PNliftWe hwestenents.
The Phliadelphia North American
g ives some excellent advice tq those who
wish to invest money. Stilitv.
who are in funds tobeaty'
"hough money has been rpo
scarce, capital ()outlaws •
the recent tumble irelpe
hest capita li sts to a rea li sing
alWas of unreliable character of many
of the securities skit, in. it is greatly
t of Government that
its of all thv se' dealt
dealt
*lt lOW their
of lOW t almost
a n ythi n g else. Its Five-Twenty year
elliitimmosstrhamt; the Waned on whit
is _ pt* 'mid in 104 has been sub
sioa te, all tines* the pressure in
are r
üb y at.
anaveraP
64.
wo pe r day. And
what is gratifying fact in
elealieMigh with - the daily large sub
iludiPtiogs tp this popular loan, scarcely
Stay 44 is ostorned to the market far
as*
•t iambus for investment, and is
liiiiiandhltering confidence in its
And why should it not be 'I
abonsen that the Government now,
Sher two years of the most gigantic war
Asimilia•maddhasnuat known, "xperi
eases nodinicultit t ia complus:ding the
voiseite it, or in
Interest in gold as
t 31e clue. this can be done while
the war is w aged, who can andel
any readily accomplish
- : rhea the war shall be ended
mar investment then, for capi
tal;itothe "Five Twenty" Goviern
emit But if any doubt, lot him refer
40 /se mss furnished by the census
tido of the various modem °fee world.
11* it* whip* they present will move
mtisiactory mode of dispelling
berless anygloom appeehersions
whilltwo be aoiainailly conjured up
}r time who are 411 to nagger
*, Ai mho* of she calamity eemmissed
kr oar aibelibm. A xsiweam to the
Ode of the meet nations
th, cid world dewdisproves such a
AL4,lous, SW Oros that the highest con
4111101* notimal advaneinnent have
Mt best notesially affected by the ex
tenaed wars in which those nations have
belt bnallielOthay engaged, and that
*Myr" natured indebtedness has not
pmeett.,„ umeabigsted evil.
igrar imagoes, Great Britain, France
pt the.blethesiends will undoubtedly be
toinimiad to represent the'highest pros
perity that has been attained by any of
I* Newport nations. And yet no na
tio*, bare been called upon to endure
SOW sr wore prolonged wars, domestic
tiftign, than they. The effect has
bum, tniquestkonably, to lame an enor
mous satiomi indebtness ; bat neither
Asir wars or their indebtness have had
tba edict to destroy their ehaticity, nor
to check the progress of the general
finipenity. lire remit would have been
MINK probably, if these nations bad
bon *ft inso tieea7, instead of being,
011 timv may wpro, pi a state of devel
°foment ; and in this reophet their ease
NIORIAS Mir own, with enormous ad-
MVO ill RUT *Tor, nese nations,
id& Welerigtiing the trials of war, were
1 elpgressed by the evils of an immense
exodus of their people, caused by the
&filly of ittnr ) . v lopulreion, the impossi
bility to loini ' occupation for them,
the low price of labor, and the scarcity
of terrillory. Compared with our own
uoln*cy, they weaned slight room for
\flentre slevehipment; they were settled in
every pert, and no vast territory lay W
rithe* open to encourage enterprise
i arui settlement.
ITheir Vest problem has ever been
.what to do with their surplus population,
' which, in its turn, has sought new fields
for ideogram and self-support in own
, trios like our own, where an illimitable
tenieary waits to be developed, and
whole sundeelable resources invite in
destry and energy. The encourage
writ to be derived from these theta and
i comparisons of circumstances is very
I great, sad to the mind of any dispas
licence reasoner is conclusive that the
j course of this great country is onward
end upward, and that its credit will live
unimpaired to the end."
Whip.* Osnto the Right?
Where did President Lincoln derive the
power to order the enlistment of the negro
*yes in Maryland, which is now procleimed
to be a loyal State? Where does he get the
authority to pay throe hundred dollars for
emelt enlisted slave, out of the public funds?
Moreover, who invested him with the right
to decide who is or who is not loyal ? Con
gress—not even that Congress which was so
wicked as to enact that his unconstitutional
Oenrers *Add be the law of the e land—dele
gated to NM so mach power, The broad,
convenient *a of military necessity covers
these great outrages, as it has done many
others before. Truly, Mr. Lincoln is might
* than the Guar.—[H. Y, Ntywa.
