tlressi, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1864. Aar We can take no notice of anonymous commu• it:death:ins. We do not return rejected manuscripts. W Voluntary correspondence is solicited from al Tarts of the world, and especially from our different , snilftary and naval departments. When used, It will he paid for. The Pirate " Florida." It was to be anticipated that the seizure •of the pirate Florida in the Brazilian port of Bahia would give rise to a great deal of speculation, discussion, and 'abuse in the anti-American journals of London and Paris. Indeed, on first sight, some grounds for controversy might appear. The plain tale would run that the Florida had gone into Babia for repairs, and that an United States war-vessel, the Wachusett, bad followed into that port, and quietly taken her away—just as (in the world famous story) Lemuel Gulliver drew after him all of the Blefuschun fleet into the port of Lilliput and that this was a great breach of international law. The fact is, however, that the Florida, sailing under no recognized flag, has been employed in the, buccaneering line against the United States mercantile marine— plundering and burning vessels, or only liberating them on a ransom secured by. bonds which the law will recognize as good ; that as far back as May, 18 . 83, Mr. J. WATSON WBBB, United States Ambas sador at Rio Janeiro, gravely and forcibly warned the Brazilian Government against harboring three pirates the Alabama, Georgia, and this very Florida—in the ports of Pernambuco and Bahia, and that the Brazilian Minister then solemnly promised to maintain perfect neutrality. Notwithstanding, when the Florida lately took and burned an U. S. merchantman in Brazilian waters, the Imperial Govern ment, though the fact was presented to it, took no notice of the piracy, and on the very occasion when the Florida last went into Bahia she was placed close to and under the protdetion of a Brazilian war vessel, with the avowed purpose of being thereby protected from the Wachusett, which was known to be close at hand. Whether Captain Coeuss acted legally.or not in seizing an enemy wherever he could find him, there can be no doubt of his skill and gallantry in taking the Florida out of the port of Bahia in the face of a Brazilian man-of•war's guns and a powerful land bat tery. It is precisely such a bold and sue cessful exploit as Lord COCHRANE, the hero of the Basque Roads, would have done-in like circumstances, had the chance -been his. The nizes declares that if the United States Government justifies the capture of the Florida, sue)? a course "will henceforth entirely extinguish any power on the part of the United States to assail by - privateers the commerce of any nation with which 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." - eg , Unfortunately for this argument, the fact is that the United States has not issued even a single /ettro de marque—has not allowed even a solitary privateer to leave any Ame rican port during ,the war.. We need not discuss the pond of this forbearance, but the fact is as we, 4tate. The Florida is in our hands, and n 9 one can doubt—not even The T u nes itself—that the United States Government will deal legally with Se; outlawed though she be by her piracy. The surrender of the Trent (intimated to Lord RUSSELL on the 19th December, 1801, ,conetaled by PALMERSTON and RUSSELL, and even denied by their own semi-official journal, for nearly three 4 weeks, during which time England disbursed $10,000,000 in preparations for a war which was im possible,) shows how fairly we acted, under circumstances far more difficult and. delicate. No fear of our violating the law of nations. It ill becomes foreign journals to treat the capture of the pirate Florida as a ter rible thing. The late Sir ALLAN MoNAB was knighted, by Wrmaex IV., for having sanctioned the burning of the Caroline on the Niagara river. In 1807, a Bri tish Admiral and a British General captured and nearly destroyed Copen— hagen and seized the Danish fleet, avow edly to prevent its falling into NA:Pc:amazes hands, though England was then one of the allies of Denmark. In 1814, two BrIL tish -ships•of-war went into the neutral harbor of Valparaiso, and destroyed the United States frigate Essex, which was there for supplies and repairs, and, in the same year, the American privateer General Armstrong, which had gone into Fayal for water and provisions, was set upon when lying at anchor by three British frigates and a brig, bravely defended by her com mander, who scuttled her to prevent her being taken, and was finally set on fire by the British, and this under the guns of a Portuguese battery, in a neutral port—the British firing into Fayal to the great injury of property there, besides wounding. some of the inhabitants. English journalists will do well to think of these things before they accuse us of breach of international law. At the same time, if that gallant officer, Captain COLLINS, violated that law by seiz ing the pirate Florida, no doubt that vessel W.' be liberated. All accounts unite in deseriblua her as scarcely seaworthy. This is not ereditai.r.„ to the English firm that built her—the same v—kt, built the Alabama and the Georgia. Yet. we twitted with 4 ' violation of neutrali tr'—not wiwmAnding that the Florida herself is a memorable.... stance of that violation—while, even since her capture at Bahia,another English vessel, the Sea Ring, which left the Thames with her manifest and other papers addressed to an Resit Indian port, has turned up at Ma deira, under the rebel flag, and has RAPHAEL Flunixs, of the late Alabama„ on board as commander. La Patric, a Paris journal, has affirmed that England has called upon the great Eu ropean Powers to protest collectively against the seizure of the Florida. That well-in formed paper, The Albion, (Nev. York,) plainly says, "we do not believe a word of it." Neither do we. The relations of England with Brazil are so unfriendly—. England being notoriously in the wrong— that it is most improbable that Lord Rus- SELL, fond of meddling though he be, would much care to do anything of impor tance in this case. Moreover, it is a ques tion between Brazil and the United States, and will be'settled satisfactorily, no doubt, without any outside intervention whatever. Literary Enterprises. The success of Dr. Donart's " Annals of the English Stage," just republished ih this country, will perhaps suggest to one of our own play-goers the skilful compilation 'of a similar work on the American Stage. Quite a number of " Reminiscences" have been written by American actors and ac tresses, and by foreign managers and actors who have come to this country, so that the theme is not barren of material. The Dra matic and Art Recollections of Miss Cunt men, now at Rome, and 'with an abun dance of leisure and gifts for such a work, have already been demanded. Miss CUSH NAN', in a number of Sonnets, which have their place in selections of American poe try, held out promise of literary achieve ment as well marked, perhaps, as that of Emil?' Emmy.. Another subject also Waits for a painstaking compiier_ v i z a Biographical Dictionary of American Art, of which so little is known to the public generally. A History of American Litera ture, comprising brief and critical selec tions from our best authors, would be Welcome and valuable if treated by an in. (lustrious compiler and Impartial thinker. This subject seems too small at present for s history ; but a well-condensed, digestlie Work of this kind would be better than the ponderous " Selections" of GRISWOLD and others. It is not too soon for American 3iterature to assume its own care and keep its house in order. However scanty the furniture, the house is .a 'palace, and has already bad its princes. Peace. Nothing so forcibly proves the progress and success of the war as the desire for peace which the loyal men who sustain the war universally possess. Purim; the dark days of 1862, when the Union armies were in no campaign successful, peace was not thought of by the friends of the Adminis tration. Now Union victories have made a policy of conciliation possible, and the whole military situation will justify the Pre sident in renewing his efforts to end the war speedily by liberal offers to the South ern people. How profound is the desire for peace in the North we know from the general ex pressjon of the loyal press. And the people have taken such a firm position in support of the Government and the war for the Union that no one can misinterpret the true spirit of this earnest anxiety for peace, which has so many and such eloquent ex pressions. They will accept no peace with out Union ; but for the Union they will yield much to the submission of the South ern people that they would never grant to their resistance. The following letter from the able pen of Col. ALEX. K. McCiants, editor of the Franklin Repository, is a m ost admirable analysis of the spirit and pur poses of the North, and its suggestions are worthy of " earnest thought. Colonel Mc- CLunu has done good service to his coun try; he has wrought well during the whole war ; his home has been fired by the rebel torch ; in all our great political campaigns has been one of the most infifiential leaders of the Union party in Pennsylvania. Yet his patriotism was never more nobly revealed than in this thoughtful and elo quent appeal : " WASHINGTON, November 16, 1864. "Again we have whispers of peace. How the na tional heart throbs at the utterance of the word I Now that the country is assured by the solemn ver dict of the people that no peace Involving dismem berment or dishonor can be attained during the next four years, the faintest star of hope that glimmers in the dark horizon of grim war's desolation is greeted on every hand with the most fervent prayers that it may break upon us in the noontide of triumph. The people want peaoe—not the peace of Chicago, that would shime the living and blot the memory of the dead, that would exchange the sad exactions and sacrifices of war for anarchy and the supremacy of treason, but the peace that will reunite. the States, make North and South again one people, with a common Constitution, a common freedom, and a common glory. This is the hungry cry of the nation. It comes not from the faithless, but from the faithful who have stood resolutely against traitors in arms and their subtle, treacherous allies in the North ; and to its consummation their beat energies will be de voted. No mere abstractions ;no pride of opinion ; no mean ambition; no sanctity for the records of statesmanship ; no trembling, for the shifting sands of old duties as they are supplanted by those of to day, can stand in the way of peace. Bet one issue can