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%MINTON, Dec. 20,—Thhe MOM
ingt at six o'clock, a portion of Gen.
McCall's division proceeded in the
direction of Drainsville, on a foraging
efiledition, and for' the purpose of
making a reconnoissance in that lo-
Drapisville is about mrdway•
between McOalPs Readquarters• and
Leesburg. On arriving in that vi
cinity they encountered the enemy,
who pact four regiments of Infantry,
South Carolinians, Alabamians, and
Kentuckians, with one battery of six
pieces, and a regiment of Cavalry, un
der command of Gen. Stewart. The
only troops on our part engaged in
the affair at Drainsville were Ord's
Brigade, the First Rifles and Easton's
battery of four guns. At four o'clock,
after the action, Gen. McCall sent
two officers to count the rebels killed
and wounded, when it was ascertain
ed they had left on the field fifty-sev
en killed, and twenty-two wounded.
Three of the latter died on being re
moved, making their loss sixty killed
•and nineteen wounded, making a
total of seventy-nine killed and
wounded, and they no doubt carried
off many more.
They also left nine horses killed
or disabled. The enemy were com
pletely routed and fled precipitately
after a fight of an hour and a half,
leaving two cannon and a quantity
of small arms, blankets, great coat,
etc., more than our troops could
bring away.
Our men also brought in some
prisoners besides the wounded. Our
loss is, as near as can be ascertained
at present, about ten killed and fif-
Oen wounded.
The exp edition
kn returned to their
camp at T gley's, at nine o'clock to
night.
General McCall, in a despatch re
• ceived at Headquarters to-night, says
too much praise cannot be given to
General Ord for his gallantry and
skill throughout the day. Easton's
battery was admirably served, and
Aid good execution. The rifles also
behaved finely.
If any conference has taken place
between Lord Lyons and Secretary
Seward, it has been .of an informal
and confidential character, as no
official communications have passed
between them with reference to the
Trent affair.
A brief despatch from Major Gen
eral Halleck to the army headquar
ters confirms the truth of the report
ed successes of Gen. Pope's expedi
tion in Missouri.
In the court martial trying Col.
Kerrigan to-day, the principal wit
ness was Maj. Savage, who testified
to the Colonelbeing in the habit of
dining at Bailey's Cross toads, it be
ing at that time an outpost of our
army. The court adjourned till Mon
day.
THE HEW TREATY WITH mum
Its Prowldeas and Conditions—Proba
bility °tips's' being left to Fight Mex
ico Moo,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Among the
papers relative to Mexican affairs,
transmitted to the Senate yesterday,
and referred to the committee on
Foreign Affairs, was the project of
the treaty with Mexico, sent home
by Mr. Corwin, the provisions of
which are of the utmost importance.
Its confirmation would, it is be
lieved, cause the withdrawal of the
English and French fleets from the
Gulf, and leave Spain to fight alone
her old colony.
It is understood that the proposed
treaty provides, on the one hand, for
the payment of eleven million dollars
by our Government to Mexico, ap
plied to the satisfaction -of English
and French creditors, and, on the
other hand, for a grant to the United
States of extensive commercial priv
ileges and a right of transit across
Mexican territory for our troops and
munitions of war.
All the foreign diplomats agree
that the Trent affair can be settled
by diplomacy, and that there is little
danger of war.
It is thought that the treaty will
be speedily confirmed, so that it can
be transmitted to 'Vera Cruz in sea
son. w.
Arrival of the Steamer Amerioa--War Prep
lotions is England Unabated--Anti-War
Meeting in Dublin—The British Govern
ment and the Oottnn Ports--France to
Remain Neutral, &o.
ITArJFAx, Dec. 21.—The steamer
America, from Liverpool for New
York, put in here thiS morning at six
o'clock, short of coal. She has for
ty-five passengers for New York, for
which port she will sail about ten
,o'clock, and be due there on Monday.
Her dates via Queenstown are to the
9th inst.
The warlike sentiment and prepa
rations in England were unabated.—
A large anti-war meeting had, how
ever, been held in Dublin. Bread
stul closed quiet at Liverpool on
fixiday, and provisions were firm. Con
sols closed on Saturday at 891,®80for
money. _ _
QIIRENSTOWN, December B.—Cotton
at Liverpool was fiwer yesterday,
but unchanged in prig, with sales of
5,030 bales. Breadstuffs closed steady
and Provisions firm.
The British Government has sent a
letterapproving of the course of Corn
pander Williams, the Mail agent on
hoard the steamer Trent.
