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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 18647t'
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be paid for.
The Administration and Peace.
Vindicated, sustained, encouraged, the
Administration now stands, above all dis
pute, the embodiment of the will of the
American people. No party entrusted to.
its care the Government for the four years
ending March 4, 1869. The Republican;
party, elected Mr. LiiicoLN in 1860, but
•something more than that great organiza
tion sustained him in 1861 ; that party 'no
longer exists, and the President now holds
his office by virtue of the gift of the 'nation
itself. So long as, it is right, his Adnainis
tro.tion is' secure of the support of the
nlible - North. Party hatredAnay assail it
in vain ; • a national decree has justifiedall
its measures. Its policy. is fixed. It is a
policy of justice.; it will remain one of war
until the rebellion is put down; .but, let
it be remembered well, the submis
sion of the Southern people to the
authority of the Union can at any moment
suddenly stop the sweep of the sword, and
give to the spirit of mercy the opportunity
it has 'so lOng desired in'vain. The Go
vernment is as ready to make peace as war,
and we hail with delight the suggestions
so generally made by the Union preps, that
another offer of atnnesty.should be made to
the Southern people, accompanied with all
the guarantees of liberal treatment that
the United States could honorably give or
'the South could reasonably expect. Now
is the time that such an offer could be made
with emphasis. Our armies have com
pletely whipped their enemies ; Richmond
Is the solitary ppint the rebels have sue
•eessfully defended against a.determined ad
vance. It, too, is doomed - to fall. Yet,
even greater than the triumph in the
field. is the revelation of 'the polls.
Tile re-election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN by
an overwhelming majority has convinced
the' Sout i hern people that no aid will reach
them from the North ; that the war will
go on with yet fiercer energy if they do not
submit, anti that the Government is backed
by the moral and material force of all the
loyal States in its unalterable determination
never 'to stop fighting till the laws of the
Union are enforced over every inch of its
territory. The effect of this double victory
upon the Southern people ought to be
profound. True, we have no means of
measuringit, and it may be that the power
of the rebel armies is not yet sufficently
broken to allow free action to the popular
will, but it is , time to make the trial. W;
are strong enough to hold the sword in one
band, while in the other we proffer the
•olive branch. • in erect, we offer the Southern
people the Union: We say to them, "
you have it toith peace or war ? You shall - not
refusi the Union, but you may choose
vbe
tween a bloody and a • peaceable acceptance."'
But,•,if:the Government offers amnesty, let
it be;Offire ' d in terms that no man can mis
take. 91 is prepared and able to urge
peictror wat. with equal energy. It will
grant to the Southern States all that the
Republic can yield, without betraying the
principles on which it is fourided. It will
never treat with the Southern States as inde
pendent nations, having the right to enter
the Union as if they were now, by the
act of secession,.out of-fit. It will not sub
mit to reform the Union, because it has
never been dissolved. It will offer the
most generous of
_terms to rebel American
citizens, and the moment they submit to
the laws, the laws will cease to have ter
rors. - appoint no purgatorial duties
for the transformation of rebellionSViitr
into loyal men ; it will punish none to
whom mercy is offered ; submission to the
Union will not imply subinission to a pe
nalty. The amnesty we' trust it will
offer will be one the Southern people may
accept without shame, which the Govern
ment may propose without dishonor, which
the world will admit to be unexampled in
impartiality, and not the less noble in its
generosity because it is based on absolute
justice to all. Freedom will not be sacri
ficed to peace ; the slave will not be re- -
shackled to purchase the friendship of his
rebel master ; but almost everything else
- will be granted to an uncondition,al submis
sion to the Union. •
But to urge peace with energy we must
not abandon the war. GRANT cannot sus--
Pendthe siege of Richmond to watch
the effect of an offer of amnesty. SHER--
MAN'S Movements are not to be interrupted
by a proclamation of his .own Government.
No, the more victories we gain the more
effect will. be given to our offer of peace.
Every blow upon the military power of
Divls loosens the fetters of the Southern
peofile, and forces them nearer to the
- And if, offering peace, for the
third time, it is rejected, we shall not then
have lost our advantage, but will be ready
to can) , on the war ;with a force hitherto
unknown. Yes, if our offers of mercy are
to-be thrown back contemptuously by the
rebel leaders, they must reap the whirl
wind they will have sown. The war will ex
tort the peace they refuse, and it will be a
short war, a sharp one, and one that will
have no successor. If we must have the
Union by war to the last, we will take care
to settle the peace question forever. -
liin,LlNco.mc's re-election, it was to be
expected, has given an edge to the propo
sition of JEFFERSON DAVIS to the rebel
Congress for employing slaves in the.army,
- with the liberty-bounty at the - end of their
term of - service. The South is not yet ripe,
however, for enlisting slaves as soldiers,
and, when it is,
the rebellion will be rott(in
'The most Mx. Davis can do with his new
utiliiarian pioneer and engineer corps of
40,000 ' blacks is to...Make...6AM available
for soldiers, and'create for them. as soon as
possible the need of using arms in self-de
fence. Then the efficiency_ of the rebel
slave can be tested, and if the trial is a suc
cess; LEE Or BEACUREGARD may call for
more,. The most formidable danger ail&
scheme; in its wildest shape, is. that, if too
many slaVes are armed to be - controlled, the
liberty:bounty offered by the United States
will farnutweigh that of the rebellion, and
the black corps d'armee will be, as it has
ever_ :Teen,. an, army ,of fugitives from
slavery, .
. -
T 333 London TitneB, in an editorial upon
the. Canadian Confederation, aims the fol.
qowing at the United States :-
"The British provinces, if they succeed In consti
tuting their federation, will escape one cause of f
ture difficulty. No unhappy war or rebellion luir
forced them into any 'Declaration of Indepen
dence.l,ris. sovereign States. They can reserve no
rights that, If hereafter asserted, must destroy the
eompaot. 'They can adopt - a system less complex
than that of the Republic of which they have seen
the dissolution. Nor do the delegates show the
slightest disposition to take their neighbors' Fede
ral Constitution as their example."
Up to the time of the war, we were told
by British travellers and political students
that nothing could exceed the simplicity of
our Constitution. But the fact that the
Canadian Constitution is that of a " Confe
' deraey," arid
,not of a Union, e*plains all
"the "meaningless meaning" of the Timm
'The .Canadian )•L'ovinees need not, indeed,
trouble ..themselyee to secede from each
other. But •what if they should sever them
.selvell.frqn England:?
NEARLY all , of the prominent Mexican
generibli:have "givenAn Iheir .adhesion to
lifaxximieß,_ and, excepting that there
lurte l beana few rumors of a-new conspira
•cy among.his , converts, . , the cause of the
latest,usurper of Meiico. Alas prospered.
A. desire for peace and firm government,
irresipective of forms or rulers, promises to
lead, all Mexico to submission, when . the
new Empire will start upon the destiny
Marked out: for it by NaPoutozi—;the silver
minen•of. Sonora to be given to the French,
and Sonie Of the republics of Central Ame
rica enticed or kidnapped into the Monarchy.
Of . Maxurriaan has expressed his
.a financier, and NAPOLEON ,
has'rOcniomondedpifriond of his own, one
M Orzyrrx ; a - former Chief of . Cabinet
amderthe French Empire.
General Election in England.
An English journal declares that ihe
Earl of Derby has sent a circular to his
House of Commons' supporters that -a: Dis
solution of Parliament would probably
take plac6 about the 10th November. It
is very improbable that he has any be
lief of this. Except in very extraordinary
instances, such as after the passing 'of the
Reform Bill in 1832, 'and the formation of
the first Peel Government in 1834, a Ge
neral Election does not take place in Eng
land so near the close• of the year—on the
very threshold of winter, so to say. The
present House of Commons was elected
• When- Lor'd Derby was in office, in•the
apring, of 1859; it assembled,. pro forma,
for tjw . swearing in of members, on the
81st of . May, was opened by Queen VIC
TORIA in person on the 7th of JUne, 1859,
and would not legally terminate, under the
Septennial Act, until 'the 30th May, 1866.
It may, run two' or three sessions yet, if
Lord PAIZIERSTON pleases. cannot
have any obvious motive for dissolving it
now, and, if• he did, would experience the
disadvantage of " going before the coun
try," (as it is called,) without having any
rallying party cry. He declines promising.
Parliamentary Reform, (no one would now
believe him sincere, if he did promise it,
for he betrayedthe Reformers in 1859,) and
a reduction of taxation and expenditure, on
which he might appeal to the people, has
!yet to be declared the present policy of
England during the coming session.
As for'Lord DERBY, he is not acting as if
.he, head of the Tory party, expected a
dissolution of Parliament. The last report,
from Knowlexy Park, (his country seat,)'
:mentioned that having corrected the proof
'sheets of the forthcothing Iliad of HOMER,
'translated by him into English blank verse,
he was very busy making preparations for
receiving the Prince of Wales as his
visitor. •
This matter is of interest to us only on
one account—the Palmerston Ministry are
committed to soine -reasonable shoW . of
neutrality in American affairs, but; if 'the
result of the Elections were to place Lord
Runny in office, we may reasonably appre_
hend that the neutral policy would be laid
aside, for Lord DERBY and most of his fu
ture colleagues, Mr. DISRAELI excepted,
have publicly expressed their sympathy
with the " so-called Southern Confede
racy." It is for our interest that PALMER
STON should continue master of the situa
tion.
c
The Late Railway Murder in' England.
The case of MULLER, upon whose guilt
of murder the.press of England has shown
such general certainty, has begun to gather
mystery since his conviction. From the
time of -his extradition in New York to the
present, we have refrained expressing any
opinion as to his guilt, naturally suspecting
a - case of circumstantial evidence so whole
sale and instantaneous. If there never was
so plausible a chain of evidence against a
murderer, there certainly never was a more
focilish criminal than MULLER. That he ac
tually convicted himself, strewed his path of
flight w.ith.every•circumstance whiclionUld
lead to detection, and even committedthe
murder with the same want of economy
and reason, passes surprise. MULLER, af
ter a full and fair trial, according to all
evidence, is convicted. The criminal is
a foreigner, bewildered by the fearful
• net which is thrown around him, and says
little, and finds little to say. VICTOR HUeo
pictures such a case of circumstances in
the wretched and helpless boor who is
tried for a theft committed by Jean Val
jean. MULLER may be as guilty as possi
ble ; but some strong instinct of disbelief
in his guilt, htd sympathy for his loneli
ness as a stranger, actuated the German
Legal Protection Society of London in
bringing forward a remonstrance in favor
of reprieve. There now appears to be a
in Mummies case,- and.
