THE PRESS. ruimunaD DAILY, (SUNDAYS DIECINPTID,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. [MICE NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET: THE DAILY PRESS, CgaTR PEN WEEK, payable to the Carrier. Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at SIX DOLLARS TES MIDI% FOUR DOMAN YOE MOTT MONTHS, THIIII 'DOLLARS roa Six Meanie—invariably in advance for eistime ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at TARSI DOL• Maya Pas Awatrx, in advance. LaaiIi.UMULIAILW.L.LILMUIWJ PATENT McCLELLAN TIES. PATENT l ir McCLELLAN TIES. PATENT McCLELLAN TIES. PATENT McCLELLAN TIES. ENT McCLELLAN SCARFS. PATENT ,• McCLELLAN SCARFS. PATENT MCCI;VALT,AN SCARFS. AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN' S ea J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN' S AT J- A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN' S tlvra. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S NORTHWEST CORNER OF SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA. THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA. 'THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA. THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA. P. H. The above articles, being PATENTED, cannot Cla obtained elsewhere. P. S. N 0.2. Itieu's Furnishing Goode, in every variety. P. S. 'No. 3. PATENT ENAMELLED 'COLLARS, 10 FOR A QUARTER. der-shrtbam VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The auluicriber would invite attention to hie IMPROVED CUT OF SHI !ITS, Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con ptantly receiving NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. - - W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, No. Bl4 CHESTNUT STREET, rgnm!Tmr.T , 7l-.7T , -mig7m G REAT BARGAINS ni LADIES' CLOAKS, To close out, At the Altoll-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE, N. W. corner TENTH and ARCH Sna JACOB HORSFALL. CLOAKS - Handsome styles of well-made, sendoeable gar- Monte. The beet made, the best fitting, and the bed Inaterials for the price. A large stock from which to select. COOPER & OONARD, del4 S. E. nor. NINTH and MARKET. Pis 0 AK in EV The Largest, Cheapest, and Best-assorted Stock In the city. HOUGH it CO., No. 26 South TENTH Street, Opposite Franklin Market. COMMISSION HOUSES. SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, No. 1111 ORESTNITT STREIT, OOIMIBSXO lIZBOSANTI3 vol TIM BALM OP PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. .445-em GROCERIES, ,CRAB-APPLE CIDER,; OLD CURRANT WINE, OUR USUAL SUPPLY, JUST RECEIVED. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE GROGERIEEI2 jab-tf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Ste 'MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, SALHON, U.-3.000 bbla Nees Nos. 1,2, sad 1 ^mAOLSBYL large ; mom, ...a masa.34, asassa,..l mirages of choice. sate-rant, fat Ash. 1,000 bbls. New Halifax, Rsstport, sad Labrador Her. • hingli, of choice qualities. 6,000 boxes extra new waled Herrings, 8,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings. 3,000 boxes large Illagdaline Herrings. 960 bbis. Mackinac White wish. 60 bble. now Rummy Meals Rai 26 bbls. new Halifax Salmon. • 1,000 quintals Grand Bank ChAtlsb. 600 boxes Herkimer County Obsess. In stare and landing, for sale by MURPHY & KOONS, not No. 140 NORTH WHARVIL CABINET FIIRNITIJRE. VABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, 261 South SZOORD Street, 11 connection with their extentilve Cabinet ihisinese ara IiMM Manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And balm now on hand a full supply, finished with the SILOORR & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Vlach are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be paperfor to all others. For the quality and finish of these Tables the mans. Ilecturers refer to their numerous Petrone throughout the Vole% who ere feuogier with the character of their work. su26-6m DRUGS AND NVHITE LEA I v OIL. Red Lead, White Lead, Litharge, Sugar of Lead, Copperas, Oil of Vitriol, Calomel, Patent Yellow, Chrome Red, Chrome Yellow, Aqua Fortis, Mariano Acid, Epsom Salta, Rochelle Salts, Tartarie Acid, Orange Mineral, Soluble Tart. Sub. Carb. Soda, White Vitriol, Bed Precipitate, WETHRR Druggiars and Ma Nos. 47 and 49 jalB-tf MEDICINAL. MUTTER'S COUGH SYRUP. F. BROWN. COPY-RIGHT SECURED. • prepared only from the Original Prescription of the late PROFESSOR MUTTER. AT FREDERICK BROWN'S, ligortheast corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, Philadelphia. This Remedy is a safe and simple preparation from the Inceipt of the late distinguished Professor Mutter, with 1 1whomit ware a favorite prescription. That he used it in 'ilia extensive practice, insures to the timid a certain iproof of its pare and innozions elements, and to those 'Who know bis character for skill and careful attention, So prescribe only such remedial agents as should secure !restoration without producing subsequent evil, it will be 'welcomed as a real good, Under the guidance of a Phy. "Mau (to whom ite combination will unhesitatingly b. Wade known), it will always be found very beneficial, Iliad in cases where a medical adviser is not at hand, it gnay be used with safety, according to the directions, in pll cases of short or long duration. For sale at FREDERICK BROWN'S, Drug and Chemical Store, N. E. corner of FIFTH and CHESTNUT Ste., ocl9-akw em Philadelphia. ,CILUTEN CAPSULES OF PURE COD-LIVER OIL• The repugnance of most patients to COD-LIVER MIL, and the inability of many to take it at all, has In duced various forms of disguise for its administration - ghat are familiar to the Medical Profession_ Some of dimm answer in special cases, but more often the vehicle -finentralizes the usual effect of the Oil, proving quite as mnpalatable and of lees therapeutic value. The repug lance, nausea, &c., to invalids, induced by disgust of the 11:011, is entirely obviated by the use of our CAPSULES. MOD-LIVER OIL CAPSULES have been much used lately in Europe, the experience there of the good re -mutts from their use in both hospital and private practice, aside from the naturally suggested advantaged, Are ea dent to warrant our claiming the virtues we do for them, feeling assured their use will result in benefit and , Sitserved favor. Prepared by WYETH & BROTHER, eli-tt 1412 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. . JAMES BETTS' CELEBRA TZD nos LADIES, and ilia iOnly Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La- Wes and pbarsicians are respectfully requested to call only a Mrs. Betts, at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street, 'hiladelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand rands have been advised by their physicians to nee her Eames. Those only are genuine bearing the United I copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and , the Supporters. with testimonials. ocitt-tuthstit 'E AND EAR.—DR. JONES, of N. Y., will Practice at BERES ROTEL, HAR JURG,W Pa., from the 20th JANUARY till the 10th 'BM, 1882. Dr. JONES'cures all curable diseases of the EAB and FE, and performs all operations for the restoration of 'it and Heating. JONES straightens Crossed Eyes in one minute. JONES inserts Artificial Eyes (to move and appear 1) without pain, no matter whether the Eye be or entirely out. JONES introduces artificial Ear Drums, which ins the hearing immediately. JONES has had the benefit of a Medical Education Medical Colleges, Hospitale, and Eye and Ear In .tons of America and Europe. His Diplomas hang is Office. ja22-121* HOTELS. CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED, `e of the GIRARD noun, Philedelphle, ham • term of years, WILLARD'S HOTEL, In They take this occasion to return to their and customers many thanks for peat favors, @enure them that they win he most happy to their new quarter& STICKS, CHADWICK, 3 00. (am, July 16.1861. sulB-1y AND GREASE.-50 tierce!' Leaf lard ; ierees White Grease, he Woet, and in store. For sale by MURPHY & HOONS, No. HS NORTH WHARVES. Four doors below the Continental CHEMICALS. , DRY ANT IN White Precipitate, Lunar OaUetig, Marceline, Bulph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Sulph., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Nitric, Sulphate Quinine, Cerro. Snblim., Banarcetimd °faith, Chloride of Soda, Wetherill'e ext. Cincha Tartar Emetic, Chloride of Lime. Crude Borax, Refined Borax, Camphor, Realm Copavia. L k BROTHER, acturing Chemists, orth SECOND Street, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. 5.-NO. 154. The Burnside Expedition. Nut mulled up, but safely landed On the rebel shore; Some few vessels badly stranded— Thankful it's no mom Getting out their ammunition Front the stranded wrecks, Working into good position, Hope for groat effects. Now, look out for fearful wonders And for solid whacks Now, look out for mighty thunders-.. Rebels snaking treas.,: - Now, look out for splendid-Clothing; Loyal people all ; Treasury notes will purchase Clothing At the great Oak Hall. SPECIAL Totes.—Best styles of Gentlemen's Clothing and first•elass Workmanship, at lowor picas than also: where. Aig - The Best Pantaloon Cutter in the City. 11,7" Tho Best Pantaloon Cutter in the City. KW" The Beat Pantaloon Cutter in the City. Ili The Best Pantaloon Cutter in the City. WANAMAKER & BROWN, 11 OAK HALL, car ihd MARKET RETAIL DRY GOODS. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES VA OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING TEEM INTO STOCK, ids: Figured and Plain Merinoes. Plain and Gay Long Shawls. Dark Dress Goode Poplins, Plaid Flannela—lfink, Blue, and Brown. Ladies' Scads, nduced 30 per cent, One lot of L. U. Ildkfs., st.lse. Two lota do., at 2.5 e., a bargain. One lot of Linen Diaper at $1.25 a piece. Hoop Skirts-75, 87K, $l, and $1.12. Nice assortment of Giughams. Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes. Hisses' Merino Yeats, all sizes. Gloves and Hosiery of all kinds. Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at J. H. STOKES', 702 ARCH Street. FFAMILY DRY GOODS STORE. EYRE k LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH, Lave iu store a fine stock of GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM Good plain colored Silks. Fashionable figured Silks. Bumble black Silks, plain and figured. Linen Shirting' and Linen Sheetinga. Best makes Long Cloth Shirting Hireling Table Linens and Damask Towslingo. Blankets, fine quality and large size. Marseilles Quilts of all sizes. Cloths and Cassimeres for men and boys. White goods, a very full stock. Black goods of emery description. B ARGAIN'S IN BLACK SILKS AT H. STEEL Ss 13031'8 7 M. 718 Nord' TENTS Street, above waive. 