THE PRESS.
TIIBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS_EXCEP IHD,)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET
THE DAILY PRESS,
'TWELVE CENTS Pea WBux, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to subscribers out of the City at SIN. DOLLARS
PER ANNUM, FOUR DOLLIRS FOR EIGHT 3P3STITS.
THREE DOLLARS FOR SIT MONTHS—invariably in ad
vance for the time entered,
TIM TRI-WEEKLY FR ESS,
Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tunes DOL
LARS DER ANNUM, in advance.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
"VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
2: The aubacribur would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUT OF DIU dad,
Which he makes a specialty in hie businesa. Alpo, con.
atiatly receiving
EOVELTIES FOR WIINTIAMEN'S WEAL
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No: 814 CHESTNUT STEER T,
ja9-tf Four doors below the ClontinentaL
CLOAKS .AND MAN Ti LLAs.
GREAT BARGAINS
TX
LADIES' CLOAKS,
To close out.
At the
£SCH•6TBEET CLOAK AND MANTILLA nom,
P. W. corner TENTH end ARCH Btu.
antliAce JACOB 'TOMBALL.
CLOAKS--
Handsome styles of well-made, serrloeable gar
ments. The bees novae, the best Bitting, acid the beet
anatatiali far the pia& A Ist& stack from wider, to
select. COOPEB & 0011ARD,
del4 S. Z. cor. NINTH and HAIMET:
CLO AK 8!
The Largest, Cheapest, and Best-asiorted Stock
In the cite.
HOUGH & 00.1
16. RA South TENTH Street,
Opposite Franklin Market.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
SHLPLEY, HAND,
HUTCHINSON,
Na 1111 4:11118TEMI. STRUT,
oouumon mzioRANTO
101 UM SAM OF
FEILLAD.E.L.PHLIL-NLILDE
GOODS.
aelF-Oon
LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES 8. EARLE & 80N,
MANUFACTURERS AND TAIFORTHSS
op
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS,
FINE ENGRAVINGS,
PIOTORN AND PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS,
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
praLLDRLeixl4
CABINET FURNITURE.
eIaINET FURNITURE AND Bile
n TABUN,
MOORE 4 OAMPION I
No. MI South SEOOND Street,
eonnecNon with their extensive Cabinet Bneinees are
- , Dow tuar.utissiuriug El , superior arricte of
1111bLIAND MUSLIM
line have now on hand a full supply, linletied with Liss
'DOSE II CAMPION'S TAIPROTBD CUSHION%
which are bronounted, by all who have need them, to be
'abettor to en others.
Nor the quality end Ankh of these Tables the moan
thotrurere refer to their unmans tattoos throughowt the
'Won, who are Thu& 'ar with the character ot their work.
an264in
BUSINESS NOTICES.
J OHN A. ALLDERDICE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LdW,
&as resumed the Practice of his Professiou at
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. Da2B-3mit
A OPPENHELMER, MERORA.N
-1-3,-• DISE BROKER in all branches of trado, and
znanufschu - er of overy doacription of Army Goods, NO.
AS South TRIED Street, west side, second story, Phila
delphia. dell
QTRAM-3COURING AND TAILOR
ING done at the shortest notice.
lIEN - BY B. BASCOM,
127 SEVENTH Street, above Walnut..
H. BASCOM'S Man for the times is to recommend
Gents to bring their old Clothing to him, and have them
wade new. Also, their Cloths, and have them tashlon
ably made mi. delo-17
I'OEOl WELSH, Practical SLAT&
BOONN.B, THIRD Street And GEBBIANTOWS
BMA, la prepared to put on any amount of ROOFING,
as the wont iIfODEBATE TEBSIB WM guaranty is
sake every Building perfectly Water_eght
AT Order' promptly attended to.
GROCERIES.
913-APPLE UDEN
OLD CURRANT WINE,
ME USUAL SUPPLY,
31:1121T RECRIVED.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DE/JAIL IN TINE GILOGEBLICA,
Jam: Corm of ELEVENTH and VINE Sts
LARD AND GREASE. —5O tieroes
"rime Leaf lard; .
60 tierces Wtnts Grew
Meet from the Wee% mad In store. For sale by
MURPHY it KOONS,
140.146 NORTH &RYES.
A.OKEREL, HERRING, SHAD,
ags-11.01:00 We Olen Nees 1, Es and 6
MAMMLMEL, large, medium, and man, In assorted
packages of Halloo, late-caught, fat 6sh.
1,000 bbls. New Halifax, Eastport, and Labrador Her
rings, of choice qualities.
6,000 boxes extra new scaled herrings.
3,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herring.
6,000 boxes large lltagdaline Herring,
IEO Wis. Mackinac white
60 bbls. new Economy Mesa Shia
Sfs bbls. new Halifax Salmon.
1,000 quintals Grand Bank Codfish.
600 boxes Herkimer County Cheese.
In story and landings for Bale by
MURPHY a BOONE,
nod We, 14d 10/4111 Wiltituveits.
DRUGS AND CFI EM 'CALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& c o_,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and ItiiCE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN A - ND DOMESTIC
.
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &e
AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH. ZINC PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR C,OIL
fel2-2m
(RITE LEAD
OIL.
Red Lead,
White Lead,
Sugar of Lead,
Copperas,
Oil of Vitriol,
Calomel,
Patent Yellow,
Chrome Red,
Chrome Yellow,
Aqua Sortie,
Murlatic Acid,
EpBolll Salto,
Rochelle Sane,
Tartaric Acid,
Orange Mineral,
Soluble Tart.
Sub. Carb. Soda,
White Vitriol,
Bed Precip WET itate,
HSE
//runlets and Ma
Mac 4T and 49
1,4111-U
WINES AND LIQUORS.
PURE PORT WINE.
DIIQIIN DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLIOS II
POW:MAL IN 11120.
- Physicians and instill& in want of a reliable article of
=rto Port Wine can be supplied by inquiring for the
above Wine at CANTWELL di HEFFISB'S,
Southend corner OVIIIIANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street-
H ENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO-
Miaow, Bison% Tricoehe & Co., Mare% Pint,
sad other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDT, Ex
Sale, In bond and from
CAN tore TWELL & KETTER,
!Southeast sorrier GEBBUNTOWN Avenue
and XASTER Street.
QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WM&
HY.
Bnohnnan's Goal IlaWidski•
Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Boblon's Gin,
In bond and store.
OANTWELL d KII/Blin,
Dmilbronrk corner 61124ANTOWN ATOIIIIO
AN
MASTER 'Um&
,7OUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
&A brand—eat excellent ardele. Imported and for sae
at a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL t HIM
frEll, southeast conker of GEBMANTCWIII Avenue and
MAMIE street.
RUMS It-BERG, LAIIBEIi.
alablElt, and HBOSHSIMER WINE, in oases
of one dozen bottles each ; warranted me. imported
and for sala low by alaktrwiLL £ KTIFFAR, math
oil corner 9118111.A.NTOWN Avenue and MAMA
Meet
-RIVIA.NII DRY CATAWBA
WINZ.—Tble approved brand of Cincinnati vine,
bad amide out for "cobblers," for sale 1 1 10 1 4 bot
and in caeca, by OAPITWELL month
earner CiIIitILANTOWN Avenue and MAMIE
evil-Ave
HITE FISH.-145 half lkla. No.
I Wane 114%, for sale by
C. O. SAMAR & CIO.,
V& ABM arse% 21door stare Trent.
TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, AND
TOWELLING.—In addition to my very large
stock of BILISLINS, I have now opened a full line of
LINENS of all descriptims, which, In regard to cheap
ness, cannot be surpassed in the city,
Heavy Barnsley Damask Table Linen!, 0.4 wide, 50
cents.
Finer ditto, plaid pattern, 7-4 wide, 62% cts.
Damask 4 , 8-4 wide, 62% eta.
Fine Scotch Double Damask, 8 4 wide. 75 eta. Of
these I have si-s. different patterns, which are very de
sirable.
Deals Satin Damask Tinrnsley, 8-4 wide, $1 ; those
are the heaviest made, and very much sought after.
Union Table Damask, 6-4 wide, 37%; 8-4 wide do. at
50 cts. ; these wash very nice, and many like them as
well as all linen. Union Napkins, 75 eta. per doz. ; one
lot very Rte Irish Napkins, both Damask and Spot 5.1.50;
One lot Barnsley do., very heavy, $,,1.50; finer 46,, $1,76,
and many other imutititla with a great variety of patterns
One lot red border Towels, all linen, $1.20 per dozen.
One lot red, blue and lilac.colortd borders, with
fringed ends, $1.50.
One lot Fringed truckaback, with red borders, $1.50.
Fine 'Barnsley Towels, $2, $2.50 $3, $4, and $5 per
dozen.
. .
Blue and red plold Wen t for Bless towels.
Elvmhaback by tbo yard, in several different grades.
Pillow Linen and Sheeting, in all the widths.
Also, an excellent assortment of Fronting Linens; one
lot of Riebardsou's heavy Linen, for family use, 37N ;
one lot finer at 45. These have never been sold at less
than 50 cents, and are a bargain.
One hale real Rnesia Craoh,lo cents.
Oco do. 'finer do. do. 12 . g cants.
American Crash, with blue border., iained Crash
and German 801 l g 50 dozen fine Linen Handkerchiefs,
$1.50.
TrABLE-LINENB.-WE
1 OFFER 8.4 wide bleached real Barnsley Table
Linens for 50 cents per yard; very fine and heavy for
623{c ; extra fine 75c, extra super $l. The celebrated
hand loom Grass Bleach, extra width, 823 i cents, the
double Main Damask Russia, $l, a great bargainj very
telperior wide do.. 51.25 ; the very finest geode in the
country, $2 and $3 per yard; Napkins, 5-8 large, for 75
cte. per doz.; extra Barnett y Napkins, $1.50 per doz.
$1.75, $2, $3, and $4; Irish Napkins, $1.50, a bargain;
Doylies; Towels, of every description; Plaid Glad° Tow
elling; Marseilles Quilts; Allendale Quilts, 50 cents, for
single beds i Terry Quilts; Hooey Comb do; Lancaster
do ; 10-4 Linen Sheeting, 89.11 ; IIA de., 78 sents.l 12-4
'do., $l, cost $1.50, very fine.
