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MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1861
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
to the eontrovorsy_ Every man must k out the
side of the United States or against it. There
can be no neutrals in this war_ There can be
none but patriots and traitors'7
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TIIE TONE of the English journals received
by the mails of the Smerica, indicates that,
while a war, for which gigmitie preparations
were:being made, would inevitably have en
sued if MASON and SLIDELL had not been
promptly surrendered, the course adopted by
the Administration will be entirely satisfac
tory, and will be hailed with delight by all the
friends of our country in the OR World.
There are some important interests in Eng
land which anxiously desire the commence
ment of hostilities, because they imagine that
they would result in the total downfall of re
publican institutions, and that, by opening the
Southern ports, British manufacturers would
Secure an abundant supply of icotton,
on the other hand, the British capital
ists who have immense investments in
American seemitics, and a very large por
tion of the English people who either
,empathize with the national cause in - this
country, or keenly realize - the horrors of
a protracted contest with America, *ill
DOM) since what they deem the national honor
of their country has been vindicated, reso
lutely oppose all hostile measures, and do all
in their power to secure a lasting peace.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
Another important victory has been gained in
Missouri. On the 913th instant, General Prentiss,
with four hundred and fifry men, encountered
and dispersed a body of rebels nine hundred
strong, under Colonel Dorsey, killing and wound
ing one hundred and fifty of them, capturing
thirty-five prisoners, ninety-five horses, and one
hundred and five guns. The Ilion loss was only
three killed and eleven wounded.
By the surrender of Mason and Slidell, which is
fully discussed in the diplomatic correspondence,
the editorials, and in the letter of " Occasional,"
that we publish this morning, the Administration
has al - aided a war with England, nod alt the coce
gies of the Government can henceforth be devoted
to the suppression of the rebellion. Few will be
sober 2.&11e6t1616, and after reading a
full statement of all the facts involved, to question
the wisdom of the policy that has been adopted.
The most cherished hope of the rebels has been
destroyed, and they will be intensely mortified and
annoyed by a decision which has deprived them of
the powerful Mil of .31 - reat, Britain.
A telegraphic despatch from Washington gives us
a graphic account of the review of the Penneylva
edit RNlArr&g, which took place at Johnson's MIL
yesterday.
Hon. Alfred Ely, the member of Congress who
was aspired Ai Mull Run, 1111/1 wha hes PMAIOI7
been released from the rebel prison in Richmond,
in exchange for C. J. Faulkner, gives a graphic
aeserielott of the treatment of the Unita pei-
Boners. The unfortunate officers who are held as
hostages for the privateers are treated far worse
than we treat the vilest criminals; but the repro•
sentations of Mr. Faulkner will probably secure
for them better treatment.
Late advice') front Pori Royal and Beaufort
show that our forces in that quarter are kept busi
ly employed. Strong entrenel meats are being
erected on Tybee Island. The guns of Fort Pules
ki keep up a continual fire upon our troops, but
they have done no injury. Alreconnoissanee was
recently made, fifteen miles from Beaufort, by the
Seventy-ninth New York Regiment, and six rebels
were captured. A rebel boat, which came down
the Warsaw channel to ace if the British steamer
Fingal could run the blockade with a cargo of cot
ton, was chased by one of our gunboats, and run
whore. The chances of the escape of the Fingal
are evidently very small.
The comments of the English journals, received
by the last European mail, furnish additional rea
sons for the surrender of Mason and Slidell. Im
mense preparations were being made for the com
mencement of active hostilities if they had not
been delivered up, and the sympathizers with the
rebellion were greatly rejoiced at the prospect of
inflicting terrible injuries upon us. The journals
most friendly to our cause were most anxious for
the surrender of the rebel envoys.
ifiliner 4- Smirk's Ercroitrair Trmcs i of the
14th inst., says :
The American difficulty continues to fill the news
papers, and to afford a theme for orators when they
appear in public_ An amusing scene, of which
Mr. G. F. Train, the contractor for street railways,
was the hero. took place at lunstall, in Stafford-
Qin) on the evening of Tuesday last. At this
place Mr. Train was announced to deliver a lecture
in aid of the funds of the local Athenaeum, the chief
bailiff presiding, and in the course of it the lectu
rer had to touch on the existing relations between
fbls 000nirr ar.d bi, own- In kilo course of Ida ob
servations, Mr. Train was interrupted by a person
in the body of the room, who expressed a hope that
he would "speak the truth." A request like this
was certain to be followed by a "scene," in the course
of a hieh Mr. Train was called to account by the
same dissatisfied listener with having called the
volunteers " a set of fools " This produced
another "scene," in the course of which the
chairman declared that, it crier was nut pre
salved, he ewould leave the chair; but the threat
had little effect. At length the chairman took the
sense of the meeting by a show of hands ? and a
large majority were ID favor of nearing Mr. India.
From this point to the close of the proceedings
there appears to have been a running commentary
between the lecturer and a portion of the au
dience_ As a sample, we may site an inter
jectional remark thrown in by one of the com
pany most opposed to Mr. Train : " We don't want
our mails stopped." " Quite right," retorted Mr.
Train, with hie customary quieknen, " the Auto
teens did not stop your males or your fe.
males,"—a sally which, the report assures us,
produced a burst of merriment. But it was up
hill work with the lecturer. He maintained that
if America bad done wrong oho would apologise,
but he asked would the people of England settle
the question without hearing the other side ? Mr.
Train, excited, no doubt, by the taunts of a portion
of the company, gave expression to the summary
way in which he would have acted if he had been
in the position of Captain Wilkes " I would have
tried the commissioners in a prize court in , New
York I would have convicted theta of high tree.
son; I would have hanged them, and then sent
them to England if England insisted on their being
given up." These remarks, it is needless to say,
were followed by biases and great confusion. It
was in vain Mr. Train informed the meeting that
Mason was the author of that abominable measure,
the 'fugitive-slave law. and that Slidell had been
making hostile speeches against England for the
last s l ii.M44r of a 86.10.11PY_ The extenuating eir
curnstances connected with the arrest of the com
missioners did not appease the wrath of the more
bellicose portion of the audience. But, notwith
standing, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr.
Train, for the ability he had displayed, and the
chief bailiff of Tunstall advised his friends and
neighbors not to be too hasty in judging of the
American question,
Thurlow Weed writes to the Albany Evening
Journal, in a letter dated Loudon - , December 7, as
follows ;
The preparations for war, hero, are on a gigan
tic scale. For other reasons, England is fully pre
pared. Everything is upon a war footing. But
that the ice iA the St. Lawrence presents a tinder,
there would be British war steamers upon the
Western lakes in a month.
I am, you see, writing on the supposition that a
peremptory demand for the surrender of Slidell and
Mason has I,.en inada sad refused, AEA that Leta
Lyens is on his way home.
If this assumption proves unfounded, I should
venture, even while I know how greatly the burn
ing of the Harvey thrcle, must have exasperated
our people, to ask the Government and the people to
take counsel of their judgments rather than their
feelings. I cannot but hope that you have all real
ized the fact that both Governments are in a false
position ; that on this tinesi-kn of maritime law and
usage we have changed sides, and are, consequently,
both wrong or boll' right. But perhaps the real
solution is that the times and circumstances, rather,
have changed that the world is older and wiser
then it was, and that neither Government would
now dn, or per mit the other to do, what all nations
practised a century ago.
But evt n if we feel that we are right, may we
not, ter the sake of peace. make a concession or do
even a magnanimous act to preserve amicable re
lations with a friendly Power?
It will be said that England manifested un
friendliness in too ready a resoguition of the rebels
118 belligerents. Granted; hut do not let us forget
that we have ever encouraged rebellions in Ireland
aid Canada ; and that our sympathies were with
Russia in the war of .the Crimea; and that we
quite promptly sect home a British minister be
cause attempts were made to recruit soldiers for
the Crimea in America.
• - -
Again ; If there must be War with Angland,
should we not choose our own time ? Are we pre•
pared now ? Such a war is just what the traitors
desire. It opens their ports and blockades ours,
thus reversing our relative positions. And in the
event of a sudden war with England, what be
corm a of California ? But I will not pursue the
buhjeet, hating only intended to sot you all to
IT is difficult to decide who will he most
annoyed at.ti indignant at the action of the
Federal Covert.inent in the release of Misee
mid Stiotaa.—the traitors in arm against the
Union, or the despots of the Old World. And
loyal men, who are disposed to complain of
this action, should carefully await the wrath
ful explosions from both these classes before
committing themselves too far. When the
traitors, SLIDELL and MASON, were captured,
a thrill of joy was felt throughout the entire
Rebellion. Daily diminishing in numbers, in
courage, and resources, terror-stricken at the
tremendous preparations of the Federal Go
vernment, and at the daily ev:.ilences of dis
.aller.elloo among their own people, .1-tirrea
son DAVIS and his associates hailed the pros
pect of a difficulty between the United States
and England as a sure promise that they were
about to secure an ally that would prove a
most effective assistant in the destruction of
our sacred Constitution and our beloved
Union. Their whole treachery was on the
eve of sinking into oblivion, and, like drown
ing men, they caught with desperate avidity
at the straw thus held out to them. They
were ready to see SLIDELL and MA
SON hung in chains, and in fact greeted
their arrest and imprisonment as the only
fortunate sign that had appeared to
them for months. Every popular demon
stration in the loyal Status approving the
course of Captain WILKES was re-echoed in
the rebel army, though for a different motive.
