NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. —' Tlio National Intelligencer announces that Gen. George H. Thomas has been appointed ma jor general in the regular army, to date from De cember 15th, the day of his great victory ovei Hood, and to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Gen. John C. Fremont. —There are upwards of ten thousand en listed men on detached service in Washington. One of the headquarters me employs over t\v< hundred as clerks. —The cavalry force of Gen. Sheridan's army visited Upperville and Middlebnrg on the 27th ult., and carried oft' and destroyed consider ble property ' belonging to secessionists. A brig ade of cavalry and artillery has been stationed at Lovettsville. Winter quarters are being erected, —Mrs. .Sarah L. Hutching, of Baltimore, charged with purchasing a sword for the rebel Ma jor (iilmor has taken an oath of allegiance to the Government, and promises to give no further aid to the enemy. —The passport system is now strictly en forced on the American side of the Canadian bor der. Railroad passengers without passjwrts arc slopped. —Richmond papers state that Hood's army is moving on Tupelo, Miss., which will prob ably be the base of future operations. —Gen. Burbridge has removed the re strietions on trade in Kentucky. —ln the Kentucky Legislature resolu tions have been introduced for the immediate abo lition of slavery. Governor Bramlette, in his mes sage, recommends tlje gradual emancipation and ultimate removal of the slaves. —The new seal of the state of Nevada is nine inches in circumference—too large for any practicable use. The design represents the siui rising over mountains, a railroad train, a quartz mill, a tunnel, a man dumping ore, and a six mule team hauling rock. The motto is, " All for our country." —George Davis, of New Haven, Conn., lost the sight of both liis eyes in a singular man ner a few days since. He had drilled a hole in a stone sill, to receive an iron staple, and poured in molten lead without first clearing the water from the hole. The consequence was, it flew back with the force of steam, into his face, burning him ter ribly. —Hood is estimated to have taken across the Tennessee river from twenty-five to twenty eight thousand men. Forrest abandoned 150 wag ons on tin- north side of the river on Friday. Lyon, with HOO men, is moving to join Forrest. Hood has gone off in a southwesterly direction, and is now below Corinth, probably on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. The steamship Knickerbocker, with all on hoard, is supposed to have beeu lost in the late gale, on Cheseapeake bay. The ship lies under water, itiid nothing has been heard from her crew. She wih an old vessel, owned in New York. —The Provost Marshal General has de rided that the wants of the service do not, except in special eases to be designed, require the enlist ments of recruits for heavy artillery, light artillery or cavalry, and Provost Marshals are instructed that for the present they will enlist recruits only for the infantry. - The gold medal authorized by Congress to IK- struck for Gen. Grant, after the fall of Yicks burg, is finished, and has reached Washington.— The time and manner of the presentation has not yet been determined upon. —On Sunday morning lust, a fire broke out in the machine shop on the Delaware, Lucka wana A Western Railroad, at Hampton Junction, which raged with such fury that the building with all its contents, including the engine house, four locomotives, and two drill engines were totally de stroyed. The entire loss is estimated at $140,000, on which there is no insurance. The fire is be lieved to have been the work of an incendary. —Dan Rice, the circus proprietor, was mhleed ill the sum of s'.e.il, in the Superior Court at Worcester. Mass., last week, in a suit for dam ages, brought by a man whom he ejected from his tent during a performance in the village of Web ster some months ago. • —A company of Yankees have obtained extensive salt grants in St. Domingo, and of course are building railways and storehouses and apply ing costly machinery, to get it to a northern mar- , k,t ' . 1 —Two patriotic young women living near Sugar Loaf Mountain, in Virginia,.last week took news to our forces of the whereabouts of a party of Mosebv's guerillas, ten of whom were captured alul sent to Washington. —Mrs. Aaron Warner, of Williamsburg, Mass., ninety-one years old. has spun forty run of yarn, knitted seventy-five pairs <>f woollen and twen ty pairs of cotton stockings during the last year, besides doing odd jobs about the house. —Putnam, Ct., now pays all her soldiers who have lost limbs and been discharged, one dol lar and fifty cents per week, and fifty cents for i aeh child under fifteen years. --The plan is now generally adopted in fieri. Grant's army, when burying the dead, to place in the grave with the body a sealed bottle, i-ontaining a paper on which is written the name, and other particulars respecting the deceased. —A man in Cincinnati has been refused credit by his banker, on the ground that his in couHt tax showed that he was not doing business to justify his expenditures and meet his obliga tions, or that lie had swindled the Government, ami would others if lu- had a chanc-e. —The Washington agent of the Associ ated I'rei.s states that there is no truth in the re jiort that Gen. Sherman has notified the President that the Georgia State authorities had applied to come back into tin- I'tiion. —The Missouri Constitutional Conven tion on Monday appointed eleven committees, to wlioju ale to be lefeired the diffeicut articles of tin present Senate constitution. A Committee on Lmnnetpation was also appoint! d. —Tin* Kentucky Legislature has adop ted resolutions in limit of emancipation, the con sent of the owners la-ing olttaim-d, and compensa tion made. .