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THE PRESS.
DUBLISDND DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXOEPTED.)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE NO. 417 OWESTNIIT STREET_
THE DAILY PRESS,
KLYE CENTS rim WERE, payable to the Carrier.
landedto Subscribers out of the City at Sit rotaann
R ANNUM, FOUR DoLtans FOR Rion: MONTHS, THRZII
CILLAIU3 FOR SIX Dicomis—inyariably in advance for
me ordered.
THE TRIWEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscribers out Or ;110 OM at VIRZI DOL.
AIIS PER ANNUM, in advance.
HOLIDAY GOODS
GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
A choirs and gariod asaortmant of artists& snits/ to
the coming season. which have lawn seises' with much
care front the latest importations, comprising:
WRITING AND FOLK' DESKS.
WORK, GLOVE, JEWEL, AND DIX6BIiG BOXES,
CABAS,
PORTE-MIA HAM,
CARD CASNS,
WATCH STAN Its,
THER3IOM NT ERS,
PARIAH, GLASS, LAVA, AND CHINA ARTICLES,
VANS IN CRAPE, SILK, AND LINEN,
DOLLS,
Speaking, Sleeping, Model, China, Wax, and Patent.
DOLLS' SHOES,
HOSE,
MITT 5,
cAnas,
JEWELRY,
PARASOLS,
AND RATTLES.
DOLLS' FURNITURE IN EVitRY VARIETY
'MEAT LIES.
STABLES.
SOLDIER EQUIPHENT3.
PANORAMAS, BOX AND BELLOWS TOYS.
Ormattirmia far OhriaHxeec Trrra, Plii4e.+, Mills, 15.1.4
PERFUMERY AND TOILET ARTICLES
HERBARIUMS, SCRAP AND TOY BOOKS.
.I!.!MT!!MWMPri!'s-
ENGLISH BOWS AND CRICKET BATS
BASE BALLS, Lc. &c.
Ail the above articles can be had, at Reduced Prices, at
3IARTIN & QUAYLE'S
Stationery. Toy, and Palley Gooch EmPolinm,
.1.153.5 WALNUT STREET,
1L.1.-..- Rh.v....th,
PRILADELPIIIA,
H. OLIDAY BOOKS OF OUR OW
14 , BLICATION.-13efore buring elee.ikkere, call
and examine our E plentild new Fielldny Books.
I. ED litiLDS, THE HOLY; rose [hated paper, and
vignette eugraving.
11. 'FRUITS AND LOW kill OF PALESTINE.
CItY OP Ttne. GI-CEA 1 KING.
V. PALESTINE, PAST AND PRESENT.
T. SEELETON HONK.
Also, Juvenile Books, Photographs, Albums, ac., &c.
JAME:. CIIALL KN 6. SON,
Publialtara, Itaoltsollsra, 110 AtatioileeN,
1308 011 EST NUT street.
HOLIDAY GOOFS FOR HOLI.,
DAY PRESENTS.
What - would mal:e ,tmom usoful present thus.
A HANDSOME DRESS,
A HANDSOME siftwt, or
HANDSOME CLOAK?
Just received from New York, a large assortment of
New Cootie, mania for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
1 LOT MOIRE ANTIQUES, at 50c.,
An enormous loss to the importer.
Beautiful Fancy Silks for the H..lidays.
1 lot lutnelcomo I:clva Flounced Rube., nt leAs thou -Am
cost of importation.
1 lot double-width Printed Cashmeres 37X c., never
before sold lees than 50c.
CHOICE DRESS•GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Nmnest and most duffle/m.14« style.. of'
CLOAKS AND - SACQUES.
300 pieces Merrimack and English Chintzes at 123 e.,
worth 13x c. in first bands.
EAP BLANKETS AND FLANNELS.
Neiv Fancy Ciniaimarea and Rich Velvet Yeatino at
Vow rrfces, H. riTtibb dr ants
de/0 No. 713 North TENTH Street. above goatee.
USEFUL
.21. ND AB.CEPTABLE
'HOLIDAY PRESENT,
•U well Inacic ts,Rci tutilT-fial§bo
UMBRELLA.
'For aala by
WM. A. DROWN & CO.,
246 XARKET STREET.
Gel4-12t
.CHRISTDIA.b AND
NEW YEAR PRESENTS.
We have just received a moat splendid assortment of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
of all kinds, suitable for LADIES, GENTLEMEN, or
BOYS' WEAR.
41. a, a tar- v and heasstlfsgl sussortmene of new sod fash
ionable JEWELRY, GOLD OlitAlNd, PENCILS,
with a complete assortment of
SILVER WARE,
such ns KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, NAPKIN
RINGS, CUPS, Sc.. besides a great variety of
FANCY ii.ILVE
suitable for Holiday or Bridal Presents.
Also, on hand a moat beautiful a.sortrnent of SITIVIER
PLATED TEA bliTel C/OTNIAS' (AAA. tiiiiWrai
dC.i all otwlticli MAIN No see be
purchased. in-ttda
moir.Old Gold, Slicer, or Jewelry taken in exchange.
LEWIS LADOMUS So Co.,
del4-12t 130:6 ITHIGiTg UT &root.
ita HOLIDAY P KES ENTS !
lic new glitr % Pm and tft' 4 utVid 9 9 '94 of
GOLD MCP Ofit'ffili WA TtiiilG -, ,
FINE BOLD JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE, AND SILVER-Po.A TEO WARE,
Selected expressly for 110 LIDA V PRESENTS.
All pada warranted
* to be as represented.
TAU/TER ce fIARLIIT,
delB-12t 622 'MARKEL' Street, Philadelphia.
HOLIDAY PRES ANTS.
ETEUSCA:s7,
CORAL, sad
13TAVIYARD STUBS WAYst -r..4 a general ws
sortpent of rich and tasteful articlee, duitablo for HOLI
DAY PLESENTS.
A call implies no obligation to purchase
All goods warranted as represented
G. RI_TSSELL,
22 NORTH SIXTH ISTRIERT.
11OLIDAY CON MOTION ER Y.
TUE fIiCEBT QVAL/Tir OF
CON 14'ECTIt /N
IN GREAT VARIETY,
Prepared expressly for the
10/1.1111 - 3TNI AN HcY 1.1 - D AYS
FROM THE PUREST MATERIALS.
At Wholesale and Retail, by
J. J. RI( .11-1 A R DSO N i
1.26 111217.1iFir fiTIVBST.
P. S.—A fine assortment of Milts constantly on
band. d9-G24
GENTILEAIEN'S WitA_PPERS
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
The 1;on. of
R_ CL WALBORN
NOS. 15 and 7 Nunn > X II Street,
Now presents a PRINCELY STOCK or the,* graceful
and comfortable articles of apparel for Gentlemen.
LADIES SLIOPPI.NG FOR PRESENTS
Should bear this in mind.
They have them in every style of material, and
AT ALL PRICES.
Their st,ck of PURNISMING GOoDS, also, corn
priest. /navy neat and suitable articles as
rIiESE NTS FOE GENTLE ITEN, de13.12t
H OLIDAY CONFECTION E HY.
Fine French and Piaiti
COIQFF.Q'4'iI)K►;
rcutrault fIZID LIVOIFiaTIU FIiIJIT3.
Atso,
FANCY BOXES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Suiteble for
CHRISTMAS PR ESE ITS.
W. A. MOM AP.7I/Efie
124 ARM' Street,
de14424
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
P.BIUEB TO SUIT TIIII TIMES, AT
CLARK'S $l. STORE,
601.1 QUEST:Kir STREET,
SILVER-PLATED WARE, JEWELRY and FANCY
GOODS, in Mat ifiriety, New And beintiful etiles
civet' daily, and sold much below the usual prices.
CLARK'S bTORE,
doS.lm 602 CHESTNUT STREET.
uSF4FUL PRESENTS
FOR THE sEmioff.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
IN EVE -Y vA utET f,
CAMS WYI3ITE FuliTli& NAME
• - • • •
STEREOSCOPES, MAGIC LANTERNS,
PICTURES OF THE REBELLION FOR THE MA
GIC LANTERN, MATHEMATICAL DRAWING
INSTRUMENTS, AIR PUMPS, ELECTRI
CAL MACHINES, BIAGNF,TS, 0,/FENE
4LAdelbs, Eit . NuTAGLEN EYE
GLASSES, tamiuduorss,
And
Every article in the Mathematical and Optical line.
For gale at Reasonable Prices % by
JAMES W. QUEEN & CO.,
del4-4t 924 CR EsTNIIT Street.
T_TANGING: VASES,
Ornamental Flowsr Pots.
Parlor Vases for Growing Flowers.
Baskets for Jardiniers.
Pedestals with Vase for Flowers.
Anthills Vat= for Mantels.
Vases Itedaissance for Parlor.
Rustic awl Terra Cotta Vases.
Lava Flower Pots and Vases.
Garden Valais and Pedestals.
Bracket& for Busts and 'figures,
With a great Variety of articles suitable for Christ
mas prersonts, for sale retail and to the trade.