10-The emancipation of the Serfs in ites
sia is said to be no sham, but a great and
notable reality, by which nearly forty millions
pavis are raised from a conditimi ciose
ly akin to slavery, Wise level of free men of
other civilised states.—[American.
This, it seems, is what the present Admin
*ration is trying to do in this country.—
Anstia foss the Serfs and enslaves the Poles.
Lincoln and his co-workers, are endeavoring
to free the negroes and enslave the whites.
—[Butler Herald.
ON thie Late W*6104411 Wedding.
The thatch was a regular 61300004 match
That getda not by law be surd
iiie offer a legal tender was p
And she was the tender maid (made.)
kens statistics of the United
(lurch, show that the total
corn
aeallts tluff u r t liNOS is 13 , -
and the whole n of souls 21,-
253. The Continental (European)
proclikes have 79,000 souls; the Foreign
onk have 77,416 converts ; there
are therelstre, in all, under the religious
insimitialog the 'lnked Frutrum, 177,
Ails Vie.
raiS y &mend a young
ed lotto * Dear
62".
"One Country, One Constitution, One
Destiny."
1110SWISWW&S, QI kte
MOW Re. 9, lOU.
OR PRESIDIUM IN Ise*,
GEN. GEORGE B. MoCLELLAN,
[3wJect to Ms Decision of the Democratic Na-
tioluil Convention.]
"While the army is fitting. you as at
lases see that the war is prosecuted for
the preservation of the Union and the
Coustitution. and of your nationality asd
Mr rights as cltiseirest
WHO. R. McCLIEMLAN.
•'The Coostitaticat owl the Maoist
I place thesi together. )(they stand, they
mot Mond together; If they fell, they
UMW MI togetiter.no..Dooki Webster.
To our Patrons.
The corning Court week will afford a good
%Tort:amity for those indebted to us to make
payment, We are in need of pecuniary help.
A little from each one will relieve us from
present embarrassments, and will not distress
the pockets of our creditors.
Editorial
The trials, cares and vexations of a news
paper editor are known only to the poor dev
il whose misfortune it is to fill the position.
Having to cater to the tastes of thousands of
people, all of different notions as to what con
stitutes a readable paper, complaints come up
to him from all quarters. Some want more
news, --others more politics,—others more
poetry and a heart-breaking love story every
week,—others more agricultural matter -
others fuller reports of the markets, in
cluding the prices that pigs, poultry and bul
locks bring in all the cities between the two
oceans,—and others want —well, the good
Lord only knows what, for they don't seem to
know themselves. Some praise, but many
blame, and keep up an incessant growling
and fault-finding. The Editor is too "weak
at the knees," or 'ttoo radical," too much for
"war," too much for "peace," or too this or
too that. So It goes from week to week, and
he has scarcely a patron who don't think be
could make an infinitely better and more in
teresting paper. From our heart we wish
these grumblers could "take a Milt" at the
pen and scissors awhile, If their experience.
however brief, of the "ease with which the
thing is done," did'nt clip the wings of their
conceit, nothing would. Besides being a
most perplexing business, it is a compara
tively thankless one. Perhaps no class of
men are paid less for wear and tear of body
and mind than political Editors ; and after
toiling and worrying for country and party
till old age overtakes them, /they are turned
out, like broken-down stage horses, to die
and rot, "thrust foully in the earth to be for
got." 4. life of kicks, and cuffs, and curses,
and an old age .of poverty, are the almost in
variable rewards of his labor and brain
cudgelling. In ninety-nine instances out of
a hundred, mercenary place-hunters and time
serving demagogues reap the harvest which
springs from the seed of his planting. If they
can use him to subserve their ambitious and
sell-seeking ends, they do so, and they do it as
long as they can, and when they attain their
objects, are alike careless of his fate and in
terest. He is an "excellent good fellow" as
long as he cap serve them ; but the day he
denies or fails them, is the day of his doom,
so far as they are concerned, The ingrati
tude of office-hunting politicians has passed
into a proverb, and is a not less distinguishing
characteristic of the venal crew than their
unscrupulousness and chicanery. But for the
kind considerateness of a large class of his
readers who remember him in a substantial
way, give him encouraging words, and show
some just and intelligent appreciation of his
labors, embarrassments, perplexities and an
noyances, the newspaper Editor would find
his post untenable, and his tasks and cares
intolerable. This class of his patrons consti
tute his support and reliance, and without
them he would about as soon be a i'dug and
bay the moon" as a country Editor,
igir It is all-important to the successful
termination of the present war that it should
be prosecuted for the single purpose of restor
ing the Union. That is all the Conservative
men want or ask, and that they have insisted
on from the beginning and will to the end.—
They ask it because it is right, and because
it is indispensible to harmony of sentiment
and action here at the North. If a contempt
ible faction of fanatical politicians, like the
radical Abolitionists, are to jve full swing,
and to mould and direct the entire war poll:-
el of the Administration, it is but natural
that it should bree4 dissensions and result in
disaster. These have been the legitimate and
bitter traits qf the control these anti-slavery
zealots bare obtained of the Federal authori
ties, and will continue to innbarraes a canoe
which would otherwise hale the/heerty sup
port of every &SS and party. It is to be
hoped the Administration will yet open its
eyes to the lisly of listedng to the eensweis
of these real etielides of ese CraustfY.
