THE PRESS, fpoLISEIBDJ DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Y OHN W. FORNHY, oFFICS. No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. ; TIIID DAILY PRESS, 511srEss CENTS PER Weak, payable to the Carrier; 04 , 0 4 to Subscribers out of the City at Bum DoLLAII.e. poicre. FOUR DOLLARS Fos. &m o ttle/MN, Two DOL.. t + Peg ~REE ...011THS - 111VELTIabiY in adyancie for the dorod. 0 or Adyertisements Inserted at the naval rates. Sig • tioa coostltnte a square. ' TILE TRI-I,VIDRIELY PRESS, • yips to Subscribers out of the City at Pova Don ANNUM, in advance. • COMMISSION • ' HOUSES; t COFFIN* 'a i . , 220 CIIESTNIIT STREET. Offer for sale, by the Package— pRINTS,BROWIt AND BLEACHED MEETINGS AND oRTINGS. • DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS. rTTNADES, CORSET AS, NANKEENS. JEANS COLORED CAMBRICS , SEAMLESS BAGS. BLACK DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES. CEION CLoTIIS, SATINETS. PLAID Lilimn's, NEGRO KERsßys. EZITUCKY JEANS, . • • MAO; • sEV.ELITE KERSEYS, INFANTRY. CLOTHS. ARMY FLANNELS, 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, &0., &a. &bowl Sm DRI . L I.:D•E'LPHIA - s ` BAG "• MANUFACTORY. I juRLAPBAGB,.OF ALL BIZEB, FOR CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, &o. ALSO, ' SEAMLESS ,BAGS, ,tandsrd makes, ALL SIZES, for sale ohoaP, for net 4.0 h on delivery. GEO. GRIGG. oimt • N 0.210 and 212131.011URC11 ALLEY. QEAM.LEST : BAos. T 1 2,000 CAI(AIiA A, all, Cotton; 17 .Ounces. . 3,W) OZARKII., BM „ KELLY% si LOCO AMOSKEAG C., " • 3,0 HAMPDEN E., half Cotton. For sale low by GrRI.CIG 8a HARMSTEAD, IHERCBANDIZE BROKERS, t)nam No. 911 STRAWBERRY treat COTTON YARN- STPERIOR COTTON YARN, No, io, FOR SALE BY 1110TIIINORA.M k WELLS. oat! sIIIPIJE•Y, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, No. 11A CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OP PHILADELPHIA•MADE GOODS. it 6m ATLANTIC COTTON MILLS. fiEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. CHARLES AMORY, 3R., 83 00., 205 CHURCH ALLEY, PRILAVRIMIti SEWING MACHINES. OA NIAANSAINPNA" SINGBR'S SEWING MACHINES, For Famll7 Sewing sta . .-Manyilitaturing"Pppow KO CHESTNUT STRAET. taffy Sra : • • . wriEnultatmr.;sorr SEWING MACHISES. 8%8 OHESTIIIIT STREET. de ff.3m PHILADELPHIA. • THE WILCOX Ar GIBBS FAMILY SEWING MACHINES titre been greatly improved, making it ENTIRELY NOISELESS( And with Set f-adjnating Hemmers, are now rfAt4yfor sale by FAIRBANKS dr EWING. 50274 715 OGESTMIT Street. CtOTHES•WRINGEItS. \yILLIAM YARNALL R DIALER IN HOUSDFURNISHENG GOODS. No. 1020 OHESTNTIT STREET, iteot for the role of BALKY, MOUE, & BOYDEN% PATENT SELF.ADJUSTING OLOTICES-WRINGER, Believed to be the beet OLOTHIMMUNGrin intep. It will wring the largest Bed Quilt or 'smallest Hand inchist drier than can possibly be done b 7 band. In wry much lees time. 13.—A liberal discount will be made to &slim. CABINET FURNITURE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL• LIARD 'Taws. MOORE & CJAMPION, No. 261 South SECOND Street, In connection with their extensive Cabinet Bnaiiness, are now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full amply finished with the 3100 RE do CAMPION'S IMPROVED lISHIONS, Which are pronounced by all who have use them to be impel rior to all others, For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their aork. an234m • DRUGS AND .OHEMICALS. • • ROBERT SHOEMAKg,III2 .00., Northeast Corner Fourth sad BLOB Brett% PHILADELPHIA. • WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, DEPORTEES ARE DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, 11ANUFAOTORER8 OP WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, 60. AMITE FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at n0278m VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. A . OPPENHEIMER, No. Sat 01Mq0B.: * .pier;PhilAdelphia, CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF ARMY CLOTHING • Of Every Description. ' ALSO, TENTS, HAVERSACKS, PONCHOS, CAMP BLANKETS, KNAPSACKS, and BED TICKINOS FOR HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS. Alt goods made will be guarantied regulation in size nd make. N. B. Orders of any size Riled with despatch. 3a7-tf AMERICAN STEAM FLOUR MILLS, Nos. 77, 70, AND 81 LAUREL STREET, Below Front, Philadelphia. The undersigned, having commenced the Milling bust zolo at this well-known old stand, are prepared to far- GROCERS, DEALERS, AND FAMILIES kith the very best article of Wheat Flour, at the lowest Oive in a trial, and we will guarantee entire satisfac tion. Mill Feed constantly on hand. tisTlivrain• BARNES & 13.11'00111. .f t . ) l7 ARCH STREET. A. VANKIRK & CO. Have on hand a fine assortment of CIXANDELIERS AND OTHER GAB' FIXTURES. Alio, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,. PleaseCa and e xamine go ods. delaly CA•U T IC; The well-earned reputation of FAIRBANKS' SCALES 44 . 4 Induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer it "l ae FAIRBANKS' SCALES,Taud purchasers hays eteby, In many instances, been gni:dads(' to fraud and I .a caution . Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by me original Inventors, E. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO., and IN adapted to every branch of the business, Where a %treat and durable Scales is desired, • FAIRBANKS do EWING' General Agent', ,toti-tf ingwric HALL csEnx - trr OASES 30-INCH BLACKSTONE UMBRELLA CLOTHS. P " hale by MATTHEW PINNEY'S SONS, inp BOSTON, Mass. :1 EVAN'S & WATSON'S SALAMANDER STORE, , la S_OUTII FOURTH STREET,. , YHILADELPHIA, PA. t4 k 0 14 . r ail variety of FIRE-PROOF SAFES alwaye os VOL. 6.-NO. 145. ;RETAIL • DRY. GOODS. tr - P STAIRS DEPARTMENT. BOYS' CLOTHING LADrE.S' CLOAKS, BEADY MADE OR MADE TO ORDER. 300 PER Ba CONARD, jaB-tf I , 8. E. COB. NINTH and MARICIT Sta. JAMES R. CAMPBELL . 8: 00., IMPORTERS AND CASH DEALERS IN 1 1. DRY GOODS, AT ;WHOLBS.ALE AND RETAIL. . . WWI ORESTNI7T STREET, Hare itud ireved.And ire now offering. magnificent SILKS, SHAWLS. AND DRESS GOODS. ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON. not-3m DRESS GOODS, /01'11:EDUCED PRIC}IS JUST OPENED, • . 5 0 04 : )0 :YDS••.. ,XOUSELgiN ~--• _ OF. CHOICE STYi,IIS.t , • On band, Sazonymoveli•DßESS .GOODS;AN . ,211, and Si cents per yard. URWEN STODDART & BRO., 450, 459, and 454 N. SECOND Street, above Willow. jal7.4t • 1.024 CHESTNUT STREET.. - • E. M. NEEDLES. • . • LINENS, WHITE-GOODS LACI .ICS >• Ito * .01 • EMBROIDFILIE • •." c. 12 Di . lull assortment always on hand 'at LOW ` 5 PRICES - , . ..... . R• Just received, lace-trimmed Embroidered , and Mourning Muslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the ad o house and street. Also, all-linen Hemstitched * 4 Handkerchiefs, at Id cents. Also, all descriptions of Linen Handketroltiefs, for Ladies, Gents, and Children, at . WHOLESALE PRICES. isS-tf • 10214 CHESTNUT STREET. . EDWINT HALL ,& BRO., . 26 South'SECOND Street, • ' Have re d uced the pricesiof - Fallo-Y Silks, Rich Printed Dress Goods, , Choice Shades of liferinees, Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins, • .. All-Wool De Laines, • All kinds of dark dress goods ram . Also, , ' - • Fine Long Broche Shawls, , Open Centre Long Cashmere* Rich new styles of Blanket Sh 40 4-4 Lyons Silk velvota, pure SU . •Ae4S4l AGEIiTS. D RY GOODS FOR WINTER. Rep. Poplins, French Merinos, Colored Mousselines. • Ponit De Soies, Foulard Silks, • Blanket Shawls, Balmoral Skirts, Black Silks, • Fancy Silks, Black Bombazines, Worsted Plalda, Cheap De'allies. French Chintzes, Shirting Flannels, Broche Shawls, Fine Blankets, - ' Crtb Blankets. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. EN'S AND BOYS' wEA.R. . 111 Casalmeres for BUBlaess Snits. . Cassimeres for Dress Suits. • - Cassimeres for Boys' wear. Cloths adapted to every use. Boys' Clothing, ready made. ' - Men's and BoyBLANKETS. s:,Suits made to order. - • lilta top lot ett $6. ': • , -" • ged Gray Blankets at $250 and $3.50. Blankets—Army Blankets. estic Goods at lowest prices. TABLE LINENS. Fine Table Damasks and Cloths. . The famous power-loom Table Linens. Bargains in .napkins, &c.. &c. ' • DBMS GOODS. , 8631 yards newest styles Delaines at We. lue Reps, Blue Poplins, Blue Parsmattas. Brown raps, Brown Poplins, Brown. Coburg's. - - BalmorMs ae52.75. $B. 01c,3.25 and 1g3.50. ' • coorkß at cox_ ,ARD ft B. (aner NINTH and MARKET Tsang.... TT & SON HAVE A LARGE • assortment of DRESS GOODS; - suitable for HO.' LIDAY PRESENTS. , • Rich Fancy Silks ; Plain Silks, choice colors. ' • ... Plain and Figured Black Silks. ..Plain and Figured Rep Poplins. - • • Plain and Figured Merinoes. . . . Plain Soiferino Cashmeres, at 373 1 0, worth el WINTER SIIAWLS, Ingreat vaelety, • MERINO SCARFS, •BROCHE BORDERS: , - • • • CLOAKS—Of • New , and Fashionable Styles, made of Black Beaver, Frosted Beaver and Black Cloth. Call and examine our stock.' We guaranty to give sa tisfaction, as we sell nothing but good articles, and at lower prices than they can be bought elsewhere. ' dell! ' Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street. DRIB AND • CRADLE BLANKETS. • Large Crib Blankets: ' • Pine Cradle Blankets. • -1' jal BYRE & LANDBLL, FOURTWand ARCH "RIME 4k - LANDELL,. /91711711.: AND ABC.% have a tine stock of - ;•• GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM: • '' • . Good Large Blankets. Good Linen Sheetings. • • • • • • Good Muslin by the pie Ce. Good Unshrinking Flannels. • • Good Fast Colored hints. Good Table Linen and Towels. Good Quality Black Silks. Good Assortment Colored Silks. jal 1 ' .12-1 ' 11.11LL" ' Ilhil VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY The subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which be makes a specialty in his business. Also, con stantly receiving, • • NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GEN PLEMEN'S FURNISHING . STORE, No. 13.14 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors btlow the Continental.' ' 11OLIDAY PRESENTS. . • • ... • • . Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STRUT. Has now in store an elegant assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS, U. S. REVENUE STAMPS. AGENCY FOR THE SALE :OF UNITED STATES TAX STAMPS, • No. 67 South THIRD Street, Stet door above Chestnut. A full supply of all kinds of REVENUE STAMPS that have been issued by the Government for sale In quantities to suit. A liberal discount allowed on amounts of WO and np wards. Orders by Mall promptly arMided to. JACOB. VCIUDGWAY, No..s7•South THIRD Street. 1,000 b°7".lEl. C . 1104 Y SHIRI. 1,000 do." t Y L API I A 1 1 21R 8 T3 133 . 500 ".ASSI:IIII:O2LIFNAIMIIRTS. 500 • do. LOW - PRIC ED IoITEHUSLIN SHIRTS. 1,000 do. DENIM OVERALLS. 10,000 PAIRS OOTTONADE PANTALOONS. For We by szturzrr, MICE. & CO.. 3a13112 ' Idanufacturore. 1817 0 . 10:61011 ALLEY. RUTTER .+Sc PATTESON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, - 118 SOUTH FRONT STREET, • PHILADELPHIA, Call the attention of the trade , to their fresh and full assortment of Sugars, Syrups, Cofffes, 3tc. ial9-6t & JAB. CARSTAIRS, NOS. