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Ciir Joseph Clis
ISBY.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M, JANUARY 10, 1862.
« j ls i FEDERAL FUSTIAN.
>ut iought old Harvey Brown, of Fort
it tJ a sober-sided, matter of fact man, but
'bad a- the rest of them. The spirit of
. ’Je and braggardism has possessed the
j[ al Yankee nation, and they will do as
n gaining a peculiar re| utatiou for them*
in one year as the Chii ese have in two
"rid. Brown’s official report is dated No-
it 25th. The a-siult on Billy Wilson’s
[ had stirred up ids soul, but he explains
ejjxth the raa-ons why he had to nurse his
i/>, anil defer the attack. But says he “an
Lsuit to the H ig of my country could not by
le be passed unnoticed.” lb- then details the
'lit of two days, but like Milton in his coll
ets lietwe. ii the Celestial and internal powers,
a good deal puzzled to point out any tangible
■ults of the fight He thinks, however, that
ruck up considerable of a conflagration in
u and W»mngt‘ n. silenced Fort McRae
i ery perceptibly “slackened the tiro of
’tyanoas," and then quit after “all the ends
■opoied had been attained, except one, which
/ud impracticable with my present means.’
t do not,” says be “d. em it advisable further
■ continue the fire, unl> ss the enemy *hink it
ijpar to do so, when l shall meet him with
< i ty ! 1 tie attack on ‘Billy 'Vslson s camp,
attempted attack on my natturies, and the
,ult to our glorious Hug. have been fal • v anil
avenged. 1 have no menus id know-
ve no dispo
se. to gue-s at it.
very heavy
55tvery^‘*«.
liaVdiliood toP
their ins
•his
"V
ing to our
iveiV telegraphic picture
.ticoln government “eating dirt” at the
d of her Majesty, the Queen of tireat
Mr. Seward, it is true, tries his best
j to the repast with a courtly grace,
put the w hole business on the high
/of respect lor American usage and patri
°V;ti. Th ■ time-honored principle of free
°V the seas for whiefi America fought in
must be maintained. The capture of
i and Miifell was rigni in itself—Only
wrong* in respect to English inuir-
' international law, but obviously
when judged by the principles main
by the United States in the war of 181*.
tho part ot adherence and devotion to
j principles, there lore, to surrender the
iiiseHinors, which he hereby does.
iu British in nisier rates at its true value
lofty flourish of master Sew.rl, who is
ly told that his wordy missive shall be
warded to the Home Government. It is no
t of I. ird Lyons’ duty to take care of Ame-
n politics. He accepts the act of surren-
the excuse for making it is no part of bn
Financial Prospects of XMncoIndom.
I he Daily Memphis Appeal, speaking upon
this subject, says:
- Secretary Chaae has confessed that if the war
continues even until the 1 t of July next, the
public debt of tiie Federal Government will be
$516, MR, 802 ! and if one year longer, he esti
mates it at $000,000,000! Wli*n the North
ern people read this report (observes the Louis
ville Courier in alluding t' it) and compare the
e..ormous expenditures of the government with
its performances, it must excite reflection and
serious and grave inquiry. What is it for f—
Where is it to et d ? What has been done ?
Wfiat is to come of it?
II the war shall continue till July 1st, I860,
the people of the >»■ rib. ruined by the mere
ments ol armies and t ie depression of trade,
and ground Jo the earth hv such taxes os are
now imp-wed upon them, will find themselves
burthom-d, according to Mr. Cliase’s estimate,
with a debt ol *'j0t).oo0,000, hearing nearly
eight per cent, interest. To pay this interest
will require about $70.000,u00 annually—a
peruetu I tax greno-r then that now imposed,
which wi I not realise that amount If provis
io' is made to discharge the principal of that
debt by creating a sinking luud, the annual
tax w‘ill have to he incr. *>ed so at to yield
annul $10i 1,000,00", and kept at that rate for
thirty years! And this, of course, exc.usivv
of the ordinary «-x lenditures of t e govern
mem. which may be set down at $lO0,0o(>,Ou0
a year.
Mr. Chase, however, is much under the mark.
He b»s, it is true, been compelled t make a
startling exhibit, b it his interest was to show
no more than he was compelled to. N6r do
we be ieve that the largest estimates of even
Southern men come up to actual resu ts as they
will he exhibited when the war is closed, an
all the claims and accounts come to h - presented
We have only to refer to the Mexican war in
Uuslralion, and wo tniuk history wiil establish
••Ver yet waged, the expenses
•$&)*-*' cod .ill . i . \ r.
id writer in the Raleigh Standard makes
billowing figures:
With the present debt of tbe United States,
the account of that government tor the ye r-
1861 and T862 would stand as follows :
Present debt $610,000,000
Interns! for two years 85,400,0<>o
Debt tor 1802 730,JiKI,i On
Interest for one year &1,100,000
This'will make the debt of tho United States
at the enu ol uro years, paying, as they do, a
rr.fi) ol i terest at 7 per cent., the enormous i
sma oi one billion tour hundred and sevemv-
Fron the Memphis Ap -cal.
Bowling Green the Rsttlc Ground.