Wareroonis 1010 CHESTNUT btreet, Philadelphia.
dc-Il S. A.. HA RItIfiGN,
H AMPTON'S SPLENDID LEHIGH
1-1- NUT.
Hampton's splendid Stove Coal.
Rampton'a Eiplerdid Ecz end
ifitrtl t southeast corner FRONT and POPLAR. 1116.12t*
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HOLIDAY GOODS.
FOR PRESENTS.
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, GOLD MOUNTED.
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, SILVER MOUNTED.
MEERSCHAUM PIPER, AMBER STEMS.
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, CHERRY STEMS.
MRltkaatienst Press, PA - ragt SramA.
Itimesou.sum PirES, WITHOUT STBME.
All warranted genuine and first quality
ALSO,
Pitti# Itdar Ptorg, eittrar, tfrieg.
FRIAR RooT PIPES, SILERR CAPPED.
BRIAR RUOT PIPES, PLAIN BOWLS.
BRIAR RUoT PITHS, ALTER STEMS, IN CASES
BRIAR ROOT PIPES, CHERRY STEIN.
BRIAN ROUT PIPES, PATENT STEMS.
ALSO,
•
INDIA BUDDER PIPES AND STEMS?
. .
A New Article.
SILK, BLADDER, INDIA RUBBER, AND LEITIIER TO-
yrAcco
Pirs CLEANERS, CIGAR TVBES, CIGAR CASES.
In groat variety
B, d; G. A. WRIGHT,
624 CHESTNUT STREET
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
GENTS' FL•RNISDING GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Consisting of
DlifiS2ING BODES, SHAWLS,
MERINO AND SILK SHIRTS
AND DRAWERS,
HOSIERY Or EVERY DESCRIPTION', OLvym,
STOCKS, TIES, ac., &C.
CHARLES OAKFORD & SONS.
del9-12t
HOLIDAY PREENT3
OF INTRINSIC VALUE.
SILVER WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Would invite pedal attention to their very large tie.
sortment of •-
,
PLAIN AND FANCY SILVER WARE,
Manufactured by them exclusively for
1-10LIDAY GIFTS.
Comprising many new and original designs, of the
HIGHUT WTAIWARD OF SILVER.
Owing 'to our greatly increased facilities, by the in
troduction of new and improved machinery, the public
win Mid many styles not to be found at any other estab
lishment in the country.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS •
IN
ENGLISH,
FRENCH,
AND
AMERICAN
- PLATED WARES.
S. W. COE. FIFTH AND CHERRY STREETS.
delB.dtjal
G_OODS FOR ritEs.ENTa—
NOW OPESING AT
REDUCED PRICES.
FRENCH EMBROIDERED HDKFS.,
SETS, COLLARS, SLEEVES, Sze_
AIso—LADIES', GENTS', and CHILDREN'S Hem
stitched and Corded Bordezed TICKFS, with plain and
colored borders, ixk new style., and ItDR.Pg.
great 'variety.
$OO FINE DAMASK
TABLE CLOTHS,
in a great variety of new and choice pattern&
MOO TARES EXTRA lIKA VP and WIDE
LINEN SHEETINGS,
250 DOZEN
TABLE NAPKINS,
from $1.50 to 89 per dozen
ALSO,
Large assoreanoni of Z.ValtAttsl 9 22l,
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS,
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS,
GOLD-BORDERED SHADES,
GILT CORNICES, TASSELS, RANDS, de.
UPHOLSTERY and CURTAIN 11),TERI3LS,
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, &
.414_ tide , ,
0/242 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
CH_ItibTMAS AND
HOLIDAY PRESENTS:
JOHN W. THOMAS,
405. _OM 101 NORTH gECOND lIT_P.P.V.T,
Would invite attention to the large and varied assort
ment he has now open of Goods suitable for
CHIC:MUMS PRESENTS,
COMPRISING
PLAIN AND FIGURED REPS AND POPLINS,
MERINOES,
SHAWLS, ..
"ii(AND
His usual stock of
STAPLE AND FURNISHING GOODS,
MEN AND BOYS' WEAR,
HOSIERY ; GLOVEg,'Itc
Persons desirous of presenting their friends with some
thing useful and durable will find it to their advantage to
cell. de2o-9t
H OLIDAY BOOKS
H OLIDAY
AND
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
• SELLING AT VERY LOW PRICES.
W. PRRRV,
WO-1m R.W. Corner FOURTH and RAC'S
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
CLOAKS I
'MAGNIFICENT
FRENCH SILK PLUSH CLOAKS
JUST RECEIVED PER LAST STEAMER.
FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS
In endless variety. Aleo, the largest and boot assorted
Mock of _
SEAL SKIN CLOAKS
In Um Qty,
EVERY NEW STYLE; EVERY NEW MATERIAL
The very best work, at
PRICES THAT ASTONISH EVERT ONE
IVEN
23 SOUTH NINTH STREET
WINTER OLOAK6
IN
SABLE CLOTHS,
FROSTED BEAVERS,
SEALSKIN CLOTHS,
BLACK BEAVERS,
LYONS VELVETS; 411
A
- LARUE AsSOBTMENT,
AT
MODERATE PRICES,
AT TUT
PARIS CLOAK EMPORIUM,
708 CHESTNUT STREET
J. W. PROCTOR Re Co_
nolta
CLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS
WATER PROOF CLOTH CL94)01
la =idiom variety i
LIMIT AND DARK CLOTH CLOAKS,
of every shade;
BLACK CLOTH CL OAKS,
of every quality ; •
- BLACK SIIK•VELYET CLOAKS,
EVERY NEW STYLI!,
EVERY NEW MATERIAL;
THE LARGEST STOOK
/ND
TEM men REASONABLE PRICES IN THE CITY
oela IVENS,
No. 23 South NINTH Street
CL 0 .A. B
Tno Largest, Gliespeid, and Beet-assorted Stoek
In the city.
HOITGH &
No. 26 South TENTH Strad,
Oppwite 71 . 5111E1 1B Market
?TIRE ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND
MANTILLA STONE.
NEW FALL CLOAKS.
WATED-PBOOIr TWEED CLOAK&
SLAVE CLOTH CLOAKS.
EVERY NOVELTY AT MODERATE PRICES.
JACOB 1101OMPALL,
suBl-6m N. W. corner TENTH and ATOM SG
MILLINERY GOODS.
K ENNEDY'S;
FRENCH
Mai caw Di. Analoreiou...m:
GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS.
No. 729 VBEBTNIFT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH
0c9.3m
(YARD PRINTING, BEST AND
()honed 11, tha lOW, ntRINOWALT DROWN 11,
U South TURD Street. no2o
HOLIDAY BOOKS.
AT LESS THAN
LINDSAY & BLAKISTON,
25 SOUTH SI3TH STREET, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
Aro determined to close out their Stock of
SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
AT LESS THAN WRCLESALE PRICES
Their Stock of li.i.titl'itAlTls .5042P1iA Includes
JAMES MONTGOMERY'S POETICAL WORKS
CA1'0L11511: MAW AMETLICAN YIIMALR POETS
W i~~Utii ]~OaN•iM>f @l9natfltUfs[ eflwn•if~tK~)r.A
WELD'S SACRED POETICAL QUOTATIONS,
TES' 'PARABLES OP KRUMMACRER, 25 fflustra's
AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER
CAMP-FIRES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES
JUVENILE BOOKS IN GREAT VARIETY
JUVENILE LIBRAIIIES.
FAMILY AND OTHER BIBLES, IN VARIOUS
BINDING.
AN ASSORTMENT OP ALBUMS.
LINDSAY & BLAKISTON.
PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS, AND IMPORTERS,
S 5 SMITH SIXTH STREET, ABOVE CHESTNUT
de2o-3t-if
H AZARD'S BOOKSTORE.
A ,SUPERB STOCK
or
ILLUSTRATED ROOKS,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
BIBLES AND PRAYER BOORS,
CIIILDREIPS BOORS, A 3,
Elegantly Bound and Illustrated • ••••
•
ALSO,
AMBROTYPE PICTURES
AND
CARTES DE VISITE PECTOG4ILAPTIS,
Are now displayed on our Counters and forming an an.
rivalled display of cams BOOKS for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
HAZARD'S
del3-12t 721 CHESTNUT STREET.
NOW READY,
CONCLUDING PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF liRB
One Handsome Volume. 12um
Mergard Maitland! WhatdelidlitFnlassoeiationedune
the mention of tnis book recall ! Few of its many thou
eat d tew ens will evrr forget the pleasurable ensottone ex
cited by its perusal and hero we have One concluding
reissue& full of the same touching grace which won Ow
heart:, of eo many people, young anti 0.
for better or more
11 n n a a t t e h "t
to i" a
lady a y s
cn '
could not be found. It
may be read with equal pleasure by all, for though it
introduces io us many Of the charactore of the former
book. it in yet complete In Itself.
Sent by mail, poet-paid, on receipt of the price.
T. 0. H. P. HIIRNHAII2, Publisher,
de21.24,25-3k &Ann,
A NEW AND ELEGANT NA
TIoNAL GIFT-BOOK.
