MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1864. I®* We can take no notice of anonpmou* commu- UlSJltibU*. We do not return rejected manuacrlptf* 4®- Voluntary correspondence solicited from all Qpltrt* of the world, and especially from our different •military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. The Policy of the Opposition. We know well upon what ground the Union party will stand in the Presidential election. Its course is as clear as its prin ciples, and it woxild be some what superfluous to trouble ourselves about its success. Just now there is more interest in the movements of the Opposition, for it is not certain that the Copperhead leaders will be able to con trol their party as effectually as they did last October. No one can have failed to notice that the defeat of the Opposition was ac counted for on different theories, and re sulted in its division. One wing blamed the peace policy, the other the war policy for the loss of the elections, and both were wrong. The party was beaten simply be cause it teas the Opposition to the Govern ment. We grant, however, that its defeat was so overwhelming because of the adop tion of such men as Vallandighah, and the evident hypocrisy of its professions to support the war. The problem now before the leaders of the Opposition is simply this: ‘‘How shall we reconcile the peace policy of Vaulandig- Ham, the Woods, the Seymours,. with the growing hatred and contempt of it in the masses of our voters ?” It is a problem they cannot solve. Fernando Wood’s latest speech in Congress was the most warlike plea for peace by which he has yet .distin guished himself, and a bold, deliberate at tempt to commit the party to unconditional opposition to the war. On the other hand,' we find such journals as the World, shrewder than Mr. Wood, advocating a war policy, smothered with ifs and buts— just such a war purpose 'as would de light a coward in uniform. This wing of the Opposition trembles at the thought of placing itself openly against the war, and would rather deceive than defy the spirit of the nation. How, then, shall this, difference among the leaders be reconciled? It may be smoothed over, as It was when the convention which nominated Mi. Justice Woodward inserted a war re solution in its platform, and at the same time warmly approved of the nomination of Mr. Yaldandigham. Yet, even then the grand difficulty remains in the radical divi sion of the masses. There are hundreds of thousands of Democrats who h..ve thus far clung to the party from a blind instinct of fidelity to a name, who will vote-no longer for men who are in any way asso ciated with Vallandigham, or sustain his cowardly and defeated policy. By next November many of these voters will be in the Union ranks; the others, men who still Cling to the delusion that slavery is not an evil, and had nothing to do with the rebel lion, will continue to oppose the Govern ment, but not upon the crazy platform of peace. When the campaign begins we shall see this breach widen. Everything tends to unanimity in the Union party. It has one purpose, it will have one leader, and all of its members are firmly united in upholding its plain and un shaken principles. But fate has thrown the apple of discord into the ranks of the Op position. Never was the division of a party more certain. Those who read the. Oppo sition journals will find them united only in hostility to the Administration, and this is hut the inevitable false union of the Outs against the Ins. On all questions of public interest they have diverse opinions. Mr. Wood says the war should stop at once. The World declares that the war should go on, but that the method of prosecuting is unconstitutional. Another element of the Opposition believes that slavery is a curse, but that the war should have nothing to do with it. Another assumes that it is ablessing, and approves of Gen. McClellan's advice to the President, that he should use the army to return fugitive slaves. Another clique de nounces slavery and Abolitionism with equal violence. Yet another has for its sole cry the corruptions of the Government. Then, derp in the democracy of the people is a conviction that the Government is right. Theie are men who bear to the Opposition precisely the relation which General Gantt did to the rebellion the moment before he abandoned it forever. There me thousands mote who aTe to Copperheadism precisely wl;at the Kaleigh (N. C. ') Standard is to the Richmond tyranny. That journal professes to desire the independence of the South, but utteriy condemns the course of the re bellion. Now, liow many Democrats will reed these words who will not admit that, while they still desire the independence of thi-jr party, they will not help the men who are its head ? "We shall not be surprised if those mem- ! bets of the •war Democracy who do not already fully sustain the war, (the terrible confiscation bill, the alarming emancipation act, the wickedness of the Administration, and all the other bugbears includedJ and who aTe not yet ready to give up their party name, should formally organize upon a basis of their own. They will either do this, or follow the great body of tho Douglas Democracy into unconditional Unionism. Certainly, we know that they will not sustain the Copperhead nomination and the miserable Copperhead platform, j which is sure to be made at Chicago. If j they organize, they will either adopt the Union candidate, or make an independent nomination. In the latter case, the country will repeat the Douglas and Breckin ridge situation oi 1860. Time alone can determine this, or indeed whether any sepa rate organization of the Democracy will be effected; but it is certain that the ele ments of division are as radical as the great causes of the war. The. steady drift of the entire struggle is toward unconditional Unionism. In all parties outside of this the tendency is to disruption. It is evident in the Bouthem States; in the act passed hy the Alabama Legislature declaring that the Confederate Congress should not suspend the habeas corpus in that State; in the dis. afFections of North Carolina; in the history of East Tennessee; in the restoration of Louisiana and Arkansas. The same ten dency is evident in the North, in those dis putes of an Opposition which has thus far been kept together by no higher principle than political rivalry, and the ignorance of the people. The breach mußt widen. It is true that when the election is over the Op position will be united. But why ? Because it will have lost every man who is not wholly a Copperhead. All signs indicate that the National Union party is being strengthened day by day by new accessions, not only from itß political opponents, but its enemies in arms. When a rebel abjures rebellion, to What party does he adhere ? Never to the Democracy—always to unconditional Union ism. The party which now successfully carries on the war, reconciles seceded States abolishes slavery with the approval of slave holders, maintains peace with foreign na tions, and is the sole defence of the Union will continue to protect it for a generation to come. The War in East Tennessee. Ihe situation of affairs in this region has given rise to two theories —first, that Lokg stkebt made his freßh advance against Knoxville, driving our forces home, because his army demanded action for its very self preservation. An army supposed to he in a very barren region of country, dependent on a far-off point for its supplies, frequently veiy destitute, aud disheartened by past failures, and invited to desert by the president’s proffered amnesty, would mfeet such a view of the case. The other speculation believes that Longstreet has ' been largely reinforced, and has com menced a campaign of resolute aggres sion, backed by the concentrated efiorts of the rebel Administration. Cotemporary with these speculations we have the tele gram announcing the retreat of the remnant of Johnstoh’s army from Tunnel Hill, and the disappearance of bis * main forces. “They have probably gone to Mobile or jEast Tennessee,” is ft piece of wisdom •which should be registered among the cu riosities of special telegraphy. We are more certain, however, that Gen. Sturgis’ caval ry, principally one division under Gen. Mc- Cook, after a stubborn fight on the 27th, ten miles beyond Sevierville, routed Long street's cavalry, captured two guns and one hundred prisoners, with insignificant loss. Bevierville is a small town, the capital of Sevier county, adjoining North Carolina, and is situated at a safe distance from Knox ville. General Gordon Granger’s forces had moved out in the same ■ direction with Sturgis, whose cavalry exploit intercepted and checked the enemy. Longstreet’s present advance seems too earnest for a mere experiment, and shows too much force to be considered the effect of dissatisfaction among his troops. About the time of his movement toward Knoxville, we hear of a rebel raidjinto Tennessee from tbe anny in Georgia, and right upon these events Johnston’s forces are supposed to have retreated to a considerable distance south of Dalton. The first two movements have apparently disguised the third; -for it does not seem to be known where, indeed, the delinquent army has gone. Movements of this character must serve many purposes and have many effects. From moral neces siiv the rebels must have begun the present campaign, as they have begun most others, to get the start of a stronger adversary, but also to reinspire the spirit of rebellion flag ging out in so many parts of tbe Con.