fgtuw MSttit italic. More Surprima— Revi J.< M’Bvnght, of Englewood, N. JVj received a parse on Christ mas day containing $250. The plans, for a new church-edifice • there; says the Evangelist, are already drawn, and the subscription has been started. The year open*'with great promise to that people. • Thernsighborhood is cDd 'DO- denl»t‘W«>shall soon welcome a large and'flourishing church of our faith and order. — ~Rev.'!Gha&B<i>olo,e, pask tor of the churchea-Nasßami&BnaeUear co., N. Y., has receivedtdonationS amounting to ovef?' s2oos—MFha- church of Sandusky, Ohio, dtaring^cilmred''off a heavy debt from their house/ .presented* >their pastor, Bev. F. Noble, a NewYear’ygift of $lOO.— — Rev. Chas. S. Ledue, of .the- ehurch of Hast ings, Minn., receiued -ftomi-his pebpleapairof gloves lined with to theiamount of s6o.—The Genesee,Y.,'. have raised their pastor y ViieoV G?Fjt&6la<rfn’4,> salary to the war standard, Montreal Witness informs us that, of the American Presbyterian Church- .in that city celebrated the incoming of the-jsabby making some valuable presents "to . thp.-psstor,'Bev. James B. Bonar. It-=says: ‘‘Amengthe valu able presents made -were-soine- magnificent cakes, with inscripti»ns,'.on)theia..iia2arge let ters formed of gold dollars, i : .One-of ifthe cakes was labelled: ‘For tbebaby,! and.aucfher: ‘A Happy New Year’; *£he . numbers of-gold dol lars employed on these inscriptions being, we learn 135.”——The -Church 3 atj Binghamton, N. Y., have added $506 to the,--salary, of their pastor, Rev.'Geo. H. Boacdman. Rev. Frederick Stwr. >Jr., .acknowledges the receipt of an envelope containing §2OO, as a New Year's gift from 1 Cfee congregatiQn of the church of Pen Yan, N. Y., oLwhiclkhQ.is pas tor. _ Ministerial Rev-iAi-JL-Shaw, late of Lenox, has accepted a. call, from the church at Avon, Livingston Co.,sN.--Y., and has entered" upon bis duties there.— -~>Rev. John L. Kinghns removed from''Williamsport, Ind., to Detroit; Michigan, aod becwme Chap lain of the Western S eamentSiFrien 4 Seciety, at the latter place. Bev. C. N. Mattoon, I S-, was .installed .pastor of the church at Monroe, \&lich.,: Jan 6th. The tnstallation sermon «aq preached by Bev. Wm. Hogarth, D. D., of I Detroit, from Luke xxiv. 49; the constitutional'’* questions and installing prayer, by Bev.sMr:,Taylor, of Petersburg; charge to the paster,‘-by- S.i E. Wishard, and to the peopleiby(&ep.; Dqffield Jr,, of Adrian. Bev- S. H. Garnet- —At SUkere’ '.lsland, gays thecN-Y. Chronicle, there ; nre,new, .nearly - 700 ccdorgd soldiers, the large saajority-of whom are,.unable to read or write. Wei#reglad to (earn .that Bev. Henry Highland iCfcunet.(co lored,) of Now York, intends to make,(cession ary jdsitg.ta-the islaud. and w* .trustot&*tihi% labors will.be successful. n^lifrypin.—A Presbyterian Church s3*3 organized in Santa Clara on Friday /eve ning, November 27th, by Rev, J. A. -Skinner, who has bqen*.laboring there durfog the last - few. mopths- ; Two brethren were, atihot|t}m& . .elected .RqlmgT-Elders, and, on the Jast.-Spb path in 'November, were ordained to that ,of - fice. The first . communion was held on the first Sabbath iUiUccember, when four additional ■members were.received to the church—-too.On . profession of faiths-end two by letter from other church.es. interns. —$7000. ate still needed to complete thaJpO.OOO proposal! some years since to be iraisad for Wabash* College by the Western iGpllsge Educational Society. The Sabbath j sSflh.aol of the Fourteenth Street Church, N. ! "5T..,-contributed $800? last year to S. S. Mis sions. -They sustain a. jcassionary in the West. SOHOOLnOF THE FIRST OHURQH. -TBE-.NSSV. WHARTON BSHEKT OHTJRCH. The .rpflst delightful {estival we have -OT taessed ■'this season occurred on Thurs d a y ' teat at <the new churah just built at the c w»er of Ninth and Wharton Streets, in the * ter .southern section ofi,the city. The church $ building, which is -$,3 attractive brown • stone edifice, will be a standing monun l 6 ®* 'the beneficence of Mrs. Corn ell, by \ vhose will the funds for fche erection are pro fided, as well as of thejgood taste of onr va lusbie First Church, theliberality of whose .members has done so ritjuch in the past years to extend our fe&nch of the church throughout the city. The mission school now held sin the church was e.Stablished in the neighborhood % 185 T, and has been maintained fey the ;uatiring efforts of some of the ladies end .gentlemen of Mr. Barnes* Church. A few ■weeks ago, the basement of the new edifice ■was .completed and taken possession of by the school. The “Ellis School,” whieh had 'been established jn the neighborhood, was jjwrged into it, and m two weeks the large lecture and Infant Sehool rooms were filled to' overflowing. festival was a joyous occasion for the