The vigorous effort that is being made to ex
pel the Confedeiate army fiom Central Ken
tucky, does\iOt attract that degree of a’tention
frbm our people which its vast importance de
serves. They have been thrown into panics so
frequently by set sation dispatches from impc
luous military commanders, and have had the
nocturnal repose of their families disturbed to
such an extent by startlingaddreses emanating
from Well-intentioned bet neivously disposea
old gentlemen, that the cry of “wolf” makes
but little impression at the present time upon
their impervious sensibilities. Nevertheless
e movements that are rapidly transpiring in
Kenlueky, certainly indicate a speedy advance
ol the Federate upon Gin. Johnston’s army at
Bowling Green. A column qKiver sixty thou
sand men has crossed the Ohio river at Louis
ville, and is pr- ssing steadily cr.’mrd towards
the South. The army of Gen. Buell, now in
the department oi Kentucky, according to the
testimony ol the St. Louis Democrat, numliers
one hundred and ten thousand strong, and our
aiest advices represet l that it is receiving i.ai-
ly accessions.
*»The late proceedings of llie Federal Congress*
fo.a shadow the policy of the Lincoln aduunis
ir twn regardin . the war in Kentucky. The
hid appropriaiing thirty millions ol dollars to
r is twenty thousand twelve months’ volunteci *
as au additional force for Buell's division, pas
s' d the House of Represent: tires several days
since, and was sent up to the Senate with a
la.r pio-pect of Is Coming a law. This move
ment, it successful, will increase tho Federal
forces in Kentucky to 130,000, which c;m be
-tiengthei.ed still mnrj by another reinforce
ment of 90,000 from the camps of Illinois, Indi
ana and Ohio, al any moment they are meted,
fe e temper ot the Congressional dt bate on this
b II, show s that tbe evident purpose ol theenc
u y is lo make the West the great theater of
the impending conilicL, and that the 20,000
u.eu which Adjutant General llionias deemed
inCessary " r the reclamation o Kentucky, will
he raised, it necessary, at th -expense ofa draft
0,1 Motflolluii or ItuKoiaiana
Tne original determination of the enemy to
a Ivar ce simulunieuusly upon Columbus and
B nvlingGie ,-n—whicu was proliably entertain
e 1 a iiiomh ago -seems noin all we can learn
t bo now abandimi ! A very startling rumor
his reached them, and be n puMisbeii in their
pipir-witu much ne: vous anpiehoiision, that
t ie reticls have been | :u ling tin r o rpedoes,
submarine batteries, and various other internal
ri achines. below Cairo in the bed of the Missis-
s ppi river, and so powerful has lieen the moral
eject of the intelligence that forthwith the gun
i i steamboat pi iota deserted by scores, and tho
in -in.ng lew relus d to mu hi the down ri-
ARRIVAL FROM THE LINCOLN FLEET.
We had the pleasure yesterday of a visit from
Capt. John Stevenson, of the schr Lucy R.
Waring, alias Albion, who has just spent sev
eral weeks in duress on board the Lincoln fleet
at Port Royal. The capture of the Warm
.vas noticed briefly a few days after it occnrre
We gather the following particulars from the
Captain:
The Waring was bound from Nassau for
Savannah, with an assorted cargo, and sailing
under the British flag. Off the mouth of the
St. Johns, 23-! November, she was overhauled
by the U. S. frigate St Lawrence, who, after
hoarding, allowed her to depart, hut followed
her until Ihe ?4th; on the 25th she found her
self north of Port Royal. The Waring then
concluded her only chance -was to put in at
North Edislo, ami thither she bore her course
WAR MOVEMENTS.
The follow ing Associated Press despatch, for
some reason unknown, did not reach n? yes
terday*: |
Nashville, Jan. 2nd.—The Bowling Green
j] , correspondent of the Nashville Union A. Amcr
ican says that the Federate, after advancing to
Horse Cove, hav ; . withdrawn to Miimfonteville.
The Confederate forces have also fallen back to-
By Electric
Richmond, 2i$—A private des]
Mobile to-day saps that Pieayune B
Ship Island. Ttts Federals arc in rtDtuin
session of Biloxi,, and probably intend t
cupy all the towns on the coast. They capj
tured two canntn at Biloxi, but no smal
wards Bowling Green and are now near Bell’s They have landed from five to seven
I avtrn, but still moving South, destroying the ,
----- J 6 is ».—*.. j w fll probably attempt to
kson, Miss.
railroads as they fall back.
The tunnel near Cave City was blown up on
the 27th ulfi, by order of, the military author
ities, anil t!ie railroad track had been destroy'
ed forseveral in lies. The Federate a’ e remov
ing the rails from the track North of Cave
and obstruetin■_■ the different roads leadi,
on th-night oi the 24th. When about enter- Muinfordsvifie by felling trees and oi
Ing llie nox^piori^j jr, <lay:Ji|'hf. revaaled the U.
S. steamer Penguin just ahead lying quietly un
der the beach. The schooner immediately
tacked about and put to sea, the Penguin in
structiorv
An early engagement is not mot
than it was three months ago.
Torn Crittenden had fallen b ejf
hot pursuit. Some seven shot were fired from houn, where he was preparm - to p
the Lincolnite, and she finally overhauled her
prize about twelve miles out.
The Waring was taken to Port Royal, and
subsequently sent to New York. The crew
were placed on hoard the flag ship Wabash,
and about a week afterwards, ill, except Cap
tain S., wire sent to New York on boird the
steamer Vam erbilt. Capt. S. was retained,
ter quarters. *• warmly
These arc movements we do not eompt Jiowjss,
but if the despatch is truo we may dismiss all*
expectations of an important tight in Kentuc
ky lor some time yet.
Meanwhile there is a newly arising probabil
ity ol some important movements on the Po
from his earnest entreaties to be allowed to join toinac, sod the indications on the Carolina
his family, who were in ill health and without . . , , , , .
