Vf ON THE BATTEE-PIELD. I BY AXSTA M.SPATJLbIKG. ed [ £SS&e^^^|«s. 1 yjfi) related of himselftoS Mlosvmcrtyrg to the U “?“ .°, a S se A t^l# s t WilUnK incident, while being, rettwvea from tie fi^ld r just before his death. The hymn sang by the wounded and dying, was that old familiar one— “ti4 I' can read my title clear. ■ Tb mansions in the skies.”J ijWhen Shiloh’s awful strife was fiercest raging, [l Oh? heroes fas tat posts, of peril fell, . . While -Onward swept the dauntless braves :en- B against the flag they loved so II well /: '.>-4 -Z-.Z.. S ' ■ : ■ -■ ; zz Jattalion on battalion fOrward;rti|hing , , f ff.-ys* Met masses firm as they in daily strtfe, ’ill hurtling feet, friend, foe,'alike were crush- 1 ing, : f Attd the red field drank rills of life.- PThe agony of. thirst: came to: thadjing— : ’ i Its frenzy burned in every suffering frame u !■ 'Yet none relieved, zof.toice was': heard: •reply ing . To :calls of some • dear love’s, 'remembered .name;.' ;... 'i • f «■■■■ ■ Rain|fellrr:w'ep,tffSpom-the pitying, far-off heaven,. Lifce.hunlau tears! upon the scene Ofbloocl, :• Yet none might driulcyOhl God must have for- - -given . ■ If. any doubted, their that he /was good ! At last the night-shades fell,' and starsin beauty Like angel-eyes beamed down on,death-struck men ; . ;.■■;-y ;; : ' “God’s soldiers” they,• martyred in paths of: duty, “God’s soldiers” still, though work was o’er. ‘ with them. . A Christian hero there, whose wounds were' mortal, Gazing towards heaven with looks'of faith and love, Had glimpses through the High and pearly por tal ? , Of palms of victory wavitig bright above. Now strength; df*:sOul unto his voice gave ;vb-‘‘ ltme, 1 :i - : - I And sweet' and clear rose His ■ triumphant .hymn, Thnlhngjthe spirits of the death-claimed co ’ lumn— . Brightening* again the eyes growh glazed and ■ dim. : Another voice glided into the singihg— v Another and another caught the strain, Until the notes of that strange choir were ring iugi i\ i v ,•’ • 'll vv r r:-«r All over Shiloh’s gory battle plain. It was asimple hymn whose words are written In, every memory, on every heart, .’ But .known’ by none, as by our braves, death '. smitten, • When they and human love lay wide apart; ■ Thank Godl theirs was indeed a death.of glory I would that all our slain like them could die — l No need of grief that their last bed was gory. Since they arose to “ mansions in the sky. " ■ v, , >:, , Arthur's Ho me Monthly. DONATION:, .VISIT IN ST. GEOEGE’S, DELAWARE. On the evening of Thursday last, Rev. D. H. Emerson, of St. George’s, Delaware, was surprised by his congregation, who came dojtm upoff him ih. great possession.of his house, and filled up cel lar, kitchen, pantry, and study, With all the good things of this life. The pastor and his 1 lady, at the time of this, friendly invasion, .were. visiting some of the mem bers of their flock•; and; being sent for, Te-- turned to find their castle already in the; hands of the invaders, who had been for some’ tirte. bombarding the fortress with barrels of flc|ar, barrels of apples, bags, of meal, hams, beef, potatoes, cans qf jfruifc' Chickens, turkey, and every other friendly missile, and had at length reduced file garrison left'at home, and subjected the whole esta blishment to,, their ; “own sweet wiil.” Coal fires were immediately started—the haH and all the apartments were made to blaze watfe people'! flocked into the rooms, and crowded the wide.enfry of the dwelling—when the pastor’s family ' , VW’r-’r J drove up. On -entering their doors, the br-ass band of St. George?B, a select and well-trained band of musicians, whose praise is ,in all the .regionround about, struck up a lively air; and gave them a magnificent'greeting —and then the congregation pressed for ward, to extend to them a hearty welcome, and to assure them that their hearts, as well as their ftdnds/should be with them at all times. “The feast of reason .and the flow of soul” that then succeeded, can not be described ; and the impressions that were madethatevening upon the minds of the pastor and his family, of the generosity, confidence, and affection. of .the,. I’lieabyt.e rian church of St. 6-edrge’s, will fiCvei 1 %e erased. The value