FRIDAY, - JANUARY 3, 1.862. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. - DOUGLAS.— , The conspiracy topreak up the Union it a fact now known to all. , Armies are being raised, and war levied to accempllsh it. There can be bat two sides to the controversy. Eyery man most be on the aide it the United States or against if. There caa-int aa neutrals in this war. 'There can be ' T moue bit - patrioti and traitors."" ` FOR SAVE—The double-cylinder iiPaYLOR" PRESS on labial, this paper bail been printed for the last nine months. It is in excellent condition, haying been made to Fodor layear ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For tons. 'ply at this Mike; or address Sorer W. Foxier, 417 thiestnut Area, Philadelphia. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. Jeff Davis' agents at Havana are adroitly using General Phelps' (Ship Island) proclamation to create ,the impression with the Spaniards that, if the Federal army Subjugates the rebels, Mr. Lincoln will turn his army and navy against "slavery and theHorean Catholic religion in the island of Cuba." At a grand public reception of the Spanish General Prim, at Havana, while en route for Mexico, the rebel flag was, in the presence of high otfielalAlig nitarlea, lovingly sandwiched is between thaEng- Hilt Cajon Jack and the Prench.tri-oolor, the Stars and Stripes being left out in the cold. Commodoie Goldaborough, who is to command the naval portion of Gen. Burnside'e expedition, has arrived at Annapolis, and is busy inspecting the transport fleet. Probably all nf the vessels ordered to rendezvous at that place are now there, and moat of them are in readiness to sail. The .regiments are also ready to embark, but whether the order will be issued this or - next week, it is difficult to tell. Severiil provision-laden schooners have already•aailed from Annapolis for Fortress Monroe, and others are on the way there from New York. It is said the British naval force in the American waters, under the flags of Sir A, Milne and Ad miral A/anti will shortly number one thousand guns, and will include' some of the fastest and most efficient ships in the British fleet. The Toronto Globe, which is more friendly to us than any other 'Canadian journal, is heartily re joiced at the action of the Administration in 811r renderin6 Mason and'Slidell. It says : We would net utter an ,ungenerous taunt at this moment; there is no shame in the American people admitting thit, while engaged In a civil contest, they shrink from a war with Britain. The shame lies in having taken' up, in a reckless spirit of bravado, a position which It has-been found impossible to maintain. ** alFor fifty years there has been peace between the United States and Britain, and, in spite of a slight interruption in 1837. we may say that the in.- tercourte,of Canada with 'her neighbors has been alniost uniformly agreeable and advantageous to both parties. We have something to say against each other—but what neighbors have not? When' Canadians and Americans meet, they aro almost uniformly courteous and kindly, understanding the weak and strong points of each other, and finding it 'easy to give and take, without offense. We hope that there is to be no interruption of this godd feeling on account of recent events. We can assure our neighbors there is the strongest desire among the Canadian people to preserve, kindly re lations with them." - ,What the South has Done A publication in New York states, appa rently from sources ascertained to be reliable, what is the actual indebtedness of the South to • the North, namely': there is now duo to four leading cities of the North a total of about $211,000,000; which, no doubt, Southern debtors have not the remotest prospect or in tention of ever making good to their plundered creditors. Two hundred and eleven million dollars thus' due—and about as much lost as if they had been cast into the burning crater of Mount Veativius—is divided in this manner : Due to New York, $159,000,000; to Philadelphia, $24,600,000; to Baltimore, $19,000,000; to Boston, $7,600,000. Out of these aro due, for dry,gocds alone, to New York, $75,000,000 ; to ,F'biladelphia, $14,000,000 ; to Baltimore, $6;500,000; to Boston, $2,000,000—a total of loss of $97,500,000 to the dry-goods trade alone. Dut the South owes largely in other cities than Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Bos ton—owes-, in short, wherever credit was to be obtained—se that the total indebtedness of the South to the North is not over-estimated at $300,000,000. Despite this loss, the North and the West are able to flourish, and the demand for the products of the soil, in the latter rich district, will pit an immense' quantity into circulation. For the North and West there need be no dread. What the South is to do, without money and Without credit, is really a fearful contingency to calculate. Rebellious though they be, the inhabitants of the South aro fel low-mortals, and while we condemn their base treason and rank ingratitude, it is only human to:deplore - the , condition to which they are selkrednecil. 'To the South, with touching appropriateness may he applied -the passion atii language of the lyrist: - Go—go-'tle vain to nurse; 'Tie weal:nose to upbraid thee : Hate cannot wish thee worm Than gnitt and shame have made thee In one year, the South Las inflidted , injury upon herself which twenty years cannot re medy. Breakers A-bead Strike high, or strike low—there is no plea sing some people, The London newspapers condemn the, president's message because it expressed no opinion about the affair of the mail-steamer Trent, and equally objects to the report of the Secretary of the Navy, because it does touch upon that queatio vexata, curi ously and shrewdly pointing out the very se blot" which the English lawyers hit—name ly; Captain WILKES' not having seized the un neotral steamer, for the purpose of being adju dicated on as a lawful prize. Again, „Eaglet:id complains that the blockade which we have established, is not sufficiently effective. Well, the best way to blockade a ' port being to block it up, so that vessels can neither enter nor depart, we have sunk sundry ships laden with stone in Charleston harbor= which has effectually shut it: Yet, among the latest news from abroad is a rumor that this stone-blockade is likely to lead to a difficulty with European Powers. In the name of com mon sense, what•can please them /. The Cenfedernte Despatches. 'We find lt stated in a French provincial journal; (the'NeuVelliSte de Rot") that Colo nel Litmr;of,:Louisiana, who was on -board the Trent, as olio. of the Secretaries of 4r. Stanscn,•lo 4,Frenchnuin by descent; that it was heWlio Succeeded in concealing the de spatches of the Confederate tominissioners from Lieutenant Pillt.FAX, who was searching the vessel for them; , and that these despatches are in the possession of' M. Tl/017VENS:L with the sears unbroken. - Kara Demands: It is stated, in' the English journals, that cc the surrender of Messrs. MASON and SLI,DELL are (is?) not the whole of England's demands" on the United States,, and that, therefore, 'her warlike .preparationi will con thine. It -is irnPortant to ascertain if this be true, - an to be told what all England's de mands may be. Perhaps it is expected that the • United States should return to their foimer "allegiance" to Great Britain 1- Tax first' official Episcopal act of Bishop Stevens, whose consecration 'at St. Andrew's Church we ehroniele; on our Stet; page this morning, will be perforated, this evening, at the chapel of Rev. R. Radius, Thirteen - 4.h street, below Prime, in which he id to administer ibe rite of Co firmation. frAile AT' 914 ORRSTRUT BTRRES%—SUPRItIOR FUR/1411415, BOBRIVORD PIANO, BY VOOT, HAIR 1.11421 . RA58E8, OARPRTS, dLASEIWAMI, &C.,—On Friday morning, January 3, at 10 o'clock, will be sold large assortment of new and eecond•band Hiemabold Furniture, Pismo Fortes, Carpets, Glass.. ware, to, yTtloa. Blum d Bon. Batt ISTAIit, STOOKS, to., TUESDAY NEXY--- The One & Sons' sale on Tuesday; 7th but., will coraprye several- estates," by order of paeoutors, trustees; rand others, • inoluding very desirable lisnsucerros :Piorterr. Sea adVertieements. Pempided ostalogites•to'morrow. )!WIttUDIEST CONnalifiltte 01 , 2103 Seeson."a— vskek 'wag she intiription on 'some of Burnside's Mouregebeli Rye Whisky, (of 1844,)'widah Me re edited !fen, SlookdOe ! fs Co., 331 Walnut state, a g sit s om r; jourietrilurrudde, dittiller, Allegheny falsity: This spirited irtiole is old pid good.' FORUM:" FOE ' THE FEDERAL .Ilipur.—The Kiatieal Coismerciat Advertiaer states that agents of the Vetted States !Government have purchased ten thisasend tone or hay on the line of the Grand Think Railroad; that it is being pressed and beard fur tzioapoliatioa to the 111nita States; and calla apart the Canadian authorities to put 'a atop to the transeattin at once. Irishdom in America More than once, of late, "we have had occa sion to remark that we learn, from foreign sources, a vast number of particulars about this country and its inhabitants, which cer tainly arc new to usupon the spot. We have always been under the impression that the American sympathy for the grossly misgo verned Irish was very great—as particularly exhibited by the munificent charity in tho Irish famine, weeks before the English oven thought of doing anything to keep the Irish from starvation and sickness. We have fan cied, too, that Irishmen in this country wore hospitably received, kindly entreated, and so cially and politically esteemed and elevated according to their deserts. It was only the other day, for example, that the President commissioned that brave 'soldier and true pa triot, THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, emphatical ly, Irish by birth, eduCation, and career, as Brigadier General in the army of the United States. Lord Denny's especial champion and organ, that venerable Mrs. Gamp of the London press ; so well known as the Morning Herald, sets us right, however, and informs us—what we should not otherwise have discovered— how terrible is the condition of Irishmen in this country. Here is the diatribe : , t Of all countriesin the world Ireland has least rea son tolove or reverence America. Her children are bondsmen there, not far from the condition of the negro slaves, but less beloved bud more despised. We speak of the mass of poor emigrants. All the servile drudgery of the Northern States is under gone by Irish men and women, and they are the outcasts and the pariahs of the population. Lost to the religious principles they cherished in their own country, without the bond of brotherhood or coun try, they sink into habits of vice and degrada tion not known even to the poor Irish of our own great towns and cities. Your true Yankee abhors them. He uses them, or rather abuses them, and thoroughly contemns them. These aro the men for whom The O'Honoghne and his misera ble' followers are shouting, the magnates of the great Northern Republic. No doubt there is mush of the real savagery of Old Ireland in all parts of America, and nowhere so rampant as in Now York. If the nationalists of the Rotunda are