The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1861, Page 2

ee ER _ 2 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1861. THE NEW CONGRESS. First Kegutar Session of the Thirty- Seventh Congress. MEETS DECEMBER 2, 1861. THE President Clerk. U.—Union. UNITED STATE SENATE, , . HANNIBAL Hamu, of Maine, . Joux W. wey, of Pennsylvania, 0.—Opposition, Term enpires. Alabama. Vacancy (seceded)... 1833 Vacancy (seceded)... 1867 Mississippi. Vacanc aney (seceded)... .1863 Vaca 1865 Cc Milton s Delaware. James A, Willard Sanisbor; #lorida. Vacancy (seceded) Vacancy (st 4) Georgin. Vacaney (seceded) Vacancy (seceded) Indiana. Joaso D. Bright... Ihio. Benjamin F, Wate.R..1865 Henry 8. Lane....R. John Sherman.....R..1837 Miinois Oregon. ©. H. Browning... R..1865 | Benjamin Stark....0..1865 Lyman Trumbull,.R. 0 W. Nesmith.O, . 1867 lowa. James W. Grines..R. James Harlan,.....8 Kentucky. Lazar W. Powell.0. Vacaity Lovisiana. Vacancy (secuded) Vacancy (seceded) Maine. Lott M. Morrill. W. Pitt Fessenden. R. 1865 Massachusetts. Charles Sumner... .2..1868 | Solomon Foot. ‘Tennessce Audrow Johnsen. Henry Wi'son......R..1865 | Jacob Cotlamer....R..1867 Maryland irginia. Anthony Kennedy..0. T. Willey.U.. James A, Vearee ).. 1867 | John S. Carlile. U. Michigan. w Zach. Chaadivr Vacancy James R. Doolitt {imothy O. Howe..R.. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. kow, of Pennsylvania AUKRIDGE, Of Tennessee. New York. Politics, Names. Politics. Rep. | 1. Edward H. Smith, Opp 2 James A. English. Opp. | 2. Mosos F. Odell... 3. Alfred EPurnam Rep. | 3. Benjamin Wood 4. Goorge C Woodrut’ Opp. California. 2 Td. Phe! 2. ALA. Sargent Delaware Goorge P. Fishe Ii Jas. B. Kerrigan wW 4 logs, p. 5. hardson. Opp. 6. a » Opp. N. Sherman 8. Opp. Vibburd Opy 9. .... Opp. | 19. Richard Franchot, § Indiona, 20. Roseoe L. Conkling Rep 1. John Law - Opp. | 21. K, Holland Duell. Rep, 2. Jamos A. Cravens. Onp. Wm. E. Lansing». Rep. 3. Wm, M, Dunn... Rep. Ambrose W. Chirk 4. Wr Holinan Opp. 5. George W. Julian. 6. Albert G. 7. DW. Yoorhies 8. Albert $, White 9. Schuyler Colfax.. 10. Wim. Mitchell Rep. IL. Jou ®. C. Shanks Rep Iowa. 1 Wilson. Rep, 2. Rep. 1, 2. JS. Jacksor 8. Henry Grider. 4. Aaroa Harding nes Mf. Ashby... Rep 6. C. A. Wickline Chilton A. White... Opp. 6. Geo. W. Dunlap. hard Harrison Un n. 7. Robt. Mallory 8. J.J. Crittenton. 9 W.H. Wasworth. . Carey A. Trimble. Rep. 10. J. W. Mouzies Val'é B. Horton... Rep. Samuel 8. Cox Opp. Martin F Worcester Rep. mG. Blake, R 1 . Rep. George Nugent a 2. Chas. W. Walton... Rep. Wm. P. Cuvier... Rep 3. senden. James R. Morris. . Sidney Edgerton... Rep. IbertG. Riddie.. Rep . John Hutehing.... Rep, John A. Bingham. Hep. 1. * Contested 2. Oo 3. A.J. Thay 4 Pennsylvani 5. 1. Win. H. Lehman... Opp. 6. 1 Biddle... Opp. y Rep. 1. Thomas D. Eliot. 4. Wm. D. Ke! Rep. 2. Jas. Buffinton..... Rep. | 5. W. Morris Rep. 3. B. F. Thomas. o’p. | 6. John Hic! Rep. 4. Alex. H. Rice... .. Rep. Opp. 5. Samuel Hooper... Rep. Opp. 6. John B. Al Rep. evens. Rep. 1. Daniel W. ~ Rop. Killincor Rep. 8. Chas. R. Train... Rep. | 11. Jas. H. Campball. Rep, 9. Gldsm’th F Bailey Rep. | 12. H. B, Wright... Un’n. 10, Chas. Delano..... Rep. | 13. Philip Jehnsun... Opp. 11. Henry L. Dawes.. Rep. | 14. Galusba A. Grow. Rep. Michiga: 15. Jas. 't. Halo, Rep. 1, B.F. Granger... Rep. | 16. Joseph Bailey... Opp. 2. Rep. | 17. Edw. McPherson. Kep. 3. Fr'ncws W. Kellogg Rep. | 18. 8. Steele Biair.... Rep. 4. R.E. ‘trowbridge. Rep. | 19. John Covode. Rep. Minnesota. 20. Joseph Lazear... Opp. 1. Cyrus Aldrich 21. Jas. K. Morehead. Rep, 2. Wm. Windon, 22. Robert McKnight. Rep. Missourt. 23. Johu W. Wallace.. Rep. 1. F. P. Blair, Jun.. Rep. | 24. John Patton...... Rep. 2. Jag. A. Rollins... Opp. | 26. Elijah Babbitt...: Rep. 3. Vacancy. ‘*Contested. 4, Elijah H. Norton.. Opp. Rhode Island. 5. John W. Reed... Opp.| 1. Wm. P. Shefleld. Opp. 6. Opp. | 2. George H. Brown. Opp. 7 Opp. Virgin: New Jersey. 1. Joseph Se 1, John T, Nixon... Rep. {10. Wm. 2.5.1. N. Sratton.. Rep. | 11. 8. Wm. G. 5 Opp. 4. George T. Opp. | 1. Ezekiel P. Wa'ton. Rep. 1. Nehemiah Porry..Opy. | 2. Justin S. Morrill..Rop. New Hampshire. | 3. Vortus Baxter 1. Gilman Marston...Rep. Wisco) . Kdward H. Rollins.Rep. |. 1. John F. Potter... .Rep 8. Thos. M. Edwards.Rep. | 2. Luther Hanchett..Rep’ 3. A. Scott Sloan... Rep’ Territorial Delegates. Nebra: New Mexico. John S. Watts, Colorado. H, P. Bonnet! Nevada, John Cradlebaugh, ‘The following named States are in rebellion, and will or four districts in the loyal portions of Virginia, The following figures show the number of representatives to which each’ of the be entirely unrepresented, except thr North Carolina... South Carolina Tennessee Texas. Virginia. omer is vacancies without regard to party Coroners’ Inq ita. ‘Tas Evoripcr Srawer Svicipg Cass.—Coroner Jackman held an inquest on Tuesday in the case of Gustavus Trapp, the German, who committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol. Deceased, it appeared, had been in ill health for some time past, and determined to end his miseries ingly, on Mon- day evening, he procured a pistol and shot himself in the neck, killing himself almost instantly. Verdict im ac- by committing self destruction. Accord eordance with the above facts. Daatn row Bonws.—Ellen Gufney, a domestic, living at No. 188}; Weat Twenty-sixth Street, died on Tuesday from tho effect of burns accidentally received by her clot catching fro from a grate. ‘The Coroner was notifier cs Nd an inquest, ‘THR Accs oF Con BLA COLLEGE. —The customary an- niversary exercises of the association of the Alumni of Columbia College took place Tuesday evening, in the lecture room of the Historical Society building, corner of Eleventh street and Second avenue. The hall was crowded with a highly select, fashionable and intolligent audienco, who | listened to the proceedings with the deepest jativo-t The most attractive featur oration by Mr. Wi Russel an original poem by Mr. Geor of 1849, both of which were r The business meeting of the soc o’clook in the evening, in an adjoining room of the build ing. In consequence’ of the present Country the usual annual festival was not given, of the exercises were a ved with approbation. 8 6 | gray in the community where we found him. He was “20 | ‘prontrate upon a bed of sickness, and probably death, when 13 Ae. -+66 | as never heard man pray Nora.—Those members whose politics are given as “Gnion,’’ in the free States, have been elected to fill Of the class of aud 1. Freeman, of the ass ety was held at seven | condition of the WAR MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST. OUR CAIRO CORRESPONDENCE, Camo, IL, Now. 11, 1861 Interesting Correspondence—Course of the Chicago Tribune Tiwards the Government—Indignation Against Is Edi- tors—Feeling of the Masses in Kentucky—March of the Troops—What They Saw and How They Were Received— The Desolations of War—Barbarity of the Rebels—The Loss at the Battle of Belmont—More Incidents of the Bat- lle, de., dec, The last has been the most excited and exciting week of the campaign thus fur at the West; for, aside from our own local aifuirs, we havo been continually looking for and recviving the most glorious assurances from the sea- board and tho East that an end has been put to our ap- Parent lothargy and a full period to the paragraph of our national reverses, Closo upos the track of our own splon- did achievement at Bolinont comos the news of the fall of Beaufort, the victory of Pikeville, Heintzelman’s success- ful advances, and tho return of the great army of the West from its wild chase aftor Price's hordes—roturned, inter Hunter, to the Mississippi, to co-operate in the more important service against the rebels in thoir strong- holds bolow us. ‘Then we rejoice at the vague report of the capture of the Sumter pirates in the Gulf, and at the overhauling of Mason and Slidell; at the gallant uprising of the loyal masses in the mountains of Kast Tennessee, and at tho chock which governinent has put upon profli- gacy and mismanagement