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COLTINIT,TA, p .
SATITIO.Z:V, DE0.21. 1861
Xis- cooto..—Vnxrrldsv!:,., :ulcer!i, e , i is
`uP.P . IY oc Lioliao"; (1.1..),r 3 - Ile litti
1::12 and 117. . - , , _r.:3GortrAient . , %%Moll will repay,
mmai
_
tr.u . N - En, I.tst woe]: and thi s ,
Ain'ees a full' iitpply of evet:ythin7, that is
l 'neeilea for the Holidays. His stock is
'getiet : al one, and his itods cheap and good.
Cite hint a call.' '
FOLITY-Fll - 111.—We have nn letter
fr.'ttrt r r corre-pontlent of the Forty-fifth,
ito - A Witle intelligence, but oI tery interc,t
ing character, of the regiment dace t. sail
eel from Fortress Motrroe. The only.Men
lien of it we Lace found in print is a para
graph in a letter to the New York Iltrald
from a cormt - ptindent of Putt pocal, ‘Nho
sasq timt c Cosmopolitan with seten com
panies or ateyoTt s _firth arrived at that port
'on the 'cvening 4.1 . the Sth, and the Illinois
ivith the remaining throe cotrifrittic4 and the
entire Vorty-sixth llogimetth on the nitat -
ing of the 9tl•. The Turty.fifth, with a New
lurk r;ginir:nt luta departed al once to Utter
.l‘'Zcinti, which crunmand, the entr o n o c t o St.
lletena Runnel. twenty ntilo9 from Charles
ton. (tor boys are likely to lee -e:-vice.
1 . 11:r :1101.1.:y af
ternoon a fire «aa diseoverea on the south
eastern side Point llill it: Vork
Lurning et eniog adt aneed the
lire quulc itro'grete: and show ea more id a i L -
Iy, and by eight o'clock lurcsente2. :t noyel
beatitind appearance. The lite, instead
cf constinti: piles of t
' her, Nta , ut fir . .. 4 111-W.lp:
11011 g. It 11110 (d• ienco ,‘ ow"! droutul
and ot cr the hill side in an irr.golar rirrle
(if ,u,ll line can I , e), lnnking in the durk
)iegs Port' tracked
by II tr , ..?:intr.nio'ke. The •ight attracted
erriiTcl:4' along Front stteet, and at points
whenre the lire waq . .f11;.• sneaky
still- n , eended aftrinoon from
.p but the fhe 13:1.1 ill:IA.1y 1•ult10,1
it , rlf uut dur.rig the nigh% The bore
, tamed belorw. , l to Yr.
liar,. liner , Priouj. 1,.1%;;
time lir'
Set titer , he:::.—On hk , t
I,dey the first .berth nniong,t tl,(
vuittriLL,..4 11.111:1 our toy. n 'CC'-71'C.1
the 11 , 1,11 . ..1 or ;.711 ; (11.1. elm's
Wlt.lii:l l .-,ttitt City
kine croo.ltvin, of thin place, enli,,ted
Ltaiing 017.: Qt:innv.r nnolcr !jolt. C. C.
(.r Twont'y-thild Rogiment Pennno
'volunteer , . and proceeded at once with the
regiment--or follpwing it int meaiately—tu
'lV,l , ll;rigtun, where it Ita4 since been en
wr-elcq ~ ince he wag taken
nex N went it.to th'e llegintental
after per-i-ring in doing his duty for sonic
t:tne niter he should Imre been 'toiler Ole
I , and4 tlrawir.g worse,
loeut. Ilaldenian obtiti.te4 an order for hi-,
'renown] to the more etonomiiions and °tun
t'ortable•J:rigaile Jim:nit:ll, %%herr hie h ; ,.1
every rare aril attention. Ili, case see m ed
n Impel ill one until immediately preceding
lii., deee.tse. Pe grow rapidly worse no
l eni.ty nod ,Fe•! nn Saturday mort.ing.
he rem: were I,ronglit mune on Mcr.-
ta'y morning.,in rniftrge of tWn his fellow
iljotantr, of robtrubia,
and James Shenherger . 14
II ui~hhcilic,—
raneral took place on Tuesday ofternonn,
T. oil W:1•4 attended by a large number of
intSt.eti. , .. -who paid their last tribute of re
.peet co the brae I , youth n Ito li.l 1 laid down
his life in the son ice of hi. eounty.
The —owl , . soldier in entering the sort ke Moot of these are built square. about foot
h.( find patriotism os et rile prudence. let above ground, of logs or rails. notched
t.r h2wa:4 not sixteen when 110 enlisted—yet at corners and filled in between with chip..
