• atta less, and equally careful of his
• is and Va. 'lt Inikyluitins "work of im
agination, yet-in reading his letter I can
not but:picture the. ; writer as a restless
nervous, energetic man, full of fire and
tae11041,41W1,40.30- digttou, and always in
a hurry.
f:htgailg Vast
?c , TIOB,U11.13H:
THIpISD4.Y MORNING. NOV. 17, 1864.
Makiag it Pay.
A"4lg the many renegades from the
Democratic party, who in the name c
gatriotistn have become 'Abolitionists
likitlEtutler—commonly called the hefts
been: by far the most successful
- The cause of this is his having gone the
" .entire figure t r equired by the Radicals,
afivent Into their party.
„ : 4t, the Charleston Convention in 1860,
although /elected to vote for Douglas, the
• Bent voted from first to last for Jeff
- "Davis, although, he was not a candidate
for.nomination. And, at Baltimore, he
was the first of the northern conspirators
• ' • ' to Secede and follow the Southern bolters
' 'in their nomination of Breckenridge.
'Hat as soon as the rebellion broke ow,
Bon was in for an Appointment from
Mr. Lincoln, and he got it; and instant
ly he "becanie the very fiercest in his
denunciations of the very men, whom
he had encouraged in their incipient
• treason 'to their party,• and afterwardato
Aheli government.: His violence the
4*.itionista took for earnestness, and
.. • he r accordhigly, became the lion of the
- occasion, and so remains to the present
`day.
On Monday evening Butler made a
• speech in New York, in which he an
nounced that the "bounties given to
, our soldiers hereafter," should consist
in the lands conquered from the rebels,
who.shotild be driven from the country
or exterminated. Upon this announce
' Meril the , ussembled Abolitionists imme
. 4iately • nominated fhe speaker for
• , the next Presidency. From this
it will be seen that Butler has been
gradindirgaining strength, among the
extreme Radicals, ever since the rebel
:. --lion began. His violence and cunning
-• havejnade him strong with them and
he is 'turning his power to a profitable
account, as will be seen from the
following which we copy from the
World in relation to the will of Andrew
-J. Butler, Ben's brother, who died
about a year ago:
• •
. • 11:tTetee'xteaen= were
Ledtth e g
teur - hunehotand a ino lt:es
"eureties
lot, by two sulcient
...TnetEreviette.to the aigning of the bond, ut
rogate Tucker was served. with a copy writ of
attachment, issued Out at the Court of Common
- • Pleas some days since; by Judge Carnet.), in a
... mutt .woarein Samuel Smith and Andrew H.
sznith are yylalnttWe,.Add Benjamin F. Butler
- - - -defendant, the claim =Counting to one hundred
an(Lcdfty• thousand dollars, alleged to have
arisen on ft-seizure of gold made by the de
' 'opulent in,..31.ey, 1862, at New Orleans, La., the
, plaintiff's then being private bankers in New
• ,
_.Orleans,. - udder the firm name of S. Smith Cc
' "
They claim 3 hat the defendeqt foreibly enter
edtheir blinking roams at 27: Camp street in
,::tits aforesaid eirsi,seited all their Nada, privet,
, soca:Tato, audglo6o,ooo in gold - coin, and retained
'' ' or Piera_untif the folio wingJuly ,when every-
Wilirrettanied except the gold, which the
. defesuhint Hie ellegeoldrinvetted - ownuse.
IllyrIMOD44ll4l CODrint in the action, to
er copy 0 the .attaohnient were
•Oteeveil OW - the - general toy 'Maier Sheriff Vulte.
.
• Airßet .yrna sent to New
,Zo • ‘.
" ,i
vritani by the. A.dininiatration, he
Esl tAnk:bia brother along with him: and
of ebb t- - outrageous*as their tyranny
that the 'President.was
•
rj.;•MrPggto :recall thew. Sinee therekior-
7i,retainriPierpont, a political friend of the
if Ithninlstrstinki, has; In a public docu
-o'lMAtiddreiseil to the President, given
40 . 19 i and , circunietances proving Butler
2 ,.,,ltharvery worst and meanest of public
plunderers. But'still he is retained in
able atfifalriiidy 'named by his peen
iiiiniirete for. the next Presidency.
_ r ese .circumstances it will be
lc, tfeitit•thst.the road to promotion now, ie
r r'.-tiVratifellsiott of ,txtrenie Abolitionism,
-° utofitlizguirt,Oi' nothing less than the
....4,,..4..eittpiCtion of the entire Southern peo
kiAple.
Winter and ite4iutles.
P49,4421ki a Age concludes an
as, follows:
-r o i Min one -Word, - winter is talon us, and
Lits:ditty'js Ito remember the poor, in a
Thictical manner:.. Not as chairman of
ineetings, when all is '"sound and fury,
•
meaning nothing," but each man in his
P•t' , ovtn way,and to the extent of his means.
yhatl, eau be procared, that is much
,t ; O- be preferred, for that preserves, in
lattr_self respect, and allows a man to
43 feel that he is not dependent upon an-
OleTior the means of living, But, to
; •al4treattt, the poor must not suffer be
--.440ad Jibe range of- ope and expectation.
'Those:who lievemust prepare to bostow
with an open free hand;
.The applica
numar-4 . hia, they can be
311 . 4ietAf the 6ommujailty) will bat look
e 1 hiaamatter is theifaea ria due season.
Antrthei, on • thiVi3tiler hand the poor
mast berfiradent, ccortolakal, and
ten crate, •,/, 4 E4012 one cfm.dispbruie with
:some articiesLin ,, the-winter-"Wliich can
vibe refitinied, When -titiring 'aky# warms
: - x iliefeittitti;"ind sends ills . .,*e blood
.p. ~.
l u. ifiroxigh is arteries and, ' , Nips of busi
ket%iitsde, and COILItgEOOI 'These are
the lessons and d ntj Will
eve -Ppitirtry i1Le t v ) .3 ,4 114 i, - ;:w4ile aiding
.4111nigr.hki1}y Mieri, contribute at
the ismejAitne tof they welfare of the
.State thEwgetthral weal of the whole
' Vitintifs now exhibiting in London a
sketch of a very handsome and costly
sword and scabbard, wbickitiapmposed
_to present to Captain Semmes, the cele
"brated_commander of the once formid
ittle Confederate war cruiser, the 41a
barna The acabbard will be composed
of wild, Allier, richly ornamented ; on
tire hilt, wl0eli; will - ba,.eir elaborate piece
otworknufitalitAketweitid On OPe,
' side tire:,*Orly ir-lkop, and rdetish,"
ated', an AO, _iitthlii t l'Aiai toi - fi, Mei
t'aidera." ::170'.5w0r:407411 ,be ; oninn. 7l
Inottliod: o.lrei*E 4 -. kink' Coif
end !tie expecied*iit -).43Aidphect.