Fannies and hotels wishing to renew their
LINEN STOCK
, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Lunar Llamado,
Earcotino,
Iph. Morphine,
Morphine,
Acetate Morphine,
Lac. Suiph.,
Ether Sulphuric,
Ether Nitric,
Sulphate Quinine,
Corro.
Denarcotized Opium,
Chloride of Soda,
Wetherill'e ext. Cinche.
Tartar Emetic,
Chloride of Lime.
Crude Borax,
Refined Borax,
Camphor,
Rhein Cowie.
L dt BROTHER,
oufacturing Chemists,
North SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
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RETAIL DRY GOODS
GRANVILLE B. II &INES,
1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth.
wi.ll find this an opportunity seldom offered, as a large
lot of these goods were bought of a bankrupt house, de
clining Madness at a heavy discount, and were imported
under the old tariff .
B. D. & W. H. PRNICSI.I.,
1021 MARKET Street,
Below ELEVENTH
LINEN F URNIS RING GOODS.
SHAEPLESS BROTEIERS.have now open
Linen Slit-clings and Barnsley Damasks.
Natural Color Loom Damasks, for Tabling.
Linen Diapers and Towls, bordered.
Crumb Cloths. Stair Crash, Bowles.
Kitchen Towels, Bnckabacks, Crequiltaa.
Best makes of Irish Shirting Linens.
Linen Bosoms, made in the beet manner,
Stout Body and tine Fronting Linens.
ALSO,
English white Counterpanes and Quilts.
Summer Quilts and Light Counterpanes.
Igiankete of all descriptions.
Muslin Shillings. bleached and brawn_
Cotton Sheetings of every width.
Fillow-Catio Cottons and Linens.
Green-Baines and 'Furniture Coverings.
Dollen& and chintzes for Slips.
All of these are offered at lowest cash prices.
felt CHESTNUT and EIGHTH &NAL
RECENT AUCTION B A.RGAINS.-
5 doz. fine hemmed Handkerchiefs, at 5T3 cents.
2 pieces
extra fine 4-4 white Flannels, cheap.
`Lk d4'6l Q. lianilherchids, at 13 coats.
41 Balmoral setae.
2,655 yards beet American Prints, 12X cents.
ALSO,
1 piece oil boiled heavy black silk, $l.lO, worth $1.25
6 pieces Shepherds' Plaids, 25 and 3l cents.
0 pieces now spring Ile Leine& 25 cents.
4 pieces brown and black mixed Lavellas, 123( cents
47 pieces Russian Crash, from 9to 123 cents.
12 pieces heavy domestic and imported Gingham&
11 pieces duo Swiss Gingham, at a bargain.
101 pieces fine bleached tduelins, at 10 cords.
Cotten, Table, Diaper, and Linen Damask.
CASSIMERES.
BOYS' WEAR CHEAP.
COOPER & CONARD.
fels S. E. Corner NINTH and MARKET.
NOTICE. -DRY GOODS.
A.. 1 Two lots 8-4 Table Linens
Two lots Towelling, 12%.
One lot lluckaback (bordered) at '25.
One lot super do. at 33.
Nice assortment Plain and Plaid Gingham.
TOO yards Plaid Gingham at 12%; worth 18x_
Calicoes, large assortment, 1.2%, 13, and 14.
Gents' L. 0. Hdkfs. at 24,28, and 31; a bargain.
Gents' Suspenders; very cheap.
Fresh lot of nook Muslin and Mikis.
60 pa Plaid Muslim, from 163 to 50c.
JOHN BTOKILF,
fels No. 702 ARCH Street
NE W HOUSE-FURNISHING
-LI GOODS, LINENS, &c.—The largest assortment in
the city of
Fine Flemish, Irish, and Barnsley Linen Sheetings.
Dunbar Dickson's and Ricbaradon's Pillow Linens.
Golden Flax Shirting and Fronting Linens.
Table Linens, Table Cloths, Napkins, Doylies.
Towellings and Towels of all descriptions, for the bath,
chamber, pantry, kitchen, and nursery.
Quilts and Blanking, of all Rivas, far cribs and bads.
Table and Piano Covers, and Materials for corers, by
the yard.
Furniture Chintzes, Furniture Coverings, stc.
Rick L ice and Muslin Gurtfdns and Curtain Materials.
Plain and Gold Bordered Shades, in all colors.
SHEPPARD, NAN RABLINGEN, S AusisoN,
1003 C11.11611111T Street.
in HEAP MUSLIN'S AND VL &N
-IL/ KELS.—Having made large purchases of Mastitis
and Flannels . _ .
FOR CASH,
(Not from Bankrupt Merchants: but front morehants
who are not bankrupt,) we are able to sell them much
below the present retail prices.
Williaineville 51uslins at 17 cents by the piece.
Rhode Island Water Twist at 15c . 6
Black and White Reek at 140
/vbauon Loug Cloth at 130 it if
Good Qualities at 12).c.
8 cases Good Mnslins at Bc.
2% yards wide Bleached Sheeting at 310.
2% do do do do 35c.
3 do do do do 3730
LINPLAMITIEP. NtrSLIN4,
S bales Stark Bills yard wide, very heavy, 150.
2 bales Portsmouth I,l i f yard wide, very Dna, 14c.
1 case Unbleached Cotton Flannel 11c.
1 bale 28 inch Ballard 'Vale Flannel.
1 bale a Ball ad Vale Flannel.
1 bale 4.4 Ballard Yale Flannel.
ff. 6TEF.L & SON,
la no, 7/3 North TBNTN Street, above Goatee.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PR I CES
OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR
FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING
THEIS INTO STOCK, Nia:
Figured and Plain Marines,
Plain and Gay Long Shawls.
Dark Dress Goods, Poplins, dm.
Plaid Flannels—Pink, Blue, and Brown
Ladies' Scarfs, rAnced 30 per cent.
One lot of L. C. Hlkfa., at 15c.
Two lots do., at 25c., a bargain.
One lot of Linen Diaper at 51.25 a piece.
Hoop airte-75, 87,14, $l, and $1.12.
Nice assortment or Gingham&
Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes.
11 1 / 1 16155' Merino Vests, all sizes.
Gloves and Hosiery of all kinf:s.
Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at
.7. H. STOKES'
103 tf 702 AILOH Street.
MUSLINS ! . MUSLINS! MUSLINS!
MIISLINS BY THE PIECE—MESLINS BY
THE BALE.—Now is the time for housekeepers to buy
their Meetams and Shirtings, as all kinds of &mettle
goods are rapidly rising, and there can be no possible
diminution of prices. We still have a few bores of
Warasutta, Williamsville, Black Bock, and oth°r popular
makes. Good Mnslins at p, 9,10,11 cents. The best 12-
cent Muslin in the city. Our Pillow-Case Muslims, and
our 10.4,11.4, and 12.4 Meeting, purchased some time
since, are from Huse to four cents cheaper than can be
found elsewhere. COWPERTHW & CO.,
jad2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET.
COPARTNERSHIPS.
.13ORT RICHMOND IRON WORKS.
--COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. JOHN H.
TOWNE, formerly of the firm of Merrick & Towne,
bas become a member of the Arm of I. P. MORRIS &
CO., to take effect from and after the let of January,
1862. Isaac P. Morrie:withdraws from active participa
tion in the goalies of Ma business.
The title of the new firm is I. P. MORRIS, TOWNE,
& CO. ISAA 0 P. MORRIS,
LEWIS TAWS,
JOHN J. THO UPSON,
fell JOHN H. TOWNE.
fPRE UNDERSIGNED have formed
1 a Copartnership, under the Arm of JAURETCHE
& LAVERGNE, for the transaction of a general Com
mission and Importing business, at 202 and 204 South
PEON T Street. P. JAURE rolst3,
fa-1m F. LAVERGNE.
- nte.SOLUTION.—The Copartnership
formerly existing between the undersigned, under
the firm of VANDERVERR, ARCHER. & CO., was dis
solved Dee. 31, 1881, by limitation. The business will be
settled by B. Y. ABOHBR and F. B. BEEVES, at No
-46 North WATEA gtrOl4, YANPSRVIES,
B. W. ABOUBB,
F. B. BEEVES.
. Philadelphia, January 10, 1862.
OOPKRTNNESHIP NOTIOE.—The undersigned have
this day formed a Copartnership, ander the Ann of
ARCHES & BEEVES, for transaction of a WHOLE
SALE GROCERY buslimiti, at 04 vld eland, No. 46
North WATSII Btroat and No. 46 North DIM AW KEN
Lventat. BENJAMIN F. ARONER,
PBANOIB B. BEEVES.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10,1867. lal3-tf
110EMUNERSHIP NOTICE.- - 13-
..... BAIL MORRIS tbla day retires from OUP firm.
Ifie sons, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERIOE
W. MORRIS, are admitted as partners; and the bast-
MN will be continued as heretofore.
MORRIS, WHEELER, k 00.,
Iron Merchants,
16011 bILEKET Street.
Philadelphia, Dec. M. 1861. jal-tf
NOTICE.—The Copartnership hereto-,
fore existing between the undersigned, under the
Firm of WM. J & CO., is this day dissolved by
mutual consent The business of the late Firm will be
settled by JOSEPII
(Signed) WK.
PH K KE ERR RR,
JOSE.
Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 1802.
JOSEPH SERB. has taken his son,
JAMES K. KERB, into Hopartnerehio. The bind
nese of the CHINA HAIL will be continued under the
lrirm of lo J. K. Ilnalt.
(Signed) JOSEPH KERR,
JAMES K. KERB.
Philadelphia, Feb. 17,1882. felB-30a
T...TA.NGING VASES.
11 Ornamental Blower Pots.
Parlor Vass for Growing Plower*.
Baskets for Jardiniere.
Pedestals with Yam for Flowers.
.shone Vases for Mantels.
Vases Itenaissance for Parlor.
Bustle and Terra Gotta Tama.
LAN a Flower Pots and Vases.
