CM It'' . .-ittrit rtliifvtioq. "RUSK DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE. TO FOLLOW." WX. MUSLIN, Editor and Proprietor I,l+ B.A NOR, PA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 9, 1562 • te3 ! ,, The reported confession of ~L overiog, that he 'had murdered daline BaA-of, is all'a, hoax: Pennsylvania has furnished • 8 Regiments of Infantry and .1 of Cavalry more than her quota to - the National Government. ger- In the vote in Congress to award the-contested seat of Wm. E. Lehman, - the .sitttng member, Mr. Kfilinger bf 'this'diStriet voted for the mi uarity"7e.o6rt, Ni , hich gave the seat to Lehman,--and-against John M. Butler, Reptblican. -The Reading Gazette truth calls the action 'of Congress, on the frankingpriVilege, 'the pop ularity dodge. The franking priv ilege should be curtailed, but as the free carriage of newspapers , within the counties where publish ed, is abmt tire - , e43 ly .benefit the poorman'has from the government, to deprive him of it, vould surely ' be commencing at the - wrong end. , Let theibns'es of the:franking priv ilege be first lopped off. Then let ' those who can afford it be deprived of it. But do not always commence reforms with the poor man. AM. While millions are squan 'dere'd 411'd stolen from the govern ment by contractors and others, re forms and retrenchment are hegun on-thopoor laboring men in 'the - employ of the government by Con gress lopping Off a fippenny:bit of I their daily wages. `So while millions are lost to golf 7ernment-in the abuses and perver -sion ofthe franking privilege, Con .-gree's'prOposeslo inaugtirato a re- pers free of postage. A bully C3tu , , .‘gress A. large portion of the time , of the Legislature was occupied,. last week, in the discussion of res 'ttlutions ' getting up Investigating . .committees, •a:la-Covode -and Van Wyck. -One .cotrunittee is -to in ‘-vestigateif any corrupt means were fused last winter to procure the pas ' sage of the act for the commuta tion ,of Tonnage duties ; and an .othei to smoke out officials engag ed in the contracts and frauds last summer when our soldiers were clothed with shoddy. The latter resolution - was 'bitterly fought by the•Republieans, on -the plea that its object was to cast imputations on the Governor. THE Courier begs the question so entirely in its defence of Mr. Deans -that a reply-is unnecessaty,it fact a , reply - to - wnything it might say on that subject would be superfluous.. As to the Courier's talk abotit "Union,"--7the thicker it piles that on itself the better. It needs it.— The people of Lebanon county de cided last fall what 'appreciation they have 'for suCh 'lip service.— Withlth.al 'verdict -we-are content, lithile the Courier is forced to act 'the self-boasting Pharisee. TkE abolitiOn papers are pub. lishing - an ithaginary conversation between _ Gen. McClellan and Jim Lane of Kansas, in Which it is made to appear that the former authori zes the latter to carry on a war on "abolition-Jaykawking- principles" - Chat ;is, 'kill dr rim !rebel white peo ple:and parcel out their lands to loyal blacks. No such conversa tion took place, and the principle is Wholly at variance with all "Or ders" relative to the duties of the army. 'Unae fellows are not con tent with making the President ap pear silly,!but, are also trying their hand at. lacing Gen. McClellan in the same false attitude before the TUE new Secretary of War be gin slight, and_promsses to be just the man fitthetplace and occasion. Among his first 'acts was the ap. pointment of two commissioners to proceed south and attend to the welfare of the.b.eretofore-neglected Upion prisoners in Richniond.and elsewhere. Mr - The Pottsville _Democratic Standard, in an able article on the next Presidency, mentions in that connexion the name of Hon. WIL LIAM BIGLER, of Pennsylvania. It is early as yet to talk of the next Pre-sideucy, but when the proper time conies, we are sure, there is no man that we know at present whom we would support•with more sincerity. He is a pure patriot and 'an honest man, and by dint of in dustry and perseverance has al ready risen from the printer's stand' to some of the highest positionaiin the gift of the American people.