
@I22U, Cleveland and Pittsburg At 103g10814., Camber
lard at 3 4 @40.-Quicksilver at 6.5@t63.K, Port Wayne at
1 4 .54g£43.. Reading at 12312.5, Erie preferred at 103;;@.
1(2%, Canton at 32E431 Erie at 1064@1061f.
The apPended table exhibits the chief movements of
the market, compared with.the latest prices of yester
day
Sat. Fri. AdT. Dos.
11. S. 6e, 1881, reir---.• .108 116 • •
11. S. 6e, 1881, con Haig' 109.4
LT. S. Seven-thirtlea....lo63l 10611
11. S. Iyr car., gold -
..1021. 162'4
11. 5..1 yr. car 9831 98
American —BS 154 .. 1
Tennewbee ' 6e ..... 59.31: 59 ..
..... 65
Pacific Mail. 214 215. 1
New York Con. 1163 ; 13.5"11 •
Erie 100 106% . ;,.< •
Erie Preferred.-- ......102:14 102. 1 4 •
Hudson Ewer 127 126
Harlem 96 96 .
Harkin Preferred ICB • 118
Beading - 124 34*
Michigan Central. 1263"126N • •
Michigan 33,1 34:
Michigan South. guar..l4l 142 .. 1
imnot, Cep., Scrip 112.3.. f. 12714' N •
Pittsburg 1561,, 11831 31 • .
Plitlada. Stock Exchange Sales, NOV:M.
[Reported by S:B.SLaYMAKER, Philadelphia Exchange.
FIRST BOARP.
- -...... .
1500 D S 7-E0 Tr No end.loo 11(n.)0 Cam & Am 64 'B3-104
5(0 do b1k.107 200 1.1 8 5-year opt 100
2000 do b 114.-107 00 City Bank.-- .... 53
6 Penua P 72 7 Sealy Nay 20
500 Penn Mining 43 100 ochuy Nay Prof' -- 35
10 - Race& Vibe R.... 19 14 Mirtehttl It 6374
2(0 Reading R..- -h. 62.441 100 Catavy Rpref..b3o. 3D
000 do . blO 62341 100 do blo.oa.t. 31
NO do E,60. 623.c1'150 do ..,. la. :31
50 dc ti2;.' T 30 Phila Sr Erie R.ch. 31%
400 City 68R .104 15 Arch-st R 31
2000 do 104 50 do b 5. 81
110 do.• • • 104
BETWEEN . BOARDS. -
- - - - -
..b6.100 119000 Yezuza
133
SECOND BOARD.
26 West Branch
6 P., Bank•• •
10 Lehigh Scrip—bs. 4931' 300 Arch st R blO.. 31
6CO City 6s 104 150 do ch. 31
3000 do....new 105,54 11)(k) - 11 S5-year. 0pi.......109.ki:
57 Penna R — 2,4. WOG Reading 6s 70....1064
52 do 72t-5 10 Lehigh Nat-. 604 -
76 Big Mountain..... - -51 4 41 25 Wyorotra..v...t. • • •-• - al
1
- 50 7 - do - ..,.... _5% - .33. X - - or Xeche Bk. 2736:
eo prim dt Rite R..; - . bt.lt - 100 Reading It 6234
00 Green Mountain.. 6 40 Planters Bic Tenn
550 abt Lehigh Oti• • • • • *lO6 (3 & F 25
AFTER. BOARDS.
6 Girard College 27 .-9 North Penna R 2334
CLOSING eRICSS—FIRM.
Bid. Asked.
00 Os '81.........1WM 110
0 . 8 7-30 Note:— —lO7 107.3 i
Phila 68 .... . —lo4 105.14
Do new 309 10334
Penna Os ' . 9931 100
Do Corms...". .• -
Readtnr it ' - . 62.6" 6214
Do Me '70..105 106;4'
Do 6s 'SO 'IS. • • :' -
Dobas's6 cony-1241; 125
Penna. R ' 7254 7234'
Do Ist .llt 6a 169 111
- Do 2d. m 65.1063 . . i 107
Little Sehnyl F... /Hifi 62
`Morris Cl' coned 73 74
Do
6is - prf 76 ...1.W. , .; 129
Do
Do 21/ intg- -
&Amyl NaT 1931 - .20
Do prfd 3534'
Do 6$ '82.... WE." in
Elmira_ll 36 87
Do '' prfd ..... 65
Do 7s '73.-109 11031
Do lOs • • ••
L Island E.• • • •
Do bds
Lehigh Env' 6s-- - -
Do shares— 61 WI
Do scrip.... 49,14 46%
N relllia B 2334 24
Do -6c 9534 96
Do Us • •
Mtrkets.
