,:i . '..,..'..ttiAi:gi' , 4l - 4 1 (',; CARLISLE, PA. Friday, JANI!011 3, 1862. Peoples' - State . Central Committee. A meeting of the members Of the Peoples' state Central Committee will ho at, Coy orly's Hotel, Harrisburg, on _dr WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22c1, 1.862, , io detertnine the time and place for holding ,state Convention to nominate State Candidates, and to transact such other business as may be presented. • i full iLttendrince• Is requested. - ALEX. K. ikicCLURE, Chairman. GEO. IV:HAMMER:3I.Y, JOAN M. tiUbLIVAN. l• .S"ccrelaries. ,some two weeks since, S correspon dent enquired of us why we did not answer the attacks which were made weekly by the Volunteer newspaper, of this place, upon the National Administration. We answered our correspondent by ns,igning our reasons for not doing so. Daring our absence last week, the editor of •the Volunteer, took occasion to comment on the answer we gave our corres pondent. This he did in such a rough, low and •ulgar manner, that our self respect will not allow us to imitate his example. We claim to edit a respectable paper—the best evidence that it is such, is in the filet that it does not meet with the approval of the Volunteer. if that paper endorsed us, we wonld be " dammed with faint l raise." We dare net copy into our Oolums the >article ofllte Vaunt ecr'a that wo speak of, because that hundreds of our read ers-would be disgusted with its low vulgarity, and we do not wish to offend them. Dar The Ilerald, in its boy like twaddle, says that "no paper of the Volunteer's party oopies the editorial articles of that paper."— If our neighbor will step into our of ice we will show him a pilV of twenty .or thief) , ex changes, in nerdy every one of which articles taken from the Volunteer appear, It iv a fact, that there is not a country paper in the State copied from so extensively as ours. The foregoing is taken from the ;American Volunteer, of the 26th Dec. 1861. The vanity of the editor of that paper induces hiin to lie. Weatiterted some time ago to a Correspondent - , that no,,respectable papertof the Volunteer's own politics, copied its articles against the National Administration. The editor sa: • s he has in hie office a pile of twenty or thiAy exchanges in nearly every one of wi. ich articles taken from the Fausiterappear.„ lfe follows this with an offer to make a bet—so be it ; we will meet hint on better terms than he asks. We will het hint $2OO, to-41110—the money to be placed in the hands of a respon sible person, who shall choose three impar• tial persons to decide it—that there are not fifteen respectable newspapers in this State that copy and indorse the articles of the Volunteer on the National--we will go further —or State Aclminisit aliens. Will Mr. Brett en erupt the (-fret' ? If so, let some disinterested person bold the stakes. Who shall it be ? VS" SEIiATOR WILMOT liaS written a note to the N. Y. Tribune, denying the rumor that he has been obligvd to le rye his seat in Congress by reason of a fatal malady— cancer in the stomach. lie states that he is not afflicted N% ith that di-ease, that lie left Washington because no proper clue is there given to the sick, and that he hopes to he able to return in a few weeks. CAN'ADA,—The war excitement in Canada. eoutinues una bated,The Quebec pauers . publish nn offktial order which requires the immediate formation of one company of seventy five privates in each battalion of the regular militia, tind no man will be accepted who does not volunteer fur immediate service end on a day's notice. A large quantity of military stores, consisting of -sixty-eight pounders, shot, acid shell, hes been despatch• 'ed for Toronto and Kingston, and more will soon follow. CONGRESS The United States Senate after a brief scs• eon on Monday adjourned until Thursday.— A communication was received frum the Se• *rotary of War declaring it to be incompati• blo with the public interests to furnish the correspondence between Gen. Scott and Gen. Patterson. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, introdu tied a bill declaring certain persons alien ene mies and confiscating their property. „The HMSO also adjourned until Thursday. viirb Amount of Coal Transported on the rhlladelp.hia and Reading .Rai road, during at week ending Thursday, Dec. 26, 1861: From Port Carbon, " Pottsville, ". Schuylkill Haven, " Auburn, „ - - —Harrisburg, Total for week, Previously this year, Total, To same time last year, A IfirrrAks.,--In comparing atm national Itedebbsdness with that of other countries, our efritsrs goneralliornit.'our state - debts, and in tortimatiog the taxes We pay, too, they gone telly overlook the state taxes. We ought to leek our difficulties full in the face. At the Sliesc of last year the debts of the states were 411164,021,272; they must be now much more. fo these, too, we must add the debis of tho Odes. .Tlte annual interest on the absolute debts of the states on the Ist of January was 4111,885,665, and the annual expenditures of eke states, exclusive of debts and schools, was 103, 8 / 1 5,000. Deducting the productive pro ,vtittyof the states from their debts, $117,- 4108,900, which, theway," is not very prd daddy*, yro should probably' have not much leectilidsugo,oop,,qoo of state indebtedness to be aclded to the United States debt, to make ;tip the whole sum which is_to be provided for • by taxation , direct or ipdirect.- - • 'Tam FIaNICING,—The bill aboliahind the franking privilege, reportdd•by Mr. Colfax from ille:Post.OffiCe - Committco, and which iiii.postponed till the second Thursday of gitlat u Ly.ith oli a lipsldUcmall t or i zing 1 al. leis or public doctiments 'to be sent free; imt prsori4s that all who are now entitled to the. taulting,prlyilyge , may send ~theta without prepayment,es,euldierstletters are at pros • out, the postage to he paid by the receipen t ; _'speeches to hmearriid."at one cent, and pub ', Aoeuments ..at two eents -per pound,' :Aiithin 2,000 miles, postage _en en 4F/41km:et - patent, 6. cents' Asa._ lime" the size of -2 . 4 Congressidao Globe /9 cents. ' . The eStisiatedinerimaccofteveniM it over *1,000,000. • , , •• • , ,,-1, , ,Z404 . 511: tiaB.dtartad a nevriinpiv lie hcpes by bard sert.tidi,'; ' make a living Terldiueelt aid hia liteb' 4,losenii. " • , MS Wit:TM:GB . I4' We' give .thia. tvpek,. eopinas' . extraet from' thecorrespondenee bct,weeit the English ertiment,dell the Seetetary, : efititte'On rest of the,Rettel conuaisiOners.'! . • The:anyuncenient, oftthe decision of the Gtovernment,whiChWo_ col-. um, to release :these traitors brie. been receivetrby the public' : with profound atitrun-' precedented regret. This notion of the Eng-. Usti Government has embittered the loyal heart of this country, and will rankle there, unsatisfied until an opportunity arrives to pay her back in her own coin. We see in the Philadelphia North American, a very sensible article on the subject, which says it is felt that England is as guilty. of intentional outrage upon the honor and dignity of the United Stales'as she feigns that this country would have been in directly ordering the seizure of the Trent, or of any other like vessel, in the guise of neutrality, but really in the direct service of the rebels. With the whole intrin sic right of the case on our side we are thrown —overthrown on a quibble, and put in the attitude of aggressors when the aggression is all on the side of the friendly enemy, the neu tral combatant and impartial partisan, Eng land. The " Trent affair" is technically set tled, hut a shadow will lie on the heart of eve ry patriot until legitimate opportunity shall offer to avenge theinsulted sensibilities of a people not used to humiliation through legal tricks, and through pretenses just within the In saying this hoWever, we have no dispo si lion to question the propriety and justice of the determination of the President. On a careful examination of the ground, it is clear that the case was, open to exception on the points so clearly stated by Mr. Seward, and t hat a preCedent in the shape this would pre sent to European eves kuld be regarded as dangerons and ill advised by most ether nay lions. q'his n•as the significance of the com• municat ion of the French Government—that they, inking the false account of Cum. Wil liams to lie the true one, would be compelled to rtPrd seizure as going a atep'too far;to he satisfactory to Europe generally—to States which had always resisted the extteme preten sions of England on tlae,right of search. It is better, as a question.of general policy, to re main clearly on our old w ound on this qiies - - tiSn, in company With all nations except Eng land, than tO claim that which would be be lieved to be an arrogant assertion of power similar to the former offensive practice of Eng and through a long series of years. Mr. Sew ard's analysis is singularly clear and forcible in laying open all the aspects of the case.