MI.- Analeiter liei4Jeleirdl - Ala, war levied .440 - WWWiltok:it. - Vteti* twbot two atdeo Is *be :*ireer_iraie emit 'be ers qiivititra .*ltexe cue be lee neutrals la ti!leitair *bise7 e aYbe rrt to rdipor:hos boon ortaiod,tor pe: loot nine tooutbs: *filo oioelleiat OoOftlari Aooiol blwq merle to ipOidA“ - l t oe W *Yoaisr, P o 00, or aratiietil4 otriOt, , Plutlidolpt4o. 4,- ~ / C~ : ~ \. ~/:~ ~\~ ~~ ~~ : * x 2 One ofthe meet *0;4,114 points hi oar country at the preeent time ii gentuthi,;' , . Alt •that , poition of.the great army of .tteir' whieli is-stationed esetof the Teuuordeetry, direction oflion, 8041, lath! the "trope west of the river, . , isteludicg "tlesee to Gen. Clen: - "Iluell'a force eonsists of Clirga:yertion of-the volunteers - from iihasitr i 'llialana, , ol4, - and Hentnbky,men of groat phititaal energy,. end 'Orr, is - hardy as they are biatti o issdaieielute . as they are Retrial°. ifelsre• ported -to hscre -at his disposal for offensive opera tloisioo,oWfann, besides a reserve of 30,090 raw , Storenty, thousand- of - his, soldiers are in `tetitt3omcd,,*, remainder eavifry and .artillery. 3ffs 44 &Mary consists; of an aggregate of about • one *deed pieces, includieg , Parrott, riged, - ang ameellt..'fften beamgins.is:arrangek In fotk f *Cesat.diVfebtfav tie respective corn *SOß bi Generstaldecetk . :filitelellteM, and Tkomrut: aid in two ethane!' onee,emdcr generals &kepi! and: Crittenden. 'The thiee ffrelt*med era' bewail stationed on the :ffishVilieltaltroach between laisabetittown and - The in= illeet l ous are that, M.O* course of .aweek.or ten deri, en attempt to advanoeltdo Tennessee will be 'meat, which QM rebels will be unable to resist. ;The flecesilen army 'at, Bowling Green hisup - pied to be ateut 30,000 strong.. Ifs chief reliance lam Upon* ,the strengtl .the fortifications it has ft noW .too weak to hazard any .im- `~ 5 ~~ ff u,; ^ '~ - f " , . . . reystit offensive milvement, and it will requite all ita siciaesiei to 'defend ita poeition and to - pravent' the advance 'et one limy into Tennessee. ' • The tons - Of this GinaAa . palteitctind the reported opinions 'of Lord Lyons, indicate that, by-the sur render Of Meson and Slidell, all danger of a war with areal Britain hat, for the present, been avoided. The rebel envoys bave'been 92:anaterred to the Eoglitli sloop-of. war Rituddcf. The National Eepublica:ta t eports, on the autho rity of Dr. 'Verdi, the physician of Gen. ' that ' , Ohr Young CoromandeOri:Chief "is conva : lemma and doing ;well, and ;that there has never bern - aitioattiefoi EtriottliapOiebensiort intas ease." The Louisville jouroot Jive that the national Military road across the, Stites 'of Kentucky and Titineisee, which , was recommended' in the Presb derd'insessage, «contemplates the connection, by a direct railroad; of Chattanooga, TemaCesee, wilts Kentucky; rine Cincinnati. To Oom plebecorineetlon,-. irboid • be necessary to construct about two bandied mid twenty miles of railroad over a practl6able route. • Tho ear- vOi, 'and eitlmates Have _already been made by compettut_ obattenooga is the great railroad-centre •of .the South.' It is the gold of contergeriee for it:inroads already constructed from all thO,prieriipal cities on the LOWer Mississippi, the aim' of kicabso;•and the Southern Atlantic, aroma, the whole eSmioirele from , Memphis, Tenn., knolti ,ding-Little Rork, Arkansas ; Vicksburg and ,!eole sop, Missiesippi ; New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Savannah, Charleston, Ileaufort; N. C., to Norfolk and Richmond. It should be remembered Mai the whole of- this Southern railroad system heal the same -gauge, and the - extension of it to the qbio river; witliin a „loyal State, would enable the No vernuient at any time to bring to the point of die tributipi -Whiteier military force should be :re: gaited." ' , TWo hundred and fifty of the, exchanged Boners-released from' Richmond', by the rebels are to arriiiati Baltinforeitirld morning; about sevett o'clock. -The Union , men of that city,lare- made anarigements, to give the ; released heroes a Ailing reception, end it is said 'that Goueral Diu. will rfe. , proper military escort for them. By' theneivi, trom — Port Royal, published in an other didEttEttf; will - be seen that Vommaciore Du pont:is busily preparing to make another demon straiten at Omer riot on the 'rebel coast. All the watAlpa wore concentrating, and 'a number of armird - litine — MM. Were put in , order end leated in the wor)ltif coteries the landing of a idree body of troope; - ;-"- The tuna forffifiariticts at Fllltou Mad war; meMlyinisisii, and when complete they will - be • siblii„ any force the-_ rebels can bring sgaicati them.: r - ..LivitoprrisOf - -tth annum/. vicarage of %rower_ Andr:m,l44.l[iresrcbusistla, to thelegislature of that Otatei wl lLv imind in ;stonier Colon* _The old Bay4itote_liss d'one nobly, both in men' ind money, to Milli& the Constitution and -:uplicild the lava. To th - iiiii4CMreiths men shs contributed five regi mente,Of ittfantry, one battery ofartillery, and one bettalioti pfridca, and to the threalettra,service she - has seat as itelantsrs twenty-four regiments of in faniryi ntia.of Mite: - eayaliy; batteries of artillery, -two tormailmk, et: etltiooters i ;, and infantry iisttalliii:idlive :corolla:dee, or -over 30,000 men in all. /ste athlitioni the, has famished 11,000 'sailors and rainisiss-to:mitillie ships of the national navy. . . ~S\ ~~ ~ ~~\ mr « cwƒ % &« !~\v~ &Ares have, enough - of men, 'enortgia. - Ofmeans, enough of physical prowess; and enough of patriotism to - proarictite this war -- to the end Of. an enduring peace, if these were all 'driii,;hi '`roiluirod to accomplish so much. • But thisa;:are- not all we need. ' Niro need a loge measure of that we Most lack--;-"rarrit. Aid we cannot h _ until we, break the yokcitt padir; and; obliterate the factitious lie -41viateit Created by. mere partisan leaders; , u alas b ut a few &lig ago, that a limin w 40.. - _ *atiniattaii, lead asegitnent dlefi:!, l ,4•l7lhtt iattatteatl'onista, exchanged the-Matkotthellioltriet,sOldier` for,ther, pen, of "' the e.t6id, of imml-, " !MA Milatonee;ho'pessixtto, another;labimdiatindoneliby the earnest and leYsk*l,'..erafeavored,to kladie the expiring eSedia„•.l l 4Uti* via igaoldo storfe. This , was the ie,but one Mani a man who, however estiiindiA u 4 deserving in - private iife;,hait nerverr*iipuldie'prerninerrief :yet, thin single deiblettini trittithe tine of duty impaired 'the' torifidesiceef Many stoitt-hearied - men, andln snile4fllris•rnetady.ef the loyal masses wbo.re- - sporideff:fodie call , of thelrcountry, without - , question and Witheut stint. Theitire will idnad'iny.ters over the defec tion of arty lOW, be he ipMer or . ..follower, in thee, pregnant -Aimee; We may regret any displitY of. vanity, or narrow ambition,. made by thoSe:fraiu -Whims- better things" were ex ' peeled.; But such , displays are no "Ciit3o of grief or despair. he phenomenkrittinies or great public, trial arc always straoge and varied; sad' one of. the merits of adversity that , the falai separates Itself fronr the true, ' and 11* pretentious falls away from the real. The teishing,May:be bitter, but we can aff'ord it as Witidualsi and should rejoice over it as a natiOnilreptiuse,inewledge is of higher birth ' than*lelOl ol )... - ,What: ire most need r fs; e sublimer faith in Frovidehkeirend-iti briniaripabire.., We need a faitticillitrotiO,oto to calmly endure tniriptairrire4merir * uti to pais ever the unlooked , fer,elefeCtion , of- Individuals wittf.tiplotptttrott _ - eordidebei.,hthiratark-integiltY; and to remain traininlll: . SMentaterti - of , and actors in. the re - niarkable",",,einits of the - .finless. Up to 'this time Webave-enuatintly :overrated, our sue ,reverses. Weare either lifted - (410itietti or_east down ' - to the earth, unwilling to hold that utiddleAreind, Where laitirillumines, as pa.- tieneeennobleeeverithing... - - ' llui we ikiti*tell digit better grounds shall : . ' beet-Mae f'-ilactititottAd. 14, , .*iiiteas 'the varying noise extreme einitibite_ s 4l4lr - nnfit_Meri for sober judgment , , And deliberste;antieni, 4- `1 , ';';3T , ;;'4..,e.. , , -);.,,-,_ - , . • • , ...• . . 1... 6. A :E i. . , :i . - •';;•' ''.' ' i' ,. . ii" ~•' . l •;;,;• :-. . -1 " t: .; • , Tii •::'-'.- ,?" . ! ~,,,.. ATASOARY - 4 1869 ,TlEll4** result or csoiltria bitlatt; mew Icit•waCie LATEST. WAR, NEWS. adiaifed ithwiloquist and iliCa4avi hates and dltt. iyetthag, the !Ample o,f ristaie*esitina aCtintion.to 4itiliaWinta,fioaa Oa as. ' 4 ,11111t3' tif:idetigist ad Who TelegisiSaa Tai. A: special, Wishingten :despatch, in pester day4a.' New "I'ork Timei, says cra tax_ of five cents . on each telegraphic message is one of the Methods pray:oat:4'lhr Mere/Ming the public 'revenne.!' It would'Onitbave been justice to • have added that the first:suggestion' of this tax was given in thei-yhtimielphia Pans on the 28th Of December; extMlY a week age. The ground which we took-Was at that the Telegraph has largely usurped the duty and largely appropriated the receipts of the Post Mee. If there were no telegraphic messages, letter-wilting - Would - flourish' more than it dOtle." We declared . ; that ca the messages which keep passing• over the wires,.from day light to midnight, are to be counted in millions uptial nffillons, all over the land, and each mes sage doingAuty ter a letter deprives the Post ,Oftlei revenue of, one postage rate." We roughly, estimated that if only two million telegraphs annually are de,Spatched, excluding 'those which "communicate intelligence to the press, there was $600,000 a year, which (or the greater portion) Ought to go into the. till of the Post Office—especially as the telegraph ,companies actually contribute nothing what ever,.in any shape, to the public revenue. -Therefore, we added : , . Oar suggestion is, Pietro a tax of five ants 'upon each 'Message Jew by telegraph; the amount to be ascertained, every month, by returns front the ;Telegraph Companies, a low Government Inspectors being legally empowered to ascertain what amount may be