UIEST FROM Hi WH.
BRILLIANT VICTORY IN VIRGINIA.
Battle between the Rebels and Gen.
McCall's forces near Drainesville. I
I
150 of them Killed and Wounded.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI I
GENERAL POPE'S ACHIEVEMENTS, J
A GREAT NEGRO INSURRECTION IN MISSISSIPPI
BRILLIANT VICTORY IN VIRGINIA.
WARHI.NGTOX, Dec. 20,1661.
We have had a splendid little affair in front
of Washington this afternoon, which will fur-!
nish food for the"Onward to Richmond" party
for a few days, until General McCellan is ready
for a more formidable movement.
The following is the officia' despatch from
General McCall to General Marcy, recounting
the facts :
OrriCUL REPORT FROM GEKERALH'CAIX.
DBAIKSVILLB, Dec. 20 4P. M-
General Ord's brigade, with the First regi
ment of Pennsylvania rities and Easton's bat
tery of artillery, had a brisk affair with the
enemy, consisting of four regiments and a bat
tery of artillery, Bear this place at twelve M.
to day.
I arrived during the action, and sent for
General Reynolds, who was left at Difficult
run. The enemy wns defeated, and fled before
General Reynolds arrived
Wo have found forty killed of the enemy and
ten wonnded on the fieid. Our loss is two kill
ed and three wounded. We have taken two
caissons, with the harnesses, the horses having
been killed.
The regiment of riflc-s behaved finely. Lieu
tenant Colonel Kane was very slightly wouud
ed, but is still in the field. I have collected
the dead and wounded, and amjabout to move
back to camp.
GEO A. McCALL,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
DITAILS OF TIIE BATTLK.
General Ord started at six o'clock this morn
ing. His command consisted of four full regi
ments ; the " Bucktail Rifles," Lieutenant
Colonel Knue, and Easton's battery, consisting
of two twenty four and two twelve pound how
itzers. They proceeded oa a foraging expedi
tion in the direction of Drainesville, General
McCall, anticipating they might be attacked,
ordered First and Second brigades to follow at
eight A. M. The First brigade, General
Reynolds, advanced OD the Leesburg turnpike,
and took a position ou Difficult creek to await
further orders. Two hours later General Mc-
Call, with his staff and escort of cavalry,follow
ed by the same route.
Meantime Gen. Ord advanced to Thorn
ton's House, near Drainesville, when his com
mand was suddenly fired upon by a force lying
fn ambush in dense woods adjacent. This was
the sigual of battle, and a brisk engagement
promptly ensued.
Gen. McCall, who arrived a few minutes
previously, took command. In a moment's
time, Easton's battery was planted alongside
the Thornton House, and fired rapidly and
with terrible effect in the euemy's ambush.—
Col. Kane's "Bucktail riflemen" were placed
in advance, and fired upon the enemy wherever
they made their appearance. The rebels, who
had a battery of six pieces, returned the can
nonading, and replied to the rifles with musk
etry. The firing was kept np some three quar
ters of an hour, when the enemy retreated
rapidly, the fire of tho whole brigade, refles
and battery being too hot for them.
Our troops stood up bravely under the sharp
volleys of the rebels. Their steadiness was
praised by General McCall and his officers.
The rebels took tho direction of Fairfax
Court House, lcaviug ou the field a number of
their killed und wounded. Our troop 3 pursu
ed them a Ehort dislauce aud returned.
The scene ia the woods presented all the
horrors of a sanguinary battle Geld, and the
dead and dying lying strewn in various direc
tions. Forty dead bodies of the rebels were
picked up, and fifteen wonnded prisoners were
taken and placed iu Hunter's and other houses
in Drainesville.
General Ord captured eight wounded prison
ers and two caissons with ammunition. In
their haste the enemy left behind arms of all
descriptions, clothing, Ac.
Their loss is estimated at 150 killed and
wounded. Among their killed was Colonel
Tom. Taylor, of Frankfort, Ky., aud com
mander of the First Keutucky regiment of
rebels. The forces of the enemy consisted of
three infantryjregiroents, First aud Eleventh
Kentucky and Tenth Alabama, with a cavalry
regiment and a battery, all under command of
Colonel John 11. Forney, of the Tenth Alaba
ma, Acting Brigadier General. The dead
rebels were left ou tho field.
The loss oa our side was six killed and eight
wounded, most of whom belonged to the Buck
tails. Colonel Kane received a slight wouud.
At nine o'clock onr troops had returned to
eamp, bringing in fifty wagon loads of forage
The regiments of General Ord's brigade wera
the Sixth, Ninth, Tenth aud Twelfth Pennsyl
vania reserves.
