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HUNTINGDON, PA.
'rut :may afternoon, Dec. 17, 1801.
Our Flag Forever.
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NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the incli
nation, to dun personally, a large num
ber of persons who have unsettled ac
counts upon our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
day to day, withoutrespect-to persons,
place into the hands of a Justice for
collection, all accounts of over two
years standing. All those who wish
to save expense, will do well to give
us a call immediately.
IsTEW TERMS
All Orphans' Court printing, including Administrator's
and Executor's Notices, all Anditor's_ Notices, occasional
advertisements, de., must hereafter be paid for in advance.
Executors and Administrators owing us at present, Mill
please come forward and settlo.
Southern Sympathy,
We have often thou ;fit it something
singular that poor white laboring men
in the North, as well as in the South,
should favor the dissolution of this
Union and the destruction of this Gov
ernment. They know not what they
mean. If this - Union is dissolved and
this Government destroyed, then fare
well to poor ambition. Two thirds of
the poor miserable creatures who are
now in armed rebellion against the
government, never read for themselves,
, or, perhaps, cannot read, and are
:guided solely by the men they call
their leaders, who tell and make them
believe any and everything that may
suit their purpose, and without ever
stopping a moment to consider what
they are about to do, plunge headlong
into whatever scheme their masters
may have concocted for them to exe
cute. The South is and has been al
reaay ruled - hy an ntigarety, only un
der another name, and what will it be
if they succeed in accomplishing the
*vertbrow of the government? We
Itre of those who believe that God, the
, creator, will enlighten the minds of
those who are now being blindly led
.on by an ambitious few, before it'is
forever anti,ternally too late to re
trace their4Msguided steps:
European News.
73y the last arrival from Europe ; we
laVa . ,. What . some people would can
alaiiiing news, but we must confess
We do not look at it in that way. To
become involved in a war with Eng
land at this time, would be deplorable,
no doubt, but we think it would have
a salutoryeffect before ended, and teach
Englauda never-to-be-forgotten lesson.
There are thhusands in the rebel ranks
who will never submit to England's
coming over here to help their traitor
masters in erecting a monarchy, be
cause their hearts are not in the cause
in which they arc fighting, and they
would rise in their might and assert
their rights, and thus wrest from an
internal foe and a foreign invader, the
very power which they thought they
were going to possess so easily. Again,
in case England should declare war
against the North, to make a long sto
ry short, we are abundantly able to
whip her and the South together, and
we will do it. England deserves a se
vere reprimand at the hands of this
country, and if she does not keep her
self mighty quiet, she will be very
likely to get it. If we 7111151 have a
war with England, let it come 21011%
Ile - The slavery question is again
most prominent in Congress. It is to
be hoped that members will first attend
to the wants of the Government, and
when they are properly cared foi it
will be time enough to talk about sla
very. We want no hand in the aboli
tion of slavery—but when the Union
men of the South desire to have it
abolished, we of the free States need
riot be consulted, nor can we offer any
reasonable opposition. The Union
men of the South have their rights
under the Constitution, and they should
be consulted before any action is taken
to abolish slavery.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.---A regular
meeting of the Huntingdon county
Teachers' Institute will be held in
Huntingdon, on Tuesday 26th inst., to
continue in session for two clays or lon
ger If desirable,
By order of the Board of Managers
IL Melcianix, Chairman
Boolts, &c„ FOR THE Homneys.—The
place to get Holiday Presents for old
and young is, at 14ewis' Book Store,—
Ile is receiving a handsome stock for
Christmas and New Year's.
GOD'S VENGEANCE.-THE CITY Or
CHARLESTON DESTROYED BY FIRE.—The
entire business portion of the city of
Charleston, South Carolina, is DON'i in
ashes. Who can doubt that the wick
edness of the rebels has brought upon
that city the destruction of so great an
amount of valuable property. We
give the latest news in another column.
The New York Herald of Saturday,
in commenting upon the late fire at
Charleston, truly says: •
It is worthy of remark that Insti
tute Hall, where the Democratic Con
vention was held, which split the par
ty, and split the nation; the theatre,
to which the, Secessionists retired to
hold a separate 'convention; St. An
drew's Hull, whore the Mozart faction
figured; the Charleston Hotel, and the
Mill's House, where the warring fac•
tions respectively held their headquar
ters; Hibernian.l.l4, livbeib,the seces
sion ordinance was passed; the cannon
and ammunition foundries, the treason
shops of the .3fercury and Courier, and
the headquarters of Gov. Pickens, have
been all laid in ashes. Does it not
look like a retribution of Providence,
and an omen and a type of the future
destruction of the rebellion ?
