if f i w I)' (J Jul a II- lv & W. MOORE. V;tnr. miNCirLES, not MEN. B. UUUULAflUfcK, J " TEHMS-Sl !?5 per Aiinuv, if jaid in "flvinf) NKW.SF.IilKS VOI,. II. in l :. Vol.. XXXILWIIOLK NO IGOI CI.KAUril'.M), iA. Vr:i)Ni:sl)AY, JAN U)C,:. i fin! WHT CAN'T I HAVE A BEAUT 0 dear ! 0 dtar ! there U Junt on thing I'd truly love lo know Why can't I hare like otW fids, A yuung mid handsome 6ruii t Tbaro'i enllio Ji.net, and Nuttio Smith, And Trfckpli'd Susie flrow, A trio like tlio Uoron J1uiU, Vet cjich una has a bcim ! 1 ut lioio's poor mo, us fair a Honor A.-' ever cluuice to biu Al v Binning vidra nnd Fwect bvguih'.s All tail to cutuh a In' a a 1 I dp a nent nnd smile aa sweet As uny 'irl I knor. Vol, ns 1 live, I do bi-lieva I 1 11 nut it got a beau ! I'm nhvays found, in boot aHire, Wherever giuts may go, Vet 1101 one chup in all the lot Asks u:o to be my beau ! Cu..f"uud such men, such silly dolts How very dull nud ltw, 'I'd btu nd :i nd look, to grin and squid Afraid to be u beau I Jut liit to me, jo pawky clowus, .Now duu'tyou fully kuow, Tlmt you should be, each one of you, .some lir young lady's beau ? Thin brush your teeth, and ail your hair, And let your istneiuua glow, And turn to be a civil rutin A gay nnd jjullaiit beau ? the Ecigu of Terror in John Adam's AuKuiustrauon. HE ALIEN AKD SEDITION LAWS. THi: LKSSONS OK HISTORV. Cvitelinlsd. Xttihler J 1 1. THE SSI'ITION LAW. The-o wetethe ianious "Alien f.aiv.v'' of olin Ailam' Administration. Jiutit re- liiired tlio ",V''7('o Lous" lo reach native Wji-h Jkinijciul-t, una tlius tosecute 1110 au- lini-tration from all opposition, and also Mfinanent possession of power und ollice fcnvl emolument. (Cn tie 14th of July, 1TI, it was enacted that if fliiv pt -rions unlaw fully cnn?)i''ed ito oppose "any measure" of tho Lnileu Slates to provenrtny public ollicer Irom executing his trust, or advised or attempt- u I "to procure uny insurrection, riot, un- Jawlul nsembly, or comOination, wlielner tuch conspiracy, thteateiimg counsel, ad vice, or attempt ahould have the proposed elltetor not," they should bo deemed yiilty of a high misdemeanor, and on con notion punished by a line not exceeding filiUli, und by imprisonment doling a term ol not less thun six months nor ex ceeding five years ; and further, at the discretion of the court, might bo holden to lind sureties fur good behavior in such mm. and for such lime as the court miclii direct. Tlio second section of this act e pre sent entire as a legal, political, and consti tutional curioiity : Sec. 2. That if any person shall write, print, utter, or publish, or tdiall cause or procure to bo written, printed, uttered, or published, or shall know ingly and willini ) assist or aid in writing, printing, titien ing, or publishing any false, scandalous, Lmd malicious writing or writings against I . ..1 it t Jllie Government ol t lie unueu f.aies, or sillier House of the Congress of the Uni Jted States or the President of the United States, with intent to defaiaie the said liovcrtinient, or either House of raid Con- rebs, or U10 said President ; or to bring ithein or either of them into contempt or lisiepute, or to excite against Iheui or ei- Uer ot vhem, the hatiecl ot llio good lieo- tdrt of the United States, or to stir up ro- cilion within tho United States, or to ?'.(!it. an unlawful combinations therein, r opposing or resisting any law of the ni-ed Stale', or any acts of the "resider.t f the United Slates, (bine in pursuance of ny such law, or of the powers in liim ves i'd bv tho Constitution of the United Mntfs"; or to resist, oppose, or defeat any ut'h law or act ; or to aui, enoounno, or jiuiei ary nosioe .ic.