6eiden Yale and Pedeidals.
13rackets for Busts and Figures.
With a great variety of articles ennitable for Christ
sus presents, for sale retail and to the trade.
Warerooms 1010 ORIBTNOT Street, Phlladelptda.
deli 11. A. MAMMON.
t r t 5
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1862
THE REBELLION.
110 W THE REBEL GOVERNMENT
DAS TREATED PRICE.
The Marching of our Troops to
Springfield.
FALL PATCTIMILABA or =THE CRUISE ur
THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
THE DESPERATION OF THE REBELS.
Chas. J. Faulkner Counsels Them
to Succumb.
GEN. EURNSIDETS FORCES STILL
AT EDENTON.
THE OPERATIONS AGAINST SAVANNAH
STILL GOING ON.
&C.,
GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT.
How Price has been Superseded by the
Richmond War Department.
We take the following from the Missouri Repub.
liean of a late flare ;
. In cur- yesterday's batch of Southern news, we
published the first general orders of Earl Van Dorn,
assuming command, as a Confederate major general,
of the rebel troops in the greater part of Arkansas,
and all the State of Missouri. except that lying be
tween the St. Frensois end Mississippi rivers, south
of Scott county. The exception is made, doubtless,
in favor of Jeff Thompson, who will probably con
tinue to command the district of southeast Missouri,
embracing the ponds and swamps of that watery
locality. - -
This arrangement, in weondariett Willi leitructions
from the Richmond War Department, disposes, as
we interpret it, of the hopes and expectations of the
friends of Gen Sterling Price, who have been la
boring to secure for him a major general's commis
sion in the Confederate army, Henceforth, if he
does not resign the service altogether, he must act
in a subordinate capacity, and be placed on a foot
ing with officers of much - less distinction and far
less ability
In one sense of the word, we might not hesitate
to express the uttrie.st satisfaction with this " muff
ing out" of General Price. We believe it will have
a good effect upon the numerous followers his
military reputation and popular personal qualities
have served to gather about him in an undeniably
bad cause It will disgust not a few' of' his army,
who have witnessed hia strenuous efforts to uphold
the Southern revolution, in the face of disappoint
ments, neglect, and scores of untoward circum
stances. General Price has undoubtedly shown him
self to be at least the equal in generalship of any
military man in Seeessiondom. For ourselves, we
frankly say there is no one whose disaffection to
the Union hes produced greater regrect in our
minds. Whatever his errors of judgment '
he is a
men who pesseeaes heart, soul, and mental calibre
ranging far beyond the majority of the public per
sonages with whom be so unluckily became asso
ciated when he joined Governor Jackson in the
lamentable policy that designing functionary saw
fit to pursue. In a humanitarian sense, therefore,
we cannot rejoice in the ibglOrlOnS reward, in being
superseded, which Gen. Price has achieved at the
hands of the Confederate War Department.
It is probable Gov. Jackson. who has not heartily
been a friend of Gen. Price for many years, is at
the bottom of the m?Yellielit placing a superior ever
the latter. in the direction of Confederate war mat
ters in this State. Jackson anti Ben. McCulloch
are reports , t bail-fellows well met ;" and
McCulloch has played into the uoverner's hands in
this matter by getting up a quarrel in
the Missouri earapsiga. With this quarrel, of
course, we have nothing to do, one way or another ;
but it seems a little curious, that after Price had
mustered nearly if not quite five thousand of his
troops into the Confederate service, he himself
should be given fin office of less grade than that he
held Defer° to doing. The object plainly was to
ge t as man y of Price's men as possible enlisted, and
then to put Price off to make room for somebody
else. We shall expect to hear of considerable in
dignation in Gen. Price's camp, when bis soldiers
find out how shabbily the rebel Gevernment has
treated their favorite commander.
A Cruise up the Tennessee River.
A correspondent of - the Cincinnati Commeretal
has been cruising up the Tennessee, on board the
United States gunboat Tyler, and writes es followe
Cutting elf the Communication Between
Memphis and Bowling Green.
After the flag was lowered and the fort (Henry)
surrendered, our three vewels t under commen4 of
Captain Phelps, of the Ocae:yrega, started up the
Tennessee river. We reached -the railroad bridge
at Danville, about fifteen miles above the fort, over
which the trains of the Columbus and Nashville
road pass, at eight o'clock, and learned that the
rebel steamers. five in number, had just left here la
great haste. The Conestoga and Lexington con
tinued on after them, while we landed, and with a,
force under Second Master Jason Goudy, destroyed
the railroad track for some distance, and cut the
telegraph wires, preventing ceregteilieetion between
Memphis and Bowling Green. 'We also secured a
large quantity of army clothing, and a large lot of
white blankets, valued altogether at over two thou
sand dollars, which tbo rebels in their haste to de
camp had left near the bridge.
Bulks of Rebel Steamers--The Loyal Sen.
timent of the People,
After securing the object of our landing we pushed
on to join the other boats, and had only proceeded
about twenty miles, when we passed one of the rebel
steamers burned nearly to the water's edge. Con
tinuiug on, towards morning we met two others
completely destroyed, and learned subsequently
that one of them exploded just as the Conestoga
came in sight of her—she having had on board 3,000
pounds of powder, intended for the rebels. At
10.50 we came to opposite Perry's Landing, and re
mained half an hour. here we met a married wo
man who bad separated from her husband because
of his recreancy to the cause of the Union; and it
was here the strong Union sentiment began to be
made manifest, though all along the route, when
ever we could be distinguished, could be seen the
waving of handkerchiefs and other demonstra
tions of eveleome.
The Conestoga Fired into from the
Shore.
The Conestoga and Lexington had slackened
their speed, and we had joined them before reach
ing the landing. From this point we proceeded on
together, nothing of unusual interest transpiring
till about seven o'clock in the evening, when the
Conestoga, our flag-ship, as we have dubbed her,
was fired into from the shore at Cerro Gordo with
shot from a double-barreled gun, It was dark, but
the flash indicated the position from whence the at
tack was made. She returned the compliment with
a five-second shell, which we seconded with one
from our bow gun. We all hove to. Our small
boats were lowered and manned, under charge of
Third Master Martin, and with boats from the other
vessel, went whore, and discovered the rebel gun
boat Eastport, being in a forward state of comple
tion. The rebels had attempted to scuttle her, but,
in their haste, had signally failed, everything about
the landing indicating a hurried retreat.
TeoneSSeallB Enlisting under "the Stars
and Stripes."
The other two gunboats continued on after the
balance of the rebel steamers. We landed along
side our prize, and the following morning com
menced taking on lumber. Soon after, the men
and women from all the eurroundingcountry came,
pouring in, signifying their joy at being able again '
to see the glorious stars anti stripes floating to the
breeze. " We breathe freely again," said one. A
soldier in one of the rebel companies at Savannah
came aboard and desired to enlist ; he had been
impretted and compelled to take the oath of elle.
Fiance to the Southern Confederacy, which, as he
yuatly remarked, he did not consider morally bind
ing; and, said he, "there are only four in our
company who are Secessionists; all the balance
would fight for the Union if they had a chance."
Our stay there did not give us time enough to give
all the men an opportunity of enlisting, but we
shipped five out of that company, and twenty-one
others besides. "You can get a thousand," maid
one man, "if you want them, if you will only give
time enough for us to get the word." Father and
sons and brothers of one family were in our lists of
new recruits, and some of them, when informed the
terms upon which we shipped them, replied they
didn't care what they were ; they wanted an oppor
tunity to fight. Such is the material in abundance
out of which a Union army could be raised in the
very heart of Beceosiondom.
Capture of the Little Muscle and Sally
Woods.
On Sunday morning at two o'clock a small stern
wheel steamer came in sight, which soon proved to
be the Little Muscle, under the charge of the se
cond master of the CilieJlef,a , the had boon
captured, together with the Sally Woods, some
thirty miles above, and was sent to us while the
gunboats continued on to Florence, Ala. They
reached the headwaters of the river in time to see
three steamers destroyed. There were no demon
strations against our forces there, and as the Ten
neseee bad been cleared of everythiog in the shape
of a boat or steamer, with the exception of the
Dunbar and Robb, they returned to us bringing
the Sally Wood. The Dunbar 'and Robb must
have sailed up some bayou, but as we were in haste
to return in time for the movement up the Cum
berland, and as we bad effectually opened the
river, °apt, Tithe did not deem h worth while to
hunt them up. We loaded the Sally Wood and
the Little Muscle with lumber, and left a large
quantity to get on our next trip.
Visiting a Rebel Camp on Stinday--Stant
pede of the Enemy.
Sunday morning, having learned that there was
a rebel camp back of Savannah, the Tyler and
Conestoga, leaving the Lexington to guard the
Eastport, went up to Savannah and landed, and,
with forty men from each boat, together with forty
from the Lexington, all well armed, and under
command of Captain G win, started to take the
camp. We soon learned, however, that the enemy
bad flown, but bad left a hundred squirrel rifles,
and a large quantity of commissary stores and army
clothing, which we took posseesion of. A small de
taohment went out to the camp and destroyed it,
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1862.
getting a flag and drum. We were greeted at this
place by a Dr. Morrow, whom I learn had been
badly treated—in one instance ducked in the river
on account of his Union proclivities—by the Seces
sionists, but who firmly held out, telling them they
might aboot or kill him, and be d—d, but he would
nova, take the oath against the Union. Wo found
a large number of prominent Union men at Savan
nah, and it is evident that when once• y can rely
upon our protection, they will arise ~show their
strength. Captain Uwin gave no • \lt if any of
the rebels interfered with the Union in Mt he would,
on his return. punish thou" sayereiy.
The Prizes Taken to Paducah.
We left "Cerro Gordo" on Sunday night, with
the Eastport in tow, the Taylor and Lexiii.gton on
either side, and the Conestog,a with the Sally
Woods and .111lisele—the latter under steam.
however, became unmanageable, and was sunk in
a position that will enable us to save all the lumber
and machinery, and, possibly, the boat. We arrived
at the bridge Monday morning, and learned that
our forces had been up and finished the work we
had left undone. Most of Monday was passed in
getting our prizes through 410 bridge, the ourreat
being very strong and the boats difficult to manage.
