%\t firm. •WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1803. THE NEWS. With the foiling beck of General Bragg’* forces "beyond Dalton, we hear that General Gordon Granger’* corps baa been deapatched to the relief of "Buroalde. It appear! that Longatreet atlll keep! hie place before Knoxville, and haa been defeated in an effort to make a diversion on the Knoxville aide of the Holaton river, heaidea having loat a ride-pit by a gallant oharge from a Michigan regiment. Theae fact! do not render the situation of the rebel General any more favorable than ever, and the time for the threatened oapture of Knoxville haa doubt leas past, while the rttmored reinforcements through Southwestern Virginia can hardly be spared in the present oriels of General tee’s fortunes. A vie. tory of Bragg over Grant is not now to be thought of; tongstreet has thoroughly failed. in the purpose for which he set out; Meade haa concentrated all the attention of Lee; and the last hope for victory in the general campaign of the rebels ia bent upon the expected battle in Virginia. In the battle of Chattanooga the rebels acknow ledge a loss of live thousand prisoners, in addition to their killed and wounded. The neighborhood of Dalton, to which Bragg, haa retreated, ia about thirty-eight milea from Chattanooga, and beyond the tremendous ranges of mountains whioh almost entirely fill the apaoe between this place and the State line. Its location ia in a beautiful valley, sur rounded by mountains. It is one of the most nourishing towns in the State, although not more than twenty-four years old. It has three thousand inhabitants. The distance from Dalton to Atlanta is about a hundred milea, through a rather poor sec tion of Georgia. A lath telegram from Cumberland Gap states that all the available United States foroeß have been sent from that point to intercept Longotreet’s re treat into Nirginia. A oourier from Knoxville is said to have brought the intelligence that the enemy forced a general engagement, on Sunday, in which Wheeler’s flve thousand cavalry were captured, and the rebels driven back in their attempt to cross the river. A DBsrATOH, dated the. 30fch, and direct from headquarters, states that Mine Run valley, crossing the Fredericksburg and Orange road, is the dividing line between the forces of Meade and Lee. Twelve miles from the latter plaoe the enemy are entrench ed, their line of works on a commanding position near Verdiersville, The enemy ace apparently de termined to make a desperate resistance, and are momently awaiting attack, Very heavy firing wag heard on the noon of,the 30th, Rebel telegrams of the 30 th report a general tight at hand, and state that the Yankee! have eight days’ rations. The weather about the battle-field haa been very cold, and must prove especially severe to the wounded. Very late telegrams explain the oannonadlng heard on Monday. General Warren’s oorps was ordered to attack the enemy, but finding the, rebel post tion unexpectedly, further orders were Called Tor, and the battle was cheoked. In these despatches we have more accurate detail's of the movements and positrons of the armies. Rebel telegrams of the 27th and 28th state that "half a dozen shells were thrown into Charleston, and a steady shelling of forts Sumpter, Moultrie, and Johnston took place. General Charles P. Stone, chief of staff to Major General Banks, and at present- in command of Louisiana, was lately cited before the United States Court for contempt of court. General Stone, being in heed of vessels to send supplies to the fronti was yielded possession of a condemned prize by the naval authorities pending appraisement. His work men were ordered off by the U. S. Marshal’s deputies, whereupon General Stone arrested the deputies. The vessel was loaded with supplies, and sent off to the army. General Stone was acquitted upon as surance that he intended no disrespect to the court. Mb. O. Godfrey Gunther has been eleoted Mayor of New York over Messrs. Boole and Blunt. The rebel Morgan telegraphed his arrival in To ronto to Columbus, Ohio. The rest of his fellow fugitives have joined him. A speech delivered by Robert Toombs before the Georgia Legislature attacks the rebel Administra tion in its ruinous currency system, and its tyran nous impressments. (Jen. Gantt, of Arkansas, has made another ad dicts, in whioh he eulogizes the devoted Unionists of Arkansas, and invites the people to unite in abolishing slavery. Ik addition to the annual meetings of Oongresß, ofthe.Supreme Court, of the Colonization Society, and of the National Agricultural Society, whioh are required by law to be held in Washington, there is to be this winter the annuaal session of the “Na tional Academy of Sciences." A i-itoviKciAL council in Italy having voted a subsidy to the Poles, and a monument to Garibaldi, that hero declines the monument, but applauds the subsidy: “As long as the soldiers of two foreign atmies riot on cur soil; as long as a stream of civil blood flows from the Tronto to the Strait; as long as the glorious remains of our national battles die of hunger or by their oufn hand in the midst of the insane rejoicings of our cities; as long as the boy wants a school anil the orphan an aßylum ; as long as there are in Italy misery, chains, and darkness, speak not of monuments, least of all a monument to me.” COBKEsroNDBNCB in the British papers stateß that whole populations of villages in Lithuania have been forcibly transported to the steppes of the Ural. In Wiina the convoys for Siberia leave every other Friday. In order to destroy everymark Of Polonism in the city, Mouravieff has ordered all thePolißh inscriptions on the shops and atjhe cor ners of the streets to he erased, no more Polish bills ol fare to be used in the restaurants, the Polish lan guage to be no longer employed by tradesmen in making up their accounts, and the official language to be in all cases Busslan, even on seals and stamps. The British Parliament is prorogued to January 13, and it la announced that on reassembling Mr. Buxton will offer the following resolutions in the House of Commons: “1. That this House views the burning of the town of Kagodma by Admiral Kuper with deep regret. ' .“2. That the burning of the town was not justi fied by the instructions ißßued to Colonel Neale." The Army of the Potomac. Virginia, where for so long the two great armies have vainly fought and manoeuvred for decisive victory, is again the theatre of active war. There is an interest attached to the Army of the Potomac which is very strong in all the Eastern States, for it was recruited principally in the East, and there are" few of our citizens who have not some friend or relative in its ranks. It was also the first of out great armies to take the field, and has been entrusted with some of the most important campaigns of the war. That it has thus far failed in its great purpose has not shaken the confidence in its valor, its earnestness, and ultimate success. General Hooker was not wrong when he called it “the finest army on the planet.” Its record is illustrious; it has never left Virginia ex cept to pursue the foe into other States, and protect our own soil from invasion, and, after expelling him twice from Maryland and Pennsylvania, it has again stood firmly, protecting Washington on , the one hand and threatening Richmond on the other. It has suffered much from incapable com manders, yet has never lost confidence in itself. It has, indeed, saved the reputation of some of its generals by splendid fighting in battles badly planned. Its victories are among the noblest of the war, and it is im portant, in measuring the value of its ser vice, to remember that it has been opposed by the best army the rebellion could create, commanded by its ablest general. Once more the Army of the Potomac flares its great adversary, aud its advance is an attempt to compel a battle. General Meade has hard fighting for his first ob ject, and we doubt not that if a battle, by long marches, strategy, dr chance, can he secured, all the rest we desire will follow. The superb daring of the movements by which the communication with Washington was abandoned, and the army sent fprward altogether dependent upon its own stores, is an indication of our strength and reso lution. With provisions sufficient till the 10th of December, the army has no need of the railroad it has abandoned to the guerillas, and is so well equipped that all fears for its safety may be tit once dismissed. Our only feaT need be that General Meade may fail to obtain a pitched battle, and that Lee may succeed in his attempted retreat. This fear is not without reason, and it may he that the enemy will reach the fortifications of Rich mond before he is forced to stand. Gen. Meade inay repeat the siege of 'Richmond, hut, we trust, not the mistake of the Chicka honriny. It is improbable that Gen. Mea.de can achieve iP victory equal to that of Grant at Chattanooga, for we know the character of ■Gen. Lee, and of his veteran troops. We know how they retired from Gettysburg, and with what effrontery the rebel com mander coolly removed his defeated army from Antietarri. The rout of the Army of Northern Virginia is not to be expected. But the time is come when the attempt should be made to defeat it as it has never been defeated. It is the last hope of the enemy—it is the hardy Atlas which up holds ' the Confederacy, and if it falls, Richmond, Charleston, Alabama, Geor gia, Jefferson Davis, treason, and rebellion, all fall with it. The war ends wiih a crushing defeat of General Lee. . ho far as can he judged, this is the hour to se f k victory and find it, for in a lit ile while the resources .of the rebellion will he exhausted to make Lee stronger than his adversary.