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Streets, Offer for sale the following goods in bond of their own importation, viz • • Cognac and Rochelle Brandies, in half pipes, quarters, and octaves. - Burgundy Ports, in quarters and octaves. Oporto Ports, in octaves. - • - Triple-Anchor Gin, in pipes and three-quarter pipes. Jamaica Rum, in puncheons. Bay Rum, in puncheons and barrels. Claret, in casks and cases. Also, the followthg, for whiehVe are agent, CHAMPAGNE.--The celebrated brands`of "Gold Lao" , and Gloria:" Purrey & Bi!rnes' Imperial Planck Mustard. 6S. Olives. 141 . 41 41 Capers . " Carstairs'" pure Salad Oil. • , • - Also for sale, to arrive,lBo casks Margillles Madeira. 200 baskets alive Oil. 120 cases French Mustard.. 600 (mhos Claret. 117 quarter casks Burgundy Port, TERRA COTTA 'WARE. •Jk• Fancy Flower Pots. Hanging Vases. • Fern Vases, with Plants. Orange Pots. Ivy Vases, with Plant& • • Cassoletts Renaissance. • Lava Vases Antique. • • Consols and Cariatades. ' • • Marble Busts and Pedestals, • - - Brackets, all sizes. ' With a large_ assortMent of other FANCY GOODS, suitable fo t. HRISTMAS PRESENTS, most of which are manufactured and 'lmported for onr - own sales, and will sot he found at a.ttrother establishment: - S. A: HARRISON, 1010 CHESTNUT Street. ARD P , R INT IN . 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" " - '"" 4 ""'"' - ' .3"s? • - . • • • .•, . . . • . . . . , . ._ ... - • • . ..-. .... . . - . • •• • . .. • . • • . •,. .• - . .. . . . . . .. . . . . •-• ..,. . . . . .. . •-..-„,.... ..... • • • . . • - ••••:. . . . . • .... .. • . . ....• . .. JOHN C. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE,) SCARFS, NECK TIES, GLOVES, &c., In. Great Variety Cti .rtss. WED . ITERAY,..T.4NTJARY 21, 1863. • • • ; A Thi Wedding! • 61,MM - in Gi Tharp wa r ,. rmany of having a special celebration of:certain anniversaries of 'marriagea: , When a' couple have lived twenty-fiire Years together, - the silver-wed ding - takes place : when - they kave com pleted their fiftieth:year of wedded life, there is a still grander celebration Of the golden,- wedding. The custom , has been brought into this country, but is a novelty in Eng land. In the course of last year, the writer of these lines received an invitation from an old and valued friend, (Mr. Floyd Smith, Vice President of the Manhattan Gas Com: pithy, New . York,) to assist irkthe celebra tion of the fiftieth annivelary, , or lgolden wedding, of himself and eicellent lady— who, by the way, does not look iheihalf century, all her years well toid, which she had passed in matrimonial happiness. As we are informed,;on competent autho rity, the silver and the golden wedding ire celebrated with much similarity of cere mony in Germany : theorily difference being that there- generally are riche': ' . .weberitei An na:at...the mgolden=etlyurat the , ding. . Some days before the anniversity, the happy couple issue invitations to -their friends and kinsfolk, who assemble "atnbout ten o'clock, bringing with them (or having sent before) a great variety of presents—not merely. valuable or- handeome, but, for the most part, extremely useful.'., In fact, every thing—from a paPer of pins; from a child' a wa gon toa grand piano, anarpet, a set of dining tables a dozen of chairs 'a:basket of silier forks andspoons, a carriage-and-horses, and , so on—ispresentable and reeeiyable on such au occasion. Only the rule is, every one who Comes must bring something. Of course, there arises a good deal of fun, now and then, from particular articles-so presented—a _little practical and even pleasantly satirical wit being allowed on such occasions. For example, at either the silver or the golden celebration, there would be much fan in pre senting a cradle, in the event of the wedded pair not having any offspring to show after an union of twenty-five or fifty-years. The German fashion about 11 in the - forenoon, when the company. are all collect ed, to form a procession to the church, espe cially, if possible, .to that church in which the original marriage took place.,:The younger members of the family lead off in this procession, in the of which walk ' , What Old Weller called "the crsekens of that manneuver," viz : the grand-children and children, the most juvenile• heading off each successive branch. Next come the hero and heroine of the occasion, the he and she whose silver or goldenwedding is being Celebrated ; and next thein (also, if possible, under the chance of absence or , death,) walk the gentlemen and ladies, who, at the real but remote nuptials, were grooms-men and bridesmaids. In the church, the clergyman and clerk are found in their proper phi*, and a divine service is then performed in a devout and jubilant manner, everything being said and done, as at an ordinary wed ding, except that the' actual ceremonial, the giving of the ring, and . the pronouncing . ".the twain •one flesh;" is ; omitted. There is no end of psalliodron -Sikh occasiona, and the clergyman.detivers antiddressto the husliand and wife, rather more Of a conira tulation than monition.. At last, the final benediction- reverently .bestowed, the .pre -.cession,. rettlins to the house whence it started; ::'augmented - -by the addition of the .`clergyman,- whc;,,joills . the party-in a sump - tuobs repast; to whith ' (after the' fieliton - t . of. his ,'order,) he "does the Niert justice, so mtteV.so-Gliat;it•is - said , by i slart z derers no tio s tilif:that some of the reverend gentlemen partake of all the twenty-three dishes which' make a German feast • until , the very 'glasses. fall out of the _great silver - spectacle-lima which some of them are compelled to wear, to improve their sight injured by too much study. After dinner there ismusic, . There is singing, and there is anrainount Of dancing,—perhaps there * also may be some large consumption of the inevitable beer, of cider, of wine, and, of ' . eourse,. of tobacco. Next clay, all the (Oa ?natio persona appear as sober, as judged,— a good deal than some judges whom 'we have Met our earthly pilgrithage. In Philadelphia; at leant; there are four marriage•ranniverwy celebrations, whereas there are only two in Germany. On . Mow day evening, having accepted an invitation to join in a familycelebration of a marriage which had run Chic - Rip ten Years of happi ness and prosperity, *e proceeded to a house in -Pine-street;. . between 15th and 16th, where dwelleth the son of Richard, t and where, after congratulations sincerely offered and gracefully acknowledged bythe fair and smiling' demo of the mansion, we found a table' in the corner of the parlor or reception room, covered with many varie ties of articles in tin, from a nutmeg grater to an non science, to stock a tin-man's store in a country village. One young ladY—hirself a blooming candidate for the happy state, which usually involVes a change of sur name--liad presented the lady of the house,: her sister, with a curiously constructed grid iron, made of tinned , wire, which she had facetieusly labelled ."To be used in the event of family broils." Among the contributions was a gun 'Ode of tin, with a bayonet of the same material, and, considering that the hero of this " tin wedding," (who has made " heaps of tin," by his business,) is himself a great manufacturer of breech-loading ca valry carbines, there was something auda daciously suggestive and provoking in send- ing such a present to him I There was a great deal of . mirth, as might be expected, as a succession of tin gifts poured in—each guest bringing something in that line with him. The husband's. own offering 'was a large basket of exquisite flowers—camelias, cactuses, jessamines, (te. There was some good music, toO—Mr. Benjiimin Cross, Jr., officiating at the piano and Mr. Wm. Florence, Jr., playing charmingly 011 . the violin: There wits some excellent singing that would have done credit to a Concert-room, and• that most astonishing pianist, Master James a youth of fourteen, who plays with great skill, judgment, and effect, also favored the' company with a treat such as 1 rarely can be afforded. He is certainly the greatest juvenile musical prodigy of the age —he has fame and fortune at his , fingers' ends, and those who kindly help him now, for “ Slowsises worth by Poverty depreesed,” will do•- a kind •-•as -well - •a • liberal action, to modest talent: of the - most remarkable order. :We :need- not say that a•sumptueus, supper formed an agreeable part of this,de bennial celebration ;• nor,. indeed, can we speak 'of the champagne-which made bright eyes look still • brighter. - With. our usual simplicity of taste, We limited our. tasting,to ; a wine from the .kieingau—marked Ru desheirner-beig," which ..is 'made_ front OrL• leans grapes, - but reminding'us - , rather Of the', rare Hinterhaus, from the. , Reiisling:graPes,: which has - a still more vivid bouquet: :is a safe plan,. when- a 'roan. : comes across a tare vintage like _this,•:te. imbibe its bottled sunshine in silence, for, 4f. he praise it, .others will get possession of the necter, and diminish, if not destroy, Ms clianee of having even a second glass, - . The 'fourth celebration, which, is 'as -lunch a novelty to us as the tin,. is the wooden wed- dAg, cinfics off at the :close of the - first five 'years of married On: that occasion every thing goes on much'as . ,at ; ilte others, but the stringent rill s . is; that •e*OrY,. , present."'mnst bethade.• of wood., As tables, `chairs, .witt4notsi'- eartterbatys, -bedsteads,' PHILADELPHIA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21; 1863. Wardrobes, children'srocking-horses 'et cetera, come under this generic individuality, a five-years-old couple may become - the re cipients of a large quantity of furniture. We suspect that; without straining the part poky much, even :a piano-forte - would be admissi ble under the circumstances.. It is ahnbst needless to add that the going chhich in solemn procession. is a- German custom not yet natutalized In city. ' HISTORY OF THE WAR. The Defennes of Washingtintosay of Major General fititoheoele.7ll,caeoitaa'for • the , Retention of 'McDowell's Oolvaer:PO - liey of the Peninsular Campaign. . • Major General E. A., liitchcock; . Vnited States Volunteers, gave hia testimony as follows, on Satur day last, before the McDowell court of inquiry. ~The letters . and orders, -mentioned by him, haVe been published in The Press . • • by General McDowell. State if your ,official position and connectibn with the Government were such; at the time,.iia to' enable yoti to know or to give yen good grounds for judging , as- to, General McDoviellarhavin,g or not, in April last, sought; in -duced, or procured the separation of his army corps from the Army'of the Potomac, with a view to hav ing, a separate command for, himself ; ' and, so, 'whether or not the retention of the corps was, to the best of your knowledge and belief, sought, induced, or procured by him, or was made .by,the Govern ment for Public, reasons, base& on the represen tations of otlieral State fully what.you know la this matter. A. I was on - duty in the War Office, under- the immediate orders of the Secretary of War, from the middle of March to the middle of May last. ,'That irerkid embraced the Hine referred to; in this clues, on: The circumatanpesw.hich-led.to,the detention '''•of Oren. McDowellisAimyceirtis-imgm'etitly.