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thrown out l>.it L"uis
probability ingress or egress would be
a r difficult at a Southern port, with
live-anrl-twenty sunken vessr Is in Itont
of the harbor, as it was at Sebastapol, ni-sire s rongtr
wl,«e the Russians M .,k several nf|llpl.he IJ« have l a _
tlicir ships with the view of preventing j •v , r ln - .
the entrance of English and French | I* rench at U.iteiio
vessels of vvn lot if the Fetlerel nnmeral.le men evervwhcre who »«».
' t>slls or war. in the ocnirren e ol Midi a war
Government desire by this expedient | r j xi I1( h, ; .u- their own
to relieve their own ships by thus block-, th-d tiny mi_
on would ! lit out six thousand privateers to cruise
ioi „ in a contest with us. II,- had no ’ against English merchandize It was
{ears ol it. If Louis Napoleon lead onc go.n- to confiscate nine hundred
than another, it was j lions ot Eaghsh propelty.
[ipoitunity of, not let England have a pound ol cotton,
lisaster to' the j It would get saltpetre from the mam-
mil-
would
Special to tlm Chronicle & Sentinel.
ENGLAND D SiROUS OF WAR!
MOB HO AMI AOS fill! AHttlCA.
There w-. re in-
bc i right
ing up Southern ports, they must
perfectly aware that there is at once an
, ml of Hie blockade in
which their new plan is
cn vessels will not constitute
Iviowniitii.
moth cave. If England dared to de
mand redress, it was determined to
i a is • an Disinfection in Ireland.
Never was there anything like the
_ ribaldry, gasconade, bully, bluster, and
l'lie people of Canada, the people of j defiance in which the whole Yankee
■ ' ... people, press, public meetings.
might
and the principles of libeity.
E tilled Slates Vessels Prohibited from
tulo'ading at Nassau.
' ‘ instance in i Ireland, the French nation, the lovers ; race—people, press, public meetings,
/ ^ ! 'sunk I of liberty even in England, would sym-j Congress, Secretaries, anil all—indul-
Jt,Ta blockade, I pathise w.th us. Let England make . ged They have be, n compared to
. " the man ■ this war, and his word lor it, it would |the Chinese, and we think with won
i dei ful aptitude. But the Chinese never
We are indebted to the Editor of the
Noifolk Day Book for the following
special dispatch:
Norfolk. Jan. 3.—Late European
and Northern news has been received
here.
The London Observer, ministerial
organ, says that England desires peace
but will gain by war, as in that case
frontiers,
give
llmm President alludes to the attitude! saved was the foundation of the future j words as soon as it was
maintained hill erlo towards America j glory of France. So would it he with j The Yankee Congress,w
"" d fricn '" V ' nnnnM ■-= ' •'" ' ' ■ ordered them.
rlio unanimous
ly this ecuntrv, because \ve regard our! us. If we save our honor wc could | !y approved of Wilkes, abandon him
relations with the Southern States as I lose all else, and ihse again in power
henceforward of very considerable im-, and glory, ll the war must come, let
portance. These States have now at-! it come, and let us thank God that he j
tained such a position that we must j had made us instruments in His hands j
bring ourselves :o believe in tlu* per- j to work out His own cause,
manence of their independent confed-j Mr Ilale now said lie would with-j
cation. \Ye have tlifl’e rences with tlie | draw his resolution, but |
Nortli in which the Southerners are di- j Mr. Suinncr ( who is chairman id the ,
r. ctlv interested; and we have just j committee of foreign atT.iirs) desired to j der, and, in the very spirit of Ancient
concluded a treaty with the Jaurez | say that he thought tliat the Senator
Government of Mexico for a settlement bad spoken too swiftly on this subject,
of our longstanding claims upon that Mr. llale bad asseiled that England
country, under the “Alilham Conven- bad made an arrogant demand—this
tion,” and other recorded obligations.' was hypothetical. How, he asked,did
Our naval expedition to the Gulf of that gentleman know it—bow did the
M ex co is charged with the execution
on-
had
no authorized mission from any one,
and that he acted entirely on his own
responsibility.
The Persia sailed on the Loth De
cember with twelve hundred troops and
three hundred anil eighty tons of muni
tions ol war. The Gienadiers and
upon the very first intimation that it I
might cost them something to hold on
to him. And Bennett, instead of eat- .
ing up Canada, instead of exciting an j oin hark
i.«urrk.io„ in reland, ins.cn,1 offit- Seotcl, us,l , er.., , ar<| S were 0e nbark
ting ini. si:; .Wusand ship* to cruise j »"
..gainst British propeity, coolly advises j
tiic Yankee Government to knock un-
that their restoration is demanded by,
all the principles which ever obtained
in American political administration,
ann to vindicate which tnc Vnited
States went to war with England.- —
Declining to surrender the Commis
sioners, he would violate the long main
tained dogma of Lis country, ar.<
which he approves.
A summary of the points cl >ew
aril’s reply, to be published in the Rich
mond Enquirer of to-morrow, says :
1st. The capture was rigid, when
tested by justice, law and decorum.
