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<he!s‘.'Massa B;, f an#h»s b%(
plajifatiop iniAfabarn?.”.., • eidl t
v ! s9 m jjtaike, to^
night’l”’and’.thejp&cer 'walked .away . ? ,
1 ‘ seutiiiei hgaSf
gentleriiatefrom AlMiaiaabappealed'to-him'
in an argument. , n-v.,; -v: b.r-jt •<;.
“Listen,,{3ambo!”. ... . ,
' ! ; “ Yon'hnsh, it|s done gbne talking
tp y o'u : hbwf, Slishj rebel!”' was "the"
negroi’s emphatic'commhnd, 5 brin’gihg dotra*
his mugket to/a 'charge bayonet'position;!
by yay of-enforcing,•silence«i; tawr « of ft
. These says thp ffMimouweqUhfijeiY.etj,.
sa<f they .are ‘increasihg
every-day.' '‘'War' 13 ’a' teriible leVeilet 1
;.The man Whb ‘has been- i hardening I, h'is*
, muscles byihard 'Work for twenty or thirty •
years will be pretty sure when fie gets a
fair chance—an open field and fair play—
to get the uppef hand bf ffie man who
inever did'any thing more like-work than' 1
“larrupping niggers.” “ .n’ril-.
A. few weeks ago. we .visited some of the
.schools for, colored children-in Norfolk.,
They .are kept ’in the. school-houses built
•by the: ’’city Ydr the' publihdcbools,' for
White, childrbn excliiSivelyy-nf > 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@<Ru,'n. ;ifsuteiS!epiM,leti6efi
sstatje,tliat of JgjebeLcavglryjsent fntpjtiiei
.ShenaridoaK Yalley during the "recent cold
wehlEer', not oY'eF : soo ,, 'had returned?' Many*
V®ss ftp-ton to death,] mlany othersfrostrhitten,i
taM tiiewhole movement yjas.a perfect failure,,
,^t'l&t;accoSnts'{b^ l tlieseihtercei>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<er nut ; pf Moorfield
(Mulhgan’sy'cavalry were" pursuing
and had hotly Engaged the RdWl'cavafry under
at ,t]h,e .date jof the, dispatch {which date
is omitted, hut was probahly the 4th" iiist.)
late dispatchfrom Kan
.awha gives particularjs of the papture of Gen.
Soammon and' staff, and the ’ Burning 1 of the'
steamer, Levi. _ It appears that: the steamer
was lying .at Wmfield, qiijtbe west-side of Kan
awha River, when thirty-five guerillas appear
ed'‘6n’the opposite side, ! 'thirteen ; of-Whom
crossed in a.skiff and took,! possession , ofthe
boat,, capturing Gen. Scammon and forty sol
diers’andofficers, all of whom were asleep. The
guerillas afterward burned the boat. All on
hoard were paroled except Gen, Scammon and
three other officers. The prisoners wore mount
ed and sent off into the interior. Oiir forces
had started in pursuit of them at last accounts.
, i Suddenly “on “ the afternoon of the 2nd
inst. the Union guard of one company "Of in
fantry at Patterson Creek bridge, eight. miles
.west ot Cumberland,, West Virginia, was, at
tacked by SOORfebel Oavalryand most of them
taken pritonera; : after a brisk 1 fight The la
bels .then, setfope .tothf!. bridge and left. ■ The,
bridge,‘'howhyer/was, saypa. The next day
our forces fell;in with this 1 party, drive tbem :
through Springfield and south of Burlington,,
and we took alrdiir. prisoners.
■ North Carolina.— -There is a stir among the
rebels in North Carolina., Alarmed by the dis
affection spreading in that State, they have
undertaken to get off some military counter
irritants. On (the, morning of .the" Ist inst
they attacked the pickets hear Newbern with
a force estimated at: 15;000. Our men fell
back, but nothing serious occurred Other
movements were made .oh the Trent and to:
ward Moorhead City, but no serious collision
occurred.
. We have particulars .of thej above attack,
which show that it was quite as serious as was
represented by, the,: first dispatches, 1 although
the ultimate resplt; yr.as satisfactory to the
Uhi’on aims, and Savhd''Newbern' from being
occupied by the enemy. It, appears' that the
; rebels advanced on; the ,Ist instant upon our
.outposts at’ Batchelor’s Creek, . eight miles
from ■'Newberhi 1 and’captured them after a se
vere fight. A; force of our eavalry .was also
ropulsecl in Sight pf Fort Totten. • The,enemy
pressed ; closely ;upon our lines, and actually
•came' within.hailing distance of the city. Re l '
cenf .dispatches, Received by Gen. Butler, how
ever, informed us that the enemy was driven
back to Kinston by Gen. Palmer, on the 2d
inst,, anjl that Newbern wag relieved. On that
.evening the rebels had poscssion of Newport,
and cut off the connection beween Newbern
and Beaufort. ' ■ ' ■ ; ■ ‘
A new and fast blockade-runner, the Wild
Banyllj.was destroyed at New-Tqpsail Met,
N. C„ not long since, ;by the Sassacua and the
Florida. The victim had got ashore, and was
landing her cargo.
South Carolina- —On private.information
we learn that several of the best regiments in
Glen. Gilmore’s Department are "being remov
ed elsewhere, and that others are-in a forward
state of preparation to follow" The General
has 'iii ti mated where t-hete ; regiments are'
going, butwedeem it advisable not to make-,
jpubhe their , destinatioii.. 3 Gen. Gilmore is fo
cated at Hilton Head" onhe ihore, and' every
thing there seetns to have " settled dowirinto
the, . ;pld f ,rontine, l l expects to,
come’North' in a couple of week’s.
J ‘ By ■thegunboat'Flanibeatf ctf the blockading 1
. squadron, from Charleston Feb, 1, wejparhthafe
.the.slow bombardment goes on, hut Charleston
does hot- show many marks’-of injury:’ The
Rebels have; mounted -four :or, five.’gunsin the
.ruins pf Rort Sumter. , .The effort, to.raise jfche>
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.