When General McClellan learned that Gen
McCall's troops were engaging the enemy, ho
jumped into his saddle, and accompanied by
Colonel Colbnrn, proceeded to Minersville,
where he learned the result as given above and
returned.
Further accounts of this engagement, show
it to have been more brilliant and successful
than at first represented. The enemy was com
pletely routed, and his loss severe.
The skirmishers of the expedition were tuk
en from the 6th Regiment which coutains
Capt. BRADBURY'S and Capt GOBI'S compan
ies. We are sorry to gee in the list of wound
ed,Capt. BRADBURY reported as severely wound
ed iu tho leg, and A. H DIXSMORE, ia the
thigh, slightly.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
General llalleck's de-patch reads aa follows :
HEADQRARTERS DEFARTHENT OF THK WEST, )
ST. Ixjris, Dec. 19,1801. {
General G. B MCCLF.LXAN, Commander in
t i f United States Army :
General Pope's expedition successfully cnt
' * e*> tint. re*r "Mnnnt.
and scattered them,twenty-two hundred strone
in every direction. Took one hundred and
fiitv prisoners aud most of the enemy's wa
gon's, tenti, baggage, horses, &c. All the in
surgents between the Missouri aud Osage are
Cleared oat. Price is still south of the Osage.
H. W HALLECK,
Major General Commanding.
The particulars of the engagement, as far
as we can learn, are hat General Pope made
a forced march upon the enemy, got between
them (apparently near Shawnee Monncf, as
the rebels were encamped at Clinton.in lienry
county, and Chilhowe, in Johnson eoanty),
and surprised them ; for as soon as they a. the
latter place heard of his approach they beat a
rapid retreat towards Rose Hill.Johnson couu
ty, leaving all their baggage, arms, munitions,
papers, Ac., in oar possession
General Pope then threw forward ten com
panies of cavalry and a section of artillery in
pursuit, following with the main body of his
army.
Those at Clinton retreated southerly towards
Gsceola aud southwesterly towards Johnstown
for we find that one section of rebels at Johns
town, Bates county, were sew closely pursued
that they scattered iu all directions, but most
ly toward the south.
On the other hand, we find that General
Pope forced a strong cavalry recounoissaDce to
within fifteen miles of Osceola, and intercept
ed and captured one hundred aud fifty of the
Seeing rebels and all their baggage, stores &c
Other squads, from some ten to fifteen, were
taken, making the aggregate number about
three hundred.
All this was done without fightiDg, the sur
prise being 60 perfect as to cause a complete
panic and rout of the rebels.
General Pope, in bis report to the Com
mauder of the Department, 6ays :
The whole country between Rose Hill on
the west aud Grand river on the south is clear
of rebels.
" Graud river" is another Dame for that por
tion of the Osage river.
TIIE SECONDENGAGEMENT.
Further information received from the West
is to the effect that, io addition to the expedi
tiou ot General Pope against the enemy at
and near Clinton, another part of his force,un
der Colouel Davis and Mijor Marshall, sur
prised another camp of the rebels on the after
uoou of the 18th iust., near Milford, a little
uorth of Warreusburg. A brisk skirmish en-
Bued, when the rebels, finding themselves sur
rounded, surrendered.
Colouel Davis took 1,300 prisoners, includ
ing three colonels, seventeen captaius.a thou
sand stand of arms, sixty-five wagons, a thou
sand horses, and a large quantity of tents, bag
gage and supplies.
Our loss is two killed aud eight wounded.—
The rebel loss is not yet kuowu.
Information from Glasgow states our troops
captured about two tons of powder buried on
Caleb Jackson's farm.
Major Hubbard captured sixty rebels a day
or two since in Johusou County. The troops
in Kansas have been stirring during the past
week, aud good news is expected from them
daily.
This news shows plainly that the plan of
attack has been well considered and effective
ly carried out. The official despatch from
General Halleck confirms the news. It is as
follows:
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20, 1961.
The following despatch was received by Gen
McClellun this afternoon. It is glorious news,
and created quite a stir in the Cabinet :
HEADQUARTERS, ST. Loris, Mo., Dec. 20, 1861.
To Major General G. B. MCCLEI.LAN, Major
General commanding the Army :
A part of Gen Pope's forces, under Col J.
C. Davis aud Major Marshall, surprised anoth
er earap of the enemy, on the afternoon of the
18th, at Milford, a little north of Warrens
burg. A brisk skirmish ensued, when the ene
my, fiuding himself surrounded, surrendered ut
discretion. W9 took tnirteen hundred prison
ers, including three colonels and seventeen
captains, and one thousand stand of arms, one
thousand horses, sixty five wagons, and a large
quantity of tents, baggage and supplies. Our
loss is two killed and wounded. The enemy's
loss is not yet known.
