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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