A aim Nanmaymtmer.-11.r. Abra
ham Deritholder, of South Anville
township, Lebanon TX recently
lost four children, o nt. AOC ,f
five, by scarlet fever. • dkil
all died within the short e o v -
four hours, and were h ~t3ide'by
side in one graven day, the
20th inst., in thepresence of a large
assembly of friends and neighbors. •
Vats tt(s !gag.
TIE TESET DIFFIffUTY SETTLED.
U. f 1 KOm IProsildant...Maasa aad
Slldol Saleased...oldoial Corespoa.
'Vate‘ , •
AEIIIINGTON Dec. 28.—The decis
ion oLtbe President in the Trent Af
fair, as announced and explained in
the dispatch of Secretary Seward's,
has the approval of every member of
the 'Cabinet.
The National, Inteiligeneer, in an
serticle apparently semi=official, says:
"Whatever may be the disappoint
ment ofany at the result to which
tl~e44l334rdstration has come in the
settlement of a question which con
atiVationally devolves upon the Ex
ecutive branch of the government,
wa eMe sure that all will applaud
the -*witness and sincerity with
which the administration, resisting a
Ufkituria tendency impressed by the
coneettpd drift of public opinion in
ow own country, has resolved to do
Il tit. believed to 13 right in the
pAvemiees, and it surely should give a
pause ; to all who may be disposed to
eUliange the propriety of the reso
liptißn to which the fydrainistratio4
IAO, come when they note that a con
t} linuclecision would leave us in op
volition not only to the views of
41490 Britain, but also to those
wilighAtte Government of France an-
Witten Tflawcting the principle of
pokli t ai,law involved in the traneac
tißa-
isteThigeneer has five columns
ct..ornospondence. The editors say:
.. , Mait,,guasell, her Britannic Dinj
esty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Mrsia., after reciting the circumstan
oosmaler which he understood the
:capture or these parties to have been
insola s ivoeieedato characterize it as
saminaage on the British flag, and,
Aerr lg the hope and belief
that it had not been authorized by
our ci-overnment, asks, as a reparation
=riato• to such an aggression,
%Aar geintlenten designated
should be 'released " , and that an apol
gaulloo44 .be given fox what the
floginameukof Great Britain deems
an affront to her flag."
tuaitimiramiki d tp this demand, Mr.
Seward after reviewing the circum
aitioilisihnisder.,.whieh the arrest was
effected, according to the report ,of
. our naval officers, and then, thus de
veloping the inaccuracies and omiss
. ion' %f fish statements, proceeds
t i p pppolypu the facts and principles of
,011041414W.AiivolYed in the case, and
arrives at the conclusion, tha t the
MehlrekaCJipt , . Wilkes, partially vol
fmatur, mit. nat i on his part, to bring
Wsent in trial as a lawful
lAiste, may ;he lastly held to , opperate
s&Aifeilattareota belligerent right
Itilapbwo,aeoording, sand under the
law of natiOnsolad that the . United
Sfilstsek government, as well from this
eesaldtrstion as in euneiatency with
poLtcy respecting
Veer/Atte of neutrals, would
woos& if it should re
thier*Meliplianse with the British
demand, so far as relates to 'the die
that shall be made ofpersons
taken into custody by Capt. Wilkes,
Whim circunuitances believed to be
justly open to exception on both
patois thus indicated. So far as re
forpte.thesitelAagy asked by. the Brit
-14-40,verisment,, none is tendered,
beam's*: itainiple Oaten/out of facts
41464 fare, suffices to s4ow 'that no
ell sheasoald• have been intended on
tho of our Government, as it
had given no instructions whatever
in the premises, while the proceed
ings ofAlapt. Wilkes, in so far as it
fails to enure to the benefit of his
Government and to conform to the
rules of public law, was dictated by
considerations of kindness and for
bearance.
t The decision of the President in
his affair, as announced and explain
ed in the lucid dispatch of Mr.