-iu v. n.n .n Jtion against the United States, their poo d, or Government, then such persons, rt'eini' thereof convicted hetore any court, having jurisdiction thereof, shall bo pun "lied by a tine not excelling ?.uuo, ant by impruotiment not exceeding two Sears. It was in opposing these infamous acts hliat Edward Livingston, ol N'w York, Jpiudo his great speeeh.on the 21st of June, 1798. "Awav," said he, "with that liberty which liangs on chance! !lo would dis dain to enjoy the liberty winch depended upon the will of one man, and should bo ;is! amed of an)' man thut would consent thus to hold it. I I "Should llteevil proceed no further than ' Itlin execution of the present law, what a llenifiil picture will our countiy present '. I'l'Ue fjsleni of e-pionage being thus etnb jlishfcti, tho country will gwarni with in fop-' t)cu, tjiies, relators, and all that odious pule irtbo that breed in the sui.snine 01 eiiutic notver. that suck tiie blood ol the "i'fortuut, and creep into the bosom of fleenim? innocence, only to awake it with a burning wound. The bonis of the niost uiuijspeiing coiiBdence, t!ie mtimuciesoi frietitKhip, or the roeosos of dometic re tiretiunt ull'ord no security. Tho compun ion whom you most trust, Iho friend in ,"lotn vou'tuort eonfije. the domestic who waits in yotu chiitnber, aro all tempted to jfi'ptiay your imprtidenee or unguarded nines; 10 misrepresent vour word, 10 hnna... !.. ,11 I -1,1 1 !.. In I I . i "eret tribunal where jealousy preoidH bere fear officiates as an accuser, and 4upi0ion 1$ Uie ony evidence that is eard. "Let no gentlemen flutter thcni.vhcs that tho fervor of tin? moment can make the i.coplo insensible lo llif.n nggressior. Tlie people of America, s.r, though watch ful against foreign aggression, nnd not careless of domestic encroachments, t io lire as jealous, air, of tiieir libt rtie at homo 119 of t ho power HiliI prosperity ef their country abroad ; limy will uwuko to 11 sense of thoir danger. Do not lot us 'hilterour selves, then, that the measures a-ill ho un observed or disregarded. I)o not let 'us bo told, fir. ( hut we. excito l'ervor ngainst tVireign nggression only to establish tvr annv at Hume; that like the inch traitor, wo cry 'Hail Columbia' ut the moment wo are biruying her to den'.ruoli m ; that vi ting cut 'Hilary land,' wlien we are plun ging it in rum or disgrace und thut tvo uro ubsurd enough to cull ourselves 'free and enlightened,' while we advocate jinn, ciplcs thut would have disgraced the ago ol Gothic barbarity, and cstuhlixhed a code, oompareu 10 wuicn, ilia orueal is wine, anil the trial by battle is merciful and Jus'. I And yet for this brave defense of public ! liberty, and of freedom of sprech ami of. the press, against the Sedition Laws, Uiv-I liigsion was ridiculed and sculled at in the.; House, und denounced by the Foilcral ! ar Hawks,' us Mr. Jefferson termed ! thera a!l over the country as a 'Jacobin' : and ' J raitor ! ' 15ut 'time. Iho avenger' 1 has long since made all ritdit. The penalties of the Sedition Law could bo reudily atdjudged to extend to any I pithily written or spoken animadversion on the political measures of Government ; and .ve shall soon see whether any of the powers with which it armed the President were loft dormant in practice. Somoot the dominant party in Congress tpjestion of the constitution! litj of the appear lo havy been inflamed to tlie verge law; but Judge Chase relused lo hear of insanity, ut this period, by wild tuls them, treating thotu with the most atbi trumpctod through the nowspapers, of trarv rudeness. They threw up their threatened invasions, of the "Cannibal's briefs and le!l tho court. The defendant Progress," of "United Irishmen," and of . was sentenced to nine months imprison conspiiaona between the Democrat and ' ment, and lo pay a lino ot Iwo hundred lioiich to overthrow our Government, dollars. which Dr. Logan had gone to France at J "Mr. lialdwin, of New Jersey," says Jefhtnon's recmest, to muture and set in llammord, is Ins political history of New operation. I York, "was indicted, tried, convicted, Un the 2oth of Juno, 1703, Loyd, of Ma under the sedition law for tho following ry land, had obtained leavo to bring into ollenco: Mr. Adams, on his return from tho .Senate "a bill to define) more partic the beut of Government, passed through ularly the crime of treason and punish the Newark ; tome cannon were discharged in crime of sedition." It immediately pas- compliment to him while passing through Red u second reading by a vote of fourteen that village j Mr. ii ddwin, who, it would to eight. This bill provided for pnnishi appear was rather a low bred man, mid jn u n.. ....1 . -11 ...1 - 1 .. . 