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SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COPIPANIT, jaa mwtUtt UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY SUPPLY AGENCY AND CAMP EX- . - - TO kIANOTAOTIDIERt3, MERCHANTS, sad IN VENTORS, arid those wishing to forward Packages to the Camps of the Army, or Naval fluitioue of the Goad or Gull: Having secured especial privileges for visiting all the 4eperteuents both of the Army and Navy, and all the lamps of the various minter) stations, and the naval poets of the Coast and Gulf, for the purpose of introducing and selling to Ow Departments, Military Storekeepers, Commissaries, Qeartermastere, Sutlers, i /facers and Sol dier., and also to Naval Agents and Paymasters of the Navy, alharticleareouired for the use, eenVaidehei., fort, and neceesity, bah of the Army and Navy, we have organized the above-entitled AGENCY AND CAMP EXPRESS, with its headquarters in the city of Wash ington. Under this arrangement—entirely complete, and extending through all the departmenteboth of the Army and Navy,—we can offer unequalled facilities to Mer chants, Manufacturers, and Inventors, in readiness of gale, saving of tins, sad the many IMPentlisi unavoidable through the usual tedious 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 so by forwarding samples of their goods to our address by elprese, and prices and explanations by letter. All 'packages for camp delivery marked to our address, Vaebinetell. D. C. All goods, inventions. wares, or anerehandise, of whatever nature, ordered by this :agency, will be paid for on delivery. Letters of inquiry mill meet with prompt often'. ion. Agents well referred, with small means, can find pro- Iltable employment in this organization. A few are wanted. Office No. 211 PENNAYLVANLS. Avenue, op posite Willard , / Hotel, Washipstag, D. C. asfaaasoaa - SOROS LAW, New York. LE ADAMS EXPRESS ahIPANY. Office NO OHZEITMU.2 els, Packages, Merchandise, Bank ier by its own lines or in °ounce* , upaniea, to el ithe principal Town. States PHILADELPHIA D. GREENE, BRASTOS CORNING, Albany NORTH & CHASE, Philads. J. H. TAGGART, 4 1 • ALRI. cummums, " sacbasetto. hington. D. O. It SWENTLAND. & CO. B. B. 13/I.I‘DHORD, General Bnporintenleat •r.f • —41. 4 , • \ I i 1 /i Ntrft,t t •L„. • ••.\\, If, - • • • tl ' ix- • •. f • 114 " . 2re • ,--:••-•" • if .• • •-•: " 1••_ 1 - • •••-' . ty. 1 . 4 , _ • , Lt . 131.11111: 4111911 - • • tir_St • , _ • • a - • _ "A-• VOL. 5.-NO. 151. RETAIL DRY GOODS. GREAT BARGAINS Is FINE CLOAKS, TO CLOSE OUT THE STOCK OF THE PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK, AND FUR EMPORIUM. 708 CHESTNUT STREET, PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL. SYNOPSIS Or REDUCTIONS. FROSTED BRAVER CLOsICS. From $26 to 1620—Prom $z to $l7. FROSTED BRAVER CLOAKS, From $lB to 814—From $lO to $7.60 BROWN SE/MAKIN OR SABLE CLOTH CLOAKS, From $lB to sl4—From $l6 to SU BLACK SEALSKIN OR OTTER OLOTH CLOAKS, From $lB to sl4—From $l6 to 812. , VELVIIT CLOTH CLOAKS, prom $3O to s22—From $35 to $2O TINE BLle2. llravun Otearg, From $45 to s.ll.—Froms3s to $A FINE BLACK BEAVER CLOAKS, From $25 to sl9.so—From $2O to $l6 FINS BLACK BEAVER CLOAKS, From 3b1.6 to 312—From Sl2 to 89 FANCY BNAVNII CLOAKS, From $4O to s3o—From $3O to $22. FANCY COLORED BEATER CLOAKS, From $24 to sllB—From $lB to $18.50. LYONS VELVET CLOAKS, From $OO to 866—From $7O to $65. OIIR VIIR DEPARTMENT, Which is replete with every desirable style and descrip tion, will be open to inspection at prices corresponding to the general reduction; particularisation, among such an infinity of qualities, being, if not Impossible, at all events, unsatisfactory. deBl-1m GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER, GOODS FOE FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFOR.F. TAKING THEM INTO STOCK, viz: Figured and Plain biathlons. Plain and Gay Long Shawls. Dark Dress Goode, Poplins, &c. Plaid Flannels—Pink, Blue, and Brown. Ladies' Searle, nduced 30 per cent. One lot of L. C. Hdkfs., at 15e. Two lota do, at 25c., a bargain, One lot of Linen Diaper at $1.25 a piece. Hoop Skirts-75, 87X, $l, and $1.12. Nice assortment of Gingham. Ladies' literino Tests, all sizes. • lilies& Merino Vests, all sizes. Gloves and Hosiery of all kinds. Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at J. H. STOtitaP, J 525 tf 702 4EIOEI Street. FAMILY DRY GOODS STORE. EYRE tQ LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH, have in store a fine stock of GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM. Good plain colored Silks. Fashionable figured Silks.' Durable black Silks. plain at d figured. Linen Skirtings and Linen Sheetinga. Boit snakes Long Cloth Slat Ong MU011131,1. Table Linens and Damask Tovrefings. Blankets, fine quality and large size. Marseilles Quilts of all sizes. Cloths and Cassinieres for men and boys. White goods, a very full stock. Black goods of every description. ja23 B ARGAINS IN BLACK SILKS AT H. !WHIM & 90 '3, No. 718 North TENTH Street. above (bates. 1 lot Black Silks at 10 cents. 1 lot Black Silas at 75 and 81 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 87, 90, and $l. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.12,16 and $1.25. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.31, $1.37X, and $1.50. 1 tot Black Silks, yard wide. BABGaINS IN FANCY SILKS. We are closing out our stock of Fancy Bake at a great sacriSce, preparatory to taking stock. Fancy Silks at 50,-56, 62), 75, 87, aid $1 Superior qualities of Fancy Silks $112)4 to $2. Also, our entire stock of DRESS GOODS, ja22 at less than cost prices. MUBLINB ! MUSLINS ! MUBLINS! MUSLIM BY THE PIECE—Iitg3LINS BY TEE BALE.—Now is the time for housekeepers to buy their Bheetings and Shirtings, as all kinds of domestic goods are rapidly rising, and there can be no possible diminution of prices. We still have a few boxes of Watesutte, Williamsville, Black Bock, and oth .r popular makes. Good Mullins at 8, 9.10,11 cents. The best 12- cent Muslin in the city. Our Pillow-Oase lanoline, and our 10.4, 11-4, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased some time since, are from dues to four cents cheaper than can be found elsewhere. COW PERTHAV AIT & CO., ja2.2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and 111A.RKET. SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE. One case just opened. Black and White Checks, double width. Fine. All-wool Cashmeres. ja2l SHARPLESS BROTHERS. NEW BALMORALS. Four hundred imported Balmoral Skirts, At prices lower than before offered. js2l SHARPLESS BROTHERS RUSSIA GRAS II In medium and fine qualities. Scotch Crash and Towelling. SHARPLESS_RuoTazina. EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR- T4.llo3—At Terilnw 6if t rizig ;e2,30,12; s at _ CHNISTI4OI: and ziGurff MEN'S WEAR-BOYS' WEAR. 60 to .75-cent Union Cassimeres, Satinets, &o. 91 Cassimeres; best iu the market. 8110 Cassimeres ; beet in the market. 81.25 Cassimeres ,• best ever sold for the money Bl ac k Cloths fkr Ladies' Wear. Black Broadcloths for Men's Wear. Some Bargains in our Cloth Stock. Tailors' attention is invited. HOOPER & CONARD, jag S. E. corner NINTH and 916.9.11 ET CLOAKS AND SHAWLS Deduced in Price. Good Stock of Cloaks. Blanket Long Shawls Cheap. Black Thibet Shawls Cheap. Black Blanket Square Shaena for 81. Breche Shawls at half price. COOPER lc CONARD, ja9 S. E. comer NINTH and MARKET Ste EIRE & bANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH, open today, a frtsb assortment of Double-faced Black Figured Silks. Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks. Blues, Modes, Green, and Purple Sdke. (jab EY"& LANDELL keep the very heaviest Plain Mask Drool Silk& Heavy bordered Stout Black Silks. Widow's Silks, without gloss. Bleb Plain Silks, for city trade. jaft $2.50 RALMORAL SKIRTS, full BemoralulYholeago. Ba!morale Hula. EYRE & LANDELL. HEAVY CLOAKINGS. Brown and Black Sealskin, 75c to e 1.50. Cheap heavy Coatings and Cloakings rineßlacit Cloths and Beavers. Good stock Cassimeres at old prices. 0001 , 111 idOttAlar, dol4 B. E. cor. NTNTR and ItIARIST KERSEYS. -COMPLETE MA CHINERY for Fulling and Finishing Somers, Flannels, etc., for Hale, with Room and Power, if re quired, ready to start work. Adams "Boa No. lftin," Peet Office. ja2B-61.* COMMISSION HOUSES SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON ? Ero. uts MIMI= STRUT, COMMISSION MNSCHANTS 101 TER BALI OM PHILADELPHIA-MADE se26-S GOODS_ ur GROCERIES. CRAB-APPLE CIDER, OLD CURRANT WINE, ors US JAL SUPPLY, JUST RECEIVED. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DEALER IN PINE GROCERIES, jaStf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Ste MACKEREL ; HERILINCii, tjaesl), deLMON, 30.