THE PEES/5. ?UNLINED DAILY (SDNDAYB 11.808PTID,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY, 077101 Ao. 1.11 SOUTH POMITH WMMIT THIS DAILY PRESS, Itroirrana Osate Pau Week, payable to the Carrier. Slatted to Snbeirlbere ont of the Oily at Biota DOLLARS 'ORR Mania, lone DOLLARO FOR SIX MONT it% Two DOL• LAHR roa TRAYS MORMl — lnvarlabliirt advance for the lele ordered. .109 r Advertisements Inserted at the aqua rates. Mx lines oonathata a square. - TILE 'PM-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Bobsortben, oat of the City at Yoga Dot, GARS PNIR ANNI:7II, In ad vamp,. . . DRY GOODS JOBBERS. 1863. YARD, PIVLIVIORE, & 00., 8PBL1!TG; :bare/tors and Jobber; of • ••.'si - Lic.s • AND ' • • 'FANCY DRY GOODS; 1N05.,.(10 CHESTNUT. AND 814 "JAYNE STS, Ban maven, Of Tarp OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME siroos. 13 1" RI N 43% .G 0 OD S • COMPRISING esses.ado•Ds. SHAWLS, RIBBONS, " GLOVES, &c. • Also, a tall!thaortmeDt of WHITE GOODS, LINERS, ITITtNISNING GOODS, EN DROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade Is requested. /863. SPRING. 1863. •JOHNES, BERRY, & (Buoceesora to Abbott, Johoes, & Co.) I'lo. 524 MARKET, and 521 COMMERCE Streets. PHILADELPHIA, DIMPOBTERS AND JOBBERS OP S I I, K. AND • FANOY .DRY GOODS, nave now open a LARGE ARM ATTRACTIVE STOCK DRESS GOODS, mititsa Sew% Also, a Poll Assortment to 'wErr2 GOODS;.AIBBONS, GLOVES, • .REAWLS, &c., .tradethe Which thrs oftr e tat LOWEST FRIO* •'' CASH BUYERS . • Are parttaiilaaft,tavitod to examine onr Stott, 611.1 COMMISSION MousES. GRIGCk HARMSTEAD; 'lll inewmiEßT STREET. •-• MERQEIANTS lorthe ale of FORIZGIT A ND 'Mt 0001)E.4. OUR SPRING fTOO:K. IS -*TOW • ItAiGID. • eO,OOO DOZEN OpIE LT LOMB PRI sal THAN ATIOM ,PRESENT COST OF • k PORT THOS. I ELLOR & CO., 40 AND 471 OMR THIRD STREET, MPHIL JOHN T. B LLEY & 'OO. BAGS AND BAGGING OF STEELY DIONRIPTION,- , N 0.113 NOIi,TH FRONT RTAKEIT, 1474 m. PHILADELPHIA. • FRILA.DELPHIA. "BAG" MANUFACTORY. Q . B BAG S, OF ALL SIZES, mix:nut. OATS, C 0172.15, BONE, DUST, tio. ALSO, ...SEAMLESS BAGS, alf standard mash' jai/kill& for mai atm% for net oaasti on deltrarl. GEO. GRIGG... Jalo-tf ' N 0.219 and 2Sialtrigni IIAtA,RD, t tI.UTOIII.N - SON, Na 113 S onisiNtri STEIF.T, OOMMISSIoN MIBORA.IIIII VOX MB BALI OF PfILADBLPHIA•MAD3 GOODS. I:) j)jejd sTILL.,THEREI AT THE OLD STAND, 6116 CHESTNUT STREIT, Second floor, opposite Jaynes Hall, • WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES. The-undereleaed bas not removed, but le ready at-hte Old Office to supply customer., at the lowest prices, with *very style and quality of WEIBEL= & WILSON SEWING MAVIII Machines to hire; AIM' with first Blase operators, to. private families and hotels, by the day, machine stitching dons at short notice, in any quantity. Machines repaired and operators tonight. de26-8m 111311111 t COY, SIN GEIYB SE"vv JIG MACHINES, For Family "8ew1.4 and Manoiseturing Purposes. 810 CHESTNUT STREET. lalB 8m - THB WILCOX ?A& GIBBS lIBVM' • WIN° alsontriss Yams been f re,.ttly_improved, making it ENTIRELY NOISELESS, :V with soltsdituttlng Hemmers. -st_w=ri t tr Q." I'AIBEe... B a 45 ^ • 5e27411 no . CHSSTIII:IT Moat • • CLOTIIES•WRINGER B . THE GREAT 'CLOTHES WRINGER. " PUTNAM ct SELF-AD.TUSTINd CLOTHES WRINGER" Is warranted to be superior to any other to D 84,.. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, let. It is a relief to the hardest part of washing-day. 2d. It enables the washing to be done in one-third less d ff.' It eaves clothes from the injury always given by twisting. 4th. It helps to wash the clothes la well as dry them. WE EPr WYE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE ONE OF THIS NINA BEDAUBS, riIIBT. The rolls being of vulcanised rubber, will bear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear of buttons. Sacorrn. The frame being of iron, thoroughly gal vanised, all danger from suet to removed, and the lia bility to shrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden machines, is prevented. TIMID. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ma *blue self-adjusting, so that small and large articlee, as well as artioles uneven in thickness, are certain to re. *eve uniform Pressure. 'FOURTH. The patent f as tening by which the machine 5s tightened to the tub, we believe to be superior in elm vilely and &Moloney to any yet offered. Firts. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one• half to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without ihe least alteration. RETAIL PRICE: No. 1, $6.00 N 0.2, 55.00. /Cr Agent's wanted in every county. Sellable and energetic men will be liberally dealt with: Yor Bale at the . "WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT" OF A. H. FRANCISOUS, No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIE= St., lA3hid's tmhB Wholesale agent for Pennsylvania. .CABINET Ft-RNITI7BE. CABINET FURNITURE AND BELp LIAILD TABLE/3. MOORE & CAMPION. Ito. 281 South SECOND Street, It connection 'with their extensive Cabinet Bushiest , am tow manntbetnring a supetior article of BILLIARD TABLES. MOORSs now on hand IMP ROVE DII supip, CUSHIONSith the & CAMPION'S iyhloh are pronounced by all who hays used them to be snob. rior to all others, for the quality and finish of these Tables the menu• fecturers refer to their numerote patrons throughout the Union. who are familiar with the character of their Mork. autiAm cORNBLIUS & BAKER, BIAMIthACTIMEREI 07? LAMP . % CHANDELIERS, . GABBIXTLIEBB.. STORE; ./10... CHESTNUT FM • MAIMFAOOIIIBB, of • OHM= Street, and FIFTH and COLUMBIA Willa ' kvenne. . fr.EBBA COTTA WARE. Fancy Flower Pots. ' Hanging Vases. Fern Vases. with Plants. Orange Pots. Ivy Vases, with Plante. Cassolette Renaissance. Lava*Vases Antique. Consols and Cariatades. Marble Bats and Pedestals. Brackets, all sires. With a large assortment of other FANOY GOODS. Imitable fo •CaRIBTMAB PRESENTS, most of which are Inaneaotared and imported for . our own sales , and will gOt be found at any other establishment. 8. A. HARRISON, del 1010 CEUISTXTPT Street. . . , . . . . Atl i - 777-f. ~....„....,.. ~ r ,l-.)..4 0, •_..... • . .. •. ‹%,\,(,),,,,,,_ ....i.....,..,.„..,..., .... .. •• • (,::: ~.. " ~...4 . _. - 4.-,......._:%-'`, , t1.1/772;.4-J,"=--..,. - ~:f ., 2 ,4i-:,....:'. . .: , - ltrtt :t i ft ... ) • _,4 ,;,.._ _ ...,:,.. ~_ ,K„ ~ ~: . ,:: . ,„:,....1 ,, ,„,,,,, . ....,, ..---), F . ,-_,....,,,_ ::,... cf: . ; •.,..„...: 4 -....-. : . /. ~...Iz, ‘4 .L ., _ '.../. , ..i .. • -..- . - . -.' 'gip, -.- ~.7- -, -., i i im...7,L, -,,ritni j . F. :,.„..-k, i '.., : •,T, 4 .:,.k,, ~....;:-.-: - - lik k : . s , ........44 - - 4 :; ::,...-",.. c ....6, , :.---,..... ~,,-.-.., , g 7,• • 1 ill.ii . fi . . ~.tiLii . 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NEEDLES.: No. 1024 CHESTNUT STREET, Asks the SPECIAL ATTENTION of the Ladles to his LARGE STOCK of • • . • WHITE GOODS LACES. IDEROIDERIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, &c. A greater part of his goods have been purchased previous to the recent - GREAT ADVANCE, and are now being RETAILED at LESS than whole- Bale pricee.• He has JUST OPENED: . _ 100 dozen broad Hemstitched Hdkfs., at 3)0., and upwards. 800 dozen oorded-bordered all-Linen Hdkts., at 18c., worth 23 COWS. 60pieces plain, buff, and 'white Piou6, for Children's wear. 23 pieces printed sad tared Plonk, for Children's wear: . . NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS. Emb'd Muslin, lace trimmed, received every morning. from 50c. to $B. • felo-tf IOR• CHESTNUT STREET CLOSING OUT WINTER STOCK AT AND UNDER COST PRICES. Saxony Plaids and Poll De Chovres, at 20 cts. Bost American Detainee, at 7-5 cts. imported Drees Goods at soot prices. ' These goods are all really cheaper than Calicoes, Plain Silks, rich colors. Small-figured Corded Silks. wild colors. Plain and dented Black Silks. Very heavy Oro Grain Black Silks. Rich styles Fancy 6llke. All of these goods are at last fall's prices. Pretty styles Fancy Silks, 56, 65, 75 cts.' Plain Black Alpacas. - • • • Single and double-width Black Veistnes:'` Plain Blacteldortnoes, Cashmeres, and Reps. Ali at last fall's prices. English, Merrimac, Cocheco, Sprague, and all , the beat makes of Prints in the market. Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Muslim, WiL liamevil le and other approved makes. 043 Waltham and Pocasset, 6-4 Layman, unbleached, all at leas than the agent's case prices. . - H. STEEL & SON, Let Noe. 713 and 715 North TENTH street.. SPLENDID STOOK. ON , HAND.- AR the beet makes of Calicoes. • All the best makes of Muelins. All the beetmakee of Linens. All the best makes of Sheetings. All the best make a of Napkins. Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper Hackaback, Bird Sys, Burlap, &C. &C. • White Cambric and Jaconet, full line. Nainsooks and Plaid Mnslinewfull Winter Goods closing oat. Shawls, Merinees, closing out. Balmoral Skirts, all prices. Silk and Linen Hdkfs, nice assortment. At JOHN H. STOKES'. .702 ARCH Street. EDWIN TULL dc BRO., 24 South SECOND Street. Rave reduced the priceetof Yana, Silks, - • • Rich Printed Dress Goods, Choice Shades of htertnoes, ..Beautiful Colors of Reps or Poplins: All-Wool De Dailies, All kinds of dark dress goods reduced. Also, Pine Long Broche Shawls, Open Centre Long Cashmere Shawls, Rich new styles of Blanket Shawls. 44 Lyons Silk velvets. pure Silk. - DRY GOODS •FOR VINTKR. Bap. Poplins, ' • . - stench Merinos, Colored hionsselines, ' • • Petit De Soles, Tonlard Silks, . • ' Blanket Shambi, Balmoral Skirts, Black Silks, Fancy Silks, Black Bombazines.— Worsted Plaids, Cheap Dolainas. French Chintzes. Shirting Flannels, Broobe Shawls. Fine Blanketa tynt Crib Blanks . 1 • • . BILSRPLEBB B CHESTNDT and SMITH WLLLIAIIISVELLES, WAMSLTTAS, York Premiums, Porestdales, Edward Harris,. Bay Hill, and Other good makes Skirtings. 104 Utica, Wal BS LINENStham, P and epperell Sheeting.. FI At nearly old prices. - 'GCheap Damask Cloths. Power-Loom Linens. ood Napkins. Fine Towels and Doylies. BLACK ALPACAS. • Fine Colored taw-as, Prints. Delsines, Cheap Reps. Hepaut Cost. Balmorals—Cluod Skirts, tell size, $3. Closing ont-Vrtii ter Cloaks and Shawl.. Closing out Boys'; Winter Clothing. • COPPER & COMM. .1) is24.tt S. Dl timer NINTH and ICARICA.T.Btreobt 'PYRE & LA NDELL, FOURTH AND - 11 - 4 ARCH, have a fine stook of GOODS FOB FAMILY CUSTOM. ' Good Large Blankets. °ova Linen Sbeetings. Good Muslin by the plero. • Geod Unshrlnkin If Flannels. Good Faat.Colored Prints. Good Table Linen and Towels. Good Quality ,Black Silks. Good assortment Colored Silks. Jai t tw~~ A+i.i;rtc) JSJ~r'rr.r) L 1 STREET_ I r! 4-I~i~tiot YOU Aso . daunt of FDIMEIBING GOODS, IN GREAT VARIETY SUPERIOR QUALITY. AND AT MODERATE PRICES. ' • G. A. HOFFMANN, Successor to W..W. la&statti Sur - 606 ARCH STREET. 606. THE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM, Nos. I'AND 9 NORTH SIXTH STRUT. JOHN C. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE.) IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OP tt)*4 0 3i Molktillailit4JM:. ~(ezeiel ispi IN GREAT yARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES. N. Particularß.— attention given to the making of,Shirte. jaM.tap4 Collars. Drawers, &e VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.-- , nu A l igo. outTITTOt NOVELTIES FOR OENTLlFttrai's J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORK. • NO. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Four doors h flow the Continental.. DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT 8130EMAKER & CO.; , • irarthasat Corm Youth and RACE Streets. ,PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. =PORTERS AHD: rizerxxs TORSION AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. 11AWUTACTIMBRa CFP WHITE LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, Y r T. Am AUNTS YOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealer' ana mummers supplied at VERY LOW MOW Box OABH. now-aos A. oppg.acHnimen; No. sal OHVBOK . Ana, 'Philadelphia. CIONTRAOTON AND NANIIIWTORM. • ARMY. Of Ivory I:1;130614ton. ALSO. " TINTS, KAVERI3ACKS, PONCHOS. • CAMP BLANKET'S, KNAPSACKS, and BED 'PICKINGS FOR HOSPITALS. ,MATERIAL BOUGHT FOE CONTRACTORS. t ootle made will be guarantied regulation In sin. N. B. Orden of any distilled with deamttoli. • ja7-3m 517 AROH STREET. C. A. VANKIRK. & CO. auNIIYAOTUBZRB On ANDEL iERS , AND OTHER GAB FIXTURES. Also, Trench Bronze Values and ornaments, Porcelain and Mica show; and a varlets of FANCY` GOODS wuoL,EsA-,r4ll...A:FD•Rivraii.. Please sailand Ze1.3.1y CAUTION. The wellaarned reputation of FAIRBANKS' SCALES 3iut induced the makers of Imperfect balances to user hern as "FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers bays hereby, in many Instances. been subjected to fraud and moosition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by he original Inventors. E. a T. FAIRBANKS dt CA., and MI adapted to every branch of the business. where *Treat end durable Scales Is desired, FAIRBANKS do EWING., 9 General Agents, wlalt MASONIC HALL; 115 CRESTNTIT ST. CARD PRINTING, NEAT AND Mem at EINOWALT & BROWN'S, 11l Bout& !DUETS btreat. below Obeetant. Eljt.' l ,,lrtss+ !TUESDAY,- FEBRIJARY:I7,IIBBe New Books. The Bev. J. H. Aughey, a refugee from. Missis sippi, who was very badly used down South, in consequence of being a thoreugh:Unionlet, has made a little book of his eufibrings, which, notwithstand ing a very absurd title, ("The Iron Furnace; or, Slavery and Secession,") is worth reading. As ECG •Augheyliterally has lost all his worldly commissional in consequence of his fidelity to the Union cause, and depends upon the profits of his book, we hope that the public will think it worth buying. His. publishers, Messrs. Martien, of Chestnut street,. liberally allow him a larger profit 'than usual. When the rebellion broke out, Mr. Aughey "was engaged . in the work of an Bvangelist," (a stately way of. describing a preacher of the Gospel,) in Central Mississippi. Ile took no part in politics, but, after: Mr. , Lincoki's electlon,.preached a sermon against Secession: and voted the Union ticketat theeleetiorr of delegates to determine the status of Mississippi. Henceforth, he was a marked man, charged with : , Abolitionism, and wished to go North, Init A ssita. unable to procure a passport, and shiftedbilre. quarters to an Union district, where, not . 'siihni,'. 'log -the summons to serve as a conscript in''thisi rebel army, he kept concealed, but was captured . as an Union man and spy, very badly treated, and escaped, and, when retaken, was put in irons, and threatened with early execution. He was tried, as a traitor and spy, by a sort of Court Martial, escaped a'second time, and, after a series of dangers, priva tions, and difficulties, which he describes with some power, succeeded in reaching the North last August. The remainder of the volume describes life in the Slave States, by free and bondsmen, and gives' some sketches of Jefferson Davis, Beaiiregard, Generals Nelson and Sherman, and brief descriptions of the battles of Leesburg, Belmont, and Shiloh. The great fault of the book is, that Mr. Aughey puts into it a superabundance of SeassiOn speeches, Correspond ence, and sermons. • Their place might, have been advantarfee,uslY &coupled with hie own observations upon add . miperjenoe in the South. The illustrations of tie book: arc a pertratt of the author, engraved on steel by S. Sartain, and two wood-cuts. We re• peat, as en inducement to buy it, that the author's .. 'chief dependence is upon the pecuniary results of this publieation, . .. New and readable novelsApnear to be "the order of the day." One of these, published by T. O. 11. P. Burnham, of Boston, and sent us by T. B. Peterson, is "The Tangled Skein," by Albany Fonblanque,• Jun. .As is the fashion with all recent fiction, a great crime is the basis of the story. The plot bi involved, but not complicated, and the leading cha racters are well indiiidnalized. ' ' One of the best of these, nearly equal to Inspector Buckle, of "Bleak House," is Sampson Lugger, a London detective. The feeblest is Lady Tremlett, whose elopement, when she is "fat, fair, and forty," is too unnatural an incident for any romance of real life. ' From T. B. Peterson we have also received three publications just issued by Carleton, New York. The first, which has disappointed us, is .entitled "Notes, Criticisms, and Correspondence, upon Shakspeare's Plays and Ac tors," by James Henry Hackett; the comedian, and shall be noticed, sepa rately, in a day or two. The next is "Garret Von 1.10rn," John S. Sauzade, a lively, rattling, amusing ~. novel, the scene ohiefly.in New York. . It overflows with incident, and its characters stand out in good relief. The sketch of Home, the Scotch merchant, is particularly good. We recommend this novel as the best local fiction published for some time. Very different, and much inferior, is "Tactics ; or, Cupid in Shoulder-straps." It is a West-Point love story, and very dull. In a poetical Dedication, the author, who sensibly keeps his name in the shade, addresses the folds of the flag of the Union "As our Palladium and our Gibraltar," thus making said folds either a statue or a bulwark, (vide Worcester's Dictionary,) and also . a .fortified city ! The that part of a "History of the Civil War in the 'United Staten," by Samuel M. Smucker, 'LL. D., has been published by J. W. Bradley, of this city, in an octavo volume of 612 pages, with spirited Illus trations, engraved on steel, by S. Sartain, from original drawings by James Hamilton, H. C. Bispham, and F. B. Schell. The history com; mences with the alleged causes and antecedents of Secession, and proceeds, with great clearness, to narrate the events of the war down to McOleilan's evacuation of Harrison's Landing, last August. The author has evidently devoted great labor to the production of this volume, carefully condensing a vast amount of official and newspaper details, and throwing variety into his narrative by spirited sketches of the officers who distinguished them selves on both sides. " lion. Wm. D. Kelley. The Washington correspondent of the Missouri Democrat given the following graphic pen-and-ink portrait of the Eon. Wm. D. Kelley, the distin guished member of Congress from the Fourth dis trict. The correspondent is giving an account of the debate in the House on the question of arming the negroes. The correspondent says: Another clamor of " Speaker," and "the gen tleman from Pennsylvania" le announced, the coin- Natant next to enter the arena?l,' Strangers scan his face cur ugly and &s look ap . pointed:, What business ham gi! man to try to fol low Crittenden I ' :. -' . Nor so fast 1 1 . If - there it a Singed eat ~ in the House, Judge Kelley is the man. Carelessly dressed in a business suit, with an outside breast pocket crammed full of papers, with a. presence that no. body notices,- with reddiah•brown, coarse-looking whiskers that half conceal his face, hair like that of.Traddle , s, very rebellious, and coming' down on his forehead to within an .inch of his eyes—this is the last man you would pick put to follow anybody on the other side. Even his eyes hardly relieve the weight of hishasty judgment. In a great (My like Philadelphia It is quite possible to have been much lower downthan"Clongtessman; and in some sort of a street fight, (as a Philadelphian whispers in our ea bar) his right. eye has been cut open with a brick t. • , . . But everybody on the 'door seems prepared to listen to him—let us do so, too. He begins : "Sir, this is, in my judgment, a humane and wise provision for hastening the settlement of the war now pending; but gentlemen on the other side find in it an instigation to servile Insurrection, the de- gradation of our army, and a blot upon our legisla tion and history which no future' glories can wipe out" What a voice! and what a manner! Call this. common-place! Why, Forrest might envy html " Theprovisions contained in this bill have brought from the distinguished gentleman of Ken lucky (Mr. Wickliffe) who first addressed us to-day hie severest denunciations of the friends ofthe mea sure, and called forth his usual contemptuous sneers of some of the ablest and most successful of the generals of our army. He asked why it is that, ..._.rao not know why he limits the number t w h i e th un T eleven State/3 in rebellion and fifteen in twen y-six --we arc not able by the white power of the country to conquer the rebellion. Sir, he knows well that one reason why we have not conquered more of the rebels, and do not now hold more of their territory; one great thira - nien upon — rnts-..... 5 r_ public mind by pen and voice, fut4:": 379 one been son and out of season to oreate distrust of eac all of our commanding generals save one. He only has their confidence. He who wasted a precious year, five millions of dollars, and a grander army than general ever commanded before, illustrating the science of "how not to do it," alone commands their praise, His patriotism they appreciate, be cause he is as proficient in that sort of "strategy" as the leaders on the other side proved themselves yesterday by preventing a solitary step in the pro gress of a country's legislation, in a session of eighteen hours." And this in a manner to which no report can do. justice—with a grace never excelled, with a voice of such rare, deep richness and sweetness, that you are holt tempted to forget the force and pungency of the words in the mere melody of the sound. He goes on, touching successively the arguments that have come from the other side of the chamber. He is speaking at an unfortunate hour; every body is wearied, alike with last night's watching and to-day's protracted discussion, but he fixes at tention to the last and closes the day's debate. Visit of the President to the Fortifications .111 Virginia—An Experiment and EXplo SFrom the Washington Republican of Saturday. Tali* advantage of the exceedingly pleasant weather of yesterday, we rode over into Virginia, and visited several of the numerous defensive works there. On our return, we thought we discovered something of a novel character. It appeared like a new work in a new place, and presented a formida ble appearance. Seeing a number of carriages, and some thousand or two people, citron as well as soldiers, in the vi cinity, all looking, with great interest, at some ob ject directly in front of them, our curiosity was ex rifted to ascertain the cause which had drawn togeth er so 'lnge an assemblage of our citizens. ,Arriving on the ground, we soon learned that his Excellency the President was there, accompanied by the Secretary of War, Gen. Heintzelman, Gen. Barnard, Gen. Abercrombie, and many other offi cers of less note. Before we had time to pass the compliments of the day to our friends, or inquire the object of the ,meeting, there was a great explosion immediately in ourfront ; the earth opened and ye, mited forth