: _ . " AND COMMERCIAL JOURNAL,. ‘ESTABLISHED IN 1786. - COMMiSSiOJr, Ac. ; j SOBN B) cEIFISLD a 00., Cokmis- Cl fU* An FoawAßonro Hebckahts and whole*' WESTERN; RESERVE CHEESE, ABUTTER, LARD, FORK? BACON, FLOUR, FISH, -POT AND PEARL ASHES, SALERATUS, LIN SEED AND LARD ' OILS,* .DRIED FRUIT and Froduetf !nb«ndlj ll No». : '.Ml. and, Ml Front street, ' . ■ BttMMtth* 1 - 'i ' ' * *'. *"' oci i,.,',-,- *>ri»j»*rg»Aan. /IULPt SHEFAED,CoiQCSgO2rMBR v tsa£n FLOUR, GRAIN AND PRODUCS,-,#*.''9l3ldhertywtfcMtt Pittsburgh, Pa. Cbok* biiuMU of Flour Sat BnkersnndFamily um ,>t constantly'on bund. Particular attention, paidto 11 ocfrdly & X VonwtsiiMi ltuauirr, dealer In FLOUR, BUT •*. - TER; BBOOMB, SEEDS, 'LARD, CHEESE.PORK, DRIED AND GREEN FRUITS and Produce gim arally. Liberal caab adrances made on eonrlgnmonti. -Warabottee.Ko. mye&nd streety Pitta burgh. AM Erf A. FKTZkIt Koewaidiko and Oomhubiom Hx*e*A*T,Tbr the sale of FLOUR, i ©OAJN, BACON, pARD, BUTTER, SEfcDS, DRIED FRUIT, wnd Produce generally. No. lS.JjUrfcet at., corperOTTirtt,Pittsburgh. - ..... ... oc&dlj s,, *Hn; *cho*a*l*....v..— tusa. <■ lismtßAßn and wholesale dealer* 1a GROCE- RIES, FLOUR, USAIN, PRODUCE, 205 Liberty street, FiUabargb, Pa.- • : •r •: ael3;dly TTOIaLANU KIDDLE. successor to J no. A&m, No. IBS LJbcrty, street, Pitts burgh. GENERAL PRODUCE, GROCERY AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.' .- r . Oonffguineats respectfully.aoUciigiL - fo2fcdly I BHOTHBKB, iForwardino ~lf ..aid CbiiMUsiQii'XßßCHana* and dealers-la 'FROYtSONS AND PRODUCEGENERALLY, No. ■29d Llbertysureat t Plttßlmigh, Pa. tnyS7 -.. . A rfC'MOVKU, (JoMMISaiON MjEECBAKT, ' H. dialAC(s mtCDE AND BEFINND CARBON - • r HMLB, QLASB; TRON, NAILS, te.. No: 183 Liberty .: . ■ " mhaT^Uy A. oorra, J— 5 Ful i Special Partner. ffEieNS: & XK)FFIN, successors to .'••<-• ■JjJI KK3 ■- UXDitIICKiA B. 8MW8.....VX. &IXKFAT&ICK. , 'rDBOWN 4 KUUQPATWCKB, AVholk- * ► —'«niT nylmi in-i Lora AND . S"’ iIAbJySLJ, & SOK,. Comnis %l" r *j- t,rnl Vnmmlnr E ATNn RE. • ' TIKED CARBONOILS; No. «9 and7o Water street, -Advances made on consignments. ; i DRUGGISTS. CIIMON JOHNSTON, Dealer in Pure . :0. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, * • TANCt 000D8, BDBNINO FLUID, OILS,' FAII ' -.'OMD MEDICINES,Ae., Ae., of strictly primeqtud ., tty, which haoffers it lowest prices. Cornu Smith* Add tnl Fourth itmli, Pittsburgh, P*. • PresoiFtlo»Jcwlhlly eompounded >1 all how*. corner or Market 'street' kod tho'Dliinond, keep* constantly on -feiad DRUG*, MEDICINES, ■- IiyMRICT CHEfiTK. PERFUMERY and>ll arti dea pertaining to hi*.businem. . . ' Pbyildans nretcrii'tions ckre fully compounded at . . *y aUbowra.. JMHlyd ‘t> A- FAUNKS'i'tKJK.*OO., Whole. 1 ' JP,iujlKmwi Minukhinrof VHlrf I l K^ANDLnßhßaE,«on»ror.*»tNntwtbr rithbugh -.•-- - - : <*KO .H- K K YKKK, DgpQQiaT. "V l ''JL/ho'Wood atroet, comer of-Wood *tm?t «ntrl KtttbargVPfc; ; ' - j ' I jrrojfcTErs. ' * JOHN G. MieCXJNNEEL, Attorney I tl ax.Xaw; Oznoi, second st«y Xvnai's law puru>- | : „pm.So* 93 Diamond street. ~ ■.. vmutoikdloth*"•etUetoenVsecoriiifcAntlcollec •• - ties «r F. LUCAS/ Attobsei at K0.72 onnt »tteet« friltilmrih, P*. SsCiuHfEH,jK. k Attorm biat iiiw, • Ho. 139 Fpnxth ia9*VlM}Mr4E. ■ », '-' • •'•** Ti. LZCCB. • 'TSECH* HUTCIUNSON, Commission ;!-§, ikm fra* w akdimoM t»cnant», denial* IntWEST XUS BS9K&VS COTK3E' FLOCK, FISHT ♦ COM* BUTTfiB, LISBKED OIL, POtT ANI> yKAKLASHESifiEEM.OBAIN.BBIED'FKIiIT ■nd Produce cenerallj. -Bart, band* rami! Jr FKmr ihnyiM hudt. Aflat for thtMls.of. UidiMn 1 >' rV. Ga-. v ?ial«bnt«d'Pat«oi«d Pearl 9larch.’ Noe. 116 -•• -'• 8eooM«Bd -145 Pintat*., between Wood*nc| Smlth- C tt.«OLl*lNti,J*orwi l rdlofC and Com mtoejon r-, chant'*»d dealer In CHEESE, LAKS 1 FISEntA rcDdM.iraenlir; Ma Jfi ffocd linet, r «tova .Water, PJXtalmrgh. ; my 2 ~ . TAiUSS HOIAIEB 4 CO., Poec bfeu^ #1 ita aod' dealer* In PROVISIONS, corned of Mar -1 - • -•■ hejaadfitmi ttreet*. -■••>•• ■'- ‘-' ,v •-./-Jjds-.dljr JA'SVSMA'Ct: Ji ' .CF-TTS. ; „ J . ioE>iiiFOE >A eJ&--TmAKiuw, -fwiwi Oafimi.-Nonl» <—«'tornerWood »nd Yhtfd •***•<*. K'JONKS,: A«sii* KoßtJi Anna j r« tt, Bat« of- -PanyW«nl* lr •*' ' *'■«, BTWatt ♦.