Information received last night from Glas
gow states that our troops at that place had
taken about two tons of powder,in kegs,buried
on Caleb Jackson's farm This effectually cuts
off their supply of ammunition.
U. W. HALLECK, Major General.
A GREAT NEGRO INSURRECTION IN
MISSISSIPPI.
NEW YORE, Dec. 20,1961.
Adviceß per the steamer Atlantic state that
four hundred of our men, on the 18th, crossed
[ to the mainland, towards the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad, and encountered a rebel
force of fifteen hundred, who retreated, after
firing a volley without effect.
The Fourth New Hampshire Regiment had
gone to Tybee Island. The balauce of Gen.
Wright's brigade would follow
The special correspondence of the New York
Tribune, from Port Royal, gives a rumor of
the defeat of the rebel commodore, Rollins,and
the sinking of his ship by the Massachusetts.
Universal depression is reported throughout
the South. New Orleans is particularly de
pressed.
A great negro insurrection is reported in
Mississippi by which an immense amount of
property was destroyed, includiug $150,000
worth on the Quitman estate aline.
A correspondent of one of our ex
changes writes as follows in reference to the
Rt. Rev. General Bishop Leonidas Polk :
" I think the Rt Reverend General Bishop
Polk, if some one has uot slandered him, seut
a dag of truce to the devil, when he laid aside
the sword of the spirit and took up the carnal
weapons of Jeff. Davis, and has since fallen iu
to the habit of the army in Flanders. It is
stated, on the authority of a gentleman who
was preseut, that when a note of inquiry was
sent down to Columbus, by Gen. Grant, after
the fight at Belmont, in which the action was
meutioned as a ' skirmish,' the Bishop Geuer
al, on reading it, exclaimed, with an energetic
oath byway of preface, ' Skirmish, hell aud
damnation ! I'd like to know what he calls a
battle.' But this is all natural enough. When
Peter denied his Lord, you remember, he soon
began to curse and swear.'
THE GALLANT COLONEL CORCORAN. —It IS un
derstood that althongh the Government haw
commenced the exchange of prisoners, it will
hardly be possible to rescue this brave officer
from the death to which he is hastening, it be
ing asserted among his friends, that his predis
position to consumption, aided by incarceration
in a not healthy jail, are tending rapidly to a
wt'ch Trcst e T e hr? prove fate'
§rabto§£porter.
A'. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, December 26, 1861.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate on Friday, petitions for the
emancipation of the slaves of rebels, for an ar
mory at Cock Island, for the establishment of
a system to exchange prisoners of war, and for
the expulsion of Senator Bright, of Indiana,
were presented and appropriately referred.—
The Military Committee, presented a report
and joint resolution expressing recognition of
the gallantry of General Nathaniel Lyon and
the soldiers ouder his command at the battle
at Springhcld, Mo. Messrs. Pomeroy, of Kan
sas, and Dixon Foster, of Connecticut, eulo
gized the character and conduct of Gen. Ly
on, and the resolution was adopted. A bill
appropriating one thousand dollars to the
owners of the British ship Porthshier, as in
demnity for damage by reason of illegal de
tention by the blockading squadron, was re
ported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and laid on the table. The Judiciary Commit
tee were discharged from further consideration
of the subject of the abolitiou aud reconstruc
tion of the Supreme Conrt. A biH for the
prevention of the sale of liquor to soldiers in
the District of Columbia was passed. A bill
was introduced providing for the organization
of the staffs attached to the regular and volun
teer forces. Mr. Sanlsbury's resolution, call
ing for a copy of General Phelps' proclamation
to the loyai citizens of the Southwest, atid by
what authority it was made, was taken up,
briefly discussed and laid on the table. Mr.
Willie, of Virginia, tbeu resumed and con
cluded his speech on national affars.
In the House of Representatives, the Com
mittee on Ways and Means were introduced
to inquire into the expediency of establishing
a branch mint at Denver. The Printing com
mittee were directed to report upon the subject
of printing the Patent Office reports receutly
destroyed by fire. The Military Committee
were instructed to inquire into the expediency
of instructing the Pay master General of the
army to authorize the paymasters aud assist
ant paymasters to credit and pay all commis
sioned officers and volunteers their pay and
allowances from the date of acceptance and ta
king the oath of allegiance, are required by
the officers appointed by the President. A
bill appropriating $150,000 to complete the
defenses of Washington was passed. The
House then passed the Senate bill providing
for transmitting certificates of allotments of
pay of the volunteers to their families
and friends. Each State is to appoint
i thrco persons to visit the several depart
ments of the army to receive the money.
