jr ifitDAY MOBSISO,.. DEC. 13, 1861.
CITY AFFAIBS.
. IfmoKJLoaxciL OrflfiTATioKS for the
ffauttc, by O. F. Show, OptloUh, 55 Fifth
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, 1 Eou Ooxraotixa—JOHX ItcCAEOO. •
v E»»Taaisuai»—WM. EICnjBAPM
- v Taxation of Coal Land*.
Anotficial notice will be found in our id
rertislhg columns, bunted by the County Com
■arirsionen, in which those interested are in
y. formed that the unnori in the sereral die-,
ttiots throughout the county will hereafter
_ be required to include alleoal lands in making
their annual assessments. That is to say
hereafter, instead of assessing'. l the surface
OBly, theymust taka into aocounttho deposits
of- coal beneath, lod ts i YaluatioDuponTt
«J». Where the •orfioo mni 'tho cO»l ora
owßod by tbo same person, tho raiuo of the
bo included; and whete the surface
and the coal are owned by separate IndiVido
- ala, each must be assessed separately.
Till Is e moat Important step on the part of
, the Commissioners, and had'not been
j without duo adrloeand relltotion. -.The whole
y -nuWeetof tarntionln thia county ii 'oie
' which, considering our Inancial oondition,
..muitreoelre a lergeiharoof attention incom
ing yearn, where it will be necessary to pro
■' rid O; for the payment of our own llabmUea,
' fbaire of the Stale and National
■ The fact that our vast dopoaita of
, ; ncreryot been made the -ohjebts ‘of
may appear rery strange to ‘many,
to those who, not possessing any ;
’ :portsosi of them, hare been taxed an much as
, . those who as point to 'immense mines of
wealth beneath the earthen of their iands. ■> "We
hare heard.much, Tory much, of the inequal-
.- - * «u, v. ——eqn*
ity in oar system of taxation', and tho abo»e.
presents a most striking instance. A mini
•no owns a hundred acres of coil land, worth'
*20,000, may payno more tax than one,who
o»nsa similaramount of surface acre It.
. only *S,OOO. And if cither of Thesi
7 sum ft arc realised on tho land, and invostod 'in
city ' property, tho taxation would bo ip
:_...ereoretl two or threefold, erenthough the as
v- aawßont in.thooity, might be for below, tho
Methopraetical work
. lngi ofthc present system. „ ,
■ lb catling attention to tho eard of tho Com
,'l.missioners,bowever,wodidhtrt intend to
•• dioeuio tho sutyector taxationlhgencral, bnt
’..t° opprise the publie of the measure’proposed
to be’ corned into effect by them. Our first
>eedmpnloo is to pronounce it. just and proper—
f. tnndrwe "W remark that they ire aetihg
»"! under competent legal adries. In the n&rh
£ eitys and in locations farorn
hie for market, it is not unusual fo* ooal' to
-i. scUat from two hundred toffee hundred dol.
-.■ dare per sere, while the surface Would’ per
hope not bring , fifty. .JFby then shoulel the
property oflesser raluo be,taxed-whilo tho
,'t ;greiter.ln tercet,U,loft,nitouchedt, . ,
’ Theamonnt of revenue liioly to bo derived
thiseauroeeannot even - be-eopjeetbrod,.
but whop tho Taet coal fields are trarened
- and properly, reluod, jtho aggregate ossesr
e T mont wul bafdnnd to be.fmmense.
A Strange Otqtfreiicei
: ■ -An *xcbang« paper' relates the following
.-remarkable story:' • ' : .-i ■ ' :
l ,w “On‘Friday tught la»t,Mr. Madegao, re
‘ in Clovelaod, awoke; with a sense of
•’ *uffooation,and diaoorored that during his
„ .sleep baliad swallowed AparUnlaetof tooth,
~ iWita,; tho gold plata. to whioh they were at
tached. The plate was crescent shaped, hooked
-at each end, and had three teeth set attire* •
ttUr intervals on it. Howiteould hare pasted
Jfi* throatls .diffieul t toaoeddhf Ifo}-. "As
. **9o thaertcnt ef.the aeoi
•• d<mt,hla .first idea .was to tend atone* for a
physician, but he afterwards thonght-the ob
ject might leave . him without difficulty.'
.: Bvcntually it got into hi* stomach, anAeaused
■ excruciating pain. The ease i$ one of. mat
difficulty, and in its present sUge but little.
eau:Ve done* other than a wait,the.ope ration of
nature. No surgical operation can, of course,
4*. performed at present, and irom the peeu
*Xi*r formation of the object, it must causese
' rious difficulty should it leayo the stomach^
: jCaiSooTHuur RKBELUOX)is the title of a
new drama about to be produced at the Pitts
burgh Theatre 'at an early day. Jt .bai now
. bean in tehtrsal some three or .four dayj, apd
will ho doubt be gotten op in the tame good
stjlajhathas orowned the success of the nu
jnsrous other new pieces brought out. under
. the direct supervision of Manager Henderson
in times gone by.: We uill ; ’our readers
. of its: hrvt .representation, and';ih
* -tbereeastime 'adriise. them to drop in ani see
tbe Octoroon’, if they would civjoy agood-per-
J ;■ '/ormanre..
. 'Caajwo a lady, had-her
pocket picked yesterday in front of on auction
room on Fiftii street. She pursued tbe thief
followed by a large crowd
of men, but be managed to dodge into Virgin
alley abd disappear.. ; 1 -
PEOITEBTBBMT’B EYEITISfI OiZEITE.
AforgerArrested-. Gambler Bittjii.
“ ~On Wednesday afternoon, officer Hague, of
the Independent Police,- arretted a men under
the name of George F. Davenport, charged
wi th forgery,upon information of certain par
tie* reeidingiin-CleToiand. It appears that
Davenport ie one of those traveling impostors,
who nae the. military garb for the pnrpose of
preying upon the incredulous. Ho came to
the dtp-on Saturday last, and registered hi*
name at ono of oar principal hotels-, ktsddofgo
F- Davenport, Penna." He wa< very rented
in hie appearance, smooth in his manners,
and. represented himsolf as a-Captain of
the' Fourth ' infantry, ' Regular Army.
He deposited with- the clerk at-the hotel a
considerable inm in Treasnry notes, and his
drat Inquiry was for a billiard room—rentsirk
fv that ha’did’nt play pflen;.hht!‘‘iaa - 7nit
dun Ilka enjoying himself k little.' Hit ap.
. pcaraaco and actions wore those of an offing
who bad obtained* brier respite fromdatr.
- On Wadnecday, officer Hague received a
telegraphic dispatch from Cleveland, giving
an aoeorate description of . the wouid.be Cap
taia, and directing bia arrest npon a charge
of paseing forged checks or drafts in that city.
Ha was soon aftor taken Into custody. and
forthwith placed upon the train for Cleveland,
where ha.doubtless now-is..
dtritighis short
.•taytfh*re,wfsnol idle, hut snooetded indld
41ipg one or .two persons out-of a considers.
Wa ana by guana of his forged check*. -Ho
had-visited a notoriona gambling room, not a
•tone's throw fromtho Mayor’# office, where he
v**e speedily relieved of a number of hie
Iraaaory notes. But Davenport soon replen
ished his pnrsep by offering the gambler: a
. /erged cheek or draft, which was accepted and
» ead»d without forther inqniry. ; This trans
aetionv howaver, from ita very nature, will
moetlikcily be kept in the dark.- - ,
Davenport is In all probability an assumed
mams, and wdjihaU perhaps knew 'something
snefe dednita of the rascal’* histoiy after he
•hail have had a hearing at Cleveland. .
Bntwn ,ip. Dears.—About one o'clock on
Sunday .mqrtung laat,a small log honse, one
mil* aaet-ofHrownsvUlc, wse diaeovered to be
on dr*.- It waa oocopiod by an old colored
woman, aboutonohuudredyeara of age. She
was in the honse nips* »t th* Umo,*ndws*
barn ad to death, the body being found aftaru
wardi almost consqmed, by. tha. dra. Iha
honse and centents'wer* destroyed. It is not
known how the tire originated, - ,
Child Potlosxn—Aesdeassof death from
<ut evening. A
nttie child of , Mr. Charles Xcrheyden, jewel.