. •’ „„ . . coast point clearly to stormy events. I p to
a protector. I hey promised to land l.nu, as he , .
understood, but lie w as' kept until Monday last, l * ,t; l ir t'- s v |1 t writing (six o clock in the evening)
when he was allowed to purcliase a row-boat | we have not received a solitary telegram to-
ird is not the fi(lt man who has ti ied lo
jriue of necessity, but it may well be
ever made a more awkward at
F or a more; decided failure in the iftfl—
i.e mean to jih ad ignorant* of that settled
•an policy which he says was "violated'
k .. i 1 M-P.in and Siidcllt-—)
approves” anil -‘to vindicate which
•ed Slates went to war with England I
were tho commissioners held
than a month, until th< ir
Tiriually demanded V W by was
fulress offettd on the iiista .t it was dis
Ld that this policy bad been ■•violated.’
ol this policy jusli ed and ro
under gfttr the demand, how
"dhl it bt/bre a formal requirement
land should embarrass the surrender,
* ie color of yielding to fear, what Mr.
1 is so anxious to represent was due to
American usage ?
r. Seward, is it jui-.-ihle tha* these
g suggestions of » hat w as due to vio-
erican policy, which you “approve,”
3d never have occurred to you in their full
until Mr. Bull had presented the distinct
i of surrender the commissioners or
Is John Bull to teach you what is due
lated” American policy •
•d a mouth of jH-rsistint wrong
rlention <4 lie > .imn --'a.nets to salis
jlly as to the over ruling authority
mi policy and statesmanship” U: this
liv did you w.iit a few days longer in
. to yield to n.mac : and apprehension
t you avow was soclaarly due to the policy
'honor of your government ? \i s this
,onn policy and sUlaeniansi.iji, too -
to underatand 'hat the Commissioners
;,l li.ve bee-a released without tho demand!’
Jd it not have been ftw lucre creditable if
-Stead of this flimsy pretext h. cover a retreat
lich can j'eceive no or.r>, your government
id dls'ini W acknowledged that it yielded lo
•cessitv, wuat it would not have voluntarily
on ceded.
The whole of this special and clumsy plea
•My a£r mates the humiliation. It can satis-
nooody—it will not sweeten the bitter and
uuiiliatingdose to Yankee pride, white it will
ail the lip and raise the d-rislv* smile ujx.r
-try British thco. And v by T For the very
i\ ious reason that it is the strongest acknowl-
Igmeiit by Sew ard and tlie Liucolu goveru-
ent that they feel bumtlia'eil by the course
real Britain ha.- compelled them to Like—
liey feel they have been "baeltJ dounn," ami
nider tbe impression that others must see and
■ol it UKi, raise this miserable jiretence of yield-
fig Gommtesioners not to the demand of
E l '8^ s:i * ’'in to the over ruling dictates ot
Amei..-^ policy , tl( j statesmanship I” It is
ke very c-.tl.-v^,,; «-. we j bully, and so the
«».rld wiil hold it.^
Mr Reward s lofty ^slnj-ctei/i<jus outstart
b a diplomatist—his grerh ^vreffin^ instruc-
stx m I Ilona and five hundred thonaaod dollars P r
($l.476,5t. , l,l , oi 1 ^. These figures will lia fcuim
lo lie “under i'ne m rk” w hen we consider »h-
viistannamci the immense number ot troops,
hips, and “all the para; hernalia of war”
w hich that government is daily bringing into
•live scrvic . And this is the more readily
account'd for, when we consider tin nature
and character of the contest and the war w hich
they are waging w ith the South. For it is well
remarked in an able article in the London Re
view which 1 was pleased to find published iu
your paper: “the South can act on the dejbn-
« without a ruinous cost of money—the
rth cannot net-on -ti-m-<orr-.*iw witlnnn- in
curring liabilities that will break the back of
the U jiublie A thousand men defending
their own soil are equal to ten ihousan . ancii
who cirr. th e and sword to invade them. All
experience proves it—and when the country lo i
he invaded is as large as live or six great Euro
jiean monarchies, the invader should remember
I4tu fate of Napoleon in Russia, and jiaiise ere
he commit his fortune to so desperate au en
terprise.
Here, then, will b an amount of annual in
rest to jirovide for using a hundred millions
of dollars, and leaving tin- Northern govern
ment to provide yearly a sum of money for
rest and current expenses, exceeding four
limes its annual exportations. But the same
writer shows if the war and accumulation of
debt wet a to stop now, the Lincoln govern
incut, t( it met its obligations’ and paid the
debt it ha.-, already created, ut maturing, would
be compelled lo rai-e annually lrora this time
to meet principal and interest of the debt, $7B,-
20 ,000. Thus:
There in this differenc ■ le tween the dolAs of
the United States and of the governments ot
Euroj.e, viz: that the former are jiayanle with
iu a period of twenty years, and those of the
latter not at all. Again, the Unite 1 Stales
debt b ars 7 jwr ant. interest, while the Eng
hsh hears 3 jier cent, and the French averages
4 pet cent. Thus, the United State debt jrt*>
a.it uxllv $42,700,000 interest If the w uoic
amount is j».iid at llie end of twenty years, the
amount m be raised in that time wiil be $ 1,-
404,000,000, or $845,000,000 interest money,
and $610,000,000 principal. In tbe same peri
od tbe English will pay $1,111,700,000, and
the French $1,204,500,000, or thus :
U- S. ptys on debt in 2n years, $1,404,000,000
Great Britainpiys “ “ i,lll,7oo,Ooo
France p iy s “ 44 1,204 bi*0,000
We thus observe that the United States, as
suming the new authorized debts as issued, at
this moment are under a heavier burden ot
debt for tbe next twenty years than either
France or England.
