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From the Mobile Register.
Letter from ( apt. Ken. Lane Posey.
Red Eagle Battkkt, I
Warrington, Fla., Jan. 2, 1882. f
I/, re. Elitors: Your regular correspondent
i . i> ii t. s morning, and gave me a call, but
i. in r.ti trnnd, as it wan then evident that the
1 - w iibl not he renewed. As be was not
p and, during tbe firing yesterday, h«f requested
up : , give you n report of it.
A! 'it three o’clock P. M. yesterday, just as a
cm •.!! party of us had risen from u New V'ear’s
it; , :i discharge from a battery on the
1,1 id, 1. 1 v’li the Navy Yard, caused us to go
t tii- front <J iny battery to ascertain the cause.
I h Alt it a little tug steamer, commonly
< 1 • ‘ ■|.V't-r," belonging to private indt
v.' 1 i !. el a permit to visit the Navy Yard,
i: spected to try the experiment. Throe
oi ii oi ! "t shots quickly followed from the
r pi m i in the slmo direction, and crowds
h 'an to gather in expectation of anott er colli
sion.
(i e < f their gunboats then executed u ma
'j.i: ,i', the object of which i do not yet under
s' i ii :y ran rapidly down to Fort Mcßae ns
it toon' ■ e her, and then came as rapidly back
a ..i" ircil ;.t in r u -ual uochorage, from which
p a h.. not budged since. In about fifteen
i'.-'i'.' one of our guns in Warrington or the
'< .\y Y ard tired a shot in return, which drew
u' oil.' promptly lioin the Island. Then follow
ed * l hour of impatient suspense. I was
n.ixi ipeii fire from my mortars, but feared
tl i, t I'xisiing orders would not authorize me
ti . I I declined taking tho responsibility
ot i mg on a general eiigag«mont. About
11 . time lien Gladden rode up to my buttery to
u r\ n the fuels of the casein regard to the
tlii. , . remained there until tho engagement
b i'n . '.‘ueial. 11 -at first declined to give mo
hi ' i, to liie, us I ken. Anderson was in com
ii.a ‘i'li. II; age being absent), and the lire of
11, . i ,■ i, 1 toil been directed upon any point
w , , m <<i. i. Guddeu’s) brigade. In about a
hull i tie '" j o’clock—our Warrington battery
fi. I tl, . oud shot, which was immediately
a . i I by another from the Island.
i I’.'-'iuns tired u shot at Fort Balances,
win ii was the beginning of a general engage
mo t. (Jonerul Gladden then ordered mo to open
Hi.'. The hour and weather were very unfavora
ble Ibr I’.cciirate firing. It was generully cloudy ;
a In ivy in ms nl clouds formed a dm k background
to the Mitol Fort Pickens, and it was envelop
ed iu a i. zy atmosphere which covered it and
buirou i.lin ; objdsls with indistinctness. This
tn .do it iliilicult to : ee the explosion of my shells.
1 was "id iv.i to (tilcot my fire upon the camps
nl enemy, but from my posßiou, the darkness
of the evening, the lateness of the hour, and be
ll ■ uiiliout a spyglass, 1 could not find the local
■il i ..r c imps, and was obliged to fire upon
F ns, until next morning should ullbrd me
be: hi, and more time 1 1 get tho range upon
the r camps.
'i'l’M lire from our butteries was very slow, each
bo' lluug one gun every halt hour, and about
fu. ,ii' nrs being iu play, made one shot
fro i ■ i sule every two minutes. The enemy
iii' I still more slowly. Their fire was very
feel V . il l appeared to be reluctant and despair
in I did not open more than one-fourth of
t h ir !i i ; guns, and their fire, as compared with
the ; l i.ius bombardment, was very spiritless.
In about two hours from the commencement of
tin' acimo, darkness closed over the scene. At
.1 : k the hr.i troiu Fort t’ickunsceased altogether,
'fh'' k '[>t up a slow tire from three mortars, one
oast uml two west, of Pickens; one of them being
din t dmi tin- Navy Yard, one upon Barrancas,
and ore upop a point near Mcßue, or Mcßae it-
Bell It lj have been their object, in ceas
ng tii ■ : l Pickens, to prevent us from training
our c ion it alter dark. And iu order to de
cor. < us in the position of Pickens a false light
wait held some distance from it in order to draw
our me i mu I’ickei.s upon it. At half-past nine
o’cluc . the enemy’s mortars ceased lire, and for
mot .• ih in three hours they did not tire a shot.
They seemed anxious for a cessation, but our tiro
was oimtinucd, with little abatement, until about
three clock. At twelve the enemy opened lire
again, and continued until two. We bad the last
shot
Tim bring at night presented a scene of raro
and thrilling interest. Very tew solid shot were
bred at night, and we could see the shells on their
whole circuit distinctly as a shooting star. Now
ecu s a shell front a mortar, mounting upward
ncai i, a mile in the air; slowly it turns upon its
do.- tclmg course, and faster and faster it plung
es until within six or eight feet of the
grout. ,! it hursts, lighting up with a brief and
ghastly glare the place ot its fall. Now comes t
ihe ijuica and plunging dash of the columbiad
shell, -.tiHia; g a gentle curve and traveling with
the speed uml fury ot a t aunderbolt. Now and
then « c cl a fitful view of Fort Pickens by the
light of these exploding shells. Thousands of
anxious spectators witnessed until midnight this
rare mid animating scene. About midnight it
became intensely dark, and a ruin set iu. The
universal testimony is that our tiring generally
was c great improvement upon that the 23d
an i lit November. The fact is, that it was
the perfoi non of artillery practice, and is hardly
cap i !e ot b. ing improved upon. If we did not
(Inui i • t in seriously yesterday, then it is de
moostrate 1 that bombarding at the distance of
trout 2.0'c0 to 3,000 yards is utterly useless aud
fruit’ess.
1 went l.ii" this evening, to the top of the light
house, an elevation ofJOO feet, to get a view of
Pick ! i and the Island. Bate iu the evening,
when iiie sail plays brightly on the west side ot
Ptcki is, the view is very clear ana distinct.
With the aid of a spy-glass, I could see with much
distinctness. 1 e wall exhibits several scars aud
two i tl lee large and ugly hole*. One casemate
ts store in. A pile of Band bags on the parapet ts
ploughed up and broken down. There is a brick
wall on the cast side, and skirting the glacis,
v 1 , b is ' i . ken down in one place by a plunging
J.‘ . wh . wet through it, leveling it to the
ground, the deg stall' another shot has
plum .1 through the upper part of this wall. The
glacis s lows several deep excavations, torn up by
ex . g shells. These wore all the visible, out
aide effects of our fire.
We have suffered uo loss of limb, though there
have been some nar ow escapes. I.ieut. Colonel
Beard, or.e ot lien. Gladdens Aids, received a
shower of sn.i.l over himself aud horse, from a
rifle s ! 'i'!, which struck about six feet from him.
Tins shot came m two feet of dismounting a ten
inch Columbiad, and about the same distance
I Lieutenant of (.’apt. Mabry’s company.
To s Us exploded in the moat of Fort Barran
ca- Hit ihii k, and tore up great holes, but hurt
t ... though several were near at th# time. A
rill.' - .ot came neat dismounting a Colnmbiad on
Barrancas. One of the largest and most valuable
storec.ouses in the Navy Y ard was sent on fire
and consumed. Its money value, contents in
cluded, was J 100,000. It was the building near
est the wharf.
1 have t.o special information from Mcßae, bu .
tbs fire on it was light, and the damage is not
probably much.
Altogether, the affair was a pleasant New
War'.- frolic, which was much neeoed to satisfy
us with this dreary place. 1 cannot promise a
renewal of the bombardment. It seems to be a
matter ot indifference to the commanders on both
»id. s a. i eaci one feels very independent on the
subject of a rrtu wal of it. Both are satisfied that
it i« a g . ,i expenditure of ammunition for small
results. Any little event may renew it, and it
may never be tenewed at ail. If the Buruside
expedition is destined here, which seems indica
ted by the Northern press, then we shall have
lively times. Yours, respectfully,
0 _. . Bax Bank Poskt.
1. f>- lhe reason why the walls of Pickens
■how so little the effects of our fire, is that much
of o r fire was directed upon th# camps and sand
batteries of the enemv. p.
Fa im Paducah —\>e learn trotn a source that
■we r. ly upon, that Gen. Grant baa recently issued
an order levyiog uyou the ; roperty of Southcrn-
Rights men n and around Paducah, a sum suffi
cient for the support of such Union men as mav
claim to have been expelled from their homes by
■■cession iorce We wonder how much of this
will ge into the pockets of one E. K. Williams,
former circuit Judge of this District. Us has
levied Ii i living for years out of the people of
this District, and we suppose the order of Gen.
Grant is a God send to inm, and possibly at his
Buugatien.— iMLtmdn* (,X*.) CVa. .T«m.
■ Chronicle ft Sentinel
Northern and European News.
