leum la burned by the French as a fuel, and Caiplia naptha Is world-renowned; In Norway It serves the eame.parpose; in India ’and parts of Italy it Is an lllnmtaatlng agent, and is last supplanting the animal and vegetable oils; and there!are those who suppose that the slime with which the artisans'' of the Tower of Babel bntlt their great structure was composed of coal oil. Others, who added Imagination to,their solenoe, tell • - os that the walls of Babylon were strengthened with It, and that when the judgment of the Almighty God fell upon Sodom and Gomorrah, the Immortal bade the rooks to open, and the burning springs of petroleum to cover them forever. There is a tradi tion that in Trinidad the Spaniards found a lake of pure petroletun. We know that It exists In Siolly, and that there are deposits in Italy, France, and England* But Amerioa-has found it in the largest quantities, has refined and developed it, made it an article of oommeroe, and, after lighting up oar houses, has taken its dregs and compounded some of tee most beautiful dyes known to the ohbmist or haberdasher. A TEADITION OF VENANGO, There is a tradition in Venango county that the ell springs on Oil Creek formed, a part of'the reli gious ceremony of the Seneoa Indians, who for merlv lived on these wild hUIB., The Aborigines dipped it from their wells and mixed H with their war paint, which is said to have given them a hideous appearance, varnishing their faces, as it were, and enabling them to retain the paint for a long time, and to. keep their skin entirely imper vious to water. The uses of this oil for their religious worship is spoken of by the French commander of Fort Duquesne, In a letter, an extract from which you will allow me to print: «I would desire,” writes the commander to his Excellency, Gen. Montcalm, who [afterwards died at Ouebeo, “to assure yea that this is a most delightful land. Some of the moßt astonishing natural wonders have beerf dis covered by our people. While descending the Alle gheny, fifteen leagues below the mouth of the Oone wango, and three above the Venango, we were In vlted by the chief of the Senecas to attend a rail glous ceremony of Ms tribe. We landed, aad drew up onr canoes on a point where a small stream en teted the river. The tribe appeared unusually so lemn- We marched up the stream about half a league,where the company, a large band, It appear ed, had arrived some days before us. Gigantic hills begirt us on every side. The scene was, really sublime. The great chief then recited the conquests and heroism of their ancestors. The surface of the stream wa£ covered with a thick scum, which burst into a oompieta conflagration. The oil had been gathered, and lighted with a torch. At the sight of the flames, the Indians gave forth the triumphant fbout that made the hills and valleys re-echo again. Here, then, is revived the ancient fire-worship of the East; here, 'then, are the children of the sun.” Tracing the course of the French'commander down the Allegheny river on onr present maps, wo find the small stream spoken of as evidently Oil Greek, and that upon marching half a league above that stream we will probably have reached Roosevllle, where the Cherry Kun fin ws Into that stream, and where the largest oil wells have since been found. The “ gigantic hills ” are hero still, and the “ thick teum” which the Indians gathered, and which care ful, prudent men now guard against conflagration, flows into peaceable tanks, and, Instead of lighting up the wilderness for tbe exhibitions of. uncouth savages, sends joy and comfort Into thousands of distant homes. FRANKLIN AND OIL OKBZK, We went from Franklin to Oil Oity In a small boat, called the Petrolla. It was Intended to ao-. commodate a dozen or twenty country farmers, and Is now oompelled to carry three hundred, very much on the principle of herring packed in a barrel. It was late at night before we started from Franklin, and onr creeping boat gave little promise of an ehsy journey. Although the distance*was but seven miles, the captain -assured us that he could run It in three hours, so we huddled Into the cabin as best we could, for even that was preferable to the cold, damp frost. We had a speolmen of what might be called California life on board the Petrolla. The boat had soaroely started, before a smooth-faced young gentleman unrolled a square piece of oil cloth, painted !ed and checkered with numbers, which, he said, was a branch of the great Havana lottery; that the game was played In every private parlor In the Union, and respectable men and wo men gave their days and nights to it; that there were Bixty numbers, of which two-thirds were prizes, and the others blanks; and that npon paying the small sum of fifty cents any gentleman In the party might, throw hls tin dice with the prospect of being remunerated in the sum of $l5O, pro vided the nnmber corresponded to certain numbers npon hls cloth. - >• Gentlemen,” he said, “ this la the great Havana lottery, played in every parlor In the Union I Only fifty oents a chance, with a prospect liof'-making more modey than you would out of an '•ettWeH! Will yon hayfe a throw, sir! Only fifty cents a throw. I only, play this game for amuse ment—a very respectable game—not a man or wo man In the country that does not know how to play It. Just fifty oents for one throw, and If yon hit a prize yon get yenr money back again and become rich.” For two hours the game was continued, .and, of course, I could not but see that the munificent young man with hfs cloth lost nothing by his kind intentions. When within four miles of Oil City It was announced that a part of the machinery of the boat had been broken, and before morning the cap tain hoped to repair the damage. My friend and my self, anxious to escape frpm the noise and discom fort of the boat, under , the escort of three or four boatmen who paraded a lantern,made preparations 'to stort bn f-x-t-U- Oii OiVjr. : W«-reotlW>crShOre-ana began out midnight pilgrimage, feeling that even the hard frost was preferable to the huddled-up cabin and a disinal siesta on the river. The night' was very dark, and my first experience In Oil City was anything but pleasant. The roads were rongh and imperfectly frozen; deep, deceptive ruts be trayed the traveller into many an unfortu nate slip and stumble. T should almost pre fer the .old Saxon ordeal of the burning ploughshare to another tramp on the bankß of that river, and it was with a feeling of joy that we ar rived at a small hotel upon the outskirts of the elty, about an hour after midnight. Our accommoda tions, poor as they were, were rendered pleasant by the genial temper of the old landlord. He had come from Warren, he said, and opened the hotel, and had received so mnch custom that he had not had time to make any arrangements for the com fort of hls guests. In the morning we started off to view the ikr-famed Oil City. Can I describe this .placet Do you Imagine a city or banks and highways and dwellings, and rushing men and women eager to be rich, a oity of Chestnut streets and Broadways and Pennsylvania avenues ! II so, abandon the idea, for Oil City is nothing more than a long, narrow mud-flat, that seems to sprawl at the feet of high shale rooks. It is the delta of the Allegheny river and the adjacent stream of OH Creek. You do not find It In the census or upon the maps, for ft has grown In a night. It lives in news papers as a city, and as a habitation for men is nothing more than a collection .of houses, low roofed, dirty shanties, hastily put up, without much regard to our natmal disinclination to cold and rain; a oity of hotels and offices, filled with booted, muddy, heavily-clad men, surrounded' by tall derricks, that look like the shipping of New York or Philadelphia; and so, sprawling through the mud, far on to Titusville, for twelve or fifteen miles, it might be easily conceived to be a nest of moles burrowing in the mud, to find in the price currents of,foreign markets and the stock lists of foreign exchanges the recompense for depriving themselves of every imaginable comfort. If you, wish to live in mud, to walk in mud, to ride'in mud, to see nothing but mud, to have the color of your clothing obscured by mud, to Inhale nothing but an air burdened with gas and petroleum, and to see what a livid, hungry, anxious genus of animals men are when they are bitten by this money-getting tarantula, by all means come to Oil City and take upyour abode In one of Us hotels. Here King Petro leum reigns, seated upon his muddy throne, and sends off upon the shallow waters of this muddy river millions of wealth to beautify and gladden all portions of the world. ' ,XITJIBA'I4|t:!