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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1864.
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THE SITUA ETON.
The news of to-day does not materially
change the previous View of the situation.
The boasts of the Richmond papers have
no Inclining, and they give little but boast
ing. But we do not find one word that
justifies any fear that SHERIUN has met
with any serious opposition. The Whig
supposes that its readers are aware that his
march has been thwarted, but none of the
other papers make any allusion to such a
rumor. All the calamities of SELERMAN
are in plum and exist only as rebel
predictions. The Examiner admits that
he " risked much in appearance, but
perhaps little in reality, by destroying
his communications ;" dreads the results of
his march, and insists that "`it is highly
important that Smunara; should never take
Augusta or. Macon, and should never reach
Beaufort." None of these journals reveal
the existence of a rebel army in Georgia,
though some of them vaguely assume its
existence. We infer from the very few
facts they print that Sumatra; Ups avoided
MaCon, and is pressing onward to his desti-
Tiation, there to begin the grander move
ments of which this march is but the bril
liant prelufle, and which the Examiner so
justly fears. Already rebel preparations
for the evacuation of Virginia are reported.
From either Beaufort or Savannah, SEMI
MAN can compel it.
General Tnolitas' retreat to Franklin is
sound, for his policy for the present should
be defensive. The longer he defers a bat
tle the stronger he will grow.; the nearer
he is to Nashville the more easily will he
be reinforced, and the more dangerous will
be defeat to Hoop. Franklin is 24 miles
from Columbia, the position at which
Tuoid - As was last reported. It is 18 miles
south of Nashville, and connected with
that city by turnpike and railroad. The
Barpeth river, a small stream, runs by the
town.' If Richmond were as safe as Nash
ville we should feel gloomy, indeed ; and,
by the way, it is not an unimportant ele
ment of the situation that, though the
weather has been cold, GRANT'S army has
not gone into winter quarters. The whole
situation is in process of transformation,
and in a few days we trust to have results
Which shall prove our hopea well founded.
Northern Friends of the Rebellion.
Mr. HENRY S. norm is, with all his ec
centricity, one of the ablest and most ac
tive legislators in the rebel Congress. As
a personality, Mr. FooTE has some points
of resemblance to the notorious Mr. ROE
BUCK, the Anglo-rebel leader in the British
House of Commons, popularly known as
" Tear-'em." He is a long talker, a bitter
enemy, always an opponent, and is doubt
less "never at peace but when he is fight.
ing." But Mr. FooTE has been one of the
most candid, even if one of the most bitter,
enemies of the North, and has shown a
prudent policy, it must be confessed, in the
stand which he has taken against some of
the measures of the rebel Government. He
- was one of the most prominent upholders
of what we may call the reciprocity-peace
doctrine of the South—a doctrine designed
to meet the Chicago platform in the inte
rest. of Southern independence. To show
Mr. FOOTE'S shrewd knowledge of his sub
ject, we present the following passage from
his recent debate with Mr. Mnss, of South
Carolina;
"The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wiles)
Says we have no friends in the North. I make issue
with him. I say we have friends—good, true, va
liant friends—in the North Every vote given for
McClellan was for peace. Every vote givenfor Mo
31ellan was a vote against Lincoln's African.
policy. Every vote given for McClellan was a vote
given for an armistice. If McClellan had been
elected, ho (Foote) was prepared to make from his
Seat a proposition for a Convention of the sovereign
States, North and South, and be believed. tbee tee
South would have secured from it peace and her in
aependence. If the South-and--met the North in
Convention, she would have proposed a league, of
fensive and defensive, with the North, for the strict
enforcement of the Monroo doctrine, a liberal oom
normal treaty, and we should soon have oitola
North American domain, and perb-e. Cubs. We
had no friends in Europe. It ..'" 8 folly to talk of it.
We had more sy m pow-ing friends in the North
than in all the of the world."
Iyf,iau of this was sound and true a month
- ago, and much is now measurably false ;
but the spirit of the whole is appreciative.
There is not a doubt that the mass of votes
for McCLELnerf was recorded against the
"African policy" of Mr. Lamour, and
(miens volens) given in favor of an armis
tice. Mr. FooTE correctly judged the
Chicago platform as a. Southern doctrine,
and gave it the interpretation of this Nia
gara commissioners. He had a perfect
right to speculate, that, failing to obtain
Union, the North would be willing to
agree to the next best terms, rather than
resume a war paralyzed by an armistice.
This was the hint and meaning of •the Chi
cago platform, and the Southern statesman
was blind who could not see it. Northern
friendship for the cause of the South could
not go further, or make a deeper kneel
ing -down. The Chicago platform offered
itself as the camel's back to bear the
wounded rebellion. But Mr. FooTE did
not speculate far enough. It is not in
the nature of the rebellion—always misan
thropic, hypochondriac, feeding upon its
own bitterness, and destined only to de
stroy or be destroyed—to candidly favor
any terms. JEFFERSON Davis, with greater
foresight
.than Mr. FooTE, also saw that
the success of such a platform as that of
Chicago, and such a candidate as Moen - a - 1,-
I,ex, was an utter impossibility. The
North could not so far forget its cause and
its manhood as to commit hari-kari for the
sake of appeasing an implacable South ;
and anything less than independence Mr.
DAvis, for his own sake, could not accept.
If he showed little or no statesmanship
- In his handling of the peace question,
be was perfectly well aware that all the
statesmanship in the world would do him,
no good. Therefore, the only use the re
bel chief made of the peace question was
to encourage and reinforce his armies, in
order that the South might be able to take
the best advantage of chances. FOOTE
%MS a keen politician ; DANIS a " stern
statesman,!' who justly reckoned that mili
tary success was most important to the
Peace party. Failing to reciprocate the
peace offers of the North, VALLANDIGHAM
and Noon would not be less friendly than
ever ; while a - rebel victory of any import
ance would become.the best " plank " in
the Chicago platform. We have thus
pointed out the difference between Messrs.
.FooTE and STEI'H.F.ES on the one hand,
and Jnimanflon Davis on the other. But
there is one point which all may ponder,
and it is the soundest part of Mr. FOOTE'S
logic ; "We have, no friends in Europe.
It is folly to talk of it. We had more
sympathizing friends in the North than in
all the net of the world." This was the
case, but how is it now ?
Orin of the immediate &sults of the great
Union victory in Illinois Must be the abo
litionof the infamous black code of that
State. Under the existing law free colored
men who enter the State are punished by
being sold as slaves for twelve months,
and heavy penalties are incurred by those
- who harbor colored persons, whether slaves
or freemen. We presume this shameful
law must be now a (lead letter, but it still
disgraces the State, and one of the first acts
of the Legislature should be its absolute
repeal. We are about to prohibit slavery
in the United States by an amendment to
the Constitution, but we must also rid our
selves of the slave spirit if the free North.
PROBABLY no class of Americans ob
'served Thanksgiving Day with more earn
estness than the colored men freed by the
war. None had more cause for gratitude.
General BAxTost's circular to the Freedmen
in the, Department of the South is a picture
of the blessings which even sudden freedom
has distributed in the Sea Islands of South
Carolina.
The Incendiary Plot.
_ . .
The attempt to burn seven hotels in New
York proves beyond cavil the existence of
the plot against Which the Government
warned the mayors of our cities. We
were among the first, if not the very first,
to take the incendiary hints of the rebel
journals at their proper significance. It
was impossible to misconstrue them. More
than two months ago the project to burn
our cities was broached in the Richmond
Sentinel, which boasted that plenty of good
men could be found for the work. In the
1174 of July 24th appeared the following
proposition :
"THE DEVOTED DAED.—It is believed that there
are five or ten thousand men In the South ready and
willing to share the fate of 'Cortina, and devote
themselves to the salvation of their country. It is
proposed that all who are willing to make tate
Sacrifice shall arm themselves with a sword, two
five•sbooters, and a carbine each, and meet on horse.
bask at some place to he designated, convenient for
the great work in hand. Fire and sword must be
carried into the houses of those uio are visiting ikon
blessings upon their neighbors. Philadelphia, and
even New York, Is not beyond the reaoh of a long
an brave arm. The moral people of, these cities
ealinot be better taught the yirtues orb:maiden than
by the blazing light of their own dwellings.
"None need apply for admission to the Devoted
Band' but those who are prepared to take their lives
in their hands, and who would indulge not the least
expectation of ever returning. Thiy dedicate their
lives to the destruction of their enemies.
".A. S. B. D. 8., Richmond.
14 All Southern papers are requested to give this
notice a few Insertions:,
We bave most to marvel at the fool-hardi,
ness of those journals which, in the face of
virtual proof; have endeavored to scout
and ridicule the well• founded apprehen
sions of the public. Some of these papers
rather chose to place their Government in
the attitude of a conspirator than admit
that the Western treason was anything else
than a meal-tub plot, or that the threatened
incursion from Canada was other than a
partisan election - trick. The cordon of
rebel conspiracy so thoroughly revealed
throughout the,North was aided and con
cealed, to some extent, by the wilful folly
of these journals. The atteMpt to burn
New York may, we' hope, teach them the
lesson which the fearful riots there could
not. The rebellion lives upon its plots,
and never fails to make attempt - at ]east to
carry out all its menaces, however wild and
daring. The failure of the scheme to burn
r. ow York should not lull our authorities
into fancied security.
COMMENTING on Mr. HEN/Ws resoru
tion, that peace can only come with recog
nition of the Confederacy, unanimously
adopted by the rebel Congress, an ex
change well says : " The South - ern
,leaders
will never succumb. They know nothing
but disaster or success. Shall we not dis
tinguish between them and their constitu
ency ? Shall we not make plain our dealt%
to do the people no harm, while we exe
cute justice on their betrayers ? Or are we,
to confound the misled and their seducers
in one common ruin ?" These are ques
tions we believe the President will answer
in his next message, to the satisfaction of
the whole nation. The policy of discrimi
nating between the people of the South
and the leaders of the rebellion is not only
just but wise, and has already had valu
able result's.
THEODORE TILT* the editor of the '
New York _lndependent, will lecture this
evening at Concert Hall, upon " Thr
State of the Country." As well knoivn
as the journal he edits, Mr. Trurox is one
of the foremost representative young men
of the country, a.leader of liberal opinion,
and an eloquent champion of the truest
freedom. His reputation and ability are
sufficient to seenre_him a. general hearing,
but his thoughtful eloquence will make his
welcome cordial.
TER New York Daily Yews fears that
SHERMAN is "directing Ms footsteps, in a
sense very different from that assigned it
in the newspaper rumor, to the prison
grounds at Andersonville." It would not
be safe to buy gold on the rise, in expecta
tion of this event.
WA~I3INGTO~--- .-__:--
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 1864.
THE BEEIGNATI(HT,oF JTIDEM BATES
Judge as AttoOsey Geeeral
will tar• & dace on Wednesday.
THE TRIAL OP COLONEL NORTH.
