part of my audience laughs good heraorrdly. CnntsrmA3 AND ors SoLmtas.—Christmas `e,rhap . .i the ijir , .rge,r,:for whoa:.amusement ! wilt[ its festivities nearly upon us, np the performa!l eF . is given,Jsamused by it, iproaching •tiAiily.• In New England, and laughs'too. ,But this practice contin- I Thaidisgivihg is' the occasion far annual tied is not moral.' .I'his (family gatherings around thousands of Four part, #..y . ..fear raterfamili" :q'Weak, with us Christmas is the season of 6.lin —u . y.L . e ta say culpable. :I se:m . lll;B , 4le ! home-coming, when the circle of home faces mar es ; ft worthy ruanwh.o'',eg,:iiis :ng , :ardedly !is made complete--when the. 'loved ones to read this page, dons to the present from abroad return t:a the parent nest and ..eutence, 1,261 c: in has chair, thinking ! sactify tbe day :to' idve and peace ([ow DC that. il:1S told innocently mat.) , seats be vacant round the hearth for r..lty'yetirOtad rather piteou,ly owning I and' the' bo;rd this dreary season! How '"Well, well, it is wron,gt I have ! man; sons, !Totters, husbands,, fathers,' will Call on my poor wife to lau-,h, ! cat their Christmas dinners in tent or hut My'danghters to affect to be amused by that ibr by the - side - ors'onie frozen brook, instead old jest of mine. And the 7 woulAnve gone of with the dear ones at borne! on latighing, ned they would :cave pretended There are many'of our boys who cannot to'be titi:U9eli, l ::(/ 'their dying day, if this man Ibe with us share our abundance this year. had not flung!iiis damper over our hilarity." I We have everything that heart can wish, * I lay down the pen and think, , but in many n mbtith sweet will turn to bit- ••Are there any old stories which I still tell , ter at the thought of him who is . rit in - hi,' tryself,:n the bosom of my f,rmily't '4laVe - Is / place. ' Not one who has a loved one among 'mil 'Grouse in my guintronitil . " II thete our brave soldiers but world gladly fa,t on 'i:re such, it 1.3 bccauSe my memory fails; not I Chri , tmas day, to be able to giie Cat one liecaus:,/ Walt applause, and wantonly re-\ the home feast.. 1 in-, what arc we going peat myself. You see, anon With the •ii . o- to di) :Went it: 'called fund of anecdote will not repeat the i Next to having our boys with us, or being ~ittie story to the same indisidua l ; but they • :a 'person with theta, is sending them a to do think that, on a new party, tiihrepetiiioni ken or Chri s tmas remembrance from home. ' of a :Pitt; ,eer ! sn old may he honorably tried. i Every one will gladly contribute towards a I meet Men walking the Lind.in street, bear- I Christmas feast for our soldiers, as ei:ery . one 'jog the lie,t rcpt.-Wien, .rien of aneedotical ' contributed when they raurued font the ' , powers: .I. knbiv• such, who very likely will ! three avintlis st.rvic,t, t'.iti..v..e all lrnon what .ead this and tiny, - thing the f ell,nr, he; a board we' q r : i , . - L4 • fiiPt.l.-... Ve eitarc'ely And so I do. No—no man I need nug,gpstnow that a general Christina, =2l anecdote more Iho a thriei‘ ....;et 'Lis Say, unle-s he is sure •peaking only to give pleasure to hi, Le fer..ii I:dat is is rolt lucre desire for prnise which rht..ieca hint omen his jnwS.-- Yhac?•cra;i. 61u ainumbia SATURDAY. NOV. ::(1, IStll. rZ O " The Rev. ChrtrleN Ilenuos will preach n the German Eeformod Church, on next, Z.anclay norm rig at )1,, o'clock TO CS .11 , a , IN(.;.— ' , ll.:.;nk;giving was gep enerally and appropriately observed on 'Thursday by an entire cessation of business, and service in most of our churches. The was one of Sunday quiet. :‘lF:rrisc; bles on Mon , !ay'ney.:E In %ice: of6lo6lex ampl'ati ..irjt's'through Z . 111 1 .4. are strug gling:ibe action :)f , corg,i.ess must be of un usual moment. !Let its pray that that no unwise legis:;'atieri may interfere with the stla , rt, shiiiliand . strimg-huntied prosecution f the itar'ttia gloriou. end! mor:rm.—James .1. C0n,2,.10n, Esq., 1%1'11mi:1'0f the "11'arietta Cameron Guards 'io the tl;ree months service, has been ap poiMied Major of Col. Frismuth's ]regiment of Cavalry, the Curtin flu,sars. Ct.ErTtos; or BANK. Dint-riot: , rostlay: 1:1t.It inst..::t tf.c annual eicetionfor . .:".tireotOrs of the Cu:urobia Buil:, the follow- Intl gentlemen were elioqen: ' Dr. B irton Eying, Samuel 'Prus•ott, Geo. :Jo:: II: nh.e.k, Rudolph Dr. 11. JJI - in, 'I:. R. &nil', Win. McConkey, David WirsOn, B. F. Ilieitati 1, taron Gabje, Ilieh'itl:l H. More, Henry Copenhefrer. The'riew Board clrvenel rnd re-elected Dr. Barton Evan President fbr the eimlting yJar 1,1 nn unanimous vote A Few Mc IVAN rrn.—Oarcorre . spandent •' II" % , rrites that Capt. Inth lis still in Nr.tnt of few yo./cl n.en to bring his command up In the mark—lll I men. C durable ought son 1 him tY.ese before he gets farther N..) better or no m ire careful Colonel au be founl to serve under than col. Welsh, 'and the . company offizerit are universally well spot:cm or. l:intriany Ki, considered the crack cmup tny 4 the regiment, and in it. if :iny where our bc,t men Ghoul I be found. in', a dot.en of our biv .I join Col. 