£AKD BOMAHCE OF PBTROLEXJM. All along the Ohio river, and taking the course of the Allegheny safer aa Titusville, we find nothing but traces of the great oil enterprise.’ I think it ia no exaggeration to'say that for a apace of two hun dred miles, running from MeCorinelavllle, in Ohio, to Erie, in Pennsylvania, every person that I met or with whom I engaged in conversation had no sub ject more Interesting than oil. This enterprise has given us a literature of its own as well aa an aristo cracy of its own. An oil man Is as much an Idiosyn crasy as the coal miner or the chimney sweep. He talks of oil, dreams of oU, thinks of oil, and is gllh and profuse about petroleum, and carbon, and nap tha, and beneine, and lubricating oil. He has his , own slang phrases. He ean- tell the current news in unintelligible phrases, and say that Sherman’s army shows good surface indication»; that accord . ing to the latest news Grant had a fine show of oil, and that If Sheridan. keepß on after the rebels he will strike a Rowing weU, In this eiiterprfefc'al In *ll others, we have the ridiculous as well as the sen sible class of men. There are thousands, of course,’ who come into these countries and make their mo ney, and quietly go home again without showing whatTmight be permitted to call any “surface indications ” of their new prosperity. But the petroleum aristocrat or the oU prince, which ever phrase you may accept—the man. who AnasUmsetr*!*, *“ petrar ? gloom, *ho finds himself the possessor of an income which übi«m,m°hiStin enl ?t t0 ‘ pena ’ faan oad ana laugh- Wei w>an heard of the impression made upon English society in the last century, hy the men who went out to India in the traces of Clyde’s and Hastings’ conquering ar jnies and gathered great fortunes in the old denosi torles of Indian wealth. Oar everyday conversation has taken a word from that period of sudden pros perity, and men now commonly speak of a “nabob” without thinking that with their grandfathers it was a term of envious contempt, and Intended to express very much what la now Intended when we speak of men who have grown rich as “shoddy” men' and “Oilprinces. The nabob and the oil princes have pretty mueh the same characteristics. Living in Venango or Wirt has not given men the llver-eom plaint or the gout, (and no nabob In the olft come dies was complete -without these two unplea. !!'Si 0 Ia P ata™ a),bQt there “ same wait of .taste and delicacy, and a n utter inability to oompre- d r ,^nmm. n ! B r ri : f n mODBy * tbe •«« £££ JJeau BnunmeU or Count D’Orsay.or to ride In by tte ““gfilfioent display of Mr. Belmont. I met some of these ridiculously rich men in my travels, and, as I write, my mind recalls the history of one whose name Ido not eare to mention, but whose ttory has been told to me a hundred times, and is now a part of the romance of petroleum. Johnny -Jones (this name is as good as another) was a aim. ple.country hoy In the service of a farmer whose aores were very hard to till, and therefore twenty years -of Johnny’s life were given to meagre orops and bad .roads, He tolled among the wheat and corn until 1m jftewup to manhood, with no other accomplish ments beyond those necessary for a good hostler or etagfrdrlvw. Johnny Jones, good-hearted In his way, probably attended the village ohuteh wlth ail the devollon of a young man who had a good Butt of clothes and was In love with a country girl. He married this qountry girl, and it is possible that with her knowledge of plaln oooklng and the mys teries of apple butter, and. Johnny Jones' hard' si news and constant ton, they might have lived and died very respectable old people; leaving the farm to their children and making no more Impression A upon the world than any of their nsernl and neces sary class. Bat the rain falls upon the just as well as the unjnßt, and it oame to pass that Johnny Jones found the poor barren acres that were left to him by hls foster-mother to be mines of more wealth than were ever discovered in the El Dorado of the Far west. He had enongh rude sense to keep him from parting with them for a frook or a string of beads, llkqjome of his more igno rant brethren in West Yirginia, and simply sold enough to have them developed, and to retain an Interest, whloh, for the last year, has paid him an Income estimated at from three to five thousand dollars a day. I would not like to be responsible far , the effect of an income of this kind upon any of my friends, nor should I care to have my own oonduot 'Criticised were 1 to be in receipt of so many glorlons greenbacks. Johnny Jones became Insane with hls new wealth, not In that sense which implies a straightjacket, or close confinement in an Infirma ry, but with a far more terrible meaning. Johnny’s sadden wealth carried Mm up Into the clouds, and, as the heaven of hls early dreams had been sense gratifying wealth, he hurried out Into the world with Ms gains, and began to be a great man. Such a fish could not long be in the sea of American life without having around him a shoal of sharks, and so Johnny had not proceeded very for in his new ocean pf prosperity before a shoal of welbdressed sharks—sharks with diamond rings and astonishing vests—sharks who knew the mystery of the gam bling-house and the bagnio—took possession of him, and began to feed npon his substance. Off they went in their wild oareer. The poor country wife was left at home to do her plain cooking, make her apple-bntter, and astonish the neighbors by the display of several gaudy new dresses. Johnny went to Philadelphia, showering Ms favors upon back-drivers who took hls fancy, pleasant-spo ken gambling-men, and ladles of miscellaneous and cosmopolitan attachments, and npon all that was wicked and vile and seducing in the great- metro, polls. His career extended to Western and Eastern cities; and what with diamond rings and losses, and gambling saloons, and presents to all who asked them, in three months he managed to spend ninety thousand dollars. lam told that Johnny’s 7 new lire wore deeply Into hlsmusoles and hls sinews, and quite soddened Ms poor, feeble brain, and that, as a sequel to hls career, some considerate friends who thought that hls money might be more advan tageously applied, obtained the Interference of the law; and so Johnny’s affairs are now in the hands of a receiver, and hls money is paid to careful, pru dent men, and Mb great gainß are husbanded by others, while he is only permitted to spend a limited' Income, sometMng, perhaps, like fifty or one hun dred dollars per day, which, with care and pru dence, may enable Mm to pass through this period of his great'caiamity, and'becomea respectable and worthy old gentleman. HOW A WELL IS BOBUD. This article would scarcely be complete If I did not tell you something about the mechanical prooess by which oU Is obtained. The wells are of two classes— flowing wells and pumping wells 5 the flowing wells being those In which .a crevice is struck by some borer, and the gases force the oil through the earth into the tank prepared for It. When a site is deter mined upon for sinking a well