,The Paris papers assert that the
British Government, in answer to
the petitions from the manufacturing
districts, stated tbst the co ;ton ports
would be opened by ebruarY at the
latest.
The Countees of Canning, wife
of - the Governor General of India
died at Calmat?. on the 18th of No
ftirliament has been further pro-
rogaedi t . 7th of January. It
is stated that orders for the purchase
of half a million quarters of wheat
have firitk t0,#19 1411011 t Sea ports,
Sem
7omithe4 within the past w
days, for the ' present and for future
shipment..
The iron plated steamer Warrior
was taking in 760 tons of coal, pre
paratory to her' being dispatched for
service on the North American coast.
A considerable number of additional
English troops are to be sent to Can
ada.
The Hero, eighty-six guns, was to
leave Portsmouth on the Bth instant,
for the North American station.—
The ship, Silas Greenman, for New
York, was stopped in the Thames,
having one hundred tons of lead on
board, the export of which was pro
hibited.
FRANCE—The Constitutional, Patrie,
Debats, and several other French
journals, say that France will re
main neutral in the event of a war
,between the 'United States and Eng
land.
Late News from East Tennessee—Brown
low in Prison—Others Persecuted.
Colonel Trigg, an East Tennessee
patriot, left Knoxville two weeks
since, and, with his son and six gen
tlemen, arrived at Louisville on IV ed
nesday. He represents the condition
of affairs in East Tennessee as despe
rate. The Union men, although com
pelled to remain silent and undemon
strative, are firm as a rock, and true
as steel to the good old Government,
but their fideiity daily cost them
dear. They are subject to all sorts of
annoyances, and persecutions, and it
is almost as much as a man's life is
worth to express a Union sentiment.
Arrests for the most trifling pretexts
are made, and it seems to be the in
tention of the rebels to crush out ev
ery evidence of a Union spirit in that
part of the State.
The day preceeding the one on
which Colonel Trigg left Knoxville,
Brownlow had an interview with
General Crittenden relative to his
conveyance to the Federal lines in
Kentucky, as Benjamin, the rebel
Secretary of War, had, in a letter to
General C., declared his willingness
that Brownlow should leave Confed
erate soil; stating that he considered
him far more dangerous there than
in the Federal army. In accordance,
then, with this view, General Critten
den ordered a company of cavalry to
conduct Brownlow to General Zolli
coffer's camp, from whence he could
make his way to the Federal lines;
and upon the strength of this order—
which Brownlow took the precaution
to have committed to paper—he made
every preparation to leave. But his
disappointment can best be imagined
when be was taken prisoner the fol
lowing evening, on a warrant issued
by a rebel Commissioner, named Rey
nolds, an unscrupulous rascal, who
was only too glad of any excuse to
deprive the brave patriot of his liber
ty. ,
Apprehensive of his own safety,
Col. Trigg, and party immediately set
ont, and after severe travel, and sev
eral adventures, succeeded in reach
ing Kentucky without other loss
- than three horses and three pairs of
saddle bags, captured by ten or a
dozen secession marauders. There
are about fifteen hundred rebels sol
diers in Knoxville, well armed, and
comfortably clad in rough jean
blouses, but without overcoats. This
number includes one company of cav
alry and one of artillery. There are
seventy or eighty Union men in jail
in the city, forty-eight of whom had
just been sent to Tuscarrfa,
where, it was rumored, a peteitentiary
had been established, and - Union pris
oners set to work.
Thirty-five Union prisoners arrived
in Knoxville as Colonel Trigg left,
and it was supposed that thqy were
taken in Carter and Johnstors coun
ties.
Another Account.
Colonel Kimball, of Indiana, who took
part in the recent battle at Cheat Moun
tain, says of the affair : We lost thirty
men killed, and rather more than that
number wounded. Of the enemy, over one
hundred and fifty dead bodies were found
in the entrenchments by our men before
Colonel Kimball left ; among them was
that of a Colonel, supposed to be Colonel
Johnston. who commanded. On Saturday
night a party of Colonel Kimball's scouts
brought in nine prisoners, among whom
was the noted Colonel Stern, or Sterm, who
has been one of the most active leaders of
the guerilla bands in that country. Two
Colonels, and probably five hundred killed
and wounded, with thirty prisoners, make
up a very handsome victory, and the ene
my confesses it by burning up their camp
and scattering in every way. We lost
nine prisoners, of the Ninth Regiment, by
their headlong disposition to get ahead of
the regiment. Our total loss, we suppose,
is about seventy, in killed, wounded, and
prisoners.
Arrival of a Prise dip.
