ptteimrgfi WEDNESDAY S MORNING, DEC. 18,180 S CITY AFFAIRS, .j! ItoIOMLOOKUi. OfBMViTIOHS for (hAt,, hj a. E. Stef, OpUoten, 55 FIM> •Iteot,—connoted dtlly: BUS I* »««*• I t “ ' V- . 29 7-10 - ' BtromtUr, - - * ■ BcpiibllcaP City Ticket. • • To* JtATOm— B. 0. SAWYER, J*. '■ oajrrWUJB —JOHN McCABGO. " • | W ifttman—WM. EICHBACM. The Keller Troupe— Startling Heve- _ IbUods. Oar folders will remember the famous Kel ler troupe, tbit, under the direction of Louis Keller, created so much excitement among ear Amusement-loving citisens some time since with their “tableaux rirants.” The magnificent scenes of the “ Battle of th< imitoni " the “ Shower ©f Gold,” and th< if flora,” in which the. exquislto form of Madame Keller, suppbrteiby • crowi of beautiful and happy yohng prls. dre - thunders of applause from the crowded house , frill not readily be forgotten. All is no cold that gutters,” howerer, and itapnears from recent rerelations that beautiful anil happy young fairies had but a hard time 6 it when off the stage. I It seem*that about two years ago Kellir engaged seventeen young children, all _ bit ISfor two of them girls, of from ton to font teen°ye*r» ofAgV tntraVel with hi-jfor oie JEr./ That year and part of Vwar without the parents bearing from thCir children, but a short time since reports cairn that they were in Havana safferiug the mijst ,JL . Through the influcneo of the United smtee Consul, after great diScnfc and several suits before u court or jusub, 'bout hall the children were returned by steamer to tho United States. J Ther teU a pitiable tale of persecution dud anfteriuc. They were beaten by u canet And wlSa cowhide by-Keller, nod " n » - when her bach was lacerated and '> lcß V n 6 esith hlowe, woe waehod with salt end vino gar/' KeUer frequently knocked , downlthi fhildren with his fist. At one place ode o the children was so 111 that she was unable t; See from her bed, and Keller. forced one of hi men to carry her from her bed to the thcitri swearing that “she should appear if she kUo the*next minute.” Three nights this w. tenanted, when tho poorchild was unabjo rtKdllon. when placed in the tableaux, khc aha wai allowed to remain in lied. KeUer le endeavoring to' go to \ ueatenlwil the balance of the chudrcn. He‘S quite cl Sm““end credit, »nd Me wardrobe ifns. UP. The only remaining feature m the jrhc -'Air Is that he has paid the wages of obUlren in full, though they havo nor money lnft* Ex-Sheriff Graham. The CTrirtian Adcocale, A noticing tho re tirement of this-oxcoUent gentleman, pays Un, the following compliment: “W*“ . ®j„ of the new en- P' om *> Duff £ Duncan’s Qems of l"** 4 as testimonials of their ciom -s^cond&t while attending college ■ tw„w«xd —John Van Buster, a flatboit ' ® mod »t Cincinnati on Wedne,- JXISt whUo intoxicated. Ho reaidee Ohio, and leave, a wrfo -aiihlldron. !|OI ■TESTERBAI’S etesisg gazette, Sew Map of Allegheny Connty. wy, ».v. ploawtre in announcing to onr that the accnratc topographical m- SrTn.wl.epnf oureonnty, which have , rcill r 0 f jiio past tw« ywr*> ftW *° any “ p ° TOr work tho ti.wn.hip, d£ CW Oj| E riTCrt, loauo rol(l in the : dirtanc. in rod! markodupon tho ichoot honioJ, ohnreho., ™.toSSi, n«naf«turia g ..ÜblUhmonU, & dwdltag home., with tho owner, nano, filaohod. throughout tho entire county, exoept Plttsbareh and environ.—of which n margi- Pi rMbe given, ihowing the .treets Ii v'vcnornl ground plan of the building.. “? -will be engrnved 4 o^L a :Xurot if tboir worhffor examination, “•f "ii.if thcir card, for engraving, midium *'.•*£*£ to thorooglf »nf u lh „ mM lve. of -Soldicn Struck br iighlninc- A number of Colonel Stambaugh’* rogi bow in Mtvlco in Kentucky, gWe? t #£&KSEs§sg ' Mfaofii Liontennnt Wfahart, Fulton -< :£SSj. pL end Ucutonnnt WMtj «• SSffSi yinklio Co., W., »tmck by}igb«- ': bedly Wnt; ,h * ltnbe to ncXp.yet God'* »» r< 7 intoipowd : . B«o kJ the eery *»P«“ 7 * Xerhadbronght with them toprotect t|irai ' foft.titUfi dreaming that it - ii the te|p«t»»d !L “*um; their «wor«• fold, »nd no deebt Sr*™^!****' 4ent iMttlung from the itorm. ; . _ “Union” City Convention. We Intimated, a few days ago, that it was Ibe intention to call a “Union” Convention \o nominate candidates for Mayor, Controller ind Treasurer. The call appoara in this ;eorning*s Pott, by order of the “Union Com aitte," and is addressed “to all persons favor iblo to a Union Convention.” The pr>™“ry Meetings are to be held on Saturday next, be tween tho hours of 4 end 6p. “•> for !