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COLQI ITT & W VUHKW Proprietors. 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.