Ely 6- Me. HUNTINGDON, PA., Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 1863. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor Our Flag Forever. -"know of no Wade in which a /nye citi zen may so well demonstrUte his devotion to has -cmantry as by sustaining the Flag the runs! itution and the Union, under alt circum stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION, REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI ASSAILANTS, AT 11031 E AND ABROAD." A. Do LTG 1.A9 IT is a fact worthy of notice, that the and patriotic speech of Hen thick B. Wright, has not been publish ed in any of the " Democratic" papers in this State claiming to be the organs of the present " Democratic" State or ganization. Vallandigham's speech, to which Mr. Wright's was a reply, has been published in all of them. We are not of the Vallandigham Democ racy, and never expect to be. We lore . our country and hate the rebels and their friends, and are willing that the GovernMent shall resort to all means within its reach to crush the rebellion. THE CAMERON Damar.—The com mittee of investigation are at work.— The evidence against Cameron will be strong; yet no man that knows Came ron will be surprised, as it has always been known that Simon would be wil ling to buy what he could not get in any other way. Simon should retire from public life and not continue to oppress his party with dead weight. CAMP CURTIN.—This old established post is to be refitted, with the intention of making it a recruiting rendezvous. The barracks are being cleaned and whitewashed, and everything connected with the camp will, no doubt, be thoroughly overhauled. The bar racks can easily accommodate two thousand men, although it is not probable that number will be stationed there f.r soma time to come. WHAT'S WRONG IN THE PorolAc Au Z—There are too many Vallandig ham Democrats officering the men.— That's tyhy our army has Icon defeat ed, and is becoming demoralized. A rebel sympathizer has no business in the Union army. Wuo's to be elected President in 'O4? —That is the contest now going on bct«•een the political Generals of th 6 Finn:l - lac Army and the political bro kers of the North. V 7" Wont sony.b ”ly gye Albert Owen and the :Traitor a lift. He is dying for no totiely. if he could only get the Is,ys to wto~r hall his offh,e, or pelt hint on the street, he could then raise the cry of being attacked for tie purpose g4' destroying him and his office. The poor devil will go up the spout if his wants ore not attended to soon. If Owen could only get down to Fort McHenry, wouldn't be feel rich—he would begin to think he was somebody. TUE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES.-WO learn from the Harrisburg Telegraph that the Pennsylvania Reserves are to be ordered to the works around Washington for rest and to be . recruited. The Reserves have seen 'hard service ever since they left our State. TEE CULTURE OF FLAX.--English pa pers are agitating the subject of an in creased attention to the culture of flax as an offset to the scarcity of cotton.— It is well known that machinery has been perfected fonts manufacture both in this country and Europe, and a per manent prosperity will no doubt result. Snow-sron3L—A heavy snow fell on Wednesday and Thtirsday of last week to the depth of about 14 inches. This was the deepest we have bad this win ter, and many enjoyed themselves highly with the sleighing qualities it afforded. * Three ear-loads of prisoners, ta ken in the West, passed through here Friday last, on their way to Washing ton, D. C. COUNTY FINANCES. - The annual statement of the county finances, will be found in our advertising columns to-day. Improve Your Sight and Preserve Your Eyes.—A. BIRNBAUM, Practi cal and Manufacturing Optician, takes pleasure in informing the Ladies and Gentlemen of Huntingdon and vicini ty, that he has opened a Store one door west of Dr. Dorsey's, with a large and variety stock of Spectacles, com prising ConveX and Concave Glasses, such as Flint, Crystal and Scotch Peb ble, and particularly desires to recom mend the superiority of the last•named Glasses. His theoretical as well as his practical knowledge of Optics, and his long practice in the Oceulistic science, enables him to adapt, after an exam ination of the eyes, those glasses which correspond with the defect of near, far ur we sight. Glasses can be fitted to any frame, of any shape or color.— Please . call and'examine the Spectacles. Ambrotypes a.1“,1 ,Photographs taken at all time ,1 en reason Able terms. Also, Segarg, Tobacco and Meer adeum Pipes eonstualy on hand. 28;40 The Arrest of A. D. Boileau. Albert D. Boileau, publisher and ed itor of the Philadelphia Evening Jour nal & Leader, was arrested on Tuesday night of last week and his office closed, by order of General Schenk, comman der of the 'Eighth Army Corps, in which Department Philadelphia is.