THE FALLEN BRAVE
OF OFFICEES KILLED IN DEFENCE OF THE
UNION.
EDITED 73T JUN tart/MARY
A beautiful - quarto volatile., containing Mogenlilac of
teeno -four officers, and fine Portraits on steel by J.
A. O'Neill of
lit Ig. Gen. LYON, U. S. A., Col. Lou - E. of Ohio.
Ma THEO, WINTHROP' Mai SULLIVAN BALLOII,R.I.
CPI 4. ILiRD, U. S. N.' Col. E. D.
Li. J. T. URRIILE, U. S. A. Col E. E. ELLSWORTH.
Cloth, plain $3.
ArabeNue, hilt edged 4.
Wilt} 610coCco 8,
C. B. Biunaiii/SON A CO., Publishere,
No. 14 BIBLE HOLTiE, N. Y.
JOHN DITTARLAN, Agent for Philadelphia. Office
of Appleton's New Cyclopedia' 33 South SIXTH. Street,
up Stairs. 00,1-4 t
CLOATVZ
CHOICE ENGLISH BOOKS FOR
eft lawn, AS PRESENI S.—The subscribers are
new • tiering their large and well-selected assortment of
b-r<nch anm sae . r..Fravtuss, at
greatly reduced prices for cash, in order to reduce their
sock prier to the let of J enuary.
Their collection comprises the hest editions of the
standard Ent lish authors, splendidly illustrat-d Books in
fine irinctiuss, to.s..thrr aith a large anti yatuanie nook of
EI:R.I'IIHW and Olieeellaneoue Literature in every depart
ment of science and art.
New English Illustrated Books for the coming Holi.
days. Books for the Young, and every novelty published
in England received regularly by steamer_
Detailed Catalogues furnished gratis on application, or
mailed to any address. hIcELROY lc CO.,
Importers of English Books, &c.,
d2l-2t No. 27 south SIXTH St., above Chafed!.
MOTEERS, MILLINERS, DRESS
MAKERS, and LADIES GENERALLY—Do
pot fail to secure the splendid Winter Number of .11.31 E.
DEMOREST'6 QUARTERLY MIRROR OF /ASH
-1011 ; now ready. Contaiaa magnificent Fashion Kates,
three useful. plain, full-sized Patterns; valuable inform,
tion, and nearly 100 elegant Engravings. Yearlv $l,
will a valuable premium. Postage on the premium three
cents; extra single copies twenty-five cents• ' without the
pletee and fullorizsd pattern ten emits. Mishit/1d
No. 473 BR(IithWAY, New York, and sold everywhere,
or sent II mail. Largest, latest, and beet Fashion Naga
zinc in the world, and worth more than ten times its cost.
de2l--tt
CLOAKS 1
pooKB, - LAW AND MISUELLA.-
NBOUS, new and old, bought, sold, and ex
changed, at the PHILADELPHIA-BANK BOOK
STORE, No. 419 CHESTNUT Street. Libraries at a
diatanas putehassA. Thus haelug Rooks to sell, at •
distance, will elate their names, sizes, bindings, dates,
editions, prices, and conditions. WANTED—Books
printed by Benjamin Franklin, as well as early Books
printed in and upon America. Autograph Letters and
Poi-tsalts posok“s.L Paeoi,blet Lome of P.0.0.04va010
for Hale. Catalogues., In prece, sent free. Librariee ap
nraieed by ife24-tfl SOHN CAMPBELL.
BLANK ACCOITNT BOOKS,
IN EVART VARIETY, AND
OF TICE BEST STOCK,
SELLING - .4 T LOW PRICES.
Buy at Um Manufactory.
PENNY,
BLANK-BIOS MANUYACTURER,
do2o-]m S. W. Corner FOURTH and RACE.
POjK BODING
-LP
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER,
AT VERY LOW PRICES,
At W. G. PENRY'R,
ROOKIiiiOEk
ae2o Im S. W. Corner 1(1E11111mM RACE.
COAL OIL! COAL OILI
GEORGE W. WOOTTEN,
38 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
ACENT FOR THE
NORTH AMERICAN OIL COMPANY.
lIA.NUFACTUREIIII OF COAL OIL, AMP RE
FINERS OF COAL AND CARBON OILS.
WM. P. JOHNSTON, President,
GEO. OGDEN, Secretary.
Also, Agent for BEERS, JUDSON, A BEERS, Patent
Glass Cones for Lamps, and wholesale dealer in Mb
ridge's Patent Oval (fire -proof) and Eastern Flint-Glass
131,1i..i.ey, Lamp, la. ..hi.-
Alt Obanuoys.
Cash buyers or prompt payers are respectfully Invited
o examin. our stock. Do2l-1m
PORTLAND KEROSENE
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1861.
g4t 41Irtss,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1861
THE REBELLION.
ENGAGEMENT AT DRANEGVILLE.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. ➢IcCALI..
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Number of Troops in the Union
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF ME SKIRMISH
AT IdIINFORDVILLE,
SITUATION OF AFFAIRS AT SOMERSET
THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR.
SHIM O'BRIEN ON THE INASSTION
Strange Report from a SBcession
Paper.
LATE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
OATT.IIICKETTS' ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON.
CONDITION OF THE UNION-PRISONERS IN RICHMOND.
Tilt FLUE IN VILABLESTON.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
The - Stone Fleet at Charleston.
&c., &c., &e.
THE FIGHT AT DRANESVILLE
WASIFINGToN, Dec. 20.—We haVe tad a splendid
little affair in front of Washington this afternoon,
which will furnish food for the " Onward to Rich
ruefl" pArty fee akm dno, until cord
MoQiol
lan is ready for a more formidable movement.
The following is the official despatch from Gene
ral McCall to General Marcy, recounting tho
facto
Official Report from Gen. McCall.
DRANEBVILLE, Dee. 20, 4 P. 114.—00 n. Ord's
brigade, with the First Regiment of Pawylesrias,
Mee and Eeston's battery of artillery, bad a brisk
affair wish the enemy, consisting of four regiments
and a battery of artillery, near tide place at 12 M.
ta-day.
I arrived during the action, and sent for Gen.
Reynolds, who was left at Difficult Run. The
enemy was defeated, and fled before Geri. Rey
nolde arrived.
We found forty killed of the enemend ten
wounded on the field. Our loss is two kftleti and
three wounded. We have taken cwo.cgijough with
the harness, the horses having been killed..
The regiment of Rifles behaved finely. 7,ieut,
Colonel Kane was very slightly wounded, bat is
still in the field. I have oolleeted the dead aild
wounded, and am about to move back to camp.
General Ord started at six &cloak this morning.
His command consisted of four full regiments, the
Buektitil Rifles." Lieutenant Colons' Kait;
Easton's battery. consisting of two twsnty:4l44
two twelve pound howitzers. Thoy.pOodecitid_..tin
a foraging expedition in tbe_directi of Dranes
villa. °unarm McCall, anticipating thay aGstit bo
attacked. ordered First and Scoond brigades to fol
low at eight A. M. Tho First Brigade, General
Reynolds, advanced on the Leesburg turnpike,
and took - a- position on DiMoult Creek, to await
further orders. Two hours later General McCall,
with his staff and escort of cavalry, followed by the
Same n uto.
E=Ell
Meantime General Ord advanced to the Thorn
ton Douse. near Dranesville, when his command
was suddenly fired upon by a force lying in ant
1bu.,1. hin wee t h e s i gnal
for battle, stud a brisk engagement promptly en
sued.
General McCall, who arrived a row minutes pre ,
Tinesly, took command. In a moment's time, Rts
ton's battery was planted alongside the Thornton
House, and fired rapidly and with terrible effect in
the enemy's ambush. Colonel ICauelb a Daekiall
Riflemen" were placed in advance, and fired upon
the enemy wherever they made their appearance.
The rebels, who had a battery of six pieces, re
.
4-4-,a the eneknormains, and repliegil to the Rollos
with muskets. The fire was kept up some threa
t:platters of an hour, when the enemy retreated ra
pidly, the fire of the whole brigade, Rifles tot hat,
tory, being too hot lor them.
Our troops stood up bravely under the sharp vol
leys of the rebel.. Their steadiness was praised by
134.1 a. McCall sad his 6s'o .
The rebels took the direction of Fairfax Court
House, leaving on the field a number of their killed
and wounded. Our troops pursued, %km A taut
distance, and returned.
The scene in the woods presented all the horrors
of a sanguinary battle-field, with the dead and dying
lying strewn in various directions. Forty cloud tolio
of the rebels were picked up, and fifteen wounded
prisoners were taken and placed in Hunter's and
other houses in Dranesville.
General Ord captured eight wounded prilonere
and two caissons with ammunition. In their haste
the enemy loft behind arum of all descriptions
clothing. Vic.
Their lambi eetimated at 150 hilted and itioe.a.lo.l.