The Norfolk Day R",k gives the following
Northern and European News, from late dates in
its possession:
BOX. ALrUXO ELT’S EXREEIE.NCB AUOXO THB KLLLLI.
lion. Alfred Eiy arrived this evening from Bal
timore, and gives an interesting account of bis
imprisonment in Richmond, uot differing materi
ally, however, from s atementa previously made.
When first taken to Richmond, he was put iuto a
room with forty-!our Federal officeis, with no
lurniture or bedding. They used some wooden
blocks for pillows, and lay upon the bare floor for
several days. it was ten days before any con
veniences for eating and sleeping were furnished
them. Their food was brought in a large caul
dron, and coffee in a similar vessel, and placed in
the middle of the floor, and they helped them
selves as they might. Alter a time they purchas
ed cots and necessary articles, so that now the
place is comparatively comfortable, barring the
vermin, which infests the building.
The prisoners after a while go: used to their
condition, and contrived to pass some of their
hours in comfort. Home days afier they were
confined, a prisoner was put among them who
caused them some trouble. His name was Ross
ve.lly, and he pretended to be a su-geon, who had
been imprisoned on a charge of coming to Wash
ington and giving information to Gen. cott. He
was sent with some of our officers down to Raleigh,
and the Governor of North Carolina having to put
him in irons tor something, he demanded a trial
by court martial, und he was sent to Richmond
and put into the tobacco prison with the Union
officers. He was suspected of being a spy, and
the rebels also pretended to suspect him of acting
as a spy against them.
An officer came one evening and pretended that
he was suspected of designing to escape. He
brought handcuff's, and was about to pnt them on
Rossvaliy, and then made a show oi relenting,
saying that for old acquaintance sake he would
not handcuff him, if he would pledge his word
that he would not attempt to escape. The farce
was overacted and continued Mr. Ely in his sus
picions, ami be told the officers that the man must
be got oui of their company.
Soon after this Rossvaliy was. taken to General
Winder’s office, and the Dext day the prisoners
were drawn out in line, and found themselves in
the presence of five Baltimore detectives. They
were told they wi re armed and they were sub
jected to a personal search. Ihe building was
also searched. Only one small dirk was found
Rossvaliy bad written uu anonymous letter to
General Winder, accusing the officers, and his
perfidy was so apparent tliat ho was put ru close
confinement, and there remains.
Mr. Ely says that his Health was very good
through all Ins imprisonment, and that he was
treated kindly, and many people lq Richmond be
stowed grateful favors upon him. He has been
visited by thousands of persons, and never re
ceived an insult from them.
Niue officers and two hundred and fifty privates
have been released from Fort Warren, and a
corresponding number were on their way from
the Richmond prison, who would probably arrive
in Baltimore to day. Mr. Ely was called upon to
select the nine officers to bo released, and be
named those who were suffering from wounds
and sickness. The seven hostages at Richmond
—Colonels Wool, Lee and Cogswell, Major Reeve,
and Captains Bowman, Kepper, and Rockwell—
are confined in a room ten feet by thirteen, with
two small windows, from which the fight is near
ly excludefl by fiat iron bars. Small cots are
placed in at night, and taken out in the morning
The hostages at Richmond and Charleston will
certainly be tiung ii the riuvamiali privateersmen
are hung. .
Mr. Ely is strongly impressed with the impor
tance of making a regular exchange ot prisoners,
although he disclaims any intention ot critising
tiie policy oi the Administration iu that matter.—
He says that the rebels are well informed of our
strength and movements -much better than we
are oi theirs. He left Richmond at 2 o’clock in
the morning, und wus somewhat alarmed at see
ing uu immense crowd at the J’etersburg depot.
He fcus assured by.Mr. Huge, of Louisiana, a gen
tleman connected with the roM government,
that he should not bo injured. The morning pa
per at Pete rsburg had announced. his expected
ur.ival which drew the crowd together.
At Norfolk an immense crowd was gathered
around the Atlantic Hotel, to look at him, but he'
passed unobserved, with an officer, to General
Uugcr’s office. General Huger treated him
politely, and ordered a steamboat to be mended
to convey him to the truce steamer at Fortress
Monroe. 11c was placed m the.charge of Colonel
Mulligan, who conducted him to the boat. Be
fore going on board his baggage was examiaed
by detectives. His trunk, u plain wooden box,
was bored for a. false bottom, concealing dis
putches, but uolbiug was discovered, and be sent
along.
W hen he saw' tho approaching from the
Fortress, with the Stars and Stripes floating, lie
cm Id not help exclaiming, as he stood on the
deck of the rebel steamer, ”1 bless God that I see
once more that brilliant banner.” Capt. Freston,
commander of the steamer, told him he could uot
blaine him for expressing such a sentiment.
Mr. Ely brings with him several presents from
citizens of Richmond, among which is a hand
some writing case, given hun by a young lady.
The Richmond Prison Association, ot winch Mr.
Ely was l’resident, refused to elect a successor,
and is left under the charge of its Vice Presi
dent.
GENERAL SCOTT S KKTURX.
Supposed Cause of his Sudden return—The Trent
Affair —France not disposed to give any En
couragement to the United States, Ac. Ac.
The rather sudden return of General Stott after
a short stay at l’aris, lias given rise to considera
ble speculation. It is well known that it whs his
intention to remain abroad for several months,
und make a tour of Italy for the especial benefit
of his health. The uews of the Trent affair, which
was received a few days after his arrival, changed
all his plans, however", and he deterrain and to re
turn home by the first steamer. During hisFstav
iu France, the General had an excellent epportum- j
ty of ascertaining the convictions of European
statesmen on the subject ot the Trent affair and
international law generally; and is profouodly
impressed with the danger" of any rupture be
tween Great Britain and the United States at this
critical period.
From interviews which lie had with Prince
Napoleon and Minister Thouveuel, he is satisfied
that iu the event of a war with England, the
United States need uot look for any assistance to
the Imperial government of France. He thinks
it very probable that in case France is involved in
the conflict, Napoleon will side with England,
aud Gen. Scott determined to communicate the
important news iu person rather tliau trust iu
the uncertainty of the mails.
lie stopped in Pans liiteeu days, and during
that period his health was wonderfully improved.
Among the number of distinguished visitors re
ceived by Gen. Scott was Prince Napoleon. The
interview, which was a cordial und lengthy one,
occurred soon after the news of the Trent affair
reached Paris, and the Cofiversation very natural
| ly turned upon the capture of Messrs. Mason and
! Slidell. Prince Napoleon gave the General to
I understand that England would most certainly
demand the restitution ot the captive rebels, and
that the position that France would take might
hardly he considered encouraging to the Uuited
Stales. The Prince expressed the most friendly
feelings for the Uuited States, but uuder the cir
cumstances he considered the action of Comman
der Wilkes very unfortunate.
With minister Ttiouvt uel the old hero also had
j a most pleasaut interview, which lasted over an
I I.our. The exact nature of the conversation did
; not transpire, but enough has been elicited to
1 w arrant the belief that he coiuctdt and with Prince
1 Napoleon on the course that England would be
I likely to pursue in the Trent affair. M. Then
vend expressed Bis most hearty wishes for the
prosperity of the United States, but gave the
General no encouragement of any assistance in
case of a war with Great Britain.
The Etnperor happened to be at Compeigne
during the General’s stay in Paris, so that there
was no communication with his Imperial Majesty
whatever. It was the intention of Gen. Scott to
seek an audience with Napoleou on the return of
the latter to the Tuilieries, but his sudden depar
ture precluded the possibility of his doing so.
General Scott remained in the hotel—the Bre
voort House—during the whole of yesterday, and
nothing of special importance took place in his
movements. On his arrival in our city on Thurs- i
day, it was supposed that he would immediately j
proceed to Washington, but it now appears that |
he intends to remain here for the space of two or ]
three days. Y'esterday he was engaged in re
ceiving calls from distinguished persons, and
civilians. Among these were General D. E. Sick- j
les, Bieutenant Colonel Hudson, United States
Array ; Commissioner Bowen, S. T. B. Morse, |
Esq., Mr. Dickinson, and others. The General
conversed quite spiritedly with all who called
upon him, and appeared to be in excellent health.
Ills health which was quite feeble previous to his
departure for Europe, now seems to be a good
deal recovered, and his clear, florid complexion
bespeaks the strength which has been imparted
to his shattered system from kts voyaghs across
the Atlantic.
OLDER RELATINO TO SLAVES.
! St. Boris, Dec. 27.—1n accordance with orders
from Gen. Halleck, the Provost Marshal General
I directs that the sixteen slaves now confined in
i the Bounty jail and advertised for sale under tae
j State statute be released from prison and placed
: uuder the control of th# Chief Quartermaster of
Ithe Department for labor till further notice, the
•aid slaves being the property ot rebels, aud hav
ing been used ter lxeurreetiouary purposes.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY U, 1862.