'Wel.,ll t Fori:ie,s Munroe? t %w•. ltp.narti' Cal a: tar old t C &pt. ILcher 1., is in elm 'in to 1 of a I i.ll:p:niml cavalry eampany. Ia fight+ on hie own ho 'ffipanY at preient rsai thc c tcalry force of tlen. L the istern c tantici of Vir e r,ini I. The rebels hail rake pestilent Ita 14 in th tt re e tion, :old a campy:eat f irzo wav sent to look after them. Capt. llielnards was in a I sance and liti bee a me taring the c iti:itry an I convert • relm'4 into U 1101 111;1 wher,:rcr he Itappeare I. T r setati.cri ha I n 1 stomach to •with,titn I a cliarge of his' I»y:ti, who arc papaya," Ira hear. Tae following }rutty ut4.l.ty's T dr/ Ic will s'i ra th 1t Copt. Tum .t. 4 'nut bean idle: lien. Mot - 24311.m received n despatch front (39n. Div to-day, announcing that Capt. ;hard.' caralis i part 01 Gott. Lackwend':4 dinbiatid, had capture: nine tine field 'pieces tit flirt town of ”ti o•lone , , , ek 1;1- Is% near Gdy. Wisc . ., old re.ddence. The T 9 .1,314 "r a , . , 1 Northampton coin ttf. ht I tint e hi hide then! before they di,-perw?, i. 17,icre it it ice ;ti op ••1 fto t, the et,t t ii,Toke I: IT. .NN• 47:11.11 I; ~f I t,t weelt Charic• Reed, a railron I ternoxv. one of Ilr. C. Hershe', driver.. ic,r:•.,•l 11kj , 111.!.4 on the Boum. II rna I, fataliv 11. e ,atrie evening. Reel ha 1 .•ao of his•tingins'inaidieil between the in the in an I c reipici!tly rer , iznc , l Itiy team to another driver. but pe;:fisteil in riling with hint on the bumper darhig the affiriiii.m. By seine neeident he fell off a train iito-..ing down the track in feint of Black's, arid 'was caught by the wheel. thr ffectil of trhich m.tshc.l the 11 At frtuniirte leg but did riot pis:: orcr it. When reicutil hip arin and leg % . verC found broken end his h.trn crushed. The frac ture., nnd' iercie braises, probably resulted from hiP 'being caught between the standard and brake'which at the side of th e wheels very efuse to the ground. and the fl wring of the platform on.the railroad.— The wheel must have passed over the hand. The injured man was parried to the office of Mr. ilerphey's I,ivery'Sethle, *here he was attended by Dr. Devlin, assieteti by Dr. Dueitius, and . every assistance rendered. Iteed.died, h owevur,, as la e_have stated, from the shoes. lie was 'buried on Saturday. r:lft %I'll! tic rrior.t aliprupri,rte arid grateful to oo'r liy,:—tite th in lit 111'9 * pi:tity:lllY ',lig gesmd itAcif to every one. The crie,tion 11 iNV 14 this combined gift to be got together and R:lft•ly deliveri;l to the soldier,? rirst—lie;..rin in time. L,.t the lost tter he ngitatel note—to-d ty. Taking for granted that it is :thready decided that the feast shall liepread, we would suggest that the sub ceription of names of all desiring to p rtici pate he Qrst obtained, then a anee:it j g ul these signers called to °iv fair.: and aka.— The ladies are the parties syliu el: Auld have the matter in ellar;ye, (not excluding contri- butions by gentlenacti, of , coursei and :they the "feast — ht.--; been gathered a committee of gentlemen 'should be ready to have it for warded speedily and safely to camp, 'rite probability is that before Christmas arrives Cul, Welsh's command trill be be yond ont:tvach; but unless a great advance iv made . thp.Ci:olcatan Rangers and Company tlirney's regiment —ribrus' ee'n sivels Columbia:is—will still be nea: enosgll Ito I CCCI VC on , home contributions. We can 'feed these, and a regiment beside, if neces sary, and we licve nu doubt will gladly do , it. , ,„ We have brunglit the matter before the and it remain.; f,r those citizens who feel an 'inte . reA to take the matter 13p and move promptly. We offer our columns and our service.; as they may lie needed to for ward the good work. A Cn t\GEor Scucuul.E.-0.1 last Monday another delightful change was made In the schedule of the Pennsylvania ktailro by which those having business after night-fall in Lancaster are espe.,:lly accommodated. The Mail Elst is withdrew to the other route, and as the Harrisburg Accommoda tion leaves at 3.20 P. 4, (instead cf 2.30) there k no means of reaching Lanc;tster be tween morning or evening, except through the special interpcsition of J. Hogentogler or C. Hershey, both of which gentlemen nee always prepared for an emergency. The running of the tlaind n e,tv‘ aril is not al tered. -On 11'c 1 Now we have no right to complain of the change of the Mail Train to the other and shorter route, and we have not a word to say; but we submit it to the better sense and feeling of Superintendent of Division, C. F., - or of whomsoever it may most, nearly concern, that the accommodation be tween between Columbia and Lancaster insufficient, under the new schedule. We leave it to Dr. Barniti.'s passengers from York to make their little remoastrance against lying over from four to live hours— they mutt protest against the delay; but we most solemnly lift ow; voice against time shocking profanity with which the compul sory rest ut this point is daily accompanied. We leave it time conscience of the It. 11. r.uthorities whether this terrible p,s.st,it; should nut be summarily stopped. It can 1,1 effected, it is almost superfluous fur us to I state, by time simple enpediet ; t of running Conductor lliyes Smith's Accommodation between this point and Lancaster, in the afternoon. .Ind your putitioners kill ever pray, &c., The trains nn the N. C. Railway run as f w Jl.irniug train arrives at 7.1 n A. 