too imf,reMca/ in v.ithstand the exposure to j i or strips of wood, and climbed (met. with l i
%%filch his ditties heces.arily suljeetcd him. mud. The. roof generally is made of the
Ilis o ffi cer s pronounsed him ona of the very j common A tent which is set upon the top of
best soldiers in the company. and he prom- j the log.; some, however, as that (.11 the ser
i-edio for he never shirked a ditty— geants' quarters, in Company K. nte built
was a lw a ys. willing and an.zious to perform several feet high anal ten or twelve feet lung,
his part. Although hot it boy in years he' and covered with rai Is, opon which is thrown
' watt a man in spirit , and did 1111111 • S full duty straw and earth; at the side a fire-place is
until overtaken by sickness.' 'The nets, of', built of rails, and walled inside with stone
his t i oser all wit.. knew for a few feet. It would have done you good
'him. The loss of n hiave soldier is mourned to have seen the Drum Major and Sergeant
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by the entire community. • MJ.Jor, and goartermlster Sergeant, dive
j:nto the mud with their hands, and with on
Tint MA , : iZTNE:s.— The .1, 1 1 1 1 13 u number 'extra fling send it to every opening. at whit
of - the ATI.AVTI , is an extraii;li 'they arrived with unerring precision: Ser
nary one. The article is the "geant.a C iiiwell. Kershner and Bennett, and
ods of Study in N-itoral lit•ffory" from the Corporals Shreiner and Fry had their par-
Pen of that eminent Viturali,t Prof. .I,gas tionlar posts assigned them—some carried
siz, of Ilarraril• tioiver-ity. sshich is the I clay, min - vs water, and I beliore Sergeants
first of a series from rite same writer.— C. and K. tempered the imwtar. As the
The style in which this ii writ:on especially shebang is not completed, I cannot at this
lapts it to instruction as well as entertain- time speak of its pfietiliar merits, nor of the
theta. This will prose mod of :Ile most p - IC.II many of which I hear it is to hare. As
idar departments of the -Xtlanl:e• The re-' some of those aboat to domicile in
'tintining cnhtent.. from emipatit pens, are it, are on the air,,imis scat, I presume they
more than ordinarily 'able. The feature or gill halt. the directom of the little net :loge
the funtitb, however, is the reappearance df men% nivy thereforc partake of a
Hosea tigelair. in the initial number of a religious ii,ittire. 1 am tit
n e w series of "Bigelow' I„.ipers, • '' front the the structure is a Vor the
f-en of ' , men- Who is no: amillnittle: l ; credit of the builders I holm it 1. , ,t so:
with the flashing satite in howdy garb. of: they lia,c toiled faithfolly for s..ver,Ll
•Birdnficiltim S.mitt?•• and %fl) w ill not j and deserfe for their int.imti rr.;tj i,erse
welcome him again in the fertile field lie lais
rerence, success in this, their first :memo
'ehil., t 4 ) ,? This Is the opening number of fuel at building.
VVlUtac—lbe lilac to Slob tribe. I I beliere there are n o ne si j ic,t,iet.s: not
4. lr)C "004 - rt•F‘r‘t 1l. , •1111Y'' is a new in the hospital 1 from your town or moots.
candidate Cie the favor of the literary Tub- in the .1111 Reg. C.d. Fisher is fatter and
lie, edited by Charles G. Leland . and pole ! looks in better hit tlth than I ever saw him
lished by J• Gil:ll9re. 13J.ton. We hose' before, lie and Col. Simmons are nnii er
received the first number, and find it titled sal favorite., look with the otlcerti arid
'with articles of merit, both prose and ‘er , e. men under tle.ir r nisinasnl, mud in the
The, contributors are among the highest of Brigade. I . •:. Soninons is utertestionably
/Mr literati, and the promi•Wo for sueeee,ting one of the bras e-t and Lest drill officers in
`ntrthers are attractive. Mai. D. S. Pick- the whole army: lie deserves and of right
iason. lAnn. Gco. Bancroft. Iforace line 15', ought to command a Bri;g:file. It seems
Ttiethaid G. Whittier, Ti ty- strange to me th tt oflii-ers nhnnld h e se l ecte d
surd Taylor, "Artamus Ward," and ittherSnf 1 from tither States for Brigadiers to corn
equal note are annonneed as appearing or to' mom: rennsylranians, when blot, has so
'appear in its columns. Coder the editor a; gt occi limber fir them within her own
sparkling "Editor's Table," will form an I borders.
,Cati it be that Merit awl eapa
nttractive feature. The subscription price city a-c cior;onked in this matter, which, is
will be three dollars per annum; 'hot so lib- 1 of tomb moment to the interests of the army
eral are the premiums offer s it fir two or land the welfare s , l the country?
'wore subscribers, that an opportunity is nf- i 1 cannot rpfrain before elojng this letter,
forded for procuring without additiotini cost ;of referring to another nintter in which we
many valuable books. We nnticipate for the arc all intc.rnsted. The lte4erres are
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'nearcsialgate abundant success. badly prorid'ed for again.t the inziemencv
.
ExclAixr.—All eyes arc now turned to
wards England, Iv - siting; 'anxiously to know II
what , her decision 1.4,t0 bd in regard to the
dittionity • wlticichas arisen out of the seizure
of Messrs. ano Slidell, by Cart:
T:te first roar of the British Lion
which has just reached these shores is et
ceeding bellicose; but we have heard that
sound before, conveyed through the some
medium—the Tress—awl have come to re
gard it as somewhat skin to the scream • of ;
our own American Eagle when emitted by
'lloe's Lt.t Fast," upon some resulted or
fancied outrage upon ear,Litg. The reports
of summary hostilities-6r an eqUi valeta in
an ultimatum through! lt.trd I,yons—are,
doubtless exaggerated; fir sorely it is con
trary to all precedents ftirnished by Eng
land's diplomacy, that in so grave a case she
fight first and nii.gotiatc afterwards
With deliberation, we have no fear of a war
with England, except in tie conjuncture—
if she have decided on embracing, the first
pretext, good or bit& for lire. king t he block
ade Xnd recognising the Southern Confedt,r
ney, then no concession on our part will
q‘ert the evil. We feel asqtired that wise
and modcralc councils will plecnil on our
si le, and mid) a devent ;lb:gine:tee on the
part of Congre , s Iron any irritating legi,
lation, we hope the threatened Iwhtilitie-
mny be averted. If, howotit:r,, uo Veapunable
argument or concession shall suflice to pre
sort o the pean, tha wat tt ill he one in which
every hand in tho cntire country y.iU Le
toady to strike a,zainst our old antagonist.
Conte what laity we shall present v, united
front, and a %vol. against England will be
one waged with all the bitterness of our
erigi•nd hatred of our cppressot.:.