by the removal of Fremont. Have we not reason to rejoice? But while we rejoice over these things, we sadden and sicken at the thought that while wo, as citizen soldiers, are doing all that can possibly be done to save the prestige of our government, a clique shail be found nestled in our midst, working openly and covertly to aid the cause of rebellion by trying to destroy contldence in our military Jeaders, and in their diabolicai attempts descending to the most foul and calumnious lies, perversio: representations of all that pertains to the mi the war in the West, Conspicuous among those who are bending every energy to destroy the confldenca of the people in thoir government stands the Chicago Tribune, around which twinkle little seven by nine satellites, a Score or two of country village newspaperd—fault finding, modulesome aud mischiovous. For a long time there has been a feeling of hostility manifested against its malig- nant slurs and flings at the honesty or capacity of our oflicers, at its ignorant criticisms of every movement and project, however groat or small. But our community of citizens and soldicrs curbed thoir resentment and suiferod it to continue its attacks and vituporations until-Thursday last, when their ebullitions could no longer be controiled, and they gave -vent'to Wreiselong suppressed feelings of outraged justice by: holding company and regimental in- | dignation meetings, at which resolutions were unani- mously passed not to purchase or read, or in any manner tolerate or aid its circulation, and agreeing that if any editor connected with it should visit the town or camp, to drum him out to the tune of the “Rogues March.” Its_principal editor was in town the night before, but wisely left carly in the morning, not, however, until he had boon ordere out of General Grant’s office, and given plainly to understand what was the sen. tment against him. Ho even was ordered by Captain Lagow and compelled to go ashore from the stoamer Aleck Scott on the same ovoning, upon which he had smuggled himself as she was about to proceed down the river under a flag of truce toarrange for an exchange of prisoners, The immevtiate cause of all this hue and cry pas been the appearance of a series of editorials and re ts stigmatizing our splendid victory at Belmontas a defeat,” and “humiliating repulse,” arraigning \s Grant and McClernand upon a chargo of ignorance and incompetency, and indulging in language derogatory to the brave troops who then and there won the first great triumph in tho West. Why tho Tribune should persist in its perversions and calumniations, in the face of the most ; | Startling truths, is amystery, unless it be that it cannot get recovered of its old abolition itch, and must needs * | make war upon everything that’ doos not smack of its own fanaticism. Generals Grant and McClernand are woth democrats, their brigades are democratic bri. their Colonels, Majors, Ci A when aspersed by malignant cant and bypocritical calumniation, vindicate theiselves in democratic fashion, In the Uimult of gleaning incidents of the battle of Imont, sailing of fags of truco, deaths of the wounded, exchange of prisoners, visiting outposts, and the thousand aud one minutiv of the fruits of the engagement, 1 have ect Lo write of what I observed ol the feoling of the communities through which we passed in our march from Cairo to Bloomfield—observations of importance, as they mirror the state of society aud give us a knowledge of the poople with whom we are warring. The most notable feature to be observed on the route was the entire 1a male population. The men had gone to the camp of Jem, Thompson, leaving their wives and families to tho mercy of whoever might, under whatover pretext, marand over the country. The women whom we saw were very generally taciturn and sullen, the negroes jolly and expectant of immediate emancipation. Some of the women with whom I conversed asseverated roundly that their husbands were ‘ pressed” into Thompson's army, while others as strongly asserted the reason of ther male friends’ absence was that they were Juion men’? and had been obliged to fly the antry to avoid impressment. Probably loom. field presented as true a picture of tho true state of feeling as any place we found upon the route. The village bad been se hurriedly evacuated by ths Missouri State Guard of Jeff. Thompson that no time could be Joet by the valiants in taking care of thoir wives and lit- Lie ones, the first of whom they had been taught to believe would be outraged and rayished by the Northern hireli black republican abolition soldiers, and the latter kill iu cold blood, to check the growth of rebellion. As a co1 sequence, we found the women in tears and trembling, fearful to tho last degree—a few, very few, dellant and boastful, but the vast majority really seeming to balieve that they were to be made the victims of a horde of m| :reants,*‘the scnm of the Northern cities” and “‘the very dregs of socie Little children, when they saw our “troops a coming,’ would fly to the beds and closets and out of the way places, screaming in terror and frantic at what they believed to be immediate annihila- tion, The only porsons who soemed to greet us with any- thing like approbation were a few chattels,” who came mato camp with their little bundles of clothes and trinkets tied in gorgeously colored cotton handkerchiefs, and an- nounced themselves as “mighty willin’ to clarout,”? evi- dently considering that the whole mission of the Northorn army was io liberate them from their masters. It waa really pitiful to see them whon they were told that they could not go to “Ilinoy”” with us—that we came there to protect their masters and mistresses, rather than to rob them. Bat even this was not as painful to witness ax was the ignorance and infatuation of the whites. I conversed wi ee and de not remember a single case where those with whom I talked had auy idea of the ob- jects of this war. They as firmly believed that we were ‘come to liberate their biacks, rob, plunder, ravish and burn, as that we bad come at all, and not a few names were given me of whole families who had fied to the woods upon our approach, and were then starving or feeding on wild frnita, in order to screen themselves from. & more terrible fate. Our army was called only the “black republicans,” and only evil was associated with our presence; but if it had not been for afew rowdy squads in some of the regiments, who were continually breaking out of camp and committing misdemeanors, I believe that the impression which we would have left b3- hind would have eatirely removed the wild hallucination and confirmed the sense of the whole community through which we passed to the Union. But unhappily some of the regiments were go unfortunate as to have officers who either would not or could not control the men, and the result was that ravages were committed upon property such as will cause the blush to mount to the loya! cheek when they are recounted. However, lest somo regi- ments who aro innocent may suffer from the general charge, I will state that the Twenty-ninth, Eighteenth and Eleventh conducted themselves as became men who were hting for a principle and not for pilla 1 ought to mention horo that we found @ single family at Bloomfield who had stood up bravely for the Union, and avowed their Asters in the face of the rebel army. This family was that of old Father Norman, a superannu- ated Methodist minister, who had been raised and grown we entered the village; but when he heard that we were there, he lifted his and hands and voice and heart to Heaven, and with mingled smiles and tears of joy prayed, before, that our presence and our Union and our government might be perpetual. His daughter Sarah,a beautiful young lady of twenty sum- mers, alone was atthe street corner when our brave troops filed Ny into town, waving her handkerchief, and it would have taken ten years from the old age of the most stoical old curmudgeon in Christendom to have heard our blue coated ‘‘Suckers” cheer