—ln tin Weed-Opdyke libel suit in New York, \S edm-sday, tla-jury stated that they were Unable to agree, -—The Gait House and an adjoining store, hi tymiHville. was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. The aggregate loss is estimated at m ar- ! iv a million of dollars. —The I . ri forces in South Carolina, ac cording to the latest Richmond papers, are still in front of Hardee ville. —,)ake .Sly, it notorious guerilla leader, and four of las meli were captured on Sunday, o'.th of the < umlK-ilalid river, and were executed in retaliation for the murder of lYiiou prisoners. A Montreal dispatch states that the St. Albans raiders Thursday got another postpone, incut <>f thirty .lays to obtain evidence from Rich mond. —-'J be schooner Doling with 120 hales of cotton cut'rut from Galveston on the night of the Zfith nit by Ensign banes, of the steamer Virginian. Gen Butler has issued an order Con*| eeriong his removal trout the command of the army vl the James, and bidding farewell to las men. Bradford Pcportft Towanda, Thursday, January 19, 1865. THE BLAIR MISSION. It appears certain that FRANCIS I'. BLAIR, Senior, the old Editor of the Globe news paper, the organ of Gen. JACKSON'S adniinis- j tration, lias finally succeeded in procuring J permission to visit Richmond, and we learn ; that he has even arrived safely at the Rebel j ! Capital, and " proceeded quietly to the | Spottswood House." W hat influences se- j cured him the favor of the visit, after his j first refusal,we are not informed ; but prob- | ably it was the pertinacy of GREF.LEY, who ! has been importuning the President to al-) low this mission. The natural presumption j would be that after GREELEY'S miserable j and laughable Clifton House adventures of i : last summer, he would rest content upon the laurels he has already won as a Great Pacificator—and that the President would be satisfied that however honest he may be in his endeavors to promote an adjustment ] of our National difficulties, he is anything but a safe counsellor. But it seems otherwise. BLAIR has de parted upon his errand,whatever it may be, and forthwith the very atmosphere is charg ed with rumors of peace. The most unre liable and extraordinary canards are circu lated —and believed—and the public expec tation is wrought up to the highest pitch of anxiety. It seems to us that nothing can be more unwise and unfortunate than a mission of tins kind to the rebels, at this time. It may be, that those who are in the secret, are possessed of information which makes such a mission proper and timely. But we do not believe it ; and we know that the coun try looks on with regret at actions which appear peurile and vascillatiug. It is true, that the Rebellion is in great extremities, and gloom and despondency prevail through out the Confederacy. There are occasion ally croppings out of a disposition in Reb eldom to rebel against Jeff. Davis' arbitary rule, and a desire to come back under the old flag. But we fail to sec, nor do we be lieve the shrewdest and best-informed can perceive any indications that the leaders of the rebellion, are ready to lay down their arms and cease their unnatural and unholy warfare. Until such a spirit in manifested—until the leaders of the rebellion, show some manifestations of a desire to cease their wicked strife, and seek the clemency and pardon of the Government—until they make overtures—we conceive that all such mis sions as Mr. BLAlß'S —whether authorized or unauthorized—are fraught with incalcul able mischief to the Union cause, and cal culated to retard rather than promote the a<lvent of peace. The Rebel leaders know the road to peace, j as well as any Union man. They went off I on their own aeord. and let them come back j in the same way. Besides, such a mission I will only tend to remove peace-further into i the future. If it does any thing', it will only I revive new hopes among the rebels. They j may conclude that we need a peace more j than they do, else why make overtures.— J They may conclude that it is as humiliating for us to sue for peace as for them,and that inasmuch as we do, there must be some- j thing more to cause this, than what is man ifest on the face. But, it is alleged that Mr BLAIK has no authority from the Presi dent to propose terms of peace, that as the personal friend of the Executive, with whose views he is familiar, he only goes to ascertain wheather a peace is feasible. The rebel leaders understand this game of feel ing them, and allow themselves to be felt accordingly. Moreover, what does Mr. BLAIR know of the opinion of the President on the subject of peace, that is not known to every intelligent man in the Union, and to the rebel leaders themselves? They know that all that is asked of them is to lay down their arms, and submit to the laws ; and they know too, that they can come back in no other way. The people of the free States, who have thus far borne up against their hellish work, are not willing that they should be taken back on any other terms, and the President knows this. What need then of overtures ? If these are made, the presumption at once will be, that there are conditions different from those which we have named, and which have stood out so prominent among the friends of the government, yet all must know there are no conditions for the rebels, except sub mission to thi' laws. We hope therefore, that no such error as is indicated in the report of Mr. B's mission, has been commit ted. * TUB < OXSTITI TIOWAL AME.