The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1862, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9577. OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR. Abstract of the Annual Report of the Secretary of War. What the Soldiers of the Re- publie Have Achieved. Report of General-in-Chicf Halleck. Expositions Regarding tho Campaigns oi “MeClellam amd Pope, &., &e., “ue REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. ‘War Dupanmeanr, Nov. 29, 1862. ‘Sin—That portion of the United States which is now, or has boon duritig the last year, the scene of military epe. rations, is comprised within ten military departments. ‘The armies operating in those departments, accerding to recent official returns, constitute a force of seven hun- @rod and seventy-five thousand three bundred and thirty. ix officers and privates, fully armed and equipped. Since the date of the returns this number has been increased twover ocight bundred thousand. When tho quotas are filed up they will number a million of men, and the esti- mates for next year aro based upon that number, + The middle department, comprising the States of Penn- syivania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware, and the Dopartment of Virginia, hag been the scene ef important military operations, concerning which detailed reports have pot yet been mide by the commanding generals to this department. Your knowledge of the character and result of these operations dispenses with the necessity for apy review until the final reporte are made. ‘ho preliminary reports of Major General McClellan of the battles before Richmond and of the battles of Antio- ‘tam and South Mountain and the report of the General-ih- Chief. are submitted. The communications between this department and the Teapective commanders were prepared under a resolution of the Senate at the last session, and will be transmitted to Congress whenever you shal be pleased to give your sanction. ‘The report of Genoral Halleck, the Goneral-In-Chief, ex- hibits tho oyerations in the departments since the 23d of July, tho date at which, under your order, he assumed eomimand o! all the armies of the United States. If tho campaigns of the armics in these dopartments have not equalled in their results the expectations of the government andthe public hope, still they have not been unproductive of good results. The valor of our troops been displayed upon many occasions, and the skill and gallantry of their oilioers have been distinguished at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks,'Gaines’ Mill, Mal- ‘yorn {iil!, Cross Keys, Cedar Meuctain, Chantilly, and other pices enumerated in the reports berowith'sub- mitted, ‘The invading army which recently threatened the capi- tal aud tho borders of Maryland aud Pennsylvania bas Deen driven back beyond the Kappahanneck; Norfolle, captured by Major General Wool, is tn our possession; Suffolk and Yorktown are held; a strong army corps, under its vigilant and efficient commander, Major General Dix, at Fortress Monroo, threatens an@ harrasses the eremy; and, what is especially gratifying, it has been oved’ that the loyalty of the State of Maryland caunot shaken eves by the presence of a rebel army. ‘The olficia Jeporte reccived at this department show that the miiitury operations in the West during the past yids have beou both active and successful. ‘The beginning of last winter found the rebel armies of Price and McCulloch in possession of ali the northwestern ce of Missourt, while many of the counties north of Missouri river were in astate of insurrection. Our forces were concentrated at Rolla and Sedaiia. As soon ‘ag the rebels could be driven from the northern counties, ‘Qu our armies: Zooruanizede active operations were.com- menced, notwithstanding the inclemency cf the season ‘and the bad condition of the roads. On the 10th of De- comber a considerable number of the evemy were cut off ‘and captured at Milford, while on their way to join Price on the Osage River. The forces at » under General ‘Curtis, moved towards Springfield, which compelled Price to fail back into Arkaveas, where be was juined by Van Dorn. A severe battle was fought at Pea Ridge, arkan- gas,on the 6:h, 7th and 8th of March, between the com- Dined armies of the exemy and General Curtis’ force, in which the latter gained a complete and decisive victory. ‘the gupboate, under Flag Officer Foote, and the troops at Cairo, under General Grant, moved up the Tenneseco river, fur the reduction of forts Henry and Donelgon, While Grant's troops were marching to surround the for- mer place, it was attacked by the gunboats and reduced on the sixth of February, aiter a short but severe en- gacgement. Gencral Grant then marched across the re- inmicla and attacked Fort Donelson, After several days’ rd fighting that place algo capitulated, ongthe 16th “io its armament aod rison, except a smail force which ©: esed the Comberland in the night, and effected ‘their escape. ‘This victory caused the immediate evacua- then of Gowling Green and Nashville, and soon after of (ou us and the greater part of Middle Tennessee. Whi e Grant aud Buell wore concentrating their armies @m tie Sennessee river, near the head of pavigitien and @ren! lies of railroad communication, Gen. Pope moved ows: the west bank of the Mississippi, captured New Madrid, and crossing the river below the enemy's bat- ‘teries on and near Isiand No. 10, compelicd the %o capitulate on the 7th and 8th of April. Gen. Graut had eromned the Tenneseee ond taken position at Pittsburg Landing, in anticipation of the arrival of Buell. ‘The enemy advanced from Corinth, and attacked Gra on the moriing of the 6th of April.. "A severe battle ei sued, which continued tili dark, the left of our line bei driven back nearly to the river. tion of Buell’s force arrived in the afternoon and guring the night, and ‘the battle was resumed at daylight bn the morning of the int, and in the afternoon fled from the field, many of ‘heir wounded iu our hands, ‘The Secretary ot War