Vrtss.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1864.
Aft' We can takano notice of anonymous oommu •
121catIons. Wo do not return rejected manuscripts.
Oar voluntary oorreepondenee le solicited from all
iparts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When need, it will
.be paid for. •
Georgia.
'The rebel Governor BROWN'S message,
read to-the Legislature of Georgia on the.
3d inst., contains one important statement,.
surpassing. all the hostility it expresses
toward JEFFERSON DAVIS. Mr. BROWN,'
lays it doWn as a principle that every Stifd,'
of the Confederacy has a right to negotiate
for itself. From the very nature of / the
rebel compact this, must be an Omitted
truth ; for nothing is clearer than that the
rebellion is based upoi the right of seces
sion and State sovereignty;. Whetter Go
vernor BROWN designed it or not,/his mere
"Statement of the\ right if, indepen
dent negotia.tion is, a .threat and a
'weapon against the life of/the Confedera
cy. The Georgia Executive complains
that the rebel President is centralizing the
- whole authority of the „South in his own
person, and has never' availed himself of
the peace sentiment in' the North. With
out Mace sacrificing the idea of Southern
independence, Mr. BROWN thinks that skil
ful State action would have taken power
out of the hands of both Mr. LINCOLN and
JEFFERSON DAVIS, and enabled the States
North and South to come together in their
.sovereign capacity. Upon , this disposition
to independent - negotiation the whole Chi
cago movement was based. The action of
the South, and the result of our Presi:
dential election, demonstrate its utter fu
tility: Mr.' BROWN, like every other rebl
statesman who has written upon the sub
ject, shows that all his favor toward the
Northerh peace movement was only diplo-
matic, and that the highest and most vital
consequences expected of a negotiation by
means of , States and the election of Gen.
31cCLELLArl were: an 'abandonment of
- the war by armistice, recognition of the
Confederacy by the simple action of nego
tiation, and the independence of the South
by a convocation of States assembled in
the interests of secession. Independence
is still the darling idea of Southern States
men ; but against this fact we may place
- the growing hostility to JEFFERSON Davis.
It now amounts to -a, fatality that either
this man must win;. or the cause of the
.South must be lost. Looming up against
all this, we find some omen in Governor
Bao assertion of State sovereignty.
Before the independence of the Confede
racy is won, the States which compose the
compact may find it necessary to declare
- their own.
WE recently. published the report of the
Secretary of the rebel Treasury, the sum of
which seemed to be the question of De
ifauprat, in " Richelieu :" " I must pay
my - debts ? With all my heart ; where,
then, shall I borrow the money ?" To-day
we print the report of the rebel Secretary
of
. War, in which it is admitted that more
men are necessary to oppose our superior
forces, and that no more men are to be had.
In this dilemma what resource is left ? An ar
gument must serve Mr. SEDDON instead of a
mew draft, so it is gravely stated that though
the slaves are not fit to be made soldiers,
still they could be, and that in the mean
while the rebel soldiers are expected to
fight better now from
.the consciousness
that when matters come to* the very worst
they will have this immense reserve force
.of negroes, unfit- to be armed, to sustain
them. Every rebel State paper of this
year, from Ditvx' message to SEDDON'S
report, is a conTession that the rebellion
has no resources-4hat all its power is in
the field. The legislation of its Congress
Will be a demonstration of this fact.
ALRECADY free labor -is established in
Maryland on the ruins of slavery, and the
relations of master and slave are peacefully
revOlutioniZed without- injury to the in
terests of either. The planters in the
lower counties have agreed to pay their
former slaves wages ranging from sixty to
-one hundred and•twenty dollars annually.
If this scale is too low, the competition of
- industry will raise it. It is enough that in
- two weeks the great principle of com
pensation for honest labor has been esta:
blished in a great State, wherein for two
hundred years society bad existed on a
basis of legalized robbery.
GENERAL McCuBLLAN, having 'apparent
ly resigned all ambition for the Presidency
or the command of the army, is about to be
presented as a candidate for the United
States Senate in the legislature of 'New
jersey. If his political friends prove trtie
;to him, his election is almost certain ; but
we may be pardoned if we doubt their
fidelity to the personal service of one who
so unfortunately has failed to serve them.
In the Senate General IioCr;ELLAN's states
manship can be tested.
AMONG the witnesses summoned to the
trial of Col. NORTH, charged With conniv
ing 'at election .frauds in the aimy, is the
Governor of New York. The determina
tion of the Government to thoroughly ex
pose the great plot to cheat the 'soldiers of
- their votes, will probably make another such
plot impossible.
THE Richmond papers are evidently
aware of ElßEßlikli'S intentions, for they
warn their readers to expect startling
•news. Is' it the liberation of our prisoners
at Andersonville ? Is it Mobile ? What
ever it may be, it is victory.
Classical Music.
The appreciation --of classical music,
which led to the establishment of the
Classical Quintette Club, Will be increased
by its assured success. We are very glad
to welcome this new and invaluable mu
sical enterprise ; for such artists as GARRT
ITER, SCHMITZ, JARVIS, CROSS, and PLAGE
-MANN cannot better use their powers than
in the development of a general taste for
the highest - - music. The fine programme of
the first concert, to be given on Wednes
day, is an earnesl, of what the Club intends,
and, if the siipport is at all worthy of its
merit, the Sr ason of twenty-five matin6es,
announced by the managers, will be some
thing for picluu.sidal public of Philadelphia,
to remembe
lITTER FROM " OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Noi. 13, 1864.
•
Looking out upon the capital of our res
cued country on this bright Sabbath morn
ing,.l recognize in it the symbol of the
. peaceful triumph of the people at the bal
lot, and the peaCeful submission of their
Opponents to the - wonderful majorities that
secure the re-election of President Lincoln.
All is tranquil. NO cannon boom from the
Virginia bills ; no drums beat from the ad
jacent camps ; there is no tread of march
ing columns ; nothing disturbs the air but
" the sound of the church-going bell."
And the same is true of every town and
;hamlet within every loyal border. What
a profound proof of the power of our
people and their Government I But
if we propose to examine the philosophy
of the election of the eighth of 'November,
its immediate effect, its certain or its con
tingent consequences, we shall be puzzled
where to begin. In my opinion, no event,
so full of direct and remote importance,
has ever transpired. However we discuss
it, its proportions grow larger and larger.
'When, in 1780, George Washington was
elected .first President of the thirteen origi
nal States. he received but sixty-nine
.electoral Totes, representing only ten
States, . New York, Rhode Island, - and
:North. Carolina not having fully accepted
the, Federal Constitution and when, in
1793, the same illustrious man was chosen
the second T'resident of the United States,
he received the support of all the then or
gricrdzed,StMen; fifteen in number, showing
1132 votes: In both cases he was elected
with grateful unanimity;
-Of Washington, the Father of his Coun-
try, we may use the language of his implOT •
diet° . successor in the 'Prissidential char; •
John Adams. " The attributes and deco
rations of royalty could have . only served
to eclipse the majesty of those virtues
which made hirri, from being a modest
citizen, a more resplendent luminary.
Misfortune, had he lived, could thereafter
have sullied his glory only with those en
perfipal minds, who, believing that cha
racters and actions are marked by success
alone, rarely deserve to enjoy it. Malice
could never blast his honor, and Envy
Made him a singular exception to her uni
versal rule. For himself, *he had lived
'enough to life and to glory."' It was
;this man, 'whose life was so filled with
honor, and . whose death was so memorably
mourned, that Providence put forward to
lend our ancestors to resistance against
British tyranny. It would be irreverent to
attempt to compare him with any of those
who ' followed him ; but it is historically
true that if he was essential to the in
auguration of . free institutions on these
shores, Abraham Lincoln was alike essen
tial to the preservation of these institutions
on the more extended , sphere over which
they spread in a little more than half a
century after he was called to the bosom of
that God who made him the savior of a
struggling people. It will serve to mark
equally the intelligence, and the gratitude,
and the stupendous growth of the inheri
tors of the legacy bequeathed by Wash
ington if we consider the last canvass pre
ceding the re-election of Abraham Lincoln
to fill out the twentieth Presidential term, the
trials through which his Administration has
passed, the rebellious war he has been con
strained to meet and master, and the final
verdict upon his acts. Washington as
cended 'to the position which, became,
from the sheer force of his example, the
proudest in the world, after the war
against the slavery of England had
closed .through his sublime courage and
unparalleled statesmanship—Lincoln, an
humbler citizen; is re-elected to the same
position in the midst ,of a far greater
contest, considering the atrocity of those
who began and the thousands who have
lost their lives on both sides of it. Wash
ington was surrounded by a people grate
ful to God that they had been rescued from
oppression—Lincoln has had to breast the
ingratitude of men who * are now seeking
to plunge their country into an eternal
war, and who have, by their every act,
not only stained and dishonored the
lessons of Washington in his Farewell Ad
dress, but the precepts of his wondrous
life, and his constant Christian remon
strances against the institution of slavery.
And while this is so of the leaders of the mis
led Southern people, it is a harmonizing and
inspiring thought that an astounding ma
jority of the people of an expanded and an
expanding Union have proved themselves
true to these lessons and example's, and
have declared for Lincoln as , they would
have declared for Washington himself. Of
the two hundred and thirty four votes cast
in the latOresidential contest, two hundred
and thirteen have - been given in favor of
Abraham Lincoln, and of these three are
slave and all the rest free. But to leave
this retrospect, let us for a moment look
upon the present and prospective. Even"
the most prejttdiced and passionate oppo
nent of the Union party must regard the 1
circumstance of Mr. Lincoln's re-election
with wonder—whether he looks upon the j
enormous vote thrown, or the peace main-1
tained in all quarters, 'or the threats be
fore and the submission after the decree of
the ballot-box, or the extraordinary unani
mity of the soldiers in the field in rejecting
one who
. had been put forward as their
idol on account of his military services.
Such an observer must admit that no popu
lar verdict has ever • been attained in a
manner at once so fair, so significant, and so
full of admonition to treason and its accent.
plices. But it is when such an observer comes
to the consideration of the other teach
ings of this election, that he will be most
amazed. We have often surmised what the
historian of this war would write in after
times, and how he Would pause with indig
nation over the record of the OpPositiOn to
the administration of the Government, to
which resistance to the rebellion was con
stitutionally. entrusted. This would have
been his sensation, undoubtedly, had not
the last Presidential election resulted as it
has. But in that he must find the efficient
antidote to. all his distrust of free go
vernment. Mr. Seward, in his wise .and
characteristically philosophic speech it
at Auburn, on the evening before, the Pre
sidential election, anticipating and attalyz
ing the decree so effectively enunciated the
next day, marked the grand - epochs of the
war thus : the suppression of the slave
trade ; the abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia ; the successful arming of
the negroes ; the enfranchisement in Mary
land by the judgment Of the ballot-box.
