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llg6llad la? Subscriber) out of tho Oity 'Ss* D 614.111.11
401 DOLLIII2I PUB iIOST r MOIIII.I4, tEI6III
VDedimilt jolt 1311 liciitiiiyariubly m ethane* roe
,TRI-WEEHP PRES%
iltatisoi to ifiatisoilber• Ott of '
the 031 'at Tails Doz.-
#! 1 -9*, ad * ce, .• - - •
RETAIL DRY GOODS
GREAT BARGAINS
FINE CLOAKS,
1 1 0,0.1005 E OUT . THE STOOK
' PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK,
AND FUR EMPORIUM,
TOB CHESTNUT auxin,
. ' • PENVIOI3B'IO REKOVAL.
STROM OF REDUCTIONS:. •
Ynosrin litraiEß CLOu(B,
Froth $24 to S2O--From se. f 0517.1
FROSTY!) BIIAYVI CLOAKS,
From $lB to sl4—From $lO to $7.60
Siovrx SZAI.9IINa6 aLBLR'CLOiR OLOMLS,
/foto $lB to $l4-IFrom $l6 to $l2.
BLIO/ BEALSKIN OR OTTER OLOTH 01.01E4
From $lB, to B.l4—From 8/8 to 812.
VISLYKT CLOTH OVIA.IB,
From 830 to s22—From $35 to $2
tat!! BLACK BEINIIft Owns,
Yrotu $& to 835—yr0m9t36 to 526
BIKE BLACK BEAVER CLOAKS,
From 426 to 819.50—From NO to 816
,
F900111./otr Bskritt
From 910 to sl2—From 812 to $9.
lrexer BSAYIa OLoAxs,
From lop to 1130—From1630 to 522.
VANOT COLORID 'BRA:ers CLOAKS,
From 624 to slB—From $1.13 to e 18.60
LYONS VSLYZT CLOAKS,
From WV to $66—,-From IVO to $55
OUR VIM DZPARTMENT,
Which Is replete with every desirable style and descrip.
be;open to inspection at Priem' corresponding
to the general reduction; particularization, among such
411:1 tognity of- qualities, being, if not impossuble, at ail
.ovents, uneatidactory. de3l-lm
~FLANNELS. -A LARGE ASSORT
MENT OF
BaUardrale FLANNELS, all width,,
Beacbdale aral Saxony FLANNELS,
Shaker and Welsh FLANNELS,
-el , retg low price& -
GREAT BARGAINS IN BLANKET&
'We are closing out our entire Kook of
Fine ell Wool BLANKETS, . *
.. sine Rochdale BLANKETS,
Heavy Cumberland BLANKETS,
, .
Cradle and Crib BLANKETS,
.. . . . . .
At Jest. whater's prkee.
• - AMERICAN, FRENCH, AND SoOTCR
- BLANKET BRAWLS—a/I grades, at low prices.
Kees* Black'Moire Antlgges at.so cant. worth $l.
Sgper Black Moire Antiatuevateg cents, worth $1.25.
'WINTER puEss GOODS Or EVERY VARIETY
41. STEEL & SUN,
JaT' No. Till North TICNTII arse.. above Nodes.
TWEERTHWAIT & CO.,
Have now on hand
A LARGE STOCK
Which will be cold et mices
LOWER THAN THE MARKET BATES.
Also, GREAT BARGAINS IN PttINTS,
2,000 yards of which will be cold very tow. 3e0.6m
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. -
Detainee, at 18% cents; Calicoes, 12% cents.
Blatt awl fancy Silk llionlkeroblefe.
Neck-Ties, -Gloves, Dente' Shawls.
Nimes' and Lading' Shawl. in vatety.
' Nice sueortment of Drees Goode.
Balmoral - Skirts La great varietyvat • • •
J. H. STOKES`,
102 . ARON Street.
V. B.—On hand, 384 C-straws and Solitaires, made by
and acid for an invalid. ' They are 'nice games as well as
;meanie, and any one would confer a favor by parch'''.
thn the same. deLT•if
HEAVY cLo KINGS.
Brovia and Black Sealskin, 7Ge to SLIM
Mean heavy Coatings and Cloaklngs
Fine Black Clothe and &avers. •
.Good stock Caesixneres at old 'prices.
COOPER & CONMAD,
S. E tor. NVISTO and MAIOSET.
n o USE FURNISHING' DRY
GOODS.--SHEPPAND, VAN HARLINGEN,
ANEISON, Importer and Dealers In Linen, and House
Twiddling Dry Goode, etc.
Have now on hand a full assortment of Moen Sheeting,
Table 'Clothe 'Fel:4llns, Table, Diaper Towelling, eta.,
etc., imported underthe old Wig, or bought s great Sac
ire.
N.B.—Five per cent. allowed on purchases all above, If
paid for on delivery.. co27tf
COMMISSION HOUSES.
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, dr'
HUTCHLNSON,
Ho. 11A OBISACATIT.BTREET,
OOMMIBBIOH WE 610RANTII
I =l=
0/-lILADELPHIA-MADE
• GOODS.
.VLOAKSAINID fItANTILLAs.
.„ CLOAKS!
184T,118..rp0r bz,,o s t a,
-stovers eLde
.. r - jr 'yr, 8 T T-L 111
-1-'411112131/T , NEW. NAT/DRUZ
.;-. - 11112 - LABONST STOOK
ltjt Er:,r464raimig mugs IN THE CITY
MN% '
if 5 No. 23 Sentb NINTH Street.
BEAT BARGAINS
LADIESIOLOAKS,
To close out,
At the
AL M;STBIET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE,
• N. W. corner TIMM and ARCH SW
4014 m JACOB ROBSTALL.
e l fhindsomo styles of well-made,
ff
meets. The bin made, the bed flttioil a , aret ae -
the beet
materiali for the price. .11 large atonic from which to
select. - COOPER 4 (JONAIID,
del4 , R. E. tor. NINTH and MARKET.
CLOAKS!
The' Largest, Obeapeet, end Bast-essorted Stock
ht the city.
HOUGH & 00.,
Ho. 25 South TENTH Street,
Opposite Franklin Market.
MILITARY GOODS.
ANDREWS' ORIGINAL CAMP, OR
VIULVELLING
BED TRUNK.
Maoist applied for) ' . For sale by
, .
W. A. ANDREWS,
No. on SI:INSTITUT Street
ARMY CONTRACTORS
AND
,SITTLEDB
gTITIAWD WITH BRUMES et the *tweet zeta.
• Always cis bend, • tarsi mirk of
[CAVALRY BRUSHES.
Golonsaext standard; •
' WAGON BRUSHES.
Government standard ;
ASO every Deeerlptlow of Brush** required for the AM/
REMBLE & VAN. HORN.
1121 MAXIM Siesta , Philsdelelda.
DIWGS 'AND CHEMICALS
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
& CO,
'Northeast Corner FOURTH awl RAON Btreeta,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRIJGOISTS,
ThiPOUTEREI AND DBALKRB
_,TIONNION AND. DONNST/0
WiltiDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MAIMPACIRBIRI 6t ,
Wera LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, PUrn, so
LBll7/ 11 . 0= . nix azzassarin
PItENCH ZING PAINTS.
*Wan mconstmen aupplied as
VILEty LOW MOW POW CABE.
astwina
JUST RECEIVED, per ‘6. Annie Kim
/mu," from Liverpool, Mender s Wearer, a KAMM
44441444ntbininp •
9I lbs Extract Acenitl, in 1 1 JMI.
• lb bei ixtraet 11/onn/anti, in I ib ion
- • 'lO be Xxtract Belladonna, in 1 b iant.
• •• 110 i 1 intact ?unmet, in 1 lb
/ is Ins Ilia &Wald, In 1 lb bade&
bit 01. gamin' Rent, in lb bottle&
100 Ss Calomel, in 1 b bottler.
Sift warn, in lib**.
• - 111107/711124
41 and 44 North 1/41101/D Stmt.
JOKING. GAIONN FRUIT AND
*44nonucl 81081 BTIGL AHEAD.—The sub.
Maill ie nst i tWs method to Worm ble patrons, and the
reeretly, that he hues his fruit and Pro
to No. 812 AP811142 GARDXN Street, where
ha_
. 14scsao prepared to heap up • tun eatply of Apsite,
Paso*
tweet Potatorms, Cranberries, ?hits of all WOO !
Ihrtsillialls (both POMP' end Domat2 o ),Bittter_, _ltsPr
P w 0i214,1,A, km,
.Alan, NXTBA TAMMY nata,
Moor; ad Corn ilea Ail of which he will
sail'o6 Sara! bought inYwhere in the city.
4 lillawhfra - tor-_Oest favors, tothose who have so
ithnheeetofera, the Subscriber most
* solittla a centinnanee of their patronage, and
i n in others to , eve him AMA, at hie new Nom ,
vtistmAschas "superb)* B totBttee for .applying all with
winiAlog Mar, on !Wiest reasonable, term -
rea%) liss salt Ist lies ; quick odes, sad
11reats.” • • •
gts zo W aaq
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VOL. 5.-NO. 139.
STATIONERY.
WILLIAM MANN,
STATIONER
BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER,
BURNT OUT
LAST NIGHT,
AT No. '43 BOOTH FOURTH STREET,
IS NOW READY TO SHOW OUSTOMERS A
FULL STOCK
OF PERFECT GOODS IN HIS LINE,
No. 35 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
Four doors above hie old Store
JANUARY 7,1862.
GROCERIES.
CRAB-APPLE CIDER,
OLD CURRANT WINE,
.OUR USUAL SUPPLY,
JUST RECEIVED.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES,
jeB•tf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Ste
MILITARY GLASSES
OFFICERS' OLA'SSES.
FIELD
AND
MARINE.