warrant protracted war—the unity of the States. That once attained, the mission of the sword is ended, and the peaceful channels ordained by Government must give the sequel of this bloody drama. "To this end—the. preservation of our common nationality—and to it alone, has this war been prosecuted. Weak men have thought otherwise; bad men have wished otherwise, and so appealed to cupidity and prejudice to give heart and hope to our relentless foes. That emancipation has sprung from the chaos of civil war to strike trea son in its most vital element of power, Is not a perversion of the great object of the conflict, but an auxiliary to its grand consummation, and was a necessity as imperious as the laws of gravitation. It has no sanction in the civil powers of the Government ; but from the war powers of the Constitution it comes clothed with all the ceremony of laW, and while those powers are called into exercise for the common safety, there is no appeal from the inexorable decree of military ne cessity. But war must one day cease, and when its appalling shadows shall have passed away, then must the duties of adjustment return to the people in their sovereign capacity, or to the lawful chan nels known to peace. " I am glad to see the discussion of peace North and South. It cannot but bring golden fruits. It may disappoint de hopes of the sanguine by its tar diness of fruition; but, every newspaper article, every speech, every public resolution coming from loyal hearts, must fall upon some good .ground,' and hasten in a greater Or less degfee the termina tion of this wanton, cruel struggle. I was glad to read the pointed remarks of Gen. Butler in New York last week, and also the able and well-matured articles of Col. ,Porney (' Occasional'), in the Philadelphia Palms. They fully appreciate the great Issues with which we have to grapple They have the, grasp of mind and moral courage to Bun the wild shouts of partisan triumph with the Solemn duties victory has imposed, and declare to friend and foe that the late national vindication of its own life shall be the signal for mlgnanimity, not intolerance; for generously reuniting, not dividing, and that as the cmmtry has 4 ton declared for war until Its insulted laws shall be respected and su preme, the boon of promise, the silver-lining of conciliation and hope, shall go out with the verdict demanding the preservation of the Republic. " 1 do not speak hdifsedly, but I shall be disap appointed if President Lincoln does not, in his forthcoming message, leave no channel Closed to efforts for peace. Should he do so, he would fall short in the discharge of his highest and holiest duty to the people. Just how heNrilll present the issue to the country, be must be the best jud g e ; and knowing, as I do, thatliels, of all others, the most solicitous for an early and honorable close of this exhausting war, I am prepared to yield much to his suggestions and counsels when he presents them to .the world. Re may not go so far as many would with, and may go beyond what others would advise ; but I have abiding faith that be will keep his heart steadily fixed upon the star of enduring peace, and exhaust his renewed powers to make rugged ways smooth and crooked paths straight for the nation to crown itself with perpetual Union. " It is worthy of note how a mere whisper of peace vibrates upon the chords of the national heart.' A few days ago there were rumors of movements in the insurgent States looking to reconstruction, and gold toppled forty per cent.; the whirl of gumbo , Lion was arrested; bulls mourned In the marts 'of commerce, and there was renewed activity, in the legitimate channels 'of business. Ido not share the spasmodic joy that springs from eome ilhdefined conviction of the immediate dawn of peace. It is not visible to the cool observer ; it has no tangible form around which to gather hopes that the con flict is about to close. No action,has been taken in the rebel States looking to an Immediate breaking cip of the power of treason; but the people, who have thus far bowed to the tyranny of crime, are widen ing and deepening the chasm between them and the remorseless despoilers who have given them desolation and mourning for peace and plenty. To them the Government should appeal in most gene rous terms, and thus place upon them the respond bllity of future, war so clearly that the world cannot fall to recognize the necessity for its continuance, If continue it must. With their leaders there is no hope. Jefferson Davis will not exchange his frail empire, though thick with wanton terabit and stricken with consuming sorrow, by his own mad perfidy. Desolated, bereaved, and shrouded in woe his own acts, still It is the only spot of earth that owns-...,, as potentate, and her can surrender it only to meet the v , eing scorn of the living or to die in infamy. To their -v-suffering but now restive vier tiros of his colossal oxlmc -*est the Government ap peal ; and we await the issue „Ith.mingled hopes and fears. - If the doors to Peace arc ' , lofted by their refusal to throw off the hated, deadly yoku t ram . son, then must the sword fulfil its unmanned wit.i . and subjugation, with Its withering retribdtion; must close the war. With such an alternatiire, who would not err on the side of conciliation, to spare his awn fair land in sad a destiny The Prisoners in Georgia. The " Deliverance of the City of Leyden" after a long siege and famine is the sub ject of one of the most remarkable pictures known to the popular memory of art in this city, to which WITTKAMP 7 I3 master piece belongs. The. grateful, but wasted faces in the foreground ; the, groups of soldiers and burghers, husbands, wives, and children, some dying in the moment of joy and deliverance, are full of pictorial effect and the most eloquent appeals to sympathy. But what painter will ven ture to convey an idea of the mi series of our own prisoners, in the scene of their deliverance ? Who can describe the joy of some, the weak despair of others ? We par that many of the pri soners confined in the South are actually too miserable for the picture . , and only sub jects for the doctoi, to be VIA out of sight in the hospitals. The long monotony of misery endured in the charnel-house of a Georgia prison, and expressed on the faces ofthousands of our rank and file, might be something too abject and pitiable for any artist to paint. Surely no one would like to see a group made up of such hospital faces as were lately exhibited in the pho tographs of ene or two of the Richmond, prisoners---all that sympathy and delicacy dared to show us out of that fearful real picture of "the return from Richmond." What a deliverance ! The Andersonville prisoners are now being exchanged at the rate of one regi ment per day, from Venus Point, on the Savannah river, and near the city of that name. Correspondents, who relate the childish and devouring joy of the returned captives, declare also that no words can be found to describe their revolting and in credible experiences and helpless condition. The rebel authorities have ihduced many, of them to believe that they have been abandoned by :this Government, and that the Northern people are deadto their woes., Such a thought is only natural, to suffering so forlorn as that enduri3d at Anderson.; 'tulle, and measures the misery to whiell rebel treatment has reduced our , soldiers. We transcribe a painful picture : "At the prison-pen near Aldan, Georgia, for some weeks there has been no meal or flour given to the priscners, and the sweet potatoes Issued In lien there• Of have been eaten raw, because there was no oppor tunity of getting fuel for cooking purposes. "Such is the oondition of the men whom we are now receiving out of chivalrous Dixie. These the sone, brothers, husbands, and fathers of the North, Men reduced to living skeletons ; men almost naked; Shoeless men, shirtless men, hatless men ; men with no other garment than an overcoat; men whose skins are blackened by dirt, and hang on their pro truding bones loosely, like bark on a tree ; men whose very presence is simply disgusting, exhaling an odor so fetid that it almost stops the breath of those unac customed to it, and eaneoe an involuntnry brushing of the garments if with them there Is acoldental contact. Imagine 25,100 of such wretched creatures penned together in a space scarcely large enough to hold them, and compare their condition with the most miserable condition that Can be imagined. The suffering of the Revolutionary captives on the prison-ships at Wallabout Bay will not stand the comparison, a ph the horrible night in the Black Hole of Calcutta scarcely exceeds It in atrocity. Re member. too, that the men thus returned are the brsf specimens of the suffering, Only those are for warded to us whom the rebel medical authorities de cide to be strong enough to bear the fatigue of trane portation, If those whose wretohedneas I have vainly endeavored to portray are the best specimens of our sick and wounded, is it not awful to-contem plate what must be the woe of the remainder 1" Flow are the remaining prisoners to m are through the winter, under the Ander sonville regimen, the prime conditions of which are an absence of food and fuel, doubly needed in the winter ? The regular treatment in the Georgia prison-pens ,may he briefly described as the worst that can be imagined possible. Clear and authentic proof sweeps away every vestige of doubt as to the deliberate crimitality of the rebel Government. The formal complaints of the rebel surgeons themselves, the diaries, and other testimony of the prisoners, are a mass of terrible evidence. Surgeon MUDD Writes ANDERBONVILLU, August 10, 11361.