Here, now, are four remarkable revolutions
or reforms, which, in time of peace, would
have required, instead of less than three,
at least three hundred years to consum
mate, supposing slavery to increase as it
was increasing when it took up arms
against the Government. We have -.only
to remember how Washington and Jeffer
son, in their - day and time, and the
Southern statesmen in the generation
which commenced with the administra
tton of Andrew Jackson, hopelessly
-labored to exhibit the enormities of
slavery, and to provide for its gra:-
dual extinction, to value the great prac—
tical measures against that hated insti
tution of Mr. Lincoln's adminiitration.
say practical, and practical, remember, 'as
well in the border States as -in the ex
tremest slave States, where the successful
enrolment arid arming of the colored peo
ple have inspired the envy of their former
owners, who are now themselv t es pre
paring to call the black race to their
support, and to, offer them the much
dreaded and denounced Emancipation as a'
reward for their services ! Try the effect
of Mr:Lincoln's majority by the financial
standard. See how every interest of trade
and commerce has been exhilarated by it
—even those who opposed his retention in
the Presidency are free to admit that his
popular support is in itself the proudest,.if
not the strongest, proof that all their intei
rests were and are closely involved in his tri
umph. Religion, of whatever and of every
denomination, feels it in every fibre and arte 7
ry. Society itself confesses that it was the
only result that could have secured tranquil=
lity in every corner of the land and the uni:
yersal acquiescenee . QI the masses . BO ill.
nothing is the present aspect more cheer
ing than iii its effect upon the honest and pa
triotic men who sustained George B. Mc-
Clellan. Instead of finding in the re
elected President a vindictive victor=one
eager to remember only those who *sup
ported hie and' to force a reign° of
party despotism—he is holding out his
hands, not simply hy way of forgiveness
to men who exercised the right belonging
to them as citizens, but of earnest welcome
—saying, in so many words: " Our only
road to secure safety and the perpetual
restoration of our liberties is by unity
among ourselves." Do not forget how
often we were threatened with Northern
rebellion before the last election, if Mr..
Lincoln succeeded, by the leaders of
what was then the Opposition party.
And many said if General McClel
lan became Lincoln's successor,
arbitrary arrests and all the other acts neces
sary to the maintenance of the Govern
ment in the midst of t great war would be
resorted to as against those who suggested
and sustained those act's. I am not dis
posed to believe that any such revengeful
system would have been adopted ; but
I contrast 'this threat with the fact that
every one of these measures has been
ratified ~by large majorities. _The peo
ple appreciated their importan# and
the re-elected • President signalizes his*
acceptance of the trust again giVen.to him
'by spontanously and earnestly telling those
ivho' opposed hint that he welcomes them
'to hie side, and will thank them • for_ their
:support!From :;this magnanimity
!flow such a stream of happiness as will
carry us - to a speedy eliding of the•contest.
When the mass of the voters who sustained
pen. Tr,l cClellan realize, as they must realize,
the sincerity of Abraham Lincoln's proffers,
their satisfaction will react upon the de
luded' masses in the Bouth,,and they, in
turn, will Compare their own stern and
dreadful sufferings—their own weak and
weakening resources—their own compelled
submission to the tyrants that first be
trayed and then ruled over them—with the
repeated proffers of peace and forgiveness
of the re-elected head of the Federal Go
vernment;_ on the single and sim,ple condi-
Lion that they shall return to their allegiance
and obey the laws they have heretofore defied.
OccAstorrA.L.
W ASI3INGTON.
WAsttiNoTON,-Noir. 14, 1864.
TnE NA - Vir BnIrIeN,THERTY LOAN.
The Treasury Department is still sending out
copies of the appeal of the Secretary In behalf of
the seven•thirty loan. The subsoriptints to this
loan last week amounted to nearly $3,000,000.
The subscriptions to the ten forty loan have nearly
ceased,
THE CIRCUIT• COURT OF VIRGINIA
The Circuit Court of Virginia convened In Alex
andria to-day, for the second time since the break;
ing out of tho rebellion. The dooket is very lengthy,
mostly of :persons who have been doing business
without taking the required oath of allegiance.
DIRECTIONS FOR ADDRESSING SOLDIERS'
PACKAGES.
A large number of packages, Intended for the
army, arrive at the Washington post OfftCe with
their wrappers destroyed or the address go mutilated
that they cannot be forwarded, and are therefere
reccssarliy sent to the dead-letter office. It is 01.
olslly suggested that persons sending such packages
should write on a card the full address and fasten It
securely to the contents of the package Inside the
wrapper, and this will Secure prompt delivery.
THE TRIAL OF COLONEL NORTH
Tbo trial of Colonel NORTH, New York State
agent, MARVIN M. JONES, and Lays Conan, was
resumed to-day. Several witnesses were examined,
bed, nothing of special interest was elicited.
THE ELECTION-FRAUD TRIAL.
A number of prominent gentlemen from New
York are here to testify at Colonel NORTH'S trill.
Governor Szvuour. and/ Mr. FENTON are among
the.witnesses summoned.
DESTRUCTION OP THE ORANGE AND ALEX
ANDRIA AMLIKIAD.
General SLOttari and staff arrived here from the
front this morning, where he has been for past
ten days superintending the taking up or the
Orange and Alexandra Railroad. This road will
perhaps now be abandoned, but the oars will run as
far out as Union Mills, about sixteen miles from
Alexandria, ,
PERSONAL
The attending physician of Lord LYONS denies -.
that the sioliness of the latter is of a serious and
alaiming character, as has been represented.
The 54th Massachusetts Reginieut.
[lt is a well.known fact that the 54th Massachu
setts Regiment was net paid . for so many months
that the dissatisfaction of the men became extreme.
The' remembered their services on the battle-field,
'and believed that the Government treated them
with injustice. In October last they wore paid la
full. The following extract from a letter, from an
officer of the regiment to a gentleman in , this city,
describes the effect of this tardy fulfilment of a con.
tra at, and will be read with much interest .7
Yesterday, the 29th, was a triumphant day fel'.
the 54th Massachusetts. The anxiety of eighteen'
Months, the depressing effect of long delay, ended
'yesterday in—money!
_ Yesterday the 54th was paid every cent for which
they have morally fought since we left Readville.
Payment bad got to be such a myth that greenbacks
Iverc hardly recognizable ,when brought before the
eyes of the men. What an effect it had upon them!
for a deepset suspicion of the success or their efforts
and of the fulfilment of our promises had possessed
num. They began to think they were deceived—
were sullen, had lost 'faith. They could not fail to
see anxiety in us, who with difficulty sustained
cheerfulness. To face a row of disheartened men
several times daily, to know their distress, and
measure it with their deserts, to teach them
lessons of patience, to punish the turbulent, and
restore the tone of the'regiment, was an exhausting
task. From this hopeleas state they were lifted
- into one of delight. It was like the apparition of
a man's self in a more perfect state. There were
the three officials With two hundred thousand
In their big safe. They felt they were men ; they
were recognized ; their status as soldiers was gain
edsi ! "I can send money home at last o my wife, my
and !" Forty thousand dollars war at once sent
home by the'regiment, through A ams' Express.
Think of the effect upontheir families ! The Colonel
Shaw monument fund was largely subscribed to.
We had been eighteen months waiting, and the ka
leidoscope was turned. Nine hundred men re
ceived their money. Nine hundred stories rested in
the faces of thoseeinen as they passed in at one door
and out at the other. Wagner stared 'Readying in
the face ! There was use in patience ! Two days
have changed the face of things, and now a petty
carnival prevails. The fiddle and other music,
long neglected, enlivens the tents day and night.
Songs burst out everywhere—dancing is incessant;
boisterous shouts are heard ; mimicry, burlesque,
and comical, pompous . salutations are seen on all
sides. Rere; a crowd and a' preacher"; there, a .
orowd and two boxers; yonder, feasting and jnbh.
lee. In brief, they have awakened " the pert and'
nimble spirit of mirth, and turned melancholy forth
to funerals."
THE ELECTION.
I M W a k laM
Latest Official !let:urns in Pennsylvania.
PENNSYLVANIA.
ESTIMATED. VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTORS.
(Corrected by lateet returns.) •
Union Dem.
- • Lincoln. McClellan. Gain. Gain.
Adams. 600 .... 90
Allegheny 8500 .... 1100 ....
Armstrong. • 120 .... ... ....
Beaver 900
Bedford ...... .... .66 74 ....
Berke 6197 366 ....
Blair 425 .... - 100 ....
Bradford ' 3381 . 664 ....
Bucks .... .... SO; 193 ....
Staler 800 .... .... ....
Cambria ...... . .... .. .... 900 60 ....
Camer0n........ ..... .... ....
Carbon 300 . 212 .. „
Centre 826 95 ....
Chester 2500 450 ..
Clarion .... 1050 .... 6
Clearfield.— 1391 .. 139
Clinton 600 ' ii) ....
C01umbia......1000 41 ....
....
Crawford • 1300 .... 160.
Cumberland
Cumberland .... ..... 750 . .. 346
Dauphin:' iiig .... igg .....
Delaware . • 1600 .... .... ....
Elk ...... .... 400 37 ....
Erie`' 2500 .. 430 ....
Fayette ...... .... - 7 00 - 105 -....
Franklin 47
Fulton =6 05 ....
Forest 60 •
.... ....
Greene 1360 64 ....
Huntingdon 676
Indiana 2000. 95 ....
Jefferson 164 .... ....
•
Juniata2so
Lancaster 6479 .... 1479 ....
Lawrence" 1580 .... ' 800 ....
Lebanon 930 84 ..
Lehigh 2099 .... . gi
Luzerne 2895 .... 870
Lycoming 946 .... 63
McKean 100 .... .., ....
Mercer .. 800 .. . 150 ....
Mifflin 60 .... ~.
Monroe.... .......... .... - 1800 .... 100
Montgomery. 1268 ... ....
Montour .... 460 13 ....
Northampton........ .... 3314 .... 614
Noithumberland..... .... 702 165 ....
Perry ...... ....
Philadelphia .... 9508 .... 2167 .. t .
Pike ..... . 1000....
Potter 529 - 208 ....
Schuylkill -
1960 . .
Somerset 1100 ' .... 180 .
. ..
..
tlSnyder 300 68
Sullivan ' - 330 .... ....
ISusquehanna 991 .:, .. . 190 ....
Tioga 8500 .... 860 ....
'Union
' Venango 500 .... 175 ....
Warren 800 160
Washington
Wayne .... ..... .... 1000 ' .... ....
Westmoreland . ...... ..... 1400 • 77 ....
Wyoming 103
.York ....... .... 3300 ...• ....
Total , 52,192 40,877 •
‘ 40,877
----- .
. ..,
LinealtiPti majority.. 11,318 .
[Spiels' Deepeteh to The Prem.] - .