> .i Alto?' jj&t, 'K£A, Citizens’ ' O btmxo Coxrm, cbwti Marks! and Water M;GOi^lX>N r HECKBiA*Ti >Vesterh <,l«EaA.»cn Oograyy, 92 Water «traet.» TV M. Book, Becbetaey,vAu.*oi ■-.J^f » j|>gy»AMCK-COItFIJrT».aT--ytfth;4root}. j • ■;, i, ?mu wninS—jwnijf. WM-.otw k’cjJicuM. ' . 4 ! • .TmLSON, CAiut & cp.,. r:; If r. ~• • ■-■: j„ (M< itowhPfwwiCo.'.J’ "• .? ;-*■ r r WXfItSUIB XfALSXM.JMi ~ , »OK*ICN AND DOMMTJCDBX GOOD*. M^'^jV&£S.^SSSS^' , - bLitL’Utifc'-ft - ’ __ BUkce&iOf'to vrSanUkU amlßeUil pfto» i ' *eg I' iuUtiCEK & CO., Ukalees W Dey '''OallM'lM » acazknt »troct, bet«»eß Third »o 4 r««rti>,gnaftw»h. g'O-j]’ . : ' \y. rauirucTHll ‘j*Ai**t .lH Thw- in Btba.w6oom, St*. 77 »P lg TfoAki.ks yiPNKtty IIRALMt IW llET; Vi* fhe—ittpamirtpxmm, . &'{xE,I)|ULKKBU« rj-wnaooKMt*. fannuM*, Konon, ■‘• : * pia i% j ■ 'Z ; nti . / Y r *BASUXnX'BLUM£, 'V \SnimD**iat* PIAKO.rOBTE4.4mt'IM-' k w»aogto« £Uros».*itb ud with. art jxiiStoS ■ bc^rcca 't. GROCERS. mot UTTLX, IK .JIHU nilUl. T ITTLE & TRIMBLE, Wholesale; l Ug*ocxwa*d Ctranosioa Mmcmaot#, denier*' in PRODUCE, FLOUR, BACON, CHEESE, FISH, CARBON AND LARD OIL, IKON, NAILS, GLASS, COTTON TARNS,- and Pittsburgh manufactures generally, 112 Second street; Pittsburgh. ' DCJCCIX AXBCCXLX, JB....e.AXBOCXL*. \f oDONALD A ARBOCKLE, Whole- JxL alls OeoczsU, Pbodcck axd Commiecios Mu cmaxts, Jobbers in N. 0. SUGARS and MOLASSES, REFINED SUGARS aud SYRUPS, FLOUR, BA. CON, RIOE, CUBESE, SEEDS, Ac., No. 253 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. • ; noHrly t. axYMta -J. a. aKTMtn.„^ bxymeo. REYMEK Sl BROTHERS, successors to Reymer. A deafen in FOREIGN FRUITS, NUTS AND SPICES, CON FECTIONERY,SUGARS, FIRE .WORKS, Ac., Non 120 and 128 Wood street, above Filth, Pittsburgh, Penn's. jyadly ■ aoST.aostsoa.jam uxl s.bobison. R ROBISON & CO., Wholesale Gbo • Cebs, Commishob MEBCHAKTi~knd dealers in mil kind* of PROVISIONS, PRODUCE, and Pitts burgh manufactures, No. S 5& Liberty street, Pitts-' burgh.. ..my2 GLO. B; JO-NKii, Wholesale Dealer 15 GROCERIES, MANILLA ROPE, OAKUM, OILS, PITCU and Pittsburgh manufacturedarticles, No. 11l Water street, above the Mooongabela Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pa. bosket oiu*L|„., r.jasu a. hesadiko. T> OBEKTDALZELL & CO., Whole- Xvsllx Gbooebs, Commission ak» FeawsaDixo Mkb chants, and dealers in PRODUCE and Pitta burgb manufactures; Pittsburgh. ’ ...jonx uupton. :T-AMBERT. A Wholesale JLiGaoc*a*, PaooccK Dialkbs and'-CoMMiutoN Mxbcuaxts, No. Q Sixth street,' PlttsbtfrgbjPa. nolltly -.»- £ . JOHN WITT .. JOHN WXIBOM,' WATT & WILSOX, Wholesale Gro~ CEE*, CoKsuasion Mkbcharts, and dealem in Produce and Pittsburgh manufretures, No. 158 Lib erty street,- PittstvßrgU. • ’ u2o iBAIAH bICKJSV & CO, Wholesale Gaocxas, Commission Meechikts, and dealers in PRODUCE, No. 80 Water street, and G 6 Front street, Pitteborgh. OXO.'W. OIUVOETM S. DILWpBTH. J HJtLWORTH -Wmolrsalb •. Gaocxas, Nos'. ISO and. 132 Second street, near Mnlthfleld, Pittsburgh. r } nol jomn rLom nicßxan novo ;wiuoim roovtt. JOHN FLOYD & CO., Wholesale Gro exas inn Commission Merchant*. No. 172 Wood and 228 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. WILLIAM BAGALEY, Wholesale Uroccs, Noe. IS and 20 Wood street, Pitts burgh, Pa. iu24:dtf JPCAJWDJFACTUMWMIS. w.s. MiGxncrosHr^-^.j.Hxju , r. habt. TiTACKINTOSH, HEMPHILL -A-CO., XU.'corner Pike and O'llara streets, near the ttlty Water Works, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers MACKINTOSH ASD UEMPAILL’B IMPROVED PATENT OSCILLATING STEAM ENGINES AND SLIDE VALV£S, of ail sizes and best style. Having pur op' machinery of large capacity and of the best quality, we aro prepared to do bcary Job bing, and solicit work In this line, trusting that by promptness, and the character of our work, to merit pablic patronage. -Wa invite special-attention lo onrBALANCEP 'VALVE- OSCILLATING ENGINES,.as combining advantages heretofore unattained -in this close of Engine*.