\DMEMT. The House of Representatives at Wash ington is engaged in discussing the Con stitutional Amendment providing for the extinction of Slavery. The probabilities of its passage by the present Congress, are not flattering, as the Democrats oppose it. We notice some noble exceptions, such as ODKLL, of New York, Mr. CKKSEWELL, of Maryland, and two other border states men, Messrs. YEAMAN, of Kentucky, and Kixu, of Missouri, who have spoked in favor of the propi ised amendment. The opponents of the measure, seem to ! admit that slavery is dead : that it has strangled itself by bringing about and prosecuting the Rebellion—and yet they are not ready to provide legal enactments for its extinction, which shall put out of the way forever, this great cause of all our na tion's troubles. It is assumed that should the measure fail in the present Congress, President LINCOLN, will, immediately after the Fourth of March, call together the next Congress, which will without delay, pass the amendment. fii-.tr A bill lias passed both houses of Congress increasing the duty oil Whisky to two dollars per gullon. The luw went into effect on the Ist inst. It does not ap ply to the stock on hand, but only to liquor S manufactured after that time. ARMY CONTRACTORS—SPECULATIONS. Tlio Copperhead papers have inncli to sa} about speculations, and peculations, iu tlx Army and Navy contracts of the govern inent ; and endeavor to throw the blame foi all losses sustained in this way, on the Ad ministration. This is very unreasonable Every sensible man knows that it is literal ly impossible to prevent these things,when such heavy expenditures occur daily, as has been the case under the govcminenl since tiro war against the rebels began.— And that which adds very much to the in justice of the charges preferred against the administration on this ground, is the fact that many of the worst wrongs, and great es frauds, inflicted on the government through contracts, were perpetrated l>} copperheads. Hut, aside from this, in al the wars in which this country has been en gaged, persons have taken advantage o the government, and speculated on its lie cessities. During the Revolutionary war Washington wrote a number of letters t< the Congress of the I'nited Colonies, com plaining of the frauds of those who wer* : authorized to furnish army supplies ; ant : during the Seminole (Indian) war , fifty dot j lars per eortl teas /mid for wood, when ai ! abundance could be had, at the same tim< 1 and place 1 , at ten dollars /tar cord.' Tit ret j dollars per bushel was paid for corn, when ii : could have been had at one-third that sum and the effort to drive from Florida ftc< | hundred Indian warriors —part of the tinu | less than two hundred —cost the the govern i inent twenty millions of dollars ! ! Th s tool place under Mr.Van Burcn's administration and we dare copperhead croakers to poini to an c\|(edition, or any military enterprist | which the present administration has pro i jected against five hundred, or against fivi i times five hundred rebels, that cost tlx? gov eminent in any proportion to this vast sum In the Mexican war large sums were real ; ized by speculators under the commissar} | department. Col. Kinney, of this county, it said to have made over a million of dollar* by supplying Gen. Scott's army with beef Bourrienne, who was Napoleon's coinmDsa ry of Cavalry,during some of his campaigns accumulated large fortunes in the business After B. had closed his account with hi* government, the ernporer drew on him for a million of francos, and compelled him ti pay it ; and, the ungrateful dog, who after wards became his benefactor's bitterest 'enemy, boasted, after he had been compel led to disgorge the million francs, " that In hud millions lejtf The Kothchilds, made j one account says, the enormous sum oi ! seven millions pounds sterling, on the jol j of procuring-, and conveying in coin, t< ! Spain, the money that was necessary t< i pay the subsidies of England, and keej ] Wellington's army in supplies during tlx ; memorable Peninsular campaigns. This if ; an infinitely greater sum than any contract ! or has yet realized under our government | These latter are remarkable cases, and art j only cited to show the impossibility of car ; rying on any war, under any government much less such a stupendous one as ours i and avoid speculations, and even pecula j tioiis, in supplies. Many smaller cases ! might be adduced to illustrate tbis further | but this is needless, not only because prae j tical people do not need them to prove tlx truth of this, but for the reason, that not | withstanding the persistent and noisy ef forts made by the copperheads, to injur* the administration by means of this charge the people did not believe them before tlx election, and do not now. FREE MlSSOUßl. —Missouri has wheeler into tiie ranks of freedom at last. Tlx Constitutional Convention have passed ai ordinance to abolish slavery hencefortl and forever, the law to take effect at once The vote stood, AO for Freedom and 4 foi Slavery. Soon, one by one, we hope ti know that the remaining States that iiav* ) given their support to this heinous rebel! ion, have returned to their first love witl not a stain of degrading and defacing slavery on their garments. This great re suit will complete the hope and realizatioi of the I nion. Maryland and Missour hereafter will be twin sisters, going ban* in hand, living examples to their siste erring States, and by their self devote* acts elevating themselves to eminent posi tioys among the free States of our gloriou old Confederacy, Thus, one by one the props are fulling the arguments of the opposition are bcinj tiling back into their own faces—the work moves and freedom reigns. Simultaneously with this action in Mis souri, we find two other States moving.— The Kentucky Legislature has passei resolutions in favor of emancipation, thu committing that State in favor of freedom and initiating a new regime in the 'home o Henry Clay. A State Convention has alsi met in Tennessee, and adopted measure for reorganizing the civil government o that State on a free and loyal basis.