* Therefore, we have the advance admirably ' tiined. The Government has done its best in pushing on the war in the Bast the very moment that victory, was as sured 1 in the West The responsibility now n sis with Gen. Meade and the Army of the Potomac. In a few days we shall know if the battle we so ardently desire shall be fought on this side of the York riyer or be yond the unlucky Pamunky. The Growth of the Opera. _ A backward glance of ten years through the operatic vista lights on r a sight worth seeing. It is good to look back on what we have been, because it reminds us of What we may become. We may compli ment ourselves on our advance in civiliza tion. The most conservative amongst us has a finger in the pie of progress. In 1853 we were in our operatic swaddling clothes; in 1863 we are put in pantaloons and jackets. In 1873 we shall be in long-tails, if anywhere, which some devotees affect to question. Jenny Likd, Louisa Pyne, Gazzaniga, are three mile-stones in the past, indicating that we were getting along finely, and that we shall find before us a prosperous musical future. When Gazzaniga was here her dramatic qualities were and her singing censured. That her voice is worn out is a mis fortune which years only aggravate. Gazza niga displayed a dramatic ability which is rarely united to operatic. Bbignoli, who was intended to be her principal support, had enough to do to support himself. He is an awkward actor, and, if he had a less delicious voice, could very well be dispensed with. Gazzaniga, however, was Philadelphia’s first love. It ignored her lack of youth and beauty, overlooked her short-comings as a singer, and very tumultuously applauded her as an actress. Since then we have had several acceptable songstresses, and one or two who were ex cellent. We do not remember one who united, in a remarkable degree, the capabili ties of cantatrice and actress. The prevail ing idea, that the voice must be cultivated at the expense of everything else; that emotions should be turned into mere ma chinery; that looks and gestures are only accessories which can be done without, is speedily exploding. The season of Italian opera commences this evening. The company has been highly extolled, and is, without doubt, excellent. There is an education not only in music, but in a taste for music, as in everything else. But in opera, dramatic as well as musical action is required, and unless the two are harmoniously blended, the public’s critical palate will not be pleased. Let the operas, new and old, be placed upon the stage as they should be, four Aca demy has resources sufficient, J let the sing ers remember that they have hands and feet as well as voices, and there is not the slight est doubt but that the season will terminate, as it will commence, in complete success. Ordinarily, the principal difference between an opera and a concert is that in the former we have foot-lights, scenery, and costumes. We ha ye grown out of that, and look for something more striking. The opera is not a fashionable humbug—a school for scandal during overtures and interludes. It is the union of poetry and music, requiring the singer not only to feel what lie sings, but to act it. Whether such requisites are com hjped in the present company the approach ing season will afford all the opportunity of judging. Opera amongst us has grown too old to dispense with them. To- morrow -evening is devoted to Mr. Beecher. This Philadelphia testimonial cannot fail to he gratifying to both the lec turer and lectured. The service he has per formed for the American cause abroad, he has so well performed that not an ear will listen but a hand will correspondingly ap plaud. His orations in London have un questionably elicited the character of the man, the character of our country, and the character of at least a part of England. His evening here at home will he one which his multitudinous friends will.delight to re cognize. This evening William Lloyd Garrison' delivers his great lecture.npon “ The State of the Country,” at Concert Hall. The speaker is' eloquent and cultivated. He perfectly understands the subject of his lec ture. No standing-room will be left in the hall, and the cause which the man espouses, as well as the talents with which he sup ports it, will hear him triumphantly through. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” v Washington, December 1, 1863. Those who have read this correspondence will remember that when the rebellion' cul minated in war, I prophesied that, while the blood and burdens, the devastation and decay, common to all wars, would mainly and most heavily fall on the seceded or se ceding‘sections, the capital, of the Union would not only be held with the strongest hold to the Government, but would be cleansed of slavery, purified of a haughty slave aristocracy, and become the centre of art, science, enterprise and wealth, and the abiding place of a new, vigorous and progressive race of men. I have re peatedly discussed this idea in interme diate letters. It cannot, therefore, be un profitable to'recur to it now. ’ On one of the bright early afternoons of the late “ second Indian summer,” 1 drove through the city, to note how much harm and good this “ cruel war ” had visited upon the Federal capital. Much as I expected to see, I must confess my surprise at the spectacle. Not to speak of the eloquent lesson to be read in the increasing dimensions of the marble halls of Congress, with their expanding wings, and wide-spreading entrances, and massive yet graceful pillars and columns, and balustrades—their freshly decorated walls —their newly imported statuary—the fine painting of Leutze on the panel of the noble stair leading to the gallery : of the House, and the spirited sketch of Stan ley on the panel of the noble stair con ducting to the gallery of the Senate—hot to speak of the Congressional Library, vast, complete, and still not vast nor complete enough for a Government like ours, and, therefore, extending itself into the old chamber of the House —nor yet of the dome that crowns the whole pile, j with the massive metal figure of Freedom ("by Crawford, whose last great work it was before he gave his spirit to the God of Free- ! dornj, which stands above the dome, and ; seems to be on the eve of pronouncing the | death of slaverypassing these splendid testimonials, as matters with winch all; Americans are familiar, let us go down “the Hill,” and drive through the avenues and streets of the city itself. We find two of the most extensive theatres in the United State's,"each oapahle of holding audiences as large as any similar establishment in Phila delphia fthe Academy excepted;, and both coining money, notwithstanding at least four other places of popular resort are nightly crowded. A few years ago the theatre here was a sad travestie upon the art which so often travesties life itself. It mined both owners and managers, and if the poor actors were themselves not ruined, it was because, like Jaffier, they had long been “pleased with ruin.” Those who recol lect the Washington hotels of the by gone days ("not to mention the boarding houses, redolent of sloth, stench, slavery, and scandal; have only to look around upon the palaces at which the hungry sojourner is fed, and iftoo sad to say; sometimes fleeced. I can enumerate four first-class public houses ; at least eight of the second class, and of other grades almost any va riety. Two additional spacious hotels are now in course of construction, one of which will shortly he opened. See the theatres— they are all prosperous. It is said to be a reasonable estimate that one of the most suc cessful of the largest has cleared as much as $150,000 a year. The erection of new dwel lings and stores hashecome a sort of mania; and all of brick. Brick theatres, brick hotels, -brick warehouses, and workshops, jjjick mansions—nearly every street abounds ‘ with evidences of the prevailing feeling. Meanwhile, the city railroad which feeds this feeling, is repaying its projectors and stockholders at enormous rates. But nothing* better illustrates the growth of Washington, and its sure and substantial future wealth, than the rents asked and re -ceived for rooms and tenements. It is com mon to hear of a person paying one hun dred dollars a month for two rooms in a .house, the whole of which, two years ago, would not have rented for six hundred dol lars a year. Let me give you-a casein point. Borne weeks ago, the residence of the famous Dr. Garnett, son-in-law of Wise, the man who called upion thousands of Vir ginians to help in the hanging of John Brown, was sold under the confiscation act for $3,500, and it is now renting for $2,800 per annum. Of course, this state of things cannot last, although it must not be forgot ten that what I have been describing is a glance at the indications of a summer and au tumn when no Congress was in session, and when the army was on the borders of Penn sylvania and Maryland, , and also in these Slates, chastising and repelling Lee. Many wealthy men, and men of foresight, who came here, to live [a season, on business or pleasure, or in the discharge of official or Congressional duties, now prefer erecting good dwelling houses. The interest of the money so invested is a trifle compared with the fents which otherwise they would be forced to pay ; the investment is certain to be profitably permanent. Among the other signs of the times, (shall I say the good signs is the absence of the old masters of society here, the Dukes, the Earls, the Baronets, the Rothschilds, and the de pendents of slavery. Considered in con nection with the question, what has been done'With their possessions? no more fruitful theme for thought and comment could be conceived. Some are enjoying the delights of Paris and London, and the miseries of Richmond and Charleston; but none of these delights can blind them to the sense of what they have lost forever, and none of these miseries are half, so fierce as the lashing of their own remorse. I will not name them, for when I knew them, there were some, at least, who seemed to be pa triotic and honest. If such as these have become ingrates and traitors, they were misled by those who were always so at heart, and they are now suffering a suffi cient retribution. Their property is being rapidly sold, under the confiscation Act. Already a number of important