4r.ofBt.CUis street, jgd a{S;r,“i i«ra* :
obtained.a bottle of poisonous mixtnre wsed
la She preparation oftewslry, MdTSfosjM
ef. the eon ten t* - A phyelctaawai
bjt* Wf poleoh was so deadly that the
«Ailaexpir*4 in * ikw .
„ J» ! AvrttitTws.—On Wednesday
ai eh,*.
™ MlMted by officer tfiduel
before Mayor
on Sunday coning laat, an ag
rwnMaaiult upon John Trw.loben. He
d6vn with a atone at he wai
PM.hlg.long Center arenae, indictingalarge
Wound apon bla head, and rendering him in
aenaibla ibr a time. The aaianlt waa, made
during, row between tho boya ortbe Somnth
ward and Titt township. Woods gave hall in
lbs sum or three hundred dollars for his ap
pearance at Coart. He did not deny the
-charge. '
Coal foe the South.— The Louisville Jbur
•wfjays:. *No less than nineteen'barges of
.Pittsburgh coal passed down yesterday for
Government use at Cairo and Paducah."/
Cutiosmxa and UssruL Articles for pres
ents to your friends at home or yourfriends in
the army, can be had at J. D. Thompson's
Brush and Variety Store, of every description:
consisting In part of buck gloves, gauntlet
gloves, fitr. gloves, country knit socks,
oamp knives, with spoon and fork, motto
cups, vases, china dolls, port* moniees,
Surses, dominoes, pen-kpiyes, arums, writing
esks, tin toys, and a thousand other articles
too numerous to mention, which, if you don’t
see what you wan^ask for it, at the corner of
Wood and Liberty streets.
Warn to. Get Teem.—-In these war times
it becomes a matter of some importance ’ to
many to know where cheap goods of reliable
quality can be purchased.. To such of our
readers .as desire to know, we will say that
Wm.H.MoGtt A Co., elothiors,corner of Fed
eral street and-the Diamond, Allegheny, have
on hand a full stock of fall and winter goods,
ready made or furnished te order, made in the
latest an£ most fashionable stylos, at prices
that defy competition. One visit will be suf
ficient to verity this assertion.' • f
Extbaoxoiyaxy induc xxjorrs-to wholesale
and retail buyers at Banker A C&& 60, Mar
ket -street. Silks, Cloaks, BhaWls/ Dress
’Goods, together with every ; artielo in; their
line, comprising one of the largest stocks and
cheapest goods to bo found anywheroL . All
an Invited to call and examine for themselves.
vWMw Fouut, Carpenter and Jcine’r, Job
bing Shop Virgin alley, between Smithfield
street ancCherry - alley.' All kinds of House
Repairing done-on short notioe Mid in work
man like jnaaner. . Charges moderate. Leave
.your orders* All orders promptly attended
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r SOLDtBM.SFICIAL NOTICE.— Do j*OUT duty
to yonseeltes, protect your health, use Hollo
'wayfs- Pflls/and ’Ointment. • For' wounds,
sores, bowel Complaints snd fevers, they aro
'a .perfect safeguard. Full directions how to
uso them with every box. Only 26 cents. 210
Doctoa C. Beals, Water Cure and Homaei
> pathie Physician ;-also agent- for Rainbow’-
celebrated Truss for Ruptures. Corner of
Penn and Wayne streets. j
DixnsvsT—Dr. C. Sill, No. 246 Penn st.
attendant© atl branches of the Dental profes
sion. ' i j
"Tarron” has not seen fit to give us hii
name. His communication of oEurse cannot
appear.
Arrivals at thef
CP TO $ O’CLOC]
iBT. CHARLES—Corner o]
lunar tmnu
E Fawcett, Belem, 0
U Baahbe, Steabcnrilla
Dr 8 Haldeman, Ohio
.SHetcbom, do--
B Who Jock, do ,
J GraiT, - do
•H it Gipnery Woii,, p*
w Bearlee, Cincinnati.
X McKee,*
OR-Be^j,:;,
-J Pa
FMfflerVHX ,
T"W Murray, JU .
KForsyUie, BrownsriTU
J W Aaaerut, -
JH Porter,
J T Ramil, Ohio .
iKkXiist, Wheeling
J'Riebey;
OIBAil) HOCSE-C«ni«
A. BOCUKT,
£r>Goni,'Tnrtle Creek
JXHflkr;' l/v ; •
J A Donrni*, Cniontown
• TMTCamptWl Adaaghter
; Uaiontown * /
Lewis J Fleming, 1
T McKay, Portland,' Q •••
' HARPS HOTEL-Lib*
tAJUTIL EABI,
J F HHL Hickory V -
J H Clifton, Hew Cutla:
B C Storgeon, Nobeetowh
John Lenox, Washington
G W Conyer, Ox&rd, O
Jas McCklfaad.Wuh. co
DMeOeQind, do
• Jet F ttrAMOs; Chhoosborg
WmMcCWUnd, dO - •“
A G McPherson; -•’'do
J C Montanan, do -
J M MOler, do -
lrvin, Fort Wayne
James Carr, •’ ‘ - do - -
EAQLK. HOTEL—Liber
? r >. v ;• joDT.ian, i
88Moore,Selt»bdrf
John Wilson, Altoona'
G W Mien, Saltsburg ‘
W McClelland, Arinst’fco
V Bates, Indiana co'. '
A Lint; do..
T> Ausley, 1 do
J.McCurdy,
W CRobinsonV Pa V'
J MMoore, H. Alexond'a
J B Goihrie. Appolld '
i U Brown, Jelhrao&.cb 1' >
.X L Stewart, Indiana co
Geo McClellan, West, co >
BED LIOR HOTEL
- yi&vQil r. oosnox.
: D CrawtwjL-.. -/...
T-Stonr/SsHer' ' ’
W Caa*ir, c Ofl Creek
SFeetlg ( *« do
A Jack, - do
J Cory; •■•\do
Miae Fetem, Batter
J Harper, Venice -
W Elm, flewickley
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J Snead, Freedom
EBnead, *do,
W Johns, BinUrebnn; '
HFox, do
C French,.Damascna
NATIONAL HOTEL
..'' l - s.'ffMkftAn,
incipal, Hotels,
LAST NIGHT.•• :
Third oodWdod Streets,
T Johnson, Brownsville
J.Tbornten, do‘-
M Matbtiri,
S.Biapsr-A
Master, do
0 Howard, Mich.
D'ttonidajv Wooster •
W'Tllbon, Oil City /
C Brown A Udy, Wash. Pc
J Miller, Bearer
D-Richie,
J Clark, JVr York :
N Leroy, do
A Campbell, do
W H Moore, Phfla.
Mrs Jackson,. . ;
TPrery, Ohio
PAnshutvNJ -
J Crowell, do -
ASwihart;.. - .*
r Third. am) tjmithflAl<r«ti.
rnontnoi.
W aiDejple, Csinp
BF-Harriofttoh,' Wcyh«e>
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J W Wright, Fayotto co
EMarthr,-; doi
Thotnas Fraaor,
erty street, foot of fifth.
i, feopustob.
John Moore,’ : ‘ -
GeoShimtel, . ■" i
BSavage,
John McCaUy,
J Bfown, Great Western
W L Lodge, New Lisbon
D Gilmore, Merrlttstown
J Y Roee, Middletown
J M Jackson, CpPierp’nt
B X Bigger, Bearer co
G.Y Coulter, MOler'a Bun
Darid Brown, ■ do
J T .Campbell, Hickory,
tysbeet, below Saveotb.
Wm Taylor, Turtle Creek
Jas Taylor, Greene do < :
Thoe Morrow, Altoona ,
J Gocklsj,. Lebanon
B Boeer, do
B Cobb, Pa :
LB Thompson, Titusv’e
A West, do
&Houm, ' do
a Ha 11,.. .... do
J.MBobinsou, do
BDavls, Clvrioti co
S Bobinson, Titusville
Vfl "• : : ••' •- : .1 •
-No. 6 Bt, Clair street. *
, raoranrroa.