1 lot Black Silks at 70 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 75 and 81 cents. - 1 lot Black Silks at 87. 90, and $l. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.12,4 and $1.25. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.31, $1.373 , Ad $1.50. 1 lot Black Silks, yard wide. BARGAINS IN FANCY SILKS. We era doable out our stock of Fancy Silks at a great sacrifice, preparatory to taking stock. Fancy Silks at 50, 56, 62N, 75, 87, and $1 Superior qualities of Fancy Silks $1 12,ii to $2. Also, our entire stock of DRESS GOODS, at less than cost. prices. M MUSLIMSY M T U H S E P N lE S C antrI L INT S 1 BY THE BALL—Wow is the time for housekeepers to buy their Sheetings and Shirting% 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 Warasutta, Williamsville, Black Rock, and othlr popular makes. Good Muslim at 8, 9,10,11 cents. The best 12- cent Muslin in the city. Our Plllow-Case Muslim, and our 10-4, 114, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased some time since, are from three to four cents cheaper than can be found elsewhere. COWPERTHWAIT Zs CO., jat2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET. SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE. One case just opened. Black - and White Checks, double width. Fine All-wool Cashmeres. jai SHARPLESS BROTHERS. NEW BALiIIORALS. Four hundred imported Babnoral Skirts, At prices lower than before offered. ja2l SHARPLESS BROTHERS RUSSIA CRASII, In medium aid fine qualities. Scotch Crash and Towelling. ja2l SHARPLESS BROTHERS EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR TAINS—At very low prices, to Bell the stock. Site_RPLEsS BROTHERS, Jan CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. ANEN'S WEAR-BOYS' WEAR. Cassameres ; ts. - nest in the market. $l.lO Cassimeres ; best in the market. $1.25 Cassimerds ; best ever sold for the money. Black Cloths fcr Ladies' Wear. Black Broadcloths for Men's Wear. Some Bargains in our Cloth Stock. Tailors' attention is invited. COOPER & COWARD, ja9 B. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. CLOAKS AND SHAWLS Reduced in Price. Good Stoek of Cloaks. Blanket Long Shanle Cheap. Blaek Thibet Shawla Cheap. for $ l. Black Blanket Square Shawle for ail. Brodie Shawls at half price. COOPER & CONARD, jag S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Ste PYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH and Allen, open to-day, a fresh assortment of Double-fared Black Figured M 43. Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks. Blues, If odes, Green, and Purple Silks. pig EYRE & LANDELL keep the very heaviest Plain Black Drees Silks. Heavy-bordered Stout Black Silks. WidTed silke, without giOn, Bich Plain Silks, for city trade. jag $2.50 13 . A.LMORAL SKIRTS, full Balmorals Wholesale. Balmorals Bela% has EYRE & LANDELL. - _HEAVY CLOAK FNGS. Brown and Black Sealskin, 750 to NUM Cheap heavy Coatings and Cloakings rine Black Cloths and Beavers. Good stock . Cassimeres at old prices. COOPER Ai CONABD, S. E. cot. NINTH and -MARKET. ERSEYS. -COMPLETE MA- ClErtgEglf for Fulling and Finishing Hamm Flannels, &c., for sale, with Room and Power, if re quired, ready to start work. Address "box No. 1062," Post Office. ja28.614 COPARTNERSHIPS. Ii, I IMITED PARTNERSHIP P NOTICE.—The subscribers have this day formed a limited partnership under the act of Assembly in such case made and provided, under the firm of DAVID SCULL, Tn. The general nature of the business to be transacted is that of buying and selling wool. The ge neral partners interested therein are David Scull, Jr., re siding in the city of Philadelphia, and William Baxter, in the city et combat, N, J., and the special partner is David Scull, residing in the city of Philadelphia. The amount of capital in actual cash payment, which the said David Scull as special partner has contributed to the common stock, is fifty thousand dollars. The said part nership is to commence January Ist, 1882, and le to ter. minute Narch 31st, 1864 DAVID SCULL, Ix., WILLIAM BAXTER ; General Partnere. DAVID SCULL, Special Partner. Philadelphia, 12 mo. 31st, 1861. jal-we 12t DISSOLUTION.—The Copartnership formerly existing between the undersigned, under the firm of VANDEBVEER, ARCHER, & CO., was dis solved Dee.3l, 1981, by limitation. The busineee will b. settled by B. F. ARCHER and F. B. REEVES. at Na. 4d North WATER Street. C. P. VANDER:VEER, B. F. ABOIIEB, P. B. BEEVES. Philadelphia, January 10, 1862. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—The undersigned have this day formed a copartnership, under the firm of ARCHER & REEVES, for transaction of a WHOLE.' SALE GROCERY business, at the old stand, No. 45 Ninth WATER Stroet and No. 46 North DELAWARE Avenue. BENJAMIN F. ARCHER, FRANCIS B. REEVES. Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1862. jal3-tf COPARTNERSHIP RAEL MORRIS this day retires from our firm. His sons, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERICK W. NORM.% are admitted as partners; and the bleat nem will be continued as heretofore. MORBIS, WHENLEII, a CO., Iron Merchants, 1608 MARKET Street. ild-tt Philadelphia, Dec. 31. 1861 WINES AND LIQUORS. PURE PORT WINE. DUQUE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED 118 PORTUGAL IN 1820. Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of pure Port Wino can be supplied by inquiring for ths shove wine at OANTWELL & REFFEWS, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. HE.NNESSY VINE-YARD PRO. pa-I,3ton', Dim" Tricoche B Co., Mare% Pinet, end other approved brands of COGNAO BRANDY, for sale, In bond and from store, by CANTWELL & ENTREE, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WHIS ia KY. Buchanan's Coal Ile Whisky, Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin, London Cordial Gin, Bobien's GM, In bond and store. CANTWELL & ICEFFEB t Southend corner GEBIAANTOWIf Avenue and MASTER Street. ZO:UNE CILLMPAGNE.—A new brand—an excellent &dials. Imported and far sale at a price to soft the times, by CANTWELL & KEY PER, southeast corner of GERMANTOWN Avenue and BLAMER Street PUDESILEDIER-BERG, LAUREN, RECKER, end Roman:nom 'WINE, In wee of one dozen battles Gantt ; • warranted nnre. Insperied Ind for solo low by CANTWELL & KEEFER, south east corner GERDLibiTOWN Menne end MAST= Street. MIRMAIi'S DRY CATAWBA .i—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine, the best article out for "cobblers," for sale pure, bot tled and in awes, by CANTWELL A K 7 JIE, south aut. corner OWLIKANTOWN Avenue and MAST= street. aad4-6m PRIZE MONEY PAID TO OFFI CERS and MEN of the Ran Jacinto, Constella tion, Dart, Mohican, Mystic, Brooklyn, Sumter, and other vessels. ALBERT POTTS' Army and Navy Agency, N. R. corner of THIRD and WILLOW Streets. /a22-Imlt crlff/ 7"." / • *ll' 4 tt Lo zap atit: _ r*".pctL. '"4 . 1 j 7■7„. • 7 001 . - (0. , _4- 1 ! • _ • log. The following items are from the Southern papers of to-day and yesterday : "SAVANNAH, JIM_ 29.—The city is comparatively quiet, and no immediate attack is apprehended. The object of the Yankees seems to be to cut off communication with Fort Pulaski. There were six Federal gunboats at Wall's Cut, and seven at the head of Wilmington Island, commanding the chan nel of the river, yesterday. Tatnall'a fleet con veyed two steamers and a flatboat towards Fort Pulaski with provisions. The enemy opened fire upon them, and the battle lasted forty minutes. The provision boats and the steamer Sampson are now returning. The Federals fired upon the latter and she was slightly damaged. Fort Pulaski is now fully provisioned for six months. A letter from an officer of the fort says that the enemy cannot take the fort by any attack. "The Yankees are engaged in removing the ob structions in the channel. There are other defences yet to pass. The people of Savannah are firm end confident in their ability to defend the city." The Norfolk Day Book calls upon the ladies to contribute their old woollen skirts and dresses to the Government, the price of flannel used for fixed ammunition being so high as to subject the Govern ment to a serious tax. The New Orleans Delta says that a steamer ran the blockade from Charleston, on the 13th, with one thousand bales of cotton. The vacancy of the rebel Congress, caused by the death of Tyler, will be filled by. an election on the 10th of February, AUGUSTA, Jan. id.—lntelligence from Savannah thataislederal vessels entered the river.yes,_ terday, baok of Little Tyboe, and passed up to the north end of Wilmington Island, thereby cutting off the communication between Fort Pulaski and the city of Savannah. The enemy shelled Wil mington Island and fired at the Confederate steamer Ida, but no injury was done. Commodore Tatnall's fleet was at Thunderbolt. Some of the pilots who had refused to give their services to the officers of the Burnside expedition, report that the Federal forces are thirty thousand tttdng, and that the fleet numbers its vessels. The Shinplaster Confederacy. We have now on exhibition at our office a simon pure Confederate ten-cent shinplaster, issued by the Bank of Tennessee, which reads as follows : " The Bank of Tennessee will pay TEN CENTS to bearer. " Nashville, Dee. 1, 1861." It is signed, "For the President," by a string of mysterious-looking [characters, apparently a cross between Sanerit letters and Egyptian hiero glyphics, which, as near as we can interpret them, spell Every. Probably the clerk was heartily ashamed of the picayune business at which he was employed, and was resolved not to be known in the matter. This sorry looking attempt at money making, which throws the sea-shell currency of the Africans and the soap currency of the Mexicans entirely in the shade, has for its vignette a train of cars—the same, we suppose, that Buckner stole from the Louisville and Nashville railroad—and at the up per corners fee-similes of the old Spanislt bit with the crown, pillars, and inscription: " Hispanise et Ind. Rex,"—that is, "King of Spain and India." What a motto and emblem for this self-styled Re public ! The paper of the bill is of the same quality used by tallow-chandlers in their candle-boxes. We think the bill is, on the whole, very appropriately gotten up and embellished. It is as flimsy, mean, and dirty as the Confederacy itself, and quite as worthless. Its very smell and touch sug gest bankruptcy, repudiation, and out-at-elbow- VMS. Still, we think we could suggest some im provements for the next issue. We like originality along with appropriateness. The designer has the whole book of natural history to choose from, and all the mythology, and the minor embellishments may be taken from alligators, Eumenides with their snaky heads, pellicans, harpies, rattlesnakes, buzzards, Tantalus, Ixion, the Titan labor of piling rocks to reach the skies, burning