The trial of Colonel Norma and Messrs. JOrrwe
and Comm, charged with acting contrary to law in
the matter of obtaining New - York soldiers' votes,
will not be resumed before the 9th of December.
A liit : WAnistY CORPS TO BIejtECRUITDD—OIt-
mtrraTt=,M3Ml
The following order lies just been issued
WAR. DEPARTMENT,
' 'ADJIITANT GEBBRAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28,1884.
GENERAL CEDER, NO. 287, FOE RAISING AND OH"
GANIZING A NEW VOLUNTEER ARMY CORPS:
First. That an army corps, to consist of not less
than 211,900 infantry, and enlisted for not less than
one year, to be designated the let Corps, shall be
organized in the District of Columbia, commencing
the Organization on the Ist of December, 1864, and
tontlnuing until the let day of January, 1805. The
privates to consist only of able-bodied men who have
served honorably not less than two yearicand there
fore not t abject to draft, and the officers to be som
missioned from such as have honorably served not
less than two years. 'z
Second. Recruits will be furitished transporta
tion to Washington, and will be credited to the die.
Wet in which they or their families are domiciled,
and will be paid a special bounty of 16300 from the
substitute fund, upon being mustered into service.
Each recruit who preserves his arms to the end of
his term may retain them as his own, upon being
honorably discharged from the aervioe.
Third. Details of the organization will be pre"
rented by the Adjutant General. The heads of bn
reaus will detail competent officers for the prompt
examination and organization, arming, equipping,
,and supplying the corps. -
Fourth. Major General WltirxruLD S. Eiatrooos
is assigned to the command ofthin corps—headquar
ters at Washington.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. D. Townerinn,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Cityler Ktospital—ill Card.
As a report bas been circulated, and, I am in
formed, has obtained general credence, that I re.
fused to accept donations for a Thanksgiving dinner
at this hospital, I find it necessary, in justice to
myself, to pronounce It an absurd fabrication.
It is my Intention to provide a suitable dinner for
Christmas. and if there are any persons who desire
to make contributions for the benefit of3tte soldiers,
for that or any other day, they may rest assured that
they will be received with pleasure.
IL L. SOIDELL,
Burgeon In Charge Onyler U. S. A. Hospital,
Germantown, Pa.
Noviisrmin 28, 1864.
[Dr. Schell's loyalty is above question, and his
prompt denial was all that was needed to stop the
unaccountable charge against him. There is some
thing wrong about the slander. We have received
several communications, which we declined to pub
lish, denoomoing the surgeon in charge ; but most of
them were anonymous, and in no case was the reef•
deuce of the writer given.—En. Tens Palms.]
NEW YORK CITY.
- Nnw YonX I Nov ! 28,1884,
inia BASK, STATEMVINT.
The following Is a statement of the condition 4),r
the banks of New York city for the week ending No
vember 28 :
Loans, increase.... - $2,000,000
Deposits, do 3,000,000
Specie decrease ' 1,000,000
Cironlittion, do 80,000
TEE EVENING STOGIE BOARD
Stocks were dull at Gallagher's Board this even
ing. G01d,232%; New York Central, 3.21x1 Erie,
94: Hudson River, 119 ; Reading, 188 ; Michigan
Sontbern, 69 '
,7i • Illinois Central, 127 Y; ; Cleveland
and Pittsburg , 1083; ,• Cleveland and Toledo, 108,i‘
Ohicapro and Rock 107;;; ; Northwestern,
42%; Northwestern preferred, 7734 ; 01110 %go aria
Fort Wasne, 102 ; Cumberland preferred, 41)4 ;
Quicksilver, sox Gold, after the call, 231.
THE PIUCE OY 9ot.p.
Evening.—Mier the oloee of the board gold fell to
228%.
ISIAMINE lITTELLIGSNCE.
Arrived, ship Albert Gallatin, London • bark
Clorinda Toganrog ; eohcponer Lane, St. John ; , P.
A Canal Break—StoPpage of Mills.
Boa Tow, Nov. 28.—Nearly all, the factories and
mills in Lawrence have stopped running, owing to
a break in the canal. Repairs are being rapidly
made; and they will soon resume work.
Mnnicipal Election at Hartford.
HAILTPOB.D. Nov.2B.—The Hartford town election
was carried by the Democrats by an average main•
city of 170. The total vote was 4,002.
ENOCH Atrium ILLUBTRATED.—Mr. liammatt
Billings, Who has just added two years' European
study to his already umpired fame, has ilhistrated
Tennyson's ",Enoch Arden , ' in some thirty or forty
drawings, Which have'been engraved by several of
the boot American artists, and the volume printed
by the celebrated Alvord, of New rYorkon rich,
heavy plate paper, and published by Messrs. J. E.
Tilton & Co , of Boston. As a work of art, this book
has not bean excelled in Europe or this country.
LARDS POSITIVE SALE OP BOOTS, SHOES, BS&
GANS, Anicr GOODS, TRS.VELIJNO BAAS, PELT
BATS, OAPS, &S.—The early attention of purchasers
is requested to the large assor tment
_ of boots, shoes.
brogans, &e., embracing samples of 1,100 packages
of first Mass seasonable goods of city and Esitern ,
manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue.
on four months' credit, cominebaing this morning at
10 o'clock, by Tobn B. Myers /lc CO.,
.av,otioneers
Nos. 282 and 284 igarket street.
THE WAR.
THE ADVANCE OF SHERMAN.
EXTRACTS FROM REBEL PAPERS
OF SATURDAY.
A General Panic in Georgia.
tiSi; L M 1 a M j
.&RMY FULLY
Great Things Expected from an ArMy in Buckram
"RETREAT OF THONAS TO FRANK.
TAN, NEAR NASHVILLE.
f!:11;(04:?iaW14L 1 ):K.IM7 4 :. 4 4i11:41:1 1 ):ist;S:$0 , ' , 4
The Florida Suck in Chesapeake Bay.
SOME REPORTS ABOUT HER ADJUDI-
- CATION CORRECTED
e „.•
Arrival of the Rebel Admiral Buchanan
at Fortress Monroe.
BURNING OF GEN. BUTLER'S DESPATCH
BOAT, THE GRAYHOUND.
Narrow .Pecape of the General and Admiral Porter.
FULL PARTIOUIARS FROM 011 K SPE..
CIAL CORRESPONDENT.
LEE'S SOUTH CAROLINIANS . SENT
TO SAVANNAH. "
Their Place tlopplied by Troops from Early.
RIJMOBED REBEL MOVEMENT IN THE
SIIENANDOiR VALLEY.,
Late News from North Carolina,
ADVICES FROM NEW ORLEANS
GENERAL GRANT'S AIMMY.
". R. H. MoBRIDR'S CORERBT'aNDBNCR
THE COLD ITEATEIBITISESONA.L—THE FORMLTION
OF A COLORED CORPS.
Correspondence of The Press.
BI33OII.3IPSTERSIIITEG, NOT. 24, 1854.
Our appetites for Thanksgiving dinners will be
sharpened by frostif weather. Already ice has
formed over the numberless pools abounding in this
region, and the roads will soon bear travelling over.
All the men not upon actual duty confine them
selves to the inside'of their huts, so it is difficult to
determine the deuree of happiness that softens their
hearts when their faces are not visible. These are
times when soldiers get home-sick. Old letters are
produced and perused through the smoke that wilt
escape from rude chimneys; pest scenes of plea
sure are recalled and ruminated upon for long hours
at a time ; strong, stern men grow weary :of inacti
vity and thinking. If the expiration of term of ser
vice be near at hand, these unhappy feelings be
come more oppressive daily, till finally they really
believe they would piefer being an angel to a sol
dier. -
Captain J. W. Burritt, 58th Regiment Pecullyl
vania Veteran Volunteers, has been mustered out
of service. His resignation, tendered on account of
physical disability, resulting from wounds received
in the service, bee been accepted. The captain is
young man, and got his first wound at Gettysburg.
Afterwards, while acting as aid to General Rice in
the Wilderness, he was wounded, and again the
third time when the rebels made their desperate
Sunday assaultupon the Weldon Railroad. Brevet
General Hoffman, upon whose staff he has lately
been'inspector general, and his comrades In arms,
part with him regretfully.
One or tivolegiments of the colored troOpS, from
the 9th Corps, passed over the Apponsattox to. Geri.
Butler's departhaent. It is designed to form an en
tire corps_ of these sable- soldiers, and leave the
Army of the Potomac with nothing in Its ranks
swarthier than the few Indians who may be found
scattered among various Winoonein and Michigan
regiments. Generals Ord and Weitzel are spoken
'.of in connection with this new command. Un
doubtedly this is the best plan to pursue. Kass to
gether these troops, give them an opportunity by
themselves, - and see if` there be anything in them of
an extraordinary nature; There le mottling in the
world to hinder them from making excellent - ed.
diem _ Coolneso, annum, no - mobility, are the attri
butes of tb0—.4.1--,oterans, and can be learned by
soldiers Of any complexion. More care is required
in officering them than white troops, because their*
spirit of emulation and imitation is such that they en
deavor to copy as correctly as possible every notion
of their superiors. In the hands of, the white oni.
airs reposes.the reputation of the black Soldiers.
'Prom the long extent of ourdines, can be gleaned
nothing unusual. An unoommon Burliness on the
part of the enemy's pickets has been discerned, but
this is attributed to cold weather, and the inclination
many of their'companions have to visit the Yankees
on Thatthsglving. But little firing has been lately
heard, and we are growing forgetful of cannon
sounds. None of these deserters bring us any ink
ling of Sherman's whereabouts or doings. They are
all wonderfully or wilfully "ignorant or Innocent.
Opinions vary; some maintain that Savannah if
hie ultiniate destination, others Mobile. Very soon
we may expect a. movement of troops on their side
the Appomattox. _Since their cavalry has been
mustered oat by Sheridan, A. P. Hill's corps are
trotted about or. 6 . footback? to any point of their
lines supposed to be threatened ; and it is more than
likely his or some other command will be hurried
from our front when the weather permits. Lee
needs every teen here, bat his situation increases
fn desperation. What is left the poor man but
some terrible remedy I
TROOPS SENT PROM LEE'S ARMY TO - SA.VANNAH--
• UNEASINESS .TN RICHROND 0 VSE aromas IN
GEORGIA-TRTERSBURG SHELLED NO LONGER—
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL HANCOCK.
ErFORB PBTEHEIBUSG, Nov. 26.—The enemy's*
pickets have been very pacific for four days. Last
night they .began shooting with mach acrimony,
end continued the wilful waste of cartridges till
daylight. It was not general along the front, being
confined to the vldettes in front of different brigades.
.Wallace's brigade of HUM corps were this morning
withdrawn from-the rebel lines, and their place
taken by other troops. They were South Caro-
Mans, and are said to have been marched to Sa
vannah.