-partfef 111.1.11_, - Itti abovering ihrhy4foritialfrbitypf. Mashing helieVe, very frilly known tome, I. "am very sure thet,.personally, Gen..MoDowell had nothing whatevertill do in pram:ling the orders Which detained him in front of Washington. • I am very sure that hie first information on the, subject was derived from the order itself, directing his de thntion here.' I saw Gen.McDowell soon after that; and hie first expressions .to me- in reference to the order were those of deep ;regret. . lie had- hoped, as he said to me, to accompany the army to the pe ninsula, where he was anxious to be put in a post tion to do something in his profession as a military man; by which I inferred very plainly that he hoped' . to have bad an opportunity of distinguishing himself as a soldier. His language and his deportment gave Vie the belief that he was, as .he said, truly disay4 . pointed, and for the reason he assigned. The facts in.the case could be beat seen by a recital of the air cirmstances under,which the orders, were given.. 1 • .• , ..The witness. referred to certain papers an his pos :iession to refresh his memory in regard to dates, and which papers were placed at the' disposal of the court, and the witness continued : . , In order to understand the case fully ,. l think it necessary to refer - to-in order from the President, , (President's Special ,Oider, No. 1, dated Executive 1 Mansion, Washington, January 81, 1862.) The wit-.I ness continued as bellows , . On the delivery of the order just read, there must have been some plan from General McClellan pro- easing some other mode of operation. I have not • that plan, and rim not able to produce it; but I have a paper from the -President, dated Febrnarp 8,186; which is from A..l.rincoln to General McClellan. , The Preaident subsequently appears to have yielded hisplan to that of General McClellan, but in doing soissued this order. .(President's General War Or- ' der, No. 3 dated Executive 'Mansion, Washington, March 8,.1862.) That order led to a conference of the general officers commanding army corps, the result Of which was reported, dated Headquarters, Army I of the Potomac, 'Fairfax Court House, hien% 13, 180. plan alluded to in that paper drew from Mr. - .Stanton, the Secretari of War, communicating .the orders of the President, a paper which. israddressed to Major General McClellan, dated War- Depart •lnent, March 13, 1862.. ,? • . - -The witness . continued :'This repetition.of those , ,Conditions shows the importance attached to them ,by the 'President, After GenerahMoDellan left the ..:front oeWairhhigton it , was observed in the War De fartinent that his orders for the,movement of the troops did net appear to contemplate leayin ;inch a force for the proteetiOtt of Warriaihgton As the Oral's . of the President required, and a good deal of concern' was expressed and felt by the Secretary of War on this. subject.. On the ad of April, 1862, Gefieral .'Wadsworth made a report to the Secretary of War, setting forth the amount of the force left under his ~command in Washington, together with the condi tion and the character of the troops. That report is - .the following, whiehl lay on the table of the court,, and is dated Headquarters, 'Military District of .:Washington, Washington, D. 04 addressed •to the Secretary of' War. On the 19th April an order was issued- by- authority of the Secretary of War,-the object of 'whiith was to ascertain the condition and strength of the force in theeity of - Washington by actual inspection. . I 17 before the court a copy of the order, and the •. reportof Major. Jones, the inspecting officer, which ;.are as follows.: , From Major General Hitchcock, bye Order of the Secretary of War, dated War' Depar t meat, Washington, D. 0., April 19, 1862.. The other dated War Department, Washington city, April•l9, .11E2.' • It is proper that I should state in this connec %tion: that the troops thus paraded did not embrace ...those of the fortifications on the south side of the -Potomac, but did embrace some `of the recently a 1..., rived recruittP from the North, which may account for -their 'unprepared conditienin some degree: - About that time I held repeated conversations with ; Gen. Doubleday, who had the immediate.'command ? . of the forts the Potomac ' ciu for the purpose ' ascertaining the condition of the troops in the forts, He told me on three 'several occasions, with inter , vale of a • few days, that he had'been unable tOrire- • cure ammunition on his ret '• m isitions to sup ! ....Ply_the fortifications.' After. te g with 'him the_ _I-arported the niatter.tolher Secretary:rip ; vrho immediately sent for‘Gren. Double day'' and the necessary orders wers=given by . which that deficienby was supplied: • 4- - t*l. now lay hefbre 'the'dourra ectiliiithircAtion from litrajor"Generar McClellan to Brigadier General L. 'Thomas, dated headquarters Army of the Potomac steamer Commodore; April 1, 1862: On the 2d of -April certain papers were referredto Gen. Thomais and Gen. Hitchcock (myself) by the Seerettifiiiof• • War, under an order of which, this is a copy.' (The order is dated War Department, Washington city, April 2; 1862, from the Secretary of War.) In obea. -dience to that order Gen. Thomas and myself exa mined the papers referred to in it; and made a joint report,of which this is a copy. (It is from Major , Gem•Hitelicock and - Brig. Gen. L. Thomas, dated Washington, D. C., April 2, 1862.) r would state here that a part of the force referred .to: in General McClellan's report-Gen. Blanker's divisionhad at that time been either ordered out of his depart ment, or was soon to be, by.the.President himself, and could not properly be considered a part of the force for the defence of Washington in any sense and was not to be delayed even in the Shenandoah'Val ley. -It was to go to what was called the Mountain Department, under Gen. Fremont. It will be ob . aervedpresently that the President, in a letter to Gen. 'McClellan, refers to the removal of Blenker's divi sion as if it had been determined with the sanction of General McClellan, though reluctantly. When I heard of the design to remove that division from in front of Washington, I expresied my opinion to the Secretary of War that it ought not to be done. He acquiesced at once in that view, and desired me to go with him to the President, - and explain it to the President, which I did, but without success. On returning to the War Office, the importance of the point seemed to be so great that I made a written statement of my reasons (March 30), which I gave to the President the next morning. This ,is a copy of those reasons. (It is dated March 30, 1862.) This effort on my part failed. That division left the Shenandoah valley. General .Banka had been or- dered into the valley because of the attack made by Jackson upon Shields. This still; further reduced the force in front of Washington. I ought to state • that Blenker did not leave that valley ler some weeks, and because it was under orders whiCh I could not succeed in having revoked. r Therefore, Ms force was not to be counted upon for- the defence of Washington. I had these particulars More " my mind in signing the joint report with Gen. Thomas. I considered, further, the opinion of the four Conf= menders of the corps d'armee, setting forth the force necessary for the security of Washington, as con fined to the city and its defences on the other side of the Potomac, extending as-far as Mantissas and Warrenton ; that front in general, but that it did not include the valley of the Shenandoah.; that the troops in that valley could not be withdrawn with' safety was my clear and decided opinion. Looking, then,to the ournber of troops which might be count ed upon foilhe protection of the city, I could not make out -twenty-five thousand men as a unit of force, including th e occupation of the garrisons north and south .ofthe river, and the force within the city, after allowing the usual deduction for the sick, 6m. When these reports came before the President, he Was manifestly.nnder great anxiety. It was his de clared wish to give Gen. McClellan all the force he - Called for and all of the means which could be thrown into his bands to execute his purpose; but finally, after much consideration, he determined to order., one of the two remaining corps, then in front of Washington, to be detailed here, leaving the selec tion with the Secretary of War, who designated the corps commanded by General McDowell. As soon as this was reported to General McClellan he com plained of it as an interference with his command . , calculated to lead to the most dangerous: conse- • quences. He asked for. two of the three divisfons constituting that corps (Franklin's and McCall's), and it-he could not . get:two he was particularly anxious to have 'Franklin's division. The Presi-'' dent came'to the War Office in person, and, held a discussion of some'length with: several of the chiefs Of bureaus in the War-Department, in the presence* of the Secretary of War. I ,cannot from memory ' recite the particulars of that discussion. I was pre-` . sent and heard it. Some opinions were averse to .sending any part of that force to the peninsula. I ' think that one—and one officer only—was in favor of sending the whole of it. At length the President, asked me individually whether I thought the city would be safe with the two divisions, if Franklin ' should be sent away. I told him I thought it would be safe. He then wrote the' order- for Franklin's ' division to go to General McClellan. General M 6 ," Dowell was not present at this consultation that remember. • • . I now lay before thes'court a letter from the Presi dent, dated April 9. It contains the passage in re ference to General Blenker, which I referred to in .my testimony. I place it before the court-more par ticularly because it alludes to the force left for the defence of Washington. • I believe I have given. all-of the information on that point showing the reasons why Gen. McDowell was detained in front of Washington. I wish to be understood as stating. • very positively that every step taken in that matter was induced. as - I believe, by , great public necessity, and with very great reluo lance, on the part of the President, so far as General'. McClellan was concerned. It was the' manifest de- , sire of the President and of the Secretary of War to -I send to General McClellan all the means in their 'I power to enable him to make a successful campaign. Q. By the court.