stones, shot, and shell, vertically, hori zontally, and, in fact, in all directions. The sud denness of the explosion, the smoke, the bursting shells, and the missies falling around, paralyzed us with fear, for a moment, and we involuntarily took refuge behind our nearest neighbor. We were fully persuaded that the magazine in the adjacent fort had exploded. As Boon as we could realize that we had not been injured, we rushed forth to ascertain the cause of the accident, and to render stich aisistance as might be in our power to the killed and wounded. But as we approached the spot where the explosion had taken place, we were halted by a sentinel, and told not to ' advance. Gathering up our senses as well as we could, we looked 'around, sat to our amazement, the crowd had stood unmoved. Immediately around us were a number of the officers of the signal corps, busily engaged in connecting the wires of a field telegraph to its support, and among them we saw Proteeaor Beardelee, the inventor of the telegraph apparatus now used in our armies. From him we learned that he was exhibiting the application of- his new electro-magnetic machine to the explosion of mines, and that he was now ready to fire another. Calling to some officer in authority, the word was given to fire !" Quick as the wires could carry the spark, there was at other explosion even greater than the first, and the air was again filled with earth and smoke, stones and exploding shells, some of the latter fall ing in uncomfortable proximity to our person. A third Mille was exploded in the same manner. In fact, we should judge from appearances that the. ground in front of our forts had been extensively mined, and that it is only necessary for Professor Bcardslee to connect his apparatus with them," pass the word, and they will be exploded. An order was now passed from Col. Alexander, of the engineers, who appeared to have charge of the operations, for the crowd to fall back to a greater distance, as a Jimesw was about to be tired.. ' Taking up our position close to the President, who appeared sutnciently bold to suit the state of our nervous system at the time, we watched for the fugaue. 14'e mulct be sure that we sawit ; and, If we did, we are sure we cannot describe , it, but we heard a deep, heavy,,and angry explosion, as if some of the internal fires of the earth were escaping, breathing forth ,earth and smoke, stones nod ex ploding shells, even more fearful than before. What thefegasse is, the engineers and the electri- ■ i I ' 4. 1 4 4 EBRITARY 7. 1863. clans must explain. We can only say that it was a successful application of science to the means of auxiliary science. It rained stones for acres around and in front of it, and must have curried annihila tion to any assaulting column in the neighborhood. Immediately after this explosion there was a rush of the soldiers to see the /wets; but a heap of ruins only showed where it had been•placed. We advise all our friends who may be fond of the terrible, and who would realize the scenes—without the blood—through which assaulting. el:dooms will have to approach this city, to go over to Vicksburg when next a fugasse is exploded. For ourselves, we rode away congratulating ourselves. that we had seen so much of war, and realizing the force - of the Congratulations of the President w h en he exolainied that "nobody was hurt." THE FRENCH IN MENICOi One Week Later from the Mexican Capita —The "Preach not Heady to Move on Pueblev —Continued Successes of the Mexicans— Severe Skirmishes and Defeat of the French—Enthustaiorn of the Puebla air- - risen—Capture of French Mules, mc., &c. We are in possession of files of papers fourths city of • Mexico to• the 11th. of January, being ode week later than our previous advice. from the ea+ pital. We also have intelligence from other parki'of the Republic of recent fate: [Translated from the Hersh:kr of the . city of Mexico of January 7L 1 We yesterday received• the following. telegraphie' _deepatch:. pm Jtaivary 10, 1E63. • RECEIVED DA Aboaco AT I. P. AL ...Ito the Minister of 'Mar 4 ` . le now &even o'clock in. the morning, and up to this moment no news.has been received of the move ment of the enemy from Querholao and Teeant chaleo. The invaders, who , were at' Perote, are moving towarde-Tepeyahuaimx We expect further intelligence in a few hours whlch I will forward to you. "4 :4 • ORTE(346: OureOrteepondent at Puebla mends ue the follow ing, dated the 9th instant i• • The enemy continues in hisiormer positions. To day we learned • that a battallorrof French troops, supported by a strong force oronglu, advanced to ward Acatzingo,- but finding that That place was oc cupied .by , our forces, they fell back upon their own lines. They will doubtless• return. to make snot her reconnoissance when-they: have finished repairing the churches. - • - In a letter from 'ft trustworthy person I Bee it stated that Forey has applied to his Government for a reinforcement of twelve -thousand men of the Imperial Guard. The French can, is the meantime, also depend on the alliance- of the yellow fever, which is making havocamonrthem et Vera Cruz. To-day eight hundred mules-.recently captured from the enemy were driven into thtecamp. A por tion of 'these mules are to- be . aent to Mexico, and the rest retained here for the use of the army. The nen who captured them will be-paid their value. The traitor Marques - had arrived at Perote, con ducting a large train of provisions for the French. He was accompanied by some - French soldiers. Gen. Aureliano Rivera sends this- information to the General-in-Chief of the army Of-the East. PROCLAMATION OF THE,MEXICAN GENE RAL R.IYA PALACIO TO' THE FRENCH. SOLDIERS SOLIDTERS Not by your own volitimr,but in spite of yourselves,. you are the instruments of an iniqui tous war, which sordid interestsc unjust hatred and low intrigues have brought upon us. Your sovereign has been deceived. your military honor has been compromised ; a-terrible, implacable . struggle will shortly commence between a people which has everywhere, heretofore, fought for the liberty of the world, and a people whom it is in tended to deprive of their liberty. You wage against my country a war which your reason repels and which your feelings disapprove of. The French sol dier is the slave of discipline, but above discipline there is the duty of man to man. - Soldiers : I speak to you in the name of civiliza tion and humanity. Leave the arms soiled with the contact with infamous traitors , who seek of you support in their fratricidal designs ; do not judge the mass of the people by those miserable men; come to. us and you will see that you will find with ua a na tion of brothers, who, while they will cordially re-. ceive you, will give you frank and h °imitable asylu Mexico still offers to the sons of France on the one one hand wealth, its liberties, its well being ; on'the other hand it presents to them the sword upraised to strike the invader whose yoke it will never accept. The Chief of the Military Line of Tehuacan. V. RIVA. PALACIO. The official gazette of Puebla of the 9th of Janu-, a • says : he enemy is moving with his accustomed slow ness, and our troops are every dap causing him losses and damages of considerable importance, which they achieve with their characteristic zeal and activity. Our forces are all concentrated in positions where their services can be readily made available, Mili tary movements are continually in progress, and the incessant drill of our soldiers, the mounting of heavy gone, the daily visits of the commander-in chief to the 'quarters, works, foundries, he., all tell us plainly that we are now near to the day of battle. All the fortifications are already nearly, complete, and according to some information which , we have, new ones are being thrown up at Amaiucan and Tepoxuchitl. In every respect Puebla now presents the spectacle of a magnificently fortified eity,.having a most imposing aspect, which gives the greatest confidence to its defenders. _ . The Boletin gficial of Puebla pnbllahed.thereliew ing proclamation - of - the - French, with the introduc tory remarks preceding : We call attention to docnmentwhich we pub lish today, and which, by order of the French Com mander: in-Ohief, was addressed to the Mexicans at Huatuxeo by a captain of artillery. It is curious to see how these who have infringed every right, and who respectno guarantee, pretend to give us lessons on morality, and how the highwaymen who..abuse the generouty.of the Mexican people talk to. us of robberies, and offer to make peace between us, just as if we were at war with others but themselves. It is sufficient to read the document to be convinced of the hypocrisy and effrontery which have dictated it : • herr-las-sty Co3Po or TITE CEPTEE Og Ittraynxbo, Huaroxoo, December 180882. INHABITANTS OP HITATITXCO s --The GC:lend-ill- Chief has sent us among you to show you what is the French nation, which hae undertaken the task of. pacifying_ and regenerating your unfortunate country. We think we have proved to you, by the behavior of our troops, and the way in which we 'have conducted ourselves, that we do not come as With great surprise we 'found that all your au thoritieshad taken to flight at the bare intelligence of our approach, and we think it right to call upon you to replace thern. You have chosen .another Government to serve you, and it is your body politic, and not the French, who have received your votes.. Our mission is now ended, and it remains .wlth you to prevent, by your energetic action, the return of a system of plunder which has so long desolated your country. If you are powerless for the dis charge of this duty, the French soldiers' have at least the conviction of having used their beet efforts to relieve you from the anarchy by which your in terests have so cruelly suffered. For the General•in-Chief, and by his orders. A. COLLETNEYGI, Captain of Artillery and Aid-de-Camp. PlArrour. H. NAVA, Secretary. Two Mexican traitors, Jimenez Mendizabal and his companion . Torrescano were captured at the rancho of Totola, in the jurisdiction of Hucjotzingo, on the night of the 7th of 1 annary. They were en gaged in a conspiracy against the Government, in which a priest and some other persons are also im plicated. The two first named were immediately brought 'to a court martial, found kuilty, and sen tenced to death. They were shot at San :Martin on the morning of the Bth, the next day after their capture. The Seminario de la Campann announces that de serters from the French army are gradually coming into the Mexican camps, where they are received with' great kindness, and their wants attended to. The Boletin Qficial contains no important • news from Jalapa. It says that the latest accounts repre sent everything as quiet at that point as an enem can be ex]pected to be in a foreign ' - ever the trench attempt t "brae without a iitsiM*l , -fivairetramen - I8 t dead on the road. , It is said, addathe Boldin, that the French have been re inforced at this point by a battery of rifled cannon; but, ,as a set-off, they have had to ship back to France more than a thousand sick men, mostly suffering from the vomito, and who, it is feared, will be left in the sea on their way home to become food. for the fishes. The troops in Puebla are all represented as being In the highest spirits, and full of enthusiasm. The whole garrison of over twenty, thousand men have recently been clothed anew, and are