*“: tion of five delegates from each W “ ri . “ eel in Convention at the Court Hoeso on Tuesday next, the 24th inst. Death of Soldiers. —The following Penn sylvanians have died at the hospitals and in svlvania Reserve Corps ; John Baa , Pennsylvania Reserve Corps ; Private Bough, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania. following named gentle m,n“im» cho.en Director. of the C.t.- tens Insurance Company for the ensuing vear • Wm. Bagaley, Jas. Park, Jr., Wm. G. Johnston, B. FT Jones, Beese Owcns Thos. M. Howe, B. Preston, George f' M. Kier, John Shipton, James M. Cooper, S. Harbengh, John Caldwell, Jr., John S. Dll worth, Charles H. Zng. Bans Destboted. -On last • morning tho barn belonging to Mr. G. W. nftnsell on the National Road, near harm ington, Wharton township, Toy etto Cm, an nearly-all its contents, were entirely destroy od by fire. Fined. —Samuel Williams and John Major, claiming to bo railroad men f ro “ f‘“’’’“'A kicked up a row at Beilstein ‘ Jail room, last night, and were arrested and fined 55 eacn oy Mayor Drum. Oor— Semi-Monthly Bank N ote Reporter, published by Messrs. Feld * Lure, ‘ It contains a good desenptu* Spurious and counterfeit note--- New CocxTEEraT.— A connlLtfoit dye dot l.r bill on the Philiipsburg Bank, V .1., was circulated in Philadelphia on haturdaj . WB£EE TO Get The*.—ln these war times, it becomes » matter of somo importance to know where cheap goods of to';” 11 '' fuaUtycan be purchased. T. «“£ * readers as desire to know, fro w»ll say tnat ■* wm H McGee &:Co., clothier?,corner of rca 10 eral street and the Biamond, Allegheny, have of !in hlnJi full stock of fall and winter goods, * 0 rcaTldo or furnished u order, made in the 115 latest and most fashionable styles, at prices a. tfciat defy competition. One visit w.U be suf “ Sclent to verify this assertion. T D»e*3 Goods foe the H olid" s.— The placeto buy these is at Barker Ji to. 3, a. Mar ket street ’ Their stock is unusually large, and * toSTriecs, for these times. ..ton,.hiugly nt low Their Silk, Poplin, Merino, De Lain., od '-print and gonoral Dress Good* Departments I '° „o replete with just the goods Tor the season. “® Be sure and giro them a call. Wu Forrest, Carpenter and Jfiner. Job sgKZirssxssL j» jonr orders. All orders promptly attende j:s"sr™S‘3>“sSf SKiiS anSlo-l Complaints, cents per box. _ '_■ Doctor C. Bears, Water Cure and Homccs pa?h°e”hysician ; also agent for EamW - relebrated Truss for Ruptures. Corner of Peon and Wsyne streets. ■* DEVIISIBT.-Ur. o. SiU, No. 240 Penn St. attends to all branebeß of tho Dental profe. sion. ' pU» ft«-«h* -f herioother, on Manor t“ lStli in*t., « 2 wdock., p- • ft**. or*. t-m* «. »v**a* X ™l'tlZ7l' LYOli-At his Ute rcaldenec, at Eaat Llbc *• p LYOU, In the 33d year of bis age. ” Thefuneral rrill take plaOe on Irrcrrsoav. the Mlh iMt., at 10 o’clock, a. m. I ~s=-j M."ntXLE, merchant iai- Srw’i* St. CraTU StcclT, Dr. W.h’. BulU log. Pittabnrgb. P*. 4 jnr vstiMßJirrs . pm'SBOKOIi THBATKI THIS EVENING. . Southern Rebellion BY SEA AND LAND. l»*gl Dag0u...... Molly M’lsbana. Ella Lyon - - Prcvioui to which .4 Queer Swtyecl. ear Door, open »t 7 ■.• clock. CnrUlu rta. »t 1%. ir.i.vxs. _ ■itt ANTED—A competent man to take \A } A- “7VTi OWIKO OIL WELL in PennT IT charge of a «?« HnHM require •ijlvonia, a* tto oi \ * n d attend to him to « may he now S^^-sSr-tes mottos twSSlonu “ »tsLtorj reference. •> to ca pacity and Integrity trill be required.. ii \y VJ, [, 8 dhS ’ 7inP teltn - \eD*ngo Co., ra-— JIU)UK BAKKKI.S WAKi BU. 1“ ?“““? (h - “• P»rl «R»m MU'. i TTTJvrED IILMKULA'i'tI. r^ W bn,^ u pri .r^“"^« ’loo “ Chfftnnt*. CO barrel* freah EgS»» Delivered ftl 2*7 Liberty „ TOI(JX i CO. de!3 . .._ J i l" ““.tSL'uJ tanlly School. 11.. l*«l Ol sass'"*' n»I chnroelor S 1 "™- w. P..ALCOTI, - . f— «M Allwheu. C»> T. O. iIONiW AAU MUiiTOAUBS WaKl woo. £I,IXO “ii““ r wUd. 1h.1i.