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iii6NI;PAY, JANUARY 13, 1862,
zivoisvg *RO7I THE LAST, STEEOE OB
STEPHEN A.DOUGLAS.LA , The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a tact now known to
tail, r Armies are being raised, and war levied
so accomplish it. There con be but two sides
So the controversy. Every man must be on the
aide a the "United States or against it. Thkie
car be no neutrals in this war. There cast be
mime-but patriots and traitors.”
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TIIE LATEST WAR NEWS
The news of the bloodless, bukimportant, victory
in Eastern Kentucky, by which the forces under
command of Humphrey Marshall wore forced to
disband, has been confirmed by a despatch to the
Louisville Democrat. Before the battle, the
Mount Sterling (Ky.) Whig, said:
"There is every prospect of en early engagement
between the Union troops and the insurgents in the
mountains above. The troops that .went through
here, for Preatonburg, sent back their sick a few
days - ago—havieg received orders for a forded
march iowarde the Sandy ,river. From this, we
infer that Colonel Garfield has moved .up the river
from Louisa, and that a confliot is speedily antioi
paled—in fact, we should not be surprised if it had
taken place ere This. We antisipete a bloody
fight. Marshall and his men are in a needy and
desperate condition, and they know that nothing
but a decided victorpoan save them, . But we have
no misgivings of. the result, if. there is anything
like proper generalship exercised on our side. The
force under Garfield, on the Sandy, is alone equal
to that of Marshall, independent of his reserves."
Marshall; who is physically and mentally some
what of a FalstatEan character, probably pursued
the wisest course left to him under the circum
stances—however cowardly and disgraceful it may
be regarded in a military point of view.
The London journals still teem with comments on
American affairs. A great diversityof opinion ex
ists among them. Same favor the recognition, of
the Southern Confederacy—others oppose it. The
London Star, a liberal journal, asserts that the stook
of cotton at Liverpool on December 20,18011 was
larger than at the corresponding period- ill ISO,
and it 'contends that it is not only the duty but the
interest of Great Britain to respect the embargo of
the Southern easel, because arrangements will be
perfected to' obtain cotton elsewhere, not in one
country but in several, and from planters leas inso
lent and haughty thanthe Southern rebels.
We regret to state that late advices from Tonnes
eeeassert that Parson Brownlpw has been re-ar
rested by the rebel authorities. The Knoxville
Register of the 27th ultimo briefly announces the
fact, time : Drowzdow was arrested and remanded
to prison by Colonel Monsarrat, commandant of
this post, immediately on his discharge by the civil
authorities."
An interesting letter from a correspondent at
Hancock, Maryland, shows that one of the most
important expeditions of the war was successfully
managed, with groat gallantry, by the Eighty
fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under command
of Colonel Murray. This duty was imposed upon
them, too, but a few hours after they received their
arms. 'Among the officers of the Thirty-ninth
min Volunteers, with whom our Pennsylvania
troops co-operated, was Lieutenant Muhlenberg, of
this State, who bears one of the proudest historic
names of our Commonwealth, and who is, we trust,
destined to win for it new distinction.
Interesting descriptions of the movements of our
troops in South Carolina, and of the manner in
which they achieved the victory of Port Royal
Ferry, will be found on our first page.
It is reported that the rebel privateer Sampler
touched at St. Thomas on the 24th ult. On the
22d of December, it is said, she was in the harbor
of St. Pierre, Martinique.
A correspondent of the Herald, writing from
Fortress Monroe,'under date of January 10, says :
"The long•talked.of and anxiously expected Burn
side expedition has at last arrived here. The first
vessel, a propeller, having a deck load of troops on
board, hove in sight about twelve o'clock. On
passing the flagship Minnesota, the soldiers
cheered lustily, and the colors were dipped. The
ramparts of Fortress Monroe were lined with
spectators from the Tenth Regiment, New York
Volunteers. The water fronts were also grouped
with anxious gazers. Up to two o'clock, a large
number of vessels have arrived, and the bay is all
alive with malt of all kinds, and the sweet strains
of martial music discoursed by numerous bands
accompanying the expedition add greatly to the
scone. Owing to the heavy fog prevailing on the
bay during last night and this morning, the fleet
did not arrive here as early as was anticipated." _
The United States steamship Pensacola loft
Alexandria on Saturday morning, and successfully
ran the rebel blockade of the Potomac. Twenty
two abets were fired at her, but she escaped injury.
THE LOYAL MEN of Ohio must remember that
inelecting lion. DAVID Ton to the position of
Governor, they did not finish their work. His
election was an act•of magnanimity and confi
dence on the part of loyal Republicans; we now
want a similar act of magnanimity and confi
dence, on the part of loyal Democrats tho
roughly to unite the Union men of that
great State. We take it there could be no
better evidence of such political harmony than
the re-election of the Hon. BENJAMIN F. WADE
to the United States Senate. Senator WADE
was greatly instrumental in securing the no
mination and election of Governor Ton—ho
was among the first to recognize the great
necessity of a political union, in order to
strengthen the Government, by bringing all
true pahiots together.
To ns Mr. WADE is the representative of an
idea we have labored unceasingly to impress
upon the minds of the people of this country—
the poldical union of all loyal men for the sake
of the Union. In the State of Ohio the De
mocratic organization is as debased and dis
loyal as It is in Pennsylvania. It has passed
airfield entirely into the hands of the Breckin
ridge partisans; it is controlled by such men
as VALLANDIOIIAM and PENDLETON, whose
every vote is against the Government—it re
presents disloyal principles, and it is managed
by unscrupulous and able men, who kook to
dissensions among true men that they may rise.
The vote for Mr. JEwurr as the opponent of
GOvernor Ton shows that in the State of
Ohio they have an organization not to be de
spised. With the energy of despair, these
leaders aro endeavoring to give strength to
their party, by fashioning theii opposition into
popular watchwords. Mr. VALLANDIGUAM in
troduces the a War with England," cry; Mr.
PENDLETON introduces a a Habeas Corpus,"
and' "resistance to tyranny," cry; while Mr.
Cox, who is not in the best repute with this
party for not being bitter enough against the
Administrationrevidently looks to assuming
his old position by a cry of reform. The peo
ple of Ohio must not underrate these men—
they must not content themselves with the
election of Governor Too—they must not
suppose that with this their labor Is over.
There wilt be new and continued assaults
upon their loyalty, that will require every pos
sible effort of devotion, patriotism, and self
sacrifice to meet—mid to meet these success
fully, they should push on the work of union.
We trust, therefore, there will ho no doubt
as to the re-election of Mr. WADE. If the peo
ple of Ohio can present another citizen equally
as able, and equally a representative man, we
shall be satisfied with the choice and welcome
the result. It may be that our knowledge of
Ohio politics is limited, but we do not know
who beside Mr. WADE can so thoroughly ac
complish this desirable consummation. The
whole country regards him as a statesman, an
eloquent Senator—an honest and a bold man—
and one of the representatives of Republican
sentiment in Ohio ; and the country would
look upon his support by the Union Democrats
of that State, as the best evidence of their
loyalty, and their desire to sustain the country
and the Administration in this hour of danger.
MAIL COMMUNICATION 'ITN TILL REBELS.-
ale following' is an extract from a' letter of
John A. Ramon, Seq., First' Ambient , Postmaster
Geraral, and may serve as a final answer to all in
quiries on this subject : The facilities afforded by
sending letters to the rebel States under a Sag of
truce', are , not Intended, and cannot be permitted,
to .mmer general correspondence, as it wiiuld, Im
p* it' labor` upoi the commanding general at
Fortreeiltionroe, the performance of which would
be wholly incompatible with the dlieharge of his
more important military duties; but only the cor
respondence of snob prisoners as may be held by
the Vatted Stated or their enemies, and the families
of such maybe prisoners la the rebel States or
United States, Such letters, properly prepaid,
mid bt4orwsirde4 direct to Old Point Comfort.
The eireiagement fa for the accommodation of pri
soners on both sides.
British Coast Defences.
Ever since the end of 1848, when the French
Republic began to be solidifiediunder the Pre
sidency of Loris NAPOLEON, the statesmen of
England have been afflicted with paroxysms of
fear. That terrible BONAPARTE, they said,
will Make a point of invading us ; those dread
ful Frenchmen, each of whom commences
talking with the tremendous couplet,
Pee, few, fmn,
I smell He blood of an Englishman.
will pounce down upon us, make mincemeat
of our ,wives and Children, and pocket all our
substance! The advent of a, French fleet at
Southampton, Plymouth, Portsmouth, or "all
in the Downs," wa's fearfully apprehended.
Deseenti upon Hull, Edinburgh; Liverpool, or
Glasgow, separately or together, have been
annually looked for. Tho Mrs. Camps and the
Mrs. Harrises of the British press have shud
dered at the unprotected state of the Isle of
Wight, and the consequent facility with
which a few French war-steamers might
drop in at °show House, and bear away
Queen Vicroara. and her little ones into
Gallic captivity. Nay, it has been dreaded
that, (as had happened in the time of CHAILLEs
the Second, when the Dutch fleet sailed up
the Thames and the Medway, burned Sheer
ness, and threatened London, while the Dutch
Admiral carried a broom on his fore-mast, as
showing how he swept the seas,) French ships
should carry dismay and destruction, and
"fright the isle from its propriety." Nor
have these fears vanished. Millions have been
spent, year after year, to strengthen the coast
defences and augnient the destructive force
of the British navy ; the army has been kept
on a war-footing in times of profound peace,
and a 'Volunteer force, 150,000 strong, has
been organized. 'The dreaded apparition of
the Third NAPOLEON emerging from Cher
bourg with a fleet and army, to invade Eng
land and avenge the defeat of the Rudolph of
his race, constantly rises to disturb the dreams
of alarmed. John Bull.