torches,_ whips of scorpions, and "terror , rage, paleness, and death," the attendant ministers around the throne of Pluto. The motto on the right might read " The way we get our rights," and that on the left, If so very soon we're done for We wonder what we were begun for. The bill might also read: "The Bank of Ten nessee will 9iever pay the bearer," as every cue knows that not one of this wretched spawn of bank ruptcy will be redeemed. The Pillars of Hercules are approprtae as a legend to this bill, if read aright, to show that it requires God-like powers to sunder a Continent as the straits of Gibraltar now flow between Abyla and Crape. There is a volume of eloquence in this insig nificant scrap of paper, shin to that which speaks so touchingly and forcibly from the rags and squalid wretchedness of a prodigal, whose vice and riotous career have plunged him into the depths of misery and want. What a com ment does it offer upon all the lofty vanntings we were wont to hear from the Dußows and Keitta, and Wigfalls and Memmingers, on the inexhaus tible wealth of the cotton States, which we were in sultingly told were to wave their sceptre triumph antly ever the prostrate form of all countries that raisedknothing but grain, meat, and Ctobacoo ! Cotton, the pitiless tyrant, was to put his heel on the head of the prostrate world, and all were to do him reverence. And here, on a little strip of pa per, we read the shameful refutation of the pro phecy. It speaks in thunder tones of the falsehood of the *O&M leaders, who have precipitated their people into a vortex of want, bankruptcy, and shame. Every glimpse which we obtain of the Southern Confederacy proves its terrible failure, and, Another Letter from General Halleek to The following letter is published in the St. Louis papers HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, I ST. Louis, January 27, 1862. Major General Sterling Price, commanding, 4-e., Springfield : GENERAL : A man calling himself L. V. Nicholas came to my headquarters a day or two since, with a duplicate of your letter of tho 12th inst. On being questioned he admitted that he belonged to your service, that he bad come in citizen's dress from Springfield, avoiding some of our military posts, and pawing through others in disguise,"and without reporting himself to the commanders. He said that he bad done this by your direction. On being asked for his dad of time, he pulled from his pocket a dirty handkerchief, with a short stick tied to one corner! You must be aware, General, that persons so sent through our lines, and past our military posts to these headquarters, are liable to the putizshment of death. They are no more nor less than spies, and probably are sent by you to this city to act as such. I shall send Mr. Nicholas back to your camp, but if you send any more persons here in the same way, they will be regarded as spies; and tried and condemned as such. You must know, General, that the laws and usages of war require that a bearer of a flag of truce should report at the nearest post, and should not pass the outer line of sentinels with out permission. Re should not even approach with in gunshot of a sentinel, without displaying his flag and receiving a signal ic advance. if he have de spatches, he should seMfor an officer to re.fitive and receipt for them, which officer should direct the flag of truce to immediately leave our lines. Answers to such despatches should be sent to you, by us, in the same way. In a postscript to the copy of your letter of the 12th inst., just received, you oall my attention to the fact that a band of men' are "firing.private houses, barns, mills, Ac." I presume you refer to a baud of outlaw', au the Eansaa freatier. They Ely Vim. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1862. THE REBELLION. IMPORTANT FROM TILE SOUTH. NAVAL OPERATIONS NEAR SAVANNAH. The Communication with Fort Pulaski Cut Off. ATTACK ON THE REBEL STEAMERS NEAR THE FORT. THE SITUATION IN MISSOURI. ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN. HALLE= TO OHL PRICE. - AFFAIRS IN I DUELL'S DEPARTMENT. SKETCH OF COL S. S. FRY, OF THE FOURTH KENTUCKY REGIMENT. The Bodies of Zollicoffer and Peyton at /Vlunfordsville. &c., . &c., &c. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. Proclamation of the Provisional Gover nor of North Carolina—An Attack upon Rebel Steamers near Fort Pulaski— Communication Between Savannah and Fort Pulaski Cut OIL FORTRESS MONROE, Tan. 30.—1 n expectation of the success of Gen. Burmaide's expedition in open ing at least two Congressional districts of North Ca rolina, Marble Nash Taylor, Provisional Governor, has issued a proclamation ordering an election on the 22d of February to ratify or repeal the ordi nance of the Convention of the 18th of 4911M 1 811) and also for the election of two Representatives in Congress. A flag of truce went to Craney Island, this mom . ( 6 -like a sail unfurled Shows all its rents and patches to the world." Louisville Journal GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. Gen. Price PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1862.- do not belong to my command, and they entered this department without my authority. As soon as I heard of their depredations I ordered Gen. Pope to either drive them out of the State or to disarm them and confine them. Be assured, Gene ral, that no fiats of wanton spoliation, such as "firing private houses, barns, mills," Sc., and "burning and destroying railroad bridges," ke., will be countenanced by me. On the contrary, I propose to punish, with the utmost Severity, every act of wanton destruction of property, public or private, and every act of pillage, marauding, rob• bery, and theft committed in this department, no matter under whose orders or authority the guilty parties may have acted. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, H. W. HALLECK, Major General CONMellding Department, Affairs in Rolla The correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Rolla, under date of January 27, says : In the hurry in which my letter of yesterday was Written, I had enly time to notice briefly the news brought by tke gentleman from Lawrence county, and it may be well to refer again to his statements. This gentleman is one of some prominence in the Southwest, and his opinions may be regarded with much consideration. He thinks that Gen. Price will not fight, notwithstanding his boasts, and the threats of his men against the " Yankees." He has it from three different persons—all Secessic-ists— that his entire force does not exceed ten th• sand, and, unless he receives hoary reinforcements, it will be dolly for him to undertake to oope with our army. Of these reinforcements he knows nothing. Thin gentleman represents that the people_ of Lawrence county are now living in more peace and with less violence among neighbors than they have done before since the war began. A few days before he left home, a whole company of State Guards—Capt. Brickley's—had returned home and were behaving themselves in a quiet, peaceable way, that showed a disposition to become once more well-disposed eitigens. A gentleman who left his home in Green county, a few miles from Springfield, on Wednesday last, arrived here yesterday , morning, and immediately took the cars for St. Louis. :During the necessarily brief conversation I had with him, I was unable to gather any information of great importance. He says there are no entrenchments being built, and but little uneasiness is manifested by Price or any of his officers. There is a general cry for reinforce. snouts, and the rebels say they are on the way, but they do got agree as to the numbers, and, alto ,gother, their ettitrwepte are atitiroly Contradictory. Ile met a large number of Federal troops in Lebanon, among them Colonel Phelps' regiment. Our pickets were out several miles beyond that place. A skirmish had taken place at or near Lebanon, on the entrance of our troops, in which a rebel captain, named Craig, was killed, an other men wounded, and several ethere taken prisoners. 66 The Situation" in Missouri. The St. Louis correspondent of the Chicago Trz buns says: Sr. Louis, Jan 27, 1862.—Military preparations for active operations gaily lii the Sprang ale plainly in progress, and, as the enemy is probably as well, if not better, advised of all our movements, there .can be no particular harm in ventilating what is understood to be the plan of the neat campaign. This plan is subject to many contingencies, and can therefore be quickly altered. It is, not to be,sup posed that any thorough military strategist would fail to make all proper allowances for the failure of some portion of a general plan, and Ao concert measures to prevent any minor failures from dis turbing its general harmony. With this preliminary, it is hardly out of order to mention that at'recon rioissance of Warsaw and Osceola, at the crossing of the Osage, has been made within a few days, preparatory, to the occupation of both these places by large bodies of our troops from Sedalia and points on the upper end of the Pacific Railroad. It is already known that Lebanon has been occupied by 5,000 infantry and nearly 2,000 cavalry. Fort Scott, in Kansas, is likewise a military post of some prominence, and is now' arrisoned by a large force of Kansas troora. Now east your eye on the map of Southwest Missouri, and you will perceive that with Lebanon, Warsaw, Osceola, and Fort Scott in our possession, a cordon is drawn around Price at Springfield by which his field of operations is limited to a half dozen counties. He is thus hemmed in so completely that he cannot advance in any direction except Arkansas, and at any time the Federal troops are set in motion, converging towards Springfield, Price must retreat. In a few weeks hence, Springfield will be in our possession, never, it is hoped, (for the sake of the most un swerving loyalists outside of St. Louis,) to be given up again to the enemy. Farther than the recover ing of Springfield, (len. Halleck has given us no clue to his plats, but all the foregoing is the subject of free discussion and general approval in military _circles—lt_ia net nntarely printed, Warsaw and Osceola will be in our poi session, as Lebanon is already. GENERAL BUELL'S DEPARTMENT. From KentuOky LOUISVILLE, Jett. SO.