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1 ft-- ■91 The Last Tanker Foray. ] A New I’lau of Subjugation. The recent foray of the Yankees in-1 Memphis, Jan. 8.—A mercantile firm ' to Huntersville, the county seat of I here has received a letter from a friend Pocahontas county, has given rise to i ot the South in Kentucky, stating that innumerable rumors, and it is impossi- the Federal Government lias made hie to ascertain with satisfac tion the clandestine arrangements with pardon- truth with regard to it. Four facts,: ed convicts at the North to scatter them From the Charleston Courier, Jbu. 11. News from the Toast. Passengers by the Savannah tram report all quiet yesterday at the various The Departure of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. Tho Boston papers say that some of the New York relatives of John Slidell posts. A rumor prevailed ol an in-j went to boston for the purposo of seeing ! tended demonstration ol the enemy in i him before his embarkation for Emope. 1 JAMES A. SLEDGE, } ANDERSON W. REESE, j EDITORS, force on btono, and several regiments ' The Boston Journal, of Wednesday | - however, are pretty dearly established through the South, for the purpose of had received orders to hold themselves > evening, says . by a general concurrence of all the setting fire to and burning up every-> in readiness. ! “The arrangements for their return J tumors on the subject: 1st. The Yan- thing, especially manufactories and' We learn that the bearers of the flag I " er0 ver y ‘(“•etly made, and nothing j kees came. 2d. Our small fcrce ran i machine shops. j of truce from the enemy, in relation to ! wafl . know f n in tb is city in regard to the j aw ay. 3d. The commissary stores of | The Federal Government will pay I the exchange of the pnsonei taken on u,,td ^our arr ' ve “ for their j :'ue Confederate Government were all the expenses of these incendiary ] the 1st inst., expressed much anxiety ! de P“ rture * Tho steam tugboat Star- 1 urned, and possibly a n.irate house i access.,lies, believing .hi, .« h« n . r J<\ ! as In his fate J,I il . L . cc:' i h S»*t was employed by the government or two. 4th. The Yankees wem on moue oi crummier me south. linsin- uea,n were vtrv ites.mns seeming j town Cape Cod' where they are to bo ‘ ’ 1 * • ‘ ' Rin | ■■■ iii.i iiainu \\ duilll irnuu. «. i.ivu iiiiiiuu m .«..»* pOlt lost and communicated to warn the South j Quincy Adams. He ranked as Ser- j night in a sympathizer with the Confederate ! geant,' and was one of the party de- i " In accordance with the above plan movement. ! ployed as skirmishers. The enemy I of releasing the rebels, the tugboat j confessed to only one killed on the jfflight left this field, besides Adams, in the late en- 1 ton 0 clock 1,1,8 forenoon and 8t0 PP ed ! gagement. This account, however, along the same road by which they came. Where they came from and to what point they retreated are things unknown, because it appears there is nobody out there to watch and find out their movements. Of a consider- j able army ot Confederate troops there some weeks since, there were only a f**w, some two or three hundred pres ent when the Yankees did come, and they got out of the way with facility. The first rumor was, that the Yankees burnt the stores, but it is now ascer tained on pretty good authority that the Confederate guard left to protect them set the match to them before they t* formation was obtained from a party j his remains to send them to his home ! transferred to the British gungoat employed by the 1’ederal Government, j in Michigan. His name was John j aldo, which artivcu in that port Atrocious Schemes of the Enemy. 1 he Lincoln Government is capable j does ,,ot agree with the number of new of any atrocity. In the whole catalogue , ma(]e graves discovered by our men of human crime and desperate malig nity. nothing can he found too diaboli cal for Yankee malice. No outrage can he too fiendish to suit the vengeful thirst of Yankee hate of the Southern graves discovered by after the enemy had retired, and must, therefore be taken with the usual al lowance. at Fort Warren, where she took on hoard Mason and Slidell and their two Secretaries After receiving their bag gage, ivc., the tug proceeded on her way to sea, leaving the fort about eleven o’clock. The whole affair was conducted without any display, in per- peo; From a participant in the tight we i feet quiet, and in the ordinary way of learn that the enemy after tiling a vol-1 conveying passengers i ere fore, the telegraphic; | ey wouW immediately fall to The Boston Journal furnishes some Richmond Dispatch, 10///. NOKTrU.ll.X A<TO! 1 N I . Cineiiinnti, Jan. f>—A special dis patch to the Gazette,from lluttonsvillc, Western \ irginia, slated that the ex pedition, consisting of four hundred of the 25 th Ohio, three hundred of the 2d Virginia, and forty of Bracken’s Cavalry, sent out by General Milroy, to attack Huntersville, was completely .successful. They attacked the enemy ance al on Saturday morning, consisting ot four hundred and ninety cavalry and three hundred and fitly militia, and af- tc r skirmishing an hour the enemy re treated, with the loss of eight killed and wounded ; on our side none killed or wounded. Twenty thousand dol lars’ worth of army stores and cloth ing were captured and destroyed. Cincinnati, Jan. 0.