/is table it isillbe leen . : that. The l 'ilttnetrig the ••intrOptifterircif the` taministration
rofined oil is by far 'the cheapest and best in New Tort and Mayor Ope.ike is one of
butner in the list, and must,
sooner or later, Greely's lieutenants. Weed 'has the repute
surSrdeile all others. In * Philadelphia, : lion of as a political leader and
there of great sagacity ..
wbere gas lights have been introduced at
very Etil.Y.Y_ cost, many prefer and what 154 - alier unusual in
th e li g ht . ( 4' party manager . ,
Pettliletiiii, it being a steady, pure, and niel- a veteran politician, his intOgrity is without
low light; Mille that proceeding from gas stain. He believed the abolitionists were by
burners is tremulous and injurious to the . .
sight. It will eveiltintily be used to light their policy, rendering the restoration of the
towns and cities. i' Union an impossibility, and lie has not hesi
. . .
r , APterit , thi
2. The use of one of its elements us a ' tuted to say so, and has thus rendered hirn
drier to supply the place of ttomentine is (if self obnoxious to the hostility of such windy
Feat consequence. especially at the present 1 • - -
time; when a supply of that article is not , patriots tie Ms Opdike seems to be. Opdike
within our reach. , _ .1 was a we :thy cloth merchant and govern-
, . .
• 8. -As a lubricator,' it I's unsurpassed diber
meat " ,)? in fat corttribts, from which ac-
'
Pe z heavy oil is used. It is cheap and'
cording to Mr Weed, he eted. his Pociets
durable, And - the cost is trifling, compared
with that of other lubricators, and will b e -without conscience. In the publication al
letta•many years, come into very general hided to, Weed charged Op.Nke with monop
tiet 'for that p j purpose. olising the'aoth Market at the commence
- ,--- ,
4. Its herding - properties tilitt. `vsstly in - - ;
went oftlic . Wa'r, then the government was
crease its utility. It will in its crude state,
ma a generator of steam, supply the place o f : '
cumpelled to buy from him at whatever pricer
coal on : the ocean steamers. It is used for ; were asked. Ile thus forced the government
many other 'purposes which the length of into giving him large contracts for the so'-
thisarticle forbids me to name. I .
I,diers, in which he took advantage of the ne
cessities of the government and made exor-
ArtSDANT StPPI.Y.
Associated with its utility is the idea of
Ittantity. Can a quantity, sufficient to sup
ply the dtmands of the present age, be ob
tained ? On this point we all have our
conjectures, founded more or less on obser
vation. My opinion is, that it is as ex
haustless as coal. It was evidently intended
by its Creator to subserve the interests of
lean in his highest state.of moral and in
tellectnai refinement. If this view be cor:
rect, the supply will be sufficient to subserve
those interests; as well as all others intended.
What evidence can be adduced to show the
!vastness of the supply. If it be true that
Plitrnlegm,'wherever found, Las a common
erten, more or less evidence can be brought
forward: In Persia; wells have been pro-
/146 1 0 for two hundred years, and there
IWO :no indications .of exhaustion. The
assns is -true as to amount in Indi.- j trf:Al in
northera Italy. The eviderr.:::. ti
ankt, supply is found hi own land. The
Fella in Venani!,•3 co., Pa.. afford proof
of an imme), quantity within reach of
:Capital •‘ . ,ia enterprise. On Kanawha, near
' , Nl — Ohio flyer above Marietta, nt Horse
Neck and vicinity, on Duck creek, Muskin
raiv Wolf creek, Federal creek, Sunday
and in niliny other localities, we have
augOiat reason to conclude that the supply
will eilual the demand, and that this may
.•
emi t. traria for centuries. •
TtriinVE PROSPECTS OF THE OIL BUSINESE:
If it be true that Petroleum, valuable
as
S, can never fail of an ablindandant sup
,then may we conclude that the oil bus
ag;fais d estined to assume a magnitude be•
t nese points al.,
acome, future time, I conclude my present
optes.
J. P. WEETII EY
ArrstraN Athens co., 0.
t '4ootniirt.
W. JONES. '
JAS. S. JENNINGS,j Editors.
"One Country, One Constitution, One
Destiny." '
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WEDNESDAY, JAN, 11, 1865.
MONEY ! MONEY H
The earrent expense's of a newspaper
*See ifl these war times are enormous,
aail can only be met by prompt pay
ments on the part of patrons. We are
BOW payin' over THREE TIMES as much
for paper as we did three years ago, and
dierrevondin,g advances have been made
,in the price of other printing materials.
