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VOL. 5.-NO. 131.
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
CHEAP SEAL SKITS.,
BLACK' CLOTHS,
HEAVY CLOAKINGS,
' OASSIMERES,
BOYS' WEAR.
COOPER So CONARD,
B. E. CORNER NINTH and MARKET STE
dlAlnvf Im
CLOAKS I CI WAX B I
MAGNIFICENT
FRENCH SILK PLUSH CLOAKS
JEST RECEIVED PER LAST STEAMER.
• FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS
In ending' variety. Also, the largest and beet aasorted
stock of
SEAL SKIN CLOAKS
In the City.
EVERY NEW STYLE; EVERY NEW HATERM.
The very beet lerk, at
PEJOES THAT ASTONISH EVERY ONE.
- IVENS'.
de-Im N0..:13 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
CLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
WATIII . PBO2Y CLOTH OLOABS,
In emileelyarlety,
LIGHT'A.HD DARK OLOTH CLOAKS,
of every ebede ,
• BLACK OLOTH OLOAX.S,
of every quality;
BLACK SILK-VELYET CLOAKS,
ETERT NEW STYLE,
EVERY NEW MATERIAL;
THE LARGEST STOOK •
AND
TKO MOST EXASONABLN MOTS IN THNOTTT
WINS,
ooli N0:23 South NINTH Street.
G REAT BARGAINS
. LADIES , CLOAKS,
To CIOM out,
At the
AtOILFITSEIST CLOAK - AND HANTILLA, STOLE,
M. W. corner TENTH and 680 H Sta.
NOMAN: ' JACOB HOBBFALL. , , ,
11.1e9.taYeer-7_
' Handsome styles of weimade, serviceable gar
meats. The best made, the belt fitting, and the beet
matertaho for the pries. A large stook from which to
Wed. 000PElt A (JONAS%
dela - 8. E. cor..NTNTR and MARKET.
CL OAKS!
The Largest, Obeapeet, and Beet-assorted Stock
hi the city.
HOUGH 3 (10.,
N 0.26 South TENTH Street,
Opposite Nranklin Market.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
COWARISWAIT & CO.,
Have now on hand
' ' . • A LABOR STOCK
of
•
. MUSLINS.
- Which will ho sold st takes
LOWER - THAN THE MARKET RATER.
Also, GREAT BARGAINS IN PRINTS,
2,ooo"yiirds of which will be sold vet* Jw4..6na
PYRE & LANDELL have in store a
full stock of MUSLIN'S, comprising all the Makes
justly celebrated for durability.
- 4.4 Witlll=B , 4llre.
4-4 New York Mills.
4.4 \Yaounde Mills.
- 'Fruit of tee Loom.
12-4 Muslin Sheetinge.
GoMen Flay, Lineue. • '•
Linen 13osuins, Fine Stitch.
PYRE & LANDELL, FOURTE and
J.j AMR, will open, to•day, It large lot of
BALMORAL% UK full length and full width. lids
'HOLIDAY DRESS GOODS.:
Ai-
Tbotoltoidoggoßdsere do*ablefor
Low pticeiLDeLaines and Calicoes.,
Wide English and French Chintzes.
Brilliant Figures new American De Lianas. -
Dressing Gown Stuffs - of Gay Cashmeres.'
Breath Figured De Lanes and Fancy Marine.
Plain Poplins and Rich Style, of Epinglines.
- Plaid Flannels, Bright Broche Dross Goode.
Blankets, Table and Plano COMB, Quilts.
XidGloyes, Warm Silk and Cloth Glove'.
Embroidered Collate and Lace Goods.
Bilk Handkerchiefs, French Linen Cambric Hdkfit
Black Bilk Cravats, Scarfs, and Neck Ties.
Plain and Finley Bilks, Bich- Black Bilks.
Blanket Shawls, Broche Morino Shawls.
. „ .BtfABPLEBB DittiTHEBB,-
dell , l
- CHESTNUT and EIGHTH *Testa
HOLIDAY .I.I3,ESENTS.'
Detainee, at Um cents; Calicoes, 12,4; cents.
11114 sad Ginty Silk.Kandkeroblefe. _
- Neek-Thes;, Gloves, Gents' Shawls.
Mow' and Shawlain *Arial%
Nice sasortment of Dress Goods. •
. Italmoral Shirts la great variety, at
J. H. STOKES',
,702 Asoll Street. ,
N. 8.-sin band, lack-straws and Solitaires, made by ,
and sold for an inyalicL They aro nice games as well as
presents, and any one would confer a favor by purchas
ing the tome:- della
ANY, CLOAKINGS.
Brown and Black Sealskin, 75c to 111.50.
' Cheap heavy Coatings and Cloaking's -
Bine Black Cloths and Beavers.
Gotid stock 9usatmeres at old price&
COO rEE k CONAB D,
dOl4 B. E cor. NINTH and MARKET
HOUSE FURNISHING DRY
GOODS.—SHERPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, &
ADDISON, Importers and Dealers in .Llsen, and Come
Tarnishing Dry Good', etc.
Have now on hand nfnit assortment of Linen Sheeting,
Table Cloths, Napkins, Table, Mayer Towelling, eto.,
etc., hisperted ender the old tariff, or bought a great sao•
MOW . •
- N.B.—Vire per Cent illowal on purchases is above, If
odd for on dollrery. =CV
CONTINUE TO SELL UM-
W. I *,JANVARY let, our entire stock of
BLANK TS at the old prices.
. . .
Wlil oren.TUIS DAY • large "'tech of ell Wool Flan
nels.
Oni2B cent White Flannels ere the beet In the city.
Very bindeeme neat styles DeLanlee at 18,tic
scene dark grounds, all Wool, at 81 'Aunt 87 cents. .
, • 00WPERTHWAIT a 00,,
- N. W. corner 'EIGHTH and MARKET.
HOLIDAY GOODS
I:II[OLID.A.Y GOODS FOR HOLY
-11 DAY PSESESiTS.
What would make a wore useful breeent than
• HANDSOME DRESS, -.
A. HANDSOME SHAWL, or
• " A HANDSOME °LOAN'?
Jut 'received foam New York, a large wilmitment of
Neer Goodk satiable for •
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
-1 LOT MOIRE 'ANTIQUES, at 500., -
An enormous loss to the importer.
Beautiful Taney Silks for the Holidays.
1 lot handsome Velvet flounced Botise, at lees than the
coat of Importation.
1 lot donbleowidth.Printed Cubmerei Vigo., never
before sold too than 50e.
CHOICE 'DRESS GOODS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
' Newest and most deatrablelttyles of -
. CLOAKS 'AND /MCGHEE!.
Da pieces -Merrimack and English-Ohhattes at 12Nc.,
worth 13,tfe.ha first bands.
CHEAP BLANKETS -AND FLANNELS.
• New Ysoor.COSsoereCami Bich Velvet Vesting! at
, lam pricer. , H. STEEL A SON,
'MO ' No, 1111 North TENTH Street, above Oates.
11011[ANGINC , VASES.
AJIL Ornament&ll - newer Pole. ' -
Parlor I r ene for Growing Flowery.
NAM, for Jardiniere.
resteetele with Yen for Plower".
Antique Ts)les for Mantels.
Tesmilmealasenee for Parlor,
" /Matto and Terri Cotta Tema
' Lase Flower Pots and Yaws.
Garden iresee and Pedestals.
Brackets for Busts and Figura.
With ii.creat minty. of erttelts , suitable for Christ
maspreemie, for eshkretalt and to, the trade.
Wareroums 1010 011ESTRIPT N'oeet, Philadelphia.
nail - . S. A. HARRISON.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1862 .
LETTER FROM LONDON.
Foreign Correspondence of ~ The Press."
LONDON, December 21, 1861
Two subjects engross public attention le this
country now, perhaps I might correctly say in
Europe, also : the affair of the Trent and the death
of Prince Albert.