—When did the enemy evacuate Centreville and Manassasi A. In,enswer to that question, I will state that I have seen 'en official re portfrom General McClellan dated Fairfax Court i House, March 11, 8.30 P. M., n which he states that_ the rebels have left all their positions. - Q. By the Court. State, m this connection, the effect of the movement proposed by General McClel lan by Urbanna and the York river, referred to in the letter by, .the President, dated -February 3, 1862, before the evacuation of Centreville and • Manassas • by.the enemy, and contrast it with the movement proposed by the President, stated in the same letter. A. I can only give my impression or opinion in re gard to this. I have never hail any doubt myself' that-the movement proposed.by the way Urbana or the peninsula was injudicious. It has always appear , ed tome that if the, enemy could have known'of this' plan before abandoning his position on the Potomac an d.at Manassas those positions would not have been abandoned; on the contrary, my opinion has .been constantly that the proposed movement of a' large: part of the force in front of Washington would have induced the enemy to make an effort to seize Wash ington. I have attached very great importance to the pos- session of Washington, not so much as a military point, but from its political. position. Washington is the capital of the United States. The Government is here.. The archives of the nation are all here . It is the depository of the original Declaration of In dependence and of the Constitution of the United States. -It is the residence of foreign ministers. These and many similar considerations give to this city a peculiar character. Ito possesaion even , for a short time by the enemy would, have injured. the cause of the country more than the Aose ! of. many battles at a distance from this point. I have always thought that the true mode of advance upon the enemy was sonietliinglike that proposed., try. ther President. Keeping the army within striking. dis tance of 'Washington,. in the effort , to, make an ef fective blow umin the enemy in his positions. The details of such a movement-I have not particularly thought about, having had no occasion to do so: . Q. by General MoDowelL So far , its you know, what has been the character of the service rendered by Gen. McDowell—faithful andloyal, or. otherwise 1 A. I have known . Gen. McDowell many years.: I hate seen him on duty inthe happiest relations with that honored chief Lieut. Gen. Scott_; . I have kept my pye upon hitn sincethie unhappy war broke out, and not the shade of a suspicion has ever crossed my mind touching his entire loyalty. Prom my know ledge& Gen. McDowell, it would.be impossible for ine to conceive him disloyal. .I :regard him as a true and faithful patriot " Q. By the Court—Viewed in a military - light, state the responsibilities of . the. movement of • the Army of the Potomac tp the. penintmla,, without leaVing the force decided-by the". President to guard and:cover Washington, if such was the fact, and the. 'reasons which Such fast would iro-pdse fondetaining the corps of General. McDowell,.in-April lastl A. It.was the opinion of the:President, undoubtedly, that his order of -the Bth of, March,With.;respect the,safety of the capital, had licit been complied with 'by General McClellan. In referring. ta it in his let- ter of the 9th of April 'he uses the delleate language "that his instructions had been neglected." I cer tainly was of the same opinion. In plain terms, the order had been disobeyed ; and I. hold it to be a mili tary prineiple that. Whenever an officer departs from, the,instructions elf:a superior he takes upon himself the entire responsibility of all the consequences; and?'m the present case,-When the ~.Prgaident intert.- poSed; , And by-in order -of his own made geodhis inetructions;he perfornied an ac cof . high dutT, td`wbicli General Mc Oellan could properly take no exception';. find if M that act, he diminished the farce of General McClellan, and subjected hint,te any iVil consequences whatever, the , responsibility for It was with General MCCllellan, and not with the President: *. '"Q. By General McDowell—Do you knew if the Sec of War reproached-General McDowell for fa to .fulfil the duty imposed on him as a corps co inder,.by the President, in the matter of the farekto be left for the protect ion ofthe eapitall have no recollection .. of anything of tia , i p 4:Ybe following letter was also producedeluring the evidence : • - READQUAUTERS 'AUNT OP-111E,POTOMA0j Starner Commodbre; April 1,1862. lb VOW Gernial T bitias, t Getili' U.:B. . Briny u'ianaL't - i'hiive, to request . that sou wilt, lay the' following conininnication before the,Honorable Se6retary of Wer. • . . The approximate and ' positions left tioar and in rear of . tbe Army of Potomac are about al► follows,: -• . _ . • . e r a.. Dix .hai, aftervding the reilroade under his afire, sufficient' co ps *to .give him.five thou s' , d 'for the defence ßal tirnore, and 1,988 available for*. Eastern. Shore, -Annapolis, &c. Fort,Dele; wteds very well garrisoned by about 400 - men.-,, lie garrisons of . the forts Around Washington sisiOpnt to 10s600•men, other disposable trcior4l.:pow with,Gen. - 'Wadsworth being about 11,400.nien. ' „Wetroops employed in guarding the - railways Aland amount to some 3,359 men. These it ie designed to relieve, • being old regiments, by dis mbupted cavalry, and to send them forward to Pda- - naiikas. . . , penerai.A - bercrombie occupies Warrenton with a love '.which; inoluding, Colonel Geary at „White Plais; and .the oevalry-to be at his disposal, Will . amount to some 7,780 men; with - twelve pieeps of sr- I have the honor to request that all the organized for,servion in Pennsylvania and New York, and in any. of the Eastern States, may be ordered to:Wash ington. Ilearn frord Governot Curtin that there ;are some .3,600 men now ready in Penfisylirania. This' force 1 , . should be glad to 'have sent at once to Manassas..Four thousand men from General Wads weft I desdie to be ordered to Manassas. .These ' troobs with the railroad guards above alluded to; ,"make up a force. Under the command of General .Abetetbmbie, of seMethirig.like 18,639. Itls.my design to push' Gen. Blenker's division from Warrenton upon. Strasburg. ,He should remain at Sizasburg, too, to allow matters to assume a deft niteYerm in that region before proceeding to his ulti inkte destination. - " . • The troops in the Valley of the Shenandoah. will • tbils_ Blenkeris division, 10,028 stro with 24 pieces of artillery ; Banks' 6th Corps. - w EN 'embraces Gen. Shields, 19,687 strong, wit; 4l r 92. some r 3;652 disposable cavalry, 41e . railroa~ sutrfls,. about 2 1/ 13 9• 31 1 4 ?! 1 ! frl4 l 4,tro about 36,467 designed to relieve General,}tooker.,by Nome went, say 860 men—leaving, with 86416.600 ;car. Ira ~ 1 ,350 men on the lower Potomad. . To recapitulate : .At:Warrentosi there is to be....:....:`.,..7,780 men. At..Manassas there is to be 10,869 , - Inlhe Valley of ,the Shenandoah 35,457 On.he lovieryotomao • 1,360 c, t In all 66,466 men. .• There will thusbe left.lor the garrisons and the front of Washington,' under Gen. Wadsworth, .18,000 men, exclusive 'of; the batteries under in .struction. • 'The troops organizing or ready for:service in New York, I learn, will probably number over four thou- Sand., These should be assembled at Washington, !subject to disposition where moat needed. ; Lam, very respectfully, your 'obedient servnnt, I, • GEO. B. MCOLELLAN, Major General. 'Commanding . . .• . • . • -.ARMY OF THE:CUMBERLAND. ..fSesidtsiry Steamers Attacked by Guerillas— , Intim:sum Treatment of our WornadicE:- . .. he4litgara . _era •B , . Teleased on. Ittinclistosv - briar ) , sianioiiaii• of the - Gunboat Sideli. DI .._ • .. • .-. • • Mr. Shinty, a hospital clerk at Nashville, giVelliffe . ifollOiving account of the late attack upon our Beni _ . . • • •tarketeamers at Harpeth'S . hoals,Tennesaee: HASTINGS, .. Plf . BOARD STEAMER Jl_Jan. 15, 1863.- -I,figlati#l-44.,few!-mpmenta -from the dreadful scenes ..that have surrounded us -forthe pasfthree days; to- , that °lithe 12th inst., in,roompany-wi • - • • •` , iceo, Az/mauled. in ,thelate battla s --Vetherl w 4001vounded soldip.ta._on the ; 9001 - teers astingst and Trio, I left Nashville to tissfatiin getting the steam.' ers . ..through to Louisville. Before starting I 'heard Several insinuations that . the guerillas "would resist - our passage, but we being on an trend of - mercy, . thought our mis si on • would .e respected and allowed to pass unmolested. No evidences: of danger , ware seen until, ap proaching Harpeth Shoals, we beheld the: smoking. ,hull of the steamer. Charter, end several bUrning houses on the sciuth side of the river. The ,steamer had been burned by the guerillas under thenotorious Colonel Wade, and the houses by Lieutenant Van porn, of theist Ohio, in charge of the national gun oat klajonSidell. A short distance below was a large fleet of Federal steamers" engaged in getting Aver the Shoaliyunder the protection of the gunboat Sidell. On passing Van Dorn's fleet I -hailed him, 'kind inquired -.as to danger below. He replied, r there is no danger. I have cleaned .them out." rWe passed on, the Trio a mile or so in advance. !Near two miles below the gunboat we caught sight of the Trio lying , to in a cove opposite dhe Shoals. - Knowing that she was short of oe, we concluded that she was 'engaged in Ming on a supply of wood. On- nearing her , we 'Saw several mounted soldiers drawn up in line-along the shore.; As many of. them had on Federal over coats, we thought them to be our cavalry. They hailed us, and ' ordered us to land. I I atone discovered them to be guerillas, and or tiered Captain Robinson to land. The order was prbmptly obeyed. The current being strong, the boat did not yield readily to - the turn of the pilot, Making slow progress in swinging around, causing her to drag slowly down the stream. This caused the guerillas to think that we were not going to land, and theynamediately fired two heavy volleys of musketry, followed' by 'two discharges of six hpoundlcalls, all taking effect onthe steamer. F Your correilikifide r ftt,in -company . with Captai n- R obinson ;standing and Inlet Kilburn, ' of. Covington, was • ;standing On the hurr,icane deck when the firing took place. I hailed them, and told them to tire no more, as we were loaded with wounded add would land as Soon as possible. They tried to trill the nian at the wheel,, who stood bravely at his post, amidst all the ' Are, until the boat was tied up, On- our near ap proach to them, I hastened down to still-the dread ful confusion tkat the - firing had caused. Several :padres were on board, and, be it said to their praise, - • they behaved like true heroines; no fainting or 'screaming; all as quiet as could be.desired under Bubb circumatanoefe - On my return to the front of .;the boat, I *as met by Colonel Wade,who; with a' :horrible oath, ordered Dr. Waterman , ' surgeon in of the wounded, to take his d—d wounded . jYankees ashore, as he would burn the boat, and lA', •; toti, unless the order was obeyed. I instantly ap- iiealed to him in behalf of the wounded. During, •• his time his followers had come on board, and took i t ull possession of everirthing." 