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The ILLove articles, being PATENTED, &Minot lbe obtained elsewhere. P. S. N 0.2. Men's Furnishing Goode, in every variety. P.S. N 0.3. PATENT ENAMELLED COLLARS, 10 FOR A QUARTER del-strith3m VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The subscriber would invite attention to hie IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in hie business. Also, con. ptantly receiving NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. 11 7 1, SQ_PTT GENTLEMEN 'o Finial LS/I /NG i STOREi No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors below the Continental. CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS. GREAT BARGAINS LADIES' CLOAKS, To close out, At the " ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE, N. W. corner TENTH and AEON S. AuSlAn JACOB HOUSFALL. CLOAKS - Handsome styles of well-made, serviceable gar- Monts. The best made, the beet fitting, and the boot Piaterials for the price. A large Mock from which to select. COOPER dt CONARD, S. E. cor. !MUM and biAItIEBT. CL O A K S! ‘../ The Largest, Cheapest, and Beet-assorted Stock In the city. HOUGH a CO., No. 2b South TENTH Street, Opposite Franklin Market. COMMISSION HOUSES- SHIPLEY, HAZARD, ac HUTCHINSON, No. 111, CHESTNUT STREET, 00111.EUSSIO1Y mIDBaHANTO /OA THI BALM OV PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. GROCERIES. CRAB-APPLE CIDER, OLD CURIUNT WINES OUS. USUAL SUPPLY, JUST RECEIVED ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES, jab-tf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Ste MACKEREL. HERRING, SHAD, SALMON, bble Meee Noe. 1,2, awl I) 1611.01SEBEL, large, medium, and small, in mortal :packages of choice, late-caught, fat fish. MOO bble. New Halifax, 'Eastport, and Labrador Mar. 'kings, of choice qualities. 6,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings. 3,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings. 2,000 boxes large Ittagdaline Merringl. IMO bble. Mackinac White - Fish. 10 bbls. new Economy Mesa Shia. ss We. new Halifax Salmon. 1,000 quintals Grand Bank Codfish. 600 boxes Herkimer County Cheese. In store and landing, for sale by mfill.PHY a KOONS, !•4e. 399 NORTH WHABVIII4 CABINET FURNITURE. CIABINET FURNITURE AND BlL gia UMW TABLES. MOORE .1% CAMPION, No. 'ln gout'. nom) Street, connection with their extensive Cabinet Dinlnesti are Now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, /end have now on hand a full supply, finished with the INOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be paperior to all others. For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu facturers Wei to their numerous patrons throughout the Tlidon who are familiar with the character of their Work. aufifi-tam DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT sno-Em.A.KEE & Co.. Northeast Corner FOURTH and BALE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TWIN DOW AND PLATE GLASS. ItAi'MPACTIIBIRS OP WRITE LEAD AND EINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a AGENTS POE YEB CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied isit VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH 00111-Sm WHITE LEA OIL. White Precipitate, Lunar Caustic, Narcotine, Sylph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Satoh., Ether. Sulphuric, • Ether Nitric, Sulphate Quinine, Corro. Snblim., Beuarcotized %km, Chloride of Soda, Wetherill's ext. Cinclaa. Tartar Emetic, Chloride of Lime. Crude Borax, Refined Borax, Camphor, Resin Copavla. LL Jr BROTHER, nufacturing Chemists, North SECOND Street, PHILA.DELPHIA. Red Lead, White Lead, Litharge, Sugar of Lead, Copperas i Olt of Vitriol, Calomel, Patent Yellow, Chrome Red, Chrome Yellow, Aqua Fortin, Mulatto Acid, EDaom Salts Rochelle Salts, Tartarie Acid, Orange Miners!, Soluble Tart. Sub. Carb. Soda, White Vitriol, Bed Precipitate, \VETIVER Druggists and Ma Bos. 47 and 49 WINES AND LIQUORS. PURE PORT WINE. DUQUE DO POBTO WINE, BOTTLED IN )POBTIIGAL IN 1820. Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of sure Port Wine can be envellail by innuiring for the Tabors who at CANTWELL & REITER'S, Southeast corner GEBMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. IrNNESSY, VINE—YARD PRO prieters, Bisquit, Trioosbe & Co., Marett, Pint, end other a➢Droved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for pale, In bond and from store, by CANTWELL & REEFER, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. STUART'S PAISLEY MALT WHIS- Btlatianan'S Coal Ea Whisky, Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin, London Cordial Gin, Boblea's Gin, In bond and store. CANTWELL a EEFFEE, Southeast corner GEBNANTOWN Avenue and MASTER. Stmt. ZOUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new brand—an excellent artlele. Lnported and for sole tat a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL & KEY SER, southeast corner of GERMANTOWN Avenue and WASTER Street. .RITDESHEIMER-BERG, LAUBEN.. BRINIER, and HOCICHERdEIt WINE, In came pf one dozen 11:Qttlee each ; warranted pure. Imported end for sale km by CI&NTWELL & ICEFIPZB, south- Sant Muer GIeBBIANTOWN Avenue and MUM= Iltrant. IZitiRMA.N'S DRY CATAWBA U NE.—Tbie approved brand of Cincinnati wine, the beet article out for " cobblers," for sale pure, bot tled and in cages, by CANTWELL & KEEFER, south =mar GIBMANTOWN Avenue and NAME 4.24-8 m PIOTELS. A OARD.—TILE UNDERSIGNED, late of the GIRARD HOUSE, Philadelphia, hare &aged, for a term of years, WILLABD'S HOTEL, in Vaahlngton. They take this occasion to retort, to their bid Men& imd mmtomum many {hanks for imm ravori a and beg to mare them that they will be most happy to mes them in their new quarters. SYKES, onsinnox, Co. WAmmerroi, July 16.1861. an2B-17 LARD AND GREASE.-50 tierces prime Leaf lard; 60 tierces White Grease, likect from the West, and in store. For late by MURPHY & MOONS, No. 10 I'joliTii WHARVES. AT J. A. ESHLEMAN' S AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S AT 3. A. ESHLEMAN' S AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S , DRY AND IN cs , -k-vr •<-,'‘\\% I /// P 9, J.• . . . •‘%\‘t 1 1 /1 ". - - P.! • - • , • , J_ltr " dim . .•, . . • ' 114.,•&: • • -*or - _ _ - . • er • ..._ VOL. 5.-NO. 152. RETAIL DRY GOODS. GREAT BARGAINS IA FINE CLOAKS, TO CLOSE OUT THE STOCK PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK, AND FUR EMPORIUM, VOS CHESTNUT STREET, PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL. SYNOPSIS OF REDUCTIONS. FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS, From $26 to s26—From $22 to SIT. FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS. From 08 to sl.4—From $lO to $7.50 BROWN SEALSHIN on SABLE CLOTH CLOAKS, From $lB to sl4—From $l6 to $l2. BLACK SEALSKIN OR OTTER CLOTH CLOAKS, From $lB to sl4—From $lB, to $l2. VELVET CLOTEE CLOAKS, From SW to s22—From 836 to 526 FINE BLACK BRAVER CLOAKS, From 845 to s3s—Froms3s to $26 • FINE BLACK BRAYER CLOAKS, From $25 to 519.50—Fr0m $2O to $l6 FINE BLACK BEAVER. CLOASE, From Sl6 to Sl2—From S 1 to SO FANCY BEAVER t.h.o.tics, From $4O to s3o—From $3O to $22 FANCY COLORED BRAYER CLOAKS, From $24 to slB—lrrom $lB to $13.50. Looms VELVET CLOAII9, From po to *Os—From $7O to St& OUR FUR 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 nu infinity of finalities, help& if not inipmjl2l9, at oil events, unsatisfactery. de3l-1m GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR FIFTEEN.' DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING TEEM INTO STOCK, wiz: Figured and Plain Morkioes. Plain and Gay Long Shawl's. Dark Dress Goods, Popline, &c. Plaid Flannels—Pink, Blue, and Brown. Ladies' Scarfs, winced 20 per cent. One lot of L. C. lidkfs., at 15c. Two lota do., at 25c., a bargain. One lot of Linen Diaper at $1.21 a piece. Iloop Skirts-75, S7K, $l, and $1.12. - Nice assortment of Ginghams, Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes. Misses' Merino Vests, all sizes. Gloves and hosiery of all kinds. Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at J. H. STOKES', ja2.5 tf 702 ARCH Street. FAMILY DRY GOODS STORE. EYRR St 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 and figured. Litton Skirtings and Linen Sheetin-n. Beet makes Long Cloth Shirting ltaslinti. Table Linens and Damask Tow•elings. Blankets, fine quality and large size. Marseilles Quilts of all sizes. Cloths and Cassinteres for men and boys. White goods, a very full stock. Black goods of every description. ja23 BARGAINS IN BLACK SILKS AT H. STEEL & SON'S, No. 713 North TENTH Street, above Coates. 1 lot Black Silks at 70 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 75 and 81 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 87, 90, and 51. 1 lot Black Silks at fsl.l2g and 0..28. 1 lot Black Silks at 51.31, 51.37%, and 81.50. 1 lot Black Silks, yard wide. BARGAINS IN FANCY SILKS. We are closing out our stock of Fancy Silks at a great sacrifice, preparatory to taking stock. Fancy Silks at 50, 56, 62%, 75, 87, and $1 Superior qualities of Fancy Silks 51 11% to 82. Also, our entire stock of DRESS GOODS, jag at less than cost prices. MUSLINS ! MUSLINS ! MUSLINS! MUSLIM BY THE PIECE—MUSLINS BY THE HALE.—Now is the time foi bou.ekeepera to boy their Meetings 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 Warssutta, Williamsville, Black Rock, and other popular makes. Good Muelins at 8,9, 10, 11 cents. The beat 12- cent Muslin iu the city. Our Pillow-Case Muslins, and our 10.4, 11-4, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased opulg , time since, are from Mee to four cents cheaper than can he found elsewhere_ COWPEETIIWAIT & CO., ja22 I. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET. SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE. One case just opened. Black mid White Cheeks, double width. Fine All•wool Cashmeres. ja2.l _ SHAEPLESS BROTHERS. NEW BALNORALS. Four hundred imported Balmoral Skirts, At prices lower than before offered. ja 2l '4I.TARPUM swans. RUSSIA CRASH, , In medium and fine qualltioe. Scotch Crash and Towelling. ja2l SHARPLESS BROTHERS EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR TAINS—At very low prime, to sell tho atcCk su&B,FLE6s CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets MEN'S WEAR-BOYS' WEAR. 50 to 75• cent Union Cassitneres, Satinets, &o. $1 Cuadmeres ; best in the market SLID Cassimeres ; best in the market , . $1.25 Cassimeres ; beat ever sold for the money. Black Cloths fir Ladies' Wear. Black Broadcloths for Men's Wear. Some Bargains in our Cloth Stock. Tailors' attention is invited. COOPER & COWARD, ja9 S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. CLOAKS AND SHAWLS Reduced in Price. Good Stock of Cloaks. . Blanket Long Shawla Cheap. BlaWThibet Shawls Cheap. Black Blanket Square Shawls for $l. Broche Shawls at half price. COOPER ik CONARD, jag S _ N._ eerher NINTH and MARKET Sts EyRE & LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH, open today, a fit sh assortment of Double-faced Black Figured Silks. Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks. Blues, Nodes, Green, and Purple Silks. [jab "PYRE & LANDELL keep the very .A.J heaviest Plain Black Dress Silks. Heavy-bordered Stout Black Silks. Widow's Silks, without gloss. Rich Plain Silks, for city trade. jaß $2.50 RALDIORA.L SKIRTS, full Balmorals Wholesale. Balmorale Retail. lab BYBB & LANDELL. HEAVY CLOAK INGS. Brown and Black Sealskin, 75e to 51.50. Cheap heavy Coatings and Cloakings Fine Black Cloths and Beavers. Good stock Cassimeres at cid prices. COOPER & CONARD, B. E. cor. NINTH and MABKXT. VERSE YS. --COMPLETE MA. CHINERY for Fulling and Finishing Kerseye s Flannels, &c., for Hale, with Room and Power, If re quired, ready to start work. Address "Box No. 1062," Post Office. ia2B-fit,* MEDICINAL. G LUTEN CAPSULES PURE COD-LIVER OIL. The repng,nanCe of meet patients to COD-LIVES OIL, and the inability of many to take it at all, has In duced various forms of disguise for its administration that are familiar to the Medical Profession. Some of them answer in special cases, but more often the vehicle neutralizes the usual effect of the Oil, proving quite as unpalatable and of leas therapeutic value. The repug nanciN nausea, &e., to invalids, induced by disgust of the Oil, is entirely obviated by the use of our CAPSULES. COD-LITER OIL CAPSULES have been much used lately in Europe, the experience there of the good re sults from their use in both hospital and private practice, aside from the naturally suggested advantages, are suf ficient to warrant our claiming the virtues we do for them, feeling assured their use will result In benefit and deserved favor. Prepared by WYETH & BROTHER, 1412 NS ILLI4I3T Street, Philadelphia TO THE DISEASED OF ALL CLASRES.—Prefessera DOLL 2 3c STEVEN% Medical Electricians, 1220 WALNUT Street, Philadel phia, invite all diseased persons to call; young and old, who have failed of beisig cured by quacks, old school physi cians, and nostrums. We warrant all curable cases by special contract, and charge nothing if we fail. Con sultation free. A pamphlet of great value given to all, free of charge. ja2o,tf ESTLAC K'S DIPTHERIA AND BORE THROAT LOZENGES, A Safe and efficient remedy in Diptheria , Sore Throat from Scarlet Fever, Quinsy, Clergymen's Sore Throat, Inliamation of the lances and Palate ? Membranous Croup, Enlarged Tonsils, Catarrh, influenza, Asthma, Hoarseness, or any . Bronchial Affections from Colds causing pain, swelling, or redness in the Throat, render. ing respiration difficult. Prepared only by T. ESTLACK, Jun.,Druggist, No.lBoo MAIET Street. And sold by Druggists generally. ja24-6tts 1111 S. JAMES BETTS' CELEBRA TED SUPPORTERS FOB LADIES, and the only SUpporters under eminent medical patronage. La dies and physicians aro respectfully requested to call only on Mrs. Bette, at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand hoesilds Lave been advised by their physicians to use her appliances. Those only are genuine bearing the United States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and aiso on the Supporters, with testimonials. oclll-tuthstf TTANGING VASES. 11 Oruamontal Flower Pot/. Parlor Vases for Growing Flowers. Baskets for Jardiniere. Pedestals with Vase for Flowers. Antique Vases for Mantels: Vases Reattissance for Parlor. Rustic and Terra Cotta Vases. Lava Flower Pots and Vases. Garden Vases and Pedestals. Brackets for Busts and Figures. With a great variety of articles suitable for Christ mas presents, for sale retail •and to the trade. Warorooms 1010 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. A. HARRISON. D RIED FRUIT-NEW YORK STATE APPLES ; Weatern do ; choice new half Peaches, do. nuattere, and mixed P 66003, Plums, Blackberries, in store, and for sale by RHODES & WILLIAMS, ja2Ci-ltrv- /07 Smith WATER, OFtnift, Eljt Vrtss. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1862. A Wicked Bit of Slander Give a dog a bad name, says the proverb, and you may hang him. On this principle, one Mr. JAMES Wilma, ex-alderman of Lon don, and now a blatant member of the British Parliament, lately made a speech to his con stituents, at Brighton, and told them that Cap tain WILKES, who stopped the Trent, and cap tured 'SLIDELL and MASON, was a notoriously bad man, with horrible antecedents—having committed murder on the high seas, by hang ing Midshipman SPENCER, on board the brig Somers, in 1842, on a pretended charge of mu tiny. Now, the person who did this, (and was justificd'thcrefor, by a court of inquiry, Consisting of Commodores CHARLES STEWART, JACOB JONES, and DALLAS,) was Commander ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE,author of "A. Year in Spain" and other popular books, who died in September, 1848, aged forty-five. He was a very dillbrent person from CHARLES WILKES, commanding the San Jacinto when the rebel Ambassadors were running away in the British mail steamer Trent. Moreover, Captain WILKES is world-famous as having commanded the celebrated naval expedition sent out by the United States to explore the countries bordering on the Pacific and South ern Oceans. From 1838 until June, 1842, he was so occupied, and, in December, 1842, when the execution of young SPENCER took place, by order of SLIDELL MACKENZIE, Cap tain WILKES was in New York, having re linquished his naval command some five months previously. The London Times, four weeks ago, not only copied WHITE'S monstrous identifica tion of SLIDELL MACKENZIE with CHARLES WILKES, but commented upon it, insinu ating that the lives of MASON and SLIDELL were "not safe in the hands of Captain WILKES, formerly of the brig Somers." Al though the character of ex=Aldernian WurrE, M. P., must have been well known to The Times, and though his doings and misdo ings in the China trade had been roughly spoken of in its 6 i city article," The Times endorses, by adopting, his monstrous false hood about Capt. WILEEs. The painful in cident on board the Somers, in 1842, was talked about and written about in all the principal jour nals ofEurope—The Times leading off, we well recollect, with an article vindicating SLIDELL MACKENZIE. Moreover, in 1848, The Times published his obituary, with comments of its own. The antecedents of Captain WILKES mast have been equally well known. The Royal Geographical Society of London voted him its gold medal for the discoveries he had made during his Exploration expedition, published in five volumes royal Bvo., and to be found in every public library of note in Europe. We are afraid that The Times, so well in formed on most matters, has wilfully con founded the dead commander of the brig Somers with the living captain of the sloop-of-war San Jacinto. The fact happens to be, we believe, that ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE was brother to the rebel Ambassador SLIDELL, lately pre sented to Great Britain, as a natural and na tional curiosity. Mr. Cleveland's Analysis of Hamlet. On Tuesday evening, at the Assembly Building, Mr. Samuel M. Cleveland read and analyzed Shakspeare's great play of Hamlet. Considering the inclement weather he had a fair audience, and in several particulars, the lecturer, if we may style him as such, acquitted himself with decided credit. His analysis of the melancholy prince—w nud e . rious and misunderstood temperament, his moral purity and idiosyncrasies of intellect, his procrasti nation,.and will to hold his will in check, his lofty and sometimes frenzied imagination, his love, his gentleness, his habits of thought, and proneness to retirement and Medittaioll..diatia suesuia4l. JoIM. much skill, snowing industrious research, bold thought, and a mind attuned to the metaphysical. Mr. Cleveland is evidently convinced that in the field of Shakspearian criticism there is a void that ought to be occupied, and he is acting upon his COnVietions, Fel' Whatever he gives us in these lee. tures that is worth retaining, he deserves credit for originality, the few critical opinions which