•2d. Its advantages must be surren
dered upon an assumed technicality in
a court where there are no pleadings.
3d. That the capture was wrong, as
indeed by the principles always main-
mined in the United Stales, even to
the extremity of war.
To Seward’s labored ofioit Lord
Lyons makes a brief reply, and with
regard to his argumentative points,
merely says that he has sent his words
to England, and will see him soon and
receive the Ministers.
The Philadelphia JiuUetm says that
whatever has been yielded, is only“ow-
i„.r to the imperative necessity! of
Chc^mitlmn banner
JAMES A. SLEDGE, )
AXDF.RSon- \y. KKESE, j KI)I1 'OH.S.
ATIIEX.S, (MiOH.KA.
nilMSHAl IMMJC
Sip fourth pagp.
avoiding a foreign war while we have
a domestic one on hand. Better not
serg t.
Athens fuards.
M. \\ yiig, of this corpii, will !
on the 16th uTt., in two steamers, ior a domestic one on nan... r no, ; , eave ,„ r ,» 0f . Sl|(0|1||| M , j
Halifax. Other troops were preparing j stan d on principles and run the usk of j f ., r „ 1C company be A '!
I to embark. the Union being destroyed by an all,- 1 } •*" «*e l,f. at h.s lhc <„
Pistol, cries, “All belL shall gape for
tliis’ - hereafter! Wonderful people!
wonderful press! wonderful Congress!
wonderful Secretaries! wonderful Yan-
keedoin! Certainly the wotid never
saw your like before
Senate know it—bow did the eountrv j “the basest of kingdoms,’’ is respccta
know? lie did not so know, and be ble when compaied to you.
| thought the time for speaking and ac-
tion of custom revenue at Vera Cruz j tion would be when the facts were pre-
and Tampico, will have been put into I sented—when the case came piacti-
aetion, and the proceeds be accumula- J cally before them. The gentleman j and we have now every reason to be-
There was great excitement in Malta j anee between the rebels and the lead
on the tenth of December, caused by j Powers of Europe.
The New York Express says that
“this surrender to a necessity will soon
of these terms ; and, probably, before
February next the system of sequestra
The W ar on the Seacoast.
The long agony of suspense is over,
a telegram oitlering all the disposable
forces at that point to be shipped to
Gibralter, to be ready for service in
America.
.„ Vr - t i Admiral Dacres goes out as second
"' cn > i ; n command to Admiral Miinein Amer
ican waters.
Ten Armstrong hundred-pound guns
were immediately sli pped lor the de
fence of Halifax! Large numbers of
similar guns were to be shipped imme
diately to the British possessions on the
Pacific. Ten miliions of small eart-
iinpose on us i ther necessities in con
nection with Great Britain, to which
wc must either yield ot fight. Ninety j 8horl V|H „
days will not elapse without some j
further insulting demand from the j
English oligarchy.’ ,^l' e Express ad-!
vises instant prepamtens for war, to j
Promoted.
Sergeant Major Lamar Cobb, ol ibe ltiili (
C.a. Regiment, has been appointed Aid to
Maj. Gen. Henry It. Jackson, with the
rank of Major, lie has been hereon
I to the name of either of Ihe Confederate
.'States, upon that badge of depredation.
I By this act of double humiliation, ii, e
] bastard Administration may suppose they
j will attain their cherished end, of so cm.
centrating their legions upon the South as
to speedily subject her to their will. Rct^,
let them remember that the nation which
forfeits its honor and the respect of the
world becomes the object of contempt, and
that henceforth England may break the in
efficient and illegal blockade ol the Southern
ports, and free the commerce of the world
fretn its unnatural restraints, with impuni
ty, fince Lin<-oiii*s Power stands by se;;'
confession, imberile to protect what it holds
to he its rights and impotent to challeng,.
i respect ami confidence. If tho English
I Cabinet dees not avail itself of '.iiis occu-
' sion to socle the whole question ot •.!,(.
; blockade, which is bearing with such rigo:
! upon her commercial interests and working
classes, then wc mistake Iter policy. \ 0
| better opportunity will ever present itself
! for b.er to mediate for iier own interest and
demand free entrance into the cotton ports,
whence she may feed her starving opera-
! tives nod avoid general bankruptcy. The
I questions are now open, and we earnestly
! believe, will never be closed until this con
summation shall hraohiivej. But whether
II he or not, let the gallant people ot
onft derate States stand prepared, seif,
rebarit and defiant towards a foe who have
su’d their honor to England that thty nwu
conquer and mhjugnU than.
In Towu
Br. J. B. Carlton, of Taylor’s Batallion,
Another Arrival.
New Orleans, Jan 1.—A British steamer
lias arrived in a Confederate port, bringing
a large quantity of munitions of war and
other valuable articles.