1 Here I should like, if I could, to picture out'to ' ,•youf readers, and the world at large, the awful scene. of pillage and-plunder that ensued. AU but two or three of them lyere demoralized by the drink obtained previous to our arrival from the bar of the Trio. I will not attempt to pen-picture the scene, language fails, and words are beggars, in attempting to do so. Near one hundred of the thieving, plun dering gang, was engaged in rifling everything from the cleric's office to the. chambermaid's room. For ja few moments the stoutest hearts were appalled, and consternation had seized upon all. On passing around,_ appealing to them to desist, I met their assistant adjutant general, in whom I recognized an 010 acqiutintance, who instantly promised.to.do all Ili his , power to save the ,boat, and stop the pima dering. • He spoke to Colonel . Wade, and he ordered ithem,off- the boat; but, alas, . that overshadow ling.surse of „both - armies. was ,there, in - full pos session of-human hearts, that might have been more humane, had ,not the demon spirit of rum hardened ;their natural sympathies, and: unchained their baser passions. In their maddened thirst for plunder, they 'trampled on and over our poor wounded men, taking their rations, blankets, overcoats, canteens, and even money out of their pockets. Never was there such ' a scene • witnessed. For a time conflision reigned supreme. During the time Dr. ;Waterman and- my self had come to terms with. Assistant Adjutant General Burford, in.regard to the passengers. The officers, able and disable, were to be paroled together , with the wounded men, but he insisted on burning the boat. We then_ asked him to spare one boat, and allow us to go on to. Clarksville. This he consented to do, upon my entering into a written agreement that the boat should hereafter entry no other sup plies, or do any other work for the Government, other than sanitary work. • • - In addition to this, thewriterwas to burn,or have burned, - one hundred and eleven bales of co tton that were on the deck of the Hastings, upon our arrival at Louisville. The terms were severe, and Wade would listen to no other ; and on my falling to com ply with these terms, .the men must be put ashore, and, left without covering, rations, or medicines, - badly wounded, and thirty-five miles from any mili tary: post. Military _ rule and the stern dictates thereof may condemn our conclusiomyet the claims . (*.suffering, humanity, under -auCh circumstances, 'would compel 'us to •go •further. than''the_ ' terms-called for. The penalty .for failing to burn l the . ..cotton on • our arrival - at Louisville was tihe •: simple surrender of unworthy self to the i Confederate authorities; a small penalty, con ' sidei;ing the amount at stake. These terms being agresd upon, and Surgeon Waterman having made up ailist of the paroled men, the guerillas left the • boat, and the wounded of the Trio, and her crew and passengera were transferred to ' the Hastings.' While the transfer was going on, another steamer • • hove,in sight—the Parthenia, on her way to Clarke ville. She was ordered ashore, and the same scene was',enacted- over in her cabin, save the fact that , shelled no _sick or wounded of any account, but. had '.• - fieverat . .painengers. - The • rangers at once boarded her;: for some time utter ''madness ruled the hour.". The Parthenia was a new steamer,:; - coating' . $111‘000;', 'finely : , finished - andfurnished, While engaged in rifling her, and piling up piling . busttbles -on different parts of the boat' to make her burn- rapidly, the gunboat Sidell, •spoken of elsewhere, hove in eight. , Her appearance was a signal of jay to our - men and of elarm,to the rebeli, who' immediately mounted their horses, ready • to 'tin. We hailed Van Dorn, and told him toanchor ' in the middle of the stream, and not r come between our boat and the range of the guerillas' oannon.-•- - TQi.olll' utter astonishment, • instead -of gelling : ready to coyer himself with glory in.the saving of so much property and severallives, he simply fired his revolver, and then.ignorainiously . aad cowardly waved • his white handkerchief; intolien of surrender. The 7 rebels had fired several volleys at him and done no harm, save the wounding of one•of Van'Doinla gun , tiers. .He then ordered-one of his own men to strike • the colors,•"which he obeyed: • no) , thcarcrossed over,4o.,:the rebel side, who, with-tremendous yells,- , toildc;ixissesSion of her. - . Having , had'no, - sleeplor' ' many day and sick at heart over then - decry of this . the moat unfortunate expedition of the war, I'will ' close. , - - 1 ARMY OF . Another Bose Burned by the Guerillas— Effects of Deinikenness--Gcueral Grant's Operations—rnion - Flags at , Vicksburg— Reeonnoissance to Plant ff.usitson. MENPRIS, January 16, via CAIno; January 18. Last Wednesday-: night, guerillas seized the small steamer' Filrest 'Queen, 'at Comineroe, /Miss., and burned it, The boat had been engaged in carrying cotton, and was in command of the owner, Captain L. • . ees cavalry went out a few days ago to.look for Richardson's guerilla camp, on the Hatable; and within a few miles of it they found eight barrels:of whisky.. They partook freely of the beverage; and became intoxicated, had a light among themselves; and killed.a captain and five privates: - • Gen:. Grant I. busy concentrating facioiia, boats and pressing them. Of course 'no. one knows his intentions t but an important' movement soon is conjectured.. '' • A heavy allow storm has prevailed foirtwenty•fohr hours. More 8)110W has fallen•then•we have seen for twenty 3rears, aari yet it comes. There is . nothing new from over the Charleston railroad: - • ' • . . Four boat loads of prisoners: from Arkansas POst are expected to arrive to -day. - • The correspondent of the Mobile &Opfer, writing from • Vickaburg, says: Four ofthe: live stands of colors' captured yesterday were displayed in front Of General Smith's house..gne,bekonged 19 the 29th - ; .‘ :This was very bioodY, od-toilet have been / in the hotteg of:the fight: Another belonged - to the 58th Ohio; and was •badly torn, a shell having passed through. its centre." Another was the 13th Illinois, badiy mangledl The other was the 31st Alie.souri, uninjured: • - • A correspondent writeafrorn the." Gunboat Essex, otrPortaudson, December.l4, ll as follows: With the gunboats Nos. 2,3, and 7, we arrived at Port Hudsomon the 12th December. We found no batteries as we came up. We are anchored about three miles below Hudson. We cannot see their, guns, but if their works are mounted . with guns 'their undoubtedly haie a hake number of cannon.' We can see a great many tents. ; ,, :The contrabands say there are 5,000 men here and; they are stron g ly fortified Mr two miles back frant thev'ritier.• They say that. the Confederacy has , 'offered $lOO,OOO to those that capture the F,asex, $50,000 if she is destroyed: The negroes say, they fear ' . . • . We will staylkere four weeks. That lathe Order. l •From what I hear, Farragut will not'trust bin ships In range of anyinore river batteries. We have.= . :'troops dowri here, and without them it ie no use, to " attack Port Hudson. , 'This morning , at 61,i o'clock, the rebeliiiperied battery of artillery on ~.the- N O: 2,`And. shot through her over 20 times, killing ointand wounding several: We 'then illenced the, rebels, _when the No. 2 got .aground,and we bad to pull her off. She is taking fast: , 'The rebels are following ,us. We, have the No.. 2 in tow, and she will leaVe us in a few 'minutes. We received 15 or 20 shot, but noneriassed through. We are BM thing, andthe rebelis the levee proteisting them: They brought, eartil. lery from. ort Hudson , last night. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. The Preparations for an Advance—lgnod ranee of its Destination—Longstreet's Corps not in' the •West7Present Organi zation of Our " • RionT GRAND Division, Saturday, Jan. 17,1863. The arniyis again' in a state of high, though very indefinite ex pectancy . Yesterday, • all th p corps. ' eludingg. theßeserve Grand Division; 1 , 4 w—cp • Bt "etaieli _up to Fairfax and does picket duty. for W -4shington , were.ordered to be in readiness to miy fe at „ early hour this morning, with three de- T ut T t ili the ;a .•s cooked rations ingthe movement ;and sixty rounds of ammuniti • ,; Last evening a second - -truer was issued, postpon .. „ R utz mean tha*„ general inr• - until it. is v e M n O u n p d a a y ito m ge o t r h n e i r n , g b . • „a - ninon is that it is only delavedi -via the movement to bet On all similar od.: `r..difilis, hitherto, the plan has been' pretty--Evidely 'advertised throughout the army. This time' it is shrouded in mystery. Brigade commanders don't know. Division commanders don't know. The commanders of grand divisions probably do know— though one of them, at least, was ignorant night be fore last—but, like• the mummy 'in' the play, they maintain their reticence. Several 'journalists think they know, but don't propose to tell. So long as • plans for the future do not become subjects of gossip among general and stair officers, they can be kept out of the newspapers. An advance will render a fight probable, if not in . evitable. The soldiers of this army willnots,go into ' battle with their early enthusiasm. There will be no shouting, no cheering;'but quietly, silently, stur dily, the men will go out to the field, as t he- mer chant goes to his counting room or the far mer to his plough, and they will do their whole duty. The reports from Nashville that I‘ongstreet's corps had removed westward to reinforce'Bragg `are unfounded. , Longstaeet himself here two days ago With his command. It is believed that no-entire rebel corps has been withdrawn from bur front; but we have information from deserters and contrabands 'that some batteries, brigades, and divisions have been detached and sent Tennesseeward. The following is the present organization of this . Right Grand Division.. ... Peraj. Gen. P.: V; Sumner. Second Corps ' Mij. Gen. D. N. Couch:; Ninth Corps Maj. Gen. Jno. Sedgwick. • Centre Grand.Dlirision Maj. Gen. Jos. Rooker. - Third Corps Brig. Gen. Geo. Stoneman. Fifth Corps Maj. Gen. Geo. G. Meade.. Left 'Grand Division..... Maj. Gen. W. R.:Franklin. First Corps Brig. Gen. John F; Reynolds. Sixth Corps Maj. Gen. W. R-Smith. ' Reserve Grand Division.... Maj Gen. Franz Sigel. Eleventh Corps ' • Maj. Gen. Stahl. Twelfth Corps Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum. The weather, despite the occasional light rains, continues_ warm and favorable ; but down in the deep valleys and sunless excavations, the jellied .road-beds give a light foretaste of whatLfats....!=...l-s-- - store for .='•- • - DEPARTMENT . , OF THE . SOUTH. Reported Mutiny in Fort Sumpter—The Garrison Throw Down their Arms—Non ' Payment of. Money Due Them the Cause— ' • Continual Desertions fromthe Enemy. , . . : A correspondent, under date of Port Royal, S. 0. January 2d, 1863, writes as follows : . The Marblehead; Conimander Scott, arrived here on Monday from the blockade off Charleston.. She brings as passengers six men, who escapedl in- Col: Rhett's barge last week from Fort-Sumpter. These men, all Northerners, took advantage of a foggy night, and:ran the batteries, and reached the steamer Canandaigua, where they gave themselves up. They tell a sad tale of doings in rebeldom. On Tuesday of last week about one-third of the troops in Sump --ter openly.avowed their intention of not fighting any longer under the Confederate flag, whereupon nearly all of the garrison threw down their arms. They were half famished for food, and. their families in want, owing to their:non-payment for several months. . The arrival of troops still loyal in the "Reb" cause, in sufficient numbers to overawe the muti neers, had the effect to force themlo resume their duties. A large number of the prominent mutineers were placed in confinement, and may possibly meet the fate of mutineers, although their friends say if they are shot they will avenge their death. - -This dissatisfaction 'does not exist alone within the walls of - Sumpter, - but is wide spread in that department. The men are worked day and night to complete their defensive works, are .half starved, receive no money, - and live under the iron :rule of perfect despots. 