her when the: learned that she was the only Union lady in Bloomtleld. I noticed all along upon our route marks of the hand of devastation and destruction incident to the war. The flocks and herds were culled of their fatlings, stables had deen robbed of “their best blood, households of their com forts and luxuries, and flelds and granaries of theirstores, all .o contribute to the subsistence and efficiency of the rebelarmy, Thompson’s scouts had visited each locality before us, and had laid violent hands upon everythiug that could be made useful to their cause. Eepeciaily had those suspected of Unionism been made to suffer in their property, and tothe saving of their hard earned weaith may be attributed much of the apparent unanimity of the inhabitants in the rebellion. ‘Thompson has quartered his army for the last six months upon the five counties bor- dering upon the river, and has gleaned his supplies from them; has paid nothing of valine for anything ho has taken, and has appropriated to bis use all that he desired. ‘The following is the kind of scrip which is now to bo found in nearly every farmhouse in the county, and it is, ‘ag you may suppose, entirely valueless. | am’ permitted to copy it:— HEAD qvaRtens Finst Division Massovn: Seyre Guan, } Came Si i}. 1861 Vannah \rmstrong bas fu ired bushels Ineof forty dal the wee of Quar ni of tie First division of the Mis- 8 4 vi int b reby certified in | tavor of suid Hannah Armstrony agaiust the State of Mis. | sour Given under my hand, at headquarters MH on Quartermaster, st issour( State Guard, No, 34—Attested by Noau W. Sirz. No grain or stock 1s now to be ‘found in tho whole conntry worth tho removal, while at loast $500 000 of this —- . pape r is, i ta pants of the farmers, 4 vf rel are ‘only ones who have no! been totally robbed by the rebel pl and it woul be ® safe rule (0 a lopt for govermment te woico upon al! thal ia aioe reduce the more gulity to the lovel of the ‘Tho battle at Bolmont has been the theme of talk the Jast week, and we havo now its full details, with our lista of killed and wounded and missing, Qur loss is not near a8 hoavy as was at first supposed, many of thise who Were believed to be killed having siico come in. Our lows now foots up sixty-eight killed, one hun- dred and twenty-one wounded and one’ hundred and two missing, Of the missing, ninety-cight are prisoners at Memphis, and four are supposed to be astray in Mis svuri or have deserted. The rebel logs is ascertained to be two hundred and sixty-one killed, and four hundred and eight wounded. —Somo rebel officers, with whom I conversed on Wednesday last, complimented our Woops highly, and one who has been’ in the United States servico from boyhood, was throughrthe Florida and Mexican wars, pronounced it the most desperate fight he ever wituessed. His remark was, “Your troops fought like devils, aud I have more respect for Northern pluck than I ever had bo- fore. How your men ever got off the fleld alive under the fire of our forts, aud through our duperior numbers, is & mystery Tcan't explain’? But we accomplishod what we wout for, came back victorious, and the boys are all cager to incasure arms again with’ the best men of the Southern army, Many incidents are related of the battle which ought Rot to dio unpublished—strange scenes, which one almost ‘Says are impossiblo, at least improbable. A lieutenant in ‘one of the companies of Col. John A. Logan's regiment met his father, who was a rebel captain, for the first tims in many months upon tho fleld, They reccguized each other, tho old man called his son by name, but the son replied only by turning and ordering a company of his mon to fire, which was dono; the fathor fol!, wounded slightly in the hip, and was taken a prisoner by tho son. A ltoutenant in Col. Buford’s regiment, us he was lealing 48 108d of his meg to dislodge the rebels from the abat- tis, heard his name called by @ wounded rebe', and turn- ing found lis own brother, who was a surgeon in the rebel army, dying from the effects of a gunshot wound in the head, " ‘The rebel brother wag unconscious, and it was ouly in delirium that he called the fraternal namo, which lod to his discovery, ‘The lieutenant tarried with his brother a moment, dropped a tear for mother's sake, and hurried off to rejoin his command. ‘The widow of tho surgeon, who fs n Northern lady, came up with her threo orphan children yesterday,” with Col, Buford, who had gone down under a flag of’ truce, with three exchanged rebel officors from St. Louis. A small boy attached to the Thirtieth regiment ax sub- suiler hailed a rebel who was standing near him, and in- quired if there were any boys in the Southern army. “Yos,”” said Southron; “what do you want?’ “I want you to trot out one about my size, and I'll be dod drabbed if there won't be a fight or a foot race in @ hurry,” and, drawing 4 revolver which he had picked up, ‘presented arms,’” and ordored Mr. Rebel to “come down,” as Crockett did the coon, and down he came. ‘Now,"” says Bob, when he had taken his prisoner, ‘you jest pint for that squad of men yonder, or I'll jest empty this pepper box into the seat of ‘your trowaors,”” and off’ he marched, followed by Bob, to where the rebel prisoners wore under guard, Yesterday Colonel Buford took down three young offi- cers of the Missouri State Guard, who had been exchang- ed for olficers of Mulligan’s brigade, and delivered them to General Polk. One of them was tho brother of Mr. Barrett, Blair's antagonist for Congressman. Colonel Bu- ford was ulso commissioned to inquire after the prisoners taken at Belmot, and why General Polk had not returned them, according to promise, when Genoral Grant released those takon by him. General Polk replied that, in ac- cordance with orders recsived from his government, he had sent ours to Memphis, and that they were now ont of his power. Colonel Buford remonstrated against the act as a breach of good faith, but to no purpose. General Polk, however, promised to use evory endeavor to have them sent back as soon ag possible, ‘To-night a came up from Columbus, having in charge General Frost and Henry W. Williams. Williams went down on Wednes:lay last, as T informed you in my lettor of that date, I understand that reitlier of them will enter the Southern service; but time will tell. Carmo, Tll., Nov. 20, 1861. Jeff. Thompson Turns Up at Last, and Hangs two Illi- noisans—Rebels in the Camp—Treachery of the Caplain and Clerk of the Steamer Platte Valley—Reinforcements tothe Rebels—Visit oy a Union Force to Kentucky—N New: from the South, c€e., dic. We have been in a continual state of excitement since the battlo of Belmont—the troops expecting attacks upon every side and from every conceivable quarter, and the officers busy contradicting rumors of rebel advances. The day bofore yesterday Mr. Jeff. Thompson, at the head of about two hundred of his Missouri State Guard, overhauled the steamer Platte Valley, at Price's Landing, some twenty miles above hore, in Missouri, but released her after ransacking her most thoroughly and taking from her two young men, passengers from Memphis, and en route for their homes in Illinois, whom he hung as spies. Connected with this seizure was another matter which now finds the light for the first time, and which re voals the fact that I have ao often spoken of in my letters, that the town and camp are full of traitors, who are Permitted to roam at will, carrying most important in- formation to the enemy, The two young mon from Mem- phis whom Thompson hung had been South working at thoir trades, and were given their choicé while there of Joining tho rebel army, leaving the country or a rope’s end. They chose to leave, and came te Columbus, from which place they came to Cairo on Monday. Gen. Grant, hearing of their arrival, sent for them, and questionod them as the rebel force at Columbus, forts and other mat- ters, and when they had told all they knew one of thom, who was an adept at drafting, made a couple of sketehes of Columbus, one of which ho left at