Among their killed was Colonel Tom Taylor, of
Frankfort., Kentucky. and commander of the First
Kentucky Regiment of rebels. The forces of the
enemy contested or three infantry regiments... First
and El e vetth Kentucky and Tenth Alabama—with
a cavalry regiment and a battery, all under cots
mend of Colonel John H. Forney, of the Tenth
Alabama, acting brigadier general. The dead re
bels were left on the field.
The loss on our side was six killed and eight
wauuds<l, i.ost or beic. 9s .a b tJ,e n‘ick
tails."
Colonel Kane received a slight wound.
At nine o'clock our troops bad returned tc emp,
'Winging in fifty wagon loads of thraga.
The regiments of General Ord's brigade were
Pennsylvania Reservrs : Thirty-fifth, Colonel W.
W. Biddle: Tbirty.eightli, Colonel C. F_ Jeeknon
Thirty-ninth, Colonel John L. hfcCalmont, and
Forty-first, Colonel John El Taggart, with the
Forty-second, or " .13qcktail," Ligntepapt Magi
Thomas L. Kano.
The prisoners belong to the different regiments
engaged in the.action Neither is dressed alike.
The clothes they had en MO :egged and tltl y.
Each was without any overcoat, and their general
looks betray anything but nutritious fare. Three
prisoners, belonging to the Tenth Alabama, state
that their regiment was organised seven months
ago. formerly, they were under command of Gen.
Johnston, but after the battle of Bull Run were
transferred to Genesi! Beauregard'a division_ Of
the condition of the rebel array they gave the most
deplorable account, confirming the pfetions state
meats received) as W the want et proper clothing
and food, and the general discontent prevailing
among the men.
The greater part of the army, they say, has gone
into winter quarters, at Marnoaaa• dace their con
nection with the army they have only been paid
twice, and the prospect of a third . payment was so
dimly obscure that nearly all had given up Impel of
any further enlargement of their exchequers at the
hands of their commanders.
General Hancock's division, under orders of Gen.
McClellan, marched Seward the battle•ground to
support General McCall, but their services were
not needed.
When General MoClellan learned that General
McCall's troops were engaging the enemy, ho
jumped into his saddle, and, accompanied by Col.
Colbourn, proceeded to Minersville, where he
learned the result, as given above, and returned.
HILLED AND WOUNDED
WAS/I INGTON, Deo. 21.—The following is a list of
the killed and wounded in the. battle fought at
Sixth Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment,
Thirty-fifth.
KILLED.
Octunivi v, Walter, Company A
Daniel Darling, Company C.
WOUNDED.
11. Lathrop, Company C, in the breast, supposed
mortally.
Vv. 11. Jayne, Company C, in the hip severely.
James Surene, Company 0, in the hip, severely.
William Van Dyke, Company D, in the thigh,
severely.
Ouptain Daniel lirtulbury, Vompauy F, in tha
leg, severely.
Army_
Further Particulars,
Ciao. A. MCCALL,
Brigadier General Comnmag,
Details of the Battle
W. 11. Dinsmore, Company F, in the thigh,
ight.
Edgar Smith, Company G, in the shoulder, ee.
only.
Thomas Conway, Company 11, in the forehead,
[slightly.
Charles Yahn, Company 11, severely.
Benjamin Seeley, Company 11, in the face, se
verely.
John W. Brown, Company K, in the legose
verely.
George Brown, Company K. in the arm, slightly.
Edwin Demander, in the bronet; severely.
The above regiment wee Mithmended during the
action by Captain Ent.
Ninth Pennsylvania . RePerve Regiment
( 3 8th), Commanded by Colonel Jack
eon.
KILLED.
John W. Stoekdalo, Company F
John Sexton, Company E.
WOUNDED.
Alexander Smith, Company A, in the neck.
John Schmidt, Company B, in the arm.
Win, Earnest, Company C, in the leg.
Capt. Robert Galway, Company 1), leg.
George Morter, Company 11, in the thigh anti
arm.
Joshua McMaster, Company D. in the thigh.
Wm. C. Witcher. Company 1), in the loins.
John Raymond, Company D, in the arm.
C. E, Patten, Company I), in the thigh.
Wlll, Linsey, Company D, in the hip.
John F. Bume 's Cozripany D, in the arm.
Corporal Plan!!il,c,Ceinpany D, in the head,
slightly.
Iph Whit., Coospony 2, ilop Reek.
Capt. S. W. Dick, Company 14 to the thigh. . -
Win. McGill. - Company F.: : ilutlintibilcsien: -.
John ot-es,pany I', in the arm.
John friiiiii6o, - COmpetty in the hip.
Edwin liatriA, Company It, in the leg.
Silas B. Newell, Company If, in the hip.
John H. Weber, Company 1, in the thigh.
The major of this reginisht ha his h.. shot
under him.
The Bucktaal Rifles, Forty-Second Penn
sylvania.
Lieutenant Colonel Kane, who was in command,
was wounded in the cheek.
George 0004, Coulpany ; Corporal Bfunuel Gal.
braith, Company B; George Raup, Company B.
WOUNDED
H. G. Wolfe, Company B. severely.
John Panel, Company B, severely,
Oargia it, B. riles, Company severely,
John Bolt, Company F, severely.
John F. Barns, Company K, severely.
James Glenn, Company K, severely.
Besides these several ethers were slightly
wbutalec.l.
Tvvellth Pennsylvania. Reserve Regiment,
(41st,) under Command , of Col
T . Taggart.
Only one man was wounded, Tisi; WElgir It r ex,
of Company K, in the leg.
Colonel Tom Taylor, commanding the Kentucky
(rebel) iiffiegi wag killed, and Ilia saddle brought
away by Colonel Easton. Taylor, it will he recol
lected, occasioned much excitement, at the com
mencement of the war, by unexpectedly appearing
at Arlington with a flag of truce, and.was , afterwards
brought to headquarters at Washington blindfolded,
and subsequently conveyed outside of our lines—
the object of his mission, an exchange of prisoners,
being unaceomplished.
The detachment from General McCall s S division
which took part in the battle did not arrive at
Dranesville until about noon, and remained there
till .21 o`elook 7 when the enemy appeareaAA forgo,
coming from the direction of Centreville.
Previous to this, General Ord had placed his
forces in position to repel en antielpateci. eAtevii,
The fire was heat opened by the rebel battery,
throwing solid shot, shell and canister. This was
immediately responded to by Easton's battery with
marked efteo. The infantry on each eido-soon en.
gaged in the conflict, and at times they were not
more than sixty yards-apart.
After fighting about an hour, a shell.from our
side exploded the ammunition of ono of the robot
caissons, making fearful havoc, three of the rebels
having theirheadscompletely blown off, And others
being horribly mutilated.
.At tui lima the wavered at—w.aa
disposition to run, when Gen. Ord gave the com
mand to charge, which was gallantly obeyed, and
at once the rebels- precipitately fled. They were
pursued for upwards of a mile, when then.
arriving on the ground, ordered a recall to be
Sounded. Our troops then fell batik to the position
just vacated by the gnaw_
Twenty-one of the wounded rebels received sur
gical treatmentfsem Dr. Lowman and his.assistants,
having been taken into a neighboring house for that
Thci would have been brought to thou.
likc e .tott cutup nue ate mulllittnes unwed In propor
time.
All of onr Men killed and wounded; were, how
ever, 6r0u5111 uvrey.
A large number of trophies were secured by our
tioops, such as swords, pistols, and sans. In the
pOaketB of ti4e 444 MTN fQIII4 Richmond
papers of the 19th inst. They contained ho items
of particular interest.
Set - eral letters were found on the bodies of the
rebel officers, showing the feeling of Intense L..
tility prevailing in the South. In one of them dated
Centreville, Dee. 19th, addressed to a friend, and
but partly finished, it was said that it was
impos
sible for Inn Fodurals to remain much longer in
their present position.
It said that the effect of the news from England
and the pressure of Congress would necessarily emm.
pel General McClellan to advance, and that in such
an event a victory on the part of the Confederates
in their present position would be certain.
Duiltig the stampede of the rebels, eight of them
were taken prisoners and brought to Washington
to-day. They state that they left Centreville very
early on Friday morning, in order to obtain forage,
and very uncapeotedly met witn our troops, who
had proceeded to the same point on similar busi
ness. They also said that there was a larger num
lief of killed on the part of the rebels than wo sup.
posed.
Three of the prisoners, who had become bewil
dered in the retreat, came up to one of our regi
ment., not knowing that they were r entre' troops,
and inquired the direction to Centreville; but,
instead of being taken prisoners, they were shown
the way to Wastiingten.
The victory on the part of our troops is considered
the more brilliant, as they had never before been
in action. They have been highly complimented,
both by Major General McClellan and amoral
McCall.
Four companies of the First Pennsylvania Caval
ry were also with the brigade, but the condition of
the country was such, being thickly wooded, that
they could not render service to the extent they
desired.
General Ord, while 'passing through the woods
Outing the tatian, last swot& but wai
supplied with another, which had been taken
from a dead rebel officer.
I - THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
The Grand Army of Kentucky
It 4t h t
estimated, from e attettce t are reliable,
that General Buell has to-day an army in the field
of not less than 110,000 men, to which the States of
Indiana and Ohio are adding about 2,00 D daily, and
to which they will add, by the consolidation and
despatch of regiments, fully 30,000 men between
this and the first of January. We believe, there
fore, that, with the beginning of the new year,
General Buell will have an army of 150,0c9 paeg,
or no largo n force as General iYloOtollan confesses
to have on the Potomac. It will be the army of
the West, and upon it will depend, iu no slight de
gree, the issue of this war. General Buell has now
been in command about a month, and has thus Las
been occupied in "massing " the troops, after the
Rotomac pattern They have boon organized into
brigades and divisions, and so quietly that we aro
only able to gather, from saatosed Mats la holig
paper correspondence, who are the division and
brigade commanders, and to what portion of the
grand army different regiments have been assigned.
We believe s however, there are sevekgrand divi•
sines, each containing three 'brigades, and the
brigades made up of front three to five regiments,
with artillery and cavalry attached. Tho brigades
will average 8.000 men throughout. The division
carammailare arc as we have I)Cen able to asgerCam
them :
1. General Alexander McDowell McCook, at
Lebanon.
2_ Getlevel Clews, II Thermo, et
:3. General Ormsby M. Mitchel at Elizabeth
town.
4 General William .114 80 14 at Now Haven.
g. C101131%1 Theme L. Oritientien, at Calhoun.
6. General Richard W. Johnson, at Nona river.
7. General Albin Seheeptf, at Somerset.
The commanders of brigades inolude General
Nagley, of Pennsylvania: Generate Dumont and
Manson, of Indiana; General Boyle, of Iteatucky;
Colonels Turebin, Carrington (18th regulars), Sill,
Lytle, eta. The troops are mainly concentrated in
the central pertiee of rbe State, M gligobethtewn,
New Matsu, Lebanony /UM river, etc., which are
all within a radius of twenty miles. General
Scboepff's oorps, at Sinberset, forms the left wing of
the army, and just beyond it, at London, is the
Timone brigade of General Carter, who hare
been let loose from other restraint and permitted to
follow their own instincts. The right wing of the
army occupies the country along Green river, with
headquarters at Calhoun, and fills the gap between
the accts.!. and FaeFid izzatlaiiii at Pa.inech and
Cairo. Regiments are also stationed at Lexington
and along the Lexington and Covington Railroad,
and at points on the Ohio river below Louisville.
Piero ore new but few troop remaining in /omit .
ifille.—Chicago Tribune.
The Skirmish at Manfordsfille.
The Louisville Journal, of the 19th inst., says
we have seen and conversed with seTend IF:mato
men who arrived lest evening from Munfordaville,
the scene of the skirmish on Tuesday, some particu
lars of which we have already given. Among
those with whom we have conversed are the ear,
geon of Gen. Roumania brigade (who was at the
scene of the fight) and Mr. Henry Myers, who par
ticipated in the fight, both of whom uro gentlemen
of unquestioned veracity. Their statements are
hOth to the same °treat, aml present tbg skirmish of
Tuesday as one of the moat brilliant exploits of the
campaign on the part of the Federal troops.
The skirmish lasted about forty-five minutes from
the commencement of the attack by the rebels to
the MOW ) et which time the rebel cavalry tied pre
cipitately, leaving their dead on the Add.
It should be butts is mind that the four compa
nies from the T9itty•hecond Indiana Regiment,
Colonel Willieh, en 4 hr ecammand of the lieutenant
Metd, crossed to tV7lsinikh bank of Green river
upon the bridge nem. 4 Mutlfordsville, and wore
thrown out as pickets in ;quails of eight or ten upon
an open meadow, at a dittance of about one hun
dred yards from the river bask. At the Mun
forflville depot there was a concealed battery of
three guns, and there was Mather battery of actual
force about a mile distant in a southerly direet!en.
There was a belt of timber skSting the position. of
the four companies from Indian*. When the bat
teries opened the Texas Rangers- made a charge far
the timber, and about the same time an order wile
given for the Federal infantry ts. rally upon the
same point. Thb Indianians executed the order
tinder a galling fire from the batteries. They thus
reached the wood, and uncles cored of the tread
4d fearful execution in the rank of the rebel ca
valry.
The few sustained by the Federnf troops was
incurred under the effect of the first fire, The
rebel cavalry dashed in among their ranks before
our troops had found time to form. Ohre formed,
however, they gallantly advanced to the wood
against fearful 'odds.
The fight for a few minutes is described by an
eye-witness as a desperate encounter. The gallant
Indianians resorted to their sabre bayonets, forcing
a hand-to.hand combat upon their enemies so long
as the rebels could be induced to stand up and face
cold steel, When the Indianians finally gained
themood, they opened a fire upon the Rangers,
who fled precipitately, leaving that prof upontlm..
field, including the body of Colo • etswaliools
i g o.
was killed by a y mugcl. 4 trall y , wll eidered 'his
10wee.1...e1w' , ,4- - Terryle body wee sent back to
tiiikebel camp yesterday morning under a flag of
true°.
The rebel loss is even greater than at first sup
gond, There were found upon the field gist,-
three dead bodies and the bodies of twelve or
four
teen horses. In addition to the bill of mortality,
a large number of the rebels are known to have
been wounded. The Federal loss was thirteen
killed and an equal number wounded.
Two regiments of Federal troops, the Thirty
sixth Indiana and the Sixteenth Ohio, came
fromup to the relief of the Ng companies
from the Thirty-eocond Indiana, but the rebels had
Do taste for a renewal of the fight.
Some instances of desperate daring are related of
various members of the Thirty-second Indiana Re.
giment. An informant assures us that he was a
witness to the fact that a youth of seventeen, who
joined the regiment at Cincinnati, but whose name
he could not Learn, threw off the restraint of the
company drill for the time, and stationed himself
hehibd a lima- Prom that point he Arad 651T4ccla
times during the engagement, loading and firing
with as much coolness as if he were out ducking,
every shot bearing a message of death to some mis
pidcd rebel,
The body of the gallant Lieut. Saxe, of the
Thirty.second Indiana, was interred near Mun
fordsville yesterday morning. The remains of
Tbeo. Schmidt were rimeived in this city last eve
ntng. Lieut. 's - Jos was formerly of Louisville, but
his wife resides at present in Cincinnati. Mr.
Schmidt was the brother of Mr. George Schmidt, of
Fifth street.
Our troop are exultant over the mutt of the
skirmish of Tuesday, and are eager to renew the
fray.
The Situation at Somerset.
From a gentleman who left Somerset, Ken
.
tooky., yesterday, we have reli4ble WITIM 115 Lo
the situation at that place. Zullicoffer, with six
thousand men, had thrown up fortifications this
side the Cumberland, about ten miles above the
pcibt wbich he crusted, and six miles from So
menet, At the crossing-plane below, there were
two thousand rebels, on the south side;
guarding
the boats It took Zollicoffer four days to get his
six thousand men across. Tho ferries are. there
fere, not eitei.elvet and 6 eftee of a £l6l/t and de
feat, he could not reoross, with the Federal troops
at his heels.
General Schoepff marched out of Somerset yes
tvriltiy nit/ruing with three Ohio and two Tennessee
regiments, four companies of Hoskin's regiment,
and a battery. The Thirty•eighth Ohio, with one
battery, remained in Somerset. It was the object
of General Schoepff to draw out Zollicoffer, and
fight him. Ile would not attack the fortification.
If the enemy refused to come out, his camp would
probably be shelled from the opposite side of the
river. This would be practicable. Our informant
says the two thousand men left below to guard the
boat could not, owing to the impassable character
of the intervening ground, interfere with the cross
ing or working of our artillery. If reinforcements
should arrive from London, Zollicoffer would be
bagged, end t in any event, he is regarded as in a
critical position. A fight may have taken piece on
Wednesday. General Schoepff was confident of
success. Ho had altogether six thousand men and
two batteries. One of the latter was deficient, the
hien not being well drilled.-o;neinzwa matte.
THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR.
Important from Washington—Mason anti
Slidell to be Delivered up if Demanded.
The New York Herald of Saturday says :
to on r u.tobt,actvic9o from Waslaingtom all
apprehensions of a rupture with England upon the
late affair of the Trent may be dismissed. Our
Cabinet, we aro informed, looking to the absorbing
and paramount issue—the ouppreesion of this -Smith
ern rebellion—will yield to the present demands of
England as the conditions of her neutrality, even if
these demands involve the restoration of Mason and
Slidell to the protection of the British flag, and a
wowed sf, sad l'or, +6,lr gclAwc 1, 7 -
oapt . Wilkes
In adopting this alternative of submission to these
peremptory demands, the Administration runs the
hazard of disappointing the popular sentiment of
our loyal States. But a little relleetion will satisfy
every intelligent mind of the wisdom of deferring a
final settlement with England until we shalt have
made an end of, this Southern rebellion. Thole
have Luvi. svtnv 9911jc01/10 that 411M1141911 may be
resorted to; but it is bettor gracefully to yield to
the exigencies of the crisis, and promptly relieve
England of her convenient pretext for a quarrel,
Without the intervention of any third party Lat
our Government, then, meet the requisitions-of
Lord Lyons, in the restitution of Mason and Slidell
to British protection. and in an acknowledgment
that. while Captain Wilkes weeld hen boon right
in seizing the Trent' steamer and bringing herb&
fore a prize court for adjudication, he was wrong in
limiting his proceeding to the seizure of his-prison
ers ; and that we regret bat his controlling con.
siderations of international courtesy and leniently
should have resulted in the very offence which it
was his particular object to avoid.
