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COMUSSION HOUSES.
1011 N . T. BAILEY A ss 0o•
BACK'S •AND BAGGING
• or ETET:I7 DESCRIPTION,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET ,
PIIILADELPHIA.
p g I L ADEL . PIIIA
" BAG . ",
MANUFAOTOWir. •
18 E L P BAGS, or ALL ups,
FOR CORN. OATS. COFPEL BONS DUST, al*
• . L S .
snAmtnsB BAGS:'
cr nlandard makes. ALL SIZES, (oriole alien.; fin , net
aidl od delivers'.
(.ISO. GRIGG.
igloo No. 210 and 221 CHURCH ALLEY.
•
cOTTON YARN.
SUPBRIOR COTTON YARN, No, 10.
FOR SALE BY
4UOTHINGRAIif & 'WELLS.
ote3-tt.
SHIPLEY,.. HAZARD, 'clb
HUTCHINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR TEE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA -MADE O,OODS.
AS4m
TLANTIC COTTON MILLS.
SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
CHARLES AMORY, JR., & 00.,
205 CHURCH ALLEY.
PIfiLADSLINIA
EWINGi MACHINES.
8 T - I.L . L:. THERE
AT - THE' . OLD STAND,
•
• • , 891V.0 HE STN UT . STREET,
Second floor; opposite Jayne's Hall,
WHEELER.. do • WILSON
.
SEWING MACHINES.
The undersigned h as not removed, but is ready at his
old Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
every style and quality of
WHEELER . & WILSON 'SEWING MACHINES. .
Machines to hire; also, with first-class operators, to
private families and hotels, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity.
Machines repaired and operators taught.
deNc-lim HENRY COY.
S/NfkEll'S
SEWING 'MACHINES,
For lanilly . Sewing and Manufacturing Pitmans.
lnBloC T: g. EITNUT STREET..
. .
THE VrItOOX de GIBBS
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES
•
Lace been . greatly Improved, making It
ENTIRELY NOISELESS,
and with Self - adineting Hemmers, are now ready for We
by FAIRBANKS do EWING,
ee2Y•tf 718 CHESTNUT Street:
CLOTHES - WRINGERS.
WILLIAM- YARNALL,
DEAL*. "IN. HOUSWFORNDIGIING GOODS,
No. - 14120 ' CHESTNUT STREET,
Agent fog the. . sale of HALEY. MORSE, .1; BOYDEWS
PATENT BELT-ADJUSTING
CLOTHES-WRINGER,
Believed to be the best CLOTBBS-WRINGEB. in nee.
It will wring the largest Bed Quilt or smallest Hand
'kerchief drier than can possibly be done by hand, in
Tory tench less time.
X. B.—A liberal discount .wll.l be made to dealers.
n0.1.3m
THE GREAT. OLOTK S 'MUNGER.
PUTNA.M
"SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER"
Is warranted to be superior th..any other in use.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD _POSSESS A •
CLOTHES WRINGER.
BM:LUISA
Ist. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing-day
3d. It enables the washing to be done in onethird /we
tits e,
3d It saves clothes from the injury always given by
4th. It helps to wrath the clothes as well as dry them.
WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE
ONE OF THIS KIND,
IBOATTSA
Finer. The • rolls being of vulcanized rubber, will
.beer hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear
off buttons.
SEooND, The frame being of iron, thoro , ko,
't g al- anized, all danger from rest is removed, at the .
;Willy to shrink, swell, split, &0., so unit dable in
wooden machines, is prevented.
TRIRD. The spiral springs over the rol largerthismltalie self-adjusting, so that small and . articles, as--
veil as articles uneven in thickness, are citirte,in to re•
oeive uniform pressure,
FOURTH. The patent fastening by whie'A the machine
as tightened to the tub, we believe to be Superior in
alta
'piicity and efficiency to any yet offered t -
Firm It will tit any tub, round or Dinar% from one •
half to one-and-a-quarter inches in t amiss, without
'the least alteration.
RETAIL PRI E:
No. 1, 58.00 • s ';'.9„ $5:00.
Aeir. Agents wanted in every cone`• •
Siff` Reliable and energetic man se lie liberally Game
with:
. .
For Sale at the
"WOODENWARE EST LISHMENT"
OD
A. H. FRAN ISCUS,
No, 433 SIARKET St. and o. 5 North FIFTH St.,
isl3-tuths tmhS Whol.. a agent for Pennsylvania.
r
tNITURE AND BIG.
CABINET s
lIARD TATA • •
MOORE & 6AMPION,
No. 21131 South SECOND Street,
•In connection with their extensive Cabinet Btusineu,
ow inanufactnring a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES.
Alti have now on hand a fall supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IhfPROVED CMIIONS, which
are pronounced by all who have used them to be supe
rior to all others, •
For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous. patrons throughout
the Unioa, who are familiar with the character of their twork, . , . anTifini
DRUGS " AND..CIERNICALS.
OBERT SHOEMAKER & 00
R
Northeast Comer Fourth and RACE . Etieettl,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
rower AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW.AND PLATE GLASS,
.kmrosiiiiviugas OP
%WHITS LIAVAND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, &a.
AGE 7111.102 :I*.CUILZSZATIID
FRENC4I ZINO PAINTS.
Dalin bad consumers implied at •
a0274m ITERY•LOW MOBS POE CASH.
A . OPPENHEIMER,
No. 2131. CIITIRCH Alley, Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OP
ARMY CLOTHING
Of Every Description.
ALSO;
HAVERSACKS.
PONCHOS,
°Ale
B IEVAMKS
BED TICKINGS FOR HOSPITALS.
MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR CONTRACTORS.
AN goods made will be guarantied regulation in sire
sad make.
B. B. Orders of any size tined with despatch. 167-tf
5 CASES j3LA.O.IESTONE
UMBRELLA CLOTHS.:
For sale by MATTHEW 'WHEY'S SONS.
isso
BOSTON.
CARBON'S •
• SCOTCH.PATENT
SILVER-CLEANING POWDER,
, W arranted free fronrgold., and the eame ac used in the
souses of the nobility and gentry of Scotlnd. It is un-
Moaned for cleaning Gold and CARSON,e, Looking
‘', ll trses, etc. Prepared by A. M. aiter, from
" "tine siren me by the head butler to the Duke of
Jab o t,
For sale by
HAZA/11) At CO. Twelfth and Chestnut streets,
TOWNSND, Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets.
'I% BLACK, 14-01 Chestnut streets,
W CL A RK , LTY 1900 Chestnut street. •
3- Fifth and Prune streets,
,A4O wholesale by WILLIAM PARVIN, 1204 CHEST-
T Street and •
bASWELL, MACK, At CO., Chemists,
Fifth-Avenue Hotel, New York,
All And Thames street, Newport, R.
ordsrs addressed A.M. CARSON, Wtrtern Sub Post
"kr, Philadelphia
tam
DIABET BRANDY —IN BONDED
Stores, for.sale
IVO CHAS. S. St JAS. CARSTAIRS,
126
_WALNUT St. and 1 GRANITES ts.
.1-IRLLEV,OISIN BRANDY.--AN.
vOICA, in Pond, for sale by ..
HAS 8 k JAS • CARSTAIRS,
le NO. 1269WA/41LiT
RII...OHANITE Sts.
VOL. 6.-NO. 154.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
CASSIIyLERZ'S,
CLOTHS, LININGS, 86a,
Comprising a largo and complete stock of goods for
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
THE TRADE SUfPLIED AT TREASONABLE PRICES.
COOPER & CUNARD,
3a24 S. E.TORNE'R NINTFI AND MARKET STS
. .
SP LEND ID . STOOK • ON . TIA.IsID.—L
F.-I' All the best makes of Calicoes. l ' • : •
Alit he best makes of Manlius. ' .
All the best it altos of Linens. •
All the beat Makes of Shootings. .: • •
All the beat make a of Napkins.
' Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper linokaback, Bird
Whiteßurlap, & c. &c.
White Cambric and Jaconet, full line.
Nainsooks and Plaid Mullins, fall line. - •
:Winter Goods closing out. ' . .' .
Shawls, liferinoss, closing out,
Balmoral Skirts. all prices. '
Silk and Linen Eltikfs, nice assortment. At
JOHN H. STOKES',
702 ARCH Street.
EDWIN HALL & BRO.,
ma South 'SECOND Street,
Have reduced the pritesiof
'Panay Silks,
Bich Trinted,Dress Goods,
Choice Sitadei of Merinoee,
' Beautiful COlors of Reps or Poplins.
All-Wool De Lathes.
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
Pine Long Broehe Shawls,.
Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls,
Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls.
4-4 Lyons Silk velvets. pure Silk. .
• E 11t• NEEDLES.
LINENS, wiarrE.oooD 3, LACES,
. .
EMBROIDERIE S.
A fall assortment always on hand at LOW
PRICES,
Just received, lace-trimmed Embroidered and
Mourning Muslin Bows and Neck-Ties, for the
house and street. Also, all-linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, at 16 cents.
Also, all descriptions of Linen Handkerchiefs,
for Ladies,Hents, and Children, at
WHOLESALE PRICES. • jail.tf
AGENTS,
D RY GOODS FOB :WINTER.
.Frenoh Dierinos.
Colored Mousseline*, ' •
Foult De Soles.
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks, 4 ,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines.
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Detainee,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannels,
Broche Shawls, '
Fine Blankets,
Crib Blankets.
SHARPEESS BROTHERS,
CHESTIIDT and EIGHTH Streets.
g STEEL & 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 Solferino Cashmeres, at 37Xc, worth 82.
WINTER SHAWLS, in g - reat variety,
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
ilsfact ion, as, we sell nothing but good articlea, and at
lower prices than they can be bon ht elsewhere.
dalß . Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH street.
CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS.
Large Crib Blankets.
•, • • • Pine Cradle Blankets. •
Sal . BYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH and ARCH
IWILLIAMSVILLES, WAMSUrTAS,
'Tails Premiums, Forostdales,
Edward Harris, Bay Mill, and,
Other good makes Skirtings.
104 Utica, Waltham aud Pepperell Sheetings.
• FINE LINENS
At nearly old prices.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linen s, Good. Napkins, Pine Towels and Doylies.
BLACK ALPACAS. • • .
Fine Colored Alpacas,
Prints, Delalnes, Cheap Reps.
All-wool Reps at Cost.
Balmorals—flood Skirts, full size, $3.
Closing out Winter Cloaks and Shawls.
Closing out Boys' Winter Clothing •
COOPER & CONARD.
Ja24-tf ' S. E earner NINTH and NAMT Inroads
IRYRE LANDELL, FOURTH AND
- 1 -A ARCH, have a line stock of
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Blankets. •
Good Linen Sheetings. .
Good Muslin by the piece.
Geod Unshrinking Flannels.
Good Fast- Colored Prints;
Good Table Linen and Towels.
Good Quallty.Blaok Silks. , 4....4 , 4-4 • .4
Good.Aiwortment•Colored Silk& •
GENTS' FURNISHING. GOODS.
606. ARCH
la E 606.
FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPHSIIIKPORITTNG
Full Asisortananoo
GENTS: FURNISKENGr 'GOODS,
IN GREAT YA-EIM; •
SUPERIOR QUALITY, AND ArKODERATE PRICES
G. A. HOFFMANN,
Ja-etnth sm
THE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STRUM
• JOHN O. ARRISON,
• (FORMERLY J. BURR MONA)
• IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER, OF
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES.