The provisions of the law allowing liens to
sutlers on the pay of soldiers is repealed, and
all regulations ou the subject are abrogated
beyond the rules aud articles of war. The
Senate bill authorizing the appointment of
general court martial in time of war was also
passed. The resolution favorable to an amend
ment of the law relative to army chaplains was
adopted. By the existing law noue bat Chris
tians can be appointed as chaplains. It is pro
posed to amend it so as to perm't the appoint
ment of Jewish rabbis Resolutions of the
Kentucky Legislature in favor of relief of Ire
laud, in view of a probable famine there, were
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A resolution that the Committee on the Judi
ciary be instructed to report a bill so amend
ing the Fugitive Slave law of 1850 as to for
bid the recapture or return of any fugitive
from labor without satisfactory proof first be
ing made that the claimant of such fugitive is
loyal to the government was adopted by a
vote of 18 to 39. A resolution wus adopted
thanking Col. Mulligan and bis command for
their heroic defense of Lexington, and au
thorizing the 23d regiment of Illinois to bear
on their colors the name of " Lexington."
Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, offered a resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee to report
a bill providing for the confiscation of all the
property of all rebels, aud their aiders and
abettors, and the nnconditional liberation of
their slaves, and protection of said slaves from
recapture by their masters. The proposition
was laid on the table by two majority. Mr.
Wilson, of Indiana, offered a resolution direct
ing the Military Committee to report an ad
ditional article of war, prohibiting officers of
the array from employing the force nnder their
command to return fngitive slaves to their
owners, and providing for the punishment of
such officers by dismissal from service. No
actim was taken on the subject.
EFFICIENCY OF THE BLOCKADE— The N. Y.
Times says : We hear a great deal about this
and that port being inefficiently blockaded, and
it can be readily understood that one vessel
running the blockade will provoke a great deal
more comment and gossip than the capture of
ndozen by the ships of onr squadron. The truth
of this is demonstrated by the published state
ment of the Secretary of the Navy concerning
vessels seized since the commencement of the
war. Besides other services performed, the
blockading squadron has captured over 160 of
the enemy's vessels, and their seizure, while it
establishes the general vigilence of our cruis
ers, amply atones for any damage that our
commerce has sustained at the hands of the
enemy. Forty-two of our war ships have suc
ceeded in making prizes. The Minnesota, at
Hampton Roads, has made the most captures;
next to her, the South Carolina, stationed off
Galreston and the mouths of the Mississippi,
is able to show the largest nnmber of rebel
l'T7ii
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
A brisk and successful couflicl took place at
noon m Friday on the lines In frout of Wasb
ingtoo. Gen. McCnll'a brigade went out in
the moruiag on a forageing expedition to
wards Draiaesville. His advance force, com
manded by Genera! Orri, consisted of four reg
iments of infantry, a regiment of Pennsylva
nia rities aud Easton's battery. Near Draiuea
vilie a fire was opened on th em by the rebels,
under Cel. Forney, numbering four regiments
o f infantry aud one of cavalry, who were con
cealed in the bushes. The fire was returned
from our rifles and tbe battery, and after an
hour's lighting the rebels tied towards Fairfax
Court House, leaving 150 killed and wounded
behind them,together with two missions of am
munition andaqnantity of clothiog and stores.
Gen. McC'all had ordered up Gen. Reynolds
to a point on the Leesbnrg turnpike to support
General Ord, in anticipation of au attack :
bnt before Generals Reynolds and McCail
reached the field of action the rebels had been
defeated by the irresistiole fire of Easton's
batteries and the rifles of Colonel Kaue's
Pennsylvania regiment. Our loss was about
ten killed and fifteen wounded. The troops
of Geo. McCail returned to camp the same
uigbt. We give to day the General's official
report of the action.
Altogether, affairs in Missouri of late bear
a most cheering aspect. In addition to tbe
brilliant feat of Gen Pope, near Clinton, an
other portion of his force, under Colonel Da
vis, surprised a second rebel camp on the even
ing of the 18th, near Milford. The rebels
who were thirteen hundred strong, surrendered
upon finding themselves surrounded. Among
the prisouers were three colonels, seveoteeu
captains, 1,000 stand of arms, 1,000 horsc6,
sixty five wagons, ai d a large quantity of .sup
plies, tents and baggage. The loss of the
enemy is not known, bnt the Union loss was
hot two killed and eight wounded. These
two surprises, so successfully accomplished
almo'st at the same time, will have a stunning
effect on the rebel interests in Missouri. In
deed, within the last few weeks, since the ap
pointment of General MeClellan to the com
mand of the army of the Union, the course of
our arms has been marked by a continued se
ries of success.