details the military operations daring past year; points to the fuet that the Department of the Vacific hus been free from avy of the calamities yy the rebellion; an earuest and deep sympu- y has been manifested by the loyal citizens of tho Paci- fic States in support of the Untov. From a survey ef the whole feld of operations it is apparent whatever di-asters our arms have suffered at particular pomaia, © prec advance has made since the commencement of the . The Union forces are now in the field under able commanders, stronger than ever, resolwe and eager to be Jed against the enemy, to crush the rebellion by a vigor- ous winter campaign. The armies of the Potomac and ‘the Weat stand ready to vie with each other in dealing the quickest and heaviest blows against the enemy. experience of the ruin of inaction a ie activity to the United States begond hat has ‘hitherto been exhibited, In the numerous eee tee that have |, Our armies fm general have dispiayed the courage and iene @eapondency which occur in ational be tg al hope of those who wet the Tebellion vn fost was thisers in upon to divide eee the North, and prevent them ‘whole strength to preserve the Anxiety was some States at of these vyal practices, and i tasieaaen ~ enagor ifPthese hestile acts. ‘To that end provost marshals were appointed in some ‘States, upon nomination of theiryGevernors, to act under the dircetion of the State Executive, and the writ of haboas corpus was suspended by our order. By order of tho War 1) ent arrests were forbidden ‘enloss authorized by the State Executive or Judge Advo- eato. fome instances of unauthorized arrests have oecurred, and when brought to the notice of the Department the parties have boen immediately discharged, My « recent order all. parties arrosted for seers enligtments, or for disloyal practices{ im the States where the quotas of voluntesre and militia are filled up, have oon seleased. ‘Uther porsons arrested by military eommandors and Sangeroue t) the public y, have. boon fedharged ero Eve be non parole to be, wior aud do no aat of ine, pp ‘bile mi) arrest ry! theanb- tof complaint in some States, discharge weeuba ia complained of in other Staton. rag It has been the aim of the Department to avoid any A onde lege g Doped as might bo ounsistont with public safety; "but reflecting minds will perceive that no greater Snocuragement oan be given the enemy, mo more dangerous act of hostility can be petrated in this war than efforts to provent recruiting strength the na- enlisting for the armies upon whose j Nee ‘existence depends. thize,6 in the Joyal States the call of voinnteers would\not be answered, and that the draft could not be fo) ‘bave failed, and nothing is left but to olamor at Reed which their hopes were frustrated, and to ive to ‘m (he government in future if, in the of Way Cocaslep for increaging the ) forufications for Saiesereesseerrenee en! ano' jul ‘aes Provos, Marcbais. ‘3 ‘The army returns and the report of the General in- Chief shows that a large number of officers and enlisted soktiegs are absent from their poste. ‘The pursuit of such persons and their compalsory Te- turn to duty is @ necessary function of a provost marshal, ‘and such a number of them only as may be required for ek pereeee wi in tipi La aap he tho ecariee, a y boun: yw act of Congres! eruite have offered por Hos Temptations to practice fraud upon the vernmaniupiploe returns upon the muster rolls and aes charges for subsistence. Diligent efforts are being made for the detection of all such practices, and to bring the guilty partiee—some of whom have beld respopaible statigns in society—bofore a fo a civil or military tribunal as goon as the necessary preliminary investigations by the Judge Advocate can be ‘coup! ted. ‘The same course is being pursued ip reapect to frauda- lent contractors and disbursing oflicets. " ‘The expenditares for enlistments, recruiting, drilling ‘and subsistence of yoluntecrs, regulars aud militia, amounts to the sum of $20,692,282 © 1. The aoquiescence of al! the loyal States in tho moawm c# deemed necessary to strengthen the armies and uate the war at every hazard to final sucocss, proves fidelity of the people to the government, and their determination to maintain its unity and uphold its autho- rity over the whole territory of the United States. ‘The Secretary says that expericuce has shown that seri. ous defects exist in the militia jaw which should be promptly remedied. ‘The laws relative to volunteers also ‘Deed ainendment. The views of the department on these subjects will be communicated to the appropriate com- mitices of Congress, It will be seen that the Quarter- master’s Department upon which, under the law of tho 11th cf July, providing for the employmentof colored | ceapinry the charge of such persons is chiofly imposed, as not found itself burdened with their care but that it has, on the contrary, doriyed valuable aid from their labor, and in a congiderable portion of its field of opera- tious has thug far suffered from a seant rather than from too great a sapply of such labor. Jn Louisiana, whore at one time there were appreben- sions of embarrassment from the number of refugees, the reserve of a tract of rich land along the railroad to Bai racks Bay opens up a territory in whieh many thousands can be profitably omployed if placed under proper regula- tion and contro). At Port Royal such persons have beon extensively employed in the works of (he Quartermaster’s Department and in cultivating some thousands of acres of the Sea Islands of the coast, the products of which are used in the support of themseiyes and families. In the operations of the army on the James river and upon the Potomac, in the fortifigations of Washington and as labor- ers, teanisters, hostlers and. in the landing and shipping of stores, they have been of great service, and the demand for their labor has oxccedcd the eupply available. ‘The successful movement of the various expeditions by sea, the transportation of such large bodies of troops, and their regular