—.11.000 bbi. Reg Nos. 1,2, and 3 HaCHNBEL, large, medium, and small, in assorted packages of choice, late-caught, fat deb. 6;000 bbl,. New Halifax, Nisetgort, and Labrador Herm rings, of choice qualities. 0,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings. 6,000 boxes extra new No. I.Herrinsa. 1,000 Dom s. Man larg n= Whitee Displaline Herrings, MO bid Fish. 60 bbls. new ROINIONO , Meg MAL 26 bbl.. new Halifax Salmon. 1,000 quintals Grand Bank Codfish. 600 boxes Herkimer County Chaos. is store and binding, fce sale by 111111PHY a KOONS, Doi No. 140 NORTH WHARVIIIL CABINET FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES MOORE & CAMPION , No. !3B Breath EHKONIP threat, n connection with their extensive Cabinet Beninese are tow manufacturing a superior article of MILLARD TABLES, And bare now on hand a full supply, finished with the ffoollll & CAMPION'S IMPROVED 0178H10118 : which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be interior to all others. Nor the quality sod finish of them Tables the mane acturers reek to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work. aw7.5.60i LARD AND GREASE_ -50 tierces Demo Leaf lard; 50. tierces White Grease, Direct from the West, and in store. For sale by MURPHY & KOONS, ja7-tf No. 146 NORTH WFI&RVES. BEST QUALITY ROOFING BLATI sown on WWI and fur WO id Union Marl, 14113 dfAOH Btrodt, Herdnatan. T. THOMAS, 017.11 ST Wilda,'" irimitolibtlashribe 3rtss. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1862. THE REBELLION. THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. NEWS FROM IT UP TO SUNDAY NIGHT. It Encounters Terrific and Disastrous Storms WRECK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PO CAHONTAE, GRAPESHOT, AND ZOUAVE. A MUER OF THE VESSELS ASHORE, INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. MORE FEDERAL PRISONERS RELEASED. Beanregard to Command at Columbus. General G. W. Smith to take his Place on the Potomac. THE REBEL STEAMEK CALHOUN ABANDONED AND BURNT THE BRIDGE MIMES SENTENCED TO BE The Expedition Against Price. THE DEFENCES AT COLUMBUS, KY AFFAIRS AT FORTRESS MONROE. POSITION OF THE itra.multErcr TROOPS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC. &c., &c., &c. GENERAL BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION. Intelligence from it up to Sunday Night Its Experience m the Storm ofi' Hat teras. FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. 27.—8 y the arrival of the steamer Eastern State, we have the first direct and official intelligence of the arrival of the Burn side Expedition at itd deatination. The Eastern State left Hatteras Inlet last night, and arrived here late this afternoon. The recent storms were unusually severe at Hat teras, and considerably delayed and crippled the expedition; but, when the Eastern State left, everything looked favorable. The expedition sailed from Hampton Roads on the 11th and 12th inst., and consisted of over one hundred and twenty-five vessels of all classes. They arrived at Hatteras between the 12th and 17tb, having been greatly retarded by severe storms and adverse winds, which prevailed about that thoc. After their arrival, they experienced a series of storms of such unparalleled severity, that, for two days in succession, on more than one occasion, it was impossible to hold communication between any two vessels of the fleet. After the first storm it was discovered that, instead of vessels drawing eight and a half feet of water being able to go over the swash or bars, as General Burnside had been informed, no vessel drawing over seven and a quarter feet could pass into Pamlico Sound. No vessel, either, could pass the outside bar draw ing over thirteen feet, unless skilfully piloted ; con sequently, the steamer City of .I'Vezo York struck on the bar, loaded with a cargo valued at $200,000 and consisting of powder, rifles, and bombs, and proved a total loss. The captain and crew, after bravely remaining in the rigging for forty hours, were-saved.- The etinboat Z weave dragged her anchors, stove a hole in her bottom and sank, proving a total loss : ; -- her craw are saved. The steamer Paeakontas went -.whore near the lighthouse and became a- total wreck. Ninety valuable bermes,- belonging to the Rhode Island _ Battery, were on board and were all drowned, in• eluding several valued at $5OO each. The Grapeshot parted the hawser by which she was towed, and went down at sea. Her crew was saved. An unknown schooner, laden with oats, and another schooner, also unknown, were also lost on the beach. Six of the crew of the latter pe rished. Th e steamer Louisiana struck on the bar, where she atilt remains. The report of her having been burned is entirely in.:56116a. She may be gee e iy, The Eastern Queen and also the Vol ttgenr are ashore. The latter will probably be got off. The water vessels had not reached their destina tion when the Eastern State left, and had it not I been for the condensers on board of some of the I vessels and on shore, terrible sufferings would have oq.urred. As it was, the water casks were old .. whisky, camphine, and kerosene oil casks. It is thought that the Union pilots of Hatteras have pro . ved themselves traitors, having intentionally run several vessels ashore. One of the storms can only be described as ter rifle. The water in every direction was covered with foam, the waves dashing with a clear sweep across the Hatteras shore and completely cutting • off the post from all outside communication. The current was rushing at the rate of five miles per hour, anti the chop seas prevented General Burn side from answering eat of the sigrals of distress, or communicating with his generals. 'At one time flags would appear Union down on a number of vessels, indicating a want of water, coal, or provi sions Col. Allen, of the Ninth New Jersey Regiment ) and his surgeon, Weller, with a boat's crew and the second mate of the Ann E. Thompson, when they found that the troops needed water, manned the life-boat in order to reach the General. Unfor tunately the boat was swamped, and the colonel, bursas's, and mate wore drowned. The boat's crew were saved. Despite all these adverse circumstances, General Burnside has succeeded in getting over the bar one-half of his vessels, all the gunboats, and 7,000 troops. Everything appeared to be in a satisfactory condition when the Eastern State left. The large transports, with the troops, remained outside of the bar until the arrival of the S. E. Spaulding, from Port Royal, on the 23d, when Capt. Howes volunteered to bring them all inside. This was accomplished yesterday afternoon, the Eastern State passing the last as she left. A portion of the tug-boats chartered by General Burnside for the expedition refused to proceed far ther than Fortress Monroe. Fair weather has now set in, and the schooners are making their appearance with water and coal, and everything looks more promising. General Burnside has been indefatigable. Day and night he has been at his post, performing the duties of his whole staff of officers. He is confident of ultimate success, and has the respect of every man under his command. General Burnside left Fortress Monroe on the Picket, but subsequently took passage on the Spaulding, which he will occupy as his flag ship. She will be need for taking the remaining troops over the bar. The only troops that have been landed are the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Regi. meat and the Rhode Island battery. Col. Haw kins' regiment goes with Gen. Burnside's expedi tion, and their places will be supplied by the Sixth New Hampshire. There has been no loss of life except what is above mentioned. Eleven deathe have occurred since the fleet sailed. Mr. Shelburn comes in the Eastern State as a bearer of despatches from General Burnside. We are indebted to Dr. A. Rawlings, the only other passenger who goes North, for the above statements. Different statements are received at Hatteras from the surrounding population in relation to the disposition and intentions of the enemy. Some who come in say that they are completely fright ened, and will not make a stand. Another report is that large masses of troops will be concentrated in the vicinity ; and stilt another story, confirmed by many, is that their exertions will be directed chiefly to placing obstructions in our progress to Norfolk. The rebels keep a good lookout for eur move ments with their gunboats. Two of them made their appearance immediately after the storm, but disappeared when chased. The mails by the Eastern State will be for warded North to-morrew. The steamer City of New York, reported lost, was a transport. She carried the Twenty-fifth Mas sachusetts Regiment. The Louisiana, reported ashore, was also a transport, and had on board the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment. The Eastern queen, Capt. Collins, also a transport, and reported ashore, had on board the Fourth Rhode Island PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1862. Regiment. The Voltigeur, also ashore, was a sail ing bark, and carried part of the Eleventh Connec ticut Regiment. The Zon,ve, reported wrecked, was a new gun boat, commanded by Captain William Hunt. She carried four guns—one 30-pounder Parrott ; one 12- pounder boat howitzer; one 12-pounder 'Mani, end one 12-pounder howitzer (shell) The Grapeshot, which parted the hawser by which she was towed, end went down at sea, was one of the five floating batteries constructed for the expedition. She carried three guns. The only Pennsylvania regiment in the expodi. lion—the Piny-first, Colonel Hartrauft—was on board the steamer Cossack and schooner Scout, neither of which is mentioned among the vessels that have suffered. Official News from General Burnside WASHINGTON, January 28.