%st• etuvlit
Tile :.‘lolint Joy poet is prolific. This time.
like 31t , . U unp , lie "am eye to litisi
ness." ant hartmQ.ed hi. Pegasus to en :id-
retiring van. “Poruilits• Advertist , inents"
the tit!cef one-h:111 t,f hia broad.iths • in
v-hh:1), for :t cow:hien:Lion, to the tune
flog or he sings the prifi.e.4 of
men and their trork , ; fr.mo Samuel !less
:1114114k tomato elt.up, to Sailors
and his mo,t admirable pampa. The le
maitting half of sleet i. devoted
sei'efith hoar milieion to the ••Sifezeso•
ful 'nek..t - -- cot'tiehet. I:rockemillef
nt mier adhere: :144:1 proteo:4 to :he time of
"4:av and Happy. — \Ve eamfot m•eard to
Into , t efrart: ‘vith
famarridee:44; ••:\lary out
"Lesvi , hot pratty
t.r th,in Cvr all that.
Ice are 41.:t1 to le.trit Ora the 1,,,et con
templates is•ming moire (corks i n iiatopli
let form. They v. ill li.r•c immense sue
Goodwin, son
Florran. —Dear Sir —Yours is the
only t•Sp.y" which meets with eordial-greet
ing in this vast arms- of the Potomac. \%e
hold sweet communion weekly. You scarce
ly know with what anxiety its arrival is
it-at/died, by all the boys from our g col old
eonnty. "rives know not lot the eorni
number !nay oontain intelligonce either of
g.ot or ill—hence their anxiety. 1 have
Lot little common;eate that would interest
your readers. We have Division, Brigade,
or Regimental Rot iews, or Chills, almest
every !IQ.: th %s• arc the saner (...V..rylCh Ore:
sometimes, however, a I•ecannoisanee is made
in the direetion of the 1111 . 11
somewhat the wonoton:: of our life. The
result of those expeditions thus far, in whtelt
which the :ith Regiment has taken part, ha ,
01 . 4 y been the collection of forage. of tchieh
a !•!onsiderable quantity has been obtained.
Without receiving orders the entire army
haaa commenced to build huts, to shield tl e
men from the inclemency of the wenthrr.—
Our Army Correspondence
of the winter, which is new ape: us. The
ge g iment to which I have the I.Or'ir to be
long, is short bath of coats an' 4)lankets;
those ithich the'Y have were attained nt
Ilatrishurg in the early part of last sum-
mar; end are now scorn out: I suppose one
third of the Quartermasters in the Reserve
have beeti in Washington at, the military
store house daily fur more than eight weeks
to obtain 'clothing. It ik . as t, growing evil;
but what was to be tione? Sometimes, per
haps once a week a few boxes of clothing
was doled 'nut 'ti a Regiment here and
there, -but,Jn soul, a manner that the re
cipicats chest regard it ns a great favor;
where itilre'aiity it was their due; or rather
hut a trifling instalment of what was due
them. pay after day the interrogatory was
put to Capt. Thomas. "Have you clothing
or blankets for our men to-day?" The an-
I serer ahnoFt invariably w, s, "We have
nonel"iet these several articles could often
times be seen, and Ivaref . ..noym to have been
issued to a few favorite:regiments upon spe
cial requisition, accompanied by a request
front the Secretary of,War, or some General
high in command—thus jumping over as it
were, all intermediate heads to obtain them.
We were not thus favored, Renee we non
suffer for tl:ewant of clothing wherewith to
keep 'its warm. "I can testify to what I
have heard and know what I have seen,"
about Oat; matter.
lo all our trials and sufferings it is a
pleasant relleation to know that the ladies
of Benn-ylvaniitittide. : teemlly of Columbia
;ire not unmindful of our wants. They ore
constantly placing us under obligations to
them c.it a feu• days ago our ho3s were
made glad and rej 'iced execs tingly at the
receipt some forty oiLl pair of sticks, in
4. ..ime of which were kindly placed tracts,
one of which may be the means, in the Pros.-
i levee of fl• 1, or bringing that erring child,
Th o mas W i ls o n, to a sense of his lost condi
tion. Brother S. and IL IV. S. were also
recipients of n like favor. They, too, may
quickened into new life. What untold
good may eat result front the distribution
,if these few dittla tracts!
Cannot some of our friends surprise us
by stooling us one or more turkeys for christ
ma•? they could le pecked in it barrel and
forwarded by 11.1‘z, with safety.
In conclusion let no in Lelialf of the Co
luml.ion• and Lanca•terians in Company R . ,
thank the Indies of Columbia and the '.7n
known" for their generosity in providing for
their comfort. They will, I know, be ni
wayqjield in ;,-,ratefal remembrance.
Cotnl ni, ht, Outwit y.
From ilir• 1:111,1.11:1 I 11, c 0,40-
Obituary
In ll:lrt.',l)nrg, on the _'l-t of N
,rrtrcr:r.t:r•. WRICHIT. aged 2.4lyearH, 4
montlei an.l fi dive.
The death of our young ftiond was anee
pettad. But the nngal•ntessenger found her
prepared to meet her Lord. For nearly four
years she Ltd been a consistent di.eiple
the 'nook and Itorly Jesus. Darin ! , that
period she w!tnesseJ a gqoa eonfession. Fly
nature retiring in dippo:ition, and diffident
in manners, her religion was no: obtrit•t‘e.
There were gn•bing fountains of holy ear
tion in her es:porienp. , , hut they were not
seen nor heard by the world.
Iler walk with IL d was c•ipecially ehir
nederized I,y sincerily. All who looked upon
hor daily life. knew that she indeed a child
of graee. There wts no need that the
tongue tell cf Ii lieu joys and holy
aspirations.
When the hour of her de - mrture drew
nigh, dear ft lends gathered around to hear
her last earthly confession. For many long,
werry hours delirium confused her intellect.