supply at distant points cf the coast, afford striking proofs of the greatness of the military resources of the nation. These movements have been on a scale of great pitude. The collection of the vast armics which haye becn raised and their transport to ibe field of operations in 80 brief a period, would not bave been poseibie but for the extent of our system of steam transport by rajiroad, river and sea, It has not been found necessary to cxercise within the Joyal States the power conferred upon the President by Jaw to take actual military possession of the railroads of the country. The various companies met ja convention in thie city, ‘united in proposing a uniform tarkf for government trane- portation which appears to bo jut and equitable, and they have performed all the services reqnired of them by the dopartment with a promptness, efficiency and cheer- falness which dv honor to the patriotism of their mapa- ers. oe * * * * * * Every means the country affords has been put forth to complete the armament ¢f our forts ands fortifications for the defence of harbors and coasts, ag is shown by the“ report cf this bureau; those details are fer obvious rea- sons not now stated, aud the legislation required by this brauch ef the service will by your direction be communi- cated to the appropriate committee. The subject of arm- ing the fortilicattons, particularly those defending the harbors of our principal Atiantic ports, has received spe- cial attention, and all the means at the dis- posal of the’ department have been applied to that end, so far as was possible apd con- gistent with many other impepative requirements. lo consequence of the introduction into naval warfare of iron-clad vesselz, comparatively safe from the ejlects of such batteries ag had hitherto been suffleient to guard effectively against the passage of hoatile vessels, jt be- came necessary to previde heavier apd more powerful ordnance, The whole system of such armamont was carefully revised and amended bya bourd of the most experienced and competent officets, and measures have been taken w carry their recommendations into effect, The Secretary calle especial attention to the necessity of providing additional means for the storage and pre- servation of ordnance supplies, as recommended in the report of the Chief of Ordnance. The attention of the department bas been earnestly directed te the forts and coast abd harbor defences. A ole wspection of these important works is been made by General Totien, the distin- eyes Chief of Engineers. The grants made by fortiications at last session amounted to five miilion five hundred and thirty-Gve dollars for permanent works, and seven hundred and fifty thousand doliars for tempo- rary works. The Chief of Engiseers reports that these gums admitted of very material progrees, beiug made at most of the important forts aow in process of construc. tion. This hax been realized ix a pumber of instanecs, and in all @ decided advanceme t bas been effected. Great difficulties bave beou experienced in obtaining sup- ples of materials from the quarries, stoveyards, &c., ow- ing to the demands made upon the classes usually em ployed in this kind of work by tle War Department. Similar trouble bas been eucountered in procuring trans- portation for materials. Much bas been done in advancing the etate 0; readiness of our fortiGcations in the principal commercial harbors for service in preparing for additional uns, in providing for the re tion of armament of very rge calibre in the existing batterics, and in placing all in effective condition or defence ?ike measures have been observed with reference to naval stations and our frontiers gonerwily. Secretary says no aphorism is more univer- sally received than that, the sole object of a just war js to make the enemy feel evils of bis injustice, and by his sufferings amend bis ways, and he niust therefore be tacked in most accessible quarters. The power of the rebels rests upon thoir peculiar system of labor, keops laborers on their plantations to port owners who are de oting their time and stiength to destroy our armies aud deetroy our gov ment, whenever that system i@ in hostility w the ¢ vernment, It is in his opinion the duty of those conduct- ing the war to strike down the system and turn against the rebels the produetion power that upholds the jueur- rection rightly organized Im the recovered territory, the laborers of the rebele will not aid iu holding fortified positions, but their labors will, as in India, free white soldier the most unw! me exposure of the South. They will cultivate the corn ond forage which will feed our cavalry and artillery horses and save the country a portion of the enormous burden now attending their purchase and transportetion from the north. This cultivation would have been of greater advantage to us on the southoasiera coast than even that of the great staple of the sea islands. He says, in conclusion, the greater part of the whole county which formerly produced the rea island cotton is now thorough- ly restored to the Union—tbe laborers resamesd = | , the eoil and the climate; it needs only s tion to revive the cultivation of the #taple as wall se to produce nd for Since en and baltiee and atties an mak suc- cessful aud the result permanetit? Itje worthy of no- tice that thus far the portions ot tdbritory w ‘ich we have recevercd and must firmly hoid pre- cisely those in whieh the greatest jon of colored men are found. By their assistance Armies will be permanent to operate in and the couatry, and in labor for | tenga ane Soy a ae own gupplies, full occupation can be given them, and wit! this there will be neither occasion nor temptation to them to emigrate to a northern and less climate, by experience, no colored man will leave his Judging home in the South if ted im thet home. All possi- ae ition negro labor in the North is avoided in giving colored men protection and employ- ment upon soil which they have thus far culti- vated, and the right to which has va. coated the original