of this dohatadfl visit cannot'be; estimated... Among the other valuable gifts, were a roll of green-backs to the pastor?s : wife, amounting to J $5O ; another to .the pastor,'amountii]ig: to‘'ssp; and a private donation from two gentle men of the-ohurCh,'of $lOO. May the spiritual things of Sod be mul tiplied a thousandfold to vrhble; who have thus liberally shojvgred their temporal things upon their pastor’s family, and may the bond betweCh pastor and pCople,' thus brightened and strengthened, be Ito both a means of greatly increased' use fulness and joy. D. H. E. the ohrjstian commission in WASHINGTON, A grand demonstration in behalf of this noble charity, cdnif of , ?P Washington, on Tuesday of last' wech-. Vice-president including, ;Mr. pre sent Admirable addresses were made hy persons, civilians and ofScfers; We fu]l report in our next Issue, ! From the OUR WORK AT THR SsjjTH. 7 The foiloWng vie’tfs ofthif eSv> r . n3( id :EK, will cbihmahd thd attefifionof every th. our 2|oh.. t They * alr-e ex tracted firCm a repent iettej\? ! 5h s /’that. our. church woultThear the stirring voices of God’s Providence, piid poiir obt her sil- 1 ver, her gold and her men in ' proportion? accordant with the yasthess and the press ing necessity of the work I ' 1 f’ '• ; f ”... ," r UBVC--‘ . . r; r-- . Anngoyt. should bje, mad,e at.the earljept s possible, moment .to ’rally '.'the”.scattered cht&Sfi&J > cotrrhgel-theM li tb -wbric f again !o with it udi ) That) Presbytery ten,.- .years; Ago '■ wsfo> alto* geth£E,th,e mopt floujfishipg gprt of .the jSyr,. nod of Missouri,’, and a .proposition, came up Toil Its’dMsibh'into Jthibe, fOT ;p;o8§ of it’ihtd *Sr Syffodl' * l ' Yhe Or S, neverfthad W chupeh!imalh&at’PegfoiP until they gescurpd a foothold -by.defection, from. .us. j.We quce had .thpeg .pt.-Jour. churphpsio‘hrdrth-west Arkansas' aiid seve ral ministers. Ido Wtbink that’region'6f the ‘country,'which' has> its’natural', center iA Springfield, M 0.,, a most,SiiUportant and* encouraging field for our church. I regard, that whole region mulch-higher than the general estimate of the country at iafge.; Springfield : is the natural 'cehtrey arid >i wb have '" a moral pre-emptionon/ ’allthat' l ground; : I hope it may be early occupied., I do not,know how ;my,views, may, ppjn-;, scide with your own; hut I have for months;,' past felt'a deep solicitude foririur'ChufChy' to enter resolutely upon the work of oc cupying tthe 'conquered, and: emancipated; country „of th,e South.,,,[it,is evident.th.ab) the. organizations which .had: ppntrpl of.jthc pioral elements at ..the'breaking out of the waf‘ a niust ndyt' ai be : dlt s anfl broken up; and' whatever-’ is' donh now l must be done by a mew body; and whatj body no free fronpall.evil Influences of .thee past, and , with so fair a .Record as' our /church ? 'There should be an earnest, 1 able’ man now at New Orleans, another at Mem-' phis, and' another a£ ‘NasKvillpyandi eaehi would become the,nucleus, of a jEttesbytery; before one year.Thereis.no work.before our country that seem 3 to hie to promise half So much 'for the great far off future ’as this; Presbyteriaiis there will‘be in that region of some kind; and it seenis to me all that, is neededftfor the beginning of most iipportant movements in p.ur, behalf, is 'an,' earnest, hearty voiee-r-a' skilful worker, who ’snail’ bO ! the rallying centre of great moral influences. Hqw much a position:in ithe three cities ,I. have mentioned w.ould dojopus, I, need not urge •'on yoii. There ,are,. or - were. gpod : men living lh the South who’ would fallinto such' a movement off our part'at once. 'Then, what a field will'be dpeA'aih l dh , g : the freedmenl Is there - not a voice of /Gods in these things for us ? . ,: • : WE’ifyfiW @e< emm -THE-ARMY; ;We ihvite«attpinti'(Hi 'tO 'the defter- of; Bev.Pi L. Ts6bbtlih/ , (if > 'tffiS eity; t& Mfi* Geo. H. Stuart,* which‘%ill be found ifi another part of-this paper. It is fulFof ehcdbragertient/4nd ! the surprising scenes which it records 1 wiik be : recognised ; by many prayin g ‘hearts, As an sAC rs to fervent and loiig continued‘perititinsf'fdr the'Aalva-*' tion of 'ourbrave boysin'the ariny.-' "Mr.’’ /Bobbins is one of the large number of Ph’ilad6lphra : i elergymeh, whd,' ih : resp6nSe to the call of th'e ! Christian Comtnissioh, published'a fdrtaight * again’ ourdbluhifts/ went as vdlttiiteer labhrers to meet the 5 great spiiritual emergency and’ opportunity offered in the awakened condition of the' army about More* precidus than 'ihahy material victories are”'thesis' triumphs of the Spirit, not only Vo the niCn themselves, hut to ! the nation which" they are defending and whose Character they are destined so largely to leaven. PRESBYTERIAN UNION IN GREAT BRITAIN 1 . '< Our London correspondent’s letter, just received and to appear next week, con tains a positive correctipn of the statement Which appeared in a recent English jour here, to the efeqt i that serious'‘difficulties had arisen in the negotiatlpifs of tßc'-jOint eommittees»;On :unibn. s >».W*~are g%d to learn that .-is,, 'foun dation.-.^The! iMt' meetmg,jof-- the com mittees was completely harmonious,' and the prospects «f union were never more hopeful than now. COURSE OF READING BY MR. J£UR- DOOH. A course of three Headings on Scriptu ral and Religious subjects, will be given by Mr. James E. Murdoch, in. the Musi cal Fund Hall, on Tuesday; Thursday, and Saturday evenings of next weeh, the letb; 18tb, and 20th inst|.. Proceeds for the be nefit of Coates’ St. Chuboh. Particulars in regard to tieketa, &c:, may be looked for in the daily papers. We commend the course to the attention of our 1 readers. EOLAPOOR MISSION. ; CoNTBiBUTipNS received for the Rev. It. G. Wilder’s Mission, Kolapoor, India. Sabbath school Missionary Soc'y of ■ Western Presbyterian Church,, $25.00 Christian St., Mission S. School, of Clinton St. Presbyterian Cliurch, 25.00 The Tsustees. op Nobth Bboad St. Chuboh voted on Monday last to give Mr. Adams leave of absence for an- indefinite period, to. continue' his salary, and to pro vide supplies for the pulpit during his ab sence. PTm/JO/Eli'TH Ia; THTTK'SirrY, TE UTAH 11, 1564. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com merciafl with the army of the Cumber land, narrates the following incident: S ■ A certain wealthy ioH planter, who:used to govern a precinct in,A lahama, ;in ,a. ; re^ . cent dfirmishwas taken" prisoner, and, at a lath hofti'brbught into camp, where a guard was'ptaced over him. The aristo-’ /cratic'-rebM Saajtposing every thing-was ,alt right—.-that, be >-^, 9 secure enough any way .as .a prisoner of waj—as a committee ofthewiole, resolyedhimsAfinfo 'dead slumber.” 5; Awakening About miff-’ J kight, to find the nmpm jhining full into (bis face, be chanced' '“inspect his •gpard,”wbeni-horrorof‘ horrors,' that'boll, ;dieE{W.as/ asnegro l -iAndi, worse. ..than-s.allp Ty and s|eadiiy a jpaf •oymfsla'Ms! ' ... .. if j Hnhian’nature h6f i ■sla^iitithaVf’‘■nli , ..prisoner wasiehragedf Tubions/nJldlj ssirerHS he wo,uliii #ot» ■, ()Addressing, ithe» F gftftrdi; ■mouth, he yelled, out:. , , • “ WeH,'siassa/!’ • c i•/:! :S£'4, ; “iSepd fpK'jthe, cplenel tft cume>hi@rie imh mediajtely.,,cap. ,n?syerr standgqard no 'gbfitleniaii' woiilifkdhhiit to Jit?” - ’”** * r •, ’Laughing in hi§ ; ’sleeve’, thn : dark-faded' soldier promptly c’alled "out, , guard I” r.r , ;; i , Ehat,. dignity, appeared,, and presently ifhe chidnef followed; ‘ ' '' After'listening'' to the :i Southefhfer’s "i 45- passionedi/harariguej which, was * (full fhfi the cplpnsl; turned to,the-negro; withj 0| .., ,j n, c . :i van •.-',->■■■■> /-.>«; •’ Sam !” ' •i “ Yes,‘Colonel"'''" , I'ffydu know tfifis'’ghntlemah', do'yofi (f ’‘iGb r course s courseV In one of the jargest, we asked those childr.eh who were .formerly: slaiVeSiftpyaise; their ; hahds.f every.hand but.one went up. ‘.Not ! A,W]Sire ".child lii ISrbtfoiW.'attfehfls schodl'!? Aothe fbA send their 'children to-‘private schools, but .they are.sp private.that.lhey,are.unknown. ft From Virginia, North Carolina, and TdnO hessee we. hpase . news o£: someMnilitaryxinove ments, Th^.-.rebels .are evidently;', becoming* desperate. .'Eheyvno doubt have vivid, visions. ,of the,, active..campaign ■which willbeppshedr against' from the Atlantic?to Mississippi, at, the first opening, of, ffajfbfgj. 