The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 29, 1861, Page 2

THE NEW YORK SUN. FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 29, 1961. Rtending our Southern Conquests. {By the arrival of the steamer Illinois from ‘Port Royal, 8. ©., we learn that our Navy have taken possession of Tybee Island, whose location sand relations to Hilton Head previously, occ pied by our troops, can be best learned from the map we publish in another column. It seems to be the plan of our officers to secure, #0 far as poasible,that gutlying bulwark of islands guard. ing the coast of South Carolina and Georgia bo fore attempting further conquest. The posses. ion of these will add efficiency to the blockwle ts side giving a base for more important opera- @ ona, and experience has thus far shown that tc ay are not difficult of acquisition, Beaufort, tho report tells sj is still unoeeupied by our troops, but the additional statement, that ‘ grunboats remained andare off the tow that it is practically in full possession of our forces, as a place lying under the guns of arined vessels will prove no very deatrable resilonce for panic-stricken rebels. shows The Aspect of Farope. The reports we received from Europe by the nono very hopeful indications f peace in the OM World. neasy, Hungary is kept asures which must last steamer cont for the con inwanc Poland is increasing!» quiet only by arbitrary inevitably re-act opon their authors, and Cir cassia is again vigoroudly ascerting her inde- nendence acainst Russia, who has received an Seber proof of the invincibility of the hanty moantaineers of the Caucasus, The finan. cial difficulties too, of France, and the uneasi- pees in the manufacturing distficte of England are indications of another sort, proving conclu sively that there is not a single Europoan power which has net ties at home of sufficient magnitode to insure us against any officious in- termeddling with our affairs oa this side of the MAP OF From Port Royal. Arrival of Fourteen Prisonors: Capture of Tybee Island. Atlantic. _O— a eee aunts | ABRITISH FRIGATE AT PORT ROYAL. with America, cannot uplerstand, s# do the Jomg-beaded Faropean diplomatiata, the full sig- nificance of s war between ourselves and Great Britain. With them it means pot alone a con flict of the fiercest determination between the two mst proud and powerfal of kingdoms, but ‘a contest, as well, between the opposing princi- ples of democracy and aristocracy, the world over, such as his'ory bas no record of. Hore the battle has already commenced, and any in- terference in our affairs, on the part of Europe, will surely extend the conflict until it shall em- race every civilized nation, to sift them all as we are being sified Hungary, Poland, Italian Venetia and the Red Repubiicans of France are watching with eager eyes for the slightest opportunity to assert their cause, and with England occupied in a war with the nation lest able to mect her at her strongest point, this would not long be want They understand too well at St. James how im- portant to the pence of Europe is the steady balance of English conservatiam to suffer this to be lightly disturbed ; and Great Britain has too much at stake in Europe to breuk the peace with America. We have nothing to fear, except it he from that resistlese march of events against which human wills are sometimes powerless, and which may lead us into complications with England such as nothin: but the sword can un- ravel. Who could have believed a year ago ina war so much against the best interests of both sections, as that which now exists between the North and South? Yet we have been compelled to accept it ax a nec nd its existence should teach us how unsafe it isto reason of the future, ev premises which seem to have the firmest basis in human MORTALITY AMONG OUR SOLDIERS. ——- A Now Expedition Fitting Ont. BEAUFORT STILL UNOCCUPIED. —— Tur U.S. Traxsront Mlinois, Wm. Rath- burn, Commander, arrived at this port, Thurs- day morning, from Port Royal, 8. C., having sailed from thence on the 25th, at 4 rr. M., making the run in 59 hours. She brings a mail and 74 passengers, 24th ins ind broujcht intelligence of the taking at the mouth of Savannah River, had been evacuated by the rebele, The Flag, Augusta, Pocahontas and Seneca fired a few shells on the ‘ook possession of it without opposition. The above map of the vicinity of Savannah will give a clear idea of the location of Tybee Island and its relations to Hilton Head, pre- important landmarks at the entrance of Savan- nuh River, having at its eastern terminus a to th wuirhod since the secersion of Georgia, but will lics close under the guns of Fort Pulaski, com- manding the entrance to Savannah River, its Fort. It may thus serve as a “point d'appui for an attack upon