be 111,r.ri5s''t MONDAY, NOVEMBER . 14; 1£464. la- We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. 111 Fir Voluntary correspondence is solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different 'outlay and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. The Resignation of General McClellan. We have to announce, on the authority of the New York Tror/d,- which claims to have had official knowledge of the fact, that Major General GEORGE 8.. - illeCnEnnsai has-resigned his commission as Senior Ma jor General in the American army. "On the Bth inst.," says tte World," the day of - the' election, General McCoEnnali• ad dressed a letter to the President resigning his commission in the army, and request ing that his resignation might be allowed to date from that day. As he could not then know whether he resigned to become a private citizen, Cr retigned to become the President.elect of the United States, the time was appropriately and gracefully elm son. As he is not accustomed to act from any impulses, but acts always from delibe . rately, formed reasons, it is doubtless cor rect to infer that it was his purpose, if not elected, to retire wholly to private life. We hope that his resignation will be ac -cepted, for we have no belief that his de termination can be changed. We do not know that any one connected with the Ad ministration will wish to change it." So fas the military condition of the army IS\ concerned, the resignation of General MOCrairanut 'is a matter of no consequence. The 'war has been conducted for two you's without his assistance or advice, and we can probably end it without : asking him for either. So far as the political condition of the country is concerned, the people, by an overwhelming majority, decided on last' Tue.sday that they did not desire his ser vices. In a political and military sense, therefore, this event is a matter of no ma ment The only persons who can at all be affected by it are Major General Mc ' CLELLAN himself, who loses a very nice place and a very good salary, and the junior major generals, who will probably not regretthis opportunity of promotion. By his own act, therefore, Gen. Mc- CLELLAN retires into private life. It is • fitting that we should say something in reference to a man who has occupied, so prominent a position in the world's history for the past four years. He was once the beloved and trusted general of our armies, and has just received the votes of many thousands of Our fellow-citizens for the Presidency. His career may be called a romance of the war. He was a young man who had formerly served in the army, leaving behind him the reputation of an amiable, accomplished gentleman, marl, an officer of courage and capacity. He had retired from military life, and was holding a position on a Western railroad. Recent ly married, of sober and industrious habits, and with .many good friends aro and him, GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN promised to become a thrifty and popular citizen of Illinois. The war came. It was necessary to raise a large army. In those days •we were all so ignorant that anybody might have become a major general, and this young man found, himself at the head of the American army—found himself by very much the same fortune as that of the blind folded lottery-keeper who thrusts his hand into the wheel and draws out a prize. It was an • opportunity which has fallen to the lot of few men, and it is not surprising that this thrifty and industrious man should have failed where many other men, with out any of his virtues, perhaps, but far greater genius, bad failed before him. .:History has shown us that, while Almighty God sends into every gene,ration thousands of good - citizens like GEORGE' B. MCCLEL LAN, it is but'once in -an age that He gives us a soldier and a statesman—a CROMWELL, a FREDERICK, or a NAPOLEON. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN did as well, per haps, as any of our sober and industrious citizensin the railwav i businesp wo r ld kw position. He did the best he could. For tune does not make great men. It merely gives them opportunity. MCCLELLAN fail ed in his opportunity, because he was not a great man. If this natural conviction led him to retire from military service, it Was a graceful and proper act, showing candor and modesty, and we should have followed bim into retirement with our warmest wishes for success and the hope that he might again have an opportunity in the railway profession of returning to that position of, popularity,iodependence, and comfort which he abandoned in Illi nois. 1W , ,,e are not disposed to be unkind to °Bolton B. MoCnEnnaN, because fortune buckled on his back a load he could not carry.. We do him all the justice he de serves, and all that his truest friends could wig,. His organ, The World, however which claims to speak for him, and in this ease makes the official announcement of Ids resignation, does not-;permit us to say farewell with all these good wishes, but elaborately gives us General MoCnnaa,Pas . 's reasons for his resignation in these words : "A sufficient number of the people of the United States have sanctioned, by their votes, the policy of the Lincoln Administration, to make it clear that such a man as General McClellan can no longer serve - in a military capacity in the further prosecution of that policy. Even if officers of an inferior grade, once in the army during a civil war, can reasonably be expected to ignore the policy of their Govern ment, and toleave all such questions to the civil department, it would be quite absurd to require such a course of a general who has filled such relations to this war, and to the objects and methods of its prosecution, as those in which General McClellanhas stood. It is obviously impos. sible for him to fight in a war of extermination, of ra pine and devastation, of disregard of constitutional restraints, and of violation of constitutional rights. He is efot a soldier of fortune, but a soldier of princi ple. Whin he offered his sword to the Government of his country, he had a right to presume, and did :Presume, that the war would be prosecuted for the simple purpose of the restoration of the Union.. When this ceased to be the course pursued by the Administration he could not voluntarily quit the service while there was a hope that the people would intervene and com mand a return to a constitutional and humane and therefore effective policy. The people having now endorsed Mr. Lincoln's Administration, there can be no • longer any claim upon General McClellan to continue standing ready to serve an Administra tion which has kept him in forced retirement for a period of nearly two years, which dismissed him from active service with every mark of Indignity after he had saved the capital of the nation from an invading foe, and which has never since that day proposed to give him a command without cet -piing the proposal with the dishonorable condition that he should desert the ,politteat principles which. he has always professed, and on which he has eavra,ys acted. " But if there are anywho are disposed to say that Gen. McClellan should serve the country without Identifying the country with the Administration, they will doubtless be able to see, and to admit, that his patriotism is of that quality which has always led him to separate the country from the Adminis. tration, in considering what his obligations to the country ,embraced. They must also see that he alone can form a safe judgment as to his power to serve the country under, or through, Mr. Lincoln's government. If he is satisfied that he can. no longer be useful .'to the cowl, try, now that the people have failed to command a change In its public councils, the only reasonable inquiry is, whether he served the country faithfully and truly SO long as he bad the power, or the chance of a, power, to serve it at all. On this point there can be no complaint ; Tor no ono who considers that he ever possessed any faculty for military service will deny that he strug gled long and mithfully to use all that Tawny for the public good, and those who deny hitia any faculty for military command .will certainly not object, to his retirement. Our own opinion is that he could not again undertake to, serve without being fol lowed into the field by the same impediments to his success as those which have heretofore been placed in his' way, and that he and the. country would, under existing circumstances, be alike powerless to restrain those who will never consent to his farther usefulness or distinction. - rl it is with deep sorrow that we record these con victions ; but they are indelibly impressed upon us. We must reap what has been sown. General Mc- Clellan will be followed into his retirement With the gratitude, the admiration, and the affection of mil lions of his countrymen; and when they have ac quired the means of enabling him to be of service to the country, and he is Convinced that he can do 'them any good, it cannot be doubted that his patri- Otiam will be found a living virtue, as it has ever been." Our desire to be frank with General 111cCLELLAN pint excuse the length of this extract. He speaks for himself, and our readers will see what reasons govern the young man in his retirement from public life. It is not because he desires to return to his profession in Illinois that he thus leaves the army. He quarrels with the policy of the Government. He can "no longer serve in a military capacity in the further prosecution of that policy." Now, this argument i's one that General MCCLEL LAN or any officer has a right to use ; but at this time we •cannot accept it from him Without regarding it as an evidence of in sincerity and disingenuousness- that we should be very sorry to detect in his cha racter. What is the policy ofMr Imioorm ? and when did General MoCr.x.m.ax arrive (tt the conviction that he could not serve under an Administration that proclaimed. it? "It is obviously:impossible for hint to fight in a war of extermination, of rapine and devastation, of disregard of constitu tional restraints, and of violation of con stitutional rights." The policy thus meant is that of emancipation, the suspension of habeas corpus, the detention of enemies of the Government, thc defeat of the Southern armies, and the destruction of Southern. military resources. Let us .examine Mc- CLELLAN'S record briefly, on these points : I. Emancipation. In the letter of Mc- CLELLAIT written from Harrison's Landing he suggested to Mr. LINCOLN the propriety of freeing the negroes as a matter of mili tary necessity. In the prosecution of his movements he always received contrabands into his lines, and never returned them to their masters. Here was practical.emanci pation in advance of Mr. LuTcorar. Nay, more; after the issue of the procla mation, General McCLELLAN, in an order to the Army of the Potomac, declared that the duty of the soldier was to obey and execute the provisions of that preclama tion. These were his opinions in Septem ber, 1802, when he fought the battle of Antietam. 