97-wilt/1 . /RAD, Noy,
_i4!—' l / 9 on offal Tote of this
bounty is : TAineoln;l,37l ; ftteigellau, 2,762; Demo-
cra tie gain; 139.
[Spacial Deepatch to The Pres&
- BRADFORD.
TROT, Nov. 14.—The 'Union majority of
Bradfoul county is 3,381. Union gain 064 from Oc•.
tober. J. H. G.
WEST VIRGINIA.
WEIRELINI3, Nov. 14.—Ettstern papers speak of
their having been no opposition to the Lincoln and
Johnson ticket in West Virginia. Such was not
the case, as a McClellan electoral ticket was in the
field, headed by George W. Summers. The returns
show an overwhelming majority for Lincoln and
Johnson in' every county except Wetzel. The Intel
/igencer estimates that three quarters of the whole
vote cast was for the Union ticket.
KANA S.
ST. LOVIB, Nov. 3.4.-A despatch from St. Jo•
mph says that Lincoln And Johnson received about
20,000 votes in Kansas, and that McClellan and
Pendleton received about 15,000. It 18 also stated
that Crawford is elected Governor, and Clark for
Congress.
THE SOLDIERS' VOTE.
Capt. J. IL Thomas, Co. A., 19th Penna. Ca.v., in
forms us that his regiment polled 195 votes, of which
108 were for Lincoln, and 89 for McClellan.
'YEW YORK CITY.
Nxw Your, Nov. 14, 1884.
ARRIVAL OF THE OITY OP LONDON.
The steamship City of London, from Liverpool on
the 2d instant, arrived at this port today. Her ad
vices have been anticipated. •
The following is a ptatement of the condition of
the banks of New York city for the week ending No.
vember 14:
•
Loans, increase $1,600,000
Specie, db 750,000
.Clrculation, do 130,000
•Deposite, decrease 530,000
THE EVENING STOCK DOAItD.-10 P. 'M.
Stooks closed steady—Gold 244 ; New • 'York
;Central 126%; Erie 102)4; Hudson River 122%;
Reading 138 x; Michigan Central 129; Mitittige.n
!Southern 76; Illinois Central 12911; Cleveland and
' roledo 11434; Book-Island and Unicago 108 X; Otd
:cage and Northwestern 45X; Fort Wayne and Chi
cago, 107 y; Ohio and Mississippi 41: Canton corn
panl3434;BCumbeiland Coal 61 • Ould closed 244%.
, Itetorgazitenethist of the Suffolk Bank. •
•Boeproti, ItToV.i4.The dlreotons of - the Suit Ik
Bank haie voted to:surrender the charter and or.
Aantre under the lath:mat banking tart.
THE PRESS.--Pll ; , TUESDAY, NOVEMB E R 15, 1864
S. J. R.
THE WAR, -
REBEL - ADVANCE DOWN - THE VALLEY
TiCith CAVALRY DEFEATED
DRIVEN BACK.
GENERAL SHERIDAN ON THE FIELD.
Two Guns and One 'Hundred and Fifty
Prig One's Captarede
A GIJNBOAT BLOWN UP ON THE PIM:IMAM
STARTIANG NEWS FROM . GE SHE IN
RECEIVED AT RICHMOND.:
ITS TENOR TOO GOOD FOR. REBECEARS.
MOVEMENTS OF ROOD'S ARMY
Arkansam and Texas Rebels Endeavor-
Aug to Join Him.
MET ABE UNABLE TO CMS TOE MISSISSIPPI.
A GIIERILL& MITRDER ON THE MISSISSIPPI
MAJOR GENERAL CAN BY SHOT AND FA-
TALLY WOUNDED
ARMY OF TEIE JAMES.
INCIDENTS IN TRH LATEEBOONNOIBSANOE AGAINST
RICHMOND—GALLANT OONDCOT . OF THE. BITE
WISCONSIN. . -
(Special Correspondence of The Press.] . .
BEFORE RICHMOND, N0v..13 1 1864.
In every engagement there are incidents -which
illustrate a variety of characters, many of, Fhlok
are worthy of being pined . on record 7%Thotie In
which patriotism and brfivery are oomprisedV.eheer.
Ing our brave boys on to sustain tlieAtag,:ahould
be-held up ai an evidenco of their unwavering
loyalty, and for the, purpose of - stimulating tithers
to emulate their noble example. With this Idei; In
view, I would refer to the gallant conduct of Vole
nel Fairchild's brigade in the demonstration
against Richmond, September 27th. Never did men
acquit themselves more creditably. Amid a ter
rible fire they rushed again and again upon the
enemy's works with an impetuosity that seemed to
insure success, but they were driven back In defeat,
but not with disgrace.
- At one time, when a galling fire was poured into
the brigade, whiek caused it to waver a little, Capt.
W. H. Spain, who happened to be the only remain
ing officer on the slot unscathed, shouted to his
own regiinent, the 19th Wisconsin, to advance In
line and show New Yorkers how to form a line of
battle under fire. The 148th New York was a part
of the brigade, and Was inclined to glve way tinder
the sweeping fire of the enemy. Under such "disas
trous circumstances the 19th formed not only ra
pidly, but rrmained creditably. Shortly after this
Major . S. R. Vaughn, who had been, under the
enemy's.guns, made his escape under a combination
of perils.
It must be confessed that when the brigade fell
back the first time from the raking fire . of the
enemy, they were a little in disorder, and some
what panic-stricken; but the appearance -of Col.
Fairchild on the scene with his staff, together
with Oapt. Spain„who was the officer oft.he' clay,
with drawn swords and words of encouragement,
rallied the men -to Make another attack Aft .the
enemy's works. This Incident illustfates tliatbrave
officers never fail to make .brave men; whilk,on
the other hand, if the soldiers see the officers Skulk
ing behind a tree, or under any other suspicious
circumstances, the example is likely to be fob
lowed.
After the second assault, under the espiolal in
spiration of gallant officers, the men, though unable,
to reach the enemy's works, won for themselves the
appellation of the btaie.” They returned in good
order, and when tho line Of the 19th Wisconsin was
formed again by Captain Spain, there were only
fourteen mon, five sergeants, and one corporal to
march from the field. When the regiment came out
upon the Williamsburg road; the number was aug
mented to about forty, having been joined by the
stretcher.bearere and others not in the line of battle.
This regiment, whose place was on the left of the
brigade, through its good conduct 'under that terri
ble fire, was placed upon the right; and in that posi
tion had the honor of marching off the field.
The 19th Wisconsin had its colors shot down five
times ; the last three they were in the hands of Cor
poral Carpenter. In that demonstiation there were
acts of individual bravery . which give additional
lustre to the Thyalty of our citizen soldiers.
THE SHENANDOAR VALLEY;
A REBEL ADVANCE DOWN THE VALLEY-THE REBEL
CAVALRY ENGAGES OURS, BUT IS REPULSED, AND
RETREAT-A PURSUIT AND CAPTURE, OktilFO
GUM. AND ONE ITUNDEED MID FIFTY rmsolirms.
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS, MIDDLR:
MILITATLX D.EPARTITRETMOY,I2 I A7SEVaI# al.r;
mish took place yesterday afternoon betWebn our
cavalry, under Ouster and Merritt, and the rebel
cavalry. The heaviest firing was on the left of our
line. Acting under orders previously issued, our
cavalry commenced falling back very rapidly when
the rebels first advanced. Continuing to advance,
the rebels came suddenly upon our reserve, when
they were received with several heavy volleys and'
hastUy retreated.
Tho object of this reconnoissance on the part of
the rebels was doubtless to try our strength and as
certain our position on the new line taken by oar
troops on the 9th instant.
General Sheridan's army now lies encamped near
Kearnstown, about four miles to the south of Win
chester. The ground we now occupy is the same
on which General. Shields fought Stonewall Jack
son, and finally drove him back to Cedar creek.
HEADQUARTERS BTH ARMY CORI'S, in the Field,
near Kearnstown, 12.—General
Sheridan's change of position from Cedar creek to
'Kearnatown has Induced the rebels to again advance
down the valley. At an early hour this morning
skirmishing was resumed with great briskness along
the whole cavalry line; but the rebels were rather
weak in numbers or Spirit, for they could not be in
duced to follow Up our pickets, who, in obedience to
orders, fell rapidly back when the firing •com
menced.
This system of tactics not seeming to draw the
enemy on to our main lines, Gen. Sheridan sent off
a large force of cavalry for the purpose of coaxing
a fight out of the rebels. Our men are in higirfaid
rits at the prospect of having another fight before
the campaign closes, and hope that the rebels
have brought a large number of 'guns down With
them. .
11IARTTRIBB1711.03, VA., November I.B.—lnaportant
news Is just In from Gen. , Sherldan, up to midnight.
The strategic reconnoissance by our cavalry on
Friday, caused the enemy's cavalry, under Lomax,
to advance against our lines on Saturday morning.
Considerable fighting ensued, during which the
enemy were repuised with great loss. Gen. Sheri
dan then ordered Col. Powell to pursue •them in
their flight this he did with the greatest vigor and
success. He drove them through and beyond'Front
Royal, and . captured two guns, one hundred and
fifty prisoners, several wagons, and a large number
of horses. Our losses are said to have been-consid
erable, as the fighting was extremely warm for
a short time. No infantry were engaged, bat
Generals Sheridan and Torbert • were both at
the front in person, with the cavalry, and
made very short work of • the fighting. .
Col. Powell conducted the pursuit very hand.
somely, •and fairly merits the success which 'at
tended it. • - -
. .
The . escort which came in with despatches frem
General Sheridan last night was flred on by gue
rillas when just beyond Hunker Hill, but•they fled
when the fire was returned by our cavalry. The 'es
cort was composed of ,some twenty. five of the 17th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, under command of Lient.
Corse.
Capt. Ira B. Chaffin, of the 6th Regular Cavalry,
has been.prdered to duly as sPeolal inspector of ca
valry in the Department of West Virginia,.
Gen. Leightbun is now in command of this post
during the absence of Gen. Seward, who has wine
Mine on fifteen days' leave. :7,
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOIITHWEST.
MOVEMENTS OP TEE REBEL ARMYTHE TEXAS
EELS ATTEMPTING THE PASSAGE OF THE MISSIS-
SIFTI TO ASBIBT ROOD,
CAM), Nov. lt—A despatch from Gaines' Land
ing, dated the 7th instant, says that the rebels had
again attempted to cross the river at this place to
assist Hood.
General Reynolds, of the 19th Corps, has a bri
gade there, and Osband's cavalry brigade was mo
mentarily expeEted from Violisbnrg. '
It was supposed that the rebels have a force on
the MlssiEsippl side cooperating with them, and
that the movement Is formidable, consisting of the
Texas portion of the rebel army, said to be under
Magruder. But it is not believed that a crossing
can be'effected.
THE MOVBETENTS OF STIBILMAN AND HOOD.