Holders of Floor are very firm in their views. Sales
comprise about 2.6oo:barrels . Broad. street mills extra,
part future delivery, on pri rate terms; 200 barrels good
Western family at $7. 5007. 6234".; 300 barrels Ohio extra
at $7.25; and 200 barrels low grade superfine at $.5 50
barreL The retailers and bakers are billing at from
$5.5(606 for superfine. $6. 6[07. 2,6 for extra. $7. 50g8 for
extra family, and $8.60 up to $lO `f barrel for fancy
brands, as to quality. Rye Flour is very scarce; small
sales are reported at $6 50 barreL Corn 'Neal is also
very scarce; Brandywine is held at $6 , 73 barrel.
GRAIN —Wheat is firmly held at previous rates, with
sales of 5,000 bush, mostly at 165 c for prime Western and
Pennsylvania red, and white at from 180Egi205c V bush,
the latter for prime Kentucky. Rye is in steady demand,
with email sales of Delaware at 123 c V bash. Corn is
scarce and prices are rather better: about 1,200 bush sold
at 117 c for yellow, and 400 bush dry new white at Mc
V bush. Oats are in request and prices have advanced;
Email sales are making at 6.3(055c., weight.
BARK. —Quercitron is quiet; let No. 1 is held at $l7
V ton.
COTTON.—There is no material change to notice in
Price or demand. Middlings are quoted at from S6@37c
'f lb cosh
GROC ERIES. —Sugar and Coffee are scarce but very
faze ; small sales 01 the latter are reported at 32(g33c Ib
for Rio
SEEDS.—There le more doing in Flaxseed; about %COO
bushels sold at $2 97(}:3 ti bn. Timothy is selling in a
Email way at $2 00 In Cloverseed there is very little
doing; about 100 bushels Prime sold at $7 - 50 i f 64 Ihs
PIO VISIONS —There is not much doing in the way of
sale', but the - market is firm. -- Sales of old Mess Pork are
making at $l6. agl6. 75if bbl. Western Bacon Shoulders
are selling at 734 c V lb. Lard is firm and held at 1244
12.1. ‘e lb for prime Westera tierce. Butter is M. ateadY
demand at 16025 c $1 lb fir common to prime.
WHISKY-is held firmly; sales of Penna.- and Western
bbls are making at 66@69c, and drudge at 67c V gallon.
The following are me receipts of flour and urain si
this port to-day :
Flour' 1.960 bbli
Wheat • 9,100 Ina.
Corn -3.300 has
Oats. . G.SDO has.
New York Markets, November2l.
Fiera. —The market for Western and State Flour
opened. dull and heavy, but closed rather firmer on all
grades: and a oetterjuiquiry prevailed.
The sales are 15,500 We, at i 4666 20.f0r superfine State,
Kit g 6 65 for extra State. 46 030.90 for for fancy State.
$7 .25(q7 10 for low grades of Western extra, $7.5067.60
for shipping Ohio, $7.6066 40 for trade and family brands
end $7 50@11 60 for Sc. Louis extras.
Southern Flour is moderately active. and without im
portant change in prices; sales of 1,000 bbls at 7.50@5.20
for mixed to good superfine country Baltimore, Ste., and.
20610 50 for trade and family brands.
Rye Flour is F carte and is better.... sales of 250 bbls at
$5.757. Corn Meal is also better; sales of 700 bbls at
$ 6 for Jersey, and $6 50 for Marsh's caloric and
Brsnay wine.
GRAM — The Wheat market it dnlland heavy, espe
cially for 'winter, which Is neglected: the demand is
- mainly confined to speculators: prices -are far above
the limits of shippers; the inquiry for milling is mode
rate.