said to present a fine sight. The Mexican ladies are untiring in their efforts for the benefit of the army. Over 1,200 mules have been captured from the French by the guerillas, who make sudden dashes from the woodswith their lassos, and are off again like lightning with their prey. Since the Govern ment has resolved to pay the soldiers for the animals( they capture, their vigilance and success have been greatly enhanced. The Herald°, of Mexico, of the Bth ofJantiary, says : - We were yesterday assured that Gen. Oemonfort has nearly altogether recovered from his recent illness According to the opinion of his ;indica' attendants he will be able to leave his room fir about eight days, and it is even hoped that he will be able to resume active duty in the field. The Garibaldi, of San Luis Potoai, takes the follow ing extracts from a letter, dated Santa Barber Tampico, the 29th of December lastA Our forces obtained two triumphs, which, al though small, have caused . the invader to under stand that Mexico anti its. Government have de fenders who are willing cheerfully to sacrifice thell, existence for the preservation of their independen.. and nationality. Oh the 21st inst., a column of French infantry three hundred strong, advanced on the roadto Sal nes, where they were attacked by General Oapis tran, and Colonel Fernandez Garcia with an some force of cavalry ; and although there was some tIIS . order; among our soldiers, in consequence of tts want of proper precautionary measures,' we z 4 mained masters ofthe field. The French retreated, and carried off their mien and wounded. These are estimated at from twent 'five to thirty. On our side we lost three men kill. and 'two wounded. One of our horses was al killed. On the road to Puebla Viejo there was a far mo ri Seous tight between the forces garrisoning• Pay and the French. After a bloody coldest, the Fre retreated with great lose, leaving a piece of can in our hands. The result of the action of Capistran was e abandonment of Altamira by the enemy. , however, on leaving, carried off Doo Antonio ' 2 ' sales, whom they surprised while sleeping in hi d. Our cavalry at once moved upon and oocupied a• inira. Our infantry is at Ohocoy. This is wh " occurred and the deeds of our little army. Courage and determination! Let ue dolT thing in our power to increase our forces. be a united people, and we will gain a lasting glo rious triumph for Mexico. All honor to the people of Mexico, and 8 eto the enemies of the peace of America. . There are many other items concerning th • eiloh campaign in our files, but none of any irete importance. From Port Royal. NEw Yortm Feb. 16.—The steamer Mate.n arrived from Port Royal, with dates to the 1 Fortress Monroe: The gunboat Pawnee 6ft company with the Matanzas, bound on a or wards Charleston. She left at Fortress Mo ship De Witt Clinton, with troops. New . York Bank Statement. NEW :Tonic, Feb. 16.—The following is thi of the bank statement issued to-day • Decrease of Loans. ...• Increase of Specie Decrease of Circulation - Increase of _Deposits COTTON FROM. 0111 NA.—Among volutions produced by our civil war, n. remarkable is the importation of cotto fabrics from Chinn to America, of whic apprised by a telegraphic despatch fro deco dated February 6th. According apatc'h the ship Emily Baring had ar., Francisco from Shanghae,with 700 bal eheelings from China, and adviees that .1 market will be liberally supplied with from that quarter. Three large ships t cotton from Japan to England during ST/TES IN REBELLION. A Rebel Canard.-Penalty for Refusing Re. bel Raney—Rebel Fears and Hopes—Sig• mafioso:it Confessions Hebel Affaira at Viclublerg—They Feet Confident of Re. Meting Mt Attack-Prom Bragg's Army— Miscellaneous News. Richmond mere of the lath' have been received, front which we extract the following r A DOUBTFUL, STORY. The Dispatch, of February 7.0; says: "A few days since a lady who same through the lines at Frede ricksburg under nag of truce, brought a message from the Hon. D. W. Voorhees, of Indiana, to Gen. Jackson, to the ef.kct that he (Stanewat)) was the only . man living who• could beat klut.(Voorhees) in bis 00weesionfil distiriet, so gm/Win - the admiration 01 the distinguished etticftain in the N'orthwest." . FLOGGING IN THE REBEL , AIEVITY. On Monday, in the rebel Congress, a' bill was passed abolishing flogging , in the arinyi which, it Weald be inferred from the discussion; her hitherto prevailed to a grievous extent. ' FUNISIIMENT FOR REFUSING REBEL Inc Foster, of Alabama, in the rebel Route r of a resolution instructing " the MilitarpOirm ,mittte to report a bill providing for the cOnscrlbing . .and placing in the public service in the field every 'White male citizen, resident, or sojourner within ,jhe Confederate States, without regard' to age 'physical. disability, trade, profession, or. puranit; :whenever it may be satisfactorily ascertained that *such - person has refused to receive Confederate 'Money for any 'article sold or offered for sale' by ."Idra also for selling, or attempting to sell, any article• whatever at an advance of more than - - per cent. upon the prices charged two years ago on the* 'same articles." GENERAL POSTER'S EXPEDITION: •lc despittoh from Charleston, S. C., dated the 9t , h; says : . "t Yankee fleet of over seventy vessels was in Port Royal harbor on Saturday last. The fleet :comprised fifty-two transports, fifteen large ware steamers; and four or five iron-clads. Evidently some -movement is on hand." • C4-RGOAS.9F BRITISH STEAMERS OFFERED' FOR SALE. The ear6eit of the "British steamers' , Calypso and Douglpsr, consisting of groceries. drugs, shoes, leather; aifd - &large assortment of dry goods, are advertised to be sold in Charleston. trIitGINIA.LANI)S OFFERED FOR SALE. • Forty thousand acres of land In Kanawha county, Ta., v are offered for sale on i 1 the most reasonable teßms.”. The sale to be effected in Richmond, and tlthagnarantled by "abundant and satisfactory se mirity.ty... • 4 , - REBEL. FEARS AND HOPES.' Worreenondence of the Knoxville Whig. ] RICHMOND, "Friday, Tan. 30, 1863. ' For the first time sinee the war began, each South ern tuniy.is held at bay by a superior mobilized Abo lition force ; and yet there never was a period when every prospeet.of good fortune, which arises and ex ists outside the sphere of army operations, was as bright as at this very hour. Should we lose Arkan sas, and Holmes escape into Texas,. we need enter .tain -no fears. Texas is an empire within itself, with whose vast resources Magruder will be enabled to redeem all thriOve have lost. Still, at this mo ment the aspect of affairs in the West is by no means flattering. • .Bragg's array must be strengthened, cost what it may.; His regiments must be recruited. He him not men enough to meet 11 osecrans. He had them not at Miirfreesbaro ; .but now Rosecrans' force is not less than 100,000 strong. The recruits from Bragg's army must come from the camps of instruct ten. .Not one of our generals can spare a regiment, and hence the determination of Congress to extend and enforce the provisions of the conscription act. Were it not lot the utter demoralization of the Unionarmies ; were it not that the quasi rebellion of the Governors of New Jersey and New York had affected Burnside's army as thoroughly as that of floseeriinte, which has felt more seriously the influ ence of - Richardson. Bright, and Vallandigham, were tbese Union forces as brave and devoted to the cause they have espoused as they were twelve months ago, Brag& army would now occupy Chattanooga, Ma rietta, or Atlanta. In all' these considerations we find the:inducements influencing Congress to enact a most stringent law, bringing into the field the whole population of the South capable of bearing arms. grom i the Raleigh (N. C.) PrOgress, Jan. 3.] If Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, and Vicks burg hold out against the impending assaults, and the enemy are repulsed and damaged, it will go far towart closing the war; but, should they fall, the drooping war spirit of the North will take new courage, and the struggle will go on. Much depends upon Mc next few months, and we trust that the heroism •of our men, upon which we can always rely, and the favor of Providence, so clearly' on our side hitherto, may sustain us now, and that a series of victories may give new lustre to our arms, and bring peace to our distressed land. CASE OF MR. BOILEAU. • -The Richmond Whig has beard of the arrest and 'release of A. B. Boileau. It says: "The demonstration was altogether the most cre ditable to the spirit of the Northern people which has been made in that quarter since the advent of Lincolnism. There was no mistaking its character. It meant work, and bloody. work. Civil .war at home, sooner than submiision to tyranny, was bold ly preached, and vociferously,applauded. The cruel and cowardly set-at Washington at once saw that there - Was no alternative but 'to back out. But everybody' knoiiii;the ;Surrender was against their will,-that-it was-extorted .*•from them. Instead of gaining any credit for moderation, they only Maur contempt for timidity and weakness." REBEL NEWS FROM VICKSBURGr. VleXtinurto, Jan. 28, 1803.—The batteries which the-Federalists planted on the'west bank of the ri ver, on'Saturday, for the purpose of cutting off our steamboat communication with Red River and Port Iludson,:)dik not have the effect of scaring our steamboat men out of their :propriety. On the at tempt of the steamer Vicksburg to run the block ade, and ving, fired at some half a dozen times, some excitement "was-created from the positive knowledge of the fact that batteries were erected on the rivertelow, :but. this did, not prevent another boat, whiih.was lying at the where et striramenirg, from starting down the river during the night, '& she made the trip in safety without being discover , . On Sunday, it was discovered- that the .Federabs had been at wora. - uu-inear - Celebrated canal. A force .of flvefbousand troops had been engaged in taking out th e Billows and other obatructions,. and widen ing itd banks. In a few days the river will be -high - enough to let the.water run in and then they intend to land the troops on the Mississippi side : below Vickaburg. ''- Gen. Smith, the Federal officer who was wound ed in theihattle on the 29th ult at Chickasaw Bayou, teat present superintending the movements of the enemy and the opening of the canal. They say that they do not expect the canal to be of sufficient di mensions to let the gunboats through, and that it is the calculation for the latter to come by the river and attack our batteries, or to , pass by them and get below the city. Mut they think that in a few days there will be. water enough in the canal to float their transportithrough, and then they can land their troops below the city and act ili conjunction . with an attacking force from ashore. So far Bathe taking of Vicksburg is concerned; the canal Will do them no good whatever. .