rp
"itliODO,Aonqr4l6 , *.teWmeniat
Nt'lll l slV. , bk4 l .litiirsk
LiAjoi& p; ar
=IBM
to be again massing on the Weldon
Railroad, and an attack is feared. The
Southern newspapers state that Admi
ral Porter's iron clad fleet has been
brought up the James, and is now at
anchor just below the Dutch Gap Canal
It is to assist in the attack on Richmond,
which is anticipated when the canal is
completed. The greater part of Sheri
dan's army is now believed to he on its
way to Grant's camp.
The offi Mal report of the capture of
Plymouth has been received. The town
was entirely destroyed. Tweuty.two
cannon and thirty-seven Confederate
prisoners were captured The Federal
loss is not reported.
General Canby was shot some time
since by a guerrilla whilst sailing up
White River, Arkansas. He is thought
to have peen mortally wounded.
Sherman has no communication with
Washington. There is very little doubt
thltt he evacuated Atlanta in the latter
part of last week. Where he went to is
not known.
The Confederate steamer Florida has
arrived at Fortress Monroe with the
Wachnsett.
Pure sugars and candies do not injure
he teeth, except indirectly by their in
udicious use, in exciting acidity of
stomach. or dyspepsia, as will any other
kind of food, or drink, or beverage, if
extravagantly used. At seasons of the
year when fruit and berries may not be
ripe, fresh and perfect, as desserts, pure
sugars and candies may be used as such
in their stead, to great advantrge, be
cause they are healthful, being warming,
nutritious, and
. agreeable, hence as a
table article, they are very valuable,
while the most universal love of them
shows that they were intended to be
' eaten. If a child is not allowed to cat
ny thing containing sugar, it will sicken
and die in a very short time. Children
need the carbon—the fuel contained in
sugar—to keep them warm; without it
they would perish from cold; hence the
love of such things is an instinct, im
planted by the kind and wise Maker of
us all, for the child's preservation.
There are a parcel of stupid creatures in
the world,whose stock in trade of brains
and logic amounts to this, that "what is
good is unhealthy." It is not advised
that children should be allowed to eat
sugar and candy whenever they want it;
but that as a desserLafter each regular
meal, the use of pure sugars and candies
would benefit and not injure.—[Hall's
Journal of Health.]
There was some excitement occasion
ed at the Louisville theater last night by
a shooting affair, which came very near
rasnlting in the death of Mr. James, the
leading man of the company. . It ap
pears that a young man by the name of
Ward arrived in Louisville last evening,
and went to the theater and inquired at
the box office for Mr. James. He was
informed that he could see Mr. James at
the back entrance at the end of the act.
When the second act of the second piece
was over, Ward went to the back en
trance of the theater and inquired for
James, who stepped forward. When
James stepped to the door Ward asked
him if that was his name, and received
an answer in the affirmative, Ward at
once drew hie pistol and tired, the ball
cutting the left side of James. Ward
was arrested by Robert Seay and
Charles Junct, who promptly quelled
the disturbance. On the way to the Jail
Ward stated that James had induced his
sister, who is married, to leave her hus
band and go off the stage, and that he
had letters in his possession to prove the
same, and this was the reason why he
had shot at James, As the case will be
investigated before the Police Court this
morning we will make no comments
until the affair can be thoroughly inves
tigated.
Tn IMPENDING WAR IN JAP4M—The
last advices from Japan represent that
the French, English and Dutch, joined
Ma vessel chartered by the American
inister, had gone to attack the forces
of the Tycoon, and compel him to open
titeiArliand sea. When the war was
llhrestened four , Japanese vessel of war
zwqra l , bqildbig.,:st ~.New York, one of
1 , 7/1 1 9 -4 ` ;149 11 0 1 1__E!4Welle :heavy .gunb,
lvas,ll6h4 f aThe. British-Minister at
3'ilishingten4*-hkeld,protestaaiptinit
iiikokrtargi:4ll43laivolivkiffaa'apoor
ainglr detained.
The DUO: of the Democracy.
The Ohica*Tsmes the leading Dem
ocratic paper*lhe West, concludes an
article as foltiti'lin: relation to ,the 11174-
tation of thj-4Abolition*S to 131:091:.t ,
Mr. Lincoln!ii:4Adigitiatifition "If
wishes thees4;4liff4 support of tine
Union men, iifFiltiricirove himeelf one
of them. - -;;So \ ftir as slavery is concern
, ed, the Democratic party do not care a
straw "whether it is voted up or voted
down," except as the vote strengthens
or weakens the confederacy by the at
traction or repulsion of Southern senti
ment to or from the Union. If Mr. Lin
coln.will act as President of the United
States, instead of the chief of the Abo
lition party, controlled by its "press
ure," the Democratic party will sup
port his measures, though it may find it
impossible to respect him." 4
isa'The telegraph announces the ap
pointment of E. M. Stanton, Secretary
of War, to the head of the Supreme
Bench, to fill the place of the late Chief
Justice Taney,and of Benjamin F' But
ler to the War Department, in the place
of Mr. Stanton. This does not strike us
a very good commencement for Mr. Lin
coln; for, although Mr. Stanton is an
able lawyel, he is totally unfit by the
violence of his temper and the coarse
ness of his manners to fill the lofty and
dignified position of Chief Justice of
the United States.
As regards Butler he will make an of
ficient War Minister, but he is unwor
thy of any official position in the Gov
ernment.
Vir We have read the speech (li:llv
ered by General Butler, in ;New York
city, on Monday evening, and we are
glad to see that. it is not at all so savage
as the telegraph reported it to be; in
fact it was quite moderate for its au
thor.