— Thcorder for his arrest is as follows: LiliAnoyAwrErts 8m ARMY CORPS, 1 , Baltimore, Md., Jan. 24,1863. SPECIAL ORDERS, co. 24 Brigadier General Montgomery will immediately arrest, and send under a sufficient guard to Ft. McHenry, Bal timore, Albert D. Boileau, the publish. er and editor of the Philadelphia _Eve ning Journal, for the publication of an editorial article under the title of "Da vis' Message," in his paper of January 2.0, 1863, and fin• the publication of other articles of like dangerous charac ter tendirig to the support and encour agement of rebellion against the Gov ernment of the United States. He will also take measures to sup press the publication of the Philadel phia Evening Journal, the paper in question, until further orders. By command of Maj. Gen. Schenck. WM. D. Itirturrt.u, Asst. Adjutant General. Brig Gen. Montgomery. . Boileau was taken to Fort McHenry and still continues there, this Feb. 2d. On Friday several of his Philadelphia and Baltimore friends visited him at the Fort, and found him well, but anx ious to get out. They, by permission of Generals Schenck and Norris, had a long interview in the office of the" lat ter, in his presence. Mr. Boileau wrote a conservative and loyal letter to Gen. Schenck, disavowing his knowledge of any objectional editorial being in the Journal and the Leader until after its publication, and cordially disapproving said editorial, which referred to Jeffer son Davis' and President Lincoln's messages. He denied any design of injuring the Government; but claimed being for the Union and for crushing out the rebellion. It was handed to Gen. Schenck on Saturday, by strong union men, who would have influence in securing his speedy release. The general tone of the Journal recently has been looked upon by the Govern ment as too fervent for mere partisan ism, forgetting its higher duty to integ_ ritS-, and unity of the whole country. Mr. Boileau expected to be released very soon. -STEPLIE:,I If the public press of the North are to be permitted to advocate the cause of the Rebels—to misrepresent our go veratnent and our army—and poison the minds of the soldiers in the field, and their friends at home—can we look for anything elbe than the destrtiction of our country. No press or individu al in the North should he permitted to give the Rebels aid and comfort. THE RELEASE OP MR. BOILEAU [Sprcial-patch tone Pic, BAurimoßE, Fe1L.1,1563.-111r Boileau, oe Iho FrofrTh7l 9 7,,va - la. h as b een released from his VollfillWllefirill Fort Mellenry. lie has given his pa role that, in lature, he will not publish any matter of a treasonable or inflam matory character. The Boileau Treason Case. We make one or two extracts from the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, for the purpose of enlightening our read ers as to the estimate in which Boileau and his treason paper are held in that city. The Dispatch of Sunday has the following strong language : The case is a plain one. The ..Ecen ing Journal has for many months past disseminated discontent against the Government of the United States in relation to every measure that has been adopted to put down rebellion.— Whatever has been done towards that object seems to have been disagreeable to the conductors of that sheet. Did the President recommend a certain policy, that policy was sure of condem nation in the Journal. Did the Gov ernment endeavor to strengthen itself by such financial measures as the emergency prompted, those measures were decried and ridiculed. If a bat tle was won, the success was deprecia ted. If a battle was lost, the disaster was magnified by inuendo and asser tion. Instead of cordially supporting the Government in its effort to subdue the basest conspiracy against the true liberty which is to be found upon the pages of history, the Ecening Journal has sought every opportunity to weak en public confidence in the President, to sow discontent in the ranks of our armies, and to produce the ultimate triumph of the Southern Confederacy, the dissolution of the Union, and the downfall of republican institutions. To insure those desperate objects the Journal has been a common sewer, in which bold secession sympathizers and enemies of the common cause dis charged their baseness. The articles whieb appeared in its columns have been from various pens, differing wide ly in style, but all rankling with the bitterest venom. The paper was used by many parties who wurild not wil lingly reveal themselves; the publisher hi ouldered all, and upon him the tardy blow has fiillcu. -F The intervention of Judge Ludlow of the quarter sessions, in the question, is one of the most surprising events of the week. Without any complaint being made before him on oath, with nothing but common rumor to depend upon, that Judge suddenly threw hiin belt before the community as the