that fortification to second an assault hy se Repeal of “Personal Liberty Billa” ‘The possession of si Tae Legislature of Vermont, last week, pass- od anact by which the i ‘that stato is repealod. This is a good beginning in tho right quarter. While we prosecute the war for the suppression of rebellion with the utmost energy, we should at the same time ack to ro- move, as far as consistent, all appearance of oc. casion on the part of our misguided brethren at the South, for unfounded jealousy and prejudice against us. Let them understand that, while wo demand, and will enforce submission on the pitt of every citizen to the constituted au- rthorities of the Government, we have, at the same time, no disposition to intertero with their rights under the Constitution, or to annul, by Local legislation or otherwise, any of the con- atitutional enactments of Congress in their fa- vor. This action of the Vermont Legislature awill de much to inspire confidence among those ‘at the South who still desire to remain loyal to our Government, It _ will serve as a timely commentary upon the proclamation of General Drx, which has worked such marvellous results in a portion of Virginia, We trust that other northern states will follow this example at thp earliest practicable moment. nabled the revela to take Fort the attick upon Fort Pickene—of whose result we have as yet no certain report, The Mlinois brings ae passenger Capt, E. M. Yard, of the U. 8, sloop Dale, who has retarnod on account of the weather, bringing with him 11 prisoners captured in the schooners Specie and Mabel, The Mlinois stoppel at Fort Lafayette to land a rebel prisoner (Edward Cuthbert, a plane ter), who was captured on Ladies’ Island, near Beaufort, by some of the 7th Connecticut Regt. She has aleo a number of sick from the Wabash, Dale, Paw and Unadilla, to be sent to the Naval Hospitul. The Brisish frigate Immortalicy was lying in Port Royal harbor when the Hlinvis sailed. The U. 8. troops under Gen, Sherman have numbers. per day, the cold weather, Large quanti of cotton yet touched in storehouses and barns, and also un- ginnod, Another expedition, under command of Viele, consisting of two brigades, was ti out at Port Royal, and would sail in a for the southern coast. The transports Empire y, Cahawba, Marion, McClellan, Matanz, Oriental, and all the light draught gunboats were to be employed in the new expedition. Heaufort was still unoccupied by the U. troops, Two gunboats remained anchored off the town, Among the deaths at Hilton Head, were the following :— 4 GL. Hubbard, of the ment, private Triilin, of do. ; private Nash, of Ninth do. Li A Consideration of Turkey. If any of our reste 1 consequence of the war,” were under the éruel necessity of forego dng this year their usual Thankayiving dinner of turkey, we advise them to compensate themselves, as they may, by reading tho fol- lowing di:cussion of Turkey in the abstract, ta ken from yesterday's Journal of Commerce ; The Turkey, in its normal condition, is lean andtough. Fat turkies, like fat men, are rari- ties, Why this is 40, when turkies, unlike men, are brought up expressly to be fat, is passing strange. Various explanations of the phenom. enon might be offered. It has been fancifully thought that all the more intelligent turkios, prescient of their approaching doom, yolunta: - ly starve themselves to cheat their enemy man, in his hour of fancied triumph, Th also been sugested that, towards th of their caree y become the victims of a settled “imelancholy,’ which explains the “green and Aah frequen'ly diner spel But this fs the domain of poetical sprculstion, Te is ip ss sible to contemplate the turkey with that olin, Philosophical spirit neveseary’ to weigh it (the Ritiect) falily. But the prevalent leanness of the turkies did not frighten purchasers yoster day. Thers seems to be something fascinating in the abstract idea of a turkey, even when the concrete bird falls far below the ideal, — Ln most minds, Thankagivin and Turkey are insepara Diy associated; and the toughest of gobll presents to them a host of tralitions sa the day. People who take this view of th key, are pot anhai to be soon eur streets hy its foot, aul a Lir attention of pedestrians by hintin with the pendant, gaunt and yc head of the bird, Another bears bis turks like an unweanel child, in bis arms, proudl and tenderly caring . Asimilar vinity perceptible’ in. th ereal habit of allowing the black shining legs of the turkey to proorw from the covers of market baskets, us prool ive that the imperial fowl is wi hi ople are never seen sedulously concealii of officers and crew of the sehconer Spe- captured by the U. 8. sloop Dale :— W. IH, Wescott, Captain ; Richard Campbell, Mate. ‘Albert Morgan, Collin Temoerlain} Emanuel Capill, John