1 . ... . , . . . . Ji-H "7 Mov: uim iui'i isomueill, nu n uo oy writing or speaking should attempt to, justify the hostile conduct of (he French,' 'tralllllr! Illicit murll.lnn .11.. t t a belief that the Government of the Uni- States, or any of its officers, were influenc ed by motives hostile to lio Constitution, or to the liberties or Inippincss of tho people ! Such were the principles and measures of what in two years, and ever since, was and has been hated, and denounced, and execrated everywhere as the "Black Cock.-I ado 'edevnlisrn. And vet. at tho time. to oppose I hem w as to lie a 'Jacobin' and a 'traitor,' and was almost worth a man's life ! Number IV. rr.itsrtfTioN cxdkr the sedition law. The Sedition Law proved something be sides u scarecrow. Ve will bring togeth er a ftfiv instances of iiials under it during Mr. Adams' Administration. Mrtthew Lvon. a member of Congress, w as selected as the first victim. Ho was an Irishman ! Democracy, stationed beiwcen Jsew York by birth a rough, eiiergoticnifn, whodid : t""1 Cooperstowu, could not have donuso not mince phrases, and an extreme Deni much for tho Democratic cau-e us the ocrut. lie was indicted for declaring, in a .V of J udge Peck, us a prisoner, from letter published in u Vermont paper, that Ulsego to the Lapilol ol the State. It was with the Federal L'xecutivo 'every consid- j nothing less than the public exhibition of era'Jon of the public welfare was'swullow,' a sutl'ering nin ijr lor the freedom of ed up in a oontinurtl grasp lor power, and : speech and the press, and the right of. po unbounded thirst for ridiculous pomp, titioning, to the view of tin citizens of foolish adulation, nnd tellish ivhi ice.' In the various places through which tlie regard to the "Fat Day" Tor the Fed- Marshal traveled with his prisoner. " era.ists sanctified all their outrages upon Another ot the victims, Win. Duano.cd liberty and the Constitution by a fast d iy j or of that famous Democratic paper, the he paid that tin "sacred name of religion" : -I'-'om, published at Philadelphia, tit Lad been used as a state engine to make' traded tho etpecial vengeance of John mankind Late and persecute each other. ! Adams. In a letter to Pickering. Jiis Ho was charged also with 'reading and ' Secretary of State, dated July 24, IT'.t'J, commenting on' at a Democratic meeting, j Mr. Adams w rote : "There is in the Aa during the congressional canvas, a private roru of thi ody, an unintei rupted stream letter of Joel Barlow, writlen from France, of slandci of the American government, says lhat ha was astonished that the an- (meaning bis Administration,) 1 shall swer of the House of Representatives lo give it to Mr. Pawlo, (U, S. District At the President's speech had not "been an torney,) and if lm thinks it libelous, tle ordnr to send him o the niailhoiue." sire him to prosecute the editor." In re This was his offence : a seditious libel ply to this Mr. Pickering wrote on the 1st tending lo bring the President j;id his ot August, 17'J'J : "If Mr. Uawlo does not Cabinet "into disrepute !" Ami for this think this paper libelous, he is nol tit (or he wa? tried before Judge Patterson of the his ollice; and if he (hies not prosecute it Supreme Court. They found him guilty, hs will not do his duty. The matchless Mid i lis Judge, after a severe reprimand, ell'rentery of this Duane merits the exe sentenced him to four months imprison- cratbn of the alien law, also. I iim very me tit a uci a fine off 1000. A petition, willing to try its strength upon hun." signed by several thousand persons, was IX Adams' II 'orh, p. !"). sent to the President, asking Lyon't re- As to the number oT convictions under lease from a narrv, uncomfortable, and the law, Mi . lhindall cays : it wm alleged, filthy cell j but Mr. Adams "It has been said that the victims of refused, unless the prisoner signed the I he Sedition Law were but few. Wo do petition, saying penitence befcro pardon, j not know the number. They were assu.. Lyon declined lo sign and remained in redly tew compared with the whole num. prison. On the 4 lit of July, 1810, forty- ber of our population, but they were r.n one yean afterwards, Congress refunded tnerous enough to show that a free criti to Lyon's