The latest news gives 7 public build
ings destroyed, 13 Banks and Savings
Institutions, S of the largest hotels,
2 newspaper offices, and upwards of a
hundred of the principal mercantile
houses—and the fire was still raging.
Mumortm ix iETERNA.—Capt. James
D. Campbell, and the members of his
Company of Standing-Stono Guards
No. 2, now in active service along the
Potomac, Lave had a beautiful tomb
stone erected over the remains of their
late comrade-in-arms, Jos. H. Thomp
son, -who was in the three. months vol
unteer service, bearing the following
inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
ONE OP OUR COMPANION IN ARMS
JOSEPH H. THOMPSON,
OP TEE
STANDING-STONE G
A BRAVE somnEn—A NOBLE MAN—
WHO DIED aim. 31, 1861,
AGED 36 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 7 DAYS
'eep not for me, I cannot live,
Death comes when none can toll.
Dear ones, Christ will his favor give
Trust hiM, then all is well.
&v A fine Oil Painting will be disl
posed of by Mr. Joseph Rosenthal.—
Tickets can be had for a few days by
calling at Lewis' Book Store, or on
Mr. Rosenthal at his Fine Art Gallery,
a few doors west of the Post Office.
WALL RAPEIL-A. handsome stock
of next year's styles has been received
at Lewis' Book Store, direct from the
manufactory in New York.
Snotty LOCALS.—The question now
asked by everybody is, "Have you a
turkey ?" Echo answers back to us—
turkey.—Tho young folks have had
a high old time skating over on the
pond, for a few days past. Skating is a
healthy exorcise, as well as glorious fun.
" Would that we were a boy again."
—" Christmas is coming," and the
little ones are hunting up all the spare
pennies, with which to buy "goodies"
for that day. The shop windows arc
already freighted with all sorts of
candy toys.—Knitting for the army
is now the most flishionable amuse
ment of the ladies in these parts.—
Bogus bills of the denomination of $2,
purporting to be issued by the Far
mers' Bank of Schuykill county, are
in circulation. On the lower right
corner is a medallion of Washington,
and on the left end, a female figure
in a standing position. Quite a num
ber of these bills are in circulation in
this place. They are exceedingly well
executed and are apt to deceive. Our
merchants and business men generally,
should keep a sharp look-out for them.
—A, W. Benedict, Esq., lectured be
fore the Shaksperean Club, on Satur
day evening, on " Man—llis Individu
ality." The lecture was one of the
best efforts of the gentleman we over
heard, and by it he has added new
laurels to his well-known reputation
as a writer and a speaker. In our
humble opinion, it, was the best thing
we ever heard on the subject, and had
we room in our columns, we would
request it for publication. Why is it
that these literary feasts are not bet
ter attended by our citizens 7—Our
friends, who use gas-meters, will do
well to have them filled with alcohol;
otherwise the cold weather will soon
close them up.—An exchange makes
the following very truthful observa
tion : " We don't want money desper
ately bad, but our creditors do, and no
doubt they owe you. If you pay us,
we'll pay them, and they'll pay you."
A good idea; and we hope all of our
debtors will take the hint.—Balmo
ral boots, (as well as balmoral skirty
coats,) with thick, heavy soles, are now
" the style " for the ladies. Thank
Heaven! Fashion is right for once.—
John Win, a private in Capt. locker's
company, 30th Regiment, P. V., en
listed at Kittaning, Armstrong coun
ty, died on the 11th inst., of typhoid
fever, at David. Miller's lock-house
above town. Deceased was traveling
towards home and stopped at Mr.
Miller's to rest over night. In the
morning he was too sick to leave the
house. Dr. Snare attended deceased
during his sickness of two weeks, and
the family of Mr. Miller also gave him
the best. attention. The corpse was
interred in our cemetery on Saturday,
evening.—We are informed that our
fellow townsman, Major Thomas P.
