ii i‘ : a aii u D DAUM, (MIDDAY'S DEORPTID,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. 017101 NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, Viritiva ONNTA Pon WS2K, towable to the Carrier. Mailed iv Subeoribere oot of the Oily et Sil Detr.Axo AXiMib FOUX DGLLARB TOR EIGHT MONTHS, THAIS VOLUM /OR SIX MOBITHB—DITRTiIIbIy in ASTALLOG for be time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Tame nor.- Lane Pu Anal, in advance. EXPRESS COMPANIES. ARMY EXPRESS CO., MT CHESTNUT STREET, PIIILADELPIIIA This company baring established an agency In this .city, is prepared to forward ALL KINDS OF GOODS TO BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA, ANNAPOLIS, FORTRESS MONROE, NEWPORT NEWS, PORT ROYAL, THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADING SQUADRON 'TO NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND EASTERN CITIES Heavy Oooda should be delivered at DEPOT, corner cofIIROAD and PRIME Streets, Wore FOUR O'CLOCK P, M. , where our Clerk will give a Bill of Lading. SMALL PARCELS SHOULD BE LEFT AT OFFICE 3:37 CHESTNUT STREET FREIGHT AT VERY LOW RATES DELIVERED IN WASHINGTON Goode for the 'EAST at our Office in CHESTNUT Street. DAVIS, BELDEN, 8e Co., ray:wire - E. onus. IN NEW TONN, 32 EBOAD- D. G-REENE; SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COHPANTY. ja2o THE ADAMS EXPREt3I3 COMPANY. oMcs Bao CHNNTMOT Meet, forward' Panel", Package", Mercharedia% D. Notes, and Specie, either by its own lines or in conneetiloa with other, Napress Companies, to al iths principal Tama and Cider of the Milted Stabs S. HANDFORD, jell General Eimparlntandent CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS. GREAT BARGAINS LADIES , CLOAKS, To close out, At the ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE, K. W. corner TENTH and ARCH Ste. salli-8m JACOB HORSFALL. CLOAKS -- Handsome styles of rell-mede, serviceable gar ments. The beat made, the beat fitting, and the best tnateriall [or the price. A large Mock from which to COOPER a CONARD, B. N. cor. NINTH and MARKET. CL OAK 8! The Limiest, Cheapest, and Beet-assorted Stock In the city. HOUGH & CO., No. 26 South TENTH Street, Onoosite Franklin Market. COMMISSION ROUSES. HEPLEY, HAZARD, do HUTCHINSON, NO. 112 OHEISTNITr 00/1111118810N BIZEORANTO POs Tin aria or PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. sela-em LOOKING GLASSES. TAMES S. EARLE & SON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINGS, FINE ENGRAVINGS, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT PRAXES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, CARTR-DE-VLSITE PORTRAITS, EARLE'S GALLERIES, 818 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GABINE7' FURNITURE. CIABINET FURNITURE AND BM' V CURD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 261 South SICOOND Street, n connection with their extensive Cabinet BtLAMM are aioar mariufacturiug a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, Alla have now on hand a full supply, &limbed with the SIOOBE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be impeder to ell others. For the quality and finish of these Tables the menu neutron refei to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work. afdli•dm GROU ERIES. CRAB-APPLE CIDER, OLD CURRANT WINE, ODR USUAL SUPPLY, XIIST RECEIVED. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, DRA:LEB IN FIRE GROCERIES, jaB-tf Corner of ELEVENTH and VINE Sta IT YOU WANT GOOD BUTTER, go to S. B. GOTT WALE', No. 812 SPRING GtRDEN pRIME (GENUINE) JAVA ANT) 1 MARACAIBO COFFEE, also fine OOLONG TEAS, just received, and for sale by PHILIP REILLY dic No. 7 N. WATER Street. .Q.EIOULDERS-1,500 pieces city smoked Shoulders ; also, 79 hhds. Shoulders in dry salt, for sale by C. 0. SADLER. & jag 103 &BCH Street, 2d door above front. BEANS !—A large superior quality of WHITE BEANS, for sale at N 0.4 North FIFTH Street. JOS. H. 11101yIP6ON ? ft 6-301. General Comnienion filet-chant and agent. LARD AND GREASE.-50 tierces grime Leaf lard; 50 tierces White Oreaie, 'Kraal from the Weet, and in store. For sale by ' MURPHY & KOONS, No: 145 NORTH WHANYKS. MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, SALMON, dte.-8.600 bbl. Mem Nos. 1,2, and Jf SIAOKERNL, large, medium, and small, in allotted packages of choice, late-caught, fat fish. 6,000 bbla New Halifax, Eastport, and Labrador Bar rings, or choice Qualities. 6,000 boxes extra new scaled Herrings, SAO boxes aura now No.l 'ferries& 1,000 boxes large Magdaline Herrings. 960 bbla. Mackinac White fish. 60 bbla. new Economy Mees Shall. 96 bble. new Halifax Salmon. 1,000 suintals.Grand Bank Codfish. 600 boxes Herkimer County Chem. In stare and landing, for sale by MURPHY at HOONS, nog No. 146 NORTH WHARVES. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS WILNE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in Ithebtisiness. Also, con seemly receiving NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors below the Continental. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. WHITE LEA I OIL. - Rod Lead, White Lead, Labarge, Sugar of Lead, Copperas, Oil of Vitriol, Calomel, Patent Yellow, Chrome Red, Chrome Yellow, Aqua F.ortis, Muriatic Acid, Epsom Salts, Rochelle Salta, Tartaric Acid, Orange Mineral, Soluble Tart. Sub. Carb. Soda, White Vitriol, Red Precipitate, WETMER Druggists and Ma Noe. 47 and 49 $lB-ti AND AND COLLECTING AGENCY.—ALLEN P. RICHARDSON. ED WARD L. KING. RICHARDSON & RING, Attor neys and Agents, JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Will give Prompt attention to the Collection of Notes and Claims ; to the pasment of Taxes on lands returned delinquent, nd to the redemption of lands sold for taxes ; to pro curing and forwarding tax deeds. and to investigating titles to lands upon which deeds have been issued. ESTIMONIAL S.—We, the undersigned State Officers, tate that we are personally acquainted with Messrs. Al en P. Richardson and E. L. King, and cheerfully recom . end them to the patronage of all persons having busi ess at Jefferson City, as prompt and reliable trini N. liver, Secretary of State ; Wm. E. Mosley, auditor ; mple Orr. Register; Aikman Welsh, Attorney Gene al i G 0, Bingham, Treasurer i T, K. Winston, Coin . intoner. fey-3t* HOVELS AND SPADES. GEORGE HALFMAN, MANDY/WTI:FM, I 'INES OF BREAD AND QUARRY STREETS, 18-3nc4 Bet. Arch and Race, and Second and Third. MANAGERS , DRY AND IN White Precipitate, Lunar Caustic, Narootine, graph. Morphine, Morphine, Acetate Morphine, Lac. Snlph., Ether Sulphuric, Reda. Nitric, Sulphate Quinine, Cerro. Sublim., Denarcotized Opium, Chloride of Soda, Wetherill'e ext. °Mehl'. Tartar Emetic, Chloride of Lime. Crude Borax, Refined Borax, Camphor, Reain Copavia. LL do BROTHER, nufacttiring Chemists, North SECOND Street, PHILADELPHIA. :t? 6- _,..► : , 4".......... . - - .:_..:, -_-,::::.. ~.::,:s.L.---...... ~, ......„ .;.m.:„ . ,r.._, , _ _-1,,, 11y :j...,,_ Sr-•': ' e ... . 1,..1\\tlI1:1-1117/11'.7::: ~ 7 : : et ••.,-, , . .. • ( c (T--- 4tlt• .. ~,. ~,„.::,,,T, Y-.. ~, ~. •-' . , , -..:--- _...•::,,,,,,, , ,z2,...,_._ -- -- limm — Zl- -- faigg ,----- ,:. ;•,,,,. ---- , . ____,..,........, - .• , . * , 1 41, rr. . ._ I Li ..,, ~......, _______,________ -. N g -.-- - - "t 4 . 4,- .6, • 17" - . _ .1' VOL. 5.-NO. 159. RETAIL DRY GOODS. REAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING THEM INTO STOCK, Mr.: Figured sod Pl,du Merinoee. Plain and Gay Long Shawliz_ Dark Dress Goods, Poplins, &o. Plaid Flannels—Pink, Blue, and Brown. Ladies' Scarfs, reduced 10 per cent. One lot of L. O. Hdkfs., at 15c. Two lots do., at 25c., a bargain. One lot of Linen Diaper at $1.25 a piece. Hoop Skirts-75, 87X, $l, and $1.12. Nice assortment of Ginghams. Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes. Misses' Merino Vests, all sizes. Gloves and Hosiery of all kindS, Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, splendid assortment at J. H. STOKES', ./a25 tf 702 ARCH Street. FAMILY DRY GOODS STORE. BYRE R LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH, have in store a fine stock of GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM. Good plain colored Silks. Faabionable figured Silks. Durable black Silks, plain and figured. Linen Shutting and Linen Sheeting& Best makes Long Cloth Shitting MllBllll3. Table Linens and Damask Toweling'. Blankets, fine quality and large size. Marseilles Quilts of all sizes. Cloths and Cassimeres for men and boys. - White goods, a very full stock. Black goods of every description. ja23 BARGAINS IN BLACK SILKS AT H. STEEL & BOB'S, No. 713 North TENTH Street, above Mates. 1 lot Black Silks at 70 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 75 and 81 cents. 1 lot Black Silks at 87, 90, and $l. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.12% and 51 25. 1 lot Black Silks at $1.31, 51.87%, and $1.50. 1 lot Black Silks, yard wide. BABG&INS IN FANCY SILKS. We are closing out our stook of Fancy Silks at a great sacrifice, preparatory to taking stock. Fancy Silks at 50, 58, 82%, 75, 87, and $1 Superior qualities of Fancy Silks $1 12% to $2. Also, our entire stock of DRESS GOODS, ja22 at less than cost prices. MiTSLINS ! MUSLINS! MUSLINS! BY THE PIECE—MUSLIM BY TUE BALE.—How is the time for housekeepers to buy their Sheetings and Minim, as all kinds of domestic goods are rapidly rising, and there can be no possible diminution of prices. We still have a few boxes of Watasutta, Williamsville, Black Bock, and other popular makes. Good Muslim' at 8,9, 10, 11 cents. The best 12- cent Muslin in tbo city. Our Pillow-Case Moline, and our 10-4, 11-4, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased some time since, are from tines to four cents cheaper than can be found elsewhere. COWPERTHW &IT & 00., jaB2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and MARKET. 