D Taylor, Oil City
W Terrell, do
A Roes, do
E Altman,' do
A Sbvtterlr,, tfo
LMmy, Cimwfhd co
H M'Quiston, Batler co
W Quilb, McKeesport
H Berteny, Sixonburir
WBertner do'
J Morgan, Pa
H Kuyt, Colombos .
B Howley, Alliance
D Klapp, Beadlogl' ’
CMeed, Bakaretom •'
-No, 137 Water street.-,
norezrrojt •"
J Snmmcy, Wooster, O. i 8 Thompton; Pi ■ - ) ■
L Stocker, Ohio JHadey, !
H Porter, Mon. city . - E Heckeus, 5C
A Clark, McKempmt J Cannlnrtanr.BrowfisT’s f
Mrs Bonnstt* Wqyne co ; Mrs Acklfa, do !
V Beaver A H Monroe, Oakland
JrWbHe,. do : 8 Hay, USA
A Fawcett; Cdokstown 3. Jones, Roundhead Ree*!
J UaysLey, Binnlngkam
, - vsxjsEjrrs.
piTTSBUEGH THEATRE.
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BEHDEBSOK.
To ccm clad# with tht iuijhiblo TMwPtntomlmo^cßdl-
BOUSE THAT JACK BUILT,
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— l dels • ~ L. H. TorGT A CO. ;•
BOUNTY warrants wanted.—
Warrant! to amount of 122.000.'
aad WattTto
f f *aonnl or $32,000 on Improreddty
tLSTiSSI 7^ 1 ? 2®» *?£?* ™ io »SSK
xiaw> from Ito 7 jnn. Applyte ’*7^
—y~ ; - -B; McLAIKACO. .
IJ7 *«fittUton u .. TSAOHXR
jlThKl*. fcl ‘°» l - Th. tw ol
urUaoaUl* and rafcrtncai M to moral and intoUect
tulchancwr Cuba gran. Addiua■■•.,! .:■
W. P. 4LCOTT,
'‘aahany CHj P. Q,
RONDS ANJU kimTiAtilSa VtAXf.
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- . [For the Pittsburgh Gasette.] i
A National Armory and Foundry,
so. t.
Me&sbb. Editors :—Perhaps no a ingle gov
ernment project yet unexecuted his rost so
much in Congressional discussions, expenses
of military commissions, and public printing,
as that of a National Foundry and Armory
in tbewest. Any one who will take tbo trouble
to wade through the sea of documents on the
subject, will think it is one of tho won
ders of the age that it has not been estab
lished Tong ago. Any time for the last forty
, years, the smallest kink in the diplomatic
woof—the faintest war cloud in the distance,
was enough to rouse Uncle 3am to the neces
sity. i A growl from Jotn Bull was sure to
bring .up the body at once be
gan to think of tho days of ’76, and all Con
gress fiet tomakingflpeechea,and every speech
quoted from the first address of the Father of
his country these words: “To be prepared /or
war, is one of the mo* I effectual modes of pre
serving peace.” Bat'we never did prepare,
and nover will prepare until the dread event
is upon as now. In 1823 Congress passed
“An Act to establish a National Armory on
the Western Waters.” The act provided for
commissioners to select the site, arrange plans,
make estimates, Ac., and John C. Calhonn,
then Secretary of War, appointed Cols. Wm.
Moßto and: Roswell Leo, and Capt. George
Talcott*. ‘ In 1825 the commissioners made
thoir Report. They examined every water
power of any value west of the mountains, and
decided if water power should be need the.
best localities .wero at Ohio Pyle falls and
New Brighton. If steam power, Pittsburgh
had n& rivAU.J The chief reason givou for a
preference of tho two places abovo named
over other water power, arose out of their
proximity-to Pittsburgh. Bad the Armory
been thou established, it is evident Pittsburgh
Would have been the spot selected. At the
present time, when our real estato owners,
manufacturers, mechanics and merchants are
awake to the subject again, some of the items
in this old Bepori may intorest thorn.
.Here is ah'“e«iiinateqf the quantity of mate
rials required for annual consumption at an
Armory calculated for the manufacture of
twelve thousand muskets per annum" :
120 tons Refined Iron,
12 *• Various kinds of 6tov],
2 •• Braas'and ZUir,
1 ” Emory,
8» “ Grindstones, •
20 “ Sand,
“ Bough Walnut Stocks, (12,500,)
3 “ Files, (12,000.) assorted sizes,
600 pit Coal,
250 1 « Wood, (150 cords,)
2' " Sperm Oil, (500 gallons,)
1, “ Linseed OU and Tar,
K " Band and Buff Leather,
Vx “ Woolen Bags,
8 •• OU Shoes, (2.0U0 hnabsli,)
Vs " Coal Baskets, (50 baskets,)
20 •• Fire Clay,
V ** Band Paper, (30 reams,)
k *• Wrapping Paper, for wadding,
k “ Writing Paper and Stationary,
k “ Tallow Candles. *
The materials, says Col. George Brnford,
“required annually for tho supply of an ar
mory,'are about 90S tons weight; the arms
manufactured annually will weigh about 80
tons; therefore, the expense of transporting
materials, compared* with the expense' of
transportirig the arms an equal distance, is
about As. twelve to one,” A very good argu
ment this ih6nr‘faVor, for if government were
to establish the Armory at any point farther
west, some TOOtons of this list must no&ssa
nly be transported froiia FitUburghv- The es
timate was for -42,000 muskets per annum.
The Springfield Armory, lost montk, made
about 8,000, and next month will reach a ca
> parity of) 0,000 per month. In speaking of a
location in Tennossec, tho commissioners said.,
in otgectlcri : “Iron from those furnsqes is
taken to Pittsburgh in the nig; is there re
fined,, rolled, and then manufactured into nails
-for tbe same price at whieh bar iron is sold at
the works, near Nashville.” .The inference
from this, they say, as to the price' of labor,
foe!, and other manufacturing expenses “is
highly unfavorable to the latter place.”
When Congress 'is aware nf the fact, that
we now faring tojfctfabrak the iron ores‘of:
Missouri, Canada, Michigan an<TNeV"So?k7
and mako them into guns.cheaper than it can'
be produced at the several mines, it is to bo
bopod they will be as eotrect in their infer
ences as. to our oheap labor and fuel.
The Icities* of Illinois how claim the ad
vantage of comparative nearness to the Lake
Superior Iron mines,:but not a pound of the.
oro has yet been smelted within the limits of
that State. If by the aid of Pennsylvania
ooal, they over should get up a smelting
furnace or a bloomer at Chicago, they would
bo compelled, lifee-the Tennessee farmers, to
send the product to' Pittsburgh to bo made
into bar Iron. 2: . ..
There is a curious fact.which is not men
tioned In either the Chicago, Rock Island,
Peoria,; or Quincy . memorials, setting, forth
the advantages of those towns for tho location
of a National Armory and Foundry. It is
this : That every-foundry West of Pennsyl
vania uses either Pittsburgh coke or Pennsyl
oania Anthracite coal to milt its /roll, and not a
machine shop in Illinois is content to ose the
fuel of that State for blaeksmithing. The
steel of tbo prairie plow goes from Pitts
burgh, and with it our coke, or Blossburgh,
or Mahoning coal, to shape and sharpen it.
The cost of thoir fool for any purpose which
required the quality of the iron to remain un
injurodjls from ten to thirty cents per bushel.
Before mb at this moment Tis the proof that
foundry men .on the bank of ihe Mississippi
get Pittsburgh coko by , rati at 25 cents per
bushel, and prefer it at that price, to the An
thracite coal. Staring such facts ont of coun
tenance, .stands the memorial, .signed by
twenty of the leading eftizens of Chicago,
.which (ells Congress that. Professor filaney
nnd Profcssor MoChosncy and others,-“have
established beyond question, by chemical
analysis and practical test, the richness ottho
Illinois coal.” If it is'so riob, why do not
they ueb it ? The following is one of the con
cluding sentences of this Chicago memorial.