— That its difficulties were foreseen, and that the present position of Om government is caused by neither intimidation or weakness, is proved by the cautious language of the de spatch to Mioister Adams, on November 30th, written very soon after the arrival of the Oil. Mal statement ofCommande• Wilkes. Mr Sew ard there distinctly states that no position had been taken by this government, and that Ile matter was entirely free front embarrassment in that respect, should the British government undertake to ,IIIFICIIsti The defects of • law piiihted Out Icy Mr. Sew ard tire not likely to be remedied by any con vention of Powcrs, or to be written in any Tido now or hereafter.. It is supposed to be the in terest. of England now to strain every point. in favor Of aid to the rebels, and the practical of fect with which all this is done is propor tioned to the supposed power of the United Stoles alone. If we have no fleet worthy of respect, if our harbors are undefended, and if the war against the rebels =yea nothing and accomplishes nothing, it will b deemed an in suit' to the British flag finally Ite fly one of our own at. all. Military and naval power are the host interpreters of international law.— These alone can make a feigned sad false neu trality do the duty of real neutrality. The root of the whole trouble is a practical denial that there is such a thing as the government of the United Slat,s. Otganized and defiant u•ht-limn has its Seat of power almost within sight of the Capitol dome at Washing ton, and if it succeeds in hold.ng that position, m• so long no it. succeeds in holding it, the re spect of every aggressive and insolent POwer whose interests lead it to meddle with Ameri can affairs will he vety small for us, whatev er ingenuity or force of argument we may put Gn•th as to neutral or belligerent rights. As we have ssid, howev?er, the statement of the.case by Mr. Seward is forcible and ex haustive. Neither more or less was consist eat with the duty of the President under the cireutestances. In a ease not susceptible of defence on its open and accepted features to the eye of all other nations, it is not the duty of any government to stand at such cost as would now be regulsite. A neutral cannot serve one belligerent power, much less an in eurrection, by carrying contraband of war on the seas, says the law, without such risk as it may incur from the other belligerent; but here is a ease - where this precise thing was done under a thin covering of technical exemp -firm, a covering so thin that no American could be misled, whitetail' sufficient tti involve Europeans in doubt, ta well as to cause any judicial tribunal to decide in favor of the course we have now taken. It is evident that from the outset. the President anti Mr. Seward' , determined to avoid taking definitive position on this case, and took care, as they found the right and the lair to diverge, not to bring on the country the adverse judgement of such a court as European nations would constitute. To this course the people of the United States assent for precisely the same reasons, but they are also at liberty t o say that, which no - Cabinet minister would be, free to say. They know that their - rights and their dignity have received-a wound, and neither the wound nor its authors will soon be forgotten or forgiven, under whatever shelter of external legality it may have been inflicted. It is worthy of notice that the British Min istry tOok the. man Williams' statement as of ficial truth, and without abatement, though in trinsically preposterous and improbable. We -have heard something of this vaporer at one or two diriner , tables, and know with what. freedom of invention he uttered, falsebood' to aerie, secessionists And their-eytnpathiters.