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Volume XVI.
oOH'rS.tl KSUAI . UKfRIIHKR 21, IMU.
on life Jutumic.
The extraordinary riuioi* of yesterday, finally
MtfandeU iul*> a report, for the accuracy ul which
wo do not vouch, that an eogag- meat took |>lace
on WeilMidav, ti •■tr Annan.turn, Fairfax couoty
between L<iigsireoi’* brigade ainl two brigade* ot
the eneiuy; that ©ur !<>* was* AO killtd and
wounded, aud (hat ul ho Fuderufa, from H'O to
oi*o. Tbm i* the un it extravagant version that
ttthiu* hcaid. Another i., that iur lots vra*
ah .ul HO, ait toll!; that the Yankees tort about
the *ainc number, in k Ikd and wounded, and
that we lin k t’.O prisoner*. The fight is reported
to have continued three h*ini, We .-<*> not learn
that any t-fficial iideilig n. e i this ..ft or hae been
received.
We have another report of a *ucce#fu I *ktr
mi-hat 1. ve” *\it|e, Loudon county .on Wridot-a
d*y night, in at- i.-h the iu*-uiy tost ***\.-r.U in
killed wounded and pnaoiier*.
W arc requested to state that th>■ i e is untruth
in the ruuior of a light near Leesburg a few days
ago. ‘1 he enemy shelled some eanlt works thrown
up by i ur troop* about thre miles of the town,
but nobody was hurt. Every inducement ha*
been offered to the enemy to come out and have
a.i open fight, bat he perststen'ly refuses tlie
challenge Kirk. It ■
Firing on thk Ooant.—The Chariest-d cars
brought no additional new* yesterday, of the
engagement in Port Kya.l river. As the train
peased last evening, heavy tiring was heard in
lhai direction.
Passengers by the Gulf road, last night, re
port* heavy cannonading in the direction of Fer
uandina, on Wednesday, and an unautbenttca
ted report was afloat ol li e tailing of that town
by the fleet.
The t ahan tel.-graph is silent on the subject,
faoui which we infer the report is without inun
dation. Sur. K's 2L/.
Lerti Julia Rufll anil Mr Adai>.
[Prom the London CbronieL, Nov. 4H.J
The following hnportan -'.iieiu’ iu fa paid to
have been made on the authority -t the Con
fedoraie ( oujUihs ouers, who ur at (.resent in
iu this country
The law officer* <-f the crown have given their
opinion that the Nashville, “being n regular
<.iu missioned ship of war,” of the Confederate
>aiea, i.- entitled “to repair and refit,” in British
port*. Mr. A iauis, the Minister of the Federal
lioverniiicnt, has been warned by Lord liu* ell
that the stopping and overhauling >t’ any royal
mail steam packet by any Federal ship of-war
wilt lie considered as an insult to the liritinh flag
and, should bloodshed ensue, as a ensue helli.
Tlr Tueuliutli of #Maker.
This day, one year ago, Fouih Carolina inau
gurated the in veauui which has result'd in the
establisuioOt of an iudcpendv nt and powerful
Coufederation of the Southern Btate*. ‘1 he first
anniversary of the event, happens iu a lime of
peculiar trutilde hi.<l afflict ion. The fleet* of our
enemies nre hovering along our ca.-is; hostile
armies have landed u( on tl soil of the Ftate and
her sous have gm.e forth to battle with the in
vader. X dire calamity h laid iu ashes a large
portion of our beaut hoi city, uud hundreds of
families are suddenly deprived of their cherished
homo-. But we know that the spirit of onr peo
(de will rise asbeir trials increase. One and all,
wa feel that our eternal *< paralion from those
who have always hated and are now seeking to
deatroy u, is worth any struggle uud any sacri
fice which it may cost. And, though we uy be
usable ■, at this juncture, to celebrate the recur
renew of South Carolina’* ii.-.i.-peudence day. with
all the pomp and display which might hoaceiu
ho gl .rious an occasion, the miniver-ary will be
in.ue the leas a day of pride and rejoicing to ev
ery eitiien of out; State. - f'A. Alrc.
Ik laukec Slune Heel off Ckarleil*u.
On Thu rainy last Federal vexsels kept ar
riving off this harbor during the entire day, and
on Friday morning not Ids* than twenty three of
all t lasses were iu sight. As well a* could be
noticed with a spy glass from a distance of three
or four miles, there were some four gunboats, one
la'ge steamer which looked hko a frigate, arid
the b.iLance appeared to be mostly sailing ves
sels. Ooe of their steamers wa* stationed to the
Northeast ofthe liar, near the Rattlesnake Shoal,
and the remainder of their fleet wus near the old
ship bar. During Thursday night and Friday
morning, with the weal her calm, the sea smooth
and a moonlight night, they succeeded iu sink
mg some seven hulks, runt rating oft.. ship*
and five barks.
This i the first in the Lincoln programme t
try aud permanently blockade ibis p-rt. Ihe
bulks lay on their tide* w.lh a list aport, some
of them having already been stripped of their
canvas, and others had their satis flying loose,—
A small steamer of very light draft was mn
moving actively about, and she was supposed
to let tT o tug used to place the vessels in position
pr vious to sinking. Thty had, it i* (bought,
about fifteen old vessels to sink, which, if placid
in single file and allowing the large amount of
two hundrid fret obstructing capacity to ea b
vessel, the whole will blockade about three thou- ]
sand fee*.
Ibe latest report* from the liar lust evening
s.ty that the enemy had sunk fifteen vessels, and
from appearances it is inferred that ail their bulks
which have been brought here up to this tim
have bweri made use of, and that those now re
maining outside are blockaders.— Charleston
Courier. 2 Is#.
CMARi.ceroNLtuarii.uiß D < srn nru i.— V re
p*-r reached thi* city yesterday morning that •
the Charleston Lighthouse, situated on Morris’ j
Island, and wbiuh f-r many years guided the •
mariner to our harbor, t was blown up on Wed- j
nesday night by order of the military authori- j
ties. Only a heap of rule, mwrk.thw spot where
It stood.— Chur. Courier. 20*
Tlf* Lib* tw Flint.—At an ear\ hour Tdiurs
day, about ten sails of vessel * were fe fight „ft’
thi* port, at lead one-half steamers, hut Hf f( jt .
atmosphere was smoky, they could not ho
tinetly observed. These vet sals hive no doubt
just oouie from Fort Ib.yal, as a number of stea
mer* and other cruft paired hb.no entrance on
Wednesday, steering Northeast.— Charleston
Courier, 20//,.
w learn that the < a plain ofthe Key Slone
Stale, who absconded from Key West, with
his prise—Captain McKay’s propellor Salvor
—-le.-arried her into i’hilndelpina. On board
the Salvor were found, besides the arm* and
other things Already mentioned, several large
drafts on bouse* in New Orleans, Memphis,
Charleston and Savannah.— Tampa, Ma ,Ps
nlnsutar.
• —■ me • -
A preacher presented a revolver to a soldier
before bis departure for the seat of war, with the
following injunction :
“If you get in a tight place and have to use it,
ask fled * blesaing if you have time, but he cure
and not let your enemy get the start of you,—
ou can say amen after you shoot.”
flip (I'lilumbHS %'ci'kln times.
• ft ft
From the Toronto Lvadvr, Doe. 2.
