Cfriz rtraid. CARLISLE, PA. Friday, -14:CE3IBER 27, 1861. Peoples' State Central ,Coinr4lttee. A meeting of tho members of the , PeoplFa' State Central Committee will ho held - at Coy erly's Hotel, Harrisburg, on WEDNESDAY, JA NUA R Y 22d, 1862, to determine the tithe and place for holding a State Convention to nominate State candidates, and to transaot such other business as may be presented. A full attendance is requested. ALEX. K. McCLURE, Chairman. (Imo. W. HAIIISIFITUILY, Secretaries. '4OIIN )1. SULLIVAN, f Bar The necessary absence of the Editor of this paper must account to our renders for the lack of the usual amount of oditorial matter If*„. Tae articles appear in the "American Volunteer" of this week, which we presume will bo. s attended to and answered by the Edi tor on his return homo. Ills sub has no desire or intention to indulge in personalities unless forced upon him. * We were greatly pleased to see at. borne on yesterday our esteemed friend and fellow citizen, Lieut. JAs. S. CorAvtit.t., of Capt. Menderson's Company. lie gives us some news of the battle near Drainsville and as sures us that, two of our townsmen, to wit, A. B. SIIARPII and W. M. PILNRO3II, Esqrs., word engaged its it and, acquitted themselves gal lantly. We always knew that the sons of old Mother Cumberland would bo true to the stars and stripes : All that the children of the old county desire is to have a chance to show in trAtle how dearly they love the Constitution !And the laws of the land and how ardently they desire to sustain them. We will guar antee that when an opportunity offers no man. from amongst our amidst will be found want ing. Tho Denth of U. R. Prince Albert ..e. By the Persia we have tidings of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, Duke of Saxe:Coburg-Go tha;a3o. Tho event took place in London on the 16th inst., after a brief illness, which was not considered dangerous until two days be ,fore it resulted in death. Ills diecase was gastric fever. A profound grief will be felt throughout Great Britain for the loss of this good •nd distinguished man, who, by his do mestic virtue, his works of charity, his labors for the benefit of the English people, and by his eptatifte and literary attainments, has made himself loved and respected by both the high and low. Prince Albert was a Chri,iian and a gentleman ao well as a Prince, and was more illustrious by his virtues than by his position. THE VAN WICK INVESTIGATION Congress at its special session in July last, eippoinred a select committee, of which Mr. Van Wyek, of New York, is Chairman, to inquire into alleged corruptions and specula tions in the e giving out of army and navy contracts. The Committee submitted the first instalment of their report last Monday, and brings to light some pretty handsome opeculations, on the part of certaian contre tors in various parts of the country. The biggest haul amounting to nearly a hut tired thousand dollars, appears to have been Made - by - certain- men-ii.-N-ew- York-, nailing whom the proprietors of the Astor Douse figure conspicuously. .- One tbing t in thereport _issvm thy sif mention the frauds and extravigance revealed are traced directly by the committee to other agencies than the War Dept:Nu:cid •nd its able head, Gen. Cameron. The Rcri,•s •ud Schuylkill Journal says : Nutwithstam ding all the rumors which have connected the Secretary and the department with these abuses, no case is visible in this report wherein the agency of either for evil purposes is deecernible. And as this is a matter m importance, we here present a synopsis of the main points of the report: Ist. The Catelino wen chartered by order of Gen. Wool. When he and the Union Defence Committee were acting Independently of the Wm. Department. In the matter of purehasinS vessels for the navy, the arrangement wee made by the Secretary of the Navy 34. An regarda the purchase of arms, the ex travnganee vas caused by the prices being run up, in eons.' tteneu of the agents of the Delon Defence Committee, Genera Tremont. the Vievenors of the States, and of various generalm, colonels, cities and home-guard organizatione, being all in the market competing against the govern-, and New York speculators took advantage of this to run up prices. and hold the arms till they forced the government to yield to their terms. eth. Everything done in the Western Department by Fremont was on his own respotmlbility. and without any reference to the Department at N'ushingtou• 6th. The purchases of horses, mules and wagons secured In the quartermaster General's Department. —lt should be a matter of pride to every Pennsylvanian to see Gen. Cameron. upon whom such immense interests devolved, come out of this ordeal unscathed. A more effec• tall refutatisn of the infamous slanders heaped upon him by his enemies, could no be presented. 157' The Dublin "Nation," openly declares that the news of the capture of the rebel leaders on board a British ship created wild excitement and enthusiasm in Dublin, and that it — Would awaken similar feelings and sensations. throughout the whole country. The edit& adds.: The seizumwas an "act worthy the spirit, daring and dash of the Americans; it wns one to make Irish hearts jump with joy. If the English government resents this insult, There will comea great time for Ireland. Then the Men who are gone with vengence rill prove vengeful men indeed! Then will the,lriah race in America rush to arms, and bound into the battle. • "Yes then will the force of England find in their.front snob desperate. men as entered their ranhs at Fontenoy, to the cry of, rennin. See. Limerick, Yes, the men crow barred out of their homes in Ireland; the men op. pressed, insulted, scoffed, and, wherever they - went, pursued by English slander and hate— those men will be in the van of the fight, and then will woe come to England. , And what of Ireland ill this great - time ? What will Irishmen do when comes thii supreme opportuity, the lihe of which can only come in Jim:Taps ? Who can tell what, they may do, _what they will be able to do, if titey_ act well their part as bravo 'molly They can, most certainly, establish the independence of Ireland." , b111111402e . PrtNY6YLVANIA.