- federacy, and even in portions of their armies. Their policy is now more than ever concentration, with Virginia as the radial centre of vital operations. It is not clear how Longstreet’s army can be readily reinforced from Johnston’s, as be tween these armies lies a very long and ex tremely troublesome distance of country. If Longstrbet received any rein forcement from Georgia, its transmission must have been very carefully concealed, ■ and have taken place long ago. His posi tion, too, may be considered as dependent upon Lynchburg and Richmond, instead of Chattanooga, and upon his strongly-guarded railroad communication up through South western Virginia, Supposing that he has been reinforced from both Virginia and Georgia, the purpose of Johnston’s retreat is to - draw the Army of the Cumberland farther Into Georgia, while with an over whelming force Longstrbet achieves vic tory over Foster. There is no doubt that Longstrbet has been reinforced, or obviously should have been. He may not, however, have tho roughly reckoned upon the strength of Fos-- ter, which appears to consist of three corps at least, under command of Major Generals Granger, Parke, and Sturgis, the last commanding three divisions of cavalry. In addition to this, we have probably a reserve. Longstrbet is a troublesome foe, sudden and impetuous in encounter, and very try ing to his adversary in retreat. As long as he has a good means of retreat, it will be very hard to crush him, remembering how well he has done, almost without communica tions. We are the more disposed to believe that he has been strongly reinforced, from his letter of complaint to General Foster concerning the circulation of the President’s amnesty proclamation among his troops. A wise general is not disposed to give this kind of information gratuitously, or a wise one to receive it at its own valuation. It is not hard to believe that-, although much re duced and straitened, the. rebel Government will find means to clothe and fefffl its sol diers for another campaign, at least, and that its armies will yet fight desperately if led with daring by leaders of acknowledged enterprise and skill, Morgan achieved an “impossible” thing in his escape - from the Ohio penitentiary, and his presence again in the rebel army is equal to a reinforce ment, whatever be said of the military worth lessness of some of his raids. There hare been frequent occasions where the rebels have brilliantly extricated themselves from critical positions, and turned the tables against their adversary. Their war-spirit has been untiring. When they tailed in Georgia, they threatened us in Canada, and though their cause may be hopeless to us, ; it is not yet hopeless to them. For all great purposes the war is now in Virginia and Tennessee. • It is extremely doubtful that a movement. into Georgia, after a retreating army, through a rugged country, and our communications in great danger of being cut off, would at all help us. Ol all the. Confederacy, Virginia can least be spared ; for that reason East Ten nessee is necessary to the rebellion. Even Richmond might he risked to secure a de cisive victory in that quarter, which would make Richmond all the safer afterwards. The prime end of the present campaign ap pears to he the annulment of the rebel army in East Tennessee, and this task is not en tirely prepossessing. Our armies must be “up and doing,” and meet the rebels with an energy intensified, and not diminished by success. Baptist Noel on the Rebellion. The Honorable and Reverend Baptist Whotheslev Noel is a clergyman who has attained the mature age of sixty-five, and “ from his ■ youth upward ” has never deviated from his allegiance to the grand and sound principles of Civil and Religious Liberty. Younger son of a Baronet and younger brother of the Earl of Gains borough, he had high preferment in the Church of England, of which he became a minister, and for over twenty years, whether on platform or in pulpit, was distinguished as one of the most eloquent and most suc cessful orators and preachers in aid of her many and costly missions. In 1843, hav ing taken views of Baptism different from those inculcated by the Church of England, he felt bound to sever his connection with that Establishment —which he did painfully and reluctantly—and become a minister of the Baptist persuasion. When he did this, he was chaplain to Queen Victoria —a po sition which, with his acknowledged value as a clergyman, would doubtless have been but the stepping-stone to his promotion among the bishops.- A man of purer life, higher character, or more undoubted ve racity, does hot any where exist. This gentleman, universally venerated for his piety and philanthropy, has lately pub ished a book entitled “The Rebellion in America,” which is the result, we believe, of a visit which he ventured to pay in the South, during last year. Here is what he ■ says of the war, in his preface: “ As tbi. rebellion hat been unprovoked, afi'i there fore criminal (Rom. xiii. I—4), Christians cannot wish it sueaesi, because they cannot with the tri umph of crime. The revolt ol eleven Statea south ol the Potomac and Ohio, against their President and Congress, Is exactly the same in principle as the revolt of eleven counties south of the Thames and the Severn against the Qneen and Parliament; and, as we should expeot every Christian in the United States to condemn the oauseless insurrection of eleven southern counties, they may, with equal rea son, expect every Christian in England to condemn a causeless insuirtetlon of their eleven Southern States. Nations as well as individuals are under this Divine law, 1 Thou shalt love thy neighbor aB thyself’ And if we should not like a revolt of our eleven southern counties, we should not rejoice in the revolt of their eleven Southern-counties.” It is to he hoped that Mr. Baptist Kobe’s little book will be republished here. In England, where the ahthor’s opinions deservedly have great weight, in as well as out of the Non-Conformist circle into which Conscience led him, it cannot fail to make a great impression on the public mind. The argumentum ad rem in the brief extract which we have given above, is precisely the plain, sledge-hammer blow which, from its directness and force, cannot fail to sink deep into the heart of our brethren (for we still shall call them so j across the water. A Wheel within a Wheel. The situation of affairs in North Carolina with regard to the Confederacy seems to hold the complex relation of the wheel w ithin p wheel in Ezbhiel’b vision. They are coming out Btrong in diametric opposi tion to Mr. Davis. When the Raleigh Standard proclaims that the people of North Carolina will take their own affairs into their own hands, and will proceed, in Con vention assembled, to vindicate their fiber ties and their privileges, mudh more is in timated thftfi the fact that the people con sider themselves persecuted and oppressed. The new conscription measures are de nounced as monstrous propositions. “ Is it not an outrage,” continues the Standard, “on every principle of free government, for men of desperate fortunes. professing to represent ether States oa whose soil they dare not set their foot to make and enforce odious and oppressive laws on our people ? * * * If the independence of the Confede racy cannot be achieved by the strength of our population up to forty-five years of age, it is clear to any reflecting mind that it will not be done by placing in the army the few left, upon whose labor all are dependent for food. * * * Trust them no longer,” con tinues the Standard, and then goes on to compare the rebel ringleaders to Satan when he tempted Eve in Eden. “How have they deceived us !” concludes the Standard, “ the blood of hundreds of thousands of our poor children, smoking from the many battle-fields, and the cries of starving women and children, tell the tale. Will our people be longer deceived by those false prophets and arch deceivers ? Or will they not com mand the peace, and staunch these cries of blood ?” Were we to have a vision with respect to North Carolina, it should be, with all reve rence, less enigmatical than that of Ezekiel. We should see her taking her old place in the Union, and that at no distant date. We should see the Union demonstrations of Ar kansas and Tennessee repeated upon her soil. We should behold the just indigna tion, which now excites her people, deve loping each day ; juster appreciation of the Union which they have rejected; a deeper disgust of the egg-shell Confederacy they have taken up with. The wheel within a wheel down in North Carolina is working this way. That is very plainly to be seen. And this gives the strong and loyal North, and the loyal everywhere, be they weak or strong, North or South, to labor with re newed zest for the speedy reconstruction of the Union. The Draft, ordered by the President, will, in effect, be for about two hundred thousand men; allowance being made for those called out by the preceding proclama tion; WASHINGTON. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 31. Congressional Matters* Representative ElltAS Wabd, Of Wb% York, has been confined to his lodgings during the past W 6& by illness* The House Committee on Publio Lands have now under consideration the subject of railroad grants to Alabama, Florida* lowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Miieiesippi, and Wisoonsln. The law of 1656 provides that* in case the roads in the States enumerated shall not be completed in ten years, the lands granted shall revert to the United StatesK The committee have been instructed to in* quire whether it would not be just and expedient to extend the time of the grants, several of these States now being in rebellion against the Government. Alien Substitutes* The Hon. William Whiting, Solicitor of the War Department, has decided that aliens who are subjects of a foreign Government, having volunta rily enlisted in the servioe of the United states as substitutes for drafted men, are not entitled to be discharged from such servioe by reason of alienage, but may by the law of nations be held to perform their engagements without giving the Government to whom their allegiance is due just oause of com plaint. Senator Hale. Secretary Stanton, before the Senator Hals in vestigating committee yesterday, said, among other things, that Senator Hale asked nothing of him in relation to the release of Hunt from the Old Capi tol, whieh a councilior-atlsw might not, with perfect propriety, have asked of a judge, and that he yielded nothing Ip the application of Sena tor Hale that he would not have yielded to any respectable councillor, and that he considered him aeli as acting judicially in the matter. Speed of the Gunboat Eutaw. The United States gunboat Eutaw, without her armament, averaged eighteen and three quarter miles per hour yesterday, in a trial trip, - The French Tobacco. Some surprise is manifested here at the course of the British journals, in denouncing the permission given by the United States to the French Govern ment, in regard to the exportation of its tobacco. The commission was made at the request of the French Government, supported by the express re quest of the British Government. Destruction of the Propeller Tompkins* On Thursday night, the propeller Tompkins, em ploye d in carrying stores, caught fire at the wharf at Fort Washington, below Alexandria, There being powder on board, the officers and crew made their escape on shore, and the boat was oast loose. Between n and 12 o’clock the boat blew up with a tremendous explosion, the shook of which was felt in Alexandria and Washington. The Alexandria Gaxette says it was reported for several hours yesterday morning that the magazine at Fort Washington had exploded, but a messenger from the fort arrived at 9 o’clock and furnished the above particulars. No one was injured by the acci dent.' The amount of powder on board has