'AI ; de Illlts at 7.*:..11 Nom. train tirri; es at 12 P. M.: depart., at':: S) P. M I:vetting train arri•rcc at .7 , o 'o P. 31.: departs at ~lil'. 31. :NI: oc nn. SA.J4hits.—Everybudy I reads our army eorruspondence. an.; every- I b ),Iy mill there God a request fray the turty- , fifth liegiillelit that the ladies shall ;Ripply the :lieu of Capt. Ilantbo's company with m ittens, )vernment furnishes abundance of comfortable clothing of every other kind, stocking+ ineluded—for mittens the men arc dependent 0111 th.tir own resources or On their friends at home. Lidies, it is with yauf— l.".to you nut etll3le together and devise w.cys :ma means. We do not desire to throw the etpense of the yarn upon you, however— the geatlemen •be appealed to for contributionq, mil we hereby request all who ant u illing to bestow eithlr yarn or its equivalent in cash, to signify- the cztent of their good will. The mittens will nevtr be made, however, unless the ladies orga44c a trorian2 force; if left to individual uncum. bitted effort nothing will be done. Are invite the attentiun of the Wrightsville Star and the MArictliaa to our correspond ent's letter. If they think his suggestion a good one they can assist in carrying it out by appealing to their respective circles of borne readers for action. We append a slip purporting to be direc tions fur the manufacture of the desired ar ticle. It is published by the "Ladies 'Aid' Society," of Philadelphia, and i; probably i correct. It can be varied, of course, to any Eiß~ ( ; Car?: twentmtitches on each needle, nit twenty-five rows of ribbing, and tweilty . .rows plain. • Then take the twenty stitches that are upon one needle and knit sister rows backward and forward. This is fdirt:ie of the thumb. Then takh . these twenty stitches on three needles, and Ititit round for sixteen rows, after Vhich harrow gradually until the thurob is finished. Take up twenty stitches at the lower part of the thumb. Then there will be sixty stitches on the three needles. Knit twenty rows.— Take the twenty stitches maim the thumb, join them or: three nedles; and knit ei4aty two rowe. Then narrow gradually until the finger is finished. Take the remaining forty stitches en three needles, and knit twenty ' two rows. Narrow gradually unti t finished." TUE LATE MoNTIII.II.—FRANK LESLIE'S MONTIILY fur December has been received. It contains the usual amuunt of mostiuter esting and readable matter, and a number , of good illustrati , ms, including a ViUfil;e dis play of the latest vagaries of fashhin: The stories are very gum], as always, the serials being continued,. and growing in interest as they progress. The :SLigaziee i 4 a first rate one—worthy of goueral and generous sup port. TIIE AIM:WAN: .' ..rtiIICULTURIST jp Glled • . ; Ivith cseful matter, and interesting Matter, and has withal a sprinkling of atnnsik;g mat ter. :rhis is a periodical of yen!,ral interest, ItLuu m lt prinelp e lly appealing to our agri cultural The GI:NI:M.1: 111". it e of the oldest ngriculttn•al publications in the country continues to be published at, the trifling tiub .cription price of 30 cents it year. It k a valuable monthly, and we c.in higllly re commend it. The FAR3ICR AND GARDENER deserves gen eral support in Our State. It is Me P.nn sylvania agriculture publication and should be taken in the house of every Pennsylva nia farmer. The ...:oveinber number has much hist class sed4unable reading. We last week noticed the December num ber of the ATt.tsTic Mosr We rub to-day the prospectus for the new vol ume for 1862, and call attention to the an nouucement eoming attractions, by the publishers. It u.t, or TM: CooKII \M lIANGER;.—TIvre have been so in my change.' among the offi cers of the Cook man It singers since we pub• Ikhed the list, that we have procured a new roll, and here give it: RAJ. cr Co. K, Ilccnicst• P. R. V Capt. Ati.Norr 1). ein.l.lN,, Columbia, Lan caster counts. Ist Lieut. Jain L. WniGit r, Culumbia,--Ltn castor e,ounty. 2nl Lieut. SA 51 V El. EVANS, Columbia, Lan caster county. let Sergeant 'Pltumas 11. Caldwell, NVilliarns port, Lycoming county. " Jolla J. ItAynes, .M.tatstiold, Tie- 14 , Cmtitty. " W. R. lilerblincr,!jultpnl?ia, Lan- =Sil 4th " Wm. L. Smodley, Colum Lanca.ter county. th " utp q Bennett, Columbia, Lin- ca,ter county I,t Corporal Bola. W. Smith. Wrightsville, York county. 2nd " M. Shreitim.,,Colurr Lan caster county, ":rd Ilenq Mullen, 'Culurnbin Lan • .. . ca,tcr comity._ 4th "lit: J. Fry Oultimbin, Lnu- cilsteP Otitinty " Chas. HoHands, Itlansfield, ga county. Peter Wells, Middletown, Duo ' phis county. 7th " Cltas. C. lions, Lancaster, Lan• Gth cavter county.' fith " Jacob S. Clair, Muuntv . ..".le, Ltn- caster county. 