General Grant's, keeping the other. When the Platte Valloy was boarded by Thompson the next day he came directly up to the young men and asked one of them for the sketch of Columbus,a copy of which he had given to General Grant at Cairo. The young man whose name is McMillan, denied his offence, of course, where- upon ‘Thompson ordered him to be searched, when the paper was found which sealed his fate. Now the ques. tion oceurs, how did Thompson know of the young man’s guilt except he has spios in our camp, and perhaps very near the headquarters. Then Captain Postall, of the Platte Valley, comes in for a large share of the suspicion of the community as to his loyalty, and it seems that circumstances are against bim, atleast. It is rumored that he knew of the presence of the rebels at Price’s, and expected them to seize his boat, and had prepared a din- ner for about two hundred men, which rebels were not slow in deapatching. It is now known that the rebels had information that @ United States paymaster was going up on the Piatto Valley on that day, with $75,000 to pay off the troops at Cape Girardeau, and it was to secure this money that the seizure was made. But the rebels mado a water haul, for the paymaster was delayed one day in Cairo, and did not go up on the boat, soon ag the news of the seizure reached here one of the gunboats was sent up to look after the safety of two other boats which were expected down, and a regiment of troops were despatched on the Aleck Scott to dr drive the rebels from the landing, and two other regiments of in- fantry were sent back into the country to cut off their re- treat, but last night all returned, fruitiess. and bootless, for Jeff.’s men being mounted could tr: bout three miles to our one, and having eight hours the start easily eluded us. It does really seem that this chasing cavairy with infantry ought by this time to be about “piayed out,” but 1 am no military man, and 80 ain not supposed to be entitled to any opinion. ‘The captain and clerk of the Platte Valley are now under arrent at Cape Girardeau, and will havo a chance soon to explain the grave charges against them. You need not be surprised to hear of startling things Deing done in this quarter at any moment. The rebels are getting large reinforcements daily at Columbus, and the Unionists are swarming into Cairo in large nuinbers. Four of the new gunboats will be ready for service at the end of this week, and thirty of the floating battories are expected here to-morrow. The gunboat St. Louis to-day received ber commission, and will be day or two; and to-day I was informed by one hig! autbority that at least thirty thousand Union ti would be in Cairo within the week, I know that all rolling stock of the railroad hax gone north, and] learn that nearly all the transport steamers at St. Louis and Cincinnati have been chartered by government, which seems to confirm the report: and they cannot come any too soon, for if we do not need them todefend the place, We shal} want them soon, if at all, for work down the river. ‘To-morrow a detachment of troops goes to Crittenden county, Kentucky, to punish depredators upon Union men, and as the force which has the expedition to make are loyal Kentuckiane,who have been driven from their ee, You May expect some sharp work from them, For a wonder, there have been no fiags of truce flying on the river between here and Columbus since Sanday last, and we are really getting impatient to know what General Polk intends to do with our prisoners at Mem- phis, but Inuppose we must bide our time and wait for something to turn up. We have 00 news from the South gave such as is brought by our scouts. who agree in ageeverating that a great stir ts going op among the rebel at Columbus, and it would not be surprising if an attack ehould be made upon Fort Holt at any moment. OUR MOUND CITY CORRESPONDENCE, Movxp Crry, I!., Nov. 21, 1861. The Government Gunboats for the Lower Mississippi—The Division Hospital of the Western Army—Ite Accommoda- ‘umber of Cases Treated after the Battle at Bel mont—Names of the Wounded Under Treatment Who Were in the Baitle, séc Several causes combine to render this one of the most important posts in the West just mow, and though it does not present as warlike an appearance as do Cairo, Paducah, Bird's Point and Fort Holt, yet the community keops its eyes and ears open to learn how and in whag manner many of the moet able features of the war are progres: Here ure being built threo of the seven war steamors, or, more properly, gunboats, destined to aid in the Jower Mississippi campaign, and here is jocated one of the great geu s of the |Western division of the Union army ation of Dr. Franklin, the the inv) Brigade Surgeon, 1 haye to-day been through the several wards of the latter institution, and, in the absence of war news, I will give a summary of what is being and has been dono in this depart. ment, But that you may the more readily under stand the importance of this post, a brief description of the town and its surroundings will be of advantage, Mound City is located about six miles above Cairo, on tho Tilinola bank of the Ohio river; is a small town of perhaps @ thousand inhabitants, just high enough above the water to provent jaundation, except in times of very great floods; has a deal of enterprise and some wealth, more kinds of business started than can ever succeed, and & great disposition to pluck the plumes from Cairo in the way of & command of the river business, A splendid dry dock and shipyard, with ways for hoisting from the river the largest steamers, have been built and do a great business in seasons when such enterprises flourish any- where; but nearly all that the proprietors have found to do this season has been the building of the three steam- ers for the government, all of which are now launched, have their machinery in place, and ready to receive their armament and sto: Dr. Casey is Mayor and general- issimo of the town and all that goes on within it, Of the hospital accommodations much that would be interesting must remain unwritten, as a goneral lottor of this nature cannot be expected to contain detaiis of every ward and dopartment; but as this is,and is to be, the principal rendezvous of the sick and wounded of our army at the West, it deserves more than a passing notice. The hospital building occupies the high ground, fronting three hundred fect upon the Ohio river, and ex: tending back ninety feet towards the business part of the town; it is brick, three stories in height, and was origi” nally built for stores and offices by a noted Kentucky rebel and capitalist, named Stokes, who is now said to be in the rebel army. Tho location may be deemed ex- ceptionable in consequence of its conspicuity and near- ness to the Kentucky shore; but when we consider the hecithiness of the locality, its contiguity to the pure water of the Ohio, the excellent drainage, and that the rebels loudly boast of their respect of the ‘humanities of war,’ the first objection would seem to be more than counterbalanced. It was only recently that this place was selected for this business, as General Fremont had determ ined to throw the whole matter into the bands of St. Louis parties; but better counsels have prevailed, and, happily, the sick and disabled are now to be nursed and cared for without being obliged to be transported back and forth three or four hundred miles, at an enormous expense to government and pain and inconvenience to themselves, ‘The upper stories of the large building are appropriated to the several wards, each under the care of an expe- rienced medical director, who is assisted by an attentive corps of male and female nurses, in the selection of whom sectarianism and bigotry have been eachewed, and only moral worth an adaptednesa to the vocation have been mare criterions by which to judge of their fitness for the post. In passing through the wards to-day I noticed the Episcopal ‘Prayer Book,’ Methodist ‘Discipline,’’ Prea- byterian ‘‘Catechism,’? Roman Catholic ‘Confessional