THE WAR
General Sheridan has certainly with
drawn to Winchester. His larthest
Southern outpost is now but four miles
south of Winchester, at a place called
Kearnatown. During the Tetreat a se
vere skirmish was fought near Front
Royal, in which the Federal loss is le
ported to have been very heavy. The
Federal cavalry captured two cannon,
and one hundred and fifty prisoners
from the Confederates. Sheridan' ,
troops are intrenched at Kearnstown.
There is no fighting reported from
Petersburg. The Confederates are sail
Candy as a Dessert
Almost a Tragedi;
TILE POST - --PITTSBITqI 3 / 4 ,, wvAsph. y , MORNING NOVEMBER 1 17:°-'1864.
.11?appeta t ogne_ . , eniSion by ..iiTuilke
..,••;• - •;'llfrits-itiafeefenee to Legai l ftli
and Ground Rental
.W:4is theo4 - keelphia Age.
Tn the4Jnited States Circuit Court,.
Judges Grier and Cadwalader, an opin
ion was: delivered in the case of the
Philadelphia. and Reading Railroad
Corupfalyzya, Charles Moulson, et. al.,
whichAvesliefore the Court in the shape
of a billin equity, to compel the defend.
ant to accept, in extinguishment of the
principal of certain ground rents, to the
amount of three hundred thousand dol
lars, the legal tender notes of the United
States. The case was argued a few
days ago, and the opinion by Judge
Grier is as follows:
Coined money in modern times forms
but a very small portion of the current
money used in commercial transactions.
Paper money, representing credit, has
long been used as current and lawful
money. But no one could be compels
ed to accept the promise of a bank or
pay money instead of the coin itself.
The notes in the United States, issued
under the authority of the Government,
Were current money, because issued by
such authority, but were never made a
legal tender for the payment of debt.
A contract made in the United States
for the payment of a. certain number of
dollars would be construed as meaning,
not Prussian dollars, or Spanish mixeo
dollars, but lawful coin of the United
States. The addition of the deseliptien
"lawful money of the United States" is
entirely superfluous, and does not
change the nature of the obligation.
The statutes of Congress always make
a legal distinction between lawful or
current money and that which shall be
a tender for payment of debts. Hence
we feud that when such is the intention,
the language, is, "And shall be a legal
tender, &c.
Some coins of the Government are
legal tender below a certain amount,
but not beyond. Thus, by the act of
the 9th of February, 1793, after the ex
piration of three years, al l foreign coins,
except Spanish milled dollars, shall
cease to be a legal tender.
By act of April, 1806, "Foreign gold
and silver coins shall pass current as
money within the United States, and be
a legal tender for the payment of all
debts, &c., at the several and respective
rates following," &c.
Again, by act of the 28th of June,
1834, "The following gold coins shall
pass as current money, and be receiva
ble in all payments by weight at the
following rates," &c.
Hence we find that in all cases where
other money than the coinage • of the
United States ordered to be received as
current or lawful money, the statute
carefully provides the rate and condi
tions under which they are made a legal
tender for payment of debts. It is clear
therefore, that Cungrese hasalways
ote
served the distinction between current
and lawful money, which may be re
celved in payment of debts, if the credi
tar sees fit to accept it, and that which
he may be compelled to accept as a le•
gal tender.
It is clear, also, that if Congress
make any other thing than their own
coin a legal tender, it may be used as
such. Thus, in the act authorizing the
national banks, their notes are made n
legal tendr for certain debts due to the
government, for taxes, &c., but not for
debts due front one citizen to another.
The treasury notes are made lawful or
current money, "and a legal tender for
debts," &c., as between individuals.
As this is the first act in which this high
prerogative of sovereignty has been ex
ercised, it should be construed strictly .
It is doubtful in policy and dangerous as
a precedent.
The only question, then, is whethe:
this case comes within lie letter of the
statute.
Is the money which may be paid to
extinguish a ground rent within the cat•
agory of the act?
Is it a debt? The owner of the land is
not bound to pay it. The owner of the
rent cannot compel him to pay It.
There is no obligation as between the
parties. It cannot be converted into an
obligajon by the election of one of the
parties without the consent of the other .
A man may execute his bond to me vol
untarily, but unless I accept It he does
not become my debtor.
These ground rents, in the nature of
a rent service, are somewhat peculiar to
Pennsylvania, and little known In other
States. But the Supreme Court of the
State has clearly settled and determined
their nature. The cases are too well.
known to the legal profession to need
a Quotation: "A rent service (says the
Court in Basler vs. Bilhn, 8 Watts d
Sorgeant, 186) is not a debt, and a co
venant to pay it Is not a covenant to
pay a debt. Thu annual payments
awing into existence, and for the first
time become debts when they are de
mandable."
I am of the opinion, therefore,
that
the tender offered by the' bill In this case
is not authorized by the State, and that
the respondents cannot be compelled to
extinguish their estate in the land by
such a tender as that now made. The
bill must, therefore, he dismissed
From the South Carolina Advooete
Scenes in Charleston.
The messengers of death have been
passing thick and fast among the in
habitants of the city, tearing up the
streets, cutting gee pipes, and plunging
us into darkness; thundering against
churches and dwellings, and creating
generally a great tumult; but how few of
our citizens have been harmed in their
persons! Yet what hairbreadth escapes
have been made !
I saw, but a few days since the inte
rior of a gentleman's residence which a
shell had entered. Cutting the tester,
and passing through the pavilion of his
bed, it penetrated the opposite wall, and
lodged in the adjoining room. Both
himself and wife were in the house at
the time, and he remains there still. In
another instance a similar missile en-
tered a chamber, and passing between
the slats and bed-clothes of a crib in
which an infant was lying, left the little
ereature unhurt, but lost in the convul
sions of its bedding.
Some months ago, while our intrepid
firemen were making every exertion to
stbdue the fast-spreading flames in one
of the lower wards, the Yankees opened
as usual upon the locality. A shell, in
its parabolic descent, entered an engine
which a number of fireman were work
ing, and which was surrounded by a
large concourse of others. The mute
friend of our homes was blown to atoms,
the men were dashed to the ground, and
with the exception of a negro who had
just taken the place of a white man, and•
who lost an arm, resulting afterward in
his death, and a very slight wound in
flicted on one or two others, none were
injured.