N. B.T-PartfoOlarattention given to the inala it of:Shirts,
Collars, Drawers, ao.. ' ja244api
FINE SHIRT M.A.NITFAOTORY:
, The subscriber Would invite attention to his
• • IMPROVED CUT OP SHIRTS, : . •
Which e makes a specialty in hie..buniness.., Also, con
%tautly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
• - No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,'
jal7.lf Four doori below the Continental.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, ac.
JAMES'S..EARLE & SON,
IMPOSTERS AND MANtIPAOPiRERI3 OP
OOHING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS, .
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT;
• •
. P/04111.11and
• . •
PHOTOGRAPH PRAMS&
PHOTOGRAPH AIiBUMS.
/EXTENSIVE iLOOEING GLASS WAIIERO6MS AND
GALI;ERY.OPPAI NT I N.() 8,
deSI-tf 516 CEESTNIIT Phiisolfiliohla.
1/000 DOZEN MCKCjitYSIIIRTB.
1,000 do. 109 . Y, RID Et A s N iI I u BAIIE
Soo do. IASS . FILTED
I FBIST IERTs.
500 do. {LOW-PRICED
WRITE MUSLIN SHIRTS.
1,000 do. DENIM OVERALLS.
10,000 PAIRS COTTONADE PANTALOONS.
Poi sale by
BENNETT, Rtrqu, & CO.,
Ja151131, Manufacturers. 217 CHURCH ALLEY.
CORNELIUS & BAKER.
MANUFACTURERS
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS,
GAS FIXTURES, &o.
STORE, 710 CHESTNUT ST.
141 CHERRY Street, and FIFTH and COLUMBIA.
ja29:lra Avenue. S'
5n - "4"111 STREET: -
0. A. VANKIRK & 00..
•
Rare on hand a the assortment of
CHANDELIERS
AND OTHER •
GAS FIXTURES. •
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornanients. Porcelain
and Itica Shades, and a variety of •
FANCY GOODS •
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. .
Please call and examine goods. de1347
EVANS & WATSON'S
R SALANANDRE SAT*
16 SOUTH FOURTH STRUT . . .
A large variet; R OF FIRS
ELPPIVOI6OI4III demi ea
hand. •
414 , DR FINE, BRACI'IIi:A.V DEN:
TIST for the last twenty years,•2l9 VINE St.,
below• Third, inserts the most beautiful TEETH of. the
age, mounted on fine Gold Platina, Silver, Vulcanite, Co
ratite, •Amber, Sm., at prices, for neat and substantial
Work, more reasonablet han any dentist in this city or
State. Teeth plaited to last for life.• Artificial Teeth re
paired to suit. No pain in extracting. , No charges un
til satisfied all ferixht. , :lleferenoe. best families. Jal9-ftm
H , BRANDY AN.. IN • Toros bondeditoros; for sale _
CR.AS.S. & JAS.' ARsTdarts,
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1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
Successor to W. W. KNIGHT.
606 ARCH STREET.. 600.
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DiAIiIIFACTORIES.
yeas.
SATUADAY, JANUARY 31, 1863.
Gold is Up and Excnge is Up.
ha.
To ("Editor of The Press : .
SIR : . :Your correspondent," W. D.," is not satis
fied with the communication'on the subject of the
price' agOid, which appeared in yotir paper of the
28th. The*thor of that article is no stranger to
the • facts connected with his subject,`and for the
benefit of "W. D." I will furnish a little explana
tion. •
A ton of,pig iron is now worth $32. The raw
materials from which it made coat asifollowa
3 tons iron ore in the ground, at 60 cents $t 60
2 tons coal in the: mine, at 60 cents 1 00
1g tons limestone in the mine, at 10, cents ' 15
Per . ton of-iron
. ,
• All the rest is labor, and the manufacturer's profit.
The cost of thil raw niaterlel was, therefore, said to
be of ." comparatively little value." The coat of la
bor at the furnaces is well known to be greatly in
creased. " It.was always from.eight to ten times the
cost of the materials. At many of the iron works
a ton of sand is worth nearly as much As a ton of
iron ore, and sometimes more. : . ,
. If W: D. thinks that slooshould purchase exactly
the same :man of sterling coin every year, and it all
times, he must have imagined a sort of currency ea
pable •of tidying• commodities always at the same
price.•
. If such a currency were possible, it should
purchase cotton, wool; iron, coal, 'and • other arti
cles, at the same price as before the rise'ln these
tooklplace, from results of the war, totally uncon
nected witkthe currency. ' ' • -
"' .It happens that the author Of the communication
.of.thetBth, sends to a friend abroad $l,OOO yearly,
'add that he hne also his' experience of facts in
that line. He has recently had to pay flfty-two per
cent, premium on eicchange. The fact which stared
him in the fiice, was that exchange had risen; so the
price -currents informed him, so the• dealer in ex
' change told him. He who denies this plain faot, and
:asserts that the currency has fallen, does not State a
_fact.tvhich he can prove, but sets up a theory or im-
pression which he °linnet prose. Foreign exchange
is even more flatuating,.and with wider variations
than domestic exchange. Who ever expected that
gold, or any other curreacy,.would purChase at all
times, and Independent of changes in.price; the same
sum of exchange, foreign or domeslicl
It would be well for W. D.; and every one enter
taining similar notions, to reconsider patiently the
grounds upon which. their opinions are founded.
Especially lel them notice the two great facts that
gold and exchange have risen to their present quoted
rates.
Are those people who deny that gold fluctuates In
,price,toing to denythis privilege to other commodi
!tint Surely everyfrttcle has its own fluctuations
; for reasons peculiar to itself. (The currency will
have* hard time.if it is to go up and down at every
'varia.tion in the 'value of gold, exchange, cotton, or
iron, more especially as some of these articles will
go up whilst others are going down.
,Very respectfully, yours, O.
Our Sick and Wounded Soldiers.
To the Editor of the Press
Sin : The Sanitary Commission in Washington
issue, I belieVe, to discharged' soldiers a card which
.is recognized by the railroad companies as entitling
them to half fare. As the railroad companies issue
no through half-fare tickets, when the invalid domes
to the Washington. Ddpet gate he is put into a car•
which does not .run through Baltimore from the•
'Camden-street to the Howard•street Station. This.
generally causes them to miss the connection, or else.
they hurry across - the city in their anxiety to get:
home, carrying a load' too heavy for them in their
enfeebled condition. Having noticed the increased
suffering the dischaiged and invalid soldiers are sub
jected to on this account, I beg to suggest that, for
the accommodation of such cases, a special oar be
run through from Washington to Philadelphia.
Another consideration commends this plan greatly,
viz: that the want of cleanliness consequent Upon
camp life makes the present system of mingling.the
sink soldiers with the general
,passengers very
jectionatle. 'lt would greatly add to the comfort of
the sick ifthey could be provided with even cheap
bunks in the proposed car, and this timely rest might
indeed save many a life.
I am, respectfully, yours,
JANuAnY 29, 1863. _ _
Treason.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sut : If in the history of the rebellion there hai
ever been one period more than another in which it
behooved 'all honest and loyal men to unite more
earnestly and closely together in support of the GO:,
venirnent, it must be now, when treason is so shlimet
less; bold and, defiant. The Government has dealt •
too leniently with traitors. We ate beginning to sea
the effect of this ; we shall probably see more. There
is nothing that so much induces a respect for autho
rity atifec/ing it. Butler gave treason a lesson in
Jggw,..Grleans. lylumfardis insignificant and worth-1.
-lesi;•AliprobahlysavedlllllttrAV T lCT9Eti
some - lesson and was well 'heeded, It becomes ne•
cessary, then, for loyal inen to "hi aetive and vigilant,.
to demand respect and Obediesir.e to the Goiernment,;
and to punish treason summarily wherever it'darea.
show itself.
I am, truly, your obedient servant,. •
• •
SUBSCRIBER.
The Anderson Cavalry—Ciptain ,
Appointed.. Colonel:
HARRISBURG, Jan. 30.—Captain Palmer, of the
Anderson Troop, is now here,- and has been appoinV
ed colonel of the Regiment 'of Anderson Cavalry.
• He will leave for Tennessee immediately, where, it
is believed, his arrival will quickly restore diseipline
and good order to his regiment. The order to in
crease the original troop to • a battalion, subsequent
ly to two, and finely to three battalionsovnmissued
by.the SeclAti:i7,,of..Warast the-urgent. sOlicitation
of General Buell then commanding.the Department
of the Cumberland, whose chief of 'staff, - Colonel J.
B. Fry, says, in a letter of January 26th, which we
have seen, that General Buell desired and intended
this regiment to be attached to his headquarters in.
the field, to act as escort and for special service in
Ms department, and; in order to insure itsAltness
for these particular duties, expressly stipulated:.;
with - Captain Palmer that the men rectititedi.
for the regiment should equal in intelligences . ;
spirit, Ste., those :belonging to', the original ,
derson Troop, who had performed the .same:'
service in the most satisfactory manner for nea r-;
ly a year. Colonel •Fry adds that, had General' .
Buell remained, the Anderson :Cavalry would
doubtedly have filled the position referred to, but
that, on his retirement, the only thing"to be done,
since commanding.generals always select their- own
escorts, was to urge General. Rosecrana to assign
the regiment to' the same position withlim. This
General Rosecrans promised to do, and it is Colonel:
Fry's opinion that it would have been done as soon
as they were equipped, ke., had , not the late difil-:
' culty occurred. It should' be added in this con
nection that General Rosecrani himself says in a
letter to Governor Curtin, dated 19th January, that .
.he had always intended, and still intends,'to use this
regiment at department headquarters,•as
understood between the men and Gen. Buell. But as:
. they only reached Nashville on the eve of a march and
a battle, he directed that, for the time belng,they
-should follow him as' part of the reserves. He
states also that they,are .precisely the kind of
he required for the work at headquaiteri; arid tinsta
that they will repair their most grievous fiult of not
marching with their companions. In to the
complaint of a deficiency-of officers, it should be
'stated that the regiment had-more than the average
of regiments of the regular army, and that leis not
generally the case that men complain of a deficiency
in this respect, Particularly before a battle, as the
more the vacancies the greater the chance of promo
tion. The order of the War Department authorizing
the regiment, provided that the • officers should be
taken from the original troop wherever capable, on, •
the nomination of General Buell.- This general.
nominated 'Only.. enough officers , to
.- take the
men out to Louisville, preferring to wait
awhile for the return of Captain Palmer before
'making any appointments absolutely necessary.
_Subsequently, other nominations were made ' by
General Bosecrans;' but a complete list wee
ferred until the regiment should reach Nashville, at
which time, as stated, the general was too much oc
cupied to attend to - it. It is confidently
,expected
here that the trouble will be shortly settled, and that
the regiment, which is
_made .up. of splendid mate;
rial, will yet redeem its reputation. Ohe 'thing is '
proved, that there has been no deceptidn in raising
the regiment throughout; that there hati.been no
change intended either , by Buell or Rosecrana , in .
the character of its service or positiOnoa conse
quence 'of its enlargement, either from &troop to
&battalion, or subsequently to a full 'regiment, and
that only the impatience oi a portion of th . 43 men,
on " arriving. at Nashirille, prevented their' entire
Wishes and expectations from being ; very shortly
consummated, and after the mutiny' occurred, a ,
simple explanation of the facts would, no doubt,
have disposed them immediately to return' to duty,
but for the unwise sympathy and interference of
their friends at home. • ' • . •
The Governor, at the request of the Leklslature,
will accompany a committee of both branchei to
Washington, to present to Congress theinterests of '
the Government and the State in the establishment
of a navy yard at. League Island. They Will leave
this evening, and remain in Philadelphia from Sa
turday until Monday. •
DEPARTMENT DP VIRGINIA.