67 PIECES New 44shir .Di r EW ug Pri B t PRING PRINTS. s. New Oil Chintzes at 18X cents, worth 25. New Imported Ginghams. COOPER & CONARD, fe3 NINTH and MARKET Streets. BLACK ALPACAS. One auction lot 37X, worth 50 cents, One auction lot 25, worth 31 cents. Pine Bieck Wont Minims, 31)g cents, COOPER & CONARD, fe3 Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET LINEN GOODS. Medium and Fine Fronting Linens. Heavy Shirting and Pillow Linens. One lot Red-bordered Fringed Towels, 18% cents; cheap. Linen Sheeting, Diapers, Napkins, Doylies. Dathaak Table Cloths, Blay Ltbeoa, .&t. COOPER & CONARD, fe3 Southeast corner NINTH and BI3.ItKET. SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE. One case just opened. Black and White Cheeks, double width. Fine AR•wool Cashmeres. jan SHARPLESS BROTHERS. NEW BALMORALS. Pg.. hundred Imported Balmoral Skirts, At prices lower than before offered. ja2l • SHARPLESS BROTHERS. RUSSIA CRASH, In medium and tine qualities. Scotch Crash and Towelling. jaTI SHABPLESS BROTHERS EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR TA-IPO—AL gory low prices, to sell tho stock. SHARPLESS Batyrtnints, CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets 'PYRE & LA_NDELL, FOURTH and ALI ARCH, open today, a fresh assortment of Double-faced Black Figured Stilts. Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks. Blues, Modes, Green, and Purple Silks. Dag FYRE & LANDELL keep the very heaviest • Plain Black Dress Silks. Heavy-bordered Stout Black Silks. Widow's Silks, without gloss. Etch Plain Silks, for city trade. jab $2.50 . B . A_LMORAL SKIRTS, full Balmorals Wholesale. Balmoral Retail. 71+ 8 EYRE & LANDRLL. COPARTNERSHIPS. fIOPARTNERSIIIP. - BENJAMIN J S. JANNEY, Jr., and B. W. ANDREWS have formed a partnership for transacting the Wholesale Gro cery and Produce Commission business, at No. 631 MAR KET street, under the firm of JAN NFrY & ANDREW& fel-121 DISSOLUTION.—The Copartnership heretofore existing under the firm of WHITE, REITII, & Co. is this day dissolved by limitation. The business of the late firm will be settled by F. H. KEITH and J. S. RIBBLE it, who continue the Boot and Shoo Jobbing Business, under the firm of KEITH & BIBBLER, at their old stand, Nos. 40 and 42 North THIRD Street, second floor. THOHAS WHITE, Ja., F. H. J. S. HIBBLER. February 1,1862. fel-6t* LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.- a-o Notice is hereby given that HENRY CONNELL, of the city of Philadelphia, late grocer, and HELEN WARRELL, of the said city, single woman, have enter ed into a Limited Partnership for the business of dealing in Groceries and Provisions. The said partnership is to be conducted under the name or firm of Henry Connell. The general nature of the business intended to be trans acted by the said firm or partnership is the dealing in Groceries and Provisions. The general partner in the said firm is Henry Connell, and the special partner is Helen Warrell. The said special partner has contributed to the common stock of the said firm the sum of six hundred dollars in cash. The said partnership is to commence immediately, and to terminate on the 31st day of December, 1866. HENRY CONNELL, HELEN WARRELL. ja 17. f6t* January 15, 1862 niesoLuTioN.—The Copartnership formerly existing between the undersigned, under the firm of VANDEIWEEIE, ARCHER,. & CO., was dis solved Dm 31,1861, by limitation. The buainese will be Denied by B. F. ARCHER and F. B. REEVES, at No. 45 North WATER Street. C. P. VANDERVEER, B. F. ARCHER, F. B. REEVES. Philadelphia, January 10, 1882. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—The undersigned have this day formed a Copartnership, under the firm of ARCHER & REEVES, for transaction of a WHOLE BARE GROCERY business, at the old stand, No. , Ifr North WATER Street and No. 48 North DELAWARE Avenue, BENJAMIN F. AROMA FRANCIS B. BEEVES. Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1862. jal3-11 COPARTNERSHIP BAIL 'MORRIS this day retires from our His sone, THEODORE H. MORRIS and FREDERIOS NV. Ike/hie/d i are admitted as partnere j and time bust news will be continued as heretofore. MORRIS, WHEELER, & CO., Iron Merchants, HOS MARKET Street. Philadelphia, Dec. 31, Mel. LEGAL. NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT.-No tice is hereby given, that IR& BRADSHAW, of the township of Washington, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, bath this day made and executed an assignment of all his estate, real and personal, to the subscribers, for the benefit of his creditors, pursuant to the statute; and that the creditors of said Ira Bradshaw Must present their claims to the essimmees, under oath or aflirmation, Within three months from the date of said assignment. RANDAL E. MORGAN, CHARLES STEVENSON, Dated January 18,1862. [fe6-3t - *] Assignees. ESTATE OF JOHN F. EPPLE -BBEIMBII, A LUNATIC.—First account of WILLIAM 11. HORN, Committee of Person and Estate_ COMMONPLEAS ON PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. The Auditor appointed by the court to audit, settle, and adjust the said account. Ac., will hold the first meet. lug, for the purposes of his appointment, on MONDAY, the 10th day of February, 1862, at 4 o'clock P. N., at his office, No. 702 WALNUT Street, in the city of Fhiladel. phis, where all persons interested may attend. ja29.wfm st* EDWARD WALN, Auditor. TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILA. DICLPHIA. Estate of HENRY TYLER, Deceased The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account of EUGENE KETERLINUS, Administrator of said Estate, and to report distribution of the balance, will nice the parties interested for the purposes of hits appointment on MONDAY, the 17th day of February, A. E. 1852, at 4 o'clock P. DI., at his Office, No. 131 South FIFTH Street, Philadelphia. fesufrm•st Will. (111 WISTER. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the Estate of ROBERT WRIGHT, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned by the Register of Wills for the City and County of Philadelphia, all per sons indebted to said Estate will please make payment, said those having claims 'Against said Estate will present theta to ELIZABETH WRIGHT. Admiuietratrix, No. 410 South TWELFTH Street. Or to her Attorney, WM. B. HOOD, . . 268 South FOURTH Street JOS. R. BOLTON, SUCCESSOR TO KIMBALL & GORTON, at the PHILADEL PHIA CAB WORKS, corner of TWENTY-FIRST and HAMILTON Streets, The subscriber having purchased the entire Stock, Machinery, &c , of the late firm of Kimball & Gorton, and having engaged Mr. L. D. GORTON to superintend the mechanical department, is fully prepared to furnish PASSENGER. and FREIGHT CARS, of every de scription, according to order, at the shortest notice, and of the best materials and workinanihip. IRON CASTINGS, of all kinds, made on the moat rea sonable terms. Orders for any kind of CAR WORK respectfully se licited. JOS. R. DOLTON. February 1,1862. fe6.3t* PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AT WAR PRICES, of Looking• Glasses, Engravings, and fine Frames, al GEO. F. EENKEBT'I3, No. 82e ABCTX 13treet. it4l-iftr ApWATCHES, FRENCH TIME PIECES, and MUSICAL BOXES repaired, by ylor Workmen, at LEWIS LADOMUS & CO.'S, - No. 802 CHESTNUT Street, Phila. AT All work worrantea, ja27-lm Vitss. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1862. Irish Actors—of the Past. In a book, now exceedingly rare, (“Me moirs of His Own Life, by Tate Wilkinson, patentee of the Theatres-Royal, York, and Hull ;" four volumes 12 mo, published at York in 17P0,) a comparison is instituted be tween two great actresses of his time, Peg Wellington and Eliza Farren. It begins thus : cc Their complexions and features much alike, —Miss Farren [then 31] will be more like ten years hence; , before which time I hope she will be distinguished by - some other appella tion." He was a true prophet, for in seven years after his book appd4rod, the lady W 45 married to the Earl of Derby. The cc scale of merit," as Tate Wilkinson called it, ran thus: "Mrs. Woffington was tall—so is Miss Farren; Mrs. Woffington was beautiful—so is Miss Farren ; Mrs. Woffington was elegant—so is Miss Farren ; Mrs. Wolfing ton was well bred—so is Miss Farren; Mrs. Woffington had wit—so has Miss Farren; Mrs. Woffington had a harsh, broken, and discord ant voice—Miss Farren's is musical and be witching ; Mrs. Woffington could be rude and vulgar Miss Farren , mater." As for beauty, it is a fact that, on or off the stage, Wellington was one of the loveliest women of her time,. whereas Miss Farren's face was much seamed byrithe ravages of the small-pox,—though, on the stage, these would not be perceived. Eliza Farien was thoroughly Irish, by birth and education. Most accounts fix 1759 as the year of her birth, but differ as to the locality. One account says that her father, Mr. George Farren, was an apothecary in Cork, in a small way, but another (Charles Lee Lewis, in his Autobiography,) says that he was son of a wine merchant in Dublin, where his daughter was born, and that he went on the stage, at Dublin, from utter incapacity to earn subsist ence in any other way. He was unappreciated in Dublin and went to England, where he had no success. His wife, however, was daughter of a brewer at Liverpool, who gave shelter to her and education to her daughter while the father was wandering through England, from theatre to theatre. In 1173, then being only fourteen, Eliza Farren first appeared, as Rosetta, in as Love in a Village," at Liverpool Theatre. She was successful, and was taken round as an cc infant phenomenon" to Chester, Wrexham, Shrews bury, and the other towns then constituting the Liverpool circuit. lnr, Younger, manager of the Liverpool Theatre, saw her great promise, and not only instructed her in her profession, but succeeded in persuading her relatives to continue her education while in his company. While she was still