Meagher. List of oflivers and erew of the schooner Ma- bel, captured by the U.S sloop Dale: Wo. ‘T. Black, Cuptaing Win, P. Johnsen, Mate, Joba Smith, Win. Sloan, Archibald r, Yedro Tore, Jolin Morreau, Antonie The Grand Arne Popeciul Corre nee of the Su Wasisaion, Nov, 28, 1861 he Potomac is at list in | at the same time the ional metropolis i ure acainst attack, Lt has heen amighty task to organize and ar ray the thousands upon thousands of freemen who have patriotivally hastened to the defense f the capital, and to supply them with arme, uniforms, camp equipaze and accommodations for the and wou roy ivions for transportation had also to be secured, and «teams turkies as they would mackerel, a then came the disciplining and drilling, But epare rib, Turkies © inight have beer Gen. McClellan has accomplivhed wonders, coaches also—the market b i » ine Up the Potomac, on the Maryland side evitable black legs stic occupying a | che Divisions of Stone and Banks, watching on the front scat le the misty the fording-places, and anxious themselves to e equipage sate complacently opposite, i ize Bakor and others of their ly congratulating herself that she had secured s over, and avenise a SE aaa vey athe market, This securing | comrades slaughtered at Bull's Bluff, of the fattest turkey isa matter of innocent | Dircetly around the Capital, guarding it which will forin the staple of much vain | aingt an attack should the Maryland sccos- ys t ture of things ev . eS aah Faupeslative. | sionists arige in rebellion, are the brigades of ty, comparatively, or posifvely, fat. To fumi- | Peck, Casey and Howard, with the newly arri- dies, bie ot oe with the feon tur we | cived regiments, whose capabilities are ascer- good it ; ted mind hay threw, an’ filuslon over tho | ‘sined before they are sent forward, ‘angular apatomy of the fowls, and make then | Lower down, Yaggthe brigades of Hooker and eppear ineffaily plunp and succulent, Sickles, watebing the evgny on the Virginia ‘ OUR NEW ACQUISITION. THE LATEST NEWS. Bulacan ph, Albi badel roar. force w e Last, and ceale of Ststute Niles TYBEE ISLAND. bank, whose batteries virtually blockade the The “Excelsior” boys long to cross over and to test the courage of the seceshes, who oc- casionally send their shells whizzing among Crossing the Potomac, we find tho line of fortifications thrown up after tho Battle of Bull Run by our stalwart volunteers, and before the range of their cannon the Maine an! Wisconsin wool-choppers have ‘‘cleared” a belt of timber, nearly a mile wide, and eleven 1 This prevented the stealthy ajproach of the ene- my's sharp-shooters. Boyend is the “grand army” proper—ite right extending to the Great Falls, and its left reaching below Mount Vernon—forming a nearly straight line of fifteen miles in length between those two points on the Potomac, which bulges out to- wards Washington from the centre of this line Along this line are the divisions of Smith, McCall, McDowell, Fitz John Porter, Franklin, Blenker and Heintaleman, including in all sev- enteen light batteries of artillery, seven regi- ments of cavalry, and seventy-six regiments of infantry. These eighty thousand men are well drilled, disciplined, nniformed and equipped. They aro prepared to take the field at an hour's . steamer Flag arrived in Port Royal | pomeesion of Tybee Island. This islan4, lying | inland, which sot beitg responded to, they im- | Pennsylvania has the largest number of pediately sent launches with marines on shore | troops here, but all the northern states are well represented, and we find the Irish, the Ger- mans, the Italians and other adopted citizens standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those bern in this country—all equally anxious to sustain viously occupied by our troops, It is one of the | the honor of the glorious old star-spangled ban- ner, and to conquer peace, In addition to our brave volunteors, there is light-house and beacon indicating the entrance | » large force of the ‘ regulars,” who at present channel, both of which haye boon extin- | occupy the city as a Provost Marshal's guard and who will accompany Gen. McClellan as a ‘They are well drilled, and ‘sand men are many veterans of tho Mexican war, who have sinco passed through the hardships of the Utah campaign, ‘Tho review of this reserve force on the large field east of the Capitol, of which you have al- ready had a report, presented a sthey marched past the gallant young Gen, Andrew Porter, was in command ; Gen, Stokes comin Sumter, and it is this which also enabled then | ry, Col. Hunt the light artillery, and Lieut. 