The " Vanderbilt , ' oft oil a Four Months ,
Cruise alter the PiratesAhtbannt and
rldte 7 lrhe Storm, &c. '; •
EiTon.rnms Mormor., Jan. 29 The Vanderbilt
sailed from Hampton Roads this forenoon, and went
to sea at half pastten o'clock.
The Baltimore mall :boat Georgiarut, due at: .7
A. M., did not arrive till half past 2p: M • •
A heavy westerly wind has been blowing all day.
CRUISE OF THE VARDERBILT.II
. , . U. S. STEAMER VANDERIILLT,
HAMPTON ROADS, J anuary , 248.
I have to announce to gnu a completeohanp in
our programme since writing you on the Nth inst.
•The order to tow the Weehawken -and Nahant to
Tort Royal was countermanded, and a telegraphic
_despatch received from the Department, directing us
to take on board to& months pro Visions. Curiosity
was very much excited by thls ordel, and all sorts
of rumors were current - as to our probable desti
natton,,wben•all doubts were settled by the arrival
of our captain who announced our depArture to
in search of the Alatiama. We wlll'stop at
Havana : when. if no news is reeeived; we *ill pro
.
PITILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3L 1863.
ceed - to Rio Janeiro, and. if necessary, to the East
'lndies. If the Alabama has gone to thi East Indies
she will be able to do much damage to our com
merce, as there are only two men-of-war on the
station, neither of which is equal to her in speed or
armament. Her Britannic Majesty's steam corvette
Cadmus sailed on Sunday for Charleston, to bring
off the British consul, who has been showing his
Secession proclivities a little too plainly. The steam
sloop Lackawanna arrived on the 26th inst., and the
Rhode Island on the 27th. I have not heard their
destination. The steam transport. Illinois arrived
on Monday, and left the same day with two troop.
ships belonging to the Banks Expedition.—Tribune.
Official Report of Major General John
Pope on the, Operations of the Army of
Virginia.
Under date of January 21, 1863, Geneva' Pope has
sent in , to General Halleck his official report of his
campaign in Virginia. 'The document is very long, -
And we are able to give of it only the most important
. ,
facts.
• GENERAL POPE'S. COMMAND.
General Pope assumed command on June 26 of
the Army of Virginia, which then consisted of
three corps, under Generals Fremont, Banks, and
McDowell. In addition, to these three 'corps a
small and unorganized force nadir Brigadier
Sturgis was posted in' the* neighborhood of Alex
andria, and was then in process of being organized
.for field service. The forces , in the intrenohmenta
4round Washington were also - placed- under . Pope's
command. AU the disposable movable forces con
•sieted'of.the three corps first named. Their. effec-
Alve strength of infantry and, artillery, as reported .
.to me, was as follows : Fremont's corps, 11,600
strong-; Banks' corps, reported at 14,600, but in
'reality, only 8,000 ; McDowell's corps, 18,000—mak
' -
.ing a totarof 38,000. The cavalry numbered about •
.s,eeo;hut most of it was badly mounted and armed
and in poor condition for service. •
"., DEFENCE OF HIS ' , ORDERS." • • ;
Of'hispreliminary Order, he says;'
The Order requiring the Mops to subsifft upon the
country in which their operations were conducted,
has, with a,wilfu: disregard of its' terme, been con
• 'trued greatlY to'iny discredit, as authorizing indis
criminate robbery and plunder. Yet the term' of this
order were so specific , as to the manner and by whom
all property - or subsistence needed for the use of the
army - should be seized, and the order is so common in
*the history of warfare, that I have been amazed that
it could have been so misinterpreted and misuadeM
stood. It is, therefore submitted here for the calm
examination of the Government and the. public.
I believed then, and :believe now, that the polioy
there laid down was and,
and just, and was Well cal
culated to se_ eMcient and rapid operations of tire
army, and in 'case of reverse to leave the enemy
without the means of subsisting in the country over
which our army had passed, and over which anypur-.
suit must be conducted. The long delay' and . ember
rassMent of Me army under General Lee, 3n its subsequent
movements toward Washington, occasioned largely by the
want of supplies , taken from the country under this order,
fully justified its wisdom. . .
PLANS OF OPERATIONS.'
It was fully.determined before I left Washington
to take the field in Virginia, that the union of the
armies of Virginia and of the Potomac, was abso
• lutely essential both to the safety of the -national
capital and to the further successful Aorosecution of
- the Operations 'against Richmond. The, Mission of
the army under my command; therefore; was. to
cover as far as'-possible the trout of Washington,
and make secure the valley of the Shenandoah, and
so operate upon the enemy's lines of communication
to the west and northwest of. us as' to force him to
make such heavy detachments from his main force
at Richmond as would enable the Army of the Poto
• mac to withdraw from its position at Harrison's
Landing, - and to take shipping for Aquia Creek or
for Alexandria ;and 4 as was feared, the'enemy
should-throw h is whole force in the direction of
Washingtomit became my duty to resist his advance
at •all hazards, and. so to delay and embarrass his
movements as to 'gain all the time posiible for the
arrival of the Army of the Potomac behind.
" General POPenow gives details of the main opera
tions 'oidered by .thim, to prepare • the way for the
-greater.; several' successful cavalry raids upon the
Virginia 'Central ` Railroad ; the -succeeeful move
ment on Culpeper Court House and beyond, toward
. Gordonsville; and, lastly, the expedition ordered
under General'Hatch to capture Gordonsville and
-destroy the railroad toward Charlottaville.. This
failed through the incapacity of General Hatch.
;.`PORTER RESPONSIBLE Fbit'THE ESCAPE
• OF JACKSON: • : '
• When the 'rebels creased the :Rappahannock, on
- Pope's. extreme right, Jackson's corps :advanced,
and byarande excellent.mimpuvring, Pope inserted
his forces- bet Ween Jackson and Lee; and would
have entirely cut off the Stonewalfgeneral's retreat
if Fit John Porter had not failed him at this Miti
cal moment. The report says :
• While this attack was going on the forces undei
Heinfzelmen and Reno Continued to pilaff back the
left of the enemy in the direction of the -Warrenton
turnpike, so thatabbut eight o'clock in the evening
the greater portion of - the field of battle was own
, pled by our army: Nothing -was heard of -General
Porter, up to that time, and hid forces took no part
whatever in the action, biit Weresuffered by him to
lie idle on their arm _ , if - Mfr.:sight and sound of the
battle during the whole - day. - So far as I knOW, he
made no , effort:whatever to comply with my orders,
nor to take , any part in the action.. Ido not hesitate
to say -that if he bad discharged his duty as became
- a soldier, under the circumstances, and had made a
vigorous attack on,the enemy, as he was expected
and directed to do, at any time up to eight o'clock
that night, we should have.utterly crushed or cap
tured the larger portion of Jackstin's force beforehe
could have heen.by any possibility•sufficiently rein
forced to have made any effective resistance. * * •
I believe—in fact, I am positive—that, at 5 o'clock
On the afternoon ol the : 29th, General Porter had in
his front no c onsiderable body of the enemy. I
. believed Ahem, as.l am- very sure now,:that it was
easily practicable for him to have turnmithe right
, flank of-jackion,.and to have fallen uponhis rear;
that,if - he:had . .done .so, we 'should have gained a
..deelsive-victory.river .the. army under. Jackson before
he. could havelmen-joined by any oi;thegoreetrof
Longstreet,„ari&-that the 'affair of - General • Lee
Wonliftehavebeen:so.crippled4kuulfeheeked.hy the de
,struetion. of this, large :force as to have: been. no
longer,:in condition Ao .prosecute further operations
lof an aggressive character. I' speak thus freely bf
r the strange failure of General Porter, not because. I.
-ani.inore convinced of its unfortunate results now .
frthan / was at the time ; but because a full investiga
..tion of the, whole subject, made by a court martial,
~;has fully justified and confirmed that opinion.
••THE .LAST,BA.rLE—.GENERAte KEARNEY . .
before sunset on the lat the vie* attacked
...;111i. on oeiritlititint was met by Hooker,lileDoivell;
Iteno,..:and....RearneVs divieion of Reintzleman's
-4: .voireeyere- action occurred, in the midift
.of .6. terrific, thunder-storm, and was. terminated
..shOrtly;after, iierk.-,,The enemy was drivenhaek
..entirelY ficiin'Our:frinit, but during that engagement
pe.lost twit Uf.the,,best, and one of the most distin
- 'of our_genera) officers—Maj. General Kear
•. ney and Brigadier General Stevens---who were both
..ki/led while gallantly
leading their commands -and ,
ofbattle. It is unnecessary for e
;me to say.one r word of-commendation of the .two
',:_.officers who were so well and widely knownto the
..country. Words cannot express, my sense of the
. seal,.thegallantry, and ,the sympathy of that -most
earnest and-accomplished soldier, Major clAneral
'Kearney. in him the country has -suffefed a loss.
_
be difficelt.,,if not impossible, to repair..
Be died , as•he , yeould bade. wished die, and.'ae
:..leame bin hirolo.eharacter.. . • •
7
raddtai*Ardiro Tire' ractarsonatmrs
,W.A:SHINAITON. •
1 the , morning : of the .2d of. SepteMber—the
enemy still: eontinning:lihi;Movedient 'toward our
• right—my Whole force teas posted behind •• Difficult
creek, from Flint Hill to - the Alexandria turnpike.'
Although we were quite able to maintain our posi
tion at that place until the stragglers could be col
lected, and the army, after its labom and perils, put
Into a Condition for effective service, I considered it
advisable, for reasons , explaine d to the General-in-
Chief, and set forth herewith; that the troops should
• be drawn back, to the entrenchments in front of
Washington, and' that some reorganization sherd&
"be made of ther; in order that 'earlier , effective ser
vic,e should be "secured than was possible in their
condition at that: time. I:received orders, about
twelve o'clock orithe 241 of September to draw back
the-forces within the entrenchments, which' Was
done in gond order and without any interruption by
the enemy, • •
$2 66
Battle of Berwick's •Baptiteltio.l.
' Steamer Cotton Blo*si Vir=4llfalistisi New
Orleans—The Pirate
Nevi Orleans advices atata, s tbat--.General Grover
was at Baton Rouge: wlth.,a•;heivy• s force, some
twenty regiments ..: Ills ,command was • composed
` largely of "green troops, and - he was drilling. them.
There was a strong force.at Carrollton, under,Gene
ral Sherman. • - -
Major. General Banks was still in New Orleans.
He had reiterated General' Butler's order taxing
certain'rebelinerchtuits for the support Of the poor
' had cautioned the public- against:of*ing insult to
the soldiers, and in several actsliad Indicated a
vigorotis administration.' •
The Delta of the 1 . /tiring. says: - - - •
g!The"zieivs from Berwick's Bay,"last evening,
brought official confirmation of the total destniction
of the rebel iron;Clad steamer Cottoqpin the Bayou
Teche, by the land• and naval forces under the com
ma of Gen.:Godfrey Weitzel. She was blown to
atoffs, and there is an endlo this formidablavessel,
which has been a kind of stumbling-block in the
way of the advance of any forces on the Teche.