— Emancipation, although it may be delayei in these two States, is now rendered cer tain, and thus we have two more ficcStatei assured to us making the number twenty five. Louisiana and Colorado will give ui twenty-seven. Ileleware, Arkansas ani Nebraska would raise the number to thir ty, which we shall reach before the rebe States resume their allegiance, unless the; hurry about it. Fort Fisher Taken The Telegraph to-day (Tuesday) announ I cess officially the capture of Fort Fishe and the adjacent forts, with 2500 prisoner! , and 72 guns. They were carried by assaul on Sunday, by a portion of the 24th Corps under command of (Jen. Terry. I'nion losi heavy, particularly in officers. Richmond papers say that Mosby is nov at his father's house in Amherst; his wouiu is doing well, and he hopes soon to b( 1 again in the saddle. Ohio has furnished 211,500 men to tlu army and navy, of whom 10,500 have diet J in service and about 8,000 have been dis i abled. THK COLLAPSE OF THE REBELLION. Late Richmond papers give signs of col lapse, and we refer the reader to the fol lowing extracts from the Richmond Senti nel, said to be .Jefferson Davis's organ, and the Richmond Inquirer. The condition of the rebels must be desperate indeed, to be obliged to give utterance to such words, and adopt such a tone of despondency as characterise the articles in their leading papers. That this is their true condition can not be doubted, but what is the object in publishing it to the world? There is something else behind these avowals of weakness, and despair, than these mere publications. Would they thus expose their situation, knowing as tlfey do, that it must be a source of satisfaction to us, if they had not a motive, or a point to make ? What this is we cannot divine. But two things of them we do know. One is, that the desperate scoundrels, who led off, and have since held up the rebellion, will not be taken alive, if they can devise any expedi ent that will save them. They will, rather than be hung, go into the front and be shot down in a last desperate struggle. The other is,that Lee's veterans are still capable of a bold movement, and a powerful tight ; and the confessions of the Richmond pa pers of defeat, disaster, and ruin, may, in some way, be connected with the last re sort of the desperate vidians, who are now endeavoring to escape tiie punishment tliey have so richly earned. It maybe that these publications are only intended for a foreign market, or they may be sent out to test the feelings of their own people ; but whatever the object, there is a point to be gained. It is said that the article from the Senti nel has been deemed by Secretary Seward of such importance, and so truly represent ing the condition of the South and Jeff. Davis's own intentions, that he has ordered copies of it to be sent t<> Our foreign min isters, to show that the rebel government is admitted by their own leaders to be a failure, and that, already exhausted and worn out, they are seeking for some port of refuge ; and this being the case, that they be no longer considered as "belligerents." It is added that " those most familiar with Jeff Davis and his writings declare this to be from his pen." The Sentinel says : "It becomes us coollymul calmly to look into the circumstances of our condition, and adopt with firmness and energy such a policy as wisdom may point out and our necessity constrain. It is childish to whine under misfortune. It is cowardly to siuk under it. It is absurd to be enfeebled by it. A brave man struggling with adversity is wor thy of special admiration—a spectacle for gods and men. •• We think that our Lite reverses have done much towards preparing the minds of the people for the most extreme sacrifices if they shall be ad judged necessary b > the success of our cause. And m truth they are not sacrifices at all when compared with our situation. If subjugated, it is a question simply whether we shall give for our own uses, or whether the Yankees shall take for theirs. Subju gation means emancipation and confiscation. " All our servants and all our property yielded up to assist in the defence of our country would mean no more, but it would be far more glorious to devote our means to our success than to lose them as spoils to the enemy. Our situation, too, stripped ot our property, but master of the gov ernment, would be infinitely better than if de spoiled by the enemy ami wearing his bonds. THK WATCHWORD. "These views have long received the theoretical assent of our people. They are now our practical realizing convictions. A thousand prejudices, a thousand consecrated dogmas, are now ready to be yielded at the bidding of necessity. Any sueri fire of opinion mnl sacrifice of properly, nny surrender of prejudice, if necessary, to the defeat of our enentys. is nine the, irutchirord and reply. Subjugation is a horror tliat t unbraces all other horrors, and adds enormous calamities to its own. The people see this. They have a vivid perception of it. They are ready on their part for the duties which it im plies. Now let'our authorities, state and confeder ate, rise to the level of the great occasion. "Troublesome times are upon us. Great exi gencies surround us. We need all our strength and all our wisdom. Let there be a conference oi our wise men. Let there be a calm investigation ol our wants and a catalogue of our resources. Then by common consent, let all obstacles to the em ployment of these resources be removed. So lonji as we have a man or a dollar, and the man or dol lar be needed, let the call be honored. SURRENDER TO EUROPE PROPOSED. "We lately published, from a thoughtful corres pondent. a suggestion that, in the event of beircj unable to sustain our independence, we should surrender it into the hands of those from whom we wrested or purchased it, into the hands ol Britain, France and Spain, rather than yield it tc the Yankees. "From the favor with which this suggestion has been received, we are sure that in the dread event i which it contemplates, our people would infinitely prefer an alliance with European nations, 011 terms as favorable as they could desire, in preference t<: the dominion of the Yankees. We will not dwell upon that subject now. We speak of them 110! out of gloomy forebodings, but simply as a man in health speaks of his will. THE GREAT QUESTION. "What we ask now, in the name of the people, is, that the government strain every energy and de velop*' every resource for the public defence. Re member that to hold back anything is not to save it. The only question is, shall w< have the use ol it, or shall our enemies, fSuch a question leaves no room to hesitate. Upon such efforts and sucli devotion, heaven will surely send its blessings. But if misfortune should still pursue us and oui hopes all fail, let us have the election of throwing ourselves into the hands of those who are cold ami indifferent, rather than to fall under the yoke ol malignant enemies raising the wolf's howl for oui ! blood. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. "We could not have avoided the struggle inte which the North has forced us. Long ago Lincoln declared that the republic could not exist hall slave and half free. In various forms the people of the North pressed the issue upon us. Our ene i niies hedged us round and finally drove us to the wall. The worst that can happen to us in prose cuting our defence is the best that they designed for us in the beginning, and far better than they will accord us if they triumph in their arms. Prov idence has marked out our path, and both led and urged our steps. It has been to us an inevitable path of duty. "If inpursuiug it we fail, this were to fail asna ; tioiis never failed before. Providence willnot suff er us to go down if we show a proper devotion, a proper wisdom and a proper courage. Let our wise men plan, let our brave men fight, and let out good men pray. (Vod will open up away of es cape for us, and will disappoint our enemies. Let | our faith fail not." The Richmond Enquirer, in an editorial review on the above article, says : "If we would reap the rich blessings to which our heroic struggle entitles us, if we would crys tallize that admiration into acts of aid and com fort, we must convince the world that we are fight ing for the self-government of the whites and not for the slavery of the blacks; that the war has been forced upon us by our enemies, for the pur pose of spoliation and subjugation; that the free dom of the negro was no part of the purpose of ; our enemy, but that commercial vassalage and de pendence prompted and impelled this cruel war. "If it be necessary to convince the world that we are fighting for the self-government of the whites, that we should liberate the negroes, and if that liberation can be made to secure our recog nition and the guaranty of England and France to our independence, we believe that the people of these states would not hesitate to make this sacri fice. In such a light only do we understand the following declaration of the Richmond Sentinel: •••We think that our late adverses have done much towards preparing the minds of our people for the most extreme sacrifices if they shall be ad judged necessary to the success of our cause ; and, iu truth, they are not sacrifices at all when 00111- ) Hired with our situation if subjugated. It is a question simply whether we shall give for our own uses, or whether the Yankees shall take for theirs. "• Subjugation means emancipation and confis cation. All our servants and nil our property yielded up to assist in defence of our country, would mean yo more ; but it would bo far more glorious to devote our means to our success than to lose them as spoils to the enemy. Our situa tion. too, stripped of our property, but master of the government, would be infinitely better than if despoiled by the enemy, and wearing his bonds, these views have long received the theoretical as sent of our people. "'They are now our practical realizing convic tion. A thousand prejudices, a thousand concen trated dogmas, are now ready to be yielded at the bidding of necessity. Any sacrifice of opinion, any sacrifice of property, any surrender of preju dice, if necessary to defeat our enemies, is now the watchword and reply. Subjugation is a horror that embraces all other horrors, and adds enor mous calamities to its own. The people see this. They have a vivid perception of it. They are ready on their part for the duties which in im plies. ' " If we have given to our cotemporary a broader interpretation than the writer designed, we do not believe we have misrepresented the determination of our people. The consequences of emancipa tion would fall upon the unfortunate negro, and tied would hold resisinsihle those who had forced upon us the act. It is one of necessity, not choice. An act taken against our judgment and our convic tions, but to save us from the horrors of a prolon ged war and the disgrace, ruin and destruction in volved in the success of our country. " If France ami Emjlaml trill ruler into a treaty icitli these Confederate States, recrnjaizimj our national ity ami 'inarantyimj oar independence upon the aboli tion of slavery in till these states, rather than continue the far tee should he pre/jaretl to ttrye the met is it res ttp tnt our renders, li e believe such a )>rojiosUioH von Id he favorably received anil acted vjntii by those nations, ami it onyht to he made to them." HANGMAN FOOTE. —This notorious busy body, has, it appears, got into trouble at Richmond. In fact, getting into difficulties appears to be a cronic complaint with him. The report is, that while making his way North, he was arrested by rebel cavalry, a few miles below Alexandria, and taken back to Richmond. Mrs. FOOTE was allowed to come North, and was met at Alexandria, and escorted to Washington by Secretary SEWARD. Also, that the Government, (which we suppose means Secretary SEWARD) lias given notice that it will retaliate upon rebel prisoners of high rank in our hands for any punishment which may lie inflicted