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On November 30th, a few days after news of the capture of SLIDELL and MASON reached Washington, Mr. SEWARD addressed an offi cial letter to Mr. AnAms, our Ambassador to England, which was submitted to Lord RUSSELL by Mr. ADAMS, on the 19th Decem ber. That day, Lord RUSSELL informed Lord LYoliS that, from Mr. SEWARD'S des patch, "the Government of Washington had not authorized the capture of, the two insur gents, Masos and SLIDELL, and that the United States Government stood quite un committed at the time of sending the des patch"—that Mr. SEWARD therein declared cc that the American Government value highly the friendship of Great Britain, and lament that certain causes of difference have arisen, CHEMICALS , DRY AND IN White -Precipitate, Lunar thmetic, Narcotine, Bulph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Sttlph., Ether Sulphuric, Ether Nitric, Sulphate Quinine, Corro. Sublim., Denarcotized Ohlolide of Soda, Wetherill'a ext. Chicha Tartar Emetic, Chloride of Lime. 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The Government would wait for any represent ation the British Government might make be fore coming to any positive decision. He de sires that if Mr. AnA.sts should think it desi rable, this despatch shall be read to me, and also to Lord PALMERSTON." In corroboration of Mr. SEWARD'S sincerity stands out the fact that, some days after this despatch was sent to England, distinctly - de claring that Captain Wrnass had acted on his own impulse, and that the United States Go vernment had not committed itself by- any de cision on his act, the President's Message anpeared, and exhibited equal reticence. In short, Mr. SEWARD had anticipated any formal complaint from England, by himself making a tOneession in' advance, and the British Go vernment must hence have ascertained that Mason and SLILELL would be surrendered, when officially demanded. The Morning Post, which is believed to be not only Lard PALMERsToN'S Picklithpieee but his actual property, has been writing in favor of a war between England and the United States, on account of the Trent affair.. On December 21st the following semi-official arti cle appeared in the Morning Post "In the present state of the public mind the craving for news from America is naturally so great that every word that comes with any authority from the other side of the Atlantic is invested with an undue importance. Thus it happens that, because Mr. Adams has received a despatch from Mr. Sew ard which is of a friendly character to this Country, and discusses, in fair and pleasant terms, the mat ters with which it deals, exaggeration is swift to lay hold of the circumstance and paint up to the largest dimensions. People whispered, yesterday, and then said openly, that the American Government had written to disavow the act of Capt. Wilkes; that Mr. Lincoln was ready to apologise, and that the whole difficuity was settled. We are sorry to have to dissipate these too-easily raised illusions. They are quite ungrounded, for, if we are not misin formed, the despatch an question does not in any way whatever refer to the outrage on our mail steamer. It deals only with some of the current business between the two Governments " When news reached England, on January Stb, that MASON and SLIDELL were to be deli vered up to the British, it also transpired that— long before England had made any demand on the United States in favor of these two trai tors—Mr. SEWARD had actually volunteered a disclaimer of their capture. cc Yes," the Morning Post says, cc some such despatch was written to Mr. ADAMS, who did not communi cate it to the British Government." But Lord RUSSELL'S letter, of December 19, to Lord I Lyons, which gives the very words of Mr. SE WARD'S disclaimer, asserts that Mr. ADAMS did read it to him, and thereby gives the lie direct to Lord Favrasawrort's ownnewspaper. More over, as we have already shown, the Morning Post, of December 21st, two days after Mr. ADAMS had read Mr. SEWARD'S despatch to Lord RUSSELL, strongly affirmed, ccif we are not misinformed, the despatch in question does not in any way whatever refer fo the outrage on our snail hiletittler." Yet, as our readers have seen, this same as outrage " formed the lead ing subject of the despatch ! What could have been the motive of thus leading England to imagine, on the authority of P ALlannwron's own journal, that America was evidently inclined to risk a war with Eng land for the sake of retaining two such cc worthless fellows" (in the Times' language)- as SLIDELL and Mason The London Standard truly says that Mr. SEWARD'S candid despatch of November 30, read to Lord, II.VSSELL by Mr. ADAMS on December 19, ( 4 was not only of general moment, but of individual interest and concern. It tended not alone to the saving of millions to the national treasury, but it led directly to influence every enterprise and every mercantile transaction in the Kingdom. More even than this, it bore information which would have brought comfort to many a deso late heart, and which would have allayed or entirely removed rising ill-will and animosity." It adds: cc There could be no- war after Mr. Szwann's despatch of the 80th of November was written. Lord PALMERSTON knew this. His Cabinet knew it. The people only -were hoodwinked and made tools of." The Morning Post, driven into a cut de sac by these and similar reproaches, turns round and impudently admits that Mr. SEWARD'S despatch was read to Lords Bassani, and PALKERsTON, (a copy is invariably left with the person to whom a despatch is read,") but these used their discretion in keeping its con tents secret. It says We are asked by the Daily News and Morning Star how it was that we denied the communication to the British Government of an American despatch disa vowing the act of Captain WILKES ? To this we reply that the paper in question was not an official despatch; that it was not communicated to the British Government as such, and that it had no real bearing upon the act of Captain Wrtmes." If that despatch did not disavow Captain WILKES' act, language is of no use to express ideas. PALMERSTON and RUSSELL concealed a political communication from the United States which, if made known, would have assured the British public that _there would be no war, and would have saved pro bably half of the $20,000,000 rashly and ea gerly expended in the British preparations for war. L. Why should PALMERSTON and RUSSELL have acted thus unjustifiably The English news papers do .not speak out—but darkly hint at immense sums of money realized, by parties connected with the Ministry, by buying when he prices of stocks were low, about the 19th December, and selling when they rose—these speculators ktiewing that war had been averted by Mr. SEWARD. We repeat, what wp have asserted from the first, that PALMERSTON, fear ing a defeat in the House of Commons, from his avowed enmity to Parliamentary Reform and Vote by Ballot, seized on the pretext for war to regain his popularity, as a vindicator of the honor of the British flag, and kept up this war-delusion, and these costly war-prepa rations, only for the meanlypersonal purpose of keeping himself in office. Of course there will be a Parliamentary inquiry into this Palmer ston-Russell most nefarious act. Academy of the Fine Arts We doubt whether our citizens thoroughly ap preciate the value of the Academy of the Fine Arts, though for fiftysix years it has been acknow hdgCtr a 9 the best art institution in America. If it has not fulfilled all tin; duties of such an institution, the public are chiefly to blame, in denying the sup port its purposes deserve and require. Yet, what it has done is no trifle. Its annual exhibitions in terest intelligent classes of the community in art, end give to our artists excellent opportunity to make their merits known. Of late years the Aca demy has bad the judicious management of such men as Caleb Cope, John Sartain, Wm. Struthers, John T. Lewis, Samuel Welsh, Af. W. Baldwin, and Joseph Harrison; and a now spirit of enter ,prise has greatly increased its usefulness. Art schools, for the study of the antique, the living mo del, and anatomy, have been established, and are free of cost to students. A fine collection of casts (the most complete in the country) was obtained with great difficulty and expense in Europe, and no effort is spared to make the Academy a first-class institution The pictures belonging to the Academy are of great value. Some of the beet works of West, All ston, Stuart, Neagle, Sully, Hamilton, and other American artists, are now upon its walls. Criticism Would find an almost endless task in commenting upon the many noble paintings in its possession. There is now in the Academy ono of the finest full-length portraits painted since Sir Joshua Reynolds laid down his brush. We refer to the picture of George Frederick Cooke as Richard by Thomas Sully—a work of genius that Mr. Sully himself has never surpassed, and that few artists could equal. The originality-of the attitude, the beauty of the composition, and the purity and per fection of the color, deserve the highest praise, and" will bear the strictest analysis- -As a