—Sxn : As Officer or the Lay, I regret to report this division in bed condition.. The patients are suffering very much for want of beds and bedding. Some of tie wards have no bunks. and thereby. suffer much from being en the damp ground, which is not sutfloientiy protected by ditches around the tents. The food Is badly prepared. The bread is baked of meal; ivittr out being sifted, and the meat is not cooked pro perly, Assistant Purgeon PATTERSON - reports for another division as follows : On rititing . the deadrhouse, I find great-negli gence in Interring the dead, some of the bodies having lain es many as four days. Such continued negligence must certainly create an epidemic, and measures should be taken for an Immediate re medy." Q. W. Howum, surgeon of= another di vision, recommends : "As there are many inmates of the prison too sick and feeble to get through the crowd and roport at sick- call, and as many die frord --- when jamiioed in such a crowd, I recommend that it be made the duty of each medical officer on duty at the stockade to, visit such cases In his quarters, and make the necessary prescriptions for such members of bie detachment." There is a tiresome repetition in these official documents of all shapes of prison house suffering. Surgeon Thom/mune& gives a larger view of destitution : "In the first, second, and third wards we have no bunks, the patients being compelled to lie on the ground, many of them without blanket:9, and some of them without clothes. If there are any bedatoks in 'Dixie it is to be hoped that they will be pro. cured also. We need straw very badly, especially for the fifth ward. We have men in this ward who are a living, moving mass of petrification, and can not possibly be cured of their wounds unless we can Make them more comfortable. NU believe that the medical officers are doing their duty faithfully; also the nurses and attend ants. But we experience great difficulty in pro curing the medicines prescribed, and as we have to Use mostly indigenous remedies, we cannot use them properly, not having any vessels to prepare them in. Could you not procure a camp kettle for each ward, to be used for that purpose onlyl would also respectfully ask for a half dozen wash basins for the fifth ward, for washing purposes; the ores we have been dying for dressing wounds and ulcer .are not fit for other uses. We also need a few barrels for water. Every ward media mugs for medicines ; also bottles." The rebel surgeons, it may be supposed, give but a very moderate coloring to their reports, sufficient, at least, to exempt them from the chief infamy, if not to. acquit them altogether of hard-heartedness. A. school like that of Andersonville might corrupt the physician se well as the pa tient; and we suppose that most of the rebel surgeons have been forced to cry out to save themselves. Who shall say that the system of stagnation„cruelty,_and fa- Mine devised for thq prisons of. Georgia is not as gigantic as appalling? But we should not forget that the treatment of our prison era by the rebel Government is only in one way an index of the despotism which it has exercised over the people of the South. THE Wor/d has made a very bitter and unnecessary attack on New England, de nying her originality in politics, literature, science, and art, and arguing that American greatness owes little to her influence. It might be courteous but it would be super fluous for Pennsylvania journilists to take up the defence of this great section, and we leave the World to the mercy of Boston. We may note, however, two of its mis takes. FEHNIMORE COOPER and ROBERT FureroN are .claimed by it as New Yorkers, but the first was the son of Judge COOPER, a Pennsylvanian, and was born in Burling ton, N. J. ; the second was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The Pen and the Sword. A portrait of Horace Greeley, of the Tribune, en graved by A. R. Ritchie, from a photograph by, Brady, has been published by Derby & Miller, New York. It Is a fine likeness of an able writer, sin-i care politician, and a worthy man. The same en graver and publishers have . brought out a portrait of General Phil. H. Sheridan—' l oavalry Sheridart,” who snatched victory out of defeat—which is taken from a photograph by Hoag & Quick. We are as sured by several veterans, who have fought under him, that It is wonderfully like him, in feature,and expression. These portraits are on sale here by G-. W. Pitcher, 808 Chestnut street. . The excellent portraits of Generals Grant and. Sherman 2 and of Mr. George B. McClellan, en graved - by O'Neill, and published I* Charles B. Richardson, New "Fork, (publisher of the United States Service Magazive,) are to be obtained from T. B. Pugh, 600 Chestnut street. abernian , a Advance—The Cap - lure of Mil le dgerrne and-Gordon. The advice s from the South, published on our first page, and the telegrams in their appropriate place, both agree in announcing the capture of Gordon and Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia. The re bel version is, however, more explicit than ours, as it announces that Milledgeville fell before our car valry, and Gordon also ' we should suppose. Mil looacrgille is situated onthe West bank of the Oconee river, ibtint Loa miles northwest of Savannah. It has a populatica-of about 5,000, and contains the State House, the Penitentiary and Arsenal, all of which haie been or will be destroyed.: At thejune- Hon of - a branch railroad from Milledgeville with thaGeorgia Central is glardon. His a new town of about COO peOple, and was, before the wat, great centre for the cotton trade of the South. Gor don is about 11 miles east of Macon ' and Milledge ville la about 23 northeast. Gordon lies about half way between the capital and Maoon, which lies on the Georgia Central. - The rebel papers assert that Macon has not Yet fallen, although they admit that communication has ceased with it since the 21st. If Howell Cobb and his militia are in the city, and all his lines of retreat are cut, Sherman, g he has at tacked the city, must have - captured the great man in buckram and his whole army. Augusta is as 'yet untouched, but we may, in the natural Course of events, expect to soon hear of its fall. Our extracts!, on the!first page, mention an attack on Augusta, and its repuloe, but Erich an announcement is, we think, at least premature. GBABBAL THOMAS' troops are said to have evacu ated Decatur, Huntsville, and Palark!, and TO• treated to Columbia, where it is expected that at an early day he will meet Hood In battle. Columbia is in Maury county, Tennessee, on the left bank of the Duck river. It is at the head of a railroad lead ing to Decatur, Memphis, New Orleans, and Mo. bile, and is adapted for a stronedefence, the river itself being a great barrier to an enemy, which he would live to cross in our faces. It was the resi dence of President Polk previous to his elastic% in '44. It hair been well fortified, and Is connected with Nashville by railroad, from which Thomas def• rives his - supplies. Forrest, the despatches inform us, brui crossed the Duck river, above Columbia, and is trying to out this railroad. TILTON CONCERT Tnsonona facture of Theodore Tilton, Es q ., at (Joneert Hall, nest Tuesday evening, will be one of the beat of the season. He has just retUrnedlrom Providence, H. 1., where he was greeted by an overwheludng au dience with every mark of satisfaction and enthu siasm. We hope that Philadelphia will not be be. hind her sister Mee of the East in according to ohle gifted:orator of freedom her mead of praise. , His first public appearance in this city ' ae A lee.: Curer, on a theme[ealoulated to call out &lithe er. 4umentative and oratorical abilities of the speaker, should be the occasion to manifest our appreciation his services and talents. Tickets can be ob tained at Martian's book store. Foos of the Incendiaries who endeavored to wrap Yew York in conflagration on ,Friday last were .nested yesterday. One was a woman, a native of Baltimore ; another a stranste man, in the garb of a ieutenant; a thiid a nondettoript, and the fourth in ex member of iliorgan's guerilla gang. LARGBFBILBMPTORY SALBS TtIMORII.OW - • .;ages, stooks, and real astate. See Thomas & Smut , idverttsementa and pamphlet catalogues, • , THE PRESS.-pm - LADE:LPHIA, - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1864. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SHERMAN. Capture of Milledgeville trod Gordon. impOIITED OCCUPATION OF MACON. GENERAL GRANT'? ARMY. TICE CELEBRATION OF TRANSUDING DAL EFFECT ON THE MODELS OF FICESI4 DENT LINCOLN'S RE-ELECTION. NuMerlons Desertions from the Enemy THE OFFICERS AFRAID TO TRUST THEIR TAE 'WAR IN "I'MNNIESSM. HOOD CONCENTRATING ON COLUMBIA. OUR ARMY GATHERING IN HIS -FRONT, REPULSE OF'THE ENEMY NEAR HOOD OONOENTIIATENG ON . COLIIMBIA.--01TE ARMY, ' GATHERING IN HIS -30:1CONT--A BATTLE DAILY: EXPECTED.-NASHVILLE AN ABODE OP THIEVES NABHVILLB, Nov. 28.—The -tube' army, undo Hood, numbering probably forty thousand midi has been, for several days past, donoentrating south of Columbia, Tennessee. - , Our forces, in the meantime, havk evevuiSed Pa Laski, Huntsville, and Deeatur, Whicit pare I the hands of the rebel troops. We are in Hood? front, near and about Colrinibla. The Federal fore is commanded by General Thomae. - ' . , On the 24th instant some severe Skirmishing be amed, resulting in a loss to our forces of forty•fgar men, killed and wounded. The rebel loss is e tl mated at two hundred and slaty-foto, including an officer ranking as assolonel. Large bodies of troops are being massed in Ho 'S front. Some heavy fighting may be expected) In that direction In a few days. Communication by telegraph to Columbia . f haS been interrupted since , yesterday. _ , • Rumors are in circulation of a flight having oc ourred yesterday, but no official advioes Can en geaement have been received. „Hood's demonstrations in Te einessea have thus far been fruitless, and a retrograde moventieet of his army-is confidently predicted by those who are well informed in army matters. The city of Nashville is fined with thieves arid murderers. About twenty deaths by violence are occurred. A steady rain has fallen All day, and the riv r IS rising. GUERILLA DEPREDATIONS rri SAID TO WO MARCHING ON PULASN37,44 4 ring OB RRBRIAI NEAR FULASSI. LoursviLys4 - 4 . Ndv. 25.—About thirty of Jesse's men were at Shelbyville last night, robbing- stores, &o. Jesse was at Eminence at the same titne r iiurt.. dering the people. Federal forces were sentout from Franklord to day to look for him, Gen. Burbridge, with his command, has arrived at Cumberland Gap. Rumors prevail here Which, if verified,. wortkl - be contraband, that Rood's army was . inavoigng on Wednesday against Pulaski. His force -le, said to consist of 50,000 men;one third cavalry, and ten bit teries of artillery, including reinforcements from Forrest and Pick Taylor. El w ood wilreTtiaifight at Columbia, or, leaving Columbia. to the left march into East Tennessee and join Brecklnrigge. It Is possible a battle will be fought at Columbia to-day. A robeloolonel was killed in a skirmish yesterday. A detachment of our cavalry ware driven in within three miles of Columbia, when the rebels were re pulsed by our infantry. On Wadi* &lay ecielp.roes withdrew from Piaaski, and aro iiiiriposed to•her con centrated at Columbia. No damage tg Pulaski for the present. BICIRNIBHMT6I. BETWBBN 193 - LAB= ANIikiNVEMBIA. linty Muni Nov. 28-1.80 A. lif.7The fierald hag' the following special iloopateh "Nasuvriaar, Nov. 27-10.20 P. M.—There has been smart skirmishing between ptdsold. and Co. lumbla for some days. Our forces havii - Ndlen,back behind Duck river. Part of Forrest's forces have also crossed the river on our right flank, and are aiming to strike the road !flour rear. a "Hood's - main army is supposed WWl' moving on the pike road towards Shelbyville =IV War Trace." MOVEMENTS OP .a. =BEL ci= 3l . i w Wane, Nov. 26.