- “Jafejyd WILLIAM &AJLHUILL. JARED M. BEUSS. WILLIAM BARNHILL & CO., No. 61 Penn street, Ik-low Murburv, Pittsburgh, Pa., STEAM BOILER MAKERS AND SHEET IRON WORKERS; Mannbtctnrcn of RAUNIULL’S PAT ENT BOILER, LOCOMOTIVE, KLUED und CYL INDER ROLLERS, CHIMNEYS, BRETCUEN, FIRE BED. STEAM PIRES,CONDENSERS, SALT PANS, SUGAR PANS, IRON YAWLS, LIFE BOATS, etc., etc. Aliu, BLACKSMITH’S WORK, BRIDGE and VIADUCT IRONS, done ar the short cat notice. ' All order* from a distance promptly at . tended to. ’ • 1 ‘ •■ ■ --- - - ■ • joja Thomas moore, manufacturer of Axn'DxAixa nr' -all atXDs or COPPEB-DIS TILLED PURE RYE WHISKY and FAMILY I . VINEGAR, Noe. 18b, 191, lia and W Tim street, Grant street*, Pltuborgb. Private order* solicited. Highest market prlco paid for BYE. B3t~ Fusel Oil and all other poieonotu ingredient* carefully extracted, by a proceas new aud improved. [-. ,toolil . -. JOSEPH F. HAMItTOJf&OO., CoraoT tof Pint and Liberty •trreta, PITTSBURGH, Pa., xivCUCTITUU or SUPERIOR STEAM ENGINES, UACHXKEBX, : Ac., Ac. ' mylfttf TOHN OLLPHANT Dssks J. lO A N. AUL, No. 22 6t. Clair street, tyake to or •der, by .hand. SHIRTS, COLLARS, Ac., on short no tice. Also, hare constantly on hand a ftno assort meat of BHIRTS AND COLLARS/ madoin the best; moat fashionable and desirable manner. je2Q:dly - BKVKKANOE; No. 50 Water St.. a Pittsburgh* manufacturer of BOILER KIVETt, WROUGHT SPIRES, COMMONAND RAILROAD, '-of-every-dsKription.' ''-j : WTParticuUr aired or shaped SPIKES and RIV ETS, targe or smalL-made to order at short notice. A-good Meurtmant constantly on hand, mygfcud i. a? ; WoLr*^i'..'. i i?;r. x r.'-«.tr. , Campbell. EXCBLSLOK GLASS WOKK.S.- WOIFE, PLUNKETT A CO., Glam ilajirrac .jxwtxaaar .Warehouse, No. .12 .Wood attoet, corner ‘ qf At- • . » eefrlyd CHAJ£LES^jOALi2, Is ew Brighton, Pa., Manufacturer of BUCKETS, TUBS, ZINC WASHBOARDS, PBUIT BOXES and LABELS. Jail :Iyd TPEJ9*TMB TR 1~. mBETHv EXTJBACXfiD WrmoOT X PAIN, BY THE USE OP AN APPARATUS WHEREBY NO DRCGSoa GALVANIC BATTERY ARE USED. '• * ;c ' weather is the time wbdffnie apparatus can Lehoed tails best advantage. ...... i - Medical gentleman a&d their.. CuniliiahaTe bad I their teeth extracted by my process,‘and are.rsariy to [ testify as to thrsaffety and of .the opera? tion—whatever has been said by persons Inlerwrtedtn asserting the contrary, baviDg.no knowledge of my xeetu inserted in every style. \ , V - KTOUDBY, Pmftst. KH Smithfleld at. TOSEFH ADAMS, DK.NTiaT,Connel]y'a V Building, cbmer of Diamond and Grant streets, Pittsburgh. , : - *• - - - Bcrrxxxcrs—Dr. ‘A'7 3L Pollock, Dr. Hillock, Tbeodoreßobbus,JKhSeeliErritt. myS-.dly REAL JES TJS *1 OS.tTS. ■\XTHJiIAM WARD, Deaxsr is Pros- IT end all se curities'for money. J .-' r~ VTi-'f -'.‘Persodtoen pfticnro LOANB-throagk'iuy agency on r—onsMeterm*; i v -'v! ; I Those wishing to forest their money to : good ad l'tantage r ‘6tant street, opposite St. Paul's lOtthedraL _ _ _ ’ •;= Jelrdtf -.roMnjAMPBKLLpMAjrorAOTirREitoF O EOOTS ASp aHOKBor-mfy'dWrfPtloo, Mo. »*' aKbiRtoHWM, Wltobitrtfli t’Ai-' ■ oc2l:d!y 4R.CHtTtZCTtrRAI.. ».TAMEB M. BAXiPU, late aMUtant to SwfeffiSyK Dgdtogs; andraperihtcnds tbrir elrßetbn COLTON. Alexander Bradley, John G. Backofun, 'Georgeßlack, - . John B. Canntild, Alonzo A. Carrier, Charlee A. Colton, William Douglas, • John Evans, John Holmra, WUliam 8. Haven, Poter H. Hunker, , Bichanl4Uys, r’ ‘StcMTisV'Axn TaX fe±A*wT EKMAN TRUST A HD SAVINGS BANK, comer Sixth end Wood strata. bank of discount and deposit. CAPITAL _ „ _ 510(1,000. STOCKHOLDERS INDITIDUALLY LIABLE. 'BOICTOM: . ADAM REIN EM AN, JWdwi. t Springer liarbaagh, . Augusta* Uooveler, K. U. Myers, Joaeph Lang, J. F. Harekotto, Christian Siebort, Anthony Meyer, A. Groetiinger.' DI6COVXT L'VEBY DAY. JOHN STEWART, Cashier. JMBCELI~ajrBOVB. F"~ URNITURB AND CHAIRS AT Re duced PRICES.—JAMES W. WOODWELL, >OB. 87 and .99 Third street, ud 111. Fourth streot,. coxsistikq or ALL VARIETIES OF STYLES AND FINISH, itablo for HOTELS mid PRIVATE DWELLINGS. 09* All order* promptly Attended to, and the Fur* ire carefully packed and boxed. STEAMBOATS and HOTELS furnished at abort CABINET MAKERS tnppliod with eTery artich In the line. JAMJJ6 H, CHILDS *;c6” HOPE COTTON MILL, ALLEGHENY, ■Axcracrrjuu or SEAMLESS DAGS AND OF 03NABUR08, 33 INCHES TO 40 INCHES WIDE. •V Order* left at H. Child* k Oo.’