A full Bubbly of the above Glasses have been Ms day
recelvedfrop Faris.
They are of very great power, haying
GRADUATED BIGHTS,
ACROHATIO,
And 26 Linea. For salo by
DAME% .2 CO.,
Jal.l-6t 819 CHESTNUT STREET
CABINET FURNITURE
CIiINET FURNITURE AND BlL
ti 3 IABD TABLES.
MOORE At OAMPION,
251 South SWORD Street,
m connection with their extensive Cabinet Btudnese are
pow manufacturing a imperior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a full supply, shed with the
BOOR & OAMPION'S IMPROVED OUSIMOMSI
which era pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
raperfor to all others.
for the quality and finish of theee Tables the menu-
Adorers refer to their ntunerotui patron, throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the obareeter of their work,
angd-ie
HOLIDAY GOODS
HANGING VASES.
Ornamental Mower Pots.
Parlor Vases for Growing Flowers.
Baskets for Jantinlers.
Pedestals with Vase for Flowers.
Abilene Vases for Mantels.
Vases BeaftiMACO for Parlor.
Brodie and Terra Cotta Vases.
Lava Flower Pots and Vasee.
Garden Vases and Pedestals.
Brackets for Busts and Figures.
With a great variety of articled suitable for Ohrist,
mu presents, for sale retail and to the trade.
Warerooms 1010 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
dell B. A. HARRISON.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
P URE PORT WINE.
MAUL DO POBTO WINE, BOTTLED IN
PORTOLAL IN Mk.
Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
Pare Port Wine can be supplied by Inquiring for the
above wine at CANTWELL h BEFSER'S,
Southeast corner GEHMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
HENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO
prletors, Blequft, Triroche & 00., Marett, Slut,
and other approved brands of OOGNAO BRANDY, for
sole, In bond and from store, by
OANTWELL & REFS'S%
boutheast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WELLS
NJ KY.
Bnehanan's Coal IlaWhlskY,
Old Torn Gin, Old London Gln,' '
London Cordial Gin, Bohlen's
In bond and More. •
- CANTWILL & KEITBS, '
Bentheaatiorner OZIMAIITOWN Avenue
• on 4 NASTMB Street. ,
7,OUANE-,OIIIII4PAGNEA new
£.4 brand—en excellent artist g e. Imported. end teiesiti '
St a veva to:k eutt,tbe ti!g lo tlrAt*NOte. - E..
e re-tnrcet. —Lvoa
ittritSHEIMER-BERG, LAUBEN.
lisimmt„ and ROOKHEIMER WINE. In cased
of one dozen battles each ,• warranted pure. Imported
and for sae low by CANTWELL A KEEFER, month.
sad corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street.
rrMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
n iE NE.—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine,
the beet article out for " cobblers," for sale me, bot.
tied and in cases, by CANTWELL & KEEFER, south.
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street. - seat-dm
BUSINESS NOTICES.
JAMES T. MoCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELKTON, Maryland, will attend to the Collection and
Securing of Claims in Cecil, Hayford, and the counties of
the Eastern Shore. de2b-lm►
"P. OPPENHEIDIER, AGENT AND
• Manufacturer of ARMY GOODS. Contracts tilled
for other parties. Terms liberal. Room No. 2, up stairs,
N. E. corner FIFTH and CHESTNUT Ste. ja9-1m
itOPPENHEIMER, MERCHAN.
• DUB lIIIOKEIt In all branches of trade, and
manufacturer cf every description of Army Goode, No.
48 South THIRD Street, west Bide, second story, Phila
delphia. dell ti
MEIN WELSH, Practical SLATE
to ROOFER, THIRD Wed and GERMANTOWN
Read, la prepared to put on any amount of ROOFING,
on the most MODERATE TERMS. WM guaranty to
sake every Building yorfectly Water-tight.
ST Went promptly attended to. myT-ly
STEAM -SCOURING AND TAILOR
ING done at the shortest notice.
HENRY D. BASCOM,
137 SEVENTH Street, above Walnut.
U. BASCOM'S plan for the times is to recommend
Gents to bring their old Clothing to him, and have them
made new. Also, their Cloths, and have them fashion
ably made np. delo-17
EVANS & WATSON'S
• ALAMANDIOI WPM
STORE,
16 BOUTH ?MTN 11191E1IT,
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
• kris variety of 111331-PBOO7 SAIVIES shyer,
ea nine.
UNITED STATES ARMY AND
NAVY SUPPLY AGENCY AND CAMP EX
PAM
TO MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS, and IN
VENTORS, and those wishing to forward Packages to
the Cams of the Army, or Naval Stations of the Coast
or Guilt
Having secured especial privileges for visiting all the
departments both of the Army and Navy, and all the
camps of the various military stations, and the naval
posts of the Coast and Gulf, for the purpose of introducing
and selling to the Departments, Military Storekeepers,
Commissaries, Quartermasters, Sutlers, Officers and Sol
diers, and also to Naval Agent!-and Paymasters of the
Navy, all articles required for the use, convenience, com
fort, and necessity, both of the Army and Navy, we have
organized the above•entitled AGENCY AND CAMP
EXPRESS, with its headquarters in the city of Wash
ington. tinder this arrangement—entirely complete, and
extending through all the departments both of the Army
and Navy,—we can offer unequalled facilities to Mer
chants, Manufacturers, and Inventors, in readiness of
sale, saving of time, and the many expenses unavoidable
through the usual tsdione channels of sale to the De
partments, Camps, and Naval Stations. 'Those wishing
to avail themselves of the benefits of this thorough and
extensively-organized system of agency, can ,do eo by
forwarding samples of their goods to our address by
express, and prices and explanations by letter. All
packages for runty delivery marked to oar address,
Washington, D. 0. All goods, inventions, wares, or
merchandise, of whatever nature, ordered by this
Agency, will be paid for on delivery. Letters of inquiry
will meet with prompt atten,ion.
Agent' well referred, with matt means, can find pro
fitable employment in tide organization. A few are
wanted. Office No. 211 PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, op
posite Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. O.
lIMIMEI3
°gonna LAW, Vow York. Eamsrus Consrso, Albany
MOBBB n.GRINNELL,W NORTH & Minas, Philada.
SIITYLIN ,k Boos., 4 , J. H. TAGGART, u
A pew' BUMS, " Aiwa. CUMIIINI2S, ..
Bon. HENRY WILSON, Massachusetts.
Woos et Co., Bankers, Washington, D.C.
344 . JOHNSON, SWEETLAND, & 00.
BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS,
IN %TEM VAIIIIITY, AHD
OS THE BEST STOOH,
NRLLINO .47 LOW PRIORS.
Buy at the Manufactory.
PERRY,
BLANK-ECM MANUFACTURER,
de2o-Ino - B. W. Corner FOURTH and RACE
ROM BINDING
A-41 , 01 EVERY DESCRIPTION
EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER,
42' VERY LOW PRICER,
At W. G. PERRY'S,
BOOKBINDER,
Y. V. Corner FOURTH and RACE,
aAJNNY Y,AGS-60 13ALES FOR
JAIIENTOH a CABEITAIRS,
102 Sonth Paws!, titres!.
rIOTTON BAIL DUCK and OAN.
vv vas, of lin numbers and tunas.
Daveu's Dnek Awning Twills ,of all dmerripitorm, for
Irenist, kinaltinh Trunks, sod Wagon Dome.
Ai" Pew Nanufseturenr Drier mum, from 1 to I
beli wIM. Tarpmslinn BONG nett Twin au.
JoSID W. DVIIRMAIk k 00..9
GARD PRINTING, BEST AND
cheeped In the City, it BLNOWALT & BROWN a,
Si South 'THIRD Street. notie
g4t rtss.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1862.
The Seven Sons of Mammon,*
It is the misfortune of genius to create imi
tators—particularly in literature. When the
poetry of Walter Scott became popular, a
great many writers followed suit, and tried
their hands on verse-stories of chivalry and
romance; his Waverley Novels also provoked
an immense amount of imitation, which sup
plied the circulating libraries with constant
pabulum - for exhaustless readers. The pas
sion, gloom, and misanthropy of Byron
created a race of rhymsters who accused
themselves of a variety of dark and myste
rious crimes, and affectedly eschewed stand
up shirt-collars and cravats—a vast improve
ment thereby being effected in the horrible
fashion of the time. Moore, also, had his fol
lowers, who aped him very cleverly, repre
senting themselves as being (in print) exces
sively impassioned and immoral, profusely
studding their lyrics with gems and buds, and
plentifully sprinkling "kisses" and " blisses"
throughout their effusions. Of course, in
these later days, such men as Jickens and
Thackeray could not escape. Each has a
mannerism of his own, which presents salient
points for imitation, and neither escaped.
The public ignorantly taking for granted
that the best articles in periodical publica
tions are written by the recognized editor,
credited Dickens, for a considerable time,
with stories and sketches written in his
ce Household Words" by several other per
sons, less known, and, in most cases, much
younger than himself. Prominent among
these are George Augustus Sala, Wilkie Col
lins, and William Henry Wills. Tho last
named of this trio had been a compiler and
writer of all work until, after some experience
in Chambers' Journal, he became sub-editor
of Dickens' "Household Words," and con
tinues connected, in the same capacity, with
"All the Year Round." He is a mere imi
tator, catching the more obvious points of his
great exemplar's style, but incapable, (from
want of original genius), to get beyond. In
a word, Wills can produce the form without
animating it with the spirit of the master
works which he copies. To use a Cockney term,
he will never set the Thames on fire. 'Wilkie
Collins, on the contrary, has intensely admired
Dickens, and, writing largely in "Household
Words" insensibly copied him very closely.
