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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
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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 <m
the hanks of Oil Creek to the Allegheny river, for
which they receive large sums on account of the
fearful character or the roads and the difficulty of
obtaining- homes. In some cases.this consumes a
large part of the profits. Thus, the Seed Well is
situated upon the site of Oherry Bun, a stream
that enters Oil Creek about a mile from its moats.
The run is not navigable, .and the transportation of
this oil from the well to the mouth, where it oan be
placedin barges and Bbipped.to Pittsburg,Titus
ville, and Franklin, colts $1,76 per barrel; so that
at the well the price is *8.60 a barrel, while at the
mouth of the ran it is $10.26. The buyer must fork
nich hisown transportation ; that is, the owners of
the well merely sell It in bulk, it would seem that
economy should teach the owners of tjiose wells to
furnish their ' own means of transportation; but
where they ran from 200 tofSOO barrels a day you
generally find* - that there is enough to do to keep
the oil from overflowing the banks and running Into
the stream, so that the profits of freight and ship
. mentbelong altogether to a new class of men. You
will thus see that in the mere discovery and ship
ment of oil from the mouth of OU Greek to Pitts
- burg largo profits are made by at least two.or three
classes—first, the producer, who finds it at the well;
.second, the teamster, who charges one-fifth of.lts
value for carrying It to the stream; and, third, the
commission merchant, who buys It in the bulk, and
either sells it in -its crude state or sends it to the
refinery. What would be oaUed reasonable profits
in ordinary business would be laughed at by these
men in the oil region. A hundred per cent, is con
sidered a very moderate gata-
Greene and Clarion counties are rich in oil and
"general interest. The heavy snow storm which In
terrupted our Journey prevented us from visiting
these districts. All the Indications, and I conversed
with many men who had large Interests in these re
gions, led me to suppose that the sister county of
Clarion and the comer county of Greene might ri
val the already proud Venango. , .
There are some practical suggestions that may be
of use to suoh of my readers as oare to visit this ter
ritory. To reach Parkersburg there ore two routes
from the East. That from Baltimore, by way of the
Baltimore and Ohio Boilroad, is the nearest; hut
the propensity of the rebels to Interfere withits ope
rations, and particularly the recent raid upon Hew.
Creek by McOaualand, makes travel on that route
an exploitrequiring courage. You leave Baltimore
and go to Grafton. Here the Northwestern Vir
ginia Railroad branches off to Parkersburg, run
ning through the upper part, of the oil region. On
.the Parkersburg road you can reach a station
within sixteen or twenty miles of any of the great
wells, and thence; If you are fortunate, may be con
veyed by horse or an open : wagon called a buggy.
There are few of these conveniences, however, and
nine out often of thoso who come to the oil district
are compelled to travel on foot. The route most
patronised is this: FramPhUadelphia to Pittsburg;
thence, on the Fort Wayne and Chicago road, to
Wheeling, which la a journey of about twenty
hours. At eleven o’eloek every morning the packet i
boat runs along the Ohio river, and for $3.16 you
can travel to Parkersburg, arriving there about teu
or twelve o’clock in the evening. These boats
do not make any particular time, as they are mere
local conveyances, stopping at every little town,
and village- on the hanks and farm house,
Indeed; if .they are hailed. There are two, hotels at
Parkersburg .which are generally patronized, and
at whloh reasonable accommodations maybe bad.
At Parkersburg the oil hunters generally take
horses and go to Burning Springs, just thirty miles
distant, over a reasonably good pike, and wMoh
maybe sully travelled In a day. On thlß route
there are one or two good innß, Butcher’s inu, about
ten miles from Parkersburg, and Disk Timmins?
place, about two miles from Elisabeth. The ac
commodations are limited at these places, and the
tavern keepers are among the best of the class I
have ever seen, and they will- do as well as they
can. At Elizabeth there are two small Inns, and at
Burning Springs there Is one In which the traveller
may have an opportunity of finding how little of
oomfort or convenience is necessary for the wants of
life. The general oustom is for the traveller In this
region to take up Ms abode at the larjn houses; and
although the people are rude and ooarse, still they
have a kind of well meaning hospitality whloh is
very pleasant in its way. If the traveller desires to
visit some of the upper regions, he stops at Slsters
ville, in Tyler county, and thenoe with a horse and
wagon proceeds to Mlddlebourne. This is the centre
of the upper oil district. Travelling accommodations
and hotel-keeping are more abundant there than in
Wood county, and the oil banter may find a reason
ably good bed and a tolerably good meal. If he de
sires to visit Bull Creek, the steamer stops at a
little landing at the month of that stream; and as
there are no hotels, no private houses, no forms,
and rather a surly community, he must depend
ppon Ms persuasive powers, with pioneers and,oil-,
diggers, and not particularly oomplaln if he is com
pelled to sleep in a barn, wrapped up in hls robes, or
find shelter under some of the oil-well sheds.
