The press., November 11, 1864, Image 1

THE PRESS.
et:OI 4 . 6IIED DAILY (SIINDAYS EXOEPTED)
NY• JOHN W. FORNEY,
VICE, NO. 111 sopTH FOURTH STRUT.
WE DAILY PRESS,
To city Subscribers, le TBN Do4eas PER imam 1*
sdon cog or TWENTY OBER'S PEE WEEK, payable to
the ()tutor. Mailed to Subscriber. out of the olty,
111 , 4 0 DOLLARS PER ANNUM; IFOIIR DOLLARS AND FIPTV
coil FOR linr, MONTHS: TWO DOLLARS AND TWErfr.
ro CENTS FOR TRIOS MONTI:LS, invariably la advance
fte ordered,
vertbsements inserted at the usual rates.
THE TIME-WEEKLY PRESS,
galled to Subscribers, FIVE DOLLARS Fos ANNHM,
fa
Advance.
RETAIL Dpir,_9o,9jPS.
'MONDE REDUCiTiON
PRICES
GQODIS. /
JAMES B. CAMPBELL & 09.,
1637 CHESTNUT STREET,
,IFFER THEIR EMIRS STOCK OF
Di V C;1001)S,
CONSISTING- IN PA IT OB
lERINOES,
POPLINS AND REPS,
EPINGLINES,
CLAN PLAIDS,
ALPACAS AND NOHAIRS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, GLOVES,
LINENS, WHITE GOODS,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
LINEN ANT) COTTON .
SHEETINGS,
REPELL ANTS AND
• CLOAKING- CLOTHS,
AT -EXTREMELY LOW. RATES.
We beg leave to - 'Awe . the public that we have
narked down every article in our stook, and now have
.1 in our power to °Car
RARE BARGAINS.
J . COWPERTHWAIT & CO.,
(S, E, oor.:NINTH and ARGIL STREETS.)
DRY GOODS,
AT RETAIL.
Ito place to buy
CHEAP MUBLINS.
ELEGANT BLANKETS.
BEST 'FLANNELS.
SPLENDID DRESS GOODS.
BEST PRINTf4
mAGNamEk5r
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
LINEN GOODS.
?ROWED BEAVER AND WATER-
PROOF CLOAKING'S, &a., &c.
TOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED,
14:4-brovtde3l
\TEW MOURNING STORE,
ORB CHESTNUT STREET,
IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICES
©f Herkimer, De Laines, Reps, Baratheas, Bombs•
rdsos, Alpacas, Crape Moth, Empre.e and other favorite
and well known fabrics. Also, GREAT REDUCTION
so ill oar immense stock of
'SECOND MOURNING GOODS
Lisch as Mohaire, Poplins, Lustres, Valenciae,
ALSO,
73ALMORAL SKIRTS AND SHAWLS,
le great variety.
BLACK SILKS,
rt the very best makes, and an elegant assortment of
LIGHT SILKS.
MOURN ]431- MILTiiNFArtlr,
(gibe very latest New York and Paris styles, always
o n hod, and made to order.
We respectfully request an examination of our stock
hirers purchasing elsewhere.
M. & A. MYERS &
se4l•mwfilm 0136 CHESTNUT. Street.
GREAT STOCK OF
COATINGS,
PON LADLES /ND GENTLEMEN.
SCOTCH PLAIDS,
BASKETS,
VELVETS,
MIXTURES, 60., 464 L
t t nay shade and quality In the Gauntry. Tor choke
TIOSTBDB.
VELOURS
oRINORILLAS,
TRICOTS,
Goods, call at the
wroun
WM. T. SNODGRASS,
*4 South SECOND Street, and
23 STRAWBERRY Street.
,NI lit
F as Tro:11:4:14.4411.140.0
E. EL NEEILIS
a DAILY RECEIPT:NiI
!41
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L A.,lc ,B ,
* -
14 WHITE 'GOODS,
' ' f , EMBROIDERIFS
_A 0
'#l
c VEILS,
!:
HANDKERCHIEFS, &O.
In every variety arid at REDUCED PRIORS.
SUITABLE jolt TRH FALL TRADE.
rc~vz#. s'uYrwJ;.i:~~l
CLOAKS.
Mrs. HUNTER, Agent,
tow opening a handsome assortment of
CLOAKS, FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN,
No. 36 North NINTH Street. nos-6t
BRIGHT PLAID POPLINS.
JUST OPENED, several large lote, bought in. New
lei at reduced prices for cash.
tie lot single-width rich Plaids, Mo.
On. lot double width heavy to Plaid Poplins, $1.28.
Two lots line all-wool bright Plaids,
cheap.
Three tote rich wool Plaid Pcplins, $1.88,.52, and
One lot line wide French Merinoeo t
One lot Striped .Brooade Reps, $1.25.
One lot Spared, striped, heavy NW:lairs, $1.25.
One lot figured ?Jerboas, $1.25; a bargain.
One lot black wool Detainee, 75c; cheap.
to clam American Prints and Detainee
COOPE R,
ot2l•tf 8. E. corner:NINTH andMAßKETStreets.
I, T EEL & SON HATE NOW
• open a large and choice assortment of
FALL AND WINTER DRESS °DODS,
Plain Merlnoes, $1.25 to $6. Plain Poplins,
Plaid Merinoes and PoPlianl
Plain and Plaid Silk Poplin
P:ain and Figured Mohair Poplins,
la a great variety of new and choice Dress Goods, all
cities! far below
THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. -
S I LKS—Of all kinds, a great, variety, from 76 cents
Ci Per yard below
THE IMPORTER'S PRICES.
tiIAWLE.—A largo assortment, at a small advance
crer last season's prices.
43 ' 0 /105. 713 and 715 north TENTH Street.:'
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF BRAWLS
, for male below the present gold Prices.
Lona Brodie Shawls, open centres,
Lees Brocba Shawls, lUsd centres,
litmus Brooke Kumla, open centres.
egoare Brea slihawls. filled centres.
E..)vb Plaid and Stripe Blanket Shawls.
,square, Plaid, and Stripe Blanket Shawls.
'mil and square Bleak Thibet Shawls.
4.4 mantilla Velyets, pure C l
Frnsted. and other Beaver lothe.
Cloaks ready made,
col7.tt
EDWIN BALL & CO., -
A& south SECOND stmt.
GENTS' • VIDUNISHING GOODS
826 ARCH BTREST.
Etll4lOV4kL.
G. :::44...,i10FF).1A11,-
_W) WRIPPII
MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLE/MN%
MOVED FROM 606" /MOH swan
THE 113 W STORB.
A.RCEI STREET:
fell•fsits6m
MERCHANT TAILORS.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY,
TAXILOILS,
612 011.111311i1JT STR4ETI
Will from %Ss date (Ostober 341) sell at
REDUCED PRICES.
CA 8 R
11 . L.
TOBACCO AND CIGAR WAREHOUSE,
No•S NORTH THIRD STREET,
Agent for the s'ale of ail the celebrated brands of
I:3ARNEY, (IRBIL & CO., Oincitutatl.
•
BITAR OF IRE WEST," " OINCINRATIIB*"
"BURRIK," • -
rtramsai" Alm OTHER - wimp,
TOBACCO: -
- '
Arta lot or.prluie 01.04.11.6 and TOBACCO, now La
torn, aeg fin We cheap. oc?fi-Lut
VOL::8 -. -` . NO • 89
rill- i!;
STOCkE
ALL„ f FALL,
NOW IN STORE. (18046
IDED YARD & CO”
Gri Chestnut and 61.1 Jayne Urea%
rairosmuts 'AND JOBBERS or
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
SHAWLS, LINENS.
AMID WILITE GdODS,
A TAWS AND HANDSOME STOOK 01
DRESS GOODS:
razz. LIAR or Toxin - pa ADtb,
• 33,1%.124V0RAX15 A
INOLCIDING MlTl:own AND MU KA=
a„2O -am
COMMISSION. MOUSES.
HAZARD & HUTCHINSON,
:No, MAcHligrillT STMT.
tboMiiii.BBloN - MV,P,CHANTSi
U4l-Em) , PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS,
1864. . FA L L 1864.
• GERMANTOWN.
IStroCALLUM & CO..
CARPET WAREHOUSE, `
509 CHESTNUT man.
.11.11,„ PATT. A II ELPULL
1864. . '1864.
. •.
adocA.L.Lui4 & Co.,
RETAIL DEPARTMEN't
019 01EiliT NUT STE3R
sell-Stn OPPUBITB INDITEMINCE HALL.
%MILITARY GOODS.
FL;11 - 1413 I FLACM I 1
CAMPAIGN VIJAGrS,
BUNTING AND . SILIC.
SWORDS.
SASHES, _
BELTS.
Togethei with a frill lasortratutt of
VANS do
oel4-1m fp
1864.
-A. R. & F. L WORRATH,
SUCCESSORS TO THE LATE 080. F. WOMBAT%)
]LADIES' FANCY FURS,
,Ve which they invite the attention of buyers.
'TENET RASKE,
NEW FUR STORE,
syr ARCH STREET.
The 'above respectfully intermit' his patrons, and the
public in general, that he has now opened at the above
store an assortment of
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
FANCY FURS,
which for variety andquality
CANNOT BE SURPASSED
by any house in the United States. Being the manu
facturer of all his Furs, and having imported all, hie
atoch when gold was much lower than at the present
rates, he can offer them to his patrons at the most rea
;enable prices.
All FURS made to order, and repairing lone in the
best manner and latest styles. '
HENRY ELSKE,
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER
OF LADIES' .AND CHILDREN'S FURS,
ocis.tf 517 ARCH Street.
LADIES'
SILK Ix A. or s
FRENCH SHAY=
BIRDS, FEA.THE'RS, FLOWERS,
CLOAKS
ALL TEE NOVELTIES # TEE MILLINERY LINE.
THOS. KENNEDY 4Sz BRO.,
ocl2•wfm2m No. 729 CHESTNUT Street.
FIVANCL4A.L.
T HE
AND MECHANICS'
. ,
NA.TZONA.IA DANK
OF PHILADELI9FILA.,, _
FINANCIAL AOBNT AND DEPOSITARY OF THE
UNITED STATES,
Receives Subscriptions for the NEW TREE-YEARS
7 30.100 TREASURY NOTES. which aie'converttb/e
at maturity Into ex per cent. 6=73 Bonds ; also for the
10-4() Bonds, interest on both payable in gold:
ocES-farwlm W, RUSHTON, JR.,•Cashier.
OFFICE FOR THE SALE OF •
NATIONAL. liOA.N.S,
No. 114 South, Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
NEW U. S. 5-20 SIX PER CENT. LOAN,
The subscribers, haying been , the successful. bidders
for a portion of the new.6-2O six percent. Gold-Bearing
LOON, are prepared to offer it on favorable terms to their
easterners, in large or small amounts. in Bonds of de
nominations of -
008, 1008, 500 s, and I,ooos,
BOTH REGISTINED AND COUPONS.