He broke ground, however, with a very natu
ral style of his own, in an excellent Life of
his Father, an English painter of great ability,
and his novels, of which " The Dead Secret,"
and " The Woman in White," are by far the
best, deservedly rank high in public estimation. 1
Collins' decided imitations of Dickens are the
sketches, strung together in " After Dark,"
which he contributed to Dickens' periodical.
George Augustus Sala, the youngest of the
three (Wills born in 1810, Collins in 1824, and
Sala in 1827,) actually commenced his course
as a writer in " Household Words." Many of
his contributions have been taken or mistaken
for Dickens'. Such are " The Key of the
Street," " Getting up a Pantomime," and
" The Compassionate Broker." His " Jour
ney Due North" was a lively account of a
tour in Russia, evidently suggested by Dick
ens' "Pictures in Italy," and "The Badding
ton Peerage," a feeble copy of the same
author's novel writing. But Sala and Collins,
having good stuff in them, finally emerged
from imitation to originality, whereas poor
Wills can never do anything but imitate.
=MI
When the Cornhtll Magazine was commenced,
Thackeray was so fortunate as to obtain Sala
as a contributor, and his highly interesting
biography of William Hogarth, painter and
engraver, was one of the leading attractions of
the magazine for many months. It is a fair
specimen of what we may be allowed to call
Mr. Sala's transition-style. He carefully en
deavored not to continue. imitating Dickens,
—.but while -avoiding he, fell upon,
Chati - bdis
'talfedlttemtt:‘ ,, ,,is - a improvement.
- A year ago, Mr. Sala started a magazine of his
own, called Temple Bar, the principal at
traction of which has been an original tale
from his pen entitled as The Seven Sons of
Mammon." It was completed in England
last, month, and we have it now, in a neat
forni, reproduced by Mr. Burnham, a Boston
publisher.
In this story, the longest and best-sustained
of all his Writinga, Mr. Sala has a style, in
which, though some reminiscence of Thacke
ray may be traced,we find a good deal of fresh
ness and individuality. In another novel,
("The Adventures of Captain Dangerous,")
of which he has -this month published the
opening chapters, we find his style still more
decided—more terse—more original. Atter
the fashion of Thackeray, he pauses, in the
mid-current of narrative, (in "The Seven"
Sons,") to discourse, half-genially, half
cynically, de omnibus rebus, with his readers.
This is a great fault, because it checks the
interest by placing unnecessary impediments in
the way of the flow of events.
The gentleman in this tale who is honored
with the sobriquet of Mammon, is a certain
British millionaire, one Sir Jasper Goldthorpe, -
Baronet and M. P. Not seven but three of
his own sons figure in the story—the other four
being scarcely mentioned. The number of
characters and the changes of scenes in this
book are wonderful. High life and low aro
equally laid open, and the reader is hurried
from St. James' to St. Giles', from the Ring
in Hyde Park to the model lodging house in
Soho, from Coger's Inn to the usurer's don in
Stockwell, from the Belgic monastery to the
French hulks, from the Puseyite parsonage to
the race for the Derby at Epsom, from the
London drawing-room to the French salon,
from wealthy enjoyment to the last sad scene
in prison. Every where, one character con
stantly appears—one Mrs. Armitage, who
somewhow reminds us of Becky Sharp, with
the addition of beauty and wickedness. She
is the heroine of the story; the rest circle
around her. There is yet another female
character, Letitia Sainsbury, a peer's daugh
ter, with a heart in her bosom. Magdalen
Hill, evidently intended to make a great sen
sation, is a failure. The truest part of the
story is that which describes the fall of the
millionaire, into the meanest sort of poverty.
This is told with wonderful skill. He had
risen by fraud, long concealed, and no reader
can grieve when the avenging Nemesis
topples over the castle of cards which ho had
so ingeniously reared. Ruthyn Pondragon,
the curate, is a boldly-limned character.
There are two or three mysteries here, which
we cannot understand. What, for instance,
Is the nature of the strong interest felt for Mrs.
Armitage, from the third chapter to the last?
Who was tho person, smashed to death by the
railway accident on a French line, in whose
pocket was found Hugh Goldthorpe's pocket
book, which finding created the belief that
the said Hugh was killed? How came that
pocket-book into that pocket? Why
should Hugh Goldthorpe have submitted
to a death-in-life existence in the Belgic mo
nastery and at the French convict-prison?
"The Seven Sons of Mammon," however,
with some short-comings, is a striking story;
from which a critic may fairly predicate no
small degree of future success to its author.
lie who has made such a bound, in this work,
evidently has great vital power in his creative
, mind.
* The Seven P.one of Hammon. A story. Dy George
Augustus Sala, author of "Journey Cue North." 1 vol,
Bvo, pp. 212. Hoeton : T. 0. 11. P. Burnham. Phila
delphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
[For The Tress.]
In the notice announcing the relinquish
ment of c , Blood's Dispatch," the proprietors
say nothing as to the redemption of stamps
which have been issued by them, paid for by
the holders, but not used. Is this an over
sight, or are the holders to be the losers 1 S.
TUE DELAWARE.—QUito a fleet of vessels
took advantage of the freedom of the Delaware
from ice, to come up to the city. Yesterday morn
ing the river was again full of floating ice, a result
of the snow storm, and of the severe cold of
Monday night.
't==l2l
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ' 15, 1862.
THE REBELLION.
THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.
ITS DEPARTURE FROM HAMPTON
ROADS
SPECULATION • ABOUT ITS DESTINATION
Interesting from General Price's
Command in Missouri.
THE NUMBER AND CONDITION OF THE
FORCES UNDER HIM.
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR
LETOHER, OF VIRGINIA.
BIS BILL OF GRIEVANCES AGAINST PRE
SIDENT LINCOLN.
More Columns of Troops to be Thrown
into Kentucky from Cairo
A RECONNOISSANCE TOWARDS COLUMBUS
Commodore Goldsborough Gone
to Hatteras
A NEW DEPOT FOR PRISONERS OF WAR
BEING ERECTED
THE TEXANS MARCHING ON FORT
CRAIG, IN NEW MEXICO.
&C., &C., &C.
•
The Departure from Hampton 'toads of
the Burnside Expedition.
(From the Special Correspondence erne N. Y. Tribune.]
FORTRESS Mormon, Jan. 12.
About twenty-five of the gunboats and transports
of the Burnside expedition sailed from the Roads
last night. About 11 o'clock the signal to get un
der weigh was given, unexpectedly, I conclude,
for not a few officers and others were on shore, not
expecting to sail perhaps for several days.. By
three o'clock in the morning they were all off, with
the exception of two or -three gunboats and some
half-dozen transports of the larger class.
This morning another hatch of transports of the
larger °lasts including the Louisiana. Peabody,
and New York, tame in crowded with troops, and
reported that there was a fleet of from twenty to
thirty sail in the Chesapeake.
The promising state of the weather prompted the
sudden departure last night, and it is probable that
the fleet will reach its destination in safety. As
showing what men will do when brought to the
" scratch," I will state that some half dozen captains
of boats refused to go. Their places wore imme
(likely supplied by others who were not the slaves
of cowardice. Ono captain was so mutinous that
Gen. Foster deemed it his duty to place the fellow in
irons Others barely escaped the same treatment
because there were other matters.to attend to.
The final sailing will take place this evening,
should the weather hold good, of which there Is
much doubt this 2 o'clock P iil The Spaulding
will leave at sundown with flag officer Goldsboreugh
and Captain Case, of the Minnesota, beside some
others, either left behind or not immediately con
nected with the expedition. So, with fair weather,
the entire expedition will soon have reached the
final rendezvous nearest the field of operations.
Now, where is that ? I presume I shall violate
no confidence if I state, on common rumor and be- ,
lief, that the expedition will rendezvous at Matte- 1
ras inlet, and that Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds I
will be the immediate field of operations. Of these
operations in detail it is not proper to speak, any
further than that it is understood that the force,
when fairly afloat on the waters of Pamlico Sound,
will address itself to Roanoke Island, which is I
strongly fortified. This is the key to Albemarle I
Sound, through Currituck, and it is supposed that
the position is defended by from 2,000 to 3,000 men.
This taken, one of the faults following the taking of
Hatteras, four or five months ago, when one thou
sand men might have done the same thing, will
have been retrieved. I presume the clearing out
of the rebeldfrom all the Bounds will follow, which ;
might have been done with a thousand mon and '
two or three gunboats at the time referred to. It
must not bo supposed that this is the whole work
laid out for the expedition. It wilt be but clearing
away the underbrush, and it will bo time enough to
record the rest when it takes place.
It is understood that tin Ninth New York Regi
ment, Colonel Hawkins, now at Hatteras, will ac- I
company the expedition and possibly the Forty
eighth Pennsylvania, also there.
Flag-officer Gelded's:rough, for several days past,
bee been, and is now, quite ill with the gout. Yes
terday the symptoms were quite serious, bat to-day 1-
he is so much bettor as to be able to leave on the
Spaulding. This steamer, after touchingoit, Hat%_
teres,..olll„Seoslend to-Pores Roy ai, se.ss-ts,-so status,-'
sniss, One takett betas , d dim ITOOP 9 ,
men from the hearssasantro, and other remnants of
regturetififitiVe latter place, beside a large quantity
of express and other freight, and mails.
Some delay of the expedition at Hatteras is more
than probable, in consequence of several of the
steamers drawing too much water. The depth of
water on the bulkhead is less than eight feet,
whereas some of the steamers draw nine and ten. I
understand that, inconceivable as it may appear,
the getters-up of the expedition have been under
the impression that the depth of water on the bulk
head was nine feet. Everybody but those who
ought tohave known knew better. This blunder was
discovered at once, as the steamers began to arrive,
by all who had any knowledge of the destination.
Still, though the expedition maybe somewhat shorn,
its efficiency will not he materially lessened, as the
bows that will be unable to enter the Sound (if that
should turn out to bo the ease with any of theta),
will be transports principally.