The impression is that the American Governm'ent
will not comply with the British demand to sur
render the Southern Ambassadors, Mr. Mason and
'Mr. Slidell, yet that the affliction and infliction of
war with the United States will he evaded ,and
avoided, somehow. At first, the cry " The British
flag dishonored by a Yankee captain," raised by
the Government papers, was undoubtedly echoed all
over the country—except in Ireland, where Eng
land's interests are very hostilely regarded—and a
general feeling that war must ensue, as undoubtedly
arose. Bat the feeling has gradually abated, and a
hope is generally entertained that the affair will bo
amicably settled, after all. How is the difficulty ;
for no ono expects that the United States wilt have
the good sense to deliver up the two worthless units
of humanity whose arrest has caused the trouble,
and it is understood that Palmerston, who is the
real .ruler of the land, is resolved not to listen to
any proposal for settling the question by arbitra
tion. It is understood, also, that Prussia and Rus
sia ate willing to act as mediators, separately or to
gether—but the objection is that Prussia is too little
of a maritime Power to understand the bearings of
the case (!) and that Russia is avowedly friendly to
the United States. France, it is said, assents to
the general principles assumed by England in this
matter. Belgium might be accepted, by England,
as a mediator—but King Leopold is uncle to Queen
Victoria, which might warp his judgment. Hol
land, Spain, and Austria, are said to favor the
American view of the cane.
Lord Lyons is stated to have received instruc
tions to narrow his demands, in courteous language,
into the smallest minimum—so as to obtain au imme
diate answer from the American Government, and
save oven a week of procrastination. The objoot of
this is to enable Palmerston to declare war with
America before Parliament reassembles. It a
wow UM occur during the Parliamentary session,
it would be impossible to commence hostilities, in
the Queen's name, without obtaining Legislative
sanction. In 1857, Lord Palmerston commenced
the war with China, during the recess, and when
Parliament reassembled a vote of condemnation on
his policy was passed. Give him opportunity to
declare war with America, and he will risk Parlia
ment's backing him up. He is belligerent, proba
bly because he was Secretary of War during twen
ty-one years, Bad glories in fishing in troubled
waters. Moro than. that, as it is the etiquette of
the Muter who engages England in a war to be
allowed to carry her through it, he may not object
to thus securing himself in office. This is a hard
view,—but many politicians hero do not hesitate to
vow it as theirs.
Should war ensue, it will commence at ones, Pal
merston knowing that when regularly catered into
it, or at all events, with his majority in the House
of Commons, Parliament will endorse him. Cob
den will pfetest, if his health enable him to resume
his prominent position / in the House, and Bright
certainly will. 'Bright's resent speech at Roohdalo,
against the war, is looked upon here as the most
eloquent oration since Canning's great speech in
1826, on the occasion of his recognising the inde
pendence of the South American Republics. Me
thinks it finer, for it is full of fads as well as argu
ments. -in truth, Canning was too much of a rhe
toritician. Bright, with less scholarship, makes a
more telling speech. Bright believes what he
says—Canning wanted the true earnestness which
self-conviction bestows. In 1854, Bright and Cob
den protested against England's going out of her
way, to play Napoleon's game, by joining in the
war upon Russia. Had their advice been taken,
England would have been saved an expenditure of
one hundred million pounds sterling, and the loss,
of forty thousand soldiers. Yet, it would not sur
prise me •to hear,-were there a general election
now, of the electdra of Birmingham turning against
Bright, and not re-eleoting him. Yon must know
thatßirmingliant largely manufactures arms and
any accoutrements, and a war would be highly
ttoceptable to them on account of the employment
it would give, and the profits it must yield.
In a abort time, if things proceed favorably,
Bright will be one of the richest men in the Mouse
of Commons—not an unpleasing prospect for a pub
lic man not yet fifty years old. It seems that,
three years ago, ho and some of his friends pur
chased the Dyliffe and Dyfngym lend and copper
mines, in Oardlganalairo, Wales, for £24,000. Tho
first of these yields a clear profit of £l,OOO a month,
and the other of £2OO. As the money is mado it is
expended in explorations and working, and the
yield will be immense, beyond any expeotation,
it is said. Bright bought his friends out very soon;
and is about leaving cotton.spinning and devoting
himself to mining. It is expected that, in six
years, his profits will be £lOO,OOO a year, or these
shouts.
Mysterious hints in The Ttmes seem to shadow
out, either that the Prince of Wales is to obtain
position, in some responsible way, in the governing,
of the empire, or that ho has been a little " fast" at
Cambridge, and wants pidling in. The latter can
scarcely be the case, for' all accounts speak of liis
steady habits and good morals. It is odd, now that
ho is no more, how the newspapers, which attacked
Prince Albert in 1854 and in 1857 for meddling
with public affairs and interfering with his wife
about them, now praise him for " the assistance
which, not only daily but almost, hourly, his prae
tmal good sense gave her Majesty during many
years.V The fact is, I hear, that the Queen was
frequently annoyed by his persistent interfe
rence with her routine duties, and therefore
encouraged ,him to employ his • time in pa
tronizing.' Exhibitions, presiding at milli° meet
ings, and laying tho foundation stones of publiti
buildings. Still, he was of essential service, I
doubt not, in correcting, by his prudence and
common sense, the flightiness of Victoria's charac
ter. It would be a sort of misprision of treason for
any one to say so hero, in print, but the general im
pression is that Victoria has what is figuratively
called "a bee in her bonnet," and that, all through
her reign, she has Leaded, some mind stronger then
her own to guide her. Perhaps this was the reason
why, from her accession in Juno, 1837, to her mar
riage in February, 1840, Lord Melbourne was near
ly domiciled in Buckingham • Palace or Windsor
Castle, Which made Punch record as a remarkable
event that, once in a certain year, smoke had boon
- seen to• ascend-from the kitchen-chimney of his
Lordship's house in South street.. Considering the
.ropated atato of her mind, and the necessity of hav
ing it gently controlled by some strong influence,
perhaps the meaning of the hints about the Prince
of Wales may be ascertained=-it is hoped that he
will be steady and serious, so as to take his father's
place in directing the Queen. When it is remem
bered in what condition of mind her grandfather
passed the last ten years of his reignithe proba
bility of such direction being needed will readily
be apprehended.
For ten years past, there has been no kind feel
ings between Albert and Palmerston. The latter
strongly remonstrated against the Prince's making
a point of being present, and of interfering, when
ever he had an audience with the Queen on publio
business. Further, at the end of 1851, being then
Foreign Secretary, under Lord John Russell, he
positively refused to alters Prince Albert to revise,
or even to inspect, his despatches to British ambas
sadors abroad. There was quite a contest about
it, then, and during the Russian War, Queen Vic
toria unwillingly siding with her husband, as ho
made a personal matter of it. Palmerston carried
his point so far as to have his despatches pass di
rectly into the Queen's handl. No doubt, the
Prince subsequently saw them there., Palmerston's
pertinacity made Prince Albert inimical, to his
dying day. Lord John Russell, to curry favor
at Court, sided with Albert, fixed a quarrel
on Palmerston, because ho had written a private
note to Lord Normandy, at Pule, approving of
Napoleon's coup d'etat, deolared that this was an
usurpation of the Royal functions, and compelled
him to resign office. During the Russian War, when
it was charged on the Prince, by the Liberal news
'papers, that ho was counselling the Queen to back
up the neutrality of Prussia—" supporting Ger
man intereats," was the term used—the popu
lace actually hooted the Prince in the streets of
London, and ministers had to give tho strongest pos-
Eible denial, in Parliament, to the ohargo. But,
ittime, at last, sots all things oven," and three
months after that, Palmerston had the pleasure of
overthrowing.. Lord John and his whole Cabinet.
After that, too, in 1855, when Lord John awfully
blundered es special envoy to the Conference of
Vienna, on the Russian War, Palmerston compelled
bim to resign the Colonial Seals, and employs him
now as an underling. It is absurd to see seine of
the papers mentioning the " deep sorrow" of Lord
Palmerston at Albert's death. Most likely ho is not
sorry at getting rid of an intermeddler.
The dead Prince will bo privately interred the
day niter to•morrow. Ho Wits a well-disposed man,
quiet and cautions, and a good husband and father.
He knew something about many things—but knew
few things thoroughly. Thus, he etched a little,
poetized a little, wrote a little, sang a little, and so
on. The public speeches, written for him by other
persons, were committed to heart if chart—were
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6; 1862.
road from paper when long. Ile never caught the.
English aocent. The adulation heaped upon him
by the press generally is sickening and nearly
unanimous. The only journal which has attempted
to analyze his character, in an Impartial man
nor, is The Critic, a literary paper of high
character and no small independence. It com
bats the magniloquent- assertion of the The Times
that, by Prince Albert's death, "tile nation has
sustained the greatest loss that could,posribly have
fallen upon it," but says the real loss is to the
Queen, of him who was so well able to counsel her.