Gen. Weitzel has succeededin getting a heavy force
in the enemy's. rear, thereby completely flanking'
them, and their entire overthrow in that section - is
only a question of a few days' time. The rebel force
.. is smaller' , than .was •at first supposed... General:
Weitzel has ascertained • that it consists of only
1,100 infantry, about.l,ooo cavalry, and three pieces
artillery.,• • .• .
• Jacob Barker has appealed to the Major Greneral
several times for permission to revive the Advocate,
but General Banks will not, permit thapublication
of that rebel sheet again. ' ••
.
' Business was dull. The itarket'wati overstocked.
, Cofi'ee .Was cheaper 'in New' Orleans-than-in New
York, and the same was true'of other commodities.
There were a great many' speculators from •the
North but they were doing little or . nothing :
.. Until
the Mississippi was fairly open, there would be no
general revival of trade: '
Gen. Hamilton ' Military. Governor of Texas,had
addressed a large Union meeting in New Orlians, on
the night of the 14th.' Mr. Durant, the lawyer, .fol,
lowed in an able speech. 'The meeting was very
largely attended, and all - the speakers went
.for the
Union, megro or no negro.
The transport ships Pocahontas, Aquilla, Lucinda,
' T. 0. Brady, and, bark Guerilla have arrived. at.
New Orleans. • • - • • • •
The steamer George -WaahingtOn,..with New'Yorle
• dates to the leth;arrived out on the 20t1i,tiand her;
• news was issued at once in an extra sheet ifniniz the
.Delta. • • :•• • • •• • '
.The public receptions given to General Butler,
and the endorsement of his .admisintratiow• by the
:Preaident, had given the Union men' grentleatisfae
lion.'
Naw ORLEANS, Jan. 16.-- - -The Harriet' Lane is
blockaded in Galveston bay.' The rebels are fortify
' ing the island, and fitting out the Harriet Lane, and
large numbers of rebel troops are Concentrating on
the island to resist our attack. ' Com. Bells fleet is
large, and-amply sufficient to retake Galveston, but
his desire into recapture the Harriet Lane, and not
to destroy her.
• We,hear from the United States consul at Mate-
Moros—Mr. Pierce—that 1,300 Unionists are all or
ganized on the- Rio Grande ; near Brownsville, into
'two cavalry regiments. They have horses, and
about one .half are armed: "Also, the consul writes
that .about 1,600 more are ready to.foin the Union
ranks aa• soon as arms and:ammunition . are fur
nished. The announcement thatlianks' e)9editton
was destined for Texas, and that - Gov. Hamilton
,tvas en route with a large force ter the relief of the
State, has produced pihrorganization.
Theee manifestations in ,Western Texas ,show
that Gov. H. hainOt been raistaken'in .ths strength
and heroic determination of. the Uaion men is that
*anon of the State. _
TEE PIRATE " OREiti.to
Tbe New, Orleans Della, of the 2 0 tOilithe follow
ing letter :
OFF Montrx., Friday, • Jan. 16, 1883.—There was a
great commotion among the blockading fleet oft this
harbor last evening. The rebel steamer Oreto,
which has been lying in Mobile Bay for some
months, succeeded in escaping to, sea in the presence
of seven idockading vessels. 'The Cuyler, one
of the fastest steamers immediately gave chase, and
;was gaining on .her, -when - the; two 'disappeared
•the illetance".`-•The Cuyler at her dentine,
HISTORY - OF THE WAR.
... ~..-.
.pSfARTIVENT:OP--.Tl*...fifLO:f-,4.':.
NEWS. FROM GALVESTON.-
ally during the chases from her long-range gunis; and
as•she was gaining rapidly, great hopes are enter.
tamed that she will bring the audacioul rebel to.
The Oreto ilecommanded yMamt , fornierly of. the
United Stateii. Navy.
- 'The other day, the British. consul came out 'of
mobile tinder a flag of truce, and went on board the
Susquehanna, to await communication with an
English ship; Toward nightfall, a rebel armed yes.
Bel, filled with men, came out under a flag of truce.
She was hailed, and , responded that she wanted to
see the British consul. A boat was sent aboard,
but the commander of the rebel vessel would not
give further. explanation of his audacity than he
wanted to see the British consul.
. It is just to say that the British consul, who; during
Abia,"interlude," was on board the Susquehanna,
refused to see the rebel commander, and declared
tbati be could not account for his assumption and
.presurnption in asking for him. . •
Undoubtedly therebel boat came out with the in
-tention of , surprising,the blockading fieet,• just as
.the: Buffalo Bayou rbhela surprlse v il the fleet at
Galveston; January 1, Itna.
DEPAIITNEAT' OF IHE SOUTH .
Expeditidn:np 'the Ogeeeheesßiver The''
•
1 . Iron-elect. Montauk gbue to..eat--out the '
Nashville arid 'Fingal—The recent' Cap-' I
turn 4 - the !knish Atlantte'lSlOldieading
; .Sesusidinlie First'Sbirith Ciesullne. Na.
tiv.o: Vitro* ,V6itiiiteexid,ottoial Sctx - tilaiin
Opiistow t of Colored TroorSrThe Misslng ,
• Boatts Crew of the Rhode Island. ,„ . -'-.' I
'l
-.. Ponm "RoTAL, Monday, Jan.26;-1863.-'The steam
:ship Star ' ofthesSonth leaves - here for New-York'
•to;dity; much to my regrilt r .ael toped' to send brher
•an account of an expeditlorelni which the monitor.
'.:Montauk', is the chief actor, ouid of 'the result of ,
-velichlr-•Mtff - probably:this , . evening t have . the par.
tieulars. tiThe , Montauk felt-Port Royal. harbor'
earl* on SattirditylissiOn tow of the gunb - oat James'
Adger t beimdlorthe Ogeectiee river, a•small stream
emptyingiinte Ossebaw sound, about twenty' miles ,
• isotillicif tree IsLand. .13er. object, I aintold, is to , ,
' deitror .o :. capture the rebel' -blockade-running
•siteamer.Nasliville; which hasbeen waiting a chance •
to getlolsea ever sinbe .Iket tall with' a cargo of
cottotrev , i- - -. • :- . : ,
• AstherNsehville is under the protection of a shore
battery, alid of theram-Fingal, otherwise called the'
..State o f. Georgia, there is likely to be some fighting,
*in Nvbich the Montauk will have an excellent oppor
tunity Wtesting 'the - destructive- capacity of her
fifteen arid: eleven-inch:Dahlgren guns. Yesterday.
one of the -most melancholy and opaque. of fogs
• lung ovii.,..this entire regionall. day, and Under its'
cover itIS likely:that the obstructions which have
. been put lb the river were removed, and the torte- .
does and other, infernal contrivances rendered
~harmless.i: , ... • -,%• . •
By-thelye, the highly distinguished position of
superintendent. of-torpedoes in-the Confederate see
vice is filled by. one Dies, brother of - Dr. Malosha
Ives, theteelebrated Fort Lafayette correspinident
of the New - York Herald, formerly a lientenant of
engineers in the United States service, and treasurer
of the Washington Monument Fund; when every'
postoillee: in the country was supplied withes box,'
into whit% the:Patriotic had - the opportunity of de-,
Positing Nannies, when. pennies'*ere - more plentiful.
than nowgo be used in constructing that national
. work. ' , lttnarnorbe• out 'of place just now to in
quire what Ives did with the money, which must
have to a very handsome sum, as it has
never been accounted for, and the contributors
would 'befrelieved of the suspense which they feel
respecting the manner of its eipenditure, -even
should the - unpalatable 'fact come out that these
funds had , heen devoted to the service of the South.
ern Confederacy. . ,
So much parenthetically, • and, returning to the
fog, I can only say that should it turn out that the
Montaides mission was aided by that damp and
murky visitor, we shall, hereafter look more kindly
on its presence. This morning the sonsnd of heavy,
guns was heard far away to the southward of Fort
Pulaski, : which Colonel. Barton, commanding the
garrison, interprets as, the action taking place.
W e expect .the :Montauk bank to-morrow, with the
Nashville in. Ow, or the report:of her destruction
and that et:the Fingal also, to prevent them falling
into our ;halide, and her, low iron-floored decks co
vered with g uns , taken from the batteries 'on shore.
Everybody , is immoderately sanguine down here
since - the ,a4vent of iron-clads and the promise of .
active oPetatioosinthe department. .
The slooof-wri•Poriliattin arrived on .Saturday
evening from the blockading fieetliffCharleston and
rePorts that onthe
night of Saturday, the 17th inst.,
two.vesselsatteinpted to run through the fleet: 'One
was the echooner Ottewan, with a cargo of naval
stores, andigie Is now in this harbqr a prize to one of
:the &Wawa The, other was the steamer Huntress,
having a full. cargo of cotton on: board. The night
being darkthestetuner hada fat/Chance , of avoiding
- ..theblockadingfieet; and get' a .giiod start before she
, was.discoyered. , Chase was given, however,land in
'the eagerness of the Captain cif. the Huntress to
Cape, he caused the engineer to feed the farinklee
41th:rosin oeot,hereinflammable• eta; and the vessel
`consequently took 'fire, and was consumed. Her•
crew wereall' picked up by boati from' the QUaker
.. , .. .
Oltk:: , • • • •
The, steamer 'Matanzas, Capt. Liesgazig, arrived
thiamornirig from Fortress. Monroe, with the One
Hfihdred zand Fifteenth New York regiment . on'
bo s lirff, fo r ming the first .part of the . reinforcements
for - Gen. Onnterls conimaifd. -••• :-
The following communication, from General Sax
ton _concerning . the First South Carolina. Volun 4
teens, hasjust.corne into my hands:
.... ' ' .'' : -b. BEA.TlFtnt'r, S.C., Januar y 25,1963.
. ,
..,-- ..
Non. Edanftrif; Stanton, SiCdetary of War: ~
. ,
DEAR S irs:: I'have theilionor to report that the
organization of t theist Regiment of South Carolina
volunteers is now completed The regiment is light
infantry, composed of ten companies of about eighty
stx-nign each; armed with muskets, and officered by
whitCnien.t-- In-organization,. drill,.discipline, and
• Inoralei lor,the length of timedittas been in service,
this •regitient is not surpassed• by any, white regi
%latent in this department. ~ Should it ever be its good
fortune to get info.nction; I have no fears but it will
wheits OWII way to the confidence of those who are
- tvillingto,reboaune cputege>and•MAlllood, and vin-;
.. sdicate2he wise poliey of the• Administration, in put
)thig tli tlie;nierintethe'fielsdr_and :giving them' - a
- chanew.:to etrike , al blow. ftirvthe country - and 'their
•ioweollbertY: ...... ::-......, ,• i , t r ! .--•*. -•-. -,:-
.. ..In no -regiment • have 1. ,. ever, seen duty. nerformed
r_witlesomuch cheerfulness and alacrity.. As senti
.liels,.they are peculiarly vigilant. I have never seen
in any body of men such enthilsiasm and deep-seated
*devotion to their officers as s ekistain this: They will
i v
surely go wherever', they are led. Every man is a
. volunteer and -seems fully persuaded of the import
sance of 'his service to his race. In the organization
. of • this , regiment I have labozed under difficulties
which might have discouraged cine who had less faith
-,ln :the wisdom of the measure, but. I ainzlad to re
rport that the.experiment is a complete success. My
'tielief is, that when-.we get a footing on the main
land, regiments may be raised which will do more
thanany.now. in serviceto Tut down this rebellion.