not been ascertained. t Foreign Consul. The President has recognized Daniel Fbbbe Barredo as Consul of Nicaragua at New York. General Foster Believed. The order relieving General Foster of his com mand was issued on Saturday. Presents to the Kings of Siam. The Government has procured two magnificent and costly swords, intended as presents trom Presi dent Lincoln to the first and second kingc of Siam, in return for the handsome presents made to the President about a year ago. Bids for Flour. Bids for flour were opened to : day at the offlee of the Ddpdt Commissary. Twenty-eight thousand barrels of No. 2 flour were taken at $s 20 per barrel, and prices raging under that amount. Arkansas. The following important letter has been received here: Little Rook, Jan. 17,1864. To De. John Kirkwood—Dear Sir : The Conven tion is composed of most respectable men from va rious parts of the State. Some thirty counties elect ed delegates. In fifteen of them they voted at their ordinary precincts, without the presence of a single soldier. Nearly 6.000 votrs were cast. They are In session now, have engrossed the Constitution, and made Arkansas free forever—thank God! There was only one dissenting voice, Dr. Jacks, of Hele na. He was in favor of gradual emancipation. In great haste, yours, Ac., W. M. PISHB&CK. General Steele has officially recognized the Con vention, and seems to regard it as entitled tp great respect, both by hlmselfand the President, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. New York, Jan. 31 A special despatch to the Herald, from the headquarter# of the Army of the Potomac, states that an order has just been issued that new hospital arrangement# are to be made for the troops now in the field. The siok now in the army are to be sent to the rear. WEST VIRGINIA. A despatch to the Herald, from West Virginia, reports the return of Col. Campbell’s reconnoitring force from Romney* They met with no opposition. THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. Activity of Army and Ifavy—Firing from the Fleet into the City. Fobtbess Monboe, J*n. 30.—'The Richmond Rf** guirer of January 29th contains the following de spatches : Charleston, Jan. 28.—Five (belli were fired at the city Let night, Mid five fired at Fort Sumpter, nil of which .truck. The enemy are .till at work on the batteries at Cummins.’ Point, and hauling ammunition to the Gregg and Cumming.’ Point batteries. There ha. been no change m the position of the fleet. On the 20th inat. twenty-four .hot.,were fired at the city. Three monitors are anchored inside, between the Gumming!’ Point batterlei and Fort Sumpter. There was considerable activity among the fleet on the 24th. One shot per hour was fired on the city, and seven .hots on Fort Sumpter. One hundred and three fuse shell, were fired on the city on the 21st. FORTRESS MONROE. Fobtbbbb Mohbob, Jan. 29.—The following veasels have passed the guard ship in Hampton Roads: ' - . Brig Mountain Eagie, Oapt. Jarvis, Portland to Fortress Monroe.. „ _ Scbr. liavania Jane, Capt. Ketohum, new York to Fortress Monroe. Schr. Trade Wind, Capt. Ooenery, Philadelphia to Norfolk. , ' Scbr. Balloon, Captain Heilman, Pawtueket to Fortress Monroe. „ . Brig Storm, Capt. , Washington to Fortress Monroe. OUTWARD BOUND. Brig Hunter, Capt. Bell, New York to Fortress Monroe. Schr. Baltimore, Capt. Frank, Fortress Monroe to Baltimore. INWARD ROUND. _ , . Schr. White Cloud, Capt. Burge, New York to Fortress Monroe. , _ Schr. Barbara, Capt. Deoker, New York to For*/ tress Monroe. Ship John Brooks, Oapt. Bayfield, Washington to Fortress Monroe. Steamtug Titan arrived from Point Lookout with three refugees from Richmond and four deserters from the Union army. Twelve refugees from Wilmington, N. 0., arrived this morning, via the North Carolina blockading fleet. They escaped from Wilmington about five weeks ago. One hundred and thirty negroes arrived here to day from the plantation of Colonel Southern, of Maryland, (he who shot the lieutenant while re el tilting colored troops.) They were sent to Norfolk in charge of Dr. Brown, superintendent of Govern ment contrabands. The weather has been quite warm here for several d*sa. To-day the post office clerks and others are 1 ..thing in the waters of Hampton Roads. Fobtrkbs Monbob, Jan. 30.— Twelve refugees fiom "Wilmington, N 0., arrived this morning via North Carolina blockading fleet.'' They escaped Ciom Wilmington about five weeks ago. One hun di ed and thirty negroes arrived'here to-day from the plantation of Colonel Southern (he who shot the lieutenant while recruiting colored troops). They were sent to Norfolk In charge of Dr. Brown, super intendent of Government contrabands. Powder Mill Explosion. Bhnniwoton, Vt., .Tan. as. —The powder miU in this town exploded to-day. Four buildings were destroyed, but no person was Injured. There was hut tittle pvwia iu the building* at the tine. THE PKESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONHAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1864. A NEW DRAFT FOR 500,000 MBS, ORDER OF THE! PRESIDENT. Ordered that a draft for five hundred thousand men, to eerve for three year. or during the war, be made on the tenth day of Marsh next, for the military servioe of the United States, and-dedusting therefrom so many as may have been enlisted or drafted into the aervlee prior to the first day ot Marsh and not heretofore credited. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. CAPTUBE OF A SUPPLY TRAIN. ATTACK BY 2,000 REBELS. Evncuntion ol' Petersburg, New York, Jan. 31.—A epesial despatsh to the Berakl, dated Headquarters Department of Western Virginia, January 31, says: “ On Thursday night a train of eighty wagons was sent out from New Greek, laden with eommissary stores for the garrison at Petersburg. Accompany ing the train was an escort of eight hundred men, under Colonel Snyder. When three miles south of Williamsport the train was attaoked, at different points, by conoealed rebels two thousand strong. A hard fight ensued, lasting over four hours, at the expiration of which time we had about eighty killed and wounded. The enemy’s loss is said to be one hundred. The rebels had four pieces of artillery. A portion of the train was saved. “ On hearing of the engagement, Colonel Mulligan sent reinforcements to Colonel Snyder. “ Colonel Mulligan has received information from Colonel Thoburn that Petersburg is again being threatened, and that Early was reported to have moved in force, on Wednesday last, from the neigh borhood of Harrisonburg. “ The rebel generals Rosser and Gilmore are said to be again in the saddle. . " General Kelly is making arrangements to coun teract the enemy’s movements.” EVACUATION OF PETERSBURG—OUR TROOPS SAFE. New Yobs, Jan, 81.—A special despatch to the Herald, dated Headquarters, West Virginia, Jan. 31, says: The oommand of Colonel Thoburn, which composed the garrison of Petersburg, is now all safe. Late last night he evacuated bis position in conse quence of receiving information that the enemy in large force would attack him at daylight in the morning. The enemy did attack Petersburg this morning, and made regular approaches, and finally eharged, but found no opposing force. Colonel Tho burn was within bearing with his retreating column. Military affairs are now more encouraging. The weather is bad, threatening rain. General Milroy made a speech to-day, at Cumber land. He took an encouraging view oi the present state of affairs. PROGRESS OF THE CITCOIC SENTIMENT. TREASON AGAINST 4HE CONFEDERACY. IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS EXPECTED Newbbrn, N.' C., Jan. Sl.—ln speaking of the growing discontent among the people in North Carolina, and their desire to hold a State Con vention, the Wilmington Journal says: “We say most sincerely that plana are evidently concerted, and movements evidently set on foot in North Caro lina herself, which are ominous of graver con sequences than was ever the advance of the enemy.” The Raleigh Standard, In Its appeals to'the slave holders for peace, says: 11 We went to war to pro tect State sovereignty and to defend and perpetuate the institution of slavery ; but if it should appear that we are likely to lose both, as rational beings we should pause and consider well the direction which things are taking. “ If the war should continue twelve months longer with no greater sucoess to our arms, there is great danger that the institution will be hopelessly de stroyed.” Governor Vance; of North Carolina, eomes out in a card in the Raleigh Standard against the taxation of State property by the Confederate Government, The North Carolina and Virginia papers are firm in the belief that Wilmington will soon be attaoked, and have muoh to say about the concentration of the United States forces here, which are magnified into a very large number. Dr. J. S, Leach, the Conservative member elect in tbe Confederate Congress, which meets in Febru ary, says in the Raleigh Standard, of the 13th, that “North Carolina nowolaimsthe fulfilment of the compact, or the right to depart from the Confede racy in peace.” A great meeting was held recently In Johnson county, favoring a call for a State Convention. Meetings are being held in different counties fv voring the same object. The Raleigh State Journal says that the proposition for a State Convention, coming so close on the heels of Mr. Lincoln’s proposition to let one-tenth of the people form a State Government, has a very strong odor of disloyalty and treason about it. Tbe Henderson Timer is delighted at the reported retirement of Butler, and the reestablishment of the Department of North Carolina,.which, it lays, re moves the most serious obstacle to the return ol North Carolina to the Union. The Raleigh State Journal say*: “Our exchange! from all quarter! of the Confederacy admonish us that an advance hy Beast Butler, on some point on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, is probable.” THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. ADVANCE OF THE NATIONAL FORCES ON TUNNEL HILL, GA. Severe Cavalry Encounter near Sevierville, GEN. STURGIS WINS A VICTORY. The Rebel Repulse at Athens. SCOTTSVILLE, KENTUCKY, CAPTURED BY REBELS. Cincinnati, Jan. 29.—The Commercial has the following apecial despatch: “ Five Miles North of Tunnel Hill, Ga., Jan. 29.—General Palmer, with General Davis’ di vision, moved here yesteiday on a reconnolssance. “The 26th Kentucky and4th Mlohigan drove In the rebel. ’ advance pickets, and captured acompauy of rebel cavalry. “ The rebels retreated from Tunnel Hill during the night. They lost thirty-two killed and wounded. 11 Our loss was two wounded. 