upon Mr. FOOTE by the Richmond govern ment. We have 110 fault to find with Secretary SEWARD'S gallantry, hut we submit that any sympathy extended to Mr. FOOTE is entirely misplaced. His performances are not of the slightest consequence, and have 110 political significance whatever. JEFF. DAVIS would undoubtedly be glad to get rid of him, as a disagreeable, uneasy man, who is always "kicking up a muss" with somebody. Our authorities would do them selves credit, if they would send him back to Dixie, should be ever succeed in getting within the Union lines. Gen. Thomas in a dispatch, dated Dec. 29, says: "From the best information I have at this time, Hood's losses, since he invaded the State of Teunesee, sum up as follows: Six general officers killed, six wounded, and one taken prisoner at Fraeklin—thir teen in all; and about six thousand men killed, wounded and taken prisoners at the same battle. On the Bth inst., at Murfrecs borough, he had one general officer woun ded, about one thousand men killed and wounded, and two hundred and seven taken prisoners, and losing two pieces of artill ery. In the two battles of the 15th and 16th inst., before Nashville, lie had one lieuten ant general severely wounded, one major general and three brigadier-generals with four thousand four hundred and sixty-two officers and men made prisoners, besides losing fifty-three pieces of artillery and over three thousand stand of small arms. During his retreat we have captured fifteen more guns, and from fifteen hundred to two thousand prisoners, and a large number oi small arms have been picked up by the way." I E It S O N A L . — ROBERT FARIES, a well known citizen of Williiimsport, ilieil at that place, on 12th Nov. last, ageil tut years. Mr. F. was borne in Ireland, ami was but a few months of age when his parents em igrated to this country. He has been closely iden tified with the public improvements of the State, and particularly with the Snnbury & Erie ltailroad. His loss will be deeply felt, as he was much re spected and highly honored. — HIGH RIDDI.E, Esq., of Port Jcrvis, for many years Superintendent of the Delaware Division, has been appointed General Superinten dent of the Erie Railway, in place of Charles Mi not, Esq., resigned. The position was tendered to Mr. Riddle by the unanimous vote of the Board oi Directors, and the appointment gives general sat isfaction to the officers and employees of the Com pany. —Judge W ll.SON, of Lewistown, died at his residence in that place on last Monday a-week, aged <l4. —I)AN i KR, S. NORTON (Union) of Winona County, has been elected United States Senator from Minnesota, to succeed Morton K. Wilkinson, and serve for six years from the 4tli of March next, Gen. JAMES 11. LANE, Union, has been re-elected to the United States Senate from Kansas, for six years from March 4th. —Bishop THOMAS C. BROWNEI.I. of Connect icut, presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, died at his residence in Hart ford, Connecticut, on Friday morning, in the year of his age. —Rev. WM. M. DELONG will preach at the Universalist Church in Sheshequin, Pa., on tlie4th Sabbath in January, at 10 j o'clock, A. M. — WM. 11. KEMHI.E, of Philadelphia, was, on Wednesday. 11th inst., elected State Treasurer, by the Legislature of this State. Mr. K. is a true Union man, and well deserves the promotion. —Hon. EDWARD EVERETT died at his resi dence, in Boston, on Sunday last, after a brief but severe illness, in the 71st year of his age. Richmond papers of the 10th represent Gen. Sherman's rule at Savannah as being mild and beneficient to the people. Soldiers are restricted from pillage or intrusion, and life and property are perfectly safe. The Rebels are evidently annoyed at this leniency; their dupes begin to find out that Yankees are neither cannibals nor thieves Deserters report that the Rebel cavalry have withdrawn to Hickford, on the Wel don Railroad, where they have gone into Winter quarters. They picket as far as Reams Station, and on the west side of Hatcher's Run, with a division of Gen. Hill's corps located on the Bodystown plank-road. The U. S. Senate lias passed a bill emancipating the wives and children of all the soldiers who were formerley held as slaves. This will free about 80,000 in the Border States. TENNESSEE STATE CONVENTION. CINCINNATI, Jan. 14. The Commercial has a special despatcl From Nashville, which says : The Tennessee State Convention hav; unanimously passed a resolution declaring slavery forever abolished, and prohibiting it throughout the state. The Convention also passed a resolutioi prohibiting the legislature from recognh ing property in man, and forbidding it Iron requiring compensation to be made to own ITS of slaves. A resolution was also adapted abrogatinj the declaration of state independence am the military league made with the Coufed crate States in 18151 ; also abrogating al the laws and ordinances passed in pursu ance thereof. All the officers appointed by the actiiq Governor since his accession to office WCT confirmed. The propositions of the Convention an to he submitted to the people for ratifieatioi ;m the 22*1 of February, and on the 4th o March an election is to be held for govern or and members of the legislature. Nearly three hundred delegates partici pated in the proceedingsof the Convention and the greatest harmony and good feel inj prevailed. Parson Brownlow is the unanimous clinic [it the Convention for (iovernor. GEN. BUTLER'S EEPOET. In accordance with the suggestion o Gen. Grant, the War Department permit the publication of Gen. Butler's report 01 the Wilmington Expedition. It will he remembered that the naval pre parations for this expedition were in pro gress for at least two months, ami it is t* be presumed that when Gen. Grant ordere* the land force to rendezvous at Forties; Monroe, with ten days' coal and water, i was with the understanding that the nava force