portrait, the testimony of those who reaioiuber Cooke is unneces sary to prove its value, far -in the character of feature and expression we find an individuality that must have been true to the life. Yet it is not merely a portrait; it is a noble Shakspearian illus tration. Mr. Sully has condensed into this won derful face and figure all the cunning, cruelty, and exultation of the traditional Richard, and has caught one of those moments of soliloquy in which the whole spirit of the man is revealed. The Boyden Gallery has no picture which stands so close to Shakspeare, and so fully interprets the text. It has been many years since this picture was painted, yet Mr. Sully still lives, an honor to American art, and an example to American artists. lie paints, daily, with all his former grace and vigor, and his portraits are as true and beautiful now as when Queen Victoria sat beside his easel, or the classic features of Nicholas Biddle were pie tured on his canvass. The spring exhibition of the Academy will open in a few months ; but, in the meanwhile, lovers of art cannot better gratify their tastes than by a care ful examination of this picture and the hundreds of others that fill the spacious galleries. A Case Similar to that of the Trent The London Gazette, of the 17th ult., publishes the official correspondence relative to the taking of Messrs. J. W. Zacherio and T. J. Rogers, American citizens, from a British vessel. The following offi cial letters will explain the whole case : FROM LORD LYONS TO EARL RXISSELT, WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 1861 (Received Jan. 15, 1862.) MY LORD: The Secretary of State of the United States has informed me that, having learnt that Messrs. J. W. Zacherio and T. J. Rogers, Ameri can citizens, were taken from a vessel called the Eugenia Smith., under the British flag, and under circumstances similar to those involved in the case of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and that they are now confined in .Fort' Lafayette, he has caused orders to be given for their discharge, and permis sion for them to return to Norfolk, in Virginia, by -way of Fortress Monroe. I have s jaws. EXTRACT OF A. DESPATCH FROM. LORD LYONS , TO =M! WASHINGTON, Dee. 31, 1861. I (Received Jan. 15, 1862. - I have the honor to enclose herewith to your Lordship a copy of a note from Mr. Seward to the Secretary of the Navy, which has been communi cated-to me to-day by Mr. Seward, referring to the fact of a British schooner, the James Campbell, captured for breach of blockade, having been brought into New York, with the British flag flying under that of the United States ; Mr. Seward con demns this act in the strongest terms ; the act was disavowed with equal promptitude by the naval authorities of the United States, nil tier whose notice it watbroughc. ENCLOSURE IN LOUD LYONS' DESPATCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 1861. Sin : This department has received unofficial in formation that the schooner James Campbell, cap tured by the blockading squadron, was carried into New York with the British flag flying under that of the United States. This Unseemly act must have been occasioned by a misapprehension of his duty by the officer who ordered or allowed it. I will, consequently, thank you to give such orders as may tend to prevent a repetition of the same. I have, &c., WILLIAM H. SEWARD. To Bon. GIDEON WELLES, Seeretary of the Navy. ENCLOSURE IN EXTRACT . FROM LORD LYONS' DE.. SPATCH OP DzeratEmp, 31, 1661 DErAirruurcr OF STATE, WASHINGTON, December 31, BBL Sin : This department has been informally ap prised that Commander Woodhull, of the United States steamer Connecticut, recently exacted as a condition of the release of members of the crew of the British schooner Adeline, captured fora breach of the b.leekolitle, that they Should enter into an en gagement not to be employed in a similar proceed ing in future. It occurs to this department that, as the requirement referred to is not warranted by public law, the commanders of blockading vessels should be instructed not to exact any similar con dition for the release of persons found on board verrelo charged with a breach of the blockade, It may he lawful to detain such persons as witnesses, when their testimony may be indispensable to the administration of justice ; but when captured in a neutral ship they cannot be considered, and ought not to be treated, as prisoners of war. Angus Smith, John Mooney, and John H. McHenry, the alleged British subjects above referred to, are con sequently to be considered as absolved from the Ofigal3oll represented to have been required of them by Commander Woodhull. I have, &e., WILLIAM IL SEWARD. To the Hon. CiinEpic WELnas : What a Southern Woman Says. The Baltimore News Sheet publishes a letter from a Southern wums , n in Nubile, which contains this passage: " We need nothing—except a glimpse of dear familiar faces. We have suffieleist for all the body's wants—food, raiment, and homes, in whose defence our proudest, our bravest, and our best are armed. "We give them up in our country's need—our brothers, husbands, and sons; and if they should fall, even amidst our tears we should not dare to murmur, for ours is a holy . cause and must triumph. We shall never again form part of the Union'--I mean the ' Yankee Union.' We are, as a people, united, until our hearts beat as one in the determination to resist to - the death the boasting invaders. We can never be subjugated. We are willing to endure privation, poverty, sor row—anything but the shame which would cling to our borders forever did we bend our necks to the tyrant's yoke. We teach our little children to pray, even as we do,•for the dawn of the glorious day which shall herald to the world our indepen dence; nor is it, we trust, very far distant. "Miss Evans, authoress of 'Beulah,' presented, at Fort Morgan, a flag to the Beulah Guards. There was considerable speechifying on the occasion; in deed, I do not think I could have done better my self than the gallant Bonner." The New Secretary of War. In a familiar letter to a friend, Judge Kelley al luded to lion. Edwin M. Stanton as follows! it Our new Secretary of War is the right man in thearight place. He is honest, methodical, and energetic—fully aware that we are at war, and de termined to inspire the army with honorable ambi tion, and to conquer an early peace. He will see that promotion rewards'marked exhibitions of skill and courage; and that whoever or whatever stands in the way of the supretuaoy of the Constitution be swept away. I em not mistaken or deceived in WE LEARN, says the Quebec Chronicle, that Mr. Blackwell has, in consequence of continued ill health, sent in his resignation as general MR hailer of the Grand Trunk hallway, and that ho will leave Canada in the spring. It is rumored that Mr. Brydges will succeed hum. A CIIRIOSITY.—George Tarr, of Cherry-tree township, Crawford county, Pa., has a curiosity in the shape of a calf with two heads, joined together in the upper part, but having two distinct under jaws. It baa also three ears; two in the usual part, and another between them, in the centre of the head. The body is perfectly natural. Sous of the Ministerial press in Canada, having made a great hullaballoo about the hopeless weight of debt that was hung like a millstone about the neck of our Government, they are reminded by the Toronto Globe that Canada herself happens to live in an unusually brittle glass-house, inasmuch wish° rejoices in a snug little "national debt" of seventy milligllo of dollars, sad that it is increasing at the rate of five to six millions a year ! As the popula tion of the Provinces is only two and a half million souls, it follows that in order to camel this obligation a tax of nearly thirty dolldre would have to be levied upon every , man, woman, sad child! PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. THE. REBELLION. !Letter from Munfordsville, - Ky. ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO START FROM CAIRO. GEN.' HUNTERS EXPEDITION. NEWS FROM TILE REBEL STATES. REBEL VIEWS OF GEN. MCCLELLAN. THE MORTAR FLEET. &e., See. GENERAL BIJELL'S DEPARTMENT. Interesting Letter from Munfordsville [Correspondence of The Press.] CAMP WOOD, MUNFORDSV/LLE, Ky., Jan. 27 From the picturesque banks of Green river goes up the cry, Long live the Republic ! Excitement and enthusiasm run high. Frequently the neigh boring hills are made to resound with the loud, va ulter+ shvuts of our brave 'Volunteers. We are almost hourly in receipt of news from re liable sources to the effect that the death-throttle has seized upon its victim, Secession, in Kentucky. We have reliable information from Bowling Green, from a refugee just escaped from there, that they are trembling in their strongholds for fear of an early attack. Scouts, just returned last evening, report the advance of General Hindman, with a strong force, which, if so, is probably intended for a feint, to attract attention from some other point, or a blustering process to delay an advance of our foram vntll they are better prepared to meet us, their army at Bowling Green being composed, in a very great degree, of sixty-day recruits, trans ferred recently from Columbus to that point, in ex pectation of an early attack from this division, whose periods of enlistment have about expired ; And, from all accounts, it will be almost an impossi bility to re- enlist them, without resorting to eon soription or drafting. They also report the late Mill Spring victory, at which Zolliooffer and his command were completely routed and demoralized, as a complete Single& victory. Tim refugee aforenamed was completely astounded upon hearing. the true version of the affair. Rumor also reports the resignation of General Buckner of Kentucky notoriety, and several other generals at Bowling Green. The reports however need confirmation. Much has been said of their vandalism, but the half has never been told. Daily our generals are importuned for aid by professed Unionists from the surrounding country, complaining of their vandal acts. The burning of houses and barns, destroy ing cattle, and throwing into streams what wag not needed for their own consumption, burning of fodder that they could not transport in their hasty flight from justice, are a few of the grievances of which they complain. What a fearful retribu tion awaits them, if death should not over take them in battle ! They must eventually be either exiled from the land of their na tivity, and subject to the fearful pangs of remorse or dread among men who are now the subject their vandalism and terror, who can ne ver again extend the cordial hand of friendship to these. We have refugees among us now who have witnessed the burning of their dwellings, the deso lation of their firesides, and the abuse of their fa milies, by former neighbors, who swear by all that is holy that they can never dwell in peace with them i again—that time can never efface the bitter wrongs they have endured. Civil law will have its hands full at the expira tion of the rebellion, and homicides and shooting affrays cannot help but be of frequent occurrence. How terrible the fruits of secession ! How terrible the curse they have brought upon our beloved land ! May God deliver us ! Our lines are occasionally visited with flags of truce, 71*h, however, do not meet with much gra , - pathy ; they are gemerally sent back with a very small supply of consolation. The health of the advance, since it left Camp Nevin, has improved very materially. Our troops have pretty nearly all undergone the process of acclimation, and tke boys begin to look robust..ani hearty, plenty of pure air and exercise agreeing with them. We are expeoting an early advance, when some thing of more interest may occur than this article presents, of which you will be duly notified. Row Zolueoffer Came to his Death The Louisville Journal says: Mrs. Fry, wife of the gallant Colonel S. S. Fry, of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment, received aletter at Danville, on Friday last, from Colonel Fry, writ ten after the battle near Somerset. lie details in the letter the manner in which he killed General Zollicoffer, which varies somewhat from the many statements we have aeon. Colonel Fry was in the act of leading his regiment into a charge upon the Mississippians, when General Zollicoffer, accompa nied by his aid, rode up to him and said : You are not going to fight your friends, are you ? These men [pointing to the Mississippians] are all your friends.' In the 'meantime Zolliooffer's aid fired upon Col. Fry, wounding ,his horse, from which wound the animal died. Col. Fry then turned and fired upon Zollicoffer, with fatal effect. Gen. Zollicoffer evi dently labored under the impression that Col. Fry was a rebel officer. The stories about the old inti macy of the two officers are all untrue. They had never met before, nor did Col. Fry know the rank of the officer upon whom he fired, as the evidences of his rank were covered by a cloak which General Zollicoffer wore in battle." The War in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Feb. party of rebels, under J. C. Morgan, of Lexington, captured five United States army telegraph operators near Campbells ville, and all their implements and wagons. The same party subsequently burned a church at the station. The reports from the army represent that all is quiet. . . The Rebel Defeat at Mill Spring The Louisville Journal, of the 30th ult., says : We have received several letters claiming for this or that regiment particular credit for its share in I the glorious siotoryachisived by Glen. Thomas' corn mend on the 19th inst. We can see no good to be accomplished by the publication of these counter statements, as the information already received shows that every man engaged did his duty nobly, while the official report from the commander-in chief, when sent to headquarters, will give such de tails of gallant demeanor or skilful co-operation with the general orders as may be neeessary to in sure the most ample justice to all who deserve indi vidual recognition. All accounts agree that the fight was commenced by the advance of Zollicoffer on the pickets of Col. Wolford's cavalry, who were dismounted, as the ground was unfavorable to the movements of the horses. The Tenth Indiana, part I of which was also picketed, advanced promptly to their support, end for nearly an hour bore the brunt of the battle, and expended their last round of ammunition, when the Fourth Kentucky, Ninth Ohio, end Second Minnesota were en abled to come up with them, commence the general engagement, and drive the rebels to their entrenchments. We have already stated what laborious exertions were made by some of the regiments under Gen. Sehisepff, near Somerset, to reach the scene of..nction, but. they were prevented by the swollen streams and the bad condition of the roads from getting up until near nightfall, when the Tenth Kentucky, Col. Harlan, and the First and Second Tennessee, reached the ground, but they were not allowed the privilege of partici pating in the battle, and by the next day dawn the rebels were in full retreat as a disorganized rabble. We glean a. few item 'of interest from our let ters. Up to - Saturday last our troops had buried two hundred and seventy-eight dead rebels on this side of the river. Upon their retreat they were followed, as far as heard from, twenty-five miles over the Tennessee line, and every day they left numbers of those who had died of their wounds on the route. They were found by the wayside through Wayne county, sometimes three to six in a heap, covered with blankets, and the entire road was strewn with guns, wagons, and equipments abandoned. Nearly seven hundred prisoners bad been secured, and the number will be largely in creased. It is supposed that three or four hundred Confederates were drowned in the precipitate rush to the steamboat sad coal barges on Sunday night. Another most cheering incident resulting from this crushing defeat is the receipt of several com munications from our old subscribers, dated, joy ously and exultingly, "At Home Again," "Home Reached, Thank God !" Zollicoffer's Embargo Broken," "At the Old Fireside," and, most touch ing of all, "With my Wife and Children." Zorn eoffer'e defeat had opened the mails through Rua. sell, Pulaski, 'Wayne, and Clinton counties, and the orders are coming from all quarters, "Send wiethe Journal again." The spirit of all these letters shows that the proclamation issued two weeks before the battle, from Mill Springs, by the rebel " ingrate son of glorious sire , ' General George B Crittenden, has bad no effect on the loyal masses in the valley of the Cumberland. They are as staunch as the mountains that surround their beautiful hornets, and as free as the eagles that make their nests among the °sags. Hon. Charles Schaffer, State Treasurer of Min moots, who wes in the late battle of Mill Springs, bas arrived at Chicago en route for Minnesota. He furnishes the Chicago Times with an account of some of the scenes and incidents of the aliktr, from :which we copy the following extracts : . The battle took place in a cleared field, contain ing one hundred and twenty acres. At one time, and just before the rebels broke and run, the com batants were so near each other that the fight be came almost a hand-to-band conflict. The Missis-, sippi and Minnesota regiments were facing each other at one time, but a few feet apart, and with a rail fence between their racks. The former re giment did, by all odds, the best fighting of any of the rebels engaged. The Tennessee Weep had no heart for the fight. The Mississippi troops were armed, in addition to their rifles, with heavy bowie knives fifteen inches long. So close were the com indents that several of the Minnesota men were 'ounded by these knives. It was while so engird that the rebel commander at this point, Baillie Pey ton, Jr., was killed. lie wits a young, spleridid looking, and brave man, and when shot was in ad vance of his command, with a sword iu one hand and revolver in the other, urging, encouraging, and cheering his men onward. A rifleman in Company D, of the Minnesota regiment, sent a Minie ball orasbing through his brain. The g allant rebel fell dead, and the "Mississippi Tigers " joined in the retreat which their comrades had already com menced. The only bayonet