—A dispatch to the Commercial, lrom Iluttonstille, | Goeernment • Huntersville was the rebel depot 1 reckless an. trmsic improbability. But the wonder is how comes it that the scheme is so soon betrayc 1 to the world. It is pre- to say that the forbearance exercised in this instance must not lie permitted to consti tute a precedent hereafter fer infractions of neutral obligations. I am. respectfully, Your obedient servant, Gideon Wells. Let us hear Mr. Wells further. We have not seen his last annual Report, w Itich was, | usual, directed to the President, and by him laid before Congress. Wc find in an ; exchange, however, the following, purport* ! ing to be a-r extract therefrom, and we ! doubt not, a true one : “The prompt and decisive action of Cap- ! lain W Ukcs merited and received the emphat- j ie approval of the department, and if u too ! generous forbearance was exhibited by him ; in nut capturing the vessel which had these ' rebel enemies on hoard, it may, in view of • the special circumstances, and of its patii- j otic motives, be excused ; but it must by no ! means be pe; mi tied to constitute a prece- i deni hereafter for tlie treatment of any case . ..r .J./Lrfifi'nn* 1»v ATHENS, GEO KG IA o f film'tar infraction of neutral nidi gallons by foreign vessels engaged in commerce or the carrying trade.” Hear, too. what the Lincoln (’ongress than to adhere to the position it has aft assumed. In numerous ways Govei gnd people have fully endorsed the Captain Wilkes, and the verdict wi be reversed, although all Europe, with } land at its bead, demand it. W lint in; done to qualify or sofirn the matter, to be seen. But to oiler any humble ? i nv, or to give up the two traitors who i>. done so much to imperil us at • abroad, need not be expected . ■' n, ‘ '» ''•« the only condition on which tho nat, oe remain at peaco with England, win sooner we enlarge our preparations tor diet the beiter. The following were published after news had heett received from Engine- the feeling there : Krom tlic Now \otk Ilt*rfil‘l. If England is determined, in spite of own code and long practice, to make ,-lands upon litis Government such as rated in the London “Observer, she of course assume all the responsible.:.... u war brtimt ft the tu-o nations. It tvi!! probably enter the mind »f a singh D,, can, tor a moment, oven atler reading I news in our columns to-day, that \] . I and Slidell will be surrendered to the |; WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 15,1S62. said on (be very first day of ils present as- ! hsh Government. 3 ' • From the Pbiladelpbia Z!T See fourth page. All communication- iu«<-u<teil i« u«l- rancc ll»r inlrroitx of voi-|iot-»lions nr individual*, will be chui-«c«l n rfrliM'uicnli* ol (in- |yi)r, II. H. Carlton, of the Troup At tillcry. is here on a visit to his friends. ^oards on duty, were kept and quietly nailing for the enemy lo of the lort where the prisoners quarters j sumable that the Lincoln Government would select none but close mouthed emissaries for the work, and that the only chance of even partial success is in the profoundest secrecy. Fore warned is forearmed, and every char acter of villainous antecedents will be more closely watched, and his appear- the South will be his death warrant. Every unknown and un vouched for person will be arrested, and a strong tone and short shrift will be his fate, unless he can give a clear account of himself. The burning of the bridges in East Tennessee is a foretaste of what we arc yet to expect from the thugs and van dals of the North. But it is marvellous that the vile waning upon us is so shameless of the world’s get within easy range of their muskets. When about one hundred and fifty yards distant a gun in the hands of one of our men went oil accidentally, which at once put the enemy on the alert.— Had it not been for this, it is thought were, and there were hut few persons upon the wharf when they embarked. The other political prisoners, as they bade them good bye, congratulated them on their release. Mr. Mason went off in good humor. Indeed, ho !■» .«>*“<** P arl > «~ut for their supplies in Western Virginia, j °I dn,on .