—The rebel Ge mart with his staff and body-guard, orosisCilte sippi rivsr,_a,t . Oatflert. river, some ars Mro_ s v routs fof Arkansas. He had a heavy box of spool(' with t THE BEOEHT ILLIN=OHAHAOTER OF "WM EBBEL DEBBILTEBSOILIIBE OF THEIR DEFECTION-HOW TEE MUM LEADERS EBE,Y THEIR Aosiowns - TOOSTELSB. CSrecial Despatch to The Press.l‘ }UPON& PSTBEBBITB:0, No 28.—The skies are not co black this morning. East Friday-vies un lucky, for the rain which then began to fall has just abated. Every one received a proper wetting; the roads are soaked and tents flooded. Now a cold gray tint has displaced the gloomier cast of elands, the wind whistles freezingly, and winter see= to be back with his wonted activity and severity. All this is nothing to those residingoliaosufortable homes. Even those in oamp eludainany rigors of weather, but, the pickets, ad iuch It. ogonpy ex posed posts, are obliged to endure every inclemency of season.. This last week the rebelshavil evidently been keenly suffering. Desertions are now more rife than ever. It may not be theyistek patriotism, or devotion to their foolish oanse, but a change is desired—needed. Flesh and blood, clad in their summergarbs, could not endure the hardships . all must meet who stand on guard. They are but men, needy creatures now, who, to obtain relief for their suffering bodies, accept the last resort, desertion. Their hatred of the Yankeele not lass 'Manse than before; to befriend an ugly enemy at a „Moment when he is utterly helpless is not the sureet way to gain his esteem and regard.' Markrof' -these men, having taken the oath of alleglancif,egisted in New York and other places fo,r.,,perga boOties, have been sent to this army; hundreds effingth. deserted during the summer Months. Not less the - fea battalion of this class of characters were captured ip thefShe nandoah Valley by Sheridan, recognised in New York, and returned to this army. Whet punish. tent is too severe for these Iniscreantal f Thirty rebels deserted from the enemy's lines last week, and were received bye single division on our aide. I' have taken the trouble to assure Myself of the correctness of the numbers. Fretdrilifia division of ours there were four renegades: 159, Vis the cause of this preponderance? Their Immod a time, food, and clothing ,have not ohan for the worse since Bummer: The Diamond pipers insi nuate that their ,fx•mmissariats , and quartermas ters' depots are fIIIOO-With. provisions and sterol. Officers of these departments are scolded without measure for withholding the foodland raiment eo es sential to the soldiedsf exisfeince and comfort. How can they give that which Id pot in the country A revulsion has taken place in the feelings of these rebels heretofore most bitter and defiant. By maintaining a hopeful, bold, unflinching de meanor, they thought to influence and intimidate those lees sanguine. All such sincerely believed a respite of some kind would be granted then?. They would have weicodied an armistice as a hefoven-sent boon, second only to recognition of their fievereign ty. Stretched to the utmost tension of the endu rance of these Micawbers, Lee - might 'drive 'away Grant, Hood might expurgate Sherman from Geer gin; and Early might severely punish Shettdan. If these chances failed, there might be gained---aqiied Admlnietration come Into power ' whose tiCedaiiit once with Joseph would be morefriendly:thwthe preceding one.; in a word, something might " , turn up" in the hour of extremity. They werelvloomed to suffer .a cruel disappointment, and are; now among the gloomiest and most despairing oftee pf the South. Chic purpose four years more of .way,. vigorous andqat*.leatos the' e m npaign from Play to Novembeihnitiftnnitirrilles fleme. alittost to sub mission. mission. The sPiilit'of the worst and moot retlki lions clam seems broken. At first „moat dangeredir; and unrelenting, there is now less to be Tema ' from them than all others. Deserters make ne acquainted with these fasts an- wittingly. Ask plainly for information which may be used against their army, audit cannot he elicited but they are well prepared with stories of mines, torpedoes beneath the streets of Petersburg, sum mary execution of deserters, Ito. Only the most adroit questioning will bring forth any satisfactory result. Of course, the rebel' will spare noyalns to stop this running away of men: Our newspapers are not allowed to enter their lines, becauee 'Grant's - munificent offer to all who come into our lines Is too tempting for those of the most Steadfast OBVERAL QUIRT—PRORRAOR IN TEM NUAIB \ i - IC OP DESERTIOI4I3—THR DESERTERS RIFIRIGAOR TAN • RBES"—NO lIVIABNOR OF LER BATING FRIT A - 4AT • ANY OF Ina TROOPS. ARMY Or TUB i'OTOMAO, Nov. 2i-OA. Si. Nothing,etirrieg. No news of Interesti'Weather! again mild and beautiful. Men talk efarlonsly of more marching and fighting - . Thanksgiving dinners scarce, but much enjoyment at the dlsoulelon of the few prepared in time. Good humor, Ind the beat canoe—hunger—predominate thereat. Deserters continue to find their war among us, decreasing In numbers, however, as the weather moderates. An officer— captain of a picket post, I believe—came -in yesterday. Most qf these, who leave the rebel service just now belong to a Florida brigede. One would naturally think they all mean to bid adieu to their, former comrades, and 'choose companions among their quondam enemies. .I have observed most of these men are not realßoutherners, hut renegade Yankees from Maryland and other border States—individuals from the North, who. had long since settled South, and by bribes and enlist!. Lutes kept the wolfish conscript omoers from their. doors until this last campaign, When they ware forced Into a service more dangerous then hate. ful. Strict watch is maintained along our front, and the slightest change In Mete lines will give us some klid of movement which ;eon dude nacos.- ..sexily be made for their own salvation. Their p ick.. els perambulate the old beaten tomb. in front of lam sentinels, and no indications have yet been apParent that Lee was shifting troops. An inoreestng amia4 bilk] , of mood en. their part cl-bOseen, THE WAR, MEN ON PICKET PULASKI: GENERAL THOMAS , ARMY. AND MIIRDABARIS. ROOD RBPORTRD ROVING .ON tHRDEITTILIR. GIENEILAI, GRANT'S An.Nee R. IL 1.1.38R1DE , S DESPATOUES. ‘(ominous, end has a mischievous meshing. We will find out in time. Scarcely any shots are exchanged on the left. From the right last - night came sounds of feeble cannonadhig. We bear nothing more of the burrowing in earth charged against them. This late rain storm must have vexed the engineers and disgusted the sappers and miters. Our men, stationed in dangerous proximity to rebel batteries, and whb have heretofore resided in bomb-proofs and caves in the earth, were obliged to ascend from their dens. and risk the uncertain chances of being shelled. Fortunately the waters have Subsided, and they may return to • their clime. THE CBLEHICATION OP THENESOIV.ING-13PPEOT OP LINCOLN'S ELECTION ON THE ESiIEL AEKT. WASH/VoTOW, Nov. 28.—Information from the Army of the Potomac is to the effect that Thanks giving day was truly a festive occasion among Om Soldiers. Since the news of President Lincoln's re-election has been circulated in the rebel army, thedesertlons to our lines have increased largely. It is said by the deserters that the number of sol diers known to be watching for favorable opportu.. nities to escape to our lines is astonishing, and the demoralization is so general that officers fear to trust any of their troops on picket. They have lost confidence, it is stated, even in the Smith Caroline, and Virginia troops. GENERAL BETLIER'S ARM - . /OLLIE'S DESPATCH. THE * THANESGIVIZiO DINZ:Cr.E. TO THE SOLDIERS- , THE COLORED TROOPS NOT PORGOTTEN (MANOR 1N TIER 'MILITARY SITUATION Tax i DUTCH OAP OANAL—RXPLOSIOST OP A REBEL TORPEDO—PERSONAL: (Special Despatchto The i'rese.7 HEADQUARTERS 20 BRIG. to Div. 18TH CORPS, BEPORR RIORMOND, NOV. 24, 1861. The mail at the front closes so early in the morn ing that it precludes the recording of any matters on the day of date, excepting those which transpire Vet,' early, Today being Thanksgiving in this -ail*, as Wall as in the loyal North, there is little doubt but that the brave sokilere will enjoy the good things whin they have learned are in store for them. Every one of them, for the past day or so, has had his mouth set torkey.fashion, and his teeth in a po sition to masticate mince pies. Having already been officially informed that the good people of the North have sent a Thanksgiving dinner to them, they win partake of it with grateful recollections. Such tangible remembrances serve to cheer the spirits and nerve the hearts of the nation's de fenders in enduring the hardships looldental to military campaigning. Oareolored troops have not been forgotten In the general preparations for a feast today. They will receive their share in that spirit of gratefulness which the ran ever manifest, in the knowledge that they are • not forgotten. Both colored and white soldiers will to day reeeive a new impulse, when they fully realize, In the good things which will soon be set before them, that their suf. ferings have been commended, their endurance honored, end their fortitude ennobled. There has been no change in the military situa- tion along the entire IMe of the James, and from the Richmond journals of yesterday you will ob serve that the quiet of the last few days remains unbroken. Of course the rebs continue to shell Dutch Gap, but it is strange that so little damage is sustained. It is rarely ever that any one is in the smallest degree lrmed. The men seem to care less for the enemy's messengers of death every day, and prosecute their grand enterprise with fortitude and industry. If the machinery necessary to its construction can be kept in running order for a week, which past experience would suggest Is ex tremely doubtful,lhere is no doubt but what the North wOulfi be electrified with the gratifying intel ligence that the gunboats and monitors had passed through Butler's canal, and saluted our Southern brethren In a manner more emphatic than polite. With the completion of this enterprise there is no doubt but what Gen. Butler will have Richmond at his mercy. An explosion was heard yesterday morning on our extreme right, which occurred in the enemy's lines. It was probably ore of his torpedoes, which he was placing somewhere for the obstruction of this army, which was exploded through ignorance or careless ness. It has not been long since a rebel officer found his "last ditch" in setting torpedoes to obstruct our fleet on the James. He accidantally stumbled against one, which had the effect of laudinehim on the other side of Jordan. It is probable that One Or more went yesterday to bear him company, and to communicate the latest unpleasant intelligence from reboldom. Oapt. Levi Weaver, Co. 55th Pennsylvania Hegiment L has received an order to be mustered out of the,service at his own request. He has served three years with credit to himself and his country. The captain will probably leave for the North on the 27th Inst. The ssth Is . Increasing in numbers lately from the convalescents who have recently returned to the 'regiment, who give to Its ranks quite a creditable appearance. It has done honor able service both . in South Carolina and Virginia, and will probably distinguish Itself in engagements flit tole enacted. The boys Tmplain that they are not• allowed to erect winter quarters and make themseivesmore comfortable, which is a misfortune to,them, but is 'probably deemed a military neoes ady by the authorities. SHIERM/M. strAnlusits INTBNTIONS. A St..4ettis letter says : An Meer of SherMaxt's le here, who states that he has orders, when his leave expires, to" join Sherman by way of the Atlantic coast, at Savannah. He expects Sherman to march entirely across Georgia to that place. AfiBIVAL OF PRISONERS FROM 13A.VANITAII-I`HS _ =or. orrisp, tiOlntromioATlON BRING OUT OPP BY BRICREIAN-.THE 41110 - 1.1 5 1 , . RAINING lINION PRISONERS IMPORTED BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.