he borrows, being mainly introduced, either to con trast with, or to corroborate his own. The com mentators upon Shakspeare, in the English lan guage, which be is willing to accept as such, are Coleridge anal George Fletcher, the others who have written upon the subject being regarded by him as Shakspearian rhapsodists. With a mind thoroughly alive to the beauties, and in some degree the philosophy of poetry, he has not chosen his department in the world of letters without na tural qualificatlens. For several years he has been a hard-working student, and the result of his stu. dies, to a great extent, we now have presented in a popular form in these lectures. The acquaintance which be evinces with the Greek and Roman clas sics, and with English literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson, is, for one of his years, (being not yet six and twenty,) remarkable. Hamlet was characterized as the most important character to the student in the entire range of Eitlish literature. He must be Felt, rather than 2/Ade76 toed . This affords a good specimen of Mr. C.'s mode of mental dissection. Again, we could not get into this man from the outside ; to realize Hamlet, was to be Hamlet. Hence, for his full appreciation some experience was necessary, and that by a heart susceptible of the highest imagina tive effort, and that had alternately been uplifted by hope and stung by despair. Although the exe geses upon "Hamlet' were greater than had been given to any other work, they were in the main unsatNfactory. Considerable credit, however, was given by the lecturer to the writings of German authors, six of whom were named. These claimed //am let to be the best exponent of the Teuton type ; their more prominent points being epitomized by the lecturer. Mr. Cleveland's plan in Conducting these ana lytical readings is, an introductory discussion of the play to be considered ; then to read, dramatically, from the play itself such portions as most effectively present the hero of it, describing the scenes, and carrying along the dialogue of the minor characters in such a way , as to keep up the connection with out running into tediousness. 'Having placed a scene distinctly before his audience, reared it up, as it were, before their imagination, he leaves the picture upon the easel, if we may use tho figure, and proceeds to analyze it. In doing this, however. he commits the error—which he might easily and ought to correct—of pronounc ing his own commentary in ~the same dramatic style in which he roads the play: It may be said that what can be called good reading in the one case, cannot be objeotionable in the other; nevertheless, nine auditors out of every ten would decide otherwise. That we are warranted in this remark was plainly indicated on Tneaany evening, when, in one or two instanoes, he apparent ly forgot himself and spoke naturally. The relief was gratifying, and the contrast between his easy, conversational style then, and the stiff, not to say presumptuous, manner of hie lectures in the main, was manifestly appreciated. Speaking of Hamlet, in the presence of the King and courtiers, the lecturer said that the "inky cloak " of the sorrowful prince contrasted not more strongly with the gaiety and glitter of the court around him, than did his own pure soul with the phosphorescence and corruption which underlay its surface. From what follows in the play, the ten dencies of Hamlet's mind to glance off from subject to subject, parenthetically—his readiness for men tal transitions—his powers to display geniality and bitter sarcasm, were finely evolved. It could, said Mr. C., not be too earnestly insisted upon that Hamlet's was no burly, butcher temperament; but on the contrary, one of great culture and refine ment, that trembled at the lightest thought that floated in upon his soul from other worlds. In this connection, the lecturer made the assertion, that the more a man thinks, with the less energy and courage will he act. Villa regard to hamlet's assumed insanity, it must, he mid, be felt iv haw drcit, natal al aunder the circumstances, or it could not be intelligible to any one. The superiority of Hamlet's mind over his fellow-students, and the conscious depth of pur pose felt by the former, was sketched with a mas terly stroke in his celebrated words : " There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt ef in your phlicsoidiy," The idea had plainly been, that for his purpose it was necessary for him to be con.tidered mad, and not, as Mr. Hud son maintained, that Hamlet foresaw that he would often be thrown in that state by circumstances over which he had no control. We cannot conclude this notice without express. ing our conviction that, notwithstanding some im material defects. Mr. Cleveland's lectures can be hoard? with profit by all students of Shakspeare. His readings of the great poet vary in merit, it is true, which is ndt surprising, in view of the diffi culty whigi must always attend a rendition in quiek succession of different dramatis persons by the same individual. No,flexibility of voice or agility of manner can hope to pass through a long ordeal of this kind without disadvantage. The same eherse• ter will be resemed on next Tuesday morning. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1862. THE REBELLION. LATEST FROM GARFIELD'S COM MAND IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF WEBB'S °Ross Runs. Official Statement of the Killed and Wounded, Reinforcements Sent to ten. Thomas. INTERESTING NEWS FROM REBELDOM. DIFFICULTIES ABOUT THE RE-ENLISTMENT OP THEIR TROOPS. AFFAIRS AT PENSACOLII. A REBEL ACCOUNT OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. TES coNPrnoN OF AFFAIRS AROUND CAIRO. A Desperate Conflict near Gen. Heintzelman's A Body of Texan Bangers Surrounded in a house by Federal Troops. THEY FIGHT TIDE ALL KILLED 13UT ONE, Federal Lose Four Killed and One Wounded FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE BATTLE IN TILE INDIAN 001TRTRY., Bravery of the Loyal Indiana. GENERAL BUELL'S DFPARTMENT. Latest front Col. Garlic Command— Eastern Kentucky not to be Abandoned Again—The Brigade Going into Win ter Quarters—Humphrey./Ilarshall Stuck in the Gap. Col. Garfield's headquarters are established at Paintville, on the Big Sandy. It was found incon venient to move up to Prostonburg, on accdunt of the difficulty of procuring forage in that wild moun tain country; and the nearer the brigade keeps to the Ohio, the easier is the transportation up the Big Sandy. It is understood to be the intention that Col. Gar field's force will spend the winter in Eastern Ken tucky. The presence of our troops there is neces sary to prevent rebel incursions through the Pound Gap, until the advauee of our armies in Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia shall cut off their access to that region. We tried leaving Eastern Ken tucky unprotected, under Gen. Sherman's regime, and with Humphrey Marshall's invasion as the re sult then, the experiment can hardly be Worth re penting. The troops Are AM airlfig in tents, Mid find it rather exposed this winter weather, but they expect to build log huts soon. Humphrey Marshall is stated to have brought up at Pound Gap, while a portion of his command is collecting again at a point near the Gap, in South western Virginia, Some of their straggling bands are still rooming through the mountains, near the line, and this they will probably continue to do as long as they can find subsistence for thii stealing. But Colonel Garfield's position at Paintville effectually bars their entrance into the cultivated portion of the State. Their wandering parties eherish a high respect for our forces, and never venture out of the mountains within striking dis tance from our posts. There is no shooting of pickets, or "bushwhack lug" by the citizens, and all profess gratitude at being relieved from the invasion, and broght un der the protection of the old flag once more. Among the forces that now seem thus destined to spend the winter on the Big Sandy, are : ,Colonel Garfield's Forty-second and Colonel Cremes For tieth Ohio, two companies of McLaughlin's Ohio cavalry, and Colonel Corcoran's Fourteenth and Colonel Lindsay's Twenty-second Kentucky. The Battle of Webb's Cross Roads. The Cincinnati Commercial says : The place where Gen. Zollicoffer was defeated and killed is known through southern Kentucky as Web's Cross Roads, and the battle should be called ,tzx that name. Mill Springs is nearly ten miles distant, and on the other side of the Cumberland Ayer. A part of the engagement took plane in a field known In the neighborhood as " the Old Field," and hence the suggestion that the battle should be called the battle of Old Fields. But there is no doubt that " Webb's Cross Roads " is the place that mould glee newel°. the battle. Zia) emend Statement mane nyn - o r ._ne l , ,itase,ue... that one hundred and fourteen rebels had been buried up to a certain hour, has led the public, prone to expect exaggeration, to believe that the figure represented the extent of the loss of the ene my in killed. We are, however, assured from re sources that we believe entirely reliable, that not less than three hundred rebels were left dead on the ground, The official report of Gen. behoepff s brigade surgeon states that one hundred and ninety dead rebels were buried on Monday. A gentleman of this city writes that two hundred and eighty three dead bodies of rebels were found. Another, who