The interest commences on the Ist of November next,
and is payable in Gold semi-anunally, on the Ist of May
and November. ..
All other Government securities on band and for sale,
and information given concerning investments at our
dace.
JA' T COOKE & CO" Bankers,
No. 11.4 SOUTH THIRD STREET. Ocl6.bn
TT
s. LOtyle
and the Notes fur
nished free of sal eherkes,
t*Bo GE J. BOYD, Banker,
ardb-SE 18 South THIRD Street.
OIL STOCKS
SOUGHT AND SOLD ON GOMMISSION.
Br
OSORGIt J. BOYD, _ _
18 South THIRD Street , au2s-3111
J. WILLIAMS,
WIN 7 DI.OW
ilr h* tartest and 71nest Assortment in the'tity
Itepatring attekdad to promptly
Mar- ?Mora !Mad as Mad* sad Lattarad. • ssto•.asi
O
LOKING GLASSES. -
JAMES S. EARLE. & SON ;
8143 CHESTNUT. STREET, PHILA.,
have now in store aVery fine assortment of
. * 'LOOKI "N.G. GLASSES;
of every character, of the
VERY BEST EIANITPA.CTII E AND LATEST STYLES.
OIL; PAINTINGS} ENGEHANTNGS,
11401 PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH PRAXES.
NEW BUCKWHEAT FLOUR.
WRIT:11 CLOVER HONEY.
NEW PAUD inogn.
CULTIVATED ODADTBEREIED dza,
4,:k.I_,BERT ROBERTS,, ;
Dealer in 'Fine Groceriee,
not-tt . corke; savora an 4 viDirt atnete,
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OF EVERY DESpIPTION
MILITARY GOODS.
418 AIICH Street.
FANCY FURS.
16-413-11.S * 1864.
No. LTIS Arch Street,
NAVE NOW OPEN
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
MILLINERY.
119. ld /198711 SIXTH STREET.
Nanntasturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
LOWEST PS/UM.
'CURTAIN GOODS.
C A ' ' '.
" I WILL OFVBII
MY ENTIRE STOCK
LA,CE;4IJRTAIN
voitaiw -e3au
LEM THAN OOST OF `LM ORTATION.
wAixtAv - xart,
SUCCESSOR. TO W. E OARRI74
.
XASON IO HALL )
719 CHESTNUT STIiEET_
[026 CRESTNITT STREET. 102,6
CURTAIN STORE.
Constantly onTharicl a full line of
WINDOW CURTAINS, -
CURTAIN MATERIALS , FURNITURE COVERINGS,
`'-..,..W1ND0W SHADES,
CORNICES, BANDS,
TASSELS, GIMPS,
CORDS, &0., Ad. /
AT THE LOWEST PRICES, • '
For first-olus goods. The workinaislaip of this estab
lishment is second to no other in the United States.
• C.. . STOUT ea CO.,
ea7l-2at No. 1026 CHESTNUT 'Street.
SEWING- MACHINES. •• •
• - • -
TUB FLORENCE . .. .. . . ..... .
THE FLORENCE
THE FLOG OE • ' • - •
• THE FLORENCE • - •
THE PLOWINGS
THE noßuom
.THE FLORENCE
THE ITAWISSOS
SEVIN° "Rukcenirlic..
SEWING'MACHINES.
.""SEWINO
' SEWING auatturgs.,
.-ESWINCt. MACHINES, ••• • •
SEWING•micHINEB, • • -
SHINING. HAOHINES," ' '
SSWING-XACHLTES,-" . ,
• NO WIESTUUP STREET.. -
•MO CHESTNUT STREET,: . . ..
MO CHESTNUT, STREET.,..
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CHESTNUT. STREET." • •. • . . • SIN•4I -
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We are prepared to furnish lNeWOorporationi:Witik
the Books they require, at short notice .and low prises,
of first;nnelity. All styles of Binding, •• -
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IMMIX ilooic luturnarrits . its:Atm STAVIN:MRS.
NEW PII3I3IICATIONS.
RPEWFOR DECEMBER.
TTA
JL -ML- 30 cents! 30 cents! 30 cents! SQ cants!
xO9-3t. PITCHER'S.'BOB CHESTNUT Street
ASIIMEA.D & EVANS '
EAU .THST . axastrab
A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO ; and LIFE: AND;
DEATH OF COCK ROBIN, from original designs by H.
L. Stephens Two beautiful books, fail of humor and
amusement
THE NA SST PAPERS. Paper avers.
BAE[QUE. Rules for playing this new game.
TWICE-TOLD TALES. By Hawthorne. Now edi
tion ; two volumes, blue and gold.
THE ,GY*SIES OF THE DANE'S DIKE; A Story^ of
Hedge-side Life in England in ISM By George d.
lips.
FAMILIAR LETTERS FROM EUROPE. By Come
lies Conway Felton.
WAR LYRICS. Withh - illustrations on Wood, by F.
0. C. Barley. Printed on heavy tinted paPer.d •
NEW JUVENILES AND NEW NOVELS,toonnmerons
to specify.
STANDARD WORKS and books of all kinds in every
variety of biading, now receiving from the late TRADE
SALES, and Will be sold at verb t ow prices.
ASHMEAD ek EVANS, •
.Successors to W. P. Hazard,
oeSl-tf _ No. 721 CHESTNUT. Street. •
PETROLEUMV. NASBY'S PAM .
PELLET !--THE TRASBY'S PAPERS. Letters and
Sermons, containing the TiBW.l3 on the topics of the ray.
An aiming and interesting pamphlet. _ _
OCEAN WAIFS. A story of adventure on land. and
tea. By Captain Mayne Reid. Illustrated.
POEMS OF THE WAR. . By Oeo. H. Boker:
PICTURES AB D , LESSONS FOR LITTLE, HE &DER&
A collection of short and beautiful stories for children!'
Also,"A NEW EDITION - of . ‘-•
PERRINS'S NEW WAR MAP OF THE SOUTHERN
STATES. containintr a Chronology of the, great Rebel
lion to NOvembet;l6(s3. -Price, 60 cents.
For sale by ' WM. S. ac ALFRED MARTIN-IC'
oe29.ti • • 606 CHESTNUT. Shut: '
WEBSTER'S NEW UNABRIDGED .
T DICTIONARY. 3,000 ILLUSTRATIONS.
This edition of -Webster has been thoroughly revised,
and has many valuable additions. It consists of 1,840
royal quarto pages, -with the illustrations distributed
throughout the work.
ALSO,
WORCRSTER'S•NEW QUARTO DICTIONARY, and
all the Greek, Preach, 'Spanish, German, and 'Latin,
Standard Lexicons and Dictionaries, for sale by • •
• - LINDSAY At BLA.KISTON;
• Publishers and Booksellers, -
°cgs No. 2:5 South SIXTH. St., above Chestnut.
. . . .
A BROROFT'S' L 0 W-W TER DE`
TECTORS: - -
Atheroft's Steam Santee. ,
Justice & Shaw ' s. Mercurial lateen and Bleat Elutes.
Clark's Damper Regulator.
Water Gauges, !la:itch Tubes, age.
AUGS. S. BATTLES; Agent;
'O-31u SI- North SIXTH Street. '
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
KITED - STATES INTERNAL 'RE
vENCE--TEIRDD COLLECTION DISTRICT OF
PENNSYLVANIA, comprising the Twelfth, Thirteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, .Eighteenth, and Nineteenth
Wards of the City of Philadelphia,
, - NOTICE.
The annual assessment for 1664, for the above-named
District, of persons liable to a tax'on carriages, pleasure
yachts,.billiard tables, and gold and silver plate, and
also of persons ie*citiireeto take out license, having
been completed, ' • •
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the taxes aforesaid will- be received daily, by the
undersigned, between the hours of 9A. AL and 3 P. M.
(Sundays , excepted). at lus 011os, .8. W. corner of
THIRD and WILLOW Streets, on and.after TUESDAY,.
the 26th inst.. and Until and includirigSATUßDlY, the
19th of Novembeineg t ensuing'.
. • .PENALTIES.. " ' •
All persons Who fail to pat their annual 'taxes upon .
carriages, pleaeure yachts,.billiard tables, and gold and.
!silver plate, on or .before the aforesaid 19th day of No
vember, 1864, will, incur a penalty, of ten per centura
additional of the amount thereof, and be liable.to costs,
as provided for in the 19th' Section of the Excise Law of
July let, 1862.
All persons who in like - manner shall fail to take out
their Licenses, as required bylaw, on or before the 19th
day of :November, 1864, will incur a penalty of ten per
sentum additional of the amount thereof, and be sub
ject to a prosecution for three times the amount of said
tax, in accordance with the provisions of . the 69th sec
tion of the law aforesaid. .
All payments are required to be made in Treasury
noter, leaned under authoriti of the United States; or in
notes of banks organized un er the act to provide a na•
tional ,currency, known as National Banks,
No furtber notice Wiil be even. . •
• WILLIAM J WAINWRIGHT. Collector,
°en tnol9 S. W. cor THIRD and WILLOW Stet.
COAL.
8 •00 A. TON FOR LARGE NUT
_B. COAL, $lO 00 4t Ton for STOVE and
HEATER COAL, at ALTER'S COAL YARD, NUMB
Street, (957), below GIRARD Avenne.
N. B.—Samples at Branch Office, SIXTH and SPRING
GARDEN.
puRE LEHIGH COAL.--H OIT
KEEPERS can r POPLAR t Streets. nitre article at S.
E. corner FRONT and
n02.411s . JOHN W. HAMPTON.'
SCHREINER, :NEW COAL DE.
POT . , NOBLE Street above Ninth street.
Constantry orrhand superior qualities of Lehigh and
Schuylkill Coal; Belectettexpres.sly for family-purposes,
"at the lowest market. prices. Wharf Twenty-third
street, below Arch street. Oilee 119 South
,POURTE
Street.. ocw.sra
ENUINE EAGLE. VEIN COAL
'
G° EQUAL IF,NOT SUPERIOR TO LEHIGH. —A tri
will secureour custom. Egg and Stove al ree,/$ll.OO per
ton; Larze N ut, $lO.OO .- Office, 121 South FOURTH Bt.,
below Cheatnut. Depot, 1419 CALLOWHILL
above Broad. - Ceel4-6m) ELLIS BRA-NEON.
COAL. --SUGAR LOAF, BEAVEB
fIiIIiADONK and Swint Mountain Lehigh CoaL'and
beet Locust Mountain, from Schuylkill; prepared ex
prese for Faintly nee. Depot, N. W. corner EIGHTH
and WILLOW Ste. Office, No. 112 South SECOND St.