charge made during the en gagement was by Col. McCook's regiment of "Bully Dutchmen," as they are milled. It decided the day.. Mr. Schaffer carries home with him to Minnesota numerous trophies of the battle, which are to be deposited in the State Capitol. Among them are two rebel flags (one the regimental banner of the "Mississippi Tigers"), the sword of Col. Baillie Peyton, several of the bowie knives referred to, letters and orders found in the rebel camp, and many other articles. Tho sword of Col. Peyton is a very *Mit weapon, of the regulation pattern, and was presented to the colonel by the citizens of New Orleans. It bears this inscription : Presented to Gel. Baillie Peyton, Fifth Regiment Louisiana TolanteerN, National Guard, By his friends 04 New Orleans. Bic country required his ncrriCtM. His deeds will add Meer to her name." This sword was captured by Lieutenant Tuttle, Company D, of the Second Minnesota Regiment. One incident related, and of which our inform ant was an eye-witness, indicates that there is a Union feeling lying dormant in many. of the Con federate officers and soldiers. After the battle, when the Minnesota regiment returned to its quarters at Camp Hamilton, they marched past the colonel's marquee with banners flying and their plehdid hand playing "Hail Columbia." Stand ing front of the tent were Dr. Cliff, Zollicoffer's Brigade Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Carter, of the Twentieth Tennessee (rebel) regiment, and several of onr own officers. " Hail Columbia" affected both the rebel officers to tears—they wept like children, and Carter remarked that, 4, Although compelled to fight against the old flag, he loved it still. ' GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. Another Expedition Preparing to Start from Cairo CAIRO, Feb. I.—Anotber expedition, which will, perhaps„be larger than the recent reconnoissance, is evidently in the course of preparation from this point, but its real strength and destination At 4 kept secret. The troops at Fort Holt have been removed in eonsequnnee of the high water at that point. The Expedition that was Sent after Jeff Thompson The Chime Tribune of Friday has the fallowing despatch. from its Cairo correspondent CAIRO, Jan. 29, 1862. Your correspondent arrived this morning from the forces which lately went out in pursuit of Thompson. The army, consisting of Colonels Wal lace's, Oglesby's and Purcell's regiments of infan try', one battalion of the Seventh, and two compa nies of the First, cavalry, are now returning. Part of the cavalry reached Bird's Point last night, and most of the infantry came in this morning on the cars from Charleston. The force penetrated to within a mile of Sykeston, without meeting any body of the enemy. A half dozen or more of Thompson'e men were captured at different points, having in their pockets considerable quantities or Price's Missouri scrip, in payment for their ser vices, and also discharges from Thompson's army. The force at New Madrid is entirely , disbanded and scattered over the csuntry, according to the report of all the people seen, and the returning soldiers who were arrested. About aoo Arkansas men, who formed park of Thompson's mob, have dieided into squads and are engaged in plundering both friend and foe, making whole sections subject to a reign of terror. Even prominent Secessionists are leaving and preparing to leave, everything they owned being taken or destroyed. Prisoners are bung, without trial, by tbese Arkansas desperadoes, and wunzen have lately become their prey also. We passed spots where the bones of half a dozen or more human bodies were lying exposed beneath trees, said to be those of Union men mnrdered•by the prowling gangs. But few farmers, whatever their politics, have .a horse or mule left upon their farms. Land holders are compelled by threats to bring a certain quantity of grain to mill, where it is ground and sent to the rebel army. The whole country is a perfect waste, and at least three•fourths of the inhabitants were reduced to a state of desperation. Thompson's men were enlisted, it appears, for six months. Their time has expired, and they will not again enter the service. Manning of the Gunboat Fleet. ST. Louis, February I.—The intelligence from the Southwest is meagre. Several dgye may elapse before the occurrence of anything import.. ant. Commodore' Foot being in want of men for gun boat service, General lialleck has issued a general order, in which the commanders serving is this de. partment are ordered to take immediate measures to ascertain what men in their respective commands desire to be transferred to the gunboat service. Care will be taken in this selection, preference being given to the men best fitted for such service. The men who may be selected are ordered to report to Lieutenant Q. M. Brichett, United States Army, at Bt. Louis, by whom they will be enrolled and shipped. 'A list of the names of the men furnished from each command, stating in each case the com pany and regiment, is to be sent to headquarters, so that orders directing such transfers may be issued without delay. GENERAL HUNTER'S EXPEDITION. Its Prospective Operations [Correspondence of the New York Times.) LEAYENWO/tTII CITY, Kansas, I Saturday, Jan. 26, 1862. The action of "the wise men of the East" is very slow ; but there are indications that Kansas is to be the basis, if not the scene, of stirring ope rations before many months. Two Northwestern regiments, the Twelfth and Thirteenth Wisconsin— about one thousand strong eaoh—have already ar rived ; and we hear, through Eastern papers, that six or eight more regiments, including some cavalry from Ohio, are on their way to join lien. Hunter's command. Let us only have enough troops to make a decent beginning with, and there will be to Cahn for complaints of inactivity in this depart• went. With the co-operation of Gov. Robinson, Gen. Hunter is as rapidly as possible reorganizing and consolidating the disjecta membra of the Kansas brigade and Kansas regiments. These were indeed in a pitiable state—some of the ree ' iments having a strength of only three hundred men, broken up into the fell number of companies, and with a cap tain and two lieutenants each: In some oases, as I have beard, the pay of the field, staff, and line officers, in these irregular commands, reached an aggregate in excess of the whole pay due to the privates. By "General Orders No. 9," how ever, from Department Headquarters, this evil is abated; and the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Kansas Regiments are being reorganized and re. mustered in companies of the requisite strength— the surplus or supernumerary officers being mus tered out. The Second Kansas, also, has been con solidated with the First New Mexico—Gov. Robin son consenting—the regiment hereafter to be known as the Second Kansas. with Col. Graham for its commander, vice Col. Mitchell, who was both mus tered out and bras resigned. The famous old warrior 0-path-ly-o-ho-10, other wise known by the less romantic name of " liouge," is staying in town, with a staff of smaller Creek and Seminole chiefs around him. The old man who was one of Andrew Jackson's friends and allies in early days, is now over ninety years of age, and ex tremely fat. But his spirit holds up undauntedly under the joint burdens of time and misfortitica— his visit here being for the purpose of obtaining blankets and equipments for his warriors, and sub sistence for their families while the "braves" march down to renew the war with the rebels of Arkansee and Texas, assisted by the rebel Indians. The old Chief's account of his negotiations with Albert Pike, of Arkansas, is very shrewd and full of humor ; and as he relates the inducements held out to his tribe to renounce their allegiance to the Union, his whole vast bulk literally shakes and rolls itself about in the struggle of suppressing in ternal laughter. Most of the young Indians who accompany him wear the war paint and carry their tomahawks continually, having sworn never to know peace or lay down arms until the defeat of 9t7ders ELUL and the colthblooded massacre of their squaws and papooses, which followed that rebel victory, have been bitterly and bloodily avenged. It is altogether likely that General Hunter will take the field in 'person at the head of all his avail able forces, be they many or few, within the next fortnight or three weeks. He is now working in cessantly in the elaboration of all the necessary de tails, and is denied to all visitors save those who can prove military business of the utmost urgency and importance. With less than five thousand or ganized troops in his entire department, and these scattered over hundreds of leagues of land, the task before him is not merely to lead an army suc cessfully ; he must first create it, and organize out of the scantiest materials an abundant basil of suppliee. The Chicago Tribun4, of Friday, has the follow. ing editorial in relation to the expedition in its columns : Major General Hunter, in command of the De partment of Kansas, announces that the Cherokee Expedition, heretofore pepularly known as " rid Lane's," is General Lane's no longer, but his own ; as