O 404/0 Aye, look Me nest es the Su
preme dos the lit lieet4ey oftlds month.
teed to them by the Oenstitution ; and for
the general government to keep this cove
nant in good faith 'in times of war,' as Web
ster said, 'in times of peace, and at all
times.' "
Civil War Averted.
The Albany Evening Journal, an Abolition
paper, says 'the danger of civil war in the
North is averted in the late elections."—
The meaning of which is, had the Democrats
succeeded by the ballot, the administration
and its minions would have made the at
tempt to put them down by the bayonet,
thereby inaugurating civil war, rather than
to yield up the political power which they
possess. We ask Democrats and all moder
ate men to reflect upon this.
Where Milhird FiNmore Stands.
The Louisville Journal, alluding to the
that fact ex-President Fillmore, Judge N. K.
Hall and Washington Hunt support the
Democratic party, says : "Wherever in the
conflict their snow-white plumes are seen, the
ald line Whip or the Empire State will
rally, followed by the sympathies oi their loy
al brethren in all parts of the Republic."
The Radicals Beaten in Missouri.
The action of the Senate of Missouri shows
that the proposition of the Radicals to hold
an elect* fora pew Oonstitational Conven
tion is defeated, so far as the present Legis
lature is concerned. A motion last wok to
suspend the rules for the second reading of
the bill that had been presented in the
Senate, not only did not receive the requisite
two-thirds vote, but failed to get a majority,
The Radical leaders are cheeliMated at every
step.
or.‘ rebel 14 pep who revqlts against the
Constitution and the laws of his country,—
The man who says the Union as it was shall
not be restored if he can prevent it, and the
Constitutfon as it is shall not be preserved,
and the laws as they stand shall not be en
forced, is a rebel and a traitor. We care
not whether his name is Howell Cobb or Chas.
Simmer, Jeff Davis or Thad Stevens, wheth
er he lives in Washington or in Hichtuontl,
[Allentown Democrat.
Every sensible man and true patriot will
accept the definition of the Democrat.
seqn the late elections the Democrats
polled 1,488,00 Q votes; about 100,000 more
than they polled for President in 1860. This
ig dqne in spite of all intimidation and every
adverse circumstance, One million and a
half! These, according to the Republicans,
are all sympathizers with the rebellion. If
they tell the truth, it is a sorry showing for
the government; if it be a lie, as they know
it is, it is a still more sorry showing for all
the morality.
0" The property of the late Senator
Douglas, at Chicago, known as Cottage
Grove, was sold on Saturday last, on a mort
gage foreclosure. The estate sold embraced
about 60 acres, on which there was an in
debtedness, principal and interest, of $83,-
963. The prices realized fell far short of the
real value, the bulk 01 the property being
bought in by the mortgagee.
SirA Democratic cotemporary complains
that whenever an Abolition traitor comes to
his place to make a speech he invariably be
gins by informing the audience that he has
been g. Democrat. We suppose the scoundrel
does that to make it appear that sometime in
his life he has been in good company.—
Though he dies, he is not destitute of an am
bition to appear respectable.
The motto of the Democracy is, "The
Union must and shall be restored." The
motto of the Republicans is, " The Union
cannot and shall not be restored." Demo
crats say that it is patriotism to try to save
the Union. Vice-President Hamlin says it
is "demagogueism to want the Union back."
Werhe Radical papers exult over the de
feat of "Tuttle, the Copperhead," who was
the Democratic candidate for Governor in
lowa. As Mr. Tuttle is a Brigadier General
under Grant, winning victories for the Union,
the justice of this epithet is not apparent. In
plain language, its use in such a connection is
infamous.
