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THE PREW4.
POIRLISERD DAILY, (BVISDATS 111.011PTID,)
BY JOHN R. FORNEY.
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THE TEL :WEEKLY MESS,
Nailed to kintmeribere oat of the City at Timm Bot.-
LAie Poo Avarua, in advance.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
ARMY EXPRESS GO,
337 CICESTNIET STREET,
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This company having entabliehod an agency In Ma
City, la prepared to forward -
ALL RINDS OF GOODS
WO BALTIMORE,
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ANNAPOLIS,
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TO NEW YOB'S,
BOSTON, AND "EASTERN CITIES
'Heavy Goods should be delivered at DEPOT, corner
Or BROAD and PRIME Streets, before FOUR O'CLOCK
I'. M., where our Clerk will give a Bill of Lading.
MALL PARCELS SHOULD BE LEFT AT OFFICE
NH CHESTNUT STREET
FREIGHT AT VERY LOW RATES DELIVERED
IS WASHINGTON.
Goode for the EAS f at our Office in CHESTNUT Street
DAVIS, BELDEN, & Co.,
ramoxrAL OFIIDE IN NBW YORK, 32 BROAD-
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 0011PA:NIT
j 920 piwflf.44
we THE ADAMS EXPRESS
001dPAITY, Once 820 OHNSTNUI
liteast s forwards Parcels, Packages Merchandise, Bus
saw slid Swig, aitbsr by its ogre lines aria oaaaaattas
gift other 'Express COMpardell, to el Ithe vended Tome"
led ORM of Lb* United Mates
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
P EAT BARGAINS
LADIES' CLOAKS,
To clone out,
At the
illitoll-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE,
N. W. coiner TENTH and ARCH Ste.
•081-Sm JACOB HORSFALL.
drILOAKS--
Mr/ Eandeorae dries of wed-Dude, eerilceabie gar
slants. The best mr.de, the best fitting, sad the bed
materials for the price. A large stock from which to
Detect. 000 PER a write
de/4 S. E. car. eIINTI4 and MA RKET.
CL 0 AK Et!
Tba La: gent, Chvapeato and Beet-assorted stock
in the alty,
HOUGH & 00.,
No. 2b South TENTH Street,
Opposite Franklin Market.
GENTS• FURNISHING GOODS
VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subiber
E would invite attention to his
IM scr PROVD OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a specialty in his bus - Lases. Also, eon
'dandy receiving
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLNNEN , B
a. W. SG( ITT.
GENTLETTER'S FURNISHING "STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
lan-tt Four doors below tho tiontinontal.
COMMISSION ROUSES.
SHIPLEY, PLAZOLE HUT D,
CHINSON,
MN 1111 USIEBT2iIIT MEW,
901(11I8131011 11Z1101‘ ANTS
POP TEN BALM OP
Fklir.A - DELPHIA-IVIADE
selB-e GOODS.
at
LOOKING G _,ASSES.
JAMES S. EMILE & SON,
NANUFACTUDEBE AND IMPORTERS
LOOKING - GLASSES.
OIL PAINTLNOS,
EIRE ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AHD PORTRAIT FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
OASTE-DR-TISITE PORTRAITS,
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
810 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
CABINET FUItNITURE.
iriA.BIBIET FURNITURE AND Bile
LLILBD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
kzo. 2tl South SEOOND Street,
twouseetion with their °steady() Oabinet Badness Me
RON menniaoturieg t. =Wirier article et
BILLIARD TABLES,
S
have new oti hand aNB aunty. finished with the
SWORE a OAMPIOWS IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
ere pronounced. by ell who have used them, to be
n to ail ahem
the onality and 'finish of thew Tables um menu-
Ord Pair to their numerous patrons throughout the
who are MUMMY with the °hamster of their work.
su2B-em
GROCERIES.
PLE
OLD OURReINT WINE,
OUR USUAL SUPPLY,
JUST RECEIVED.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER IF FINE GROCERIES,
jaB-11 Corner of ELEVENTH end VINE Bta
(GENUINE) JAVA AND
MARACAIBO COPPEE,..I., hue 06LONCi
reoeiyed, sad for sale by
PHILIP REILLY A CO.,
No. 7 N. WATER. Street.
AND GREASE. 50 tieraeg
is Lent lard.;
3 tierces White Gveme,
m the Weet, and in gore. For gale by
MURPHY & BOONS,
No. 145 NORTH WHARVES.
ACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD,
AMON, &c.-8. 000 bbls Mess Nos. 1,2, and
AL, largo, Eleiillllll, and ova in.aasortad
if choice, late.canght, fat nab.
31a. New Halifax, Naatport, and Labrador Bar.
:bolos qualities.
oozes extra new coaled Herrings,
boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings.
boxes large klagdaline Herrings.
bbls. Mackinac White Fish.
bble. new Economy Mess Shat
bbl. new Halifax Salmon.
`4 quintals Grand Bank Codfish.
Noxes Herkimer County Cheese.
— .4 landing, for sale by
MURPHY di KOONS,
No. 146 NORTH "MARYS&
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
NE LEA.
OIL.
Bed Lead,
White Lend,
Litharge,
Sugar of Leto!,
Oconee - ea,
Oil of Vitriol,
Calomel,
Patent Yellow,
Chrome Red,
Chrome Yellow,
Aqua Forth,
Iduriatic Acid,
Rpsom Salta,
Rochelle Salts,
Tartaric Acid,
Orange Mineral,
Soluble Tart.
S. Carb. Sod%
Whits Vitritd, Camphor,
Red Precipitate, Beata Corwin.
WETHER LL & BROTHER,
Druggists and Mapufactining Chemists,
Nos. 47 and 49 NorthSECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
'ELS AND SPADES.
GEORGE lIALYMAN 2
btANUFAOTORIIR,
OF BREAD AND QUARRY STREETS,
Bet. Arch and Race, and Second and Third.
-FRICTION METAL,
Superior uouStY*
JAMES YOCOM, Js.,
bRINKER'S ALLEY,
Rot Front and Second, Race and Arch eta
QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
Lys on hand and for gale at Union Wharf, 1451
- net" Kensington. T. THOM el,
211 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
:OEN, HANDLES, TWINE,
me, Bockete, Ac., for sale by
AKISTON, Commission )(mobRAC
'22 &oath WATER aftmedi
BAIL DUCK gad PAN
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oil numbers sad Inwaft
t Awning Twills of ell dwiodwilosis far
Tromft and Wagon Coven.
.nureetorers' Drier tells. from 110
Ing, Belting, Sail Twine, &o.
JOHN W. EVIEW CO., *
lea /MEWS A Thor.
ET PRINTING, AND
ither description of Printing, of the mon
te, at the wort matosahla totes, $$ BIND•
BROWN'S, BMWs Bo kilo* V 4 Sone
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MANAGERS
D. GREENE,
N. e. SANDFORD,
4Anarat Runinfritemeleat.
, DRY AND IN
White Precipitate,
Lunar Caustic,
2fBrcotine,
Bulph. Morphine,
Morphine,
Acetate Morphine,
Lac. Sulph.,
Ether Sulphuric,
Ether Nitric,
Sulphate Quinine,
Corm. SubLim.,
Denarcotized Opium
Chloride of Soda,
Wetherill'e ext. Cincha
Tartar Emetic,
Chloride of Lime
Crude Borax,
Relined Borax,
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RETAIL DRY GOODS
COWPERTH WAIT & CO.,
DRY GOODS,
N. W. CORNER OF EIGHTH AND MARKET STS.,
PHILADELPHIA.
We !lave now in slurs for sale,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
One of the LARGEST, and BEST SELECTED Stocks of
DRY GOODS
to be found in the city, comprising all the
POPULAR MAKES OF MUSLIN'S,
Bleached and Unbleached, such as
Watasutta . , Magnolia,
Wllliamsr ills, Utica,
Boot Mills, Mendotal
Red Bank, Androscoggin,
I l okonoket, Bates,
Green Company, Wilton,
Lawrence, Black Rock,
And a variety of ethers, all of which wo motioning
LOWER, TB AN Tills PRESENT MARKEL , RATES.
Also, a large lot of
• NEW STYLE PRINTS,
AT 12.4 CENTS PER YARD.
Ale°, .50 pieces of
NEW STYLE MERRIMACK PRINTS
AT 15 CENTS PER YARD.
. Together with a large assortment of BLANKETS,
FLANNELS, TABLE LINENS, and feS.tf
DRESS GOODS.
CHEAP MUSLIMS AND FLAN
MEM—Rasing made large purchases of Muslin
and Flannels _
FOR CAS%
(Not from Bankrupt Merchants, but from merchante
who aro not bankrupt.) we are able to sell them much
below the present retail prices.
wAliameeille Mu.line at 17 cents by the piece.
Rhode Island Water Twist at 15e ii
Black and White Rock at 14c
Lebanon Long Cloth at 13c It
Good Qualities at 12X c.
3 caws Good Muslims at Sc.
2X yards wide Bleached Sheeting at 31c.
2X do do do do 35c.
3 do do do do 37x0
UNBLEACHED MUSLINS.
3. bales Stark Mills yard wide, very heavy, 150.
2 bales Portunouta i 3 yard wide, very fine, 140.
1 case Unbleached Cotton Flannel 11c.
1 bale '2B inch Ballard Vale Flannel.
Ibalo Ballard Fab% Flannel. . •
1 bale 4-4 Ballard Vale Flannel.
