not receive ibis salute in silence. Giving one of his 
10-pound Parrotts a great elevation, he sighted it 
himself and fired. The rebel column in the road 
was three and a half miles away, but he dropped 
the shell right iuto the midst, of it. It exploded; 
there was a white puff of smoke 
[Re-puLlisliecl from a 
Music by Mrs. H. N. WOOD. 
Words by a Lady of Vermont. 
CONCERNING LABOB ARMIES, 
in a moment it 
lifted, and showed the dense column runing back 
into the woods. There was no more fighting during 
the day. The rebel force, which Gen. Hancock 
estimated at ten thousand, held its position, but 
made no attempt to dispossess us. General Sykes* 
with his regulars, remained to hold the Gap, and our 
column moved on.” 
Item* and Incidents. 
Thkt are beginning to he sharp with the. shoulder 
straps, in the army. On Monday week, the Major, 
Quartermaster, and two Lieutenants of the 22d 
Massachusetts, were sent to work on the fortifica¬ 
tions at Harper's Ferry, for being absent from their 
regiment without passes, in violation of Gen. Mc¬ 
Clellan’s order. There are several hundred men 
and some officers constantly employed with the 
spade for the same offence. 
Thu rille ball cartridges used by the rebels at the 
battle of Perryville, as proved by some taken from 
the pocket of a dead rebel, were manufactured at 
Birmingham, England, and bear the name of a firm 
there. Thus the British, while calling upon the 
Americana to cease their “fratricidal strife,” and 
on tko mountain's crest, Where the wild winds rock my eaglets to rest, Where the lightnings flash, and the tliun - ders crash, 
1 Kid my nest on the mountain’s crest,Where the wild winds rock my eaglets to rest, Where tho lightnings flash, and the thun - ders crash, 
And the roar - ing tor - rents foam and dash; For my spi - rit free hencc-forth shall be A typo for tho Bona of Lib - er - ty. 
And the roar-ing tor - rents foam and dash; For my spi - rit free hence-forth shall bo A type for the son3 of Lib - er - ty. 
/T, /Ts O, _ 
O, guard ye well the land where. 1 dwell, 
Lest to future times the tale t tell, 
When slow expires in smouldering fire 
The goodly heritage of your sires, , 
Row Freedom's light rose clear and bright 
O’er Fair Columbia's beacon height, 
Till ye quenched the ilume iu a starless night. 
Then will 1 tear from your pennon fair 
The stars ye have set iu triumph there ; 
My olive branch on the blast I'll launch, 
The fluttering stripes from the flag-staff wrench 
And away I'll flee, for I scorn to see 
A craven race in the land of the free I 
I love the land where the mountains stand, 
Like the watch-towers high of a Patriot band, 
For I may not bide in my glory and pride, 
Though the land lie never so fair and wide, 
Where luxury reigns o'er voluptuous plains, 
And fetters the free born soul iti chains. 
Ai.okt I fly from my eyrie high, 
Through the vaulted dome of the azure aky, 
On a sunbeam bright take my airy flight, 
And float in a flood of liquid light; 
For I love to play in the noon-tide ray. 
And bask in a blaze from the throne of day. 
Then give to me in my flights to see 
Tho land of the Pilgrims ever free! 
And I never will rove from the hauntB I love, 
But watch, from my sentinel trfclc above, 
Your banner free, o'er land andsea, 
And exult in vour glorious liberty. 
Away I spring with a tireless wing. 
On a feathery cloud I poise and swing, 
I dart down t|ic steep where the lightnings leap, 
And the clear blue canopy slowly sweep; 
For dear to me is the revelry 
Of a free and fearless liberty. 
Having been a sharer of the privations, and a wit¬ 
ness ot the bravery, of the old army of the Potomac 
in Maryland, and being identified with them in the 
feeling of respect and esteem for M <j, Gen. McClel¬ 
lan, enieHained through a long and most friendly 
association with him, I feel that it, is not as a stran¬ 
ger I assume command. 
TV) the. !Hh Army 6w»s.-—Soldiers, so long and in¬ 
timately associated with me, I need say nothing. 
Our histories are identical. With diffidence for my¬ 
self, but with a proud confidence in the Unswerving 
loyalty and determination of the gallant army en¬ 
trusted to my care, 1 accept its control with the 
steadfast assurance that the just cause must prevail.” 
A. E. Burnside, Maj. Gen. Comm’d’g. 
and it was inferred from his language that he was 
only waiting for (be distribution of his supplies. 
On the lllli, he telegraphed that a portion of his 
supplies, sent by rail, had been delayed. As already 
stated, agents were immediately sum from here to 
investigate this complaint, and they reported that 
everything bad gone forward. On the same date 
(the 11th) he spike of many of his horses being 
broken down by fatigue. On the 12th he complained 
that the rate of supply WOB only ‘050 horses per 
week for the entire army there and in front of 
Washington.” I immediately directed the Quarter¬ 
master-General to inquire into this matter and re¬ 
port, why a larger supply was not furnished. Gen. 