It says, "Of the personal °hareems of the Prince
Consort much need not be said. If he was cold in
his manner, his sincerity of heart was proved be
yond all doubt; and if he was economical, oven to
penuriousness, in his monetary transactions, he
never lost sight of the interest of those who wore
faithful to his service. His reserve may be fully ac
counted for by the peculiar position in which ho.was
placed ; his economy was, no doubt, a part of his edu
cation. It was a peculiarity which resulted from his
personal quali: ies that, though ho was the first pa
tron of the Arts m this country, artists wore not
personally ambitious of his patronage; and, al
though the future fate of the great schemes which
he devised for educating the taste of this country is
yet uncertain, we shall not be surprised if at some
time not very far removed, the House of COIIIIIIOI3§
is informed that the Art Scheme, like the Edema
tion Scheme, is too expensive, and so, little by little,
under the warmth of Ministerial coonomy r. the
Prince Consort's favorite edifices will melt awAy'art
if they were palaces built of ice." It adds, what is
for the first time assorted, "that up to the time of
his death, tho Prince Consort raised his voice ener
getically against the baste with which England is
rushing into a war with the United States—an event
which be denounced as subversive of her interests,
dangerous to the real sources of her power, and
certain to ho advantageous only to the despotic,
Powers of Europe. Whether that view was right
or wrong, ouch, wo believe, was the faith in which
the Prime Consort died."
Throughout England, on the day of the funeial,
business will be almost generally suspended. Re
spect for the loss sustained by the Queen and her
children is very great. An old Londoner, who has
just called upon me, recollects that the burial•day
of George the Fourth was joyously kept as a merry
holiday. It will bo different now. ALMA..
Off Savannah.
[From our Spatial Correspcindeuta . •
I. S. STEAMED. WYANDOTTE,
OFF TYDEE ISLAND, GA., Deo. 25, 1861
Having gone into commission on the 3d of De
cember, we weighed anohor from Ellts' Island, in
New York harbor, on the 13th inst. The Wyan
dotte is one of the purchased steamers, originally
the Westeln Port, roasting between Now York
and Charleston. She is a mew propeller, of 464
tone, with a battery of four 325, and a 24-pound
howitzer on the foreoastle, and is in command of
Lieutenant Commanding It. M. MeArann, a Phila.
delphian_by birth, who has seen over twenty years'
service. After arriving in Port Royal harbor, we
wore detailed for service hero, and oarno to anther
on Saturday morning last. Found hero steamers
Seminole and Henry Andrews, and gunboat Pem
bina, and have been subsequently joined by the_
Pawnee and Ottawa.
Went on shore on Tuesday, in Company with
Acting .Master M. D. Carpenter, Dr. Burlingham,
Paymactor Hoy, and Chief Engineer Carr, and re
ported ,to General Wright, oortimanding.the Donee
encamped on the island. The fort on Tybee Island
is a ‘, Martello" tower, pierced for heavy guns, and
built of a oomposition of sand, cement, and fine sea
shells, forming a solid mass, almost impiegnalde.
The indentation of a shot on the harbor front le
scarcely diseernible, so repellant is the material.
The walls aro of
. great thickness, and the position
commending. The Seventh Connectiout and forty
fifth Now 'fork aro encamped in the vicinity, and
are actively engaged in throwing up additional
earthworks and mounting heavy guns; the
ordnance department is well supplied with the ne
cessary stores.
We waded through the sand ankle deep, passing
gangs of men with picks and Shovels, and were
making our way to the surgeon's quarters when we
halted on a high point of land, a saudhill of Rata
rat formation, commanding a beautiful view of the
bay and fleet at anchor. Looking towards Pori
Pulaski a volume of smoke obscured it for any
etent, and almost immediately a whirr through the
air, in the viomity where we stood, gave us plainly
to understand that tbo rebels bad chosen this poeu
'lbw mode of transmitting their congratulations upon
the safe arrival of the Tiryandod, he - olliaChi and
men. The shell, for rifled shell it was, struck the
beach, about fifty yards from us, and buried itself
in the sand without exploding. Chief Engineer
Carr succeeded in dislodging it, after a neatest with
ono of the troops for its custody, and carried it to
the cutter In triumph. Usually, but ono sentinel
occupies this point of land; end with strong glasses
from the fort, and a setting sun striking directly
upon our little party, we were, no doubt, rendered
conspicuous, and selected as a target. The beach
is marked with stakes, showing the range of the
guns, and evidencing considerable proolsion in
firing.
The British steamer Fingal , which ran the
blockade last spring, and has been in Confederate
waters silloo then, is reported by one of the United
States vessels which has recently returned from
a reconnoissance, to be in readiness for a aoeond at
tempt. She is said to be laden with cotton and
rioe, and to have a oonsiderablo amount of spook,
on board; a prize worth taking certainly.
"But God is Over All."
[For Tile Prem..)
Night closes in with threat'ning skies,
And hoarsely moans tho gale;
Without, the trees like spectres rise, .
Encased in wintry mail ;
From glowing grates we turn, to think
On whom these rigors fall,
And wbo their deathly cup shall drink—
But God is over ail!
How fare they in the distant camp—
The father, brother, son 7
Oh, many brows with death are damp,
With many life is done
Oh, mothers, wives, distraught with fears,
Lest your beloved should fall,
Remember, in this rain of tears,
That God is over elf!
No base ambitions quickened these;
They saw but Freedom's need ;
No dreams of flow'ry paths of ease,
No bribe but valer's•rueed ; _
And some shall win the hero's grave,
- The battle smoke their pall;
But honor dwells where fall the bravo,
And God is over all!
How nobler these, than they who fought,
And fell, in ancient time!
For in this strife shall be outwrougbt
A purpose void of crime ;
Base men have filled, and hid us drink,
A cup o'erbrlmmed with gall,
And forge new fetters, link by link—
But God is over all !
Where thickest falls war's leaden rain,
And on its crimson sea,
They closely press, and fight again
- The battles of the free
And many are the deaths they dare,
From hurtling shell and ball,
Which make their awful music:there—
But God is over all
Remember, ye who watch the night
With dimming eyes, and pain,
That he who gives his life for Right,
His death shall not be vain;
Him shall men know as Freedom's son,
When they his deeds recall,
Who had unfaltering trust in Ono
Whose care is over all.
Jan. 1, 1862. M. H. Conn.
TUE GERMAN SOCIETr.—The 87th annual
meeting of the German Society took plane a few
days since. The receipts during the last year
amounted to $3,626.88 (treading a balance of
$018.92 of the previous year,) and the expenditures
to $3,903.47, leaving a cash balance of $223.41 at
the end of the year. The society has invested part
of its capital in tho building No. 18 South Seventh
street, part of which is rented to the Philadelphia
Gas Company at an annual rent of $1,250; the rest
of $7,707 being invested in mortgages, city loans,
and Lehigh loans. The agent of the society visited
over 2,000 persona applying for assistance; he re
commended 1.913 for support, provided employ
ment for 255, and procured the admission of 12 per
sons to the hospital. About 300 persons obtained
medicines at the expense of the society; the medi
cal assistance having been rendered gratuitously by
Drs. Bournonville, Demme, Bullring. Hatfield, He
ring' Lichen, Miller, Mohring, 'Horwitz, Neidhardt,
and Winkler.
The library of the society contains 11,363 volumes,
of which 6,910 are in Bngliah and 6,444 in German;
15,614-volumes (8,011 in German and 7,803 in Eng
lish) were loaned to the members during the year.
Chas B: Lex, 'Esq., is chairman of the Library
Committee, and G. Seidensticker, Esq., is the
The society contained 370 members at the
end of thd year. The following gentleman were
elected as lioasA of Managers: President, N. Koh
lerdsamp '
• ir lee president, Gee. II:. `Ziegler; secre
taries, J. T. Plato and Julius Hein; solicitor,
Frederick Meyer; treasurer, Lewis Bremer; mana
gets, S. H Bibitrhaus, H. Frnnk, L Herbert, J.
bobakndein, J. C. Steiner, end Henry Vigo.
'TEE REBELLION.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
FORT PICKENS AGAIN OPENS FIRE.
THE REBELS SILENT.
The Rebel Army of the Potomao.
ITS DEMOBALLZATION AGINOWLEDGED
MORE DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN DIFFE
RENT PARTS OF THE SOUTH.