B. STEEL & SON,
feB No. 713 North TENTH Street. above Coate..
JAS. R. CAMPBELL Flo Co.,
IMPORTER:, AND CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT wiIOLEI3ALE AND RETAIL,
No. 727 CHESTNUT STREET.
Having organized a RETAIL DEPARTMENT in
connection with their WHOLESALE TRADE, will ex
hibit, at all miaow, a his of Hoods by the yard, piece,
or package, at such rates as to commend their stock to
the attention of cash buyers. ja2B-tf
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
OF MANY STYLES OF WINTER GOODS FOR
FIFTEEN DAYS LONGER, BEFORE TAKING
THEM INTO STOCK,
Figured and Plain Merinos%
Plain and Gay Long Shawls.
Dark Dress Goods, Poplins, &a.
Plaid Flannels—Pink, Bine, and Brown.
Ladies' Scarfs, reduced 30 par cent.
One lot of L. C. Hdkfs., at 15c.
Two lots do., at 25c, a bargain.
eye lot of Linen Diaper at SIM a piece.
Hoop Skirts-75, 8734, $l, and $1.12.
Nice assortment of Gingham.
Ladies' Merino Vests, all sizes.
Misses' Merino Vests, all sizes.
Gloves and Hosiery of all kinds.
Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs, aplondid assortment at
J. H. STOKES',
1425 ti 702 ARCH Street.
FAMILY DRY _GOODS STOKE.
EYRE Ec lANDRIL, FOURTH and ARCH,
Lave in store o. Roo stock of
GOODS FOR FAMILY OUSTOM.
Good plain colored Silks. '
Fashionable figured Silks.
Durable black Silks, plain and figured.
Linen Shillings and Linen Shootings.
Beet makes Long Cloth 'Shining MusLIM
Table Linens and Damask 'rouelingo:
Blankets, fine quality and large size.
Marseilles Quilts of all sizes.
Cloths and Cassintores for men and boys.
White goods, a very full stock.
Black goods of every description. . ja23
MUSLINS ! .51 US GINS MUSLIN S !
RUMENS BY Tlll3. rIBOB—MIFIBLIITB BY
THE BALE.—Now is the time for housekeepers to buy
their Elbeetings and Shirtinge, 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
Wameetta, Williamsville, Black Bock, and oth'r popular
makes. Good Muslim at 8, 9,10,11 mute. The best 12-
cent Muslin in the city. Our Pillow-Case Minable, and
our 10-4, 11-4, and 12-4 Sheeting, purchased some time
since, are from Ibsen to four cents cheaper than can be
found elsewhere. COWPBETII WAIT & CO.,
jal2 N. W. cor. EIGHTH and ffARKICT.
67 PIECES NEW SPRING .PRINTS.
Now 4-4 Shirting 'Prints.
Maw Oil Chihit44 at /9,4 conitiororib. 25.
hew Importtd Ginednune.
COOPER & CONARE,
fe3 NINTH. and MARKET Streets.
BLACK ALPACAS.
One auction lot 3 . 13 i, worth 50 cents.
One auction lot 25, worth 31 coots.
rine Black Wool Delaines, 3T3 cents.
COOPER. & CON ARM,
te3 Southeast corner NINTH and lIILICKET
LINEN GOODS.
Medium and Fine Fronting Linens.
Heavy Shirting and Pillow Linens.
One lot Bed-bordered Fringed Towels, 15% cents ;
cheap.
✓Lines Sheeting, Diapers, Napkins, Doylies.
Damask Table Clotho, May Llueue, &c.
COOPER & CONARD,
fe3 Eoutheast corner NINTH and 111-11HIBT.
SHEPHERDS' PLAID CASHMERE.
A) One case just opened.
Buck and White Oheclus double width.
A . lllO All•wool Vashantres.
Jan SHARPLESS BROTHERS.
NEW BALAIORALS.
Four buudrei imported Balmoral Skirts,
At prices lower tbau before offered.
jafi SHARPLESS BROTHERS
I ussiA CRASH,
-LIU In medium and fine qualities.
Scotch Craeh and Towelling.
Jan SHABELESS BROTHERS
EMBROIDERED MUSLIN CUR-
Ttilkia—At Tory low prices, to sell the stoat.
SIA.B.PLEBEI MitallEll4
CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
'PYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH and
ABM open to-day, a fresh assortment of
Bouble•faced Black Figured Silks.
Solid Colored Brown Figured Silks.
Bluee, Diodes fireen, and Purple Silks. pan
VYRE & LANDELL keep the very
heaviest
Plain Black Dress Bilks.
Beavy•bordered Stout Black Bilks.
Widow's Silke, without gloss.
Bich Plain Silks, for city trade. 1.0
$ B
250 BALMORAL SKIRTS, full
size.
6 alaterals Wholesale.
Bahnorale Retail.
jaB EYRS k LANDELit.
EV
ERY LADY WHO WISHES TO
BE BEAUTIFUL should purchase HUNT'S
COURT TOILET POWDER. It is used by the Court
Beautiee in Europe, and it is the only Powder that will
not injure the skin or rub off. Price, 12, 25, and 60
cent.. RUNT'S )31.0031 OF ROSES, a beautiful, na
tural color, for the cheeks or lire; it will not wail off or
Injure the skin, and remains durable for years. Price
$l. These articles aro quite new, and can only be ob.
tained of HUNT & CO., 133 South SEVENTH Street,
above Walnut. All kinds of Fancy Soaps and Per
fumery- jalB-1m
ENGLISH ENCAUSTIC TILES F()It
vtootts.—Mintou's Tiles for vestibules, halls,
dining-rooms, hearths, and for public buildings of every
kind, as laid in the Capitol at Washington, and in many
churches, Mores, banks, hotels, and dwellings, in every
part !of the country. Patterns, composed of Buff, Bed,
and Black, 32c per square foot: with Blue, Green, or
White introduced, 34c to 36c per toot. Lithographic de
signs Bent by mail, on application,
B. A. FIARTUSOI L Importer,
Ja24 No. 1010 CHTEBTNUT street.
HANGING VASES.
Ornamental Flower Pota.
Parlor Vases for Growing Flowers
Baskets for Jardiniere.
Pedestals with Vaee for Flower&
Antidne Vases for Mantels.
Vases Benitissaace for Parlor.
Bantle and Terra Cotta Vases,
Lava Flower Pots and. Yams.
Garden Vases and Pedestale.
Brackets for Basta and Figures
With a great rsriotY of articles imitable for Obriot.
Malt inmate, Tor sale retail and to the trade.
Warerooma 1010 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
dell S. A. HARBISON.
TERRAPINS, OYSTERS STEWED
AND FRIED, AND CHICKEN SALAD.—Invi.
eation Cards and other notices will be giataltted
puts of the city, with punctuality.
The ondersigned is at all times prepared to present, for
the inspection of Ladle!! and Gentlemen a net of the
things necessary fora large or small entert ainment, as the
ease may be, thereby avoiding an unnecessary profusion
end waste ; and flatters himself, that by his long expe
rience In business, be will be able at all times to give, as
heretofore, entire eathafaction to all who favor him with
their patronage. HENRY JONES, Caterer,
No. 250 South TWELFTH Street, above unarm.
Cel-gm
ARMY AND NAVY PAY COL
LECTED.—AIso, arrears of pay for resigned,
discharged, supernumerary, and deceased officera—Bonn
ty money—Census money—Contrac tore' pay—Dischai gee
—Extra pay—Land warrants—Penaions—Prize money—
Reuniting Emptiness State Pay Suktaletence and
Tranaportation, procured by
ALBERT POTTS' Army and Navy Agency,
N.B. corner of THIRD and WILLOW Streets.
ja22.lm*
Oix LEAD-8 barrels just reamed
per schooner Assolia, for rale by
JAURETOHN k
eel . 404 and 404 South MORT titrest
DRIED APPLES.-66 sacks new
Western Dried Apples;
7 bbis new Western Dried Apples.
And received and in store For role by
manly it, K 0011136
101-11 led NORTH WHARVES.
WHITE FISH.-145 half bbls. No
T 1 White 'Fish, for side by
0. 0. SADLER' B 00..
fel 108 ABOH &root, gd door above Front-
TJlje 4J it.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1862.
THE REBELLION.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
Rebel Accounts of the Skirmish
in Tennessee.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE RIOT
IN , RICEIMOND.
TILE MERRIMAC AN ACKNOWLEDGED
FAILURE.
Affairs is Ha'leek's Department.
THE POSITION OF THE ARMY NOW
MOVING AGAINST PRICE.
SKETCHES OF THE PROMINENT LEADERS
IN THE FORT HENRY BATTLE.
Progress of the Expedition to
East Tennessee.
FROM LANDER'S - DEPARTMENT.
THE FEDERAL FORCES REOCCUPY
ROMNEY. r.
THE FORCE SENT AGAINST SAVANNAH
AGGEBATED.
&e., &c.. &o.
NEWS FROM THE REBEL STATES.
From Fortress Monroe and the South.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 7, via Baltimore.—
The steamer Ea-stern State arrived here this morn
ing, having left Hatteras yesterday. She brings
the important news that General Burnside's fleet
left the anchorage at the Inlet for the North on
Wednesday morning. The gunboats started at
sunrise, and the troop-ships followed Wen after.
Their destination was Roanoke Island.
The weather was fine when the fleet left, and
the news of the arrival of the expedition at Roan
oke Island was hourly expected when the Eastern.