children, who crowded the large room as fell as it could well hold. Over 450 children were present, presenting a scene of rare interest. -The room was most tastefully decorated with national 1 hags, some of immense size, festooned.front tbe v eeilmg and pillars, while smaller ones erobeUisiied the walls. These, with ft graceful flddittee of evergreens and a profusion of handsome boquets about the pulpit and upon the groaning refresh ment tables, made a magnificent spectacle. The display of immense iced PWPd cakes, fruits, puts, &e, upon the tables was re markably handsome. The first address was by llev. Mr. Barnes; whb'was delegated to present ‘the offerings of- the school to the American B. S. Union. r slso-was presented by the missionary hands; which are designed to furnish 15 schools in the West with: a'ten dollar library -each, The names of the Bands are astfolio ws: Albert Baross Infant Band, taught 1 by Miss Walkin. ’ ; .■■ Bow. of Promise. -Band, taughtbyMiss Bate Sinclair,.) , , Star of-'3?ethlebe:m Band, taught* by Mss Webb- ......U .. Good Shepherd' Band, taught by-Mase ,U. .A..Mea?s..; * . :. Young 'Pttgtim- 'Band, taught by-Miss i m;'E.;Moars.,:.h" * ; j;-;,- Henry -Band, taught by>M»s Clement. : . y- . John Howerdi-Band, taught by.'Miss Burgin. . Perseverance -.-Band,. .taught by -Miss Hand. , ~ .- .... ' WiiUng W® J hers Band, taught-by-Miss Marsh. , Youthful - Stewards Band, taught - -by Miss Barnes. .. .Calvary 'Bend, taught by Mr.' James Allen. . Union Band, .taught by, Mr. -B-/ Allen. Early: Seekers .Band, taught by -Miss M. Sinclair Little Gleaners Band, taught by Mies Mary, Sinclair. ' taught by. Mass Austin. ■ . : . Mr.-Barnes took'.occasion,, while, read ing the names of, these Bands, to comple ment the teachers whose faithfulness -and assiduity, was so happily demonstrated in the throng eff cheerful faces before; them, : and whose ipppiffess could not be.more complete tel hisiown, on thisi£heiE«first iheetijigin* f *‘Mr. Grocfey reaphhded m’.bdb&lf'of the J unerieaa &■£. Union,, in.his -characteristic s tyle, .fall.offtenergy and intenest. -..Mr. B ene Gffiou: fcthen. .delivered, one tof his bcvautjfhl .addr-essCs based upon -the text “j|Sl hiding gf&ee fir,om .the wind, and a c?- x vert from, ’ ’ The atkeatiQn of th« j children, was so dose-that at GaOiCfose of- the; address-jthpy were-able to .tell ithe text; where it-tes toi be found, and, the 5 heads into wbidhkihe adflreSs.was divided. .Mr.. Geo.; Briftghprst .then presented , a .number. of. beaa&lal .bright medals to. such .of the, children.. as. had, deserved them ; £Ud then jcaijie fthetipiqpipnt of culminaiing Merest to the. l\ttfet.qnefrrthe distribmfio.n ,<*? ithe eatables. , Qjaichljtha.groaaing ta bles were unloaded , and the immense stock ofjgood things vanished. -The.good cheec, the* smiling faces, .the,dancing ejes.pf the , little, ones. welLrepaid the teachers for. all , their toil; in preparing sthe ( feast. ißut all the oflder tyas given, to prepare to last ,h#mn ; and then .fde <out one .by one .through the side aisles, where were _sta . baskets ifilled with small sited ■iced pouiid cakes, one of w&ich ,was.givesn ,to .each child present, so .that .they.cauld mot Jeatce without pleasant .reminiscences. Two gorgeons boquets msdeupof the rarest ,of Camillas, passion sflowers, &e., were presented to Mr. Barnes .and Mr. Grillou. They were presents ito.fhe school •from Mr. Buist, the florist, and were beau tiful beyond description. The exercises were conducted by the in - defatigable superintendent, Mr, B. K. Stewart, to whose labors, Zealand liberality much of the prosperity of the school is owing. May the Wharton Street Presby terian Churoh stand a hundred years and never have a smaller Sabbath school or a band of teachers less devoted and assidu ous than that which now ennobles it, and may the children have as pleasant a ga thering every year, and many of them grow up. to sustain the Church and school in years to come. G. W. M. ANOTHER PASTOR REMEMBERED. Our friends in the Walnut St. Presbyte rian Church, of West Philadelphia, have added themselves to the goodly list of those, who at the present season are making themselves and pastors happy by thoughtful kindness. At a social gather ing at the house of their pastor, the Rev. J. G. Butler, for the purpose of promoting mutual acquaintance; his good people, through one of their number, presented him with an envelope covering Jive hun dred dollars, as a mark of affection and esteem. The presenter, Mr. Edward Mil ler, very happily expressed to his pastor, the kind feelings and good wishes bom to him by his people, and testified by this gift Mr. Butler, though taken by sur prise, replied happily and with emotion, responding fully to the good-will of the people in his esteem and love