a high wooden’frame, Slled a derrick, is raised some thirty or forty feet gh, covering some ten or twelve feet of ground at the base and gently sloping towards the top. 7 The machinery is very simple, being a wheel or pulley with a windlass and crank connected by a pitman rod—thetend of a walking beam—whiohls connected with the derrick and works upon a pivot at this centre of the frame, some fifteen, foot from the ground. This simple machinery being erected, a cast-iron pipe about five inches in diameter is driven into the ground, one joint following another, until the earth is penetrated and its further progress stopped by a rook. The earth is removed,and then a drill ora hard Iron chisel about three inches In diameter and three feet long Is at ’ tanked to the end of a rope, and thns to the walking beam, whloh moves up and down and drills the rook by Its mere weight alone.. It Is generally found that by the time the drill penetrates the .rock water gathers, and the drill Is fastened to the rope by a link called a “jar,” so that the drill strikes with its full weight when drawn up by every motion of the walking beam. Connected with this drill is a sand , pump with a copper tube about five feet long and something smaller than the drill, so that It can be worked Inside. After drilling awhile, the pulve rized rook and water must be removed, and this is done by the sand pump; and whenever the pipe Is filled with this mixture of water and rook It is drawn" ' off by means of a rope passing from the pulley at the top of the derrick, and drilling is again commenced. Al ter having made the hole and pumped, out the sand, a second instrument, called'a reamer, is driven In for the purpose of making It perfectly round. This Is operated In the same way as the drill, and thus the well is, gradually sunk. It Is generally found that |there are three rooks in this oil country,- commonly called sandstone rocks, and known as the first, second, and third. As I have said, oil Is found In either one of these formations, and the first indication of Its presence Is-the ap pearance .of gas escaping through the sand-pump, and very often some traces of oil in-the debris that -is gradually removed. When the oil Is found In sufficient quantities to justify the borer in believing that he has struck a crevice, pr, in common. -words, found, a, well, a wronght-fron pipe; provided with a valve like that commonly used in a pump, is In serted in the cast-iron pipe, and rim down the whole length, so that It forms , a continuous tube Yrom 800 to 800 foet long, as the depth of the well may be. The metallic pump, box,' covered witu Jvntbor, ls ineerted, and' beingoonnedted 1 ' by the rod to the rmlklng-beam, whatever .Is in the well Is pumped out, andthus the prooess gives what is . known as the pumping well- When the crevice is ’'so filled with oil that the mere natural force of the gases sends It to the surface, there Is no neces sity for this latter piece of machinery, the petroleum finding Its; own way up and being conducted by a tube to large tanks. Although the pumping wells never produced more than from 10 to 60 barrels a day, the oil obtained by them Is generally of purer quality than the other, being , more free from gas and water, and is more valuable. As the oil come 3 from the earth it has the appearance of .a dirty, mnddy stream, and after the water separates from it, it becomes dark and greenish, sometimes of a bine, glistening appearance, and, as in Ohio and some parts of Yirginia, It Is black and heavy, as though it were liquid asphaltnm. The oostof drill ing an on well 600 feet 1b not less than *7,000. The prioe of the labor and material will, perhaps, In crease tiffs. Wells are generally drilled by parties who make a contract to do'the job, increasing the price according to the greater depth desired. These contractors merely do the mechanical work of drill ing, the machinery being always- furnished by the • parties owning the land. I copy an estimate, which, having been made some time, ago,'is perhaps 20 per cent, less than the usual figure: COST or PUTTIHG DOW in- on. -WBLL BIX HCX- DKSD JBET. One engine, ten-horse power, delivered on the pr6lDiB6B iiini....... . Aaiaa Derrick, complete V '*lso Walking beam; Samson post, and appurte! * nances.. . , M Bell, well, hand, wheel, and belting......"" tbo One set >tools... 300 Inch, and-a-half hawser, and quarter-inch hand pump rope isn Six hundred feet tubing, at 02 cents. 650 Fifty fret driving riper at *7 350 Five hundred bushels coal, at 60 cents soo Two engineers, say sixty days, eaeh at *3 soo Contract to drillers, six hundred feet, at *2.28 1,350 One pumping barrel and va1ve5.............. 37 Two wrenches, at $lO-each, one clamp, two two-inch gas tongs +0 Total .*^o67 To this must be added say *5OO for contingent ex penses, such ss accidents in breaking machinery, getting tools fast in wells, and, the charges by pro fessional tool extractors. The oil being found, it Is ran Into large tanks, and sold In bulk by agents at the wen. Its value de pends on Its quality. Some oils, espeolaUy those known as lubricating, command larger prides than, others. Wells upon the bankß of streams receive more for their oil than those requiring transporta tion. There is a class of men Known’as teamsters in this country, who carry the oil from the walls f the Democrats. The voice which comes ip from Tammany Hall, as indicative of .mu pkks&-philadklphia, Monday, degemjbjbk s, isec their intended policy, meets -onr ..entice is- ■ prehension.” ’This manly acknowledg ment is one of the growing symptoms of emancipation, not alone in the slave State of Kentucky, but also of the Democratic party. - _■ ' The correspondents of the London Times, like their employer, have begun to make peace with destiny. The., last letter in Mr. Delane's paper, acknowledges “that the most obvious danger which threatens to weaken the Confederacy is the decrease in men. ’ ’ Add to this .the ability of Northern Generals. “ The drain ; upon the population has been terrible, and is daily augmenting.” Add to this that the rebels have been systematically beaten for tlie past year. ' - : ~. We' can pay to our distinguished, towns man, Mr. Swam, no higher compliment than the republication in full of] his" letter announcing his retirement front the TWUts Ledger, No one has done more to elevate and strengthen the power of- the newspa per press than Mr. Swain, and it must be with a feeling of pride, perbapsinot unal loyed with sadness, that now, after neatly thirty years of .devotion to his profession, and the achievement of success .almost unparalleled in the history of journalism, he turns aside in the fullncagof his man hood from the active duties'of ne wspaper' life to enjoy hi| splendid and well-earned fortune. In Ms'modest and unostentatious way, Mr. Swain has done asmuch fbr Philadelphia as a city, and for journalism as a profession, as any man in Qurpiidst; and although no longer our brother, he shall always be our friend—one whom jve shall never cease to x venerato for his genius, his courage, and his honesty. Mr; Gnoßaß r W. Childs, the successor of Mr. 