State left.
Three or four regiments were lett at the Inlet.
The _Eastern. State will return to Hatteras to
morrow morning.
The names of the sick who died on board the
StOOTO131" Suwanee, during her voyage to this point,
are ; James F. Hackett, Company I, Twenty-third
Massachusetts; Jesse Mack, Company I, Eleventh
Connecticut; William H. Potter, Company G,
Eighth Connectiout ; Samuel Gilbert, of New
Sharon, Vermont, seaman OR the Maria Pike, and
Chauncey F. Cleveland, Company K, Eleventh
Connecticut. All but the last named were buried
at sea.
Charles W. Boynton, of Company F, Twenty
ninth Massachusetts, died to-day of typhoid fever.
Seven Prisoners of war, exchanged on parole, and
several other passengers, came down from Balti
more this morning, to go South. Thoy were sent to
Craney Island by a flag of truce, under command
of Major Jones.
No news or passengers received.
Nothing bad been heard at Norfolk of the Burn
side Expedition.
The steamer Rhode Island, which arrived from
Philadelphia yesterday, sailed for Port Royal this
afternoon.
The steamer &manse left last night for Phila
delphia fer repairs.
Rebel Account of a Skirmish in Tennes.
The Norfolk Day Book, of yesterday, hiw the
following :
Knox - v - 11LE, Feb. s.—On Sunday Lieut. Colonel
White's Tennessee Cavalry encountered a force of
Lincoln's infantry, in Morgan county, Tennessee,
estimated at 100 to SOO, on the mountain side. Col.
White charged the enemy, and Capt. Darman, the
centinander. tbc Federala, rallied hi s menmen twice.
Duncan was shot through the bead and killed by
J. Roberts, a lad 15 years old. The Kentucky
Unionists were then completely routed, and fled in
confusion, leaving seven dead.
The Federal Fleet near Savannah.
The Savannah Republscan of Thursday says :
The glass revealed yesterday no new movement;
among the Federal vessels lying in the Cut north of
the river, beyond an addition to the number. Some
imagine they have moved nearer to the river, bat
we could discover no material change in their po
sition. Persons familiar with the watercourses in
that locality say that they have not ye; reached
Wall's Cut, but are lying in the river beyond ; that
it does not communicate withthe main channel, yet
that.vessels occupying their position can readily
command the main passage. It has been stated,
by persons wbo ought to know, that the portion of
Mud river which leads to Wall's Cut into the Sa
vannah river goes dry at three-quarters ebb, and
that, if the Yankee gunboats should par all ob
structions, they would not be able to come through.
There is nothing new from other parts of the
toast.
The Burnside Expedition
The Richmond Dispatch eays:
The Burnside expedition will have the effect of
making us look well to our defences in that quar
ter. Roanoke Island ought to be made impreg
nable. AU our batteries there and elsewhere should
be provided _with bomb-proof coverings, and the
channel should be obstructed, and no means left
unemployed to foil the purposes of the enemy.
The Reported Riot in Richmond
BALTIMORE, Feb. B.—Prem Richmond papers,
we learn that a serious disturbance broke out in
Richmond, on- Tuesday night last, which, for a
time, threatened disastrous consequences to life
and property.
It is said to have first commented in a drunkor,
brawl. At this a crowd tolleeted, which soon grew
to formidable proportions. Three or four persons
are said to have been killed, among whom were
some of the police.
Rouses, stores, &c., were broken open and ran
sacked, and it seemed impossible to cheek the vio
lent proceedings until late the following morning,
when many engaged in the mob retired of their
own accord.
The Dispatch, speaking of this affair, calls it a
disgrace to the city, and shameful in the extreme,
It calls for the city to be instantly placed under
martial law. The citizens (women especially) wore
greatly alarmed.
The Failure of the Merrimac.
The Norfolk Day Book of Friday contains the
following leading editorial on the failure of that
" famous " ironclad steamer Merrimac, on which
the rebels relied for sweeping the Federalnavy out
of Virginian waters. The Day Book says
We have scarcely patience enough left to Speak
in temperate language of the useless impropriety of
two of our notemporaries which have seen fit, in
their thirst for notoriety, to thrust before the
public the fact that the Merrimac has proved an
abortion. This, too, in disregard of the well-under
stood wish of our authorities, and the spirit, if not
the letter, of the late act of Congress, designed es.
pecially to keep the enemy in ignorance of our
plans and preparations. We were in possession of
all the fasts now divulged, but preferred to sacri
fice newspaper success to the public good. It will
be in vain for these newspapers to plead, in ex
tenuation, that the information they have thus
given to the winds will not reach theenemy, for the
columns of their leading journals collie to us laden
with extracts from the Southern press.
The daivage baying been done we hasten to lay
before our readers a statement of the facts, in order
to correct some of the erroneous impressions which
may be produced by the articles to which we have
alluded. The necessity for this is all the more to
lamented, because the negroes who lately soaped
from our lines carried to the enemy intelligence
that the Merrimac was a complete success.
The facts, then, are briefly as follows: The cal
culation in the displacement of the ship was erro
neous, and, if we are correctly informed, was occa
sioned by, the incessant alterations made by the
Bureau of Construction in Richmond.
We make this statement in justice to Mr. Porter,
wbos.e calculation was . made for a different suit of
armor from that which was finally ordered for the
ship, and after the experiments made by the Ord
nance Board at the fortifications on Jamestown
Island.
The error, which we believe to be of considerably
more than two hundred tons, was discovered when
the ship was floated, and to that fact is to be attri
buted her detention in dock. The chief subject,
however, of regret occurred in this connection, for
when the ship was shoved up again, it appears that
she caught upon the blocks, and received a consider
able strain. in consequence of this some parts of
her machinery have been taken out, a quantity of
dead wood will have to be introduced to prevent
the tendency to " hog " thus unexpectedly de
veloped.
It would be vain to deny that this is a serious in
jury to the ship. But we are happy to state that a
careful survey shows that it is by no means irre
parable. The knowledge of these facts will s we
know, be produCtive of serious disappointment
throughout this entire community, and not only
throughout this community, but throughout the
4 otire South, for public expectation had long been
on tip toe to see this iron-clad leviathan steam down
the harbor to raise the blockade. But, in the natural
revulsion of feeling consequent upon the discovery
of these facts, already known to a small circle which
is daily expanding, we beg leave to admonish our
readers against indulging in the indiscriminate and
bitter criticism which has already found vent in the
newspapers of which we have spoken.
With what propriety these journalacan ass ail Use
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1862.
contractor and ether authorities connected with the
Merrimac we are unable ut present to perceive;
and we suggest to the community the obvious pro.
priety of awaiting in this matter the action of the
tiovernment. That the whole question will bo nar
rowly examined into we have every reason to be.
neve, and, until some investigation has been made,
we may be pardoned for advising the public ti
keep he temper and wait for further developments.
In the beginning, however, we were not of those
who thought the ship able to get into the moat at.
Old Point, and, steaming majestically around and
around. refluce that fortress in a day's bombard
ment. Nor have we believed that she could achieve
half the rotate that popular fancy has, in advance,
attributed to the ironclad monster, In the be
ginning, we anticipated trouble from her vast pro
portions and prodigious length.
Her great draught of water will prevent her ac
tive operations. and the draught, originally about
24 feet, has been considerably increased by the
error in calculating her displacement, to which we
have alluded. But it does not follow that she will
be useless; on the contrary, when her necessary re
pairs and alterations have been made, she will com
plete the defences of our harbor. In the worst as
pect of the case, she can be moored below, and will
render the approach to Norfolk utterlyimpracti
cable to any force that the enemy can bring against
us. She will be sufficient for a protection against a
water attack, whilst on land all we ask is that Gen.
Wool shall come over and make a reconnoissance in
force to find out the nature of our land defences,
and the courage of the men by whom they are sup
ported.
It would be affectation in us to deny our mortifi
cation at thisdisaster re the Merrimac's machinery,
or to attempt concealment of our mortification at
her great draught of water; but after all, we shall
again be enabled to see " another" experiment
made with her, until which time we related our
readers that severe criticism can do no good, and
suggest that they await a full solution of the vexed
question as to whether or no the Merrimac is a
success. When this has been arrived at, we will
praise or blame, as the result requires the one or
justifies the other.
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The Situation at Columbus—Gen. Polk
Culls for Reinforcements.
This community has reason to look to the de
fence of no position in the whole circle of the war
with more wakeful vigilance and keener concern
than that occupied by General Polk on the heights
of Cohn:loMS. We can afford to indulge a comfort
able sense of security with reference to the seaboard
approaches to New Orleans. We feel sure of our
ability in defending the river against any fleet of
the enemy, attempting the capture of the city by
way of the river from the sea. We realize even a
less degree of exposure upon any of the land ap
proaches from the sea to the pity. Fifty thousand
men thrown upon them would be lost; to a hundred
tl3onsand men they would be impracticable. But
what is the fact in regard to the route down the
river from Columbus? Should Columbusfall, what
is to prevent the enemy from sweeping down the
river with the immense fleet of gunboats and float
ing batteries which he has been so long preparing
at St. Louis and Cairo, and with a hundred thou
sand men, under Ilalleck, to attack us on one side,
While an expedition striking us from the sea would
attack us on the other? Who can answer? Do
effectual defences answer? Do preparations fur
defence in rapid progress answer? Where are the
defences? Who is engaged in the preparations?
These questions admit of no satisfactory answer.