vol unta•y accuser of the United State's officers. The grand jury were brought into court, addressed by the Judge, and ordered to inquire into films which did not appear upon oath, and were then directed to bring in a presentment, of the supposed offenders. In order to make this unusual action seem defen cible, the Judge prepared himself with a written opinion upon the supposi tious ease, and sundry quotations Irma the Constitution, which were intended to meet a state of flicts which had not een proved. The Dispatch further remarks that It the gov'ernineut cannot punish its enemies, it is incapable of defending its friends. If a man lauds Jeff Davis and denounces Abraham Lincoln, with the assertion that the confederacy is based non principles as high and sacred as those which impelled' the movement of the Revolution of 1770, such language is clear treason.— For such words 'Boileau was arrested. The particular article which is said to have produced this arrest is bad enough, but it is trivial in comparison to some things Which have been printed in the Evening Journal. It ap pears that the objectionable article was one which warmly eulogized Jeff erson Davis. Before we say anything about the character of that article, we ask our readers to imagine what would have been done in this city in the year 1770 with the publisher of a newspaper, who, under the plea of " the freedom of the press," had pub lished an enlogium upon the character of George the Third ? Would such an article have been submitted to during the war of 1812 ? Or would a pane gyric upon Santa Anna have been al lowed during the war with Mexico?— Yet precisely of such a treasonable character was this article upon the merits of one of the worst men who 1 over arose to scourge mankind." Saulsbury's Apology, [On the Ist page wo give the dis graceful proceeding in the U. S. Satiate. By the following it will be seen that Saulsbury is not as brave a man as he thought himself to be.] WASHINUTON, D. C., Jan. 29, ISO 3 SCNATR. Mr. Saulsbury (Del.) said—Mr. Pres ident, I wish to say a few words which I deem proper on the subject of cer tain charges made against me, and to express my sincere 'regret at what oc curred on Tuesday evening last in the Senate. I regret the violation of the rules of this body. I had no disposi tion and no desire to violate them, and upon that occasion if I said anything offensive to any Senator, I extremely regret it. In reference to the matter of the pistol, I down it due to myself to say that I am not in the habit of wearing arms. I never wore arms a month in my life, and I would have much sooner injured myself than to have injured the Sergeant-at-Arms, or any Senator on the floor, and therefore I think it is due to my own manhood thus to make this plain statement. I do not do it to influence the Senate in its action on the resolution now before it, but upon a principle which has al ways governed my action through litb, that when I am satisfied that I have done ivrong, to make all the repara tion I can. And now I say to any in dividual here, that if upon that occa sion I used toward him any discourte ous language. I regret it. Mr. Clark—l came, to the Senate this morning with the determination to call up the resolution I introduced yester day, for I thought it due, to the Sen ate and the country that prompt ac tion should be had upon it; but upon the statement of the Senator from Del aware I will not call it up this morn inir, but take the advice of Senators older than myself, awl then take such action as I ant advised. Kemal, Sher. cool-tlio -following colimilliieft tiOo in the liollidaysbuiris, BIWALITOP CITY, HillitillgdOn CO., Jan. 21:4, 1803. NessN. Editor.c . :—Who would think that in this wildernes,:, one co u ld 'h u t local matter ihr a newspaper ? Yet such have I found on my road Idther. About two and a half miles down the railroad at a place culled Dudley I had the pleasure to meet and make the ac quaintance of Mrs. .I . ary Owens Who had just returned from the army, in full uniform ! This remarkable woman accompanied her husband to the army, and fought by his side until he fell. She was in the service eighteen months, and took part in three battles, and was wounded twice: first in the faco above the right eye, and then in her arm, which required her to be ta ken to the hospital, where she con fessed the deception. She ht - id enlisted in Danville., Mon tour Co., Pa., under the name of " John Evans," and gives as her reason fur this romantic undertaking, the fact that her father was uncompromising in his hostility to her• marriage with Mr. Owens, threatening violence in case she disobeyed his commands; whereupon after• having been secretly married, she doffed the United Slate's uniform, enlisted in the same company with her husband, endured all the hru•d ships of the camp, the dangers of the battle-field. saw her husband fall dead by her side, and is now wt•ounded and a widow ! Mrs. Owens looks young, is rather• pretty, and is the heroine of the neighborhood.