COL. CORCORAN, AND OTHER PRISONERS,
SENT TO COLUMBIA, B. C
A DEFUNCT WASITINGTON EDITOR ACTING
AS REBEL SECRETARY OF STATE.
A Northern View of Federal Operations
',AFFAIRS IN NEW ORLEANS.
Shelling of a Rebel Battery on
the Lower Potomac.
EXCITEMENT IA WESTERN Nr/RMtirl&
• &0., &C., &c.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Another Fight at Fort Pickens--Fighting
.- in South Carolina—Acknowledged De
' moralization in Beauregard's Army—
Burning of the Richmond Theatre—
The Fire at Nashville.
By the steamer Adelaide, is large number of
Richmond papers of date up to Friday morning
wore received at Baltimore. We extract from thorn
a great amount of important and interesting news ;
From Pensacola—A Confederate Steamer
Fired into from Fort Wickens—General
'Bragg Responds.
MOBILE, Jan. I.—A Confederate steamer going
from Pensacola to the navy yard was fired upon
from the batteries of Fort Pickens. Gen. Bragg's
batteries replied, and the firing was continued at
last accounts.
- The Richmond Dispatch of Friday says the Con
federate batteries replied to Piokeus, and the firing
Continued all day. No vessels were engaged on
either side, and no casualties occurred with us.
Gen. Bragg was absent, but Gen. Anderson was in
command. Gen. Bragg returned on the 2.1, but the
Federals did not renew the attack, and our guns
wore elitist.
From the South Carolina Coast.
'Annum, January 2.—Private despatches re
ceived from Pocataligo, dated on yesterday, state
that the Federate attempted an advanoo from Port
Royal Ferry, but were repulsed by the Fourteenth
Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, under
command of Colonel Jones. The Confederate loss
' wee fifteen killed and wounded. One Yankee was
taken prisoner, but their loss is not otherwise
stated. General Leo has informed Jeff Davis that
' he is confident of his ability to prevent the &de
l. rale from advancing on Charleston or Savannah.
Fighting in South Carolina—the Isabel
,Runs the Blockade.'
_ Cnivir.rarox, S. C., Jan 2.—Fighting on the
coast commenced yesterday. Thirty-five hundred
of the enemy landed on the main, near Port Royal
. Ferry. They were mot with the bayonet by two
_regiments of our troops. The Yankees fled pro
tt ospitately, thr,awing away their arms as they ran.
They were driven into their boats. The howitzers
,' on their boats opened fire on our troops, killing
six and wounding twelve South Carolinians. The
enemy's loss is about the same.
I , To-day the enemy landed in much larger force,
at the same place. General. Gregg's brigade fell
back a short distance to an eligible position. Tho,
pickets were skirmishing all day.
The enemy design an attack on the railroad and
"ssnot avoid a battle.
- The steamship Ella Warely, formerly the Isabel,
.groin Nassau, ran the blockade and arrived at
Ilbarleston at daylight this morning. She was
I . Clamed and ineffectually shelled by the blockaders.
She brings a valuable assorted cargo and passengers,
I - inoliading_ Mr. Bisble, formerly a delegate in the
SViaghtla Legislature from the city of Norfolk. -Mr.
7,-Dielat iagjearer of importantdespatehes from Mr.
ktiM^ 'ey,:flad hatiratarted for, Richmond,— ,
Condition of ti , Rebel Army—Drunken
mess of the O fficers and Demoralization
Among the Men. /
[Froze the Richmond Examiner of Thursday, Jan. 2.J
THE CORD/710N OF ORR ARMIES.
The present condition of our army is a canes of
severe and painful anxiety. The courage of our
troops is not abated, the eagerness for the fray is
not relaxed, and yet demoralization is creeping in,
I wo fully believe, from the insane and reckless!ne
' gleet of the Government to sustain and to cultivate
the spirit of our soldiery.
There is too much drunkenness among the officers
on the Potomac, and too mush vacant idling among
the mon. We aro informed, as a positive faot, that,
in the majority of the army on the Potomac, the
practice of regimental drills has fallen into complete
disuse, This alone would be sufficient to domoralizo
any army in circumstances such as ours. The drill
is not only essential for schooling the soldier ; it
fulfils other vastly important and essential par
poses (It develops and educates the physique,
fortifies the soldier against disease, and, what is per
haps the most impOrtant moral consideration of all,
gives him occupation for a portion of his time each
day, and protects him, at least measurably, against
that canker-worm of the army--ennui. What can
be predicted but utter demoralization for an army
whose oondition is that of tens of thousands of men,
living in utter idleness, grovelling in their tents,
with no other occupation than what is afforded by
the greasy pack of cards, that is the inevitable in
mate of every tent, or the yellow-covered novel,
whose wretched and perhaps filthy entertainment
has more than once gone the rounds of the com
pany.
We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that the
army is becoming .a name of terror and dread to
th o minds of our citizens. Tho newspapers are still
filled' with advertisements of bonuses for "substi
tutes," although the War Department has adopted
a rule restricting the number of substitutions to
one in each company. The rates paid for substi
tutes aro enormous. Wo are informed that they
average from two hundred to two hundred and fifty
dollars;
and we have been told of a recent instance
where fifteen hundred dollars was paid for the
prompt prochrement of' a substitute to take the
place of a private suddenly constrained to leave
the army. Evidence stares us in the face of the un
willingness of men to accept the life of famine,
dirt, and vacant idleness in the army. Richmond
is filled with'aoldiers -who have come out of the
hospitals, or who have got hereon some pretence or
other, applying for discharges, and striving and
wriggling s in all sorts of ways to get out of the
army. It was but a few days ago that a soldier,
discharged from -one of the hospitals hero, com
mitted suicide rather than be constrained to return
to the army.
There is no unwillingness among our young men
to serve their country. There are thousands who
would willingly go, with their lives on their alcoves,
to battle with the enemy, and to attest a devoted
and courageous patriotism, but who dread to betake
themselves to the wretched, half-fed life of dirt,
vacancy, and idleness, in the maps. This is the
restraint upon volunteering. The Government will,
in vain, essay to remove it by a bounty law for re
enlistments—the provision of which, by the way,
for company reorganization, bas already, we under
stand proved a fruitful source of intrigue and de
moralization in our army—without other Measures
that will reach to the root of the evil. The au
thorities at Richmond may assure themselves that,
as long as the health of the army is neglected, and
it is maintained in its dirty, sluggard condition, the
drills neglected, the half rations of commissaries
winked at, the rowdyism of officersmissed over, and
the vacancy and idleness of ~ a defensive policy"
held out as rewards to volunteering, the army will
not be filled and replenished but from few ()lasses
of our people.
Why was it that when our soldiers were daily
dying by hundreds the Government did not show
the common humanity of the small measure of in
stituting a medical commission to examine the
camps, and, if possible, check the progress and
ravages of disease? Why was it that, when the
Government had control of the whole lino of trans
portation from the Carolinas and Louisiana to the
depots at-Manassas and Centreville, and could have
bought sugar in New Orleans at three cents, It per
mitted our army to suffer for months for rico, sugar,
and molasses,
and winked at the practice of buying
sugar from the sutlers+ at forty cents a pound ?
Why le it that to-day the Government rocks not
what it reads, turd tolerates habits of intemperance
among officers and the disuse of regimental drills
in our army on the Potomac? All these tugs of
omission and negligence, which have contributed to
the demoralization of our army, might have bean
avoided. It is not too late to repair them.
We are firmly convinced that the reform of the
condition of our army with a wise and firm hand
and tbo holding out of rewards, not to avarice or
Idleness, but to the true patriotio enthusiasm of our
ountry in the prospeot of an active military policy
and of a share of military glory, will provide the
best security for re-enlistment and the most suc
cessful stimulant to volunteering. We aro as firmly
convinced that no other measures will restore the
spirit of the volunteer and the enthusiasm of the
country.
[From the Richmond Dispatch of 2d lest ]
Removal of Yankee Prisoners.
COLOMBIA, S. C., Jan. I.—All the Yankee pri
soners from Charleston, including Colonel Corcoran,
arrived hero this afternoon in a special train. They
were mot at the depot by the Rebel Guard, of this
tity, and conducted to jail.
Western Virginia.
Intelligence from Western Virginia represents
bat many of the best citizens of Raleigh and Fay
' ate counties have had to abandon their homes and
leek refuge in Monroe, in consequence of the ma
ngos perpetrated by invading parties of Yankees.