—The remains of Oenoral Zollicoffer and Bailie Peyton, Jr., arrived at Mun fordsville to-day in charge of Zollicoffer's brigade surgeon; temporarily released on a parole of honor. On Wednesday evening a locomotive and tender, going northward for water, collided with a freight train, killing James Whitley, a 6.l 4 6Eciitii i and in juring several others. There is no news from below. No forward move ment in Southern Kentucky is expected for some time, the condition of the roads making tranporta tion impossible. Colonel S. S. Fry The name of Colonel Fry, commander of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment in the battle of Lo gan's Cross Roads, who is believed to have shot Zollieoffer, has become already, a "household word " with loyal Kentuckians. Colonel Speed Smith Fry is new about 44 years old; having been born in 1818, and a man of mild, amiable disposition. He is the grandson of old Joshua Fry, of Danville, who has been dead about twenty-six years, and the Bon of Thoine.9 Fry, also of Danville. When the present Colonel was about sixteen years old, his father moved to Crawfords ville. Indiana. After his father's death Speed Smith Fry returned to his native town, where he remained till the beginning of the Mexican war. During that war, he was captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel McKee, and distinguished himself on the battle-field of Buena Vista. It is well known to many that he killed his man in that memorable battle. The circumstances we repro duce here. A Mexican, detached from his com rades, was seen to load and fire, with great delibe ration, three or four times at Captain Fry's men. The Captain took a musket from a fallen soldier, and fired, and the Mexican was never seen again. It is useless to tell how that regiment came off the field covered with glory. In that bloody battle Colonel McKee was killed, and, if we mistake not, the lieutenant colonel also, Major Cary Fry, a cousin-of Speed Smith, taking command of the re giment. This incident in Mekloo, and the death of Zollicoffer, prove. Colonel Fry to be a man of coolness, decision, and unflinching bravery. After his return from Mexioo, at the end of the war, he applied himself again to his profession, the law, in which he was eminently successful. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he was judge of the county court of Boyle county, and while many others were fearful of opening their mouths against secession, he boldly attacked the rebellion on the stump and elsewhere. lie was the first to move in raising troops in Kentucky, and camping at , Dick Robinson, recruited successfully two regi ments, the Third and Fourth Kentucky. All honor to Kentucky's noble son. - - Lonist , 2l/A Demzekat. From Bowling Green The Louisville Democrat of the 28th ult., says : We have just seen a letter from Columbia, dated the 23d, in which the writer states that there had been an arrival there, direct from Bowling Green, of parties who left on the 17th. These parties State that there are about 30 ? 000 troops at that poi*, eaDd the largest guns are thirtytwo•pounders. Judge Underwood, who had been in town the day before these parties left, told them that fifteen or twenty thousand had arrived, or were expeeted, from Columbus, but were, we presume, kept back by the expedition from Cairo. The news is not of much importance, but it is stated as a fact that great sickness prevails among the troops in that vicinity, and that as many as fifteen and twenty die, on the average, every day. The rebels say if McCook does not move down and make an attack before long, they will come up and attack him. ITHE MASON-SLIDELL QUESTION. Reply of the English Cabinet to Secretary Seward's Despatch. The London Post, of January 15, publishes the following important correspondence regarding the Trent affair: EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. FOREIGN OFFICE, Dee. 19, 1861. Mr LORD: Mr. Adams came to me to-day, at the Foreign Office, at three o'clock. He said he came to ask two questions which concerned himself personally. I interrupted him to ask whether what he was going to say was by order of his Government or from his own sense of what he ought to do? Mr. Adams answered that theproceeding was en tirely his own, but that he had with him a despatch from Mr. Seward, which he was authorized to read to me if he should think fit to do so. It ilp peared, he said,from that despatch, that the Go vernment of IWashington had not authorized the capture of the two insurgents, Mason and Sli dell, and that the United States Government steed quite mtconinatted at the civic of sending the despatch. I said that if the despatch did not ,enter into any controversy with regard to the case of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, I should be glad to hear it read. Mr. Adams then proceeded to read the despatch. It commenced by referring with approbation to a speech made by Mr. Adams at the Mension House, and proceeded to notice with gratification the sen timents which had been expressed by lord Pal merston in' a conversation he had held with Mr. Adams in reference to the Tames Adger. Mr. Seward then proceeds to declare that the American Government value highly dm friendship of Great Britain, and lament that certain causes of difference have arisen, owing, as 31r. Sewa r d imagined, to the want of attention on the part of the British Government to the performance of the duties incumbent on a friendly Power during the struggle in which the United States are engaged. Mr. Seward gives as instances the ease of commu nication to the Confederate authorities by Mr. Bunch ; the admission of the privateer Sumpter to purchase coal and provisions at Trinidad, In ilia- Unction, as be said, to the conduct of every Euro pean State, and the arrival in the Southern States of vessels laden with arms and ammunition from Eng land. Mr. Seward then proceeds to the case of the Trent, from which ship the two umurgents had been taken. lie affirms that no instructions were given to Captain Wilkes which authorized him to act in the manner he had done. Neither had the United States Government committed itittg With regard to any decision upon the character of that act. The Government would wait for any repre sentation the British Government might make be fore coming to any positive decision. Re desires that, if Mr. Adams should think it desirable, this despatch shall be road to me and also to Lord Palmerston. In answer to Mr. Adams I touched upon most of the points treated of in the despatch. I did not think it necessary, however, to recur to the case of Mr. Bunch. With regard to the Confederate privateer, I said that I could not see that our conduct had been different from that of France and Holland, or of Spain. The Sumpter had been refused coal from the Government stores at Trinidad, but had been allowed to get coal and provisions from private merchants. The same thing bad takenplace at Mfirtiniqu9 and At CIRAM, / did not And that the rule of twenty-four hours had been observed iu practice, but there would be little difficulty in coming to an agreement on this point. In regard to the export of arms and ammunition • to the Confederate States, I had lately read the epinien of the Attorney General, and believed it was in satire conformity with the provisions of the foreign tnlistment act; warlike equipment of a vessel was prohibited—the loading a vessel with arms and ammunition was not prohibited. But, in point of fact, a much greater amount of arms and alpgropifiva - bed boo lent to the rodorei States, where there was no obstacle to the export or the import, than to the ports of the Confederates which were blockaded. Mr. Adams admitted this to be the fact, add Said ho had refrained from pressing a more rigoitits compliance with the foreign enlist . went act ior this reason. I then Ant ' to Mt. Alai the Subetiiiiee of the two deeper Lhetlx.rititeri , to Lord Lyons on the subject of - Ilia ki I told k at in a private letter I had directed Lord Lyoidi to talk the matter over with Mr. Seward two days before reading to him the despatch. Mr. Adams a'lV4 whether the direction to ford Lyons to leave le usbington in seven days was in the de spatch to' be read. I said it was not, and that, in case Mr. Seward should ask what would be the con sequence of a refusal on his part to comply with our conditions, Lord Lyons was to decline to answer that question, in order not to have the appearance of a threitt, I said that / thought the explanation that the Governmentbed not authorized the seizure would stand in the piace of an apology. Vut tba tANltiltlcondition was, that Mr. Maser and Mr. Slidell should be given up kr Lord Lyons. Mr. Adams said that if the matter was stated to Mr. Seward in the manner I had explained, he hoped for en amicable termination of the difference ; he thourit that if the Government of the United States insisted ad maintaining the act of Capt. Wilkes, the United States would be abandoning their doetrine and adopting ours. Mr. Adams asked me a further question, which he said I might decline to answer; it was whether, if Lord Lyons came away, a deelatation of war would be the immediate consequence. I told him nothing was decided on that point; we should wait for the reply from America, and then decide upon our course. I stated to Mr. Adams the substance of M. 'noires,- nel's despatch to M. Mercier as I bad heard it from M. de Elahault. Air. Adams said that the French Gll9lfir9vm off had always log,ltoPy semi slew su their maintenance of the rights of neutrals. He added that he could not pan our Government the same compliment. I said I would dispense with conzpliments if this matter could be amicably arranged. We parted on very friendly terms. I am, &c., RUSSELL. LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL (RECEIVED JAN. 9). WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 1801. MY LORD : I have the honor to enclose a copy of a note which I have this morning received from Mr. Seward, in answer to your lordship's despatch ofrt Mas an , ' Lietteth: Mr. Ira. Slidell, stnion m th,rerl.a.mtivitee Macfarland, removal . valof Mr. Bustle, from the British mail packet Trent. The note contains a very long and very elaborate dissertation on the questions of international law in volved in the case. I have not time, before the de parture of tbe messenger, to weigh the arguments or to estimate precisely the force of the expressions used: But as Mr. Seward admits that reparation is due to Great Britain, and consents to deliver the four prisoners to me, I consider that the demands of her Majesty's Government are so fax substantially complied with, that it is my duty, in obedience to your lordship's commands, to report the facts to her Majesty's Government for their consideration, and to remain at my post until I receive further orders. I have the honor to enclose a copy of the answer which I have made to Dir. Seward's note. I have confined myself to stating that I will forward a copy of it to her Majesty's Government, and that I will confer with Mr. Seward personally on the ar rangements'to be made for A ' m delivery of the prisoners to Tee. I