Passing through the lower wards of
the city, . you would be particularly
struck with two things: First, the sad
desolation. The elegant mansions and
familiar thoroughfares, once rejoicing in
wealth and refinement, and the theatre
of busy life—the well known and fondly
cherished churches--some of them an
cient landmarkskere large assem
tdies Were wont tO.:IfOW at holy altars,
and spacious India that once blazed with
light and rang with festal songs, are all
deserted, sombre grid cheerless; and
this is enhanced by' the forbidding as
pect of that vast. district, of the city
which was laid irinshes three years ago
and which remains in nninolestid
asthe monument or-Oharleston*long
and 'dreary pause in the 'and tech of
.mprovement. Here you perceive her
humiliation
= to Satitbarnelnews.
'Riblimixod !Examiner Brov. ti.
Ota.report, apparently soriie
w.nat4t4ettticated, that thirty iron
clams, titlekturmber of torpedo boat'.
andatraiistiOrtk have lately arrived at
Oity - Point: Many intelligent officers
are convinced that-there will soon be a
:great battle'on -the. whole line below
Richmond. The tinin Of that-bank will
depend on the completion of the Dutch -
Gap canal "and Its success as a ship
channel; for it is highly improbable that
Grant will try another assault without
the aid of his fleet—at least until he as
certains that the canal is a failure, and
that all hope of must be aid from the
fleet abandoned,......
The Yankee papers contain a vehe
ment contradiction of all statements to
the effect that Sheridan is returning
down the Valley; but that contradiction
may be the,result of an order of the
Government, and intended as a blind
to the Confederates. The better opin
ion is that Sheridan will join Grant in
an assault on the line of Richmond, Pe.
tersburg, and the south side, whenever
the assault is delivered. It is believed
to have been always part of their plan,
and (we suppose) has been provided
against.
A pernicious idea has gotten into
some heads that this campaign is over.
Yet there is not any argument to sup
port that idea. The ground is muddy
on the surface at this season, but only
for a few days; the foundation does nbt
break up till some time in December,
and it will be capable of supporting
military movements until then. A. lull
in the storm of war is now evident, but
its cause is equally evident—the Presi
dential election in the United States.
It would ,pot be prudent to risk the de
feat, which is almost certain, should a.
grand attack be attempted; a bloody de
feat of Lincoln's chief army would have
given McClellan some chance; so Grant
has been, doubtless, directed by his su
periors in office to be quiet until Mc-
Clellan is disposed of. That McClellan
has been disposed of by this time no rea
sonable doubt can be entertained, and
Grant may now go ahead as soon as he
is ready.
Great complaint, and we fear just com
plaint, exists against the laxity of de
tailes. In the last few days it is said that
almost as many men have been detailed
as have been received from General
Kemper. If this be true, it is a fatal
fault. Never yet was indulgence eo un
timely. Great complaint, and we fear
just complaint, is made against the State
authorities for credulity and want of
tirmneas in dealing with men over whom
the State alone has supreme authority,
who endeaver to escape into the enemy's
territory, and members of its local forces,
who attempt desertion. When cauglaj
they are aent to Castle Thunder
_ -
,roop of friends intercede, they are let
out, and desert again. This is a suici
dal administration of the laws. The
militia of Virginia, when under arms
and in presence of the enemy, are sub
ject to the articles of war like all other
troops of all other governments. No
troops can possibly be exempt from the
articles of war while 'under arms, serv
ing la military orgacizatlons, in the
presence of the enemy. It is so from
the necessity of things. War he car.
ried on and armies can exist on no oth•
er fooling, and the usages of war apply
everywhere. For the militia, as - for the
regulas, there arc courts martial, and
the penalty which these courts award
for the crime of desertion in face of the
enemy is death. If we intend to defend
this country neither Confederate nor
State authorities should olistruct the
course of military justice, but assist it
and execute it with alacrity.
The lines of Richmond furnish no
news of the Yankees' election. The en.
envy's pickets know nothing of the re
sult. They were puzzled to understand
why our men "cheered for Lincoln," as
they die most lustily on the Bth. The
great curd of the Lincoln papers in this
canvass was the pretence that the South
ern people were extremely anxious Mc-
Clellan should he ale ted--that we based,
in fact, iior last hopes on McClellan—
and they have not yet been permitted to
know tint Lincoln is precisely the man
that we would choose for them.
The must shelling continued at Dutch
Gap. Deserters say that the diggers of
the caul have found a rock' bottom for
their work, which must be blasted but
with powder and drill. But the stories
of deseters are worth nothing
The Potato Crop
It Is wry rratifying to learn, as we
do by Increasing proofs, that a crop as
Important as the potato, is turning out
unexpe:tenly and unprecedently well—
Therets no vegetable raised in this
counts which has so general and uni
versal t consumption, and on which all
claseesare so dependent. We have no
ticed mme very flattering accounts from
the Wtat. New England , where it is
raised 'ngreat quantities tr , r export, as
well as uie, will be gorged with the har
vest to in extent which must lower
prices .?Isewhere. In Dover, New
Hampshre, one farmer has raised elev
en hunereil and tiny bushels. They re
tail then at forty cents. His crop of
this content is, therefore, equal to
nearly tve hundred dollars. The Free
Press, d that State, says that all the
farmers are getting enormous potato
cropa Some are obtained at the rate of
five huidred bushels per acre, and no
roue' mea among them; while single
potabrs are often found weighing two
and i half and three pounds. Such a
crop hal not been known for thirty-four
years. The price will not be over thir
ty ceutt a bushel.
Mdm, However, wears the palm.—
Tie Gardiner Journal - of that State
capsthe mighty stories afloat on this
topicby stating that "a friend is digging
arouid one for us, and will bring it
dow. as soon as he is able to remove It.
hien a somewhat dangerous condition,
as agoke of oxen had been feeding on
it fo:two days before he commenced
digipg it." The extravagance witness
es truth of the current reports. We
ahalibe well fed on this staff of life, to
the mierican as well as the Irishman,
and robably at fair rates. Other crops,
we se happy to see, seem likely by
thekabundance to affect prices and
eveiallow export. The year has been
verypropitions to agriculture ; a most
fortuate thing when so many thousands
are tken from their usual occupations
and )rced to labor more valuable, but
far ess pleasant. We shall not be
stmihtened for food. The poorest will
be applied, and peace will find us stir
routed with plenty of what is needful,
if wr has robbed us of much that was
agreable. In our own State the crop
has een unusually large and excellent,
and 3ost of them have been harvested
in fie ordea.—Philadelphia American.