Campbell, has been appointed Consul
to: Brazil. HO will be stationed at
Para, about 80 miles from the mouth
of the Amazon. We are not advised
as to When he leaves for his new field
of labor. Few men, if any, are more
competent to fill the position with credit
to himself and his country than Major
Campbell.—A correspondent writing
from this place to the Shirleysburg
Herald, says that the County Treasu
rer told him a few days ago, that he
had then paid for the benefit of the
families of soldiers $3,400.-,--The Hol
lidaysburg Standard, of laSt week, says
th l at Mrs. 'learner, of Duncansville,
whilst passing through the streets of
Hollidaysburg, on Monday evening,
was hit on the ankle with a shinny
stick' and so severely injured that she
was unable to walk, and had to be as
sisted to her carriage. Let the boys
of this.place, who are in the habit of
playing" shinny" on our streets, make
a note of this, and be careful how they
throw their sticks about.—An ex
change says an advertisement in a
newspaper is like a circle in the IV a -
te r , continually spreading itself.—
Throw in your rocks and try it.--A
regular meeting of the Huntingdon
County Agricultural Society, will be
held in the Court House, in this place,
on Tuesday evening of the first week
of January court.—A Teachers' In
stitute will meet in this place on the
26th inst.—Col. W. W. Brown, of the
Centre Democrat, has raised a compa
ny of sharp-shooters, and intends go
ing into camp on the 10th inst. Ho
wants about thirty more men yet to
fill up the ranks of his company to 101.
We wish him success.---We hear it
stated that the soldier, whom we no
ticed a week or two ago, as being
beaten so badly by a black man on
, Tow Hill, has since died of the wounds
received.—We are informed that
Col. Murray's and Col. Lewis' regi
ments will pass through this place, on
their way west, s onic day this week.
—We had the pleasure of taking our
young friend, Capt. George McCabe, of
the " Lawrence Rifles," now stationed
at Point of Rocks, by the hand, on
Sunday last. He is home on a short
furlough. The Captain is one of the
best men in the war from this county
—he is persevering, energetic, hold,
daring, and cares for neither man,
beast or devil. He looks well, feels
well, and is getting along finely.
To the People of Huntingdon and
Neighboring Townships.
The" Soldier's Aid Society," pp Tose
packing a box on Friday, December
20th, for our sick and suffering soldiers
in hospitals and camps, in and around
Louisville, Kentucky. Through a la
dy residing there, we have learned that
they have now 2,000 sick to be provi
ded for, beside the care of many of
their wives, who have come to nurse
them. The majority of the wealthy
families are rebels, so that it falls very
heavily upon the Union residents of
moderate means, who have nobly giv
en up everything, time, money, and
clothing, to alleviate the miseries of
these bravo fellows. If any arc dis
posed to give for this purpose, their
contributions can be sent to Mrs. E.
Orbison's before Friday, or brought to
Mrs. W. P. Orbison's on Thursday after
noon, the 10th, where the next meet
ing of' the society will be held. Every
article should be marked with the con
tents, donor's name, and residence, as
instances arc given, in which men have
been wonderfully cheered and strength
ened by finding upon their bedding or
clothing, the evidence that they are
remembered, and one case is partien
lady mentioned of a Vermonter, who
was made a well man by finding his
wife's name on a comfortable that fell
to his lot. From a lady who visited
ninety-two regiments of the Potomac
army on behalf of the "Ladies' Aid" of
Philadelphia, distributing with her
own hands, clothing and eatables, we
learn that " Concentrated Chicken "
has contributed to the recovery of many
typhoid patients, who were apparently
beyond medical aid, and that quanti
ties of it should be put up at once and
forwarded to the hospitals. For the
benefit of those who wish to make it,
we give her directions. Prepare the
chicken as for stewing, put it into cold
water, just enough to keep from burn
ing, and boil until the flesh can be
stripped from the bones; to the flesh
and same water, acid salt and a little
pepper, but no batter and let it simmer
slowly for a long time, or until reduced
as much as possible; seal it up hot, in
cans. Mutton and beef can be pre
pared in the same way, and if persons
do not find it convenient to do it, if
they will bring to us the raw beef' or
mutton, and chickens prepared for
cooking, we will attend to having it
done. It the chickens are picked dry,
the feathers can be used for pillows, as
the same lady found the men lying on
their knapsacks, and they were so
grateful when their heads were lifted,
and pillows substituted. For the ben
efit of other societies wo will mention
that she states that the long night
shirts, and loose hospital drawers arc
considered nuisances by the men,
(ex
cept when wounded in the leg ) ) and
that comfortable dressing gowns may
be made of dark canton flannel with
the woolly side in, and without lining.