-the •universal confidence • - of - his'--guilt
in the London mind is changed to a
half-sympathy for the criminal. Under
these circumstances, it is not improbable
that MULLER has been repiieved ; and all
who have heretofore satisfied 'themselves
with what seemed a perfect romance on
the old 'text that "murder will out " may
have reason to prepare for a more mys
terious complication of the old plot of cir
cumstantial evidence. Without recounting
the case as it stood at court, we present the
-points of the German evidence in MUL
LER'S favor, as given in the report of the
Loudon Globe. The watch belonging to
the murdered Mr. BRIGGS, and found on
the person of Mums; will be remem
bered as one of the strongest proofs' of his
guilt :
"The Baron von Erlanger said that Muller had
minutely described the man who sold him the watch
at the docks ; and on inquiries being made of the
dock officials they said that such a man was one of
four pedlers well known about the place, but that he
had not been seen since about the time of the murder.
They made search for liim, and found that he. had
Changed his residence several times ; and when they
at last discovered him, he gave a very hesitating
and unsatisfactory account of his dealings. In re.
ference to this statement, the chairman, Mr. Lasker,
said he bad been visited by a person who for twenty
years past has been familiar with people about the
docks, and who came to him to Say that watches
were often sold to pedlers there. He asked his
visitor to give him some descriptions of these pedlers,
and accordingly he wrote on four separate pieces of
paper four several accounts, one of which exactly
tallied with Muller's own. Mr. Lasker then desired
his informant to mark that paper with a cross, and
the observation he ma,dein reply was : is strange
you should ask me to mark this paper, for it relates
to the only one of the four men whom I have missed
for some time past.' The decision of the meeting
was to alter the tenor of the memorial in such away
as to petition for time, in which the value of' this
new evidence may he tested.
- "The following' incident, the 'full pa,rticulars of
which have been ascertained'. by recent inquiries, -
and which it is considered has a connection with the
murder of Mr. Briggs that demands proper investi
gation, will, in all
,ftebatility,_have. a. principal
poSition in the stateneent whiCh will be' issued ty
the Gernian committee. Ifis stated that abotit two
o'clock On the morning of the - 10th of July last, a
few hours after the commission of the murder,a Mr.
Poole, who resides in Edmonton, was in his bed
room, when a parcel (as it afterwards proved) was
thrown against his house, breaking. one of the
windows. This parcel, it would seemchad been
thrown from a cab which was passing , down Lai
road away from London. Mr. Poole, with the view
of getting some 'payment for • the damage done,
immediately pursued the cab, whieh, after *a
long chase, he• overtook. There were four men in
side. It is said that, as far as could be seen, there
was an appearance of considerable disorder about
these men. One of them was without his hat, and
with a handkerchief bound round his head. Mr.
Poole was told hurriedly that the bundle was thrown
for a lark, but that he would be paid, and the cab
drove on. The parcel which had been thrown
against Mr. Poole's window was found, on being
examined, to contain a -pair of trousers. Later on
the , Sunday morning, at about 11. o'clock, M. Poole
saw the, same cab returning towards London, and
noticed that there were then two of the Same men in
it, and this time Mr. Poole was accompanied by one
or two respectable inhabitants of the neighborhood.
It is understood that the German Society have suc
ceeded In discovering three, if not all four, of these
men, and that they are in possession of the trousers,
which are found to be stained with blood, which
has been ascertained to be human. The committee
are said to be in possession of other evidences which
they consider of the highest importance as bearing
on this case, the complete investigation of which
they desire to promote."
A tavern-keeper, writing to the London,
Star, gives another circumstance relative
to the suspected cabmen -who visited his
house - two hours after the murder of itr.
BRIGGS. One of them was seen to fling
away his hat into a pond, :replacin&it with'
what is called a "-deerstalker," and to
afterwards beg a hat with which to return
to London from one of the. police.. The
cabmen; haying been . described And recog
nized, the facts given may Jead to strong
counter-proof in favor of Minima, if it does
not convict any one else. There is no im
propriety in doubting the guilt of even one
so apparently convicted as • MIILLRB:. If
we should look for startling circumstantial
evidence shattered by a revelation beyond.
the law, where else would we be more,
likely to find it than in the case of a fo=
reigner like 3117LIMR, who, if he committed
the murder, did it utterly without : the or
dinary, safeguards of the least ingenious
murderers, and under conditions belying
..sdmitte,d intelligence ? Beyond the
seen pf.the murder, and the extradition
*of murdeiei, the case has no sensational
aspect. • But: . if, Instead_ of fastening the
guilt — tipthi a' foreigner never before •SUS
pekbd . of,driine, the , law yet.succeeds in
showing that the murder was the result of
studied contrivance and conspiracy on the
part- of more prOfessed criminals, the
case' Will be less strange, ,bilt per
haps." , more consietent. There
is no show at present that MuLurat had a
confederate, while there is reason to sup
pose that it required more than one for its
consummation, and native criminals rather
than a stranger.: We have thus given the
doubtful view of the case without, forming
any opinion. The law is a vast, and often
extremely accurate calculating machine,
but, as we have seen in New 4Jersey and
elsewhere, it is terribly wrong when its
fundamental figures are fictions, when time
produces an earthquake beneath the barren
logic of the courts, 'and the victim rises in
resurrection.
Despair of the Confederacy.
The Richmond correspondence of the
London Times gives us some facts orthe
situation in LEE'S army,- which we have
heretofore but remotely suspected from the
tone of the Richmond papers. • The Times'
correspondent, who has always been IV
faithful ally-of the rebels, is an unwilling
witness; we may believe, to the views
which our own generals have expressed re
garding the comparative weakness and ex
haustion of the army under LEE. It is no
insignificant admission that LEE'S defence
of Petersburg has so far rendered that of
Richmond powerless as to make the pros
pective evacuation of the former city
a matter •of necessity. His army is
so weak that it is likened to a skil
ful one-armed boxer who is fighting
a bully with two arms, stronger, taller,
more active and keener-sighted than him
self. He is , so greatly inferior. to GRANT
numerically that he is forced to keep a
large portion of_ his army at Petersburg,
and thereby suffers disadvantages - ecpial to
the loss of an arm by a prize-fighter. He
now finds it almost impossible to cut
GRANT'S entrenchments in any vital place.
The shape of the ground and the positions
of the forces are such that the lines can
only be attacked in two or three places,
and these GRANT his strengthened by
double and triple lines of fortifications,
garrisoned by strong bodies of men. Be-
Ades, LEOS constantly kept on the qui
vise, watching for assaults that may be made
at any uncertain moment. His men are,
therefore, kept incessantly in the trenches
with scarcely any protection from the
weather, ill-clothed and ill-fed. - Ever
since the opening of the campaign upon ,the
Rapidan, for More than one hundred
and sixty days, an uninterrupted pressure
has been forced upon him, telling fearfully
on their morale. The correspondent says :
"They have been exposed to one of the fiercest
summers ever known in Virginia, scantily fed upon
meat—mostly salt meat—and broad, without yoga
tables, with only occasional coffee, with i lne other sti
mulant, and threatened, ceaselessly by °ye rw helm
in g numbers, who have at their command all that a
lavish profusion of expenditure and the scientific
experience of the whole civilized world can contra.
bate. I cannot be blind to the fact, as I met offi
cers and privates from Gen. Lee% army, that they
are half worn out, and that, though the spirit is the
same as ever, they urgently need rest."
With this army he finds it impossible to
inflict any damage on GRANT, except by
surrendering to GRANT the very guerdon
for which he strives. He could, by aban
doning Petersburg, and falling back Across
the Appomattox, occupying the heights of
Pocahontas, be able to make a much
stronger defence. But this would of course.
give up the Southside Railroad, and make
his last position, though much stronger for
a short defence, yet for a siege much
worse than the first. This is the quandary
to which Gen. LEE is reduced, according
to the admission of his own friends. The
straits of Gen. LEE show the desperation
of the Confederacy. But we have a still
more ominous admission as follows:
If •the ponfederates maintain their present atti
dude before Richmond, and continue to hold their
enemy at bay until, as is hore anticipated, a great
disaster has overtaken Sherman in the West, I do
not scruple to say that, In my opinion, Richmond
will laugh its assailants to scorn. If, on the other
hand, Sherman is able to extricate himself from his
present critical position, byeither beating or outwitting
Hood, there will be reason for apprehension about
Richmond, during the coming winter, the like of which.
Cline never existed before.?
This opinion of the Times' correspondent
is almost equivalent to an axiom, if we
s grant that SHERMAN'S position is at all criti
cal to the army which he commands, or
the genius which leads it. The success, of
SRERMAN is the fall of Richmond—thus
conjectures the London Times ; but the re
bels have apparently no hope that even the
improbable defeat of SumumAN—unless that
defeat embraces his ruin—will deliver Rich
mond or the Confederacy. The world may
'mark this judgment, while it observ& the
determination of the North in there-elec
tion of LINCOLN. That GRANT and SEEER
MAN should now be backed by, all the vigor
and influence of the Government, and all
the strength of the Republic, seems to be
the duty of the hour,
IT is understood that the report that
General SHERMAN'S movements menace
important points is entirely true, but the
known facts cannot be published with pru
-dence. We may say, however, -without
disclosing anything by which the enemy
may profit, that he :will strike terror to the
heart of the rebellion, and do even more to
cripple its resources than he did in the cap
ture of Atlanta.
MAYOR GUNTHER, of New York, writes
to inform the World that he was nit upon
the list of General Bunxit's visitors.. Un
like Mr. GUNTHER'S official documents,
this is perfectly clear.
.THE LIST of bills and resolutions passed
by the Senate and pending in the House
at the close of the last session, published
our first page, will partially-show the
bUsinesi of• the next Congress. It includes
all the unfinished business of the House.
• • New Papers.
TEE SUNDAY HERALD,'! a new papei', pub
lishedsin this . city by Mr. S. E. Cohen, late - pub=
Usher of The Dial; a banking journal, well known in
commercial quarters, Is new in its third number,
and aims to take the place which is, open to it
among<the established. journal's of the city. There
Is plenty of room for another Sunday paper, pro
vided that it. Is conducted with independent ability
in every department, dramatic), literary, political,
and locat. The Sunday Herald. possesses a good
corps of talent, and is, we hear, increasing in' him:
"TEE WOMAN'S JOURNAL," whose second num
ber has just reached us, Is published monthly, under
the auspices of the Working-women's Relief Asso•
elation, No. 736 Arch street, It is a handsome and
very, cleverly edited print, and we wish It every
Success, both for its own sake and the neglected
Cause of the working-women. Newspapers devoted
to a social cause 'have seldom a long life; bat we
trust that this journal will be strengthened by the
sympathies of those whom it is designed to aid, so
that the'cause which it assumes will be promoted
and sustained.
