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CARLISLE,
Friday, DECEMBER 20, 1861.,
Stir A person who signs bites°lf "A True
Deinocrat," has addressed us a note, asking
Why we do not reply to the articles that weekly
(tie might have said weakly) appear -in the -
American Volunteer, against the prekent :Na
tional Administration. —We answer
Ist, Because no paper of the Volunteer's
party copies the editorial articles of that paper. ,
• gd; Because that— paper_would receive _
thereby a notoriety which (ual.ess it bo ono
of infamy) it is not entitled to, if noticed by
• respectable journal. Is our correspondent
answered S.
a PATIENCE, FORBEARANCE CONFI-
DENCE. 9
The under-current of determination, and
Straight-forward action which may be traced
et this moment of apparent . eusponse, is the
fore-runner of an avalanche which will sweep
into yawning abyss of dispair the conspira
tors who have so long lived upon the fat of the
land, and hurl'd defiance at a forbearing peo
ple. The high places of trust, desceorated by
presumptuous and villainous men, are no lon
ger eontrolled by them and men for the hour
have nobly come to their country's rescue.—
Senators and Representatives manifest in.their
actions a clear comprehension of the trusts
confided to them, and a willingness to meet
danger with manly courage. No fawning
Sycophanoy or imbecile timidity ? l onger gov
erns, the natien. The work of redemption
goes . speedily on—not as speedily perchance
as & s u ffer n g and impatient people demand,
but a tithe of the forbearance so many years
bestowed upon traitors, now manifested in be
half of righteous rulers, will work the grand
est results in good season. The President has
shown conseientions regard for and firm ad
herence -to the preservation of all the rights
end privileges guaranteed to loyal citizens by
by the Constitution. Emancipation of slaves
belonging to loyal citizens would probably be
discountenanced by him and certainly not rec
ommended. Traitors and outlaws will lose
their property, as they ought to, and men held
In bondage by them, will receive their free
dom. And who has a right to complain ?
Gen. McClellan, if correctly reported, would
Sot place arms in the hands of colored mon,
and regards it the privilege of white men to
save their country. Who will complain be
cause he gives dignity to the soldier? Con-
gresewill pass for tho punishment of reb
els; their persons, their property, and their
privileges will be made to pay the penalty for
their crime, and who complains of the severi
ty of their punishment? Dissentious and
bickerhage are unbedoming loyal citizens in
the hour of their country's danger; and 'tho
words need not be spared in condemnation of
traitors, whether in arms and open rebellion
or secret and lurking in our midst, we would
sot be doing justice to ourselves, or to those
we have placed in power, by words of ember
faserment and withdrawal of - confidence be-
Cause, forsooth, they do not with our eyes
measure the importance of our suggestion.—
Perna'a State Journal.
chained Chivalry
In the interesting letter from our corres
pondent at Hilton Head, 8. C., the following
Datmage occurs:
"As for the unanimity:of the South, the
blinks declare that many of the whites who
**listed here, in South Carolina, were forced
to do so—that dome of the soldiers were brO't
fa Fort Walker chained, refusing to fight, saying
tAey had no cause to fight, no 'slaves to defend;
and among the handful of prisoners taken,
one had already petitioned to be allowed to
take the oath of allegiance and go North ;
Chas several others admitted that they had no
interest in the quarrel with the North. They
say they were told if they did not volunteer
they would be-drafted, and so they voluntedigz
We emphasize this passage because it has
bbtorical interest an - d - value. It reaches thia
very tap-root of the rebellion. The Slave M
onday forting the nomslaveholding whites to
Sett for them when they knew they had not h
fog to fight for—aoldiera brought in chaiha to
defend a cause in which they felt they had neither
part nor dot—is a historical picture full of tra
il) In power Now, it must not be forgotten
that it is precisely this olass —the non-slave
%aiding whites—whose instinct teaches them
the trite animus of the whole rebellion, and
Iyho have no sympathy with it—that consti
ales the largest element in the population of
Lath Carolina, as of every other Southern
elate. The aristocratic' nabobs may turn up
their AOllO5 at our Union proclathations, but
bare Is a Islams ready to welcome the stars and
stripes as soon as they come in the van of an.
army powerful enough to defend them against
their haughty oppressors. It is fated that
this very, element shall yet play a fearful part
this struggle, and woo be to the proud'
alawlords when their long-accumulating ha
tted bursts forth. So much for Southern
enizaltolty.—Times.
Limon COUNTY :—The following extracts
from the 'Allc:otter:l Denwer.at contain the
spirit . of Lehigh Democracy:
"President Lincoln, by his modification
'oflhe Fremont Proclamation, and the die
*barge of Fremont, says the war is, and
mast be, not for the purpose of 'destroying
dm domestic -institutions of the seceded
States, but to maintain the Union on the
dui of the Donstitution."
"Let abolition and secession, the pariiht
end the offspring go down into eternal per
dition together ;_and ,so-union shall again
nitro among the, now discordant elements;
*ad the Angel of Peace take the place of the
Penton of War."!
"It is significant fact that the entire
'Democratic press of the North, without an
• aseeptionoustains President Lincoln in his -
detarnurration - to - maintain the constitution, •
tend prevent this war for the union, from
degenerating
,into• an abolition crusade • ,
Against slavery." • • -
Slivery forever and _no more war against
• Traitors, is_respectfully suggested as a suit
..tde • motto •for the "De credo" Banner.
rite moue,' and lives L OtioyaTifizens may
inrireely - consmandedr' 2 4 - Irk Presidentrbut--:
Opiitei; - ohTepitre,'th e - prop et ty - Of
• !
ham& 'a d& Journal
Tiaalltonaetto Pease xcris.—The folhiwing
Liam extract froth a letter (sent to Boston)
*lsom Captain Bowman, • of. the fifteenth
jamachasetta regiment, and now a prisoner
aft sae, under date Of. Richmond, • Noveinber.