Some,
having been captured by the foo, refused to
take the degrading oath of allegiance, and wore
sent to Columbu s Ohio. The people of our western
'unties are in a high state of excitement, and are
' irging .the Government to send more troops for
heir protection.
McClellan and the Lincoln Congress.
'.. It is currently reported that a movement is on
. loot in the 'Washington Congress to supersede Gone
;al McClellan by the Massachusetts lawyer, Na-
thaniel P. Banks. They compfain that McClellan
is too Blow, and they want a commander why will
respond to the popular clamor for an onward move
ment. The Yankees have been eight months ertA
gaged in the work of subjugating the Routh, but
aro still as far from accomplishing Mgr purpose as
they were at the outset. We do not vender, there
fore, at their impatience.
The Surrender of Messrs. Mount anti
A despatch received in offrolal quarters stater that
the Baltimore Sun, of December 30, publishes
Seward's communication to Lord Lyons, releasing
Messrs. Meson and Slidell. The wily Abolition
Secretary says they are yielded' to claims intrinsi
cally just, and in conformity with American doc
trines.
The Georgia Troops
The General Assembly of Georgia. has passed an
act authorizing all volunteers and other troops in
the service from that State to vote at all elections,
without reference to the place where they may be
in service at the time of suoh elections.
Re-enlistment of Troops
We feel perfectly justified in saying, from in
formation in our possession, that fully seven eighths
of the Virginia troops now in service will•re-enlist
when their present terms expire.
Anna' of a Vessel from Havana at Mobile.
A schooner arrived at Mobile, Alabama, on the
27th ult., from Havana, bringing s cargo of coffee,
sulphur, medicines, &c. The blockading fleet saw
her as she mime into port, but Couldn't catch her.
Good seamanship and good pilotage brought her
through.
The War on the Seacoast.
We tako tho following from tho Charleston Mr
tray of the 30th ult.
Although matters aro getting quite brisk along
the neighboring coast, there does not seem to•be•
that imminence of battle which was believed} a•
few days ago, to exist. On Saturday Major Gene••
ral Lee and staff visited Brigadier General Evans'
military district, and spent the entire day with the ,
hero of the "Stone Bridge" and of Leesburg,
making observations in that quarter. Tho ene
my's gunboats are still in sight of White Point, but
it is believed that this point of the inland commu
nication hes been occupied by the enemy for the
purpose of more cffectually blockading us. The
Yankees believe that our commissioners and many
valuable cargoes have found exit in this direction.
One of their amusements consists in shelling the•
residences of the planters, on both sides of the
streams, and if their practice was even tolerable,
much property would thus be destroyed. Bftt,
fortunately, their gunner 7 is so bad that as many
as twenty shells are sometamesfired at a large horse
before " a hit" is made. Another less expensive
game is the killing of cattle with long-range rifles,
and then sending the' barge ashore with an armed'
party to recover the " spoils."
On Sunday morning, two of the enemy's gun
boats approached White Point, and, after firing
several shells at General Evans' pickets, retired.
The steamer Planter ran out to sea a short dis•
tame on Sunday afternoon to reconnoitre, and. en
countered one of the blockading steamers: A num
ber of shots were exchanged. Those of the enemy
fell short, but ono of the shots from the Planter is
believed to have taken effect. This probably ac-.
counts for the heavy firing which was heard yester
day afternoon.
It was-mentioned on the street yesterday that the
enemy's gunboats had been sounding Stone Inlet
and placing buoys in the channel.
At station No. 2, as elsewhere on the Charleston
and Savannah Railroad, everything wears a busy
impact, and the soldiers are very anxious for a brush
with the Yankees.
This port was blockaded yesterday by a steamer,
a bark, and a schooner, the last supposed• to be a
merchantman.
Texas Items.
Tho Galveston Civilian of the 18th ult. says :
Last night's mail brought us advioes-from the
Rio Grande to tho effect that a Lincoln steam pro
pallor bud arrived, and was blockading the river.
Sho had captured and burned a schooner,
The fight was still progressing at Matamoros,
The State Gazette learns that a fire broke out in
Georgetown, on the night of the 9th itiet., which
destroyed property to the amount of 883,00. No
insurance.
The dipthoria is prevailing to an alarming:and,
fatal extent in the Dallas region. -
The Houston Telegraph remarks
Our friends at Galveston are In-considerable of 'a
stew over the report that Governor Lubbock had,
written to General Hebert recommending the de
struetiort of Galveston if the pity could. not be de
fended.
The Paris Advocate Bays that tholin.houses• of
R. M. Hopkins, Esq., and G. Murray, Biq, were•
burned a week or two ago, together.witb, 150 hales,
of cotton.
A Year Closing under Gloomy. Auspices.
and Opening with Evil Tidings.
(Prom the Richmond Examiner of January 2.]
The year closed under gloomy auspices ; with a
cheek at Eranesville, and a rumored disaster in
Missouri. The year which yesterday began has
opened with evil tidings. We fear that there is no
doubt of the fact that the Northern Uhion has con
sented to the surrender of Masoir and Slidell; and
with that event all hope of an immediate alliance'
between the Southern Confederacy and Groat Bri
tain must cease.
Under, etlia,r ojseEttgultgOgoa .wq,ntietolotlEtt,*
consolation for the , ass byteadoilug e ineffacea
ble disgrace that fella on the enemy. , Never, slue@
the humiliation of the Doge and Senate, or (Amon
before the footstool of Timis XIV., has any nation
consented to a degradation so deep. If Lincoln and
Seward intended to give them up at a menace, why,
their people will ask, did they evercepture the am
bassadors? Why the exultant hurrah over the event
that went up from nineteen millions of throats?
Why the glorification of Wilkes? Why the coward
insults to two unarmed gentlemen, their close im
prisonment, and the bloodthirsty movements of
Congress in their regard? But moot of alt, why did
the Government of Lincoln indulge a full Cabinet
with, a unanimous resolution that, under no cir
cumstances, should the United States surrender
Messrs. Mason and Slidell? Why did they en
courage the popular sentiment to a similar position ?
The United States Government and people swore
the great oath to stand on the ground they had
taken; the American eagle was brought out; he
screeched his loudest soreeoli of defiance—then
iillropt like a crayon cock Me conquered wing,"
at the first growl of the lion. This is the attitude
of the enemy. It would greatly console us to con
template him, did we not know thatno new exhibi
tion of insolence and cowardice could sink him
lower in the world's estimation. Tho United States
has lost no character by an exhibition of poltroonery
as yet unknown in the diplomacy of other nations.
That country had already sunken beneath the
reach of infamy. The only charge of bayonets
made during the war by Lincoln's soldiers was that
of Fairfax'® marines on Miss Slidell; and the sur
render of her father at the first menace of Groat
Britain will create neither more disgust nor further
surprise.
Nor can wo hope for a popular revulsion in the
Northern people against the folly and pusillanimity
of their rulers. People and rulers are alike. It is
only in the sentiment of England that wo can mini a
ray of encouragement. It is certain that the British
wanted war ; that they were confident of getting it ;
and that they will be bitterly disappointed at the
unsatisfactory result. Now, this result, though ap
parently due to the lily livers of the Yankees, is
partially attributable to the managemont of the
Palmerston Ministry. That Cabinet gave Seward
and Lincoln the chance of humiliation, when it
could have taken redress with the high-hand, and
shut the door to apology by recalling Lyons, send
ing home Adams, and setting the British fleet at
once in full sail for the scene of action. The Pal
merston Ministry is the friend of the North, end is
directly antagorustioal to the majority of the Bri
tish nation. On these data we venture the prophe
cy that in less than three months this ministry will
fall from power.
Whenever it does so, we may anticipate immedi
ate intervention by Great Britain in the affairs of
this continent. The inclinations and interests of
that people are so closely united on this one point
that we do not hesitate to declare the result a mo
ral necessity. But, for some time, we may be left
alone in this quarrel. Let us not repino,_though
the task bo heavy on the arm. If we would re
spect ourselves, consolidate our nationality, insure
our future independence, and transmit a herolo
memory to posterity, we must prove to ourselves
and to all others that' our own unaided strength is
sufficient for our own redemption, If it is not,
there remains one resolution by which every citi
zen that is worthy , of freedom can avoid the sight of
its extinction and the spectacle of his country's
ruin—to die in the lost ditch of their defense.