11 The objeot of the reconnoissance was effected. “ General Claiborne’s rebel division is above Tunnel Hill, on the Dalton road. The rest of the rebels have disappeared. They have probably gone to Mobile or Bast Tennessee.” EAST TENNESSEE. Washington, Jan. SO.—The following despatches have been received at the headquarters of the army here: Headquarters Military Division of the Mibsissiffi, Nashville (Tens.), Jan. 29. —Major General J. G. Foster telegraphs from Knoxville, Tens., under date of the 25th, at 9 A. M., as follows: “ I have the honor to report that the cavalry un der General Sturgis achieved a decided victory over the enemy’s oavalry yesterday, near the Fair Gar dens, ten miles east of Sevierville. “McCook’s division drove the enemy back about two miles, after a stubborn fight, lasting from day light untU 4 P. M., at which time the division charged with the sabre and a yell, and routed the enemy from the field, capturing two steel-rilled guns and ovSt one hundred prisoners. “ The enemy’s loss was considerable, sixty-five of them being killed or wounded in the oharge. “Garrard and Walford’s divisions came up, after a forced march, in time to be pushed in pursuit, although their homes were jaded. “General Sturgis hoped to be able. to make the rout complete. JOHN A. kawmns, 11 Brigadier General and Chief of Staff.” Another official despatch says: “Headquarters of the Military Division of the Mississippi, Nashville, January 29. On the morning of the 2Sth the enemy, six hundred strong, attacked our garrison of about one hundred at Athens. “ After a two hours’ fight the enemy was repulsed and driven. “ Our loss was twenty; the enemy’s was much greater. “Onthe27th,Colonel Miller had a severe fight on this side M Florence, repul.lng the enemy. Our loss was fifteen killed and twenty-five wounded. “ JOHN A'. RAWLINS, ~ “ Brigadier General and Chief of Staff.” THE REBELS IN KENTUCKY. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 30.— The Journal has the following further advices in regard to the affair at Scottaville, Ky.: Captain Gillum, of the 48th Kentucky, was com manding at Scottaville, with one hundred and fifty men, when Col. Hamilton, with five hundred rebels, attacked him. After a desperate fight Gillum surrendered Scotts vllle to Hamilton, on condition that private pro peity should be respected and his men paroled. Hamilton assented to this, but afterward* fired the courthouse, destroying all the publio documents. Gillum then informed Hamilton that he no longer considered the paroles of his men legal. Our merchant* have just received further Informa tion that Hamilton robbed several stores. Scottsville is the capital oA Allen county, Ken tucky, about one hundred and ten miles south of Louisville, and some ten miles from the Tennessee State line. It contains several churohes and stores, in addition to the usual county buildings. . DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. A Fight near Mobile—'Tlie Free State Con- A Mobile Bay letter, of Jan. 9th, In giving an ac count of an attempt to destroy a rebel steamer aground on the bar, reports quite a fight between Fort Morgan and our fleet. We received no damage, but were unable to get the eteamer out. A New Orleans letter says that Captain Mann, commanding a Federal gunboat, wa* oaptnredat St. Franoiaville by rebel cavalry soouts, and being itcognized ae the ex-engineer on the rebel gunboat McCrea, was sentenced to be shot. Repeated de ni and* were made for his release by the fleet, whioh the Confederates would not comply with, and the \ - .luge was shelled and entirely destroyed. Reports from Baton Rongo state the oapturs of a r outing party under Captain Earl. The same oor namdwt* w«« rapwtW *t Fort Hwi; Fxkotttitk Mansion, Washington, February 1,1864. WESTERN VIRGINIA. WORTH CAROLINA. Tennessee. ventlon. aon, and large reinforcement. £ad been sent to those places. The Free State Convection, for tbe nomination of candidates for State officers, will be held on the Ist of February. The names most prominently mentioned in connection with the Gubernatorial chair are those of Judge Whitaker and the Hon. Mlohael Hahn. The Hon. Mr. Durant oan have the nomination if he will accept it. A cavalry school, under the management or Col. Kelly, has been established In the ootton presses, at, New Orleans. The last of the fassous Kenner racing horses, confiscated by the military authorities, have been sold at auction, at prices ranging from $476 to $1,200. General Banka has pledged himself to the Free State Committee to so modify the Louisiana Con stitution as to exclude negroes from the representa tive basil. _ A MUTINY AT MOBILE. The Herald's New Orleans correspondent says that there is a rumor prevalent of a mutiny having taken plaee in one of the forts below Mobile, and tbat the mutineers repulsed a force seat to put them down, with great slaughter. The rumor probably arose from tbe fast of the great numder of disaf fected men known to be among the rebel troops In tbe forts, end from the fact of so many deserters having reaohed our fleet. These deserters report that a rebel oavalry regiment, six hundred strong, In the rear of W obile, refused to serve any longer. UNION REGIMENTS IN FLORIDA Two white regiments for the Union army are be ing recruited in Florida. NEW MOVEMENTS. A considerable force has been lent aeross Lake Pontobartaic, and a number of Government vessel! are manoeuvring about the mouth of the Fasov goula river. All ie quiet on the Teohe and Mlseiaslppl. A cartel for the exchange of all prisoners eaptured by Dick Taylor, has been agreed upon, and one for the exchange of those prisoners now In Texas is under favorable consideration. TEXAS. A Matagorda letter of the 17th January, reports that the rebel eavalry on the 13th inst. approaohed Indisnoia, but our troops formed in line of battle outside the town, when-the rebels skedaddled. An attaok was, however, expected shortly. KENTUCKY. Operations of Guerillas near Knoxville. Louisville, jani 30.—1 n pursuance of an order from General Schofield, several persons have been arrested here to-day for kidnapping negroes In Mis souri and selling them here as slave*, Some of these parties are also charged with passing altered green baeks. The commander of the district of Huntsville has ordered all ootton-buyerß out of hie diatriot, UNITED STATES SENATOR. The Kentucky Legislature adjourned, this morn ing, without proceeding to the election of a United States Senator. It being ascertained tbat, by the Constitution of Kentucky, the eleotion of Bram lette would necessitate a new Gubernatorial eleo tion, .the probability now Is that no election will be made until tbe fall session. An officer who hss just arrived from Knoxville reports tbat, about a week since, the rebels drove off about eight hundred head of Government oattle from'a point not three miles from Knoxville. He says that our army has gone into winter quarters, and that no attack is apprehended. Areconnois sance, made last Saturday and Sunday, showed that Longatreet had made a hasty retreat, and had gone beyond Danbridge. TEXAS AND MEXICO. A New Revolution lu Matamoros—Cortlnas again In Power—Juarez at Monterey, Re- tiring on Texas. New Yoek, Jan. 30.— The Evening Star has ar rived, with New Orleans advices of the 24th inst., via Havana on the 26th. Advices Itom Matamoros report another revolu tion, and that General Cortinas is again in power. He was placed second in command of tbe troops, according to the previous accounts, to maroh against Tampico, but used his power to mske himself Go vernor. There was considerable fighting amongst the Mexicans in Matamoros on the 13th. Gen. Herron, commanding our foroes at Browns ville, despatched the 20th Wisconsin and 94th Illi nois regiments and five pieoes of the Ist Missouri Artillery across the river. All but the 20th Wiscon sin bivouacked on the banks, but this regiment went almost up to the plaza, and spent the night in front of the residence of the American Consul, who, the next morning, wbb esoorted to Brownsville, toge ther with $2,000,000 belonging to Amerioan citizens and tbe United States Government. When Gen. Ruiz felt compelled to return to the Texas side of the river, he was aeoompanied by a large number of ble follower*, some two hundred of whom retained their arms, which they delivered up to the provost marshal of the post, as the command ing general could not permit armed foreign soldiers to remain on American soil. They were moat hos pitably received by our troops, who sympathized with them in their defeat, which waa owing to other oausea than a lack of courage. The fight on the night of the 13th was not very sanguinary. About thirty were killed and ninety wounded, on both sides. Cortinas had good artillery and good rifles, while Ruiz had unwieldy cannon and poor firearms. Of course the result was iu Cor tinas’ favor. Admiral Farragut, In the Hartford, arrived at New Orleans on the 22d. Cotton at New Orleans Is firm, with no advance. Sugar atook light, and prloes Hto Xo higher. Mo lessee dull and neglected, the aupply being of the poorer grades. Advices from Havana report Juarez at Monterey, and that he would retire to Texas if hard pressed. Tlie Chesapeake Piracy Case. St. John, N. 8., Jan. 30.— The Chesapeake case was resumed in the Admiralty Court to-day. The letter of marque to Captain Parker, of the Retri bution, was produeed by the prisoner’s counsel. Dr. Luke P. Blackburn testified to the genuineness of the signatures. Captain Thomas F. Davis, of Virginia, who says he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, and escaped from Johnson’s Island on the Ist Instant, was then sworn. He testified that, aciording to the practice of the Confederate service, officers authorized to do A particular duty have the power to delegate au thority to others, and that the parties waiting are treated by the Federate as prisoners of war. Alonzo G. Coleman, of Alabama, and Ethan Os born, of Kentuoky, privates of the Confederate ser vice, and who escaped from Camp Douglas on the 2d inat., testified to the same effect. Eben Lock, of Nova Scotia, a brother of Captain Parker, testified that he aaw Parker at Nassau, tu command of the Retribution, in May laet, and that he also aaw his commission from Jeff Davis, and that the paper produced in court was the same document. Without taking further testimony, the oourt ad journed until Monday next. Baltimore. Baltimore, Jan. 30.