The loyal Atnerleatis applauded the capture of
SLIDELL and MASON, more because they had
been the earliest, most offensive, and most
tyrannieal of all the rebelleaders, than because
of any deep-seated hostility to the British
Government ; and JEFEEESON DAVIS was so
far conscious of the unpopularity of these
two men in Ms own section, as to be more
than ready to surrender them to the chastise
ment they had earned, if in doing so he could
secure the potent influence of a great Power,
that lie has always most bitterly denounced.
But if there was joy in the rebel statea over
this arrest, there was equal exultation among
our enemies in Europe. Envious of our pros
perity, they have longed for an opportunity
to aid in our destruction. It is a fact a thom
sand times asserted, that the progress of free
institutions on these shores has been a source
of mutant salieituda among the despots ek£
the Old World, and the most recent proof of
this fact was furnished by the most liberal of
these Powers the moment the rebellion
broke out. Hence the eagerness with
which the London Times and the British
stn esnlen OA part 4gaing the regular Go
vernment here, and in favor of the Southern
rebellion, and hence, too, the sudden burst of
British feeling that greeted the intelligence of
the capture o SLIDELL and Mason. Not
merely the aristocracy of England, but the
aristocracy of every other European Govern
ment welcomed this oeeurrene.e as the be
ginning of the triumph of the rebellion, and
the beginning of the downfall of the American
Union, slut describe the bitter
grief, and the agonizing disappointment of the
Southern traitors, and of foreign despots,
when they hear that Mr. LINCOLN and his
Cabinet have wisely refused to gratify them by
refusing the proffered responsibilities of a war
with England? Only a few days ago, para
graphs were reprinted from rebel journals,
glorying over this new complication, and
asserting that Mr. LINCOLN would not dare to
-release these men for fear of the =rabid
Abolition element of the North,' and if he
did, that he would be driven from his Presi
dency. The English organs, though not so
defiant and offensive as the rebel newspapers,
assumed a tone whiclt.proved that they, too,
Were resolved, if possible, to precipitate a
conflict. It is easy, while contemplating the
mutual rage of these combined interests
over the release of SLIDELL and MASON,
to realize some of the motives that ani
mated the President and his Cabinet. The
most difficult position, in such a crisis
as this, is to administer a Government
based upon the popular will. It is well known
that when Mr. LIZ:COLN was informed of the ar
rest of the traitors on board the Trent, he an
ticipated the trouble which has grown out of
this proceeding, and signified his willingness,
rather than increase surrounding perils and im
pending difficulties, to send them forward on
their voyage. Even amidst the acclamations
tkat applauded the act he declared that he re
garded their capture as utterly insignificant in
comparison with the great interests that might
be damaged by their imprisonment_ He has
now taken the responsibility, mid he will be
sustained for doing so.
Ho has baffled the enemies of fp4e higtita
tions in both hemispheres. He has left our
army and our navy free to make clean work of
the rebellion. He has rescued our finanees
from collapse, prevented a panic in our great
cities, kept open a market for our produce
with foreign nations, and encouraged our do
mestic manufactures. Honor to him for his
unselfish and fearless patriotism !
Tun FACT that war cannot be successfully
waged without money, as well as skill and
energy, is not now for the first time made
known. The beggarly hordes. of Scythia knew
this as well as we do in this enlightened age.
They had no internal resources; neither
houses nor cultivated lands nothing, in feet,
but hardy and ferocious men. Yet they waged
successful war. In the absence of a common
treasury and revenues, they made raids into
the rich provinces of their more cultivated
neighbors, and retired with all the treasure they
could lay their hands upon. In this way they
were enabled to subsist - vast armies, anti to
compete with the paid and betttr disciplined
soldiery of their enemies.
Put civilized States are not suppacad to &w
-ry on war for the sake of plunder. Whether
the object be defence or conquest, modern
warfare involves immense outlays. Sometimes
this vast expenditure can be met by voluntary
loans, as has thus far been the case in the
struggle in which we are engaged; but this
mode cannot always be depended upon, espe
cially in wars of long duration; because, for
the most part, such loans are made by the
classes whose capital is embarked in the vari
ous industrial pursuits which a state of war
most seriously affects. Recourse must then
be bad to taxation ; for in taxes every man is
represented according to his means. Under
taxation the burden falls equally.
With time facts patent to all, can it be true
that there is any considerable party in the coun
try, professedly in favor of a vigorous prose
cution of the war ; yet ready to seise upon this
bugbear of taxation and turn it to political
account 7 That such appeared to be the fact
in the several fall elections last held, may not
be disputed. In Congress the contradiction
has been more recently observed; we have
seen men declaring for a vigorous prosecution
of the war, yet stubbornly resisting a tax upon
the merest luxuries of life, that the revenues
might be increased i voting unlimited supplies
of men, and denying the means of their out
fit and subsistence. In effect, such is the
nature of the contradiction.
In this Imergeney every patriot must feel
willing to drop his last dime into the common
treasury, if that be necessary to sustain the
(ioyernment. 1 o less measure of patriotism
rises to the level of this crisis. It is no time
to discuss the policy of parties in the past.
«Let The dead past bury its (44," It is no
time for any man to make up his record on the
tariff question. The next generation will ask,
not if this or that man proved loyal to State
issues, but, rather, was lie equal to the times
in which he lived and acted 3 Did he grapple
with vital iSallcS Qf this terrible patent 1 And
it will fare ill with any limn who leaves a
weak spot in his record touching these.
Consistency is a good thing so long as it ac
cords with the temper of the times. When it
ceases to do that it degenerates into empty
punctilio. We have nothing to do with what
seemed right and necessary twenty years ago,
unless that right and necessity is also a vital
demand of this current time. Hundreds of
public questions do not touch the domain of
absolute right or wrong g and to none of this
stamp can any public man give his time and
talents, without detriment to the common in
terest.
From Boston
Bag.vnav, Dee_ 21/.—A 0p1.6. o...leabilth i an alleged
accomplice of Skinner, who was recently convicted
of fitting out the ship Margaret Scott, in New
Bedford, for a slaver, was before ftlge §prague
to-day, charged with such complicity. He pleaded
not guilty, and was required to give bail in $5,000
to appear for trial in March. Uaksmith was re
cently lodged in Port L...f..yett., clattr e d with
fitting out the steamer A 7( glala, and a week since
was transferred to Fort Warren The yacht wad
rigron, at this port, bag been seised on suspicion
of fitting out for a slaver. It is probable she will
be released on her owners giving bonds not to engage
in the slave trade.
LETTER FROM * 1 OCCASIONAL."
WAsumormr, December iM, 18411
In the postscript to my letter of the 18th in
stant, 1 attempted to foreshadow the probabi
lity of the release of Mason and Slidell on the
demand of the British Government, and I
gave such reasons for what then appeared to
ho an act of unavoidable but painful necessity,
as were at least conclusive to my own mind.
In order to recall this letter, 1 will ask you to
reprint the following paragraph:
e England knows she is strong. This is our hour
of weakness, and she may make it her opportunity
to strike. She can now be arrogant and insulting, for
now her NIC,gIPCe a$ insult MEM be f9§9114941
The Northern Gout is exposed to her large and
powerful navy ' • our towns are not fortified, and
she may bring desolation upon our people and our
manufacturing interests. All this she knows Fier
armaments are large and well appointed : her army
has been increased almost to a war footing; she is
prepared to throw large bodies of troops into the
Eastern and Northern portions of our Republic ;
Canada is filled with armed men, and the frontiers
Of Canaaa are simply so many isarthous, *sr Com
merce is at her mercy. In the 'Vital= gulf there is a
large British fleet, which could render our newly
gained strongholds on the Southern coast untenable,
and accomplish the destruction of the brave men at
Port Royal, Hatteras, and Santa Rosa Island She
may break our blockade, and entirely nullify our
expeditionary operations. With the Potomac vir
tually blockaded, and an immense army under
Beauregard hi our rear, Washington would proba
bly fall. With the Chesapeake bay open to any
navy that may choose to enter ; with a disloyal po
pulation in Maryland: with enemies along the VlP
g6;e, and Atlantic coasts, England could precipitate
a fearful series of disasters, and, perhaps, with the
aid of the Southern armies, turn the bloody tide of
war wren the Northern States,"
Many patriotic and considerate citizens at
first received the intimation conveyed in this
letter with surprise and indignation. They
denounced the mere idea of releasing these
two incarnate traitors as an act of national
humiliation, and declared that, rather than
acquiesce in such a policy, they would will
ingly welcome all the additional horrors of a
foreign invasion. A little reflection, how
ever, a temperate and candid review of the
exigencies of our national condition, and a
frank comparison between our own complica
tions and the immense military and naval re
sources of tngland, soon reversed this im
pulsive judgment, and among thousands left
the reluctant, though sincere, impression that
whatever the Administration, in its wisdom,
might conclud* do, should be sustained for
the benefit of the good cause by all good
Union men. Now, however, that the act has
been consummated, and that the propositions
of Great Britain (which, in truth, are not by
any means so offensive as they were expected
to be) have been acceded to by the President
and his Cabinet, it is well to turn from the
argument in my letter of the 16th inst. to the
statesmanlike reasons for this proceeding of
the Administration contained in the great
despatch of Mr. Seward, our Secretary of
State, to Lord Lyons, the British minister,
under date of Washington, December 26.