WASHINGTON..
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Congratulatory Visit or the Maryland
Union Stnte.Committee.
THE ADOPTION OF THE FRES CONSTITUTION A
• VICTORY FOR THE
WASHINGTON, Nov, 17.--This afternoon the Ma
ryland Union State Central Committee formally
called upon President Lincoln to congratulate him
on his re•electton.
Mr. W. H. Purcell, chairman, in shis 'address said
they felt wider deep obligation to hlm, because, by
the exercise of rare discretion on his.part, Mary
land to.day occupies the proud position of a free
State, and they desired that his future administra
tion of the Government, as In the past, might result
in the restoration of the Union r with universal free
dom as its Immaculate basis.
The President, in reply, said he would not at.
tempt to conceal his uglification with'the result Of
the election. He had exercised his best judgMent
for, the good of the whole country, and to have the
seal of approbation placed on his Coarse was exceed.
ingly grateful to his feelings. •
' He expressed his belief that the policy he had pur
sued was the best and the only one whioh could save
the country. ,
He repeated what he had said before, that he hi
'dniged in no feeling of triumph over any one who.
thought or acted differently from himself.
Ho bad no such feeling towards any living man.
He thought the adoption of a Free State Constitu
tion for Maryland was a great victory for the right.
In conclusion, he repeated what he had previously
said, namely, "Those who differed from and - op.
posed us will see that their defeat was better for
their own good than if they had been successful. ll
Some tithe was spent in pleasant intercourse, the
President relating several anecdotes appsopriate'to
the occasion.
THE NEW FRACTIONAL CIIERRHOY
The plates of the new fifty-cent fractional our
reney are nearly ready for printing. The notes
will be of the same width as those now in cireula-
Lion but nearly twice as long. The Dew five-cent
notes will be of the same size as the _old ones;
while.the tens and twenty-fives will pa if graduated .
ength between the highest and lowest denomine
THE . ,P.RESS,-PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,. 1864:
tlons. It Is probable that a threklent note *lll
be homed for the greater •faelllty of making change.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue today
decided that persons who sell Schiedam Schnapps
are required, in addition to other Menses they may
have, to also take out licenses as dealers in liquors,
wholesale and retail, according to the:manner and
amount of their annual sales.
AN ARMY OFFICER GUILTY OF COUNTERFEIT-
The trial of Captain HUGH A. McDoNALD, Co.
A, Ist Pennsylvania Cavalry, was commenced to-day
before a military commission. He was charged
with uttering false and counterfeit treasury and
bank notes. He pleaded guilty and . made a long
confession, implicating others. It is said, he used
his military position to circulate a very iarge quart•
tity of counterfeit fractional notes In the army, and
for two years has eluded the detectives. '
ESCAPE OP A PRISONER FII,OId THE OLD
GEOILGB PETERSON, who, :was tracked from
Canada to Alexandria, Va.; bydetqlitives, and was
on Friday committed to the Old.Ospol jail, made
his esoape last night, through the" , oareleseness of
his gourds.
NO NEWS FROM SHERMAN.
Nothing official has boon received from General
SRERMAii for a week past.
THE CORRECTED VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA
Additional Returns froni New York, Missouri,
Minnesota, 1 OVAEIII, Wisconsin, Mit
nois, and Connecticut.
INCREAORD ISTIMLTES OF UNION MAJOBITINS.
, .., Union Dom.
Lincoln. McClellan, Oaln. Gala.
'Adams. 500 .... 90
Allegheny
Armstrong 120 .... .... ....
Beaver 900 ........ ~,,6 0 • .....
Bedford ****** •• " you . 74 ••••• • ,
Berke . 6735 ....-.- + - 398
Blair.
Bradford 3331....
_,,t, 664 ....
Bucks 928 r' .-r - 65 ....
,
Butler 300
Cambria 900 l ' 50 ....
Cameron.... ... • ..... .• .. ' .• .. 50 ....
Carbon 300 _ - 212 ....
Centre 824 .:
• • 96 •• • •
Chester. '
__ 2500 450.
Clarion .... .... 10605 v... . ,i;
Clearfield.— , - 1391 ~..". • 139
Clinton 600 70 ....
Columbia ...... .... 1000 41 ....
Crawford 1800 be . • 160 ....
Cumberland .... ..... . . 760 ....' 346
Dauphin 1189 .... 466 ....
Delaware .... 1500 .... .... .....
Elk ...... .. 620 . . ....
Erie 2 5 00 ... 430 ....
Fayette . . .... ....
Franklin
Fulton ' 225 65 ....
Forest
Greene 1350
Huntingdon 676 ....... ....
Indiana 2000 .... 95 ....
.Jefferson
Juniata 250
Lancaster-.... ....
5479 .... 1479 ....
Lawrence 1580 .... 800 ....
Lebanon 930.... 84
Lehigh 2099 .... 52
Luzerne 2895 .... B7O
Lycoming 940
McKean 100 ....
Mercer 800 ....
Mifflin - '9O
Monroe.... .......... .... 1800... 100
Montgomery. 1268 . 113 ....
Montour.. .. .... 460 .18 ..•.
Northampton....."... ....* - : - 331 - 4 7.. . ..... 614
Northumberland....,.... 702 ..• 165
, „ ....
Perry ' .. 'l3O
. .. .. .. , ....,..,.•....
Philadelphia .... 9508 ...; ' ' 2167' • ....
Pike . .... .... ,1000:: ' . -.; .. ....
Potter 629 ' '.•''' '.2o6''' ....
Schuylkill 19151 . ) - 2 •••• •
Somerset ~,„.
1100 ' .::•' '... 180 ....
Snyder 197
Sullivan 410. ! ,. ....
Susquehanna 991 ,;... :.190 ....
Tioga 3500 ...:' ' : 'B6O ....
~
Union
Venango 600 ...': 176 ....
Warren
Wa'shington ... 600 .... ~.. „„
Wayne .... ..... .... 1000 .... ....
Westmoreland . ... ... '.... 1400 77 ....
Wyoming 108 .... ....
York ....... .... 3226 ..., ....
- -
Total 52,089 41,891
41,891
Lincoln's majority.. 10,198
The following additional county returns are re.
ported ; in almost every case Seymour polled a
smaller vote than McClellan :
LINCOLN'S MAJORITIES. •
Broome . 1,948
Chatauqua ' 4,708
Chemingo '-- 1,492
Franklin - 1,000
.
Jefferson , 2,750
. Onondaga -- • 2,282
Orleans 1,297
-
Saratoga 1,194
Warren 4.... 230
Wallington 2,578
M'CLELLAN'S MAJORITIES.
Albany
Greene
:The election in Albany seems to have been not
altogether fair. The Albany Evening Journal has
the affidavits of forty-six men belonging , to one
Ward who were deterred from voting for the Union,
National, State, and local candidates, by violence
and threats of violence at the polls. The mayor of
the city, Mr. Perry, was present at the time and
witnessed these proceedings. One of the, Union
men swore that he asked for protection and assist
nee to vote, to which Mr. Perry replied as If you
had a good Democratic ticket you would have no
trouble." One man was stabbed three times *fifth
an awl, and several were beaten with (dubs.
The mayor -has since attempted to extenuate
his conduct by charging General 'John F.
Rathbone with - the attempt at military inter
ference at the Ninth-ward polls on election day.
Mr. Joseph Shook, the Union candidate for Assem
bly, who loses his election by these means, it is
said.will contest the seat. It is further declared by
the Evening Journal that challenges wore excluded
from the polls In Several districts, and hundreds of
illegal votes received without protest. It demands
an amendment of the Election and Registry laws.
Counties
il — aitford ' --, ; ( iii ----- 8,679
New Haven 8,617 • 9,536 "
; New London 6,572 ; 4,829
• Fairfield 7,229 . • 7,046
=Wind ham 3,536 .2,038
- Litchfield 4,798 : 4,104
1 - •Tolland ....... .. • . 2,818 2,035
'Middlesex - 8,189 3,179
, , 1 • .—;---
. , .
Lincoln's majority
The Chicago Trftrune of Moriday'expresses: doubt
of the election of Colonel Jahn:Baker to Otingress,
from the Twelfth district of , lllinois. A olespatch
from Alton to the Union _State Central ' Com
mittee had announced his election electio`n'by Seventy ma
jority. But the Secession paper In Chicago has de
spatches declaring W. R. Morrison re-elected by
about 200 mnjority which tho Tribune is inolined to
concede.
The St. Louis Donocral of Monday has a de
spatch announcing that 001. Baker is eleoted.
WISCONSIN.
A despatch to the Chicago Tribune announces
.that the Leglslature.of , Wisconsin will "stand as fol
lows•:. Senate,. 23 Unionists and 15 Opposition;
House, 67 Unionists to 38 Opposition. t
The defeat of Gov. Seymour, of New. York, gives
the liveliest satisfaction.
MINNESOTA.
The returns, as they come in, swell the ascer
tained Union majorities. Windom has 4;009 and
Donnelly 3,000 majority fOr Congress. There Is no
soldiers'. vote: • 4
MISSOURI.
A 'despatch to the Chicago Tribune announces
heavy Union gains. The old pro-slaved' counties
give Lincoln majorities, and if the returns now to
come keep up with those*,already _received every
Unlon candidate for Congress, outside of St. Loafs,
is elected.
Sr. Lours, Nov. 17.—Returns of the recent Presi
dential election have been received from about one
half of the oounties In the State of Miesouri. They
give Lincoln nearly 20,000 majority on the home
vote. The soldiers' vote in the. Sixth district will
elect Van Horn to Congress by from 200 to 600.
In the Fourth district it is not definitely settled
whether Boyd (the present incumbent) or Kelso
will be elected. Both. are Radicals. •
All the other Union candidates in the qte o te,(e.
cept Hogan, from - Ibis :district,) are undoubtedly
elected. .
KANSAS. . " - •
Sr. Louis, / Nov. 17.—Reports from Kansas indi
cate the election of Olark to Congress by from
1,000 to 1,5t0 majority. Orawford (U.) for Gover
nor, and the remainder of the State ticket, will re
ceive from 8,000 to 4,0000 majority on the home vote.