*, 133W00d Pittsburgh, yfll recp-lrc attention. oc2£dly j "1 OLD FiflNS, Wholesale and Retail. PENS AND CASES REPAIRED; SILVER AND GOLD PLATING, Done at the shortest notice, at the corner of Fourth and Market streets, second story. Persons tiring out sf tbo city haring pens to repair can toad them by mail. rohl7:dly FITZPATRICK, k CO. IjUN Jfr Gold Wedding Jj 'Bnt’o*, 'Bn»oi* Bton km Currra Dzaxom K«xmt, Ladies' Gold Watches akd Ciiaies, Silver artkloß in cue* suitable for wedding presents, SETS OF JEWELRY in Coni, Jet, Amethyst, Pearl, Ac.; SILVER CUPS AND GOBLETS, for' presentation; GOLD HEAD CAKES, Ac. _ H RICHARDSON A CO., apl7 -Corner of Fifth end Market streets. STUCCO WORKER.—JAB. OWENS, STUCCO AND mastic worker, PAPER hanger and plasterer. 05P“CENTBE3 AND ORNAMENTS of ill kind* furnished oo abort notice. All order* left it No. 23 Congress street, six door* . Cram WjUe,UmonaaU«y t deikr In *ll kinds ol CCILSBT, RAZORS, IUFUS, RKYOkYERS, KNIVES, SCIS SORS, GUNS, Ac.. Ac. A Urge assortment of tb» abofa goods eonttantlf on hand. mhl tACKSON A , l'o\VN3J£N' r ' " • I Packers and dkaless ix BACON, DRIED BEEF, LABD, MESS AND BUMP PORK, No. 12 Fourth rtreet, per Llbsrty, Pittsburgh. P. MAHsIIALL, DkaLKHIN WilL • Papua, Boepers, Ac., No. 87 Wood street, Pittsburgh. J*7 U. PALMER, No. Wood St." . D»l«t In BOSS ETS, HAH. STRAW TRIM MINGS, ini STBAWOOODiTpnerdIy. _ MEDICM. W. BODBSBAMKB, if. D., 09 MKVJfOaK CITT,. StTiog arrived in Pittsburgh, wlB, aa usual, devote hi*~eiclasivealt*bUoa to. UMtMedfcal and Surgical treatment of Chronic Diseases, especially thoae of tha Fistula, Fissure, Tailing of the' Bo'wei.-Stricture of the Bowol, Ulceration of the Bowel. He will aleo treat the veri one Chronic Diseaaeeof the Womb, Kidneys,Bladder, Ac. Hie rooms are at the Mo&ongahela House, where be may be aeon and consulted from 9 o’clock a. m. to 3 o’clock p, ja.daflf. Patient* if tfceydealre it, will of the city, sd, delftmrtf kTMijMUKK's fiLIiIBOFoPIDST —The perfection of this inestimable preparation i» a blaming to mankind. Without deteriorating.the medicinal rirtuce of opium, the Elixir is thoroughly purified from all the of the drug. In casee of fractures, burns, scalds, cancerous ulcer*, and otherpalnftl affeetiona, It will relieve pdlnand irritation, allay convulsions, msmodie acUtts»d&d morbid excitement of body and mind, without one-, ins sickness, costirenees, or headache. Thcee adml* rable~qualitieß must render itpreeminent in the list of opiates. Prepared sad sold by A. B. A D. SANDS, Drug gists, 100 Fulton street, New York. flMd abo by B. A. FAHNESTOCK A CO., Pitts burgh, Pa. Sold also by r neflfcdlw-wHT Jir.RCBAJrT TJtIJLORS. GOODS! NEW GOODS! FALL AND WINTER! FALL AND WINTER: LATEST STYLES I LATEST STTEESI At tbe old stand of JAKES C. WATT, comer Pom audßu Clair itreete. y* >•!).- Tbe Lein of Jams* a Wat?, dewefr rapect fallr invite pablio attention to the new. rtoekof FALL AND WINTER GOODS, eomprlils| all the newert etvfeecf fluhkmabie material adapted to m : GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, , BelkUiac ea.earijrcelL Tbe-bneiiMn wflJLeaJa ducted on ihettme approred mannerefl beretofare. The atockofacwgoeda is equal to any in this city. ocI8;lyd ' ' ■ TV L. ALLEN, Aghnt, * L ' , ‘ ttODUCB AVITOOKMimOX unujuai, WdWhoUaate aadHctali Dealer In WINES. BRANDIES, LIQUORS AND 'CIOAES} *ifcj&rrnr& oisniisMt No. 6 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Peno’A nogimtapl 1 ' EWH. . AUtWXUA-i>, tueoßiEß *55 Osaiu in the most select brands of GENUINE HAYASAOIOABS,aOdaakind» of, SMOKING AND OHIWINO TOBACCO .SNUrFi FANCY MEERSCHAUM *»■*' variety, UNDER THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL,, ,*3LpEsl!b? Ttade supplied on liberal team. • - pttslrargh (telfy S. RIDDLE & CO., ICOJTOJS AKD PBOPBIETd-88. Pnblitation Office So. 84 Fifth Street. MORNING AND EVENING EDITIONS, DAILY, CONTAINING THE LATEST NEWS tTT* TO THE HOUR OF PUBLICATION. TERMS: Hoskins Edition—6C per annum lu adrsuce, or 12 eente per week from carriers. ? / . Etkmixo Edition —s 3 per annum iu advance, or 6 cent* per week from carriers. • Wekklt Edition—Single copies, p. per annum;' Firs or more, or upwards, $1 pet annam,' Invariably In advance. ADVERTISING