—Some suppose Mr. Joyce and young Frank Nicholson, who returned and were re-arrested in New York, after being sent South, will eventually be allowed to remain here altogether on their parole. Their alleged offence being editora of the Republican, wac In publishing the “Southern Cross” song. They are, however, strong Secession ist!. Numerous witnesses are coming forward to testify in the case of Colonel Fish. Major Halpner seems to givefull satisfaction in his administration of the provost marshalship. An unusual number of South ern refugees are daily arriving here, taking the oath. They tell doleful tales of suffering. A letter from a rebel in the Southern army near Richmond notifies his Baltimore friend that the money he gets for service is scarcely worth picking out of the mud, for he cannot keep himself in tobacco or fire up his pipe on his monthly pay. Gen* Grant at St* liouis. St. Lours, Jan. 30.—The dinner to Maj. General Grant, last night, was a most brilliant affair. Gene* rate Roseorani, Schofield, Osterhaus, McNeil, Bow en, Totten, Fisk, Gray, and a large-number of colo nels and officers of lower rank, were present, with Some 260 civilians. General Grant declined to extend his remarks be* yonda mere return ofthanksfor the honor conferred on him. _ Funeral of Col. King. Cincinnati, Jan. si.— The remains of Col. Ed ward O. King, killed at Ohickamauga, were fol lowed to the cemetery at Dayton this afternoon, by a large olvic and military procession. An appropri ate funeral discourse wss delivered to-night by Chaplain Montfort. Murder by a Drunken Soldier* Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. si.— A melanoholy af fair occurred at Maltoon, Illinois, this afternoon. A drunken aoldier attempted to force a citizen, named Stevens, to take the oath of allegiance. The latter denied his authority, when the soldier shot him dead. The soldier had served two years in the rebel army, and enlisted in the Union eerviee to get the bounty. It is understood that he will be imme diately shot. Much excitement exists over the oc currence, and it la feared that more violence may take place. _ Murder in Buffalo. Buffalo, Jan. 30.— Last evening, at the Central Ddpdt, as some substitutes were about leaving for the West, under oharge of dome soldiers of the New Hampshire Invalid Corps, a boy belonging to this eity was shot and almost Instantly billed by one of the corps, under the impression that he was a sub stitute attempting to desert. The affair created the greatest excitement and indignation againct the sol dier lor the reckless use of his musket. Tlie Interest on the State Debt. Harrisburo, Jan. 30. —Mr. McGrath, the State Treasurer, telegraphs to-day that the Girard Bank will pay one and a half dollars for one dollar In greenbacks, for interest on the State debt, on Mon day next. The Governor has signed the certificate to pay the Interest. New York* AK INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR. H. B. STANTON AND MABBHAL HUHBAT. Mr. H- B. Stanton, ex-deputy collector of cus toms, whose'sudden exit from the city recently caused so much newspaper comment, presented him self at the office of United States Marshal Murray, yesterday afternoon, and stated to that official that he had just returned from a short trip to the ooun tiv He further stated that he had called upon him tu make some inquiries. Upon this the following conversation ensued: Mr Stanton. Mr. Marshal, I have oome here to ascertain If yon have any charges against me. Marshal Murray. I have none. Mr. Stanton. — I auppose you do not arrest men on newspaper reports? Marshal-No, air. , Mr. Stanton Have you heard of any charges ae»lnat me 1 Marshal- —I have not; but I do not know what there may be in the District Attorney’s office. Mr. Stanton.—l am desirous of knowing what there is. I have oome prepared to meet any charges, and. if you have anything against me, I wish you to take me into custody. Will you be kind enough to accompany me to the Dlatrtot Attorney’s office? Marshal.—Certainly. The two proceeded to the office of the Dtetriot At torney, where Mr. Stanton made similar inquiries, 1 but learned there was nothing against him there, ' He then reiterated the statement that ha stood ready to answer any oharge that maybe brought [ ngftifuit Um, MEMPHIS. Cairo. Jan. 30.-The steamer HUlman, from Memphis, with date* to the S«ih, hie arrived. She bring* 200 tale* of cotton for the Eait and 100 .bale* for St. Louis. AJ*o, 360 re-enlisted volunteer* of the 12th Michigan, and a portion of the 3d Mtone aota, betide* a large number of soldiers from other regiment*, en route for homo on furlough. The steamer Patton wa* burned at Walker c Bend last Saturd *y. No live* were lost. The loss, including the valuable* on board, amount* to $25,000. Tbe boat was owned by Hart & Co., of Memphis. The guerilla* are again becoming troublesome at various point* along the river. Quantrell’s band 1* reported in the violoity of Gaines’ Landing, burning ootton and com and committing various depreda tion*, but no boat* have been fired on lately. The Ohio river continue* to rise, and is probably open to Louisville. Several boats cleared for J3t. Louis yesterday. Brigadier General Buokland ha* been assigned to the command of Memphis district, and Brigadier General Heed to tbe Cairo diatriot. Reception of Veteran Volunteers—Death of Governor Gamble^. St. Louie, Jan. 31.—One ot the largest and most enthusiastic meetings ever held in St. Louis assem bled in the Court-House Rotunda, last night,'to de -1 vise means for the proper reception of veteran vo lunteers. The veterans of other States, who arrive here en route|for home, are to be weloomedand en tertained the same as those belonging to Missouri. Governor Gamble died to- day. A heavy rain has been falling all day, with indi cation* of cooler weather to-night. Lower Canada. Quebec, C. £., Jan. 30.—Albert Rlohards, Solici tor General for Upper Canada, has been defeated on South Leeds in presenting himself for re election. THE REBEL PAPERS. THE LAW OF INSTALLATION. [From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 22.1 The following is a copy of the letter sent to Gene ral Wilde by the colonel commanding the forces on the Blaokwater, relative to the late measures of re taliation adopted by our military authorities in Eastern North Carolina: Headquarters Forces on Blackwatbr, Franklin, Ya., Jan., 1864. General Wilde, Commanding Colored Brigade , Norfolk, Stb : Probably no expedition, during the progress of this war, has been attended with more utter dis regard for the long-established usages of civilization, or the dictates of humanity, than was your late raid 'into tbe country bordering the Albemarle. Your stay, though shorty** marked by crimes and enor mities. You burned houses over the heads of de fenceless women and children, carried off pri vate property, of every description, arrested non combatants, and oarried off ladies in irons, whom you oonfined with negro men. Your ne gro troops fired on Confederates after they had surrendered, and they were only saved by the ex ertions of the more humane of your white officers. Last, but not least, under the pretext that he was a guerilla, you hanged Daniel Bright, a private of Company X, 62d Georgia Regiment (cavalry), forc ing the ladles and gentlemen whom you held in ar lest to witness the execution. Therefore, I have obtained an order from the general commanding for the execution of Samuel Jones, a private of Com pany B, 6th Ohio, whom I hang in retaliation. I hold two more of your men—in irons—as hostages for Mrs. W«eks and Mrs. Mundin. When these dies are released these men will be treated as prisoners of war. Col. JOEL R. GRIFFIN. MORE RETALIATION PROPOSED. (From the Savannah Republican, Jan. 21. ] ✓ The telegraph yesterday brought intelligence of the shooting down in cold blood of a number of our troops, by Burnside’s officers, in Tennessee, for no other reason than that the poor fellows had captured a clothing wagon and weie covering their nakedness with its contents. If such outrages be allowed, then we might as well have no Government at all, for it will have failed to protect its own soldiers who are fighting its battles. As many men as fell under the inhuman order should be forthwith taken from the Richmond prisons, and, without a word of threat or boast, made to pay tbe penalty and atone for the in human aot. Will it be done ? Mr. Fernando Wood’s Honor. We had occasion yesterday to correot Mr. Fer nando Wood’s readings of Borne incidents in the early history fort he Union. To-day we mustnotice the clumsy haste with which he strives—but in vain—to push off an Inconvenient inquiry. Mr- Kinney, of Utah, asked: 11 When vessels were detained at New York with arms of the rebels, did not the gentleman (Mr Wood) telegraph to the Governor of Georgia that he regretted exceedingly that he had not the power to release these ships? ll To this Mr. Wood replied: “The gentleman bad asked him Whether he did not, when Mayor of New York, send a communiov tlon to the Governor of Georgia, regretting that arms and munitions had been stopped at New York. He thanked the gentleman for favoring him with an opportunity to deny most emphatically and posi tively that there was any foundation for the accu sation other than this—namely, before the com mencement of the rebellion the police of New York stopped the departure of the Savannah steamers, with merchandise of every character—not arms, but merchandise. The Governor of Georgia did tele graph him at a time when the communication be tween tbe South and New York was uninterrupted, and wished to know whether it was by his order that the merchandise was stopped in transitu. He replied it was not, and that, 'under the laws of New York, the police was not responsible to the Mayor. And this was all.” Now this seems to be conclusive: Mr. Kinney was answered, and the patriotic Wood waa prepared to receive the condolenoe of the House.. Mr. Kin ney made only one little mistake, whioh Mr. Wood did not take the trouble to allude to. It was not the Governor of Georgia, but Senator Toombs, of that State, with whom Mr. Wood had the corre spondence concerning arms; and the following de spatches, printed in the New York journals for January 26th, 1861, will show how far Mr. Kinney was off the track: CORRESPONDENCE between senator too jibs AND MAYOR WOOD. “Millsdgbville, Jan. 24,1861. 11 To His Honor Mayor Woods ts Is it true that any arms intended for and con signed to the State of Georgia have Jbeen-seized by public authorities in New York 1 ? Your answer is important to us and to New York. Answer at once. R. TOOMBS.” To this the Mayor returned the following an swer : 1 11 Hon. Robert Toombs , Mittedgeville , Ga.: “In reply to your despatch I regret to say that arms intended for and consigned to the State of Georgia have been seized by the police of this State, but that the city of New York should in no way be made responsible for the outrage. 11 A* Mayor I have no authority over the police. If I had the power, I should summarily punish the authors of this illegal and unjustifiable seizure of private property. FERNANDO WOOD,” What a disgrace to the city of New York to be re presented by a person who has'so little regard for truth and honor!