sales have been consummated, and under the. bold and fearless direction of the Supreme Court of this district, the good work will go on to "the close. Arlington House is to be: set up in a few days, and will doubtless attract a crowd of visitors.. Arlington House 1 What fragrant memories cluster around the name! Once the home of patri otic refinement—the centre of Southern fashion—the depository and sanctuary of the most precious of the household gods of Washington himself. Arlington! where Lafayette visited and staid on Ms last tour through our country. Arlington ! with its splendid walks, noble woods, fertile fields, and unsurpassed lookout upon the city wMQh smiles like an Italian picture at it* feet— is to be sold at auction, because a de generate son of the South and a false-hearted traitor to his couutry, the wretched Robert E. Lee, its last owner, has forfeited it, as he has forever forfeited his good name. On some of the gorgeous plan tations of this expatriated slave nobility our soldiers are quartered. One of these, by far the most luxurious in the vicinity, is occupied by brave men, who have fought to save the nation wMch its wealthy enriched under the bounty of that nation, now desires to destroy 1 The Government uses the best of the houses owned by this class of patriots, for its own purposes. Such is Washington city to-day. If we miss the ! old aristocracy, it is only to realize a bene- I ficialloss. Their places are filled by others, j their equals in birth and in education ; their ; superiors in patriotism and thrift; their in i feriors only in wealth and in pride. But I am beyond myjpacc, and must end here, that I may leave something for another chapter. Occasional. THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. Tire Operations of Baturday. THE FIGHT WITH THE THIRD CORPS ON FRIDAY. Total Repulse of the Enemy. THE SITUATION ON MONDAY-. Positions of tHo Two Amilos. TIIE MINE ItTJN VALLEY, The Attache Goiumenced, hut Checked. ' REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE SITUATION DESPATCH FROM , GENERAL LEE, Washington, Deo. I.—Reports from Bealeton confirm, the statements of heavy firing, being heard' yesterday. The engagement of the 3d Corps on Friday is said to have been exaggerated in the first descriptions, especially as to the number of rebel prisoners taken, which was far less than heretofore stated. Our loss in killed and wounded, is believed to be three hundred. . The report that Lee has retreated are not credited. On the contrary, it is said that he is strongly posted on Mine river. THE SKIRMISHING ON SATURDAY, New York, December I.—The Tribune has pub lished an extra, with advices .from Gen. Meade’s army, dated on -Saturday night. It says: This morning opened with a rain storm, but the whole army was on the advance at an early hour. The 3d Corps, which crossed the Hapidan-at Jacobs’ Mill, and was engaged yesterday, six miles from Loouat Grove, on the road leading to Culpeper, deployed to the left of our line. The 6th Corps remained on the right, and the Ist on the left of the 6th. The re tained its position, while the 6th deployed from its first position on the left to Looust Grove, as a re serve. Brisk skirmishing commenced as our line reached a point a mile and a half to the west of,Locust Point Grove. Our forces pushed steadily onward, however, driving the enemy’s skirmishers, and has tening their retreat by an occasional shell from our batteries, to which the guns of the enemy did not reply. • General Meade had oome up at an early hour to Eobertson’s tavern. The headquarters’ train was ordered baok out of range, long trains of artillery, ammunition wagons, and ambulances were moving to the front, and everything indicated a general en gagement should Lee fall into position and the wea ther prove favorable. The rain continued to fall, but still our troops pressed forward, skirmishing continually. The re bel line gradually fell back until it reached the western bank of Mine run, two and a half miles from the tavern, and a short distance from Old Ver dlevihe. At this point, there were evidences of an inten tion on the part of the enemy to dispute our pas sage, earthworks and abattie being yisiblp on the clearing beyond. Gen. Meade accordingly disposed bis forces along the densely wooded crest of hlUs cast of the'run. Owing to the difficulty of moving artillery, and even infantry, through the woods on either side of the road, some time elapsed before the formation of our line. Night soon came on, and beyond the tiring of pickets, and an occasional shell thrown from our lines, nothing of importance transpired. • The army of Gen. Meade oooupies 4 section of What is termed “The Wilderness.” Many officers discredit the story that Dee will give battle on this side of Orange Court House or Gordonsville, and cxpresß the opinion that hfe will gradually fall back into a position where his ohances of holding our forces in check will be greater. THE FIGHTING ON FRIDAY, The Tribune has also an account of the fight with the 3d Army Corps on Friday, which says : On Friday morning the 3d and 6th Army corps continued their march to make a junction with Gen, Warren’s corps. Gen, Bruce’s Division of the 3d was in advance, and as the head ©! the colnmn reached a small clear ing, it was* greeted with a volley irom the rebel skirmishers, supported by the Ist and 3d Divisions ol the corps. The Ist Massachusetts advanced through a dense thicket, fighting and pushing the rebels back a mile and a half to the vicinity of Mile run, when the enemy, strengthening his Une*, gradually forced back our line. Skismishing continued until 3,50 P. M., when the enemy, with shouts and yells, charged our first line, consisting of Prince’s divi sion, the right of which first fell baok in some con fusion, but soon rallied, and, with the aid of one. section of Randolph’s tst Rhode Island battery, and Battery K of the 4th United States, which poured volleys of grape and canister into the advancing, columns of the enemy, consisting of Johnson’s and. part of Rhodes’ divisions of Ewell’s eorps, twice in, succession, gallantly repulsed the enemy, and were in each instance drivenback in perfect rout. The fight ceased at dark. The 3d Corps bivouacked on the field at the juutb tton of two roads, six miles from Locust Grove. Our loss in killed and wounded probably amounts, to not less than 350. With Buoh haste did the rebels retreat, that they left behind all their dead, the ground being literally covered with them. Our pro portion killed in the fight is very email. But one brigade of the Slh Corps was engaged, that of Gene ral Russell. REBEL ACCOUNTS—DESPATCH FROM GE- NERAL LEE, Fortress Monrok, Dec. I.—The Richmoacl Whig of the 28th and 30th contains the following: \ Ora>*gk C. H., Sunday 9 o’clock' A.. 35,—A rain Btorm prevailed all day yesterday, and ibcrc were no movements of importance in either army. This morning the enemy are deploying in our front. 4 GENEfcAJiLEF^ THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2.1863. Then hM been no fighting einee Friday with the exception of eome skirmishing on Saturday. The Yankee! have eight day!’ ration*. General Fitzhugh Lee drove the eneisy'i oavalry aoron Kaccoon and Morton’* Fordi yesterday. Friday’* fight was moitly oonduoted with mua* ketry. Moseby feu m the rear of the Yankee wagon-train, near Brandy Station, on Friday morning, and burned thirty wagoni, and captured 112 mule* and 20 horse*. The Richmond committee for the care of the wounded arrived at Gordonsvile to-day. The two armies are fronting each other in line of battle, and a general fight cannot long be postponed. Gen. Ewell returned to the army to-day. Gen. Jones, who waa wounded on Friday, will re turn to his command to-morrow. . Headquarters of the Aasr or the Po tomac, Nov. 30.—The armies of Generals Meade and Lee are divided by Mine Run Valley, crossing the Fredericksburg and Orange plank road and-turn pike road. * About twelve miles from the latter place-the enemy are strongly entrenched, and exhibit a deter mination to make a desperate resistance, Some cannonading has taken place this morning, which was feebly replied to by Lee’s batteries. Their line, of works are near VerdieavUie, on a commanding position, but they will probably be at tacked to-day or to-morrow. Nothing of a decisive character has transpired up to the present time. ' Washington, Deo. I—lo o’clock P. M.—lnforma tion has been received from the Army of the Poto mac up to Monday at noon. . The train captured on the plank road on Friday la said to have contained a small quantity of ammu nition, which the rebels exploded. They also cap tured the mules, eighty of whioh they oarried away, and killed the remainder. The wagon-master was killed, and the drivers, with two exceptions, were conveyed away as prisoners. In relation to affairs on the front on Saturday, it is stated that at daylight our army lay aoross the Fredericksburg and Orange turnpike at Robertson’s Tavern, twelve miles from the Orange Court House. The rebel line was light, and wes being gradually pushed back by bur skirmishers for one mile and a half over the Mine run, near Verderville. On both sides ol the road, sloping for half a mile on each side of the river, there is an open space and on the edge of the woods, west of the run, the enemy were in line of battle on both sides of the road with their batteries entrenched. The slope thence to the ridge is dotted with rifle-pits, from whioh the sharp shooters fired scattering shots. About 1 o’clock in the afternoon the clouds broke, and the rain closed, but the roads were in almost an impassable condition. One of our batteries fired a few shots, to whioh the rebels replied with great spirit for half an hour. The following positions for battle having been as signed to the several corps, they were taken by them during the day, and each was ready to perform its duty by 4 o'clock : The 6th Corps, commanded by Major General Sedgwick, on the right, next to the 2d Corps, Major General Warren, which held the turnpike, and, together