—Tho official reports from General Burnside have been received. Thu accounts published above are officially stated to le greatly exaggerated. NEWS FROM THE.SOUTH. FORTRESS .Motacoa, Jan. 27.—A flag , ortrttee was sent out this afternoon to meet the rebel steam er &Welt, and brought back the following released prisoners: Adjutant C. L. Pierson, Twentieth MREtachusetts Liout. Parks, Fourth Miobigan; Dr. W. D. Flotohrr i Sixth Indians; Lieut. Wm. Booth, Second Wisconsin ; and Lieut. C. M. Hoop er, First California. We find the following in the Southern papers : General Beauregard to Command at Co- To-day's Richmond Dispatch has reliable au thority for making the statement that General Beauregard takes command of the army at Colum bus, and• General Gustavus W. Smith succeeds him in the position be has so . long and acceptably occu pied. At Columbus, we understand, be is subordi nate to no one except General A. Sydney Johnston. This change goes into effect without delay. Reported Destruction of the Green River Nesum,LE, Jan. 27.—Reports from Bowling Green confirm the washing away of the pontoons and the newly constructed portion of the Green River bridgo. The Death of Zolimeirer. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 25.—A large meeting was held at the St. Charles Hotel, last night, to express regret at the death of Gen. Zollicoffer, the distin guished statesman and soldier. Destructive Fire at New Orleans, NEW Onnuaaa, Jan. 20.—A. destructive fire oe eurred this morning, destroying two Amason Ma gazine street, occupied by C. C. Gaines Jr Co. and 11.11. Bansell. Loss $150,000. The insurance does not exceed $20.000. The Rebel Steamer Calhoun Abandoned and Burned AL - 611STA, Jan. 25.—The Charleston Courier of this morning says that information has been re ceived that the Confederate steamer Catkoan, on her way from Havana, with a largo and valuable cargo, was chased by a Lincoln cruiser, and aban doned and burned. The Capture of Cedar Keys—The Town and Five Schooners Burned. A despatch from Augusta says that the Savannah News confines the reported capture of Cedar Keys. The Federals burned the wharves and five schoon ers in port; also, fifty bales of cotton, and one hundred and fifty barrels of turpentine. Bohstarar, for the War. The Richmond Dispatch. has heard that in Wayne county, North Carolina, where it was pro posed to draft, the militia to a man instantly volun teered for the war. This unexpected response was so universal that contentions resulted upon the question of remaining at home i and those upon whom the lot fell were loud in their expressions of disappointment. GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. The Missouri Bridge-Burners. ST. Loins, Jan. 28.—The Military Commission assembled at Palmyra, for the trial of the bridge. burners, have found seven persons guilty, and sen tenced them to be shot. The sentence has been approved by Major General Hailed:, and they will be executed at a time and place to be hereafter de signated. A gentleman who reached this city yesterday, from Palmyra, reports that the long bridge on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was burned by the rebels on Saturday night. The bridge had just been completed. _ . _--ebretkt — R - 611a. orreagond ence of the Republican.] Rom.a, Mo., Jan. 24, 1862. Three men, named Robert L Hamilton, John Hamilton, and L. L. Lawson, who have served in the rebel army, came in this evening and reported themselves at halidtittatt.ta, saying they were tired of the company they had been keeping, and desired to take the oath of allegiance and return to their homes. They say they were led to join the army by the general cry of abolition kept up by the leading Secessionists. They were told that the War on the part of the tiovornment was only for the abolition of slavery, and that they must tight or submit to it. Accordingly, they joined Captain Lowry's company, in Cot. Schnable's regiment, IMeßrido's division of the- rebel army, in which they bad served; one for four mouths, and the other two for six months each. Each has a dis charge from his commanding officer. Ai the time they left many others also procured discharges. The term of service of the whole company to which they belonged expired at the same time. Another company, Capt. Stewart's, was to have been dis charged last Tuesday, many members of which were going home. These men left Springfield last Saturday morn ing, and the information they give corroborates that previously received through other sources. As they were only private soldiers, they had, of course, no means of knowing the number of troops in Price's command, but they estimate the number at 8.000 or 10,000. 01 these a portion are Confede rate troops, and the balance State Guards—the letter ate quartered in the houses in ;Springfield, While the former are in camp west of town, where they are building houses for winter quarters. The number of pieces of artillery is not known to them, though one of them saw fourteen pieces at one time coming into town. A large amount of lead has been run into bullets. This is the only evidence (and this is very weak) they have that Price intends to tight. AS to the fortifications of which we have heard heretofore, these men know nothing and badheard nothing. At the time these persons left, Gen. Mcßride had been absent in the South for twelve or fifteen days, Col. Frazier, formerly circuit attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial circuit, being in command of the division in his absence. The troops there are said to be comfortably clothed, and nearly all have tents, but do not use them, preferring to occupy vacant houses. The soldiers have no uniforms, but wear such clothing as they are able to furnish themselves. On being i asked n what kind of money ho was paid off, one of them replied he had never received a dent for his services, and did not expect to. The Movement Against Price. The New York World's correspondent writing from St. Louis, under date of January 22d, says : I tun at length enabled positively t. announce the determination of the general commanding to despatch a force from Rolla, to rouse, if possible, the hibernating Price at Springfield. The neces sity for this action is apparent when we rafted that, by the continued toleration of a hitherto for midable enemy on our flank, all our operations on the Mississippi are not only hindered, but bemmia positively nugatory. We must get rid of Price's NisEDUriane before we can hope to make the mi. vane through Columbus. Twice he has placed himself in our power, and twice he has been allowed to escape comparatively unhurt' once at Lexington and again at Osceola. The failure to take or cripple him may hereafter prove to be the source of everlasting regrets. General Price has, by his unexampled campaign In Missouri, earned his title to the reputation of a skilful soldier. Re has accomplished more with the means allotted to him than any other general on either side of this war. Without a treasury to draw upon; without arms, tents, wagons, powder, or ammunition except such as he could capture or extemporize ; without a commissariat, an ordnance bureau, or even the co-operation of an efficient Government; with none of the accessories of wealth, pomp, and luxury of the profession of war, he has subsisted an army for eight months, fought three great battles with credit to himself and his army, captured one of our posts, with numerous pri soners, war materials, and stores. Something must be due to the personal influence and sound judg ment of a man who, called from civil life, has been able to gather around him an army of men, wanting even the support of the State Government—want ing, in great part, the example and conjunction of their more cavalier - brethren of the