Our eependence at present for the safety of the
city from the approach of a formidable expedition
down the river is upon Columbus. That is the
northern key to the Mississippi delta. That in
possession of the enemy, the floodgates of invasion
will he Opened. Our situation would not be hope
less, for the soul of Southern men, fi ghting a war
of independence, must not dream f despair; but
we would be confronted with terrible dangers, and
the whole country exposed to fearful evils. On one
condition only can we realize a full assurance that
such dangers will not occur, and that such evils
will never impend. That condition is the impregna
bility of General Polk's position at Columbus.
But it may be asked, is not that position already
strong? Strong it undoubtedly has been, as the
enemy's gunboats that encountered its betteries
found out, and as his army-at Belmont bitterly dis
covered. Strong it still is in point of its defensive
works, in the resolution of its defenders, and the
vigilance, prudence, ability, and energy o fi its com
manding general. But in war, strengtla is relative.
The force under General Polk's command, it is to
ha feared, is not as large as it should be in
view of the augmentation of the enemy's force
threatening his position. Ills force has been
stationary while the enemy's was being in
creased. Ile is scarcely in a situation to extend
his wings, to guard his flanks, and prevent his posi
tion from being turned by a column of the enemy
pushing past his right.
These reflections are not penned in the spirit of
an alarmist, but that they are called for by the
occasion is sufficiently evinced by the fact that
Genera) Polk has sent an officer to Louisiana, and
one to Mississippi, to urge upon the Executives of
those States the importance, to the security to the
Lower Mississippi valley, of a speedy reinforce
ment of his eolumund. Captain Bernard Anomie,
of this city, entrusted with General Polk's commu
nication to Governor Moore, arrived yesterday, and
has already bad an interview with the Governor,
who, we understand, will confer immediately .witist
General Lovell on the subject of the communica
tion. General Trudeau, who has charge of the
heavy artillery at Columbus, is also in the o ily, an d
corroborates all the apprehensions expressed in
the foregoing remarks. Is it not possible to send
five thousand men from this city to General Polk's
reinforcement? It is safe to say, perhaps, that
a much larger number could be spared at pre
sent, especially as they could be speedily returned
by railroad, in case of shy atartrgenay, which is
DM not foreseen. At all events, Columbus de
mands the earnest attention of our authorities.
The enemy is making a last effort, and we should
be ready to meet it effectually everywhere; but,
above all, to meet it effectually at Columbus. We
have only to stand our ground for sixty days, and
the enemy will sink in exhaustion and despair. But
be will drink new hope and life, for en indefinite
prolongation of the war, if we fail to stand our
ground at Columbus.—N. 0. Delta of 30t/e ult.
A Memphis Paper on the Re-enlistments
. _
in di r e Rebel Army,
The Memphis Appeal of a late date says
We are surprised that the subject of re-enlisting
old troop in our army, and recruiting newmaes for
the spring campaign, is treated by the greater por
tion of the Southern press as a trivial matter, which
will regulate itself, and from which we need have
no apprehensions of danger. It is well, perhaps,
that all of us do not sit in a state of dreamy apathy
and view thie important and absorbing subject in a
similar light, waiting fur the Government to put a
ball in motion whose momentum is absolutely no
thing it it buts to receive an impetus from the pa
triotic hearings of the groat popular heart. There
is danger in this matter which can only be avoided
by being properly exposed. Nothing that we can
conceive of will prove so disastrous to our cause as
a failure to lot the people---they who originated
and are carrying on this war—be fully advised of
the sacrifices and endurance that are to be expected
of them before it is brought to a successful termi
nation. Chief among other subjects, full of solici
tude, is that of securing the punctual re-enlistment,
for the war, of every available man who is now in
the military service of the Confederacy—a con
summation which, if attained, will render the con
flict comparatively short and decisive, when other
wise it might be protracted and pregnant with fre
quent defeat.
It is not the part of true wisdom for us to under
estimate the importance of this Matter—batter by
far exaggerate it, and thus err on the side of
safety. We observe that the Northern press are
placing great hopes upon our inability to pass this
ordeal, and are urging increased vigor on the part
of the Federal Government, with the view of
discouraging re-enlisunents. A late copy of the
Chicago Tribune, Which wo have before us. ven
tilates this subject in a long and elaborate leader,
dwelling upon it with a chuckle of the grimmest
satisfaction. It ventures the boasting assertion that
if the Washington despotism will press its alleged
advantages gained in the repulse or Crittenden
with proper vigor, " the rebellion is dead." The
givings out from Washington, too, arc quite similar
in their character and spirit. We are informed by
a late despatch that 4, all the intelligence which
the Government receives is to the effect that the
rebels will have great difficulty in inducing their
twelve-months soldiers to remain in service after
their period of enlistment expires," and that if the
march, bemeward is likely to begin soon, unless
circumstances unforeseen prevent it."
We can here plainly see what the enemy regards
as our greatest weakness, and that he relies upon it
as the sole source of triumph upon fields where his
armies have been overwhelmed with continuous dis
aster and defeat. Forewarned, therefore, we should
be foreirmed.
By the way of initiating the work before them,
the Confederate Congress has very properly passed
a law offering a liberal bounty upon all enlistments
during the war, together with a furlough of absence
of from thirty to sixty days. That body need not
yet rest on its oars, however, in the delusive belief
that its task of legislation is complete with this
exhibit of statesmanship. They must devise some
measure better equal to the emergency than this—
one which, while it may appeal to patriotism, will
still be effective in case that appeal falls upon ears
impervious to its natural influence.
A Richmond Editor in Daitintorc.
The Richmond Dispatch. says the loofa editor of
the Richmond Enquirer recently visited Baltimore,
and passed the Federal lines without any difficulty.
" His report of the prevailing sentiment of the
people of Maryland, gathered from reliable sources,
ie moat encouraging. He roprezonta that fully
nine tenths of the people of the State and of the
city of Baltimore are earnest sympathizers with
the Southern views." -;
South Carolina Troops.
The Virginia correspondent of the Charleston
Conner says " that out of the Fifth south Carolina
Regiment, numbering eight hundred men, whose
term of service is about expiring, but one hundred
and seventy have signified their willingness to enlist
"for the war."
Escape of Slaves
A local correspondent of the Norfolk Day Book
writes a complaining article relative to the recent
escape of slaves from that city. He says these es
capee are made through instrumentality of secret
societies in Norfolk, who hold their meetings weekly
and in open day. He estiunatea the value of the
contrabands recently escaped at $20,000.
Special Message of Jeff Davis on Rail-
The MY/miner Of the 11th instant, says:
We learn that President Davis has sent into Con
gress a special message, recommending that the aid
of the Government be extended to the objects of the
resolutions adopted by the convention of railroad
presidents and superintendents held in this city last
December. It is understood that the President
takes the ground that the capital necessary to con•
struct the establishments required for moiling
rails, and the manufacture of locomotives, cannot
well be bad, unless the Confederate Government
will make some advance for the purpose. It is
also suggested that the machinery proper for Telling
the rails might be connected with that which is ne
cessary for rolling plates for uses which are wanted
in the naval service.
It is known that the whole matter of aiding
railroads is largely engaging the attention of
Congress ; and there is some curiosity to discover
to what extent the wiseacres of the Provisional
Congress propose to adopt the proposition of the
convention referred to, that " the railroads are a
part of the military defences of tho country."
Another item in the same paper gives this bit of
information :
It is understood that the subject of the comple
tion of the Covington and Ohio Railroad west
wardly is under the consideration of the State Le
gislature, with a view to &negotiation with the Con
federate States Government for an advance of tho
funds necessary to complete the improvement.
We may relieve some anxiety on this nubjeet
by stating that President Davis has advised Con
gross against any direct appropriation for this pur
pose, in tbo present condition of the Treasury.
The plan was (submitted to President Davis by
Mr Fontaine, president of the Virginia Central
Railroad, to bring into operation an unfinished'
section of the railroad line between the Western
terminus of Central Railroad and
it& Kanaitpha Valley. The section of the road to
which allusion is specially made is twenty miles in
length, crossing the Alleghany Mountains, and pass
ing immediately by the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, on the direct route by which troops, pro.
visions, and munitions of war, were hauled by
wagons to the command of Gen. Floyd.
The Saltpetre Seizure.
Our dospatehos have already announced the de
termination of the rebel authorities to seize all the
saltpetre in the South. The following is tho " See
ley of War's" order on tho subject:
66 CommenaTE STATES OE AMERICA,
" WAR DEPARTMENT,
"ItlcumuND, February 4, 1862
"Bands of speculators have combined to mono
pollee•all the saltpetre to be found in the country,
and thus force from the Government exorbitant
prices for an artiole indispensable to the national
defence.
"The Department has hitherto paid prices equal
to four times the usual peace rates, in order to
avoid recourse to impressment, if possible. This
policy has only served to embolden. the speculator*
to fresh exactions.
"It is now ordered that all military commanders
in the,Confederate States impress all saltpetre now
or hereafter to be found within their districts, ex
cept such as is in the hands of the original manu
facturers, or of Government agents and contractors,
paying therefor forty cents per pound, and no more.
The price fixed is the highest rate at which con
tracts have been rns4o, and leaves very huge
profits to the manufacturers.
"J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War."
The Tobacco Crop.