This is probably the Gladiator, upun
which 1 Vr. Hoyt, of this place, took passage
from England to Nassau. If so, she h
the extent of 1,500,000 men. It says ' an< * ^ ew ton, of the Government j on board 30,000 stand of arms, 200 tons of
that “the Administration has given up ! i?. 06 **. 1131 ’ ,ilchn,ond , :,re 1,ere on a
Mason and Slidell not to law, equity | ri ' e , lat,Pr H ,ndis P°^ d -
r ,i d.t, but to necessity. The Arner- i ,? ssrs- A- K Po P e ar
them
ting for distribution under the mixed I bad said he was in fitvor of atbitration: 1 liwu that the enemy has begun the ac- -j- e|J millions of small cart- ‘Tii dit but to necessity. The Amor-1 Messrs - A - F. Pope and John Patrick, of
commission between the despoiled res-! Mr. S. rejoiced to hear it, anti lie would five operations of the invasion. Late j ^ ' ani , one hun(ircd thousand j LnTSaalc in its trials and troubles is 1 ,he Trou P Ar,iller y» are al on a
i lents ami the wronged bondhol.lers — j say that he himself was in favor of do- j in the afternoon ol U t dnes.lay the 1st j for Armstrong guns for sea i humb |J , 0 ’ r the first time to the British | Ali0 M,ller Lun ‘P k,n an ‘» «• »• (Joodma ‘“
M e must look upon tins intervention | mg all in that regard that u became us , mst the A ank. es approached the mam-. sery J. e are rapi(llv pre p : ning. Add - .-! Lion T | ie rebellion on hand drags! °‘ Co ' ,b ’ s Le « ion ’ and Dr * K * M * S,,lilh ’
as one that may be in operation during : to do. land in them boats at Chisholm s and , s , lin .. vri U t s have been taken on | never before bum,lifted I of ,he !6lh Ga - Regiment.
hicli (\>l. Jones was reinforced by a
ennossee Regiment. Otir troeps,
a consivleraMe period of time, ami He doubted not the matter was in Rage's Points. These plat es are on
while the Northern Government is too! safe hands. But he wished not to he opposi'e sides ot Poit Royal Ferry, and
distant to admit of its attitude entering j considered as saying that even arbitra- | about four miles apart. One of these
materially into this question,the South- j tion had been suggested, or was under attempts to land appears to have been
ern Confederation, on the other hand, consideration, lie made no utterance j a feint, as we hear of sharp fighting
stretches for a great distance along Ihe | in behalf of any at this time, but that ! only at one of the points named. Here
frontier ot Mexico, so as to rentier its j a spirit of conciliation consistent with • the enemy, 3.500 strong, was met by
friendly disposition to the authors of! honor would be manifested, we had ; Cel. Jones’ South Carolina Regiment,
the intervention of no slight const;-1 every reason to believe—of that wc and a sharp skinnish ensued, during
quence. The Northern Government : could fee! t. infident.
has invariably railed at our neutrality;! —
but the Southern, with statesmanship! \ I’m-fc (>. j
anti moderation,has reeognizetl in it all j p ( p
that we coultl tlo for either parly, and ! '
whether with a view to our transactions Among the many striking portraits j enemy immediately fell hack,
in Mexico, or to our relations with the which the great dramatist has drawn, tion of Co!. Jones’ Regiment, in the
Cabinet of Washington, the friendly ( sa )' s 'he Richmond I>i<patch.) there m
forbearance of ill - Southern Confedt-r-1 nonc truer to natmc than tl at of An
cient Pistol. His swagger, hi.- bluster,
his bold front, his cowardly h cut, ‘ i-.
rant, his fustian, his strange oaths,
have in them s mething minnt i!;!\ ln-
j tlicrous. His biagg.idoi'i.r and hig talk
>se for some
Strawberries iu January.
gun powder, pistols, sabres, medicines,
&c., constituting the most valuable cargo
landed on our coast since the blockade.
We understand tlie agreement between
•.he Confederate autliori-ies and the owners
of the Gladiator was, that after discharging
her cargo, if otir government wished to
purchase the vessel and the Captain did
not want to sell, we were to pay Cl^,000
for her. If the Captain wished to sell ard
our Government did not want lo purchase,
agues of shore. They ! The AWoml Intelligencer says tl.at j in ‘. h '°P en air ia h ‘ s f r J." in ‘ h j 9 ! we are t0 P a > Clo.OOOjnr her,
r anil other Contcder- s cwar J’s course was approved byev-!f ace ‘ ." ,e ieTC 11IS 0 1 ie 1 a0n ' " TomU Election,
t ile iii m il under 1 c.i n f , __ i a , I ban> variety, which stands al the head of 1 " e *
take in coal, under e raem ber of the Cabinet, and that . nf , u . nriinn „ An election for town officers wa
tliOUf
ill gape for this.”—Sank,
n s'.iil inferior in numbers, deter-!
mined to try the • tlicaey of cold steel, t
and advanced with the bayonet. The!