Meigs reported on the 14th, that the average issue 
/-»f’ h .-iitana trv f.iin \r«'.niAl1n.n*a ai’nic »n tin* fialil unrl 
of horses to Gen. McClellan's army in the field and 
in front, of Washington, for the previous six weeks, 
had been 1,45!) per week, or 8.754 in all. In addition, 
that large uumnersof mules had been supplied, and 
that the number of animals with Gen. McClellan’s 
army on the tipper Potomac was over 31.000. lie. 
also reported that he was then sending to that army 
all the horses he could procure. 
On the 18tb, Gen. McClellan stated in regard to 
Geu Meigs’ report that, he had filled every requisi¬ 
tion for shoes and clothing: “Gen. Meigs may have 
ordered these articles to lie forwarded, but they 
hare not reached our depots; and unless greater 
efforts to insure prompt transmission are made by 
the Department, of which Gen. Meigs is the head, 
they might as well remain in New York or Philadel¬ 
phia, so far a- this army is concerned.” J imme¬ 
diately called Gen. Meigs’ attention to this apparent 
neglect of bi« department On the 25th lie reported, 
as the result of liU investigation, that 48,000 pairs 
of boots and shoes had been received by the Quar¬ 
termaster of Gen. McClellan’s army tit, Harper’s 
Ferry. Frederick and Hagerstown; that 20,000 pairs 
were at Harper’s Ferry depot on the 21st; that. 10,000 
more were on their way, and 18,000 more ordered. 
Cot, Ingalls, Aid de-Camp and Chief Quarter- 
r, 1 ..** llrtPhillun G)Uitrr>i»iu<u1 nn Hio • 
Farewell Orders of Gen. Buell, 
In taking leave of his command, Gen. Buell is- 
mted the following final orders: 
Hsa»Q(7aktkrs Army or thk Otho, ) 
Looisvillh, Ky , Oct. 30, 1802. ) 
General Orders , No. 150. 
In obedience to orders from t he headquarters of 
the army, Major-General Buell relinquishes the 
command of the district and army ot the Ohio to 
Major-General W. S. Rosecrans. 
It is impossible for the General, wilhont, feelings 
of regard and a warm interest in their future suc¬ 
cess, to part, with the troops whom lie has been the 
instrument of converting for the most part, from raw 
levies into a powerful army, honored, by common 
consent, for its discipline and efficient organization, 
U>r its esjiril da corps, and lor victories unqualified 
by a single reverse, and whose fortunes be has fol¬ 
lowed for twelve months, over ft field of opera¬ 
tions, embracing considerable portions of four 
States, through difficulties and dangers which its 
fortitude and courage have mastered without acci¬ 
dent or failure. 
It has recently, by a rapid march of 200 miles, 
with limited substance, often with an inadequate 
supply of water, returned to Kentucky, and driven 
from her borders a powerful army, arid, haring re¬ 
established its communion!ions, is now well on its 
way to meet the enemy at other points. The occa¬ 
sion is not convenient for recounting its services 
Thkrk’s a bright and starry ponnant 
Floating wide upon the air, 
With its hues of changeless beauty, 
Borrowed from the rainbow fair ; 
Tis our banner, our proud banner, 
The glorious emblem of the free ; 
Tis the life boat of our nation— 
’Tis the smile of Liberty t 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER 22, 1862 
Tnu nest of tho Baltimore oriole id one of the 
wonders of bird architecture. Whether we contem¬ 
plate it as the woik exclusively instinct, or whether 
memory or judgment, are brought into requisition, it 
is a study worthy of the naturalist The favorite 
frees for her nest are the weeping willow and the 
elm. The smaller branches of these trees are pen¬ 
dent, and she begins by uniting fwo or three twigs 
together with a cord, so as to be like a small hoop, 
and to this she suspends the frame work. The nest, 
when completed, will resemble a long narrow 
pocket, open at the top and about eight inches in 
depth. The variety of materiale used is astonishing 
— nothing seems to come amiss—flax, hemp, cotton, 
straw, grass, wool, hair — Boraeiimea thread, or rib¬ 
bons, or small pieces of lace, will lie appropriated — 
horse-hair, two feet long, will be sewed through and 
through, from the top of one side down to the bot¬ 
tom, and then up to the other side, arid then back 
again— and then when all this is done it will be so 
matted together as to be almost as firm as a felt hat. 
The no.-t of the hanging bird is in lact a combination 
of weaving, sewing and felting. 