Just now, England has got, or fancied, new
cause for alarm. In SHELLEY'S words, she
has generally been " a coward to the strong,
a tyrant to the weak,"—but, at all times,
frightened at the chance of what she &Is
the inviolability of her soil" being affected,
A. onions inviolability !—remembering how
Picts and , Scots, Norsemen and Danes,
Romans and Normans; bad invaded and sub
dued her, again and again. Just now, how
ever, England fears—or, rather, The Times
fears for her—that United States ships may
slip into her great ports, bombard and plunder
them, and slip out without being themselves
injured in the least. They breathe not a word
of what Penn JONES did, in his eighteen-gun
sloop, the Ranger, during our War of Inde
pendence, when he put the eastern coast of
Scotland into fear ; threatened the port of
Leith ; and made a descent on Whitohaven,
which was almost successful. They say not
a word of this, but assuredly they think of it.
The Times, ceasing to thunder, tells its
readers : e , It is declared that. an American
cruiser, if she could get across the Atlantic
and thread her way through St. George's
Channel; might undoubtedly enter the Mersey,
and so hold the shipping of Liverpool at her
mercy for some hours together." Thereupon
The Times gives a great deal of advice, the
most practical part of which is, that every
steam-tug in the port of Liverpool should be
armed—with one small gun ! They might as
well fight a duel of popguns against revolvers.
Still, the apprehension is repeated : "If some
smart San Jacinto should actually succeed in
entering the Mersey or the Humber in de
fiance of a Channel squadron, the exploit
would be set off, and not unreasonably, against
our displays of force along the Federal coasts."
The Times considers it barely possible that
this could be done, but a much more candid
and honest journal, (the Liverpool Post of De
cember 20th,) confesses much more. It says :
c. The San Jacinto might do even much more
mischief than an hour and a half's work in
destroying the ships in our docks, for our
! cotton warehouses would present a tempting
target for the fire-balls of an enemy's cruisers
in the river. Though the warehouses are not
at present very full of cotton, there is cotton
enough to be ignited in two or three places
adequate to the destruction of the splendid
stores which run parallel with our principal
docks, and surround two or three of them.
We need not say that the American captains
could thread their way through either channel,
for many of them are as familiar with their
bearings as our own pilots." The suggestion
of arming the steam-tugs is repeated by the
Post, which also recommends that, as a special
defence of Liverpool, the Rock Fort, (at the
mouth of the Mersey, on a point of the Che
shire coast called the rc Red Noses,") should
be incontinently clothed in iron armor! Two
of our war-steamers and two companies of
-marines, would capture the-Rock Fort, in less,
than two hours.
Bad there been a war, which is now happily
prevented, (or postponed for a time,) England
would have found her hands pretty full, while
guarding her coasts and ports. - What PAUL
JONES did to annoy her, even with his small
squadron, in the autumn of 1779, is written in
the naval annals of England as well as America.
In less than a single month twenty-six English
vessels were captured or destroyed by this
small force. From the Firth of Forth down to
the Wash, alarm reigned on the southeast of
Scotland and the northeast of England, and
apprehension grew intense when, from the
piers of Scarborough, anxious thousands
watched the battle between PAUL JONES in
the Bon Homme Richard, and Capt. PE ARSON,
in the frigate Serapis, with far superior force
of men and guns. The American conquered,
taking his prizes into a French port, and what
was done in 1779 would certainly bo repeated,
if need be, 1892. -
There is one very good reason, unnoticed
by either Times or Post, why Liverpool would
probably escape, in the event of war. That
town, vast as it is, is nearly as much American
as British. About ono fourth of it is the pro
perty of American citizens, and its vast store
houses were built, with American money, for
American produce.
WHEN JULIAN led his sixty thousand Ro
mans across the burning plains of Assyria, he
taught the world, perhaps unconsciously, the
great secret of successful warfare. He might
have turned aside to encamp his tired legions
upon plains of unsurpassed fertility; instead,
he held them face to face with obstacles
and dangers which seemed to thicken with the
progress of each day, so that when they
pitched their tents under the walls of Persia's
proudest city, they were as nearly invincible
as legions of men could be made. When
he turned his back upon Persia, his retreat
was, owing to that severe discipline, a series
of brilliant victories, up to the day of his
heroic death. This was the result of unre
mitting Amor. But oven this morale was
not proof against thetoth and irresolution of
JovIAN.
Modern strategists should not ignore the
teaching of that ancient example. The modes
of war bare undergone great changes, but the
philosophy of human action and the necessi
ties of human nature have not been sensibly
'affected by the lapse of time. Now, as then,
just that amount of action which is requisite
to call the energies of soul and body into play,
Is essential to success either in peace or war.
Men, when Massed in large bodies, must have
something to think about and something to do.
Contemplate the spectacle of a great city,
'with its quarter of a million of people, sitting
down with folded hands, objectless, for weeks
and months I Take a single Individual, supply
his pressing wants, but give him no employ
ment whose results do not perish with the
subsidence cf effort. now long could the
first condition of things exist before society
would dissolve like a summer mist and how
long could the individual retain the position
to which he arose in the world of action?
•
human energy was never fashioned for
'prison life. The monotony of four bare walls
either arouses it to superhuman effort, or
'forces it back upon itself until it smothers and
dies. It craves an object, and liberty to attain
At, ...either in its own way or by direction.
ACTION is life; stagnation is death. Iron
thews, iron endurance, lofty courage, valor in
the field, wisdom in council—these are the off
spring of well-judged and well-directed action;
and these, to an army, are indispensable. An
'hour of Dranesville, with its rain of lead and
hail of iron, so fruitful In ghastly wounds and
death, but crowned with triumph, is more glo
. rious to the soldier than a year of monotonous
ease. Action is a great hygienic principle.
Inaction fills more hospitals than energetic
strife. Said a fond father, whose son fever
had laid at death's door: "I could have borne
it better had ho died a-fleld!" That father
translated the feeling of thousands into speech.
Therefore; if we are ready, let our armies be
pushed forward. If we are not ready, let the
work of preparation go swiftly- forward. Our
generals have a great work on their hands, and
no mere civilian, of course, can fully estimate
the difficulties they have had to overcome.
But let there be not one day of irresolution.
Men are , never so formidable as when they
pant to be led against the foe.
LETTER FROM OCA.M.SIONAL."
WASHINGTON, January 12, 18G2
Consternation and confusion will be carried
into the councils of the sympathizers of Se
cession if the loyal men of the loyal States
can be consolidated into one great party.
They have calculated so confidently upon the
idea of using the Democratic organization
as a great battering ram to beat down the
bufwarks which' surround the Government,
that they would regard any movement looking
to a surrender of party prejudices and party
organizations as a death-blow to themselves.
If they can appeal to Democrats in the coming
municipal and State elections to oppose the
war on the ground of hostility to the present
Administration, they calculate with fearless
confidence that they will be enabled to carry
the next House of Representatives, and so to
embarrass the Administration and force a
dishonorable peace. These men are in a mi
nority in both branches of Congress. They
clamor daily against corruption in the Ad
ministration, and "hark forward" every cry
against the leaders of our armies. They will
denounce the direct tax necessary to support
the Administration in the prosecution of the
war. They will insist in one breath that the
war is to be conducted for the emancipation of
the negro, and in another that it is to be
conducted for the purpose of filling the
pockets of speculators. One of these men, as
sinning a prophetic character, declared a few
days ago, that the only way to rescue the
country was to confide in the Democratic
party. By such appeals as these they expect
to re-elect Biddle in the Second, Cooper in the
Seventh, Ancona in the Eighth, Johnson in
the Thirteenth, Bailey in the Sixteenth, and
Lazear, in the Twentieth district of Pennsyl
vania to the next House of Representatives of
the United States, and to defeat loyal men in
all the other Congressional districts in the
State. Their traps are set ; their schemes
well devised. Their programme includes the
defeat of Alexander Henry for Mayor of Phila
delphia, and the election of a half Secession
Council in the coming October canvass. What
is true of you in Pennsylvania is equally true
of New Jersey, Ohio, Now York, and all
the other loyal States. If they are permitted
to put the Democratic party upon the platform
of hostility to corruption and extravagant ex
penditures, and of sympathy with all the men in
the army who have personal griefs to avenge,
they will consummate this desideratum. Tho
question is, shall they be permitted to do these
things? In New York a magnificent result
was achieved by rallying the Republicans and
sound Democrats against the Breckinridgo or
ganization, and I am happy to be able to assert
that this experiment is to be repeated in the
elections of November in that State. What
will the Republicans of Pennsylvania do?
notice that their State Committee is to meet
at Harrisburg on the 22d of January. The
election of that intrepid Douglas Democrat,
John Rowe, as Speaker of the House of Re
presentatives of your State, by the aid of Re
publican votes,was an earnest and a pledge that
henceforward there was to be a communion
amongst all good friends of the war, the Go
vernment, and the General and State Adminis
trations. Such men as John Rowe, P. Frazer
Smith, and N. 'Worley, can never hereafter
act with the Breckinridgo organization of the
Democratic party. They are representative
leaders. They were elected upon the distinct
ground of standing by the war and the consti
tuted authorities of the Government. Thou
sands are eager to act with the Republicans in
uncompromising opposition to Secession sym
pathizers. Why should not the friends of
Curtin and Lincoln, in Pennsylvania, in pre
paring for the coming great campaign, offer to
the overwhelming loyal constituency of Penn
sylvania such a call and such a platform as will
extinguish the Wan. B. Reeds, the Geo. M.
Vi'hartons, the Robert Ewings, tile Philip John
sons, the Anconas, the Coopers, and the Bai
leys? In Ohio the Republicans dropped their
distinctive name and elected David Tod, a Den
gas Democrat, Governor, and the Democrats
in the Legislature will, no doubt, respond by
re-electing great old Ben Wade as a Senator
in Congress. In New York, with the support
of even Horace Greeley,they elected such bitter
Democrats as Daniel S. Dickinson to high State
offices, and all over New England the same
generous and, forgiving spirit is manifested.
You have fen ? •better politicians in Pennsylva
nia than lion. Alexander K. McClure, Chair
man of the Republican State Central Commit
tee. Ile possesses the rare quality, common
sense. Ile can read the signs of the times
better than , c Occasional." lie can understand
why all loyal men should come together
as a band of brothers. Governor Curtin him
self, liberal and warm-hearted, well appreciates
the necessity of any movement that will rescue
your State from the control of the vandals.