'Bveryvrhej'e ' they] seem,, to be presseiL evqn ! now. ' The' r blocM.dS’seems to be more strirjr” gent, ’ desettidns 'from the' rebel’ rank'jf'more’ inutterous%nd frequent, and the : ineans b'f-'Sdb- :f sistenee become»more 80001/ every day. The’ only hope left?for •the rebels' is the countenance; ,of their-: Copperhead, friends in .the hforth. this source of. comfort.’may soon fail them • Senate, Feb. 2-. —'George Reed Riddle, from . Delaware, appeared and took the oath of office. ‘Mr. Sumner presented the petition of Richard Yates, Governor of Illinois, praying Congress to exercjse,its,(Constitutional power for'the im jnediate abolition of slavery throughout the "United States. The Enlistment bill was'tstken up, the amendment of Mr. Henderson,. limiting the bot>n of freedqmtci thewives and ; «hildren of enlisted slaves*of loyal' ‘owners)' only being under consideration.' Mr. Sherman spoke ‘at some length in favor of freedom for all. House.-— Mr. Stevens reported the bill of apprOpriations for the support of the army for the year ending with Jpne, 1865. The House: passed the bill ,to facilitate the payment of bounties and arrears ofpay due to'wdWded ,and deeeased soldiers. [lt provides that,' on thedeatp of officers, non : commissioned officers, ■privates, and Other enlisted men, it Shall‘bb the duty»of the proper officer to furnish to the Second Auditor, a critical. statement, .date;of death and full particulars of the military his- - tory of the deceased, 'together with- the amount of .arrears .of pay,: bounty; clothing, etc., to be paid in certificate by any Paymaster of the army. The same course'to be pursued in case of the person dying in; the hospital. All pay and bounties, under , the act of Mar-eh, 1863,. • due to persons discharged, or who may be dis charged from the army within two years, by reason of .wounds, shall be adjudicated,by the, Pensions, under thexples go-‘ verning iavalid.pensions, and; on the eeftificate issued by him, payment ;be made byfany Pay master,, of the army.] The, Ways and Means Committee Were instructed‘to inquire Info the expediency of .in'dreasing duties -on-artieles-of, luxury, &c., not manufacturedtin; this .country, so as to producer .revenue from customs of §120,000,000 per annum; also, as-to increasing internal revenne tax; ,an articles of luxary &c-■ ■spas to produce §239,000,000; also, as to re! stricting Bank circulation to §300,000,000 • akojasfto authorizing tiheisßue.of §200,000,000; m bonds, at discretion, of the Secretary.,of the Treasury, to redeem legal-tender notes. The House resumed the consideration- of the- bill- of the Confiscation Act........ , „ ; Senate, Feb. 3.—The .Enlistment bill was’ postponed until' Thursday. The Judiciary Committee were, discharged from the further; consideration of ( the charges against Senator Hale. The revenue bill, as amended by the Hpime, was taken up. The amendment laying a.dqty;.pf,6Q i cents on all spirits sold or distilled "f®“° T ®, d / or consumption or sale previous to the first day of July, was adopted. Further GREAT OUTRAGE. Congress.;; consideration -was postponed until Thursday. The bi 1 to establish a uniform Ambnlance sys ,-tem was taken np. After adopting a section to provide for mule and horse litters, the bill was adopted. : . House.-— ,A bill for a ..Ship Canal around. Niagara Brails was reported to the Committee on Ro'ads and Canals. The amendments' to' the 'Goufisfcatien Act were .taken up. : No pro gress was ww t de,, t The Ifouse went ipto,Ooin- ; ‘mittee oh tne Rnroilment act. c Mr, Sfiles, of i'Ypn'fisyitaniaj rimfd againßt Bayonet elections ■and f conscriptiop.,: The Gomgiittee voted, to keep_the,commutation.price at $3OO. Also a bill "for 1 a“SMp jCatral’ f6f ’ V’eSem-of-war from the .Mississippi j.othe -NorthernTjakes': .n •/Senate 4,—After apd regolu- • tiofiS, the ybih'trres'diutib'n' eqhaUzing' the phy of '.soldiers Im /the' i.hinited Bthtes Army wa.s fpken .up.j.iJlg explained at length the/ igricyances,’suffered by the cofored troops, MeSsrs. Fesseti ien ahff k 'C6imesß: opposed any ; ! the colored, litrpops. Mr. ffionness infroduced an amende. Went placingithe colored troops on a similar' M)d«g«ittulowhilertro'Oj*taftetthe.paasa^e igublect was ps ssed over, and the Revenue, bill* .with 1 the'Siihfl amehumebtiychme’ffip!): l MH C , .an; jamendinentaMert&gfdp, 4en"ts per gaU m instead of TO cents on liquors jdifefifcqand’i )ld', f, W¥emovea‘fi)r' dohsumjifiori' Qri salejpfteisJ ulydiASBA and'4o::dents insthhd if dfj 8g s pfnts £ Efer Jan v l,.l >^^fl -.Mes»s. Hen,, idrjicks, Fessenden, ‘ Cd-wati, TBLowS/? Johnson, lr Grimbs7shVl dhbath, had ? 