Canaita and Ihi* I'nitcd Slates,
The Ni Y • k T m•• j v truly that thetuil
ilary ui \in n:* u .doll.*-m- in I'.iMi.ia ure an
other “>ymptom of growing ilfeliation between
he two c-untrioH ” The o..ni'i.onts of our c.-n
temporary, Mppond.d to the litter of its Quebec
oorre>pundi u*, are not calculated to arrest thi
feeling or t” develop O.ina tia mi.lt in Ibe friend
lines* of our Noithern neighbors. If there who
pridfe** to rebuke mischief maker* thun ehi*
seise every o ea.-ion to rot-resent and ridicule All
< hat pertains to Canada, iho certainty is that the
ulieini'i n cnuiplaioc l • I w ill g<> on at an ueccl
erati-d p i . id that the “mutual distrust and
dislike’ * ill he greater than ever.
lue suecr* of the N-w York journalist, the
g-Ulant aud her iu William* ami his com poors,
come with a bad grc* fr-uu a country whose
“grand army*’ has for mouibs boon eftoped with
in the c.tpital by the Southern force*, mi l whose
(leneials m.d Brigadier flciiorala, and all sorts id
lienerals, a:o the <ir<>llcst Compound of merit and
uup *’ure ever known in a oiviliz *d Country. -
Equally unsi-emingly are the attacks of our oo
temporary upou the gallantry of the Oauadian
militia. Are mem bra nee o< the past, if tin higher
mot vo, shield have tanghi the rimes the virtue
and niletiße upon this sul jwet. The despised mili
tia of fan nla onco sui'Cotdid in driving Aim ri
can iuv ultra, defeated and humdiftted, fr m Brit
mb soil; and th y will not shrink from their task
it duty aga u oa.ls ihuin into service. ‘J’he floei
i ACt-rs t liu.i Rail should he among-t the last to
depreciate British pluck or soldiery capacity.
Ou* Airs MiiitsAUK in viia Nohtu. the
Cinuiouati Ooiumercial say a of Lincoln's message:
The Review ul the progress of the war is not
felicitous, and some of the Sint* mini* in it iu are
not distinguished lor cx n t aooordauce with the
facts The iulormatiou that * .Missouri is com
paradvolj quiui*’ will he news to the unhappy
peo( I■ of thatdiu e. Weflndm this portion of
the ui vs -ug© testimony (hat n>rrwl)K>r*tc* the a a
*nranee we some time ag> hud from good au
thority that the President m too busy in dis
■•harg ng the duties of hi* office to road tin j i
per*. Few reader* will auppres* a tiulle ut the j
sort us r fvrence that m made to the ratfbiDvnt j
ofUen.ScottaT.il the appointment of (lon. Me- j
f icl'an as rii tKiai m chiofol the army.
The profound paragraph,in which we are trout- |
od to a diicusaii.il ot the (w po.xiiion that “one j
bad (.tuner ali better th >n tW” g-...d one*,’’ 1* t- j
prciully entertaining. The intention probably
wa* to make a vuy disc evt notice of th© evil
which had boon endured when riun*. Scott and
McCltdhui were bo;h in c uiiuai.d lut it would
; be cruelly us well a* inconsistent with the remark
about “two good tivnvra!*,'* io draw the iufer j
once that the President cotigraluLhU;* hiOisalf up
•m having only ‘Viw bid fleueral” iu MeOlnllan.
In *aot reward ought to have revised that para
gr.|6.
Tho time* ad .pt* t■: n .iim of its Qaebac
friend* that the New York Herald is the main
promot.r <>! iuis< hi J J betweiti the two couutrius.
A certain ciu sot tnu Northern people H*sidu
bm-iy endeavor to produne (ho ‘ line iinpres
cion. But the version of the aft iir is inudmLsi
bis In the first plant! the Time* i* ths original
mischief maker. .>> Ur back as May, It did in* i
utmost to excite national animosity; abu*ing the |
course of tn British Uovernmuut, uml pander- I
ing t . the taeariosl passions of the New York
mob. A* matters stand, we regard the Herald j
as the so iu exponent of the opinion which rule* !
in the Northern S.ate*. One fart alonu ectab- j
lishe* this. Iho Herald 1* prt.j wring, whilst
the Times, Tribune and World ere languishing
bey>mi iD*tur. i circulation is larger than j
ever, and of thefonr paper* we have nomed, l(
>• ihuonly one whose advertising retain* it ■ old j
dimonioc*. Fr-in this rircuni-t ■m- we draw !
no etireos .nablv iufurunce. lb Herald is . n'i j
Bri ish and anti fanudisn; but, in
thispoeiti'.e, itg.vesform eud ex(*res*i‘ n t-th i
dominant hi. tips*hies ot the people oirioiigsi |
whom it nrculafe*.
Tuae of lint Eoiflisli Press.
Ciomtee L0n,!,,,, Sms, Sou. 2S.
The American tl .vernmunt is surely the most
unfortunate < f (iovurniueiils, or elso th© most
sarguiue. An < fhcer of tho Fedural Navy has
struck a bctier hlww for rir* rebel cause ilifci ci
ther Gens. Beauregard or Johnston bus yet been
able to do. There is rejoicing on board the
Nashville, and If M.-ir* Yancey uud Dudley
Mann did not feast their friends last night they
missed a fine opportunity. Th© news by the
La Frit*, w rich as publish to day, will rai -e ih
spirits of the whole South. The United ht-tu*
fr ivernmont—for until tt© act i* disavowed and
atoned for, ou it must, fail toe rcspouslbi'Ky
©a* *• ru-'k is best friend iu the face—a friord
that never yet, when snntien on the left chock
turned the rigtit for a wound bl w.
The remote eon u q-icnoee of tbi* net wo shall
not attempt to predict. Enough for lli* pros nt .
tha> it is one which will make it the duly of our |
(lovernuo nt to insist <.n ample, eompletu and ;
tumediate satisfaction. Its wanton folly bids us
hope that Lieut. Fairfax wa* acting without in
i!xuMlon, and that the Wiiriiingioii Cabinet
will no sooner I* arn what his taken piuoe in the
Bahama channel, than it will disavow the aid,
restore Mo*M *. M iron and MideH, and lender tl.e
fullest apology. Nothing short of thi* npa*a
tinn will t*w accepted.
The eirStißiftuiicei < f this event couipeil im to
disbeliove, in the absence of dirael evidence,
ihal thiaaggro**.on was ordered by tho Lulled
Mates Government. The C'uhinut nt Washing
t iii knows perfectly well that it cannot not after
this fashion with impunity. 1 u fact, at thi* mo
ment, in cause lie* at our mercy. We could
with ease remove the severe prersuro which it
I exerts on the south by mean* of its blockade,and
j on whi h, far more than tnu wort, it relies for
’ success. We could open all the .Southern ports
ut once to receive gold, and commodities, aud
i munitions of war, in return for cotton. And, if i
need were, we could, at small cuat,Jitid abun
dant occupation for ell the San Jacinto* they
could muster, and for half the uruiy of the Pu
tomac into the bargain. And for what object
shuukl the United States Government risk a
rupture with this country? For the miserable
gratification of getting the persona of two of its
advurraric'S into its power. The Washington
Cabinet has shown i seif sufficiently .imbecile, but
te authorize the I rcible arrest of gentlemen un
der th* protection of .the British fl ig would bo
nothing 1q I8 thin madnea?.