South. Their devotion to the man and to the 811106 of rebellion we have reason to acknowledge with proper re spect. Price has proved himself a match for any of the generals who have been immediately op posed to him. There is the more necessity that be should be at once overwhelmed or put to flight, so that he cannot return to harass our western lines. Priee's position at Osceola was well taken ; that at Springfield was of the same sort. The city of re fuge for him, now as before, is the wild and broken country intervening between the southern State boundary and the Arkansas river, known as the Boston Mountains. To reach this position it is only necessary for him to hero a few hours the start of us, He can outrun us, and he travels to his friends. He moves towards his supplies, we away from ours. He cannot be overtaken; the difficulties of a conti nued pursuit increase in geometrical ratio as we depart from our lines. But the rebel leader will not run unless menaced by a superior force ; he has the double advantage—if we push forward rapidly a small foroe, he can meet, attack, and defeat it ; if a large one, he can escape. He can easily ascertain, by means of his unequalled spies and sympathizers, the exact strength sent against him. Our only advantage is, then, in out matching him in force and outtiokieg him is po sition. To do this it will require at least two strong columns, either of which should be able to sustain his attack until supported by the other. These columns, in order to be successful, should be sent from Rolla certainly, and from fronton or Kansas City. It is folly to hope that Price will stand and give battle to any force which be must presume *mild ruin him. A strong force from the direction of Rolla alone is therefore sure to renew lumbus Bridge. the fruitless obese of Fremont at Springfield. To move rapidly, the forage at least ought to be ready at hand. It cannot be transported. and should not bo sought at a distanife from the direct route. These considerations forbid the hope of any ex pedition of magnitude being successfully sent against Price until the end of February, when the roads will be in good condition, the gram will be grown, end the mon can march with greater fa cility. Nevertheless, it would seem as if General Haneck had determined on sending a force against him, part of which is already - on the way. Whether this Is to be seconded by any similar movement of the Hanna troops, under Montgomery, via Fort Scott, or a eolurnu from Pilot Knob, is neither proper nor safe to state. The expedition will, I believe, consist of the bulk of the forces but lately stationed at Rolla, com prising the brigades of Wyman and Osterhaus, the cavalry under Colonel Carr, and remains of th di vision of General Sigel. The entire strength of the command wilt be about twelve thousand, with eight batteries, including two thousand five hundred ca valry, It is understood that the expedition will be un der:the command of General Curtis, a subordinate, butresponsible command being given to General Siggl. Be will , as usual, take the advance ; for, be it known, Sigel is renowned for his advances as well as retreats. A long and eventful experience hi the Southwest has given him a peculiar fitness for the Missouri campaign, and he is, besides, feand by the rebels as much as he is praised by the lop] citizens. Colonel Carr, with his cavalry, and the Thirty•sixth Illinois, (2,300,) was, at last ac counts, at,Waynesville, Pulaski county, thirty live miles west of Rolla. There are two roads from Rolla to Springfield,; one oloBo,g_t2i 6 #6! 'Monad 0 ; at a point Ve t _terin leaving Waynes ville to thnessMeauff. - The other crosses the river thirteen mileswest of Waynesville, and twelve on this side of Lebanon. Our forces are on the latter or dimet route, and our pickets extend to the ford of the river. ThiS takes our forces fifty miles from Rolla, and witbineevehty of Springfield, where Price was at last amounts quietly wintering. Other regiments are on the way, Colonel Phelps having been met on Monday at Denton's, on the Piney Fork. Beyond Dorton 's there is a stretch of twelve miles of mowtainous and uninhabitable country. Not a home, not a stream, not a vestige of human ex isterae is tb . be found, save the wheel-marks and footptints of passing teams. At this point a rem dezvote will be made, when the whole army will, at the appointed time, sally out into the plains and fettle nice duce inore to either a fight or a flight. Hie foes have been recently given. r need only say, tb afore, that he has some 15,000 ill-armed men an about thirty cannon. Re need not be expectedto stand, es be bat more to gain by ea' queuing kith .our force until he and McCulloch can antra? us. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS: Afairs at Fortress Monroe Fon.rnnst Mormon, Jan. 27 —The Pensacola, left this afternoon for Key West, Pensacola, and Ship irgand, aid will report to the commodore of the fiat in the Gulf of Mexico. Two paymasters boundfor Ship Island took passage in the Pensa cola. The .altixiaore boat brought down this morning the Sehnd and Fourth Batteries from Wisconsin. They 1411 remain at Fortress Monroe for the pre sent. The iliarquis de Montaignac, Admiral of the Frenchrun frigate Pomone, returned from his trip to harleston yesterday, and will proceed North oi t his way to Washington. From the Upper Potomac. HANCCK, Jan. 26.—The existing freshet in the Potomac'has produced disastrous results to the canal. ft Cumberlaixl there is a large break ; anotherit Little Orleans, above dam No. 6 ; an other between dam No. 6 and Hancock, and two hetweentlancock and the Four Locks. At dam No. 5 tteorib OP the Virginia side, which was un dertninedind weakened by the Confederates some weeks agethas yielded to the pressure of the high water, andalthough the canal is now full, on the falling of tls water it will drain the Williamsport level. Above. be, near dam No. 4, the guard bank has been Otaritdaway, and at the dam the atop•loek and a nelthe of the heavy masonry has broken and fallen it, Thus for the present the canal has been ronderei useless, both to the Government and the public. The estimatkd time for repairs is about twenty five d ys, and lie cost $12,000 to $15.000. As the Canal is a strongivork for offensive and defensive operations, it sects eminently proper that the Go vernment should ]and its aid to the company to re store itto a state cf usefulness. General Kelly Lett-Cumberland last Thursday, for Meeliug Tie state of his wound almost pre cludes the hope if recovery. On the right side, where the ball entered. the wound is suppurating, and hii jibs are visibli. On his back, where the incisions were made lo extract the ball, are large suppuriting sores, sarrounded with inflamed pus tules. It is suppose this state of the wound arises from an Unhealthy Vas of his blood, or some latent poison in his system'. Our troops .at Critaird are:AApr rigadierColonel !E s vans commands those at New creek, and General Lan des-, in person, is at Pacnurson's creek, on the Vir ginia side, but has been furnished with ample means for crossing the Potomac by the manage ment of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, should he be assailed by a superior force. The rick of General Lander's command are all at Cumberland, numbeoitig 6.77. A. Jib* additlenal hospital building is now being fitted up there. There is considerable and increasing sickness is General Williams' brigade here, arising, it is be lieved, from the manner in which the men are crowded into the houses. , The Fifth Oelineetieut ad Nineteenth New York have left the houses and pitched their tents outside the town. The other mitnents will follow their example as soon as the now tents can be procured. Jackson, with his fullforce, is reported to be at lingers, twelve miles nosh of Martinsburg. FREDERICK, Jan. 27 —A. report has reached here from Dam No 5. that a portion of Jackson's force arrow:lora - red against tticduM yesterday, but this requires confirmation. Important Order from the War Depart ment—Relief of Prisoners in the Hands of the Rebels. The following excellent order has been issued by Secretary Stanton, andwill be carried into imme diate execution it the rebel authorities do not ob• ject. Whether the same courtesy will be extended to the rebels remains to be seen. There is no ar rangement to that effect yet. The exchange of prisoners so far has been altogether informal: Order Appointing Rev. Bishop Ames and Bon. Ap pointing Fish Commissioners to Visit and Relieve Citizens of the United States, now Prisoners of War in the Rebel States WAR DSPARTAIENT, WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1862. Ordered, that the Rev. Bishop Ames, of the e thodist Episcopal