Nriv YORK, Dec. 19.—The British
ship Chesire, taken off Savannnh
as a prize, while attempting to rim
the blockade, has arrived here. The
prize ship Chesire was seized by the
gunboat Augusta, off Savannah ; she
was from Liverpool, and is loaded
with coffee, salt and army blankets.
The British Gunboat, Racer, has ar
rived here; she is from Port Royal.
She passed on the 15th; off Hatteras,
the. United States ships Jamestown
and Orlando cruising.'
A Great Fire at Lemington, Ky.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Doe. 18.—The
amphitheatre at the Fair grounds,
where a regiment of soldiers were
encamped, was completely destroyed
byfire last night. The loss is esti
mated at from ten to twelve thous
and
,dollars. During the excitement
a sentinel 81,:cot a Vint . Lieutenant of
enl.,Wcrlers cavalry, killing him in
tkaanaligni 'Dupont ft liark—Opowatims - ;
Avila eanwahmakSharlestAm.
On tha way ;la New York from Key
WeML time transport siesmer Connecticut
stopped at Tybee Imbued and at Port Roy
al. The news from these localities, says
the New York Post, of yesterday, is very
Interesting, but we are not permitted, fot
prudential reasons, to develop come of the
points. But the general statement may be
made, which comes from very high author
ity, that before many days Savannah, and
probably Charleston, (all that remains of
it,) will be in possession of our forces:
Tybee Island is occupied by a consider
able force, estimated at one thousand men,
who are to throw up batteries with which
to nperate against Fort Pulaski, f they
should ever be needed. It is understood that
Pulaski and Savannah will not be ap
proached in this direction. The details
of the operations around Charleston have
not been so fully developed. The war
steamer Savannah and three or four gun
boats ray off Tybee, within two miles of
Pulaski, when the Connecticut was off
Tybee. An expedition had been fitted out
and had sailed from Port Royal for Fer
nandina. It consisted of the Beinville and
another gunboat, and the transport Baltic,
which carried one thousand troops. The
fortification at Fernandina, consisting of a
battery of five guns, and manned by two
or three hundred rebels, would, it was be
lieved, fall into the hands of our forces af
ter a very brief struggle.
Horrible Occurrence.
A painfully distressing occurrence trans
pired near Altoona, on Thursday night,
resulting in the death of the wife of a man
nars,ed William Cochrane and two of his
children. The house in which the family
lived caught fire, and during the night
Mrs. C. was aroused by the smoke. Jump
ing out of bed she opened a door leading
to an old kitchen, where the fire origina
ted, when the flames rushed in, filling the
apartment and rendering escape impossi
ble. Mrs. Cochrane, however, contrived to
secure her babe, and handed it out
through the window to the father, who
had by this time reached the open air, but
the heroic mother herself was unable to
escape, and was burned to death, while
two of her children suffered a like fate.—
The fire caught from an ash barrel in the
old kitchen before referred to, and spread
so rapidly that everything in the house
was consumed.
The Demands of England.
It is now generally believed that the
character of the demands of the British
Government in regard to the Mason and
Slidell affair will not be such as will pre
clude negotiation and amicable adjust
ment. The British Government and peo
ple have both acted upon the supposition
that the Trent affair was an intentional
and deliberate insult to the British flag.
Our minister, Mr. Adams, had an inter
view with Lord John Russell in the inter
val between the first and second meeting
of the British Cabinet on the Trent ques
tion, and he was asked whether this Gov
ernment had authorized the act of Capt.
Wilkes. Mr. Adams replied that he had
not been advised on the subject. What
ever may be the instructions of Lord Ly
ons, it is probable that they are based
upon the erroneous assumption that this
Government had premeditated and ordered
an outrage upon the British flag. Eng
land has no desire to quarrel with us, but
merely wants an official explanation why
Messrs. Slidell and Mason were taken
from under the protection of the British
flag. The negotiation will be brought,
according to all signs, to an issue within
a few days after the British Minister shall
present his demands It is said that Mr.
Seward has declared that t:11! negotiations
would be terminated in a fortnight.
The Late Battle in Kentnoky.