SetAnirtl, says the National Intelligen
cer , has the approval of every mem
ber of the cabinet. Seward, in con
clusion, says : "If I decide this case
in favor of my own Government, I
must. disavow its most cherished prin
ciples, and reverse and forever aban
don its essential policy. The coun
try cannot afford the sacrifice. If I
maintain those principles and adhere
to that policy, I must surrender the
case itself. It will be seen, therefore,
that this Government could not deny
the justice of the Nairn presented to
us, in this respect upon its merits.—
We are asked to do to the British.
nation just what we have always in
sisted all nations ought to do to us.—
The*laim of the British Government
is nummade in a discourteous manner.
Thvernment, since its first or
ganisation, has never used more
guarded language in a similar case.—
la coming to my conclusion, 1 have
_not•Storgotten that if the safety of
this Union required the detention of
the captured persons, it would be the
right sad duty of thisgovernment to
detain them, but the effectual check
ward waning proportions of exist
- . iutection, as well as the cora
. , e unimportance of the captur
' 0 111") ly ila se t * ham hed ge ,
pnate
i h v a e p s, pii wyll e fo n r d bi is d m pa:
from_resorting to that 'defence. Nor
em , , immure that American citizens
iik`any case to be unneccess
, .r a ,:
~ endered, for any purpose,
int0',,, , ,, , , xn‘ of foreign States. Only
c , ~ - • A pp 9 .0; 4 1, however, or others
a are mterrested in them, could
Njustly raise a question on thatground.
orhave I been - tempted at all by
isitgo4-tietis. -.eases might be found
. iivilistairy where Great Britain re.
fusedtto ylolid to *list:w4.,m, snit
ovowiti/oinebitio i _Os'lnte dud'
1010thweik *Wk '' ICAO* ns. Those
eases oocurred when Great Britain,
as well as theillhited States, was the
home ofgencratins wh . , it ikeir
li
Wally p i . . as . ,
e ear
d *)(1 d,uaso *
,way so ually aaaresCiltny /klub
ikljtrYi We thintahe,:toes by as
€►aming now; as imor-bw'ft) the ground
on which we then stood, and it would
telt little for our claims and character
of a just and magnanimous people if
we should so far consent to be guided
by the law of relalliation, as to lift up
buried injuries from graves to op
pose against what national consisten
cy and national conscience compel us
to regard as a claim intrinsically
right. Putting behind me all sugges
tion of this kind, I prefer to express
my satisfaction, that by the adjust
ment of the present case upon prin
ciples confessedly American, and
yet, as I trust, mutally satisfactory
to both the nations concerned, a
question is finally and rightly settled
between them which, heretofore, ex
hausting not only all forms of peace
ful disscussion but arbitrament of war
itself, for more than half a century
alienated the two countries from
each other, and perplexed with fears
1 and apprehensions all other nations.
"The four persons in question are
now held in military custody at
Fort Warren, in the State of Massa
chusetts, They will be cheerfully
liberated."
The lntelligencer says in conclusion
"Whatever, therefore, may be said
by any, in the way of exception to
the extreme terms of the demand
made by the British Government in
the case of the Trent, it is at least
just to admit that the case has been
so adjusted by our Government as to
subst rve, we would hope, the great
cans, of neutral rights against the
assumptions heretofore asserted by
England, but now repudiated by that
power in common with France and
the United States. The law of na
tions, as traditionally interpreted by
our Government, has received a new
sanction, though at the cost, it may
be, of some national sensibility,
waked into disproportionate activity
by the temporary exacerbations of
our civil heads. The latter, let us
remember, are but for a day; the
iaw of nations is for all the time.
WASHINGTON, December 2&.—The
National Intelligencer, of this morning,
has the official announcement of the
adjustment of the Trent dificulty, and
the correspondence between Lord
Lyons and the Secretary of State is
published in full.
ELY'S ACOOITIIT OP HIS CAPTURE.