Just before the spirit winged its joyous
tligat to the heavenly mansions, that last
earthly confession u•as made. I I.4tw noble
and glorious it was: The hearts of waiting
mourners were blessed by its utteranee.—
"Do von know 41 asked the faithful
man of God who ministered consolation in
that shrouded ehamber. "Yes," was the
emphatic response of the dying. "Do you
;tire him?" said the minister. "I do with
all my soul," was the reply.
And so, folding her hands upon her
breast, our friend slept in Jesus., words of
; drection and confidence trembling on her
lips. Thus calmly, sweetly she passed from
eooth to heaven.
nowt, pence ult . ! n her 600,
I u.i;% -un-hiot: On her ‘vitig-,” S I: A.
ARRIS"L OF THE EUROPA AT HALIFAX
HiGnLy IMPORTANT FROM ENGLAND
A Great El - ster over the Slidell and Ma
son affair—A Queen's Messenger sent
with Despatches to Lord Lyons to De
mand the Restoration of the Persons
of the Southerh Envoys
IL% r‘x. 1)..c. 15.—The Europa arrived
here to-day from Liverp 101 on the 30th ult.,
.nod Queei,atown on the fluol inst., were
wao detained until :llonday by order of the
I io‘ernnient. Site has the Queen's
tue—enger on L yard with despatches for
Lord 1.v0n.,
l.,s.nnc. Dee. I.t.—Tlie 01,:erver state. ,
that (;...% eminent %yin demaitol fr ,rn
dent LlTicohl and his ral,hlot the re.toration
of the per.ong of Ole ti.ititherti 1:•i%op to the
,vernment.
l'e•terl ty afternoon. after 5 o'clock, P
11 , Iler M 11.4.1 Privy Cot:noil at
Windsor C.t.tle Three of her M tjesty's
Mtni4ter-, inclo,Ling the Pir,:t Llr.l of Al
nt:r.‘l,y and Scere:ary of Sate for \V,tr,
!tri%eln.l front London to Win lsor •-peci.tl
Istain to be pre-ent. Prciott.4 to le.t%inz
town the three .11ittister; Itch attended a
C.Lbinnt tjotincil at L P.ihnerin,irt'm
The t ~ , sorver says a Qpe..i.. l in , ssonger
foreign affair. 1•.1. b -en or,leret t carry our
demands to Loyd 1..y0n4, and will pr ,cee I I
ack.o from Qucenstown Tile pub
lic is ili he satkli.sl to know that tho=c de
mands are for an at.ology r.nd to insist On
a restitution to the protection of the Itriti.h
flag of those who were ri,..lett;y and illeg Illy
torn from that sacred aqylum.
The Observer add., '.tberz ii no mi.on
why they thOuld not be restored tq the roar
ter deck of a British Adiniraj at Nevr York
ur Washington itself, in the face of some
ten or twelvo'nien-of4rar, where presence in
the Potomac would render the blustering
Cabinet at Washington as helpless-no- the
Trent was Before the...guns . nna cutlasses. of
the San Jacinto. It is no fault , of ours even
if it shouhtcarrte to this." ---
AT radgenletits r tor increasing the, force in
Canada are not
.fe:teinnpletti: hilt in 'n - fiery
few hours.
.everything wi . ll:.be settled. ;In
the meantime, ti Large sbip , 7 he Melbourne,
fins been taken up and isnayr - being 'Andel
'with' Armstrong guri;, some eighty thousand
Enfield rifles; iuninunition- n.nd -other stores
of Woolwich. ,It is not itrtposble Ova this
rcisel wilt be escorted by one or is'ro ships
of war. The rifles 'are intende4l f‘a. the Ca
nadian nlil Lary, and strong rginfoyeetnents
of field Artillery will be d l / 2 aielteil forthwith:
'At Council on Saturday, an order
was issued. 'pxolii.biting,lbe export .fnun the
United Kingdom, or the carrying coastwise,
gunpowder. sultpe,kt:e, aitritte of eddy and
brimstone.
The Times hays n 9 hope that the.Feaeral
Government will, pemply with the detaand
of England.
The Morning Star declares that thestate
ment of instructions having hccn sent to
Lord Lyons to obtain the rosatution of the
ConfeJerate Gotntahlsionors, or to take leave
of Washington, ' , was premature and so ex
aggerated as to he virtually' untrue."
The Liverpool Comfier believes that the
Warrior has hemord.ered to 4nnapalis with
the ultimatum of the Government.
The Patric argues pretty clearly that
France will side with E:lglu'''. and. recognize
the Southern Confed,ruey and.ta.ke.a.decidod
attitude in the international question..
The Liverpool Lkst gives a 113 , 1110 P. that
Napoleon has been prop.isel as arbitrator of
the question betweeu .E.ngland and. the
United
The Ammicans 4n ntris paid a compli
mentary visit to Gen. Slott, 31i. Dalton
acting as cliail man.
Arrival of the City of Washington
THREE DAYS LA ma FROM EDR2II;
The Australactan C/,a.tered to Coovey Troops
to Call,[lid-- Vic Exciteineut against the
Uailcd Stltee unabrie.l—Ntpoleon tenders
Lis services as 411-efliator.
Sr. dottvs, N. F, ll.co.nher• 7.l,.—The
News Bi at of the Associated Press has :Ar
rived front Cope It ice mth the a ificea of
the steamer City of Wipthington front Liver•
pool via QUeen.town on the fish, intercepted
ofl• that point.
The ship Lady Franklin, from London
for New York, pat into Plymouth on the
in,canr, and took fire the same night and
was. scuttled. S one Southerners among her
crew are suspected of firing the -hip.
The Awarala , :ian been chartered to
convey troops and a battery of nrtillmy to
eartad.t. She Wa9 to sail on the 12th.