'rhe tyranny of their officers is be yond lintigination, and the men, worn out Mentally as well as physically, are now driven nearly tolhe -verge of despair. Scarcely a day passes without desertion. The men. seizeany opportunity to get off to the Federal yes sels;and 'some of them escape to the country. Pro visiohs are very scarce, and even the Government supplies fall short in weight as well as in quality. Supplies expected to come _by running the•blockride are not in, nor does there seem any possibility of their getting any more by that route. Our blockade is too much for the "Rebs,” and they are com pelled to acknowledge it. A few days ago, in their • ileirpair, the rebel leaders determined to go out with their two iron-clad vessels and drive off our ships,. but common sense changed their minds, and after sailing about the harbor for a few hours-they re turned to their anchorage. Our officers saw them on the occasion referred to, and supposed-they were on a trial trip. . • OUR IRON-CLAD NAVY. Important Change in the Construction. of Iron-Clads—To be Made More Formidable. Instructions have been sent from the Navy:Tie.- pertinent to the different contractors building the last batch of ironclad vessels to make a considerable change in the plan of their construction. They were to be leriger than the ninetatteries of the Monitor type, and to draw very little water. Now, however, they are to be made very formidable, and, will be of deeper draught than was at first intended. There are other deviationi from the original pian to be carried out, which leis riot exßedient to print. These craft are all in a forward condition; and one or two of them will be launched in a few weeks. They are 1,034 tons burden ; will have only one turret, in which two guns will be mounted. The names of this class of iron-clads are: Vessels. Condition. - Where Building. Mahopac In frame JerseY City. Manhattan Ribs up jersey City. Tecumseh Ribs up Jersey City. Canonicus Keel laid Boston. Catawba ' Building rapidly. - ..oincinnati. Manyunk Keel laid Booneville. Tippecanoe Building rapidly... Cincinnati. Captain Ericsson furnishes the plans for these ships, the general principles of whose construction will be the same as their predecessors. None of them, however, can be made available for any imam!. diate hostilities. _ Florida, 9, side-wheel steamer, for the command of which Captain Bankhead, of the Monitor, has been detailed, is under orders to prepare for active ser vice as soon as possible. Workmen are how em ployed miler at the Brooklyn navy yard, and she will be finished in a short time. The Florida, al though a purchased steamer, is strongly built, and has the reputation of being fast. Other officers of the Monitor beside Captain Baillchead have been ordered to her. She rates on the register with many of the regular navy-built steam sloops-of-war. Ozark, 2, iron-clad steamer, building at Mound City, has had her ribs put up, and will in atfew weeke begin to assume the aspest of a finished vessel. Con siderable curiosity in the navy about this ves sel,- owing to the fact that Chief Engineer Whittaker, whci was called froirithe MediterrauearLatation teat a new iron-clad annihilator, is at work putting his new invention on board.. The Ozark does not belong to any of, the classes of iron-clads hitherto printed in order. She is of the same general deserip tion'as the Tuecumbia and others of that rate. There is still another type in course of construction, some of the vessels of which have not, we believe, been commenced•up to this time. . The Reeent Capture off,Charliston; S. C. To Me Rat or of The Press: • --• - Sin : , The newspaper press agree in . the statement that our "blockadlng squadron 1, recently Made an important capture; consisting of Major Sanders and a tin box of rebel documents, thus putting:our Go vernment in posseision of.a rebel emissary and of much valuable information. , Now as "our blockading squadron" consists of almost too many vessels to be engaged in one oap 4.ture, it may not be.titniss tluit Philadelphians be /D. formed that this arrest was made by CaptainJ. Ma- . dison Finley, of the United Statie steamer Quaker- City who has been so long, so patiently, and so faithfully keeping watch along the rebel coast. ". It was on themorning of January 4, at about two o'clock, that a sail was seen' . by the officer of the deck standing out from Charleston. A aignal rocket - was sent up, all hands called, cables slipped, and the steamer started in chase. After an hour the ...vessel was reached, and proved to be the sloop Mercury, of. Charleston, bmind to Nassau.::-Hei oargo was , of little value, but the diligence. and . L addresithat se -7 cured the papers, prepared as . ,they wiii;foi. submer sion in the aca7 are certainly wortliY"Cif all praise. • X,. T}HRS . O . ~ M R • STATES IN- Another of RebelnGetterallntereept ed-Doniestie Wants and Troubles in the. South-Roede most required by Rebel Pe ananee-Orders of Mrs. Davis and Miss Clark -Late Intelligence front all parts of doni-The Cotton Trade-CharleetonnThe Blockade. • 2 • - .• The following budget of rebel docunients and cot-• respondence, was taken from Major. Sanders when he wets captured of Charleiton, not long • since, and were separate from the' diplomatic budget; the sub- - stance of whinnive pnblished on Mcinday. 'Muchof the information contained in these papers is , highly important to ,the Government,” and the whole an • fords an interestin inside view of febeitionv relative to doniestie tioahles -and Wants. - One„,nifi the let-. tem, from which we only make an - abiiiiract, is ad dressed to a distinguished member of tnefamily . of Louis Napoleon.; and, while thanking the Emperor for:his - efibrts to induce - this great Towers to-interfere - in our affairs, urges a continuance of his "kind . offices," with-tile assurance of the writes that they will - be successful in:the end. The Mrs.. Gilman M inded to is the wife of General Gilman. ffirs. Myers is a daughter of the late General Twiggs. Mr. Vizi tilly is correspondent and artist of the - Blustrated London Times, and writes also for one or two French papers. He we cite indignant, when accompany- . ing Bull-Run Russell; because our Government re fused him a pass to go to the Army of theTotornan He had just then returned from the West, where he boasted that he had. done brilliant service agitiest the rebels.lle always insisted that hennui- strongli with the Ninth,. and despised the rebels. WeAubmit ' the budget without - further comment':' t -The following, from George N. Senn:onto his Non, was in pencil and evidently hastily written : , ATLANTA, Gin, Dee. 16, 1862. ' R DEAR ails : I telegraphed you to-day about the most important business of your mission-the steamers. My steamers are really .the -only thing abroad in-which the nation has really much interest. It is the and thing that o ff ers su.ccoe , and relief-'- Sinclair and Bullock's steamers only preying on the enemy's commerce. 'We 'want ntori-than that now; we . want-succor. or 'lreland die. Mr. Mason will, I am sure, take the „right view.. All other projects sink linto insignificance compared to. the construction of •my sir steaniers I So think Coo:green and so thinks -every-intelligent man with whom - I nave conversed. You must present. the case to Mr. Mason in every point of view. These steamers , can open and keep open the port , of New Orleans to our commerce, and one-Week's _trade will pay the nation thine times their cost. Iwould• mecum my trunks and all pre sents until. your. return. • Let the vessel under Harris be freighted for North -Carolina; and, for myself and associates, with arti ,eles that will pay best. My idea is that you should get a light. draft, ones% fishing vessel, and clear her !for Baltimore. Get Robert, or Jerry, or one of them, to accompany; and-let "them make for Hunter' or Dividingcreek. They can send off the first night the most yaluable part of the cargo in life boats, and in the morning let the vessel tack back to the eastern shore and return again at night, if wind is favorable, and with the aid of life boats, already there, be able to discharge the cargo the second night. G. N. S. To the above letter is appended the following from /Bray Sanders-to her son who is now a prisoner : - My DARLING Boy : Sty the most remarkable acci dent your father and I met lierejust a few minutes Ago. I Wife advised to take the southern route to .Richmondn and by accident met with. President Davis at the oars, came on in. his oompan,y with Joe Johnson, &e . ; & c .: By the negligence of the hotel people I was left over, waited all day, and:Yeaa just putting a letter in the office fore Virginity:when the : man told Me your father was in the•houire. :That/think of that. He had been, here-all dti 56d-bless my boy. Your devoted mother, ANNA J. SANDERS. In Mr. Sanders' ordenbook, and in memoran dums; are probably a hundred orders - for artioles for ladies and gentlemen. A few samples will show what are sought for. - For Mrs. Jefferson Davis: One dozen Jouvin's gloves, No. Is, ladies' Size, dark, worked with bright colors, long in the hand, two buttons over the wrist ; one dozen same, 694', la dies' ; one dozen worked earn brio bands ; three and a half yards Valenciennes lace, five lrichep yvide, near straight edge) one whole piece Val. lace, 45i1;. nch ode • For Miss Sally Clark: These articles will give yod an idea of things most needed in the Confederate States by ladies. You may fill what you can of this order : Five dozen best white cotton hose, No. 9. One dozen best white cotton hose, Not B. One dozen pairs of black kid gloves, No. 6%. - Three dozen fine linen cambric handkerchiefs, hem.- stitched, One piece. of :flet-qualitlrish line, (for shirts.) - One piece of best-quali tyblack alpaca. . -' One piece (of at - least fifty yards) the handsomest 'Gros de-thin black•iiiin, very wide and rich. One pound of black sewing silk. Six dozen spools of sewing cotton. - One dozen pairs of beat heeled black gaiter boots, No. 2%. - Two pairs of beat heeled black gaiter boots, No. 33c. One package of black worsted braid for the edge of One One dozen papers of pine. - Ten pounds best green tea. Six pairs of black morocco slippers, No. 2%. Needles, tape, shoe-strings,-And pearl buttons. Four French corsets, 18 or 20 inches in the waist. For litre. S. to get for Mrs. Myers in Paris : 1 set of handsome jet, consisting of ear-rings, hyeast-pin, belt, buckle, bracelets and cuff-buttons. 