Probably a more heterogeneous congregation of
water craft was never collected on any watora at
any ono time. I trust that in our future naval
lists not many of them will be suffered to figure,
though without doubt, as a whole, they aro well
suited for the work for which they aro to he cubs'
, ployed. All the odd specimens from the Keene
bee to the Chesapeake-appear to have bean pro.
cured, the ono from the first-named locality being
a stern-wheel craft drawing ten and a hall feet.
Since she made the whole distance from the lien.
nebeo to the Capes, regular sea voyaging, in re
markably quick time, and arrived all right, she is
not to be spoken of lightly, even if she does look
so much like a wheelbarrow.
The ferry-boats Whitehall and Hoboken, now
heavily-armed gunboats, went out on Friday and re
turned the next day thoroughly disabled. The ex
pedition will not have their services. The other
boats of the some description that sailed last night
have not been heard from. They probably will go
through.
snitlt be the middle of the week before the ex
pedition will begin its work. This will be the
very latest, and there is a possibility of extraordi
nary delays that will protract the term of expecta
tion.
The French war steamer Catinet, that has been
lying in the Roads for some days, proposes to go
to Norfolk. This is the first instance of the kind
since the blockade was declared, and probably there
is nothing but a sense of propriety on the part of
the commanding officer to prevent her going, and
she will, without much doubt, go.
I understand that the gunboat Tuscarora was
some time sines despatched to look after the rebel
steamer Nashville, refitting at Southampton.
Sketches of the Prominent Officers.
The Burnside Expedition, when first projected,
was intended to be of far less magnitude than it has
become—the idea having been to strike quick,
sharp blows, with a moderate force, upon the ene
my, rather than fall upon him with the ponderous
weight of a heavy column. But delay serving only
to Impress our military authorities with the im
portance of these flank movements coastwise, one
regiment after another, and ship after ship, have
been placed at Gen. Burnside's disposal, until his
Coast Division has attained a size even greater
than that of Gen. Sherman. The immediate and
ultimate effect of these naval expeditions upon the
enemy depends so much upon the abilities of the
leaders, that we will give personal notices of the
prominent officers of this expedition, beginning with
the General himself :
Ambrose Everett Burnside was born at Liberty,
Union county, Indiana, on the 231 of May, 1524,
and is consequently in the full vigor of early man
hood at the present time. It is not an uninterest
ing coincidence that this general, whose heart and
soul are so devoted to the groat work of defending
the liberties and restoring the Union of his country,
should have boon born at Liberty, in Union
county. He is of Scotch descent, both of his grand
parents having been born in Scotland, but, emi
grating to this country, they settled in South Caro
lina, where the father of General Burnside was
born. Mr. Burnside having commenced the prac
tice of the law, married la lady of South Carolina,
and was soon in possession of a lucrative practice.
.The new and fertile districts of Southern Indiana
presenting to his mind great inducements for set
tlers, he disposed of his property in 1821, and
emigrated to the town, in Union county, where
the subject of our :sketch was born. Mr. Burn
aide successively filled the offices of clerk
of court and judge of the Circuit Court, and
was always en active supporter of the old
Whig party. The son was educated at Horton's
Academy, a somewhat famous school in its day.
When eighteen years of age, he was admitted into
the West Point Military Academy, and in 1817
graduated in the artillery, fifteenth in a class of
forty-seven. Ills rank of brevet second lieutenant
in the Second Artillery was exchanged the following
year for that of a full second lieutenancy in the
Tird Artillery, to which regiment ho was trans
ferred by the War Department. At the time of his
graduation from West Point, his regiment was in
Mexico, and, joining it at Yore Cruz, ho wont with
Pattereon's column to the city of Mexico, which
capital they reached after Scott's triumphal ci entry.
Lieutenant Burnside remained with his regiment in
Mexico until peace was declared ; but, much against
his wishes, participated in none of the brilliant en
gagements which shed so much lustre Wear arra.
On the promulgation of the treaty of peace, he was
ordered to Newport, B. 1., and served at that post
until the spring of 1210, when he wont to New
Mexico, having been detached to Bragg's famous
battery as first lieutenant. For throe or four years
he was in the exciting service of skirmishing against
the warlike Indian tribes of Now Mexico, and in se
eralperilous figlits displayed snob dauntless courage
as to earn the highest encomiums from his superior
officers.
The peouliar character of Indian warfare making
it impossible to operate against them with artillery,
Bragg's men turned in their pieces, and were or
ganized as cavalry companies. Their duties con
, meted chiefly in Scouting and escorting the moils to
the . gtafe;,: Lieut. Burnside landed in New Mexico
about thhl-lim bif August, and, on the 21st of that
month +, Mien in cow:Maud of a company, had an
erigagettent .with fffir-Apaohes, near Las Vegas.
Although. 'd - odds were more than two to ono
spinet t ern, Bumeide's gallant fellows, twenty-
Mile in t, her, killed eighteen Indians, took than
Although. d
centered forty horses, with ,
all their
equipmerthe and scattered the band in every direc
tion. Tho.ootion was regarded as a very brilliant
one by Copt Judd, and in his report, as command
ant of theipott to the Secretary of War, he noticed
Lieut . , Ihunte'igallantry in the most complimen
tary terms, r ommonding him for promotion. He
was glso . rkohmended to President Fillmore for
promotioff,lffitreslgned from the service before re
ceiving the reward to which he was fairly entitled.
Id the winter of 1850.51 he served as quarter
master on the Boundary Commission, which ran
the line between. Mateo and the United States,
and in Septetabor, 1851 c-canto across the Plains as
bearer of destatehes from Colonel Graham to the
President. yilth an escort of only three men he
started froni the Gila river on his minims trip
through the !Alan country, but fortunately passed
through unmolested, travelling twelve hundred
miles in the ineredibly short time of seventeen
days. This` €s -the fastest mule travel on record.
While at Fort Adams, Newport, he resigned from
the service, having invented a breech-loading car
bine, which he 'proposed to manufacture for Go
vernment. With this object in view, he settled at
Bristol, R. .I.Osincl, on the strength of a verbal con
tract with the ilitef Floyd, rhich was to bo legally
ratified at one, he invested all Me property, and
more, in his arm manafectory. Thieves aro always
liars, and of con se Floyd found it an easy matter
to ruin a poor lAutenant, by breaking the pro
misee be bad nilek ; aid giving the contract to
another inventor: s. - *snot likely thitt his diges.:
tion of a single ineptviailetimbod by she Manua
lion, but it coutpaisettA - t; 4 - ttlii.et - Dia lisitLAM.
and doomedbim to several years Sf toil and prim
tion. As soon hi this extent of his disaster was as
certaticed, Barnsidis,Vike a high-minded and hono
rable man, gave up'everything to his oreditora, and
began life anew. ;Failing - to find emplOyMent in
Now York, ho determined to try hie fortuno in
Chicago, and, to proeure the Minns to defray his ex
penses,
disposed of his milita= r y uniforms and trap
pings to the " preperty-man- '' of a theatre for a
small stun. ..In Chicago be entered the office of the
Illinois Central Railroad no colter of the land do=
partment, whielopost` he rotained for nearly two
years ' when he nil eleatedstreasarer of the compa
ny and removed tti Nets York. While he was in
Chicago Mr. (nott. Major General) McClellan was
suocesaively genetal anperlntendent and vice presi
dent of the commlny, and 'with him Burnside re
newed the friendithip which they had formed at
the West Point Mademy. Each Is a noted man in
his way, Ateelenlon being possessed of wonderful
executive ability; an iron oonalltution, and a
thoroughly jimetteal mind ; and Burnside, adding
to good busmeSs habits a high moral principle and
uprightness of Chertieter which impress themselves
upon every ono with whom he has dealings. Both
men have great suavity of manner, joined to decision
and firmness; both ere brave, modest, pure in word
and action: end while neither of the friends is a
member of any religions . society, they both seem
actuated by high 4:flirtation principle.
Lest spring, when Gov. Sprague's offer of 1,000
Rhode Island merfwas accepted by Government,
Burnside was fulfilling his duties of cashier, in the
office in New York, but, ono day, was surprised by
the receipt of a telegrani from the Governor, asking
him to come on to Providence and. take command of
the regiment. The telegram was received at half
post 12 o'clock. Within half an hour his desk was
locked, and hotied loft the office, leaving all his
private isusinesS unsettled. lie reaohed Provi
dence the next morning, and, four days afterward,
passed through Nev York at the -head of the gal
lant Rhode Island First Regiment of Volunteers.
Bow the regiment was drilled and disciplined, un
til it marched mid moved like veterans; how it
went into the thickest of the fire at 801 l Run ; how
it left the fatal field with as much coolness and or
der as if on drese.parade ; how Col. Burnside, al
though exposing himself to every casualty, fighting
where the battle :raged the fiercest, rally
ing his men after ; every repulse, escaped
without a woun4 or scratch, is so well
known that it is haeless to repeat the story.
During the battialgurneide was acting brigadier
general, conlmandiag the 2d brigade of Hunter's
division, and while Gov. Sprague had his horse shot
under him, his own' berm escaped with a slight
wound in the leg, "His gallant behavior in this
his first battle. recommended- hint so strongly to the
notice of the Prosfdoyt that in making up his list of
brigadier generahi fekthe army, Manama nes among
the first recorded. ails appointment being con
firmed by Congress; it was determined to give him
command of a division in Kentucky, but the plan
was subsequently -changed, add her was ordered to
New York to organize the, naval expedition - which
is about to make a &Sewn - npon the Southern
coast.
'Brir 'd
In politics Gen = nal oMO always been a radi
cal Democrat, and, like' Bigler and Dix,his sympa
thics have bean with the South and her institutions.
In the Presidential election of 1860 he took Impart
—not even votingAii his party nominees.