In addition to all this, the wages of labor
• ire higher than ever before since the
adablishment of the paper, while the
necessaries of life command equally ex-
travagant rates. Under these eircum-
'stances, we must insist on our subscri-
bars remembering us in a substantial
"fray, by making prompt payments.
Will every patron who knows himself
to be in arrears on our books immedi-
Mely call and settle his account l It
*ill relieve us from embarrassqient and
ere us some heart for our work, whici
at best pays but a trifle and nothing
like as well as any other business pur
Friends, lose no time in SETTLING
UP:
Shoddy Morality and. Abolition Patri-
otism.
We have just risen from the perusal of the
proceedings of a trial . in one of the New York
city courts, between Thur Weed and
6.org. Opdike, ex-Mayor of New York.
• Tba latter sued the former for libel, in a pub
lication recently made, reflecting on the in-
tegrity, or rather want of integrity of Mr
Opdike. These men are distinguished as po
ideal leaders in the Republican school of
politics. Weed is ex-editor of the Albany
Evening Journal, from which he retired
Sme a time ago, because he could not go the
I ,kingtivs. which his party required in support
eisbolitionism, whose principles be regarded
ilAtiniraleal to the speedy restoration of the
Ihion. Eland Greet,' head oposing factions
bitant profits. He also charged him with
being a secret partner in various contracts
with the government amounting to some five
millions of dollars in which be plundered the
government to the amount of some hundreds
of thousands of dollars. He also charged
that while Mayor of New York, he made up
a fraudulent charge against the city for the
destruction of a gun factory by the mob. in
the late riots in the city,and passing and con
niving at the passing of this f . i.auatilent ac
c wri`, as Mayor, whu, ilia duty was to wo
tect the cit . , : against the plunder of
trcaz-iiry. He charged him With selling his
influence with the administration at Wash
ingtork ig procuring the appointment of sur
veyor of the port of New York, and finally
he charged him with taking advantage of the
want of business, qualifications and the ne
cessities of Gen. Fremont, in a professed at
tempt to relieve him of his embarresments
growing out of his troublesome and rich es
tate of 'Mariposa, in California: That by
shrewd management and hollow professions
of friendship for Gen. Fremont, he put near
ly a million of the stock -raised upon the
Mariposa estates in his pocket, without the
outlay of a single dollar of his own money.
These were some of the prominent charges
made by Weed against Opdike for the
brought. Much of the proof produced on
the occasion by Weed. who justified the
charges, and in our opinion, trom reading the
evidence, satisfactorily sustained them, is
strikingly illustrative of the purity of should;-
morals & the disinterestedness of shoddy pa
triotism, of which this war has been en pro
lific. We have not yet seen the verdict of
the jury in the case, but if Mayor Opdike
receives fifty cents, instead of the fifty thous
and dollars, which he dahlia as damages, we
shall be very greatly surprised.
Dangers Ahead! Threatened inter
vention of England and Rl:lbs in
our troubles.
Mow that the roboili6a is apparently au
proacindifs ei'hqs, the danger of foreign in
teriention, hinted at in another column,
seems to us quite probable and should be
a.subjeet of alarm to those who desire the re
establishment of the Union upon its old foun
dation.- England has ever been at heart our
enemy, and France just now has ambitious
projects of her own, which would be better
suhserved, by weakening us, by seperation;
than strengthening us by a return to our an
cient power and greatness. France well
knows that her daring project of permanent
y holding possession of Mexico, would not
for a moment be tolerated, if we had this
troublesome civil war off our hands The com
mercial advantages derived to English com
merce by the state of things now existing,
united with her ancient jealousy of the power
of this union, if kept together, canse,s her to
desire that our present weakness may be per-
Fetuated by permanent disruption. The
leaders of the rebelion too, would prefer any
thiny to a return to the old union, which
they now regard as permanently under the
control of New England theories of govern
ment. They are prepared, we never doubt
ed, to sacrifice their darling institution of
slavery it necessary to secure their indepen
dence. If however they can retain slavery
and ty the aid of foreign interference secure
their seperate existence, no one can . fairly
doubt that they would do so with little hesi
tation. Whether the people of the south as
contradistinguished from the leaders, will ac
quiesce in their wicked and (IP; ingerous policy,
remains to be seen. We shall hope to hear
of decided dissent among the masses of the
people of the south, already deluded almost
to their destruction, if it should be found that
the leaders of the rebellion are really about
to pursue so suicidal .a course as is thus indi
cated.