You will observe that not only Earl Russell,
her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, asks reparation for the act of
Captain Wilkes and the restitution of the
traitors, but that this course is advised by M.
Thouvenel, the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, in a letter abounding with expressions
of warm friendship for the United States.
That minister, in a single sentence, repeats an
idea which had previously produced the most
wholesome effect upon the American mind,
when he says : "For ourselves, we should see
in that fact, [a refusal on our part to make re
paration and restitution,] a deplorable comb ,
cation, in every respect, of the difficulties with
which the Cabinet of Washington has already
to struggle, and a precedent of a nature seri
ously to disquiet all the rowers which cOn•
tinue outside of the existing contest."
Mr. Seward places the American side of the
queetion on the leftiest principlea. While
assuring Great Britain of the solicitude of the
American Executive to maintain the most
amicable relations with Groat Britain ) while
showing that the act of Captain Wilkes was
entirely his own ; and while proving that, even
in the face of an almost unanimous feeling in
support of that act, in the loyal States, fol
lowed by resolutions of approbation, passed by
both Houses of' Congress, the President and
his constitutional advisers (with a single ex
ception) preserved a dignified and patient si
knee, ho neither insults the national spirit, nor
degrades the national character, nor rebukes
Captain Wilkes. The language of his despatch
is in singular harmony with the of his
subject. Confining himself strictly to one
line of argument, and disdaining to avail him
self of the tempting opportunity to remind
England of her own high-handed proceedings
in cases of historical remembrance, he alter
nately appeals to the American record to
how faithfully and steadily we have contended
for the settlement of the, right of visitation,
and addresses himself to the magnanimity of
the British Government to make the present
discussion the occasion of such an adjustment
of that question as will leave no cause for fu
ture complications. With characteri§tic skill,
before giving his sanction to the request of
Earl Russell, be introduces as competent and
conclusive authority for that sanction, the
memorable despatch of President Madison to
James Monroe, nearly sixty years ago.
That the conclusion reached by Mr. Seward
will be satisfactory to Great Britain cannot be
doubted. It will certainly gratify France,
however it may disappoint those in the Old
World who have been hungering for a quarrel
between England and the United States. The
duty of the American people and all their
public aervunis, national and State, executive
and legislative, is plain and inexorable. I
would not feed the flame of hatred to England
which now burns in every paHotie heart, but
it is the province of every independent and.
loyal journalist to urge upon these public ser
vants the necessity for such prompt, persist
ent, and extended military and naval prepara
tions as will make us strong enough to protect
our own institutions from domestic as well as
foreign enemies. England may not harbor
any designs upon this continent, but it can
give her no offence, and will exhibit a saga
cious foresight on our part, should wqproceed
upon this theory. Habitually jealous of all
continental military preparations, and accus
tomed to protest whenever France increases
her army or her navy, England will not dare
to question any of the new military prepara
tions of the Government of the United States_
Occtistortm.
The Defences of Philadelphia
The following important letter will be read
with much interest by the citizens of Phila
delphia, We understand that the guns for the
defences referred to are now being rapidly
made, and also that preparations are on foot
for the purpose of fortifying the Breakwater,
some sixty miles distant from Port Delaware,
so that, in any event, the city of Philadelphia
may be considered safe :
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, }
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28,1861.
HON. SECRETARY OF WAR.
O. o.t.joot of aiir lottor of 24th
just received, I have the-honor to report:
The lowest point at which the water approach to
Philadelphia is defensible is the Pea Patch Island.
On this island, a powerful fort, (Fort Delaware,)
has been constructed, and is now ready to receive
its entire armament of 135 large guns. There is
nothing to hinder these guns being of the largest
calibres that are in use. Fort Mifflin—near the
city—is likewise prepared to receive its entire ar
mament of 47 guns of large calibre, such repairs
and renovations as were required for this purpose
Laving been executed during the past season.
The most Important step WIT retnainiug t 9 be
taken is to construct a fort opposite Fort Delaware
on the Delaware shore. For the commencement
of this fort application has just been made to Con
gress for an appropriation of $200.000.
A temporary work should be thrown up opposite
these, on the Jersey shore, at the commencement
of hostilities with a maritime Power. This tempo
rary work can be got ready for armament, in the
event of its construction being required by the
state of political affairs, as soon as guns can be fur
nished for it.
. .
Finally, floating obstructions, to be placed at the
last Himont, are designed to serve the purpose of
closing the passages, and holding vessels of war
under the fire of these forts and batteries.
. _
A copy of this letter will be sent to the Board of
Trtto, of Philadelphia, in reply to the communica
tion of Mb 'November to the President ) received
with your letter.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Joe. 8. Tome,
Brevet Brig. Oen. and Col. Engineers.
Public Amusements.
Mr. Forrest will appear at the Academy to-night
as Spartacus in Dr. Bird's play of " The Gladia
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will play Robert Lawdris in the "Dead Heart."
The " Forty Thieves" is continued at the Conti
nental, and gi Love's Labor Lost" .repeated at the
Arch. Barnum, Blitz, and the other attractions
remain a neck longer.
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LENTER FROM PORT ROYAL, S. C
[Furciul Curreupondencu of Tliu Prose.]
117 LTON HEAD, PORT ltorm,, S. C.,
Deoetuber 2a, 118131
Since I last wrote you an important reconnois
ance bee eccurred in the direction of Charleston.
The sloop-of-war Pawnee, Captain Drayton, the
gunb.•at Severn, Captain Ammon, and the Vixen,
carrying one gun ; Captain Dandle, were de
spatched to feel the hatteries, if any should exist,
at North and South Edisto Inlets, and otherwise to
explore the country along the coast. They ar
rived at North Edisto on the 1711 inst., and dis
covered at its entrance, and on the southern side, a
deserted fieldwork, which had evidently been
Wanted with eight or nine guns. it was more
elaborate in eonstruetion than Any other
work discovered in this region since the
capture of Pert Royal, and had not been
completed, even when abandoned_ The negroes
reported that the troops had left the day after the
fight at Hilton Head. On the right of Edisto inlet.
branching towards the north, and not more than a
mile ar two from tha aaast, is a etiqtamn, on which
stands the town of Rockville. Rockville is on the
left of the creek, and, therefore, faces the sea ; it
appears to have been a place of pethapg a Mond
inhabitants. After the reconnoitring party had
definitely ascertained that the fort had been desert
ed, their fire not being_returned, the Seneca wee
sent up the Edisto, and A. real of the crow
of the Pawnee went ashore at the mouth.
Next morning Captain Drayton landed at Rock
ville, where neuron, who ensue nazhip, d In
by the hundred, assured him that four or five hun
dred troops had been stationed the day before, but
that, immediately upon the firing from the ships,
they decamped. The haste with which these
forces must. have left was attested by the con
dition of their camp. Tents to the number of
forty or fifty remained standing: camp equipage
of every deseription was left behind ; forage
and commissary's stores—even arms—were strewn
around. Private letters and papers in abun
attnce were lei% lyina loose, alseas w i t h wm i ug -
apparel, and in some instances watches.
The body of Federalists who landed was not more
than fifty strong. The south Carolinians, who wore
so expeditious in their movements, probably were
ten times as numerous. The Pawnee, of course,
lay in the stream so as to cover the landing, hut,
as this was made in small boats, the rebels could
easily have molested the invaders; but with the
desperate energy which has characterized all their
movements since the fall of Port Royal, they hem_
tied away and stayed away from Rockville.
Among the prizes that fell into Captain Drayton's
bands was a sonooner and a number of beta:
Ile also tea away ale ten ta ar i l Wally of the
stores of the rebel force, but refrained entirely
from interfering with the private dwellings of the
town. As he had no orders to ()gimpy the pine,
and no military force, he returned to his ship; but
the rebels made no sign of interfering or of re
turning. Negroes reported a day or two after that
as, Increased force bed been sent down freak
Charleston, not more than fifteen miles away-in
. a
direot line; but, if such a force was sent, it took
good care to keep out of sight of the reconnoitring
party.
The Seneca, meanwhile, penetrated eome six or
eight miles up the country on the Edisto. In
every airection the rebels Het fire to their cotton
houses as the gunboat approached ; as many as
twenty conflagrations must have boon witnessed
from her decks during the little cruise. The ne
vem' began eemiag A 6614 tba viar7 d l.t of her
entrance into the river, bringing intelligence of
the whereabouts and the movements of various
small bodies of rebels scattered along the banks,
telling, in some instances, what cotton houses would
next be burnt, pointing out residences where troops
(never more than fifteen or twenty together) were
stationed, informing of the foree atyoeliville,
offering their services as guides, as spies, as oars.
men, as pilots, and in one or two instances asking
for arms.
Captain Ammon received them, but assured theta
they might return if they chose, but they begged to
be taken to Pert Royal; manifesting the greatest
fear of their aleatory, and invariably declaring that
they would be shot if they went back. They had
come direct from the plantations where they were
at work when the vessels began firing., had fled
- without bringing any of their - little property, some
without hats or coats, and what clothes they had
stuck full of cotton ; they told that they had es
caped by various devices, pretending to go for boats
for " Massa," to put his children in places of
safety, and even to drive the other cgniggers." They
had icfl lb* own wives and children, but dare not
return to bring them. Next day others dame, bat
more deliberately, bringing presents of - fowl and
eggs to those whom they considered their deliverers.