- One would suppose that its Their cavalry were armed with car bines, and attacked us within two miles of Iluntersvi from point to point Wc d-ove them and finally they beat a hasty retreat out of the town as we charged through it. Their supplies, consisting 350 bids, lion., 300 bb!s. of salted beef, 3,000 ihs of salt, and large quantities of su- j gai, coffee, rice, bacon, and army clo thing, worth lrom 825,000 to $3(1,0U0 | were entirely destroyed. j We raptured a large number of j Sharpe's carbines, sabres and pistols. T'iie stars -and stiipes were lei , lloatir.g over the Court House, and ; outlier,’i out iroops returned to Huttonsville in j' u, I in * eilt fine spirits. jinny, pn ecent infamy, in the Mason and Slidell back down, would make it a little cau tious how it risked still more of the world’s contempt and execration. But its proposed incendiary schemes are a fit sequel to the stone fleet atrocity.— It has sunk so low in the contempt of civilized nations that it has little left to lose in the world’s good opinion.— Arming penitentiary convicts with tie torch of the incendiary, is the fruit ol their disappointment in being unable to use Southern slaves for such atrocities. The Lincolnites are getting down be- ] e ft j Heath the contempt of a respectable negro. Their malice is as as it is despicable been killed or capture The officer bearing the flag of truce, a Lieutenant Elliott, of a New Y ork regiment, scented very desirous of hav ing a parley with our men. When asked why he was desecrating ihe soil of South Carolina and fighting against our liberties, he responded by saving that they came to avenge the insult to their flag, the stars and stripes. I'pon its being intimated that they had thrown away the rnott favorable opportunity lor redeeming their honor by releasing Mason and Slidell, the officer said that wtsfoieign to the subject, and the conversation dropped. It was rumored that Gen. Sherman had sent anoli cr flag of truce yester day to Gen. Lee in relation to the ne groes on Port lloyal Island, asking iheir removal from the Island in con sequence of the small pox having broken out among them. We could not trace this, however, to a reliable source. University of Georgia. We are happy to learn that the rxercDos ' ina! resolution adopted. seinM; I [Hotsi: or Kepresextatives, Drc. 3.1 i On this subject, on.- M-i.trnce > i , f , ... . .... . , ' n hunilrcn. It wo know tho 1 l . Mr ’ Lov. joy, (Kep.) of Illinois. olWod a j' ' p e8i(lrn t, the Cabinet, and I joint resolution tendering the thanks of Can- 1,10 . , . , j to Captain Wilkes/,, eLja} The l' 1 * ,*?,? ^Wh ! traitors. Slid, II and Mason. J \ *•« made Ni . .it . VMi.il < «•-j Mr IMgerton, (Rep.) of Ohio, moved, as j a substitute, that the President be requested I 10 present Captain \\ ill.es a eobl medal \ will, suitable emblems and devices, oxpres- j sive of the liigli sense of confidence enter- ! tained for him by Congress in his prompt } arrest of the rebels, Mason and Slidell. The substitute was rejected and the orig- U-'t. « in U,'; ii I i naii'i; lo'.vu !: air of a philosopher. Mr. Slidell was somewhat sulky, and not at all pleased at going in such an unostentatious manner, and in such a vessel. He evidently expected that a steamer would come here especially for them. Part of his til nature may be owing to bis health, which has not been good for some weeks, keeping him pretty close to his room, although lie lias not called for medical aid. The tug Starlight, with the four re bels, reached I’rovincetotvn a little bc- Idio 5, 1*. M., and immediately pro ceeded to tho English sloop of-war Uinaldo, and transferred her passengers^ Commander Hudson, who was in charge of the arrangements, went with them on board the English war vessel, and retuaiuded on board for about fif teen minutes, when he returned to the tug. At about 0, 1’. M , tho Rinaldo gat under way and proceeded on her voy age. In about two hours afterwards 1 a violent gale commenced, and blew all I night at Provincetown with almost the j ! violence of a huiiicnne, lilt, as the •wind was off shore, probably the safe- ! ty of the vessel was not endangered ol the Fniversity nave been resumed under very encouraging prospects. Tho nuiubnr of students during tho Fall Term lias been considerably increased, and there are at present many indications that the patron age will be much enlarged. All interested in the University will be glad to hear that the action of the Trustees Inst summer, in placing the continuance of the Institution beyond all contingencies, has resulted most favorably, and that, despite of the times, it bids fair to enjoy a chceting measure of success. Death of Soldiers. The remains of Mr. Wallace Murray, of the Athens Guards, and Mr. J. Dos- ter, of the Mell Volunteers, citizens of this countv, were brought home for interment during the past week. They died in V ir ginia at their respective camps. Sudden Death. Mr. A oner Graham, one of our oldest and most respected citizens, died of apoplexy on Sunday, 12ih inst. On the morning of the 10th he was in his usual health, and took a tide through his plantation. He returned home and was sitting talking to his wife, when tie suddenly fell and died in a few moments afterwards. PROCEEDINGS IN HOSTON. When