The New York Herald warns the pub
lic to prepare for a financial revulsion, and
not to be deluded by tricks of speculators.—
It advises to buy no more stocks, and sell
out as fast as possible Generals Grant and
Meade will mow down both the bulls and the
rebellion.
What will be the next move of the Ad
ministration ? is a question often asked.—
gut it is as difficult to answer as it is to tell
what will be the next act of the lunatic. Be
may cut his pip threat, or he may attempt
to cut the throat of somebody else.
The rebel govern/neg. talks of paying
the soldiers liberally after the war : Its lib
erality reminds us of the poor fellow's
"I have nothing, I owe everybody, the rest
I give to the poor.*
orlielinuis Davit NM at %be beginning
the tsar. ' fhb fleetkoss Mood that AI
be OW% this war, I eau UR in the bass
of icy bead." defies* Th bintly mitten&
The
hither)
called
for our
this "wi
a letter
says
"This Ira: Immo is an unlimited despotism
lying behind all constitutions and all laws
and is lees undestoOd by Amerkaa 'rep
ple than almost any other feature of ear goy
ermamit" •
Taking the Clock to Pieces.
Artensos Ward relates that ease, when
hard pressed for something to est, sad with
out a cent in his pocket, he stopped ate Arm
hotels, and, preteediug to sodimmtaad elook
mending, took the farmer's clock to pieces,
ate his dinner, and then, not knowing how to
put it together again, complained of dizzi
ness, took a walk into the open air, and for
got to return. In continuation of his narra
tive, he says :—"Those politicians who went
to work to take tits Union clock to pieces to
get their dinners, never meant to put it to
gether again. They have stolen their din
ner, but they will not restore the clock."
How true this is. The miserable bunglers
have taken the Union clock to pieces, and
now, if they would, could not put it together
again in as good running order as they found
it. But they do not even wish to do it—they
make no effort. They were in a hurry to
work the mischief—they are in none to try
to repair it. It was easy work to take out
the pins and screws and separate the parts.—
Two years ago, says the Buffalo Courier, the
politicians North and South had a jubilant
time together at the old clock. They could
not do their infernal work quickly enough.—
"Without a little blood-letting," said Zack
Chandler, of Michigan, "this Union will not,
in my estimation, be worth a curse." "Let
the Union slide," said others of the black
hearted gang. And those who foresaw the
consequences of their parricidal efforts were
"weak, womanly Union-savers," of whom
Massachusetts Wilson said scoffingly : "This
sitting np with the Union does not pay' ex
penses." And so, piece by piece, wheel by
wheel, they took the Union clock to pieces.
The Southern rebels who took part in the
operations have made nothing by it, but the
Northern disanionists, including office-hold
ers of all gradeb, civil and military, contract
ors, ditc„ dr.c., are now "dining" gluttonously
at the nation's expense. And the country
has the broken, disjointed "clock" upon its
hands which the radical quacks in clockmen
ding Dever meant, and never mean to put
together again. And, strange as it may
Rein. the only "loyal" and "unconditional
union" men now in the conntr,y are the bo
gus clockmenders,—[Harrisburg Union,
be-
-UlO.ll
No Hope fora Restoration of the
Union, under Abolition Rule.
The platform of the Union men of Louisi-
P.na, who are endeavoring to restore that
State to her old positiqn in the Union, is
qfsit.her the qrdinance of secession, nor the
rebellion of the people, nor the military state
of things which now exists, has in the least
changed the atettlo of Louisiana as a sover
eign state, but that, when relieved from the
military power she will again move in her
accustomed orbit, with her constitutional and
political rights untouched and her laws nu ,
changed, This, it will be at once perceived,
is in direct antagonism to the "State sui
cide" doctrine, and neither the President nor
Congress can much longer avoid committing
themselves to the one policy or the other.—
As this is the democratic theory, we have
little hope that Mr. Lincoln will adept it.—
The Washington Chronicle, which assumes to
be the organ of Presidential ideas, says of
these men : "They are for the 'Constitu
tion,' and affirm that the rebellion did not
alter it or invalidate any of its benefits. But
this is no loyalty to the Union and the coun
try. Is is Copperheadism of the Wood-Val
landigham stamp,"
Loyalty to the Constitution and the Union
is not here for the first time defined to be
4. copperheadism," and such copperheadism
any true patriot may well rejoice in. If
Louisiana shall not be admitted on these
terns, no man hereafter can possibly mistake
or misconstrue the objects of the war. We
shall know whether we are fighting to sup
press the rebellion, or to conquer territory
and abolish slavery in a foreign country.—
[Banner.