The society would be thankful for con
tributions of old muslin and linen,
scraps of canton and woolen flannel for
gun cleaners, pocket handkerchiefs, if'
only made of soft muslin or gingham,
as thousands are needed, castile soap,
towels, sponges, dried herbs of every
kind, books and magazines, tea, crack
ers, letter paper, envelopes, pens, pen
cils, light cakes, or rusks split and
toasted, dried fruit, especially apples,
sheets, blankets, eomfortables, butter,
stockings, neck comforts, mittens, fari
na, gloves, cocoa, pins, tape, needles,
thread, &0., &c.
Huntingdon, Doe. 16th, 1801,
hers.
The object oft nunication is'
to call the atm]teachers and
educationists to published in"
another column, eeting of the
Huntingdon con chers' Insti
tute, on the 26t The holiday'
I t
vacation is perk. ost favorable
time for a meetirds character,
in as much us it ,rd an oppor
tunity of attendinut any loss of'
time, the schoolailly not being
in session at thatund so fitr as
teachers have besulted on the
subject, the arrait appears to
be satisfitetory. ?Teachers' In
stitutes have herbxerted a ben
eficial influence ails of improve
ment in the teacffession, and in
fitting them for thssful practice
of that professiorjet be denied,
and while it is mthat much has
already been offeirough this in
strumentality, ye equally true
that much yet Ji to be accom
plished. The It undoubtedly
presents to the tile most favor
able as well as lost profitable
means of improviaffording as it
does to the. monrienced an op
portunity for thebange of idea,
based on the obsn and experi
ence-of the paspresenting to
those who aro levably situated
a convenient opy of receiving
information and,pon.
The exercises `isist of discus
sions on the diffubjects connec
ted with generaation, confined
more particularlps, to the com
mon branches (*usually taught
in the common, i, and the best
method of impar4truction in the
same, together Nlpning lecturei,
essays, &c. It LS, hoped that all
will come prepat participate to
some extent in ircises, thereby
rendering them Ipfitable and in
teresting. The atce at the Coun
ty Institute lastrras not so full
as might have lxpected, or as
could have been.al in order to
maintain the reps hitherto sus
tained by the tetnf Huntingdon
county, that_of y, zeal and fi
delity, circumstalowever, which
have to a great ?interfered with
every departmedisiness and all
the duties of life Ibt, operated to
some extent toirendering the
meeting in somels, a fail are, but
while it is true he existing na
tional troubles ll a great meas
ure absorbed creep interest, yet
it should be ren'ed that there
aro grave dutie#nding our at
tention, which m be overlooked
inasmuch as theintimately con
nected not onlylie welfbre and
interests of socbt with the ad
vancement and #ity of those in
stitutions whiehrize so highly,
and which since afety has been
threatened, we learned to love
so well. Let evitcher thercfbre,
who is anxious tiro greater pro
ficiency in the pan, and advance
ment in his or iming, and who
can convenientipo, be found in
attendance, as all others who
may feel intcresla subject of so
much importawarselves, to soci
ety, and to on - mon country.
Z. IieDIVITT,
County Sup't.
A Word
FROM iiHINGTON
WAsmonn. 13.—Gen. Frank
lin was yest furnished with a
copy of the der the execution of
Wm. H. John private in the Lin
coln Cavalry.rding to report, his
offence was den. Supposinghim
self to be in tisence of a party of
the enemy,
pressed joy that he
had made hip°. The officer in
command the a private conversa
tion with hitrp he freely and anx
iously gave snformation of the
Federal armjvould have been of
great importto the rebels. His
revelation cold lie was arsested,
ansl much to lrprise, on discover
ing his mistalts taken back to his
Own camp a Ter.
The exccubok place this after
noon in the pie of about 7,000 sol
diers belongmGen. Franklin's di
vision. A detent of' twelve men
were detailethe pnrriose, eight of
them first firhen Wilson fell on
his coffin, bunot being extinct,
the other fourserve fired with the
required effechis is the first exe
cution in the ; of the Potomac.
WASTIINoroce. 14.—An impor
tant decision just been made by
the SeeretarylVar and the Pay
master GcnerLho decision is, in
effect, that air is entitled to pay
from the day lists, and that he is
not to wait ti; company is full or
the formal mthf the regiment into
Government E4O.
The previmactice—chat of con
sidering pay due from the date of
the musterin,4 the full company—
has deprived laldiers of a consider
ble amount, or and has retarded
enlistment.
WAsumnro!c.l6.—The exciting
and sensatiorOaraeter of the Ibr
eign news, byEuropa, causes little
or no exciterrlere to-day. There
is a general Qition among diplo
matic and otireles, to await the
accounts of they state of facts in
Great Britain
House, Vallindigham
offered a reso4 endorsing the seiz
ure of Messrslell and Mason, and
favoring their ration as prisoners in
the face of at mand made by the
British Govelt.