lors deeply involved in the crimes of treason rebellion. No groat terri bas been permanently redueed without depriving the \- ers of ite people of their laurels and j itis these that give power and infi to few men w! ine and it to exercise cas Tar renerrinnas wan of money an vy, by str: ows this syrtem Chr ', which enables leaders of the re- resources of the peuple, the rebellion would die of itself, Under no circumstances has a, disposition to servile insurrection been exhibited by the colored "ag in any Southern State, while a strong loyalty to the federal vernment has been displayed on every occasion and against every discouragement by the meaus a mage rebellion may be disarmed aad subdued swiltly and effect; and the lives of our own people saved wer on the battle flek ‘onpation of their ports in the Missiseippi and the en coast, a market will be opened in every rebel State for the industry of our people to supply the wants of the army and also of a loys) population in exchange for the valuable products of their labor. Another point of attack is by armed settlements apon the vacent govern- ment lands in Florida and ‘lexas. ousands the Northern aud Western States are impatiently wait- ing the signal of salthary movements to plant their homes in the best territory of this continent, gud Dring it back to the Union as loyal States, If your proposition for ee emancipation anda ‘voluntary return to loyalty be bliudty rejected till the proper application of the means at command of vernment cannot fail to accomplich the Sarin of rebellion, an@ @ restoration of those peaveffl relations which were designed to be established forever ou this continent by the union of the Stateg, REPORT OF THE QENERAL-IN-CHIEF, ‘The General-n-Chief, in his report to the Seoretary of ‘War, states that he started on the 40h of July, to visit tho Army of the Potomac to ascertain W there w possi. bility of an advance npon Richmened Mera Bi comi fluence over = Landing, and if not , to form some, or oarmie of General Popo and Genera! Me + who we Mf tho pimign that i+ would require fity | ne agdioun, by the oc-*} Sia ZA‘ NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1862. men t0 goon, Halleck reptiod that there could not pos- sibly be sent more than twenty thousand, McClellan asked toconsuier the maiter till morning, when he agreed to go on with that number, On Genera) Halleck’ arrival home he receivod a despatch saying that at jonst thirty- five thousand would be required. ‘The report states that such reinforcements coukl not b Sent without Jeaving Washington and Baltimore almost Gefencelesa, and Halleck’s roport of the army of the Peto Mac was issued August 3; 2 previous order baving beon given for the removal of tho sick, and transports ‘0 vast numbers supplied; but that a protest was received from General McClellan on the 5th, and that sho order was not put in force for eleven days, the 14th, On the Ist, orders were given to Gen. Burnside to embark at Newport News for Aquia Creek, who arrived there promptly on the night of the 3d: A review of the movements before Washington is made. Ho says that a part of the Army of the Potomac was ordered to the front from Alexandria, and that Gen. Cox was ordered to come by rail, via Washington, from Western Virginia, with the main portion of his force, Of General Pope’s order on the 27th, to General Porter, to be at Bristow Station the next morning, he gaya, ‘for some unexplained reason Porter did not comply with thi® order, and his corpe was not in the’battles of the 28th and 29th,” in which General Pope ‘‘gained considerable ground, though the battles were not decisive,”? Of the reinforcement from Alexandria, embracing at length the whole Peninsular army, it is said ‘‘some of the corps moved with becoming activity; but the delays of others wero nither creditable nor excusable.” Tho soldiers actually ongaged in those battles ‘fought with great bravery,’ but many thousands straggled away from their commands, and it is said that not a few volunta- Tily surrendered to the enemy, so as to be paroled as “pri-oners of war.”? It is add, “Had the Army of the Potomac arrived™a few days earlier the rebel army could have been easily defeated, and perhaps destroyed.’? ‘The losses at South Mountain and Antietam are put at ezine 8,066 wounded and 913 missing—a total of ‘The report states that the army rested on the north bank of the Potomac, near Sharpebarg, from the 17th of of September until the 26th of October, and says that “the inactivity of so large an army in the face of a defeated foe, and duricg the most favorable seagon for rapid marches and a vigorous campaign, was a matter of great disappointment and regret.” Genera) Halleck states that he telegraphed McClellan October 6, to cross the river. General McClellan diaap- proved the plan of crossing south of the Blue Ridge, but proposed to cross at Harper's Ferry and move on Win- chester, bat did not cross until Oct. 26, and thea at Lerlin, she 0 occupying till Nov. 3. During thie period’ ‘General McClellan stopped communicating with the Commander-in-Chief, addressing the President. On the th his removal was ordered, NEWS FROM NORFOLK. Our Norfolk Correspondence. Norroux, Va., Noy. 27, 1962. Thanksgiving Day in Norfotk—How It Was Ubservcd—Ihe- atrical—Market Reporis— Contraband” Intelligence Who Are the Most Deserving of Relief, a Widow and Five Children of a Dead Union Soldier or the Lazy J iggers?— What the Niggers at Oraney Island Cost the Country— What Are They Worth? de. Brigadier General Viele, Military Governor of this city, bas issued the following order to his command relative to the observance of Thanksgiving: — GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 55. ~Heapguantere, Norrorx, Va., Nov. 26, 1862. Thursday, November 27, having beon vet apart by the soveral Executives of the loyal States asa day of prayer and thanksgiving, it will be observed as such by the troops of this command. Divine service will bo held in | the several regiments at eleven A. M., and no duties other than those necessary to discipline will be performed. By order of Brigadier General FE. L. VIELE. 