• ' There is no immediate attack expected here now, at least for - a few . daya. The greater part of the transport fleet bad again gone up the river to bring doWn reinforcements, and no belligerent demonstra tion will be made until they return.. In the mean time the Pelerals will probably be• engaged in getting their canal into navigable condition; and our army will employ its time in - strengthening all the weak pointealong our lines. . . The force of the enemy's fleet has been ascertained to consist 'of 107' boati-93 transports and 14 gun boats. The number of transports accords with the expectation, but there are not as many-gunboats as it was supposed would be brought against us. There may, perhaps, be some more arrivals before ttiOrrAr Indna. The strength of the army has_aorylarge— ascertained but by the time Chow large the comes to reinforce i rFhich he fie adopting to ,perha cessarily divide hie forcea up bodies that it will be an easy matter to destroy the whole of it. No., new movements of the enemy have been ob aeryfa this morning, except the occasional arrival of a transport withtroops who ar discharged, and the boats return up stream. Three large camps are now tp be , seen from the city. The boats, which are anchored in the river, near, the, camps, are aseer isined to be storeships, while the transports are en- Eased in. ringing down reinforcements. Yiexannue, Jan. 27, 1863.—With the exception of orking on the canal and watching the river below pie city everything is quiet among the enemy. A port circulates hero that a vast amount of sickness [revails among the troops, and that the Louisiana wimps are again becoming the cemetery for a large umber: It is not expected that any movement will be niade until the reinforcements from above arrive, ?which will probably be in a day or two.. i A few. days ago 1 spoke of seven Union prisoners who had`, been captured by Col. Pargoud's cavalry. \lt has since come to my knowledge that one of the party gale himself up on purpose—that he desires, o join the Confederate army, and protests against g returned as an exchanged prisoner. On the opposite side of the riverseveral Unionists also came up to the pickets of the Texas cavalry, and surrendered themselves, giving the same account of the disaffection among the troops. It is now 'trustworthily ascertained here that Gen. Grant's army is coming down the river to reinforce Sherman,: and their united force is estimated at 60,000, though, in the opinion of.your correspondent, it will be nearer 100,000. While no one entertains any apprehejision as to the ability of this place to withstand the assaults of 80,000 men, it is the part of wisdom and prudence to prepare in time for any • emergency, and the press should call attention to the mighty force that will be brought against us. From the appearance of the river yesterday eve• ning there were unmistakable evidences theta mon ster fleet was near the city. From Young's Point, up the river, to a distance as far as the eye 'Could reach; there was one continuous and unbroken cloud 01,411koite and steam, which admonished us. that the w.hole'ffeet is not, far off.• It is very likely that we arenow on the sini of ..an attack, and that the arrival of Grant's army corps may be the signal' for H general onidaught. The enemy is evidently preparingandlaying his plans so as to be in lea& nets to moye.as soon as the whole force is at hand. Yesterday morning the Federal troops were very insolent and, tantalizing on the opposite shore of the river. ITumbers of them were seen immediately opposite town, taking a general reconnoissance of the once farnous cityuf De Soto. It was soou .disecnrered 'that these adventurous Unionists were 'on' a pillaging expedition, driving before them a number of hogs. One of these free booters was observed to be engaged in killing and quartering a hog, when one of our guns let loose a shell, which exploded near the' spot, and. Mr. Fed. dropped to the ground to dodge the pieces—after the danger was oVer, he arose, took his pork, on his Jr c k and sneaked off. Stealing was evidently not 'Tfie only object of this party, but a reconnoissance of our batteries and the eligibility of the levee In De Soto for theenemy to . plant his batteries opposite the city._ • • It will not be surprising if, by to-morrow morning, we find a cordon of artillery extending along the leVee oppoelle the' river, the whole length of the city" This . project is feasible with light artillery, and the examination of the ground yesterday was certainly made with a view of this kind. In day time this work could not be accomplished in account of being in full view of our batteries, Jut during the night it may all be done without be . Lng discovered. They could not affect our batteries much, but it might do considerable injury to the' city. It is now trustworthily 'ascertained that the De Soto ferryboat was _delivered over to the enemy by the traitorous. crew aboard. She was engaged wooding on the Louisiana side, when the Unionists came up and fired two rifle shots at her, when the captain sung out'to them "notto shoot, as the boat ” was already tied up, intimating that she had been tied up on purpose. The captain and engineer, whose name I . have , not learned, are the traitors. The pilot and mate are said to have maintained their loyalty, and denounce the former as traitors. ' • NESTOR. FROM THE . FRONT OF BRAG GIS ARMY. (From the Wincheater (Tenn.) Rebel Banner.] ' • Oen. Wharton advised us yesterday that all was quiet in -front, of his carefully-guarded lines. We hear the mime report from other points in advance of Us. The Unionists arc resting quietly and doing their best to recuperate their shattered ranks. They continue in somewhat grievous straits for the lack of subsistence. Up to the time of the battle of Mur freesboro therhad the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad run.,,ing fifteen miles out, but since then Wheeler and Dick ItlcCardi have seriously retarded ny re• least otton we aro I Fran . is de , at San ills and ftor our goods moos of ber. MONEY their operation by destroying a locomotive Mid constructiondibla and a bridge's fewmflos Gbh/side of Nashville. the heavy rains of last week alao destroyed the' rtillrOssi bridge amass Stone river; near blurfreesebro, which our forces left standing. We have ales , positive information that what General John H. Morgan left of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad r inlhe way of bridges and emr bankmenta, has been destroyeol by therecent heavy rains. This is coneitted by the followlhg, which we [lnd In the Nashville Disport*, of the ilttvingtant: "Bt is reported that' the midge on th'e' Isoctisville and Nashville Railroad.at Pilot Knob, and another north of Gallatin. were ihjured by the latertrine and high waters. These in,inries have interfated , with the rafting of the trains, " We understand the bridge' across Mill creek\ on the Nerahville and Chattanooga Railroad, hse4been washed away by ,the high water. It is taw* re* ported that the bridge over - StOne river has been washed away." GENERAL NIMS. The Appeal; of the 31st, says: - -" ,, About three ht' dred and ftfq' prisoner'', :inch:ding twenty corn* missioned officere, reached here last evening from • Vicksburg. They are a portion of those captured at Chickasaw Ballow on the December.” The Charleston Courier says it ie sepuzzling lion to some friends, prone to statistics; whether the conscription. law has given as many efficient soldiers to the army as it bee given , teivertisements to printers, and jotkr to the tailors for uniforms for enrolling officers. A letter from Tuseambia informs us that the peo ple of North Alabama are exceedingly apprehensive lest the Uniqnist etionld again occupy that section, especially office the late rains have made . the Ten nessee navigable. We think no raid, such' as was experienced last winter, need be apprehended) es the forces of the foe will be needed before his ottier'de signs are accomplished. Col. Noddyis cavalry. will be able to proteq the Tennessee Valley, in which they hare already done, and are now' dolng;good service. Thieving and garroting..have become so opemand flagrant in Lynchburg, that the citizens have deter rained to take the law into their own hands. . _ . The Camden (Ark.) Herald says it has credible iD formation that seventy tone of English goods, for R soldiers' clothing, have arrived at a landing on ed river, through Mexico, for the' Confederate Status - The provost marshals appointed in Mississippi by Gen. Van Dorn having failed to get pay for their service, appealed to the Secretary of War, who re plies that the appointment of provost marshals' friom • civil life was contrary to. law - that Congress must legislate on the subject before payment can be made. Bow news gathers strength as it travels is shown in a despatch from Riohmond, which we published yesterday. It is there stated that the British war steamer Vesuvius "took on board at Mobile one million and a half of dollars, , shipped by the British cannel" Two or three weeks ago the Vesuvius did arrive at this port, and conveyed to British bond holders the accruing interest—.£4o,ooo—on Alabama bonds. - The fact was duly noted in this print. Now it comes back to us from - Richmond with the sum in creased seven-fold. If money could be multiplied in such a way by travel, we should ourselves send a' few thousand on a journey, But they may know more at Richmond than we in Mobile do. There was a rumor that the British' mi nister at Washington had telegraphed to the consul here not to ship specie by the Vesuvius. But it was too late. Before the order was received the ship was gone. It may be that our Government sent to Eu rope by that vessel a large amount of gold for its own uses; and that it was this and not the Alabama in terest, that the order of the minister at Washington was intended to affect. We have no positive in formation on the subject, and have never heard any one express a conjecture in respect to it but it does look probable. It is just what we should expect from Lord Lyons.—Mobile Telegraph. THE PIRATE ALARM. Further Particulars of her Placa:muter-with the Hatteras—Reception of Semmes at the . Commercial Exchange, in 'Kingston, Ja maica How the Jamaica Watchman Views it. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE EN COUNTER WITH THE HATTERAS. [From the Kingston Standard, January 25. About 'midday yesterday_ the officers and mew of the United States steamer Hatteras were left on shore in this city on parole, that they would not take up arms or fight against the Confederate States of America until regularly exchanged by the United States Government as prisoners of the Confederate States. We gather the following additional particulars : On Sunday, the 11th instant, at about half past two o'clock, the BrooklYn ' sloop-of-war, twenty.' one guns, Commodore Bed, lying at Galveston, Texas, discovered a sail, which she supposed to be a merchantman running the blockade, and imme diately signalized the Hatteras to give chase. The Hatteras pursued her until dark. The Alabama then hove to and awaited her approach. The Hat teras was prepared, and all the men went to quarters. She bespoke the stranger, who replied she was "her Britannic Majesty's steamer Petrel." Captain Blake, of the Hatteras, responded. In the mean time, the Alabama attempted to manoeuvre to the stern of the {Hatteras. While oft' the port quarter, Captain Blake said be would send his - boat on board, and while in the act of lowering the boat the Alabama sent a blank cartridge astern of the Hat teras. She hailed her and said she need. amid no boat is she was the Corifederate steamer Alabama. Captain Blake then gave the order to flrerand the engagement ensued. In about ten minutes a hole was discovered be tween wind and water in the Hatteras. Fire also broke out in the fore-peak in the lower deck, but was put out. A shot was sent through her steam cheat. - She then surrendered, being completely dia /aged. The Alabama sent all her ate to take the crew off, and, in a few minutes after this, she sank. Only the ship's papers wereaved. - The Alabama made Port Royal in eleven days. A boat's crew from the Hatteras, seven in number, is missing, supposed to have gone back to Galveston. Little personal injury was sustained on both sides. The Hatteras, we learn, was an iron boat, about three hundred feet long, and was formerly a passen ger boat between New Orleans and Galveston. All her machinery was exposed on deck, and she is said to have been no snatch for the Alabama. We understand the officers and crew of the Hat teras received every possible attention at the hands CarAn Semmes. - Trrom the Standard, .17aniaTrW_EISORANGE.. • According to announcement, Ciptak a the Confederate States steamer-of-war was introdnced on Saturday, at noon, to a number of merchants and other gentlemen of this city at the Commercial Exchange. The room was crowded to excess, and, after the gallant captain had been abr. dially welcomed, three cheers were proposed . tor . : F uttuy ptain re spond ed Serm e t a o n , dupothne which the w o h n i p c ts h in we t re e : turned the company his grateful thanks for the re ception he had met with in an eloquent speech, in the course of which he referred to the great struggle at present going on in America, assuring hieleaters that. the Confederate States were determined -to prosecute the war, not for the perpetuation-of slave ry, but for their independence and for free-trade in ' tercourse with all the world. Three more-cheers: were given for Captain Semmes and the Alabama, . and the gentlemen separated. [From the Jamaica Watchman, Jan. Z.) . On Saturday last, between twelve and one ofclock, the commercial part of Kingston was vitriolated by ' the presence of the shaggy-haired Captain Semmes, of the Confederate steamer Alabama, whodiad the audacity to invite the merchants, of this city to.meet him at the Commercial Exchange, as he intended, apeechify on the causes which led to the disorgani-- 'zation of the Northern and Southern States. Thie - lover of slavery stood on a table surrounded- by a. number of so.called merchants, who, in other chins. would be recognized asif the P oo ed m d i l i, inSe t n at E e T .e s fo Te rne frightfuleager t t t o nt h to e o a ro,f this nal eierica, the slaves Were a the course of his ijme ghout the Union ; they were the war broii o , -- Id, clothed, and in every respect coutntevi - ded for than 'any other of their class on. -litrace of the earth. He explained the causes. which led to the present disturbance, and told his hearers that they, the Southerners, were fighting for the protection of their property, and to establish, free trade in its integrity, and to invite every na tion of the earth to participate in- the rich-fields. which will be opened for the commerce of the world. He thanked the community for the kindness they had shown him since he landed on a portion of Bri tain's soil. During the delivery of this slave hunter's speech. he was continually cheered by the Spanish Town baboon, A. 0. Sinclair, and the' Kingston Tony Lumpkin, H. F. Colthirst, both of whose ancestors were liberated from slavery by the British Govern ment in 1838. When we consider that we are indebted to-British philanthrophy for the blessings of liberty, and that as colored men we can speak and write freely the sentiments of our minds; that but a few years ago. the iron hand of slavery hail pressed heavily on us, and that in our verypresence we saw fellow-beings dragged and flogged from place to place before our faces, and that many of our parents labored under the crushing system of slavery, how can we endorse the statement of the piratical Captain Semmes, in reference to the' comfort of nearly five millions of our black and colored brethren, who are oppressed - by the Southerners on account of their coraplexion Yet wine of the negro mulattoes in Kingston, igno rant as to the blessings of freedom which they enjoy, with means left them :by Grandee Molly, or Men nen, the 11.1accomai—by their presence, pleased this captain of a piratical ship by applauding him during his gammon to the two mulatto dolts, Henry P. Colthirst, a stripling taken by an old mercantile firm, and brought into ~'notice from nothing but sheer humanity—the other, the ugliest son of the ugliest mulatto man that was ever seen—A. C. Sin clair—throughout Jamaica. The very man who was foremost in taking this slave owner, - Semmes, to make an effort to dupe, if he could, free men, is a decendent of the negro race, and with elf his pomposity to sham the white, is not free from the contaminating influence of com plexional distinction. Colthirst himself should be with Semmes, a few miles from Jamaica, when he would be the first to beg for an exchange with the meanest of his negro brethren in Kingston, notwith . etanding he might possess /lithe mines in Peru. • Captain Semmes.is striving to perpetuate slavery in America, and it is impossible that he can be rid of the feeling when he is the hater of the negro rase here, as he is on' the soil of Alabama, his native place. Duringour short-lived career we have seen . the fluctuating'changes, in this commercial city, the perpetuity of their mercantile transaction, corres pond with the confusion of Babel, never more to be . seen. We must frankly confess that there were few pre sent on the occasion through whose system slavery has not passed ; and yet they, unmindful of the past, simply that they might ingratiate themselves with the villainous Captain Semmes, of Alabama not/ riety, and a pirate under the semblance of law, re cognise his dangerous expedition on behalf of the Confederates. - We have something to say on this matter with reference to the 'mulatto merchant's conduct, who many in the United States do not know except by the advertisement which appears daily to the city papers signed "Davidson, tfolthirst, Co." We intenifto deal with these negro mulattoes as we find them, for many a colored man in Jamaica forgets' the pit from which he was dug. ' THE HATTERAS' MEN. [From the Kingston Standard, Tau. 90.1 The Americari ship Borodino, which has completed the discharge of coals at Port Royal for her MaJesty's service, came up the harbor yesterday, having been chartered by the American vice consul to take away the officers and crew of the Federal gunboat Hatte ras, which was destroyed by the Confederate steamer Alabama. TnX following letter from the Hon. Charles Sum ner has been received by the publishers of Cochin's great work on The Results of Emancipation: SENATE, CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, Deo. 23, 1862. M es ys. Walker, Wise, 4 Co., Boston, Moss.: GENTLEMEN : The work of N. Cochin, which you have just published, is able, excellent, and practical. Especially at this moment it Is of Infinite value as a witness with regard to the past, and as a guide to the great duty which is now before us. Wherever it is read, emancipation will be accepted as a gentle, mild, and peaceful measure, sure to bring good fruits, and to overflow with blessings. Charged with such an errand, the book should travel far and wide, with a universal God-speed. Accept my thanks = and believe me, gentlemen, Faithfully yours, CHARLES SUMMER, Dr. McNulty, of the California volunteers, has been appointed medical director for theDePartinent of New Mexico. THREE CENTS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. Important from Key West—Wreolc of &n -ot her or Hanka' Transports—Loss of a Con. donned Prize Steamer Valuable Prize Captured by the Gunboat Sonoma—Gen. Montgomery Recruiting Negroes. Kier Wear, Monday, Feb. 9. 1883. The ship Planter, Captain DI !I 34 was wreaked on lute 14th January,. on Stranger ley, near Abuts Light, whilst transporting troops, mechanics, and boasts for the Banks expedition. The troops and mechanics arrived here on the 6th Mee, in tweantall Englieti aoliDoners, angfiromCaptain Vi r allingof the' 161st N'ere York Voluseems, and Lieutenant Stevent,of the 23d Con meeticut, I learn thesedetails • of the dknreter- The ship; a' large one of *Oolong; drawing nineteen feet, struck at daylight in the' morning emir Miles from evid,the•captain baying aniseed his petnierreskoning, add' believed himself - lb . be seventy milerotrishore. The weather tlehig fair, the men were all landed' le. , the launches, and:remained moo the Key for twelve' days, awaiting the arrival of wresting venni, or off issaleveasel from Omen, to which plate Maj. Miller, • of the2td; and Capt,Mithler had envier one, but had ' notretninedat thetinie these twb vermeils' left. The horiet were all Most, Sim hundred andleeventy-five • of theta. The znateriale of the'ship, attfateres and baggage would, most er it, be saved add. taken to ' Monte: , These' troops,. about sixty, belbriging to the 23d, 26th. and' 26th Connecticut regiMents, and the mestkintemi about golly, under Lientenants Hurlbut and Burrill, will Mb proceed to Shipdsland, • or New Orleans, in the ship - Jennie Beals, Will:4i left on the eveultigof the 'lth. The steamer Swan, a condeueed prize, whidi left here recently fbrlfew'Orleatr, has been totally : lost on the paeaageteme, under the following circum stances : The asoend day out she was overhauled' to , the United State schooner Wanderer, Captain TurL ner, and upon mettnination allowed to proceed, but was followed the entire • day by the Wanderer, and again boarded by' Ber, and the captain (Roberts)idr dered to head his vessel and steer her direct for the mouth of the Mississippi, or he would puts prize crew on board and mid hinvto Key Weld. Rather than return, he consented to this, and consequently was overtaken by ' a storm', and,. unable to make a barber or smoother water, the steamer, in •twtf hinitle time, broke upi.and, • sunk so suddenly that eleven persona went damn with her. The•others,- - fifteen in number, takingto the boats, were fourteen • days at sea, five of which they were without water ' or previsions, and ten of their number died from ex- • haustien and want. They made the land at Cape' Sable, and there -obtained relief' and a boat 'frith which, they returned here on the evening of the 7th. The United States gunboat Sonoma, Capt: Ste Tens, came into our harbor'on Saturday, and reports that they chased the steamer Oreto for thirty-six hours, and she fioally escaped. The Sonoma. has captured a valuable prize somewhere near the Ba hamas, and sent her to New York with' a prize crew. The vessel is an English bark 'from Glasgow to Nassau, and the crew say *that they knoisr she was intending to run the blockade. A-small prize was brought into port on Friday the Bth loaded with salt, captured' , by the gunboat Hen drikiludson, near Tampa, Florida. 