tional ship-wriglits have been taken on j ,j ovvn a ilagr, never before humiliated,
at all the dock yards. j before England. Let us, Americans, j
The British authorities at Nassau b an «i n g our heads because of our liu-i .. ... ,
have forbidden vessels bearing coal ini!i a,ion, dismiss the subject wuh as i ° n l ,‘‘V , ." 8U Mr ’ Hougson
foi United States ships, to unload there much sU ; nce as possible. ' preHenteJ ,,s Wllh a ver >' lar -' e Mrawbcr, J r *
or within three lea
allow the Sumter
ate war ships to ,«kc j er y member ot the cauinet, anti uiai j h j- ; one , ! An election for town officers was held in
pretence that they are merchant vessels. hi s policy alone has averted a war with 1 .'7 l T n , this place on Saturday last. The res
The London Tunes ridicules Se- I F Jhml and France 1 e h ” bcen lhe mildeM ' '
ward's (lisp,vch. Lngiami anu r ranee. ; -vtil.u. ihe recollmion of that ancient in
The New York Herald of 1st J;«nu> i Met Icllan UDd the Lincoln I’OUgreSS. j dlT,dUp ’’
ary says that England will probably ! p is curren ,| y r( .porteil that a move-
provoke war even alter the surrender ol j ment is on <00t j n the Washington
A por-1 J s ^ on an€ ^ SIi4l<-II. ! Congress to supersede General Mc-
j Ihe New loik limes s».rongl> |(Jlellan by the Massachusetts lawyer,
nounces various measures of the Uni- j N ’ a ,haniel P. Banks. They complain
at y is an important point in our favor.
. . • . i -.i • IIUiHlt.1.1 » (11 IWllo lULamHl o U1 tilt k I
heat ot pursuit, ventured within range- , .. ^
. i i »i ■, ,i v r i ted States Governmentr
ot the boat howitzers of the i ar.kees,' .. ,, . . .
which poured a sudden fire into our | LAI ESI NOR 1 HERN NEW S.
j The Humiliation of the tinted Stales.
| \\ e have at last official intelligence that
j England has demanded Mason and Slidell j
| ot the United Stales, and that they have i
! been surrendered. Thus has the American i
will he seen in the proceedings of council
in another column.
The rejoicings on Saturday night, if v e
are correcrly informed ol the proceedings
was of questionable propriety.
Elfctiou of Cuuii'y Officers.
Senator Hale's B ar Speech.
In the United States Senate, on
Thursday, the 26 h :
ranks
po
killing six an
wounding twelve
Richmond J;
British I.ion. It is a confession ot weak-
.! our itn
I he enemy rallied under I the Petersburg, Ya., Express lias tlis-
Hr. Hale, of Now Hampshire, intro- | ni jP ‘ se ^ or s,,|I| e line even on the nen
ducetl a resolution relative to our af- °! S,R '^ an ai as that which Henry
lairs with Great Eritain as follows : j \* ^ tH * " l '° ^ I " ul whieh. won for
Resolved, Tha". the President of the I Uiin ihe ever memorable fie ld ot Agin
l nited States be requested, (if not in-|f ourt '. ^ ^ asl ’ K mwn hold, by long
compatible with the public interest,) to) Unpunily he ventures t o tar, and Iris
transmit to the Senate copies of dis- j ex P 0SUr e is complete. A Welsh geu-
patches and instructions which have j mcn fd dauntless courage, but odd
passed between this government ai.d ' !* tnu f!nor > becomes the subject t. ui
the government ol Great Britain, or be- 1 * ns ‘dence. He horghs at ! is look
bey corapl
j that McClellan is too slow, and they
! want a commander who will respond
3.—The editor of I to the popular clamor for an onward , .
1 * *. rni v i. „ t u ; ness on the part or the Lincoln despotism
movement. Hie Yankees have been ! ,
that will s'rrkc lire world with wonder arid
It places riiat Government at
1 ern papers to the Day Book of that ! far from accoinplishii g their purpose j on ^ e Uf>on ll,c foolin S <u a Unrd-iate power
The dates me from Washington ■ as they were at the outset. We do not j ne 0 , u '° conc ,IMOIls cannot ,c es ' kS
i ^ leaped, lithe seizure was tight, the sur-O - -
wonder, therefore, at their impatience. 1 , .. .. , , 1 Jo\m Canm jn.m-ou.
n - , . . , * I render 19 a disgrace which can never be 1 K<.rfieri. u.f f..urt—
cover of tiieii guns, and again pr *ssed patches from Norfolk, stating thr.t a eight months engaged in the work of
forward. But this t me tin y were met il >g of truce hail brought late Nortli-j subjugating the South, but are still as
by a stil! more iinpptuous . _ _
leave hoys pursuing them to tlnir very i city. The dates aie from Washington 1 as they were at the outset. We do not j
L ats. th> pienpitale was the ili'dit of!* 0 Dec. 31st and Jan 1st.
The New
the Yankees that they incontinently ! York Tribune, of Jan. Is!, says that it
threw down and abandoned Uu-ir guns j has reason to believe that Messrs. Ma-
encuinbered their son and Slidell would sail on the first
ami whatever else
—Richmond Dispatch.
wiped out.
valuable persons. It is said that in the ' of January for Europe. The surren-
Late from Keutucky.