4l(e n ,MJ rejected/; fAniotion to tax. honors'on hand prior to Ist July SO'chhfl fir%ftlidfi'waW IiSJAIA Yeas, 29 Nhys; -The b’ill, .{gcainßndedjxbyscSilie Finance* v.j ■JElq.use. —, Appropriation |3ilF ; iffas ! ffe'|ih , fe'aATAibill wtf "dingfcfn asc(rthiuifigcantd,jad3n6tii}gfelahns fpr; fdfiuages, snu during thp/jyar,by military fWthdriiy.' ' Mr.’-KassommtrpdWed a bill re : iating- toAhfliitatptureijof'eottbh and the disp'osi- uo°PCS?jw.-®?s UStoB of Means.. TfiS Printing, Committee jjMpoifted’ip iravdYdf ‘pfrfffin'g'- ¥tf;ooo' copies- tit 1 ' the-foreign Correspondence .for .the usd of . thet ;Nays. The Ho use, resumed the consideration dfithe'amCi/daifiiryi@4flftscatihiilhill. J ft r !:: •« H 1 f’eb.npgEy bgsinggs in ffir4 er E Weudments to the ..Confiscation: Act. J4r. f ßlair'oW)ffsed ; tKe l amWdfafini: and TicylofTheiPresideniihmthe'inaliter: iKeivriinted! tibe .loyal JBor,(Jer.,ritates cp,mpeiisatpd for lost, fflavef- * Mr: ’Smith favhred ,J tlie'' aihendihent, and ihiicreiMlrohgfspheeh sfatfavor-bf the ex- jseyer/ityfitqiCrush -.tihejreb.elhQn.piMrii iPrnyn made a mild.liWocra.tic speech without .partied&t tp6inP’“Yne I? >fesMnii6 : fiL a was !; 'tiieh‘ passed-/-YpasB2;>Nay3A r 4.n AH fheoYeae are (straight tjnippmfSsjjqf the NftyB;-6Q„ar,e 4 Nprth-. ,ern De’moc: atsraha’li are Border State men of .various stri ies.’ The jointresblutiou, aspassed, ’dmepdSi.the: joint ggsplntipn-,of Ju1y,1!7,1862, IBy making, jit, read that no punishment pr' pjrp ,c.eedih'§ unaet''it'' siiall 'be So' Construed tar to' y-ork a forfeiture of ;the: estate :of the ; offender contrary to the,[Constitution: of, the. Unitjed, .Siates? tnSf 'rip other public warn-' iug or pro’cliamation under the .act of July-17, is,.pr tshj,lb>be%.rp ■ qnired than the Proclamation of the President made ahd'Trfi , l®^J & oy’‘hini 'on s tlie 25th of July,. 1862;:iiwhich.;jProclamation, sov-made;’ shall beiTeceireAanJ held .sufficient ; in .all cases now pending “Or which’fnay hereaffer arise under saiflYct. "'- 1 ■: ‘n The Was not in session to-day. ■ ,:y : ,^ c a 'T& ' , -k: Ai a. . -TsA rWW.H ?, , Vlrginia, —On the .6th mst., a recqnnois "parted (i @flnsidej»bLe3 > firing took jplace, at during > the,, a'nd at f 5 P. 'M.miisitet'firing began and continued'until daris-n? o'.is ftaa • i- - : Advices,from, ■Jteeade! g., .army say that .rebel .■.pickets in front t are "frequently (changed',’'it Is subjibsdd' ‘ of'tlisiiffebtioirt aSd ’want pf |u soipeiofthefriregiments.; (Ml reports concur in stating that food ,is soiree; a quarter of a pound of salt port ‘and’ ‘litteffiburjaTiei givdn dailyntosqachsoiikn; teh;' coffofe Rn W in :);)l^g, i c]q > thMg, ,has been distributed to Lee s army since the ffioVfemenW¥Mita@fed letters)' BajlyW®' oti I Middle’Kiv'msnear Mt. Crawford, ! his.enterprise. ~ ,fj; : Gen .Kelley"felegraphed: tnat he has jnst re-, ceive'd-jFeb. s) : a ,, tiispafohfrom Col'Mulliban; ■ who, feaysjthat ftftetsix'hours fighting heimas idriven the.Rebelsujjd vye'eh'awken violl prqbably prove 'a .failure.' Nptningsis: being done bjfthe : ifoSi-'6latfe' savt? blqckaffe ( j)jjAie.fe.auty. ..iron, ;!i i> ':>■> ■■■ '"r T-eiffiesSee;—GenV 2 Dodgn s -rep'oi l (i'ilßa# !S 6n-* #iMh ultyouiN forqefetfidpr Uokßhillips .drpve rloddy to the south side, of the Tenn.es-, see Bivbr, captured Ml’lßs Hfihs, crfnMlMg’of ioverrtweniy;mteerteams;i2ojk/ffiead bP-mattle,' .godhead gltout ipo hogdofhoi-, ses and'.mules, aiicl destroyed a factofy'and -mill,' dvhicb haS ! largely sup'pfiM-Mm." '■ py last accounts from Chattanooga, we learn Jhat Gen. Johnson, ,with,_n,ear)y his whole force;'had'fallCrfback ‘as’fa'r ks’Rordef Gh-, leaving only a portion JoffEikuroopS'. at .Dalton.