Let Pennsylvania, then, follow the established
example of New York and Ohio, and, by com
bining all Union men upon ono basis, strike
terror into the ranks of the common enemy,
and prevent the councils of the nation and the
councils of the State from falling into the
hands of those who seek for every opportunity
to aid and comfort Jefferson Davis and his
confederates. OCCASIONAL.
Letter from Washington
(Correepondeoco of tho Press.]
WASHINGTON, January 12, 1862
Washington is enveloped in a fog, such as ono
might fancy on the banks of the odorous Thames,
instead of the shores of the noble and picturesque
Potomac. It is just such a day as Tom Hood. had
in his mind's eye when ho rattled off his " Novem
ber." The noble Capitol is encircled with the
misty shroud, and its pepper-box dome no longer
frights the artistic souls of wayfarers on Pennsyl
vania avenue. The atmosphere is redolent of
colds, of coughs, and of rheumatism. Tho invalid
curses the fato that confines him to the house, and
the reporter anathematizes the destiny that compels
him to navigate, (or pedestrinate rather ?) over the
little oases of cobble-stones that peep up through the
oceans of mud in that thoroughfare. Speaking of
mud suggests to my mind the peculiar peculiarities
of Washington mud. The natural history of Wash
ington mud would be a good theme for some un
discovered genius to immortalize his name upon.
If be is at a loss for a name by which the learned
may distinguish it, I would suggest Itfitelds Trask-,
in gtoniensis. I might also suggest the principal
points upon which he might dilate at length, and if
ho could elucidate the influence it exercises on the
health of our soldiers, he, perhaps, would find
ready publisher in the Sanitary Commission, which
has not given us a pamphlet for COMO time.
i:Sirst, nobody will have the temerity to deny that
MuddilVashingtoniensis is very muddy, as any
loyal citizen will certainly testify-to, and as to any
other class, their testimony is not to be believed.
Next, it is very yellow, except within the precincts
of the depot, wherein it will be found of a sable
texture, as all reporters may boar witness, if, in
their breathless, dinnerless haste, they over
notice anything but the United States mail
oar. Finally, it has a most wonderful habit of
adhering to leather—a fact that produces a re
markable elasticity of spirits upon perambu
latory boot-blanks. These points, in the hands
of the Sanitary Commission, if properly treated,
might prove of vast benefit to the health of the
poor officers who are permitted to leave their
camps for a few days to enjoy the delightful at
mosphere of the- metropolis. It would also be
read with interest by the corporation of Washing
ton, who might make an appropriation by way of
experiment, to furnish each member of the M. P.
with a wisp to be attached to the stick they are
now compelled to carry night and day. Who can
anticipate the result ?—" large oaks front little
acorns grow."
If the army remains in state quo for ono week
longer, it is my private opinion, publicly expressed,
that every reporter in the vicinity of the capital
will become hopelessly insane. Some new oxoito
meet is necessary to animate the people and keep
treasury notes at par. A brilliant idea just strikes
me. Let Congress appoint a commission ; lot each
officer depositbis sword, belt, and spurs in their
hands, and let them all be presented back again.
No, that won't do. We might do something in tho
way of flags, but then every regiment has two or
three of them already. The ground is too damp
for reviews, and a foraging expedition couldn't
catch a field-mouse, the country is so bare. We
must either fall back on reconnoissances, or Imitate
the example of the ancient chivalry of Rome. The
biggest man in our army ought to dare Beauregard
to mortal combat, and, if ho skulks out of it, then
three Doratii should challenge the issue upon the
lives of three rebel Curatii.
Badinage aside, the despots of the Old World
who are gloating over the protracted resistance of
the rebels, magnifying with ill-concealed joy the
disasters of Bull's Bun and Ball's Bluff, aro instill
ing into the minds of the peoples of the Old World
the belief that our delay is only an evidence of our
weakness. Wilfully or ignorantly they conceal the
topographical features of Virginia, and draw Qom
parisomi unfavorable to Its, from the dectsive battles
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1862.
of Europe. The world might be searched in vain to
find a country so well adapted for military defence
or one so illy adapted for offensive operations in the
field as Virginia. From the Potomac to the Alle
ghenies, it presents to our army, by the hand of
nature, a more formidable barrier to an advance
than en army with beepers. But we have fortified
every hill-top around the oapital and, if we aro to
be defeated to this great struggle for NATIONALITY
lot it be rather by the misguided rebels and their
wicked leaders rather than the machinations of Eu
ropean monarchists. When can we be stronger
than we are, to-day ? Every loyal State has
furnished; with a lavish band, her men and
means to carry on this war to a speedy com
pletion. Every day's delay in camp increases the
indifference and ennui of the soldier. The only
fear is that they may become professional soldiers,
from which may we over be delivered. We have
now a half million of patriotio soldiers in the field,
far better equipped, armed in a nobler cause, and
certainly as well drilled as the rebels. Even
though their numbers equal ours, which is not the
case, bow is it possible for us to be defeated, except
through the incompetency or treason of our gene
rals? If we cannot couquer, then may acd save
the Republic, for it is beyond the power of man to
preserve. Q.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to “The Press.”
The "Pensacola " Runs the Rebel Block
ade Twenty-two Unsuccessful Shots
Fired at her
The United States steamship Pensacola, whioh
left her anohorage off Alexandria yesterday morn
ing, proceeded to Indian Head, about twenty
seven miles from Washington, where she remained
until between five and six o'clock this morning,
and then started to run the rebel blockade, which
she did with entire safety. Twenty-two shots were
fired at her, but none struck. She did not return
the fire. She was heavily laden with cannon, and
other appliances of war, and fully prepared for
hostile service. The safe departure of the Pensa
cola is a general subject of congratulation, as it is
known that the rebels have been, for weeks past,
reserving their fire, In order either to destroy this
vessel or prevent her passage out of the Potomac
river.
The Riehiriond Prisoners.
Yesterday twentyfivo of the throe•months mon,
who, among others, wore recently returned from
Richmond, where they have been in confinement
since the battle of Bull Rem, received their pay at
the quarters of the paymaster in this city. The
sum paid them included, besides their regular
monthly allowance, that duo them for clothing.
No subsistence money was given them. This, we
understand, it is the intention of tho soldiers to
apply for. The men, after being paid off, were
discharged..
To-morrow those soldiers whom regiments aro
still in service will be paid off, and furloughed for
thirty days.
The Kerrigan Court *astral.
On Saturday, the court in the above named case
adjourned until Monday, without hearing any ad
ditional testimony. To-day, Col. ICERRIGAN was
parolled by Gen 111cOLELLAN, and was engaged in
visiting his friends in different parts of the city.
Ilia health has much improved of late.
Today the weather is most oppressively warm,
and hundreds of persons have flocked upon the Ave.
nue all day long, enjoying the delightful sunshine.
The streets are very muddy, however, and the plea
sure of promenading is somewhat marred by this
fact. Overcoats have rapidly disappeared during
the day, and articles of wearing apparel of a thin
texture have as speedily succeeded them. The
snow and ice have disappeared beneath. old Sol's
piercing rays, and not a vestige of winter is left.
The lull that it is said always precedes a storm is
full upon us, and to find an item of interesting news
suggests to one mind the old story of the needle
and the haystack. Tho query of " what have you
got ?" the usual interrogatory applied at the hotels
and on the sidewalks to those who aro supposed to
be possessed of any information, bids fir to become
a byword, at no distant day, as popular and bur
dened with as mush meaning, as that of
c( I don't see it." Sensationists and others
aro afflicted with the same spirit of list
lessness as that characterizing a mid•summer's
day, and ne ono appears to have anything to say,
simply because there is nothing to talk about.
Speculations us to the destination of the Burnside
expedition, which has just left our shores, are, em
phatically, "played out ;" and now that every
body has had his say, everybody else is satisfied
to remain quiet.
Death of Horace B. English.
HORACE B. ENOLISR, a resident of Philadelphia,
R'llol3o log wile recently amputated, died this after
noon.
Mrs. GAINES, whose fnmoun emit in aegard to pro-
perty in New Orleans TITS deoided in ink favor by
the Supremo Court a short time before - Louisiana
acceded, has obtained leave to pass through the lines
of our army.
General LANE has net tendered his resignation to
the Governor or Legislature of Kansas, nor has he
accepted the Brigadier Generalship lately tendered
to him by the President, and confirmed by the
Senate, nor does ho intend to accept it, as ho re.
contly declared in that body, until ho has resigned
his seat, of which the Senate will have full notice.
On Monday Mrs. GREENIIOW, and several other
ladies now confined in the Thirteenth•streot jail
for their Secession proclivities, will be removed to
the old Capitol jail, whore quarters arc now being
fitted up for them. There they will be' proof
against any attempt made to rescue them from the
Government.
From the Lower Potomac.
I The Stepping Stones succeeded in running the
blockade, and returned to the Navy Yard yester
day morning. The other dny, the Satellite and
Island Belle steamed over towards the ;Virginia
shore and shelled a large rebel battery opposite
Eoyd's Hole. They continued the bombardment
for some time, but could not tell with what result,
as it was dark, and the rebels made no response to
the firing. The same vessels shelled a rebel encamp
ment, near Acquia creek, the same morning. About
150 shells were thrown, but they did not know what
effect they had.
The Rebel Incendiaries at Alexandria.
Several sympathizers with the rebels at Alexan
dria have been arrested on suspicion of being en
gaged in the attempt to fire the Mansion House
Hospital. Should they be• convicted they 'will be
hung.
Furnishing Information to the Rebels.
It is expected that some startling disclosures
will be made in the course of a day or two, which
will involve some gentlemen of high social position,
who have been furnishing the rebels with informa
tion. Throe or four suspected parties, it is stated,
sailed from Now York for Europe yesterday. A
number of suspected parties left the city last
- night.
Miscellaneous.