— N. Y. Post. Singular and Gross Outrage.—A singular case of assault on a private residence came to light yesterday. It appears that, at a late hour on the night of the 20th, two young men went to house No. 22 Irving place, occupied by Mr. James M. Jack son, andrang.the bell. An old lady, who happened to be up watching over a sick child, looked out of the window. Just at this moment the fire bells struck, and after inquiring “ Who’s there?” she asked if her son’s store was on fire. They said 11 Yes.” She called the gentlemen, and they immediately went out to the fire. Shortly afterwards the lady descended the stairs and opened the front door, when the two men referred to rushed in, and, running past her, went up stairs and entered a bedroom where two young ladies were sleeping. They then threw themselves on the bed, tore off the clothes, and attempted to drag the ladies oh to the floor. They screamed so loudly that Mr. Jackson, who was sleeping in an adjoining apartment, was awakened, and came into the room* Being a very powerful man, he seized the intruders and thrashed them both severely. They fought back with ferocity, but the superior weight of Mr. Jackson told, and they were bruised ana beaten to helplessness. The cries of the women continued until Officers Payieley and Simms, ol the eighteenth precinct, came up. The intruders were then given into their custody,* and the whole party went to the station house. One of the prisoners gave his name as Craig Wads worth, and said he was a son of Major Gen. Wads worth, of New York. The other gave his name as Honniwell, and says he came of a very respectable family in the city of Boston. They endeavored to explain away their conduct by saying they thought the house was a house of ill fame; they were very aDxious to apologize for their conduct also, but this did not save them. Sergeant Burden ordered them locked up, and the next morning they were taken to Jefferson market, and held to bail by Justice Bed with in the sum of $6OO each. It is a singular fact that this case was disposed of on the morning of the 2ist, but no rumor of it reached the ears of the reporters until yesterday. Somebody must have been deeply interested in keep ing it still,—New York World, 30th. Inconsiderate Correspondents.—There is no greater burden attaching to a membership of Con gress than the voluminous correspondence to which they are most unjustly subjected, and whioh, if attended to, occupies their whole time, to the'ne glect of their publio duties, not only in the House but upon the committees. They are regarded as agents upon whose time everybody has an equal claim, and are flooded with letters daily from their constitu ents, each demanding some servioe, and all requiring both time and superhuman labor. The whole thing is a nuisance. Not one member in twenty can attend to such correspondence and pay the least attention to his public duties, and constitu ents of member* should understand this, and save both themselves and. their representatives annoy ance. It is a little thing for Jones to write to the Hon. Mr. Brown \ but Jones should bear in mind that perhaps fifty others are writing to him alwr at the same time, and for him to attend to the wishes of all would be utterly Impossible. A little reflection on the part of the constituents of members would work a speedy correction of this evil, and enable them to devote their time and abilities to their legi timate duties.— Sunday Transcript , Panic Among thb Phase.— Dr. Northrop. who runs the " Guardian Society,” also officiates m some capacity (that or chaplain, perhaps) at Kalorama (smalt-pox) Hospital, and fills out hit busy hours by newsp&porial labors in the! House reporters’ gal lery. He is a good man, and mortifies the flesh by riding a hard-trotting horse with short stirrups. Well, it got whispered about amongst the reporters, the other morning, that Brother Northrop, then'and there present, and looking as calm as a summer’s morning, was fresh from his visitation to the small pox hospital, with pestilence doubtless distilling from every thread of his clothing and lineament of his beaming countenance. There was, of course, a hubbub and aaatteration amongst the press gang, each and every member of which fancied he felt the cold chills premonitory of small-pox running down Mb back. Tbey held their noses, and requested Brother Northrup to leave. Brother N. couldn’t see it, and stoutly maintained, with Councilman Raub, that the small pox travels in the air. The reporters went off in hot haste to see Speaker Col fax about it. Brother Northrop .held his ground. TJp came a missive notifying Brother N. that his room was considerably better than his company. Brother N. fell back in good order upon the ante room, grasping bis avenging gUlott in one-hand and a handful of stationery in the other. When last heard from, he was holding his own against heavy odds, and writing a many-paged protest to the Speaker.— Washington star. Putrid Fever.— This alarming disease has broken out in Ridley township, in Delaware county, Pa , nine cases, all terminating fatally within a few hours of the attack, having oeourred last week. Seven corpses were lying in the Immediate vioinity of each outer at one time. Three children out of one family were among the victims. All were chil dren with the exception of two. • Mr. Bkotawi* Thacxaba, who has, for more than twenty years, been connected with the business department of Messrs. Cornelius Sc Baker’s esta blishment of this city, has been admitted a partner in the firm of Messrs. Warner, Miskey, & Merrill, who will continue the Gas Fixture business, at their stores, in this city and New York. BNOiriaa Pictorials — MJ. j. J, Kroner, 403 : Chestnut street, baa sent us the Illustrated London 1 NewB, of January $ and 16,' (the first giving a good portrait of Thackeray,) and the Illustrated News of the World, same dates, with supplemental portraits of Queen Victoria, in her crown and royal robßs, srd of Lady Mary Cor.wen. We also have the two last copies of the London News of the World. Labor Salb Stocks and Reax. Estatb to* XbQttAft * Setti adveituMWftt.. Publication*. The Philadelphia' Photographer, for Fetiusryr P u ' > " lished by BeuermsD and Wilson, has for it* fcootl*- pieee a 'beautiful reduoHou, by photography, of »# wonderfully One engraving in Finden'i British Gal lery, of “ Happy a* a Ktog,” painted by William Collin*, K. A., father of Wilble Collins, the author. Among its literary content* Is a sensible paper “’On the Selection of Lenses for Photographic Use;” "A Plea for Heliograph;,” by M. A. Boot, which point* out the various use* to which photography may be applied, for use and beauty ; a very praotl cal 11 Letter to An Engineer, on Photography, a* Applied to Hl* Profession,” by Coleman Seller*; and an account of “ Photolithography, with Sliver Soap,” lately discovered at Vienna, Ths proceed ing* of the Fhotographio Society of Philadelphia appear in thi* journal; to the«e belong an elaborate “ Report on the Merit* of the Several Lenses Tor Landscape Photography,” by four members of the Society. To make this intelligible to the world, a glossary should have been given. Apia, nalic, Jamin Single View Lens, DaUemeyer triplet, Fite Lens, diaphragms, are phrase* which, unexplained, must be “ oaviare to the multitude.” We consider the Philadelphia Photographer as completely esta blished now. The present number Is deaidedly bet* ter than the first, and not only the profession and amateurs, but the public at large ought to patron ize it. Public Entertainments. Nbw OHBSTHDT-BTEBBT Theatre —“ The Vete ran” is. announced again, for to-night. Although ( »e hare never thought that this was the most suita ble play for the first appearance of a new company, yet we have conceded to the management the right to make their own ehoiee; and, whilst we refer with pleasure to the excellent manner in whieh the play has been placed upon the stage, we are very glad to state that the old novelty of “ The Tloket-of Leave Man" will be presented on Wednesday evening. The house during the week has been deservedly crowded, and the public look with interest to the Cibflt of those performers whom Mr. Grover holds in reserve. Walnut-strbrt Tiibatbb. Lucille Western commences her second week to-night. We have re ferred twice or thrice already to Miss Western’s improvements. Will she please Improve likewise In the singing of the song “ When other lips and other hearts ?” Will she -please no! eay shell for shall, ixcees for excess? This mispronunciation may seem t"o her a trifle, but we assure her it totally ruins the effect the song is intended to produoe. In this new piece which she announces we may have occasion to notice her more closely. Nbw Aboh-stbbbt Thbatbb.—Miss Charlotte Thompson piny in the “ Lady of Lyons” this even ing. There Is a superstition to the effect that the “Lady of Lyons” 1* played out, and that it is only used to patch up a play-bill. However true this opinion may be, we are positive that Miss Thompson will look very charming, and aot with her usual sweetness and discretion. National Circus.— The advertisement in this day’s Press announces tbefaot that the season at the Girons will soon close. The performances are varied and afford quite a pleasant entertainment for an evening. The double aot of equestrianism by Master JohnnyJWhltby, and his little sister Susanna, is one of the moat pleasing, fairy-like scenes In the ring. Zogbaphicon. —The beautiful moral included in this picturesque entertainment has already been laid before the eyes of many curious visitors. The lee ture room of Concert Hall will remain open for this purpose during the present week. THE CITY. Theimo] JANUARY 30, tB6B, | 6 a. h 12M....5P. m.i 32 40 40 sby W SW SW 1 JANUARY 31, 1863. 6 A. H 12 M 3 P. H. 34.40 40 SW SW.. The School of Design.