The sales are 75,0:0 bushels at di 4261 45 for Chicago
Spring; $1.4:01.46 for Milwaukee Club; $1.4760148 for
amber do, the latter rate afloat; and $1.54 for old red
Western in store.
Barley is tirm and in moderate demand: sales of 4,000
bushels prime Canada West at $1 57.
Barley Malt is quint but firm at previous rates.
Oats are active and buoyant; sales of Canadian at 906
Sic, Western at 9C1a192.35c, and State at 9119'2.3;;c.
live is more active and higher; sales of 7,000' bushels
Western St $l.lO
Corn is , excited and Ec higher; sales of 180,000 bushels
at $1.1001.2.1 for Western mixed in store
Paoyis; owe. —There has been a very good business do
ing in Pork, bat prices are hardly So Strong, particularly
for new mess.
The sales are 4,550 bbls at $l6 606016.6236 for old mess;
$18.12,%©15.25 for new do: $126012 25 for new prime; $l4
for odor and musty °meal $l6 for thin mess.
Beef is unchanged and in fair demand. Sales ofSOO bbls
at512@15.50 for plain mess, and VS 75046 for extra, do.
-
c e ßeef is quiet but steady. Sales of 50 tea at $25 50
©se for Icdia mess -
Beef Hams are steady. Sales of 60 bbls at SIS for West
ern. Cat melte are firm. Sales 260 boxes long cut Hams
for December and January at 10)$c.
Bacon is in fair request and steady. Sales of 750 boxes
Cumberland cut for December and January, at -
Dressed Bogs are fain. We quote at sgsge for city.
Lard is fil leer and in good demand.
Sales of 3,0(0 bbls and Ice at 1134@)12f .(a for No 1 and
12,7@,12.3.4 . for fair to prime steam and kettle rendered. also
2,210 for delivery from December to April at 123 i ®l3e,
sins two lets 6(0 each January 19
' PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE.
THOMAS KIBBE% JR.,
ISRAEL MORRIS.- COMMITTEE OF THE Molvra
JOSEPH O. GRUBB.
. . .
LETTER BAGS
AT THE MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, PHILADELPHIA.
ship Sarenak, Rowland Liverpool, moon
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF PIIIII.IIDF.I.PHIA. Nov. 23,1863.
-•:7 12 I SUN 48
-12 22
SUN RISES
SIGH.WATI3II
ARRIVED
Bark Annie C. Norton, Price, IS days from Port Royal,
in ballast to captain.
Brig Matilda (Saved. ), Anderson. 9 days from Sombre
ro, with guano. cotton, &c , to Jsuretob. & Lavergne.
Left. brigs Agnes and Thomas Walter, for Philadelphia,
in a few day,. -
Bark Mollie Metcalf, Ames, S days from Key West, in
ballast to Workman & Co.
Brig A Horta, Washburne. 4 days from Hilton Head,
in ballatt to E Souder & Co.
Brig tills, Day, days from Boston, with mdse to
captain. iA
Brig Sea Lark, o"Seil. 8 days Crow. [Port Royal,
ballast to Crirdroli tk GoliNa.
Brie Richmond. Powers, u days from-Ship Island. to
ballast to .1 R Barley 4 CO.
Seer Cartbagena. Kelly, 6 days from New Bedlett.
with oil to Cochran & Kuwait.
Behr B C Scribner. Ball. 6 days from Stan Inlet, La
helmet to D Li Stetson & Co.
Behr Packet, Palmer, I day from Lei:isle, Del. w*ii.
grain to Sae L Bewley & Co.
Behr Cora, Masten, I day from Brandywine. Del, with
Boar to R M Lea.
Steamer S C Walker. Sherin. 24 hoary from Now To*,
with mdse to W M Baird & Co.
Steamer Novelty. Shaw. 24 hours from N York. with
mdse to W M Baird &
Steamer }niggles. McDermott, 24 hours from N York,
With mdse to W P Clyde
Steamship Norman. b . aker: - Botitou. 11- Wilmot.
Ship Wallace, Lane, hey West and Tortnaa, p
Wright & Bons.
Barque A:ice Provost, Nichols, Port RO7 al. Workman
& Co.