- bh» in »’?K3fM l *r»* l >*» to ,j R«' - OCBCOBKTBTAKD™ ~, 29 cott. N. t.BldjD. D., 1 ‘-iffVia. S 3 Wood rtwt. | Tnr r K teufjggiiggr -■ .... / -_ - L-u'ii ! nm-r - ! " t- b~™r h ' before -the s amo Coutt ‘ THE LATESTNEWS sReported Desertion of Maryland Troops. BY TELEGHABH. which ho had r.»d,*t»i>nB:‘o»t ho^j lhe state Department, lie will soon nxvtiTH cowbst “»>•:« 5 £^£^^^^*£s'; .. Wasoisotos, Dec. 17, 1861. I'nitcd States steamer Massachuse .. «f ♦»»<• fiolil Senate. —A bill from the ilunse was received inlen( j e d a-an earnest that thi* o * e ™“ e The President'* public reception to-night j to authorize the raising of a volunteer force be „ „„ dy lo indemnrfy for a largclj . alleuded. Many .l.sl.ngu.shed : for the defence of Kentucky. . to defend a right. 11 13 .^ ard foreign gentlemen were present. On motion of Mr. Powell, of hy., it was re- Mtloll of thi , House, at least towaru toretgn g | ferred to the«lilitary Committee. powers, will show a wise and just concilmtl Southern hews. ; Mr. Sumner, of Maes., presented several Without any timid or ttme-servingeubnuss,on Tl „ 0 , i Mo ,_ Dec. lib-Y.stcrday, orders, petitions for the emancipation of the slaves of whillJ we would not yield “ ‘ lsi „„ , a ch I were received here for all the forces at this , Rebels. ... servile fear or ungenerous po3t to hold themselves in readiness to march , Mr. Wilson reported a bill to increase the ; „ lbo n ews threatens us with, rt■■| J|. a momenU notice. At the same time, number of cadets at West Point. the dignity of the Republic P r0 “l ) J . ( ' Gon . p op e, commanding the department of Mr. Foote, of Vt., offered a resolution that o4y w “ ong ,. Thus are w « doubly arum -r , Central Missouri, at the head ot nearly ail the Commissioners of Public Buildings inform . demS nd the prerogatives ,10 '“"£\ g oreat ., the troops iu winter quarters at Otteriille, the Senate by what authority a portion of the | natio uality a t home and .» b ™ d ' i marched westward towards \, arrensburg, for National Capitol has been converted into a , Britain sbou ld m eet u , ,n this " I bo purpose, as we generally bohevc bore, ut bakery. Agreed to., . > demand of her, Why 'ho steamer Nashv.il. has , the p scon s reported “Mr. Sumner offered a resolution that the ■ aI , I UDI i n her ports without e l a 3 making forced marches to reach tlonera Committee on Military Affaira be _ instructed j “ a ,o of the barbarous privateering’| o 'nd Stein, now in the intrenchinents to inquire into the expediency of P™” dl “* j sion 1 It i» enough now fur “ na u7ralolf- lat Lexington. Every one is on the qoj cite by legislation, that the army shall not be cm- safelji iaJ l 0 England : Fulfill your tor Btar tling and good news, as universal con ployid to surrender fugitive slaves. Laid |, i lioll . You have assumed thorn r * “ odenca u felt in the ability and bravery of over; „ , , 1 rily and against our protest, until you j Mdh . gttrmj Mr. Latham, of California, offered ■*», sO , you cannot quarrel.with »* pf i Vga VEX worth, Dec. 17.—A portion of tho lution that the Secretary of War be req cise 0 f our must indobitab o the North »< - no f Platte City, Mo., including tbe Court | to inform the Senate by notice of what law tas i g , oa belligerent rights between the North and for what reasons passports s ” d and the South, do not as a ne t L h 'p ‘ i b , d P p t was sot on fire about one o'clock fvom passenger, going fromJsewYork-to San belligerent to our b .ls, but suppressed by the troops reso.uUon oontinuo i ami- Jnder CoL^Morgai U was that tho Secretary of War be requesto | but tho contents of tho office de a-rSsiSWs rsJSskskS'SK stm eras hrix:.s-s!?£^'cS!£r~~ 2T ‘n h glorir’buriann'“winl" rs Sjh- force, had crossed the Osage. out ole blow being struck. 11 11 public confidence is misplaced, and Ortl afoot , would bo like a fire bell at mid nigh* Why , is the army kept in inactivity'.’ The army is , composed of volunteers, and tuuctioiua a bane , to voluutcors. The occupation of tho rebol States by tho army is a military necessity. II we wait till tho rebels are exhausted, the peo nlo of the country will lose confidence in their P i! lone before the time or exhaustion conies Wtucannot expect the loyal people in th“o'uth to show their loyalty till «■£>■«• our protection. Wo must advance ‘he army into *the rebel States and whip somebody , then they will come out by thousands. H j j that the covcrutnent should latte contended that tne g masters, in ‘ r onlc «« no 7 t able to contend with thi!rebebTwabout the aid of four million. of shsvo, Mr. Carlisle continued at some ln tho Of slavery, and this war i, not an, inhuman thC M P r r Fo d smi; Of