heirs the $1,000, with interest, cism of the acts of Iho Government, in from February, 1799. any class of persons, was uttered by the but while in prison his friecds made up I press or in conversation at the peril of a lottery scheme of hip property lo raise , property and personal liberty. They the amount of th fine; but seditious were numerous enough to give our Gov- mutter, calculated to bring thn Adminis- tratiou into disropute,' was tound in the! piau as juonsnea, nnu the printer was l so convicted under the Sedition Law, fin ed 5200, ami imprisoned two months 1 But THE PEOPLE resented all thea things, and while Lyon wan lying in jail I Fraixie had produced a reactionary feel under Lis sentence, he was re-tdecled to! tag against liberalism that was ready to Congress by a triumphsnl majority, a aig-1 sanction almost any infringement on per nificunt hint or Iho popular judgment of a lonal liberty. England at tho present law which would not permit a candidal day would not tolerate any approach to for Congress, in canvasking hit district, to those attacks on parliamentary privilege speak of the political contljcl of ibe Pre- and on tlie freedom of the press and of idenl v.iiieh dragged a representative of speech, which were made by the AmiJri the people in the highest leg.slative tribu- can Sedition Law. The decreet, virtuous, en! of the nation before a judicial appoin-1 and able Princes) who new ils on the tee of tlio l'rt "idi iit to I e there brow Ic'ilcn, lee! tired, tried a it felon, I'm' o li.ieal laligintgo uddo.-cd to In-, culistilll entji. I'hiirles llrdt, another vii tilll, .iilU.diT of the lir, jpfiiileil nt. New l.or don, O-n 11., ttasi found guilty of ilehuoing thu l'fei dent htid iliM'ouitigiti cniittiiients in tho tinny, und t ntei.eed lo Mi no tnontliH I m priontiietit And n rine of f?'Jtill. 'l'honias Cooper the friend nnd nxKoeiatn of )f. l'riestlv. Hod iiflcrwuiiht sodislin-. gttihed in tho l!nited States, whs trii'd lor charging the I'resident with nnbeooitii ing Htxl tinnetvnry Tioletieo in Lis olh- ciiil conitnunications, calculated, it wu.h us. MM ted, tojttstly I'tovoke war ; lor bring ing upon the country in time ol peace tho expense of a permanent navy, nnd threatening it with that of an army ; for in'ei feting in the cast? of Jonathan h'obins, a native impressed citizen of tho United Stats, to deliver him over to a UritMi Court Martini for trial, "an interference," Cooper alleged, 'without precedent, against law and against mercy' nn not, 'which tho king of Ureal Hritain would have shrunk from, Ac. Cooper was found guilty, and Judgo Chaso sentenced him to six months imprisonment and to pay a fine of SlUll Tho prosecution had been directly' itisti gated by President Adams himself. In a letter to Timothy Pickering, his Seeretaiy -,f Sn.tn my a,i. a meaner, u more urtlul, or a more riialieiou.i libel has not nppeared. As far as it alludes to me, 1 despise it; but I have no doubt it is a libel against the whole government, iMid as such ought to be prosecuted." lames T. Cullantler was tried for a libel on the president. His counsel raised the He WlslieU 100 WIKlUltlg UICUUIged ll'0:a the cannon had lodgeu in tho President 's . For this ho was lined one bun- died dollars." Judge Jarcd reck, a Senator in the Legislature of New York, a man of most exemplary personal character, had tho au dacity to oiler to his neighbors for their signatures, it petition to Cengross for tho repeal of the Alien and Sedition Laws, in wuich tho odious tea lu res ol tlio law v.eio severely haiiuk'd. Complaint wits made to Harrison, U. S District Ationiey ut - . York ; a grand jury w as euipannelcd uho found a bill ut indictment, (ratid juttes urs convenient things in New York some times,) and Peck was arrested in tlio midst of his family and teken lj tlie city. The fearless victim, we doubt not, at ev ery slopping place, after bis usual custom, mingled prayers nnd pious exhortations With vehement political appeals, before the assembled multitudes. Mr Hammond says: "A hundred missonaries in the cause of ernment, practically, uh that power over the people in political affairs which hid been exercised by the Inchest lory Ad- ministration