There was a lively skirmish ou the 14th at
Point o: Rocks. A rebel battery of the guns,
flanked by 200 infantry, suddenly opened
tire upon Col. Geary's regiment. The battery
of the 28 Regiment at once replied, disabling
one gun and driving the srtillennen from the
others. The fight lasted about half an hour ; I
the enemy lost at least 14 killed and many
wounded. The Union troops lost not a man.
When the Rebels had fl- d our guns were
turned against some houses where 150 of them
had bidden, and they were soon dislodged with
severe loss.
From Missouri we have news the importance
of which, though great, cannot well be accu
rately estimated at this moment. It is to the
effect that Gen. Pope, who on Wednesday, by
a forced march, menaced the Rebels in John
sou County Compelled them to retreat rapidly
toward Rose Hill ; they left in his hands all
their baggage, arms, munition of war, and
camp equipage. He then threw forward teu
companies of infantry and a section ofurtillery
and followed with his main army. AH soon
they heard of his near approach the Rebels
wildly fled ; Gen. Pope captured 150 of them
iu one party, and about as many more in
small squads. Price was reported to hare
only 8,000 men with him at Osceola.
We may soon expect to hear of another
brilliant battle in Kentucky. Geu. Schoiff,ou
Wednesday morning at daylight, marched out
of Somerset with all his force for the purpose
of attacking the rebels. Gen. Z >llico!T j r was
in position ou Fishing Creek with 6,000 men
aud some artillery. Schoeffs force include sev
en regiments and two batteries, and he was
confident of being able to whip the Rebels,
and take a large number of prisoners.
The United States sloop- of-war Macedonian
and Constellation, of 22 guns each, have been
ordered to cruise in foregn seas, for the pro
tection of American commerce.
fcsgr William Smith O'Brien has published
a very important letter on the subject of a war
between the United States and England, and
the duty of Irishmen in all parts of the Araer
icau Uuion during such a crisis. The commu
nication is addres ed to Secretary Seward, in
the Irish journals. Mr. O'Brien opeuly avows
his opinion that England wishes to extinguisli
a great commercial rival in this the hour of
its.home trouble,and asserts his opinion that she
has no more sympathy with the United States
thau she has for the Chinese government, the
humiliation of both being equally a pnrt of
her policy. With a view to her disappoint
ment in the country M. O'Brien recommends
that every effort should be made by our gov
ernment to pnt an end to the rebellion at the
South ; and then that America again united,
should take her dangerous and unseroupulous
foe in hand. Mr. O'Brieu shows that his
fellow countrymen in every portion of Ameri
ca, and even in the British army on the Can
adian (routier, will aid in protecting the asy
lum of their families, friends aud fellow citi
zens here, if needed, agaiust English assault.
The National Brotherhood of St. Patrick, at
a meeting just held in Doublh, has called, by
resolution, on the Irishmen in America to re
member what they " owe the government of
the Uuion," as well to recollect what is "due"
from them to Englaud in case of war.
*©-noo. Jeremiah S. Black, of this State,
has been appointed reporter of the decisions of
the Court of the United States.
The Charleston Conflagration.
FURTHERJJETAILS.
BAI.TIMOKK, Dee. 18, 18G1.
The Norfolk Duy Book, of Tuesday, receiv
ed by Ike Old Point bout, contains extracts
from the Charleston Courier and Mercury re
lative to the fire, but there is little additional
to what has already been aent.
W. B Russell & Co., owners of the sash
factory where the fire commenced, say that
the establishment had been closed, and the
furnace of the boiler covered with water be
fore the meii left. The proprietor did not
leave for an hour and half, or more, alter the
workmen, and when lie left everything was in
order, and no signs of fire. In abent an hour
and half afterwards Mr. Russell heard an
alarm. From these circumstances he infers
that the Gre was set, or was the result of cre
lessucss on the part a cumber of country ne
grops, who bad been quaitered under an old
shed adjoining his establishment in allowing
their camp Gres to get the better of them.
After the breaking out of the Gre, the
flames continued to increase iu violence, and
with the scarcity of water, seemed to defy all
human efforts to arrest them. Keeping a
south-westerly course, the roaring element
rushed through like forked lightning to com
mence the work of destruction. In King and
Queen streets the scene was truly terrible.