"V. ate setetiaf as, confined in one eizet—elefei by seventeen feet, , Chir
mess is wadi up,of Colonels Ceggevs e tt_ m o,
wood - of New York, . Cola Lee and Major
lievert,. of the Itfasseeltusetts •Tweatieth,
Capt. Keifer,' Of Philadelphia, oOd*,ci k i ) t,,‘
illackwood tind myself, . ,of thn - fifteetith Mae:
'metthusetta reginient: were treiniferred
ens the• tobacco warehouse,' where ITIS
tient confintid.eittee the bulge, at
IbleniOt• sp.' Blanding, es *6 "de, for
Unite a nrokteers in New York," - viiiiiie treated ,
theeszae' lii planter/II "citurged with crime; ,
NW will be, the 'result of all, thisi do not
kntkw. / "treat "that„cowill_bw.
live or to tile we 'ire content mu our country
•
"DlVirna AND f.CJ,ON4UER.,!!.!
Is an old familiar expedient a standing
maxim of war, and ond'of.the. great, arte;Of
political adventure.„ 'No man 'better :ithder:' •
stood its power than John Cataliab Calhoun
none hav,e bettbr applied it than his - reiMi'dis-
Floyd
,himself,'exalted as'he:is in ttie
gallery' of rogues, is not'a more finiShed man
in the 'Science : of publio theft; than are his as=
sooiate conspirators in the art of which.we are
speaking. Banded together in, an ,organiia
tion known as "State Rights men' s " : alias
• " knights of thd Golden Circle," which treats
the National. Government as the factor of a
limited partnership, and looks to rebellion as
the constitutional remedf:for the loss of an
elation, - 11Forhave - xtranaged - ,to - hitch - them- -
selves to the car of northern demodracy, and
since the days of Jacksoh dragged the govern
" meat into excesses which have made its ad
ministration the shame of nati'dns. This is
the pernicious leaven that has worked the ruin
of the democratic party in all the free States,
—this the mystic association that has corrup
ted thb fountain of public morals—estranged
the brotherhood of the republic—introduced
licentiousness in all its forms into our legisla
tive halls, and given us in,the stead of, their
quiet dignity, thO violetice and vulgailly of
Indian councils. Williout measure in their
exactions, all legislation must be adjusted to
"State Right" constitutional standard, and
thus national fiscal agencies, protective tariffs,,
commercial privileges to our own people. IM
provements, in roads, lakes, rijers, and bar:
bore, as established by the 'legislation of, our
,fathers, after having Served their purpose in
party platforms must be-abandoned. In ex
change for what we have thus lost we have
received executive vetoes overriding the will
of the legislature,--executive messages_show
ing how and why the government can main
tain its authority in Massachusetts and Kan
sas, and why it cannot do so In South Caroli
na—Ostend Manifestos oh the right of nation.
al spoliation. Resolutions showing how the
Helper book works attainder. Judicial'opin
ions on questions not before the court—actual
war for the acquisition of territory—threat—
ened war for the same object—belligerent ex
peditions against free negroes at Greytown—
Mormons in Utah and Spaniards in Paraguay
—Fillibustering in Cuba and Central America
—and to crown all, we are now in the full en
joyment of the blessing of rebellion at home,
and the prospect of a foreign war with our
ancient enemy.' Such are the legacies with
which our inheritance has been charged by
the past and previous administrations: All
this we say has been accomplished by the
southern stratagem of holding together by an
undivided sectional representative vote oh the
one side, and a national one, broken into frag
'Merits on the other. It is the fruit we affirm
of this accursed alliance, and the unsparing,
inexorable demands of party discipline upon
the judgment and conscience of party asso
ciates.
But we felicitate ourselves that we are now
in the crisis of this misrule, and that there is
a bright sunshine behind the clouds that yet
lower upon the Republic. The administration
of the Government, fortunately being in the
hands of men who know how to use its power,
and the soldiers of the Republic ready to per
ish for its preservation, we need have no fears
for the future. The game of overcoming
majorities by division and the perpetual agi•
tation of disturbing questions has had its
day. All the lessons of experience negative
the idea that any northern party can arise
strong enough in numbers, shameless enough
in character to restore despotism from
which the nation is now ghting to escape.
Of this we have abounding assurance in the
example of Dickinson and Dix, Butler
and. Burnside, Holt and Johnson ;—and in
the many times told ten thousand democratic
bayonets guarding thelMsigns of the Union in
the presence of jls destroyers. Mon who
stripped themselves of the livery of party on
hearing the echoes of Sumpter, and who in
the remembrance of that '• Paoli" can never
join hands with the authors of that attempted
massacre. All honor we say be ascribed to
their names, and memories.
But while we are without apprehension of
danger from serious division among ourselves,
present or future, it is not to be disguised
that there are men in our midst who regard
the restoration of the Democratic party to
power and office as a thing .of equal moment
to the preservation of. the Union. Men who,
all their old props being knocked away, are
ready to bargain with traitors in arms.against
it, that they may get up some new issue on
which they hope, once more, to ride into the
high trusts of the government. Mordecai's
meet their eyes in the gates of the Capital
whom they are anxious to get out of the way,
lest they supplant them in the affections of a
grateful people.
Of this there is undoubted evidence in
Senatdr Saulsbury's recent degrading propo
sition to thellusate and in a letter'from Rep
resentative Biddle, assigning partisan motives
to the authorities of the Government in the
prosecution of war. Echoes, by the way,
of like sound are said to be heard in opr own
community coming from sources that are fed
by the, bounty of the administration.
Better things wore hoped for from Mr. Bid
dle--hopes that would not have been disap
pointed we think, were it not that he is in the
condition of the Mesopotamian politician and
Prophet, who, being (Reposed to love one par.
ty for itsirowards, is constrained, while ha
ting the other, to'bless it for its righteousness.
Fellowship with 'party dictators mousing for
opuses of domploint, end scattering abroad the
seeds of suspicion and - distrust against the au
thorities of the government when overwhelmed
with cares, is contrary to the instincts of his
lineage, inconsistent,Tith hiii4iduclation, -
pledges, his social and official position. What
is appropridte in Vallandighatn is unhticemini
and aliogether out of place in Mr. Biddie..
as we have already said, no fear need be enter:
tained that any sollethe however cunningly
devised against the integrity of the Union,
however aided by foreign support, can
,pros;(
per. If there be any 'question. in which
_Wlude_peoplndsanlieaaid-tuhe-ef-one-mincl-rit
is-that- this-atrocious rebellion Joust be - put ,
down Coat, what it, may in , bloOd and treasure.