The most prudent course for a traveller to adopt
In visiting any of these, regions, Is to go either to
Marietta or Parkersburg, taking with Mm Ms own
horse, and carrying a plain, rongh suit of travelling
apparel, and, If possible, a haversack with two or
three days’ rations: Thus, In marohing order, he
can very readily advance into the country without
depending npon any particular base of operations,
like the somewhat celebrated Sherman of the West.
And If he Is fortunate, he may have a rough, unique,
and if not pleasant,, at least an Interesting trip.
From Marietta, a small packet runs up the Musk
ingum river as for aB MsConuelsvllle, and hpre, if
he hah a horse, he may make his base of operations,
and hls own time to quietly reoonnoitre the country
around about.
The means of t&vel are so slight and the country
so full of interest and difficult to examine that bo
visitor to the oil regions should calculate upon see
ing what Is to he seen In Ires than a week or ten
days. As I did not go Into' Kentnoky or Indiana, I
am unable to give any particular Information as to
the means of reaching .those points or travelling
through that eonntry. Parkersburg and Marietta,
however, are the great centres of business and in
tercourse; and here the traveller most begin, if he
proposes to take a journey like the one I am de
scribing. The only danger of the West Yirginia
country arises from the fact that very frequently the
guerillas Interfere with the oil hunters, Wirt,
Wood, BltoUe, and Tyler oountlea are safe, hut
beyond tiffs, say about fifty miles from Par
kersburg, my remarks will apply. They are
not dangerouE gentlemen,.however, unless yon have
excited their anger by some aot of undue loyalty
or year the.uniform of the United. States. The
greatest danger that may happen you Is the loss of a
watch, a pocket-book, or a horse. The Government
of West Yirginia, -however, has taken strong steps
to drive these annoying marauders away. Whenever
a guerilla is caught, he is straightway shot ; and
this bold oourse, with the increasing strength of our
army, is gradually making West Yirginia as easy
of access as OMo or Pennsylvania, ,
|To Venango there are two rentes. The nearest la
by. way of the Erie Bailroad to Oorry, tnenoe along
the Atlantic and Great Western to Franklin and
Gloat to OU City. A road Is about to bo built
directly to OU City, whloh wiU be open in the spring.
Another route is byway of the Pennsylvania Central
to Pittsburg, and thenoe to Greenville, Meadevllle,
and Franklin. This is a tedious route, and the do- ■
lays were very annoying, for we wore compelled to
spend twelve hours in travelling ninety-six miles.
To reach Greene county, go to Pittsburg, and take
the boat on the Monongahela for Greensburg. To
see the whole oil country, even as superficially as
the writer of this article, will require about three
weeks of time and one hundred and flity or two
hundred doUars. J. B. Y.
® J) .ria-a.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1864
The Opening of Congress.
The Congress which, reassembles to-day
is expected to strengthen the Executive
arm of the Government by sound and suffi
cient -legislation. That it will give ample
support to the war we are assured, but it
is not certain that it will devote sufficient
time and thought to the national finances.
More than once the Secretary of the Trea
sury has had reason to regTet that Con
gress did not sustain his measures, or, re
jecting them, suggest others as good, and
we trust that in this short session the
legislation necessary to the improvement
of our financial condition will be promptly
transacted; ThatQongross will-rcpeafctlie
decrees of the people, and again lay down
that unalterable creed to which the nation
repledged itself by the re-election of Abba
ham Lincoln, we do not doubt, hut we
confess that we see little need of much
general discussion. It is not likely that
any question like that of Mr. Long’s or
Mr. Davis’ expulsion will come before
either House. The principal service that
Congress can now do to the country is the
prompt transaction of business, and it is
not specially called upon to lepeat those
discussions of principles which in the
earlier part of the war were useful as well
as unavoidable.