11. The suspension of the habeas corpus and " arbitrary arrests" were commanded by MCCLELLAN in Maryland. He arrested the Maryland Legislature. He sent Gen. STONE cruelly to Fort Lafayette, and do- nied him a trial. He arrested Colonel Alcetnor, aid sent him to New York, for using unpleasant language at . Willard's Hotel, in Washington. 111. He at, least claims to have done all hi his power to defeat the Southern armies, and his campaign in Virginia devastated the Peninsula. His friends never ceased to make this a high merit. Until the eighth of last November they publicly eulogized him as one who had endeavored to defer. Southern armies and destroy the,ir re sources. Hig last public speech contained a compliment to SHERMAN and SHERIDAN, the general who burned Atlanta as well as the general who ",devastated" the Valley of the Shenandoah. Until November Bth these were certainly the opinions of General Media/LIAR. The record of MeCttntor thus shows that these pretexts for his resignaton are deceitful. They are as true as the asser tion of The IVorld, that he was offered a command on the condition that he would abandon his "principles," an assertion that Mr. F. P. BLAIR has denied iii. the name of Mr. kraconw. General ArCOLEL LAN'S friends • will not permit us to at tribute his retirement to candor and me, desty, and it therefore only remains for us to view this act as the - spleen of a-petu lant and disappointed politician When a candidate for election, he did not hesitate to write a letter endorsing the war. :716 did not resign in the canvass, because it would have been an avowal that he did not believe in the war, and thus have lost him votes. Is this not paltering in a double sense ? Does it not seem like a trick? Do we not breathe free at the escape we have made from a man who openly allowed him 'self to be quoted in favor of the war while all the time he meditated a retirement from the army because he did not believe in its vigorous prosecution ? Gen. MCCLELLAN was really the representative of the cow ardly Convention at Chicago—of VALLAN DIGIIAM, WOOD, and SEvAroun-but not until the hour of his disappointment and chagrin did he show that he was really the Copperhead candidate of a Copperhead Convention. We thank Almighty God with fervent hearts that he and all his tribe have been Condemned by an. over . e inteCritnThrah - osen his path. Let him take it. We do not need such a man in- our armies. He had a great opportunity, but, with a perverse fatality that seems to cling to his life, he has aban doned it. Be might have taken the band of peace and friendship offered by the Pre sident, and said ten words . in favor of the Union that would havo . endeared him to the nation. He might have been a patriot, and shown the world that the writer - of the September letter was not ashamed of its sentiments. He might have rallied his party around .the flag of his country and shown that its triumphs were still dear to him. He has preferred to exhibit the tern= per of a Tammanyllall politician, the petu- • lance of an angry boy, and the spirit of a man who would not hesitate to stoop when he might hope to conquer, and at the seine time would nat be ashamed to shOw his own disingenuousness in the hour of his chagrin. We can end the war without MCCLELLAN. The Good Things we Have and are to Have. Now that we have re-elected ABRAIIAIt Lrxcorai we have an opportunity of breath ing. In the first place, we feel that we have apologies to make to everybody but the Copperheads. This election business is very like the performances of that much embarrassed Sisyphus whose labors in the stone-rolling business have called forth the sympathies of everybody that reads the classics and classical dictionaries.. We are well rid of it, and gladly come back to do mestic topics: Those who have grievances to detail, and who find the puliic ear cold and dull, will meet earnest and respectful attention. We shall have no more com plaints from housewives who scold about the price of butter, or good people who lament the falling off in temperance socie- ties, that will not be heard respectfully. Then we can pay attention to the oil fever and the German opera, for just now every body is buying oil-stocks and listening to Foumas and HERMANNS. Mr. GROVER has 'struck a well that sends him no .one knows how many barrels a day. Be has brought to the Academy the• most magnificent audiences ever seen in that buildifig, always excepting the audiences that cheered DOUGHERTY and HENRY W. .HERCHER. This German opera has been to other operas what the oil business has been to coal and iron. The former imprcssarioe had nothing but care, and worriment, and slim houses. They had BRIONOLT, whom they petted, but who has been hiised in Madrid, and Parr; whom they did not pet, but who has been wel comed in every theatre in Europe. The tru is, Bnioltom was an absurd fashion, like crinoline, and lasted about as long. Mr. GROVER has escaped the sweet singer, and has given us men and . women who know how to sing music and never take cold. With BRIGNOLI we were more certain of the influenza, and an apology before the curtain than of " Don Giovanni" or " Tra viata. '•' Mr. GROVER has succeeded in keep ing his people well, and since he came to Philadelphia has never missed an opera. Then he has given us a good chorus, which makes it unnecessary for Mr. AltscanTz or Mr. BrRGFELD to frighten us with their &Urns. As' a consequence Mr. GROVER is getting rich, and all the people about him look as happy as some Of the greasy gen tlemen from Venango county who sit in the boxes and applaud in the wrong places. How long will . German opera last ? Is it really an oil well, and are we to have it pumped dry in two or three years ? Or is it to be a sickly thing, like Italian opera, which must be nursed through the winter and kept warmly clad in the summer months ? We do not think al. German opera is far froni being perfect music ; but, until we create a musical school of our own—a school that shall surpass the Ger man in meaning and the Italian in sweet ness—it will do,as well as any other, and is certainly the best we have. We think the germ -of future American music is to be found in the quaint, and ridiculous melodies Of the minstrels who sing negro songs. It might be said that between German opera and cabbages there is a great analogy ; but this might be construed , into a reflection upon some of the troupe, who are all hand some men and beautiful women, and not so much like cabbages as some of our' friends who look too curiously through opera glass. es would think. The cabbage is a long lived vegetable ; it is hardy ; it has many domestic uses. Cnly'the German can tell us of the forms and "varieties to which the cabbage can be applied. So it will be with the German opera. If Mr. GROVER • ever gets tired of " Der Freischutz " and "Faust," he will find that -he can make a good circus combination, or a side-show, or a gymnastic exhibition, by, merely chang ing the names of his members and putting them to such uses. HARELMANN would be sublime on a tight-rope, and FORMES looks as if he could carry Dr. WINS= and his heaviest load without panting. This is the utility of German opera, and for this reason we give Mr. GROVER the cabbage as the crest for his new heraldry. We cannot have the opera with us all the time, and FORREST is coming. Let Mr. DifoonEwry look to his laurels. He had an immense audience o but we can only re alize the capacity of men and bricks when we look upon an, audience "of FORREST'S. We welcome the greatest living tragedian to his 'home with a feeling of affectionate eSteem--and with the German opera and its true, honest, painstaking music, the Italian opera that is to come with Mho: MARETZRA and the new tenor, whose name we are afraid to pronounce, Mrs. Bow Ens, Mr. CLARKE, and what is called the grand circus combinatipn, we shall have a time of it this -winter. Art, and taste, and beauty, all flock to the metropolis to see the city that gave Mr. I...mcoLK ten thou sand majority—visit the Mint, Indepen dence Hall, and Tan Pituss office--and see the German (Vera and FORREST. The world, is France, and France is Paris—to use an aphorism of some of the snobs of the Boulevards. Can we not say that Philadelphia is American ? Certainly ; for 'now that we have all those things, ,what else can the world show ? The Rebellion and Slavery. Slavery caused the present rebellion. It established a privileged class, controlling by its wealth and power, and by a common interest, 'the press, the bar, the medical profession, and the pulpit. lt jealously guarded all the avenues to private and public distinction, which were opened only to . those who supported and extended the system which separated, the slave States from the free States, and gave to a small but compact minority the power to dictate the foreign and domestid Policy of a great nation: Its internal policy was to degrade labor and to prevent education among the non-slaveholding community, thus placing them under the despotic con trol of an aristocracy based upon the own ership of their fellow-men, many of them as white as their white fathers. This sys tem of bondage should never be permitted to exist in a Christian country, for it is only fitted for unbelieving heathens. It strikes at the fundamental principle of -Christianity, by prohibiting