All the , nations of the earth and generations
yet unboarn have a . stake in the free iostitu•
lions of our country, and we are their, true
'tees. Nay more Alien this; It le 'the resolute
: determination of a 1°341 people, that. it shill
pe Alone in away in wh oh the boner nnd dig
jnity and strength' of the. Republic shall -re ,
aeive sict
-J-Jost-it-not be_widerstood_from theseobseria
tions that'vre are claiming for the " .NepubW
can party" exemption from faults', oritiann
firocreute. Not so. Liko its antagonistic,
Rest:lol%4°n its elements are men and not an
geli. •The frailties Of .rnetl are , therefore In-
Imparable frem the constitution bf, boat. Ex.
.travagant pricea May have been paid for war
practined 7 in" their
(malty, .and worthlese 'Mennifty has;e.been
iLppointed to, .public stetibnii.' - 'lof these albs,
,gatioas we' neither atlirtik, nor . Atiny.' - MI 6i
lAkotal may, be IPA!., and, =Um
insinensitY.4 the: labor thronn on thcrauthori
.otthe' government , by thm•unrighteous,
robellum-- the immensity of, the results,•we
think-WO MaY lithrm without: fear:' - of denial,,
that in the, jUdgment of every iniliartialman,.
: tbe-Wonder gieatevit they ilid• not
exist, 'thati.thot theida- In other yrgrail; ,not:;•
that, there hi:no.ratush, but that there is do lit':
boNGRESS.
In Theyniteci State's .Senate . on ' Tueaday,
Mr: Wilkinsonintroduced;a resolution ewer
, ,
ting that Jesse-D. Bright, Senator, from ii"
nois, had manifested eridenees.Of disloyalty
declaring hie seat;vacant.. Mr. Bright pro
tested-against—the--resolution,;-and--it :
referred. Mr. Trumbull's resolution inquir
ing whether the Secretary of State had'ermstl
the arrest and imprisonment of persons it:ll'th°
loyal States, and under what law such arrests
were made, was taken up and caused consid
erable debate. Senators Wilson and Hale, in
the course of their remarks, said some herd
things of the inaction of the Army. The res
olution was referred.
In the House of Representatives yesterday
Mr. Conway, of Kansas; and • Mr. Fouke, of
Illinois, indulged in sown disgraceful person
alities. The bill striking the names of Rebel
pensioners from the pension list was passed.
Mr. Vallandigham offered a resoltition decla
ring it to be the sense of the House that the
Government should sustain the act of Capt.
Wilkes against the menaces of England.- The
House, yeas 10G, nays 10, referred the reso
lutione, The bill to raise an additional militit
ry force to defend the borders of Kentucky
_was aftei some debate passed. The House
provided for an adjournment over the holidays
to 6tli_of_daillary
PROGRESS OF THE WAR !
FIIID , IT
Formal ootnplaint was made to-day to the
War Department by Governor Arantaw, of
Massachusetts, against Gen. STONII, for, as is
alleged, oompelling the troops from that State
to assist in the reStoration of slaves.
The bill4o abolish suttlers in the army ,
which was before the Senate this afternoon, it
is believed, will:pass in a modified form. The
bill is very popular among the volunteers in
its present shape.
Special despatches to the Cincinnati jour
nals state that a battle is about to lake place
in Eastern Kentucky between the Union forces
under General Schoepff. and the rebels under
General Zollicoffer.
The Now York Evening Post, of yesterday,
contains a card from Charles Anderson, (who
recently arrived at Now York from Havana,)
stating that the rumor that It. M T , Hunter and.
,Pierre Soule had taken passage on board the
steamer Clyde, for England, is very improba
ble. The Courrier des Estats Unis, of yester
day, suggests that " the publicity given to
these, two names is only an artifice to divert
the attention of the Federal Government, and
and that the persons charged to take the pla
ces of Slidell and Mason in Europe passed the
Canadian frontier fifteen days ago, en route to
Halifax, where they intended to embark in one
of the Cunard steamers!"
The Cincinnati Times of the 12th inst. says:
At length we have, what may be regarded a
perfectly reliable assurance, that the columns
of Gen. Bhell are moving upon Bowling Green.
His force is estimated at from 60,000 to 80,-
000 men, and with this number' ho can be
pushed forward with confidence. The dis
tance between Nolin creek and• Bowling Green
4 sixty-thre¢miles, and our troops have two
streams—Bacon creek and Green river—to
cross. The former will present no serious im
pediments, as it is neither wide nor deep ; but
the latter will cost some delay, as it is usually
too deep to ford. Its width is about fifty
yards, and might be bridged without much
difficulty but from the fact that there arc half
a ceozen almost impregnable positions com
manding the pike, which it is probable Buck
flees forces have, long ere this, occupied, but
which should have been seized by our troops.
Green river is forty-five miles from Bowling
Green, and the road is good at all seasons of
the year, it being a limestOpe pike. It is
probable no aflvance will be made beyond
Woodsouville, south of the river, until all the
forces have crossed and aro ready to take up
their line of march.
Richmond and Norfolk paper; of the 11th
and 12th inst., have been received at Balti
more by the boat from Fortress Monroe. The
rebels expect an attack will soon be made
upon Norfolk. They are rejoicing over a ru
mor which is doubtless false, that Col. Brown,
the commander of Fort Pickens, died of a
wound received in the late fight below Pensa
cola.
Considerable uncertainty still exists ha re
gard to the whereabouts and recent proceed
ings of Parson Brownlow. The Richmond pa.
pore publish a statement that has been per
mitted to leave East Tennessee for Kentucky.
with an escort, and the reports of his having
gained a victory at Morristown aro denied by
some authorities and reiterated by others.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 1881.
The First Execution In the Army of
the Potomac—A Deserter Shot.