.L.WALTON do 00.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
A. OPPIOZ OP THE COMPTROLLER.OP TEN CORRENOT;
= WASHINGTON. September 27, WI.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence'presented te the
andErsigned, it has beau made• to. appear that the
EIGHTH NATIONAL BANS OF PHILADELPHIA. In
the City of Philadelphia. in--the County of Philadel
pliff!,, State of r Pennsylvania, .bas .been duly or-
gunned tinder and according to the requirements of
the Act of Congress. entitled "An Act to pro
ride a national currency, secured by pledge of -Unit
ed States bonds and to provide for the circulation and
redemption thereof," approved June 34,1804, and has
compiled with all the provielons of said Act required to
be complied with before commencing the heftiness of
banking under said Act:
Now, therefore, I, HUGH MoCULLOCH, Comp.
troller or the Currency, do' hereby certify that the
Eighth National Bank of Philadelphia, in the City of
Philadelphia. In the County of Philadelphia, and - Btatt
of Pennsylvania, is authorized to commence the busmen,
of Banking under the Act aforesaid. 2a,
In : testimony whereof witness •my - hand and seal of
tace,thin twenty-seventh day of September, 1861. -
, HUGH BIoCCLLOCH,
t, UOinptroller of the Currency.
Q l4- Ntl,
43S OSSUMM
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Vrtss,
FRIDA Y, NOITEMBER 11, 1864.
TILE ARM' ON THE IDLES.
Election day 7 Sosne of the Colored Troops
Voting—The Result in General Builleik's
• Arxity. • . . .
(Special Correspondence of The Pres6.l *. •• •
HEAD,QUAIITERS IN THE FIELD, .-
. ' BEPORS.RIOHNORD, :NOP. 0, 1864 1
In a word, there is nothing in the way.Of retinal
oterationsto communicate. The martial spirit has
been sluMbering for the past few days, ff lee except
the spasm:iodic shelling at Dutch -Gap. When and
where the . next 'line of battle.. will be formed-are
matters which • legitimately belong-.to-the fixture.
That it will come there owlie no doubt,' and•the
preparation and organization to correspond with the:
occasion givi confidence of a crowning success. ,
Yesterday some of,theaoldiers in this. army.ex- -
,pressed, by thelivitkffrages, who,.. should guide .the
.helm for the next:ihor years., The election, so Tee
'as I saw and was able to learn, passed of in a very
' orderly manner.' .There was no excitement, or any
intliiiiainity of the. polls to get up an
eunneceseary...preseure. .Any- one not aware that It
• WAS election -day might have passetthe.polls with-
Ont'seeing anything that would haverimpressed him
..nith the lad: The voting of the 6 th United States
;Colored-Troops, who came from-oblocwas a little
amusing, . and. attracted much • atention from • the
'McClellan men • on the other. side of - - the :line.
The suppOrteill of : Little ,Mac. were' gathered - to
gather In •qtaltil a, "Crowd opposite the place of
election of the Rift _and
.it is .. more than pro
bable they Would have come over and given ex
pression. to' their..4oPM had it 'not been for-the
.precaution the supporters of .-Mr. -Lincoln in
stationing, 'in, extensive line
.of • armed. men to
prevent their'hidulging in any such luxury.- The
colored men i n front of the sth were . particularly
1 vigilant lest . thoie who had been so intently watch
ing them from early morn should' claim their "'con
.. stitutional and avail themselves of the
opportunity, to express their admiration for Me-
Clellan. This class of men here are. called, John=
H tiles, but in the North they are known as Copper- -
'heads—adiatinction without any difference. . That
no votes were cast at the polls of, the sth for the lit
tie general cannot be attributed to the absence of his
supporters, but rather to the armed resistance which •
• threatened such (fearful consequences should they
attempt to vote theli convictions. Should there- be
vitality enough left in the ;Copperhead • concern,
after the diubbing which it now appears . It received
. yesterday, there is no doubt but that.it will kiss its
venom, With all of its concentraTed .bitterness, at
' the 'Government for -permitting colbred loyal men
to. vote in' its support, to the 'exclusion-of; their
. Southern brethren.o -•• .• •••
As there has been mach straggling in our ad
vahces which could not be accounted for, It is pro
..bable.that they are the friends of the defeated MO-
Clellan, aho,like. him, are not going to hurt -the
• -rebels if they can help it. . -
" •The vote in the regiments In this army is small
• compared to the mon on duty. The . New York
troops have sent their votes home, which, of course,
cannot be . ascertained here at present, while a very
large Class are minors and of foreign birth, who are
:not:naturalized. There are—well s it does not make
..much difference how. many persons of. African de.
• scent,. but enough to be equal to. any. great enter
' gency. -
The* telegraph has already flashed sufficient Intel
...ligence to place Mr. pncoln's election beyond
7 doubt, which is quite cheering to the army. If they
7611 could not vote, they all rejoice over the result,
• Wholifshouts will do as lunch to paralyze the enemy
„eta he had met with a disaster.
.•, With the view that . the .vote of the armies ope-7
...rating 'against Richmond may be as complete as
• •posSible,l herewith subjoin the. vote in the Army of
: • . . •
, IsT Drvisorr, lirrn CORPS. • .
4113601.11.
2d Nevi Nerepsbire ' •65 • .4 •
- 10th New Hampshire 14 : 46, .
13th N'ewHatripshire • B6 . . • 40 .
"6th 'Maryland - . ' 250 . 50
tifitli Pennsylvania ' . •77 ; 52 . •
'' ..................... • 214 174 •
• 706 866
• 2n DIVISION.
Lincoln. McClellan:
6btirPennsylvania - 116 117
Detachment 9th Vermont 20 2 •
Bthln aim 170 - 16 ~ :••
26 Penn'a Heavy Artillery :1.452 . 297'
19th Wiaconsin 66 73
Battery.A, Ist Pennsylvania. 63 • 23
- 886
3D DIVISION.
Lincoln. IVIOOIOIIIOI.
6tb. U. S. Colored Troops' 194 0
. IST Division, 10TE. CORPS.
Lincoln... -
.MoClellan
1996 Pennsylvania 82,7 203 ,;-
87th Ohio • 223 90
206th Pennsylvania , • ' 1 ....276 147
2D DIVISION
• Lincoln. McClellan..
97th Pennsylvania ' 108 112
76th Pennsylvania 162 76
203 d Pennsylvania 419 • 206
9th Maine
4th New Hampshire
BD' DIVD3IO :(00LODDD).
' ..' , ' Lincoln. , McClellan..
Officers va.. 34- 4
OTHER TROOPS, WHOSB LOCATION IS IMMATERIAL.
• - Lincoln. McClellan.
Detachment 9th Vermont 10 0
Detachment 13th N. H - 18 1.
12th New Hampshire 86 - 39
200 Pennsylvania 381 225
207th. Pennsylvania 441 202
208th Pennsylvania 401 279
209th Pennsylvania 311 284
211th Pennsylvania 430 141
Company A, 3d Pa: Art' - • 20 16 .
'Three obmpaniell .13d Pa. Art.. 94 68 '
let Maryland Cavalry..... P... 91 82
sth Pennsylvania 0ava1ry....171 201
Base Hospital of ioth Corps... , 44 . 0 •
' The forty-fotir votes cast in this hospital for Mr: .
Lincoln a t ie au /rein-Maine soldiers. All the (Marti
•were perniitted to go home to enjoy their suffrage.
- vSuolt is the vote in the Army of the James '
and
lido it you will see that. McClellan runs much bet
-tett as I informed you in a previous despatch was
•likely, than many supposed. __' —
THE WORE ON THE DUTCH GAP CANAL—THE ENEMY
• • - CONTINUALLY .SHELLING- TEE OPERATIVES—A
• • REBEL RECONNOISSANCE. • ' •
HEADQUARTERS al:/‘ DlY_ t . 18TH CORPS, •
• BEFORE .141oemormr, Nov. 8
Yesterday morning and night before last, there
was considerable firing at Dutch Gap, to interfere
with the workmen on the; great canal. -
•
The men are so accustomed to the showers of ex
ploding shells that they continue on laboring when•
ever•the enemy choose to favor them with a supply.
The - workmen are the colored defenders of the
Union.. In whateer position this olass of persons
bait been placed,.whether in digging trenches, be
sleging cities, Storming works, or meeting the enemy
in an open field, they have fully illu.strated what a
Pqwerful element tliey'are in aiding to suppress the
rebellion. When the canal is finished, General
Butler will - no doubt handsomely congratulate the
living and do justice to the :memory, of the dead.
Our vido o sttes were driven in yesterday morning
On our right, by a reconnoitring force of Infantry.
That such a move threatens an attack is highly
probable. The rebels, thinking that we will bo
. bueily engaged in the election, may expect to sur
prise us ; or, confident that Mr. Lincoln will have a
majority in the army,
.may engage. us with a view
to preient the soldiers 'voting. An attack this
morning will take no one by . surprise. We were on
the alert last night, and, as day, breaks this morn
ing, we may hear the rebel yell. Should thoy at
tempt to charge this time, many of them will And
their "last ditch." . . RoLiaw.
.
SeConti Legislative Distriot of • Barßios
._ ton County, Piew Jersitty:- • •
To the Editor of The Press: • •
• 'Bra Permit me; through the columns of your -
valuable journal, to say a few 'wbrds - in relation
the gentleman just elected to represent this
-Never was a more bitter contest waged' thari that
through which Charles C. Lathrop has just passed.
Last year he was selected tty the :Union party of his
district as their candidate. The distriet had always
beeit largely Democratic. Mr, Lathrop: took the •
stump in defence of his principles; having first in
vited his opponent, Jarret Stokes, Esq,..te. do 80
with him, which Mr. S. declined. Mr. Lathrop wag.
elected by four majority ; but during the night the
ballot-boxes were taken and the votes changed so as
to elect Mr. Stokes by four majority. The parties
who did this foul work were indicted, and will be tried
at the next term of the court, they havingsucceeded
for nearly a year in having the case postponed. The
last Legislature of New Jersey having been largely
Democratic, they refused to give Mr. Lathrop his.
seat, though he,cles.rly proved his
.right to it. In
order to vindicate the purity of the ballot-box the
Union party again nominated Mr. Lathropfor the
same position against Mr. Stokes, who was renomi
nated by his party, Mr. Lathrop again took .the
stump, and went before the people in every portion
of hls district, delivering able and telling addrestiee
in defence of his.position. Despite the fact that his
opponent did all that was in his power in the way of
money[and colonizing, Mr. L. has been elected
by a majority of forty-one. Of -all the victories
won in New Jersey this was the greatest. The most
fritense interest from all parts of the State was
manifested 'as to the result. It was sot only a vic
tory for the principles of the Union party, but it was
a victory of honesty over fraud and corruption. By
the election of Mr. Lathrop the purity of the elec
tive franchise has been vindicated. Mr. L. is a gen
tleman of the highest integrity. 'He waged the con
test against hie opponent with the utmost fairness,
but with such ability as to stamp him one of our
most efficient public men. As a public, speaker he
has few Superiors, all his speeches being noted for
their eloquence and power. A number of years ago
Mr. L. was a member of the Louisiana 'Legislature
from the city of New Orleans, and filled the position
with great honor to himself and to the interest of
his constituents.' He will be found among the ablest
and most patriotic of the present members of the
New Jersey Legislature. Respectfully, yours,
Urtrozr.