McClellan's Report.
General Meade's report of the operations of
the Army of the Potomac, from the time of
the supersedure of Hooker to the disappearanca
of the enemy from the soil of Pennsylvania
and 'Maryland, in July, has been published at
Washington. Now let the official report of
General McClellan, detailing tip operations
of the wile army, against the same adver
sary, in 1862, see the light, in order that a
comparison may be instituted as to the rela
tive merits of the two campaigns. The ro
port belongs to the American people, and to
American history, it is withheld from its
rightful owners by the Secretary of War for,
no known reason, Some equivocgipg excu
ses have been made for its non-publigation—
such as the not of printing so lengthy a doe
timent—h4t all of these excuses are mere fus
titui. There !Ire many enterprising new spa-
pars and publishing houses that would pay
liberally for the use of the report. The De
partment has not hesitated to place before
the public the official record of the battles
and military enterprises of other Generals—
has not hesitated to disseminate every kind
of "testimony" against McClellan—bat it re.-
fuses to let him be heard in so mach as
vindication as the recital of the principal
features of his campaigns would embrace,—
This may be honorable, just and proper, but
at any rate it is provoking to those who hav e
.
an anxiety to see what Gen. McCle ll an sa ys,
[St. Louis Republican.
bodopoodom Deepooret Booted Allow
of Mew York.
NEW Yoga, Dec. I.—The election tcHiey
Kea paned fir quietly. The teflon* le the
vet foe Mayor: Had. regular Damask
Ant ; Meat, repair Union, 19,460;
Gentber, Inilependendiont Damocrat, KOSS.
Ginsther is elected.
=I
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The Truo Policy.
We have said from the very commence
ment of this bloody and exhausting civil war
that the sword alone could not conquer such
a peace as wise and patriotic men desire.—
Peace without a restored Union and fraternal
relations would be but a miserable mockery,
transitory and delusive. While armed rebel
lion exists, the sword is necessary as a means
to suppress it ; but while alone it may sup
press it, alone it cannot restore and hold the
government as it was before the contest be
gan. It cannot eradicate the bad feelings,
the intense hatred engendered by the strife.
For that purpose conciliation must be used,
and a just line of policy pursued—a policy not
of exasperation, but of reconciliation. With
out this, all the blood spilled and treasure
expended, all the toil and suffering endured,
will have been in vain—for by the sword
alone no Republican government can be
maintained—that must rest upon the frater
nal feelings of the people and a just sense of
mutual obligations and mutual forbearance.—
[Patriot and Union.
Coercion of Soldiers' Votes.
If citizen soldiers could vote without re
straint, and under the influences which affect
their fellow-citizens, there would be no hesi
tation about leaving to them the choice of
officials in civil life. But they are not allow
ed to choose their own officers, much less to
vote unconstrainedly f. r civil officers. Here
is an example of how the system works in
practice :
In Louisville, at the Exchange Barracks,
an Ohio regiment was stationed at the time
of the Ohio election. The vote of this regi
ment was 308 for 13rough and 2 for Vallan
dighana. Mr. Farlow, a well known citizen
of Defiance county, Ohio, was one of the vo
tors for Vallandigham. Read his story :
At the hour of 2 o'clock, p. m., I went to
the place appointed for the Ohio soldiers to
vote. Royal Tailor, the State agent, officia
ted. I asked if they had any Democratic
tickets. They said they had not. I had a
ticket in my pocket, neatly folded, on pur
pose for the occasion. I handed it to one of
the officers. The man who put the tickets
into the box had it in his hand the last I saw
of it. I started back to the hospital. I got
part way back, when an officer caught me and
took me back into the office, and said :
"There is another man that voted for Vallan
dighamp," They took us down to the bar
racks find put us in the guard house. We
were summoned to appear before a court
martial about 10 o'clock that night, The
charge against me was, voting fur Vallandig.•
ham. I plead guilty to the charge ; I wrote
my defense and was then taken hack to pris
on. and have beep kept there ever since,
an
"Thou art the Man."