Wilkes arrived at Boston with his piisoners, and after they had been duly in carcerated, the leading men of Massachu* setts di<l liiin the special honor ol a banque 1 'n compliment to his exploit. Of the brave things said on that occasion we select a few of the most noticeable. John A. Andrew was there, the man whom the people of Massachusetts have msdc their Governor. We extract the following from the proceedings published in the New York “Tribune Gov. Andrew, on being introduced, said lie rejoiced to be present on an occasion like this, for the purpose of paying the utmost honor to the illustrious commander who was the truest of the evening. Enough had beeirdone during the past two weeks to make the name of Wilkes History. lie hud performed the most illustrious sere vice that had been rendered since the u-ar be gan. It had happened to him (Gov. A.) to be present on official business at the War Department when the telegram announcing the capture of the two Rebel Ministers was received. He thought it hut courteous that the Sec* j an j t ], en retary of War should lead in the cheers which j followed, but he begged to assure the com- i pany he was not beli nd the second man to I raise his voice in loud acclaim, and he had Sixtecuth Georgia Regiment. We have bail an interview with Dr. R. did was justified by the the law of England, as Stowell, and other of her eminent juri-,-. and more than all, by the practice ot C, kind. Under such circumstances, \\e h tate not to say that, sooner than A nation by yielding to the insolent of imperious and faithless Kngland, \ shall yield to the last necessity, aid 1 with Iter on the question. F:o:n the I’liibidcipbia i.r. If the British government makes ■• such demand, it is positive proof that u is its purpose, for it well knows from i character of the nation that i*. is dealn: with, that the demand will he pertnij/ irr riftned. Indeed, under Fie cireumstatn' that we were exercising a lawful helliger- right, and that tlie practice of England h self has hern invariably in accordance wi.. the principle embraced in this ititernauoiri' right, a demand such as she is now report, ed to make, would be an outrage ilS'-p, meant to be insulting to the government, and a pretext only for hostilities. From tin* I»osio;i Courier. * * * Her ministers must know tha: j to demand the surrender ot Mason and Mi. dell, would be to demand simply an imj,.it. \ sihility. This woul i he a humiliation ' I which the country could not hr e.rpicitd ; 1 Submit. It will not do to forget tho hero ot tin- affair, the veritable Capt. Wilkes. .On fine 14th December, he was in Washing:.:, where the ‘•Slat” reports that he was ser enaded. Mayor Wallach made a sp>ve , the Marine Band played ‘flail to the Cliit!,' e Chief” response I. He won:: not make a speech ; “would only say t!:;; should another similar emergency arise. 1 should do exactly th ' same thing again." i The above quotations a out of the r.uniiVr w Itich e hut selects, even um'.et on the satisfaction of knowing at a very early- hour that the territory of Massachusetts would have the opportunity of furnishing a . prison to these unnatural and rapacious j limited opportunities lor information, traitors. reached ti t. Commuted by the official k- When be thought of the contumely and i cor ,i s commit'.1 by rejoicing-.private ar.-: scorn our glorious New England had ie-1 ,, f . s , . m M. Smith, Surgeon of tho above regiment) j {.^,-{.,1 from these men, once Senators, now i P' 1 c ' - • Vtcd by boasts and prcte.lDtens in- The ! tnerable, their ignominy clearly tores* er n <f j - yt tua ua mu v •«. »»w *v f miumou uuyui wuv i * — • . , J c,l, j ! __ I ivornnr PfiniMiiilPii nv nrniincinir t!ip liPalln 1 An -e A /,ilf *' • 11 f-I V <’*! IH O.l 5*C tllOy During tho stay of tho Rinaldo at. Provincetown no communication was I c0,,mi:,nded b y CoK Howc, | Cobh * who ,n ' j he * c ! 1 “ wrr lh , an re P a ‘ tl ,n . ^onus us that it is now stationed about one i ^'inpldtirijf tnrtr present condition. Fires! Fires! On Wednesday of last week, about 9 o’clock at night, the large workshop of R. Towns, Esq., situated on Broad ; sheet, was set on fire and everything except one wagon was destroyed. j On Monday morning last, about 9 \ o’clock, 'lie tesidence of the Rev. S. i G. Daniel was set on fire, but wasdis- j covered before any material damage I was done. H e know oj cut ou-n j I. noiclcdge that the dwelling was set on lire. On J ttesday last, about 11 o'clock, I A. M., the barn of the Rev. S. G.l Daniel (in ihe rear of iris dwelling/ was set on fire, and the barn and con- tnjiiry by but it will retributi Col. .McMillan’s Regiment. We leant that Col. McMillan's reg iment—the2Illi Georgia—which ritnn- bets about 1,000 men, 700 or SOU of whom are ready lor active sen ice, is j allowed with tho shore, t.or was any i — - * 1 t; iv'pmorconcluded bv nronnsimr the health 1 , n stationed at YYashingtcn, N. C. Col. j