The Coming Draft.
The inexorable draft is again approaching.
It is to take place on the 15th of February,
less than a month and a half ahead. It is
useless to grumble, there is no avoiding it;
the president which the majority has jos
elected, has issued his command requiHng
it to be made. If you remind him that his
friends deniel; before the election, that a
draft would follow that,event, he will an
swer you with one of his famous jokes. But
this thing of the draft is no joke to the peo•
ple, already taxed to death, almost, with
the expense of the previous drafts—it is to
them a palpable reality, which can neither
be scolded or joked out of existence.
What, then,ls tLe best thing to be done,
is the vital question now fur solution, which
presses itself with resistless force upon our
attention. Will you go or pay ?—far as yet,
unless Congress, between this and the 15th
of February changes the law, you may fur
nish a substitute, if drafted. The govern
ment dill pay from one to three hundred
dollars as a bounty for volunteers who have
seen service. Many of our returned soldiers,
tired of the quiet of civil life, will, as the
spring opens, long for the excitement of War
again. Would it not be a judicious move
ment for the townships to raise local bounty
to add to the evernment bounty, and
thussecure volunteers to be credited to
their quotas? and if so, had not efforts bet-
I ter thNitede, jntiMiptly, to 'efgel- 'this Ajegt
Many of the townships, iu the last draft, had
to submit to large sacrifices, in consequence
of delay.
Another obvious duty, is, to• see to the
correction of the enrollments, that no names
are there which should not he. Every name
taken off the enrollment, lessens the quota of
the township. On the other hand, every
name left off the enrollment, which should
be there, nlOnly relieves persons thus "sit
uated, but throws additional burdens t.f.t•tk.n
those already there.
Letter from the Senior Editor.
GIRARD llotst„ PLITLADELPSIA, PA., I
January 6th, '65.
Hy Deo r Colonel: am still here and
busy, though weary and homesick. The
bustle and hurry of a great city are not to
the taste cf a rural Editor, whose life has
been chiefly retired and meditative, but who
yet ran submit to any Infliction in the way
of business cares, perplexities and anxieties
in the hope ot improving his fortunes.
The Oil excitement in the East is grad
ually abating. The vast amount of capital
already invested in lands and leases renders
additional and heavy investments improba
ble, especially in our county, until farther
developments are made. A few yielding
wells on tankard, Whiteley, Ten Mile and
other streams vi-ouid have the off:Zi to firm
ly establish our region in the confidence of
Eastern capitalists, and lead to the liberal
outlay of tli•Sir money in purchases and de
v-lopments. Until then, however, they
will be cautious, and properties cannot be
sold at the extravagant prices many ot out .
"oil struck" people at home feel like de
manding and are sanguine enongh to hope
for.
The holiday season passed off most de
lightfully in this city 4o old and young.—
Every attraction was presented at places of
amusement; the shop windows were tiled
with every imaginable article of utility or
amusement that could tempt the taste or ap
petite of buyers, and the streets were crowd
ed with old and young, grave and gay. It
was a season of fun and' festivity to every
body, while the humblc poor, the widow And
orphan, and the sick and wounded sailor and
soldier, were remembered kindly, grate
fully and bounteously.thit
Christmas season and t his Christmas rejiiie
jug, by the way, remit:lo,s me of b. beautiful
little poem I have in my pocket writtcht
Miss :Fannie Galbraith, a pretty, pit-&:ious
and interesting of Cuii twelve
sutnmers, daughter Of My mend, Wsr, A.
GA:LBRAITII, Esq., of Erie, who, i'.7t connec
tion with Col. liana, of Vena!",go, (if I may
be pardoned for mtntioni , s,g the fact in this
contiectien,) Las don' more than any man
of promirretce awl. enterprise in the State to
direet:public s!.t.ention to the Dunkard Oil
. ttegion, The "Governor" (as I familiarly
term lir. G..) and Col. Kann are both
courteous and high-toned gentlemen, and
conapictu,us for their worth, nut less than
their ability. But I digress. The verses,
which I append below, are not only beauti
ful in conception and naturalness, but in
dicative of real poetic genius, which I doubt
not will ultimately give the bright tnd love
ly little girl who wrote them a high posi
tion in the world of letters. But here is the
poem, letter and all :
fy Dear Papa :—I think you must be
getting tired of my lettors, so I will send
you, by way of variety, a little Christmas
poem, of my own composition, entitled
31ET A'S VISION
Early one Christmas morning,
Through the streets all bare and dreary,
A little child was straying,
Ragged, poor and very weary.