Thus, in any view of the case, whether the
war st'.ji nr go >n, the Lincoln government is
insolvent, unless it can raise by taxation annu
ally a eum not tar r’ , * of ! _..4 forty
millions of dol ars, to meet its public debts
and current expenses.
ilion Heme ibe jirobable
t il-change of |iro^iaiinne froffl the invasion
| d ..i t; the Miss: - , jo to au * .-d l.oii up the
j t'tnifWM and Utlinnerianii rivers, in conjutic-
I t in with the laud atttek on Gere Johnston.—
j e believe, accordingly, liiat the flolilla w hich
[ .s la-ing couslru unl with the vie'.' ol making
N .-w Orli-aJW’ its o stination, will now have an
e e r.n Clarksville or Nashv lle. No stone
s nouid he left untnrncd to confront its advance
0/ prepatalknis so luniiuLbly as to insure its
t: scomfiture.
We may be mistaken in our opinion, but the
probability of an earl.* movement on Bowling
f irrqiborati.>n from the
4 prt ss, w ni $i erx 1
or increased en
c ue; alioiis since tf.e n c
e ent intelligence froiu
t ie most influential jou
<i -sire to see the Washi
ntse of
from a vessel in jiovt and to depart for home.—
Accompanied by a .South Carolinian named
John R. Smith, who was engaged as a work
man in Fort Walker ami taken prisoner at the
time of i's cap ure, he pushed off and succeed
ed in reaching this city Tuesday last
Capt Stevenson, before his release, was re
quired to take an oaih not to bear arms against
tin; United States in the present war. He says
he was kindly treated when on board the flag-
-hip. and had no cans.* of complaint except of
his quarters, which were those allotted to the
sailors of the ship. He tninks there are about
-evinty-live vessels, in ail, at Port Royal,
though lie heard nothing of their intentions.—
The Yankee- seemed confidt nt of their strength,
and spoke of whipping both England and the
South when the Mason Slidell new s first rtach-
ed the fleet, lint on hearing that a demand had
been made by England, they were generally
of the opinion that the seizure was wrong and
the Commissioners might be given up with
honor.
CapL S. heard the officers of the Wabash
admit that she had thirty-two shot in her, re
ceived in the Port Royal light. She is still
leaking and requiring the use ot the pumps.
B.-.rr, the rascally traitor, who decamped
from Fort Pulaski a week or two since, had
reached the fleet at Port Royal. Capt. S. saw
him on tbe flag sbiji, with a uniform loldcd tin
der bis arm and with a letter in his band,
which he subsequently learned was an older
fbr two thosand dollars, to be paid the seouip
In
Kentuc
day.
Important from IGissouri—Brid^k
ing by the -onfade.
Sr. Oha.ki.ks, .\in., Dec. 21.—ness
movement wa- made last nigiyaramour, Tier so that
along tho North M.-souri Raiinrovr'''t , ..uo S¥Is
who returned from Gen. Pope’s camp destroyed
■ihout 100 miles of the road, or at least render
ed it useless. Commencing eight mi^s_south
of Hudson, they burnt the bridges, w,
nks, ties, tore up the rails itpB | ®Iff®
q V .niil destroyed the telegi wl
' - nued to Warreutown, 4^ J
iqv bHWkl. How fn,
c,,i ” 1 andTeacTniV villainous workW
know».; r i a*..- Jis no doubt but that
pie concerted and simultaneous tn
the citizens along the road, as no
could l ave accomplished so much
Three hundred
have been
hr-'o J'^uieg
“j, e daSw^c to
wilderedbe summed
ijf?? atrCentralia, Mexico,
Mitown, burned ; also, one
i twenty cars, from fifty to
e and small; threOor lour
Of) ties, from 200 to 300 tel-
live miles of iron destroyed,
thousand troops
force their way
Another privfrnfiJT'^ch from Centreville to
a prominent j military officer says
indications p«»»Jhv. ,arly Federal attack on
.nsport, and probably simultaneous with an
on other points of the Potomac,
iehmond theatre was burnt early this
portion of the walls only remain-
adjoining building occupied by Da-
own, Sadler, was also' burnt, and
,.11 Hotel was tnu-h damaged,
lyfcragg communicates to the Confede-
xoverament that tiring was commenced
yesterday by Pickens firing on a Confederate
steamer. It was replied to by the Confederate
batteries, which continued during the day till
night. No casualties on our side. Colonel
Anderson was in command, Gen. Bragg being
absent; he returned, however, eai/|jF\his morn
ing. Pickens did not renew
morning, and no further operati
on our side.
.'firing this
were made
would I
AavO us
the <7 , i
UP
atatfl
s xty U
water q
epraplr
and ten wire rendered useless.
Two «. ...is, one having eight car loads of
sa consideration for cutting loose a. raft tnai hogs and several car loads ol hemp, and two
was anchored opposite Fort Pulaski. C:ij>t. S. | cais of merchandise are in the possession of
-el 11 s H Ills M JS- 'C
•irit oitfie lioFnii
udly ■
and v
i of t'
•r in army
late balhg
The ti«ie of
ubtts a muibid
ivernmeat j>ut
furtti its lull stiength against tbe South before
b.v approach nl Winter, with lilt- hope of achiev
ing some brilliant victory, which is to he held
cut to the European powers, and pariicularly
fit cal Britain as at. in terrorem ar^u nent
against any inti if reuce iu jiie American war.
