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Some of the eastern journals are predict
ing that greenbaeks will not be worth 25
cents on the dollar one year hence. In that
event the government will have 20 increase
the number of its printing presses, in order
to turn out greenbacks more rapidly, and to
make up by the number of issues for the
depreciation in value. This promises to be
a serious matter with newspaper men. If the
government gets to making so much money
out of paper it will send the price of print
ing paper up SO high that the newspaper
business will squelch out. An old joker
suggests that the government ought to adopt
this policy, if for no other reason than to
suppress copperhead publications.
, 1864-12-16

minister, putting his hand on an urchin's
shoulder said, my son, believe the devil has
got hold youe" ~ believe so, too, was the
reply.
, 1864-12-16

JUsTHrABLE HoMcIDE--The Coroner's Jury
in the cage of Baer, killed by eonard,-notced
elsewhere returned verdict of Justifable
Homicide.
, 1864-12-16

It is diAfcHlt to love those whom we DO not
esteem; and quite as difficult to- love those we
esteem more than ourselves.
, 1864-12-16

STAGE FOR DALLEs.- Tho mas & Co.
started one of their Wallula lin stages, with
thirteen passengers, for the Dales on We'd
nesday The indications now are that we
will have boat from the Dalles before the
stage can return,
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Attention.No, l,

A Special Meeting of Washington Engine Compa,
ny, No. l, will BE- held at Mr.. Phillips Store on
Friday evening" Dec. Ii, 1864.
By order. ]. D Cook, Sec'y.
, 1864-12-16

THE population of Washington is said to
have increased in three years from o5,OO5
l30, 900.
, 1864-12-16

THE Boise Stage Company's sleigh made
the trip from beyond the mountains into the
city on Wednesday night 1t brought in an
unusually jolly lot of passengers, who
seemed to be greatly elated over-their long
sleigh-ride. During the night, the 4" Chin
oOk" came, and by the following mornin g
there was not snow enough left upon the
ground Cor the sleigh to make the trip back
to the mountains.
, 1864-12-16

RELie1ous.-There will be services at the N,
E. Church, on next Sunday morning, at tho
usual hour
, 1864-12-16

SHoorINe,M MATCH on Sunday afternoon
at the usual place.
, 1864-12-16

FULL attendance of the members of tn Firo
Company is expected at the meeting thil cTcn-
ing, at 81 o'clock.
, 1864-12-16

If we were what we shouId be, we she Of
tener be what we wish 10 be-
, 1864-12-16

Bees have their value, but beetles are un-
doubtedly hum-bugs
, 1864-12-16

How long, o lord, how long
Shall Abraham's pensioners stay2
Fly swiftly round the wheels of time
And sweep them all away.
INDEX
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to base all their arrangements and con-
tracts on full recognition OF this TACT /;
and that then, whatever may be the
terms to which the rate Of discount may
go, we shall simply have to congratulate
ourselves that all classes the merchant,
the agriculturist and the capitalist-are
equal sharers in the national well being
The failures anr ounced on the 26th
ultimo are Alfred Tesle d Co, woolen
merchants, for flO0, 900; John Chap
ham, manufacturer Turner & John
son, and Q. Turner, cloth manufactn
rers, all of Leeds. Turck, Barclay Il
Co, 100000, and I. Vague Il Co. OF
London. Robert Byrne, stock broker,
of Liverpool John Fletcher Il Co, corn
merchants, Of Lancaster, tl0o, ,o0o.-
Lightfoot 4 Sons, sugar refiners and rice
mIllers, of Liverpool. Robert Baxendall,
corn merchant, of Manchester, David
kamsden, spinner, of Bradford; and
others of less importance. The deficit
of the Leeds Banking Company is over
f5OO,O0O. A number of failures were
still expected in connection with this
large banking institution, as well as
among spectators in cotton, produce
and shares, which exhibit much heavy
depreciation i'll value.
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sentatives in the present House, in
Guiding Speaker Colfax, whose canvass
has been most gallant and indef.tigable,
are re elected, though we have but par
tial returns The other Union State Of
iicers have probably somewhat smaller
maiorities than Governor Morton, but
they must all be elected.
The HeyaM has the following about
the elections
The Republicans have no doubt sue
ceeded in getting majorities in each of
those States, and have secured a politi-
cal preponderance in the delegations
thereof to the Thirty ninth Congress. -
The three States combined will cast sixty
votes in the Presidential Electoral Col
lege, viz: Pennsylvania, 2G, Ohio, q !;
Indiana, -. The present delegation in
Congress in each of the States named
stand as follows.
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LATEST fROu IHE NORTH.