3. H. Ligpexav, Assistant Adjutant General. In accordance with the above the heads of the various ‘bureaus have given their employes a holiday. Captain Edwin Ludiow, Chief Quartermaster, has ordered all of his shops to be closed, and, with the exception of the At- Jantic Iron Works, at which some important goyernment Jobs are being finished, the order has been compited with. Captain Liebenau, the Provest Marshal, will not igsue any passes to any one torday, and Genoral Viele seems doter- mined that, if the citizens do not observe religious ser- vices, at least those under his immediate command shal) do so, and, in the absence of a civic governor to issue a proclamation to this effect, the power and right devolved upon him to promulgate the same. ‘Thus far the appearance of this city indicates that a large majority of the citizens will opscrve the day, if not by praying and offering up thanksgiving sermons and bymns, by feasting on roast fowl and ite aecompani. mente. ‘The managers of the Opera House, Messrs. 8. W. Glenn and Jas, A. Oater, also offer additionakdittractions to their house, and are in a fair way to be remunerated for thet exertions. The bill for to-night’s performance embraces “The Dream at Sea,’ in which Mias Mary Mitchel! sus, ‘twins the character of Anpe Trevanion, and Laance Lyn- ‘wood is to be represented by Mr. S. E. Browne, the able stage mavager. Other novelties finish the bill. ‘While on theatrical topics I cannot refrain from speak- ing a good word for the ri tof tbe a House in relation to their enterprise. When Mr. .» Glenn eoncluded to ofen the i be ted theatre, it seemed indeed as a forlorn oo a ut & season of four weeks, in spite of a great opposing element, demonstrates clearly t Mr. Glenn, if not able to “keep a hotel,” bas proved himself a good theatrical manager. Last week Mr. Gleon associated birelf with Mr. James A. Oates, an amateur actor Pa mad standing. Mr. Glenn js now absent in Baiti- more to bring on one or two star actors and actresses. ‘The advent of Miss Mary Mitciicil has been quite a feature and the fair actrees is nightly rewarded with unbounded enthueiasm by appreciative audiences. Market euppiies are abundant, and sell at reasonable rates. Wood and cou! are rather scarce articles, and aro held at bigh rates. The products of the country, with the exeeption of market track, de not find their way to this city as pur are not allowed to export the eame, Hence the farmere can find no object in glutting the market with articles for which there is a limited sal ‘The colony of contrabands at Craney Island is flourish. ing. Captain Ludlow at present issues over six thousand rations per diem to the negroes congregated there, for which (the ceeed receives the labor (such ag it is) of about three hundred, or twelve and a half per cent. ‘While Capt. Ludiow is compelled to furnish full rations to — bape eng a se ds he aie vey a rity, legally, to provide t starving widew and five Nines og & nable ‘Delaware sosdier, who fell tbe do. fence of the Union aud flag at Antietam, unless he paid therefor from his private fundg; and stil! abolition ma- sionaries come down here, wor to kindle dissatis. faction among tbe contrabands, and when remonstrated with go to New ——_ ig abolition journals abuse 1D, and Other officers here, ag also the ad- = ‘al of General Dix’s staff. Colonel D. T. Van , of treating them uneivilly. The cost of malntain- ing the contrabands at Craney Island alone is $180 per day. What must it lwewhere? veel New Publications. ‘The following 1s a list of the new publications rece! ‘at the Hanaty office to November 28:— . “atiatory of tho Bank of Fogland, fue Times ana Tr Li ‘a. Aitions, from 1694 to 1844.” By ‘Jobn Frances. First American’pdition, with notes and appendix, including statistics of the Bank to the close of the year 1861. By J. Smith Homans. een ok the Dolnisend Aoroms the Romy Macziniee ‘oon com” Richard ¥. Burton. Published by ir Brothers. whe Flirt: or, Passages in the Life of a Fashionable Pn ag Ol Mrs. Grey. Published by Petersen & Bro’ . Philadelphia. eek. Paul Ferrol Killed His Wifo.” Published by «Lyrics for Freedem.’” Published by Carleton. Answers to Ever Recurring Questions from the Peo. ple”, Bx ABarew Jackson Davis. Published by A, J. be. «The War Powors of the Presidont and the Legislative Powers of Congress, in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and wery.”? By Wm. Whiting. Published by John L. Shorey, Boston, “L'Expedition du Mexique.”’ By Edgar Quinot. Pub- lished he A W. Jeite, London. “The Pirates of the Prairies; or, Adventures in tho American Desert.” By Gustave Aimard. Published by Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, ‘“Burgical and Practical Observations on the Diseases of tho Ear, with New Mode of Trenting Deafness.” By J. E. Von Eisenberg. Rng fie! the Groat Rebellion.” By P. Kettle, Pub- . Stebbins, Worcester, ‘Mase. States Tariff.” Compiled by B.D. Ogden Pub- by Bogert, Bourne & Co, ‘Westniinister Review” for Octobor; American edition. Published by Leonard, Scott & Co, The First South Carolina Colored Regi. men Howtx, Mass., Deo. 2, 1862. * Roy. T. W. Higgingon, of Worcester, Mass.,bas accepted the coloneley of the First outh Carolina colored regi- ment INTERESTING FROM: NORTH CAROLINA. Oar Newbern Correspondence, Nuwnrnn, N, C,, Nov. 18, 1962. The Marine Artillery—The Nor h Carolina Votunteers—ihe Rebels Fathag Back—A Pilot Boat Wanted— Replacing of Lighthousss—A Way to Stop Abusive People, te. It ig rumored that tho Marine Artillery—now subject to tho State of Hew York—-is to be mado a separate organixa- tion, independent both of the army and navy, just in the same dogree tbat tie laitor is pow independent of the for- mer, by special act of Congress. Sue cortainly oucht to bo the cago, as this Marine Artillory ia not only notod for its extreme vlility in this department, but available for sail- ing, infantry, and light and heavy artillery