2 pairs of French 'corsets 21 ineheinbithe waist. 1 dozen lyle-thread stockings, No. 9. - .1 dozen blue-kid gloves,..No.-; 1 crape bonnet, black, for deep mourning , very stylish. ;- 1 handsoine black grenadine dress, with directions for making and trimniings. 1 cloak and cap for an infant, (white.) 2 handsome robe de chambre, white, very simple, as they-are for mourning., 4 flannel skirt's, (ready mninnn.nrnnninin Nearly all the orders for gentlemen n ,rections for the purchase A ugust last, That - San era-- - nn'n" . the'very laudable bininess of settling his indebtedness in the United' States, by note, ap -pearalrennthe folio receipt: .Received from ebr N.'SandetliiTagrrhts tiote"- 'for thirteen thousand our hundred and ninety-eight dollars, in settlement of-judgment obtained' against 'Lim in New:York, with interest to this date, whiclr note, whenpeid;.nell be a settlement in full of all de mands I have ageinst him to thistime L but if such note is. riot paid, such. 'judgment to r emain in full - 'force. •--n. W. A. TOWNSEND. • MONTREAL, August 22, 1862. We take' it for granted-that'Mr. Townsend, a British subject,' on the 22d of August, 1862, assumed, when he wrote- the above, that the. rebel Sanders was still a citizen of the united States, entitled to all the privilegein'of the " reciprocity act." What will Townsend give for his original receipt, or what will he take for Sanders' note? A letter from George A. Hopley ii Co., of Charles tin, to their correspondent in Nassau, givee the fol lowing advice : We think cotton a very favorable investment of European capital. We think the best-paying articles are now coffee and woolen goods-flannels, &c., &c. . We know St. Domingo coffee sold as high as $3.50 per pound at retail, though we easily vouch for such prices for a large quantity. Woolen goods, flannels, axe scarce, and will fetch high prices. • A letter addressed G. A. Esser, of Manchester, pro tem. Nassau, says : (Duplicate.) CIIARLBSTON, S. C., Dee. 27, 1861. C. A.. Esser, Esq., of Manchester, pro tem. Nassau: DEAN SIR : Interpreting the wording of your late letter in a way that.we may have soon the pleasure of your official visit here, we would take the liberty to suggest that you will not book yourself as pas zenger, or in any other way sail with a steamer which is not commanded. by a first-rate Southern captain, and who has with him a clever, first-rate Southern p ilot, bona to be well acquainted with the tides, coast; &c.; men of courage, intrepidity, and particularly coolness and assurance of mind. No doubt you will find in Nassau enough of such captains, and pilots have been procured to the steamers in which you might take passage. We would certainly advise you not to risk such a pas sage unless sure that such a - captain and pilots are on board. Messrs. Sanders & Son, in Nasaau, will easily pro cure for you and your friends what you want; else, there are Messrs. Adderly & Co., and prinelplilly Mr. J. B. Lafittee, the latter's agent, a partner of the big house here. Still, with you saroir faire (in your-intercourse with him) might procure you , a • first-rate 'pilot. Salt is depressed; so are drugs and coffee very high. Sugar rising. Dry goods in great' . demand,loarticularly fl annels, winter goods, --. Shoes, etc., in good demand. Some indigo will pay. Cotton rising rapidly, at 18 to 20 cents. Exchange very - sensitive; at3oo. 'Many orders to buy have ar rived from England and the Continent principally. Spinners invest all their surplus funds in cotton. , Wishing you a good passage, should you succeed to • ,pay us a visit, yours, very truly, • GEO: A. HOPLEY & CO. The foil owing are isolated paragraphs from various letters, giving a view of the interior life of the Con federacy: " Isn't this a ferrftle war; we' are heartily tired of it, and, as yet, no prospect of peace. I ' wish we were all with you. Richmond is . very much altered; add there is the greatest spirit of extortion among our • once liberal and hospitable community. "By all means stay in Europe until there is a much better state of things existing in this country. This is my parting word of advice, and prompted by good reasons." • • ' - A daughter of Mr. Mason, writing to him, says : '" Winchester is not a bit nearer subjugate d than it was a year ago; on the contrary, the , people are only more determined and firm. A gentleman from Clarke county told me that the largest crop he had heard of, as being planted, was thirty or forty acres of wheat, by Mr. George Burwell, All that section of country has been so .desolated, and the, servants brought off, that the people cannot live there much longer; but if the -- war - continues for six months, - many of themniustleaT theirhomes for the want of the means of living, - the constant presence of both armies, having consumed everything. I hear, now ever, there is a gooddeal of wheat still remaining there of the last twe crops, but you know man can not live by bread alone.' n The following is ton gentleman in Kentucky from' his brother in Texas : - "I have expected all the time you and Billy would . join us, and I still look for you. My - God, can yeti two standstill in such a crisisl -Be up and atmokk. -leave the rotten concern-come out where white: men and not negroes are looked lip to. "Dear Ellen; I often think of her. • I hope .Bob did not join - the Northern army, asn first heardn if. so, lam done with him. It is death or sunnier' with us-nether alternative will do. - "I have prayed fervently for the- redemption:of Kentucky, Breckenridge is a -noble -fellow-lie has elevated himself high-in my favor." - A lettendated- at- Winnsboro', S. C., gives •the fon loieing..nieture of the present and prospective eon& tion of afthirs : • - • • The formidable naval preparations making by our foe are openly avowed to.be intended- for the reduc tion of Charleston; and, although our harbor is made impregnable, it is thought; still Forts Moultrie and Sumpter must bear the force of the attack ; to shell -Cho giar_risie_ns ontfrom them, even' should they not force their Wartu4ho citar..will be their aim. I am thankful Gen.- Beauregard input - in command:_ His Wise head, nun tremendous fortifications and iron- gunboats, -which are just being completed, will enin Lie us to meet-the-enemy with obstinate resistance. Our success :in. Virginia has'-been beyond all ex , pectation.- To-think of our barefooted.-ragged troops gaining such -victories over the -well-clad, well-ap pointed Lincoln. hosts i-but oh, -my • dear aunt, I cannot rejoice.. Like Pyrrhus, •I. am. -tempted to !,say,-"Another.such victory -would be annihilatioa,” ,for it seems.that the flower of our. Southern Men are being swept away ; the voice of lamentation is . heard - in .our. land, for there is scarcely. a- home • where there-is not. some relative or friend dead or. wounded. Those of ournoung.men who survive ,will be either mutilated or broken down in constitu tion from: the hardships..of this miserable war. I ought not to say a word of our deprivations' when 1 think of our men; but with the approaching season nuagements must be made necessary.for the com fort of children and.servants, and there is ,nothing to be • had. I • went. so close to the wind last winter, thinking that . our .ports .would certainly be open before another,.that there. is nothing to exercise in genuity upon-no flannel, no blankets to be had at any price.. -We have long.since given np tea, coffee, and sugarnninly.keeping a little of.the last for sick cess; our rice lands, too, -being. so guarded by-the enemy's gunboats, preventa it getting to market, so • corn has to be substituted in a measure; bacon,upon whichme fed the servants principally?, has given out to sides n and you may imagine how difficult it is for me; : to- provide for. our . thirty. inmates at such a ntime„when nom neeensities Rte .so, diffloult to pro -cure. Only think of - $4O for , a small' box of tallow candles ; we hays :lust bought theta at that price, PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) t'iss WAR Pages will be sent to subscribers by mil (Per annum in advance) at ez.oo Five " -" 0.00 , Ten II 144 17.0 • TwentYCoples" 32.00 Larger Clubs than. Twenty will be charged at the same rate. 01.00 per copy. . rhe money must catoave accompany the order. and in no instance can these terms be dericrtedfrom, as eh, affordtery little more than the cost of the paper. JET Postmasters are requested to act ae Agents for Tna Wag Puss. • air To the'lletternp of a Club of ten or twenty, eel ._extra copy of the Paper will be given. a • and in order to save them, burn lard, with a paper placed in it; in our chambers. Not a yard of calico, long cloth, or any other goods, under prices which amount to an interdict ; and yet the gentlemen tell us most cheerfully that we have not begun to feed the war yet. If It continues much longer my slender stock will'give opt entirely, and how I am then to Clothe the girls and myself, I Cannot imagine. We are manufetaturUig the homespun all over the country, and many ladies are getting them woven ; .but the demand is so great that the supply is inadequate.- I have felt very sick for the huit month, suffering con stant pain,- and only keeping up by'the force of a Wong will. God• help• us and. give us: better timer aeon. . - • - - In the memorandum , bonit of Mr. Sanders. are the folloWing names;probibly of sympsthizeri : ' - • Mist Tupper • No. 1I; Granite. streetcllalifiiit MiseLonisa'StuademNoill Granite street. • B. Wiei & Co. commission merchants, ,- Robert Sotulizile, Trafalga'r Botel, London. Lewis G. Harvey Liv.erpool. -' James H. Bayne, Baltimore, banher.. --- Yale College la the - addreafor our filend,‘Jas: M. - John Mitehell,lhe - "lrisli; patriot," in one of his letters, tells his :wife to , address him. "under cover, ' to Mr. Beiward -McAdam, Baltimore, Md., U. S., and: I will get it some timmk , _ "W.J." writes from Warsentom N. C. He says: "Ifellanghen is jolly, but disgusted at the slowness of the Government. Much obliged for the box--if it arrives will be great help,. for everything iii tre mendous hist. • Board is eighty dollars per week go nerally: You know /lies oWal to draw the Z2ooi Will be very prudent.w' . .Mrs. L. F. Ciilmer,,of.Atlante,Georgia, writes to• " Mrs.: C... 0.:. Keeneyor Mr . William Alvord, Sam Irranclseils, California , "” triatehefe " consuming with - an unappeasable hunger to hear and know some thing about, them." The letter is very Fong. • She eornidains much at not having received answers to 'letters froria friends in California; to whom she had written. -She wrote four times to the - wife 'Drone of our distinguished majo r generals; butgot no answer. Major She complains of Mackall,.who was a prisoner 'in ston, for a long while. At -Fort Warren, The o only person he heard from while a prisoner was a young lady of New Hampshire ; wile Wrote to him. The major relit:lied from his captivity' looking " bet ter than ever.". -He was so fat; Mrs. Gilmer adds, "that you would almost call him afoul." About the last of November, he passed through Atlanta to take command at