— The School ol Deßign is an institution started in Philadelphia so veral years since; but to be entirely effective It should be conducted on the most liberal scale. Ef forts have been made to enlarge its usefulness, and thus secure to a greater extent the laudable objects of the institution. So far* they have met wilh me rited success. Recently, premises have been pur chased at the corner of Filbert and Merrick streets. The intention is to improve the same in a style that will reflect credit upon the liberality of the people. The small sum of s2o,ooois all now required to com plete the improvement. A subscription list has al ready been opened, and already a number of gentle men have responded in a handsome manner. Joseph Harrison, Esq., and Wm, J. Horstman, Esq., have recorded the subscription of $l,OOO each, to be bind ing if eight similar amounts are subscribed. Thousands of dollars are squandered, weekly in this city, while many opulent persons hoard up their surplus revenue, until the scythe of death is about to sever their eaTthly ties, when they find it conve nient to will their money to various institutions as a sort of consoling passport to heaven. It would be lar better for the living who can afford to do so, to contribute during life to the erection and maintain ing of such institutions as are calculated to assist the great human family in working out the grand problem of life. Such an institution as the one in question is worthy of consideration. The instruc tion therein obtained by the female sex is such as will make them, to some extent, independent. It is contended by many persons, who are apt to take only a visionary view of things generallv, that women ought not to work. A mistaken "notion truly. In the sohool in question, drafting of designs for the various mechanic'arts is taught, and the re sults already attained exhibit at once the peculiar facility with which the females can accomplish the work. For designs of dress patterns, wall paper, &c., the female mind is more suited to suoh a task than that of the other sex; therefore it is a faculty that ought to be cherished and brought into practical effeot. While on this subject, we may oall the attention of manufacturers generally to the Philadelphia Sohool ol Design. It ft a fact that we have men In our midst who go to other cities for designs when they might procure better or more original ones in Phila delphia. Let the School in our city be properly supported, and it will speedily take rank among the highest order of institutions in our country. The directors are well known in Phila delphia, to whom subscriptions may be made: Jo seph Harrison, William Bucknell, P. P. Morris, James H. Orne, James L. Claghorn, Wm. Sellers, Redwood F. Warner, Joseph Jeanes. Ohas. Gibbons, Eli K. Price, David S, Brown, and William J. Horst* man—or to T. W« Braidwood, the principal, at the school, 1334 Chestnut street. The seventy.eighth annual meeting ot the “The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Publio Prisons” took place on Thursday evening, 28th ult. Hon. Joseph R. Chandler pre sented the teDth annual report, and bis remarks in reference to our present system of selecting magis trates maybe the meanß of directing public atten tion to a speedy and radical reformation. The report will soon be published in pamphlet form, and copies can be obtained gratuitously from any member of the society. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year* Officers of the Society. —President, James J. Bar clay ; vice presidents, William Shippen, M. D , Jo seph R. Chandler; treasurer, Edward H, Bonsall 5 secretaries, John J. Lytle, Edward Townsend; counsellors, Henry J. Williams, Charles Gibbon. Members of the Acting Committee .—Charles Ellis, William S. Perot, Thomas Latimer, John M. We therill, Abram C. Brown, Benjamin H. Pitfield. JamesE, Kaigbn, Alfred H. Love, Jeremiah WUlits. William H. Burr, George Taber, Wm. L J. Kidulin, Isaac Barton, Mahlon H. Dickinson, William In gram, James Peters, Robert E. Evans, Charles Palmer, Charles P. Perot, Abram Martin, William Armstrong. M. D.; William Nicholson, Charles W* Funk, Philip P. Randolph, Samuel Townsend, Al bert eh Rowland, Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Rev. Lewis C. Newman, Wm. Warner Caldwell, Henry Perkins, George M. Eikioton, Wm. R. Mac Adam, J. M. Corse, M. D.;E. Griffin, M. D.; Wm. Hacker! John H. Watt, Rev. J. H. Beckwith, Geo. MilUken, Thomas A. Robinson, John Klein. The City Bounty.—The amount of boun ty paid out during the part week was very heavy. The veterans of the 82d and 26th Pennsylvania Vo lunteers were in the rotunda of the bank building, where the city treasury is located, awaiting their turn to receive the bounty provided for them by the city, up to a late hour on Saturday evening. This money is based upon a loan yetto be made, the time of the advertisement therefor not yet having trans pired. Of course, the raising of the money devolves aa much, or more, upon the personal efforts of the City Treasurer than upon those of an official charac ter. Che arrangement made with banks and pa triotic gentlemen by the City Treasurer thus enables him to cash the warrants as they are handed in. If he simply acted as City Treasurer alone, without infusing patriotic''interest into the department he so ably fills, the soldiers’ warrants would be hawked about the streets, for there would not be any money in the treasury to meet them. Thus the paper of the city would go below par; but this is happily pre vented by the individual exertions of Mr. Bamm, who has thus proven himself the soldier’s friend. The amount paid out for bounty during the past week was over three hundred thousand dollars. The City Councils will, in all probability, have to ' order another loan to meet the emergency. The furore for enlisting In the aervice of the country is getting warmer. Just as soon as the subject is made one of more importance than the every-day labor of life, then will the million'spring to arms and go forth to battle. This is simply a business transac tion. Enlistments were never more active than they have been during the past two or three weeks, and now, while the iron 1b hot, let the authorities put in the blows on the anvil of patriotism, and make the sparks of liberty diverge and illumine the country at large, Recruiting. —Volunteering in this city has been' considerably better alnce the extension of the draft than was expected, and at present the pros pects of Philadelphia filling her quota by the re quired time are very bright indeed. This announce ment will, no doubt, be a source of great joy to the hearts of the unlucky beings whose names remain in the wheels to be drawn from, The laxge boun ties paid by the city and the different wards, have so far produced a good effeet, and it is more than probable that the desired end will also be gained. During the past month no less than 2,406 men have been enlisted In and oredited to Philadelphia. Thi* is exclusive of the veterans who have re-enlisted, which will swell the number considerably. For the weekending January 30th, there were 947 men mus tered into the service for three years or the war, as follows: x Mustered in by United States officers for old regi ments, 257; new regiments, 414 ; colored regiments, 44; regular army, 10 ; enlisted and mustered in by Provost Marshals, 222 ; total, 947. The above men were from the following places: Philadelphia—lst ward, 2; 2d, 4; 3d, 3; 4th, 2; sth, 32; 6th, 2; 7th, 104; Bth, 101; 9th, 3 ; nth, 93 ; 12th, 147:13th, 2 ; 14th, 3 ; 15th, 17; 16th, 9 ; 17th, 66 5 18th, 11 ; 19th, 2; 20tb, 21; 22d, 162; 23d, 69; 26th, 1; total, 836. Outdde of City:—lst ward, Allentown, 3; Mil lerstown, 1; Westchester, 3; Chester 00., s;Easton, Bush kill ward, 1; Lehigh ward, 5; West ward, 4; Carboodale, 1; Fremont Townsbio, 10th dlstriot, 2; Bth district, 14th sub-district, 6 ; 48th sub distrlot, 2; 9th district, Slat sub-district, 2; 34th sub-district, 2 24th sub-district, 2; 49th sab-dlstriot, I:l6th sub-dis dict, 17; 33d sub-district, 4:52d sub-dlstriot, 8;total, 68. New Jersey—Hunterdon 00., 16, Essex co., 14: Warren 00., 11 ; Gloucester co., 2; total, 43. Grand total, 947 men. K aval.— Business at the Navy Yard has been very briik during the put week, owing to the cold weather having paeaed away for the time be. log. The large steamer which la under prooew oi construction in the upper ahlp-houee now presents a huge appearance. Thl. vessel Is worth visiting, a* it is the largest which has ever been built In this city. Numerous other vessels are also undergoing repairs, several ol which will leave during the pro tect week. The gunboat Yantlo, In the lower snip, house, li nearly finished, but will not be lsunohed before spring. Drowned Man Found. —The body of i an unknown man wu found floating In the dock of the Pennsylvania Ballroad Company, above Wash, ington avenue, on Saturday. He appeared to have been in the water over a month. Nottiing could be found on hii person to Identify him. TBe was about CO yean of age, S feet V or h inches high, with large black whiskers, and had on a pair of black panes, English walking tie shoes, blue stocking., white knit under and white muslin bvershirts, gray jacket, and a black vest, of a small block pattern. Coroner ’J aylor held an inquest on the body, but qq faat. were elicited relative to hla name or death. Accident. —About nine o’clock on Satur day night, Daniel CJlowney fell over the waU nr a culvert at the Falls of Sohuylkill, hutting his head SMSBRasssasr- »ssa imeter. | JANUARY 30, 1864. 16 A. M..... 12 H.... 3 p. M. 40.. 40..... 39 WIND. E by N...ENE ENE JANUARY 31, 1864. 6 A. *B- . ..12 H... ..3 p. M. 38 39^.......41 wind. NE ENE E l Literature fok the Soldier*.— "We have made eeveral appeals to the P ub y?Jj£ the Midlers, who desire books, pamphlets, ted papers, fco.iforireadlng purposes, —® K* *£* HfleS (that suoh appeals were .-sot tu vsltt. In ref£ teDoe to the same subject, we call attention to *• advertisement In this V* Press, and atto t°«“ following g gAWITARY OosrwwroN. Brandt Station, JAb. M. T. Harris Perot, President tosupplr Dbab Sir : II you have It in your power the hospitals of this army with wni hj| pamphlets, and illustrated papers, they thankfully received. You oau ccaroMy the avidity with whieh the poor sick Midler eelxeeupoa CCK hI reading matter. It is equalled only by thOflU* Sculty-of getting it. Towy, JoHWSOI f. Thunder Storm. — There was considera ble liehtnins and thunder on Saturday morning, ai Interval*, from two until five o’clock. About tha latter hour there were three very severe shook*, ui ibVsnutbem part of the oity. The large fttg-staff on ♦b« pUiostllronWork*, at fifth and Morris streets, wsa^hivered'by an°electrlc lt that turn other places were also strucK. xne wires of ?he Fi?eAla?m and Police p“rt what injured, on Richmond etteet, to the uppM psrt of the oity. The elemental war with hsii itonec, conical sham;, and very large. But little damage was done by therm 1“ fact, the hwd did not fall for a longer period than two or tnree minutes. They seemed to have oome like * of grape and canister, from the battery of Jupiter, and then all wa* over. , A Soldier Drowned. —A soldier, aug nosedtobe named Franz Koltz, was drowned lath* iiier Delaware, at Maiket-street wharf; on Saturfay morning. He had with him a spaniel dog, that als» ■mane Into the river and attempted to save m* drownWg owner. It it believed .that longed to Company A, Of felt Whether he committed suicide or acoldentalg into the river has not been accurately asoeria™.. It Ic believed, however, lhat the sad event waa purely accidental* Ban Awat.