These re emits were not reoetvea, the olryc9p insist
ing on paying for what was taken. Other negroes
went slowly by in their fiat-boats, with piles of
plur.der, PillPirctitillg 110 apprehension that they
should be hindered. Those who think the policy or
the Government too lenient in South. Carolina
would be satisfied if they had seen the destruc
tion that the 11F4.46Ekaii,
ships of-war caused to the property of rebels;
if they could witness the burning cotton-houses.
the deserted homes, the really emancipated slaves,
whom no proclamation issued on the Potomac
could set free half so effectually as the discharge of
a dozen Federal cannon in the Edisto—that ,killed
not a man. This was within 14 miles of Charles
ton, and the whole slave population of the dis
trict was, to all intents and purposes, free- Nothing
more could be desired by the most radical North•
erner, unles the arming of these slaves; as it is, the
Federalists have all the good effects of the emanci
pation, and none of the odium. The certainty is
held over the rebels everywhere, and we are not
responsible for it.
Captain Ammen chased a rebel schooner, fired
into her, and drove her crew to small boats. As it
would have been difficult, on account id the chan
nel, to follow her further, a boat was sent in to take
possession of the prize. She was aground, and
could not be brought off, but as her uses to the enemy
were obvious, she was burnt. A Secession flag and
some stores were found aboard of her. On the first
day spent in the river, the 'Seneca abstained from
Ailed at the lidnis_Ml Tiara fiedi-646 ladloa4ed that
rebel outposts were establislual,lest peatieableinhabi.
tants should be injured ; but, on the second, a large
party of soldiers, some 20 or 30, displayed them
selves on the steps and balconies of a conspicuous
mansion; a few shells soon forced them to take to
horses or boats. At various other places, boats
were sent ashore both by the Saracen and the Piou s -
nee, which went up the stream, on the second day
after the firing, for a short while. Several prison
ers were thus taken, and some stores obtained. At
cue place, a e crly v 1 inaltsuarsla Seabrook, a person
of much consequence in this region, was obliged to
side off with such alacrity that he left his hat end
coat Kind WA; they were very be, and marked
with his name. One of the crew, who had taken
them as prize, marched up for his grog, decked out
in the finery of the fallen rebel. Had the capture
of this individual, thus so nearly effected, been
completed, it would have been owing to the efforts
of his own slaves, who gave information of hie
coming, and pointed him out to the " Yankees_"
But, then, the blacks are so much attached to their
masters !
These attached blacks, fleeing from their kind
wieetess, who WAPA 1,0 ainoot them, 000iko
flocking aboard the ship in such numbers that it
was impossible to convey them all to Port Royal,
so Captain Drayton determined to establish a colony
at the mouth of North Edisto inlet, which he 'did,
and ordered the gunboat Penguin, lying off there,
to guard them. The negroes manifested their sor
row at parting with their masters mad receiving
Federal protection, by clapping their hands, danc
ing, and singing hymns ; for hours, around the camp
fires of their new colony.
The reeentioigattlide was subsequently extended
to South Edisto and Stono Inlets, but no such
salient events occurred as marked its first portion.
Some of the information obtained was net of a na
ture proper for publication. At South Edisto,
another deserted fort was found, from which the
guns ; apparently seven or eight in number ? had
been carried away. On the return of the party to
Port Royal, Captain Ammen was sent back to
North Edisto with the Seneca to retain possession
of the important advantages there obtained_
During the absence of this party another went
up to Charleston, and sank at the entrance to its
harbor sixteen vessels belonging to the stone fleet.
This work was performed very completely under
the direction of Captain Charles R. Davis, the
fleet captain. What with the great fire of the 11th
ins? , the sinking of these sixteen vessels, the less
of Rockville, the fright evidently spread all over
the country by the appearance of the Pawnee and
Seneca so near to Charleston, the people of that
city must have had in one week as muck trouble
as often falls to the lot even of defeated rebels.
VAGABOND.
Claw McCLELLAN, Dee. 27.—There is a large
force reported below. Major Leidy out on picket
duty attacked and drove buck the rebel pickets,
taking several prisoners who had two days' rations
with them. The rebels have raised a flag on Po
hick Church, and a force has boon sent down: on a
. .
reconnoissance, with the determination of removing
the Secession flag at all hazards.
Two regiments of our brigade, the Sixty-third
and the One Hundred and Fifth, and two regiments
of Richardson's. are among those who have ad
vanced, and the . Ninty-ninth Penneylvimla Volun
teers (Col. Sweeney's) have been ordered to pre
pare for going forward, at a moment's notice. For
ty rouzia of pall cartridges have been aim - opt,
and no passes are granted, but every man required
to be on the ground. Col. Sweeny's troops are in
capital order, and ready for action. The force is
under the command of Cien. Jameson, a very able
and
Death of Judge Legrand.
BALTIMORE ? Dec. 28.—John C. Legrand, ex-Chief
&tattoo of bloryland, %Hod dole osorol.g.
Loss of the Revenue Cutter Rowell Cobb.
BORTON, 800. 28.—The revenue cutter Howell
Co* from the lakes, via Quebec, was totally lost.
off Cape Ann last night. The crew were saved.
Vo,crnor Buoht. E lmm, of Conneetieut, bee Alp_
pointed_ Horace J. Morse to assist him in making
up the accounts of that State against the General
Government.
An Advance below Alexandria.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON,
GEN. MCLELLAN SLOWLY RECOVERING-.
GRAND REVIEW OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES,
Governor Curtin Compliments them on
their Recent Victory.
TER ARMY AATIOIIII FOR A FORWARD
MOVEXMIT.
THE CONFEDERATES SAID TO BE ERECT
ING BATTERIES AT DRANESVILLE.
WM§ IN GEN. HEINTZELNIAN'S DIVISION,
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WASHINGTON, Dee. 29, 1861.
Grand Review of the Pennsylvania Re-
serve Corps
General ltfoCia.L 7 9 division, near Langley, was
reviewed this afternoon in the presence of Governor
CURTIN, liOn. SIBION CAMERON, Assistant Secre
tary of War THOMAS A. StoTT, Adjutant General
THOMAS, and a large number of civilians, among
whom I noticed BAYAItD Tar Lott, Esq., and lady,
of Cheater county, Pa. Tho arrival of Governor
CURTIN and Secretary CAMERON was entirely un
expected to the Reserve Corps, and although the no
tice of the intended review was not given until noon,
at one o'clock the fifteen rcgituento of Bosoms, to
with the cavalry and artillery comprising the di
vision, were properly arranged on the ground.
The review took place on Johnaon'a 11111. The
weather was delightful, and I have never seen the
Reserves appear to better advantage. They per
formed the various evolutions with the precision
gad ie6utai - 44 , of i oterwns , ant onolioa ate en
comiums of all who witneessed the review. Their
recent victory at Dranesville has inspired them with
new courage and unbounded confidence in their
officers The Bucktail Rides were under the com
mand of Captain Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel KANE
being confined to his room at Washington.
:Aber portwating the usual military KIURIIGOUTTOSI
the carriage containing the distinguished visitors
was drawn up in front of the Reserves, and Go
vernor CURTIN Wits iL1tr 0 4994 t9th@g i?y Q 91191111
ORD. lle spoke as follows
FELLOW-CITIZENS : In Washington on business
connected with the military organization in Penn
sylvania, I thought it enuld be no rlssearatinn of
this sacred day for me to come out and look at the
faces of the brave men who are illustrating the
power of this nation to suppress insurrection and
break down the conspiracy which now threatens our
Government. I think it no desecration of this day.
There can be no desecration of this holy day by
men who are engaged in the most righteous war
that ever had existence on this green earth. I said
to you on the 10th day of September, when I pre
sented colors to the regiments of the Reserve Corps,
that it was written in the law that on your return
-to the State of Pennsylvania, the battles in which
you distinguished yourselves should he inscribed
upon the standards and filed among the archives of
the State in memory of the deeds you performed.
But I scarcely expected that it would so soon be
come my pleasant duty to make a record so sacred
to the people of Pennsylvania. On consultation
with the general commanding this division I have
ordered that on the standard of this brigade there
shall be inscribed "Drairesmlle, the first battle in
which, iloe Boservo Corp of reanayLvania stood
lender fire," and thank God in which they have
come out victorious and distinguished.
My fellow•citizens ; when you left Pennsylvania,
your organization was just completed. When it was
my pleasure to see you in September, you had not
advanced far in discipline,—today I find you with
the martial appearance and steady tramp of regu
lar soldiers, and you cannot imagine what a thrill
of pleasure and of pride was felt in Pennsylvania,
and bow the great heart of your native State palpi
tated with joy when the telegraph first announced
that a part of the Reserve Corps was engaged, and
afterwards, at midnight, that their battle was
et-owned with victory.
In the name of all the people of Pennsylvania, I
thank you; I thank you for the honor you have
ielt4Al2l upea t e bloilooi Old itv.6.o Sk.ttg
I thank you for your courage. Thousands of peo
ple at. your homes rejoice over the result. Thou
sands more will Allow you, if need he, in
this war; and at all times when Mir Government is
in peril Pennsylvania, from the Delaware to Lake
Erie, every man in the State, every dollar of our
re:Aerial tvealth, .11 of our blood and iremsure l
stand upon the aide of right and truth, and they
will, as ever, be loyal to the Constitution and to an
organized, legitimate Government,
In Pennsylvania we know but one sentiment—
the President of the United States. The visible
head of this great nationality,- and the Constitu
tional agents of the (lovernmenL Pennsylvania
will most heartily support in this frightful exigency
all the officers in command, from the youthful
general who now star* at the head of the Armies
of this oountry, to the lowest officer in power, and
to all who represent legitimate authority we owe
implicit obedience in this emergency.