Incideuw like these are irritating, but tbe
British peopU have tbe satisfaction of knowing
that their affairs m© un ‘er firm guidance. With
ib irascible Earl of Derby, or the funny Lord
Malmesbury in power, wo might well ho
ooneerned for the interest* of peace at a time
like this. But from the present government w©
may expect energy without precipitancy, and
prudence without weakness. 1 beW coursele tol
erably clear, and it will bo for the Government
of the United States to determine what shall he
the future relations of the two countries.
From the London Chronicle, Nor. 28.
Tho blood of all England will be roused by tbe
1 a rest intelligence from America. The Federal
authorities could scarcely have acted with more
lawless violence had they been mandarin* of
China. But tbe arrest of the two Commissioners
on a British deck must not go unavenged.
{Set it tn wha*ever light you may, the assault is
uiienduiuhle, aud Englishmen must now ask t>
j !> projected by their government. It is foil time
i (hut peremptory uiesi-uree were adopted. If w<
i toloratu this blow struck a our flag, we *hal!
! -puodily r. civanother, for ii i* evident that tho
i Cabinet ot Washinguiu is without scruple or pol
icy Abraham Liucoln, whose accession t> j*ow-
I >r wa* generally Welcomed on this side ofthe
j Allan tie, ha* proved himself a feeble, confused,
i tud lit(ii: iuinicd uuidiocriti; Mr. {Seward, tin*
li r, hi aml at Lis elbow, is exerting himself to pro
vuke ii quarrel with all Europe, iu ibut spirit t‘
son id os* egotism which induces tho Americans, i
with their dwarf fleet aud *ha(wless mass of In
coherent squads, which they call an army: to tan
cy th tuselves the equals of Franco by land, and
•■f Groat Britaiu by sea. it the Federal State*
could b* rid of those two mischief makers, it
might yot redootu itself in the sight of tho world;
but while they .-riugger on at the bond of affair. ,
their only chauceof fame consists iu the proba
bility tha the navies of England will blow out ot
the. water their blockading squadrons and touch
them bow to respect a flag of a mightier suprem
acy beyoud tho Atlantic. The key note sounded
to day, let us ivst weil assured, is but the pr©
hide to a storm of public indignation. Be ha vi
ta ad our citix.-ti* arrested; wo have had strangers
torn from the deck ot our ships under no law ox
cpi that of the black flag; we have been pirati
calty outraged. Is this to go ou forever ? If so
we may as well set upas a universal peace party.
Sir U illiaiu Armstrong need not champion hi*
gunnery it an American lieutonmit is to do, with
impunity, what tin* four great powers of theooti
tiuent combined would not daro to do with tho
humblest vessel, under British colors, that U-iats
the Europ aii mas.
Ihe u.dicutioiu i toe NVtihern papers art- I
ihut the Yankees ate bent on their own tU.-uruo
ili.il Ihe I’hUadslpbia Lodger says that the
•t. iuand for the release of Mason and MhU U i*
adding lii.'ult i*i injury, wild uuver will bo acce
ded to. Iho New York i'iima counsels submis
sioti. ‘lho Heraldhu n. ut of the others urge*
war i.o tho knit . Iho Line.-In Congress has
luckily M.xsertcd in the *r<>t g at terms its appro
hutuiu of iho aoi/ure.
fit. Ji IT. Tlioiiipson'i Preilainaliua.
llkai gra riTKita Ist Mii.itary Dis. M. G., I
New Madrid, DecuuibcrH, ImH. j
Fellow Soldier* and Citizen* of Die Ist Military
Dis*n tof Milsouti:
\->u nave rend our Governor's appeal. How do
y--u r* j *nd ? Will riot the tiraveuieu who have
d'-i.i* hj much work, and g.iua-d so much credit
duunjrtti.* past six months rally round the flag
he * beautifully describes, uud maintain tlie re
pulation which our ft lends So kindly aw ard to
us? Caine, hII speak atonic! and let your huri
dcring voice- strike terror to the heart* of those
avhe think we can he conquered, <>r who think
the hardships we have passed (I.r*.ugh have
chilled .ur putriotbui, * r chnnge t our pnuoiplt-a,
I will bo withy -u, through weal or vn, and
the no• bnrltie* will give tin- such pt -tiriuiias you
dt-.-ir*-: whether it will bo among you with my
mi.skct -in my shoulder, or at your bead, leading
you a• I have and n, will be it - you may wish, so
d> not hold Imcic mi my Recount.
Onr v unman-ling general* have promised me
that I mi ay kc |> t. field all ‘inter, and not
be penned up behind embank munt.H. J will be
allowed to rr-Htn .th rough our district, wherever we
iluy tie needed, amt 1 hare permission, that
“when* ver T see h head, l may hit it.”
I have t >BI them that your brave hearts
shall he tny hreashrrke, hi and a lair li.ld and <;kur
sky my furt.
1 have ample prepmatioliH to clothe vndt-quip
all li may enlist, •■ml on lb© day il on tinned
in my ;-..r,craT oidi r No. fl 2, 1 will expt-it you.
Citixun* from other Staten, who desire to servo
wit ti is, wiT be wth iQjcd.
M. JKFF. ‘I II0&I1NS0N,
Brig. <on. C'oiinuauding.
InlMBlin? fr.nn Bciit#.
Aii arrival at New Yoik which left il ivane ou
tho flih inst., reports hs follow* :
The Btitish mail steamer Clyde mot th© Span
ish licit and army within Hti hoim'sml of Vera
Cruz, with fine weather.
‘iio- Mexicans were daily expecting thou Hind
fleet..
The gtueral feeling appealed to he hatred of
Spain.
All feud* were giving way to u sentiment of
united iceiflai.ee to tho common enemy, and the
frequent remuik wa*, ‘if the Spaniards come
atone they will bo heartily welcomed.” No re
si*i*n -e, however, was to hcuiu leat Vera Cruz
or lampico.
Tlifc guuft of tho Castle ol Sun Juh(i do Irilou
were imiiig carried toward. If Mexican tyuip
binis cun be trusted, a decided reristuuco wili be
made to punish invasion.
Fkum tux Ism as N ati oh -We Karo from
M j r George \V. Adair, Quartairiuawler ol Col.
Wane's Cherokee K< guuent,thut Opothh-yh-lo is
vuiriii g slreng'b very fust b> uddiuou* to hi. for
; ces from the Creeks, Cheroko' s and L’.al he it
receiving su)qli©H and retalori cmm’ tr- m Ivan
-u. A large number of Cherokee* living on the
; Verdigris, in the upper portion of tho Nation,
i ,re leaving their houses and c. ming into the
lower part of the Nation for protection.
The federal* in Kansas have furnished the In
dium under Opotldeyholo with new guns and
new wagon*, ticverul of the guns were taken iu
the late fight with them. The wagon* are new,
with iron axle*.
Major Adair think* we may I >ok for fursuy*
soon from the Indiana and .1 ayhuwkers, uud
that tbe withdrawal of the troops and going in
to winter quarters will make them bold and very
troublesome. He thinks we inuy expect trouble
from them soon.
[Fort Emith News, Uth.
The Banks of New Orleans have agreed to
lend the {state four millions at the rat© of eight
per ceuL, to enable it to pay the Confedrate tux
and to meet its own obligations. The hanks are
also willing to advance liberally to tho planter*
for supplies, provided the Legislature will pass
a law making such note* a lieu on the crop and
secure the lien by tsevere'ponaltie*.