Gen. FRANKLIN was yesterday furnierita
with a copy of the order for the execution of
Wfx,thAti IT. Jon sox, a private in the Lincoln
avalry. According' to 'report, - his - Offence
was desertion. Supposing himself to lie in
the presence of a party of the enemy, Ito ex
pressed joy that he had made. his escape.-
The officer in corriMand then had a private
conversation with hiM,'When he freely and
.anxiously gave suoix , information of the Fed
eral army, as would have boon of great. im:
portanie to the rebels. Tlia revelatiiik con
cluded, he was arrested,
.and,, mach to his
surprise,_un ditMovering . ;ids : mistake, was
taken blick to his own eatnp prisoner.
The execution to okSams thip afternoon, in the
presence of about seven thousand soldiers, be
-longing to Gen. , ,Frutructirt's division: A de
tachment of twelve men were detailed for the
.purpose; eight of them first fired, when Roux
sow fell on his eoffin,• but, life not being' ex •
otherfourin=reserve -- firect - With-th-o
desireleffeot.
This is We firel,.oxebution in the army of
he Potonino.
AfoNDAT
The Louisville Democrat of the llth instant
says that the latest news from Cumberland
Gap is that Parson Brownlow is actually in
the field, all statements to the contrary not.
- vrithStincling: °tie: statilinent, goes so fiir as
to it!ty that•he is advancing into Keittuaky,..- 7 ;
-Of-the_position_of_GenLßahoept in_Stintheast.6
ern genttioky - the : Passen
gers down, last night, from -Frankfort ! , report
Witt news'reeeived 'at .the Capital, represents
that Zolliooffer hadrosed the.
not'oi CUtisbet
,
land on hlonday, possibly deterred , ,
this rise'
in the liver, or, perhaiis, by prudential
• sideratiens. Schbepf had, liovrever; fat. ,
len back upon Somerset, whuro ho would await
reinforcements. The provlousaceoutitswere
-alt the resultof Pattie." '
ltOth the t/I
Cincinnati Times and do : met : Rai
Vreorialoaqo tg.tlbe polsiful.ristuor_ that9en.
NZT:0 11 06:00.1s insane. When Commander
of • the .'Departnient:of the ,Cumberland, they
- state'that hetclegrarthed to Washington-throe
timei , in one it,,y*,r permission to evacuate
Itentuoicy:-and to ,retreat into Indiana.
T,WClve of the:poi:tar. boats-attached to the
Miestitasippt Unienreitiadron left St. Louis for
Cairro on the morning of the 10th. There aro
in all thirt.v!eight,l those boats to he.attach
ed to the flotillat:. As a neceselary measure of
precaution, the commerce of the Mississippi
-and Missouri riVere has been placed, by order
of General lialteolr, under military control.—
Another issued, quarters the Union - fa
milies whcf have been driven from tfieir homes ,
by the Rebels upon those who sympathize-
with the Seee:Sitionmovement, with suffioienF
.pains and penalties in case of resistance.
• The latest news from Price still leaves him at
Osceola-with fbm'ten to fifteen thousand men.
It, is reported; hat the Racer, an English
•
war steamer, arriled off Charleston on the Gth,
with despatches for the British COnsul, — and
left next day for Bart Royal: • "
Gen. Shields MO accepted the appointment
of Brigadier General, and is on his way from
California.
Despatches received at Cincinnati report
that a epiritod- fight occurred a t Allegany
Camp, Cheat Monntain, on Friday. It is
characterized as the hardest and best fought
'fight of the campaign. It is not stated, but
we presume the fight commenced by an attack
on the Union position. The battle lasted from
daylight to threldto he afternoon. The Re
bels were finally driverroff , , losing two hun
dred, including Major, other officers and
about thirty prisoners. ' The Rebels set fire to
their tents and retreated to Staunton. Their
Commander, General Johnson, of Georgia,
was_seriously bugtot-mortally injured. Our
troops were commanded by General Milroy.
TUESDAY
The war news from Europe is said to occa
sion more excitement among the diplomatic
circle at Washington than on the part of the
Government. It is anticipated that the sub
ject will become a subject of controversy, and
that diseussion. will abate the asperity ,of both
parties. The despatch asserts that the ~ Ad
ministration is understood to be expecting a
war with the Nav;ajoes, but it has not begun
to think a war possible with either England or
France." It is to be hoped that this piece or
flippant smartness has no higher inspiration
than the bad taste of the reporter.
The war news from England created great
excitement on the New York 'Change yestef
day. Cotten, Coffee and teaswere withdrawn
from the market or only offered at a large ad-
Tenet. Saltpetre advanced from eleven to fif
teen per cent„ and brimstone was kept out of
the market. Sterling exchange advanced to
110, which is above the point rendering the
shipment of specie profitable.
The news from Missouri though not exci
ting, is of much importance- A few days
since Major Marshall routed a band of Rebels,
under Joe Shelby, and captured four captains,
two adjutants, one lieutenant and forty men,
with arms, horses, wagons, a mortar, and oth
er articles. Gen. Price is reported to be in a
bad condition, owing to the frequent deser
tions from his command. General Pope, who
is in command iff the district between the
Missouri and Osage rivers, is acting very effi
ciently against th.e small marauding parties of
Rebels scattered through the country.
The steamer, .opstilution arrived at Old
Point on Sundo . .from Ship Island, Mississip
piit
Sound, wherePshe badlanded two regiments
of Generals Butler's brigade. The troops
were all laridedijit tour. hours, by the aid of
some small stetnict.eapinred frOm the Iteb-
els. The Consgtution will probably take on
board three more regiments and return imme
diately to the South. Ship Island is about
seventy- five miles from New Orleans. ,
The Secretary of War bus declined to fur.
nieh to Congress certain information asked for
in relation to the Ball's Bluff disaster, Gen.
McClellan believing that it would be injurious
to the public service to do so.
The bark Island- City is erected to leave
Rost on.to-day with two hundred and fifty Con
federate prisoners whoare to be taken to Fort
ress Monroe there to await an exchange.
WEDNESDAY
Capture of the Pirate Royal Yacht.
New York, Dec. 17.—A letter from aboard
the frigate Santee states that the pirate
schooner Royal Yacht was captured by two
boats and forty men from the Santee, under
Lieut. Jenett. Lieut. Mitchell.was second in
command.