• She is of Welsh parentage. Yours truly, _ [For tho Globe.] Song for the Boys of Companies C and F, 125th Regt., P. V. AIR-"THE CAMELS ARE COMING." Ye eons of the Keystone now list to my story Who fought at Antietam so gallant and brave. We have a full tight to a share of the glory, Though mans a brace une is slow te, Lis grace. CaOnus— Ilur/a, buns for old Pentrylvania, Ifuzra, /ouzel for the red, White sod blue. lum , t sop MIT flag or se not have toy, Our cause it us just and our hearts they ale true Then here's to bras., Simpson hn.l brave Captain {Vann; NVIto tad ns so valiant in Untie IV!, pare.? not °hi dick. aiitin his forces c ems on us, Rut gate hint it law-hat Antietam th.tt d.ty. CHORUS—II neort,hau.t, 4c. Three cheers for !nave Suink ilnd for bravo Col. Higgins, Who led their green troops in the bloody affray. Tito' fresh iron, their !mules they fought able and willing And brottAt off our banner hularnished that day. Cuours—linua, huzza, Our bearer had Cullen, yea, once, to ice and treble; Captant Wallace then held It the reel of the day, 'Mid the lnurtlig of reunion %IMO) male the eat th tremble, Never llitirlied lily po•tt ton, but firm he dhl stay. CHORIN—Hurz.t, lutzda, We have orders to march and oar knapsacks are ready, We Will slug RS as 0 . 1 a 111:11fISSIIR' PO merry and glee; Our rat iouv are cooked and of noticing ace needy, And theoclacc of our dt.tiny wen mu mill see. Cuonus—lluzz t, buzz., Ac. A SOUTHERN PIIfJPACT.—Mr. Bryce, of South Carolina, said in 1831: • . I o bject, in 11.1 strong terms AS I can, to the sece.sion of South Carolina. Such is the intensity of my conviction upon the subject, that if seces sion should take place, I shall consider the institution (if slavery doomed, and that the Great God, in our blindness, has made us the inetrutuelps of its doetruotiou." At a meeting of the Atlilotion Soci ety, the death of ItNor Prank Zent myer, Capt. David Zentmyer, and B. T. Biller, being made known, the Pres ident appointed a committee to draft resolutions respecting their death, which committee reported the follow- Wuritt.is, the afflictive dispensa tions of an Al] wise Providence have removed from the active scenes of civ il and military life three energetic and earnest members of our Society, there fore, Resolred, Th‘ti, in the death of Maj. Frank Zcntmyer, Capt. David Zent myer, and B. T. Bilger, we have lost throe members faithful in the perform ance of duties, either as members of this Society, or in defence of their country. Resolved, That while we mourn their early death, we feel that their libera tion from the scenes of earth has been their eterhal gain. _Resolved, That we humbly bow be fore the inscrutable government of God, who has seen proper to remove from our midst our former members, and.that we hereby express our sor row for them, and our sympathy for their many bereaved friends and rela tives. Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the papers of Centre and Huntingdon counties, and copies sent to the lhmilies of the deceased. IL J. GATES, J. W. L.mumonE, Committee B. BITNEIL, Gorr or• 3n BRIGADE P. R. V. C.— A meeting of the officers of the sth Rcgt. P.R. V. C. was held at the Reg imental Headquarters, on the 16th ult., to express their sorrow at the death of their companion in arms, Major Frank Zentmyer, to offer their tribute of respect to his memory, and to acknowledge their admiration of his i-irtues as a Man and a soldier. Col. Jos. W. Fisher, commanding 3d Brigade, was called to the chair, and Surgeon Saml. G. Lane was Ap pointed Secretary. On :notion, Captain J. ll.,Larrimer, Co. F , Captain Alfred M. Smith, Coin C, and Dr. Lane were appointed a committee to prepare resolutions ap propriate to the occasion. The follow ing preamble and resolutions were then offered and adopted : WHEREAS, reliable intelligence has been received from _Richmond that it has pleased Almighty God to remove from earth Major Frank Zentinyer of this regiment, who was (lan ge rowdy wounded at F redericksbui r gon the 131 h Dec , ult., while gallantly charging with the regiment, and carried a pris oner to the rebel capital, where he died on the 31st December, ult., it is therefore Result - ell, That in the death of Major Zeutmoyer, the officers of this regiment feel that they have lost a beloved friend and gallant companion-in -arms, and the country an honest, patriotic, brave and competent onicer, whoso place will with difficulty be supplied ; a loss that will be deeply felt in a large circle of friends and acquaintances, both at home and among his fellow soldiers in the army. -• A57011.ed , That, we, his comrades in innumerable privations and hardships, and in many hard-tbught battles, feel time