That your deeds hereafter anty he no illustrious
as those you performed on Friday week ; that
your efforts may again be crowned with victory, to
be inscribed upon your banner, is my earnest wish;
and zovr, in taking leave of you, /et MU assure you
that, night and morning, in the church and at the
family altar, fervent prayers ascend to Heaven
for your safety and your success,
I commend you to the care of these generals, who
lead you, and the Government that protects you
in your rights. I go back to Pennsylvania re
freshed by this interview, and prouder than ever I
have been of the gallant spirits comprising the Re
serve Corps. Pennsylvania expects every man to
do his duty. With that single word falling upon
your verse I bld you farewell,
Hearty cheers were given for Governor CURTIN,
Secretary CAMERON, General McCam., General
ORD, and the Union, and the regiments were dis.
mimed
Previous to the review, the party visited the di
vision hospitals, and spoke a kind word to each of
the soldier's wounded in the recta} eraBl9so3:l3Vilt.
General ORD spoke in the highest terms of their
bravery, and suggested that medals should be
awarded to certain of the soldiers for meritnrim
conduct.
The colors will have the inscription referred to
placed upon them in a few dap, and returned to
the different regiments.
An, Important Disavowal.
A pamphlet, styling itself Notes explanatory o
Plaa of 21 . 01.001144 I?immac9, 4 bearing
the imprint of the Government Printing Office, and
otherwise wearing a sort of zmpramaturlook of the
Treasury about it, wee pat into circulation about a
week ago. The critical reader will find nothing of
the Secretary's mind or manner in this explanation
of his policy—and we know that Mr. Crum de
clines to avow or avouch, or in any way authorise,
or promote the cirbulation of the pamphlet. The
authorship is credited to Mr. S. M. STILLWELL.
The Enemy Erecting Battens at Branco,
It was ascertained yesterday that the rebels are
erecting batteries so as to sweep the road this side
of Dr....kevllle. Our Pickets Lure seen thout busily
engaged in throwing up breastworks. General
MoCA.t.a. will not allow the work to proceed if he
is allowed to consult the wishes of himself and his
troops.
Governor Curtin Serenaded.
Governor CURTIN was serenaded at Willard's,
teat evening, by the bands trona two or three Penn
sylvania regiments. lie was then called out, and
addressed the audience, referring to the part Penn
bite Mho in the 'war, and preying her
pttriotism and faithfulness to the Union by the
large number of troops she has sent into the field,
aid all in very fine condition. He listened with
interest to the recital of the engegententet Dri
villa, and manifested the greatest enthusiasm in
the auccess of the troops. lie spoke with encourage
went to the reepootive regiments, and enured them
of his desire to secure to them every comfort in his
power.
Seward and the Maxon-Slidell Attair.
Secretary bEWARD'S correspondence in the
Mason-Slidell affair meets with very general and
very cordial approval here. It is generous, con
ciliatory, and statesmanlike. Thu the threaten.
ing danger of war has been happily nipped in the
bud, and will soon be forgotten as .a matter of as
little importance as the traitors over whom the
thi-ealeised disruktlon was caused.
Pennsylvanians in the Hospitals.
There are over three hundred of the Pennsylva
nia troops in the hospitals in and around Washing*
ton.
The Lower Potomac
There is no news of importance from the Lower
Potomac. Two schooners, loaded with wood, came
up to-day. The schooner Charles Kent, with
three or four other schooners, ran the blookade last
week. They were loaded with timber and coal:
The rebel batteries did not fire a shot at them.
The schooner sunk this day week is said to be the
Three Sisters. She was not sunk by what are
!snown as the Confederate batteries, on the Poto
mac, but by field artillery drawn to the Virginia
shore by the rebels, at a point far below their fixed
batteries on the river. The guns were stationed
nearly opposite Maryland Point, and the place
where the schooner was sunk is known as Boyd's
Hole.
Colonel PUlesto i Mill the Pennsylvania
Troops.
Lieutenant Colonel PeLesron, State agent for the
Pennsylvania troop, ia indefatigable in his labors
for the interests of. the army from Pennsylvania.
In every way he oan advanoo their interests he is
most zealous in their behalf; and his appointment
to the position Wm& another eridenoe or the good
judgment of Governor CURTIN, and of his regard
for the interests or the men front his State.
The Feelings of the Army in Reference
to a Forward Movement
In riding al,ds f ,,A the lines, and eonversing with
the officers and soldiers in the army, I find that,
while there is the fullest confidence in General
AIeCLELLAtr i and entire reliance upon his judg
ment, a general and a growing desire is manifest.
ed for a forward movement. Though preparing
their winter quarters, the army, generally, does
net h*i,est to rest arid rust till spring , . Mips
chilly in the right and left wings of the army is
this feeling strong; and nothing would give the
men more enthusiasm than an intimation of a for_
ward movement.
General Sumner.
General SUMNRR is rapidly recovering from the
4n~ .melee sustained 1.7 the fall from his hum
accident, however, has unfitted him to assume
command of a division of the army, as was pro
posed ; and General RicuAansin outlines iii
the commend of the division on the extreme left of
the army, three miles beyond General Ilstsysnr..-
MAN. His division is in the immediate vicinity of
thy Minh and scouting parties of the rebel we.
velry are frequently seen by the pickets from this
division.
Bill for the Relief of the Prisoners in
Richmond.
Mr. ELY, it is understood, will, immediately af
ter the holidays, introduce a bill for the relief of
the prieenere held by the rebels in Richmond, and
other places. This is an important measure, and
will no doubt be acted upon at once.
Pennsylvania Ladies In the camps,
Gen. HEINTZELMAN'S division was honored on
Saturday by a social visit from a party of Phila
delphia ladies and' zentlomen, who remained over
night under the especial care of their relatives in
the division. They were received with great cor
diality, and were made the recipients of every pos
attvative. they krought with them many
letters and tokens of regard from friends at home.
The Health of General McClellan.
General 14.80LIILLA14,
bis house for some days past, with a slight attack
of something like typhoid fever, is rapidly re
covering. His physician thinks that he will I n
able to resume the saddle to•morrow-
Release of Messrs. Mason and Slidell.
A report vlas CarteAt that the order for the
release of Messrs. MASON and SLIDELL was trans
mitted by telegraph at 1 o'clock on Saturday.
Another report is that Lord Lvoits will send an
English vessel to Fort Werren to Like there ea
board on Monday.
Rumored Resignation of Secretary Welles.
It is bruited tirtound that Secretary Wiliam has
declared that he will resign his portfolio. It is not
believed.
A Quiet Sabbath.
The day tie - * closing has Moen unusually Taut
a cavalier is posted at each crossing in the city,
with his curved sword unsheathed and resting upon
bie arm, to prevent the mid movement of home.
men. There are few military officers and no pri
vates in the city. The day is mild and pleasant
and the churches have been largely attended.
General llamtmAllnrimis
General HEINTZELMAN'S division of the army,
from which I have just returned, is composed prin
cipally of Pennsylvania regiments, among which is
Colonel MCKNIGHT'S One•hundred•and-fifth, to the
colonel and quartermaster of which your reporter
is indebted for especial favors. The division is
busily employed in preparing , their winter /unstops,
with the understanding, however, that they are
liable to be ordered to advance or to engage the
enemy at any moment.
Uharles Henry Foster.
Mr. FOSTER has come twice to Washington with
papers certifying his election to Congress from
North, Carolina; bet the Committee en inactions
have rejected his claims as insufficient, if, indeed,
they have not Izoved him to be an impostor.
Singularly enough, be bee obtained from the Frog.
dent the appointment of United State marshal for
North Carolina ; but his confirmation by the Senate
is extremely doubtful.
MiSd6l laneetts
The brigade under the command of General
WAnswortya went to the vicinity of Fairfax Court
home, on Friday, and brought away a large que . r,_
City of forage. The ouiy evidence of the 7, - reSellee
of the enemy there were a few mounted pickets.
The injury to Col. BERDAN, from trying a boggh.
loading ride, is not so serious as reported. He is
rapidly recovering.
Within the past week fewer officers and privates
am soon about the drinking Douses than heretofore,
the orders being more strictly enforced in the mat
ter of granting passes. An improvement has also
been made in the military street police, and the va
cant introduction of mounted guards affords a re
medy against unnecessarily fast driving.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
ANOTHER REBEL DEFEAT.
NINE HUNDRED REBELS DISUSED,
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILLED
AND WOUNDED
PALMYRA, Dec. 29.—Yesterday, Gen. Prentiss,
with four hundred and fifty men, encountered and
dibpersed a body of rebels nine hundred strong,
under Col. Dorsey, at Mount Zion, Boone county,
killing and wounding one hundred and fifty of
them, and capturing thirty-five prisoners, ninety
five horses, and one hundred and five guns_ Our
loss was only three killed and eleven wounded.
The rebels burned another train on the North
Missouri Railroad, on Saturday, and say that they
intend iv cleetrey nil the VATS 011 the TOftd, #4 prc.•
vent it from being used during the present
winter.
FROM FOR TRESS MONROE.
FEDERAL GUNBOATS AT NORTH EDISTO
AND COLE ISLANDS.