Lane will have a two thirds vote on joint ballot In
the Legislature for U. S. Senator. ..,
Some errors have been made regarding the candi•
dates who were elected recently in Nevada. The
following is a correct list :
Governor, H. G. Blaisdell ; Member of Congress,
H. G. Worthington ; Supreme Judges, C. M. Bros
nan, H. 0. Beaty, and J. F. Lewis ; Clerk Supreme
Court, Alfred Helm ; Secretary of State, U. M.
Notewarej• Comptroller; Lance Nightingiii ; Trea
surer, E. Rhodes ; Lieutenant Governor, James S.
eroselean ; Attorney General, George A. - Nourse ;
Superintendent Public Instruction, A. F. white
Surveyor General, S. H. Marlette ; Presidential
Electors, A. W. Baldwin; A. W. Peck, and S. T.
Gage.
Saw Faawomoo, Nov. 15.—The rainy season has
begun with a storm which reaches every portion of
the State .
Arrived, bark Calypso, New York, after 'a rough
voyage. Sailed, ship Vizeata, for Hong gong, with
$311,000 in bullion.
THE CANADIANS SHIPPING HORSES TO THRREDELS.
HALIPAX, Nov. 17.—The propeller Merritt, from
Montreal for Nassau, with 200 horses for tho rebels,
has put into Pictou for coals, and sails to-lorroW.
Cent°, Nov. 17.—The ram Switzerland, bound
south, was sunk last evening on the Mississippi
river, above Commerce. It is. thought that she can
bo raised.
A steamer, with 'a cargo of 390 bales of cotton,
passed here to-day for St. Louts, and also %steamer
with 289 bales for Cincinnati.
Death of a Vatted States Judge.
PROVIDENCIE i R. 1., Nov. 17.—John Pitman, who
has been for forty years a judge of the United States
District Court for the DLstrict of Rhode Island, was
found dead in bed this morning. He was on the
bench yesterday, but in a very feeble condition. He
was eighty years of age.
Lines of the Presideit'i Private Secre•
teary.
sr. Nioopry, the PreStaollt'S
pilvate seoretaiy, quit!) ill,at the Lindell
Hotel, in We city.
INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.
CAPITOL
THE ELECTIONS.
PENNISYLVAPIC
ESTIMATED VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL
• 'ELECTORS. •
[Corrected by latest returns.]
NEW YORK.
• CONNECTICUT.
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COMPLBTR.
Total 43,985 41,508
41,E08 - • -
1W EVADA.
CALIFORNIA. •
TRH RAINY SBABON BET 127--SHIP NEWEL
CANADA.
Mulch* of the Rmm Switzerland.
THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
AMUSES FROM THE. FLACI•OF-TRUCE
FLEET AT PORT ROYAL.
The Arrangements for. Exchange nearly Complete
THE SHOOTING OF GENERAL CANBY.
F. • OU •
UIS RAPID RECOVERY EXPECTED.
GENERAL BURNSIDE ON EIS WAY
TO GRANT'S ARMY.
EARANOBMICNTS 1/01: THE' BX6IIANGE OF PRIBO-
FORTRESS Moulton, Nov. 16.—The steamer Sax-
on arrived here today from Port Royal, S. C. Her
captain reports having picked up, when tlftymiles
northeeit of Hatteras, an abandoned schooner,
named the Ringgold, hailing froni Donnie, Mass.,
with all the sails gone, and two feet of water in the
hold.
The Saxon brings important despatches from the
flag•of truce fleet off Port Royal, S. 0. Lieut. Col.
J. E. Mulford bad nearly completed the arrange.
ments necessary for the exchange of the prisoners,
and tho whole fleet was expected to return North in
a few days.
LOSS Or GOVERNMENT BARGES-OEN. BURNSIDE ON
FORTEMS MONROE, NOv.ls.—The steamer Aman
da Winants, sent in search of the barges that broke
loose from the Andrew Harder on the night of the
18th Instant, has returned, and Captain Williams
reports having searched In vain for the missing
boats. He found the - Eastern shore of Virginia
strewn with railroad ties, supposed to be those with
which the barges were laden.
-Four men were on board these barges, and are be
lieved to have perished. Their names are not known
here.- - 4 ` '
There is no news from the front.
Major General Burnside arrived hero thlB morn
ing, in the mall boat Dictator, from Washington, D.
0., and proceeded immediately to the front.
OVER ONE TROUBLED ffiLITIA UNDER ARMS
IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA-SZVEN Or MOSE-
HARRISBURG, Nova Ir.—lmmediately upon the
receipt of intelligench of the proposed guerilla raid
into the thineberland 'valley, steps were taken by
Oovernor Curtin for the organization of the militia
in the border counties. Over 1,000 men have alrea
dy been armed and equipped by.the State author!.
ties, and no apprehension is now entertained of an
incursion. Of the twenty scouts sent by Moseby
into Pennsylvania, seven have been captured.
Five others are believed to haveescaped to the south
side of the Potomac.
ST. Loms, Nov. 17th.—An officer who- has just
ailivalfrom Memphis, says that information, be
lieved correct, had reached there, that Gen.
Canby died from the effects of his recent wound re
ceived while en route from New Orleans on the gun
boat Cricket. •
160 ....
OyRiCIAL DREPATCH TO THE CONTRARY OB THE
•'4,93017E-GEN. CANEY'S RECOVERY EXPECTS%
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—An official despatch, re
ceived here to-day, confirms the statement that
Maj. Gen. Canby, while going up the White river
to direct matters in Arkansas, was fired upon by
guerillas, and wounded in the upper part of the
thigh. The wound is a severe and painful one, but
fortunately Is not dangerous. He arrived at Now
Orleans, the despatch says, safely on the 12th, “And
will receive the best care, under the superintend
ence of Mrs. Canby. His mental faculties are en
tirely unaffected, and with his, admirable powers of
endurance and strength of mind, We hope he will
be about in a few weeks. After he was wounded,
he consulted fully with General Reynolds, at the
month of the White river, and it is confidently be
lieved that this accident will in no way interfere
with the direction of affairs in this division. ,, -
The above deepatoh shows the report of the death
of Canby, telegraphidStrom Memphis, to be untrue.
THE. 'moors IN PINE CONDITION-THE REBEL RS.
The special correspondent of the New York Eve
ning Post writes as follows, dating his letter in the
field, Georgia, Nov. 10
If you were to see the army under General Sher
man's immediate command at this moment, you'
would hardly suppose a rebel force was operating
in . any manner in its rear; for Hood's army,
although in no way touching Sherman's com
munications, yet, at Florence, may •be said - to be ,
in his rear. This army, now .dovering Atlanta,
bits been for several days. past taking things quite
easily ; not that it has been idle, for there has been
a healthy degree of activity going on, pretty much
like that of an • athlete or prize fighter who under
,goes that thorough training which prepares him for
the vital struggle. Probably there has never been
more perfect army to take the field for a campaign
;than that in Georgia at the present time. Trans
4ortation has been reduced to "the simplest neces
;Pities of the occasion. All the sick and wounded
ihave been sent to the rear ; unnecessary armaments
;Dave been dispensed with ;and extra tents and bag
':gage have been removed, and area now on the way
:northward. The army is literally stripped for the
;march and thelight ; and certainly, in addition to
all this, no body of men were ever mentally or phy.
sically in a more encouraging condition for the
grand duties of a soldier. The surgeons report their
commands to be in the healthiest possible state, and
a more cheerful set of reen Mind be imagined.
It is quite:singular to see how the idea has spread
about amongst the residents of this country that we
intend abandoning Rome, Atlanta, and the lire of
railroad. Those unfortunate refugees are coming
in from all sides, begging to be sent North. En.
tire families find their way to the stations, and piti-•
ful sights are witnessed every day. These Unfortu
nates are content. to take any place they can Iret—
on the top of cars, in the open baggage.orates, upon
platform cars, perched amidstoannon and ammuni
tion boxes, exposed to the wind and the rain, which,
for several days past, has fallen with great violence.
What these poor refugees are to do when they ar
rive North is a question which must be answered
by the philanthropic people of the Northern cities.
It must be remembered that these people claim to
bu Union, and there can be no doubt that large num
bers were opined to the ordinance of secession.
Whatever ray have been their opinions, their farms
have been overrun and desolated by both armies
during their numerous marchings and counter
, marchings. They have not only been stripped of
every eatable thing—beast, fowl, or vegetable—but
fences, barns, and houses- have furnished wood for
the soldiers' campfires, and as you ride along in
any direction, openings in the wood, °ern. stalks
.standing here and there in the fields, or rose bushes
and otherilowers in beds and plats a t little way from
the roadside, show where there has been a farm, and
perhaps a village, with its quiet homes, cottages
with surroundings of cultivation and refinement.
Ent these are fast disappearing, and the destruc.
Lion soon.be complete. Surely no people have
more bitterly.paid the penalty of crime than these.
•But the most guilty offenders have not yet been •
reached. South - Carolina and the lower part of this
State have, as yet,. remained secure from the ap
proaeti of the bated Yankee. In theenz.districts .
milliona of bales of cotton have .;telete - ,stored,;;.
thousands of. slaves are here.SecuredYolWKnitip :
ters believe) gathered uponfiriendlirinfOinuf;
here have the more wealthy're_belii.,
our' rmy advanced southwardVAid - ,.Whe cities
of. Macon, Columbus, and.Auguatiieliali - been re
moved all the valuable machinery for the con
strnction of locomotives, rolling of iron, and
manufacture of cannon, small arms, and different
hinds of ammunition. In • Augusta alone, I am
told, there are stored nearly half a million bales of
cotton, while the largest powder magazine in
Atherica is there, containing the largest supply of
powder 1n the - rebel States. Our brother soldiers,
too, are confined in loathsome prisons in those parts,
half starved,c All-heused, naked, and suffering.
Would it not be a noble achievement and a terrible
blow to the'rebellion could these prisoners be set
free, the rebel wealth destroyed, their munitions•
of war, the 'machinery and their important cities
captured _1 • • z
As I said above, the citizens around us seem to
have the idea that we are about to leave the coun
try, and they prefer to fly to the Ills they know not
of, rather than face the depredations of the gueril
las. Jlt,very ancient negro came to an officer the
other day and asked : " Can yer sem' a' wagon oat
yere tree mile ter bring in my wife an' chll'n 4 I'se
bin working on de Rome road all de time sin' yer
come down yore, an' I hears as how yer goin , to
evaeinate der road, an' I doesn't mean ter stay .yere
imongst them yere Semi], no how." I believe a
foraging wagon brought in the old man's family,
but we have not as yet " evacinated" the road.