service. Charles evry Porter is moritoriously to work getting reeruite for our First North Carolina regiment, His guo- cess in thiz partionlar is astonishing, Governor Stanly’s present course is being highly ap- proved. A reconneiggance was made the day before yeatorday by Major Gerrard, of the Third New Yerk cavairy, when it was found that the rebels had fallen back towards ‘Trenton and Kingston. There are no indivations of a fight near Newbern, ‘The lollowing is froma religious North Carolina news paper:— In Now Ortéans on Saturday, Miss Roso McKinnoy, aged seven years, severely stabbed Willie Boully, aged fre yeare, with’a penkife. No cause assigned, but probably Jealousy was at the bottom of the affhir. thas boon suggested, and the suggestion is strongly seconded, that there should be a regular pilot boat, of from seventy tO one hundred tons, kept stationed of the Cape Lookout banks, for tho purpose of bringing in government and other vessels to Beanfort safely and expeditiously, As mat- ters are at present, vessels are frequently, in factas a general thing, obliged to come close upon the barbefore they can get a pilot, and even then cannot be boarded by the pilots half the time without great delay, ou account of the heavy gales which prevail at this goason of the year, As Beaufort is the only port thas far open to commerce in the Department of North Carolina, and as, for this rea- son, Many. vessels aro coming to that harbor constantly, the importance of this ae is very obvious. It is to bo hoped that an errahgement will be speedily mado by which the interests of the government anc of the com- mercial public may be subserved in the manner indicate The Newborn Progress of the 17th publishes the follo w- ing:— ‘ono of our exchanges says that the federal government has organized @ regiment cf nogroes in this State, Thie is decidedly a rich piece of news. Some of our contem- poraries would cheat the devil out of his dues, #0 as to pcterey rivals, regardless of truth. Yhe only regi- ‘ment raised by the government is com) of as white and Joyal material ag can be found in the army. Weare afraid that our contemporary is troubled with a disease vulgarly ealied ‘ nigger on the brain.” The crow Pils Lighthouse, off the northwest point of Royal Shea), Pamlico Sound, N.C., insix fect of water, hes been refitted. The foundation consists of seven iron piles, painted red, and the superstructure is of wood, hexagon in form, painted white, with a lantern in ceutre, painted'red. Height from sea level to base. teu feet; from sea level te focal Pighe, sate atree feet. ‘The apparatus is afourth order Fresnel, showing a fixed white light, varied by 2 flash at intervals of two minutes and thirty aeconds. ‘The Jight will be re-exhibited on the night of¢ the Slat of October and every night thereafter, and can be geen eleven miles. A fog bell at this station will be rung in foggy weather. Ocracoke Light Station, near the entrance to Ocracoke Inlet, N. C., and about twenty-three and a haif nautf-al miles to the southward or westward of Cape Hatteras, hag been refitted. The height of tho wwer from base to focal plane is sixty- five feet, and above eca level seventy-five feet; it is conical ib form, color white, sarmounted by a lentern, color red, The apparatus is a fourth order Fresvel; arc of the horizon ilimminated 270 degrees. The light is a Nx- ed white, secondary seacoust and harbor. It will be ex- bibitod for tho firet time on the night of the 5th of No- vember, and every night thereafter, and it can be seen fifteen miles. “Latitude 36 degrees 6 minutes 31 seconds north, longitude*75 degrees 58 minutes 28 _aAiged the habit of publiebing stat: 8 papere are ig the of pul state. ments from persons purporting 0 have just get North, ro- vin | afthirs within the rebel lines, as confined to the of North Carolina, which are net or wipes) hat detrimental in misléading the public mind of the Norh. Obituary. s How, Jouy Seutivay died eaddeuly on tho 17h inet, at } Exoters >. 'L, of apoplasy, Bor a number of years hy | had bow he 8 wee at our Y time Taniy » SCMdalt Sve here ig en important question that can be put to the government, We have in this department certain new Togimente whose tort of service will expire ia the.course of six or seven months. Will the government en un enough wen t do something of importance, or will it those pine months’ patriots fritter their time in comfortable quarters, and at the expiration of term of enlistments aliow them te tura their faces apd the toes of their socks erstwasd—two hundred dollars bounty and ali—witboyt Daving met the and con- quered him? We waut reinforcemente. It ig not an uncommon thing W hear natives, both men and women—more especially the latter—utter sentiments not ig yo | ploasant to Northerp cars. As we have cnongh of ‘women, and do not need any more hos- pitals, would # not be well for Gencral Foster to issue an order that any responsible person, whether male or fo- male, heard uttering sentiments unpicasant or fed to the feelings of Union officers and svldiers, shall be held #0 far regponeitle for such utterances, when the sime has been traced to the utterer, that thoir houses, barns and Jantis will bo used as quarters for our troops’ and horses during A approaching winter? Such a course of pro- cedure Would, undoubtedly, have a decided effect for tho better, i making certain men hold their tongues, aud certain women to go and do lixewise and sin no more. The Marine Artillery, by a new arrangement, is to gar- rison the forts Al Roanoke and Hatterag, to man the army gunboats and withdraw from all other places. Newry, N. C., Nov. 19, 1862. Why Oe Rebels Advanced fowards Newbern— Why They Retired—Their Forcee—A Reconnoissance, dc. From @ source ef reliability our military authorities have deem put in possession of the following informa. tion — The rebels, in their Mate movement toward New- bern, did meditate an attack on this plaoe, provided they could do eo before the return of General Foeter, or any portion of his forces