She was boarded at three o'clock in the
morning, and taken after a sharp conflict.—
The schooner,was eet on fire and entirely do
greyed. Thirteen prisoners were taken,
three of whom were wounded. Our loss was
as follows: Henry Garcia, seaman, killed;
John L. Emory, coxswain, fatally wounded,
and since died ; Lieut. Jennett and Wm. Car
ter, gunner, wounded; also five men, Edward
Conway, George 8011, Hugh McGregor, Fran
cis Brown and Chtiiles Hawkins, wounded.—
The latter are all doing well, and will soon be
on duty.
• Hatteras Prisoners to be Released
Boaton,' Dec. 17.:—The barque Isltind city
sailed to day with 250 of the Hatteras prison
er's for Fortress Monroe, to be exchanged for
Union prisoners now in prison at Richmond.
WARLIKE NEWS FROM ENG
LAND.
THE.RESTITUTION OF TUE REBEL EN-
VOYS'pinIANDED
AN APOLOGY, INSISWEGD UPON.
THE WARRIOR ORDERED "TO ANNAPO
LIS WITH THE ULTIMATUM.
ARDIS SHIPPED TO CANADA. -
The Exportation of Saltpetre; 'Sulphur, and
Gunpoiyder .Prohibited.'
IfnurAx, Deo. 16.r—The . Xtoyal linil item-
et Europa has arrived at this.port with highly
important intelligence.
She was detained p,tqueenstown till the 2d,
by-opler_of-the_givetlement.-
-- Elite-has -tho-Quesn's -messenger -
with despatches for Lyons.
The steamer Jam' arrived out on. the 20th
MEE
Tno London Timm% in alluding to the (WA.
eion of the British Cabinet, that.the atria of
Mason and Slidell 14aclear violation of the
law of nations; belioties that Lord Lyons will
be instructed by theXurst steamer to demand
reparation, and if DO:complied-with will be
bietruoteit• to withdiaw .the',lBgation from
LONDON, Deo. 1..—.11be Oboervey states thot
the' governmentlia4enian ' ded
-Liaeora'aqdhis the reatoratkon of ihe
pore Dos of thi,tiouthern'anyeys to the British'
goiernoient.
' `teSteptlay,'afternooli, *ter o''olook,"ber
lgtijes ty heid q Privy PeitneD at, iyincisot
Thr i 9„e-, ineledieg the ,
Pirst,Dorti - of Itod the- Seereta.' '
ries of State anti '4l7;nr,,t,ravaiO4 froya London"
to IViad,ior by aye 'tqaktraii, to be , present.
Previous to leaving town the three Minis
ters had attended Cabinet Council al b Lord
palmdston's official residence.
The Observer also saysthat a special
senger of the Foreign °diee has been ordered
to carry to - . Washington the demands of the
British government, for: Lord , ty MN,' and will
proceed to•day by packet from Qteenstoivn.
The public will be satisfied to know that
these demands are for an apology, and to in•
sist on the restitution to the protection of the
flag the persons Of_those who were
violently and illegally torn from that sacred
asylum.
The Observer adds :—" There is no reason
why (hey shOulti not be restored ro the guar•
tar deck of the British admiral at New York,
or Washington itself, in the face of some ten
or twelve men-of-war, whose presence in the
Potomac would rend.* the blustering cabinet
at Washington as helpless as the Trent: was
before the guns and cutlasses of the San Ja
cinto. It is uo fault of ours if it should come
even to this. The arrangements for inereas•
lag the force in Canada are not yet complete,
but in a very few hours everything will bo
settled."
In the meantime a large ship, the Melbourne,
has been taken up and is now being loaded
with Armstrong 'guns, some 80,000 Enfield
rifles, ammunition and other stores at Wool
wich.
It is not impossible l that this vessel will be
escorted by ono or two ships of war.
The rifles are intended for the Canadian
military, and a strong reinforcement of field
artillery will be dispatched forthwith.
The Times' City article, of the 30th, says:
"The position of the Federal Slates of Ameri
ca is almost identical in every commercial
point with that which was occupied towards
us by Russia before the Crimean war. Rus
sia had a hostile tariff, while eve looked to her
for a large portion of our general •supply of
breadstuffs. But there is this peculiarity in
our present case, that the commencement.
would be by the breaking up of the blockade
of the southern ports at once, setting free our
industry from the anxiety of a cotton famine
end giving sure prosperity to Lancashire
through the winter.
" At the same time we shall open our trade
to eight millions in the confederate States,
who desire nothing better than to be our cus
tomers."
At the Privy Council on Saturday on order
was 'issued prohibiting the export from the
United Kingdom or carrying coastwise gun
powder, saltpetre, nitrate of soda and brim -
stone.
The Times has nn hope that the Federal go
vernment will comply with the demands of
England
The Morning Star declares that the state
ment of instructions having been sent to Lord
Lyons, to obtain the restitution of the confed
erate commissioners, or to take leave of Wash
ington, was premature, and so exaggerated as
to be virtually untrue.
The Liverpool Courier believes that the
Warrior has been ordered to Annapolis with
the ultimatum of the government.
The Great Fire At Charleston,
A Thousand• Rouseless Persons in the,
Sf etts—The Incendiaries at Work—
Great Sqffering among the People—
The Fire Raging at Last =Accounts.
WASHINGTON, I)ec. 16
The following arc the complete dispatches
published by the Norfolk Day Book on Fri.
day last :
BRA NCIIVILLE S. C. 89 miles from Char
leston, Dec. 12th.—P assengers who have
just arrived here report a destructive fire
last night at Charleston. The fire coin men
eed in Charleston last night December 11th,
at nine o'clock,
in Ittr;sell & Co., sash facto
ry at the foot o f Hazel street. and communi•
cated to the opposite side of Hazel to Corner.
on & Co's—Machine shops. Under the hn
frulse thus given and a stiff breeze, with a
small supairef water the conflagration assu
med a forArlditNe,, character, nearly equal.
ling the meWextensiiiUtlagration on the
American continent.
The thiatre, Floyd's coacH factory,ltmpo
site the express office, the old executive buil
ding and all the houses betwe'•n that point
and Queen street are burned. The whole of
one side of Broad street is destroyed, from
Colonel Gadsden's residence to Massach
street, and a considerable portitm of the city
from East 13tt.y to King street is destroyed.