The resole. vas referred to the
Committee onceign Affairs—yeas,
100, nays, 164 is is regarded as a
significant vof
[For t 1 (lam.)
Ode ie Juniata.
"Blue Jun('
Stream oile lays— .
Where the (stately shadow
On thy si plays ;
Where the 'plays lithesome,
On thy qshere ;
And the lailgs blithesome
From thelmore.
• " -
The robin ji i n ow/cert.
And the turtle dove—
And the drkng of the pheasant
In the Ally grove.
"Blue Junil'
Though &yet is now
Where the !,ht Als'retta
Sped bar ; canoct. L. A
WAR NEWS.
BRILLIANT VICTORY IN WES
TERN VIRGINIA.
Two Thousand Rebels Defeated. by
Seven Hundred and Fifty 'Adonis.
Rebel Loss Two Hundred ; Federal
Loss Thirty.
A GEORGIA GENERAL BADLY
WOUNDED.
THE REBELS BURN "WEIR; BAR
RACKS & RETREAT TO STAUNTON.
!PORTANT NEWS FROM
SOUTH.
Incendiaries at Work. in Charleston.
A Great Conflagration Raging
Union Victory in Western Virginia
CINCINDLITI, Dec. 14.—A Speeial de
spatch from Cheat Mountain to the
Commercial, says that yesterday otto
of the hardest and best fought battles
of the' war was fought at Allegheny
Camp, Pocahontas county, Western
Virginia, General R. Milroy com
manding the Union troops, and Gen.
Johnson of Georgia, commanding the
rebels.
The fight lasted from daylight till
3 o'clock P. M. The Union, loss is
about thirty, and the rebel loss over
two hui,dred, including a Major and
many other officers. Thirty prisoners
were captured.
Gen. Johnson, of Georgia, 'was Shot
in the mouth, but not fatally injured.
The Twelfth Georgia regiment suffer
ed most severely.
Gen. Milroy's force numbered 7.50
men, from the Ninth and Thirteenth
Indiana, the' Twenty-fifth and Thirty
second Ohio, and the Second Virginia
Regiments.
Gen. Johnson's forces numbered over
2 000.
The Ninth Indiana fought bravely
to the last. after driviM7 the enemy
into their barracks no loss than five
times. Our forces retired in good order.
The rebels set fire to their barracks
and retired to Staunton.
Gen. Milroy has thus driven thelast
of the rebel army out of Western Vir
ginia.
Great Conflagration at Charleston B. C.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 13.—A tele
graphic despatch to the Norfolk Day
Book, of to-day, from Charleston, S.
C., states that a fire broke out in that
place, on Wednesday night, which was
supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary,
and at the date of tho.last
despatch, 5 o'clock on Thursday after
noon, the conflagration was still ra
.
0'
The found Church, the Theatre on
Broad street, the Institute and other
public buildings are stated to have
been destroyed. The fire had swept
across Broad street. Assistance was
sent for to Augusta.
Further Particulars
BAT:MAORI:, Dec.l4.—Passengers by
the Old Point boat bring many addi
tional reports in relation to the Charles
ton fire. It is said to have originated
in a mill on Broad street. The Mill's
House (the well-known principal hotel)
and the Roman Catholic Cathedral are
also said to be destroyed.
No Norfolk papers have . been, re
ceived hero and the only account of
the despatch
s published by the Day
Book ; is contained in our letter from
Fortress Monroe. There were reports
of negro insurrections current among
the passengers, but it is iinposSible to
say whether they are well founded or
not.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 14.—Another re
port of the fire says it broke out at a
sash factory.
Engines had been sent from Savan
nah, Columbia and Augusta, but they,
arrived too late to stay the conflagra
tion.
Another Account
The Inquirer, has the following :
BALTIMORE, Dee. 14.—Despatches
from Fortress Monroe state that pas
sengers by the flag of truce boat from
Norfolk, bring accounts of a negro in
surrection at Charleston, and that half
the city is in ashes. The Richmond
Examiner states that a large portion
of Charleston is in ashes.
There is no news from Port Royal.
All is quiet in that quarter.
The Conflagration at Chaleston.
LATER INTELLIGENCE.