deepest sympathy with the bereav ed rainily of our.deceased fellow-sold ier in the death of one who must have been their hope and their pride, and we herewith tender them our earnest condolence. Resolved, That one copy of these pro ceedings be presented to the father of the deceased, one be sent to each of the following papers for publication, viz : The " Monitor" and " Globe," Huntingdon; the "Patriot and Uni on" and " Telegraph," Harrisburg, and the "Inquirer," Philadelphia, and one be filed with the official papers of this Regiment. Cu!. Jos. W. FISHER, / Pres't. • S. G. LANE, SCC'y. A Rebuke to Northern Traitors. A Pennsylvania soldier in the army in North Carolina, writes as follows: " We hear, with sorrow, of the at tempt now being madd at home to overthrow the Government, on the part of the malcontents of communi ties who were too scant of patriotism to enlist, and we understand that they are asbisted by certain braggarts and poltroons, wearing shoulder-straps, who are loafing in our large cities, and prating about the demoralization of our armies. Out upon these topics and men of threadbare patriotism ! They belie and slander the army, for it is as true as steel, as brave and as patriotic as ever. RA ABLER I have served in this army, which was formerly operating for the most part on the Potomac and on the Penin sula, for two years, and I have never left my command for a single day.— During this time the feeling of the men has undergone but one change, and WO, is in fitvor of using more power in crushing the rebellion here and its abettors at home. These nien. humble and simple min ded though they be, have sound coin men-sense. They know that the ene my hay all of his fighting inen in the field, and the balance of his population raising food for his armies. We know that the President has done, and is doing, all that lie can to crush the lat ter, (which is a work that inust be done gradually,) and we ask to be led on to annihilate the former by able generals, that we nay end the war. This will give our country a spring forward into an ago of progress never before known. Lot us be honest men, then, and lay pan tisan feeling aside until our troubles are ended." THE Michigan State Sugar Cane Growers Association, in session at Adrian, express the opinion that the practicability of the sorghum enter prisd, is fully established, and that the time is not f.•u• distant when the north will be supplied with a super ior article of sugar of its own growth and manufacture, from the sorghum stud impbQe. 1331! Tribute of Respect, AR NEWS. FROM NEW ORLEANS Engagement in the Bayou Teeke —A Rebel Iron-clad Blown to Atoms.— The Escape of the Rebel Pirate Oreta, By the arrival of the steamers Bio Bio and St. Mary's we have New Or leans papers to 20th inst. The St. Marys brings a large mail and fifty passengers from New Or leans, also a mail from Key West. The United States gunboat Tioga, Captain Cleary, arrived at Key West on the 22d, with a valuable prize, the British steamer Pearl, captured off the Bahamas. The 'lowing vessels of war were at Key West : Frigate St Lawrence, (flag-ship), steamers Sonora, Tiona, Penguin, Magnolia, Hendrick Hud son. New Orleans advises state that Gen. Grover was at Baton Bongo with a heavy force—some twenty regiments. His command was composed largely of green troops, and lie was drilling them. There was a strong force at Carrolliton, under Gen. Sherman. Major General Banks was still in New Orleans. He had reiterated Gen. Butler's orders, taxing certain rebel merchants for the support of the poor; had cautioned the public against offer ing insult to the soldiers, and in seve ral acts had indicated a vigorous ad min istra don. The " Delta," of the 17th instant, says : "The news from Berwick's Bay, last evening, brought official confirma- tion of the total destruction of the reb• of iron-clad steamer Cotton, in the Bayou Teche, by the land and naval farces under the command of General Godfrey Weitzel. She was blown to atoms, and there is an end to this for midable vessel, which has been a kind of' stumbling block in the way of the advance of any force on the teche.— General Weitzel has succeeded in get ting a heavy force in the enemy's rear, thereby completely Banking them, and their entire overthrow in that section is only a question of a few days time. The rebel force was smal ler than was at first supposed. Gen. Weitzel has ascertained that it only consists of 1,100 infhntry, 1,000 caval ry, and three pieces of artillery. General Hamilton, Military Govern or of Texas, had addressed a large Union meeting in New Orleans on the night of the 14th. Mr. Durant, the lawyer, followed in an able speech.