Apart from the rebel announcement that Hood Is
marching on Chattanooga, the last authentic In
telligence received here Is that he had passed the
Tennessee river, but had not gone far beyond;
and, even if he had done so, he will probably
find General Thomas', or some other army in his
front—at all .events; a sufficient force to prevent
him from making Injurious progress. No despatches
have been received from, Sherman for several, days
past, for the reason, as is supposed, that he 111 now"
beyond the moans of immediate communidation with
Washington.
The part of the country In which he is now ope
rating will afford him ample subsistence withmat
the trouble of transportation, and by this time hb
may be far beyond the point where the enemy, in
formidable numbers, can do him harm.. It is not
known how long our forces may. continue to occupy
Atlanta. This will 'depend on circumstances soda
to be developed. Whatever may be Sherman's pro.'
gramme, gentlemen who are good judges of mili
tary matters anticipate damaging • results to the
enemy. ' • .
NEW ORLEANS VIA CAIRO.
APFAIRB ON TBB MIBBISSIPPI7-OAPTURIC OF OAT•
TLR AND A R'SisEL BRIGADIBR, GItaiHIRAM
Omit° (Ill.), Nov. 13.—The steamer Luna, from
New Orleans orithe sth instant, arrived at this Port
to day. She discharged b one thousand barrels of
pork at I%lomphis.
Thirteen transporte were lyingliorth of the White
river.
The steamer: Balurna was fired Into when eV .
Rook Island. A gunboat was shelling the woods oh
that plaoewhen the steamer Luna passed. .
I lbe LuLu, brow:tit severalshuidred bales or cot.
,ton aid one hundred barrels of coffee.
Several attempts of-the rebels
,te cross from Tens,
•
withcattle r over the Mississippi, for Hood's army;
have been frustrated by the gunboats. The enemy,
leaving a main portion of hie army, with a force
numbering about 3,000 had crossed the Black River.
Colonel Farrar, commanding at Vidalia, started in
pursuit of them ;. but the enemy, hastening his
movement, broke camp and moved his cattle beyond
the river. Farrar having dashed on to a aross.road
drove the guards, captured one.third of the cattle,
dispersed the remainder, and captured Brigadier
General Carver.
A rebel flag of truce reached Paducah yesterday
requesting an exchange of citizens for the prisoners
they had captured on the steamboat, but the re•
quest was refused.
All was quiet at New,Orleans. The papers con
tain no news.
Cotton.—The new crop was quoted at sl.oBg.
Prime Sugar 22e.
The steamer Darling passed Cairo on Saturday
with 485 bales of cotton for Cincinnati, and the
oleander Arago brought 330 bales to Cairo.
GEN. SHEEHAN'S ARMY.
STAIITLIVG NEWS BROM sif ERMAN IN REBEL POS•
SESSION.
FORTRESS Mormon, Nov. 13.—The Richmond
papors of Friday, Nov. 11th, urge upon their read
ers' the necessity Of being prepared for startling
news froniGeneral Sherman, and it appears evident
from the tone of the editorials of the same date that
they are already in possession of intelligence from
this !source which thoy are withholding from the
public. •
FORTRESS MONR.OR,
ItiOPPIIENTS OP VBSORLS—SOI7NDBELING OF .ne.uozs
WITH. ALL ON BOARD
FORTRESS Morinois, Nov. 13.—The United Staten
mail steamer from City Point last evening brought
down about twenty rebel prisoners.
The prize steamer Lucy, laden with cotton, arrived
hero last night in charge of a prize crew, and sailed
to-day for Boston.
The steamer Andrew Harder left Fortress Monroe
yesterday, for Baltim ore, with two barges (the Mount
Fenn and A. L. Sweet) in ton At 0 O'Clock last
night they were struck by a heavy squall when off
Smith's point. The barges parted from the steamer,
and have not since been heard-from. They were
heavily laden with railroad ties, and several men
Isere on board at the time they went adrift. The
schooner Ella Ogden was also in tow of the A.„Har•
der, and has arrived hole, giving the above report.
The Steamer. Amanda Wlnants has been sent la •
search of the missing boats.
A. salute was tired yesterday by all the men of
war in this harbor in honor- or-the • re.election of.
President Lineedn.
A Gunboat Up—Fifty-live Lives
InfOrination has been received that the steamer
Tulip, attached to the Potomac flotilla, exploded her
boiler, on :Friday, when down the river, and caused
a frightful loss of life. Of the slatp•five persons on
board; only ten can as yet be accounted for. The
Tulip was a small aercw•steamer of the fourth class,
measuring one hundred and eighty-throe tons, and
carrying five guns. Her officers, at the beginning
of this year, were as follows : Acting Ensigns S. G.
Sunman and D. STEVENS; Acting Master's Kates
J._ lioviran TER GI and 0. H. McCi.x.Lnerr; Engl.
neers—Aeting Third Assistants G. P. PARES,
- HOWARD P, GRAY, and JonP QOaPON,
.LATER' PARTimnAns.
Wesninwrow, Nov. 14. The following partied
ls rs of tbo destruction of the United States gunboat
Tulip have been received :
She was attached to the Potomac flotilla and left
St. Mans at three o'clock on Friday afternoon for
the navy yard here for repairs. When passing Rag
ged Point, at 6.20 o'clock, her boilers exploded with
a terrific crash, rending the upper portion of the
vessel to atoms, scalding the condors and crew and
throwing them in all directions.
Several of those who escaped without serious in
jury ran immediately to lower the gig, but before
they could get it down the wreck of the Tulip sunk,
carrying down with her most of those on board.
Some of the • officers and mon seized what they
could lay their hands on, and succeeded in keeping
afloat for above an hour, until their condition was
discovered
,by the tugboat Hudson, Captain James
Allen and Engineer R. Granger, which picked up
ten, who are all that escaped from that ill-fated
vessel. •
The two who Isere 'picked up ware Ensign Wag
staff, executive officer, and Master's Mate Davis—
the only two who escaped uninjured. Master's
Mate Reynolds, with his leg broken, and Engineer
Tee), very badly wounded, with six men. •
TLe Hudson's officers searched diligently among
the Boating pieces of wreck but succeeded in find
ing •no others than those mentioned above, and
steamed on to St. Inigoes.
There were on board the Tulip, at the time of the
accident, sixty.nine officers and men, including the
fellowing - : Acting Master W. H. Smith, who hails
from Philadelphia; Ensign • Wa.gstaff ; Acting
Master's Mates Davis, Reynolds, lioffenburg,
Hammond,. and Simons ; Engineers Parks, Gor
don, and Teel.
* When the steamer started there was steam ,in
but one boiler, but before proceeding far steam was
raised on the other, and' the boat was proceeding
slowly up the river.
The first intimation of danger was a cry from Mr.
Gordon, who was the-engineer on watch, to run to
the safety valve, and he made his - way to the en.
give room ; but scarcely had he gone through the
door when the explosion took place.
At this time Captain Smith, the pilot, James Jack
son, Master's Mate Hammond, and the quarter.
master were on the bridge over the boiler and must
have been blown to atoms. The only trace left of
Oaptain Smith was his hat.
'As but ten persons were picked up, fifty-nine par
kins must have lost: their lives instantly,' and two of
those who were saved died before the Ella left , St.
Inigoes. Two or three others of the ten saved are
not.expected to live--among them is Engineer Teel.
.Capt. Smith has been attached to the flotilla for
about two years past, and was a most esteemed
young officer. He hails from Philadelphia. Engi
neer G..F. , Parks, who was in charge of the engines,
and went down in the wreck, hails, from Brooklyn,
N. Y., where - he leaves a wife and three children,
with an aged mother.
Engineer John Gordon, who was also lost., was
from Philadelphia, where he leaves a, family. •
The Tulip was one of the vessels built at. New
York for " Mandarin" Ward, of. China, and after
his death the Government purchased her, together
with the steamer Funchia, another of Ward's ves
sels. .
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
WAR AND RUMORS OP WAR—THU TONNAGE TAX
.SUSPENDED IN THE PORTS OP pANANA—EXoiTE
HENT OVER THE PASSAGE OP,IINITED STATES
TROOPS ACEO*9 THE ISTHMUS.
NEW "lonic, Nov.l4.,The'steamer Ocean Queen,
from Aspinwall on the 6th instant, has arrived, con
voyed by the United States steamer Grand Gulf.
She brings 4477,000 in specie.
The Government of Chill had acknowledged Spain
and Peru as belligerents, and had proclaimed coal
to be contraband of war, and not to be supplied to
either of those nation's vessels.
Reports were current at Valparaiso of an out
break of the Indians on the south frontier, 'and that
they bad attacked Angel •
A new, ministry has been formed in Peru.
The. Spanish-Peruvian question is unchanged
Since the last mail. '
The South American Congress, to meet at Lima,
has not yet been formally inaugurated. •
- An English Proteitant place of worship had been
opened at Callao. • .
The question of the annexation of Central Ame
rica to the Mexican Empire is being discussed
amongst politicians of a kind likely to favor it.
There is no probability. that anything of the* kind
-will be carried out, every Government in Central
America being opposed to such a movement. Ru.
DlOll3 are prevalent to the effect that - Guatemala
and San Salvador are likely to make a hostile move•
went against Honduras,.and also of an invasion of
Honduras by ex-President Barrios ; but these re
ports seem to be without foundation. The tonnage
tax has been suspended in all the free porta of Pa
rams. The passage of United States troops across
the, isthmus of Panama had caused much excite- .
ment, but it had subsided. The United States
sloop. of war Narragansett bad sailed from Panama
for Callao, en route for Philadelphia. Rear Admi
ral Pearson has taken command of the United
States squadron In the Peelle.
CALIFORNIA.
.DA,I3NCH OB.TRB MONITOR 04314.,N0R1C-NINANCIAL
XiBWB--AID FOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION
• SAN Fnexotsoo, . Nova 14.—The - monitor Co
manche will be.launched to-day, and will-be ready
•
for service by January. ,
Tho bullion receipts from the interior and north
ern coasts amount to $1,600,C00 for the last ten days.
Contributions for the Sanitary Commission were
made at the polls on election day.
Arrived—Bark Moonbeam, froMßoston.
Trial of the St. Albatt , s Raiders.
Non Tuner., Nov. 14.—The case for the, prosecu
tion against the St. Alban's raiders closed here
yesterday, when it was decided to take the volun-
Ulu statements , of the prisoners.
Young made a statement, and said he was a com
missioned officer In the Confederate service. The
expedition was not projected In Canada, and the
object_of it was to retaliate for the acts committed
by Grant, Sherman, and others, in accordance with
civilized warfare. Young then handed in his com
mission froni Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War of the
Confederate States, and said he had .to communl F
cats with his Government at Richmond to obtain
Important testimony, and could not be ready for a
full defence for thirty days. The other prisoners
are making statements to-day.