Roof after roof fell iu, the Gre rushed out of
the windows and leaped round buildings with
an awfully sublime appearance. The flames
spread right aud left, destroying and making
clean sweep of the Gne residences ou Logan,
New, Savage, Mazyek, aud the lower eud of
Broad streets ; nor could the work of destruc
tiou and desolation have been stayed, if it had
uot been that the fire exhausted itself for the
want of material lu addition to the churches
already mentioned as destroyed, there was the
Quaker Meeting House, on Kiug street. Ttie
savings institulious were burned, and also the
large southern express buildings. The Mills
House was only saved through almost super
human exertions, and its blackened walls at
test the severe trial. The cathedral was rat
ed as one of the finest architectural ornaments
of the city. It was constructed of brown
stone, in a very massive and costly manner
Tiie Gue building of the Sisters ot Mercy was
saved. The extensive fouudry and machine
shop of Cameron A Co., entirely de.-troyed,
embraced buildings, the office, erecting shop,
machine and Gttiug shop, foundry, blacksmith
shop, two boiler shops, pattern store room aud
iron room, the stock of materials on band, in
cluding a large quantity for Government pur
poses, valued at not less than $200,000, is all
gone. The insurance is uot stated. Me-srs.
MeCabe & Narckels State Cotton Press was
also destroyed—the value of the building was
SOO,OO0 —the building coutuiued three ban
died thousand pounds ot Sea Island Cotton, in
seed, worth $15,000, belonging to Edis'o A
Johns, island planters; no insurance. On the
cotton press there was an insurance of $23,-
000 It contained, also, Gity-two bales of Up
land c Itou.
Among the handsome re&ideneos destroyed
ure tliOse ol Bishop Lynch, Geo. M. Coffin,
Mr. J. B Hey ward, Postmaster linger. M -s
Bowman, John Laurens, l>r Hayek, Captain
Kutledge, John Botitiel, Messrs. Middietou,
McKaig, Gravely and Wi liams.
The Courier says the most gratifying inci
dent of the Gre was the zeal manifested hy the
slaves, hy their tfforts as firemen and laborers
The entire population, tuaie and leuiale, woik
ed most earnestly
Subscriptions for the poor sufferers hy this
terrible conflagration had neen opened at the
Bank of Charleston, and $2,000 had hem sub
scribed.
The Commissary General had posted a no
tice that food aud shelter tor those deprived of
their houses hy the sad calamity might he ob
tained on application to F. 8. Holmes, at the
Soldiers' Wayside Depot, Anu and Mary sis
The Mercury, of Friday, hays yesterday was
a gloomy day for Ciiarle.-ton bu-iness was
universally suspended, aud with one impulse
our community has united in giving sympathy
and aid to the victims of this ten idle public
calamity.
The Courier -ays : " The fearful cotifljra
tion 'hat lias just passed over our city will
cause the eleventh uud twelfth of December,
1861, hereafter to be remembered as one ol
tho-e dark, trying periods, which for a mo
meat seem to paralyze all our long cherished
hopes and bright anticipations of the future
We have been visited by one of those my-te
rtoos dispensations of Providence which we
cannot attempt to solve Our city has re
ceived a terrible blow which it will tafcp work
of years to repair. Let us nerve ourselves
then for another start, thankful that we are
still left with the same bold spirit and strong
arms to make new uud perhaps more substan
tial prosperity for our beloved city."
REPORTED INSANITY OF GEN \YM T. SHER
MAN—The painful intelligence reaches us m
such form that we are not at liberty to discred
it it, that Gen. W T. Sherman, late comman
der of the Department of the Cumberland, is
insane It appears that he was at times, when
commanding in Kentucky, stark uiad. We
learn he at one time telegraphed to the War
Department three times iu one day for permis
sion to evacuate Keutueky, aod retreat into
Indiana. He also, on several occasions, fright
ened the leading Union meu of Louisville u!
most out of their wits, by the most astounding
representations of the overwhelming foree of
Buekuer, and the assertion Pat Louisville
could not he defended The retreat from Cmu
berhnid Gap was one of his mad freaks When
relieved of the command in Kentucky, he was
sent to Missouri and placed at the head of a
brigade at Sedalia, wnere the shocking fact
that he was a madman was developed by or
ders that his subordinates knew to be prepos
terous and refused to obey. He has, of course,
been relieved altogether of his command. The
harsh criticisms which have been lavished up
on this gentleman, provoked by his strange
conduct, will now give way to the deepest sym
pathy for him in his great calamity. It seems
providential that the country has not to monrn
the loss of au army through the loss of the
mind of a general in whose hands was commit
ted the vast responsibly of the command in
Kentucky.
BTN.t.Rts PRISONRRS —ON Wednesday some
four or five soldiers, belonging to Minnessota
and Wisconsin regiments, and wounded in the
battle at Bull Run, passed through this city,
on their way homeward They came from
Richmond direct, hut were unable to tell much
about matters there as their wounds were too
serious to permit ot their going about. They
were all fine looking men, hut Bre maimed for
life, all of them having either a leg or an arm
tnkrn off llnrr/sbiirg Ttltfgro^h.