Among the'prominent buildings burned
are the Institute and St. Andrew's Halls,
Theatre, Catholic Church and the Circular
Church.
At last -accounts from Charleston, up to
five this morning, December 12th, the fire
had crossed Broad street and was sweepincr,
furiously. The telegraph lines to Char
leston are down, consequently wct are not
to state whether the fire has ceased or not.
BRANCHVILLE, Dec. 12th-5 P. M.—The
fire is still raging. A thousand houselees per
sons are huddled in the streets. The express
train left Augusta this afternoon with
provisions to supply the wants of the suffer
ers and men to assist in controlling the fire.
The fire was the work of an incendiary.
Abstract of the Report of the Secretary
of the Navy.
The duties of the navy during the past sum
mer have been threefold ; tb . ,guard the insur
gent ports and a coast lino of nearly three
thousand miles ; to protect our maritime com
meroe and cruise In pursuit of piratical ves
sels sent out by the confederates ; and to take
part in combined naval-and military expedi
tions against North and South Carolina, and
the ports of the infected districts. The re
port of the Secretary of the Navy gives de
tailed information of the manner in which
these ardtious duties have been performed.
Vessels have been sunk in OcraCoke Inlet,
on the North Carolina coast., and - others are
about to be Bunk in the harbors of Charleston
and Savannah.
One hundred and fifty-three vessels, of va
rious.siz'es, have been captured sitice •the in
stitution of the blockade, most of them in at
tempting to- run tho blockade.
The naval expeditions were, it seems, planned
after receiving the reports of a board of
otli
aere, who deliberated on the best points to be
attacked and seizzd. This board 'consisted of
Caplains . J. F. Dupont and Charles IL Dallig,
of the navy, Major John G. Barnard, of the
army and Professor Alexander Bache, of the
coast survey. •
The Secretary reports that flag-officer A. U.
Foote, of the navy, has organized Oa efficient
naval force in the Alissisaippi auxliliry to the
• army.
Of privateers, the report states that " such
of,:these cruisers who eluded the blockade and
capture were soon wrecked, Leached or sunk,
with the exception of one, the Steamer-Sump
ter, which by some fatality was permitted to
pass'the Brooklyn, then blockading one of the
passes of the Mississippi, and after a brief
and feeblo'clutse by the latter was allowed to.
proceed on . her piratical voyage. An investi
gation of this whole occurrence has-been or-:
tiered by the'deparpnent.
The Secretary fulty sustains the act of Cap
tain Wilkes in capturing Mason-and Slidell.
He flays admirably :
— 4 ‘ -Thepronip t- - -amhlecishutectiottiff - CAptAiii
Wilkes_on this. ocoasiOn merited anti received
the emphatic approval of the department, and
and if a . gerierous forbearaance 4 was exhibited
by him in not capturing the vessel which bad
these rebel °miseries on board, it may, in view
.of the special Circumstances, and ofittipatriot.
in motives,-be excused; but At must by no
means be permitted to, constitute a precedent
heieafter for the . treatment of any case of.
similar infraetlon of 'nentral obligations by
foreign vessels engaged in commerce or the
-carrying trade." ••'
Thoth wore .on•:,the 4th of March last,
conimission endat. the serVioe _of the Secret t
-rrof thb - Navy7tily - 742 - vessels; - carrying
OW end 7,600 men. - There are to day in
commission, 264 vessels, carrying 2,657. guni,
and over 22,000 men! This is an I:tiluterise
worfcto do in little - more - then eight months.
Besides thii,there wili.bo ready.very-shortly,
dfty.:llVo tteri steamers,' poeuliarly 'adapted
to cc:nit-guard duty!" three of which are iron-.
"•
'The Secretary adviseede th.e creation ,of
grailesdn'the naval service, as likely to add
to the, ellicuoy of the work, by'inaking:thero-•
wirdeinore-'frequent.:'- rodomineiids_
'a, rule tlutt,officers be rellied with a sufficient :
•allipiraikte; after. fortriiie }care' euriico'
. .
Tiventy.five acting lieutenants, four hundred
and thirty-Iliree acting plasters, and two hen
dred•and nine masters'•mates have been AP
pointed iiforder to have officers enough fur the
so largely increased, navy. There have also
'been acting engineeis - and surveyors appoint
ed. • • :
- Thii - pecretary asks Congress to foster the
Naval School to such a degree that at least
double the usual nuieber of cadets may be in•
struoted.
On the slavery question the Secretary says
nothing, but the following, " our employment
of fugitives," will show that we propose to
protect loyal men, and arrest_insurgents, with
out asking if they be black or white. lie
Bays :
"In the coastwise and blockading dillies of
the navy it. has been not unfrequent that fu
gitives from insurrectionary places have
sought our ships for refuge and protection,
and, our naval commanders have applied to me
for instructrohs as to the prhper disposition
which should be made of such refugees. My
answer has been that, if insurgents, they
should tie handed Over to the custody of the
government; but if, on the contrary, they
were free from tiny voluntary participation in
the rebellion, and sought the shelter and pro
tection of our flag, then they should be cared
for and employed in some useful manner. and
might be enlisted to serve on our public ves
sels or in our navy yards, receiving wages for
their labor. If such employment could not
be furnished to all by the navy, they might be
referred to the army, and if no employment
could not be found for them in the public ser
vice. they should be allowed to proceed freely
and peac , 'nbly, without, restraint to seek a
livelihood in any loyal portion of the country.
This I have considered it to be the whole re
quired ditty, in the premises of naval officers."
The naval estimates for the year ending
June 30, 1863, amount to $44,625505, and be—
sides this, the Secretary reports a deficit of
$16,530,01'0, needed for current expenses to
pay for vessels porch ised, and for necessary
alterations incurred in fitting them for naval
purposes, for the purchase of additional ves
sels, and for the construction and completion
of twenty iron-clad vessels.
Eohin ant. Count) 1l attars.
Read tile - song of "Oak Ilall ? in our
advertising columns.