- Xt.was.thqught,^h j retired to that point to obtain supplies or to ■preventdesertions, -aabetween' eight and nine' thousand rebels. had come into the Union .lines since the battle of Missionary Ridge,- ! N 6 anxiety for the safety of our troops at Knox willeis entertained at Chattanooga; The line of .courjei;s between the two. points is.uninter rupted: ,' ' ;; Refugees ftom East Tennessee afe daily ar vKi^ng: fe m .Nashville. vSoarjcity. pf iproyisions has compelled them,to leave. .The.country bah been pretty well-swept’of supplies by the 'cbntending.arfnies.. ■ , ;,i The .rebels; made, a series of .attempts to, capture Cumberland Gap on Friday and Sa 'tirrday, 29th 'and 30th- ult.,' but they ‘were re pulsed hy. Qol, Love with, a strong, force.-. ' s “ IbttiSiana.—The Btearopship;C,64iitebia;.fronr ..Orleans, ffan.\3o*;hag .arrivjetb; The approach ing election of State officers is the alj-engross 'ing theme in Louisiana, ahdtke'polifical 'baro meter is; at fever heat. -,The; Nominating,Con-;, vcntipn was to meet pn .the. 2d i.nsfc. ,It wa,s thought that the Henf Michael Hahn hks’tb’e Tiest show- for nomination for Governor,, ah though, .District Attorney 'W’aples,WM i promi; uehtly mentioned.' TV X Earhart was spokenV Of; for Attorney GeheM; and Ttobert Moiit gomery 'for Treasurer. • There, were - ‘evident; .preparations for a military movement, but where the intended blow should be struck’ was -Wot madeiknowh. Georgia-—A "letter from Dobny Sound, Georgia,'dated Jan. 3;; announces thetcapture;' by; the , gunboat -Hur.on, of the, British ship, Sylvaniis. After being repeatedly shelled and 'weir riddled; the»Sylvanus was run ashore and sunk; in ,one, fathom of water,. and- low tide leaves her nearly dry, and she may be repaired. She is about'4oo tons burden; and is loaded with 'salt;! spirits 1 ofialf kinds, cordage,; &c. , She .was trying, tqjue. inland suddenly changed her mind upra^eing'the Huron, and tried to ’runbiit-'i Her be 'from ;Na?sau, N. P.,.and ,bound ostensibly;-for Ber muda. . Her captain acknowledged that she was’ 3 h : Blbckade s TSniier: , ' :! '‘ " 4!i '• - - * d i .■j’U ;» c’ i. • . j „ it from Charlotte" Harbor, "Tffiifofwab? 2‘6/ khbxpedifiSn; under 'General '■Ms6odbnry,' liad arrived at Eontia Rosa for.the-fpurposp gLcuttingoff the -supply, of beeves which the rebels are receiving from that region at’the'rate of 1‘,500 periwbeft"- - - *• i V ■ .GENERAL NEWS, •i) ;The.!hili ; rpport;]d ; ,b ( y Sjfceyens suppqri of the army for tne year .ending" with.’ 1865’ ? * : ss29]£w,-TOb f ; *of tiffs iss,oCK),ooQ.for;ad vance volunteers, $5,00.0, OOp.for raising .and, .organizing, .yolun-, teera; l nea : riy < slbo,Soo;oo'o i ffof i the !, 'pß.y , 6f 'the ! *4rmy; i SI VI, sl)O;oOOiforh,hh'jpayiOf» volunteers,-: .s9l,sQp,oOft,for the.S]qbsistoqpe. I qf. ( volunteers:.. $60,000,0Q0 for quartermasters' supplies, 'amr 'si 3,000,000 for / fort [.cgyaliy anffaltiffery hqjg|gij'^4oaoPQ, i for, i tran:- portaiqn,ss^ooo,OOO'for, commissary quarters ■'for officefS; ssB',OOOpOOfor hlothing add equip,' !age,]&c;;-s9oo,ooo,QQOifor .medical and,hospt; i^ ( dftpartments;,sg,QO.o.O()p.fpr arjnament of ’ fortifications' $20;000; OOtfbfot fofdnaiice, Stid -%tories;!s2,*so.o,oooibr the manufacture of arms $2,000,000 for the. pjifohases ,qf gunpowder arid ari'd's2^ooo'ooo‘'for arse-' 'hals.’~'\' ‘ a “' : MSiA !«, v [Marshal Kane rebel offrj; I ..cars, escaped, from Johnson’s Island, have ar rived at Halifax, NiS.? I On Saturday January 30th Capt. Sheetz’s .detectives having pbtoined information that -ar rebel'officer * had retnTne&'io 'Maryland;' J dnd was living, quietly, at. his, home,, about four miles from Fort Washington, they proceeded to the place designated and, arrested, the-ac cused, who proved to be Ist Lieut Sertimes of Stuart’s Cavalryi li> ‘The piilsonhr is cousin of Commander Serames of the pirate Alabama, and served with Stuart in the battles of York towii and Bull Run.' Semmes was brought, to Washington;on-Monday and turned over,to the, proper authorities, . ... Maine leads off in action uhder the new call for troops. On .Tuesday, February-2nd. Gov. Cony sent a. special to the. Legislature, urging immediate action. JAn order has been passed by the Legislature booking to the pay ment of a.uniform State bounty of $3OO. Ma jor-Gen. Howardvaddressed.il Convention of both branches of the Legislature on Tuesday morning on the state of-thp. country, A