Brig Jno Chrystal, Barnes, Matanzas, J Maeon
Behr Jonathan May. Cobb, key We“, H A Adams.
Schr C Moore, Ingersoll, Providence, Milnea & Co.
Bohr? H Bartlett, RockbilLNew Haves. R H Powell.
Scbr Valor, Powell, New York. L Audenried & Co.
Schr D Gifford, Gifford. New York,Q. Andearted & Co.
Schr Sophia Alm Smith. Newport. Blakiston. Graff. &
inDwartiog
lcsg(4lo7
106 /107
101% !err.'
OSLI 9S3i,
..... 96,4.' DS%
....153 aIS3X
153 015331
. . _
The steam-tags Col Win Cook and D B Garrison les
here t 1 morning - with the following boats In tows laden
and copal/zed In follow:
sl" C Pierce. lumber to Wolverton; F. P Bowen, do to
II Croi..key ac Co; Limit Wm Wolf and Gen it Fleming,
do. W 8 Taylor; True glue. and Ellen, coal to Dela
ware City; C D Miller, and Two Slaters, do to New York;
one York and Erie boat, light.
- •
fireship barg, (Bt) Hoekeit,cieared at N York.
20th inst ter Liverpool.
Eteenn,hip PISVOMI, (Bram) Von Beaten, cleared at Kew
20:h inst for Bremen. .
Toils. Cwt
......... 24,996 CO
_
••••
•••
x 27,974
17
01
49.917 14
9,203 0)
.... • • 00 10
71.181 16
2,588 935 13
2,960.116 14
MEM
Tons. Cwt
9,68 00
2,452 00
16.637 00
1,902 05
:0.689 05
769,990 10
830,679 14
910.343 08
. .
Bid. 412 k
Catavissa B. Con ID 103;
Do prfd . . . 30% 31
Phila & Erie R.. B)3 31
Second-streetß.. - .S 3 BO
' Do bonds., ..
Fitth-ttreet R.... 63. 6
ioc;
Tenth-street a... 47
Thirteenth-st E . 25 35'-
Seventeenth-at E Ulf 22
Spruze-strest E-. 14..te 15
Chestr_ta-st R..... • • 58
W Phila R 6 9:4 • •
Ito bonds... .
Arch-street .3011 31
Eace-strest R. •.. IStii 181
Green-street R.. 45 4.6%
.Do - bonds... •
, . . . .
Girard College R 23 27
Lombard SceontbrlN • •
Ridge Avenue R. 21 ..
Beaver Mead a.. -
R....»
Wilmington H..
Snag Canal... v ..
➢o 6s . .:.::.
Lehigh -Val R..,
Do M 5."... .4
Phila Ger Ft No r.
Cam ..1c Amb 8...
Delaware Div..•
Do tale.
NovEmBER 21—Evening
4;rkx&EED
•
Schr Valetta, Lord. Boston, Cain, Hacker &
Seta H 5 Weeks. Ketchum, Providence, P
Schr Sarah Loulea. Adams, Alexandria, Tyler &
Sty H Willing, Dade, Baltimore, A Or ovea, Jr.
St'r Jos Hall, Tempts, Washington. captain.
Sir Hope, Warren. Vow York, W P Clyde.
(Correapondones of The Prom)
HAVER DB OILLOB. Nov 28
MEMORAN - DA.
Steamship Saladin. (Fir) Ta.meson. for Kingstoa.
cleared at. York 20th inst
6hip gate Yfinie;Libig;lienca, at Acapulco previous
to kb ult.
Ship Rockingham, Gerrieh, hence, at Panama—na,
date.
Ship Merchant, Spracce, from San Francisco, at Callas
29th nit for (Mancha. and England.
hbip Compttitor. Leckie, from Manila 27th Juiy, witia
hemp, at New York 20th Inst.
Ship Washington, White, was at Bahia 13th tilt, for
Callao 15th.
Ship Romulus. Lord, sailed from Sunderland sth lust
for Aurrachee
liotk Aden (Br) Dadds. hence. at Liverpool previews
to I:th inet., via Queenstown.
Bark Warrior, Queen. from Algoa Bay sth Sept, at
Bo6[oll 20th inst.