— The me"eting was very largely attend ed, and all the speakers went for the Union, negro or no negro. The public receptions given to Gen. Butler, and the endorsement of his administration by thu President, had given the Union men Lyeat satisfae do». There was nothing new from Gal yeston. THE ORETA AT SEA [Correspondence of thes.N. 0. Delta.] OFT Morat,r, Jan. IG.—There was great conmnotion among the blockad ing fleets of this harbor last evening.— Thu rebel steamer Oreta, which has been lying in Mobile bay for some months, succeeded in escaping to sea in presence of seven blockading- ves els. !no R. R. Cuylor, ono of our fastest steamers, immediately gave chase, :111(1 was gaining on her, when the two disappeared it) the distance.— The Cuyler was firing at Iler continu ally during the chase from her long range guns, and as she was gaining rapidly, great hopes are entertained that she will bring the audacious reb el to. The Oreta is commanded by Maffit, formerly of the United States Navy. The other day the British Consul came out of Mobile, under a flag of truce, and went on board the Susque hanna, to await communication with an English ship. Toward nightfall, a rebel armed vessel tilled with men, came out under a flag of truce. She was hailed, and responded that she wanted to seo the British Consul. A boat was sent aboard, but the com mander of the rebel vessel would not give furtlier explanation of his audac ity than that he wanted to see the British Consul. It is just to say of the ,British Con sul, who, during this '° interlude," was on board the Susquehanna, refused to see the rebel Commander, and declar ed that he could not acoount for his assumption and presumption in ask ing for hint. Undoubtedly, the rebel boat came out with the intention of surprising the blockading fleet, just as the Buffa lo Bayou rebels surprised the fleet at Galveston, January 1, 1863. The Victory at Blackwater The Rebels Driven Three Miles—They are Driven Back beyond Blackwater. NEW YORK, Feb. I.—The details of the fight, near the Blaekwater have been received. General Pryor crossed the Black water on the night of the 28th ultimo, with three regiments of rebel infhntry, four detached battalions of infantry, nine hundred cavalry, and fourteen pieces of artillery. The next night, General Corcoran a mider orders of General Peck, advan ced his troops to meet them. The rebels were tound ten miles from Suf lblk, and a cannonading was commen ced, which,after lasting two hours and a half caused the enemy to retreat. General Corcoran advanced all his force, his inrantry with fixed bayonets. drove the rebels nearly a mile, they leaving their killed and wounded be hind. Gen. Corcoran continued to follow them up, and the rebels took another position two miles from the first bat tle field. At the latest information by mail, Geld. Corcoran was moving to flank them. The flight occurred by moon light. The telegram of yesterday in dicates that the rebels were again dri ven from the last named position, and were still being pursued. Our loss was 24 killed and 30 wounded. Col. Knockerer, 16th Pennsylvania, was dangerously wounded in the hip by a piece of shell. Captain Taylor, 113th New York, was killed. General Corcoran had a narrow escape, and Captain Blodgett, of his staff, was slightly wounded. Captain Kelly, GAth New York, was wounded in tiaki arm, and amputation, it is thought, will be necessary.— Among the officers wounded is Lieut. Bailey, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in the leg, slightly. • Rebel sources state that Col. Page, sth Virginia, was killed. Among the rebel regiments engaged were the 55th, 03d, 50th • and 29th Virginia. The rebels received reinforcements during the fight. Fortress Mimroe, Jan. 31.—The fol lowing is an official list of killed and wounded in the fight at Blackwater on Friday last Sixth Massachusetts—killed three, wounded nine. . Thirteenth Indiana killed none, wounded twelve. One hundred and twelfth Now York —killed six, wounded nineteen. Sixty-ninth New York—killed five, wounded eight. Eleventh Pennsylvania • Cavalry— killed three, wounded six. One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania—wounded eight. One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Penn sylvania—wounded three. 7th Massachusetts battery, company Cl—killed two, wounded six. Fourth United . States artillery, com pany D—killed four, wounded eight. Total killed 24, wounded eighty. The fighting is all over, and the reb els are driven beyond the Blackwater. Department of North Carolina. Conference Between Jeff. Davis and Gov. Trance.