We, however, succeeded, and have landed them
safely at Paducah, subject to the order of Flag-
Officer Foote.
General Sigel's March to Springfield.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercaal
writes as fellows, under date of the 3d inst., from
" Three miles west of Big Piney, Mo.:"
Crossing the Big Piney.
We are on our line of march about thirty miles.
The weather has been cold. Yesterday it snowed
all day after we left camp. There is over six
inches of snow. It cleared off to-day at 2 P. M.
The crossing of the Piney to-day was a most varied
scene, to impress itself upon the mind never to be
forgotten The Piney is about one hundred yards
wide. It was np to our wagon-beds, with a very
swift current. There was a bold point or bluff some
six hundred feet high, coming up to within a few
rods of the ford, a narrow bottom was on the
other side, and then hills towered up as high
on the other. General &both was just crossing
when we came up. Be had allllekV., cavalry, and
infantry, with an immense train of wagons, four
horse and six-mule teams. We had three thousand
men, with a train three miles in length. Ten or
twelve teams would be in the water at onceigoing
over loaded, and some coming back after the mon.
Such shouting and swearing, cutting and slashing !
Wo had to unload some fifty wagons, and haul our
men over load at a time. Some fell out, (and in,
too,) wagons locked up, mules fell down and tangled
up, wagons upset, &o At one time a thousand or
two troops were on either side, one party having
just got over, the others ready to go over. The sun
came out just then ; the bold, tall hills glittered
with the snow on their pine-clad tops; the immense
jutting rocks, with black tindjagged edges jutting
through the snow.
Camping Out in the Snow.
You ask how we eamp in snow_ Well, it is not
so hard a task as I expected. True, I miss my
pleasant fireplace, but we get along quite well.
The first thing is to go to work and shovel the snow
away from the size of a tent, then "pitch" the
tent; then the boys cut several armsful of brush to
cover the ground, lay their blankets on this, and
pile down. Wo build log fires outside to cook on.
Most of the messes bare Email sheet•iron stoves,
which they put up in the centre of the tent. They
beat soon, and the tents are comparatively com
fortable.
It is terribly lowish travelling ' we have to help
our teams so much. Such hills! I think this
part of Missouri is a very old country the hills
have grown so much ! and we have not found
enough of forage in our march thus fa to fsaa one
horse. My boy stole enough wheat last night to
mate a couple of feeds for 4 , Zaln." To-morrow
we reach Waynesville, where, I learn, there is
some forage collected. As soon as the snow melts,
which will be in a day or two, we Cannot get any
thing from Rolla.
Pretty Parr Marching.
We will cross the Gasconade day after to-mor
row, and then the game will be to see who can live
the longest without eating—we or Price. rt ho
don't run, our fellows will be hungry enough to
fight 'like devils by the time we reach him. We,
General Sigel's division, outmarched all the rest of
the army by odds Gen. Asboth's division started
cue day before we did they have been on the road
three days, we two, and we are now with our rear
guard three miles ahead of his advance, and to
morrow we start at 7A. M. The Twenty-fifth Illi
nois has the lead and we will put it through, for we
can march away from any regiment in the serviee
with which we have beta fitted. We are getting
into the enemy's country, and have to put out heavy
pickets. The boys march all day with heavy knap
sacks, three blankets, gun, and accoutrements,
weighing near forty,-s. •
15'1" night, vadat malice what I would
eau a pretty hard time of it. I think I have it
bard enough, but it is not quite as hard a fate as
theirs, yet those in camp are singing while I write,
as merry as birds, all kinds of tunes, from Dixie to
Auld Lang Syne.
In Camp East of Lebanon
The second letter is written from 6, eight miles
east of Lebanon," and bears date 6th inst. We
make the following extracts :
he Bain—The Roads—A Spy's Report.
Gen. Asboth's division is from six to twelve
miles behind us, strung out along the road. The
roads are awful. It is raining very hard to-night.
To-morrow all of Gen. Sigel's division will be in
Lebanon. It will be miserable, but it's the order.
Col. Jeff. C. Davis, I understand, will else toe at
Lebanon to morrow. One of our Niles, just in, re
ports Price at Springfield, and going to stay there
till we Come up, make a slight show of fighting us,
and then surrender. Our more suspicious offi
cers think this'a ruse, and that there has been, or
is about W be, a large reinforcement thrown in there
from MUMS, to be ready for us when we get
there, with
_men worn down, horses used up, mud
too deep to move, and heavy guns. Gen. Sigel is
opposed to advancing any farther than Lebanon
until the roads settle.
The Difficulty of Fording the Gasconade.
The rain now falling will raise the Piney and the
Gasconade, so that fording will be next to impossi
ble. I presume Gen. Asboth will have to cross all
his train—he possibly can to-nighi, fyr to-uorrow
it will be too high. There is a small flat-boat to
ferry with, but it it a very slow process. At the
Piney there is nothing. We are now on three
fourth rations ; in a few days we will be on half ra
tions, and ere two weeks passes we will have, of
many things, none at all. The beef we eat is ship
ped from /Illness, and driven along with us. Those
I saw today look as if they had not had a bite to
eat fur two weeks—and to my certain knowledge
they have not had any for four days. There is no
forage in this country to be had, and our horses are
half starved.
MLitt Migevies Of the March.
Our poor boys suffer terribly marching so steadi
ly on such roads. We start at daybreak—this
morning half an hour before. The reveille beats at
5 o'clock. After they get into camp, the soldiers
have to pitch tents, cook next day's rations, and
bunt brush to make beds to keep them out of the
slush and mud. I spoke yesterday evening to one
who was busy stripping the twigs and leaves from a
jack- oak. He turned around, and surveying his
pile of leaves, said : " I never knew before what
jack oak leaves staid on all winter for." Another
engaged on a bush ho had just out down, said
" I'm just picking a Missouri gesso to make my
bed." We march in two files; the Twenty-fifth,
Forty-fourth, with portions of the Twelfth, Seven
teenth, and Third Missouri, with commissary train,
and our baggage trains, make a line some three
mike hi leee,th. Every few rods some team sticks
in the mud. Then sueh slipping of mules I never
saw. Christianity has almost deserted our train, if
the amount of swearing done is any indication.
Everybody is in a bad humor, everybody ores&
The boys go on this trip with very different feelings
from what they followed Fremont last fall. They
are bitterly down OD all Seceshdom.
' Mortar Boats Sent to Fort Donelson.
On Friday last four of the mortar mows, each
armed with one huge thirteeminoh mortar and two
32-pound columbiads, were taken in tow by two
steamboats bound for Fort Donelson and the were.
But the steamers were unable to make the akent
in the face of the strong current and high head
wind, and after struggling with the stream, were
obliged to return to Cairo. One mortar boat was
then left behind, Mid three Steamers, each biking
one scow in tow, proceeded slowly up the river,
leaving the landing on Friday evening. It was
hoped that they would reach their destinatios be
fore this morning. The addition of these ranters
to our naval force will be of invaluable service to
our army. When those monsters begin to hell iron
globes weighing 230 pounds each, filled with pow
der and grape, from a distance exceeding tivtimiles,
upon the heads of the rebels, they will be 4it to
think that their last day has come.
When these huge missiles, after being fling half
a mile up into the air ; descend in their mil.ht, and
explode, spreading death and destruction aliround,
the contest will speedily be brought to a termina
tion disastrous to the traitors. But it is ~btly to
be regretted that the whole mortar fleet of thirty
eight boats is not now available for the siege and
asseult. The majority of the mortaare—eeelewelsb
ing nine tons—are not yet mounted, owing to the
failure to procure skilled men to place them, the
need of whom is moat severely felt by Cortmodore
Foote.
Col. Scott,_ Assistant Secretary of Wan was at
Cairo on Friday, whore he met W. IL Osborne,
Esq., president of the Illinois Central, Wto, with
rare generosity, offered him, for tempenry em
ployment by the Government, fifty of the coin pany's
best mechanics at their shops in this city. On his
return, Mr. Osborne went to work, and at_ noon
yesterday, had got off the quota propane& who
went down, attended by Mr. Clark, chief engineer,
and Mr. Scoville and Mr. Harper, master mSchanies.
This reieforeement of skill and science will enable
the baval officers at Cairo to hasten theit prepara
tions, and bring their battery early We action.
Mr. Osborne also stripped his car wogs of oak
timber, and put it at the disposal oftlin Govern
ment.—Chicago Tribune of Monday./
NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES.
The Desperate Condition of the Rebels.
[From the New Orleans Crescent, Jan. 22.2
A plain statement of facts is all that is necessary
to superinduce in the public mind a full realization
of the dan ger through which we are terms before
this war is ended, The hour of our trial is near,
and if we would have a bright and sheering future
we must awaken from our apathy and bestir our
selves like men.
It is known that the North has an army of more
then six hundred thousand soldiers, a half million of
whom are in active service. Of them, about 150,-
000 are connected with the different naval expeditions
and stationed along the sea coast. At Washington
and along the Potomac, in McClellan's division,
there are near 125,600;leaving 225,000 otherwise
disposed. The army from Western Virginia has
been transferred to Kentucky. At Paris, Lexing
ton, and confronting General Manatudi, in the eastern
portion of that state, there is aforce of some 10,000.
From Louisville to Green river, under Buell, about
90,000. At Columbia, Somerset, and on the upper
Cumberland, there are 20,000, under Thomas, and
his command is being increased. At Calhoun, and
on the lower Green river, 10,000. The residue are
at Smithland Paducah, Cairo and in Missouri.
We thus have a land frontier extending from the
.western line of Virginia to Kansas, menaced by an
army of upwards of two hundred thousand well
armed and well-appointed soldiers. F9rtqngtoly
for us, the weather has so far rendered operations
with large bodies of men impracticable. But
whenever this difficulty is removed, we may look
with. confidence for Cheer immense hordes to be
prsetyyttated upon ws. This invasion, too, will be
by river and by land, The enemy's supplies will
be brought with them. In this respect the invasion
by the land frontier can be conducted without the
hazard to supplies fr-m winds and waves, and the
distance with which their naval expeditions are
liable td be embarrassed. If they break through
our /spies, or turn our strong positions, then 10G
'must fore all the ie6PY63'.9 of in.bas,,on.