Before the bombardment of Sumpter, but after
the Indianapolis 'epeech of Mr. Lincoln, he was
naked by the wtitot-whether ho would take up
Arnie for the Cierotienent in case the South made
good, its threat/4 ,diasolving the Union. Ills re
ply was that he cobeldered It his duty as a military
officer to 'drew his - sword if his country actually
needed it;' but the - .lteito must ho made a national,
not a party ono. The alacrity with which ho re
signed every private interest• for the perils and
pnvations of the camp, show in what light he re
garded the subject when fairly presented. Since
hie arrival at ApetiP.olts helms. been in. thmeaddlo
or on the ;Met cart*, and let - e, and be ties tunnt .
0, portion' of_ lia own tireless activity =late every
one of the departments of his command.
During his residence in Rhode Island he was
major general of Militia for throe years, but, with
this exception, has taken no part in military life
Since his resignation at Fort Adams. until last
spring.
The Cornmandme General's Stair
With a single exception, that of the chief quar
termaster, there are no officers of the regular army
on Gen L'urnside's staff. Capt. Herman Biggs, the
officer in question, graduated at West Point in 1856,
with the rank of brevet second lieutenant in the
Tenth Infantry, and immediately proceeded to
Florida, where the regiment was on duty. Ho
served with it in Florida, and subsequently in
Texas, several years He now holds the commission
of first lieutenant in the same regiment. In the
whole course of his military life ho has borne the
character of a high-Minded, energetic, and capable
officer. 012 the 3d of august,lBBl, he was appoint
ed assistant quartermaster general, and early in
October joined Burneido's division as chief quarter
master. lie has performed the arduous duties of
the office with greatMecess. Every purchase for
the expedition, from a steel-pen to a stool-clad
ship, must bo tondo by him or pass throughhis
office, the whole responiibility of the amounts rest
ing with him The staff is at present composed as
follows :
Assistant Adjutant General—Capt. Lewis Rich
mond.
Assistant Quartermaster General—Capt. Herman
Biggs.
Assistant Quartermaster General —Capt. Wm.
Cutting.
Commissary of Subsittence—Capt. E. R. Good
rich.
Brigade Surgeon—Dr. Wm. H. Church.
Aids•do Camp—Lieut. Duncan A. Poll and
Lieut Geo. R. Fearing.
Capt. Richmond. Capt Goodrich, and Lieut. Foil
were with Burnside at Bull Run—the first and last
being privates, and Capt Goodrich acting brigade
commissary. Lieut. Fearing Led sailed to Japan,
in the course of a voyage around the world ; when
he heard of our national troubles ho immediately
returned, and volunteertd to ant as aid with Gen.
Burnside.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
The Whereabouts of Price
The Rolla correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican, in a letter to that paper under date of
January 10, says:
I feel a peculiar pleasure in relating the details
contained in this letter, Incense of the entire eon-
fidence I have in their truth. They aro obtained
from Mr. F. 11. Warren, a citizen of Springfield,
who arrived hero from thee place yesterday. My
informant is well known toall Green-coanty mon,
and is vouched for by 'nary gentlemen of my ac
quaintance as a most worthy and reliable gentle.
man. lie is thorough-going in his Union senti
ments of good intelligence, end a careful observer.
Mr:Warren left Sptingfidd last Tuesday morn
ing, on a pass obtained throagh the personal influ
ence of Colonel Rogers, which enables himito pass
the pickets without interruption. Although sub
jeet to insult and injury vhile at home, ho was,
nevertheless, untrammelled in his observation of
passing events ' and I cannot do better than toll his
story just as ho told it, without any attempt at
method or aggregation.
Gen. Price, with his whole command, was still at
Springfield. Rains, Mcßride, Green, Parsons,
Sleek, and Harris' divisions, were all there, Harris
himself being absent—the whole rebel force thus
mentioned, not exceeding eigat thousand men, di
vided into two classes, Confederate soldiers (5,000)
and State Guards (about 3,0001. Tho 5,000 Confe
derate soldiers were enlisted by: Gen. Price from
the State Guard, thereby securing to himself the
position of Major General in the Confederate army.
The remaining three thousand State Guards are
those who refuted to enter. .regularly into the ser
vice of the so called Confederate States of America.
There aro no troops at Springfield, or in the State,
so far es my informant could leirn, other than those
mentioned. In order to show that Mr. W.'s esti
mate of the strength of Prior's army is correct,
I trill mention that he witnessed a review of the
Confederate troops, at which fie was enabled to
else an accurate estimate of :heir number. The
State Guard were quartered in the houses In the
town, whilst the Confederates were oneausped out
side the:town, near the Fair Grrund. Tho popula
tion of Springfield has never exceeded, perhaps
never reached, three thousand, and the number of
the State Guard may thus be agproximately ascer
tained by the capacity of the horses in the town to ,
give them quarters. Of course, if the town in its
palmy days did not provide quarters for a popula
tion greater than 2,500 or 3,001 it cannot now, al
though partly deserted by its °Rens, furnish simi
lar quarters for more than that timber of soldiers.
I think this statement, espeolallywhen taken in con
nection with Mr. Julian's statement, mentioned in
a former letter, establishes the feet satisfactorily
that Gels. Price, at this time, had= effeetivo force
considerably less than 10,000.
The condition and spirit of the runt of an army
is a matter of interest and impartance. If they
were well fed, well clothed, wel armed, healthy,
and in good spirits, although smolt in numbers
compared with our army, they night still give us
sumo trouble in ridding the Stateof their presence.
But this was not the ease. Many of them aro
sick of measles and other diseases, and totally
unfit for duty, and all are more 07 less destitute of
clothing suitable for the season. Those enrolled
as Confederate soldiers are the best provided,
having received a limited supply of shoes and
other clothing from the South, and they, being
. pretty well armed, declare their 'determination to
stand their ground at Springfied and give us
battle. But the State Guards are almost totally
demoralized. Rugged, poorly armed, and dispirit
ed, the time of service of a great many . of them
about expiring, they openly depletes thou unwil-
lingness to fight another battle bin Warren says
he heard a good' many say - they had been deceived
in regard to the war,• and wner resolved, as soon as
their time of enlistment was up, totyrit the war and
go home and throw themsetver upon the chances of
personal security on account of what they bad al
ready done. He head' ono captain in the State
Guard declare that he and the moot of his company
had been forced into the service; that hems , mow
and bad always been a finlonman that at the bat
tle of Wilson's Creek he did' not' fire ar gun, and did
not intend to do so in any engagement at which he
might be compelled to be present; and' chat when
the time of the State Guard service was cut,whis t! will be about the 12th instant) . be intencled. tegrs
home. Mr. Warren says the State Guard boyserero
generally discouraged, and it was evident that
branch of the rebel service would soon disband.
There fire no fortifications made or being made at
Springfield.
It was generally understood there were five or
six regiments of Arkansas troops below, under the
command of Malntoeh, who was subject to the
orders of Gen. Price, and who wouk come when
ever ho ordered them. It was said: Molrdosh had
been appointed a brigadier - general, sap_oreeding .
McCulloch,' who had been ordered to the Potomac . ..
The rebels claimed to have forty pieoea of ordnance,
but Mr. Warren said he could only count twenty
thy eo, which, with the six or eight pieces received
lately from Arkansas, world make' about thirty
guns. Among the guns received from below were
two rifled cannon. There seemed to 'aye boors a
scarcity of regular grape shob, so they were en
gaged in making cannon cartridges; using, in the
place of the round grape, pieces of chains; slags of
iron, nails, Ac.
About the first of the month a train of one hun
tired wagons was sent to Jacksonport, e under the
command of Colonel Rogers. My informant thinks
it was sent after powder end clothing.
Tbelvhole rebel force consisted ehregyofluennteel.
infantry, and there was little or nirefflart fsoule tr?,
increase their effectiveness by drillie4.' The State
Guards refused to drill at all. Mr. W-says he'Was
told theylnd a good many prisoners, many of whom
were oloaely confined in the jail, and others were
out on parole. Ito corroborates the statement here
tofore published, that a largo number of - rebate are
moving into Arkansas with all their abate, and that
for some time past large nun:them of slaves daily
passed through Springfield on their way tolenxio.
Rh mentions particularly the sending of 'hogs dovrn'
into Arkansas, but says General Price had issued an
order forbidding any more from being sooting of
the State.
The fate of Walter Gault had not been fixed
when ho left. The report that the notorious-Dr.
Davis and Bill Campbell had been killed proves.
untrue; they were, however, both badly Wounded,
and it was thought Campbell would lose his arm.
Mr. Warren reports a fight between Mclntosh--not
the brigadier :general mentioned above, but the
Chief of the Creek Nation—and the Union Indians
under Oport Lahole. Chief Mclntosh sent a de,
spateh to Fayetteville, which was thence sent to
epringfield, that be bed encountered o.port•latholo
and defeated Lim, killing one hundred of hiss
braves, but did not state his own loss. It was also
reported among the Secessionists that there had
been a fight between rebel troops and some home
guards, at Ozark," in which they say they killed
twelve of the guards, and only lost two on their
aide.
The telegraph wire as far up as Bolivar has been•
taken down and Bent South, along with two or three
printing offices. This was done by order of McCul-
loch before he left.
The rebels said they had thirteen thousand stand
of extra arms. There is, doubtless ' some truth in
this, for it is well known that all the rebels who
returned home in November and December left
their arms in camp by order of General Price.
Mr. Warren says treasury notes of the denomi
nation of five. ton ' twenty, and fifty delta's, bearing
eight per cent. interest, payable in two years, era
in circulation about Springfield.
General Prioo was ever on the alert s keeping out
an efficient and numerous picket service in every
direction, that steered the country daily for a dis
tance of twenty to thirty miles.