- - ills of little use to remonstrate 'against the representations in : the Treat ortseLpUt . 'll rep ord- should be,tmade against him tiiindtieeeati.: tion'iu,fitttire cotes:- The fact is sufficiently Tons. Cwt. 7;200 06 23i 09 16,451 02- 742 01" 1,857 14 8,653 001 30.019 12 105,640 19 135,666 j 1 123:600 17 ounsiiieuoutunow that no intrinele — ri# gat-. nese or . even legality will ear - ills from . serious &implications, that nothing short of' over• whelining• and affective'-military and naval power will enable usdo maintain our:foreign relations undisturbiA.skill, loss to .oruell, the rebellion Which ling iturrolludfdlhomi lions with trials, and perplexities and pertly. SUSPENSION or §"rcot Tivottrrs . . - -Tike Banks of'New York suspencled specie pay. meets on Tuesday, and tliCir exam plo wasful lowed by tbo banks ,of-Philadelphia, Boston - and: places, Tlie lepeci6 .fund of the New Yotk,bAnlis ; 41eCryased near seoen iiiil =lione `434lfare last iy4lc, on 'riattuday CO About . tirootiy•:tivo'fnilliiiiitt. • ' MEI 1:11A 9N-SLIDE,I.I.• ,QUESTION. This vexalions affair, has st-Anst been ad justed. -..Thecori:espondende between Secre tary Seward 'and Lord Lyons, is before: the public. It is very •obitnnious, find ns is 'impeSsible for us to give the whole of it,..we muike'e'opious extracts, which wilt enable the `retider.to formta correct estimate, of the ani: mu: and action of both parties The correspondence opens with a despatch from earl liussel,`which ter . ' delittliiig the circumstances of the capture,_says ;• It thns appears that certain individuals have been forcibly taken from on board a British vessel, the ship of a neutral power, while ouch vessels pursuing,a lawful and in nocent voyage—an net of violence which was an affront to the British flag and a violation of international law: , . Her Majesty's Government, bea r ing in mind the friendly relations _which have long Huh ivied itetween Great. Britain and the Uni ted States, are willing to believe that the-Uni= ted Suites naval officer who committed the ag• gression was not acting in compliance with any authority from his Government, or that if he conceived himself to be so authorized, hp greatly misunderstood' the Ansructions which he hod received. For the Government of the United Suites must be fully aware that the British Government could not allow such an affront to the national honor to pass without felt reparation, and Tier Majesty's Govern ment are unwilling to believe that it could be the deliberate intention of the Government. of the United States unnecessarily to force into discussion, between the (WO Governments, a quest ion'of Si grove a character, and with re gard to which the wh.ile Britiqh nation would be sure to enter:filo such unanimity of feeling. Her rilitj.i.siy's Government, therefore, trusts than when this mat ter shall have been brought under the con ddoration of the Government of the United ;:ales that Government . will, of its own accord. offer tod.he British Gererntnent such rktireFs (!d alone eonld satisfy the British nation, nanirly, the liberal ion of the four gen Heinen and their delivery to your Lordship, in order that they may again lie placed under British-prolection, and a suitable epelogy for the aggrei.sion which has been CO Minh teAl. Should these tetme not be.afforded by Mr. Seward you will propose them to him. You tire atliberty to rei] this despatch to the Socretary of State, and if he shall desire it, you wi:l give him a copy of it. lam, &c:, Ilossttt.c. This is followed by a Ittlei from Mr. :iewaril to Lord Lyons, from which extrvt, the Vlowing- passages I trust that I have shown to the stoisfae tion of the British Governta.int. by , a very simple and natural statement of Inct facts, and analysis of the law applicable to Igen), that thi. Gov(?rtilitont-bas neither meditated too Factired, nor approved any deliberate wrong in the transaction to which they have rolled its attention; and, on the contrary, that what has happened has been Bilyiply an inadYifrtency, consi s ting in a departure,thy the nand officer, free mom any ~Wl'oll., rid IlltoilVO, 11,111 a role uncertaii.ly established, and probably by the several parties con. eernel eith,n imperfectly 1111(hr:flood or