).0 :11155. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, MN. PP We can take no notice of anonymous commit:: nioations. We do not return rejected manuscript& .115 - Voluntary correspondence is solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When need; it Will be paid for. The Border States. It has been boastfully' and shamefully said, but by only few Northern papers, that. another raid, and another burning like that Of Chambersburg, would settle, the peace sentiment in Pennsylvania. We also think it would, in a sense of our own; and have no wish to dispute the case of Pennsyl vania, but merely appeal to the example of the States nearer to the border, as shown in the verdict of the past election. Delaware, hardly to be called a border .State, always safe and insular in its ancient opinions and property, and heretofore a small asy lum for the retired and recluse ideas of other localities, has, neverthelesi, given a progressive and redeeming vote. Mary land, with its old penchant fof chivalry, once the refuge of rebels, the home of pining Secessionists, has adopted a free Constitution, and unmanacled its slaves. None can truly say that so grand a result is unsatisfactory to the wishes and in terests of the people, or doubt . that the party which carried the election was a thoroughly earnest one. Maryland, raided and rcraided, grew ,more and more anti rebel and anti-slavery, and in her last . vote sealed her final 'conviction of rebel treason. Kentucky, a large border-land, with. more room for opposition and disloyalty, and with a wider. spread and more ingrained depth of the 'evil `of slavery, - has been slower in the movement of reform; but she, too, has been taught a-lesson from-re hellion and invasion. Bucxxxn, BRECKIDT RIDGE, and Molinari took away, with them in their treason• a considerable part of the spoiling " chivalry" of the State, but left meaner confederates behind. Kentucky 'was a nearer and greater neighbor to trea son than Maryland, and less exposed to and less tolerant of the advancing intelligence of the free sentiment. Her case has shown all the worthlessness of neutrality; but at the late election, which disclosed so large a competition for the Union and the North, Kentucky heard the reveille, and is now on the march to freedom, an older and wiser . BRECKINRIDGE taking the lead into the fu ture, in place of the younger BRECKINEIDGE who leads the retrograde movement into the past. Tennessee has had all the wasting experience of war, shut the crucible has only made its patriotism more bright. The devoted loyalty of East 'Tennessee was almost phenomenal, so icing and nobly did this people endure the most intense affliction of rebel hate for the sake‘of a cause dear to them as religion. No wonder, then, that the Unionism of Tennessee is of the most radical and earnest character, and that a people who have suffered so much apply the strongest tests to their citizenship. It is of the highest significance that measures of this character have been chiefly self-im posed,,as personal safeguards, by the peo ple. Missouri is another instance of re surrection from secession and slavery ; and here, as in Tennessee, the free element is sincere and irresistible. Union majori ties are counted in' nearly all of these States ; vast anti-slavery gains in every one. Louisiana and Arkansas show an organized native sentiment of freedom which cannot be diminished or driven back. ' Nearly 'every one of these States has suffered deeply from the rebellion— their surface crossed, scarred; and wounded by the invading march of robbery and murder. But they do .not clamor for peace, and let go their hold of slavery, while the great criminal is down and dying. The war has, in fact, created free States. West Virginia is one of the most striking instances of all. In this region Gen.. Mc- CLELLAN gained his first victories ; here, too, he suffered extreme defeat in the elec tion. No section of the country has been more frequently overrun by the rebels—no State shows a more positive antipathy to the rebellion, and to all measures of peace in its behalf. Upshur, an outpost county and victim of all the raids, gave 818 votes for LrNCOLN to 60 for Moe/acmes. Park ersburg, almost constantly threatened with destruction, gave 682 votes for .the Presi dent against 182 for McCx.Ertaar. In the oldest slaveholding connties the result bore similar proportion, and every coun ty, except Wetzel, returned a majo rity for the Union party. Allowing that many must have voted for General 3IcCLELLAN from reasons of favoritism and as War Democrats, the determined loyalty of the border states is still stronger in resources and more remarkable in num bers. Not invasion, but submission, is the true Southern road to peace—this- is the meaning written upon our border. The Union must succeed, because its conquest is moral. The Future of the War Democracy. There is not result of the late election which is not yet fully apparent, .but which, in the unfolding of time, will be found to be among the chief goods of our triumph. - We predict the exodus of the entire War Democracy from the ranks of the Opposi: Con. The War Democracy has been the strength of that party. It elected SEYMOUR in 1862, because he professed to represent its principles. It defeated him this year be cause he had proved unfaithful to them. In 1803 it defeated VALLANDIGILM, -in. Ohio, by an immense vote ; had a. War Democrat, or one who pretended to be such, opposed BROUGEI, the 'Non • majority could not have reached 100,000.- In Maine, ,BRADDDRY, a man of the VAL LANciortAls stripe, was overwhelmingly defeated. Wherever an unconditional peace man has been. nominated by the Opposition, the War Democrats in its ranks have de feated him. The late election conveys in another way, but with equal force, the same moral. Gen.'MCCLELLAN knew. from the first that the character of the Chicago Con vention, and the nomination of PENDLETON, would lose him almostevery electoral vote, if he permitted it to be inferred that he was in thorough sympathy with the unconditional peace policy PENDLETON represented and the Convention announced. .To counteract. this natural inference, he shaped his letter of acceptance so as to please the War De mocracy, without repudiating the creed of his party. This measure was politic, and to a great degree successful. Many thou-' sands of War. Democrats voted for MC CLELLAN in defiance of PENDLETON and the Chicago Platform. They believed that, if elected, he would not be go verned by the policy of .his party, that his own record as a soldier, and the force of public opinion would compel him to re fuse to make the proposal of an immediate armistice ordered by his -party. A promi nent citizen of Ohio, when . congratulated upon the great majority for Bnoroli, re plied that he felt no pride, but rather shame that one man in a free State could be found to vote for l'AuartnionAm. We have heard similar expressions of feeling in regard to the large minority vote for the Chicago candidates in Pennsylvania, -and if we believed that the vote for Mc- CLELLAN throughout the North could be construed into an approvrit.of the misera ble policy of the Convention which nomi mated him, we, too, should be ashamed of the North. But it was not such an ap proval. MCCLELLAN was accepted as a War Democrat, advoc'ated as such by many o f his party organs, and voted for as such by two-thirds of the Opposition. By this fact we arc encouraged. But what are the War Democrats to do mow ? Many of them who understood that no man could be truly in earnest, and free - to decide his own course, who had accepted -a nomination at the hands of VALLANDIG ITAM• and in company ,with PENDLETON, voted against M' CLELLAN, and are, of course, to be classed among the steadfast friends of the Administration. - .But those who op posed it, not upon a question of prosecuting the -war, but upon the method of doing so, can no longer expect any 'good . from the continuance of their efforts. The Opps3/- tion candidate was hopelessly defeated. Its cause is ruined. The Administration has been - recommissioned by the nation, and fOr more than four years:to come its , policy must rule. Honest men must see that opposition to the Administration now, is opposition to the North,. and aid to the South. Nothing mu ; reverseithe decision of the people ; but much may be done by an energetic faction to embarrass' the Go vernment. The following from the . New York .paidy .11 1 :eso's ought to suggest a course* its .writer could not have intended "The Black Republicans have achieved theirc• utdoaa triumph. The honors and spoils are theirs for four