The Richmond market reports of the sth lust
say:
Heavy shipping tobacco still commands g oo d
prices, and has, within the past two weeks, shown
rattier an upward tendency. This we think is
mainly due to the vast quantity of money in the
market seeking an investment. Planters ablo to
hold their crops should consider this. Except real
estate, tobacco is regarded as perhaps the safest in
vestment now presenting. But for the want of
storage room in Riehmond, we should expect to see
tobacco continue to advance in price. Every avail
able Safe place in this city is, however, crowded to
its utmost capacity, and those disposed to buy are
restrained by this consideration.
How Soldiers May be Made Happy.
. The Richmond Ezcantner, of the 6th instant, in
a solemn leading article on the re-enlistment of the
rebel troops, says
The desire of the twelve-months volunteer to
visit his friends at home is natural. It often
amounts to a morbid passion, seriously affecting
the health of the soldier. It is said of the French
conscripts, under the empire, that this passion
took like possession a them ; and, where fur
loughs were refused, the victim• frequently died of
home-sickness. The surgeons, soon discovering
the fact, granted leaves in every case where the
unmistakable listlessness of countenance betokened
the presence of the morbid longing. The result
of the liberal policy was found to bo most happy.
In every ease, the visit completely restored the
patient to health and animation, and he soon be
came as eager to return to camp as be had before
been to leave it
The Examiner seems to think that the rebel
troops need the benefits of this " liberal policy."
It adds :
But, be the number of these re-enlistments
great or email, the enemy will be apt to find a suffi
cient number of brave Southern men in the field to
bailie and defeat their designs. The people of the
South have never failed in their duty in this strug
gle, and they little understand the temper of the
South who think they have grown weary and will
now prove recreant to the emergency. They have
Much =ere c t° fight for now than when they engaged
in this contest. It was then their politieal rights
which they were vindicating ; it is now not only
freedom from a ruinous• taxation and a crushing
debt, but for every principle of freedom which our
race have been wont to cherish as sacred.
The Stone Blockade in Illaffit's Channel.
[From the Charleston Mercury. Jan. 28.]
Observations made yesterday afternoon show that
the Yankees have sunk ten old hulks on the Rattle
snake Shoal, about six miles from Beach Channel.
There is one vessel with her masts still visible, just
inside the Rattlesnake Shoal, not yet sunk, but evi
dently ready for sinking.
The blockading fleet, yesterday afternoon, con
victed of three ataarnera or gunboata,.and one bark.
Two other vessels were seen steering southward.
One of these appeared to be sailing toward Stone
Inlet; She proceeded quite slowly, evidently in
tending to feel her 'AV.
Southern Fastiirond Connections
(Prom the Itictunond-Dierateb, Feb. 4.]
The House of Delegates having agreed to Senate
amendments to the bill authorizing connections be
tween Richmond and Petersburg, it is now a law.
The railroads will now,
no doubt, take the earliest
opportunity of making the connections permanent,
as they are required to do by the bill. The bill for
a connecting link between Richmond and Frede
ricksburg, and the Manassas gap railroads, at the
junction of the respective roads, will come up fur
consideration in the Senate this morning.
Population of Charleston.
The Mercury states the white population of the
city of Charleston as follows
Males 13.139
"Females 13,830
Total 26,962
Number of families 5,092
Males between 18 and 45.. 6 730
Males between 16 and 60 8 130
. . . .
Of the males 8,411 were born in the Confederate
States, and of the foreign-born population, which
amounts to 4,719, 532 are from Northern States,
1,771 from Ireland, and 1,429 from Germany.
The Methodists
The official members of the Baltimore Confe
rence Methodists, of Fredericksburg, adopted
resoletiemi in favor of uniting, as a Conference,
'with the Southern Methodist Church. Their pro
ceedings conclude with the following resolutions :
1. That in our opinion it is expedient for all the
preachers of the Baltimore Conference (who Gan
do so) to meet at some place, to be agreed upoa,
early in the month of March next, and consider
the condition of the Church and the views presented
above.
2. That in our opinion three or more commis
sioners to the General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South ought, to be appointed for
the purpose of carrying out the object aforesaid.
Richmond Morals
The Richmond Extuainer of the oth says :
The rowdyism now rife in this city has become
intolerable, and demands immediate suppression
with the high hand. Acts of brutal violence, vulgar
ruffianism, and gross indecency, are of momentary
occurrence in our streets. The most orderly °Wen
and the most delicate lady are exposed to outrage
and insult. No man's life, even, is secure in broad
daylight on our most public thoroughfares. To
surround, knock down, bruise and maltreat, has
become the pastime of the ruffians that throng our
pavements. The evil must be suppressed, or else
Society must surrender its authority to brute vio
lence. We must disorganize the social system,
resolve ourselves into savages, and prepare for pro
tection by the most effective weapons of self
defence, or else we must assert the power of the
law upon the persons of the ruffians and vagabonds
that Infest our streets and alleys.
* 4 More vigilance should be re
quired of the police, and a larger constabulary em
ployed. Every street-corner should be manned by
a policeman in uniform, armed to the teeth, whistle
in hand, prepared to rally a dozen colleagues in the
instant of disturbance. The license money arising
from the rapid increase of grog-shops would seem
appropriately employed in invigorating the police.
If these furnaces of hell-fire are allowed to dis
pense at every corner what not merely intoxicates,
but crazes, surely the revenues which they pay into
the city treasury should be expended in protecting
the valuable lives which they imperil, and in re
storingtbe order which they disturb. The city, by
tolerating a thousand dens of iniquity and paSsion,
owes the duty to its population of affording it pro
tection from the dangers and outrages thus en
gendered and prepared. The time has arrived for
vigilance and summary reform, or else ruffianism,
theft, arson, druiskenness, and murder, will soon
claim
ai th o e th c e i r ty uo ill u tr il ir li e t fo . 4l=rr iu rv u e ir . oo
the
foh.
lowing statement "A few nights ago, the gamblers
of Richmond held a convention in this city, and
after thefatibion of the noble refrigerators' of Con
gress, transacted their business in secret session.
We axe informed that one hundred and fifty mem
bers of the gambling and 'plug fhiternity were
present; that fifty thousand dollars were voted
and subscribed to as a fund to tarry , the next elec
tion for Mayor; and that the candidate nominated
as likely to unite the gambling and rowdy interests
of Richmond 'is an ungrammatical grocer and
whisky-worm of the name of David J. Saws
tikes. We two very much of the opinion that, if
matters are not speedily bettered in Richmond, the
gamblers,plugs, and the retired and unsavory
whisky-dealer they propose as their candidate, will
be in the hands of a vigilance committee before the
date of the next municipal election."
Nisnellneteontl, •
Mrs. Margaret Rives, the sister of the Hon. Wm.
C. Rives, died, last week, at Carlton, near Char
lottesville, Va., at the residence of Alexander
Rives, Esq.
The Nashville Union. saps General Pillow had
withdrawn his resignation, having been advised of
a change of circumstances at Columbus. lie would
at ones enter the service again under General
Beauregerd.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says the people
along the coast are manufacturing a great quantity
of salt.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed an act to
raise ten thousand volunteers for the defence of the
State ; and if a sufficient number do not volunteer,
then they are to be drafted. The Senate of that
State had passed a bill calling a Convention of the
people of that State.
Col. Maxey's regiment of Texas infantryreached
Little Rook on Saturday last, en route for Colum
bus.
An article from the Knoxville Register says all
the soldiers found retreating from the,late battle in
Kentucky, through the country, are at once arrest
ed, and will be drafted into regiments.
In the Tennessee Legislature, on the 27th, reso
lutions mourning the late loss of lien. Zolliooffer,
And the heavy defeat in Kentucky, were passed.
/t calla the diktat a ead and dianstrous ono.
The Charleston Courier says all the sufferers by
the great fire in that city have been abundantly
taken care of by the people.
The Macon (Oa.) relerrraylt says that Governor
Brown's proposition to Advance a million or two of
the Confederate tax, if he can be allowed interest
on Oho advance until due, hes !been responded to.
by the Secretary . of the Treasury, declining the ad
vance, lIS 'keret., money enough in the Treasury.
(Snob as it ki.)
The rebels of New Orleans and other principal
points in Louisiana celebrated the 213 t b* alt. as
their Independence Day, that being the annlerea.
ry of the secession of that State.
The Louisiana Senate have primed the Mir for
loaning cotter) planters ten millions of dollars, rind .
the bill was returned to the House on an amend
ment. The New Orleans Delta says the Route
will pass it, of course, and then only the wisdom
and patriotism of Governor Moore, if he will exert
those virtues, can prevent a heavy blow being aimed
at the high financial standing of that State. Tele
grams to New Orleans state that the House Com
mittee of Commerce have reported against the ex
port of (rotten from any port in Louisiana. The act
re considered unconstitutional, as the Constitution
of the Confederacy gives to Congress , the power to
regulate commerce.
The Bowling Green (Ky.) Courier, in its notes
on the Mill Spring defeat, "kills" Zollicolfor in
the following high-tragedy manner
Gen. Zolliceffer advanced to within a short dis
tance of an Ohio regiment, which had taken a po
sition at a point unknown to him, and which he
supposed to be one of his own regiments. The first
intimation he had of his clangorous position wan re-
OelYcci when it was too late. " Theses otiZolli
coffer," cried out several of the regiment in front of
him. "Till him ! " and in an instant their pieces
were leveled at his person. At that moment henry
M. Fogg, aid to Gen. Zollicoffer, drew his revolver,
and fired, killing the person who first recognised
Gen. Z. With the most perfect coolness, Gen. Z.
approached to the head of the enemy, and drawing
hts sabre eut the head of the Lincoln colonel from
his shoulders. As soon as this was done, twenty
bullets pierced the body of our gallant leader, and
Gen. Zollicoffer fell from his horse a mangled corpse.