TE Paris milliners are making the
.versmallest shape of bonnets, without
cur ins, intending them to be worn
witlthe hair in. a large padded bow
fathg low on the neck at. the back.
That celebrities in the millinery line
are rideavoring to reintroduce the mode
of wiring the hair high on the head ;
theibonnets are also exceedingly small,
butt:Joe crown. is high, under which there
is peed either a curtain or a large bow
wit:ends.
11. -
BOA Pi COAL GAIL .• g
the ame of the gas suppir eh,
Prossor Vogel rentarked • - adds
linethich was not obsertre, ' • hen the
aauf_as-passed through sulphuric acid.
1.12444.airtg a ft erwards the deposit oa
then ace of, a copper burnerwitiehhad
heeld;usaa„ krair, :the professor found
is , ctidderible , proportion• of sulphate of
sod
FROM THE SHENANDOAH.
A Fight Impendlog.
HEADQ'UAETEEB SIXTH Amts . Co = nrs
IN THE FIELD, NW, -
Nov. 12, 3p. General Rierlditit's
change of position fronte'Pedai;:;creekto
earnstown has induced the, ,, rebtilsito
again advance down the-:valle- AVen
early hour this
with
was resumed with grist brisktiess Editing
the whole cavalry line; but the rebels
were rather weak in numbers or spirit,
for they could not be induced to follow
up our pickets, who, in obedience to or
ders, fell rapidly back when the firing
commenced. This system of tactics not
seeming to draw the enemy' on
_to our
main lines, General Sheridttif 'sent off a
large force of cavalry 'for the purpose of
coaxing a fight out of the rebels. Our
men are in high spirits at the prospect
of having another fight before the cam
paigkeloses, and hope that the rebels
have brought a large number of guns
down with them.
There is now lying in the Nineteenth
corps hospital, in Winchester, Corporal
James S. Bennett, of company D. Sec—
ond Michigan cavalry, who on Monday
last was captured, and with six others
belonging to the same regiment, by a
gang of Moseby's men near Berryville.
The man in command of the guerrillas
sentenced the party to be hung, and
three of them were strung up immediate.
ly. Preparations were being made to
hang the others, when a rebel lieuten
ant became impatient, and ordered them
to be shot. One of the men secreted
himself in a hole, and finally succeeded
in escaping unhurt. The others were
then shot and left for dead on the ground.
Bennett was hit twice, once by a private
through the left shpulder; , but that not
being sufficient to kill him, the lieuten
ant placed a revolver to his head and
sent a bullet -41hrough his left temple,
just behind thd eye. and it came out on
the right side, when he immediately fell.
Strange to say, however, Bdhnett was
not killed, and there is every prospect
that, under the skillful treatment of Dr.
C. D. Hubbard, who is in charge of the
hospital, he will ultimately recover, and
that the sight of his left eye_ will be saved.
MARTINSBUROH, VA., Nov. 13, 1864.
Important news is just in from General
Sheridan, up to midnight. The strate
gic reconnoissance by our cavalry, un
der Lomax, to advitice against our lines
on Saturday morning. Considerable
fighting ensued, during which the ene
my was repulsed with great lose. Gen.
Sheridan then ordered Colonel Powell
to pursue them in their flight; this he
did with tue greatest vigor and success.
Re drove them through and beyond
Front Royal, and captured two guns.
krbne hundred and fifty prisoners, several
one and a largo number of horses.
losses are said to have been consid
le, as the fighting was extremely
warm. for a short time. No infantry
was engaged, but Generals Sheridan and
Torbert were both at the front in person
with the cavalry, and made very shore
work of the fighting. Colonel Powell
conducted the pursuit very handsomely,
and fairly merits the success which a
tended it
Launch of the First Iron -Clad on
the Pacific.
It has been announced by telegraph
ac rose the plains and over the moun
tlins that on the 14th of November,
1 , 64, the iron-clad monitor Comanche
would be launched at San Francisco.
California. The event will be handed
down on the page of history as one of
the greatest achievements of American
enterprise. England, with all her boast
ing, cannot claim that she was the first
to place her iron-clads in those waters.
It 15 true, little Pero has an iron-clad
Just completcd, but we date back to No
vember 11, 1563, when the Comanche
arrived (in pieces) at San Francisco in
the ship Aquino.. The Comanche is one
of the first batch of monitors, and was
built by Secor & Co., under the super
intendence of George Birkbeck, Jr., at
Jersey City. She was placed on board
the ship Aquilla and sent around 'the
Horn," arriving at San Francisco on
November 81, 1863. On the 16th of No..
vember, 1888, during the prevalence of
a very severe gale, the Aquilla sunk,
having overrode her anchor and stove
hole in her bottom, and both vessels
sunk in about 40 feet of water. It was
not long before the contractors set to
work, and the pieces were removed from
the bilged vessel and landed safe on
shore. A year has elapsed (lacking two
days) and the Comanche is completed
and afloat, a floating monument of
American enterprise and of the growing
importance of our navy. The following'
are the prominent dimensions of the
Comanche:—Extreme length over ar
mor, 200 feet; extreme length of boat
proper on water line, 190 feet; length
outside of stem and stern-posts, 159 feet;
breadth of beam or boat proper, 37 feet
8 inches; depth of hold amidships, 11
feet 10 inches; crown of deck amidships,
5 inches; shear of deck, 12 inches; dis
tance from stem to extreme end of armor
forward, 16 feet; distance from stem
post to extreme end of boat aft, 20 feet
3 inches; distance from stern-post to ex
treme end of armor aft, 25 feet. She
has one turret, and carries a battery of
two improved 15-inch guns, and as a
harbor defence she will be of great ser
vice to San Francisco
Great Gale on Lake Erie
The Buffalo Courier of this morning
says one or the most severe gales ever
witnessed upon Lake Erie commenced
on Wednesday noon, and yester day
morning has increased to a hurricane,
the water washing completely over the
shoal light, and dashing the spray to the
top of the light house on the pier.
A dispatch was received at Buffalo,
from Marquette, stating that the steam
er Cleaveland in the Cleaveland and
Lake Superior trade, was ashore near
the mouth of the Twoheart river ; that
the steamer and cargo, consisting of
merchandise and supplies, were a total
loss.