Conn., asked as d question ! f * \ ha t the contested Beat of tho ; Semitor from Kansas he taken up. Ho clauncd ! tSuhis wS a privileged question, and moved i that the other subject be postponed. Dua l gI Mr 'crimes, of lowa, moved to lay tho res | 0 MasffrrXd hack from 1 the Military Committee, a bill to provi o f I the volunteer forces, with * Yvette take up the I case of the contested scat of thehenator from K The S subjtcrwas postponed till and tho Chair announced as a comm, ! t '? tu vestizute into the general conduct of the war, Messrs. Wade, Chandler and Johnson, of T T"olution from the House in regard to anadjourument over tho holidays, was laid on th Tl£ b f*nale then went into executive ses sion, and subsequently adjourned. CommUwZ^Sported B^ bSS the jollU resolution 1 thfilfd States, until tho further action of ! Congress*touching the same. The resolution ' Pa The House resumed the consideration of the Snecial order, being Eliot's resolutions pro posing the emancipation of the slaves of th "m*! 5 .’ Hording, of Kentucky, invoked a calm wo!""ilspoXn" o exclude all reflootmn and * 'fttw^r r b wn to act with deliberation, his hopes re vdved He proceodod tu elaborate the follow ing point. Jf hi. opposition to tbo pending r6 p!r U »t°Wohaveno constitutional power to pjs ihom, or any bills or resolutions, on th. stand plod'ged^in'the h^policy 1 bf a^hU vtoiatiou'of tho p P tigh«d faith of tho Covern “Third. He opposed guaiy"' to an, civiliiod remarks, h. thU war has nothing morale do with slaver, than with any orter tuui .howed IT, moved that th.rc.o- Mr* Kellogg, oi »_ ,t tndtUtbosc C °““VeT i, That tho Secretary of th. Treasu ry*. requested to declino making any further S'li u fwN 18 A^iir r ,"hr J cit^?^ on th^“™n«tVor"u «- SoT-ref emVoying W-ibl. iartie. haring no official connection with the PSmeut, f» th ” r"p”f° m P ed , Cd^nt/e/artmenuwbe. s; Qn of thi. Heuso. of «h. report was post !«"c r d introduced abill, which Mr. Mormi, . the appom tment or a™,Sind of thoincomo tax until tho Ist of Apt il nSirted from the MiU- Mr. Blalti Pf bi ’ for tho allot forces. The bill waspassod. on her detention by the h of (b 4 ip June for *n . B®PPP. -1 C6x re blockade at tho port of Mobile. to* » ferred to thi fact that thoProsident in hu Mos had rwommendod this MtUfaetien Bo thopnpin ip tlt.caw Ihfiwit tnboa just Mr. Henderson. ..Ettis Henderson. ,Misi Kate'Newlon. Important from Kentucky. < i P S P tentative! Eliott, Mnthwon, Merntt, Etrtng, Silver*ttter, Gilbert, Boone end king, bir ai F”vVrebel b offi°ee n r' t end soldiers eaptnred JZISto in Tennessee from Whitley county, ky., po. od to any, route for Louisville. ’ m -♦ Mum- Letters from a prominent oflocr at Mum . ..i,.- m- The divisions of Uenerai* Mccikrj»t»><>”. wo " diniEo “ sMaa S ’ r 'uv on Ihe northern .Wo of Green A letter from Lobanon, on the mb, say* . Gen Thomas’ division is making rai>ld pre parations, and will leave in a few days. There T?e many rumor, about the movements of the enemy below, but there is nothing reliable. Gen Nelson’s division was encamped on Mnhlr'augh’s Hill, on the old Nashville read, “\%tee fi tmr:tmd n !o£set, Sunday nieht P reports the capture of the negro ser r HX ar.r& tying both sides or the river, with the pnr P °l't i°,‘ ramond” M Somerset that 800 eavalry ! h 4;:rt..:d p rtrL c d o^redpmm to surrender Mason and SlidelU a . ““.IJeked thisKnoion .hesouthsido | Col Q Te^’f«gtaoorolTe‘j;“B o ln^r./tw= | loss* was and 1 Lieutenant killed “Ihe 6 TZc£ has advices that the Federa, troop, have been crossing Green nver, sou.h dated Somerset, Monday, which mentions n , engagement in that vicinity. u n *kins The 12th Kentucky regiment, Col. Hoski , is intrenched two miles southof All iB quiet in (ho vicinity or Lampbcllei up to the 16th- , C.VCIVVATI, Deo. 17.—Special dispatches to rho Go S«« and CbamereinF state that the mail had .fatal 10. come.to hand Buell 1. spooled lo take the field f'[e°reported that our troops are crossing coming up the railroad lo offer battle, this side of Bowling tireen. | Iu the Kentucky Legislature, several u>om_ bore made elaborate speeches in favor of tb . C The-secessionists ov f before one word of apology. There was a grand review and JcnUe.T thousand troops at Cairo, Bird. Point and Fort Holt yesterday. P Four regimonts of infantry and tbraegun boaU had been sent from Columbus, hy., to Vett Orleans, where a battle was being ioug I and the city threatened with demolition y 1 fotis V inhabitants were Hoeing from th ISDIaI(iFOU9, Dee. lfi.