2,729
$O9
Lincoln, McClellan
2,427
FROvindlmE, R. 1., Nov. 17.—A fire at Pawtucket
took place this afternoon, destroying the Congrega.
nom' Chtmeh,' and other property. The lon
amounted $40,000. The church and its organ
were lnahred to the amount of $18,000:
BoaxoN, Nov.l7.—The ship Ocean Pearl, of°l3os
,
ton, from New York for •Lisbon, arrived at Tarra.
gone on October 27th. Her pilot anchored her, but
before she could get a pratique to goinside the mole,
a furious gale came on, which drove the ship ashore;
and she became a total wrook. All hands were
saved:
Below, steamer Greyhound, from New Orleans ;
barks Richard Irving, Table. Bay ; William
Randall, Africa.
A Thanksgiving Day Appointed by Go
vernor Seymour.
ALBANY, Nov. 17.--Governor Seymour has ap-
pointed the 24th of November as a day of thanks
giving.
IMPORTANT CAPTURES.—The force of deteotiveil
under Provost Marshal McPhail have, during the
past few days, taken some valuable prizes in the
shape of sea-going vessels engaged in contraband
trade on the Chesapeake Bay, and the captains and
crews made prisoners. By making these captures
the marshal has obtained much valuable informa
tion from letters and papers falling Into his hands,
which go to show how the blockade Is evaded on the
shores of the Chesapeake, by vessels trading from
eastern ports,to Baltimore and Washington. These
captures are looked upon by the authorities as of
the highest importance, but for prudential reasons
further particulars are deferred for, a ttine.—Balli
more Sun: • _
A -Neruner, BatDGE.—Some of our soldiers re
cently discovered on Laurel Fork, In Upshur
county, Va., a natural bridge spanning French
creek. It measures on the under side fifty-one
feet in length and twenty,sia feet in tfrea.dth, beau
tifully arched In solid stone. The bed of the creek
is strangely carved out of solid stone, and flows
swiftly on, making music of a melancholy sort.”
The scenery around is wild and picturesepie ;
broken forests spread out through hill and dale.
OIL LAND IN Oino.—Prof. L. D. Williams, of
Allegheny College,Meadville, .Pa , is engaged at
present in Investig ating the geological evidences of
the existence of coal oil IA Southern Ohio. It islits
opinion that it will be found as abundant as in Penn.
Sylvania and West Virginia And that the coal oil
region'extends into Southern'lndiana, forming a dis
trict of which Cincinnati is -nearly the geological
centre. ,
- We are Happy to announce the arrival in this
city of Baron Gerolt, the - Minister of Frusta, who
has eo long, and so acceptably to this Government,
represented his country here. Baron Gerolt has
been in Europe for several months, and his absence
has been keenly felt in ; the °holes of diplomacy and
of t hqlit lon.--zWashingthn
.
ENS
THE WAR.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
NEES NEARLY COMPLETE.
FORTRESS MONROE.
HIS WAY TO THE PEONY.
THE GUERILLA INTASION.
fly's kOUTB OAPTIMED.
THE LOWER HISSISSIPPL
R.VMORED DEATH 040111 N. OWNEY.
GENERAL SiKERIKAN'S ARMY.
HIIGEES-ILBMOVAL 0/VEITORES
Destructive Fire at Pawtucket, ICI
Loss of the Ship Ocean Pearl.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK CITY.
(Special Correspondence of The Press.) . •
Nxvr YORE, Nov. IT, 1864.
GENERAL BUTLER
started on Tuesday for Washington, whither he was
invited, says rumor, to accept the position of Secre
tary of War.
• THE "-BROOKLYN-MisTarnir”
inquest has been held upon the remains of the mur
dered man whose fate is involved in the now noto
rious " Brooklyn mystery." The pollee are, as yet,
in the posiession of no clue to the perpetrators of
the deed, although their exertions have resulted in
the development of certain facts which may, by
some possibility, become available hereafter. To
these facts the coroner did not publicly refer, his
silence having been requested by the superintendent
of the New York force. The testimony of the die.
meting surgeon indicates that the deceased was shot
twice, and that one of the balls was fired from a
ride.. The discharges bad been close to the face,
which was filled with powder grains in the region of
both wounds. The jury returned, the following ver
dict: " That saidunknown man came to nis death
by a gunshot wound in the brain on or about the 2d
or 3d of October, 1864. .We are: unable to say at
whose hands 'the deceased received his wound.. It
is very probable that more than one person is cogni
zant of the terrible affair, and we recommend the
authorities to increase the reward already offered
for the detection of the criminals."
WROLEB ALE FORGERY.
A most consummate and successful system of for
geries has been perpetrated upon some ;of the
banks of this city and. State, and upon many of
other States, bat until day before yesterday the au
thors of them could not be discovered. Your road.
era may remember that last September the Hanle of
COMmerce, of this city, was defrauded of $25,000 by
means of a forged check so well executed that the
officers of the bank honored it without suspicion, or
without asking a question. The forgery was
discovered a day or 'two afterwards. Detect
ives Farley, Euatace, and Tiemann were engaged to
ferret out and arrest the scoundrels. This they
succeeded a few days ago, and in the develop
ments at the hearing, before Justice Dowling, lit is
shown, as I state above, that not only were they
successful in " chiseling,” or penning, more pro
perly, the Bank of Commerce, but also other banks
of this pity, and several in other localities. In De
cember, 1863, they drew $3,140; in Ju1y,1864, $9,000;
in September, '64, $14,000 from the Mechanics'
Bank ; in June;lB64, $20,365.42 from the Merchants'
Bank, and, on'the same date, $3,000 from the Paci
fic, all by counterfeit signatures of different bu
siness gentlemen. It was evident, from the outset,
that none but the- most Skillful could have thus
succeeded, and consequently the, attention of the
detectives was first-turned to those of doubtful re
pntation who might be supposed to attempt such
feats. -The sequel proved the correctness of their
surmises. They arrested men named Waiter Pat
terson, Michael O'Brien, Ira Gardner (alias Gar
aide), Gcoige F. Coughlin, Hugh McNeill°, John
St. Clair, and Spencer Pettus. These are the prin
cipal men in the gang, and their crimes have been
exposed by one of their own number—George F.
Coughlin—a young man who was taken into their
gang because he unaerstood bank business. Pat
terson is said to belong to your city, and has the
reputation of being the most export penman and ac
complished operator in his profession. He has
passed several terms in Pennsylvania and New
York State prisons. He is even now under indict
ment ler forging the name of Simeon Draper, col
laptor of this port, on a check for $l,OOO. O'Brien
has been noted as a hotel and bank , operator, and is
said to be the brother of Honors Shepard, the most
skilful and successful female counterfeiter that ever
cussed the co entry. -
Gerald° has often been arrested in this city and
yours, but has, I think, never been convicted. Pet
tus has been long known as a notorious thief and
pickpocket. He is remarkably intelligent, and
spurns the assertion that he is a thief, having striven
always to assoolate with respectable men,- and thus
prevent suspicion. But a small part of the money
has been recovered. The whole amount is con
tained in three $l,OOO bonds, which have been re
turned to the Bank of Commerce, to which they be
long.
ROOMS FOR THE PRODUCE HEN—A " PORE RING."
A new Produce Exchange was opened this morn
ing, and at last the 1,500 or 2,000 merchants who are
engaged. in that branch of trade have something
more than a hundred square feet on which to con
gregate. They still remain at the Eichange, and
have two rooms, instead of ono. Although the lin
provements are not yet entirely made, yet sufficient
is done to promise something neat. In the way
of delicately-colored frescoes. One curious feature
is what is called a pork ring. It is a circle of black
walnut, raised from -the' door, around which the
merchants in that commodity can argue and char.
fer over and tix prices. Under the old regime they
used to assemble in ,a: clioular. crowd, which grow
and grew, until persons in the centre were nearly suf
focated, and could only escape by energetic elbow
iniarid shoving, much to the discomfort of their
neighbors.. This difficulty is now entirely obviated
in a unique manner, to general and expressed satis
faction;
LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA.
exhibit Some sprightliness; the latter in auticipa,
tion of the holidays. The press are hard at work
on "fine editions" and Christmas books. The pub
lishers are already making their announcements.
The . Appletope r Soribner, Gregory, ,. and Carleton,
haie fine lists, containing the'usual diversities.
•
" Les Femmes Terribles" was produced at the
French Theatre Tuesday evening, with much suc
cess. "Court Cards, ,, a comedietta, which, for lack
of something else, we say "reminds us forcibly of
Planche," was brought out at the Olympic. It Is
not extraordinary. J. S. Clarke is about closing , at'
Winter Garden, and will give place to Edwin Booth
and the tragedies. Manager Wallaok promises for
epcedy. production a new comedy by Dion Bond"
can't. )
AIIBIVAL VllOl4l NEW e ORLICANS—MICXICIAIT OFFI
The - transport Continental, from New Orleans on
the loth inst , arrivod at this port to-day.
The Continental brings as passengers the follow
ing officers of the Mexican patriot army
Colonel Cosmer Mania, Lieutenant Colonel Juan
Moreno, Lieutenant Colonel T. Lopez - de Agnado,
Lieutenant Colonel F. de P. Aguilar, Major Frau
cisco .Ulena; Major An g el Peralto, Major. Ygnacia
Asoiro, Major Tomas Nalder, Major Felix Marti
nez, Major Juan Galindo. Major Jose Macorona.
Tte files of papers brought by the steamer contain
no news of military or naval movements.
'I be cOritirtental brought official (3-ovornment de.
spatches.
Tat COLD 31A.D..112t.
NEW YORR,:Nov. 17, IP. M.--Grorals still fall
lug. It is now quoted at 2n3. It closed at 231 last
night.
2P. M..--Gold is now quoted at 221. A week ago
it was 252.
THY. BVBRING BTOO4 BOARD.
Stocks were not very strong at Gallagher's Board.
Gold olosed at 220%, but was steady after call. New
York Central, 122 ; Erie, 96;sf, ; Hudson River, 1.193.1, ;
Reading, 134%; Michigan Central. 125; Michigan
Southern, 7134.; Illinois Central, 123%; Cleveland
and Pittaburg, 81%; Fort Wayne, 103 g ; Alton and
Terrell:Lint°, 62 ; Ohio andjMississippi certificates,
38%; Cumberland preferred, 47% ; Quicksilver,
83%; Mariposa, 34.
arkunne INT:ELLMIWZ,
Arrived, ship Bengal, Manilla; bark 3. N.