due. No doubt this small tax would be added on, by the Telegraph Companies, to the cur rent price of the message. But the tax would have the advantage of being payable only by the parties specially tieing themtres instead of the maih." When we made this proposition, which we claimed at the time as having , c never before been made in any journal"—nor, we might have added, by any other person, in any way =—we calculated that this live-cent tax upon each telegraphic -message would yield, at least, a clear •revenue of Five Million dollars per annum. Having more fully considered the matter, during the past week, with the ad vantage of some definite information as to the eperations of the Telegraph Companies, we tre, induced to believe that the pecuniary result of the tax on telegraphic messages would probably yield considerably more than $5,000,000. At all events, if the tax bo worth levying, it would be only an act of justice to acknowledge that we first proposed it. however it may be adopted at Washington, the proposal emanated from TIIE FRESH. Foreign Invasion of Mexico As far back as last July, we drew attention to the fad that, under the auspices of Lord JOhN RUSSELL, a scheme was being concocted in London for the express purpose of uniting England, France, and Spain in an 'attack upon Mexico. This was feebly denied, at the time, by that portion of the London press notori ously in favor of or influenced by PALMERSTON, RUSSELL, and Company, the well-known firm which, at the cost of tax ridden British sub jects, carries on the trade of political specula tion and official supremacy. The denial was discredited, and then Lord Joust RUSSELL who is eternally talking of his family tree, sempiternally appealing to his conscience, and perpetually bragging of his personal honor— solemnly assured certain Stock-Exchange holders of Mexican bonds, who desired to,as certain the truth, if possible, that there 'was not the slightest intention of England's; either jointly or singly, making any movement against Mexico. Nevertheless, negotiations worebeing carried on at 11tat very time to unite France, Spain, and England in an invasion of Mexico, and a treaty for that purpose was actually signed at London, on the 31st day of last October, by the, English, Spanish, and French plenipoten tiaries, the above-named Ressztt, Don XAvien. DE ISTURITZ T MONTERO, and the Count Ds FLAIIAITLT DE LA BELLARDRRIE. Within fifteen days this treaty was'ratified in London. The preliminary stated that the Queens of ' England and Spain and the Emperor of the French, "feeling themselves compelled, by the arbitrary and vexatious conduct of the authori ties of the Republic of -Mexico, to demand from .those authorities more efficacious protection for the persona and prdpertles _of their subjects, as well as a fulfilment of the obligations contracted toward their Majesties by the Republic of Mexico, had agreed to conclude a Convention, with a view 'to combine their cdmmcm - action." They agreed "to despatch to the coast of -Mexico corn. .ffined naval and military forces, the strength of -which shall be determined l by a farther inter ,cluinge of communications between their Go vernmente, but of which the total shall be suffi cient to seize and occupy the several fortresses and military positions on the Mexican coast." This united force has since been organized, and consists of fifty-six steam ships of war, (exclusive of transports,) carrying 1,453 gnus, and 27,931 - sailors, marines, and soldiers. The three conspiring Powers made a show :of engaging not to-seek for themselves any ac quisition of territory, nor any speCial advan tage, and not to exercise in the internal affairs of Mexico any influence of a nature to preju _dice the right of the Mexican nation to choose and to constitute freely the form of its Govern ment. Their. ostensible object was to obtain payment of money claiming to be due by Mexico to Spain, France, and England, and to insure the security of foreign residents. It was further agreed that the Government of the United States shoulipbe invited to accede to :this Invasion scheme—which invitation has :not been accepted. Before the arrival of the French and Eng lish contingents, the Spanish forces, naval and Military, took possession of Vera Cruz and its strong sea-fortress of San Juan de Ulloa, on ,the 16th of December, without a shot being fired! General' 170..46A, Governor of Vora Crim, retired on the 15th, with whatever force he bad, and General GABSET, chief in com mand of the Spanish forces, has placed Vera Cruz under martial law. • He may find a diffi culty in victualling his men, but large supplies would doubtless reach him from Cuba. The French and English fleets remained in the harbor of Havana, at the last date. • The question at hand is—What next 7 Will the three Poriers simply collect their debts and obtain assurance of the future safety of their subjects in Mexico, or will they endeavor , to proceed from. Vera Cruz to the capital, only 181 miles distant,? •Is SANTA ANNA to become Viceroy, for Spain 7 Or will an at tempt be made' to reconquer Mexico, and place a Spanish, French, or Cobourg Prince ,upon its throne ? • Hoinee Money. This .day eighty-two years ago our distin guished fellow-citizen, the Hon. Homken Bzst :ma, first breathed the.breath of mortal We. It will gratify his friends, well-wishers, and Admirers—whose name is Legion—to learn that, despite his advanced years, a his eye is not dim nor his natural force abated." Ho is active in mind and body, and now, as at all limes, the torch of his patriotism burns bitghtlytinit without oven a momentary flicker. Ho towers over the small men of the present day, as towers a mighty castle over the stunted houses which nestle round its base. Eminent in many capacities—jurist, advocate, orator, and Author—Htmtez AINNEY is one of the human links:which connect "'The Past, the Futssro—two Eternities." A constitutional lawyer, Mr. 13.1xNEY'13 clear bead, and patriot heart, and vast attainments, have ever been at the service of his country. Cf,thie he has just glien another proof. Not, witlistanding his far-advanced years, the old spirit continues to animate him. tie has just written a pamphlet, (printed, at his own ex pense; for private..eirculation,) entitled ce The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus und6r the Constitution,", in which he may be said to have exhausted this important politico-consti tutional question. We are unable, at the hour when we write this, to go, into this able Oar/lure as it deserves. The'gratification of doing so we reserve for another day, but we may, state that The conclusion he ar rives at, touching the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, is, that 44 the Constitution intended that for the de fence of the nation against rebellion and inva - Bien, the power should always be kept open in either of these ovents,to be used in that depart ment which is the most competent in the same events to, say what the 'public safety re ,quires in ita behalf. The President being the properest and safest depository of the power, and being the only power which can exercise it under real and elfeetive responsibilities to the people, it both constitutional and safe to argue "-,that the Constitution has placed it with him." - UAL Earteng Arwibvqcs ttiEBDAY Ni,,o by order of executor, Arostees i , and . others.-- Se!, Theresa /...; Srios . liyoitddit , 4l.oogrte; issued to-day, end sikioiiisfirEitiiii unilee alfation head, LETTER FROM 4, OCCASIONAL." WennNotaN, januery 8, 1861 In the last-received number of the London Punch there_ is illustration strongly sug gestive - of the prevalent British sentiment on the arrest of Slidell 114,31asort. Britannia, caparisoned in her fabulous attire, is leaning 'upon a rampart, and looking out upon the sea ; her face calm, determined, and wearing an ex pression of anxiety. At her side is a large cannon, pointing through the pert-hole, and ranging the ocean. The cannon is loaded, while the hand of Britannia is raised ready to lire the piece. Underneath is written these suggestive words, is Waiting for an an swer.' This answer ' will reach the Bri tish • Government before the close of the English holidays, in advance of the regular British steamer, and at least a week before the arrival of Slidell, Mason and-their secretaries. However many experienced men may doubt the designs of Great Britain, and insist that her aristocracylvill seize the first occasion to precipitate a war with the United States, my own belief is that the answer of Mr. Seward will be welcomed with general rejoicing. Tho patriotic American residents in London and Paris, who have steadily predicted that the arch-traitors would be surrendered, and in the face of rebel threats and newspaper taunts, have affirmed that our own Government in dulged in the most amicable sentiments to wards England, will be greatly gratified and strengthened when the correspondence is pub lished at length. Of course, the Bright and Cobden party will hail it as their triumph, and in truth these two great leaders deserve not only our thanks, but the gratitude of all civil ized nation's, for the bold manner in which they have resisted a hostile and unreasoning fanaticism. There will anyhow result from the answer of Mr. Seward to Earl Russell a reaction and a pause ; and if the Ministry shall hesitate to accept the olive branch, so gracefully ten dered, a new party will arise, take possession 4:of the Governmeht,-aftWo close the Palmer ston 'regime forever. The 'French Emperor will justly felicitatO himself upon the part he has played in this proposed settlement, and may reasonably claim that everything has been done according to his own suggestions. He is undoubtedly committed, therefore, to resist any attempt to reopen the dispute, and if the British leaders still refuse to be satisfied they will be forced to move without him and the other nations known to be in sympathy with him. What is to be done with Mason and Slidell when they reach the British shores 1 Nobody cares for them per se, except, perhaps, W. L. Yancey and Dudley Mann, and