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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
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"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.
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