3.lllSiciall Abraham II ess, Columbia, Lan- ca,tcr c.,unty 31ountrille, tnea:jter count}•. MESE Albright John, Columbia, Lanc. county. Allen Jame,t, :Mansfield, Tioga Bogard Living ton •• ~• ~ Qoitick. William, Colutr• i bia, Lane. II Boyer .I,l)Vtis, " tbarer Jacob, Dauphin Bailey J. IL, Mansfield, Tioga ~ Cl'llsan Isaac. ' " •• " Carter Wi liam. Lyeorning " Carpenter Daniel, 31anheitn, Line. " Caley William E , " •• Earney Th,nna., Lancaster, " '• I fasher Joseph K, Dauphin " Dash Angustit4, Columbia, L ine , I t . p.inger Michael, ••". " Dior (leorge, Maitheint, Fae'i ler George, Cnlninbia. •• 41 Faulkner Cll4Il les, Mansfiehl, l'inga " Farley James. CUII/1111)1a. Lane. Frailey Jae... 1,, Lancaster, •• " Feagley Ilenry, " 6.lligan Patrick, Columbia, " '' Golan George F., " " " Golnt Daniel F. " •• '' Gohn James NV., " - '' Gibble Reuben, Manheitn, " Gish Addison, Lancaster, " •• Gabriel %Valiant, Columbia, " " I lop.ondobler Amp:, - - '• II tgendobler John, " " (loops Benjamin, •• Jones G ancr, " *• - " K ert her Herman, " " " Kilborne Francis, Lineaster, Ltnc. " Lewis David R . Columbia, " Liolield Levi li.. Mansfield, Tioga " Miller J'acoh li., Columbi 1, Lute. Melaughlin J ames, " " :11oreat '.llq:ltael, Unilatlelphia, Phila. •• j Maisli ,l'o.ep ' M., Northumberland " Poll John: Jersey Shere, Lyeoming •• Potts Francis A., Latibaster, Lane. ''• Pitts 1). 11., lion-held, 'rioga. Itothwell John. Harrisburg. Dauphin Itoades John. MAlteim,Litte:tster, •• Rambo Joseph 1_7., Bedding. Berke Reese Georr,,e V., Lancaster, L Inc. " Rudy Lewis, • , .. •' Summers Michael, Columbia. " " ; Summers Patrick, 4/1 •r " : Smith John, •• " ..... " Smith George W., Pasiladelphia, Phila. '''! Saylor John, Columbia. Lancaster •' Speaker Joseph. Lancaster " ' Stokes John. York, York " Sheridan John. Lancaster, Lancaster " Saylor Peter IV., 31anlacim, " Turbot Jahn J., Columbia, " •' Wilson Thomas. - " I Welsh Whitefield, '' " " Williams Jacob, " o ••• Lieut. Satu'l F:vans appc . i;4tcti h.egimental quartermaster; .• R. W. Smith appointed Sergeant Wm. Smedley uppointil Drum Major.. henry 31 alien .appointed Quartermat?er Se rgeaut. .• . • • R. J. Fry appointed .djutant's Clerk. Our ArTy correspondence, OAF, C. RAII.III. Nov. 20, 18G1. Dn.tit "B.7'?'—You must excuse me for not keeping you more regularly posteil as to our movements, but having been laid up with the "shakes," (common fc our ;ountry) it was impossible fur the to write: Int:re had a very lively time here for4he last few days, we having been paid off on Friday. The guard house is full of prisoners, and They are still hunting them up. Lieutenant Wright of the Fifth Reserve, paid us a visit, last Week. lie said the boys of Company ' - K" we're all well, not one of them being in ,:ltelzosp;t4l. ,There huts been considerable sickness here lately, mostly the ague. The health of Company "I" is good; one of our Colombians, how-e.ver, is in the hospiml— Abraham P. Gore. L. member of Company "M" was shot dead on Sunday night, in Washington, by the -Prevost Guard; he re fused ,to_italto upun.oider of the guard, when ho was,ftred on, the ball passing through the breast, killing him instantly. It has ex cited great indignation throughout the Camp. I promised you a list of Company "I" but as Lieut. Ilahleman has sent you one it is not worth while for me to send n duplicate. We heard this morning that Col. Welsh and Regiment had gone to South Carolina. Our boys all wish that they were with him. I suppose the Colonel and his men will g'ssi n good account of themselves. c.i.peet to go into Barracks soon, there is no doubt but that we will stay here all winter. It is said the reason that we are ,lwt live is because the War Department has such a high opinion of us that they think it advisable to keep us for the protec tion of Washington; but if the newspaper accounts are true I du not drink they will need meal/ . krote;ltion for that city. We had n gzand review some days ego by Gen. McClellan, Prince de Joinviile, and other distinguished persons: there weec,between ten and fifteen thousand soldiers on the ground. It lasted from nine in the morning till four in the afternoon. There has been a change in our dri.ils; we now have nn morn,ing drill. Battallion drill ,trout half past nine till lifilf-pact cleyen in the morn ,ing; see then have a rent till three, when we have bk inn i,ll drill, which lasts until five; dress parade at Mill-past live; uc eight o'clock we have roll call, and we havo to turn in :It half-past eight and rise at six. But as dinner is ready I will have to close. Zoo-Zoo. FORTREqS i.t., Nov. 23, 9GI Doak Sir:—My few hurtled rimes from Baltimore doubtless reacho 1 you, informing sot: , 9: our movement from Washington to ,Fortress Monroe. As I barely mentioned the fact of our being on the route, without any record of preliminaries, I will "try ; back," and give you a connected narrative' , . if pLstble. After t:.e return of our regi ment from the clectioneeriny tour through Maryland, we had considerable sickness in our camp, owing to the fact of the 100 men . who were left in charge of it daring our aft- sence permitting the cutup to become filthy, and themselves to beeenic diseased, (mea sles, typhoid and camp fevers). These spread alarMingly thrnagh camp, and in the course of a few days :if er our return we hurled five of uur soldiers, ant had two hun dred nn the sick list. Our Colone) pan had ,the camp remodeled and cleaned, but think- ing a change would be beneficial had the ; regime..t moved up the road and encamped three miles from Washington. There