have, &0., LYONS. EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. '/ FOREIGN ORRICE, Jan. 11., 1802, ...,M:r7...ciRDS:lll my despatch to you of the 39t11. Of &vernier, after inginfing you of the oiroumetances Arch bad occurred in relation to the capture of tins four persons taken from on board the Trent, -Tested to 3fenthat it thus appeared that certain individuals 'Pad been forcibly taken from on board a British vessel—the ship of a neutral Power— while such vessel was pursuing a lawful and inno cent voyage--an net of violence whieto was an af front to the British flag and a violation of interna tional law. I concluded by directing you, in case the- reparation which her Majesty's Government expected to receive, should not be offered by Mr. Seward, to propose to that Minister to make such redress t in alone would satisfy the British nation—namely, first, the liberation of the four I gentlemen taken from on board the Trent, and their delivery to your lordship, in order that they might again be placed under British protection; and, secondly, a suitable apology for the aggression which had been committed. I received yesterday your despatch of the 27th ultimo, enclosisg a note to you from Mr. Seward, whioh is in ctibitaboo-the answer to my despatch of the 30th Noveriber. Proceeding ai once to the main points in discus sion between us, her Majesty's Government have carefully examined how far Mr. Seward's note and the conduct it ;announces, complies substantially with the two priposals 1 have recited. With regard to the first—viz i the liberation of the prisoners will a view to their being again placed under British piatection—l find that the note con cludes by stating that the prisoners will be cheer fully liberated, and by calling upon your lordship to indicate a tine and place for receiving them. No condition of any kind is coupled with. the liberation of the prisoners. With regard to the suitable apology which the British Governnent had a right to expect, I find that the Governnant of the United States distinctly and unequivocally declares that.no directions had been given to Captain Wilkes, or to any other naval officer, to arresfithe four persons named, or any of them, on the -Tr'ent or on any other British vessel, or on anieti neutral vessel, at the place where it occurred or sewhere. I find,_ furthr, that the Secretary of State es pressiy foam! to justify the particular act of which her Majeity's Government complained. If the United Statis -Government had alleged that al though Captainrilkes had no previous instruction for that purpose he was right in capturing the per sona of the four prisoners, and in removing them from the Trent on board his own vessel, to be after- Wards carried into a port of the United States, the Government which had thus sanctioned the pro ceeding of captain Wilkes would have become re sponsible for the original violence and insult of the act. But Mr. Seward contents himself with stating that what has happened has been simply an inad vertency, eqnsisting in a departure by a naval °M ear, free fruit any wrongful teeth's, from a rule un certainly established, and probably by the several parties conerned either imperfectly understood or entirely unknown. The Secretary of State goes on to affirm tht for this error the British Government / has a right o expect the same reparation which the United Sta s, as an independent State, should ex pect from Croat Britain, or from any ether friendly nation in a tiredar case. Her Majesty's Government having carefully taken into their consideration the liberation of the prisoners, the delivery of them into your hands, and the eFplinations to which I have just referred, have arrived at the conclusion that they tconsti- Onto the reparation which her Majesty and the British nation had a right to expect. It gives ice Majesty's Government great satis faction to ie enabled to arrive at a conclusion favorable to the maintenance of most friendly relations between the two auctions. I need not discuss the modifications in my statement of facts which Mr. Seward says he has derived from the reports of effieers of his Government. I cannot conclude, however, without adverting shortly to the discussions which Mr. Seward has raised upon points not prominently brought into question in my despatch of the 30th of November.. I there objected; on the part of her Majesty's Go vernment, to that which Captain Wilkes had done. Mr. Seward, in his answer, points out what he con ceives Captain Wilkes might have done without violating the law of nations. It is notlneoessary that I should here discuss in detail the live questions ably argued by the Secre tary of State, but it is necessary that I should say that her Majesty's Government differs from Mr. Seward in some of the conclusions at which he has arrived. And it may lead to a bettor under standing between the two nations on several points of inteillgonal law which may, during the present contest, or at some future time, be brought into question, that I should state to you, for communi cation to tie Secretary of State, wherein those dif ferences odssisti I hope to do so in a few days. In the Meantime, it will be desirable that the oommandn's of-the United States cruisers should be instructednot to repeat acts for which the British Governmeht 37111 have to ask for redress , and which the UnitedStatie Government cannot undertake to justify. You will read and give a copy of this despatch to the Secretary of State. I RUSSELL. EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. FOREIGN OFFICE, Jan. 11,1862. Mr Donn i Your conduct in the important mat ter of the Trent is entirely approved by her MajeS• ty. The discretion and good temper you have shown have contributed greatly to the success of our operations. In order to give your lordship, by a public docu ment, a pr oof tbtt you have acted strictly accord ing to the instru4tions you have received, I enclose an extract, =nested to this despatch, of a private leiter t address:4 to you on the Ist of December last. I am, dce., RUSSELL, EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM EARL RUS SELL TO I.ORD LYONS, DEC. 1, 1861. The despatches which were agreed to at the Ca binet yesterday, and which I have signed this morning, imposempon you a disagreeable task. My wish would be that, at your first interview with Mr. SeWaid, you should not take suy despatch with you, but should prepare him for it, and ask him to settle with the President and the Cabinet what coarse they would propose. The next time you should bring my despatoh, and read it to him in full. If he asks what will be the consequence of his refusing compliance, I think you should say that you wish to leave him, and the President quite free to take their own 'course, and that you desire to ab stain from anything like menace. Privateeribg—The Sumpter. [From the London Shipping Gazette, January 10.] The report that the Confederate cruiser or priva teer Sumpter had • arrived in the waters of Cadiz with the crews on board'of three Federal zneroliant- men captured and destroyed at sea, haa naturally F r "IUQC 4 POMO OXlMPaellt 419 V MAAR 448* 99.114. mercial circles. The telegraph was immediately put in requisition to ascertain the names and destina tions of the vessels alleged to he captured, and any further information bearing upon the occurrence. We learn that the three - 105610 dektreyed by the Sumpter were the ship Vigilant, the bark Eben .Dodge, and the schooner Arcade. As regards the two latter vessels nothing is known. The Vigilant is believed to have been on her voyage from Som brero, in the West Indies, for London, with a cargo of guano, shipped by American agents, and con signed to a London house, who, we learn, have in sured their interest hero The Spanish authorities appeared at first undecided how to act ; but upon consideration they have determined not to interfere with the Sumpter or her movements, provided the prisoners are placed under the protection of Spain. This, we doubt not, the commander of the Sumpter has agreed to, Of course, the Federal consul at Cadiz protested against the &Zimmer being allowed to enter the harbor of Cadiz, but his protest appears to have been disregarded, and, if we are rightly informed, he has hauled down his flag and is about to leave Cadiz. The Spanish Government, how 9TOTS bee/ in no respect violated the neutrality of Spain in the course they have pursued or sanc tioned in this matter. Spain is no party to the Declaration of Paris of 1856. She has entered into no international arrangement for the abolition of privateering in her own ease, theugh abe has, from time to time, forbidden her subjects from taking letters of marque from foreign Powers, or from aiding or assisting the privateers of a foreign State in the work of spoliation or capture, or from succoring such vessels, on the high seas, s exce- - -st in the as cause of humanity, in the case ef lice or shipwreck." Orders, to this elicit were issued' by the Spanish Government, in 1654, on tho out break of the Russian war. It may be that such orders were rendered expedient, in the opinion of the Cabinet of Madrid, by a recollection of the Eason which Spain had been taught on the subject of privateering by the Cabinet of Washington, during the Mexican war of 1840. At that time, certain Spanish adventurers had thought the opportunity a good one for preying upon American commerce. The American President, in his mes sage to Congress in 1846, pointed to the treaty with Spain of 1795, and recommended that all Spanish subjects found acting in contravention thereof, by privateering against the United States, should be treated as pirates—a threat which the American Government, as well as the American Congress, showed every disposition to carry out. The Cabi net of Washington at that time carried matters with a high hand. It may now be the turn of the Cabinet of Madrid. There is, however, a wide difference, as the Spanish Government are no doubt aware, between permitting Spanish subjects to join privateers against a neutral State, to harass its commerce, and opening the Spanish ports tospri vateers who bring no prizes with them. This is done in the exercise of a right which every neutral State . possesses. It has been occasionally abandoned, as in the case of - Austria in the Russian war, when she forbade absolutely the entrance of foreign privateers into the Austrian ports. But the example of Austria, at that time, influenced as she was by her position with respect to Russia, cannot be cited as a precedent to any maritime State for the surrender of an acknowledged neutral right. HoWeVei, the admission of the Sumpter into dadia is, so far as it goes, a direct acknowledgment by Spain of the South as a belligerent State. It