years to come, but among the fruits of victory are the duties and responalbilities of victors. They have won the right to sit in the high-plaoes, but, all above the throne of Damocles, the peril that threat ens greatness is suspended above them by a single thread. If.ie no eminence of ease and safety that they have reached. It is their mission to redeem their coun try from civil wan and failing, the keen edge of - popular opinion will descend upon them In retribu tion.” There is truth in these words. The Administration has not an easy task before it, but one which should gain it the sup port of every loyal man, even of its oppo nents in the late canvass. The News ,admits that it is " its mission to redeem the country from civil war." What then ? Can the true American citizen oppose an Administration entrusted by the people with a work so colossal ? Precisely, be cause the Administration will ha,ve to grapple with great difficulties ; because its mission is the redemption of the country; because it is too late to hope to substitute for its policy that of the Opposition, is every patriot in the Opposition bound to acquiesce in the national judgment, and do his best to insure the success of plans which hive for their object peace and the pre servation of tit! Union. More than thfi, those War Democrats who do not withdraw from a useless, and, now, a criminal Opposition, will be forced out of it by . self-respect. That party is being reorganized on a strictly peace bails, and the .War Democrats will he driven from its councils. The News thus con cludes the article from which we have quoted, and we commend its words to those War Democrats who did their best ,to elect IicCiatLLAIT, and are not willing to be insulted for their failure : " The work of Abolition Is going on rapidly to. wardicompletion. Tho memories that rise like the ghosts of murdered mon upon the battle field bid North and South avaunt; but they are now hefts joined in their protests by the memories that rise like furies from a thousand scenes of desolation, rape, famine, burning, looking across the °hum be• tween the sections, in the deadly glare of a Medusa. ' The War Democrat,' forsooth, insists that the breach shall be widened still further, that the work of blood and savage outrage shall con tinue ; but while his Black Republican co worker is true to his own traitorous designs, his bastard brother is not only false to every principle he professes, but is treacherous to even Ms pretended love for the Constitution and the Union. Peace is the only means of defeating, even now, the traitorous designs that, having originated, seek to oontinue, the struggle. All mon opposed to an immediate' peace, with a view to concession and conciliation, are not only false to every principle of the De mocracy, false to ovary suggestion of true fagots =whip, butt War "Democrats" and Mack - Repub. /icons alike, are traitors to all that is left of hope for .a reconstruction of the Union." We know that the independent, gene rous, and just course the Administration has announced, that ,the President himself was the first to proclaim, has already had profound effect We know that many in telligent men in the Democratic party are convinced that nothing is now to be gained for the Union.by opposing its. Administra tion, and will, as far as they conscientiously can, support it. But we know, frOm the course taken by the News and many of the leaders of the so-called Democracy, that even if this nobler feeling did not exist among the War Democrats, they would be driven from the Opposition by the hatred and insult of its managers. The party is to be reorganized without their help. State Sovereignty. The New York .News :_prints till's aped. men of its ignorance of the Constitution; and loyalty to the South, as an argument for - secession : "THE NAVY Olf THE STATE.'—Henry A. 1 0 7130, when conducting his canvass as a candidate for the Gubernatorial chair of Virginia, at the period when the Know-Nothing Influence was at Its height, was one day walking with a gentleman of this city along the waterfront of Richmond. An armed schooner was lying at anchor In the stream. ' There,' said the Governor, pointing to the vessel, 'is one of the ships of the navy of the State of Virginia. She is of but little service - to the Commonwealth, but Vic:• ginia has always maintained two or three such vessels upon principle. The Constitution of Vir ginia declares that Its Gorernor shall be the com mander.in•thief of the army and navy of the State. That clause attests the .sovereignty of the State, and it is safe to keep the evidence before the people.' "It would have 'been well If the States of the North had been equally' jealons of their so vereignty.', This ingenious vagary of sentimental State sovereignty is at once quieted by pa ragraph second of Section X. of the Con stitution of the United States : "No State shall, without the consent of Congress, levy any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or witha foreign Power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of de lay." ' Pretended State sovereignty, and all " rights " to secede, rebel, and confederate, arc thus killed at one blow. Even "the army and navy of Virginia " prove nothing whatever for State sovereignty, since they are checked of all right to sovereign use. by the limitations of the Constitution, both in the paragraph we have quoted, and in the defined special powers of Congress; "to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, provide and - maintain a navy, and make rules for the government of the land and naval forces." Because it owns a tug boat in the Delaware river, the municipality of Philadelphia cannot set itself up for a sove- - reighty. No more could Gov. WISE claim an armed oyster-sloop in dock at Richmond as the symbol of Virginia sovereignty. We class this puerile theory with the general insanity of treason.. Mischief has great reason for ignorance; and that of the News is of the grossest kind. Southern Summary. The most striking feal,ure of the regular • news from • the South is the expixliion - of 1 1 , 7 1.1mAx.sori R. W. COBB from the rebel Congress for disloyalty to the " Confede racy." Mr. COBB hails from Alabama, and though he has been confounded with the more notorious General HOWELL Conn ' (just reported to be pushing a • detach ment of our forces in Georgia), he is not himself inconspicuous. The cause of his expulsion is his long absence on terms of friendly intercourse within the national lines, and it is believed that he is now a Unionist but a little way behind the leader ship of ex-Senator JERE. CLEMENS, of Ala bama. That so prominent a repreSentative of the Confederacy has proved disloyal, argues that there may be others just as convertible as Mr. COBB. The Peace Question in the South has taken a politic shape for Southern Independence ; but there are many, no doubt, who value peace as a means of escape from the tyranny of state and of public opinion. The cohe sibn of despair may keep thousands toge ther who will be glad to be free when the military arm of the Union strikes off their shackles. The South is bound by its own despotism, and we must,. therefore, deli ver it from itself. SHERIDAN is believed to have fallen - back to a point comparatively near the Balti more and Ohio Railroad—having sent around a part of his force to Gen. GRANT-- EARLY is threateting the offensive, and GRANT is prepaiing for a grand attack upon Richmond, only waiting the convic tion of , "Btrrian'S canal." I6garding SHERMAN'S movements, a tone of greater uncertainty •and excitement prevails. Gen. Hoop has' been hood-winked ; WHEELER is blamed •for the deception put upon him by s icsior s: N , whom he reports moving to Macon ; SHERMAN is - menaced with tiou blesdme resietance4at.thhi point, and Pensa cola is supposed‘te•be the ultimate point of aim. Augusta, -Charleston, 'Montgomery and Mobile also enter into the speculation, and the bewilderment created by SHER lrAia's latest march, bears every compari son- to the excitement oecasioned by his fa-: mom movement from Vicksburg to Merl -PRESS.