—Two horses attached to a farmer’s wagon took rrlght on Saturday, In th» neighborhood of Fourth and Coates street, ana raa down Fourth street. They had not gone farbetore they oame In contact with another wagon, turning it completely around, and throwing two boys Who escaped Injury. This broke their speed, mutts a young man who was passing by at the time tows advantage of by grasping them by the reins was dragged a short dlstanoe before they could be stopped. MuiTARY. — Companies C and D of the Mth Regiment U. S. Colored Troops were mustered into the service last week, by Capt Wm. B. Lanm S the Id U. S. Cavalry, chief mustering offloer In thifolty. He alio muttered out of service, on the iSiS tiJo following six-months oavsliy oompsnlee, “®’ nomuanv B? Captain Samuel Comfort, Jr., and Company l-i Captain Michael B. Stricter, Jr, Received Bounty Money.—l2o men provost marshals, received last week from capt. Wm. B. Lane, United States army offl cer, the advance Government bounty of *l**7 dol lars and one month’s advanoe pay. In conjunction with this they also receive tha bounties paid by tne city And the ward to which they are credited* The 98xh Regimeet P. V. —Tlufl rogi ment. under the command of Col. John B*Ulfl£« having re-enlicted for the war. are expeoted to ar rive in Philadelphia to-morrow morning- They wiu leave Harper’* Ferry thi* morning. MMt-ryamj civic bodies Intendingto pMttoipate in tire wept!on are requested to report to-day to AdjutjrotLouls J. Lardner, at the Military Hall, on Third, below Green streets Man Stabbed —Late on Friday ulgbt disturbance took place at a tavern near Eighth MM Christian streets. A young man named James Me- Oann received a cut in the clde of hie neck, and also two or three upon his arms. Another mau was ssld to have been out at the came time, but not seriously injured. McCann wa* taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital on Saturday. Run Over. —About half past 6 o'clock last evening, a man, named Bryant Buckley, aged 60 year*, was run over by a car on the Bidge-avenue and Msnayunk railroad, and had his left foot crushed and hi* right leg badly bruised. It »PPe«. he was drunk at the time, and lying with his legs across the track. He was taken to St. Joseph • Hospital. Departure of the Monitor Sanga mon —The U. S. monitor Sangamon left the navy yard about four o’clock yesterday morning, with the tide, for parts unknown. While at the navy yard she wa* placed in the dry-docks, and received a thorough overhauling. She wa» also painted, and now pretents a very fine appearance. Badly Burned. —Between one and two o’clock yesterday morning a man named James Me- Elwee, aged forty years, residing at No. 907 Norik Nineteenth street, while in a state of intoxication, was badly burned by the bed taking, fire. He wa* removed to St. Joseph’s Hospital. - Hl* wire was also slightly burned at the same time. Another Counterfeit Note. The community are cautioned against a dangerous coun terfeit note, well calculated to deceive, on the Bank of North Amerloa, of this oity. It 1s a ten-dollar note altered from a genuine 41, with a vignette of Washington surrounded by soldiers* These, notes made their first appearance on Saturday afternoon. Prices Advanced.—The horse- shoers of of this city are about advancing the prloe of shoeing twenty-five cents per set. The charge hereafter will be $S for a full set of shoes. This action has been taken inconsequence of the increased price of iron, which is now selling at $175 per ton, which-is more than double the rate ruling before the war. Fed.—A squad of sailors, numbering about one hundred, arrived in this city from New York, on Friday night last, and were fed at the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Supreme Court In Banc—-C. J. Woodward, and Justices Strong, Agnew, and Read. Beaver Geddes et al. vs- Jenkins. Northumber land county. Argued by W. M. Rookafellow and J. W. Comly for plaintiff in error, and by W. C. Lawßon and J. B. Packer for defendant in error* The.court then adjourned. A Supreme Court at Hist Prius—Judge Thompiom E. B. EVANS AND THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB. Rowland E. Evans vs. The Philadelphia Club. This Is an application on behalf of complainant, made by Geo. W. Biddle, Ecq , his counsel, for an alterna tive mandamus against the Philadelphia Club, to compel themto reinstate him In his rights of mem bership in the Glub, he alleging that he has been illegally deprived of them by a vote of expulsion, or that they show cause why he should not be rein stated. The writ was granted, returnable the fourth Monday of February. After hearing other motions of an unimportant character, the court adjourned. District Court—Judges Slmnwood, Stroud' and Hare Hoff et »1. vs. R. A. Smith, oily contractor. This was a cage of attachment against Dr. MoOlin tcck, late city treasurer, in which a decision was made on Saturday, of considerable Importance to the numerous workmen formerly employed by Con tractor Smith, under his contract for cleaning the atreeti, In June last Councils authorized an Instalment of $6,000 to be paid for street cleaning for the month of May previous. Smith was, however, required to give a guarantee that the money should be applied In payment of th» laborers’ wages, which he failed to no. Dr. McOlintock then gave the guarantee, and in his official capacity as treasurer, proceeded to disburse the fund, without profit to himself, among the workmen. The plaintiffs sought to attach these moneys, and apply them in payment of some claim of their own against Smith, for repairing certain machines. The case was argued by J. A. Simpson for plain tiffs ; ‘E. K. Nichols for McCltntoek; and by 12. H, ■Weil for Smith. The court, in making a deolsion, held that the plaintiffs could not attach, because the money be longed to thq workmen, ana that the giving of the guarantee by Dr. McOlintock was a compliance with the ordinance of Councils. Court of Common Pleas-Jndge Thompsen, In this court nothing was done beyond hearing motions and disposing of the usual Saturday’s lists. .Court of Quarter Sessions—Judge Allison. Judge Allison sat on Saturday to hear habeas cor pus cases and close up the odds and ends of the busi ness of the term just closed. Among the eases partially heard on haheasoorpus. was one in the case of a grandmother, who took the writ for the purpose of obtaining the custody of her grandchild, Rosanna McElroy. The proceeding was directed against the Rev. Mr. Beckwith, who had obtained the child from her intemperate mother. It was alleged on behalf of the relator that Mr. Beck with, when first applied to, said he had the child In bis euitody, but that subsequently, when he heard that a writ of habeas corpus was about to be taken out, he at cnoe plaoed the child with a family in New Jersey, out of the jurisdiction of the court. The case has been pending some weeks, and has been continued from time to time. In the interim the father of the child, who - had volunteered in the army, and was believed to be dead, reached the oify as a re-enlisted veteran, and was made a party to the writ, Mr. Beckwith having refuted, as is alleged, to give him information as to the exact abode of his child. The case went over on exceptions tq the return to the writ, and will be argued next Saturday. O’Byrne for relator; F. O. Brewster for respondent. Andrew McLaughlin, oonvieted during the term of embezzlement, in collecting twenty-four dollars of bis employer’s money, anu appropriating the tame to Mb own use, was aalled up for sentence. He stated to the court that he was a man now more than fifty years old, and with a family to support; that hebad lived thirty years In PhUadelphla, ami during that time had never before been before a court of justice. He asked to be discharged without punishment, upon payment of the costs and refund ing the amount he was convicted of having embez zled. Judge Allison said be could not consent to this, as the twenty-four dollars was notr all his em ployer, Mr. John Oates, claimed to have lost bv him. His losses, as he testified, were some ten or twelve hundred dollars. Under these circumstances the judge said he could not let the oate pats hrlthnut Imposing a. sentence. McLaughlin was then sen tenced to undergo an imprisonment of six months The February term of the Quarter Sessions be gins to-day, and will be held by Judge Ludlow THE POLICE. (Before Ur. Alderman WhltcUP *'• Store Robber Arretted. On Friday night, as Wm. H. Conrad, an insudetor of oustoms, while attending duty on the wharf re ceived information that four men were, breaking into the store of Mr. Dailett, on the wharf near - Fine street. The Inspector Immediately proceeded to the etore and found four men trying to break in' there. Mr. Conrad went for assistants, and met Officer Ferguson, of the city police, and Informed •' him of the affair. The two men returned to, the. store, hut the despoilers could not be seen. Pre sently a colored man emerged from, the establish. ’ ment, having on his shoulders a bagotooffeaffs, was at once taken into custody. Kg gave the name, of Isaao Waterford. On Saturday the defendant, was arraigned at the Union-street Station. aftar which he was committed to answer at const. [Before Ur. Alderman Beltler. ] Alleged Horse Thieves. Detectives Lamon and Henderson on arraigned at the Central Station twiMMm*!rtES£ tie names of William King sad William Qur? n on the charge of stealing a pair of horses, y afoa3?l $1,400, the property of Mgr, John A- B-iJhe? 1 5? Geoigetown Heights, D. ©; The defehdslnm arrested In the vicinity of Eleventh stieets. The horses wei&found at-dlfferent itablM and are In; the possession, of the officers mho cused were committed-to await thereonismnn the authorities of the District ot OolumS!l ttioa of [Before Ur—Alderman Bctighertx 3 Brutal Assault oa a Sailor - John Robinson, the mate of. the English ‘shin in*. toiia, was arraigned on fc aturday oathe ohMsiVff committing a brutal assault and battery S t sailor on board, the same. It ia alleged tho thei sailor was asleep, and ou being oalledupdid“ epond as quickly as the mate thought he JbmußL wh «e u fK>n the latter dragged him out of hiijbertfo and Uicted him in the faoe, infooMne euoh tetarlel einea “ ce ««y to remove the o? st^to T^we?Ml^ Und °™ * «* [Before Hr. Alderman. Whits,] l lU'gs l Knllstmenta. *L«otored man, warn arrested oa w, r Vv!i? StS?*!? 1 ..® 1 ® °h* r ff e of enlisting colored men -rvX. - efft P Bnt being organized in New was taken into oustody at having with him four men. ot * i ’ woto » w * it %
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