boat allowed to emne alongside. ! and a-ltalf miles from Y orktown, \ a., upon • f)( p a i rtiix , oificers and crew of the i an ' , f f KmO rnd-tt, f McMillan is cotnntander of the post, ] A treiuendoun gale is reported to the identical spot occupied by Gen. Wash* | ,s; an Jacinto. It was received with great ro ' ’ =< Thet ! and is very popular with the citizens of I have prevailed f.t tlio time ot the sail- i iugton during the Revolutionary war, where j applause. ot Messrs. Mason nod Slidell. j they have gone into winter quarters. Most I [Cameron led off in the cheers, did he j “ j ol the men have their cabins finished which j Gov. Andrew was not the only rejoicing Co.MH O.X ! Y Ol 'I'll \T Lot K VOCIt ! Mrp vpr V ronifortable. The health of the I dignitary present : slant!, about tlm tnr.p t;f !’ic-” ~ J 1 men is excellent, an t inetr moral character “.Chief Justice Bigelow made a fervid , ir.lnct some temporary j the place. lie lias had, at one time, ir latest form of villainy. : some 7,000 men under his command, coil with a thousand told nut a portion cf these were sent to “Comk U.\ ! Jot that lovk voru ; arc ver y comfortable. The health of the n t:pc>t. them. I lie North has i Roanoke Island, about t lie tiir.e of Pic-! ^' ul ’ k V 1 '*-*/''. Ictteis, i niC| , j 3 excellent, an I their moral character fore the world ed and selt-ro now star,'! be. self-accused, self-court;:- mned, both as a gav.-ra 1 ment and a j cople ’ According to ,i j Bigelow, the North has h-tight pence j ific cost of degradation according t-r -in i not yet felt the war, as they are ties- I ayune Butler’s occupation of Hnttera lined yrt to fee! it. They should be j Island, llis defences j faiioht, by the light of their own burn- ■ i,,gton are highly comnie i towns end villages, to teat! a lesson Confederate Generals in th recently received from the army, ive on ot iiatttra- | lcarn tbat ,i ie foregoing wore about, it i ,, g n . u ' around \\ash- not tbu vcvv la4t ^ ords Mttercd hy the | ab,y w,lh 1 any lendetl by Hie h atc nmc h admired, but now deeply la this latte of Southern power and Southern ven geance. The next campaign of our Southern armies should be on Northern I soil. To this result, the South look's hopefully, and Southern hearts are beating high with impatience for the coining spring, and for the joyful word, “Oxw ard "'--.daglist-1 Constitutionalist. j greatest aud best of out land.—Jack- I Repaid min. Supposed W reck of an English Trans port with over Eieicu Hundred Men on hoard- •The screw tents entirely consumed. \Ye have repeatedly urged our eiti- j Gasrk Lav, January 1. /ens and the public generally, to be steamer Australian, supposed to be |ant at all times, and especially in j wrecked on the shores ol this bay, sailed from Liverpool for Canada, with leeply neighbor- j niented, Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mat- hood, and the post is thought to be one ( tin, when about to lead bis men in the of the strongest on the coast. charge. YVe have been scarcely 7 able \Yni. II. Patin and YV. B. YVillis, to repeat them since, without a falter- who escaped front prison in Boston a mg voice aud eyes dim with teats.— short time since, have rejoined the 1 hey will stand side by side in history Colonel’s command. wi,h lLc last words of thc ,,oblost * thc YY’iiile upon this subject, state, for the information of litose tie- J siring to correspond with the members 1 of this regiment, tbat their letters I . should be directed to Washington, K rom Richmond, in a speech in New j Beaufort county, N. f’., as there arc jY.°rk enunciates the following truths : two Washingtons in thc Stale.—.In- 1 Gentlemen. I am pursuaded that the j tance of*375 yards •gusta Const. vast army committed to tho trusty' ....— — I bands of General McClellan lias too | The Lynchburg Republican basin- much to do. If tve have learned nny- tliinif in the nnst it is that wc l'mlif. Congressman Elv, lately released So notorious latter fact, that farmers in the vi cinity havo invited them to encamp upon their premises, in order to give their fami lies a feeling of security. Their good de portment was made the subject of a com plimentary order which was read to the regiment. 'They have also a high reputa tion lor proficiency in drilling. Dr. Smith has shown us one of tho En field rifles, with which thc regiment is armed. They were brought Irotn England l *°n. on the Bermuda. It is the finest gun wc have cvcrsoen. It is said to have a range of 11(10 yards. Wo saw it tested at a dis- It shoots with great accuracy. and general deportment will compare favor ' sp^ch. There were occasions when a man j New York “World” it has sml«r-> . o . • i did not need to look into law hooks nor ; ln ;iiai\on tho “Press" teaches that ••the ^ i “ ”° 1 “..«!• Hi. «■ *-«!