Fresher accounts of the late engage
ment of our advance on the south of
Green river, make it one of the most bril
liant and dicisive victories during the war,
and gives a good augury of what is yet to
come. About three hundred and fifty men
of Willich's regiment, led by Lieutenant
Colonel Von Webers, drove back over
three thousand rebel cavalry, artillery and
infantry. They were first attacked by a
regiment of Texas cavalry, which they
repulsed and followed, when they were
drawn into an ambush and were fired at
from all sides by the rebel infantry. The
Federals returned the fire vigorously, and
stood their ground until the rebels fell
back, leaving all their dead and most of
their wounded on the field. No reinforce
meets reached Lieut. Col. Von Weber's
command, as reported, until after the engage
ment was over. Stone's Louisville battery
supported the Federals from the North
side of Green river, firing at a very long
range from rifled cannon; four other com
panies were on the South side of the road,
but were engaged as pickets, a mile and a
quarter distant from the action. Among
the Federals killed were Lieut. Sachs, of
Cincinnati, who killed eight men with two
revolvers, but was finally killed, receiving
nine bullets from the rebels. Of the Texas
Rangers, 62 were killed, besides Colonel
Terry. The number of wounded is un
known, but it is supposed to be large.—
The Federal forces buried their dead.—
Fourteen of the rebels' horses were found
on the field, and three rebels were taken
prisoners. Parties arrived from the scene
of• the fight report that 69 dead anti
wounded rebels were found in the bushes.
The Federal loss was 10 killed on the
spot, 7 mortally wounded and 13 other
wise injured. Of these mortally wounded,
four have since died. The rebels lost a
Colonel, Captain and Lieutenant.
The Federal forces on the south side of
Green river have been considerably Aug
mented, bit a general crossing of the Fed
erals southward would not take place till
Green river bridge, on which a large force
is engaged, is teeonatructed. The Somerset
Postmaster's way-b4j of the 17th says that
with TAOliad oreeNd
• •
aullibutrintrt river, Mid were Intrenchint.
The 31st Ohio and two East Tentsawse reg
iments had arrived there, making a force
aboat , towial to Zollimagese
Timely Order of Ha&wk.
ST. Louis, Dec. 23.- 1 -General Hai
leek has issugd an order, in which he
says that an one caught' in the act
of burning bridges, destroying rail
roads. telegraphs, &c., shall be imme
diately ithot, and any,.. one accused of
this crime, shall be examined by a
military- commission__ If found
guilty, he shall suffer death. Where
injuries are done to railroads or tele
graph lines, the. commanding officer
nearest the post will immediately
impress into service, for repairing
damages, the slaves of all the Seces
sionists in the vicinity, and, if neces
sary, the Secessionists themselves and
their property.
Any pretended Union man, having
information of intended attempts to
destroy such roads and lines, or of
the guilty parties concerned, who
does not communicate such intention
to the proper authorities, and give
aid and assistance in arresting and
punishing them, will be regarded
as particeps criminis, and treated ac
cordingly.
Hereafter the towns and counties
in which such destrnction of public
property takes place will be made to
pay the expenses of all repairs, unless
it be shown that the people of such
towns and counties could not have
prevented it on account tne supe
rior force of the enemy.
Execution of Lanahan.
FREDERICK, Mn., Dec. 23.—The finding
of the court martial in the case of John
Lanahan, for shooting Major Lewis, of the
46th Pennsylvania regiment, sentencing
him to be hung, has been approved by
Gen. McClellan. The execution has been
ordered to take place to-day, between one
and three o'clock this afternoon, on the
Hagerstown road, two miles from this city,
in the presence of the whole division.
Lanahan appears calm and cheerful. All
quiet on the upper Potomac this morning.
News from the Enemy.
Col. Forney telegraphs the follow
ing to Saturday's Press:—"l have
been conversing with a party who
came directly from Centreville within
the last few days. He states that the
rebel Generals have . 75,000 men at
Centreville—that the heights in the
rear of the town are elaborately and
strongly fortified. The roads to
Centreville are considered imps egna
ble, and it is said the enemy - has
even gone so far as to mine the ap
proaches. The forces are all well
drilled and enthusiatic, but are en
during many privations in conse
quence of the poverty of the country
and the difficulties of transportation.
They will be compelled to fight or
starve, as their condition is rapidly
approaching one of despration. The
practice of firing upon pickets and
making sorties is only intended to
draw the "Yankees" into an advance.
They constantly wonder why the
Yankees do not attack. It is often a
matter of wonder to them that Mc-
Clellan is not removed, and the pro
priety of such a policy is discussed
in the ranks of the enemy. It is
hardly probable the Administration
will be guided in its military policy
by the wishes of the rebels.
More Fiendish Atrocities
The chivalry, and the high-toned
noble-blooded rebels, are at their hel
lish work again. A dispatch from
St. Charles, Missouri, says that on
Friday-night' a preconcerted move
ment was made by secessionists along
the North Missouri Railroad, aided
by rebels recently returned from
Price's army, by which about one
hundred miles of the road was near
ly destroyed; or at least rendered use
loss. Commencing eight miles south
of Hudson, they burned the bridges,
wood piles, water tanks and ties, tore
up the rails for miles, bent and de
stroyed the telegraph lines. This
was continued to Warrenton, where
the work of destruction ceased. For
such devils as these, Lane's policy is
evidently the only one.