over the people of England during the long reign of George 111., and when the deadly struggle with republican throne of England, would scorn to main lain Government in wiiiiies, p, protect lie AdininUliatii r tumi i ensure, by nn iinahigous iu'lioiuui iho part of tlio legal tribunal of her realm." An I yet the opponents of the ptesent Administration would be rejoiced if the instruments of ai bin ary power in D'til tvouM ccnitent themselves with reporting to iho judicial Irihuiii'L of the land, instead of imitating the arbitrary rule of oriental despotism. Mr. Hamlall adds : "And when we look at (lie rases and decisions under our Sedition Law of 17'., we cannot fail to become ut onen convin ced that its aim and intent wa not to prevent ot punish real sedition actual open or scciet machinations iigiiint our institutions and laws. Its manliest ob ject was to shield the Federal Govern ment from damaging censure to iirm it with power to put down opposition ; in a wind, to confer on it authority during its shorter personal tenure, about equivalent to that then possessed and e:;eicised in political nllairs by the Government of Great Britain over the I'ritish realm." And yet the attempt ut'erly failed. Po fore this reckless und infatuated policy, tho reaction c.iiiie. Adams' Administra lion went dow n, his parly perished, and its name and Us principles und its meas ures have now been hated nnd execrated for luoro than half a century. Courage, courage. Democrats of 'til. Wait a little. Stand lii in. (Oiin) Empire. Singular Career of Gen. Schoepff. A Frankfort, Kentucky, correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says f Just now when nil eyes aro turned lo Somerset a-id SohoepH"s brigade, it may be interi sung to supply snine particuluts in tiie caieer of tho General who is lead ing our forces there, and whose skillful general-ship ulono we can rt ly on lor6uc cess against the overwhelming odds. 1 1 is one of the mortifying humiliations, of w hich the war is bringing so many lo tho rebels, that the nri.-locratio Tennes see Congressman, w ho command the lob. el army, has been once ignominiously de feated by, and is now again opposed to, a Into New York hotel porter. When Gen. Schoepfl' came to this coun try he was without means. Not , ing bet ter oilering, ho asked and procured the situation of porter in onoofiha leading New York hotels, and many a lady who reads tho Gazette this morning has had her trunk carried up nnd down stairs by the present brigadier general, wlion so olid victory wo are hourly expecting the wires to il;i.ih over the couriiry. Alter a time he went to Washington, where he continued us poller in one of the hotels, until his unvarying poli'cucss and indus try brought him uniJi r the notice of Mr. Il"lt. Pli a-ed with his appearance and determined to see w hether ho would t ise if he had a chance. Mr. Holt gave him a situation in tho Patent ( Mlice. At liist his duties were very humble curt y ing bundles, arranging models, und the like; but he was gradually Iried on more im portant labors, Jiii' it w.'h still found that whatever he done was well done. A po sit inn was then arranged for him more suitable to his newly discovered abililies. Mr Holt continued to lake gi eat inter est in him, nnd missed no opportunity for his advancement. When he was trans, felled to the War Department betook Sciinepll" with him. An imp( rtatiL survey in Virginia chanced to le needed, id Schoeptf win ciurusteil w.th it. This brou 'iit Ix i tn under the eye of Gen. Scot!, and his military education and acquire ments wen'for the lirst tiiuo brought to liiht. Thenceloi ward ids rise was sure, lie continued to be employed on import tan! business in the War Department till educated ol'icels began to bo demanded for our volunteers, hen the New York hotel porter was appointed brig. idier gen eral, and sent to protect the state ol his benefactor from invasion. Mr, Holt has already the proud siiti-facfhn of knowing that t lie man he took from hotel drudgery in Washington, won Wild Cat ; le. us hope it may speedily be ad.lcd that the tame leader has held Somerset. Ufflulf the abolitionists bhould succeed in t heir endeavors to make our present struggle a war of emancipation, the loyal people in certain localities who fire now lighting harder, risking and sulloring more in tho cause of (he Untan than those of any other section, would bo un constitutionally and unjustly robbed of overlive hundred und ninety thousand slaves, valued at the lowest estimate nt upwards of two hundred and ninety-five million of dollars. Those portions of the Union to which wo refer contain, accord ing lo the census of 1800, tho following number of slaves : Missouri. ll-W Kentucky, 225.4H0 Msrvland, !..'