PKOPI.ES' STATE CENTRAL
KXANOER K. MCCIXER, Chairman of
pies' Central Committee, h„ *
meeting of said Committee, at C ov . , 1
lei, in Harrisburg, on Wednesday*'l * Hr>
22, 1862, to determine the time &•',
holding a State Convention, to nominal "
! candidates, and to transact such olhtr b #
| as may be presented. '
; THE NEW KENTUCKY SENATOR _ir,. n ~
rett Davis has been elected United St '
, tor by the Legislature of Kentucky h!** 8 "
of 84 to 12, to Gil oot the unexpired r °''
the traitor John C. Breckinridge T* '
commenced March 4th, 1801 Mr j, t "®
frequently been a member of the Ho,,
preservative*, and is a man of ntuhty r,
understood to be an unconditional U, 1
On the 17th inst .in Cherry . SuliiTati Count, i „
Armstrong, Mr. FBANCEJJ W. >M II . i < •
JKXXIK FUANKK. hoth cf Oremm *•
3lcto imtJfrHjcturuts.
WHITE HONEV SYKUP-A I,N.
ClO's article, equal to maple nyruL l -
Towanda, Dee. 19. 1861. I*l
OIANO FOR SALE—I have & p
A nearly rew, which I will sell cheap An? .
ing to purchase, will tind it to their Interest u>
this instrument. Ei'tv *
Towanda. Dec. 19, 1861. 1 -
l?OR SALE. —The Subscriber offers fi* to L
A a YOKE OF OXES, of large size, well mt< hi *
in good order— age, between 8 arid 9 yean. H st . :
farther use for them will sell the same on a year'. *
with approved security. W. KATT
Towanda, Dec. 10, 1801.
CAXDIES AND M
FOR CHRISTMAS.
A LARGE STOCK OF
Fresh Candy, .Nuts,
Towanda. llac 19. 1861. At F n
r P<) I'HECOMMISSIONERS OFBRAI
A FORI) COUNTY — GENTLEMEN : —As Leret'.■•
again offer my -ervi.w* a* clerk of your Board f..r;h.'.,
ot FOUR HUNDRED) DOLLARS per annum. 1W,., ,
in the precedent et ihlishcd by the Republi -.an \'
onr county, of rotation innfii-e. 1 am induced t .
my services to you as your clerk, witiio.it the ~
,n the least of trying to interfere with the pn.'.!„ct •
any other applicant for the same position. 1 i.i.<lg>'•.
sell if appointed, to perform the duties to the ta-t'o'V,
knowledge and ability Very Re- ■
- , HEELER
Towanda, Nov. 1861.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE : A ."
-Ti. hfry vt Jottph Kingtbtry. In the U"urt ' V
mon Fleas of Bradford county, N'o. 139. Decern *\-3
1861. '**
Notice is hereby given, that the under-ismed ia vt
tor, appointed by the said Court to distribute the a - .e.
raised by tiie sheriff's sale of -aiJ defendant's
property, will attend to tie- duties of his s,latmeut":;
his offi. ein the Ror.nnrh <• To wan da. or. FRIDAY'
17th duyof J VN'L'ARY, 1-62. at 1 o'clock. P.M. I
and where a!! persons having claims on said in i, ■:- <
present tbcm, or else be forever debarred from the.,.,,
1' D Moßitmv "
Dec. 10.1861.
011O IIPIIANS' COURT Al.r,-u~7
of an order of the Orphans' Court ol Br.tdi• ,rd,
ty. the undersigned, administrator <>l Jonathan ii,.
deceased, will sell at public auction, all that certsu
pee or parcel of land situate in Sylvan„ 11 .ruczh
bounded as follows : Ou the n rtli by the State
the east by the public road leading to Armwiu on e?
south by tiie hinds of I). S. Alexander, and ~u the
by land- ot Melissce Bristoll. ( uifaining about ,
a. re. with one rrimed dwellinz house, sherh and
ti ees then on SATURDAY. the 4th day of J ANT
A. D. 1-C1 at 12 o clock, M., at the public house . i
M. Rose, in said Borough of Slyvania.
9i~ Terms made In >wu on day ol sale.
„ . ' F A "IKRCE,
Dec. 10, ISGI. Admir.i-trator
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE
of an order of the Orphan's Court of Br.ei'.r! -o
I
Rome twp ,on Monday, Decernher 30th, ■- , I
ci rtai' ■ piece i r par ng m m
t .wnsliip of Rome iu -aid county late the e-tVo o ■
lIiA.Y U. HILL, dee'd., Isiuuded aslollowe : ,c inc. H
hy land set apart to widow hy appraisement m
by lands ot K. M. High, on the east by lands tr.v '
hy the said Nathan Hill, west by lauds of J >ei * aal
B. Human, containing 2s acres and Gj perches. 4.
i proved.