The weather to-day is as mild and balmy as a
Juno morning. In some of the encampments ser
vice was held in the open air. The roads from
Langley's to Alexandria aro in a deplorably con
dition. Everything indicates, in the advanced en
campments, that some important movement is
afoot. Tho different divisions aro prepared for a
long march at an hours notice.
There is to bo a meeting of the Cabinet at eleven
o'clock to-morrow morning, on special business.
It is stated this morning in military circles; that
General Swim:short resigned, and his place is to be
filled by a well-known military gentleman from
New York city.
General SHIELDS expects to receive the appoint
ment of a Major Generalship.
The Comte de Paris and the Duo do Chartres
have returned to the city and entered upon their
duties on General MeCLELLAN's staff.
Colonel PEcinAir, of the rebel army, who was
recently released on parole from Fort Warm, has
left for Richmond for the purpose of effecting the
release of one of our officers of a similar grado.
Mrs. Sm BEERY and another lady, who were pro
eeedivg up Pennsylvania avenue yesterday in a
market wagon, came In contact, with a runaway
four•horse ambulance. Mrs. SWEENEY was thrown
out of the wagon, and had her nook broken.
The other lady escaped with but alight injuries.
Arrival of the United States Sloop-of.
War John Adams.
Nr.w Yonx, Jan. l2,—The U. B. eloop•of-war
John Adams has arrived from China.
NEIV Yonn, Jan. 12.—Tho bark Ni.Vitingale
from Rio reports the pirate Sumpter off St. Thomas
on the 24th of December. She landed ono of her
officers there.
The Reinforcements to General Butler's
Expedition.
BOSTON, Tan.ll.—Orders were received bore this
evening countermanding the orders sent yesterday
in relation to the postponement of the sailing of the
steamer Constitutton with General Butler's troops
on hoard, and the three companies which had loft
for Fort Independence aro again on board.
The Constxtutzon will sail for Fortress Monroe
on Monday.
Nnw Yom:, Jan, 11.—The steamer Ocean Quee,e
nrrived this evening, from Port Royal on the Bth
inst. Tho news is unimportant Ships connected
with the stone fleet continued to arrive at Port
Royal. The Ocean Queen has a quantity of cotton
on freight.
FREDERICK, Jan. 11.—Thorn have boon no fur
ther ad vices received from• Romney. Heavy but
irregular cannonading wllB heard in the direction
of Sharpsburg this morning, but the mute of it has
not boon made known.
Wesninaron, January 12, 1862
The Lion and the Lamb
Another Lull,
Mrs. Gaines
General Lane.
Greenhow
The Pirate Sumpter
From Port Royal
From the tipper Potomac
Permission Granted to Land British
Troops at Portland, En Route for Ca
nada.
PonTwain, Jan. 11.—The steamer Hil,rnian,
with British troops, will come here first to land tho
mails and passengers, and then go to St. John
Secretary Seward baa telegraphed permission to
land her troops to be conveyed to Canada or else
where.
From Fortress Monroe
FonrnEßß Mormon, January 11.—The captain of
the French steamer Catinet has gone to Norfolk
under a flog of truce, with desimtehes for the French
consul,
Great preparations were making at Norfolk - in
anticipation of an attack by General Burnside's ex
pedition.
BiLTIJIOIIB, January 11.—A private letter from
Fortress Monroe, dated yesterday, says .
"The steamer S. R. Spaulding arrived from
Hatteras Inlet this morning. She brings no news of
importance. The rebels have not made their ap
pearance since the sph of December.
'The schooner E. H. Atwood, Captain Smith,
eighty-four days from Malaga, with fruit and wine,
put into Hatteras, on the 6th instant, abort of pro
visions. She was supplied, and was to sail for New
York on the 11th.
" On the 24th December there arrived, in an open
boat, from Roanoke Island, fifteen contrabands.
" The day before the Spaulding left five contra
bands arrived from Plymouth, who had been five
dim on the voyage. They nay they wore fired at
no they passed Roanoke Island. They also report
much privation among the people.
" Christmas and New Year's day were celebrated
in an appropriate manner, and the Eighth of
January was signalized by a general display of
bunting.
" The soldiers at Hatteras aro conducting an
adult school for the instruction of the negroes. It
is under charge of Patrick Kelly, of Company C,
U. S. Artillery, a man deeply interested in the
scheme, and in every way qualified for his difficult
post."
BALTIMORE, Jan. 12.—The Old Point boat has
arrived, but brings no news from the fortress or
from the South.
llayor Brown, of Baltimore
BOSTON, Jan. 11.—Mayor Brown, of Baltimore,
returned to this city for Fort Warren today, his
parole of thirty days having expired.
Fog in New York Harbor
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A dense fog set in at six
o'olock this looming, rendering navigation impos
sible, the ferries running only one boat each, and
those irregularly.
The steamers Baltic and Cabawk, with the
Massachusetts cavalry, were unable to leave as
was intended, but will start as soon as the fog
rises.
Public Amusements
Tonight will be devoted, at the Academy, to
the benefit and last Appearance of Edwin Forrest,
who will repeat his grand impersonation of Othello,
with John McCullough es /ago. The house will
.be crowded, as seats have been at a premium for
three days post. We have prepared a summary
of Mr. Forrest's performances, particularly of
the plays of "Macbeth" and "Othello." News
matter has, precluded its appearance to-day. It is
sufficient, therefore, to state that this engagement
bee crowned a useful and brilliant career, and ema
ciated Mr. Forrest's name Inseparably with the
English drama, and his great predecessors—the
Ream, the Rumbles, Cook, end Garriok. Sustained
efficiently, Mr. Forrest, alone, has contrived to fill
our Academy to repletion during six weeks of unin
terrupted labor? The accompaniments to finished
representations have been all sustained, and the
business of the establishment has been conducted
with scarcely less ability by Mr. Nixon and Mr.
Joseph MoArdle. Mr. Nixon's connection with
equestrian and dramatic events has occupied almost
the whole of an extraordinarily active life. He has
lost more riches than it has boon the fortune of
most managers to accumulate, and many of his
speculations would constitute rare chapters in the
history of American showmen. Mr. Barnum has
been dubbed the Prime of Showmen," bet Nixon
has designed exhibitions with far greater enterprise
and success.
Tho Hippodrome which ho organized was the moat
gorgeous display that we have ever had upon this
continent. Recently a cargo of his valuable animals
and effects went down at sea. Mr. MoArdle has
been a devoted admirer and friend of Mr. Forrest
since the commencement of his career. Some of the
most difficult business of the establishment has been
conducted by him, and always with promptness,
energy, and delicacy. The press is largely indebted
to him, and Mr Forrest could not replace him.
Through many trying scenes of Mr. Forrost's life,
Mr. MoArdlo has been his good friend.
Among the membirs of the dramatic company,
we must not forget the merits of Messrs. James
Martin, a capital comedian, and Mr. Charles Harri
son. The latter will probably remain some weeks
in Philadelphia.
Two of the host diditieators of Irish character
will play in Philadelphia this Week—Mr. Barney
Williams, the original Irishman, whose impersona
tions last week, at the Walnut, wore regarded by
thousands of people, and Mr. John Drew, the old
Philadelphia favorite, who will commence an en
gagement at the Arch-street Theatre. There
can bo no rivalry between these gentlemen.
They are both delineators of the cams genres of
character, but of widely different species. Mr.
Williams cannot be approached in his representa
tions of the rollicking, reckless Celt, as it is his
mission to move to laughter—seldom to tears.
John Drew aims both to make us weep and to
smile. He is equally successful in his pathos and
his humor. In many park ho is individual, in all
pleasing and taittila Some at the lightest and
least meritorious pieces in the catalogue have
been endowed by him with graces of a high order.
A morsel of sentiment, ingeniously delivered; a
bit of verse sung simply and tenderly, have asso
ciated him with 801110 of the purest and best feelings
that it is in the power of an actor to awaken. Mr.
Williams is more widely known; Mr. Drew has a
kcal reputation that years have not diminished.
They are both gifted and amiable men, and the
public', in view of the claims of each, will go to
aro both. Mr. Williams has the additional attrac
tion of a versatile and handsome wife. They
will appear this evening in three pieces: "Ireland
as it Was," "Cur Gal," and the " Irish Lion."
Mr. Drew will represent the "Irish Ambassador,"
and the " Irish Tiger," in both of which his rare
powers will be exhibited.
At the Continental Theatre, a patriotic drama
will be produced, which is said to possess the usual
features of such • compositions. For bloody utter
ances, and an abundance of thunder, it will not
want.
SIGNOR BLITZ'S performances at the Temple of
Wonders aro original and highly talented. His na
tural magic exceeds the most sanguine expectations
of his visitors, and not infrequently leads them to
doubt tho•signor'a identity with the human race.
The ventriloquism is also perfect and amusing, and
tho learned canary birds deeply Interesting.
Is the Steamship Rinaldo Lost'?
FRARS FOR HER SAFETY-A STRONG PhOIttIGLITY THAT
SLIDELL AND MASON HAVE GONE TO DAVY JONES
The Fafety of the British steamer Rinaldo, with her
cargo of rebels, is beginning to be a matter of doubt.
The general impression was, when she left Prorincetown,
that silo mould premed by the usual route to Halifax,
when Illason and Slidell would be transferred to a mail
steamer for England; but the latest arrival from the for
mer place brings no tidings of her. The length of limb
which has elapsed warrants the conclusion that, if Hali
fax was the destined putt, the Rinaldo must have been
lost in that terrible storm which raged with such unpre
cedented fury during the night of the let instant and
the following day.
The Rinaldo left Provincetown at 0 o'clock I'. 11. of
the Ist instant, and only two hours afterwards the gale
commenced all along that vicinity. All those who wit
nessed it, and sailors who were out at that time, concur
in lepresenting it as the most furious that has been ex pc
riented on the eastern coast for many years. The losses
to the shipping, ou the high seas, were extremely no
-11101-0114.
At leant two ormolu, Cm schooner Edward M. Clark,
of Dartford, and another of unknown name, are known
to bate sunk with all on board during that fearful night.