dispatch from Res Moines, ; lowa, says that a hill has'passed botN'oranches of the Legislature repealing the .'law prohibiting ifft migration of free negroes into the State. . A project has originated at West Point to erect- there a “ Battle Monument,’ ’ upon whieh shall be inscribed the names of all offi cers of the regular Army who shall have been killed or died.of wounds received in the field during the present war. The expense of the monument is to bo defrayed by a sliding-scale of taxation upon the officers, of the ’Regular Artny--$27 for a Major-General; down to $7 for a. Lieutenant; Col. Bowman is President, and Prof. Church Treasurer, of the Associa:, tion. ii '-’ ‘ The case, ofidbe Chesapeake has at length, been decided in the Admiralty Court at Hali fax, NvS. ' The Judge declared th the vessel and cargo should bo restored to her owndra, subject to.such conditions respecting ,the pay- : ment of the expenses ak.the Attorney-General may- exact. ;: f The latter demand Surety againt latent claims, which, the owners arid agents rof the vessel demur, to- : > . ; FOREIGN NEWS. The steamships America, and Jura have ar rived, bringing European news to Jan. 22d. The principal part of the news is with refer ence to the Sehleswig-Holstein difficnlty. Af fairs seem to, [be approachig;.a .crisis.. The tramp of armed men is heard from Austria to. Denmark. ’ f The ultimatum addressed by Austria and Prussia to Denmark having been rejected hr the_ latter Power, Austria and Prussia are has tening troops in Schleswig. The Emperor of Austria reviewed*. on the 18th, the officers and men of the execution corps destined for Schles wig, and bade them farewell in a brief address, lie admonished them; to keep on. good terms .with their Prussian brothers in arms, and ex pressed his full confidence that should action be come inevitable, _ they would show the; courage .which always'distinguished Austrian troops. The-Pirusaan House of Deputies And tfoAus trian Xiower Housewill both refuse the credits demanded by their Government for carrying on th'e'War. The Germans of both States sympathise'wth r the Federal Diet against their Governments.. Saxe desires Hie Federal jPiet tb’ibrbidihe marenihg of Austrian and Ijus&ian'troop's’ ihtougftiMsteih: The King : ppver has alfowedjaritkgraat rduetance", ;&p;lharcliing‘of Prussian,, troops Through his Kingdom.’ The Ch’amuOT or Deputies of ‘Wurtemberg have unanimously- resolved to to place,the army of, Jhp Srate upon a iv r footing, to place a part df; it at the disposal of the Oonfedelracy; to i,te fihg#t t heto,th?F H3er,ma,n, States to adopt the same measure, and ntft'to allqw the passage of .trodpS wKidh IkveTtoirheSfi cklled out by the Federal-Diqhw o h-.‘n ;; r;. ! ;v . n The English Emaucipatiou Society, .ou Jan- J 6; gavb*ktarewell’sbiree to George Thompson, who was to BaiL'.on*;Janj r 23d, .for theHJnited 'States. , William Evans, tjhe'’Chairman of-the Society, presided. "Letters were read frdnr John Bright* P. A. Taylor, M. P., Prof. Cahraq, Prof.,.Neiiman,; and, 'brief, . addres ses were made by Geo. Thompson, Victor -Schoelcher,-Minister of. Marine in France in 1848, and who, in that .-positidn carried out emancipatiou in the French colonies, by the American Consul; W. H. Mbtse, the Rev. Sella Martin, Mr. Mi D. Conway’ and others. A Paris, paper states that the Florida is ready for sea, and she has accepted the chal lenge of the Union corvette Kearsarge, to engage in a fight at six miles beyond the ■ Frfench'waters. ; , Later From Hurope. Ry the arrival of the Arabia, from Liverpool, January ,23d, via Queenstown, January 24, we have two days ,later dates from Europe than those previously received.. The. excitement-in ;Hermany agmnst the Govemthente of Austria ahd Prussia is on the increase. The r «PriissiaSi Chamber of repre 'sentatiyes-havepassedresolations condemning the policy of their, Goverjimeut in separating from the other States' of Germany. The representatives df the Grand Duke of Baden at Berlin and Vienna have been instructed to use every dffort to restrain the two govern ments from violating the'fundamental laws of the. .Confederaqy. . Orders have also been fiven for an immediatemobilizationof the Ba en