The Norfolk Day Rook has the following from
the N. Y. Herald of the Si inat. :
TBX SITUATION.
Our news Irom the Upper Potomac shows that
considerable activity exists on both sides near
Harper’s Ferry, Point of Rocks, Leesburg and
Frederick, although no engagement has taken
place. Contrabands from Culpepper, Fairfax,
London and Fauquier continue to flock
into Gen. Banks' headquarters, and are sent on to
Gen. McClellan. The rebels are said to be aug
menting their forces at Leesburg, where they are
erecting strong works. They still make demon
strations at Dam No. 5, but without effect. Our
Parrott gun at that point is doing some damage
among them. ' •
Our news from Port Royal, by the Ariel yes
terday, is interesting. The British steamer Fin
gal attempted to run the blockade at Savannah,
but was foiled. She got ready to make her way
through Warsaw Sound, but information having
been received from a deserter, the gunboat Otta
wa was despatched to the Sound, and on her ar
rival the rebel mosquito fleet of Tattnall came
down to attack her. After a brisk engagement a
shell was put through Commodore Tattnall’s ves
sel, when he retired. The escape of the Fingal
was thus frustrated. A Spanish schooner with
out a name, but laden with a valuable cargo of
Havana segars, shoes, and other stores, was
chased, run aground aud burned, at Cumberland
Inlet, on the 15th ult.,-by the boats of the Bien
ville and Alabama. Her cargo was taken off.—■
The crew bad previously.fled to the woods.
Three thousand men for General Butler’s expe
dition were put on board the Constitution at Bos
ton yesterday, and are expected to sail for the
south to day.
The first hostile step of the allied expedition
against Mexico was taken on the 17th uit., when
the Spanish troops Irom the fleet landed at Vera
Cruz, took unopposed possession olthat city and
the fort of San Juan de Ulloa, and hoisted their
flag over the city and the fort. We have received
in detail the history of the entire affair by the
steamer Columbia, from Havana, which arrived
at this port yesterday, and we give it in full in
our columns’ to day. The rejoicings in Havana
on the receipt ot the news were most enthusias
tic.
The British bark Express, of Hull, for New Or
erns, loaded with 8,500 bags of coffee, arrived
here yesterday as a prize, having been captured
by the United States sloop-o’-war Vincennes.—
She took in her cargo at liio Janeiro.
NF.WB FROM CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Jan. I.—The stormy weather
has interrupted telegraphic communication with
in the State and over the Sierra Nevada since the
24th ult. The floods huve been renewed to a
great extent throughout ihe valley and a portion
of the State. Sacramento and Stockton have
pceu partially flooded again, without, however,
much damage. Bus.ness with the interior is sus
pended.
More property has been destroyed in the State
by this freshet than by all the freshets here
tofore since the country has been settled by
Americans.
The steamer Golden Age sailed for Panama,
with one hundred passengers and $520,000 in
treasure for New York, and $170,000 for Eng
land.
FORTIFYING THE CANADIAN SHORES.
lii addition to tha fortifications newly erected
on the Canadian shores, aud which we lutsm
previously noticed, we find the following interest
ing paragragh from the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 1:
A few weeks ago a corps of engineers, under
command of General Williams, arrived at Wind
sor, and proceeded at once to lay ont fortifications
commanding the city of Detroit. The plans have
been completed and the works commenced, aud,
if continued, will be ready to mount guns in a
short time. The fort is situated on an eminence
a little to tho left of the main village, and nearly
in the rear of the Town Hull, und completely
commands the whole river front aud principal
business part of this city. The fortifications con
sist of breastworks, embracing un are of about
sixteen thousand square yards, and surrounded
by a ditch forty feet in width. The sameoorps of
engineers are now at Coltingwood, selecting a
site lor similar fortifications there.
MASON AND SLIDELL
Boston, Jan. 2.—The British war steamer Ri
naldo, 17 guns, arrived at Provincetown on the
night of the 31st ult. The commander said he
was ordered to lay there, began unbending his
sails, and appeared perfectly at home. Tne Ri
n’alilo is a screw slop of war, 200 horse power,
mounts 17 guns, and manued by 200 men, inclu
ding the officers. Her guns, 32-pounders, all on
the main deck. Two of these cannon are pivots,
eaeh weighing over 10,000 paunds? The interme
diate deck is used for the accommodation of the
officers, and comlortubly fitted up.
Tho steamer Starlight left Fort Warren at
eleven o’clock yesterday morning. She had on
board the following persons :
Ja nes M. Mason—Minister to England.
John Slidell—Minister to France.
George Eustis—Secretary to J. Slidell.
James E.’ Macfarland—Secretary to J. M.
Mason.
The above named were en route for Province
ton, where they, on their arrival, were to be
transferred to the Rinaldo.
The Starlight arrived at Provinceton at 4)>s
o’.clock last evening, and the rebel emissaries
were transferred to the British sloop-of war then
lying in tho harbor. The Rinaldo sailed from
Provinceton at 8 o’clock last evening an route for
England. The commissioners were on hoard the
vessel, and at that time she left the harbor the
j wind was blowing a perfect hurricane.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gen. McClellan’s health is rapidly improving.
He attends to business in his room.
The workmen engaged in the Brooklyn Navy
Y’ttrd had a strike on Thursday last. They want
ed them to work from suurise to sunset and to
reduce their wages to the same as that paid out
side. The workmen held a meeting and lefused.
There were 8,500 engaged in the Y’ard, 500 of
them went to work and the balance continued on
the strike.
Ely in his New Y’ork speech says McClellan’s
vast army has too much to do. * The Y’ankees
have to tight a people terribly iu. earnest. YVar,
even to the knife is still their cry. They will
spare neither life nor treasure to prevent an ad- j
vance of the Northern troops. Stevens’ iron !
battery was to be experinented with on the 4th.
The New Y’ork Herald of the 2d iust., says :
We transfer to our columns an elaborate re
view of the-Southern situation, from the Rich
mond Examiner of the 2sth nit. In alluding to
the present rebel government, it says :
"It exhibits a want of ptescience and enter
prise, a lack of the larger statesmanship and
ability to comprehend the nature ot the move
ment they were in. Its policy has been a series
of makeshifts, which has been annihilated by
each succeeding wave.”
Gen. Rosencrans was to leav»»Washington for
Wheeling on Saturday last. ™
Gen. Marcey is last recovering his health, and
Gen. Bander’s health is recovered, and he has
tuken command in the field.
Gen. Beuhern has been released from arrest.
WHAT THE TRENCH THINK OF THE INDIAN ALLIES
OF DAVIS.
The Moniteur de 'lArrnee of the 14tb Dec., pub
lishes the following remarks on the announce
ment in the American papers that the Cherokee
Indians had joined the Confederate States of
America, and had raised a regiment of cavalry to
reinforce President Davis : The moral importance
of this event will be understood when it is recol
lected the Cherokees are of the rare Indian tribes
who have renouneed a wandering life to estab
lish themselves tu'a fixed locality. They construc
ted a town in Georgia, in which they established
schools, a printing press, and a newspaper writ
ten in their own lauguago. It was under the ener
getic aud intelligent impulse of John Ross, their
! chief, that they made this progress in civilisation.
But the Northern Americans, in plaee of encour
| aging them, looked on them with a jealous eye,
; for reasons easily understood. They took advau
j tage cf the absence of their chief to attack their
) town, destroyed it, and drove out the in
; habitants, to seek shelter iD the Far West, where
John Ross collected the fugitives. It is not sur
prising therefore, that the Cherokees should be
delighted to have an opportunity against their
persecutors.
The Paris Press of the 13th publishes a des
patch from Washington, asserting that there was
great popular agitation in favor of resisting any
demands on.the part of England in respect to the
Trent affair.
Accerding to the same despatch the French
naval division from the Antilles would proceed to
Charleston, before which the English squadron
: was lying at anchor.
The Patrie of the game date states that Gen.
| Scon will reach New York on the 24th inst., and
adds, “Gen. Soott's mission thus appears to have
, been arranged so as to allow him time to fulfil it
j before the ultimatum of England is remitted to
I the Federal Government, and perhaps to modify
j the natne of this step on the part of England.”
! The Pays asserted on the contrary, that the
English ultimatum will be of an absolutecharacter.
Patriotic Southern Badies —A eorrespondent
of the Petersburg A'rpreu, writing from Clarks
ville, Ya. January Ist, says :
There lives in the lower end of Mecklenburg
county, Ya., two sisters and one brother. Some
time in June last the brother volunteered in the
noble defence of the South. The sisters said go,
and we will do the best we can; and what they
have done is not to be beaten. Tbev have clothed
their brother, gathered the crop and taken care
of It; wove about one hundred yards of cloth for
the soldiers, and made about forty garments for
them, besides taking care of and feeding all the
stock. Such patriotism can never be overrun by
the Yankee vandals, let them come as they may.