with the Ist Corps, Major General Newton, formed the centre. The left wing was formed by the 3d Corps, under Major Gen. French, and the reserve was composed of the 6th Corps, under Major Gen. Sykes. About sunset several guns were fired from our line, but failed to draw the enemy’s fire. , The following additional particulars of the en gagement on Friday have been furnished: The number of prisoners taken-bythe 3d Corps has been greatly exaggerated. Only sixty have as yet been reported to the provost marshal. Among the wounded are Col. McClellan and Col. Higgins, of the 86th Pennsylvania; also, two cap. tains, whose names are unknown. The medical director of the corps estimates our loss at 325 wounded, and about 100 killed. The enemy retreated from the front of the 3d Corps during the night, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. _ Owing to the enemy’s change of position, it be came necessary for us to leave them there. Their number greatly exceeded ours. A note dated on Sunday aayß: tl Yesterday closed dear, with the two armies lying in line on the oppo site sides of the Mine Run valley. On examination, it was found that the ground on both sides of the rives, excepting where crossed by the turnpike, was impassable by our troops, owing to its boggy and swampy condition,” All was quiet in the front on Sunday. On Monday morning, at 8 o’clock, all our batteries which could be placed in position to bear upon the Rappahannock, were ordered to open upon the ene my. DIRECT FROM HEADQUARTERS. OPERATIONS ON MONDAY. The siege train was placed in position in front of Sedgwick’s command, After half an hour’s alow cannonading, to which the enemy feebly responded, an attack was ordered. The left wing, under Gen, Warren, came upon the enemy, who was found to be in stronger numbers and position than was anticipated, aud further in structions were consequently asked for. Thereupon the forward, movement was checked, and all further firing ceased. ' Washington; Special Despatches to The Press. Washington, D. C., Dec. 1. The Treasury. The annual report of the Secretary of the Trea sury, on the condition of the finances, is now in the hands oi the publio printer. It will be much larger than heretofore, and contain various interesting tables on subjects not before embodied in such docu ments. The general arrangement.will be much im proved. To this report will be added the reports, severally, of the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue and the Comptroller of the Currency. The va rious rumors (put in circulation by parties opposed to the Secretary’s policy) of the withdrawal of the new fractional currency, are without foundation in fact. The currency is duly issued, and preparations are nearly completed to issue it in such quantities as the wants of the public may require. The objec tion to the paper’s splitting, which was raised against the treasury paper specially, but which is said to be equally true aB to all paper, has produced a good result, for it has stimulated the Treasury to make a paper which cannot be split, a desideratum never before attained. Such &/paper is now making in the Treasury, and all the issues will be printed upon it as soon as a sufficient quantity can be manu factured. -* Chaplains to Congress. Mr. Horace Grsblht, and other friends of Rev. John Pibrpont, are urging the election of that gentleman as chaplain either to the Senate or the House. Mr. Pieryont came here, it will be re membered, as chaplain to the regiment raised by Hon. Henry Wilson, but finding himself unable to stand the fatigue of camp life, he accepted a clerkship in the Treasury Department. Relief to the Prisoners at Richmond—GovT Seymours Commission. Gov. Seymour recently appointed a commission, consisting of Mr. James A. Bell, of the New York Senate; Hon. Orlando Kellogg, of the E3aex Congressional district j ex-Adjutant Gen. Hill, of the House, and Mr. Wm. H. IJogart, to confer with the War Department in relation to the bounties paid to old and partially-filled regiments, their quo tas, and the general quota of the State. The Go vernor also requested them to act in behalf of the suffering Union men at Richmond. In furtherance of their mission they sent a letter to the Secretary of War, of whioh the following is a copy; Washington, December 1. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: . The undersigned, a commission designated by the Governor of the State of New York, to confer with your department in relation to the affairs of the im mediate falsing of troops for the service, have the honor to present herewith their letters of accredit and introduction, but before entering on the specific duty to which they have been assigned, they ask to say that they are directed by his Excellency the Governor to offer, in behalf of the State, any aid in money or material that can be used in alleviation of the'auflerings of the Union men in prison at Rich mond ; submitting, of course, the manner and direc tion in which such aid shall he applied to the judg ment and authority of your department. The un dersigned at once submit this proposition, as in its nature taking precedence of an other affairs. JAMES A. BELL, ORLANDQ KELLOGG, WE H. BOGART. The answer of the Secretary waa highly favorable] and immediate measures were taken by him to as certain, through the Commissioners of Exchange, in what manner the relief can' 1 be most promptly offered. The assistant adjutant general of New York, Maj. Storehouse, accompanies, and acts in conjunction with the commission. Tile U. S. Christian Commission. PottsviLLE, Dec. I.—On Sunday evening last an immense audience assembled in the court house, to hear Rev. Messrs. Patterson and Lyford, agents pr the Christian Commission, present the claims of the Federal prisoners in Richmond. Nearly twe thousand dollars were contributed) and great enthu siasm was awakened. Buffalo, Dec. I.— A great meeting was held here on Sunday evening by the XT. S. Christian Commie* aion, on behalf of the Union soldiers. The collec tion amounted to nearly five hundred dollars. An other meeting wab held laßt evening at Niagara Falls, for the same purpose. Good returns are coining in from all parts, in response to the Com mission’s appeal for thanksgiving collections. • CALIFORNIA. San Francesco, Dec. i.—During the. past Tour days telegraphic communication with the East has been interrupted. In the meantime, nothing of im portance has occurred. No vessels have arrived from or sailed for Atlan tic ports. Tonnage is very scarce and wanted to the extent of several; desirable charter*. Very little business is doing, the dull season hav ing fully commenced. The weather Is ceo* and pleasant. The losses of cattle by starvation, in the southern counties of the rTate, on account of the unusually dry season, are estimated at over fifteen thousand, and many more were killed to- save their hides and tallow. The recent rains, however, have started vegetation to such an extent that the stock may commence to recuperate. It is stated that, the Mcßlursted company contem plate digging a. canal to convey the waters Srom the head of the San Joaquin or Merd river to the Mari posa mine. ~ • • . ■ ' / ' Arrival orEellow-prisoncrs at Toronto. Toronto* Deo. 1. —Four or five of Morgan’s fel low-priacners are reported to have arrived to-night on the western train. Death of a U. S. Marshal. New Haven, Dec. I.—Mr. David H. Carr, the TJ. S. Marshal for th© district of Connecticut, died sud denly at his residence in this city this evening. Arrest of Major Wasser. Chicago, Dec. 1 —Major Waeaer, who&e alleged fraudulent revenue transactions at Cairo have been telegraphed all over the. country, was arrested at MsYickm’* Tbeafre, in this city, Uet eight, DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI. General Granger Sent to Reinforce Burnside. BRAGG'S ARMY BEYOND MLTON, CANNONADING AT KNOKVIHE, A force of the Enemy Driven' Bach. A REBEL RIFLE-PIT TAKEN. REPORTED CAPTURE OP WHEELER’S CAY AIRY DIVISION. Movements for Intercepting Eongstrcct’s Retreat into . Virginia,. REBEL REPORTS OF BRAGG’S DEFEAT. A Loss of 5,000 Prisoners Acknowledged, CHATTANOOGA. Cincinnati, Dec. 1 A despatch from Chatta nooga says that sufficient reinforcements, under Gen. Gordon Granger, have been sent to Gen, Burn side to insure his sucoess. Gen. Bragg’s main force is reported beyond Dal ton. Stragglers continue to come into our lines. Msj. Gen. Foster arrived at Cumberland Gap yes terday, bound for Knoxville. Fifteen hundred prisoners from Chattanooga ar rived at Louisville yesterday. The guerillas are very troublesome on the Cum berland river. Boats are fired into, houses and citi zen* robbed, and their property carried off. Henry Andrew*, 6f the 124th Ohio, has been sen tenced to be shot for desertion, on the&th of Janu ary. EAST TENNESSEE. Washington, Nov. 30.— General Will cox telegraphs from Cumberland Gap, that scouts who came in yesterday report that heavy cannon ading was heard yeaterday morning in the direction of Knoxville. The firing was very rapid, about forty discharges per minute, and lasted- several hours. THE HOSPITALS AT CHATTANOOGA, Surgeon General Hammond leaves Washington to-morrow with Instructions to proceed to Chatta nooga, and inspect the hospitals and camps of Gen. Giant’s army, after which he is to go to Nashville: and there await further orders. THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE. New York, Dec. x.—The Tribune has received the following special despatch: Knoxville, Saturday, Nov. 28, via Cumberland Gap, Nov. 29.—We are now in the twelfth day of the liege; and the enemy has gained no advantage. We are better prepared for attaok than the most sanguine expected. General Longstreet Is delaying hostile operations while awaiting reinforcements from Virginia. The enemy made a diversion on Wednesday upon our position over the river; but after an hour’s fight were driven back, On Wednesday a detachment of the 2d Michigan made a gallant charge, and captured a rebel rifle-pit within five hundred yards of our works. We sub sequently were compelled to give way to a superior force with great loss. . Major Beesangton was taken prisoner, Adjutant Noble and Lieutenant Salpin were killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Cormick, of the 17th Michigan, died on Friday from wounds received. Affairs have been comparatively quiet for the last two days. It iB raining slightly this morning. HIGHLY IMPORTANT REPORTS—CAPTURE OF GEN.