-O.r army £*£l pnsabv is within a short distance of Bowling Green. They have repaired Green nFerbrldgc, and will movo forward as soon as Qen. “n brigade and otherwise dispose of the Urge KfcSTM and push r ° C Theloth > '‘llth,‘”oth, 41st, and Slat regi mentt havi left for Kentucky, making ten thousand men from Indiana in tan Sixty-two regiments have been pat Kentucky within the past thirty days. From Washington. W a.H.SOTOS,DoC 17-Iho .«-■»£ anco come up from the *%*£££!£,, ? rda r" d n r .°lw“r«md aboso ttaochomto- I thorn io po.r ly oppo.it. lore repo Matamorniaw ore«K« At tothCvy gun.h»v. boon mount.!, evident- | « they throw .hot over upon tho Mary- , turmoil, ' l t “ ? anltoTc£ar do Dion, Stopping Stone. and a^Ss«^»s£ : praotico battery *d a* j octilos use d wa. 5SS5f=»»3: “"rSiiiSf.-'iv! jectile for this gun >■ pounds. J _ l7 recuu&oissacce 1 Washisoto » * g {ulron 0 f the First «v.tiy, to General „TmSLbyUoni oJ o r UU,or r p.ny L, of Jorsoy b ty, »“> ° J g i beyond. On attempting proceeded f onn d themselves surrounded to return, they fonnd .hot ttabSTnf tho orderly killed P The orderly made hi. escape. The rcorvo, hoartng the firing, pro company __ , ar -_ sl : B tanco, and on it. arrival ceded to rend th Nontenant Behind, m of aU bU .mall arm. and 6 . Nothing. He -hrenght into “r 11111 'came' 1 line"., wh A c induiyfoj mere di.unt SiiSrirptad^y^p "hT.KS.«“"» 1....™, »“ft r fl a **mffe from Manassas and Cen-.. great, tho j o ad of invalid.a day, trevillo being hospitals at Charlottivtilb; conveyed to the ho.pita retol lin „ bp, that ho made a j P hj n g hi. escape, being «.(tb-ih*, to 'h' Ul , dmnkennea. of tho Ball'. Cro». Road, to Cpton-. HiU.a ?«*« !•««*■«»* '• re po.tponod-tlUlhnr.day. New. ‘ ’ ’ io-oi I From Santa Fe. Citv Doc, 17.—Tho Santa Fe Canon City mail, with date* to the 28th nit., arrived on Sunday morning. One hundred and fifty militia, f ° r j£ Gov. Connolly from tho 2d division, Mayor Gen. Sloey, havo been organized, and one comDany mustered into service. •fids mall brings intelligence of a horrible massacre at Fort Stanton. On the ap nroach or tho Texans to that post in tho summer, all the citizens fled to tlic se tlc ments, leaving their houses, crops and ciory thing else behind them. After the Texans abandonod tho place, the Apache Indians took possession, command of all the eonu irv around. Tho full party, numbering twenty men deUrmined to roviait tho neighborhood and obUin what they could of their remaining crops, when tho whole number fell into the hands or the savages, and woro brutally mnr- Je AU is quiet at this placet Col. Wier, of tho 4th Kansas rogimont, is in command. Col. Jennison, ortho Kansas cavalry, with a nart of tho 7th and lowa 12th, and also a section of Potter’s famous battery, were en mmoed within a few miles of this place last wsl move toward West Point this morning. From Harrisburg HaBEIBSBUBG, Dee. 17—The noire by the la'st arrival from Europe created considorublo sensation here, but tbe universal senUmentls to let the Government do exact justice, noth inz more noj less, and if rrar comes the Prc-- ideot trill be enthusiastically sustained. The subject of the defences of Philadelphia is being urged upon the Sational Government by Gov B Curtin. Uo is also actively engaged | in preparing arms for State doten.o The subject is occupying tho attention of the, authorities, and all proper steps will_be taten to ensure tho safety of the State. The sub iect trill be presented to the Legislature im mediately upon its assemblage, and no alarm need be felt lor the safety of Philadelphia and tho lake shore, as Gov. Curtin is determ ined to be prepared for every emergency. Col Wynkoop’s Cavalry, 1,000 strong, leaves for Kentuoky to-morrott. At tho earnest request of the Governor, heads of departments and other prominent citizens, Pro?. McCoy has consented to repeat his great oration on the “ London Timer and the*Var for the Constitution.’ He delivered this lecture in the Capitol on last Saturday with groat poster and effect. His second lem turo trill take place in one of our churches L to-morrow evening. From Texas, Ship Island, Fori Pick- , ens, and-'i'ybee Island. i New Yoke, Dec. 17:-Th. eunboal Connecticut has arrived. a “ e ler j aalve.ton Bur on the 20th ult., south W est Bust Dec. Ist, Ship Island Dec 2d. Bar and Fort Pickens on the -d, key " cst on the 10th, Tybee Island on the 1-lh, and Fort Monroe on the 16th. All the crews or I the rarious blockading squadrons were well. The United States sloop of war Richmond was at Key West repairing damages receired I during the fight at Fort Pickens. The Cunnoctieut brings the crews or the captured pirate Royal Yacht and the captured steamer Anna and Henry Sems. oho also brings as a prisoner a marine who attempted to'desert from Ship Island, Also, thirteen of Wilson's Zouaves and a number of regulars from Fort Pickens. Thero is nothing new ft A from Port Royal had landed on Tybeo Island. Nothing is said about Fort ! ulaski, and the irteil evacuation is probably untrue. Arrival of the Europa at Boston— Messengers from England. Boston, Doc. 17.— Tho Europe arrived hero at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ' Within thirty minutes after tho Europe touched at Halifax, the British s “ a, V lo °? J of-war Riwaldo got up steatn and left, it is supposed in pursuance of orders from the Queen s Messenger, to communicate with tho Admiral of the British horth American and 03d British Regiments arc un der orders for Canada. ' Capt. Seymour, the Qaeon’s messenger, and -also a special messenger from Mr. Adams, the American Minister, left Boston this af ternoon direct for Washington. The European mails and papers will roach Philadelphia to-morrow afternoon. Capture of a Pirate Schooner. Nsw Yobs, Dec. 17.—A letter from aboard tho frigato Santee states that the pirate schooner Royal yacht was captured by two boats and forty men from tho Santoe, under Lieut. Jenett. Lieut. Mitchell was second in command. She was boarded at 8 o .clock iu the morning, and taken after a sharp pon flioL Tho schooner was sot on fire and en tirely destroyed. Thirteen, prisoner.i were taken, three of whom aro woonded. Our loss was as follows: Henry Oarcta. ieamap, kill ed : John L. Emery, coxswain, fatally wound ed, and sine® died; Lieut. Jcnet and \Ym. Dartor, gnnner, wounded. Also, Edw. Con nay, George Bell, Hugh McGregor Frank Brown and Chas. Hawkins, wounded. The, latter are all doing well, and will soon bo on duty. A Destructive Fire. Burr.Lo, Dee. 17—Tho warehouses for meriy occupied by the Michigan Central Rail road) together with tho propollor Dunkirk, were burnt this morning. Five hundred barrels of flour wore destroyed m the. ware houses. The loss on-tho propoHor amounted i to $lB,OOO ; tho other lomcs have not bocu ascertained. • For Port Royal. Nsw Toss, Dee. I l ?.—The steamer Vander bilt sallod this morning forrortUoyai with a detachment of Colonol Sornll s Engineer regiment. ' ■ Miscellaneous. WisniMTOS.'D'c- 17.—Intelligence has at ft. Navy Department «■ lation to tho overhauling of ( tho '{>'P “°?i morcncio, of by the pirate Sumter, in. 1»‘-80 3 “ > “JS lowed to prpcood after taking n quantity o paints and other ship stores from her. - Bestoui Dei. stramcr Europe has Iron'signalled offiCipeCod, and will ho up about half-past three o'clock- ■ .. ‘ ihe Ouhard steamer Africa is detained, and will not sail till Friday moT»i“sv :- ■! ; from Philadelphia for .New Foundland.. ha* •been wracked under raspictous cmumstanccs, and a p.rt of her cargo brought here, }n a ■Smai* condition. TM remain*.»J cergof^ty■ is expected,"‘will else be brought here. ' '. :N*rT6*it, D«. QuiUt Boslor haa.boen charteroa *“£££• ernmeot for thro, months. Sho goes toTß^s-. * toft: to utotß»«ri‘froop*-; ; *•-.1 .8235 ivit.ii:;;;:: z K'lJoiis , THE FIEEIH CHAKLESTOH. THE PORT ROYAL ARMY ADYAJiCING. Rumored Evacuation of Fort PulaskL THF BATTLE SLAB CHtil MoTBTAIS' Ac., AC; *'■ Fortress Mox.or, Dec. lfi.