We once knew a good old lady who was very fond 
of knitting, and as this did not interfere with her 
talking she knit a great deal. Sometimes she would 
knit a pair of silk stockings for some special friend. 
Once she lost a skein of her silk, and as a pair of 
orioles were building a nest in ft high shade tree by 
the house, they were suspected of having taken it. 
In a tew weeks the well known call of the young 
birds for “ more” betrayed where the nest was, and 
as soon as they were gone one of the boys had to go 
after it^-ami there was the skein of silk sure enough 
— but wbat a tangle! It had been made to thatch 
the entire nest —sewed or woven into every part of 
it —but Aunt Polly could not finish her stockings 
without that silk, and she went to work to unravel 
it. How she did work, but it was of no avail —it 
could not be done. We can almost hear her now, 
saying, “ it was the peskiest tangle she ever did 
see .’’—Newark Advertiser. 
A Veteran.— Thomas Stewart, aged 92 years, 
of East Newtown, Ohio, was private in the 101; t 
Ohio regiment, and took part in the battle of Periy- 
ville, where he was complimented for his bravery 
and soldierly bearing. He has four eorw, two grand¬ 
sons, and three sons-in-law at present in the army, 
lie was born in 1770, at- Litchfield, Conn., where hifl 
father now resides, aged 122. 
Ikon-Claps Pkei-aeino fob American Waters 
—The following statement given by a Loudon cor¬ 
respondent of the Boston Commercial Bulletin, is 
very positive iu regard to certain naval movements 
in England, with which rumor has been so busy for 
some time past. No doubt our government is hilly 
possessed of all the facts in the' case: 
“ It is well you are just about completing a fleet 
of ’ Monitors.’ You are likely to need them before 
long. Workmen are engaged night, and day on the 
Mersey, on the Clyde and elsewhere in building 
some twenty iron-ciads, which are to see service 
American waters. 
Gen. McClellan. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
U. W. II VLI.ECK, General in Chief. 
To Brigadier-General Meigs:— Your disnatch of 
this date is received. I have never iutondeu, in any 
letter or dispatch, to make any accusation against 
yourself or your Department lor not furnishing or 
forwarding clothing as rapidly as it was possible for 
you to do. I believe that'every thing has been done 
that could be done in this respect. The idea that. 1 
have tried to convey was, that certain portions of 
the command were without clothing, ami the army 
could not move until it wus supplied. 
G. B. McClellan, Major-General. 
The following is the order relieving General 
McClellan: 
General Orders No. 182. 
War Dkpautmknt, Viuttant GxxmiAr/8 Oman, ) 
WAdlUSUTO.v. Nuv. 0th, 1862. > 
By direction of the President ot the l/nited States, 
it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be 
relieved from the command of the Army of the 
Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take 
command of that army, 
By the Secretary ot War. 
E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. 
The following farewell order was read to the 
troops composing the Army of the Potomac, on the 
10th inst, at dress parade: 
HiiAuqOAUTBKS Army or Tim Potomac, Cams Nbak) 
Usctoutown, VA , Nor. 7, 1862. > 
To the Officers and Men of the Army of the Polo- 
mac :—An order from (lie President devolves upon 
Major-General Burnside the command of this army. 
In parting from you I cannot express the love and 
gratitude I bear to you. As an army you have 
grown up under my care. In yon 1 have never 
found doubt or coldness. The battles you have 
(ought under my command will proudly live in our 
nation’s history. The glory you lave achieved, our 
in 
They are intended to convey 
vessels into Southern ports. This I know to lie a fact. 
My information is direct from those in confidence 
with the promoters. 1 can only see one way of pre¬ 
venting a good deal of mischief. Every port for 
which they are designed ought to be iu the power of 
the American Government before these ugly mon¬ 
sters can cross the Atlantic. Then you might wel¬ 
come them as elective aids in future operations. 
To disarm suspicion, it is popularly given out that 
this iron fleet is beiug built for the Chinese Govern¬ 
ment; but I need hardly tell you that Mr. Mason 
and his friends form one of the chief contracting 
parties.” 
Buhj.-Gen. Edwin Price, the Rebel. — We 
announced tho fact, the other day, says the N. Y. 
Times, that Brig.-Gen. Edwin Price, sun of Major- 
Gen. Sterling Price, had resigned his comission in 
the Confederate army because of the flagrant injus¬ 
tice of the rebel Richmond government to his 
father. Gen. Edwin Price was an aid to his father 
from his earliest efforts in Missouri down to a recent 
period in the re I ad service. We are now enabled to 
state further, that Gen. Edwin Price, after resign¬ 
ing his commission in the rebel army, made his way 
iuto the Union lines, ainl has reported himself to 
Gen. Curtis at St Louis. He declared It his opin¬ 
ion that the cause of tho rebels was hopeless, and 
j the speedy crushing of the rebellion a certainty, 
lie took the oath of allegiance to the United States 
in the strongest form, and expressed his purpose to 
retire to his old borne in Charlton county. Mo. The 
character of this youug mail is high, and no doubt 
is entertained of his honor and good faith in this 
matter. 