\WHEELER’S DIVISION—LONG STREET’S RETREAT TO BE OUT OFF, Cincinnati, Deo. I.—The correspondent of the Commercial telegraphs from Cumberland Gap to night that all the available forces of the United States army had been sent from there to intercept General Longstreet’s retreat into Virginia. He.'also says that a courier from Knoxville brings the intel ligence that the enemy attempted to cross the river on Sunday, thereby bringing on a general engage ment, which resulted in the defeat of the enemy, and the capture of General Wheeler’s division of 5,000 men. REBEL REPORTS OF GENERAL BRAGG’S DEFEAT. Fortress Monroe, Dec. l.—The Richmond Whig of the 28th and 30th ult. has the following; Atlanta, Ga, s Nov. 27.—The city is full of con flicting -rumors.' Our line of battle is at Chicka mauga. We have lost many prisoners; their num ber is estimated at 5,000 and upwards. AU our dead and seriously wounded are in the hands of the enemy. In the attack on Lookout Mountain the enemy’s loss was comparatively greater than ours. They drove us back by force of numbers. Skirmishing commenced on Saturday, and there was intense filing on Sunday and Monday. The enemy charged on Lookout Mountain 40,000 strong, at the same time occupying the attention of our right on Fort Mission Ridge. Breckinridge’s corpsmet the shock unflinchingly. In the afternoon the enemy’s force was increased, and by repeated attacks made an im pression on our lines. At 4 o’clock, in the afternoon, our left and centre gave way, the enemy pouring through the valley like & flood. Our troops were cut off, got confused, and retreAfed in disorder, and, after repeated charges, we evacuated Mission Ridge on Wednesday. Our army is now at Chickamauga. We have six hundred prisoners. Washington and Cobb’s artil lery lost all their guns. General Waltham was wounded. Our wounded are arriving. General Bragg’s headquarters are 'now at Ring, gold. BRAGG’S OPINION OF THOMAS. “ Person®,” in his letter to the Charleston Courier, from Lookout Mountain, says: ” The appointment of Gen. Thomas as the suc cessor of Gen. Rosecramf&ppears to afford satisfac tion throughout the army, and to none-more than to Gen. Bragg. Thomas was his first lieutenant in Mexico; before the war he was a rabid Secession ist ; Bince the war, he haß become a Radioal Aboli tionist, and maybe summed up, mentally and physi cally, in the language of Gen. Bragg, as a ‘ brave, slow, obßtinate, and perverse man.’ U CHARLESTON. REBEL ACCOUNTS' OF THE SIE6E, LIYELY AND CONTINUOUS FIRING. More siieiis Turown Into ttie City. Fortress- Monroe, Deo. l.—The Eiohmond Whig of November 28 th and 30 th has been received. They contain the following interesting despatches: Charleston, Nov. 27.—The Yankees kept up a heavy mortar shelling on Fort Sumpter last night, continuing it this morning. gix shells were thrown into the city to-day, and two buildings were struck. The shelling of Forts Sumpter, Moultrie, John son, and Simpkins by the enemy, from Forts Gregg and Wagner, has been lively and continuous. Four hundred and sixty-one shots were fired on Fort Sumpter on Thursday and Friday. Charleston, Nov. 28.— The shelling was kept up steadily on Foits Sumpter, Moultrie, Johnson, and Simpkins to-day. Seventy-two ten-inch columbiad shots were fired upon Fort Sumpter from Fort Gregg to-day. The enemy has commenced firing thirteen-inch mortars from Cummings’ Point, and twenty-eight shells have been fired. During the Eight the enemy continued the usual practice on 'Sumpter with the Parrott guh«. Two hundred and fifty-seven shots were fired on Friday night. Captain Jacob Valentine and two or three pri vates .were severely wounded in Fort Moultrie by the explosion of a Parrott sheii. There have been no caiualties on James Island.’ HEW TOBK CITY. THU ELECTION OP BUNTHEn EOB MAVOB, New York, Deo. I.—Returns from the city, with the exception of one district, give the following vote for Mayor: For O. Godfrey Gunther, Dem,, 28,881.’ For Francis J. A. Boole, Dem., 22,478. For Orison Blunt, Union, 19,403. Gunther’s plurality will be over 0,100. AN ASKItAV. New York, Dec. I.—John H. Trapp, one of the candidates for civil justice of the Fifth judicial dis trict of this city, was arrested and locked op, this afternoon, for attempting to shoot Mr. Charles Beer field, whom he wounded in the hand. FROM CHARLESTON. New York, Dec. I.—The transport Arago, from Fort Royal on the 28th, and Charleston bar ai 6 o’clock P. M. on the same day, arrived at this post at a late hour to-night. Brigadier Generals Amos Sprague and Solum. melpfennig are among her passengers. Convictions for Treason—Tlie Escape of Morgan—Recruiting. Cincihhati, Dec. I.—The Noble county conspira tors, who have been on trial in the United States District Court in this city for treason and conspi racy against tjje United States, have been found guilty. John Morgan telegraphed to Columbus, from To ronto, yesterday, announcing hi. arrival there. The number of men mustered into service In this State now averages 400 per week. Bermuda. New York, Deo. i_—The brig Excelsior arrived at this port from Bermuda thiß morning, hriDging. papers of the 17th ult. . The French Bteamer Charles Martel, from New Ycrk October 23, with an assorted cargo valued at $200,000, haa foundered at sea. Her crew were res cued by the ship St. George, of New Bedford, and landed at Bermuda. The rebel blockade-running steamers Dee, Ad vance, Ceres, and Powerful had sailed for some Southern port; also, the Bteamer City/Of Peters burg. The Gibraltar, from Wilmington, N. 0., tyd ar rived at St, George’s witlf a full supply of cotton* JSoston* Boston, Dee. I.—The Democrat* have nominated Thomas P. Kioh for Mayor* - THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Cto a.ssemble'djcembbr 7, 18G5.3 List of Members of the Senate- and House of Representatives. [COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES FOR ‘‘THE PKES3. "1 SENATE MAINE, 'William P, Feiaenden; LotM. Morrill ..., Portland. .... Augusta. NEW HAMI»SHIBE. Manchester, Dover. VERMONT. Daniel Clark. John P. Hale, Jacob Collamer... Solomon F00t. .... MASSACHUSETTS.- Natlok, Boston. Henry Wile 0n...... Charles Sumner.... CONNECTICUT, James Dixon,. Hartford Lafayette S. Foster. Norwich RHODE ISLAND, Henry B. Anthony William Sprague .Providence. Providence. . Albany, New lork. PBNNSTLVAKrA. .. .Greenoburg, . Bloomcburg, NEW YORK. Ira Harris.... Edwin D. Morgan. Edgar C0wan........ Charles R. Buckalew NEW JERSEY* Newark, . Blount Holly, William Wright.... John C« Ten Eyck.. DELAWARE. -....Wilmington. Georgetown. James A\ Bayard.. William S aulsbury, MARYLAND, Thomas H. Hicks. Reverdy Johnson, VIRGINIA. John S.Carlile.... Lemuel Ji Bowden WEST VIRGINIA. Waitma&T. Willey. Morgantown* ■=—Van Wilkie.... John bheiman...... Benjamin J\ Wade. KENTUCKY. Garrett Davis Lazarus W. Dowell. INDIANA, Thos. A.Hendrickß. Henry S, Lane ILLINOIS. Lyman Trum bu 11...... William A. Richardson. MISSOURI, B. Gratz 8r0wn..... John B. Henderson. MICHIGAN. Zachariah Chandler Jacob M. Howard..... * lOWA. .TVIt; Pleasant. JSurUr-gtoa. Timothy O. Howe... ...Green Bay, James R, Doolittle. -.. Jiaoine. MINNESOTA. Alexander Ramsay. Morton S. Wilkinson..- James Harlan.... James W. Grimes WISCONSIN, KANSAS. Samuel 0. Pomeroy. Jameß H. Lane....., CALIFORNIA. John Confides........ James A. McDougall, OREGON. Benjamin F. Harding. James W. Nesmith... HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. District. -. n 1. LorenzoD.-Sweat.,.. 2. SidneyPerham........ Paris, 3. JamesG. 81aine............Augu5ta. 4. John H. Rice Foxcroft, 5. Frederick H. Pike. .Calais. NEW HAMPSHIRE. * 1. Daniel Mar0y...............P0rt5m0uth.* 2. Edward H. Rollins... Concord. 3. James W. Patterson Hanney. , VERMONT. 1. Frederick E. Woodbridge...Vergennes. 2. Justin S. Morrill Stafford. 3. Portus Baxter .Derby Line, MASSACHUSETTS. 1. Thomas D. E1i0t............New Bedford. 2. Oakes Ames. .North Easton, 3. Alexander H. Rice..... Boston. 4. Samuel H00per............. Boston, 6. John B. A11ey...............Lynn. 6. Daniel W. Gooch Melrose. 7. George S. Bout well Groton. 8. John D. Baldwin .Greenfield. 10. Henry L. Dawes ...North Adams. RHODE ISLAND,. 1. Thomas A. Jenks Providence. 2. Nathan F. Dixon ....Westerly, CONNECTICUT. 1, Henry C. Deming .Hartford, 2, James E. English.... New Haven, 3. Augustus Brandeger.........New London, 4. John H. Hubbard...........Litchfield. NEW YORK, 1. Henry G. Stebbina......... ..Staten Island. 2. Martin Kalbfleigch .Brooklyn. 3. Moses F. 0de11...... Brooklyn, 4. Benjamin W00d..... ...New York. 5. Fernando Wood .New York. 6. Elijah Ward.. ..New York. 7. John W. Chan1er...........New York. 8. John 8r00k5................New York, 9. Anson Herrick New York. 10. William Radford..... Yonkers. 11. Charles H. Winfield. Goshen. 12. Homer A. Nelson... .Poughkeepsie, 13. John B. Steele ..Kingston. 14. John L. T. Pruyn.. Albany. 15. John A. Griswold. Troy. 16. Orlando Kellogg. Elizabethtown. 17. Calvin J, Hubbard Brasher Falls. 18. James M. Marvin..... Saratoga Springs, 19. Samuel F. Miller. Franklin, 20. Ambrose W, Clark ...Watertown. 21. Francis Kernan.............Utica. 22. Dewitt C. Littlejohn........Oswego. 23. ThomasF.Davis............Syracuse. 24. Theodore M. Pomeroy.,..,.Auburn. 25. Daniel Morris Penn Yan. 26. Giles M. Hotchktßß Binghamton. 27. Robert B. Yan Yalkenberg. Bath. 28. Freeman Clarke...........Rochester* 29. Augustus Frank... Warsaw, 30. John B. Gausoni .Buffalo. 31. Reuben E. Fenton.... Freusburg. ‘ NEW JERSEY. .1, JohnF. Starr .........Camden. - 2. George Middleton... Allentown. 3. William G. Steele Summerville, 4. Andrew J. Rogers Newton. 5. Nehemiah Perry ..Newark. ? PENNSYLVANIA. 