Reported Assassination ofMajor General
Cmokby.
ST. Louis, Nov. 14.—Information has been re•
ceived here that Major General Canby, whilst
ascending White River, Arkansas, on the 6th inst.,
on the gunboat Cricket, was shot by a guerilla from
the shore, and that . the General . was seriously if not
fatally wounded in the groin, the bullet passing
through his body.
o..kino, Nov. 13.—One of the surgeons who attend
ed General Canby has arrived here from Memphis,
and reports that the wound is very serious, and his
recovery doubtful.: General Canby was on the deok
of the gunboat when he was shot, and the boat was
Immediately turned back, and at the last accounts
WAS making with all speed for Vicksburg.
TEE PIRATE FLORIDA.—This „prize arrived at
Hampton Roads on Friday last, aooompanies by
the United States steamer Waohusett. Among the
passengers on the latter was the Hon. Mr. Wilson,
consul at Bahia.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP BOOTS, SHOES, Biro-
C1A203, ARMY GOODS; TRAVELLING BAGS, HATS,
OAFS, TRUNKS, ,&o.—The early attention of pur
chasers ls requested to the large assortment of boots,
shoes, brogans, &c., embracing samples of 1,100
:packages of first-class seasonable goods, of city and
.Eastern manufacture, to he peremptorily sold, by
:catalogue, on four months' credit, commencin g this
morning, at 10 .o'clock, •by John , B. Myers Sr 00.,
auctioneers. Nos. 252 and 234 Market street.
'l;taot SALE , REAL ESTATE, • STOOKS., LOANS,
TO•DAST, by order. of Orphans), Court; executors,
See'Thoma6 4- Sons' adretiisementtand pamphlet
catalogues...: •
- kIikBEF.VIEW OF THE
1611136.&11* ow iIIagHZETART OF WAR—a.
1111118 W OY THE OAIIPAIGN Orr '64—.A. MORE VI
:: 0011.0 tee eIONSCIIIPTIO7I AHD TILE ARMING or
. nirOOMMENDRD—EVIDENT in:MAMMON
or THE REBELLION. -
The rebel Secretary of War, James A. Seddon,
bast sent his message to the rebel Congress. It is a
voluminous document, but we present all its Im
portant points and the ideas evolved by the Secre
tary in their
,consideration. He calls attention in
the first place to the immense army brought against
the Confederacy at the opening of the campaign of
this year, in order to bring out the successes of his
armies into relief and enable the reader to see them
in what ho terms their proper light. Then, after
recounting the rebel " triamp ha" at Mansfield and
Pleasant Hill, which rescued Alabama, -Florida.
and a great part of Missouri from the Meador, and
enabled Price to -penetrate the latter State to the
very border of Kansas, he turns to the cen
tre of interest—toe advance against and defence
of Richmond—and claims victories over Grant
from the Rapidan to Cold Harbor, where. he' says,
Grant, unable to mama further against . Richmond,
- abandoned. the advance -and retreated across the
James river to form a junction with Batter, The
preparations of the United States to take the city
were notconfined to these two armies, fora third was
designed teipenetrate to the James river via the Val
ley of the Virginia (Shenandoah), and a fourth
was to march from Western Virginia and Kentucky
across the mountains, andjoin this Valley army
on its route, But Mr . Seddon congratulates him
self that this well-devised plan faded. As Grant
vas defeated at Cold Harbor, so was Butler at
Drewy's Bluff—so was Sigel and the Valley army-at
New Market in May, and the troops from West
Virginia were driven from the valley of the Upper
Roanoke about the same time. But the Valley
army changed commanders, . Hunter succeeding
Sigel; another advance was made; but with no
better SUMMIT!, for Hunter was driven from Lynch
burg to the Ohio river, Washington City was ex
posed, and Early, discovering this, penetrated,
despite opposing forces, to the very suburbs of
Washington ana Baltimore. . In Georgia the cause
bad not met with so much success. Policy and
strategy had Induced the first commander to re
treat Were Sherinan e though aot withoateeheolting
. him seriously several times. At last, when Atlanta,
the objective point of.tbe campaign, had been nearly
reached, a change was made ire, commanders. and 'a
strenuous effort made to hold it, bet:ease It was
more important in a political and moral than in a
military view, from the significance attached by
both sides to its possession.- Its I ail cawied some
depression in the South,' and unbounded aecla
mation in the North. But, as time passed on,
the enemy discovered that It was of no mile
tare , advantage to them. It liberated, the rebel
army for offensive purposes, and chained. down the
Union army to the tenure of a far intend. posi
tion, valueless, strategically, since the destrucrion
of its railroad communications- With tag Union
army hundreds Olmiles away from its base of sap.
pilea,"a good opportunity of attaining' its rear was
, offered to the "bold and enterprising" Hood—an
'opportunity he took, and the result of which Kr.
: Seddon - believes has been the severance of Sher
- man's communications, and rendering his entrench
manta at Atlanta totally useless to him. thus-com
pelling him to come out to fight the rebel leader on
ground of that leader's choice, where defeat would
'be but reverse to him, but ruin to Sherman. This
campaign against Atlanta forded a concentration
of troops. l r be garrisons in Kentucky and Tennes
see furnished a portion of
.them, and thus much of
the weight was removed feom the citizens of those
States loyal to the Confederacy. These loyalists
were even now, with encouragement from officers of
the rebel army, organizing a force to expel the in
vaders from their country. At this time Mr- Sod
don considers that his "Government" holds a
larger portion of these Statde than at any time
since the beginning of the war, and that, in case of
the defeat of Sherman, the uprising of the
people behind him would be such as to firmly and
permanently establish the rebel power in the States
of Kentucky, Tennessee,- and Georgia. Disaster in
Georgia was but of a mild type, but was made ex
ceedingly virulent in its general effect upon the
people by the reverses to Early in the Valley. But,
after all, the cause looked bright; and the Secretary
thus sums up the doings of the year:
" Bat when we consider the events of the entire cam
paign. the brilliant achievements of our armies in Flo•
rids, Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, nod Nieuwe!:
the long and arduona and successful result made by the
-Army of Northern Virginia; in which every virtue of an
army and the genies of consummate generalship : eve
been displayed ; the glorious defence of Petersburg and
Richmond; the numer,, us successes' that have crowned
out arms in Maryland. Virginia, Georgia. South Cere
bra, and Miseicempi: the adveuturons, bold, and effac
the efforts of our cavalry nnder Hampton, Forrest,
Lse, and others, we could lives cause for coneratu Parton
and rejoicing. We have resisted the mightiest-of the
efforts of our enemies. We have encountered 'arid de
feated his largest and beet appointed - armies. We have
tawartee his beet laid plans. We have shown ourselves
tobe worthy of that separate and equal place among the
nations of the earth which is our birthright, and which'
has been unjustly withheld from us."
But, though these memorises have all been achieved
it is still important to maintain the army to.
achieve more. The Secretary calls attention to the
fact that the United States Government estimating
the rebel fighting population W 14130,000, put an
army into the bald sufficient ,to - Meet as many
out of that number '
as could. p ossibly be brought
into the field and Itept there. The Secretary sets
down that number at 700,000, and says that the Uni
ted States Government have strained every nerve
-to keep it to that figure by recruiting in Europe and
enlisting negroes. Now, to meet this, the Confede
racy were forced to place its entire resources in the
field. Measures Were just taken to effect each an
organization of the industry of the States of the
Confederacy as: to enable them to defend them
selves. They ware without commerce, and destitute
of magazines and arsenalifrom which to draw sup
plies,. and it was evident that all depended on the
activity and success with which they developed,
their own internal resources. Manufadtures, me
cbanice, and mining, were necessary to be fostered,
and agriculture, too, on which•depended the subsis
tence of the army and people ; consequently the
exemption acts of '62 and '63 were made in view of
these necessities. Since, though the Confederate
currency bas depreciated, though much of its soil
has been devastated, subsistence has always been
plenty; railroads hobo been kept in order, and
manufactures and the kindred arts successfully pur- -
sued. In the production of arms and all things
necessary to carry on a warrlVlr: Seddon believes
his artists and mechanics second to none in the
world. These results were achieved without any
diminution of the numbers of the army. 11 any
diminution was visible there it might be attributed
'to desertions and absenteeism. tint three years of
war had made heavy drafts, and. the rebel Congress
last winter admitted the fact that more severe
measures should be adopted to keep the army in a
condition for defence. The act of , 62. sand !63 was there
fore amended. Principals who had furnished substi
tutes were no longer exempt, but ordered into the
ranks,and in all departments of public and social life
able-bodied men were sent to the field, their p•laces
supplied by invalids, the disabled, and the feeble.
Only such able bodied men as were experts, and per
sona or skill or craft, were spared. Bat the early
legislation of the rebel , Congress, while subjecting
classes before exempt from service, gave a large dis
cretion of detail, and manifested liberality to the
agricultural, mechanical, and industrial branches.
It wag, however, deemed absolutely necessary to
revoke that detail, (which, as the reader will see, was
deemed absolutely necessary by the rebels at the be
ginning of the struggle,) and to enforce rigidly the
laws of conscription limited to men capable only of
light duty, and to reserves employment in the de
partments of the public service, and thus to liberate
for the held - all liable to such duty, except skilled
artisans, experts, and men of science, and a few
others actually indispensable for the maintenance
and supply of the armies, by subjecting all others
rigidly and . promptly to the obligations of ac
tive service which the law imposes. This regulation
Mr. Seddon nays, has added considerable reinforce
ments to the army, especially when it is understood
that the law allowing the acquisition by impress
ment, if necessary, of 20,000 able-bodied, slaves for
employment with the armies as teamsters, cooks,
and the like. is being enforded. The substitution of
fuck will allow the recall to the ranks of many
valuable men who have heretofore been detailed for
such Incidental service. Of other methods for keep
ing up the strength of the army the Secretary thus
speaks. His remarks show how near the Confede
racy is to exhaustion : ' •
e "The reserves, too, consisting of those between
seventeen and eighteen, and those between forty
five and
_fifty years of age, have been organized
St;
under commander for each . State, and when the
State is invaded, have been called into active ser
vice ; they have been found an efficient force to sup
ply guards to titles and public works, and for the
large number of prisoners in our hands. and also as
defenders of bridges, roads, and important points,
and have thus liberated for the field many soldiers
who mast otherwise have been withdrawn from the
active armies. On several occasions, too, por
tions of them have been thrown with the
armies in the field as active auxiliaries. So
far, wherever tried, they have exhibited -the oha
racteriatic valor and aptitude of our people for mili
tary life, and'bave compared well with their veteran
comrades in constancy and condhot. Those various
measures, sanctioned by existing legislation, must
materially inbreaso and reinvigorate our depleted
armies; but it is not to be disguised that they must still
leave those armies relatively weak to encounter the hosts
being surnmoncd,by the enemy for subjugation. Signs
of exhaustion and despair of success were, until
some late unhappy reverses to our arms, plainly
manifested by our malignant foes; and this is pro
bably the last grand effort their means or resolution
will allow for their war of aggression and conquest
It should be mot and overcome by the early and
full command of all our men and means, and for
this-additional legislation is required, . It is my
deliberate conviction, more than once expressed in
former reports, that the policy of exemptions to
those capable of military service is unwise„and
that all men between the 'ago of eighteen and
forty-five, capable of bearing arms, should, with
out distinction of occupation or profession, be sub
jected -to service and called to the field. The
few indispensable exceptions for the needs of so
ciety and the supply of the army might be readily
and more conveniently provided by details Ex
emptions by classes necessarily cover many not ac
tually demanded by society for the needs that on
the average may have given plausibility to the ex
ception • and such exceptions, besides inducing in
vidious feelings and dissatisfaction, compel a dis
crimination in the call for service which both delays
and measurably defeats the fall accomplishment.