Tun L
Q.: Dcc.s.—The escitement in
reference to to the Slidell and 15.1.150 rt afftir
continues unabated. -
The Paritt Temps repeats the statement
tat Napoleon lia4 tendered his tterviees
liediator
It, is immure , ' that the steamer Persia ha,
been ell u•terc 1 to convey troops . to (.moult.
This, however, 14 prmmiineed premature.
3'he A tparal.i.i.ta was' wlverti4eil to sail
for N ew y ,• t; on CI- 7th, but t h e America
has been ,nl)..titnte,l.
At the banquet given at P. Mr.
Bright made an elaborate speech on Ameri
can mr.drc. Ile declined to give a decided
opinion in the Treat ttlitir. Ili said that it
the act be illeg4l, Atneriel w;11 make a fit
ting I-apart:Aim:. lle 4trongly coa Wailed
warlike feelings in reference to the matter,
and t-eouted the idea that the American
Cabinat had re-olved to pick 11 tpsarrel with
England. Mc male ao eloquent peroration
in foyer of the North.
It wit , regarded when the Europa loft, that
there was a hopeful look and consols and
cotton had slightly improved, but after di
gesting the tone of the American pre,s, a
reaction set in and fear, were entertaMed
that the WashinAton (1 .1 vent:neat woull
tire the act.
The Engli•li journal:: were very laic:. gnil
hostile, to troat the afrair ai an
intolerable it mi It.
Lord Lyon,' instruction., on which the
Cabinet are sail to be unanimous, are ex
plicit an I determined.
The P.,st says an acknowledgement of the
error, and a surrender of the prisoners will
be received With great joy, but if the Federal
Government fails to do so. no loin in Eng
b in d w ill Win I hi s eyes to the alternative
that Eugland must do her duty.
The Tunes continues to assert that it has
been Mr. Soward's policy to force n quar
rel with England. and call+ for energetic
military preparations in Canadn.
There has bean a serious decline daily
taking place in Canadian securities, amount.
inn to 12 per cent.
The Times predicts three things imrnedi-
ately to follow the outbreak, namely: the
destruction of the Southern blockade, the
complete blockade of the Northern ports,
and the recognition of the Southern Confed
eracy by France and England.
The Daly news rejoices that Congress
meets before the English demands can get
out to America, and hopes that it will act
with honor and dignity, and that the golden
opportunity will not be lost.
large number of naral vessels hare
been ordered to be ready for immediate
EZEIMMEII
The transport Melbourne w•ac to leave
Itvich on the 5:11 fur Il.tlifo with 30,000
st Ind of arms and large quantities of ammu
nition an I s*.s. Armstrong good. She will
be convoyed by the Orpheus, of t!I guns.
A letter was read from Mr. Cobden, of
the pacific line, urging a suspension of
judgment.
A letter from General Scott in favor of
maintaining friendly relations between Eng.
land and Atneric.i attracts mach attention.
The expn-tation of arms, ammunition and
lead, are prohibited.
The Paris _Petrie line en editorial fore
shadowing the disposition uS France to re
cognize the Southern C mfederacy if Eng
land sets the example.
The frigate Warrior will ba ready for for
e,ign service immediately. Her destination
will depend on the answer front Washing
ton.
shirmaettA of 4 ..rifieg from England for
New York comtin.dos.
.The furals'fell a per eecit. on• the 3d.
ppearnne es. isldicate that the lien ch pa
pers hese been. instructed to write is an
anti-Atnerican:tone. "
THE _vgRTLATEST.
The Tow of tliarreng,nrrpss nerod
- 4fratin47-11. Peaceful Sointinn ""Of
the' Question -thought not in!:
possible.
I..6FIEEV, Dee. s.—The tone of the French
.press is changing. The ilbni/cur considers
that a peaceful solution of the question is
not impossible. It says that public opinion
in the United States is very powerful, but
also very fickle; and/ says it mill be best to
await the solution of the quostion.
The Into:lit do Vetccir approved and re
viewed the Afintitcnr's article, stud adds that
the French 'Government is in no burry to
recognize the Southern Confederacy. Qther
French papers express the same opinion.
Caa..&•raysi4a3.l
yituntsnw, pact 12.—1 n the Senpte Mr.
Trumbull submitte 1 a reselution of inquiry
in regard to arrests ma,le in the loyal States
by order of the Secretary of the State. Mr.
Sumner submittel are olution looking, to
the revision of the-pu•blic statutes (tithe
United States. Mr. Wilson submitted a
resolution of inquiry. in relation to the sale
of articles by , army sutlers- The -*
de
(daring the seat of Waldo P. Johnson vacant
on !account ef treason wa's referre 1 to the
Juil'eiary Carimittee. The 4111 to promote
the efficiency of the Navy vies amended,. by
retiring offieers after forty-five years of ser
vice, and adopte I. A bill for orgeniAing
Courts Martial in the .Attny was reported
eml. passed,. Adjourned until Monday.
In the LI fuse a bill taus reported from the
I.ilititry Committee authorizing the accep
tance:of volunteers in the State of Kentucky
for the defence- of Abut. :;fate. After some
eloquent expianatoey remarks from Messrs.
Wickliffe w-1.1 Maynard it was postponed
until Monday next. The resoluti )n declar
ing the emancipdion of slaves of Rebels a
military necessity and right was taken up,
but pen ling its.diseussion the Rouse adjourn.
ed until M. mday,
MoNnar, IGth.-1n tow Senate Mr. Wil
kinson introduced a resolution asserting
that Jesse D. Wright, Senator fuom Illinois,
Intl manifested evidences of disloyalty and
declaring his seat vacant. Mr. Fright pro
' iested against the resolution, and it was re
ferred. Mr. Trumbull's resolution inquir
ing, whether the Secretary of State had
mimed the arrest :mi.: imprisonment of per
sons in loyal States, and under what WV
such. arrests were made, was taken up and
caused considerable debate. Senators Wil
son and I in the course of their remarks,
sail some hard things of the inaction of:the
Army. The resolution was referred.