may be more than this. There is considerable doubt whether the Sumpter should be regarded as a pri vateer. Her commander holds a commission from the Confederate Government, and it is stated his ship has bean regularly commissioned as a Confede rate war ship. If this be so, and that the Spanish authorities are aware of the fact, the Sumpter has been admitted into Cadiz harbor on the footing of a Confederate cruiser, in the same way as a Fede ral war ship—the Iroquois for example—would have been admitted to the hospitalities of that port. Reception of the Rebel Commissioners, [From the London News, Jan, 14S The impudence of sending commissioners to US at all is remarkable; and the audacity of appoint ing Mr. Mason is really astoundiny. It was bad enough sending Mr. Yancey, sieer the publication of what he said and wrote in the conventions of the slave States ; it was = strong demand w ra h li o ty ba a d r.ndcboluicrie; eulogized slavery as the propersy to send here as envoy a man b e d s or society, and demanded the reopening of tile African slave trade ; and Mr. Yancey's doubt ful reception at a public dinner where his presence was by no means desired, might show the Confede rate authorities that it would be well not to en croach too far on the instincts of our hospitality. But to send Mr. Mason is a yet more daring proceeding. They must have supposed that we either did or did not know that Mr. Mason is the author of the worst law that is on the statute book of any civil ized nation—the fugitive slave law. If we did not know it, it was taking advantage of our ignorance to Seek our friendship and good offices through such an agent; and, if we did know it, it was an insult to English feelings to place that man, face to race. with tiS -at all. The !swat eensequereoe to us of Captain Wilkes' troublesome escapade is Its having compelled us to act tut protectors to the man who has traduced our state of society, east con tempt on the working class of every country, de clared us incapable of freedom beeause we give and take the rights of industry through the whole range of our society, and created the machinery of law by which 20,000,000 of free citizens were made the kidnappers of the slaves of half a million; by which the brave and strong negroes who had escaped were delivered back to the whip and the chain, and the passions of their tyrants. When these eleetgen tlemen, sent to represent Southern society here, atr pear among us, we must make sure that everybody knows how they regard themselves and us. They think it low to work, or to pay others for working for them. They think that political freedom means a very few . persons doing what they please with all the rest Of society. They think it is a low state of civilization when members of society enjoy, as nearly as may be, the benefits • they earn by intelligence or toil; and they extol, as the highest refinement, the scheme by which the smallest number take possession of the largest share of the earnings of others. Old England and New England are alike in a vulgar and pitiable condi tion, because every man is theoretically a worker, or the payer of other men's work, and because everyindividual has an interest in the common weal ; yet. the superfine gentry who so regard Old and New England are trying to gain over the one against the other by soft words and sordid induce ments, and these men are the agents sent to rouse our minds against our free kindred of the Northern States, and to soothe our selfish fears about cotton. Let them pass on one side. We have simply nothing to say to them. Let them pass on their way in the perfect aafety of perfect neglect. The Morning Herald comes to the rescue of Slidell and Mason, and denounces the journals which have calumniated them. It says they are gentlemen of the highest position and the most un blemished character, and as to their being slave owners, why, Washington himself was one, and some of England's bust friends are slaveholders. It claims that "Mason and Slidell are entitled to be received in England with courtesy and honor, as men of the highest distinction themselves, and as the representatives of a gallant, chivalrous, and friendly nation." The Late War Panic and the Press. [From the London Star.] The people and press of the United States deserve the highest credit for their demeanor during this trying crisis. With the exception of one journal, which really may be taken as an exception when praise of any kind is spoken, the newspapers of the - United States evinced thronghont tis' di,qpn.ce a calmness and s moderation as honorahle to them asrebating to some of their British cotemporaries. Only those who were compelled by duty to watch and study the tone of the American journals during the late period can form any true idea of the manner in which it contrasted with the temper - and the lan guage of two, at least, of the principal London newspapers. Any Englishman who desires to learn what extent of brutal bullying may be tolerated and encouraged in a moment of national passion, can do nothing better than to read over, in a calm moment, the leading columns of the Times and the Morning Post for the past three or four weeks. We think with shame, as English journalists, of the manner in which, day after day, these two English newspapers have been slandermg, taunt ing,Tinsultin the Government and the people of the United States. No language more foul and bitter could have been employed by either jour nal if the very name of American had been the acknowledged synonym of all that is false, base, and cowardly. People talk here of the New York Herald in terms of just contempt and detestation. When has the New Yorld Herald written anything so coarse, so slanderous , so vulgar, so false, as the Times and Morning Post have written of the American Government and people, day after day, during the recent crisis, with a systematic infamy of language and baseness of purpose? Had all this been done to intimidate the Federal Govern ment, to force it into yielding to our demand, it would have been sufficiently mean and coward. ly, but not, perhaps, wholly inexcusable. It might have seemed a sort of brutal extra vagance of zeal on behalf of our national in terest. But it had not this excuse. It was not done to induce the Americans to concede. It was done with the deliberate purpose of goading on the proud and sensitive people of the Northern States into some passionate defiance of England, in order that England, being the stronger, might crush and trample her free offspring. All that the Times and Morning Post could do by taunts, by jeers, by vulgar insult of every kind, was exhausted in the effort to provoke the North into a vehement re fusal. It was the hope and the effort of thesejour nals that, at the very least, the British Government might be forced into a collision with the people of the United States, and the principle of Democracy be thus endangered. But it was their dearer hope still that the Federal Government might be stung into resistance, in order that England should plunge furiouslyinto a war—that England, the country which first strove to abolish slavery, should now win a victory for slavery with her own blood—that England, which bomb of her own free and popular Government, should crush the only great and free democracy existing on the earth. If the Federal Government had seen into the very heart of the plot against its own existence, it could not have more completely frustrated and defeated it, than by the manly, calm, and dignified course it has so bravely adopted. The Ttieciarorts and the Nashviiie. These two vessels continued at Southampton, and were objects of great interest. It is stated that, with a view to prevent any trial of strength be tween the Tuscarora and the Nashville, the Ad miralty has ordered the Dauntless, thirty-one guns, to keep a sharp look-out, and prevent any collision in British waters. The Dauntless was accordingly on the alert in Soutlatrapten river, and ready to act in case of emergency. It is stated upon authority that the commanders of the Nashville and Tuscarora had forwarded writ- ten pledges to the Admiralty that no collision shall take place between them in the Southampton wa ters; and, moreover, if either of them should put to sea the other will not follow within twentyfour hours. On the Igth the TecBcerrora put to sea, but did not go beyond Cablot Light, and, after re maining there all day, apparently guarding the east and west passases, she returned to her an chorage. She was visited prior to her cruise by the Secretary of the United States Legation from Lon don. The latest Southampton telegram says : " The Nashville as now nearly ready for sea, but there is some difficulty in tilling up. her crew. Her Ma ears steamship Daunt - 16m keeps her steam up. CENTS. The commander has return the latter is supposed to have• captain of the Union frigate.,, the visit of the short cruise of visit from the Secretary of the n place after a in London,' roan Embassy LATEST FOREIGN N ENGLAND. MEETING eF PARLIAMENT.—The her Majesty, having been informed that it w so . lutely necessary for the carrying on of imp , t public business to hold a Privy Council, • difficulty consented to this most painful exerti. and Earl Granville, K. G., (President of the Coun oil,) the Duke of New Castle, (Secretary of State for the Colonies,) and Sir G. Grey, (,Secretary of State for the Home Department,) attended at Os 'borne. The Privy Council was hold in her Ma jesty's private apartments. Mr. Helps, clerk of the council, was also present. A proclamation was issued for the meeting of Parliament for the de spatch of public business on Thursday ; the 0111 of February. A NOTICE from the Heralds' College states that it is not expected that the public should appear in mourning after Sunday, February 9. AN ORDER in Council directs that in all the pray ere, ithd collects for the royal family, the words "Albert Edward, Prince of Wales," be in serted, instead of the words Albert, Prince of Wales." "ESSAYS AND REYIEWS."—A suit has been in atituted- in the Court of Arches against the Rev, Henry Briatow Wilson, vicar of OEM b'tAlitialeft, in the county of Huntingdon, in the diocese of Ely, the author of the article in the volume well known as "Essays and Reviews," entitled " Seances His toriqwes de Geneve—The National Church." The suit ispromoted by the Rev. James Fendall, rector of ItfiltoV° the eonoty of Cambridge , and tb9 diocese of Ely; and the ground of the proceeding is the erroneous and heretical doctrines and opinions alleged to be contained in Mr. Wilson's Essay." Miss SLlDELL.