in her teens, he frankly told her she was fit for Lon don, and gave her a strong letter of recom mendation to the elder Colman (George the first, author of cc The Clandestine Marriage,") who then was lessee and manager of the Hay market Theatre. Her appearance there was, on June 9, 1777, as Miss Hardcastle, in "She Stoops to Conquer," and at once hit the pub lic taste. Her voice was good, her acting ca her figure elegant, and her face looked very handsome, on the stage, as her features were well cut. A portrait of her, in the Gar rick Club, taken some years later, when her fine figure had more fully developed its sym metry, shows well even alongside of that of Lavinia Bolton, whose charms won her the coronet of a Duchess. On the same night wills Miss Farren, the actors Edwin and Hen derson also appeared on a London stage for the first time. The Haymarket was only a summer theatre in those days, and, in the winter of 1777, Miss Farren was a member of the Covent Garden company, but, being chiefly put into tragedy characters, whereas she was . essentially a comedienne, did not make much advance in public opinion. On joining the Drury Lane company, just at the time that Mrs. Abington quitted it for Covent Garden, she commenced playing the line of characters which that ex cellent actress had previously monopolized. Here was a novice, not yet twenty, aspiring to equal an actress of the highest repute, who had long held the position of Queen of Comedy. Mr. Parsons, the actor, who had faith in her ability, urged her to make her first appearance at Drury Lane as Lady Townley, in " The Provoked Husband," admitted to be Mrs. Abington's best role. She did—and her suc cess was so great that she had to repeat the performances over and over again, through the next two months. From that moment, Mrs. Abington ceased to reign. The new actress bad youth as well as novelty on her side. She was twenty-four years younger than Abington, who, indeed, had played at the Haymarket as early as 1752—five years before Farren was born. Ever after, Farren's Lady Townley held the first place ; but Abington, who played the part when "The School for Scandal" was first played, was considered to be su perior in Lady Teazle. Mrs. Abington's private character not being the b st in the world, she was not received into what is called good society, whereas Miss Farren's propriety of conduct and elegant manners made her acceptable to the persons of rank and fortune constituting what is called high life " in England. In those circles she made the acquaintance of Edward Stanley, twelfth Earl of Derby, and representative of one of the oldest and proudest houses in Eng land. This gentleman had married a daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, some years before, (in 17740 by whom he had three children. But the lady became deranged after the birth of her third child, and so continued for more than twenty years, until her death. Lord Derby, it is said, offered the reversion of him self, as a husband, to Misa Perron, who ac cepted it. There never was a breath of scan dal about her. They met in society—but al ways in the presence of a third person. So ciety tacitly understood the peculiar ease, and extended its wgis over the fair Farren. This state of things continued for over fif teen years, during which time Miss Farrell con tinued a reigning favorite with London play goers, and paid "star" visits to Ireland and Scotland. The late Charles Mathews relates, in the amusing autobiography with which his Life opens, how he played with Miss Farren, during his own first engagement as cc walking gentleman," at the Dublin Theatre, in 1794, at which time he describes himself c , a tall, thin, awkward youth" of seventeen. She was one of the first, by the way, to perceive his great comic power, and particularly his skill in giving imitations. London Society treated Miss Farren, from the time Lord Derby's penchant for her was known, as if the coronet of a Countess already graced her brow. The Duke of Richmond's private theatricals, at his house in London, wore directed by Miss Farren, and the chief performers were noble persons. One of these was the Earl of Derby, and the biographer of the Duchess of St. Albans tells us cc it is said that the proposal of his Lordship was made in his quaint theatrical costume, with his face painted and smeared for a dress rehearsal." An un romantic appearance, it must be confessed. At last, on the 14th March, 1707, the death of the Countess of Derby took place, and was an nounced in the green-room of Drury-Lane Theatre, the same day. The event, though all its consequences were calculated long before, ,threw Miss Farren ccinto such a way," (as Harriet Mellon put it,) that she was unable to continue at rehearsal. Immediately after the funeral, Lord Derby waited on her to renew his offer. At this time he was exactly forty five years old, but looked sixty. We are told that "He had an excessively large head, sur mounting his small, spare figure, and wore his hair tied in a long, thin pig-tail. This, with his attachment to short nankeen gaiters, made him an easily-recognized subject in the nume rous caricatures of the day." Miss Farren, comely and well-preserved, was thirty-eight, and looked many years younger. She took leave of the stage on the Bth of April 1797, as Lady Teazle, and as every one knew her approaching marriage into-the peer age, Drury Lane was crammed. In the last scenes her spirits gave way, and when Mr. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1862. Wroughton repeated a few lines written for the occasion she fainted and was borne off the stage by Mr. King, who had played Sir Peter Teazle. On May-day, six weeks after Lady Der by's death, the Earl's second marriage took place. The new Countess behaved very parsimoniously, or perhaps carelessly, on the occasion. She sent no wedding presents, not even cards and cake, among her green room friends, though she remembered her cc dresser" and the call-boy—desiring on.) week's extra salary (nine shillings) to be handed to the former, and the magnificent do nation of half a crown to be presented in her name to the Utter. She settled upon her mother a smaller annuity than she had al lowed her before leaving the stage. The new Countess of Derby at once was ad mitted into the penetralia of high life. Queen Charlotte kindly received her at Court with marked distinction, and, as a special honor, appointed her to form one of the procession of noble ladies at the marriage of the Prin cess Royal. At first, the Earl of Derby's children by the first marriage were inclined to stand off from their new step-mother, but this soon abated—first into toleration and then into regard. In her married life, Miss Farren was as happy as she had been re spectable in her single. She had three chil dren, of whom the last, married to the Earl of Wilton, alone surviyed to 1808. She died in April, 1829 2 . aged seventy, and her husband survived until October, 1834. It has been supposed that his grandson, the present Earl of Derby, was a descendant by the marriage with Miss Farren, but this is a mistake; his father, the late Earl, (famous for his zoologi cal and ornithological collection, at Knowesley Hall,) is second in blood by the first marriage with the Duke of Hamilton's daughter ;—one of the children of the lovely Elizabeth Gun ning, one of the three Irish - sisters who all married Dukes, in the reign of George 11. No drop of the Irish actress's blood runs in the proud Tory Earl's veins, but her daugh ter, the late Countess of Wilton, was con sidered, in her youthful days, to be one of the most highly accomplished as well as most graceful and lovely of English matrons. Some amusing anecdotes of the life and death of Miss Faion's Earl of Derby are afloat, but too numerous and too long to be retailed here to day. Knowesley Park, within five miles of Li verpool, has long been one of the show places of Lancashire, and is much visited by strangers. At certain times, ingress is all but impossible—not even "a silver key" will then open the massive gates. In 1857, when Barney Williams and his genial and popular wife were at Liverpool, they deter mined to see Knowesley—carrying out a principle with which they started in England, of seeing, whether for love or money, every thing of note in England at all within proper visiting distance, compatible with their "Irish Boy" and " Yankee Gal" engagements, Every one whom they consulted assured them that admission to Knowesley, at that time, was wholly out of the question. Barney was not to be put off in that way, for his dictionary is the same edition as Napoleon's, which, as all the world knows, does not contain the word ecimpossible." Barney and Mrs. W. had been driven about Liverpool to various other places by an Irish Jehu whose sharpness they had noticed, and bold Barney asked this driver whether he could not devise some plan. Jehu put on his considering cap, and finally an- Runced that it was to be done—in a way of his own. At his request, Barney handed him some loose silver, and, in due time, Mr. and Mrs. Williams Were rolling over the paved streets bound for Knowesley, which they reached in due time, sound in wind and limb. The principal iron gates of the avenue were opened without question, and so were the next. On reaching the third gates, opining, it appeared, into the more private parts of the lordly demesne, an old woman, who acted as janitor, tottered up and demanded the pass ticket, which alone, she said, could admit the party. Barney thought " llere we are in a pretty fix;" but, before he could carry his thinking any deeper, the driver dashed forward, without farther challenge, and the same process - was repeated two or three times, enabling Knowesley to be seen, in the prohibited time. This was an achievement very gratifying to Barney, who