EXPECTED BATTLES AT BOTH POINTS
Fortvrtues Motatom, Daa_ 29, via Paltimara—
Charles ,H. Foster, appointed by the President
United States marshal for North Carolina, arrived
here this morning, and will proceed to Hatteras
the SW Opporttinity.
A flag of truce brought four passengers from
Norfolk this afternoon.
The following news is &loaned from the Rich
mond papers :
The intelligence from Bowling Green states that
appearances do not indicate an engagement, al
though unforeseen circumstances might precipitate
a fight within eight or ten days.
CHARLESTON, Deo. 27.—The Courier of this
morning states that the Yankee gunboats exehenged
a few shots with the Cole Island battery, yesterday.
Other despatches, receive& at Richmond from
Charleston, state that a Federal fleet, of twelve
gunboats, passed up to White Point, on the North
Edisto river, and made a demonstration on General
Evans' forces. Reinforcements had been sent to
General Evans, and a battle wag gamete& sun..
Other demonstrations had also been made on points
between Beaufort and Charlestoa.
The North Carolina batteries disabled a few
Federal gunboats on Tuesday last.
Five Federal gunboats anohored off Cole Island
last night, and a battle was expected every hour.
AUGUSTA, Dee, 27 is reported hero that the
steamer Gladiator had entered a Confederate port
with largo quantities of arms, ammunition, &o.
The Richmond Examiner says that a painful
rumor was in cirettlatt9n there, that a B entham:kw of
that city holding a commission in the army of the
Potomac had committed suicide by shooting him
self through the heed.
LATER FROM BEAUFORT, S.C.
r.~i'~~~~'l:\~~)DIY:1:'~:YMJ/.i~i1:I:~Jl~ilil~~~[1~~~1~
RECONNOISSANCE OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENTL
SIX REBELS CAPTURED
A Rebel Boat Run Ashore.
ENTRENCHMENTS ON TYREE ISLAND.
New lona, Dee. 29.—The steamer Empire.
ciry bap /griped. She left Beaufort on the 24th
and Port Royal on the 25th inst. She came out of
Port Royal by the southeast channel, which has
been buoyed out, and has not less than thirty feet
of water in it.
The Seventy-ninth New. York regiment had made
a reconnoissance fifteen miles from Beaufort, cap
turing six rebels.
Our troops are still building entrenchments on
Tybee Island, while Fort Pulaski kept a continual
fire on them without damage.
A rebel boat came down the Win' illY channel, on
the 22d, from Savannah, reconnoitring to see if the
way was clear for the English steamer Fingal to
get out with her cargo of cotton. The boat was
chn.s.ect by a gunboat, urben the rornibP m 11.9 rue.
ashore. All her crew escaped to the woods except
two, who were put aboard the Wabash.
The captains, officers, and mews of twenty of the
Stone fleet, now sunk in Charleston harbor, aro
passengers on board the Empire City. Col, Strick
land and Lieut. Smith, of the Eighth Maine; Cap
tains ninon, Wentworth, niid WV3gSnifiCtli, of the
Ninth Maine, and Capt. Newell, of the Fourth New
Hampshire Regiments, are also poisengers,
THE CITY.
FOR ADDITIONAL LOCALS SEE FIRST PAGE
AMUSEMENTS Tills EVENING
AMERIOIN ACADEMY OF MINIO-...8r0i1d And Menet
fitreety-- 44 The Gladiator."
WHEATLICIrB CONTINENTAL MlAMl—Walnut !tree'.
above Eighth.— , . The Southern Rebellion by Sea and
Land"-6 , The Forty Thieves."
11.). tr - TRENT THEATAI—ArO2I MOO, 111,979 DiAtA.—
', Love's Labor Lost."
BARNUM'S TE511.1.1.: OF LIVINO WONDERS-1009 Chad
nut Area, above Tenth.
WALNUT•HTlEHTlatittws—Ninth and Walnut aft—
Demi Heart."—.“ Pooping the Question."
TICSIPLIC or WONDERS—N. C. corner Tenth and Chest
nut etreets.—Signor Elite'. Entertainment.
Successful Boat Expedition on the Chesa
peake.
A REBEL MAIL ARENCY BROKEN UP.
Tho Chief of the Dateetty. Police Dep ar t men t or
this city received a despatch from Washington last
evening, stating that a boat expedition down the
Patuxent river, under command of Mr. Baker,
chief of the tiovernment pollee ! had returned
to Washington, having accomplished the purposes
for which it was designed. A schooner, a brass
cannon, five State prisoners, and a Confederate
mail, were the trophies of the excursion. The
mail contained letters from disaffected parties in
the North to prominent rebels. Mr. Baker, the
Maar in question, has superintended the secret
business of the Government since the breaking out
of the war. Ile is a Californian, and was noted
9141 - columns at the time of the arrest of tilichristi
Haig, Parker, French, and others.
THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS OF TR; rpig
]B6l.—ln many respects, the year - 18111 has been
marked, in Philadelphia, as a period of great basi•
ness activity. The avenues, opening to remote
f,raqa of fba Stata 7 hiii;:a
handsome bridge across the Schuylkill will empty
the products of the great West, by means of the
State Central Railroad, directly upon the beaks of
the Delaware. A splendid iron bridge has been
commenced at the foot of Chestnut street, which,
before another new year, will be, in great part,
completed_ The bridge at Penrose Ferry has been
put into active service during the passing year, and
the bridge at Falls of Schuylkill, that was destroyed
by a freshet, has been replaced in better style than
before. Four bridges over the Schuylkill will thus
trace their location to the year 1861. They will be
crossed by thousands of feet, and be, at some time,
landmerhe in the history of the city.
A new railroad extending to West Jersey, open
ing up a fertile and populous country; three rail
roads, subsidiary to the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road, that Trill increase the require/Dente upon our
port; the extension, completion, or location of se
veral street and suburban railroads; the laying out
of a road that shall encircle the city, and further
the facilities of travellers passing through oar
li
mits;—these are some of the railway enterprises,
with which all are acquainted.
Our port has been attended f durtng tho year,
by the building of an immense grain elevator at
the foot of Washington street; the building of a
coal elevator of great capacity upon Windmill
Island i the filling in of that island, anti the deepen•
ing of its docks and channels, and the rebuilding
of many of the city's wharves.
The architectural appearance of the city has
been improved by the completion of the most
spacious and costly cathedral in the country,
the dome of which is the first object to welcome the
stiaugsi to PblladelP6la, sko sotmeetl.,,, of 51.0
Dock-street market, perhaps the handsomest edifice
upon our river front; the building of seventeen
fine churches, fourteen public halls, seven schools,
Three marhets, and innumerable private residences,
of unrivalled proportions and elegance.
Upon. South Broad street, in the First ward,
some &clonal mansions have been planed.; in the
south and southwest of the city, particularly upon
Federal and adjoining streets, rows of dwellings
have been established, and north of Girard avenue,
for several miles, between the Schuylkill and Dela•
ware, hundreds of houses, of every style and de
scription, have been located.
The facilities of the eity for increasing the supply
of "water have Incil augmented by sounding and
improving 1 : 1 •13 bed and shores of the Schuylkill;
uilding a stone tower for the great stand-pipe at
Fairmount, extending the wheelhouses, eau M.
creasing the number of foree-pamps, and
enlarging some of the reservoirs, laying many miles
of new Wittet and in divers other Ivor, making
the supply of pure, fresh water within the reach of
the extremest suburban resident.
The gas facilities have been extended by the
building of a splendid gasometer and gas house in
North Ninth street, improving the quality of the
gas at the main works, and devising improvements
to increase the quantity at less cost, and by the ex.
tension of gas pipes into every conceivable street
and suburb.
Many streets have been widened; the proteotive
and defensive soldiery made more efficient, and the
police uniforms and weapons substituted for their
old disorder and inefficiency. A park and a harbor
police have been created the detective department
reorganized; the police telegraph made more use
ful ; the Fire Department disciplined ; street beg
ging discouraged; great crimes lessened and erimi,
mils deterred; the public schools regarded with
more scrutiny, and incompetence or idleness dis
placed ; a greater degree of purity entered into
the administration of the laws; the abases of the
State.llouse row in some sort cleared up, and the
Custom House and other national offices cleansed of
traitors.
A war sweeping upon the country, with all its
horrible consequents in train—of death, treason,
mutiny, and desolation—has ruined no great busi
ness interest, and materially harmed Only Fh4 pwr
cantile.
Nearly thirty thousand men have voluntarily
gone from this city into the army of the Vgi9g,
thereby proportioning the labor that remains to the
laborers that require it. Many productive depart
ments were never before so efficient. Clothing for
the troops; cannon, muskets, knives, shell, and shot
for the troops; knapsacks and haversacks for the
troops ; music for the troops ; wagons, ambulances,
caissons, battery wagons for the troops; horses and
- teamsters, grooms and harness makers, bridle•bitii
and spurs, broadswords and lances, flags and mili
tary trimmings, hay and forage, grain and bread—all
these are needed for the troops, and all the sinew
and nerve of Philadelphia are struggling to supply
them. Mills aro going up; machinery is being im
ported and altered ; and all the water power of the
siAiiihs put tats use.
The ship•yards were never so active, the navy
yard employing nearly three thousand workmen
in forging instruments of death and laying decks
that shall be red and slippery.