There is, however, one great and all-im
portant measure which will come before
the House of Representatives this session,
and must command itsprofound considera
tion; We allude to the amendment to the
Constitution abolishing slavery in the Uni
ted States. We hope for its passage,
though we know that a few members
of the Opposition will struggle to con
centrate the full power of their party
against it. But the House , must feel
the influence of the late elections, and
there are many influential Democrats
among its members, from Whom we expect
large and broader views than were perhaps
possible before the late canvass was decided.
The fate oftheir party is no longer ah element
of politics, and even as politicians they are
now fcef to act independently of the obso
lete policy of the last session. It is in the
power of these gentlemen to gain last
ing honor by the passage of this great
measure of justice and wisdom. They
may show that their party is not hopelessly
committed to the protection of slavery, hut
that, whatever its opinions may have been
of the proclamations of the President, and
the measures justified ( by military necessi
ty, it will gladly aid in the abolition of the
national disgrace by a plan which is pro
vided for m the Constitution itself..
The St. Albans Haiders.
A specimen of marvellous impudence is
the application to the Governor General of
Canada by the St. Albans raiders to obtain
a messenger to carry an open letter to
Richmond, for the purpose *of obtaining'
material for defence. A similar petition
has been addressed in their behalf to the-
President of the United States. As we
understand, the reply of the Canadian Go
vernor declines the application to him,
not -regarding the prospected evidence as'
immaterial to the case in Canada, and
only to be offered in the United States
courts upon extradition. . The raiders
have offered ; the puerile plea that they
did not intend, returning by flight into
Canada, and one of the Montreal papers is
silty enough to approve It. The Governor’s
action is just. The case is one of robbery
and violence, under cover of British neu
trality, and is ten-fold more aggravated
than if British subjects had been the despe
radoes. Jeffebson Davis’ commission to
commit crime under British protection
makes the matter still worse, and here, if
England wished to find a real casus belli, is
her opportunity. Next-we shall hear that
the New - York incendiaries have legal
rights not to be hung or shot by martial
law, in case of captured The atrocious silli
ness - of the Canadian case defies the com
pass of description.
The. career of one of the rebel papers has
been singularly itinerant and on the wing. -
The progress of our armies in the South
west can be told from its stopping-places.
Thus far, it is the MempMs-Hernando-Gre
liada-Jackson-Morton-Atlanta-Griffin Ap
peal, with a trail of some three hundred
miles. To this long Appeal must be
added Milledgeville, Macon, Augusta, and
Savannah, according to Gen. Bhehman’s
time-tables. We have heard in poetry of
“ Ocean’s hoarse. appeal,” and suspect
where this desperate fugitive will at last
.anchor. From Atlanta to the Atlantic is'
but_a step. ‘
Accepting the .verdict of the election as
proof of the justice of the wisdom of the
people, the Louisville Journal has severed
rom the old feudal alliance with the De
mocratic, party. “ That-: alliance has ex
pired by'its-.own limitation, and we shall
iow deem- it our duty to. watch the course
>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. It lent its influence to unite the city in one mu
nicipality, by which -the interests of the city have
been advanced, and its order and proper police dis
cipline have been better secured. It has presented
and urged the great system of Btreet railroads,
Which contributes to the comfort and economy
of every, citizen. It suggested and urged
the present convenient system of honse-num
berlng, the advantages of which are uni
versally acknowledged. It has shown the be
nefits of concentrating our public buildings) In
cluding the Post Office, so that the least loss of time
la experienced In doing business with them. It has
been the main instrument in •revolutionizing-the
Fire. Department, by the Introduction of steam fire
engines, with the Sre alarm and police telegraph.'
Ithas advocated every railroad enterprise which
’ connects Philadelphia with the buainess'of fob in
terior. It has been the determined opponent of
publlo disorder and mob violence, and It believes
that its disoußsions upon theße subjeots have largely
helped to secure the peaoe and order which now
bless onr city.
We have not space to enumerate all the good wo
have endeavored to effect publicly, and which we
have generally succeeded & The
growth and prosperity of the city and the good of
its Inhabitants have always-been theUJm of put ex
ertions, and the influence and respect , that the
Ledger commands, its business and circulation nbw
being greater than at any former period, assure us
these efforts have hot been in vain. -
In doing this we have been aided in the various
departments of the paper by gentlemen oonneot§d
with us for years, many from the Commencement of
the Ledger, and to them we owe the dnty of publicly
expressing our senße of their -valuable assistance
ana co-operation. Their services, we understand,
will be retained by our successor.