It is, therefore, urgently recommended that all ex
emptions, except of officers actually essential to the
conduct of the Confederate and- State .Govern
ments, be abolished, and all of the military ago,
physically capable; without distinotion or discrimi
nation, be at once devoted to the sacred duty of de-:
fending their country in the field. They would
probably constitute as large a draft'lor continuous .
service in the field as the interests of society would
allow ; brit It is not doubted that, with the aid of
our slaves, those beyond and_ below the ages pre
scribed for active service, with the large number of
thole fit only for light duty, and the partially dis
abled by service, would suffice adequately to- main
tain necessary production and supply both for the
armies and the people.
But in cue of too great a diminution in the ranks,
no compunction should be felt In the use of negro
slaves, for If .the whites are concerned, the negroes
are still more so. With the one it is a question of
nationality—with the other of the existence of their
race. With the friendship of the people of 'the
North the negroes would, in the opinion of leTr.Sed
doneoperate only as a license to greed and oppres
sion. They would, In the language of one of their
professed friends,. "be trampled out as a sickly
exotic," withering away under the influence of do
bale:Mary, pauperism, crime, and disease. Attached
as they were to their homes, families friends,. and
masters in the South, with te incentive of freedom
as the result of courage as soldiers, they would ex
hibit more steadfastness than they ever could attain
as soldiers of the North. There is yet no need of
such a step, but it was encouraging to know that
such reserves existed. In this connection it is sought
to be shown that the inefficiency of therebel cavalry
causes: e a a ri e s h es ca fr v o ta m ry tw m e antole
hiebalotgawntihonorsiraonsedd o
then
system of selection and training of the men. Speak
furn The
h
Speak
ing of the first, the message asserts that it interferes
with discipline and Impairs efficiency, and seek s thus to prove it : -
'lt causes, almost of necessity, the dismounting,
f or long peri/de. of those who, having lost horses, are
unable o furnish them speedily, or at all, and the ab
sence, often on protracted ftirlougle, of the men who
hove enstaired such losses to procure other horses,
Under the weariners of protractedservice and the eager
longihg for return home, which at times po'seeses even
the best soldiers, this chance• of a furlough is said to
more than counteract the interest of ownership in the
hone and to constitute a premium on neglect or the al
lowance of casualties to disable their armies. A worse
consequence, perhaps is the tendency andtemptation of ,
the system to induce plundering and irregular nodes of
supplying themeelves by the men.. Those mountertare
aware °tithe constant liability to the lore of their aul-.
:male, and of the difficulty and expense of rePl.seing
them, and are tinder constant inducements- to obtain,.
reserve horses , or means of purchasing them. Those
dismounted axe even more strongly stimulated by the
inconveniences of their position and the danger of being
transferred to less acceptable branches of the service,
to provide themselves - even 'by illegitimate Emm a
These inducements are alt enhanced by the limited.
class of casualties for which the value of the horse leg
if repaid under the present law and the' delays ant
embarrassments encountered in affording pr,iet aadlb
brining payment. Horses'are paidlor, too; only at the
valUittlells asreesed at the time
they are takei into soy
'vice,
.
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.o n
f e in toe
c v s a a l i u t e i
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m aul:
t u h r e -
Nremoy a ina nd d wat e h e l a h h e
n increasing scarcity of the proper her as'attie Talus. re
'paid is getter ally grossly inadequate." - ' •
(lithe second cause it says: •
" The class
-of men who constitets ens cavalry.echile
,ametcung.pthrseiryee..ftrosmpilirteevdiaolaudsisncdteiyroeuedfeonute
ha te b t i l t e s o: f s, lt a fe r!.
meet difficult to discipline and subject to subterdini,-
Mon. , F.ntering immediately on service: they lease ea
iiyedaewrnpnrtunities of previous drill- or training;
gad item the detached sad often. irregtder drill-or.,
in
which theiere• freque ntly employed, they are much
removed from the restraints end responsibilities of
huge commands. They are but tdo apt, therefore,
while individually gallant and enterprising, to he
wanting in organization. in discipline, and in the eel
ciency and reliability 'which should belong, to trained
troops. Our cavalry have performed marry achieve
ments of 'al or and utility, but-they have abet on occa
sions of great importance shown want of vigilance or
constancy and causted disaster There defeats are be.
lieved to eyeing not from deficiencies in the men, but in
theleyetem of selection and of training. It is be
lieved it would be wiser that the cavalry should
gradually be o metanted of men picked from
the trained and veteran soldiers for their peat
liseemallfications, and that these should be mount
ed and equipped at public expenses. - It might be*tnade a
penalty for the bee of their horses thronin netted or
cry other than the inevitable casnalities of war, that
the man should be returned to Infantry service. This
would, probably be found more efficient than under the
present r stem Private ownership has proved to ob
viate neglaot and sicttre dne attention to the animals,
while tt would remove all inducements from self--inte
rest to undue caution or eSetee under the legitimate
hazards of war.. There would be the certainty. too,
that the men were trained \ and disciplined, and hahlta
ell! to fight as infantry, which.' many i ustaneee, oar
cavalty, f: tan-tbe nature of the country or the like tac
tics of tlto en. my, are compelled to do. It is not doubted
that in this way the euperintitteof ourcavairy over that
ofthe enemy could he Dorm Inertly established."
' Concluding the consideration of, the army, and
the means of keeping it on foot, the - attention of the
Secretary is next directed to the prisoners* taken by
the Union • troops in battle. He asserts that their'
condition is each as to engage great solicitude and
Interest. Although he holds quite as many pre
sorters as the Union authorities, yet the ob
its atione of the cartel and the faith pledged to
its observance have been repeatedly 'invoked in
veer. Ile says* that as long as the "enemy"
told the preponderance of prisoners they insisted on
en excherge man for man, so as always to leave a
surplus on which to exercise the "inhumanity and
Cruelty they: bare ever been prone to exhibit
towards such captives." But as that preponderance
steadily diminished confidence increased in the
minds of his "gtivernment" that the prospective
speedy captures would soon enable it to check one
cruelty and malignity. This consideration induced
the rebels to overlook their just riehta under the
cartel. %rid the apprehensions they felt of the Ri
te-carer:rent the surplus might experience at the hands
of vindictive foes. Bed:lane° was proposed on this
basis—man for-man. The offer was received with the
usual bypocrity. faithleirsnees, and inhunianity. It
was evident that the plan was not to be acclaimed
to ; It was but apreteat and a blind to conceal the de-
termination of the enemy to make no general ex
change. Partial exchanges between commanders
In the field have been consented to, bat the general
policy enforced by the Unites! States was, until
lately, to enforce captivity, with all its attendant
sufferings, on both sides during the war. By this
course they imply an admission of the superiority of
Oenfederate soldiers. Speaking of the treatment
of our soldiers In the Libby, at Andersonville, and
other rebel_ prisons, he says : .
"It likewise app , ers that as they gloat over the idea
of being able, by their blockade and devamatien, to
Stem to subrtieeion a ueople whom they cannot Beti
de, be arum they calculate in 'utter indifference to the
stiffs riegs that may be entailed on their own captive Bel
dame, .on the, supplies which must he furnished them.
nigh effective drain on our limited resonrces Could
we, Indeete, be so straightened as they delude them
selves into believing, how fearful must they ex-• '
pect to be the nrivations and sufferings of their sol
diers in our hands, since they could • not extreet
tls to eters° our gsUent soldiers or people to nourish
the malignant, invaders who had sought to inflict
on as the worst illenf war and famine - These captives
would of coursetbe first unhappy; victirna of the
famine which the - barbarous warfare or, their govern.
went may cause. While no such sefferieg has yet been
entailed on them, but, on the contrary; they have,
through the humanity of our Goveremmt, been pro
vided as our own soldiers, yet, such privations as they
have had to share with them have been exalt - aerated iiy
the enemy, in part from their delusive conceptions of
our straitened condition. bat more from the diligent in- -
vention of false tales, and have been made the pretexts
of wanton' privations to our faithful soldiers in their
halide. They come id suffering to their-own soldiers by
their malignant outrages against civilized warfare. and
then find In such excuse for visiting cruelty and eta 'ra
tion on our soldiers, to whom it is not prateneed titter
cArld not easily afford all the comforts and subsistence
due to captives hewer.- Tie ineffaceable baseness or
such a course exc e ed' its inharoanity, and for
either it would be difficult to find a parallel in the
history of civilized, much lea's Christian. witionß."
In view of the sufferings which, the Secretary
sa's, are necessarily entailed on captives,-ho refers
with pleaenre to the agreement between Gans. Lee
and Greet by which, without releasing either Go
vernment from the obligation of affording due pro.
vision to its captives, each should admit the right
of furnishing to its own prisoners in the possession
of the other, under the direction of offieers among
them, to he paroled for the purpose, such additional
supplies of necessary articles as it might deem
expedient tp Fend. This was broueht about by the
Commanding General of the Federal armies, who
however rrofnee of the lives of his men in battle,
bad sympathy and interest for the imorieoned sol
dier. So remorseless wee the policy of the Federate
that this.coneession was made by a stern soldier In
the field sooner than by. the statesmen of their cabi
net. Dismissing this eateemt, matters relative to
impressment laws and the management of depart
mental bureaus aretaken up and considered. The
message concludes with some remarks on our "use
of neeroee. as soldiers "—a subject on which our
readers need no instruction from the rebel Secretary
of War Seddon.
Trouble In Richmond-61100m and Divi•
Mon of Sentiment.
The Norfolk (Va.) Old Dominion of Friday pub
lishes the following letter, dated at Fortress Mon
roe, November 10 :.