entirely timl, nown. Fur thisrerror the 13i fish Government has a right to expect the same reparation that we-as au iralepeadela Spate, sh mild expect from Great Britain 'or trout ally other trim-telly nation in a 'similar ease.. 1 have not been unaware that. in examin ing thilslnestion I have fallen into an argu meat for what seems to he the Br lish side of it against my own country. But I am relieved from all ;:mbarrassinent cp that scbject. had hardly fa len i.nto that line of argument, when 1 discovers d that I was really dafend tag niaintaining ; 1)01 nn exclusively British interest, but all old, honored and chelislied Attie:de:in cow's. cot upon British authorities, but npoll principles fipit consti I_tide a I r i tt pertinn dattinedye policy b y which t h e U n ited States lints developed the resources of a continent. and thus hecom ing tt considerald inaratime power, and won the respect and confidence of man y n at i ons . These principles were laid down for us in 1804, by James Madison, when Secretary of State in the administration of Thomas Jeff, erson. in instructi gi• en to la tiles Monroe, our Minister to England. Ptlnsugh,..the •case before him concerned aldescrrfolionOf persons different from those who are inciden tally the subj• ets of the present discussion, the ground assumed then wits the stone I now occupy, and the arguments by which he sustained hints) II upon it have been an inspiration to rte iu preparing this reply. "Whenever," he sacs. l•prnpetty found in a neutral vessel is suppos, d to be liable on any ground to capture or czmdemnat ion, the rule in all cases i that the question shall not be decided by the capto , but be ( - irtied before a legal tribunal, where a regular trial may be had, and where the captor himself is liable to damage fi,r an abuse of his power. Can it he reasonable then. or just, that a belligerent commander who is thus restricted, and thus responsible in a case -of mere property of trivial amount, should be perindled, without deferring to any tribunal whatever, to esainine the crew of a neutral vessel, to decide the iuti octant question of their respective allegiances, and to carry the de, isioe into execution by forcing every individual he may choose into a service abhorrent to his feelings. cutting him MI from his most tender connections. expo sing his mind and his person to the must humiliating discipline, tool his life itself to the greatest bang-r 7 Reason, justice, and humanity unite in protesting against so I extravagant a proceeding. If I decide this case in favor of my own Government, 1 must disavow its most cher ished principles, and reverse and forever abandon its cssenti..l policy. The country cannot afford the sacrifice. If I maintain those principles and adhere to that policy, I must surrender - The case itself. It will be Been, therefore, that this GovernMellt eCdthl not deny the justice of the claim presented to us in this resp - ect tipon its merits. We are asked to do to the British nation fuSt what we have always insisted all nations ought to du to us. , The claim of the British Government is not made in a disc . ourteaus manner. This Government, since its first-organization, has never used: more guarded language in a similar case. .111 canting to my conclusion 1 not forgotten, that, if the safety.of this Union required thd detention at' the capttired personsi-it would be the right and duty of this Government to detain them. But the effectual . check and wasting proportions of the existing insurrection, as well as the comparative unimportance of the captured persons themselVes.. when dispassionately Neighed, happily forbid me from resorting "to that defence. Nor timl unaware that American citizens are t.ot in any case to be unnecessarily surrendered fbr any purpose into the keeping of a foreign State. Only the . captured persons, however. or othe's who are interest ed ilt them, could justly raise a question on that ground. Nor have ,I been tempted'at all by siigges• tions 'that:calms might b.O found - in history Where Great Britain refused to yield to other nations, and even to aitraelrei, claims like that yhich is now before us. Those' cases occulted when Great Britain, as %veil as the United. States,- war the home of ¬ations ethic:lt, with all their peculiar interests - and passions, have passed away. She. could. in ens — way'—so ---- effeettially disavow: any ..such injury as we think she does by assuming now as her own the ground upon- which we then stood, would' tell little for oat'own efaimS to the character of a juit at.dmnitinaninious people if . ..we ['heels] so. far -consent to be guided the . ..4mA' ritaliatittn. as. tolift, j up_ buried injuries from .thArgraves . .).o oppose . against whet tilitiOnal__consiateney and' thp nationaleon4iencti.etimpel . •,os.,tolregard `.