--PITILADELPIITA:; WED - NESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1864:: dian. The Ttichmond lnig throws down a cataract of injunction : No sacrifice of property, no activity of oppo• sitlon, must be counted now or considered excessive. Tear down bridges, block roads, remove or destroy supplies, cut off foragers, fight at every pass. If Sherman should be able to accomplish such .a jour ney as that he proposes, foraging as he goes, it will be proof that he was not becomingly resisted." SHERMAN will be justified if, seizing this advice, he appltes the principles of the ene my to his own advantage by making every thing contribute to sustain his army. In his last message JEFFERSON DAVIS sneered at the march . of SHERMAN from. Vicksburg to -Iteridian. It will not surprise us if the knowledge gained in that memorable reconnoissance will enter aeeply into the grander campaign from Atlanta, and give more extensive development to Bruntmax's idea of self-supporting war. Ia ANY OMB DOUBTS that the submission of the rebels is likely to be offered ere long, that the Con federacy IS on Its last legs, that Its loaders will soon lie down - in the last ditoh,.that the last blow will soon be struck, and that we shall Boon be rewarded with enduring victory and solid peace, he fails to read unerringly the signs of the times.:—Raitinsore American. Yet there are people who profess to be lieve that GRANT has exhausted his army and his plans, that the rebel forces in Loui siana are so. large that New Orleans is danger, that PRICE threatens to regain Missouri, thEA SHERMAN is " retreating on Mobile or Charleston,' l and that HOOD is the ,master_of the Southwest. These are the opinions seriously advanced in North ern journals, with what purpose it is im possible to say,.for the elections are over. • Tun Louisville Journal has resolved upon a new course, consistent with Its more progressive antecedents, abandoning the ultra pro-slavery party of Kentucky, and in turn being ab4ndoned by Mr. PAUL SurmaArr, its sometime pro-slavery . editor. This change, is fortunate for the Journal, and it is also'important to Kentucky, where it has been so 'long a leader of opinion tuP der PRENTICE: Its new covenant is sealed by the grateful admission that slavery in Kentucky and everywhere else is doomed. WA.SI-lIN G•fr ow. Weeinworow, Nov. 22. TILE TERABIlitlf DEPARTMENT. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to the heads of the several bureaus of his Department a circular, requiring the office hours, from nine o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the, afternoon, to be strictly observed, the intervening time to be de• voted diligently to/labor. This action on the part of the Secretary is to correct the irregularities whidh he has noticed with regret. The Secretary says he has been much annoyed by applications for appointments founded on state ments made by clerks and others that there were vacancies to be filled, and designating those va cancies. He therefore gives notice that it is no part of the duty of clerks or others in the Depart ment to give either information or advice on such a point. All vacancies are' reported to the Assistant Secretary, and will be filledaS the Secretary may determine. lie will regard anyfarther interference of this character as 'a sufficient cause for dismhisal. . While stating these grounds of complaint, the Se cretary cheerfully bears testimony to the prompt, ness and faithfulness with which, as a general rule, the business of the Department has been conducted. THE UNITED STATES. COURTS The 'U.S. Court . of Claims was opened yesterday, but adjourned ovento December. Only one Judge -was present, Judge Lonria. Judge Plum is sick, and Judges Casay, Huonas, and Wrnacrr are ab sent from the city. Judge CAraox, of the U. S. Supreme Conrt,- writes hither, from Nashville, stating that he will not be able to be in this city at the opening of the Court in December. GENERAL EGAR'S CONDTTION. General EGMi's wound has proved to be more serious, than was at first supposed. The ball passed between the bones of his arm, and soon after he reached Washington erysipelas set In, bnethis has now subsided, and his surgeons are hopeful that the danger is over. He will be taken to New York as soon as he can bear to travel THE HILTON HEAD PLANTATIONS. The South Carolina tax commissioners will com• - mence leasing cotton plantations at Hilton Head, on the 4th of December. NEW YORK CITY. (Special Correspondence of The Press; NEW Your, Nov. 22, 1864. THE BILENVEICY FRAUDS. The fact that two extensive breweries have been closed in this city, owing to the discovery of oaten. sive frauds upon the internal revenue, which frauds have been perpetrated - for some time by their pfb prtetors, has stimulated public curiosity to no small degree. The knowledge that they are situated in the Ninth Congressional district is a great aid to their identification, although the authorities hav ing the matter in charge are endeavoring to keep the MOEs of the suspected parties as secret as pos sible. As usual, however, in such cases, there are certain Knowing Ones, who have a species of prey!. Rion in matters of this nature, and who solemnly assure their Interrogators upon all dubious points. It Is now pretty well understood who the unremit ting brewers are: The statement is ventured in a semi•ofcial way that the frauds were not as exten sive as was first suspected ; which possibly moans that the guilty parties are about to expiate their delinquency roundly, with the tacit understanding that their names will Lot be made public ; in short, that having 'compensated the Government for its losses by them, the matter will b a t hushed up and past delinquencies overlooked, TIM BANK SWINDLERS now repose quiescently in the Tombs, awaiting the action of the Grand. Jury. The .Tustice has refused a motion to admit them to bail. In the meantime, gossip is hard at work enumerating the ways and fancies of one of the accused, who has been living In high style, dressing in. the most elaborate manner, driving the fastest of horses, and, by the splendor of his "turn out" on the Avenue and at the Central Park, quite turning the dear silly little head of poor Miss Shoddy. In fact, the eminent rascal has been prevalent in social circles which should have shunned him—barred him out as a social pariah. }ifs history, brief as is the version which has thus far zcaebed the ,general ear, is indicative of the pitiable snobbery which is affected in '" recent for mations" of the higher strata of society. Generali zing from . bis particular oase, we learn how a human arabesque, hot pressed, and inflamed with diamond pins; swindlers and adventurers, from whom the awful seals of threadbare clothes and shocking•bad hats have been removed, can always, by the assump. thin of nerve and an affected weakness for horse- Bosh, pass triumphantly beneath the detective nose of Cerberus John Thomas, and gain admission to 'the "charmed circles" of Shoddyoeracy. PERSONAL Governor Fenton was serenaded by the Veteran Union Club on Saturday evening, and a very plea- Sant "time" ensued r• The Governor received his guests In the great Astor House dining•room, and speeches and congratulations became the order of the evening. Lieut. Cushing, the destroyer of the rebel ram Albemarle, who was present, received a very enthusiastic ovation, and responded in a con cise speech, or rather in "a few words." The same Young gentleman likewise paid a visit to the Untin League Rooms on the same evening, and submitted to addresses from several prominent gentlemen. [By Telegraph. THE BITBNING STOOK BOARD. 10 P. M.—Stocks not very firm. Gold, 223%; after call, 222%. U. S. 7.308 118 ; N. Y. Central, 120 ; ' Erie, 94% • Hudson River, 118%; Reading, 137 ; Michigan Southern, 70%; Illinois Central, 124%; Cleveland and Pittsburg*, 105%; Rook Island and Chicago, 1034 Northwestern, '42%; do. preforred, 80%; Fort Wayne and Chicago, 102%; Ohio and Mississippi certificates, 36%; Canton Co., 32%; Cumberland Coal, 46%; Quicksilver, 84%; Mari. posa, 32%. TEE CATTLE MARKET Beef heavy at B@9e. ReCeipts, 7,000 head. Sheep lower, at 4@73.13. Receipts, 25,000 head. Swine steady i 11K@19,0. Receipts, 24,000 head. MARINE INTELLIGENCE • Bark Zinaarella, recently ashore In the lower bay, has arrived at Jersey City. Arrived, steamer Borussia, Southampton Nov. 7th; steamer Commander, Now Orleans Nov. Bth, and Havana Nov. 16th; ship Liberty, Vera Cruz.' Below—Ship Yorktown, from London. Explosion of Pea der Mills at Newburc-,h, New York. '. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 22.—Nearly all tho buildings in this city were violently shaken today by an explosion. A despatch from Fishkill states that the powder Mills five or six miles back of Newburgh have been blown up. No particulars have yet bean received. • [SECOND DESPATCH.) Nawriunou, N. Y., Nov. 22.—At 7 o'clock this morning the packing-house connected with Smith & Rand's powder mills, three and a half miles west of Newburgh, was blown up. Mr. Smith, a work man who had entered the building five minutes before the explosion, was the only person killed. The building contained about three tons of powder. The cause of the explosion not known. Capt. Bell, the A Ileged Pirate, in Custody at TOronto. Torturer°, O. W., Nov. 22.