—Captain Williams, Of Trent Ce lebrity, related, with great force, at a recent din ner, the outrage offered to Miss Slidell, when clinging to her father at the time of his capture by Lieutenant Fairfax, of the San Jacinto • and last week Mr. Horgan having repeated the Aatement, we took occasion to Contradict it, on the authority of a member of Parliament who had the cantradie tion from Mr. Peabody, the well known banker and merchant, Yesterday; however, Mr. Allen E. Kanekel called on La to say that our information was entirely erroneous, and that Capt. Williams' statement was perfectly correct. Ile was on board at the time, and was witness to the whole transac tion. Not swords, but fixed bayonets, were pre sented at the young lady while refusing let an 7 one pass into the cabin where her father was. This was not done by Lieut. Fairfaies orders ; but when he proceeded to separate the daughter from the father, she put her hand twice on his face to keep him back, but did not slap him on the face. Mr. Kanckel adds that Mr. Peabody, uninvited, called upon Mrs. Slidell, and behaved ungenthananl7. Liverravl Pvei. AMERICAN AGENTS IN TIPPERARY —A Corre spondent of the Saze9ulers' News sends the follow ing curious communication : At an early hour on Monday morning the inhabitants of Nenagh were attracted by the appearance of a large American flag floating from the round tower in the centre of the town. It bad the stars and stripes on one side, and the sunburst, harp, and shamrock on the other. It was well executed, and evidently came from America for the occasion. Moreover, the police bad word that several such rebellions flags were hoisted through Tipperary and the adjunct coun ties. It being a holiday and fair day in Nenagh, the crowds who witnessed this flag were large. The ewavarlee of rebellion must have expected war as the result of the news in Tipperary. The police took possession of the flag, and had it carefully sent to the authorities of Dublin Castle, who should look sharp after this district in the event of a war with any country." RIFLES FR AMER/CA.—When the Queen's prow definition prohibiting the export of munitions of war was issued, the American agents, who had been exceedingly busy in the market, were, of course, very much disconcerted. Various schemes were tried for evading the law, but in the face of the proclamation, and the regulations adopted for enforcing it, it was found impossible to execute the large orders for arms, and some of the makers an. plied to the Government, representing the hardship of their case, and asking if they would take a por tion of the weapons off their bands. At reply, specimens were waked for, and these having Ziaeri supplied were sent to Colonel Dickson, superin tendent of the small-arms factory at Enfield, with instructions to report upon them. We are informed that upon egataigatiq and trial they were found to be of most inferior make, and thatinany or the sot called rifles" were merely grooved a few inches from the muzzle.---.llTorntng - Posr; A PROSPECTUS hasjust been issued of a new tuft dertakingt to be called " The London and South of Ireland Direct Telegraph Company ;" the object of which ie to bring the South of Ireland into more direct communication with London, by means of an unbroken line from the latter place via St: David's Head, Pembrokeshire, across St. George's Channel to Wexford, and thence by Waterford, de., to Cork and Queenstown, a distance of 454 miles, whilst the existing route is 739 miles. Already the coralany have obtained the exclusive privilege of establish ing a station at Roche's Point, the plane where the pilots board the steamers at the mouth of Cork har bor, and which is also largely used as a port of call by the vessels engaged in the Mediterranean, Aus tralian, and other trades. The company , have likewise arranged to connect by special submarine wires the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse, off Carnsmore Point, and the North and South Bishop Light house, of St. David's Head, with the coast upon either side. These lighthouses sight each other, and alt vessels passing up and down the chan nel will be immediately reported to the various shipping ports of Great Britain and Ireland. The lighthouses will thus be in direct communication with the Lifeboat station at Carus. Semaphore signals will also be established at the Old Head of Kinsale, by which means vessels will ba quad and communicated with some hours before arrival at Queenstown. It is proposed that the capital of the company shall be £lOO,OOO, to be raised in shares of £lO each, with a deposit of £2 per share —los. on application, and 308. on allotment. Already a considerable part of the capital has been subscribed, and a contract has been entered into with Messrs. W. 5. Silver rt Co. for the manufac ture of the cable. The whole line, it is announced, will be ready for use early in the spring, and its maintenance guaranteed for a term of years. THE CLYDE.—By dint of dredging, cutting, ex cavating, and embanking, to the tune of about a million and a half sterling, the navigable depth of the Clyde has been increased, within the last .50 or 60 years, from three feet to twenty feet, and the revenue from £3,000 to £90,000 per annum. FRANCE. M. MIRES, findingthat, in consequence of his case being removed from the Court of Cessation to the Imperial Court of Douai, his preventive imprison ment might be prolonged for an indefinite period, applied for permission to be manned to ono of the Maisons de Bante of the capital - . That permission was granted, and he is now in the establishment of Dr. Lee, in the Avenue Montaigne. IN [the first three days of the new year, two million visiting cards passed through the Paris post office, besides the ordinary letters. - 1 40(10.l'ATRY,—By desire of the Emperor Napo. leon, the foundation of *hair of homoeopathic me dicine at the faculty of Paris has again been brought forward. The medical corps haq, however, so energetically pronounced itself several times against this system, that it is hardly likely the Go vernment will dare to oppose that body very stro nuously, [We should think not.] PORTUGAL A PROPOSAL has been submitted to the Portu guese Chamber of Peers to the effect that the King be prayed to provide for the succession to the throne by arranging his marriage with the least possible delay. IT IS ANNOUNCE] . ) that some volumes of Naito are about to be published which were written by the late King of Portugal. They are described as treating chiefly of political subjeots, and are said to breathe a liberal and enlightened spirit. ITALY. THE island of Sicily has been startled by a reac tionary movement at CasteHamra. The Sicilians generally are warmly on the side of the Giovern raBnt. THE Turin journals announce the arrival in that city of M. Giovanni Miani, known as a traveller in the East, who lately penetrated beyond the fifth cataract of the Nile, near the source of that river, and visited places and tribes previously unex plored. _ THE TtiNNEL THROUGH MOUNT CENTS.—New machines for cutting the great tunnel through the Alps were tried at Modane some few days ago with perfect success, and by their means the work will advance much more rapidly than hitherto. The length of the tunnel now cut is 1,680 metres, of which 730 are on the French side, and 950 on the Italian side, The road over Mount Cenis is still clear of snow, and the diligences continue to run regularly from Suza to Lanslebourg, as in the fine season ; whereas for many years put the road has been practicable for sledges only from the be ginning of November to the end of March. POPULATION or TURIN.—The last census of the population of Turin shows an increase of 90,000 souls since 1638, the present number of inhabitants being 210,000 As few people bulidi for fear of seeing the Court removed to Borne, apartments are very dear at present. GERMANY. • Jun. at the moment that letters from Vienna are telling us that a most delightful feeling of mo deration prevails throughout Hungary, and that moat promising steps have boon taken for a settle wentof the long-standing dispute between the Austrian Government and Hungary,. a telegram brings the news that martial law has been pro. claimed in the county of Pesth. THE RHINE FROZEN Ur. Advises from Man helm state that the navigation of the Rhine is much impeded by ice. Above St. Gear and Loretez the river is completely frozen over. The mouth Of this Neckar is also blocked up, and the navigation closed. Above Manheim the river is clear, and, up to the present time, the bridge of bottle has been kept in its place. At Coblentz, also, the traf fic on the river has been interrupted. MADAGASCAR.. The Times contains an account of the embassy from the Mauritius to the new .King. The Writer says it is premature to call the King a Christian. New Music. J. E. Gould, of this oily, has lately published "Our Land of the West," song and chorus—words by O. H. Adams, music by August &rate ; fc Lege me ever," ballad by W. J. Lemon, and "I don't see it," a song for the times, by Fred. Hassler. Of these the first, by the main-top man of the Hart ford, on board of which he wrote the words, while the crew were sewing the flag now floating over the State House, alone is worth a favorable notice. The second, here named, is namby-pamby, and the last is so irretrievably vulgar that we wonder that any M i re; Can4a 9 aanCtalA k? P. 149 PliPt9 Or it, THE WAR PRESES-' TNII Wil Puma will be ant to sitherriberi bl awn (Per tantusin eve* st. ............. NA, Ina 000se I 14 ••••.••..• • • SAO Five u tt Ode T ea .......... . ... !MOO Larger (da b s l ei he charge al the game rate' the t 10 copies will coat tat j g 0 copies will 004' SOO i ad 100 copies 0129, _ fora Gab or Twent7.owi We. " wld a llal Matra Oopy to the getter-op of the Olab. Poutmeeteri are recanted to. sot 011 itroOD tart TEN WAS Passe. Advertieementa ineerteit at the Wad ham' Hsu essatltate a swum . . Weekly Renew of the Market& PHILADZIMILI, Jan. 31,1862 , The Produce markets havo u beend ma l d " v g a w v e ll wing to tht. 4011stigaku4 4 of La we t ,n. Bres - dinas e weather for wharf operationi. In _ _ ___ ere is less doing, and prices of most kin . _der are ur e buyers. Bark is scarce. Coal and Cot_ m, and as been almost at a etand•still. 0r 00 7 1 1 1 7 41 7, revisions aro very quiet, sad prices are d OM 'We 4 both. Fish, Fruit, Navat 13Wre91 and a d oo m the latter mere inquired_ fer L...., about material change. Rice, San' an d are are fi rm. Tailor is inactive, weal an d .....,_.._ are in geed demand and on the advanetemwr o li c . is firm. Wool dull. The OrY'Roedir-u'R" than active, and a i n s tl .as he on sprin G g ood bu s sin ef e a li kin Will ak b se n roon l w a oi ter ie 4 o lth moderato but well-aMeli94" with.elifei .1 hero has been some little ex p 0......,,,,,, or •r,and the market is unchang e d' . western e extra at $5.37-1a5.50; Laminates _ ..... ia , 0.. .. w : d. t barrels a e t x p tr r previous familyus rates , a nc w ludin .i2 g i pooroutri c d o ll p i t ri : i .7;i tp l rslis O v. f a l 2 (l te6 bble c hi Diauloull' Mi lls tamil Y , ' it terms ; and 1,260 bibli 0 11 .f.J_' 1uL .! I do, also fit good su pe Hi , ; $5.50 t t o the $ " : 45 . 