The scores of other cases that are nut yet known con
only bo imagined by looking at the long list of vessels
due, many of which should have boon in port during the
rift few dnt sof the present month. The Rinaldo may
have steored for St. Thomas on leaving Cape Cod, but
Bush a eOlll%O would teem uncalled for and singular.
She Balled, as the British consul in this city statos, under
healed OilittP, ninth Capt. Hewitt, her commander, wan
to open after leasing port. The Rinaldo had a heavy
armament of guns, 'Mitch would naturally tend to
dtoablo tho yew,' is a storm. They were also
mounted on the main deck, a fact which would still
fm tber tend to incapacitate the vessel for weathering a
severe storm. Two of her cannon weighed over 10.000
pounds each, and tho remaining fifteen were all 32.
poinglers. The Rinaldo to, or was, as the MO may be,
a screw steamer, with engines of 200-home power, nanned
by two hundred hands, under the following officers:
Commander, Hewitt; first lieutenant, A. Arlington ;
second lieutenant, IC. Turton ; matter, C. Srnytho ;
sur
geon, A. Archer; paymaster, A. Thompson ; assistant
Burgeon, A. Nelson. If the steamer took the tit. Thomas
route for Englund, and arrived safely at the former port,
wo shall probably not bear of the fact until ton o• fifteen
(Ws longer.—N. E World.
General Siget's Resignatton
E==,El
THE CAUSE WHICH LED TO THE RESIGNATION
The following extract from a private letter, dated St.
Louis, January 6, explains the cause which led to the
resignation of the veteran General Sigel, and will ho
road u ith intorect
And so Sigel has been so shamefully neglected that
native Americans have grown impatient. Rig last stay
hoe was more for the benefit of hie men than his health.
Tines have never allow ed hie division to be complete.
Ile has ergatiOed regiment after regiment only to be de
prived of the Reds of hie inmates; awl to Ills memorial
to General "Which, on this subject ; he has never re
ceived an answer. His stoat, In spite of all hie efforts ;
have received no pay, and but little attention has been
paid to ble requisitions for the troops. Notwithstanding
the cold ; his men have been compelled to sleep in torn
totals, r, illlollt files, midis, it is notorious that other coot.
mends were freely supplied
Immediately before his last return to Rolla a conversa
tion took place between General Sigel and General Rol
leek; and Sigel seemed satisfied that the command of the
troupe at Rolla had Igen given to him. On the evening
of ids arrival at Rolla he received news to the effect that
the people of Southwestern Ws:semi tool petitioned Pre
sident Lincoln for protection; and had recommended
Sigel as a fit men to deliver them front the thraldom of
Jell Pavis. Every thing indicated that he would ace
some active set vice, when, to his astonishment, after
being 0111 Y four ditym at Rolla, he mos ordered to transfer
his command over to General Curtis. There seas no al
ternative for Sigel but to resign, and resign be did.
During, the whole campaign General Sigel has been
subjected to an series of disappointments. Fremont, wino
knew Sigel's abilities well, would not grant Mtn !Wildest
troops when there was a splendid opportunity of defeat
ing nice at the pa s sage 01 the Osage. Fremont was re
moved, and General Homer was appointed lu ids place.
A council of war was held and Sigel was sent out to meet
the enemy. The main I rely of the army, however, sud
denly retreatoc, and Sigel was left alone ; anal had it not
been for a mere accident he might have lost Ills entire di
vision.remained forty-eight boors in Springfield for
the purpose of procuring means of transportation for the
intuitive of those Mho were serving in the Olden army ;
and gat e his carriages ; his horses, and hie all, to save
these poor sl omen and children front fn ening and starving.
Immediately after Guider's retreat Sigel Inml resolved
open resigning lint the hope of Laing able to do sumo.
thing for unhappy Missouri changed his mind. General
lialleck'e lust order has dissipated Sigel's last hone, nod
lie has only acted as a man of honor ought to have
acted.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
ANERIORN AOADEMY OP Ml7l3lo—Broad and Locust
streets—" Othello."
Azon-fivessv Tinnertn—Arolt et - met, above Sixth.—
" The Irish Ambaesador"—" The trial, Tutor"—"Lend
me Fivo Shillings."
OONTINENTAL THIERTED—WaInut street above Eighth.
—"Sketches in India"— "The War for the Union."
WALEDS.STEIN7 THISTEIk—DID/D1 and Whilita ate.—
"Ireland as it Woe"—" Our Gal"—"The Irieh Lion."
TRAWLS OP WONDERS—N. E. corner Tenth end Meat
nut stmts.—Signor Entertainment.
TEE MAN 121 TIIE STATE HOUSE STEEPLE.—
The State House steeple is an attractive study for
curiosity-hunters and strangers visiting the city.
Some years since the throng who daily besieged its
confines was so groat, that the heads of the muni :
eipal government concluded to appoint a charge
d'affazres, whose sole duty should embrace the re
ception of visitors, and a constant supervision of the
entire city for any indications of fire.
The first branch of the duty simply required a
fair address, with some little tact; the second was
recognized as one of no mean responsibility, noses
sitating on the part of the incumbent habits of
sobriety and attention to business, coupled with
rather more than the average of judgment and
common sense.
Accordingly, Mr. Joseph Biekley was selected for
the position, which is without exception the most
exalted in'the municipality. Mr.l3ioilley, with his
family, consisting of a wife, child, and a servant,
resides just below the steeple, occupying three com
fortable rooms in all.
In the performance of his duties, Mr. nickley Is
assisted by two other watchmen, the twenty-four
hours being parcelled out in equal portions between
the three. Thus, at no single moment of the day
or night is the State Mouse steeple without its
watchful sentinel.
Connecting the steeple with the Police and Fire
alarm Telegraph Office, is a speaking tube, which
could scarcely be dispensed with but at tho expense
of all that is valuable in convenience and prompti
tude. Whether the night be one fine, soft, and
balmy as a dream of childhood, with a gentle
breeze astir that loves to coy with the foliage of
old Independence Square until it whispers lightly
nay l—or whether the old steeple bo rooked like a
cradle in a December storm, until the hands upon
the dial aro but tremulous shadows through the
drifting snow, and the bell has a mournful, sighing
echo that lingers like the sea-shell's song—or
whether the town lies lifeless as a charnel•house in
the broad glare of an August noon, when man and
beast are fainting in the highway—still must tho
vigil from the city's steeple be continued, with
straining eye and breathless expectation.
To illustrate more eloarly the way in which a fire
alarm is struck, we will 'describe the details, as
witnessed by ourselves. It is shortly after midnight.
The
" Watcher, Dale and fearful," (!)
has swept the °intuit of the horizon with an eXpe
rienoed eye, that is well accustomed to the dark-
DM, without observing aught suspicious or deserving
inquiry. To be sure, there are columns of smoke
circling up to the clouds from every section of the
city—from the gas works, from the lime kilns, from
the scores of factories incessantly employed for the
Government's sake, and from the newspaper print
ing offices. Each of these columns of smoke has
been studied and classified by the bell ringer. The
ono there away off to the west, somewhere near the
Schuylkill, always comes up with a heavy, besotted
look, and then diverges like a bulbous root. That
to the northwest seems addle-pated, time-serving,
and too volatile for any use in life. It loves to be
borne away upon the winds, no matter how or whi
ther. There is a dusky shaft that rises upward like
an obelisk, and then, as the wind veersround to the
west, comes out of the chimney's mouth with a
graceful curve, as a sabre from its sheath. Here is
amine of wonder for the steeple-man, if he be specu
lative, or even slightly , superstitious.
" Hist!" exclaims the speaking tube.
f. Well?"
"See any firo near Eighth and Washington ?"
The locality is very quirky scanned, but the
distance is great; the fire is probably confined as
yet, and nothing can be seen. So the answer goes
down the pipe, No !"
A couple of minutes pass, and the voice in the
pipe says : "They are pullipg the box at Eighth
and Washington. Can't yen see anything yet?
Can't you hear the Marion-Hose bell ?"
The Marion-Hose bell might be rung till dooms
day without being heard in the State-House gee•
pie, such is the great distance. So the steepleman,
who "bath eyes to Bee, and south not," and "ears
to hear, but heareth not," replies, "I neither Bee
nor hear anything."
Again the little signal bell in the operator's little
box of a room twitches nervously, "one, two,
three, four, five," and the final message flies up
the tube, "Strike First district, south."
On the instant the ponderous hammer swings, the
bell is quivering with excitement, and all over the
city limits the dread alarm is sped : Fire ! fire !
fire! while the steeple totters to and fro, and mum
bles childish things, in the depth of its despair,
Fro , " ethilwalt to Northers{ Liteities every
belfry of every fire. engine house has caught the
echo now, and strives to drown it in a greater
clamor; but the echo of the State House bell is
grand, peculiar, and irrepressible, and the fireman's
ear h a learned to know its note in a thousand.
From each ward of the First and Second districts
the fire apparatus is dashing to Eighth and Wash
ington streets. Here it is a polished steamer, with
her silver mountings gloaming for squares off by
the dull gaslight, crashing along like a park of ar
tillery to turn the tide of battle ; and there a long
ladder-truck, hastening,'Mayhap, to the rosette of
imperilled lives. Here comes a staunch old hand
engine, that was built before America became a
nation, and what a Balmy whirr its wheels spit out
on the railway track! Aud close behind trips the
stately hose-carriage, its silver bells making merry
chime on the frosty air.
All this Is music to the steepleiman. He can per
ceive the light distinctly new, put it is faint, and
seems a long distance off. Fifteen rnittittes pass, and
the light has gone out, the bells are s relit and
silence breeds upon the city.
Such is life in the State House steeple !—not with
out a pleasurable excitement, and not without a
certain weight of anxious rare and responsibility..
The bell-ringers are appointed by the Commis
sioners of City Property, and are generally con
tinned in office during "good behavior."
The clock is ono of the interesting features of the
place. It is in charge of a person specially selected
for the purpose, being wound up once a week, and
regulated as often as necessary.
So much for what may be seen within thekteeple.