was ready to proceed. On the 9th o December, then, (Jen. Butler reported t< Admiral Porter that all was in readiness <>i his part. The Admiral, however, was no ready, and Gen. Butler was compelled b wait through Saturday the 10th, Sunda; 11th, and Monday the 12th. Here the firs three days were wasted before the nav; force was ready to move on the 12th, an* even then it would be compelled t* putint Beaufort for ammunition for the monitors probably because those vessels could no carry it any greater distance than from tha place to New Inlet. This, of course, ii voiced still further delay, and Gen. Butlei that lie might give the naval force a star of thirty-six hours, steamed up the .Tame to deceive the Rebels as to his probabl destination, and on the 14th, Wednesday put to sea. But even then he had not give Admiral Portor time enough. On the ever ing of the 15th he arrived at New Jnlel near Fort Fisher, where he waited thre days longer, in fine weather and with smooth sea, the lfith, 17th, and 18th, b* fore the fleet appeared. Thus nine day had elapsed since, by order of Gen. Gram he had reported that the land forces were i readiness to proceed—nine precious days lust because the naval authorities hadfailci to complete their preparations at the aj pointed time. This inexcusable delay am dilatoriness, of course, involved still fui ther postponement. The coal and water provided for ten days—ample had the who! expedition started at the appointed time were now exhausted, and the transports, b Admiral Porter's advice, put into Beau for to recruit. The weather, moreover, ha* changed. For three days it blew a galr and it was not till the 24th that the troop could be again brought to the place of ret dezvons for the combined attack. Tha they would be there it that time Adniira Porter was dulj informed the day before but he, for whom everybody else had wai ted so long, could wait for nobody, and In prematurely, though harmlessly, blew int the air half a million worth of gunpowdei before which the walls of Fort Fisher wer to have fallen. lie was confident, how ever, that he had silenced its guns, but In nevertheless declined to take his ships abov* the fort to protect the landing of the troops and prevent reenforcements being sent t< the enemy, lest he should encounter torpe does. But the attack was commenced only to prove that the fort was uninjured that it was fully manned, that two brigade; of Hoke's division—whose strength wa well known to Gen. Butler—were withii two miles of our rear, that the rest of tha division was on the march from Wilming ton, and that thus, outside the Fort, ther was a larger force opposed to Gen. Bwtle than his own. To proceed in the attack according to his judgment and that of hi; officers, would only he a useless sacrifice o his men, and Gen. .Butler therefore ordere* his forces to he re enularked. Such, in brief, is the whole story. YV hei the army first arrived off Wilmington, ther* were, as deserters and prisoners declared and as Gen. Grant knew when he ordere* the expedition to start, less than .400 mej in Fort Fisher, and less than 1,000 withii twenty miles Had the expedition startei according to the plan laid nut, and notbeoi delayed three days at Fortress Monroe, oi had the fleet been present when the lan* forces first reached New Inlet and thre* days more not been lost, Fort Fisher woul* have been an easy capture. That delat gave the enemy time to re-enforce it, anc Gen. Butler simply acted the part of a hu mane and prudent commander in then with drawing from a hopeless contest, Such *vc believe will be the judgment of the conn trj\ If it he correct, the question is stil an open one —Why was Gen. Butler re m*>ved ?- - Tribune. PESNSVLVASIA TO MISSOURI. HARRISBURO, PH., Thursday, Jan. 12, 18(55. The follo'w'ng dispatch was received bi Gov. Curtin this morning. JEFFEKSON CITY, MO., Jan. 11, 18(55. " To the Governor of Peiinsytrania : Free Miss onri greets her oldest sister. T. C. FLETBHF.R, Governor of Missouri." Mr. Curtin sent the following reply : " HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 12, 18(55. To His Excellency the (lovernor of Missouri, .Jeffer son City : Pennsylvania, first born of freedom, wel comes her disenthralled sister State of Missouri. Redeemed in the agony of the nation, and ami*] the throes of wanton rebellion, her offering to lib erty comes baptized in her richest blood, and will be accepted by a faithful and free people as one ol the crowning tributes to their matchless heroism, and their sacrifice to preserve and perpetuate oiu common nationality. A. (V CURTIN, Gov. of Pennsylvania. BgU It is said that the clergy of Savan nah omit from the usual formula the prayer for the President of the United States ; and Gen. Sherman is reported to have said when one of these Rebel Episcopal divines called upon him to ascertain if he would be allowed to pray for Jeff. Davis : "Pray For Jeff. Davis, why certainly ! You ought to pray for him every day, for Jeff. Davis and the <l—l need praying for very much." A ST. Louis correspondent says that Forts Smith and Van Rurcnhave been abandoned and that Fort Gibson, in the Indian Terri tory, no doubt, soon will be. The garrison at Fayettcville, Ark., has not yet been withdrawn, FROM GEN. GRANT'S ARMY. UEAIKjUABTEBS AiiMY OK THE POTOMAC, JlUl. 11 The heavy rains which have fallen for the past week, have swollen the James river to several feet above the usual height, ami tin i low grounds along the bank ot the river are flooded, making travel in the vicinity i anything but pleasant. The r'ver is fu'l of floating debris, a great deal of which comes from above the canal. 1 learned last evening that these hjoj, I tides had caused an opening in the bulk | head of the canal, and that a stream now flows through it some eight or ten feet wide i and several deep—the elements thus com bining to accomplish what engineering skiil : had failed to do. 