--Captain Bell, the re puted 'Take Edo pirate, waa brought before the court to-day. There was found to be some defect in - the warrants, blithe Is still In custody, and the case will proceed to-morrow. Return of a Massachusetts Regiment. BOSTON, Nov. 22.—The 60th Massachusetts Regi ment (one hundred days' mon) arrived here tonight from Washington, having served out their time. Municipal Election at Dover, N. 11. DOVER, N. H.; Nov: 22 —At the municipal oleo tiOn to-day the Hon. William Estes, the Union can didate, was re-elected Mayor by 300 majority. Sturm at Halifax. HALIFAX, Nov. 22.—A furious southwest gale com• menced last night and continues today, with a heavy rain. Marine Dis*ster. 'TORONTO, 0. W., Nov. 22.—Tho schooner Jenny Lind was wrecked at Long Poinkon Saturday, and became a total loss. TIM Concord (N. H.) Monitor learns that in some of the towns in that county snow drifted in piles of SIX and eight feet deep on Sunday last, and that persons In getting up their young cattle from out lying pastures last Wednesday had to break paths in some places. to , get through.. 'The snow le now two feet deep on a level on the White Mountains. Some of the drifts are twenty feet deep. - THE WAR. iiENERAL SHERMAN'S MOVEMENT. HIS SUCCESS INDICATED BY THE RICHMOND JOURNALS. THE RRPORTED DENTE' OF GEN. CARRY FALSE. HIS RECOVERY EXPECTED, RAID INTO NEW YORE. GENEDAL SHERM.ANPS ADVANCE. NO OFFICIAL NEWS FOR TWO WRENS-MS SUCCESS APPARENT rptoli TER RUBEL RIMS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Nearly two weeks have elapsed since direot information was received from General Sherman himself. The Government hail no intelliginie of his recent movements of later date than that contained in Friday's Richmond papers. General Sherman at least a month since fully - informed the proper authorities at Washington 'of his plane, which, judging by the rebel accounts, have thus far been carried into effect with a bright promise of success throughout the present campaign. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. ISSN. CABBY RECOTREINO-THE REPORT OF HIS DEATH UNTRUE. Oeißo, Nov. 22.—New Orleans papers of the 15th say that General Canby is recovering. The an nouncement of his death, which was telegraphed from here on the authority of the clerk of the steamer Stickney, thus proves to be false. GENERAL GRANT'S ARMY. THE REPORTED EVACUATION OP PETERSBURG. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The report of the evaca• Won of Petersburg originated with refugees and deserters, who, on coming into onr lines, merely ea• pressed their belief that stioh was the faot. THE NORTHERN BORDER. A REBEL RAID INTO NEW TORE-ATTAOR •AT 71,1188'S POINT—THE nAIDNIts locruiszo. ": j $•Z • BOSTON, NOV. 22.—A gang of rebel raiderB ' who , were all mounted, are reported to have appeared nt Rouse , s Point, on Lake Champlain, on Sunday night. On being challenged, they fired on the! picket guard, and the fire was promptly returned. One of the gang was dropped from his saddle, and the rest immediately fled, taking the wounded mart with them. NAVAL NEWS. CAPTURE OF A lIRBA..I3OHOONEII. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The Navy, Department is advised that the rebel schooner Badger, from St. Marks, bound to Havana, was taken possession of by the:United States steamer Adele, on the 6th inst., off the middle entrance of St. George's Sound, Flo• rids. Twenty-five paokagetof cotton were captured with the vessel. Her captain threw all his papers overboard. THE EAST GULF SQUADRON. Nnw Yonx, Nov. 22.—The United States steamer Union, from the East Gall Squadron, reports the health of the fleet as good. The Adele was about to leave for Philadelphia, and the Protous, loon°. mia, and Magnolia for a cruise; CALIFORNIA. Sew FRAMOISCO, Nov. 21.—The Central America Transit Company's steamer, Moses Taylor, arrived yesterday afternoon, from San Juan del Sad. The ships Minnehaha, of London, Matapan, and Arse, were lost In a gale off Howland and Baker's Islands, on October 6th. .- The ship White Swallow is missing, and it is feared she is also lost. EUROPE. Tun ENGLISH PBE .ON THE FLORIDA AFFAIR. Lord Palmerston on the American War. The Moravian at Portland. PORVLAPD, MB,, Nov. 22.—The steamship Mora. atom, from Liverpool at half past two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th, via Londonderry en the eve-' rang of the 11th inst., arrived at this port at half past ten o'clock this morning. Her dates are five days later than those already received. The steamship Damasous, from Quebec, eaohed Liverpool on the evening of the 9th instant. The steamship Ulty of Washington, iron New York, arrived at Liverpool on tho afternoon of the 10th instant. The steamship Saironia, from New York, arrived at Southampton on the morning of the 10th instant. The forepart of the steamship Jura has keeled over, and the after part remains fast and upright on the sands whore she grounded. TUB FLORIDA AFFAIR. The London Times , city article says " Advices from New York with regard to themode in which the Washington Government has re ceived the news of the Capture of the Oonfederate steamer Florida aro awaited with the greatest into rest by the mercantile as welras the political world. One reason for the importance attributed to these advices consists in the inference that If the affair be palliated or condemned by Lincoln's Government, It will henceforth entirely extinguish any power on the part of the United States to assail by privatsers the commerce of any nation with whioh they may' be at war, since the precedent will establish a claim to the right to pursue and destroy every such Vessel, whatever may be the port in which she may seek shelter or.supplies." - • , SPEROD 011 . LORD PALMNREPiON ON THN ANENT. _ _ - CAN WAR; The new Lord Mayor of London was iningurkted on the 9th inst., with the usual ceremonies, termi nating with a grand banquet at Guildhall. The leading members of the British Cabinet and other high dignitaries were present. • Lord Palmerston, in an eloquent speech, spoke cheeringly . of European politics. As regards America, he said: . " There Is one dark spot on the picture which the a ffairs of the world present. That dark spot lies on the otherside of the Atlantic. We grieve, and every man of-right mind must grieve, that that bloody and disastrous war, which broke out more than three years ago among the kindred nations of northern America still rages— still lays waste the fertile plains of that continent— still bedews with the blood of its psople those forests and tracts of territory which ought to be cultivated, and become sources of wealth, pleasure, and happi ness to mankind. • "We may earnestly trust that human nature will not long permit that deadly and disastrous strife to continue—that the contending parties, within some period not remote, will find it much bettor to be re• couched than to fight—and that those disputes which have bedewed that continent with' fraternal blood will be settled .by an amicable arrangement between themselves. [Loud cheers.] " The beginning of the strife was expected to be attended in this country with most disastrous re• sults to manufactures. These alarms have been found groundless. At all events, out of evil may come some gocd, and I trust in future our sources of supply will be spread over a great portion of ;the globe, and that we shall no longer be dependent on any one country for material so essential to the In dustry and prosperity of our owzroountry." I FRANCE The Parts Bourse, on the 9th Inst., was lower. The renter closed at OK 85e. Bougomont, De Lowenberz, Si. Co., bankers, In Paris, have suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to from five to six hundred thousand pounds sterling. TILE DANO• GERMAN 41:11ISTION. The final vote In the Danish Lower House, on the treaty of peace, was taken on the 9th instant. The treaty was approved by 75 to 21 votes. One re ember *abstained from voting. Four were absent. All the deputies present from Schleswig and 'the Enclaves ceded by the treaty to Germany voted against the treaty. • The bill was afterwards sent to the T.lpper House. _ ITALY. The debate on the Convention and removal of the capital to Rome is still progressing in the Chamber of Deputies. Some of the speakers denounce the Convention as a virtual renunciation of Rome, while others regard it as leading to Rome at no distant period. There have been great floods in Tuscany, and con siderable damage done to property, particularly to the railways. At Florence