Brigs Isaac Carver, Shuts; Trindelen. Ramer, and
Fd'w Webber. hence. at Boston Vith inst.
Brig Emilie. °lamb) Picifer, 55 days from Bnenoe
Ayres, at New York 20th inst, with hides.
Brig Thus Walter, Westerdyne, for liew,Tork, was at
St Kitts 25th ult.
-brr
fe
srine: Naley, and Sarah Clark, Griffin, cleared
at
New York 20th inst for this port.
Echr F C Freeman,ks. hence. ot Boston 19th inst.
fl.ir Summit hence ter Wethleet. at Holmes'
Hole 18th inat.
iTAVAL.
The TI S steamer keystone State, cruising. was apaken.
15tb last lat 31, lon 77.
. . .
The U S gunboat Kearsage sailed from Qneenstown 6th
in st on a cruse.
. The 11 S steamer Vanderbilt arrived at Mauritius 2.114 r.
September. .
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS, "
UP TO TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST WIGHT.
nd Chestnut streets.
W E Moorhead
R W Wllnon , Virginia
W B Harrison
G W Watson, New York
J Bufauton, Massachusetts
A Lilly, Jr, Baltimore
L Dexter, Providence.ll
s W Mowry,Proridence,EL
S S Keyser B la, Baltimore
J P Plnmer, Boston
C B Ferren, Boston
T Carr, USA
S A Steele, rennsylvarda
I P Parke, USA
W Shoomaker,Washingtoct
T Ai Walden,New York
Rabt Hall, ew York
, r Leggett. New York
W J White, Washington
Mrs Donnelly, Virginia
Capt L Patten
E S Sanford & la, NYork -
WL Cowan,New York
J L Curtis & la, New York
Sf Lamoureux. St Louis
S Padelford, Providence
MM Bentin.Kentucky
Mrs Mathews .
L Hammer, Harrisburg
!Mrs Pendleton. New lark
Mies Pendleton. New York
1J Moore; New Jersey
Green. New Jersey
.J B McFaddon, Pittsburg
IA I) Mulford, New Jersey
W E Webster, Boston
O D Lincoln. Boston
a Cuthbert, Scotland -
:C A Cords, Boston
A iNand, Boston
C C Reed, Wash, D 0
E W Love, Wash, D
.T E Brown St la. New - York
T El Long, Urbana. 0
ELewis, W=.ll„ D C
B Mansur, Baton
H Baldwin, Boston
:Geo Fisher, Harrisburg
J W Welker, Indiana
E 0 Hunt B la, New York
H Phillips, Mileage
IP J Nichols, New York
W Hart, Buffalo
Collins Gere, New York
H Smith, New Fork
I Lord E P Clinton, L01165'3
Mrs L V Williams, [maim
Sohn. F Dezendorf. N York
Geo B Hollister. U B
gas Hersey-, Philada
Miss Bertm, Philada
B Holbrook, Philads.
C W Morse, Philada
C A Smith. Boston
A W Evans, US A
Continental—Ninth a
Varderpool,New Yolk
Salina Anhalt, Elmira
Williams. New York
Maillefert, New York
A, II Dellaven s Philadelphia
J T Denniston, PA taburg
G A Hebert on, Pittsburg
M P Bacon. Rhode Island
Capt . Wltalley.Enzand
_ . . .
J H Stirman. Arkansas
C A Chase, Boston
Ts B Alexander. II S
Henry Stevens. London
A C Anderson. St Louis
Jewell,Bath,
H J Jewett, Ohio
C A Cline, Washington
C .1 Barclay. U S
Mire N Swift, New Bedford
F Gnifford & la. N Bedford
A Mills, New Jersey
BOA S Sturgis
W SPar viance,Pittsbnrg
S S Boyle, Cincinnati
Bpyle, Baltimore
Win Frick, Chester, Pa,
Mr & Mrs Moorhead
Mise-Moorhead
Miss D Clemens, Kentucky
J Anderson, London
Miss Anderson, London
R:'halloo, New York
Mis 't haiku, New York
J Higginson & Isi - York
G W McCook, Ohio
C A B Shepard, Boston
Gov A G Curtin, Harrisburg
Gen K F Russell, Harrisb'g
C H Henderson, New York
J Daffy ,& is. Marietta, Pa
Miss Parke, Marietta
Capt G Jordan, Pottsville
G Slater, Poth.ville
Jo;epti, Wash, U C
Col W Brisbane, retina
R Crunining. Montreal
C Johnson, Meadville
Whtte, INew York
C A Macy, Jr, New York
Edw Poet - . IT 8 d
Oil as Vezin
C Jemmy
HonPOFbannon, Plttsb'g
W A Cromwell, Waohingrn
o a Wakefield, Washington
J G Hazard, H island
HD Banton, Springileld,o
C P Janney, ailiEboro. Va
E Walker, Waterford., Ya
H Franklin, New York
B Hamilton
„ .