looking to the aid of these we would advise them to set about replenishing their coffers immediately ; for a hun mter set of brigands and rascals do not exist the world than the offscourings of the Irish in America." To point the moral of this wretched ribaldry, we beg to add that the ostensible editor of the Morning Herqlfl, and probable author of the article in (volition, is himself Irish "in blood, in languagoi'and in religion," and Celtically distinguished, in addition, by tho prefix of a remarkably largo 0' to his Munster patro nymic. It is afoul bird, the proverb says, that soils its own nest. Letter from Commodore Dupont's Naval . Expedition. [Special Correespondenco of Tho Proem] UNITED STATES STEAMER PEMBINA, AT ANCHOR IN WARSAW SOUND, GA., December 27, 1861. The projected expedition from Port Royal to Eer• nandina, Florida, having been abandoned, Flag Officer Dupont immediately ordered the different vessels ecimposing it to the blockading stations on the South Atlantic coast. It was our fortune to be sent to the Savannah river, and nines our arrival (December 11th) have had very exciting times. At daylight the next morning, "Sail, ho!" from the masthead attracted our attention, and looking sea ward, a large full-rigged ship was seen standing in from the southeast, not fliers than seven miles dis "tant. We first supposed she was ono of those old stone hulks that have balked ea many of our cruisers, but her actions were so unasual that we determined to overhaul her. "All hands ! up anchor !" and in ten minutes we were steaming towards the bar. Tho strange sail, seeing us, tacked and stood out to sea, but the wind was very light, and soon the usual salutation--a shot across the bow— wee extended. This produced the desired effect, and we wore soon alongsideof her. She proved to be an English ship, the Essex, under Prussian colors, with Prussian officers, and an English crew, from the Bahr°, bound to Falmouth, Eng land, with a cargo of mahogany, logwood, and four hundred thousand cocoanuts. An Moor and crew wore sent aboard to examine hor, and bring elf the captain and his papers. On being ques tioned, he gave a very honest, and plausible ac count of himself and vessel, all his papers being properly issued and signed ; and cargo free from suspicion, he was allowed to proceed without fur ther detention. When asked why he was so far out of his course, he replied that his vessel was leaking badly, and ho was going into Savannah for repairs, supposing the war was confined to the Po• tomac, and being totally ignorant of the blookedo. Our crew were much disappointed at the result of the chase, for more than one had boon calculating the probable value of his share of the prize money: On Thursday the steam transports Ariel and lar'ion came into Tybee Sound with a Connectiont reginient, and ordnance and quartermaster's stores from Hilton Head. This addition increases the force on Tybee Island to fifteen hundred men, un der command of Brigadier General Wright. With the exception of pickets, sentries, etc., the entire force is industriously employed throwing up fortifi cations, building barracks, mounting heavy siege guns, and landing army stores from the transports. It is believed that Fort Pulaski will be attacked from this point with most success, the (Manuel being so narrow and shallow as to prevent an important naval attack. The light-house on the northeastern point of the island has been completely gutted by by fire, and the walls so much ()reeked by heat as to be almost useless. On Friday a raft was picked up drifting down the channel near Tybee ; .at the time it excited but little cerement. We have since learned that it was intended to, be used by the rebels as a fire-raft against our fleet in the roadstead, but was prematurely-cut loose by a "Secesh" sergeant. For this offence they threat ened him with death, and on Saturday Jiight ho de serted from Fort Pulaski, and came to Tybee, bringing with him much valuable information. He stated that the British steamer Fingal, laden with cotton and rico, was preparing to run the blookade on Sunday night, at high water. Such, indeed, proved to be the intention, but by the timely ac tion of the gunboats Pembina and Henry An drews, it was foiled. Instead of endeavoring to pass down the Savannah river, they had selected a small channel running into Warsaw Sound, had come down within a few miles of the outlet, and sent a boat with a pilot, two midshipmen, and two sailors, to Bee if " the coast was clear" before ven turing out; everything was satisfactory but tho pre sence beyond the bar of Uncle Sam's steamers. Early the next morning we steamed up the sound, and saw her retreating towards Savannah. Wo pursued until a battery mounting seven heavy guns interposed, when we were obliged to return a abort distance and anchor, where we now aro- Since then the steamers Flag, Alabama, and Se minole, have joined us; and, from the prepa rations being made, I have no doubt the battery will bo attacked. When it is silenoed, the way to Savannah is opened for vessels drawing under six teen feet 'of water, and the Fingal will be In as tight a place as was " Barney's brig." But three of the guns (columbiads) are mounted on this side, the remainder aro directed to prevent a land attack. On Monday afteinoon we had quito a sharp skirmish with throe of the " Mosquito Fleet," and drove them up the river. From two to four of them appear daily, but do not seem in clined to have another brush. On Tuesday the Henry Andrews picked up two deserters, from whom we obtained much information, and also learned that the fort above us was garrisoned by two companies of rebels, that Fort Pulaski con tains but forty-five mounted guns, anti their plans for the escape of the Fingal. They state that their leaders "have no fear of the Federal army, but would rather see the devil than the Hessian navy." The Alabama has just returned from Ver. rwindum. They found it well defend'ed. ,On the way the anted a vetted containing a very valuable cargo ashore, and after taking out a plentiful supply of " choice llamas" burned ,her to the water's edge. She was supposed to have nearly two hundred and fifty thousand eigars, of the best brands, aboard. The recent news tram England, and the accounts from Chailesion, have caused a considerable sense tiOn'among the bluejackets. Christmas was very dull. Weather continues delightful. Country preserves its verdure. Provisions getting seam. Looking anxiously for the Connecticut, with mails and stores-from Now York. _Hoping soon to be able to record the capture of both the Fingal and the fort, (I do not know the name of the latter,) lam yours, ho., 11. C. C. P. B.—This afternoon a boat from the sloop-of- Isar Seminole found one of Corti. Tatnall's barges secreted in a small creek about two miles south east of our anchorage.' It is a beautiful little craft, perfectly equipped, and was used by the midship man alluded to above. The sloop-of-war Savan nah has been relieved by the Pawnee, and is now cruising. IL AN EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL EXPERI MENT MADE IW A BOY.—Eniory Lull, 17 years of age, eon of Mr. James Lull, of Pittsfield, Blaine, came to his death, on Thursday night last, under the following singular circumstances : Tuesday night, after he bad retired to bed with his grandfather, he complained of being unwell, stud, after being questioned, confessed that he had swallowed ten stones, eight leaden bullets, and a metal button. After this confession, the grand father got up and informed the boy's father of what bad been done, who, being something of a doctor, told his son, with tears in his eyes, that the best he could do was to prepare his mind for death ; for if be bad done what he said, no earthly power could rave him. It is not known how largo the stones were that he swallowed, but ono found in his jacket was as large as a walnut, The reason the boy gave for swallowing the stones was, because ho wanted to do what a humbug showman pretended to do at a Cattle Fair, i. e., eat stone. It appears that the boy did really suppose that the man lived on stones, as be pretended, and, as he said, thought he could do the same. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON. ARRIVAL OFRELEASED PRISONERS FROM , RICHMOND. AN INTERESTING COINERSATION WITH THEM. THEM SUFFERINGS lIND TREATMENT IN RIEBELDOM. THE CONDITION 07 OUR SOLDIERS IN PRISONS A 7 RICHMOND. THEY ASTONISH THE PEOPLE BY SINGING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. How the Rebels Received the News of the Sur render of mason and Slidell. Specral Despatches to "The Press." WASUINGION, Jan. 2, 1862. An Hour with Some Richmond Prisoners. Lieutenant Wm. DICKINSON, of Connecticut, an officer of the Third Infantry, regular army, Capt. SHILLINGLAW, of tbe New York Seventy-Ninth (the celebrated Catiteron Regiment), and Capt. MANsoN, also of the Seventy-Ninth, and Lieut. Him; Twentieth Indiana Regiment, reached Washington this morning, being the first prisoners that have been regularly exchanged for rebels in this military department. Lieutenant DICKINSON; and Captains SnliniNaLsw and MANSON were captured in the battle of Manassas or Bull, Run, on the 21st of July, and have been retained in close confinement at Rich mond for five months and ten days. Lieutenant Ilanr was one of the party eapturod on board the ill•fated Fanny, at Hatteras. Lieutenant DICKIN SON was exchanged for Lieut. TANSALL, of tho rebel navy, and Captain MANSON for Captain TANSALL, lato of the United State's marines, and sent to Fort Warren, on his return from his late cruise, for his bitter Secession proclivities. Captain SIIILIANOLAW was terribly wounded in the battle of Manassas, being struck on the fore head with buckshot, and in both arms, having his left thigh fearfully shattered. He is slowly re , covering, but it is feared will never be fit for active service. Lieutenant DICKINSON was wounded in the thigh, two largo shot remaining in his person and producing almost constant pain: Ho is, how ever, in a fair way of recovery, and will return to his home for the purpose of having these balls ex tracted. After the battle, and when the retreat began, DICKINSON and a fellow-officer of the Third In fantry, Lieut. Haan', who were in an ambulance, got mingled with a mass of carriages, teams, and soldiers, upon which the rebel batteries were play ing. They crept under the ambulance, and con trived to escape into an adjoining thicket, where they lay concealed for a whole night; and then, bleeding and suffering, staggered as far as Centre ville, which they found deserted by our troops, and thence to Fairfax, where they were kindly cared for by a humane Union family. As they were resting, a pursuing party of Texans, led by Capt. TERRY, the brother of BnonErticn's murderer, came up and demanded their surrender, the pri vates levelling their pieces upon the wounded offi cers, and TERRY insisting upon having their swords, which they reluctantly complied with. They wore then taken, bleeding and fainting, over hot, rugged, and dusty roads, past Manassas, and forward to Richmond, subjected all the way to the taunts and threats of the