AT REASONABLE BATES. * TUESDAY MOKSISO, DEC: 17, 1861. THE UTEFIGHW FORT PICKENS. OFFICIAL REPORT OF COL BlOffS, inefficiency of sailing Vessels for. Blockadlug Purposes. «fce. f dx. t dec. Headquarters Department or Florida, ) Post Picoeicg, Nori 25, 1861.; j General —That Port Piekenshas been be leaguered by the rebels for ([he laat nine months, and thatitwas daily threatened with the fate of Sumter, h a fact notorious to the wholo world. Since its occupanoy by Lieu-, tenant Slemmer tho rebels nave been sur rounding it with batteries, arming them with the heaviest and most efficient, gnns known to oar service—gabs stolen from, the United States—until they qpfesidored Ithis ‘ fort as'virtually their own, being only a question of time.t- 1 -* I have, been in command sinoa the, 16th of' April, and during the whole offhatltirae ibeir force has averaged, so far as I pah;.learn, from eight to ten times the numbering mino. The position in which I h&ve tbnsfcipf placed has been sufficiently trying, and thereat three, separate times intended to from it by opening my batteries on tiiem, but im perious circumstances, over which. T had no control, has nnezpeetodly in each instance prevented. 1 . Affairs were In this state on. the morning of the 9th of October, when thareoomy, fifteen hundred strong, attacked by surprise a por tion of my command on an'intentely dark night. They were defeated (fhd driven from the island with great loss.by* Jjesi than two hundred regulars and tears—all the efficient force I had diepotabto for the purpose. An insult so groBsAo4he fiag of my country could not by me bephned unnoticed, and I designed immediately tpYske appropri ate notice of it; but, as I saiphefore r cirpum- Ce2S.lymM stances over which I had noitxmtrol prevent ed. I make theso prefatory "ftomarks to ex plain why I havo now opened my batteries on theenomy, when, from life smallness of my forces, about one-sixth -of his, thirteen hundred to eight tbdorad, I do not deem it adrfsabl# farther to eontiittie'lt Unless the enemV thlfilE it proper I to do io, ‘when I'shall meet him wUh alacrity. 1 The kttack A oaa “Billy Wilson’s" cOmp, ine attempted attack on my r batteries, aap the in- I suit to our glbrifius;flag*haye be«t;ftilly and 1 fearfully avepgtd. ■. I'Mt* “<> meets pf know i Ihg the loss oCAhe enemy, and hark *o dispo l.rittoftto guess at It. The firing on! his bat [■tcrifis wasyery hcavy,weU. directed and con tlnuoua fee two days/ and could hardly fall 1 of hivinWlmpOrtent results;.: -i V k J i•; OorToss would-tave been, heavy butfor the fore sight-which,.with groat .labor, caused us toereot elaborate imean* of protection, ana which sated many. illw. XlQst.one private killed. dne>jMMfgoant, woro successively ,on duty and randerod chiefly important assistance to me. ..'The - regular companies engaged at‘the batteries 1 , all of ' whom per formed their dhty so efficiently as to preclude ' my making a distinction,- are-companies A, ’ Tr and b, First-*Artillery; ; C,H andK, Second J Artillery, and C“and E, Third Infantry, and , 'Companies G and I, 6th regiment New York Volunteers^ rln closing,'l.tendprlo Flag Qfficor McKean and Captain Ellison, ( of the Navy, and. to their officer and crews, iny'best thanks’for tlteir able co-operation which would have had thd happiest results but for the unfortunate fedt that great, draft of water prevent their sufficiently near approach to the works of the rebels.' 1 am, General, Tery respectfully, your obedient soryant, Habvt.T Beows, Colonel Commanding. Brig. Gen. X. Thomas, Adjutant General -United States Army, Washington, D. C. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OP FLORIDA,.) Fort’ Pickets, Nov. 20, 1861.' ] * General— The bombardment of the22d and 23d has elicited some facts that are-of impor tance, and I notico them that we may in fu ture benefit by them. with the most efficient guns of the largest calibre and served in the best man ner, no serious injury can. be done to stone or brick walls, or to guns in sand batteries, or to troops serving them, unless probably, by rifled I guns. If properly protected, at a distance of I from two thousand to three thousand-yards. I &cqtui—Thatshells And hot shot are not to ! be depended on for Bring even wooden build- ; logs, unless having in them incendiary com position. . , ■ 2%ird—That jiiecea of port fire are nearly useless as shell incondiary composition. Fourrit—Thai brick buildings covered with slate cannot be fired by either hot shot or shells at tbo distance named, unless by acci dent, unless the shells have rock firos. the trouble and expense incur red in protecting forts by sand bag traverses, Ac., Is fiTj-more than repaid by the saving of the lives of "tho defenders. I That no dependence is to bo placed on James’ rifio projoctilos, cither as it re- i ipects accuracy or range. If I had had guns to be depended on I could bare silenced the I most oTVMaNBy’* battarica and the .&vea&feTh*t ships .with their present ar mament eannot for an hour contend against rifled guns, and that if our navy is sot at I once supplied liberally with good rifled guns it will l» very likely to he disgraced. j . • Eighth —That on service. here, and I beliove I tho remark applies with equal forco to every I river and harbor in. tbo Gulf, A gunboat draw- I ing six feqt water and woll armod with ; good I rifled gnns can .do -more, and better service 1 thana.forty .gun ship, or than such ships as I theNiigara andrßiohrapud. . Atn<&—lbats.il vessels aro utterly useless in ooforcing a-blockade. Tenth —That Parrott’s rifled gune are effi- thaL jortt fhpuld bo immediately I supplied with them and with a'fall fujflply'ofi ammunition. ! . I wonld strongly urge that a dozen of Par- j rott’s thirty pounders, or, if to be had, of ! larger calibre, be sent to this post, with a | good supply of ammunition, as early as pos sible. . 1 had one which I found to be excel- ! lent, but when the navy mot with such a mis hap in the. Mississippi, I was compelled to let Flag Officer McKean have it and ono of my twelve pounder Parrott guns to put on oqo of his ships to save thorn from being driven out of the waters by a little steamer having a rifled gun on board. I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant. - Harvey Brown, Colonel Commanding. Brigadier General X. Thomas, Assistant Adjutant Gonaral United States Army, Wash ington, D. C. The Kentucky, Legislature and Gov. Magoffin. The Frankfort correspondent of tbe Cincin nati OeueUe has tho following passage in his last letter, in relation to the Legislature and the Governor: —- It is understood that tbe Legislature does I not propose to adjourn finally until term j of office has expired, unless tbe present com plications should be terminated sooner. Mean time, having disposed of the military business, the election of Senator, and other maiton of iuterost, the talk is that about the Friday be fore Christmas they will take a recoss till some time in February, or perhaps later still. It is unfortunate that they still dare hot ad journ to meet at tho call of tho Governor. Tho Governor is tho: very last man that would trouble' them about meetlog, undor any cir cumstances. Nevertheless, the relations of Gov. Magoffin and mfXreglslituro'arb much improved. Some time agohe sent in the name of his 'son-in- j law, Nat- Gaither, for confirmation as Secre tary. of State. Tho Governor is understood to have expected the Senate to reject the nomi nation, and to hare been very much sur prised,- as well as gratified, when they quietly oonfiniied.it without a dissenting voice. He -returned the compliment, and yesterday Bent in the name of John W. Finoell —as sound a Union man as the State contains—for the office of -Adjutant General, to which ke had already temporarily commissioned -him daring tbe .recess. - -Still the Governor's position is anomalous. I His sympathies are well -known to be with 1 Breckinridge,. Buckner, and tho rebels at Bowling Green. They -even in the organization of their “Provisional Govern ment” at RussollvUle, that they only appoint a Governor to hold the position temporarily, .