GEN. HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT.
Affairs at Lobanon, Missouri.
The correpondent of the St. Louis Rejmbhcan,
writing from Rolls under date of February 12
says:
The report that Rains had been captured by
Lane'a forces is yet without confirmation. Let
ters from Lebanon (where the report originated), of
recent dates, have nothing to say on the subject,
and, as I expected, the whole story is likely to
prove a fabrication.
I have before me a letter from an intelligent
gentleman, now with the army, bearing date Le
banon, February 1, which, though containing no
news of special interest, gives much general infor
mation in regard to the roads, the people, the pro-
Sent Statue of, and the prospect before our army.
To place your readers in possession of this informa
tion, I can do no better than copy from the let
ter:
"Gen. Curtis braved it out by keeping to his
horse, but your humble servant crept into an am
bulance, and snugly ensconced in a buffido retie,
was enabled, with some degree of comfort, to make
the journey. We did not arrive in this place till
Wednesday, and then found almost every house,
office, and building, occupied by quartermasters,
adjutant generals, or headquarters, or by the pri
vates of the First Missouri Cavalry. Gen. Curtis,
even, was unable to procure any suitable head
quarters, and his staff and orderlies reposed for the
night in their tents, pitched upon the snow.
"Fright's battalion have moved on from this
post. Boyd's and Phelps' regiments are encamped
—the one on the north, the other south of the town,
and the streets are filled with soldiers.
" Chief - Quartermaster Sheridan is paying for all
purchases of forage and commissary supplies, and
the country people are pleased and encouraged
with his gentlemanly manner and consideration,
and are becoming assured that the purpose of the
army is not to rob and plunder, as has been too
much the case, but to pay for all things required
for the public service. Corn and wheat are plenty
in this neighborhood, and the money is a very
acceptable thing to the farmers.
cr There is no news from Price that is in any
way reliable. Will he fight? is a question frequent
ly asked. lam inclined to the opinion he will, if
reinforced to any considerable extent from Ar
kansas—not otherwise. But few fugitives have
arrived as yet en their homeward way. I would
advise them not to come too soon.
"The news, if there is any. is kept very close by
those
. permitted to know ; but my impression is,
there is but little to know.
"When the command will move from here I
cannot ,tell. What it will do the future must
determine."
The writer justifies the inference that it will be
several days—perhaps weeks—before the army will
move forward, but that it is the intention of the
commander to establish thei+rmy in Springfield or
some contiguous point: As General Davis' brigade is
en route for Lebanon, and several regiments are on
their way there from this place, no movement of
importance need be expected until all the troops to
take part in the campaign shall have been concen
trated at that point. 'non, if Inner Price is
10 spilin' for a fight," herein doubtless be accommo
dated, and have ample opportunity to show his
"pluck."
The latest news from Price received by the pub
lic at this place is,that he is eight miles this side of
Springfield, and intends to show fight. The qiia--
tion whether he will fight or run can be settled only
by waiting until he has a chance to fight. All
speculations on the subject are nothing more than
conjecture, and you can judge of his probable ac
tion with as much correctness as any one else who
is likely to communicate with you.
•
The Strength of Columbus, Ky.
The St. Louis correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times, writing under date of February 4, says :
The strength of Columbus has not, so far as I can
learn, been wasted. It is believed, by its holders,
altogether impregnable against any and all assaults,
and not without some reason. The rebels have had
nine Months to fortify the position, and have pro
fited by all the advice given them through Union
correspondents of the loyal press. When they had
made all the preparations deemed necessary, some
wiseacre would point out in print the defects of
their defences, and they, like sensible men, sapient
enough to learn even from an enemy, would imme
diately set about remedying the evilg; aryl in this
way they bare been enabled to blend science with
Nature, and render Columbus a kind of American
Gibraltar.
Columbus has some two hundred guns, many of
them of the largest calibre, including three ono
hundred and twenty-four pounders. The rebels
have placed powerful batteries on the bluff, an d
Irater guns along, the shore, commanding the river
for a mile and a half above and below, and they
boast they can blow our whole fleet into the air be
fore it can approach near enough to do them da
mage.
A great deal has been said of submarine torpedos.
Whether or not any have been deposited under the
Mississippi, I am unaware, but if they , have they
are more a bugbear than aught else, since they have
very rarely done any service. Such batteries must
be so nicely adjusted, and so scientifically prepared,
that they are very apt to be out of order. They
explode, but almost always at the wrong time, and
tend to do fully as much damage to their friends pfi
foes. If the eulanerinos wore the sole danger at
Columbus the enterprise would not be very hazard
ous. The town is strongly fortified, and, as Beau 7
regard, an excellent engineer, has either taken, or
is about to take, command of the place, any direct
assault upon it will be attended with great loss of
life.
It is reported that General HaHeck has for weeks
past been industriously studying the best mode of
attack upon - Columbus, and that he has an idea of
assaulting it in the manner usually adopted. He
is said to lave formed a brilliant strategic plan, by
which the rebels at Columbus will be shelled or
starved out in a few weeks.
I have received some intimations of this proposed
scheme, but do not feel authorized to divulge any
portion at present, particularly as I sin ignorant of
the correctness of my information on the subject.
It certainly seems as if a skilful general could
devise some other plan of reducing Columbus than
of boetegieg it under all its gnus. Most military
captains have tried every other means before or
dering an assault, resorting to that as a desperate
issue, and the last of measures.
Sketches of the Prominent Leaders in the
Battle at Fort Fleury.
COMMODORE FOOTE
Commodore Andrew H. Foote, who •so gallantly
led the gunboats in the action at Fort Henry, is a
native of Connecticut, and entered the service from
that State, in 1822. Since that time, he has been
continually in service, making the whole time of
his naval career extend over forty years. He is
still, however, full of the fire and vim of youth,
and is one of the beet specimens of the old sea•dogs
in America. Over twenty years of his time, he has
been on ocean service, cruising in almost every
sea; ten years he has been on shore duty, and
twenty years of his time has been what is de
signated as unemploye . d. He received his com
mission as commander in 1822, and was last at ifea
1211859. o.h:we that time, he has teen on servioe in
the Brooklyn navy yard ; but, about eight months
ago, was assigned to the duty of superintending the
putting up of the great Mississippi flotilla. Com
modore Foote is known in the navy as ono of its
most efficlint officers, and distinguished himself
greatly in China by the bombardment and breach
ing of a Chinese fort; the fort, in all respects, a
superior work of masonry. The feat called forth
the praise of all foreign naval officers on that coast.
Commodore Foote is an affable gentleman, and, as
will be Been by his reply to the rebel Tilghman,
never surrenders.
CAPT. FORTIER
Capt. Porter, of the gunboat Essex, who is re
ported as badly scalded by the bursting of his boat's
boiler, is a native of Louisiana, but entered the
navy from Massachusetts iu 1823. He is a son of
the renowned Commodore Porter, who figured so
prominently in the war of 1812. Ha has been
thirty-eight years in the service, and has seen
twelve years sea duty, five years shore duty, and
the rest of the time unemployed. Ho was last at
sea in 1850, and was then, and has been since un
til recently, in command of the sloop St. Marys.
His commission as naval commander dates only
since 1535. When the Illisi=iedippi flotilla was pro-
Je•oted, be was detailed to the command of a gun
boat. The Captain christened his boat the Essex,
after his father's renowned vessel, and judging
from precedent, Capt. Porter is the " '
or fighting man of this expedition. Ho has Dahl
gren guns for his armament, and delights in " shell
ing." Re worked prodigimisly getting his boat
ready, and since then he has been cruising mud,
stirring up the rebels wherever he could find them.
It was the boast of Commodore Perry that he
built some of his vessels on Lake Erie in twenty-six
days. Captain Porter took the ferry-boat New Era,
completely stripped her of everything but the
frame-work of her hull, and entirety remodeled,
rebuilt, and planked her, strengthened her with
additional timbers and knees, caulked her, put in
bulkheads t built strong and ample gun-desks, cased
her hull with iron plates. ; in faot, oonstructed a new
vessel, carrying nine heavy guns, and floated her
out of her dock in fourteen days ! The mechanics
tell, with considerable zest, bow, on the fourteenth
day, Captain Porter, who had been Orewding the
TWO CENT E.
work night and day, without giving notice, opened
the gates of the floating' dock, let on tlae water,
and, to the astonishment of the industriourartising
aboard, the craft was in her element.
It is earnestly to be hoped that the calla :et Cap
tain will speedily recover, ne4 I rody °ammo
for votive duty on his beloved element.
coilF.2l tarn EU STET
Commander Boger N. Sternbal; of the Csrxikr
anti, is a native of Maryland, hale a oitizon , of
Chio, from whiell State be was appointed to the'
navy. Be entered tke service on thce2rth of Marsh;'
1032; and has, therefore, served the - United Stater
nearly thirty years. lie wake V61211;410 to a Het/
tenancy on 5o 20th of October, 1343. Voider that
connoisaion he was eight years at sea, I - .oa total sea
service being aiateenyebn and nine menthe. lie
was for nearly eight years on shore and other duty,
and was for o7or five years unoulployod. Me was
last at osa in January, 1880. and, at the commence
ment of 1801, had the ehaege of the Navair4trylum
of Philadelphia. At that thee he stood N0...3810n
the liat of ligutenantm of the navy. The rebblSan
and other causes made several vacancies in thalitt
above him, and his name etude on the last FAIN:I
-ed list of commanders-No. 96, he having been pro..
