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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