— If the warning voices of the ye-her able Crittenden, the lamented Don glas; Wm. Bigler, who worlced together and became inseperable friends, had been listened to, adar chy and civil war would notohavc stained with. fatricidal blood''our heretofore happy and prosperohs country. THE Libanm, mokrat, of, last week, has a rude - and malicious attack oil- Gen. McClellan under the heading of "Es ist etwas letz." The intimations are, that beeanse the army does nut advanCe and whip the rebels, that the head of the army, MCClellan, is a traitor. such "fires in the rear" of the conl mander of our armies• are appear ingin many Republieat - sheet;'and are a repetition of the "Onwaid to Richmond" Cry, Whieh produced the 'disaster at Bull Run. As .every body knows; our army was - -- dot prepared for an advance then,lnid after the disaster everybody admit ted that it would take at least six mouths to place it agai'n in the con dition it was before the battle.= The sitmouths. have now elapsed, and if it were ready to advaffeerit would be more than the people themselves expected. Committees of Congress and others have called upon Gen. McOlellen, learned his plans, and declared themselves sat isfied with them, as also is the President. Pelilaps, if the editor of the Demokrat were to"CallOn the General be would also detail to:him his Owls, and satisfy him of , thgr corredtii6Bs. CANDIDATES TOR FT:AVOREN. The Republidan impels 'tire be ginning to find fault with Gen Mc- Clellan, and throw slurs --on, questioning his lOyaltylind , -*i.tfM31.1c46 1 411 - 3k generals -of our army, and, with bur friendi of the Libanon, Demokrat at the'hea l ti, thefeWould'hinStatit ly : if not quick - or, a spiendia 4f1,- 'aned ruovem en t 'on to 'Richmond.' They would no 'doubt reach their destination, if it should not .happen to them as -it did to the dog- that started to catch the :rabbit. Efe ry-body said be would 'have sue. ceeded in the chase if he• had not stopped—you know the rest. THERE is not a Iklird-6f -truth in the report, said to have originated in Washington last week,Hthat Mr. Buehanan had refused a seiitin Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. :No such offer has yet been made. MAYOII 1 8A/1-DEII.BON, editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer, has been re nominated for Mayor df thiet city, by a Union. .rnecting of the citizens. The:Republicans are get. ting up Oppo§itiOn tickets. The election takes place next Tuesddy. MANY of the appointments sent into the United States Senate for confirmation by Gcu. Cameron, have been referred back to Secre- tary Stanton, and it is said that lots of them will never again see the Jight of daEY. 'GEN. AlCatr,l,l:N AND PLANS. —On Wedneghy, General McClellan appeared before'the Joint"ComMittee of Congress on the Conduct ;or the War, and the result `t-; as "nay Moe members who had been 'iler4 iirejth diced against him confessedViat'they had done him injustice, and that they were completely in the wrong. 31c cording to all accounts, his explanh tions of the campaign,%past and pro. spective, were most satisfactory., and inspired the fullest confidence in his generalship. His magnificent plans startled and astonished the Congress. Men. The interview of General McClel lan on Wednesday with the Congres sional Committee on the %Faris said to have resulted in satisfying the Com mittee that the plans of the Com manding General will surely effect the speedy suppression of the rebel lion and the termination of the war. General McClellan is now thoroughly restored to health, and will vigorously prosecute the campaign upon the safe and wise ground he has laid down for himself. CC According to our notion Gen. McClellan =ldea big mistake in en trusting the secret of his plans to a parcel of Abolition Congressmen.-- They will be sure to blow them to Rebeldom in a jiffy. They'want a long war which willcruah outslavery. They don't care about Peace Until the colored gentlemen are free. THE TRENT AFFAIR. — So nt'grres IRE APPEASED.-7Ey the 'tieeameilip City of New York, whiehleft Queens town on the 9th inst.;'we learn that the news of the sufennder of Mason and Slidell reached London on the preceeding day, and so immediately re.establish'd confidence, that Consols at once adtanced one to one and a quarter per cent. In England there fore, "the long agony is over." the prephrations, for war, made . by Lords P-tilmerston and Russell, on their own :"responsibility, without consulting the 'pleasures of Parliament, have been thrown away. It is estimated that as much expense as 55,000,000 was: thus most needleasly Ineurred:--by: no means a desirable antlay,al a mo, Inca when the FinanclaL - 11Iiniater will have to announce tei Parliament a.defieit of nearly 420,009,000 in` the year's revenue. The,Ninoty.third nix Regiment, Got, J. M. 