there- was also a great inundation. The streets were flooded, the fields laid waste, and the roads broken up. Tho damage done is enor mous. But few lives were lost. The Czarwitch of Russia was on a . visit to Turin. SPAIN. • Anew and more llberal law in favor of the press, has been spoken of by the Spanish Government. AUSTRIA. A new loan of twenty-five millions of florins at five per cent., to be issued at 87, is announced. JAPAN. - The details of the naval operations against Japan by the combined Powers are published. The eipe dition MS entirely successful. Henceforward there Is to be a free passage to the Inland Sea, and all ships passing through the Straits of Simonosaki are to"be treated in the most friendly manner. The forts, which were to a great extent destroyed or rendered useless, aro not to be repaired, nor are any guns to be mounted on them, and no new forts are to be built. The Prince of Negate, is to defray the expenses of the expedition, and to pay a ransom on account of the town of Simonosaki having been spared. The total lose of the expedition was about ninety killed and wounded, of which sixty-ftve fell to the English. . LONDON MONEY MARKET The Bank of England on the 10th instant reduced its rate of discount from nine to eight per cent:, an event fully anticipated and discounted in advance. In the open market money was abundant and the fund continued upward. Console were buoyant, and further advanced a quarter per cent. on the fitlstnatant. Satterthwalte's circular says, that up to the Oth instant there was a very Arm market for American securities, and much disposition to buy "five-twen ties " andlllinois shares at improved prices, but, on the 9th, upon the receipt of . advices from New York to November let, reporting an advance in gold, free sellers.of both stocks appeared, and a decline was established. The market, however, closed Arm at 41V,- for five-twenties, and 5234 for Illinois. The Confederate loan rallied two per cent. under the news received bythe City of Washington. SUMMARY OF THE-ETNA'S NEWS. The following is a, summary of the steamship Etna's' news, Which left Liverpool on the 9th and Queenstown on the lath inst. for New York. • The steamship Saxonla passed Falmouth on the Bth inst., under canvass, going at the rate or six knots an hour. Her machinery was disabled. Prior to being reported the premiums on her advanced to 20 per cent. The ship Ocean Pearl, from New Yoric. t for Tarragona, was totally wrecked on the 28th- of October on the latter port, The crew and a large portion of the cargo wore saved. The Shipping Gazelle, believes the steamer to which. Captain Semmes and his men wore trans ferred by the Laurel off Madeira was the Sea. King, which recently cleared from London for Bombay. It is stated that the last vessel destroyed by the Florida before her capture at Bahia was the Man darin, from Rio do Janeiro for Baltimore. Under the influence of the details of the capture of the Confederate steamer Florida., the English journals indignantly denounce the affair. • The London Times says that the act was most flagrantly lawless, and presumes that the American Government and its citizens will hasten to repudiate it, and that the New York Chamber. of Commerce will scruple to forfeit its character by rewarding or justifying the crime committed. The London Morning Poet thinks that the-Federal Government will disown the act, but has some mis givings about it. It thinks that the outrage cannot be permitted , to pass unnoticed by other Powers, and that all the maritime Powers should enter a protest 'against it. . • • •. . The Daily Telegraph thinks that . the unlawful seizure or the Florida will cause unmitigated setts. faction in New York, although at the expense of the loss of national honor. • . . The London Morning ficrald believes that events, such as these, will speedily force European nations io interfete in the American diffloutty for their, aid and security. •., , • .. The London Daily Newe has uotbing to say about • the matter, and the London Star is silent in regard to it: • The investigation into the loss of the steamer. On tario is concluded, and clears Oapt. Brookin of all blame. • . Lord Wodehouse has been formally inaugurated as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. pl. Barrier, the distinguished French advocate, Is `receiving great attention in London. A legal ban quet given in his honor was a most brilliant affair. Bombay lettere of the 14th, and Calcutta of the Bth of October, fully confirm the disastrous effects of the great cyclone. Fuller accounts from Calcutta ate "lleCtadhl3 fewdays. VERYLATEST NEWS. .iLorrnoicr. Nov.ll..—The English journals publish the official Brazilian correspondence relative to the capture of the Florida. The Morning Star denounces the seizure, and hopes the American Government will repudiate it. Tlfe announcement of the arrival of the steamship Tentonia at Southampton was premature. She hag not yet been signalled. Political news to-Jlay.is generally unimportant. •I;4' Commercial Inielllgence. (Per Moravini. 3 LIVERPOOL 'COTTON MARKET, Nov. 10.—Salem for four dap.. 60,000 bales, including 22,000 to specula tors and exmortera The market was buoyant at an ad vance of h@id lb . TRADE REPORT. —The Manchester market was firmer, hnt quiet. • LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET, Nov. 10. The market is generally quiet, but steady. Richard son, Spence, & Co., and others. report:..Flour quiet and steady Wheat steady. Corn quiet and easier. - LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Nov. 10 —The Provision market is eat. • Messrs. Bigland, Aytha. & 'Co.. and Wakefield, Nash, & Co.. and others, report Beef heavy and declining. Pork lute a downward ten dency. Bacon steady. Lard firm at 40s@e0s. Tallow firmer. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, Nov. 10.—Ashes quiet and steady. Sugar upward. Coffee quiet and steady. 'Rice steady. Linseed Oil steady. Rosin dull. Spirits of Turpentine inactive at Bfitog69s. Petroleum steady at la 103'adtF lid 111 gallon. LONDON MAREETS.—Breadetaffs firm. Corn ea .sier ; Sugar advancing; Coffee firm;' Tea steady; Rice firm; Tallow firmer. LONDON.. Nov.. 10 —Console closed at 90MAile)i for money. The Bank of England to. day red acedits mini mum rate of discount toll per cent. AMERICAN ETOCIcS•-1111DoiS Central Railroad 62i0S2g discount; Erie 4(@)42; United States five-twontisa .10401) 41%. LATEST Vl)t GREENCASTLE. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 11.—The steamship Scone, from New Tort, arrived to-day. 'COTTON. —The sales of the week reach 72,000 bales. includinglo.sCo to speculators, and 1,000 to exporters. The market has been buoyant, with an advance on the week of Id lb on American. and I@3d on other de script ions. The sales to. day (Friday) were Vi.ooo bales, the market closing with an advascing tendency at the following authorized quotations ai Fr. Mid Orleans • 26.4 d 24dNdling. Mobile 26d • Uplands 253 d lid The stock in port amounts to 357,000 bales, including 11. fIX) bales of. An:elle/M. 'TRADE REPORT. —The Maneboster market is firni. With an advancing tendency, but the advance checks business. BRNADE,TUFFS. —The market te steady and firmer. Corgis dull. •YnovisioNs.—The market is quiet and steady. Laid is advancing. LONDON, VON'. —Conrola dote at '9oifler9l3i for money. Bullion in the Bank of England increased £3.34,(00. AsinnicAx Erocim —lllinois Central G1Y,®52.3i dies count. Erie 33(g)41. •• - Turkeys for the Soldtrws. To the Editor of The Press: Sm.: It rejoices my heart to bear that our brave boys in camp and on battle-field have the sympathy of those at home. But, sir, is it not possible, in our zeal for the soldiers, to forget the soldiers' widows and orphan children at Mime 1 Are our soldiers suffering from hunger.or nakedness 1 To the honor of our Government be it said, they have generally enough, and to spare. But how is it with the widows and children of those who have fallen on the battle-field, and who are suffering at our very door 1 These aro the real objects of our sympathy, and while it Is not wrong to "deal out our bread" to the soldier who is not hungry, it certainly is wrong to leave the widows and children of dead soldiers to starve with hunger. What God requires is this ; "To deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ; where thou scest the naked that thou cover him." While., we are generous to our soldiers—while we sond them Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, lot us not forget the hundreds and thousands of starving poor, made so by "war's desolations," - crowded together in the "by-ways," the