'Swaln, is well known as an enterprising and liberal business man r aiid having been con nected with the publication bf»b'oaks for : his whole life, he begins his woik with an unusual intimacy with his new profession. Mr. Childs is a young man, Ml of energy and genius, and VasLtdger, in his- posses sion, will be sustained in. its high and inde pendent course. We welcome Mr. Childs "into newspaper life, and wish hlmWery possible success in the management.of the Ledger. The following is the ’letter of Mr. SwAm on taking -farewell of his readers: To the Readers and Advebtisers op THE Public Ledger : - T h « underalgned, proprietors ana publlshere of •the Public Ledger, after nearly twenty-nine years of intercourse of a business character with its readers and advertisers, andof relations with the publlo of a hind probably not less Intimate and mutually advantageous, feel to-day a regret, whlobsWe. as sume may be also mutually shared, that#*hese rela tions, pleasant to ourselves, are'brought: to aciosc, though any feellnvof tbls kind finds a ootupedtatlon In the fact that we nave sold the Interest andown ersbJp of the Ledger to George W. Ohllds, Esu., who ■ henceforth will stand in the same relationship to all the Ledger’s (Mends and readers as we have hitherto maintained. - In parting with so many kind friends,]# may not -. be egotistical in ns to refer briefly to bur course as publishers of a dally the direction we have given It while presiding over#. When the' Ledger was commenced, on the 25th ofMarch, 1835, newspaper publication had not assumed.the Impor tance which It possesses at the present day, and the influence oi newspapers .upon the public mind was not of that impressive ja£ commanding Xieter that It-has since attained. The prices ofpubllo journals were too high to admit of their general efr- - eolation among those most to be profited by-them. Depending upon a limited circle of readersahdpa tronsj the support they received wasof too meagre a character even for their own improvement, and to qualify them for the mission which it is nowaoknow lodged they serve, that of public Instructors In the readiest and cheapest mode by which the public mind can be reached. Believing in this mission of the public press, the great uses to which it could be devoted, and the influence It would exert when brought, to operate upon the mind of’every reader, we. deter mined to publish a paper at one sent per copy, so as to bilng lt within the' means of every zeSSr in the community, and (depending Upon its cwAnSrlta as a public instructor) to askno other Bupport than that merit deserved, and the aid of no other Influ ence for its maintenance, keeping clear entirely of party affiliations, cliques, and sectarian influences, which might use It to their own, rather than the public advantage. - How far we have .carried out this purpose we will leave the publlo to judge. We are satisfied thatthe' influence we have exercised has been beneficial, and that we have contributed largely to ratseHm cha racter of journalism to its present high standard. When the Ledger commenced Its publication, the united editions of allthe daily-newspapers ofPhila delphia was between seven thousand and eight thousand copies per day. Now, the" editions ofthe morning and evening journals of this city,TEagUsh and German, are not far Horn one hundreifand seventy-flve thousand oopies per day, and the dally penny Paper,’’- as it is called, has made hundreds of thousands of readers, and In making these readers it has advanced the Interest of eivery other newspa per In the city, as well as enlarged the lnformatlon" of the people, and contributed to the enterprise and prosperity of the city, - The Ledger can claim to have promoted every use ful public improvement in Philadelphia during'the last'quarter of aoentury. It has of the most important of them, and o&rrieifjijiom, against great opposition from quarters-least expect ed. 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Mr. Childs, the gentleman who succeeds us In .the control and direction of the Public Ledger, Is will known Inthe community as an enterprising, Intelll-t gent aid successful man of business, entirely fami liar with the publishing business, and the publish er now of the best literary journal in the country. His Interests are Identified with those of PhlladeP phla. He is thoroughly acquainted with the publie wants, and will conduct the Ledger with the same high, object for which It was established—the good Of Its readers and the advantage of the public. All the energies of the publisher, we feel assured, will be devoted to maintaining both the character 'and principles of the paper. ■With this explanation, we hid the readersof 'the Ledger adieu, assuring them of our best wlßhes far their prosperity and that of out elty. Though dis connected hereafter wlth the Ledger, our feeungs of Interest In Its welfare under the weU-dlreotcct ef forts of our successor, will be undlmtntshed. Kospeotfully, . . Wm. M, Swain & Co.. There is now nearly a quorum of members of Congress In Washington, and many will arrive by to-morrow’s morning train. * " ’ ; i The message of the Bresident was fully considered in extra Cabinet council to-day. The usual caution is preserved to prevent a premature exposure of Its contents. It cannot yet be ascertained with certainty wheth er the President's Message will be transmitted to Congress to-morrow, or on Tuesday. ", The only reports yet printed are those of the Se cretary of the Navy and Postmaster General. That of the Secretary of the Interior will he placed lit the printer’s hands to-morrow. The reports of the other Departments are not yet completed. THE TOUTED STATES ATTORNEY GENEKAL- It was seated In the press telegram of Thursday* that the Hon, Joseph Holt had deoHnfd the ap* pointment of Attorney Oeneral, In the place of Ed ward Bates, resigned. . The report that the Hon. Jakes Speed, or Ken tucky, has been tendered the office, Is to-day con. firmed by reliable authority, and It is believed he ; will accept the position. The Hon. Xarse Spaed, the recently appointed Attorney Oeneral,’arrived here bo-day thorn Ken tucky. • •• s ‘ SOME OF EARLY’S FORCES JOINED LEE’S, From reports which have reached this city, there seems to be no doubt that some of Early's forces have been sent to Richmond, within the past week, by way of Madison Court House. ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS FROM THE SOUTH. A gentleman who arrived from Annapolis to-night says that 6,oooexohanged prisoners have-already reachbd that place from AndersonvUle, and the pay masters are busysettling.their arrearages. More arrivals are dally expected. Those whe recently came up in the Constitution and Comap are com paratively In good health. ■ At-present soldiers who have been severely, maimed have an advantage In respectto pensions over callers who similarly, suffer, and therefore one. of the measures of the approaching session of Con gress will provide a remedy for thlrmanlfest lnjus tloe or oversight In legislation. IMPROVED RAILROAD CONNECTIONS. The new arrangements perfecting the connections and rendering the entire mall service North anti West more certain than heretofore,’ and for two trains a day between Washington and New York In ten hours, will go Into effect on the 19th Inst. The latest officlallnformatlon from Gen. Thomas’ army is that he has so conoentrated his forces at the fortifications at Nashville as to be prepared for any move which Hood may venture to make. Escape of Villalas from Jail. Danbury, Conn., Deo. 3 —William H. Hanford,# concerned In the abortion and death of Henrietta Leland, of Brooklyn, L». 1., escaped from the jail lu this town .today. -JCt Is supposed that an accessory unlocked the door and let him out. .; v Georgo Brown, another prißoner,awalting trla'- for rape, also escaped, > The Public Ledger. WASHINGTON. - WASHINGTON, Deo. 4, 1864. THE MEETING OF CONGRESS. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. THE DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. PENSIONS. THE POSITION OF GENERAL THOMAS. THE WAR. DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE. SKIRMISHING NEAR NASHVILLE. the rebel cavalry in full view FROM THE XAFMTOL, THU ENEMY MfiNfEUVBING CAREFULLY. NO APPREHENSIONS FELT IN THE TTTF. FTJBTHEa PARTICHLABS OF THE BATTLE AT FRANKLIN. THE LATEST NEWS FROM GEORGIA. SHERMAN FORTY MTt.fh p E0 lK SAVANNAH Arrival or a Co-operating Expedition under Hen. Foster. Heavy Firing Heard near the Charleston Railroad. AFFAIRS ON THE JAMES RIVER. SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT OF GEN. GREGG, CAPTURE OF STONY CREEK STATION Bent of the Rebels at Duval’s drills. A BARING PlRinOAli PLOT AT PANAMA. Rebel Attempt to Seize a California Steamer. .I;'-. CAPTURE OF ALL THE PIBATEB. - DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE. BKIBMIBHIEO OX THE BEDELS IN VfiOMT OX NASH - VILLE—HOOD MANCEUVRING WAKILY—BUMOHS OX A UNION REPULSE. * Louisville, Deo. 3.