A Panic Among the Enemy--liebel Loss
at Drainesville.
WASHINGTON, December 26.—The panic
among the rebels after the Drainesville
fight is described as having been terrible.
Nearly all of their dead were left unburied.
The Drainesville people buried one hun
dred and sixty-five, each in separate graves
This confirms the report made by a
scouting party of Gen. McCall's division.
Col. Berdan has had his cheek and eye
badly hurt by the bursting of a musket.
Gen. McClellan is at work again, though
he is not well yet.
The cavalry officers are now undergoing
severe examination, and many of them do
not pass.
The joint committee of Congress to in
vestigate the management of the war, don't
succeed very well. Gen. McClellan de
clines to see them at present about the
Ball's Bluff disaster.
The Army and Navy claims on the Trea
sury are so heavy that civil claims are not
being paid just now.
Arrival of the Steamer Niagara.
ST. JOHNS, Dec. 25.—The Royal Mail
teamship Niagara, from Liverpool, on the
14th, via Queenstown on Sunday, passed
off Cape Race at 11 o'clock on Monday,
but owing to the telegraph line being out
of order to this station, the news has just
been received.
The Royal Mail steamer Asia arrived at
Queenstown on the 15th inst. Prince
Albert died at 11 o'clock on Saturday
night, of typhoid fever. Sir E. Bowater,
who was in charge of the young Prince
Leopold, died on Friday, the 13th inst.
The Paris Pattie, speaking of the Trent
affair, says that it is asserted that France
and the other great powers have been con
sulted by gn g land on this subject; and they
have expresised the opinion that the con
duct of Capi. Wilkes, of the American
favy, wnt in violation tiVf ttiO rights of s
neutral power.
Ui of tie: killed 11= . 1a vaitaa.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The fol
lowing is a list of the killed and
wounded in the battle .:. fough t at
t)rainsville yesterday :
Sixth Petinsylpani
ed, Samuel C. Walter, Co. A; Daniel
Darling, Co. C; wounded—H. Lath
rop, Co. C, in the breast, supposed
mortally ; W. H. Jayne, Co. C. in the
hip, severe.;
in the thigh, severe; Capt. Daniel
Bradburn, Co. F, in the thigh, se
vere; W. H. Densmore, Co. F, in the
thigh, Might; Edgar Smith, Co. a: in
the shoulder, severe ; Thomas Con
way, Co. H, in the forehead, slight;
Charles Yahn, Co. H, severe ; John
W. Brown, Co. - K, in the leg, severe ;*
George Brown, Co. C, in the arm,
slight : Edwin Demander, in the
breast, severe. The above regiment
was commanded during the action, by
Captain Ent.
Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. 1
Jackson,—Killed--John W. Stockdale,
Co. F, John Sexton, Co. E. Wound
ed, Alexander Smith, Co. A, in the
neck; John Schmidt. Co. B, in the
arm, Wm. Earnest, Co. C, in the leg;
Capt. Robert Galway, Co. D. in the
leg;
Geo Mortor, Co. D. in the thigh
anl arm ; Joshua MeMasters, Co. D.
in the thigh; William 0. Mitcher, Co.
1), in the loins ; John Raymond Co.
_D, in the arm ' • C. E. Patten, Co. D,
in the thigh; Win. Linsey, o. D, in
the hip; John F. 'Hume, Co. D, in the
arm; Corporal Piersell, Co. D, in the
head, slight; Ralph White, Co. E, in
the neck ;•Capt. S. W. Dick, Co. F,
in the thigh; Wm. McGill, Co. F, in
the abdomen; John Hatch, Co. F,
in the arm; W. Millison, Co. F, in
the hip ; Edwin Davis, Co. F, in the
leg ; Silas B. Newell, Co. H, in the
hip. John H. Weber, Co. I, in the
thigh. The Major of this regiment
had his horse shot under him.
The Buck Tail Rifles, Lieutenant
Col. Kane, who was in command,
was wounded in the cheek. Killed
—George Cook, Co. E, Corporal
Samual Galbraith, Co. E, George
Raup, Co. B. Wounded—H. G.
Wolfe, Co. B, severely; John Panel,
Co. B, severely ; John Bolt, Co . . F, se
verely; John F. Barnes, Co. K, se
verely ; James Glenn, Co. K, severe
ly. Besides these, several others
were slightly wounded.
Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment, Col
onel Taggart.—Only one man was
wounded, viz : W. R. Fox, of Co. K,
in the leg.
Col. Tom Taylor, commanding the
Kentucky Rebel Rifles, was killed,
and his saddle brought away by Col.
Easton. Taylor, it will be recollected,
occasioned much excitement at the
commencement of the war by unex
pectedly appearing at Arlington with
flaga of truce, and afterward brought
to headquarters, at Washington,
blinfolded, and subsequently convey
ed outside of the lines, the object of
his mission, an exchange of prisoners,
being unaccomplished.
The detachment from General Mc-
Call's division, which took part in
the battle, did not arrive at Drains
ville until about noon, and remained
there till two and a half o'clock,
when the enemy appeared in force,
coming from the direction of Centre
ville. Previous to this General Ord
had placed his forces in position to
repel an anticipated attack.
The fire was first opened by the
rebel battery, throwing shot shell and
cannister. This was immediately
!
responded to by Easton's battery
with marked effect. The infantry
on each side soon engaged in the con
flict, and at times they were not
r more than sixty yards apart. After
; fighting about an hour, a shell from
our side exploded the ammunition of
one of the rebel's caissons, making
fearful havoc—three of ;the rebels
having their heads completely blown
off„ and others being horribly mutil
ated. At this time the enemy wa
vered, and showed a disposition to
; run, when Gen. Ord gave the com
mand to charge, which was gallantly
jobeyed, and at once the rebels pre
cipitately fled. They were pursued
for upward of a mile, when General
1 McCall arrived on the ground, order
! ed a recall to be sounded. Our
troops then fell back to the position
just vacated by the enemy.
Twenty-one of the wounded rebels
received sur g ical treatment from Dr.
I Loman and his assistants, having
I been taken into a neighboring house
for that purpose. They would have
been brought to General McCall's
camp had the ambulances arrived in
I proper time. All of our men, killed
• and wounded, were, however, brought
away. A large number of trophies
were secured by our troops, such as
swords, pistols and aims.
In the pockets of the dead rebels
were found Richmond papers of the
19th inst., but they contained no
items of particular interest. Sever
al letters were found on the bodies
of' the rebel officers, showing the
feeling of intense hostility prevailing
in the South. In one of them, dated
Centreville, Dec. 19th, addressed to a
friend, and but partly finished, it
was said that it was impossible for
the Federals to remain much longer
in their present position • that the ef
fect of the news from England, and
the pressure of Congress would ne
cessarily compel Gen. McClellan to
advance, and, that in such an event,
a victory on the part of the confed
erates, in their present position,
would be certain. During the stam
pede of the rebels, eight of them
were taken prisoners, and brought to
Washington to-day. They state
that they left Centreville very early
on Friday morning in order to obtain
forage, and very unexpectedly met
with our troops who had proceeded
to the same point on similar business.
They also said there, - was a larger
number of killed on te part of the .
rebels, than we supposed. Three of
the prisoners, wivo had become be
wildered in the retreat, mime up . to
one of our regimen.* not knowing
that they veva federal troops, and
. .
inquired the direction to Oeutreville,
bat instead of being taken prisoners
they were shown the way to Wash
ington.
The victory on the part of our
troops is considered the more'
laril
liant, as they had never before been
in action. They have been highly
complimented,. both by Major Gen
eral McClellan and General McCall.
Four companies of the Ist Penn
sylvania Cavalry were also with the
brigade, but the condition of the
country was such, being thickly
wooded, that they could not render
service to the extent they desired.
Gen. Ord, while passing through
the woods during the action, lost his
sword, but was immediately supplied
with another, which had been taken
from a dead rebel officer.
'Rebels Expelled from Kentucky Legisla
ture--General &hoer& Reconnoitering.
CINCINNATI, December 23.—A
Frankfort (Ky.) dispatch to the Com
mercial says the following membets
were expelled from the House for
aiding the rebellion: John M. Elliot,
Daniel Matthewson, A. B. Boon, G.
H. Silvertooth, G. R. Morrill, G. W.
Ewing, J. C. Gilbert, J. King. In the
Senate, a committee recommended
the expulsion of J. M. Johnson, for
the same cause.
The expedition from Schoepf s
camp on the 18th, went within two
miles of Zollicotter's camp and return
ed. The movement was only a feel
er to find their locality and view the
;round.
SINKING OF THE STONE FLEET.
Charleston Effectually Blockaded—An
Advance into South Carolina— The
Unionists of Beaufort.