Nashville, Jan. 2.-
The following is tin
e official
return of the
'•lection held in Ibis
place on
ihe
l»>t mst.
for officers in (Murk county •
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y.
? b £
r. I
=
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asdiiui r-i.
“ X
s x .
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y • %
lor Slierifl —
T
| la-'mh \ ltrownuii’.
142
o
3 is jrs
, Sanford Whitehead,
s*s .* «
00
•j; on in
1 K,.r Clerk Sup. (.Vur!—
\ Jofm Calvin Jnbn-ou,
‘2\M 2
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•s ’,h i„j.;
, k"r Clerk W,f UVurt—
\ Jotiu Calvin Ju' llMill,
:C/2
f»
17 is r.v;
i K..V Tax Col A: UoecVr
. 1 Richard Uu C h<-,
s; -„\74
A
J Q
j Duke Hiuuiliou,
*-* *j u » m
*2
cl 1 *?J(I
seoond charge of our troops not a mus- I dor does not come up to the demand ' has called upon the Provisional
s , ket was fired. But the Cc
... . , i JOirii v . Auuuaiir,
horns ot the dilemma they must taKe ; they I |>avi*l Hiwlmr.au’
:i
AS
tween the government or any of its! Unglish and derides his nalior. 1 he
functionaries, relative to the seizure of na ’' on; d plant the leek been rres the
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, on board ; f ub .i ,,ct }l 's scurrilous impertinence,
the steamer Trent, to be transmitted i/ '** Bn'is t,.at he lias to use an Amor
either in open or executive session, as ,can I‘* iras ^ “waked up the wrong,
he may judge best. i P ass t , nger. / Ihe gentleman is a man
onnecticutites 1 ot the ultimatum ot Jv'glantl. A part nor of Kentucky for 30,000 men, to. . e , , . ,
lid not tanoy the portentous tramp of ol Seward’s bargain is that Captain j serve from one to three years. It is ! are a na icn ° eo " a “ 9 or a n,,uono 00 s -•
our companies and tire silent glitter of j Wilkes is not to be censured for the J understood that when two or more
our bayonets, so they broke and ran 'seizure ol the Commissioners. j brigades are mustered into the service,
in the true Bull Run style.
Our loss, beyond those killed
Mr. Hale said he bad read in the
who does not understand
j The London Post says that England ! they will be placed under the command
and : will have a reckoning as to the stone of Win. Preston, late United States
wounded by the shells of the boat how- j licet.
itzers, was but trilling. Of the ene- ] The Boston papers say that Lord
pecially at the expense
public papers, and heard Irom various , ,
sources—for ire had no confidential re-1 e U s , U P " * 1 * ie , a ‘ !r0 ' lt "L* n first
lations with the administration—which r ^. ccl ' ,H ’ ) ' ca ' l '' c * :nc nn * !,e eVf ‘
was not his fault, he being disposed to i °. ,l q roa !. » * MI? » l * ,<; v ' ,-,r,rv 0,,, e
be as confidential as anybody—he!"" 0n ’ " s step is too seek the ag-
Irad heard, be said, that the Cabinet! 7, res ? or ; ani . ,0 * 1 '" 1 !o account.—
! lie iin<is Pistol, presents him villi n
taml jesting, tv- my’s loss wc have no definite account. ! Lyons bad ordered the steamship Ni-
e of his c Minliy. When they finally departed in tiieir i agara to take out Messrs. Mason and
bail yesterday under consideration a;, , . •
public queslion of more importance | if ’ ia,,on3 l emblem which he
than any that had ever arisen. j “au Bended,) and 'His Inin he must
The administration, he heard, was I swa ow * JU -'y ^'vt-ar > and
obout to commit what to his mind
peared a most tatal act in the surren
bonis, they left four killed and many j-Slidell,
wounded upon the hold ; hut it is known I Gen. McClellan is still very sick;
that, besides these, they carried otrwith ! Ben. Ward, of Ohio, is suggested as
tl ern numbers both of killed and wound
ed.
Early yesterday morning, the enemy
again approached ihe main in much
Minister to Spain, who is to receive the
appointment of Major General.
No Federalists, with the exception
of a few scouts, are on this side ofj . ....
Green River, yet the military authori-! " ,ey W,U pre9Sn ‘ ‘ 0,,,e ^ ,e " ch an ‘‘ hn S 18,1
* ... * (rnvprnnionta I hov itill It a menrrniiAJ >to
ties expect an attack in that quarter.
Late accounts from beyond Green
heavier lorce than on the proceeding
d >y. Gen. Gregg’s brigade, wliicli
mu was stationed in the neighborhood, fell
b .t still back a short distance to secure an ad-
is ol III
his successor. j River icpresent the Federalists as still
'l'lie steamship Persia is at Halifax, j recruiting large reinforcements,
with troops.