Sherman , s movements cause much uneasiness to
the good people of Rlclunond. It is unforttinate
he - should select the route now being pursued, when
the inhabitants of that country have their affection&
alienated from Davis and his Confederacy. Many
of the deserters who persist in coming to us main.
tain that Georgia and two other States had actually
named a day to assemble in convention and consider
the policy and practicability of a reoonstruction.
This reconstruction, say the knowing and devoted
sons of the South, 4 .• means destruction to our cause.
It must be prevented. We will oppose it."
,
All our cannons are silent. The artillerists will
grow out of practice. Petersburg, shelled, shot at
so much a few months back, .113 now scarcely noticed.
Negroes and old men are gathering up , the irpn
missiles we hurled among the houses in the town
during the first three months after our arrival here.
They turn the old iron over to the rebel ordnance
officers, and get in return a receipt or certificate.
Of course,,this has its value. So has the bounty
bond for one hundred dollars which they give
their soldiers. I have met some ungrateful fel
lows, fresh from Lee's army, who question the
munificence of these a uthorities. Would you be
lieve it I the faithless rogues said of those bonds
that the obligor paid four per cent. interest, and
exacted five per cent. taxes from the obligee. They
even laughed knowingly In your face when the
generosity of the powers bestowing that liberal
sum apon patriotic soldiers was mentioned, One fel.
low came into our lines yesterday, about-day
break. He liaA
. (02 hlin a Caltelsoh-box. In com
-pintnee with an order gruffly and profanely pro
pounced by an unfeeling Yankee.picket, this diney
South Carolinian, with the -dingy garments, un-
Imokled the belt.; and threw ripen the damp ground
his bruised dila battered cartridge:lt:ex. (living it a
kick, he muttered the following apoStriVie : "Lie
there and rot I I've worn ye three years, and ye'ye
been growing more and more irksome. The old gun
lies deep in the ditch, and now you're the last of Jeff
Davis' harness. Lie there I" And with a look or
Unmitigated contempt at the shabby and wrinkled
box, the wretched-looking creature moved off Under
guard.
General Hancock has left.= at last There have
. been various reports of this officer, and his where
abouts, but I believe him to have been with his com•
mend until yesterday morning, when Gen. Humph
ries assumed control of the 2d Corps.
The weather has moderated too mush ; last night
the rain came again. Let us hope it may soon be
over.
GENTB:&I. BumEws ARMY.
[ROLLIN'S CORRESPONDENCE .3
HOW THANKSGIVING DAY WAG GErmooATED--
YEBTIVITINS IN OAMP—ACOLDRIPTAL; FILM-PLOSION
NEAR. maanto2m.
HKADQUARTDES 2D BRIG., 3D D/Nr., 18TEE 00B,PB,
BEFOND BIOHNOND, Nov. 2:5; 1864.
Yesterday being Thanksgiving day in the loyal
States, the good people of the Worth, in their abue
dance, did not fagot the brave men in the field. The
twkeys and other good things—which were for
warded, reoeived,and distributed among the soldiers,
and of which they partook heartily—had the ten
decoy of recalling many oherished recollections,
and suggested thoughts of home and kindred, when
each and,all were gathered around the family hearth
to partake of the Thanksgiving dinner in times of
peace. After the copious showers of rainlwith which
we have been favored for the past five or six days, It
was exceedingly gratifying to welcome the genial
rays of the sun, and experience the refreshing influ
ences of an unclouded day. The dull routine of
martial affairs was diversified :by the unusually
exuberant spirits which were everywhere man'.
tested throughout the various camps. From
early dawn until into in the evening, cheerful
voices, songs, and bands of made playing
national airs, were invigorating the monotony of
martial pais tence,, and giving evidence that the
"old folks at home," in their kind remembrance
on Thanksgiving day, had -struck a chord in the,
hearts of the defenders of the Union which vibrated'
to the highest note of general ezultidion. As the'
TRE PRESS. PHILADELPHIA',' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1864.
brass bands, with. more than ofdlnary melody,.
played,!' Rally round the Flig," the Soft cadences
of "Filch Boated far in the distant*, the bravedb- -
fenders, who caught the inapirinir strains, joined in
the chorus with animation, until. the united har
mony was wafted into the camps of our mistily.
As if to remind us that :one still dwells amid the
~stern realities of war, the dull heavy roar ofthe
enemy's mortar batterie belched forth their terri
ble missiles of destruct ion for.the benefit-of those
is hot ing In the Dutch ciao Canal. Otherwise the
day passed off with uninterrupted quiet. Could the
good people of the North have seen the radiant
faces of the soldiers, as they were seated around the
campfires cooking their turkeys, and "wituestied
with what peculiar gratification they discussed their
qualities, they would, oitother occasions of national
significance, cheer them with bountiful supplies of
eatables out of their abundance. .
Last night was spent in singing patriotic songs
and sentimental melodies. A string band was im
provised from the sth U..S. C. T., and under the in
etdration of some of the 'bilkers about these head
quarters, discoursed very"good music.
The officers of the 86th H. S. 0. T., now COM
reanded by Major Hart,enjoyed together a Thanks
giving dinner, which was distinguished by the pre
sence of Brigadier Gleneifil Wild. Ohaplain Ste
vens, a gentleman of whir, war also present, from
which I would inter thskthe guests were not at ail
afraid of his color rubbing:off by association. Other
dinneis were given by regimental and staff aneurs,
which were enjoyed withipecullar feelings of watt.
Station. As they gathered a.rouird the taoles they
thought of the loved one at home, for whose re
tor mbrance of them they cherished the most en•
(leering recollections for affording them a cause for
genuine thanksAlving. , _
The explosion to which r referred in my despatoh
of yesterday was, as I inferred, the result of care.
leanness. The Richmond' papers of yesterday say
that-" while some hands were unloading
, a wagon
load of shells , at the testing-greund , above the
Tretegar works, one of the shells exploded, Setting
off the balance." Three negroes and a white fore
man, Nicholas Ingleson, were killed, while several
others were wounded.
A, FATAL OBELL—HILITART HEXlCHl , Tiow—oAl o Ptrizu
OF pissenTlno ROUNTT JIIHTFIRS—REBEL 08.
FlO4OBB NORTH OF TWO Ji;.H.l4-11.113 LAROIBI . '
n.sixwortOen BY 4/ELY ,
. IlivA:l3ql7S.B.Tßltatin THR Eirti?"
Revolts MOHRONO, Cloy WY. t. J
With propriety •I lei , / ray that 01 is quiet along
the lines, except the usdal cannonading in the vi
cinity of Dutch Gap. Oooasioualig, in this quarter,
we are apt to experienoNa spasmodic manifestation--
1 n
of surcharged _ venom : bef e yesterday the
enom. '
programme was a little,varied fro the customary.
routine Instead of thevemy beigiusing y our bat
teries rear the .110wIett r Xouse toedit:the Initiative,
giving to him a specimen of our artillersy.ppatice.
In a short time a shell, einatainingLGre&fire, was
thrown
thrown into Fr house which the plemy 0642 ''!JW 7 Ir
_picket post, which, expirdifig, issinetitjately wrapt
the hulloing in flames. This -seemed to eiagne. 4 4. 0
the rebels. For almost immediately his batteries
In the vicinity of the "grave : yard" oeemid upon'
a &hotpot, which was at this place, withertsvoi
and fatal effect; Three ShelliVpassed through
the house, doing it• fearful daipage, and killing
John Richmond, Co. F., oth U;r` S. 0. T., and
Andrew. Newham, Co, (1,-36ttt U: S. 0. y., and
wounding Silas Hollis, 28th U. S. th,..T..itterhyreSYlll.!:
the loft hand. The bodies of Richmond
every d id'
for Sixty raids around. Quivering pieces of:fiesk
indicated theiocality of the frightful scene, rhilei
fragments of the hearts an4lntestlcLeS were 12,nglog
upon the branches obitruseigAboriog trees. - These
men died at iheir post, and thiti bodlea,,or as *inch .
of them as Gould be collecteg. together received
Christian burial on the spot Where thefleirtiPds
fence of the Union: - . '''ke lf . .
About the same hour another scenes vital berg
enacted in the 10th Corps. Viillians. Tiomps n
Co. E, 3d United States Light ilixtilleryr, suffered
the extreme penalty of militarVaW l in the preweihm
of his own company, and the 3tV• Brigade, 34 Diel.
Edon, for endeavoring to encourage desertion to "the
enemy from the 9th Maine, from "whloh riiittirnatit
the tiring party was seleoted. The evidence agalusr
the accused was strong in every particular, art j dick
no doubt as to his guilt. He (114 protesting kftriii. ,
noeence ; and with a degree of fortitude vrtabli ex
I
cited special admiration and regret that so bra St a
man should - meet such an Ignominious fate , Ile
took his stand by his coffin, and When a look( con.
vinced him that he would likely fall kgainett, it, he,
with much composure, stepped a littie aside, bu is
id his blouse, and, as an Indication' for. UlO. ,
struck his hand against his left; breast, At
requesthis hands" were left - free and 1113,01,1 re
unbandaged. - Nine shots -struck tiii condom ed
man, eight ' of which wisre , mortal, And three of
which passed through his heart. major J. L,
,B ,
provOst marshal of the 10th Corps, ()endue d
the execution. .
On Thanksgiving day a number of reornitiw4io
to the 6th, 7th, and 10th Connecticut Itegimentl; in
the 10th Corp, and on the same evening it naial i clls-
Covered that a number of teem- were missing irons
camp. General Terry Immediately sent out In Or
suit, and overtook some nine of them pressinq, to
the right of our line, where the vldettes far
apart, and the opportunities fornsoaping 4 intlthe
lines of the enemy are most 'lnvorabl e .
bonnty•jnallusre will probably be tiled o n ". nYi
T
and shot on Tuesdair - The _aniniuts, mann in
which Gcneral Butler will deal- n
wttis this : clam of
persons will- materolly diminish! the umber of
bountyjiiinpers, should, thdy attempt ta.aatstice
their profession in the'.:Aimy - of the Tamer:. One
thing Is evident, that the manner in whi/h these
persons struck for the rebel lines shows a feAlltarity
'with the country and the position of.the tie amiss;
which favors the impression that they hit gorteAlle
same way 'Afore. Enlisting under the - antrplees of
large bounties, coming to the„,xinpriniii
ui . ,
to the enemy ,- Ay whom they are sent- the
North to repeatthe iniquity, have beoome q Ito h
business, and one In which it is to be fes. toe
many have succeeded. General Butler has ter
mined that - this practice shall cease, and 'you lay
rol l
rely upon it that he will make short wort of altwho
may happen to fall into his power..l l
The untiring industry of the enemy to defend" eh.
mono onthe north side of the river, in front - the
ri i a
Army of the James, Is manifest In the covet tiou
of every conceivable means of defence; Wha bey
lack in men they snore than make up In ad ably
built works. In front of Fort Burnham, for erly
Harrison, they have three lines of palbsane rise
one of torpedoes, and then — a well constrneted line
Of breastworks. The torpedoes are placed in the
ground, about lour feet apart, withlcerillttlq dirt
thrown over them, that they may relidlly erpiodas
should an advance take place in that direct:ten, of
which the enemy is in daily fear. j
fluehrod Johnson and Lee's brigades are in front
of Burnham. For some days past I have bsained
that Early's troops from the Valley were in faint of
n i i
the ]oth Corps , but hesitated to mention It n I
could do so beyond all possibility of a doubt. - t is
now certain that Kershaw's division is here, a it
Is fair to suppose that the information whic re•
ports more of the rebels from the Valley in our
front is correct. Early has not yet -left that ne
of operations, but may be expected here daily.. .