BALTIMORE, Dee. 15.—We learn from
the Captain of the Norfolk boat that
he was informed by the Captain of the
steamer Illinois from Port Royal, that
he passed within 6 miles of Charleston
harbor at ton o'clock on Thursday
night, and that a tremendous confla
gration was evidently at its highest in
that city. The reflection on the clouds
exceeded anything he ever saw, and
the Whole bay, with the dark 'outlines
of Fort Sumter, was brightly illumi
nated. It did not appear like reflec
tion from smouldering ruins, but from
an uncontrollable conflagration. This
is later than the Norfolk Day Book de
spatch,
Interesting Report of 'Union Refugees
CINCINNATI, Dec. 13.—The Commer
cial says : We had yesterday it very
interesting interview with two Union
refugees from Louisiana, who had suc
ceedd in making their way from New
Orleans to Nashville, and through the
rebel lines to the Ohio. They confirm
the report of the utter stagnation of
business in New Orleans, the constant
apprehension of attack, and the scar
city of nearly all the necessaries oflife.
All the men between eighteen and forty
five are being impressed into the ser
vice.
Memphis is strongly fortified on the
river side. There wore two gunboats
at the landing; a regiment of infan
try and a few companies of artillery
comprised all the troops at that point.
The refugees arrived at Nashville on
the 6th, The city was in a high state
of excitement on that day, and on the
following an attompt was made to
draft the citizens into the army. The
indignation of the people was intense.
A riot broke out in the Fourth ward.
Four policemen, who attempted to
quell the riot, were shot dead. The
mob rushed to the Capitol to attack
Gov: Harris ' who 'fled te , Memphis.'
The papers the next day announced
that ho had gone thither on business.
' LaS't Saturday, 2,500 men from Lou
isiana passed through 147ashville for
'Bowling Green, carrying black flags
embellished with a skull and cross
bones. They Were mostly sixty .day
men, armed entirety with shot guns.
The people at Nashvilleiire Constantly .
expecting a battle at Bowling - Green.
The forces at that'point are estimated
,bythe papers and well-informed people
at'2s,ooo,•and reinforcements are con
' stantly'goingfonsiard.
The hoSpitals at Nashville are filled
with• the sick; the number being esti
mated at from 8,000 to pp() (?). The
inmates' complained of , tho lack of 'at
tention, and that they were suffering
for want of food. •
The prevailing diseases were pnett- -
monia and small-pox. The troops from.
Texas,Louisiana,and Mississippi suffer-
ed most. Almost all the - Texas ran
gers are on the siek. list, and in: a piti-:
able condition. ' , The deaths were fro
quont, and sniiidied the draymen , of
the city with their principal business.
On Saturday, l a train of six cars,
fill
ed with sick, came in from Bowling
GretM.
•
IPORTANT FROM EUROPE
THE ENGLISH LION RAMPANT
The Gov&iiment Deniands' the Re
lease of. Mason and Slidell.
The Washington Cabinet Threatened
with the Preience of a British Fleet in
the PotomaC
ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF IVAR
FOR CANADA•
THE EXPORT OP GUNPOWDER, NI
TRE, SALTPETRE:d7a, PROHIBITED.
ilmapax,Jjec.ls.—The royal Mail
steamer Europa has arrived at this
point with highly important intelli-,
Bence.
She was detained at Queenstown till
the 2nd, by order of the government.
She 'has the Queen's messenger on
board with despatches ,for Lord Lyons.
LoNnoN, Pee. I.—The Observer, ,sta
ted that the Government has demand
ed from President Lincoln and his Cab
inet the restoration of the persons of
the southern - envoys to the British
Government.
Yesterday:afternoon, after 5 eeloelt
p. m., her Majesty held a private coun
cil at Windsor Castle. Three of her
Ministers, including the first Lord
of the Admirably and the 'Secretaries
of State and War travelled from Lon
don to Windsor by special train to be
present. Previous to leaving town the,
three ministers had attended a Cabinet
council at Lord Palmerston's' official
residence.
The Observer also says that a special
messenger of the foreign office has been
ordered to carry to Washington the
demands of the British Government
for Lord Lyons and will proceed to
day by packet from Queenstown. The
public will be satisfied to know that
these demands are for an apology and
to insist on the restitution to the pro
tection to the British flag the persons
of those who were violently and illegal
ly torn from that sacred asylum.
The Observer adds there is no reason
why they should not be restored to
the quarter-deck of the British Admi
ral at Now York, or Washington itself
in the face of some ten or twelve men
of war, whose presence in the Poto
mac would render the blustering Cab
inet at Washington as helpless as the
Trent was before the guns and cut
lasses of the San Jacinto. It is nofitalt
of ours if it should come to this.