November 10, 1864.
The widow of John Brown, of historic fame,
with several of.the family, started overland during
the past seastm, with a drove of cattle and sheep,
frr California. There have been painful rumors for
some weeks past that the family have been robbed
and murdered by hostile Indians or rebel guerillas.
The Akron Beacon says it Is enabled•to state, from
letters' recently received by the friends in that vl
cinitytthat it has been ascertained that the family'
though unableito roach their destination this fall,
ere in a safe position for wintering with their stock,
nEd will “kwati their journey iy carly spring.
ESSAGrOF JEFFERSON' DAVIS.
TH€ WAY OPENED 'foß , THE 'GENERAL
-ENLISTMENT OF BLAcKS.
statement' of the Military Eiltuation.
Fottignr Relations and Negotiations for Peace.
Frern the latestßichinond pipers received by our
correspondents In Grant's army Vet extract the 1.140 .
,
menage of Jeff Davis to the rebel-Congress :
TO,the. Steele and House of ,Itepresentallues
- of the Conledetati Steiteeof America:
It la with', satisfaction that•l welcome your pre
sericeat en earlier day then,thatusual for. your ses
sion, 'and with contiaenee that I invoke the aid of
your counsels at' a time of molt embile Ofigetioy:l
Theearepaign-which was commenceditimoit simul
tatecusly with your session early-in-May last, and
tel 'eh was still in Koren at you r
e adjournment in.,
the middle of Jiine "hse 'net yet reached its.olose. :
It has been 'prosecuted on aiscale and with an energy
heretofore unequalled. When we revert to the-oon
ditien-of our country at the Inception of the opera.
tioriiief the Present year,- to the magnttude'of the
preparations made by the enemy, thenumber of his
force the accumulation of his warlike supplies,
and e prodigality with 'which - his vast resouroes
have been lavished in the., attempt to render sine
cess assured ; when-wer 'aentreat, the tlittabeffs end'
means at our disposal for resistance _and.when we
contemplate the results struggle apparently
SO
u nequal, we cannot fail, whilerendering the full
metd'of deserved praise to"mir" generals and Sol
die+, to perceive that. a Fewer. higher. than man
bail:Willed our deliverance, and gratefutly to recog
_
like : the protection of a kind•Froxideziceln enabling
tr a mfaccesslully to withatand'the titmoateffOrtti of
ilii`demy for our subjugation.', trr
ArOe beginning of the year "the" State of Tema
partially in possesslortree_thetenemy, and large
portions of Louisiana and Arkarnstis lay a.pparently
defenceleett.• ' Of the Federal soldiers who invaded
Texas, none are known' td•reiriala except is pri
soners of war. In Northwestern Louisiana a,'large
and well-appointed army, aidedr.by.a powerful fleet,
was ,repeatedly
,defeated,.rindi deemed itself form.
nate in finally esoaping, with' aloes of one-third of
its numbers, a' large portion•of its military trains,
and many transports and ginboate'! ° The enemy's
occupation of that State la: reduced:to the narrow
district commanded byike guns of,his .fleet. -Ar
kansas has been recOvered; with the exception of a
lew fortffiedposta while our forces have penetrated
into • central , fillissouri, affording. to. our 'oppressed '
brethren in4be,t-State an opportunity, 'of which
many:have availed themselves„ofetriking for libera
tion from the Manny 'to which they lutive been" sub.
jested. . • •
OW the east eetho Mississippi, in spite. of some re.
verse4weliive much cause for . gratulation. The
enenly:hoPed to effect, durieg,the, present year, by
Coneentiation of form, the conquest which he load
prsviously:failed to accomplish - • by more 'extended
operations; '.Compelled, therefore, to withdraw- or
seriously to weaken the strength of the' armies' of
occupation at different points, lie ha frafforded•us the
opportunity of recovering possession of extensive
(mulcts of our territory. Nearly the. whple of
Northern 'and.Western Mississippi, of Northern
Alabama, and f Western Tennessee are agaimin
our., possession ; and all attempts_, on these States
hate been baffled '• On the entir ocean and gulf
coast of the Confederacy the whole success of 'the
enemy, with the enormous naval resources at his
command, has been limited to the: capture of the
outer defences of Mobile Bay., ,
If we now turn to the results accomplished by the
twetreat armies, so coxifidently • rellicl on by the in
vaders as sufficient to secure the subversion of our'
Government and the subjection of our people to fo- •
ref domination, we have still greater cause for de
co - gratitude to Divine power. In Southwestern
Virginia; successive - armies which threatened the
capture of Lynchburg and Saltville have been rout
ed and driven out of the country, and a portion' of.
Eastern,Tennessee reecnquered .by our troops. :In
Northern Virginia extensiVe districts, formerly,oo.
cupied by the enemy, are now free from their pre;
se t tee. .1n the lower 'Valley, their general, rendered
desperate by his inability to maintain , a hostileec
cupation has resorted to the infamous expedient of
converthig a frnittul land into a desert'by burning
its mills, granaries and homesteads, and destroying
the food, standing crops, live stohk. and agricultural
implements of peaceful non-combatants: The main
army, :after; a series of defeats in: whesh its losses
baVe been enormous ; after attempts by raiding par
mete break up our raiiroad'communications, which
have resulted In the 'destriustion of a large part of
the cavalry engaged intim work ;After constant re.
pulse_ of repeated assaults on our,defensive lines, is,.
with the aid of heavy reinforcements, but with, it
is hiiped, waning prospect of further progress in the
desfgn;:stillengaged in an effort, 'commenced more.
than four months ago, to) apture the town of Patera •
burg. ' ••• : •
The army of General ,Sherman, although succeed.
ingmt the end'of the summer in 'obtaining posses
sion of Atlanta, has been unable to seoure any =I..
mate advantage from this success. The same once:.
ram. who, In ; February last; marohed a - large allay'
'from Vicksburg to Meridian with no other result'
than being forced to march back again, was able,'
by the aid of greatly increased numbers; and after,
much delay, to force a passage from Chattanooga
to Atlanta, only to be for the second time compelled'
to withdraw on the line of his advance, without obi:
tamping control of a single mile of territory beyond_
the narrow track of his march, and without gaining
aught beyond. the precarious possession of a few
fortified points in which he is compelled to 'main.'
talyeavy garrisons, and *Mesh are menaced with
reo ture. • • -
T elensona afforded by the hietory of this war are
fraught withinetruction and encouragement. Be.
peattedly,:duringthed,wra,Omive formidable.expedl-
....
tionssbeetedirected by the enemy against points ig.
norantly supposed to be of vital importance to the
Confederacy. - Some-of these expeditions have, at
immense cm t, been successful, but in no instance .
'have the promised fruits been reaped. Again, in
the present campaign, was the delusion fondly che
rished that the capture of Atlanta and Richmond
would, if effected, end - the war by the overthrow of
our Government and the submission of our people.
We can now judge by experience how unimportant
Is the influence' of the former event upon our caps
-
city for defence, upon the courage- and spirit of> the
people,. and tie stability of the Government. We, •
may, in like manner, judge that if the campaign
against Richmond bad resulted in success instead
of failure ; if the valor of the army, under the lea
dership of its accomplished commander, had resist
ed in vain the overwhelming masses which were, on
the contrary, decisively repulsed ;df we had been
compelled to evacuate Richmond as well as. Atlanta,
the Coniederaey would have remained as erect and
defiant as ever: Nothingeould have been changed
In the.purpose of its Governthent, in the indomita
ble valor of its troops, or in the unquenchablespirlt
of :its. people. The baffled . and disappointed foe
WOUld.in vain have scanned the reports of your pro.
ceedings, at some new.legislative seat, for any indi
. cation that progress had been madeln his gigantic
task of conquering a free .people:, The truth so pa
:tent teas must ere long be forced upon the relnc
tant-Nortbern mind:- There: are.no vital points on
the preservation of . which the continued existence
of the Confederaey.depends. There is no military
success of the enemy which can accomplish its de. :
titivation. 'Notthefall of Richmond, nen Wilming
ton, nor elharleaten, nor Savannah, nor Mobile, nor
of allcombined, can save the enemy from the °n
atant and exhausting drain of blood and -treaeure
which mitst, continue until he shall- acknowledge
that no peace is attainable:unless based on the re
cognition of our indefeasible rights. - • -
Before leaving this subject, it is gratifying to as
sure 'you that the military supplies essentially re
quisite for public defence will be found, as hereto.
foreeideqvite to our needs eand that abtindant
cropsbave rewarded the labor 'of the farmer; and
rendered. abortive the inhuman attempt of the eneu.
my to produce, by devastation, famine, among the
PORBION RELATION S
, .
It is not in my power to announce any change in
the conduct or foreign Powers. No such action has
been taken by the Christian nations of Europe as
might justly have been expected frdm theiehistory,
from the duties imposed'hy international
.law,'and
from the claims 01 humanity. It' is charitable-to
attribute their conduct to no.worie motive than in-:
difference to the consequences of'a struggle which:
shakes only the republican portion, of.the. Ameri
can continent'; and not to ascribe to design . a course
calculated to insure the prolongation of hostilities.
No instance in history is remembered by me in
which a nation pretending to exercise dominion
over another, asserting. Its independence, has been
the first to concede . the - existence of such independ
ence.,No case ban be sailed -to' my mind in which.
neutral Powers have failed to set the example of
rebognising the, independence of a nation, when
satisfied of the inability of itFenemy to subvert its
Government;'and this, too, in cases where the pre
vious relation between the contending parties had
been confessedly that of mother country.and depend
ent colony ; not, as in our case, that of coequal
States united by Federal compact. It has ever'
been considered the proper function and duty of
neutral: Powers to 'perform.-the office of judging
whether in point of fact the nation asserting domi
nion is able , to make good its pretensions by
force of arms, and, if not, by recognition of the
resisting' party, to discountenance the wither con
tinuance of ' the . contest. And. the-'reason why.
this •duty is incumbent on . neutral Powers is
plainly apparent, when we sated that the pride
and,passion which blind the judginentsf the par
ties to the conflict cause the bontinuanfiE of active
Welfare, and consequent useless . slaughter, long
after the inevitable result has become apparent to
all.not engaged in the struggle. • So long, there
fore, as neutral nations, fall by recognition Of our
independence to announce that, in their judgment,
the United States are unable to reduce the Conrad*.
racy to submission, their conduct will be accepted
by our- enemies as a tacit encouragement te con
tinue their efforts, and as an implied assurance that
belief is entertained by neutral nations in the suc
cess of their designs. A direct. stimulus, whether
intentional or not, is thus applied to seouring a colt
tinuanoe of the carnage and devastation which
desolate this continent, and which, they profess.
deeply to deplore. . . '- „.