! 2 Middle Tennessee, 93 0' 10 Western Virginia, Eastern Shore Virginia, tU"o.i Delaware, 105 Total, 590,054 A Puzzle. T beyt elL mei a Mh a Nd som eye T. A Nda LIT hahi die s Ay ; "Dolu Ook a thim. til dea ml d Ma N, ( rO wi Yo UN(ie rev KM Yd Ay, an Dwhe nca Chfr I endu sks:'A tyour aGe, Ho wca mo yo ufr eE fro MHLS ?" Ialw a Ysnns weli: "lr.m Y Y out h 1 pa id mypt inTeK'S B II Ls!" Rf.ti'RM'1). General Scott's) coachman, whose capture by the Con'ederates after the battle of Bull Ku.-. was believed to have beon with his own consent, has re turned among the exchanged prisoners, lie says that he made every eflorl to es cape, and did escape once, but was recaptured. NEWS FROM TIIE SOUTH. We condome, from our exchanges, the following items of news from the South : J lil lifiv-rej ir l ( 'nulrm -wy in ( 'er'.'.. We b arn (says the Kichrnoiid '.'. nnm.-r) l ha', mere lias been a sharp and pi eloni eo eonlrovcify in siei et .or-ion ol '.'"iiji o- t on the topic of Gen. I'.eaureeiird's report iof the battle of Manu-sas. It will be ree lolleeted that .1 portion of this report wii displeasing to President I'l'vis, who, we now learn, sent ibe document into Con gress, accompanied by comments of Ins 'own on some of its preliminary pas-ages. ! The order eventually taken by Congress 'as to havo the document published, af I tor expurgating tho preliminary portion j ol it, and also the comments of thu I'resi i dent lliereon We learn that a number of members urged the publication of the I entile repo. t, with the President's mes. j sage, on the ground that injustice was I done to Gen. lleauiegard in publishing as his report what was not leal iy his report, and for the purpose of convincing the pub lic that the controversy, as si own in the , papeis.so far from be.ng a serious one, wu , of the must trivial description, j Tim I.n.1.1 in the iSaeraihChlo '.''. The I Bowling G i cen (Ky.) correspondent of I he ' New Orleans PienyHnc, under date of Jan. o, says : Kev. Mr. McCormic.k, of O vensburg, a j gentleman ot high character, arrived here j last, night, rind reports that he was at Kunisey on Saturday last ut the time of the cavalry fight at Sacramento, Ky., w hen the enemy leuirned in discomliluio to that place, nnd snys their los was more than lone hundred in killed und wounded, and thai many descried from them after the many engagement. Ten of their wounded had died in Ihnnsey up to Saturday evening j when he lelt there. IiS'intiern version if the Fi;fit in Kentuchy. The Norfolk lUj lh)k has the following dispatch : ! Ltjnehburet, Jan. 15. Intelligence ha3 'just been received here by the lennessee 'train of a battle which took place a few ! miles beyond Prestonburg, Johnston co., j Ky., bsiween Gen. Humphrey Marshall, !wiih3,u0U men, and the Federals, nun, j bei ing 8,(100. Gen. Marshall was rel real., ling when ho was attacked. The enemy runic upon him while in. a narrow gorjfe. The eiiL'Tgeinent is reported to have been one of the most clespei.sto that has taken place di.i ii.g tho war. I-..I m .. i....; . ........ t .'t.ie.s iitTiii'iiii vii.nviv, u.' i in in. A mind to. hand coi lin t en-und, .... ..... . .. . . w l.i... ...1 lei mii iniir. o' 'ei era s loii'-ht ''allanllv. but liuallv b'vkc and rui in 1'uil linn style. , Marshall's forte, being exhausted and so much smaller than the enemy, l.-ll back to Pi e-tonbuig. The conl'euerate hiss is 2r) killed and 15 w undod. The cm my lost over I The ir.lorma'.ion was brought to A Lings don by participants in the battle. j Ajltiies at Li. ond'i.y, I;. Tic Fj iu iiiee says: Real e.