I have sent a regiment upon an expedition to the
c-coast of Georgia- '
the result'of Which I shall • report
: for your information as soon as it risturns.' - • - --
.. • I have the honor. also to. report that I have com
menced the organization of the. second . regiment,
which is totecoterriended by Col. Montgomery.
• , . Pam; air, with great respect,
-- • ••• - • ,
R. SAXTON, B G
rigadier eneral.
. . .
. . ..
So w e ll satisfied is Gen. Hunter, also, that the ne
grOei Wilrinaitegeoci soldiers, and that their services
in that ..Will he of,mor e value to the Go-
Veriftlient • T,M - :tattler e hes de rmined
' Tani.inforifiegtolefiliatnil -a ;••• - o ied,
...fellowsino*Ontlie viitiousPlintit 10
- tight fortliiiir'ilberties. Cotton-producing, thou ''•
;.very' ininciktard, Must be deferred for the present;
'end tv/alleibe men AT . e. fighting, their Wives are to
raise 'corn. "Whitley be pfteluced on these 'sleuth'
.. with very little outlay, either of .labor or care, and
the change is likelf to prove a great advanta ge. to
Lithe Cornmissadrit - Departirient.—N. - _Y. , Tifnes . i
' Til - E RESqp P.:1:01" THE'BOAT'S GREWOF THE
• ',. - ' ' -RHODE ISLAND.- ", • '
. . .
' WausT s nOTo24.l4ol., 30.-4lt will' he remember e d one of the beats belonging to the United States
steamer Rhode Island, which was, insist to the relief
Of the crew of the ironclad: Monitor' in her recent
• disaster, was, in the gale prevailing at the time,
. separated from the • rest; and supposed' to be lost.
•
Since then; however ' the boat and - heecrew have
-- arrived at"Beautort, North Carolina, and the follow
• in report from the coirtmanderef theßhode Island;
detailing :the L. statement of Acting:Master. e Brown,-
who. 'commanded, has, been received,. at ' t h e `: Navy
Department : ' , ' . -
~ r,
vnITZD STATis.,STEiatanRHora , ISLAND, ' •
—• ' 43Eloston , rditaiuson;'N.t0.; Jan. 19,1863.
•Sra
. ,
: PhaVe the ;honor 'to. report Mr. ',—Brown's
' statement •tote in'substance a L ,s lollowe ; • t-
After-having made hew trips te = the Monitor he.
Started ozi•the third, and after leaving the Rhode.
Island he saw the red light burning' at the ffig- staff
,
••of the Monitor and apparentlY ` about one iiiile•dis= i •
Cant; aii the_vlin,l and sea. were against him, he '
made bht.little progress, yet -he, continued gaining
until within_e; quarter of a *mile of: the .Monitor, ,
..when the light+became extinguished. , .. It appeared
to Settle gradually in, the 'water as; he. approached
‘ her, and then:it disappeared. • When lie approached,
'to what heouppolted to, be the position of Mite: vessel;
e could perceive,no. other .th
trace of her exisept an
, Oak produced bythe ?sinking of the vesseL 311 e re-
Melded nearibat position as long as he deemectliru
dent, in order to rescue any of the crew whci might bea
_lathe water, but found none. are - then !darted I or, the
'Rhode Island, which the:A - Appeared - to'be abtiutt , Wce s
milesdistant, she'Weather being overcast, a ..wded;
with a. slight rain ; wind hauling ,to the nor , . and ;;
• soon after he lost sight of the 'Rhode Island, Ihit ,af
terwards saw the that, second, and third lights she
' burnedi -headed for her, and finally lost sight of her
"lights. This is the last he saw of
,the Rhode;
Island-. He thenmade a drag of the boat's mist, by•
rwhichhe kept her head to sea, and the men on , the
, lookout for signals. -As none could be seen he then
pulled,to the northward and westward, finding the sea
~. to be too rough to , pull , directly to the west, hoping
to fall Lin with some of- the numerous coasting ves
sels. He kept the crew pulling all night in order' to
overcome the great strength of the current, consicir
• ' , zing that if they did not exert Nthemselves to do so
'they would be out of the track of all vessels. At
• daylight he discovered a schooner some four_ or. five
miles away from - them. He also mentioned seeing a
" small boat some distance of, with two or three men
in her, seeing her as she rose two or three timeii upon
the waves and then disappearing. At this time they
were very much taken sup with' the Management of;
;their own boat, tlie • sea being very irregular and
„ceming froni; a-1 quarters.:. . • . - ..
'After losingssight ofthe schooper already referred
'lei:Mr. Brown saw a large. ship close hauled, the
-wind.-being.from the, n orthward and eastward.' He
had approached sufficiently near to see the men upon
her decka s bul she passed - . onwithout noticing, his
signal. -t He' filen, pulled directly in for ; the land,
which he- - eatimafed was about ten-miles distapt,
This was adopt 9.30 A. M., on.the 21st ult - ,`„•alui
'about an hour afterward heinatfe a schooner to - the
:leeward;
,He got pp the crew's coats for sails, and
peakinehis °arti s te assist,ian down for tieroind'at.
.11A2 Milken alonglide.- The schooner proved to e,
the A.VOIbY, Captain H.jEcargeMalk‘OtAtto sii
'pert, Me., bound to ke.ridnidpre lintitriek4fott .
3 / 4.,
vernment nee. . 1 1 .4... .4 .. l. '. it.:'. ; ' .., : , 3 - ' 44i . a .-I . '- . :1 ‘
Mr. , Brown and his - 444','W:e.i•e* s: reeesitiatilltti. .:
board
atteiitinn,'EimEtakingthe'Dont, r'
boiird, the captain yvairresqd teghind,thiCidlice ':
and his mei(St Beaufort; . Or,WiiihEhe consented fo'
do,' and in. running : in nr the goiiiit,,Wlth a view of
ascertaining more scorrectry, his -Position, 'being
without Observation; struck on We. Dianiond shoal,
off'. Cape. Hatteras, causing the Schooner to leak
very badly .' • - - -
The same night - thevessel anchored under the land,
near Cape Hatteras Inlet. ' On the following day'
went on board the United States ship hliarni, Capt.
Townsend, reporting to him the situation of him-L-
Self and crew; who despatched twelve men to aid in'
assisting the schooner, and the same afternoon they
started for Betiufort, reacting, l there on the morningi
of tile 2d hist: " Upon•arilting there Mr. Brown re- , i
ported to Capt. Drayton, the senior naval officer, Tell
questing that himself and crew `, might . be permitted
to remain onboard the A: Colby, to assist the captain.'
in .keeping his vessel afloat - until a certain amount,*`
of the cargo could be removed and he be placed in' a'
position to work his vessel with- hie ciwn• trini, re-f
maining there until the 6th instant, when he went*
on board the storeship Wm. Adger;•Captain Carley, •
by whom Mr. Brown and his men were treated with
every degree of kindness and attention, and upon
the arrival of .the Rhode Island the 'following Clay
rejoined his own vessel.
Mr. Brown - speaks ot Captain Harriman in the
following terms : «I . cannot say . too much in praise
of Captain Harriman, who did all that could _be
One; and thought " not hing of the trouble to which
we necessarily put him,'by so . altering his original
iseiyage, and• although all , he possessed was in the
itchooner, yet; he told me when she struck, that he
would willingly lose all to save anyone, and that,
if he should •lose his vessel and 'efirgo,. he should
never'regreChaving taken vs On board. Very re
spectfully, STEPHEN 'D. TRENCHA.RI)
- Commander.
Hon, salmon WE/Jai? : Secr etary;of , the Navy •
iplitthrwit OF rig SOUTHWEST.
'l6 ilkiralE4iieteirlaliess to the Officers atm'
'• ' Men of 'the'likiliSlesippi Squadron— The
Great Victory at:Vort,llindman—Arrest of
a Notorioius •411E'Cihiefiatta—,Gapture
of a Rebel Gaieties' ()Ousts in. Dffissburi—
• Four Confederatopstptstins, Token,. &c. •
ADMIRAL PORTER'S ADDRESS. •
. • •
MOUTH or Tan ARKANSAS Bryan,
• . Janurify 170863.
To. Me Ojicers and Men of the Mississippi Squadron:
The' 'Cornmander-in-Chief takes this occasion to
thank his officers and men for the handsome man-
ner in,which they disposed of Fort Hindman on the
11th January. ' In no instance during the war has
there been a more complete victory, and, so little
doubt as to whom the credit belongs. Our, iron
clads and gunboat's knocked the fort to pieces, dis
mounting every 'gun they had (eleven in all), while
our light-draught vessels and the ram Monarch cut
off the retreat of the - enemy, throwing-them back
upon the army, who captured them by hundreds. 11
This is.the hiatoryof the affair in a few words. I can
not withhold the credit to my- officers and men,
even at the risk of hurting the sensibilities of others,
and I an, sure that our brave soldiers will nat'desire
to take away from us the-credit of doing what they •
would finally have accomplished•themselves.
I regret the dead who have fallen in the defence of •
our glorous flag,' but they died as heroes'should die.
We should all be ready to do the same when our coun
try needs the sacrifice. Let us show these rebels .
that there is no such thing as defeat expected by the
'navy.
You have proved on this occasion that Mud forts
and railroad iron casements will fall before the well
irected fire .of American sailors. And if I place
yun Muzzle to muzzle with the foe, it is to save and
'inguye a certain victory. •
" Three cheers for the Union.) ,
• ' DAVID P. 'PORTER,
Acting Rear. Admiral.
OF A HARDENED WRETCH:
[Fran' the tering-tont aio.),Union.l
• We understand that nman by tfie name of George •
liardenbrookerom near Lone Jack; Jackson county,
'irho some thee ago murdered two soldiers near Lick
,ekffict, Jackson county,.incbld blood, is to be turned
OVeeto the civil authorities inthat county.
Harbenbrook confessed'tliat he and ten other meri,
.. one of Whom is now dead, - went with three Federal
;soldiers, after. they, had , been disarmed some ten •
miles from lactne Jack, to, the headwaters of the
Sny; where he etnected to meet with Quantrel; whb
'woule execute thep. But when they got to the
-place Quantrel was \not there, and they took the
. soldiers from the roanqhout one lundred and fifty
, yards, where they inters ed to .kill all'Illree;. they,
however, only killed two, e third having niade his
'eacape. - This man Hardenb k was captured a few
• weeks ago, and; after the whole thing was proven
•• on him, he confessed it, as abovestated. •
O.6ITURE OF. ItEBEIA IN BOONE COUNTY,
MISSOURI.
:.HEADQUARTERS MST REOINCENT, E.lir, Bt. ,
' tioraimmA; MO, January '22,4E4;1
GEL S. R. Cc - Irma—Sin: Late yeaterday.sve
ninr a body of troops under my command,
- whilst l
a scout, and some nine miles from my headquarters;-.. 1
found a Confederate camp, with tent and all the
necessary appurtenances thereto, containing eight
: Confederate captains. . The camp was situated in a
very brushy country, consequently they escaped
from their tent, my men following, and eventually
succeeded in , capturing four of them, after a brief
resistance. We got all their arms,, camp equipage, .