“tilt the present lawfully eloctcd Governor of Kentucky can escape from-the confinement in ivrhich he is .hold by, the, Lincoln usurpers at Frankfort.” Yet,:with thjs>. which wpuld seemtho strongest evidence of complicity-with tho rebels, the Govornor remains hero, signs' every bill that is seat to him, and has Actually t told Union members, “Send them'along,geW tlemen ; there’s no use being obstinate about it, I’ll sign anything yon pass.” ~ TheLOßiflTille Jonfaal inKentackr- CanitMni Dee. IT.—CVnc»rtnof» Gtixetto} The eourse m the Louiiviliq /oitritiri U tneHts, the' unqualified condom nation of every true Union man in this sec- > •tion. 1: Heretofore the name of George. D.: Pientibe bas been : associated with'everything of a pleasing and; cncourarfnffnatoro, eon-, neetea with the cause of tho Union j but. “a change baa come o’er the spirit of thodreams”. of the hard-fisted yeomanry of old Nicholas. When they see a journal upon which has been lavished tho • most- extravagant praiie, and whioh has been ths recipient of an almost dn-. Utnitod amount of patronage at the hands of tile Union indulging in ill-natured; un just and uncalled for criticisms on - the really coteroaUv* mrssoys of .the they begin tq think it is they were drop? ping suoh ah “alder and abetter’’ of treason aa they .would V hot potato. . Renegades" are ■ tbey haVe always boen). at a heavy discouniin this obuuty. -/ -> Nicholas. - New Churches in Boston. a 1 tnonffi'there vriU he fonr neN church-edi fices completed and dedicated in one on Arllngton strect, Unitarian; one on. Newbttry cne on Tre? mout streetj Jdethodiflt j ' and one on Union Park' street, Unitarian. The first of the ;ab©vej .Dri GHmett'Sj is probably the .most Prbtestabt in Now England., Tlmezpe&se ofitaerection has beenfHO,-’ Wr ■ 1 ” "X ' ' \ f Tbe Execution of Wm. H. Johnson. At 3 )4' o'clock Friday afternoon private | AVm. H. Johnson, of the Lincoln Cavalry, was publicly shot near Fairfax Seminary, having ; been convicted of desertion, and sentenced to , 1 death as the penalty. Johnson was born in New ' ’ Orleans, but had lieen for some years a resi dent bmstiHp tb the Cincin nati .<7fl«tt«~wo' havo the ‘following -as the Jatest heard froiii'NMhtitto:/ ; r ’ T , The famine''prices ‘of provisions were bq comitig frightfhli ■Cofieecobld with difficulty'- be had «tsl,lo per pound; butter wat irorth I 50c per pohnd, and more needful articles were I. * There were over two -thousand sick soldiers |in tho NashyiUqhospitals.; .. * M- -: Unfortunate .gentry ;of who had ;falleur victims to thekingfs (King HarriB’i). ■ J \ • < r - 4f B ~ fftl;«..'i n|i VOLIfME LX&EV—32S. The Slate Finances:. Wo are to ThomW E:' Cochran, Auditor General, for th* fbliowirigiuii&nry of the Receipts and Expehdituriflrattheßlato Treasury, during the fiscal year ending No vember 30th, 1801/as made up at the Auditor General’s officer RECEIPTS. famiuary of tha Receipt Mai ths 6t 4/e TVcawry, JN* H tie l«t Jag of zv«uis*r. 1860, to tte'SOrt day aj K Tax on Beal and Personal Estate ; - 138M08 »- - : > Tavern Licensee 221,236 90 . . . Retailers’Licensee 170,68817 Sample Licensee . .. 169 1® .Peddlers’ Licenses **?ls if Broken' Licenses 6,009 08 Theatre, Circus and Mena* gerie Licenses —. 1,303 01 Distillery and -.Bravery Licenses...-... 7,601 18 Billiard Rootn/BovrlingSa . < loon and Ten-pin alley Licenses - 3,4iS* 30 Eating’House, Beer House and Restaurant Licenses 15,034 20 Patent Medicine Licensee.. 1,35* 96 Pamphlet Lavs..—l6s 10 . . Militia Tax 3,899 12 " -MUlem’ Tax-.—.-— cl Foreign Insqra'ce Agencies 23,185 82 Tari.-.;..— * . 16d,515.10 ;•. .. Annuity for.,Right of Way. 10,000 00 Tax oii Tounage.dre..l6s,o62ol E«cheat* 303 65,,. Freo Banking System—...., 1,708 44' ' DlvldendaonStocicxhelc'QS-! ~ . v '.-vr / • ingtothoCotnmoiure<n .. 9®®,, Pennsyfratrfa-B.‘Hi- , Com* ’ ' ?•** *' pony- Bond M0.,-4, Re*. . .... c ni Accrued. 1ntere5t....,...'...... ~ 99 5.5 TJ. 8. Government Account. 6QC,000 00 . The Society of- f -natij.for- Defense 0 o( tht) . ..,. Union ! 500 00 Be funded C*ab, Ordinary 0,251 46.;'] Refunded Cash, Military... 32,229 45 • FeesW the Pbolic Ofßco*..’ ’ 3,209 73-' ;. -Miscellaneous—..-.—...- . .2,900 00 .. .. . , . siisceuaneuuji- tfi7*3,525 02 BAlaHeo t» the autoTnsaa-, sv-^iv ury, K«. 30.1860 8 681,433 08 ~ .. DeOrccitted Fehtb ifl’th©- • l!,> n Xreaearj.irmeTailable.4l,o32-00 - * ' • •** - " - f 722,465 08 . 