marriage, es tablishing concubinage, and taking the seventh commandment from the Deca logue. All its details are equally de_ structive of . morality and religion, both in the master and the . slave; and no Chris tian nation that carries slavery in its bosom can hold up its head among the nations of the earth without a blush of shaine upon its cheek for this foul sin. The necessities of war have opened our eyes to the manifold evils of slavery and have decreed its extinction as a war mea sure, and the rebel Governors are arriving at the same conclusion, when they propose to arm their slaves and to give them free dom as their wages. It becomes us, therd fore, not only as a matter of justice, but of sound policy, to meet our Southern rebels by an immediate amendment of the Con stitution abolishing slavery. It can be done this winter if the Opposition,' submitting as good citizens to the declared will of. the _ggpj' will on — so s to - submit it before the spring opens to the Legislatures of the several States, which are all prepared for immediate action upon such an amend ment. It is the interest of all to terminate this war as quickly as possible, and any measure to weaken the rebellion should be urged at once. The rebel proposition is to free contingently those slaves whom they arm ; our proposition is to free all by one sweeping measure which will secure to the whole slave population perpetual freedom. Like Aaron's rod, it will swallow up the rebel rods. Our proposition, therefore, is the amendment as it passed the Senate : "ARTICLE 13, SECTION I.—Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, 'whereof the party shall have been duly con victed, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. "SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." New York. The Union victory in New York is al most as gratifying In itself as the net result of the Presidential election. Ipprie SETHOUR was, if not the most able, at least the most plausible, and perhaps the most popular, of all the bold or covert enemies of the Government. Baseless, shifting, and shallow, this quicksilver statesman, with a sort of policy no,policy, leading to quicksand and ruin, was the one above all others to whom the recent election should _read a lesson. We do not ;here desire to question a certain mea surable sincerity on the part of Mr; SEYMOUR and his advocates. The ex- Governor had too much dignity and pa.. triotism, we may trust, ever to desire to betray his country ; but he had never • enough earnestness or self-forgetfulness to give to the cause of the Republic his whole and hearty support. The public aspect of his career was " fair and false," and this has sometimes been the judgment of his own friends. We, therefore, regard his defeat as a public good fortune, multiplied by the triumph of so sincere a friend of the Government, and so able and industrious a public man, as •the Governor-elect of New York, Hon; REUBEN E. FENTON. .The last official acts of the retiring Go vernor of New York were characterized by a spirit of personal hostility, which, either in anticipation of success or failure, were unworthy of his position. They predicted his defeat. Against the manifest frauds in the -array he did little or nothing ; against the Government and General Dix lie ven tured to issue foolish proclamations. But for the base taste of Governor SEYMOUR there is a redeeming feature in the conduct of his most prominent supporters. They do not take his defeat much to.heart. The Florida. The English newspapers ought to be - very happy—they have got a grievance which will occupy them, with a little man agement, until the time shall arrive, at the end of the year, when the_ policy of the Palmerston Cabinet, during the next ses sion of Parliament, may fairly be specu lated upon and freely discussed. They are greatly exercised, just now, on the seizure of the Florida in Brazilian waters, the Times asserting that it is an joact piracy, and the Morning Herald insisting that all the maritime Powers should unite and in terfere in the matter. It may be fairly ex pected that the English press will make a great deal of this subject, which has started up so soon after their discussion of the case of FRANZ MuLLER, the convicted railway mur derer. It comes in just at the moment when politics are in a state of abeyance in London. We may rely upon it that writers who pro bably have not read a dozen pages about the Ltiw of Nations will now be found lib erally quoting from ALBERICIIS QENTILTS, SA.iunL PIIFFENDORP, HUGO GROTTOS, EMMERTOR VATTEL, HENRY WHEATON, ROBERT PRILLIMORE, TRANERS - Tnorss, and other exponents of the science. To plain, commonsense persons it will appear simple and. practical that wherever a pirate is found the ship shall be legally liable to capture or destruction. The Florida was found in a Brazilian port, which is called THE PRESS.-PIIILADELP lA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1854: "neutral ;" but she ought never havObeen permitted enter a neutral Fort, and no ! doubt Mr. Sir.wAnn will say as much to the t i gra- Government;should it take the troll.: ble of remonstrating with our Administra tion. A pretended neutrality is worse than open hostility ; and it is well known?that Brazil, a slave State, has little' sympathy with this country, which has virtuall t A abo lished slavery in the South. Brazil, we suspect, will: ke ta very little by any Mo tion touching the Florida. We havg .poe session of pat piratical vessel, and will hold her—by the law. of the strong hind as well as of natural right. • • There is evident heartiness.and triah in the congratulatory despatch Sent; o i n last Thuriday, 14 General GRANT to_Secietary STANTON, on the double victory achieved hy the loyalty of the - conntry. at ih'e polls on. Tuesday. : -He* says : '‘! The election having passed off quietly—no blood4ed or riot throughout the land—is a victory / worth more to the countiy than a battle won. Rebeldom and Europe will so construe r it." In the last sentence, brief though it be, leS the vital essence of the whole queStion. Had Mr. LINCOLN not been re-elee,ted, Ea rope would have assumed, and justly as sumed, that the United States were inlavor of ending the war by patching up a peace . with Rebeldom upon any. terms. It i Un deniable that this was . the purpose Of the Chicago platform, 'broken to pieces by the patriotism of.-the. country. on T4sday. General GRANT expresses himself with em phasis on this, and with his usual terseness and unmistakable • firmness. The victory at the polls' is "worth more to the country than a battle wen," for it has carried dis may Into the hearts of the rebels. Their hope, from disunion among us, is utterly annihilated. The Northwestern Freedmen's Aid Commission propose to institute a great Fair, to be opened at Chicago on the 24th of December, for the benefit of a class whom other associations of patriallim and philanthropy do not reach. The Fair will be called the. ,, Northwestern Epicurean Fair," the princi pal contributions solicited being articles of con sumption, from the coarsest productions of the soil to the daintiest dishes.' Premiums will be awarded to contributors of the best articles, and there will be a large advertising medium in connection With the Fair. A. dining hill and a. horticultural department will be among the features ; and con tributions of every kind will be received. There is great reason to give aid to such a charitable en terprise, whose good work will benefit thousands of patriotic mon who have dared danger and shed their blood for the country. The Freedmen's Fair, like the Sanitary Fair, receives its greatest encc)irege iiient from the ladies. The .AllllO burin of John Sartain hits successful ly reproduced, in a fine engraving upon steel, a very charming picture by C. Shussele, entitled " Home on a Furlough." The name of this compo sition happily expresses what the painter desired to embody. a. family group is represented,- and the gallant soldier who Is "home on a furlough" pro perly forms its centre. His wife' clings to him, his youngest child is In his arms, his other boys em brace him, his aged father and mother hasten to welcome him, his daughter lends her arm to the feeble grandsire, ono boy carries the knapsack into the house, another " makes believe" to produce martial music with an improvised paper trumpet, the neighbors hurry in to welcome the returned pa• triot, and the very horse, recognizing its Master; whinnies a welcome to him over the rail. He - who could coldly regard such a scene as this, surely , has scanty patriotism in his soul, It will adorn thou sands of loyal homesteads, ere long, and, that It may, Its publishers, (Bradley & Co., Gs North Fourth Street,) have published It at about one-half the price Usually charged for engravings of this size and excellence.. It is officially stated that the Secretary of War is improving, though he has been for several days in a precarious condition. The additional statement is made that he was in consultation with the Presi- dent for an hour and a half yesterday, and that there Is every reason to believe he will speedily recover hiS health, TUB ACCIDENT TO ASSISTANT • SECRETARY The injuries received by Assistant Secretary of State SawMw, In a fall while on his way to Wash ington from Albany, on Thursday, are more serious than was at first supposed, his right arm being pain fully fractured just below the elbow. IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION. The District Coprt tc-day decided a case of con siderable interest. A stilt was brought to recover the amount of three promissory notes of a. thou sand dollars each, made by ex-Congressman Tritomas F. Bowie, of Maryland, in 1867; payable to the order of one' F.a'aiat sTEEßs,""trom whpm -oAintiff werien.lsn thou" that these notes were giverffor a gaming considera tion, and were therefore void in - the hands of oven a bona fide holder for value. Chief Justice CARTER. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which he said the proofs were that Bo witc,.being intoxicated, was irrational. In the case of insanity it would be perfectly competent to prove the idiosyncrasies ofthe insane person when he was hi that condition. Why not when reduced to the condition of temporary ine briety? These notes were condemned by the law, and had no virtue in the hands of the gamblers; therefore, the Court decided in favor of the de fendant. • THE ALLEGED RESIGNATION OF M'CLELLAN. Nothing has yet been received from an official source to justify thapositive assertion that General McpLaLien's resignation- has been received, al though such is believed to be the fact. It is a sub ject about 'which many inquiries hare been made by correspondents of the press and others. ELANEETS FOR REBEL :PRISONERS IN OUR Judge 0131.1), rebel Commissioner of Prisoners, with the assent of the rebel Secretary of War, has asked permisslon of General GRANT to have thirty thousand pairs of blankets purchased in New York, for the rebel prisoners in our hands. He also asks permission of this Government to pay for them with a cargo of cotton, to be shipped from Wilming ton. FURLOUGHED SOLDIERS, ORDERED TO THE It is officially announced that the efficiency of the army in the field requires that the furloughs of all regimental officers and enlisted men lit for duty shall terminate on tho 14th inst. Provost Marshals are required to• take ,measures to have them re turned to their proper commands. • ARREST OF AN. ALLEGED SPY. On Saturday night, the 6th instant, a man giving his name as asonas PETBRSON, and supposed to be a rebel spy or mall carrier, was arrested at Alexan dria., while trying to pass our lines, having been tracked fibin Canada by detectives. He was dressed in. citizens' clothes=gray pantaloons, long black overcoat, and gray-mixed cap. He was ea Friday night committed to the Old (Vito' prison for trial. APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LAST CONGRESS. An official statement shows: that the detinite ap propriations of Congress at the late session amount to $735,000,000. The indefinite appropriations cannot be estimated, but they are comparatively small. To this sum should be added the permanent appropria: tions, which are mainly for interest on the public. debt, and will exceed $100,000,000. Tun GERMAN OPBR.A..—Krentpr , a "Nachtlager in Granada," an old favorite, performed for Satur day's matinee at the Academy, was a brilliant suc cess. To-night the charming opera of "Martha," always so popular with youth and taste, will be given with an admirable cast of characters. Formes win appear in the rote of flanker (originally written for him by Fiotow), and sing his great "prinking Song," one of the soundest"compositions of its kind. The part of Monet will be in the hands of 'Him mar, who has shown merit as an artist in the finest . r . Ofes. Madame Rotter whose Martha has been muchal mired, will be the prima donna of the evening: C/IRISTINUT-ISTRBBT THEATRE.—The last week of the very successful engagement of Mrs. P. P. Bow ers will commence this evening, when she will ap pear in "Lady.Audley's Secret," as dramatized by John Brougham from Miss Braddon's popular novel. Mrs. Bowers' representation of the fair but demoniac Lady Auttley has become quite celebrated, it having received great applause last season at the Arch-street 'I heatre, in tlits city, and more recently at the Winter Garden, In New York. The plot is generally known by the novel-reading portion of the public, and is well fitted for dramatic display. The character a.Roberi Audley will be sustained by Mr. Mordaunt, who MO made himself a standing favorite with the frequenters of the Chestnut. This evening's entertainment will conclude with the amusing farce of "The Tailor of Tamworth," the excellent come dian, Mr. Walter Lennox, enacting the part of the tailor. WALNIIT•STIIBBT THILITRIL—Miss Lucille West ern has returned to the city, and will commence an engagement at this theatre this evening. Miss West ern has hosts of admirers among the theatre-goers of Philadelphia, who will be glad to see this an nouncement, and who will, doubtless, throng to wit ness her' performances. The romantic play. of "Leah, the Forsaken,” will be produced this eve ning, with the original music composed for it by Mr. Koppitz, and new scenery by Grain. Miss Western 'will enact her popular character of Leah, and Mr. Tilton will appear as Nathan, the apostate. ARCE•IITREET TILEATBIL—Mr. and Mrs. Barney. Williams are doing their best to entertain the pub. lio at Mrs. Drew's theatre, and their efforts have been rewarded by full, houses foi the last trio weeks. To-night they will appear in the Irish drama of "Uncle Pat's Cabin," in the characters_?{ Mickey Malone ' and Widow ,Casey. The farces of "Yankee Courtship " and "Jones' Baby" will also be given. &axon. BLITZ.—This enterprising and amusing professor of mystery had a remarkably successful time during last week. His salon was nightly tilled with throngs who were puzzled by his tricks and di verted by his ventriloquial powers. To thoie who wish to pass a pleasant evening, we have but to re mark that the Signor "still lives." SANFORD'S NBW OPERA HOUSE.--The well. known manager; Mr. S. S. Sanford, will open this evening his new OhlVeen Opera House, In Race street, near. Third. He announces a large and well. selected company of performers, and his excellent reputation and extensive experience as a caterer to public amusement will doubtless secure Uzi supaesa In his undertaking. General Grant on the Election. The Great Frtetimen'e Fair. Fine Arts. W. ASIIINGTON. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 1864 HEALTH OF SECRETARY STANTON. SRWARD. HANDS. FIELD. Pnblie Entertainments. THE WAR. AFFAIRS IN GEN. GRANT'S ARMY. Two Hostile Demonstrations of' the Rebels on Wednesday. THEIR BATTERIES SILENCED BY .FORT STEADMAN. DACtIA , iAUSIdII: 122.1L=2.111.1jji=?1,j BY OUR PICKETS. President, I.Anoolii. . Corkgratu _ littpd. by Grra.eriFOl. Grant. THE CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH, N. C FIFTY-TWO PIECES OF ARTILLERY TAKEN. STAMPEDE OF THE REBELS GEN, SHERIDAN'S ARMY-NEAR WING ESTER. Early being Reinforced at Newmarket. The Emenation - of Atluta Denied. DISAPPEABAIICE OP FOBRIST'S ARMY. Gen. Schofield In P08.9e961011 of Johnsonville. GENERAL GRAN7rB ARMY. AN ARTILLERY DUEL ON WEDNESDAY THE ELECTION ROGUES BENT TO • WASHINGTON. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMA.O, On Wednesday eveniog about seven o'cleck a force of the enemy were discovered massing in front of our line near Fort Steadman, when the guns of the fort opened fire, driving them to their works to seek shelter. ' ' The enemy's batteries fired briskly for a short time, but were soon silenced by our shells and mortars. A force of about 160 shortly afterwards made a sor tie from their line and attempted to penetrate ours, but, being met by a salute from the pickets, were not long in finding their way back under cover. A lieutenant in the Eighth New York Heavy Ar tillery was fatally wounded, yesterday, when be• hind his breast-works. A sharpshooter watched for a chance to retaliate,-and in less than an hour a rebel, who appeared above their works, afforded him an opportunity to do so. In an inatant he fell pierced by a bullet. The enemrseem determined to pursue the policy of shooting at every man they see, and our men are forced to retaliate accordingly. The pickets in front of the Second Oorps were briskly engaged Most of lad night, and the reports of musketry at times was almost continuous. The oomminioners and agents from Philadelphia, arrested on a charge of issuing incorreotly printed blanks arid tally lists have been ordered to Wash ington for examination by the Secretary of War. GRANT CONOILATULATICS THE PREFIIDENT. CITY POINT, Nov. 10-10.30 P. M. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Enough now seems to be known to say who is to hold the reins of Government for the next four years. Congratulate the President for me for the double victory. The election having passed off quietly : --no bloodshed'or riot throughout the land-- is a victory worth more to the country than a battle won, Robeldom and Europe will so construe it. U. S. Gnarm, .Lteutentnt General PRISONERS PROM THE FRONT FORTRESS Mormok, Nov. 11.—The United States mail steamer Webster arrived from City Point this afternoon, having on board siatyfive rebel prison ers who were recently captured in front of Peteri burg. They will be sent to Point Lookout: NORTH CAROLINA. PARTICULARS OF TAB CAPTURE OF PLTMOUTE, N. C.—TriE TOWN FIRED DURING THU BOMB/M.D. 14.13. NT lIT otru FLEET--Tifit Rlißlile EVACUATION A STAMPEDE ROANOKE ISLAIrD, N. C., Nov. 2.—We learn that nine of Lieutenant Cushing's party are pri. sonars. The paymaster was captured and wounded in the shoulder, and the master's mate was killed. Lieutenant Cushing has accomplished a great deed, and has been the means of relieving a number of good and loyal North Carolinians from distress and starvation. After the destruction of the Albemarle, the fleet, under Commander R. W. H. Macomb, - proceeded up the Roanoke river within a short distance of the town, when they came to obstructions, exchanged a few shots, and returned. On Sunday, October Nth, the fleet proceeded to . Roanoke river through Middle river, above the town, whore they shelled Plymouth.with telling effect. On Monday morn ing Commander Macomb steamed down the river, followed by. the remainder of the fleet, passed the town, and giving the rebels shell, grape, and canes. ter, to their hearts' content. • left ..canekrak., A cnarge',lent. Dawes and Paymaster Sands, who Immediately charged upon Port Bateman, car rying It and capturing about forty prisoners. The nimbi finding things rather two severe, evacuated the town immediately. Wo took forty places of heayy and twelve pieces of light artillery, together with a largo quantity of small arms. The road leading out of Plymouth was strewn with Muskets, haversacks, etc., showing a perfect stampede. The Whole garrison did not hive stores sufficient to last•them twenty-four hours. In the engagement one of the rebel magazines was blown up by our boats, and set fire to the town. All the houses on Water street were destroyed. The town is now held by our gunboats and a email land force commanded by Col. Wardrof. "Glory to Cushing for so brave an ant, and glory to Com mander Macomb for following up. the example, and relieving a large portion of Eastern North Caro lina." 'DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE REBEL FORREST. CAIRO, Nov. 12.—Advices from Paducah to the 9th say that at live o'clock on the evening previous the rebels disappeared froin this side of Johnson vile. No portion of Forrest's army was believed to be on the east side of the river, they having gone, It was supposed, to join the rebel army under Hood. General Schofield, with fifteen hundred United States troops, arrived at Johnsonville, and that place was regarded as perfectly secure. The Tennessee river will soon be open again. A tornado passed over Washington county, Illi nois, on the morning of the .9th, destroying many buildings, killing one person and wounding several. others. Several steamers have arrived here from below, bringing 400 bales of cotton for St. Louis. REBEL ATTACKS ON ATLANTA, AND THEIR RE' PULSE. CHATTANOOGA, NOV. 11.—On Monday morning, at daylight, the enemy attacked our pickets south of Atlanta, killed one and wounded two of the Sd Indiana, but subsequently fell back. The election on Tuesday was quite largely for Lincoln. ' On Wednesday morning the enemy made three attacks on Atlanta, their shells being thrown as far as the, rolling. mills. The most desperate attack was made on the Rough and Ready-road. The ene my's artillery was within one hundred yards of our works, and their infantry and dismounted cavalry within two'hundred yards. Orir men aroused from their slumbers quickly, manned the defences, and NOD drove the rebels oft There was no Federal loss. The enemy were part of Young's command, and they finally retreated toward Macon. Our army is in excellent spirits, and well sup.. plied with rations. ATLANTA NOT EVACUATED. CINCINNATI, Nov. 12.—The Gazette publishes a Nashville despatch, denying the reported °vacua- Mu and burning of 'Atlanta, and the destruction of . the Chattanooga and Atlanta railroad. MISSOURI. MOVEMENTS OF PRICE FORT SMITH, Ark., Nov. 11.—Price turned west ward from Crane Hill on the 4th. On the sth Gen. Thayer moved a force up the north aide of the river frciin here for the purpose of attacking Price, but fearing that Cooper would move towards. Fort Smith with his foroe of 7,000 men, he thought best to re turn. General Thayer can hold this place against Price and Cooper united, having plenty of supplies and artillery and ammunition. THE 8010'1'11ERN STATES. NEWS OP THE PRESIDENT'S RR-ELECTION RECEIVED -THE OPINION OP THE REBEL PRESS--MILITARY. EEG= WASHINGTON ; Nov. 11—Richmond papers of Thursday last have been received here, and.contain the following items of news : The rebels acknowledge the election of Mr. Lin coln, and the Divalei says that tho Yankees, irire electing him, have imposed upon themselves a tyran ny for which alone they are . fitted by nature. The Examiner, on the result of the election, says : “Inetead of blowing up the Confederacy at one shot, they will find themselves In for another long series of wasting campaigns, with all their weary , delving in mud, crowding of pale wretches into hos pitals, piling up heaps of slaughtered men with several hundred thousand more corpses, adding to their debt by several thousand millions of dolls* never, never to be paid in the world. ll Rebel editors are greatly excited over Jeff Davis' recommendation to Congress that upon him should be conferred power to exempt those editors whom• he .may think proper from military duty. Phials looked upon by the Richmond press as aylle at tempt to crush the liberty of the press. The military news from all sections of the Soittk Is unimportant. Nothing definite is known of Hood's movements, except that he crossed tho Tan- - nessee in three columns, and was marching for Tul lahoma station, on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Affairs around Richmond and Petersburg remain unchanged, but the rebels are unanimousthat Grant will yet deliver a great battle before winter comes, and that he will be assisted in the movement by the James-river fleet, whicirwill pass through the Dutch Gap Canal. SOUTHERN COMMENTS ON THE NEGRO SOLDIER PROJECT—GOVERNOR DROWN, 03 GEORGIA, ON STATE RIGETS AND PEACE. .NEW YORE, Nov. 14.—The Itlohmond papers of the 10th hive been received. In the rebel Senate a resolution was offered that it is sound policy to employ nogroes in the army In all positions except' as soldiers. In the House thoro was a sharp rebate cn llr, Foote's resolution denouncing Davis , recommenda tion to repeal the exemption of editors and news pope employees from military EETVICO. the rose lutiOn was finally referred. The. Richmond Enquirer announces the recom mendation of Davis as the first step toward a dicta torship. Governor brown, of Georgia, in his message, ad vocates the right of each State to negotiate a peace for itself. The Wkly criticises Davis' proposition to employ slaves in the army and navy, and wants him and the rebel authorities to mind their own business, which is to enforce and execute the military laws they now have. It says his arguments are the &rim mentS of Seward and Sumner, and, if true, slavery is wrong, and the sum of all barbarism. • The latest advices from Hood represent him ' , across the Tennessee, and everything going on as well as the heart could wish. Hood enters upon his campaign with the finest army over marshalled south of Virginia- It is larger 4n numbers, and has better generale, and the troops in finer spirits than was ever known before." THE LOWER POTOMAC. CAPTURE OF TWO BLOCKADB.EIINNICR.S WA§IIitiOTON, • Nov. 12.—Rear Admiral Porter, wilting to the Navy Department on board his flag ship Malvern, in Hampton Roads, under date of November 10, says that some days since he, sent the United States Steamer Stepping Stones up to Nob jack bay; to put a atop to the smuggling going on there. The Stepping Stones returned on the morning of the 10th; having in tow two vessels, the Reliance and Little Elmer, which she captured for at tempting to run the blockade. These vessels had no'contra 'band goods on board at the time of their capture, but they were evidently engaged in contraband trade, as their captains could give no satisfactory account of themselves. • DEFEAT OF GUERILLAS BY TAB LW:MO . S RANGERS WARM:GT . ON, No9.I2.—LOUdOIIII county, in Vir ginia; is overrun with guerillas, who commit maul depredations on peaceable citizens. Not long ago a party of a hundred and fifty of them dashed across the Potomac river, at Nolan's Ferry, four miles east of Point of Rooks, reached the Balti more and Ohio Railroad, robbed some storehouses, etc., and were in the act of tearing up the railroad and destroying the telegraph, when the Londottn Rangers sprang upon them, and a warm engage. ment ensued. The Rangers lost one killed, two wounded, and six prisoners, in the running tight which ensued. The rebels buried fear men in Leesburg, and carried nine wounded with them through the town. • " November 11 ARREST OE GIIERILLAS-THE MANASSAS RAILROAD . ALILIATIVRIA, NOV. 12--Hiram Harronor, who claims to have been discharged from the rebel ser vice, was arrested yesterday in Prince William county, under suspicious circumstanoes, and brought into this headquarters. He has a brother in Mose• by's gang, and one In the Union service. Felix Moon, a desperate guerilla, was also captured and sent to the slave pen. All quiet on the line of the Manassas Railroad, the guards proving an ample security against Pilose• • by's attacks. • THE 154ENA11!DOAH VALLEY. Anini AT WINCHESTRR. Wesiiizonow, NOV. 12.—A gentleman who re trirnea &obi thoi Valiey ti , ilaY states that the largor portion of Sheridan's army is In the neighborhood of Winchester, while the enemy is at Now Market receiving riinforcements. There have been no active military movements recently. TER BNENY NBA'S STAUNTON-REVIEW AND PA• ' DADE-TDB ELECTION-ONNISDALB SREDIDAN - AND CROON AT TEE rOGLEI. A correspondent of the Iferaal a wrlting from near Cedar Creek, Nov. 8, says : The past day or two deserten from the rebeis re port the enemy in force near Staunton, and that it was his intention to move upon our lines at once. This may seem a very presumptuous saying on the part of an enemy who has been represented as tho roughly demoralized and routed. It is a misfortune that some of the officers of our army give credit to the disorganization of the Valley-rebel army. They are not disorganized. Gen. Sheridan knows this fact, and his subordinate generals reflect his opi a ion. In view of this no vigilance is relaxed, no derilection in duty, no neglects on the picket line allowed. This army is in better fighting condition to-day in regard to numbers, discipline, and equip meat than at any time since the main part of it entered the Valley of the Shenandoah. Yesterday a grand review and parade of the 19th Army Corps, Major General Emory, took place. A day or two. before the affair the men of this gallant corps were getting their arms and equipments in or. der. Early yesterday morning the sound of martial and Instrumental music Indicated that no common event was about to takeplace. At 8 o'clock the va rious regiments, divisions, and brigades of the corps formed on their parade grounds in the fear of the 'fortifloations. This done,t,Le troops were marched by seiparato commands to the review ground, a large rolling field east of the Winchester and Strasburg pike. The marching of the troops was a striking sight, as they wore men not of the street parade character, but men who had been battle tried at Port Hudson, the . Teche country, at the Opequan and Cedar reek: The troops, after they reached the parade ground, were formed in coltuna of regimental divisions, with distinctive intervals between the different brigades and divisions— Ma jor General Emory gave personalsupervision of the formation of the corps.. The weather was cloudy, raining at Intervale, but not to any extent to retard the movements of the affair. At half-past ten, the column being ready for review, Major General Sheridan, accompanied by his full staff, came upon the field, and riding to the head of the column, salu ted the corps commander, and with that officer proceeded at a brisk trot down the left flank of the column of troops, and up on the opposite side, and then reviewed each division successively. AB General Sheridan reached the column, and on his way on the review, he was Vociferously cheered by the troops, the bands at the same time playing the tune of " Hail to the Chief," &c. Major Generals Wright, Torbert Seymour, -tl•car—cutti.