'noted to that rank. Ile held in the present con.
test the command of the gunboat Cmcznnati.
LIEUT . PA-ULU/11G.
Lieutenant Leonard Paulding is a native and%
citizen of Now Ark, from wlueh State he was ap.
pointed to the navy. lie- that entered the service
on the 19th of December, 1840;. and has therefore'
served the United States over twenty-ono years..
Ilis present 0011[Mg8E1011 of. lieutenant bears date
from September /4j 1855, t<nd• he hag seen under
that about five years' sea• service. His total sea
service is nearly sixteen years, with about four
years" shore and other duty. Her was unemployed
about eighteen months, and was hot at sea in .De
cember, 1860, on board-the brig..Dblpinn. He then
obtained a short leave of absence, after which he
was appointed to the. steamer Ilfickigan. While
on the _Dolphin his name stood , No. IS? en the list
of lieutenants, and at the oonnueneement of the
rebellion he had only ascended sin rounds of the
ladder of promotion, being. then No. 151. The
traitorous resignations. in the navy, however, did
him some good ; for in the extra-navy list his name
stands No. 88. In the present enuagnment he had
the command of the gunboat St; TAM
BRIG. G EN. LLOYD MGR SIAN.
This rebel officer, now a.prisoner of war in our
hands, was in command of the rebel, defences of
the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers ; on the line
of Forte Donaldson and Henry, with hisheadquar
tore at Fort Donaldson, near•Dever, on the Cum
berland, in Stewart county, and near the dividing
line between Kentucky and Tenneesee.
General Tilghman is a native of , Maryland, a
graduate of the Military Academy at West Point,
and was a member of the graduating class of 1836,
which included Joseph R. Anderson and Chris
topher C. Tompkins, of Virginia;.Montgomery
C. lifeige, of Georgia ; Peter V. Magner, of
the District of Columbia ; O'Brien, of Penn
sylvania ; Sherman, of Rhode Island; Allen,
of Ohio, and others, all prominent in the ex
isting war. Four of the same class- have been
killed in battle—namely, Shackleford, of Vir
ginia. at Molino del Hey ; Burke, of New York, at
Churubusco; Daniels, of New Hampshire, at Moli
no del Rey, and Haskins, of North Carolina, at
Monterey. Gen. Tilgman wee promoted a brevet
eccoud lieutenant in the First regiment dragoons,
July 1, 1836, and made second lieutenant four days
thereafter, but in September following resigned, as
many of the officers of the army did about the same
time, in order to follow the profession of civil engi
neering. He was division engineer on. the Balti
more and Susquehanna Railroad, and assistant
engineer in the survey of the Norfolk and. Wilming
ton Canal, of the Eastern Shore Railroad, of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and on other promi
nent works of public improvement. On, the break
ing out of the war with Mexico he repaired to the
Rio Grande, and served as a volunteer aid-de-oanip
to Brigadier General Twiggs in the battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. fie subsequently
commanded a small volunteer partisan cerise, super
intended the erection of ,defences at Matamoros,
and, during the last year of his service in Mexico,
was captain of a company of light artillery in the
regiment of Maryland and District of Columbia
volunteers, commanded by Colonel George W.
Hughes.
After Ike war he returned to 1113 profession of
engineering, and became principal assistant engi
neer of the Panama division of the Isthmus Rail
road. For some time past he has resided at Padu
cah, Kentucky, and was one of the earliest to take
the field from that State in behalf of the rebel
cause, having been appointed colonel. His regl.
ment, as a part of the First Kentucky brigade s
rendezvoused at Clarksville, Tennessee, where it
remained, undergoing thorough drill, until the
movement of the rebel troops into Kentucky, when
it advanced to Bowling Green, about the time of
the occupation at Muldrough'a Hill. Since that
time he bile been appointed brigadier general—Gen.
Buckner, who is several years his junior as a gra
duate of the Military Academy, and who was bre
vetted for gallant and meritorious conduct in the
battles of Contreras and Churubusoo, having been
promoted to the command of a division.
GENERAL BUELL'S DEPARTMENT.
The War in Kentucky
CINCINNATI, Feb. B.—Speoial despatches to the
Commercial and Gazette say that General Nelson's
division left New Haven on Thursday, and ad
vanced to Green river, above Munfordsville.
Gte:eiid Thomas' advance is at Monticello, near
the Tennessee lire, but cannot proceed farther on
account of the condition of the roads. The coun
try is entirely deserted.
General Wallace's div bin has left Smithland for
Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland. river.
The expulsion of Bright from the Senate gave
great joy at Indianapolis.
The Forty-eighth and Fifty-third Indiana regi
ments have gone to Cairo.
Air. Scott, the Assistant Secretary of War, was at
Indianapolis on Thursday, on an official visit, and
left for Kentucky yesterday.
OA receipt of ate news of the capture of Port
Henry yesterday, the Ohio Senate adjourned.
A rumor that Gen. McClellan has been super
seded in the chief command of the army caused
much excitement in Cincinnati. A resolution call
ing on the Government for active and earnest war
fare will be offered in the House.
The Rebel General Crittenden's Breast-
Plate.
The Louisville Journal says :
Lieutenant Colonel Rise, commanding the 10th
Indiana, when that regiment took posseslionaf Zel
licoffees entrenchments on the Cumberland, found
a breast-plate among the personal effects of Major
General George B. Crittenden, which, as we learn
from the Indianapolis Journal, has been presented
to Gov. 0. P. Morton, and deposited in the State
Library. It is made of four thicknesses of sheet
iron, eighteen inches in length and fourteen broad,
riveted together, evidently intended, our contem
porary thinks, to cover the manly breast of Critten
den, but found either too weighty for him to carry,
or else, in the frenzy of his flight and fear, he for
got to don his armor. We presume it is allowable
for a soldier to protect himself as much as possible,
and many Ofe.POV9 necessities of a knight of old,
armed cap-a-pie, have by slow mutations and inno
vations, become a part and parcel of the mo
dern uniform, such as the gorget and the epau
let. We cannot, therefore, object that Gen. Crit
tenden should cover his sternum with sheet iron ;
be has heard of the British iron plated Brarrzor i
Pit lie &Spires to be a Confederate
warrior on the
same ferruginous principle; we don't know that he
is as complete a success as his naval prototype
which runs twelve to fifteen knots an hour, but he
certainly made very rapid time between Logan's
Fends, Wayne county, Kentucky, and the Boiling
Springs in Fentress county, Tennessee, on the
memorable night of the nineteenth of last January,
having accomplished some eighty miles, under
full head of steam, if we may credit the Nashville
Gazette. But Crittenden was iron witted to make
himself iron hearted ; he should have asked him
self, "What stronger breastplate than a heart un
tainted !" and' he has not so far neglected his
beliettristinal reading in his rebellious belligerence,
as to have forgotten what Shakspeare says :
Thrice is be armed who bath hie quarrel just ;
And be but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience wish injustice is corrupted.
GENERAL LANDER'S DEPARTMENT.
The Occupation of Romney, Va—The
Flight of the Rebels before General
Lander
WASIIIICGTON, February B.—Further information
bee leen received from General Lander, by which
it appears that, having been reinforced, he marched
on Thursday, at the head of between seven and eight
thousand troops, upon the enemy at Romney.
The rebel forces were about equal to his own.
They declined fighting, however, and retreated
Woes the rarer, lihirtioying the wire bridge in their
rear, and running off, probably to Winchester.
As heretofore stated, General Lander is now in
possession of Romney,
The - Position of the Rebels before their
Evncuation:
The Cumberland (Md.) correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial, writing under date of Febru
ary 4th, says :
I am not disposed to disclose either the number
or disposition of the troops ceteprisieg this
They are nitre:lent to hold the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad from the creek to Hancock, were a simply
defensive policy determined on, or to retake and
hold Romney, were that desirable, or to make a for
midable demonstration upon any pint that is stra
tegically important.
As to the rebels, it is not true, as reported, that
Romney has been evacuated. Though there are
but few troops in the town, there is a force of per
haps four thousand at Mechanics' Gap, holding a
strong position; two regiments, with artillery, at
and near Hanging Rock ; and another considerable
body in camp near the bridge on the Winchester
read from Green Springs, or, mere accurately, from
the confluence of the South and North branches if
the Potomac. Another body of militia, estimated at
4,000 is encamped about four miles from Cacapen, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with their pioketa
thrown towards the town. Shoots' notorious ca
valry company, who look upon themselves as the
lineal descendants of Marion's men, are every
where. They know every mountain pass and bridle
reed, and appear and disappear with a good deal of
celerity.
A week ago last Friday there were but seven
teen hundred troops in Winchester. Slime that
time, however, Jackson has fallen back upon the
town. The troops comprising his division are main
ly those who unsuccessfully attempted to drive the
Federal forces from the Cheat Mountaluip; and
should they ever come in collision, will find many
of the same determined men opposed to them here
that attacked and finally compelled them to aban
don their strong position at Greenbrier.
The key to the whole position is Winchester.