An explanation of this character, we presume,
will be considered amply satisfactory, aafLII atone
meet to the Insulted dig of Ilugland, It may be
painful and humiliating to us. But who will re
proach the surprised traveller for yielding to the
demand of Your money or your life," with the
highwaymen's pistol at. 616 ',sad o,se
merit will be amply justified in this• reparation by
the public opinion of our loyal. States, considering
the rejoicings of our rebellious States at the pros
pect of nearing the aid of England's fleets and ar.
mies in the enterprise of the occupation of Wash
ington. We are called upon now to exhibit the
virtues of patience and moderation towards a domi
neering foreign Power, and to submit to its arrogant
demands and pretensions, in order to grapple more
effectively with an insolent domeetio enemy
beleaguering our national oapital. But as Rome
remembered Carthage from the invasion of Hanni
bal, and as France remembers St. Helena, so will
the people of the United Sista remember and trea
sure up for the future this little affair of the Trent.
Nor do we suppose that the pacific solution of
this difficulty, upon the basis of England's offensive
tiltiP4tlfol will 49 Vithcilte Villtivalont or °Knout
ration. We expect that it will secure a more de ,
cent regard hereafter for England's professions of
neutrality than she has heretofore exhibited ; that
such scandalous neutral hoepitalities as those lately
sr/tattled to as pleatisal
Southampton, will not be repeated; and that such
commercial ventures as that of the steamer Bermu
da to Savannah will cease to be made by British
subjects from English porta, under the connivance
of her Majesty's Government. Granted that these
demands of England in this matter of Mason and
Slidell were framed for war and not for peace, we
have the right to call for a faithful adherence to
pesos whl.6 hae been concode4 where war was
expected and designed. But we are asked why
these humiliating concessions upon a quibble and a
prettxt? If England's purpose is war, will she
not find some other pretext upon which Lore can
be no concession ? We answer, that by yielding to
the arrogant demands of England upon this pretext
of to-day we shell have reduced her to bends of
peace from which she cannot escape except as n
realm Mitturter, liable to be outlawed by miry
other European Power.
Meantime, with the re-establishment of our
peaceable relations with England we shall bo at
liberty to bring our ramie military power to boar
by land and sea upon this domestic rebellion. We
hope, too. that, admonished by the restless im
patience of England and France for cotton, Presi
dent LibOolis iiisa h s Cobh et will vi g orously- push
forward the movements of our fleets and armies,
and put an end to all European notions of an in
evitable Southern Confederacy by the speedy over
throw of the epuriees TeYelletieleary league of DeVie
and hie confederates. Then. with this rebellion
suppressed, with our revolted States restored, with
an army of a million men in the field, with a
powerful navy, including a good proportion of
/MR - plated ships, and with uurovaVonot and frontier
defences upon a war footing, we shall have the
power to settle, not only our outstanding accounts
against England, but the power to proscribe the
es..teet and the limitailone of Rili9p.:ol/ 11114111/lUjr
on this continent.
The British 'Ultimatum —The British
Xcorlh Anie.ncon rict Qrsicred t4 ,F#4-
Lou.
[Special Correepoudenee of the Maryland News Sheet.]
WASHINGTON, Dec 20.—1 t is eurrentlyreported,
among the English residents here, that the tenor of
Lord Lyons' despatches, received by the E arms, is
very simple. De is instruoted to demand the abso
lute delivery of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. and
their secretaries. Other questions will be discussed
eftvrwarda.
The gunboat Landrail, which sailed yesterday
from New York, bore despatches to Admiral
Milne, directing him to repair at once with a large
fleet to Boston harbor, to receive the Southern
sammiscianars. The fleet will be aaropasad of
about forty-he vessels.
Smith O'Brien on a War with England.
THE PERFIDY OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWARDS THE
EXITED STATLEII AAR THE DITTY 01 IRISHMEN
[From the Dublin Freeman, Dec. 5.]
In a letter addressed by Mr. William Smith
O'Brien to Mr. Seward, Secretary_of *me craw
Vnited States, we Sad the following allusions to
recent events: By the recent seizure of the Con
federate commissioners on board of a British mail
steamer, the Government of Mr. Lincoln has in
curred a tearful reaponaibility. I take for granted
that this act will not be disavowed. I take, for
granted that it was intended as a deliberate affront
to the English nation. I take for granted that it
was designed es a bold and defiant answer to the
Lemlenue - vrtiteli has been directed against the Ame
rican nation by every organ of British opinion ever
since the civil war broke out in the United States.
However this may be, it is assuredly an act which
le fraught with COUSegilciNcti that may hereafter
become most disastrous to both parties who are
now contending with each other. Unless England
TWO CENTS.
consent to foregto all claims to manhood or national
honor, she must resent this seizure, and, if the
Sereth be disposed to accept kter emoperation. the
sucoestord of Wediiigton must be prepared to
encounter hazards fibre dangerous than have
over menaced the Western Republic. United,
the States of Amerkt might defy the world ;
but, wilige they are divided, the- interposition
of a pt erful arbiter must rule' their dosti ,
nice. Title navy of Noland', iesUing from the
ports of frelifhr, St. Johns; Bermuda - , and of the
Westlndict, and co-operating with a land force
which apperzu to be little short of half a million of
Steil, Will bet only raise the lalockaele of every
Southern port-hat will sweep the American coast
from New l3ntrwriele to the Potomac, burning
every town anessity which lies within reach' of the
formidable projectiles of moderxtartirlery, pod'oap•
ltiflaP every commercial 'vowel Wit mity•vevtare to
Cit the protectiul of a Federal fortress. As for
anada, the modern statesmen f England' care
Tittle whether it exit British'' or Anierbsen
IR.; if an attempt Lerma& by the Federal &areal°
forte the Canadians - into an inoorptraition with Ido
Northern section of the Republic that' will simply
briegt upon themselves an addithinral foe. They
will be attacked on t2: 4 31r northern an 'well as on
their _leathern frontlet and, that o , ferinateiled,
they will' be compelled yield to'the dictates of
necessity and submit to =lgnominious roam This
is the conned' event/ whitile'British °Orson now
anticipates. Scarcely a single Englishman. or Irish
West Briton is to be found %he did not rejcfee when
the civil Mr broke out in I Atherica, hooelso the
' people have been made to feel tlmt the
Ended States was becoming a Piiiver with whose
ascendency they would soon be unaVe t g
cope, For the same reason I am °affixed
that they would now rejoice to obtain an
opportunity of destroying the Northern sec
tion of the Republic, by forming an alli
ance with the Southern. They weed thus es,solce,
without Impediment, the cotton and other raw ma
terials with which the Southern States have been
accustomed to supply them, whilst they would 82-
tin ankh. the paiirien/ hod M4fl.3.9Ptidi gre,bsacs
of a fioinidarde Oit#al. lii vie* of the- , e contin
gencies do I ask you to lower the "Stars and
Stripes," and to humble yourself to England ? By
no means; but I earnestly agi'vet , you to renew re
latione of amity, if not of affection, with those who
are your natural friends, who ought to be your
brothers in affection as they are your brothers
by the relation of kindred. Answer the
British demands in the language of difsionney.
Quote authorities and precedents to show that you
are justified by the law of nations, and specially by
the example of England, in the seizure of these
commissioners. Such discussions will give you time
for .1.116... tics and tor properationi pus Jose not
an hour in liberating the commissioners. Send them
to the Confederate- headquarters, and tell them to
return to Washington as plenipotentiaries duly au
thorized to treat respecting the terms of an Mime-
Mate suspension of RIM, and respecting an early
adjustment of the questions at issue between the
Northern and Southern States.
If this be the language of common to tO9, do not
despise it because it comes front an Wann which has
for ages been the victim of misgovernment. I Its
licve that the language which I now hold bespeaks
the sentiments of a large majority of my fellow
eonntrymen ; and there is eat among the nations of
the earth a people who entertain towards the
United States of Americas° much affection as is felt
by the Irish. They have not forgotten that they
were received and fostered by the Americans at a
tiase when they were driven from +.6eir homes
by English misgovernment, and when their death,
proscription, end exile were hailed by England
with a shout of exultation, which was not confined
to the prejudiced masses for whom were mime'
the pica:torsi:de words, The Vend are gone,
Thank tied ! the Celts are gene—gone with a
vengeance." They are even still reminded that
this exultation was shared, and is shared, by the
leading statesman of England—by mintater3 end
viceroys who ere still in the habit of finding in
every decrease of the population of Ireland a
subject of congratulation. If you make peace
with the South there will be no war with gar
doma cou'rePi9lo MA 'plausible pretext
will bo discovered for forbearing to resent the
affront which has been offered to the British nag.