I withhold the mum, but it is certain if true.
luterealiug Romances by a Yas.s-ee
liefugec.
| ; From the Frankfort correspondent us toe Cin
; eiufiati Times, dated December 25th, we ii.ract
the foliowing :
I Mr. Nelson K. A. Biddell, a merchant cf Phila
delphia, who married his w ife in Savannah, Ga ,
and who left there on the 2d instant, has just ar
rived here by way of Nashville, Bowling Green,
and Louisville.
Mr. Biddell had great difficulty in getting out
of Savannah, having labored faithfully, but iu
vain, to do so for several months.
Mr. Biddell described the alarm and panic at
Savannah, alter the Federal attack on Pert Royal,
as most extraordinary. Fear seized every one,
and all the citizens fled from the place. The city
has no protection or defence whatever, all the
guns, ammunition, aud cannon, having been sent
to Virginia. There were no soldiers there but
one regiment, which was encamped near the
town temporarily, on its way to Virginia.
During the residence of my informant in Savan
nah there were two or three drafts for soldiers,
aud he was compelled to furnish two substitutes
for the rebel anny, one of whom, an ex-lumber
merchant, of Maine, was the most violent Seces-
sionist in the place.;
The South, he believes, has all the force in the
field that it can possibly raise, having made the
most determined and persistent efforts to furnish
men and money for the cause. The people have
been most severely taxed, aud those at ail sus
pected of Union sentiments, or proclivities, have
been forced to contribute enormous sums. Many
of the marchants and professional men have been
impoverished by the exactions of the “Confede
racy.”
The strongest and boldest Union man is Hon.
John E. Ward, formerly our Minister to China,
and he is dreadiully persecuted by the rebels, who
have arrested him at least twenty times whiie at
tempting to escape, robbed him of his entire pro
perty and some $400,000, and threatened several
times to hang him.
Mr. Ward says they can kill him if they like,
but that he will never surrender his allegiance to
the Federal Gomernment, er cease to deiest and
denounce the miserable abortion known as the
Southern Confederacy. He is very anxious to go
North, but is so closely watched that he cannot
escape. Mr. Biddeil tbinks that it is not at all
improbable that Mr. Ward wfii be assassinated
in Savannah, unless he succeeds jn getting out of
the State.
The greatest excitement, Mr. Biddell says,
reigned throughout the South on the subject of
war, and the women of Savannah daily practiced
w}tb fire arms to perfect themselves iu their use.
He thinks that even in Savannah tho presence
of thirFederal army would be haiied with" joy by
a majority of the people.
Savannah, like all the Southern towns through
which Mr. Biddle passed, is entirely barren of
business, and complaints are rife of the stagna
tion of trade, and the scarcity of money. Mr. B.
had the greatest difficulty' in obtaining SSOO in
gold, although his brother-in Jaw had $20,000 of
Georgia currency in the Planters’ Bank, and
when he did procure coin, was compelled to pay
fifty cents premium for it.
Mr. Biddell says that the most astounding false
hoods are daily circulated and believed through
out the South, and that he himself had no doubt,
at one time, that Lincoln had been hanged. Such
.stories as the taking of Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, are very common, and the Savan
nah newspapers publish accounts of false victo
ries won by the rebels, five or six times every
week.
What an English Mkubeh of Parliament
Thinks. —The London Star of the 7th December,
contains a letter from an IJ. P. complimentary of
Gen. Scott’s letter, about which so much has been
said, und deprecating a collision between England
and the United States. In the course of his let
ter, this M. P. makes use of the following signifi
cant language :
It is utterly absurd to suppose that the Ameri
can Government will not make any reasonable
amende and reparation for the act of ijupt. Wilkes.
But I believe that this is the last thing our Gov
ernment wants. It would prefer that all redress
and reparation should he obstinately denied.
M’his is no rash assertion, but is legitimate de
duction from acts patent to all. For it is well
known that for some time past ihe Emperor of
the French has urged on our government the ex
pediency of a joint recognition of the slave Con
federation.
Latest from tiie Potomac —Running the Block
ade.—From the Fredericksburg L'ews, of Satur
day evening last, we gather the following par
ticulars of affairs transpiring along the Potomac :
Small vessels continue to run the blockade
daily. Three barges, with provisions for the
army, arrived at Alexandria yesterday morning,
in tow of a steam tug, having passed the batteries
during the dark hours of the night before. One
of the barges tost her deck load in Chesapeake Bay,
and one of the others lost also a portion of her
cargo. They report that the Confederate batteries
(Cooke’s) sunk, day before yesterday, a large
schooner which was “running the blockade.”
A Valuable Suggestion. —The N. O. Crescent,
of the 4th inst , says :
A correspondent sends us the following, which
we give a place iu our columns with pleasure, es
pecially as it might be the means of effecting a
consummation devoutly to be wished, i. e., the
extermination of the useless curs which encum
ber our streets :
“Mr. Local :—As soon as the Beatber Associa
tion is ready, let a good price be offered for dog
skins. There is, and will be, a scarcity of fine
leather. Nothing better than the hides of dogs
for the manufacture of 'his article can be found,
and they can be used for various purposes, ac
cording to their quality. New Orleans is full of
these brutes, aud in a city all dogs are useless and
often dangerous. Y r ours,
Boors and Shoes.”
The Blockade of the Potomac. —The New York
Herald preaches “patience” w r ith the blockade of
the Potomac, from which Washington i3 daily
suffering. The Herald is very ingenious in its
words of comfort, and says :
While the rebels are boasting that our only
direct water communication with our national
capital is under a blockade wbioh no vesset can
pass, except in a very dark night, or by special
permission of the Confederate batteries, the ques
tion is still agitated this side of Washington, why
is it that, with two hundred and fifty thousand
men encamped along the Potomac, aud with any
quantity of war ships and gunboats at Fortress
Monroe, Annapolis and other convenient naval
stations, this rebel blockade of the Potomac is
still permitted to exist? In this connection we
are asked what is the loss entailed daily upon
our treasury by this blockade, in the matter of
the overland transportation of army supplies to
which we are thus reduced?
In reply we can only conjecture that the plans
of General McClellan do not embrace any little
piecemeal operrtions, such as would result from
any detached attempts to break up this rebel
bloekade. We might silence and remove a rebel
battery tc day only to find it re-placed to morrow.
Or, to hold this position, that the other, against
all contingencies, we should repuire a large force
at every point from which the rebels might be
dislodged, and thus our whole army of the Po
tomac might be fritteied away into detachments
divided from each other by almest impassable
ravines, and intersecting streams and creeks, and
subjeat at any time to be cut up in detail by a
movement ot the enemy from the open approach
es of the interior. The only effective way to
break up this rebel blockade of the Potomac is to
dislodge the army of Beauregard from bis posi
tion in front of Washington. With its expulsion
this blockade will cease to exists. Bet us be pa
tient yet a little longer. Rome was not built in a
day.
The Bixcolx Confiscation. —A YYashington cor.
respondent of the Chicago Tribune, who professes
to have good authority for his statements, gives
the following as an important subject:
I am able to correct the painful impression here
noticed with regard to the President of the Unit
ed States, and I do so with the more satisfaction
and gratitude, that I was deeply grieved, in com
mon with nine-tenths of the loyal citizens of the
country, by the countermanding of Freemont’s
proclamation, and by the application of the check
rsin to Secretary Cameron’s just and wise inclin
ations. Mr. Bincoln assures his friends, without
reserve, in conversation, that he is in favor of
measures which shall enable us to deprive every
rebel from Ytrginia to Texas of his slaves, and
every other species of property, and that if any
disagreement shall arise, it will, I presume, relate
to the possible involving of loyal masters in the
consequence of emancipation to the slaves of their
disloyal neighbors.
Affairs in Carolina.— Considerable firing was
heard yesterday forenoon, apparently in the direc
tion of Bluffton, and last evening we had a varie
ty of blood-and-thunder rumors afloat, all of
which were scattered to the winds by the,arrival
of the Charleston train with “nothing new.” It
is probable the enemy have been sounding the
rivers and exchanging occasional shots with our
scouts. The general impression is, however, that
we shall have stirring times in the course of the
week. — ian. Sues, fi th.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, Tents his
spite against General Marshall (whe is a very lat
man) in the following joke: The rebels talk of
widening Cumberland Gap, so that Humphrey
Marshall taa eenrenieatly get through it.
tsoveimmls ol'Trooirela the West.
Correspondent* of tk* Richmond Dispatch.
Ltnchbcro, Va., Jan. 5, I;B2.—lntelligence ’of
undoubted character, which may possibly reach
; you in advance of my letter, has been received
Li„re from the forces under Gen. Johnston, at
, Camp Alleghany, to the effect that that camp has
| been abandoned, aud that the command has re
• tired to Monterey. This movement was brought
about from apprehensions of being
the enemy, woo had appeared in the neighbor
hood in very large force. The particulars of the
retreat we have not received, bn have it on un
doubted authority that the Yankees have occu
pied Huntersville in large force—only a few miles
distant from the camp at Alleghany, previously
held by our forces.