The following incident is mentioned
by the Courier :
About 12 A. X, yesterday, the
schooner Aldebaran, Capt. Foley, fol
lowed by the bark W. F. Allen, which
left the day before for the Western ports,
came down the lake under almost bare
polls, and succeeded in entering the
harbor in safety. Their approach was
witnessed by a large crowd who assem•
bled on the piers and the galleries along
the Central Wharf. The manner in
which their commanders handled them,
at the entrance to the harbor, was wor
thy of great praise, and shows that they
are both men to be trusted in an emer
gency. The fact that they were both
light made it still more difficult to avoid
striking the break water, which, had
they done, five minutes, with the heavy
sea that was running, would have
smashed them completely to atoms. Al
together it was very exciting and a
grand sight and one well worth witness
ing.
TICE wife 41f Warren Potter of Green
field, Mass., went to sleep on Friday
night, the 21st ultimo, and has not waked
since. Physicians who have visited her
cannot account for the disease, and are
unable to wake her. A little nourish_
meet is forced into her, and life pro_
longed.
IN a lager beersaloon in Liumster,Pa.,
the other night, a tight ocetaredoind
the proprietor not able• to quell it,. prit
a hose ettAte .3/ydnlnt and turned a
strewn of water on the belligerents,
which had the effect of clearing the room
in a short time.
Ne=Effl=n
;,;.,Om the tenth
' 4 lo 3 lsifirieiSeit corresperAent
Beriihatii. paw "gives a vivid c pictrtikr'nf
the elfecla shells on tlintlAty:
They ifettlie streets, cut the gas
pipes, and Wage the citizens into dark:
nesa+linutdirjug. against clturches Bud
dwellings, ad: creating generally"*
great lumulVbut comparatively few'
persons artaOnfured, though norrow es
capes are frSquent. This writer says:
1 saw, but a few days since, the inte
rior of a gentleman's residence which 'a
shell h d - entered. Cutting the tester,
and passing through - the pavilion of his
bed, - it penetrated the opposite wall and
lodged in the adjoining room. Both
himself and-his wife were in - the house
at the time, a?:td:lte-.-remains there still.
In another instance a similarinlissile en
tered a chamber, and passing between
the slats and bed Clothes , crib in
which - an infant was lying left the little
creature unhurt, but lost in the cotivo7'
lutions of;its bedding. '
From the Rialunond Examiner, Nov. 9.
• The number of Yankee prisoners re.
qnired to- meet the demand of the ex
change of ten thousand on either side
are to be drawn from Andersonville and
Dalton, Georgia, and-Frorence, South
Carolina, and they are now being for
warded to Savannah, from which poiht
they will be exchanged. The fleet car
rying the Confederate prisoners has al
ready remthed there. The exchange will
be accomplished the present week.
From the Elahmond Examiner, Nov. 9: •
Hotel and boarding-house keepers
have taken advantage of the, assembling
of Congress to put up the price of board.
The rates at the hotels have been ad
vanced to s4o.per day ! , and the booed
highouse rates are equally - steep in
proportion.
-
ROGEII3.—On Tuesday evening, Nov. 16th,
after a abort illness of Typhoid Fever, PATRICK
it oonns, in the 40th year of his age.
The funeral will take place on Thursday
morning, at 10 o'clock, from his late residence,
No: GI Webster street, Allegheny City.,
PRIME PO'TABIL,
PRIME POTASH,
.PKIKE ,
The price of concentrated Lye and ofPOTASH the ma
terials for making Soda having advanced so
much, attention is now turnedto the- - old stand
bye. _ _
POTASH, POTASH, POTASH.
A most excellent article which can be had
AT JOSEPH FLEMING'S DRUG STORE,
Comer of the Diamond and Itarket
Where, also may be had, Soda Ash of the best
quality, Paints, White Lead, 01M and Varnish,
at the lowest rates,
Superior Fruit Wax, Superior Fruit Wax.
Remember the place to procure anything is
the Drug and Perfumery line is
At Joseph Mewing's Drug Store,
Corner of the Diamond and. Market street
nol7
lar VOLUNTEERS, ATTENTION I'
For the derangements of the ir) stem,
incidental to the change of diet, Wounds. Erup
lons and Exposures, which every volunteer is
liable to, there are no remedies so safe, conve
nient and reliable as HOLLOWAY'S PILLS
AND OINTDILENT. If the reader of this
' notice" cannot get a box of Pills or Ointment.
from the Drug Store in his place, let him write
to me, 80 Maiden Lane, enclosing the amount,
and 1 will mail a box free of expense. Maly
dealers will not keep my medicines on hand
because they cannot make as much profit as on
other persons' make. 35 cents, 88 cents, and
$1,40 per box or pot.
BA Alg DKR TIPS PLL.L.9 THE
WRAE, the Consumptive, Rheumatic,
Costive, Bilious and Delicate, after some days'
use, will find renewed strength and life pervade
every organ of their trainee.
Every dose makes the blood purer The nerves
commence in the arteries and terminate in the
veins. These pills, as a first Ptf eat, act upon the
arterial blood. Increasing the circulation, by
which impurities are deposited In the veins, and
they throw off ouch collections into thebowels,
which organs, by the energy derived front
Brandroth's Yips , expel them from the ayate
When first used, the Pills may occasion griping,
and even make the patient feel worse. This is
an excellent elm and shows the disease will
soon be cured. - No great good is often achieved
without some trouble in its attainment, and this
rule applies to the recovery of health
Sold by THOMAS itEDPATII, Pittsburgh;
and b all respectable dealers trkeiedicinea.
nosy-lydiswo
M. .7. 001ZAWIILL PILMEMLL IL - 8-11.11
4
IarCORZiriVR.LL & KERR,
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS,
Silyer and Prase Platers.
And manufacturers of
Saddlery & Carriage Hardware,
No. 7 St. Clair street, and Duquesne Way,
(near the Bridge.)
juligYd PITTSBURGH.
--
tar. TO CONSIIMPTIVES...--O 0 N..
SUAIETIVE SUFATT 2 F r oS will receive
a valuable prescription tor the -cure of Con-
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, And all throat
and Lung affections, (free of charge,) by sand.'
ing your address to
Rev. EDWARD A. ,
Willianisburgh, Binge Co., N. Ts
sep2o.2md&s , ,
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Iar'MANHOOD , AND THE vicion,
OF YOUTH RES_TOBED in four weeks,
by DR. RIOORD'S ESSMOE OF LIFE. Dr.