1. Emory the cavalry. The infantry was little, if any, superior to several of the volunteer regiments, but the bat- with six or eight hors- es to each cannon, made an imposing display, and the cavalry was in admirable coniition, ike that with which the Iron Duke won the field of Waterloo, and as Me- Clellan gazed proudly at (hem with his clear nagine that he was eager doubtless be again restored, if our occupation of reserve corps. it is intended to be permanent. Tybee! Island | among the offi furthest point being within five miles of the ! hould such be determined upon, | pla points upon which to | General-in-c tories of light artiller, | Dlue eyes, one could to repeat the comman! of Wellington Guards, and at them,” days ere that command is gi Impatient of the dela: Tt will not be many there have been some little misunderstandings in camp, which has | caused, as you are already aware, the resigna- He commands the fa- built entrerchments acrors the whole island. | mous German Division, in which are 11 regi- The “darks” continued to come in daily in largo | ments of infantry, a regiment of | inen, and two light batteries—almost all of them The deaths among the troops averaged two | trained in the armies of Europe. It is to be . | hoped that the refusal of A prevailing disease among the troops was | his division matters too closely tied up with of- sore throat, probably caused by exposure und — ficial red tape, will not deprive tho service of | this gallant otticer. Every one is hoping for an ailvance exoept the sutlers, who are coining fortunes at the expanse | of the soldiers. The army across the Potomac 1s to be strengthened by the formation of a new divi- sion, whieh will be commanded b ner, one of the most experienced officers in the service. He will co-operate with Gen, Heintzle- man, who is stationed below Alexandria, and | whose pickets extend beyond Mount Vernon. Every one is now waiting for tho expeditions of Burnside and Butler, which are to strike tell- | ing blows, and which will be followed up by « movement calculated to free the Potomac of its present blockade, Asteamer now runs between this city and | Budd's Ferry, affording the friends of officers and soldiers in Sickles’ and Hooker an opportunity to tion of Gen. Blenker, n. Blenker to have emuined un- | en. | hth Maine Regi- t their camps without the Jong, tedious ride through worn-out Maryland, The Potomac flotilla kas been re-armed with heavier guns, and it is hoped that the Pensacola | down toco operate inthe shelling la, it will be re- membered, was built at the yard of that nan and brought here to have her engines put in. Mallory, the rebel Secretary of the Navy, de- clares that sho shall never go to 66a except un- der the Confederate thag, Governor Curtin, of nearly comploted raising the one lund twentieth regiment from that state, Contractors and lobby: ate, and next we paylyanis, has now xciting session, jo expect that their legislat and their sailors im hast ee in every honorable n vival their voldier Ship Island F ¢ Schooner Jno, N, Genin, Capt, Safford, which arrived yesterday from Ship Island, near Now Orleans, reports the fortifleation at that place tinished, the 4 a 150 men from the diferent blockading ships detailud to work the gune. Rooming Lower, ‘The St, Lou's correspondent of the Cincinnati Enyuirer writes as follows:— neral Halleck ix in hi trast I scnd you the present expenses for pared with the rental for The rooms for now quarters, and as headquarters, a headquarters under Generals Halleck and Curtis, Adjutant General, Master of Transportation, are now adjoining each other, rented under Fremont for these same officers amount to $11,500 per aunum, BY TELEGRAPH TO THR N, Y. BUN. — Important from Misseuri. —01. M’CULLOCH, I SPRINGFIELD. _— DESOLATING MARCH OF THB REBELS. —— 1,000 Refugor — Mes. Rolla, Mo., Nov. 27.—Our scouta this morn- | ing briog definite and reliable reports fpf the movements of the enemy in the south-western portion of the state. They were in the camp of the rebels at Sarcoxie on Thursday, McCulloch understands the retrograde move- ment of our army to be an attempt to get in his | His secute report to bim that our whole | crossing the White river, MeColloch had marched to, and is now en- camped at Springfield with a force of 4,000 mon, ral Rains, who had command at Sar- with 7,000 men, left that place oa Friday as joined McCulloch by this time. General Price was at Pineville, McDonald County, with the balrnce of the rebel army. Me so took up his march on Priday, and is alvancing northward to join Generals McCul- loch and Rains, Gen. Price on his march deso- lated and destroy: everything to prevent our troops getting in bis rear, ‘There aro over a thousand refugee families here, many of them in a destitute condition, with a pitiful prospect for the winter, and more are constantly arriving. ‘The measl-s are racing in the different camps here to a great extert. From the Richmond Jail. ee, of the Mussachu- dat