Bragg’s Retreat. — The New Albany (Ind.) 
! Ledger has the following: 
Bragg’s retreat from Kentucky is or e of the most 
disastrous blows which iho rebel Confederacy have 
received. It is now ascertained, beyond question, 
that he escaped almost as empty-handed as he en- 
Measurkmknt of Tnu Great Lakes. — The 
Government survey of the great lakes gives the fol¬ 
lowing exact measurements:—Lake Superior, great¬ 
est length, 335 miles; greatest breadth, 161) miles; 
mean depth 988 feet; height above the sea 627 feet; 
area. 32,000 square miles. Lake Michigan—greatest 
length, 360 miles; greatest breadth, 108 miles; mean 
depth, 900 feet; height above the sea, 587 feet; area, 
20,000 square miles. Lake Huron—greatest length, 
200 miles; greatest breadth, 160 miles; mean depth, 
300 feet; height, above the sea, 574 feet; area, 20,000 
miles. Lake Erie — greatest length, 250 miles; 
greatest breadth, 80 miles; mean depth, 200 feet; 
height above the sea, 262 feet; area, 6,000 miles. 
Lake Ontario—length, 180 miles; mean breadth, 65 
miles; mean depth, 500 feet; height above the sea, 
262 feet; area, 6.000 miles. Total length of live 
lakes, 1,345 miles; total area, 83,000 square miles. 
heo.n better supplied that) pur armies operating iu 
the West.. The latter have operated at much greater 
distances from the sources of supply, and have had 
far less facilities of transportation. In fine, I believe 
that no armies in the world, while in campaign, 
have been more promptly or better supplied than 
ours. 
Third — Soon after the battle of Aulietam, Gen. 
McClellan was urged to give me information of hip 
intended movements, in order that, if he moved 
between (he enemy and Washington, re-enforce¬ 
ments could be sent from this place. On the 1st of 
October, finding that be purposed to operate from 
Harper’s Ferry, 1 urged him to cross the river at 
once and give hat tie to the enemy, pointing out to 
him the disadvantages of delaying until the autumn 
rains had swollen the Potomac and impaired the 
roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily 
summit. From the crest, looking westward, we saw 
three miles away, the deep gorge bet ween two wood¬ 
ed hills, through which the Shenandoah passes; and 
beyond, the turnpike stretching off, broad and 
smooth, for a third of a mile, then plunging into a 
belt of woods. Just on the edge ot the woods a 
signal flag was waving, evidently to communicate 
to the troops lying under the hill, nearer to us, but 
hidden from view, our movements upon the sum¬ 
mit. 
The rebels supposed we designed crossing the 
Shenandoah, and prepared to dispute our passage. 
Out of the woods poured a column of their infantry, 
completely tilling the section of road which we 
could see, then passing out of sight under the hill. 
Following them came another column, which disap¬ 
peared at the same point Then a third moved out, 
also coming toward us. At this moment, one of 
their light guns, much nearer than the infantry, 
open h] upon u». It threw four shells, but they all 
foil short, snd exploded live bundled yards iu front 
of us. 
“ Pettit, who had his guns upon the crest, could 
On the 6th of October he was peremptorily 
ordered to cross the Potomac and give battle to the 
enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move 
now while the roads are good." It will bejobrer- 
vetl that three weeks have elapsed since this order 
was given. 
Fourth —in my opinion, there has been no such 
want of supplies in 'he army under Gen. McClellan 
as to prevent his compliance with the orders to ad¬ 
vance against the enemy, llud he moved to the 
south side of the Potomac, he could have received 
his supplies almost as readily as by remaining in- 
act.' ve on fhe north. 
Fifth —Qn the 7th of October, in a telegram in 
regard to his intended movements, Gen. McClellan 
stated that it would require at ieast three days to 
supply the First, Fifth and Sixth Corps; Hut.‘they 
needed shoes ami other indispensable articles of 
clothing, as well as shelter tents. No complaint was 
made that any requirements had not been filled, 
The quantity of gas obtained from a ton of ordi¬ 
nary gas coal, is commonly within the limits of 
9,300 and 9 500 cubic feet, although if the distillation 
were continued boyond the usual period of six 
hours, an additional quantity of gas would be ob¬ 
tained, but of interior illuminating power. The 
coke left on the distillation ot a ton of coal is 
usually one chaldron of 36 bushels, weighing be¬ 
tween 13 cwt. and 14 cwt., or about two-thirds of 
the original weight of the coal before it went into 
the retorts. 