The arrangements for increasing the
force in Canada aro not yet complete,
but in a very few hours everything will
be settled. In the meantime a large
ship, the Melbourne, has been taken
up and is now being loaded with Arm
strong guns, some 80,000 Enfield rifles,
ammunition, and other stores at Wool
wich. It is not impossible that this
vessel will bo escorted by one or two
ships of war. The rifles are intended
for the Canadian military, and a strong
reinforcement of field artillery will be
dispatched forthwith.
The Times' city article of the 30th,
says the position of the Federal States
of America, is almost identical in every
commercial point with that which was
occupied towards us by Russia before
the Crimea war. Russia had a ,hostile
tariff while we looked to her for a large
portion of our general supply of bread
stuffs; but there is this peculiarity in
our present case, that the commence
ment would be by the breaking up of
the blockade of the southern ports at
once setting free our industry from the
anxiety of the cotton famine and giv
ing sure prosperity to Lancashire
through the winter. At the same time
we shall open our trade to eight mil
lions in the Confederate States, who
desire nothing better, than to be our
customers.
At the privy= council held on Satur
day an order was issued prohibiting the
export from the United Kingdom, or
carrying coast-wise gun-powder, snipe
tre nitrite of soda and brimstone.
The Times has no hope that the Fed
eral Government will comply with the
demands of England.
The Morning Oar declares that the
statement of instructions haying boon
sent to Lord Lyons to obtain the res
titution of the Confederate Commission
ers or to take leave of Washington,
was premature and so exaggerated as
to be virtually untrue. The Liverpool
Courier believes that the Warrior'has
been ordered to Annapolis with the ul
timatum of the government.
SECOND DESPATCH
Tho steamer Jura arrived on the
29th ult.
The London Times in alluding to
the decision of the British Cabinet, that
tho arrest of Mason and Slidell is a
clear violation of tho law of nations,
believes that LortiLyon will be instruc
ted by the first steamer to demand
reparation, and if not complied with,
will bo instructed to withdraw the le
gation from Washington.
BALTIMORE, Dee. 16.—The effect of
the English news in Baltimore has
been to call forth warm IJ,oloo sym
pathy with the position of the Presi
dent, whilst the secessionists are re
joicing at the prospect of securing the
aid of E,ngland to overthrow the
Union, Nearly all the Irish popula
tion in Baltimore have been secession
ists, but.they aro now rallying for the
Union against England.
.84V- The' following is from the pen .
of Wesley, Bradshaw, lsq., and makoS
a fitting companion to "Illisnixerroies ,
Pisio t i " . sketch,, Written by ,
41radshaw at the commencement of oar
National difficulties, was widely copied,. ,
by the press and .commended by H0n...,
ERWAtto rivEavrri as " teaching a b
ly important lesson to every true lov.
or of his country ,-
GENIGOLET,' LAIIODELVit,
nr'irestti , httmAltdsV.
Two o'clock of ;the third night After -,
Gen. „DleClellan's airidal iiiWashingd,
ton to take coinniand'of , 'lhe United •
States, Army; found 'that'
.itistly celoe
bra ted:EiOldi er p orifigek 'ter several rrialya,
;reports of scouts. ' " ", • "
' As the hotly carne through'-
'the' night, together with the'dtill , rum=!-
'blind of army Wagons .and'attilleYy. l,
wheels, the Nir earl e d herO, pushing:ft:ova ,
his maps mid-reports; leaned his- foye- '
head on 'his folded arms; upon' the ta—
ble befOrci him, and fell-into asleep so
deep that eve.tethe'd.e.colion4l'boorning
of the heavy guns, beinigplacedlrr
sition on the intrenehments, vas in)"•
sufficient to distUrb it; '•,,
" I could been; . Slititibarttig' ,
tliue 'More than tch;Minutes,'" sdid thy; i
Generdl,lb an intimate'friendi to'whOnt •t
ha related the strange narrative; . "when
I thonght tha:door of My room, Which
I had carefully locked; was thrown sud-;
derily 'o'per, and wine one 'strode to
and, laying a, band upon my shoal.;
,
der, said, in a:slow, solemn 'vbicb
" Gen. McClellan, do yol&sleep at:your
post ? Reuse you; 'or ereit can be pre
vented, the'foe will be on Washb4toh , .".