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 <o* safety of
the olty.” "
iibuiBVTLLB, Dee. 3—1.20 F» &C—The rolling
Stock of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was
ordered to be tent here yesterday, but the order
' was countermanded to-day . .
A rumor was In circulation on the street to-day
that onr forces'had met with.a repulse at Clarks
ville, Tennessee.
The origin ofthe story was that the rebels made
a dash into Gallatin, yesterday, and oaptnred about
200 head of beeves. Our forces are in pursuit of
them, and will probably capture the raiders.
"the battle ox prahklin, tenn.—pull parti-
CULABB PROM ANOTHBB WITNESS.
; Cincinnati, Deo. 3.— The Nashville correspon
dent of the Gazette, furnishes the following addi
tional^particulars of the battle at Franklin:
The plan of the battle was very simple. We had
no time to get hp a complete plan, as the enemy
pressed us too sorely, and obligedijiia to fight him
oft ... ,
The original plan was to withdraw the force of
General Sohofield until they met our reinforce,
mentk and give the enemy battle in the vloinlty of
Nashville; but the over-sanguine rebels pressed us
too hard, mid when perceived that he
could not avoid a oontest he drew up his little army
In line of battle In front of Franklin.
. At'sji o’clock in the afternoon the assault comp
menced. The rebel General Cheatham’s corps was
on the right. Stewa.rt’s on the left, and S.D. Lee’s
corps, in reserve', totbe centre. ' ', j
Cheatham threw-his whole oorps on Wagner's di
vision with great Impetuosity, and alter half an •
hour’s 'desperate fighting.pushed Wagner, back on
! Cox’s and Roger's men on our left and oentre.
. The rebelr, encouraged by their success in driving
■ Wagner back,, advanced with . load cheers on oar
seeond llne. Their order was very peculiar :a semi
circle, two regiments deep, extending all around our
’lines, and behind every alternate regiment were
placed four others, so that the assaulting columns
Were six regiments deep. '
The rebel Generad Hood appeared at about four
o’clock P. M., at the head of his , command, and,
painting toward onr Unto, said; “ Break those
lines, hoys, and you have finished the war in Tonnes'
see. Break them, and there is nothing to oppose
yonr march from Nashville to.the Ohio river!” .
Loud cheers answered this appeal ofthe rebel
leader, while the whole space in front of our lines
was crowded with the advanblng enemy,
Capt. Lyman, commanding the artillery brigade,
had placed his batterlesln amest favorable position,
and from them storms of shot and shell were hurled
into the charging ranks of the enemy. /
With the most reckless bravery the rebels rushed
bn, and when within a tew hundred yards or our
works onr boys opened upon them with so terrible a
fire of musketry that it seemed as If nothing could
live before it. No wavering waß to be perceived in
tiuir advancing lines. On they oame, Tanning to
the very parapet of our works, and struck their
bayonets under the logs on our battlements on the
Columbus pike.
. The pressure was so great that some of Cox’s and
Wagner’s men temporarily gave way.
Up to this time the brigade commanded by the
gallant Colonel Opdyke, of the 126th Ohio, had been
held In reserve. Colonel Opdyke, by orders of Gen.
Stanley, rushed forward with his brigade to restore
the broken line.
; The rebels, who had orawled over our works, had
not time to retire, and Coaches’ and Wagner’s men,
Whose line had been; broken but a moment before,
rallied and attacked the enemy on the flank, while
Opdyke charged them In front.
A deßperafe hand-to-hand fight ensued with bayo
nets and the butt-ends of muskets. A hundred re
bels were captured here, and the line was restored.
For two hours and a half the battle raged all
along our lines. The men of the 4th and 23d Corps
vied with each other in bravery. ■
General Riley’s brigade, of the 23d Corps, fairly
covered the ground In front of it with rebel dead.
The rebel General Adams was killed, and, with
his horse, fell into adltchin front of the 104th Ohio.
Seventeen distinct attacks of the enemy were re
pelled.
At dußk the enemy were repulsed at all points
bnt the firing did not cease till 9 o’clock, ’
At least five thousand' rebels were killed, wound
ed, or captured, while our loss did not probably
reach fifteen hundred.
We have taken from the enemy thirty flags—some
regiment (among them the 17th Ohio) taking half-a
dozen iapieee.
General-Schofleld directed the battle from a tort
* on the north bank of the stream, where some heavy
guns and the batteries of the 23d Corps were placed.