The work of pressing property continued. Every
wagon for thirty miles around had been taken, and
many . farmers had boon utterly stripped of every
conceivable kind of forage. To such an extent had
this been.earricd, that Gen. Price had issued an or
der requiring his men in no case to take more than
half what a man had, How kind in the General!
Bat the process of taking half to-day and half-to
morrow, well kept up, soon left the poor follows
with nothing. Stores and shops were thus pressed,
and for all thus taken, there was no better pay than
unauthorized receipts in the nature of State scrip.
On the way in, Mr. Warren heard that a portion
of Colonel Carr's troops, under Captain Wood, had
succeeded in oapturing the notoriously infamous
bandit, Hanthorn,
but that afterwards their pri
soner unfortunately , made his escape.
At Springfield, it was thought by some, that
General Price, if not attacked, intended to make
an incursion into Southern Kansas.
Air. Warren aaya the loyal men of the South
west send up a unanimous voice for Sigel to bo
sent out there, 'and that the rebels are equally
unanimous in their maledictions against the Dutch
General.
I have now told Mr. Warren's whole story. As
suring the reader of the reliability of my . inform
ant, I leave him to draw his own oonolusions as to
the prospects of a battle at Springfield ; and of the
rebel cause generally. S.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Mesenge from Governor Letehpr.-,
EXY.CIITIVZ DE.P.MM4II4-1! $ Jan: IS/32.
4:trwriEnstast-rotr"Talt
DELEGATES . : I received from hie Excellency Jo
seph Brown, Governor of the State of Georgia,
a communication enclosing jointresolutions adopted
by the Legislature of that State, and approved De
'ember 11, 1801. These resolutions relate to mat-
ters of the first importance, and they command my
cordial approbation. They declare the sentiment
of the Southern Confederacy, and will be en
thusiastically responded to by the people of all
dames.
In communicating these resolutions to the Gene
ral Assembly, I embrace the opportunity to fill up
a hiatus in the history of the State growing out of
her changed relations. Virginia dissolved her eon
motion with the Government of the United
States on the 17th day of April last, having
watched closely the political conduct of Presi
dent Lincoln and his Cabinet from the 4th day
of March preceding. A largo portion of our
people believed, from the revelations of his
inaugural nieFsago, that he designed to subjugate
the South, and much of his policy, as developed
in the first six weeks of his Administration, tended
to confirm and strengthen this belief. The appear
ance of his proclamation, however, calling on Vir
glide and other States for volunteers, removed all
doubts, and made it plain and palpable that subju
gation was his object. no had revealed his pur
pose, by the issue of his proclamation, to use 'Vir
ginians, if possible, in coercing their Southern
slaveholding brethren into submission to his will
and obedience to his Government and authority.
Virginia, seeing that the only hope of preserving
her rights and honor as a State and the liberties of
her people consisted in dissolving her connection
wills the Government of the United States and re
suming her sovereignty, adopted that course, and
subsequently determined to unite her destiny with
her Southern sisters. She did so; and her Conven
tion, being at the time in session, adopted such ordi
minces and regulations as wore necessary to protect
her citizens against the machinations of enemies at
home end the encroachments of enemies from
abroad.
Events that have transpired since the 17th day of
April last have more than confirmed the worst ap
prehensions of the people of Virginia, and have fur
nished an ample and complete justification for the
secession of the State. All the wicked results ap
prehended when she seceded have been fearfully
realized, and they now constitute an important
chapter in the history of the stirring times in which
wo live.
Such were the considerations that influenced and
determined the action of Virginia.
I now propose to show that while President Lin
coln professes to have inaugurated thislivar for pre
servation and perpetuation of the Constitution in its
spirit and letter, he has violated in the most direct
manner many of its most important provisions. I
propose, in the next place, to compare his conduct
with the oonduot of George the Third, and to prove,
by reference to the Declaration of Independence,
that most of his acts have been identical with those
denounced by our forefathers as justifiable grounds
for our separation from the mother country.
The message hero prooceds to denounce, in the
most approved Secession style, the manner of con
ducting the war which has been adopted by the
Administration, and continues as follows :
The conduct of President Lincoln has boon as
oppressive and tyrannical towards the Confederate
States as the acts of the King of Great Britain,
which caused our first revolution, were towards the
colonies. Tho comparison cannot fail to make its
impression upon the mind oven of the casual oh
server.
President Lincoln has plundered the public
treasury, and has delivered at least forty thousand
dollars to Pierpont to enable him and hie traitorous
associates in the Commonwealth of Virginia to over
throw the State Government, and to organize within
the limits of this State a new Government. Ile has
thus been guilty of the unprincipled conduct of
using the people's money to lavish upon traitors and
encourage them to perseverance in their work of
treason.
.. The history" of Abraham Lincoln "is ahistory
of repented injuries and usurpations, all having for
their object the establishment of an absolute tyranny
over these" Confederate States.
To this end " he has affected to render the military
independent of and superior to the civil power."
Ile has combined with Piorpont and other traitors
in Virginia " to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign
to our Constitution and unacknowledged by our
laws, giving his assent to their note of pretended
Ile is endeavoring to quarter "large bodies of
armed troops amongst us."
lie is endeavoring to cut oft " our trade with all
ports of the world."
Ile is endeavoring to imposo " taxes upon us with
out our consent."
Ho is endeavoring to deprive us, "in many oases,
of the benefits of trial by jury."
"lie has abdicated government hero by declaring,
us out of his protection and waging 'war against
"Ho has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts,
burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our
people."
"Ile is at this time transporting largo bodies of
mercenaries to complete the works of death, deso-
lation, and tyranny, already begun with circum
stances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled
in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy
the head of a civilized nation."
lie has endeavored to excito domestic insurrec
tions amongst us, by proposing to put arms in the
hands of our slaves, and thereby encouraging thom
to "an undistinguished destruction of all ages,
sexes. and conditions."
Ile has violated laws human and divine to gratify
his passions, to glut his prejudices, and to wreak
his yengOnnoo—urecr. evve7 - 1,111. vuaj VlnVx.
rights, and who are struggling to preserve their
liberties. Can a Government conducted upon such
principles endure?
In every siege of these oppressions, attempted or
consummated, prier to the secession of the State,
we warned President Lincoln and the Northern
people of the inv. Gable consequences of their
comae, and admonished them thotTiCiAatlOCl yeas net
TWO CENTS.
seep rded to us the Union must be dissolved. In
evel . state of these oppressions, since the secession '
of the-State, lie have resisted them as became a
free people averting independence. Opr admoni
titna an* resistance have been answered by repeated
injury r ind oppreSsion, aggravated by war and
bloodebeLi k and by the assumption and exercise of
power which even an autocrat would hesitate to
assuumeand exercise. - A President a whose charm
ter is Muir Clunked by every act which may define
st - tyrantis wad to be e ruler of a free people."
I have•thue,presented
,1. The considerations that influenced and eon
trolled ths - ,aoffen of ;Virginia in separating herself
from We Girreniment of the' United States and
resuming her sovereignty.
2. The reculle`ehich President Linodu l a policy
give us fearforreason to apprehend; and which are'
now :withers oft hiseory stamped indelibly upon its;
pa ve. In there' I enumerate its repeated viola.' I
Unions of a Cornhitution which' lie had solemnly
8176131 to support. ,
I•baVe ran wrangle] between the conduct of ,
President Lincoln aud , Greorge the Third, and brae. •
demonstrated that the Ammer has shown , himself
not leaf a. tyrant eildussurper thin the linter.
The ainstitution ofl the United Stater bashed no
bindingftleacy upturns-since the 17th day of April
last. idiot day we - ^'reptufutted it, and declared
to the werld that we would' net be longer hound , by
its priviSions. Prom tlikldtcy Virginia dataes new
era. Rev own eonatitutift , , her laws, and her or
diatusees oeinetitruted the pith few her guidance from
that'day i-orwaral until her MIMI with the etafede--
rate Statue was esinummatedt While she occupied
a position OE an independtent State she - detected.
herself with' the grace and dignity that bestrew
t , the xeother4rYßtates ;" after' hor union with the
Confederatewove,rninent she fulfilled her oblige-:
Gene feltbfutlynea her new relation.
The oecurencelk of the past Rine months have de
monstrated eonefee Avoly that we cannot live to-•
gether at
,etznall!Ak..uder the Government of the-
United States - anif ' the babittiat - wielitUM:Of the,
provisions of the fltsi istitution,, end the' open cifatkel - ,
gent of the Taws, 17 , , President Lincoln and his ettlr:
Mats, render , govemod iental assectiotion between -ler
impossible. fira us y l i speet between the eititens df
the , SOuthein Confab - 1 01":, and those of fife •I'Tottb. ,-
has ceased to,exist. , xx flatus' confidence has been
sneeesded`by inetnell trust, andniutual good will
by - matitaill wren/ion, o Government can be en
during which , deem - not. lid mess the 'Woollen and re
spect of' the governed. I,t cannot bg that the peo
ple of the eonfen e y&N, lib .ales can again entertain
a feeling of affection a re respect for the Govern
meet of the , United Rau* I. We have, therefore,
separated from them, and ail ow let it Le understood
that separation' " re ought to be final and
irrevocable"—that Virgswii t will, under no cir
cumstanees, entertain any p •roPooltion from any
quarter lobe/In/ay kayo fors . ts object a reatoration.
or reconotrurtion of the Ie its Union on any
terms and conditions its&titegi r."