FOUND.—A. Gold Pencil. Enquire at
this ales
Two BARRELS OF CIDER.—We want
two barrels of sweet cider. Any person hay
ing that article can dispose of it by calling at
this office.
ti EOROE FOLAND, cisires us to state
that he has on hand and will furnish to faini•
lies in any quantities, a very superior article
of Crab Cider. Lovers of Mince Pies, take
notice.
Till; WEATHER is most delightful.—
Warm balmy days, and cool moonlight even
ings. All that is wanting to make superb
sleighing is the snow. Conld'nt. our Town
Council get us up one?
Sr. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL C lIURCII.—The
consecration services of this church took
!lace on Wedne9day and Thurs lay last. We
were unable to attend, but a young fricul h is
km Ily furniMe I us with a dotellod use mot,
which owing to the crowded slats of sir 031-
1111112 S, we,,are, obliged to- postpone Until tleSt,
week, when it will appear.
TILL - GIISII - DiTII - Elt - AN - SUN DAT
School of this place; will celebrate their Anni
versary on Wednesday evening next, (Christ
mas) in the First Lutheran Church. The ox•
ercises will consist of addresses, dialogues
aud'hyrnna, by the scholars, and no effort will
be spared by the school to give a pleasant and
profitable Christmas evening entertainment.
The exorcises will coromenee at 6 o'clock.—
Tickets of admission l 0 cts They may be
had of 11. S. Ritter, 11. Saxton, J. Cornman,
or at the door of the Church.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS. -S. W. Hay
erstick has just returned from Philadelphia
with the largest and most varied stock ever
brought here. Ills Drugs and Chemicals are
all fresh, and comprise everything iu that
line, whi,lo..thet,nteek. , el. , E , ancy „Goods is so
complete as to render his store a perfect ma
gazine of .every thing to tempt the eye or gra
tify the taste. A reference to his advertise
meat in another column will exhibit the im
posing display of holiday presents ho offers,
and we advise any and all of our readers who
wish to make glad the hearts of friends or re
latives, to buy a Christtnas'dift for them at
HAVEMSTICK'S.
DAVIS' PANORAMA.--This magnificent
Panorama, in five sections, will be exhibited
in 'them's Hall, on Thursday and Friday
evenings. The Harrisburg papers speak of it
in the most extravagant terms, tuni,wc_llave
reason to believe that it is a work of real
merit. The Artist was upwards of two years
in completing it. It comprises the early set
tlement of the country, customs and manners
of the Indiana, and all the battles fought in
the rebellion up to this time. An exhibition
for children on Friday afternoon.
THE KNIHKERBOCKER.—About two
weeks since we "were very much surprised to
see in the New York correspondence of the
Philadelphia Suuday'Divateh, a statement to
the effect that the Krielterhocker Magazitie
bad succumbed to the general pressure, and
stopped its publicaTirWi.:.-Whether this state
ment was the result - of malice or mistake we
do not know, but this we do know ; that the
January number of "that, genial old, magazine
is ou our table, looking to our view in. better
health and more comely than ever before.—
We know of as grouter calamity that could
%dal the reading public than the extinguish
ment of that brilliant light. Long, long' May
it live to gladden the•hearts of its many sub
scribers. J. It. Gilmore, publisher, 121 Nas
sau et.,. N. Y.
MAR.—After a lapse of , more than six
months without a fire, we are again visited by
the blazing demon. -On Wednesday night
about. twelve o'clock, the large, stable attached•
to Raymond's Hotel, was discovered- to bo on
fire, and befoo .assistance could be rendered
the building' was past saving,.anOluy efforts
of the firemen were direoled to the adjoining
property—sonie of it invery critical condi. :
a m:1-411'6h- they - sty* ded..in saving;_ ; _The_
stable contained 4:numb roof horses, seven of
which were burned. The owners of . those
horses_were George Zonal foUre,Mr: Say der, .
from Terry county,- tWiii Dr. Dale one. 4 . ,H
large wagon loaded with i'mprOved sehool fur
nituro for Perry 066E4, was'irt: , thir'sjid at
.the time, and when -drawn Out ivas allOblaze.
The : furniture was sadly injured. Mr, Ray
mond toses:a,fine cow, three hogs, a buggy, a
quantity of, corn,,eats and hay. The proper-
Arbelongs - te -Mr...jactob- Thudiumr,and—w,as
partially insured. The cause of the fire is not.
THE GOOD WORK STILL PRoontssirct.
—We loain that another bol' of blankets,
:stOokings, Stn., ryas shipped a few days ago
by A. L. Sponsler, on bshalf of ladies of.
Carlisle and vicinity to "Ttio Cnoper, , Shop
Hospital, of philjulel&a,"'llone•the tise of our
sick and, wounded sWers,livito are - greatly
in . w4t of elicit crolotc a tite rcP;pt of wlrErh
. •
ban boon handsomely acknowledged by Dr.•A
Nobiftger, on behalf of the Institution with
many thanks to thokind donors. The follow
ing aro the names of the contributors and• a
list of articles forwarded :
Mrs David Line, 2 blankets ; Miss Martha
'Duncan, 2 pairs woollen socks ; Mrs. Rebeeos
Henderson,'2 pairs gooks; Mrs. Mary Line, 1
blanket and 2 pairs woollen socks ; Mrs. Bet
tie Craighead, 2 pairs do ; Mrs. Ann U. Sey
mour, 8 pairs do; Mrs..L M. Baird, 6 pairs
do ; Mrs. Charles McClure, 2 pairs do; Mrs.
John Sphar, 4 pairs do ; Mrs. Dr. T. C.
Stevenson, 1 blanketand 1 pair woollen socks ;
Mrs. David Ralston, 1 blanket ; Mrs, William
B. Mullin, 2 pairs woollen socks ; Mrs Wm.
M. Beetem, 2 pairs do.; Mrs-John P t Rhoads;
2 blankets-; Mrs. Johnston, 2 pairs woollen
socks; Mrs Jacob Kutz, 1 blanket and 2
pairs woolen socks; Miss Ulrich and Mrs.
Squires, t pairs woollen socks; Mrs Charles-
Ogilby, 2 pairs do ; Mrs Dr Baligliman, 2 pairs
do ; Miss Wightman, 1 pair do ; Mrs Dillman,
2 pairs do ; Miss Jane McDowell, 1 pair do,
and 1 pair gloves ; Mrs John Irvine, 2 pairs
woollen socks ; Mrs John St erret, 2 pairs do ;
Miss Rachael Toner, 2 pairs do: Miss Ellen
and Miss Emily Miller, 7 pairs do Mrs H. L.