-
"You will always have observed that when the
enemy shows stens of weakness manifested through
the treachery of their deserters , it is a sure precur
sor of something being 'in the '
wind. The news of
Lincoln's re-election was received by the rebels
yesterday, and it caused a great depression of
feeling. I was told this morning that over eight
hundred deserters came over in a body. This
heeira took place on the extreme , right of the
• rebel position. They were marched up to the office
of the Provost Marshal General, and related: the
same tale of sadness and woe that hangs over the
doomed city of Richmond. It seems that a number
of these deserters were fresh from Richmond, not
having been absent from there over-twenty hours.
Deepite all the predictions of the Northern press,
the assertions of which had been• canvassed most
thoroughly, the rebel antheritlea believed tho tri
umph of McClellan a sure tiling. The Hone of
Congress so believed, - and now they hid their fal
lacy. Added to- thil hopelessness of their ca,use,
which is now. rendered doubly sure, the- Houses
of Congress are divided on the question of the
employment of negro soldiers in the army. Many
quarrels have already privately - arisen, and many
more are likely, to arise. The Spottswood House
was the scene of a fight on Sunday last-between a
member from Georgia and one from Virginia, the
latter maintaining that negroes• should be armed,
the former that they should not. The Georgian
threatened a division of the Confederaoy, - and said
he would be upheld by his' constituents. Davis'
opinion on the subject is not' known'; he'vacillates
between consent and dissent. The' Richmond pa
pers advise it by all means, and are using such pun
gent language as to see no hope for success unless it
is immediately done."
A NBW Bomar. TN WASITINGTON.—The "Seaton
House," fronting on LOUISIaIIa avenue and() street,
and erected by Messrs. John H. Semmes and Wil
liam H. Browner, was inaugurated on Friday night,
and a large number of our best citizens, including a
goodly representation of the members of the press,
assisted. The lessee and landlord. Mr. William B.
Sluyter. exhibited his efficient qualities as a host in
most acceptable style. The house is conducted upon
the European plan. - and will be the only first-class
house ever established In this city with such provi
sions. The house is Flxty-four feet front, btr an ave
rage depth of ono hundred feet, extends from C street
to Louisiana avenue, and fronts on both those streets,
having one hundred and forty rooms, and being six
stories in height.—Washington Chronicle.
Public Vutertaiuments.
TEE Glasten Orene.—" Martha." as given last
evening by Mr. Grover's company, justified the high
expectations of a very brilliant and crowded audi
ence... Formes, with some of the quality of his great
voice impaired, still sang like the commanding
artist which be is, and Madame Hotter. and Herr
Himmel - . hardly less satisfactory to the general ear.
This evening "Don Giovanni," fully cast and pre
pared. will undoubtedly draw one of the largest
hcuses of the season. • •
CHESTNUT-STE - EMT THEATIII3.-.:Last 'night, Mrs.-
Bowers performed the part Of Duly Audiey to a. fall
audience, wbo evinced *their pleasure by repeated.
applause. Tlae piece will be repeatod this eventhe
The farce of "The Tailor of Tamworth," which is
played as an altarpiece, is highly amusing.
WA LIN 17T-STE EKT MEATNE.—Misq Lucille West
ern commenced her engagement yesterday evening
in her well-known character of 'Leah, and was
greeted by an overflowing house. The same bill is
announced for to-night's performance.
AROH-STRERT TIOCATRB.—Mr. and Mrs. Barney
Williams will reappear to-night in the drama of
" Uncle 'Pat's Cabin." " Yankee Courtship " and
"Jones' Baby" will also be given. •
GRuAT NATIONAL Critorre.:--The audiences at
the National Circus since the opening have been
very large, averaging in number to the extent of
three thousand five hundred each evening. The
performances are exceedingly pleasing and enter
taining. Besides this - there is mach to bring the eachi
atory muscles into full play. The celebrated eques
trian, Mr. Eaton Stone, the classic and fearless rider,
appears every evening and at the matinees: He is
graceful and purely artistic in all his movements.
His celebrated horse Messenger Rose is one of the
most beautiful specimens of equine creation. The
management has made an arrangement to have in
troduced the wonderful and well•edacated diigs of
Mr. Hutchinson. This family of canines are herald
ed as very entertaining performers, in which they
seem to be almost endowed with reason.
TILE CITY.
(POB ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS BEE 701711,TH PAGE.)
THE CALAMITY ON THE DELAWARE-AFFEC-
ZION OF A DOG
The report in The Press yesterday was correct as
to the number drowned by the upsetting of the
yacht Lily, on Saturday evening. Messrs. Jones
and Stokes belonged to New York ; the colored boy
who was drowned also belonged to Now York. He
was their servant. A. Hergersheimer, who was .
drowned, belonged to Philadelphia. The celebrated
sporting dog "Kent" was also drowned, and his
body drifted ashore on the upper end of Tit:di:sum
Island. This faithful dog observing Mr. Neel cling
ing to the topmast, that projected a couple of feet
above the surface of the water, refused to leave
him. In vain did Mr. Neel try to induce the animal
to swim ashore. Two or three hours "Kent" kept
swimming around Mr. Neel, occasionally giving a
bask or a peculiar whine. as though calling: for help.
Alter sustaining himself for over two hours, he be
came weak and was strangled in a wave. He gave
a piteous whine, and the neat moment his voice wait"
hunted in death. He was nobleorti dog, well.edu cated,
and ividely known in sporting circles. The yacht,
Lotus, with ten men, proceeded down the:river yes
terday to search for the bodies of the unfortunate
men.
'TAE PENALTY OF DISOBEDIENCE.
In October last a young man who had been a sol
dier in the rebel army, but who deserted and took
the oath of allegiance, went to Conshohocken, on
the Norristown Railroad, near this city, and: era.
ployed himself as a laborer. He wrought some
time thus, and during his residence in the town be
came acquainted with a. girl named litiOsr Allen, a
domestic in the family of . a Mr. Orsell, of that
town, and concluded by beconang a suitor. This,
it seems, 'was without the knowledge of , the. girl's
parents, for when they were apprised of. the
fact they forbade her receiving any. of his..at
tentions. Like a dutiful daughter, she promised to •
do as they requested, but unlike a dutiful daughter,
she was'one morning missed from her usual , house--
hold duties. - - It. was discovered that she had run
away with • her- lover, taking from the house of
her employer many valuable articles of- clothing
and jewelry: Prom that time up to three or.four data
ago nothing was heard of the eloped, until Kr,- Or
sell learned that they were residing in South-Pitts.
burg.. Mr. Orsell then telegraphed to Chief of Police
Long, of that city, enclosing by mail an ambrotype
of the girl., Mr. Long had no difficulty in arresting
ber, but the husband, who had found employment
on the Steubenville Railroad, and was. at kis work
at the time, heard of the arrest, and, slipping away,
has not yet been found. After a hearing, on Satur
day, before the Mayor of Pittsburg:, shows-seen! to
this city yesterday. She seems to.hava borne pre.
Tionsly a good character, but suffers now the penalty
of disobedience to her parents, and will prove a Chaco
warning to those who set up. for_themselves when
scarcely out of swaddling clothes, who are too: iEe
and too smart for the "old man'? or 'cold woman,"
to use the unchristian and unmanly slang of too
many of the pert children of the day. She is very
penitent over her misdeed, and seems to have been,
prompted to it mainly by a. desire to appear well at
her wedding—to " shine in borrowed plumes."
NA.Telf.
A billiard match was pia Yed _yesterday afterktbea
at "Victor Estephe's rooms. corner of Elgh.t„;o, add
Chestnut, between 'Robert T. Ryall and 3. Palmer,
INu points, caroms, push shots debarret; and ac
cording to the rules of .the Pennsylvatia'Bullard
• Congress. 'r)r. Rvall won the game '4229 points;
averaging, 13%. The next Matoill:for. the cha m pi on .
ship of the State of Pennevlvallla. ,you t a k e p i a - 430
at Sansom.street Hall, on Tiiesd-A7 evening . , Be
ber 13, 1804, Robert T. Ryan, a ga i ns t Tow/ . Lea
tepbe.- . • -
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There was a moiritei ddmand at the stock board
Government loans yesterday. and the increased dim%
was followed by an advance in Prices. The 1811 les
regiete•ed, sold atkaigher, and the 5 20 bonds at a/it
lar advance. The 10-40 s were X higher. For the
notes 112 was freely bid. State loans were toilet
u cb an ged in price. Company bonds we re rather qa :
The bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad continst
favor. There were sales of the second mortgage pet
sylvania Railroad at a further rise of X. Readia t
1670. sold at 103; Elmira Chattel 5.3 at 77; Union Ca:
bonds at 19, and North Pennsylvania 6s at 100—the
ter an advance of 235. The share list was moiem
active, and Readingeold up to 6934—an advance et
eansylvania. Railroad shares declined X;
pbit and Erie was ate ad y at 32: Catawissa preferred
dined 3( : Elmira Railroad sold at 32X: Lehigh Vail
at 83X; North Pennsylvania Railroad at 32, and Not
ern Central at 53. Passenger Railroad stocks are dt
the only sale reported being of Arch at 15. The oil ate,
were moderately active, with some improvemeat
prices Rock oil advanced X : Noble and Delamater
and Davin X; Curtin and Cornplanter were slid;
lower. The market closed steady. Gold cl ' , sad at
Peterion's Counterfeit Detector for November
just been published,. containing, as usual, much vat
able inform a tion.
The New York Journal of Commerce states that
has received semi-official information from some of ti
agents of the Treasury Department in reference is
Plan by which the Government is to become posses:,
of the cotton at the South, upon terms that wilt he cut
aldered liberal by the-holders, while they will
ceptaide -to buyers here. The theory, as explains
includes an offer on the part of the gresident to porch;
cotton of any partiee at the Bituth, loyal or disloyal, u
to pay in greenbacks, provisions. °Jailing. or any oil
rnerchendise except munitions of war, at the optic
the seller. This will give eome - edvantage. it fa trc
to rebeldem, but it ii thought that the balance of prat
will be largely in our favor. We need the cotton ay.!
more than they need the supplies they will thus obtain,
; and the relief to the market hare, if this is carried or
in good faith, will be incalculable. Besides this, 11
effect upon the neople in the insurgent districts mnst
h ea lthf u l. Trade - is a great promoter of good will, at.
thi s way prove the beginning of a new era in the inter
course between the sections. A pacification barns
through such methods, has ofren succeeded, when
mere force has been tried and failed.
The following national banks were anChorizecilaw
Comptroller of the Carrency daring the week esdin!
lioiember 12:
_Name. Location. OWN
.. .... Providence, It. I Wig
F:ret ..... . ....Northumberland, Pa......... LIP
First hiabanoy, Pe
First.:.. ' Berwick, Pa.....
Total 1143 ,all
And the following increased their capital dartni
same period:
Original Presql
•
Name. Location. • Capital. CitniCal.