—« i SETi. -V—• -*! Ins own patriotism would tell him what to do. He vindicated the act of Capt. Wilkes as being in exaet and strict conformity wi h international law. * * * * He ventured to say that England, unless she falsifies her own conduct, the declara tions of her statesmen, and the decisions of her judiciary, cannot make an issue with us on the arrest of Slidell and Mason. We need only to refer to the recorded judg ments ol her great jurists to see that site can make no just quarrel with us on this ques- llale World” it Bress nation says it is “ a humiliation Senator says the Northerners are England’s ‘ vas- #a | 3 ”— n ot respected abroad and humbled in their own eyes—their honor lost—the peace thus bought tnore dangerous than war—humiliated now and to be destroy'd hereafter. These antecedent verdicts arc now con summated ; and they have become liistork ‘tccletl nut! offenders brought prompt- tu justice.—Album) Patriot) 10th. The \UtgHl romitrrfrUs of Confutier* alp Notes. .jjj, .burnt the bridge over thc Capon River, tion, they havo waxed desperate, and neither life nor treasury will be spared gid diligence, that mischief may be (>crs al "> l,BS;t inert namely, ... . . . v ° brigade Royal Artillery. 'J’ltc Aus-1 destroyed dattt No. fi on tlio f Itesa- ^ t traiasian bail also on board four men jP ei, ke Canal, several bridges on the j to prevent the advanco ol our arms.- of the Army Hospital Train, two horses, j Baltimore and (Inio Rail Road, and | A rebellion so extensive aud zealous ns six Armstrong field guns, nine tons of|^ ,cn relumed in the direction of Win- j tlmt which now reigns throughout the ammunition for the ordnance, and «-’bester. Thc Confederate loss on the South can only be overcome by the best and strongest eflorts of a united We noticed, a week or two the detection, by the officers of the State Bank, in ibis city, of several counterfeit Treasury Notes ol the Con- fcdeiute States, and the article has been extensively copied by the press. It were but just to follow it with an explanation. Whilst all the facts stated in that atlicle are true, we are convinced, on further investigation, that the conclu sion arrived at, to-wit, that the notes re- ferred to were counterfeits, was incor rect. The reported discrepancy be tween the signatures, on which the suspicion was founded, we find, upon careful inspection and compatison, also exists with the genuine notes. It originates in the fact that Mr Eliett and Mr. Goodloe have two ways of signing their names. In comparing genuine notes just brought f ont Rich mond with the autographs of those olliceis as furnished to the Banks by the Treasttty Department, we find the same discrepancy, viz. the initials of built are |oinod in some and separate mothers: in thc autographs they are both dts connected. Wc are therefore ol the opinion that the suspected riotts presented at the State Bank and refused, are not coun- terfeits, and the Teller of that Bank is now ol the same opinion.—Sav. Jan. 10. g field guns, nine tons of | , * ,cn returned in the direction of Win- j that which now “for the ordnance, and tester. The Confederate loss on the South can only expedition was about twenty. On Monday, about fourteen miles below Romney, a small Confederate force was attacked by four thousand Y’ankces. Our loss was three or four killed and a few taken prisoners, be sides two cannon and three baggage wagons. . The enemy destroyed the property of several Southerners in that section. In one ot our expeditions we cap tured two cannons and $30,000 or $40,000 worth of clothing and military stores, which were distributed mostly among Capt. Alexander’s Arkansas Regiment. i 000,000 rounds of Enfield ball cart since, tidges, \c. The destination of the Australasian was the mouth of the St. Lawrence, with instructions to steam up to the island of Bio, or the Riviere du Loup, and land the Hoops and stores at which ever point is accessible. Should the prevalence of ice prevent either point being reached, the vessel was to make for Halifax, Nova Scotia, or St. John, N. B., according to the judgment of the authorities out there. Gaspe Bay, where the traces of wreck have been seen, is in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near the southern side of the entrance to the river St. Law rence. North. YVe must, as one man. shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, forgetful of party, of prejudice, of all 1 ut country, join with the government in its exertions for the preservation of tho republic.— So we only may . wo, by God’s good help, restore the national banner whence it has been rudely torn ; and by conquest, win enduring peace, and establish our power to cope with trait* ors at home as successfully as wo have with foes abroad. Change of Name. It should not he forgotten that the last Legislature changed the name of Cass county lo that of Bartow, and Cassville to Manassas. As letters directed to that plare are frequently sent to Virginia, they should lie directed, Manassas, JSartow County, Gear- gia. truth. From a people so thoroughly liuaii!