'Sm. The lateness of the attack prevented us front
capturing the whole of theme My men camped on
the ground, and are scouring the country in the vi
cinity today.. We also succeeded in capturing two
of Porter's men, last night, in'addition. ,
regret to say that two of my bravest troops got
.-seriously wounded in the - fight before we captured .
the four rebel captains.: They..never..surrendered
until they hadexhausted all their ahots they being
armed witli'double-barreled shot-guns; in addition
to navy revolVers. • • -
You can now see why I object to this indiscrimi
nate release of badmen from prison, and why you
- should not permit banished men to return here.-
I am, air, very respectfully,
'Your obedient servant, -
J. B. DOUGLASS;
~ • - - Colonel Commanding.
STATES IN ILIEBELLION.-
. .
proceedings in the Rebel Congress---Trial of
'United States 011 leers by State Courts—Re
_organization of the Rebel Navy—Condi
tions of Negotiations for Peace—Cruel
Punishments in the Army—Rebel View
of Peace Rumors.
We have received Rielimond 'papers to and in
cluding the 27th inst., from which we extract the
followpg - . •
• THB - 00NFEDERATE CONGRESS.
. • ' ' - SENATE.
• . Moiroar, Jan. 26, 1883.
TRIAL OF. UNITED STATES OFFICERS BY STATE
- 00URTS.
Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, offered the following:
- "Pesolved, That the Committee on the Judiciaty be
instructed to inquire and report' whether an officer
of the army of the* United States, acting under the
authority of that Government, can be, made liable
to punishment as a criminal for violation of the
criminals laws of a State by a State tribunal,.when
turned over to State authority by order of the
President. , . .
Mr. Yancey said he was in favor of retaliation,
-but we should take care that Whet 1:,116-11iar?„131Ye,„ ador
for retaliation shall be e ff ective. 'He waif at first
faiorahle to the President's order to•tuim Union
offi
cera over to the State authorities "to be tried by the
. Stets -laws , for inciting servile insurrections; but,
on mature reflection, lie had been led. to 'doubt the
policy, expediency , and justice of this course. When
they shall come to belried before the State ' courts
thejudges may decide that they are notHable under
our State laws: .They, would then have to be-dis
charged, and we shall suffer in public opinion for
having threatened a retaliation which we did not
• carryout.- We cannot try by State courts officers of
tbe-United States for arson' ancl„highway.robbery,
7/And there - Mit - grave detibt'whetheethey-can be•tried:
"for ektitlng slaves tolisurrection. He was in fayor
of retaliation, but desired that the systemahould be
certain, fixed, and effective.:' If the plan proposed
by the President could not be carried out, :the sooner
en
•it were own the better:.. .
The resolutions were iulopted.: - ' •
REORGANIZATION OF THE CONFEDERATE-.' STATES
WATT. -
Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, introduced a bill for
the- reorganization of- the navy of •-the Confederate
• States '
' which was - referred ;to the Committee 'on:
Naval Affairs.
THE HON...ALLEN T. CAPERTON.
.
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, presented, the.credentiali
of Allen T. Caperton; which being received, findthat,
gentleman having been ' duly_ qualified, took*his'aftat
upon the floor of the Senate chamber:
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONDITION. OF THE FINANCES; •
A communication was received froin the Secretary
=of the Treasury, enclosing statements of the Re
gister, showing.the amount of treasurynotes issued
under the several acts respectively, authorizing , the
same, to the 13th day of October, 1862 ;:to the 31st
day of October, 1862, inclusive ;to the 30th of No
- vember, 1862, imclusiveomito the Slat of December,
1882, inclusive. .
This statement shows that up to 31st December,
there were issued treasury notes, total
.0440.678,510
'egliiedz '530,193,479.60; outstanding, $410,485,-
• 1 `1592:150:7! -- • •
_
The ainotint of stocks and bonds:ontstaeding on
ist January; 1863, was $145,230,170. -
OPERATIONS OF THE PATENT
CommissionerOPFFlCE.
.
The report of the Comissioner - Of Patents, .
sent
into Congress, explains the operations of this office
during the past year. • '
The number ,of applicants during the, year was,
one htindred and forty-seven; thenumber of caveat&
issued during the year was' sixty-four '
,• the number
of patents issued during the year was seventy-five;
the number of United. States .patents and assign
mesas of United States patents in whole Or in part,.
recorded 'and revived, one hundred and seventy
eight..
Amount of money received,. s9,lB6.9B;amount of
money on hand January I, 1862,
_52,812.62; total,
$11,999.60. Amount:of -expenditures; $9,891.83; be-.
lance in' Treasury, $2,607.77. -
The patents issued were distributed among the
several States of the Confederacy as follows :
' To citizens of Virginia,' 20; 10; Ala
bama, 8 ; Georgia,l; Louisiana, 6; Texas, 6; South
.Carolina,-.5 • North Carolina, s; ' Tennessee,.6 ; Ar
kausai, 1 ; Florida, 1; Kentucky, 1.
. ,
CONDITIONS OFMEGOTL!.:T/ONS FOE:PEACE.
.
The pending questionwas the' resolution intro
duced hy Ilir. Crockett, of-Kentucky, Witlrreference
to the conditions on.which peace. should. be . negoti.'
ated.`,,
Some deetiltarY 'debate occifiritt. Mr. Foote, of
Tennessee, indicated theclaims and interest which
Maryland would have in such -a negotiation, as the
faith of 'Congress` had been pledged that peace should
not be concluded withoutsecuring to her a free elec
tion of what her position should be. He expressed
continued faith in thaloyaltv and patriotism of the: -
peoPle of Maryland, and thought that no more pre-;
judice should attach' to the position of this -State
than to that .of Kentucky and Missouri. ; Re rid'-:
- culeil the' idea sof S.,Border,„Confederacy.,die, was . ;
-not in favor cif-any political confederation with the::
States of the Northwest. He had been misrepre-:
etentmlin this-respect. He was in 'favor of a mill—
• tary leagne, offenaive and defensive, with any of the.
Northwestern States that would lay down her arms, •
and he would assist and protect such' State against
the p ower of the Lincoln Government. He thought
that, by proper influences and methods, the North-
Wes could be disjoined from the New England _and.
,the Middle States, in this war, in less than sixty
- days. •
After touching kr:lumber of topics in connection,
with the probable event of •a negotiation for-peace, •
Mr. Foote said he was not prepared to discuss ,the
whole subject within the confines of the present, re- . '
solution before the House, but' that he would, it a
- . future time, submit: some enlarged resolutions on the
subject. 1
; The consideration of the resolution was'. finally
postponed until next day.
CRUEL AND ONNATIIRAL PUNISHMENT IN THE
. .
. ARMY.
Mr.•Terkins, of Louisiana, introduced a' resolu
tion of inquiry, touching the proceedings of certain.
courts-martial, and requesting the Secretary of War
to state under which of the rules and regulations for
the• government of .the army of the Confederate,
States, private -L. - B. Seymour, Company E, 60th ,
• North Carolina Regiment, was sentenced for defter.'
tion, to receive thirty-nine lashes on his bare back
every three months for thiPperiod of the Fir.; .to be:
br.anded in, the 'left hand with the letter ID,:and to
be tad to •hard= labor in Richmond wife:ball and
:-cham,.for the balance of the wars--",.. ,
Mr..Perkins- r l desire tszknow:.wbetlier. such-pun
ishment its that indicated - in-tke 's t ip ac-:
ordance,witklaw, p r of
diggrasse'is
S;and fmtrakeisliliti4moeafelt sentlinentslitiellut*
4
nature. ..T.Aticos4fg - etred - to in the resolution Wea l
only.one..ota.ou of the.same sort. He had been t
iriformed that- 'disgraceful and inhuman purt-1
'‘ifilimenthad heen's judged - in ten cases by courts -:
martial. . -,
Mr. Perkiessiso in . troduced /*bill to prohibit flog- 7
ging and punishment by the lash in the army.
` The resolution passed, and the bill was returned.
EXEMPTIONS. '
The House took up the special order, the bill to au
.l,horize exemptions from military. service. -The
pending question was the •amendment, of Mr. Gar-.
. trell, of Georgia, to the e ff ect that no : person shall be
enrolled who has a substitute in the"army•fundshed
- in accordance with orders heretofore issued by the -
Secretary of War.. ' .
-Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, opposed the entire sys
tem of conscription as unconstitutional. He said that,
during the Mexican war, the present head of this
Confederacy had declinda brigadier generalship on
;the ground that the President could not rightfully
confer it; that the troops of the different States were
1 , distinct, and had . he constitutional right of the elec.
Alen of their officers.- ;The-, correspondence had been
_sent to him; by Mrp lefferionslDavis,- who was de.
..atrous to obtairi,the- opinion of 'the speaker on
..the es:institutional. 9uestion, which; however, the
speaker omitted to give, as he was not. prepared to
' s ummit himself: :lie had rather be --a -" naygur
than a victim of the conscription law. [Laughter.] .
' FOOTE'S PEACE PROPOSITIONS.
, •
The following joint resolutions have been offered
-by Mr. Foote, and referred to the Committee on. •
Foreign Affairs ; ':- r,
The People of ,the Confederate Statei - ocAmerica'
"lieving, in the 'progrisci 'of. „the' pending war,'
Amoat clearly demonstrated' their; ability to. maintain
,by arms the claim to separate' iridepe, ndence; which
- they, have heretq resolved asserted 'before
,the' Wprld, _and
•Ibeing . ne*. tci"relinquish
_the
'eitruggle fn whiti thiy.lite;eagageit citail the 'gkeat
THREE CENTS.
object for which they are contending shall have been
finally accomplished; in view of the fact that a great
political reaction in opposition to the bloodyand unna
tural. war now in course of prosecution, hasdisplayed
itself in several of the most populous and influen
tial States of what was once honorably known as
" The United States of America ;" and, in view of
the additional fact that, even among the avowed. op
ponents of despotism, and the recognized friends of
peace in the North, a grave and deplorable misap
prehension has of late arisen In regard to thetrue
condition of public sentiment in the South touching
the question of reconstructing that political. X.Tnion
Once existing nadir the protection of what is known
as the Federal Constiffition. Now, in order , that no.
further misunderstandingof the kind referred to may
hereafter prevail, rind in order, that the unchange •
-
able determination of our Government and people;
in reference to. thei terms upon. which alone they
would bring the sanguinary struggle to a close, may
be made known,.the Congress of the ' Confederate.
States of America do •resolve.as follows :
1. "There is frig plan of reconstructing what wan'
formerlylnOwn as the Federal Union, to which the
people of the COnfederate States will ever consent.
Wrongs too'grievous and multiplied have been com
mitted upon us and , upon our most cherished rights,
'by a united North, since this unprovoked and most
wicked war Commenced ; a majority of the people of
the Northern States-have too evidently shown them
selves to be - tterly incapable of self-government and
*Mindful of all: the fundamental principles upon
which alorie Republican institutions can be main
tained. • They have too long submitted patiently to
the iron rule of the basest and most degraded despo
tism that the.world has yet known; for too long a
period of - time they have openly and unblushingly
sympathized with_ the 'lawless and ferocious mis
creants who have been sent into the bosom of the
*offending South to spill the precious blood of our
most valued citizens; to pollute and desecrate all
that we hold in especial veneration ; to rob us of our
prdperty ; to expel us from our homes, and wantonly
to devastate our country, to allow even of the possi
bilityrof our ever again consenting to hold the least
political connection with those who have so cruelly
outraged our sensibilities and so profoundly disho
nored themselves, and in association-with whom we
feel that we could not expect that freedom which we
love, that self respect which we are determined ever
-to cultivate, and the esteem and sympathy of civi
lized and Christian nations.