His Trip to Richmond—His Prison Life
and Release—an Interesting Narrative
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Congress
man Ely, just exchanged for ex-Mili
ister Faulkner, is here, direct from
Richmond. He describes his capture
and imprisonment graphically.
At Bull Run he was made prisoner
by a Captain, and narrowly escaped
being killed subsequently, by a rebel
Colonel of the name of Cash. Ely
was then placed among one thousand
Federal prisoners at Manassas Junc
tion, and afterwards quartered with
the captured officers.
He describes the sufferings of the
wounded prisoners as awful. Multi
tudes of people and soldiers crowded
around to see them. The camps in
that neighborhood were all flooded,
and ambulances were pouring in all
day, bringing in loads of dead and
dying until four o'clock. When the
train left for Richmond the shrieks
of the wounded men could be heard
above the wailing of the storm.
Ely says that this hour was the
darkest he ever experiencedi Some
seven hundred dead and wounded
were placed upon the train, with six
hundred prisoners. At four o'clock
they started for Richmond. Ailey
were two days and one night on the
way. Numbers of wounded died on
the cara,begging with their last breath
for drop of water to abate their
thirst.
All along the route, men, women
and children came down to the cars,
exclaiming : "The Yankees ought to
be shot. What is the use of bring
ing them here?" All, at first, expected
to beshot when they reached Rich
mond.
A Major, who was in command of
the train, did what he could to pro
tect them from insult, but it was un
availing. They arrived in Richmond
at midnight. The authorities .had
purposely deceiVed the people as to
the arrival of the train, and no one
was at the depot when the cars arri
ved. They were then taken from the
ears and marched to the tobacco fac
tory, about a mile and a half off, and
pitteed in the third story.
Of Ely's captivity much has al
ready been published. He confirms
the statement that from time to time
seven of our prisoners have been shot
through the head by the guard, for
no other crime than merely looking
out of the window.
Mr. Faulkner reached there about
seven o'clock in the evening, a few
days ago. On the next day at four
o'clock he came to the jail where Mr.
Ely was confined and said, "It will
afford me much pleasure, Mr. Ely, to
announce to you, that to-day I have
had an interview with President Da
vis and the Cabinet, and they have
concluded to release yon. To-morrow,
papers will be made out and you can
then go.'
The evening before he left, in con
versation with Governor Letcher, he
replied to him : "Governor, yon told
the people you eould well afford to
release me for a man like Faulkner,
who was worth a regiment such as
Ely. Now, Governor, want nine
hundred an ninety-nine more men
released to go home - with me. You
cannot but admitthatyqu are willing
to do the fair thing."
"Oh," said the Governor, "that will
do to talk about, Mr. Ely, but you
cannot have it done." Before leav
ing he went will. Faulkner to the
prism whore our hostages are confin
ed. Iraiialkner stated to the Akers
in command' that 'the - *privateeri
,in
prison at 4
North worip far better
treated '4,ltgas in Rich
ild.
r l irreceiied adisranee that Col. Cor
ran an i s liNfro ' ' ere should
be mach bet' ter , . ,They have
only the .rassuctoat prima fare of South
ernjails--cornigneal, a little fat meat,
and occasionally a piece of salt fish.
W.
Arrival of the Steamer ans.
NEW YORK, December 31.—The
steamer Etna arrived at 8 o'clock
thin morning, with datesby telegraph
from London to the 19th. The steam
er Bohemia arrived on the 17th inst.
The message of President Lincoln
claimed great attention, notwith
standing that the public feeling was
deeply engrossed with the death of
Prince Albert. The silence of the
President's message on the Trent
affair was the subject of much con
sternation and comment. It was
generally regarded as a loop hole
for escape. and gave hopes of peace,
although the general construction was
warlike.
The London Times says that noth
ing can be more ungracious than the
President's treatment; of the foreign
powers for their forbearance. A gra
cious and courteous acknowledge
ment was due. The Times also de
votes an article to the report of the
Secretary of the Navy, which it
treats with ridicule. It denounces
as an unparalleled crime the project
of blockading up ports by sunken
vessels.