Brookman, Cardiff; brigs Grand Frederic, St.
Pierre, r,•Sisrah Crowell t Guantanamo, Cuba;
Schiller; Oporto ; Daniel Boone, Portland, for Bal
timore:- :Below, bark Linden, leaky, in tow of pilot
boat:. The bark Emily, for Belize v drifted against
thashi_piLucy and Harriet, and both were somewhat
ditinagt.tie former returned for repairs.
TREATMENT' OF AN INFANT. The
:Auburn, California, Stars and Stripes tells the fol.
il'pjiiing horrible story.: ,SOmethinsr over one year
ago tho wife of one Curtis, of Virginia, in this
country, died, leaving two small children, one a
mere infant. The latter was placed by the father
under the care of a family in' the neighborhood,
named Coates. For many months past the neigh
bors have seen nothing of the • little one, and
on a recent visit .to .the premises, some ladies,
who had been friends of its deceased rather,
Inquired about and wiShed 'to see it,. hut were
informed that it was outside and could not be
found. The ladies were .quite anxious to have it
produced, however, and urged Mrs. Coates to find it
and let them see it, whereupon she went to the rear
of the house, and, after considerable delay, brought
the poor little thing in. Its appearance was such
as to-cause any heart possessing an atom of hums.=
pity to sicken. It had beenlkeptAled to a stake by
a cord around its waist, in an outhouse, with nothing
but a filthy bit of blanket to rest upon. It had adt
arrhcea and was allowedto wallow in its own -filth.
It was reduced by starvation and neglect to a mere
skeleton--could not raise its hands to its head ; the
cuticle, which in a child properly oared for, should
have been rosy, soft, and a " thing of beauty," was
a loathsome mange. Vermin covered it, and it ap.
peared as though it had not been washed for
months. When one of the kind ladies who re.
moved it to her own residence asked on the road
for a drink of water, the poor little; speechless thing,
by its moaning and yearning looks, plead for some,
and when the cup was presented gnashed it in
Its teeth, in a starved, hungry manner, and
it was wrenched from W. with difficulty. One hun
dred dollars was raised in the neighborhood for the
maintenance of the little one, and medical atten
dance hati,been procured.
. •
A Too Janne - it BRIDEOnOO3I.—A wedding ce
remony at Penryn came to an unexpected close on
the 27th alt., under peculiar circumstances. A
well-to-do young man, named Andrews, recently
returned from Autitralia, had wooed and -won a
damsel respectably connected, and having proeured
a marriage license, the pair, attended by more than
a dozen friends in four or five carriages, arrived at
about eleven o'clock on Thursday morning at the
doors of St. Gluvius' Church, Penryn. The
appearance of the party indicated a more than
ordinary desire to do all honor to the oc
casion. The officiating clergyman, the Rev. C. D.
Saunders, curate, conducted the service, which pro
ceeded in dire course until the question was asked
of the bridegroom, " Wilt thou have this woman to •
be thy wedded wifel" To this, instead of the ordi
nary affirmative,she replied, " Well, don't mind
taking her for a month or so on trial." This un
seemly speech astounded the Congregation and die.
gusted the clergyman, who instantly closed Ma
book, went into the vestry, and disrobed. The
parties followed him, bogging him to proceed
with the ceremony, flat %e resolutely refused,
and left the building, and conferred with the arch
deacon of the diocese, the Rev. Chancellor
potts, who is residing at the
the fee vicarage. A demand :
was made for the return of paid for the li
cense, but this also was declined ; and the party,
evidently much chagrined, returned to the church
and re-entered the carriages, giving orders to be
driven as quickly as possible to Falmouth. Amid
the ironical cheers of the assembled crowds - the par
ties drove off, and just before twelve o'clock dashed
up-to the office of the superintendent registrar at
Falmouth, and applied to have the marriage cere
mony gone. through instantly. For this,.however,.
there was not-then time, and the doubly-disap
pointed. party repaired to the Globe Hotel, whore
t'or the remainder of the day they endeavored, as
beat they could, to keep up the appearance of good
spirits.— Western Morning IVelvs.
PEOTBCTION 'PROM FUTURS Mur.nans. —The
same correspondent states that the murders com
mitted In railway carriages both In England and "
France have directed attention to a new first.class
railway carriage, containing as many. places and as
commodious as those at present in use. A passao, •
which traverses the wagon in its full length Ager
leads to a water-closet, permits the guards to keep
a strict watch - over all that passes during the pro
gress of the train. The travellerS, moreover, are
freer in their movements; they can walk and
smoke on a covered platform placed at eaoh
extremity of the wagon. The construction of this
wagon, to which the inventor has given the
name of "wagon of secarity, ,, does not cost more
than an ordinary wagon of the first Caws. The
Strasbourg 'Railway IDlomparty have used this new
wagon on their line for several months, and travel
lens avail themselves of it in preference to all oth- -
era: No further progress, however, has been made
to adopt it by Other railway oompanles, notwith
standing the flattering approbation given to the in
ventor by a committee of Inquiry, over which-the
minh ter of public works presided. The engineer
who Invented it has consequently resolved to; ppeal
to public opinion, and the wagon " Is at present tilt-
Wed at the Mallon !aodillot, 'avenue BarAelud,
near tbe_yippedrome, and the avenue de 'ampere-
Public EntertainmelltS.
Tan Ganicarr OranA.—To-night " Fidello" will
be sung. It is an opera - unsurpassed in grandeur
and beauty, and-cannot too often be sung for the
good of music and the pleasure of , the public. To
night it will have the benefit of a oast decidedly Im
proved. Madame Johannsen dill, of course, sing
the reit of the heroine, and she has the genius, to
iippreciate and express its passion and its sweetness.
Difficult as is the music. In no part does she appear
to finer advantage, and her personation may justly
be classed among the greatest successes of the Ger
man opera. HermannB has a noble opportunity as
Rocco, and Himmer and Habelmemn will both ap
pear. We remember that when " Fidelio " was first
Sung in our Academy there was literally not stand
ing room In the aisles, and we doubt not that the
• crowd will be almost as groat to-night.;
Tomorrow night "Mireille" will be given—at
least, the best part of it, Gounod not haying writ
ten the last act to snit his own judgment. The last
three acts of "Robert ie Diable " will also be sung,
making a grand performance, worthy to close the
season. "Faust" will be Bung at the matinee.
CHESTNUT• STREET Tsmorns.—This evening the
farewell benefit of Mrs. H. P. Boweris will take
place. This lady has passed through a very sac
cessful engagement, as has been shown by the ex
cellent audiences nightly gathered to witness, her
performances. She deserves, and will doubtless re
ceive this evening, a substantial evidence of the ap
preciation in which her talents are held by the pa
. trons of the Chestnut. A fine bill is announced,
consisting of "The Lady of Lyons" and "Faint
Heart never won Fair Lady." The last perform
ance of Mrs. Bowers will-be-to•morrow evening as
a novelty Which has-been undergoing long and care
, ful preparation will be• produced on Monday. Wo
allude to Boucicault's drama of " Pauvrette,"
which, it is announced, will be put upon the stage
with great effect.
WALNUT:STREET THEATEE.—The popular ac
tress, Miss Lucille Western, will appear to-night,
on the occasion or her benefit, in the- character of
Camille. The version of this play to be performed
is that written by Miss Matilda Heron, and is used
by permission of the authoress. Miss Western's
personation of the coquette has always been highly
applauded by her admirers, who aro many, and from
whom she will, no doubt, receive a warm reception
this evening.
J. S. CLaumit.—ln a few days this great comedian
will commence an engagement in this city. We
trust it will be a long one. He has not his equal In
America. There le no one at once so funny and se
artistic.
THE GREMATTIA Onovrasmns has resumed its de
lightful entertainments at the Musical Fund Han,
on Saturday afternoons. The programme for this
week Is as follows:
1. Overture—" Don Juan 11 Mozart.
2. Song—" Parting," cornet solo (first
time) Th. Boat tger.
Performed by G. Dunn.
Waltz—" Magic Sounds"'- Wittmann.
4. Second part of Sinfonie No. 1 Beethoven.
5. Overture—"Stradella 01 Flo to w.
O. Finale— " Lucia"•
Donizetti.
7. Galop—" Greeting to My LOIN!" Miohaells
THE try - maroon orr. Famscs.—The name of St.
Nazaire, which is beginning to occur very frequent
ly In our telegraphic news, represents one of those
splendid projects which seofn destined to mark the
period of the second empire in France. That pro
ject is the dream of a city as rich and milt hty as
Liverpool, so that France may have opposite the
saes of America a great port and miles of docks,
IM show forests of masts, and gladden the Bight of
Frenchmen by drawing to a French Liverpool the
bunting of all nations. The month of the Loire has
been chosen for the new Liverpool, and for many
cogent and sufficient reasons. The Loire is a most
remarkable river. Taking its rise a little south of
St. Etienne, in the southeast corner of France, it
flows through its lovely valleys, 'north; past Nevers
to Orleans, its most nOrthernly point. Hence it
travels a zigzag course, west, to the great Atlantic,
passing not less than fear large towns between Or
leans and the sea—viz : Blots, Tours, Angers, and
Nantes. Nantea had long been a great West In
dian port, as well as a city renowned for her
sugar refineries—particularly those of M. Alphonse
Cezard, held to be a model establishment; bat Nantes
was too far from the mouth of the river to be ap
proachable by the gigantic ships that were about to
do the West Indian and Mexican trade. After much
squabbling and opposition St. Namara was fixed
upon, which has already been laid out as a. great
port and pleasure town, connected with Paris by
two lines of railway—one adirect line ,
andthe other
through the fertile valley of the Lo ire, by way or
Orleans, Blois , Tours, Angers, Nantes, to St. Na
zaire. Tbe great West Indian and Mexican trade
is to be opened with a fleet of nine vessels, of 5,000
tons each. At this moment the traveller who may
desire to see how thoroughly in earnest the Empe
ror is about his new port may see five ships of 5,000
tons each rising side by side in the new yards of
St. Nazaire. These noble trans-Atlantic traders
are in the hands of 2 000 French workmen under the
superintendence of's, Glasgow shipbuilder and a
few British subordinates. The French Emperor
is making a very interesting experiment. In order
to compare the shipbuilding capacity of the Clyde
with that of the Loire on a fair footing,
he ordered, three transatlantic steamers of 5,000 tons
each to be built on the Clyde,
while the five monster
vessels were In the builders' hands at' St. Nazaire.