'McCarter, has been added to Gen. Peck's bri e: gade, in consequence of the extent a'nd importance 'ofqhe'distriPt ctecu pi etl ,by it, which ektehta'frbili'Gßirgt tow n'to Ti3nallytown, and along the Potomac to the Great Falls. This brigade is composed the Ninety-. eighth, Ond Hundred and Fourth and Ninety third Regiments Pennsyliva. Volunteers, and Fifty-:fifth second New Yot'k Volunteers. Theit headquarters is ,af,l7(jrutliftciwn lENEI ll..Swayne, a distinguished Ohio lawyer, has been appointed; the Pre'sident ono of the Judges of the Supreme Cdurt of the United States, to fill the- . radariey occasioned by the death of judge AieLeae., m, The last number. of • the Bed- ford Gazette contains the card John Cessna, addressing to the zoos of Bedford county, ho says: "To those who see fit to charge upon me a desire to enter the .Legis lature for 'ulterior pUrposes, i It . ave only to say that I offered to the friends of the late sitting Member, and to himself, that if che'Wottld aid in the passage of a law to seph.rate the two Miities in the future, 1 would With draw *eta the ' contest and perMit him to occupy the place 'during the wtent, session. This :proposition w;lB'reftlistd-,,partly upon the A:1-'6(1nd that it we'ufdloe•gratiting too - much; and! 'partly bed's:llse - Wald Probably Make 'a "yeiirling"bf 'the ge rittoinan; chosen by the peoPle - OrSoMerset to represent the county of Bedfoixl. then determined 'that the rights of the people of Bedford county should be yindicated; or, at least, that it should not be my fault if the , were iv - ram -0 u * t s * * * There will probabiy be some ex- Erg ants - con WA: The State is first required to pay it. Then the State is authoried to draw upon the county for the amount. Having beedme enlititekrin this contro've'rsy,; ilitord to 'see it' 6dt, glihit'eter i bill maybe presented againsttlA coup-! ty, ty, I intend to furnishlhe money.'to pay. . (1* - One hlandred and Aventylfive condemned . government horses - Were anctic•n Washington, on Wednesday a week, Bringing from one dollar to ninety•eight dollers, or an average of twenty.e*Tht doliars calf. fkrSenator Wade told the Pre,si dent;a short time ago, that he (the President) "was within - a of Ohio Statesman: The President received that infor mation from a dirty d--1 I ser- Mr. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, has submitted to Con. gress a statement, longer than a Pres. ident's message, 'defending himsel against the implication's O'firaud con -tained in the report of the ran Wyek ComMittee. Ire adniits that the Gov. ern m eat was outrageously wintled in a number of cases, but`derlies that lie had any ag'eney'in these transae r tions. iletc;Teii`ds'the operations of Mr. George D. Morgan, of New York, as advantageous arid-atractual saving 'to the'Gnverrittibtft'in'the pill:chase of 'Vessels. Mr. Mdrgan himself denies that he ma,!le - 95 1 ,000 in, three months from commissions. He only made $76,000. la- The treason of Aholitionisin is daily becoming more and more ram :pant, s President Lincoln shows a disposition to prosecute 'this war on 'the platform of the COnStitution.--- The official call for't:he annual meet ing of the New I'M+ State Anti• Sl avery Society opens with a ferocious attack upon President Lincoln's Ad ministratio'n. A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.—The New York Tribune makes a calcula tion of the expenditures of the Gov ernment per day, and estimates the total sum not far from three millions of dollars. Some estimate, and with pretty good reasons, the aggregate not far off of $3,236,000 a day, mak ing the amazing sum of $1,182,454,000 per year ! mg. John B. Henderson, a Douglas Democrat, a member of the State Convention, an uncofnprornising Un ion man, and Brigadier General in the State service has been appointed by Lieutenant-Governor Hall, of Mis souri, to fill . Truston Polk's .seat in the United StateS Senate. 'Polk was THE CABINET Rumors .sontinue rife,. of other changes to be made in the cahinet, ,, r- Radical Republicans-seem to be as tounded, while Corservativelnen of all parties are highly gratMed. The President has not, up to the present One, been sustained by the Republi can party as a party. ; On Mr e con . trary, a portion of the men who placed him in office, deserted' him, or devo: ted themselves to the attempt to driVe him into their peculiar measures.