Her large (lark eyes were humid,
Her hair streamed hi the wind,
And she was sobbing sadly,
Motion, why lett you one behind
At length she reached a spacious gatoway,
Which led to a mansion grand,
And she sat down in a corner
Resting her cheek upon her band.
Iler thoughts were not of the present,
They were of the sorowful past,
Aneshe drew up her tiny feet
To shield them from the piercing blast
Then she thought of her mother's death be d
And she heaved a long, sad sigh,
Then she beard a sweet voice saying,
Little girl, why do you cry ?
And she saw before her
A child with beauty rare,
With large, pitying blue eyes,
And streaming, golden hair.
Then she fell upon her knees,
With folded bands, and said,
"I know thou nrt the Christ child,
Pity me, for my mother is dead."
Then said the Christ child,
"Wilt thou come with me
To my heavenly mansions
And thy angel mother Bee ?"
When the Christmas bells were pealing
Forth their merry, holy sound,
In the gateway of a mansion
A little frozen child was found.
Her dark eyes were upliited,
And clasped were her little hands,
She had gone to join her mother
In the Christchild's angel bands.
FANNIE.
I wish your readers many' returns of the
holidays, and every good thing that Fortune
can bring them.
Ever, my dear Colonel,
Yours sincerely,
R. W. J.
The Parrot Gun.
In the late attack on Wilmington, by
Commodore Porter, we see it stated that
some five or six of the Parrot guns burst
in the course of the attack, killing acd
wounding some sixty or seventy persons; be
ing more fatal in their effects upoa our own
forces, that the missiles of the enemy ! We
think there should be no hesitation in the
prompt disuse of this species of guar, and we
pre glad to see that the proper authorities,
have stopped, for the present, . thf. farther
manufacture of these dangerous weapons.
ERIE, December 24
VilenleitTrirtiips Speaks
Mr Wendell Phillips let off one of h char
acteristic speedhes, a few evenings ago, to a
New York audience. He thniks PresidelA
tincoln is too slow' Men 'Mr him in the
rate of abolitloestm tier.. Banks too, in
!As recently constructed State of Louisiana
itas Anne 'firr Alert, according to Wendell's o
pinion, of the perfection which modern aboh
tionisrn has attained. Banks has antiquated
notions of the natural inferiority of the negro
to the white race,---doubts his fitness, at once,
for the intelligent enjoyment of the• elective
franchise and social equality, generally, with
the whites. Not so however, Wendell. lie
is for doing np the whole thing at once, by
receiving his negro brothers and sisters (for
he avowed himself, plumply to be a convert to
the new philosophy of "miscegenation") to liis
bosom as equals in every respect. Al dis
tinct races, according to Wendell's philoso
phy, have been improved by admixture with
3ther races. This is his reading of the world:,
history on this subject-, and hence 11,!!. sees in
Lhe judicious mixture of tli:e'Srtlon and Negro
blood a glorious VrosErzet, nay a certainty, for
the decided impr..)vement of the white race.
Wendell predicts., among other things, that
the Democratic party is destined to come
into pod•er at the next Presidential election.
A Favorable Sign.
We publish it, another column,the proceed
ings of a meeting of the citizens of Savan
nah, Georgia, which furnishes evidence to us
that the people of that region are coming to
their senses,—becoming sat;sfi ed that their
leaders made a mistake in pushing them into
the troublesome and crooked paths of re
bellion. The resolution they adopted asking
the governor of the State to call a conven
tion of the people to consider the quest,lon,
if return to the Union, is feihopeful sign. If
the people of the Union—both North and
South—could have been consulted, the pre
cious lives and treasure which have been so
lavishly ee.stroyed in this terrible war, would
have all been saved.
%ere Guns i.n . the Navy
ID this recent official dispatch of Commo
dore Porter, of the attack upon Wilmington,
is contained thu extraordinary statement
that -Sava Parrot guris burst, and that not
IcEled or wounded in this way :—that the
principal damage done to our forces on
that occasion, was caused in this way. We
should think such results ought to lead to a
prompt abandonment of their use, and that
there could be no difference of opinion on
such a question.
ELMS
FOI the Mmenger.