—k dispatch bow Hairishlarg "tato that Goy. * Curtin is eibous to !hue a' proclamation calling upon the ,„ salient! to .. l s orin- military organiiations fo •:„Ellati defense. lle has lied airthe State arm tellented, 'whieli are. being repaired at:Lancia at the rate of 1,200 per .week: vvi' --- , lllbertly-vieit--Washinigton- - confer -- vrith - 11 - 7 Rational'authOrities for the defenee of Dela • Vara River and Lalte Erie • I • -- • per , A LADY Northweetorn Mieeouri of, fate a premium fOr enough ,Yankee scalps i Alike abed quii6 IVheeling intelliyencer. Perhaps eke would like to Lake a R hol Tiakee tte a oeinfork—Prentifte. THE CHEUSTIAN MAGNA CHARTA• WHO REIIEI.LION Is RIGIITAND IVIIE.N WRONG, In such times as these, patriotism 'risqS'l into the midst Of - the vary highest rind holiest of religioils-rdiiiiCS: AS the. Sabbath-,was made for man; and . the severest -physical labor is not inconsistent %Vail its sacredness when those labors are necessary or merciful,• so there is no service better pleasing to God in such an emergency as this than the sup- Port of righteous government agitinst wicked rebellion. Order is heaven's first law. Next to sulunission to that law which requires us to love the Lord with all our heart, comes the duty to love our neighbor as ourself, and this rebellion is against the law of love, and as - he:Stile" to the peace and happiness ofmen as it is hateful in the sight of a holy and right eons God. A correspondent writes to us, says the New ii - ork Observer, and demands by what reasoning we would justify any rev olution, if we condemn this rebellion. He throws himself on the abstract right of any people to change their f ,rm of govern mentif they wish to do so, and therefore he would uphold the rights of the South or the . North, the East or the West, to rebel, revolt, and establish a new and independent government at their own pleasure. Such a doctrine is worthy only of an Atheist. It strikes God from his throne, and makes anarchy in heav• en and through the universe. For if it is tight to throw off human government, at his own pleas a' c, it is equally right to throw off the divine. The obligation to obey, in both cases, springs from the same source princes rulcand-men decree judgment only through the divine authority, which requires the people to submit to the ordinances of ' men, "for there is no power but of God." It our correspondent, and any other reader, would learn their rights and their duties as citizens in time of public tumult and dang-2r, they will find the charter, the MAGNA CIIA a- TA of the Christian, in the twelfth and thir tventh chapters of Paul's Epistle to the Ito- EWE The'letter and the spirit of the gospel de fine the duty of obedience and also the grounds on which rebellion and revolution areto be jlISt licd. "Lure ?I'Orketh, no ill to his neighbo r ; thereore lore is li l u lling of the low, " That is the measureof obedience: that is the defence of revolution. When human government has ceased to answer the ends for which it was instituted and instead of protecting its subjects in the enjoyment of their rights, it becomes an en g ine of oppression and a source of general misery ; when love plainly indicates the duty of incurring brief and lighter evils for the sake of delivering the people from longer and more grievous sorrows that cannot be removed without violence and blood, then it is not only right, it is the inevitable duty of the victims of such 11. government to cast it MI in God's name, and rear another to be administered in his fear. Such a revoluThn is born of love, not of hate. On the prinei• pies we find in the )3ible to require submiss ion and justify rebellion, we will meet the men of the South, the Thornwells, - Palmers and Polks, before the judgment seat of Christ, and cheerfully abide the verdict of that assizes. We charge them, as the au. thorized teachers of God's word, with mis lending the people to their sin and ruin ; *With yielding to the ambitious schemes of traitors ..ancLconspiratorsovho_have pl tinged this once happy and prosperous country into the horrors of the most deplorable and, on Ark. nar,t, the moo wieh4c.l ,'on ever waged since the blood of Abel: a war that has no decent pretext to justify or palli ate its beginnin Cs, and is now prosecuted with such unheard of disregard of all law, human or divine, that the Govenor of Vir ginia has in his annual message proclaimed the barb roux design of subjugating four sovereign States to the iron despotism of a government professedly founded on the prin. ciple of the right of any it.tale to secede at pleasure I In its religious aspects this is a war that calls for the display of all the virtues that adorn the ebristian character, and dignify human nature. l•Vengcance is mine, repay, stria' the Lord." Be sends out armies as he sends the pestilence and lightning to execute his will. Any war waged in support of lawful government and to put .down wicked rkbellioC , is the sword of the Lord, "the minister of GA a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth Such war is not inconsistent with love. It is the benign and benevolent administration of law which is far more essential to the happiness of men than that license which flows from thil radical doctrine of the right of any people to upset government when they please. It is the duty of the constituted authority to put forth its utmost energies to bring the war speedily to a close with the least possible sacrifice of life and comfort. It is to show its supreme regard for justice and the rights of the whole people, by maintaining the fundimental law of the land at all hazards, bearing in mind that,God is the judge, he puts down one and sets up an other_ and. peace built on violated faith, is worse ithan war. We are so antiquated and puritanical in our aril:cram:co to the everlasting principles of God's own word, that we would remember what He says in this same portion of our Magna Charta which we have just commended to the study of every halting patriot. "If thine enemy hunger, feed him : if he. thirst give him drink, for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head." While Charleston, that hotbed of rebellion, was in flames, if our troops at Port Royal had heard of it, and a thousand of our gallant soldiers, without arms and with a flag of truce, had rushed to the scene and aided the inhabitants in saving their city a:kilo:nes, it would have been an act over which angels would have rejoiced, while it showed that this is not war of hate r but of love : a war . .te....restore the countrito the - enjoyment of equal laws and universal brotherhood and pence. In suu l iit a war patriotism rises into the iinbltmity and purity ofchriiifian — Piliielple m and devotion: Every true soldier and every loyal citizen is on the Lord's side. He may suffer the loss of property, of , home and of life; but,lriutTers in the cause, of good go : w ernment, which is the cause of Grid. The ide of war may ga.against him, but present t uecess is .not-theineasure—of-right. : .