for them. The West Philadelphia Church is one of onr most interesting and promising fields of Christian effort and communion. It is in a rapidly increasing and beautiful suburb of our city,—just over the Schuyl kill. The New Year was agreeably cele brated in the Sunday-school, by a festival, at which its large Infant School was en tertained in the afternoon with ice cream, cakes, candies, and other delightful things; and she main school in the congregation, with refreshments and a distribution of books. The anniversary followed on the Sabbath, with an abundance of singing, recitations in concert by the Infant PHFIaADELPHI A, PHBBE I) A JA OT ARI, 11, I.W- School, and addresses by Mr. ButJer, and Mr. Dulles, the superintendent df the school. We have received three poen~is ffipon the death of Sergeant ’Humiston ht'Gettys burg, in ■ response to-<ntr reqi 'ie&t*-6f iast month, offering a suitable pre-'mftaan to the one chosen for our colttm ns. over-looked the : matter‘ in -‘the’-ipress of ibaSiness attendant bpeaßEg year, we now Tenew our request,-. r- tndieaten'd the time of deceiving sboh !po- fems»>alitil the fii^t;of ’Fitfrutay, Wien’we -iri*»«niakeva : sblection, and announce our '•tleeisKai in the paper of ! theAtfa ? bf kfeatinor(itli.; . , ■- .. , . .. - ■ . . J Owing to the tcnexpe ■ jtbbkt : large demand for our paper, we's “cempelled last week to cut offiesapit of ‘oasr -bsfchange copies and a number of papcWoeiri gratui tously to the artoyy-aswell !as tadeave iin. filled the large' ordet?6f the ( Jhrfettaa Coin- I mission. We have .made-BtffifciaanSmge i ments as will hereiSfcr. enable -esr.to meet .-ail demands.' : ‘ ; “All quiet eiasg’thtsiines” may.be generally applied to. twHi ifthfeitMon. and rebels armies. ‘ There have boms. moim«vements of importance : during tlmweejk. <)&m of the veteran regi • [inents, both foe® itheiEastern and Western : sarnfies. have retmenethherae to recruit 't These' theroes bM.r tKegi- .assay .over One; tibfoisand flfcrdhgiibw ihetaßfc-ajfitbrone or two hundred i*hu: Flags wifofaatwfftproudly *nfurie<Nb the ihreeze' two years sgmw'c perfijta.tea wfohpsul l«ts, and some of thenpftlmost in shreds. .essiting, we are fcapp.y,s.to say,' is going, ,011 ibifekly all over thq.dqj&ti North. In seme places, in the the great gaps made in the old regingmis by many a hard . fought field are filling.,upsfctAhe rate of one. hundred men a day. Thi&tfsill have ,a salutary effoat upon the minds.«fsSeff.;Dayis and his 1 ftieofis, who find it bard .to fill the ranks of 1 th«r #mies either by promises wand, jar threats. The fafeiet news from Rfoh , mond that the contractors and others who ane making money .offdfae Government will be'pushed into the ranks. Similar hews, , from Washington would be generally received withfavor. Skn-atk, dan. 11.—A bill .wqsjintroduced to set apart a portion of the State ,of Texas for the occupation of negroes. offered ■ a bill, wMch was referred to thejJsdiciary Gom mittee, explaining the Confiscation act of last Mr. Henderson proposedamoadmenteto jtlie. Constitution! A joint resolutipufia relation dwthaoeematiohof Mesieoby thejjrench'was. ,O^Emredr^Bf l W^iu^nvßtwarf6^^^lelgtibff a ‘calling upon the Secretary'of War for informa .tifte. in regatd to arrest and imprisonment of soldiers of the Sih Minnesota Regiment by ,the .jpilitary authorities of Missouri while en ,gaged in protecting certain slaves fromi'foeiug carried away, by rebel masters. Mr. Lane (Kansas) said' that scores of soldiers had been incare«ated in dungeons in Missouri fur 4&e .simple offence of “hurrahiag ” for “ Jim'Lane,” .and-that the colonel who had imprisoned them .was himself afterward obliged to “ hurrah ” for “ Jim iLsae." The subject introduced was now undergoing investigation by the Missouri authorities. The officers appointed by Gov. Gamble, of Missouri, were the offenders. They are sympathizers with the rebellion. Mr. Hen derson’s proposed amendments to the Consti tution are: Ist. That slavery, or involuntary servitude, except aa a punishment for crime, shall not exist in the United States. 2d. That a majority of all the members of each House may propose amendments to the Constitution; that a majority of all the States, through their legislature, may do the same; that such amend ments shall be a part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirdß of all the States, or by Conventions in two-thirds of the States. . House.