‘tis uttip b"6 e -id gOstO kiof;tth is kind,Vprelbr to expreia - my eatitifectioK that, by . the' adjnatruent of .i.lie.Fm9B,ont'.case, upon . principled, OentesliallY Anterleib,-aad:yet, ao I Aram, mutuallystitistadtotry to both. of Abe .nations concerto:al, r .qtteotion is . fitially and r4bltytisttled .. ..between them; which, .hereto:, f,rc'bshauttittg not ei4.all farms of peaceful discussion,. but also, the arbitratamtf . of war itself, fit more than Inlf e 44014 alienated, the two countries, from each other, and per plexed with fears and apprehensions all other nations. . , ,The iour - peraonsin.qu'estion arc now held in military custody at fort Warren. in the State of. Mnvsachusette. They will be cheer fully,nberated. Your 'Lordship will, please ,ind 'cafe alittie and place fOr -receiving them. I strait myself of this occasion .to offer your Lordship renewed Insurance of my very high consideration. _ WILLIAM IL fiEVAII.D ,LOAMILSO77B TO bf R. - ' _ WA 4 111140T014, Deo .27, - IBoi. Hon. Tr. Seward, e , ,j-c SO —I have this morning received the note,: which you did; me the hotior to address me yesterday, in answer to _Earl.flussell's .des patch of the 80th of November last, relative to the removal of 'Mr. Minion, Mr. 51ide 11 .3: 1 K....-- Maeforlairiiiid -- Mr. kustis fi'orn the-11'46E1i paelcet Trent. I will, without any lop of time, tcrward to her Nlejesty's Government a copy of the im portant coupuniotion-whioli-you-hay.e_mado.„--- to mo I will; also, without delay do myself the honor to confer personally with you on the er rangemorits to be made for delivering the four gentlemen to me, in order dint they may- be again placed under the protection of the 13ri hell flag. I have tho honor to be, with the highest conOideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant. - LYONS. WAR NEWS The steamships Niagara and Australasian arrived at MOM:, on Thursday. The for Mer brings foreign advices via Queenstown to the lfith ult.. The latter has on board troops.— The Parig_ratrie (th it French Confederate or gan) declaitSallint France and the great Pow ers, havir4 been consulted by Great Britain, join in cnudemning the net of Capt. Wilkes as a of the rights of neutrals. The Paris correspondent of the London Globe (Ministerial organ) says that Count Thouve ners despatch to the French Minister at Wash ington states "that France must matte the Case of thc. Trent substantially her own."— Mr. Thurlow Weed has puhli,hed a letter iu the,Lontlon Times in defence of the A:mot-man Government. The Times says, in reply, that England claims nothing but that our Govern first Shall abstain from actual outrage. told that. if committed wo shall mt.lte reasonable reparation. It scouts at neg"tiatiun in the present case._ The Shetlield !. Foreign Affairs Comtnittee" have aSI , d that tho Commander of the lAnt be punished fdr violating the Qn ,, en's Pfoblatnation by harboring Mason nod Slidell. The transtiort, steamship Baltic arrived nt New York from Fort Picker's, where land ed a New York regiment, nt Keti West.