The disregard of this just, humane; and Christian
public dutyby the nations of Europe is the more re-.
miserable from the fact th at 'atithe . ntia expression has
Governments since been given by the overnments of both
, Fiance and England to the conviction' that - the
United States are unable to conquer the Confede=
racy. It Is now more than two -years since the
.Government of France announced officially to the
Cabinets of London and St Petersburg its own con
elusion that the United States were unable to
achieve. any decisive.milltary success. In the an
• swers sent by those Powers no.intimation of a don
. trar3 opinion was. Conveyed ; and it is notorious that
In, speeches, both hi 'and out of Parliament, - the '
.members of her Britannic Majesty's Government.
have .not hesitated to express this conviction
-in unqualified terms. The- denial of our right
l' under' these, circumstances Is so obviously 'un
just, 'and diseriminatesf so unfairly in favor of
the United States, that neutrals have sought to
palliate the wrong Of which they are conscious by
professing to consider, in opposition to notorious
truth and to the knownbelief, of both belligerents,
that t the reeognltion'of bur independence would be
vOlueless without their further Intervention in the
struggle ; an intervention of whioh we disclaim the
dabs and mistrust the advantage..We seek no
fiver,' we siishi no Intervention, we know ourselves
fully competent toMaintain our own rights and in.
dependence against the invaders of our country,
'askew° feel justified in asserting that, without the
aid derlvtd from recruiting their armies from foreign
countries, the invaders would, ere this, have been
driven from our soil. When the recognition of the
Confederacy was refused by 'Great Britain in the
fall 01 1882, the refusal was excused on the`ground
that an} action by Her Majesty's Government
would have the effect ofinflaming the passions of the
belligerents, and of preventing the return of peace.
It is assumed that this opinion was sincerely enter
taleed ;' but the experience of two years of unequal
led carnage shows that it erroneous, and that
the result was the reverse of what the British minis
try humanely desired. A contrary policy—a policy
jostto ue—a policy diverging from an unvarying
cturse of-concession to all the demands of our ene
mies—ls still within the power of her Majesty'seGrov
eminent, and would, it is raft to presume, be produe
t*e; of consequences the opposite on those which
hav unfortunately followed its "whole course of ()en
duefrcm the commencement of the war the pre
sonft()
time. In a word, peace Is impossible without
helipeedence, and it is not to be expected that the
enelny will anticipate neutrals in the recognition of
that. independence. When the history of this war
'rem 11)e:fully disdlosed, the calm judgment of the
fm Alai publicist will, for these reasons, be dna
, bla absolve the neutral nations of Europe from a
„eh can the moral responsibility for the myriads of
ha in limes that have been unnecessarily sacrificed
du ng its progree's. .
Ono vys4 iwstances im nidei, foEoßfa k9W4nO
1864:
baye glyen unjust &use of coronlairit nee* not iere ,
be dm ailed.- The. entracte, fr,om, the cwmpend
ence 'of the §tgite Department; Mitch ,aceurnpany
this-message, will.atforti inich - further InforinatleM
.as eau beglyen. wlthout detriment to the, public In-,
tercet, and yiernniterneerve - for the future nti l ltt
tien as May Meg ptr deemed aPtimble to aektut4lfe ,
dress.
;Your Special attenthal r bi earheStillnyfted to the'
report-of the - Secretary , o; the TreasurY, submitted'
Inconformity with The foots thereimdiscrosed
orator froth discouraging,. and' ' demonsfrate that,
with judicious' legislation, we shill 'be enabled - to
meet -all the oidgencies of the war from oar abun- •
dant resource's, and avoid, at - the same time, such an
accumulation of• debt as would , render at all doubt
ful our capacity to redeem it. . - -
The, total"' receipts-into,the treasnry for the . tWo
- .quartets ending on the 30th September, - 1804, Were
a‘4ls.l9l,s3o,:which sum, added tb the' balance - of .
$308.2f12.72g Oat retffaided in the treasury on thetst '
of April last, : forms a, tore,' of 5723,04,272., Of thia , '
total, nottiinflorn-lialf, that" is 'to any; 14342,560,327",
have been ityppllgitV, , r to thm:eitinctioli of pu bite"
debt, while the tutaf,expendituree ha,ve been,5272,. ,
378,505, leaVlng a . balanco in the treadury;'on.the let
of Ootobar, 185 t, of $108,485,42 0 .(,1 ' -
The total amount of the public debt, as eihibited
on the boblrif of the Register of the Treasury, on the
Ist of October. 1864, -was .$1.,147,979,208 c of - which,
*639,340,09C; Were funded "-debt, bearing interest,
M3.880460. - were treasury notes - of the new Wile,
and the remainder consisted` of the former issue of
treasury no'tes, -Which will be converted Into other
lot nis of deht,.and will to exist as currency on'
the 31st of next month.
The reptirt,!.howeeer,' explains - that; in s cons.;
queries ot• the abtenoe of certain returns from dis
tant officers, the true amount of the* debt is leas, by
about twenty-one and a half . niillions of dollars than
appears on the books of , the Register, and that the
total public 'debt on the first of last monticmay be
fairly considered to have been $1,128,381,095..
The
The increase orthe public debt during. the eix
months from .the Ist April to the Ist Obtober, , Was
$97;050,780, being rather more than $16,000,000 per
mon thearid it will be apparent, on a perusal of the
report,- that Able - augmentation would have been
avoided, and a positive redUction of the amount
Would have been effected; but for certain defects in
the legislation on the subject or the finances, which
are printed out in the report, and whit% seem to ad
mit of easyremedy. • - - • '
• In. the'statements just madekthe :ffireign.debt is
ornitOii.' It consists only.of the finpaid.balance of
the loan known as the.cottonitia.ti.- , This balance is
but .f,2,200:000, and is adequatelyc provided • for by
about 250 000 bales of cotton oWned - by the Govern
ment, even if the, cotton be rated as worth but,'Six
pence per pound. , . . .
There is one item of - the public debt 'not included
in the tables presented, to - which your, attention is
required. The bounty_bonds • promised to our sol
diers by the third section of the act of 17th February,
1864, were deliverable-. on the. Ist , October. 'The:
Secretary hit Aieen unable to issue'heni by reason
of an orolsaion• rib time , being therein
fixed for the paYment,of the bonds.
The aggregate aliflopriations called 'for by-the
different.departments of the Government, according
to the estimates submtttelaeyrith the report, for the
six months ending on the 30th 'June, 1865, amount
to $438, /02,619,,whi1e.the Secretary estimate s;, a t
there will remain unexpended,'out of former apo.
priations, on the lEt january,' 1865,ar, balance. of
$467,416,204. It would, therefore, seem that former
estimates have been 'largely-in excess of actual ex
penditures; and ,that no additional appropriations
re required for meeting the needs of the public ser
vice up to the let• July of next year. Indeed,' if the
estimates now presented should prove to be as much
in excess of actual expenditures as has heretofore
been the case, a considerable .balance will still re
main unexpen dedi at the close of the first half of the
ensuing year.
The chief difficulty to. be apprehended in con.neo
tion with our finances results from the depreciation
Orthe treasury notes, which seems justly to be at..
tributed by the Secretary.totwo causes—redundancy
in -.amount tend want of confidence in ultimate re
deMption—lbeboth of which remedies are suggested
that will commend themselves to your considera
tion as being practleable as well as efficient.',
The main features of the plan presented are sub
stantially these: lit. That the faith of- the,Govern•
meat be pledged `that the notes - shall ever remain
exempt trom taxation. 2d.' That ne lestie shall be
made beyond'tkat which is already authorized by
law. 3d. That a certain fixed portion of the annual
receipts from taxation during ,the war, shall be set ,
apart specially for the gradual extinction of the
outstanding amount, Until• it shall , :have:beenlo%
faced - to $100;000,500 ; and 4th. The pledge andlap6r
propriation of such proportion Ofethe" tax lb athad,' .
and for such number of years after the return of
peace, as shall be sufficient for the final redemption
of the entire circulatidn. The details of the plan,
the calculations on.which it is based, the efficiency
of its operation, and the vast advantages which
would result from its success are fully detailed in
:tide report, and cannot be fair ly presented in a form
sufficiently condensed for this message. I doubt not
it will receive from you that earnest and candid
consideration which is merited by the importance of
the subject. •
The recommendations of the report for the repeal
of certain' provisions of the tax laws, which pro
duced inequality .in the burden of taxation ; for ex
empting all Government loans from taxation'on
capital; and from any adverse discrimination in
taxation on income derived from them; for placing ,
the taxation'on banks on the same footing as on
other• corporate bodies; for securing the payment
into the treasury of that portion of the bank circu
lation which Is liable to confiscation because held
by alien enemies; for the conversion of the Interest
bearing treasury notes now outstanding into•coupon
bonds, and for the quarterly collection of taxation—
all present practical questions for legislation; whteh, -
if wisely devised will greatly improve the-public
credit, and alleviate the burdens now imposed by
the extreme and. unnecessary . . depreciation in the
value of the purrency.
The returns OT the Produce Loan Bureau are sub
mitted with the retied, and the information is con
veyed that the Treasury Agency in the trans-Ms
sisfdppi Department has _ been lulliy organized; and
is now in operation . WlWl:praise - of .efficiency and
success. • . • '..'• • •
The provisions heretofore made to some extent'for
increasing the compensation of public officers, civil
and military is found to -be - in somaplaces'inade
gusto to their support ; perhaps not more so any
where than in Richmond, and inquiry, with a view
to appropriate remedy, Is suggested to your consi
deration. Your.nntioe is also called to the condi
tion of certain officers of the Treasury who were
omitted in the laws heretofore' passed for the relief
of other public officers, as mentioned in the report
of the Secretary 0! the Treasury.
DiPARTMBNT: OF WAR. -
The condition of the various branches of_ the mill
tary•service is stated in the accompanying report of
• the Seoretary of. War. Among the suggestions
made for legislative action with a view •to add to
the numbers and efficiency of the army, all of which
will receive your consideration,.there are some pro
. minent topics Which - merit special notice. ; ' • •
The exemption from. military_ duty now accorded
• by. law to all persona engaged in certain specified
pursuits orprofessiots is shown by experience to be
unwise nor is it believed to be defensible in theory.