— • The result was, that instead of hay in' the united support of his, own 14part,y, be found '•himself alternately eajoleditild abused by one iiart of 'it, while the-other portion either , stood 'aloof, or' 'reg,aidiet therngelves most out.generaled by, their radical' hesitated!aa ithe coursethey ought to purs'un. •In '; this aspect of affairs, it was certainly most 'desira ble for the President-to receive sup port from time sourhil oit‘ which 'he' . could-rely. Thee coraervativemdn 'of his patty were willing to - give itif he would' threw the tattiCal Men over. board, but they alone were'a, ininori • ty of the'.nation. - Tile„"Dernberats stood'rethly to unite with them in sustaining the Presidentin a conserv ative course. They have only await ed thd , ifitimation that their co-oper ation ' Mink' be accepted, The ap pointment of Mr.-Stanton -is step toWard the,-unien of all conservative men. It is not to be denied, 'howev er, that there have'beeiradincliboS of policy pursued hylliA.dministrati On the'Dernooratsigsm,'Whiii6 can • n of` approVe, and My await` in-some anxiety the future developments of the Cabinet changes. if, indeed, the President is Willingleaceept the ad vice and assistance of the Democrats is . corlunction With the conservative. Republicans, and if this willingness is indicated by theinvifittion of-others into the Cabinet councils, the nation will spring forward in the work of the Union with trerrigndous energies and Mr. lineoln Will instantly ex change the doubtful, erratic, untrust worthy support he has received hith erto, for Such a firm, hearty and-pow= orful support as he has never before agined, May -the. excha.rige be speedy! , ' - -- A CONTRAST.—Dcwiedly the most brirtiantplilitaiT campaign':in which our Country ever engaged,'. was the Mexican War; during the adininiStra' Lion of President Polk. :ExTresi-: dent Buchanan was then Secretary Of State, and the late 'Governor Mar , cy, Secretary of .War. The thost •ex tensive means had to. be provided for the 'nrain ten a ce of 'a late .army in a distant 'ecithtry; - and', millions of Money passed - through the hands of the governmentofficiers: .Butwe do not remember that any: one: of ithein Was ever: charged With peculation or dishonesty. Certain it is that not a whisper was_ ever heard 7 h - fretting --- d he re meth' rom speet of the nation. ',.The Democrat ic of' Tee.. sident Polk, in thht Campaign, set an example which =might have beariOditahly..tot lowed by 'Chose 110 44 ) high !ptaces under Mr. ihincoln. 'certainly is not necessary to the successibhprose cd tin n' - of that n cern ed in eOntritetiog it•'sholatti turn highway robbers. Official mielotiirt,: _anent of the Victory in :cntuCky. WASHINGTON, 22, 1862. The following ; wa received at head quarters to -night LopTeVivr..4 Jai.- 22 1862. To 41fajor Oda. Co , &intend ing U. S. A. The folloWin-g has-ju,t been tecetv ed from General Thornts: The rout of the cne4y was com plete. After suceeedi4g in getting two piecei of artillery'peross the riv er had upwards of fifty wagons u piey were abandoned with 411 the ammu nition in the depot is Mill Spring. They then threw away their arms anti dispersed thro s iigh the mountain by-ways in the directio4 of Monticel lo, but are so completely.demoralized .that 1 do not believe-they will make a stand 'short of Tenn*see. The property eapturech i on this side, of the river , is of great vtlue, amount ing to eight six poUnd,?,rs and two Parrot guns, with cais'scins -filled . with aulmtinktion; about, Sipo .huedred four-bokse 'wagons,,:anA upwards Of 1,200 horses,and mules, Several boxes of arms which hall am* iieen ppep• ed,.and from 000 to I,oon, muskets, mostly with flint locks,,but_ in good order; subsistence stores enough to servelhe entire• Command for „three days; 'alto .a large tat stores. As.soon as I receive the report 'of the brigade commander 4 I will furn ish a detailed report of . c:he Battle. { Our loss was thirty-nine Idlle - d-and 127 wounded. Among 't.h.o l'qottrided were .Col. McCook, of theNinthQhio commanding ,a brigade, fwd . his Aid, Lieutenantlurt, of the,Bigi4 Uni ted States Infantry. the loss of, the rebellwas Vdollieof for and 114 ethers killed and buried, 116 wounded, and fort-five prison ers, not wounde.d, five of whom are surg,eon's ' Vrid !Lieutenant Col. Car ter, Of the Seventeenth Tennessee rtegignent. GENERAL THOMA.S. po. C. BUELL, n. Com'g. Zollieoffer was shot ithrough the heart, at the head of blastoff, by Col. Fry .of. the Fourth Len tileky.. Hap pears that Zollicoffer lost, his way in the bushes, and suddenly emerged be'oro Col. Fry, who was accompa nied"by some staff officers:: The two parties mistook each other for friends and approached within a few yards of each. other„ when finding their mistake, both halted kind prepared fora band-to.hand conflict. One of Zollicoffees aids shot at Col Fry, but only brought his horse down. The Loyal Col. immediately drew his six shooter,and brought.Zollicof• for from his saddle at the first are.