was on the ground, informs us that he counted eighty-five dead rebels in the old field, and that they were lying thick in the underbrush in every direction. We are convinced that the rebel loss in killed was very nearly, if not altogether, three hundred. Various statements are made of the num ber of horses and mules taken. The evidence is that at least fifteen hundred fell into our hands. For sonic time the fighting was close and despe rate. Just before the Tenth Indiana was supported, the veherneriee of the contest was most remarkable. The rebels were pressing on with much resolution, fierce and confident, thinking that they had an in ferior force before them. They were not in fair battle order, but swarmed in the woods like In dians, though keepinff in line and whooped like savages, The Tenth Indiana stood their ground, and though in some confusion, theirfaees were all toward the enemy, and the crash of rifles was in cessant, while the smoke formed a heavy sulphur fog. The Indianians and Mississippians were for a time within twenty yards of each other, and there was no sign of flinching on either side_ The great scene of the battle was when the Second Minnesota and the Ninth Ohio appeared in good order sweeping through the field. The Second Minnesota, from its position in the colamn, was closest to the centre of the fight and the heaviest of the enemy's fire. They were the first troops that used the bayonet, and the btyie in which they went into • the fight is the theme of enthusiastic comment throughout the army. The Ninth Ohio were next to the Minnesota in getting into the fight. They were not behind the Minnesota men, but on their right, and had a little farther to march as they wheeled into the field. They came up in bet tor order than the Minnesotaor any other regitrient had done. They were as exactly kiln° when they made the grand decisive rush With the bayonet as if upon holiday parade, and moved like invincible veterans. Their gallant colonel, "Bob" McCook, galloped about through the whistling rifle balls, and directed his men not only with perfect disregard of personal exposure but with very good judgment. When the Ninth Ohio made their bayonet charge the rebels were behind a fence, which was built upon a row of logs and made a fair breastwork. The rebels stood until the " bully Dutchmen" overthrew the rails with their bayonets. Then they fled, the (ierman regiment after them at a high rate of speed. The severity of the fighting may be reckoned from the fact that in places the underbrush, with which the woods were filled, was cut down by the storm of balls. There were thickets in which not a stick could he discovered that was not shattered by balls. After the rebel attack was repulsed, they soon lost all organization, and fled through the woods helter-skelter. Our troops pursued with over whelming energy, literally crushing the under growth under their headlong columns. The rebels were apparently utterly panic-stricken upon re turning to their entrenchments. They were intent only upon getting away, and their flight was more astonishing and appalling in its abandon. than the famous advance from Bull Run upon Washington. -An Official Statement of the Numbers Killed and Wounded—One Hundied and Ninety Rebels Buried. 'From the Somerset Camp Journal, Jan. 211.] Below we give an account of the killed and wounded on both sides, from William W. Strew, surgeon of Gen- isebeepff's brigade, et taken from his own observations : Wounded. Killed 10th Indiana Regiment .57 11 4th Kentucky 32 11 2d Minnesota .22 10 oth Ohio « .2,3 6 Of the Confederates, those which were brought into . quarters, and whose wounds I assisted in dressing, and making as comfortable as circum stances would admit, were 74; killed and buried on the field, IPQ I With tho cßoopticli of the bodies of Zollieoffer and Lieut. Bailie Peyton, which will be brought in here this evening, along with five rebel surgeons, who were assigned to my, care by Qen. Thomas. The names of these surgeons are Daniel B. eliffe, brigade surgeon to Gen. ZollieofferL John H. Mar ten, of Mississippi Regiment;' A. E. Pinkerton. of Tennessee ; J. L. Dulaney, Tennessee ; and Wm. M. Mayes, of Alabama. Our men did nobly, and especially Col. MoCook's regiment—Ninth Ohio. The Colonel received a wound in the leg, just below the knee, from a mus ket hall_ I dressed the wound on Monday evening, in General Zollieefrer's headquarters, leaving the Colonel quite comfortable. Die will be all right again in a few days, ready, with his brave boys, for another chance. WM. W. STREW, Brigade Burgeon Reinforcement of General Thomas. The Oincirmail Commercial says A week ago this morning the defeated army of Gen. Zollicoffer, without arms or baggage, ran away from Mill Spring, and our victorious troops possessed their fortifications, artillery, baggage train, stores, and arms. We do not know precisely how well the time has been improved. We efe as sured that the roads are in such a condition that, without a great improvement in the weather, an advance in force is impossible. We are informed, however, that nine Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky regiments have, during the week, reinforced Gen. Thomas, so that he now has an army of more than twenty thousand effective men. This obviously means business. We must be patient, and have a right to expect exceedingly important operations through the great gap made in the enemy's lines, when the weather will permit. ' - Ftiviii Gbh. Mitchell's Division. [CorTeenondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.] CAMP JEFFERSON, BACON CREEK, KENTUCKY. January 22. ANNYETY TO FOLLOW UP TILE BLOW ON LOLLI• A general order upon Zollicoffer's defeat was is• sued from headquarters yesterday. The rejoicing among officers and soldiers was universal ; and had the command been given, "Forward to Nash ville," every man would have seized his arms with the utmost alacrity, confidence, and enthu siasm, If these two advance divisions of the Union army are not allowed to inflict upon Johnston and Buckner (especially the latter) the fate which has recently overtaken Zolliooffer, they will fool, for a time at least, that they are deprived of their just due. Another Intimation that Bowling Green may be Evacuated. The rout of Zollicoffer leaves the right wing of the enemy exposed, while his left is threatened in So many ways that he knows not how to ward off the danger. A host, whose numbers I must not even guess at, has gathered, and is still gathering, upon his front ; the different columns of our army are converging towards him ; and ere many weeks have passed, his chosen position must either be. taken or turned. Let the country not be surprised if, after all his preparation, he finds himself com pelled to retreat from Bowling Green without dar ing to hazard a battle, or without the opportunity of lighting one in the manner which he desires. An Escape—Sutferings of the Union People Lieutenants Chandler and Van Pelt, of Loomis' battery, have returned from sireconnoissanee which they have been making. in the direction of Co lumbia. They were gone four days, returning by way of Campbellsville. A couple of couriers, who came back to report their progress, were attacked on the way by about a dozen men, who rushed upon them suddenly from an ambuscade. In the confu sion which ensued, one of the couriers loat his horse, but made his way back on foot. When they re turned to camp and reported the attack upon them, the impression generally prevailed that the two lieutenants and thcir eacivrt must have been made prisoners, and a company of cavalry was sent out to look them up. But Chandler and Van Pelt had get back to headquarters before the cavalry came up with them. They found that the Union people between Man fordsville and Greensburg were very much harassed by incursions of small parties of the enemy, who are collected at Glasgow to the number of twenty five hundred. The most of these are Texan Ran gers, most lawless banditti, who are, in fact, a ter ror to all classes of the people wherever they go, plundering and stealing whenever they can find a particle of movable property to lay their hands on, whether it belongs to Union men or Secessionists. Those who are loyal to the Government are some what disposed to complain that troops are not sent for their protection. Let them endure in patience a little longer. When the great fountain-head of thievery at Bowling Green is cut off, the streams flowing thence will at once dry up. As long as the fountain remains the streams could only be tempo rarily suppressed, or turned into other channels. A ..soldier's Letter About the Battle near Somerset. The Cincinnati Commercial obtained from a soldier and gentleman now stopping at the Burnet House ; who has been over the field of battle, the following very clear statement of facts : CINCINNATI, Jan. 26, 1862. EDITORS COMMERCIAL : There are so many re ports in regard to our late victory in Kentucky, that I will, with your permission, give you the ' lending facts in a nutthell, The fight commenced about daylight. The rebels had about seven thousand men. Those engaged on our part were Wolford's Cavalry, the Tenth In diana, Ninth Ohio, Fourth Kentucky, Second Min ntsota, and a few of the First East Tennessee, who broke ranks and pitched in. The rebel force was at least twice as large as that we had in the engagement. . The fight lasted till about ten o'clock. For a time it was one of