used in the Hamilton expedition. On arriving in the vicinity of Newbern the rebels ascer- tained our strength to be too great to risk an attack, and therefore roti odie. a on the following morning. They bad with them four full regiments of infantry, eight pieces of artillery and the new Tlird North Carolina ca- ‘valry , 800 strong. ‘There are now from 70,000 to 100,000 rebel troops in the State of North Carolina, All their old regiments have deen filled up. The rebéis are preparing an attack, either on Newberv, or Washington, or Plymouth. At any rate they are making preparations fer some sort of an aggres- sive movement. A recopnoissance was sent out yesterday morning, by order Of General Foster, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Jolfp Mix. Newsrnx, Nov. 20, 1863. Newbern Once More Enlivened by Secular Amusemenia—New York Negro Minsivels in Powor—A New Light, de. We are fast reaching the ‘‘sublimity” of civiliaation, as may be seen by the following. (Probably some of the Hematy’s readers will recogniso familiar names) :—» UNION MINSTREIS. Bas. T. White. Compan; 22386. Williams Ji wild Du lo an et Helgphene Sole... GIDEON’ Dan. White, Fred. Percy, Essence of Old Virginia. . By th = EXEMPT oe e entire com} conc! GRAND WALK ROUND. This company, no doubt, will be well patronized and of considerable valuo as an amusement. Its ability is good. ‘The temporary light, formerly in wae at Roanoke Marshes lighthouse, N. C., has been romoved, and a fourth order Fresno) apparatus hag been replaced. Arc of the horizon illuminated 270 deg. The light te afxed white, and will be exhibited on‘the night of the 15th November, and fo thereafter, and it em be seen cleven miles. y ler of the Lighthouse Hoard, J.P. SMITH, Lighthouse Engtueer. The Naval. ALABAMa—ten gung.—The Alabama is at tho Charles- ‘Dan. 1. White aul Wm. 'S BAND, Ed, Williams, Fred. White. . Short; "6. boone with a town Navy Yard, nearly ready for sea. The following is the list of her offleers:— Conmander—Edward T. Nichols. Acing Master=Henry K. Bild ¢ Aciing Fins gne— Win L. Rewore, W. B. Cobb, ‘Acting Avttant Poymasar—NV. 4. Hostor. 6 Acting Atte Surgmneh, C Walton, Firat Assia ane digineey (im charge). C. Maxsom ‘sco 4b Asatotant Bnyinger-ben amin daylor. Third Avsivtant Bginerrt—Lacien Mencherd, Thoptas Dewprey. tet 6 Matet—#ieney Holl, Houry W. Loring, Martin Thoma Aviag Gunny —Foix Comedy ‘HE NEW YORK HERALD ——SSS PRICE TWO CENTS. THE CHARTER ELECTION. Another Triumph of the Conservatives, Nearly All the Democratic Can- didates Elected. WONDERFULLY QUIET ELECTION, THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 1863. SCENES AT TAMMANY HALL, Serenade and Speech of Matthew T. Drennan, the Comptroller Elect, &ey &., Tho election yesterday wag noted as one of the most quiet that has taken place in this city for a number of years, aud when the fact that over four hundred and fifty candidates, of all the various stripes of party, were in the lists.as aspirants for the different offices is taken into con- sideration, it will be the more surpriaing that go little ex- citement was manifested, Mr. Haws; the republican candidate for re-election to tho office of Comptroller, although a/mitted on all sides to have served the city faithfully in its financial depart- mont during hisyterm of offee, could not stem—with all bis personal influence and popularity—the conservative current which swept over the city in November last, and, ag appears by the returns, is still in its flood, Mr. Brennan is elected by over thirteen thousand ma- jority, ona yote much smaller than that cast a month ago, and Mr. Develin, the conservative candidate for Corporation Counsel, has outstripped his republican ¢om- Ppetitor nearly twenty-three thousand votes. Nearly all tho candidates on the conservative ticket have succeeded by majorities proportionately large. ‘The Board of Aldermen for the coming year will contain but two republicans, and tho Councilmanic Board will be made up nearly if not quite of conservative members. VOTE FOR COMPTROLLER. Wards. Brennan. Cons, Haws, Rep. ++ 1,218 3B 201 186 298 213 1,390 887 1,207 646, 2,873 138 1,830 935, 1,742 1,210 1,688 2,188 1,208 1,065 21688 1,204 1,889 1,124 1,497 843, 1,793 410 ‘88 1,544 1,831 1; 7 25143 2,181 1,869 1,920 1,192 8,032 2,016 905 2/080 2)423 1,696 26,366 I OREN | VOTE IN NOVFMBER, DOCTOR... .ccceecsseceseeeerecescseneneres soe 06) VOTE FOR CORPORATION COUNSEL. 42,157 rirerrorsry Develin’s majority VOTE FOR ALDERMEN. All the Conservative Candidates Elected. FIRST DISTRICT. Fox, eonsorvative. +1,750 Smith, republican. + 806 THIRD DISTRICT. +1370 + 602 «+ 161 161 Department. .Goorge 0 KOs. 606 . SCUMatthow ft Bromma: Pee .. John EB. Develin,,.,.Cens, + ammes Bowen.......Rep. Stroot Commissioner......... Vacancy. Pres’t Croton Aqueducs Dept... Rooms eee Cons, rey . . Delevan... . Cons, pues mee Draper. Rep. Prea’' of Charities, Prew’t Board of Education... William E. Cartis Le ative Department. OF THR BOARD OF ALDERMEN. District 1—John Fox + Conservative, 2—William sorvative, 3—John T. Heary Conservative, . Republican. 5—Jobn MeCool. « -Congervative, 6—James Roed.. T—Charles J. Chipp. 8—Peter Mitchell. 13—H eter Masterson. M—veho | 1h—Auidre Froment . 16— Terence Farley... Li—Jaeob M. Long: oh RECAPITULATION. ' ey | Rep viivare COUNCILMBN ELRCTED, Birk District. James Hayes... . Patriek H. Keenan, Morvan Jones... Charleg Rite Jobn Healy, James Sandford. Samuel T. Webster Joseph MoVay Thomas Brady Michael Grces. John MeCounell Vrederick Repper John Houghtaling. John G, Haviland John P. Gaw.... James Murray.... George MeGrath, Richard O'Brien Conservative. Conservativ Conservativ Conservatiy Hamlin Baboook, Chas. ©, Pinckney Repnbties uw, Republican. Republican, Republican Conservative. Alexander Brandon RECA & Conservatives. Republicans... .6 Total., tt School Commissioners Eleeted. Ward 1—Willlam Jennett Conservative. 2—John P. Huggins: Conservative, 3—John Pat: niser vative. 4—Arthur O'Donnell: ouservatlye. 5—Wm, H. Crane Conservative. 