In the [louse Mr. Conway, of Kansas, and.
Mr. Foulke, of Illinois, indulged in some
disgraceful personalities. The bill striking
the 11:1ffic 4 of Rebel pensioners from. the pen
-ion list was passed. Mr. Vallandighar:
rife red a resolution declaring it to he. the
sense Of the [Souse that the Government
shoold sustain the act of t. Wilkes
against the menances of England. The
yetis loa, nays IG, referred the reso
lution. The bill to raise an aditianal
.brae to defend the I»rders of Kentucky
wag after some debate passed. Tho House
provided fur an adjournment over the holi
days to the Gill of January.
Tuzsotv, 17th.—In the Senate resolu
tion was ad ip:e 1 c tiling for copies of the
correspondence between Gen. Scott and
Gen. Patterson. The slavery question and
the c.induct of the war were discussed by
Senators Lane and Carlisle. Messrs Chand
ler, Johnson of Teunesseo and Wilde were
appointed the Senate Committee on the con•
trot of the war. The !douse resolution pro
viding for a from to-day until the Gth
of dannary was postponed.
The (louse passed a resolution authorizing
the Provost C tort at Alexandria to retain
in its custody proper.y belnging,. to persons
engaged iaaiding the relnllion. Mr Elliot's
;Tsai tion propo s ing the emanei potion of
the slaves of Rebels was taken up and after
porno debate referred, with all other resolu
tions relating to the subkiet, to tiro Commit
tee on .Judiciary. This vote is a defeat of
the abolition element in the House. A bill
for the relief of the owners of the British
ship Perthshire was passed.
WetiNosuiv, the Senate Mr. Doo
little presented a bill for the collection of
the :direct tax in the Ifchol S,tates. It pro
poses that the Il.vernment shall scizt an 1
hold the lands of the Rebels until peleeme 1
under the provisions of the law. A resolu
tion expelling Trusten Polk, Senator from
Mh.souri, for treason, was referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The .house resolu
tion providing for a recess until Gth January
was read bat not acted upon.
In the House the Committee of Elections
reporte 1 ngaiii•t the claim of C. 11. Foster
as a 'representative from North Carolina,
declaring it to be founded upon an imp P•i
tion. Tire resohtti m was adopted. The
Homestead bill was discussed and postponed
until the first Tuesday in February nest.—
The Pension appropriation bill was passed
with an amendment excluding disloyal pen
sioners from its benefits.
The News
We have some further brief particulars of
the tight at Fort Pickens. Only one man
was killed in the Fort by lb bombardment.
The cicstreetimi of Warrington and or a por
tion of the Navy Yard by the ti-e of Fort
Pickeas is confirmed. Fort Mcßae was
greatly dam Iged by the fire from the vessels
of war. Col. Brown believes be is aisle to
sil , zee the Rebel batteries so soon as he is
furnished with sufficient force :u make the
attempt desirable.
TIM details of the news from Port Royal
are interesting. The occupation of Tybce
Island and of Beaufort is confirmed. Ac
tive measures were in progress to secure the
cotton withia the Federal lines. Commo
dore Ridgers with the gunboats Ottowa,
Pembina and Seneca bad m,ade a reconnois
sance through Warsaw Sound in the direc
tion of Savannah. The reconnoissance was
pushed to within ten miles of SaVaimali.
The news from Ifarana and Mexico by
the steamer Columbia, arrived at New York.
is important. The Mexicans will not at
tempt to defend their sea=ports against the
European exped•ition., but intend to fortify
their inland cities.' The Fort of San Juan
d'Ulloa was being dismantied with this view.
We leans from KentuCky that the bri
gades of Gens. Bosseau, Negley and John
son have advanced .to ,the bank of Green
river,near, Nlunfordsville. Gen. Zollicoffer,
with a I trgC -force, is at Burksville.
Gen. Prentiss, at the head of some 3.000
troop:, has left St. Joseph, Me., on a se
cret expedition which, it is hoped, will re
salt in the capture of Si. Gordoa and the,
band of- itebel desperadoes who are doing
so much mischief in Platte and other coun
ties in that region. lie may also have occa
sion to pay some attention to returning
squads of Price's men, now congregating
about Lexington.
Refugees who have arrived at Cincinnati
report great excitement prevailing at Nash-'',
vine, Tennessee, on account of the attempt
to draft citizens into the Confederate army.
A riot occurred in which four policemen
were shot. The mob then rushed to the
Capitol, and in consequence of their vio
lence Gov. Harris left the city. Great sick
ness prevaile 1 among the troops.
A private letter received at Nep York
from an officer at Port Royal, dated at noon
on Friday, the 6th inst., says that the Gen
eral Stevens with his brigade was at last
embarked, mfd was then moving from Hil
ton [lead fer Beaufort. "It is expected
"that there will' be sharp Sighting," say the
writer, "as it is the opinion of General Ste
"rens that three thousand Rebel troops are
new there." We also learn that the For
ty-sixth New York Regiment, under Colonel
Roscl,
was to leave nn that day, to recopy
Tybee Island, and also that orders had been
given to establish, several large
.;uns in an
abandoned fortification on Otter Island,
which commands the entrance of St. Helena
Sound on the north, and to garrison the
place. This point is only about twenty
miles from .Charleston.
Privr-te adviccs Nom New Mexico report
that the strong forces sent against the Tex
ans],n. the Nlesina 'Valley have drizen. the
enemy far bacl: into Texas.
Majar General ILelleck has issued an im
portant order relative to supplying the
wants of suffering Union Inert in Missouri.
lie proposes that their wants be supplied by
those who aid the Rebels, and lays down
regulations by which levies are to he made
on the property of those who refuse to offer
assistance.