A Railroad through Greene County
Messrs Editors:—l see in your last issub
a communication setting forth the practica
bility of a railroad from Waynesburg through
the vally of Big Whitely to the river. Since
that time the subject has been freely dis
cussed by the enterprising and weakly citi
zens along said mate, and many are confi-.
dent that almost the entire stock can be
sold in this county. There is no route that
could so fully satisfy the oil interest of little
Greene, from the fact that said road would
meet the wants of half the Dunkard oil re
gion, all the Whitely valley, as well as three
fourths of Ten Mile. The immense cost of
iron at the present fabulous prices, will ren
der it inspcssible to make three roads, so that
the only prospect of even making,pne is to
run it diagonally through the county so . as
to secure the interests of all. Indeed no
other route could secure enough freight to
justify such a great expenditure. Let the
attention of the Pittsburgh and Connelsville
Railroad company be called to this subject,
and have their charters extended to Way nes
burgh through the George's creek valley In
Fayette county where promising indications
of oil have been found, and they may secure
a valuable extension of their road through
Greene county. . MON ONG Al' EL A.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The Richmond
PiTata of the 2d says : A gentleman
arrived from the the vicinity of Colum
bia, Tenn., states that Hood has ar
rived in Central Tenn., and is recruit
ing his army largely. lle has driven
Southward over 10,000 hogs some 6,-
000 beef cattle. He also secured a
large quantity of flour, and corn enough
to. last his army time montlis. In or
der to secure his retreat across Duck
river, lie had posted twelve or four
teen cannon to keep the t.ver cleared.
He crossed his main force, when the
enemy attacked his rear guard, and
they were unable to bring off the peices.
Hood has conscripted all the able-bodi
ed men from 17 to 50 years of age."
The Examiner has a furious military
review of Davis' management of the
war. It says it is the duty of Congress
to take some decided steps to prevent
our means of defence from being
thrown away any longer at hap-hazard,
and at worse than hazard, through the
fancies especially of one unlikely man.
The common place expedients for filling
up the ranks are more than useless, and
must be controlled by more judgment
and better sense. Although the con
dition of these affairs is not now what
we had a right to expect they would
bp, they are not irretrievalby lost. The
Confederacy is still able to make a re
sistence and successful defence against
all its enemies, on condition its efforts
are guided by some calm wisdom and
conducted on a consistent plan.
The Army of the Potomac.—Attempt
ed Opening of the Dutch Gap Canal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Parties who
arrived here this morning, by mail boat
from City Point, report that the Dutch
Gap canal explosion 'took place on Sun
day afternoon. The earth was blown
out but descended into the canal again,
blocking up the communication.
*Gen. Grant was walking on th
quay at City Point a short time since
apparently absorbed in thought, with the
inevitable cigar in his mouth, when a ne •
gro guard touched hisarm, saying, "No
smoking on the dock, sir," "Are those
your orders?" asked the General, looking
up. "Yes, sir, " replied the negro, cour
teously but dec idedly. "Very good or
dets," saidliranti throwing hii eionr in
to the water
;JUNO
c 6, •
THE NEW SENSATION. •
Exciting Rumors of Approaohing
Intervention in American
Affairs.
England and France to Ruognize
the. South on March 411 i.
I.BOLD MOVE OF REBEL LEADERS
more Important Utterances of the
Richmond Prest
ENGLAND PREPAIII7IG FOR WAR.
Troops Held in Readiness to
Embark for America.
THE CANADAS IN ARMS.
The Premp and Circumstance of War as
Seen in the Provinces.
ORGANIZATION AND STRENGTH OF THE
MILITIA.
EMI
LEI
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4
If stories which are obtaining wide cur
rency here are to be believed, thete at last
real danger to be apprehended of interven
tion in our affairs by England and Prance.
It is known b - ,fre, and is said to have been
known Ili the 'State Department for several
da - c s, that England has been quietly organ
izing a large force of men, to be held in
readiness for some important duty. An or
der, mcreover, is known to have been issued,
pin'emptorily refusing leaves of absence to
the officers of several of the best regiments
of the English army, and the recent mar
velous promptness of Oh', Canadian author
ities in raising men, even at the expense of
an enforced draft, tinder the pretest of xn
apprehended invasion by the Fenians, is
thought to point clearly to the tact that they
had been instructed to sieze the first oppor
tunity of organizing all available i forces for
fITI V PtIIPeCP , " ni
The recent notice of the asrog,ation of the
Reciprocity treaty, and the evident deter
mination of the government to push work
with all possible haste upon the gunboats in
tended for service in the northern lakes is
also noticed by those who are now watching
the signs of times with intense interest.