Diabolical. — Wo here been reliably Informed
that a Yankee vesselfpassing along oar coast
iu-.ir Vauhgt’a fishery on Friday night last, fired
several times with ball and canister upon those
who bad selected that position Io boll salt.—
Tail m <■< not* for the heavy thundering of artil
; lery which was hoard on that evening, at this
: place. Was ever a more diabolieul and mur
derous outrage commitled upon unoffending citi
zen* than this? What will become of these ma
licious scoundrels when the Confederates 4 are
done with them ? We don’t believe the Devil
would have them, especially, if this yentlsman
posseseea tbe shadow of an honest principle.—
Some may differ with os, but this is our honest’
candid opinion. - Marion Stur.
A.T Stewart, the New.York merchant prince,
has contributed SO,OOO for the aupport of the
North Carolloa fitate Go Vermont, established by
the *arid erabe at Hatiera*.
TII K S (1Y K\\KI(I NT Y U V T 118 NTAT KS.
COUJ VIIHIS, GEORGIA, MONDAV, DMYIIMII 80, 1861,
Mure of ibe SliMI-Msson Affair,
From Hu* Norfblk Day Hook ofthe ‘JOili, we
tiiko the following:
From the Balimore Sun, 18th
Vt r have some additional high’y intt-resling
lorv-ign n-\v* ly tin* steamship* Euro pa and
Oily of Washington the former ul Halifax,
and thi* lat or off Cape Rae. TlieliU*>l Liv
erpool and tes nreto the sih inst.
The London Post says it has been decided
by l he I i\v officers of the crown that the action
ofCnpt. Wilke*, of the Shn Jacinto, was un
j'lstitiidde. He had no right to arrest peacea
ble pas*, ngi-ra sailing under the British flag,
and the devd lie has committed amounts to n
flagrant violation of the code of nations, and
a direct insult to thi* country. Under these
circumstances we need hardly point out that
the government will lose no time in seeking
lo; prompt and complete reparation, which
it is its duty to require. In this case it will
assuredly receive the unanimous approba
lion of public opinion. We are unwilling to
place the worst construction on the outrage
commilU-d by t’upt. Wilkes and to look on it
a* an intentional affront on the part of the
government ofthe United States.
Wo hope, s.iy* tho Pest, that tho government
nil) at oiu-r disavow the act of their officer, nuks
‘iiitabie apob-gie*, and restore theporsons of tho
•;eatlonian arrested, and In fact mako every
compensation in their power. Wild are as are
the w -ids written and spoken by Secretary Sow
war 1, and ruckles- a* tho American policy not
umrequently is, we can hardly suppove that the
Northern States are seriously disposed to accept
war with England.
We have in American waters, including the
Mrx.can e xpedition, and ships already there, a
f. ‘ice amounting to not fur short of one thousand
gin . which could bn largely increased with the
greatest case ami rapidity. In one month wo
could sweep all the San Jiicintos from the sea
blockade the Northern p rts, and turn to a direct
ami -pec.lv issue the tide of war now raging
This is so obvious that wo find it impossible to
uppo.se that tho Cabinet at Washington can com
mit an act so tuadly suicidal ns tn reject our ear
nest ami positive demands.
\ Second ‘‘Hull Run".. .The I'olainar to be Opeuetl.
The Alexandria correspond!nt of th Bulti
uioie NriwsSlu-otw.it©*:
We we:e somewhat B'artled this ni--fning at
won.-r-i. g a second Bull Run in miniature
h.me ftve r. giment* parsed through our town
yesterday evening -n r.uite for Fpringfb Id Sta
tion, w lu-re tiny intend, and locating their camp.
This morningttoy were ell back again, having,
-•aim say run all the way liHcfi- <> hers, that they
returned in the sumo car* that look them out. —
At any rat.-, tiny cauiu buck minus everything—
lenl.s, prov *>ons, arms, Ac. Si me, iu answer to
(piestion-, .ny that they had uiih aded the ears,
i-tu. kid 1 1.. -* r arms, and were about pitching their
ten in, win n the Cons. doratos, with u yell, charged
them, and they broke and ran to town without
firing a gun. spring field is about nine mile*
from here.
It i ininored, with bow much truth 1 cannot
H.y, bat five other regiiuontN were cut *>f! yes
t.-rdny and made prisoner*. You may certainly
look I r stirring news from th * place heb.re long,
us it has b -come absolutely neeessary to the pre
servation ..I the army here that th© Fotoiuae
sln-iild be opened, and I h ive no doubt the
•f! .rt will In- made as Soou us the weather will
pciiuUiho tram portiiti. nos cannon.
Ibe IMfse of Col. Cormrsu,
A New \ t>i k letter, of u recent dale, says :
Judge iJey, of this city, who went on tu
Wai-liing'oii to help inieicede with llie pow
ers that be for Col. Cure .ran, telegraphed this
.if er noon that they have iuul an interview with
the i’reiiident, Secretary of Slate uud General
McClellan, nod that the result is such a* to
justify the expectation that their wish will be
gratified at an early day. There are difficul
ties o| a Mt-r oua character etill iu tlie way, but
it m thought ihey cm be overcome wi hout
making any concessions to the rebels. One of
these difficulties is, that the rebels insist upon
being addressed us the “Government of the
Confederate Staten,” and that in the necessa
ry official papers to be exchanged, Jeff. Davis
shall bo * y.cd ‘ I’resulent.” Mr. Seward,
while .let.-i mined that the rebel* ©Hull not be
gratified iu this particular, in reudy to offer
I Hem inrorinallyNUchun exchange us will prob
ably move them lo abandon the condition*
upon which they tiro understood to insist. Tho
iieco-sury steps to tbi* end have already boon
taken, and should they result in the Colonel’s
release, there will be great joy in every honest
Irish heart, not only in New York, but ull over
the loyal Suites.”
City Guard formed.
Agrotbly tu the request of the Mayor, w
learn that a considerable number of ciiizuus as
sembled at tbe Court House Saturday night, for
tbe purpore of forming a City Guard. The city
was divided into two districts, the first be
ing <• >ujposed of tho fir*t, second and third
wi> 1 : th© second, of the fourth, fifth aud sixth
wiu.Bt F. C Johui-ou wus chosen Captain of
th© first iii.u Mr. ( barleu Fox, Captaiu of tbe
oi.l district. A considerable number have
iilrcaily enrolled themselves member.. ©• th©
Guard,uml th© roll i* stdl opuu furotbei*.— Sun.
Acli and liuululi.m. of l&lil,
We arc indebted to Mr. 11. IL Water*, Hecre
tury of th© l.xeautive Department at Milledge
ville fora neat pamphlet containing tbe Acts aud
Resolution* of general interest passed by the
Lugifllature of Georgia at it* late session, com
piled aud published by himself. Our readers can
obtain copies ol the same for $1 each, by ad
dressing the oompiler at Milledgevillu, .and wo
do not know just.now, in what way that amount
could he m ro judiciously ..expended.
Sf.Miui.AK Acciuxht.—A small child of Mr.
Juine* llolc.mb, of Ruhscll county, Ala., war.
killed by u large turkey gobblor on tbe 11th inst.
lhe turkey apured tho child in the top of the
head, causing instuut death.