—North Carolina troops to be Recalled. Roanoke Mane', C., Jan. 80, via l'ortress Monroe, Feb. 1. j Major General J. G. Foster has again written to the General-in-Chief at Washington, bitterly, complaining of the premature disclosure of milita ry and naval movements in his depart ment. For this reason the Agent of the Associated Press refrains from any mention of other than operations already accomplished. Elizabeth City is now held by the United States thr ees. One company of the First North Carolina loyal regiment and one hun dred negroes, are doing garrison duty, also picket duty, at that point. Jeff. Davis last week had a confer ence with Governor Vance of North Carolina, upon the relations of this State with the Southern Confederacy, meeting him for that purpose at Franklin depot, Va., on the Black Wa ter. Governor Vance plainly informed Presinent Davis that North Carolina would insist upon the reserve and Te °all of an adequate force for the pro tection of North Carolina before a fur ther Union advance. The State has now 80,000 troops in the rebel service. Many applications are being made for authority to rake native loyal troops. General Fester strongly ap proves of doing this. Arbitrary Arrests in the Time of the Rev- olution [From the Juern 0 of Con 4Leav, 1777.] Whereas, The States of Pennsylva nia and Delaware are threatened with an immediate invasion from a powerful army, who have already landed at the head °alms:we:the Bay; duel, whereas, the principles of policy and self-pres ervation require that all persons who may reasofiably be suspentad or siding or abetting the cause of the enemy, may be proven ted from porsaingmeas ures injurious to the general weal : Resolved, That the executive author ities of the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware be requested to cause all persons within their respective States notoriously disaffected, forthwith to be apprehended, disarmed, and secured, till such time as their respective States think they may be released without injury to the common cause. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania to cause a diligent search to be made in the houses of the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia,•who have not manifested theirattachment to the Ameri‘mocause, for fire-arms, swords, and bayonets:; that the owners of the arms so found be paid fen• them at an appraised value, and that they be delivered to such of the militia of the State ot Pennsylva nia who are at present unarmed, and have been called into the field. On the above preamble and resolu tions, Mr. Fisher, in his admirable work on The Trial of The Constitution, makes these remarks: A case occurred in Philadelphia in 1777. Some twenty gentlemen, of high respectability, were arrested by order of the Supreme Executive Council of this State, at the instance of Congress, banished to a town in Virginia, and there detained. They were not treat ed as crimintis, but with considera tion and kindness. Those who chose to declare their allegiance to the Gov ernment were released, and all were permitted to return to their homes when it was thought they could be no longer dangerous. These arrests were made with the knowledge and approbation of Washing ton. A writ of habeas corpus was is sued at the instance of the prisoners, but it was disregarded by the officer in charge of them, and soon afterwards, Septem ber 16th, 1777, the Legislature passed a bill indemnifying the Executive Council, and suspending the writ of habeas corpus. GENERAL BURNSIDE. [Correspondence of the IY. Y Tribune.] WAsuiso . ro'N, Jan. 23.—Gen. Burn side yesterday informally tendered his resignation as an officer of' the army to the President, but Mr. Lincoln declined to receive it, remarking that he had other fish for him to fry." General Burnside rejoined that he hoped to he set at work at once. lie would wil lingly accept any command, he eared not how small; but he was extremely reluctant to wear a Major General's stars and draw a Major General's pay while doing nothing to earn his hon ors or his money. The Committee on the Conduct of the War has commenced an investiga tion, under Senator Wilson's resolu tion of inquiry, relative to the alleged. interference of subordinate ofiice•s with Gen. Burnside's plan for a fbrward movement of the army. Now IS TILE TIME TO BUY Lloyd's new Map of the State of Virginia.— Only 25 cents. Vol. sale at W. Lewis' Book Store. SOIIIHERN NEWS, The Richmond papers 'of January 20th and 27th, contain the following items : Federal Movement in North Carolina. " The enemy is advancing from New born in two columns; one toward Xing. ston and the other toward Wilmington. Gompsnono, N. C., Jan. 25.—An Abolition fleet, of ninety-two sail, in cluding two Monitors and six other iron-clads, are in Beaufort, harbor.— Also, 52,000 Abolitionists are encamped at Morehead and Caroline cities." A Voice from North Carolina—Plain Talk The Raleigh Standard, in speaking of the rebel authorities at Richmond, holds the following language : " They labored to break down the old Government because they were about to lose the ' beef,' and they would break the new one before they would part with the carcaso upon which the vultures are settled. Their motto was, divide and destroy, and their motto now is, consolidated rule or ruin. Hence they are the destructives, and those who oppose them are the conservatives.