Lot me commend it to the attention of yonr
roadere: “By those who may tako the pains
to compare the figures wo have given, with
the statements of the memorial of the citizens 1
of Pittsburgh, it will bo perceived that, in re
gard to building' materials—lumbor, iron,
copper, lead, ; coaf far smelting, prqvisiops,
transportation and security—the advantages
axe in favor of ..Chicago.'lusnpply of skilled
labor they are fully equal,” -" ‘
'The twenty bold men who rjikjthelr repu
tation for sccqraoy (not to say yereclty,) in
“figores” leading to such a conclusion, prob
ably place a low estimate on the intelligence
of Congress. They certainty have intense /kith
in the apathy and indifference of tho people of
Pittsburgh. B * * • * e.
PiTTflBVyoB, Bee. 11, 1801.
The Pittsburgh post and Slaves;
The editor of the Port teem* very ready in
denouncing all who favor the confiscation of
•laves belonging to rebels, yet not one .fact,
nota single argument has he ever adduced to
prove sudh a measure to bo wrong' in any
sense of the term. We would like to seo
some proof that the confiscation of that spo
eies of.“property” would bo inexptdient, «»-
military or wjyutl, while it is admitted at all
times andjin all countries that suoh a disposi
tion of any other property would be just and
-p_wper. r “| 1 ••
, Why so tender of Slavery f ' Does the editor
of the. believe in the Justice of slavery,
and that our country would be worse with
out it?
It is folly totalk of Othttituiionalprooirion
when not pnly the traitors and rebels are to
be shielded from hanging, .the penalty pre
scribed under the cons titution for their crimes,
. but even their possessions are efcrefolly guard -
!ed and preserved for them, whilo thousands'
of loyal men in the south aro strippod of.
.everything, even.of life itself, for standing by
; the Government ?
Has the world overseen such inconsistency,
.such pusiianimUy ?
He who objects io the confiscation of the
siaros of rebels is hUfliaolf a rebel. Jcitict. .
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THE LATEST NEWS
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LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamer Housa.
Sakdt Hook, Doc. 12.—The steamship
Housa, from Bremen yia Southampton, with
dates to the 27th nit., has passed this point
and will reach New York about one o’clock.
The steamship North Britton was insured'
with-her cargo for 120,000 pounds.
An arrival from Australia had brought 22,-
700 dollars in gold.
The American ship Corinthean had been
burned at Lisbon on the 25th ult. s
The West India steamship, La Plata from
St. Thomas, arrived at Southampton on the
27 th nit., with the report that the rebel Com
missioners, Mainland Slidell, were forcibly
taken from the steamer Trent, on her way. to
St. Thomas from Havana. '•
Capt. Nelsbn, of the ship Harvey Birch,
had entered hfaprotest against the.captnrb of
the ship by the rebel steamer Nashville. The
Southampton magistrate refused him a war
rant for the search of the Nashville, and re
ferred him to the Secretary of State.
Capt. Pegram and Mr. xaooey had return
ed from London together, and the.latter states
that it has been intimated to him, through a
third party, that the Nashville is recognised
by the British government as a national ves
sel, and will be allowed to rifit.and repair l at
Southampton, as was the case ofthe t Jaihes
Adger, so as to exercise perfect 'neutrality be
tween tho two contending parties. ~ I
Fblakce.—The Federal Council of Switzer
land had demanded satisfaction from France -
for a frits'll violation of Swiss territory by the
French gens d'armee near Geneva. i "
Tho rebel steamer Bermuda arrived lat
Havre on the 24th, from Savannah, with 2<joo
bales of .cotton.and was discharged on the
next day. ■'-•* T\
Italy. —Garibaldi is reported to have re-',
plied to the Neapolitan Address that he re-,
grots being unabfa.to go to them, but that he
will bo with them whon necessary. He ex
pects Italians to have .their swords ready, f
Turin, Nov. 26.—The BaqAhas reduced its
rate of discount from 6% to 'Ak per cent.
Tobkky. —Dowisch Pacha, with eight bat
tallions, hod encountered.6,ooo insurgents !in
Bosnia, slaying 800, and routing the remain
der. Tho European consuls propose an ar
mistice.
Chiju.—The allies were leaving Tien Sien.
Tho trade in Ningpo and Mjtokowrwasf ob
structed by tho rebels. . • ? ;
Tho French were-in want of men and guns
to protect Foo Chow.
Jar as.—Affairs in Japan had taken a more
favorable turn. '
Sraitr.—The-Sardinian Minister had de
manded his passports, and leaves" Madrid—
the two governments disagreeing in relatipn
to the Neapoliton archive.;
Liverpool, Nov. 25.—Tho cotton market'it
dull, and quotations generally unchanged.
Sales for two days wore 9/100 bates, including
4,000 to speculators and .exporters.
The advices from ManchOftor dre unfavora
ble, the market for goods and yarns being flat.
Breadstuff's are generally'hoary ,and-dujl.
Flour is dull at 28(£32<j. Wheat easier; x*d
western 12s 4d; red southero 12s Cd@l2s 9d;
white western 12s 9d; whife' seuthern 13s@
13s 9d. -Cora is dull; mlsai32f od@32s 9d;
yellow 32iM@33s; whitff3g@BBi.' ; ;
/Vocmumw.—-The markqi fa generally steady.
Boof steadyperk quiet but steady bacon'
hat .an upward tendency; lard nominal at 48S.
(§»51«i; tallow quiet atso@sB(k ; ’ ,t; ‘ I
./Voduc*.--.Ra*in- deciining-j-ebmmop, I2s.
6d.(a;13i.'6d.-, spirits turpentiae duil
725.; sugar steady ; rice steady; cofleff'dull;
athesfirm at3ss. for pots; linseed oil itudi.
London, Nov. cloaed ;at Mlf
for monoy, and for account; Unltdd
States ss, and Now York Central Shares had
advanced. ~7* •
The bullion in tho Bank of France had la •
creasedloo,ooo'poands. , . j
In reply to the application of Capt. Neisoi,
for a warrant to search 4he-rebel steamer
Nashville and recover- certain property -be
longing to him and the owners of the Harvey
Birch, Earl Russell directed his Secretary to
reply that heeannot authorise the magistrates
to issoo anch a warrant, and declined 'to in
terfere in the matter. The application had
been ' made on the roeommendation of Mr.
Adams, the American Miniatfr.-j
■ - A factor detailing
ttiitor QdmmmsitmarA. a
shell was fired at thc.lrent, exploding .wfChih
one hundred yards* It also states that tbo
indignation on board- the Trent was intense,
and dll the passengers were ready for a fight
if the Captain wished it'; also, that tbo Cap
tain of the Trent supplied stores to the Sah
Jacinto for the nse of fiUdell and Maron. The
dispatches of the traitor Commissioners eseap
ring tho vigilance of the officera of the San Ja»
cin toand safely arrived in .the La Plata, in
Charge ofagentieman of the party. On arriving
at Southampton tho remainder of Messrs. Bli r
doll and -Mason's families and suites went on
beard the. - steamer ’ Naahrillo, and the nexi
day thq dispatches were taken to London.
No repairs had jet been commenced on the
The London Daily Ktm of the 28th, says,
in regard to the seirare of Mason and Slidell:
remote- consequences of' this act we
• shall not attempt to predict. Enough for the
present time, it Is .ono which, will maho it the
duty of our government to insist on ample,com;
piet« and Immediate satisfaction. Its wanton
folly bids hope that LieoLFairfax was acting
without instructions; and that the Washing
ton Cabinet’ will no sooner loarn what has
taken place in : the Bahama Channel
than it will disavow tbo act, restore
Messrs. Mason and ; £tideil, and tender
the amplest apology. Nothing abort of this
repariation can be accepted. Until there
has been time to receive news from Wash
ington, we feet bound to believe that the
seisuro of passengers on board tbo Trent was
an setae muohjn exeess of duty as it was in
violation of public law. No government
thonW-know hotter than fhit' of the United,
States the lines which separate the rights of
belligerents and neutrals, respectively. While
we must submit to have our mercantile ves
sels stopped in the biglPleas by both
parties in search of contraband; ;Had ; Lieu
tenant Fairfax confied himself to demanding.