—The Annapolis correspond ent of the Baltimore American telegraphs this eve fling as follows : !, The steamers Hiram Livingston and Weybosset have arrived with 1,246 paroled prisoners from Sa vannah. The captain of - the Hiram Livingston reports that when he sailed, on the 25th inst., the exchange of prisoners had , ceased, Sherman having cut off the railroads leading to Savannah, and had, it was thought, reached all the balance of our men, as be was only about six hours' march from the stockade when the men who arrived In the Hirani Livingston left there. The rebels were making great efforts to send the rest of the prisoners to Florida." CAPTURE OP MILLEDGEVILLE AND GORDON BY BBEEMAN—REPORTED OCCUPATION OP MACON— A LEVY EN MASSE PROCLAIMED BY GOVERNOR BROWN. Forma:Bee Mormon, Nov. 26, via Washington, Nov. 27.—The Steamer Hiram Livingston arrived at 6 P. lift. to day, with 755 exchanged prisoners from Savannah. She lost two on the voyage, and the remainder are reported as doing well, and im proving very fast. The Savannah. Daily Morning Neiva of the 2ad has the following telegraphic news : ATIOIISTA, Nov. 22.—The Central train from Da• vlsboro reports that Milledgeville and Gordon were captured yesterday. The State HOW°, Governor's mansion, and penitentiary were burned. General Wayne holds the Oconee bridge. Nothing from Macon today.. "Passengers on the Georgia road report that the train went to Greensboro to-day. The enemy ap pear to have all gone in the direction of Milledge ville and Macon, but nothing certain is known." The Augusta Constitutiondist of Monday evening says "Passengers by the Georgia road train, last evening, report that the Oconee bridge, five miles above Gordon, was burned at noon yesterday, by a small . pirty of the enemy's cavalry, who retired after burning the bridge to their camp, on the north side of the river. gi The force of the enemy on the line of this road 111 °elm ate d at 15,000, advancing slowly and cautiously. • "The Governor of South Carolina has ordered the reserve militia of that State to assemble at-Hamburg. 4 . governor Brown him farmed a proclamation making a levy en masse of all citizens between the ages of'l6 and 55, to serve for forty days,is Captain. Baker, of the Hiram Livingston, says it was 'reported before he left, that Sherman had occupied Macon, and that there were 2,500 Union prisoliiirs at Macon, on their way to Savannah to be exchanged, but, the road being interrupted, they could not be brought through. Otheriviee the ex change was going on well. TUE FLORIDA CAPTURE. THB IPLonule. AND BNB mum BENT BACK TO HAHIA..-Tll/3 CASE TO BB BETTLBD IN A NRA ZILIAN COURT..-NROXTITIOATION OP OOLL/NO AT , THR 4 OHDEN—THE.COURSE OP THE DEPARTMENT RXoBring) WITS OBNBIIAL ➢AVON, Wasuintnon, Nev. 26.—The eleven officers of the pirate Florida, taken from the .61d Capitol prison stveral days since and sent to. Gen. Barnes, at Foint — Lookout, have been forwarded by that officer to - Bear Admiral.l)..D. Porter, commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, who has beer directed that they be turned over to Capt. Collins, .af. the Waohusett, which vessel is now ing,inflampton Roads. t is udderstoed , here that Commander Napoleon 'Collins, the captor of the rebel pirate Florida, has %been ordered. to return to -Bahia, Brazil, with h _ is quail prize, her officers and crew. 7- This deesion of Mr. Seward has been fully can vaned in 'Cabinet council, and is believed to have been'opposed by Mr. Bates, he deeming an apology 'AoMia'zilibr the seizure an ample reparation. As 4.1 t the case will be put at reit at once by a Sm allish regal decision. This course of our State De partinent gains friends. The 'frieridlifof Commander Collins say that he is muck mortified at the result of his exploit, and maintain that he will resign if ordered to take the Florida back. Be will have to return with her as a witness in the case, which will be a very great humiliation to him and his officers. NAVAL NEWS. LOSS OS A PHILADELPHIA SCHOONIOL, FORTRESS 40NROJE, Nov. W.—The schooner El len It. Smith, from Philadelphia, loaded with coals, and bound to this port, pandered on the 23d inst., when about fifty miles to the eastward of Oake Henry. The captain and crew arrived hereto-day, and report all hands as saved. GTRANIGNG OH A GUNBOAT. BALTIKOFF, Nov. 26.—A despatch from Fortress Monroe says that the steamer John Farron has ar rlveo there from Newborn, N. O. and reports the U. S. (denole•ender) steamship Tacony ashore of Hatteras. SEIZURE OF A 6188 EL. PoRTLAND,IIIe., steam revenue cutter Mahoning seized' a vessel yesterday under . suspicious circumstances In John's Bay, near For maguld. The vesselhad cleared from Montreal to New York. The oase was referred to Washington. MINING OB A STEAMER:ON THE , lIIIDSON. At.neux, Nov. 26 —The steamer Francis Skiddy, on her way to New York last evening, ran on a rock about six miles below this etty and sunk. None of her passengers were injured, and none of her freight damaged. `. LATER.—The Troy steamer, Franois Skiddy, still Wes where she sunk laSt night, on the rook near Van 'Vies' Point. All the passerigors' were safely landed, and much of the freight wee got off without damage. The .water.ooyers the main deck of the steamer, and an of Its furniture is ruined. BINKING OP A MISO/SOIPPI-STRWAR. PIOp. 28.—Mhe steamer. .Wet„ S nwr big, bound South with munitions of war and troops, was sunk yesterday when forty miles below here. Two ilvee were lost- The boat was valued at $40,- 000. A portion of the cargo will probably be saved. O BFDEL riEuers VESSEL SPOKEN. BosTow, Nov. 27.—The Dutob bark Judah Capps, at this port from SL Thomas, reports : " November 18, lat. 32 08 north, long-78, raw a steamer bearing towards us. She was a propeller, of about four hundred tons, sehoonerligged, with white funnels. When she got within two miles she fired a shell across our bows, and hoisted American colors. He inquired what news we had, and was informed of the capture of the Florida. He then hauled down the American and hoisted the rebel flag, and after asklpg if we had seen any veascoa,zukired south.- ward under sail." CANADA. THE BT. ALBANS RAinisne—BICHMOND TBBTIMONY MEMO TOROZTO, U. W., Nov. 26.—The application of the St. Albans raiders to the Canadian Govern inent,TO despatch a messenger to Richmond to ob tain evidence alleged to be material to their de fence, has been rejected. It is understood that the Government considered the raiders to be undergoing an exatednatim upan charges making them amen able to the extradition treaty, and that evidence procured at Richmond, while it might be very material if the rebele were before the United States Courts, Is of little 'conse quence in this stage of the proceedings. PROOKBDINGS It has transpired that cannon and war material have been transhipped from Sarnia in a tugboat, bound fir Lexington, in the State of SiWagon. It is thought possible that the Georgian took cannon OD board when proceeding in the direction of Col lingwood. Arrival of lExchaegett Prlsoners at Anna. yolleltheir Wretched Condition. . . . BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.—The Annapolis oorrespOn dent of the American, writing on Friday evening, says "Two of the first vessels composing Colonel Mulford's fleet of transports arrived here to-day. with parbled men from Savannah. The steamers were the Atlantic, Captain Gray, and Blackstone, Captain Barry ; the former having on board 649 living skeletons and eight dead bodies. Nine others were buried on the passage. Such was the wretched state of these poor men that our surgeons were themselves appalled at the awful sight. Not a sin gle man of the whole number but had to he sent to the hospitals, many to leave them only for the graveyard. The 660 on the Blackstone were in bet ter condition, and made the Welkin ring as they landed on the free shores of Maryland. Surgeons Vanderklef and Parker, and their assiatants, evinced the deepest Interest in the poor fellows, and are doing all In their power to mitigate their suffer- I nge .” . TheChkistian Commission. Prrrenumo, Nov. 26.—Tbe Christian Commission and Subsistence Committee provided a Thanksgiving dinner for the soldiers in all the hospitals and camps in this vicinity. They also mut money to Nashville to purchase turkeys for the soldiers there, besides mince-meat enough for six thousand' pies; two hun dred (barrels of apples, ten barrels of canned fruit, and other things toward providing dinner for all there. The collections taken in the churches for the Com mission were quite large: Two churches gave over twenty one hundred dollars, and others contributed In the same generous manner: The Official Vote or Montgomery County. NOREIBTOWN, NOV. 26.—The following le the full official vote of Montgomery county: Lincoln., lifcCielica. Home vote • 6,504 7,772 Army vote -,, 368 172 Total 6,872 7.944 Majority for McOlellam 1,072 Union gain overVongressionel vote in October, (soldiers' vote Included in both cases) 156 Inertias of Lincoln ' s vote from 1860 1,036 Diorama of Demooratio vote from 1860 552 Fire at Vrankfort, Ky. LotusviLLß, Nov. 25.