'1 ley firmly believe that the pi - ent succe sul
t e Federal arms in a pitched battle, with 50,000
or lull,'"in men on each mile, would prevent the
inpendiiig recognition nftiie t'l.niederateStates,
fr.ghten EngLind and Franco from their dispo
s.tion to disturb the blockade, and, in fine, cut
l ie Gordian knot of the San Jacinto-Trent com
plication in n shorter period of time than Se-
wariltafi diplomacy can untie it
'I liutiu WitH'.k.'nliutu) lie.rr produced tllUCh
impatience throughout the North at the inac
tivity of Gen. McClellan, who is now urged to
advance in the face of certain defeat To pre
vent another Bull Run wfl'air, the “Grand Army”
ol the Potomaomustremain in its intrenchments
Lut then the popular clamof‘mu~t be ajqieased,
and how is tins to be accomplished? Eviden
tly by the vigorou juu;i cution of the war in
Kentucky—in fact this expected movement on
I owling Green.
Whether our sur nisc be true or uot will be
apparent in a lew days,and speculation, there-
ore, can be oi hut little avail. II hen the bat-
.•cou.es on, we have confidence that the vie
torv will be ours.
County Election.—The following was the
vote of the troops in Savannah:
For Sheriff'.—Hairis....! 41
Hodges 16
• Clerk of Superior Court—Ross 55
Clerk of Inferior Court—McManus.... 60
’lax Col.-and Receiver—Braswell 35
h “ Sims a... 6
“ “ Johnson 8
“ “ Bone 3
“ “ McDonald 6
49
Combs 6
Wood 19
For Coroner—Railey.
DOUGHERTY ELECTION.
Rlsclt of the election ter county officers,
yesterday, in Dougherty:
Sheriff— S. Atkinson.
Clerk of Court—L. G. Sutton.
Tar Collector aridRtrcirer—Jesse Floyd.
Coroner—K. H. Towns.
County Surveyor—A. J. Swinney.^
Salt —The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday
says that ten cents per pound is tho price of
, , , , . j-. > salt in that city—or twenty-one dollars per
tens to Adams and Dayton, hb>Llustar ! i 0 .
* . , "Viuster annul \V here is the Salt-Csesar ?
uforctng neu:rainy and his bullytup^ver the
)utoh, have been brought to a laments
•lirsion. Ilis comb is cut lie may strut
rut th-.
RE1YARDED AT LAST.
The notorious Charles H. Foster has been
game fowl hereafter, as he has done before, "mminated by Lincoln, Marshal of North Caro-
ut :he world appreciates him. lie has met'
nth a diplomatic Bull Run. •
linV u; s headquarters will be at Hatter&s,
whtreVL ^e fl B i, that comes to his net”
As lie could*-* ^ e t to be member of Congress,
The English name ofOpothleyholo is Gouge • he wilf Uke the Ma,-bal»bip 1
'nfill ihe Army on the Potomac Move ?
[Prow the Washington Corre^u nfU-Dce of t -e New
York Woritl.J
Dcsjiitc the apparent inaction which has
marked December thus far, I believe that Gen
eral McClellan is eonsc cm ously striving with
might and main to do something which shall
satisfy the patriotic ardor of the Nort^. * *
Gen. McClellan is hastening piejtarations for
a concerted effort. Remember, say his conti
d.-Dtial friends, that only for six wei ks pa-t has
ho been in actual jwwer ; that he knows bet
n.r than anyone else the imjiregnability of the
enemy’s jwjaiiion at Centreville, and that such
lines cannot he directly assaulted—they must
!>u turned; that our flank movement must be
s'multaneous and overpowering; rivers must
uecinssid and new roads cut; that two or
more coincident movements of this sort neces
sitate three times as much time and equipment
in preparation as an advance of the united col
uutn.
It is, therefore, pretty well understood that
we are all aw aiung the complete formation and
departure of Gen. Burnside's expedition from
An; ap 4il and Fortress Monroe, and that this
movement, instead of being destined against
some extreme Southern point, is to co operate
with and be a portion of Gen. McClellan’s cam
patgn wi.h the main army. Ten days more will
cover, it is believed, all needful delay- at the
two ports mentioned, and this day fortnight
may witness four great columns in motion
against tiie Confeder te army.
From Geo. Wilkes’ letter to his Spirit of this week.
The condition ol'lfic troops remain the same,
and there are no evidences in the way of “hut
ting,” or other signs whatever, that the army
will go into permanent winter quarters. This
fact—since it is long past time for such protec
tion from the weather, taken into consideration
with the recent declaration of the Secretary of
War, in bis rejiort, that the Army of the Poto
mac would doubtless soon more forward, and
with (feet, has established the opinion -that
McClellan’s hour is approaching; and that he
but awaits the culmination of certain circuut
stances to strike his blow. These circumstan
cesare sujipesqd to be the advance of General
Sherman upon Charleston and Savannah, or
any other event which is of sufficient influence
to produce disintegration of the rebel army at
Manassas.
Akotuek Yankee Genekal Ovekboakd.—It
is stated in the Yankee papers that General
Phelps, the famous Vermont General, who is*
sued the .Ship Island Proclamation, will be at
once tecailed by Old Abe.