Jack Hale, in a speech in Manchester, last
week, asked, in the voice of the Bull of
Bashan—"where is the man who is such a
dastardly coward that he will not sacrifice
friends, property, and even life itself in the
present great struggle with the rebellion?"—
We answer, as Nathan said to David—" Thou
art the man." Years ago, in the Senate,
Hale declared that if the conflict ever came,
he should be found upon the battle-field, mus
ket in hand ; and for twenty years he has la
bored to bring the country into a state of
disunion and civil war. And now that his
labors have been successful and his ardent
desires realized, he shows himself just the
"dastardly coward" he inquires for. He has
made no sacrifice of friends, property or life,
unless it is of some fourth cousin to his wife ;
and no sacrifice will be voluntarily made in
a war of his own creating, On the con
trary, he is making money out of it, as most
of the Abolition demagogues are; and as
long as he and they can enjoy fat offices and
grow rich out of the war, they will not allow
it to come to an end, To them, peace
would be political ruin, and therefore they
urge on the war, oppose all idea of peace,
and denounce all as "dastardly cowards"
who follow their example in refusing to sac
rifice friends, property and life in a war for
the abolition of slavery, the destruction of
the Union and the ruin of the country.—
[New Hampshire Patriot.
The Next Election.
We do not think there is much "ridiculous
presumption" in saying that the Democracy
mean to control the next Presidential elec
tion. With 254,000 unterrified to start with
in Pennsylvania, over 300,000 in New York,
187,000 in Ohio, besides a half million or
more certaill la the other "loyal" States, it
strikes us that the idea is by no means far
fetched or presumptuous. So far from think
ing so, without regard to the number of
"necks" that the administration may consign
to the halter between this and the next Presi
dential election, we repeat the declaration
that the Democracy neap to control the nest
Presidential election, and tllat Mr. Abraham
Lincoln's term will expire on the 4th of
March, 1865, by limitation of the constitu
tion and the consent of the peapigt
If we had any doubt. of this we should
4551 sadder tQ4*y than we do, being well
cenvinoed that the continuance in power of
the present administration, or party, mast,
w o w * result in the destniethin of the
republic, We bawd nothing in earning
this opinion.
The decrees of God are immutable—and
Ile hes decreed that the reign of the wicked
shall be short.—(Patriot and Union.
dierhere is a Bugaaiau in Wasishietco--
quondom member of the firm of Lawrence
do Cb., who has piled up the ?mug little no
of five hawked thousand dollars within two
years, as he acknowledvs, out of his Qpe►-
eragmat ceotneeta.
sareongress met on Monday last
:ajor General
Foster, with a view to intercept Long
street's retreat into Virginia. General
Inrnside is closely pushing the enemy's
rear. - -Decisive results are anticipated.
Gen. Thomas' latest dispatch is as fol
lows :
Major General Hailed, General-in-Chief:-
Gen. Palmer reports that Johnson's di
vision, 14th corps, surprised A. P. Stew
art's division last night, and took four
guns, two caissons and many prisoners.
Gen. Hooker reports his arrival at Ring
gold at 9 a. m. to-day. lie found the
road strewed ibith caissons, limbers and
ambulances. He commenced skirmish
ing with the enemy at II o'clock, a. m.,
in the railroad pass or gap near Ringold.
About one-half of General Osterhaus'
division and one-third of General Geary's
division engaged and forced the enemy
to abandon the position he had taken in
the passes. Both divisions suffered se
verely, the enemy making an obstinate
resistance. On the morning of the 24th
I sent Col. Long, commanding the sec
ond brigade of the second cavalry diNi,.-
sion, across the South Chickamauga to
make raids on the 'East Tennessee and
Georgia railroads. He returned this
evening, bringing two hundred and fifty
prisoners, and reports that he has de
stroyed the railroad from Lynor's station
to the Hiawassie, and ten miles south
west of Cleveland. He also destroyed
eighty wagons and large quantities of
commissary stores and other supplies at
Cleveland. The prisoners we have ta
ken since the 23d will not sum up more
than five thousand.
[Signed . ] GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major-General Commanding
LATE.u.—An official says the rebels
succeeded in throwing a pontoon across
the river on Sunday, but were prevented
from crossing by our batteries command
ing the point; this brought on a general
engagement, resulting in the rout of the
enemy and the capture of Wheeler's en
tire division of five thousand troops.
This is not fully credited here.—
Wheeler's is a cavalry division, and the
capture of that number of cavalry is un
precedented.
There is no doubt but that Longstreet
is in a tight place, and may be headed
off by Gens. Foster and Gordon. Gran
ger must have reached Knoxville by this
time.