desperation. The Mississippians and a part of a rebel Tennessee regiment fought for half an hour hand to hand with the Ninth Ohio, Second Alinnceota, and a part of the Tenth Indiana, and only fled when our brave boys made a bayonet charge, which resulted in great destruction to the rebels, and caused them to start for "Dixie." The killed on the part of the rebels was about three hundred ; wounded, something near the same ; and some two hundred prisoners fell into our hands. We lost thirtpseven killed; about one hundred wounded; 1,780 horses and mules were captured; some three hundred wagons; fourteen hogsheads of sugar; a large lot of coffee; " about 20,000 pounds of pork ; sixteen pieces of artillery ; all their camp and garrison equipage; a great number of blank ets, and other quartermaster and commissary stores; and just how many staled of small arms it is impos sible to tell. We have a pile ten feet in diameter, and are still finding them. They fled in the greatest confusion. " Many were drowned, and others tore off their clothes to swim the river, and were seen ten miles beyond, - stand ffizted, running like wild man ! They had noble breastworks, and a splendid encampment. On Mon day, (the day after the fight,) the citizens state that the soldiers were about to mob Crittenden, and one 'I fact we know, 1,500 guns were thrown down in one pile. The men, the citizens say, declared they were going_ home, and would never raise another I ...4eturiee - the Southern conspiracy. coffer was • k:luott early 1u- t.l-03 engilgcurout. It Sc him ; I saw him and knew him: To conclude, it is impossible to conceive of the extent of this victory. After all the powers of the tongue and pen have been employed to convey the result, the half has not been told nor imagined. After I saw the whole thing, examined minutely the scene, and retired from the place, and the ex citement calmed down, I was tempted to believe I had been lost in the reveries of imagination, and there was nothing real in it. It cannot be dir-' scribed. It is impossible to do unto the success of our arms, and the complete victory achieved in the rout of the rebels, anything like JUSTICE. 1 NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. The Spring Campaign of the Rebels. RE-ENLISTMENTS. [From the Memphis Appeal, January 164 As we have before intimated, ono more battle may possibly be fought on our northern frontier, when the contending forces will be compelled, within cannon-sound of each other, to retire until spring to winter-quarters. In the meantime pre parations will be in progress for the organization of our national army, preliminary to entering upon the spring and summer campaign. It were fool hardy and unwise to conceal the fact that the pro foundest statesmen on the Confederacy entertain grave apprehensions on the subject of re-enlist ment, involving results, as we believe ? pregnant with weal or woe to the Republic. We would be re creant to our duty as a candid and outspoken jour nal, were we to fail to expose the peril of the future connected with this matter, which must be avoided by the combined wisdom of public legislation and the patriotism of the people. Our ship of state has so far escaped the dangers of the rude storm whose hurricane blasts have raged so furiously for the last nine months, and has safely entered a calm and quiet sea beneath a sky that is almost cloudless. But reefs and breakers are yet ahead, and woe be to the pilots in charge of the helm should they fail to see, or seeing, not re gard them. When these perils are ioassed, as we believe they will be, and without which foreign re cognitions and broken blockades aro mere nihility, our independence already achieved can be main tained against an invading army of more than a million of men. But we must have a large and effective army for the attainment of this end, which can never be or lime, unless nine-tertas o/' the volunteers now in service will re-enlist. When the necessities of the Government become known, and the fact is understood that their country now ap peals to them for their services, as sole conserve tors of the national ark that has been rescued from the polluting bandit of a vandal enemy, will our volunteer soldiery fail to respond? 'Twere a base calumny upon their patriotism, if it is not high treason, to harbor the suspicion that they would not. It is not in consonance with the spirit of a brave people like our own to dishonorably capitulate in a struggle which has been crowned with victory upon victory, at a period when the morning of their future giyes tokens of breaking so brightly. We have totted and labored in all the agonies of na tional parturition for the last year ; we have sacri ficed valuable lives by the sword and by disease ; rent in twain a monstrous usurpation, and as tabliehed upon its broken debris the new experi ment of a Republican Government. All Europe, as is acknowledged by the organ of the British party in power—the London Post—looks upon our sub- T'gation as " a tried and proved impossibility." he foreigneomplications and troubles of the enemy are thickening, and we are daily looking for the in telligence of our national recognition by foreign Powers. Manufactures in Arkansas. The Little Rock True Democrat furnishls the following particulars of the progress of mauufac• tures in Arkansas : There is a tobacco factory at Bentonville, in Ben ton county, which is said to be a paying institution. The tobacco crop is getting to be an important one in the northwest. There is a large cotton factory in Washington county. The cotton factory at Van Buren is a large affair, and in addition to spindles has cards for wool. Mr. Tobey, of Norristown, Pope county, hes, or will soon have, his cotton fac tory in operation. There is, also, a cotton factory in Pike county. In Newton county they have large saltpetre works, and are turning put large quantities. In Independence, and perhaps other counties, there are fine saltpetre caves which arc being worked. The rich lead mines in Newton county ' are rudely worked. The Bellah mines, in Sevier county, are also yielding lead. We are told there is copper in that region, and sul phur and sulphUne acid can be made there. Salt is made on White river and down near the Louisiana line. The salt works on the Ouachita are in the hands of enterptising men. There is an un. limited supply of brine, and we are told that Messrs. Marley St Co. have commenced boiling and makiug salt. They have a foundry at Camden which turns out cannon, and sent a battery, under command of Captain Reed, to Oak Hills. We have two foundries in Little Rock, one of which furnish. ed grapeshot for the army. At Hopefiold, opposite Memphis, the machine shop of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad has been turned into an armory, and is altering and repairing guns, ite. Several extensive tanneries have been started at various points in the State, whereat hides are tan ned by the process lately discovered. The Messrs. Dyer, of this city, have a soap and candle factory in operation. At the Arsenal there is an armory un der the control of the confederacy, but the neces sary machinery has not yet arrived. "The Arian. sas penitentiary has turned out gun carriages, cais- sons, wagons, boots, shoes, clothing, and many other things needed for the army. A manufactory of coal oil is in progress on the Ouachita river. These are all enterprises that occur to ea while writing ; but there are, doubtless, others. We would be glad to have a full list of these manufactures and enterprises in operation, or under way. We know that several are in contemplation, but the continual low state of water in the Arkansas and other rivers Las prevented the bringing machinery to clegrod points. Will our correspondents be kind enough to advise us of any now manufactures started or existing in their counties? While on this subject we may remark that there is good coal ut several points on the upper Arkansas, in Perry, Johnson, Franklin, and Sebastian counties. In some pima it is immediately on the river bank, and when the river rises we expect the coal trade will become an important one, provided the river rises before cold weather ceases. A Stimulating Appeal to Secession Volunteers. One of the soldier correspondents of the Mary. Rena News-Letter sends to that paper from Fredericksburg the following appeal to the troops of the Acquia Department, which he says has had the most stimulating effect upon his brethren in arms in that section : HEADQUARTERS ACcoask DISTRICT, / January 11, 1802. UENBRAL ORDERS, No. ll.