Mobile. • Major .William Norris, of the•rebeb signal corps, under date of Richmond, December IE, writes as follows • ; • "Several Englishmen have recently received teases through our lines from me and have all pro mised to call and see Tou.. Col..Fletcber, Fusileec Guards, left yesterdey by the under-ground railroad. Mr. Corson left Some ten days since%. - "If we fail to drive. the Federal army back to Washington 'again, we will. buraßiehmond to the ground, and fall beek'to the mountains. Our men are ragged, ill-fed, out-numbered.three to one, bare. footed, and bareheaded. I refer you to the history of the times for what therhave done. Aayet, I arm Ashamed to say that I have not even received a scratch. "You must read the London Times and look at the London Illustrated . News. All of Vezitilly'a ters and drawings pass through my command; and they are all admirable." The following slip explains itself, showing that Texitilly is doing considerable business : . Mr. yesitilly, writing from headquarters of Gen. Stuart, on October 19, 1862, wished these words to be corrunurileated to Mr. Leighton "By next steamer you will receive sketches of - Stuart's cavalry headquarters, skirmishes in front, life of the negroes in camp, dances, sons, bee., val ley of tee Shenandoah , and Winchester. " .The two papers immediately following exhibit the kind of official business in which her Majesty's consul at Charleston is engaged : - OFIARLIRSTON, S. C., Dec. 29, 1862. Sin : We beg to enclose. to you herewith an in voice of 102 bales of cotton, purchased by us per ac count and risk of C. T. Bradbury, Esq., of Duken field, near Manchester, in England, verified by affi davit sworn to before the BritishYice Consul at this port. And we take leaveto request you that this evidence of bis ownership of this. property may be registered in your Consulate as a means whereby he may hereafter be enabled to protect himself from loss in the event of his cotton being destroyed by either party . in - the preseqt contest s • We are, fur, your oi*dient sAI Canis GEORGE A. HOLEY & CO. To ItonEnr_ Nok , Esq., H. B. M. Consul, Charleston, S. C. A true copy, • GEORGE A. HOPLEY& CO. SOUTH CAROLINA, Pena., OF CHAELHSTON. Morris Seligman, of Charleston, merchant; miketh oath and saith that he is a member of the concern of George A. Ifopley & Co., of Charleston afore said, commission merchants, and that,in the usual course of their business, they have lately executed an order received by - them from C. T. Bradbury, Esquire, of Dukenfield, near 'Manchester; .in Eng land, for the purchase of cotton. That the said C. T. Bradbury is a British subject, residing within the dominions of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and, in pursuance of his instructions, the said concern of George A. Hopley & Co. have pur chased one hundred and two bales of cotton, the particulars of which, with -the cost thereof and charges thereon, and the glade of storage of the same,'are fully and particularly specified 4n the in voice thereof hereto attached, and that the same have been paid for from the proceeds of the negoti ation of bills of exchange drawn upon the said C. T. Bradbury. ' • . And this deponent further saith that the said cot ton ifilhrma fide entirely and exclusively the property of said C. T. Bradbury, and that neither this depo nent nor the said concern, of which he is a member, nor any other member thereof, liath or have any control whateyer therein. • MORRIS SELIGMAN. • Sivorn to before me, at the consulate at Charles ton, this 29th December, 1862, A. D. -• ;H. , PINCKNEY WALKER, - ' - British Tice Consul. . _ . A true copy: , • GEORGE A. 110PLET & CO. Venable, of Oxford, N. 0., writes uncle, "James T. Brown, -4ew. .r..snarkehire, ebeia protect - 1 04 0 he .1 01., s ulan be He says • • • I have a matter of business to present - c.c. s - 0u be fore I- conclude. • Owing to the blockade on our , coast-by .the - Yankees, exchange on. Europe is very high, selling for" two hundred per cent. There is a great quantity, of cotton, and tobacco, and naval stores in our•country, and piirchase of all these . products offers a fine field for large profits. Cotton, at safe points, is selling at' twenty cents, and to bacco from fifteen to' forty cents. These prices, of course r are payable in our currency, and when the price otexchanges is credited to the purchaser, will bring the cost very low. Now, if you or your friends should wish an in vestment that would make an immense return, if you could arrange it so as to authorize me to draw on you for the money, I could have the produce purchased in your name, and stored under the pro tection of the British flag, and, when the war ends, -be sent to you. • Numbers of foreign orders are being filled here, with every prospect of realizing large profits. You can think over this, and, if yourself or friends wish to do-anything, you can just write me about it. If you could arrange for yourself, I would like for you to do so as I would go shares with you in the venture. If you go to London soon after receiving this letter, Mr. Sanders can explain to you fully our situation. Any letters directml, to me, Oxford, N. C., 0. S. A. under cover to George N. Sanders, Esq., care W. S. Lindsay & Co., Austin Friars, London, and sent there immediately after you receive mine, will be forwarded to me. - CHANGE IN NORTHERN SENTIMENT. Making Gov. Seymour's message its text, the Richmond Whig discourses as follows : "If one might judge Yankees on the same princi ples we employ in judging the rest of mankind, it might he safe to conclude that some convulsion was impending. The fall elections in the North, and espe cially that of New York, have been followed by a most . wonderful revolution in words and adions, both by Go vernment and people. For eighteen months a reign of terror, cruel, and. relentless, prevailed throughout the Norther States: The freedom of the press and of speech was abolished, all the liberties of the citi zen were in a.beyance arbitrary arrests by telegraph, and incarceration without trial, were the order of the day. But as soon at Seymour was elected Go vernor of New York, the prison doors were opened, the victims of tyranny were set free, and it was given out that no more arrests in the loyal States would - be made. " From this it would appear that Seward thought there was something more than a mere formality in that election; that it meant something real, threat ening, and practical. At the tame time, the'Noith em papers, who are endowed with the most scurri lous-tongues of any set of blackguards since the days of the 'Roman Plebs, and who had been dumb as oysters during the wholealeign of Terror, recovered the use of their tongues .and. their capacity for vi tuperation. They have not been sparing in the exercise of this talent, and no rebel print can com pare with some of them in the bitterness and ferocity of the attacks upon their late idols. This, too, may mean something. As free speech and tyranny can not long coexist, it may be that the downfall of the tyrants may beat hand.. , • " While this remarkable change has come over the Yankee Government and press, the army appears to have felt the influence. At this very time, several of .the most distinguished of their generals are arraign ed before courts of inquiry, some for disobedience of 'Orders; some - for incompetency, and . some for tree ...-110n, and generals are summoned -as witnesses to tea „lily against generals.. The spectacle is refreshing. • If it were any one else than-Yankees, who are en gaged in this internecine war we should not hesi tate to predict a catastrophe.. Very high anthcirity tells us that a house divided gainst itself must fall. But the Yankees are exceptional. They are sea gene sis, and are governed - by-rules not applicable to christianized communities. Throw a cat' into the air as yon may, and he will fall upon his feet. So it may be with the Yankees. Discord, and null-pending, and wrangling among themselves, may not be attended with the same ejects with them as toith others. The re sult must determine.” MORGAN'S OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY. [From the Winchester (Tenn.) Bulletin, Jan. 9.] Gen.' Morgan's command returned to Tennessee on Saturday last. In their campaign in Kentucky the Bacon Creek,.. Noun, Elizabethtown, Shepherds ville, (eighteen • miles. from Louisville), and other bridges were totally destroyed for the distance of eighty miles. The trestle-work of the two first was at Muidrough'e Hill, twelve hundred feet long and ninety feet high,',and was burnt 'and completely de• strayed. • • - .• Approaching Elizabethtown, General "Morgan re ceived h\communication from the commanding offi cer of the'Yankees to surrender his force, as he had him (Morgan) completely - Surrounded. Gen. Mor gan, in reply, ordered the -Federal commander him self to surrender, and, upon his ..refusing to do so, , opened - three batteries upon the city; after having given..timely notice to:the women and children to leave: After a bombardment of one hour and a half the-Federal force of seven hundred men surrendered, securing.!to us a vast quantity.of arms and Govern ment stores. - The citywas considerably damaged by the bombardment,, but no citizen was Injured. In the fight at the• trestle _Gen. Morgan captured another reglment, With - all their armsend stores. The number of prisonersi captured at••llardstown, Nolin, Bacon Creek, and other places, amounted to two thoueand: - - • • At Springfield. eneral likorgan was surrounded by twenty-sixthoimand of the enemy, and for awhile it seemed his situation was desperate, but he escaped with- his entire command. , In moving -from •lSpringfield to Campbellsville, General Hollesy, commanding the-Federal forces and haras sing MOrgan , s rear, was killed in a hand . to-hand endounter with Lieutenant Easton. The fight occurred . in a creek, and the body of General Hollesy was dragged from 'the water and carried to an adjacent-house. Two members of - his - .statf also • came up with three of.GeneralMorgan's men—Cap tain Tribble, Lieutenant :Eaton, and a private, Bellew was attended by two • of hiS staff--Captain Edwards and his'imierly. • A light at once ensued, in which„General - Holleey was killed by Lieutenant Eaattin.'). Captain - Edwards and Rolleey's orderly •• :were captured by Captain Tribble. The fight was a handto-hand•athir, and thecombatants were in the ''.erCek at the time • • CURIOSITIES' OF HISTORY.—Two mocha, containing I;6oo•pieces of copper money and a few silver,- with the likeness of A' vary IV: and Louis XIII., were: found recently , in a field at Vernantes (l'efaine•et-Loire.) It is - supposed that they were hid „there at the period of the revocation of the Edict, of Nantes. - KING RADA= —The ...1 . loniteur, ita account of the coronation' of Ring Radama, says the. cere mony WAS preCeded'tik a solemn man during : which` the reyal crown prepented by•the 'Eaniator Napoleon was consecrated. The King wore ft magnificent cloak, given,tothiin:ty:the-Emneror,•and the-Queen wore a mantle. and a robe presented to her bx thty. Empress,
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