We have received copies Of the New
Yolh UtruM and YrtbHne of WcClncs
day, the 18th instant, and give below the
following summary OF the news they
contain
THE ELECTIONS-OHIO, INDIANA AND FEM
sYISANIA GONE FOR THE REPt ELICANs.
The returns from Ohio, Indiana and
ponnsy ylvania are not very full, but suiii-
cient to indicate that those States have
gone for the Lincoln party. The Tibnne
says:
Our returns from Ohio, as yet, include
the soldiers vote in two OF three hospi-
tails only; but the home vote alone shows
large Union majority, which will OF
course be largely increased by the re-
turns from the armies in the field. Even
without this, the Union majority IS large,
and the gain Of representatives, IN Com
gress decided Messrs. Hayes and ES-
sIeston (Union) succeed MessrS. Long
and Pendleton Copper in the two Cnl-
cinnati districts, while Samuel Shella-
barcer (Union) has beaten ). ). Cox,
Copper in the Columbus district by
| 900 majority on the home vote, which
that Of the army is certain largely to III
crease.
Pennsylvania has probably given us a
small majority Oh the home vote, when
that Of the army will largely increase. =
The gains reported in our telegraphlc DIS
patches are gains on the Governor vote
OF last year, when no soldiers voted save
at their respective homes. Now they
vote in camp and hospital, and, ofcourse,
are not furloughed to go home, so that
there is generally Union loss on tho
home vote as compared with that Ton
Governor last year but all that Will bt
rcgained in the army vote. We canno'
doubt that this will carry the Union
popular majority quite up to that OF last
year, insuring the gain OF several repre-
senta!ives in Congress, Pennsylvania
safe enough for the November contest.
Indiana has surpassed all expecta
ton. We barely hoped for Governor
Morton's election, yet considered th'
chances decidedly against him, because
of the inevitable loss of the soldiers
vote. But Governor Morton has very
large gains on all the returns which have
reached us, and is reported elected by
twenty thousand majority. OF course
this is partly guesswork, but the estl
mate is justified by the returns. Tw'
Union gains of representatives In Con
grcss probably Defrees in the Tenth
and Stilwell in the Eleventh district)
and there is chance for another in tn
Third. OF course, the few Union repre-
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MISCELLANEOUS.

An exchange Of prisoners in the Trans
Mississippi Department has been agreed
upon.
Hon John NJ. Mott, formerly mem
Der of Congress from Now York, died
on the nth instant
General John A. McClernand has come
out in letter for Mcclellan. who, he is
confident, will never stop the war till
slavery is wiped out
The Philadelphia Bulletin of Monday
announced that Benjamin F. Hancock,
father of General Hancock, presided at a
Republican meeting at Norristown on
the 9th instant.
A letter from Newbern, North Caro-
lima, reports forty deaths day there
from yellow fever.
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FURTHER FROM EUROPE.

The most important portion of the 70 =
reign news, to the 30th ultimo, is that re-
lating to the financial crisis in England.
The London Times contends that the
crisis is no crisis, and merely panic,
needlessly caused by the failure of the
Leeds Banking Company, an unlimited
liability concern, and says:
"The question now is, was this i'm
preston Il delusion, or, supposlng it to
have been correct, what has occurred
suddenly to alter it, and to throw every
one into alarm? There is absolutely no
reply, except that banking concern,
which was formed thirty-two years ago
On the old system of unlimited liability,
has, after many years OF reckless decep-
ton, been arrested in its career, and that
at the same time heavy fall has taken
place in cotton, the high price Of which
was previously the only ground OF com
plant the population OF this country
could find"
Fortunately, all the banking compa-
MES lately formed have limited liabilities,
and will not follow the fate of the Leeds
Company even should the panic become
worse. 1t thinks that
Whatever danger may exist in these
directions, therefore, will be short-lived
and the probability is, that in instances
where, through ignorant or culpablt
management, breakup may occur, even
the shareholders will sometimes find thai
they have been saved from complete loss
Looking at all these points, it will b'
seen that there never was time, when
| speaking in broad commercial sens'
apart from the little interest of shar'
promoters and produce speculators, tn
country was entitled to look upon its po
sition with greater confidence and salts
faction. Let traders remember that
large profits are to be made by merean
tile or financial business, the rate to b
paid for the use of the capital by whid
that business is carried on must be pro
! portionately high; that they have oni..
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STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.