Mr. Slidell's dispatches, and taken them!
off, ’wd must ‘ hayo" acquiesced in Ips;
visit as one of tho disagreeable occurrences
inoident to s Voysoo. Forsons stand on a
different footing. In the eyes of Mr. Seward,
Messrs. Slidell and Mason are rebels. In our
eyes they are simply passengers,, and tho
Washington Government may rest assured wo
shell no more permit it to take its robols out
of ourtosSels than we should concede a simi
lar right to Austria, or Russia.' Incidents
like those ard irritating, but the British peo
ple have the satisfaction Of knowing that
their affairs are under firm guidance. With
the Earl of Derby, or-thtffussy Lord Malins
bury in ppwer, we might well be Concerned
for the interests of peaco at.» time like this,
but from the present government we may ex
pect energy without precipitancy, and prece
dence without weakness. Their eohrse is tol
erably clear, and it will be for the -govern
ment of the United States to 'determine what
shall bo the future relations of the two gov
ernments. •
From Kentucky.
Louibvillx, Dec. 12.—The report, yester
day, that throe federal brigades had crossed
to the sonth side of Green river, is authori
tatively donlbd..
: No information has boon received at hoad-
Jnartofs here that Capt.E. F.Pruhe, of Gen.
hellV staff, and Major Heibeft, of Gen.
Schoeff*s staff, had been captured by the rebels
near Somerset, but . apparently well iaformid
outsiders say.ltis true.
Johnson, the Provisional. Governor of
; tucky, in his message to the Legislature, :
be will gladly resign, his position when Ma
goffin shall escape.from his virtuai .imprison
ment at Frankfort.
From Missouri*
Skdalia, Mo.jDec. 12.—Tho scouting ex
petition, oompos*d of a part ofHerrill’g horso
and two companies of regular cavalry, re
turned this afternoon, bringing inaspriiorf
em fo'ur Captains, two. lleutenantaand about,
forty men. .
• They alio captured ooe.tnertarenda- Urge
nomberof honta ud wagon*. The expedi
tion west m far at WaVerly., Iheyreport
2000
aeon and purened bf
a flgbt near Warerly tarni oot’tobe ftHe.
battled dowb A*' American
flag at Lexington after HdUigan'i surrender,
wa* arm ted hero *i a 9Wv.iz e K:i ,'o ;vr
Important from Missouri.;:
Sr. Joseph, Dee. PrepUM', own
msnd wiu to movo from Platte City-, to, Rich
field on tbo ~
A rebelcsmp faambering 3,000 is reported
neir A1bany,,,.... • v - r ,* - j " r
{ ( T M bsgged. fioo
rebels is not true.
The woolen feetorj of Baell k Co., wu do*
strojed bj fire lest night. Lou unknown.
imiira COSCBESS-PIEBT
W AsmxeToy Cirr, Dec.l2.
Hoij6C.«-Sr. Blair, by Mp«, rising to'; a
Sjnestion of pririlege, chased 1 to bo read the
ollowing extract a*‘ farther explanatory of
‘the remarks whioh he made yesterday on Mr.'
Lovejoy'a resolution, having in view-the revo
cation of a part of Gen. Ilalleck’s General
9r«ler relative to fugitive slaves; The resolu
tion, it.h&e already been stated, was laid on
the table: -
Hsadquabtees Dspabtuext of MtSSGUBI.
/ion. F.P.,Blair, Washington:
3/y Dear Colonel t> Tours of the 4th inst.,
is. just received. Order No. 3, was, in my
mind,clearly amilitary necessity. Unauthor
ized persons, black or white, free or slaves,
ni'US't be kept out of our camps unless we are
willing .to publish to the enemy every thing
we do Or intend to-do. II was a military and
not a political, order. I am ready to carry
out any lawful instructions in regard to fugi
tives whieh my superior may glvo me, and to
enforce any laws which Congress may pass,'
but I cannotmake law and willnotviolate it.
You know my private opinion on- the policy
of confiscating the slave property of rebels in
arms. If Congress shall pass it.you may be r .
certain that I shall enforce it. Perhaps my
policy as to the treatment of rebels and their
property is as well set out in Order No. IS,
issued the dayyour letter was, written,** I
could now doscribo ii. Yours, truly,
(Signed) H. W. Hallkck.
Mr. Lovqjoy, of 111., in explanation, said
that in introducing his resolution, he of coarse,
did not desire to revoke an order that Gen; Hal-,
leckdidnotmean to make. Hewould say.in re
gard to himself and others, that an attempt has
been made to convey - the impression i that ho
and others design to support the war, hot as
against the rebellion, bates against slavery.
He believed in taking away all the .property
of rebels and emancipating their slaves as
.the.; most efficient’'means,of suppressing the
Tsbellion. Others might differ from himAs to
'this policy, but whilo. he not in favor of
carrying on the war for the speoifiband ultimate
purpose of liberating' the slaves; r , he 'was
against carrying it on for tho protection of
slavery. He. was opposed to thearmy being
employed as slave-catchers, and to giving
orders to throw back on the masters those who
escape,.whether froe or slave/ black
.or white. Consequently, he thought that if
any ordor had been given to drive slaves back
into the hands of the. Secessiohiits, or into
the hinds of, slaveholders, whether loyal or
not, to be contrary. to a sjurntl policy in carry
ing on the wanand snpprofeng the rebellion.
In.conclusion ho s&id T : “If *any soldiers want
to figot, simply fer. the purpose of returning
fugitive slaves, ho had only to ‘remark that
the army would.be stronger without them.”
The House then proceeded to the considera
tion of the special order, namely, the various
propositions involving the question of the
emancipation of tho persons held as slaves by
the rebels.
Mr. £llot, of Mass., proceeded to explain
and enforce his resolution declaring that the
war.,has—for’» its. .object .-the : 'suppression
of the rebollion, the re-establishment of
the rightful-authority of the National jCon-
Jtitution and laws over the-entire extent of
oaroommon country, and advising that mili
tary orders for tho emancipation of the slaves,
be issued whenever the same,shall avail to
weaken,tho power of the rebels inarms, or in
sustaining the military power of -tho loyal
forces. Slavery, be argued, was' at the root
of tho rebeljion-and therefore is an ' outlaw.
There was no doubt that loyal men should bo
protected, becaose .it shoald.be understood
tbaf the men who, stand for the" right should
bebjrtd elose to, our hearts. This - war had
been called. an anti-slavory wai. . It was no
such thing. Though slavery caused it,aod,
though by; it slavery may brerthrowh or
removed, neveftncileta object of the war is
to recover the rightful authority of the gov
ernment and to put down treason.-
Let us, he . said, do.the work .pnt nponus,
and'after that the way will, be opened to. us
as our army*advances. The re establishment
of the former order of things would be appa
rent. Already a post office Has. been ‘put into
operation at Port Boyal., Soon the school
house and church wohid follow, and even in :
tha PahnettoStatoibo banner of our common
-country will a waYe*9ver ,the land of tho free.
Trcason/wifl be iuppredsod and tharebolliop,
overcome,- and-tho, rigbtfbl .authority of:the.
laws and constitution maintained.' ’ *• \ i
In tho course of his remarks ho said Simon
: Camerow hod done - moro' in bhree months ; to
raise bis name higher -among -mon and the'
laws of freedom, as the opposer of-rebellion
and treason, than daring all his previous long
career ofpablie life. .Towards the conclusion
of his argument he said it was a definite pol
iey determined upon on the subject of confisr
cation, and farther contended that
was at the root of this treason, it-should be
eradicated.- Ho quoted ‘from authorities to
-show that by tho.law of nations- it was com
petent and right for the government to pur
sue the courso which his resolutions indicate.
Mr. Conway, of Kansas, contended that the
conflict whioh has. been preparing for nine'
months has changed its original character.