Huntersville is only some thirty or forty miles
f jn; the YTrgin’a Central Railroad, aud it is
■'really eared that, without prompt measures,
t: .. . nay yrise in that quarter. In this con
1, tie.: t may not be improper to allude to the
threaten aspect of affairs—the encroachments
of the vandals towards the Virginia and Tennes-
see r ad. Already have they been in force with
in sixty miles ol this road, while they are con
tinually depredati • gin the counties which have
been evacuated by our forces, carrying, destruc
tion wherevei they go. A large quantity of pro
visions, which was left at Peterstown by .Floyd, it
is feared, has fallen into their hands, of has been
destroyed, as from latest accounts from that sec
tion they had beea within a few miles of that
place.
I might memion individnal instances of insult,
injury, aud robbery committed on our citizens by
these marauding parties, which have been related
to me by persons recently from that section of
country, but space forbids, aud I hasten on ; but
allow me to state, before closing on this head,
that from information which reaches us every day
from the section referred to, ten days will not
elapse before the Va. & Tenn. Railroad is blocka
ded, if a worse fate does not befall it. Prompt
measures must be adopted by the Government.and
what is done must be done immediately, if we
are to be saved not only a vast deal of trouble,
expense, aud inconvenience, but suffering as well.
It is true, the “timely warning” has been p>evi
ously sounded by the Dispatch and its correspon
dent from this section, and what I write on this
topic may be stale, but the importance of the
subject is so great that were it a thrice-told tale
it should be repeated again and again, until heed
ed by the authorities, and the proper, measures
adopted for the defence of this’ most important
line of communisatiou.
Intemperance in the Army.— One of the duties
which will devolve upon Government, during the
winter suspension of hostilities, and which may
be best attended to at that time, will be an in
qury into the habits of the officers of the anny,
as to theirsobriety, with a stern dismissal of those
whose vicious indulgences disqualifies them for
their posts. YYo are sorry to say there is too
much necessity lor instituting this enquiry. It is
a bitter mockery to arrest a drunken private,
whose fauit is confined to himself, and leave un
reproved the maudlin officer, whose fault involves
the usefulness, and the comfort, and even the
lives of his command.
The bawlmgs of the besotted soldier in the
guard house are far less discreditnble to the
service, and far less ominous of evil, than the
revelri sos the General in his comfortable quar
ters. Drunkeness is a vice to which many good
and brave and lifted men fall victims; but when
they do, however the necessity is to be regretted,
nothing remains but to get rid of them. The
dead timber must be cleared away. If a drunkard
is of any use iu the world, except as the trial of
men’s patience, and woman’s too, it is yet to be
found out. But the last place for him is that
which puts him in command of others. How can
he take care of a multitude, when he is unable to
control even himself.
Imagine an officer called upon to issue orders
at a time when he sees goblins iu tho air, aB< I
snakes and ants crawling over his couch ! Imag
ine him scanning a field when his eyes are red
and swimming, and covered with mists ! Hear
him issuing the word of command when his
tongue doubles and his senses reel! To such
victims of such a vice we would appeal by all
tbeir pride, ambition, love of country, regard for
tbeir soldiers, to set a worthier example. Such
as are wedded to their ways, should either see,
or be shown, the necessity of giving place to so
ber men.— Richmond Enquirer.
From the Charleston Mercury, Bth.
The War on the Scacoast.
Up to a late hour yesterday evening, all was
quiet at the various military posts along the sea
coa.it. The enemy have threatened to burn every
house and outbuilding they find deserted, and
have already begun their work of vandalism, hav
ing applied the torch to the fine residences of Mr.
Adams, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Win.' Fripp. The
last named gentleman is well known as having
first introduced into use an excellent seed for Sea
Island Cotton. The negroes from Barnwell Island,
who were taken at Page’s Point on Monday, re
port Mr. Trescot’s house to have been occupied
by a party of lhrnkee officers.
A tew days ago, Major Jones (from York Dis
trict), of Col. Dunuovant’s Regiment, S. C. V.,
sent three men in a canoe, to a small island off
Cunningham’s Bluff, to burn the cotton bouse
and barns, which they succeeded in doing. The
enemy turned out as soon as they discovered the
tire, but they were too late ; the party had return
ed in safety, and the Major merely threw a couple
of shells at the bewildered Y'ankees, to let them
know he was there.
On Monday evening eight, gunboats were re
ported off Mackay’s Point. Their object in com
ing there was not known. Maekay’s Point is on
Port Roval river, at the confluence of the Poco
taligo, Coosawhatcbie and Tulyfiuny rivers. Ves
sels drawing 20 feet can come up as high as this
point. Near the spot where Col. Jones lost his
men, on the Ist., just at the side ofjthe causeway,
lies a 12 inch shell, which failed to explode.—
When discovered, it created some surprise, owing
to its being so much larger than usual. It was
thought at first sight to be a 13 inch shell, but
being measured, proved to be nearly 36 inches in
circumference, and must have been tired from an
11-inch Columbiad. This shows the very heavy
calibre of the ordnance used by the enemy. It
also indicates that they have a larger and strong
er class of gunboats "than had been generally
supposed to be in our waters. The rapidity of
the lire proves that the one gunboat in view on
New Year’s day carried more than a single gun.
While on the subject of projectiles, tve may
mention that quite a number ot rifle shells have
been found at Page’s and Cunningbam’s Points.
In length they measure 12 inches, and iu diame
ter about 4- inches. The soldiers have ventured
to open some of the many found unexploded. On
the sharp point is a percussion cap, which possi
bly does not produce sufficient concussion in
striking the earth to explode it. The interior is
filled with a charge of powder and musket balls,
as many as 173 of the latter having been obtain
ed from a single shell. This is furnishing contra
band of war lor the Confederate States on quite a
liberal scale.
Port Royal Ferry on the north side is to our
army of the coast what Mason's and Mtfnsou’s
hills were last September to the advanced guards
of the army of the Potomac. At both points hos
tile pickets have frequently spoken to each other.
Here is a specimen of a recent conversation at the
Ferry :
Yuukee.—Halloo! over there.
Southron.—Halloo ! yourself.
V.—So you’ve got Lee over there, eh ?
S.—Y'es-sir-ee.
Y l . —Right smart man he is too. Ain’t his head- i
quarters at Coosawhatchie ?
S. —Well he is some.
Y. —Say! ain’t his headquarters at Coosa- j
whatchie ?
S. —Can’t say, come over and see for yourself. ;
Y'. —How are you off for tobacco and liquor ? ;
S. —Got plenty of both.
Y'. —We want some tobacco, won’t you trade
some for whisky?
S.—Don’t want any of pour liquor.
Among some other pertinent questions was the
following, which effectually broke up the strange
colloquy :
S.—Halloo! over there. How many did we kill
of your men in the fiat?
S.—Halloo! i say. What made you run at Bull j
Run?
We have heard a touching incident related of j
the fight of the Ist instant. A Lieutenant in Col,
Jones’ Regiment was mortally wounded by a 1
shell, which broke his sword in half; he survived i
but a few minutes; but before his death, he took j
a gold ring from his linger, and handing it with ;
Bis broken sword to Lieut. Gol. McGowan, made j
Wying request that he should forward both to :
his fiancee.
Incendiaries sent South. —lnformation was re- j
ceived here several weeks ago, by the govern
ment, Irom reliable parties, friends of the Con
federacy in Philadelphia, that an organization had
been perfected there by gangs o! desperadoes, in
the pay of the Lincoln Government, charged with
the duty of penetrating into the South by the
usual means and appliances used by Y’ankees,
and when there of burning all railroad bridges
deemed useful in the conveyance of troops and
the transportation of munitions of war. That
the scheme would be carried out was deemed
certain by the informant of the government, as
the parties engaged in the enterprise were men
Tilling to risk"their lives to carry out the idea of
subjugation laid down by Lincoln. He rightly
conjectures that, if the Southern railroads were
rendered unavailable by means of the torch of the
incendiary, our independence would be more diffi
cult to achieve than now appears. All suspicious
characters should be watched, and especially in
times like these should an efficient guard be
placed in the vicinity of every Southern railroad
bridge. The government may have taken the
proper steps for aught we know to the contrary.
—Bithniond Lxarmntr, 7th.*
OorrespOTuittiM of XashvilU Union e£ Am rie-.tr.
From Green.
An order has been issued by the Comm., thug
General of this post, warning citizens, women
and children, of the imminence of an early en
gagement, and advising them to remove from the
city before the occurrence of actual hostilities.
Dwelling houses in front of the fortifications are
to be vacated by the present tenants and either
be used tor defence or destroyed as the occasion
may require.
A brilliant skirmish occurred at Boland’s ferry
in Ohio county, day before yesterday. Lieut.