PHILADELPHIA, December 26.—8 y
the arrival of the steamer Ericsson
from Port Royal, we learn some in
teresting- facts in regard to the do
ings of the "rat hole squadron," or
stone fleet. Seventeen of the old
whalers were sunk in the hartor of
Charleston, and it is believed that the
blockade of that port is as effectual
and effective as the English Govern
ment could desire. The whalers are
sunk in the channel, from bar to bar.
The tides will in a short time form
over the vessels sank a perfectly im
passible bar, that no artificial or nat
ural means will be likely to remove.
The New York Times, of to-day,
has a letter from a special corres
pondent, who accompanied the stone
fleet to Charleston, and who witness
ed the operation of sinking the 'six
teen hulks in the main channel lead
ing to Charleston harbor. They were
not placed straight across, as in other
cases where the experiment has failed,
but in three rows, with a special ref
erence to the fact that inland waters
must flow to the sea.
An intricate maze of shoals and
eddies will thus he formed, which it
will be impossible to navigate, but
which will still allow of the flow of
water without. the creation of new
channels.
The Charlestonians, on the approach
of the fleet, destroyed the light
house on Morris Island by blowing - it
up,
It is expected that General Wright
will have the command at Tybee Is
land, as he accompanied the Connec
ticut troops and remained on the Is
land, which is to be put in a thor
oughly defensible condition.
Gen. Stevens, now in command at
Beaufort, whose brigade has recently
been reinforced by two regiments, is
expected soon to make an advance on
the main land of South Carolina, for
the purpose of occupying a point on
the railroad between Charleston and
Savannah, probably Coasawhatahie.
It is intimated that the cause of the
abandonment of the proposed expe
dition under General Viele, was in
consequence of a misunderstanding
between General Sherman and Com
modore Dupont as to the proper plan
of action.
Among the most interesting inci
dents detailed by our correspondent
is the return of one of the tradesman
of Beaufort, an apothecary, who has
re-opened his store, and who insists
that one-half of the people of Beau
fort would return at once, could they
follow their own inclinations.
The Rebel Ministers.
Reports from Washington to the
Eastern papers, state that the im
pression is rapidly gaining ground
that the Government will deliver up
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, rather
than involve us in a war with Eng
larffl. The correspondent of the
Philadelphia inquirer asserts that he
has positive knowledge of a communi
cation that passed between two em
inent personages. one a resident in
Washington and the other in New
York, wherein the view was main
tained that, as a nation, we could af
ford to act magnanimously towards
England, and comply with a request
for Mason and Slidell, if couched in a
respectful and concilatory tone.
Latest from Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS _MONROE, Dec. 25, via Bal
timore, Dec. 26.—There was no good
foundation for the report that a skir
mish took place yesterday at New
market Bridge.
The steamer S. B. Spaulding ar
rived from Hatteras Inlet this morn
ing, but brings no news of import
ance.
The Hon. A. B. Ely came down
from Norfolk late this afternoon by
a flag of truce, having been released
in exchange for Mr. Faulkner. After
a brief visit to headquarters, he took
passage for Baltimore.
Tent B.tvriat FtgLD.—The appearance of
the Drainesville battle field the next morn
ing was frightful. A number of the wound
ed had died during the night, and for 'one
mile square bodies were found in fence
corners and in dads and thickets. One
man had tried to cliipb a fern2e, and Tell 1 Oats Oats!! Oats !! !
back exhausted And died. Pieces 2 000 BUSHELS OF ovra wanted. AD tease
of limbs
knowing themselves indebted to the firm
and mangled bodies were literally piled up of BRADLEY & wins are b notifi
where the b attery had been p h one d , en d receive Oats and Wheat, at inale=oe ed s, for t dell;
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INSTRUCTION TO THE FR OH MIN=
INTER.
The Rebel Ministers to be Given
Force of the ge l i e say at Centreville... ,
Waiting Anxiously for an Attask....
Preparing for Winter Quarters.
PIIILADELPHIA, December 26.—Special
dispatches to this morning's Tribune, state
that M. Mercier, the French Minister,
had called at the State Department, but
failed to see Secretary Seward, who was at
a Cabinet meeting. It is conjectured that
his purpose was to communicate his in
structions, received by the American, and
that. these instructions embraced an urgeat.
appeal to the United States to peaceably
adjust the question with England, and,
perhaps, also an offer of mediation.
Should the Cafinet conclude—as there
is reason to believe it may, in the last re
sort—to surrender Messrs. Mason and
Slidell, there will be a sharp resistance on
the part of some of its members.