A deserter from the nriny in front of
Washing,tco,,was shot on the 1:Ith inst. This
is the first ececution which has taken place
in the army
Despatches received at Cincinnati report
that a spirite I fight occurred at s3legany
Co.mp, Cheat Mountain, on Briley. It is
characterized 114 the hardest andl.iest fought
fight o 5; the campaign. It is not stated„but
we presume the fight commenced by an at
tack on the Union position. The battle last
ed from 103 light to three in the afternoon.
The Rebels wet c finally driven off, losing
two hundred, including a Igajor, other
officers nod about thirty prisoners. The
Rebels set fire to their touts and retreated to
Staunton. Their Commmander, general
Johnsen, of Georgia, VMS seriously but not
mortally injured. Oor 'troops were comman
ded by G,enerrd
'The latest despatches from Kentucky re
port a battle n 9 imminont near Bowling.
Green. The Federal troop; in four brigades
are preparing to cross Green 11,4srer z and
Genera] Ruckner, with 2tes,ooo troops, was
in position to oppose their passage.
General Shields has accepted the appoint
meot of Brigulicr e.ad is. on his
way from Colifortda.
Via a (log of truce from Norfolk we fent»
that a mon destructive fire bioike oat at
Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday;
night, 1 lth nndat thedateof the lastdespatch.
—5 P. 31. on Timrsday—.VMS still burning.,
From the number of important buildings
destroyed and their location, the CIE' appears.
to have swept over the best part of the city
The steamer Illinois arri‘ed at Old Poi . nt
from Port Royal, passed Charleston at ten
o'clock on Thursday night, and reports the
fire to hare been still }yarning at that time..
The fire is stated to hare been incendiary
in its origin, and rep , at con n ect.; with it a
shire in:mice:ion, but this is probably only
rumor.
Poison Brownlow, the Louisville Courier.
printed at Bowling Green, says, has lwen
arrested for treason at Knoxville, Tennessee,
and committed to jal.
The steamer Constitution arrived :it Old
Point on Sunday from Ship Island, Missis
sippi Sound, where the had larded two
regiments. of G.tnerull Butler's brigade
'rho troops were all landed in four hours. by
the aid of some small steamers captured
from thn Rebels. The Constitution will
probably Like on board three more regiments
and return immediately to the South.—
Ship Island is about seventy-lice miles from
New Orleans.
Through the correspondence brought by
the transport steimship Constitution, arriv
ed at Fortress Monroe, we hare details of
the landing of the advance of Gen. Butler's
brigade on Ship Island, Mississippi Sound.
The Island lord previously been occupied by
the naval forces. It occupies an important
position as n hes° fur future operations
against either Mobile or New Orleans.
Later de4patehes from Western Virginia
fully confirm the report of the Federal vic
tory lout Friday at Alleghany Camp. The
Federal force, under lien. Milroy, it appears
numbered eighteen hundred, and not seen
hundred, as stated yesterday. After fight
ing nearly all day. Gen. Milroy withdrew
his coalman(' at nightfall, intending to re
new the attack Saturday morning. but dur
ing the night the Rebels set tire to their
camp and withdrew. Our loss was twenty
killed and thirty wounded. The loss of the
Rebels is estimated et one hundred and fifty
killed. including a field officer.
General Buell's army in Kentucky is said
to number one hundred and ten thousand
men.
The Rebels hare opened two new batteries
on th e p o tn n4 e übwu those previously el
tabli,hrd,
Intelligence from Port Royal states that
the stone fleet had .ailed from the mouth of
the Sa.vannah river for Charleston, convoy
ed Ly a man-of-war. The ships were all to
be sunk at the entrance of Charleston har
bor. Tybee Island has been occupied by
ono thousand of our troops. They were to
commence the erection of batteries to be
used Against Fort Pulaski. The Baltic, with
one thousand soldiers, accompanied by two
vessels of war, bad left Port R0y.,1 for Fer
nandina, Florida. The Rebels have a small
fort there, defeaded.by two.or three hundred
LI3CII
Our, letter from Frederick brings some in
teresting intelligence from the Upper Poto
mac. 'lien. Jackson, commanding the Rebel
forces near Niartinsburg,, had been largely
reinforced, and pioposed crossing the river
with 0,0 object of destroying Williamsport,
Maryland, ar.d seizing the stores
E'lfty-one boats had beep brought down to
the river by the Rebels:two ofwhich were
.f sufficient Si7.e for the .transportation of
artillery. Colonel Leonard was in command
at Williamsport, and has already been re
inforced by a regiment and a battery of ar
tillery from General "Links. Other trtopc
were also in readiness to proceed .in ;the
same direction. Firing was heard from
that direction yesterday morning and it wit;
presumed that the Rebels had made the at
tempt to cross the river.
The news from Kentutky continues to be
highly e . x citing. A light took place on Mon
day on the Wean river, opposite Mumforde
v ilk, between four _companies of a German
Indiana Regiment, and the Texas Rangers,
under Col. Terry, in which the latter were
!repulsed with a loss of thirty three killed
aod fifty Wounded. Col. Terry woa r.:mong
the wounded. Our loss was nine 'killed, In
cluding one lieutenant, and sixteen wound
ed. The army is rapidly organizing and
preparing for a f.rwardnaovement. •''''
Humorous Letter from the Army.
The Boston Post has duo following good
natured, Mark Tapley specks of letter.front
one of Its correspondents:
CA 111 . GUNPOWDER, A 11.11 Y OF 'IRE POTOMAC,
November, 1861.
Dear Messrs Editors—Billy Briggs and.
still remain in the army. Tue other morn
inc. I was standing by him in our tent.-
"Band me thorn scahbardq, Jimmy," said
he. "Seabbarda!" said I, looking around.