Heint of the army Guides left here Tuesday for
the ferry, in command ot ten men, and was join
ed on the route by an independent company Irom
Germantown, Tenn. A number of Dutch, have
for a long t me, been stationed near the river for
the protection of the ferry, and to aid in the
crossing of stcMsk stolen from citizens living on’
the South s'de of the stream. The party reach
ed the river at day dawn Wednesday morning,
and advanced in two squads from different direc
tions upon a long house in which the Lincolnites
were.
Our boys charged close up to the side of the
house, which was loop holed, and took the enemy
completely by surprise, who at first refused to
surrender, but afterwards yielded. Nine Enfield
rifles, with bayonets, belts, filled cartridge boxes,
and one Kentucky rifle were seized. A quantity
of dry goods and groceries, belonging to a South
ern rights citizen, were loaded on a wagon, the
property of one of the prisoners, and brought
here yesterday. A portion of the Confederates
recroised the river and ascended the bank to take
another view of the surroundings, when they
discovered a man with a musket running to the
river bank from a house some four or tire hun
dred yardsidistant, evidently for the purpose of
tiring on our troops. The Lmcolnite, named
Culbertson, was shot and fell into the river.
Alter burning the log house and destroying the
boat the party returned yestcrady morning with
out any accident having happened to them.
A gentleman who participated in the cavalry
skirmish near Sacramento, on Saturday last, ar
rived here yesterday, and gives some interesting
particulars concerning the fight. One hundred
and sixty-eight Federal cavalry arrived at Car
rolton, Mulehnburg county, on the 2Sth ult., pro
fessedly hunting Forrest’s command, who had
been there a few days before aud arrested several
Scotch Lincolnites. The Federals on their arri
val iu the town threw out pickets in order to pre
vent information reachiug the Confederates, who
were at Greenville, ten miles distant in the direc
tion of Hopkinsville.
Ths Federate vaunted considerably and ex
pressed great anxiety to meet our forces, when a
gentleman volunteered to go after them and bring
back a number equal to their command ; this pro
position was refused, the gentleman arrested, but
afterwards making his escape. Intelligence,
however, reached Col. Forrest of the whereabouts
of the Lincolnites, and at the head of 300 men, he
took the Carrollou and Calhoun road, which in
tersects with the roa'd from Greenville to Calhoun
about thirteen miles from the former place, and
started in pursuit.
This direction was taken for the purpose of get
ting between the enemy and Calhoun, but the
Federate got into the road leading to Calhoun
about tea minutes befire our cavalry reached the
junction. Cos! Forrest, with one hundred men,
immediately started in pursuit, and overtook the
rear guard at the McLane and Mulehuburg line,
killing several, and proceeding in the chase a
half mile further, where the Lincolnites were
drawn up in order of battle. The Conlederates,
under a heavy fire from the enemy, were put into
battle array, and instantly charged the Dutch be
fore our main body got up.
The enemy, with the exception of Captain Dn-*
vis at the head of forty men, wiio fought gallantly
until their Captain was taken prisoner, fled the
field in the greatest confusion. The Federal Cap
tain Bacon, made a desperate fight, unwilling to
surrender, and was shot through the body three
times. The enemy was pursued to within throe
miles of Ramsey, when our forces returned,
bringing with them 13 prisoneis, 13 ot whom
were wounded, and three left oh the roadside to
die, being unable to proceed to Greenville.
The Federate repor, only 11 Hilled, but citizens
living in the vicinity of the battle field, and who
were on the ground the following day, state that
32 dead bodies were buried. Our loss was two
wounded, in addition to dipt. C. K. Merriweatber,
who, while sooie distance in front of our troops,
and turning round, beckoned for them to come oh
was shot in the forehead Lt a member of bis own
company.
Col. Forrest himself killed six of the enemy
with his sabre. Thirty army revolvers, twenty
sabres, and a large lot of horses wcie captured.
Lexington.
Mr. Stevens* Kill—lts Provisions.
Washington, Dec. 30.—The following is the bill
introduced in the House te-day by Mr. Stevens,
on leave:
1. That all laws or parts of laws creating and
establishing polls of entry or delivery in any
State now in rebellion be and the same are here
by repealed.
-2. Hereafter no vessel, either foreign or do
mestic, except such as belong to or are employed
by the Government of the United States, shall
enter or leave any of the said ports, unless di iven
theer by stress of weather.
3. If any vessel shall violate, or attempt to
i iolate, the provisions of this act, the said vessel,
cargo, and everything appertaining thereto, shall
be forfeited, the one-half to go to the captors and
the other half to the United Stales; and every
person is hereby authorized to make such seizure,
and the.captaiu or commander ot such vessel
shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
4. The said vessel and cargo may be seized at
any place at sea or in any port, and the goods
may be taken wherever found, either on land or
water.
5. The proceeds shall be divided among the
captors according to the law now regulating
prizes.
(5. The ship and cargo may be tried, as well as
the officers, in any Court in the United States into
whose jurisdiction the same may be taken.
7. Tne States now in rebellion are Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Arkansas. If any other States
should hereafter become rebellious, the President
shall proclaim the fact, and the provisions of this
act shall then apply to such State or States.
8. The President shall have power to declare
any harbor or harbors ports of entry when in his
judgment it shall be expedient.
In reply to the resolutions of the House of Re
presentatives, requesting the Secretary of War
to furnish all general orders issued in reference
to the transportation of troops and munitions of
war by railroad, and also all orders designating
the amount to be paid for such purposes, the Sec
retary submits a 'report from Quartermaster
General Meigs, in which it is stated that the
Quartermaster General has opened no general
orders on this subject.
Death of a Missionary.—We learn that Rev.
J. lb Taylor, corresponding secretary of the
Southern Baptist Mission Board, has received in
formation through a flag of truce, that Rev. Mr.
Holmes, a native of this Slate and a missionary
of the Foreign Mission Board, located in this city,
was murdered at Yen tai, China, in October last,
by Chinese insurgents. Rev. Mr. Parker, an
Episcopal missionary, was murdered at the same
time. The following were the circumstances, as
detailed by a correspondent of the New York
Commercial :
The insurgents were advancing upon Chefoo
and Yen tai, the village where the missionaries
| and their families resided, and Messrs. Holmes
| and Parker went oat to endeavor to prevail upon
I them not to molest the villager-; of the latter
| place. But their efforts to save the people were
in vain. They were cruelly murdered, and their
mangled, half burnt bodies were net found for
more than a week a'terward. Mr. Holmes was
sit uck fire times on the head,with swords and
twice with spears, his left hand cut, and after re
; cm ing several wounds in the lower part of his
body w as burnt.
Their families and the other mitsi.mar'.es who
| lived in Yen tai, narrowly escaped with their
lives, being obliged to flee at midnight, the Lag
i lif,h Consul, Mr. Morrison, sending them horses.
The unfortunate villagers, who had cal been
I able to escape from their fury, were slain by hun
i dreds, and the pends in the neighborhood are
; said to be filled with the bodies oi men, women
and children, while the roads are strewn with
| corpses. — Rich. Dispatch, Bth.
From Cairo. —The St. Louis Republican has the
following special dispatch :
Cairo, December 30.—The steamer City of
Alton was fired into at Commerce, to day. Nobody
hurt. She was on her way to St. Louis.
Capt. Noleman, with four companies of caval
ry, captured on Saturday evening, near Bertrand,
twenty two rebels and fifty horses and mules.
A force of cavalry bas been sent to Commerce
in search of Jeff. Thompson’s forces, who over
hauled the steamer City of Alton.
The charges which were made of swindling in
lumber purchased has been investigated by Capt.
Hillyer, Gen. Grant’s Aid, and substanciated.
Nashville Pork Market.—The Nashville Un
ion of the 4th, says: “The pork market continues
dull, and small lots were sold dur ng the week at
10c. per pound net. A gentleman from one of
the largest hog growing counties in Middle Ten
nessee, informed us the other day that there was
still a large number of hogs in that country for
sale, but holders were demanding 10c per lb
gross, though there were no buyers at that price,
1 the Government agents having supplied thern
; selves and withdrawn from the market. It now
turns out that there is a better supply of hogs in
I the State, as well as other portions of the South,
than wm supposed when the market opened.”
VOL. I.NXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 2.
Tiie War on the Seaeoast—Onr Castunl
!'e* on New Year’* May.
From the Charleston Mercury, 9th.
Owing to the unusual restrictions which Gen.
Lee has placed upon ihe troops, in respect to the
communication of intelligence to the newspapers,
it is witfi no little difficui'y that we have been
ab._> to keep cur readers posted, from day to day,
in regard to the events transpiring along the coast.
Yesterday we succeeded iu obtaining the follow
ing full list of the casualties among our troops in
tiie fight which took place on New Year’s day.—
The names of the gallant men who fell upon that
occasion, have not been before published :
CASUALTIES IN THE 14th REGIMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA
VOLUNTEERS,. JAN. IST, 1882, IN THE FIGHT NEAR
PORT ROTAL FERRY.
Company B, Capt. West.—Killed—Privates, A.