Prom the attempt to put down insurrection, r it
has settled into a deliberate war. Wo have
not oncounferod the enemy in any battio in
whioh we have won an anqnoationable victory.
Mr. Harding, of Ky., obtained the floor.
Mr. Fonke; of 111., ineffectually askod him
to giye way, as be wanted briefly to reply to
the representative from Kansas, Mr. Conway,
who has said that Jhobattle of Belmont was
a defeat. In jastioe to the brave soldiors who
participjatod in that notion, ho wanted to nail
the falsehood.' , * ,
Mr.! Wadsworth, of Ky., commenced a
speech, but.yieldod for a motion to.adjourn. ■
Mr. Conway, wished to know whether Mr.
Fonkedntended his remark to him as personal.
Mr. Robinson, of 111., said Mr. rook had
left thehalt. \ ; .>
Mr. Richardson, of. 111., would say that
whatever his eolleague, Mr.Fouke, had'said
on the floor, of a personal character, ought to
bo settlod elsewhere.
Mr. Conway, remarked thntho did net wish
to be subject to the imputation of having told;
a falsehood. He thought he understood ,the'
proprieties of thisHonseasWbll as any.other
member., u .
Oh motion, ‘the Home then adjourned till
Monday.'’-'^
Se:tat*.—Mr. Wilson, of Mass., offered a:
resolution that the Inspector General, Quar-.
termaster General and Commissary: General pf
Subsistence, IwdiroetcdtoihfobntheSenate
what nrticloa ought to be iold by t’he sn tiers to
tho.voluntcers, and such asis-best promoted to
soeuro their efficiency. Ho ,siid that it was
necessary that the volunteers now in the field
should go 'back without'!.being demoralized.
He had information from all sources that the
sutlers system, as it now exists, is & prolific
source of demoralisation and degradation -to
the volunteers. '
,- Mr. Harris, of!. N.. Y., was glad that the
subject had been brought before the Senate.
He was satisfied Ibat this was a mbit crying
pvil, and believed .that, .the whole ‘system
should abolished. .The resolu
tion was agreed to.
•A joint resolution was recejv.ed from the
House expressing ihe feelings of Oougrossin
relation to the gallantconductof the late Gen.
Lyon. Referred to the Military Committee!.
A Joint resolution from thpHouso in:regard
to the exchahge of prisoners, was referred ’to
the same Committee;... .
< Mr. Chandler, of Mich., introdneed-a n)so
lution that the Military Committee,be in- 1
strncted to inquirelnfo the ejpedieney bfjap
pointing a dbmxhHiee of both Houses .to retire,
tmpropor officers from.thesimy.; i v. u>: v.
Mr.. Carlisle, of. Va., opposed the resolution.'
He was afraid it was apolitical dor!ce v to get
;political control i
Mr. Ppblittle> pfj,Wjs.i -offeted as a substi
: tute thatjbo Committee on Military' AfTain
be lnquire into {heexpediency of
• providing a more‘efficient mod*' lot retiring.
:any ; improper .or, inoompetent rofficers of the
army. . j
; Toe substitute wdpVmeepted end agreed to.
, Mr. Footo, of Vt,, caUpd up t&6 resolution
to exjpel 1 Waldo.. E. Johnson,. Bcna tor from
'Ho., from the Senate of the United States.
1 After discussion, the resolution was referred
to tho. Committee Oh Jndiplarj.’ 1 ‘
i 'to ' Promote the efficiency of-'the
navy, as- reported by~Mr. Grimes, of Ipwa,
from theffayn^Committoe;'wm.'Ukejiup;.;:.:,"'
-Mr~ Grimosexptaibed thebill andurgedLita
passage at ’ some lehgth/ 1 Thebill trrovidm.
for .retiring officers' ,oa :
raster, fof'fortyy^ra^^
President tb.Mlect an officer fram tho graded
Captain -or Commander and-assign- bim-to- the
commandofa squadron-wittf thbrankbf Flag
Offioer. 1 - .' : J >-*_■-.!.;
time of retiring naval officers was made forty
flvoycsnifiitealfbfTorty,
Mr. Johnson, of Tennetseg, inored that sb;
mnehof-tbs. President’s "Message as relates to
the
iaoky:«nd r '?e&beHd»pbe referred to a seledf
committee. Agreed to.'
The Senate then went into executive session
and subsequently adjourned till Monday.
TheSason and SUdell Affair—Meet
- of Lirerpool Cotton K««lauit<
••Comments of the “Timox.**':
SESHffI:
-• New Ton*, Dec. IS—The, MpamSsPHousa
bnpgs a cqpy cf thojiondon 2W, -of the
28thult., which contains aft ,-account: of a.
meeting held. in Liverpool with reference to
the Slidell-Mason affair. Thefollowing pla
card was posted on change:
“Outrage, on. the-British flag. Southern
Commissioners forcibly removed froura Brit-,
isb. mail steamer. will be
held in the Cotton Salee-reom, at 3 o’clock.”
In .pursuance of this!call the. room was
orowded to excess. The chair was occupied
by James Spence, who read; the following res
olution: r
Rtnilved, That this meeting, having heard
with indignation that -an , American, federal
ship-of-war has forcibly taken from a British
mail steamercertain passengers who were pro
ceeding peaceably, under the shelter of oar
flag, from one-neutral port -to another, do
earnestly call upon the government to assert
the dignity of the British: flag by requiring
prompt reparation for this outrage.
This resolution was advocated by the
who .considered-that he .was ex
pressing the feeling of..the .people, when he
said that it was-the. duty of tne people to im
press on the government, the imperative ne
cessity of vindicating, the -honor'and- dignity
of the British name^.aod-flag., i ( -
Mi. ; JohmCampbell considered that there
was reason to doubt whctherthe facti related
and aeted op by this .meeting .were:in reality
ar breach of international law, and referred to
; the opinions of, the Law. Officers: of
as boing in some maasureJnefined to show
that sack, a- step as taxen with respeot to the
Southern Commissioners; was justifiOble.un-.
der the .existing., state, of-internatidnal law.
Ho urged the propriety of postponing tho con
eidoratioQofthesqbjccttiUto-tnotTOW.W. ,
Mr. Torr suUained Mr. Campbell’s vi#r B . *
The Chairman - suggested, in order to meet
the objection of Mr; Campbell, to strike out
tho words “By requiring prompt reparation
for. this outrage,” and thus amended the reso
lution was passed by nearly -a unanimous
vote. t ,-, v .. -
Several motahahta . expressed; their, views,
after, the adjournment, that the meeting and
its action was premature.
The London I?nte« ! is more moderate in its
comments on the Mason-and Slidell-capture
than the Xeice. While denyingthat the fed
eral government, on its bwn-poaition-thht the
existing war is a mere rebellion, has a* right
to overhaul neutral ships, it nevertheless ad
mits : that England herself- has’established
precedents .which now tel! against her in this
matter of tho Trent, but those precedents wore
made under, cireumatahces very-different, it
asserts,- from those which now ooeftr. •' Eng
land.was then fighting for existence, and did.
in thoso days what she would not do now, nor
allow others to do. -In discassing the ques
tion whether Mason :and'Blwfibll were liable to
ceptnre as belligerents, or oh.
board the Trent, the. Time* etatesit as the”
opinion of very-eminent-jurists that this wai
= to}bd adjusted bytbO /boata
crew. "The logal._c6nrse would haVo been to ;
take the ship itself into portfor adjudication.'
It concludes with- the expression that Eng
lishmen will discuss the question with calm
ness, and appeals to the federal Sutes not to
provoke a war by such acts. - ii i . <
General Order of Gen. Halleck.
St. Louis, Dec.l2.*—The following general
orper will- be issned to-morrow . mhrniffg t
Headquarter* Jkpartment of. Mwouri, )
.. - St. Louib, J)6c;12,18fll. j
: The suffering faniilies driven by the rebels
from southwest Missouri, which have already
arrived here,havebeehihpptied'.by .voluntary"
contributions mado by.-Union-.men. Others
are on their way, to arrive days.-
These must be suppl fed by ; from men
known, to- be hostile t 6 the ‘Uuiou. ‘. A liitc
will ba prepared of all pereonrof/tbis class,
who do not voluntarily fUrnish tho!r : quota,;
and contributions will be levied~on them of.