—The major general commanding this district urges upon the troops the importance of re-enlistment for three years, or the war, so soon as the rolls are presented to them for thaipurpose. Nobly as our people have resisted the aggressions of the enemy, groat as are the sacri floes which have been made by all, the present Indications do not justify the belief that cur struggle is near its end. It would be wicked to disguise' the truth—we have to contend against a powerful and wealthy nation—possessing vast resources for war—with an immense army al ready occupying our territory and our strong places—with an active navy closing our porta, and with a Tit(*) people maddened by battled hatred. The Northern army now in our front will in a few months be efficiently organized and well disciplined. Its able commander craftily and surely bides the time when the term of enlist ment of our troops expires as the propitious mo ment for his advance. Ile believes he will then find our ranks thinned, our corps disorganized, and that he can pour his legions over our weakened bat talions, and triumphantly execute upon our unde fended country the,behests of the despotic advo cates of emancipation, who have inspired this horrid war. Our existence as a nation, the defence of our horses, and the honor of our women, forbid its to lao laggards now. It is the solemn duty of every man to dedicate himself to his country, until every foot of Southern soil is purged of the pollution of invasion, until this war is ended. We dare not for one moment relax our vigilance or lay aside our arms until we have dis- charged this sacred duty. By order of Major General Holmes. DABNEY H. MAURY, A. A. G. Still Further From Kentucky—Crittenden Reinforced and Falling Back. The Knoxville TVkis-, of the 25th says: Large reinforcements of eavalry have bean sent from this city to Gen. Crittenden, and a battery of artillery is ready to move. The most of the reports of the battle first received seem to have been much exaggerated. Two guns of Monsaratt's battery being on this side of the river were saved. Gen. Crittenden made but a dirt stead at Monticello, and then fell back to Camp McGinnis, and may fall still further back, in order to collect those of his force who are scattered, Accounts brought in by the new arrivali are very conflicting. Captain Shirts, of the engineers, gives the follow ing statement of the battle On last Saturday night, Gen. Crittenden and forces marched out to meet the enemy on Fishing Creek, eleven miles distant. They met the enemy lying in ambush, just at the dawning of the day, when Gen. Zollicoffer, who was in front, gave the order for an attaek. Col. Staunton cried out, "for gcla r § glike 49113 fire—they are our friends," the Schoelflites helloing for Jeff Davis. Simultane ously the enemy fired, shooting Gen. Z.ellicotler iii the heart and killing him instantly. Ito spoke but twice—his last words were, "Go on, go on, my brave boys, I am killed !" On parting with his trusty servant at midnight, he shook. hands, end remarked that they would probably meet no more. Col. Battle's and Cummings', and the Fifteenth Mississippi ,Regiments fought bravely, saving our forces from annihilation. Gens. Crittenden and Carroll were in the engagement the whole time, evincing great courage and determination. The musy were repulsed several times, Federal Legislation. (From the Memphis Argus, January U.] We are every day celled upon to record the far cical freaks of Federal legislation, that transpire in the Lincoln Congress, as a part of the extraordinary history of the times. The bills proposing the indis criminate confiscation of Southern property and the disfranchisement of Southern citizens have beerr already alluded to by us as measures of atro city such as no truly civilized and Christian nation could endorse. We notice, from the late Northern papers, that this pretended right of legislation for the Confederate States is still claimed by the Wash ington Parliament, and that we are to have a happy exemplification of it in a bill which one Mr. Hutch ins. of Ohio, has announced that he will soon intro duce into the lower house of that august body. This measure very humanely proposes that the enlightened and Christian North smell assume com plete control over the ignorant and barbarous South, reducing all her States to the condition of a territorial or provincial government, and then im mediately abolish slavery within their limits. This is another specimen of that wild and ferocious fa 'Deficient which has seized on the Northern mind aims the twat' bega—a fanaticism which neither thinks, nor hears, nor sees, but feels, and raves, and burns. xi ,engrebs pazouo wh,,ch is .a more violent form of the bill introduced by benut,,-- Baker last fall into the upper house of that body; the world may well regard it as an imitation of the vile and unmitigated iron despotism which Russia once maintained over Poland, and Austria over Hungary. nut, happily for the South, the issue is not now one of legislation, but of the sword—not one of the ballot, but of the bayonet. The more violent and ultra the measures introduced into the Lincoln Congress, the deeper the gulf between the Northern and Southern people for all future time. The Rebel State Contributions for the J. B. Jones, of the Passport Office, writes to the Richmond Examiner that the whole amount of contributions to the Confederate army in Virginia during the last three months has not fallen short of three millions of dollars. The subjoined list com prises almost exclusively the donations made to the army of the Potomac : North Carolina.. .ir/2Z,47l Mississippi 272.670 South Carolina Louisiana Tennessee Arkansa9 Tow. twoia,ssa Interesting from Pensacola—Disbandment of Alabama Troops—Mortality among the Troops. [Correspondence of the Mobile Advertiser and Register.] WAREltcaro i Florida, Jan, 17,1883. About three days ago nearly a dozen negroes es caped from Pensacola to Fort Pickens in a small boat. There was negligence, of course, or it could not have happened. A white man is under arrest upon the charge of assisting them off. This is the second recent escape from our lines. During the Christmas, I believe it was, or just before it, eight marines escaped, in open daylight, from the navy yard. They had spiked the only two guns that could be brought to hear upon them. Those marines are very " bad eggs." One of their officers deserted and another was convicted by court martial of gross -misconduct, and dismissed the service. The First . Alabama Regiment was the very first regiment in the Confederate service, and the first in the field. It is, therefore, the first of the twelve months troops to go out. Two companies--Capts. Clarke's and Mabry's, from Barbour county—were discharged yesterday. On the 9th of February two other companies—Capt. Smith's, formerly Capt. Baker's, from Barbour, and Vapt, Ra l / 1 3ay's, from Wilcox—go out. On the 13tis, Capt. Dawson's, from Pike. On the 20th, Capt. Posey 's, from Mo bile, and on the 23th, Capt. Wood's, from Pike. The remaining companies go out in March. Great efforts have been made to Induce the gallant First Alabama to re-enlist. They were poorly success fed, except the last one, a few days ago, which has been partially successful. It seemed as if it would break Gen. Bragg's heart to part with the First Alabama. Last week he attended one of their dress parades, and made a speech to the regiment. His appeals Were Strong and earnest, and hard to resist. lie said that he would rather have one such regiment of veterans than three regiments of raw troops. Duringthat day an effort was made to reorganize the regiment. Three companies—Captains Clarke's, Smith's, and Posey's—declined to reorganize in this regiment. The seven other companies furnished a small number each, about 250 in all. This number will probably be increased to 300 or 350 men in a few days. It is expected then to fill up the regi ment by recruits. Thus the First Alabama saves its name and its nominal existence. Besides the 250 who have re-enlisted in the regiment, SO hare re-enlisted in other corps. The remainder will go home, but most of them intend to re-enter the service at other points and in new corps. They wish to taste for a while the joys and comforts of home. The great objection to re-enlisting here and now is the idea that 1139 regiment is doomed to stay at this place, of which all are heartily tired. They want to go somewhere—anywhere else. Doubtless there are less pleasant places than this, but it is natural in soldiers to desire a change. There is much sickness and mortality in the new regiments the Seventeenth Alabama, and the Fifth, Eighth, and Twenty•seventh 14liasissippi. 1 have not the exact number in 'sash. but I havo enough to know that the figures are startling. The old regiments are remarkablf healthy, not more than one in a hundred being "off his legs," and deaths have ceased altogether. Virginia senators. On the 23d instant R. M. T. Hunter was elected Confederate Senator by the Virginia Legislature, on the first ballot, by a very large majority. Wit. Liam Ballard Preston was elected on the second ballot as Mr. Hnnter'§ viggitgug, Mr, Pasta was a member of lresident Fillmore's Cabinet. Hon. William C. Rives is named to fill the vacancy in the Confederate Cabinet, vice Hunter, chosen Senator. GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. Affairs at Cairo [Special Despatch to the Chicago Tiniee.] CAIRO, .Ul., Jan. 25.-6everal gentlemen who arrived here to-day from Commerce, Missouri, re port that Jeff Thompson had made his appearance again at that place. The citizens were notified on Monday of his com ing, and the women and children left the town, and those that could not cross the river to Illinois are scattered among the farm houses in the adjacent woods. Thompson threatens to burn Commerce in re venge for being balked in . bis attempt to burn the steamboat City of Alton. He has recently been at Prices Landing, and probably his force was the one which fired on the steamer D. A, January the other day. Thompson, it is supposed, loft Commerce to-day, after having, for the third time, cleaned out the town. This time, it is said, he made a clean sweep, taking everything he, could carry off. His force eoa•ists of eight hundred Arkansas troops, which Alabama 317,000 Georgia. 244,885 Texas . .... 