.They are now ready for an advance, and nothing
detains them, we repeat, but the roads and the
weather. The section of country through which
the army from Paducah and Cairo is designed to
act, Gen. Smith's recent abortive movement has
demonstrated to be wholly unsuited for winter
emnpaigning_ It is PeaSonable to suppose that the
other army corps are for the present inaetive for
the same reason. What are our preparations to re
sist these immense numbers ?
We do not deem it proper to publish in a news
paper either our numbers or the disposition of our
troops, but wo feel authorized to say to the people
of the Southwest toe need more 111C71,-7110re fight
-221 "' men. We have use for the sands and tens
of thousands more than. we have. We must have
men enough to guard every place where the enemy
:may attempt an inroad upon us. We have skilful
and experienced generals, but it is idle to rely upon
their skill if we do not furnish them with men
enough to meet the emergenoy. The present bad
weather is a boon from heaven. We have time to
place men enough in the field if we go promptly
and energetically to work. It must be done, and
done at once.
The Confederate Congress has passed a law to
meet the occasion. It provides for the receiving
individual volunteers as they may offer their ser
vices, without, as heretofore, requiring a whole
company to be formed and organized before they
could be mustered intgserviee, The advantages of
this change, in providing subsistence, transports.
tion, and . pay from the day of enlistment, are obvi
ous. Additional inducements are also held out to
those who will raise companies, battalions, or regi
ments. The duty of Congress has been well per
formed, and all that remains for the people of the
South to insure their liberty and nationality is to
act upon this law with patriotism and promptitude.
It is useless for the Government to move in this
matter unless it is sustained by the masses, the
yeomanry of the land. That portion of our popu
lation who stay at home must awake from their
dreamy lethargy, turn aside for a time from their
various avocations, and respond to the call of their
country. We must go to camps of instruction,
carry our guns, and learn how to use them. The
people, see fear, do not realize the crisis. The
transfer of Beauregard from the Potomac to Co
imbue, and the information which cameo to as
front other portions of Kentucky, which we cannot
make public, mean more than the country is aware
of. We repeat, now is the time for every patriot to
show his devotion : and let him do so before it is too
late.
[From the Memphis Appeal, February 4.]
We are no alarmists, and are as far as any ono can
be from wishing to create a feverish anxiety in the
public mind by giving circulation to sensation re
ports concerning dangers that raentlee us from
any quarter ; but, at the present time, we feel it
cur duty as public journalists to cry, " Watchman,
What of the night ?" From all the information we
can gather, we are fully convinced that the long
looked for contest at Columbus, which will dee*
for weal or woe the destinies of the Mississippi
valley, is soon to take place. As to the result, we
have no fears; for we have implicit fai h in the
courage and daring of our brave army there, as
well as in the wisdom and prudence of the generals
iti cointnaud. Nevertheless, it becomes us to be
prepared for any emergency, and to render our
army all the assistance we can in their hour of
danger and trial.
it is evident that vast preparations, on the most
magnificent scale, are making at Cairo and Bird's
Point for the contemplated descent which is to be
directed simultaneously against New Madrid and
Columbus, on or about the 7th of February. The
Federal army now at Fort Holt, four miles below
Cairo, on the Kentucky side, numbers over sixty
thousand, and is being increased daily. It is
the intention of the Federalists not to make the at
tack with a force much short of one hundred thou
sand men by land, while a vast gunboat and mor
tar fleet will operate against our fortificatione by
water.
The demonstrations they made, a week or two
since, with the large force of thirty thousand, they
claim was merely a reconnoitring expedition, for
the o" , *.eqe.of aseertainins , the tommr_aphy of the
- enantrv.firlit 1118 position ot our - towes. vise tams
Is certain—the failure of that enterprise has opened
the eyes of the Federal generals as to the amount
of force necessary to make a successful attack on
Columbus and New Madrid, and we believe they
are going to try - to avail themselves of it; hence
the large army they are now gathering for that pur
pose.
The place of landing on the Kentucky side will
be at Putney's Bend, ten miles above Columbus.
Their lines will be gradually extended to Molburne,
a point from twelve to fifteen miles from the river,
end, thence in a semi-circle to Clinton, which is
only four miles from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad ;
and thus they will be enabled to cut off all commu
nication in that quarter. This they hope to accom
plish in conjunction with a movement against New
Madrid, which is to have for its object the control
of the Aliesireippi river below, end thereby force
lien. Polk out of his entrenchments to give them
battle in open field, with great odds against him,
This, in our opinion, seems to be their plan; but
that it will meet with the same fate of most of their
former advances we have not a shadow of doubt.
Ws knots .4Te: a+, are of Omar move
ments, and are fully equal to the task before them.
Apathy of Halifax County, Pa
The following order has been issued from head
quarters, Staunton, Va., from whioh it will he seas
that re-enlistment of men in the rebel army is
rather a difficult feat :
A largo number of the members of Company K,
Capt. W. B. Bruce, Twentieth Virginia regiment,
Base cehtlisitecl for a long time to abient themselves
without leave. I subjoin a list of these absentees,
and hereby give them notice that unless they re
port to mein Staunton, 'Va., on or before the Nth
inst., they will be treated and proceeded against as
deserters. The following is the list of absentees
Sergeant Wm. IL Moore, Corporal W. A. Black
well, Corporal Lewis C. Ragland, Privates Samuel
Adkins, James E. Blackwell, Joel Blanks, Wm.
Chapman, Wm. C. Chappelle, Gabriel F. Clark,
James Coats, James Harrow, John Lloyd, Robert
McKinny, Mark A. Mounteastle, Lemuel Satter
kW, William Stephens, Peyton Taylor, Tames M.
Terrill, Thomas Warren, Richard T. Wilkins, and
John Mitchell.
For the apprehension and delivery to the com
manding officer at Richmond of snob of the above
parties as shall remain at large after the 20th day
of February, 1802, I hereby eller drowardof $3O
estch
These parties live in the county of Halifax, Va
By order of the Secretary of War,
H. M. BELL,
Captain Commanding Post.
Suffering in New Orleans.
We have seen an extract from a private letter,
dated New Orleans, Dec. 10, written by a gentle
man of influence, which, speaking of the tendency
of public feeling in that city, says : u There is a
great deal of suffering iii NOW Qrletug. All the
Uspers are issuing half-sheets. There exists a largo
nion sentiment, and people are beginning to ex
press their opinions pretty freely ; there is no doubt
that on the approach of the Federate the city will
be surrendered without any fighting."
Charles J. Faulkner thinks the Southern
Confederacy a Failure.
A report from Williamsport : Maryland, states that
at a complementary su pper given to Charles James
Faulkner, formerly m inister to France, at Martine
beat, Va. , a Low day§ since, he deolltriNi it mulcts
for the South to contend any longer ; the Southern
Confederacy could not stand, and the sooner the war
was ended the better it would be for the Southern
people.
Mr. Faulkner exeroises considerable influence
in collie portions of Virginia, and was appointed by
tlovernor Leteher one of the delegates to represent
the State in the great Southern Planters' Conven
tion which was to have assembled at Memphis,
Tenn., on the 17th inst.
The Acqula Creek Fortifications.
The following ad'nottla.tbiknt appeared in the
Richmond Dispatch of a late date. It is indi
cative that the rebels are determined to be pre
pared for an assault in the Acquia Creek district :
" WANTED—One hundred men, to go in the bat
it/lea at Acquia Creek. All men enlisting in this
be allowed fifty dollars bounty. The
battery is at the terminus of the Fredericksburg
Railroad. Call at the corner of Eleventh and Main
streets."
A New Trans-Mississippi District.
The rebel Major General Earl Van Dern, who
was relieved from his command on the Potomac a
few weeks ago, has turned up in Arkansas, trom
whence he has issued the following order :
GENERAL ORDER-NO. 1
TILARS•MISSISSIIIII DISTRICT DSPARTIIRNT,
HEADQuARTERS, LiTTLIt Roca, Ark., Jan. 29.
1. The undersigned, by order of the President,
assumes command of the Trans-Mississippi distriot,
which comprises the States of Missouri and Ar
kansas, except that portion of them lying between
the St:Francis and Mississippi rivers, as far north
as Scott county, Missouri; the State of Louisiana
as far south as Red river, and the Indian Territory
west of Arkansas Headquarters, until otherwise
directed, at Pocahontas, Arkansas.
Commanders of troops in the service of the-Con
federate States, 'within this district, will at ones
make a report of the strength and condition of
their commands, accompanied with a written re
port in full of everything relating to the supply
ing of the troops, their wants, their arms and
equipments, their clothing, ammunition, and, in a
word, of everything that might be considered use
ful to be known at headquarters
2. All officers, non•oommissioned officers, and sol
diers belonging to the troops of this district, now on
furleugh. aro hereby ordered to return immediate
ly to their regiments. The sick alone are excepted.
It ishoped that this order will be considered a suf
ficient guarantee that there is a necessity for the
immediate services of every soldier in the district,
and bat those to whom it relates will respond with
cheerfulness and alacrity to it.
ii. The following officers are announced as staff
off eirs at headquarters:
Mijor W. L. Caboll, Chief of qoartermastee De
pertinent.
Won A. M. Haskell, Inspector General.
Bils,jlr R. W. Keywords, Chief of Subsistence De-
partment.
Cap W. N. K. Beall, Assistant Adjutant Gene
ral.
Burg on J. D. Gaentdan, Medical Director,
ti
Firs Lieut. Clement Sullivan, Aid-de-camp.
Com tiaioations relating to business in any of
tbe sta departmenth will be addressed to the chief
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in the epartments to which they refer.
Ruth VAN DORN 2 Major General.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe, Port Royal, and
North Carolina.
FORTRE99 31oNnon, Fob. 17, via Raltibioro.—
The steamer Stars and Strives sailed for Hatteras
this forenoon, with a full cargo of ammunition.
The schooner Edenton is also loading with ammu
nition, and will probably get off in the morning.