Later advices from Europe to the ID
instant have been received:
The financial crisis was still severely
felt in England Three brokers on the
Stock Exchange suspended at the fort
nightly settlement, Several new fail
ures, amounting to about two millions
sterling, are reported. Employment was
getting scarce in the manufacturing dis
tricts, and considerable depression ex-
listed in Manchester.
The London Post says that the Ame-
rican Democrats could not have nomina-
ted an especial peace candidate for the
Presidency, as the Northern people
would not yet submit to the necessity
of putting an end to the war"
The Kearsarge was cruising in search of
the privateer Florida.
George Peabody, the London-Amercan
banker, had formally retired from bust
ness life. The business of the house
will be conducted by the two renal ming
partners.
An influential Madrid journal urges
Spain to settle the war in st. Domingo,
the Queen retaining possession OF the
three principal cities.
The japanese batteries had fired on
the British war vessels which had been
threatening them for some time.
The Confederate cotton loan rallied
from 81 to ga. ConSolS closed III Lon
don on the lst Of October at o6 tC
SO | 4 for money.
The Liverpool cotton market was II
regular and easier, with little inquiry
and prices were weak on the lst Of
October Breadstutis were quiet ano
steady Provisions quiet.
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The Yankees war not only with wo-
men and children, but even with the
dead. Several shells fell on Tuesday
night in the graveyard of Trinity Ne
thodist EpiscopaD Church, tearing up
the graves and demolishing the tomb
stones of the sacred dead. They NAV
have been chance shots. think other
wise, and that they were but following
the hyena-lik instincts of their project
Ors.
The yellow fever, am sorry to say, is
on the increase. 1t is now among our
German population, with whom it is gen
orally very fatal, as all previous yellow
fever seasons has abundantly proven =
Prayer for its abatement was offered up
in several of the churches last Sunday,
The Charleston Courier adds to the
above this paragraph
The enemy renewed their fire upon the
city rather teebly Thursday morning -
Some thirty three shots were fired up to
six O'clock Thursday evening. No fur
ther casualties were reported, but several
very narrow escapes made. In one house
the family but a moment previous to the
entering of shell had retired to the din
ing room, when the sitting room was
struck, making complete wreck of the
room and contents. A prayer book on a
side-table appeared to be the only article
that escaped destructis. 1t was opened
at the 49th Psalm, commencing with :
"Deliver me from mine enemies, . my
God defend me from them that rise up
against me Deliver me from the workers
of iniquity and save me from bloody
men -
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FATAL Result OF \ SHAN BATTLE
On Tuesday afternoon, during the pro
gress of sham battle between some
school boys OH Union HILL one of them,
named Hammie Stewart, by accident left
the ramrod in his gun, and firing 1T of,
drove it in the stomach of one of his
playmates, named Charles W. Cox, son
of William H. Cox, where it struck
against his backbone and there lodged
until it was drawn out by physician
The little fellow was Immediately re-
moved to his fathers residence, in the
neighborhood Of the occurrence, where
he fingered in great agony until Thursday
noon, when death put an end to his sut.
ferings.
A jury of inquest was held yesterday
by Justice Baker, of Henrico, assisted
by Constable f. w Robinson; but
owing to tire absence at school OF mum
Der of boys who were witnesses to the
transaction, it was adjourned till q O'Clock
in the afternoon.
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THE NEW YORK GOLD MARKET

Gold jumped up in New York Oh the
l1th from one hundred and ninety eight
and three eights TO two hundred and three
and seven neights, at which price it closed
The Herald says:
There has been brisk demand from
those who recently sold "shOrt" on OPP
tons, and this, together with rumors to
the effect that the indications were in IA
vor of the Pennsylvania election going
in favor of the Republicans, arrested the
natural tendency OF the market and gave
it an upward turn; the inference drawn
by the spectators being that, II Mr. LIN
coin is re elected, the old policy will be
pursued and higher prices may be looked
for
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HUsrINGs Coukr.-Betore the Hastings
Court of Magistrates yesterday, Thomas
White and William Vaughan, free ne
groes, charged with horse stealing, were
arraigned for examination. White plead
guilty, and was ordered to be sold into
slavery. As an accessory to the telonl-
Gus transaction, Vaughan was sentenced
to six months Imprisonment in the city
Jail.
James W. Harris, of Buckingham, was
examined on the charge Of stealing .
horse from Colonel Cabell, and sent o"
for further trial before Judge Lyons.
The case Of Benjamin Degroot' cha'ssu
with exhibiting the game OF iaro, wac
then taken up and argued t'ii 0 eio,s, IN,
by Mr.. Daniel for the Commonwealth
and Hon. James Lyons for the accused
ct which hour the court ADJOURNED over
till 10 o'clock this morning
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THE u Ar VIEWS.
EEOM ELBOW kl!NMnND