— The rebel staff deserted :their chief's. body, which was 'taken , to, Zomersct the day after the battle. Doings in Conkras. MONDAY, Jantitiry, 20. In the Senate; theAetrenchinent Corn mittee reported :a bill to reduce the pay of Naval officers_ Bills were introduced and referred, Providing for a daily over land mail from Utah to Oregon; authoriz ing the Secretary of War to appoint one or more. Assistant Secretaries for one ,ycar ; and punishing spies with death The Consular and Diplomatic Appropria tion bill was taken .upi , several , amend menta proposed by the Finance Commit-, tee adopted, and the bill passed. The re port of the Judiciary Committe on the res olution to expel Mr. Bright—declaring that no sufficient cause existed to do so— was then considered. Messrs. Wilkinson, Morrill, and Trumbull spoke in favor of Mr. Bright's expulsion, and Messrs. Bay ard and Pearce spoke against it. Pend ing the discussion the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. McPherson, of Penn " sylvan:a., reported, a, bill, 'Which 'was re ferred to the Committee on Military Af fairs, dischargingfrom the. service, ori The 'first of March, the Bands of the` Oliinteer . regiments. On motion of. Mr. Mo - fehead, of pennsylvanian, the Secretary ot"War was directed to furnish the „House ,with the of those who diatingnished. I themselyes'iri,therecent brilliant offal- at , Mr. itrAiiiiiigikiih s of Ohib, ; 'gage notice of his intention to ask leave to .. introduce a bill to apolis,h the Post-Office Department. Mr. Hutehirison, of Ohio, introduced' a bill to establi"s"h territorial governments in the revolted States. fared to the Committee on the "Judiciary. Mr. Allen; of . ohio, offered a resblutiOn, thatin judgenient . of the House no part of the aliprOpraticiti now or hereal , ter pade, nor of taxes now 'or - hereafter to bb laid by Congress, shall be used in or applied for the,prosecntion of a war for the emanaipatihn Of slaves in the slaveholding States of the enion., • On motion of Mr. Blake, ofinio,the resolution was tabled. Yeas 91, nays 37. A resolution was a dopted, ordering the arrest' of Benjamin Bickley for contempt of Congress, in .re fusing to. appe,ar before the investigating Committee - at Clncinnati. A bill was re ported and passed appropriating ten thou sand dollar's to pay the expenses of that cOmmittee. The Committee on -Ways and Means wire instructed to report on the expediency of a stamp tex on bank notes. TUESDAY, j.anuary 21 In the Senate, the Judiciary pommittee Were instrueted' to - inquire into ' tlie 'ex-Pe - dieneY 'Of when - ding the Naturalization laws, so as to confer the rights of citizen ship on foreigners serving in the present war. The bill providing for the comple tion of the defences of Washinghsn, 'Wks taken -up, and the amendment of the 116 1 useagited to. A nAv section, repeal "ing theacealloviing the.'discharge or en listed minors, Providing that no persons tinder eighteen years of age shall be mus tered into the military, service, and that the oath of enlistment shall be conclusive as to age, was agreed to. Also an amend ment imposing the death penalty_ upon spies and petions forcing safe guards.— The bill was then laid aside. The bill • - t • • - • If War to ap point two ad. Mona • ssis an etretarte , tEtken up, amended so as to give the appoilitineht to the President, and making the offices onlyefor it year, and then pats ed. The resorutian relating tp the efpul- SiCKI.of Mr. Bright, WAS Oen taken, up,lancl Mlssts. Stunner and Lane, of Indiana, "Spoke in favor of his. expulsion, Mr. Bright .replied, subsequent to which` the senate, adjourned without taking any de cisive action on the matter. tar-die Hoge - , the Senate hill authoriz mg the appointment ortWadfittion'al As sistant Secretaries of War, 'was passed.-- The bill requiring postage to be paid oh 'printed matter carried outside the `mails was taicen up. Several amendments, and a'aiibiliffite offered by Mr. Colfax, ioled dawn, and finally, theinal bill, on motion OfMr. Pawes,olllassn 'P efitisetts, 'Was on the table by a 7 vOle of geMaiy five against sixty. E lti4ry 212 . 