All around, without its windows, the view is full of
contemplation, and every way expressive. Visitors
are furnished with passes by the superintendent of
Independence Hall, and are always courteously
received end treated by the person having charge.
If strangers, they will leave with an exalted notion
of the city's size and greatness; if citizens, more'
than over convinced that the grand sights aro not
all in Paris.
A MEETING of the Kensington Soup Society
was held January 10th, 1862, in room No. 4, Raw
sington M. E. Church. A. P. Eyre, Esq., tHfs
called to the chair, and G. I Hamilton appointed
secretary. On motion of S. M. Meautchen second
ed by George Slockham, the meeting proceeded to
the election of twenty-four managers for the onsu
ing year, when the following gentlemen were elect
ed : Geo. Ste:Ahem, A. P. Eyre, Eli Garrison, S.
M. Meoutain, D. Duncan, Jacob Jones, G. W.
Vaughan, T. D. Stiles, 11. Shird, G. I. Hamilton,
A. Zane, Hon. John Robbins, Jos. E. Gillingham,
Robt. Coleman, Wm. Albertson, Wm. Taxes, C. M.
Lukens, J. K. Vaughn, R. Wainwright, IL Wor
rell, A. McFadden, Joseph Bennett, H. J. Kessler,
F. Kramer. The managers proceeded to an elec
tion of officers for the year when the following were
elected: Abra. P. Eyre, president; Eli Garrison,
vice-president, G. J. Hamtlton, treasurer, and C.
M. Lukens, secretary Donations can be left with
the treasurer at the Commonwealth Bank.
SUM - UT-SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY OF TRINITY
Cuuncu, SouvitWAßK.—Ono of the most interesting
Sunday-school celebrationstbat we have witnessed
for many a day took place in Trinity Episcopal
Church, Southwark, yesterday afternoon. At three
o'clock the various classes assembled in the church,
with tasteful and appropriate banners and devices,
inscribed with mottoes from the Scriptures. Each
of them, after a few preliminary exercises, then de
puted one of their number to present to the rector,
Rev. Thomas W. Martin, their offerings for tho
year. As each in turn name forward, the reverend
gentleman spoke a few pertinent vtds of congra
tulation and encouragement. taking for his themes
the inscriptions upon the banners. We are glad to
see that this system of emblems is coming more into
favor among Sunday-school teachers than formerly.
The classes have been named after the most distin
guished divines of the Church. Their offerings,
which yesterday amounted to about two hundred
dollars, are devoted to the Neshoto (Wisconsin)
Theological Seminary, and the Fairbault (Minne
sota) Mission. The Sunday-school contributed $175,
and the infant-school from $25 to $3O. Even these
contributions have been affected by the political
troubles, having very materially deoreesed when
compared with those of previous years.
The appropriation of the infant school is devoted
to the support of an Indian boy named after the
late rector of the church. Ile is now studying
under the care of Dr. Breek, at Fairbault.
Trinity Church has been richly decorated with
evergreens this year, under the superintendence of
several ladies of the parish. Festoons of green ex
tend front the centre of the church to the corners
of the galleries, and also over the pulpit and
mound the pillars of the chancel. Over the chancel,
is the inscription in green, " Glory to God in the
Highest," while back of the pulpit is a rich cross of
silver, surrounded with the evergreen, making a
very fine prospect from the middle aisle of the
church.
The school, we should have remarked above,
numbers two hundred and fifty children, whose
singing, responses, and answers to the categorical
questions of the rector, are greatly to their credit.
The rector is assisted by a corps of teachers, who
are zealous and energetic in their work and de
serve the gratitude of the parish in which they
labor so faithfully.
We feel it our duty, however, to remark in con
clusion, that the interior of the church is sadly in
need of a coat of paint. At present, it cannot ever
be washed, being finished in water colors. The
congregation should bestir itself in this matter.
MILITARY FUNEFIAIS.—The funeral of Adam
Fitzgerald took place yesterday afternoon, from
Ids late residence, in Dwaine street, near Fifth.
Els funeral was attended by the members of the
Scott Legion.
The funeral of William Auner, late a member of
Company G, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volun
teers, took place yesterday afternoon, from his
Into residence, No. 1219. Ogden street. The death
of Mr. Annoy was rather unexpected. Ile was on
picket duty at Budd's Ferry on the lot inst.
Sergeant Robert Gordon, of Company E, Twenty
third Regiment, Colonel Eirney, died at the Penn
sylvania Hospital', on Wednesday last, of typhoid
fever. lie funeral took place yesterday after
noon, from the residence of his sister, No. 1921
South street. Company D, Captain Sinex, Ninety
first Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Gregory,
acted as a guard of honor.
itliarrEns ry Castnnti.—Mr. Benjamin Per
kins, attached to the United States marine ser
vice, and who wee at the battle of Bull Run, where
ho was wounded and taken prisoner, and having
been released, is now home. lie was wounded in
the foot, crippling him for life, but when offered
his discharge objected. declaring his wish for
another chance to avenge his injuries upon the
rebels.—The grading of Second street, below Ron
son, is being pushed forward rapidly. This street
has, heretofore, been in a very bad condition, and
the determination of the City Connell to improve
it will meet hearty approval.—We learn that a
malignant type of scarlet fever prevails to a limited
extent in the northern part of the oity, white a mild
form of small-pox is prevalent in the southern per.
lion of tho city. With these exceptions, the health
of the city is excellent.—The January term of the
Camden county courts will commence on Tuesday
next. The criminal business promises to be light,
but we learn that there are several interesting civil
oases to be tried.
TILE NATIONAL SAFETY FOND.--On Satur
day the case of Mr. Hoary L. Benner and other of
ficers of the defunct National Safety Fund and.
Trust Company oame up on a writ of habeas corpus,
before Judge
Gustavus Remelt, EN., appeared as consul for
the prosecution, and Messrs. Lewis C. Cassidy, Wm.
L. Pierce, John F. Latta, J. H. Ashton, and. E. M.
Paxon for the defendants.
The court' room wee well crowded with parties
and others interested in the ease
Mr. Remelt opened the proceedings by saying
this was a suit instituted against the officera.of the
National Safety Fund and Trust Company, au or
ganization which he said had cheated the people
out of their hard earnings. Mr. R. then, at some
length detailed what he conceived to be the evi
deuce of great fraud on the part of the managers of
the affairs of the corporation, tharthe whole con
cern had only $50,000 capital invested, while their
advertisements and annual reports sot forth the ca
pital at $250,000. The learned counsel submitted
the following as evidence to sustain the case and
hold the parties for trial :
First. The minutes of the proceedings of the
Board of Managers held April 27th, 1801, contain
ing a preamble and resolution setting forth the
transfers made to a Mr. Barry, a director, to secure
him from loss.
Secondly. The semi-annual report of December,
1860, the last one made by the company, stating
the capital to be $250,000, when it was in trnth
only $50.000.
Thirdly. A statement of the assets and an in
ventory of the appraisement made on May 111, 1864
by two appraisers appointed by the court.
Fourthly. Also, the investment book of Novem
ber 1, 1861.
Mr. Remak, in submitting these books and docu
ments, made some remarks, during which ha was
interrupted by several of the counsel on the other
aide. Finally, one of the lawyers for the defence
objected to Mr. Remak making anY remarks what
ever until he had presented all the documentary
evidence.
L Mr Remak replied with some degree of warmth,
and Judge Allison interposed, and suggested the
propriety of counsel keeping cool. Mr. Remak re
plied that ho was cool--cool enough to know what
be was about, but that he was impulsive. This was
his nature ; he did not like the judge to tutor him,
nor would he have it to go into thenewspapers that
be was under the tutorship of the judge.
Judge Allison calmly rejoined that he did not
with to tutor the counsel, but simply desired, that
as the case under consideration was one of import
ance to a large number of persons in the country,
that counsel on both sides should keep cool, and
conduct their deliberations with due calmness.
The further investigation of the case was post
poned until next Saturday, at which time Joseph
N. Wilson, an important witness, will be present.
The case of Stephen Coulter, hoard on a writ of
habeas corpus, before Judge Ludlow, has been held
under advisement. The case is independent of the
one before Judge Allison, where the defendants are
charged, aa officers of the company, with embezzle
ment, &c. The charge against Mr. Coulter arises
out of bis connection with the company in the ca
pacity of agent for the negotiation of its paper.
FATAL RESULT.—On Saturday the coroner
held en inquest on the body of William McLaugh
lin, forty years old, a corporal of Col. Gregory's
regiment, who died at the Penn Hospital on Friday,
from the result of receiving a fracture of the skull.
It seems that on Wednesday a corporal's guard had
a deserter, or a fellow who overetaid his time.
At Third and German streets the party got into a
squabble. most of them being under the influence of
liquor. The corporal struck one of the men on the
bead with his rifle, inflicting a nasty and dangerous
wound on the head, the hammer of the lock pene
trating the skull The blow was so violent that its
rebounding force threw the corporal off his guard,
and he fell, with violence enough to break his
skull, by coming in contact with the corner of a
step. He was taken to the Southwark Hall, where
he was attended to by Dr. Stewart, who was called
in by Lieutenant Hampton.
The injury being very severe, a cab was pro
cured by Lieutenant Hampton, who sent him to the
Government Hospital, on Christian street, above
Ninth. His admittance into this institution was
refused, and the unfortunate MAD, still insensible,
was taken back to the Hall. Lieutenant Hampton
then sent him to the Penn Hospital, where he was
at once received and properly attended to. The
coroner having made a full investigation on Satur
day, the jury rendered a verdict attributing his
death to accident.
When the unfortunate corporal was taken to the
Southwark Ball, it was reported that he was the
victim of foul play. The police went at once in
search of the others of the party, and succeeded in
taking them. They were under the influence of
T .fhe facts being made known, the party wore sent
to the camp, when the man who was wounded by
the blow given him by the corporal, as above stated,
was placed under the care of the surgeon. We
learn that his wound is considered rather dan
gerous.