Balls Bluff, writes briefly from Richmond, 18th, that aa one of the rs drawn hy lot to offvet the course of our Government towards the rebel pirates, he isan inmate of a cell of the jail at Richmond. ‘This sleo is true of other officers, His health and that of Major Reeve and Captains Bowman and Rockwood, is yood. Col Lee is permitted to say on good rebel authority, or what he con- siders ax such, that tho rebel government is not only willing, but anxious te an ment. From Kentucky. Rebel Declaration of Indep dence, Lenisrille, Ky. Now. %. Green Courver, of the 2st inst., says that the rebel Brigadier-General, George K. Crittenden, brother of Thomas 1 Crittenden, a General in the Federal ney has been promoted to a Mi Generalship, ard assigned to the department of the Cumberland Gap. , son-in-law of Hon, An- drew Jobneon, was arrested on the 19th ult., nd taken to Knoxville for trial. The Rebel State Convention at Russellville, Ky., have made a declaration of independence, passed an ordinance of secession, and adopted the laws and constitution of Kentucky, where not inconsistent with the acts of the rebel gov- ernment. Richmond advices say that the British steam sloop-of-war Racer is expected there soon. It was reported that the privateer Sumter had been captured on the coast of Texas, by the Frigate Niagara, The Western Viruinin Convention, Whetling, Va., Nov. 27.—The full orgawiza- tion of the Western Virginia Convention was completed today. The work of forming a state constitution has been assigned to a committee of nine, There is no div the formation of a now state. Business will be dispatched as soon as possible, ‘on made to Congress early in the and appli ession for admission i ‘The general outside opinion is that # gradual emancipation clause will be adopted, Gen, Lane In Boston. Boston, Nov. 28.—C ral James H. Lan», and a portion or his staff, arrived in the city to- night, and took quarters at the Revere House. Major-General Frew Albany, Nor, 28.—Major-G aad family passed through this From Washington, Washington. Nov. 28.—Surgeon Alexander, of thy First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, who was wounded at Drainesville yesterday ‘imorn- ing, is considered out of danger, Jos. Hougbling, who was also wounded, died lust night. Thomas Coleman, a rebel guerilla, and broth- er of Charles Coleman, the proprietor of the hotel at Drainesville, and who boasted of ha: f that establishment, t last night, from me skirmish, Injuries received during the ion of the Washington were were found with arms i their hands, Thankeg with the means for that at Baltimore, is satisfactory to the Department, a large amount of stores,to the Subsistence De- partment. ‘ad The reconnoisances from Gent's Porter's and Smith's divisions re made today in the neighborhood of V distance, Release of Prisoners from Fort Warren, Boston, Now, 28,-—Robert_ A, Carter, member islature, was released from Fort Warten to-day, also the following po- of the late Maryland ky: J. W. Roberts, litical prisoners from Ke Ww ‘arney, W, Grubbs, doen T. MeFeat Stephen Weoldridge claw, Frank Crowe, Henry Thurber, Jose ik, A. McDowell The United States storeship, ‘Release,” at Holmes Jrisoners for Fort Warren, Halifor, Nov. 2 —Capt. Lane and Burdell, sf the “Shooting Star,” have been convicted of mdaslaughte walving in Western Virginia ing. Va., Now. 28.—F intory ot Uni orvedd as a day ot Pierpont is the first ¢ laimed one, surpended, The New Bound rien of Virginians lowing :— rented to Congres The security ot Washin being the neans—the surrender of the three- fifths black representation being. the cendition precedent, a8 far as Maryland is concerned-- Virginia hereatter is bounded north by Penn. sylvania aud ease by the Bluc Ridge. Ma land is bounded west “by the Blue Ridge, south by North Carolina, and’east by the Clesapea ahd Delaware, bounded on the east by the At lantic, and on the west by the Chesapeake, takes lustant rank as a big state, ‘This beauti ful map-muking ls finished oft by the retraces sion to the Federal Government of that portion of the District of Columbia abandoned to slavery Wye slavish Congress. Richmond becomes a Maryland village ; Accomac, the home of Wise, 'g Delaware county, change of prisoners with the United States Govern- The Bowling jon of sentiment in regard to lve prisoners brought to ident civilians’ who Captain Kiebl, commanding the Reindeor, went down the Potomac to Budd's Ferry and re- turned today. He reports everything quict in He brought up one contraband. 