Additional excitement has .been awaken
ed by the important leading editorials in the
Richmond' EXl.;,'? liter and the *nti;od of the
2nd instant. These are believed to have
been pro:noted by Louis Napoleon, and
to have been put forward to prepare the
minds of the southern people for the last
bold move of the rebel leaders.
That the South is now harder pushed than
at any previous time during the war cannot
be denied, and the unwillingness of France
and England to see the Union restored is
well understood. They will never permit
the South to be conquered. It is believed
that the programme will be in effect as fol
lows: Notice will be given, after the 4th of
March, that England and France recognize
Mr. Lincoln as President only of such states
as are represented in the electoral college,
which is tantamount to a recognition of the
confederate independence. The course
hinted at by the Richmond papers is believ
ed to have been adopted some tune since,
and the Confederate States have already
offered themselves as colonies of England
and France, or at least asks those powers to
assume a protectorate over them.
THE CANADIAN PRESS.
Staetling Confirmations or the
Refr:rt of intervenlion—The
Disunion of the United States
to be Officially Affirmed by
Lord Russel!.
[From Montreal Evening Telegraph, Jan. 3.]
Rumors have been prevalent for some
time of an increase to the imperial military
force in Canada. It is now stated in mili
tary and other well-formed circles, I hat the
Coldstream Guards and other regiments to
the number of ten thousand men, have been
ordered to hold themselves in readiness to
embark for Canada. The reason given in
the same circles for this movement is the
intention of the governments of France and
Great Britian, on the inauguration of Mr.
Lincoln in March next, to recognize him as
the President only of those States for which
he has been elected ; thus officially affirming
the disunion of the former United States
spoken of by Earl Russell in his letter to the
confederate commissioners.
NORTH CAROLINA,
Fzilvre of the Expedition up the Roanoks
River.—Rebel accounts of the Disaster.—
Reported loss of Si.z Gunboats and 1,000
Men.—The Double-Ended Otsego Sunk.
—Fort Br:zilch Betiered to hare been the
Destination of the Fleet —Our Forces
Return to Jamescille.—The Roanoke Er
pedition—Rs Disastrous Termination.
[From the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 3...1
The Yankee gunboat mpvement up
the Roanoke river resulted, as is known,
very adversly. From an interview
with a deserving and efficient officer
' from that locality we gather some in
teresting items, which we present to
our readers. The expedition compris
ed twelve gun-boats and several barges,
the latter of twenty oars each. Two
of the barges,•which went ahead as tor
pedo-hunters, were vigorously attacked
by our sharpshooters, and lost thirty
oue killed. The crews then displayed
a sigual of surrender; but before the
barges could be secured a gunboat ap
proached and shelled our forces so fu
riously as to compel the relinquishment
of their prizes, which drifted down the
river to the gunboats. The barges ex
ploded several of our torpedoes, but
failed to clear the river. The gunboats
continued their progress, when several
of them were blown tip: Deterred by
their losses, and by the hazard of still
greater, they then beat a return to
Jamesville, twelve miles above Plym
outh. Up to the !hit dates only six of
the twelve boats had returned. Their
officers stated to the citizen of
Villiam
r+ton, twenty-two tithes below Fort
Branch, that they had 'loft f , ',ur of their
boats by torpedoes. When asked
where the other two were, they made
no reply. They also aimitted the loss
of ogre thousand men. Admitting their
statement, which is believed to be true,
we can account for the other tWo miss
ing boats. The officer in charge of the
torpedo force, in reconnoitering, dlr.-
covered a sunken boat of which no one
was aware, and cut from her about fif
teen feet of her boarding-netting,s, of
very large size. The six gunboats was
sunk by our light field-battery.—
Among the gunboats destroyed was the
powerful Otsego, double-ender, bearing
fourteen eleven-inch guns, and manned
by a crew of three hundred, reinforced
by the same number of infantrymen.
Four other men, who were picked up
at different times, all agreed that of the
six hundred men on board not more
than sixty escaped with life from the
wreck A worthy and reliable'inechan
ie, who was pressed into the Yankee
service to make coffins for the officers
and boxes for the men fished up from
the wreck, declares that up to the time
of his release over two hundred had
been made, and shipped to Plymouth,
the men to be buried there, and the
officers to be sent to the United States.