-naishatl—mll,tha-nriMaip, _th._ other corps 01this army, were present on the field. The 19th Corps presented a very fine, soldierly am pearance on this occasion. Their weather-beaten countenanced and battle-torn banners made the event a very impressive scene. The divisions la the corps are under the command 01 Generals Biro, McMillan and Dwight—all of them officers of tried ability and skill. The'veteran commander of the corps, Major General Emory, is also an officer who has often been tried in the field. The Richmond Examiner, of the 81st ultimo, has an article pretending to give a truthful account of a small battle that took place lately in the Luray valley, near Milford Station, between their force, under General Lomax, and ono under a 'Union com mander, in which it Is claimed that the rebels cap tured three pieces of artillery—accepting it as an augury of the commencement of the recovery of the artillery their army lost at Uedar Creek on the 19th nit. Considering the fact that during this cam paign our army captured one hundred and twenty seven pieces, they will possibly find their task not an easy one. The battle to which the rebel papers re fer was no battle, bat a reconnoissance, and no ar tillery was lost—not even a shotgun. So much for the veracity of the Richmond press.l Very dense fogs prevail here in the mornings, and the utmost vigilance is exacted to prevent a repeti tion of the surprise of the 19th ult. Nov. 9, Mt —Yesterday the Presidential election passed off without any incidental' event worthy of record. The troops from Ohio, of which the Army of Western Virginia is principally composed, by a law of their State polled their votes in the field. For this purpose ambulances Were used, and the votes were deposited in wooden cartridge boxes. The voting was conducted in a quiet, orderly man ner, and with the utmost fairness, to allow every voter to deposit his vote and to select the candidate of his choice. The only feature of the election of Interest was the depositing the votes of Generals Sheridan and Crook. Both of these officers, being citizens of Ohio, . were . obliged to vote in the field. The polls were held in the camp of the Army of West Virginia, at . a distance of over a mile from - General Shoridan , s •headquarters. The day was unpleasant, it having rained very hard the night previous, rendering the soil here, which Is of a clayey. nature, very slippery. General Sheridan, therefore ordered Ms head quarters ambulance, in which , with Major Gene ral Crook, he rode to the polls. His visit was entirely Impromptu, no previous notioe hav ing been given of the event to the. troops.. He had hardly got, however, on the borders of the camp when his presence was discovered to thetroops, and in a few seconds, as he was rapidly driven to the camp of tho 34th Ohio Regiment, the woods re verberated with cheers. Having reached hie desti nation he alighted and selected his ticket from some of the soldiers, went up to the polls, and, after ans wer leg the questions of the election judges as to where his family resided, his township, Are.. he deposited ilia vote. Theist Brigade band of the 2d Division mean while arriVed at the scene of the Generals visit and played the air of 4, Hail to the Chief" and other pa ; triotic tunes. General Crook, the successful leader of the Army of West Virginia, next voted; and' he was loudly cheered by the troo psi he has so often led , to battle. Death of a Railroad Engineer. WILLIAMEWORT,X;iOV. 12.—Robert Panes, chief engineer of the . Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, died at his residence here, at 5 o'block this morning. He was about sixty years of age. He had been for a long period conneoted with the-railroad, and bore a very high reputation as a civil engineer. .11(onord to Lientenant,Cushing. SYRACUSE. N. Y., Nov. 12.—Lieutonant Cushing, the hero of the Albermarle affair,. was serenaded at the Syraouse House this evening. A large . number of citizens joined in paying him a complimentary Arrest of the Lieutenant - Governor. -of CINCINNATI", Nov. 18.—. Lieut. Gov. JaOobi,. of Kentucky, loft for Washington to-night, In chair) of - Wilted States officers, as a political prisoner.. . .BALTMORE. TRIAL OF'REBEIL EIYMPATRIVIRS BALT7IIOII.B, 'Nov: . 12.—Mrs. Thomas Hutchins, charged with getting. up the sword, for the rebel Harry Gilmer, was brought up for trial before the Military Commission this morning, but was-re manded to jail again, she not being ready,.and the Commission not being fully re-organised. This case creates Intense interest, as Mrs. Hutch ins is one of our most elegant, fashionable secession ladies. Zenas Barnum, of Barnam's hotel, is dangerously ill, and Is not expected to live. Rejoicing still continues over the late Union tri umph. LARGE AND VEST ATTRACTIVE SALE OS 1,000 LOTS FRENCH AND SAXONY Daitss C3OODS, Sue leis, Funs, &0., Tars DAY.—The early and particular attention of dealers is requested to ,the (Melee and desirable assortmont of French Goods, ambracing about 1,000• lots of fancy and staple ant igen, including the oelebrated importation of Messrs. L:. ffiaillard & Co., & Messrs. Osoar Prolss & Co , to be peremptorily sold by catalogue on four months' oredit, coromencing this morning, at ten o'clock precisely, to be continued all day, without intermission, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Paszket street. A Correctiori.. Beianaoaz,,Mll:, Nov. D, 1564. • To the Editor cJ The Press : Sin: In 'gone Mlle of last Thursday It was stated that soldiers were being kept here, the quartermas ter neglecting to furnish them transportation, and that it waa'shonght to be ACopperh.ead movement to prevent their voting. 7/his was a. great mistake, and Injustice to Col. D. M. Newfort, the chief quartermaster of this depot, and Capt. A...M. Clump . mings, assistant . quartermaster , in oharge of the transportation department. 'Both of these gentle mon ale warm supporters of Mr. Lincoln, and ex erted themselves to the utmost to furnish the fur- loughed soldiers with transportation. They were, with their' clerks, working for over a week, from 7 A. M..until 2 and 3 o'clock P. X., evory day, not even taking time enough to eat, and no soldier, unless by bla own negligence, was kept here over a day. By inserting this correction you do hat jus tice tO two of the most loyal main the aerates. THE GUERILLAS. NEAR POINT OP 3100103 UNTROUBLED Keiitticky. THE ELECTIONS. CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND NEVADA FOR DIR. LINCOLN. .'TableA of NC,jorities. ADDIT'IONAL RETURNS FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES THE MAJORITIES, ACCORDING. TO THE LATEST ()AEC CIL ATIONS. Lincoln. McClellan. . . . .25,000 2,481 Oalifornia _ Cionnecticut Delaware 450 « Illinois 34,000 Indiana 25,000 --- lowa 25.000 -- Kentucky 25,000 Maine 18,000 Maryland 700 0 Massachusetts 70,814' Blicialgan. 10,000 Minnesota 5,000 Missouri 5,000 New Hampshire.... . . .... 2,000 Nev Jersey . 6,500 New 'York o,ooo' Ohio- 30,000 Pennsylvania ..:.:..:..::.15,000 Rhode Island 5,061 -- Vermont 20,000 West 'Virginia. . . 2,050 Wisconsin .. . .... 10,000 Kansas ..10,000 Nevada 2,000 Oregon 2,000 Totals in 24 States 331,356 31,950 ICansas must be reckoned as wholly for Mr. Lin coln, the liTOCiellan eleotoral ticket having been either withdrawn or very feebly supported. We place it at the moderato mejority oflo,ooo. ~Tenness ee we ham not reckoned. The whole majority of Mr. Lincoln will be about 350,000, or about 200 3 000 over his majority in 1860. PENNIsYLVANUIL. ESTIMATED VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. • • Union Dem. Lincoln. McClellan. Gain. Gain. Adams. .. ... .. . 500 20 Allegheny 8500 1100 ...; Armstrong 120' Beaver .... ..... ... 900.... - 59 Bedford . 550 74 __ Berks . . ... . 6197 366 .... Blair 425 .. 100 .... Bradford ....... .. .. 3500 .... 325 Bucks 800 193 Butler 300 Cambria - •900 50 Cameron. .... 50 .... Carbon - .300 212 Centre '825 95 ..... Chester . .. . ... 2500* .... 450 Clarion.:::.. .. ... 1050 ....` 80 Clearfield........ 1000 175 Clinton 600 70 .... Columbia 1000 41 Crawford 1300 .. 150 Cumberland::........ .... 760 346 Daupbin. 1139 .... 455 .... Delaware .... .... 1600 Elk .. 400 37 .... Erie .. 2500, .... 430 .... Fayette......... .... . 700 • 105 .... Franklin - . 47 „.. Fulton 225 65 Forest - 50 Greene 1350 it Huntingdon 676 Indiana .. ..... . . 2000... - 96 „„ JefferSOn..... .100 Juniata 250 L OM easter 5479 .... 1479 Lawrence 1680 800 Lebanon. .. a i . 930 .... 84 .. Lehigb 2099 .... 52 Luserne, - 2895 .... 870 Lyman:ling ... . 946 .... 53 McKean 100 .... • Mercer 800 ..-- 150 ... .. . .... 90 ... . Monroe.... . . ... 1800 .... 100 Montgomery. ..; ... 1208.. .f. Montour . . ... .... 460 13 N0rthampt0n............ 3314 614 Northumberland..:.. ' 702 165 .... Perry .. ... ....• 130 Philadelphia.-- .... 9508 2167 .. Pike " . 1000. Potter 529 .... 206 Schuylkill ....... .. 1950 •.... _ Somerset 1100 .... 169 ....• Snyder ~.300 .... 68 .... Sullivan • 330 .. Susquehanna .. .. 991 .... 190 .... Tioga 3500 .... . 360 __ Union 435 Venango 500 .... 175 .... Warren ' 800 160 Washington ... 500 .... Wayne .... 1000 —.. Westmoreland.. ... . . .... 1400 TT Wyoming 108 York .. . . .... 3300 .... UNION 3.IB.JORITY IN THE STATE.- Ildiznientrna, Nov. 12-10 o'clock P. M.—The majority of the vote east at the Presidential election in this State is estimated in reliable quarters at be tween 8,000 and 10,000 for Mr. Lincoln. POTTER. (Special Correspondence of The Press.] 'COUDERSPORT, Nov. 11.—The home tote for Pre. sident in this county is as follows : Lincoln 1,167 McClellan . 638 Majority for Lincoln • 529' Gain since October - - - 208. If you meant to include the soldiers , vote when you said wo would give 700, we shall make your word good. We have done our best. Every vote was out, and we tbink " Little Potter” has done well. We are all gloriously happy over the Na tional vic tory. ^ _M. . ___ CLARION. Correspondence of The Press.) Chaatiorr, Nov. 10.