Once driven from there, they would be compelled
to IMO Romney, Martinaburg, and Charlestown;
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in fact, the whole country this side of the Shemin
slosh. But Winchester will not fall without a des-
Aerate etruggle. The railroad connecting it with
fteaburg ben been completed, opening through
communication with Meneeene. Any demoristna
tioWell Wintbettor would be answered by a move-
Mee/ of sufficient forces from Minimum to make
the undertaking a difficult one; and yet, any move
ment Flat contirsiplater u loss object than the ulti
mate possession of that important point, however
brillianNp execs will be treconsequential in
its results. It would• not secure the Ohio end
Baltimore railroad from moteetetion it would
pot rtudyr the otoupatian of the was of
the Cheat Mountain less imperative,: it would not
reSieve the Union men of Jefferson and Hampshire
counties frost the terrors of military desporism •
though 1 suspect that by this time very few ltrnkei
people remaingirr them. Winchester is to , Manassas
what Mill Springs mole. Bowling Omen, and once
taken, the reduution of Strasburg en the one aide,
and I;cesburg on. the othm, would inevitably fol
107r and Malian:se would be exposed' to attack Oh
that:lnk and rear.
Wihtnc snob a movement irmaderit will' set the
whom army of ths Potomac in motion, and the
fighting will not be' confined to n this division. ft
will, indeed, be a grand advance along the whole
line, resulting, as we hope, in the discomfiture and
rout of the enemy, P.
MISSELLANEMS WAR NEWS.
The Mispeditiotk against Savannah'.
New Foam, Feb. b.—By the sloop-op ear s at
-0,74,-ne/t, we 'learn that the expedition on the Ss
.7wainah river 'has been greatly magnif.ed Is oon
sisteit only of a few small gunbeats, and a brigade
at:tq o thousand men, which' sailed front Port Royal
to' are ounoitre and give the men exercise. A' por
tion of the boata entered the Savannah river by at
Bell creek, butt fauna the river obstructed, anti
bad' to seturn. They discovered the enemy's fleet,
g it atd at them as they passed, but could not
ascertain if any damage was done. The main part
Of the erpedition had rettiniad.
When Übe Savcortalt left, Jan-nary 30th, arum+
bar of. summon were beitt cent through the creek,
but it , was not knowndbr what purpose: . -
Commodore Dupouttas prohibited, and itt future
will prohibit, all communication. between Port
Royal and the North, se the correspondents of thee
press have materially aided in foiling many of him
plane, and no eteateer 'or sailing yeael will be al. ,
lowed to leave until all hlo plans are perfected..
Many of the crew o!' , the Savan?rah.'are eielv
with the scurvy.
Rumored IntervenSion by France:
WASEINGTON,'Feb. B.—Senator Cowan, of Penn
sylvania, bail received a letter from a welt.inform
e a and influential eource Paris, Stating that the
Eintawor Napoleon would, .at the meeting of' the
French Chambers, on the 27th of January, ea
flounce his intention of intervening in the American
troubles. Whether the intervention is tcr be. of a
character hostile to the North, or friendly, waa•not
known.
No French Interventivit.•
WasruNoroir, Feb. B.—The rumor of an intend
ed intervention of France in our affairs is contra
dicted to-day on high authority.
The usual rpstption at the White House gem
postponed to•day,; in consequence of illness in the
President's family.
Order Concerning Postage on Sailors'
EMMI
WAswinoTon, Feb. B.—The following has bees
issued from t.. 49 Feet 016 co Department!
Under the act of Congress approved January 21st,
1862, sailors and marines in the actual service of
the United States have the same privilege with.sol
diens :of sending letters without• prepayment of
postage.
All postmasters are instructed to mail, without
prepayment of postage, all such letters, when cer
tified as follows: The envelope ffillg Oar the cer.
tilleete ' t Naval Lotter," signed by a commander:
or lieutenant, on board the vessel, with the uani•
of the vessel, thus
Naval Letter,
Richard Roe, Fleet Lieutenant,
United States Gunboat Kanawha.
To John smith, New York
This privilege does not extend to commissioned
officers. All such certified letters ,must be rated.
with the postage at the mailing offiee, to be colieei
ed at the office of delivery. Letters sAdressed to
such sailors and marines must be prepaid as before.
JOHN A.. KASSON t
First Assistant Postmaster General.
The New U. S. Gunboat Pinola.
WASHINGTON; Feb. 8. The new United &stet
gunboat Pinola, which has just been finished, at
Baltimore, arrived here to•day. She name up past
the rebel batteries, accompanied by the Resolute,
without being fired at. She will here take aboard
ker armament and stores. She is inuharge of Lieu
tenant Commanding Crosby, who is highly esteemed,
as a naval officer.
The Treritury-Note Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—The Finance Committee
of the Senate is in session, considering the treasury
note bill% A majority of the committee iii.iandositri
edly opposed to the legal-tender clause. It Wpm.
bable that the bill will be pressed.to a vote-in t h e
Senate early in the coming week. Neither Roma
of Congress is in session to-day.
Reinforcements to Ship Island.
BOSTON, Feb. B.—The ships own Paarl,
and North America, with troops and stores, forming
a part of General Butler's expedition, sailed thin
morning for Ship Island.
From the Upper Potomac.
FREDERICK, Md., Feb. 7..—The latest intelligence
from the Virginia side is via Hancock, on Wednes
day. A squad of anal* daily make their appear
ance on a distant hill, apparently to. observe our
movements.
At Harper's Ferry it was reported that Jacket*
had not yet gone to Richmond, bat was supposed
to be at HaMown, where his men wore propiiiini
to resist the imaginary advance of General Bankf
division. Bodies of rebel troops were also at
Charlestown and Ifartinsburg.
On Saturday a small body of the enomy were
dispersed near Bolivar by a few well-directed shells
from our battery& Marylabd Ilcighte, One of the
shells exploded in an unoccupied dwelling.
There was considerable dissipation in town during
the early part of the week, but a descent by the
provost guard upon several taverna has cheoked it
in a considerable degree.
Several companies of Liinaar's Virginia Regiment
have arrived here from Hancock, ink:. n the Mary
land regiment. General Cooper, in command of
the Maryland brigade, it is believed, will take the
field in a few days.
Our artillery foroe has been 941)1iiittrably aligit
wonted during the week, and more are believed bit
be preparing to come hither.
Twenty-nine prisoners from Baltimore, rdostly
belonging to the upper regiments, were sent Set
Babcock yesterday, under a guard of the Michigan
ClWhilYt
On Wednesday, the body of Sergeant Major
Lusk, of the second battalion Michigan cavalry,
was escorted to the cars, en route homeward, by a
large number of Masons and officers of his regi
ment. Big loss will be severely felt by WO imp/.
end hundreds of personal friends. Ile wart a Ma
son, in high standing, and widely known and es
teemed for his estimable qualities. The weather is
clear and pleasant this morning.
The Command of the Army,
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Times says
Several sapient correspondents have worried
themselves lately concerning a prophesied change
in the management of the army, and have asserted,
amongst other misstatements, that Secretary Stan
ton, in pursuance of a oust= ganetleeed by long
practice, is about to assume the active management
of the army, leaving to General McClellan the
charge of the army of the Potomac. Inasmuch ea
this statement would mislead readers as to the po
sition of General McClellan, and the power of the
Secretary, I will give briefly the facts of the ease :
A week since the staff of Gen, McClellan were no
tified to be in readiness for a movement aevott the
river. They made every preparation for so doing,
and Major E. M. Green, of their number, went to
New York for the purpose of purobasing certain I
personal supplies for their use. n consequence of
the state of the roads they have not yet been order
ed over, but they are ready to gO, and When they
go Gen: McClellan will turnover to the usrapraq
charge of Mr. Stanton the control of the entire
army, with the exception of the army of the Poto
mac, It will be remembered that when Gem. Seed
went to Mexico he pursued a similar course, thug
leaving himself free to attend to , the more import
ent matter in hind, Gen. McClellan and Mr.
Stanton, it is nedless to say, are on the beat of
terms.
The Consolidation of Volunteer Cavalry.
Gen. Stoneman's recommendations that the se
venty-seven regiments of volunteer cavalry now on
ttict TO be consolidated into fifty regiments; that
a military commission be organised to select front
the whole number the fittest officers and privates
and horses ; and that, so fur as practicable, the quo
tas of the several States be equalized, aro likely to
be adopted and embodied in a bill by the Senate
Military Committee, with whom he has been la
conference.
GENERAL NEWS.
GEN. ZOLLICOFFER leaves a large family of
ebildren unprovlded for, and the Memphis Ava
lanche suggests that they shall be adopted by the
state of Tennessee.
Tun Memphis Appeal says that vast quanti
ties of poisonous drugs have been introduced into
the South. Some quinine examined in that city on
the 29th January was found to contain morphine,
strychnine, and other poisonous; ingredients.
TUE CONNECTICUT Ilf/LITLA. law,.—The Re
publican State Committee of Cenneeticut Meat
the repeal of the new milbtla law providing for a
home militia by drafting, on the ground that it has
proved defective, unequal in ha applioation, a n d
operates with greater harshness upon the poorer
masses.
Jamns Hoc Sstrrn, former editor of the
Columbus (0hio) State. l lo4.ol, died bhe, 4101
laM
week, aged 39 years. At the time of his dominos
be was clerk of the county.
Obtm WZATLIZR.—At Fort Wise, Now Mom
too, the thermometer, for the six days previous to
the 18th of January, rouged, from zero to eight,
ten, and twelve degrees below. In the pools of the
Arkoulos river tine Igo wee six or eight inches thiok.