we, remained but thirty-s;x hours la hen we re-' evived orders to prepare instantly for de parture. I :night here state that on receipt of these orders the health of our men began rapidly to improve. At midnight of the 11413 inst., wo were put on board of cars at l our camp, and at 11 A. M. of the 20th we ' arrived in Baltimore. After breakfasting at the Union Assvciation rooms we marched I through the streets of Baltimore and cm ' barked (the whole regiment) on board the steamboat Pocahontas, and at 5 o'clock the I same evening steamed out of the harbor and ;down the bay. During the night this high private was on guard over .21/cClurc's Pork qui.ll3.:mi Pik. Being relieved at daylight I turned in on a pork barrel and sfopt ! soundly, missing, till the romance and beau- I ties of the trip. Waking late in the after- 1 noon I found ;,Si astir, and was informed that we had arrived at Fortress nonroc, and were ready to fall in and go ashore. We soon debarked near the Fortress and v; ere I formed in line, then marched ;:o a cold ono mile from the landing. Arriving aftsr dusk we stock up our tents and without touch ceremony turned in for the night. E:trly in the morning we were again at tort: striking tents and putting them up in strict conform ity with army regulation , : at pooh all was completed and we had tl, satisfaction of seeing one of the mast regular and cleanest encampments anywhere to be found, our field officers being scrupulously exact in this respect. Gen. Wool has pronounced our camp an admirable one, and is much pleased with our regiment, its appearance, proficien cy in drill and'discipline, and above all the good conduct of its officers and men. The ... General scents to take a special interest in the regiment, perhaps front the fact, that our Colonel, fought under him as a soldier at the battle of Buena Vista. Oar camp is beautifully loc:iied on the bay shore; the climates is highly salubrious and our sick are getting well. The camp outside of the Fortress is named Camp Hamilton in which there are now 12 regiments—among which are the Pennsylvania •15th, Cul. Welsh; 55th, Col. White; 70th, Cul. Powers; 07th, Cul. Guss. Other Pennsylvania regiments are I ' •• .i eTr i *.tead soon. Gen. Mansfield has been in i command of the camp, but an order from Gen. Wool, commanding this department, published to-day, transfers Gen. Mansfield to Newport Newt:, r i nd places this camp un der Cul. Max Weber, of a New York Regi ment. IV hen we left Washjpgton it was sup posed that our destinatiofl eas Port Royal, South Carolina—the order to go to Fortress Monroe and there wait fufther order.: was presumed to he to wait fur a vegsel: We litre many rumors here; some of the officers say that we are to go on another great expe dition loin the coast; wltilq others say that Yorktown is to beetakit-Lthata combined effort bythearmy and navy is to be made against it, and that our trers are concen tratipihere,•for that purpose. t lf this is the case aw, 'regiment will o certaitgy ,have prominent position in the assaulting column, and if I am not' istaken will de :its full share un this higli»ny to glory. The Columbia boys are now all well ex cept Sergeant fio;ne. - ami. private Eyde who were left in the General Ilo'APital 'at Wash-: ingtyn; they were great favorites, and we hope they will soon be restored to health and.to tha,r,umpany. We have not seen a Spy for a month, and. would like to get the back numbers in order to be booked up. New York Herald or Philadelphia Bess is noutete with us when compared with the Spy.* In Col. Power's 76th Pennsylvania Regiment is part of a Company from Wrightsville, they are handsomely uniformed, a la %motive, but have neither gins nor accoutrements; and as Government lio3 none here fur them, I suppose they are to go in with shillelahs! Company K, is fast becominga crack com pany—being the left flanking company and Itrinel with the Minie they are just the lads to do tall work in a tight; they are certainly- the neatest, most cheerful set of boys to be found anywhere. Could you not send us a few men of g )od character—to fill us up to the maximum, 101 men? Don't send any but men of good character, as drunkenoess, gambling, profanity and steal iog arepot tolerated in this Regiment. Horlan's,Cavalry are just landing from a steam-boat. Our old friend Capt. Herr, will arrive on next ]twat, this evening ur to ! night. We have one favor to ask from our frieu , ls at home. As G wernment does not furnish us with mittens ar gloves, will nut the ladies make enough for our company? or if holies from C humble, Marietta, Wrights ville and Maytown wonld unite they might ' make and send enough for the companies B and K--each of the places have represen tatives in these ,two companie.s- 7 good wool en mits with thumb and fore-finger, so as to . shoulder and pull the trigger, would be the most valuable present that our fair friends could devise fur us. If they will furnish us with the mils, when we return they can take our hands. IVe are well pleased with our oflicers—our captain, Rambo, is ()Ilc of the best of captains; Licuts. Kelsey and Kess ler, were good offizers, and all kind to the Inca. I will try to keep you advised of our movements. We may ho at minute. L. S. All letter,4 n blreitteti to be plainly written, Company li. Col. Welsh's 47itli Regiment Penn'a Vol.,Fortress Moni r.e *AV,. mail tea Copies of the Sp!) every week, aJ• to Col. We know tile lio), like to get home -ueli going. The failure mug lie in the 1'o•t (101.2 e Department, or tile pin.