— Bills/were offered to pay loyal citi zens for loss of property during the rebellion; for a military and postal railway from New York to Washington; for a ship canal uniting the Mississippi with the Northern Lakes. It was resolved to give the use of the hall to Miss Dickinson, who will speak in behalf of the Freedmen’s Aid Society: 48 voted against it. Fernando Wood moved a resolution charging Gen. Butler with all manner of fraudulent prac tices, and declaring that “ general demoraliza tion and incapacity pervade the Executive branch of the Government to an extent which calls for the interposition and preventative le gislation of Congress.” He wanted an Inves tigating Committee, bnt the House refused, the matter being laid on the table. Mr. Broom al moved a resolution to further the enlistment of colored soldiers, by offering full pay and bounties to slaves yet under rebel control. A bill was referred to reimburse Pennsylvania for expenses in calling out militia during invasion. Senate, Jan. 12.—Mr. Fessenden reported back the House bill, extending bounties to ve teran and other volunteers. It was passed. Mr. Lane reported the House bill for the pay ment of officers and men employed in the De partment of Missouri. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill authorizing the appointment of a Second Assistant Secretary of War. Mr. Sumner mo dified his amendment to the enrollment bill providing that the Secretary of War shall ap ply the money received from the draft to the single purpose of providing substitutes. Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment as an extra income tax; and also calculated to raise the price of enlistments, and as operating unequal ly. After some debate, the amendment was rejected— 2s to 15. Further debate ensued, bnt no vote on the bill was taken. House.— There was a short debate upon the powers and duties of the Court of Claims in regard to the adjudication upon cases where property has been taken for army use or de stroyed in the progress of the war. Mr. Wil son reported a bill providing for the revision and consolidation of the laws of the United States. Mr. Stevens reported a bill to in crease the internal revenue. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the bill to re imburse Pennsylvania for calling out the mili tia for repelling invasion, and appropriating $900,000 for that purpose. Fernando Wood moved an amendment so as to reimburse New York, which should be placed on an equal foot ing with Pennsylvania or any other State. Mr. Rodgers wanted to include New Jersey. Mr. Blaine said os long as eighteen months ago the State of Maine filed her vouchers, and it was only last week he had ascertained that a final adjustment had been reached. Mr. Cox THE PRIZE POEM. Congress- offered an amendiment* that, whenever expendi tures for calling outvie militia, either to repel invasion or supprcssnnsurrection in any State, shall he audited by the proper department, they shall be paid, and the sum of $10,000,000 is ap propriated for thepwrpose. Mr. Thayer advo cated the nrigihal Sill. ' ; S®:atb, JamTS-^The;bill authorizing the; appointment _pf ant3l.ssistant Secretary of War, °d ‘ - the Military Committee. to print ; report for the use ' . fcansas, offered,*: if gold at higher regular .market of i bonds, .paying, six ■xeept for exportv jluMon of Mr.Wil from his seat in the •. Wilson addressed Davis replied; Ifc voting,; the. So- idcto admit Wife-: /acota, but was not: .from the Judiciary irresolution, amen ' July, 1862,’ to 'ptt states, &c.\ It pwv ■.ontinue only daring accordance with the. ’s Message, of July, . . _ „iiig in all eases now iding-os hereafter to arise. Mr. Wilson ex-, ined Jtiat tfee resolation simply submitted Tsectidn ofnie Constitution relative to jfpr ;ure < tih the courts, to f decide whether they ttl. bf .in-; fee*r only for life. Mr,. Kernan. i against amending the present laws, belie r that -the forfeitures could be ihade only IngjlifeUme. ’The subject was passed over.- IBoutwMl reported a bill to enable President, loin's ;EmaiiSpation Proclamation to be led intdieffeefc -The Houre voted <s> print yOxonjesof McClellan’s, and Grant’s Ke i. ’ 'Jrbilt ’was “reported and laid over to 'lish a Bureau to look after the affairs of men.,. The> Eonse-went into Committee : President’s Message, and Mr. Yeaman : iispeech on fiie President’s reconstruc | lg>mconten<iiij§g that no State could be' i teffion. although its people may. He ! SW®e‘Hbrder State 1 UnipPisfs were the ajBalnwJi.in:the country. ■' - c. ?. mm, Jan. 14—The bill do appoint .an i Secretary.cf War was passed. A uiioWtion was' received from the' Seere an giving Ithe grade 'and rank of of ! servfce.who have entered the ser if the Rebellion. The Senate took up nj?pflsnent bill. .Mr., Wilson: withdrew: leodieents and provisions. ■ The original fmeikof the Stilitary Committee, striking clause, was -fejebted by h? vote' of &1. Mr. Sherman’s amendment 'dp, which strikes out section 4 of the i rdl%ill, aßd provides thatpersons furnish-' ; ibstitates.or money shrill be liable to draft j nre calls,land raises the commutation to i? Mi. Howard’s motion retaining the's3oo 8 .of the .oldibill was adopted by a vote of : ji, in lieu of Mr. Sherman’s amendment. 