Anticipated Federal Attack
The Richmond Dispatch of Friday says :
A private despatch was received yesterday from
Csetreville, by a prominent military officer now in
Richmond, in which it was stated that the indica
tions point to a Federal attack at an early day on
livansport, and the probability was that a simulta
neous attack would be made at other points on the
Potomac.
operations of the Butler Expedition.
The Richmond' Dispatch. of Friday says :
A private despatch has been received here, dated
at Mobile on yesterday, which states that Picayune
Butler is at Ship Island. The despatch also states
that the Federals have nominal possession of
Biloxi, and it Is believed will occupy all the towns
on the coast in that region. They captured two
cannon at Biloxi and there were no small arms there
for them to seize. It is stated that they landed
there from 5,000 to 7,000 troops, and it is further
rumored that they express the determination to
push forward their forces to Jackson.
Destruction of the Richmond Theatre
and other Buildings by Fire—Great Loss
of Property.
The performance given nt the Richmond Theatre
on Wednesday night was destined, as subsequent
events have proved, to be the last ever given in
that " Temple of the Muses."
At 4 o'clock yesterday morning, just as the bell
announced the hour, the theatre was discovered to
be on fire in sundry places, and hardly before the
astonished members of the Fire Brigade could draw
a long breath, the flames buret forth from the build
ing, casting a lurid glare over the sky, and illu
minating the whole city.
Up to a very late hour on Wednesday night, as
we learn, there were no traces of fire in the build
ing ; and as it burst out, when it did make its ap•
pearanco, from every conceivable spot, and burnt,
from the combustible nature of the building, with
the rapidity of thought, the inference is, that the
author of the mischief knew his business and per
formed it with a master band. In two hours' time
nothing but the fragments of two of the massive
walls of the theatre remained to tell the passer
what it once was. We have seldom seen the " fire
god" more energetic in the performance of his
duties. If anything was saved we did not learn
the fact, and therefore suppose that, not only the
building but all of its adjuncts in the way of scenery,
decorations, wardrobe, manuscripts, old plays, cost
ly furniture and pictures went also by the board.
We confess to a feeling of regret at this untoward
calamity, for however much the building may have
been at theca of late perverted from its original
design as a place for the representation of the
"legitimate drama," it was a landmark of other
days whose summary abolishment we 'witnessed
with no pleasurable feelings.
The largo brick building next to the theatre, oc
cupied by David A. Brown as a saddle shop for
TWO CENTS.
1 many yearal. was set on fare and can: wined', together
i with the kitchen and ont-honsesappurtenant thereto.
1 The upper paet was °coupled by Mrs. Jackson as a
mantua•makingshop. Botbeeenpantslosthaavity.
The building wlts owned by Mrs. Rawaugs; widow
' of the late James Rawlings, and was; welielitpre,
insured for $4,5001- 1
Deny Lo ad n jo t i v n ell g k te n 3em n e as nt ibl ° Vars . h ' a b ill i t r rAt
citizen's of bibulous tendencies, wsemext nied)by
means of the rafters, which extendisiltdetigh and ,
through the two buildings. The Minehall Rotel,.
I though not entirely destroyed, the firM story and a'
I portion of the second remaining, was rendered'en
tirely worthless and unlit for occupstany. The'
kitchen and other buildings attached to' it Were
entirely consumed. The hotel was owned by 5. M:
Lyneman, and insured in the Mutual Olade for
$4500.- lavidson's loss is about $2,790.
k number Of wooden structures, owned by Careen'
& Allen, and located on the alley in the rear of the,
theatre, were crushed by the falling of the rear
well of that edifice.
N. W. Nelson, a tailor, who wangles the third
house from the -Theatre,-lost $5OO by the burnirig
of his kitchen, and about $250 in goods carried off
by chevaliers d'industrie, who undertook to help
him save bis-stook.
The beat from the burning buildings was Intenge
and the livid sparks were_ carried as far as thU
basin. A number of 'dwellings in the rear of the
theatre,. owing to the high wind, were in imminent
danger of total , destruction.
The houses. on Orate street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, occupied by Messrs. J. M. Lind
say and Thomas Rawson, were set on fre by sparks
falling on the roofs. The furniture was moved out
of both. The roof of Mr. Lawson's dwelling was
nearly burned off, and that gentleman, who was
lying ill at the time, had to be removed on a cot to
Dr. Bolton's residence.
Owing tt, the exertions of the firemen, all houses,
save those in immediate proximity to the theatre,
were kept from burning. Two brick buildings
on Seventh. street} opposite the theatre, °coupled
as whisky shops, were saved by the timely ex
ertions of those having the steam fire-engine in
tow.
The fire was undoubedly the work of design,
and originated in the theatre. The latter was
owned, at the time of the catastrophe, by Mrs
Elizabeth Mcgill, and hummed for $25,000, distri
buted as follows, viz: $5,000 in the Albemarle
office, $5,000 in the Jefferson 'office. $5,000 in the
Lynchburg Bose, $4,000 -in the Merchant's, and
$6,000 in the Richmond Fire Insuranoe Company.
The owner estimates her less at $50,000, and, we
dare say, that figure would hardly more than cover
it.
We have heard, and believe, that all of the thea
trical company are sufferers in wardrobes and pro
perties, which losses must bear heavy on them at
thiapartioularjunottuu. Kunkel, the famous les
see, is•put down as the loser of sl,2oo—all of his
private papers and property were burnt. Professor
Loobman and the orchestra leet.ssoo worth of mu
sical instruments and sheet music. Frank Ehlers,
maohinist of the theatre, lost several sets of splendid
tools ; in fact, nobody officially connected with the
place but what lost something. Professor Hewitt,
manager of the theatre, is also a heavy sufferer in
property that neither money nor time can restore.
We have understood that tie owner of 'the thea
tre hetannounced her intention of re-building it at
an early day. It will oost $30,000 to put it up
again.
The Rebel Treasury
Tho Riehmond Enquirer of the 30th says that
the Hon. Wm. M. Browne, Englishman, formerly
editor of the New York J ournat of Commerce, has
been commissioned as Acting Secretary of State,
during tho temporary absence• from Richmond of
the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter. This confirms the re
port that Hunter, with Brook/12,3'1dg°, had sailed
from Halifax for Europe.
The rebel Secretary of the Treasury announces
that on aad after January 2. the interest on the
funded debt of the Confederate. States will be paid
in coin.
The Eafals (Ala.) Spirit of:tite South chroni
cles a rumor that persons in '.Rarbons county have
been engaged in shipping cotton from Bufala to
Columbus, and thence to Apalachicola, whence it
is clandestinely conveyed to the enemy's vessels,
and taken to the Yankees Nooth.
The Richmond papers of the 28th say : "Charles.
ton was fired in several places• on Sunday - evening
last. Several wooden buildings, of small value,
were destroyed."
General Magruder is still, according to the Nor
folk correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch,
hourly expecting an attack on the peninsula; has
removed all his sick in the hospital, and is vigi
lantly watching for the "Hessian hostel'- -
The "colored firemen " of,Norfolk had a grand
parade in Norfolk last week, . .
The Richmond Disparrlateraten "the vampires
wit. are sucking ont.the life-blood of the nation
ruled by Jeff Davis," and,donbbt "if any age of.
the world has witnessed a spectacle like that now,
complained of by our own soldiers, growing out of
the difficulty of obtaining settlements, which has
led to the establishment of:offices in this city, where
they go and have their claims shaved and cashed."
The Richmond papers abound in advertisements
of "Substitutes wanted," by soldiers in camp or
the field
Execution 0f...Tw0 Rebel Soldiers...
Tho Oatitreville oorreSpondent of the Itielpricind
Dispatch, writing on the llth alt. says :
• On Monday, at 11 o'olook, two soldiers, balonging .
;to-the Tiger R4fl4lr,”'weirirshot b &Moir Of Vera
•Jolivaitbn, after having been tried by court-martial
'and oonaloted.
,The two unfortunate men were found guilty of
striking an officer while endeavoring to prevent
.them rescuing a prisoner then in their custody.
Their names were 'Dennis Corcoran 'and Mike
O'Brien, - Irishmen by birth, but for some years
residents of New Orleans. As the hour for execu
tion arrived, some tan or fifteen thousand soldiers
arrived upon the ground, and wore formed on three
sides of the spot selected.