infuriated populace, the women taking the lead in the abuse. One of the tobacco warehouses was sot apart for their prison, and in two small rooms at one time were congregated seventy American officers. Here they met the gallant MANSON and SHILLINGLAW, and many other bravo fellows. The two wounded officals, DICKINSON and SUILLINOLAW, were sent to the officers. The other prisoners were supplied with a tin cup and a tin plate, and for about some weeks with coffee and sugar, but latterly their pro visions consisted of bread and beef, a little salt and vinegar, and such other articles as with their little store of money they could procure. When they left, coffee was selling at a dollar a pound, sugar twenty cents, butter sixty-five cents, and tea three dollars and a half a pound—gold commanding a premium of fifty per cent. They relate that the condition of our poor sol diers, especially the privates, is heart-rending in the extreme. Packed in close dens, without cloth ing, and suffering for the ordinary necessaries of life, covered with vermin on account of their poor accommodations, they long for the day of delive rance. About October lot, five hundred, mainly from the New York regiments, were sent to Now Orleans, where they are held in the "Parish Pri son," and about six weeks ago fil2l hundred were sent to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, also from New York. And yet, in the midst of their persecutions and pri vations, these unfortunate noon keep up their spi rits wonderfully, and when they started for Tusca loosa they astounded the Richmond mob, by break ing out in the splendid chores of the Star Span gled Banner. Captain Manson says It thrilled him like an electric shook and melted the remain ing officers to tears. Lieutenant KENT. a Philadelphian, and, as I have said, of the Third Infantry, is now in the prison at Charleston. Captain KEFFER, a Phila delphian, of the California Regiment, is held as a hostage for one of the privateers in the North, and is in the Richmond prison. There arc said to bo seven thousand sick rebel soldiers in Richmond, exclusive of those in the private houses. These returned officers speak in the highest terms of the Catholic Sisters of Charity, who - wore unremitting in their attention and ministrations, Dr. GIBSON, the rebel surgeon at the hospital, and General WINDER, who commanded the prisons, but concur in the universal condemnation visited upon the no torious Lieutenant Tonto. Lieutenant Mionana,, of the engineers, and Captain BENTZ, of Ohio, now at Tuscaloosa, escaped, about six weeks ago, from prison. When about twenty-two miles from Rich mond, they were arrested by a countryman, ar, returned to their tyrants. These officers urge, with emit earnestness, the immediate exchange of prisoners. Mr. FAULKNER was thunderstruck when he saw the condition of the Union prisoners, and said the 'rendition of the rebel prisoners in the North contrasted strongly with that of the Union captives in the South—the latter be ing almost entirely neglected, and the former well and generously attended to. Governor DETCIIER made a speech of welcome to FAULKNER, in which he trusted Old ADE would have the back-bone to refuse to give up SLIDELL and Meson." Great rage and disappointment was manifested when the news of their release came to Richmond. Much anxiety la felt about the Burnside expedition. Gen. Joan A. IlisnitunEn, in anticipation of an attack, sent all his sick from Yorktown to Richmond, and a rumor prevailed that he load sent for reinforcements, al leging that WOOL was rapidly outflanking him. The condition of the rebel soldiery is indescribably forlorn, and they suffer greatly from the weather. Carpets are cut into blankets, made into shoes, and winter apParol is scarce. Neither DAVIS nor LET. CITED, is popular. The first they regard as a despot, and blame the second for the loss of For tress Monroe. The finances of the Confederacy are in a shocking state. Private property, horses, pro duce, Se., are taken, and notes of the Confederacy forced upon the people. In order to show their confidence in the Government they betrayed, our treasury notes are bought up with avidity. I saw some of their shinplasters in the hands of Captain MANSON, representing a denomination of five, ton, and fifteen cents. Each was a text for an essay upon the beauties of Secession. A gentleman who bee resided in South Carolina for the past eighteen Months, reached Baltimore yesterday in company with these officers, having got through by repro senting himself as a British subject. He says that if our troops had advanced from Port Royal Charles ton and bavannah would have fallen without a blow, but that now the rebels have some 15,000 or 20,000 soldiers. This force is, however, very fresh and undisciplined. Indeed, the variety of arms need by the rebels is almost amusing. Nothing but the supply they received by the Bermuda, which was very large, enables them to make a stand. -Lieut. Dienixson speaks in terms of the highest praise of Lieut. ANDREW SHERIDAN, of the Third Infantry, during the battle of Manassas. His cool ness and courage were remarkable, and the pri soners who know the Lieutenant at Richmond are all anxious to see him. I also learn that General Sv airs managed his command with groat intrepidi ty sad skill on that fearful day. The last time I saw Captains Manson and SIIILLINGLAW was at the St. Andrew's Society dinner to the Seventy. ninth New York Regiment, some time in May last. The lamented COL JAMES CAMERON was present. Both SHILIANGLAW and Alarrsori describe the man ner of his death, and pay a high tribute to his gallantry. The tall ensign of the company, Cu 11.1112.108, .1112.108, escaped after having fought bravery, first tearing the colors of the regiment from the staff and wrapping them around his body. On Saturday next, 250 Federal privates will be sent to Baltimore, having been exchanged for the same number of rebels. J. R. Y. New Year's Day in General MeCall''s Permits were granted to the soldiers of the Re. Serve Corps to pass freely over the camp grounds, and they embraced the opportunity pretty gene. rally, to make the pleasant by social visits from regiment to regiment. The officers partici pated. A number of amusements, consisting of games at ball, catching the t , greased pig," ko., were instituted. - Routed turkies, dunks, chickens, tko., received from friends at home, lidded to the attractions of the dinner-table in many of the moss rooms, and the day passed pleasantly throughout the division. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Capt. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, has been absent, at Annapolis, probably attending to the departure of the Burnside expedition, whioh will sail very soon—net over a week hence—for its destination. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1862. Three prisoners werq added to the charge of Lieutenant Sump°it, at the female prison, for merly Mra. GISEENIIOW'a house, yesterday. Two of them are from Washington, and the other is Mrs. BRAXLVX, from Baltimore, arrested whilst trying to make her way through our lines across the river, and not upon the Old Point boat, as the papers state. She is an unmitigated rebel, and cheered lustily for JEFF. DAVIS "and the Southern Confederacy. A perambulatory gentleman of the organic musical persuasion happening to be in the vicinity of the prison, the highly excited female rebel in a state of incarceration threw the said musical amateur the sum of two shillings, and re quested him to strike up , t Dixie ;" but, under the application of a threatened bayonet-charge from the grim sentinel who keeps watch and ward over the involuntary inmates, he retreated, not; how ever, without securing the price of his unearned services, and amid the execrations of the tuneless female. After a night's reflection her passion be came mollified, and the next.morning she was found bathed in tears, and willing to accept the proffered food which she had so persistently refused since her capture, two days before. The other two ladles were taken before the Pro vost Marshal, to•day, to obtain their statements, and it is stated that they will probably be released. It is probable, also, that Miss POOLE will be released and sent to Richmond, via Fortress Monroe and Norfolk, the Government having nothing particular against her, except being a dangerous woman to bo at large She has conducted herself very quietly and properly since her arrest. As to Mrs. GREENHOW, the physicians in attend ance pronoun's., her a mono-maniac, and if confined much longer will become hopelessly crazy. It is already stated, and with much show of probability, that she will bo removed further North—perhaps Port Wurren—in a few days. From the Lower Potomac. The steamer Stepping Stones came up from the flotilla'last night. This steamer, on her recon noitring trip up the Occoquan bay lately, scattered the rebels v•ith three well•directod shots from her twontyfour pound rifled gun, the shells bursting right in the midst of groups of rebel soldiers. But miller return she was followed by riflemen, who, concealed behind the trees, fired several bullets through her sides. Ono of these shots passed through the head of the captain's berth The new Confederate battery is on Possum Nose, this side of Cockpit Point, and is, therefore, the nearest battery to this city. At least one heavy rifled gun is Ward there, he shells have been fired info the mouth of the Madwomen creek. Burnelde's Expedition. which will probably sail within the present week, will be followed by the most important results. It is believed here, in well-informed circles, that its successful landing will be the signal for a general advance. But a short time ago Gen. IiIeCLELL.ts: inquired of Gen. PORTER in what time ho could move? Being answered in twenty-four hours, ho rejoined that he " wished the soldiers not to be de luded into the belief that they were about going into winter quarters, but to hold themselves in readiness, as they would shortly move forward." Since that time it has transpired that orders have been given to move via Ocooquan. As the Burnside Expedition will probably ascend the Rappahannock river, a movement forward via Occoquan will compel the evacuation of the rebel batteries on the Potomac, and also give us pos session of the terminus of the Richmond railway at Acquia creek, and leave the Confederates at Dia nassas the choice of two evils: to fall back on Rich mond, or be completely outflanked and captured by MCCLELLAN'S masterly strategy. Major Camp, Who distinguished himself in Western • Virginia, under Gen. ROSECRANS, has arrived in Washing ton, and was serenaded by the band of the Third United States Infantry, at his residence, in Thir teenth street, near F street. Ho was attached to the Quartermaster's department in that Depart ment. Presentation to Colonel Campbell Colonel CAMPBELL, of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was presented, yesterday, by the officers of his regiment, with a sword and sash, costing one hundred and fifty dollars, as a token of appreoia• Lion. Colonel ClarrnELL's Cavalry are on Seventh street, north of the city, Lnd