garrets andcellars of our own • city. Take a walk with toe down Broad street. See that girl in rags, not sufficient to Dover the delicate nakedness of her sex: She is about twelve or four teen Sears old. She has a little basket, and is pick- . ing coal along the fence of a (coal yard. Let us not pass ; let us go up and talk to her. See how she blushes at being noticed and approached. She looks as though she would run away and hide. Our look tells her that we are her friends, and she looks up in our face with child-like confidence. " What's your name vt• L. S." "Where do you- live l' "Up there in J street." "Is your father living 1" "NO; he was killed at the battle of Gettysburg." "Your mother's living, isn't shot" "Yes, air, mother's living." "What does mother do 1" "She goes out washing, sir." "Have you any brothers VI "Yes, sir ; I havefive brothers and two sisters; one brother has been in the war; has got home, but has not got discharged yet, and ham got no work." (" Do you g 0 to Sabbath school'!" "I used to go." (Here, witha childish blush'and a tone and look, the recollection of which brings tears, she _looked down at her rags and then up in my face, With an expression which said : "I don't go now; and yeti may know why." Yes, dear little Lucy, I know why you do not go now to Sabbath school.' Now, 111 r. Editor, who most needs our sympathy and aid 1 Let humanity answer this question. Last Saturday I received $l5 from a stranger, to relieve the wants of stieh individuals as referred to in this communication. Should the hearts of some who read this be opened toward the poor, let them send their contributions to "City Pastor," °area editor of The Press (money 'or clothing), and it Will do much good s It will be wisely and' faithfully distributed. Should any re quire an interview with " City PastOr,". his address can be obtained at the office of The Press. CITY PASTOR. The New Assessment—Personal and neat Estate. To the Editor of The Press: SIB: The most astonishing figures, by long odds, which have lately been seen, are those given by the assessors 'in their _report of the real and personal property of this city, taxable for 1865. The old saying that "figures cannot lie" Is clearly disproved by this report. Certainly some poisons (not a few) must have lied moat tremendously if the, assessors (worthy, wise men I) did their duty, and et could only find in our Why, city $110,600 of personal pro. perty to tax.. Why, only think of the millions in the form of stooks, loans, and mortgages, and of the, number of persons you know each of whom owns mare than Is credited-to the whole city. Only think of the rich Eighth ward being credited with only $3,857 of personal property, while the same ward re-, turns $755,200 in furniture! It Is a little too much. If wo can't have smarter assessors (and I fear we can't), we ought, at least, to have a new system of assessment. Uncle Sam, I. imagine, finds a different result when he collects his five pet cent. from the interest and dividends of our riob men. . • This is why the unfortunate owners of real estate find their taxes increased every few, years. There are millions of personal property which pay 'no taxes to the city treasury. Will not our new Councils do something which will reaoh these mil lions, and lighten the burden on REAL ESTATE 1.- Pubiie Enitertainmente. ORMSTNiVSTRICBT THR4TRB,—The , sensational of "Pauvrette," now being produced in fine style at thli theatre, is, we, think, destined to achieve a decided success. The plot is interesting, but, like many other of Boucicault's productions, Is con structed with a rather striking disregard of probe bility. The daughter of an old soldier is carried -away by a Duchess, under the supposition that it is her own. Her real• child becomes a wanderer upon the face of the earth, and is made a tenderof sheep for some Alpine villagers. Every winter the hut In the mountains - where the child Pauvrette resides is covered by an avalanche of snow, which impri sons her for three months. The Count Maurice, a connexion of the Duchess, wandering in the monn tainsi- loses his hold as he traverses the Icy peaks of Saint Bernard, and, slipping to the brink of. a pre-. cipice, Is not able to regain his footing. His cries for aid reach Pauvrette; who rescues htm from his perilous position and leads him to her 'rabbi. Here the avalanche overtakes them and buries the hut beneath mountains of snow. Mairice is obliged to speed the winter with Pauvrette, whom he wrongs and finally deserts. Upon his return home his mar riage with -Louise (the other child), which was to have taken place before, is urged by the Duchess. Maurice, Seized with remorse, determines to break off the match; Before he-has done - this, however, the grand eclaircissement takes place. Pauvrette is discovered to be 'the child . of the Duchess, while . Louise is, of course, the old soldier's daughter. Such being the case, all turns out happily. Pauvrette becOmes Maurice's bride, and Louise gives her hand to the drummer boy, - who has risen to be a captain. There aro, of course, many details of incident in. the play which we have not noticed. It is 'very creditably produced, indeed, some of the scenery being very striking. The third act, in which occurs the fall of the avalanche, is the gem of the piece. The fine display of rocky peaks and icy summits gives an excellent Idea of Alpine scenery, and the fall of an immense mass of snow over the fragile hut of Pauvrette, though a very difficult piece of mechaniim, was well produced last night, and was quite appalling in effect. The literary merits, too, of this - act claim some atten tion. The Idea of the little shepherdess singing to the echoes around her "good-night," ere she retires, Is a very chaste and beautiful one, and is touchingly rendered by Miss Germon. The echoes are well performed. A. few Inconsis tencies, however, in the performance of this scene should be corrected. It is scarcely probable that the sewing of a poor outcast under the snow should be of fine cambric; the cloth which is spread upon her table ere her frugal meal Is produced should not be of so fine a texture; and, lastly, as. Pauvrette's rations of black bread aro spoken of in a previous scene, when she produces bread in her hut it should be black. The acting in this play was very good, especially that of Mr. Baker, who rendered the part of Ber nard ,very effectively, and that of Mr. Mordannt, whose love scene in the last act cannot be accused of a want of passion.' • Tai CLASBIOAL QATINTETTE OLDS gives its se cond matinee this afternoon at the Assembly Build ings, with a very fine programme, including a violin solo by Carl Gaertner. We are glad to know that the success of this series of classical concertsts alrea dy areured by a large suhscription. The highest musical interests of the city are advanced by such cranbinations of our best - artists. • "TDB STATIC OF THE COUNTRY. ,, —Theotloro Tilton, Esq., the accomplished.editor of the New York Indcpcndent, is announced to lecture &the above subject in Concert Hall, on Tuesday evening . next. Mr. Tilton has acquired a wide•spread repo tation through the columns of the Independent as a vigorous and fearlesa writer, and during the late Presidential caripaign,tewhich ho took an active part, he added to this the fame of an eloquent and polished speaker. We believe this will be his first public-lecture in this city, and he will no doubt be greeted With a large and cultivated audience. The sale of tickets begins to-day at Martian's • book store. A - G RAND CONCERT AND RE.S.DINO will be given on Thanksgiving evening, at the Methodist Episco pal Church, Haines street, Germantown—W. Mao laughlin pastor. A programme of unuro;tal interest will be presented, ooropriiiiiy a Rile - seleotiOn o solos, duets, quartettes, and choruses, by gradu ates of the Blind Asylum. T, a. Da CoanovA announces that ho will deliver his lecture on "Courtship and Marriage," at Con cert Hall, on the evening of Thanksgiving day. gluons MATINER.—The fourth matinee of the FeaEoilwill be given this afternoon at the National Circus. .A pleasing performance, entitled "The En chanted Hats," will, among other things, be given. The trained dogs will also appear. • SIGN of BLITZ.—The Signor will celebrate Thanks giving Day by giving three performances. A. grand treat in the way of tricks, ventriloquism ; and canary bird feats may be expected. Tho fan produced will be sufficient to digest the largest-sized Thanksgiving dinner that can be eaten. • EXTENSIVE SALES 08 325 ENTIRE PACKAGES DOMESTIC, DRY GOODS, MOTES, ClassrmairmS, LINENS, DRESS Goons, HOSIERY, &0., &c., THIS DAy.