— This evening’s Journal contains the following speolal despatch, which was received at noon today. Tj. is dated last evening “Theenemy has been wary to-day, and has de monstrated with great caution against our outer line, which is carefully constructed, and extends from river to river. ■ “ From the Capitol, on the roods south Of the city, the enemy’s Cavalry have been in plain view allday on the Franklin pike. Just before dark onr cavalry pushed out toward the enemy’s line, causing him to retire. “ Afterwards therebels, having received reinforce ments, took up their old line, and at once threw out skirmishers. Some skirmishing ooonrred, but neither party Unstained any loss. No rebel infantry has been developed. “Some artillery firing occurred this afternoon on the left, butonly a few shots were fired. - “ The defenoes are being hourly strengthened, and no apprehension need be felt fiw lainly seen advancing towards them, and onr troops retired to wards the olty. It is rumored that Hood Is endeavoring to cross the Cumberland with a large cavalry force. Many experienced officers predict anengagement to-morrow. Our forces occupy the line around the olty, and are in line of battle. Three soldiers were shot and killed by the guards in the streets to-night. Their names are Arthur L, Oheary, I, Kansas, John McCarty, 30th Indiana, Joseph S. Brand, 7th Illinois Cavalry. THE WOUNDED GHNBBAL STANLEY SUCCEEDED BY GBNBKAL WOOD—OFFICERS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES. - - - Nashville, Deo. 2.— General Wood succeeds General Stanley in the command of the 4th Corps, Stanley being unable to take the field. Hts despe rate bravery at the Franklin fight malnly^contri buted to turn what threatened to bo a disastrous re pulse into a glorious Victory. When a part of his command had runawaybefcrc'the enemy he rushed to the front, had a horse shot under him, and wob himself wounded. ‘ He' still led on the charge, waving his hat, and calling his men to follow. He raHled bis faltering troops, and repelled seven suc cessive charges. Col. Opdyke, of the 125th Ohio Regiment, com manding a brigade, : specially distinguished himself during the engagement. Colonel Sqhofield, a brother of General Sohofield, chief of artillery, dletingnlshed hlmself by the ad mirable positions in which he placed'tke artillery, and the manner in* which he fought them. The great importance of the victory at Franklin cannot he overestimated, as It checked Hood’s on ward course, and gave the Union troops time to make due preparations to meet him. - . ABBIVAL OX ESCAPED UNION XBIBONHBS, Knoxvtllb, Dec. 3. The following ‘ named escaped prisoners have arrived here within the,last three days: Captains A. Grant, 19th Wisconsin; O. S. Gobdenit, New York Cavalry? Lewis Nolen, 2d Delaware Artillery fA, Robbins, 3d Ohio; Lieuts. O. A) BrOWh, Ist Virginia; C. B. Lewis, Ist New York-Dragoons; O. Powell, 42d Illinois; E. Gor don, 81st Indiana; J. H. Cowan, Ist Virginia Ca valry ;. Sergt. Moses Crow, 100th Pennsylvania, and Privates John J. Merrill, Pennsylvania; H. A. Scott, 21st Wisconsin; O. F. Patton, 18th Oon neotient. These inch escaped from different rebel prisons, and at different dates, and have been from one to two months e» route, travelling by nights through theswsmpsand thickets, and over the mountains of the Carolinas and Georgia. SHEBMAN. AKETVAL OX PBISONEBS XEOM SAVANNAH— SHEBMAN XOBTY, MILES XEOM SAVANNAH— ALABM IN GEOSSIA. Baltixobb, Deo. 4.— The American has a despatch from Annapolis, dated to-day, which announces the arrival there of the steamer Baltic from Savannah, with five hundred men mid, twenty officers, ex changed prisoners. Fifty-seven died en the pas sage, and more than two-thirds. It Is thought, will never recover. The latest news from Sherman was that he was within forty miles of Savannah. All of Georgia was In alarm. The Savannah papers of the 30th nit., whilst admitting this, say that his progress has been cheeked. : GOOD NEWS RECEIVED XBOM SHERMAN THE GOVERNMENT—HIS TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS EX- PECTED. New tore, Deo. 4.—The Herald has received a special despatch from Washington, which says that Government officials are unusually jubilant over the news, from Sherman. The Government possesses means Independent of the Richmond papers, and more reliable, of obtaining intelligence of Sher man’s progress. It Is confidently believed that Sherman has not only baffled the rebel Generals, hut . has so far advanced beyond serious Interrup tions as to leave no doubt of his triumphant success. SAVANNAH DATES TO THE 30TH—SHERMAN RE fobted'a pew miles beyond millen—gene ral poster’s expedition PROM HILTON head LANDED UP BROAD RIVER—HEAVY PIBING HEARD. Baltimore, Dec, 4.— ? he American’s Annapolis ■Oorrespondent Baye that the Savannah KepaWican of the 30th ultimo states that General Sherman’s forces were afew mlles beyond Mfflen, and their cavalry had approached that place, hut returned wlthout molesting it. Sherman was resting his forces prepa ratory to his advance to the seaboard. The United States forces whleh left Hilton Head, under General Foster, landed at Bird’s Neck, about twenty miles np Broad river, on the 29th, and a por tion of them had marched towards the Savannah and Charleston- Railroad, in the direction of the Great Swamp, but returned after a skirmish, ' . It was supposed that an attempt to bum the bridge would be made on the 30th, and heavy firing on that day was heard, and heavy smoke was seen In that direction. A PIGHT NEAR GRISWOLDVILLB—!A COURT MAR- TIAL POR' ALL WHO DO NOT “STAND UP FOR GEORGIA.” . ' v Cairo, Dec. 2.—The Grenada (Miss.) Picket con tains the following despatch: “ Macon, Ga., Nov. 23.—A severe fight occurred near Griswoldvllle to-day. Our troops attacked and drove the Yankees into their entrenchments two miles'this side of the town, our forces be haved with great gallantry, and the militia fought like veterans. “ The picket line of the enemy is now three.miles east of Griswoldvllle, and his infantry Is still moving in the direction of Augusta. “.We are now In a position to repulse any attack the enemy may make on Macon.” The Picket says the rebel Governor of Mississippi has convened a couit martial at Grenada to try, those who did not respond to bis call, and that the’ militia are much exercised In relation thereto. On the 26th of November the citizens of Jackson, Mississippi,-were much alarmed at an apprehended raid by General M. L. Smith, who, with 2,600 Fede rate, had crossed the Big Blaok river on the previ ous day. ' DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. ANN AIRS AT TORT ROYAL—SAFETY ON THE NORTH STAR—DEPARTURE ON A SECRET EXPEDITION— DEATH ON. A CORRESPOND] TION ON NEWSPAPERS TEMPORARILY PROHI BITED. ■ New York, Dbc/tT—The Dulled States' steam transport Fulton, ftom Fort Royal on November 30th, arrived at tills port this evening. 1 The steamship North Star, from Asplnwall, ar rived at Port Royal on Nov. 28th, short of coal, having in tow her convoy, the United States gun beat Augusta, which vessel broke her piston-rod when four hundred miles eastward of Fort Royal. The North Star has on freight $500,000 In specie. Among her passengers are ex-Senator I-atham, of California, ana Judge Field, of the Halted States Supreme Court. Francis W. Rice was also a passen ger, aond has arrived in thls.clty % the Fulton. Ho comes on business with the State Department, In connection with the Salvador pirates. Mr. Galen H. Osborne, the army correspondent Of the New York Herald, died at Fort Royal on the evening of the 28th of November. His remains are on board the steamer Fulton. By the arrival of the steamer Fulton we have in telligenceftom Fort Royal to the 80th November. The publication of newspapers at that place has been prohibited for the present, amTall the citizens there have been enrolled for military duty and the protection or the place. A movement of an unknown character had taken place, and all regular troops there had beeu ordered away. An expedition was to Ball from Port Royal on the day previous, but no Information could he oh* tained in regard to it. 