CALLED TO SAN FRANCISCO.—Rev. Charles
Wadsworth, who was ten or a dozen years ago the
}idling Ulla eloquent pastor of the Sixth-street Pres
byterian Church, of Troy, New York, and who
came from there to Philadelphia, has recently re
ceived a very flattering "call " from San Francisco,
a locality where any but first-class men in the pro
fessions stand but a poor chance of preterment.
Dr. Wadsworth is a native of Litchfield, Con
necticut, end must now be bet Ween forty-five and
fifty years of age. He early discovered to his
friends a literary talent, as all literary Yankees do,
by contributing,to the columns of his counbey paper.
He began the study of medicine, but soon turning
from this, entered Union College, and there gradu
ated. Be is a self-made though not a self-educated
man, having, by his own efforts, we believe, main
tained himself while acquiring . his classical educa
tion. Ile settled down, at ter being licensed, at Troy,
N. Y. He is an original thinker, and a clear and
pleasant writer. He is a deep Bible student,
yet not of the sort that sees no tree but palms and
cedars of Lebanon; and would consider it no sin to
point a moral by an example from history this side
of Abimelcoh and Itehoboam. His sermons are
not dull, didactic essays, but with an attractive
style he polishes hie sentences, and abounds in it
lue!ragens that hold i i &s houses well. There is a
rich vein of poetry in him, 7hieh he works continu
ously ; but be is not adattstome42. in his maturity to
smelt its products, and, throwing its sense, to
run it into the bars that we cell rhyme.: lives
in two places—the study and the
pulplt—
mixed with theological disputes, not ogee /v% ,in g
heard of at presbyteries, synods, or general asgelil•
blies. lie is a conservative man, little tempted. to
dabble with politics, and wonderfully disposed to
attend to his own business.
The terms of the offer are, we learn, that he shall
receive $O,OOO per annum, in equal monthly instal.
menu, and that all the expenses of the removal of
family, library, furniture, etc., are to be paid by
the church. The call was unanimous. Whether
Dr. Wadsworth's present congregation will consent
to lose him, however, s a question to be decided.
FUNERAL OP TUE MURDERED CONNELT.-
Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the funeral
of John Conway, recently murdered in such a
shocking manner, took place from his late residence,
vicinity of Twenty-fifth and Spring Garden streets.
The cortege was nearly four squares in length, and
as it approached St. Francis' Catholio Churoh,
where the funeral ceremony was to take place, the
throng of spectators became very dense. Promi
nent among the funeral attendants, wore the mem
bers of the Independence Engine Company, (of
which deceased was a member.) The company
turned out in force, although fully one half of their
members are now in the national service. From
the church the procession then moved to the Cathe
dral Cemetery, where the interment took place. A
mournful interest invested the entire affair.
ARRESTS.—An individual giving the name
of William Warren was arrested on Saturday morn
ing, at Second and South streets, upon the charge
of attempting to pink pookets.
Thomas Chance was arrested at Second and Reed
streets, (First district,) on Saturday, for having
committed an aggravated assault and battery on
Officer Lewis.
A woman named Mary Armstrong was arrested,
on Saturday morning, by Officer MeOallester, upon
the charge of attempting to pass some counterfeit
coin at a store in the vicinity of Eleventh and Mar
ket- streets.
ARREST OF CONCERT SALOON PROPRIETORS.
=On Saturday, at noon, the proprietors of the
01)rapic and Alhambra concert saloons, which
establishments are respectively located in Race
street, above Second, and Chestnut street, above
Sixth, were indicted before the Mayor upon the
charge of giving theatrical representations without
having taken out the liolipse as required by law.
After a hearing, they were bound ovor to answer at
court. The license of such establishments costs,
we believe, $.500.
PAINFUL ACCIVENT.—An elderly lady named
Pollitt, residing nt Front end Walnut streets, fell
on Saturday evening, about ten o'olock, on the ice
and broke her log She was own - eyed to her resi
dence. The accident happened in Front street,
near Mead.
PERSONAL.-Mr. George A. Coffey . , United
States District Attorney, who was struck with para
lysis three or four months since, has so far re
covered as to be able to walk out on a pleasant day.
lie has not yet fully recovered the use of his right
side, but he is gradually reecrrering daily.
Mr. Robert Kelton, the treasurer of the Sestina
and Third-streets Passenger Railway Company,
was in a dying condition on Saturday evening. Mr.
K. was formerly one of the firm of Messrs. Colton
& Kelton, iron merchants of this city. He was
taken suddenly ill several days since, which termi
nated in consumption of the bowels', and on Satur
day began to sink rapidly. His many friends will
regret to hear of his dangerous illness.
THE FIFTEENTII-WARD HOMICIDE. This
morning, at 11 o'clock, the coroner's jury will pro
ceed with the investigation of the murder of John
Conley, at the Ninth-district station-house. The
rumor that the victim had boon to a dog fight, and
being the winner of the stakes had incurred the
displeasure of certain parties, is without the least
foundation, as he was not even present at any such
scene. The deceased, on the contrary, was a sober
and industrious man, and, although in humble cir
cumstances, had a host of friends,.
REPORTED ARRIVALS.—The steamer M.
Sanford, from New York, was reported below the
Point Mouse on Saturday evening. She passed, on
ber way up, off Smyrna creek, the brigs Henry
Lerll3, from Rockland, Me., and therein., from La
guayra ; echooners Francis Edwai de, from Reme
dios, and .Eauretta, from the West Indies. Several
vessels aro reported to be at the Breakwater and In
the channel, bound for this port.
A CCIDSYS AT A FouNnnv.--George Benua
ker, aged thirty years, employed in the locomotive
foundry near Seventeenth and Hamilton streets, had
the cap of his right knee split or knocked out of
place, while he was engaged at work, yesterday.
This accident, slight as it appears, is one that may
cause the unfortunate man to keep his bed for
months. He was removed to the Penna. Hospital.
FIRV.—On Saturday evening at six o'clock,.
a slight fire occurred in the basement of the dwell
ing of Mr. Edward C. Knight, at the southwest
corner of Swanson and Shippon streets. It was
extinguished by two officers before much damage.
bad been done. Their names were Gonne and•
Godwin.
BEFI'DLICAN WARD MEETINGS.—The Repub..
lions of the city will meet in their respective wards
tomorrow evening, for the. purpose of electing de
legates to represent their respective wardnin a con
vention, to be held at the County Court, Douse, on
the 16th test., to frame rules for the government of
the party.
Tin; ItELIEr Yr:ln--The City Tre,asuxer has
paid to the volunteer families, since the commence
merit of the rebellion, the sum of ,T. 336,812.73.
SAy}:Ty OF TUE CIIN.—POI the defence of
the city the authorities have disbursed the sum of
:139,003.71,
SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENOG Bahr.
day, afternoon a man named Joky Bill, aged thirty
five years, who was employed he the ship yard of
'John M. Lynn, below the navy yard, wee horribly
torn by the driving belt of the steam machinery
used at that place. He was a laborer, aid while at
work near the belt was aocidentally caught by it,
and in a moment he was whirled around and fell
mangled and bleeding: One of his arms weashoeit4
ingly torn and the bone splintered. Both of his
legs were fractured, his right ankle crashed, and
the bones of his feet separated. The poor fellow,
thus crushed, did not seem to suffer. - Be was re
moved to the Pennsylvania hospital, but died in a
few minutes after admittrice to that well-governed
institution.
FINANCES OP CHESTER COIINTY.—The Gem-.
missioners of Chester county have agreed to fix
the county tax for the °netting year at three mills
and a half. It is estimated that this will raise an
aggregate of about eighty-eight thousand dollars.
The taxes for 1861 amounted to very nearly 875,-
000—S13,M less. It ris thought the addition of
half a mill to the tax, with fi general reduction in
the county expenditures, will enable the Commis
sioners to meet the demands made upon them for
the relief of families of soldiers. There may be a
great reduction in the expenses of the county—es
pecially in the road damages. These damages have
averaged some $12,000 for some years, and have
been as high as fifteen or eighteen thousand dollars.
It...times like these the building of, new roads and
bridges may well be curtailed. From July last to
January, the Commissioners have paid. on account
of blankets and the relief of soldiers' families about
$12,000.
ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a man named
Robert Williams fell from a wagon in Christian
street, above Ninth street, and severely lacerated
his scalp and produced a alight fracture of the
skull. He was taken to the drug store of Dr. F.
Sturdivant, and 'properly dressed.
PROMPT PATMENT.—The American- Tele,
graph Company has already received from the
"Fire Association " the full amount of their claim
for insurance. The policy was for 81,000, and it
was cashed as soon as the damages by the late fire
were fully ascertained.
Stour Fmn.—On Saturday morning, be
tween twelve and one o'clock, a tire wasdisoovered
in the smoke house of Christian Kinser, No. 1529
Bodine street, Seventeenth ward. The flames were
extinguished before any material damage was done.
THE NEW OFFICE.—The apartment for the
Police and Fire-alarm Telegraph, on the first door
of the City . Hall, will be ready for ocoupanoy in
about ten days.
The Convention of Bankers
The Bank Commissioners of the cities of Sostnn, New
York, and Philadelphia, organized at Washington on.
Saturday morning, electing Mr. Mercer, of Philadelphia,
chairman.
The idea of going with a proposition directly to the
Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Repre
sentatives, without first consulting with Secretary Chase,
has been abandoned, and tee Commissioners hare de
cided to invite the Secretary of the Treasury, the Com
mittee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee of
Ways and Means of theßonse, to meet them. 'Theinvi.
tatlon has been given and accepted, and the convention
assembled for business.
The rollowlng persons compose the convention:
DELBGATES FROM NEW YORK BANKI3.-11/. COO, Ame
rican Exchange Bank; Mr. 'Vennilye, Merchants' Bank;
Mr. Martin, Ocean Bank; Mr. Gallatin, National Bank.
DELEGATES FROM PIIILADELPHIA. Bengs.—Hr.
Rodgers, tar. Mercer, Mr. Patterson.
DELEGATES FROM BOSTON BANCS.—Mr. Haven,
Merchants' Bank; Mr. Walley; Bevero Bank; Mr.