Church, and the lion. Ramilton Fish, of New York, be and they are hereby ap pointed commissioners to visit the prisoners be• longing to the army of the United States, now in captivity at Richmond, in Virginia, and elsewhere, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the authorities having custody of such prisoners, relieve their necessities, and provide for their com fort, at the expanse of the Vaited States, io pursu ance of the ordar heretofore made on this subject; and that said commissioners be requested immedi ately to signify by telegraph to the department their acceptance or refusal of this appointment, and report in person at Washington without delay. EDWIN U. STANTON, Secretary of War. Governor Fish, being hats.' by telegraph of his appointment, has promptly accepted. Bishop Ames has also accepted. The commissioners will accompany another quota of rebel prisoners, and will proceed, under a flag of truce, from Fortress Monroe, and make known to the rebel authorities the object of their mission, when, if refused, they will return. If allowed to remain, they will pro ceed to execute the ditties assigned to them in the above order. Bishop-Edward Ames. Edward Ames is a bishop of the Methodist Epis copal. Church in the United States, born at Athens, Ohio, in 1806. After receiving his education in the Ohio University, he was for three years instruotor in a college in Illinois. He was licensed to preach in 1830, was soon after assigned to the Indiana Conference, and ordained, successively, a deacon and elder. He took part in the General Conference of the Methodists held in Baltimore in 1840, and in 1842 officiated as chaplain to a council of Choctaws, being the first chaplain ever elected by an assembly of Indiana. From 1.844 until 1852, when he was made a bishop, he travelled as presiding elder through various districts of Indiana. Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish, ' one of the commissioners to the South, though of late not very intimately identi fied with public affairs, is still a man well known and esteemed throughout the country. He has oc cupied not a few very important and responsible positions, sustaining always a fair reputation as a statesman and politician. In 1843 the Whig party elected him as a member of the Twenty-eighth Congress. In 1847 he was chosen Lieutenant Go vernor; and the year following was atoned Govern or of the State. His next appearance on the po litical stage was as United States Senator for New York, which office he assumed in 1851, and held for six years with creditable ability. His antece dents and character would seem to fit him well for the responsible position to which he has just been appointed by the Administration. He is exceed ingly mild, urbane, and polished in manners, pos sessing a fine figure, and gifted with powers of per suasion in a high degree. The New Chief of Ordnance. Brevet Major Alexander Brydie Dyer is a na tive of Virginia, but was appointed to the army from the State of Missouri. He entered the Mili• tary Academy in the year 1833, and graduated in 1837, and at that time stood No. 6in his class. On the Ist of July of that year he was appointed a second lieutenant of the Third artillery, and in July, 1838, was appointed to the Ordnance Depart ment. In July, VW, he was brevetted a first lieu tenant for gallant and meritorious conduct in the conflicts at Embuda and Taos, in New Mexico, the brevet bearing date February 4, 1847. He, how ever, declined the honor, and was made a fell first lieutenant, his commission dating from March, 1847. He commanded a section of Love's light battery, under Brigadier Goeerel 'Stinting Price, (now a rebel,) and was brevetted captain for gal lant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales. The brevet was awarded in March, 1849. and dated from the 16th of March 1898. On the 3d of March, 1853, be was promotei to be a full captain of ordnance, and, in the wasp., lists of 1819, 1860, end 1861 he stood ninth on the list as to date of Commission. The rebellion made a great change in the department, and his name heads the list of captains of ordnance in the army list of September, 1861. He has since been bre vetted major, and now has chief charge of the Ord nance Department, a post of great importance in the present state of the country. The rank which will be awarded him with his new position luta not yet been announced. Use Made of the Trent Affair by Russia.— England in a Tight Place. When our domestic troubles assumed a (diameter menacing to the integrity of the Republic, Russia was the only Power that held towards us the lan guage of cordial sympathy. The letter of the Em. peror, to which Mr. Seward returned ao stinted an answer, will be long remembered as one of those spontaneous acts of friendship which, performed in the hour of adversity, and when all the rest of the world held the language of discouragement towards us, cannot easily be effaced from the national heart. On the question of international law, involved in the capture of Mason and Slidell, held herself cautiously aloof from the concerted efforts made by the other European Governments. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg was unquestionably not sorry to see an issue raised which must, what ever way it eventuated, curtail the domineering pretensions that Great Britain had hitherto always maintained on the ocean. But it had the delicacy and good feeling to leave to our Government its own discretion in the matter, confident that its de cision would be in strict consonance with the liberal principles that have always guided its conduct on this question of neutral rights. Now that 09 ferulthasfiditifted its anticipations, the Russian Government is one of the first to push to its legitimate conclusions the victory gained to the commerce of nations by the position in which we placed England in the Trent affair. It calls upon the Cabinet of St. James to give to the world solemn guaranties that it will be bound for the fu ture by the principles which it. has itself, eontrary to the precedents. established bylt, enforced. We do not see how England can now, with any show of decency, resist the pressure for a Convention which this demand implies * and which will cer tainly be brought to boar upon it by all other Eu ropean Governments. In taking the lead in forcing her to assume a consistent position on this question, Russia evinces the seine friendly feeling and intel ligont appreciation of the motives and policy of our Government that have all along marked her conduct towards us.—Herald. Late from Kentucky. Lot nviLLE, Jan. 27.—General McCook arrived this evening from Munfordsville. He reports all quiet down the road. A Miner, generally discredited here, prevailed today that the rebel General George B. Critten den was wounded at the battle of Logan Cross Roads, on the sth. IThis report of the wounding of General Critten den corroborates a similar one received a few days ago via Norfolk I The Burning of the Rebel Schooner Prince of Wales. The following is a copy of the letter addressed to the commander of the bark Gem of the Seas, rela tive to the late destruction of the schooner Prince of Wales: PLAre ORIT WABASH, PORT ROYAL HARBOR, S, C., Jan. 9, 1862. SIR ; I have the pleasure to aoknowledge your official report, with extractefrom your log, detail ing the circumstances under which, on the 24th nit., you chased and drove into the breakers, and set on fire the schooner Prance of Wales, and for the gallant conduct of your officers and won, when exposed in their boats to the fire of the enemy. You will please receive my warm commendation for the spirit and zeal which governed your conduct in the performance of this- service. I have for warded your report to the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy, and will thank you to furnish me with a copy of the same for my own files. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant. S. F. DUPONT, Flag Officer commanding South Atlantic Block ading Squadron. Active Volunteer Lieutenant J. B. BAXTER, Com mending United States bark Gem of the Seas. THE DEFENCES: AT COLUMBUS. * [9 COL UMBIIB EXPLANATION I—Water battery, 14 guns. 2—Wator battery, 3 guns. 3—Submarine battery. 4—Battery on bluff, 3 128- pounders. s—Floating battery, 20 guns. 6—Battery, 3 guns. 7—Battery, 4 guns. B—Strong entrenched work commanding front and rear. 9—Two batteries light guns tounnunding rears pit onsmile long. 11— church need as a magazine. 12—Steam englee Used for pumping water upon the bluff. 