(swaggers. The Welchman dois
‘ | tlier. He is perfectly calm,
der.upon the imperious demand of Great \[/I 1 " 1 ,e ’! s pls 01 1,0 vanlageous battle ground, and. at las-I England’s demand
.Britain, the persons, Mason andSli-j , j" 1 I" 1 " ' lir ’i |,r r du-1 accounts, the Ynnkeo fnrooc «•..«, -wit I
-Ul! ii urn »; va .1 nn t.norrl ‘ al > 1,C proceeds lO
England’s warlike preparations will
continue, in view of the difficulties
aiising from the stone fleet blockade.
The surrender of Messrs. Mason and
! Slidell is said not to be the whole of
dell, who were seized on board the
Trent. If we did that we should sur
render all that had t een won by the
revolution. It would make us vassals
accounts, the Yankee forces were adt 1 Richmond. Jan. 3.—The steamship
v ithout vanring up the (,’ombahee road, the j which Lord Lyons has selected to
toe skirmishing between the pickets being j convey the Commissioners to England
Of the result is the ocean steamship Niagara,
anion ycsteiday we have no
beat him
mercy. This was more than
Ancient” had bargained for. .Sever- j l.eavv and continuous
theless he at last gi lped it dow i, pro- „f thi
ef Great Biitain. We should lose the i thundeiing oathsth; there- > news whatever ; but the firing was
i,Her ,,, perseeutor si,.1,1 he S ,cu-Jil v ma i„lai„e,l ui.nl q „i," &?£
pay the penally. He iMreate.l ivill, the alU-inoen. 1
contempt, sneaks oil, and we hear off \Y,. l, .1 1
hi... nn ., o.,. )' L ,M ' e ^ ! ' e » above accounts
mm no more. | i.rnnr.1,1 1 .. .
! as brought l.) passengers Irom tlie
scene ol action. I p to a late hour last
respect of foreign nations and be lium-
L led in our ow n eyes.
He would go as far as any one to
preserve peace if it could be done with
honor. Rut it Britain had demanded
the surrender of these prisoners, he
w ould meet it at one e by a declaration
of war. He would lot wait for her to
make war. Peace at such a price
would be too dear. It would be more
dangerous than war. He repeated that
peace was desirable if it could be pre
served with honor. He would be will
ing even to abide by an arbitration of
the question.
But if Great Britain bad made this
demand, it was because she was pre
determined to wage war. If wc were
to be humiliated let it be alter a war,
and not before it. But let us not be
humiliated first, and destroyed after
wards. Talking with the Senator from
Indiana, Mr. Lane, at breakfast this
irorning, that Senator remarked that
his State had furnished sixty thousand
troops for the civil war, and would
double that number immediately to
meet this quarrel with England.—
That was the feeling of the whole
North, and he would tell this adminis
tration that it they trifled with the pub
lic sentiment on this question the)
would encounter a Ii e in ihe rear that
would utterly confound them. On the
motion of pettifoggers, whom they call
law officers of the crown, a war w as t..
be made, but he did not believe that
in such a war our cause would be hope-
lens.
There will be one advantage in a
war with England. We can proclaim
tr every individual on the earth, with
an appeal which shall strike to »! e
The Burnside expedition has not
yet sailed.
The London Post (Lord Palmerston’s
organ,) says that the harbor of Charles
ton belongs to the world, and cannot
be given up to an inefficient blockade.
A large number of frigates, trans
it the Yankee Gove mment have not
to thp"' verv^ 'life o' »i ^ n< len . t j night no official despatches had l»en j poits, ami schooners arc congregating
"" Ur - V -.'*• 111 •' mbrf ill relation to the event, ,,l,i,.|, in Hampton lion,Is.
Auction Sale.—The following artic
les, being a portion of a cargo recent
ly airivcd from Havana, were sold at
auction yesterday, by Messrs. LaRoche
& Bell:
1,03S sacks cofFee, of various brands,
brought from 60 to 66i cents per
pound. 20 pieces Navy and Army
cloth brought $10 to $12.j per yard.—
20 carboys carbonic acid brought $1
per pound. 100 hds, clarified and
brown sugars brought 8 to 11 cents
per pound. 80 reams letter paper
brought $9 to $101 per ream.—Savan
nah Republican, Jan. 1.
They will be recognized as
with the English Government, then we have mentioned
there is no such thing as imitation, and At five o’clock yesterday afternoon
parallel eases cannot exist in nature.! official despatches were received an-
When the piratical onslaught u is first nouncing that the enemy’s gunboats
made upon the Biitisli vessel, t ie yell had again opened a sharp fire of shells
of exultation which arose m Yankee- i upon White Point, but for wliat oumose
dorn, resounded throughout tin. world, i was not known. '
Vast meetings assembled to testify 1 We have advices that, on Tuesday
their admiration of the deed. City last a Yankee gunboat entered Bull s’
Councils voted it unuvalled in daiing j Bav, and chased a schooner that was
and sagacity since the days of Bayard, j coming from Santee, by the inland
I he press ran g with applause. I lie | passage. The steamer was crowded
Secretary ot .State hastened with his | with armed men on deck. She ran
meed of piaise. 1 he Secretary ol the . the schooner up a creek, but finding
Navy was not slow in approving the the water too shallow, ceased the pur-
deed. Congress hailed the rising glory suit.— Charleston Mercury, 'id.
of the new hero, and testified their ap- J
preeiation ot his exploit, without a dis- .
senting voice. The city of Boston Battle in Ihe Best—toil fed-
dined him, and wined him, and listened j crates Victorious !
to his narrative, and made the welkin | Memphis, Jan. ltd.—A dispatch lias
ring with its applause. Hit* newspa- been received at Little Rock, Ark.,
pers vowed that they would see every j containing official intelligence from the
luiportaut from the North.