The Richmond Whig says it i gratified to be
able to state, ou what it ueeui* good authority,
that tbe Administration will uot disturb Gen,
('rise, but will probably enlarge his command
over tho wholoof tbe Western Department.
Imj’oktan t Fiiom Port Koval—A letter re
ceived iu FbiJadeiphia, say* tho GHxette, from
an officer in the army at Port Royal, dated Hil -
ton Hoad, December 4th, says; “Last night a
fleet arrived in this port yith 2fi,000 troops, bu
vunnah and Charleston will soon be ours.”
No Tkanspek. We learn that the vote wu*
taken on Thursday last, in the First Regiment
of Gen. Harrison’s Brigade, tttato troop*, (Col.
C. B. Harkie) on the queation of transfer to the
Confederate service. The result was four to
one in favor of remaining in the State service.
We understand that the vote in the remaining
Regiment* and Battalions will be equally de
cisive against tranifur.— S'av. Nswi.
(Old Mill S. Fill BAY, DF.IKMBKB27. lHtll
mnm m
The New York Herald put* forth tl.e follow
ing, and n.u di m. re of the same wort, toofoalish
to copy.
The ol.oing paragraph of hn g,-moon* emis
sion reminds us of the ano. d-t© ot tho two smart
hoy* oh frith, r, on out nf their trading
propensitios, looko-t th< ui up*nak©d in an empty
roviiu, a- .1 wti.tfl rvlo- *ed the old man found they
had in ulo ton dollars ua.-h swapping coat* :
“Will England go to war with the United
Slate ? Tho news from Kur. p , wo published
yesterday, has, >n tin* first blush, a warlike as
pect but when it is ih<.roughly am.l\zod, and
when the ehamcn-i olJobn Bull for bluster is
taken into acooum, and tho p-osont oircumstun
ees vs England are well e.-iis dared, there is good
reason tu believe that it is ©n alii nipt on her
part to bluff the Cabinet at Washington, and
chusj it to root* lo Ir.-iu the strong position it has
tak. n, and to upp y a heulit g salvo to the woun
ded honor of her “im-tei r tl .g,” btic i* unoasy
about tl..- lo.s >.f lur n.aritimo Hipretuacy in
Europe, and wii.o. sunder the blow of Captaiu
W tikes, which has made her feel that other na
tions ha\© right* a* well ur she, and are pro
paved lo maintain them at all hazard*. We do
not believe that she can all >rd to go to war with
u*. But whether that bo herconcluai u oruot #
wo w ill not surrender Mason and Slidell in dic
tation to her threats. They were arrested upon
the priticip.es of maritime law, promulgated in
her own c urts and illustrated by her own cx
;tiup! for three quarters of a century, ami hor
stutesiuou utuy us welt dismiss from their mind*
at once all idea of iho Southern Commissioner*
being ever given up to them under any ciruutu*
stauios whatever.
England emnot afford to g > to war with us (
for the coiifliut, sootier or later, would involve
the lots of her West India Islands, of Canada
and tho adjoining province-*, and last and moat
fatal of ail, the lossof Inland, her right arm iu
war, h.-r granary in pcoeo. England cannot go
to war with u* f..r six hundred millions worth of
American sto. k are owned by Briiisii subjects,
which, in t lie event of Ihm l ilitios, would be con
fiscated ; and wo now call upon tho companies
not to Ink© it * If their hand* upon any term*
Bet th© forfeiture bohcl.l over England an a wea
pon t‘n teno-eni.
British subj-ot* have two or three hundred
millions of d.dlais invested in shipping and oth
er pro port y in the I nite.l Slates. All this prop
erty, together with sf*.< ks, would lo seized
amounting t>< nine hun.lr. .1 million in ull. Will
Kng'snd in. ur this treinendoo-* loss tor a mere
ahstraeiiou?
For tho purp* *<• of intimidating us, hlio issue*
a prodnu.H i. ii pr.dubilii g (ho export of *all
p* r , ..mi- <>r ammunition. We have saltpetre
iu ibe Mammoth Cave, in K.utucky, [wonder
who ko paihe key,] and other parts of the coun
try, w Inch, il properly worked, will render us
indept intent I i-.ii> l.m.t und we ean uiiniufac
turo arm* and uiimimqtion for omsc.lvoa. But
in a more vital point she is not squally indepen
dent ..I* us. We can placo an embargo on ull
broadstnfia, mid iheoflvel ot Dntt measure would
be to sturve her po[.ulal :on iu three months
W can prevent hor getting ii pound of cotton.
All slm ©an do in return is to blockade Northern
pun*.
But we jvid . But them against her ourselves
if sbo procuo s mucli further hi her host do course.
Wo ean live independent of her uiol ull th© world.
We have a vast and fertile country, with bound
less reomreo-. and ail that a nation needs within.
Wo could prosper it ve h .and not u single ship and
.v.-ry p .rt was closed. Our own iutornal trad©
in i manufactures wool 1 be ample to sustatu a
iuig>- no-; e mtilo ela.-s. Not so with England.”
Didwiko W. regret to leiwn that Mr. Ja*.
L. Grugg, a iii.-iuhur of Gio Auvaunah V.dun
ier Guards, was drowned at Green Island on
Saturday a tornoon, wta Iu endeavoring to ro
('ovur u bout that bud drilled from th© battery #
Wo h ive been unable to learn the particulars of
i iio *ud occurrence. Tho body had not been ro
e v. red yestt r.lny morning Thu deceased was
a favorite in the corps, to which he was warmly
attached. II is lulu comrade*, with a largo circle
of relatives and friends, will deeply deplore his
unt in* ly death - Snv. Nrws 2 'Ad.
Arhxst ok Hun. Khwaku Stanlkv.—The
Petersburg Express suy* iiiformution has been
received in that city, via Mmia-sa*, that the
Hull. Kdwurd Btauley, and hi* nephew, C'ttpt.
Kabins Stan ley, IJ. S. N., have been arrested
ul .San Francisco und lodged in jail. Those
gentlemen ore unlives of.North Carolina, and
it was til-peeled by the miserable Lincoln
and ftpntistn that they were about to return to
tbo State* for tbe purpose of resuming their
re-idence in the South. The lion. Edward
Stanley represented one ofthe North Carolina
.listriots in the Federal Congress for many
years.
Wasiiiroton, Dec. y The Government ha*
decided to release as many rebel prisoners of war
a* they will release of ©ura. All those in Boston
have been grien pormiHi<>n to go to Richmond
on tho condition tlmt th. y do not take up urms
against this Government unless duly exchanged
<>r released, nod tho s one tiling will ho done with
all the prisoner* of war wo now h. Id, |but not
to include the State prisoners or those taken in
tho North.
War Movkmk.nt* in Canada. —Iu compli
ance with orders from home, Sir Fenwick Will
iams, (.-',mmuuder of tho British forces in Canadu,
now numbering about 100,000 men, has recalled
all the absent officers, has brought Ids troop* un
dor his immediate supervision, and I* bringing
tlt out to a high state of efficiency.
-
An Incident.—Chas. J. Faulknor, in pasting
G.rmigh Baltimore, found one of his little negro
/iris in the stroots there, that had been stolon by
tl a VoadaD from his house, und brought her
along with him to Richmond, via Fortress Mon
roe. No objection* was made
L'ltii Gkokuia Rkoimknt.—The 13th Georgia
Regiment, under Col. Ector, arrived at Hhviiii
vatinub on the 22J, and encamped near tho pa
rade ground.