—The Democratic majority In Clarion county is 1,050 on the home vote. being a Democratic _gain of 80. The soldier's vote will de crease it, however, considerably. California, Nevada, and Oregon. SAN FRANCISCO, Nay. B.—Twenty-one thousand votes were polled in this city. Lincoln's majority -zo LAM_ --Raturria freaTs-tha-hfa lone* or th. Gt0t0,44:3 far as received, are egially falorable to the Union ists. Lincoln's majority can hardly be less than 28.010. Sari FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.—Returns from 24 coun ties show a Union majority of 13,266, and the fall returns will increase this to at least 20,000. Oregon has gone for Lincoln by from 1,500 to 2,000 majority. - Nevada Las gone for the Union party by 2,000 to 3 ; 000 majority. The election everywhere passed off quietly. Sax Mariciseo, Nov. 10.—The news of Arr. Lin coln's reelection was received hero at noon to-day, and caused great rejoleing The election returns come in slowly, but swell the Union majority already reported. Three Union Congressmen are elected. • - • Nevada elects a Union State Government and Congressmen by 3:C00 majority, Maine. ArousTa, Me., Nov. 12.—Two hundred and twen ty-live towns in this State give Lincoln 41,423 votes, and McClellan 82,207. The same' towns last year gave Cony, (Union), for Governor, 45,613; Ifoward, (Delo.), 30,115. The remainder of this State will not materially alter this majority, as the 30,000 votes yet to be heard from are about equally divided between the two parties. Mr. Lincoln's majority will be nearly 18,000 on the home vote, with 5,000 to 7,oooadditlonal on the soldiers , vote. Illinois and lons. Cniceoo, Nov. 12 —The Evening Journal has re ceived returns from all but four small counties in Illinois, which foot up a majority for Lincoln of 31,- 000. The Republicans will have a majority of eighteen on the joint ballot in the Legislature. They have also elected eleven Congressmen out of the fourteen, which is again of six. The same paper states that it has assurances that all the Republican Congressmen are elected In lowa. Tennessee. Caniai.Nov. 12.—A Memphis paper of the 10th' Instant says that the vote in that city Is as follows : McClellan 2,623, and Lincoln 1,604. This informa tion Is not regarded as entirely correct. CAIRO, Nov. 12.—Detachments of Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, lowa, and Wisconsin regiments give a large majority for Lincoln. The 6th Tennessee Cavalry give him a unanimous vote Of 600. Kentucky. Cam, Nov. 12.—The district of West Kentucky has given a majority for 12r. Lincoln. This is Con sidered one of the greatest changes in public opinion in any part of the Union. VOTE TOE PRES/DEITT AMONG THE UNION PRI SONERS IN RlORAlOND.—Yesterclay being the day of the Presidential election North, out of curiosity a vote was allowed to be taken among the Yankee wounded prisoners of war in Hospital No. 21, is charge of Surgeon Semple. Commissioners and clerks were serected from among the prisoners, of whom there are about five hundred in the hospital, including a good many negro soldiers. Though the negroes claimed the right of suffrage because Light ing for the Union , the commissioners decided . against them, and only the white Yankees wore al lowed to deposit their ballots. The negroes there upon threatened to refer the question to Massa. Lin cum for his decision. The vote stood as follows : Commlisioned officers—MCClelliaa; 11 : Lincoln. 21. Non-commissioned officers and privates—McClel lan, 239; Lincoln, 133; Majority for Lincoln among the commistioned officers, 10.; majority for MoClel lan the rank and file, 156. Doubtless this was a fairer election than was witnessed at any vot ing place in Yankoedom yesterday. The voters voted their sentiments ; there was no "marrow fat ting." of tickets, after the manner of the New York politicians;. no stuffing of the ballot-box after a uni versal Yankee custom. Under which king? was the question, and as the alternative was the choice of one or the other, of the two evils they Moose the least, and gave McClellan the "mall, a majori ty.—/tichrnond Examiner, 91/4 The Northern Election. The Unitel States Surrendering-Ala Liberties. [From the Richmond Dispatob,. NOV: 9:1 Yesterday will be long.remembered in the annals 0f... mankind: On yesterday twenty millions of human beings but four years ago esteemed the treest population on earth, met at various points of assemblage for the purpose of making a. for mal surrender of their liberties ; not to a great mili tary conqueror; not to a renowned statesman; not to a fellow-oltizen who. has- done the State ser vices that cannot be estimated in worldly wealth; not to one who has preeerved the State from. foreign tyranny, or inerWs ,. e.d its glory and its greatness at borne ; not to a 001311 T or a Napoleon, the glory of whose achievemeatamight be pleaded as an apology for the abject submission of the multitude; but to a vulgar tyrant,.who has never seen a shot fired in anger, who has no more idea of statesmanship than as a meanaof making money; whose career has been ono of unliiiited and unmiti gated disaster; whose personal- qualities are those of a low buffoon, and whose most noteworthy con vereation Is a medley of profane jests and obscene anecdotes; a creature who has squandered the lives of millions without remorse and without even the decency of pretending to feel for their misfortunes;, who still Cries for blood and for money in the pursuit of his atrocious de sigma. To• such a Man,. . yesterday, the people of the so. called United Mates sarrendered their lives, their liberties, their persons, and their purses, to have and to hold the same- for at least four Tears, and for as much longer as he shall choose. For it is-plain that if he so will it, ho may hold on for. his astute]. life, and transmit the sceptre to his descendants. There is nothing - s in the world to pre vent him should he feel so disposed, and there is no reasca to think that thus deposed he will not be. It seems strange to us that he should have condescend ed to submit to an election at all ; and we are con vinced he would. never have done so had he not boon convinced beforehand that it would result in hiefavor. Bon McClellan-could ever have been so Infatuated as to thrust himself in his way; we are unable to conceive. The lightest punishment he had to expect wits to be ornahed, for he might have felt assured Abet even had ho ' been elected, he . would not have been allowed to take his seat. All the preparations of Abraham Lincoln indicate a determination to take possession of the. Government by force—his military arrangements,;, the stationing of soldiers about the polls ; the arrest of the New York commissioners ; the prohtbation against any tickets but•his own in the fleet; hiajeal one supervision of the voting in the army—all these indicate a determination to conquer by this ballot. box if nestable, but in any event to conquer. He iv could McClellan expect to weather such a storm as his adversary had it in his power to raise at any mo ment of the day I Even the grand resort of tyran ny in all , ages has . not • been overlooked in this case. • Huge conspiracies are discovered; designs to burn whole 'cities; to overthrow the best Government under the Bun; to shoot 'Lincoln; •to stuff the ballot-bek; to' assist the Confederate arms; - to do everything .that is awful; and just in the very Well Of' In time to Imprison Influential friends of aa ft ei r e ji: ei:il , llsl - ‘,:it • - .1::.41 keep the this his supporters fr - os s r l i n,st il pplls. And farce is to be calseil 3.,. 44 k, tr, and Lincoln, seated upon his throne at IC„,' l t?.t by the bayonets of his troops First Napoleon was seated upon the insp,Aki of France title military power of the - ' l ' l, l retains the of President d forms of a 'republic, as stunAngv.and Il e / in themselves regularly.elected consuls 14r4si long after they had concentrated all Do t4l Own persona. we t i , We are prone to believe that every n. ti the exact proportion of freedom to wisi t h c;1, tied: If the Yankees have lost their Merl `,",i fore, we think it self.evident that Cues he'eker,"' never deserved to have them. If y a re „'itt ) is because they are fit for the situation. ;iii,' , , i have been for yearn to all the base pasillik,,::4l indicative of a profligate and degenergisi,„.,l, when nations advance to that point, the ti" -, , ..., to material bondage costs but a shuck, stel"'' surely, the surrender which the ya n k u L yesterday of their liberties to the jack 4 1 ,' , 11i Abraham Lincoln, is in its way the most rereiarl.ll, event o f which history makes mention. s ir 1: . Yankee natioia, if not .the greatst, is, st le: ,: most interesting of all existing nation,. w”, 111 it 0 P The Steamer Peruvian at s ew . NEW TORN, Nov. 3.3.—The steamer pe r arrived, with Queenstown onth e 2 Liverpool dates of the I s t . The United States steamer Sacra at Cowes Oct. 31st, to tranship sow, f „ 4 r.il, board tbe Borussia for New York. The, 5',..,"! 1 1; would, if possible, go up Southampton to The English journals concur in the verdilt Muller, and the execution has been usedday, Nov. 14th. if :1 ; is dea Johd. n Leeoh, the celebrated Punch ear;, at„ Napoleon, after a visit to the Cyr, Vi3l &d. 7 and Lyons, ea route for Paris. It is dozi A .- „0 1 11 Czar will go to Paris. The Paris Bours e at 101-65. • J.,4 The treaty of peace was finally signeo, :It vie Oct. EOM, and the ratifications are to hs.ex,:h.,l'• in three weeks. Jutland is to be terrific hurricane occurred at Calcutta of October. Of 200 ships in the Howv 1 e 1! totally lost, and of the remainder only al ported seaworthy. 110 ships were driven fr 34..; moorings, stranded, and damaged. There NI:: serious loss of European lives, and most p of th.: Lgoes will be saved. There was much. excite:o. i .i' loy(P.s, in view of the heavy losses. The American- ships Lew Chew and f.31,-, were totally wrecked, and the Dingo was all. wrecked. The Red Bose; Southampton, pa nl , Husteed, Hindostan, Western Star, Empire, ;i 1 „:, ern Cross, Eastern Belle, Continental, Saa„,:: Belle, Leonidas, and Han-y . Warren were 13:0 ) . leSs damaged. The American Bhip Maatlaril lost Oil Batavia. No particulars have beg. ' ceived. The allies have reduced the Japanese fort;, forced the ref eage through the Straits D r monasakt with tritlingless. The Japanese have: for peace. . P - ODIRAT, Oct. 15.