$lO,OOO. in clothing, provisions 'and quarter*,
ormonay.ih lieu thereof.' ‘ V ; V - -
This levy will be made on the-following
classes of persons,in proportion to their gnilT
- andproperty ofeachindtvidaai:; First; th6so'
in arms with tho bnemy who Have property.in
this oity. . Second, .those'who :havn"furniihed''
pecuniary or other aid' to the to-.
persons in the enemy , s serviee; 1 ' Third'those’ I
who have yerbally; in ‘Writing or by public*-, •
Hon/given encouragement to tbe'insurgents
. andrebols. • Brig. Gen. CurtU, sB. G. Tarran,
Frovost Marshal, and
«ef Sti Lottie, will oonstitute the Board of As
sussbrs for levying’the afora-rinentibned oom* ;
. wihntions- AA roo'a as’ahy. part of this, con- •
tribution has beeoxssesaed.-’ino.Provost Mar
shal General will notify. <the*‘party assessed,
their agents representatives, 1 , itattng the
amount of clothing "or V quar
tors and money • valuo thereofi.'required
of each, and if not furnisbed withiri the time
specified in each notice, exo-/
cation, and sufficient property’will be taken
and sold at Ipublic .'auctionip. satisfyXhe as- -
aossmentj Withi cost, ,and a.penalty of 25 per
cent, addition.': t.; If any . per Son upon whom •
assessment shall bo'ttade; shall file 'with* the
Provost Marshal' General an affidavit'that ho -
is a ,loyal citixon and has been true to» his ai
legianco to : the United States, he-will be al
lowed one weok-'to fUrnish evidence to the
Board to vindicate his character; ' and if
at the end of- that time ' shall not he
ablo to satisfy tho ' Board of hii loy
alty, the assessmont shall be inereased.
Supplies so collected will be expended for the
object .designated under tho .diction of the
Provost Marshal Goheral,'and by 'the'State
Sanitary Commission. ;Where .money is -re
ceived instead of supplies, it will be expended
for them as and any moneynot so
expended; will be turned over to the fianitary
Commission for the behefit of the. sick and
wounded soldiers.: Any one .whoshall resist, '
or attempt to- resist: the -execution of: these, •
orders, will be immediately arrested,.impris
oned, and will be tried by lhe Mllitary Uom
mission. [Sipied:j„
HvW.Hau.bck,
Major-General Commanding.
From Fort'Pickens.
‘N rw York, Dec. 12.—The Benin publishes
the following letter from Fort Pickens, dated
Nov. 23d, 1861:
The bombardment was commenced on bur
side 6n the 22d of November, at half-past 9
o'olock a. m., having, about half an< hour's
start of the rebels. Since then the firlng has
continued. The ;first! day we had one
lulled and one wounded. . The one killed was
a member of .the.2ouave regiment. - -.Good
shots were.firod on both sides, DatlitUo'herin
was done to Fojrt-Pickeni, while Fort Mcßae
suffered very much. The United States frigate
Niagara and Richmond took part in the bom
bardment, with good results.
The second day, Fort Pickens commenced
firing again at half-past 10 o'clock a. m., and
was answered promptly by the rebels; . X think
ahont 2,500 guns have.becn fired in two days.
At S o’clock p. m., on the 23d of
Warrington , was set on fire by the'guns oirbur
side, and the fire destroyed neariy”aiTbC!that
placo and the.graater part of .thoxfovy Yard.
It must hot be.forgottea: that the steamer
Times was disabledthe first shot fired* She
was of the-Nary ,"Yard at night.
The rebels did not fire to much the' second day.
Perhaps thby aw shorMf ammdiuUon. Two
companies of Wilson's Zouaveschave charge
<?f Jibe batteries ncarthe fort. -Two more
ponies of.the;tame'£i»gtmfnl are. assisting ur
the ’ ' ihilli, poVder,* doin|;
guard duty,, etc.—and tho rest lie on tte
trenches to xeport-any .night .attack. . The
; hoariest guns of the rebels aro near the light
j house, and their best mortars on both sidesmf
t the hospitals. - „ , .. . - >
The water battery below Fort Mcßae ~is
'proying a bad customer, and is to be feared
more than the fort. Our ranges are splendid,
and it gives' oh*-great satisfaction to wftnbife
this great trial of our artillery. If I have
time, I will send you sketches of the burning
of Warrington and the.nayy yard;
From Washington. !^
. r reoeived-at
the Navy alhfi»Jfchdt:bn tUelMk'
ihst., Commander Rodgers-, loft Tybee Boado
before daylight .with the steamers Ottawa,
Beneca and Pembina, 1 amf crbfsed'the bar at
iWarsaw Sound atJuUf' The United
States forces approached'the fort os-Warsaw
Island within a mile, and sent Xienfe. Barnet
to It with a flag of- it en
tirely deserted.. The' Fprt.cotfifitted of an en
closed octagonal work,'! for
eight guns on thewater.ffioei/ r lutd
boon, removed, ' the platforms -out; the
magaslne blown-' qp* ' Ucmmunriftt.
j_Tht letter »leo eeye thatfremti»;Bi6uUi of
Wilmington .river, -wo obsarrbd I k'' , battery;
hearingftom njf about N.
;ahd just above a housol wUh-^-vedioupolal; 7
drhicb^AStti^f4h»7 cou t:rizrvoy
Hiangulation, and is about ten miles from
Savannah. We counted Are guns, apparently
of large* calibre, on the face of the battery
■frrywiy. i.i SMjiy' if -• .
WwardA ahe-.bne"' gnn
upon tho.other.fec^ 1 havfLbeen
■more. we : were near'enough to soo
on the reinparta,'-ajia tha
-Inwonets;.^.,-w; si .»-;- : rv' "' -i. *
Commander Bodrefs stabre that, a battery
opon Little Tybea Island would' be if no
use whatever, although there may
a signal gun plaoed -tijece, and Sou.th- of tha
"Eastern part of ii, a commanding ipoint for
The higheat' .point' reached by
Commander Rodgers w&4 ' abobt. eighV xnilas
from - Warsaw,' bßing ab'ont ten' fiitieii' from
Bavannab, and between four and' five "miles
from -ThuDdorbolt 'on our side, and Bloat-,
gomery-tipon the otheri <t
River and Weather.at Louisville^
Locisvjlle, Dec. 12.—The river is felling
slowly, with 6 feet .6. inches water in' the
. c * n *'-‘ ...Woather clear. .-Mercury.3s°.. ;
- Gltra Seeiion of Xegisiatnre, ?
Urrsotr,'Doc. 13.—Gov. Blair
damatlon for an extraordinary session or tho
Legislaturo/to assemble oh the 2d prox.
Frpm Old Point.
Baltixorx, Deo. 12.— I the Old Point boat
has. arrived, but brings no .news from that
point or the South. .1-:, . .. rl.v ?; .r.:b
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
Allegheny Cattle Market. '
Dxc. 12,—Tbe. offwingi of Cattle dhring the-past
week, were smaller than .usual, whllatha number sold
iWas.iuarfy eqnal-to.that of liwt wackv.Prireß remain
steady,but unchangod.
; ' ,Tbe reeeipU of Hoe* continue vety largai - hit the
uu&Yorable.condition of the weather fbralta^iter
log, togvtiwr with Tates damanded-bybold
ere, prevented packeza from buying to any gmat ex
tent. 'Tbo totoJ numberJMld atibothyanls aggrega
ting 927 beAd,/or.whicb the prices irubgod fitah
to $3,15 per 100 Ibe, gross i mcstly at
The offering*qf Sheep wtro limitsd r but'mify : equal
to the demand..! No change ft prices."-- !T - » i .
. Below will be fouud -th* particulars of- tha sale* at
; both.Yards: .. ■
: -r i-:t: UNION YAHBS. r : j *
1 J • CATTtH.' - 1 • '.'i
Bold-irX Bl.CahiU, 18, ljic-]*r IbrUrers Abro.l9o.