of Faith’? and Baptist standard works equally dispensed throughout; whilo the evangelical preachers, Baptists and Paedo Baptists, white necktied and long skirted, and Sisters of Charity, in black gowns and white gamps, for the nonce forget ‘their creeds and tenets, and vie with each other in the work of morcy which war so bountifully furnishes. At present the accommodations are taxed to their ut- termost; for the battle at Belmont threw upon the medi. cal authorities a host of wounded men for whose caro and comfort but little calculation had been made; but immediately workmen were set to labor, partitions cut down, cisterns built, beds erected, wards organized, and a thousand other things done which compliment the managers and promise well for the future well being of our sick and wounded. All, or nearly ail, of those disabled at Belmont and in the score or two of the little flurries in Kentucky and Mis- souri have been brought hore for treatment, and the doc- tors inform me that in a week they will be able to treat one thousand patients with ease. Some idea of the hos- pital business transacted hore may be obtained from Dr. Franklin’s report of service for the month of Oc- tober:— Aggregate of cases treated during October. 332 Remaining in hospi Convalescent... 1, sick. ‘Total. * secescccces 105. Tho balance have returned to duty in’ their rogi- ments. ‘The limit of accommodation for that month was only for about two hundred; but it is estimated that fully two thousand cases will be treated monthly whenever the buildmg and its appointments shall have been completed. The dietetic care of the institution is in the hands of Mra. Dr. Franklin—self imposed, to be sure—but one cannot but feel, as he seos her dispensing her soups and jellies, nicknacks and dainties, that, if not created, sh loast raised and educated for the position of a doctor fe, Dr. C, W. Dunning is senior surgeon, and he isas- ted by Drs. 8. J. Young, H. F, Delany andJ. H. Thomp- son. I is arranged by the National Sanitary Commission to make this place the general hospital of the Army of the West, and to do away with the brigade hospitals entirely. Already cases from the following regiments and com- mands and places have beon treated here:—Seventh, Fighth, Tenth, Fightoenth, Twentieth, ‘Twenty-second, Twenty-eighth, Thirtioth and Thirty-tirst Illinois regi: ments; Second, Seventh, Tenth Iowa; Siegel's, Stewart’ Benton’s and Kellogg's cavalry; McAllister’s and Houg! taling’s artillery, and the gunboats. Of the surgical operations performed some idea may be formed by the following summary of wounded treated after the battle of Belmont:— Cases. Fatal. Amputations. 7 Trepanniy 1 Fractures. 1 Wounds of anes Wounds of abdomen. Wounds of head..... Flesh wounds. allele tes Total... Of the wounded the following list and description will advisefriends at a distance. It was made to-day, after a careful inspection by Dr. Franklin:— ‘Thomas Myrik, wounded just above the knee, doing well. Lovy Carkin, ib the thigh, doing weil. H. L. Koraey, thigh, doing well. J. Thompson, thigh, doing well. XH. F. Hesser, right arm amputated, doing well. ‘W. D. Reynot, injured by shell, doing well. Abram Allison, thigh, doing well John Knight, side, doing well. HN. Vass, log, doing well, Robert Cressick, right shoulder, doing welf. William McNeil, , doing well, A. D. Reid, left breast, doiug well. William Hanckin, , doing weil. Jokin Sufinck, left’ arm. doing wall. John Woldersmith, left arm, serious. H. A. Gregory, right leg, doing well. Charles Rooney, right leg, serious. E. P. James, left arm and sido, serious. Pitely, left shoulder, doing well. J. H. Wilson, left leg, doing well. W. H. Homer, left leg, serious, L. T. Maynard, right arm, doing well. William M. Kennedy, right foot, doing well. Samuel H. Wright, loft site, doing well. George T, MoKay, Fight sie, doing well J.8, Perriton, right side, doing well. ‘A. MoGowen, in head, doing well. Evart Evarts, right leg, doing woll, John Porter, right leg, doing well. Joseph Strott, left leg, serious. ‘Albert Hites, jung, fatatly. George W. Martin, leg, slightly. Harvey Smith, thigh, slightly. Benjamin L. Kinsey, side, favorable, knee, discharged. boulder, favorable. h, favorable, vorable. H. J. Smith, elavicle, discharged Wade C. Arnold, hp, favorable. Charles Roch, leg, favorabl Charles Schriber, arm and ankle, favorable. Fdwara M. McCasly, both thighs, favorable. Arch. McGregor, thigh, favorable, J. M. Hammitt, thigh, favorable. ‘Addison Leavitt, head, favorable. George Addy, thigh, aluputated, doing well. Ferd. Hinapeter, elbow , doing woll. Luman Vanboosen, both thighs, doing well. Wm. L, Woods, lungs, sevorviy. Charles Wilbur, thigh and hand, favorable. Francis Daly, log, slightly. William H. Evans, buck, favorable. David Wallace, leg, favorable, James Howard, amputated left arm, favorable. favorable. John Smith, in thigh, favorable, Caled Green, in abdomen and arm, favorable. ‘M. O’Biennis, left arm, doing well. James Migeniul, in back, doing well. David Clummer, left leg, doing well. Jobn B. Kell, head, trephined. S.A. Wilson, right arm, doing well. J.T. Waller, right arm, doing well, Patrick Woish, right foot amputated, Thore have been seven cases of amputation, two of which were fatal. The balance, making the total number of wounded received in hospital one hundred and three, have been discharged from the institution on furlough for ‘tnirty days to regain their bealth, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. ‘The Navy Yard has received many additions within the past two days, which will amply compensate for the ves- sels that have gone into commission and taken their de- parture. The work of the yard, by the addition of these now verse!#, will still continue as brisk as ever. The pilot boat Geo, W. Blunt has been sent to be properly ft- ted ont, and will then leave for the South, The two new gunboats, Chippewa and Winona, are at the yard, and will be prepared for service ax soon as possible. It is probable that the new immense rifled cannon, which we have spoken of before, will be placed on board one of these gunboats. The weight of this gun Is 16,700 pounds, or About eight tons. ‘The Vandalia is at anchor at the bioy off the yara, The purchased boat Arthur has come to the yard to be fitted out. ‘The Powhatan has sailed for Phila- deiphia and the Morcidita has taken her berth. ‘The Mercidita is a noble vessel, and will prove a very valua- ble aid to the navy, as she is both swift and strong. Ina very few days two or three more veesels will be ready to proceed 10 seit. ‘Tur Lose oF THe Kevstoxe Stare. —Captain Morey, of the schooner Lookout, which passed down yesterday from cago, reports seeing off Point au Barque portions of the wreck of some unknown steamer floating about some fif. teen miles from the lind—fragments of guards, braces, cabins and pilot house, appeared scattered around in every direction. From the above there can remmni further doubt that the steamer Keystone State found in that vicinity, and wentdown with all on board.