'The Hilton Head, oorresponden'ce of the Herald says-that General Foster had proceeded to Broad river with sin expedition, and landed five miles W low Poootaligo bridge. They,marched on and cap tured the bridge after a sharp fight, the rebels eva cuating their position. A large quantity of cotton was found and de stroyed. It Is supposed that the rebel force along the coast has been temporarily lessened to concentrate the force against Sherman., The naval. correspondent of the Herald, off Charle eton,'states that the blochade-runnerßeatrloe ran ashore and was destroyed on the night of the 27th. Thirty of the erew were captured. Admiral Dahlgren and General Foster are .in communication with General Sherman, who Is sup posed to be moving on Savannah, and a joint force is being organized to co-operate with Mm, while other expeditions are moving on other Important strategic points. .It was reported on shore that Lee is marching against Sherman. THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. RETURN ON OOL. YBBKES’ EXPBDITrON— CAPTURE ON ARMS INTENDED NOR PRICE’S ARMY. Cairo, Dec,3.—The steamer Lima arrived from Memphis this evening, with advices of Hie 2d lost. Col. Yerkes’ expedition had returned .to MempMs, after capturing 900 stand of arms at Osceola, which were being sent from Selma, Alabama, to General Price. . The steamer Continental sunk at Devil’s Island, In the Mississippi river, to-day. No - particulars of the accident have been received. AN EXPEDITION FROM- MEMPHIS —A REBEL BRIG A . DIBR CAPTURE?. Cairo, Dee. 2,— -The steamer Belle of Memphis arrived last evening. An expedition from Mem phis, under Col. Kerge, captured, on November 80, 40 of Lyle’s and Adams’ men, ID. miles from Mem phis, on the Arkansas side of the river. Amongst the prisoners are three rebel captains, a lieutenant, Brig. Gen. Adams, and an adjutant) DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. BBMMES’ ARRIVAL IN TEXAS CONFIRMED—.NEW ORLEANS MARKETS, York, Dee, 4.— The brig Emma Dean, from Matamoroß, confirms the arrival of the pirate Semmes at Matamoros, on the 10th.of November, and his passage Into Texas, en route to Richmond. The steamer Merrimac, from New Orleans on the 27th, has arrived. She brings no news. The Ariel, from New York, and Oriental, from Boston, arrived on the 26th. ... Cotton unsettled; *1.28 refused for middling. 18,600 bbls "of flour for transhipment North arrived from the Key West on the. 20th, . eEHEBiIi dSMTI’S ABKf. OBNERAL GREGG'S EXPEDITION TO BTOHT CREEK THE E'O'V-T CARRIED —THEBB CANNON CAP TURED AMD DESTROYED— I,2OO RIFLES, 5,000 BACKS OB CORN, 400 BUSHELS POTATOES, BTC., BURNED—DUVAL'S MILLS DESTROYED. Headquarters Army Potomac, Use. 3.—From Information obtained through scouts and deserters it was ascertained that the rebels were constructing a branch railroad from Stony Greek station, on the Weldon Ballroad, toward Dinwiddle Oonrt Bouse, and that quite a large lot of supplies had been ac cumulated at that place. Orders were consequently given to General Gregg's division of cavalry to proceed In tlat dlreotlon, and destroy all property fonnd. The column started at three and' a half o’clock, yesterday morning. On crossing Eowanty’s Creek, met the enemy's pickets, who at once retired. The command pushed on, passing Duval's Mills, where the let Brigade, General Davies, were put In position to protect the Banks. - The 2d Brigade, Colonel Gregg command ing, advanced to Stony Creek, where the enemy were found in a strong position on the south side; with three guns sweeping the open fields on this side. The 4th, 13th, and 18th Pennsylvania took the advance, and did most of the fighting. The 4th formed In line at the edge of the woods, and with lond yells charged across the opening till within fifty yards of the creek, when they dismount ed, and, crossing the bridge, rushed up the bank and., into the works before the rebels could get their guns to bear on the bridge. The enemy had prevlonsly torn up the planks on the bridge, malting the cross ing more difficult and tedious. Those who remained in the fort at once surrendered, while about a hun dred attempted to escape, and were met by a squad ron of the 4th, under Captain Brvey, which had swam the stream at another point, and many of those trying to get away were killed or wounded. Captain Ervey has received great praise.' for the manner in which he executed this part of the move ment. He received a severe wound in the arm. The 18th, meanwhile, Major Gwan commanding, made a similar charge and captured another work, taking a number of prisoners. ' ThelSth were also busily engaged, and captured six wagons and 22 mules. Three guns were found In the works, two of which were thrown Into the creek, and the other, being too heavy to handle, was spiked. Had the bridge been In good condition they would have all been brought away. AU the bulld ings'at the station were then fired and burned to the ground, besides the following, supplies: Twelve hundred new Enfield rifles, a large quantity of am munition, five thousand saeki of grain, five hundred bales of bay, a quantity of com and oats, four hun dred bushels sweet potatoes, fifty barrels coal oil, 'a quantity or baeon, camp and garrison equipage, and the railroad bridge, about one hundred and fifty feet long. The command was then ordered to fall back, which it did In-excellent order. Thp enemy rallied and followed the column, but’notwithstanding repeated efforts to annoy, did not Inflict any damage. , The division returned to camp about eight o’clock In the evening, with the loss of only twenty-seven killed and wounded, all of whom were brought away.. They captured 1?Q pri soners and five officers, among whom was Major Fitzhugh, who it will be remembered In connection with the raid into Maryland last summer, when he took one of our captains prisoner, and, after taking bis -boots off, made' Mm walk some twenty miles barefbot. To bring to his mind his conduct at that time, he himself was compelled to walk fronr Stony Creek to camp without Ills boots. General Davies was struck by a spent ball daring the ac tion, but suffered no injury. The enemy had quite a stretch of road guarded, ties cut, and rails on the . ground, ready to lay down, bnt it is believed that they will now abandon the project, as they have learned that our cavalry can at any time, strike It In a few hours. It Is said that-Hampton’s cavalry had nearly all beement off to oppose Shaman, and that the Btores'fonnd at the depot were for the supply of their horses, which are supposed to have been fun off when onr troops were found to be ad vancing. The entire affair was one of the most suc cessful we have had daring the campaign, and re flects great credit on ail who were engaged, Capt. Hayes, who commanded the 4th Pennsylvania, is highly spoken of for his gallantry on the occasion.' He had one brother killed and another wounded in action. Hearty a hundred contrabands came in with the column. They ore of all ages, and very poorly olad, bnt seem rejoiced to have reached our lines. Deo. 3.—The prisoners were sent - to City Point yesterday, to be forwarded to Washington. W. D. McG. THE USUAL QUEST REIGNING. Headquarters Army ox the Potomac, Deo. 1, 1864—10 P. M.