-It-is ilduty to stand_ by the country...in her day.of darkness and danger ;And. it is better to .perieh.under.the. ruins of4l, righteous goyerti• Mont than to live s under' the iron heel of r:ebellion, or give place to. the doctrine of satierionol:nt 'ilry;rot, which ;would destroy every govern:l . loot,, even the throne Of 'AI.. CONGhEss. In the United States Senate, on 'Friday, Mr.;lVilley„of Virginia, presented a`resolu• tion declaring that the existing war was forcedupon the country by the States in rebel. lion, without provocation, and was deAgned to,destroy - the Union'and Constitution, and that its•purpese was to disown and repudiate the fundamental principles of" republicttn government. le addressed the Seuatenear. ly two hours in support of his resOlution, and gave way to a motion to go into executive session. On Saturday a resolution was passed re cognizing and applauding the gallantry of Gen. Lyon and the troops under his corm mand at the battle of Springfield. The Ju diciary Commbtee reported back the bill to abolish.-the-Supreme-Court-and askeLt_mbe discharged horn its further consideration. .The House, on Friday, authorised the con struction of twenty iron•clad gun boats. A bill to authorise the construction of a street railroad between Washington and George town was passed. The Consular and Diplo' matic appropriation bill was passed. On Sac Imlay the House passed a resolution providing for the transmission of allotments of pay of volunteers to their families and friends, and repealing the law allowing liens to sutler's on soldiers' pay. Mr. Wickliffe presented resolutions from the Kentucky Legislature in lotion to extend ing relief to the sufferers from famine in Ireland. Mr. Julian offered a resolution, which was passed—yeas 78, nays 39—in structing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill to forbid the return of fugitive Slaves except where the loyality olthe claimant was satisfactorily proved. Mr. Lovejoy offered a resolution requesting the Committee on the Judiciary to repoet, a bill confiscating the property and liberating the slaves of those particip:iting in or aiding tine rebellion. In the proceedings of the House of Repre sentatives, at Washington, as will be seen below, our " talented and consistent" Repre sentative, lion. JOSEPH BAILY, voted against a resolution to confiscate the property of re- Mr. 13., it will be remembered, pro fessed great devotion to the Union and hos• tility to the Southern rebels. We give the resolution find the vote thereon, Mr. Julian, of Indiana, offered a resolution that the Committee on the Judiciary be in structed to report a bill, so amending the fu• gitive-slave law of 1850 as to tot bid the re capture or return of any fugitive from labor, without satisfactory proof being first made that the claimant of such fugitive js loyal to to the Govern went. • The resolution waspassed— yeas 78, nays 30: Yens—Messrs. Aldrich. Alley, Arnold, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Ilingham, Blair (Mo.). Blair (Penna,),'lllake, Butfinton, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, • Pre'li A. Conkling Roscoe, Coukling, Conway, Covode, Cuttler, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Buell, Edwards, Eliot, Fenton., Fessendon, Franchot, Franck, Gooch, Goodwin, Guerley, lisle, Hanchett, Harrison, llooper,Alutclunsc-Julian, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKean, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Mo . rrill (Me), Morrill (Vt.(, Patton, Pike, Pomperoy, Porter, It ice (Me), Biddle, Rollins, (N. 11.1, Sergeant, Shanks, Shellaberger, Sloan,• Sherman, Spaulding, Stevens, Thomas (Mass (,:Train, Trowbridge, Vandever, Wall, Wallace, Walton, (Vt.), Washburne, Wheeler, Whitley, White (Ind.), Wilson, Windom, and Worcester. NAYS.—Messrs. Ancona, Beav (Penna.), Biddle, Cobb, Cooper, Cox, Craven, Critten den, , Dunlap, English, Tooke, Crider, liar ding, Le ry, Lehman, Mallory, Maynard, Menzies. Morris, Noble, Nooll, Norton, Nug ent, Pendell oh, Robinson (Del.), Shiel, Steele, (N. Y.), Steele (N. J.), Vallandigham, Wads worth, Webster, White (Ohio), Wickliffe, Woodruff, and Wright. -To.such. a fair_ anti_rctootlabjp_proposition, six of the Pennsylvania delegation, doughfaces all, were found voting against it. Their cuov .n.ro v1)1.6-13,41 o'ap,i' tained his seat through false pretences,) man, Lazear, and Wright. Verily, r)arty fealty is stronger In Come men than lit'aevo. 'lion to best interest of the country. What makes the conduct of these men more odious, is the fact that they are found voting with such a man as the. notorious Vallanding-' ham, of Ohio, whose political character "stinks in the nostrils" even of his own party friends. THE PLANET VENUS'—For some two weeks past, the dazzling lustre of this beau• tiful planet in the western sky has been a subject of remark among those who have been abroad on cloudless evenings, Iler brilliant aspect at this time has led some to sur pose'that she had changed in some re• inarkable way from what she was in former times wh, n she held die same relation to the sun. But this apparent increase in lustre is due to the absence of large stars in her path. way. The other brilliant planets are now morning stars. She attains her greatest brilliancy about three weeks after New Year's after which she will rapidly decrease in si junior until she again 'becomes a morning star, and the other planets will take her place iu the evening sky. PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.