Longstreet must march 130 miles be
fore he can be supplied by railroad. A
dispatch dated Chattanooga, December
Ist, says :
Hooker is still at Ringold, where he
had the late battle. The 7th Ohio had
the advance, and were fearfully slaught
ered, losing Col. Creighton and Lieut.
Col. Crane killed, and Adjutant taker
badly wounded. Only one commission
ed officer escaped unhurt. The 76th
Ohio volunteer infantry also suffered se
verely in killed and wounded ; nearly
half those struck were killed.
Prisoners still come in in large num
bers. They will likely foot up 7,000.
Gross's brigade is engaged in burying
our dead, killed September 19th and
20th, at Chickamauga. The bodies were
found unburied, and the heads of a few
had been severed from the bodies and
placed on stumps and poles, This is no
exaggeration. The heads were soon by
Gen. Croft, and others,
It is said the mountains are full of
Kentucky and Tennessee deserters from
Bragg's army, trying to get home.—
Bragg, with the skeleton of his army, is
making his way South.
Bragg Reinforced by Joe Johnston.
CINCINNATI December 3.—Eight per
sons have been arrested here for passing
counterfeit twenty dollar Treasury notes.
Fifteen hundred bales of Government
cotton arrived here yesterday, to be sold
at auction on the 14th. A dispatch re=
ceived from Gen. Foster's chief of staff,
dated Cumberland Gap, December Ist,
says nothing of the capture of 5,000
prisoners at Knoxville, Memphis advises
of the 20th says the steamer Black Hawk
was fired into by guerrillas near the
mouth of Red river, and several on
board wounded. The boat put back to
New Orleans. A Chattanooga dispatch
of the 21st says : The movements of
the army are contraband. The hospital
arc full 4. - )f }wounded of both armies.—
Refugees and deserters report J3ragg
reinforced near Dalton by Joe Johnston,
Nothing later from Knoxville.
Official Despatehes from Gen. Stone.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.., Nov. 20th—wia
New York, Nov. 28th, 1863.—Major
General Ilalleck, General-in-Chief : I have
just, received intelligence that Cropus
Christi, Texas,
is in possession of our
forces. (Signed) _ _
C. P. STONE
Brigadier General and Chief of Staff.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Nov. 20th—via
New York Nov. 28th, 1863.—Major
General Halleek, General-in-Chief :
Drensear, Texas, was taken by our forces
on the 17th inst. One hundred prison
ers and three guns were eatured.
C. P. STONE,
Brigadier Creneral and Chief of Staff.
Dispatch from Gan. Banks.
The following is from Gen. Banks,
dated Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 9th, via
Port Hudson and Vicksburg, Nov. 16th,
and Memphis, Nov. 22, and Cairo, Nov.
25 : To His Excellency, A. Uncoil),
President of the United States :—I am
oeeupative of Brazos Island, Fort Isabel
and Brownsville. My most sanguink
expectations are more than realised.--
Three revolutions have oecured in Mat
amoros, effecting the government of
Tamaulipas. The first was adverse to
the interest of Mexico and the United
Ststes. Everything is now as favorable
as could be desired.
N. P. Balms Maj.-Gen. Conedg
11111'fisudi Pox and vnektkrigareprevaing
in . 10 01141000 a to a `
cam NOM.—
The Pieeident is suffering front an Wick of
the latter.
Amwistreet
0 into %lir
'ening :
vber 30th,,
the Gap to;
iing line
to the right, on the Kingston road, and
forced it back to Fort Sanders. We af
terwards regained ourpositigr, _ - Sharp
skirmishing continued Tujiht. On
Sundayinorning . sk t 7 sick:lo44,e
inovvd three %toles wait Fortzip
ders, a portion thereof, notwithstanding
our heavy lire, gained the diaeh, Aunt
couldn't ascend the parapet. We took
300 men and three stand of colors. The
rebel loss in killed and wounded, num
bersiiver 800. Our ratixo loss shout
twenty.
Longstreet then accepted Thirnsick's
offers for a cessation of hostilities, to ena
ble the rebels to , attezd to their won't
ded. - The wounded rebels were ex
changed for loyal soldiers wounded in
previous engagements, and the rebel
dead sent through our lines. Col. Ross,
commanding the assaulting party, Col.
McElroy and Lieut. Col. Thomas, wero
killed. Our loss will be about forty
rebel loss much greater. Our supplies
are ample for the present. The rebels
have been re-enforced by one or two
Of
Bushrod Johnson's divisions.