ARSii—The decedents interest in a certain Dt. pw
ior parcel of land in traded ol H'm I! c, ~.j .je
! on the north by land of Thorn is J Mill on the s ith '
! land, ot L. M. Aigh. east ny lands of Dan el Kioaell
I the west by land-of said Nathan U iiil dee d. Ut
1 taftnbig about to acres about 1" a re, hit .-d
i Twins or SALK —-Goo-fourth of the i"ir. a.iE n?eybt
, paid on contirmatioxi ot the *alc. aud Vie ta.ance iu *it
' mouths therefrom, with int< rest.
SMITH ! EST. XVRA.
I Roue, Dec. j. 1-61.
ORPHANS COURT SALE-By virt*
of an order ot the orphan - TVCNRT of Bradford CUT
ty. will be exposed to pun U -ale. at HIT TAVERN HOILW
(urnsqaGiUn in STNINGLH ' twp o FRIDAY,*!
24'H duy WF JAM* AWY DC'.'.at 1 o'clock p. M S>
tollowiiig DESCRIBED lot, ptec* >r parcel ID land sinnf '
Spriuglield lap ,BU THE C-UVTC 01 I'homa- SMEAL OR C
1 boundi V#n th e..rth.est tnd •"•itn hv 'and 1 Wi!' ; vt
V> 11P,1.1- irol on the sc-l bvllie Puldic hiehwav eil'SJ
fr.iin .siuulih' nl (Jeut-e. P. (lentley reek. OoU.-'i'H
■ nc o it a.I iiupr ve.f th a frame Taveil I *.'•>*<
B.tni W'ovk Shoj- ind fruit trees thereon, i.eicrffirc.w
i pieini-cs -old to luumhu -Muead at Vav riea Wf '
tin -to Got BitiJioi u County, as tiie prout ru
autier B:>we.
TKUMSOI SALI". s2.i.no in bond and the laut s
coneriuatioii ot the salt with interest,
AISO another piece of land situate in id "L"'
Springfield, anil bounded on the north hy LnJ ■ 1
ler aud Asa Malta' ks, Thomas Jame and JiH "l -'- 1 ,
lit'- eat by lai <l-ol Noah Bliss.south ,i• • u
W est brook and the old farm I'm- •• ■ \ r "
J Spear, a*d oa thg west by the hiuWa/ nl* h"
•efltotlKlihc *, rr shoot ftty , - ••■'♦d * J,
. jSpjjSjwfea fWrwr^MT-T*
| to trr.. a •
Fer.uil- IIAJJTJP
in<
f, -.1 | B (■
wAAaßgut, the |w # -a -
Also A"th> rtpvt V ..'**•> 4
I ttpiingtield twii.. *d ***]•"•
! Barnard Newel and VValfcl Ijfiffl* ow ♦ *
public road, on the west ! f n ol the Leonard dav "
alscve descrilied and of \V H Westbrmik. no 1*
I t>y lands of VV. \V. 'Vc-tbmok and K. Bennett, as
we-t by lands of Joel Adams containing ' ' a!! V
and twenty acres or thereabouts .u
and Iwo sbeiis. and three snple on hafffs ifcjrfi'ff *
one hundred acres thereof improved.
Tkkm.< or SALE.—Of this IJQ.OO in ha! '
including the fifty ■) .liars at the c< ntlrnut "O - ;
sale tine third in one year, one third if src
with interest ou the wholfe Irout the day ol .
JAMT- H
Dec. 16.1961.
Ni) COMPROMISE
AT TUB
UNION MABBLE WORK'
Located at Towanda, h'"" a
aEOROE McCABB
WOULD INFORM HL^
v ' and the people of Bradford county in f!< r .
he has purchased the Marble Yard b.niierly #
Taylor A Cash, and has added to hi* - tuc '
sortment of .
American and Foreign Marb f
He invite* the public to see his large ste- k * rer) |B*
chasing elsewhere, as he has the la-gcs "t|" ' r
county. Customers purchasing at the '''"i 1 j jm>•
their orders will save at least 50 per sen
troubled with agents looking after K n ' v '' ' (<*
the corpse is buried, and who are not rev "fi-
ami see what you are getting. Haviug ,f'. -sa "
hesa for the last 56 years, in the city <> art ,lr
intends to keep a variety always on hand o
ties. Monuments, Grave Yard Busts, Hcs
Tombs at city prices. I'.U. I '''
•*. Y'ard on Main street, opposite (.en-
| N. B —Alterations and Mepairinir M 4
to.
I Towanda. tVe l" l^l.