• r , 111,101 go to one oa oilier of tile liogu., „Fort., ri_gtnient :OKA. IN,lititgion —r.o. A llE.ivr CONTRA VT.—We barn drat 11. E. LEHMAN, Esq., of Lancaster, hap received from the War Department at Washington a contract for rifling and repAririg a large kit of arms. This contract is a heavy one, in volving an expense to government of rl9arly $5011,000. In order to execute the jch rpeed ily Lehman has already commenced en larging his work+, and he will crinllY large force of workmen, so as to rifle, repair and put in complete order ahunt one thous and muskets each day. It is understood that muskets so repaired 4nd supplied by perm,sitm locks are equal in every respect to the new ones made at Springfield. FROM E4§TERN VIRGIIff4, Capture of Rebel Officers and Cannon BALTIMORE, NOV, 24. 1.801. Very gratifying despatches were received to-day by Gen. Dix from Eastern - Virginia. They announce the capture of three Rebel officers (a captain and two lieutenants), and also the capture of seven cannon—all en tirely new and in good order. The despatches state that all traces of disloyalty serial to have disappeared frcnt both counties. Doputations of the people come in daily to gel copies of the proclama tion of Gen. 13. x, an i to ask for the protec tion which it promises them. They are evi dently anxious to renew their allcgience to the Federal Government. County meetings will he bell in b empties to : tu oruity, to take measures to this cad, and Northampton joined to M tryland, the people will probably at first adopt the State Government of west ern Virginia as a teriporaly measure, and then bile to legislation by that State and Maryland fir Heal settleztamt of their politi cal condition . The Csvornirsont has proinptly rev inded to the assurance* in Can. Dix's prochunation. The Secretary of the Treasury has given orders to restore the light at Cape Charles, and the Po.t.tmaster-General has sent a specis.l agent to renew postal c•annection with both c ).4 i; tie. The Stone Fleet—Vessels to be Sunk in Southern Harbors. For some weeks, sac the New York Post, it has been whispered that the Xavy Depart anent was preparing a fleet of vessels, stone Lulea, to be sunk in one or perhaps several of the harbors of the southern coast. The fleet sailed on the _(tit inst. They arc all old but substantial whaling vessels, double deck ed, to give them greeter firmness. They were stripped of their copper and other fittings which were not necessary for so short a voy age as they will make; and loaded with picked stone, as &era as was safe. lo the bottom of each ship a hole was bored, into which was littud a ler r d pipe five inches in diameter, with a valve so fixed that though perfectly safe even fur a long voyage, it can be ITU' cil4kly removed. It is caleut.ice,d !.hat the ship will be filled and sunk to the bottom in twenty minutes after the remolal of 1;1is valve. To provi4e against the accidental jamming of the vr,;yr,s, each 'vessel is furnished with two augers of the proper size. The crews consist of six men each. These will be returned by the men-of-war. who will assist in the work of sinking. Each ship will be achored in the place chosen for her, and will then be sprung round broad side to the channel, thus effecting as great a stoppage aS is possible. When this is done and she is in position, the vavle will be with drawn, and when the,vessel is nearly level witb the water's edg,e,4lte men will leave in asinall boat. It is reported that an enter prising rigger has gone down with the fleet, with the intention to take off what pieces of spars and rigging In'ay remain above the water's edge after the ships are sunk. The captains of the 14):i ps are all well ac quainted with our coast, first-rate seamen; and good pilots. Each captain received on tile day he sailed sealed orders, not to be . opened till after the pilot left his vessel. The liqws A despatch from Jefferson City reports the captre of .250 Rebels near Warrens burg, Mo., Wogs...art of the force who seiz ed a Federal supply train in that vicinity. Detached parties from ( . :en. Price's army are reported to be overrunning, ,the country in the track of oar retiidng ormy in Missou ri, and spreading consternation among, the Union men. A detachment of Cul. Jenni son's men attacked one hundred and Efty . Rebels, killing a large number of them and scattering the rest. The New York Tribune has a letter from Hatteras stating that North Carolina, by a Convention of Delegates representing forty five counties, has !declared a Provisional government, and has entirely repudiated the Secession act pf the State, re-afitrming her loyalty and devotion to the Constitution of the United States. The Convention met at Hatteras on Monday last. The act pass ed contained several sections, the substance of which is as follows: The first declares vacant ,tll the offices of the State; the second nap,:es :Marble Nash Taylor Provisional Governor: the third adopts the Constitution of the State, with the statutes and laws con tained in the revised code 0 . 