they themselves will arise in no good humor when they see the happy consequences which have compensated the Federal Government fororeleasing them. They have been among the bitterest enemies of England in the Southern States, and if the aristocratic party headed by Earl Russell will but patiently bide their time they will soon receive such a counter-blast from the Southern rebellion, should the course of the United. States in releasing Mason and Slidell be satis; factory,as will establish the fact.that our rebels only profess kindness to Erfgland in the hope of obtaining her assistance against the Federal Union. It is believed that Mr. Clay, the American minister at the Court of St. Petersburgh, is anxious to return to the United States for the purpose of participating in the military opera tions. Should this he so, it will be necessary to send one of our most accomplished and thorough statesmen to that court. Russia is a great and a friendly Power, and the man who is hereafter to represent the United States near her august emperor will have opened to him a field in which ho can gather the most enduring laurels. ~ OCCASIONAL. Edwin renal aS Spartaeus and as Lear. " The Gladiator'' has been more maligned than any of Mr. Forrest's performances, probably be cause it has been more successful. It has been denominated ono of hie muscular dramas, and has furnished a fruitful subject for carioature. It is, however, the best of his own pieces, possessing More dramatic interest than either Aylme e or Metamora, and, if not more elegant in diction than the first, certainly less prosaio. The historical details of the Gladiatorial rebellion (73 B. O.) have boenfollowed in the main by Dr. Bird. Spartaeus is described as "a man of remarkable bodily strength," of which no man is more capable of being the exponent than Mr. Forrest. Re must have been, likewise, a man fertile in expedients, and capable of command:: Ills may, per haps, excuse the dramatist for endowing him with the elements of mercy, sympathy, and the tender traits which tradition denies to the barbarians of the arena. The author has- ingeniously blended the historical savage and the dramatic hero, and the actor bee eked outthe part of the savage where the author bad made It too short. Sprtactis' misfortunes induce sympathy in the beginning; his martial bearing and successes afterward beget the spectators' admiration, and finally we are shown the ferocious Thracian, more animal than man, hewing his way to the Roman centre, and laughing at death so that it brings revenge. This is the perfection of dramatic art—the capacity to make a doubtful oharaeter lustrous, and yet do no violence to history. We are at first impressed, upon the appearance of Mr. Forrest, with the presence of power. He is laden with chains, that have bent his neck but sot his spirits, and in his broken stride there are tokens of sinews that defy hardship. There is smothered power in his voice, es he says measurodly : "Am I a thousand leagues easy from Thrace 'I" and when, slowly raising his shoulders, impressed with the majesty of Rome, his wealth of Chest, limb, and neck, is revealed, a conviction of animal perfection must strike the least observant. Although taken up with the idea of Forrest's power, wo cannot fail to see that it is power sub dued and disoiplined. Wo have known actors of the stature of Forrest, and quito as well endowed with voice, but they differed from him as a groat London dray horse differs from a blooded stallion. It is ono thing to possess power, and another to bo possessed by power. The good missionary who owned an ele phant was sadly puzzled to control, much less to convert him, and many performers stand in the same relation to their endowments. Atlas may have been a better man without the world on his back, and when we note upon the stage power un disciplined, stature unwieldy, and voice uncultured, wo are fain to look to Mr. Forrest as the groat ex ponent of great parts under subjection of groat mind. His positions are all pictures. He is never awkward; all the elements of his body Are in exact balance, and his voice can be terrible in its vehe mence or beautiful in its cadence and tenderness. To study these matters, his Spartacus must be noted, for hero he is called upon to express all the emotions,' and his gladiatorial garb—which is,no garb at all—develops his fell stature and strength. The arena scene—a triumph of histrionic , skill, painted by Russell Smith—exhibited Mr. Forrest in a gladiatorial combat that had an intensity about it, which was badly set off in the end of the not by the stupidity of, the supernumeraries. This scene, In dramatio effect, has no equal in any of the current tragedies. Another feature of Forrest's satin, to which we would call the notice of young actors, is his sorupu lons attention to the minor amsompaniments of his art. He despises nothinriliat tends to make his performances finished. In tho last scene of the "Gladiator " hie appearance was thrilling—gashed, streaming with blood, spattered and soiled—he seem ed, indeed, the desperate barbarian that had hack= ed his way through legions single-handed. Forrest asks to bo excused for nothing; his art is his re ligion, and ho observes all the adjuncts that aro necessary to perfect appearance, movement, or ex pression. Many artists of note affect, to despise dross; in this Mr. Forrest sets them an example, for his stage costumes are never loose, soiled, or in adequate. He aslcs the people to see, not Mr. For rest, but the character which he incorporates. His armor in Spartacus was light and handsome, like his helmet, and he recited the lines of the play with all the nicety of accent and Intonation that he be stows upon the most subtle Shakepearian passages. • This brings us to hie repetition of Lear last even ing, which we noted at some length on the occasion of its first representation. It hi a gratifying evidence of the legitimate taste of Philadelphia, that quite as many people have con gregated to witness Lear as the representations of lifetavora or Spartacus. The repetition of L ear , last evening, was probably batter attended than the repetition of t , The . Gladiator." t , Lear," as a ploy, does not make a popular performance, whereas "The Gladiator" is full of incident. A player of moderate parts might bring down the house in some of the effective sentences of Spartaeus ; only a great player can interest thousands of people in the vague utterances of crazed Lear. The audi ences may have been of different descriptions in the two representations; for thousands of people have been going to see Forrest who never before. entered a theatre. If this be true, it proves the versatility of the tragedian, who can both amuse the groundlinga and interest the disoriminating— expound the subtlest creations of genius, or embody familiar heroes whose memories the masses love. To say that Forrest was better as Lear than as Bpartacus would be absurd, because there can be no comparison between the two plays. Each is a model of its class, but one is the ready adaptation of colossal parts to a colossal personage ; the other a series of interpretrations and embodiments, ar rived at after years of study and experience. "The Gladiator' survives because Forrest sat , vires;, but Lear has been consigned to a 4 •C u• 4 I I 7 II • - • thousand players, and has outlived them all. In our age, at least, the oaths 9f Edwin Forrest will be . assoolated 'with that of King Lear, A recapitulation of Mr. Forrest's treatment'of tne part bee 'already been made in those botumne. Blame it to say here, that he appeared to realize two objects—a proper kterpretatiw and a forcible representation. The discriminating aloud rimy have remarked the cleverness of the interpieting. A movement, a leek, a mode of speech; were sometimes volumes of explanation. Changes of punctuation, of inflection, of whioh we noticed several, made many passages more plain and more emphatic. Tho author's mean ing sometimes 'necessitated subdued toile and action, where tradition had Wigged rant and passion. Mr. Forrest made silence speak in many places, and a pause was often oracular. He re minded us of a great artist touching up the picture of some great predecessor, that had decayed by perversion rather than neglect. Lear has tot often been a charcoal sketch ; Forrest, last night, made It a glowing portrait. Mr. Forrest will play Rolla, in Kotzebue'a play of " Pizarro," tonight. Mr. John McCullough will take a benefit next week, when Edwin Adams—like the beneficiary, young, anxious, and gifted—will assist him. We believe that Knowles' play of The Hunchback" has been selected, with -McCullough as Master IP - alter, and Adams as Clifford. Mr. McCullough has won high encomiums by his delineations of Edgar and Phasarins—oppoetto, but both excel lent characters. As Edgar, ho has received signal recommendation from Mr. Forrest himself. During the present season he has astonished those who knew him best. Cubes—warm, dark, voluptuous—will leave the Academy, after this afternoon; for Baltimore. Tho entertainment, to-day, will be for the benefit of the Volunteer Saloons. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON SECRETARY CAMERON COMPLIMENTS THE PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS. THE CASE OF GENERAL BENHAM What Massachusetts has Done to Suppress EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW EXPEDITION, Spectai Despatches to "The Press." Efforts are being made to reinvigorate the fire department by former members of the Government. Neither the munieipal authorities nor the Govern ment appear to think the matter worthy of their attention: A choir is being organized for the religious ser vices in the flail of the Rouse of Representatives. Crime increases bore with the increase of popu lation. This morning a $3,000 robbery, a violent assault upon a citizen by three of .1311INEr'S Zoe.