1. Samuel J. Randall Philadelphia, 2. Charles O’Neill ........Philadelphia. 3. Leonard Myers Philadelphia. 4. WilliamD. Kelley..........Philadelphia* 5. M. Russell Thayer .Chestnut Hill. 6. John D. Stiles . ...Allentown. 7. JobnM. Broomal Chester. 8. Sydenham E. Ancona.......Reading. 9 Thaddeus Stevens Lancaster. 10. MyerStrouse .‘....Pottsviile. 11. Philip Johnson... Easton. 12. Charles Dennison Wilkesbarre. 13. H. M. Tracy. ..Standing Stone. 14. WilliamH. Mi11er...... Harrisburg. 15. Joseph Bailey Newport. 16. A. H. Coffroth.... Somerset. 17. Archibald McAllister.. Springfield Fur. 18. James T. Ha1e...... ...Beliefonte* 19. Glenni W. Schofield. "Warren. 20. Amos Myers Clarion,. 21. John L. Dawson. Brownsville* 22. James K. Moorhead ...Pittsburg. 23. Thomas Williams..... .PLttsburg. 24. Jesse Lazear.... Waynesburg. -DELAWARE. l. Nathanielß. Smithers......Dover. MARYLAND. • "1. J. A. J. Ores we 11...... Elkton. |2. Edwin H. Webster..........Belair. 1 3. Henry Winter Davis Baltimore, . '*4. Francis Thomas... Frankville. 5. Benjamin G, Harriß. .Leonardtown* VIRGINIA. 1. L.H.Chandler........ 2. Joseph 5egar......... 7. Benjamin M. Kitchen OHIO. 1. George H.Pendleton.......Cincinnati 2. Alexander Long. ..Cincinnati. 3. Robert C. Schenck..........Dayton, 4. J. F. McKinney....,.,. Piqua. 5. Frank C. Leßlond .....Ceiina. 6. Chilton A. White Georgetown. 7. SamuelS. C0x...... Columbus. 8. William Johnson ...Mansfield. 9. WarrenP.Noble ....Tiffin. 10. James M. Ashley Toledo. 11. Wells A. Hutchin5.......... .Portsmouth. 12. William E. Fink Somerset. 13. John O’Neill Zanesville. 14. George Blisß. . ..Wooster. 15. Jamesß, Morriss. .....Woodsfleld, 16 Joseph W, White Cambridge. 17! Ephraim Ft. Eck1ey.......... Carrollton. -IS. Rufua P. Spaulding..........Cleveland. 19. James A. Garfield Hiram, KENTUCKY. 1. Lucien Anderson.,.,* »*«»»* .Mayfield. 2. George H. Yeaman..........Owensboro. 3. Henry Grider.. .Bowling Green. 4. Aaron Harding Greerisburg. 5. Robert Mallory La Grange. 6. G. Clay Smith.. Covington. 7. Brutus J. Olay .Lexington. 8. William H. Randall 9. William H. Wads worth..,. May sville. INDIANA. 1. John Law. 2. James AV Craven*.. ».*.....Hardinsburg; 3. Henry W. Hanington Madison. 4. Williams. Holmes. 5. George W. Julian.. ....Centreville, 6. Ebenezer Dumont.... Indianapolis, 7. Daniel W. V00rhee5....... .Terre Haute* 8. GodloveS. Orth...* LaFayette. 9. Scbuyler C01fax..... . ...... South Bend, 10. Joseph K. Edgerton........ Fort Wayne. 11. James F. McDowell........Maiion, ILLINOIS. 1. Isaac N. Arnold ........Chicago. 2. JohnF. Farnsworth... St. Charles, 3. F.lihu B. Washburne........Galena. 4. Charles M. Harris.... Oquaka. 6. Owen Lovejoy.... -Princeton. 6. Jesse O. Norton.. Joliet 7. John R. Eden.., ...Sullivan. 8. John F. Stuart.. Springfield. 9. Lewis W. Robs.... Canton. 10. Anthony L. Knapp ....Jerseyville, 11. James C. Robinson. Marshall. 12. Wiiliam R. Morrison Waterloo. 13. William J. A11en............ Marion, 14. James C. A11en..... .Palestine. MISSOURI. 1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. St. Louis. 2. Henry T. 810 w..... ..Carondolet. 3. JohnG. Soott. .....Irondale. 4. John W. McC1urg...........Linn Creek, 6. S. H. 80yd...,...,.....,..,.5pringfie1d. 6. Austin A. King .Richmond. 7. Benjamin Loan St. Joseph. 8. William A. Ha 11... Huntsville. 9. James S. R011in5...... Columbia. MICHIGAN, 1. Fernando C. Beaman......Adrian. 2. Charles Upson. I Coldwater. 3. John W. Longyear Lansing. 4* Francis W. Kellogg... Grand Rapids. 6. Augustus C. Baldwin,.....Pontiac. C. John F. Briggs .East Saginaw* 1. .Tames F. Wilson. 2. Hiram Price...... 3. Wm. B. Allison.. 4. J. B» Griunell... 6. John A.Kasson.. 6. A. W. Hubbard.., WISCONSIN, • 1. James S. Brown. .Milwaukee, 2. Ithamar O, Sloan.. ..Janesville. 3. Amass C0bb................Mineral Point* 4 Charles A. Eldridge ....Fond du Lac. 6. Ezra Wheeler...... Berlin. 6. W. DrMclndae. Warsaw. ' ' . - CALIFORNIA. Thomas B. Shannon.Plumas. William Higby - .Calaveras. Cornelius C01e... .. .. .?anta Cruz. MINNESOTA. William Windom... ...Winona. Ignatius L. Donnelly..........Niniager. OREGON. J. B. Mc8ride........... .La Fayette. _ KANSAS. A. O. Wilder... WEST VIRGINIA. William G. Brown ..Kingwood. Jacob B. Biair. Parkersburg. Kellian YvWhaley, DELEGATES. NEW MEXICO. ......Santa Fe. F. Ptrea JobnF. Kenny. WASHINGTON, GeorgeECole. NEIIRASKA. Samuel G. Daily • • ■ - Pcra ‘ COLORADO. Hiram P. Bennett Defiver. • IDAHO. William H. Wallace ,7,.Woodstook. ...Rutland. .Annapolis; .Baltimore-. .Wheeling. .Portsmouth. .Mansfield* . Jefiersoß. ..Paris, ...Henderson. .Indianapolis. .OrawiordsviUe* AJto*r» ~ , .Quincy* .St. Doulb*. .Eoultihna, Pi&e 00. ....Detroit, ... .Detroit; .St. Paul. .Mankato. ..AtaMson* ..Lawrence. ...San Francisco. .. .Ban Francisco. ....Portland, ....Salem* Post Office. .Portland. .Norfolk. .Fortress Monro®. .Martinsburg. .Evansville. ...Fairfield. ..Davenport. ...Dubuque. «* .. .Grinnell. ..Deo Moines. ...Sioux City. .Leavenworth. Point Pleasant. UTAH. Salt Lake City. Fine Collection of Oil Paintings. For the information (A thoae who are not familiar with the fact, we take the liberty thU morning of stating, pro bono publico t that one of the finest col lections of oil paintings exhibited in this city for years is now open to the public, at the spacious free gallery of Messrs. Bailey & Co , 81# Chestnut street. We spent an hour yesterday examining thess pic tures, with the aid of an elegantly-got* up catalogue, and acknowledge ourselves indebted to Messrs. B* k Co. for the pleasure it afforded us. There is not an ordinary, much less a common-place, picture in the entire collection, and there are not a few among them that are in themselves worthy of repeated visits frojn the most cultivated lovers of art, in cluding some of the best works of Stammel, Sohn, Achenbach, Becker, Kiefatahl, Ditaohauer, Erd mann, OeseUchap, Httbner, Meyerheim, Herzog, Rinaldi, Siegert, Toussaint, Souderxnan, and other well-known names, chiefly of Ditsseldorf, Berlin, and Paris. Without intending to notice the collection in de tail, we cannot refrain directing attention to a few pictures that strike us as possessing unusual merit. Prominent among these is a large picture by Carl HUbner,entitled “The Grace before Meat.” The scene is in a Suabian Post House near Thuringen. The father of a peasant family is asking a blessing on their mid-day meal. Around the table are grouped the other members of the family, three peasant girls, two of whom are looking devout; the third, with a red handkerchief on her head, is curiously inspecting the costume of a young lady who, with a gentleman, seems waiting for the post horses. The lady, who is exceedingly fair, was painted by the artist as a portrait of his only, daughter. It is a speaking, life-like, and altogether superb work of art. “ The Sailor's Return,” by the same artist, is aUo a very suggestive and pleasing picture to dwell upon. No. 23 in the catalogue, by Wilhelm Rudolph Jordan, Dtisseldorf-professor, and member of the Royal Academies of Berlin, Dresden, and l Amster dam, represents a mother watching at the bedside of her sick child just at that moment when the phy sician informs her that the little sufferer has passed the crißls and will recover. The mother’s expr*«- fiion, in transitu from despairing grief to r»»«xpected joy, is admirably depicted-child hr Saved” is the cxnrpa a * vo aauis of the picture. “The Evil Conscience,” No.* 26 in the gallery, painted by Carl Joseph Eitsohauer, Dtisseldorf, also tells its own story. An old coin-clipper at his evil work, is startled at a noise by a couple of rata. One of the most remarkable pictures in the entire collection, however, is the M Italian Ball Game,” by Achenbach. This fine large painting represents the Piazza before the villa Lorloaia (formerly Villa Conti), at Frascati, near Rome*- We have-witneased with intereet the various games of ball? played in this country, in the presence-of* large numbers of spectators, and have Been described the counterpart of those on the Continent of Europe, but never, as in this picture, has the ball-game been presented to us in so picturesque or attractive a light. The land scape itself, and the architectural and horticultural features of it, without the introduction of a human, figure, would be a grand picturebut with the groups of tourists, beggars, peasants, and Roman * gentry, who are watching* the progress of the game —the whole made vivid with animation—itis just such a painting as the eye might dwell upon for hours without weariness, and in a second visit And new points of interest Indeed, in looking at it we are apt to forget the canvas, and see only the jovial and entertaining reality which it personates. The “Betrothal Feast,”* by Erdmann,is also a pleasing subject admirably treated. The silks and satins in this picture are absolutely illusory in their accuracy. The “Child’s Masquerade,” No* 9 in the cata logue, painted by Geaelachap, represents a proces sion of children, in fancy costumes, entering a hand some apartment, and exhibiting themselves to their delighted and surprised friends. The laughing and blushing childien are costumed as soldiers, squires, old women, efo. The whole design is pleasing, natu ral, and executed with striking fidelity. « As a landscape picture the Norwegian Water fall, by Herzog, has unusual merit. - One of the most gorgeous works in the collection is “ The Epicure’s Lunch,” by Carl Hoff, DiWsel dorf. An old gentleman is sitting at table in an elegantly-furnished apartment, while on the table are cake, fruits, and wine, and at the side of the table, in silver coolers, are champagne and hock* A young Roud, who has the faculty of always hap pening in about lunch time, is receiving a sharp lecture from the aforesaid old gentleman. Reifstahi’s 15 Funeral in the Tyrol Mountains” is also a picture of uncommon merit, and attracts much attention; and the same is true of Seigert’z Sue picture, entitled * f At the Convent Door,” • There are many other paintings in the gallery worthy of special notice, did our space permit; but we must cloie with a passing remark upon the pic ture which, of the entire collection, we should moat care to possess. It is marked No. 36 in the cata logue, painted by Richard Sohn, and entitled “Do mestic Peace.” Descriptively a young mother is sit ting at an open window Bewiag. Near her a child is playing with its little sister in the cradle,’holding a bunch cf cherries to attract its attention. This is All. Toeiically the picture is a delightful volume. Three things in it are particularly striking. First, the quaint old furniture, and that indescribable tout ensemble which whispers peace to all who look upon it. Then there is a lifelike accuracy about the pic ture, even to the minutest details, that makes one forget the ideal for*thereal._ The bare arm and hand of the woman, who is plying her needle, is, we think, the best representation of flesh and blood, in paint, that we have ever examined; and finally, the resemblance between the three is as faithful a por traiture of nature as it is in the power of art to delineate. We would state, in conclusion, that although this fine collection is free to the public, the pictures com prising it are for Bale, and that quite a number have been sold already. In order, however, that the ex hibition may not be impaired by these sales, deli veries will in no case be made until the first of the year. _ Public Entertainments. Academy or Music.