The steamer Connecticut arrived from Port
Royal this afternoon. She left on the 15th inst.
She bring no news except that the operations
against Savannah wore still going on.
A flag of truce carried several passengers to Nor
forik this morning, but no nows was brought beak.
General Burnside's forces still occupy. Edenton,
and have thrown out pickets some six or eight
miles. No mention is made of any further ad
vance.
The steamers Thomas .Teffersom and Baltimore
hate Nailed for Hatteras—Liao latter with a cargo
of ammunition.
The steamer Jersey Blue sailed this afternoon,
with two hundred and fifty soldiers, from An
napolis.
The First PITPM , Jersey Cavalry.
TRENTON, February 19.—Colonel William Hal
stead, of Trenton, clonal of the First Now Jersey
Cavalry, having been mustered out of the service,
Governor Olden has just commissioned Sir Percy
Wyndham, an aecomplished Italian officer, to fill
the vacancy. The major of the regiment has also
been mustered out, but no appointment has yet
been made. The new colonel is a resident, at pre
sent, of Washington, and came very highly recom
mended,
Rejoicing in the British Provinces.
CAPE RACE, February 18.—Fifty flags, being all
we have got, are floating to the breeze here in
honor of the glorious victory at Fort Donelson.
The BOW given great nallifactics it Si. Johns, N.
F., and here.
• From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-There is no official in
formation to justify the belief that our tercels intend
advancing upon Savannah, with the view of cap
turing and holding that city.
In order to the identification of the bodies of de
ceased soldiers, Quartermaster Ruoker has invited
proposals for furnishing one thousand head.boards
for their graves.
Provisional Government in Tennessee.
Andy Johnson will probably proceed to Nash
ville, as soon as Gen. Buell's army . takes possession
of that city, and assist in organizing a Provisional
Government for Tennessee. The people there are
panting for freedom, and a resilesption or their con
nection with the National Union. They will proba
bly send a full delegation of loyal men to Congress
by the last of March.
Trade with Tennessee.
It is regarded probable here that as soon as the
rebel armies are 'beaten out of Tennessee, the or
der of Mr. Chase, preventing exportation of pro 1 1
-
visions, medicines, and the like into the South, will
be rescinded, so far as Tennessee is concerned, and
that the Whole country will again he opened to
commercial transactions. As it is possible to draw
supplies of cotton and tobacco from at least one
half of the South by way of Tennessee, the opening
of trade in this quarter would soon produce a
Ir+Mked elect upon the general industry of the
country. A million of bales of cotton could easily
be gathered by inland commerce from the South,
and .this amount furnished to our factories would
again set them going, with a portion to spare for
the English market. With a bieekiltle on the coast
and an active internal commerce, the North will
be benefited in every way ; first, by the carriage
of cotton, tobacco, hemp, and other Southern pro
ducts through the country, and their transporta
tion to Europe ; and second, by the sale of goods to
such of the Southern States as are thus reopened,
which are now in great need of them.
Rebel Soldiers held as Prisoners.
The number of rebel soldiers now held as:prison
ers of war by the Vetted States Government, in
about twenty thousand, and the question is, • What
shall be done with them ?" It appears, however,
that a vast prison house has been erected on John
son's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio, which is "
_'thus
described
Some ten acres of this island have been rented, and
extensive buildings have already been " put up"
and are now nearly completed. The buildings
erected are of considerable magnitude and number.
Trim , ara Mita buildings for aloe& q,uarters, each
105 feet by 24, and two stories high ; one ror sol
diers' quarters; a sutler's building; four for quar
ters for prisoners, each 122 feet by 29; and two
stories high ; onehospit;tnestlrehouse,atd two
bikhes.stillotheimaingoregatcupiaed
as likely to be or become necessary. The struc
tures enumerated are already put up.. An ice
house is now building, and the finishing touches are
being put upon the other buildings.
Theisland presents a very animated appearance.
The prisoners quarters are enclosed by a twelve
foot-high, tight board fence, with sentinel walk
near the top of the fence, around the entire enclo
sure of about fifteen acres. The officer's and sol
diers' (guard) quarters are outside of the enclosure,
and there are now two companies there, awaiting
the arrival of the Secesh, who are eNuNtid nett
week. Some idea of what has been done can be
formed from the fact that already not fir from
$30.000 have been expended, that 1,000,000 feet of
lumber, and 6,000,000 shingles have been used.
The bu ildings have 375 windows, each of twelve
P#P ,I J 9f 91 ) .,T 11 glen, or, 10 other words; 4.900
panes of glass are to let in daylight and reveal the
outer world to the mass of humanity that will, in
all probability, soon be congregated there.
Com. Porter of the Essex not Expected to
Survive.
We regret to hear that the injuries sustained by
the above naval officer, on board the gunboat
Essex, in the battle of Fort Henry, are a great
deal more serious than at first reported. His con
dition, by the latest intelligence, is such that he is
not expected to recover. In audition to the scalds
he received, it appears his lungs wore dangerously
affected by the inhalation of hot steam at the time
of the explosion of the boiler of the Elam Com.
Porter has been conveyed to St. Louis.
General Samuel R. Curtis.
. .
Our despatches report that - Gen. Price has eva
cuated Springfield, Missouri, and that the Federal
troops under Gen. Curtis have occupied the place.
Gen. Curtis is an Ohioan, and went to West Point
from that State. Having graduated, he left the
army and settled in Ohio. Ile was for years an en
gineer in the employ of the hoard of Public - Works,
and, at the breaking out of the Mexican war, ho
was Adjutant General of the State. He was appoint
ed colonel of the Third Ohio, and served with honor
throughout the war. Ho subsequently removed to
lowa, and was engineer of the works at Des Moines
Rapids. Ile Was elected to Congress from lowa,
and resigned his seat to enter the Federal army.
He has behaved with gallantry and ability, and de
serves the honors he may receive.
Rebel Dominion in the West at an End.
Nashville is the great factory and storehouse of
the rebellion in the West. At the latest accounts
there were millions of pounds of Confederate bacon
stored there. Cannon, powder, and percussion caps
are manufactured at Nashville. It is the centre of
the railroad system of the State, and commands all
the roads i and that is its only grate& importance.
When Nashville is occupied by Gen. ltuell's army,
Columbus and Memphis will be wholly cut off from
succor. Columbus will therefore be abandoned,
and its garrison will fall back on Memphis. The
great army at Nashville will thereupon descend the
Cumberland, and hi a feet days demand and receive
the surrender of Memphis, and then New Orleans
will send up a deputation, and capitulate. The
Mississippi, from St. Paul to the Gulf, will proba
bly be open in a month. Very little more fighting
is expected in the West.
From Colonel Garfield'a Column, in Ken
tucky.
Rev. Mr. Sumner, chaplain of the Twenty-se
cond Kentucky Regiment, arrived in this city yes
terday morning, from the Big Sandy. We leans
from him that the Twenty-second is at Piketon,
with two ether regiments of Colonel Garfield's
command, awaiting the arrival of the Colonel and
the rest of the brigade. The Twenty-second is en
camped on the grounds occupied by Colonel John
S. Williams, and the grounds show the haste with
which the rebels left, as the remnants of pots and
kettles are scattered thickly around. Celenel Gar
field is at Faintsville, sick from the effects of vac
cination, but is expected out in a very short time.
Mr. Sumner left Piketon four or five days ago, the
Sandy river being so low as to make travelling
tedious.
The news at Piketon in reference to
forces is, that they are at Whitesburg, Latches
county, Ky., on the headwaters of Kentucky river,
some fifty-five miles southwest of Piketon. It is
reported at Piketon that Marshall has been super
seded, and Colonel John S. Williams put in his
place. Peer Humphrey i-Lozeisvillo Jimrine.
The Officers of the Army-Where they
come from.
The number of officers now serving in the re
gular army is upwards of 1,700, but when the new
regiments are full, it will be increased to 2,450, or
MI more than under the old 6Fgablzittion. An ex
amination of the official army register shows that
the officers are natives'of the following States :
New York 340, Pennsylvania 339, Ohio 120, Alassa
chueetts 105, Maryland 65, District of Columbia
06, Virginia 60, Maine CO, New Jersey 4, Connee
ilea 50, Kentucky 50,. Indiana 45, New Hampshire
39, Vermont 39, Illinois 25, Delaware 22, Rhode Is
land 22, Michigan 19, Missouri 17, South Carolina 10,
Tennessee 8, North Carolina 6,Wisconsin 6, Louisiana
5, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, 4 each, Indian ter
ritory 2. Kansas, Texas, and Cherokee Nation, 1
each. Foreign countries are represented as follows
Ireland 28, Lngland 16, Scotland 11, Germany 9,
Prussia 5, Canada 3, France 2, Denmark 2, and
Mexico, Austria, Cuba, East India, Poland,
Switzerland, Turkey, Nova Scotia, Spain, and
Italy, 1 each. Old Neptune has two subjects in the
United States army, two officers having been born
at 808, while 31 officers do not appear to have been
born anywhere, no place being given.
The number of officers appointed from each State
end Territory is shown by the following:
New York 289, Pennsylvania 307, Ohio 137, Dis
trict of Columbia 87, Massachusetts 01, Indiana 56,
iilincia 53, Maryland 00, New Jersey 50, Connect!'
out 41, Kentucky 40, Michigan 41, Matte 39, Vir
ginia 38, Vermont 30, Missouri 29, Delaware 24, New
Hampshire 27, Rhode Island 23, lowa 16, California
12, Minnesota 12, Kansas 11, Wisconsin 11, Tennes
see 7, North Carolina 7, Washington Territory 5,
Florida 4, Texas 4, South Carolina, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Colorado Territory 5 eaoh, Arkan
sae, Georgia, Utah, Alabama, and New Mexioo, 2
each, and Nebraska 1. The promotions from the
ranks number 115, and the appointments " at
large "by the President 33. In 3 cases the State
"appointed from" is not given.
it HON. BIIEARARD CLEMENS made speech
on the war at Wheeling (Va.) on Wednesday night,
and at the close be proposed three cheers for Roan
oke Island, Fort Donolson, and the Union, which
were heartily given.