- eves, a ease of shooting at the Government stables, an attack with a slung shot near the President's residence, and a long list of trials at the Criminal Court, are recorded. Extensive Robbery, Between 'Wednesday night And Thursday morn ing the jewelry store of Etzoner. W. BRAY k CO., on Seventh street, was robbed of two hundred and fifty watches and a largo quantity of jewelry, all amounting in value to nearly $3,000. Tho robbers aro supposed to have left the city in the early morning train for Baltimore, Only thirty.ono .persona wore naturalized in Washington during the year 1881, against two hun dred and thirty-four in the preceding year. General DloClellan. napes are entertained that General MeCLELLan will be in the faddlo in a day or ,two, his indisposi tion rapidly passing away. General hicOnnr,can, during hid illness, was under the professional care of Dr. Vann:, en eminent physician of this oily. The opinion of Comptroller WITITTLESEY 7 acqui esced in by Secretary 4011 ASE, is that, according to the present law regulating the compensation of members of Congress, they can receive mileage only for the regular sessions. Therefore, tho mile age for the July extra session romaine to bo pro vided for by future legislation. It may bo stated that several Senators were paid the two mileages before the opinion was officially furniihed for minis terial guidance. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Manxman& has been absent from the department for, a week or ten days past, on account of sickness. The Case of General Benham. Tho correspondent of the Associated Press did not, as was publicly and privately alleged, repeat or circulate the report that GOD. MCCLELLAN hati dismissed the charges brought by Gen. ROSECRANS against Gon. BENHAM, nor has he, until now, ever said a single word upon the subject. Tho facts are briefly these : The charges involve the conduct of General .1411DADI an to the pursuit of FLOYD and the cause of the escape of the latter with his army. Q anent' Bann sat has denied the truth of the ohargos, and asked for a court martial ; but this was refused at the present time, from the fact th'at the chief witnesses attached to the army of Western Virginia are now serving in Kentucky, and cannot bo even temporarily wi'hdrawn. In other words, the trial is postponed to await the convenience of their at tender= without detriment to the public interests. Settlement of• Gen. Lane's Land Claim. The long contested land claim between General JAMES IL LANE end GAVE JENKINS, involving the title to a valuable quarter-section of land adjoining Lawrence, 'Kansas, has boon finally decided by the Commissioner of the Land Moe, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Secretary of the Interior, une quivocally in favor of General Latin. The merits of the ease have been exhaustively presented on both sides, by eminent legal advisers, and involved the original parties in a personal conflict on the claim, resulting in the wounding of General LANE and the death of GAIN JENKINS. The cave has ex•, cited great interest throughout legal circles, the various departments, and the country at large. The decision vindicating General LANE in his right to the property was rendered on the last day of December. At the commencement of this year General LANE presented to the attorney of Trtomes JENKINS the sum of $1,500, as a free-will Now Year offering of kindness and sympathy. The Public Fronting. It appeals by the report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, JOIIN D. DEVISEES, that the GovernMent Printing Bureau has been conducted with the utmost efficienoy and satisfaction. The ,wisdom of Congress in superseding the former arrangements by the present establishment is fully vindicated. As compared with the prices formerly paid to public, printers, there has, during the past seven months, been an actual saving to the Goverment of $60,000. Captain DICHINSON, of the Third Infantry, regu lars, end Captains ISKILLINOTON and MONSON, of tho New York Soverity-ninth, late prisoners in Itiebmond, havo arrived at Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War to Ge- The following just and appropriate tribute to the valor of our volunteers will be road with interest throughout the htate: WAR DEPARTMENT, • December 28, 1861. Brig Con..llfcCaxx, Commanding Division Camp Pierpont, Virginia GENERAL : I have received your report of the battle of Drenotiville, and although no reply is ne cessary on my part, yet as a citizen of the same Commonwealth as yourself and tho troops engaged in that brilliant affair. I cannot refrain from ex pressing to you my admiration of the gallant con duct displayed both by officers and men in this thoir first contest with the enemy. Nearly all of your command upon that occasion are either my personal friends, or sons of those with whom for long years I have been more or less intimately associated, I feel that I have *totals° to bo proud, that, ani mated by no other motive than patriotism, they aro among the first to revive the glory shed upon our country by the mon of the Revolution and tho soldiers of the war of 1812. It is ono of the bright spots that give assurance of the success of com.ng events; and its effect must be to inspire confidence in the belief that hereafter, as heretofore, the caw° of our country will triumph. I am especially gratified that a Pennsylvania artillery corps, commanded by officers who have necessarily had but limited systematic instruction, have won not only the commendation of their friends, but an unwilling compliment from tbo one my, for the wonderful rapidity and accuracy of their fire. I wish I could designate all the men who, nobly discharging their duty to the country, have added 'to the glory of our Commonwealth. Other portions of the army will ho stimulated by their brave deeds, and men will bo proud to say that at Dranosvillo they served under McCall and Ord. I am, General, very respeotfully, Your obedient servant, Slim Oettcnow, Soot'y War. Marridge Licenses. The number of marriage licenses Ismail in 1861 was 836—an increase of 13 over tho previous year. A. R. POTTS, Esq., of Philadelphia, who took possession of Brown's Hotol on the Ist of January, iS making hosts of friends. The Bnowsr family have occupied the promises nearly, half a century. Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Grant. The party employed to survey the lino through Sonora and Chihuahua will start from New York on the 11th instant, and consist of twonty persons. The survey is to be complete within one your. BY TELEGRAPH. the Rebellion Later from Port Royal WASIIINGTON, Jan. 3, 1862 The Fire Department. A Choir at the Capitol. Increase of Crime Naturalization The Mileage of Congressmen Arrival of Released Prisoners neral McCall Brown's Hotel A Spy Captured This afternoon a man named Him was captured within our lines at Dranesville. HIREIT is supposed to be a spy, and is the individual who stmt. NsLsos, near Lowinevillo, some time since. lle was endea voring to escape at the time of his capture • Deaths in Camp. The folloivlng deaths have occurred in camp since last report: JonN WiLcox, Company G, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, of typhoid fever, December alst. The deceased was a native of Philadelphia. Also, S. A. DRAKEFIELD, Meath Company E, Sixth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers. This person was ono of tho soldiers, who was shot during tho meant battle at Drammenle, Seasonable Presents. A donation of stooltings, gloves, mittens, ho., has been received by Captain Sunars, of General MCCALL'S staff, from ladies of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia. The artiales have boon distributed to the hospitals of the division. The Paynieut of Troops. Tho army of paymasters will commence tho pay ment of troops on the other side of the Potomac on Monday next. It will take ahout ten days to pay them all off. Masonic Celebration at Alexandria, The other evening the Mesons of Alexandria, connected with the army, assembled at an im promptu Hinsonie banquet, served up at Phoenix Hall, where true fraternal feeling and national en joyment held sway. Efforts are being made to in stitute a new Lodge in Alexandria. Since the rob bery committed by the SOOOBBIOEI vandals all the furniture and jewels have disappeared. The relics of the old Lodge of Gen. Washington, heretofore hold snored, have all boon carried away. Assistant Secretary of War. Hon. THOMAS A. SCOTT, the Assistant Secretary of War, loft for Philadelphia this evening. Lecture by Horace txreeley. Ronne% GREELEY' delivered a lecture to-night before a dense auditory at the Smithsonian Institute, his subject being "The Nation." be said the mis fortune of our country has been its reluctance to meet its antagonist in the eye. Slavery is the op pressor and has earned a rebel's doom. Save the Union, and let slavery take its °hulloes. lie was against compromise, because it implied concession to armed treason, and expressed his be• lief that the present contest would result in enduring benefits. Preeident Lit:corm, Secretary CHASE, and several Senators and Representatives were on the platform. The lecturer was frequently applauded. The Mansion-Rouse Hospital. There aro now over 400 patients in the Mansion- House hospital at Alexandria. But a very small proportion of thorn aro Pennsylvanians. The hos pital is under the personal superintondonco of Dr. J. B. POUTER, an old and efficient army officer, who is assiduous in managing every department in detail, for the welfare and comfort of the sick sol diers Tho medical staff by which he is surround ed aro able men, most of them from Pennsylvania, among whom is Dr. RANKIN', of Cumberland county. His uniform care and kindness of the sick soldiers undet; his charge are justly commendable. Rebel Prisoners Brought to Washington. This morning, the three brothers LEE and Dr. NEVITT : all of Fairfax county, Virginia, who for some months past have boon in confinement in the prison at Alexandria, for playing the part of spies, were brought up hero and transferred to the care of the Piovest Guard. One of these three brothers LEE was formerly employed in the Pension Bureau, and wantonly killed Mr. bust; of Alex andria, some years since. How the Rebels Get Information. It is said that circumstances