The:defence of home, family, and country is unlver
,selly recognized as the paramount political dirtY of ..
every member of society; and in .a form. of :govern—
ment like ours, Where 'eachoitizen enjoys an equality - ,
of rights and privileges, nothing can be more
one than an unequal distribution of duties and oblige. !.
tions. 'No pursuit nor position should relieve any one
who is able to do active duty froth enrolment in the ar- I
my, unless his functions or services are more useful to::
the defence of his country in another sphere. - -"-Bnt it •
isnianifest that this .cannot be-the case with entire•
releases. • "A3l telegraph operator's, workmen iuminem . ...
.professors, teachers; engineers; - .editora and em" loy- ees of no . wspapers Jeurneythen printers, shoemakers,.
tanners, blacksmiths, millers, physicians, and the. •
numerous other classes mentioned in the - laws,_can-
not; in the nature of things, be either equally feces ,
Eery in their several professions, nor distributed'
throughout the country in such proportions that,2
only-the exact , roiMhers -required'are found In each. •
locality, nor can it be everywhere impossible to re•
place those within the conscript age, by men older
and less capable of 'actiirefield 'services. A discre
tion should be vested In -the military authorities, so
that, a sufficient • numberof 'those essential to • the
pnblid service might be detailed to continue the ex
ercise.of their pursuits' or professions, but the ex
emption from service Of the entire classes should be'
wholly abandoned.. It affords great facility -for
abuses, offers the, temptation, as well as the ready
rdeans,of escaping service by fraudulent deviaes,and
As one of the
_principal obstructions to the °Meant
' operation of the conscript laws. . .
': • A general militia law is needful in the -interest of
public defence. The. Constitution, by. vesting the ~i
`powerin Congress,iMposes on-it the duty of pro
viding for -organizing,. arming. -and disciplining '
the militia, and for governing such part of them as
may be employed in the service of the Confederate
'States." The great diversity in the legislation of
the several States on this subject, and the absence
of any provision establishing an exact method for
1 calling the militia into Confederate service, are
sources of embarrassment which' ought no longer to
be suffered to impede defensive measures.
• The legislation in relation to thecavalry demands
.change. The :policy of requiring the men to fur
nish their own labises has proven pernicious in many
respects. It interferes with discipline, impairs effi
ciency, and is the cause or. frequent and prolonged
absence from appropriate duty. - The subject 'is
fully treated in the Secretary's report, with sugges
time as to theprOper 'measures:for - reforming that -
branch of- the service.
• The recommendation hitherto Often - ma.de . is again;
'renewed, that some measure be adopted - for the re--
arganization and consolidation of companies. and.,
• regielents when so far reduced in numbers as seri,.
": - ouslY: to impair their erilflolerfOy. It is: the more
• cessary that this should be done, as , the absence et
legislation on the subject hatt forced generals in the.;
field to resort to various expedients, for approxima:.
ting the desired evil. It is surely an eviPthat a
commanding officer should be placed in a position-.
which forces upon him the choice of
.allowing . the
efficiency of his commend Lebo seriously impaired,
orof attempting to supply by the exercise of. donbt..•
•
lulauthority the want of proper legal. provision:.
Therestard for the sensibility of officers who have
heretofore served with credit, and which Is believed..
to be the controlling motive that . .has hitherto. ob
structed legislation on this subject, however hono
rable and proper, may be carried to a point which
seriously injures the public good ; and if this be
case it can scarcely bequestioned whioh of the two
considerations should_be deemed paramount.
• - The Secretary's recommendation on the subject of
facilitating the acquisition of the iron required for
maintaining the efficiency of railroad' communica
tion-en the important military lilies is commended
.to. your favor. The necessity for the operation In
full vigor of such lines is too apparent to need cora.
merit. , •
• The question in diipute between ,the two Govern.
Monts relative to the exchange of.prisoners of war •
has been freqUently presented in former messages
'and reports, and is fully_ treated by the Secretary.
The Solicitude'of - the Government for the relief of
our captive fellovi-citizens has known no abatement,
but has, on the contrary,. been - still more deeply
evoked by the additional sufferings to which they
have been wantonly subjected; by deprivation of
adequate food, clothing, and fuel, which they were
not even' permitted to purchase from the prison sut
lers. Finding !that the enemy attempted to'excuse
.•
their barbarous treatment by the unfounded allega
tion that it was retaliatory for like conduct on our
part, an offer was made by us with a view of ending
all pretext for such recriminations, or pretended
retaliation. l• • •
•,. The offer has been accepted, and each Govern-
mentja, hereafter, to rb allowed to providenecessa
ry comforts to its own citizens held captive by the
-.other. - -Active 'efforts are in . progress. for the imme-"
diate execution of this agreement, and •it is hoped
• that but few days will have elapsed before we shall
be relieved from the • distressing thought that pain
ful physical suffering is • endured by so many of our
fellow.eitlzens ;whose fortitude in captivity Pius- •
trates the national character as fully as did their
valor in actualleonfilot. . • .
. .
EMPLOY/LENT, OF 'SLA.VES.
,
. The employment of eaves for servloe with the
army as teamsters or cooks, or in the way of work
upon • fortifications, or in. the Gpvernment work
shops, or in hospitals, and other dimilar duties, was
authorized by (the act of 17th February last, and
provision was . ; made for their impressment to a
number not exceeding twenty thousand, If It should
be found Impracticable to obtain them by contract
with the owners. The law contemplated the hiring
only of the latior of these slaves, and Imposed ore
the Government the liability to pay for the value of
I
such as might be lost to the owners from castialths
resulting from their employment in the service.
The act has reduced 'less result than was antici
pated, and further provision Is required to render It
e fficacious. Bbt my present purpose is ,to invite
lour con9deratlon to the propriety of a radical mo
dification In the theory,of the law.
Viewed merely as property, and, therefore, w 8 ttt.
o.b.ject of impiessment, the service or labor of the
slave hae beenlfrequently claimed for short periods,
in the constrnetiOn of defensive works. The slave,
however; beard another relation to the State--that
of a person. The law of last February contemplates
,c,DI) the zelation c , f 44; 8 14Y, Co? Che icoofititrt mad
FOUR CENT .
!Milts the impressment to' a certain term of sew - dean
jßut.for the purposes enumerated In the act, imam.'
, : tion in the manner, of encamping, rownehing, and.
:
perking trains is needfdl, 'to 'that,ereen, tMh
gmited employment, Terigth!of service Mae areeV
ly to the value of Abe negro , s, labor: . Hazard
le also encountered in-all .the' positions'to *hick
negroes earl be Radiated for service with
the army, and the ditties required of them
de and loyalty .and zeal.. In Mr aspen the re
jat un of. person predominates ao• far as to render
it doubtful whether the private right of property
can consistent Iv and beneficially'be continued, and
.Itatonld seem proper to acquire for the youblio ear
,V/Ce the entire property in the ‘labor . of the - slave,
and to peva hereion due compensaticuf;. rather thsn
.to impress his labor ,for short, tenme a and this the
more .especisily as the effect of the present law
vainideest this entire property in ,all oases where
then slave rale ht be recaptured after compensation
fir his Joss hid teen paid •to the private owner.
, Wbenever the entire, property in the service of a
slave., is Mine acquired o the Government, the
question Is presented; by. whit tenure he should
be bald. Should he be retkined in servitude, or
should, his 'aiintencipation - be held out to him as
a'retiard for fieithful service, or should it be grant
ed at once Orr the Prothise of.su'ch service; and if
emancipated, what-action shauld be taken teas
'tare tor the freedmen the permission: of the State ,
-from-which lie Who Withdrawn ter reekle within the
limits after' the clbsei . of his public Servlte. • The par
.zefasion would deobtleeebe more readily accorded as
a reward for past fteithful'aervice, and double mr.
five for zealous dfoottarwe of duty ;reed thus be of ,
feted to those employed by the Government, their
,freedom, and the gratification' of thelocal . attecti- •
mint abich is so marked a eharaoteriatde of the no. .
gro, and forma so powerftil an incentive to his ac
tion. Thepolicyof 'engaging to.liberate the negro -
on his discharge after service faithfully rendered,
seems to me preferable 'tan that of 'granting fnimedi
ate manumission, or there( retaining . hurls servi
tude. If this policy should recommend iteefflo the
judginent of Congress, it Dr suggested thatpin addi
tion to the duties heretoforerperformed• by. the slave,
be might ibe advantageously employed as pioneer
'and engineer laborer, ; and in that event, that the
Inimber thould be augmented to forty thousand.
Beyond ;this limit and these employments It% does
not seem to me desirable 'under existing drown
star. cesa to - go. A broad ' Atonal distinction. °mists
between the uSelif slaves as soldiers in the defenee
*Of their homes - , and the. incitement of the same per
sons to ineurrection against their masters. The one
is juitlflabie : if -necessary ; the other is iniquitous'
and unworthy Of a civilized people ; and such is. the -
judgment of all writers on public law, - air well as that
expreesed and instated on by our enemies in all warn
,prior to that now waged as ainet us. By none have•
the practices; of which they are "how' guilty, been
derounced with. greater severity than themselves in
.the,two wars with Greet Biitain In the lent and in
the present century ; and in the Declaration of In- •
dependence of 1776, when enumeration was made of
the wrongs which. justified 'the revolt' from Great,
Britain, the Allman. of atrocity was deemed to be
reeched lonly when the •English monarch was de.
nom:iced as having "excited domestic insurrection
timongsfusai•, . • . .
The subject is to be 'Viewed by na, therefore, Solely,
in the 'light onspolicy: and' our social. - emenomy.'
;When senregarded, I must dissent from . those 'who
•advise &general levy and arming of the . slaves for
- the duty - of soldiers.: our white population
:ball :prove insufficient for the 'armies we. require
and can afford to keep it the field, to employ-as a
soldier the negro who has merely 'been trained to
lahor and as a latiorer, for the white mare accustomed
freirt - his youth . to the use of firearms '
would"scarcely
be deemed wise or.advantageous by any ; and this
Is.the question now before us: But should the al
ternative ever. be presented of subjugation or the
employinent Of the slave as
,a soldier, there seems
no reason to doubt what should i
then he our decision.
Whether'our view embraces_ what would, in so ex
reme a case; be the sum of misery . entailed by the
dominion of the enemy,nr be restricted solely to the -
effect upon the, welfare and happiness of .the negro,
population theimielres,theresuit would be the same.