-Ca>ia MUD ward went to Craney Isis" 4 to ' d * s ' . flag of truce, and was met by Lieu . off the Island. No passengers came down. The Norfolk and Richmond papers give toll particular, of the extensive conflagration at Charleston, S. C. The Are broke out at.bout nine o'clock in the evening of The 11th, in Bussell i Old’s Sash and Blind factory, a the foot of Hazel street; crossing Hazel street and extending to the machine shop of Comer on A Co. Before midnight the fire hod as sumed an appalling magnitude; and Meeting, Street, from Market to Queen, nos one mass of flames. As tenement after- tenement was enveloped in flames, the panic ™*»W, and thousanss of families evacuated their houses, and filled the streets. The dwellings in the loner part of the city where the fir. broke out, were principally of wood, and ex tremely inflammable, which accounts for the remarkably rapid progress of the midnight, Circular Church and the Institute Hal" were burning, and the close proximity of the flames to the Charleston Hotel and the Mills noUse, caused them to be evacuated by *cir inmates. At one o'clock the fir. tended more southwards, towards thei cornet'of Arch- Halo and Queen streets, to the rear of tne Charleston Hotel, and to the end of Hayne street range, crossing Mancot street the firo streov raufi , Cumberland street, to ie Mms House, including in i, d rdrcJ&«.bS on King, from Clifford nearly to Broad street were destroyed before three o clock. Gen. Ripley, who superintended the move . *r troons who had arrived at the scene Tt nbout this time, ordered several buildings in the route of the conflagration to be blown .. a „fl after some'delay the order was exo “Kbut not before, the Theatre Lloyds Pnoch Factory opposito, tho Express Office, Scold|xcc^ve P building,andlull tta house. from this point to Queen street, had caught fir A"”touUonr o’eteek'the wind changed the direction of the flames towards Broad street. a oon after, St. Andrews' Hall took fire, and subsequently the Cathedral, the spire of which sweep through the city, making its truck from East Bay to Ktng !t The Charleston Courier, of the 13th, gives* list of between 200 and 300 sufferers, and says the loss is estimated at from five to seven m.l - whose factory the firo origi nated, thinks that it must have boon occa sioned by an incendiary, or by tho negligence of negroes employed there. A dispatch from Charleston, of tho 13th, savs ■ Mills House, although threatened and several times on fire, eventually .soaped, te.ten fire? the dihedral, St- Peter's Ep.sco- C TnterThf clarte.tn° 4 K says, buildings ’ r 'Bcn°McCiilloch has arrived at .Richmond. Co? F. H. Smith, has relinquished command of Craney Island, and will take chargo of the Virginia Military Institute. . Tho S. R- Spaulding has not ye' amvcd. Passengers by the steamer report the ar rival of tho steamer Connecticut » Point with intelligence that Fort iuiasKi has been evacuated by the rebels, and occn nied by the Federal troops. •- n A message was'sent to the Confederate Con mously adopted appropriating two bundre 3SSSogSrb;d Ur dc^ y d’?r?m Uncls»rmy, wifb thelr am. ted «- ments. It was sent out as picket from Alex andria, and when it reached the front ofonr lines it hoisted the confcdcrate tiag and march. cd into Centreville, accompanied by the Cole Friday, has a report from Beaufort stating i.advanced their position to near Port ttovai Ferry orTnesdayinderossed tho Forr, unaer cove? of artillery V the main land and de stroyed several confederate rifle pit?- The Richmond Examiner says that a Court of Commissioners, to determine chum to tn demnity for losses by war. is to be organ*™ 4 at once. The President has appointed, and Congress, in secret session, has confirmed the following as tho Commissioners: George P. sisfes.'w&sassßSt BiP The Richmond Enquirer, of tto, 15th, »c- I knowledges the receipt of the bniwice of th Mothtgiom MuamUstts, £\fciud war It is consigned to Gen. L. ni» aer > ■“ S k« distribntfd by Lieut P.ereo^ofA. 20th Massachusetts Regiment, who was taken Book was prison a small halt sheet. It is to bo raised in price to five cenU on Thursday. . - .. . RicBHOKDt Dec. 14. —official tnform^pf buT“*ro d repoU=dwith Ratios’., after.non gagement of several hours. From New York. New Yore. Dec. IT.—A private letter from Beaufort soys that the Stone Beet had sailed I from Savannah for Charleston in company with a man-of-war. The ships wore tub, sunk in Charleston Harbor on a’ltur'lay jast. Tybee Island is occupied by 1,000 Kcdcral troops, Who arc to throw up batteries for use against Fort Pulasktlf ir 1 The sloop of war Sajaneabandthroo or, four eun boats, were off Tybee Island. f Tho steamer Baltic, with 1,000 troo P l left Port Royal for Fernandina, aceompamed by tho Bienville and another gun boat. Tho rebel fortification there, . co ”’from2oo to ?00 our hands after a brief strugglo., mvcr and Weather at touisvllle. canal/ Weather clear. Meroary 51 - fOR 5.11. E JiJTU TO LET. F° R J^ L £»»> .