- .
" While the Confederate, States of America are
• not at all responsible for the; existing war, and have
been at all times ready • to.. participate in inch ar-
Tangene mite as would be best suited to bring it to a
.close, in a manner , consistent with their own safety
'and. honor, they , could not yield their consent to an
'armistice of a single day or hour; lie long as the in
cendiary proclamation of the atrocious monstpr, now
- bearing rule in Washington city, shall reinalamore
yoked ; nor could the Government' of said Confede
rate States airree..to negotiate at all in regard to II
mis Pension of hostilities - except upon the basis of it
formal and unconditiona j l recognition of their inde
pendence. .
- 3. "Whenever the friends of peaCe in the North
shall grow- strong enough to constrain Abraham
Lincofn and his flagitious Cabinet to withdraw said
;proclamation, and propose an armistice upon the
• basis aforesaid, the Government of the Confederate
" States will be ready to accede to said proposition of
armistice with'a view to the settlement'of all exist
`leg ies.
Should peace be at any time brought about,
the eottfederate States of America would freely con
sent to theiormation of a just and mutually advan
tageous• cornmerdial treaty with all the - States now
constituting the :United States, except New- Eng
land—with whose people, :and. in whose"ignoble
love of gold and brutifying fanaticism this *dis
graceful war has mainly ; in considers
• tion of which fact the people:_ -Abe Confederate
States of. America are firmly anti - deliberately
re
solved to' haveini intercourse whatean,hereefter,
either direct or indirect, political; commerdial, or so
dal, under any circumstances 'which could be pos
sibly imagined to'exiat with said States of New ling
-land, or the people therein resident.
6. "The Government of the Confederate States, in
'consideration-,Of the' change in public sentiment
which has occurred in . several of the Northern
States, wherein political eleottone have been re
cently held—syinpathizing most kindly- with those
by . whose manly exertions that change has been
brought about—would beWilling to Conclude a just
and lionorable peace with any one or mire of said
States. 'who, renouncing* all • political connection
with New England, may be found to stipu-,
late for desisting 'at one& from the 'further prosecu
tion of the war. against the South, and in such case
the Government of the Confederate States would be
willing to enter into a league, offensive and defen
sive, with the States thus desisting, of a permanent
and enduring character.
, 6.." The Government of the Confederate States is
now willing, as it has heretofore repeatedly Avowed
itself to be, whenever the States bordering upon the
Mississippi river, or any of them, shall have declared
their inclination to withdraw from the further pro
' secution of the war :menthe Sorith (which could it
be successful, would only have the effect of destroying
their own best market), to guarantee to them in the
'Most effectual and 'satisfactory quanner the peaCeful
and uninterrupted navigation of the said Mississippi
river and its tributaries, and to open to them at once
the markets of the South, greatly enhanced in value
to them as they would be by the permanent exclu
sion of all articles of New England growth or manu
facture. '
7. "The course of practical rieutralitylin regard to
the pending war heretofore pursued by the States
and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains has
afforded the higheit gratification to the people of
the Confederate States of America; and it is hoped
that the day is not far distant when said Stites and
Territories, consulting their own obvious safety and
future welfare, will withdraw from all political con
nection with a Government which has; heretofore,
beenseuree of continual onnreselon them.; arid
when said States and TeriTtoileit, asserting their
separate independenbe f shall' appropriate to them
selves the manifold advantages sure to result from
such a movement, among which may be reckoned :
Ist. Relief from grievous and exhausting tariff regu
..lations, now being rigidly enforced. 2d. Relief from
all the discredit resulting inevitably from the prose
cution of - the present unjust and unauthorized war.
3d. Relief from the pressure of a despotism the most
heartless and atrocipus ever .yet established. 4th.
Relief from the crushing weight of taxation pnavoid
ablk 'growing out of the war. 6th. The exclusive use
s and enjoyment of all : the rick mineral lands'stretch
jng along-iheidiotelof , tle-Pacific. -.6th. - Free trade
With 'all.the nations of, the earth, and a future mari
time growth. and power that has no parallel; and
lastly; a monopoly of the trade of the Pacific Ocean.
B.' lastly;
That the President be respectfully re
' quested, if he„iihall• approve these' resolutions, to
cause them to be promulgated and transmitted' to
the States Of the 'North by such means as he 'shall
deem most udicious; and that he accompany them,
if he think it advisable, with.such an address or pro ,
clamatfon,expository of the matters embodied there
in, as he shall judge most suitable and proper.”
Mr. Foote sustained'the 'resolutions in a speech of
characteristic power. The resolutions passed, with
' outdebate, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
REBEL VIEW. OF PEACE RlikOES
' [Prom the Richmond Examiner, Jan.. 27 3. • -
In ancient times it wad the habit of Eastern des
pots to slay incontinently, every bearer of, dEnpritch
es. Some sad , apprehension seems to possess the
minds of those doubtful gentlemen who are constant
ly slipping across the Potomac pat dead of night, and
coming to Richmond for the piotic purpose of
espousing the Confederate cause, not by the vulgar
method of joining the army, but by the far manlier
plan of dodging into the office 'of the quartermaster
general or chief commissary. .
Notwithstanding the fervent piety and inexhausti
ble clemency of our beloved Chief Alagistrate, these
"'night wanuering lireittal" itiSpeitt to have a hor
ror of , imparting to him anything that might, in the
least, discompose his meditations.
During the past week, thearrivals from Washing
ton, Baltimore . , and New York, have been unusually
. .abundaiit:' • Every traveller on• the underground
railroad has broughtthe most cheering intelligence,
and, strange to relate, each-new comer confirms the
' story:of •his predecessor.
, Collusion being impossibleoind sinister designs
out of the question, these Blockaded Nights Enter
tainments have been readily'caught up, believed,
and diseendnated in this incredulous city. Peace by
the first of June is the very leastthat is promised us
by • these trans-Potomeo story tellers. It is whis
pered that ex-Governor Pratt has written an
astounding letter to the President. The distinguished
name of Carroll hi given as authority for the most.
encouraging views, and the outspoken avowals of
'the trustworthy Robert J. Walker, are quoted, and
altogether an array of names and of facts is made,
such as to prciduce conviction in - the mind of the
Most ",doubting Thomas" among us that the end of
the war is at hand.. .
'We are }Old that Yankee finances are in inextri
cable coniusion—that Chase is -in a quandary Lin
coln in a fiVer, and Seward clean • daft. f the
-financial schemes of Chase are not adopted, l
Chase
forthwith resign ;.and if they are adopted, Wall
street will be in chaos and open rebellion instanter.
. Governor Seymour is as 'thorongh-going a 'South
erner as Toombs or Cobb ; New York city wants
Jefferson Davis for its President; Wall and Parker,
of New Jersey, are in accord with McClellan, who
meditates fearful schemes against the Abolition an
archy at Washington ;tin Northweat is ripe for re
'.volution ; the armies are in mutiny, and only wait
ing the time of payment to disband, go back home,
and hang every Lincoinite on the continent.
This is the , substance of the charming improvise
' tons of the runners of the Potomac blockade.
•TheY are plausible, because—singular and inexplica
ble coincidence !—Yankee newspapers, just received
by flag truce, have little paragraphs, inserted
deftly- here and there. which seem to corroborate
them. Old women in breeches, who lounge up and
down the streets of Richmond, believe these stories
and circulate them far and wide, with additions bor
rowed from their own credulity and lack of common
The. President pays no attention. to them, his
mind, accouling to the Sanders despatches, being
absorbed in .etlorts to repair the disasters to the
.Rentucky campaign by " new combinations" and
old Generals. But Jerusalem swallows them all.
•• • .
, Happily, the people have a number of solid facts
to steady them, and are in no danger of being carried
awavby the whirlwind of fiction.
They know that several thousand prisoners have
teen 'taken at Arkansas Post, and infer that the
• President,• will have .to - resort to "new combine
.lions,' in the matter of retaliation, for the enemy
have 'more of our officers than we have of theirs.
I,Thafall of Arkansas Post leaves Little Rock open
to hicOlernand. The loss of the State capital may
'ranee Gen. Holmes flora , his stupor, but it remains
;to be seen by what strategy he will bring together
'Hiridman, Rains, and Parsons ' and thus prevent
them from being cut off in detail.
In. Tennessee, Bragg, with an overworked army,
is !confronting Rosecrans, who is being reinforced
witlf 'fill the recruits from the, camps of instruction
in 'lllinois,. Indiana, and Ohio. A report is abroad
that Generitllohnston has retUrnedlo Tallahassee,
and taken command in person of Bragg's army. We
true trust the report - maybe , but even Johnstonwill
need all his skill to cope with the enormous columns
of_Roeecransirinless his command is strengthened..
The telegraph this morning brings its tidings of formi
dable movements:in Worth Carolina, and the enemy
elklins,to hate crossed the Rappahannock, prepare
toroO.linetiref;bistfle it:Fredericksburg%
Theativ,A:galo a rtethat. „the sensationists.-from
Wadhifigtoff - ftWßaltimony, when: they tell Us of
peace.within'Aineffdate; are but so many Gullivers
and. filunchausens, s who,: j urould be kicked back to
Washington `by any Giaternment less' gullible than
our own.. Thel!ankee army now in•the field is very
large. It will be mathitO tight. When it is whipped,
and'.Well'.:whipped; then; and' not till then,-we may
begin.to thftkuflhe possibiiity.of peacea •
HOW THE CAPTURE OP THE REBEL °PEI
DESPATCHES IS RECEIVED.
• . .
'The :rebelpipersiare considerably exerobieci about
the recent caPturt,of rebel officialcorrespondence on
theperson of Major • Sanders, and which has: been
extensively printed in Nottbern .papers. The Ex
aminer of the 24th says: .
. .
•
gave yesterday a review of a-mass of corres
pondence, published to the Northern papers, purport
ing to be the official correspondence of the Confede
rate Government with its representatives and agents
in England'and Franc,e, and which , it is alleged was
intercepted, by the ,capture of a son of •Mr. George
N. Sanders, while attempting to run the blockade at
Charleston. It is to be regretted, and is a aubjeot of.
wonder, that this correspondence, when the vessel
was taken; was not destroyed or sunk to the bottom
of the sea. ' '
As .it is, the, enemy has been given a full expbsi
tion of 'our aflhirs, and as much as 'has been laid of
information given to the enemy by improper publi
cations in the newspapers, this single despatch
bearer of Mr. Benjamin bas furnished to the Yankees
an amount of contraband intelligence that could not
'be gained•from all the newspapers in the South for
the next fifty years.
It is also to be regretted that Mr. Benjamin, in his
correspbndence, should have indulged in such weak
and offensive speculations. relative to tho Emperor
of Fraifce: ;There was no occasion for it. and its
only , effect can be .to offend and estrange the
friendly interest .the Emperor has evinced in the
success of our cause.
-::,The whole thing is an linforhinate affair, and the
character of the- Worroatiork disclosed shows with
THE WAR PRESS.
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
The Was PRESS will be sent to subecribers by
mall (per annum in advance) at 07.011
Five " " " . 9.011
Ten " " 17.041
Twenty COP'S. " • " 32.010
Larger Clubs than Twenty will 1W - charged at the
same rate, SL(10 per copy.