—lin accidental lire occur red at the State Penitentiary, Frankfort, last night, which destroyed the chair factory, blacksmith . and cooper shops. Loss $50,000. Arrival of the Asia. BOSTON, Nov. 27.—The steamer Asia arrived,at 8 o'clock this morning. Her news was telegraphed from. Halifax. A Break in the New York State Canal. Ataten - Y, Nov. 26„—A break has occurred in the ennui, two miles.east of Bushnell% Basin, and can not be repaired in time to resume navigation this season. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, NOY. 27. THE ENGLISH. PEACE ADDRESS-AN AT TEMPT TO PRESENT IT TO THE PRESIDENT FRUSTRATED. About dix weeks ago Mr. Josnrw PAnscust, of Manchester, England, arrived at New York, bring ing with him the Petice address of the subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, with a letter from Sir HENRY DB IIOGILTON to Governor SEYMOUR, who declined formally to receive it, assigning .as a rea son that It should be given to the President of the United States, the latter being the only authorized channel of communication between other nations and the cithene of - the United States. " Gover nor SEYMOUR also said that his official post , Lion did not authorize him to accept the ad .dress in behalf of other States, and that it would be better to withhold the document until after the —Prem.:um:Mal olection.,So_se_to_avolll the appearance of interfering in the canvass. Mr. PAimeit elonform ed to these suggestions, and, having arrived here last week, addressed a note to Secretary SIMARD, stating that he bad been deputed to convey to this country the address to the people of the United States, and asking the honor of an opportu_ nity of presenting it to the President. To this the Secretiry replied that before answer_ ing the letter It was desirable to be further Inform ed whether Mr. P.zioucit had authority from the Government of Great Britain and Ireland for the purpose referred to, and whether his mission had been made known to the diplomatic agent of that Government' near the Government of the United States. Par. Pearren replied by saying that the ad. dress he bad the honor of being deputed by the parties signing to bring to this country, contain ing the signatures of some three hundred and fifty thousand of his Countrymen, from the peer to the artisan, was not from the Government of Great Britian, nor from any political party. It was simply an expression of the earnest desire of Great Britain to see peace again restored to this continent. The correspondence closed by a note froin the Secretary of State, in which he said the Government of the United States could not receive the address, and that the request for an interview with the resident was therefore declined. This address hai already been pUblished, and is signed by many- SOuthern sympathisers, who ask the Go vernment of the United States to cease hostilities against that section of the country. The intention now is to present the address to Congress at the approaching session. PRECARTIONS AGAINST REBEL TIMEX \ DTARISR - .. " Profiting by the reoently•discovered Incendlarlam in New York, additional *ateliers and guards have been placed in the hotels, Government buildings, and depots, and other measures have been adopted as a predantlon against similar attempts in this city. No general alarm, however, exists on the subject, though all classes of,the cotomurdty appreciate the importance of vigilance. ARRIVAL OF DESERTERS AND SICK SOLDIERS. The mail steamer Cossack, from City Point, brings up one hundred and sirt , phvo rebel deSerters from North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama regi ments. The hospital steamer Connecticut, from City Point, reports all quiet, and with little picket firing going on. There is great anxiety in the army to hear from SITERMAIT. The Connecticut Drought up over three hundred disabled men, mostly slok with revers. PERSONAL. A petition was In circulation ? yesterday in the Treasury Department, asking Secretary FEBSEN, DEN to exert his influence with Congress to raise the salaries of the clerks and messengers. About twelve or fifteen members of Congress are now in Washington. A rRESENT TO TIEE PRESIDENT. President LINCOLN was yesterday presented by a California hunter with a chair made of elk horns, four large antlers forming the back and arms, which are set on the feet of the animal. PEACE AMONG THE lENDIS From Information reSelvelist the Judi= Bureau It appears tliat pease prevails is an tusiaual de gree with all tits Indian tritose, OPIIMA.TIONS OF GUNBOATS ON THE JAMES. A passenger who arrived here in the ariallboat, today, says that as she was yesterday coming from City Point to Fort Dionne our gunboats on that route were actively sending shells Into the wood. TEE NANY REPORT. The report of the Secretary of the Navy is finished and in the hands of the public printer. Upwardi of Ma hundred pages are already printed, and the whole will be ready at au early day to lay before CongreSs, Serenade to Colonel Forney. Colonel Forney was complimented with a sere. rade last night, at his residence on Capitol Hill, by the band of 3d• United States Infantry. Major Wilkins, on behalf of the °Mears of the regiment, expressed to the Colonel the admiration with which they, had regarded his ttatirse as a journalist in sus taining the Government and strengthening the arm with-which Vie/soldier struck at the traitor to his country. He Mit a pleasure in paying his respects to one who bad so entirely and umselfisbly devoted himself to the cause of his country. Colonel Forney, in reply; thanked Major Wilkins and the officers of the 3d InfautrY - for the compli ment they had paid him. It was:the more gratify log because they represented the regular army, and he had a. great regard for 'that. branch of the ear vice. He was glad to see the regulars abetting an interest, be would not say in politics,- but In olvtl affairs. They bad always beep ready to de the' fighting, but they bad seemed. to think ie was the duty of others to take part in polities, and that they he'd no reason to Interfere. Major Wilkins responded that the regulars would always, be found as reliable with their ballots as their bullets. Cdl. - Forney rejoieed in belfeiing that this was the ease, and predicted that the determination now ma nifesting itself on every side to unite in crushing out the rebellion—a determination which was not mote marked or enthusiastic at the time the flag was first fired upon at Fort Sampterwould produce a speedy peace. The band played several beautiful airs, which were listened to by a large crowd, and after the music those assembled partook of a colla tion.—Washington Chronicle, Saturday. LARGE. APR ATTRACTIVE SALE OF /,050 LOTS Or FRNRCH, GERMAN, AND SWISS Ditv GOODS, FURS, &O.; TRW DAT.—The early and pirticular attention of purchasers is requested to the very choice assort, ment of French, German, and Saxony dry goods,. furs, &0., embleing about 1;050 lots of fancy and staple artieles,inoluding Paris merlhoes, epinglines, alpacas, poplins, delainos, ribbons, trimmings, sbawls, Eo., to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue,' on four months , credit, commencing this Inomgh,Kat ten pinolsely, to , be oontlhsted all day, with ont.intermission, by John Myers & co., emotion eery Nbi. 15.2 and 285 Market Street, Publics Entinitalmeenta. Ms. Pommels's "Coition n s."—ll uring the peat week Mr. Forrest has re-confirmed his proud post tion as the greatestlivlng delineator of S hakspea ce an characters. If it were possible to add to-the fame of our great American tragedian, his masterly per` forma nee of Coriolanus " would have done 80. As it is, his rendition of the part forms but one leaf in the wreath of triumph which Is accorded him by all olesres of his countrymen. We have already spoken of this performance, but, as the field et criticism 18 far from exhausted, we shall probably revert to it. Ancw•sTIIERT THEATRE —The mere announce. moot that Mr. Clarke will play Is always enough for the public. "The king's name is a tower of strength." Advertisements and play-bills are un necessary preliminaries to his engagements, for, while there are few actors whp have received ae much praise as he. there are none who are more indepen dent of it. The public does not need to be told that he is a great comedian ; as they discovered that for themselves, they are not likely to forget it. Mr. Clarke was the most popularcuctor in Philadelphia years before the critics found out that he was a greet one, and even now that he has won a place among the first of living artists, he cannot be more popular here than he used to be, when New York only knew his genius as a rumor. It is not often that popularity exists upon such a firm basis as his. Edmund Haan In vain revealed his genius to the provinces; they did not know that he was the first actor in Eno, land till London told them so, London itself needed Hazlitt's assistance. in making. the discovery. Buti Mr. Clarke's fame was of a natural growth and universal root. The peo ple led • the applause, and the critics jolaed in, and have only increased an enthusiaem and an appreciation which they eartainli . did 'plot create. Now Mr. Clarke is, beyond dispute, ' the first of American comedians, rivalled only by Jeffer son, and not inferior to Burton. Jefferson we may not omit to mention when we yield this willing tri bute to Clarke, for Jefferson has been absent from the country for years, is beyond the reach of oar praise, at d,therefore, all the more deserves to have his beautiful genius kept la affectionate remem brance. But Mr. Clarke's presence would be compen sation for the departure of a whole regt meat of true ar tists. His rare and rich comedy makes the student of the English stage cease to regret that Liston and Blunder are but names, for it is hard to imagine that they were better than he is. We are glad that air. Clarke'l popularity is already so broadly and pro foundly based on the true public appreelation of his Merit, for the whole stage gains dignity and power from the sincerity of the public, and the very high praise we give him 18 decidedly more of an asknow ledgment than a compliment, Tonight Mr. Clarke will appear in three of his lighter characters, all fall of life and spirit. THE THIRD IIdArrEEE of the.gulntette Club will be given on Wednesday. The programme contains a flee selection of classical music. Tian Outcue.