The work of fishing up the" dead was
still being prosecuted. Many of the
bodies of those blown up on the differ
ent boats had floated down to James
ville. Thus has resulted an expedition
doubtless designed for the reduction of
Fort Branch and the capture of Hall-
&c.,
THE EXPEDITIJN UP THE ROANOKE
The naval movement referred to by
the Richmond Sentinel appears to have
been one organized for the purpose of
capturing Halifax, which is a point on
the Roanoke river near Weldon. TI e
object of the demonstration was doubt
less to sieze Weldon, and thus co-oper
ate with a military movement front the
Army of the Potomac. The boats re
ported to have been destroyed were in
all probability simply barges used for
the transportation of boops or seamen,
and their loss is, therefore, not so dis
astrous as it would seem. The river
appears to have been well planted with
torpedoes, which proved very destruc
tive to our boats.
The result of this expeditibn shows
that the rebels have spared no pains to
place every possible obstruction which
human ingenuity can devise to the ap
proach of our army or navy toward any
of their important cities.
It is possible that when Union ac
e mnts of the expedition are received,
it will be shown to have been fir less
disastrous than is reported by the Sen
tinel. Indeed, there are circumstances
stated in the rebel account winch ex
hibit a coloring not warranted by well
known filets.
The Manufacture of Parrott Gufls
Suspended.—Report of the Remov
al of Gen. Canby.
Special Dispatch to the Pittsburgh Commercial.
WASAINGTON, Jan. 6.—The farther manu
facture of Parott guns has beer. suspended
for the present.
Immediately upon the receipt of the In
telligence of the bursting of the guns on
board the fleet, in the attack on Wilmington,
the Chief of Ordinance telegraphed to Mr.
Parrott, at West Point, to suspend their
manufacture, until the result of the inquiry
into the case of their explosion was known.
The particulars of the explosion have not
yet been received by the Navy Department,
and it is not probable that anything will be
done until the official statemet.t of the affair
is received.
The report industriously circulated to-1' y
that Generai Cauby had been relieved from
command of the Middle Military District of
Mississippi, is believed to be untrue. It is
thought to have originated with cotton spec
ulators.
es-Richmond papers of Wednesday con
tain the following items
The following official dispatch from Gen.
Beauregard, w•as received yesterday by the
War Departmeiat :
CrIAELEsTON, S. C., Jan. 2
The federal raiders are reported to have
returned from the Mobile and Oiho rail
road, going westward They have left forty
wounded. Gen. Gholson is badly wounded.
The damage to the railroad will be repaired
.in about ten days.
(Signed)
The subjoined dispatch from Gen. Hardee,
received yesterday afternoon by the• Secre
tary of War, gives us the latest news from
South Carolina :
The enemy are landing in force on the
South Carolina side of the .Savannah river,
and are driving our pickets toward liar
deeville.
(Signed,) W. J. Winn Es.
The Press Dispatch.
CO U RTL AND, ALA., Jan. 4,
via Decatnr, Ala., Jan. 4. C
The cavalry belonging to Maj. Gen. Sted
man's command have pursued, captured and
burned Hood's pontoon train, captured six
hur.dred mules, one hundred wagons, and
two hundred hogs.
Forrest is reported near Russellville, and
a deserter from Hood's army reports that
Hood has been ordered to Tuscal9osa to re
organize his shattered army.
Rhoddy's cavalry command is almost en
tirely dispersed,
[SPECIAL DISPATCH to TILE WORLD.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3
It is lerrned that reliable advices have
been received here announcing that Hood,
with his army, has at last succeeded in
crossing the Tennessee river, Every effort
was made bat he slipped away ender cov, r
of night.
FROM GEN. DEAUREGARD
G. T. BEAIIIIGitRD
FROM GEN. HARDEE
CHARLESTON, Jan. 2
Citizen's Meeting in Sa 'annah.
Th• Governor Called on to Convene a
Peace Conventioe.
[From the Eavaunah Republican, 29th 3
Pursuant to the call of Mayer Arnold a
large meeting of influential citizens was held
at the Masonic Hall, at 12 IL yesterday, for
the purpose of taking into consideration.
"matters relating to the present and future
welfare of the city." On motion, Dr. Arnold
was unanimously called to the chair, and
addressed the meeting.
The following gentlemen were appointed
committee to•report resolutions expressifmot
the sense of the meeting, viz.: Colonel
Rockwell, Alderman Lippman, Dr. Willis;
Alderman Villalonga, Martin Duggan, J. G.