Goon—First KatbI —l'hc steamship Isabel,
with a valuable cargo, run right through tbe
blockade off Charleston yesterday morning,
and arrived safely at her wharf.—Nur. Rep.
also heard it whisjtered among the Y’ankces, on
tin- authority of Barr, that there were other
officers in Pulaski who were ready to revolt,
should the opportunity occur. We place not
pirff-foTtrialtli in the SDltCrm nt; ^
Parties, arrived at the fl e’. from tli. North,
rej>- led that the crew of the prize John N. An
derson were only detained a da)- in Philadel
phia, and arc now at liberty. Capt. S. thinks
that Capt. Christie and the crew of the Waring
were also released on their arrival in New York,
Sir. Republican, Jan. oi/.
TIIE WAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
An intense interest has been manifested in
this city for the last forty-eight hours, in refer
ence lo affairs on the Carolina side of the river.
he announceiuqpt of an engagement, by tele
graph from Pocotaligo, whs followed by a
thousand and one reports, and there was no
telling what or how much was entitled to be
lief. We have used some diligence to procure
the facts, and the following seems to be the
true slste of the ease, as obtained from the
tnos: reliable sources at command.
Wedii. sday morning, the enemy proceoJed
up Port Royal river and landed some six thous
and troops at (mints indicated in our despatch,
tinier a brisk tiring of shell over the entire
xe’ghborhoo I. Our pickets were driven in
and soon reported the enemy as advancing in'
lamL General Penibei ton, with Jones’ Regt
menland four companies of Duunovant’s Regi
ment immediately advanced to meet them.
After a short march the two forces came in
ight o’ each other, when a fierce battle ensued
nd lasted for several hours, resulting m driv
ing b.-iek the enemy with considerable loss un
der cove* of their guns on shipboard. Our
men then fell Lack to Gardner’s corner, as it
w as tmpo-sible to maintain a fight with troops
on both land and water.
'Ihe Confederate lo.-s was eight killed and
fifteen wounileu. One Federal was taken jiris-
>ner, hut al l ist account* no definite informa
tion had been obtained ol their loss. One man
( pu out side was killed by a shell at a point two
miles distant from the fleet.
Yesterday a large body of reinforcements,
under Gen. Evans, was sent lo Gardner’s Cor
ner, and, as firing re commenced about 10
o’clock yesterday forenoon, it is supposed an
other fierce battle took place, though at the
hour we write nothing definite has been re
ceived.—Savannah Republican.
the rebels. Four engines are lying where they
can be seized by them.
Some ot the men who belonged to the train
have arrived here, from whom I learn that the
j>eiv>ite alu> did tbe Jauasge.ana yet encamped
along the road, about five hundred being at
High Hill, and other bodies at or near Martins-
burg, Mexico, Centralia, Sturgeon and Allen.
At Centraua, they went within halt a mile of
the Berg'e Sharp Shooters, and destroyed a
bridge and water station. Two freight trains
were captured w ithin four miles of a camp of a
detachment of the same force.
At Renwick the work was directed by prac
tical railroad men, and the right course was al
ways taken to make the destruction complete.
Where the track was taken up, th* rails were
ri moved, the ties gathered in’ piles and set on
fire, and the rails thrown across the pile, so
that w heu the centre ol l-e rails became heated
the weight of the cold ends bent them so as to
render them useless.
In destroying the bridges, the fires were kin
dled around the corners, where they would soon
throw the bridges down, and the trestle guides
which spanned the open culverts were burned,
as were ateo ho frames on which the water
tanks stood usually.
The houses of railroad men and of all Union
men in the vicinity of the road were sui round
ed, and the inhabitants assured that no harm
was intended them while they remained in
doors.
We hear of scarcely any pillage or any oth
er outrage beyond the destruction of the road
and telegraph line.
The damage to tbe road cannot fall short of
$3O0,U0n, and ut least ono mf nth will be re
quired to repair it so that trains can pasa.
The Y'ankee papers are publishing the fol
lowing and seem to be hugely tickled over it:
A REAL FUGITIVE ADVERTISEMENT.
One of the Beaufort negroes advertizes his
runaway master in the following clever traves-
tie:
$500 Reward.—Rund away from me on de
7th of dis mouth, my massa Julian Rhett. Mas-
sa Rhett am five feet’leveti inches hi, big shoul
ders, brack har, curly shaggy whiskers, low
forehead, an’ dark face. He make big fuss, when
he go’tuong gemmen, he talk var big, and use
the name of de Lord all the time. Calls hesolf
“Suddern gemmen, but I supjiose will try now
to pass heself off as a brack man or mulatto.—
Massa Rhett has a deep scar on his shoulder
from n fight, scratch ’cross de left eye, made by
my Diauah when he tried to whip her. He
neher look people in de face. I tnor den speck
he will make track for Bergen kounty, in de
furriu land of Jersey whar I ’magin he hab a
few friends.
I will gib four hundred dollars for him ir
alive, an’ five hundred it any body show him
dead. If he cum back to his kind niggers
without mnch trouble dis chile will receive him
lubbinly. Sambo Rhett.
Beaufort, S. C., Nov. 9. 1861.
The Blockade.—The New Orleans corres
pondent of the Charleston Courier writes as
follows: Ai ,
The Government at Richmond has partially
_ - . suspended some of the naval operations at this
to be settled bj Congressi at the close ol the place, in The confidence that the blockade will
war; all contrabands, a fast as they come into )*, ra ised in a few weeks. We have already
Tho Emancipation Question—Whoro tho
Contrabands can be Sent*
W asiuv.ton, Dec. 25.—Prominent members
of Congress are considering,* new proposition
for the solution of the “contraband” question,
in ordef to avt id the expense of supjiortiug
crowds of slaves in idleness and to furnish the
American mills with cotton. They take the
ground that the Indian territory west of Louis
iana at d Arkansas was ceded to the United
States by treaty and on certain conditions.—
Without provocation they have violated the
treaties and levied war on the United States,
thus rendering tbe treaties null and void.