A deserter from Centreville, says that
recently portions of several regiments were
moved from thence forward to Fairfax.—
Centreville, he sage. is impregnable, adding
that it if to be defended by not far from
100,000 rebels troops. The whole army
had been, for more than three weeks, in
almost daily expectation of an attack by
General McClellan. but, atter waiting so
long in vain had settled into the conviction
that there would be no advance this winter
and were making preparations to go into
winter quarters.
The 35,000 rebels on the lower Potomac
are also, according to deserters recently
from that quarter, building log huts, and
making themselves comfortable, in expec
tation that they will not be disturbed by
General McClellan before spring.
GeneralApaner's injuries are more se
rious than at first supposed. His spine
suffered so, that it is •thought doubtful
whether he will ever again' be able to
mount his horse. He has been relieved,
at his own request, from command of his
division, which, for the present, has been
assigned to Gen. Heintzleman.
Important from Tybee Island.
NEW Yonit, December 25. —The
steamer Marion arrived here to-day
from Tybee Island on the 20th, via
Port Royal harbor on the 21st. She
conveyed seven companies of the 7th
Connecticut regiment; and a large
quantity of stores, etc., to Tybee Is
land, also Gen. Wright and a part of
his staff. While discharging her car
go opposite the light house, at Tybee,
Fort Pulaski opened fire with shot
aid shell. One of the latter exploded
near by without doing any damage.
General Stevens, whose brigade had
been reinforced by the Seventy-sixth
and part of the Forty-fifth Pennsyl
vania regiments, was expected
. to
make an advance to seize a point on
the Charleston and Savannah rail
road. General Wright will probably
assume command on Tybee Island.—
Six hundred of the New York Forty
sixth regiment were there before his
arrival. The steamer Vanderbilt
and the bark Texas arrived at Port
Royal on the 21st. Sixteen vessels
of the stone fleet were stink off Charles
ton harbor.
TIIS WOUNDED.-All our Draineville
wounded are doing well. There are only
nine at the division hospital. Dr. Ship
pen, Division Surgeon, thinks the wounds
of only two of them will prove fatal. In
the remaining !cases there will have Whit
two or three amputations. The others,
whose wounds are slight, are in charge of
the Regimental Surgeons.
Two hundred and fifty Secession
State prisoners from Fort Warren, arrived
on Sunday night at Fortress Monroe, to
be exchanged for an equal number of
Union men in the hands of the rebels.
J. A. J. BUCHANAN. Wit. C. LIN DORT.
BUCHANAN & LINDSEY,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Waynesburg, Pa.
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West of the - Republican" Office. Jan. 1, 1962.
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ifA S just received a large lot of Pittsburgh Al
manacs for 1861, price 5 cents. Country Store
keepers w ill be supplied by the gross or doz. at Pitts
burgh prices. Also, a general assortment of
6cbool Hooks,
Blank Hooky,
Letter and Cap Paper
lialvelopee,
Pens,
Ink,
Pencils,
Slates, &c.,
constantly on hand.
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Nov. 27, ISI3I-4t.
SHERIFF'S SALE
of
B Y virtue of a writ of Fun Farina, opened out the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county.
and to sic directed, I will sell on the premisfs, on
Thursday, January 16th, 1861, the follow
ing described real estate, to-wit: A Tract of Land, sit
uate in Richhill township, :t.joining lands of Samuel
Vanava, Charles Bond, the State Road. &r., contain
ing Fifty-Three Acres, about Twenty-Foie of which
are cleared, and on which are erected TWO CABIN
HOUSES, some FRUIT TREES, kr.
Taken in execution as the property of F. J. L. New
born, at the suit of Samuel Vannatta, Esq.
THOMAS LUCAS, Sheriff.
Dec. 1801-3 t.
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1 in the hands of R. W. JONES, at the Messenger
office, for settlement and collection, where they will
remain until the First ot . February next, (15624 All
ou its unsettled at that time will he left in the hands
of an officer for immediate collecoon. This is short
notice, but. the accounts are of long standing, and
MUST BE CLOSED. can early, if you want to says
costs. W. T. R. PAULEY.
Dec. 25, 1851.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
YRILADELPHIA—for the Relief of the Sick sal
Distressed, afflicted with Virulent and Chre
Diseases, and especially Diseases of the Sexual Or
gans.
Medical Advice given Gratis by the Arcing Surgeos.
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SEMINAL WEAKNESS. and other Diseases of the
Sexual Organs, and on the NEW REMEDIES em
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1 - 31.
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prices. Waynesburg, Oct. 23, 18111-61 a.
Tay Books,
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