3 course of. debate, Mr. Canness, of Cali took distinet position as utterly opposed wery. The amendments exempting cler itinnd non-combatants were passed, msg.—Themorning hriur was used up in Region the proposed amendments to : the iscatian law, in tne course of which Henry tef'tßavis, of Marjiandj-tbok occasion to bse of Mr. Cox, of. ii protested that he stood upon the j®tntion; The jdint resolution to paw into fSeasurylopmmutation money .received from ted men iwas passed. In Committee of the >]«, the Internal Revenue srnendments were *d. *»sJi'ry Isr6oks was much troubled jsaiel ' he-■ tiodwas taken upon(the bill. ■ : StofAT.k Jan. 15.—Peter Cooper .and others of New York petitionef against the repeal of the 8300 exemption, clause- After some unin telligible talk upon exemption, &c., the House bill to pay ofßcersr and niea in the Department of Missouri was passed. The bill appropriates ■ $106,612. The Enrollment bill then camp up; an Amendment passedprohibiting enlisted men front serving as substitutes :save in regiments of Hie State in which they first enlisted; an amendment to strike out the ’s3oo clause was lost',; one laying's tax upon income was reject ed; {.hue making men who have lived in the country one year and voted at any election liahleto enrollment was passed; one to make thefcoSimutation $4OO was adopted. House.—Resolutions were passed for the better care of the public health in Washington. A .bill was passed allowing small packages of clothing to be sent through the mail at the rate of eight c4nts for two pounds. The Se nate /bill to appoint an Assistant Secretary of Wari salary $3,000, was passed. The resolu tion .admitting Wm. Jayne as Delegate of Da kota! without prejudice to the claims of any contestant, was adodted, and Mr. J. was sworn ini- .> . , Senate,-Jan. 16.—A netition was presented ffpm citizens of New York praying that the unnaturalized residents be not exempted from draft. Nearly the entire session was taken up in a continuation of the debate on the Enroll ment-bill, and amendments were agreed to pro viding that veterans re-enlisting shall be cred ited to the districts from which the originally joined the service; the commutation money shalj be applied to filling the quotas of distrcts in which it is paid, and that colored troops shall be credited to the States'from which they enlist. An;amendment authorizing the President to call! out 100,000 volunteers for 100 days, for the special service of Driving the Rebels out of Virginia, was discussed and finally rejected. The Senate adjourned without taking further action of importance on the bill. House not in session. The War. Virginia- —All quiet and weather cold in the Army of the Potomac. Five deserters are to be executed on the 29th inst. The recent attempt of Gen. Early, with the brigades of Lee, Walker and Rosser, under the immediate command of Fitzhugh Lee, to capture the Union garrison at Petersburg and take! possession of Cumberland and New Creeks has proved a failure. A few empty wa gons—thirty-five in,all —of Colonel Thobum’s force, were captured by the rebels on their route from Petersburg.' Gen! Kelly gives a brief account of the discomfiture of the en emy,, in. a, -dispatch jto_Gov- Boreman. The Baltflnoreand Ohio Railroad is safe, and the trains are running regularly. An official do cument of the rebels, laying down the plan of Gen. Early in West Virginia, has fallen into the hands of our troops. It appears from this paper that . General Early was to cut the Baltimore and Obio Railroad at MarTmsburg, and by the combination of movements at tempt the capture of sueh Union forces as were between Martinsburg and New-Creek. At the latter place, Gen. Early, having heard that we were concentrating troops at Martins burg, and having been informed that General Averill was there with a strong cavalry force, determined to alter his plan. He therefore dispatched Generals Fitzhugh Lee and Ros ser to attempt the capture of the garrison at Petersburg. Rosser was to try and get into- Cumberland and capture or destroy the stores there. They both failed, because Gen. Early could not re-enforce them with artillery and supplies. On the 10th, (Sabbath,) Major Cole’s battallion of Maryland Cavalry was at tacked by 400 rebels under Mosby- A severe fight followed, resulting in the defeat of the the dral WW con rebels, who left among their dead four com missioned officers. Our loss was two killed and eleven wounded. A dispatch from Culpeppor, Va., of t>hei)t>h says that on that day the *noted guerrilla Mc- Cown and three of his men Were captured hy the Forrester New York Cavalry regiment, who were reconnoitering in the direction of Speriyville. ' A Jetter