The men were brought up in a wagon, and ac
companied by a. catholic priest. They were
dressed in a full suit of "Tiger" uniform, and,
being mon of fine manly forms, presented a splen-
did appearance. 'They bore the ordeal bravely.
Alighting from the wagon, each walked up to the
stakes preparod, for them, and kneeled while their
bands were tied and the bandage adjusted over
their eyes. Then came a moment of breathless
suspense, and the next the bullets of their comrades
sent their souls into eternity. Both were buried
near the spot of their ignominious death, and ac
cording to the rites of the Catholio Church.
The most affecting part of the scene was immedi
ately following the discharge of the musketry. One
of the men bad a brother in the orowd who, before
the smoke ef the volley cleared from the spot, ran
to his side, and supported him as his life-blood
ebbed away, and felt the last quiver of mortality as
the soldier's body fell into his arms. It was heart
rending to see the poor brother's agony. The life
of dishonor and crime were both forgotten at one
thought of that fire of brotherly love that had
burned through years of sin. The death of the
criminal was borne with stolidity, but the simple
sight of such heartfelt, brotherly grief moistened
every eye.
A Rebel View of Federal Affairs.
[Special correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
RICHMOND, Deo. 9, 1861.
While calm yet prevails along our lines from
Winchester to the Peninsula, and no recut* move
ments have taken place indicative of an intended
advance by the Federals, the belief is not yet aban
doned by either ourgenorals or Cabinetoffieers that
we are to have a great battle To use the language
of a distinguished - Sonthernstatesman, in the course
of a conversation to•day, a It Is not in the nature of
things for a Northern army, wherever it may be,
whether in Kentucky, on the coast, or oil the Poto
mac, to allow the winter months to pass without
striking a blow at some vital point where they may
gain a success upon which they can retire for the
remainder of the season." In fact, not until the
present time has the' Lincoln Government really
been in a condition to carry out the programme an
nounced at the start. The battle of the 21st was a
movement premature and unadvised, made only in
obedience to the resistless 'von yeputi, to still, if
possible, the demo palpitations of the popular
heart. The campaign was not fairly open
ed, and those grand collateral denionstrations
which originated in the comprehensive mind of
Scott could not take place banana of their very
magnitude and the impracticability of adequate
preparation. Since that time, hotever, the details
of the programme have been completed. Immense
armies, the greatest the modern world has ever
seen, have been organized and placed upon the foot
ing of regular troops ; competent officers have, in a
measure, token the place of military coxcombs and
aspiring politicians : great fleets have boen created
and sent to the Southern coast, and the season hav
ing arrived when these armadas can operate advan
tageously upon our shores, they nave come fully
prepared to perform their bloody mission. The
Federal plan, therefore, as regards its conception,
Is at last thoroughly complete, and nothing re
mains to be done but to bring in play the elements
of destruction note combined. Procrastination is
daily adding to our strength and their „weakness.
To allow the winter to peas in idleness, with only
an occasional foray here and there,
without wide
sing some substantial success, is to break the back
of the Northern Government. Millions of dollars
aro involved, to say nothing of the prosperity of the
Federal cause.
It is plain, therefore, that something must be
done, and quickly. The huge machinery of the
campaign is in thorough working order, for the first
time and to let it lie and mat beneath the snows of
a whole: winter is ne part or parcel of the de
signs of the Northern General. As yet, the
only success that has redounded to Northern arms
has been at Port Royal. Physioally, as compared
with the immensity of the undertaking, its results
have amounted to nothing, beyond the capture of a
few hundred negroes and a few islands. Morally,
its effect has been equally unsatisfactory to all but
the ignorant portion of the Northern people. The
educated and Intelligent, on both sides of the water,
are as perfectly aware as the determined Sonthrons
now up in arms, that the advantage gained by the
Yankees must stop where It is.
Something, therefore, of a more stupendous and
valuable character must be achieved, before the
longings of the Northern people can be satisfied, or
a stride taken towards the accomplishment of the
designs they have in view. The subjugation of the
South is not merely taking possession of two or three
abandoned sand forts, or driving from them their
little bands of defenders. The substantial work of
the campaign yet remains to be done. The immense_
outlay of the Northern Government must have its
remuneration. The professions of their political
and military leaders must be vindicated by being
tried, if not realized, and the strength of the two
Powers be put to ono fair and final test. To do all
this, there must be a grander demonstration against
the rebellious South than has over yet taken place.
It is the impression among many who bestow
careful, comprehensive thought upon the subject,
that the North is already satisfied of its inability to
restore the Union. and that its armies are now only
fighting for a settlement. It is evident enough to
all who know the pride and temper of the Yankee
people that they will never consent to a peace until
they have either been whipped into it by the bank
ruptcy of their own Government or they have won
victories. As long as their money lasts they will
struggle desperately on their fruitless purpose of
extermination ; but when this isigone ' and the Go
vernment is forced to repudiate its liabilities, its
fleets and armies gaining none but temporary ad
vantages, while our own nation grows in strength
and greatness, then, and only then, can we look for
the appearance of the bright morning star which
will usher in our glorious existence. Ilrlintever
THE WAR PRESS.
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tor a CIO of Twenty-one or ever, we will send
Extra Copy to the getter-1m of the Club. ,
Pedometers aro requested to act "se dente le(
Tea WAS Pane. ,
a
matt be our suecesses or theirs, the ensuing dU77I•
meif the earliest season when we ran hope Jre
sack a •.desired result. If "a great battle is feught
on the Potomac, and the victory is ours, the effect
may b e ciounterbalaneed by Federal encroachments
upon the ;roast, and would hpatn deatruetion
of a Boutl'lem citYsatisfy theta for loses
here, and p , lesibly be flattering enough unotion to
their souls to superinduce &compromise, but of they
are totally loh. ipped at all points, see need not hope
for any propos.'Pons calculated to end in a peat:l
-fni result.
Of one thing, ho Weyer, the Southern people may,
rest assured. A will' Me tiro years, and the block
ade or destruction, of:fAvo.succesaive erpti of cotton,
rice and tobacco, v, illprteds'ee such allfieting meat
Mallen; of operathves intrionce and Ertgasni, and'
to pat/tally and smoiallp airei.`t the material iota
rests of those Goven.enerMi thol, in seiftiefenee,
tlteyivill be compelled to ztzrev:ere in this sonteat,
end with the strong atm off Rime' prevent the gene
rution. of those revolutionselnlinkonees whit* are
alreitdy aeraming rearfut yoWerw.ithin their own
borders: We are already otedre le r thi sirup -44K
of tlile.guglishpeople tenth eTeitcaisse_, of Southern - _
righrk: inn their public, retuittagi, FilinamentarY
debates, sod yeinespal - liewspardersOlto manifest**
turn isarAncere as it seems unxitintotaal, From thee
sympatb7- of- the nation to, its inflate:artiste the cir
cle of great Powers,. and thence td•dizent interfe
reuse, are hat successive and natural atage,. - which
in the present :mercantile relationeaFthetworld are
sure to. fellew each other as the abb.ahid flow of
tides. Vtb - have, therefore, no eipse for despon
dency. On the contrary, for eight megitis the war
has been andeoted on a scale of unparalleled mag
nitude, and we are to-day stronger thanidthe com
mencement 'of 'hostilities. The two h - andreil thou
sand Yankees, who have threatened to overrun our.
toil and lay.waste out possessions, are stfillinioelirig
at our doors. With the exception of Western :Vir
ginia, they have not penetrated our ntrritory a -
greater distdnce thaw ten miles, and thdronlyby
our strategical sniffetanee, obtained singleim
portant victory, or shaken the determinatfine of s
solitary Sonthron.
Instead of advancing on the offensive, the have
ensconced themselves behind thirty then:tendons
fortifications, and await, with trembling patteee,
the onslaught of the„, people whose domaia.they'
have invaded. Almost bankrupt in purse, t - tee
national debt entailed upon their posterity that
will be like a mill-stone mound their necks 'fens
century to come, we have _nearly conquered ttbek
by letting them alone. .A, retributive - God will-ds
the rest. Why ought we not to' feel "sheerly%
grateful, bleated
For two or three days. there have been exciting •
rumors from the Peninsula. Magruder Says
_the-
Yankees are coming with Iwtythousand men—ae
sheer impossibility—and wante re inforcements.. Sin
position at Yorktown, and ttenoe to the lower end .
of the mainland, is naturally strong and well for
tified, and, even against that exaggerated number',
he Can hold his own, beyond a doubt. Both sick
and heavy baggage have beewaent out of the way,
and he is preparing himself for trouble. My faith
in the coming storm is decidedly weak, and no re
liance need be placed on the oft-repeated aymptoras
of alarm. . .