—Delroit Free Press, Nov. 2A. AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. French Account of the Military Resources of America, The following is tho main portion of a letter addressed by Colonel Pisani, one of tho aids-de-camp of Prince Nu. poleon, who accompaniod his Imperial Highness in his lato tour in North America, to Colonel de Franconiere, chief of the staff to the Princo: — In ordinary times the United States have a standing army of which the effective force is from 14,000 to 15,000 men. ‘This army, when the war broke out, was almost entirely dispersed on the extreme froutier in those unin. habited places which the remains of the Indian tribes Still dispute with the invading civilization. ‘The imperious necessity of this distant protection for tho most advanced Pioneers, the weakness of tho effective force, the greatness of the distance to ba traversed ,did not permit the govern- ment to seek @ resoures in that regular army @t the moment when Washington was menaced by the Confederates. The regular army of the United States—an army recruited by voluntary enlist: ment, and organized on the English system—counted for nothing as a numerical force in the groat contest com. menced between the North and South; but as a moral force it is of great weight in the balance. In fact, we shail shortly find ourseives in presgnce of the men who wore formed ag officers in its ranks after having been educated at the Military College at West Point; and we shall acknowledge that the military, and perhaps the po- litical, destinies of America are in their hands. Indepen- dently of the standing army, there is in the United States, as in France, but with reversed proportions, the National Guard, called militia. The militia is organized by regiments, each regiment being composed of a single battalion, and comnmanded by a colonel, a lieutenant colonel and a major, according to the English tradition. As in France, ovory citizen, in principle, forms part of the National Guard; but, as with us, the number of effec- tive militiamen that is armed, equipped and the rudiments of a military education is reduced, in fact, lunteers, This militia, as rogards its organiza- tion, arming and service (gratuitous service in ordinary times is understood), do not depend on the federal government, but solely’ on the Governor of each State, All their officors, moreover, are appointed by elec- tion, When the foderal government has occasion for ‘war purposes to move a militia regiment, it addresses a request to one or to soveral of the States. Kuch State then moves a certain number of regiments, which, pass- ing for a time under the orders of the President, receive pay, and rations from the federal government, calculated, will say by way of parenthesis, on avery high sca!” It is to be remarked, howover, that if the number of regi monts moved by aState be sufficient to require such a commander, the Govornor of that State (chiof elect of the executive government) invests any citizen with the rank of general, and gives him the command of the contingent of his State, As this citizen, on the militia returning home, retires into private life, retaining only an honorary title, it is easy to comprehend whence come the numerous svuerais which one meets in the United States, in every trade or profession, among physicians, lawyers, mer- chants, andevenclergymen, |, As soon as the Southern army, which was itself a col- lection of armed bands, operated on Washington—that point from which it had nearly driven the President and the Congress—the foderal government called on the mili- tia of the States which remained faithful. Thus was formed the first amy which assembled on the banks of the Potomac, and which saved the North from an im- mense dang*r—an army quite different in the principle of its organization, as in its quality, from the army which ig now assembled, and which has replaced the first. In fact, tho States’ militia, previous to quitting their homes to march to the assistance of Washington, had signed col- lective engagements assigning, according to the States, and even according to the towu, one, two or three months ‘as ther period of service. ‘The consequence was that the successive and regular disbanding commenced, it may be said, the very day after the commencement of ‘hostilities, and that at the end of July there was not one regiment of militia in active service. Fortunately the federal govern- ment. not deceiving itself as to the perseverance of the warlike ardor in the ranks of the National Guard, thought of creating at the breaking out of the war a military force und»r conditions of duration proportioned to the events which it anticipated. The various systems re- ducot to practice and the partial and local preparations adopted with this object with more or less success, were consolidated and generalized in the famous act of the Congress of the month of June, which decreed a loan of 1,500,000,000 francs and alevy of 60,000 volunteers. The President of the republic was autho- rized by that act to maintain under arms a force of 500,- 000 soldiers, to be raised by voluntary enlistment, con- tracted for aterm of three years. AS for the generals, superior officers and subalterns, it was admitted in prin: ciple that they should be chosen by the President of the republic, and selected from the great body of citizens without any other condition than a previous examination. It is evident from these facts that the United States have found it necessary to form, or to attempt to form, an army of the same strength as the French army, of an ogous composition, and to compose all the elem material as we!l as moral, in the sp: In order to take into account the magnitude of such an effort, and not to prejudge the results, we must recollect that to ac- complish such a work: we have had seventy years. Our pre- sent military organization, the envy and admiration of Europe, was the produce of an uninterrupted tradition of ‘immense expense, of habits ingrafied on our manners, laws and government—‘n fact, of a series of experiments which date, at least, from the French revolution. European Intervention in South America: {From the London Times, 14, According to the last nows from the republic of Feua- dor the President of Peru had addressed an overbearing and offensive ultimatum to the government, threntening them with anew blockade of the port of Guayaquil, un- less they will consent to the cession of one-haif of their territory. The government of Ecualor stato that they have exhausted all means of conciliation, but that Pera rejects evory offer, including the proposed mediation of her Majesty's government. Twenty-five per cent of tho customs receipts of Keuador are devoted to the payment of the British bondholders, and thenecessary consequence of the threatened blockade would be again to suspend the payment of the dividends, as happened two ycars ago, when Porn blockaded Eouador for thirteen moaths with- out any result beyond the interruption of commerce and the infliction of a severe loss on British creditors. Hap- pily, however, the French Minister at Quito has now de- clared officially that he wilt not recognise the threat- ened blockade, and has calle’ upon the naval forces of France to give effect to this announcement. The ques- tion is au old one, and {rit yet lead io miahig if our Fe reign ¢ it it to e ith regard to Mexico until ts ‘become such as actually to in- -apean complications. Peru eovets the possession of Ecuador chiefly for her magnificent harborof Guayaquil: ‘Dut it bas been reported, also, that some of tho tools of the Peruvian Prosident Castiila have at times been lar; holders of Ecuador bonds, and would like to annex country in order, as:Peruvian securities stand high, to get the debt transferred from one State to the other. ‘The possibility of motives of this kind being in opera: tion must not be lost sight of by the persons interested. It might be calculated that an attack on jor would weaken the price of her bonds, and be follow- ed iby a groat rally if her conquest by Peru coud be consummated, and those who move in such intrigues might ‘make good capital of it. But the government of Ecuador, since the return of General Flores, has been conducted with honesty and ability, and it now has the contidence and good wishes of all the English bondholders. Peru would probably enter- tain little hope of being able to make x success(ul aggres- sion but for the fact that, two years back, our govern- ment allowed her to blockade Guayaquil and keep out English commerce, and sacrifice the customs, receipts due to our people in support of (ieneral Franc, a usurper who was patronized by Castilla and was at last expelled loaded with the indignation and contempt of the entire population. A word from the English commander on that station might have prevented the whole of the evil, but until lately our officers in every region have feared that they would get nothing but dis;race at home by support. ing English rights. The courso of the French Minister will now most likely prove sufficient to prevent any repe- tition of such losses to our subjects, especially as it has been currently reported during the last siz months thal negotia- tions havebeen attempled, and have met wilh some encourage- ment at Paris, for placing Equailor under a French protecto- rate, The Financial Difficulties of Napoleon. {From the London Times, Nov. 14.