—John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 134 Market street, will sell this (Wednesday) morning, Nov: 23d, at 10 o'clock, on - sixty days' credit, about 325 packages cotton and woolen do. Mastic goods, in brown and bleached skirtings and sheetings, drills, oambrics, canton and wool flannels, prints, Corset jeans, Kentucky jeans, cassimeres, bed blankets, &0., &0., to be sold In entire packages. Also, 100 packages domestics, to be sold for cash. Also, about 400 -packages_ and lots . European and American dry goods, in cloths, cassimeres, coat• legs, satinets, vestings, linens, alpacas, dress goods, shawls, linen cambric handkerchiefs, balmo raki, &c., to be sold on four months , - credit. Sale of Hosiery. Gloves, 4v—On Friday morning next, Nov. 25th, about 7,000 dozen cotton'and woolen hosiery, gloves and gauntlets, shirts and drawers, spool cotton, patent thread, twine, sewings, suspen ders, umbrellas, notions, hoop skirts, &0., on four months' credit. • The above sales will be found well worthy the at tention of the trade. OR SATURDAY night, 12th Mat, the .negroes of Nashville bad a grand celebration. Gov. Johnson and Col. Muzzy addressed them. Dui.* the speech of the latter a white soldier was shot dead by one of the processionists. This caused a riot, which resulted in the stampede of the entire and!- once and severe injuries to many. THE CITY. • MILITARY. • ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS Last night about four hundred siok and wounded soldiers arrived at the Citizens , Volunteer Hospital, where they were amply provided for until removed 'pis morning by the ambulances of our Bremen. DEATHS The following deaths of soldiers were. reported from arms hospitals in this department yesterday : Satlerlee Hospital—Wm. M. Henderson, Company E, 187th Pennsylvania. McClellan Hospital—Timothy Morrow, Ist New York Battery. Germantaifrn Hospital—Jo4ob W. Vraw, Company I, 18th Miehlaan. Chestnut Hill flotpitat—lra A. O'Carroll, Corn . pany li, let U. S. Cavalry. DESERTERS The following•named soldiers were reported, yes. terday, as having deserted from army hospitals in this department : McClellan Hsi:pilaf—Christian Strome, Company B, 98th Pennsylvania. Turner's Lane Hospital—Pat McGuigan, Com pany A, 29th Pennsylvania. JIII9OLPW3MOVS. PHILADBLPHIA. BOARD OF TRADE. The November stated meetingg was held on 'Mon day evening, 21st inst., Samuel C. Morton, F.sq., President, in the chair. After the routine business, Mr. Milliken, in pur suance of previous notice, introduced the following preamble and resolutions, which wore unanimously adopted : Whereas, Our Government should at this time avail Itself of every legitimate source of revenue with which to maintain its credit and liquidate its _indebtedness. And Whereas, The reasons which, at the time of forming the Constitution of the United States, operated to procur ex por ts option of the dense pro hibiting duties On have long since passed away; and whereas, the power to assess duties on exports would greatly Increase confidence in the ability of the Government to discharge its financial obligations ,• therefore, be it Resolved, That this Board memorialize Congress to adopt such measures as will secure an amend ment of the Constitution of the United States which shall grant the power to assess duties on ex ports. Resolved, That copies of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be laid before the Chambers of Com merce of New York and Cincinnati, and the Boards of Trade of Boston, 'Baltimore, Chicago, and Mil waukee. and their co-operation be solicited. • Mr. MI/liken. in urging the adoption of the resolu tions, stated there - were many artioles of export whioh foreign countries were - unable to procure elsewhere which would bear the Imposition of ex port duties. • The blockade of the Southern ports • has demon strated that cotton, in time of peace, would bear an export duty possibly of 10 cents per pound ; and should the future annual export of that commodity be no greater than its average for the three years previous to the rebellion, a duty of ten cents per pound would yield a revenue of about a. hundred and twenty millions per annum. This source of re venue alone would, therefore, pay the entire dent of the Government, even assuming that it should roach 84 000,000,000, at the close. od the war; in less than thirty-five years, but it is not-desirable that so large a debt should bo paid off in so short a time, neither is it desirable that the Government should place so high a tax as ten cents per pound on cotton and omit to tax other commodities. Rice and tobac co would furnish revenue of this character. We also have in petroleum another new and Important article of,export, nowhere else to be procured in - quantities, which may in time yield a large revenue If the Government has the power to tax its export. There are in addition to these many of the raw materials which enter into consumption for manu facturing purposes in foreign countries which will also bear export duties. A majority of the States - that voted in Convention in favor of the clause re ferred to, are now in rebellion. In the Constitution of their.proposed Confederation they have provided for taxing exports, and are now doing so on all commodities which run , the blockade. Mr. Sender, for the Committee of the Month, made aveport in response to the proceedings of the Boston `Board of Trade upon the subject of an equitable ad justment of the expense of stamping railroad freight and other receipts. • The committee took the ground that whatever may be the requirements of the common law, both commercial usage and right demand that whoever. receives value of any kind from another is bound to furnish the grantor a perfect legal voucher and evi dence of such delivery by him, and that, as the shipper of merchandise has an equitable right to demand such voucher from she carrier, the latter is bound to furnish the same with the stamps attached necessary to give It validity under the "law at II own expense, and consequently: 1. That receipts for freight money should be stamped at the expense of ihe party to whom pay ' mcbt is made. . 2. That receipts given at railroad stations on de livery of freight, for transportation should be stamp ed by the railroad company. B. That through receipts given by transportation companies or lines should be stamped at the expense of the shipper. 4. That receipts given by . consignees to railroad companies on the delivery of merchandise be stamped by the consignees. • 5. That receipt's given at the ship's side, called Mate's receipts, be stamped at the expense of the ship. 6. Tluit bills of lading be stamped at the expense of the shipper. ' • The :report clOsed with the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted': Resolved, That the Board of Trade of Philadelphia coincide with the views of the Board of. Trade of Boston in regard to the parties who should be at the expense of the stamps required on freight receipts required 'by the United States Internal ;Revenue act, not explicitly determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and•that effort be made to se cure uniformity of practice in accordance therewith on the part of railroad companies and other car riers, by the publication of our proceedings, and by co-operation with' the . Boston Board of Trade and the NeW York Chamber of Commerce. A. communication Was' read from Charles E. K. Kortwright, Esq., IL B. M. Consul for this port, covering documents from the British Board of. Trade showing by elaborate statistics the favors. , ble effects upon the commerce, and navigation, and revenues of the United Kingdom, resulting from a' relaxation of her former system of restrictive legis lation. A letter was read from the president of the Petro leum Storage Company of Philadelphia, which was favorably considered, and assurance was given that the board regard with interest the objects of the as sociation.- On motion, Pamirs. Thornton, Brown, E. A.. Sou. der, Jas. 0.