Formal Surrender of the Southern Com
tnissianers h;f the Linrotn Cor cm- ■ lie affairs see anothor cause of difficulty
Yankee Reiatious Willi Greut Britain
Foreigu—Views of the Stone Block
ade.
The Washington correspondent cf
the Baltimore Sun, writing on the 2Gth
ult., says :
Men who are thoughtful upon pub
ment.
American ship burnt ], ami every Yan
kee tow.i a (1 city up.ooted from the
very foundation, before they would
shrink Irom the side of Wilkes. Thev
were determined lo back him at all ha
zards, and to the last extremity. Nev
er was I here such dt-fi.mre as the\
hurled at England. Never was there
so much insolence ttered upon any
one occ.isii.li Never were such threats
hea.d befoie since the creation ot the
woild.
Northwest. Colonel McIntosh, in com
tnand of four regiments, had a fight
with Opoihleylmlo, tho Indian Chief
and Liucolnite, 75 miles Northwest of
ot Fort Gibson, on the 2Gth ult., which
last'd font hours uni lOsnlted iu the
total ionic of the enemy, who lost 200
men m killed, wounded, and missiug,
ai d ICO taken piisoncrs.
The Gonfooerate loss was 12 killed
and twenty wounded Col. McIntosh
... ,, ... , | was still pursuing Opolhleyfcolo, and
Ihe Herald led the way u> th e latter was lleeing into K usas-
these (K nionstraiions. It was go ng The Confederates also captured from
Richmond, Jan. 2.—The Baltimore
Sun, of 30tli ult , contains the demand
of the English Government for the sur
render of Mason and Slidell, the ans
wer of Secretary Seward, and the res
ponse of Lor*! Lyons.
The English Minister is short and
pointed in his first communication.
Sewaid, in his reply, surrenders the
Commissioners without hesitation, but
closes in a mutiplicity of words, and
argues by “firstly 1 s'* and “secondly s,”
that the Southern Commissioners were
contraband and liable to capture. He
says, however, that the lawsol nations,
while justifying the capture of an ene
my’s ministers, as contraband, do not,
as would be necessary in the present
case, properly provide formulas for ad
judicating the capture. This might
have been obviated, be says, if the
1 rent bad been retained by proceed
ings against her, which would have
been morally a case decisive of the
character of the Commissioners. The
moral certainty of the character of Ma
son and Slidell would have been suffi
cient in the eye of the law ; but the
Trent having been dismissed, this
between this country and England, in
the fact that the London Post declares
our blockado of the Southern ports at
an end (under the law of nations), for
the reason that we have sunk stone
vessels in the channels of Southern
harbors. It is a fact, however, that
the egress and ingiess to the bay of
Mobile and to the Mississippi cannot
be thus stopped, and, points if sho sees
fit to overcome the Federal blockading
vessels there, in this connection the
interesting historical fact may be sta
ted, that the l’rotestant rebellion in tlie
south of Franco was crushed out ty
Cardinal Richelieu, by his building a
wall across tlie mouth of the harbor of
Rochelle, which prevented access of
the fleets of England and Holland to
aid the rebels. From that time Roch
elle sunk in commercial importance
governments
soon as
respective Governments; and we predict
that the blockade will be raised by the mid
dle of March.
The Nashville Fnton <f■ American speak
ing of tlie surrender of Mason and Slidell,
very pertinently remarks:
The public both of Yankee Land ani the
Confederaia Slates have been gradually
prepared for this announcement by tlie
cautious and diplomatic emanations of opin
ion from the Government organs of Seward,
ever since die startling intelligence trans
pired that the Queen of England had sent
a special courier to her minister at Wash
ington, to make a demand for reparation
relative to the seizure of the Confederate
Commissioners. Yet few are fully prepared
to receive the news that Mason and Slidell
have been restored, with entire credulity,
after the blustering ot the Northern Press,
die Lincoln Congress and Lincoln Cabinet
through Secretaries Welles and Chase.—
The Yankee character, it is true, has come
to be estimated at its true value, during die
present war. The acts of cold blooded
cruelty, delibera e treachery and ridiculous
gasconade, which they have been guilty of,
have induced observing mcn to believe that
there is no depth of infamy or meanness tc
which they would not stoop. Yet we admit
that it is almost incredible that unj Gov-
Wedo not think this disgraceful back- > t? 1 We arc requested to say that a few
down will postpone a collision with Great i bushels of salt are deposited at Mr. llol-
Britain thirty day9. That Government has ! brooks store to be sold in small quantities
determined to break the blockade ; and die j —say irom two quaris to one peck —to >ur!i
point next made, will be its inefficiency.— j as are needy and are unable to pay the pre-
Ottr commissioners, just released, have pos-1 sent exorbitant prices, at the rate of onv
itive proof of its evasion in live hundred j dollar per pock,
instances since its commencement, which ;
Removal-
The office of die Southern Express Com
t J i * ^ , i ivinv Ins hf en removed to the rooms in ihe
s they present themselves to these l un a ns e , , . , • ,
/. . . .. Lumok'n House block, formerly occupied
tve Governments; and we predict " ,,
as a barber shop, on Broad siren.