The Siege of Knoxville Raised.
NEW Yonx,Dec. 3.—The World's
specials dated Washington,December
2d, says, : is Understed 044 the
Government has advices of Longstreers
retreat toward Bristol, Tennessee, from
which place there is railroad communi
cation to Richmond. It is certain that
the siege of Knoxville is raised, and the
rebel line of retreat is the only one open
to them.
Property, of course, we hear the
reader reply. Can there be any doubt
on that point
It is very true that property is a basis
of credit, but property is not the princi
pal thing inquired about when credit is
sought. Character is more important
than that. We do not mean assurances
of honesty, merely, but this : Will the
man do what he says he will, and in the
exact time and manner he promises?--
If so, he is entitled to reasonable credit,
though he own no rood of earth ; if not
thus rigorously conscientious and prompt,
he deserves little consideration though
he be the owner of millions. Prompt
pay wins the day, We have had con
siderable business . experience, and the
wisdon of it, in the matter of credit, is
embodied in this paragraph.
The present ration of the rebel army
is one pound of flour and one pound $f
fresh beef, with little salt and nothing
else. As for clothing, they have a good.
supply of very inferior quality, elteept
what has been stolen from the United
States ; but not one half of them have
shoes, and nearly all are greatly dispirit.
ed and tired of the contest, and keep
from deserting only by the strictest and
most cruel discipline.
Sometime since, in clearing tint the
ruins of an old chapel in Warwickshire,
England, several lead .coffins were ex
humed, containing emlittlmed bodies
which were buried more than two hun
dyed years ago. The coin which con
tained the body of Lady Audrey Leigh,
burled in 1640, was opened, and the
body found
. perfeetly embalmed, and
in entire state of preservation, her flesh
plump as if she were alive, her face very
beautiful, her hands exceedingly small
and not wasted ; she watt dressed in fine
linen, trimmed with old point lace, and
two rows of lace were laid flat ass
her forehead. She looked exactly as if
she was asleep, and seemed not more
than sixteen or seventeen years 01d..—.
Her beauty was very great, even her eye
lashes and eyebrows were quite perfect,
and her eyes were closed ; no ?and her
face or figure was at all fallen
Paper.
PITTSBURGH MARKETS.
PrITSBURGH, December 5.
Apples.—The receipts coutinne to increase
on the wharf We note sales of 200 bbls at
$2,00. Sales from store were made at S2.LO
(g . , 2.60 per bbl, as per quality.
Flour—Extra, $5.8006.00.
Extra Fami1y—56.80(47.00@57.25, the
latter figures being paid for favorite brands.
Turnips—The market was well supplied.—
We note sales of 100 bushels ai 85e per bush
el,
Rutter—firm, and in good, demand, we
notice sales of 650 pounds fresh Roll at s2Bc
per pound.
Eggs.—Scarce, the demand exceeding
the supply. A sale was reported to us at 25c,
per dozen.
Hay—Extravagant prices is the order of
the day at present. At the scales 7 loads
were disposed of at $4O, per ten. Pretty steep
prices thew.
Grain—The market presented no change—
nothing of special notice. The receipts
were restricted to small lots.
Corn—moderate sales were made at $1.20
a 1.22 per bush.
Wheat—Market firm; sales of I,ooo , bash.
red on private terms, and 100 do. white at
$1.40.
Barley—Was decidedly the leading article :
fall was in demand at $1.50:11.52 ; spring $l.
35a1.38.
Oats--In fair demand ; gales of 660 bush.
at 75878 e.
Rye—None offering.
Beeds.--Dull; Wes of 50 bush. Max at P.-
00a2.50
PONENDELPHIAmainurr.
PILILACIA. Dec. 2, 1863.
Floor--Qaiet, with sales of 2,000 bhla Ex
tra Family, at $7 &UT 75.
Wheat—Dal), with sales of 3,000 buahe is
Red at $1 63a1 66; amoißiatea of White at
$lBO.
Corn—Firm, sake of 0,0190 4- bnehels oid
Yellow at $lO2 Dew del 0&110.
. _
,wrsinkietilM t
Floor—Quid aaiandisagedv.
Wheat--titeady ; Southrena;lirsi
Qom—Active ; old White, ti 1031 12.
What Entitles to Credit.
Rebel Fare.
Embalmed Bodies.
and Colors.
lnight opt-
WileQx
at Knox
en o'clock
and sie-