~A great deal of artillery firing has prevailed to-day In the vicinity of the Jerusa lem road, bnt without any result worth mentioning. At this hour an unusual stillness reigns along the entire line, the pickets seeming to have become wearied of their continual firing at each other. MAZATTMBO TAKEN POSSESSION OP BY THE TRENCH—REPORTED DEFEAT OP THE PEENCH NEAR ACAPULCO. San Francisco, Nov. 30.—Mexican advices by the steamer Sacramento say that on November 13th the French landed troops at Mazaumbo, and took formal possession of the town. The Governor of Mazatlan, with his forces, aban doned the place the night previous, so that no re sistance was offered to the landing of the French. It Is also reported that Alvarez had defeated an imperial force marching on Acapulco. Heavy and constant rains prevail throughout California, Interrupting trade and travel. A Daring Piratical Plot. IMPORTANT ADVICES PROjf PANAMA—ATTEMPT OP PIRATES TO SBIZB A CALIFORNIA STEAMER— CAPTURE OP THE ENTIRE PARTY—CONFESSION OP THB MSADBHS. New Yong, Dec. 4.—The steamship North Star, from Aspinwall on the 18th via Fort Royal, where she put In for coal and to leave the gunboat Augus ta, her convoy, the latter haring been disabled In a gale, arrived here to-day. . The North 'Star has $380,000 in treasure. . Our Panama letter of the 16th, received to-day per the North Star, has the following Important Intelli gence : There has been much excitement In Panama da ring the past week, caused by the following Inci dents: ' On the 26th of October the American Consol in Panama receives a despatch from Consul Shofeldt, at Havana, stating that the same steamer bringing the despatch would also take to Aspinwall a party of rebel pirates intending to seize the steamer Gua temala. The-agent of the company was notified of the plot, and sent the Guatemala to sea before the ar rival of the pirates across the Isthmus. Conse quently they were obliged to remain at Panama till the loth of November, the day of sailing of the next steamer, the Salvador, In the meantime, further Information waß ob tained, and a plan iSrAlie capture of the whole party was matured. 'Whilst waiting for the steamer, the rebels pur chased 307 pounds of powder, put It In tin cans, and Shipped it on the steamer-ln which they intended to take passage. ;. On the 10th the passengers embarked on the Sal vador eb usual, with-their baggage. Immediately on going aboard they were taken Into the main sa loon, ostensibly to have their tickets examined. Previous to this all the port holes, windows, state-' rooms, and doors had been closed, In order tiuti no opportunity could be presented for skedaddling or hiding papers, fecV - As soon as they were collected, a preconcerted signal was made, when Commander Davenport, of the United Stateß frigate Doncaster, Sprang on board with several fall armed boat’s crews, and an nounced to the astonished passengers that he had taken possession of the steamer.- Sufficient evi dence was at once discovered proving the reality of the piot. The Salvador was then taken to sea Over three marine miles, accompanied by the Lancaster. Papers revealing the whole affair, instructions from the rebel Secretary of the Navy Mallory, small arms of all kinds, handcofik, etc., were found In possession of the pirates, who were then transferred to the. Lancaster, and the Salvador proceeded on her voyage. The Lancaster returned to Panama with the prisoners. Before reaching Panama the leader of the pirates made a full confession. > The names of the pirates are o. E. Hogg, of Bal timore, captain; E. A. Swain,executive officer; J. L. Black; paymaster; R. B. Lyon, sailing mas ter; John Hlddle, chief engineer; T. J. Grady, assistant engineer, and Joseph Higgins, paymas ter’s clerk. Hogg was recently oaptured in the blocbade-runper Trlstam Shandy. -His instructions, Horn Mallory show that he has a rebel commission, and sidled ftStn Wilmington for Havana, where he made np his gang of pirates. They have oonfreres all along the ooaßt, who were to join them. Hogg’s Instructions were, alter, getting possession of the steamer, to oaptnro a California steamer, with Its treasure, ftnd if not able to get the treasure across the lathmus, to deposit it with a reliable English house In Valparaiso or send it to Europe. The French man-of-war steamer Guatemala, which arrived back at,Panama, on "the JStb, re ports seeing many suspicious persons anxiously awaiting the arrival of some steamer at La Liber tad and Acajutlo. They were undoubtedly aocom. pllcea of the pirates. These latter had come across tEe country via Omoa. They have probably been arrested ere this, as the Government or San Salva dor has been notified that they were pirates,. - PUBLIOA- On the 12th, Admiral Pearson, commanding the American squadron In,the Pacific, accompanied by Consul McLee, of Panama; and Consol Rice, of Aspinwall, waUeffon the President of Granada, In Panama; to ask permission; to pass the prisoners across-ihe Isthmus In order to sbnd them to- New York. The President refused permission on the ground that.hewasnot empowered to do so, but It is pre sumed they will be taken across on the responsibili ty of the American consul. _ Fight with 8k edaddlers. McCoNHBtsBUKa, Pa., Deo. 3.—A fight occurred at Timber Ridge, near this place, yesterday, be tween a’portion of- Co. P, 201st Pennsylvania Mounted Infantry, and some delinquent conscripts cf this eonnty. It having been ascertained that a number of them would be- congregated ah a. shooting rnatob, measures were taken to seoure. the party. The soldiers advanced to the spot, acid,as- Provost Marshal Honpt went forward to holds, parley, the oonsoripts cried cut, “It Is theproxosfc marshal,’* and Immediately a number of shots, were fired at him, none of which took effeot. The soldiers then opened fire, and a general fight ensued that lasted for about an hour.' The deserters were finally driven over two hills, skirmishing being keptnp the whole way. Owing to the fact that the • fighting was oarried os principally In the woods, the casualties were slight. The oonsoripts lost one man killed and two wounded; some ofenrmen were injured. One of the wounded men foil into our hands. - The remainder of the party, being familiar' with the country,' fled to the mountains. The mili tary forces were under the command of Captain Maloney, an officer, mid more affairs of this kind may be speedily looked for, as It is do termlned to bring these outlaws and Incendiaries -to justice. - - J '. ■ ~ ■ - The Official Vote or Wisconsin. Madiboh (Wls.), Deo. 4,—The official canvass of the election in 'Wlsconsinshows the following homo vote t Idnooln, 88,W6; MoOleUah, ; The sol aiers’votelsi»tyetftjt|| v ' ’ xrarco. *** T «RX i !iTr CSssasWCotriipoadflteT^!^—~ ' .Hsu, was yesterday enacted within n 2i,f Prlaon by a man’> kitted r> J*'»» temporarily Incarcerated on , ?* 6 > appears that he had threaten and went to a druggist fvl & ‘n poison, when his arrest a a, ® Yesterday, according te the e™* 1 * noticed by his fellow- Ce of the room with a heavy ft™, some six or seven pounds, o« ’’ name, fearing from Bis action,,, of commit violence with It, emu ”*1 him to relinquish It. Instead M ottll request, Donovan retreated t S *® )l| S and at length, turning suddeM*"' 5 t terrible weapon, with awful to ' brr ' ! a steeping prisoner, seatteri.,3 «Ht room. "Wheeling again, he d„,i., s '*ls a blind man. Yet ansattau-i • "“t sleeper a frightful blow. By »,'* companion had procured h a «h overcome him. Fighting lit, e; to the stairway, despite th*-J. head were slashed and cat V 1 they gave him, ra ® >tt At this juncture the police tom away the benches, overset o' 6 striving to Are the building , ««i discharged a revolver at him t,!! however, and Inflicting a HIH. Alter this they rushed a!! o®' 0 ® ' him down with their locusts T° Ut was strapped down to an Iron ! i like a lion In the toils. “*«<««, A coroner’s jyy was and evidence was taken, res tt i t ,„ lj ' accordance therewith. Donov the crime, and stated that if J? would destroy himself. Insane 1 was apparently a method in hh „ rational devilishness lutheact Influence a jnry to ignore the ' Uons insanity, and procure exoi,« - [By Telegraph j OlOll9 ACCII.BKT TO A The. steamship Bremen, wiki*"® !? - terday lor Southampton, has re , iafo! - of her serew working loose miles from Sandy Btook. She vin ? aS,al to be repaired, and will sail week. ' " SALTS OS' OOVEEKXIXT 5,„ At the stock Exchange *lO,OOO U. S- sixes 1867/ex, in? 1881, coupons, 113«@lH- *27g£,, «' tawd, 1070107*; *278,0r0 I 0 g /t •- 107* y- *826,000 do., new Issue, pone, 98*0100 5 *5,000 U. s. i, i,’,? I.