- “Nothing could lie tnore deplorable than j -, a tcrl by the combined effect of their uivn a war with England ; but he trusted that if j fo)lv an(i COW ardice, one turns away \v;tli it did cotno we were prepared to meet it , . like men. Y\"e needed peace with all na- ] sentiments of sickening disgust, for lions, but wo should never buy it at thc cost j themselves, we do not know what beiiei of our own degradation." i ifiey can do than to lake the advice cl tlio So much for the Judge. General Butler New York “Express:” “Let in lung out —ho whom men cal*. “Picayune”—had his j heads because of our humiliation!” word: ! * HP Tho mysterious steamer, the arrival of which at Now Orleans was announced last week, and which wc supposed to ho thc (Radiator, appears to have been the Vanderbilt, from Havana, with 90,000 lbs. cf powder, 10,000 Enfield Riilbs, and an assorted cargo.. Military Appointment.—Henry C Wayne, of Georgia, (the present Ad jutant General ol that State,) was on yestetday appointed Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Con federate Stales.—Richmond Disfa'xh. The Financial Hull Run. The signs are thickening in the po litical sky that mother Bull Run catas trophe awaits the Lincolnites. Their first great catastrophe was the physical Bull Bun at Manassas. Their second was the morn! Bull Run in the late Mason and Slidell affair. The next in order is the financial Bull linn. YVe find the following suggestive paragraphs in one of our exchanges, copied from the St. Louis iJeinocral ol the 31 si ult.: Orders from Washington, directing thc suspension of coin payments on demand United Slates Treasttty notes, have been received at the Sub-Tteasury in this city, and are obeyed. A dispatch from a leading bank in New York, to one of our Banking bouses, of yesterday’s date, says:— “United States Treasury notes are not redeemed. Wc cannot receive them on deposit until provision is made for paym».it.” The Lincoln Confiscation.—A YY’asbington correspondent of the Chi cago Tribune, who professes to have good authority foi his statements,gives the following as an important subject: I am able to correct the painful im pression here noticed with regard to the President of the United States, and I do so with the more satisfaction anti gratitude, that 1 was deeply gtieved, in common with nine-tenths of the loyal citizens ol the country, by the countermanding ol Fremont’s procla mation, and by Ihe application of the check-rein to Secretary Cameron’s just and wise inclinations. Mr. Lincoln assures his fyends, without reserve, in conversation, that he is in favoi of measures which shall enable us to de prive every rebel from Virginia to Tex as of his slaves, and every other spe cies of property, and that ii any dis agreement shall arise, it will, I pre sume, relate to thc possible involving of loyal masters in the consequence of emancipation to the slaves ot their disloyal neighbors. Patriotic Southern Lailirs. A correspondent of thc Pctersbnrg Express, writing from Clarksville, Y’a. January 1st, says: There lives in tho lower cud of Mecklenburg county, \ r a., two sisters and one brother. Homo time in June last the brother volunteered in the no ble defence of tho South. The sisters said go, and wo will do tho best we car.; and what they have done is not to be beaten. They have clothed their brother, gathered the crop and taken care of it; wove about one hundred yards of cloth lor the soldiers, and made about forty garments for them, uosides taking care of and feeding all the stock. Such patriotism can never be overrun by the Y’ankce vandals, let Anoivcrsary. Next Sunday, 19th, is tho Anniversary of the passage of the Ordinance of Seces* sion by the Convention of Georgia. In the “good time coining,” wo hope it will he made one of our holidays. The “Leek” mat the Yankees Swal lowed. Tho Richmond Enquirer says: It will interest our readers to see again, some of the commitments of Officials, and the brave words of organs of Northern opinion, which have been dishonored by Lincoln’s pitsillan initty in tho surrender of Masou and Sli dell. YY’e, therefore, reproduce and collect a number of them, as loliows : YY'o begin with . SECRETARY WELLES’S LETTER TO CAPTAIN WILKES. Navv Department, Nov. .70, 1801. Captain Chas. Wilkes, Commanding the U. S. Steamer San Jacinto: Sir : 1 congratulate you on your safe ar rival, and especially do I congratulate you them come as they may. I withhold I on g f * a t public service you Itavc render* tho names, but it is certainly true. Now that the Yankees no jda cecl in their true position before the world ns “tyrants without courage, and cowards without shame,” tho buttle for thc South ig virtually won. Tho whole world is now satisfied of this lact, and it remains only to prove it to tho Yankees themselves. It it is thc Divine will that we should teach them this lesson effectually, we are ready to go on cheerfully to perform that duty. — Louiscillt- Courier. cd in the capture of tho Confederate emis saries. Messrs. Mason and Slidell have been conspicuous in this conspiracy to dis solve thc Union, and it is well known that when seized by you they were on a mission hostile to tho government of tho country.