-Hand, . James Milliken, and Andrew Wheeler were appointed a committee to extend an invitation to the gallant Captain Winslow, of the Kearsarge, and his comrades, to visit this city, and to take measures for a reception and welcome worthy the hero and his companions. On motion, adjourned. BOARD OP SCHOOL CONTROLLERS. An adjourned meeting of the Board of Control. fors of Public Schools was held yesterday afternoon, President Shippers in the chair. COICKUNICATIONB. The following commurdcatiorw were received, and referred : One from the Seventeenth section, requesting Councils to transfer a eertainitem of appropriation. One from the male principals of schools, stating that their present salaries .vrere inadequate to en• able them to maintain their families. One fr.om the First section, asking that a fifth division be opened in the secondary school in the Weccacoe building. - .wars' MGR sonoor.. The Committee on Girls' High and Normal School reported that at a meeting of said commit tee, held November 42, 1864, it was unanimously re solved that Professor John S. Hart be nominated to the Board of Control for election- to the position of principal of the Girls' High and Normal S'chool, to take effect from the first of January neat. The report was accepted, and the committee in structed to report three persons for. the poSition, at the neat meeting. REPORTS OP COMMITTEES The Committee on Property recommended that the Board rent an additional room in the Oak-street Church building, Twenty-fourth section. The report was adopted. The Committee on Grammar, Secondary, and Pri mary Schools, to whom bad been referred the gra ding and revising the salaries of the teachers of the consolidated grammar and unclassified schools, re ported a resolution equalizing the salaries of the different teachers. Some salaries were reduced, and some increased, the sum of $1,200 having been ap propriated for the purpose. The report was adopted. The Committee on Estimates reported " that, the increase of salaries of those employed in this de partment bas enlisted the earnest consideration of this committee. A committee of male principals' of schools appeared before us with a detailed state ment of the salaries paid and the inereased cost of living. We are satisfied that their salaries aro inade quate, and as the wages in almost every other de.. partment of labor have been largely increased, we believe that justice to a calling which requires a. high order of talent and increasing industry de mends a corresponding increase in their salaries. Your committee would-therefore recommend an in crease of%) per cont. upon the salaries of all teach ers and employees under this board, and they beg leave to oiler the following resolution: fr . "Roolued t That the Select and Common Council be informed that the sum ot *Oat 60S will be required to defray the expenses of the'public Schools for the year 1665. The report was adopted. • TEACHBR OP MUSIC. •• On motion, it was agreed that the Committee on Girls' and High Normal School - report at the next meeting tho.nallies of three teachers for the posi tion of music teachers in said school. Adjourned. - ; 16 A STORM, MY FRIENDS," "If there be any man," quoth a friend of ours yesterday, " who at the long succession of atormy days whic h are persecuting us does not occasionally; gnash his teeth, or any young woman who does not continually pout her Ups, to that man I would be glad to extend the right hand of fellowship, and the left too, ithe wanted it ; and to that woman. If alt other circumstances were favorable, I might offer a still warmer testimonial," But "no Bich paean ain't to be found not at all," , as an Individual of African proclivities remarked upon 'searching for Gen. J. B. Floyd; after the capture of Donelson. Although, perhaps, not entirely coinciding with the rashness of our friend's expression, all (ar readers will agree with him that such a protracted stay of lowering skies is a decided annoyance. Who can keep ,a light heart in his bosom when leaden shin are weighing it downl 'Tie not easy to look upon the sunshtne of life. When there Is no sunshine of day to be seat. (.; For many 'nary days' we` havolstdialn; raid most dismal rain. Some wise brain haS said that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, but the only persons who tee p a harvest grown by the wind which brings cold rains are those who thrive upon the mts•. fortunes of othert---dootors, un - dertakers, and um brella makers. Yesterday morning the sunshine broke for a moment through its cloudy barrier, bat only to tantalize us with thoughts of the brightness withheld from us, Then the envious clouds again bid the face of his majesty in their dirty blankets, and v e were miserable once more. But - as it is a long lane which has no turning, and as every storm but the present one has cleared up. we may yet hope for sunshine and happiness, both of which will, per haps, greet our readers before this paper reaches them. That sunshine may dance upon this article as they read it is the sincere wish of its melancholic writer. TIILr QUAKER CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE This College is located at Tenth and Chestnut streets. The remarkable success of the institution, and its strong hold ripen the respect and confidence of the citizens of Philadelphia, are indications of genuine merit, and, from our knowledge of its management from the commencement, we most cheerfully recommend it to the attention of all who desire a business education. It has been raised to Its present position by enterprise, a liberal expendi ture of money, and Constant endeavors on the part of Mr. Fairbanks, the principal, to excel in every department. The Institution is well organized into separate de partments, under the direction and control of spe cial teachers. Thus the greatest efficiency Is se-• cured In instruction, and every student receives proper attention. The introduction of telegraphing as a branch of study, and a new practical system of instruction in the commercial department, with l`fir. Fairbankas well known reputation as the manager-for some years of another commercial school in this citsr, se cured for the Quaker City College a prestige from the beginning, which has beencons.ta.ntlyincreasing with what must be to Mr. Fairbanks and his asso ciates moat gratifying evidences of appreciation. Over five hundred students had bean in attendance up to November 2d, the closing of the first year, from nineteen different States and foreign coun tries. We think we may safely say that those who have never visited this college will be surprised at the ex tent and completeness of Its arrangements, and we advise all interested to make a personal inspection for themselves. INQUEST IN A HOMICIDE CASE Coroner Taylor, yesterday, held an inquest on the body of 'Francis Mellon, who died on Sunday from w ounds received in a drunken scuffle with a man named Alexander Butler, on Sunday, the lath inst., at a house on Fitzwater street, below Ninth. The evidence adduced at the investigation showed that the two men were in company with each other on Saturday tight, the 12th inst. ; they returned home on the following afternoon, shortly after 4 Wolof*, and were very much under the influence of liquor. They went up stairs, and Butler took one of the crutches need by Mellon; this caused a souffle. The parties were separated without any blows having been struck. In a little while Mellon said he would tight any man for 00. Butler then got up from the place where he was seated, and the next moment the two men clinched, and in the struggle both fell over a bench.. Butler bovine , a Ihoemaker's knife in his hand, plunged it into Mellon •seven times, from the effects of which he died. These are all the material facts elicited. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death from stabs inflicted by Alexander Butler. The murderer has not been arrested. SUPPOSED IDENTIFICATION The body of the deserter who was shot, as stated in The Press yesterday, was taken in charge by Co roner Taylor.. The name of deceased Is supposed to be William o Peter Cavanaugh. • Two other fellows deserted In Arch street, but the guard were afraid to shoot at them, because there were several persons within range. Cavanaugh, however, attempted to escape in a lonesome place, and met an Ignominious death. No sympathy was expressed for him. MAN DROWNED An unknown man fell Into the Delaware, at Pine street wharf, about one o'clock yesterday morning, and was drowned. The body has not yet been re covered. FOIMD DEAD Atean early hour Yesterday morning an unknown white man was found dead on Callowhill street, west of Twenty-fifth. There were no marks of Oa. lence upon his person, and it is supposed that the man died in a fit. SERIOUSLY BURNED. Two men, named Patrick Burke and Dan'l Car in, working at Whitney's foundry, Seventeenth and Callowhill streets, were seriously .burned yes terday afternoon, by melted iron from the ea: pola of the foundry. BALK OF' BEAL ESTATE, STOCKS, ETC. Messrs. Thomas & Sonsiliale at the Exchange yes terday noon was largely attended, and the bidding very spirited. They sold the following, viz.: 100 shares Amyidaloid Mining Company, $30.., $3,000 00 100 3,100 00 100 " " " ' " 31 .. . 3,100 00 95