"Never before in my= lifc'hearel - heard
a voice possessing the Coniniandii4and•
even terrible tone of ' the - One:that •ad
dressed to me' these• fearful Words;:
And the sensation that passed through' ,
me, as it fell upon' my ears, anal cow
eringly •Shr'unk into myself nt
thought of TO own negligende,•lcan.
only compare •tn• the whistling shriek,.
ing sweep of a 'storm' of , grape-shOt.,;
discharged directly through inybruin:•
I could not Move, however, •although
I - tried hardly to raise 'ink head 7 Hann
the - table. As a sense: of niy
ifesS,•andsot helplessness to make 'fiWr
swer to themiiknoWri intruder oppree-'
sod the, I once morn 'heard• thrit samo
slow, solemn voice repeat : ;
" General MeClellak do you , sleep . at
your post ?' „ • •
There was' peculiarity about - it, this
tithe it scorned as thoagh•lttinere
atom of matter—wasenspendectin the
centre of an infinite space; and' that
the voice came from a hollow distance
all around me. As the last ward was
ttered I regained, by some felt and yet•
unknown power, my volition ? lind with
the change, the grape=shot 'discharge
sensation in my brain ceased, and a
strange but new one seized my heart
ono as 'of a huge rough icicle! being
sawed back and forth through and
through me.
" I started up, or rather I should say
I thought I started up, Tor whether I
was awake or asleep I am'utterly una
ble to decide. My first thotight was
about my maps, and; before my eye
lids had half opened my hand was
grasping them. But this was all. •The
table was still before me; and the maps,
crumpledall ift - my tightening clutch,'
were still before me;
but everything
else had disappeared. The furniture
was gone, the walls of the apartment
were gone, the ceiling was not to be
seen. All I saw was the tableau I ate
about to describe to you.
" My' gaze was turned Southward,
and there, spread out before me, Was a
living map, that is the only expression
I can think of as befitting the scene.
In one grand coup d'adl, my eye took
in the whole expanse of country, as far
south as the Gulf of 'Mexico, and from
the Atlantic occan'on the cast to the
Mississippi river westwardly.
"Before fully fixing my attention
upon the immense scene however; I
thought of the' mysteriou4 visitant,
whose voice I had beard beta moment
previous, and I looked toward him:
An apparition stood on rnyieft, some
what in front, at a distance of, about
Mk feet from mo. I sought for his Teat=
ores; hoping to rocognizo him. Bata
was disappointed,' for the statue-like
figure was naught but a vapor, a cloud;
having only the general outlines of a
man. •
" This troubled me, and I was turn.
ing the matter ovcrin my mind, when
the shadowy visitor, in the samo slow,
solemn tone as before, said
"'General McClellan,' your • time is
short! Look to the Southward!'
" I felt unable to resist this com
mand, even had I wished to do so, and
again, therefore, my oyes wero cast,
over the living map.
" Out on the Atlantic I saw thevari-
ous vcssels.of the blockading squadron;
looming no with the most perfect (Ills-.
tinctness hi the bright moonshine, that
illumined everything with a strong,
but mellow light. I saw Charleston
Harbor and its forts, with their pacing
sentinels, and their' sullen-looking bar-.
bette guns. My oyes followed the.
ocean line all the way round into-the,
Gulf, to New ,Orleans, and.thenee up
the Mississippi. Fort Pickens, and, in
fact, every fortification along this spa,
to boundary, I beheld with as much
distinctness, as you, sir, see that cor
poral's guard passing thoro.
"This sight filled with delightlllll
surprise; but it would ,be utterly bri o .
passible for me to dosoribo the ecstatic,
amazement that followed, as, within,
the limits I mention,_my eyes took in,
in a minute, but lightning-like detail,
every mountain range, every hill, every
valley, every forest, every meadow,
every river, every rivulet, every .city,
every village, every camp,: every tont,
every body of men, every sentinel,
every earthwork, every cannon, and,
may say, dispensing with further de
tail, every living and every dead thing,
no matter what its height or bulk. •
"My blood seemed to stop in its
channels with joy, as I thought, that
the knowledge, and thereby advantage,
thus given to me, would insure a speedy
and happy termination of the War,
And this ono idea was engrossing my
mind, when, once more, that slow, sol,
emn voice said :
" 'General McClellan, take your Map,
and note what .you behold. Tarry not;
your,tiine is short.'
c' I started, and, glancing at the•un
earthly speaker, saw him e4end his,
arm and point Southwardly.
Still I saw no features..
" Smoothing out the largC:st and Most,
accurate one 'of .my maps,•l Seized a
pencil,- and once more, bent my gaze,
Out over Vie living map.