"Ye'., boots, I mean." Billy arranged him
self in his scabbards—a dilapidated pair of
fashionable boots—and stood up in a very
erczt and dignified manner. l'Those‘ boats
of mine, I don't think, were any relation to.
that beef we had for dinner to-day, Jimmy,"
said lie. "Nii," said I. "If they were only
as tough as that beef, and rice versa, it
would have been better."
"I say, Cradle," he called out, "Where
are colt?" Cradle was our contraband, a
genuine darkey, with a foot of extraordi
nary length and extra heels to match, giving
lam a queer look about those extremit'es.—
"What do you call him Cradle for, Billy?"
said 1, '•that's a queer name." "What
would yon call hint, Jimmy-, if he ain't a
cradle, what's he put on rockers fat?" Cra
dle at peared with a pair of perforated
stockings. "It's. no use," said Billy, look
ing at them. "Them stockings will do to
put on a sore throat, but they won't do for
feet. It's a humiliation fur a man like me
to be without stockings; a man may be
bald-headed and it's genteel, but to be bare
footed is ruination. ,The sleeves is good, too,"
he added, thoughtfully, "but the feet are
gone. There is• something about the heels
of stockings and the elbows of stovepipes in
this world, that is rrll wrong, Jimmy."
A supply of stockings had come that day,
and were 'Sitst being given out: a pair of
very large ones fell to Billy's lot Billy held
theta tip belhre him. "Jimmy," said he r ,
"those ore pretty bags to give a little fellow
like me. Them stockings was knit for the
President or a young gorilla, certain;" and
be was about to bestow them upon entire
when a soldier in the opposite predicament
made art exchange. "Them stockings made
me think of the Lonisienavolunteer I scared
so the other day," said Billy. "How's that?"
said 1. 'lle was among oar prisoners, and
saw a big pair of red legging., with feet,
hanging tip belo , e a tent. lie never said a
word till he saw the legging.. 'a; d then he
asked me whit' they Wert' fr , r. 'Them. '
said I. `them i- Got er,l '
Ile looltetlseme , l. 'fie'. a 1,:4
eral , atl I
bit t 11
ILn~l' ~.u•I n.
the w;y he lice•
said I, his teamtor diet is 1,1 I,l.tten
witii mortar.'" The vext day
present of a pajr of stockings Ir o n a
nice soft pair, with his initials in red .ilk
upon them. Ile wits my happy. "Jimmy."
said he, "jest look at theta," and he sinootti
cd them down with his hand—"marked with
In c inith j lq, t oo; 'IP for tnv Christian and
for my heathen clam% flow kind! Their
came j tn.t. in the right time. ton: I've gel:
such a sore heel; for it's a fact, Jimmy, that.
if there's anything in life, worse titan unre
quitted love, it's a sore heel." Order- 03111 P
to "fall in." Billy was so of eljtiyet tt ith
his new stockings he didn't keep the line
very well. "Steady, there." growled the
Sergeant, "keep your place. and don't he
travelling nrouird like the Boston Post Of
flee," NVe were soon pat upon double-quick.
After r. few minutes Billy gays u groan.—
"What it it, .Billy," said tip
with thtm," said he. I don't know a lint
he meant, hut his face showed something
very bad had happened.
When we brolke ranks Billy hurried to the
tent, and when I gut there, there he stood,
, the very picture of despair, with his slices
off, and his heels shining through his stock
ings like two crockery. doer knobs. "Them
nets stockings of your* is breech-loading,
aiot they, Billy?" said an unfeeling voluns
trier. "Better get your name on both ends..
so you can Leap, them together," said
I
another. "Shoddy stockings," said n third
! Billy wassilent:, Issam his hew: was break
ing, and I said notbin , .. Cie lichin council
on them, and Billy, not feeling strong-haart
ml enough fir the task, gave theta to.Cra4le j
Witt) dirl'erfOrql en sew op the malt holes. , ::
I came into the tent soon. after, and•he tens
' drawing a portrait, with a piece of charcoal'',
on a board. "That's a good portrait of Fre
mont," said I, "he looks just like that;
that's , the way he parts his hair, in the mid
dle." "That isn't a portrait of Fremont,"
said Billy, "It's a map of the United States;
that line in the middle, you Britten was
the part in his hair, is the Mississipedriver."
"0!" said I. 1 saw hint again before
supper. he came to me, looking worse than
ever, the stockings in his hand. "Jimmy,"
said he. "you know I gave them to Cradle
and told him, to sow up the small holes, and
what do you think he's done? lie's gone
and sewed up the heads." "It's a hard case,
, Jimmy," said I, "in such a case tears are
almost justifiable."
Columbia Lumber Market.
Panel 13oarile and Plank, W. Pine, $53.00
Ist Comm. ~ ii 28.00
2nd , 4 ~ li .. ' 17.00
Culling .. ' 11.00
Inferior 6. i fl (g 8.00
Bill Scantling, 4, 1200.
Joists and Scantling, Hemlock ' .. 8.50
Boards, I, 8.50
Bill Scantling, " /0.0
A.h Plank, 20.00 a 25.00
',hug. $l2 a 15.00
Long t'ltngles, 9 a 16.00
'rypress ~ 10.00
Plaslerlng Lath, 2.25 a 220
Arrival and Departure of Trains
rENNSTSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Eastward.
Marietta Accommodation arrives, 7.50 A. M
Lanrasttn. Train leaves . 1 ...59 r.
Harrisburg rr CI 5.12 P. M.
Westward
Mail leaves
Harrisburg Accom. leaves
Lancaster Train an ives
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY
Morning train arrives at 7.10 A. M.
_
it " leaves " 7.20 .. .g
Noon train arrives .. 32.4 P. M.
44 44 leaves 44 12.50 " "
Evening train arrives 44 5.00* "' "
leaves " 6.15 4, 41
11.58 cr
6.45 P. M
8.20 "