— We still walk the soil and breathe the air of freedom, and are not to be in fluenced in our course by the blandish ments of the frowns of power." " The Federal officers in Gates coun ty N. C., have made important cap tures of contraband goods, amounting in value to some 8307000." MOBILE, Jan. 2G.—A despatch dated Meillinnsville on the 24th, says the en emy attacked Morgan this morning, and after two hour's hard fighting with superior forces, our men fell back two miles. From Richmond Papers Appearances indicate an early re newal of the conflict before Vicksburg, Miss. A letter from there, dated Jan. nary 26th, says that 5,000 Yankees are working on the canal opposite the city. Their intention is to float their trans ports through when the riverrises and land troops below. Our defences be low Vicksburg, however, are as strong as above. No immediate attack is ex pected here. The greater part of the transports have gone up the river for reinforcements. No belligerent de monstration will be made until their return. Meantime we arestrengthen ing the weak points along our lines.— The force of the enemy's fleet is 107 boats, 96 transports, and 14 gunboats ; There may be more arrivals of guii: boats befbre the fight begins. Tlw strength of the Yankee army will pro bably be 80,000. The Army of the Potomac The New York World has a report from a well informed source that the Army of the Potomac is to he broken up, and the bulk of it sent West—only a frdgment to be retained at Washing ton. This comes of our movements being known to the enemy. Hive only bad our full forces now upon the Rap pahannock, instead of being scattered bout II and west, we could make short work of the Yankee concern at Wash ington. But it is useless to cry over spilt milk. The Yankee accounts announce Stoncwall's arrival at Vicksburg with forty thousand Men. Would to heaven they were within ten miles of Wash ington. Captare of a Faluable Prize—Eight _._ll'-itworth-C; tenet, Four Steam Eagines 4 Rifles, Powder, &e., Captured. BArimmaE, Feb .2.—Thelliclimorut Witiy of Saturday, received at the American (ace, has the following: After oar form was sent to press on Thursday night, a telegraphic dispatch was received announcing the capture of the British steamer Princess Royal, Capt. Lawson, while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston. At the time of the departure of the Princess Royal from Halifitx for Bermuda the northern papers announced the fact, and gave a description of the vessel and cargo. The Federal cruisers were therefore on the lookout, and as she was making her way in before daylight on Tues day morning, she was suddenly sur rounded, and her officers were com pelled to run her on Long Island Beach, where she was captured. The Princess Royal had on board a valuable cargo, consisting of eight Whitworth guns, four steam engines for gunboats, rifles, powder, &c. The bulk of her freight was 400 tons. A party of English workmen, skill ed in the manufiteture of projectiles, were captured with the vessel. The pilot and some two or three of the crew escaped in a boat t ind reach ed Charleston.. We are gratified to learn that important despatches from Capt. Maury to the Government, were saved by these persons. Official Order for the Recent Changes. The following is the official order in regard to the recent changes in the Army of the Potomac : GENERAL ORDER-NO. 20 HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjt. Gen.'s Office. Witshington, Jan. 28 18(33. I.—The President of the United, States has directed : First—That Major General A. P. Burnside, at his own request, be re lieved from the _command of the Army of the Potomac: Second—That Major General E. V. Sunnier, at his own request, be re lieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. 'Third—That Major General W. B. Franklin be relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. Fourth—That Maj. General J. Hook er be assigned to the command of the Army of the Potomac. The officers relieved. as above will report in person to the Adjutant Gen eral of the army. By order of the Secretary of War. E. B. TowNsEni, Asst. Adjt. General. MIL LINCOLN'S LAST JOKE.-A Wash ington correspondent of a New Eng land journal says that the President looks haggard and careworn, yet he preserves his good nature, and some new story or boa mot from him is al ways in circulation. The last was ut tered on Saturday, at the public recep tion, when ft Western paymaster, in full major's attire, was introduced, andi said : " Being here, Mr. Lincoln, I thought I'd call and pay my respects."• " From the complaints of the soldiers,"• responded the president, "1 guess, that's about all any of you do • pay." Use cloth breed a habit
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