Bates, Bank of Commerce.
TREASURY Derearmsar.—Salmon P. Chase, Secretary
of the Treasury
FIPANCE COMMITTEE OP THE SENATE.—Mr. Simmons,
of Rhode ; Mr. Sherman, of Ohio • Mr. Hoye, of
Wisconsin; Mr. Pearce, of Maryland; Mr.' Bright, of In
diana; Mr. McDougall, of California.
DOUSE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS.—Mr. BIR-
Thr, of Pennsylvania.; Mr. Morrill, of Vermont; Mr.
Phelps, of Mistouri ; Mr. Spaulding, of New York; Mr.
Corning, of New Fork; Mr. Horton, of Ohio; Mr. dtrab.
tor, of New Jersey; Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts; Mr.
Maynard, of Tennessee.
In the conference of the bank representatives with the
firrretarr of the Treasury, and the Finance Committee
of the Renate, and the House Committee Of Ways and
Means, the honk men submitted a proposition compri
sing the following points:
1. That in lieu of tire proposed issue of one hundred
end fifty millions of demand notes, and making them a
legal tender, the Government shall issue fifty millions of
demand notes, convertible trite seven-per-cent. stock, re
deemable in ten years, and one hundred and fifty millions
of email notes, bearing six per cent. Interest, and payable
in two years.
2. That the Subareasury law shall be repealed, and
the banks shall be used as depositaries of all the public
money, except that received from customs.
/ That Congress shall pass a joint resolution, declar
ing that it will pass a revenue bill providing for the
rating of one hundred and twenty-five millions per an
num by taxation, in addition to the receipts front
custcms.
4. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be autho
rized to negotiate further loans, without restriction as to
the terms or rate of interest, and also to obtain temporary
loans by hypothecating stock in anticipation of sales.
The proposition was received without comment from
either the Secretary or the committees indicating tho
opinion entertained, and another interview to to bo held
bfonday.
The proposition has not apparently made a favorable
impression. It seems to be regarded as a plan to benefit
the banks instead of the country. It will not, proba
bly, be substituted for the well-considered plane already
matured by the committees of Congress. The issue for
circulation of notes bearing interest, and conaeonsatir
changing in value from day to day, is regarded as pecu
liarly objectionable. The V. hole proposition, it is thought,
ould depress, instead of elevate, the character of Go
vernment securities.
The Committee of Waya and Means have already ma.
lured a bill providing for raising a revenue of one hum.
deed and fifty millione, which, in connection with other
bills already reported, will complete the measures con
templated in reference to financial affairs.
The Great California Flood—immense
Destruction of Property—One Hundred
Chinamen Reported Drowned.
Our latest California iischanges are largely taken up
with accounts of tha.retnalkable flood which recently
visited that State, causing an immenso destruction of
property. The Sacramento Union, of December i2th,
sass:
The morning sun yesterday rose bright and beautiful
over our city, but its beams fell upon a desolate and
dreary scene. The waters had subaidvd during the night
tht.; or four feet, leaving L street and all the streets
notlit at It beds of mud, strewn with planks from side
ciessiny,s, and amid which boats and rafts,
used in their nail,:tion the day before, lay helplessly
ed, sotalt .. •yf L arli‘et, however, all the city was
means of locomotion hi them.
E a t t rn
ill:ubraerged, and heats Anti rafts afforded the only
The scene in this part of the city, where the first Ittry
of the flood was spent, was 010 of dismal devastafion.
Scores of capsized houses lay Where they had been
lodged against trees or other capsizal slid toppling dwell-
Inge, great piles of stray lumber and Wow} were floating
about, and carcasses or drowned cattle, helms and swine,
here and there disfigured the general wfmk, amidst
which boats and rafts were plying industrienisly, filled
with people in march of their damaged househ ild wirecns.
On Ninth street, between K and It, were the bodice of
fourteen or fifteen horses, and the loss of property be
longing to families resident there was especially large.
It is still difficult to ascertain the loss of life by the Rood
with any degree of exactness, owing to the multiplicity
of wild exaggerations, the still continuing bustle and
confusion, and the great difficulty 'of locomotion.
The loss of property by she inundation is immense,
probably amounting in the aggregate to one million of
dollars. The principal losses are of buildings, household
furniture, and wood. Many merchants on J and It
eh eels suffered heavily in the damage done by wetting
their stock, but very generally they succeeded in piling
their more valuable goods on upper shelves and boxes,
out of the way of drenching.
The breaks In the It street levee, upon which the rail
road is located, aro seven. The first at Fifth street, 100
feet ; second, at Sixth, 200 feet; third, near Eighth, 350
feet ; fourth, at Tenth, 60 feet; fifth, at Twelfth, ID feet ;
sixth, at Thirteenth, 100 feet; seventh, at Fifteenth, 160
feet.
Numerous breaks were also made in the levee from
Sixteenth to Thirty-first street. These breaks must all
be repaired, as well as the trestle bridge built at Seven.
tsenth and Eighteenth streets, before the cars can run
into the city. The Superintendent thinks ho will be able
to 'risks repairs in three or four days, so as to enable the
cars to run to the Ridge.
The repot tell rapid falling of the American ricer, at
Folsom, gives ground for hope that we hare seen the
worst of this disastrous Coed ; for if the river shan't con
tinue to fall, the lower streets wilt be gradually &slued
off through the openings made in the It street term
The licaal nes also very severe at Marysville, and
freshets also occurred at Gram Valley, Oreille, and
other points, interrupting communication, destroying
bridges, asseeping off houses, and inflicting othef ix
juries. From Long Bar, Ousley's Grand Flat, and the
places in that region, disastrona Intelligence is received.
At Long Bar, says the Marysville .Ippeal, a large tram
ber of Chinamen were &burned, some ow as many .
fitly, and at Sand Flat an entire settlement was drowned,
the poor feller.a climbing into the sycamore trees, ant)
thence being swept off, one by one, by the rising torrent.
At Onsley's bar, it is reported that nearly one hun
dt
ed Chinamen were d owned toe narrow gorge, where
then ntor rose suddenly, leaving ably one poor Mongo
lian to tell the tale. The destruction of bridges - was
peat, all of the bridges on the South Yuba being carried
awn), and every Midge on the main Tuba going out es
cort the one at Simpson's. All along the Bonnet and
Prather rivers the flood v as extensive.
. -
On the 12th, the flood had completely subsided at
Marysville, and =atom were beginning to 1.381.111115 their
mooted appearance.
Senors Roilrord Accident in Chicago•
(From the Chicago Times of Thursday.]
A serious railroad accident occurred yesterday morn
ing upon the Illinois Central Railroad, a short distance
from Hyde Park station, and between that place and the
Reform School. The Cincinnati express train, due here
at 7.20 A. Df., ran into the rear end of the Hyde Park
train of the Illinois Central Railroad. about ten ninnies
before S o'clock, as the latter was just getting under
heads ay front Rene - rod station, nearly six miles from
tile city. Roth trains were bound for the city, anibthe
Cincinnati express swan somewhat out of time. The
Hyde Park train left, Woodlawn three minutes behind'
time, and on urrising at fcenwood station, the first
station this side of Hyde Park, backed on inside-track
and attached three cars of wood. The train was then
about elsltteen minutes late; and was just starting
when the Cincinnati train overtook it,•and, before either
train could be stopped, the collieion•occurred.
The Hyde Park train consisted of one passenger coach
and ono baggage car, drawn by one of tholltlnots Ven
tral locomotives The passenger coach was torn into
fragments by the locomotive of the oilier train, resulting
In the instant death of one of the passengers, Judge Wmi
T. HarDoll, of this city, and severe injuries to several
others. It seems, from all that can be foamed, that the
Cincinnati express was running at a high•rateof speed,
and, in passing around a curve, cause suddenly upon the
Hy de Park train. The engineer, Aspen seeing ther nnex
peeled danger. reversed his engine, and blew the alarm.
Jlidge Perron, who was upon the Hyde Park train, and
elm was talking with another gentleman, heard the
ss aisle of the other locomotive, and rashest to the rear
door in hopes of springing from the platform before the
trairs met. His attempt sra. in vain. The moment he
opened the door of the car the engine struck the plat
form, and his dead body was mluglcsl with thecrashlng.
woad-work.
Several others were considerably wounded or bruised,
- while some escaped without a singleirerarch by jumping
from the train at the moment. of the first alarm. Among
there who were most seriously wounded.were S. 0. P.
Lagne, Jame- P. Root, John Reimer, and If. A. Hots
kit-, all of thirroity. The passenger coach was torn into
splmttae by the force of the collision, ani the front part
penetrated half way throneb the baggage car. Although
the cars tete tints damaged, there was hut one person
"basil, and very few were injured. Ho vs - wager anew
the Cincinnati train Sons hurt, although the collision
proved to be a narrow escape for many. The following
the 11011112 S of those who were hurt, together with the
extent of their injuries:
KILLED.
Wm. T. Barron,,lato Jo.lgo of the County Oom•t
WOUNDED.
Jame; I'. Root, attorney at law, of this. city, injured
oboist the breast, externally and internally j not danger
ously.
Samuel C. P. Bogue, clerk in the Merchants' Dispatch
Agency, of this city, leg brakon. and severe *Ali cuts.
lie woe the most seriously wounded of those. nhp, were
here, het yaysimansthln4la wiltrocover.
Hasson A. 'Hopkins, 'trustee of Hyde 'Park, injured
about thohead, and bay bruised upon the body and
leg.
Jobe Iteminer, clerk in the superintendent's office of
the lands Central Railroad, slightly bruised.
jeans fronts, etyfineer of the Cincinnati express Hain,
two ribs broken.
Pecbsed, bruised in slue face, and left leg cut.
Charles Ilitebcoelt, attorney stJaw, slightly bribed.
Others Nero sersstelsesi or slightly bruised, but it is be
lie; ell that the above bat comprises all that were sod,
musty injured. Although tense of the wounded are tenet,
to a s onsiderside extent, all will rc‘l?Tv-r £SCIM their 14 .
juries.