B Jaudon, New York
Lt A U Dißekterl
P Adams Ames, Boston
John Caldwell, Boston
Jtsiah Caldwell, Boston
trent, below Ninth.
S Baldwin. Wash. D G
W Petbriek, Parma
Girard—Chestnut s
W It Davis, Easton
A S Durham, Beading
Cl•as J Frar.cia, Delaware
Hewes . _ _
- .
Aug .Tohrson, Wash. D C
W Behr, Wash, D C
Cook, Ealtimoie.
J ALangdon. ales. Va
John A (keen, Baltimore
JAL Scharrer, Baltimore
C E Smith. London
C A tekson, illii is
John ew York
v...,Wa.iker, New York
Saw' Nadler, Penua
A t' Baiter, .Yew Tork:
I 1 iinrr, Boston
Thos A Wright, Cincinnati
a G Gowea, Phan
W R Vance, New Raven
M 1 L Garrett. Hanover, Pa
Miss C-aerett, Hanover
RR Cochran, Delaware
W A Mitchell, Brooklyn
Frank M Kelley,' Ohio
C, t Taylor, Bristol
M Walzer Sr. so, Harrisburg
S Teyis: Binghamton
GD Hinkle. Indiana
Mid:J.l6s Wyman, pall,
American—Chest - a - at street, above Fifths
W B Wilkins. Delaware J Alvord, Boston
lic:bi Mathews F Brown.
.11Diford. Del
rtzen
. • . . .. . .
Henry Morford, New York Wm Heise, Baltimore
S A Steel, Huntingdon P A Parkhurst. lowa
J H Henderson & la. N York Rev 1 J Marks, Wash. D C
E L Sturgis, Port Wayne' A Boolton, New York
S B Boyer & la, Sunbury- li Thomas, New York
I
G A Swill, Cincinnati John Ralston,Armstrong ea
Thus Derr. Wilkesbarre Inn Rumford, New York
Mrs II W Taylor. Chester co Jas B Stevens, New York
S Dyer, New Jersey "i Jno C Scott, Jr
W 0 North Jos Reed, Tyrone
J It Madly, Harrisburg W E Blaisdell & la
11 SI Ridenour A. H. Fernald
B C Hughes, Paterson. - N 1 B B Blaisdell
John Berdan, Pat Orson, N'J I Poster, Pottsville !