-lule, in the la-t lour weeks, has advanced to war prices, and t!c ten dency is slill upward. Holders me rush ing it in to mai I;: t at a rate c jmmeiisurate w:th the supposed demand. They seem , to be antimpjting a tune when eagles will glisten in ei eiy hailci 's pocket, lioarding louses and hotels, a; e doing a thriving avd prosperous business. Aeeoinmodat ions lor strangers in the city ..ie v ly limited If I!ii hmond is to c "titiiiuc li.e c qutnl of the Southern Confederacy, il -en-allon will bj crcnted in the building v.oild, for hou-es tnusi be had. A number of stores on Broad .-i-cul are unoccupied, and so un preparation for the impending struggio.it of these might be converted into first class that point. An a I tack as thought to bo binirdiiig-iiouses. : inevitable l is', night, but will nol pioba- I Tho several hotels ivi r. crowded 1 ast , LI v lake place tint il to da y. night, the several lines of travel having1 l'he Wi;-con-in regiment which h ft bote broiigh'. more than their Usual (pi iiitity ol Wedne-day arrived salely at I ronton yes , the tiavelling public thither. terdi.y. A I utieiy of the tirst Mis-ouri I I'liuirtant Anci'. The Ilou-fon 7' 'V- ' Light Artilleiy, under command ofMaj. tr:i oi tne i-.i msiaoi icarus irom uonn authority that a steamer l as arrived in a ''ex as port within the pa.-i wee'i, under Brit ish coloi s, bringing 4") tons cannon I powder, a large amount of rifle ponder, i00,l.i0(i army caps, ;j,000 cannon primers, and a considerable amount of eollee, dry goods, bagging, rope, Ac?. fjmipa'i n tij Ji'-miie't. By way of con firming tho rcpoi ts in relation to the evac uation of Uouiney by the enemy, says the Richmond I'ixpateh, mnl its occupation by our troops, wo may state that a letter was received from the Valley of Virginia last evening, w hich says : "Gen. Jackson has taken Uomney without a shot." HV.oVni Virginia. The joint resolutions submitted a few days since in tho Virginia Senile by Mr. Pato, in relation to the ro clamatioii of Western and Northwestern Virg nia rt'ere taken up und unanimously adopted. The resolutions declare that iu no event will tlio State of Virginia submit to or consent to the loss of a "foot of her soil," etc., and are designed to reassure and encourage the loyal people of iho in vaded sections. On motion of Mr. Finney, of Accomac, the preamble was amended by striking out the specific locally, nnd made to include all the invudud counties. 7V.C llaneoelc and Jlonnuy ajf'alrs. The Richmond Examiner of the 9th savs : The movement of Gen. Jackson toward Rom ney und the northwest has nt length tak en place. It was projected and the col umn organized two mouths ago, lutdei laved until lately bv that delusion which prevailed with the government and the people of the South, that the enemy weie to make a general advance ol their troops, and risk a great battle this winter. Hence the troops under Jackson wore placed at Winchester, where they could be conven iently used, either in no eng igementvwith MeClcllan or on the original aggressive, in tention. Tune having exploded the no lion of a decisive battle at Manassas dur ing the winter. Gen. Jackson has (bus bit. commenced his operations. While we if not choose to refer to them further line to state that they nre aggressive, we can not help noticing that fact. THE WAS mi. Particulars of tho lLittlc Li Kottt icky Lorisviu.K. Jan. -l I'i-patel.e, lecei Ved III headqnal lel 1 elal I ve t o t he I n , i -ay Ihi'.i. il look pla.v, a, rd.vmn Mi.'.d, on Sunday looruin,', und th.it i"n. l,,,.,, as continued Ins pnrsi.ii of lie- rouii'il en emy till night. Our foictjs 1'oiloWed holi al'.er the rebels, who ran heloio them m the wildest coiil.isioii, like ich - . f f"i i -died sheej), close tip to their epfrench" incuts, on the noith branch o! tlieii.e; In front of tbe-e ihoy laid all nigoi, ex. peeling to storm tho works in il . i o't: i u but with the aid of tin1 bouts an I bar ges the enemy managed to get across iho river belol'0 dayliuhl. They left behind nil thi.ir artillery and ammunition, liorso..,U;;it '.un.l eighty r,:. ons loi.ded with qiinrteriniisieia 'lores and in dical stores, all id which tell into jtiv bunds. Our troops took possesion of tlio en. trenchmeiits early in the iiiuniir. After reaching the