The custom of saying fine,things about °freers
has degenerated into Snob ludicrousness that l is
almost a compliment to pass over in silence the
merit:of a good officer. But when't - noldkei c t like
Captain Charles N. Cadwala-der, of .t3i - e 2/1 :ran-
Sylvania Heavy ArtillerY, does his country sash
eminent service, It would meth—Lilo ingratitude to
fail to acknowledge his merits. Throe years ago
he personally recruited some two thousand men in
his monster regiment., and, with the discipline , of a
soldier and the chivalry , of a gentleman, he has
followed the fortunes of his regiment through the
trying ordeal of the stammer's campaign down. to
the recent reconnoissance on the 27th of Ootobir.
His health having become- Impaired by the hard.
ships of a life in the field, he lass been mustered out
of service, and leaves to-day for the. North, amid
the regrets of a large circle of faillosple. belongingp
his own and other regimente... .
TER BERNING OP TDB aTnewine ORA:MOUND,
DANOBROUS POSITION OP GEN..IIDTLIDI AND AD.
NniAr. PORTEN. • " • •- '
STEAMER DANIEL WEBSTER,
JANES RIVER, Nov. 27, 1864.
-We have just been the witness of one of thee,
river conflagrations which are so_ generally destruc
tive in their remits. The Grayhonnd, Gan. Etta.
let's fast-sailing and spledidry fitted-up steamer,
took fire to-day, about 1 o'olock, under the following
circumstances, and was burnt Otto water's edgo.
Gen. Butler and staff, with aliveral of his personal
friends, and Admiral Porter, were on board at the
time, all of whom were saved by the timely assist
ance rendered by the' steamei'Ploneer and tugboat
Columbia, which happened to be near the scene of
disaster. About 1 o'clock, while those on board
were at dinner, the - Greyhound was being diV•
van with- a little more pressure 'of steam than ,
she Could bear, when the furnace doors were burst
open, and the fire spattered about in such prOpision
as to render it impossible to extinguish it. The
wood being dry, the flames spread rapidly. As the
penhant of Gen. Butler was flying above the flames,
it was evident that that officer watt on board, for
whose safety no little appialreilliftioeasexperleneed,
As soon as Captain Deering gait the filelie
drove the Webster on to render, whatever sa
sistanee might be rn his -power. His boats were
all manned, aid. his hose gotten ready, but. by
tilt^ time he reached the point opposite Hog
laland, where they Grayhound was burning, the
general and all on board had been placed on the
Pioneer. It was fortunate that the steamer and the
tug-boat Columblr'were at hand to reader snot
timely assistance. AB we passed the Pioneer, Gene
ral Butler called out to Captain Deering to take
him on board, but when the captain sent a boat for
him, he declined ooming, preferring to reach Fortress
Monroe in the tug-boat Columbia, in which he and
the rescued passengers and crew had taken passage.
Some Jolly tars safely lowered the stars and
stripes while the Grayhound was nearly enveloped
in roaring flames, and after everything else was
brought off, they ventured on board and 'secured the
broad pennant of General Butler.
It may be well to state that the Grayhound, when
not used for the General's .transportation, ran
be
tween City Point and Varina Landing we a de
spatch-boat. She left that landing as usual this
morning with the mail, and being some what behind
time, did not reach City Point until after the Web
ster had left. The Greyhound having overtaken
us, the mails and passengers were put on board thi
boat. She soon !lamed us with her distinguishes
company for Fortress Monroe.
The scone of conflagration was about half-wa;
between City Point. and Fortress Monroe. Ot ,
thing is Certain, as mely, that the party on beat
bad a very narrow escape.
GENERAL SHERMAN* ARMY.
EXTRACTS PEON GRORGIA PAPERS - ATLANT.
NEARLY ALL RIIIINED-THE GEORGIANS PERIOD
OVER SHEERAN'S BOLD ADVANCE..
FORTMIBB MONROB, NOV. 28. The gavannasl
Daily,l7etos of the 22d Met says that a body of trool ,
enteru gA theists shortly after it was evacuated repot .
that the larger portion of the business section of tt
town was burned. An editorial mentions that rei
led govlllo was evacuated, and that the archives an-4,
all valuable Government and personalproperty hat
been removed. The columns of the paper are filly'
with anathemas against the invaders under She, -
man, and with proclamations from,generals of big
rank aLd eminent men, calling npon,the citizens t'
Georgia to time on mato., and 'mingle') all Interest
In - oae desperate effort to crush and &mallet* Sher.
'man la his solar irreelstible adVanOe,
DEPARTMENT THE TENNESSEE.
THOMAS 11BTESATED TO intariSLlN.
Lertnevirrac, Nov. SO.—General Thomas's report
ed to have retreated to Franklin, Tennessee. The
fhilltart authorities here say that if the report Is
correct he roust be preparing to receive large rein
forcements, on the way to him, before giving battle
to Hood, and that he has fallen back for no other
purpose.
atrzarmas ROUTED.
Lomsvu.l.3, Nov. 28..—A Federal force of 200 men
Was Bent out from Donaldson end Olerkeeille yes
terday, and attacked Multiage , guerillas, neer the
Yellow Creek, routing them. They will probably
capture the whole gang.
OEN. COIICH SN . 8013T8 FOE VI3OM AB' ARNET.
BOSTON, Nov. U.—Major General Conon, who
has' been transferred from the Department of the
Suagoehanno, and ordered to report to Major Gene•
ral Thomas, left Taunters today for Tennessee..
DEPARTMENT OF WEE OULF.
.OAPPIIEB OH 11103NL8 AND A LA fI.GZ AKOUNT QP
11ILB Oa. EXONANGE—PECOVKIST ON GENERAL
OANDV—COTTON NNW&
Ciento, Nov. 28.—The steamer Continental has
arrived with New O,leans papers of the 21st last.
Twenty-seven rebels were captured while cross
ing from the east to the west side of the Mississippi
river at Choctaw Bend, and had arrived at New
Orleans. Among them was Capt. M. D. Mont
gomery, who was moving to Texas. He had a large
an ount of stock and t 8260,000 in foreign exchange,
all of which was captured with
Five notorious rebel female smugglers and mail.
carriers have been banished outside of our lines by
Gen. Davis, at Vicksburg,
Gen. Canby Is rapidly recovering, and will soon
be out again. lie 12 able to attend to business at
his house.
The demand for cotton has been somewhat Wreck
ed lately. Sales have been made at 180 for low mid
dlinge and laS for middlings.
The strainer Darling has passed here with 2111
bales of cotton for ()Inolariat!.
FORTRESS MONROE.
NOTIOB TO MOTS-TROT ARE lISIZTOBTOD TO
OIVE MORE ATTENTION TO THEM. DUTY.
Polarizes Mormon, Nov. 20.—The following•i111.
'irritant circular, relating to the fature government
of pilots, has been lamed by Rear Admiral Porter
Norma ATLAZITIO SQUADEION,
FLAG-83311. PtIALVBRN, NOV. 23, NU.
Complaints are frequently made by the oont
menders of naval vessels that pilots are seldom
Seen until close into Cape Henry, and often not
until•they get inside. In tlwe of war, when a de
lay of an, hour is important to the Government,
this neglect on the part of pilots to do their duty
(for which they are so amply paid) will not be tole•
..val ed.
..,The beats roust cruiskfurther out, and be on the
ioOltutit at all times for Government vessels. I will
_
have a register kept of those pilot boats that do not
do their duty ; and when brought to my notice, I
will order them to, anchor them for the 'rest of the
season, and not permit tLem to pilot in theBo fa.
tei.
Ia case an accident happens to a• Government
vessel, owing to a want of energy on the part of pl
lots,'er an &bares of pilot boats from their beats,
without good and sufficient cause, proceedings will
be instituted and the parties made to suffer for their
negligence.
Pilot boats, when they oan do so, must cruise at
least eight (8) miles to the northward, and ten (10)
miles to the southward of Cape Henry; and, when
the weather will not permit them to cruise, they
must anchor near Cape Henry, ready to give any
Tend a pilot that may require one.
Preference must at all times be given to public
vessels.
Naval officers are directed to report to me any de
linquencies on the part of pilots, and are always to
note in their log•bouhs how far outside the light
-house the pilots offered.their services.
One pilot boat must at all times be in port ready
to take vessels out, and be prompt in complying
with signals.
DAVID D. PORTER, Rear Admiral,
• Commanding North Atlantic Squadron.
DITRIIING OP A MUTED STATES STEAMER—NARROW
ESCAPE OP ADMIRAL rOnman, ORRItnaL sturLkil,
AND STAYS.
FORTRESS Dimino]; Nov. 27.—The mail steamer
Webster, from City Point, reports that the steamer
Grayhound, while coming down the James river,
caught Ere and was totally destroyed.
Gen. Butler and staff, and Rear Admiral Porter,
were on board at the time, but all escaped without
injury.
Wasartrerrow, Nov. 28.—The steamer Gray
hound, Gen. Butler's deepen% boat, was burned to
the water's edge, yesterday, near Hog Island.
Gene. Butler and Schenck, and Admiral Porter,
were on board at the time, but the Pioneer Came up
- and took them oft. Another vessel received the
passengers and grew.
ABHYVAL OP THE 888 BL ADMIBILL 81:88LANAN
WABIUSZEITON, Nov. 28,—A despatch to the Navy .
Department, from Admiral Foster, dated at For
tress Monroe today, says:
"The United States steamer Fort Morgan ar
rived at this-port at 10 o'clock P. rd: on the 27th
instant, with the rebel admiral Fravklin Bactur
nan and his two aids on board." -
Also the following telegram
TSS riTtlerr fu:olarui. slam 131' A coma-Ea-ow.
FORTRESS MONEOS, Nov. 28, 1864.
To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy;
I have just received a telegram from the com
mander of the prize steamer Florida, Informing me
that she had sunk In.nine fathoms of water.
She had been run into by as army steamer, and
balmy damaged. I have not heard the partionhum,
but,wl.ll
,inform-the - Departmentlehen I reoelve the
written report. " DAVID D. POIZTBR, •
Bear Admiral.
THE SHENANDOAH VA rx,Ey.
A RIIMORA`T. .T
UL LICWONSTAAT/011 AT NEW
OBRBK can PIRDMONT
BALTIMORE, Nov. 28-11 P. M.—lt la rumored
here that the rebels have made demonstrations at
New Creek and Piedmont; on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, but nothing definite is known in re•
gard to the matter.