—Cotton lower. FrolOtt vancing. ' Exchange 28. CANTon, Sept. 27.—Cotton goods higher, 1. 1 declining. Exchange 45.10gd. SRA - 1;011AB, Sept. 21.—Exchange 75. Id. The latest Cork, papers, those of the 21 lz contain the following; • PARIS, Nov. I.—The following telegram, receli, from Calcutta, gives details of destruction cau:; by the late hurricane: lie ships were wrecked,. a ; , .12,000 persons were drowned. The total 19si estimated at 250,000,000 francs. The greater psrti: of the city was inundated, and the villages tordul lag on the , river were washed away. Arrival of the NovaSeotiau—Wreck ere Sweamship Jura—The Capture or HI , Florida ra en °nue ed as Piracy by th , ISnglish Press. CAPE RACE, 'Nov. 12 —The steamship biota s ! -. tin-n, from Liverpool on the 3d via Londonderry, the 4th liThtant, passed this point en route to Qv& this afternoon. Her dates are five days later th3: l those already received. The steam - ship Kangaroo, from New York, Mirk' at Queenstown at 12 o'clock, midnight, on the 21 instant. The eteamship Edinburgh, from New York, ;y. rived at Liverpool on the 3d instant. The Anibal - 1p Saxonia, from New York, Wee arrived ont up to noon of the ad instant. DISASTER TO T/32 JURA.. • The steamship Jura, from Quebec, ran arum! at Crosby Point, at the entrance of the river Diem; at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 3d instant, 1; high water. - As the tide receded, she was left high and dry, and parted in the middle. Her mails, pauenl3,4 and crew were landed in safety. The weather was calm bat hazy at the time Gil l disaster, and tho pilot mistook the lights. Mil are to be made to float the ship is two pieces, ant tow her to her dock, only six miles distant. ,ste was uninsured. THE CAPTURE OP THE PLOEXDA. The Index, the Confederate organ in London, give the following relative to the • capture of the federate steamer Florida : The Confederate authorities in London have re. ceived a telegraphic despatch, dated Lisbon, fmr Captain Morris, commander of the _Florida, stating that she was captured on the 7th of Oetobzr Federal steamer Wachusett, in the harbor of Bi ble, Brazil. At the time of the capture the Florida. was 171 e; under the guns of•the Brazilian forts and the Bra zilian fleet, and Captain Morris was en share. g. Is now on board the steamer Magdalena, boiled icr Southampton. The London Morning Herald editorially denottam the capture of the Florida in the meet indignant terms. The London Times says : "The capture of the Confederate steamer Fieridt in the harbor of a friendly State was an act of simple piracy. When within a neutral port she should have been perfectly safe from molestation." The London Berard sass that if the Washington Government does not release the Florida all the maritime Powers will have the right to interfere is the matter. THE °ABE. o 3117LLICII .The German Legal • Protection Society, in rim. don, are preparing a memorial to the Grown in tn. half of Muller, on the ground of not being nainfuel with the evidence. FRANCE. Politics unimportant. The French troops are to make simultaneous st• tacks on the insurgents at different points la Al geria about the 6th of November, for the paws, of cutting off their retreat. Most decisive results are expected from this movement. The Paris Bourse closed steady on the 2d Instant, at 641.85 c. Tor the Rentes. ITALY. - The Marquis Dearaglio publishes a letter in the journals setting forth that the great question for Italy Is not to consider only a mere choice of capital, but to settle all disputed questions. He recommends the acceptance of a convention for this purpose. Cardinal Antoneill has prepared a reply to the French despatch, in which he defends the course of the Papal Government. - RUSSIA. The Invalide Russe asserts that the visit of the Czar to Nice was simply an act of courtesy, and de. void of any poiltical object. Russia prefers liberality of action. and desires no alliances. The EMperor of Russia arrived at Potsdam on the 2d instant, on a visit to the King of Prussia, and would remain until the sth. AUSTRIA. The_ Vienna jonrnale assert that a misisteritt crisis has ecome t to end with the resignation of Cunt pechberg. They assert that a change in ministers will In no way affect the harmonious relations ex isting between Austria and Prussia. LONDON MONEY ,11A.11,1131T. The funds opened firm on the 3d inst., tut closed weaker. The discount market was very quiet. The unfavorable courser of the Continental ex changes, and the active demand for dollars for China and Japan, led to the impression that a re. duction in the rate of discount by the Bank of Ber land may be still further postponed. The demarid for discount at the Bank,•hcwover, was extremely light. The Rotbschilds have contracted to supply the Bank of France with two millloiii.Sterling, mold. Telegrams Irom Rio de Janiirp. report no nets failures there. Satterthwaite's circular reports that there is no material variation in American securities. Commercial Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET —LicuaKtn. Nov. —Tte tales of Cotton in the Ltverpool markst for the three days a ere 29,0 W bales. The market opened witk an advancing, but closed with a declining, tendency, and the improvement at the opening was partially led. The tales to speculators aattexporters ware 1.1.00., bales. LIVEHPOOL BEE&DSTKITES MARKET. Means. Richardson, Spence & Co., 13iglaud. AMY& & CO. repoli : Flour quiet bat steady. Wheat firm bat quiet. Corn still advancing. Sales of mixed at Vs 61 2.7 s 9d. LIVERPOOL PROVISION BURICETE Beet flat Pork dull Bacon steady. Lard 'Erin. Ta.lrw steady. LIVERPu oL PRODUCE lILRRET.—Ashes qt. in Ala steady. for both Pots and Pearls. Sugar. an upward tendency. Coffee inactive. Rice quiet and • steady. Rosin dull. Spirits Turpentine no sales, butter brawl . : sa es at Is ICd(gas IC3rA. LotIDON ItiAßESTS.—Breadstuff; firm. Sugar firm. Coffee still advancing. Tea quiet. Rice steady. Tal- low quitt. Linsed Oil dull. - LATEST MARRITS. CSy telegraph to Green Castte. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 4.—Cotton.—The sales of the week foot up EO,COO bales The market opened bnoyan ay. at an advance of for. American, and 2d@td for other descriptions. Sabsequently the market became heavy, and the advance was partially- lost_ The sales to peculators were 27.500 bales, and to esperters bales. The sales to-day (Friday) are 5,000 bales, the market closing .quiet at the following authorised quotations - Fair, Orleans Stld.. Middling, do 83d- Fair, Mobile Oa 31Wling. do F.IIIF. Uplands 35d. Middling. do MgC Stock in port 90,000 bales, of which 13.(160 baksis• American. .. Breatistuff3 Hat. Wheat easier. . . . . Provisions dna Lard still advancing. —• LONDOS. Ilov. 4.-Consols for money Illinois Central sharea S 3 discount Increase of bullion in•the Bank of England, £187.0(0. 'The rate of discount of the Batik remaii a unchanged. The Bank of Trance has reduced its rate of - discount to seven per cent. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER. —Livintroor.. Nov. 4. —The advises from klanosester are favorable, and the price. of goode and yarns showed an. upward tendency. but business was checked by the advance dexuar ded by sellers. SALE OF BOOTS ARO SROES.-The. early atten tion of buyers is invited to the large and attrac tive Sale of one thousand cases of boots,- shoes,. brogans,"balmorals, &0., to be sold by catalogue, for cash, this iNionday) morning, November 14,- corn mencing at ten o'clock precisely, by" Philip -Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store, Nos. 525 . .,Market and 522 Commerce streets. Tiro. CITY: BOR_ADDITIONAL . CETY NEWS SEE 710IIRT8,Pk6Ya AERLAL. The balloon ascension on Saturday, in.. which Col. A. A. Lechler, If. S. A., took passage to gain information to be applied to military purposes, was a decided success. He ascended at the appointed time, from the corner of Fifteenth and Coates streets, in company with lift. J. J. Wilberham, one of Professor Lowe's assistants, and after remain ing up sufficiently long to ascertain with what clearness and the distance objects are visible, landed in safety on Air. G utherle ' s farm, .11,', miles northeast of the Fox Chase tavern. The -inhabi tants extended the voyagers a hearty welcome, and after feasting them till a late hour, the.Colonet and aeronaut returned to the city highly dellghtca with their voyage. So well pleased: was CoL Leakier with the information gained that ho..liaa engaged one of Protestor Lowe's balloons. for other asoen pions this tyeek. The exhibitionsfer- the boa:Oita scientific and military purposes will continue ever/ day and evening during this week. RUN OVEU. Sobn Clay, 31 years of age,-had:his., arm broken yesterday morning, by being, run over. by a want' on the Plank road, below biarrwgats. street. tie was taken to the Episcopal hospital. friend;lms; informed us of a blind man, a graduate of the Ohio Institute for the Blind, who is a novelty in the musical world• His vocal powers are,sach as to.astonish every ono who has had an opportunity to listen to him. Ho , runs down Cu the bass notes lower than any other. man, and yet sings . the highest tenor with perfect• ease. He plays She cornet with the finest skill with. one hand, and 3oCompanles himself with the ate: on a cabinet amen or a piano. He is a marvel, a 0 Will, we hope make his appearance in this _ A Ktrrxnu ease has taken place in Ind*. OA fire railroad tyetween Ahmoodpore and BbAkoore; - gentleman travelling. In a second•claas carriage having been tgddanly attacked by a person travel• ling in Ihe Varna carriage, and robbed of his watch, and after tieing Neaten severely wtu thrown out of the vandoli, but contrived to in hold oc the foot step of the carriage, and by clinging to the buffer held on till the train reached the station. The maik 'be Ce-Ztildt,ted tl.'2 outrage Is Sl2at44y