did not relish the idea of being beaten by any thing. On his return, he asked Jehu how he had managed it. The rCply revealed the secret. With the loose sil ver which Barney had advanced before start ing, John had purchased a few quarter-pound packages of good tea, all done up separately, and the harridans at the special gates, whom gold could not induce to disobey orders, had incontinently yielded to the bribe of a few ounces of tea. If we could tell the story in print only half as well as Barney relates it, our readers, we are sure, would have a hearty laugh over it. WE publish, with pleasure, the following letter from lion. STEPHEN BAKER, Repre sentative in Congress from the State of New :York : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 4, 1862. [For The Press.] The gptgel I have suggested in relation to the free reception and delivery of all mail matter in cities containing upwards of ten thousand inhabi tants would, if carried into effect, introcl uce a much needed improvement, and I am surprised that it has not been long since established. The present method of compelling, on an average, one hundred persons to perform the task of carrying letters to abd from post offices, when the seine service might be performed by one postman, causes' provoking delay, an enormous waste of time, and largely in terferes with productive occupations. The plan desired is to have mail-boxes placed at convenient and accessible points, for the reception of prepaid, mall matter, to be taken from thaw by postmen, and carried—in the mailer cities, at least twice, and in the larger cities four, five, and six times daily—to the office, for general distribution; and to deliver all letters as frequently by carriers or postmen. It is believed that improved facilities will vastly increase the business of the Post Office Department, and thus augment its revenues, and that the letters received and delivered in the great commercial cities will fully pay the entire cost of the new ser vice. The system proposed is in general use in Western Europe, and it is found to be not only an indispensa ble public convenience, but also, by those States that make the nicest and closest calculations for in come, to be amply compensating. It is especially important to consider and adopt the measure at this time, as the Government is about building post offices in New York and Philadelphia, end the adoption of an entirely how system must necessarily modify and change the plans of those buildings, if it should not alter their location. Very respectfully, STEPHEN BAKER. P. S.—l bad written this letter, when I received a copy of the Bankers' Magazine for February, in which I find a very able and comprehensive artiClO on cc Our Postal System," with particular reference to the reception and delivery of letters. S. B. A PRESENT FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—The American Whip Company, who manufactiire at the State prison, have manufactured a whip as a pre sent for President Lincoln. The whip is about seven feet long, and the stock is solid ivory, beautifully carved. At the top of the stock are two gold bands, bearing the inscrip tion 76 " Presented to A. Lincoln, by the American Whip Company." Between these two bands is carved an American flag, the stars, Union, and stripes being colored. Below, and between two other gold bands, are carved representations of " ag riculture and commerce," and a fine portrait of President Lincoln. Another gold band bears the in scription, "Charlestown, Mass.;" and then at the end of the stock is carved the American eagle, with his claws resting upon an olive branch and cannon, the latter bearing the word " Union." The..upper portion of the whip; beyond the stock, is made of ivory stained black, and covered with knots ; on the top of each a piece of silver is inlaid. The whip is valued at about $lOO, well got up, and will no doubt be received by the President with much pleasure.—Charlestorm (Mass.) Adv. Ray. DR. WEsrox, of Now York, who has recently visited various divisions of the army of the Potomac, says the health of the soldiers is remark- able, and is even improving in this weather, and that most of the men are in better condition than if they were at home. THE city of London, Canada West, is to bo sold at sheriff's sale. The indebtedness which ren ders this proceeding necessary, arose from the aid extended by London to the London and Port Stan ley Railway. TUE last steamer brought letters from the English Government to the legation here, invest ing Lord Lyons with the Order of the Bath, in acknowledgment of his services in the Trent affair. THE REBELLION. Reported Capture of Rebel Ca valry in Kentucky. An Interesting Trip with a Flag of Truce ZOLLICOFFER AND PEYTON'S REMAINS DE. LIVERED TO REBEL OFFICERS. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS, Expected Declination of the Rebel Government to Receive Messrs. Ames and Fish A Richmond Paper on the Potter Inves- tigutin g Committee. MOVEMENT OF GEN. GRANT AGAINST FORT HENRY. AFFAIRS AT FORTRESS MONROE. Bee., &e., &e. GENERAL BUELL'S DEPARTMENT. More Good News. LOUISVILLE, Feb. s.—Colonel Garfield is at Faintville with a sufficient force to preserve order. The Virginia and South Carolina regiments, under Humphrey Marshall, have gone back to Virginia, and Marshall and the rest of his forces went to Pound Gap, where he disbanded them. The where abouts of Marshall is unknown. A rumor prevails that a party of rebel cavalry, supposed to be a part of Morgan's force, were sur prised lest night, between Lebanon and Green river, and forty' of them killed. No Federal loss. Lerzu.—lt is now rumored that Morgan has been captured. Griefs of a Rebel •" Hard Shell " Clergy- Among the letters found in Zollicofer's camp are the following amusing epistles relating to a rebel clergyman. ills defence is a peculiarly interesting document : A Grave Charge Aeainst Rev. Berry. MOUNT HOPE, Ala., Oct. 2, 1861 DEAR SIR : After my respects, this will inform you that the Rev. S. Berry has come back with a false certificate. He says he was discharged for having fits, and his wife says it was all affected, and that he is capable of doing such tricks. - As regards bis band and arm, there is nothing the matter with him, for be has ironed off a wagon since 'he came here. and is now weather-boarding a gin -house ; and Col. Thaxton says it would be right for you to send for him and put him in service ; make him serve his time out ; he is trying to dissuade every young men from volunteering—some of his neigh bors—in fact, all say it is a shame the tales he tells about the fare and the way the soldiers are treated there under you. He is doing a great deal of harm here, and if you could and would send and take him back you would do-a great service for your country You will get a letter from Col. Thaaton, one of his neighbors. He joined Capt. Bankhead's company from Lawrence county. He makes his brags that Alabama was the only way ho had to get away from you. Please show this to Capt. Bank head. He is the stoutest-bodied man in the neigh borhood, and could endure as much hardship. He says he never drilled but once; take him back and learn him what it is to be a soldier. Tours, with respect, W. Bnooics To Col. Wood and Capt. Bankhead. The Defence of Rev. Mr. Berry. KINLOCK, Ala., Sept. 4, 1861 DEAR CAPTAIN W. S. BANKBEAD : I, as one of your best friends in this life, feel it my duty to drop you a few lines this evening. At home I am, and can say to you that I am not well yet, nor I ever lIATIOCk to ho any more in this world ; but I have got tit, and about. I have improved a good deal since I got home. I have been under the care of Doctor Crom ever since I came home, captain. If I improve as fast one more week as have this last week, I shall come to see you again, and stay with you as long as I can stand it. I will fix my self with some bed-clothes to keep me off the ground as much as I possibly can ; and I think that I will be the one that will get old Lincoln's skelp. yet I am not out of hart in trying to live a camp life and be of some service to my country Captain, I find there are btu) people all over the world. I under stand that it is said of me in camps that it was desate of no. I have bin told that it was wrote to you, thllt nothing never was the matter. I never had rheumatism, fits, or anything else of the I say the man who wrote that _wrote a ly and he is a Tory besides. And -that is not half what he will. ac._ I will bet a gray horse, worth $1.50, that I go back to the army before the man that has been wrighting about me ; and I will double the bet that the dog that has been writing about me to you and the boys, never does go to fight, or even stay in camps. I heard also that it had been written to you, or some of the boys, that I told so many bad tales about you and your company ; 'that I had disheartened the men of General White's company and broke it up, I will pledge you, my word, Captain Bank bend, that I have never seen but two of White's men since I have been home ; and one of there was S. R. Weems, and the other Robert Releurn. You will please ask them if I have ever said any thing against you or company. This office is their office. Captain, I have bin fur from this. I told the people that cum to see me that you was the chola captain in that regiment, to my humbel opinion, and that I looked upon you as a by-toned gentleman. I told them that I did sot like to stay in the hospitel, and I dislike it as much yet as I did when I was there. If I get able to travel, I shall sum back next week ; and if I don't cum then, I will cum as soon as I get stout anuf. I am your friend till Beth, dear Captain W. A. B. Rev. s. BERRY. An Interesting Trip with a Flag of Truce— The Remains of Zollicoffer and Peyton delivered to the Rebel Officers. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Tenses, writing from Munfordsville, Ky., in a letter dated February 3., says The remains of Gen. Zollicoifer and Col. Bailie Peyton were yesterday removed, under -a flag of truce, outside of our lines, and delivered into the bands of their friends. While here, the body of Gen. Zollicoffer lay in state, and was treated with all the respect due to his rank. The duty of con veying it across the lines was assigned to Gen. John son, and, through the kindness of Capt. McCook, assistant adjutant general, to whom I am indebted for manyfavors, I had the exciting pleasure of ac companying the flag of truce. The Escort. The party detailed for this purpose were obliged to take an early breakfast, for by sunrise they were on the way. They crossed the pontoon bridge, and moved up into Woodsonville in the following order : 1. A mounted sergeant bearing the white flag, and riding about fifty yards in front. 2. Gent Johnson and other field and staff officers_ .Among them were Gen. Negley, Capt. McCook, A. A. G., and Capt. Hoblitzell, of Gen. McCook's staff; Capt. Terrell, chief of artillery in this divi sion, and other gentlemen representing all the bri gades in this division. 3. A four-horse ambulance bearing the mortal remains of Gen, &Moira, It was followed by a similar ambulance bearing the body of Col. Peyton. 4 An escort of twenty-five men from Capt. Gad dis' excellent company of mounted volunteers, in command of their brave and daring captain. Meeting the Enemy's Pickets. - While passing through Horse Cave—the town, not the cavern--toward the turnpike, Gen. Johnson discovered a party of rebel horsemen, on the turn pike, running from us at full speed. - The white flag was held aloft and waved, but they paid no at tention to it. We moved on at a faster pace, con stantly waving our flag. 00casionally we could see the horsemen, at a distance, evidently watching our purpose. We had gone some two miles beyond Hose Cave, when a party of Texan Rangers sud denly appeared in the road, waving a white flag. General Johnson ordered a halt, and, accompanied by Captain Terrell, moved up toward the enemy, waving his white pocket-handkerchief. The com mander of the Rangers, accompanied by two men, advanced and met them. He proved to be Capt. Cook, one of the most dash ing officers of the Texas mounted troops. After a few minutes conversation between the above-n;Len- Rotted officers, both parties moved south to the Woodland Rouse, within a mile of Cave City, where all amounted. A Ranger was despatched with a communication from Gen. Johnson to Gen. Hind man, and all proceeded to dispose of themselves as comfortably as possible. Arrival of Gen. Hindman and Staff—De- livery of the Bodies. About half past 3 o'clock Gen. Hindman, with a portion of his staff and a whole company of Texas Rangers. rode up from Cave City, displaying a white flag. Halting some distance from us, Gene rals Johnson and Negley advanced on foot to meet them. Gen. Hindman and Col. Ormsby, of Ar kansas, both dismounted, and advanced from their horaE a. • • - The usual compliments were passed, when officers on both aides went forward, and a general intro duction took place. General Hindman then en tered the hotel with General Johnson, where they had, with other Federal officers, quite a lengthy and pleasant interview. The officers on both aides assembled in the par lor, when Capt. McCook dispensed the hospitalities of his haversack! " Come, gentlemen," said he, " help yourselves and make free. To-morrow we may be shooting at each other, so let us be social under the flag of truce." This broke the ice, and all were soon mingling as freely as of the same family. There was only OIRES sad face in the party. Gen. Zolliceffer'a sur geon, who is a prisoner of war, was allowed to ac company the flag of truce, and, amid all the hilarity, he alone did not smile. The Confeds seemed to relish the liquors hugely. They were mostly quite young men. Three of them, only, are worthy of speciil notice. General Hindman is the commander of the advance brigade on our front. He is an old Arkansas politician, and has revelled in the luxuries of Congressional life. He is short and thick-set, legs bowed, complexion florid, and eyes large and gray. His chin and lips are thickly covered with beard, while the hair of his head hangs in immense locks down over his shoulders. His appearance fully confirms his reputation as a general—selfish, crafty, mean, and cruel. Colonel Ormsby. This gentleman is also from Arkansas. Ills figure is tall, straight, and manly, complexion dark, and hair_ and eyes of a raven blackness. There was, during the whole interview, a settled melancholy on his face, and I presume it is natural. The idea struck rue that he seemed surprised to find genti lity and good fooling among the officers of the army of the Union, and could not recover from the astonishment. Ile was dressed in a colonel's full uniform, after the Jeff Davis pattern, which makes a tremendous display of gold lace. Colonel Wharton. The other character is Col. Wharton, the Texas Ranger, appointed to fill the place made vacant by the death of Col. Terry. The visitor to Washing ton city will not fail to see about the hotels a class of people known as Congressional pimps. They are generally good-sized men, with an . agreeable sua vity of manner, can outdrink the next man, and are tboroaghly posted as to tho tinder-current of Washington life. They live by teaching officials the peculiar vices of the capital, sharing it with them. Should I see Col. Wharton in Washington. I should take him, despite his Ranger rig, as just such a character. He looks like a man who is at all times ready for a drink, a game of poker, or a race. His dress is very common, with a profuse decoration of such beads as Indians love td use. He sits on a silver-mounted Texas saddle, and rides with bridle and martingales made out of horso h air. I judge him to be very vain, and prone to much blustering. The Texas Rangers. For the first time I had a good opportunity to see the Texas Rangers, about forty of them being pre sent. They are generally young men, and mostly, so they say, from Texas. The only badee they wore was a red star on the front of their hats or caps. They seem to clothe themselves as best they can, and look shabby, ragged, and dirty. One of them has a whole suit made out of bearskin, and several pants out of a similar material. They are armed with short double-barrelled shot-guns, revolvers, and bowie•knives. Their general appearance is villainous, but I picked out several very pleasant and intelligent countenances. Captain Cook, the first officer we met, seems to be an accomplished gentleman, with a big dash of the romance in his character. While the officers were in the hotel, some of our cavalry and the rangers got into a political discus sion. The rangers used the old argument about Abolition, and said they would rather die than be the slave of the Abolitionists. Their conversation was of a low, trashy character, displaying an awful ignorance of public affairs_ They frequently used such language as 64 that's a G d d The fellow in the bear-skin clothes, was as gruff as a bear, boasting of his desire to take Yankee scalps, until he was invited to take a drink of Yan kee whisky. A staving dram put him in a better hu mor. Strange what arguments some people re quire. Transfer of the Bodies• The bodies were formally delivered to General Bindman by General Johnson. _Both generals were present when the remains were transferred from our skinbulatees to their®_ Their 'eerriagee were miserable, one being a common spring wagon, and the other a ricketty two-wheeled ambulance. The bodies were immediately driven off toward Bowling Green. Separation The two generals met in the centre of the road General Johnson said : gi Well, General Hindman, I bid you good day. I hope wo may meet often, hereafter, under pleasant circumstances." "Thank you, sir. So do I. Good day," was the reply. Our party mounted and started homeward. We were scarcely under way before the rebels turned their backs upon us, and disappeared in the wind ing of the road. The sun was shining brightly, cheerfully, and beautifully. As the two caval cades, so lately laughing together, separated, to meet again in the din of battle, I thought of the old days of chivalry, when such scenes were frequent. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. By a late boat from Fortress Monroe the Rich mond Dispatch of the 4th inst_ has been received. It contains the following articles : [From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.] Maryland. There is no doubt that if a vote were taken to day in Maryland, free from the power of the Fede ral standing army, she would unite herself, by an overwhelming majority, to the Southern Confede racy. We are sure, from sources of information in which we have complete confidence, that Maryland is sound to the tore on the great questions of the day, and only needs the opportunity to demonstrate it in the moat significant manner. The cruelties and indignities heaped upon her true-hearted eons by the Lincoln despotism have only consolidated the publio sentiment of the State in the most rigid reso lution ; and when the day comes, woe to the foreign and domestic tyrants who have fastened chains upon her noble limbs ! Woe to the traitors at home, and the imported Yankees who have aided in the work of tying her hands and feet! There is not on this continent a more patriotic and heroic race of men than the genuine old Maryland stock, and it is only because they are without arms and overwhelmed with numbers, that they do not vindicate their glori ous name from the outrages it has suffered. But the day will come. Maryland is a slumbering vol cano—slumbering. but not extinct. War Matters [From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4 ] We have nothing new to report this morning in the situation of affairs. The excessive bad weather, and the consequent condition of the roads, has caused a temporary suspension of active operations, and we look for nothing of an exciting nature so long as this state of things continues. The vaunted Burnside expedition is a dead-lock somewhere on the " stormy-coast," and all the deep-laid schemes of the enemy bid fair to result in nothing of practi cal importance. Meanwhile, the tone of the Euro pean news is by no means discouraging. The ex tracts which we.publish this morning, embracing dates to the 19th ult., will be read with interest. Both England and France regard affairs on this con tinent with deep solicitude, and everything encou rages the Southern people to redouble their ener gies, and fight on for liberty and independence; for even though these inettimaklo blessings may be long deferred, they will eventually reward their efforts. The world looks with wonder and admiration upon the stern resistance the South has made for eight months past, and a determination to open the spring campaign with even greater energy will conduct us to the goal of our highest hopes. The " Stolen " Arms. [From the Itichmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.] The report of the Potter Investigating Commit tee, recently submitted to the Federal Congress, makes.wrathful reference to the efforts of Secre tary Floyd to arm the South at Federal expense in advance of the war now prevailing. Not content w'th denouncing the actual transfer of great quan tities of arms by that Secretary to our threatened section, the indignant Potter makes exposure of several attempts to transfer other arms which (lid not prove successful. It seems that one hundred and forty cannon, of superior quality and of very large calibre, were or dered to be sent to Texas and Louisiana late in 1860, and that but for the faithful promptitude of bolt, Mr. Floyd's successor, they would have now been a part of the Southern armament on the Mississippi river and the Texan waters. iaen, Floyd is doubt less quite willing to shoulder all the odium which attaches to his efforts in respect to these cannon; but it is certain that he was pawerfully seconded in them by Yankee cupidity. The appropriation voted by Congress for casting these cannon for un finished Southern forts was passed by Congress, we believe, without his knowledge or solicitation, under the industrious lobbying of Pittsburg iron founders. The guns were cast in obedience to law, and the early shipment of them in advance of the full completien of the forti, though not in advance of the readiness of the forts to receive their arms meat, was due more to the fact that the Pittsburg iron•founders were bound by their contract to de liver them before receiving their pay, than to the special eagerness of the Secretary to get them off, The Seeestary simply obeyed a mandate of Con gress, and the Pittsburg contractors simply obeyed the influences of cupidity. All the treason or fe lony that attached to the business adheres to the skirts of the honorable body of which Mr. Potter is a shining member. The hundred thousand muskets that were ordered to be sold to Belknap, at two dollars and a half, but which were stopped by that watchful Cerberus, Bolt, were ordered to be sold under a standing law of Congress, and in pursuance of numerous reports of competent boards of ordnance officers, declaring that Government would do well to get rid of them at two dollars. It would have been a glorious thing if the additional number of arms had, under au tbority so distinct, and in a manner so free from blame, found their way, in the fall of 1860, into the arsenals of the South. They did not find their way there. Why? Because, though offered to and urged up&i the Southern States, they would not take them. Virginia had previously taken a few thousand ; Mississippi as many more, and Alabama a still greater number. Probably South Carolina and Georgia took also a few thousand ; but when a hundred thousand more could have been had for a song, they paid no attention to the subject. The offer to the States was at two dollars ; the offer to Belknap was not until afterwards, and at two dol lars and a half. Belknap's scheme was to sell the muskets in Europe, and not to the South, as Potter would intimate.. • But, in spite of these refusals of the Southern States to enter in earnest into the business of pre paring for war, there was a mode found of tilling their arsenals with arms; with arms; too, of a far better character than condemned muskets. It had been the policy of the Federal Secretaries of War to allow all the rifles and muskets manufactured at the Federal armories to be deposited in Northern arsenals. That at Watervliet, near New York city, contained probably one-half of all tbo arms of im proved patterns, owned by the Federal Govern ment. The attack of John Brown upon Virginia, and the numerous efforts of Northern emissaries to ex cite Southern slaves to insurrection, suggested the importance of distributing their quota of these fine guns anions the Southern States. Accordingly, or ders were issued, in 1860, by Secretary Floyd, to transfer the Southern quota of the arms in North ern arsenals. The precise number of guns whioh were actually transferred under these orders, we know not ; but we happen to have the official figures showing the number that went under the single or der of 30th of May, 1860-114,808. It may suit the purposes of the North to condemn the act of Secretary Floyd as felonious and treason able; it may gratify the malice of a few Southern citizens to own the impeachment; bat that the cir cumstances of the South, irrespectively of the then approaching war, justified the transfer of arms to her great slave districts, and that the portion she bore of the expenditures of the Federal Govern ment entitled her to the custody of a fair quota of this sort of public proerty, no honest man, North or South, can deny. Stolen arms, indeed ! They were taken under undisputed legal right; and more than the portion taken belonged to her by right of property fairly paid for. What number of arms was already in the ar senals which received these, we have no means of knowing. Probably, in view of the policy that had been before pursued, there were next to none. What number of arms that came under other or ders from the Department, we have no means at band of ascertaining; but we are sure we are safe in stating the whole number' of improved arms transferred to the South by order of Secretary Floyd at 150,000. The Yankees may rage and TWO CENTS. imagine vain things, but "if that be treason, make the most of it." Latest from Havana—Confederate and United States Vessels. The Mobile Tribune publishes a letter, dated Havana, January 19, which says: It is astonishing to see the number of Confede. rate vessels daily arriving, and, instead of dying at the wharves "rotting," as the " Yankee" vessels do, they are sold immediately, and the greater number are now actively , engaged in trade with different ports—a great many being under charter of different Governments. Only one vessel, the brig Chapman, of New Orleans, is unable to leave. Our Confederate agent, Charles J. Helm, Esq., of Kentucky, and his family; the lion. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia; Major Lewis, W, F. Scott and lady, Green, Esq., of New Orleang• ' A. J. Mat th ews, of Pensacola ; E. 11. Weed, of Mo bile, and John Innerarity, of the same place, are all staying here. The English navy officers express the most su preme disgust at the cowardly backing out of the Yankees in the Mason and Slidell affair. The Span iards again complain of the seeming slight bestowed on their Government in never having had a Com missioner sent to Madrid. They claim that they would have long since recognized us, having the same institution to uphold that we have. From Munfordsville, Kentucky. The latest reliable advices we have from this quarter is, that the Yankees have sent back their sick from blunfordsville, and are busily engaged in bringing up their artillery from Nolin and Bacon creeks. It is said they . received their marching orders early last week. Four Yankee regiments are encamped in the bend below Woodsonville, on this side of Green river, under cover of their heavy guns on the other side . .Bowitng Green Courier, Jan. SO. The Burnside Expedition Left Hatteras. [From the Norfolk Day Book, Feb. 4.] A letter was received in this city, on Saturday, from Elizabeth City, in which it was stated that, on Friday, one of the steamers left Roanoke Island for the purpose of reconnoitring, and on her return re ported that the entire Burnside fleet had left Hat teras. We have to remark that this may be correct. Possibly Burnside, on viewing his crippled armada, may have wisely concluded that he could not effect his purpose with his vessels in so bad a condition, and, relinquishing his original project, he may have Set sail, with the intention of aiding some other ex.• pedition—possibly that against Savannah. Movements of General Beauregard. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 4.] Much having been said recently in the newspapers about the movements of this officer, it is proper that the public should bo made aware of the f et that he left Manassas on Friday last, at midnight, by a special train for Lynchburg, on his way to the uew post of duty to which he has been assigned. Whe ther that he lientuaky, New Orleans, or elsewhere, he will doubtless be heard from en due time. [From the Bowling Green Courier.] The announcement that Beauregard was assigned to Kentucky has caused a thrill of delight and en thusiasm throughout the South. Under the lead of this great general our brave men will be prepared to perform deeds of heroic valor worthy of their holy cause. LL Important Resignation " in the Rebel Army. [From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. 