THE FLORIDA CAPTURE.
A VITIDIOATION OF THE "ASSOCIATED iaussn—inre
inAL OP THE REPORT THAT THE FLORIDA WAS
SENT TO BAHIA—REAL PAOTS OP TER OASE—AR."
RIVAL OP TER 0113 W AT BOSTON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—Evening.—A statement
appeared in one or more of to papers, errone.
orally attributed to the Washington agent and re
porter of the Assoolated Press, that Commander
Collins has been ordered to return to Bahia, Brazil,
with hie quasi prize and her officers and crew, and
purporting to give the result of the action of the
Government upon that subject, with other assumed
facts - in the same connection. No such telegram
originated with the agent and reporter of the Asso
ciated Press, but there is the best authority for say
ing that all statements to the effect that differences
of opinion have arisen in the Cabinet concerning
the ease of the pirate Florida, or that a decision has
been made for or against, her restitution, are with-
out foundation.
No action of the Government has been taken in
the case and no discussion of it has been held.
The Navy Department anthorizes the following
statement : The original order for the,Wachusett
upon her arrival at Hampton Roads was.to proceed
to Boston for repairs taking with her the prisoners
captured on the Florida, to be consigned to Fort
Warren. Before the order reached the vessel the
prisoners bad been sent to Point Lookout, and, in a
day or two, were transferred by the army authori
ties to the Old Capitol. They were immediately
ordered bank to Point Lookout, to be returned to the
Wachusett,whiah at once sailed for.Boaton, arriving
these on Friday Jut. The prisoners are doubtless
ere this in Fort Warren.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—The captured MOM and
men of the.pirate Florida have been sent to Fort
Warren.
[The despatch above referred to was pubUehed in
these columns yesterday, just as it appeared in a
Sunday contemporary, In the midst of Associated
Press despatohes. At the time we supposed it to be
bona fide, but it was afterwards discovered to be a
special. of - a Pity evening paper.]
NORTH CAROLINA.
DESTRUCTIVE FMB AT NEWEERN.--REBEL RD.-
TITLES AT 'PLYMOUTH—RETORTED PREPARA
TIONS DT THE ENEMY TO EVACUATE VIRGINIA.
NEWDERN, X. 0., via New York, Nov. 28.—The
bre here last Saturday night destroyed twenty
buildings, mostly business houses, some containing
large stooks, mostly uninsured.
The principal sufferers are Hurlbut do McLean,
Robert Dunn, J. B. Oxley, J. A. Thompson, J. N.
Allen, John McSorley, J. Lewis, L. Baer, L. Mon
tanus, John Good, R. MoElvey, J. J. Schillinger,
R. Berry, and Mr. Bangert.
A skirmish occurred at Plymouth a few days
since, in which the epemy were repulsed.
It is reported that the rebels are fortifying the
Roanoke and Ohowan rivers, with a view to the
evacuation of Virginia.
A daily line of steamers now runs to Fortress
"Monroe from this city.
Private Letter from General Lee.
The original of the . following private letter from
General Lee to his eon was found at Arlington
House, and is Interesting as illustrating a photo in
his character :
ARLINGTON HOUSE, April 6, 1852.
MT DZAh SON : I am just 'in the eat of leaving
home for New Mexico. My floe old regiment has
been ordered to that distant region, and I must
hasten to see that they are properly taken care
of. I have but little to add in reply to your letters
of March 26, 27, and 28. Your letters breathe a
true spirit of frankness; they have given myself
and your mother great pleasure. You must study
to be frank with the world ; frankness is the child
of honesty 'and courage. Say what you mean to
do on every occasion, and take it for granted you
mean to do right. If a 'friend asks a favor, you
should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not tell him
plainly why you . cannot ; you will wrong him and
• wrong • yourself by equivocation of any kind.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or
keep one; the man who requires you to do so, is
'dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly, but
' firmly, with all your classmates; you will fled it
the policy which wears best. Above all, do not
linear to others wha tyon are not. If you have
any fault to find with any one, tell him, not others,
-of what you complain ; there is no more danger
ous experiment than that of undertaking to be one
thing before a man's race and another behind his
back. We should live, act, and say nothing to We
'injury of any one. It Is not only best as a matter
of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.
In regard to duty, let me, in conclasion of this
hasty letter, inform you that nearly a hundred years
...ago there was a day-of remarkable gloom and dark
ness—still known as the dark day—a day when the
light of the sun was slowly extinguished, as if by an
4011pse. The Legislature of Conneotiont was in see
glidon, and as its memberasaw the unexpected and un- .
atimuntable darkness coming on, they shared in.
the general awe and terror. It was supposed by
many that the last day—the day of judgment—had
come. Some one, in the conliternation of the hoar,
moved an adjournment. Then there srnse sn old Pa.!
ritan legislator, Davenport, of Stamford, who said,
that It the lest day had Qom., ho desired to be!
,
found at his place, doing his duty, and, therefore,
moved that candles bahrought in, so that - the lime
m aid proceed with its duty. There was quietness
in that man's mind—the quietness of heavenly wis.
doni—an inflexible willingness to obey preeent :
duty. Duty, then, Is the sublimed word in our lan
guage. Do your duty in all things like the old Part.
tan. You cannot do more ; you should never wish
to do leas. Never let me and your mother wear one
gray hair for any lack of duty on your Part.
• Your affectionate fathe r,
R. E. Lae.
•. TO CliMf. GOSTIS Lsti,•
ThaPhagiving among the Freedmen.
The annexed circular was issued by Gen. Neaten
to the freedmen In his district:
BRAT/FORT, S. C., Nov. 6,1884.
To the Freedmen in the Depot fount of the South:
The President of the ; United States has appoliited
Thursday, the 24th day di November, to be a day of
public thanksgiving and pram. In Ito Cadence
with his proclamation, I advise you all to refrain
as much as possible on that day from year ordinary
avocations, and meet in your respective places of
worship to render thanks to Almighty God for the
continued blessings which he has vouchsafed to you
during the past year. Your harvests have been
abundant, and have been railed and gathered with
out the sound of the drivers whip and bombe these
fair fields, which have been for so many years the
scene of your toll, sorrow, and degradation—oolong,
that scarcely a vestige of your humanity or manhood
seemed lett. Thank the Lord that In these early
days of yourjourneyings towards the promised land
of liberty. He has sent kind friends to guide you in
the paths of knowledge, where in slavery you could
not go. Thank the Lord that your sons and bus
bands and brothers have been enrolled under the
starepsegled banner, and have struck brave blows
for Liberty and Humanity. Praise Him for the
glorious successes of 'our armies In the field fighting
for Freedom and the Union. The golden mellow
light which LOW brightens the daWnlng future, and
bids us hope for another four years of freedom or
war, gives promise that a mighty nation will soon
sepal the ballot.box, "Liberty antfUnion forever,"
"you are forever free I" and if so, you can thank
God for the re.election of Abraham Lincoln.
In the free North, where the Pilgrim Fathers
lived, and taught their descendants to love liberty
and hate oppression, the now time-honored custom
was established and handed down by them, to meet
at the close of the year. when the harvests were all
Fathered in, to thank God for all His mercies, to
settle' the balance between duties performed and
neglected, and, guided by the fallureS of the past,
to pray for strength and - progress for the future.
Year after year, as he read the Governor's procla
mation to the assembled people, the minister hag
been seen to close the book, and, with reyerent face,
as if his soul were in the prayer. repeat its olOsing
Words, " God gave the Commonwealth."
Although the footprints of liberty in South Caro.
line are only found on the sands of these Sea Is
lands, .and are kept there by cannon, still let us also
add it here, and say from our hearts, "God says
the Commonwealth of South Carolina." •
• R. Siorvort,
Brigadier Germarand Military Governor
Tra SOUTHERN STATES.
We have received all the Itichmond journals of
Saturday, the 26th, and present our readera nume
rous interesting extracts from them. The tele
graph, however, maintains a studied silence con
cerning the operations of Sherman—all the news
the .journale give from him being extracts from
Georgia papers or brief editorials on the informa
tion derived from snob sources. They assert that
this reticence Is observed, not because Sherman is
punning a victorious career, for they insist that
they have very "oheerfal and agreeable news from
Georgia," but because it "may furnish information
to y,te enemy." The reasons are thus generally,
stated Lille .1 1 . 4 Ptl 1 ch: . 1
"The information-tent Georgia is of the Edisti -, .
hopeful character. But all the New York papers 1
admit that they have had no intelligence from
Georgia for two Weeks, except what they got from
Southern papers, n makes It the more important
that the Southern papers should preserve atria
silence in regard to military movements in that
State. This explanation should relieve our people
of any uneasiness arising by the reticence of the
press. ,
What this information of such a "hopeful charac
ter" is they do not say, but they strive to make
their readers believe that there is =army in front
of Sherman never before heard. of. This assertion,
which MUM to be rather empty, will be found
included in the italics in the following article com
menting on an editorial which appeared a few days
ago in The Press. The article from the Whig is
entitled :
THE I'ELLADELPHIA PRESS" UPON SHERMAN. •
"Every additional mail from the United States
strengthens us, in the belief that the people of the
North rely for success, in Sherman's " grand' cam.
pulpit," upon the hypothesis the,:, he will bnallo wed
to march uninterruptedly through the heart' of the
South. They have an instinctive fear of the least
opposition to his progress, and they foresee, In a
delay on his art to reach the heped.for goal, the
moat disastrous Consequences. For this reason,
their press bolsters up the people's hopes by pro
claiming that Lee can afford no succor to the cause
In Georgia; that Wilmington, Savannah, and
Charleston are dependent upon their garrisons for
safety ; that Hood, watched by Thomas, Is incapa
ble of sweeping down upon Sherman's rear; that,
In brief, Sherman has nothing to fear from any:
armed Confederate force in his advance, and that,
therefore, having nothing, to fear, he cannot be
otherwise than successful. F,ollowing up this idea,
the Fbiledelphia, Press thus gently balances itself
into delusive dreams, in an editorial entitled "Sher
man 'Unopposed :"
"To us the military preblenieeemil not what Sher
man, but what the rebels will do. For the first time
in the war, a, great Union army has been liberated
from the necessity of defending a position or eon
fronting a rebel force, and is able to move inde
pendently In any direction its commander may
choose. The presence of an army as large and well
appointed as that of • Sherman in the very heart of
the Confederacy, inspired with a just confidence In
its strength perfectly untrammelled and almost
unopposed, Is a new elemeet in the war, and rave--
intionizes• the entire situation. Sherman moves
Into_tho granary-of the South and upon the centre
of its great railroad communisation. Unless his
march is thwarted, he will cat the Confederacy into
pieces."