13—Bailroad. We have been fortunate enough to obtain (we shall not say how) a plan of the rebel fortifications at Columbus. The sketch T . :Redrawn from memory by one who has been there, and knows all about the place. Of course, it is not cirtt.Wg. with the pre melon which a practiced engineer would give, but it is sufficiently accurate to present an intelligible idea of the plane and its surroundings. Many of our readers have been at Columbus, and will re cognize the features at a glance. Columbus is situated on a bluff, just below a bend of the Mississippi river. The bluff is of limestone, and had an agency in turning the river at this point. It is about seventy-five feet high, and is flanked by a narrow strip of land at its base, over flowed at times by high water. The village is situ ated on its southern slope. The country in the rear has been heavily timbered, but the rebels have made good use of their axes, and hundreds of acres are leveled to the ground, presenting an abboth es formidable to our troops as that around Wash• itgtun to the rebels under Beauregard and John ston. The railroad enters the town through an ex cavation about fifteen feet deep. With this general view of the surrounding topographic features, our readers will readily understand the accompanying sketch. Commencing up stream, we find at figure 1 a foettten-gtin battery wader the bluff. When our interment saw it, it was simply a breastwork, but it is now reported that the rebels are easemating it with the timber which was out out at O'Neil's mill, which was burned by Gen. Paige on the return of the expedition last week. In the river in front of the battery is a submarine battery or torpedo. Continuing on, we oome to a stationary steam engine, (12), used to pump water _upon the bluff for the use of the troops. Still fur ther along, near the point where the bluff retreats from the river, is a three-gun battery, (2). The Rev. Gen. arch rebel Bishop Polk's headquarters are there. Continuing on to the lower end of the town, we come to a three-gun battery on shore, near the railroad depot; also, a floating batteryof twenty guts, the wharf boats, and some old fiats having been used for the purpose. Back of the depot, overlooking the town, is a cir cular work of eight guns (7) commanding he river, also the approaches to the town from the rear. Ascending now the bluff (at figure 4) there is a work containing three guns, which carry projectiles weighing 128 pounds each. This battery has a range of the river for four miles. Immediately south of this there is a strong en trenched work with a breastwork at the edge of the bluff, and a ditch and breastwork at the rear, thus commanding both front and rear. There are aISO (at 9,9) two works mounting sixteen guns, designed solely to protest the rear. Still farther towards the rear is a long rifle-pit as breastwork, extending from the edge of the bluff on the north to the rail road excavation on the south. An idea of the area may be bad when it is considered that this pit, is more than a mile long. A church (11) is used for a magazine. Last week Commodore Foote made a reconnoissance of the place with two of his gunboats, whereupon the am munition was speedily removed further South, be yond the reach of his shells. There are about 80 guns in all, eXellieille of field artillery, The rebel lone is variously estimated at from 25,000 to 40,000 men, probably 30,000 is a fair estimate. Some of the regiments are well armed with Springfield and Enfield muskets, while some of them have only shot gum There are not many sixty-days men in Co lumbus, but mainly troops enlisted for the war. It will be seen by this sketch that it is no trifling job which Com. Foote and Gen. Grant have on their hands. If an attack is made, there will be serious work. Com. Foote is extremely anxious to obtain the mortars which have been promised him again and again, but none of them have been received. The thirty-eight boats prepared for them are lying at the levee tu Cairo. Why cannot the Naval De partment send a portion of those now casting at Pittsburg to Cairo? Let it be remembered that those batteries on the bluff win be entirely out of the reach of our gynboats in close- action. But with those thirty-eight mortars, Coin. Foote and Capt. Constable would produce a stampede sur passing that from Hilton Head. Without them, it may be feared that an atteelt will not dislodge the rebels from their strong position. TnE WILL of the famous Russian Prince Orloff has been published Re gives the greater portion of his estates to his eon, with a reserve to his *ifs. including 1,000,000 Alves , Rabies In the 0 per cent. Mate loan. Ile makes liberal legacies to all the servants, gives unconditional freedom to all his peasants,_ and consoles himself with the , re flection that all bis property was honestly come by. Tut Cape Ann (Mass.) Advertiser says that the vessels thence that have been engaged in the Bank fishery have had rather a hard time of it the present month, and most of them return with small tares, which but poorly compensate the crews for their hazardous occupation. Two more of the Newfoundland fleet arrived on Thursday. They bring full cargoes of herring, and the Georges fishing will soon commence. THE AMOUNT EXPENDED.—The Committee on the Relief of the Families of Volunteers paid out during the last week the sum of $13,881.57. Dur ing the ataxia period, $3,980.72 was paid out by the Committee on the Safety and Defence of the City. * 8 * ***** ttn. / 0 7 TWO CENTS". Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S Ototqra, HARRISBURG, Jan. 1802. To ffi.r Ercelimey A. G. Curtin, Gov or of Pennsylvanio. SIR 1 have the honor to submit the following statement relativet to the operations of the Depart ment under my charge sinew the 15th April, Eft : I will briefly advert to thy facts connected with the organisation of the milittoy forces of Penrayl verde since the commencement of the present rtiv hellion. In response to the proclamation of the 15t t' April last, by the President of the United States., calling out 75,000 militia from the - several States oS the Union, to serve for three - months, Pennsylvania not only furnished'promptly its assigned quota of fourteen regiments, but increased the number to twenty-bye ; and such was the patriotic ador of the people, that the services of about thirty additional regiments had to be refused—making in all more than one half of the requisition - of the President. Four days after this call, Pennsylvania had placed at the National capital 699•uteo, the first to arrive for its defence, and ten days later the entire twenty-five regiments were organized; and in the field. On the 18th of April Camp Curtin wee formed at Harrisburg. and at this point all militia from the northern, western, and central portions of the State were organized. Eight regiments,—chiefly from Philadelphia,were organized :at Wit Oboe. The numerical esignation of the . rielfronts, then formed, are as follows : 1. Col. Samuel Yolks. 2. Col. F. S. Stambaugh. 3. Col. F. P 4. Col. J. F. Eartranft. 5. Col. It. P. McDowell. 6.. Col. Jamea Nagle. 7. Col. Wm. 11. Irwin. 8. Col. A. 11. Emley. 9. Col. IL C. Longneoker 10. Col. S. A. Meredith. 11. Col. Moon Jarrett. 12. Col. David Campbell. 13. Col. Moo. A. Rowley. 14. Col. Jobe W. Johnson. 15. Col. R.,A. Oakfor& 10. Col. Thos. A. Zeigle 17. Col. F. E. Patterson 18. Col Win. D. Lewis, 19. Col. Peter Lyle. 20. Col. W. 11. Gray. 21. Col. J. F Balliar 22. CO- T, Morehead. Zi. Col. C. P. Dare 24. Col. J. T. Owens. 25. Col. Henry L. Cake. These regiments comprised, in the aggregate, 20,979 mon. They served their full term of three mouths. and were then mustered out of the service. The second call for volunteers was made upon. the State in Max. The allotted share to Pennitylassit was ten regiments; but the General Government would not allow these to be raised. The Secretary of War officially announced to the Governor of the Slate, that " ten regiments are assigned to Nun in - sylvania—making, addition to the thirteen regi ments already called for, twenty-three regiments. It is important to reduce rather than enlarge this number." As the State bad already twenty-five regiments lb the field, it was thus debarred front increasing its force. At the extra session of the Legislature, convened on the 30th April, in pursuance of the proclamation of the Governor, gas passed the act of May 15,1861, for organizing the " Reserve Volunteer Corps of the Commonwealth," to be composed of thirteen regi ments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of light artillery. This corps, under the direction of Major General George A. McCall, was speedily organized, and in conformity with law was placed For military in struction in camps at! Easton. West Chester, Pitts burg. and Harrisburg. The exigencies of the service required that this force not long remain inactive, for on the 22d of June, two regiments comman ded by Colonel Chas, J. Biddle and Colonel S. G. Simmons, and two companies of artillery under Captain Campbell, were ordered to Cumberland, Md., to reinforce the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, commanded by Col. Wallace. These troops rendered important service at New Creek, Piedmont, Ace., in Western Vir ginia. until ordered to the Lower Potomac. On the 22d day of July, the day after the memorable disaster at Ball Run, a requisition was made on this State for the immediate service of its " Re serve Corps." This urgent demand of the General Government resulted in sending, as rapidly as means for their transportation could be furnished., about 11,000 of those' troops, fully armed and equipped, to the timely relief of the National capital. Within a few days after this the entire body was mustered into the United States service. The time for these, and all subsequent enlistments, was for three years or the war. The aggregate number of officers and men in these regiments is 15 856. Previous to the mustering of the State Reserves into the national service, the General Government authorized four independent regiments to be raised in this State. These were promptly furnished, and amounted, in the aggregate, to 4,711 otfio.r= nesignations of these nineteen regiments are as follows : 26. Col. 