Maori, (of Parle,) after years of earnest solici
tation, has at leogth acceded to the urgent re
quest of the American public, and appubsted an
Agent in New York, for the Bale of his valued
and hihly-prized &seas° orLife . ,.. This won
shatteredf win iestclre Math 10 e most
,onstanitions in four ood
wise-kg ; th and, if
used according to printed instructions, failure is
Impossible. This life-restoring remedy should
be taken by all about to marry, as Its effects are
permanent. Success, in every case, is certain.
/Dr. Rbsord's .Essence of Life is sold in oases,
with full instructions for use, at $3, or four
quantities in one for $9, and will be sent to any
part, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance
to his accredited agent. - Oir ularLsent free - on
B
receipt of four stamps. PHI L IP OLAND,
447 Broome at., one door west of Broadway,
N. Y., Sole Agent for United Stites.
sep2o9tud
Or'
DR. TOBICASi VENETIAN
LINIMENT.—A certain cure for Pains
In Limbs and Back Sore 'Throat, Croup, Rhea..
statism, Collo, So. A perfect family medicine,
and never falls. Read Kead•l I Read I!!
Livorne, Wayne Co , Mich., June 16, 1863.
This is to certify that my wife was taken with
Quinsey Sore Throat; It commenced to swell,
and was so sore that she could not swallow, and
coughed violently. I used your Liniment, and
made a perfect cure in ono week. I firmly be
lieve that but for the Liniment she would hive
lost het life. JOHN H. HARLAN.
Price 25 and 60 cents. Sold by all Drugglits.
°Moe 66 Cortiandt street, New York.
Sold by THOS. REDPATH, Pittsburgh.
nol2-Iyd&we
EirA PACT.
OO Is t a Dye.
OO I • • • • •
In the year 1866 Mr. Mathews lint prepared
tae VEN E TIAN /LAIR DYE ; since that time
it has been used by thousands, and in no instance
has it failed to gtve entire satisfaction.
The VENET.UNpxx is the cheapest in the
world. Its price irtuAly—rifty cents, and each
bottle contains double - the quantity of dye in
those usually Bold for M.
The VENETIAN DYE is warranted tot to irc.
Jure the hair or scalp in the slightest degree.
The VENETIAN DYE works with rapidity
and certainty, the hair requiring no preparation
whatever.
The VENETIAN DYE produdea any shade
that may be desired—one that will:notfade,crock
or wash out—one that is as permanent as thelasir
itself. For sale by all druggist& - _PriOe 60 cents:.
A. I. =THEWS.
General Agent, 12 Gold at. N. "1:
Also manufacturer of N.Arairms'Amartua Elam
G Lose, the best hair dressing in pao, Price 25
aentS . .
- `4o:ketiß
woREVOLUTION,ThiC ESS
ENG ROOM I by tile almost unani
mous action at the partlea interested.
_ -
VIiIifiTATIORWSOIAnt, ;ATKA,
Has replaced' 68,61 d Want-Out Iniesirlions s for
coloring the hair, which the better experience of
years had proved to bedefective and deleterious.
Unlike the compounds that MAKE WAR upon
the health of the hair, and dry noand.consume
the juices which sustain it, this mild, genial and
gertect dye is .foitrui to be a 'et:ranting as well' s
a coloring agent. .
Ohiri.tadoro's Hair Preservative,
A valuable adjunct to the. Dye,ln dressing and
promoting the growth and; perfect hahltitiit Nut
halicand of itself, when usedalane—aSafegmard
toot protects, the fibres from decay tinder all wk.
cumatances and under all chines:. •
Marinfacituted by J. OBISTAIIDE6, No.
Astor. Howse, New York. Sold by au Drug.
Edsta. Applai by ail Hair Dreaseui.
noleittra&wrt •
viumummin DYE_ •_ L l%l4,lltlenAli
•"" z atm
AOl4 at JO& FIMUNG i stRUSItiTOBY4
_ Oat, orthaThlusiedd hlarkeit at.
1190HOT-OVNS FOR .BALD.-TOPPER
Ciolland!" Aneticul House, 66 Mh strati.
eon.
=i=amitd
"4-
tot DV 1' ' 'TS
"
IiIrRiX.NiZ3I3 A RGLIVI NO
1N •
BOOTS : AND SHOES,
- -
At the
Contert iiRII Shoe Store,
WHOLES 4tx & - ' RETAIL
Dealers, call in and examine the Itielie stock
bought when the
1:11.* .30 4 31 21.thiit X a
. .
Illeat'at its height, asliiiideftlatist be
101d - -Without , Regaitrfet Cost
- .
No. 62 Fifth', Street.
nol6-
GE 0 A EL-Sj.::
WHITE, ORR Bz'CC).
r• No, 25 Fifth Street." l ,
Have now on hand a large atonic of -
(MOTH,
jiILTE, and '
VE.1.171111r - 43k0AICS,
Which they will Bell at low pneei.
nott-ltd
jr4II.E.A.P ,- PARMA— NEAR ROME.-2
1 1U- 'offer for gale gismo number of_IMPROV-
Ea:FARMS and M,MP ER ..A.NR tRAZTNG
LAND, in F ayette county, Stdaeralantown
some alongthe line,of the Oonnellaville ,
road, at pricea ranging from,-
tn. to 020. pe- Acre.
The liealthfulness of dui_ climate, the se
em-is-an Eastern and -Nir - wiUir - n --hlarket, and
ho*erg tow praes asked, ttthbine.to present
A.'"'"I7II,IIk.:OEX:ONSi
TOts seeking .s lidmeittAxeniiiitry; and
. v.-7;
Thx-z.Firnis are undit ' -r:,/esieitl' next
attri.&;- , :Apply to . &BB ,
B rolcer . and.lnsiiranceligent,
-69 Fourth etreet, -- Bhrke's Building.
WILL SELL MY
PROMRTY,eitukte in Scott towns/kW.
on the Pittiburgh and Washington Pike,. de.
tulles froni Pittsburgh, consisting of three acres
of land, all uriderlaid - with coal. The improve
ments are a eteain Grist ...07114 In ginsithludzi
.order, with a large frame Dwelling Houie
Stable, formerly occupied as a . tevern, with a
good Orchard of different kinds:Of Milt, abtuid
anee of water, and all necessary out buildings.