fhOM ft,i'" hi' fih'Nb
ca yesterday all was quiet below the
city on both lines.
We have no additional particulars OF
the light OF Thursday, except that the
last assault oi the enemy, at + Nj, re
suited most diSastfonsiy Ion them, Their
loss being very heavy, and then columns
breaking and flying IN confusion.
Captain NJ. \. Marcus, Company !,
Fifteenth regiment Georgia volunteers,
Bennlng'a brigade, Fields'S division, was
among the killed in the engagement
Ills body was brought to this city and
temporarily inferred ut Hollywood
FROM rErERahuRG.
Everything perfectly qmet along all
Tie i'iieS'
The Express learns from perfectly
reliable source that ut vote taken IN
the Fifth (Warren'S) and the Ninth
(Burnside's) corps OF the Yankee army,
Oi uSohd| idot, titI fl'Ioit tioii ii id'oi
of the Mcclellan to that of the Lincoln
candidates was as ten to one.
The voting i'll these corps was alto
gether by the troops from Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Ohio, in which an election
for State officers and members OF Con
gress was held on Tuesday.
On that day, also, the question of the
adoption or rejection OF the new constl-
tuition ol the State oi Maryland was sub
mtted to the troops from that State in
the Army OF the Potomac, We could
only hear from two regiments, whose
vote was almost unanimous against it,
adoption. The main feature OF this new
constitution is the extinction Of slavery
FROM TIE VALLEY
Passengers from the Valley by last
nights train report no news whatever
from Sheridan Every day, however,
records some new development OF his in
iernal actions.
The iron works Of john /. Lewis, near
Browns gap, were destroyed by SheiI-
dams troops and ID. :. Lewis, Il Sou OF
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MAYORS CoURr-A summary Of the
proceedings before this court yesterday
morning will be found below:

MAYORS CoURT.-A summary Of the
proceedings before this court yesterday
morning will be found below:
Samuel ID. Jeter, a very small, deserted
looking boy, was charged with attempt
ing to pick the pocket Of William II.
Beveridge: A short statement of the
facts connected with the case was made
by watchman Rock but his testimony
fell far short of making out clear case
against the accused, and the Mayor there
fore dismissed the matter.
James NJ. Spindle and Adolphus God.
din, the parties arrested in the Second
Market ON Thursday upon the charge of
engaging in a pugilistic encounter, wero
discharged upon ascertaining that an ami
cable adjustment of their difficulties had
been effected between themselves.
A negro fellow named Harrison, slave
Of Major Archer, charged with having
pair of shoes and horse collar in his
possession supposed to have been stolen,
proved his claim to the articles in dispute
and was discharged,
Lizzie. slave of Julius Bear, was
charged with stealing $4,000 in Con-
federate money from her master. Mr..
Bear, upon missing his money on Mon
day last, traced the robbery to Lizzie;
and when he accoted her about it, she
owned up to her guilt. A part of the
money she accounted for and restored it
to him, but the larger portion Of it is
still uncovered; and, in order to prose
cute further inquiries, the case was con-
tnued.
James Donnan, charged with drunk
enness and lying in the market, was dis
|acharged with an admonition.
The case against Bella Mccarthy and
Ellen Whalen, charged with stealing
pocket book, containing $l6O, from Mi
chael NJ Hernsworth, was further con
tinued. So was that against Calvin
Henry, charged with cutting and stab
bing a slave named Henry.
A negro man, named Arthur, slave to
John T. Newman, near Petersburg, was
committed as a runaway. When ar
rested, on Thursday night, by Captain
Charles, of the detective corps, Arthur
had buckled around his waist a very fine
revolving pistol, with all the acc""::c-
mentS belH"..:::;ii. thereto.
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AFFAIRS AROUND RICHMOND.