3 $Tj466>99010 ■ •'.•/i i J: • •-••'•*' .tumtnnryof. JhepajmtuU at the State /ro» . the Ist day of December, 1800, to the 3 Oth dag of No ' vtmber, 1861, both dajrs isefnnW: •• f ", Expensed of the Govern- • ment •$ 449,028 BT. Militia ex pecks ordinary. 802 22. 1 Pcntia. volunteer*. In the lat«i war with Mexico... 18 00 - - J Military exp. for., defence of State and tThfo'n per Actof April 12, 1861— B6 Military exp. for defence, , - Ac., per act of MaylS, 186 L-V..-, 1,708,462 08 , w Military exp! Tor tftfenco, : deeperjbintiranlatlos, passed May 16,1861 open : purchase.'..!;.*- Military.. exp. Of Act of May 11U&TU,... fitacrAxseofilPhlbi. for-re pairs Ac....... OO '■Pensions and''Gratuities... 5,612 G 4 Charitable instil 123,490 04 Fenna. State Agricultural Society ; 2,000 00 Farmer's High School of PcntisrlTnnia ...... Stato Normal School at MilleraTille„„;.:..‘. 6,005 00 Do.h'onual School at Eden , k boro. ’ MM, 4» 316,020 28 Common BehooU..— . of Sinking ; fdnd for tho-redemption of 9tate stocks* Boliof notes, 4c.... Military loan..per act of April 12,1861, redeemed 375,000 00" Interost on Loans and In- • ,J tteraetcertlflc’s redeemed 1,917,608 92,. .. ; Guarantied interest 7,775 00 Damages oh: public works and old claims. ...... 8,167 28 Special commissioners...... 4,181 66 StateUbrary........ — 4O . Public buDdings * grounds 10,525 27 Ileuses of Befrge. -.... 3U500 00. Penitentiaries - 83,895 13 •E5cheat5.....:..:..... 238 16 Free banking system—.2,o27 13 Abatement ot state tax 31,336 61 Hereantile appralaera....... * 888 31 .Counsel fees and comm’s... 294 35 Colonial records and Penna Archives..: : ...... Amd’ts to coniKtutTon pcr resora of April 21,1860. Miscellaneous - Balance (n the State Trsas . ury, Not. 30,1861 ... $1,551,805 72 Depreciated fundi in the Treasury onarailable™. Jg.MBEOII>EItIE3 AT COST. OLEABINQ OCT BAIJS OF French Embroideries and Lace Goods, EATON, JIACBIHI&CO’S, Nos. 17 and 19 Fifth Stbeet. According to oar usual eastern, at wo boTo MARKED DOWN THE PRICKS of oar Entire Stacks Fine Embroideriei, In order to dose then* oat before theopening of the J Spring Trade. - i SPECIAL BABGA&S ARE HOW OTTERED IN' Beal Trench Work Collar*, .. Scotch Cambric and Swiss Collars,' - Real French, Work Rota.. -.x Scotch Cambric and S#im Seta, x- —* r BealLaceCaliareaidSleevoe, / Laco Trlm*d Collars and SlaeTeo, Embroidered amd Hemmed Handkerchief, Infanta*Bobee, Capa anil Watate,..., ' Swiss and Cambric Banda and Raging*, KmbroltU'd Skirt*, Bufflrn Md Pantleta, Floe Thread andLlncm -v • Lace* and Edging*;? ‘Beal Tnnch Lace Tell*.. Everything in the Embroidery*Department will be closed outat d ’y FIRST COST IN NEW Yo&£ AooadyeiamlaailoowiUehablOoorioeatomer* Ur ■applyibemaelv**with... ; OUOICS'BTrtTSAT DECtbgD BARGAINS. \ r BATON* MACRUMA CO., do 6 Noe. .17 and 18 Tilth atreet. . YYNLY: TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. V/‘ 24 shoots and Plain, ' :!> St Envelopes:;: .'.do. .. .dp^lr 0. Steel Pens, - j 1 Pen-Holder. ’V 7 --- : '. . ILeadPencil, - i .-,. -.J Every articl e ofb«t quality", tollable for tfly odq's ose, '*■ > ..i.r- riacontainedfaL-.i HUNTS ORIGINAL CNIQKBTAIK>NEBY PORT- ■ " ’ ,• r JAceata worth of StatfoaaxforßS.eents. of worthless Imitations. • Tfiowind* of theee portfoßee ha’fe-'befn eold, and; rat ap and eold by .z\:\ i .' .w .. -• _• JOHN P. HUNT, gt*tl6d« . - v J , MaioaieHalLFlltbstreet. . Price onijr 25 ceptiP-fl, 60 per desen to deakn. T‘de!4««»WT:7' ] ; -. CARPETS, *~ J < Oil Cloths* &c.» yjf-; M’C A L L U M’S, ■' y, : »t !M'ourih : : .■'* - r ■ . ■ .:' ■■ ’ '■■ ;- :i - ... '■ Bouclit onmou,totho lat,‘»&Tuc* In.price*,,of '. lihich «k» fnlleit Alruit»g»l» oflCTito parebaHn FOB CABB. . ■■■■ ■■*■■■*■ B.U T>RODCOBr-.. X FLODB^SOFUa'btnTimltr lodlasaMlKt -- T - ABWhltA'WtaU. V iW? . ■ , BBAW-S!) bm. tnuUl White >MA tAmarfrMh Ect*.. •-.OHJBSSB-WbWM.KB oU»)n»toM»i CiMk.. Btfalrod md fa. AU6t M IUifBPH.- •pRKSIr EGGS— Egaf= recelvrf*na “ Vi?S^4’^ *'* K .\\ 4. : % * ;■■ irr. V'/ry j • "'' W'.v ,1. * 4C8 ; 79 ' ’ 5 13,679'5t-.c 107,879 70 • :190 00-..;j 11,062 86-$5,873,35038 41,032 00-$1,592,C37 72 47^05.99010