4.] We have intelligence of an important resigna lion in the army ; but as it is not likely that it will be accepted, and as it is understood that it was sent in for personal reasons that may be accommodated, and above all, as we do not think it prudent to refer to any important changes in our military commands, we decline to publish the statement of facts which have come into oar possession. Commissioners Fish and Ames—What the Rebels Say About Them. ' [From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. d.] We are assured that our Government will deny permission to ex-Governor Fish and Bishop Ames, the titled commissioners sent from Washington to comfort the Yankee prisoners in our bands, to pass our lines. We hope that this is so h and that " the wish is not father to the thought." Such a mis sion is insulting to us, is accompanied with danger to our cause, and comes from an enemy who has refused us the commonest rights of war, laden our prisoners with fetters and gloated over the fiend ish work of pillage and assassination that has every where marked the track of his invasion. We are not acquainted with the antecedents of ROY. Nr. Ames, but for nu his " aims arc aims of mystery." As to ex-governor Fish, we know hint to be a man of marked ability, a successful poli tician of the Albany school, and a firm, persistent Abolitionist, one of the bitterest enemies the South bee ever bad. We may rest assured of one thing, and that is, that as soon as these two commissioners come within our lines, two able and cunning spies will be in the Confederate States. As to the Yankee prisoners in our bands, they have ease and comfort enough, without the bon bons and " Stewart's gum drops" which Bishop Ames and his coadjutor are to bring them from the North. By a special act of Congress they are al lowed the same rations as our brave soldiers in the field ; and as General Winder has not objected to young Yankee cutthroats being taken from the hospitals, to be nursed in the families of physi cians in this city, and to be fed with sugar plums by the ladies, we suppose their condition is vita as eomfor4able as could be expected under the mreum. stances. The Lincoln Commission to the South. [From the Ilichmond Dispatch, Feb.3.] Information in our possession enables us to relieve the public apprehension that the commissioners appointed by the Lincoln Government to visit the military prisons of the South will be permitted to fulfil that purpose. Indeed, we could not suppose it possible that the authorities of the Confederate States would for one moment entertain a proposition so absurd and ridiculous. We are informed that our Government will not only refuse, peremptorily, to allow Bishop Ames and Mr. Fish to come here for the purpose of investigating our prison system, or for any other purpose, but will henceforth exer cise a rigid surveillance over any communication, by person or letter, between this country and the North. This Is a step in the ilea diPeetioe, anti the only regret is that the policy had not been sooner adopted. GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT. "Contraband" News from Gen. Price. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from Rolla, Missouri, under date of Feb. 2, says: The "reliable gentleman" has almost entirely disappeared, and the "intelligent contraband" has made his appearance, though his information is not much thought of among the lovers of truth. = The " contraband" aforesaid is from Springfield, no doubt, as he is known to many persons here, but when he left, and on what authority he makes his statement, are quite different questions. I mention it only as a rumor, which may be reasonably doubted, and, perhaps. utterly unfounded. Accord ing to his story, Price has recently been reinforced by twelve thousand Confederate troops from Arkan sas, and is preparing to give our army a hard fight. Reliable information from Lebanon says that Gen. Curtis is now in that place, The "number of troops there is constantly increasing. It is doubtless his intention to remain at that place until all his forces arrive, which will be several days yet, as some of them have not started. A considerable number of troops are under or ders to march this morning, and probably within two or three days, all that are going will have de parted. The roads between this place and Lebanon are almost impaecable. I learn that several teams are mired down this side the Gasconade river, and that the Big Piney is so swollen as to render its passage with teams very hazardous, if not entirely impossi ble. Fifty teams are said to be on this side the stream, waiting for the waters to subside. V0111441111Y . Between tiniQn Lftwyer and two Disbanded Rebel Soldiers. A Rolla (Mo.) correspondent of the Chicago Times says: A friend of mine accompanied mo on horseback yesterday to the main road south leading to Rolla. We had hardly reached the read when we disco covered two ragged fellows slowly approaching_ One or them was a tall, lank, raw-boned Missou rian, some thirty years of ace, and looked as though he had seen hard times, from the appearance of his coat, pants, shoes, and hat, to say nothing of the dirt upon his face and hands. The other was a boy, apparently not over sixteen years of age, and, as regards clothing, was similar to the tall one. I suggested to Mr. 0., my companion (Who, by the by, is fond of fun and somewhat of a lawyer,) that we could have some fun with those fellows. This he consented to, and I appointed him a committee of one to interrogate the Missourians in question, and ascertain where they- were from and their place of destination. The lawyer commenced by saying : " Good morning, gentlemen ; which way ?" The tall one spoke up and said they were going Lawyer. " Where do you live when you are at home and where have you been?" Tall One. " We lives near Jefferson, and has bin out.ouihwest a piece." Lawyer. " What have you been doing? I sus pect you are a part of Price's army, from appear ances—are you not ?" Tall Ono. " Tie ; that is, we has bln with Gine ral Price ; but now we haint." Lawyer. " Time out ?" Seceeb. " Tie, sir, and darn glad of it." Lawyer. "Price didn't clothe you very well, I see ?" Secesh. " Jist as good as he did the other fel lers This suit I've got on and t'other one that is worn out, and seven dollars in sorip6, is all I got for sis months' soldiering,' Lawyer. 4, I believe you said you were in Price's army. 'Rave you got the documents to prove that you aro not spies, but that you nave been regularly discharged from the Confederate service?" Scowls. "Yes, sir, here they is, (pulling two strips of paper out of his calico pants ;) look at 'ens —they are Maui:a—cum straight from Gineral Price himself.'' Lawyer. Yes, they have the proper signatures, and aro got up according to the army regulations (in a horn). Now, then, tell us when you left Price." • Secesh. "Wall, I think it was about tho--the 16th or 19th of this month." Lawyer. " What's Priee doing?" Secesh. "0, nussin' much, but cuttin' around and throwin' up dirt banks, he says, to keep the dam Abolitionists from shootin' his men." Lawyer. "Whereabouts is this dirt being thrown up ?" Seeesh. " This Side of Springfield a bit." Lawyer. " How many men has he fit for duty do you think ?" Secesh. "Wall. I should think somethin' nigh on to 60,000." tllere the little Secesh spoke A R , and said 16,000.) Search. "Yes, that's what I meant; 16,000.." Lawyer. "Well, now state how many Darman?" Secesh. " I don't know, 'racily—never counted 'em—but hr.'s got a hell of a sight—soma great big ones, too—and says he's goin' to do it to you fellers this time if you mill only come to, &tar Ise is. Ile's got five or six mortases—l think that's what the boys call 'ent—they are those things what they shoot fire-balls but of. Gineral Price says he's got ton Fault &Pais that will kill forty miles.", (hero THE WAR PRESS, Ti. Wes Passe will be sent to subscribers by mall (per annumin advance) at Arse Copies " 56 5.011 Bug 66 66 61 8.041 Ten a " 48 11.00 Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thus s 60 copies will cost $24 ; 60 copies will cost $OO ; wall 109 cellos OLT). Nor a Club of Twenty-one or ever, we Will OWN 95 Utra Copy to the getke-up of the Club. Postmasters are requested to act me Agents lee Tun WA. Paces. tar idvettlseinents Inserted at the usual rates. Mg Mies constitute a square. the little Secesh again corrected him by inserting four miles instead of forty ) . . . Lawyer. "Do you think Price will stand his ground this time, or will he run off as he did a few months since when our troops advanced on him?" Secesh. "lie aware he be damned if he don't gin you fellers bell this time. sure, and fight you till the river freezes over, He i l got hie Mad up, and says before he leaves Missouri he intends eleanin' out every Lincolnite scoundrel in it" Lawyer. " What kind of arma—guns I mean— have Price's men ?" Secesh. "All kinds—sich as Rain rifles, double barrel shot-guns, squirrel rifles, sharpshooters, Jim dicks, and a few some of the boys call Mendel& rifles—them kind with large butcher•knives tied on their ends " Lawyer. ft Bow did you fare in the eating lino; did you get plenty ?" Sccesh. "Darn clear of it ; got nothin' scarcely but corn bread, parched corn, sasenfrack tea, and the like. The soldier boys complains a right smart chance agin the Gineral for not feed in' them bet ter. A grist of them in the army has loft for borne, goin' in different directions. The most of them told us that if we come this way through Roily that we would he caught and hung, but we thought that ws would try it, anyhow." Lawyer. U You must mind how you cut your stick or you will be arrested. We arc now think ing strongly of doing that very thing ourselves." Secesh. 