Kiiom Below. -We understand that on last
Thursday, while one of tho Federal steamer*
wus discharging ut ‘J'ybee, tho English riffo
gun was brought to bear upon hor. Throe shot*
wore !ire<i with groat prevision. Finding the
place too for her, she lost no time in moving
off to a safer and stance.— Bav. Sews, 23.
Th# Henato of Tennessee bus passed a bill au
thorizing tho Governor to seize all the salt in the
Btat# on sale, whenever, In his opinion, The pub
lic neeussities require it, tbe owner to be paid a
just price from the State Treasury, fixed either
by agreement or by a jury of freeholders. Either
party is to have tbe right of appeal us to price to
the courts. It is made a high misdemeanor to
reuiovo salt from the State, or utherwisu evade
the law. Tho bill appropriates SIOO,OOO to carry
its provisions into effect.
OpiniuDi of liu 1 English I'rns,
[From tho London Times, Nov. 28. J
It requires n strong effort of self-restraint to
discuss with coolness tho intolligcnoo.we pub
lish to-day. An Engl sh mail Hlmuuor, sailing
under tho British flag, and currying letters and
passengoi* from a Sp nish port to England, has
been stopped ou tho high sous and overhauled.—
Four of tho possongors have been taken out aud
oarried off as prisoners, churning, aud vaiuly
claiming, as they were being forced away, tho
proteotion of the flag of Great Britain. Thesoaro
tho naked facts. Wo put out of sight tho ac
cidents thut the four guiitlcmt-u thus kidnapped
were accredited with a diplomatic mission from
tho Confederate {States ol Amriou to tho courts
of Europe, und also the peremptory manner in
which the Federal frigate acted in making hor
seizure. The intention of th# Federal Govern
uieut oviduiiily was loud upou their strict right*
and to do ho in us little ceremonious a manner as
might be. If they are justified by their rights as
belligerents in what they huvu done, the manuor
of doing it is u mere question of good or bad
tas'o, If a rude fellow claims his rights course
ly, wo mnst yet give him his rights ; und, if we
would uot find ourselves in the wrong, wo
must uot quarrel with him ou uccouut of his
ill manners.
Is it, then, true that auy officer of the Ameri
can navy cun stop And overhaul our ships wher
ever they may bo fouud, and tuko out of thorn
uuy person whom he may claim to boa citizen
of the Uuitod Slates or. dicers of the Confederate
Government ? If wo were to admit tho Fed
eral view of their position it would be plain that
uo such right exists. They tell us that they are
not at war, but ure only putting down a rebell
ion. They say, or sai.l, that they are uot block
ading their own ports, but aro simply’ enforcing
a law which has closed the Fouthuru ports as
ports of entry.
They insist upon putting their quarrel upon
the same ground as if the Queen of England
were putting down a rebellion iu the Isle ol
Wight. Now if this were so, it is clear that tho
Federal States of America have, in stopping
our mail steamer, been guilty of an uot of tig
gression which could only be properly punished
by laying an embargo on tnery Amuriuun ship
in British ports and sweeping their littlo navy
from tho sea*. They would, according to their
point of view, not be at war, uud would huve
none of the rights of belligerents over ncutra's.
They would uo more be belligerents than wa*
England alter the celebrated Smith O'Brien bat
tiu|iu the catdnige garden, und they would have
no more right to slop our ship* and oarry off’
our passengors than wo should huvu had to stop
a l-'reucb Bliip and tnko Mr. Smith O'Brien out
ofher. Butthis assumption of lhn # Kodoral Go
vernmunt ha* lieun dihulluwe.l. The world gen
reully has refused to . oe in ibis disruption aud
rb<nuhtiuotion of the North American republic
a mere rebellion. Wo have recognized both re
publics as belligerent Slate*. We oeolar# neu
trality betweeu tiu-m as between two warring
powers. Wu mote out a precise degree of equal
consideration for the ships of-war of each.
In everything tint our diplomacy wo bear our’
selves,exactly equal between them. Whenever
the .Southern Stale* shall have given proof of
suoh stability as may make it siiro that they can
sustain their indepcndeU'Owe ©hull doubtless re
cognize them diplomatically, nu wo nlrea.ly do
de/ucto. This is the testnppliod by all tho wri
ters on international law. To support a claim to
enter into the comity of nations the only proof
required of any people is that they aro uhlu to
make their independence respected. Kings and
Emperors, uud even Dukes and electors, havo
sometimes refused to reoognimi the Government,
for th© time being, of Eng.and, or France, or It
aly, hilt only to their own ultimate ridicule. Wo
have already recognized these L’onfe.tcrato Sta'e*
as a belligerent power, and we ©ball, when the
time comes, ruoogniee their Government; there
fore w lihvo imposed upon oursiives all thodu
tlos and inconvenii-cc-H of a power ucutrul be
tween two bellgerem*.
The Retie*.
Th# review c p Gen Harrison’s Brigade yester
day, ou the Parade Ground, in rear of tho city,
wu* a most gratifying spectacle, and was,witncs
sod with evident satisfaction by u very large
number of our citizens. Thu corps comprising
the various regiments exhibited a proficiency of
drill both in tho manual and their marching
and field evolutions rarely attained by volun
teers, and which wo have nevor seen oqualod by
troops who had only been a few mouth* in ser
vice.
Tho regimoniul exorcises reflected much
credit upon both men und offh-ers. Tho follow
ing regiments compose General Harrison's
Brigade :
Ist Regim* nt—-Col. (J. B. Harkie.
2d Regio- —Col. Wui. Jlarkulou.
ti h Regime©’ Col. Geo. P. Harrison, Jr.
♦ith Regie.on .—Col. W. Henderson.
Ist Independent B .ttalion—Maj. W. A. Hubs.
Bibb Cavalry—Capt. A, M. Lockett.
The regiments are .-'imposed of tho flower of
our Georgia yeomanry, head, heart and hand de
voted to tho cause of their ceuutry, and are offi
cered by patriotic, spirited and accomplished
otlk-ors, who, like the men whom they command,
have loft professions, pursuits and tho enjoy
ments of home >o defend the soil of Gtmrgiu from
vandal iuvusion and pollution. A* we beheld
them iu martial array, wo oould but contrast
them with tbe base hirelings whom they are to
ineot, and us we surveyed their manly forms and
looked into their ifitelligeut, resolute faces, we
had at once the explanation why <>ur Georgia
regiments won ruiiown on every field. The State
is unconquerable that has such defenders—Atoo.
unnah Sea s, 20/ h.
Four Thompson. - Tho first regular fortlftoa
tioo erected by tho Cofedorate authorities in Mis
souri lias been completed ut New Madrid; und
in honor of tho übiquitous .Ltl. >,** been named
FortThorapson. An imposing array of tho for
ces at the post a list of the rogiim ntn compo
sing which, ulthough fiirni*h(.d us, wo deem it
improper to publi.-b—passed in review befor Gov.