havo transpired within the past few days leading to the belief that it will not bo difficult to designate with certainty the source whom) the rebels have, within the last two months, derived most valuable information, which, it is known, the Government took every means to conceal. The Lower Potomac. The Stepping Stones went down last evening. and was to have run the blockado if the night was dark enough. Tho officers of General Ilongu's division aro:censured for not having their camp tires further from the shore. The rebels, it appears, as soon as the Bros aro lighted, aim their guns directly at them. Besides, they show vessels which attempt to run the blockade in the night. rho steamors,"it is said, aro not visible et night when the moon is shining, and the camp fires on our aide of the river add considerably to the risk of their running the gauntlet of the rebel batteries. Aimeeligneous The other side of the Potomac is in a state of quietude this morning. Some foraging parties started out shortly after daybreak. Tho health of Gen. PdeCLELTAN is reported, this morning, so much improved, that it was with difficulty that his physician could restrain him from riding out to the camps. Some of the Pennsylvania members of Congress have in contemplation the calling of the members of the noose together, at en early day, for the-pur pose of an interchange of feeling in regard to the present trouble. It is now believed, from the fact that the army of the Potomac has not been ordered into winter quarters, that some decisive movement is about to take place. Tho eases of fever in some portions of the army during the post few days have been rapidly multi plying. Captain TIIO3IAS TURNER, of the Fourth Infantry, shot,a member of the Patrol Guard, named Jona C. HALTER, a bugler in Company E, Fourth United States Cavalry, this afternoon, in front of the National Hotel. Tunuan was arrested and con vey. d to the headquarters of the Provost Marshal. The Union Fire-arms Company, of Now York city, whose principal armory will be at Newark, N. J., nro to execute contracts for the manufacture of 90,000 stand of small arms, embracing 25,000 of MARKLE'S breech and muzzle-loading rides, and 05,000 Springfield rifle muskets. The roompany, organized under the laws of Now York, with a capital of $400,000, will give employment to several thousand mechanics, among whom will bo many of the loyal citizens of lilarper's Ferry, who wore thrown out of work by the destruction of tho na tional workshops. A committee of representatives of the Now York city banks reached this city to-day to confer with Secretary Cuesz on the financial policy which should be adopted by the Government. The Committee of Ways and Means of the House are drawing up a bill providing for heavy excise duties to be levied on materials of luxury. Secretaries SEWARD and CHASE have offered their aid, in reply to applications, to proouro cotton seed for growth in Southern Illinois, and in other parts of the West, where it is thought cotton can ho cultivated. The War in Kentucky—The Flee at Nash- Loutsvirx.a, Jan. 3.—The Journal has informa tion that Johnston and Buckner's forces have torn up the Louisville and Nashville Railroad three fourths' of a mile beyond Green river, piled up the cross-tics, laid the rails upon them, and. set fire to the whole mass; repeating this same operation at different distances all the way to Glasgow Junction, felling as many trees as pos sible across the track. They were engaged In blowing up a tunnel, 300 foot long, near the Junc tion. The crew of the Pink Varble have returned from Nashville. They say that at the great fire at Nashville on tho 22d ult., which consumed $700,000 worth of property, the pork-house of 0. Q. Armstrong, formerly of this city, contributed ma terially to the progress of tho flames. A number of shells, which were stored in a building, exploded, spreading terror in every direction. The rebels have promised to pay for the boat Pink Varble, as it was engaged in bringing them machinery, under a permit from Secretary Chase. The Michigan Legislature A DPATIZOIT A Mich., Jan. o.—The extra session of the Alichigan Legislature convened at Lansing yes torday. The Governor's message suggests the liquidation of the direct Federal tax by roioaeng the Federal Government from reimbursing the State on account of war expenses to an equal. amount. 24,000 men have been furnished by Michigan for the war, of which teh regiments for throe years, ono battery of artillery, and ono regiment of three-months volunteers, have boon raised at the expanse of the State, costing 5530,000, of which $02,000 have boon refunded by the United States Government. In view of the manifest disposition of the foreign Powers to intormeddle in our domestic affairs, ho re commends that provision be made for the organiza tion of a uniformed militia, to constitute an active force, and for their speedy enrolment, to be sub ject to draft at any time. And, while he does not favor the erection of extensive fortifications, he ad vises the Legislature to urge upon Congress the immediate necessity of establishing, at souse conve nient place in the Northwest, an arsenal and manu factory of arms and munitions of war ; and also a naval station, to be located in Michigan, as being the most advantageous State, both for the extent of her coast and her unrivalled resources for ship- In alluding to national atrairs,he attributes our complications abroad, and troubles at home, to the inaotivity of the army, and says the people will not tamely submit to see our armies used to protect the slave property of the rebels, when the most active nlOllllB should be taken to suppress rebellion, sparing nothing end apologizing to nobody for our actions.l Arrival of the Asia NEW YORK, Jan. 3 —The ateatuer Avia will be up about noon. Hor adviees have been anticipated by the deepatohee from Halifax. The Strike at the Navy Yard Ended Nsw - Yomr, Jan. 3.—The difficulty among tho workmen at the navy yard has terminated, and they have returned to work. From Port ltoyal NEW Youx, Jan. 3.—The United States stoatn transports enhaider and Roanoke have arrived from Port Royal, with dates to the evening of the 30th ult. „ . The United &aloe sloop.of-war Cum;erland was passed on tho Ist instant, in lat. 31 dog., long. 75 deg., on a °ruin.. Markets by Telegraph. CINOINSATI, Jan. 3.—lciour unchanged; Whiehr at 13x c, with a good demand. Maga firmer and 5o higher, receipts light; sales at $3.25®340. Mosq PKirk ‘ 89.250 . 9.37)i. Lanl.o dpo,lic. ISulk Jfoate—ahlc ~ toll at dc; shoulders, 2X. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. RECEPTION OP THE 'UNION PRISOMES AT HALIIIIOIM. BALTI3IOIIE, Jan, 3 —Passengers by the Old Point boat state that a flag of truce had owns down from Norfolk, but brought no news. The Union prisoners from Richmond were ex pected to reach Fortress Monroe today, and will probably arrive here by the boat to-morrow morn ing. Arrangements are making to give them a grand reception here. There will be a military escort, and our Union citizens will also make a demonstration worthy of the occasion, LATER FROM PORT ROYAL. Preparations for a Naval Demon- stration NEW Yon', Jan. 3.—Letters from Port Royal to the 80th ult. state that Commodore Dupont is pre paring for a now naval demonstration. The gun boats are concentrating there, and the sailors are prnotislng with a large number of launches in the work of landing troops. About 10,000 soldiers could be spared from Ililton Bead, in addition to General Stevens' brigade, to operate against Charleston, Savannah, or the rebel force at Coosa wateldo. The latter is most likely the point to be attacked. TROOPS FOR CANADA. HUNCHED LOBB OF THE STEAMER PARANA, WITH 1,100 TROOPS. I.limr.Ax, Jan. S.--A rumor is prevalent that tho steamship Parana, with 1,100 troops aboard, bas beon lost in St. Lawrence river. A largo steamer, supposed to be the American, is cruising off this port. CARE RACE, Jan. 3.—Tho steamship Bohemian with troops, passed here this morning. FROM , GEN.-BANKS' COLUMN. FILEDER rot, Jan. 2.—This pleasant little city yes terday welcomed the advent of a new year in a spirited and very agreeable style. At noon the tide, which before had been eddying and whirling in all directions, set in towards the headquarters of General Banks, and, whilom, the residence of his accomplished lady. Every mansion poured into the general stream its tributary of manhood, beau ty, and youth. None but a few, very few, of tho most fastidious, ultra "Southern rights" citizens but availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the General. The excellent baud of the Massa ohusetts Second discoursed sweet and patriotic music. The full staff Ivor° present in the reception room, and, like the General himself, arrayed in full military dress. The day and its festivities will long bo remembered by the citizens of Fre derick. In the afternoon, company B, Forty-sixth Penn sylvania Regiment, Captain W. Fouls, and the regimental band, came in from the clamp, three miles distant, and paid their New Year's respects to their captain and his lady, temporarily in this pity. "After partaking of his hospitality, they marched through the principal streets, paying a musical tribute to many prominent citizens, by whom they were cordially received. - On arriving at the "Dill" House, they found a sumptuous repast, pre pared by order of Captain Foulk. After dinner and a dress parade, they returned to camp. This was the only corps, with the exception of the Pro vost Guard, seen in the streets during the day. The following officers, nearly all of whom were present at his reception, constitute the staff of Gen. Banks: Major D. D. Perkins, Fourth Artillery, U. S, A., inepeotor Genernl and Chief of Staff: Surgeon William S. King, U. S. A., Medical Director. Major R. Morris Copeland, volunteers, Aosiatant Adjutant General. Col. Jobn S. Clark, volunteers, Aid-de•Camp. Capt. William Shiftier, (late of Prussia,) do. Capt. It. C. Sbriber, do do. Cant. De.ilautville, volunteera : do. Capt. J. W. Abort, Topogrnphteal Mr. D. H. Struthers, "Porte Crayon: l ' Capt. S. B. llolabird, U. S. A., Assistant Quar. termaster. Capt. J. D. Bingham, 2d Art. U. S. A:, do. do. Capt. Flagg, U S. A., do do. Capt E. G. Beckwith, 3d Art, U. S. A., ABBb3- taut Commissary Subsistence. Capt. C. B. Penrose, volunteers, do. do. do. Lieut. W. W. Rowley, volunteers, Signal Officer. Lieut. Warren Thompson, volunteers, Ordnance Officer, In this connection it is proper to name the Com manders and Staff of the principal Brigades of this Division. g. Ist Brigade—Oen. J. J. Abercrombie, command in Did. G. B. Drake, U. S. A., Assistant Adjutant General. Lieut. Wm. U. Grier, Vols., Brigade Quarter master. • Lieut. J. M. Ellis, Vole., Brigade Commissary of Subsistence. Lieut. Samuel Appleton, tots., Aid-de-Camp. Dr. N. R. Moody, Vole., Surgeon. 