The War in South Carolina
[From the Charleston Courier, Dee. 14.]
Our enemies are powerful eta the water. Our
navy, in comparison with theirsf is abiolutely con
temptible. They have deteruneed to make the
most vigorous use of this adyapeage. Thus- far,
notwithstanding their loud boasts and' terrible
threats, they have done nothing.with their frigistee
and gunboats that has jostified:their_oonfident pre
mises and intemperate exultation.: Their that naval
expedition was a miserable abortroa. -The second,
far more expensive and formidable than the one
under command of the illustrioas Butler, though
partially successful in attaining some of the cherish
ed objects for whioh it was raised, has reflected
no glory on their cause Bitt their vivid force will
enable them to disturb and damage es on our long
line of soeconst, without giving ta the opportunity
to repel them. As they care nothing for glory, but
only care to destroy and plunder = *Sts mode of war
fare exactly thitetheir natures. • They williawd
at ifeak points, make raids upon-plantations, burn
houses, and commit all manner of;depredations sad
atrocities, and their work aoconigehed, they. wilt
hasten back to the protection of their address.
While it is impracticable to defend every neeessi
bin point open to the sea, and cm are powerless
for the present to dislodge the enemy frees the
islands they now hold, our hope'. fie that the few
successes the marauding partied meet with will so
embolden and delight these plunderers that they
will attempt to penetrate the country for BOOM dig- •
tance from their armed vessels. :Reckoning upon
the probability of those more daring and extensive
incuraions, companies are being :organised for •
the express' purpose of sntereepeing and - aaptu.:
ring these bands of marauders. Thoroughly'
acquainted with iht region in which theysoW_
operate, armed with erre. ty rifles, these parts/an
corps of chivalric spirits will fall upon the foe
at a moment lee looks noefor them, and their
blows Will be as sudden aril
terrible asthe strati
of the red bolt of Heaven.
This service is admirably adapted. to the nature
of the country skirting our seaboard, and the -
character of this' nude of warfare is exiotly in
:keeping with the habits and predilections of.thou
'sands of South 'Carolina's sons. There, is M'any,si
bravo man whose name will be aeglorions and pre
,dons to generations yet unborn as are - the names Of
31ariori, Sumpter, Pickens, ,Ilempton, Hammond,
::aattralanif.ef.othere- The-derdetherlire clarriatied
as priceless heirlooms; that glow 'win the pagetref •
our State history, that have furMAed orir graphic
and fertile novelist the - richest niateriale for
Jib charming works, will the ;re-onaoted , with ell
the accompaniments of intrepid daring and dire
ful vengeance. Caught in the act of committing
some barbaric outrage, or while revelling over tie
good of another, their fancied security will he
broken by the sharp crack of the rifle and the
fierce shout of the patriot band, and their crimes
will be visited upon them while their iniquities are
Drying aloud to the justice of Heaven.
Despite of the great noise the people of Lincoln.
dam have made over the reduction of the entrench
ments of Port Boyal, the substantial profit they
have, realized from that exploit will not compensate
them for the low of one of the larger of their Ves
sels, -which the righteous judgment of God overtook
and sunk with its two thousand souls. And what
has that vast fleet, with its packed men and big
guns, accomplished towards the subjugation of South
Carolina? If these vesselshad contained any other
soldiers than the twenty thousand men in uniform
they brought to our shores, they would have at
tempted to obtain posscsston.of some ingwerabta
point of strategic importance; and it is passible,
perhaps probable, that they would have been sae
coastal. But instead of endeavoring to mike good
the Splendid promises they made, and at least save
themselves from contempt, they only take posses
sion of those places which we cannot reach for want
of a navy, and that under the protection of their
formidable guns. And yet this is the people who
are to conquer and enslave South Carolina—aye,
the South. If this is the way they propose.
to accomplish this mighty undertaking, they would ,
do it as effectually had they stayed at home.
But we are threatened with another fleet of four.
score vessels, carrying terrible guns and numerous.
troop, and Benjamin Franklin Butler. This.arma
da is to destroy Charleston and Savannah, and.
complete the work begun by Dupont and Sherman.
Both these cities are impregnable to an attaokfrom.
sea, and we cannot bring ourselves to believe the
there is pluck enough in the enemy for thens,toxsua.
the risk of an attack upon us by land. We are.
however, perfectly prepared for this tinlikely event.
They may have the odds of numbers in their favor,
but we have other and vastly more importent ad
vantages. We are acquainted with Mc country,
we own tie ground on which the battle is tabs
fought, here are our wives, children, and mothers
—ire shall strike for life,- honor, religion., and,
virtue.
From New Orleans
We have received a copy of the New Weans
Picayune of Deo. 21. It gives those items in it!
city - column :
Yesterday evening, at about 6,6"chiele, the fine
residence d Mr. Victor David, hardware merchant,
situated No. 42 St. Peter street ; between. Chartres
and Royal streets, was discovered on fire. 'As Beim'
as the alarm was given several fire companies were
on the spot, and though the raging element seemed
to have made considerable headway in. the upper
story, they succeeded in extinguishing It ere it
could attack the lower floors. The roof of the
'building was entirely destroyed, and the remainder
of the dwelling was so flooded that the lom was
considerable. The Are originated an almost mys
terious manner, an the garret, which had been
shut up for a longtime.
The arsenal, which is situated just opposite,
was the object of considerable speculation. As a
great quantity of cartridges, rounds, and gunpow
der, are stored in a room of that building, it was
feared at a time' that a spark falling on the roof
would set it on fire. Mid such an accident taken
place, an explosion would have followed, sulfa:deafly
powerful to destroy-the public buildings on Jackson
Square and the residences around. As a measure
of precaution, a few energetic men took upon them
selves to transport all that powder, box by box,
from the arsenal to the armory of the Orleans Guard,
on Orleans street. This task was a fatiguing one,
and most dangerous, fo? the laze, by which they
bad to pass, was fall of people, and as many among
them were smoking, the least imprudence might
have caused the very accident which they cedes
sated to prevent, and blown to atoms many a per
son in the orowd. Luckily for them all, the Or
leans Guard returned just at that time from their
drill on the levee, and atter clearing the way from
the arsenal to their armory, they formed a double
line between them two places, and all the remain
ing boxes being passed from ono man to another,
were rapidly carried to a safe place. At To'elook,
when the fire was entirely put eut, the gunpowder
was again removed to the arsenal.
The remains of Colonel E. F. Terry, of the Texan
Rangers, who fell gloriously in an engagement with
the enemy at Green river, Kentucky, are expeoted
to arrive this morning, at 11 o'clock, on a train of
the Jackson Railroad. Two companies of the First
Brigade will be detached by Colonel L. A. Char
ponnet to receive the body of this- bravo °Meer at
the railroad depot, and escort it to the City Hall,
where it will lie in state until 4} o'clock. Then all
the troops of the First Division, in full uniform and
with Bide-arms, will form a line to escort those
glorious remains from Lafayette Square to the fbrry
landing of the Opelousas Railroad, where a train
will take the body to Berwick's Bay, and thence it
will be transported by steamer and stage-coaches to
its last resting-place in Texas.
There were 1,840 families supplied yesterday
with 2,000 loaves of broad, 138 bushels eons meal,
11 barrels rice, 12 barrels molasses, 2 barrels vine
gar, 9 beevee, 51 kits mackerel, esaoks sweet po
tatoes, 13 sacks turnips, 500 cabbages, 300 bunches
greens, 300 do. turnips, 200 do. leeks, 400 pump
kins—one of the finest day's work of the season.
The Fate of the Bridge-Burners
A correspondent of the Nashville Patriot, writ
ing from Xnoxville, Tennessee, under date of Dee.
14, gives the following account of the hanging of
one of the bridge•burners :
On Tuesday last, live minutes after 12 M., the
execution of Charles Alexander Hann, convicted of
being engaged in the recent conspiracy to burn the
bridges on the railroad in East Tennessee, took
place just outside the corporation limits of the city,
in the presence of a large concourse of citizens and
soldiers. A deep feeling seemed to pervade the
largo audience in sympathy for this deluded man,
and manifestations of it were not unfrequent. He
was convoyed front the city prison to the %allow%
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