It is said already, and by Englishmen, that the Loire
will have the best of the comparison. Coal can'be
obtained from South Wales as cheaply as it can be
bought in Glasgow. The superiority of St. Nazaire
over Glasgow, then, is_thatthe climate of the former
Is much more propitious for ship.bnilding, while
wages are lower on the banks of the Loire than
on the Olyde. Already £500,000 have been ex
pended upon this new commercial port, and arratige
meats have been made for a • further Government
expenditure of £1,200,000. These two millions stet ,
ling will, it is said, lay the foundation of a port for
a large mercantile marine. The population has in
creased with the most extraordinary rapidity. The
some time fisherman's village boasted a population
of 1,000 In 1657. The present population is estimated
at 15,000. Again, the tonnage entering and leaving
the 'port has of late years increased at the rate of
100,000 tons per annum.—Liverpool Times-
"Tom TrDDLnlt's GROUND."—The "Tom Tid
dler's 44. round," of the East Riding, and which has
been frequently mentioned by the press, is situated,
we believe,near Market Weighton. "Tom Tiddler"
himself, in this instance, le a certain Mr. F., who,
after studying law for some time in the Middle
Temple, took possession, thirteen or fourteen years
ago, of a moderate .estate belonging to his aunts,
-two wealthy maiden . ladles - residing In the west
country. It appears that about three years since
Mr. F. had a dispute with a well-known banking
company, which led eventually to a levy being made
on his movable property, The levy, however, was
never fully carried out, the gentleman's aunts
having at once settled all claims against him.
Whether this unfortunate 'dispute was the ori
ginal cause of Mr. F.'s determination to emulate
the character immortalized by Dickens, we are nor
in a position to assert, bat it is certain that from
that time he has not allowed any one to enter his
mansion or any work to be done upon the estate,
which last consequently now presents as forlorn an
aspect as it is well possible to • conceive. In one
field on the road between Shipton and Market
Weighton, little more than a twelve month ago, a
number of wheat stack_t ge oi l
at
rangeu 60 lie t 9 iirodnee the word York,ln allusion
either to the - bank we have already referred to,
or else to the city • itself, where more than one
trial has taken place in which Mr. F. has been either
plaintiff or defendant. But the winds and rains of
three seasons have now rendered it Macau to trace
out any other letter thanperhaps the final 11, made
up of heaps of mildewed and decayed straw, looking
like mounds of rotten honeycomb, or dirty sponge.
Other cornfields, like the grassfields generally, have
never been reaped at all and it will be easily
understood that they are hip high in vegetable
rankness and ruin. The mansion itself, as regards
doors and windows, at least, has an equally desolate
look; while in the outbuildings, through the frosts
and damps of winter, and the heat of summer, dila
pidation of every kind is proceeding at a rapid rate.
Unlike IVIr. Dickens"; Tom Tiddler," however, the
otherwise might be•happy proprietor does not, in
his Own psrson, present that woeful appearance
w hi c h was not the least striking characteristic - of
the hero of the OhristmaS tale; and far from re
maining at home dressed in a blanket and skewer,
reclining on a bank of soot - and cinders, he may
daily be seen walking about among his fellows, and
- apparently enjoying life, in spite of the eccentrici
ties he displays on his own premises.—Eastern Coun
ties (Eng.) Herald. -
Tire TOMB OF AN 4.NCLIINT BRIVON.—On T 111311•
day-last a barrow was opened near to Seale-house,
Bylstone, under the direction of the Rev. Mr.
Greenwell, an antiquary of great experience, and
in the presence of a great number of persons. The
tumulus was thirty•one feet in diameter and about
seven feet high, and situate In a meadow. It was
opened from the southeast, and immediately under
the sod was found to consist of yellow clay to a con
siderable depth ; then came layers of blue clay,
which bad evidently been raddled, or worked to a
liner consistency, doubtless to keep out the water.
Exactly in the centre of the tumulus, at a depth of
seven feet, d
and on a level with the plane of the field,
was founan 'oat coffin, formed out of a tree,
which bad been split and hollowed, out, and placed
due north and south, the head being placed to the
south, as that was the larger part. of the tree.
When completely divested of the surroundLogearth
it was considered desirable to lift it oat, so that it
might be examined with greater care, but after be.
ing exposed to the air for about ten minutes it
parted at the sides and it was found Impossible to
move it except by ' detached pieces. The body had
been wrapped in a cloth or shroud of a texture re
sembling wool coarsely woven, Of which there was a
lionsiderable quantity remaining, but the body it
self was dissolved by the action of the water wide
had gaiped access to the interior of the coffin. Mr.
Greenwell .considered the interment to have been
that of an ancient 'Briton, and decidedly pre Ro
man, and that it was doubtless 2,000 years since.
Be said it was the only instance (with one excep-
tion, found at Gristhorp, near Scarborough), where
an Interment in an oak tree, hollowed out, had a
tumulus placed over it, and that it was a very re-
markable one, and worthy of being placed on the
records of the Arehasological Society. The coffin
was more than six feetln length inside, and about
seven feet six inches outside. The remains wore
carefully collected and replaced, and the mound re
stored to its former shape, a small leaden tablet
being placed within, stating that it had been opened
A. D. MC—Times, Oct. 29.
STRANDING 07 THE STEAMSHIP JuEA.—On
Thursday morning, the 3d, the line Canadian mail
steamship Jura, Captain Graham, was stranded at
the entrance to this port. She was one of the Mon
treal Ocean Steamship Company's vessels, and left
Quebec on the 22d ult., arriving off Greencastle on
the 2d. Having transferred all the mails except
those 'for Liverpool, the .Tura left for the Mersey.
On Thursday morning, shortly after twelve o'clock,
during the f og which prevailed, and whilst'in charge,
of the pilot, t he vessel ran on shore near Waterloo.
Every effort .was made to get her off, but without
success. Shortly after she struck, the passengers—
seventeen cabin and fifty-one in the steerage—with
all the officers not actually engaged, were landed at
the north stage. Early in ,the forenoon the vessel
pasted amidships, but it is satisfactory to learn that
the compartments forward and aft, in which the
cargo is stored, remain perfectly tight. Where she
separated, the midship section, contained only coals.
The cargo will, therefore, be discharged with little, If
any damage. Every exertion is being made to get
out the cargo, and with that object lighters are now
alongside to receive it. Should the weather con
tinue favorable, it is expected that the vessel may
he floated off. The Jura lies. directly off Waterloo
Church, and is partially submerged at high water.
the after-part only having sunk. We understand
the Jura is the third steam vessel that has run
aground on the spot referred to. The Jura le an
Ship of 2,014 tons barthen, built on the Clyde,
In 1854, for the Cunard Company. She Is 300 feet
long, has three decks, and is bark rigged. Her-en
gines are of 450 horse-power. The unfortunate ves
sel, together with' her sister ship the'Etna (now
forming one of the Inman line of steamers) was em
ployed by Government during the war in the
Crimes, and subsequently she ran between Liver
pool and New York. She was purchased about five
years ago by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Com
pany, for the Canadian mall service. The value of
the vessel and cargo is estimated at about .£120,00%
—Liverpool Times, Nov. 5. • • ,
SUCORSBPULPRODUCTION Or - SUGAR_.. BRoM.
Sonennx.—The Washington Chronicle says :- "We
rf m,
have got fine sugar from-so hum at last. • This. an
nouncement is far-more im ortant than it might at
first appear. It Is, or will , a deolaration of in.
dependence of Louisiana, Texas, or the West Indies,
in the healthful and nutritious article ot sugar.
The specluien of the sorghum sugar made at Ohl
°ago, - now on exhinitioa at the illuseum of ,the
Agricultural Department, has the appearance of
light Havana sugar, and can be furnished in qua.
tityat $9 per hundred pounds."
....
PADRE,. USITD TOR POSTAL CM?,
RY.NCT,—We observe by foreign advlees that paper
from oorn.busks is made In - Austria by a Govern
ment 'establishment. The ten•cent notes of the Go
vernment are printed on that kind of paper, and
large quantities of it have been• purchased by pri
vets) parties. Very beautiful specimens of this spa-
Olea of paper can be seen at the A.grioultural Depart:
ment, The disoovery or the invention Is one of Wl
morale intereet aid importance.
THY EDITOAIRON OF 1:H1C liaTP. TO Tan
Csown.—The Paris corheSpendent or the t—s i
Times says If the Prtrift` of Astaria l
prove to ins one of the most accomplished vk .
.
Spain has produced Since Gotualvo de 0 05 1
willnot be for want of instruction. A. 103 ,
just published in the Madrid 4 1 4 . z:rite a,
following formidable staff of professors ei pp ti
for the military education of his Ift'tle 1110 4
Director General of Studies he hav Majo r
Antonio: Sanchez Ororio; and .for p? ..;;, 4
Emilio Bernaldez, colonel of infantry; pc',...0 1
de Pliguera, lieutenant colonel of enhine t iltt
tin Morello, of Lucena, lieutenant cohost
staff; Enrique Soia, of Valls, lieutenant. earl
infantry ; Jose Sanchez, of Castello, maj Kiror e.
lery:
'and Caesar Toumelle, of Bellaja, Cipt al
oavaLr !
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A A SPUNKY NEW MEMaaa.—lt IS !Eaten
y ambitious ,
roao.
telegraph at 00 copies of the Constitution and ordinance of
f w o e ur r e t sent
a t o n
d t
r e s s . i d e T n h t
e b
deemed the Investment warranted, thereby
three electoral votes.
V_Trra Manorial de Vaucluai states that the I'm.,
the dinner table at At-fano°, when the r.nri tr ,; ,
Empress of Runla
_putted, wag E 0 fine th,
MajeStles took the whole of it for their prq i l,
the road.
SALE OT OARPETINOI3, Danoocre, t,. c,
Tins DAY.—The attention of purchesera
quested to the desirable assortment of saperh,
grain, list, cottago, rag, and Dutch hemp t ar ;
druggets, &c., &c., to.be peremptorily sold by ,
logne, on four months' credit, COMMEItICII
morning, at 11 o'clock precisely, by John
& Co., auctioneers, Nps. 232 and 23t Zdatkete
TEEM CITIr.
[vox haittrmotrAL CITY. Tams sus POVail pA
The Settoies Progress.
When Autumn first se,persedell the aua.