The latter did great sendee In damaging the ene
my’s right wing. •
CAVALRY SURROUNDED, BUT OUT THBIB WAY
THROUGH—CAPTURE ON TRAINS.
i. Louisville, Deo. B.—The Journal publishes the
following: .
“A Nashville letter stateß that on Wednesday
evtn lug Capton’s brigade of cavalry, consisting of
the 14 th Illinois, 7th Ohio, tth* lowa, and Bth Michi
gan cavalry regiments, was surrounded by'the
Sfcels, and only escaped by the most desperate
fitting. -
“ They out their way. through the rebel lines, and
.joined General Thomas in the rear of Franklin,
The number of men miade prisoners, and the loss in
killed and wounded was not light.
j‘ The same evening a train of ears was Captured
by the rebels at Brentford, nine miles from Nash
yule, on the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad. '
All the citizens of Nashville engaged in no os*
tenalble business have been ordered to quit the city.
.“Six hundred and ninety-one rebel prisoners,
taken at Franklin, arrived here test night, ana will
be sent to Camp Douglas as scion as possible.’’
BBS. STAB LEY’S WOUND NOT DANGEROUS.
Louisville, Deo, 3—Major General D. A.:Stan
tpy.left here for hls home, at Yellow Sprigs, Ohio,
this afternoon. His wound Is somewhat painful, but
,is not dangerous. Colonel. Soott, the Surgeon Ge
neral of Kentucky, thinks he will be able to re-enter
the service in about fifteen days.
~ The Nashville passenger train has arrived, but
brings no news.
THE REBELS ENTRENCHING THEBE MILES BOOTH
WEST ON NASHVILLE—-AN ATTACK EXPECTED—
.CONGRATULATORY' ORDER ON THE BEBKL GEN.
.S. P. LEB. ' - k ,
Nashville, Deo. A—There are no new develop
ments to-day, save that an army stUl enclroles the
elty on the south and west, one wing resting on the
.Cumberland. The enemy’s lines are plainly to be
seen Horn high points in the suburbß and at the
Cdpitol. They are entrenching themselves in a
.southwestern direction about three miles from the
city. . ,
During to-day heavy sklrmlahlng occurred on our
left, and progressed-along the line to the oentre.
.Many persons witnessed the cannonading along
the right of our lines.
■ The general oplnion ls that Hood will attack the
Federal foree ln frent of Nashville, A Federal ca
valry force has patrolled the north , hank of the
river at the toprevent.theoavalry crossing, as
numerous unsuccessful attempts to eroBS have been
made by them,
Johnßonville has been "evacuated, the road has
been' lnterrupted, and a portion of the trains Horn
there are advancing to.this point by land.
It Is rumored here to-day that Forrest has plaoed
apontoon bridge aeroas the river above , the elty,
and that Marmaduke has occupied Johnsonvllle.
Both these reports arf without foundation.
- The first block-house on the Chattanooga road,
four miles from the city, defended by colored sol
diers, under the -command of Col. Johnson, of i the
Z4th Colored Infantry, who surrendered Dalton
.end was paroled, held out until this afternoon, when
they surrendered, 001, Johnson and a portion of his
men escaping on a train. The remainder were oap
tured, and the train was fired Into. The conductor
and others were killed. 001. Johnson eseaped, and
arrived In the city to-night. _ . „
A out on Th ”®f a i J’""
turned to-day, having gone 80 miles up the riven
They report that no rebels were seen or heard 01
crossing the river, and none appeared along the
banks.
A rebel deserter who oaSme In to-day reports that
General S. D. Lee published an order to his men on
Friday morning, complimenting them on their
bravery, devotion, etc., thanking them for the
vlotory at Franklin, and assuring them that If true
to themßelves, now In front of Nashville, they would
soon be enabled to enter and take possession of the
vast amount of stores contained there.
Two prisoners wore brought la to-day—Lieutenant
Hyokman, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, captured on the
Harding pike, four miles from the city, and O.
'Garay, of Ford’s 6th Georgia Regiment. '
SKIRMISHING NASHVILLE COMPLZTBLV BK
TBKNOHSO. .
Nashville, Deo. 2.— Slight skirmishing has ta
ken place with the rebel cavalry all day.
A complete line of entrenchments encircles the
city.
Aportlon of our cavalry force encountered For
rest’s rebel cavalry, three miles from town, on the
Franklin pike. The rebels could be {>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-