Bartly, F. M. Riser. Wounded—Lieut. Jas. Boat
wrght, Sergeant A. E. Roach, Corporal Robert
Brooks, Privates E. D. .Uerchaut, M Plymate,
Joel Mimiick, Caleb Hare.
Company C, Capt. Wood.—Wounded—Sergeant
George Weatberall.
Company E. Capt. Brown.—Killed—Lieut. J.
H. Powers, Private S. L. Boyd. Wounded—Pri
vates Juo. B. Jones, W. H. Owens, J. H. Garrett,
R. B. Haik.
Company G.Capt. Taggart.—Wounded—Sam’l
Cothron.
Company H, Capt. -Croft.—Killed—Corporal
Jason Eubank, Privates Darley Eubanks, James
Net'uerford. Wounded—Corporal James Culler,
Privates Peter Day, Calvin, Cushman, John Joui
kin.
Company K, Capt. Tompkins—Wounded—Lt.
William L. Stevens, Corporal Noah J. Wefts,
Private Ransom Timmerman. Total killed and
wounded 27.
On yesterday, so far as kaowii in the city, all
was quiet.at the various posts below.
On Monday night the pickets on Mackay’s
Point, oui what is known as Graham’s Neck, which
has been previously alluded to by us, discovered
a boat in the Coosawhatchie river. After hailing
it without getting an answer, our Tennessee
friends commenced an active fusilade, which
caused the crew and passengers of the unknown
boat to beat a hasty retreat. It has since beeu as
certained that the party fired into was Col. Ilad
cliii'e, with some of the officers of his North
Carolina regiment. They were in imminent dan
ger ; the bulls struck the boat repeatedly ; one
man had his hat shot from his head, and another
bad a bullet through his coat sleeve. As soon as
the boat touched tbe marsh, they jumped out
and waded aud swam to the main laud. It is said
that the gallant Colonel, who is, we be’ieve, a
graduate of the Citadel, reached his headquarters
iu very scanty attire. Our pickets, like the main
body of our army, are “ nursing their wrath to
keep it warm,” and after “retreat” it is rather
dangerous work to put one’s nose beyond the
lines.
With regard to the removal of the negroes
from within the military lines, it is said that
many of the planters, haying every confidence in
their slaves, and being unable, on so short a
notice, to provide comfortable homes for them
elsewhere, have left them on their plantations,
where they have shelter andampie support. Some
of these homesteads are important strategic
points, and, as Cuffee and Sambo are not particular
who they talk to and what they talk about, so
they can talk, the enemy culfivate their acquain
tance by purchasing their hogs and poultry, and,
in this way, learn many things which they ought
not to know. Cuffee and Sambo pull their wool
to all white persons, and it is thought that the
Charleston Mercury is frequently sold by the
newsmen on the roads to some over obliging
darkey, who is on an errand, not from his master,
hut from some cpauletted Yankee, who has ad
vanced a quarter for the service.
The Gharlestou and Savannah Railroad is the
military backbone of our tide water districts.—
W ithout it, General Lee could never have pro
gressed in his arrangements for defence with that
celerity which nas enabled him already to pro
nounce with confidence upon the safety of Savan
nah and Charleston. By looking at the excellent
map published by Evans & Cogswell, it can be
seen at a glance, that this Road is the main artery
along which the never-ending supplies of Quarter
master’s, Commissary and Ordnauce stores, are
delivered within easy accessof the hundred camps
which dot the seaboard strip of the main land in
St. John’s Colleton, St. Andrew’s, St. Paul’s, St.
GeoTge’s Dorchester, St. Bartholomew’s, Prince
W illiam’s, St. Helena’s, St. Luke’s and St. Pe
ter’s Parishes. Along this Railway are established
the several depots, irom which the army is fed,
clothed, transported, and furnished with ammu
nition ; and when General Lee is whizzmg along
oft a “special,” at a speed of twenty five miles- an
hour, doubtless, he involuntarily thanks kis stars,
that he is no longer among the rugged and path
less wilds of Western Virginia—than which it
would be hard to imagiue a place better adapted
to wither the Karels of any military leader, in
these times of steam and telegraph. The attaches
on thisjßaiiroad are.all accommodating and agree
able. Even the “colored persons” who put on
the brakes, are polite and attentive.
From the Courier of the same date, we have
the following:
Tno skirmishes at different points with the
Yankee cruisers ore beginning to be intensely
interesting. Our sharp shooters have lately given
the foe, in his over sanguine advances, some very
unpleasant surprises. On Saturday last, Capt.
Twiggs, of the Edgefield Rangers, a cavalry corps,
armed with double barrelled shot guns, with only
twelve men, started on a scouting expedition on
Wadmalaw Island to Bear Bluff, near White
Point where the enemy have been making de
monstrations, and commmittihg some atrocious
acts of vandalism, or what is the same thing,
Lincolnism. Dismounting from their horses about
three hundred yards from the landing, the party
cautiously approached to within about eighty
yards of the shore where it was supposed the ene
my would make his appearance. After watching
for about two hours three guuboats, crowded with
the enemy, made their appearance and steered
directly for the shore.
Capt. Twiggs stationed liia men behind some
small trees and bushes, with orders for each man
to select his mark, but not to fire until be gave
the word, when they would at once, after firing,
retire with all possible haste for their horses, as
it would of course be madness to attempt any fur
ther resistance to such an overwhelming force.
Just as the enemy from the first boat were about
to land the command to fire was given, and the
contents of six rifles arid as many shot guns told
with terrible effect, several in the boat being seen
to fall, and spreadiog dismay and confusion among
the rest. Ail officer is supposed to be among the
killed, as one of those seen to topple over wore
an officer’s uniform.
According to previous orders our men now
made the best of their way to their horses, not
without, however, receiving a return volley of
grape and canister shot from a howitzer which
tne enemy had succeeded in landing and mount
ing in an incredibly short space of time, and an ■
other volley trom the enemy's Minnie lilies.
None of our men were injured, however. A frag
ment of a shell struck Captain Twiggs’hat, mak
ing a slight indention. The whole affair was
carried out with the utmost coolness and brav
ery, and was one ot the most daring exploits on
our coast.
After landing, the Yankees threw from thirty
! to thirty-five shells in the neighborhood, and in
revenge of their fallen comrades, as it is thought,
set fire to and destroyed the residence and out
houses, containing a large quantity ot corn, etc.,
belonging to Mrs. Rivers, at Bear Bluff. They
then reembarked in their boats, and proceeded to
North Edisto.
We learn that they again visited both Bear
Bluff and White Point, Tuesday and Wednesday,
' throwing occasionally a few shells, as if for prac-
I lice.
Col. Branch had despatched Maj. Gadsden with
three companies of the Rifle Regiment, namely,
the Battalion of Washington Light Infantry and
Moultrie Guards, to take up a position near Bear
Bluff, where they will be able to hold in check any
j advance of the enemy from that point,
j We have nothing definite from the other points
| below, although it was rumored in the city yes
terday that the enemy continued to shell the
woods and plantations on the Coosaw river and
at Port Royal Ferry.
How Closely General McClellan is Occu
; i-i ed, and How Hard it is to See Him.—The
New Y r ork Tribune says :
We learn from an unquestionablej»rivate source
| at Washington that a messenger of high rank
| from General Wool, bearing also a special letter
; from President Lincoln to Gen. McClellan, and
charged with a commmnication of- the gravest
importance, has just waited for three days on the
commander-in chief, and has been compelled to
leave without obtaining ari audience. We men
tion this fact not to complain of it ; on the con
\ trary we have.no doubt that the exigency of pub
i He duty forbade General McClellan from getting
i the desired interview. But it is just as well to note
that other commanders besides Fremont are some
times unable to see all the persons who seek to
! transact business with them. There is, probably,
a malicious misrepresentation at the bottom of
j this.
Incendiaries at the Navy Yard.—An attempt
was made on Sunday last to burn the saw mill at
the south end cf the Navy Yard, with the expec
tation, no doubt, of destroying therewith other
valuable build ngs and property in the vicinity.—
Fortunately, however, the dense smoke arising
exposed the vile attempt in time to prevent an
extensive conflagration. On examination it was
found that a large piie of shavings and other com
bustible material bad been placed directly under
tbe most valuable part of the mill, and there hre •
It is rumored that very large rewards e .'
offered by the enemy to persons secretly in *
employ, to destroy tbe property in this >
it is hoped that the utmost vigilance will bemam
taineu, that the miscreants may be detected and
dealt with as their conduct merits.— Portsmouth
Nonscript, 7th.
From the Manphti Avalanche.
Reported Split of Hio Lineolsi Uatilixl
and Cos n gretin—Fedcra I A wool Ilea In
St. Louts.
V\ e learn that a gentleman connected with Gen.
Jeff. Thompson's staff, stated to an officer on tho
steamer Kentucky, at Mew Madrid, Thursday
night, that the latest papers just received at that
point from St. Louis, contained the important in
formation that Mason and Slidell had been sur
rendered to England by the administration, and
that there was a division in the Cabinet in conse
quence.