-Menthe we welcome her coming as a de!lgh t
ehange from scorching suns and sultryahadei,
rejoice that the torpidity and weariness hidden
the heated season, and so unendarableaniong
and mortar without the expensive aid of creasu
fees, are to pass away like a troubled dress;
that more temperate zephyrs are to fan our le
and to restore our languid minds to a healthier
'robuster tone. "In the - delightful beginning 5t
tumn, when "crowned with the sickle and
wheaten Sheaf? she " comes jovial on," the
some aspect of Nature wocons to love her with ai
greater love, and to cling to 'her for support
comfort, as a trusting childlto its parent. 11
and wholesome fruits tempt 'Aar-willing pm ;
the waving grass- bends gently beneath our Bs
tering tread, the birds still hover round their
tive 'woods, "and whistle music to - thi . joYons
More sweet it is, " when lavish Nature lane.
strews her stores around,” to wander in the
less woods and by the .trackless sea than to
the tesselated floors of the most exquisite pale(
Alas 1 that Autumn enjoYiennt a perpetual yo l
as we would fondly have - her do. Like all this
earthly, as time creeps on 'apace she groweth
ei
and as she grows her beauties disappear. Like
g,ladMusie which heralds the approach of a d
tating army, the joyous songs of Autumn are bi
distant blasts of desolating winter. The chart
necklace of fruits and berries which she joys
strings together in her yonthdeparts wlththe bl
upon her cheeks, and falls with her into decay
death. The feathery tribe long hover round ti
• darling haunts, but they, too, at last spread
their pinions to the speeding winds, mournfull,
part to the sunny regions of the South, slag'
they go the chant of the dying year.
In sweet September, when winter's icy blast
but an ill In distant conteMplation, the deep g
of the summer leaves but lightens slightly in ti
and they cling pleadingly to the parent stem,
a gentle maiden, first breathed upon by coast
tion's insidious gale, they scarcely know
deatli.k - nell has been rung. When October I
the cooling sun, they mellow and ripen for dt
as the flush upon a . consumptive's cheek r
glows with a ruddier light while his lingo
hours , are creeping to their end. Still, the let
cling to their branches as the consumptive cq
to life ; and, at last, -irresolute as a tempted
man, they slide waveringly down Upon airy st
to their earthy bed: When; November lakes
guiding reins of the year into his chilly grasp, but
few are left to sing with dreary sighing a ratio
for the departed.
When they have left us, the year is fader
late, and we sadly feel that
"The melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the year;"
and the saddest because a transition• state is k
the most painful to nature and to man. We alrei
feed the discomforts and taste not the joys of wish
The days are upon us which
" Uncertain weather bring ;
When fountiins open, when impetuous rain
Swells hasty brooks, and pours upon the plain,
And, streets with slimy mud are covered o'er.'
- Let ns be patient yet a little while, and we ahl
Soon taste of wintry pleasure. Our rural rez
will gather in merry meetings upon the cheers
hearth, where
"Rustiemirth goes round;
* * * The long, loud laugh sincere ;
The kiss, snatched hasty from the sidelong meld,
On'purpose guardlesa, or pretending sleep ;
The leap, the slap, the haul, and, shook to notes
Of native music, the resplendent dance."
And fashion's votaries, too, join mirthful in
"The dance along the lighted dome
Mixed and evolved a thousand sprightly ways
* While a gay insect, in his summer shine,
The fop, light fluttering, spreads his mealy wing.h
Bat dancing is not the greatest joy of wh
More manly sport it is to direct the flying el
which whisk the pleasure-giving sleigh over
and dale, dash from their iron hoofs the crust
lumps of ice and snow! How glorious, too, for
to spurn the river's icy fetters, and
"Sweep
On sounding skates a thousand different ways,
In circling poise, swift as the winds along."
What matter, then, If Winter be scowling at In
tfe Coming month ; let us 'hurl defiance in his tel
and snatch pleasure from his ugly grasp.
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
'The regular monthly. meeting of the Franklin
Stitt!le was held hat evening. A number of
skins, tanned by a process invented by ➢fir. Sans
Dunseith, were exhibited. By this process,
which no bark is used, the leather is increase(
weight sufficiently to pay for the materials it
the expense is only about one•half of that reql
by the ordinary process, and the leather ma;
tanned in one-twelfth the time heretofore require
The specimens exhibited were very tine.
Mr. Briggs laid before the Institute the results
his inquiries concerning tUe Boston Institute
Technology. ,
M. / 4 "agleO's Improved syphon was exhibl
iiiervoir is attached to the long leg of t'
syphon, so that the latter may be filed with fit
Without the necessity of inverting it.
• hlr. H. Holt's patent ribbon hand.stamp was al
exhibited. A. chemically prepared ribbon, whi
will never dry. furnishes the coloring matter, tt
avoiding the use of pads;ink, brushes, &a.
Prof. Fairman Rogers spoke very highly of t
Method of examination pursued at the instal
alluded to by lar. Briggs.
Dlr. Wm. Hamilton stated that, twenty-five ye
ego, the Franklin Institute had proposed to est
Wish an institute similar to that in Boston.
Xi. Shaw proposed to establish a uniform syst
of railway signals.
THE TRANSPARENCY AT THE COLORED READ
QUARTERS AND THE PASSENGER CARS.
An interestingmeeting of the colored people
QM city was held at the Philadelphia Institute h
evening. Samuel Yanbrakle, Esq., was appoint]
chairman, _ assisted by Messrs. P. H. Davis at
Nicholas Breen. Mr. Davis D. Turner was du
appointed secretary. The foll Owing resonate]
were offered by Sergeant Major A. M. Green, at
after able and eloquent speeches in their sttpe.:
by Rev. Stephen Smith, St. George R. Taylor, ,
BT. Green, D. Colley, and others, and an oppoath
speech by Prof. E. D. Bassett, were at lent.
unanimously adopted :
whereas, We are compelled to witness, day by Jar.
on the part of the conductors of our city passenger can•
acts of violence and inhumanity toward colored rerioiF,
ma e and female: and whereas these same cmilatier
are tolerated in the still more barbarous and unjui
practice of excluding colored soldiers, however bad!
wounded and disabled, from the privilege of riding '
tlisse pnblie conveyances; therefore,
• Resolved, That the exclusion of colored soldiers fir
the cars, 311921 Y of whom have received- severe war
while ferotecting the interests of these corporstioar , .
common with others of our fellow-citizens, and e.pr
cially the refusal of the Market street and the Philadil•
phia end Darby lines, to carry these wounded
rans to or from the hoId:AMU situated immediately an
the route of there two roads; is an outrage upon thee'
noble defenders of the liberty of the nation, is dit
couragtng to the recruiting interests of our cite smut
colored men; and a disgrace to the religion and cizilizs•
lion of tha age ill which we live
Resolved, That while it may be impossible for the r
Tit authoritieri to so construe the law governing the
.corporations as " common carriers," or to interPek
their authority to compel teem to carryall perm'
end accord them equal privileges without regard Ora ,
tor, pet we are compellecl.with shame, to anknowl° o
the fact that Philadelphia stands alone among the grelt
. Cities of the Union in perpetrating this cruelty and it '
'justice upon her colored people, aU thereat having fount
'the means (either by civil law cr by moral force/ of
' big justice in this respect to all persons of whets'
complexion or nationality.
Resolved. That we do hereby appeal once more to
sense of justice, bumanit-. and the consistency of t
fellow-citizens, who ask as (not in vain) to enlist is 0
army in order to aid the Govern meat in securing thi
liberties and beet interests, to grant tope this Oat
weed of justice so long with impunity denied us.
Resolved. That our desire to render honor to srle
honor is doe enforces upon us a necessity for which t
are. gratefnl, of returning. our sincere thanks to a
members of the Supervisory Cemenittee for Retrains
Colored Regiments, and especially to Thomas Webnet
Isl., chairman of said committee. for the emblentsti
conception of our rights and our wrongs, the Pant .a.r
the present of our history in this country , so viva ,
illustrated in the brilliantly illuminated picture. wit
neesed by tens of thousands of our fellow-citizaus. h
front of their headenarters, in this city: and wa tan'
not %but accept this as an earnest of their &eine to &
impartial justice to the memory of those. whireor Noel
who labor and fight for Liberty and Union, now at
forayer.
The resolutions, at the close of the debate, We
adopted amid a tumult; of applause.
TAKEN IN cIIARGE.
The body which was found upon the Junctio
Railroad yesterday morning was taken charge 0 1
by H. C. Sheriff, undertaker, in Market street,
above Park street, West Philadelphia. He wre
upon a finger of the left hand a ring with a garnet
setting.
ARRIVAL OF INVALIDS.
About one hundred and forty sick and wounded
soldiers arrived yesterday morning from the Bs*
more hospitals. Two of them, being cases of aEP 2 '
tation, were taken to the South-street 11 0 . P '
The others were conveyed to the Chestnut Hill
spital. No official papers came with them, and le
were, therefore,. unable to obtain a list of their
names. ,
CONDITION' OF PROFESSOR SIIINDER S .
Professor Saunders, who was injured by the rill'
way accident near Flavre-da•Grace, the night be ;
fore the Presidential election, is still ' confined to ti ft
bed. Ills physician, Dr. Bicknell, believes that
only, requires time and care to relieve him entlrai
of his injuries, which are chiefly internal.
OPFICIAL I'TSIT TO THE CITY.
A committee of the Boston City COODCID3 are%
at the Continental Hotel last night. The object •
their visit is theperfection of a contract:witha l
Phoenix Iron Company for Iron to be used to a l
construction of the new City Bailin Boston.
TILE COLORED ILEADVAIVI'ERS.
The paintings in front of the Colored Iteadousdr i
are being removed by order of the committee. Si
they were first placed in position they have bees
sited by thousands of persons. They wilt probs. b ` s ;
be disposed of by the committee to•parties who
anxious to procure them as' mementoes of the D e "
Mon with which they are identified.
DRAM OF A SOLIDIRR.
The only case reported at the Medical Dlrec t l
office yesterday was that of William William ,
died at the Broad and Cherry-streets Hospital-
OLSUALTIECS.
Two boys were run over yesterday afternon
the Second and Third-streets Railway'. Rah
their legs broken. The unfortunate lads were
moved to a drurstore in the neighborhoo d,
their injuries were attended to.
STAIMING CASE.
Kworonn, named Mary Brown,
the temple, yesterday afternoon, nT a was n't:
Olarck. The affair took placeawtne'll"sarekls b
woo w
street, above Dock. The injured o w
removed tO the Pennsylvania Hospital. stabbed
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Yesterday afternoon si soldier named James
bertaon, accidentally shot himself , while fl ea
gun. The deceased vas - about OVID" / es°
ago.