18: 2 0 ; the fourth repudiates the 9rdinance of Jeceseion pass ed at Raleigh on the 20th of May, together with all other acts then adop cd; the fifth directs the Provisional Governor to order a special Oect,ion for Members of Congress; the sicth gives to the Governor 'authority to make temporary appointments to official va cancies. The Convention then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. Gov. 'Paylor has issued his proclantutim for an election in the Second Congressional District, which cyijl be held on Wednesday, the 27th inst. The steamer *Sin, from Liverpool on the ? i d instant, has arrived at New York. At the Lard Mayor's dinner Mr. Adams, au- Minister, toasted Lord Palmerston, who, in response, referred to American affairs. Ire expressed Ow hope of a speedy restoration of harmony and peace, but said it was not for the English people to pass jydgment on the question in diipute. The shareholders of the Great Eastern steamer have resolved to repair that vessel. The British naval contingent for the Mexican expeklition was prepaying ,to It has been officially ascertained that the Grand Army of the Union now in field, in camp, end in process of formation numbers six hundred Thousand volunteers. Several regiments arr,ivell at Old Piant iast weok, and preparations itre actively going forward at Fortress Monroe for another na val e pedition. The guriboat,Catabr,idgc on Friday night proceeded up the J;mes river to a poins, opposite Witrwiet: rigor, about ten miles above Newport News, and there en• gaged a Hebei battery. After a sharp ex change of shots, the battery was silenced. The splendid transport Constitution, which left Boston for the South, touched at Portlat.d on Friday, where she was to take in the Twelfth Maine Regiment, but finding a large quantity of ammunition and stores awaiting her there she was unable to take the troops on Board, and was to start imme diately on her mission. It is said also that Captain David D. Porter, of the Navy, is now actively engaged in Boston in getting up an expedition for some point in the South —destination unrevealed of course at pres ent. There are some eighty Government vessels of vr,rious tonnage now lying in Bos ton harbor, most of which aro ready for im mediate servjee, and it is probable that Cap tain Porter will have an opportunity very soon of employing them on the Southern coast. A naval e;pcdition, which has attracted but little attention, has been preparing for the last few weeks, and is probably already on the way to its destination. About fifty old whalers have been purchased at New London, Sag Harbor, Mystic, New Bedford, and other points. They have been loaded with stone, which will assist materially in sinking the craft, and keeping them in their places when they shall have been sunk.-- The fleet, which was to have sailed on Wed nesday 20th, is under the command of Cap tain John P. Rice, of New London. and the crew under his command are enlisted fur three months' service. Reports from Missouri state that Gen. McCullouch, with a largefurce, has advanced to Sptingfield, and had thrown his pickets out this side of Lebanon. Intelligence has reached Jefferson City, Missouri, by a train from the West, that the Rebels had burnt down the town of Warsaw on the night pre vious, to prevent its being made winter quar ters fur the Union troops. A large quantity of Govprnment stores were destroyed in the conflagratic,n; General Wool has succeeded in effecting an arrangement for the transmission of clothing, blankets and money to the Federal prisoners in the South. The St. Louis Eceniv News notices the presence of a number 'hf naval officers in that city. This and other oiroumstances, in its opinion, indicates an inland naval expedition on the Mississippi, scaroely less inferior in magnitude, and certainly op ;ass infariqr in iportr,nce, to the late sucoSssful expedition to Port Royal. The gunboats, seven in number, building at Carondelet and Mound City Illinois, are now nearly completed; so are the twenty-eight mortar floats being constructed at the upper Ferry. All these are parts of the Missifsippi navy to be placed under the command of Flag Officer Foote. The guuboata are to carry fifteen gunp pach n —five on each side, three at the boVicaritftwo at the stern. The side guns will ha Colimbiads, the others rifled guns. The mortar floats aro built of pine logs,..three-ply titlek, and will curs one ar two mortatse 4 ach, to be used v for ,throwing shells only. The whole Beet gill carry an armament of probably not teas than .20p guns, and will be truly formide•ble• The Wheeling intertigencer makes the im portant statement that the troops of General Reynolds' command are being ,divisioned for active service in other .itnerters of the country. The advices from Cheat Moun tain are that several of the Ohio Regiments are ordered, and are now on their w.,,a,y tp Kentucky. Others, it is reported,' will 'take up the line of march in a few days for Gen. Kelley's headquarters at Romney, and, in connection with the force already there, commence a forwarl movement, in concert with an expected movement Of ,ql 4 grand army of the Putomae. The * steamei• Etna arrived at New, 3.'ork on Sunday, Winging Liverpool dates to the 13th instant. The United States- steamer James Adger bad left Southampton for".an unknown destination. The British anti French naval contingents - for the Mexican expedition were on the point of sailing.