Jackson arid staff. The Governor, in the pre
sence of the troops, and a largo croud of ludio*
uml gentleman, delivered one ot hi* usual happy
and eloquent speeches on the occasion, which
was received by the soldier* and citizen* with
fr>|untsheers. G* n. Thompson also addres
sed the command, with {whom his popularity is
unbounded. He wus followed by Col. Gantt, of
Arkansas, and tho ocreinonie* of occasion olosod
iu tho most felicitous manner. Os the character
ofthe works, of oourse wo cannot speak, only
to meiiMon t butt hoy are such iih will, while de
fended by tho bravo spirit* now at tho post, be
impregnable against an attack from any approxi
mating numerical force of tbe enemy. Mom/i/iis
A), pull, ] Hth.
Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, bna mad© a s port
to Iho Legislature that up to tho 2Uth ultimo,
18,1812 volunteer* had been recruited in Ken
tucky for the Federal army. The expenditures
ofthe Military Board to the same duteamounted
to $1,845,680,51.
Our exchange* are circulating a statement that
fifty or sixty of th© Federal prisoners of war in
jail here have taken the onth to tho Considerate
Government and joined our army. Wo can not
hco bow such a report got abroad, for It is entire
ly untrue.— N. 0. Delta.
We copied the statement, we think, from the
New Orleans Correspondence of the Southern
Confederacy.
A Kradimi in lb. Ilnl-Bnl of Linctln.
The Now Bedford (Mass.) Mercury, hitherto
one of tho most rabid war journal* has chunged
it* tono since the battle of'Munnussa Plains.—
That paper says :
Lt cannot be donio.l that’wo are disappointed
at the formidable aspects the rehellicn had As
sumed. Wt thought to have suppressed It in a
few weeks, and supposod tho South would yield
at oneo before the enthusiastic rush of the Union
men to arms of the Government. We
havo mudo a mistnko in our estimate of tho
strength of tho rebels; have wo made anothor
in the confidence wo have placed ip our own?—
Is it truo that the {South curries with her the
sources of cortnin failure, or shall wo not rather
be compelled to yield to hor demands, not a* a
matter merely ot policy and self-interest, but
sheer necessity ?
Is not tho struggle assuming new features, and
instead of being a contest for tho preservation Os
the Constitution, is it not growing into a war of
subjugation, iu which the course first marked ou t
by tho Government will be abandoned by tho
necessity of ovouts ? Is there auy longer a rca
*onable hnpo, after tho bitter strife of States and
the shedding of fraternal blood, .that the Union
oau over bo restored to its former position ?
A correspondent of the B >stou Courier, writing
from Worcester couuly, Matsaohuse ts, says :
The war is not popular, even in Worcester
county, and I find tho pcoplo ready to bring it to
an oud by auy means consistent with honor and
patriotism.
The troubles with tbo leaders h&s been that
they were not far-seeing men. Thoy neither
knew tho tvuipor of the Foutb, nor foresaw the
oonsequonce of thuir policy.
This change in sentiment—if it be a change—
is tho result of an examination of the question*
in dispute, and tho discovery that the contro
versy could have been settled without a resort of
arms.
This bulk of opinion seems to be that the Un
ion is dissolved fora time ; that tho Gulf States
(subjugation being admitted to bn out of lhe
question) will not come buck for the present.—
Men who voted for Lincoln say this ; and it is
painful to hear gentlemen express their willing
ness to “let them slide.” Among those who are
in sliding inood, nre many who own great facto
ries which loom up all through tho towns iu this
country, conspiciou* us the churches, und just
now quiet as on days uot ’given to labor. The
owners of those factories found their chief mar
ket nt the South. I find ©very where a distrust
of the future, and a four of poverty and long
suffering.
EAST TIMES l\ TEXAS.
Capt. lloht. Jennings, of thi* city, yesterday
received a lottor from a friend in Texas, written
on tho Ist of December, from Prairie Loo, which
furnishes us with information of the condition of
tilings generally in that portion of Texas. The
Mexicans aro buying tbo cotton from the Tex
an*, paying y a I” -, por i omul, in gold. Th©
Texans procure tho bagging and rope from the
Mexicans, nnd everything is at moderate prices.
That portion of TANARUS \ - is well supplied with
gold and silver currency.— Provisions are plenti
ful, at very low prio B—pork being only four
cents por pound, and corn thirty cents per bush
el.
Dry goods cau bo pnehased in the little towns
at prices which would astonish tbo people in the
older Slates of tho Confederacy. There is no
disposi ion lo buy up everything for sale and
run up prieos.
Tho people of Texua have not felt the rifeefe
of tho wnr in tho leust. They are weil supplied
witn provieiuus, clothing aud rnonoy, uud are
progressing as happily u_if there was but on©
Prusidoutou this continent.
Texas, just at ihi* time, maybe regarded as
the “garden spot” of America. One gentleman
says he handies more gold there in one duy than
be would bundle in Memphis in a year. He
, could do that und th u not handle a great deal.
Wo doubt whether thero is u twenty dollar gold
picco in Memphis.— ULmphi* A/jfut.
(ieneral Price.
The great value of the services of Gen. Price
in Missouri, is shown by tho inability ofthe
Lincoln forces to umvo down the Mississippi.—
Hu is in foot, tbo dragon guarding tho llosperi
des of our Confederacy. A lotter dated, Cairo,
November 2Uth, published in tho Cincinnati
Commercial, says:
The forward movements of Price iu Missouri,
indicate clearly their strutegy, the same which
so far bus been so successfully carried out. The
strategy is to keep the uimy ol the Mississippi,
or at least tho rnuiu portion of them, actively
employed iu Missouri, running after Price aud
his subordinate generals. This prevents them
from descending the Mis-issippi and carrying
the war into Africa, atthe u.uno time giving the
rebels of Tuunessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, aud
Louisiana, that all-important military advan
tage—time. They want time to fortify, to cast
cannon, to raise money, to conceutrute their
forces, and also tu discipline them, ull of which
they are gaining by ibm>e diversions of General
Price, it may be sat. ly said that Gen. Price
bus done fur more lor ibe Southwestern rebel
cause limn all other generals combined.
Hit* MDnfar[ure of Anns.
Tbo Legislature, at it* late session, appropria
ted $360,0tM) for the manufacture uud purchase
of uriuH.
Tho act make* it tha duty of the to
puichuse all thu. machinery, tools and implements
uecusEury to tbe manufacture of arms, which
machinery shall be put up in tho Penitentiary,
and put into operation us soon a* possible. The
Governor is required to employ (belabor of con
victs as far as possible, ‘end to seouro the ser
vice* of un Armorer and {Superintendent, and as
many muster-workmen and urtisans a* may
bo necessary, aud ut such salaries as ho may
shiuk proper.
Hu is also authorized to put machinery for tho
purpose into operation at other points, if he
1 think* proper to do so — So. Confederacy.
Gun Si.kii/hs in Canada. It i* Mated that
ilie Canadian troop* have had anew addition
to their Niimiiuurit ot a curious character.-
Fearful lliat un attack might bo mudo upon
tHum during the winter ul which lime tHo
snow lio* deeply upon tho ground for inuny
1 week*, and that thereby their moveable artille
ry might bo rendered comparatively useless—
contract* have boon made for building gun
sleigh*. Olio of those contracts Im* recently
boon awarded to a carriage building firm in
t Montreal.
The Nashville Union A American of the 22d,
say*:
It was ruumrod in tho city yesterduy that a
oolumn of the enemy, nine thousand strong, aro
advancing from (Jrout river, upon Hopkinsville,
which is defended by the Division of (Jon. Chas.