For further particulars enquire'on thapremisea
.
of the subscriber.
ovu
norlatd&LittS
• '
STRAYED.—CAME TO 'TIVIR: paw-
MISES of tife undersigned, fn :Snowden
township, on the 31st of October Jaat v - a DUNN
'HORSE COLT, about 14 halide high; and,appa.
rently not . overthme - years . . old. The - ,.'owpr
is
requested to come toward, prove hiapoperty,
and pay expeifilee, otherwise he all; be "e
of according to law.
nolT:Std GEORGE Taxictk.s.
ECORR STREET. nousx ,•FOR
SALE.--A three-story BERM HOUSE,
No. 5'T Second street, below Market In central
location, le offered for sale nureasonablezentut.
Apply to S. S. BiI.Y.AaV
Broker and Insurance Agee, -
Fourth street, Burke , s
11017 "
BROWN No, so SMITH ELD
street; cures Syphillis,
lions, Gonorrhea, Gieet, Stricture.„Vrethral
Discharges, Imunrity of the BioodirStlnDises
es. .Scorldille ft , nutrient', Tatter, Ringworm,
lidercurial I/weasel, Seminal Wea r y :Biles,
Rheumatism, Female Weakneiii, hiontlay-Sup
=ona, Diseases of the s Af
us, Paine in the Thick and L oins, Irritation
of the Bladder and Kidneys, auccesifully treat
ed. Cure guaranteed. itONT:tt
N ()TICE.
BAs E orr-Prruteintoul
November 15th,..1884;
HE BOARD OF , DIRECTORS F
THIS BANS, by a resolution plumed this
day, have ordered a call of G enera ' M eeting
of the Stockholders for the purpose of consider
ing the expediency of accepting the-recent Act
of the Legislature renewing Ow Ohartetof the
Bank. ` inconformity therechtb • the laid-Meet
legwill be holden at the Banking Rouse, on the,
Wit of December proximo at 10 o'clock A. hi.
JbaN HARPER,
Mahler.
sio/04tvdtc4tw
DISSOLUTION" 104 CO-PAllll l lkira.
SHIP.-The partnership .herabifore ex.
yting between Alexander Holsteinandidiplualm
Smith,' trading under the Jinn otuoLszEtri
& at t0:133 Wood street, ii this'd
solved by 'Mutual consent. Pelson" , having
elating against the late, nno, Ca. ' well ais;those
who are indebted, will ,present . . the :, same to
Ephraim Smith, who is alone oath - *deed to
fettle for the late Arm of Holstein li.Cro at the
old itand, A: HOLSTEIN
E. 8311M1...,,
.
41
dirt 0 -PARTNER.SHXP, 'N 0 24.,E.-1
'kJ HAVE THIS DAY AllSlSCleferisith nut in
the :.addle, Harness & Trunk Business. Mr.
JOHN BRADLEY, and intend to continue the
above buainess atilt*, old stand: welhank our
friends-for the measure .of-pattonage we have
enjoyed, and hope by strict attention to business
to merit a continuance of the same - . The new
firm style will be- - BRADLEY` & SMITH.
NNOTICE..-IN RETIRING FROM
THE. FIRM OF -ROLSTEIN , & 400., I
tender my sincere thanks to a generous public
for the liberal favorseoefvedi and , as I know
Messrs. BRADLEY - & SMITH to be faithful,
energetic and 'competent _ business men, and
thoroughinechanies, it tannin Me 'great pleasure
to recommend them to my late patrons as every
way:worthy of congden.e. -
nols
DISSOLUTION OF PART.NRIELSREP.,
jus -The 'Partnership heretofore dieting
between Albert . Torrence and. James :McGarr,
under the name Of TORTMETOE tefiftfGAßß;
w as this day dies °bred by mutual consent.
ALBERT TORRENCE,
JAMES MG:ARR.
All claims against the ; late firm,, and all ac
countsdue it, will be la mes AVGAita.
A.VING punt:a-Lump_ T.ELE
JEW IN
TEREST of A. Torrance In tbe,' PITTS
BURGH,- DRUG HOUSE AND BENTAU,DE
POT AND ; TRUSS MANUFAUTOWX : " I
would eoliett a continuant* of the liberal init.
ionage extended to the late firm' as.
eurancethant be conducted, Itic alk,,thb de
partments by competent persons: -•-
JAMESAROGAAR.
JUST IMPORTED FROM ORR.
MANY,
MEN'S AND WOMEN.S
Felt Shoes and Felt Innor,Soles,
At Ethir.,;(4l , l . 15kS,
98 Marke. Ergot,
2d .door frisa Fifth 'street
11\f"OTIOE —sonsentsztes
.1 , 1 Capital Stock of the "011Onsek &Cherry
}tun Oil Company,” will meet at theMOalt of
Prado Rooms .on TRMISDAY NEXT,
_at P.
M. for Orga n ization and Election otttlasers.
Subscribers are also requested to pay the amount
of their subscriptions at the miles of Morgan
stern & Brother, corner Wood and Fifth streets
L. ItIORPANSTIMir,
_ .
EMPLOYMANE'''
;Nve
win give a eommiedoa lan ail or
employ agents' who' viii - Work ,for,"..tha ... .above
wager and all eapeaces paid. Address
D. B. B RIUNTO N &
Detroltrhlieh.
H• 11.` CURTIS, Id. IX,
Physician and Burgeon,
.OPPIOE—Over the Drug Store of P. McCor
mick & Son, Water "beet, -;
dONNELLStitaIIE,
Psnapylan/a,
oat2lk.4scd:ltaw
110180.LITTION OF PARTNERSBIp I
.J 1.7 -The Firm of WNW:MIRAN; :tic DM,
was dissolved on the FLIISTOFIMPTERrara
Mei, by the death of David
business will be continued by the
_of the
Fire. The title of the ,- Finn will , rentain the
gem" Iv; OURNINGI34III.
'OUNNTM*AIiaI: -
: „ Anclartutealti , .
zu3l44wd
WNW: 1?Iti a vuiVt
"calved. -
s =ice 78i: Wbee ti;
Ireit LADISS
aad ala3rch atnap al
A. HOLSTEIN