are considered by military officers as one of the finest oavalry regi ments in the army of the Potomac. The colonel is a very efficient officer. General SUMNER, who was roeontly seriously in jured internally, by a fall from his horse, has been removed from Alexandria to Washington, whore ho is improving under experienced medical skill: Yesterday ho was the recipient of numerous calls, from his friends. Ills physioians say he cannot be out for some weeks. Miscellaneous. Captains Snunnicx and Wicxes and Naval Con structor POLK compose tho Board rocontly appoint. ed by the Secretary of the 'Navy, to examine and report upon a certain invention which promises much usefulness in that branch of the service. It is reported that the continuous firing through out Tuesday night, by our troops on the Virginia side, is to be made the subjeol of a formal investi gation. A quorum of members WM not present in oithor Rouse of Congress today. Now Year's day was marked by special cordiali ty on the part of the diplomatic corps. All the foreign ministers, with the members of their legs tions. were present at the of f icial reception at the White House, and all subsequently called upon the Seorctary of State. The presence of the entire British and French legations at both places was %specially noticed, and was thought a good augury. Refoim in the Sutler's Department. j Senator Wir.son oared the following bill in the Senate to-day : A DILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTHENT OF SUTLERS IN TILE VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND TO DEPUTE THEIR DITTIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of America- in Congress assembled— Sucriox 1 The Inspector Generals of the army shall constitute a hoard of officers, whose duty it shall be to prepare, immediately after the passage of this act, a list or schedule of such articles as may lb° sold by sutlers to the officers and sol diers of the volunteer service : said list or schedule shall be subject, from time to time, to such revision and change as in the judgment of said board the good of the service may require : Provider!, always, That no intoxicating liquors shall at any time be contained therein, or the sale of such liquors bo in any way authorized by said board. A. copy of said list or sehedule'rind of finy subsequent charge therein, together with a copy of this act, shall be without delay furnished by said board to the com mending officer of each brigade, and of each regi ment not attached to any brigade in the volunteer service, and also to tho inspector generals of the army. Sue. 2. Be it fart/Far enacted, That immedi ately upon the receipt by said board of said list or schedule, and copy of this act, by the commanding` officer of any such brigade, the acting brigadier general, surgeon, quartermaster, and commissary of said brigade, shall constitute a board of officers, whose duty it shall be to affix to each article in said list or schedule a price for said brigade, which shall be by them forthwith reported to the commandlfig officer of the division, if any, to which said brigade is attached, for his approval, with or without modifi cation, and who shall, after such approval, report the same to the inspector generals; and the same, if not disapproved by him, shall bo the price not exceeding which, said articles may be sold to the officers and soldiers In said brigade. Whenever any brigade shall not be attached to a division, said prices shall then be reported directly to the in-. specter general, and, if approved by him, shall be, the price fixed for such brigade as aforesaid. And whenever any regiment shall be unattached to any brigade, the acting colonel, lieut. colonel, major and two senior captains thereof shall constitute the board of officers by whom the price of sahlartieles shall be fixed for said regiment, in the same man lier as is herein provided for an unattached brigade. The prices so fixed may he, changed by said board, from time to time, not oftener than once in thirty days; but all changes therein shall bo reported in like manner, and for the same purpose as when originally fixed. SEe. 3. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of each brigade, immediately upon receipt of a copy of said list or schedule, and copy of this act, as heroin pro- Vided, to cause one antler for each regiment in his brigade to bo selected by the commissioned offi cers of such regiment, which selection shall be by him reported to the Adjutant General of the army, and if the same be not disapproved by the Secretary of War, the person so se lected shall bo commissioned as sole butler of said regiment. And the commanding officer of oaoh unattached regiment shall, in like manner, cause a selection of sutler to be made for said regi ment, who shall, if not disapproved by the Secre tary of War as aforesaid, be commissioned as sole . sutler of said regiment. Any vacancy in the sffine of sutler, caused by the disapproval of the Secretary of War, or from any other cause, shall be filled in the same way aa an original 'appointment. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sutlers chosen and commissioned in the manner provided in the preceding section shall each be au thorized to sell to the officers and soldiers of. the regiment for which he has been chosen the artioles designated in the list or schedule provided In this act, and none others, and at prices not exceeding those affixed to said articles, as herein provided. Ile shall keep said list or schedule, together with a copy of this act, fairly written or printed, posted up in some Conspicuous part of the place where he makes said sales, and where the same can bo easily read by any person to whom ho makes said sales. Sac. 5. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Inspector General to cause the place of sale of artioles kept for that purpose by said antlers, to bo inspected from time to time, once in fifteen days, at least, by some competent officer specially detailed for that duty, and such changes in said place, or in the (polity and character of the articles mentioned in said list or schedule so kept, shell be required by said officer, shall he conformed to by each sutler, and such officer shall report each inspection to the Inspeotor General. SEC. 0. Be it further enacted, That there shall be no cutler appointed for, or permitted to sell to or trade with the officers or soldiers of any regi ment in the volunteer service, except each as shall be selected and commissioned in conformity with the provisions of this ant. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That any sailor who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be dismissed from the service, and be ineligible to a reappointment, and shell forfeit all goods and chattels anti effects belonging to him, and found within the lines of the army at the time of such violation, one-half to the use of the United States and the other half to the UFO of the person or persona who shall furnish such evidence es shall lead to a conviction of any such violation. Female Pilson. General Sumner The Army Pay Rolle The muster and pay rolls of the army of the Po• throw, closed 'up to December 31,1861, are muoh more free from errors than those formerly sent in. If a depletion of the Treasury does not prevent it —of which there is some apprehension—the army will bo paid off much earlier in the month than usual. Butler's Expedition General BUTLER reports to tho Navy Depart ment that his mon, horses, ammunition, stores, ao., aro being shipped at Boston with groat rapidity. Tho expedition will be ready to move in a few days, but, like that of General BURNSIDE, its desti nation is kept a profound secret. rt is rumored here that those expeditions, or at least ono of them, are immediately connected, with a general movement of the army of the Potomac. The Government Stables Rebuilt. The stables recently burned down have been re built. Greater vigilance will bo observed in the future. ' Already another attempt to fire them has been discovered, but the incendiary has eluded detection. The Eightythird Pennsylvania Regiment. At the dinner of the Pennsylvania Eighty-third, at Hall's Hill, on New Year's eve, the bill of faro consisted of boned turkeys, roast turkeys, boiled hams, boiled tongues, partridges, stewed oysters, chicken salads, paw truffes, Charlotte Ruse, sand wiches, ice creams, jollies, assorted cakes, oranges, almonds, raisins, French kisses, bonbons, plenty of 'cigars, a few punches, a taste of champagne, and, according to the Dutchman's remark, " some odor little dings." Rang Alcohol Disentombed. The provost marshal in Gen. MugsLt.'s division, suspecting one of the sutlers of bringing liquor into the camp, instituted a search, and by applying a shovel where he found the ground broken he found nineteen dozen bottles of whisky buried in the earth. The liquor was destroyed and the sut ler punished. Deaths of Pennsylvania Soldiers. The following deaths of soldiers have occurred since our last report : Louis Eisele, Company B, Fortieth Pennsylvania volunteers, at camp. Franklin J. Parsing, Company D, Fifty.soventh Pennsylvania volunteers, at camp. Thos. C. Wykoff, Company I, Fifty-seventh Penn sylvania volunteers, at camp. B. D. Rutbson, Company E, First regiment Bor. dan's Sharpshooters, at camp. Saml. Dout, Company 0, Twenty-third Pennsyl- vania volunteers, at camp. - Elias Weiss, teamster, Company F, Twenty-third, Pennsylvania volunteers, at camp. Amos Busham, Company D, First Pennsylvania, at Columbian College Hospital. Mark Wasner, Company E, First Pennsylvania artillery, at Seminary Hospital. Chas. Whittier, Company F, Second regiment Derdan's Sharpshooters, at camp. Saml. William), Company E, Fourth Pennsylva nia cavalry, at camp. Wesumarox, Jan. 2.—The Light House Board, through its secretary, Mr. Jenkins, gives evidence Of its vitality, by advertising for a supply of se venty thousand gallons of the bast quality of pure winter strained sperm oil, for the use of the estab lishment. It was yesterday reported that General McCall had been killed in a skirmish, the innocent firing of guns on the night previous being the only founda tion for the rumor. Perhaps the reports prevailing in distant cities, and about which questions by tele graph are asked to-day of the death of General McClellan, result from a partial similarity of names. MITE CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION. WASHINGTON, Jammu 2, 18G2. SENATE. Mr. KING, of Now York, presented a petition, numerously signed by citizens of Now York city, praying for the adoption of the policy of emancipa tion under the war power. Mr. LATHAM, of California, presented the petition of the Chamber of Comment) of San Francisco, for the establishment of a steamship line between that port and China. Mr. Sustwan, of Massachusetts, offered a resolu tion that the President be requested, if not incom patible with the public interest to transmit to the Senate all the correspondence which has taken place since the Congress hold at Paris in 1880, relating to neutral and belligerent rights on the ocean. Adopted. Mr. KSNMEDY, of Maryland, presented the reso lutions of the Maryland Legislature, protesting against any interference with slavery in the States by the General Government. Mr. Lammt, of California, offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of establishing a distinct bu reau for the Treasury Department, to regulate and control mints. Agreed to. ' Mr. Witsow, of Massachusetts, offered a resolu tion instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the necessity of modifying the act of July, 1881, increasing the military status of the United States. Agreed to. Also, a resolution calling on the Secretary of War to transmit to the Senate a statement of the number of cavalry regiments authorized to be raised, where they aro stationed, and whether it would be advisable to convert those not yet mus tered into the service into regiments of infantry. Agreed to. .Mr. Witsow introduced a till to provide for the appointment df sutlers for the volunteer service of the filmy, and to define their duties. Referred to the Military Committee. Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, introduced a bill in regard to the administration of justice in the District of Columbia. Referred. Mr. NESMITH, of Oregon, offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for copies of the reports of the Surveyor General and Sanitary Com nussion, on the health of the army. Agreed to. The Senate then adjourned till Monday. ROUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES -On motion of Mr. DOELL, of Now York, it was resolved that tho Secretary of War bo requested to inform the House why certain volunteer regiments from the State of New York, encamped in this city, are not provided with arms, and whether any legis lation is necessary on the part of Congress to enable the War Department to furnish arms to the regi ments now in the field. . . Mr. KELLEY, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to provide for the defence of the city of Philadel phia and Delaware river. Referred to the Com mitted on Military Affairs. Mr. VaiLLANEIGILtif, of Ohio, asked leave to offer a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to report, at an early day, to the noose, tho sum total of the present floating debt of the United States, as nearly as the same can bo ascer tained or estimated, giving, also, as far as practise blo, the several heads as to the departments or sub ject-matter under which the said debt may bo ranged. Also, that the Secretary of the Treasury be di rected to report, as soon as practicable, the amount, in pounds, of the importations of tea, coffee, and sugar in tho several ports of the United States for each month of the fiscal year ending, Juno 30, ; also, the amount, in pounds, of the importations of the same articles for each month of the current fiscal year up to January 1, 1802, with the amount of duty collected on each since the sth flay of Au gust last. Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. VEN TON, of New York, severally objected to the intro duction of the resolution. Mr. PHELPS, of California, asked, but failed to obtain, leave to introduce a bill extending the laws now.in forog regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes to the Indians in California. The House then adjourned till Monday FROM MISSOURI. ST. Louis, Jan. 2—Evening.—The report sent by telegraph this morning, that six regiments of troops had started on a Western expedition, proves to be s mistake. Recent developments disclose the fact that em bezzlements have occurred in the countycollector's office;amounting to thirty thousand dollars. These frauds, it is alleged, have been committed by Stephen D. Axtoll, chief clerk, and extend back for a aeries of yore. iniporlant from Mexico—Vera Crux in Possession of tho Spaniards. NEW Tonic, Jan. 2.—The steamship Cotumbut errived.At this port this morning from Havana. Intelligence had reached Havana that the city of Cruz had been occupied by the Spaniards, mai that the Spanish flag was waving over San Juin tiTlion. The French shipsmf-war Mamma, Guerriere, L'.4rdettt, and L'Astrie, the former bearing Ad mlrAl lAA arrived at Havana on the 27th. The British shipsmt war Challenger, Spiteful, Steady, and Player arrived on tho same day. The 'Spanish squadron took possession of San Juan d?Illlea on the 16th of Deoember. The city was evacuated by the Mexican troops on the next day. They retired without firing a gun. Havana Jotters stato that Santa Anna and Mira mon Aro both to go to Maxim. General Prina was at Havana, and about to leave with roinforootnents for Mexico. zw . T oni, Jan. 2 —From the Havana Diario NM learn that the governor of Vera Cruz was wil ling to evacuate the city, but demanded and re volved a'respito of twenty-four hours. Gen. Gossett, on landing, issued a proolamatiOn to Cu/ troops, and another to the people, the letter being . to the effect that the troops had come thither only to kmand satisfaction for the failure of trea ties and -elolence committed against their compa triots, motto obtain guarantees against similar out rages in the future. The greatest satisfaction of the away *ill be, after fulfilling its mission from the Queen, to return to its own country, with the certainty of having merited- the affection of the Mexicans, .0 .Nearlp a hundred pieces of rifled cannon, of tho latest pattern, worn found in San JUttla do I.llloa. Front New York Now Yonx, January 2.—lt is reported that Carl Sobers has resigned the Spanish mission, in order to take a command in the U. S army. 'The workmen at the navy yard, numbering nearly, 3,000, have struck in consequence of the re cent order of the Secretary of the Navy, requiring them to work. from sunrise to sunset, at the same rate of wages as is paid outside of the yard. The Chamber of Commerce to-day adopted a re solution to propose a memorial to Congress asking for the' speedy passage of effective laws by which etinal taxation eau be levied on the several States; also, a Judicious system of excise, to sustain the public credit and form a stable basis for, the ulti mate liquidation of the public debt. , A resolution WS also adopted, after extended discussion, that the Chamber remonstrates against the recent construction of the late targf law, by which the act is made applicable to gdods in bond imported prior to its passage, and to goods on ship .board prior to the sth of August. From Caltforma. SiA4 FRANCISCO, Jan. I.—The stormy weather has interrupted telegraphic communication within the State, and over the Sierra Nevada. Since the 24th ult. the floods have been renewed, to a great extent, throughout the valley portion of the State. Sacramento and Stockton have been partially overflowed again, without much additional damage. Business with the interior has been suspended, and more property has been destroyed in the State by this freshet than all the fresheta heretofore. The weather to pleasant today. Tho steamer Golden. Age sailed for Panama with 100 passengers and $950,000 in treasure for New York, and $170,000 for England. Judge lager yesterday issued an injunction, stay ing the sale of the Broderick estate until the ques tion of the forgery of Broderlek's will is investi gated. SHIP NEWE—Arrived—Dec. 26, annular Uncle Sam, from Panama ,• 29th, ship R. B. Forbes, from Boston; bark Zephyr, from New York; 30th, ship Red Suantlet, from Now York, Bailed-29th, ships Enterprise, for New York; Nonparlal, for Falmouth. Heavy Gale at New York Naw Yoni, Jan. 2.—There was a tremendous gale last night, and nearly a dozen prize vessels in the Atlantic dock were snore or, less damaged. Several vessels in the bay dragged their anchors and were slightly damaged. New Hampshire Politics .Coiconn ' N. 11., Jan. 2.—The Republican State Convention has nominated Governor Berry for re election, and adopted resolutions sustaining the Government in prosecuting the war, endorsing the policy of the Administration, &o. Departure of Col. Lewis , Regiment HARRISBURG, Jan. 2.—The 110th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. Wm. D. Lewis, Jr., has just left for Romney, Va. Governor CURTIN presented the regiment with its flaglat the Capitol, this evening. THE CITY. [FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, SEE FOURTH PAGE.] AMUSEMENTS TIIIB EVENING. AMERICAN ACADEMY or 1110810—Brood and Locust, atreete— ,, King Lear." ARON-STRMH? THEATRE—Mob street, above Bizth.— ~ Love's Labor Lost." WHEATLEY'S CONTINENTAL THEATRE—WaInut street, abovo Eighth.—. Blue Board"—. The Forty Thieves." BARNUM'S TEMPLE OF LIVING Wm:uts-1009 Chest nut street, above Tenth. WALNUT-STREET THEATRE—Ninth and Walnut Dead ffeart"—. The Bengal Tiger." TEMPLE or WONDERS—E. E. corner Tonth and Chest nut streets.—Signer Blitz's Entertainment. DELIBERATE MURDER IN THE SIXTH WARD. A SLFZPIED SOLDIER, SHOT DEAD A wanton and apparently premeditated murder occurred yesterday afternoon, at half past four o'clock, at No. 811 Cherry street. The circum stances of the crime gave it a heinous character, and the city has been for so long a time free from the record of cold-blooded crimes, that the deed excited more than the usual indignation and fear. The murdered man was a teamster in Government employ, who had been stationed at Perryville, Md., and bad returned to this' city on furlough, a few days before 'his decease, for the purpose of spending the Christmas holidays. The murderer was named Thomas Peters, a volunteer in the regiment of J. Richter Jones, now encamped at Roxborough, who had also served in the three-months campaign un• der Colonel Owens. The deceased, William 11. Harris, aged about thirty-five years, was an Englishman by birth. The murderer states that ho is but eighteen years of ego, although he looks to be twenty-five. Ha is an Irishmanoand, to all appearance, is an unso phisticated, awkward individual, who seems to en tertain very little consciousness of the terrible character of his crime, anti the high punishment with which it should be greeted. ' The two men were fond of drink, and appear to have been readily placed under its influence. Pe ters being in camp nevertheless contrived to visit the city often, and had mot his old acquaintance Harris at the house of Mrs. Lafferty, his (Peters) sister. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the two arose and wore cautioned by Mrs. Lafferty not to drink. They appear to have paid very little attention to her request, and stopped at numerous places to imbibe; among others, at the house of Timothy Welch, Cherry street, above Seventh, where they engaged in a rambling conversation, and seemed to be on the beat of terms. A cparrado of theirs, named Timothy Manning, of J. Richter Jones' Regiment, hero left them and wont to camp, so that they returned to Mrs. Lafferty's house about half past three o'clock, considerably the worse for liquor—in fact, almost stupid. They appear to have manifested no difficulty, and Harris, laying upon a settee in the basement kitchen of the dwell ing, soon went to sleep, while Peters tottered from the house, staying away some time. Returning, he found Harris still arming, unconscious. According to the testimony, nothing ensued for a time, until finally, without a moment's notice, Peters drew a pistol from his side-pocket and pointed directly at his comrade's breast. Mrs. Lafferty at once rushed forward exclaiming, "Thomas, what will you do with that pistol?" At the woment a flash ensued, and a sharp report, and Harris opening his eyes with a groan, fell heavily from the settee to the floor, where be lay perfectly dead. His miserable companion looked at the body for a time like one gono mad, then, seizing a dining knife from the ad jacent table, he threatened to cut his own throat. The knife was wrested from him, when he drew the pistol and pointed it towards his own breast. For tunately it contained no load, so that he was not harmed. Directly be fell upon the body, kissed the cold lips and expressed the deepest grief as lie lay clasping the • corpse. Mrs. Lafferty immediately went out for a physi cian, and returned with Dr. Child?, who examined the body, and found that the vital spark had fled. He at once proceeded to the Sixth-ward station house, and notified the officers that a crime had been committed. Whore Liout.Bowers and Segt. Dougherty, of the police, visited the dwelling a few minutes afterwards the wretched murderer still lay upon his victim is bosom, uttering meaningless lamentations. Ho was at once taken into custody, and removed be the station-house, where he was questioned and locked up. His cantfmn was here takers from him, and found to bo filled with a poi sonous article of whisky. Our reporter visited the dwelling last evening to note the coons of the murder, and the appearance of the corpse, which was also subsequently removed to the station houee. The dwelling where the tragedy occurred is a plain thrce•story brick building, with a twoment kitchen, the door of which opens in a side yard, enclosed with a brick wall. Tho settee where Ifarris had been sleeping rested in the extreme corner of the room of the basement, and ho had been sleeping upon his right side, with his head a little off from the cushion, loaning towards a cook stove. The bullet had entered his loft breast, just below the heart, and had probably pierced it, the dinner dishes remained unwashed on a side table, and the coiling of the room was rather low. It was in fact a Coleman basement kitchen, the typo of ono thousand that abound in Philadelphia When we visited the place last evening, a motley array of policemen, spectators, reporters, and jury men, surrounded the corpse. It had been strippal above the waist, and lay beside the settee, whence it had fallen. Tho body was magnificently developed, and the dead man's skin was of milky whiteness, making still more conspicuous the small, dark hole just be neath the nipple, where the ball had entered. Tho smallest possible quantity of blood had flowed from the wound and stained the dead man's brown shirt. in falling from the settee his nose was a lit tle skinned. There was no expression of agony in his face, and the eyes were closed calmly as if in sleep. The lips were somewhat parted, and the hair brushed pleasantly back from the temples. fie had a black moustache and goatee, and common clothing with blue-yarn stockings and army shoes, Coroner Conrad conducted the examination al ciently, although we aro sorry to say that one or two of the jurymen were very drank, and might, upon provocation, have committed murder themselves. This morning the inquest and the post-mortem exa mination will be continued at the station•house, when Manning, the comrade of Peters, will testify as to what oecurred before he left the parties in the afteinoon. The circumstances of this murder aro of a very curious character. From the sleep of life the poor victim was suddenly ushered into the sleep of death, blissfully unconscious of the hand that sped the fatal bullet. Meeting of the'Board of School Control .EITYIAORMARY PROCEEDLIOS, A special meeting of the Board of Controllers of Public Schools was held yesterday afternoon, at 31 o'clock. Mr. William Flitcheraft was, .on motion, admitted as a member from the Twonty.fifth section. 'The following. communication from the Committee on High Schools was road by the secretary : The Committee on the Central High School beg leave to report : For a number of years there has been a growing doubt in the community as to the benefits derived from this institution. Its real value has always been reeogiized, but charges of inefficiency of in structors, and superfiemlity in the comae of study, have been made again and again. Former com mittees, in view of the condition of popular senti ment, investigated the causes of dissatisfaction, and in the year 1859 one of the professors was requested to resign. On his compliance with the request, the committee ordered an examination, reported the result to the Board, and the yummy was filled, on the recommendation of the committee. A subsequent committee, to which was referred a material change in the modo of averaging the scholarship, adopted it without hesitation. The order of exorcises was judged imperfect. It was found that branches incongruous wore taught by the name professor. For instance, the assistant teacher of Latin was required to give instruction in book-keeping; the professors of civil engineering taught phonography ; the malheinatical depart ment employed the services of three professors, each teaching difierent branches of this science, , , without any connection. A change was necessary, and the preparation for the higher mathematics, by familiarity with tho basis, was accomplished by a systematic arrangement of all the branches. In struction in chemistry and natural philosophy was found limited to three sessions, (a term of eighteen months,) and given to divisions F, E, and 11, whilst the students in the higher classes, A, 11, and C, whose more matured intellects were presumed bet ter suited to these studies, were deprived of them. The classical department, in which a professor and an assistant were employed, was confined to the three lowest divisions, 11, U, and F, and thus the higher divisions were denied the mental discipline and the knowledge of ono of the sources of our language consequent upon familiarity with the Latin. These errors wore corrected ; the roster Was changed, and the higher divisions were instructed in the branches stated. Civil engineering was transferred to the professor of higher mathematics, and bookkeeping to the professor of phonography. Such is a brief summary of the changes already mode, and proven valuable. Of late the charges that the efficiency of the school was impaired by the bad condition of certain departments, had been redoubled, and public dis satisfaction greatly increased. Parouts complained that their sons wasted their youth in mere pretense of study, and pupils were removed from the school for the expressed reason that they derived too little benefit from its teachings The scholars themselves showed, in their indifference toward some of the studies, and their industrious delight in others, that the evil was the fault of certain of the profes. sore: The committee could not believe these evils inherent in the institution, and they resolved to use all legitimate means to remove them. For this purpose they requested of the principal a positive statement of the condition of the various depart ments, and a candid exposition of what he believed to be the causes of ite inefficiency. In compliance with this request the principal prepared the fol lowing report, to which the attention of the Board is respectfully asked : El= To the Commit.ce on the Central High School GENTLEsins : In accordance with the resolution of the committee, passed September 2, 1861, I beg leave respectfully to report : That being convinced that the Central High School possesses elements of usefulness superior to those of any similar institution in the country, and that it has in its practical instruction ad vantages over the mere college, in which special regard is bad to the learned professions, it became my earnest desire to increase its usefulness to the utmost extent of the means appropriated. To the different committees such changes were suggested as the spirit of the age demanded. While from the nature of its organization it cannot aim at the objects of a college, yet as a part of our com mon-school system it was designed to complete a good general education as a preparation for scion. tific, literary, commercial, and mechanical pur suits. But, however perfect may be the design theoretically, practically its usefulness must depend upon the agents selected to fulfil these purposes. The professors are appointed for presumed thorough acquaintance with a particular branch, and ability to impart their knowledge. But there are other important elements in the composition of the good teacher. Appreciation of character, tact in go verning, conscientiousness that devotes him to his profession, enthusiasm that urges to increasing ex ertion—these qualities he must possess. Examinations may test his literary cinalifications, but the recitation room must be the criterion of his real power as a teacher. Bearing in mind these positions, it becomes my duty, in obedience toyour request, to state frankly that, to mature your views, I am compelled to ask an investigation into the abilities of professors, ra ther than to suggest changes in the course of study. With the Professor of Practical Mathematics I have always sustained the most friendly relations, and it may appear unkind in me to animadvert upon the efficiency of ono who has been connected with the school since its organization. Yet, from the nu merous complaints of parents and pupils, my own observation, and his frequent appeals for aid in the maintenance of order in his class room, I am com pelled, by a conscientious regard for the best inte rests of the school, to recommend such an investi gation as will convince the committee of the truth of the charges and lead to proper action. It is charged that the professor neglects the recitations of the pupils, and yet cred,its with merits and do merits, without regard to the lesson; that the mere repetition of jargon is credited with the highest averages; that the discipline of his department is notoriously inefficient, and that he has no control over the students. He has frequently sent for me to visit his room, and then reported the insubordi nation of a large number of pupils, on one occasion eighteen, another twelve, and a third nine. I have several times suspended pupils on his eon plaint, though they protested their innocence of the charges.k&lmmediately after the summer re cess the glass on the bookcase of his room was re paired ; within a month a large number of panes were broken by stones thrown by pupils, whom the professor was unable to detect. On ono occasion, while visiting his room, heshowed me the ink wells which bad been thrown at him, yet he could not identify the offenders, nor even state from which part of the room they had been thrown. In order to assist the professor, I introduced mensuration into his department, using the work upon this sub ject of which ho is the author. Yet the same com. plaints of his inattention to recitation wore con. tinned. Whatever may be the literary qualifications of the pro fessor of the