England would not hesitate to assail you, as she as
sailed the Chinese, if you were unable to defend
yourselves; but when she shall find that the shores
of America are to be protected by a million of armed
men '
who have . profited by. the experience of at
least one campaign ; when she shall find that every
1141FISAY And etietV "river" fro...the frontier or Maine
to the extremity of Texas is about to send out pri
vateers which will intercept, even in Australia, the
gold-laden vessels of England ; when she recollects
that if she pittecs a regiment ea the borders of
Quauda, Clarge portion of that regiment will desert
to the United States; when she reflects that if she
goes to war with united America, she will be met
by two hundred thousand Irish soldiers who pant
for en opportunity of avenging the wieder their
race; when she is conscious that five millions of
Irishmen, inhabiting an island which lies by her
side, will sympathize with America rather than with
England in such a struggle.; when else forebo4as,
with gloomy forecast, that the glory of England
will forever pass away, and become matter of his
tory, if ever France and. America shall unite in
hostility to her;,when she knows, that the ruler of
Prance re wetekkg, like au .00610, for en opportu
.nity to pounce upon his prey, and that France will
be supported by the sympathy of Spain, and the
gratitude of Italy, she will be slow to encounter
these hazards, even in defteige of the flag that " has
braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze."
Solemn Advice to Irishmen in the North
and South
(From the Dublin Fineman. Doe_ 4.]
At a meeting of the 'National Brotherhood of St.
Patrick. held at their rooms, No. 2 Marlborough
street, on Tuesday evening, Neilson Underwood.
barrieter, in the chair, the fallowing regulation
wee moved and tarried by acclamation:
That we have viewed with the deepest sorrow
the fratricidal war in which the States of America
Save been ensased r end that., in 1112 Tommy of,
ittg p e bility of war between groat. Britain and
the United States, we implore our fellow-country
men on the American contencot to remember the,
deep obligation under whieh they lie to the friendly
and compassionate Government of the United gukt.a,
and the debt which, they owe to the Governmentwhich,
which permitted their homes in Ireland to be
levelled—which drove them into exile by Oppgear.
sign.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTIt
Cart. Rielmtitt---kmif Priolkeirs 1.12.
mond.
Capt. and Mrs. Ricketts, whose arrival from
Richmond was. announced on Friday, are still at
Major Palmer s. in Washington, and knee me rood
a large ninill?aii of visitors. The Os.ptain's health
is improving,rapidly, and there is a prospect of his
entire recoveu at an early day. His principal wound
was in the leg: though he was shot in the arm. and
otherwise injured. He was not Laken until fifty
eight of fr:,a company were dead., on the field, and
his wounds had overpowered hiin, HA) was.joined
at. Manassas by Mrs. Ricketts three tjays agter the
13w -ft, sod she has been with him ever since, ad-
ministering to his comfort with,a noble devotion.
Held.. as a prisoner, she has...suffered great pri
vations- and tells a sorry tab of,robel treatment.
NiP949l l3 aPa. TOO pstivnt/ two in rho public hos!
pitala of - Richmond and under.privitto care. In
deed, nearly every house has its. sick ar wounded
soldier. There is a great lack,. of medleines, and,
in many of the Secession regiments, a disease called
She "tamp fever" provuils to an alarming extent.
The soldiers are sadly destitute of shoes. Good
brute sell in Ricbmond at $25 a pair ; ladies' do at
$lO ; and ladies' shoes.at from s4.to VI Provisions
of all kinds are scarce and command exorbitant
iprieee. Army Btorea, of certain kinds Sty 34144
needed, and a supply is confidently expected from
Washington by way of the Potomac. Mrs Ricketts
thinks there are native agents of Secession and nor
respondents of President Davie still in Washington_
On Sunday evening, the 15th inst., a ilieNetiger
arrived in Pdcbsiond with the intelligence from,
England regarding the Mason and Slidell affair.
President Davis was roused out of bed at an tine
eeesonable haur, and delighted with the news. 9n.
Monday morning it appeared in the papers of the
city. The rebels do not talk of an attack upon
Washington, but are eager for a movement into
]Hartland by the tanner Potoman. Lectures 114(.4
been delivered advising such a step, and strenuous
efforts are made to create Secession sympathy in
that State.
At large force is gathered near coosavratchie, be
tween Glierloston and 15avannab, ready to repel in.
VtiMOD. Gen. Pemberton is in command, and Gen.
Evans, lately at Leesburg. has gone thither, and a
number of wounded officers, West Point graduates,
are also there_ The system of dPatif.. 4 bo-uu
Richmond 0 0
is exceedingly unpopular. It c Als late
active service the entire militia. Boys of 15 years
are often enrolled. Those who desire to remain at
borne have 1..5 1 rid& glihAltiiios, who onn oni,F bo
had with great difficulty..
Mr. Ely is in good health and spirits, and it is
understood that he is to be released the moment
Mr. Faulkner arrives in Richmond. The rebel
soldiers are very abusive of the Yankees. The
heads of two of our men, killed at the skirmish at
Pohiek Church, were severed from the bodies, car
ried on bayonets to the camp. and there exposed
until some Aims objected. for the _ecosoo that ; if
known, it might cause remark in Europe. Captain
R. and Mrs. Rickett s left Richmond on Wednesday
morning, at 5 o'clock, and were taken by train to
Norfolk. where they were kindly treated by Gene
ral Huger, and at once sent by boat to meet our
steamer near Sewell's Point. They will proceed,
in a few days, to Elizabeth, Now Jersey, and thence
to New York, of which city the Captain is a native.
The Rev. John F. Mines, chaplain of the Second
Maine Regiment, left for Hartford, Connecticut,
this afternoon, where he will join his family. Tho
lads, elm cam from Richmond with him, were the
sons of a captain in one of the regiments of General
Sickles' Brigade, and were recently taken from a
small boat on the Potomac.
They were sent to their father to-day. Mr. Minas
states ibat the iseitiment atiown the trmon priounora
at first was very harsh—several men were shot as
previously reported for simply looking from the
windows, and the cruel practice was not stopped
until Colonel Corcoran sent for (lon. Winder and
protested against , it, saying that if the prisoners
were to be shot they preferred to be taken into an
open field and killed according to military usage.
For many weeks the Rev. Mr. Mines was not per
mitted to pm& oven to his foilow•prisonora; bat
tubteguently he was given such perminion, and
also allowed to preach in the prisons and the hospi
tals
Miscellaneous
The recent great firs at Charleston, full details of
which appear in the Courier of the 16th instant,
is even more calamitous and destructive than it
Pas at first supposed to be. The cyggrult." of
property in buildings, goods, ito is almost incredi
ble. The Courier roughly estimates it at not less
than ten millions of dollars, on which the insurance
was comparatively limited. Some establishments,
with their contents, estimated to be worth thirty to
fifty thousand dollars, are insured for only three to
six thousand dollars. Many of the finest residences
destroyed bad insurance only upon the furniture.
Most of the policies were in Charleston, Augusta,
gsvaonab, and ether Soutikorn companies, many of
which will be unable to pay one-fourth the amounts
insured. There is also considerable insurance in
Northern eompanies, which, under existing difficul
ties, is not expected t 9 ke paid, The Royal Emu,
ranee Company also lost heavily, and it is appre
hended there may arise some demurrers to its pap-
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log In consequ""""ence ° !certain stipolaticni in the
r
The eitizerir Norfolk, up to yesterday, had
nab e 8 Xi kOtl it/ Voifolicnill Whey, which wai
forty, vded to 1110 mayor of Charleston for the suf-
ferers. Fire thousand dollars bad alao been raised
in Riermend, and $5OO in Petersburg for a similar
purpose. Liberal donations wore being made el.3e
where, bu Ineatly in Confederate and State paper
money.
It is belie .red' a ernisideruble number of the Con
federate troo7s heretofore in the vicinity of Nor
folk h ave b ee r/ °Mere* eliowbere.
The steamer In lying at the Ports
mouth dock, antt has not been removed from that
poitiem she writ rut dr.wn some five or Mx feet,
and strongly vt , vcred with imn. Several testa and
ex periments mere been made to ascertain her re
:slags - Pea to canniou balk :hell, ice. it is n ow
feared, with the iii.nherree metal upon her,
ehe will not be et fo
at. • sea, or Leigh% Mule even in
an ordinary storm. !lore are Anard ihe boa boon
rendered nieless e1.001.11a 'a 'mire Muter defence.
The Legislature elf pamoti a law to
prevent extortion in ea 3; Which had berm selling
at very high prices. A t eller a zur.incl had been
demanded for it in mile imterwes.