ojq.o.ite Bnic of tho river the rebels dispersed in every diree lion. Two hundred dead and wounded wura picked up on the hold. Zolhkoll'er wag found in a wagon, murs tally wounded. Our loss is not definitely ascertained, but must have been considerable. A surgeon in th" Tenth Ind iana Kegiment telegraphs that his regiment bad loot seventy in kill ed nnd wounded. Gen. Thomas' division embraces somo of . tlie l","t egimenw in this dpar tmem . I As.,or can be ascertained tiio Ninth Vino, lenth Indi Seeoioi ;nnii(. ol .i Eighteenth .Regulars, and th Fo,.: 'l, ;;nd Tenth Kentucky, were among those eii gagf d. Col. Mansion's bri.rade, it "lulling tho Tenth Iiidiaiia, i-igl.ieenlh Regulars uod some of tho Kentucky regiments, i .. for ced Gen. Thomas during Satutday uijt. They made a forced march" of 2j utile.0 through heavy roads, and managed to ai rive llin-e bouts before the commencement of the tight, in wlr'eh they took a glorious part, in spite of their fatigue. The tenor nt all the utlicial despatches goes to show that tho u flair resultudin the most brilliant victory of the war. No p'Cininent oiliccrs are said to bo kill ed on our side. Gen. S.hooplt' wus tilteily unublo to cut "' ,v "l ' v...we lu n.v I ', o,. ,.i ...i.... . r i.... ,....i i', "o..., . v. . v..v vmi.io oi. iou obstruction of the road.; by felled timber. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Eattle near Ironton Federal Defeat Heavy lots on both Sides. Ti e u tlio St. Lcui.s lii T.iucrn i (rep ) Jan. 17,1 I n for mi lion of a reliable character roach fd tins lily last lii'nt to the uilect that, W stcrday n la,(.e body of rebels, number ing ubotit Ci,i"'" men, in coin .naud of .RT Thompson advanced upon a Feder.il lea t .it'll un-it V of SO' i troojn under t'ol. Mills, at a di-tance of about 2-i tnilcs Irom lron- ton, and gave them battle A despeiate ColllllCt (llsiieil, resuh.llg II) tllu loss of niaiiv killed and wounded on butii hidiS. The Federals, overpowered bv numbers, had, ut latc-l iiceounls, lallci back ti (La ta neo ol'eight miles, leiviog u qu uitiiy of bavg i-O in tho hands of the enemy, nnd Were still retreating toward Pilot ivnob. At Pilot Knob cniisi'iei'able alarm exis ted, and Colonel Cailin makins every .'cnoiieiu, siarieu irom uieciiy -.eiuay, r.r.d will pi'ububly leach Pilo'. Knob tiiu morning. This news came to us in a mai.i.er which leaves no doubt of its genera', correctness, We have had no information of ! large it body of Federal troops being t ti i . . u out, as is staled in this report, to n 1.-. t he supposed loiidily of Jelt'. Thompson und we think iu that respect there n,,ty be some exaggeration. The urrival of tho Eighth Wisconsin will make the force at tl" Kuol a little fl yer three thousand. They have tho ad vantage of somo heavy guns on. 1 strong position ; but, ou tho other hand, tho troops, it will be leuiembere l, mo fresh, and not well disciplined. If Major Scho field, and his bin lory ui e permit ted to pass through without detention wo shall rely gicutly upon tho iiBsistauco which he will be abio to lender tho ollieer in command, Col Carlin. From Ceneral Banks' Command. Frederick, Jan. 20. The lutest intelli gence from Western Yirginiu is to the ef fect that Jackson is near Roinney, and partially occupies the town, while Gen. Lander has fallen back a few ;niles to wards Cumberland. There has been no action. Gen. Williams' brigade remains at Hancock. Refugees from Murtinsburg bring intel ligence that there are but 70 militia in that town under Naduboiich, and thesft are anxious to throw down iheir arms and join the Union forces, TI in seems to be the general sentiment throughout, that re gion. J tekson whs near Rotniiey wilb 17,0('0 men, and a few more, principally mounted mil i i in. were ut Doflie.d's Sta tion, Bloomer's Furnace and Kearneys Villo Cross Roads. At Winchester there were but 200 militia. An officer in the Twelfih Indiana hits received a letter from t'apl. Williams, re cently captured opposite Dam No. 4. lis is in pi i-ou at Richmond and writes for issistarce. lie says tfie. j.risoicrs have but littlu to ent, and aro literally eaten up with vermin. 5
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