The appalling. demorallzatien, - .Buffering a disease,
and death which have beeri caused bipartiallY sub-.
stituting the invaders , system of policy for'tlie kind ,
relatidn:previously enbelatine. between_ the master_
-and' Slave, • have been angle - lent - deinoristratkor.
that:external' inthrierence with : our Institution Of
deineitin slavery is productive of evil only:, If,the
..subjectinvelved no other consideration than .the
were fight 'ol . ?preperty,' the 'sacrifices: heretofore
made by.our people have been enchas to permit no
doubt of:their readiness to Surrender every nossesa
`stop in order-to : secure their independence.
Seadal and politinar- question, which is exclusively
under.the control of then several States, hie a far
'wider and' more enduring importance than . that of
pecuniary Interest. In its manifold phases - it em
bract s the stability -of our republican institutions,
restingon the'aotual political equality of all its Mi. •
zene, and includes the fulfilment of the task which
has !teen so happily begun—that of Christianising
andimproving theaconditiou of the Africans' who
have, by the will of Providence, been placed in our
eharge. Comparing the results of our own experience
with those et -the experiments of. others who have
borne eimilar relation to .the African race, - the
people of the several States of the Confederacy
have abundant reason to be satisfied with the past,
and to. use the greatest circumspection .In deter.
mining their - course. These consideratloes, how
ever, are rather applicable to the improbable con
tingency of our need of resorting to this element of
resistance than , to our present condition. If the
recommendation above made, for the training of
forty thousand negroes for the service indicated,
shall meet your approval;A: is .Certain that even
this limited number, by theirpreparatory training .
in intermediate duties, would form amore valuable •
reserve force, in case .of urgency, than threefold
their number suddenly called from field labor, while
a fresh levy, could to a certain extent, supply their
places in the special service for which they are now
employed.. .
ttTli:BE DEPASTMENTB
The regular animal reports of the Attorney Gene
ral, the SecretarM the Navy, and the Postmaster .
General are appended; ind give' ampininforrnation
relative to the condition of. the 'respective depart
ments. They contain., suggestions for legislative'
provislobs required toremedy stLph defeats in•theei-•
isting laws as have been disclosed by experience,
•but none of so generator important a character as
to require that I should do more than recommend
them to your favorable consideration.
NEGOTIATIONS' HOE PEACE
The disposition of this Government for a peaceful
solution of the - issues which-the enemy has referred
to the arbitrament of arms has been too often mani
fested, and Is too well known to need new assurances.
But while it is tfue that individuals a,,pd parties in
the United States have indicated .a, desire to sub
stitute reason for force, and by negotiation to atop
the further sacrifice of-human lire, and to arrest
the calamities which now afflict both countries, the
authorities who 'control the Government of our ene
mies have too often and too clearly expressed their re
solution to make no peace except on terms of our un
conditional submission and degradation, to leave
us any hope of the cessation of hostilities until
the delusion of their ability to conquer .us is
dispelled. Among 'those who are - already dis
posed for peace, many are actuated' by principle
and by _disapproval and abhorrence of the iniqui
tous warfare that their GoVeimment is waging, while
:others .are, moved by the conviction . that It is no
-longer to te interest of the United States to coati
.l.ltue a struggle in which success lalulattainable.
" Whenever this faatarowing conviction shall have
taken firm root-in the - mindi of a majority of the
"Northern 'people, there will be produced that wit
:•lingness to negotiate for peace which is now con
fined to-out% side. Peace is manifestly impossible
- unless desired by both parties .to this war, and the
• dispceititin for it among our enemies will be best
and.moat - eartainly evoked by the demonstration on
.?..eur part of 'ability and unshaken determination to,
;defend oursights,,and to hold no earthly price too
dear for their purchase.- Whenever there shall be
-on the part °Cour .enemies a desire for peace, there
'will be no ditilenity in finding means by which ne
gotiation can be opened, but it Is obvious that no
ageneyeambe...ealled into action until . this desire
shall be mutual.: When that contingency shall hap
pen, the Government, to which is confined the trea
ty-making power, ban be at no loss for means adapt
ed to acoomplish-so desirable an end. • , •
In the hope 'that the day will soon be reached
when, under Divine favor, these States may be al
lowed. to enter on their former peaceful puritans,
and to develop the abundant natural resources with.
which they are blessed, let us then resolutely con
tinue to devote our united and unimpaired energies
to the defence of our' homes, our lives, and our li
berties. This is the true path to peace. Let us
tread it with confidence in the assured result.
• JIMPRRSOII DAVIS.
R1C11310.17b, November 7, 1864.
THE REBIM STATES.
OPPOSITION IN TR 7 1LEBILL CONGRESS TO THE PRO-
POSED ENLIST/41E7T . OP NICOROES--.IIESOLUTION
OFFEBBD•Iti FAVOR 09 Alfa SIONROB DOOTRINP.—
OPINIONS:OF• DAVIS' BESSBAGE, ETO:, ETC.--.Ag•
.PAII2B TOUR PliTli'itSßiTßO; BTO
Riohmond papers of the 13th,tranittnitted by oar
speCial correspondents, afford the following- interest
ing news. We give
,the most important. business
presented in the rebel Congress immediately prece
'ding Jefferson Davis' message:
WHOLESALE CoigecnipTiou.—Mr. Blanford, of
Georgia, introduced • a bill that.all white male per
sons resident In the onfederate States, or domiciled
therein (who, by the:laws' of:nations, are liable to
military-duty In the place of. their- domicil), between
-the ages.of eighteen and forty-flye years, are hereby,
placed In the,service orthe Confederate States, and
all details and exemptions are hereby revoked, and
all laws and Parts of laws authorizing the same are
_hereby repealed 3 and that the President be autho .
rized to make such details and exemptions as are
deemed to be of public . necessity. The bill was re
ferred to the Military Committee. • ;
FOREIGN RELATIONS.—Mr. Murray, of Termer
see, introduced : the following joint resolution :
The Congress of the Confederate States do re.
solve, That we have no sympathy with the efforts
to establish a monarchy In Mexico, and that we will
not, directly or indirectly, aid in the establishment
of a monarchy on the Continent of America: '
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.- •
TIER WAR, THE CITIZENS, AND THE ARMY.—Mr.
Charabliss, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution
that the valor, constancy, and endurance of our
citizen soldiery, assisted by the steady co-operation
of all classes of, population not in the field, will con
tinue a sufficient guarantee of the rights of the States
and the independence of the Confederate States.
Postponed till Thursday next.
Mr. Swan, of Tennessee, introduced the follow
ing
Resolvedi That in the judgment of this. House, no
exigency now exists, or Is likely to occur, in the
Military affairs of the Confederate States, which
demands that negroes shall ue placed In service as .
soldiers in the field:
Mr. Swan moved that it be postponed for discus
sion at a future day.
Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, said he was not ready
to decide so suddenly on the question. He.moved a
reference to the Military Committee.
Mr. Swan said that would defeat his 'object. He
did not want the subject to go before the committee.
He asked the yeas and nays, which were ordered,
and the motion to postpone till. Thursday next was
agreed to by the following vote :
Ykse.—Messra.Anderson,,Bell, Blandford, H. W.
Bruce, Burnett, Chambers, Chilton, Chrisman,
Clark, Conrow, De Jarnette;Dupre, Echols, Fuller,
Gat sher, (nelson, Gilmer, Goode, Hatcher, Hilton,
Lestei, Miller, Orr, Ramsay, Rives, Russell, S. M.
Smith, W. E. Smith, Snead, Staples, Swan, Welsh,
Mr. Speaker-33. '
RATS.—Messrs. Baldwin, Barksdale, E. M.
Bruce, Clopton. Clluskey, Dickinson,' Farrow, Han—
ly, Johnston, Reeble, J. T. Leach, Meehan, Mar
shall, Menees, Miles Moore, Perkins, Read, Sheer
ru,ke, Simpson, Triplett, Turner, Vest, Villere,
Wickham, Witherspoon-2c. •
, •
Ow TiR 'MESSAGE Or DAVIB.—The Rich
mond Whig, of the Bth, holds the following lan
guage: The message of the President to the.two .
Houses of Congress will be found in our columns.
Its review of the campaign now.drawing tvanlose,
and its cheerful tone as to the future, as.wallas the
unexpectedly encouraging condition it*presents of
our finances, will be received by the public with un
alloyed satisfaction. The scheme for the purchase
.:nd employment of slaves In certain military duties
will, we apprehend, give rise to lunch discussion,
:.rd a decided and emphatic division of public
pinion. As a first step, It may be considered as
opening the way , to the entire policy of enlisting
'hem 88 soldiers, and, in- that light, and with th at
:•equence, it will probably be-debated when the
question comes up. We have already declared in
• .hese columns, that, should the alternative eves be
presented of subjugation .or the arming of the
slaves, to resist their as much as our enemy, there
'Auld not be two.opinions as to the propsiety of such
a course. Sech.a - Aline has not arrived, nor do we
hink it ever will. Till it does come t we belbve that
tLe negro Is doing. better service with the than
he Would do with the musket. • •
e have no scruples on the subject : of sendinj a the
negro to battle. -It, Is one of the incidents of , re.
talon to the master that he should fight for the mas
ter's protection when required, audit is right that
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-Butiwe should. esteem It unwise and. impolitic Sof
' have recourse to his services as a soldier before tho
'llkenb - Y made it imperative, for it Is certain than
io'enemy and • mankind,generally would draw the
mi,erence that we were in Beret:lit: - But-to-the ex
we\ that negroes can be employed to perform duties
Ley, discharged• by White men, relief from wittet
we tt ed, enable those white men to shoulder muskets
and m,he their places in the ranks, there should bo•
no h i ma, ation in Congress - adopting measures to
faantteee,such a policy.. We'do net see that the pur
chase 01'00 nearoes by the Government, or the pro
min of rnee'r, liberation, iB at all necessary to the .
• plat!.
'The recomtn endatlon of the repeal of all exetaier
tins, which the' President again makes, lEl'lllloy to
meet th e s ame hits it has heretofore encountered at
the hands of 00710 - ress , For, unless it be'the objeol
of that Body to-vea t all power in the hands of the
State
Executive, to wedete in tact a military dictatorship,
they will neverise, themwlves nor the funotiOn
e&t.triks, conductors of the pron,witet
lutes of the Ehorernm7rits, Governors,
.; edges,
legislators,
its , constitutional guriiitntee to be E' free; ,, under
o
the necessity of Suppilds. ting the Secretary of War
to by „detatiev) to perg .rm the various duties
oldest to their poeitions.' this we now hay s
no doubt; even if Congs*eesi, nn ad not so determinedly
displayed' on former oecall'ons its purpose in this
regard. ' • • .-
Partsorrers tircir.
of RicanttlND.—:We find, in the'
latest received copy..
mi., Richmond Enquirer,
the following personals addiViised to residents.of
this city and neighborhood': • '
The officer commanding Fort Delaware will pleat.'
inform the friends of Vol. R P. Jones, of Illiddloseer
county, Virginia, wheehertha tumor of his death it'
.00rrect or not. . Any information concerning him"
will be thankrolly received' britis anxious friends ` ':
whom you will greatly oblige. J. N. A. R.