—“lone” will be produced this evening. The subject is a brilliant one for the display of dramatic ability, and the artists who debut this evening will, it is to be hoped, do it operatic justice. . Chestnut-street Theatre. —Miss Johanna Olaussen appears this evening in “Couldn’t Help It,” “ A Family Failing,” and “Loan of a Lover.” These plays ought to suit her. If she had “The Captain,” or something on a par with it, they cer tainly would. Walnut-street Theatre.— Mr. Clarke will re peat to-night his performances of Major de Boots and Waddilove, which last night were laughed at till people could laugh no more. The remarkable ver satility of Mr. Clarke’s acting is illustrated in this capital Sill. The audiences at the Walnut are no w literally immense, and it is necessary to go early to secure even standing room. “The Siege op Charleston.”— As will be seen by the advertisement in another column, Mr. Robert S. Davis, a member of the newspaper press of this city, and for many months a correspondent at Port Royal, South Carolina, has accepted a public invi tation to repeat the lecture, recently delivered by him atjDarby, descriptive of the Siege of Charleston,'and Contraband Life at Port Royal. The lecture will be given at Concert Hall, for the benefit of the Vo lunteer Refreshment Saloon, and promises to be very amusing,] and instructive. Mr. Davis, by nature, and by the very requirements of his arduous profession, is a quick observer, and a facile writer, and the experience of his sojourn in the Department* of the South ought to embrace a rich fund of anecdote and adventure. The main interest of the lecture, however, will probably be centred in the description of the attack upon Fort SumpteT, which the author was privileged to wit ness. Certainly, no grander theme could claim the public attention at this time, and, in view of the laudable object,it isto 4 be hoped that the lecture will be well attended. . Blitz, the popular Blitz, at*the Temple of Won ders, Assembly Buildings, continues Mb delightfully amusing exhibition nightly, and has Mb usual matinees on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. It is needless to say that the worthy Signor is well patronized, for, with his own wonderful powers as a andg Ventriloquist, aided as he is by Bobby and the intelligent Canaries, how could it be otherwise! He is. never-tiring, and as young, sprightly, funny, and astonishing as he was twenty years ago. We reg to call special attention to the large and attractive sale of elegant carved Sienna and Casti lian vases of Grecian, Roman, and Etruscan designs, bronze figures and groups, triple silver-plated ware, &0., to be sold at auction, on Thursday morning, by Gillette & Scott, auctioneers, 619 Chestnut street, now arranged for examination with catalogues. A Mr. Grant, of Kingston, Canada West, has invented a new war projectile, which he claims will beat all the science of the Yankees, and has gone to England to secure a patent. The principle of Mr. Grant’s invention is a conical ball or belt, for rifled pieces, fitted with several chambers, and so arranged that successive charges explode duriog the flight of the ball, each explosion propelling it onward. —Mr. Daniel Hoisman, Senator from Bergen county, N. J , intends, on the meeting of the next Legislature of the State, to introduce a bill compel ling the Government “to deposit securities in the office of the Treasurer of the State, before allowing them to circulate their shinplasters in New Jersey.” There is no doubt that the bill will receive due con sideration. _ Hooker’s Battle Above the Clours.—Quar termaster General Meigs, in bis lively account of the three days’ conflict before Chattanooga, men tions the notable fact that, in General Hooker’s fight up the slopes of Lookout Mountain, “ much of the battle was fought above the clouds, which con cealed him from our view, but from which Ais mua ketry was heard.” There is on record at least one parallel to this in the campaign of Napoleon, in the Carnio Alpß, in 1797. The battle of the Col de prns, March 22,1797, was fought above thed™d a “the artillery thundering in the and arcehal of the electric batteries—while the ca valry chaigeil and performed their evolutions on the ice, and 1 he infantry floundered to the attack through snow three feet thick. The following appears In the Richmond Dispatch : « Wanted to cell privately by a indy who Is going m.t onnourning, in excellent black French merino drrßs* not soiled. Any one wishing to examine the can have it Bent to their residence by address in" a note to “ Alpha,” Dispatch otlice. Prloe $256.” A “bonnet in that city recently sold for $BOO. Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore, Dec. I.—Flour steady at $7.75 for Oliio extra. Wheat dull, and declined l@2c for red. Corn firm, and scarce ; sales of white at 5i.03@1,05. Whisky steady and buoyant, at 75>£@76Kc. St. Louts, Dec. 1 —Sales of cotton have been small; middling fair 60c. The receipts for the last forty-eight hours have been 206 bales; 600 bales were sold on Saturday CortheConnelton, Ind. mills, which will soon resume its operation, at 70>£c. Flour, Wheat, and Oats arc firm at fu.il priaes ; Ocrn has advanced slightly. The weather is nuld ana the wind southwest. Marine, Nct’ York, Dec. I.—Arrived harks J. and R. Young-, ftom Shields; Concordia, from Buenos Ayres; Carolina, from Leghorn ; Wilhelming, from EVlero. goar.E ;nohooner O. A. Cock, from. Rorfc-Au-Panae, THE’ CITY. C»OR ADDITIONAL OITTtffSTOi VOTJRT3 PAOB«f The Condition ov* Tennessee,—AN lirTBREBTUSO IVECTUKB BV JOHZT W. BtWBN. : —East evening a large audience' of ladies and gentle men assembled in Concert Hatf» to bear a lecture by Dr, John Wesley Bowexr r of T’ennewee, oq tha present condition and future proapeot of that State* The platform was gaily decorated with small flags, : and the speaker’s stand covered 1 with a larg&'One,* ' which stretched far in front ofthe speaker, t Hon. William D. Kelley introduced Dr. Bowes l to j the audience. In doing bo, he spoke in the'folfcw* ; ing terms: l The American Union is being realized as a fac£? s The Northern man may not only travel over a large* ( portion of the South to-day in security, but may ex* i press his convictions before 1 as he might to his God in his closet. Vee, men of so-called extreme opinions from the North may ad dress at once the slave-owner and the slave, and be welcomed alike by both. [ Applause.] Not only Is thistrue, but thedsy has come when the slave-owner who stands clothed in his right mind, oonzes to the North no longer influenced by hatred or malice, but to ask, not from the lips of men, but from the operations of society, as he shaft behold them, wherein lay the great difference be tween the South aßd the North, wherein was* the germ of contention that made that land which should have been the happiest and most peaceful of all societies'? Such a man comes before you- to night, one indeed of our Southern brethren, a-raao. who represents a type of American society less fre quent in the Southern than in the Northern States, a self-made man, who amassed his knowledge by the flame of the pine-knot at midnight, who never breathed the air of a free State until the closing day of the last month of June. He comes tc* tell you of the condition of his native State, of * and the brilliant future that he sees before it. r present you not a Northern, not a Southern man, but an American citizen, Dr. John Wesley Bowen, of Carthage, Tennessee. Dr. Bowen was reoeived with much applause. He recognized In his warm reception no personal compliment to himself, but a manifestation of sympathy for the Union men of the South. In their behalf would he thank his audience. The present condition of Tennessee was such as to cause solid- , ( tude all oyer the land. At the commencement of' the rebellion, that State was prosperous and happy- ! Jts population was a fraction over eleven hundred } thousand. Of these, two hundred and seventy-five thousand were negro staves; thirty.five thousand} < were the owners of the two hundred and seventy- \ five thousand negroes. The alareholding interest' j was the controlling influence of the State. All po« i litical offices were in their possession. Ail the' [ judges, and members of Congress, were slavehold- ■ ers. There never was a Governor, he believed, that - \ was not a slaveholder. They were the educated class, and commanded the social influences. Col leges and academies there were, it is true, but their doors were shut against the poor. Possessing this - \ vast influence, they had indoctrinated the com- l mon people with prejudices and false views