The money must always accompany the order, and
in no instancy can these terms be desk:WA:ln, ao that ,
afford very little more than the cost of the Palm
Postmasters are requested to act an At..BlltB for
TEN Was Pau&
*Sp To the getter-up of a Club of ten or twerill, tic
extra copy of the Paper will be given.
eliat singular want of judgment the buainess of th lWO at'
department bag been conducted.
One of the most important dlsoloaures.made to the'
enemy in this correspondence is the fact that the
Confederate Government has contracted, to be paid
107 in cotton , . for the construction in England of six
iron-clad steamers of &peculiar class, combining the
capacities of the freighting and fighting ships, in a
manner which will enable them to force the
blockade.
The E.rantincr, of the 26th, thinks the whole cor
respondence one of Sanders' jokes, and argues to
that effect as follows :
• We have published certain alleged despatches,
.said to have been intercepted by the arrest or Major
Reid Sanders.: We have examined - these papers
carefully, and are unable to tind in them any matter
of importance calculated in the least to disturb the
friendly a•elations existing between the Confederate
States and European Powers.. If genuine, they
hive undoubtedly been garbled, either by the sup ?
.pression iif material matter or the insertion of un
founded imsplciona towards the French Emperor. It
would weir comport with Yankee: malice - to break
the force of President Davis' message by the.publi•
cation of false matter to engender ill feeling.
* • - • ' • . • • • ' v
. The whole batch -of despatches, capture and all,
.may be one of George N. Sanders' practical jokes,
intended for some purpose of his own. Thoee who
know Sanders will know that he is very competent
-to make up the most plausible letters and despatchei.
We should not be surprised if Sanders had ont-Yan
keed the Yankees.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Neon-day Piayer Meeting.
-ITS DAYS IN THE OLD. SANSO4-STREET CHIID.OIi
The Noon-day 'Union Business Men's Prayer
Meeting, which was started in this city on the 23d
of November, 1857, and durine the last three years
held in the old Sansom-strcet Baptist Church, Sart
sorn street, below Ninth, is about to close its career
in this old edifice. To-day, or Monday at most, the
last of these noon-day gatherings will be held in it•
.Where it will be removed to, or whether indeed it
will maintain a continuous existence at all, is yet
uncertain.
The meeting 'yesterday, in view perhaps of this
possible dissolution, was unusually large, and the
proceedings were a fair average specimen of the
spirit and ohject of this movement from the start.
' The chair on this occasion Was occupied by Mr. G.
N. Loomis, who, after giving , out a hymn and read
ing a portion of Scripture frorathe third chapter of
Paul's Epistle . to the Colossians, pronounced the
meeting . open for voluntary prayers and remarks.
Thehymn was next sung, commencing • •
"There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign."
After the singing, the chairman read the request
of a * mother for the prayers of this meeting in behalf
of three unconverted daughters. ")-
After a brief pause, there was a prayer offered by a
gentleman in the audience.
A gentleman in the centre of the house next rose
and presented the request of a widow in distress,
who was/desirous of having .some visible token of
the Divine favor. She was not only a IvidOw; but an
orphan. The same person then led in prayer, ear
nestly entreating that God, who is rich in mercy,
Would be to this of soul a comforter, a husband
•to the widow, and a. father to the. fatherless. He
also prayed for the destruction of the rebellion and
the speedy restoration of the Union.
The chairman then announced' the hymn corn
'rcencing,
There is a fountain filled with blood,
- -Drawn from Immanuel's veins."
The next.speaker was a Mr. Story, from Boston.
' He said that" - aimost every morning, at their daily
• prayer meeting li - 1'13.05 - ton, there Were strangers from
various parts of the"country, who . , gave interesting
accounts of what that precious Blood, of which they
- had just sung, was accomplishing - in their own sec
tions. He gave a very interesting account of the
religious meetings' now beiiig .held on board our
Government vessels. The speaker was the superin
tendent of , a'Sunday school in Beaton, in which, he
said, the last year had witnessed the most extraordi
nary workings of God's Spirit, and instanced Several
marked calms of the efficacy of special, secret prayer
in behalf, of the unconverted. Two ladies, he said,
he had reason to believe had been converted through
his own prayers in their behalf.
The venerable Abraham Martin, the Sunday
school patriarch of this city, next rose and offered a
prayer in behalf of the Sunday-schools; throughout
this land, the sailors in onr navy, and the soldiers in
our army, the President and his Oabinet,,tffe widows
and the orphans, that all might be led to Rim who
alone is able to succor and save. He also prayed for
the three daughters-brought.. to 'the notice of the
meeting, and that this meeting, now about to close
its sessions in that place, might soon be led to a suit
- able place to rest its feet.
A person, - with a broad, - ffireign accent,: then rose,
and announced himself as a stranger, yet he felt that
he was welcome. ..kiewialted to epeek to then some
words of encoUrageMent, and he could probably not
do so more eftctnally than by telling:them who he
was. He was a'inissitmary from Turkey, where he
had been laboring uninterruptedly during the, last
twenty-three years, in the field formerly occupied by
the eminent missionary, 'Henry Martyn, within a
stone's throw of whose honored grave the speaker
had, for many years, resided. He urged upon all
-who heard- him to pray in the exercise of a living
faith. He- had three little-sons, the oldest nine
tears of age, all borli on heathen soil, and their
teachings had been such that they fully believed that
what is asked of God in prayer will be received,
whereupon he told the following interesting inci
dent: When, .a few weeks ago, the battle of Frede.
ricksburg was in progress, the eldest of these bays
asked his. mother to kneel down with him and a
'younger brother to pray for the safety of - our soldiers.
When they rose' he remarked to his mother that
perhaps their prayer had turned a bullet from the
head of Adjutant Dodge, an intimate friend of the
family. A day or so afterwards a despatch was re
ceived by the friends of Officer Dodge in thii city,
stating that he had been killed in the engagement.
The little suppliant received this intelligence with a
sad countenance; but said nothing. On the following
day, however . , another despatch was received, con
veying the information that Adjutant Dodge was
not killed, but that he had been thrown to the ground
- in an insensible condition by a ball having struck an
intervening object which saved his life ! He had,.
then entire]° recovered iron thy injury, however,
and waswell.. - Upon subsequent inquiry, it was
. found that the prayer and the officer's perilous moment
occurred at exactly tbe same hour ! When the little
friend of the Adjutant heard of the latter's safety,
he exclaimed in ecstasy of joy, "I knew it, mother ;
I knew it ; I told you so . V'
At this • point a sallow, eccentric-looking indi
vidual, bearing a : striking • hirsute resemblance to
tilenniqon , s grim Earl of Coventry,
`With his beard a foot before him ,
And his hair a yard behind,"
rose in the . gallery, and with a degree of vehemence
bordering : . a yell, roared out a volley of stereo
typed, sentences, which, we are informed, he takes
ipecia . l.:Pains - to 'rehearse wherever there is a reli
gious meeting of any kind that it is possible for him
to disturb. After this attempt to anticipate Gar
briefs trumpet had proceeded about three minutes,
and the excited individual with long hair was just
in the act of thundering -forth hie final sentence
upon the nations of the earth, he was UnceremOni
ously rung down by the moderator.
Prayer was next offered by the Rev. Mr. Allen, a
clergyman far advanced in years, who has been a
singularly faithful participant in these meetings
fromlbeir commencement.
The instant the prayer was concluded, an elderly
, gentleman, evidently at .home in "the word." rose
and read'as follows, from let Corinthians, xi:
"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a
man have long hair, it is a shame unto himl But if
a woman* have long hair, it is a glory to her, for
her hair is given her for a covering. But if any
man seem to becontentious we have, no such cue
" tom, neither the Churches of God."
While this Serititure was being read, the indivi
- dualmith stentorian" oice and . ..long hair shrugged
. his shoulders and rolled his eyes in apparent agony.
On leaving the church, afterwards, he was highly
Complimented for his boldness by another eccentric
individual, known' as Tommy Lloyd. The latter's
apropos quotation to his friend was, "The righteous
is bold as a lion, but the wicked See when no man
pureuith.”
Mr. Martin announced that a female prayer meet
. ing would be held in the same place, this (Saturday)
morning, at quarter, before 11 o'clock. '
THE ADDP.ESS OF THE POPE TO THE FEENCHL
ARMY IN ROME ON Nxw YEA.n's liar was ex
ceedingly complimentary to the part Napoleon has
taken in preserving the Pontiff's supremacy in the
Eternal qty._ He opened his address as_followa
I am much impressed, general, by the wishes
which you address to me in the name of the French
army you command so worthily. I am very glad also
,to take this opportunity of expressing to you my
gratitude for [the support you Live to 'the rights
of the Church, which are the rights of justice
and truth. The, French army is glorious on the
field of battle because of its valor; it is glorious also
in time of peace because of its discipline.. But allow
me to say that it Is more glorious because of the
mission it now fulfils—that of defending the Vicar
of Jesus Christ against the efforts of revolutionists
and the impious, who are the enemies of religion, of
justice, and of God. •
'Thus, my dear children, does God use your arms
to prevent the impious from passing beyond the limits
they would wish to infringe so as to make of Rome
the capital of I know not what kingdom"; the int
-, piouji who have despoiled the Church of her property,
imprisoned so many excellent bishops and prieata,and
• throWri into the streets so many riuns who are dying
of inter.. But thilkienot all that they are aiming at.
; Itriy would wish-to possess theiniselves of the entire
ddminioneof the Church,fand .take from the holy
,fatherthelemporal administration, so much needed
for. the:exercUe of his spiritual jurisdiction, and
Aaveni if they could, wholly destroy the Catholic reli
gion. ; White from overy part of the earth so many
' ettbrts are being madeto attain this sacrilegious end,
yokareplaced by Providence as a defence for this
city, which is justly called, the Eternal City--of this
city embalmed with theble.od of so many martyrs. •
PREFDTTEELiNS, OLD AND NB* SCHOOL, JOIN.
INO EA NDs.—The Facile.' (San Francisco) Newspaper
is now under the joint control of three denomina
tior_s, N. S. and 0. , S. Presbyterians and Conervt
' tionalists, and has seven editore—viz :*Dr. W. E.
; Anderson, Messrs. Walsworth, Koar, Strong, Lacy,
Brayton, and .Kellogg: Each of these gentlemen
will edit the Pacific for one month in rotation.
. .
TAB ALExAtibErt, 0111TRCH of this city, we are
glad to hear,.uxider the efficient ministry of the Rev.
Cunniffelfam, is prospering. A debt of more
than $7,000 has been provided for within a short
time, and the fine property of the church is thus
Made free from all debt except the ground rent.
THE HEIDELBERG' OATEcifism.—Rev: Dr. J. F.
Berg, of the Theological Seminary at NevNßruns
wick, N. J., has just completed the translation of
Van Alpen , s . very able work on. the history. and
Literature of the Heidelberg Catechism, tuul.its in
troduction into the Netherlands . It will be put into
book form for general use. •
. .
Rnv. H. GuarTan Guanxicss, who labored with
much acceptance in this country a year or two - ago,
is preaching.ith great tourneys at Byrom Hall, the
oldest 'Baptist 'church . in Liverpool. It is,a popu
lous, but abandoned section,' and the efforts of Mr.
(1: ateof a missionary and charitable charaoter.
THE BAPTISTS EasToy appear to be in a
fleuriihing condition. No less than seventy-eight
have recently 'been added to their 001/lUtuutaa by
baptitg,