There is hardly word from the ar
mics around Richmond A dispatch,
dated the 10th, says.
General Grant and staff returned last
evening from Washington, accompanied
by Major General Doyle, Of her Britannia
Majesty's service and Governor General
of Nova Scotia. He is the guest of Gen
eral Grant, receives marked attention
wherever he goes, and impresses every
one with being courteous and unas
sulning gentleman.
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CoNrEDERArE STATES DISTRICT COURT
YEsrERDAy-Judge flalyburton's deci,
sion, delivered yesterday in the case OF
James II. Pollard, claiming exemption
from military service under a writ of ha-
beas corpus, was adverse to the petitioner,
and he was thereupon remanded to the
custody of Major Thomas G. Peyton.
Confederate States against seven kegs
of whiskey, four and-a-half bushels OF
salt and four pairs of brogans-warrsnt
of arrest awarded, made returnahle on
the 10th day of December.
The Court adjourned till Monday next
at Ii o'clock.
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SUSPICIOUS CHARaCTER.-upOn this
charge man named Robert Douggan
was arrested and committed to Castle
Thunder yesterday. The accused was
at one time a member of the One Hun
dred and Forty third Pennsylvania regi,
ment, but subsequently deserted and
was released upon his parole.
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The Tribuae, as usual, thinks that
"Thc rebellion is doomed, the Union
must triumph; slavery is to die, and
Lincoln and Jolnson's election next
month assured. Let us all rally round
the flag and make their majority on the
popular vote and in Congress over
whclming."
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THE CONTINUED ADVANCE OF GENERAL
PRICE IN MISSOURI -PROCLAMATIoN, ETC.
The Yarkee dispatches from St. Louis
about General Price are nearly as mud
died as those to come to the Confederate
press from the Southwest. A dispatch
dated st. Louis, October 10th, says:
From the Uomocruts Jefferson City
correspondence it seems that the rebel
demonstration on that place, on the 7th,
was merely to occupy our forces while
the enemy'S main body crossed the Usage
river. After feeling our Notifications,
and finding them strong, they passed
westward during the night, some twenty
thousand strong, with sixteen to twenty
five cannon aud long train OF wagons.
General pleasanton arrived On the
morning of the Sth and assumed com
mand, and in the afternoon followed the
rebels with about eight thousand ca
yalry At night, reports reached Jetter
son that We had engaged Prices rear,
while General Curtis, coming from Kan
sas, was fighting their front.
A dispatch to night says:
A courier, Just arrived from California,
twenty-five miles west, brings intorma-
ton that our cavalry were skirmishing
nearly all day yesterday. In the after
noon. the rebels entered California, burn
ed the railroad depot and train of cars
General Price has issued a proClaua-
ton stating that he had come into the
State intending to remain. He desired
to make friends, not enemies, and the
depredations he had committed were a
military necessity.
About / O'Clock, our forces placed d
battery outside of California and drove
the rebels out. We killed, wounded
and captured over one hundred. Our
loss was only Il few wounded. The re
bells have torn up about mile of the
railroad track on the east side OF Calltor
MA, and it is also torn up III several
places on this side.
The rebel Colonel Standwaite is re
ported to have been at Upton last night,
with five thousand men. moving towards
Bonneville. The rebel Major Bowie and
the rebel Lieutenant Key have been
killed, and Colonel Shanks Ilortally
wounded.
Colonel Fletcher, with fifteen men, ar.
rived here from Rolla to night, and re
ports one. thousand five hundred men re
pairing the southwestern branch Of thC
railroad; that the telegraph will be il
working order tomorrow; that the roac
will be open from Rolla to MOzelle tht
day after, and that all is now snug al
ROlla
The bridge and water tank at Scott $
| eight miles west Of Jefferson City, have
| been burned by the rebels; also, th'
| railroad depot at Lookout, few mile:
beyond.
| ST.. LOUIS, MISSOURI, October lin
| tclligence has been received at head
| quarters that Prices army went from
| California to Bonneville, Cooper county
yesterday, and Shelby sent two thou
sand cavalry across the Missouri river a
that point General Fisk has gone t.
Lexington to take command there. Gen
eral Sanborn is still pursuing the enemy
Reports were extensively circulated
to day that Magruder, with five thousan'
rebel infantry, had entered Southeas
Missouri and occupied Frederickstown
but they prove to be unfounded.
Business is suspended at st. Joseph
the citizens having been called to arm
by General Fisk, in anticipation OF
visit from Price.