re specting the people of the North. The consequence was that 75 000 Tennesseans enlisted in the rebel armieß. Of these, it was a fair estimate to say that at least 40,000 have died in the field and hospital. There were, however, a faithful few, that have never yet deserted .the flag of their country. What about the 275,000 slaves ? The men and women may he all there yet, but they are no longer slaves [ap plause]. He uttered the sentiments of a large num ber of the Union men of Tennessee when he said that as slavery is dead, let it be buried. If thefriends of slavery wish to give it a decent burial, let them do so, but the Union men of Tennessee protest against being made mourners at the procession [laughter]. The speaker had been a conservative pro-slavery man at the breaking out of the rebel lion. He did not argue the divine right of slavery, but was wiJJingto let things alone as he found them. Now he was convinced that it was a great miftake to suppose that the Union can be saved, unless sla very perishes. The Southern Confederacy has no hope except in the revival of slavery. As to Abo litionism, he had to say that its mission had been performed. Abolitionists, Republicans, Demo crats, and Conservatives, had but one duty now, and that is to unite to save the Union. There is no use for any one to proclaim himself an Aboli tionist or an Anti* Abolitionist. Slavery dies with the Southern Confederacy. [Applause.] If slavery should he revived in Tennessee, no unconditional Union citizen could live there in future Beourity. That State is eminently adapted to free labor. In conclusion, he remarked, that in his residence in the North, he had observed no vindictiveness : against the people of the South. This was the more honorable when we knew the opposite feeling of the rebels. It filled his heart with gratitude and gladness to see bo kindly a spirit towards the mis guided people of the Southerhcountry. A majori ty of them do not deserve the hatred of the loyal people. They deserve kindness and compassion. At the same time, he was glad to Bee a change in. the spirit even of the Southern dreamers. The signs of reunion, North and South, were highly gratifying. When he would get home he would tel! of this brotherly feeling in the North, and as sure all of the near approach of. love, fraternity and Union. m Acknowledgment.— The following is a. copy of a letter of acknowledgment from.one of' the returned prisoners at Annapolis, received yesterday by Robert R, Corson, No. 133 street, who will forward all articles sent to him- for that place Navy School Hospital, Annapolis* *Md., Nov. 28,1853-. Edward Foulke— Sir : I take pleasure in acknow ledging the receipt of five barrels of apples.sent by you, as per telegram, dated Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1863. That all such donations are highly appreciated by the soldiers here, and promptly distributed by the ladies to whom they are sent, I, as one of the reci pients, can fully attest. Having been here but a.faw days, jnst from Richmond prisons, where many of my fellow- soldiers are still suffering from hunger, nay, almost starvation. I feel like returning thanks not only to’the Beneficent (river of all good, but, also, to all the good men and women throughout the country for every gift, howevcrsmaU,which tends to the relief of my fellow-soldiers who are yet in pri son or sick in the hospitals here. It is impossible for me to express my gratitude tc Sister Tyler and other ladies who minister to our wants, as, also, those who are daily sending articles here from all parts of the country. Please accept this feeble attempt to express gratitude as coming from a heart oversowing with thankfulness. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, GEO. W. MORIN, Serg’t Co. I,lBth Ey. Yol. Infantry. The City Treasury.—The total receipts into the City Treasury, for the week ending Novem ber 30, were $92,572.10, as follows: Taxes of 1862.. Taxesof 1563.. .Gain....." Railroad tolls City loans Girard Trust Fund... The payments amounted to $103,000.53, of which $35,045.60 was. for sinking funds, and $31,600.71 for the families of volunteers. The trust funds amounted to $2,057.30. The total receipts for taxes during the month of November were $72,239.88 But little money is being paid out by the Treasuicr, but several hundred thou sand dollars in warrants ate being presented daily, and are stamped so as to bear 6 per pent, interest. Excursion from New York to Wash ington.—An excursion will take place from New York to Washington on Thursday, without change of cars. The trains will start from New York at half past seven o’clock on that morning, and wilL leave Washington at nine o’clock on the following morning, on the return. It is expected that a num ber of distinguished gentlemen will meet the train at Philadelphia and and proceed to Washington. The connection at Philadelphia is in tiie northern part of the city, the connecting road crossing the Schuylkill at or near Girard avenue. The event is one of those interesting epochs in the history of railroading that looks forward to still further connections, until one iron band will event ually span the whole country from the great At lantic to the Pacific ocean. The Subscription. Agent reports the sale Of $1,944,000 in five-twenties yesterday. Six hun dred thousand were from Baltimore, a hundred and fifty thousand from Washington, and the balanae about equally divided between the West and the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. It is the calculation of the Subscription Agent that, by December 10th, a large portion of the delayed bonds will be delivered. Sudden Death.—A man named Slack, supposed to belong to Hightstown, N. J., dropped dead in the store on Delaware avenue, above Chest nut street, yesterday afternoon. The body of de ceased was removed to the Central Station. The coroner will hold an inquest this morning. CITY ITEMS. Advantages of the Gboveb & Bakek Sewing Machinb.—Now that buying Holiday pre sents is the order of the day, and as Sewing Ma chines are very properly monopolizinga good deal of attention, we wish to give our readers a few practi cal hints as to the best Machine to select. For seve ral reasons, in common with many of our readers, we are strongly biased in favor of the celebrated Grover & Baker Machine, sold at their splendid es tablishment in this city, No. 730 Chestnut street. Among other advantages justly claimed by this ad mirable instrument are the following: It makes a stronger and handsomer seam than is made by hand, or by any other Machine. It makes a more elastic seam, which will withstand the testa of wear, and washing and ironing better than that made by any other Machine? The speed at which it can be used is higher than any other, and the power required to operate it is less than that required by any other Machine. It is nearly noiseless in its operation. Its construction iB more simple, and the liability to disarrangement less than in any other. It can be more quickly learned, more easily kept in order, got ready for use, and changed from one quality or grade of work, than any other j and finally, its applicabiU ty to the entire range of Family Sfewing, from the finest and most delicate texture to the heavier and coarser fabrics. In view of this we may well say that there could be nothing more appropriate for Christmas Presents than these invaluable Machines. They may be seen in operation, in various styles, and at reduced prices, at 730 Chestnut street. Great Bargains in Dry Goods, in CONSEQUENCE OP A CONTEMPLATED CHANGE IN Business.— The ladies of Philadelphia have long regarded the popular Retail Dry Goods Establish ment of Mr. J. R. Casselberry, No. 45 North Eighth street, as a favorite shopping resort, for the reasons that Mr. C.’e stock is at all times one of the moßt extensive, tasteful, and varied in character, and his prices about a projit lower than the same goods are *<sld at elsewhere. -Now, however, he offers greater bargains than ever—offering his immense stock, without reserve, at a marked reduction in prices, in 'consequence of his going out of business on the first of January next. Such an opportunity for bargains has seldom been offered, and as his atock.&bounds la articles suitable for Presets, we are not surprised to see his handsome store literally crammed with customers, as it is daily, from morning till night. Immense Excitement about tee Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. — For some reason or other, either on account of the his torical sketch recently published about the Wheeler & ’Wilson Sewing Machine, or the intrinsic superi ority of this superb instrument, it haß fairly over shadowed all rivals, and seems to stand alone in ita glory. Almost every second man that we have met during the past week declares that his family shall hayc a Sewing Machine for a Christmas present; and when asked whose? the answer is,.in variably, “ Wheeler 4* IFiteon’*, °f course There can be no doubt that the Wheeler & Wilson machinal* «a su* perior to all others, as a perfect piece of mechanism* as iron is superior to lead, tor durability. Really, the crowds that throDg their establishment, No. T&i Chestnut street, daily, to select these machines, act as if the “ Wheekr §- JVilson ” was the oaly Sewing Machine in existence. Vox dei, vox populi. A Great Reyiyal.— Few persons who visited Carter’s alley during the location of the post office there, can forget the famous *’ Old City Sa loon” of Hanning’s. Sjnce the removal of the post - office, a great change has taken place in tha« region, and none greater than the one effected by Mr. A. .T. Severna, who has rejnodelled, in tip top filyle, the “ Old City Saloon,” and is reaping his re- WMd from bis numerous friends and the public gene rally, wbo’fiml in this well-kept, fiwt-clasa Restau rant ihe choicest viands, the purest liquors, the beat lager, and finest cigarß in the city. ...$11,797 50 ... 17,374 66 ... 1,123 33 203 23 ... 62.073 33 .... 3;653 91
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