1, We's good Union men now—never in tend to take up a gun agin for the Southern army, but intend to take the oath of allegation, or sum thin' of the kind when we can git a chance." MtlYyp, "You moan aliegitillOO to tho United States"! ' Secesh. "Yea, sir; that's IL" Lawyer.'" We wilt et you pass on one condi tion, and that is this • Come, go with us to Italia, and have the oath of allegiance administered to you by Provost Marshal Williams, with a solemn promise that as soon as you return home and see the folks. and get well rested, you will come beok hero and join one of the Ufilon regil1011t8," Seessh. n We'll do that thing—won't we, J 66 T'' (addressing his companion,) Joe nodded his head. Lawyer. " Well, come along ; we will soon hare the oath administered and the papers fixed up," In a few moments' travel we came in sight of Rolla, and while ascending the hill to the town, after a silence of a few minutes, the tall one asked in a pitiful manner " What does it cost to take the oath—we haln't got no money ?" Lawyer. "Nothing, I will foot the bill," In a few moments we were all inside of the mar shal's office , where the oath was administered, and the documents drawn up, with the two Secession ists' X attached, in which it was expressly agreed that they would return to camp in Rolla in one month from date, and join a corps or company of infantry, and fight for the stars and stripes: After this ceremony was over they went their way re- NOR, and I /Ha they will return at the mita, lion of a month—in a horn. The Movement of Gen. Grant Against Fort Henry A few weeks ago General Grant, with a strong force, left Cairo and proceeded in the direction of Tennessee river. The heavy rains at that time had so swollen the river as to render it impossible to at tain any progress toward The enemy: Added to this, the transportation facilities were found Inade quate •, hence the expedition was obliged to return. The late news from Cairo shows that the expedition was not abandoned, but after its return to Cairo its subsequent movements were kept secret, until the telegraph has drawn the veil, and places the expedition within three miles of the rebel Fort Henry. %Ills fort, the only fortification on the Tamen river of much importance, is situated near the line of Kentucky and Tennessee, on the east bank of the stream. It stands in the bottom, about the high water mark, just below 'the bend in the river, and at the head of a straight stretch of about two miles. It therefore commands the river for that distance down stream—and very little else. The land around it is a little higher than the fort, and a portion of it is covered with timber. The arma ment of the fort consists of eight thirty-ti'e pounders, four twelve pounders, and two six pounders. The thirty-two and twelve pounders are heavy guns, and the six pounders light pieces. On the opposite side of the river are three hills, which completely command the fort. Recently some new fortifications were commenced on these bills, where it was intended to mount some very large guns and three rifled cannon. The garrison of the fort is as follows : Brigadier General Floyd Tilghman, commanding, Staff—Captain Powliatan Ellis , assistant adjutant general ; Captain S. C. Morris, aid•de-camp. Troops—Kentucky regiment, late Colonel Tilgh man ; Mississippi Fourth regiment, Colonel --; Louisiana regiment, Colonel Stucke. Fort Ifenry and its approaches were reconnoitred on the 21st ult , by the United States gunboat Lex ington, with a view to ascertain its strength and the position of the rebels. She went within two miles of the fort, and threw a number of shells into it, without eliciting any reply. At first it was thought that the rebels had evacuated the work, but on approaching it still nearer the rebel pickets were seen at various points. The heavy guns on the work were seen distinctly ; also, a number of field pieces, designed evidently to be hauled out into commanding positions along the bluffs in case of necessity. It was also observed by the officers of the Lezmeton that, in addition to the fort pro per, numerous earthworks had beau thrown ii op a high bluff above the fort, on the west bank of the river. These works were armed with what appeared to be two sixty-four pounders. This additional work commands Fort Henry, and in the event of the capture of the latter by Gen. Grant, he would be obliged to make a second assault on the work on the heights in the vicinity. On the 22d ult. Brigadier General C. F. Smith whose brigade was then at Crown Point, Ky., pro geeded from there on 4 pergonal reconnoinatiCb h on the gunboat Lexi»gton, in the direCtiOrt of Fort Henry. The gunboat proceeded up the west chan nel of the river to a point within one mile and a half of the fort. Three rebel steamers were dis covered lying off the mouth of the small creek that empties into the Tennessee river just above the fort. A w ell. directed shell was fired from the Lexington, striking one of the rebel craft in the stern ; a second shell fell short of its tnat.k, just in front of the enemy's works ; a third burst in the air, directly over Fort Henry, doubtless doing good execution. The rebels in the fort then brou,glit out a thirty•two pounder gun to bear on the Lexington, the shot from which fell into the water one-half mile short of its mark. General Smith 9040 MI excellent view of the rebel fort, camp, and garrison, and sent his report to headquarters. The present expedition, under General Grant, is no doubt of sufficient strength for any emergency, and probably ere this he is in full possession of Fort Henry and its surroundings. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. Interesting from Fortress Monroe. FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 5, via Baltimore.— The United States transport Coat itutton t which sailed yesterday for Ship Island, spoke the side - wheel steamer Miami, about forty miles north of Hatteras, last night, in a sinking condition, and, iiisablo to hihke 4t6tlin enough to take her Into port. The Constitution arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon, with the crippled steamer in tow/She will take in a small quantity of coal, and probably sail again in the morning. The French steamer Catinet sailed this forenoon for Havana. The French flag ship Pomone is still IMe. it la proPatilo that the Fronob fleet in our waters will be represented here for some time, one or two vessels being always in port. Anothec steamer is daily expected. The rebel fleet in Elizabeth river has been mov ing about considerably all day. During the fore -139911 heal 7 firing !M. going on At SOWell'u Point, and this afteknoon a tug was seen steaming around, and at one time towing a vessel supposed to be e floating battery to the Point. From Washington. The President has approved the bill mtthoriaing the Deetetary of the Interior to strike from the pen• sion rolls the names of all such persons as have or may hereafter take up arms against the Govern ment of tho United States, or who have in any man ner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympa thy with their cause. It is known that HOMO persons in the West ) after drawing their pensions, have openly joined the enemy, while others who have not taken this ex treme step have openly sympathised with the rebels and, at the same time, drawn their pensions. The law just passed airords a partial remedy against disloyal pensioners receiving money from the Go vernment. AMG THING ON THE "HIIIO GUARDS."—Rev. AS —, a man about six feet four in his stockings, and of proportions worthy a grenadier, and whose heart is stout as his frame, a thorough Union man, and in for the war until all treason is thoroughly crushed out, was recently-conducting a religious conference meeting, when w brother arose to speak, wbo, after alluding to his 114146- Arad foare in a relli gious point of view, branehed oat in reference to the state of the country, saying that so great was his devotion to the Stare and Stripes, that he had enlisted ; and after a few further patriotic remarks, begged an interest in the prayers of the church, that he might be protected by Divine Providence on the battle-field, and- that should he fall a viotini to the bullets of the enemy he might be prepared fur the change_ Such a speech at any time would thrill with pa triotic fervor the brave heart of our worthy minis ter, and ho consequently spoke a few words of en couragement to the _hero, when the wife of the enlisting brother volunteered her experience, in the course of which, alluding to her husband's en listment, she axpreeeed a willineede to give hint up, oven unto death, in the service of hiscountry, In a few moments after the meeting mune to an end, when the minister, all 'anxiety for the welfare of the patriot volunteer, proceeded to make some inquiries in reference to his regiment, commencing with the very natural question as to its name and number, when be received the startling reply, 4; I've fined the Hoare (lizard .? Plus IX, as thus described by an English correspondent, has greatly changed in the last few years: "Ills mind and memory are rapidly be coming enfeebled, and ho continually contradiots one day his most solemn assertions of the day be fore. Formerly his face was certainly a good and tokabitig one. Now, even benevelentie itself seemed hardly venerable in that *scold countenance, with its uncertain eyes and trembling lips." DURING the past five years, 58,368,424 pas sengers have been carried over the steam railroads ip AlSOPllOhlisotts . ; Bad of this !lumber 3i were fa tally injured—ab. but two in consequence of their own carelessness. W. H. RUSSELL, LL.D., was in Toranio, on Saturday last, en route for Montreal fuAd (taketieo. He intends to return to Washington, 6„,A4
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