he himself will take command in person. Ills special order to this effect, given in our tele , graphic despatches, lays down the details of brigade organization and equipment. He will divide the column into six brigades, one of which will be com manded by Lane, another (probably) by Tennison ; and the other four by the senior colonels, unless (as has been requested) the Government gives him brie withers enough to fill the bill. This action of General Hunter has not been unexpected, either by Gene ral Lane or his friends, and it argues nothing of a change of policy, under whichever the column shall move forward. The relations of Hunter and Lane are most friendly, and the Government (as also Gen. Lane himself) expressly deferred to the former, as an officer of higher rank, to decide for himself whether he would take the chief command. The troops are rallying at Leavenworth, and the column, which more than any other carries along with it the here; and prayers of' the country, will move forward with as little delay as possible. Gen. Lane had arrived at Leavenworth before the issue of this order, and it was probably made as the re. sult of a conference between the two gentlemen. In this connection, it is proper to say that Gene ral Lane, when in this city, was asked as to the probability of General Hunter's taking eernmaud, and replied that there was work enough for both, indeed tee muoh for one; and that he should pre fer to be relieved of the thousand and one details that must devolve upon the senior offioer, in order to devote himself more wholly to his own ooze- Mend. no said those was the moot porfoot aoooa between General Hunter and himself; and that, whether General Bunter took the field or remained at Leavenworth, he had no doubt they would work harmoniously together for the success of the expe dition. The fact, therefore, that General Hunter is to take command, seconded by such officers as Lane, Jennison, and four others like thetn t is en couraging of the result. FROM THE REBEL STATES. Froth Fortress Monroe FORTREes MONROE, Jan. m.—Yesterday was a bright and beautiful day at Old Point—a fine spring atmosphere—to-day it is cloudy and chilly, with an occasional gleam of sunshine. Return of Epineuil's Zouttres. The principal incident to-day was the return of the steamer Ericsson from Hatteras Inlet, with Col. Epineuirs Zoueves. The Ericsson wasunablo to am the bar, and the weather 156isg too rough to land the troops, Gen. Burnside ordered her to re turn to Fortress Monroe It will be remembered that the Ericsson left Fortress Monroe four or five days after the de parture of the expedition. She lay oft' fiatteral until Sunday last, when alto was ordered to return, and consequently brings no later news from the ex pedition. She has been delayed by rough weather which compelled her to run out to sea. The troops aro in good health, and much disappointed at their return. Most of the vessels had started from the mouth of the inlet towards Roanoke Island, which it was said to be their intention to attack first. Statement of Mr. Taylor. An old gentleman, about sixty years of age, named Taylor, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has been for over six months confined in one of the tubacoo warehouses in Richmond, arrived by the flag of truce to-day, having been released in exchange for a rebel officer. He states that he was visiting the house of a friend in Fairfax county, two days after the battle of Bull Run, for the transaction of some private business, where he was detained by a sprained ancle. .lie was not connected with the army was not at the battle of Manassas, and con siders himself to have been very harshly and bru tally treated, both at the time of his arrest and since, considering his age and physical infirmities. Mr. Taylor left Richmond at five o'clock this morning, and was accompanied by a detective, who was instructed not to allow him to carry any papers with him, or hold any communication with others on his way to Norfolk. As papers have been regularly received by flags of truce all this week, he pre aumed that there must have been something in them to-day which it was not desirable should cross the The panic in reference to General Burnside's Ex pedition was uncertainty of Y 9 rYgroat at /indent and Richmond, the its destination and magnitude of its proportions causing general consternation. The reports from Hatteras represented it to be much larger than it really is. It was understood at Richmond that General Beauregard would arrive there on Saturday, on his way to Kentucky, and that fifteen thousand of the troops at Manassas would accompany him. The inauguration of Jeff Davis as permanent President is to take place at Richmond on the twenty-Second of February, and it is said that he will immediately thereafter take the field in per son as commander of the forces at Manassas. With regard to the steamer .Merrimac, with her encasement of railroad iron, Mr. Taylor is of opinion that the report of the contrabitind as to her efficiency is not reliable. As he came out of Norfolk he saw a vessel in the stream, near the navy yard, which be presumed was the Merrimac, but he says she is regarded in Richmond as a failure. Her load of iron is said to be too heavy, and that she would not , answer her helm during a recent trial trip. As she is intended to be used principally as a " ram," this is regarded as a fatal defect. Her draught of water is also so great that she cannot pass the obstructions that have been placed in the Elizabeth river to pre vent the ingress of Federal vessels. Rebel Views of McClellan. Mr. Taylor says that whatever may be the esti mate of the policy of <lettered McClellan in the loyal States, he is regarded by the rebels as pur suing a policy moat destructive to all their hopes and expectations. His " masterly inactivity" for so long a time, which he has used to strengthen, or ganize, and equip his armies, they regard as a stroke of policy that indicates fearful results to themselves. They admit that time has weakened them while it has strengthened him, and they look with fearful forebodings to the fact that the term of enlistment of fully one-half the troops they have in the field expires before tie 25th of February. They regard his resistance of the demand for a "forward movement," and the silent energy he has evinced, as marks of generalship of the highest order, and of a determination to work out his plan of operations despite the complaints of those who do not comprehend his purposes. The Rebels Dispirited. Since the defeat and death of Zollicoliel, in Ken tucky, the entrance of Burnside into Pamlico Sound, and the news of the threatened position of Savan nah, Mr. Taylor assures me that there has been a narked and undisguised feeling of despondency among the rebels at Richmond, n o greatest fear rests on the probability that railroad communica tion will be interrupted by __General Burnside in North Carolina, and General Buell in Tennessee, which they admit will render them helpless, and break the back of the rebellion. To within the past ten days there has been an abundance of excellent beef furnished to the prison ers at Richmond, and good broad, but latterly the beef has been of the most inferior quality and very scarce. The reason given for this is that the roads were too bad to drive cattle, and the railroads are occupied with the transportation of troops. Mr. Taylor was assured that their troops were faring badly, and that great dissatisfaction prevailed on this account. Sufferings of Loyal Vittinitsike. Whilst the Federal prisoners have been badly ac commodated, and have undoubtedly suffered very much, Mr. Taylor assures me that their sufferings heve been nothing to compare to those one hundred and sixty loyal Virginians who are still confined at Richmond. They have been thrown into jail with out a bearing, and compelled to prove their inno cence of the charges against thorn. The charge of disloyalty against them has shut them out from all aid from their friends, as any evidence of sympathy with them brings suspicion on those who may evince it. One old man, nearly seventy years of age, both blind and deaf, is said to be among them. Mr. Taylor, in describing his feelings when pass ing again under the protection of the flag of his country, after six months' imprisonment, was most affecting. With tears rolling down his cheeks, he spoke of his sensation as that of passing from the infernal regions to the joy and gladness of the abode of the blessed. Mr. Taylor, like all the prisoners from Richmond, speaks in the highest terms of the kindness of Gen. Winder and Gen. Huger, and also of some other Southern officers, who protected him from the bru tality of others. Tho okpedition of General Jackson to Romney is said to have been without the sanction of his supe rior officers, and has resulted in peat suffering and loss of life to his command. They were caught in the mountains in a heavy snow storm, many were frozen to death, others frost-bitten, and all are re ported to be in a deplorable condition. A greater portion of his force had returned to Winchester broken down with the exposure, fatigue, and hard ships they had been called upon to endure. The withdrawal of the Federal forces from Romney on Jackson's approach is regarded, in military circles at Richmond, as having been another evidence of General McClellan's military superiority. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Affairs in Washington. A committee of Representatives called on the Secretary .f War yesterday, in behalf ofa large num ber of the House, to urge upon that officer the pro priety of adding Hon. Alfred Ely to the Committee of Two Hen: Hamilton Fish and Bishop Ames, of Ohio—recently charged with the duty of going South to promote the comfort of the Union soldiers now prisoners of war there. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, their spokesman, urged the propriety of the proposed addition to the com mission, but the Secretary satisfied him, and those with him, of the impropriety of including upon the commission any gentleman who forms a portion of either branch of the Government, the mission being wholly one of religion and philanthropy. He freely offered to include Mr. Ely, if that gen tleman would divest himaelf of his publio character, as a member of the cePgreel of the United States, recognizing as he did that his late experience in the Richmond prisons would make him of valuable as sistance in the work of benevolence. The States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are, by an order issued yesterday, added to the limits Of - the army of the Potomao. The Seeretely of War directs that the officers and soldiers of the United States who are, or may be, prisoners of war, shall, during their imprisonment, be considered entitled to receive the same pay as if they were doing active duty. Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the lecturer at the Smithsonian course last evening. Bhp discourse was a Meat powerful argument in favor of eman cipation. It is reported that facts have transpired going to show that the transports of the Burnside Expedi tion were nearly all of heavier draught than their owners represented. Hence came the difficulty at Hatteras bar. The Ways and Means Committee of the House are now more confident of their ability to put through the "legal tender" clause of the bill for the issue of $150,000,000 of treasury notes. The Potter report has made a stir among a Glass Of Government officials here and their friends. In their rage some of these gentlemen make a groat ado, and indulge in threats against the committee, and especially against the clerk, who is charged by them with divulging the report prematurely. A story has been set afloat in the newspapers that the clerk of the committee is to be brought before the bar of the House for the alleged offence. The story is entirely false from beginning to end. The committee and its chairman have made no com plaint, and, until they do, the House will not con cern itself with the matter. This hubbub is made by two classes of persons here—the representatives or agents of unenterprising newspapers, and dis loyal clerks, reported against, with their friends. Private advises, received here from the agents of the Government in England, state that the rebel commissioners,and other friends of the Jeff Davie Government in Europe, are very muoh discouraged with the result of the Trent affair, and thatthey are spending money very freely to create a public sentiment in England favorable to a speedy reeog- Win of the 11910404 ?patina Catedersoy. Thu TWO CENTS. a considerable portion of the noise made in certain quarters about our "stone blockade," and "ineffi cient blockade," is manufactured by rebel agents. The Mortar Fleet. NEW Ironic, Fob. I.—Tbe greatest activity pre vails at thetreoklyn navy yard in getting Captain Porter's mortar fleet ready for sea. The sehooners Arletta and Sarah Buren were put into commis sion yesterday, and, together with the schooners Carlton, Henry James, and Dam Smith, will sail as soon as they receive their powder. Four teen mortar vessels have now been put into com mission, and six remain in the hands of the work men at the yard, but will be turned over to their officers in the course of a week. The preparations on board the sloop- of-war Rich mond, for the accommodation of eeneral Scott and two aids-de-camp, are progressing rapidly. The msfilie guard of the Richmond has been reinforced by a detachment of fourteen privates from the Flushing-avenue Barracks. Gen. Lander. There is evidence that Gen. Lander, commanding at Cumberland, and in that vicinity, means to have a fight. The mud, which prevents hint from making a forward movement, must be very deep and tedious, and the orders from headquarters that restrain him must bo explicit and peremptory. One of bia_whrlike-looking directions j'a, that the troops must keep three days' cooked rations on hand.-Ccncinnati Comttterctal. The Nashville and Tuscarora. Thurlow Weed writes from LOndon to the Albany Journal, under date of January 11th, as follows: Mr Adams received a despatch late last evening, from Earl Russell, stating that as the United States ship Tuscarora, bad entered Southampton with the evident intention of engaging the Confederate steamer Nashville, an order from the Admiralty Office would be sent immediately to the naval offi cer in charge at Southampton to detain the United States vessel in port twenty-four hours after, the departure of the Confederate steamer. I came down from London this morning to confer with Capt. Britton, our consul, and Capt. Craven, of the Tuscarora. This new r , h Elio to Matters will nacos serily change Capt. Craven's switch. Instead of waiting for the Nashville. Capt. C. will leave first, governing his course, outside, by the boat observa tions and calculations he is enabled to make. It seems that something adverse turns up against us at almost-every turning. Neutrality questiong Ariao constantly and are pretty sure to tell against us. Capt. Britton, the consul, gave me a copy of an authenticated account, for supplies furnished the Nashville, which shows everything provided, with its cut, making in all, an aggregate of £666 6s 81d. I greatly fear that Capt. Craven, entangled in this neutrality net, may lose the opportumty which be sa M 1.461 WOW, of punishing this pirate. it 4' * So far as Capt. Britton observed the captain of the James Adger, the injurious reports, affecting his eharaoter for sobriety, are untrue. The Sumpter. A private letter, received in this city, dated Cadiz, January 7, states that the commander of the pirate 'Sumpter had applied to the authorities for permission to go . Into dock for repairs, but it ap pears by the foreign despatoh in another column that the request was not only refused, but that the pirate was ordered out of the port, and had gone to Gibraltar. It is said that she is leaky. She was forty-two days on the passage from Martinique to Cadiz.--Nocton Journal. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. ti - Ls AND PRINCE ALBERT has willed the whole of his pro perty—a very considerable rum—te the Queen, for the ultimate benefit of their younger children. His care of the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall will result in the Prince of Wales having nearly half a million in hand when he oomes of age next Novem ber, together with the annual income, in the best possible order. It is also stated, on good authority, that the late prince bequeaths Balmoral, which was his own property, to Queen Vietorla. THE Prince of Wales remains at Osborne with the Queen until after the arrival of his brother, Prince Alfred, who is expected in England in the course of the present month. Shortly after his arrival, the Prince of Wales will carry out the plan laid down for him in completion of his education, by the Queen and - his father, of making a tour in the Holy Land, and the other historical localities of the East. It bad been intended that he should set out upon this expedition towards the end of the last yeas, and, as the journeys in the East can only be performed during the cooler months of the year, the Queen has decided that the wishes and arrange ments of the Prince Consort should shortly be car ried into execution. The Prince will necessarily travel in the most private manner. THREE of thg iron-coaled chips now building are to have engines of 1,350 horse power. Tor arguments in the suit promoted by the Bishop of Salisbury against Dr. Rowland Williams, one of the writers of "Essays and Reviews," were conclude4in the Court of Arches, on the th. Dr. Lusbington is not expected to deliver judgment until Trinity Tenn. Ona of the marine insurance companies is said to have netted about 460 : 000 by taking war risks during the late short period of excitement arising out of the case of the Trent. ALTHOUGH the State of Virginia in the midst of her struggles as a member of the Southern Con federacy has effeoted the payment of her diyjdcpds duo in London on the let inst , the State of Ten nessee, which is still claimed as true to the Federal cause, has not been equally successful. Her divi dends fell due here on the 6th inst., and the answer returned by Messrs. Prescott was, ' , No ad vice to pay." TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION.—MT. Vincent Scully has published in the Cork papers a letter on this subject. He thinks that now is the time for the people of Cork to renew their intermittent ef forts towards asserting its pre-eminent position as a general entrepot for oceanic commerce and commu nieation, especially between Europe and America. He affirms that daily postal and passenger inter course is now essential to the interests of both he mispheres. There are no fewer than six different companies making regular transatlantic voyages on four days in the week, with a fleet of thirty.one steamers, starting from Liverpool, Southampton, Cowes, Havre, and hamburg. Nine sail every fortnight, giving four and a half for each week ; a little more would give six in the week—a packet daily, excepting Sunday. Mr. V. Scully thinks if there were a regular postal service established from Cork to America, allowing a fixed charge for letters, papers, etc., each vessel, no matter what port she started from, would call at Queenstown for the mail bags. IN the new museum in Kew Gardens there is a specimen of cotton, 600 hanks weighing only a pound (spun so fine) ; they measure more than 500,000 yards, or 250 miles in length. Mullins are made, in India, of so fine and delicate a texture as to be termed " woven air." MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The Rev. T. Peachy has given the large sum of £50,000 to Archdeacon Law for the building of a college for education in the neighborhood of London. TBE Bishop of Cork, Dr. Fitzgerald, has been translated to the see of HiLlaloe, and Archdeacon Gregg has been appointed to the BislioPTio of Cork. He was a distinguished saboiar of Trinity College, and he was first a curate at Portarlington, then the incumbent of a small living in the county of Dub lin, next assistant minister of the Bethesda Chapel, which was burnt in 1839. Since that time he has been minister of Trinity Church. About a year ago the University freely conferred upon him its highest honor, the dtgree of Doctor of Divinity. Re is the only bishop since Bedell capable of prime* , ing to the people in Irish, which he speaks with great facility. Ho has taken no part in politics, but his political sympathies are understood to be conservative. The Government deserve the more credit for promoting him, when several of its active supporters might fairly claim the mitre. ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS.—We learn from the 11919 edition of the Roman Catholic Directory that there are 22 Catholic Peers, 9 being Peers of England and 4 Peers of the United Kingdom ; 13 Catholic Peers sit in the House of Lords. There are 43 Catholio Baronets, 23 being English, 3 Scotch, and 17 Trish. Of the members of Parliament, 31 are Catholics. In Great Britain there are 1,388 Catholic bishops and priests, 1,019 churches, cha pels, and stations, 50 communities of men, NZ con vents, and 12 colleges. The increase in the three last years is, of bishops and priests, 166; of churches, chapels, and stations, 93; of communi ties of men, 16; of convents, 52; of colleges, 1; showing an increase of 1.3 i per cent. on the num bers of the bishops and clergy, an increase of 10 per cent. on the number of churches and. chapels ; an increase of 47 per cent. on the number of oak- Inunitice of +en an increase of 47 per cent. on the number of convents ; and an increase of 9 per cent. on the number of colleges. :FRANCE. IT is announced that the Emperor is resolved to' set an example of strict economy to his Ministers— serne of whom, if we believe common report, want it—by making several redact/one in his hOusehold, Among other establishments involving a handsome, but not superfluous outlay, which he has dispensed with, is one at Versailles, for rearing and training saddle and carriage horses for his Majesty's use. This, it is said, has been suppressed, and a saving of 100,000 francs effected. Tam Emperor, having taken into consideration the wish of the Masonic Order in France to main. tain a central representation, has appointed Mar shal Magnan as Grand Master of all the Masonic Lodges in France for three years. NAPOLEON'S MANSION AT FLIIA.—Wo read in a letter from Paris : The Emperor has purchased the mansion on the Isle of Elba, from the husband of theTrineees Matbilde, for the sum of 1,500,0001., and bestowed upor, it. the title of LE Mnabe Napo leon." When M. Demidoff purchased this build ing from his father-in-law ' the late Prince Jerome, he set about with much energy to give to it the aspect which it bore during the tenant:ly of the first Napoleon, and even to render it more imposing than it had ever been. On the walls were dis covered some old and precious paintings, each as are to be seen in the palaces of Florence, Rome, or Venice, painted al fresco. When the edifice was thoroughly restored, the nephew-in-law of the "Emperor of Elba" dispersed agents throughout Europe to diligently seek and send to him relics of that peroonage, which were classified and pre served carefully at San Martino. Arms, including pistols, sabres, and daggers; books, furniture, jewelry, and autographs, were all arranged CO as to represent what Prince Deuddoff called " a set of relics illustrating the development and the great episodes of the life of a hero who had one isle for a cradle, another for a place of exile, and a third for a tomb." FURTHER great improvement/ in Paris are in progress of execution. The vast plain which ex tends from the fortifications, at the gate of Reuilly to the Wood of Vincennes, has been purchased for the city of Paris. The intention of the Municipal Conned is to plant it, and to annex it to the Wood of Vincennes, from whieb It Ails separated by a wall which has been levelled. The few houses which existed in the plain have been removed. A grand avenue, a/ready far advanced, leads from the Wood of Vincennes, and is to be continued into Paris as far as the Bastille, between the Rue da Quota and the Yilleeitnell Railway % Alittiber THE WAR PRESS. Tim WAII. Yule will be sent to oubecrlbory by will hoer annntnht Mennen) at *COW aro° Outgo' 8.00 u u GAO Ton " 19.00 Larger Cube will be charged at the same rate, thee 110 eerie' will omit 80 goyim will Oast goo; 109 &Wu IWO. Nor a Club of Twenty-one or ever, we will send OS Tatra Om to the getter-no of the Olub. IllirPostmemten are requested to set is Agents I TED WAR P2/188. Advertleemente Inserted at the mental rates. 01.11 UAee conatituta a minas, ave.')ue, which is in progress, will lead to Charon ton, passing the park of Bercy. The plain of Bt. Maud& is likewise completely transformed. It is converte6, l into an English park, with a river and lakes, shady walks, and seats for visitors. Before two years, the Wood of Vincennes, extended to the gates of Paris, will hAVe na erase to envy the Wood of Boulogne. • THE Batman EMBASSY' A 7 PAtiza.—A correspond ent of the Times says: The English nation has at the present moment in Parise magnificent hotel which has been superbly decorated and furnished at the public expense, in order that when their am bassador receives he may do so in a manner worthy I of those whom ho represents. ills salary Le 110,000 a year, and he has besides £l,OOO a year for warm ing and lighting the embassy, and other considera ble allowances for plate, servants, co. Unluckily for us, however, it would appear that Lord Cowley is a nobleman of a domestic turn of mind, averse to taking any personal part in the pomps and vani ties of Parisian society, and dnirellag bib Mauro time and his official income exclusively to his amia ble family circle Being well and widely con nected among the British aristocrieiy, he is in a position to obtain every spring in England those social relaxations which his wife and daughters re quire on extremely inexpensive terms ; while in Paris, or, to speak Were correctly, at Chantilly, where his lordship mostly resides, he lends the life of a recluse, seeing scarcely anybody but his own connections, and amusing himself with the magnifi cent Masses of the Orleans estate, which he rents frem Messrs. Coutts A Co., to whom Chantilly now belongs. flowerer congexial such a mode of life as this may In to a nobleman of Lord Cowley's dig. position, it is seriously inconvenient to the English society in Paris, who are thereby placed in a much worse position than if they had no ambassador at all ; the English embassy, as it is. being the jest of the other legations; and the English themselves having access to no machinery through whose friendly assistance they can participate in the no tice and attentions which the Emperor and his off:l -obo; are avowedly onkleas to slaiw to not' English visitors as are in a position to expect them. GERMANY IT IS STATED that the health of the King of Prussia is not satisfactory, and that he is suffering from the attack made upon him at Baden. IT IS RUMORED that King .1.9414 of Portugal basso. Belted the hand of the daughter of Prince Hohen zollern. IT IS DEFINITE n that the Grand Duke of Baden has determined to abolish the gaming tables in his do minions, and that a bill on the subject will be pre. suited at the next session of the Paden Parliament. IN a wealthy 1141411 y of Vienna the husband made his wife anew year's gift of a dozen pairs of gloves. Indignant, at such stinginess, the lady, as soon as her husband's hack was turned, flung the gloves into the fire. Explanations ensued at table, and what was the irascible lady's astonishment on learning that each pair of gloves was wrapped up in a bank note for 100 florins, ITALY, Trim Turin papers publish a speech of tho Prince Royal on the occasion of the inauguration of a local ezeiety. Re said, "Italy needs to bo stare that on the day of the struggle she will find a soldier is every citizen." THE amount realized by the subscriptions of Peter's pence is 3,809,747 Rgtni CrQlYna, Nadal objects of great value. THE Spanish Government has given orders that tbe Sumpter shall be watched in order to prevent her taking arms and ammunition on board. /NM IP indebted to European enterprise and capital for her tea cultivation, which is rapidly in creasing. The produce of the ASSBM Company's gardens alone is now about 41,000,000 sterling, and the wastes of Cachet., which five years ago scarcely yielded to Government a revenue of 50,000 rupees, now yield upward of 3/ lace per annum. PROPERTY to a considerable atecuirt has been dug up at. Delhi under ono of the apartments of the ex-King CIIINA PEKIN, Nov. 11.