re-
i source was lost. Seward says sub-
to raise a mil.ion ot men lo overrun 11ho enemy a large number ot wagons j stantially that the capture of Mason
heart of all. Some fears had been i a«d devour Canada. It was going to I and 100 1 o ses.
| and Slidell was in opposition to, and
The “Sea King.”—We coppy tlie
The invention of Mr. Creuzbaur
which is secret as yet, and for the
bringing of which to tho notice ot the
Confederate Government $500 has
been, appropriated, has been fully ex»
amined by a committee of three scien
tific gentlemen appointed by the Gov
ernor, who reported in its favor, and
expteas the opinion that a single, vessel
properly constructed will be sufficient
to clear any port of a blockading fleet.
Look out for Your Smokehouses-
We understand that Mr. J. K O 3
smokehouse was entered last Saturday
nicht, and all of his meal taken awa\. Iu
add instill to injury, the rogues car.- eJ >>'<?
meat otfon Mr. O’Kelly's own lier-p- ^
eryhody should keep fire-arms, andrfi° c -
the rogues down on the spot. It l ‘ 1!S '*
done in a few instances, it l'" 1 a 6 ' 0 1 >
to these depredations.
Our Table.
Southern Literary Messk.\«er. — U'«
December number of this tdu Southern fa
vorite is upon our table. It still stands tl e
war. It grows better. We copv from it (11
the lirst page a very funny loiter from t
Yankee school-mi stress, which will make
you laugh Tlie Messenger should be lib
erally patronized. Address Macl'arlaneA.
Ferguson, Richmond, Va.
Southern Cui.TivATOR.—Xotwii!istand-
ing nearly all the agricultural publications
ol the South have been compelled to suc
cumb to the pressure of the ti„n.. s , W H aIa
glad lo see that the Cultivator is still g„j ll( r
it with head and tail up ! Now is ll.e time
lo subscribe for 180-J. Only cue dollar a
. .. , , year. The paper it is printed on -s
eminent would, in the face of the civilized I . , , .
1 ’ ' worlli that now. I’ersons in this vicinity
can hand in their subscriptions to I)-, j. n5
Linton, of ibis place, who will forward the
world, so lower its dignity, honor and man
hood, as to croucli at the feet of any other
Government upon a menace of compulsion,
when its Ministers, its Legislature, its
Press, its universal Public Opinion had
loudly, vulgarly and boastingly proclaimed
that the act, on account of which it tints
humbles itself, was right in itself and must
be maintained. Yet this is the precise con
dition of tho Lincoln Government, at this
moment. Messrs. Mason and Slidell are to
be triumphantly transferred from the con
fines of Fort Warren to a British tnan-ol-
war, the quartered ensign of England is to
be saluted by that banner, which nover
bore a stain while tlie Southern States owed
enclose lo D. Red-
following mysterious paragraph from and acknowledged allegiance to it, and with
tho Texas State Gazette : proud mien and victorious presence, the
Confederate Commissioners are again to
dare the stormy seas, protected by the vin
dicated hospitality of England. The banner
of the Union never bore sut.h an affront
while the Conledeiate Slates formed a part
of the galaxy that clusters it, its folds ; and
though the Yankee despotism may desire
that they should participate in tha disgrace
by retaining their place* on its flag, the
norld will take notice that no etar gliitera
money. Others can
mond, Augusta, G.t.
Southern Field and Fireside.—Mr. J.
W. Ells lias withdrawn from the editorial
chair of this able paper. Wc learn private-
lyjihat Mr.S. A. Atkinson, lute of the his-
patch, will take charge of it. The agricul
tural departnunt will still be under the
conirol of Dr. Lee. Let us suttain this
enterprise, or say no more about Southern
literature. Price two dollars per annum,in
advance. Address James Gardner, Augus
ta, Ga.
Ens.mai.led.—The Charleston Courier,
Savannah Republican, the Rome papers,
and several others, have been considerably
reduced in size. The war bears heavier
upon the printers than any other ciass.—
Their advertising and job work are reduced
to almost nothing, and many articles used
have advanced one hundred per cent. a d
some moro than that. For instance |n !“
that we have formerly paid 18 npd tv c
per pound for, is now selling
per pound. s
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