87,800 Virginia 48,070 Florida . 2,350 TWO CENTS. he got in his lato trip to Memphis, augmented by his lately-diseharged men, who follow him, know ing that where he is there is plunder. Thompson has also some cannon. Which way Thompson went after leaving Com merce je unknown; but a forte of 2,000 troops, consisting ofportions of the Eighth, Eleventh, and Twentieth Infantry, and the Seventh Cavalry, left Bird's Point to-day after him, but probably so far after him that he will escape. *The people of Commerce are all Unionists, and have suffered everything during the rebellion. They prayed Fremont for protection, but their prayers wore not neard. Probably protection will now be sent them ; but it is not necessary, as they have nothing loft to protect. Mrs. Everson, the heroine of the City of Alton, affair, was the last person to leave the town. It will be remembered she warned Capt. Barnes, of the it/to;k, of Thompson's presence in Commerce, de spite his threats, and thereby saved the boat. She remained at Commerce yesterday until Thompson had got into town. In the meantime her husband took a sick soldier across the river, and, as the skiff would hold buttwe, she remained behind, but, before he returned, had to escape to the woods. It is strange that the Union men in Missouri do not inform the commandant here of the approach of 210111MM:1, instead of waiting until he has corn= raffled his depredations ; when it is too Isle to catch him. Seven of the barges composing the lintoon train at Paducah passed here last night, and lodged at Island Number One. They will be towed up to morrow. The expedition which left Bird's Point on Friday returned last night, having accomplished nothing and seen nothing. The Fiftieth Illinois arrived to-night from St. Jo seph, Mo. ; they will probably go to Smithland. A man named Powers was found murdered this morning on the Ohio levee. No clue of the mur derer has been discovered. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Desperate Skirmish near Washington WA Sil INGTON, Jan. 23.—A despatch from Gen. Ifolnizromab ; dated Fore Lyon, to•day, addressed to Assistant Adjutant General Williams, says " Last night a force of fifty men of the Thirty seventh New York Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Burke, sent out by Cot. Hayman, sur prised a party of rebel Texan Rangers at Mrs. Lena house, at the head of Belmont, on Oecoquan bay. " The rebel foree was about thirty men. They fought till all but one was killed, whom Colonel Burke took prisoner. Or loss was'one killed and four wounded. He thinks that none escaped, as the house was completely surrounded." From Fortress Monroe. FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. 20.—The only incident of news here to-day was the arrival of a boat con taining fifteen full-grown contrabands, from Nor folk. They report that the steamer Merrimac was floated out of the dryNdock on Saturday, and was to snake a trial trip on Sunday. She mounted ten 10-inch rifled cannon, and the people were jubilant in the belief that she could sink the whole fleet in Hampton Roads. Letters from Port Royal predict an early attack on Savannah by General Sherman and Commodore Dupont, New Army Regulations WASHINGTON, January a—Under instructions from the Secretary of War, dated January 7th, 1862, guidons and camp eolors Will be made like the United States flag, with the stars and stripes. Inspector generals, while on their tours, will in spect the bands of all the regiments and discharge all men mustered therewith who are not musicians. Commutation in lieu of rations in kind will not be paid to recruiting parties while at their stations. This is not intended to interfere with a strict con struction of the regulations affecting enlisted men while travelling. Fort Hamilton, New York, by cltreetioirAthe Secretary of War, announced as a chaplain post from January 15, 1862. The Indian Battle in the Cherokee Country—The Rebels Whipped Three Tunes—Desperate Fighting by Loyal Indians— Opo-the-yo-ho-lo's !Wort to [From the Leavenworth Conservative, Jan. ?Ai ' The movements of the last few days as to the course that Gen. Hunter would take in regard to the 'Union Indians have been looked to by our loyal citizens with the most lively interest. It has been felt that the condition and future course of the loyal Indians was a matter of the most vital importance. Without means of information. surrounded by the cunning agents of the hellish conspiracy, they have been easily used as dupes and tools of the rebellion. Bat ;Milt events have given us a fuller knowledge of their feelings and purposes. No intelligent man on the border can now for a moment doubt that the Indians have been with us from the first. But Secession was a matured plan with the rebels. They had time to poison the minds Of the Indians before Nydi Men wore aware of the real position and purpose of the direful leaders of this fierce disaster. The Interview. -- -_t z _esterday 42 4 ,, Aimp0h010, the head chief of the Creek' Batton ; in company with Col. Wm. G. Coffin and Major G. A. 1...4 an interview with Major General Hunter. Opotheyehele, tlikotifsh an Int9rprcwr, lad Gau. Hunter the recent terrible events he had gone through. The danger of remaining in their own country becoming fearful, John Ross, calling himself a Union man, had told the loyal Indians to go on to the Cherokee lands They followed his advice, and were attacked the first niht after reaching the camping - grounds designated "by itoss, When the Union Indians—only 2,ooo—were attacked by the rebel Indians and Texans—more than 3,ooo—they fought like tigers. The Unionists followed the rebels five miles, and slaughtered the villains as they fled. The Union Indians then changed their camp and again took the position designated by SlSli24Reee, The next day, our forces being strengthened and remaining the same, were attacked by rebel In dians under Mclntosh and Drew, and Texans and Arkansans under General Cooper, and the rebels were again defeated and driven back, leaving fifty: five rebels deed en the field. WO rc el prisonira taken in these two engagements were " despatched" with arrows. The Union Indians thenfell back to the northern boundary of the Cherokee Nation, and there re mained unmolested for two days. Oa the third day, while a large number of the Union Indians were out seeking provisions for the destitute families, they were again attacked by an increased force—not less than 4.000 in all. Tho battle commenced at ten o'clock in the morning and lasted till night, the Union Indians maintaining their position. Their ammunition be ing entirely enectned, Opetheychcio ordered a re treat to Kansas. The Union Indians having a large number of wo men and children, and all being on foot, the retreat was necessarily slow. The retreat, as described by the chief, was truly heart-rending- They were poorly provided with clothing ; all Suffered greatly, many were frozen to death, but the fatality among women and children was much the greatest. Since the arrival of these persons a large number of their friends have followed them, and there are now not less than 6,000 Men, women, and children on our southern border. Provisions, I ?lank.Qta l mom to buy beef - Cattle' and rations in large quantities, have been sent to them. Replies were made to Cpotheyoholo by Gen. Hun ter, Col. Coffin, and Major Cutler. The bravo old warrior was deeply impressed with the interview, and departed fully eenViliced that the "pale faces - would sustain his people with the full force and power at the command of " the Great Father." The American Question in Europe ECLLSII TRADE WITII THE REBELS T 1 LL ORK- G /P 4 MEECH . ANTS WON'T /ME AT SECESSION BAIT-NO IMMEDIATE HOPES FOR RECOONIT/ON, [Flom the Richmond Enquirer.] RICHMOND, December 20,.1841. I avail myself of an opportunity to write you a few words upon the condition of matters in Europe. I regret that the very limited time I litiVe 1.440 me will compel me to be brief, and I fear very un methodical in style. When I left Richmond, in June last, there was a very general expectation that the manufacturing necessities of England and France would force them to a speedy recognition and interference with the Federal blockade_ There was, too. en equally coadtat Impression that the commercial enterprise of England would spring at once to the enjoyment of the high prices the block ade established by sending forward cargoes of arms, munitions, medicines, and other stores most needed in the Confederacy. - The first thing I learned`after my arrival was the great error of these expectations. Immediately on getting to London, I endeavored to start some ship ments to the Confederate States that had been sug gested by certain parties from whom I carried messages, but soon found it uphill work. Trade is nowhere so perfeetly systematized-1- might almost say, channelized—as in England. All their com mercial operations run in grooires, established by the customs of centuries, from which it is almost impossible to divert it. So long as it is kopt within these grooves, John Bull will trade as boldly and promptly and cheaply as any one, but will not go out of the sphere of legitimate traffic. When I told them of hundred per cent. profits, they said, «ten per cent. without risk, or even five, and we are your men; but no range of piofits, however high, will tempt us to risk uncertainties.' 