—A coup a etat has taken place here, resulting in the overthrow of the Cabinet and the imprisontuent of the Ministers composing it. A new regency has been established under the two empresses. Prince Kung has been appointed president of the , new Ministry of which Kweliang and Hwaliang are members. The state of affairs at Pekin is encouraging. [From the Liverpool Daily Post.] Tax SVPPRESIED DESPA2OII.—The Trent affair is prevented dying out by the controversies in the London papers touching the conduct of oar Govern ment in reference to a pacific communication made on the 21st of December by Mr. Adams to Earl Russell. That communication was certainly intend ed to be conciliatory, and, if possible, to avert from the Federalists the anger of Great Britain. - That was the intention. Earl Russell may have considered it in another light, and therefore, ma king assurance double sure, took no note of it, but continued the despatch of troops and ships to the American waters. There would be nothing unna tural in supposing that Lord Russell deemed war In evitable; but the Americans having rendered war impossible, the Government organs in this country endeavored to suppress Mr. Adams' communism tion. One denied that it over existed; another maintained that it contained nothing of a concilia tory character. I INltlluts, anticipating interraga. tions when Parliament meets, published Mr. Seward's letter,Eorl Russell ' s letter, and Mr. Seward's prote st. Common people having now road these documents, will be disposed to think that sufficient attention had not been paid to Mr. Adams' communication. The conservative journals have, of course, taken this view of the date, and possibly the conuorvative party, when Parlia ment meets, may follow their example. " The more we consider the suppression," says the Standard, " as it may be justly called, of Mr. Seward's despatch of the 30th November by oar Government, the more flagrant daerthe outrage on the public appear. Here was a people smarting under an insult offered to its flag by u marauding commodore, and eager, above all things, to knoit whether the American Cabinet sanctioned or authorized the piratical not. The Government of Waehington take the earliest opportunity to com municate; to their minister in London the pacific intelligence that the seizure of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, and their secretaries, on board the Trent, was not ordered by them, but emanated solely from Capt. Wilkes. And, further, that they felt disposed to treat any reasonable delnand for rep& ration by the Court of St. James with the most friendly and favorable feeling. The despatch of 'Mr. Seward bears date the 30th of November, a few days after the arrival, in Boston harbor, of the San Jacinto with the Southern commissioners on board. As the language it employs in reference to the capture is of the utmost importance, we think it necessary to give Mr. Seward's exact expres sions," The expressions were, no doubt., In tended to comsat the question in dispute to diplomatic action. "No doubt can hardly be entertained," says the Standard, in continu ation, "that the despatch, according to its direction, was read to Earl Russell, and became a subject of deliberation ix the Cabinet. This occurred on the 10th or 20th ult, If the fact needed confirmation we have it in that sure ladoZ of favorable news during a time of perplexity—viz,, the purchase of stock to a large extent by persons generally understood to act irons exclusive intel ligence. But not only wore city articles affected by this gratifying indication ; a kind of rumor also got afloat at the West End, in the clubs, and thence throughout the country, that a pilelfiegollitlen might be impacted. Nothing precise was known, but, somehow, the pleasing impression had been made. This, we need not say, was just before Christmas; and if the report had been allowed free way, no doubt one-half at least of the gloom which, dim med our brightest festival would have been re moved. It was impiaaeible indeed, to dissipate the universal sorrow for the Prince Consort's death, IPA the fears of what may be termed an unnatural war would, at all events, have been mitigated." Last night's Gazette contains hitherto unpub lished despatches and minutes. They reach us very late, and we will sot comment on them. Lord Rus sell admits that Mr. Adams read the pacific de spatch to him on the 19th. [London Letter in New York Times.] THE IRISH Fisziatta,Mrs D'Arey Magee says the Irish in Canada are loyal. I cannot (Replete him ; but no one need toll me that of the Irish in Ireland. I know better. I saw the procession that followed the corpse of McManus—a transported rebel—through the streets of Dublin, and laid it by the monuments of.Grattan and O'Connell, in the cemetery of Glasneven. I was present at the mg niceties in the Rotuudiz at Dublin, when the news first came of the capture of Mason and Slidell, and I heard the shouts of thousands at the prospect of war between America the friend of Ireland, and England, her enemy. There was no mistaking' the feeling exhibited on those ocoaeions. There are loyal people in Ireland—l moan loyal to the British Government. The groat body of the Protestants of the Established Church are 10, They are altra loyal, So are the Orangemen -of the North, after their own fashion, which is more a hatred of Popery than any love for England. Office-holders and offioe-seekers are loyal, of course, or pretend to be; but the peat mass of the people, four-fifths of the Catholics, and perhaps one-fifth of the Protestants, have only a deep and lasting batred to England and the English rule. In this the clergy and laity, the learned and igno rant, are in per sympathy. Thoonly difference is that the educated classes see that there is no pos sibility, without foreign intervention, of a success ful revolt, and they do everything to hinder any movement in that direction, and thus prevent another disaster like that of '4B; while the masses, ignorant of their true position, arc liable to be ea-. cited and led astray' by' Vain hopes. Ireland his lost, in ten years, not only her natural increase, but two millions besides. There is but one town in the whole country that has not diminished in popula tion. In our age, no eye has looked upon a sadder spectacle than the ruin of Ireland. The people who remain are said to be better off than formerly. It may be; but bad arc the beet. The country la a picture of America were in a position to make war with Great Britain, there are a hundred thousand men in Ireland quite ready to give her any reasonable assistance. SUPREME COURT IN BANG.—A case was de cided before the Supreme Court in bane, on Satur day, which seems rather bawl. AMAleaden wee made by W. G. McAllister, on behalf of W. P. Seymour, to have a judgment of non pros and re mettitur set aside. Mr. Seymour, the plaintiff, has been absent from the city for a eanaiderable length of time. lie is lieutenant colonel in the Ninety-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Ms counsel, Mark Munday, Esq., is colonel of the Twenty-third Regiment Kentucky Volunteers. At the calling Of the not both were abtlatit, owing to their military engagements, and consequently the case was not responded to. Judgment of non pros was therefore entered. Affidavits setting forth the above facts were presented to the court. The judges refused to set aside the non pros and ronsatitur. It seems bard that men actually engaged by force of arms to vindicate the honor of our country, pe riling their lives in defence of the laws and the Constitution, and thereby sustaining the Supreme Courts all over the land, should be thus annoyed by a mere Mill debt. POLICE STATISTICS.--The total number of arrests made throughout the consolidated city during the last month was about 1,700—a oon siderable falling off from the returns of the pre vious month. The otenr49 were generally of • trifling oharaoto;._
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