-As there was no State Ticket or Congressmen run last fall, and the Assembly Tickets wer o e much complicated, its Party aspect is not clear. The Williams port Bullt:tin daze lins.been ascertained, since the final count of the Return Judges, that the Union - and Republican majority, in the last election in Pennsylvania, was 45,000. Had there been a State Ticket, and a full elec tion, our majority would have reached 80 or 90, 000." Ayers American Almanac is now trendy for,delivery, gratis ; at the Drug Stores, who are happy to supply all that call for them. Every family should have and keep this book:. It-is Worth having—comprising much general iiik!rriuttion of great value. It givea - tha Lest instruction for tb . c, cure of prevalent complaints ? , tliat we,ean get `any- . , where. • Its' anecdotes-446e - .are worth a, bushel of wheat, 'nail its medteal advice is soinetimes worth to the sick, the wheat's weight in goldi, Many, of the medical 'al tnanaca are trash but this is solid metal. Its calculations . are made 'purposely for this latitude and are therefore correct. Call'and get A - Yer's AlmanaC t ' and when got, keep it. . . We clip the following from the last inim tier of the Chambenhurg Vialey. Spirit: Di A'ill OF HON• , .TAS. X. McLANAHAN.—A . tel..graphie diSpatch - ,received h - this plaao on. Tuesdsy, atinouoces• the death of Jas. Y. .Mclarinhan, in New York city. Mr. McLim elan formerly - resided in this place, - where he attained a distinguiied•posiiion As a member of the Franklin County Bar. He also - repro: seated this distrietCongross. Some years since lie removed - to New 'York city where he resided up-to the .time of liis,death, Mr. wife'and one child. - , : • Tat: Aichmond • Exmlin'er Bays ,a bill has been introduced ~intci .111 e, Confederate Pougress to put clowll the. slave. (radii, and prohibit theimporttition of negroes 'from Af rica. Tlie object; no•denbt, is to 'secure the good will a/ Trance and:l4l6Ln/ PROGRESS OF THE WAR! We devote a large portion of our space this week to important news .from the Army.— Rebellion has reoeived •numerrUA and heavy blows during this and last weeks. From eve ry quarter, We hallo glorious tidings ru _of sue cess-for °net - Cirs. Wo givo the 'pith of tho tie4atehes received • up to going to press: ST. trims, Deo. M.—Despatchesreceived at Headquarters from General Pope stole that after a forced march yesterday he got between the enemy encamped some six miles from Chit howee,.Johnson county, 2,200 strong, and those Clinton and Henry cotties, but as soon as they heard of his approa h they beat. a rapid retreat toward Itdse 11111, in Johnson county, leaving all their baggage, arms, mu nitions," papers, &c, in our possession. Gen eral PoPe.tben,threw forward ten companies of a section of artillery in par suit, following the main body of his army.— At Johnson in Bates county, the Rei;iels"be ing so (deeply pursued, scattered in all direc tions, but 'most of them going towards the South. Gen. Pope then forced a strong cav alry reconnoissance to within fifteen miles of . Osceola, and intercepted and captured ono hundred and fifty fugitive Rebels wit h all their baggage, horses, &c. Other squads from Pn to fifteen were also taken, malting the aggre gate nnnber of prisoners about hundred. No fighting is reported to have occurred. Ile says the whale country between Rose Hill, on the west, and Grand River, on the South, is now clear of Rebel troops. General Price has only 8,000 troops nt Os ceoln. ;. ST. Louts Dec —Further information from the Wesi, this morning has beetueceived to the effect that in addition to the expedition of General Pope against the enemy at and near Clinton,.and another part of his force, under Colonel Davis and Major Marshall, sur prised anotitar camp of Rebels on the after noon of the 18th, near Milford, a little north of Warrensburg. A brisk skirmish took place, when the Reb els findingthemselves surrounded surrendered to Colonel Davis, who look 1,300 prisoners, including three Colonels, seventeen Captains, and one thOusand stand of arms, sixty five wagons, one thousandhorses, alarge quantity of tents, baggage and supplies, etc Our loss was but two killed and eight woun ded. The tlebers loss is not known, Information from Glassgow states that our troops captured about two tons of powder found buried on Claib Jacki•ou's farm. Major 'Hubbard captured sixty Rebels a day or two since in Johnson county. The troops in Kansas have been stirring du ring the Ng 3reek, and good news may be ex pected fi om them daily. Capture inf r a Rebel %Vngou Train with A Largefirsiount of Camp Equipage Numerous Prisoners Taken. LEAVENBSTRTII, Dec. 20.—Nlajor with a detachment of the Third Kansas Regi ment, made a dash into Missouri on the 12t11 and burned the towns of Papinsville nut] But ler, resorts of Rebel gueriPti bands. Two companies of ehe Fourth• Cavalry have arrived here from Ftfrt Wise. • SEDALIA, Missouri, December .19.—Twei hundred wagons, heavily laden with clothing, etc , for Price's Rebel army, have been cap tured by the Federal troops! Our troops are daily moult% Rebel recruits ou their way to join General Price. The nunili i (if of prisoners now captured is nearly 2,00 with a vast amount of camp equipage, al , unition, arms, horses, stock, etc. A mill tit, • has been engaged for some time iu supplyin'.flour to the Rebels has also been burned. The rebel on,Yascerfilinly rectiVeirk — Stfc= cession of liti.vy blows in Missourii the pres- Alb t Tl3 ' ihOultr will cross tlitOsnige river to assist oeneials Stein and Slalk, when a general engagement will ensue, wi ich it is believed must result in the defeat of rice and the scattering of his entire army. The news fr m Kentucky is to the effect that the recent skir nistis at Mum fordsville was a most brilliant affair. Four companies of about 350 men, from Col. Wallack's regiment, led by the Lieutenant Colonel, (trove back 8,000 Reb el cavalry,infanqyand artillery. TIM troops are repot ted as behaving like veterans under a galling fire itito Which they had. been embus coded by the Rebels, but out .of Wliieh they extricated themselves with great skill and cool neSs. Gen. Buell has 'sent hirClen. McClellan a despatch, dated Louisytpti t ' Dec. 18, to the effect that MeCook's diidsion is at Mumfords ville, and Gen. Miteliell at Bacon's Creek.