Clark of Missis*ippi.|lt is stated that.Gcn Clark’s
scout* reported to him that thi* column crossed
Green river at Calhoun on Wednesday, and are
i advancing.
i Geo. Clarke will give thorn as warm a rooep
tion aa they could wish for.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, I
JAMES W. WARREN, < Edltor *
Number 52
Your Paper will be Stopt.
It is our purpose to discontinue,
on the first of January-, 1868, the’
papers to onr subscribers who aro
in arrears; a mark around iliis will
be notice to all such. We shall be
glad to replace them oil on our list
on the reception of arrearages and
one years advance pay.
Stale Troops Tumnl Ovrr.
The Charleston Mercury of the 20th lays:
“We are authorised nnd requested to gtato
that all the troops in South Carolina, and all
corps us tho same, have boon either mustered into
Cotifoderatft sorvico, or uxprossly ordered l*y the
Governor k to report directly to the Corffeflcrato
General commanding; and that there is no force
in service at any point, but what is under the
direct command of Confederate Generals.”
From which it appears that Governor Pickens
does not think or act like Governor Brown.
A Sulemu Waruing.
Two members of the First Louisiana Battalion
recently executed by order of Gen. Johnston,
for striking thcii a burd warning for
soldiers and all others. Their lust words wore :
“Toll our comrades that liquor was tho cause
of our troublo, und exhort them to luuvo it alone.”
A correßpoi.deut us tho Petersburg Express
writing from Suffolk, in reference to the promo
linn of Col. Maxcv Gregg, (now Brigadier Gen
eral) adds :
Nearly all tbe IroubieCoL Gregg had here re
sulted from inU-uipoiaiicOjUfid he ha* boon quite
severe upon liquor sellers. Col. Pryor, I learn,
is making short work with tho liquorstllors about
Bmitbiiold, having ordered a oousidrable quunti*
ty of liquor to bo poured into the street. Tho
use ol iutoxicuting dr.riks is doing mure to de
moralize our soldier* than everything ©iso com -
bined. Oh ! what uu evil i* liquor-making
liquor selling und liquor drinking. It is more
to bo dreaded than Line In’* (530,000 hireling*.
Thk Roll ok Inkamy.—Tho
tions havo been offered iu tho I ou.-e ol It. pro
stititativos of thu South Carolina Legislature:
Whereas, it has been deemed appropriate, a
an incentive to patriotic devotion iu tin- pu iTic
service to record evidences of Legislative ap
probation of meritorious contluul ou tho part of
officer* of the navy and army, claiming to bo
oitizensof South Carolina; and whereas, iu tho
.•pinion of this Legislature, it is equally* appro
priate to stamp the seal of reprobation upon act*
of treachery and desertion, and to record the
infamy of those officers, who in ihuhotirof need,
have abandoned their {jtafe and adhered to hor
eheinies, therefore,
Resolved, That the General Asstmbly of Bouih
Carolina considers those officers of the Army
and Navy, who, while claiming to-be citizens of
this State, have continued in tbe service of tHo
United States, pending tbe wicked and cause
less war of that p->wer against the State to
which their allegiance is due, and the Immcs and
hearthstone*, tho prosperity, property and lives
of their fellow citizens, as false ft carted traitor*
-fnlstt alike to tho instincts of nature nnd polit
ical obligation. ■ •/’ v’
Resolved, That wo recordriU Infamous, forth©
execration of posterity tbe names of—Wtliiatn
Branford Cornoliu* titribling, Cap
tains in tho IJuited States Naxy, Percivul Dray
ton, Henry K. Hoff, John J. Mi.'union, Charles
Steedumn, Edward Middleton, Henry Kulaudo,
Couiinuudcr* in the Uni od ,-tat-s’Navy; Ilenrir
C. Flagg, John F. /iuimumtd, C. /S. Lovell U*
8. Army.
Insanitt ok Gkn. William T. Biii.nMAN.r~
The late rommsmUir of llio Department of tho
Cumberland evinced evidences of In*unjty before
he loft tho city, und t hese led to bis Bupercedure.
Tbe Cincinnati Commercial states that at one
time he telegraphed to the Wnr defmrtmont threo
times in one dtiy for permission to bvacuuto Ken
tucky uud retreat iuto Indiana. Jie also, on
several occasions, gave ucoouuts ot the overwhel
ming force of Buckner, and asHorted that Loois
ville could nut bo defended. The retreat from
Cumberland Gap w.wj one of hi* mad freak*.—
When reliaved from the command in Keutucky,
he was sent to Missouri aud placed at the head
of a brigade ut gedulia, where thu .shocking fact
that be was a madman was developed, by orders
that bis subordinate knew to he preposterous und
refused to obey. He has, of course, been relieved
altogether from command. —Louisville Journal.
KrrECT ok Lincoln’s Mkssaoic.—A private
letter from Nushvillo to us, dated tho 15th inst., -
says:
“John McDowell, member from Greene, Andy ;
Johnson’s county, and of Greenville Convention ?
notori jty, made a speech in the House of Repro~
sentutives, >f the Tennesson Legislature, ou tho
Ilth inst., in which he declared that Lincoln’s
mcHSHgo and Cameron's report hail driven overy
vestige of Uniouisiu out of him, aud absolved
Eat Tennessee from Aid allegiance to the old
Federal Government, lie oarno out fully, fairly
and squarely for tho bomb. His speech elicited
the rapturous applause of tho House.”— Jle/ophta
Aypeal.
The army correspondent of the Havannah Re-
Igiblican, in his lottor of the Hfih inst., says:
“Lieut. Col. Linton Stephens, of tho 19th Regi
ment, Georgia Volunteer*, has been forced to re
sign hi* office on account of had health. Thus
tho service loses a good officer, and tho urtuy un
enlightened supporter.”
It ksi un ano vs in thk Aiimv.— The Fun feder
al.) Department hus determined to adopt tho uni
form rule ol refusing to u c pt the resignation*
of c-mimistdonod oflhurs in the army, unless un
©vldenco of disability, furnished in a Burgeon'*
certificate, or lor special re.i-on* within the dis
cretion of the Feoretary of War.
The hruve little steamer Theodora, which hi*
won for her name so prominent a place in the
bietory of the Confederate htales, says tbe Char
leston Mercury, is still “b .hiring around” on tho
high seas. A dispatch from Capt. Thomas
Lockwood Announces that ho ha* arrived safe,
“as usual,” in the (I mrishing Confederate sea
port of , after pay lug a flying visit to seve
ral foreign land*, and running half a doles times
under the very none* of tho Yankee cruisers.
Pan SON A i,.—Capt. W. H. Crisp, the veteran
thoatrieal manager of the Boutb, arrived In this
oity yesterday evening from Munasoas. Shortly
after tho breaking out of the war ho forsook tho
mlrnlo representations of tho stage, and for seven
month* past has been In active service us com
mander of the Pixio Artillery. He comes to
Richmond on official business.— Kick. Din.
Sknatokial Klxction, —Jnimm M. n ulcer,
nnd A. F. Maxwell, on the 17th inst., were
elected C. 8. .Senator# from Florida.
It is said that [August Belmont the grant
millionaire and hankor, hux ordered the sale of
hi* real estate in New York, ad does not iuleml
to return to the Unitcd.SUtfts.