Jno A Conover, Few York ff. II Chambers, Pottsville
Jno J Davenport, rew York L B Shreve. New Haven
W B Carter. New York W C North
Jos blcArdse, New York '
St. Louis—Chestnut
Jas O'Brien, U .8 A
SrP.at W_A Tobias, U S A
S B Brown
Jas Reynolds, New-York
Sarni L Johns &la, N
J C Githens, New Jersei
Master Wmlsharpless, Balt
Oeo Wentworth, Wash
EMI:WOO. Millville
Miss Mulford.. Millville -
Alex - W Rea. Ashland
Mrs Henry. Welles, N York
Dr landerzusn,Washrngton
Warren Knight. Boston
George H Jones, Brov, F. I
George W Warner, Buffalo
E W Massachusetts
James Martin, Boston
W Houeton,-Delaware
Niercharst.n—Fourth
iH Fersh. ' Milwaukee
Wiliiarnsport
W li Wilton, Highspin
H A Guernsey
Miss M B. Brown, Welleboro
Miss Annie Itßenney,Tingn
S Clark
George Clark
John A Curtin. New York
J A Head, Latrobe
Merit ft M Gordon-,
E A McClean, N Philada, 0
D Bch wartz, FiroiraaN Y
W N Wnitelv, Sprintleld, 0
T ankin,' Pittsburg
J Flocker, Pittsburg
W C-Mellon. Pnccnisville
Henry P Boor &t la, Balt
The Unlon—Arch. s
S T Bottle; Penns
H DI Gorden. Shicksbarg
John Hodnett, lowa
S udebaker. Troy, Ohio
GI) Jackson, Sullivan co
Mrs uhurchill, Sullivan co
D Sterigere, Laddsburg
W T Black. Illinois
J T F Wright, Pittsburg
States lEinlosa—Nlarace
Nep Bruce. Indiana co, Pa
W J Donlan, Delaware
Jos M Jenkins. Pittsburg
John B Williams. Pittsburg
S II Bench. Princeton; N J
D Morrie, New Jersey-
J Bowers, Perry co -
W . Martin, New York
John Smith. New York '.
A Wilson,Washington D
B Southard, Wilm, -Del'
A II Sutton. Delaware
H A Burk, New York —
P B Slanderer, - New Castle
W T Goldsborough, aid
Corortierclal—Sixtla st
P 7 terrain, Trenton, R S
It Town, Reading
IC Smith, k ending
D Jacobs, Reading
Mre Hank, Manch Chunk.
C H 9 aylor. Bristol
C L M Grimser, Cheater co
W J Penitypacker. Chas co
H a. Jones Hew York
. . . .
Thos Granl, Perneylvania
W P Davis, Washington
Barnum's Hotel—Th
John It Gumming, Cal
l G TroseD, California
J B Botts, California
JasF Williams, Albany. BY.I
M . Thompson, Whilam6port
W T Perrine. Lockport
James Forrest. Newark
J P Butler, Salem Co. N J
E A Zeller
y G Glare, Selinsgrove
E D Chamberlain, N 'York
lid aunt Ye, non—See
H B Rodney. New Jersey
W C Caroy, New Jersey
( has II Trainor, Lancaster
Chas Hamilton, Malloy, Pa
Jas Feterly, New York
Cho i•Pa & la, Washington
T Dlorrison, Easton -
win Murphy
Wm a Bnanian & la
Win De Bart, Trenton
Philip Daly 3 la
Bald Eagle—Third at
J F Bentzheimer, Penna
11:011p Barley, Fenno
Miss Nastier, Schuyl co. Pa
DiW F Donnuakey..Allent'n
Mies Donnnskey, Allenen
Ati,s ES Granger, nrooklyn
Chaff S Barn ekon, Mont co
F Dotts, Pennsburg
Nadi son—Second st
J A Boczer, New Jersey
Jemes C Nme
Wellington Berns,Lookpart
C DoYie&town
J P McQuillan, blase
7, Pubey,Snl'inbur9.
M 1 -
PM Seymour, New York
National—Race at
GiZines de, IV ew Jerso'
} mb ch. Lebanon
C A Lewir, Petine).‘lvania
S Keene, Mechanicsburg
W T Jones. Harrisburg
Baxley Sheaf—Secon
F B Brown, Bulks co
W T 14ono
H Bervn4 'Boylegown
Black Bear--Third St. % &bow, CallovvllilL.
V Dtelserson. Attleboro, Pa' Sas R Ep.iott. DaViastawy.
Hiram Carr. liartsville Wilt a Reinhart. - Pa
Cortland o*Tr, Oaf tsylitg wat & wa4o4, reakk
• • •
N Yocum, Memphis
Marpty. Memphis
Mr Stiehl" &la. New York
Hon Simon Cameron, Pa
Col W H Allen, New York
A Getty, Philadelphia
I lion. 1" S Black, New York
0 A Zane, Baltimore
a. Willia.me,.o4io
Porter,, Ohio
4ton' Simkins, Port Clinton.
J,, Landis. Indiana
Jaini Coates, Boston
J M McKeogh, New York
P Ef Yarland, New York
N Howard, New York
Capt Foster
Chas Hogan. New York
rhos Baxter. New York
Chas Gayler, New York
C A Sheffield & wf. Coast
Rev J L 6icKin3,.6elas . m . Delaware
0 Decker, Batcimora
-street, above Third.