'Colonel Montgomery, of Kansas fame, arrived here a few•days since, from Hilton Head, and is now - occupied In enlisting black men as soldiers for the national service. The number of able negro men upon the island is not large, and they are all well employed; earning from twenty-five to thirty dollars a month, and rations; yet there are already about' one hundred enrolled, and the work is )orogressing. They say that, having a deep interest in the war, they accept their share of the responsibility. These men now , being enlisted here are elimated thorough ly, and almost proof against yellow fever. - They are the proper men to garrison our'forts in this region. The British steam frigale Galatea arrived in our harbor on Thursday last, the 6th, from Havana, and the officers have been daily in our streets in friendly converse. They seem to entertain a very friendly disposition toward all our people, and freely express their belief that our war will be closed by foreign iutervention. The British officers were entertained by a private party at their consul's, and the frigate went to sea again on the 9th. Surgeon A. G. Hersey, of the United States bark Amanda and from Western New York, died at the Marine Hospital , in this city, on'the Ith, and was attended to . the grave by a numerous• body of his fellow-officers and the society of Masons. He had been failing forsome months with consumption. The gunboat Saeamere, Capt. ' Earl English, re turned to port last night, from a lengthy cruise up the coast toward St. Augustine. The United States steamer Rhode Island has just come in and dropped anchor. • There are now.in this port the following vessels of-war, viz : Frigate St. Lawrence, steamers Santi ago, Sonoma, Octorara, Rhode Island,: Sagamore, and Magnolia; bark Gemsbok ; ships—National Guard and Dale ; schooner Eugenia. The steamers Penguin and R. B. Ouyler have left within the last few days. The merchant vessels in port are the ships Wizard Xing, Lydia, Essex ; brigs J. M. Sawyer and Abby Thaxter ; schooners River Queen, put in to repair her foremast, bound to New Orleans, and Mary E. Brown. Prize vessels ; about thirty-three.—N. Y. Times EUROPE. Napoleon's Proposed Peace Conference-- The Latest Rumors—A Union Demonstra . Rambla Exeter Ball—The Starving Poor of England to -the Freemen of America, Greeting-The . Great Insurrection 4n Po. hind-Progress of the Great Rebellion in China, exe. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S PEA.OE, CON FERENCE PROPOSITION. The Paris correspondent of -the London Times says : "I am not sure that the Emperor himself looks here it is co i wt nsidered that tnerit e littail£ 4 lo 4, - , -b - ,-..uronant. _to amore important step on his part. should not oe - suryru.oa to learn that, in case of their formal rejection, .the Emperor.. would Men consider whether the moment has not at last arriecd for the teeogni, lion of the Mmfederacy, and Mis whether England joins hrifor not." The London Globe suggests the probability that the pacitleproposalsof the Emperor may be. design ed as laying ground for ulterior action in case of. re fusel by the Federal Government,. the &irritative - being the recognition. - of the Sad/tern: Coaferiera4 by . France. The Globe does not believe that the time has arrived . for the Federal Government to enter upon . pacific-negotiations. - The London Espies', in en article on the Empe ror's proposition, points-out that no nation‘which has not had the means of. communicating .with any - other other nation has obtained or even claimed recasaY The London.-dent. I. the maueneiter. ,sal Guardian learns-tlift e ,,-opo for a conference was sent out 'toil' ude , andt ,Laoutpre. viola covrnsuniesdi,ctfSk Slidell and other Sou;k e esPZ. s l .. position is considereSilble. The same writer says he to be enfircfY ..fliffiticulties between the British Go hears of-'arid the Cabinet at Washington, in con vereon with recent alleged seizures. of English vessels off the Bahamas, made within the prescribed nautical league of the British ahores. He also re iterates his statement as to the free-negotiation of. Confederate cotton warrants in • London, and says 1 these warrants were being largely need in the pur chase of ships and stores for the Confederates. GREAT EIIIANCIPATION DEMONSTRATION. AT. EXETER HALL. A great demonstration in favor 'of negro -emend- - pation was held in Exeter Hall, London, on the 29th ult. Mr. W. Evans, chairman of-the Emancipation Society, presided,.and was supported by Mr. P. A. Taylor, M. P.; Mr. Thomas Hughes, the novelist; Hon. and Rev . Baptist Noel, Rev. Newman Hall, Re., while letters of apology, and sympathy were read, from many distinguished men. The Daily Arms says : "The meeting was convened by the:Emancipation Society, and proved to be, whetherin point of num ber or enthusiastic feeling, one of the most im portant demonstrations of public opinion known in London since the days of the League." For half an hour before the time appointed for the commence ment of the proceedings the great hall was crowded, and it became necessary to hold - a second meeting in, the lower hall, while a third meeting-was- held in the open air, in Exeter street. The name of Abra ham Lincoln was reeeivedwith immence applause, the audience rising and cheering, and waving their handkerchiefs. . • " During the course of the proceedings- the chair man received telegrams from Bradford and Stroud, announcing that meetings were being held in those towns, and that resolutions-had been passed in favor of negro emancipation." .. The following resolutions were proposed: Resolved, That the revolt of the Southern. States of America'against the Federal Government having. avowedly originated in the determination not, only to maintain but to extend - slavery, and having been, followed by the organization of a.confederacy based. upon the denial of human rights to. the negro, race, ' this meeting indignantly repels the assumption that the English people sympathize with a rebellion that-' thus violates every principle of political justice, or with institutions framed' in defiance of the- moral. sense of civilized mankind, and which are-an out-. rage upon the religion whose sanction has been claimed in their support. ' Resolved, That is the election of President Lin coln, and in the principal acts of his Administra tion—the coalition of slavery. in the District of Co:- tumble, they prohibition of Slavery in the Territo ries, the recognition of the Republics of Hayti and Liberia, the concession of the right of search, for the suppression of the slave trade,.the scheme of.' compensated emancipation, and the proclamation, which inauguratedthe new year—this meeting re-- cognizes successive triumphs of anti-slavery senti ment in the United States, rejekes. in the- proipect thus afforded of friendship between England. and, America, as well as a liberation' to the' enslaved, offers to the Government and to. the people of the - loyal States the assurance of fraternal sympathy in their noble straggle, and requests the eh:urn:Lan to communicate this resolution to his excellency the American minister." Amendments were proposedia each ease ;.bulthey were promptly negatived, and after sundry. speeches denunciatory of the South and eulogistic of the North, the resolutions. were • carried with all but entire unanimity. During the, meeting some of the speakers ridiculed the oourse of the London Tim's, and the mention of that louses/ was received. with. groans and hisses. A large meeting had also been held. at Bradford, to, express sympathy with the emancipation policy of President Lincoln, Nr. Foster; lli. Ft, was theprincipal speaker, and his remarks vere strongly in favor of the North in its anti-slavery crusade against the South. • - . ADDRESS OF COTTON OPERATIVES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. At, a meeting of the distressed operatives of Black burn the following address was r dopted ' • " That your memorialists feel grateful for the kind nese and sympathy shown toward them in their pre• sent deplorable condition, and beg to express a hope that an interchange of feeling wilLbe produotiveofa further manifestation of mutual sympathy, and they earnestly pray that the civil war now, unhappily, raging amongst you—and which your memortalbits deeply lament—may come to a speedy termination in favor of freedom, regardless of race or color. The subscription ' s raisedln New York for the, relief of Lancashire distress has done' lunch to ndeceive many who had been misled by the enemies of popu lar government as to the exact state of public feeling in the United States toward their brethren in England. In the midst of the unhappy strife, now spreading devastation and death amongst you, you have not forgotten the starving operatives'of Lancashire, who are innocent sufferers. Your memo rialists beg to suggest that the benevolent object you have in view would be. more .illkattmlly accom plished by affording to distresarXi operatives free or assisted passages to some part - of the United States, where employment could ite afforded them. This plan t your memorialists Rml convinced, would be infinitely preferable to that of sending provisions for distribution by the relief committees of England. Your memorialists are, of opinion that ten thousand families might be re:loved from loucashire Ame i ice within six mo'..iths, if the means of transport were avai able, tr.,d, especially so, if a well.grounded assurance of wdiployment could be held out. The. present distress affords you a favorable Opportu nity of olit-f!;ining an abundant supply of every kind THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) Tag Wait Passe will be sent to suberrilkre by mall (per annum In adva nce ) at, 82.00 Fig* " " .. 9.00 Ten " " 17.00 Twenty Copies" 32.00 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the same rate. 8140 per copy- The money meet atways aocamspany the order. and In no instance can theee terms be deriortedfrom, a s they afford very tittle more than the coet of the waif'. air Postmasters are requested to let as Agents foe Tits Wes Paws. 4To the getter-up of aMb of ten or twenty, all s eat» eo.py of the Paper will be given. o f l a bor, and which would enable you to push on an energ ,:atic development of the almost inexhaustible treasur.la which the Almighty has placed at your oi spee m . If the gentlemen who take such a lauda ble in ter et in relieving the necessitouswould kind ly eacor i a i, wbat sort of employment could be ob tained in fihn varione localities, and, furthermore :the result to the Emigration Ocfc! communicate mittee formed al this meeting, a plan of might thus be c. a!ried out that would be emigration wise, just, and beneficial to i t .,e working classes of Lancashire. Your memorialists . most respectfully, but most ur• gently, entreat the f a vorable consideration of these suggestions, with the . sincere hope that you will at once embrace the plan of emigration we propose— thus concentrate your eCorts on the grand design of r emo vi ng f rom th e seat OT pov . et a ty and destitution those who are anxious to c'ast timr tot end exPend their labor under the protecti.vo of your free inatitu ems." THE: riegasxi INSURBEMON. RallWay and telegraphic consninnication with' 'Warsaw had been again interruptel The rariway wan torn up by theinsurgente on thrtath, at Petri ,. kan. Communication was soon resumed, bowers.* and, according to:Oita:taw despatches cetbe 29th vim St. Petersburg, the city was perfecriA quiet, aria the conscription hadi been effected in the Without hindrance.. A detachment of Coeurteks had made a successful sortie' froth IVlodlin, kirAng and Wounding thirty-six inaurgents, and takir.g'forty • tahs prisoners. WA usico; San. , 11.