corps d'drmee: ' The leading paper of .Wurtemberg advocates, the calling out by the Diet of 100,000,troops from the minor States, and the keeping of aVreserve of 200,000 more in readiness to* march. ' It is expected that the Danes will defend the iDannevieke, on thefrontier ofSchelswig, tothe last 1 extremity. A brigade of British artillery was under orders to embark for Copenhagen. (The Archduke Maximilian demands that the vote of the Notables which offered to him the crdwnj be: ratified- by the vote of the 'principal cities. The, Mexican deputation was lexpected to return with this vote to France, in February. Then the Archduke will imme diately assume the, scepter, and visit Paris as Emperor of Mexico. Spain will .at once ap point a Minister to his court. ' Mexico and Havana—By the arrival of the .GolumbiaXwe have dates'lrbih'Havana to Feb, 2, and froih Mexico to Jan. 21. The news 4rqm" t Mgsiqq K is,,nqt i ,i!liporttyat. .The report ithat Aguscalietftesjand Zacatecas had been occupied by French' tfbops pfbted to bepre ‘tefttaEfeis-Mt-ds said; thafcidt a.council of Spa -1 riish held at Havana, it was resolved memorialize 'the''Spanish Government to •give-iip Santa Domingo.' j.. [South America^—-The Ocean Queen, from Panama, 'Jan. ; 29,- haa arrived. The war be ' tween the United. States of Colombia and Ecua dor was over, peacS having been restored by a -treaty bf December HO. : Accordirig to an ad ditional; arrangement, free .trade is ■ to be esta blished betipen the. two. Republics. , Spain is „threatening P.efu with [ hostilities on account of sonieSpabish colonistshkvingbeen murdered 'by Peruvians. of Chili has passed.Bome police” regulations, for ecqlesiasti- of disas tcreilika that, of December On December 31,.a similar..calamityJ l iiad nearly befallen San tiago in another chiirch. 1 ? ' The Latest. Asw.e- goto pressja special-dispatch informs l us of thp return of an (expedition sent up the .(Peninsula by Gen. Butler, unifer, . command of Geq, Wi s to r > with the object of ( making a snd den dash into Richmond and releasing our pri rSoners. The expedition was well planned, and made with adequafe force, if ! the enemy, as was expected, had Wen surprised. It was composed of the Ist N. Y. Mounted Rifles;- 3d N. Y., sth ,pk, llth : Pa;y -and : 20 th’NvY. -Cavalry, the iiBth.-N, Y.Yols.,'i39tli N:Y!; one squadron ol the 145th N. Y., the llth Connecticut, the 4th, sth, and 6th United States, colored troops, and two batteries of artillery. This force left York town on Saturday mqrning the Fth/cst., and . the cavalry reacted Bottom’s Bridge, on the .Chickahominy, ten miles from Richmond, on Sabbath afternoon at half past 2. They there .found that the cnetny had been infofmed of the expedition and its purpose, and had 1 obstructed the ford by felling trfees, ' . Unable to cross, they waited the-arrival-of the (infantry, and the whole force subsequently returned, without farther attempt to effect its pbjepjt.' The be trayal of the plan is attributed, to a deserter from .our lines. this, misfortune, it. seems more than .probable the expedition would have been a complete*success. It was known that but a small force was in or near Richmond, while Lee’s army was held upon the Rapidan by the demonstration of GCn. Sedgwick on Sa turday, which was "made for that 'purpose. as it proves; toe effort was creditable to Gen. Rutler and to the:troops who under took it ( : . - ...' . The latest news up to midnight of the Bth instant, concerning “the reconnoissance in .force” from the .Potomac Army represents that our troops pushed across" at Germanna Ford, and they found the Bebel rifle-pits in that immediate vicinity occupied by but twenty flve pickets, whd'threwup'their'arms and sur rendered, stating that there was ho rebel force within ten miles, of tKeir position. Immediately thereafter our’forces,pushed:ahead,in the di rection of Orange Court-House, but had hardly progressed two. miles before they were opened .on from 12 guns. Attacking the rebel force, we drove them from their position with consid erable loss in 'killed,.(Wounded,-and missing. Our loss was 35 in the affair. The mass of our infantry then recrossed the RapidaD, leaving a force to hold the rifle-pita.