TWO CENTS.
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER HATIOARO9
THE TUSCARORA AT COWES
Opening of the British Parliament,
THE ROYAL SPEECH.
THE TRENT TROUBLE AND AHEM,.
CAN AFFAIRS.
THE MEXICAN INTERVENTION.
The Sumpter in a Spanish Port,
and. Out of Funds.
NEW Yens, February 19.—The steamer Evnga-
Poo bas atilyed, with Liverpool dates to the MU
instant.
The steamer Canada arrived out on the 4th in
stant.
The pirate Arrishvilla was last seen on the eve
ning of the 3d instant, 0 0 1 149 the Needles, steering
down the channel. The Tuscarora still remained
at Cowes on the evening of the 4th.
There is no confirmation of the report that ano
ther Federal vessel, supposed to be the Brooklyn,
was cruising of the Isle of Wight.
There are rumors of a throe-um Led paddle
steamer, supposed to be a privateer, off Cape Clear.
The brigantine Fanny Lewis, which ran the
Charleston blockade, arrived at Liverpool with 600
bales of cotton and NO harrels of rosin.
At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce, the bleekedingof the Charlotiton har
bor was strongly denounced, and the efficiency of
the blockade questioned, but continued non-inter
vention was generally approved. A letter was read
from Mr. Cobden, showing the paramount import
ance of settling belligerent rights, and the necessity
for England - a agreeing to the American ilcoctririg
relative to private property at sea.
Mr. Bright, in a speech at Birmingham, denied
that the American blockade was ineffective. He
ridiculed the idea that America was in a position
to be trampled on. He pointed out the danger of
interference, and strongly urged strict neutrality,
It is stated that Dr. Adams, the American
minister, does not conceal his indignation at Earl
Russell's late letter to the Admiralty relative to
the use of British ports. There are also considera
ble differences in political circles as to the policy
and Propriety of the act.
ft is inserted that the Allies have determined
that their armies shall march on the capital of
Mexico next month.
The report is revived, and gains strength, that
the Archduke Maximilian will be tendered the
throne of Maxim.
More French troops are tinder orders for Mexico.
It is asserted that the French Government has
determined to revise and modify the navigation
laws.
The /Moo boo been firm, and aimed dull at 71f_
The Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, have
reached Alexandria. A private telegram from Cal
cutta, January 17th, reports cotton goods and yarns
unsaleable and nominal.
The Cork fteraid says that a long paddle.wheel
ateamer, with two funnels and three masts, was seen
steaming slowly three miles east of Cape Clear, on
the 31st ult. She did not show any colors or name,
and it was corleetured ? from the peculiarity 9 f h a
minemenia, that she was an American pirate.
The Latest.
QtruuNsrowN, Feb. 6.—The Trescarorce left
Cowes on Thursday morning for the westward.
The Spanish Ministry deny any arrangements
made for Mexico, and say that the Mexicans are
free to choose their own Government.
The Moniteur says that the allies must com
plete their work by . giving, in accordance with
the wishes of the nation, a strong, durable govern
bi tit .
Franee borrows from two to four millions of
English capitalists for a brief period, to sustain
the 8011180 during the conversion of the 4/. per
cents.
- -
l'Arti4l Feb; 0,--Acerataittaa has been appointed.
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the regula
tion of the indemnity due by Mexico. La Fitente,
the Mexican minister at Paris, will remain there in
a private capacity.
JMADRID, Peb. 6.—A correspondent 01 1 1490 that
the ptc.te S rrsnptcr was still lying , at St. /toque,
and . la RS without funds to pay the expenses incurred
there.
The United States consul has given a banquet to
the former prisoners of the Sicmpter. America and
the Queen of Sprain were toasted_
VIENNA, Feb. 6.—The Austrian press continues
strongly protesting against the exchange of the
throne of Mexico for Venetia.
BERLIN, Feb. 6.—The Chambers will diseass
whole position of affairs in Germany. The Pro
gress party proposed toeral energetic resolutions
on the German question.
The Independanee Belga says that England ac
cepts the monarchial candidate for Mexico on con
dition of the Mexicans freely consenting.
BUCHAP.EST, Feb. G —The insurgents marching
against, Bachand flid on the approach of the
troops. A mob of 150 persons were surrounded.and
arrested.
Opening of the British Parliament:
THE ROYAL SPEECH.
LONDON, February 6.-1 3 erHewitt opened.
day_ no speech from the throne is as follows:
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN : We are com
manded by her Majesty to assure you that her Me
jtsty is persuaded that you will deeply participate
in the affliction by which her Majesty has been
onerwhelmtd by the colamilmis, and ir
reparable loss of her beloved consort, who has
been her comfort and support.
It bas been soothing to her Majesty, while suffer
ing most acutely under this awful dispensation of
Prcivideece, to receive from all classes of her sub.
jests the most cordial assurances of their sympathy
with her sorrow. We stee commanded by her Ma
jesty to assure you that she looks with confidence
to your assistance and advice.
Her Majesty's relations with all the European
rowers continue tebe friendly and eati.sfaelery, aed
her Majesty trusts there is no reason to.apprehend
any disturbance of the peace of Europe.
A question of great importance, which might
have led to very serious consequences,.arose be
tween her Majesty and the Government of the
United States of North Amerioa, being the seizure
and forcible removal of four passongem- from on
board a British packet by the commander of a
sloopof•war of the United States. That question
has been satisfactorily settled by the restoration of
the passengers to British protection, and by the
disavowal by the United States Government of the
act of violence committed by their naval 9l4Cer,
The friendly relations between her Majesty and
the President of the United States are, therefore,
unimpaired. Her Majesty willingly appreciates
the loyalty and patriotism which have been mani
fested, on this occasion, by her Majesty's North
American subjects.
The wrongs committed by various parties and by
successive governments in Mexico upon foreigmre
sidents within the Mexican territory, and for which
no satisfactory redress could be obtained, have led.
to the conclusion of a convention between her Mu-
jetty, the Emperor of the French and the Queen.
of Spain, for the purpose of regulating the com
bined operations on the coast of Mexico, with a.
view to obtain that redress whioh has hitherto been.
withheld. That convention and the oapers-on.the
subject Will be laid before you,
Tile improvement which his taken plum in- the
relations between her Majesty's Goveenment and
the Emperor of China, and the good faith with
which the Chinese Government have continued to
fulfil the arrangements of the treaty of Tlen-Sien,
have enabled her Majesty to withdraw her troops
from the port of Canton, and taredune the. amount
of her forces on the coast and in the seas of China.
Her Majesty, always anxious to exert her WM
mace for the preservation of peace, has concluded.
convention with the Sultan of Morocco, by means
of which the Sultan has been enabled to raise the
Muount xi:emery for the fulfilment of certain ,
treaty arrangements which he had contracted to
wards Spain, and thus to avoid the result of a re
newal of hostilities with that Power. That con
vention and the papers connected with it will be
laid before you.
Her Majesty regret§ that itt setae patta tf 04
United Kingdom, and in certain branches of indus
try, temporary causes have produced considerable
pressure and privation, but we have reason to. be
lieve the general condition of the country is sound
and satisfactory.
Her Majesty eonfidently Oftliiiiide the general
interests of the nation to your wisdom and care..
She fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty
God may attend your deliberations, and may guide
them to the promotion of the welfare and happi
nets of her people.
Commercial Intelligence. t47,41;1
Livanrom., February 4,—The sales of cotton to-day
(Tuesday) have been 3,000 bales, including 1,500 to spe
relators and exporters. The market closes dull and with
a downward mildewy. The advices from Blanchester are
unfavorable.
BREADSTUFFS.--1119
mrkel closes dull, Flour is dull
and rapier; sales at . 2sea2s. Wheat quiet and steady;
led Westini its 10d012s 2d; red Southern 1213 311042 s
id; white Western 12s 6ilail2s 9d; white Southern 12s
941613 e 3d.
Corn odd; mixed 3lss3ls 3d.
Provirions are still declining. Deef dull and easier.
Fork atilt deettnine; retest DAP IS ad .11114oli
steady. Lard nominal. Tallow very dull.
Plionuca.—A shoe eaaier; Pots 335; Pearls Sts ; Sugar
dull; Coffee steady ; like I nactive; 'Rosin quiet; Com
reou 12s 6dsslas ; Spirits pf Turpentine tirmat TOe.
LONDON, Feb. 4.—Consols 92,tic592%.
THE. LATEST.
Liminrooh, Pbe. 8 —Salm of. Cotton, f 6 We days,
14,000 bales; prices unchanged ; sales to speculators and
exporters 6,000 bales.
Breadstuirs dull, with a downward tendency.
Prosisions
LoNDoN, Feb. 6.—Oonsole for money 92%092%.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrived from Baltimore, Fey, ht, Alps Efatotioa) at
Brenrrn i J. h. kayr. at Bordeaux; Isabella, at Brow
eralmen.
RELICS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—The Smith
sonian Institute has just received a valuable addi
tion to its collection of rare curiosities and robes;
being the identical gun and sword of the late la=
malted Franklin, of the unfortunate Amite Ex
ploring Expedition. The gun is an old-fashioned
flint-lock shot gun. and was presented to Sir John
Franklin by Lord Melville, and used by Franklin
in his expedition of 1920-22. The sword is of the
old pattern 9f the Britisli R oyaA Navy, and has the
lion crest, with the naval emblemson the guard,
and the British coat-of-arma on the blade. Both of
these relics have the appearance of having been
tarnished by rust, and afterwards burnished; which
latter process has not erased the traces of age and
exposure. They have been deposited in the same
Mire with the dress worn by Dr. Kane in the Arc.
tic regions, and other objects of interest familiar
to all .visitors to the museum of the Institution.
These interesting relics were obtained from the Es
quirnaux of the Arctic coast, east of Mackensio's
river.
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LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP HAbIiES.
Ills Views of Slavery and Abolltlonli2l6
[Trmaluted from the Paris Journal Des Debate, 15h.: , 31
fin:Ois the twenty. fifth aria& month the Jour
nal des Dates published an article which the un ,
dersigned. Outriders as injurious to him. The Arch ,
bishop of I'ew Viol to therein accused of being an
advocate of slavery.
pia munition ia ornfrelydeatitute of foundation.