2d Drig,ado--,Gen. Chas. S. Hamilton command ing. Maj. L. li. D. Crane, Vols., Aiding Assistant Adjutant General. Lieut. S. E. Lefferts, Vol., Brigade Quartermas ter. Lieut. —Pierce, Vols., Brigade Assistant Com missal.) , of Subsistence. Lieut. T. J. Widrey, Vols., Aid-de•Camp. Dr. G. L Pancoast, Surgeon. Third Brigado—Gon. A. S. Williams command ing. _ Capt. W. D. Wilkins, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Lieut. Edward V. Preston, Vols., Brigade Quer tonnaeter. Lieut. Edgar C. Beaman, Vols., Brigade Aas't Com. Subsistence. Lieut. S. E. Pitman, Vole., Aide-de-Camp. Dr. Thos. Antisell, Surgeon. Official advioes yesterday from Williamsport show the necessity of making some correction of the previous statement in regard to the affair of Tuesday on the railroad. Detachments of the Thir teenth Massachusetts and the First Maryland par ticipated in the repulse and rout of the rebel forces. Our men picked up and buried 29 of the enemy, and it is supposed many afterwards died from their wounds. Our loss is reported by pri vate sources to have been five wounded—none killed. At Berlin, above the Point of Rooks, two mon approached the river on the Virginia side with a flag of truce, and begged to be brought over, stating they were refugees. Capt. Pardee, of Company A, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, gave orders to as dispose of his force as to cover a boat to bring them off, in the meantime entertaining those on the op polite side by conversation, to distract their atten tion. 'When all was ready he despatched a sergeant and two men in a boat to bring them off. As the boat approached the shore a company of dismount ed rebel cavalry showed themselves on the hill above, and fired a volley upon the boat. The crew threw themselves overboard towards the Maryland shore, and, thus protected, pulled the boat ROTORS. In the meantime, Pardee 's concealed riflemen opened on the cavalry with such effect as to oauee a stampede, with groat loss In wounded, at least. One of the boatmen bad an ear lacerated by a ball from the cavalry. POINT OF ROM, Jan. 3 —Vice President Hamlin and Major General Banks, and his staff, visited the lines of Col. Geary's regiment to-day They were enthusiastically received at Point of Rooks and Bandy Hook by the regiments with salutes, music,' and parade. Patriotio speeches wore made by the Tice President and General. The Massachusetts Legislature MESSAGE OP GOVERNOR ANDREW. BOSTON, Tan. 3.—Govornor Andrew's message to the Legislature was delivered today. The doca. mint is of unusual length, including all• matters of local interest, and a general history of facts and figures, showing the part Massachusetts has thus far taken against the Southern rebellion. The ordinary expenditures of the war foot up about $1,180,000; the ordinary revenue about $1,127,000. The war expenses foot up nearly $3,385,000. To offset this, the State has been reimbursed by the Government $775,000, and by other sums, making the aggregate refunded nearly $1,000,000. The troops sent into the field, both for three months and for three years i Vith the exception of ono battery, have been fully armed and equipped by the State. The Governor recommends that the State as sume the collection of tho direct national tax of $824,581, being its proportion of the $20,000,000 authorized by Congress The State has contributed five regiments of infantry, ono battery of artillery, and one battalion of rides of her militia to the three-months service. To the three-years envies she has sent as volunteers twenty fear regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, five batteries of artillery, two companies of sharpshooters, and an infantry battalion of five companies. Six companies moro became attached to two regiments from New York. The Governor urges the repeal of the constitu tional discrimination between citizens of hlien and those of American birth, The recommendation made by the General Government, with reference to coast defences, is fully endorsed. A communication from General Totten upon this subject will be laid before the Legislature. Military education in our common' schools is recommended. The whole number of ecrolled militia is 157,496. The whole number who have gone into the volunteer service of the United States is reported by the Adjutant General as 27,275. About 11,000 more aro estimated to bo in the naval service as sellers and marines, leaving 127 000 at home, besides those men 'capable of the ordinary duties of civil life, not inoludod within the prescribed ago for military enrolment. The Governor closes his message tit) follows: " The great rebellion must be put down, and its promoters crushed beneath tho ruins of their own ambition. The greatest crime of history must re solve a doom so swift and sure that the enemies of popular government shall stand in awe while they contemplate the elastic energy and concentrative power of the democratic institutions of a free people. The monstrous character of the mime has never yet been adequately conceived, nor is language able fitly to describe it, Groundless and causeless In its ori gin, it began and grow up and continuos under the load and direction of man who had re ceived all the favors and enjoyed all the blessings of our Government, and who wore bound byofficial oath to maintain it. Reckless of consequenoes, and determined to ruin when they could not rule, they conspired against the welfare of nearly thirty millions of people, and their countless property. They plunged them with inconceivable madness into every clangor ' and suffering, and sorrow which can be generated by domestic war. They stand with touts blackened by the selfish and audacious barbarity of the oriole, red-handed and guilty, be fore God and history, of the slaughter of thciononeot end the blood of the bravo. Whether right or wrong in its domestic. or foreign pointy, judged by what ever standard, whether of expediency or of princi ple, the American citizen can no:noise no social duty intervening between himself and his country. Be may urge reform, but ho has no Tight, to destroy. Entrusted witX the precious inheritance of liberty, and endowed with theigift of partt eipation in a pope lar amtictsuie_ i nt the- ,Conebtalion - Makes him once the' bextelloiesy - and- the defender of leitmotif and initituttimi he cannot innocently endanger ? end Whenhe ,becarnes a traitor to his country, ha calk, mile equal treason against mankind. The energies, wisdom- and patience of the, people, their capacity for government sus a corporate whole, and their ea ptudty for voluntary ob.:Kilauea and euboraination, whether in camp or at home, are now on trial. This is no merely local or accidental temporal net of ineurgeney to be treated by pollee measures and civil correction. It is war, dreadful, solemn war. The influences,institutioss, and adherents of despotic ideas and eyetems of reaction against the Ideas of progression in liberal goverzurienti have or rayed themselves ..against the only people, and the only national Power, where democracy has a cita del, and a home on the face of all the earth. The despotic element in America conspiring against our country's national. life anticipated its own earliest demonstrations of force by trying to extend the conspiracy to the inclusion of all the 'nations,' who feel power and forget right." TIIE CITY. [FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, SEE FOIIIITH PAGE-1 The High-School Difficulty We have forborne to indulge in any comments upon the recent difficulty at the nigh School. lye cannot call it misfortune, because a wholesome ven tilation is needed to purify the institution. It seems that disrespect, disobedience, and idleness have been charged to the pupils, and incompetence to the . professors. Sane of the latter have bean by the ears for a long time, end the oommittee—wisely or unwisely—resolved to remove three of them. The Board of Control has since ratified the action of the committee, and, likewise, authorised an inves tigation into the conduct of the Principal. A very high condition of things has been developectin this connection. It is stated that ink-wells are thrown at the tutors, and gunpowder used by Young Ame rica to blow up some of the desks; parties of lads play cards in the observatory; boys rattle off the alphabet In place of demonstrations in .2cielid, and are marked " good' " by oblivious teachers; while some of the latter quarrel before their classes, and know much more of their neighbor's departments than of their own. Parents and citizens may readily ask themselves if these aro the purposes for which they donate money. Sixty or seventy thousand dollars a year bad better be paid not to support the High School than that it bo sustained to encourage and beget vice. The four thousand graduates of this institu tion desire to sae the school restored to its old quietude and usefulness; the parents of the pre sent six hundred pupils demand to know the causes that conduce to their misdoing ; the worthy profes sors ask to be relieved from the imputations that those exposures have cast upon them. To effect these 'natters the unworthy rulers and the unworthy scholars must be expelled. Means must be adopted to admit a manlier class of lads into the school. The appeal to high-mindedness can only be ef fective where high-mindedness exists. We do not believe that a majority of High &lax/Ile& are of this description. According to the late exposures, a missionary would not be out of place In the Insti tution. If the present state of things continue, we would suggest that the diploma be called a prison dis charge hereafter. The faculty should organize into an inquisition, and summon themselves before it. It might be well to adjourn over a tcrm—a month might cleanse this modems' Augea. We doubt that the Board of Control is qualified to report honestly upon the evils of the place. Lieutenant Maury could not explain some of the under-currents in that body. Tho more we look for light in this high School confusion, the less we understand. THE CITHIETIAN RECORDER..