4g Was generally observed today in the camps, the soldiers being amply provided ATpose, The report of Major Beiter, quarter-master showing that he had dispatched the forage of two hundred and three vessels by railroad to Washington within the last thirty days, being eof two thousand tons a day ; besides nna, They saw ‘what was supposed to be a regiment of rebel infantry at a W. Grin, Louis Hols: Jole, has on board six Goverament the first time ih, today was iving,’ Governor nor who ever pror Business in the city was entirely a Washing on correspondent tele- P- 44 Was never so beautiful an art as when it displived the reformed boundaries of Virginia, Murylaid and Delaware, to be pre- 1 Mr, Cameron's Report, the capital, being he object—the ayivement of the iheoe’ stale In the City. Yestorday, in secordance with tho proclama- tion of the Governor, was more generally than usual, observed ne a Thankegiving Day. The churches were all crowded, and after services the crowds, their faces wreathed with anticipa- tory smiles, hurried homeward to the thanks- | giving dinser. Thanksgiving dinner ina style of dinner before which all others pale into insigni- ficance, an event worthy of introducing a new year,—eomething which ia, in itself, cause for thanksgiving wher we Took forward to its recur rence in the future. Its pleasures are surely greater than those of what has by our forefathers beon termed the “prime festival” of the year. Christmas is a revel, its enjoymonts aro morely sensuous, we seek in it merel, yy enjoyment, and wo invite one and all to join with ns in its ‘observ: ; but around the thanks giving dinner are yathered the family circle only, and the groaning board is secondary to the frnat of lov An empty chair is but a link to bind closer to- gether thore who remain, ani awoken in their hearts memories most dear of the abeont or lost, and the fair new face which during the year may have been added to their little world of home } laim for love and tenderness to which every heart responds, Tho absent may por- charce be fighting the glor' battle of his country—we know his cause is a good one and his heart is with us—the lost wa fondly trust are ina bappier, better land. What sermon will ever carry to the heart the feeling of thanks fulness to God and love to our fellow-men which is conveyed by the silent eloquence of the pause preceding the “graco” at the Thanksgiving dinner? The churches, as before remarked were all well attended and the servicers were wenerally of a most interesting char appropriate to the occasion. SERVICER AT TRINITY. The choral services at Trinity Church seemed peculiarly appropriate to the season of Thanks tiving, and were listened to by a large congre- gation which evidenily entered into their spirit of solemn worship and praise. ‘The anthem was especially suitable to the occusion, being the eighth Psalm, commencing ‘Oh, Lord our Gov- ernor, how excellent is thy name in all the world: thou hast set thy glory above the hea- vens." ‘The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Vinton, from the text, “In everything give thanks"—Ist Thes. v. 18 The preacher was earncst and eloquent in tho enumeration of the various reasons why we should “in overy- thing give thanks,” argumenta drawn from the fixet that often falsely call prosperity and adversity is but the necessary discipline to draw us nearer to him, From the causca we have for Thanksgiving as individuals, Dr. Vinton passed on to our rea- sons for Thanksgiving asa nation, and showed that this civil war, great and vast though it be, should also bea source of praise to God, since itis the necessary discipline to a nobler and more glorious future. We had fallen 80 low that our faith in our own and our country's honor was quenched in a dull round of prosperi- ty that enervated the nation, and made it a prey to the schemes of politicians and traitors who would roll back the glorious current of our history, and ruin the country because they could no longer use it for the exten- sion of human bondage, The c.ll of God that awakened us to the consciousness of a nobler destiny was a manifestation of hit mercy that deserved our highest thanks, for our dearest interests and the best hopes of hu- manity are centered in the Union, and if that is broken we are lost. Freedom will no longer have ahome in the world, Of the fate that awai us in case of the triumph of secession principles we can form a faint idea from the distrust that prevailed a year ago, when credit was destroyed, the nation bankrupt, treason jubilant, and the name of our country became abye-word among the nations. Extremists at the North and South had struck hands to bat- ter down the Constitution reared by our fathers, Men with the Bible in their hands dared im- piously to proclaim that there was nothing in the Constitution worth preserving, and by the ravings of an impracticable enthusiasm souyzht to destroy the nation, and let loose upon it a fouler train of evils tban ever before afilicted humanity. These men, under the cloak of liberty, would