The Archbhhop of New York is not, and never has
been, and never could be, an advocate of slavery.
Ile is also in this article accused of being the au
thor of a certain article published in the New York
Metropolitan Record during the last summer, an
article which has been mare recently translated in
_French and published in the Jef2P)liii 1e slclr
The editor of the liretropontan Record is alone re
sponsible for that article. The Journal des Debats
has attributed it to the undersigned, and said that
it was signed by M. Hughes, Archbishop of New
York. Permit me, sir, to assure you that if the
name of K. /lughee i Archbishop of New York p
is appended to It, th e Algiiatui4 IS Nee, The
Journal des Debuts represents me as having un
dertaken in this article, supposed to be written
by me, to refute the work written by M. Co
chin, entitled "Abolition of Slavery." Permit
me to observe that my attention was first called to
this work by the article in . youriournal. It is not,
then, probable that I could undertake to refute a
book whichll had never seen up to the 27th of last
month. In consequence of the accusation con
tained in the Journal des Debate, I procured a
copy of this book, and I have read it for the first
time. I was extremely satisfied with it in so far
BB it treats of slavery in a historical and statistical
point of view. The learned author bee been, up
to a certain point, led into error by the Abolitionist
authorities of the United States, who,. as partisans,
exaggerate the horrors of slavery beyond the
truth.
Finally, although I have never written or said a
word in favor of slavery, I am decidedly opposed
to Abolitionism, as it is understood in America.
The Abolitionists have not the right to touch slavery
in the United States, except as individuals• express
ing freely their personal opinions.
The guiding aide of the Abolition movement
in the Northern States appear inspired by fanati
cal zeal on a question which concerns. the most
grave interests of the Southern States and the whole
country. Slavery is the "sick man" of the.tinited
States. The Abolitionists of the North., where
4ia*etY o§t , 4147 see the eituatiou- of the
"sick man" at a distance, through a telescope.
Their exaggerated views influence their prescrip
tions.
There are several cities in the South where slave
ry is perpetual, and where the yellow fever and. the
cholera are frequent visitors. One could not sup•
pose that any archbishop or bishop could wish to
make himself the advocate of cholera or yellow
fever. What he would do would be to abandon the
treatment of these maladies to the inhabitants of
the cities where they prevail, and the physicians,
who know in what scanner they can be ouradt or
mitigated ; but our Abolitionist doctors of the
North, who dwell far from slavery and these epi
demics, would wish, in the interest of humanity,
to burn the cities of the South, which they would
consider as the most prompt means of purifyinr, the
air, of destroying and eaterminoling : by a single
remedy, the cholera, slavery, and the yellow fever.
There are in the Southern States four millions
of slaves. Abolish slavery all of a sudden, and
what will become of them r What will become of
their masters ? What will become of the products
of their labor, of which Europe has such need ?
The Abolition party of North America take no ac
count of all this.
I hope, sir ' that you will have the kindness to
publish time few observations in your widely air.
culated journal. The article in question has been
read in Europe, doing wrong with your readers to
my reputation as a Catholic archbishop. If, then,
you believe that a reparation is due to me, lam
persitl tsl your impartiality, you will no,
cord it. I have the honor to be, sir, your devoted
servant, Joss
Archbishop of New York.
A Curious Murder Trial in Paris—A
Wholesale Murderer.
A trial has recently taken place at Bourg, in the
department of St. Ain, France, which, for horror.
is unparalleled in the annals of crime. > The follow
ing footo 17979 9/191494 ;
Tho male prisoner is named Martin Dumollard,
aged 52, and the female is his wife, Marianne Mar
tinet, aged 47. It appeared from the evidence,
and, indeed, from tho confession of Dumollard him
self, and of his wife, that for many years back the
NAB bad Mart in the habit of accosting young
females who looked like domestic servants,
repre
senting himself as a person sent to hire a
servant for a gentleman's country house, inducing
them to accompany him some distance un
til they reached a neighboring weed, Arid there
throwing a cord around their necks attempting to
outrage and murder them. In one very recent in
stance a girl escaped from his hands, and, seeing
the lights of a railway line at a distance, ran in
that direction bad Otoinosi a refuge. Liar do:
seription of her assailant, combined with the fact
that similar statements had been made at distant
intervals by other gals, caused an inquiry to be
vigorously set on foot, and Dumollard, who ap
peared to have no regular mode of livelihood,
was Buspected. A search was made in is
house, end an heinous° quantity of female gar
ments was found there, such as forty bonnets,
fifty.seven pairs of stockings, fourteen drew*,
and a heap of corsets, petticoats, chemises,
&c. Dutoollard, being arrested and identifi.d
by the girl who had escaped, confess ed Ipso lie
hadbeen for years in the habit of decoying girls
into the forest, but stated that he was only the
agent of a gang who employed him for the pur
pose, and who gave him the clothes for his re
ward. lie den ied that he had himself committed
lila dale twinge or murder,. Thu woman who
lately escaped, and several others, who likewise
identified Dumollard, stated, however, that there
was no ono with him or near him when he attempted
the crimes. A search in the forest discovered the
dead body of a young woman, very recently burled.
The batty was quite baked, and what waa peculiarly
horrifying was that the hands were found clasped
full of the fresh earth heaped above, and the
legs drawn up, thus giving rise to more than sea
picien that the unfortunate girl bad been buried
before life had wholly departed. The skull was
marked with two tettible wounds. In another
port of the forest another body was found in a de—
cayed condition—likewise that of a young woman,
and stripped of all clothing. Subsequent re
searches, dbeeted, indeed, partly by Dumollard
himself, discovered tge female plteleterie, It is at-
curtained that within some years many other girl;
have disappeared from the neighborhood, some of
whom had left their homes with the intention of
seeking employment in Lyons or Paris. The bodies
which are capable of identification have been fully
identified. Among the clothing found in Denial
laid'a hew § are several articles bearing the em
bale of girls whose fate is yet undiscovered ; and
in some instances there are the inner garments
which could not have been obtained without vio
lence.
An innumerable quantity of clothes, old and new
,was also found; OHM latiii9 lip mod uotnallo ;
boxes, bits of lace, muslin, ribbons, and many other
articles of like nature, the use of which is entirely
monopolized in the south of France by young girls.
Amongst the spoils were garments that bore the
traces of blood, and handfuls of long hair, brown, fair,
and b lask 7 as if torn in 4 struggle from She heads of
different victims. There wore divers colored gar
ters, taken from the legs of the murdered girls,
who must bare been more numerous than !Dumol
lard confessed. Thirty pairs of these artioles were
discovered in his house. In a loft were also found b
not only the pieces of stuff - and clothes taken freak
the hem of Marie Piohon, one who fortunately
escaped, but seventeen stays, imps, pocket handkor
()biers, and aprons, and the bones of a little finger
suppose& to have been cut off because of a ring that
fitted on it very tigtitly,
A Earle correspondent says :
,{ A few weeks ago the unparalleled spectacle
was seen in the neighborhood of Lyons, of ajudge
of instruction, and other law officers, perambulating
the woods with an immense crowd of spectator° at
their heels, to dig up the dead bodies of murdered
girls. As many as fifteen cases of murder, or at
tempted murder, have been brought home to.the
prisoner, and it is supposed that many more must
be undiscovered. The country people spoilt of
m as the man who has a " cemetery all , to. him
self.' In his house were found no less than two
hundred and thirty
. articles of female apparel, be
sides watches and trinkets—part of the proceeds of
the robberies which always accompanied his mur
ders.
Dumollahl was condemned to death, arid his
wise to twenty years' imprisonment with hard
labor."
lIIGHWATMAN BAFFLED.—About 11: o'clock
in tbe evening, a short time since, in the midst of
a snow-storm, a gentleman driving through Somer
ville, on his way to Boston, in a mate?, hecame
cumulous that some one was following him,
and, looking over his shoulder, descried a
man running behind the sleigh with the evi
dent intention of overtaking it. The, gentle
man called out to know what be wanted.
,6 I only wont to get on and Tide 91144 wfty," yr 99
the answer. ff Not if I inow myself !'" exclaimed
the gentleman, and he jerked tbe reins so that the
horse shot ahead rapidly. Immediately after he
saw another man, in front, run from. the side of the
road tolkard the horse's head. Quielt as thought the
rider drew the rein so that tbaeleigh struck the
man and lisatkad him dawh. A faW yia - da
on he stopped his sleigh and. look‘d around, and
being satisfied that the men woes aoting in concert,
drove on and, reached home in safety.
9f Tig TblgnArti.—The Californians
are getting sick of the telegraph, and clamor again
for the pony express. They say the wires are
broken down so often that they are without the
means of communication half the time, and, when
the telegraph is working, they only get the sholl of
the newa, and by the time the mails got along the
details are so old at not to be worth plibliMailig,
But with the pony express they were cure of the
news every ten or twelve days, and they like that
very much better than the present telegraph eye
tem.
FROZEN TO DNATII ON THE PRATNIEB.—A.
WOMAN was from tt, 444th on the Minnesota prai
ries last week, hear Hastings. A search revealed
that she had been buried in the snow within a few
rods of her residence. A little boy, her grandson,
was found near her, insensible, with his hands and
feet badly froxen. 'Upon recovering his senses, be
said his grandmas, got lost in the snow and,
fearing she would freeze ' she cried loudly foihelp,
but her cries were not heard. When she became
too much benumbed to proceed further, she took off
some off her clothing and wrapped, it around the
boy, which was probably the means of saving his life.
ITE.tyrn or NEW YORE. CErE.—According
to the City Inspector's report, there were 403
deaths in New York during the past week—a de
crease of 19 as compared with the mortality of the
week previous, and fl less than occurred during
the corresponding week lest year.
Tnn total shipments of shoes from Boston
for 1801, to plaoes outside of New England, amount
ed to 959,000 oases, valued at $45 per oue ' making
an agregate of about V 1,000,000, whioh is $lO,OOO,-
000 leis than last year.