— Zollicoffer is either actually retreating across the Cumberland or is preparing to do so when over any considerable force appears. The Rebels yesterday opened fire upon Col onel Geary's encampment. at Point( of Rocks, from the opposite side of the Potomac, but were so promptly and effectively replied to that their guns were silenOed 'and their forces driven off: A number were killed and woun ded, whilst the Federals escaped uninjured. Our guns were then turned upon some hcuses on the Virginia side where some Rebels were secreted. They, were driven out with loss. From Port. Royal we learn that our troopt fully occupied Beaufort, and that large quan tities of cotton were being gathered and brought forwardfor shipment. General Floyd's brigade has beedordered to Kentucky, leav ing, as the Richmond Dispatch says, " a very large portion of Virginia exposed to the ene my." WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—This morning at SIX. o'clock a portion of General AleCall's di vision proceeded in the direction of Dritines. ville on a foraging expedition, and also for the purpose of making a reconnoissance in that iocality. Drainesville is about midway betwhn General McCall's headquarters and (._ Let sburg. Ou arriving in that vicinity our troops en countered the onemy,.who had four regiments of infantry—South Carolinians, Alabamians and.KentuckittliS—with a battery ofsix.pieces otartillery mid a regiment of Caialry, under command of Gon. Stewart. The only troops, on. our side engaged in the affair were General,Ord's Brigade, the .First Rifles uneEastou's Battery of four guns. The enemy were completely routed and fled precipitately, after.a. - tight of. one hour and a half,- leaving Iwo r caissonsLand- quantity of - small 'arms; blankets, great coats, .oto.'-more than our troops could bring nwey.. :After ihe enemy had - retreated General • McCall sent two officers .to - "theßehols killed and wounded, when it was ascertained' that they had left on the field 57 killed and 22, wounded. Three of the bitter died in being removed, making their loss 60 killed and 19 • wounded-a totel'of 79:killed and wounded, and they no t.lohlit eairicd olEmarii: They alschefrow the fieltliMony - horse& disabled:' - ' - . - Our men also brought in some prisoners be sides the -Wounded: ' ' as near as can bo ascertained at' , preient, ten killed and fifteen, wounded., k I Theyspediiion' returned Jotheir canfp at Laugley' , s, at nine • I Genera McCall in :his despatch roicivoa at lleadopiarterst& night says : Too prman it cannot he given to General Ord for his gal lantry and sk-ffl throughout the day: Easton's Battery was admirably served and did good execution. The Rifles :also behaved. finely." Without anything definite being kffewn, the belief, strengthens and deepens that. thedroub les with England will be peaceably and eat is factorily .arranged. A despatch to- the New York World declares that there is not the slightest probability of the dispute leading to a war. Our own despatches state that Lord Lyons has not yet presented any official com .inunication in relation to t he Trent affair, and l i that any conference which he may have had i with the Secretary of State in relation thereto has been of an informal and confidential char -4c ter From Port Royal we also have a repetition of the suit ellient, 'I received front other sources, of an engagement near the mouth of the Miss issippi, in which the United States steamer Massachusetts defeated and sunk Hem. -Hol lins celebrated t' turtle" battering rain. The same correspondent gives currency to a less probable story of a slave insurrection in Mims issippi. The ship Cheshire, Captain Craig, from Lie erpool October 10. was captured as a prize about the Cull instant by the Roiled States steamer Augusta, Captain Parrot'. The Che shire. it is stated, ran the blockade at SIIVOU ah, and discharged her cargo at Liverpool, where ,he loaded with coffee, salt, crockery. medicines, army blankus, and other articles of which the Rebels are in great need. I•'rom her position and movements it Was apparent that she was about to violate the blockade, and she was accordingly seized and sent to New York in command of a Prize master ICorrogpowli•nve 111 tho II or Ln COMPANY A , ith Rea— I' V. It. C. C.llllll Pierpont, Vu., Dec. 20th, IBfi I. f Dean II EnALD: Alt hough "more 1111011 " was not appended to my last, I lake the liberty of again writing to you 'llne weivlier has been uuusu illy inilá nod plen,etrit for some tune pmt, and Gen Meade has taken tolvarUftge of it by soh:wining our brigade to IL severe drill daily, and l ',resume will continue to do , o) until porous - wain throws lii, coil 1111111 Ile over when %ye will rcstrne our canvas deurcils, there to stnele 'our consoling pipe, read the new-papers. fuel diQcu+.iu our bun hie sphere upon the topics of the day and the Will feeling genera ly—tor ours besides being a joVi'll tle,,eenklant:, of Old vvrff I.llle " Kniekerb e cliern - of artnittity —is it so a liter ary one, 111 the numb e r of periodic•rL. paper:t.and portfolto, , , which lay scattered protni,en Hp..ly 111 the tent will tentify. burl to my nultjecf.