stab it to the heart. On the other hand, in the South, prfaciples were ad- vanced that tended to the overthrow of every precept of truth and morality, the ruin of the nation and the erection of an empire based upon injustice and frand, Against these extremists who employed religion and politics—the most poworful incentives of human action—to achieve the basest ends, the people had arisen in their might. A healthy «tate of public feeling is now growing up; credit is restore’; our merchant princes are in a sounder position than ever before; trade and manufactures are roviv- ing; balf @ million men are in arms to maintain the integrity of the nation, and hundreds of thousands are ready to join them should it be necessary. God has held the winds in his hand, and restrained the greatest storm known in the memory of man from harming a navy created almost since yesterday from nothing, and crowned it with a victory un- paralleled in naval annals, The Most High has filled our garners with a harvest that not only more than compensates us for the lors of the world’s most needed arti- cle of commerce, but also binds the foreign nations that else would destroy us in our misfor- tunes, in irrevocable peace. The Apostles com- mand “in everything givp thanks” is applica- ble to us both as individuals and as a nation, for the enumeration of God's mercies and b exceeding great love is impossible; and especial- ly should we be grateful forthe manifestation to us by God's providences that this wicked re- bellion will be speedily and forever crushed, and our country become more than ever the refuge of the oppressed, and the hon c of a true freedom based on higher and nobler principles of truth and justice, Dr. Foster, of the Washington Square M.E. Chureh, delivered a forcible discourse on the present aspect and situation of the country, and the cause we have for thanksgiving, contr, ing the institutions political, educational and religious, of the United States, with the tions of Europe, the best of which fall behiad it. He closed with a beautiful illustration of the principles which have produced the war, and expressed his confidence in the success of our arms, and the settlement of the questions that now agitate the nation, 8o that they shall never be raised again, KY WARD HEECHER'S CHURCH, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, was tilled to overilowing with an aud wt listened at- to Henry Ward Beecher’s Thanks- mon. ‘The day being hardly « sacred one, the people did not restrain as they usually do at the Sunday services, their desire to applaud the eloquent and patriotic senti- ments of the preacher, The clapping of hands and stamping ot feot were quite frequent, and once or twice prolonged, The sermon was, of course, adapted to the times, and vigorously and independently discussed the war question, While contendixg earnestly and with a conser- vatirm, which must have surprised those wh | 4 Tespayere opt Union Nomination fer Al- did not understand bis real sentiment for « trict adherence to stitution, in ite protection of of domestic institntions, Mr. Beecher advocated the striking of prompt and decisive blows at sla~ very, asa military necessity. He would have the Constitution kept intact, and its provisions carefully regarded in the merely legal dealing with the rebellious states, But martial law was peremptory, and for the time set aside the ordi- Rary constitutional safeguanis. In a time of ‘war we must, as patriots and as Christians, not hesitate to adopt measures and use means which Promise most surely and effectively to bring speedy victory. The slaves of the South, it cannot be denied, are now a source of strength to the rebels. They cultivate the soil, they plant the corn and gather the grain which feeds the ineurrectionary armies of the Potomac and of the West, while their masters have leisure to fight the battles of rebellion. To render in- secure the masters’ hold on their human chattels will be to send consternation into every traitor. ous camp. It will show the South that we as well as they, are in desperate earnest. It will give our patriotic army a grand idea to le the means of giving freedom to an oppresved race, and elevating a great peoples He scouted the idea of the probabilit ropean war. The South had boaste: lieved that England and France, bereft of cot- ton, would be driven to an active interference in any war the treason of save-trivers might inflict upon their country, Starving mechanics and silent inactive mills, they thought, would compel the haughty England to become the ai A Grand Rally for the Honor ani Integri- A MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS OF ALL OPPOSED TO MUNICIPAL MISRULE AND ‘Will be held at COOPER INSTITUTE, on SATOR- DAY EVESING, Nov, 30, 1861, at T4 0" lock, to ‘Tho People’s, Taxpiyers’, Republican, and Vuion vited, and will be expected to address the meeting Hons, Henry C, Murphy,Hiram Ketchum, David Dudley Field, WE, Dodge, Wm, Evarte, E, Delafield Sinithy Fredtk A, Conkling, — dames A, Briggey Henry J. Raymond, Waldo Hutchins, dohn MeKeon, Btewart L, Woodt Win, Curtis Noyes, Henry B, Stax Jno, H, Wurre, Secretary, uo 2115 the Con the states their own internal affairs and fight for, It will, beyond — this, mmperor and abolition of of their conspira- But God has ordered otherwise, The crown that once King Cotten had worn so proud ly, had been placed on the head of Corn, and what man could not expeet to solve, Almighty Gol hal most provi tially unravelled, A scanty barvest had made France and England our dependents, and ront the gold our ary the United States. When I walked, said Mr. Beecher, through the fields of the golden grain, and heard the rustling of the blades of the ripen- ing corn, T said it is but the wind. But I knew not what said. It was the voice of God that spoke, and every rustling blade told of swords drawn and bayonets flashing in the onward march of the armies of Freelom, needed pouring into Europe will not fight for cotton for mechanic® she cannot feed. Mr. Beecher closed with a hopeful view of our position, congratulating the country on the steady advance of public sentiment in the right direction. ‘At the close, “America” was sung in such style as only an audience, wrought up by patri- otic emotions could sing it, and the large audi- once separated. Rev. Dr. Cheever preached before a large audience on the responsibilities of the people for the righteous administration of govern, ment. At the Broadway Tabernacle, Rev. pr ‘Thompson delivered a sermon on the causes of thanksgiving furnished in connection with the war. He referred eloquently to the victories of the Union army and navy as evidences that God is with us in our struggle for liberty, ‘The day was observed in the Episcopalian churches by full church services and sermons suitable to the spirit of the day. Chimes were rung on the bells of Trinit at noon, In the Catholic churches nothing beyond the celebration of high mass marked the occasion, In the principal Jewish synagogues of the congregations of Bnai Jeshurun and Bnai Is- racl sermons were delivered, and the usual fes- tival services of the church ‘brated. In their enjoyment of tho day, our citizens did not forget those who are dependent on their charity alone for the happinees of the occasion. Donation visits were paid to the various asy- lums, missions and othor charitable institutions, and the heart of many a little one was glad- doned Ly the liberality of sy mpathizing stran- gers. At the Home for the Friendlesa, where some 50 children are entirely dependant upon chari- table contributions for their support, the num- Ler of v tions amounted to @ very considerable sum. In both afternoon and evening, performances of a very interesting character were given by the chil- dren, and at noon they partook of an excellent dinner provided for the occasion. tors was quite large, and the dona- money, winter clothing, edibles, ete., At the Five Peints Mission House, the chil- dren, in presence of a large number of visitors, went through a pleasing programme of recita- tions, singing, etc.—at four o'clock they partook ofa dinner provided mainly by donations of tur- keys, and other good things, from the friends of the institution, and after dinner each of the children received some handsome little present suited to their ages or tastes. ‘The inmates of the Five Points House of In- dustry had a programme very similar to that just given, except that their dinner was served at a less fashionable hour, and one more likely Farther News, sce Third Page. Wucox & Gress SEWING MACHIN®G 06 BROADWAY, $80, $90 Baron's Museum was visrrep Yestrr- 20,000 persons, and thousands went togetin, Bo the manager has an- me attractions for the resto! the weeks POLITICAL. ty of the City! PARTIES, OFFICIAL CORRUPTION, ratify the nominatioa of GEORGE OPDYKE, adidate for Mayor, The following named gentlemen have been in. RUSSELL SMITH, Chairmon of Commuittee of Arrangements, E. ©, COWDIN, Chairman Executive Committee, BOL, L, HULL, Chairman General Committee, Becond Aldermanic District, CHABLES McCABIUY, u ion of GEORGE OPDYKE to the office of the City of New York, would be the means of gursting a reform in the City Government, respectfully solicit our fellow citizens, without tinction of party, to amemble in Mase the Merchants’ Exchange, on Priday fermen | With, at 9 o'clock P.M, to ratify hia @ candidate fr that office, and to devise secure his election, 8. B. CHITTENDEN & CO, GRUNNELL, MINTURN & 004 MORTON, GRINNELL & CO4 ¥. 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