Firer Wbeeling, W Spa •....$lOO.OOO 104,./.6
First South Charleston. 0.... ' 150.010 1M.91i
Fink Marlow, Mans 60.000 151,00
First' Portsmouth, N. H....... 100,000 1,111.01)
First lonia. Mich 15( 1 ,000 ;SO
First York. Pa ' 200.001 5(0,0))
First Calesburk:•nt .. .... ..... . 130.100 1:5-1,ell
Rgcoad: ..Wilkenbarre.Fa... .. .... . 100.0r.0 . 'MA
t•ecan(l... Franklin. Irid ' ' 10(1,000 ) 131.(0)
First Selina Grove. Pa - ' /50.000 Iwou
Total increase
A geregate additional capital....
Prelionary authorized
Whole amount of capital *NAM=
Number or banks organized 463
The amount of currency ineuod to the national beats
during the weft: was 451,9.0,2 ti)
Previouely authorized 60.4
.1t
Amount zit w in clrenlatton..
The last weekly staternPnt of the auks of Prey'.
dance, R. 1., compares with the returns of thoprevions
week as follows:
Loess
Specie
Circulation
Deposita...
The November statements of the banks of Wisconsin
compare with the returns of the previous month se fol
lows :
Oct 1. Nov. 1.
Circulation, par banks 52,468.687 $1,01.70
Circulation, banks wind it gUP • • 92,087 Sc.:l/
O. S. and State securities 2,51.1= . 0 2,611,ii1
Treasury notes on hand 145 611 175 SS
Specie •••• • ••• ......... . 11,36 S 11,311
Drexel & Co. quote:
rnited States bonds, 1331 ...........—..tmelN
United States Certif. of Indebtedness. 94X0 SO%
United States 7 3-10 Note&
Quartermasters' Vouchers 91 iii/ 914
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness zWa S-;
Gold 24 OSA
-...
Sterling Exchange ...... .... 263 (a-... 63
Five-twenty Bonds 102)g210i
PHILADELPHLi STOCK 'EXCHANGE SALES, Ear. IL
- BEFORE BOARD:
WO Curtin Oil ..... .... 14 . 300,Feh & 011 Creek. • • 41
ENO do :...•...: - 103 :lg._ .;., :do—. 4 4
.. - .760 do . ; .... ~....4 . •:... 11: , ',loo•Bading R ..... .... E 9
:300 Ilibbk rd - • '3X -200 do 6 11 4
7400 'do 3 Ire — Ad 0;
L-1700 do 33t 100 do c 6,N
1300 - do 333 100 do bl 73
200 do 33 16 200 Caldwell ..... —l4 Vi;
30 Bruner 27-4 11'0 do ' • 6
1(0 do 2&) 200 do 64
4.&:0 do ?y NA Walnut Tslend.... 1..5,
iroo .
116 bitrh - ,;67 - 611.....
%X) do 281 200 Pope Farm 1 fni
/TO Organic Oil • . 134 moo do .
600 Excelsior 011.—b6. INT 600 Big Tank
600 do IN' 200 Dalzsll Oil
mxi do )lij 100 d 0.•.... .. ... QK
c. 0 (.? 1 MI tOO Thdon..—
. - - - -
130' 600 .do
MO d o 51
200 El Dorado 2%''' SOO Bull Creek a
FIRST BOARD.
200 Big Mountain. eg 60 Penns B 13161
60 oil Creek lik. .60 •do .... ...... b3O a
3(0 do.— 61 4 50 d 0.•.... ........ 87
200 Mineral CO 2.91 '60d0.. .. .
. ... :••• 57
2co cio._. •.' 2k; 6 N Punka ......... Si
100 Rock Oil lots 5.54 17 Lehigh Val el SJ4
300 d 0....; b 5 5)6 1 Bimini 1t......!! . •••• 47 -
100 Noble 4k Del 63i lea Cataw R.... prof •tvi
60 do ...:. ~„ 934 900 u 5520 bands . tq?
16 Perry Oil
-
2CO Merrimac Copper" 4 2C-0 0 d0.....e5h ree 10!i
no Reading esh 69% 203 do ..i..regifd
MO d 0.......... esh 0%1 , 000 do new 101
)00 do 693 mop do
hew 1013
_ .
ICO do
do 6930 606 do new 10.
100
69.65'1000 do • ' 1 :SI
_25 do .... 69N: 6'00 do . ....... MS
100 ao
•rsoo U B6*. '3,1 my.
ICO do swm tr 9810.10 bonds.•• . qii
15 Schnyl Nav * B o' 7000 City 6s. new..l o. isl°l 4
100 Delaware D iv • lota MOO Penna 2d mor.lotslCsK
100 Northern Central. SOD N•Penna 6v 100
16 Morris Canal.. b 5 90 9000 linion Canal buds-
400 Snsq Canal.... lots 14 4 1 i 4000 Sinfirals tots 107
21'ennaB 073 i MOO Elmira Chat Os
1 do 67X -
BETWBEr -
10c0 Arch-at B 15
MO Organic 011 1341
1 0 0 0 y 6 •
new 101%
,
2 Farm &Nech-S'k 140 I
• • SECOND BOARD.
100 Irwin 01.1....2 dys 614 1 100 Great Bashi AI
18 kenna B••.••. 2 dye 67 300 Schtty Ifey....prei 43
80 do • 9 dye 67 NO do.. - .55,.pref 4.1
3 do 67 400 Phila 5C Oil Creek. IK
1000 Organic 011 136 100 Snag Canal—cash. ti
-SW Phila.& Rriell.lots 32 700 do lots 14
103 74cFabeny Oil., b 5 6% 1500 City 6snew... .. —OE
1(0 Densmcre.•—... b 5 83; 10000 118 0.20 B'ds new 10lif
160 Rock Oil bs 4,;6 1000 da —..... new 10:1X
AFTER BOARDS.
no u s 6-2 o bonds 10236 SOO 'Excelsior ....... ... 2
1500 do new. 102.19 600 Big Tank . . ..... ... 2; 1 6
600 do 102% 100 McClintock 6
ICO Sth 8ay..b.30 pref 40% 50 Mineral ........ ilf
ICO do .... cash vref 90 200 Venangc %
100 Beading B 1158 tint 89% SO Keystone Zinc .... Ti
110 • do . .- - 69% 500 0' cri.tead... - ... B`4
100 Cate 8.. .2dys pref 3931 100 Ideal/Le/1Y - 6,4
lto City 6s new 101 E rlOOO Bibberd S
S O CB.la wet b3O 40,Ki 1000 do ........ ..,..8 FYI
300 Excelsior 1% 100 Oil Creek......::. 9'9
BO Miners' • 2%; wo Pope Parra ..... ...• Pi
100 Elbert ' 4.111 10 Bruner 2R
400 Mt neral ....... .... 2.81 60 Efib nerd ........... 3,S
KO - Venting° 31 6CO retro Centro'. . . ... 44
100 Curtin .. 10E X 0 Corn Planter ' , E
.1(0 Egbert 431 5011 Kock - 55
200 NA Ts u k -
__734, YO Illteßlin_tocg,•_..s.klo...6.
....
e g Tan.- ... --- -------- ----....- • -
500 Bibb rd 5 1.16 SOO nibs & Oil Cjimk. 10
)(o.Dal rel! iii 200 Pope Farm, !V I
1(0 hlelqb say b 6. 6% 24.0 - Phrials OkCreek • IX
iOO Bruner " 2 81 100 Bacetelor ~..
200 Briggs 4% 600 Snag. Canal ....b3Ol.
5C(.1 SIIE CI CNIIIII -• • .b2O 143 i 100 N Ale Os 801-.....• , 's
100 Bsadills ..... •-•-r5 69% 100 Da; zell • 1.)5
bi iea
56 Pope Farm— •••• 1% 100 ' dq - •
WO Tarr Homestead 6 100 Hebert -
6eo St B.
ich( las 4l 1000 Bidorado ......•,.. 3 a
eotal S 'Bls reg ICB% MO Cata prof .. 4a ,-
300 Hibbard 3 , 200 Allegnany-Rirer.•
. 1 4
17 curb's--- 11% SY) Bid . Tank.. ...... ..- --
2i.0 Beaeing -- 69% 100 St Nieho'ma ..... ••• 41 ,
X.O do ' 05 MU 100 ' do tail 5 ,
..
1(60 Monotony 1r0n..10% 100 Organic taa 1:,..
The Chicago Tribune of Saturday sass :
"The demand for money from packers is very 3.M.V!
and serge, aggregai.ing over half a million d otiars
day,„ The supply still remains equal to the dets 24 "
but with stteh a drain the market must soon tba's'e" ,
stringent Ger bankers were posaessad of 000
vaults when. the demand commeoced, but them
limit to their capacity -to gratify their cnetomersOf
with finch a draft upon their means as at present esisil
that limit mu,st in a short time be exhausted. Parttfl
loans erelong ;cans.. .'re. , y do not come. and e ti ° lo l
ro of- mace , sit, be shnt 14 for many weeli ,
demands ea/Aisne, of which there is no doubt. eG
hays stated. thtre will' be a stringent tamer asst!
unless reapplies should come from ()Abide Earn"
which may be the cam,. as, there are large sniocateq
capital !eying idle outside of bankers'
pay tc g hvestments. .; This Would not probablY tio fi t
,eeko it the Government should call for a nes - 100:,,,a
isreseat Government Seettritiesare in great denwi
hard, to be got; and-hence-the surplus lauds is the ba:a
of allOasfiesseskitg Investments. We hope thel.,,,:a
an abundance of means for the Ilse of ail l.0 1 :7 0 0
imckers, but none for those who may wish to is' fa q ,
in acy specniativeroparations in packers proa , "?'. ,
'fail in w to-day weakened the produce nail°
I dropped prices." '
-•
The New York Emil:lug Post *ryas' era&i as' : . 46 ,1
Gold opened at 243, and after rising to rbO'
at 245.
ehan ge marketat 109 X for specie.
The loan is inactive at 7 per sent , trl .l lo l .
tendency toward closeness. This state cf
fleeted to the bank statement. It is to be reme:s be
tl at th e operitt:ons the national baakado nor "tat
iri.this statement: One of these institatioas reP" tie
to.have lent almost I. millions of dollars dating
last four days.
The market opened with mere smimation. than f 4 ; 0 13 ;
veral days. past. '.Governments are strong. Tir l . 30,
live.twenties have advanced to 1024, tin f ir ths' ta.
Rai
to 963‘. and seven.thirtiss to WWI t.h7t.
Railroad stares are ez4altiati n 4 Aim (13 410,1
£y:1501
• 1,U9,5@)
•• • • 105,R61.070
46P,SSO.Xq
Oct. 10. Nov. 5 -
70.4. 744. 30 $24,370.34
• 352,500 ma
. 4.461, 700 4.105.0
5,107,100 . 5,070,10;
BOARDS
IS Philada Bank.... 160
800 Mineral 017.3dYs
4ct &ling Rs'7o.lots.
MO II B 6-20 Bonds.. 102 g.