from Loudon County j Va., says that daring robberies are being everywhere committed, and money, extorted from the in habitants to-shve their dwellings from confla gration. There is fa greater state of alarm prevailing than has before existed during the war. The depredations are represented to be ■.committed- ,by. .Southern: deserters. •,, Therfe leing no proteetionafForded them, the citizens ihre compeUed to sriFniit. ' ’ ‘ - ' The • North Carolina troops in the rebel fartny bave beensent back,to Orange Court- Tlouse, and are permitted to do P Surgeon Jonathan for the last .eighteen months Medieai Direo-’ tor of the Army of the Potomac, has been re lieved at his awn request • and ordered to •Philadelphia. .... North Qw'tdJfia,—We have some interest ing jtemsjiSiiews from North Carolina. The 2a Itegiriienf'of North Carolina TJriion Volun teers is rapidly organizing. Peny Carter, a frombient Unionist and influential citizen of . tuffreesboro’ was arrested a few days ago by Confcderate soldiery and- sent to Weldon, chared with treasonable correspondence with '.the public enemy. So' great was the indignar '.tion exeifed- by this hew outrage" upon the ■rights and liberties •of fthe citizen, that .Mr. ■Carter was immediately, released and’returned ■ •to his home in Murfreesboro’: Mr. Carter is She* father-in-law of Charles Henry: Poster. While the various rebel commands near our Tines are fast being depleted by desertion, it is a remarkable fact that the First (loyal) North Carolina regiment has so far lost but one man by desertion, and the 2nd regiment 'not one. The Ist of January was celebrated at Beaufort with imposing ceremonies by the colored people of Eastern North Carolina. The 58th Pa. : Vols. have re-enlisted for the war. _ Several batteries have also re-enlisted, and it is thought that by Spring all the old regiments will he ready to take the field, with full ranks.: There are more than one hundred thousand people now within the Union lines entitled to Government protection. The peo ple Nn all the ; State are believed to be ready for revolt against the' Jeffi Davis ’Govern-, ment.. Some advocate a separate sovereign ty, hut many are ready to return to the Union, and are coming in freelyto.accept the amnesty. About eleven .hundred in Newbern alone have accepted the' proclamation. A communica tion from ‘ officers of Brag’s (Johnston’s) army, read in the rebel Congress, .show* an alarming state of demoralization and disaffec tion in that quarter. The North Carolina papers apprehend an attempt to set up GeD. Lee as Dictator, and threaten eternal resist ance to any such scheme. The people of Western North Carolina have been deprived of . all mail facilities on the ground of disloyal ty to Jeff. Davis. . South Carolina- —We have dates from Charleston . Harbor to the Bth- On the 7th twenty shells were thrown into the city, with what effect is unknown. One of the effects of last week’s “stress of weather,” was the washing ashore of another rebel obstruction at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. It was a novel iron cable, composed of entire,T rails' linked together. A party of soldiers hauled it on to the beach. The high tides, rapid currents, moving shoals and strong •winds have accomplished far more than hii laain^nui^a^ t do to remove Tennessee.— A dispatch from;Chattanooga, dated'Jan. 12, says’that affairs in East Ten nessee are exciting. A sharp cavalry fight occurred near Strawberry Plains on Sabbath, Jan. 10th. The enemy were repulsed with serious loss. ' Gen. Longstreet has been hea vily reinforced from the armies of Lee and Johnston. Our picket lines front each other at Blair’s Cross Hoads, 20 miles north east of Knoxville. Our repulse at Bean’s Station was very trifling. Forrest has been badly handled ,in West and Middle Tennessee, but has managed to escape with most of his com mand. Gen. Johnston maintains a bold front at Tunnel Hill and Dalton. Gen. Grant has left Knoxville by way of' Gap, and is making a complete circuit of this De partment. He reached Knoxville byway of Chattanooga. The army is in good condition. The weather is fearfufly cold, but there is little sickness. Gen. Thomas has issued an order assessing $30,000 on: rebel sympathizers living within ten miles of the recent murder of three soldiers near. Mulberry, Tenn., the. money to be divi ded between the families of the soldiers killed. Arkansas, —A .dispatch from Fort Smith of the 10th, reports that a rebel Lieutenant, with a squad of men, came into our lines that day, having left Price’s headquarters at Long wood on Christmas. Gen. Holmes commands the rebel Trans-Mississippi Department; and Price commands the army in the field, which is from 13,000 to 17,000 strong. Only 3,000 or 4,000 of Price’s Missourians survive—the veterans