The Post treats the message as un
deniably warlike, and although re
marking on the silence relative to
the Trent affair, says it was scarcely
within the scope of a message. It al
so charges the President with ingrat
itude in dealing with the maritime
powers. In the same article it says
that the dispatch to Lord Lyons was
simple and final. It is an ultimatum
in itself.
The Daily _News considers the si
lence on the Trent affair an indica
tion of prudence • and caution, and
favorable to peace. It is pleased to
believe that the President desired to
hold himself free to speak at an ap
propriate time. It nevertheless coin
plains of the President's reticence,
and of the little credit he gives to
foreign governments. The Star jus
tifies the silence relative to the Trent
affair and praises the clearness, force
and ability of the Message.
The _Herald takes quite a contrary
view, and fears that peace is al
most hopeless. The vote of thanks
by Congress it regards as an insult to
England. •
The warlike preparations are con
tinued. The Persia took out nearly
1200 troops. The Grenadier and
Scott Fusileers Guard would embark
immediately. All the disposable ves
sels in the Medileraneari were assem
bling at Gibraltar to be ready for im
mediate departure. Admiral Dacres
has been appointed second in com
mand to Admiral Milne.
The war risks at Lloyd's were ac
tive and advancing.
Parliament meets about the middle
of January.
The death of Prince Albert had
caused a most protbund sensation.—
There is great sympathy for the
Queen, who bore the bereavement
with much fortitude. The warmest
eulogies were passed upon the Prince.
Strong tokens of sympathy are ten
dered from the French and other con
tinental courts, many of which went
into mourning immediately.
Lord Palmerston had been ill with
gout, but was better. The Asia's
news was regarded at Paris as unfa
vorable for peace. The leading jour
nals continue to advocate French neu
trality.
South Oarolina and Georgia Troops Ordered
to the Coast—The Rebels Reported in a
Bad Fix--Troops Refusing to Fight for
Virginia--Gulf State Rebels "Want to go
Home."
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 31.—The spe
cials to the to-day's Times say : The
government has advices that large
numbers of South Carolina and Georgia
troops have lately been transferred from
the rebel army of the Potomac to their
own States. 'the whole number of
South Carolina troops in Virginia
has never exceeded thirteen thous
and, and of these about nine thousand
have returned to the Palmetto State
since the advent of Gen. Sherman at
Port Itoyal.
The operation of our troops on the
Carolina coast, and the operations of
Old l3oreas in Virginia, are acting
powerfully on their spirits and their
constitutions. In fact they were so
demoralized in Virginia that it was
impossible to hold theta together; be
sides, the time of a large number of
those who enlisted in South Carolina
year ago, as one year State troops, is
now about expiring, and they posi
tively refused to fit any longer for
the detested Virginians.
Of those who have gone back, four
regiments and two batreries were
from Charleston, two regiments from
Columbia, about twenty lower parish
companies, and some from the coun
try.
Others of the rebel troops from
Georgia, and the Gulf States, are be
ginning to insist that they too be al
lowed to return home to defend their
beleaguered States, and an advance
to Savannah, in Georgia, to Pocatili
go, in South Carolina, to Mississippi
City, to Galveston, or on to the
Balize, would make Beauregard
tremble for his army, which has
now begun to crumble to pieces.
DUEL BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS
FIFE --In Sennet, about five miles
from Auburn, N. Y., Mr. Reuben
Weeks, on his return home, was char
ged by Irif, wife with being intoxica
ted. The discussion became anima
ted, when Mrs. Weeks went into the
pantry after a cheese-knife, saying
that they would settle their difficul
ties by a deadly fight. Weeks.took
a shot gun, and as ohs ratuined 3vith
the knife in her hand,lied, wounding
her fatally.