There was also a tremendous row in Congress,
the members being divided into three actions —
one parly being in favor of the prosecution of the
war for the preservation of the Union; another
party tor the extermination of slavery; and the
third party in favor of a peace on the basis of the
recognition of the Southern Confederacy. This
peace party is said to be quite formidable, and is
led by Vallandigbom, of Ohio.
It is also said to be well understood at Wash
ington between McClellan and Liucoln, there
would be uo forward movement at any point till
these difficulties were healed.
These are ropresentationsofan official character
at Yew Madrid, purporting to have been derived
from the latest St. Louis papers. Knowing the
parties as we do, we see no reason to doubt their
entire correctness.
Eince the above was written, we have conversed
with a gentleman who left St. Louis last Friday,
landed about six miles from Commerce, and went
direct to New Madrid, and hence by the steamer
Kentucky yesterday. He brings anything but
flattering accounts. The prisoners recently cap
tured while on the way to join Price, are repre
sented to have been poorly clad and compelle 1 to
stay in the cars on the night of Christmas eve.—
The next day they were removed to McDowell’s
Medical College, and from the malignant feelings
indulged towards them, our informant has no se
curity that they are not victims of the greatest
cruelty and injustice. No one was even allowed
to see them to tender them comforts.
The burning of the bridges iu Northern Missou
ri has greatly exasperated the feelings of Gen.
Halleck and tbe Federals generally, and hence
they ieel like wreaking vengeance upon the heads
of those whom aceident has nlaced in their pow
er. Halleck rales iu tit. Louis, with a rod of iron.
The secessionists he is particularly hard upon. Ha
persecutes them iu every wav imaginable. Many
prominent citizens, suspected of (Southern sympa
thies, have been arrested, and without trial con
fined in what is called “the Negro Pen”—the
placß where ail secessionists are confined. Be
sides this, Halleck has resorted to confiscation of
the property of Southern men, or he levies from
SIOO to SIOOO on every man of property known to
be a Southern sympathizer, and if they do not
pay the levy they are cast into the “Negro Pen.”
Uriel IV right, C. C, Churchell, Thornton Grims
ley, and other prominent citizens, have been
persecuted in the manner indicated. In a word,
the secessionists ot St. Louis “live aild move and
have their being” in such an atmosphere of terror
that they dare not call their souis their own.
Nevertheless among the young people of the
place—and particularly among the young ladies—
there is an abiding feeling in favor of the South
ern cause. An illustration of this fact occurred a
few days before our informant left. While a Lin
coln officer was riding along the street, dressed
in all bis gilded finery, a young lady shouted,
“ Hurra for Jeff. Davis," as he passed. That offi
cer went immediately to camp, reported that he
had been grossly insulted while riding along by
ladies, and immediately the honse was invested
with soldiers, waiting the arrival of the head of
tho family. When the gentleman returned home
he was surprised at the .military demonstration,
and inquired the caure, but without explanation
he was arrested, and while being borne off to the
“ Negro Pen,” tho. young lady, offering herself,
said, that ii any one was to be confiued in a dun
geon she claimed the privilege ; but tho request
was not heeded, and the proprietor of the premi
ses had to serve a regular term in the “Negro
Pen.” But time and space would fail us to tell of
the many acts of petty tyranny constantly enacted
toward gentlemen suspected of .Southern sympa
thies in St. Louis.
From Tybee.
r rom passen f ers arrived by the Ira from Fort
Pulaski yesterday afternoon, we learn that mat
ters remain very much in statu quo in tin t vicini
ty. The same numi er of vessels as at last ac
counts are quietly riding at anchor in Tybee
Roa:is, and toe s ime degree ol activity charac
tenzes the movements of the eue .y. Occasion
ally a steam-tug or Yankee ferry-boat from Port
RoyaL communicates with the biockad rs, and
an occasio a! boat >s s en p: ssing to and fiom
Tybee Island, but there are no indications of any
formidable movement, either in tie harbor cr on
shore.
On Wednesday night, Captain Reed, of the
Irish Volunteers, with a squad of some fifteen
men, went on a scout to King’s Landing for the
purpose of a certaining the position of the enemy.
Not far from the landing they came upon a Yan
kee picket, who fired upon tin m. Captain Reed’s
party r linn-d be fire, when the ¥a ikees broke
and bed at Bull Run sp ed. Immediately after
the firing, drums wete heard :n var : ousdirections
on the-Jsiarid, indicating that tne enemy have it
well guarded with pickets.
Rumor makers and rumor mongers have been
unusually busy during the past few days, and lies
euongh have been circulated, regarding ihe move
ments of the enemy on the coast, to make a Lin
coln message to Congress or a Yankee General’s
official report of a “reconnoissance in force,” but
we have been unable to discover any foundation
for the reports of landings, advances, &c. Since
the repulse of Sherman’s forces near Port Royal
Ferry by the Carolinians, and their retreat tG the
cover of their fleet at Ilillon Head, we have been
unable to learn anything of .their movements.
Gen. Sherman seems to be pre-emicently en
dowed with one attribute at least of generalsh.p—
caution. Whatever may be bis faiths he will
never be court-martialed for exposing his soldiers
to danger.— Savannah News, IS Hh.
A Rkconnoissancb on Tybee.—By the Ida, we
learn that Capt. Head, with a detachment of ten
men belonging to bis corps, the Irish Volunteers,
went over to Tybee Island Wednesday night last, .
and fired upon the Federal pickets, who returned
the fire. The men under Capt. Read’s command
again loaded and were advancing towards the
Martello Tower, when they were again ordered
to fire upon the pickets, who again returned the
fire. Great consternation was then visible in the
camp as though “somebody” was “hurt,'’ when
Capt. Read, on discerning a large lorce approach
ing from towards the Mai tello Tower, gave orders
to his men to retreat to their boats. “Nobody
hurt” on our side.
„ Nothing else new from below ; the s me three
vessels continue to lie off Tybee.— Savh. Revuh.
1( )th.
Arkansas Intelligence.—The State Journal, ol
the 4th, sates that the last importation of jay
hawkers, (wbo are now coufinsd in the jail here)
are to be tried before Judge Ringo, on a charge
of treason against the Confederacy— they having
refused to enlist in our army as those “previously
arrested did.
Over one hundred recruits for Captains Vance
and Waters’ companies, 11th Arkansas, left Little
Rock for Columbus on the 3d.
The railroad is now completed from White river
to within ten miles of Little Rock. It will be
finished through by the Ist prbx-
A few days since an altercation took place at
Clinton, between Colonel Jerome B. Lewis, Ret>-
resentative in the Legislature from Van Buren
comity, and another citizen of that county, in
which Col. L was so severely wounded that his
life is despaired of. The difficulty origin ted about
some business affairs.
Gen. Sterling Price has called for a legion of
Arkansiaus to rally ut der bis standard to beat
back the ruthless invaders—the legion to con
sists of two regiments ot infantry, one regiment
of cavalry and two batteries of artillery. This
legion is to be under the command of General A.
W. Jones. His mission to Richmond lias been
eminently successful, having procured an abund
ance of money, clothing, arms and ether essential
equipments.— JSemphu Appeal.
From Bowling Green.—A gentleman who came
down yesterday direct from Gen. Hindman's
command above Bowling Green, report that the
Federalists have completed the repair of the rail
road bridge across G recnjjiver, and are sending
troops ver in bodies, amounting to si or eight
regimentß a day. He thinks tbe indications are
good in that quarter for the h rdest fought,bat le
of the campaign in a short time. Tbe .Southern
tropos are in line condition and “eager for the
fray.”— Nashville Patriot, Bth.
TnE Enemy at Biloxi. —We are indebted to Mr.
Pradat, ol Biloxi, for the following statement ol
what occurred at Biloxi, on the approach of the
enemy’s vessels and troops before that place :
About 11 o’clock, 31st December, three ships of
war entered the pass. Tovo officers landed under
a flag of truce and United States flag, viz ; Gen.
Phelphs and Capt. Smith. They demanded a sur
render of the town irom the Mayor, JamesFearii.
We asked two days for consideration. They rt
plied that they w ould give an hour, and, if we did
i not surrender, the town would be shelled at the
expiration of one bour. Forty or fiity marines
i landed and took possession of two guns, which
: they took on board the steamer Lewis; they cap
! tured one schooner, Capt. Spader, loaded with
i lumber. They said they would take possession
of all tbe adjacent waters and ail craft on them,
i Gen. ButLr, Capt. Smith stated, was on Ship
Island with a large force, and expected to land
immediately. Three ships crowded with soldiers
were in front of the town w hen Pheij>3 and Smith
I landed, in position to she 1 the town if it was not
; surrendered. They said they would protect Union
! men and their property and they hoped they
would make us all Union men.— JS* 0. Ditto, 7th %