of Lexington and Pea Badge are nearly all dead. The rebel troops are badly clothed and fed, and are greatly disheartened by news of Union successes in Texas. It was supposed that Holmes and Price would soon make an attempt upon Little Rock and Fort Smith. General Hews. - Gov. Brough of Ohio was inaugurated on Monday, the 11th inst. In his address he re commends a tax of three mills on a dollar for the support of soldiers’ families. In regard -to National affairs he reiterates the principles announced in his Marietta speech. The inau gural ceremonies were very imposing, and wit nessed by a large audience. The Navy Department has been advised of the capture of the rebel schooner Marshall J. Smith by the gunboat Kennebec. She was discovered about 18 miles east of Mobile Point, at night. Discovering the Kennebec, she changed her,course and hauled to land. A shell was fired, and the vessel was approached and boarded. • She was from Mobile, bound to Havana with a cargo of 260 bales of cotton and some turpentine. Her manifest and pa pers were thrown overboard. The Lake Superior region of Michigan is adding gold to her rich fist of mineral trea sures, some promising specimens having been found on the lands of the Marquette Silver Mining Company. Maj.-Gen. Heintzelman has been ordered to the command of the Department of the North West, Headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. The New Jersey Legislature organized on the 12th inst. Amos Robbins of Middlesex was elected President of the Senate, and Jo seph N. Taylor of Passaic Speaker of the House. The bill of Senator Lane, of Kansas, to set apart a portion of the State of Texas for the use of persons of African descent, assigns them the region between the Colorado and the Bio Grande, in Texas, in which they are al-* lowed the privilege of the Homestead Law; the officer in charge of emigration, hereafter to be appointed by the President, is charged with the execution of this act, and the appro priations heretofore made for colonization purposes, are placed in the hands of the Pre sident, to cany its provisions into effect. FOREIGN NEWS The royal mail steamer Scotia has arrived, bringing European news to the 3d inst. We give the following summary of her files: Great Britain.—The fnneral of the great author, Thackeray, took place at Kensal Green Cemetery on the 30th of December. It was attended by all the leading authors and artists of the day, including Dickens, who made along johrney to pay the last tribute of respect to> the lamented dead. The scene was very affect ing. ... The London Times editorially refers to the' enlistments of men at C ork for the XT. Si steamer Kearsarge, and, after pointing to the conduct of the American Government when England was supposed to;he>recrniting, in the United States during the Crimean War it says: “It is not too much to espect and require that the, Ameri cans shall weigh themselves in thexamebalance that they weighns,-or,if .this, be too much to jany that rate they shallnot employ their bearing the commis bjoii of the United Stfttesj in the direct and open enlistment of British ports.” ■ ' ‘ The English journals, as usual at the com mencement of the year, indulge in speculations upon future prospects, abd generally the* chan ces are regarded as tending toward war. The English revenuefetufnsfpfTB63 showaHeerease , of, j£s62,BfiQ,i as .compared with the prerious year. This is far more than accounted for by the reduction in the-income tax;. The imigra tion statistics of the port of Liverpool show the total.exodus of the year to have been to all points—an increase of 76,668, upon the • year 1862. The Observe)- believes that Parliament will meet'on Thursday the 4th of February. - • France- —The Emperornapoleon’s reply to the New Year’s congratulations of the foreign envoys to his courts is this year as paeific as any one could have expected it to be. He said , .that, “ notwithstanding the difficulties which have been brought about by certain events in -different parts of, Egucopei, he is convinced that they will be removed by the conciliatory spirit by which the .Sovereigns sire animated, and we shall be able to maintain peace.” The. Paris Temps, referring to the speech, adds that the Emperor addressed himself, to the American Ambassador; Mri-DaytOn and-expressed a hope that the year 1864 would be One of peace and reconciliation for-the United States. The'Pa-m Pays says: "A rumor is current that Lord ; Cowley wfllbe superseded in his post as Eng lish Embassador at Paris. It is announced ' ’that theArclldnfceMa'snhiiliaD will shortly ar rive in Paris’.” The semi-officicial Paris jour nals were evincing a decided anti-English tone. A telegram received at Paris from. Suez, dated the 30th alt., announces the inauguration of the meetingpf.theyraters of the Nile with the Red Sea. Abanqet took place on the occa sion. La France publishes the Letter of Jefferson Davis addressed-.to the, Pope. The Pontifical reply, dated the 3d Dec., addresses Mr. Davis as " Illustrious President;” and after invoking blessiDgs on his head and. on his people, hopes he may henceforth be attached to himself by the bonds of perfect friendship. ’ The Schleswig-Holstein Question.