WitraluaTosT; V.; Nov. 3,1864.
Any information of Limit.- JuVas M. Obestuutt,
Co. A, 61st Reg - tem:it North Oaroilns, troops, Cling-.
mares. brigade who was ontre'l' to be mortally
wounded and brigade, ,
hands o the enemy, at Bort
Delaware, in the atteek on IN rt Harrison, Sept. 20,
1301, will be thankfully reeetred.
November 7, 1.865.
To Pathliison,
I brae had no intelligence, from ycra>for severe
Reeks. 3 feel - very amions about my slater Nary F
say to hot that her presence herevrould be a source
of very great gratification to as all. Tell her to
use every effort tojold'us as sreedily as possible.
We areall'well. H. Cortriaraoue,
pgitteenth street, Riohmond.
THE WAR.
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• TBESIPOB 07 CRARLEPBTON.—The Courier of the
2d states that the enemy ate again keeping up a
brisk fire upon the city. The shells thrown now
are mostly tweehundred pound or Parrotts: Battery
Greg and the Swamp Ai trel keep up an occasional
'bre on Fort Sumter, and during - the daptiredtwenty
ehots at the fort. A few shots mere tired from Bat
tri y Wagner, at lames' Dim& '
During Mondary night rockets were - thrown up
from Morris' Island, and heavy tiring heard at sea
amens; the blockaders. • .
Tiring was also heard in,the direction of Stone.
- The enemy struck their 'tants on Morrie , " Palm&
Tuesday, but at last accbutiM had not: left theist.
and; It is believed, hdwevoz that tho. - eneozys
forceS in ' this 'vicinity' Mire been considerably dL
, .. • ,
new eniarnpuitait; seemingly for, once, or two
companfes,;'was observed Tuesday afternoon be
tween Battery,
,Wagner and Vinegar Hill.
Tins Xivre PROM . 721 - E FROWP.—The Wi- De
partment was.without Metal despatches frerwany
gustier, yesterday and lest
• The heavy firing nignt before lest and yesterday,
we learn, was •directed irent'eurloatteries - against
Dutch Gap.- •
The deserters Wont tothe
progressof the canal—some affirming-that itwtil be
completed in a few days, others that it will take as
Many months,:while a ' 'orthem'atata
pontive r terms thatit Is a complete lailtire.Y-• We
Ellin see after a. while wh_lih Is right
• FROX:F'irraIIeatinG=PaTICESBIIFII,
turday night, between 1/..and; 12 "e'eieek,- General
Gracie attacked and captured the enemy's advanced
picket line, near the Olty Point- road; taking about
thirty prisoners. This line General Gracie still
holds. .
. Abeitt the same hour Holcombe's Legion, of WU
coVe.Brigade, captured the enemy's picket lino - la
front , of the "crater," taking about a dozen priso
ners: ,
This line they held for two . hours'and ahalf In the
face' of a furious bombardment,. when; being at
tached by an overwhelming force, they wore com
pelled to yield them, losing fifthea killed. thirty five
wounded, and fortpone missing.- All quiet today.
Timm EAST.TBItNESSEE.—Tite . EriStoI Register e(
the sth state that the enemy has not advanced fur
ther than Henderson's, a short distance this Side of
Greenvtile. It thinks that they do not Intend to
advance as: far• as. Bristol; and that even if to attempt it, they would find very serious
obstacles in their way. . - - •
- Our late disaster at Morristown has• enabled. the
enemy to extend their lines, so that. a larger num
ber of votes can be obtained in thoPresidentialelao.
tion. The devoted followers of Andy Johnson in'
Green county may have a chance - to vote for the
idol oftheir affections.
There was a report at Bristol, cm the evening - of
the 4th, that the enemy had advanced:to Leesburg,
a short distance below Jonesboro, but this needs
confirmation. '
The force of the enemYis variemsly estimated front
2,600 to 6,000.
A prisoner captured reports that GillemsayShe
will bold the election in Bristol to, morrow, - 11 her
only Las two hburs to do It In. Breckhirldge voters
will be there when the polls' open,'and will-vote
"early and o often. ,, The cartridgeoxprathei than
the ballot-box, will be most, patronized.
New Pcibilatitions.,-
Already. we have noticed the unusually large
Dumber of books published and .annonnoed - for
the instruction and entertainment of .young people.
With-scarcely, an exception these areifberaiiy
Illustrated, not with worn•ont wood-cuts - rite former
ly was 'the custom, but with fine engravings front
designs by artists of known ability.. In many In
stances, too, the authorship can be tracedto writers
who have distingtiiihed themselves-in.:higher de
partments of literature.
In our own city the American Sundapschool Union,
which has been mere than forty years at the good
work, and the Presbyterian Board of Publication,
also a considerable time in the field, supply, many
readable and useful books for young . ;people. - The
two latest issued by the American Studaytachool
Union are "The Poor Brother," letters-to a friend
on helping the poor; by Mrs. Sewell, and '"Our
ag." The first of these is the reprint ofan English
work, which has had a largasale abroad, and more
adapted for young people of a more advanced age,
and indeed for charitable and religious people of all
ages, than merely for boys arid girls. - But the sub
ject is treated with the simplicity-and force of truth
that all can understand it, and the illustrative
sketches,' which are introduced as . epliodes, are
highly interesting. The other book,: "Our Flag,f ,
is emphatically American in subjeot, treatment,
And loyalfeeling. It is the history of - a farmer'.
family in Connecticut, and extends from 1810 down
tolBBB, and, of course, takes in. the-present rebel
lion: A fine spirit of - loyalty- periades the story,
and a true Christian spirit also: -.Sure-are we that
our young friends will feel-much -interested in the
Old Red House and its Inhabitants.
From Perkinpine & Higgins,WortliYourtistreet
we have several books, publishedby-Garlton & Port
ter, We* York. .These are "Adventures. of a- 11E11 . :
sinnary,l , giving an account of the-Introduction of
Gospel truth into South Africa ) and of DSr. lifoffatt's
missionary travels and labors; "Father's Coming --
Home : a story Of the - Christie..Family," by the au
thor of " Weldon Woods," and..full of incidents of
school life, likely to interest:children ; and " Little
Fanny," a collection of stories -: or very littla read
_
era.
Carlton &Porter have also-published &transla
tion, by Marguerite 0. Steven, of GuizoVs histori
cal study, "Love In Marriagee?" which relates- the
story of Lady Rachel Russill; executed Inthe reign
of Chokies 11., on a pretended , charge of treason,
and the-semi. centennial .sermon preached before
the_General Methodist Conference, in May, 1864, at
Philadelphia, by Bishop Morris : this Is a patriotic
disconrse. "The .Anthem.. Book of the Methodist
EpiticoOil Chureh,P frosa.thesame:publlshers, is the
third. book of the •New-Musical Series Issued by
them; and .C. C.' Converse . and S. J. Goodenough
are Its authors._ Tbe.musia- Is partly original, but
chiefly selected, or adaptudfrom the beat home and
foreign composers.
"Emily Mayland ; or The Faithful Governess,"
by M. IL Cox, published by James B. Rodgers;
North Sixth street, is the story of a yonnglady who
gries to Kentucky, to. educate the children of a
wealthy. slaveholder , there. She marries her em
ployer, a widower, who. sells his Kentucky pro
perty, liberates.his siaws . a, and settles In. ittichigan.
There is alivelrandapparently faithful description
in this volitme.of life om a plantation. 3f this be its
auther'strat production it Is full of promise. •
Of " liaran' the! Hermit; or, The Wonderful
Batty," by the Bev:. 3. Hyatt Smith, who certainly
has a talent. for writing in allegory, we can rnfort
favorably.
Hurd.: di,...fletighton, New . York, have just pub-
lished another of the amusing parlor-table books
in which• Old nursery rhymes are fancifully and
grotesquely Illustrated. The first was the tragical
history of Death of Cock Robin, and the second,
bich is on sale at F:Leypoldt , s, Chestnut street, Is
" A Frog he would a-wooing go." The designs,
neatly lithographed by J.. filen, are by- H. L.
Stephens, and show a great deal of ability with no
small share of humor. These little volumes will
amuse young and old, and appear to be genitally.
appreciated.
Harper's Plagazine. for Decesaber. -
In this number are given three new chapters of
Dickens' excellent serial, "Our Mutual gland,"
and the first portion Of " Armridale," the new novel
by Wilkie Collins, which he has commenced in, the
'current issue of the Corr.4ll Magazine. ' '
Very appro
priately: a full portrait of Wilkie Collins is
given—the same that published itt,the London
Critic two years ago. A. series of " Hefei° Deeds of
Heroic Men," by John S. C. Abbott is- here 'com
menced, and 110811 Browne's" Tour through Ari
zona" is continuo* Among the other readable,
papers is an account of Charles - Babbage and his,
Calculating Machine ; a detect lie-police case of.
some interest; *,narrative of adventure in the Pe
troleuni region nfyennsylvatila,,and " Visit to the,
English Courts.of Justice." ..."_st might be eipected s ,
ther are some errors in tha. last - named.
hearing ordinary appeal ezlies, in the Horse' of
Lords, the Chancellor weaps a plain black., gown
and pot the state robe, " woalced profnselT with gold;
lace,", here described. Sir Alexafider„ilicirbum„
Chief Justice of England, is -not a Xpight, as.
here stated, but a `aaronet of - vervf old crea
tion, h a ying succeedad his uncle, the iota Sir
William Cockburn), Dean of York; In 1858,,
anit i , being now tenth baronet. Lastly : - it Is
erroneously stated: here that Mr, Sergeant Shen
"is the first Irishman who hii been made a judge in
England." Sir Samitel Martin; appointed one cf
the Barons ot the Exchequer, in 1850, is an Ideal
man, born at. Oalmore, County of Londonoirry, and
edudated at Jrrinity College, ~rotiburii awl Sir
.fames- Shaw Willes, media &judge of the ()dm mon
Pleas,'in 1856, is the son of the late Dr. James Wil
tes, of Cork, in which oity he was bore, and was
educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where ho gra
duated with honors, Sir Alexander Cockburn, born
in 1802, IS not "the youngest of the judges"—Btack
-burns and Wines are certainly his juniors. The
Editor's Drawer; Easy
Chair, and Monthly Caroni.
Ice of Events, are very readable. The present num
her commences the thirtieth volume of Harper, and,
9nbeoribing,--and to form clubs, for the best and
we' dd,anggestively, this is the month to comment,*
cheapest periodical in America. It is on sale by
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