} France has at length discovered that thore is a power which checks armies, that bids ambition pause, that places glory on an inacevssible height, and commands that the gratitication of taste shall bo foregone. In spite of the immense increase of wealth which has marked the present reign, the finances of the country have always been ina doubtful state, and now it is acknowledged on all hands that a term of cconomy must begin. ‘A few days sinc wo commented on the difficulties which lay before the government during the winter. The de- ficioncy of the harvest and the cessation of exports to America have not only deranged the calculations of the Ministry, but threaten to cause much distress among claases which have been useful supporters, and may be dangerous opponents of the government. Any misfortun in a country #0 closely connected with our own would be 80 sure to affoct oursolves that it is with a feeling almost of relief we tind that the rumors of the last week have a foundation, and that a Finance Minister of some calibro is likely to succeed to the present clever, but uninstruct- ed, occupant of the office. We have no wish to enter into the gossip of Paris, of which our readera know, and de- sire to know, little, but, following common report, we may say that M. Fould lost the direction of French finance through a feud between him and other persons in high station, which, it seems, was so bitter as to preclude hin from sitting in the Cabinet. This was certainly a mis- fortune, for, though M. Fould may net possess the quali- ties or the theological leanings which propitiate certain personages, he was the most able man who could be found to prepare aFrench budget, and to prevent col- Jeagnes from outrageously increasing its item ago, however, M. Fould was snubbed because wanted, France was rich, for she had not discovered that she was poor. M. Fould wae not only given to economical lectures, which were very unpleasant, but he had notions concerning the recognition of Italy and the withdyawal of the French from Rome which a dominant party in France highly resented, It is to be added to this that there was, for one reason or another, a coolness be- tween him anda principal colleagie—M. de Persigny— which had, perhaps, some share in his retirement. Hap- pily, this feeling will now, in all probability, cease to operate Itis much to the Emperor's eredit that be has at last determined on restoring to his councils a man who has certainly the capacity to set things straight. The light comedians of the political company, a Walewski, or a Persigny or a Morny, are very weil for the Foreign De- partment or the Home Department, or for splendid em- bassies, whonever it is neccesary to show the wealth and glory of France, or to rebuke maleontents by manifestoes or warnings. Buta more solid nature js required when itis necessary to preserve the power which can send forth brilliant envoys or silence unqniet journalists. Un- Jess France be well fed and weil cluthed she will object to pay the heavy taxes give vigor to the Imperial system. For several years the pressure on the people has been severe; with the first reverse it verges upon torture, The traveller through France will find that, in addition to immense armaments which are paid for by the general revenue, every department has been en couraged to spend money to the utmost, and to do in a few years what should be the work of @ generation. The | speak of the nn eee Od empire, though its works are useful, has been doing them too fast, and the best friond it can have will be ove whe wiil gay that enough has been done for fame, and that it is now time to consult the happiness of the people. What Bonaparte Has Done for Parts. {From the London Review, Nov. 9.) ‘Tho most terrible feature of the presant condition of ig is the poverty. Since 1848 nothing has it. If you take long walks in Paris now, ‘ou will most likely be several times acovsted by docent ly dressed people of both sexes, but principally elderly ladies, actually begging. I have seen this phenomenon perpetually within the last three weeks. It is since the Change in the weather that it is most to be noticed; for with bread, meat and wine at the price they stand at now, it is Impossible for people with narrow means live. In each of the sad cases I mention the individuals belonged evidently to the better class of society, ‘Tem years ago 3,000f. per annum enabled a man and his wife io live with some small comforts, employing » femme de menage to do the housework, and even from’ time to time indulging in some very modest pleasure, auch aa aday’s excursion to Versailles on a Sunday, or fee day, or (once or twice in the year) perhaps a’thied or fourth rate place at one of the theatres. Now the matter stands thus:—The apartment for which was paid 200f. now costs S00f. or 600f.; the taxes are nearly doubled; the boots—of which the’ man necessarily uses plenty be- cause they are made of bad leather, and, if he has any employment, he has long walks to take—the boots run away, at the least, with another 100f. ; his clothing costa him £15 at the lowest, for every article of it is dear and bad, ‘and his linen is worn out quickly, because soap being too dear, washing establishments regort to the most destruc- tive processes for cleansing it. Here, then, we have £50 or £60 gone befurea man in the position we state can stir ‘out of his house or be capable of moving about to gain bis livelihood, Out of his £120 a-year there remains to him him £60 or £70 upon which to find ood and firing, when bread is at one franc the four pound loaf; wine, for- merly eight and ten sous, is at fifteen and sixteen; and meat, for the small consumer, at 10d. and 1s..a pound, andmore, and when the potatoes that used to cost him two sous now cost five, and the quantity of soup vegetables he used to get for threv sous costs him seven or eight! And, be it noted, here we have a yoarly sum of income which is by no means a low or cimmon one; and we have not taken into account one single article of expenditure for a woman; whereas, men with £1208 year,one may almost gay, are invariably married men. this relatively high income we revert toahe com. of the incomes of men of this stamp, we and range from £50 to £70 or £80. How thoy to \ + One expression of mine requires ex) ion, learness of meat for a ‘small consumer.’* For a household that can afford to buy, per week, three or fonr joints, and three or four breasts of mutton or veal, with two or three pieces of soup beef, butcher will make an arrangement by which all meat shall have the average price of, say , 9d. & pound; but this only touch- esthe large consumer. The smalloue, who purchases each day the pound or so of meat requisite for his food ‘and that of his wite, if he bas one, pays for that small quantity at the highest price: he will pay for veal, for in- Stance (or the hetier sort of beof or mutton), from 10d.4e 14d. a pound, Ifthe class of manI have described has (as is often the case) any writing to take away from his bureau and finish at home, he must have light and oil is.at 15 sous a pound; besides which, after his insu! cient food throughout the day, this 'night labor in the cold, when his meagre fire is burnt out, and when he dare notafford himself the luxury of abit of cold meatora glass of wine to prevent him from retiring for a broken sleep, which does not refresh his shivering, worn out frame,—this night labor tells upon his health, and the first slight illness prostrates him. Then utter ruin stares him in the faco, for one doctor’s bill exhausts his means of bare existence for three monthe. In these households there is nothing over for joy