Horad. New Series"
P siaziderzoit, Wash, D a
W R De Pew, Fort Dal
D Calhoun
johia Btiarp . less & la. Batt
Master El Sharp"ess. Bait
Norman Price. Baltimore
T B Cole, Harrisburg
Charles Miller, Brooklin
N Moorhead
W T Ashman
Win T lOU=
M J O'Brien. New York
Cunningham, Baltimore
oir B }Colander, Baltimore
Louie Baer
Van Hammel, Bethlehem
W B Bedloe, 8uff...10
ID dalkioan..
street. below Arch.
J Harrisor, Lazerne co. Ps,
E Cole. Lock Haven
.
Reid, Lancaster. 0
Jae T McSprain, Butler. Pa.
.11. L Pope, Dayton, 0
PaOk McGovern, Scranton
F Whitmore. Pittsburg
John 0 Wilson. Pittsburg
C H Edwards. Addison,
R H Stools, Chicago
Sam! Hallock, Bridralbart
Gee Thaler, Martinah'g„ Vs.
Cant Hall & la, New York
C B Foster,Philipabarg
RCowles, Cleveland, 0
C Please. Ohio
Jas Lyon. Pittsbnri
treet, above Third.
J B Hurft. Dillsbarg. Pa
Jilt Maher, Rochester
Henry B Franklin, Pea=
B. H. Kelley
Orazls L de dislonsdni.lsl
Capt G W Stein, Wooster„o ,
G e Tombiesoa, Pottsville
B Tacker, Norristown
C Townsend, Salem
street, above Sixth..
Kepner, Cumberland ea
D S Caesel, Blair co. Pa
D Coleman, Doyleetowit
1 Geo fd Riddle
C S Gamble. Lancaster co
D Fagan, Danville
Hre H Ott, PenusylVEtnia
Chas SI Val:clever, N Castle-
Sohn leaky, New York
G M Kulp, Patio: son. Ps
Y Kingsley,- Patterson, Pa
J J Sheridan. Penns
Time Philips. New Jersey
W Hi••man. New York.
lazN Van Ormer, Penns
rcet, above Chestnuts
' R W Porter, Illinois
J Henry, Huntingdon co. Po
Owen Resler, Maryland.
S Worth, Oxford, Pa
J B Lambert, Doyleetowre
W P Cooper. Lancaster co
E Smith. Pinching. It
Henderson. Penns
C Roberts. Bev, York
W A Howland, New York.
d street, above !taco.
Chas "Young. Baltimore
0- Vir Grannie. WIWI. Dot
llosengardens Penne.
E Gottschalk, Penna.
J J Simens
di dEarshall, Permit
S Applegate, PBll-11% -
Peter Snyder. Necw•Joaser -
John Davie, New RfflitY
Asa Davis, Milford
and St, above Aatb.
S T Hamblin, Now York
C B Shoe maker, Blowy
B Carson. 'Trenton
S W iiirncei. Harrianurg
J B Foley &
Thos E Little, Baltimore
Jas Consort, Danville
Peter Baldy Jr, Danville
J J Fithian. New York
'Samuel W Downs, Penns
eet, above ClallovviaLli,.
IF D Miller, Penn‘barg
Wm 11 Lynch, Penns
Charles Lynch. Henna
1H J Drexler. Pottsville
IJ Oraybill At la, Lyc'ng 00.
Milton C Berger
H L Snitzbacn, Lanc co. Pe.
Act, above Mar'ot.
Chas Rosier. Ghelten.hans
Col W 0 Redden. Delwiraet
Batas Crosman.liew:Yorti
Jas A Bowen. Prov, E. I
Wm P Smithers.beware
John C Darby, Dasma-".
Geo L Warren. Wiaell - • D
eet, above RCitiard.
T J Elder. Nite.TinG
W Wilson, Waterford. Po.
Reietei.
C H Grubb
street. loelosox Vino.
& D Fell, Uwalo, co
Thos tjhAins. New Orison&
Jackson Simla co