1 1145414119 allure t.ficii 541119 111914115 ago know what untiring efforts we made for this purpose, but I am sorry to say without the success we confidently an ticipated. This matter, however, shows signs of continual improvement, and I hope the channels of trade will be soon opened. I can say, however, that powerful combinations of money and enter rrbe Ake already formed to f p into operation in connection with direct Southern trade as soon as peace is established. I flatter myself that the at tention I have given these matters at home for tho last ten years enabled me to be of some service in assisting to get up these combinations, a fact which I hope to make duly manifest at au early day. The fallaey of popular expectations la FidoNio to speedy recognition and interference with the blockade was even more strongly apparent, and should, in my opinion, be taken into account in simple justice to the Confederate Commissioners in Europe. The difficulties in the way of a speedy interference on the part of England and France, I consider, among other things, to have been First. The fact that both of those Governments are eminently conservative, which, coupled with the tact of both posses§ing important colonial pos. sessions, made them naturally cautious in en couraging innovations on the existing status of nations, and of encouraging a disposition to revolu tion that might be turned against them in some day of future trials of their own. Again, a violent change in America was naturally inductee of simi tor changes in Europe, which, in their conservative character, they wished to too avoided. THE WAR PRESS. Tai Wla Paeen will be soot to enhacrlbeta by mall (per annum in advance) at 2+ol area Copies " Gt 1.00 Five " '& 66 9.00 Ten " " 61 12.0$ Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, than : 10 copiee will cost 1624 ; 60 !video will eon •60 ; ans 100 copies 11120, fora aoli of Twenty-one Of 914 F, we will lend al 11 0 ' 11 CoPy to the potter-up of the Club. P Postmasters are requested to act as Aleata fel Tu■ Wait Palma. Kr Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six lines constitute a square. Second. A prevalent impression among nearly all classes that the difference between North and South would be speedily settled, either by a peaceful di vision of the late Union or a peaceful reconstruction. In a natural ignorance of the American question, they could not understand why this straggle was commenced or why it should continue—especially when its continuance was sure to be materially destructive. " they argued, " this thing he soon settled peacefully—and soon it must—it is our policy to continue relations that would insure to hngland and France the trade and good-will of either section." Third, A very general fear among these parti cularly friendly to the South that she would' be overrun and conquered, in which case they said 4 ‘ we should find a difficulty on our hands from interference, which would be anything but advan tageous or agreeable." The fear was greatly strengthened by the fact that during the winter 150 many of the Southern people, And espscrelly 1 4 ow border States, showed so much repugnance to the breaking up of the Union, and the reports con stantly published by the Northern press of the divisions among the Southern people, and the strong Union element which it was said would Ma rise and overthrow the new Government. Fourth. The influence of the old national policy of England, especially to encourage within her own borders en independence in the monopoly of manufacturing staples. England Ltss made herself the great banking-house of the world by her mem moth manufacturing system. A part of this was the manipulation of cotton, upon which five mil lions of her people and a large portion of her com mercial supremacy were dependent. /ler utter de pendence upon America for this st6pl6 has lo ng been a terrible thorn in her side. But for the happy conjunction of soil, climate, and slave labor in the Southern States, she felt that her own• colo nies could defy all nations in the cheap production of cotton, and that thus adding a virtual monopoly of cheap manufacture to a monopoly of production she could have the entire oaten trade pf the world in her own hands. It was not surprising, therefore, that a large and influential portion of her people and press should hail tbo trouble as the precursor of ruin to slavery, and as such a means of putting this great power exclusively into her' own hands. While, therefore, this party secretly encogragaa the Southern revolution as a means of mutual destruct. tion to a power they both hated and feared, they were very careful not to have the Government committed to any policy which, by a speedy end ing of the war and a restoration of prosperity to the South, would be totally destructive of their long - cherished drellAlS of it general English mono. poly, both in the production and manufacture of this most important article. Fifth, and the last, in this hurried letter, is the Abolition element of England and her people. It is not to be disguised that Abolitionism at the outset of the war was the prevailing sentiment of the British nation. I have just explained how it was looked upon as a direct foe to her naiad and twat cherished policy. But added to this powerful ap- peal was a genuine hatred and horror of this insti tution. This sentiment, planted by the labors of Wilberforce and Clarkson, and of late years by the active fanaticism of many of her most powerful writers, preachers, and politicians, stimulated by the artful and insinuating fictions of writers of }far riot Beecher Stowe order, and in total ignorance of the mitigating features which have made America the greatest possible boon to the African, had grown not only the general, but the active and determined sentiment of the People. It is true that many of the strongest Abolitionists have been pitching into the Lincoln Government. but it Wet from anything but a friendly motive to the South, and constituted an influence frojn which anything advantageous t," her cause could be expected. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29, 1832. The stock market was weaker to-day, partly from th• natural reaction after a rapid awl considerable rise, and parity !Am the efforts of the Initra, who are making the most of the storm encountered by General Burn:44loe expedition. (till some securities advanced. Sunbury and Erie sevens rose from 83 to 84, Camden and Amboy Railroad shares advanced flout 121 to 121 X, renneylvania Rail. road Alktiitg WA% iilLith Elmira Eat/road preferred remained steady at 13g, Clatawissa Railroad preferred sold at 5%, a decline of N, Harrisburg Railroad gained Schuylkill Navigat ion preferredifell off ii', and Reading Railroad shares, which closed yesterday at 19 7 , ad. vanced to 15.04. Passenger Railway shares and bank sticks show little change. City sixes fell off—the new hone to 96X, and the old to The money market remains without alteration. At the Stock Board, American gold sold rosterday at 1033,;, and to-day at 103. The following ig the coal tonnage of the Shntilatih val ley and Pottsville Railroad Company Tons cwt. Tens cwt. For the week ending Jan. 25 1 111 07 6,66; 14 Same time last year 2.617 16 9 01 , bccretor, ~,,, , i,,,,,,,,110110 07 0,059 OT TIIE PENNSYLVANIA OIL PRODIICT.—WO need not pro. duce statistics to convince our readers of the importance, and increasing magnitude of the oil trade. The evidenced are beheld on every hand—the acres of barrels on the wharves, the numerous warehouses stored with oil the let ge and constantly increasing number of refineries, the employment given to manufacturers, railroads, mann boats, coopers, hoop-iron makers, teamsters, and others, indicate the extent and value of the oil trade. On the Philadelphia and Erie railroad alone, the shipment has increased from 328 barrels in 1559, to 131,027 barrels in 1801. Dilvi"a the first_ turn Weeii , I" th i s moult, itio'S I icon shipped raver rubs mad) and the total units_ meets for the month will reacts woe°. And yet tlia, shipments exhibited by the Philadelphia and Etie Haig road is not one-sixth of the entire bstsitiess done. We have no means of ascertaining the amount of oil brought to this market by the Allegheny river, by steamboats, fiats, and other craft. The quantity Is very large, sup plying some twenty-flye or thirty refineries, besides the emenfit sent East by the Pennsylvania Ermined. The Erie Extension canal alto furnishes a means of tulle. portation for oil to Erie, where large ettantitieg are ship ped. It is estimated that the wells on Oil creek now yield 75,000 barrels of crude oil per month, or 000,000 barrels • year. If the Erie road should transport 30,000 barrels each month of this year, the trade would show an aggre gate of MAO, still only about one Wird of the teach). 'tmalti. bungle ur wink oil per month Ins solves an outlay of not less than $lO per *barrel, or $750,000 a mouth in purchasing barrels, transportation to market, refining, &c. So that for a whole year's stet , ' of 900,000 barrels, the expenditure would be nine millions of dollars. thin market for e, this oil le found not only lath wares buttes, but across the Anomie' in England lutd Frauce, as well be seen by the annexed extract fon) the circular lately issued by Mr. Alexander Macrae, oil and produce broker in Liverpool PETROLEUM ORIWELL Ott.—The introduction of this article is taking tremendous strides, though it does not surpass the prediction in my first circular—namely. that it wbuld hi