or grief. The child that ise born or the parent who dies is equally a misfortune which cannot be met, and the] employe or the poor gentiemaa ia France has not wherewithal to pay for one hour’s healthy relaxation from exhausting toil, or for the indulgence of one natural sentiment. Specch of the Ex-King of Naples. ‘The following is the speech of the ex-King of Naples in reply to the address presented to their Majesties, with a sword of honor for the King and a diadem for the Queea, from the Neapolitan nobility in exile at Rome:— My Lorvs axp Lapigs—My heart overfiows with the liveliest pleasure in seeing around me s0 distinguished a body of the nobility of my kingdom, come to offer to me a homage which so bespoaks their fidelity. Braving all dangers and sacrifices, you have preferred to share my exile rather than remain spectators of the iniquities which, alas! afflict our unhappy country. If the deplo- rable circumstances in which it is at present plunged profoundly a(flict my soul, yet the imposing specta- cle which my people offer, resisting by all means in their power the foreign tyranny which op- esses them, is no light consolation to me. From the hospitable land which has sheltered me I breathe a prayer of gratitude and of admiration to those brave soldiers who, deprived of all save courage, battle on our moun- tains against an enemy immeasurably superior in num- ber and in force; but who, nevertheless. can never sue- ceed in conquering them, because none can conquer the noble love of independence. I see at the same time, with fa special satisiaction, that aristocracy which you s@ worthily represent protest 80 solemnly by its conduct against the pretended universal suffrage, since behed by facts, and to which Farope bas never given faith, It is to-day # year since that nullity took place, over which presided fraud and terror; and at the end of a year Piedmont has geined nothing in the land it Anarchy, civil war, the misery of the people, the majority of the aristocracy in exile, and that which, not hay left its country, remains aloof from all public employ- ment, prove it clearly to all Europe. The homage which you come here to-day to offer in the name of your class ‘Still more emphatically attests this. ‘The Queen and I shall preserve eternally engraved om our hearts the names of you all; and the sword, which you offer tome, I hope shall soon rise from its scabbard in defence of its sacred rights. If the chances of war have been one day unfavorable to us, when we essayed with our brave soldiers to repulse an invasion, as unex- pected as it was unworthy, I have full confidence that we shall see better days, and that, supported by the com- course of my people, and surrounded by you, I shall re- mount the throne of my ancestors to restore, like the im- mortal Charles ue for ei second time, the indepen: of well beloved people. ie weadtine, the interpreters of my sentiments and those of the Quecn towards all those who are associated with you in this new and striking homage of attachment and filelity. Communicate, I pray you, the expression of our sentiments to the absent, who, wandering in the dif- ferent kingdoms of Europe, co-operate by their incessant rts towards my restoration; and, with that good feel- ing which distinguishes you, find a way to make knowm the expression of our gratitude to those who, though abiding under the ferocious yoke of the ee rat have not hesitated to inscribe their names ide of Be persuaded that our hearts can nevor forget this hour, and that if the Divine favor reconducts me one day tomy throne, all my cares, and each of my thoughts, shall be consecrated to the happiness of my people. The Duties of Life. LECTURE BY HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX. ‘The first of a course of lectures in Hoboken was de- livered Tuesday evening, in the First Baptist church, by the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, the subject boing ‘‘The Duties of Life.” The lecturer commenced by alluding to the creation of the world and of man, and then enume- rated rapidly some of the duties of life. Ho first warned, his hearers of the almost universal sin of solfishness, and. in amplifying this point made quotations from Dickens, Mahomed and Shakspero, It was the duty of all to wel- come «very step of healthy progress and genuine reform, and |i congratulated them upon the fact that the world moved in the right direction, instancing the progress ia! telegraphic enterprises and the multitude of benevolent, institutions. The progress made in public opinion wae, also remarkable, for while every age killed its own pro- phets, it garnished the tombs of their departed predeces- sors. Tho lecturer counsolled young men to aim high, and to soek by untiring energy in the pursuit of know- lego, fervent patriotism and earnest principle, an homor- able position among men. He urged the duty of patriot. iam, which robbed death of its terror when life was laid down for an imperilled country, and to put down a pirate: cal conspiracy against a government which they would) ruin when they could no longer rule. It was patriotism that filled our armios with the gifted and the good, the young and sturdy yeoman, who spring” to arms in the hour of their country’s trial; it was patriotism that led the hero Anderson whon in his beleagured fortress ten sand rebele: opened their batteries for the single-crime of devotion to the flag of Washington. Patriotism transformed the Hoosier from his own region and punished the treason of a rebel general with a traitor’s doom. It was that virtue, too, that but a month ago robed an American Senator, dear to him (the speaker) from intimacy and friendship, in the very zonith of his fame, for the silent tomb. The. patriotism of women was evinced by the cstablishment of soldiers’ relief societies, and it'was that virtue that) Jed on Fremont’s gallant band, who dashed on and pl: the starry banner on the Court House of Springs a ‘which was not, surpamsod by the famous | Light Brigade. It was patr: Tels Wilke to “take tho responsibility” and to t the Catalines of this rebellion from the ante-chambers kings, to which they were hastening, to the cold an dreary walls of Fort Warren. (Applause.) It was thi virtue that transformed men jato heroes to spill heart's blood to preserve from destruction a Union: dy our patriot sires, and avenge Soe insults of that ban- ner brilliant with stars from the with glorics from the earth, which from Bun Hill to Yorktown glitters im our country’s hi tory. All honor to the ts of this even straggle, who will stand by ment, if neods be! against the world jo arms. they would ret with their banners furled in triumy the Union, they Would be crow the bay, and bave flowers thrown at thoir foot qb; maidens’ who combined in their own loveliness, modesty of the primrose and the beauty of the lilly; the page of history would brighten under the eye of pos| terity as it reada record of valor, of fame and of patr jam, which even the tooth of time could not destroy. Ba the glory of patriotism was not confined to the battl field, for there were heroes of thought as well as of. tion.’ The humble shoemaker of Massachusetts, who ferred every dollar to the government for ten years with! out interest, prove:! himselfa true patriot. So, also, dic those, who iikerahy supported the families of volunteers nor were clorgymen less patriots, if they did not exchangr the sacred desk for the military tent. ‘The lecturer spoke ineulogistic terms of the service which Mr. Holt hac rendered the cause of the Union, by his soul stirring eloquence. Mr. Colfax then spoke of the value of time and of other important duties, imparting much practical advice to the youthful portion of his hearers, closing with urging them to adopt the Golden Rule as their guide from this oe better world. Murder by the Snake Indians. St. Josnen, Mo., Nov. 25, 1861. Wm. Smith, an assistant of J. A.’ Slade, road agent of the overland route, was murdered and’ robbed of bt mules and clothing by the Snake Indians last week.