—what Lrftw,pires in camp, nut our (out Ve-terday morning Richartkon Clark, a member of Company 11., tram Nlechtitiesburg, died in the hospital, of the t)phus fever. His reviairis were token home and were tlCCOM ['allied 11l Lingley, by Companies 11. and A It was a sail scene as the cavalcade passed slowly down the road, the band playing the ' Dead March ;" and the giteg ion in voluntari Jy cattle up to the mind if our burial ceremony would lie solemnized by that dread tune, cr whether it would be our lot to get home alive. It sti ikes me, while on this subject', that the mortality list ot the Seventh has been unusu ally large„of which Company A has not been without a fair representation. As the Chi istmas holidays npproach, the boys brighten up, probably in anticipation of the good things expected front home, and of which we have notice, are alreudv on their way hillier. No pt °gramme is laid down ns to the manner in which the day will ho com-' menioroted, but, I presume, if we iTre not on picket or oilier duty, it will pass off very pleasantly. There Is one thing certain, there will nut be as much of the , •tanglefuot" used here as there will be mid generally is used in Carlisle on that day— those that do take a "wee dhrnp" and get obstreperous, will tied themselves in durance in the guard-house. There have been no important movements in our dividon since I wrote you last. -Our pickets recently brought, in a family of nine ~e ontrabandsr l '..who In4—escaped.4and—came within our lines. They all seemed remarka lily well pleased and appeared as if the break lug off the associations with their late masters had not affected them in the least. They we r e sen t to Washington. No indications of a forward movement are perceptible nor is one anticipated, and we have nothing before Us hilt ti season of lireS ,, llll3 itHICIIVity, the weary, endless routine of camp life In the me:mince should (ice. Lee and his 100 IMO rebels taken notion to advance upon us, Mc• Clellan will be ready, and we willing. and anxious to meet them. There have been many changes made in our regiment No less than to ol captains have resigned, and as many lieutc;naids pro ntoted to their places. In six instances have orderly sergeants been promoted A new Adjutant Las been appointed, and many other minor changes affected. Our company how. ever, still retains its old officers It may he interesting to know t lmt /111101Ig the officers in this reqiment who hail from Williesbarre, l'it , are the Colonel, Quirternmster, Adjutant., Chaplain, Postmaster and Sutler, the later Laving superseded his illustrious predecessor who is thou a IVilksbarN.an I see IV. 1) Halbert, or the First RegitnCid, wearing the shoulder straps Of n Lteutenant. Will" wakes a fine looking officer, and will no doubt do honor to the position he holds. 1 hear the order "Fall iu and as I belong to that squad to day, will have to bring nay letter to a close. Yours, CAMP PI ERPONT, VA., December .2 1861. f Mr. Editor:—Gen. McCall's brilliant vic tory over the Rebels et. Drainsville. last Fri day, and the gallant deportment if Gen. Ord and his Brigade, including Ei•ton's battery and the Itnektail Rides, are events of which Pennsykanians miry well be proud. 01,1 Pennsylvania has the honor of making the first succesistul demonstration on the banks of the Potomac! The battery commanded by Copt_ Easton, of Fratiklin county, did most signal service, and our troeps generally show ed the unflinching spiriE which ensures vic tory. Our Carlisle companies are in ,Byy nold's and Meado's Brigades, find these two Brigades were not ordered up in time to par ticipate in the light, greatly to their (limit, point went, although they would have been on hand if the enemy had rallied and with rein • forcements Made an attack upon our column returning to camp The Carlisle Fencibles, milli Meade's Brigade, made a splendid, but •ery severe forced march of ten miles from their camp. But in Easton's battery, which was in the action, most gloriously, " you know," there arc also several Carlisle boys, and iris only due to them that their friends at home should know that they "stood to their guns" - nobly throughout the fight. They are George 11. Walsh, -- Peters, Geo. Mar tin and Muslin Swartz. Although the enemy's grape fell think and fast about them I am glad to say none w k oroliu of the entire company. All t he' Carlisle boys only wait "opportuni ty," 1 am confident, to bravely evince their patriotism in the light, as they are now doing it in patiently enduring the hardships and in clemency of the winter in the tented field. AN EFFICIENT BLOCKADE AFTER The following remarkable Confession taken from the Now Orleans Creseeat;''atal which we find in the Memphis Appeal of the IGth, fir to. the.poinft- - - "Ijdortunafely the abilities and resources of the Hessian government of Lincoln have been under Tided: It is n , w nearly six the since a vessel entered the port of New Orleans from a distant country. The same remark will apply - te'Mobile and other ports of the gulf. 'Where a vessel with a ,cargo °fner chandir,e—bas passed--Lincol Ws _blockade, twenty passed the blockade in the tear of 1812.". • ' , BLAC URDU. A lukti.- - A-1-elegyaph dispatch from' *Cairo, tlaied Dec, 2, confirms the, re• port: that Jew..Thorripson has folik , :hOndred uegroes worlcing on fortitioatiops at: NOw Madrid. Thompson ha5 . :1,500" men :unter his.commatuLl - Who. says the slave' are not, ~! ,t. - LATE NEWS FROM EUROPE. • Hon/0A rneamer "%merle'', from Liverpota,.;,4cr New 'York, put in here this morning ntliVelock, short of coal The ivarlike sentiment, and preparation in England were unaha ted. dirgm nal I. War meeting had, however, b(ail held in Dublin The British government has neat a letter npproving of ihe course of Commander WU. Dams, the soul agent on board the steamer Treat. - Toe Paris papers assert that the British governmpit, la rttivrer to the potitinns flout manufacturing districts, stated that I he Cotton ports would be °purled by February at the latest. A considerable number of additional Eng- It troops are to be sent to Canada The Hero, M 6 guns, was to leave Portsmouth on the btli, for the North American station. IRAWL The C',,titutiniturt, Patrie.Drimh . , and Bev , eral other French journals say that France will remain neutral in the event of a war be tween the United States and England. A great 1111148 ineeting was held in the round room of, the tottintla, at Dublin, to take into cowdderation the expect end posilion of Irish national Itthurs-Itt iho present tuoaientous cri sis. The following resolutions were pa4sed : Resolved, ' flat 1110 population of ibe great republic from the Si. Lawlence to the Gulf of 'Mexico, awl from the Atlantic to the shores, Icing largely corepo.ed of Men of lush birth and Iri,h blood. it would he unna feral to suppo“. that Ireland could remain nn indlerent ,pe;;t. tor of the slruggie. Resolvt d That the event" , of the hour int. rr,tiv..ly dictate to att Irishmen n foCgtttlul 'toss of their pa.t ditterencett, and n united rally for the catt , te of their country. Ily the , learner Arngn, which art ivt..l (In the 21st thst., we learn that Gen. Scott i, an his Way iloniV. I,Vhal Ihr " Louldvllle Journnl•' 503,5 "IVe do not believe that even in ibis age of cheap ptil,!i,Li Ml:a any work can be Toole I va t.teritiltlc. Itrto Ike tents of the ,-( BIC \N a 1 :3;2. per annuli], with tWeitty• line per moo di..c.