Interesting front BiehineaL „-
From a gentleman who has u '
turneUromli t icbApotot f
inter,
DaviOrillors sa infix* ofOreatgia
home spate, of dook t gey. 7 littortver... ,
satiop; tie stagtale blockade'
had sorikewhat incommoded them,
but England would soon raise it.— 1
Lincoln could not surrender Mason
and Slidell, and their situation would
lead to war. He expressed confi
dence
that the rebels would defeat i
the Union troops in a fair field, and
that it was impossible for them to be
conquered. Many members of Con- 1
gress declared that rather than come )
again into the Union, the South
would become a province of England. ,
Great dissatisfaction was expressed
in -high quarters at the refusal of i
Secretary Seward to grant passes to I
Southencrs at the North to return i
home to rejoin their families, and it
was thought the flag of truce be-.
tween Norfolk and Fortress Monroe i
would soon be discontinued unless
that privilege was granted. Some '
members of Congress were urging 1
Davis to consent to no more ex
change of prisoners, unless we should
consider fugitive slaves as prisoners I
of war and exchange them. A list
of prisoners to be returned in ex-H
change for the two hundred and fif
ty
lately . sent by us was preparing,
on which the three months men ,
would have preference Among those
on the list were Captain Rowers and
Lieutenant Knight, of'Rhode Island.
Our prisoners are suffering, and
many have died for lack of medicine I
and care. Not an ounce of quinine
can bel J
ound in Richmond, and but
little medicine of any kind. Infor
elation has been received that Gen
eral
Evans has been relieved from
command at Leesburg, and General
fill, of South Carolina, put in his
place. An order has also been issued
to enroll all males in Virginia from
thirty to forty-five years old, to be
held as a reserve, in case of emer
gency.
Bloody Tragedy at Warsaw.
A bloody tragedy occurred at the
town of Warsaw. on the Ohio river,
one day last week. It appears that
as the fleet of steamers bearing
Wynkoop's cavalry regiment passed
the town, the Unionists, who were
gathered on the bank of the river,
commenced cheering when a man
named John Leonard drew a large
cleaver, and swore he could whip
seven Liircoln men. -He shot at a
Union man named Clemons, who
returned the fire, and Leonard fell
mortally wounded. A general shoot
ing then began, in the course of
which twenty-four shots were fired.
Talbot Leonard, a brother of John,
was shot. and instantly killed. Both
of these Leonards were violent Seces
sionists, and have been the cause of
all the . ::,rouble in that place. Clem
ons received A pistol shot through
the arm. The two Leonards out of
the way—one of them dead and the
other mortally wounded—and the
affray was ended. Subsequently the
town was occupied by a detachment
of Union troops, and several Seces
sionists. including a son of Hum
phrey Marshall, arrested. Great ex
citement prevailed, but no further
violence was anticipated.
General Scott's Return.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—1 t is gen
erally believed here that General
Scott's sudden return by the Arago
is occasioned by the communication
of important hints from the Emper
or Napoleon. Rumors to this effect
have already been put in circulation,
and it is now stated that Napoleon
has offered his mediation between
Great Britain and the United States;
if not in terms, at least with suffi
cient directness to justify General
Scott in laying the proposition before
our government.
The new treaty between the
United States and Mexico is under
consideration in the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs. The treaty,
however, will not be reported to the
Senate till after the Holidays.
No further business will be trans
acted in Congress until the close of
the holiday week. •
Bank Suspensions.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Our banks
have resolved to suspend specie pay
ment to-day.
PRILADELPIIIA, December 30.—The
Philadelphia banks have also suspend
ed.
BOSTON, December 30,—Our banks
have suspended specie payments.
ALBANY, Dec. 30.—The banks of
this city have suspended specie pay
ment.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 30.—The surren
der of Mason and Slidell and the
suspension of specie payme.nts, has
produced a feeling of relief in busi
ness circles.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 30.—The Cleve
land banks suspended specie payments
this morning.
Port Royal Cotton at Auction.