It is proposed to apply the principle of Ben
ton’s Florida armed occupation act, and send
all contrabands to this Territory and appren
tice them to the settlers upon the cotton lands,
leaving the question of their fi tal disposition
camp to be promptly forwarded thither.
The country is approached from St. Louis,
through Springfield, a distance of 300 miles.—
The remainder of the railroad from Rolla
through Springfield to Fort Smith can be com
pleted in twelve months. It is said that the
plantations of the Choctaws and Chickasaws
alone could fully supply the American mills
even the first year of the experiment
Tha counties thus reverting to the Govern
ment embraces the valleys of the Red Arkan
sas anil other rivers, and contain* about 20,000,-
000 acres of cotton land, of unsurpassed fertili
ty, capable ol producing about 15,000,01)0 bales
of cotton per annum.
already
suffered much by rtposing nn the hope of for
eign intervention, and one lesson of that sort
should be sufficient We al! agree in the opin
ion *ut Richmond, so far as that the blockade
wiil not be respected a great while longer, but
while yielding faith to Providential interposi
tion, we should bear in mind the admonition of
“Old Noll,” and keep our powder dry.
Tiie Elective Power op Abuse.--Everybody
has read ot the Georgian who secured bis elec
tion to office by stealing a pig and being, round
ly abused therefor; and to this anecdote here ii
a companion. It is said that Martin Van Bu-
ren one of the shrewdest political men that ever
lived in the United States, once found his wife
i r U v’f 7“ ° * bush- j “ VL 1 violentl 0Ter a b itter anicle in ^ of
els of sal tsold her. yesterday morning at auc | h ‘ ° osition papers against himself On in-
uon, at about *4,25 per bushel It was first ^ he “ ^ 8he ^ to
offtfed tn lob. of one bushel with the privilege ^ ^ , n questIon . »i 8 that all f said Van
of two, and the two first lo s went at $o,10 It ™ \ id fift dollar8 t0 have that
then dropped down to *4,60 and finally to *4,-1 ^ / is ^ nncCe 4 ary to say that his la-
15 in lots of one bu*shel with the privilege of, ,
live, and the sale c.osed, we believe, at those d y &t0 ^ .
figures.evtbern (N. C.,) Progress. J^“Captain J. D. Phillips, long known as a
J-gT*A clergyman in Boston preached, Christ-1 mate in the New York line, is ir command of
mas Eve, on “The End of th* World about the steam ship Marion in the Lincoln service at
1864-68.” I Port Royal.
to-mor-
j'xfi, the
* for the
flowing M tqanswer ol
ambers ofesflonsAfot Lord Lyons, the
IMinisFcr. This^oin) Seward surren-
xtantly, but closes his reply in a mul-
of words and argues through firstlies
mdlies, that the Southern Commission-
contraband and liable to capture. He
. (hat the laws of nations, while
deter «-capture of the enemy’s minis
as contraband, do not, as in our case, pro
perly provide • formulas for adjudicating cap
tures. This might have been obviated, he
says, if the Trent had been retained by pro
ceeding agiiiri-t her, which would have been
morally a decision of the case of the Comtnis
sioners, and the moral certainty of the charac
ter of Mason and Slidell would have been suf
ficient to meet the spirit of the law, but the
Trent being dismissed, that source was lost.—
Seward says substantially that the capture of
Mason and Slideli was in opposition to the res
toration demanded by all these principles,
which ever obtained in American policy and
statesmanship, to vindmate 4.jc ! i the U- itod
States went to war with England, and that in
declining to surrender the Commissioners he
would violate a long maintained dogma of i>. -
own country, and which he approves.
The summary points in the Enquirer’s edi
torial says firstly the capture was right, when
tested by justice, law and decorum. Secondly,
its advantages must be surrendered upon an
assumed technicality in a court where there are
no pleadings. Thirdly, the capture was wrong
as judged by jirtnciples always maintained in
the United States even to the extremity of war.
To Seward's labored effort Lord Lyons makes
a brief reply and to the jioint. lie says he has
sent his words to England and will see him
soon and receive the ministers.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says whatever has
been done is only owing to the imperative ne
cessity of avoiding a foreign war while we
have a domestic cue. It is better not to stand
on punctilioes and run tbe risk of Having the
Union destroyed by an alliance between the
rebels and the leading powers of Europe.
The Ni w York Express says that the sur
render of Mason and Slidell to necessity will
oon impose on us other necessities in connec
tion with Great Britain, to which we must
cither yield or fight. Ninety days will not
elapse without further insulting detrands from
yfe English Oligarchy. The Express advises
jnstant preparations for war to the extent of a
million and a half of men, and says that the
administration has given up Mason and Slidell,
not to Law, Equity or Right, but necessity.
The American Eagle in its trials and troubles
is humbled for the first time to the British
Lion. The rebellion on hand drags down the
flag never before humiliated to England. Let
us hang our heails because of our humiliation,
and dismiss the subject in as much silence as
-possible.
The National Intelligencer says that Seward’s
conrse is approved by every member of the
Cabinet, and says that war with England and
France is escaped by it
Augusta, 2—A private despatch from Poc- ’
atelago yesterday says that the Federate at
tempted to advance from Port Royal F ‘rry,
and were repulsed by the 14th South Carolina
Regiment, Col. Jones. The Confederate I03S
was fifteen killed and wounded. One Y'ankee
was taken prisoner. It is reported here that
a large fleet of Federal vessels 'were off Tybee
Island yesterday.