We must be content with ank hing less Wan the
unqualified recognition if Are if _..ulep . endonoo of the
Southern Confederacy and its nationality by the
Government of the United Raft ; and to I$ and
we must meet the issue they hawk i tendered ,t,9 us
with spirit, enerear, and deter:min anon,
and Intl a
Brie resolve on the' part of ~: e',ldeod the Confederate
States that , everything shalt he i l k no that may be
necessary to insure the triampfiot oar twine and
thus secure our liberty and imisepe ndonco for the
Smith.•
In conclusion, I recommend thatt;:, before your ad
journment this day, you reafftrab,Bry solemn vote in
each house, the resell:alone adopted! y the General
Assembly of Georgia. The Empire State of the
South bas spoken ; let not " tbe,motk er of States "
remain silent on a rsbject of so mack significance
and importance to the Southern Cmstfek leraeY•
Respectfully, Lr.rtaiEß.
RISCUTIVE. lISPAR THENS,
Itlmmnomviram, Ga., Dear 1 10, 1861.
EIGSLLZNCY Janti LETCWIE have
the honor to transmit herewith a eopysf reso
lutionsadopMd by the General Meesably of Georgia.
Tho Legislature has not directed me to' forward
them, but I do so under the c-onviation that you
will be pleased to loam the action of Oak lrgia on
the important subject to•which they relete.',
Very respectfully, JOSEPSI BRA W.
JOINT IiEitYLITTIONS Ot t 71111 GENEBSI. AM! ÜBLIC
OP THE BT/108 OF GEOZOZTA, PASSID, AT ITS Aare
Resolved, by the &flats and ,Floviso of Rost -
&curatives of :Georgia, in General Assembly snot - ,
That it is the sena, of this General Assembly that
the separation of those States now tiorming the Con
federate States of America from the United States
is, and ought to he, final and irrevocable; arid that
Georgia will, under no eircensidanristi, entertain
any proposition, from any quarter, which , may have
for its object a restoration or reconstruction bf the
late Union, on any terms or conditions whatever.
Resolved, That the war whisk the United States
are waging upon the Confederate States should be
met on our part with the utmost vigor and energy,
until our independence and nationality are uncon
ditionally acknowledged by the united States.
Resolved, That Georgia pledges herself to her
sister States of the Confederacy that she will stand
by them throughout the Struggle. She will con
tribute all the means which her resources will sup
ply, so far as the same may be necessary to the
support of the common cause, and will not consent
US lay down arms until peace is established on the
basis of the foregoing resolutions.._WAßNH
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
L. CAILIIIHOWTON,
Clerk of the souse of Represeatittves,
June' Buturs, President of the Sedate.
Takes Al. hiloaLar, Seeretzw7 of the Weide:
Approved December 11, 1851.
_ . Jrisnsu E. Brows, Gorertior.
MISCELLANEOUS Vii Ali NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. 14, via Baltimore.—
The transports L011i31 . 071C and New- Brunswitk,
with the remaining troops of the Burnside expedi
tion, left here last night. Five tug-boats, said to be
part of the same expedition, aro still hero.
The ship John. Trucks, with the D'Epineuil
Zouaves, which went whore on her passage from
Annapolis, has arrived, and is Still here.
The propellor Illatanztts, from Port
_Royal, has
arrived.
The Spaidding sailed for Hatteras and Port.
Royal last evening.
Com. Goldsborough was a passenger in the
Spaulding.
The United States steam sloop-of-war Pensacola
arrived hero this afternoon from Alexandria.
Important from Cairo
CISICAGO, Jan : 1.3.—A special to, the Chicago
Tribune, from Cairo, states that two more columns
will be moved into Kentucky to-morrow. All the
transports hero have been chartered for that pur
pose.• I em assured from the best authority that
troops are on the way hero from St. Louis, and will
arrive to•night or tomorrow.
Fifty prisoners taken by General Paine wore
brought to Bird's Point to-day, among whom is
Col. Bird, from whom that place derives its name.
Positive evidence exists that ho has contributed
$33,000 in aid of the rebellion, and that he volun
tarily sent his slaves to work on the fortifications.
A nephew of General Polk was arrested yester
day, near Blandville, liy., by one of our muting
parties. He had despatches in his possession to
spies at Columbus.
A reconnoissance was made towards Columbus,
from Fort Jefferson, yesterday. They went three
miles beyond Elliott's Mills, and drove in the re
bel pickets. At the same time the gunboats Essex
and ,St. Louis wont down the river towards Colum
bus. At the time the messenger left heavy firing
was heard in that direction.
Later from General Ranks' Column.
FREDERICK, Jan. 11.—It is reported, but not au.
thentically, that tho rebels, under General Jackson,
throw several shells into our lines at Hancock, yes
terday.
The Treasury Department
WASHINGTON, January 14.—The Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury returned to his post yesterday:
Within ono hour after, the chief clerk was stricken„
down, and is now dangerously ill. The labors oLt
that department seem to be more than human ability
can endure.
Important from New Mexico,
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, January 13.—Thu Sauta
Fe mail has arrived with dates to Deoember
Two thousand troops are reported to be mareking
up the Rio Grande river for the purpose of attack
ing Fort Craig, and the same number are marching
up the Pecos river to attack Fort Union.
The troops stationed at Fort Wise haveksen or
dered to Nov Mexico.
Fort Union is well prepared to receive nil attack,
but fears are entertained that Fort Craig will be
taken, and that the Texans will advance, on Santa
Fe. Considerable excitement prevail:Lin, the letter
place in consequence.
The New Depot for lrrtsonors.of War.
The depot erected by the Go=ramont on Lake
Erie, for the reception of prisoners of: war, is thus
described by a Sandusky correspondent of the.
Cleveland Herald:
Bull's Island, whore his prison -house is to }Ja i ,_
lies within Ssndusky bay,. about. a mile from its.
month, and about two tnileafroutScailusky, (Ohic,),
with easy access by a ferv. If, contains about three.
hundred acres, with a prominent lime-atone ridge..
in the centre, with a gentle descent in each direction
to the water's edge, and. with no marsh sr swampy
ground within its owlers."&xty acres have been,
leased by the Goveramentfor the purpose of a,pri
soma' depot, in ivlileh to plan the capturarebels
for safe keeping, and which will be ready for, their
occupation by the iirst of February next, and,which,
will be guarded by twouompanies of soldiers. Tins,
buildings now emoted comprise a stotehousc, three,
houses for eaters' quarters, a soldierebarracks,.
each are largu.and reemy—a hospital., banditti's, in,
dimensions one hunibed feet long by twenty-fieur
feet wide; a long eno-story house in the , rearsoir
the others, and somewhat retired, and imincatately
under the lime-stone bluff, sholt , eningit Dow. the
northerly and westerly winds, with doora and win
dows opposite each other, affording free, draft and
ventilation—a aims and comfortable townent for
those poor customers consigned to the, tender mer
cies of the doctors and surgeons.
farther to the east of thsao buildings is the en
closure Per the prisoners, of soneefifteen acres, a
stout plank board fence, eight feet high, with sen
try boxes and sentry walks; within are eight large
two.story structures, substantially built, airy mid
.tmcipme anti contrast favorably with the narrow,
tiii , -onitly jail aoeommodations of the
South, into which 0 rs are cast. There is
ample room fox the erection rather buildings to
any extent, if the numbers of the prisoners should
demand. Large room is allowed within -the en
closure for exercise and games upon a fine plittoun
of ground.
Tito position of ilio depot is a fortunate 00100
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Tan P7ga Pass,
lion, and does credit to the judgment of Colonel
Hoffman. It is safe, from its isolated island posi
tion, easily supplied with all the necessities of
subsistence, with an easterly,and southern expo
sure, having the grateful, health-bearing winds of
Lake Erie full in their front, an abundance of soft
lake water— a matter of much importance in a
sanitary point of view—and altogether a charming
spot.
From General Banks' Column.
FREDERICK, ?dd., Jan. 12.—Last night, while on
guard duty at the railroad.station, Lewis Hoag, of
Company I, Third Wisconsin, was accidentally
shot and instantly killed by one of his comrades.
On Friday night, a magnificent reunion was,
given to the officers of our army by Colonel Mauls
by, of the Maryland Home-Brigade. It took place
at the colonel's mansion, one mile from town, on the
Barper t e Ferry turnpike. At the front entrance of,
the mansion Was a large transparency, lettered
6 1 Welcome, you defenders of out country;" and at
the end of the ball another—" The Union, one
end inseparable • it must and shall be preserved !" -
It woe catimatedthat about four hundred and fifty
persons were present. The hall was decorated with
the stars and stripes arid State flags of the regi- -
ments, 'producing it delightful effect upon the
senses.
Gen. Banks' entire staff, with their ladies, es
also these of BrigadienAbercromble and Hamilton,:
were present.
Last week five exchanged Confederate prisoners;
stopped here a few hours on their way homeward:
Their names were Jonah AtliStin t Robert Brain,,
Arthur Dawson, J. H. Cestok, and Joseph B. Mar
pbrey. A part of them were defiant, threatenbig t
to return to the army and revenge what they'con-,
sidored to be gross in treatment during their cap
tivity.
Private intelligence from Hancock goes to show.:
that, one day last week, ,a portion of the Conneed
ant Fifth and New York Twenty-eighth creased.
the riier; and advanced four or five miles into Vir--
04 11 4 ,1 0-14-hotaiiliftitare _they found, and , brought.
r wri tr O ne ' cald i nni.,WeßtfinixiXfillillidiadirtkaa42
alio a eiraildeXafile rittioint of.xninor iinpleirtents of.
Warfare'.
- When the Cenfedirtate troops under Jaekson ap-'
preached - Bath, previous to their, attack on Han
cock, two eompaoiee and a eeetion"of Union artil
lery retreated batik tow - Jute the latter place,: OIL
arriving nearly oppesite, where there wtaa porROU
of a Pennsylvania regiMent, all retired over the
river, leaving behind their eaufp - equipage, etc.