6—Owen Kinney onrervative » i—Kdward L, Carey .. ervative. ~ 8—Samuel J. Montgomery uservative, 9—James W. Farr. Republican. 10—Jeromiah Welsh “Conservative, 11—Wm. J. O'Connor ‘onservative. 12—sydnoy P. Ingraham Yonservative. 13—Charles J. Shaver ++ Conservative. 14—John Hayes... + Conservative, Conservative. Conservative. . Conservative 15—Washington Murray 16—Urlando P, Smith.. 1i—Jobn A. MeLaughtin. 18—John N. Haywood... 19—Whiliam Hiichman. 20—Robert Taylor. 21—Morgan L, Harris 22—Fred. W. Smythe REOAPIT! Conservatives. 20 Republicans. 2 School Inspectors Elected, Ward 1—Thomas Cloar Conservative. 2—James Young. “onservative. 3—Jobn Mangtes ‘conservative. 4—John Mciowe' Conservative 5—Corneliue Quinn Conservative. Congervative. nservative, mservative. 6—Thomas Lyne! 1—Thornas Lynch, 8—Henry Schein 9—Charies W. Wright. iepubliean 10—Geo. I. Patterson . Republican, 12—Horace B. Perkins. Conservative. Conservative. Covservative. + Conseryative Republican, 13—John Hobby. 18—Hugh O'Brien 19—Daniel B. Taylor . 21—James Underhill. . School Trust Ward 1.—Thomas Brennan, Dennis Keenan 2.—Thomas Eagan Elijab Curtis John A. Carolin B.e-Horatio Howarth. ‘Louis Patue J. H. Noe. 7.—Thomas Sbields. William Dougherty 9.—James H. Townsend James Harrison ,, 10.—George Snyder, Elected. Conservative. nservative. Conger vative, . Conservative. ‘Conservative. Conservative. Conservative. Cougervative. epublica. Republican. Couservative. —— Cassin. ~ 18.—Williain Band “onservative. Edward Cooper Conservative THE POLITICAL HEADQUARTERS. Tammany Hall. ‘The democracy mustered in considerable force at Tam many Hall last night to hear the results of the election and to cheer loudly for the successful candidates. At half-past eight the old wigwam was crowded in every part, but the proceedings were tame and simple, without the presence of a solitary leading speaker or the u.ani- featation of a new political idea. The returns from the different districts came in very slowly, but whenever a new one appeared it drow forth Joud and enthusiastic applause from the audienco in every part of the house, Thore were but a few spoakore Ime. sent. Captain Keller spoke fluently for a short tine, Ho showed that the country was going to ploces, and that there was no unanimity among the people. He concluded with desires for the return of peace and the unity of the old and undivided Union. Mozart Hall Headquarters. It was supposed that the headquarters of the Mozart wing of the democracy, which had so much to do with producing the nomination of the success(ul candiwiates for Cemptroller and Corporation Counsel, would be open slast evening for the reception of the returus and for a jolification over the result, But for sume cause or ‘other—probably because they felt confident that Brennan and Develin would walk over the course. did uot assemble at their rooms last night, but resoived to wait patientiy for the full returns ia the morning papers. Republican Headquarters. SCENES AND INCIDENTS—THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF DEFEAT—A COLLAPSE AND NO RETURNS—A SKK- DADDLE, ETC., BTC. As late as seven o'clock last evening the republican headquarters, corner of Twenty-third street and Broad” way, preseuted @ very sembre and undemonstrative appearance. At the hour already specified just a baxeris dozen of electioneer-worn partisans was assembied iv Jugubrious conelave in the room wherein the result of the day's pro- ceedings was supposed to be made known. The‘ fore” gone conclusion’ of the charter election was painfully manisfested on the saddened eountenances of the thir. yeen,” and for the space of three-quarters of an hour nothing was heard but silence within the chamber. ‘As the small assembly became slowly augmented by the arrival of twos and threes,the melancholic tender y seemed rather to increase than diminish, for the al- most universal response of the harbingers from the vari ous wards of thevcity was, that “they would not give two Haws for the election of the republican ticket.” At ‘a quarter to eight o'clock there was a gathering Of bo- tween fifty and sixty persons in the room, and in order to relieve the dulness occasioned by the uon-reception of the returns, @ free disoussion of @ polit ico-muscular cha- was entered into, One buge fisted individual, who was evidently « “convert,” or a ‘pervert,’’ as the case may be, from the ranks of the great unterriged |, sudden ly burst into the room, and was immediately assailed by a squadron of republicans, who accused «him and th ba their bis at we \ Saving ease het the legally specified ume. Words loud and deep—bat neither moral nor patriotic—fotlowed, and muscle was on ted sobriety ter eight o'clock, Mr. Brady, Sergew iene tora and maida Gectiemen 1 beg to state that the committee have made no arrangemeats for the reception of returns bere to-night, aad I only up the room in order that the reporters of the press could not say that we appeared iu total darkness.” ‘This fell like ‘a thonder clap on the expectant and ex- cited assemblage, some of whom, word in response, and the chamber was vacated in dogged silence. Serenade to Judge Brenna: ‘The Ninth ward democracy, headed by Grafula’s band, proceeded to the residence” of the Comptroller olect, Mr. Matthew T, Brennan, 04 White street, at eleven o'eloek last night, and entertained that gentienan with the pleasure of a serenade, ‘Tho band discoursed sowe oper: tic and national airs, after which Mr. Pronnan eame on woop for not making a speech of use, After Mr. Brennan's sweech Moaers. John CianePand Luke Conmna addressed the crowd in a few rouarks, Shen they dispersed at about twelve o’elock. Arrests for Iliegal Voting. Thore was very little done yesterday if the way of illegal voting, and the polioe made vory few arrests. ‘the following cases were Teported at police headquarters at sundowa — ‘ A Detrios jarret Colbert, Second district, Twelfth ward. Garret ao , eal ‘ |. aline Meyers, im the Sheth ward. fo cnt non, ta the Twelfth ward, ih ward. in the : yin the Fweifth ward. Mecunn, in the Twelfth