— The Spanish journals discuss the probability of a Spanish prot6etornte being estalilisheti over Mexico. !Pie ti".ing of „Portugal is dead and is §pecteded by the Duke of Cfportn. The speech Of 4. 1. . r. Adams, the American Minister, nt, the T,or!). :Mayors' banquet, had attracted much attention, and its statements respecting,tite . mod fee/ins of the American Government and people toward *England were commended by the Fjritish Yancy has been making a speech at the Fishmonger's Banquet. • • The United States ,stem per Sap Jacinto arrived in Boston harbor on N9finday, after landing Messrs. Mason, Slidell and suitclas Fort Warren. The citizens of Boston gave Commander Wilkes a public reception on Monday. General Nelson's Brigade, which has re cently boson doing such efficient service in Eastern Kentucky, passed through Cincin natti on Sunday, on route to Louisville.— This movement probably indicates active operations ngainst Buckner's camp, at Bow ling Green. The news of the burning of WarsaW, Missouri, is confirmed. The chief part of the town is,destroyed. The work was done on the afternoon of Tuesday the 19th.— What troo:Is we had there, left two hours after. It was thought that the fire was set by the citizens of the place, but we are as yet in the dark as to the motives of the in cendiaries or the particulars of the affair. General Bleneker, commanding a division of the army of Virginia, has tendered his resignction, which, however, has not been accepted.: General Price's army-is reported to have crossed the Qsage river, and continued its advance into Missouri. Got ;:n tietmouna .vita Monoss.—From the genealogy of the Wetmore family, a work receatly printed, we eztract the following anecdote of lace. I?rakiak Wetmore, of Stratford, Conn.: "Wltcr,l the news of the surrender of con. Cornwallis to Gen. Wash ington reached Stratford i.t was on Sunday, and during the hours of worship. Word was immediately taken to the pulpit where Parson Wetmore was engaged in delivering his discourse. Drawing 4i:9 - 3elf up to his fullest height, and mak,ing known the intel ligence., he said, '4y fviends, the house of God is no place for lgostevons demonstration; we will, therefore, ip giving (j u •ee cheers, only go through the motions. , That the motions were given with an cmphasis, the reader will readily in;4l, - ,inp,; and to the congregations of the prescpt day given to applause, it may convoy n useful 4int 7 ”--...• Historical Magazine. CoM I'ENSATION ron ACCIDENTS IN ENGLAND —The Field, an English sporting journal, tells the following anecdote:—A short time ego there was a story current in Lancashire which will servo to illustrate the 'moral' of some of the actions ngninst the companies. A. man well known in the country for shrewdness in 'business'—a virtue which sometimes trends very closely upon the breach of the eighth commandment—hntt pened to be traveling in a train, accompa nied by his wife, when a collisiori happened flis wile received a severe contusion between the eyes, for which the jury awarded fifty pounds damages. Some time after the affair. had blown over, the following confession, or something to the like effect, was elicted from the plaintiff' in a moment of unguarded covivinlity: "Well, ye see, when t'collision happened, t'ould woman and I weir all reet; but when I looked o' t'carriage, I saw a lot o' follies in a terrible state. One sings out, 'Eh lud! I'se getten my head cut open; I'll ha' twenty peownd for this.' Twenty peownd, ye darned fele,' cries another, 'l'so getten my shoulder out, and I'll hn forty. peownd for't.' When I heerd this (continued the clever 'business' man) I -jumped 'a t'ould woman strait out and drat , my head right between her eyes—and tee'se getting . lifty peorendg for it." " Chicago paper having said that the Secessionists a ere in league with hell, Prentice suggests that they are within less than a league of it. _ lle—Though Abe clouds rear their battle_ vents in the sky, they are easily carried by storm. , . rSomo people are so obtuse that one would hardly think they could have an acute disease. • _ . • Stir Dog stealing in the second degiee. looking town made sausages. iftEr.l pubic speaker, like a hunting d og, should give careful attention to the Points., Ber'lt is shame, husband, that . ' have to sit . hero meudin; your old elci tbes.7-- , "Din't say a word °Tout it, wife; the least snit the sooner mended" SifirQyEr!{. LpvE.—A neurAlgif affectiop. I.QS"A Texas paper says that. "nobody ever saw Wigfall drizni.", 491 prettice says he has seen him when be ?guff* . sober by a jug-full. _ SejrAll diseases speak. to tq 11041E100 and eloquently, except the, domi; ague.. A QuEsrlosr.— Whether the "old wind'• >l° much prized is older than elder wine?
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