Joshua' Copeland, •;}£;. Okey,-nr23d;
Cny 201HIBQSO per head; Bull * Bullock; 19,-%
fientAiefr—S.EAdams, 23;..80bt ShleUs. SfiVTm
Tingle/—; C Wslter/lB; B Taylor/GC; J a iMefin*
«on;34;Sucdgra» 4;co, 124;’John T-BobblhfMiTw
.Uewie,ls. ; , ; ~ - r f.£-;-c .{■-'i-izv-.
;BOOS. 1 ... '
sofcHSolotaonBcbaeaer;i9:s2;feo percwtyHnws: P
Jtogwe; VI r M Peters; 4k : ‘f3wls Br&bacb.
ISO, s3,os;,'Bakeatraw Aco, XUrttußUd!
80,®5; EV Tidbfllh loTlSc
o
hDaniels,• ■?
•Bat £oa-rD Davison, 9&r Wm ( aa-w v
WASHBiWs/ mm. if. a LUK rum
CsogUsr,A Joto BBofr.:
utt, U; H On WdliB BaOu-.m
?h. oc»t, : w; ja
• : V---4
■ 00,;f2,56 re r head;;Wm. M^tlrin,
86,$3A0percwt. . , , A
JBew-MUtr *’ Mnetb; 4865 » Tsjliif/n-lre
Braina«l # 10l; v • :^r-iT .i’i:;.'
MOBGAN TABDg.- vV i*t biia
. • • .CATTLE. { .. ,
r SWd—Crouse * Good,- 80,-2>i@3, J 1 Fotdj&rSO.
3H;H AYonrig, 15, 19>'3%?’SLJL
■ Crooks,4o,3;G Uoimcht«r,-/12,-SnodmwlO,
t cs7tor;i9,
: L Dye, W-H Mclftiddep;
b-bo -ihSj-.'
f
•Aihfceußbt'©; M Orr,ao*; Grisr ft 8
WalhlOS; SC WalUOfc
lS);fltei6n.Bryanf, 20O: J Parnter. 79; OMastou. tt:
-8 Bdckihghant;i29; B K Cartnll, 93;' Metcalf/Blue
A HoW«i,il3B; A PBcnrmcsV 63?; B :MiafsD*n:As6:'
W ;I H McYadden, 73; G Cowles/178., t.. vn-iwOlt
: Soli-Wm WriUtn, r cnt.'p«i *o
4TCn.fUS. $3,18; Puim.ll, 100,,3.. ”
•. »».*»-
reccing idoviy yesterday/.yitii-savsis paet
lnches by. .tho’l>i?r> mariu'.iasr- svmtini^i'The
Weither continues
.1* ftom what wa had ]hr threo
JSanvpofttstm:.
there was hot a single departure. Undfee fhxh
Lizzie Martin,'from
dua tiSi'night; sBd" trill doubtl'ear" bi the '
wha/f tlti* mofiiing/" The WtnW. m
kisda oU'Ktarday at i '4 Uttl^s^k^er
OWtige aiTirwl' hrmu ‘■'ini ?6ta»k y^teidiy'm«iing
Cargo;-indading e 1 large ■qnsjoilty' lifcSlde
oil. Bhfe 'lfeft againin- tho' atfehiootr Wiffi/ j|
-freigbtJisfanda : ‘fliir I nnniWr ofpMieni|siW.?. > . t .^Sjpt.
. Andrew ifaDer htjonV from Bf.’ > L(/qj«
I hMday night, 'wbore;lwfnriijrvttit.
Welearnfrtun bimtbatthere is t»htiderabiejin&it
'at ihat pkee awaiting ehlpmcnV io PftttbUjgHJir.^.'.
' The Key Vest-left -Loaißriße for this dty ,
evening With a good cargo, inclnding a tpairtfty
of flour and tobacco.' ' rr '
To* CnicunfATt Xkd LotTißTlLiS— -It* ii : '<nily ■
decenary to•' state that ihe‘JacobYcxj; . giob^
b the CttcUneii and' XotiisvflU' picket' for
The popnlarßiyCity, * W.
theSaturday'packets ’ c ' / ‘ v'M
To* Sr.' LbirTe-i-The popular Bteainet'flnattt Side
in command of Capt; Frank Marratta, wfll be the
H£^ r £ rSl * *«***-• -She wiU M'tH-
IbweOjtha Prim* .Capt, 000. D. lfoore.
and Denmark, Capt. X.'J<'SobiQMp., y. ’
. Marketa by Tclegraph.
- CrecDnutt. Pec ll.—Evenink.—Ttonr Im
but prices are hnchanced: superfine eeUsatfiftAilfi.
ioA extra at 9410@4 ao. Whthtlh Ukht sbpn& entf
infidr-demand at 80@Uo for red* imd **Prm for
white, Oats ot 29c. Corn firm at 29c. aßd
Bar My. 49(3i50c. <N Whisky, in good Mp"
and higbert salee
local speculative demand ibr mess park: riiflniMß
and 99 75 was offered finely this aftmiooa, but than
is very little packed and -unsold, and itik
bold at $lO. • • ttbwe la as icilwdestsi Lekdat
7Vc, and hanU7,e’*y dor sate. ;GreeniniHdeA4ri««t
*M C t° T shooldan. and tide* and h*m*..Lth
eeed Oil held at TtgTSc, with
Groeederbßojpantjiv-i-o 'JiTI
Bxcbange : x.-
WOO biles at 32c. Flour study;: 22.ooo bbh eolA At
55 for Bidte, $S for Oblo, kallK'S)
<96(X) ftrvSottUMrn;: Wbsat-is deist; Mar 'lfiftOOfi
bush;at f1 ; 23Al 29for ddcsoSprtaa^Jlakli.
33 for, UUwau&e Clhb : $1 30A1
and $i 40 for white Indiana; Cotn‘ Is'
bush eold ai66ffi6Sc.' Stigar cixbf it
Arm. • Pori; firm at $1? LmaSa^hMkr
firm < 9at^ c . ,^tt v
jpujm
QARD v.v.i JSSt'
J.v , .... j£ll
' Tbeautacrlber would ropectAiUy lafarm th M h.
lit that ‘“f?™
• AT A'IRACTIOK ABbvi ' iA ‘
Her large and comprelieoriTe itockbf ; 1 '
p/Ayo-FairTEs, 3rj?rozj£OAi»
Jfra/C yD ATPBJCAL- 1 ■? -*» :”;MJ aiu .
•Jill* will iMm »M I rTEBSOWSIWStXISi£‘ ■
EHG, nrlH 6T£EET.- - : ' r‘— "■■-■•
sit r ea I yiiS«tlife ;< «?/
Ajrat tor-KKASE'iTiiM iiia PBfthTJßfc'i®/
. jii ni':m - r
: fauna* fflade One
« For Mb tar-- --JOHJF ’*
• -noia tatweroPiaiato aM*»*'jfr
SONS'- PIAKO&-S’
ttp[JKlUn!« from Ibo Mt^tbctc^'
gSSaSSSS&Sffl^^asw#
, -ami:rtonMa. Mu-egafed.aA. ■=■*
'-•: JiUtJaAHiCv.ljirOXMfWki
\A/ANTED—To completo. tHa ’Coin-/
TV twit: Twenty mca, Bhoeiag.fiißi&t f i '
Snddkr, 1 Wa*oo‘ma*er.' TB*' CBarpsajh*' faw in
'TfawatuUaflr»«nsSrtS:
booto
Third txai<Uu't*Ulß»ry.«)Mi T f
■■! I-,.- , '■ tL
.•VT E W
-L> traalm:
rtlx oftb«rw«!tAmBric»ft'
• iSiSiijAM-stiuavlijUKi;
iXLTlCS.—Begulntton# and Initructlons fo'the v
Flald Serric* rftbe CnUedfitatea CaTidry to timeof
War. By Major General Oaorgaß. McCUQaa. la
lToL,lflao. ■