*■ 15 do Clltxon* *J° f„ do MaStoMor SaTlninJtaiit. s £ Stock of every a-crlP^' > « ~„T Mtirj Vonrth itreet. f UUbg HBpSW 1 la S£^g£i‘Sidii'tto BUth city, h, T^** 1 2iiB?l!5?MSwScd and twenty [ —»-.-a v,.lliDlm.J«r«<. ssmmp easy foments, and Tci7l J*-» , .tXtw,l39 goortb »t. K jjgWTPiAl« K9ol%Gir‘J~ *£? J*£i &'«£*»•,.•-,' .•. « £' SS Qg& t £ COMMEROLLL RECORD. MARKETS PITTSBURGH a*™*"* I TcfioAT, t>o«mber lTth, I*r Extra, xod {5,100j5,-slor 1 contlntiea Tery firm, wijha .xiii fisher advance In price*; sale of ls *> 19c. Sugar also firm, with a bettor demand, Ml# ox O, at 10c. and 10 do cholc. 4> « 10>ic. Molaaeen unchanged, with aaaleof 46c per gall. ' . OlLS—Crude Oil remains .teady,wUh« mandat from U>i to 15c pergnll Baflned 4> per dot. The aupplj in market UUg t CHEESE— unchanged; salos of 00 boie * batter demand, with a digU ment in price; rale on wlmrlof 300 bnah ■ 1 at 40c; 100 do Ear, from Itore, at 45c, and 200 do-. I prime Yellow, from wharf, at 45c. > * FEAT HEES—SoIe of 270 Be Wcatern at 37)£c per FLOEE-in fair demand at M price,; tale In two lota of 70 eacka at $1,87>5 per cwt HAY-Salee from acalea of'ri load, at pricra rang '"dßJED O PEAOHES-Sale in lot, of 60 bnah prime Flint at *l.».aodlO ban do-at $1,50. _. • t WHl9K.T—Common i» steady, With *inaU *al 17@18c per gall—caih and timo. » inm or Paoooca, ntc.-Below will bafoUnd » ■tatement of the reeeipte of produce, etc., f>Y rirer 5 id-- u d railroad, daring the twontylbnr bonra endlUE . ; ;,c. SJ'iTSi'ihSSwfti* '. rics. . Imports by Hirer. Hu'SiUlS-’lt.U.‘o“ur,'Lon g iDoff:.6j pig. lead, H H ‘ b „. wb bU Horn, 8.8 .. M 3 bdl. d«-r .tin., 2*» »bU Brown * Kb*KSSS cUiwm; \»» do do, 8 B greyer; 10 do ~*?J »w ± D ULoclimit; odo & co; 150 do do, J 8 Ljggc » feathers, G do, do drr frnlt. brant >«n Oorim “ .hoe., WUlbun §Na£££»gias^ HcSm bcc-.dSOO .lover. H Imports by Railroad.. . - Ft. Wiisi 4 CajOAQO ‘ : sss^^s^;* 'ifeiMVAi ***£6*s*Sfe oUbbls, W PWoolridgn;U^iiok3o,Brewer,SiUA ICO be* barloy, Vcrnw. -w* *' 'iflm--*-* iS®@SSM%!S3B“ taOttßgttn-. | MeCaUodgb. \ -. Hirer News. TOT B.vt. EOT WeETMB-AOTIYEIEEOT Ut pottotu-Bott, turn. TcDat, etc., rtc-The river continue, to recede slowly with Ml fire fool fe the pier m»Mu tost eTenlite- TU. tce.lhery»- . Jndnj pn, mild and unmdtied. with .light IndlCE-. . Uons of rein ..There tree considerable ectiritj nmnlfested et therms, tie receipt, being the shipments were more libcmlthnn - Hinerv. Irom Wheeling. Florence from LonlreUU, .nd Diadem from St. Louis, oil with.full rargoo, conatitoie the' orrlroU. The Emm. Ondum for. Zanesville, J. B. Ford for PorUtnonth, Leonora E?d . . Kenton for Cincinnati. End Sonny Sldo for St. Lon^, : wore the departures. The Kenton end SnnnT Sidn Immoderate freight list., with quite . nnmbcror ■ po ' The Melnotto from St. Bonin, End : Hostings from Cincinnati, sre dno toniay.' - " Eon CtncaOTTl Attn Lotus villc— The fine pM «mger .tenner Emma, Copt. J., H. M »rretto, wUI lenre a. above thl. evening withont DtiL Tlieebritf MZt} Memn- Donfip ond McConnell. The Ido Met, Capt. John C. Beno, ie nlso loading for the enmo . Lotus—The Prim. Doo.m, CEpt. Moore, • —ill t*. t h« first picket to leaTc for Si. iSlZXzdtirM ■rrV'*#* morrow* * Markets by-Telegraph* Hue Toss, Docile.—Cotton bn. «n_«4y*«|JS to Ohliw■f , 'WgS?n-to^y-r^T-- imi in for whit* Cora quiet* tale* *t Wlc. l*aro “ HliafflWMtt I Sicanuhtp C 6. 80. :.• _',. .. Muiorau, D*. M.-iFlow »r»,ku4 | wheat |teid]i BtlH wJ at "Oderne. wtiav Mr dbmjutdat U* to- I aoil while at 51 ov. |n d«naaJ - jWjS" Z K^.*n^to.r“n.,rT«U*^f- for the cargo of the priaeljark Ibero ÜBO chingo m Proitoima. tonl ; jS&sMsaggsS Corn decliuetl tt £>. ■ Oafa heed £*- ' inactive, and' tho demand in excem fif the llrftou'nt” Stred. Cotto YgHF hltCeT *•»-.«* ;!«>«(*“•- MolmS? unchanged and &*”•. .* Sdmagaflrmar, at )iper oent. premium. The war fright U wearing git. The mb«=rib« wooM raportfoUj Inform thoirab- Uctheteheielioeeaiilg.oa;. ■ - ■ - ' •■ ~f ' at a ruAcnos above cost, . .. HctUrgeandcomprehenelTe etochof '• . t ruso-roBTES, veiodeoxb, MUSIC AXD MUSICAL ■ ... jjiSTSintESTS, u,he wiUremoT* to rATTEBSOS’S SEWHUItB TNG.FITTH BTBIET. , ■ ‘ *'_=y' T ! CHAEIiOTTE M.OHE. 02 Fifth etnet, A*eot jhrKSABFS M*»* «nl rMSOrB^Eelo. ~ “ r ■■ J*z pMjjros.