6 0 5. 8 .3 1 87in f i o af r °11r e l :t 4M n Iginf : )°r t 7itl—: :: : 6.121 for extramity ; and $6.25 lliP t° s647 Ao l lsti fancy iots- 'N ' ll•re is very lit& 419 kg n sa il Y e To f o r and Cern Meal ; i r i s e s are steady a t ......,,,-- • , the fernier, and $3 for Penneylvage"„,s t ;a ' di, WIIEAT.—The market Is fairly euPp7- -- t. alli n v..l is in limited demand at rather lower prtleim a of 30,000 bus fair and prime Western__ 61:1 „;`, a hita red at 1300350 per bu arid amtkimp. 7k; whit s 140 to 1.50 a far OaSifiltla t ,- ' ' ''!" '2.".1 oentinues to sell at 72a73e fo Southern. Corn is in limit sales of 25,000 bus prime ne 55a561c, in the oars at 56a57 58a60e. Oats are steady at 38 is held firmly at 800459 per be elr- Psovisioris..-There is but the market, but supplies from ring to come in ; sales of 200 is , $12a12.50, cash and short time.' 1 Beef selling, in lots for ship per bbl. Dead Hogs are amvh sold, in lots, at $4, Bacon en stock here is light ; bales of plait at 6aBe, Sides at 51a51c, and Sin short time. Green Meats are du, in salt and pickle, at Safe, Sidl Shoulders at 31a4c, cash and oho' in better demand, and prices fin and bble at 13e, cash; 200 tee pri irregular pkgs of country at Ida BaBlcper lb. Refined Lard is sell ter—There is very little coming in fair demand at steady prices packed at nialle, and Tub and§f il TriAritCo. Cheese is selling at 'Talk, and Eggs at 13014 C pee daien. 1. Msrat.s.—There is a moderate inquiry for Iron, which is held 'with increased firmness, sales of 500 tons No.l Anthracite at $2O oath, I,ooe, tons at $2l, six months; No. 2 at $2O, snd Forge ate $l9, on time. In Scotch Pig, no sales. For there is little or no demand. Priesa offr i a Boiler Iron are firmer, with free sat sO at fall 1.0184tc. Lead,—There is no Stock in first hands. Abeath a ;390 Pigs, recast , sold at 7o cash. Manufactures — are purchasing their supplies in neighboring mg kets. Bsnu.—The market is bare of Quereitron, sad. N0..1, if hero, would command $52 per tesk. 4 * -- more. In Tanner's Bark there is nothing doing, and prices are entirely nominal. BEESWAX is scarce, and prime yellow ie held firmly at 32a33c per pound, with small sales at these figures. CANDLES are dull, and for Adamantine prices lower ; eity-made sell at 16a17c, on time. Sperm are hold at 29c, and Tallow at 10ial2c, bat without sales to any extent. COAL.—There is more inquiry for home constimp-' Lion, but for shipment there is very little doing, and - the amount going forward from Richmond Wei tremely small, owing, in a measure, to the seareity of suitable vessels and the high rates of freight. COPPEE.—There is a firmer feeling in the mar ket, under the impression that Congress will salt further increase the duty ; sales of 1,000. bags, in cluding Rio at 18141 c, Lagttayra at 22a230, and Java at 25e, mostly cash and short time, Corres is very firm, but there is very little do mend, and no disposition on the . part of manatee turers to purchase beyond their immediate wants.. r The stock on hand, however, is extremely 118 W and the males confined to small lots middling audit middling fair Uplands at 32a35c, cash, including South American at the latter rate. Dut,t9,o Axp PlXBi—There is a moderate bud- • heS5 doing. Turkey Opium is ;tither firmer. Saleir7l of 400 casks Soda Ash, in lots, at 2ia3c. There is.- . no Logwood here in first hands, and none combat forward. Other articles are quiet. FEATIIERS are Unchanged and dull; Angell IYeatern at 36a37e pet pAnd. Plea,—The demand for Mackerel, as this isinanum - stashrr sidet - cif - Stortslotrarvite per bbl for Xe. 1s; $8 for No. 28 ; $0 for lar ! $5.75 for medium do k and $l4 for small do. fish are held firmly at $3.25 the 100 lbs. Pie Herring range from $2 50a3.50,7as In quality. T is no demand for Shad or Salmon. Faurr,—The market is nearly &nil dt feral and prices are tending upwards. Currants held at 12c. In domestic Fruit there is r ire doing. Green Apples range from $2.50 $4 per bbl, as in quality. Dried Apples sell oa7c for old and new. Peaches are worth 6a for old and new quarters, and 9allle for halt' There are no pared Peaches here, granberri range from a to $lO per bbl, FREICITTS.—To Liverpool, several vessels are the berth, at 3s for Flour; 911311 do for Grain; 3 6d for heavy goods. To London, the rates a .•" Ss Od for Flour, 12d for Grain, and 353 for weight. ' . A vessel is loading for Belfast on private terms. Two seheenerg Iltere taken to north s ide Cube it equal to 430 for Sugar, and $3.621a3.75 per hhd for Molasses, foreign port charges . paid. A schooner was taken to Porto Rico on private terms. Te Boston, there is considerable offering, and the rates aro very firm. In Coal freights there is very little doing. GINSENG CO/AiI:MU MAPCO. Wes of crude at 73e per Ib, owl. GUANO is out of season, and there is nothing doing in any kind. HEIM is quiet, there being very little stook out of the hands of the manufacturers. Hors are more active, with sales of Ist sort East ern and Western at 20a22c, mostly at the latter rate. HAY is better and soiling at 70/1300 the 100 lbs. LOMEEE.—prides' are 'steady for all kinds, but u usual at this season of the year, the sales are unim portant. MOLASSES is very quiet, there being but, little inquiry ; sales of Cuba Muscovado at 30ie, and Now York Syrup in lots at 32a35c cash and time. NAVAL STORES.—The stook of Rosin is very light, and it is held firmly; sales of common at 50•75 per bbl ; medium grades at $7.25a7.50, and No. lat Vial 2, as in quality. Tar ranges from $t to $lO, and Pitch from $7 to $3. per bbl. Spirits of Turpentine is somewhat unsettled ; sales at $1.45a 1.50 per gallon. ChLs.—Prices of Fish Oils are very firm. There is a steady store demand for crude Whale at 58a110e, 914 the usual credit. Linseed Oil sells freely at 85a80c. Lard Oil is dull at 70,1750, cash and as time, for Western and city-made. Coal Oil is lower ; sales of refined at 35a40c, and Kerosene at 43e. • Rica is inactive, and selling in a small way at Ta SALT.—There have been no further arrivala, and prices are tending upward with some speculative inquiry. Sans.—The receipts of Cloverseed have faller off, and it is in limited request at the close at $4.374a4 624, mostly at $4.50. Timothy ranges from $1.50 to $1.75. Flaxseed is selling at $2.10a 2.20, whioh is an advance. Brrams.—There is no change in Brandy or (Mn, and little or nothing doing. N. E. Rum is steady at 31a33e. Whisky is held firmly, but the demand is limited ; sales of bbls at 250 for Ohio, 250 for Penns, and 2340 -for drudge. SUGAR is not so firm, and there is very little in quiry either from the trade or the refiners ; sales of Cuba at - 74a8i0 for low-grade and good qualith and 270 buses Havana browa at Tic. TALLOW is unchanged; sales of city-rendered at oia9le , and country at 810 per pound. Teas have again advanced, and prices for both Blacks and Greens are better ; there is a fair trade doing for the season. Tortacco.—Prices continue to rule high for both leaf and manufactured, and there is little or none of the former left in first hands. Woon.—The activity that has prevailed for some months past has subsided, and coarse wools are dull, manufacturers generally having completed their contracts. There is some little inquiry for fine fleece at previous rates, but other kinds are no• glected. Rtitsita's New Sebutriopol. Russia has been discovered in a little operation, as curious as it is important. In the Straits of Corea are two little islands, called North and South Tsu-sima, belonging to the Japanese Archipelago, and subject from time immemorial to the Empire of Japan. They are separated from each other by a sound, enclosing a capacious bay, with exeellentsfs chorage, and snugly sheltered from every possible wind. Though small, these islands are densely popu lated, to the amount, it is said, of more than 30,000, and the inhabitants are a civilized, peaceable, and industrious race, producing most beautiful manu factures, in which they carry on an ostensive and lucrative traffic with Yeddo, where these articles are held in great estimation. The soil is fruitful aka well cuitivated i the elidite deliciously mild end remarkably healthy. This favored spot is governed by a Japanese Daimio, who resides at the town and port of Fetcha, and, though appointed by the Government, and paying allegiance to the Tykoon, he is placed in a very independent posi tion, from the great distance to the capital. Whilst Admiral Sir James Rope wee lately taking a cruise in her Majesty's aliip Kingdom, having heard favorable accounts of the natural advantages and ca abilities of the islands, and their sheltered harbor, he determined to look in there, and did so; but it was with the greatest wonder and astonishment that, on doubling the cape that shuts out the sea from view, he found there three Russian frigates at anehor, who seemed to have Made themselves quite as much at home in the island as if they wereat Cronstadt. Bustle and activity prevailed everywhere on shore boats were drawn up on the beach and undergoing repairs, stores were being landed and warehoused, sailors were exercising with small arms, and, to crown all, the imperial flag of Russia was floating from the summit of the buildings, which was separated from the native town and surrounded by strong defensive works. On inauiry he found that the Russians had asked permission of the Daimio to repair their boats on shore and build a house for the better accommoda tion of their sick people, whioh had been readily ranted; but it appears that the repairs of their boats were never finished, and their invalids never got well, though looking remarkably healthy; and the ono building originally intended for the hospi tal bad gradually increased to several, which were well fortified, and whose occupants, even when the frigates were out cruising, were strong and nu merous enough to overawe the native Inhabitants, and keep them in cheek. The Russians acknow• ledged all this, but added that they had orders from their admiral, who was gone to Japan, to re main in that harbor till his return, though they were unable to say when ) or if ever, this bappau, low - -a store 114 rellow al ,• Bartel , isoar9e.- orneattra re begin'. Pork 4, :ocUtell l L 1. 21,0a14 4 0 4 1,,C0 L ana and We a...N1 A gee' Octola ~ b •••, of .t itO 1 bt i t Yee mi 0. iSli te ' Oa IA?
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