—This is the 1:111M8 of a religious weekly paper, published at No. 4319 Pine street. It is *got up entirely by colored per sons, and the ability exhibited in its editorial de partment and its mechanical exooution ar6 alike creditable. It is the only religious paper le the country edited and published by colored persons. The editor makes a grog appeal for aid in-his en terprise. UNDISMAYED BY TBE DISABTE.B.-31r. Sohn Trenwith having been completely burned oat by the fire at the telegraph building, a portion of which Oscupied as a newspaper and periodical depot, is now ready to supply the trade and the public anti. si-ety ;21010 in Ida line at his popular estab lishment, now located hi 4,21 , -baaomont of N 0.106 South Third street, where he will be happy to see all his customers and friends. Mr. Trenwith com menced life as a poof newabody, but by industry had accumulated several thousand dollars, every cent of which has been swept away by the confla gration. Finis.—Last evening, about eleven o'clock, an alanuof fire was caused at hfan'aymik by the burning of two stables belonging to James Scho field, and Alexander Russell. We wore unable to learn the origin of the fire or the amount of datu 7 ago done. Two horses were saved from the burnt buildings. HEAMO Man named Boyer will have a hearing to-day at the Central, Police Station, on the charge of passing,a counterfeit five dollar note, on the Union Bank, of Plainfield, New Jersey. Parties who have had each notes passed on them will do well to attend the hearing. ACClDENT.—Yesterdayafternoon, about five o'clock, John MoFate, while driving a coal part, near Third and Market streets, felt on the ice and fractured his right leg. lie was taken to the hospi tal. Commodore Dupont at Work THE FORTIFICATIONS AT !TILTON BEAD ISLAND TIM OCCUPATION OF ItEAUFORT. [From the New York Post of last evening.] The arrival of the Calutudes and Roanote from Port Royal brings no some interesting particulars of affairs at Port Royal and Beaufort. Commodore Dupont was evidently preparing for a new strike at the rebels. Arrangements were making at Hilton Head, in the last week of Decem ber, for a naval demonstration,-the details of which cannot be published in fall; the frigate Wabash and a large number of armed launches having been put in order, and the latter tested in the work of assisting and covering the landing of troops. The practice in the boats has been quite extensive, and it was fully understood that a new descent was about to be made on the enemy's coast. The gunboats were concentrating, and, so far as the naval part of the expedition was con cerned, the preparations for an offensive movement were nearly, if not quite, complete. - In this connection the facts concerning the ability of General• Sherman's forces to follow up any attack of the armed vessels aro interesting. The General has kept his men busily at work upon THE FORTIFICATIONS AT HILTON READ These defences are now nearly perfected. The entrenchment back of Fort Walker is described as a splendid work, capable of protecting the fort and the quarters of the Federal forces against very great odds. Ono thousand men in the fort and along the line of the works, together with such assistance as could be rendered by a few gun boats, could defend our position against any force the rebels are able to bring against it. As the force at Hilton Head (independent of that at Beaufort and Tybee Island) is about twelve thousand men, at least ten thousand men could be spared from Hilton Head; a force which, with General Stevens' brigade at Beaufort, would be sufficiently formidable to accomplish the reduction of either Savannah or Charleston," or (what is more likely to be done) defeat the considerable force of rebels assembled at Coosawhatchie, a place fami liarly known as the "junction," situated on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. THE OCCUPATION OP BEAVPORT Although large quantities Of provisions have been landed at Beaufort from the transports, much more, indeed, than General Stevens' brigade of four thousand menwould be likely to need for a long time to come, no fortifications have been erected near the town., The Soldiers are regularly en camped, occupying only their tents. The officers are quartered in the houses of the town. There is no evidence that Beaufort is to be defended by our forces as a permanent position. The indications are that some point nearer Charleston will be chosen. On the 27th ultimo, an order was issued by Gen. Stevens, directing that, the town and all the pro perty within its limits be protected by a military force, and forbidding the passage of any person through the lines unless provided will* gess from , the General or the dater of the day; .The de struction of property in the town has entirely ceased. Reconnoissances aro making by our forces, many of which aro extended to the main land. In one of these, the Eighth Maine regiment, early last week, captured six rebel pickets, from whom, how ever, little information in regard to the rebel force between that point and Charleston could bo obtain ed. The men were taken to Beaufort, and placed under confinement. BUSINESS RESUMED /IN BEAUFORT-RETURN 01" A STORE-KEEPER. It is not generallyknown that at this• time busi ness is carried on in the town of Beaufort by one of the original inhabitants. Ile owns what is known as a "country store," where dry goods, crockery, groceries, and boots and shoes are sold. This Beaufort dealer is by birth an Eastern man, but has lived in the South more than twenty years, and he has managed to keep up a small stook of shoes, for which ho now finds a ready market at good prices. The story of the manner in which ho retained his store, and, after leaving Beaufort, came back to protect his stock and dispose of it, like a true Yankee, is somewhat interesting. Be is an old man, but when the Federal forces appeared off Hilton Bead, the Secessionists undortook to com pel him, and also a Chinaman, to join the rebel forces. The two, however, escaped in the night, and took to the woods. The Secessionists, of course, had no time to purses. After the precipitate flight of the chivalry the store-keeper returned to Beaufort. lie has made some arrangements with the Quar termaster's Department of our forces, by which he is supplied with goods that can be disposed of to the volunteers; and though be admits that "he cannot recommend" some of the goods in his pos session, especially those which wore for a time left under the control of the magmas, he has in some way managed to get together a large stook, much greater, it is raid, than his original one. ARRIVAL or C1AM1129.9.11AN ELY.—Alfrodi 'flys member of Congress. from the Rochester district of this State, who was recently released freak itn- Iseitonnsent at Richmond, arrived in this. eity last evening, and met a warm reception from the, °Mews of the aisty• nioth Regiment, and other citizens, at the St. Niaolas Hotel. In response tom can, he gavo a akotott of hie stay in the Richmond V• Tobac co factory." Arrangements bava made, through Mr , lily's agency, for tbe, exahange of several OffIOOTEI of Now York regiments in prison at Richmend,_. Among the number axe Lieutenants Dempsey, Hamblin, °emboli, Connolly, Cantatas Shillinglow, McQuade, and Manson; and Drat:Barth, of Illiscenats ; Captain Sprague of Ohio; and. Lieut. Hart, Ildtfoka.—.lVett , fork Post of last ortnist,s, c" . !s, , RONAL eOF :111E TONE Oi" ROYLVVAKILY. By the arrival of the,4sea ata 4 test(Terk,erchatter. data from Buglind fo the 21st Deeeszber,.twa days later than files received yeatarday; The London Poe's Paris eerreopendant aye : cc Neither the Bronchi:tor Rueslin Governments have taken any stepalo-rot v mediatem between England. and America. Althotigla,some journals have stated quite the.oontrary, Flume *Ansonia her moral support to England as far.= the maritime question la concerned. Ronda appears to sympa thize with the vicars - Ana Wanda of eltelltorth.." The Paris Parris of the 26th states that on the 7th ult. five French ships-of-war were at anchor in the roadstead of New York, and that other French-vessels-of-war would shortly be sent there. The London correspondent of the Parris says : "If the answer to the English note -should not be favorable, Lord Lyons will leave Washington in three days, and will transmit the orders of his Go , vernment to Admiral Milne, who will, in that case, immediately leave Jamaica with his squadron to take up aposition at Norfolk, a _Virginhus -port on the confines of Carolina, which will be the basis of the English naval operations," - TIME OP TIM r. SOLI= PELTS, . The party in favor of mediation and arbitration, and a pposed to a war with America, is evidently growing in strength daily. The Star recites the temperate language of Mr. Lincoln, and pointsout that the Government has not adopted the aot of Captain Wilkes. In relation to the publication of Mr. Seward's despatches, the Star declares that thf people of England have been kept in entire igno rance of the movements. of their Government towards ours. ,4 During nearly half of this period—and that the most critical—not a single despatch was laid before Parliament; not so much co a sentence was published by authority of the British Government ; no one detailed statement was made for the pur pose of casting light upon the amain relations of the two Powers. SY e knew only that Great Britain and France-had agreed to recognize the belligerent rights of the Confederacy. We did not know that that agreement was come to without consultation with Mr. Dallas, -and before the arrival of Mr. Adams. We dui not so much as suspect that it seas at practical response of Prance and England to an offer from the Federal Government to accept the proposal of the Paris Congress with. respect to prtvatecrang. Of these two most im portant facts we were kept injateliganzanes4-natii the information oozed out from the intercourse of American with English citizens ; and they are now authoritatively made public, for the first time, through tho communications of the United States Government to Congress." The Times' pity article says: "The Americans in London belonging to the _Confederate States manifested satisfaction at the intelligence on the 16th, of the proceedingi in Con gress, on the assumption that all prospect of a sur render of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, except under compulsion, has thus been terminated."