1# Dri_sptY,an In the Senate, the resolution 'fibm the Htmae, appropriating $lO,OOO to pay the expenses'of the Van' Wyck Investigating Committee, was concurred in. The bill from the House, providing that the exam ination of witnesses before Congressional investionting committees shall not excul pate them from answering in a court of law, - was reported back from the „indicia ry Cortimittee, and passed. The Special Committee on the cendUct of the War re ported a bill authorizing the President to take possession of certain railways. The resolution to 'expel Senator Bright was taken up, and after a speech in favor of it by•Mr: Garrett bavis, of Kentucky, the Senate went into executive session. lathe floti4e, the 'bill. to increaffe the nem bee cff Clerk's in the-War Depaittnent, was rei)orted'and pasied. Mr. Mallory; of Kentucky, from the Committee on ' Roads and Canals, reported a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the Secre tary of War if not incompatible with the `public 'interests, to inform 'the oton as practicable, whether,, and in what time, a sufficient military force can be ex 'tended' to the line •of the Baltimore 'and Ohio railroad, in'ordeithaCtlie read may be repaired. Mr. Spaulding, of New York,*froth 'the Coninlittee of Ways arid Means, repelled - a bill to authorize the is sue of $100,000,000 of United States notes, 'dnd Tor the redemption or. funding thereof, 'and Tor the funding of the floating debt of the-United States. The bill was made 'the special order for Tuesday next. = Tlie House, in Committee of the Whole on the State of-the Union, resumed the consider ation of the bill making appropriations for Executive, Legislative and Judicial expen ses, and a general debate ensued. THURSDAY, January 23 In the Senate, the resolution declaring that Marshal Lamon, in the order he trans mitted to the Senate, is guilty of contempt, was passed. The bill for the completion ofthe defences of Washington was amend ed so as to provide that no further work shall be commenced, and then passed.— The bill to increase the clerical force of the War and Navy Departments, as a mended by the• House, was also passed. The case of Mr. Bright occupied further attention until the Senate went i nto exe cutive session. The House passed a bill authorizing the President to appoint Inspectors for any of the lighthouses on the coast. Among the bills reported was one from the Post Of flee • CoMmittee, to establish a postal mon ey order system. The principal feature of the proceedings was a rambling discus sion in Committee on the Military Acad emy bill. FRIDAY, January 24 In the Senate, bills were passed appro priating $lO,OOO for the expenses of the House Committee on contracts ; creating two new bureaus in the Navy Department; and the bill relating to certain judicial dis tricts of the U. S. Circuit Court. The credentials of Mr. Wilson as Senator from Missouri were presented, to which objection was made but.withdrawn after explanation, and he took the oath. The case of Mr. Bright was continued. The House passed bills appropriating $lO,OOO for the expenses of the Committee on ContraCtS ; appropriating $25,000 for the protection of overland emigrants ; and the bill to amend the Indian Intercourse act; The Senate's amendments to the Consular and Diplcirnatic Appropriation bill were considered ; those including Flor ence among the Censul Generalships, and striking out Hayti, Liberia, &c., were concurred in. The'bill Will'be 'returned to the Senate. THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA Dr. J. H. Seltzer, surgeon of the Eigh -Iy-eighth PentiSylvanialtegihietitacives a most deplorable account of the doings in the' slave I),en at:Alexandria, whict is now used as a gilard - hobse for'cihr soldiers.— The walls of the .!'pen" are high, and there is no roof to shelter the unfortunate sold iers are placed in it, from the weath er. The'mud and tilth is ancle deep. and 'there are often between two and three 'hundred soldiers confined in the place at the same time. During the bad weather they.must nec essarily contract colds,. which . lead.. to worse diseases, particularly- during the bad weather which has prevailed for : sonic , days past. In addition to this, the prison ers are often without food for twenty-four hours_ or more at a time. The most of the soldiers who are confined in this hole are arrested for drunkenness, which makes them quarrelsome. They engage in fights between themselves, which often end in serious results. - A few days ago one of the men had his thigh betaken, and anoth er his back broken, in one of the disgrace ful fights which-almost daily'occur in this slave pen. Some of the drunken men ivhostir put into this place, when they ctulie"to Elifiir senses,• almost beg - tce be shot if the cannot be released. There'are plenty of houses evacuated ~ auti be . lotiging to. Secessionists, whicticjuld be ' used is .guard-houses, and the men at least protected from the inclemency of the weather. It was a _miserable hole, not fit for, the slaves to be stalled in before the rebellion broke tint, 'and is `6erbS!iihy ndw not a fit