Shortly afterwards Saekson'eforee appeared, and
shelled" the town, doing ecarcelf any appreciable
demos?. On his retiring, our troops recroissed into
and repossessed themeelves of most of
the property left there,
Sergeant Bingham, of theYerelfth Indiana, was
killed near the mouth of the Altietem, list week,
by the aeoidental berating of,a loaded shah. IG ap
pears that he had walked across the river on the.
mei and, - on returning, found - one the enemy's.
shells; which, in attempting to ignite; burst, 'wound—
ing hint in severely that hedied in a few house. He
was a brother of Capt. Bingham, assistant quarter
master of Gen. Banker division, and had Just pre
viously received - the appointment of second lieu
tenant.
Adrices from Martinsburg on the 9th state that:
there were• no regulars of the Confederate Arai,'
there. All the troops at Winchester, estseo4:l2o
militia, had le ft for Morgan county toWreek
son'a command, who, it was understood, at •
taek Romney. It was reported at Martlishairk:
that a fight had actualiy:taken phsennfitoniney,-
and their loss-was 100 - killed;9lysiounded, and fitfit:
prisoners: This was reported •by a Confederate
militia captain.
The militia speak in uninslified language about,
their opposition to the eimfederate Government,
and live only itt hopes that we wilt take' possession
of tbt4hottirtm'and maintain our ground. Coffee,.
when it be obtained, sold' for i ttlo. ;. salt
$90.19 per sack, and the only quality tobe obtained
was the sedimenSollast year 's fish barrels. Passes ,
are Issued' at Martinsburg to well known Becesdozo
fats only; to.visit other places in the interior. They
are printed:- on a - Tory' common kind' of bromic
wrapping paper, bp , 4 inches; and. read as fol
lows:
Provo ot- kfrizahalro- Office, Martirisbni4'
186. PareriVr. to ---.
"By order oflgaj. sen. T. J. Jackson,
"J. Q` BAD.ENBI#BII,
"Pr Marshal."
Ten cenVoalleo relit orf Varga ong s: The etipplleo•
were obtained from Richmond:
-In addition to the hitherterreyerted force under
Jackson, maylott. addle& 'Generaiearson's
who were went again:rat - their wilt at the battle Of,
Hancock.
On New 'Tines- =emir& the 'Union citizens of
Berkeley count-7, erected a ohear Vl* fldg near
Vain No. 4, w'azeirtrenrained , flying for four ddyf,
irhen a party fiterSlrephordatown mate and tont it -
down, and trnildd it , thrmugh•thestreetrof the town,
until it was torn , into shrada. Bwring.their visit
they called at...the .house. of James - Greenwood
(whose name hes.leretofore been mentioned in this
correspondence), and searetted.sar another Sag said
to be there, 'dui- which hiefataily . h-ad Concealed.
enema:al, weir a refugee,. hail , - ;mate 'previously
clothed his citildren in crewneo-repre,tonting the
"Stars and Illtripas,m - in. di3ilance• of ;Secession
threats.
Captain Colll4-of thonovagi ..13Baltut.b o dy guar d,
has received an, appeintment as ntajur from
Curtin, and ntll Anorease liMaermto a banal-Imi
including an ~.e.tatter. o ninpasayeas.sootiTainstuer.
vices as Judge , Advcoata oaabe daspensed
The First Mogi soar atdoete Meal, ,have
ly ‘ entrenched theausolves. at ad Port ritode
above liaawitik r wisere they aee frestieetViteeere.
eoltrotlet edistaiesehrentedictixggis orthe enemy
Ile has sufficient.: ordbanoe , to maietaim himself
there, as well as '.veommand the railroad opposite.
In General DaYss? 'Division, frcon• the. entry of
the regiments into the servioe, the following deaths
have ocearred in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth Pennsylwinis,VOlunteess:
Ticentrerghth , Pennsliktraizia, (Colonel Geary,) .
to January 4th, 1261,-Privata James Brown,-Dom
pany E, August 6,4884; at Sandy Hook-of typhoid
fever; buried at.camp. James Afetioldriok,
August 5, 1861,, et., Sandy Doak ; acoidentally shot;
body sent home. George B. R00t,8,: September
17, 1861, at Point-oral-soles, of typhoid fever ; body
sent home. Johmarrant, C, September 23;1881, at
Nolan's Ferry, acoidantaßy shot; body sent home.
David R. Manly,.D, October 1, 1961., , at Potty: of
Rocks, of phthisia.pulmonalis; body ,scat home.
Daniel Swank,;lke October 14, 1861, at. Point of
Rocks, of compression of brain; hurled in the Epis
copal Church yarl Cyrus .lieizey, 0, - Cotober 16,
1861, at Point of Rooks, of congestive fever ; body
sent borne. Edward Pendorgrast,.F, October 22,
1861, at Point of Rooks, of typhoid fever ; died in
general hospital_ Joseph Lance, F, , Naystraber 1,
1861, at Sandy. Rook, drowned while on picket
duty; body sent home. George Ui Sommers, 111,
November 6, IR6l,•at Point of Rocks, of typhoid
fever ; body sent home. G. S.Lnng,BtiNovem
her 7, 1961, at Westmoreland, of typhoid ,pneumo
nia. while on farlour,:•,
Twenty-niii6lb ,Pennsylvan43, (co!.l Murphy,)
to December 81, 1861.—Dlusioian,. Aea .131ovin, Jr.,
band, October 4,: Darnestown,, diptheria;
body seat home. Corporal I,nui.s.B.Metz, Com
pony 0, November .8 ; 1861, Noddy Brs.neh, con
gestion of brain; body sent home. Corporal Jos.
J. Mercer, Company B,November . 2 2,L 1 8 , 01, Muddy
Branch, typhoid fever; body sent home Privates
Henry Stronger . , D, December 14; 180, General
Hospital, typhoid fever ; burled at Baltimore. An
drew Keegan, B, December 27; 1861, General Hos
pital, phthhis. Jos. A. lk Wang, 0, December 23,
1861, Philadelphia, consumption; died at home.
[Correspondence of The Tress.]
CARTER BARRACKS,. MERMAN HILL,
NEAILWASIMGZON, Jan 1% 1862.
The san•gleams of this glorious day, in mid-win
ter, are limning in all the lovelinetw of May-time
field, fern, and, forest, while these, Sabbath hours
are enshrined with all that quiet beauty which pro
claims the presence of peace, ratlte.othari the din of
war. Yet, here gather the st4lssart sons front •
Maine's pine•tree r borders—hero.. are encamped the .
noble men from the Empire State—and hero is the ,
home of the patriotic,. men of. the noble Ringgold.,
2egiment, formed out of .the paide and chivalry of e
Bucks county. Around and. about us glint and .
glimmer the,flashing of thousands of bayonets ; on, ,
the genial air ants- the melsdious music of our
national hymn; while, from, brown heath and
bronzed bill.zidp, the prop;;, cosign of the free is .
flung out in stern, yet gaysdertance to our country's
foes.
This division, of General4nney's Brigade is mow
composed.. of the Onerhundred-and-fourth ,Rev
fitment o 5 Pennsylvania. Volunteers, numbpring
146 abets and. man. ;. the Eleventh.. Maine .
Regiment, commanded. by Colonel J. C. • Cold
e2, 814 ; the 146ty-second Pennsylvania. Re
giment, commanded by Colonel J. C. Dodge, Jr.
an d Cis Fifty-sixth Regiment of New York • State,
Volunteers, under command of Colonel 0.41. Van
lVya. which comprises 6641, exclusive of a compa
ny
c,i, artillery of end a company s of,oracalry,
numbering 153. This division is commanded by
Colonel W. Davis, acting hrig,adier generii.l;
a gentleman perfectly 2amiliar with military tactics,
Vailit has alrerady,eerved his country, with honor, in,
tile :Mexican wa,r; was, for some tittio,.the efficient
acting Govennor,otNew Mexico; arid,;who devotes,
his entire time.to the onerous duttes devolving upon.
him, and ta. the comfort and discipline of the.
mintature,arnay. under his immolate control; as iq.
abundantly attested in the sanikeTy conditioaof ,tho.
camp. aawc.l4ttalti the rapidly ampt9Ving manners
in whinhi ow drills and dress-parades, aro con 7
dueled.
Our quarteirs, christened, Carver Tligracks, in.
honors Idsetenant JameaJli..; Carver, a_rwensyl
vaniameentianie, under w:aftse, immediate supervi-.
sior,, they were erected, are universally, acknow-.
ledg,ed to. 'e the neatest and -most eonafortable of'
any, in the entire army, or the Itototnac, each.
reaurreui occupying_ ono side. uf, a splendid,
Islana, embracing ablaut seven, hundred. feet.
square, there being_ thirteen, buildings as,
signed to each ; all, of thiim, being . eighty,
feet long, eight feet high, and, diVided. into ftv a
apartments, with stoves and admirable. appliancea
Pe z ventilation. The buildings are constructed
with pine boands, planed, upright, with the joints
neatly covered, with strips, while between each
one is en open aventin Sh.feet in breadth.. Ali this
was planned., laid out, and completed, iu but little
over a fortnight, by our own Keystone soldiery,
without any expense to the Government save the
Cost of the material. 'air rooms are eoay, and
homelike in their cottage simplicity, and aro far
preferable to any roods of tenting ant curing an
indem en t season.
would call the special attention of all volun
teers now in scrviee, to the noteworthy foot that I
alum from an official report of Quartermaster
endrio.it la that by a prudent system of econo
my in the consumption of rations the company
savings of the 104th P. V„ for a period of only
thirty-five days, amount to the handsome snot
of $705 31, which affords them the means to pur
chase various articles not provided by the Govern
ment,
We had a night foray recently, not upon tho
rebels, but on that arch enemy to order, common
whisky, whioh resulted in the capture of quite a
quantity of the contraband poison. Our boys ara
all pinion, for fight and the fun of it.
Yowl' truly, V.