The cotton brought from Port
Royal to New York by the steamer
Vanderbilt, on the 20th instant, will
be sold under the direction of the
United States Quartermaster's De
partment, in that city, at a time and
place to be made known by public
advertisement. It will be remem
bered the cotton is of the best quali
ty—the well known Sea Island—and
that perhaps a quarter of the cargo
has been ginned, and is ready to be
used for manufacuring purposes.—
The remainder is unginned, and will
be sold in its present condition.
siiirA letter from a Colonel at Port
Royal intimates that much of the
cotton destroyed by the rebels should
have beep secured by our zriny r And
that in other imporpiat peptiealars
(die eipedition had fir 0104 at
the good it might have accomplished.
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TILE WAYNESBURG MESSENGER.
er..s.zgcrALivv• 1, 3.8e8,
PATRONS ! the times demand a serious song,
Then listen, and I'll not detain you long—
But while with modest blushes I rehearse
My artless lines, UNCLASP YOUR LIBERAL PURSE
Erewhile, when o'er this wondrous empire shone
The star of peace from his unclouded throne,
Blaming, from the mountains to the sea,
The gorgeous panorama of the free :
When fair Columbia wore around her brow
Garlands of pride, (alas ! where are they now Z)
And strength, power, majesty, in stern embrace
Begirt the temple of her dwelling place
When circling years but widened her domain,
And State by State enlarged her queenly train—
And patriot genius fondly loved to trace
The peerless grandeur of her future race :
When pilgrim myriads o'er the waters vast
Found here the Mecca of mankind at last,
While envious despots saw with hateful eyes,
Freedom's great column here ascend the skies,
And Heaven bestow on this secluded shore,
The primal charms which ancient Eden bore,
And on this virgin continent's green breast
Set up for. man a refuge and a rest :
When here in peace the harvest-fields were reapt,
And pleasure here perpetual revels kept—
And o'er this beauteous sisterhood of States
Presided only the propitious Fates :
Warmed by a scene so new to mortal eyes,
A land exempt from evil destinies—
In those bright days to pleasing themes alone
The minstrel-lyre attuned his • magic tone ;
O'er Fancy's realm no earth-born shadows lowered—
Exultant Thought his sparkling jewels showered—
And poet-seers and bearded statesmen old,
The lustre of the coming age foretold,
When this NEW WORLD should lead the nation's van,
The potent champion of the rights of man
And have these golden visions passed away ?
Our dreams of empire vanished in a day ?
And is this nation, struggling for its life,
Plunged in the billows of intestine strife ?
And has this scene of prosperous life become
A stormy waste, where hope and joy are dumb ?
What direful change a single year has made !
Our fair elysium demon foes invade,
And all the dogs of war, obscene and foul,
Lust, Rapine, Riot, Murder, raise their howl.
The songs of harp and lute are silent now—
But Care sits brooding on each clouded brow,
And anxious eyes behold, with strange alarms,
That awful sight—a. continent in arms
Sad transformation for this lovely land!
Here has Rebellion raised his mailed hand,
Unveiled his purpose, martialed his array,
Unfurled his impious banner to the day—
And to the sword entrusting his vile cause,
Assailed the Union, and defied the laws.
Oath-breakers, arsenal-robbers, treasury-thieves,
Whose names shall blacken History's honest leaves !
Floyds, Prices, Wises, Johnsons and Beauregards,
(Death-doomed, when Justice makes her fair awards!)
The Arnolds of the South! dishonored knaves:
'these lead the armies of marauding. braves !
linpeiilled Liberty invokes our aid,
By foes encircled and by friends betrayed.
Despoiled by treachery, stabbed by secret hate,
And lured by cunning plotters to her fate.
'List to her awful voice ! whose trumpet tones
Have startled tyrants on their guilty thrones—
And on the Capitol's high dome behold
Her sacred standard, with the stars of gold
Tell me, ye children of the storied brave,
Who found on Bunker's heights a glorious grave--
Shall her appeal be less regarded now
Than when it peopled Bunker's classic brow
With heroes? Shall we emulate our sires,
(True heirs of Revolutionary fires !)