Mills, W. D. Weed, Alderman Lachlison and
Alderman ()Tunes, and after a brief ab:
pence, reported the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, by the fortunes of war and the
surrender of the city by the civil authorities . ,
Savannah passes once more under the an::
thority of the United States; and whereas, we
believe that the interests of the city will be
best subserved and promoted by.a full and
free expression of our views in relation to
our present condition, we, therefore, tbe
people of Savannah, in full meeting assem.;
bled, do hereby resolve,
Ist. That we accept the position, and in'
the language of the President of the United'
States, seek to have "peace by laying down'
our arms and submitting to the national ati-:
thority under the constitution," "leaving.aki
questions which remain, to Ise l(li : ju'6tki
the peaceful means of legislation; t;onference
and votes."
Resared, mod , That laying aside alt differ
ences and burying by-gones in the grave oft
the past, we will use our best endeavors once
more to bring back the prosperity and com
merce we once enjoyed.
Rcso/red, 3d, That we do not put ourselves
in the position of a conquered city asking
terms of a conqueror, but we claim the im
munities and privileges contained in the
proclamation and message of the President
of the United States, and in all the legisla
tion of Congress in reference to a people sit
uated as we are; and while we owe on our
part a strict obedience to the laws of -the
TTnited States, we ask the protection over
our persons, lives, and property rec"gnized
by those laws.
ReBolred, 41h, That we respectfully
_re
quest his excellency the governor, to call a
convention of the people of Georgia, by any
constitutional means in•his power, to give
theman opportunity of voting upon the ques
tion, whether they wish the war between.the.
two sections of the country to continue.
.1,'(40/eed, 51h, That Major General Sher--
Mall having placed as military commander
of this post, Brigadier General Geary, who
has, by his urbanity as a gentlemen and his
uniform kindness to oar citizens, done. all in
his power to protect them and their property
from insult and injury, it is the unanimous
desire of all present that he be allowed to re
main in his present position, and that for the
reasons above stated, the thanks of the citi
zens are hereby tendered to him and the of
ficers under his coinini.nd.
Rem)lre,l, Gth, That an official copy of
these resolutions he sent to the President of
the United States, the Governor of Georgia,
General Sherman, and to each, the mayor s
of Augusta, Columbus Macon and Atlanta.
The Secretaries were directed to furnish
Brigadear General Gcary n ith a copy of the
resolutions.
From Washington.
The Electoral Votes of Rebel States.
Lonsiana and Tennessee will not be
Counted
Mr. Fessenden Re-nominated to the
Senate
HIS SUSCESSOR IN TREASURY DEPATIMNT.
WASllls(;Tos, January .6
Mr. Wilson, of lowa, Chairman of
the Judiciary, was to-clay authorized by
his committee to report to the house a
bill prohibiting the counting of :he
electoral votes from any of the rebel
States, including Tennessee and Louis
iana.
The vote on the Constitutional
Amendment will come off on Monday.
The prospects are doubtful.
General Batiks returned here to-day
to engineer the fighting for the recogni
tion of the Louisiana State' Government.
The decided indicatiors now ars that
the efforts to embody a recognition of
Louisiana in the reconstruction bill, will
defeat the bill itself.
It is believed that efforts, centering
at Savannah, will soon be made, un
der the highest authority, to organize
the military strength of the slave popu
lation of Georgia.
Secretary Fessenden having been re
nominated to the Senate, rumor is busy
selecting his successor. The names
most prominent mentioned are Gover
nor Boutwell, of Massachusetts , Gov.
Morgan, of New York, and Judge Mc-
Cullough, of Indiana, and the presvt.
Comptroller of the currency.
Another account—No Orders yet Is.,
sued to the Troops.
[From the Montreal Gazette, Jan. 4.]
A rumor has been current in this city for
three or four days that a number of tresh
regiments, including the Coldstream G4rds,
had had intimation that they might prepare
or be in rediness to remove to Canada ;and
it was understood to be current in military
circles—in fact so positively so that every
body believed it. We learn, however, opu,n,
inquiry in a quarter which leaves us af, , ,roorn
for doubt, that it is not true that fA i y bider
has been given on the subject, oli.any official
intimation of such a movetnent of troops
sent, out to this country. This rumor was
coupled with another, that on the 4th of
March next, the day of reinstallmsnt of Mr.
Abraham Lincoln in the. kleside,nt'a chair,:
Great Britain and Franc*. wdil, only mad- .
nize him as the 'President pL ihe atoatee for
which he is elected,, and. in that way make
a recognition. of the southern confolOwey.