--4lhe insurgents have refelved considerable reinforcements. Zinn the better clitssec c 2 society, including many from Warsaw. Theln fitments' captured some troops , near Piolskow,cin eluding two Russian °disc's, who were immedia'Zl'sr abut. Prereviarfedan; Jan.4B,--Thfr Journal de SI. tersbliv of this•nterningpublizhesla detailed accountl of the eventa which' have tatten•place in Poland. While lamenting the laze participation of the' clergy .110 the revolt; the rejoices at the abet nen ce 'of • then! ajoittY of the 'students,. One :fundred :and fifty Insurgents; who were at Bialystok', had•Crosoed from Pbland into the district of Bleak: • Gen: Manioukin heurconce.ntratect a do- tachment at Bialystok, The railway station at Luppa,,tlfelifet in thakingdroni; has been occupied by troops. Flying colemns - lfam been eent to pro tect the ratiwapat Kevno••and Strierfborew (1), and to 'dislodge the - isitturgentr from the environs of Btest anif Rarby: Colonel Suckers attacked the re bel/ yesterday. id the woods of.Plbek, Rostelnol, Stroumlanska, and- Rozny„ The rebels. wene put to Eight, losing XI- prlsonenr—one a prieat, the princi pal Instigator , of the - movareent thirdistrict. . THt: . fflffN - E:SIrItI3BDTILIDIV. (From the London New . % January 30. The Chinese news , bythe Tatsent mail ic interest ing,- and the telep aph.informs us tha Whet night's Gazette containedarraccount ofii defeat of a large body of robe a bye - mixed- foroevf 'lmperlid.:Chinese troops and of disciplined troops colder an. English ()Mier. The effecimsf the victory .will be; LS is said, to clear the country forthlrtymilestound Shanghae for years to come. ' Amongst the Chinese-news of the l'imes•we add that when their' letter left " the •preparations for 'the• attack- on Nanking. were in progress ; but little wee known . of details. Ai battle between the imperialists,- -encamped close to that city, and a large body of rebels, - is - reported; in. which the latter arc said to have had the beet of it at the beginning, but'to lave been eventually defentixl." 'We also find a few tletails of the attack. on.Shang- YU by the French ccatingenti with. a body of disciplined Chinese: "The principal fightin.was at entrenched camps in advanceof !the city, ,g the latter having been evatuated , during the preccdingnight. Captain Drew, of her Majesty's - ship , Pin counter, arrived towardirthe closa of :the affair, and wee one of the first in the town. Oil the French. and Im perial side the loss is stated atseven killed - and four teen wounded; that of the-enemy fa- put down at two hundred. An' immense-stock of rice fell into the hands of the victors, who.-now• contemplate an attack in the spring on the more important city of Shanhing : twenty miles to the westward of Shang- Ye. , A proclamation is said to have been issued by the authorities of Ningpo, calling - on , the-people to give -a friendly reception to .2;ooO , ltussisn.soldiers shortly expected there. The- Russians. appear to be losing no time and sparing no energy in their new pursuit." FOREIGN PERSONA.Z.ITEDIS --Ibrahim Pasha, who succeeds his- brother Said Pasha as 'Viceroy of Egypt, is a man of about forty. six years of age, with a reputation. for practical talent, which he has hitherto displayed in. the ma, nagement and improvement of his-own extensive property, and which it is hoped may be of equal benefit to Egypt in his government of its affairs. During the latter years of Mehemet Ali, or about 1840, Ibrahim Pasha commenced the introduction of improvements into Egypt His agent, Edham Bey, visited England and hootland and took with him many young men skilled in engineering and other arts, on whom the patronage of the vi regataovern meri vice t was handsomely lavished,: Ibrahim has proved himself great in the field, great in the.eabinet, and eminent as a friend of progress, and there can be little doubt that his government will be r great im provement on those of his two immediate predeces sors, although characterized, as they certainly were, by the adoption of many enlightened measures for the good of the people. A Copenhagen paper says. , that the Princess Alexandra goes into societx but. little during the mourning forPrinceAlbert. bome•fewpsreen haves assembled to see her drive to and foam the English Chapel, but otherwise she is chiefly visible to the public on the Long Line, particularly , inthe morn ing, arm in arm with her father. Usually, aloog this fashionable promenade the royal family and the court may be seen at this season enjoying their skating. But this year 'the water obstinately re fuses to freeze, And it is in vain that the attentive Prince of Wales has forwarded to his- coming bride a pair of elegant skates. At the last meeting of the society for propagation of the Gospel in London, it was proposed to send a letter to Bishop Colenso, requesting• him• to resign his office of Vice President, and to relieve the mem bers from all further difficulty respecting his "case." The Dean of Westminster, however, strongly op posed the suggestion "Re utterly, unworthy of the society," and after some discussion it was allowed to drop. --Marshal Canrobert'a marriage with. Miss Mao. denald, of Windsor was celebrated. according to the Roman Catholic rites, at the chapel of the Senate, in Paris, on the 20th. Owing toa. recent be reavement in the family of the- bride, only, a few friends and relatives were present at the ceremony. The witnesses of the Marshal were Countßandom', 'War Minister; M. Rivet, and M. Alfred ds Mar -• irr 4 ^^ "lcdonald included. ;,onl Cow tainuifau, AEt.bLi • shooting exeunt' on to on by Prince Napoleon,- the two Princes. Murat, the Duke - of Hamilton, the Prince do-la. Moskowa, Ge• ..neral Fleury, and the Marquis- deToulongeon. The , sport was excellent, .1,200 head of. game being laid low, of which his Majesty killed more-than 300.- The Emperor returned to Paris in the evening. —An American seamen named Clinton, who stabbed' on., the 6th inst.. in Newc>r faille Bighway, London, has _died from,hisis• Se• veral suspected men are in custody _Nat Clinton was unable to identlfz_any--....4.1—.-ailf the man that ac tually blow, and. the police date tUftlIV U sit that the deciased's comrades their—ar , r_" neon. bribed and sent out of the way to prevent 'their giving evidence on the point.. Pasquino has made a joke at the ek pence of the Emperor Napoleon and his campaign in 'Mexico. The word "ducat" in Italian expresses alike the ISnglish words "duchy" and "ducat." Pasquino foretells that, althougliahr war in Italy on cost three ducats, the war in Mexico will cost ''ATzwoleon." Adelina vatti hal beerfiringing at private sorieea of the French nobility, receiving a compliment of five hundred francs for every piece sung. The Em peror and Empress have been four times to hear her. Winterhalter has finished - his. 'first portrait of the young prima donna, representing her in the cha racter of Rosins. .. —Lord Palmerston has got the hardest kind of a nut to creek in the new Preach minister to London, Baron Gros. He is the best hater of England in France, the toughest kind.of a diplomatist, shrewd and obstinate, and devoted , to• his master, who has made him. —A Paris letter sale: It• is- stated that the Impe rial Prince is to be emancipated from petticoat co vernment next month, and placed under the care of a tutor. I am not able.to mention the name of the gentleman selected for this responsible post, but it is positively said that he isnot a bishop. —General Count de. Saran, formerly aid-de-camp to the Duke. CFbighien,. has just eied in his 93d year. He was one of the last representatives of the army of 1'789: He had•bten a fellow-student and even the Corporal of Napoleon at the school of Brienne. The last accounts received of Aladlle. Emma Livry, who was so severely burnt at the Grand Opera, Paris, about line weeks since, arc not fa vorable.. The burns,. which were nearly healed, have again broken out, and, her position, after so much suffering, is said to be precarious. William .Boupell; ex-member of the British Parliament, who was-some time since convicted of enormous forgelies,.is still an inmate of the Model Prison at Pentonville, where he is employed in picking oakum.'lle continues to show the utmost indifference. —Prince.Alfred, of England, has passed his ex amination for seamanship on board the St. George, and has received, an acting order as a lieutenant. Be will not. however , be con fi rmed in the rank until he- passes at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. - Mr. 0-. Lawrence, author of "Guy Living stone," kc., has just left England for the Southern States of America. It is reported that he intends taking service under " Stonewall " Jackson. The records of his observations are to be published in the London journal °ate a Week. It is reported in the London Reader that Captain Burton and M. Du Chaillu have agreed to visit the gorilla country in company on a sporting tour. M. Du Chaffin win visit New York before starting with Captain Burton. • —The mach-talked-about Yelverton case has been appealed by Major Yelverton to the House of Lords. 11%011 be remembered that the Scotch Court of Ses sions decided •favorably to the wife. The British Rarliamenfirill doubtless sustain the Soottish law. -The V i PAH Ca ze e announces that the Em peror. Eransis Joseph has conferred on Baron An thony, do Rothschild, consul general for Austria in London, the order of the Golden Orown, second class. —Count Ildejan, 'French consul at New Orleans, is a passenger on hoard the steamer Hansa, which sailed to-day for Southampton. The report that he 'was already in Paris, was, of course, a mistake. —The hart of Dalhousie is to be created a marquis, by the style and title of Marquis of Panmure, in acknowledgment of his services while British Se cretary of State for War. =Lady Be resford, long a favorite among the British residents in Paris, has just died In that city. Her furniture and works of art are advertlead,for sale. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Hallam, vosalitig that their names were among the new batch a baronets to be made by royal authority, declined iliehonor. —Among other candidates for pchlic favor in,Lon don Is Di. Jollies, who announces a,dancj orchestra alter the fashion of that of his Whop . • —Mr. Sala has retired from thveditors hip Of Zemplc Bar t in compliance with the rEcimrkoipmlatio.r.. of his physician. The death ii recorded cLA4l4yane, the, farmer companion in captivity of,Siltio 'Pelilco,at Spiel berg. • • ' It is said that the Marquis, de, Moustier has really Informed his GOT.animent, lb* the Sultan is insane. The sum realisad by the sale of th;rty-four of Prince Demidottla 4istures at paris.hurt week was about $13,022. Atal-el.Cadez has, just started on his third pil grimage to Meeta. Mr. Grote has. been elected a member of the Hungarian Aeaderny Scienacil• Diadares.Schumann and 40onuntie, the harpist, are to*plaT in Paris during the coming season. MaTIQ Itas accepted an engagement at Barcelona, to commence tbia month. —The motto on the Boston McClellan sword, 'ty r o rcgc saps, pro pats4a temper," (for the king some times 'for for the country always,") bids fair to occupy t he critical smelfungi of "the literary emporium, and otherwhere, for a long time to come. The Re publican papers call it an "unfortunate inscrip tion," but why is not made very clear. The Roston Transcript tells us that it is the motto of the Vaasa/ family,: and is on the Vassal monument on the wall of Bingos chapel, in Boston, and that it was erected in ITI6. .41,1 the commencement of the war of the Revolution, Toles Vassal, who lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, went to England, and his' house be. came the headquarters of Washington, and is now occupied by the poet Longfellow.
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