And with an equal valor firmly stand
To guard, protect, avenge our native land ?
Or must the Muse the shameful tale record
Of sons unworthy of their father's sword ?
A recreant race, who lost without a blow
The richest, noblest, heritage below ?
Shall this majestic system boast no more
Its grand proportions, toppling down before
Rebellion's bold artillery ? Must we mourn
The last Republic, faction-rent and torn
To puny fragments, never more to be
United in a great Democracy- ?
Shall this proud Union, reared with toils sublime,
Fall by assassins, and without a crime ?
And o'er the ruins of its shattered fane
Triumphant Treason hold his iron reign ?
I.seek no answer, 'tis already given
In shouts terrific as the bolts of heaven !
Through all the loyal States the call to arms,
With martial ardor every bosom warms ;
The patriot glow, so dim in peaceful days,
Fanned by the war blast, brightens to a blaze ;
From forest deep—from mountain top and glen,
From lake and river side, come gallant men,
Innumerable as the fabled host
By Persia landed on the Grecian coast.
Legions more brave were ne'er in battle banned,
For GOD, for FREEDOM, and for FATHER LAND !
low safe this noble Government may feel
Throned in their hearts, and girdled with their steel
Their lives, their fortunes in her lap they cast,
Sworn to defend and shield her to the last.
Confederate blade, and reeking bayonet,
Already with their generous blood are wet;
Through Ellsworth's heart the fatal ball has passed—
On Bethel's sands see Winthrop breathe his last;
At Springfield! Lyon pours life's purple tide—
And knightly Baker by Potomac's side.
Their names on marble cenotaphs we grave,
And make the warrior chorus of the brave!
Six hundred thousand voluntary swords
Flash in the sun; woe to the traitor hordes !
This patient people, loath to.show its might
13,elucta,nt long the rebels to requite—
To righteous indignation roused at last,
Claims dreadful reckoning for*the painful Past!
The South shall see a bloody harvest reapt,
And feel the vengeance due for faith unkept,
And Retribution's heavy hand restore
The Nation's rights, on that revolted shore.
Yet shall the rebel rout rue Sumpter's day,
And o'er its battlements our banners play—
And haughty Charleston, Treason's old abode,
In blood and ashes,, kiss the scourging rod I
The structure reared by bold insurgent hands,
Shall perish with their battle-broken bands,
And Cotton nabobs see their league expire
Beneath the pressure of invading ire!
Secession's evil heresy shall fall,
And slaughtered thousands be its gory pall,
While kindred dogmas beg the special boon
Of mingling with.the dust of John Calhoun.
The severed Stites, coed, .and terror-driven,
SW one by one return—r 4444 be forgiven
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N , Dec. 8 30. ° The ban:
0.,1,404ent for the week ending on
'kit* shows a decrease in loans of
$1,027,912; decrease in specie , $7,455,-
657; decrease in circulation, $119,898;
decrease in deposits, $8,425,603. On
Saturday .evening, the banks did not
hold much over $23,000,000 in specie.
Many of the banks paid out specie,
as usual, to-clay, while
_others are
Raying out small sums to customers.
There is but little demand, however,
for it. Arangements have been made
for an advance of specie by the banks,
to pay a portion of the State debt
and interest thereon due on January
first.