'Wm. F. Small, infantry. 27. Col. A. Bushbeek, infantry. 28. J. W, Geary, infantry. 29. John K. Murphy, infantry. 30. Col. R. Biddle .Roberts, infantry, Ist Penn sylvania Reserve Corps. 31. Col Wm. B. Mann, infantry, 2d Pennsylva nia Reserve Corps. 32. Col. H. cr. siGli.l9o) infautry, Pounsylvania Reserve Corps. ; 33. Col. A. L. Magilton, infantry, 4th Pennsyl vania Reserve Corps. 34 Col. S. G. Simmons, infantry, sth Pennsylva nia Reserve Corps, 25. Col. W. W. Ricketts, infantry, 0111 Pennsyl vania Reserve Cerya. 86 Col. E. B. Harvey, infantry, 7th Penasylva nia Reserve Corps. 37. Col. George S. Hays, infantry, Bth Pennsyl vania Reserve Corps. 38. Col. C. F. Jackson, infantry, 9th Pennsylva nia Reserve Corps. N. Col, John MoCalmont, infantry, 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. 40. Col. T. F. Gallagher, infantry, 11th Penn . sy _ [rani& Reserve Corpl. 41 Col. J. B. Taggart, infantry, 12th Pennsyl vania Reserve Corps. 42. Col. C. J. Biddle, Ist rifles, 13th Pennsylva nia Reserve Corps. 42. Col. C. T. Campbell, let artillery, 14th Penn sylvania Reserve Corps. 44. Col. George D. Bayard, let cavalry, 15th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. More recently, direct requisitions on Pennsyl vania for sixteen additional regiments of infantry and two of cavalry have been promptly responded. to, and as rapidly as they could be prepared, bare been forwarded to such points as were designated by the General Government. On the 25th of September, the War Department placed under the control of the Governor all bri gades, regiments, batteries, and companies, which it bad from time to time authorized individuals to raise in the State of Pennsylvania. These amounted to seventy regiments, including Ave of cavalry and one of artillery, and twenty seven companies, com prising five of cavalry and three of artillery. The following designations have been given to the regiments not already enumerated, now in ac tive service or in a state of preparation : [We published a list of the regiments here re ferred to yesterday,' PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENTS AND COMPANIES NOW IN EEC= 66 regiments, infantry and riflemen, aggregate.. ,71,189 11 do cavalry 12,690 1 do artillery 1,077 84,656 7 companies of infantry TOT 6 ff cavalry 578 if artillery 936 Add enlistments in other than Pennsylvania or. ganizations 0 400 Number in United States service from Pennsyl sania PREPARING POE SERVICE 12 regiments infantry 1 regiment cavalry 1 " artillery 4 companies of artillery 1 company of ca,alry.. Now in service, and preparing by the authority of the Government 109,615 In the act for the regulation of the militia of This Commonwealth s passed the list day of April ) 1858, it is provided, m the eleventh paragraph of the third section, that— The clerk of the commissioners, in each city and county, shall each year carefully ascertain, from the corrected assessment and military rolls, the Whelc number of PerS9ll6 moiled as liable to per form military duty,y including all members of vo= luntear companies, and shall report the same to the Adjutant General, on or before the first day of De cember in each year. This provision of the law, except in a very few oases, has not been complied with, so that I can not state with accuracy the number of persons in this State liable to the performenee of military ser vice. The information which would have been ob tained, if the law had been properly carried out, would be of much importance at the present time As the seventh paragraph of the second section of the same act provides a penalty for such neglect, it is not frobable that similar delinquency will again occur. In conformity with the twenty-third section of the act of the 15th May, 1861, entitled " An Act to create a loan and provide for arming the State," arms and accoutrements, and a suitable uniform, were provided by this Department for the " Re serve Corps." In most cases the United States fur nished the necessary mug, The following statement shows the number of ar ticles purchased for this purpose and their cost : 11,100 infantry overcoats 891,4911 65 1.600 mounted men's overcoats 16,164 00 ]2,136 infantry pantaloons 34,751 41 1.000 mounted men's pantaloons 3,730 00 13.000 b'ouses 29.154 50 16,064 cap. ma.: 7,952 sets of iufautry accoutrements.. 23,029 00 Ordnance and ordnance stores for artillery re -42,322 94 giment Inspection and distributing arms and clothing. 1,009 00 lii itadoiditri4e With the twenty-O;Am §ee ti on o f the same act, the old arms, unfit for modern service, have been collected, and, as far as practicable, re paired and put into use. There has been expended for collecting and repairing the slime, the slam of.. $20,0.59 98 In repairing end renewing accoutre - MOMS 3.211 21 STATEMENT OP ARMS AND ACCOUTREMENTS COL LECTED PROM DISBANDED COMPANIES AND OTHERS. 62 cannon. 16A23 muskets and rifles. 9,227 acts of infantry accoutrement& 1,640 cavalry swords. THE WAR PRESS. TO WAR Plll5 will be oont to onbootibert by matt (per annum in advance) at Wl.o* Ares Ooplee •6 41 live It " 0.011 Ten a " /51.00 Larger CRube will be charged at the same rate, thee 10 copies will cowl fit ; 00 ouploil will Coot 800 law molt* 8110. Fora Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send en litre Copy to the getter-np of the anb. WPaettnaetere are requested to act as /tante *II Tee Wen Pease. it7T Advertisements inserted at the until rates. MS Hoes constitute a WANK • 326 artillery Pronto. 1,947 pistols. Of the above muskets and rifles, there have been repaired or remodelled ..... 4,012 requiring repairs and in handset' workmen. 8,659 Ile cannon carriages have, in many Instances, been aubstantially repaired, and sometimes re newe,O, at the workshop of the arsenal. A le'xge number of the small arms and infantry accoutt *talents, collected from the three-months voluntooas, were repaired, cleaned, and reissued to the Penn oylvanis troops. Of the cannon belonging to the State pf renn mylvarda, etnaluslVe of the above mentioned sixty+ two pieces, thirty-one six-pounder brass pieces and one twelve-prouder are in the possession of the rust Regimens Pennsylvania Artillery, now in the service or the United Strata. There heave Nam distritrated, to a portion of the border counties - seal the YhDadelphia Reserroo, 2 , 93 0M00k0til 4rtritiVO. with their accoutrement*. INVENTORY 07 4 Cdt blktAblns AND ORDNANCE DI ORES AT TB L.ARSENAIs AT H A BRIDIMMO, ON THE 19ro DAT or DECEMBER, IBM. CANNON. 1 twelve-poundevbracs cannon, die:inns trophy. riz- pounder braes sannon, in.good orde r, fitt -7 btibcl6i iron'.: cannon, in good oiler, 5 rix-peunder iron , 311111100, needing repair& Y: six-pounder brecavannon, needing repairs. eix.pounder brass. carmen at Brio and AM places, in good order. .LILTH.EniiYe &Altai/L(IES. liTifre- pot:owlor finid&g,un earrings. - 26 alw.poundoitild-gutlorriago, oompiete. 9 512 -pounder field-gun , carriage, without am ber!. 2 a ix-ponn4er caimans, without linabera SMALL AMMS. 8,254 muskets and rifles. 13,659 needing cleaning and repairs 2,005 esralry pistols. 984mbree and artillery swords. secorrnamanTS. 8,861 infantry cartridge boxes. 7,932 infantry waist belta. 4,201 infantry bayonet scabbards. 4,433 infautry asp boxes. 2,000 gun aline. 287 carbine Wings. 826 einnaliler belts, s:7B9,waist•belt_platm. 532 artilierf amt Cavalry belts. 642 cavalry cartridge loxes. 730 powder fluke. 750 pouches. 382,000 rdtibliet Luck and ball cartridges. 