French language, after a trial of three rears, he hoe proved to be utterly inefficient indiscipline. Instruction in his department Is a failure. Appeals from his injustice were so well sustained that the faculty fro quently refused to sanction his complaints in special of fences. De punished without discrimination, filling the demerit roll with charges against pupils who, under other professors, He, e most exemplary in their deportment. I have been obliged to interfere between him aid his pu pils, to earn the fatter from absolute oppression. Many of the ambitions hove, without the control of their pa rents, v. ithdlitun from this department. , Ibis examina tions mere merely pretences, the pupils being aware of the questions beforehand. To show this fast more clearly, it may be stated that Ste editor of a weekly paper was furnished, by a pupil, with a list of questions some weeks before the examination in July last. After that event, the qt rations actually used were found to bo identical Nitth those previously made known. I doubt whether any pupil has obtained any know ledge from the instruction of this gentleman, or that any class could pave a creditable examination in this branch. This course of Professor Gerard is another proof that few foreigners adapt their discipline and instruction to the wants of American pupils in largo classes, such as those of the Digit School. It is wills extreme reluctance tint I refer to the Pro fessor of Anatomy, Physiology, and Natural History, venerable by age, exteneive acquirements, and former usefulness; a gentleman whom I esteem and regard with affectionate kindness, and whom I honer for his virtue. and abilities. Yet respect for your resolution compels the opinion that I deem hie days of psefulness past. The infir mities of his age are warnings that cannot be mistaken, and should certainly prompt a retirement from the active duties of his chair. Instruction in the department under Into control has been limited for years, from sympathy With his condition, to the junior classes, and extends over a period of but one year, while the subject he teaches deserves thorough development, and requires matured in tellects to comprehend it. Its has not for years taken any Dart in the general discipline-of the school. In conclusion, ns regards general rather than special criticism, there is, I consider, too much mere recitation, and toe little instruction in some of the departments. I hers is too little evolving of the thinking faculty, de velopment of innate energy and character. A question to each pupil, who may have anticipated it In his prepara tion, is now deemed the whole duty of the teacher. The pupil IS led to FHPPOSO that a high average, not lasting in formation, is the chief end of study, and thus impressed, pupils have complained if a second question, unanswered, Is. made to a ff ect their merits f6r scholarship. Duty is considered performed when the mere routine of question and answer is completed, although this exorcise may re quire but a fraction of the hour. It affords : me special pleasure to speak In high terms of Pram' re Rand, Ed. ward Vogdee, Hopper, and Kirkpatrick, and of Meese& Ring and Howatd, who, by energetic co-operation ' Prove their devotion to the beat interests of thsir Alms stater. Respectfully, NICHOLAS H. MAGUIRE. [The committee then proceed to state that they re quested Messrs. 'dlchlurtrie, Gerard, and Vogdes to re sign, a request with which Messrs. Atchfurtrio and Gerard complied ; but as Professor Vogdes refused to resign, the 'Meld proceeded to collect evidence to prove that his re movel was necessary.] They add : The testimony of the following-named graduates of the school was then submitted to exhibit the in efficiency of Professor Vogdes. Thomas May Pierce, Charles Bowman (graduated 1842 or IMO John D. Stockton, Samuel AfeCutcheon, C. 13. Slater, Ed ward Gideon, James Slade; James H. Eldridge, George P. Eldridge, Edward J. Brodie, William Ste phens, eight of the High School professors. viz: B. Howard Nand, D. W. Ilovrard, intern A. Ktrkrottrielt, F. Hopper, A. J. Helleine, 11. Haveretick, J. 0. H Ring, Jr., Albert E. Lancaster, testified in atihitanea that a better man than Mr. Vogdes might be found to flit the position. Prof. StoCleine declined to testify. Dr. E. W. Yogiles desired to be excused from testifying on account of the relation existing between himself and Professor Vogdes, Sr. l'iofersor Rhoads declined to testify, not having en opportunity to observe the order, etc., prevailing in Pro fessor Vogtles' room. The report then concluded in the following strain : This testimony is complete, yet, heed time permitted, it might have been multiplied altdost indefinitely. Twelve gentlemen holding honorable positions, graduates of the nigh &Lord, affirm directly that, from their own expe rience as pupils, they know Mr. Voidee' incapacity as a teacher. These wr(tten affirmations have been confirmed orally by a respectable (d) number of the Alumni. Upon these grounds alone the committee's action might btand. lint proof is here given, if possible, even more cons incing. Sight of Mr. Vogdea' brother professors in the same echoed believed et to be their duty to declare his unfitness for his position, and the remaining three declined expressing an opinion. The principal of the school endorsee these declarations. When pupils and professors, viewing the subject from such widely different positions, agree in their assertions, how palpable must have been Mr. Yogdes` incompetency 1 Anal) els of the accusation is unnecessary. The testi mony consists, however, of direct assertions. First. That Mr. Vomfes has for ten or twelve year's held a ponsitt in in the High Scheel witiout possessing the respect of his pupils, and absolutelf destitute of the power to control them. Fecondly.kTlittt he was indifferent to the intellectual im provement of his echolars, and neglected the course of study. Thirdly. That, either from indolence, for the sake of ease in Ins own position, or from a culpable indulgence of the idleness of pupils, he concealed the condition of his classes from the proper Authorities, and made incorrect reports of their merits and demerits. Fourthly. That his resignation would be - Of advantage to the 'High School. With these remarks. the case of Mr. Vogdos may be submitted to the Board. The committee regret that the pain of unfolding it so fully was forced upon then. by Mr. Vogdee himself. The High kichtsil WM Institutes"' for the good of the public—Trot for the pecuniary benefit of single persons. It was made for the Hamlets, and not for the teachers. Thus believing, the committee could not accept the argument that long service was an excuse for incempc eney. The moment a professor is found unequal to his task, that moment they believed his resignation essential to his self-lesvict. An earned wish to improve the condition of the school was the only motive of their action. With the general plau of the institution they are well satisfied. tinder the conscientious and intelligent management of Professor 'Maguire It must continuo to improve if his of forte are properly supported. With the system itself they hale no fault to find—no Improvement to suggest. But with regard to certain departments, hitherto con trolled by incompetent persons, they declare their 80011111 and profound conviction that clifinges were necee4arY i and that their action" Was unprejudiced, legal, and abso lutely unavoidable, The rem:ddeo having received from Professor Magnire the following evonunleati.n, in reply to those of Messrs. Voed,s and Gerard, would respectfully state that it to their intention to make the rigid examination he re quests: Thomas G. Hollingsworth Est., Chairman of Commit tee on high School :— Dear Sir: At the special meeting of the Controllers of Public Schools, December 31, ISO, communications from Professors Vogdes and Gerard, lu. voicing serious charges against mu as Principal of the llt ntral Dish Se boot, rather than defences of their own conduct, were received. I respectfully request an inves tigation by the comutittee irto my official nets during my connection with the institution. Respectfutlr, NICHOLAS H. 111 . Anritag. January Ist, 180 g. Finally, the committee beg leave to offer the following resolution : Resolved, That the services of William Vegdes, Pro fessor of Practical I!(lathernatica in the Central High School. be, and tint same are hereby, diqpensed with. All of which fa respectfully submitted. J. G. 11OLLINGSWORTII, THOM SS FITZGERALD, LRWIS BitTING, T . llollAll WOOD, 'THOMAS W. Alsacnat,(r. January 2, 11f2. Mr. Fletcher called for the rending of the coo metniemion from Dr. bleMurtrie, withdrawing his resignation, which was read. Mr. Crane moved that the whole subject oc the committee's report be referred to a special coremit tee of five, adding : "I have no doubt every gen tleman of the committee has acted with what he has supposed to be a creditable zeal for the cause of education and the prosperity of the High School. I am loth to conclude that they have been opera ted upon in some way to the detriment of some gentlemen connected with the school. My recol lection shows that the whole of that evidence elates hack fifteen or twenty years ago. Now, sir, if Prof. Towles was an inefficient teacher fifteen or twenty years ago, what a reflection is that upon this Board, if they have allowed fifteen or twenty years to pass without attempting to reform that school t They have inflicted an evil upon the mass of pupils who attended the school, which no time ean repair. I hope the gentleman from the Four teenth will renew his motion to appoint a commit tee of five to investigate the action of the commit tee, and that, meanwhile, the professors bo re quested to return to their posts." Mr. Hollins could not conscientiously (he said) vote to take ,this matter out of the hands of the committee. They were the best acquainted with the facts. The investigation appears to have been thorough. The committee has not, as has been as• serted, asked these gentlemen to resign without cause, and they are besides justified by precedent. Mr. Niche The question before the house is to refer this matter to a special committee of five. Mr. Fletcher. If the gentleman will allow me to interrupt him, the testimony of Prof. Haversteek pronounce here to be distorted and not what ho said. There were but two questions propounded to Prof. Haverstiok, which be answered prormilk:: tit like manner I refer to the testimony of Prof. Kirk patrick. Prof. Kirkpatrick never said what te re ported by that committee. Mr. Hollingsworth replied that the evidence, after being taken, was written down, and each gen tleman as he testlied was asked to affix his signa ture. Mr. Fletcher. 