Capture of a Boat by the Rebels-- Balloo
Apparatus for Beaufort, &c,
FORTRESS 37oxttoE, Dec. 26.—As
the steamboat Express, which runs
between Ohl Point and Newport
News, was leaving the latter place
this morning, a rebel tug boat was
seen off Sewall's Point. She wore a
Commodore's blue pennant, which
was taken at first tor a flag of truce,
but on the Express arriving within
range, she fired a shot'across her bows,
followed by several shells. The
greatest consternation prevailed for
a short time on board the Express,
which is unarmed, and the schooner
Sherwood, employed to bring water
from Newport News, which was at
that time in tow, was cut adrift.—
The Sherwood was immediately de
serted by her crew, consisting offour
men, who escaped by a small boat to
Newport News, and. drifting down
with. the tide was taken possession
of by a rebel tug and towed to Ora
ney Island. Her captain stuck to her
and was taken prisoner. The tug
subsequently made her appearance
for the second time, but the Express
had crowded all her steam on, and
had reported the circumstances to
the flag ship. After long delay,
about half a dozen gunboats started,
steaming towards the scene, and
threw a few shells into Sewall's Point
and Pig Point batteries, without pro
ducing any effect. However, as far
as ktown, had it not been for the in
excusable delay in our gunboats get
ting to the spot, the rebel tug might
have been intercepted and the schoon
er saved. The latter had been lined
with zinc, and fitted out with a val
uable force pump for a water boat.—
The loss is estimated at about two
thousand dollars.' The schooner be
longed to Assistant Quaartermaster
Noyes.
The Brig Empire, Crosby, which
sailed yesterday for Port Royal, to
open trade, with a cargo of freshpro
visions, &c., took out a balloon, and
chemicals and apparatus for infla
ting it, consigned to General Sher
man, under the direction of Professor
Starkweather, of the Aurrnatic De
partment. Professor Starkweather
will make ascensions in the vicinity
of Beaufort.
What Gen, Scott Says.
Gen. Scott. according to the New
York Times of • Saturday, makes no
secret of the real motive of his hasty
return from Europe. He desires it
to be understood that he came cloth-.
ed with no mission and charged with
no message wi:atever, from any for
eign prince or power ;—that he had
no interview - either with the Emperor
Napoleon or M. Thouvenel, his Min
ister of .Foreign Affairs; and that his
reason for coming home was the ap
prehension of immediate hostilities
between England and the United
States, and the fear that' if he did
not embrace this opportunity of re
turning, he could not return at all.—
The only high personage with whom
General Scott had any political con
versation in France was Prince Na,
poleon,—and to him he expressed bia
confident belief that, if fo-reign no.
Lions did not interfere, the rebellion
would be effectually suppressed by
midsummer,
and that-'before that
time cotton for the supply of the
pim
mediate necessities of other nations
would be supplied through the South
ern ports of which our troops are ta
king possession.
Gen. Scott states that the feeling
in England and France was univer
sal that war is inevitable. He shared
it himself to the fullest extent until
he reached this city. What he has
since seen of public sentiment on this
side of the Atlantic has, however,
very materially modified this opinion.
The cause of the extraordinary anger
of England. General Scott believes,
is the conviction on the part of the
great body of the English people
that the United States are resolved up
on war, to punish England for her
concession of belligerent rights to
the rebel States.
The affair of the Trent is regarded
as having been made the occasion
for manifesting this feeling toward
Great Britain; and not one man in
a thousand believed that the Govern
ment of the United States would dis
avow the act, Or make for it the
slightest reparation or apology—no
matter how clear might be their con
viction that it was innianifest viola
tion of the principles of international
law. General Scott is satisfied, as
every person in this country must
be, that this assumption is Utterly
unfounded,—that this government
has not the slightest wish or willing
ness to insult Great Britain, and that
any reparation consistent with na
tional honor, for any wrong that may
have been done, will be promptly
and cheerfully afforded: And this,
he believes, will be quite sufficient to
prevent a war.
RAVAGES OF THE DIPTELWA.--5.,_
nel Whitehouse, of Parkman, Me.,
has lost his whole family of children
five in number—by diptheria, this
season; and Isaac Burns, of Emoden,
also lost four children by the same
dreadful disease in eleven days.
iiiirKiniaterj. Glancy Jones, from
the court of : Tie, is expected
home by the A go , anal 11#1
honored with o sse e ptim ity his
Pennsylvania friends,
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