76,000 mualtst buck and ball llint-look arms. 318.000 musket ball cartridges, percussion arms. 40.000 various kinds cartridges, loam). 103,000 blank cartridges. 24 rounds tvralve•pounder spherical sue shot. 12 rounds twelvepounder shells, 6 reistoll tirenky- four- p9undier abet, fixed, LEES TAILDIFEBOITT THE srAel. The several brigade inspectors of the Common wealth report the slumber of arms in the hands et the volunteer companies of their brigades, as fol lows : 1,507 muskets. rIIMEE3 In addition to the above, the MAW Guard i of Philadelphia, report that they. have in their pos session the following ordnance and ordnance stores, the property of that city : 4,976 muskets and rifles. 440 cavalry sabres. 326 cavalry pistils. 6 ten-pounder Parrott rifled cannon, complete., . 3 eippo . under ennt.steel rifled 0.1111t441, couplet', 5,000 sets of Infantry accoutrements. 1,000 sets of rifle accoutrements. 100,000 musket oartridges. 200 six-pounder cartridges. There are still scattered throughout the several counties of the Commonwealth, in the hands of in dividuals, a considerable number of State arms and accoutrements. Means hates been taken to bare them collected and forwarded to the arsenal at liar riaburg without unnecessary delay. The •volunteer organizations in the State hays nearly disappeared within the lest nine months, most of the members composing companies having gone into the United States service. The eenditiOn of the military has been so muoit changed since the annual report made by the in spectors of the several brigades, that any return' from them published now, relative to regimental and company organizations, would, in most in stances, be deceptive, and are therefore omitted. E. M. BIDDLE, Adjutant General. [The report closes with a list of the divistsa brigade organisations of the State, as far as re turned.] The Union Army on the Potomac A Washington correspondent of the New York IVorld says ; Aorefe the river matters are really in an un. pleasant condition. The rain and mist continue with us ; we have not n seen . the sup,hr,i ii cyZ,V t gi os • the_laniljedrieteliding from the river to the camps, to such an insufferable depth and stickiness that even the sick and dying of a hundred regiments— men sickening and dying from exposure to this very weather—cannot be brought to the city hospi tals for decent tondance care, r un , am b u l ances Cross the bridges; the army wagons with #5..6.1.21. conceivable difficulty, supply our camps with their daily rations. Government teamsters look more like earth-burrowing Fins, or the mud-eating In diana of the Orinoco, than like civilized Yankees and patriots, Those regiments encamped in low land, as side-hill locations, suffer untold misery from the mud, whipped to a jelly in and about their tents, and some are undergoing decimation from resultant diseases. From one cavalry regi ment, attached to Gen. Sumner's division, and very unfavorably encamped, two hundred and eighty-six cases of typhoid and other maladies are this week reported ! These are sickening facts, and I hate to communicate them, but the public should know the distresses which the heroism of our soldiers patiently endures, and be silent over its own minor evils of hard times and prospective taxation. Ido not see that military leaders are •greatly to blame for the existing condition of the 9.14111 N it Mlle to 60 In separable from the climate, and the position, whisk must be maintained at all hazards; and we trust that a week of sunshine, should it ever come, will put an end to the chief causes of these evils. So much for the soldiers themselves. The condi tion of the majority of the horses belonging to the cavalry and to the transportation department is still more deplorable. Hundreds, thousands af them are dead Or disabled ; sufficient forage 01111110 t reach them, and they are exhamted with famine and diarrhoea. In many . localities they stand day and night fetlock•decp In mud, shaking and sick ening in that hopeless, hapless.equine misery so pi tiful to witness. I do not think that the standard of discipline and drill is near to high throughout the army of the Po• tomes as it was a couple of months Pima. Print tho very necessities of the weather and ground, all bri gade and division drills have been suspended since the middle of December. The men attend company exercises, and stand guard, the rest of the time huddling for warmth within their tenth. A species of demoralisation invariably attends such respites and cbsbges, though a week a good active service would make all right again. The Rebel Fortifications at Centreville Washington correspondent of the, Moog* Times says : Theheadquarters of General Benuregard are established at Centreville, around which the main body of the army is entrenched. The whole coun try, between the Potomac and Occoquan rivers, is extremely . hilly ; and, while this renders difficult the operations of large bodies of troops, it renders the country easy of defensts. GentattllWAitreseed, being a ecientifio officer, took advantage of this fact, and employed the months of the summer and autumn, from August to November, in erecting around Centreville twenty-six forts, whioh, in ex tent and strength, rival those southwest of this city. How could he do this without its being known ? The answer is contained in &single word t Munsen'a Hill. By throwing forward a few regiments, he took possession of Munson's Hill about the end of August, which General McClellan at that time was unable to hold, he having but just commenced the task of making soldiers out of the disorganized fragment of the Bull Run rout. By making a show of fortifying that bill, be diverted attention from what he was really doing. But there was one tllllll in Washington, and probably only one, who pene trated his designs. General McClellan knew that be was fortifying at Centreville. But to what ex tent even ho was ignorant until apprised by a de serter long after the evacuation of Munson's Hill. Why has Beauregard thus fortified Centreville 7 When the Union army of the Potomac moves the reason will become manifest. Centreville is the key of Manassas Junction, and Manassas Junction is the door to Richmond, and, indeed, it may be said, to the whole of Virginia. Examine a mili tary map of the country; trace the roads, the ?tree/Nei the mem of hilts, end it will be seen that a Union army entering by any other door will be sure 'A be surrounded, cut off from their base of operations, and destroyed. If the strong lines of Manassas can be forced, and the communication be kept open with this city, a Union army oan ad vance southward, conquering as it advances, and laying the whole country under contribution. Hence the importance of fortifying Centreville. These twenty-six forts are so situated as to command every possible approach to Centre ville, from Arcola, on the Gum Spring road, on the left, to the Oceoquan river, two miles below Union Mills, on the right. On the morning of the battle of ull Run, the Confederate army wee posted on the right bank of that stream, from the Stone Bridge to Union Mills. The reoonnoiss sauces made by Gen. McDowell on the day pre vious enabled him to cross a large portion of his force (Gen. Hunter's column) at Sudloy's Ford, a mile and a quarter above the Stone Bridge. This disarranged Beauregard's whole plan of . battle, et 4. Mlle neer defeating him, The hardest fight ing of the day, anti till 4 o'clock in the afternoon, took place west of Sudley's Font, and between it and the Warrenton turnpike. The two forts, then between .Arcola and Sudloy's Ford, are designed' to prevent the ford from being used by the Union troops. The largest and strongest forts are called Fort Beauregard, Fort Davis, and Fort Slidell, They all command roads that Uinta be taken in order to approach Centreville. All of the twenty aix forts are mounted with suitable artillery. It was to celebrate the completion of these works' that the great review of 70,000 Confederate troops took place early in December, at which Jeff Davie was present, and at which the hattieeriaga" wore presented to each regiment. 15,305 024 109 ------16,038 t. 251,13.1,5 ea A Mr TeDEROIIB ASSAULT.—A colored mall named William Lane, committed a murderous AP Eault, on Monday night, about half past ten o'clock, upon a colored woman known tie w Big Gabe ?? Lane used a hatchet. The woman received several ugly gashes upon the head. Her wounds, which are not considered dangerous, were dressed at the hospital. Officer Monilla, who attempted to arrest Lane, was set upon and very roughly used. He is also cut severely about the bead. Lane, however, was tslt9P into (mist-94y- lie !MO R , 49arin Yester day morning, and was committed to answer at court.
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