'Why Were they not called scow and reqpired to sign it? Then was the Tapper time for the signing. Next comes the testimony of a number of graduates from that school. There is one thing I condemn in their action—stabbing Prbfessor Vogdes in the dark. They knew he had no opportunity of defending himself. Mr. Hollingsworth. I deny that. (Sensation.] Mr. Fletcher. Prof. Vogdes never had an oppor tunity to come before that committee. Mr. Hollingsworth. Mr. Vogdes was before the committee, but did not testify because he was sick. Mr. Fletcher. So much the worse, then, forthe committee, if they took a man to task when he was sick. (Laughter.] I repeat it, that he did not know this blow was meditated. Again, the gentle man from the Fifteenth ward who signs that report was never in the High School builettng until the 24th of last December,, when the Professor was asked to resign on the 9th. The motion to refer the subject to a special com mittee of five was then taken up, and defeated by a vote of 12 nays to 11 yeas. Mr. Riche asked that the matter before the house at the close of the Tuesday meeting be now decided in order, viz : a motion that the protests of Professors Gerard and Vogdes be referred to a special committee of five, with the amendment that they be referred to the High School Committee. The chair decided that tho matter before the house was the resolution concluding the report of the committee—viz : dispensing with the services of Prof. Vogdes. Mr. Riche declared that the house hail departed from the business properly and actually before it, to a question not legally occurring. He contended, with much force, that Prof. Vogdes should have been duly notified that Reps were about to be taken to investigate his efficiency; that he should have been allowed to be present at the meetings of the committee, and that the witnesses should have been cross-examined. He (Mr. Riche) expressed a belief that the " canons " had been at work, and that gentlemen had "fixed things up." It had been said that the High School Committee, in justi fication of the integrity of its motives, had not the power to appoint, if it would. Ile wished to ask the committee whether there had not been a gen tleman appointed to succeed Prof. Gerard, and to take charge of the examination in that department? He wanted to know whether that matter had ever been brought before this Board? He had received . a communication from one of the pupils of Division A, stating that it was notified, formally, to that di vision, before the Christmas holidays, that Prof. Bregy would examine them, after vacation, upon the 6th of January. and that they would not see Prof. Gerard any more. The writer of the letter states that the two professors pursue different methods of instruction, and consequently great trouble moat ensue. Mr. Fitzgerald rose to defend the report of the committee. He felt that he need say bat little, as it explained-itself. He asked nothing better than that it might be placed upon record. He would not bore the members with a speech, as he bad been up until three o'elock assisting to prepare the report. Mr. niche. The gentleman bus a stair-headache, fortunately for himself. [Laughter.] Mr. Crane criticised the testimony of the High school professors. It was stereotyped, and its pur port simply was that better men than Prof. Vogdee could be found. He moved that the further con sideration of the subject be postponed until the nest meeting of the Board, and that the report be printed for the use of the members. The motion was lost by a vote of 12 nays to 11 yeas. The motion to adopt the report and resolution of the committee then recurred. and it was agreed to by a vote of 14 yeas to 9 nays. Mr. Fletcher again moved to refer the communi.' cations of Professors Vogdes and Gerard to a select committee of five, with directions to report to this Board the testimony taken before it.l Mr. Yeaker moved, as an amendment, that it be referred to the Committee on High Schools. Tho amendment was lost—yeas 10, nays 13. The motion of Mr. Fletcher vas then agreed to— yeas 13, nays 10. Mr. Craps moved, as an act of justice, that Prof. Vogdes' services be dispensed with on the let of March. Mr. McCallum moved, as an amendment, that it be the let of April. Mr. niche moved that Professors Gerard and MoMurtrie be requested to resume their chairs pending the investigation. Mr. Leech called for the reading of these gen tlemen's resignations. Mr. Fletcher asked for the reading of their with drawals of resignation. Mr. Leech asked that the resignations be accept ed. Mr. Fletcher. They are not before the house, and cannot be accepted. Mr. Hollingsworth stated that he had intended, at an early date, to introduce a resolution asking Councils to donate to each of the gentlemen $l,OOO, in consideration of their past seances ! Mr. Fletcher. The gentlemen would scorn to. re ceive your charity. They simply demand justice. Mr. Leeph here stated that the place of Dr. MoMurtrie had, also been filled, temporarily, by Dr. Hartshorne. Mr. Fletcher. Then, Mr. President, this Board had better be dissolved ! The whole of its business can be transacted by three members of the commit tee. The amendment of Mr. Leech, accepting the re signations of the professprs, was then agreed to by a rote of 14 yeas to 9 nays. Adjourned. SUDDEN DEATHS.—Coroner Conrad was snm monad yesterday afternoon to Currant alley, below Locust street, to hold an inquest upon the body of a woman, who bad expired suddenly. Also, to No. 172.5 Montrose street, between Car penter and Christian, where a Mrs. Rrodgert had died suddenly. SENT BACK.—Yesterday morning Patrick Clabey, arrested by Lieutenant Fuller - , upon the charge of having stabbed John Nichols, in Bald more, on Christmas, was taken to that city in the early train, by Lieutenant Wallis of the police force of Baltimore. The Lieutenant recognized. Clabey as the man he was after. A GRAND I''EAST.—A grand supper was given by Coroner Conrad, on Wednesday evening, to a number of his personal friends, including the reporters of the press, several attachis of the local telegraph, and others. The company separated at a late hour, after listening to several brilliant speeches and well-executed songs. FIRE.—The alarm of fire about midnight was caused by the burning of the rear portion of the gun factory of Edward K. Tryon, in Second street, above Race. The building destroyed was occupied partially pa a manufactory of gun cape. Owing to the lateness of the hour, we were unable to learn the lees, but it will, dotddles3, be heavy. Double Murder on Board an Anierteaa From information received by the American con sul at Cardiff, the superintendent of police, with an effective staff of constables, repaired to the West Bute dock at an early hour on Tuesday morning to await the arrival of the American ship Pleiades, on which a boriblo murder had beam reported. Thousands of persons were present to await the ar rival of the ship, and the police had no easy task to accomplish to keep the people at bay.. At about 10 o'clock the looked•for vessel came, and eight foreigners (Italians, Americans, Germans, and Austrians), who comprised the crew, were imme diately arrested on the charge. Their names were Peter Storey, Peter Murrier, Irack Jocynine, Sande, Perfeto Sales, Joseph Menzel, John Man eel, and Peter Sanga. From the captain of the ship the following par ticulars were afforded: It appears that for some time the crew bad manifested very bitter feelings against the mate of the ship for his repeated hard conduct towards the men, and accordingly it had at length been decided in comma to murder him on a favorable opportunity presenting itself. The 12th oflast month proved the fatal day, not only for him, but for another poor fellow, who is supposed to have been an unwilling accomplice. The pat* (whose name we have as yet been unable to asewr tain) went, as usual, at an early hour in themorn ing to call the men from their sleeping apartments, when he was immediately attacked with ,staves, knives, and other dangerous weapons. The cap tain, bearing the noise, immediately rushed on deck and fired,On the men, and then, by persuasion and force combined, succeeded in rescuing the victim, but the injuries were of toe severe a character to give the rescued the slightest hope of recovery._ Ills body presented a frightfully-mangled appear ance, and the wounds caused him the greatest agony. Ile lingered, by the aid of stimulants, for hours, after which he was, according to the custom, thrown overboard. The other poor fellow, whose name also we have not learned, was the in terpreter, and was despatched into the sea with very little or no ceremony, at least so it is supposed by the captain, for be missed him without seeing any struggle or hearing any disturbance. The villains afterwards attacked the second mate, upon whom, fortunately, they determined to exer cise a little mercy, and he teas subject to no further molestation, after having received severe wounds on the left arm. The captain appears to have en joyed the general confidence of the crew, and was not hurt. ' The prisoners are at present confined in the Car diff jail, waiting the arrangements of the American consul to transfer them to the American police au thorities for the administration of the laws of that country. The greatest excitement is manifested at Cardiff, and the vioinity of the police station has been crowded throughout the day with people anx ious to glean every particulgr. A SIZE SOJEB. Bor.—The Rochester Demo crat gives a long account of the exploits of a female soldier. She tended bar two weeks last winter at the Clinton House, Albion, N Y., going by the name of Charley Miller. Last spring she enlisted in the Eighteenth New York regiment, and served two months as a drummer-boy, calling herself Ed ward 0. Hamilton. She has driven a haokney coach at sundry times in Rochester and Buffalo. A few days ago sho tried to enlist in Rochester, when her sex was discovered. The Democrat says that almost from childhood she has ohosen to unsex her self and lead a masquerading life in male garb. For some two years she travelled with a circus. She was in Rochester with a concern of that sort, in the employ of a man who sold whip. from a wagon. So long has she passed herself off as a boy, that she searcely retains any feminine charaoteristies. When she is in her favorite attire, there is nothing in her general appearance, or in, her voice, to indi cate than she is other than she seems. A slight peculiarity in her walk is alone likely to betray her. COMPANY of WOODSAITTERS.—In Bavaria, Clermont county, Ohio, the boys who are too young to go to the war have formed a company which they call the " Sawbuck Rangers," the members of which agree to saw the wood of women whose hus bands are in the war. JONATHAN CARTER, a cornier resident of Peachin, Vt., was hung .in the yard door of his own home in Arkansas, recently, because he, would not join the Secession cause. Three eons, the o'dest eighteen, and the youngest, fourteen, were forced into the rebel ranks, leaving two irls to stirvire or sink beneath the cruel blow. The united States Steamer Richmond at New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 2—The steam corvette Rick s:nom/ has arrived from Key West. Burnum of a Schooner New YORK, Jan. 2.—The Schooner Orin, Cowl, was burned at Sandy Hook last night. One of the crew was lost. Arrival of the T. S. Ship Macedonian. BOSTON, Jan. 2.—The 'United States ship-of -War Macedonian, from St. Thomas, is at anchor in atta bay.
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