*) 1 .*) tot., 107 v *206,000 U. S. sixes' ™ 9T*®97*. THE LATEST QUOTATION Pfl , Evbhixq.—Gold closed *> Board to-night at 227J£. UJl k?Sr THe Union Pacific R#l , Deo. 2.—The am m.J* 4 ' tie TJMon Pacific Kailro&d BtarteamJ, Kansas, the eastern terminus of the«, day last, and ran throngh to LawiJ? or thirty-eight miles. IjAB&B AJID ATTttACTITJS SaE,E Fkkbch Dsbss Goods, Shawm, Fr»- Dat.— The early attention of deal?:, fcl the dfslrable assortment of Frencl Oea and British dry goods, shawls, fori 4 » 1 remptorily sold, by eatalogae, os font dlt, commencing this monitor, at tea* cisely,by John B. Myers & Co., » uta , and 234, Market street. IjARGK SAI,B op FtTBniTOKK.—OuTfLt Mr. James A. Freeman will commence auction, the entire farnlture of the V House, on Chestnut street, shore Sc Glsbs, the proprietor, having retired fa The amoomt or farnltnre fe verj hearj: lars of which may be found in the sdr the catalogue. CHBSTKUT-STBBET TnEATEE.-Asofe clcanlt’s sensational dramas, called « j es or, Tire Belief of Lucknow,” will be pn evening. The management has been at i>le trouble anfl expense In procuring! wardrobe of this piece, manufactured supervision of Mr. Boucicault, and also originally written for tills play. From known efficiency of the stage arrangement theatre, we may confidently expect that Brown” win be produced in admirable st performance will conclude with the ev< “ Robert Macalre.” ' THE CITY. murAßr. presentation OP BATTLE-B. Droid Paul Brown, Esq., recently prt splendid “battle-banners” to the 10th United States Colored Troops, at City Ft glnla, in dehnowledgment of which, the of the regiment has written to Mr. Brow; lowing letter: HEABQtTAKTKBS 10TH RbOIHBHT t T . S. Out Foibt, Ya. , Hot. . David Paid Broum, Esq : Dbab Sib: Your kindness In presenilnt beautiful flags to our regiment is duly app' Ipreseßted-them for you to the Ueutanar commanding, who received them for the ; The officers and meh desire me to return t you, for this, another evidence of your loi came in which we are enlisted; and the - cuiarly feel under obligations toyou for • effort which you have been making in tL humanity. Oh, sir, no sadri flections will yon retrospect the past, aid remember battles you have fought and won in tin human freedom; the many manacles U fallen off; the many lasheß that have beet the backs of helpless men, women, and cl In a word, the thousands that have esc withering blight of slavery, will plant roe f thornß around your pillow of death, am fragrance to float o’er the waters oi Jot will make y our passage through. Its waves fhl. Your name has been a synonym of Li the oppressed for an age. and our desire is' shadow may never grow less, but that you may live on, and live over, to'enjoy the those whom you have blessed; and may >. ly, receive the happy plaudit of “ Well dsm and faithful servant—enter thou Into the joy Lord,” from Him who has said, “Blesses merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” I am, most respectfully, your obedient so, A. R, Joses, Chaplain 10th Regiment u. S, THE NEW SHERIFF. Mr. Henry O. Howell, the new Sis: ter npon hie unties this morning. Then his appointments: Solicitor—Charles Gilpin, Esq. Chief Deputy—Enoch Taylor. Execution Clerk—William E. lewis. Appearance Clerk—Morris S. Barter. Deputies. First District—James Bain, Jr., lota V. Second District—lsaac M. Ashton, Wit dress. Third District—Samuel Daniels. Samra Fourth District—Henry J. Melntire, Allison. , Fifth District—John W. Hagey, Joseph b. Auctioneer—Thomas Birch. Messenger—Joseph Bibelot. Prison Van—Joseph Watt. Court Deputy—Joseph c. Smith, Jr. Keeper or Debtors’ Department—Sniff- Money. I COUNCIL COMMUTES. The special oommlttee to which was reft .petitions of sundry citizens remonstratira the ordinance which provides for the ream siness signs, &0., &0., will meet in the Connell Chamber at 2 o’clocfc on Wednesi noon, to hear all citizens who are Interest subject, either for or against it. STABBING AFFAIR. A drunken affray occurred In a restaurant northwest copier of Ninth and Chesmct yesterday morning, which resulted to the of a man about 22 years of age, who gate as George W. Welsh. The wounded man to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Hlswounu back, and may be yery serious, as it isw>' whether the blade pierced the lung or not. son who came to the hospital after wefai been taken there, said that his name was not but John Hogan, Ab out 3 o’clock on Saturday Homing » house on Shippen street, below S»" The first story of the bonding wa f poor family. The building was entirely TUB POLICE. [Before Mr Recorder Eaea.j COKFIDBKCE MAS- Gn Saturday afternoon a man, jJ*T!5£ r of Wilson, was arraigned on the cha g Ing the sum of #2OO from a soUicr," cental, on the night of the presidential e« means of the confidence game. his way home, located in one of the h*" He was expected to return in a short tm not been hoard from. The prisoner in custody of DeteotiTO &. Smith sot® The accused was committed to await s mrti Ing, to take place at 2 o’clookthis afternoon. HOBS ABBESTS AT THE NATT TA® On Saturday afternoon five persons, the as many departmentsat the navy yard, wot into custody on the charge of being nap“ c some of the alleged fraudulent trantsetlons have been committed there. They were the provost barracks. Four of the party , ly arrested have been sent to Fortwasna order of the court of Inquiry or military ' slon, to await their trial by a court martial- THE COURTS. Court of Common Pleas-Jud*® In the following cases, Judge Ludlow on s? delivered decisions: ' Building Inspectors vs. Boteson. SlotM# cate. .Order overruled. ■' ,„ , Mlntsser vs. Baker. Petition to send t° ; of Wills an Issue, to bomodified. Fray* tloner refused. Fletcher Wilson’s estate. Exceptions tt report. Exceptions sustained. TlUow’B estate. Motion for an Issue. vs. Dougherty. Hole dtseharsj 1 ; The ordinary motion lists were then taxes disposed of. ~ Court of Oyer and Terminer to* l ter Sessions—Judge*. I’iioini> soD S-imlJow. On Saturday, in the Criminal Court, MeKeever, eonvieted durtngthe weet o f ®, the second degree, in having killed J° s ®P"i r tewu boatswain of the English ship haul Peel, on the lsth of Augustuast, was seate ' an Imprisonment of ten-years. • James Woodsldo, conploted at tie P re „ ,ij ef the court of murder-in the second degree , Ing hilled Morris Procdervllle on the ■ f lan, was sentenced to an imprisonment years. An officer, tt seems, was attemp*"* rest Woodfddo, for whom he had a struggle was the result, and Prendervljie, an Innocent passenby- was attached of " who with a knife Inflisted upon deceased upon the head which in a short tlms--PJ° ve “ Jose.Gostoa, alias Augustine Lettaite, ' August 25th of conspirlng with others to “ tie manttjapturft of counterfeit Brazil® ( money, was sentenced to an imprlsoau months. . f In ttecaae of Charles Stewart, conrk', the term of the robbery and ktdnappla? ® whom bo had previously dragged, and board a vessel just about sailing, a motto*;, trial was signed by D- P> Brown, hso-, .v fondant, and by theDiaisSlct Attorney -or menwealth. ACQITITT.iI. OP ■VVAJ.TOM- _ ' a the ease of Bavin Walton, whose • fiM&KJSKM&i f tenri or the to-day, Mt 4 will be held by >MS« Aiiw-