Our readers are pretty well aware, by this time,
that Sherman has been "opposed" somewhere in
Geo 7 gia ; indeed, that his march has been. thwarted,"
and that the poUoy of prancing uninterruptedly
through a vast tract of hostile , country, burning,
pillaging, and destroying, has been contested, some
where, by an army that, possibly, Sherman may never
have token into consideration in the formatton of his
Impressed, then, with the agreeable fancies
thakit, has pictured to itself to glance at the ab.
ject condition of•theConfederacy, The Press thus
satisfactorily disposes of the whole sabject in a
grand review of the situation :
" We hold it to be self-evident that Lee Can extend
'no help to the Cotton States, and has difflealty
enough in taking can of the rebel capital. Nor Can
Heed, still at Florence, escape the vigilance of
Thomas. In the meanwhile Sherman is advancing
with fifty thousand men on Augusta, and every
tranip of that steady march makes the hollow
ground of the rebellion tremble. What is his ant
mate object we do not can to gnus, bat all around
him are the storehouses of the Confederacy. It is
not what he will do, but what the rebels can do,
that excites speculation, and unless there are armies
in the South of which nothing has ever been heard,
we must believe that they can do nothing.”
The Press,_ In the above,• repeats the stale old
rumor that Sherman has a beggarly array of fifty
thousand men only with him. Why not enter into
the spirit of the occasion, and, with the New York
Herald, award him his due meed of seventy thou
sand '1 In the picture of the future that The Press
conjures before its imagination, does it see the vi
sion of Sherman entering Charleston or Savannah,
or Wilmington, with banners flying, and with the
tread of an " unopposed" conqueror 1 If it does, it
sees that which shall oome to -pass when Vanden:
decken comes to 'life again, shall discover El Do-
rado, and when Prester John, seated upon his ole
pbant, shall appear once more—about the time of
the Greek Halends.
The bitternesS of the following article from the
Examiner is accounted for when we know that it
has been, almost from the beginning of the war, a
consistent opponent of the administration of Davis.
It has more courage than any of the other Rich
mond papers, and consequently, on most occasions,
How LITTLE SHERMAN REALLY RISKS—HIGH
IMPORTANCE OF AILHASTINO HIS ADVANOR.—
No doubt can now be entertained of Sherman'a
designs, or of his destination. When Davis sent,
and Hood took, the only army apparently in the
country sit his shoulders, and carried it through the
mountains to stick it In the mud between ruse n rabbi
aid Florence, Sherman determined to make an at
tempt on the lines of communication between Vir
ginia, the Carolinas,, and the rest of the Confer.
Levitz States. His work In Northern Georgia
was done, and for ulterior operations any point
on the sea-coast would be a better base than Chat
nooga. Be risked much injuppearance, but perhaps
little .in reality, by destroying his communications.
A marching army can transport ammunition
for at least three pitched battles, and for suip•
piles at this season of the year he might partly
rely on the country through which lie proposed to
pass. If he could take Macon or Augusta by..the
way, he would accomplish great things ; but the
destination of those towns was Dot his main object.
Hie design was to destroy the ratlgistes as far as he
could, which ran from Southern and . Western
Georgia to Vir ginia and the Carolinas, and to rest
his army at H ea ufort and Port Royal. That he
would go to that point rather than Savannah is
nearly certain, for if he directed hie coarse to
Savannah or to. Charleston, he would find fortified
and well-defended cities, and his troops ex
hausted by a long march, both in strength
and ammunition, would be wholly unfit to re
duce either place. But the enemy already has
possession of Beaufort. He would have no
fighting to do there, and he would find transports
laden with every. species of supply await
ing his arrival. It is, therefore, reasonable to be
lieve that Beaufort is the point of destination, and
that if he fails at Augusta, he will make his way
thither as fast as the Confederate troops permit
him. if the reader will glance at the map, he will
perceive that when Sherman has passed from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, and thence to Beam/dart,
he will have severed every railroad between Georgia
and Virginia. This Severance will be easily re
paired ; but if he can establish himself permanently
at Beatkfort, he may be able to operate against those
roads repeatedly. Furthermore, Eteasslort Iles be.
tween Charleston and Savannah, and can be con
veniently used ne the base of land operations against
either city. It is evidently highly important that
Sherman should never take Aligned or Macon, and
should never reach Beaufort.
The Milledgeville Recorder, says the Dispatch,
°obtains the following cheering announcement—
that Is, if Sherman will keep his troops in town for
awhile :
"Some excitement has prevailed in the city for
two weeks past on account of the existence ofsmall
pox amongst us. We believe the cases are decreasing
In number, and no fears are entertained of ailkirther
spread of the disease."
CHRISTMAS DINICERS 808 THE R3DIII. SOL-
D/BIM—Two gentlemen informed us yesterday that,
In accordance with Our suggestion, they would send
turkeys to the army for a Christmas dinner. We
have Informatlonthat their example will befollowed
very generally in the country. Let the friends of
the soldiers, however, see that the conscript law
against ablabodied gobblers Is rigidly enforced, so
that there may be a big dinner and a merry time in
camp on Christmas day.— Whig, Saturday.
CONDITION OB THB REBEL TROOPS AT PSTRIIS
BURo.—The Sentinel says : Oar troops are In One
condition. Clothing, blankets, and shoes are being
daily issued to them, and full rations of floor or
meal, beef or bacon, sweet potatoes, sugar, mo
lasses, toffee, rice, salt, and soap are daily given to
them.
THE WBATEIBR AND GITNICUAX. GRAFT.—The
quiet of the military lines in front of Petersburg
and Richmond was unbroken yesterday even by a
solitary gun. if there was any tiring at Dutch Gap,
the cannon were not beard in this city. The wea.
ther was clear and drying ; should, it continue for
three or four days, the ground will be In the condi.
Bon for which alone Grant Is waiting to resume ac
tive operations. But the Season when any conside.
table length of good weather can be expected has
passed. The period of snows and winter rains bi at
hand.—Dispatch, Saturday.
Tan DUmon GAP GAWAT.,—We have reprmts
the Northern papers of the near completion.of the
Dutch Gap Canal. This alumna an improvement
much needed, and will be of signal benetlt to those
of our citizens engaged in navigating the James,
when the enemy are driven from Virglttia, our in.
dependence achieved, and our ports opened to the
commerce of the world. It will prove of very little
use to the enemy In their operations against Rich
mond.
FMB IF Pirruisszhao.—The tobacco factory of
Warrington 8: Brooks;14 Petersburg, Virginia, was
burned on Wednesday night. The loss In fixtures,
building, etc., was $lBO . OOO, of whia about $BO,OOO
wss covered. by Insurance. Besides this, 250,000
ponnds of et*sms, 700 boxesbf manufactured tobacco,
and MOO:pounds of leaf tobacco, were deetroyed.—
Emeriti:mfr. •
PREraOIIALI3.—We and the following personnle t
one olif which Is addressed to a Philadelphian :
RicutrOtin, Nov. 22, 1868.
To. Mr. Asbury Bailey, South aired; bottom' Fifth
and Stith, pitandripiriii:
Wlll you be kind moue/ to let um 4.1141 W lOW 'AY
brothers J. and S. are, and what they are doll; I
Tell them to answer this personal through the New
York News, and le; us know how sister and faintly
are In Baltimore. Father, mother, and all the
Well), are well. How Is A.unt Elisabeth, Unole Joe,
Aunt Liza,_and all of their families , D) write to
mother by flag of truce, and let us bear by personal.
Tell the boys to send their pictures in a letter, and
let us know if they have seen Miss IC,te, and oblige
their sister, Mae. S. T, BeCtlll6oll.
lerrinttnuatt, Nov. 23,1664.
To Parties in Frederick City, Md.:
Jenrte's health is very bad her husband, GK. S.,
Mac, and I, are well ; Isr. R. P. and brother, and
Brad St are well. Carrie, Texas, , and their fa
milies are well ; Jimmy and family are. well, but
looking anxiously for the children, Will (3-. and
Aunt E. grant two requests to one whom they may
never see'? viz : please assist Ow tic P., and have
an iron railing put around Bettie's grave. lam is
One spirits, end shall continue so in any event.- Are
the dear ones on the mountain, in the city and
lane, well? I think of on all constantly, and shall
Ore you to the end, wherever my home may be.
Yours only, /8/111A1BL,
Convention for the Amendment of the
Committal ion.
A convention to secure an amendidelit to the Con
stitution "which shall nonor God, by thankfully
avowing Him as our Supreme Father and Ruler,
and bless man by securing him universal liberty
end all of his other inalienable rights," will meat ln
the West Arch-street Presbyterian church, Eigh
teenth and Arch, at 7 3L this P.M., and will °Outlaws
on Wednesday. The movers in this measure have
a petition in circulation which prays Congress to
take steps to have such an amendment adopted.
Attached to the petitlion is the following argument
in favor of its object :
God made our country for men,
and men made
cur Constitution for the country. The country; in
cluding the people, stand first in order of time and
value. Everything human is Imperfect, and to tat
Constitution its framers made twelve amendments in
fourteen years. The last amendment was made in
1804, and sixty years of the most marvellous increase
in population, territory, science, art, wealth, and
education, and two foreign wars, and a most 'Alvin.
tic contest with an utterly infernal rebellion, have
certainly to schooled us that we can new see what
amendments are neEded. and how to make thorn.
The authors of the Constitution were only men, and
we should be unworthy of our sires, If, with all
their light, learning, and experience to start with.
we failed 'to surpass them after the lapse of the
sixty years, in which the steamship, railroad,
steam-press, and telegraph have began to bless
the world. 3 0pr present Constitution excludes the
word slavery because our fathers thought that it
would soon die out, end leave nave of its hideous
scars to mar their fair fabrio: - Our proposed amend.
went *lll, Ifadopted. expressly exclude the Word and
Me accurstd thing. PROGBEsS Is A Dory, AND WHAT
Or 0 HT TOES 545 BP litre pray with faith, end work
Ulbelp answer our owe prayers. Our new (law-ism
comes Into power March 4th.1865, and In It we
have a majority of ever two-thirds la favor of truth
and liberty, and it ix our duly to make sure of fall
and permament protection against the &gnasin as
nuns of slavery upon liberty. Without this emend.
meet some future Supreme Court may possibly
annul the Emancipation Proclamation, and some pre
pillar puppet may, for pelf and power, pander to the
greed of gold and lust for dominion, so as to continue
the "sum of all villanies,” and seem to heal its
"deadly wound" long after it ought to have been
buried from off the earth, on which it has for ages
been such a grievous stench and dire scourge."
Moreover our present Clonsttyption shows striking
traits of French Infidelity. If was LESS OP CHRIS
TIANITY IN IT THAN THE DECLARATION OF IRON
PREIDENCR, OR THE ARTICLES OF 001 , TPNO RATION.
Many wise and sincere patriots havernourned this
fact, and, is high time that we should now amend
the organic law of Mir -4;;;;', lft this most important
particular. GOD nye (1 Sam: 11. 301: t Them shat
honor sos, I will honor, but they that despise ms. shall
be lightly esteemed." All history proves that this Is
true of individuals and nations.