—lt will be seen by the advertise ment. that Madam King and Mr. T. King will make their first appearance thts'evening in graceful acts of equestrianism. The Celebrated gymnasts Messrs. Hutchinson and Murray wilt delineate the sports of Atlas. The Sherwood family will also appear I. new scenes. The Panzer Brothers have won popu larity, and will continue in their very pleasing per *manor's. Mrs. Warner will introduce the beau tiful dancing horse Mayfly, a very spirited animal. The arrangements made for the week will prove to be very attractive. In order to accommodate an additional number of patrons, ranges of good sub slant:ha seats have been placed upon the front of the stage. Eighteen thousand ladies, gentlemen, and children visited the circus during last week. The Presidential Election—The Voles of the States. The official returns of the votes at the , recent Presidential election are very slow in coining in. In the following table we give all that are certainly .known : Lincoln. DroOlelimn. Vermont 42,419 13,821 Delaware 6,157 8,767 Maryland 40,172 32,739 Illinois , 186,687 165,601 , New Jersey 60,614 68,018 Ohio . 236,048 131,855 New .York 368,730 361,934 New Hampshire* 34,621 32,329 Maine • 61 303 • 44,211 Connectleut*.. ..... .. 43,935 41,508 *Home vote. In our own State, Indiana, lowa, Michigan, Ken tricky, and Kansas the returns are nothing, as yet, but approximations. We give these figures simply as indicative of what the real vote and Union majo rities may be : Lincoln. McClellan, Pennsylvania - 268,726 212,721 Kentucky (87 conntleti) 32,380 65,631 Michigan (maj.) 22,321 9,832 The vote In Indiana and lowa IS given In sneha shape as to be unavailable. The balance of the States have, as yet, inane no report. KEW YC►EK CITY. [Special Correspondence of The Prem..) Nx W Yong, Nov. 26,1884. ATTEMPT TO Bu RN THE CITY Last evening, at about nine o'clock, so stnialta mouldy that the several alarms appeared but as echoes of each other, the fire bells of different die trlota broke into a clamor. Within twenty minutes after the first stroke, It becatite ,quite generally known through the city that the boasted rebel plan for itstestruction, Bo long in a state of incipiency, was at last become an accomplished fact, so far as the bare attempt was concerned.. At. fifteen minutes of nine 'the presence of fire was detected In one of the upper rooms of die St. Jameal Hotel, at Twenty sixth street and Broadway. The servants burst the door, which had been locked, and disooyered the bed in flames. About the same time the upper en trance-to the lecture room in Barnum's Museum vies olsoovered Lebaron tiro.--Some inflammable mixture had been poured upon the flooring between the wall and a flight of a few steps leading to the room. The quantity employed might have been easily,carried In a common three-ounce vial, and it is more than probable that this was actually the ease, as the Incendiary might easily pow the fluid without detection, and make his escape from a build ing before act ual ignition occurred. 'At five minutes of nine flames burst from some of the windows * of the St. Nicholas Hotel. 'gear rooms on Me ; Nos. 138, 139, 140, and 174. Here also the doors were found locked. At twenty minutes past nine the same thing occurred at the Lafarge House. The Winter Garden Theatre occupies a portion of this building, and great consternation was exhibited by the'compact audience which had been' lizawn there by the Booth performance of "Julius Omar." No accidents occurred, however, and quiet was soon restored. At 10.13 the same scene was enaoted at the Metropolitan Hotel, and a fright occasioned to the audience at Niblo's Gar den, which has Its entrance through that build ing, and is Indeed a portion of It. At 10.30 Love joy's Hotel, and again at 12 o'clock, and interme diately the Brandreth House, French's Hotel, Tam many-Hall, the Belmont (down-town houses), and Wallack's Theatre were fired, as well as, other buildings of less importance. Singular to re late, in no one instanee was any considerable damage effected. now THE FIRES WARR XIXDLEID A solution of phosphorus which, as has been pre. viously remarked, was portable In small bottles, that might be easily concealed about the person of the IncenOiary, seems to have been employed im nearly every case. In the hotels the beds were sa turated with it, and Inciter matches laid thereon. In one of the rooms of the Metropolitan a valise was discovered, the contents of which had been soaked with the mixture. Almost immediately after this had been opened by the pollee and ex posed to the air it burst into flames. The floor of the Museum exhibits a residuum of an oily nature which was left after the flames had died out or were extinguished. Probably it is the common solution known to every chemist, and indeed to the ancients, which, on exposure to the air, Is ignited. It is as- Burned by some that what is known as the factl tiona Bologna stone,- composed of brown sugar and alum, which requires intense heat and consumes on exposure, was the active agent_ in some instanoes, common spirits being employed to spread the fire. RIBA HOTELS AlfD TBRATItIIB I Many of our citizens are somewhat puzzled by this question, arguing that when a general confla gration was Intended, it had been better Wire fac tories or warehouses, as the act would not have been so instantaneously discovered, and consequent ly greater success in the undertaking would likely have accrued. At first the fact that only such buildings as contained great concourses of people were fired, seems singular enough ; but when we consider the matter justly, weperceive that no other amuse presented such prospective advantages. We must likewise premise the absolute impossibility of gaining admittance to such establishments, or, once admitted, of gaining egress before the fire should actually occur ; something to be considered by the Incendiary. Solitary men or strangers found Ism. lug from burning ,buildings generally find their 1, devious way,” to•the Tombs. The hotel and thea tre-burning plan possessed a long catalogue of ad. vantages. Any man could have Ingress to them without suspicion, could ascertain the unoccupied rooms near his own, could saturate the bedding and walk out unsuspected long before the combustion Could occur. Or even should it occur prematurely, the terrible exoitement among the Inmates would prevent any immediate search being made for him. • Again, It was doubtless argued that in the hurry, the crush, the consternation ensuing, every one would be paralyzed, and that long before the fire men would be actually at work, the flames, boring their way through thin partitions, and feeding upon the mass of furniture and bedding, would be beyond control. Similar was the argument regarding the theatres. Moreover, be it remembered that these are our largeit 'buildings, and that once fairly ig nited and transformed into volcanoes as It were, therwohld, from mere Irradiation, consume every_ building at all contiguous. There are many similar reasons which will be apparent to all, and justify the method undertaken by THE REBELS IN 011H.ILIDST That these deeds were not those of vulgar incen diaries, whose only object was plunder, is very cer. fain. Education at all events polated the path, and put into their hands the solution wherewith to workout the that. Likewise be it remembered that while fires were bursting out from all other great hotels in the neighborhood, that one which is noto rious as the. resort of traitors and traitor-sympa. Hilton was unharmed. No locked rooms and phosphorus bottles were to be found along its capa cious halls. Had its inmates borne a parer reputa tion, doubtless that too would have been devoted to destruction so far as rebel incendiaries might compass it. Fortunately for the rascals, they were not caught In the attempt. The public mind was excited, and lamp-poste are available things for all purposes of immediate suspension. The first man apprehended In the act would have found a rope about his neck. THE EVEISIEO STOOK HOARD. The following are the latest quotations at Galla gher's Evening Board : (*old closed at 227%x; New York Central, 119%; Erie, 93% ; Hudson River Rail road, 129%; Reading Railroad,-1863]- MIOII4OI Southern Railread, (MR,'• Chicago and kook Islebud Raiirollo3,,lo2X liorthiestern, 41; Northwestern preferred; 76% ; Chicago and Fort Wayne, Nix Cumberland preferred, 433;. _ - . l e" . . GOLD. Gold tee been quoted today as folloin 10 00 A. 22 210.4- 11.30 A..1t2 220 X 10.90 ." 21934 12.10 R. M. 220, 10.45 " • 220 12 35.1 " ~*. ............. 10.50 " 31914 12.45 " .......... 1212 , i 11..5,0 " 220 y; 145 " .......... 2223( At 2 il y -golf:Oyu quoted 1t,222K., Thee mette-ef gold for Euro litrillay were as follows : -the Borussia, 2140, , ~; by the pity or. L0rt4913, it1.1!19. 4 03 ; tokia, $1,18.9,41)1 FINANCIAL AND CONMERe itt. The excitement in 011 stocks still rag, t , te , Pen of an early abatement. New sharee lag thrust upon the market, tiny enrepa it are e et i•s 4 tr sorts of places. and by alt eeros of 4 : 4 1 , dot s are produced thatnothing like th e te of before. The been c, ess of buyia g ettA "r s e stocks has entirely lost—if. indeed, it ever character of legitimacy. The tranaetions",".'',' Exchange in this particular descriptioo gf almost exclusively on a fictitious bast p.; , t ent to hez.r rush in headlong, and are erdrie; mercyrof the cooler heade that alway, til experience and guLibilin of new at'eti.h army of speculators. It is amusing to sae they read and believe every bogus telegraeh,t announcing, from "Oar Enperintendent.• Of a hew well, flowing over a thousand b e . li They at once bid foe that valuanie r tuck, outbid by come one else who hat sten ra; d is Snatch, and bilievee it more implicia e f i e original *harpers reap bountiful liarvetts. cation is produced, this Never-c. ars- A r tri tarp is the stock of the boar_ It mar r am prominent on the list for a week or tga, Same far beyond that att.. 