Burkholder, 1 pair do ; Miss Bettie Noble, 3
parrs do ; Mrs Wm. Watts, 1 pair do ; Miss.
Julia Watts, 8 pairs do ; Mrs. A' Cornman, 1
pair do ; Mrs. Shaffner, 2 pairs do ; Miss
Annie Lamberton, 1 pair do ; Mrs. M. Lam
berton, 1 blanket; Mrs. Joseph A. Stuart, 2
blankets; Mrs. Rev, ,J. Ulrich, 2 blankets
and 4 pairs woollen socks ; Mrs. Barbara Ann
Leith, 1 blanket and 2 pairs woollen socks;
Mrs. Rev. J. Clerc, 4 pairs woollen socks and
1 pair mitts ; Mrs. N llanlch, 1 comfortable
and 3 pairs woollen socks ; Miss Susan Zells,
I pair woollen socks ; Mi;s. Jonathan Heagy 2
pairs do; Mrs. Wm Morrison,l pair do ; Mrs.
Jacob Rheem, 2 bed gowns and 2 pairs draw
ers; Mrs. Dr. H. M. Johnson. 3 pairs Woollen
socks, and Mrs. George W. Sheafer, 4 pairs
woollen socks.
CUNIIIERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.—
We have just issued the twenty.seventh annual
report of this company ,to its stockholders,
which brings the entire business of the I:patl
up to October lst,—t he end of the fiscal year.
Notwithstanding the unusual and extraordi
nary draughts which, in consequence of the
Large number of U. S. troops, and the immense
amount of stores and munitions necessary for
their support and equipment, were made
upon this thoroughfare, it is a eource of grati
fication to the Government and gratulation to
the management to know that these demands
were in every case met with promptness and
alacrity.
The perfect order in which everything is
kept, the almost clock work precision and
regularity of its trains, and the entire freedom
from accident, are the very best evidences
the elTicieb6y and ability of both officers and
employees. The following epitome, which we
extract from the President's report exhibit,
the earnings and expenses of the road for
1860 '6l.
The revenue from lolls this year,
has been
Whilst that of last year was
Showing an increase of $67,104 92
The ordinary - expenses of this
year, were
While those of last year was
Showing an increase of $24,395 66
The share of receipt from the
Franklin Railroad is $16,816 34
And the expenditures Were - 1'2,366'09
Showing a profit of
~ $4,450 25
The whole amount of receipts from
the Franklin Railroad beiug $12,034 98
The sinking fund of the company
amounts to
DOMESTIC vs. FOREIGN WINES.—The
stringency of the times, together with the
almost universal determination among loyal
citizens to prefer home productions and.
manufactures to those. of foreign countries,
give a peculiar importance and significatthe.
to any effort,. of our countrymen to produ'Pe
at house any article which has heretofore
been supplied only by importation. In no
one article of general consumption have our
citizens purchased more largely, and been
more completely humbugged, than that of
foreign Wines. Though the silly theory that
good wine could not be grown successfully
in this country, has long since been explo.
ded, we continue to import, at, high prices,
.the miserable abortions, which with high
sounding names, are sold as the pure juice
of the grape. On, this subject the following
from the American Anieutturist, will girs
the reader some idea of the frauds pracOed
in that article, in France.
'ln Paris, and in Cette, in which are the
principal manufacturies of fraudulent wine,
the business is carried on to an enormous
extent, and so perfect is the process of
imitation, that the chemists can no, longer
detect a nd expose the fraud. A competent
authority States, that it is certain that there
,is not a drop of grape juice in more than
half the vast quantities of wine drank by
the people of Paris. • Of the many millions
of bottles of wine imported annually in this
country, at high rates, and drank under high
sounding names, with much snia,cicing of lips,
it is morally certrin that not - one - bottle iu a
thousand is anything more than a chemical
concoction of alcohol and r drugs, without a
teaspoonful of grape juice in u hogshead.'r
Now : the object we have in thus exposing
these frauds, is to introduce and recommend
the pure domestic !Wines grown by Messrs.
Burkholder 44:: Wilson,. who have eaten ive
vineyards in the neighborhood of Bendersville,
Adams' Co. This enterprising firm, has,
after, expending a vast amount of time and
money in experimenting, succeeded in
Producing, seVeral varimies of pure wino
which-cannot be surpassed for flavBr by any
grown, We have tasted specimens and do
not hesititteo'stlY that nothing equal , to
them has over been offered to' our citizens.
.Itlessrs. Burkholder & Wilson refer to the
following citizens of Gettysburg, who have
-used their yines WillB, Esq., Joel
B. Danner, S. D. Carson and J no.. McClellan,
or - -to -- any — eitizea
have made the following agencies here and
WilllceeP them supplied::: with_ the ", elfoieest
vintages. S. W. Ilaverstick, S. B. Panne.
baker, and C. Inhoff.—Jacob Shrom is the
agent for the .sale -of. grape.vines,. Currant,
Gonsitherry, Raspberry and Blackberry stalks
of the 'hest and newest .voriOties•
TRIOUTEI OF O.ESPECT.
At a mooting of the Belles Lattres . Society,
of Dickinson College; hold December 11,1861,
the following resolutions , were unanimously
lOW - MIT • - • •
WituunAs, Nebare heard with deep regret
of the death of JAMES Strati BROWN, of Mount
Holly, Ounakerland county, Pa., a member of
nur-Bociety, be It - - -
,
ResOlved,' That since it hoe photsed the all.
wise ,Being to, remove from Our 'midst our
friend and brother, while tro 'are submissive
to the exercise of infinito mtsdom, we deeply
lament his loss in sympathy with his 'relatives
who are Aluti bereaved.
,That in kirn webave lost a man whose•tal-;
ents jiad_ promised for him o
high Once ci'mong tiis , .fettows. nr,.l who. 7o •
$249778 99
n'2,673 57
$90,297 OE.
65,851 99
$99,397 92