The desire of the is, that over a million of
eignatures be appended to the petition in time to
present it to the President on the 4th of March
nextAwben be enters on hie second term of offtte.
All interested in each an amendment are requested
to use their energies to collect signers.
Pnbne Entertainments.
CHEEVITPUT•STESET TECRATRF.,—The beautiful
drama of r "l'Pauvrette " will be plodneed here this
week, to be withdrawn at its close in favor of another
novelty. The excellence of the acting in this play
the completeness of its stage arrangements, and
the beauty of its scenery; became more apparent to
wards the end of last week, as all concerned In the
production of the piece acquired experience in Its
difficulties by practice. The avalanohe now falls so
satisfactorily that it is greeted nightly wity rounds
of applause. The exquisite chorus of the peasants,
while conducting Pauvrefte to her mountain home,
charms every listener. The acting, too, is generally
very meritorious. Miss Germon has taken a part
as different from her usual line of character as Robert
Brierly was from Mr. Cilarke's ordinary persona
tion, and has succeeds comparatively as welt
She exhibits as Pa:uvrette a tenderness and depth of
pathetic feeling for the possession of:which she had
not. prey lowly you acknowledgment from the public,
although we had given her credit for it sines her per
formance of Diavoline in the "Seven Sisters," a
character which, though comic in its entirety, eon•
tamed some well portrayed touches of pathos. The
"Good-night" song to the
"Alpine rocks, which o' , r the clouds arise,
And rear their heads anddet contiguous skies,"
is undoubtedly the gem of the play, both in its con•
caption and rendition. Occurring just before the
Introduction to the hut of a stranger, whose abode
there Mines at first such_ misery to its tender °cou
pons., his Mansly-toisTahing-
"The siek'ning swan thus Ungs her silver wino,
And, as she troops, her elegy she '&1301. "
The oharacter of Bernard, an heroic veteran of
the "grand army," a survivor of the retreat front
Moscow and a long imprisonment in Siberia, re
ceives ample justice , at the hands of Mr.. Baker.
The incessant effort of Bernard to escape from his
captivity, his laborious starchier his wife and child;
his discovery of the latter., his grief at her rain, his
attributing It, to her friendless and unprotected
state, and his invocation .of mercy for her sin,
render the charactOr a very amiable and interesting
one. Mr. Baker's performance is good in every
part, and is particularly effective in the scenes in
the chateau Grandval: '
Maurice is not a part calculated to display fully
Mr. Mardaunt's ability, yet It is played in that ac
tor's accustomed good style.
Mr. Ward, although he impriived, we think,
towards the close of the week, is not well cast in
Michel. He gives but little force to the • character,
apparently not properly entering into Its spirit; be
sides, he does not look at'all like a soldier, despite
his military trappings. Bliss Vaughn and Wm.
Chapman are tolerably good In their roils i'the
latterlady Is, however, cast out of her tine of chse
radars, which Jo aSSentlally comic.
Mr. Murdoch, a 'nephew of the well known actor
and orator of the same name, has recently made
hie appearance in the afterpleoes at this theatre.
He acts with much spirit, and, being yet very young,
evinces considerable promise of achieving an envi
able reputation in the future.
The altarpieces at the theatres are generally the
least esteemed — portions of the evening's perform ,
since!, but are sometimes decidedly the best. Tula
is the case with the Chestnut•street Theatre, which
is fortunate In having two clever low comedy men—
Mr. Walter Lennox and Mr. Ward. -The humor of
Mr. Lennox Is melancholy, but is often irresistible.
His characters are either sick, convalescent, or half
starved, but his fan is of a distinctive character, its
specialty being the exprosion of nausea, hypo
chondria, sadness, and helplessness. A more vigo.
roes Instance of Mr. Lennox's talent is his Worm
wood, in - the farce of the "Lottery Ticket." This
character, a sort of farce Mephistopheles, abound
ing in morbid mischief and bitter fun, is ono of his
very best.
AROMSTREET THEATRE.—Mr. Clarke had a
grand house last evening on his return to the city
which has been the scene of so much of his best
humor. "Watitillove," which many of our theatre
goers have seen him play a half dozen times, was
witnessed with renewed pleasure. His bill for this
evening presents another generous treat.
A Rowan Arave.—Buried alive ! What fearful'
import is eonve) ed in those two words ! What
visions of horror do they conjure up, COnsti-
Luting in anticipation, at lea% one of the most
erquiatte tortures linaginable! An unnatural
death is at all Wiwi linked in thought with the
feelings of indefinable awe, but the idea of dying
under such horrible circumstances, conscious
of the inevitable fate which a few momenta will
bring—struggling to be freed from the dread
chamber of death but unable to avert the certain
doom—is maddening. One oan almost imagine the
choking suffooation, the frenzied and ineffectual ef
forts to break through the dull earth and buret into
the free air of heaven, and the imagining - causes the
blood to curdle and chill la horror. The very possi
bility of such a fate haunts many people like a spec
tre, and invests death with a frightineall it would
not otherwise possess,
One of the most curious oases of this genus which
hes ever been recorded, has just occurred at Hyde
Park, near this city—goose which has almost batted
the skill of physicians of known ability and high re
pute. During Wednesday night last, Alex. itloLeod,
a young man of 17 or 18 years of age, residing with,
and the sole support of an aged grandmother, was
attacked with severe fits of vomitingg and pugging.
Re did not, however, appear to be dangerously in,
and told his relative, who was aroused from her
bed, to return to her room, or she would make herself '
sick. The old lady did so, and, finding that her grand
son soon became quiet, went to sleep and thought
no more of the occurrence until morning, when, on
entering his room, she iyas horrified at finding
him dead. Those who assisted to prepare the,
corpse for burial noticed that the flesh was re
markably pliable and undeathlike, the eyes re
mained naturally closed, the features had not the.
rigidity of death, nor had the face lost its natural ,
freshness. These circumstances aroused the at
tention of the friends, and Dr. Bogue, of this city,.
was summoned to give his opinion regarding the.
death of tue youth. Atter an investigation, . he
affirmed that life had certainly departed. and that
the patient bad died of cholera morbus. On. the
strength of this decision, an inquest was lick.
upon the remains, and a verdict of "died by natu
ral
causes , ' returned. The body was then plowed
in a coffin, and the funeral ordered for the neat day.
On Friday, however, blood commenced be flew
rather freely from the note, and the burial-was : de:
toned until Sunday afternoon. In the interim, the
corpse was closely watched. but atIU • tbs. features
retained their lifelike pliability. On. Sunday
morning, a funeral sermon was preached la the
church, by Rev. S. S. Smith, of Oleaverville, - who,
in the afternoon, was invited to ofilolateat the ba
nal services, but when the time for the flineral
arrived, the friends still declined to takathe nlapork.
sibility of burying the body, and it was left unlit
tarred. Yesterday evening a number of physicians'
left the city for the purpose of thoroughly investi
gating the body, and In our neat lame we will be
able to give the result of their deliberations. The
body is deactribed as presenting the appearance of
restirg in a natural sleep—the eyes are not sunk,
nor have the features set. There la ne death-like
smell proceeding from the body,. and the blood
appears to still be retained In the veins. If death.
has really enE.ued, this hi one of the most estraordi.
nary cases which has ever been noticed, and will
well repay medical investigation. McLeedt Watt a
young man of full florid habit. He had been a mem
ber of the 134th Illinois (hundred day) Infantry, and
for some months previous to being mustered out of
the service had been in delicate health/. still tin
meow consequences wet o anticipated, triad the day
previous to his death. If death it be, he viirar,(o 3l , o2 l
health and spirits.--Bosion Post, 28th ,
Tint Tortow2o "Puma" TO BE taros= UP —The
Toronto Webs of last Wednesday says "At noon
yesterday Judge Harrison gave Judgment in the
case of the pikes. He said that, after haying spearebed
np the law as fully as possible, he had:come to the
conclusion that there was no course. lell apes for
him to pursue but to order the Issue of Urn writ of
replevin for the recovery of the pikes from the au
thorities. His Honor gave his reasons let this j u d,,,,
ment, and referred to the anthoritlea Wider whieh
lie acted. The writ was, we believe, at once taken
out, but, from all we can hear, chore 'will be some
difficulty experienced in finding the pikes, as they
have mysteriously disappeared from th e room in
which they w ere placed. Provided they cannot be
fc und, McGuire's only course will be to sue th e ae ..
tboritles for the value of the articles. It is expected
that he will havei,a very interesting time of it b e f ore
be again gets htdd of his toOthlsteka,' as some Ot
his fellOWectOtil;llo4 them."
IMPORTANT INDIAN Tairure.—florrwe
n aa Snakes/ '
Surerintiindent of Indian Affairs for bi.,,,.
tory, held a. greed council with the sh r ;,2;
tilaDA (commonl know
Idonday last, the loth Ins t., and a tria'trri3O,
fur all the land thirty miles each ride of
fro the sorce to Ito morph. Twa l e ,d
lit ty m
Indians u were present. Tani Terantl r f'
Civil Chief, and twelve headmen r ept , s ,
.shoshones. Color el Maury, Maier Tror; b ., l
otter LfElcers of the garrison were witrie,;;!.
contract. This treaty Is all that could b e . . i .:'
the rattlers in the Territory, and will Senn
clop to Indian troublea. The f lovernor L
with us but a few days, and km saeotriL4
work of months, and in some l ustanevs r
Be will leave in a .evr cols for the tnith.-
the Territory. for the purpose of effesti
with other Indian tribes —Moho Sfatemee.
St, Loaf, Iffeurketts No v. 29.
Cotton firm ; receipta for three
Pretty
Beinp firm, with an nnward tendency;
rat
a1..95; dreseed, 32 t 6Q2 70.
pnperflue.. 4.7 76 ; extra. ).14,
*9.60(t10 25. Wheat 2ese. lower, rat. , for prtree to Owlet.
Oats beavy at 78(4900. Biwa
active awl hb her ; sales at 41.709 i 7 5
11 - 1 e following Government e •ntractg
1 . 0.097: 3.000 bbls bless Pork, h 33; 2 , 45,
bt
Beef, slB@/-8.75'
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o ,
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atsld' in Philadelphia. CALL R.LT
TOISB taFt134,11.014,
IeD,VP.—& Pennsylvania garner, in an
to Etsistitzrons. ear. " The minor wants geat
tallow candles, whisky, linen, beeeway, •
ani thing else he oar. get." If he would 111 Q
gaxit melt, ate. Moderate cost we can ermacle:
commend him to the Brown Stone Cietain4 ,
Rockhtll & Wilson, Nos, GO3 and 606 Uhogr
above
COTTON ..&ND CORM—
Cotton and Corn were mighty ghu o ., ,
Who differed at times un different Wp m
To the country's dire conitulx
Corn waspeaceible, mild, and jolt,
But Cotton was fond of saying y o ,,
So, after he boasted, and bullied, r
_ Ho got np a revolution.