— Your conduct in seizing these public ene mies was marked hy intelligence, ability-, decision and firmness, and has the emphatic approval of this department. It is not nec essary that 1 should, in this communica tion—which is intended to bo one of con gratulation to yourself, officers and crew- express an opinion on the courso pursued in omitting to capture tho vessel which had lhe8o public enemies on board, further than “A letter from Major Genera! Butler was ' read in which tie characterized the conduct I of Captain YY’ilkcs as equalling in impoit- j nnco any one of our naval records.” The report concludes as follows : “Speeches wore made by Mayor Night man and by several other gentlemen. The greatest good feeling prevailed throughout the evening, until ten o’clock, when the company seperated with cheers lor Capt. Wilkes, his officers, the Navy, and the Stars and Stripes-” Let us now take some of thc earlier ut terances of the Lincoln press: From the New York Herald. The surrender of these notorious tr aitors, Mason and Slidell, into the hands of Eng land, is absolutely out of thc question. It is difficult to believe that England will el is— graco herself by a demand so utterly im possible off ulfilment as this, and, as an ulti matum, so exKremely offensive. Limited as are our ideas of the dignity and honesty of the British Government, it seems to be ab surd to suppose that upon a shallow pre text she can be prepared to plunge into a wasting, profitless and dangerous war, as the ally of the most scandalous rebellion in the history of mankind. From tlie New Turk World. * * But if that demand is made to comprehend the surrender of Mason and Slidell to Uritidi protection, it can be met with nothing short of a point blank refusal .- and if England insists, the settlement must be made at" the cannon’s mouth. * * * * But if the British government, not con tent with this, demands the restoration of Mason and Slidell to the shadow of a Brit ish flag, there must bean absolute refusal, let the consequences be what they may.— This nation can submit to no such humilia tion as surrendering her own citizens, even though they be rebels, to foreign authority. We can no more make such a surrender that guilty citizens ntay be screened, than we could that innocent citizens might be op pressed. For no purpose can we allow a foreign Goveinnient to stand for an instant between our own Government and its citi zen s on its own soil. From the New York Tim es. Local sentiments and associations areal- ways more potent than general convictions, liut making due allowance for this,we take final 6tand on the acknowledged rectitude of our position. If popular passion is lo he allowed to contravene a right in tlio law of nations, we accept any issue that may result. Of course, the status cannot be re stored—the Confederate emissaries can never be surrendered. From tlte Baltimore American. The Government has no other alternative Tired of Waiting- The Savannah J\hrs compiles a low extracts from Northern papers, which goes to show that the people of the old States are getting tired ot waiting for the “onward” movement. This is more especially true of the YYcst, where they have nothing to gain hy the subjugation of the South. A lew extracts front some of l lie papers will exhibit to the reader this discontent.— The Cincinnati Enquirer, ol the 24th ult., says: Eight months, with a well-appointed army of half a million troops, have been employed to crush out this rebel lion, and we are no nearer,apparently, the accomplishment of that object than when we first commenced. Winter setting in now, when we are at the very height and completeness of our preparations for demonstrating our power to crush out the rebellion, is very unfortunate—provided it lias been the intention of the administration to permit a big fight anywhere, which is doubtful. Spring will find us in a worse condition than we now are in, while it will find the Confederates bet ter prepared for resistance. A Chicago paper of a late date ex presses similar opinions. As far as St. Louis is concerned wc have no speci fic news; but suppose tbat the gener al in command there does not allow the expression of any discontent. In Louisville the Journal, ostensibly controlled—(but really nof)—by Pren tice, has been notified that the price of its frank censures is its suppression. ;r Everywhere, also, within the middV States there is a similar resrtessne r< ' In the West, however, thetmiit^ ^ N \ spotisiu does not so generally as in the East. The turbulent popu lation of the former section is not so -easily constrained as in tho latter, where