Benevolence has not yielded the palm to War in
all respects. The Episcopal Hospital, the Women's
_Hospital, the German Hospital, and the Bard Asp•
him, are institutions not built for a day, but for all
time.
These 1111 , 91 tie grgifyin vvidonvo vf
improvement, more remarkable at Ong time than
upon occasions of peace. They show the great
power of the North ; never discouraged, never
fearful; building at home while it desolates alai;
vanquishing its enemies, enriching itself!
THE NEW Covams.—The new Select and
Common GI/unpile nicer on Numbly mat, at ttf
A. M., for the purpose of organizing. In Select Council
there is a Dsnmeratic majority. Somedifficulty has been
apprehended in the organization of Common CSuncil in
consequence of three members claiming seats on the
forged returns from three companies of Col. McLean's
Regiment ; but since these returns have been proved to
be forgeries by the affidavits of all the officers of the
companies, taken during the lase few nays in the caw of
the contested election for alderman in the Nineteenth
ward, and the Case abandoned by those holding certifi
cates cf election based on these forgeries, it is hardly
probehle thes the GialMing .
Connell on like certificates will present themselves in
that body, and thereby delay not only the organization,
but the vast amount of itopc.rtant burin, sa that will fall
to the lot of the new Councils during the coming minth.
It ..as agreed between colib6el that the return of the
commission to take testimony in Companies A, C, and 1 7 ,
of Colonel McLean's regiment, in regard to the voting,
should be conclusive on the question of the legality of the
79 votes by le hich the People's candidates for alderman
mid eet,...01 aleeelora of the Nineteenth weed Maimed to he
elected. Although the TOL votes had been stamped as for
geries by the affidavits published in the newspapers, the
counsel for the parties claiming ()aloes under this vote in
sisted that regular commissions to take testimony should
le‘-its, and Melt'. settles Amid ha an end to the AIM. Thalia
commissions returned on Saturday, and were presented in
the Common Pleas before Judges Thompson and Ludlow.
The testimony of all the company officers of the-companies
in question has beets taken, and they all concur in saying
that no election woe held in their companies, and that
they never signed, or authorized any person to sign, their
names to the returns filed with the Prothonotary, pur
porting to Coale from their companies. After these affi
&Tito 1014 PcrP ?TA Mr. Briggs, fur the mpee4ente l
mire that he wee d TEM tUv WeSilltallil Mat a
gross fraud had been perpetrated, and his clients did not
intend and would not resist the conclusion to which the
court must come ; they would not bold office under such
returns. The court then entered a decree declaring tho
bernocrutie candidates for alderman and sclrool direckors
elected by the legal votes.
This also puts an end to the difficulty in Councils. The
candidates of the People's party for Councils, front the
Nineteenth ward, were declared elected by the idition of
the !a votes oll e ped to hove Leen e'imt. A. C.
and I, of Col. Mcteanbi regiment. When it was asserted
that the returns from these regiments were forgeries, it was
answered that there was no legal proof. The legal pro3f
has now been submitted, and the Court bas passed upon
the auestien, and decided that the returns of these three
companies are forgeries; the eartaffie of the compiteiea
swear that their signatures to these papers are forgeries ;
and the first and second lieutenants of all these com
panies swear to the same thing.
The gentlemen who supposed they were sleeted to
Councils aid note Sstisfind of the grossness of the fraud
attempted to he perpetrated, and they are unwilling to
present themselves upon such a recant.
Driy= gi TOWN Ob titE RELE 4s r. or 14.1",tsoll
AND SLIDELL—General benefaction was everywhere ex
pressed yesterday at the news of the contemplated re
lease of Mason and Slidell. The people seemed to feel.
that, bowt , ver langOnntOnd might l.e tho demnu4 of 'Eng
land for their restoration, the Government wise pruiteratt
and politic in the giving of them up. The manner at
their restoration teas likewise is subject of cot,ratnia
thin. Mr. Seward's letter was generally commended as a
model of 4iricanacy and dipoity. Tiro sodaof
minions or treasure are spared by that missive. Tibias it
it that . 4 in the hands of seen entirely great, the pen is
mightier than the wont: . ()pinions were unanimous
that tho action of our Government had eireCttsolly set
tled the moution or theeevetiloO. netere. fre,d
affair occurs, the treason will be overWhehried and
buried five fathoms sleep.
Tny; ClT'r irtimiatnunt. —Wu antlarstanit
that Pr. McClintock will enter upon the duties of late
City Treasurership on Wednesday next.
D>•:etaVei OP PIM. COMlttittee of
Council:, on the Deff.llCo xnd It.otection of ito ear es:-
p.uded the sum of 44,419 during the put week. in tar,
theriow the olijept fur width ttwt • WOO Nilikat9kt,(l,
SKATlMl.—Yemterday, quite a number of
Na. were engaged in skating nn the pontlN in the Routh
the city, 7hr ico along the bau}c of ttio
Oct/m.lllln ban alllietsppearerl.
COMPLETION OF MARKET HOENES.—The Dela-
Wate-avenn•• market house awl the noiraut hotmo on Mitt
NouthenNt corner of S.•venteenth d Poplar weepy aro
now completed. On Saturday the former was open for
it spection, and the latter for business.
Sure irm evening, Aiwa 7
o'clock, Mrs. Ann °lase, residing at the corner of Eigh
teenth and Webster streets, in the First ward, fell
dead suddenly whilst engaged in writing a letter to her
hizaband arid son, who are volunteers in the 0131e61111110111t
APCVICIL Her death is attriliiiti4 to Atop exy_
Movements of Mr. Ely.
The 'Washington correspondent of yesterday's New
York- lleraid marl;
lion. Alfred Ely will have to flee the Federal capital
if lie expects to get any rest. Talked to and curiously
questioned all day by private visitors, to an extent that
would kill an ordinary man, t iv had to-night to. ebuw
himrelfAnd talh r 1 ,- epolugYrto 0 serenade given by Gag.
Scott's Band, of the Twenty-seventh New York Regi
ment, recruited in Rochester. Ron. Schuyler Colfax
introduced him. Such a demonstration of tumultuous
and litany cheering has rarely been heard In this city
--e."1.,1 hi. appea...a.nce on the haicon r . After the
ebee. log had subsided, be spoke as follows:
FELLOW. Cirrzess : I have not the power of speech to
assure you of the deep that kfulness I feel for the hearty
reception tendered roe on my return again to the capital
of , nanny. ttiherpil ant day hetwo yesterday
stood n,on the deck 01 a Confederate boat, and, in the
distance, looked upon a vessel hearing oils of our own
flags. I could not help but clap my hands, and thank
atxl for a eight once more of the gi done Mrs and
l'rolnorrd thc , rs , ] tinervated Dy my confine.
meet D. a Cunfislerate prison i guarded by muskets stolen
by rebels to destroy the best Got eminent Cod ever made,
nail afflicted by a severe hoarseness, as you can readily
144, I I , llh ably, eh thl4 otoswiei,, 'feeds you ter
handsome compliment, and express my joy and goatitudo
at having been permitted once again to return to my
home, family, and the discharge of ley public duties.
Good night to all.
ale. Fls relleed maid '1'011441/11SW AhMil.
General Leslie (7ootillis, of Kentucky, being recognized
on the balcony, was loudly called for, and in response
made ono of hie characteristic speeches—pithy, eloquent,
and redolent with patriotic sentiment and merciless de
r.ll.mll.ns of iraiinv,, hew the tiletamion-
Isis of his State had been beaten in every appeal to the
ballot-Lox, he prophesied a more overwhelming defeat
hi the appeal to arms. Denouncing in scathing terms
ex-Senntor Dreckinridge, Humphrey Marshall, and the
it u1,...1k. f them in sheearns
category milli the traitor Arnold he promised that,
despite their machinations, Kentucky would COMB out
right in the end. A great battle, lie declared, was on the
eve of being fought there, and the news of a brilliant
Union yibtopy.. hir 4+llA, Will z eel. ns a irLln a we... 1,7. in
concluding, he complimented our generals in com
mand of the Kentucky Union forces, and spoke of
Remy ~ .lay as, although deed, still speaking for the Union
with gliirkftting and irreithitildo power. Ile thanked the
iortliwPbturn Statue for their genotoue contribution of
men and arms in aiding to put down the rehela in his
State. General Coombs was interrupted with frequent ap
plause.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
FIIIL/DELPRIAi Deeembor 28; 1861.
The news of the Settlement of the Trent difficulty by
an agreement to surrender Messrs. Mason and Slidell,
however distasteful to the mass or the people, had an In
spiriting effect at tile Stock Board, and a fair amount of
securities changed hands at improving prices. Pennsyl
vania Railroad stock advanced to 30M—a gain of I; City
CU§ advanced MO STET 31, Roasting Railroad attired
,i and sales were made of stocks that lines been for
come time neglected. Spruce and Pine-street Passenger
Railroad shares sold at BM, Second and Third-street at
48, Forth Pennsylvania Railroad at 5.
1 3 e Is WOO bare liven Tor dolliti tins neglected, and
the recent publication of a pamphlet bearing the imprint
"Washington. Government Printing Office, 1861," and
purporting to be an exposition of the plan of Seeretary
Chace for the national finances, toms cauara ninny homer.
of bank storks to feel alarmed for such property in the
future. This pamphlet came out with many marks about
it likely to give the impression that Mr. Chase had
caurA. Ike iiaLliairilati 7 or at ail r-ranta, that it viria
issued at his instance, or with his sanction. Its
positions are in some respects so preposterous, that
it gave great pain to many of the friends of the Secre
tarp, who will all be glad to ]earn Chat he disavows it.