—An interesting and somewhat ominous reply, of a truly Napoleonic ambiguousness, has been eli cited from the Emperor of the French by a let ter in which Prince Frederick of Augusten burg, “having,taken possession of the Govern ment of ‘ the Duchies ot Schleswig—Holstein in his quality of legitimate'heir,” submits to the Emperor's opinion “some observations relative to the rights which it is his duty to claiml” In his answer, the Emperor Napoleon says that there is “nothing more honorable than to be the representative of a-cause which supports it t^^&,’^a^t^^c6nKquenfly,FrTncfl^ier- ick’ may rely on his-sympatby. He has fought for Italian indepeiujgnce and “raised his voice” for Polish nationality, and therefore He cannot have other sentiments- in Germany. But the Ct Powers are united by the Convention of don, and as their meeting alone can solve the Schleswig-Holstein question, he regrets for that and many other reasons that England has refused to take part in a European Congress. 1 Danish troops evacuated Rendsburg on the 31st December, and s.oooSaxons immediately entered the town and were enthusiastically re ceived by the inhabitants, Austria and Prus sia were said to be about to move at the Fed eral Diet that Schleswig and Holstein should receive a common Constitution, dynastic union being their only tie to Denmark. . The Duke of Augastenburg, has under the title of the Dnke. of Schleswig-Holstein,-issued a proclamation dated 31st December, addresseji to the people of the Duchies. * Italy.-—At the New Year’s reception held by the; King his Majesty advised the deputation from the’Sen ate to deliberate upon the bills re gulating the taxation. The people were pre pared, for the sacrifice required by. the condition of the country.- ; * The king expressed his regret to the depu tation from the Chamber of Deputies, that the pear 1863 had not afforded a favorable oppor tunity to accomplish the redemption of Italy. It is considered that 1864 would bring about European complications not well defined, which might offer the wished-for opportunity. The country might reckon upon the King as the King did upon the country. Holland.—We read in a letter from the Hague: - ‘‘The last news received from the Dutch co lony of Surinam reports a most favorable de velopment of the recently-inaugurated policy of emancipation. The freed slaves have con cluded contracts with the Government and with private planters, and the discontents which arose from the obstinacy of the latter have been suppressed by the compromise which they made with the Government in relation to the wages for plantation labor. Last week, too, a very important treaty was concluded between the American;, and Netherlands Governments, by which it is arranged that the colonial authori ties of Surinam shall receive such of the eman cipated American slaves as may be willing to work on their plantations. To these the Ame rican Government will afford considerable fa cilities for emigrating to the Dutch Westlndia possessions, where they will be cordially wel comed—the great difficulty with the planters being that of finding such laborers as are re quired for developing the vast resources of the fertile colony of Surinam: Two thousand plantation laborers had already been induced to leave Demerara, in consequence of the high er wageß offered in the Dutch settlement; while a decided improvement has taken place in the market value of the sugar plantations. It is inferred that a very large number of the freed slaves of the Southern States of America will avail themselves of the facilities offered them to make engagements with the Dutch planters. Such, indeed, is the extent of territory in Snri nam awaiting cultivation, that were all the slaves of the Southern States able to avail themselves of the facilities now offered them, they would find abundance of remunerative la bor in that luxuriant and progressing settle ment.” Latest- —The loyal delegation from Arkan sas, now in Washington, expect that State to be ready to fulfil the terms of the amnesty pro clamation, and come in as a free State in four month’s. Foreign.—Two thousand women and chil dren were burned to death in a Bo man Catho lic Church in Santiago, Chili, last month. The church took fire from the scenery emploeyd in an idolatrous festival in honor of Mary.
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