'teed by th e ;Tv ar d dividend-declaring companies i t ` . ° .l mere down, and in a few months it it et. ', things that were. These remarks are, sea a waning to anybody ; for c c , kti ,,2; eason of rampant et c tit speenl a e, " heeded but the most positive and hit ter The reader of these columns cannot fail to 1,,J7 . the rapid advance and the euaellt rape AF r many stocks once esteemed 50 TaILL4hIE, ba t • are scared) , ever beard of. Oil scarcely any other stocks disposed of =b ra , t r ': 4 fact there is no market for any thr eer '", Island is no the fancy oil stock- A it was seeking purchasers at 92; n ,w b„e ttor q l tr at $6. Curtin, the next most active, I, 2, having declined Xi- There was nothing ;Z + .' Shade. Egbeit l zae thi a s s wr had hi e l li o l f ghx 4,: B i steady at 4E le gratifying to bee how well the Gav,r.:.in-t; maintain their value; or rather, tear [E 4 4. while railway and other loans Flow a d, t s ' „' 188: leans seld at.112--an advance of Ca; aid at 106—also a rise of 124 4 `,. The now 7;gee ?Jai, tby quest, at an improvement of There era- c.0.i% in Stale loans. City sixes fire weak and dree;; Pew issue sold, on Saturday at :out, AAt , r ;E! Per usylvarda Railroad shares declined Al, , leg advanced 34. These two companiss affera, treat, an illustration of the freaks of the wes Reading Railroad sells at 67.14, and p Railroad at 67. The natural inferane the great Pennsylvania Bali 'old is ;lot th e Pennsylvanians supposed it to be. ph Al i and Erie, Little SchuYihni and Ce4vvi tivi fur changed in price. Company bands wore very d t l only sales being Camden and Amber t o 1063,Se'and North Pennsylvania scrip at 81, 0,„ t ; 4 genger Railroad shares continue very dell; gt et for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; t 6 for Sprot t .66 for Weat Philadelphia; 3.53 4 for trek ; ; and Vine, and 2-134 for Green and Coats.. -, asked for Second and Third ; 68 for Sixth; 49 for Tenth at, d Eleventh; 4,t f or and Walnut, and 26,ki" for Girara College. L sales of Bank stocks were Farmers and ilethe ; City Bank at 67, and Union Bank at el; 17P. 4 fOr North America; Mr% for Philadelphia ; ;;;; ;L, entwine' ; 67 for Kensington; 42 for Penn T4W4it for Manufacturers and Mechanics'; 40 for C 4 4, Lion; 4734 for Commonwealth, and 85 for CalTl•l44 The following Were the quotations of sold: n. M E',Ml The last weekly statement of the banlosof Provi R. L, compared with the returns of the previ. )a , are as follows: Nov. N Loans 624,648.800 Skis Circulation arhuoa 4„f42. WO 4, Deposits 5,151,1°3 There 'are six national banks in Ci s CiAilaii, ki foll Awing amount of ounce: First second Tbird. Fourth Central Bank Ohio MM! A national bank, with a capital of 82)10 0, hi, organized in Covington, Ky. , and will ge into o7.it on the let of January. This is the moue orzeni in Kentucky, the first being located at Louiir i,is, The Chicago Tribune of Thursday bILTS: The demand ter money from packers has b Eii , brisk, the Weather greatly favoring their Their heavy drafts to-day have greatly refer' amount of currency in the banks. 4 few mar , ' sac: would create a stringency, and compel nankets t. , up currency from outside sources. Oar bankers a good supply of means, and can aurwer heavy r, the currency can be bad. The marks a generally been very dull, with very limited traaraeottus Baird of Trade. Tao decline in gold has wet prices, and the mark et favors buy-era E .stele mitt remains very plenty—the offerings being large. quotations remain as yesterday—,d discoact tt, per selling. The same paper also says: We gave a ream It last issue to the effect that certain panics in Leal, Kentucky—Government contractors—had farm commission man of. this city perpetrated !I. Swindle upon two or three of our largest bankers, many commission houses. The facts are kep: the parties more immediately interested, but no from whisper'' , gs on the street the fade whie: Th invilie contractors have, through the commiesin named, for some time pant been making hear chases of oats in Chicago. They have been tort to Louisville, and payments made by drafts tl kers named furnishumg the means and taking the which were always promptly honored. Within . -period tha agent purchased very targely L aMnalit value, it 15 laid, to nearly $20:13,000, getting the: from the bankers an giving the Waal drafts. Ti went to Louisville, got into the hands of the emu before the drafts reached them, and the draft: back profested. The prospect is not altogether that the drafts will be paid,while the chances of it back the oats tranio better. This may be recto de case of sowing wild oats, by the bankers. The ge impression seems to be that the Chicago agent Is less In the matter, be haling bees made the S. sharpers The following are the latest financial advicsr New Orleans tinder date of Nov. 18: The general mallet exhibited but Enid mow while there was no material change in prices. woe di mer under the later accotuile from Nor end gold was variously quoted at the close at 2GO per dollar We doubt, however, if !meet ant nitude in the sub treasury could nave been boa shipment at less than 249 or 250. The closing on ter ay was 246. It wen generally supposed that would be considerable shipments by the New steamers to-morrow, but we hear of no gold Into srd, while the -muster embranes $6.000 by the Nsda, (part in bars). and about $16.000 by the well. Foreign exchange, also, was materially t The supply of domestic exchange was more amt Nothing was reported in stocks or insurance seri city bonds we noticed a sale of comolidated a which Is the general asking rate. The railroad are quoted at SSW, but we hear of linos erne it for them: iiiliTic notes . there were sales of about $4 . 5; of Louisiana at 57%c per dollar, which is an to meat. Merchants' are quoted at 33e, Bank of 5 leans at 45)&47%. Bank of Louisiana a• 5'057'; some regnant), and Croseent City at 7. Vest Ta of hicw Orleans continues to gin% old State lasi tared coupons off, in exchange '5.1. its large in per, and redeems its twenty-dollar notes aid c denominations with city treasury note*. —E ra. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,X, BEFORE FieST BOARD. MD Fulton Coal ..... ... 73i, 700 Corn I . :miter.... 100 Bruner Oil 2316. 203 Perry 011 PO do 2%1 100 Abash') Etv-1 , 6(0 do.* - ... .....1)11). 2% • 100 Walnut hiand.— 03 Story Farm 2% 1000 do 100 Curtin Oil 15341 4N O do LO do )5 90f 0 do MX Excelsior —hi° fat. '2 533 do blO. 300 do 1 15-16 .330 do 1.1 RDdo WO. 2 I 300 . do Hyde Farm 6% ND St Nicholas 0i1.... FIRST BOARD. WO US 6e ma rug 200 Union Canal pre 260 do 111% 100 Oil Creak MOO Uts 5.205......10ta.105% • 103 do 600 do cash-105% SOO Organic Oil 400 do •• • cackt.los% 100 Dalreil Oil .... .. 3000 do . ......... ....106% 300 da ... 1110 do geg.10614 HO Noble & De 1....... 300 13 S 7-30 s new cell* 99% 100 do VC 14t6 City 6s ..ns w lots.lolX 100 Perry Oil N 4) do ... . ... lots.loo 13 0 Ma heny....est 85 N Pennaiecrip... 85 103 do Caen 1.130 Reading R.—• gash 6744 60 'Hyde Farm • ...... 100 do 6711 DM Shamokin C0a1... 100 do gash 67X 100 do 1)5 100 do b3O 68 26N Central 100 do 115 68 14 Penns R k' 10 Farni&Hech Ilk— 70 100 Cataw int R peat 10 do 70 25 Phiht & Erie 11- 14 Union Bank 62 68 do tau 100 NY at Middle..b3o 10 100 do b'S) 109 Big Mountain..... ... 5% AFTER I /C6O U Sis '5l coup 0X•105 MO d 0....... 112 IMO do. . . 112 50 Phil& ii Ilia E.... 31 5403 City 6s new.lolX 110 Baize)). 011—cash 9% 3XO CamatAinbmrt 68.106% 21X11 do.•-• • • —lOll%l . BOARDS. 200 Bibberd ...... 200 Form Ll. 500 Wslna: slagd.... 100 Corn Planter—b 9) ICO Hibberd ...... 100 Oil Creek rms.: Y iebolse 400 Walnut Wand—. .. ......,_ 16ii rni•Oli ank eral—b3o. 73i 8 City B 57 I 100 Little Sell R_ 45 700 do . .... b 30 7, 45% • 2CO Big Tank..— ..... .... 2331 00 Reading 1t....b15. 08 220 Echl & oil Ck 1b216. 23, 1620 Walnut Island bid o,ifi 1 MO Corn Planter. bl 5 71., 100 Mineral, .... „hB. 235: 100 St Hicbolas 434 I Soo Bruner 23f. . 100 Conn Mining..... 21 I - HO t t Nicholas —bat. SME SlXAlkille.nta.l 1.3.11 Br.7o . Virrilitut Island .... 67s 100 Seneca 1135 300 Continental S 1200 Walnut Island— • 6M 820 Curtin 15 100 Perry.... 4%1 100 5herman.......... 25,1 600 Mineral 2'.; ICOPerry.... 165. Ai i 100 Curtin ISSI 400 Bruiser 100 Bum Cana1....b15. 14% 100 do. O. 16 1220 Walnut Island M.... 6 200 B 1 Dorado .... ... .. • 234 3E 013 n Petro. ..... .... gii 300, Irwin /qt.' Ito fighert 1000 Otepteed 100 Eileen ...... • •' os ' 400 Dalull 000 ildorado.....oX. 30t11 D S 5-2 4 1 s • 210 Dairen—. HZ St 9feholas..--- 100 Itirbert 'NOO Olmstead la. SOO Dairen Ist w ho Ph . l l l:.lt Oil Cree ma k . . 10t Mari 1507 Terry tal bIJ SID Danktra.... —l4- 2O) Palma ash. 100 Scoot* NO Mandl:llnd Lt. 2)11 liebrt. • ...... 100 MUM! 1150 Scb 011 Omen—. - .7)0 Eiteelgor olmstsd 300 sot & Oil Clt NOSinner ............ PM Cherry 5ae....... 100 Perry ..... blO. 50 do ........ WO Cent,' 100 Walnut Island-- 100 Perry . 100 Mineral. 5115 gal — Creek .... *NCO Dalzell 9X 505 Brier LOD /lead tug . 600 tl 6 5-208. 1013 St Nicbo'as 4X MO Bruner. 1000 1:r 8 a-Wle ..... --max 1120 Perry 011 .......... SOO Marsh b 6. 9.Ti? d 0 do ..... ••• 100 i11nera1........ bd. 291' 200 Curtin G 11.... . .... 100 Bruner., .. . • ..• • 2141 100 Walnut Island id. 1000 Bgbert Oil 4X EX) do bli deo Bull Creek.... .• •• 431 2OO Story Farm. ...... dOO Delzell blO.lO 200 Bruner ...... .... It* Walnut Wand.- . 6ii, 500 Dan Card.- • ...... /CO Oil Creek ..... bill . 83i 1 800 Walnut liana—. Drexel dt Co. quote; New 1:1 S Bonds 1881 111%1 1 Dew U S certif of indebtedness 50!,':. New II S 7 3.10 Notes . 111 AI Quartermasters' Vouchers 9,3 (ai Orders for oerttlicates of indebtedness 2 4 1 ! Gold 221 V, Sterling Exchange 214 1 ..- 5 20 Bonds 101'41 The importations of dry at•ods at New Ye*dm week ending November 23 compare as follows Mote of the week previous: Week ending Week 4 1 Nov 16. Nos, Entered for Consumption. Pkipt.Value. Pkgs. 1° Manufactures of wool. - • 460 3101,364 4 ! Manufactures of cotton 92 9.614 81 Manufactures of silk.... 65 80,226 ft I Manufactures of flax.... 290 94,640 177 Niscellaneout•—• •• • ..... 96 17,881 51 Total 1.238 t 253,225 403 Withdrawals. Elanufactures of W 001... 609 $2f2,704 7 41 i" Manufactures of cotton. St 23,368 1551 Manufactures of silk.... 4t 45,0) Manufactures of flax.... 321 72.041 4 ' lilt cell enema , . • 367 6.044 133 Total 1,629 11351,967 I,t2i 3 Varehoused. ~,,,.. Manufactures of w 001... 148 WAS 7 ? .. Manufactures of cotton.. , 61 18,6:A 1 01 Manufactures of 511 k.... 5 3.841 V Manufactures of Sax.... 45 14,638 3 113 Miscellaneous.— 1.393 13.8/7 31 3 T0ta1..... .1.642 8133.731 The Kam York Euelien, Post of ilarnrdsv Gold opened at 21934, and, after faunas to 219, I ', M%. closing at 222%. The loan market le alma 4 enppiied with capital, and lenders are extdbitiaq an slaty. to place their unemployed lands in If' at f@7 per cent. Commercial. paper is dull at . be stock market opened and, became bolt; clot t i t with a firmer tone Governments are osrt cats. have advanced to 97%, t e n. g a neet . „ mew - an to 106% , and an of 11381 to / 13 . 4 - ' , bares opened Weak, but became stronger. close Plot f oll owing steady. • / Tbe quotations we*, made at the betur: some of the active stocks as cracpszed with the Pd' Tebterda7 afternoon: "'Sat. PrL ALT* UnitedStaies 6s, 1861; coup..-. 112 United Stales 6-20 coup 106 106 if Vatted States 1640 (roan 98% 97% j United States 5 tn. new ••....106% 1061 i Dnited States 10 40 coupons ... 98% 9736 I/pilaw States certificates 97% 9/.% American Gold ol. Tennessee Se Pacific Mail 317 3YI New I ork Cedar at Railroad —ll9 119 , Brie Railway 93X 9P: N Brie Railwayoreferred LOX 101 • • Hudson River Railroad .118 X 118 I Reading Railroad 130% nom After the Board there was mom actifits , ttolig improved. NW Yin Ceatitit tars/Wit" ICO Perry.. ......... 12Story Porn' •b , 600 do ..... 100 Walnut Lama 65 66
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