It is generally condemned by the best financiers, and is
altegether unworthy either of the pen or the reputation
of Governor Chase. An idea of the pamphlet may be
had from the simple fact that Sloe mattior propcses that
all the banks in the loyal States shall invest their whole
capital in Government demand notes.
As we are approaching New Year's day, when many
people a ASCII incomesviii t.e recetting their payments
of Merest and other dues, a good opportunity is afforded
us of urging upon the attention of our readers the im
portant duty of aiding the Government, to the extent of
rbele tueaas, by Rithdettlbtii§ fee the iteVert
tenths per cent. loan. The Secretary of the Treasury in
his recent report, alluding to the "prompt patriotism
with which citizens of moderate means, and workingmen
and workingwociren hero inlinglit their iniliridnnl virer
ings c ihe service of their country," says that it "should
be the conduit care of the National Legislature and oi
the National Government, in all its departments, that
the generous confidence reposed by the poor, as well as
by the rich, in the public faith, be never disappointed."
There can be no doubt that the sentiment of the Sacra
lery 1 0.F 1 " 4 a reepenelyo clioril in 149 hearts et
every loyal man in the Government anti in Congress, and
that it will be their peculiar care that no loss either of
interest or principal shall he suffered by the holders of
this lens, 1119 i'vrffroilynt hen the noes yr
the second fifty millions, dated October 1, 1861, ready for
delivery in tunic as required from fifty dollars to
any multiple of that sum. They may be !obtained
at the agency in the bends of arty Cooke it Co,
at the United States Mint, at Drexel .t Co.'s, and at most
of the banks and banking houses. Let every one who
has a surplus beyond Ida needs, remember, when he
Minns or limning It, that the Government needs all tire
money it can raise for securia.g its existence. There was
never a truer saying than that of the venerable bank
president, "We can have no property if we have no Go
vernment," Lvf every era , who late properly contribute
of hie means to the support of that Government which
has hitherto protected him In its enjoyment, and on
which alone he can safely demi for Its enjoyment in
the finis to coins.
The coupon bonds duo Ist proximo, or the registered
mortgage bonds of the 'Elmira and Williamsporttread
Company, will be paid on and after the 2d nroxilhol et the
office of the Pennsylvania Insurance Company, No
304 Walnut street.
To second
the efforts of the New York Chamber of
Cvnur,erco, 19 oecnro 14 lino of Q9yornment onongptipo be
tween California; Japans and China, the Ban Francisco
Chamber of Commerce has addressed a memorial to Con
gress on tho subject. The annual freights paid in Sall
Friniciocv, 19 1111Y11049110 ?Writ nn2.9lins 19 1i4M919991
while the out freights of cereals alone have equalled
seventy-ilve medium clipper-lauds per inium.
The following is the comparatire statement of the im
ports of foreign dry goods, at New York, for the week
ending December Z 6, end biIICO oFIIIIIIII/ / i
For the week. 1859. 1860. 1881.
Entered at the port 82,490,408 51,609,897 $494,683
Thrown on market 2,364,323 575,000 60T,329
80tee , .100. I_
MANI at the port.. 110.218,400 100,075,087 43,170,047
Throw)). mark't 108,742,145 06,080,080 44,526,480
The details of the importation of dry-hoods for the past
week, had for the corresponding week of isdO, are as fol
latts ;
ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION
Manufactures of w 001...
Mitnufactitrea of cotton._
aiLtifiketttres of tank....
Manufactures of flax....
Miscellaneous
01h1;006 83g5.3T1
WITHDRAWN F1:034 WARELIOESZ.
Manufactures of wool ..... ....... $15,674 0128,913
Manufactures of cotton 13,665 91,076
Manufactures of silk 6,291 54,901
~,,, 15 7 146 AU!
DliEcellaneous 6,745 4,049
Total 3555,991 $212,458
Add entered for conetimption.:,,. 619 4 00 385,371
Total on market .9575,000 98074120
ENTERED FOIL WAREHOUSING..
Manufactures of wool 5191,088 $56,166
Ilhioutacittru.. of c•Aton„,,,,„ . 4111,153 8.912
Manufactures of silk 226,273 28,118
Manufactures of flax 195,169. 6,86 L
Miscellaneous 55,208 280
To.W
Add entered for consumption
Total entered at p0rt..........51,60N897
ThiP PtatilriPut Win LitiPtYa a steady decrease of the
stone in Prat hands, the amount withdrawn from ware.
house for consumption being about twenty per cent. more
than the imports for the weelt r and five per cent. mom
th' Mgt ci Wllen the haPPltawere more than
flaw =ea the amount imported this roars.
The Pottsville Miners' Journal oye.of the coal trade
The quantity sent by railroad this week, la 26,486 tons,
miming an ineroaeo or 1,900 tone over last YOllll ebb.
molt to same
The Schuylkill Navigation ia closed, and shipments by
that avenue have ceased.
The trade MO up this week Dud for the etteeen t
oom—
pured with last year, as follow;
1860. 1661.
TAO. a
WISSiI TUTAke WEENl l 79Tit.b.t DE9.
P. & R. R. R.. 16781150; , 400,5 3 9417,517
Bchnyl Canal 11,356,170 ...1,183,570172,609•
L. Val. 11. R.. I 730,64743,672! 13,030
Lehigh Cantll. l ..,!r1q1 0 .914 )32 ! ~, ~,..1 994,705 296,3'21
Scranton 8111, i 12,3605 6/0,110: 1.1063 615111M1 3.459 ,
Do. North' 3,0= 244, 5 19; 5,252 i 265,503- 20,96 4
Pa. Coal C 0... I ' 70 . 523' I 629,657271,866
Del. & H. C 0..! I 499,568! .........I 726,644227,076!
Wyoming S'th I , .1: /xi 317 1 271 i ...,..... 1 263.75703.520'
Do. North! 52.965 I 33,24 i. 279*
Broad T0p....1 2,586' 186,9031 5.578! 267,390, 80,481
Shamokin.....l 4,080 206,8111. 5,753 ; 238,872 32,062.
Treverton. ..! ! 631123! I 44,465'638,658e
gh " "L 11 -41 " I ------ I gil ' Ull '''''' f "11°t"lit".
Lkkebh VOL 11 1' ... .:.! 72.2431 1 982:
--'
22,163 8.323,419 , 31,135 7,832,665
.7,832,065 i 22,1631
{iooiiu 81tTi
The New York /feral(lion Suitably morning says of the
stock market thereon &Anna :
There it no change in money, which to taiOroUlY
abundant at Nem per tent. Foreign °Mango closest
with lees strebgth than wait shown by the market lash
evening. Bankers were willing to sell at 110* for
sterling.
810clie improved to,dity 05 the anacouncentent Of the.
turrenner or Mason met Natal. The Douro were , free
buyers at the morning Omura, and several street - span.
latore took a line on buyers' option. The advance-at , the
morning hoard was equal to tx in Pacific, X in Con•
tral, l is LiinPit A'retrrr4 I. In bfishiim
Central, 34 in Guaranteed, 1 in Illinois ventral, itc..
&e. There wag no business done in Governments, bun
the sixes of 1881 were held 1 per cent. higher.
After the Board,. the market was firm. At-the Second'
Itoortl, the nslYnnoe wise oinintainett till 16wafx. I the•el°see
rum there wen a aquilency to reaction,. :Pe memo
closing dull. The following were the lash quotations.;
'United Staten Go, registered, 1881, 87 4 stosf)4 ; United
States 6s, coupon, 1581, 99;'0,4; United States to 4
coupon, 1874, 514 e ; Indiana be, 7.7 , 07 ft; Virginia
Os, -1-70-16 i Tenneosee 60, 4i hi ortli Noritt Caro
lina 6s, 59so,ti ; Itliosouri 6e, 4ler4 4: Pacific Elan,
904sr i; New Turk Central, 78,1-;,noX Brie, 305 et
X; do preferred, 52c ,V fludaim htiy r, 37,0,k; Har
lem! 11,v so 12 ; do. preferred, 2831 er?,14. - i Beetling, :34e35 ;
icbigen centrio 3 / 4 , SWajlif`.
Northern Indians, 18);019; da, guarantied, 3- 4 034 ;
Panama, 110esh ; Illinois Cen2nai, 60%125x ;, Galena.
and Chicago,
684r,V ; Vieveland and What), 33XesX
Chit-Rio end Bock Island, 494;e ' 1 Chicago, Burling
ton, and tgoliter, 66hi vote; Mil» - mittre
da Chien, 19x ar2o; eleveland, Columbian Cincinnati,
191 xotto2 ; New York Central 7s, of 1854, 98099 ; Brie
third mortgage bondn, 86
.X 871 4 ; Michigan Central Be,
first mortgage. Moyer% 1, Illinois Central bonds, la,
85tisti6.
_
The business of the Sub-Treasury was as follows to
day :
Receipts $531,464 11
Fir eitatenix_ 70.000 00
On account ot loan 0.01A19 46
Payments., including redeemed 6 4P et notes 1,070,150 47
itabu.cs , . 4,016,235 04
1860.. 1861.
8485,203 5291,012
83.091 46.01 T
161,400 18,151
21,883 27,013
47,429 7,148
___ol,ooB,Bo l l
519,066•
$I 94,698