'llie pontoon bridge m Aiken's Landing and Ik-op Bottom wi-e- i both torn from their moorings yesterd-u and travel was thus interrupted most of tie day ; but towards evening they were re placed and travel resumed. This inoriiinv the mail boat struck the bridge at DKJ', Bottom, carrying away a portion of it, but ! doing no damage to the boat. There were no Richmond papers roccive.j yesterday, the rebels refusing to exchange owing, it is believed, to their containing news which they did not relish. About thirty deserters came in yester day. They represent that forces have bee sent from Richmond to South Carolina, r meet Sherman. A BLOODHOUND CUASE. —The rebel prac . tice of chasing Union prisoners of war with bloodhounds, is thus illustrated in a letter from Sherman's army to the Cincin nati Gazette: " Our escaped prisoners are hunted by bloodhounds. These are kept at all tlx pens for that purpose. To kill one of tin ,-n is certain death if discovered. On oi occasion two were killed at AndeisonvilU. and the authorities not being able to liixi those who committed the act, placed ti.- carcasses of the dogs outside the dead 1.:.- in the brook which supplied the cam;, with water, and allowed them to rot tit.-r._-. " Hundreds of our officers and men Inn been chased by these dogs. They an kept at all guard-stations and pieket-p. \ throughout "the South, and especially a! i!.. ferries and fords of the rivers, and are u-< to hunt both our men and deserters ft : the rebel army. '• We have space only for one case of a J bloodhound chase The parties who ha.! escaped were private Crummel and Hani of the yth Illinois cavalry, Martin Cln< ... Illinois, and Patterson, of the 2d N< w § York. Two of these soldiers were eight . years old, one twenty, and one only scv.-: J teen. They were chased by fifteen d-1 in charge of some twenty men. " One man, finding the dogs clos<- up him, and no chance of escape j>i-< ->ohiij _ 1 itself, climbed on the ]>orch of a lious" ; t . waited till the party came up. Enm-- that their thirst for Yankee blood had | been gratified, they made Cruinmel >. I down to them, then knocked him on t the head with a musket, formed a tin. put the dogs in it. and threw him to tlx- He was terribly torn, and soon after Harris and L'loes were treated in the s;; way and .were badly torn. " Patterson, who was a mere boy, kneel ed down and prayed these human fieii not to let the dogs tear him ; but to n purpose. He was forced down, and undertaking to regain the porch wa kicked in the face, all his front teeth hi ken out, and he rendered insensible, and that state thrown into the ring. The d had satiated themselves with blood, m refused to touch him. This is only a si* . case of many which could be related." NEWS PIMM EUROPE —The China, v.. left Liverpool the 31st of Bocember, ... Queenstown m. the Ist of January, an -, at X. Y. Friday, with two days later i .-w The E nglisli press continue to comment the St. Albans raiders and the order (Jen. Dix. All the papers declare ag;tl: - allowing the Rebels to infest the Unit- States from Canada. The Confederal- Loan lias declined six per cent, and 1 tit- i ther news from America was expected wit great anxiety. A meeting lias been held at Dublin. In | land, for the purpose of forming an as>- • I ciation for the reform of the law of land! -r 1 | and tenant, and for obtaining the abolitUi j of the church establishment. XcaiU a! j the Roman Catholic bishops take a h-adin.a part in this association. The French Government is said t greatly annoyed by the Pope's letter. A desperate encounter has taken pla.- \ between French troops and a band of brir | ands near Teroli, in the Papal State. IMPORTANT TO DISCHARCEP SOLDIERS. —Ti. Harrisburg Telegraph says that is imp taut to soldiers who go to Washington : get their arrears of pay and bounty know that tiie cost of their traiis]ioftat i to and from that city is deducted from tin account. This deduction can be saved 1 the soldier, by enclosing certificates discharged and blank vouchers, signed, i Col. Prank Jordan, the Pennsylvania Stiit Agent at Washington. Such account can be collected without the presence the soldier, and whenever the papers a: dispatched as herein directed, Col. Jord will see that all accounts thus entrust forjscttlcment to his department are con ted without the presence of the soldier, ai l ment to his department are collected, an | the sums received immediately remitted ' the soldiers. In the same connection it is imports for persons desiring to visit any of the a ci r mies in the field, to know that there i> stringent order which forbids all passe- 1 being granted for such purposes, except t | those who go to remove the remains friends, or to visit sick soldiers. In the cases the persons applying for a pass,win-- | exhibit letters or other evidence of the tie | or of the dangerous sickness of the soldi- 1 they go to visit. In no case will a pass 1- issued to those who seek to"go to the fro. for mere recreation or the satisfaction idle curiosity. WE have to record another terrible disa-- I ; ter at sea. The steamship Melville, wlii- ii left New York mi the nth inst. for Port K . 'S al, encountered a severe storm on the "it having her bows stove in by the sea, a- ■ about noon the next day she suddenly w down. Thus far only four are known • J have been saved, two passengers, the no a ;uid the third engineer. She had n<> ]'Y SI sengers and 23 officers and crew. A CAIRO dispatch states that (Jen. Un as and his staff were at Paduca, Ky„ a i<-" j days ago. Deserters from the Rebel U J rest's command arc constantly coming !i >' Cairo and taking the oath of allegiain' l ' 1 jjfl the Government. The garrison at Beverly, West Y ginia, were attacked on the lltli inst. b> force under (Jen. Roasor. The town an-i •' JS largo portion of the force defending it w<-- ggl captured. 3
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