°lmt Itti . eh' ht.' , of tell It 'fot - ttts it yearly vo;iiiiie of 5:32. page: , ,piarto, shit fin mime:nie nuini.er of origutol cmgraiings el pet temed machines, Vaillall:e 111%el.tions, awl ob jects of sc.( untie mietest 'l•hrte in nut as t.let , 4 not Feuer, a vtrace ol ,Itt•nti,m. It cotitaio: ut par,lit recipes for n. , ful dorneAt;e put poses, an I has lung sm.]. Itutli in Iht, country and Folrope, as the light . -1 authority in the mechanic arse 111.1 science. , pobllvattell litolV Valtialtle Itt (Ile farmer. the miller, tile totgin evr, The H,. ft cruder, the ilieCiatile, the iitatilltacturer NVe have net or opened a 1111111 ber Without learning . something LLe never knew belore end informaiion for the benefit ot our reader.: pur.h.ho•rs, no of 37 l'nrk Llow, New York, have de•erved the success which they have achieved No our should visit that etry Without calling nt Indatial estaldi-Mitient, which is n mu,t tint of inventive gehille. col. lOCIPti I . l'olo the cut.ro world If roet f out friends away off irrt Ile country do not know this with.nod trill take our advice they will mail d too•oitie soh-etibers or by applying to the Publishers they can oh taint n .peeimen copy gratis. which will lie sure tO the truth of our recommenda tion." IVc fully intit.tre the above, null woubl re commend our readers to take Prentice's ad vice, and subscribe for the paper. A new volume commoners on the first of Jammiy, and it, 1 log a valuable work of reference, catonioitig as II dm.,.1,1he only official liw of patent claims pnbii±bed in the emintry, every number tie pre.9erved The piper IC publisheil CL'r\• `nturdn', Lp tlie well known Patent °gents. :tit , ses. MUNN SZ. Ce who have conducted the liner during the Bust sixteen BEE In addition to furnishing specimen copies of the paper gratis, the publishers will send a pamphlet of advice to inventors, free of charge. Address, M IJSN .t Co., 37 Park Thw. Eohm an Aunt"! riatlns Elt It Y CIIIIISTNAS !—NVe tender to our rowlers the usual COUlplimetos of thesea- Al.,y they each and all enjoy a merry Cliiistmas 111111 a Happy New Your! A DMITTI:D TO PRA••crIcE--In the (Jr phani .tirt, 1n..1 week, on [notion of \V. J. , It E. Sit .ti•LEr, w•as folinitte,l t o protlice in the several courts of Cumber hind' County Pacut . iTs WANTEff.-IVM. H. %l. S:/N, ilthv rt,.l.lliting officer of 11.01 Itogitneut. 11).1 Hill he in I:ar11,1Q, f , ,t• iwo wet Itt•Ritn eta is coffin' in.k.l 1)) COlllllCr, a 10; tnn r ci( izeri of Carlisle. C Fruv 8 iiim•pittry is iu Lidsrvq:inicu:. 7n young 1111'11 Wisll 111 g 10 taken trip S is 11 elr.ie 11 1/111' 411111 11 11 1 1 3 1 , 114 the 111 11 10 furor /1 101 1 1 1 uC Ura. I t 1t stut S S./11 11121j1 V.N.- pl'll 1 1 11.11 NV1111:11 . 1s now fitting ~ut of .‘tin:,p,,fis Those , i-hug to joiu should apply at (df.‘ss Col•ToN I i uoDs.—The rigidity oi• the blockade, condoned with the cupidity of spe euhitois, have occasioned a constilerat Ih :id vanes iu the noirliet fur ciittun fabrics. Our merchants inform us that they have been obliged to pay from thirty to fifty per cent. advance for these goods, and their• customers, accordingly, will be obliged to pay that. ads MAmmin it Iloos.—Fronf the squeal ing of the seine, fur the last two weeks, we may safely conclude that this is "butcher's harvest," or slaughtering !line, and si !undid weather our 'People have hail to do it in. On Mundiiy of last Week, Mr. JOHN G assisted by Mr. Jussc (butchers,) slaughtaed fur' townsman, Mr. Josuen SITES, two hogs, cheli about sixteen months old,'Whosti untied weight was nine hundred and thirty four on! a half pounds. These porkers were not very large, but exceedingly fal• Friend SITES is.a man whw prides himself on ruining the besraf hogs, attends well to the feeding and caMfort of his slack, and conse• quently his"ineat barrels are never empty." If any of our friends, in town or country, can do better than this, we shall be happy to chroniele.the fut.. _ . THE CONSECRATION OF Tpl; F,rrsco- PAL CHURCH.- The fine old bell of the Enisco. pal Church, which has been silent in the Sufi day's chime of our Carlisle bells for'snme months past, was heard ringing merrily - On Wednesday morning, the ISth just., _calling the.congregation..aud.others once more bins semblo. The object was the, consecration of the new and beautiful church which has bedn undergoingrepairi for more then a.year. - Soon atier.len o'clock, A. M., the greater, portion of the congregation hail been seated, and at 10} precieely, the Rt.. Rey.iiishop Par- TER of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, followed by "some' tenor twelve, entered' the church .7witli reties on, (in purSuence of. the rules). The rich notes of the organ undor .thoakillful.to ani p_tilat ion of 11.1.r..._SrAN . M.ttni r„ of Philadelphia, "(who was its builder) -echo ing and filling the churoh -with itsSlii4L Jody; As. the OTgnu ceased theßishoP . anti Clergk rad' Verses. alternately' of , the. 2dth Psalm 'of David, till - they reached the altar: • , , ReV.TLEllo"thell I'olti the instroinent of en• •• clOwnient, followed by tlie Bishop in Wf , irr'tr 1 , !; r v•i• Egan Bishorwns read by ihe Rev. Mr. Ifoemss, of St. Johns Free Church, Lanemster„ The regular congregational services - Were then performed. Tile lt ssons rend were Ist Kings,' Bth Chap , 22d to Idol nerve, and He brews, )(kb Chap, 19th to 27th verse. Rev. Mt. Lo:Aeock, of I forrkJLorg, deliver ed the sermondor the oce isim Text —"fThe glory, of this latter house shr.ll be greater than the glory of the former, eolith the Lord of Hosts." The sermon was very good anti of moderate length Ile dwelt it some length on the greattemple built by Solomon —shor - ing how the glory of the second temple, whigh though not as grand or as large as the first, should be greater titan P. That sentence re mained unfulfilled until Christ entered it, even when Ile was on his Fathers business. lie showed that the•saerifiees made in that tem ple but-typified IFt - destruction: The :o , u of Goth was not intended to till space enclosed in walls—it Pervades the whole universe. It is a light shining in darkness, quickening its pulsations by its life-giving power. The remaining portion of his discourse was devoted to the duties of the congregation to God awl to each other. They 111118t_ know that Win glory was not the church, or the decoration-,—they roust bring it with. them. If they would attend to the in , truclions de livered there, "Then will this house be filled with rth I, a place where souls are horn tt.zain, whet" Jesus is glorified, and angels gill ,well the notes of your f.rttle 1 raj o, whole hiirps will hr for lnren." Btsitep Pol rye tlieu lullo ve l with a few ex- lemport. Fe111 , 11',14, Cchgl,l: ilatmg the church Ou the . a. bc,og MAO to eo:Dplvte their work throttOt th times or war awl tontuk. Ile s 10 , Jkl'd 1 , 1121( VII the httflory of the church, that generally in times of war the ,:hurth p;:rtook rt the spirit --now is the tinio for God's work llNving erected I hi.. fo! temple, he 1,4,1,1 ihry Ivooki he faithful to the:r •(.11 them or the poor end the fat herle,, nt.il Ihat ['ley must mhow their w. 111; Ari.l efffiTcr , tilion shut they I),ve pot I..i.g.tten c miT l e i e d la .le mid hb. ietol your :64 to (;14s service, re- liter,?l,i•ting 111,k1 1111• wpl;,w's mile would have iii We 71,1. tippropricle 10 ercol huildings lop G o d s mervic, , for in I' mlf6:z s ,- 0.-r• ho build costly mono_ innnl , . : 1101 tnr our own convnnivnCe and (.0m- 11 t heam Ifni and finely furnished nue h wore 80 a Lowe reared to s%nr:. , lop Gu , .l and En cointileinotaie the ,ur ferinr,, and deal' remember ing, I h‘at Ili. temple he dwelling place of Inonl,le and entori , e hearts. The reminis- Ittolces he drew of the tt!ti church rind its flu soui.ttians were Ft ally henottfol. tie hoped tlrt' 311 ont.t.ipttriotot of this cnitcrcgiltu❑ Itti.,oll Le It wht.ut wo route to part with earth that it trill 1.,,r {VPIIPS , In the 1 . 4( . 1, Aunt we did not tier .dire for hut for the ghtry of G.A. Tim, j.reeiutt , t will be our thutth for imt'H 1111,1 glot tou, our own revrazd We , lues,hty -even.ug. the Itt. Rev. Bkhop I . OlTt 0 confirmed ion I,er4.ons who Lad pre- E.ented th-m,elves. 'nuo church was •Crowled but. every cite was able to hear the 111. 7 1utp through a beautitill di-course on Faith, Lupo and Charity, and the ehrit,tian virtues gene rally. Thursday morning, the Rev. Mr. Cmac 1700 regularly instituted in 11114 parish. The ceremony WOS solemn ;111,1 impressive and quite new to many of the congregation. The South =East Convocation of this diocese had their annual meeting and sermon on this oc casion. lii the evening a meeting for 111iS. sionary purposes w:is held. ~1)e '4 l ll at 11 cis. CARLISLE PRODUCE MARHET. Reported weekly for the Iterald by = F 1.111: It I,Soportint,7 tn 11111 EIV II t.AT. It1:1) I..NS . =I 11E3111EDE T 1 I ItAt.ll.l . .11,1, It k;'l.l.Y Spernil liottrea I] 33=1 111 I'll.l Cor '• • d I 1.1!1. I:I •1, p 6,1 0 I 1 . 114 / Il• •Ir. ,•• rk, p ill OW 101 1,1111 , ,,i -It k, hi It ',II 1 „ I 1 t111 i 11 , 11 . 5. 11r ar.in ,:,,n.,il,•,.,athr, s% 11' I tit,: the n ~n ll%, 0.1 %.,111 i0.,11.111ty 1 ndios hay hoot. th.,)10 , 110, , 1 w:nr use ot r pl i.. It., utmo , t volithlt Pr. Cho 111:tt the,' rept, H. 1.1. to ,1“. W idt , olo , •, , r1.).1e. mid flop fr •ni 1.% idiod 111,1• Fhntil I hr , tond, n,•. , mtiothy on oh Prioo -1. 2 2 '4 , i.t Lt mull •11 /11. %, illithi/i rZitli I,rtig.. gi•l y 1.111 in ho I idlod II 11. ! I' ICH 1 \ rl-111'r I Agl.lll fir Iho xl N••vi 1%41c1i oil .1% Ind,- •01. ordorn .11 , mll,l I o ntld ros-etl. ItA \ \ .\ \ P.l", NI It ttittl Petal! Ageuts I.l.trrittltut 1... El lA , 111., Tlf l: E 1W lie. ll' IS 11l VI:ICS iTil\l Ai' II lIIT TF.I': , r -cepela Ilatu/ence. I tr., the Stom ach. or no, alfectio in. is rulul to t in Acieric tor :thrum'. To 1.. ahle to state e ilndrntll that the Vitt, s" ,t rert,,ln cure for ,Iy,pepsitt and 111.0 ,theases, hto the lil , .pri• t , ', a source of pleuece rolaorix, clatter 11101 the ht , .111- ach. ptirille , the Howl. intuttes reile‘yy,' t 't e ll' to the me, ow , ''stem. civi ex' it that tone and licerey so In (.l,,,rcin--tlie ont,:oth. cunt, ous ar notele , toonents ai i,s seprrior exeellence anti bccntieial hive a-,nrell the prole...tort, that It cannot but prove a event cure to the aftlleted, and Im part titnlity to the thor, thth rp.t 11 , 1,.5ee e•lr -I.lYrinent In another column ~,i ~~il't't~tgrs. On Ihn 24th Innt C. P. Winz, ANIIPINY M. a n d SA ILA 11 JA.N.P. WALLACE, Loth of Mouht By tilt, smur ot) air name 11,1 s, WILLIAM:II. HAST INGS to CA ROLINE 6,S boll; Nidllr.sex.. Or; Orr 211 h Itlst , nt Ihv f.f.si.leto, of 'be ',rider; nail' er, 111. cl" EsT,E;;„I,I ihtoi Io :knif4 " daughter of Jonoph Cu!, er Esq., or this lwrvugh In South Middleton township:en Sunday, Dee. 15t11, .1A(3013 SIVAITEIt, aged .3 ears, 1 and 23 in shipponslinn.r, on the ]filth , Mr. BENJANIN% WIniltASS, in the 71.10 yolir,nf his age..., -New ilbuertisemmits. 1 - 2 , MALTS E. SAPLEY, Attorney at :11L- Ca- -H Wilco with Wm. M. Pert t mm. n Ithe. nem Hall, -11 m. Y 7. IM.I • . 1") -- E 13 It I.ll'l' S'iVAN'l'llll,--Torlhe Elovrnt b Ileglinent Poot.'n. yoiuntiere, now gift tionetrat Atm:wile Itld." Atply to tbo rutheriber, nt Henry Waste Ilotel. MAIUN Dee, 27, 186 . 1,2 t, . Iteeruldog OiDeor. • TIICKINSON COLLEGE.--The next A norm opens Januitir 10, IM2. Ft/lA:VMS 4111 itvillable !wearier for Ulu Lilainumr Echool. 11eo:21, H. '3ll-apriskix..---- FOR - 11 ENT.—Th e bur 01701,1'0r 'llbntr Um' Stoll) - 1 odat and dwrlling situatod ou th)) - Ntuth Kant corn or or lbw Public Spin ru )Incl TaiW mob pied by P.C. Kviner, Jetrrdlor. Posermlot - turbo given on - A prit - lut; — A - :1). - 1) 01- 1:=. Cavlisle, 57, 1862. 11031111 T WINE; Sr. NOTICE ,TO.:TAX PAYISIS,' • OTIQIII is hereby riven, tinder q the act of 211th,April, 11,14, one per cent 101 hen Itt derreA nil State nod Counts loses neptild on the let litidegil+piy, - 38/19, sea every sixty,. Jaye therentter,, perikAV : scidltlenal. A 11. porticos 'who a hli to sore the Interett .weeld , to cliAreoll their lakes "JOS. C. 111014PrOY. r ~,;,., L•t tis see to t 1.11.1 Thrir EZEMS Cal *ll Reg I 114 . II