Tim,. is g KAvelL . l.'Or• shocr cud clothing
-material in tine-part oS
The Federal jelaone&t. ef 'war lu'liehmcmd aro
bleginalag to feel tho wade , of'proper ckithing. Can
greenuan Ely bas Tory gayer lusty offered; Bays tho
expot,l $5,000 prlfrato moans,
- SeMoh are quite ' urripie, in ordtleto pureheao theta'
the. necemary clothibg, but .hia fellovv-prlsonora do
elinc d to permit b im to do it, •
illolegrapbio dompaeh wilt ninived by Jeff Da.
via on Tuesday murnhg abraitt.l6itig the Bitgliak
news brought by the
Oil liaturdzy last tho liustillg YC'Onrt, w:f Rich
mond; entered an order that all ti're trnegroee 36 661c1
who•do =06 1 , 7 theirto;: I y tltc ryittittry tocitrof
the colm.
Confederate State bonds, of the Si :094;000ieene,
Ike quoted at 9Petigl.
The or bo . logatotri
a-re pawed an act authorizing the Sokernor tos
seize all salt held at exorbitant, rates, and place
in the heed& of en agent, who shall. c lrit to thea
people at reasonable rates.
The 11 , Ismond 7J t.apatck says that Wr•.,11
mho has fee some tune past been carvi 'in 'the ,
county jail . , will probably be released i . 7'..•tt short
time.
.Vl6.le.&..rs.c_Jun bas 1111 aocount at r Es 44 ju
tha oxacuti-ro office at Jacktion, Miyn., betstren 006
vernor Pettte and Mayor (ex-Cungreastnan; Batts
dale.
SeY9/14•Iitt2mpto boyo ban mado to fire ttolotty
orDiOntgomeryi Ala.
ne WAR IN MISSOURI.
Captain Wood s Scouting Party.
WASH nerro:r, Dec. 21.—The following doupatchrz
was received yesterday from ,51, lonia ;
"&r, Lon 1 7 3 i ‘ 21.—T0 Major tieneral George
B. McClellan : Captain Wood's scouting party hes—
returned to Rolla. It purrued the enemy south of
Houston, killed one captain, and brought in one
tro.jor a i:rirtaber.of war.
About a hundred of Price's men were cap
tured and released on parole, not being able to
bring them in. H. W. HALLecK,
C: Major General Comman4mg,"
Sketch :01 General John rope.
General John .Pope is a man about forty years or
age, a native of Kentucky, and a graduate of West,
Point, which atolderny he entered in the year 18.3‘.
Lie graduated .is. Ip.ld , aad ti.o
army from the.:3tate of Illinois, entering that ser
vice as a brevet aecond henteaant of Topographical
Engineers. .I.le.teas engaged in Mexico, and was
IncYOPti flii3 - 1191.11viusat fur gallant and uteri•
toritnie conducts n several contacts at Monterey, the
brevet bearing. date from September 23, 1846. Oa
the 2111 of February, 1847. he was breveted cap-
Win for gallant and.moriterieus conduct in the bat
tle of Buena Vista_ Oa the la of Jol i , MU. 6 1 ,
took the actual rank of captain in the corps of To
pogrnplaiotil Eugincore, and on the 17th of May,
.IS6I, was made a brigadier general of volunteers.
General Pope is bound to make 4i i Pugh during ihilt
war.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
The Eeport.of General Phelps.
WASHINSTON, Dec. 21.--Ailintant General Tho
mas has received a letter from Major General Bet
ler, now here, accompanied by a copy of the repack
of. Brigadier General rlikelps.
General Butler says he has not received an official
copy of General Phelps' proolamation, but haa in
formsallo Which rondos t pw..-t i lig thot, 6 1 jig Fm k.
lisped copies are correct.
General Butler concludes his letter as follows:
" i necd hardly say that tho leaving of any proald•
motion on such an occasion was neither suggested
nor autorized by me, and. most certainly nut such
a one. With that important eseeption, I commend
the raw!. and lek attention to its slog sad Loal
nees-liito statement.''
Gen. Phelps, in his report, says that he "searched
Ship Yaland, in the harbor of Iklississippi Sound, oa
the enerliffig of the thied of lil..ootaboe, whoa kt o dc
epatelea with which: ho was entrusted for Flag
Officer McKean weresent byLieutenant Winslow,
of the steamer C.7a3rlcrr who procec4eil ty
Fonz.incolai where tlio flag officer than Was, and
General Phelps' arrival at that time made known.
"We found in the harbor on our arrival the
United States warrship. Massachusetts and the
steamer R. R. Cu:4er, besides several prizes, and
net long afterward.the steam gunboat New London
and an armed sr.hooner, being part of the Gulf
squadrot,
"On the westend, of the island is a partially
lhaished fort. The island bears evidence of having
been overflowed 4 1 4 some catrovrdinny otorm ; large
trunks of trees having been drifted on Mile of the
higher hummoelse."
General Phelps also says : Deeming it proper to
Itllit4 known to the p.oopla thig bgtun LI.. re
moter objects of this expedition, I have prepared a
proolamaticn, which I shall endeavor to have dis
seminated as early and as widely as possible, eon
alvlvl2% %LIPsIW a pressing demands. —
He concludes by saying that while preparing the
report the ..D8 SOtO and IVOIO London have been
engaging the enemy's boats in the directing /gaff
Orleans.
From New York
NEW Yormi, Dec. 21.—Flag (Meer. Bell sailed
id-tiny in tke utentnee for P 'A
F .., a aro. 6
oquadcon. The steamer Ocean Queen will leave
to-morrow with stores for Beaufort.
Forthtt from Port Royal—Departure of
tho,btone Fleet for Charleston
NBW 7pau, Dec. 21.—The transport Daniel
Webster, from Port Royal on the evening of the
lith, reports that sixteen Teasels of the Mile fleet
sailed op that day for Charloam, under escort of
three gmaboats, thought to be the Mohicasti.EyNt
hontas, and Seneca.
A portion of the stone fleet for SAvitnnnk had ra.
turned to Ilitton
Fire of the vessels had beached near Tybea:
Maud.
ing gimumig,
the name of which is not given, lied gone to recon
noitre the shores of Edisto Island, and the mouth
of South Edisto river.
The Fiftieth rennsylvania Regiment had bee&
transferred to a camp on St. Helena Souza No
advance had been made by General Stevens' bri
gade into the
Gen rtiteClellan's Expeetattonti..
The Ilon. Schuyler Colfax, writing to the ilbuth
Bend firgisti;r, says that Gen. McClellan has re
routed to him, with autpli,t.tia,
that the war would bo abort, though it probably
might he desperate, and that ho saw the way clearly
throb to success m conquering the rebellion.
Tha Five! aff FortrAPl MdISMR.L.L.
UNITED STATES BTEAMER. DELAWARE,
011 Fortress Monroe, 1)(313.2i)th, 1861.
[Comgp,Ldown of The PreisF. ]
The -weather here, the F ist - week, LEA been Imre
ly, the thermometer ranging from 50 to G 5 degrees,
and Old Sol, though far to the southward, yot sand
ing his rays upon us kindly and genially, him inada
everything appear like epriag i anti cheerful
would be our hearts under its influence, wore it not
for the thought of the bitter warfare in which we
are cvgagell, True, no are endeavoring' to subdue
a rebellion, which had its rise in wild ambition, dis
appointed hopes, and hatred without cause; and
when, a day or two ago, I gaz,ecl upon the miff
in 'tampion valley, the gay soldiery Marching in
the distance, their polished vreapons dashing in the
sun, I fervently wished the day close at hand when
alias Hotly mu`-is 5 41=tt...-
ing bayonets, would be for idle show—not the dread
reality.
AB you are aware, our Amor left ridladelphia
On the afternoon of the 11th, anehoring off Pork
Mifflin the same evening to procure powder and
shell, which we did the following morning; getting
under weigh at 0.36 A. M., we tw r ly ei l t avro at
noon the nextday, making the run inside of twenty
seven hours, and using but half steam the whole
The Delqriro to capable of extraordi
nary speed, is quick of movement, and, for a Mall
craft, has a heavy armament on board. Iler crew,
through the exertions or Commander Quaekenbush
end hio officern, aro already in a kg stato of ethe
cieney and discipline, and I have no doubt our gal
lant little craft will prove a formidable foe to the
rebel batteries lined along the Potomac and else
where_ Our destination is, as yet, unknown.
Transport steamers, gunboats, do., of all classes,
arrive and depart daily. The Constitution, Con
necticut, Illinois, Monticello, and others have
come and gone, yet 'plenty usurp their places' and
in conjunction with the numerous merchantmen
plying around, liatnpton Roads oft presents an ani
mated appearance, Occasionally a rebel eteamer
frein Norfolk will appear in sight off SeWe Point,
take a reconnoissance, and turn back at the ap
proach of one of our gunboats. Prom Sowell'a
Point to Norfolk, the batteries of the rebels era
heavy, and daily increasing in strength, as they are
Constantly in fear of an attack from us; and a can
nonade from this quarter,l surmise, will commence
ere many daTe. The 410 15 air-axe° boat from Nor
folk came up yesterday and returned back, with but,
tew passengers either way.
The steamers Quaker City and S. P. Sradi n
and uchooutn 117i!or 7 lcrrc Ilreeken arrived in yea
terday. • lhattiox.
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