But to the course of time the bubble it
And Corn was King, and Cotton woe%
Now, Corn was loth to make it a fight,
But. he felt that Cotton would crust it
So be came to the law's protectior
He rtdes,rar a rply a million strong
To lift up-the right'afitl pat doma ti
And it certainly seemed that he, ere i
Should wipe out the Insurreatio;
Clothing made of ail materlato,
and worsted, at Chas. Stoios /fc. Co,'s "one
under the COlttLuentaL -
Baseaanre i Clurrnma,
Bargains In Olethlng ar
Bargains in Clotblie
Bargains in Olothiag,
At Granville Ste 1 311
At Granville Stokes= V.
At Granville Stokee Old
At Granville Stance , Pl.'
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 009 Chestnut Street.
Me. 609 Chestnut phi:et.
Art lanantorre Poomnr-Boom—The be l
books are those manufactured by Mes Era.
Hughes. No. 44 North Sixth street. They;
of one piece of loather, by folding which
with the necessity_of stltoblng, makha
and durable book.
Warm VIEELGIA WAX O ILATILLES.—..
site °osmotic hee no equal for beam:lrvin
ing, and preserving . the complexion. It i
from pure white wax, hence its extraordin;
ties for preserving the skin, making :t
smooth, and transparent. It is most soothin,
■having, Mires chapped hands or Dpi, removes
plea, blotches, tan, freckles, or sunburn, on;
parts that pearly tint to the face, neck, and e 7
much desired by ladles of taste. Price So, 10,
Cents. Hunt & Co., 183 South Seventh
41 South Eighth street.
PCISCHASNIN may rely upon getting the ,
at Charles Oakford & Son% Continental 11(
GET THE Plasy.—Olergymen, as & clam
recommend an article unless they have go ,
to know It to be valuable. Procure of ani
one 01 Mrs. Allenla circulars of her Work
Restorer and flair Dressing, and you ean read
twenty testimonials of our most eminent clergy
each one recomMendlng in the strongest term
use of these preparations. They restore, !aril
and beautify the hair... If you wish to rest(
retain your hair through life, use them.
druggist sells thein. ' n29-tuttmg,
HUNT'S BLOOM or Roes'—A charming col(
the cheek, does not. wash off or Injuro the
Manufactory:4 only by Bunt ft 00., 41 Soutv.
street, and 133 South Seventh street.
Avraarriou le directed to the advertleem
Mr. J. C. WickerEham, Cancer Doctor, to be
In another column.
SHAKER FLANNEL SHIRTS AND DEI
Gentlemen 11111 find a large assortment, all n
C. Henry Love'e Famishing Dept, nortewet
ner of /Q- Fifth and Chestnut streets. Doti
Lesoass Fars—An elegant assort:toast
Oakford Sr. Son's, Oontinental HoteL
Osomin &max & 1110. , s Pianos, and
Hamlin's Cabinet Organs, for sale only by
Gould, Seventh and Chestnut streets. not,
Pn.fiers Da Torrarrra FRAnownm—For
ling the skin, eradicating wrinkle], si
marks, pimples, &a Price $l. Hunt hCc
Seventh street, and 41 S. Eighth street. Sc)
Era, EAR, AND 0AT1..111334 INWOOSettilj
by J. Isaacs, BL D., Oculist and Azalea, MI
Axtifietal oyes inserted. No charge for •
Lennie' Alt]) Camtaratn's Reoro—Lat,
at Marisa Oakrord h Son'/ Continental 1.1,
UNDERSBrETS WAD D114.11r2138, of silk,
lambs' wool, cotton, and &aim* may be had
Henry Love, Air Fifth and Chestnut. no 7
VA1413 KELM 011, Paorawrsas.—Parties
of purchasing Oil . Lunde in Wen
nango county, may secure some Tallnablr
applying early to
no'ffpat
Gwarnamor's Hats—An the latest strja
Cha - ase thadttril & Son% Qpntinental Rota
URITILS AT THE HOTELS,
The Con
Eamon Hodrignes, Hexleo
Jobn Idendenball,Pittab'g
J E TJ aches, Boston
NCatper,Doston
T Campbell, &Wanes, 0
P T Shins, Sandusky, 0
H D Neays & wf, Tows
P Dwyer & In,Cliteago
Copt J P Gill es,V N
him)) Sherwood. Altentwn i
F N nrclier, Palm.
P D Townsand,Bostoi
J Pot %yr B N
C C Blsir k wf.Pitisiirg
J V Guy, Pew York
J Keith. Boston
J Dunckelbergor, Pa
Cletar,Coba
k Marano & la
Mrs Dr Dodge,. Baltimore
W Clark at stall, Balt
J Collln, New York
Jae kobestook, New York ,
Gee W Snyder Pottsville
Lt Cll3 A.:felted & wf, MIA
Maj El Davis II S A
Mrs Jonas liPiencli Boston!
CO Miller, New York
Fronk Jan don, New York
Jas C Lndlow,Newark,N J
ti Bobadman,Bew York -
13 is Boar dman, New York
Mrs Wallin gton. Mew York
W Beasley & wf, Chester
H 6 McComb, Delaware
Jab Benderson, Brooklyn
Garretson, Pottsville
W Torrey, New York
N Wilson, Workington
G P Clarkson dr wf, N
Bricahead, Ohio
H k Bursa
John A Ripendmf. N Y
B Wilitams,Waskington.
B F Woolman & la, N
W H Efenok, Washington
N Curtis .dr. is, Boston
S Barker & wf. Boston
J T Ford, Waskington
MDnpont
ES pear, II S A
A F mirk, New York
C W Wright. Delaware
R E Emmert. New York
E L Dodge, Little Book
A S Strurtatant & wife,fdd
Wm Smory, Iraland
W A Bayley, New York
C B Beydon, Brooklyn •
B B Peterson. New York
L B Downing. Row York
D I Bungerford, Conn
SW Torrey & wife. N Y
W BYlntoher Sr. wi1.„21 ,
Altrothner. Boston
Norman Nordlinfrereir
Issac,S Lloyd. New York
C &Stone, Beg , York •
E.Wood. New York E Archer, New York
J P).ewis. New 'York
C. A Marriott. Maryland
J. M Ridenour, Indiana
B It Tracy, New Yolk
B Bessie, New York
G W Sewall, Maryland
John Black, Maryland
T X Murphy, Wow Jerney
Panreaat, Raw York
J kyle, New limey
The Met
lira Moyer, Ilarriabryg
Airs Repenter. Harriaburg
J Stewart. Penne
J B Ibutholomew.Ariionia
S Ports?, Boston
W T Cady. Boston
.7 i Diraendall, Bear Crk
W Hi rkendall.Wilkeeb'
T lamareux, Wilkesbarre
.1 A Denther, litteton
AB Weil, Pennsylvasla
Cant N Way. SewieltleY
F Sample, Allegheny
J Fuffman ' Carlisle
B Woodward
ei A hiclibennY
W York
F Holland°, New York
BB Clayton. New York
J Keeley, Pbronlxville
W I) Chillson, Illtnoia
W It Johnston. Huntingd'n
Mentaer. Pittsburg
J Bovril. Pittsburg
1 ()eke. Wheeling, Va
B Nesbitt, Wt eeltn g, Vs
H B MoCanlley, New York
J L Drutmath &Ist Penns
PKesuedy. Brigeton. B
IT /Kennedy, Belvidere
.1 Davis &let Harrisburg
ralmer, New Itims
JOHN B. Lon,
16 South Front stmt.
mental.
T A &loop( & la Pen
W Armstrong. J r
Dire J Carpet ter, Pits`
W Y Irwin k wr, CU;
A W Leirearing. M Ct
Miss KT t itzterald m , 9'
Mies 2 Fierold, Bal
Wash Booth,Talpirai
J S Morrill * wr. Yen
Mies Swan. Tennant
Caps Henry &IL N r
W )1 De With& la,
Geo-RSkilltoaa. Nulth
D X Bowker, y Y
Mrs Gov Sprague, 8.1
Ot
W H Slack. r
P Ketcham, NC
G r : T W : ,l Ts bet Dwight, Yw o ° : e e s .w r e l 1 "1 1 l 1 ,
,D foShoemater.lich ,} na
IC "")"' e/
, w A Mullin, Carlisle
If L Beeman, Pit , s'iart
!Mrs A 0 Carlin. ilarr . .. l
Garda, flarrio
Col T S Mather. Ham,
Sorg W H Sloe & la. re.
J N Dubarry & wf. 14a R
J D Cameron, Barri . ..hi ,
A VT Gridley. Mena
W N Whey ; LAUCtel . f
H Mublenherg, Loci'
Jno B Hlestand. len"'
F. H Cooper *wt. Balton
Bre H D Cooke A ',mg !
B 11 Brown. New York
Brown. Nem Yerk
G Van Winkle & Pa
J BiCarlile It son, VA
IC Hendrickson
IWD Reap, New HIM
J . Green,New York
Greer, New' York
CA Burnell •
W Furlong 'brother
Mrs Pextoa
L Paxton
John McFarland, P
A Roberteon. Pa •
lAS im l p Lewis. A llent ll o C
Kiss H uf e e S
D w(. iee. re',
(Biles 80Plits 9 1 cP 11)".
1.1 Ltisourtur, Churl
B Leimaring• M a-A 2
C R Reed & wife. Pa
Joe p Xendol, New
T Oklernaedr. Choer
Joshua Doug's.% "'''%
' SG Bowman,Si.ce ° ' -
C L Bowman . Hardtbarg
A Iff Brown U S
Teti
Col J Turner,
Neg.
J C Cotter, New 10 1.
Blake ar wife, 0r...
Mica Blake. New Y0, (1 ,,t.
H Bernstein, G.'
J Green wag. new '"
R N Allen, Claret's. ] j .
A Hancock. Marigi
W A linibegt. New ,
R CI Taylor.* la. 9 .`
W H Beckwith. Ob i t
IJ B Peyton. Nevi" —
; J McClure
;W Whitne.Y. P4a
•ehants%
Ritchersou, Jr•
Dr S H
IJC Everhan.
H Mazer, Utite rs
J Shaffner, Ran'toi,
3 Thompson, 1.0 1;t:
Moaoyst-s. Jr.
hilts S E Laurehf• e i.
.1 A Lanacaan. g"
W Archer, W Greg •
3 J Moore. DilLen . ra o
T Bearer.
L Lauer, Baltinon g .
0 D J C ua ne obur. New N n. trei la rA,
J is
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Wright.No"
IlleCiLams,Cbo u ';
B Elmer rldeo'
K Ware:Brit e ;"l' , '
J E silderPon
Mr Reed, Nude
J S Borer. Me 4ha f
0 Brower. Liebno_.
W Iffauu. 161 1 7 1 1,7
3 A Smarts ec ao ,
W iinbodr• e"(
II 1, Lathrop.
Adrian,
U Bah r, Georrw".._
Wells. MtMut":
loose.