Nashville, 1st.—Johnson, provisional Gov
ernor ol Kentucky, has issued a (.reclamation
for an election on the 22d of eleven represen
tatives in Congress by the general ticket
The Keutueky House of Representatives at
Frankfort has expelled Elliott, Matthewson,
Silvertooth, Long, Boon, Merritt, Ewing and
Gilbert for aiding in the rebellion.
The Louisville Journal of the 30th says the
Federal administration has agreed to release
Mason and Slidell to the British government
and to place them under the British flag. The
Cabinet were unanimous in coming to the de
termination. Some excitement was created at
the North at this announcement, but has sub
sided. The Journal expressed no opinion on
tbe subject.
Under the confiscation act of the Kentucky
Legislature, the Frankfort authorities have
tached the property of Gen. Buckner,
Preston and Ed. Crutchfield, each
amount of $20,000.
Memphis, 1st—It is reported that Genuf]
Pillow has resigned, and left Columbus f
terday for home. The St Louis Republic,
of the 27th has full details of late foreigi
news by the Niagara.
J cannon in
they will tfe'od in thei
Preston, late Minister tj}
ceive the appointment of *’'??•»'
No Federals, with the y
scouts, this side of Green In tide on t
ry authorities are expedite an atta
Late accounts from beyond Green Rv
resent that the Federals are still recem
reinforcements.
The reported resignation of Gen.
been confirmed.
HANDSat.Ro’, 3d.—Twelve Federal
were neat Ship Island yesterday.
Considerable drumming and sPirina
within the past ten days. '•
Richmond, 3d.—The Editor of the Peters
burg Express has received a despatch under «
flag of truce which brought late papers tp th<
Norfolk Day Book.
Washington, 31st—The New York Tribua
Jar.. 1st, says it has reason to believe that M
son and Slidell will sail on the 1st January.
The surrender has not come up to the ultima
turn of the demand. It was part of Sewat
bargain that Wilkes should not be censured. ^
The London Post says that the “Stone fleetX
:i *
will assist England in recogniziug the Southern '
Confederacy. ^
The Boston jjapers say that Lord Lyons has
ordered the Niagare to take out M&sou and Sli
dell
General McClellan is still very sick. Ben.
Wade, of Ohio, has been suggested as his suc
cessor. *
The steamer* Persia is at Halifax with Eng
lish troops.
England’s warlike preparations will continue
in view of the difficulties arising from the Stone
fleet blockade.
The surrender ot Mas-'n and Slidell, it is
said, was not the whole of England’s demand.
The steamship which Lord Lyons has se
lected was the English Ocean steamer Niagare.
Burnsides’ expedition has not yet sailed.
The London Post (Lord Palmerston’s organ)
says that the harbor of Charleston belongs to
the world, and cannot be given up to an inef
ficient blockade.
A large number of frigates, transports and
schooners are congregating in Hampton Roads.
Memphis, 3.—A despatch has been received
from L ; ttle Rock, containing official intelli-
j*eroe i... n the Northwest, .
Col. McIntosh, in command of four regi
ments, had a fight with'Opothoyoholo (Gouge)
75 mites Northwest of Fort Gibson, on the
26th u't. *
The bit'; • lasted four hours and resulted in a
total re " eneui}’. Gouge lost two hun
dred k.. .ed, ' > . led and missing, and one hun
dred prisoners Confederate loss, twelve kill
ed snd two!:*.y wounded. McIntosh was still
jiursuirg Opothoyoholo who was flying to
Kansas. The Confederates captured a large
number of wagons and one hundred Indian
horses.
Richmond, 4th.—The Government has offi
cial intelligence confirming McIntosh’s recent
defeat of Opotheyholo.
Judge Hemphill, member of Congress from
Texas, died at the Exchange Hotel this morn
ing. '
Richmond, 6th.—The Yankees have been
making recent incursions on the Peninsula,
destroying considerable property about Bethel.
Gen. Lee telegraphs the War Department
that the Yankees have retreated from the main
land, and gone to Port Royal Island.
Conflicting reports reach us from the Moun
tains, but it te evident that the Federate are
making demonstrations at various points.
The mail Agentirom Staunton tells the Post
master here that Col Johnson at tbe Allegha
ny Mountains, says he can hold ..is position
but apprehends that his supple.' will be in
terrupted.
A Forward movement of tne c aer
A correspondent ot the New York
speculating on a forward Movement of tha
‘ Grand Union Army,” says:
“You must not urge a forward movement,”
says one regular officer, of good experience and
high position; “if we advance now, we shall be
whipped.” “We must take a start,” says
anotfier regular o'fficer, as fully entitled as tne
first to confidence; li we must take a start, or
know the reason why. We have waited too
long already.” Opinions certainly vary, and
it is not the commander in-chlef alone who hes
itates to declare for action. But on weighing
the ojiposing judgments, the balance is unmis-
takablv found to be against delay. Many gen
erate have freely avowed their eagerness to take
idvantage of opportunities repeatedly opened
to us, but invariably neglected. I have hcaad
one signify perfect conviction of his ability
to march to Ri<?hmond, lrom tbe North, with
40,000 good men. I know thzO another, of
great fame and admitted skill, ifould joyfully
besiege the rebel $P$outhern point
o’ attack with opfla^^^^^^ftlUnd men
The reputa^
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that v
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positi
in the
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views, has
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