- The Times says - of Mr. Sesfard's despitishasz ~ We know not how these diplomatic revelations are taken in the United States. We, who, read them here, four thousand miles off, and se ven or eight months- after date, cannot help feeling they are only too much of a piece with the conduct of the war, and, indeed, of the cause. Neither truth nor success, neither conviction nor persuasion—at home or abroad—can ever come of a perpetual attempt to impose not only en the wend, but also, if it be passible, on the speaker and writer himself. Here is a Man who assumes to in struct the entirehuman race as to the ongin, rights, and prospects of the war in the United States, and whose confident assurances as to the dimensions and duration of the war are belied befoiss the words reach the public. Yet on these assurances dose the argument stand. The - belligerents are net to be recognized, because they axe a handful, and their efforts just for a day. Here we stand at the approach of another year, and the war is repre sented by two immense emits—together half a million—looking at one another across the Potomac, and neither able to make the least impression on the others" The Times ridicules and vehemently opposes the plan of arbitration which tne British public is taking up with favor.. THE PALMERSTON MINOR. The report of the death of Lord Palmerston, though early contradicted, mated a great sensa tion is London. A oorrespondent of. the Man chester Guardian Gays: " it is Stlaneeted by same that the MOMS was set afloat for etock•jobbing purposes. But I should not be surprised if it was drat auggeated by the sight of the blinds in all the windows of the broil - front of Cambridge House close drawn, as smart of respect to the dead. Lord Palmerston hut, lam assured, felt - the death of the" Prince with more keenness than any marrow that has befallen the country or himself within the reeolleotion of those most intimate with him," $StdTBB POB Tlis Iid9HYILLB The same correspondent says The Nashville, I hear, either has sailed, or is on the point of sailing, from Southampton._ May the gallant Fegram bare a good deliverance from the Federal cruiser said to bo looking: oat- for . hina outside the channel. That he carried away the same armament from Southampton that he broug,ht in I should not like to bet ; or that the Nashville, as respects trim and top hamper is not better cal culated to brave the Atlantic and the enemy than she was when she burned the Ilarvey Birch,." TES 110YATA 'Anil): OP kgaLLI(D. The preparations for the.sfuneral of the Prince Consort at St. George's,Windsor, were rapidly pro ceeding. The chapel hos been dressed in black cloth. The Queen intends erecting a mausoleum at Frogosisre, near to that of the Duchess of Kent, but much More splendid. • , The Queen, who left Windsor in the strictest privacy,' proceeded through the Slopes 'to the Southwestern station. \Ho person was on the plat form besides Lord Alfred • Paget—not area a royal servant was allowed to be in attendance. The Prince of Wales and Princesses Allee and Helena Recompile; nied her Majesty. As her Majesty will be as secluded as possible whilst at Osborne, more than ens-half of the usual number of royal servants will be tent to Booking ham Palace. Immediately the Queen Left Windsor, the royal standard Wes lowered, and the Union Jack hoisted half mutt high, as the Prince held the nominal officio of Governor or Constable of the Oeatie, The Affair at Sacramento, lieutabky We hare official accounts of this fight.' On Saturday, as a command of one hundred. • and aixtreight men, under Major Murray, of Jack- Mfg regiment, were returning from a recon noissance, they were pursued and surprised by some rebel cavalry at Sacramento. The men made but little resistance, and the gallantry of the officers cost us the services of seve ral of them. General Crittenden sent Colo nel Jackson from Calhoun with Moat five hun dred men, two hundred and sixty of them infantry. with instructions to gather up the one Asters and wounded, and to beat up the enemy. Whenjaek• son reached Sacramento, he learned that the rebels left immediately after the fight, and were past par suit. Be found five of our men killed, and heard of several wounded. Capt. Albert Recant, of Jack son's regiment, was killed; Capt. DWI, ideate. Jouett and Walters, are probably captured. The rebel force was estim atedi at seven hundred.:' • In - addition to the above we have • letter from Owensboro' which states that ident. Bohai H. King, of Owensboro', was wounded, John Joann, from Calhoun, and Phelps, of Oweraboro', killed. This letter places the - Federal lossat tea killed, eight taken prisoner,s and abort tbessima number wounded. •We learn, officlalty , tht forty of the whole party were mining at first., built was hoped that some of them would find their vity into camp. There were eight of the rebels kind, and five taken prisoners. Col...laokaon buried Ur dead, excepting his gallant friend Bacon, whose amain' were taken to Calhoun, from whence the= forwarded to Frankfort. A. Lieut. Cot. of the rebel forte, was among the killed. Sinfle the above amounts were writtoot Irk have had a conventationferith Lieut. J. J. Bobertsof Col. J. S. Jackson's cavalry, who arrived in nit 'City last evening with the romaine of the galleit Cap tain Bacon, who fell in the engagement. Roberta gives us the following partionlaiof the , affair : Barty on Saturday nienung tweestadrooe of Col. Jackson's regiment, under Qumran& of Major Murray, left the vamp near Calho*o . in't scouting expedition serest - Green river.; When they arrived at South Carrolton, am quad runs separated, and the first, rotated to wards Calhoun by way of Sacramento, slwhich place they were surprised by seven inindeserebele under command of Col.Perrester. Oar Ueda were fired upon by the rebels before they werl aware of their :presence, and at first believed thir ware attacked by Major Me wan, of ColonelaSkson'a cavalry, through mistake. The officers, thigh our ranks were broken, rallied the troops: amoon as they discovered the true state of athoutini, for half an hour our officers-and men, withemexecp tiou, displayed the moat heroic valor andeternu nation in a hand- to.hand angagemeneofith bleat -est character, and only retreated wh t . their ammunition gave'out. Our load consisted 1. Capt. Albert tl. Bacon, who had his horse shot km un der him, and was killed iii-thoretreakaa.seven privates. Lieut.' Bor. King,-of, Frankrt, was slightly wounded, aird'seven or eight prima were wounded more or less severely. The• rebel, stated. their loss at thirty when they reached. Greisville. Among the rebels killed was. Lieut. Col Mori wether, of Hopkinaville. The rebels left Capt. Bacon in the wool in a dying condition, haying stripped him of liwatoh. and rifled his. pockets.—Loutiville Tvanm Our ilinoster to the Sultan (From the National Intelligence!..." We translate from the Tournal de Cortanti nople of the 31st of October, 1861.,,thsf.folldng ac count of the official reception, emTneelay l he 221: of October,. of the lien. R. Joy Morris, Ilierleani minister at Constantinople, by , the Suitt. Mr.. Morris addressed his Imperiarlitaiesty inhe fol lowing words: Tho President of the United+ States of tmeriess having designated me to represent the tharnmept of the United States of Arnerica.near youttr.periat Majesty in the character. oE Resident Miter, E have the honor to place in.your hands 'matters of: credential. The President has eonfided° me an the same time the agreeable- duty of bring-to. your Imperial Majesty his-mast cordial °graham 'B On the occasion of. the aesiession of our Ma jesty to the throne of yens- ancestors. The too- vernment and the people of, the United Stem have heard with sincere satialmition of the appy.en thronenient of a sovereign whose benevatt %taf fies and onlightenedf goad offer the hi,est assus canoes for the 'happiness and prespe:g off the Cttoman Empire. The President: has- °barged -me torffer you* Iliajesty the assurance that be will not. Coat mar opportunity that occurs. to demonstrafthe disin terested friendship of the Governmentrthe Uni ted States of America towards that of 2tey, and; his desire to, modify their treaty rela ffoiriasele, ut manner as. to. augment, as much as the comnsereiaiuterests of the two *punkt I felie..qate myself in having bean,q3mt tare, present my Government near the; of jap e __ rial Majesty; and I pray your Wittjasth do me the favor to believe me actuated by MAMA lively desire, in ee far as it depends. uposiayself, to strengthen more and mortrthe good selmas witiott hue always existed, without any infant tion', tm. Moen the two Goierninenta. • At the eonerusion of Mr. Morrie residta, whack were made in French, and rage:Melo by tom, Sultan, the latter eoreseed h eerattdeeAße for the overthrow , of thtezebelliew,-Ind the leterteetrwit of the Union. - - The coning may, Weed, bet pre* its re presentative in Constitutive*, as mei* etr , Unity and honor as forlaiti scholia/4g .~ . ~~~ '~.~;': .~
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