- -There is nothing new from Fort Pickens. In telligence had been received at Ke2, West that the Sumter was et Cienfuegos, Idoskaded the Iroquois, whilst tl.e list el .tc-iiint.r Isabel, which rkcently cE , etTed from C,li4rleet on, was blockaded at Nassau by the United States gunboat Flambeau. !Lin. Me. Ely, member of Congress from ' New York, who was taltt n prisoner ,I I the bat tle of Manassas and has bees exiliengeil"fer Mr Faulkner, came up in the Oid lb let boat yesterday nail went on to Washington By flags of truce between Old Point hut Nei folk we have. late Richmond papers, frets s..lciela we extract a variety of late and interesting Southern intelligence. The late fight at Draintoisrille is admitted to have fern a seri ous defeat. (tae account.give9 a list of over two hundred killed, aeuudeil and missing They ti'lcount for the detest by magnifying the Fed' rat forces Vfnfil four thousand little more ti an. half of whom were engaged:to fif teen th ii:iiind, a part of whom they put down as re 41.111r3 ; All the regiments engaged on no - belonged to (lea ( Mt:Gail's Perinsylva- 1 nia Re ' , Rs: and had mover been under fire before. rthe Georgia papers state that on at tempt ail been aside to burn the State Rail road bridge over Petit' Cteels, but that the incendiary was caught, tried and sentenced to be hung. , Gold is reported to be worth 33 per per cent. premium at Richmond, 2111 d silver nearly as much. Several countirs in I% , est Tennessee have revolted against the impress meat act, and troops had to J.m cent there to maintain the Rebel authority. ' One thousand of the Rebel prisoners Teem-il ly captured by General fops arrived in St. Louis on Monday night. Confusion pi evailed in General Price's camp and he had retreated Southward. The Government stables at Washington, near the Observatory, took. fire on Thursday, and iiearly two hundred horses perished. The Rebel schooner Fashion has been cap tured by the gunboat Ethan Allen and cent into Key West. By the arrival of the steamer Marion at New York we have late advises. from Port Royal and Tybee Island. The Marion, it will be recollected, transported the Seventh Con necticut Regiment from Port Royal tp Iylicc, as a reinforcement to the troops already there, numbering only six hundred: The eart.nen atling heard in that direction was froui Fort Pulaski, which threw a number of shells nt the Marion while she was discharging her cargo, but without effect. It is expected that general Wright, will have commend of Ty bee, As ho accompanied the Connecticut troops and remained on the Island, which is to be put in a thoroughly defensible conditiod. Gen. Ste vens, now in command at Beaufort whose brigade hue recently been reinforced by two regiments, is expected coon - to make an-ad vance on the mainland of Smith Carolina for the purpose - of occupying-a point on-the rail. road between Charleston and Savannah. The obstruction of the channel - to Charleston har bor had been completed by sinking sixteen old whale . ships. loaded with stones. They were not.-placed straight across, as in other cases where the experiment iris failed, but in three rows, with!speoinl reference to the fads that the inland'waters must flow to the sea.. An 'intricate maze of shoals and eddies will thus be' formed which it will be impossible to navigate, bin which will still allow of the flow of water )I , itheut,' the creatiom of new alma. uels. The Charlestoniani, on the approach of the fleet, destroyed the lighthouse on Mor ris„laland by tdowlug it up. • " From Southern journals rpoeivottal. Chicago we learn' that the r Legi,slature. of Missiesippi has concocted a same to - help the planters a little by advancing the needful to the extent of twenty-five - dollars uport.eaoh bale of cot ton. Propositions, have .also been made to 'charter banks on a _gotten basis. Property valued at two and a half millions of .dollars, belongitig - to Northerners, has been 'oonfieca led atlklemphii and - its vicinity. •It cost, the 'COnfederaity the , sung little pm , of one hun dred and twat:try-Sy!) thousand dollars to take the farnouS steam turtle, or ratni-u0143-MlBB --seippl river - to Columbia:, polio Y-in 'dealing .sovere• - • . ly with 'netra ltudingeliels and bridge-bur-: nets; 'at - the same !Trap .showing grow lenfenty lOvat4tisthiise'virho lay down Omit' nrros, hating a good-effect. Genoa' Popo is beoom. ing quite - popular with' the troops under his coMMand; General Halleolt has just issued a ,gerieral'order r hibielt pete ail the - r ailroads , the State undeer martial law, and directing' the commanderiaour troops to bo'ready_to move inomilt's nett's: . . _dte information has been - reoeived Gen. - Pope's headquarters at Otterville, that Price has again commenced to retreat. South ward with his whole force. •Atlastaccounts one division (4.,his-army was at Neosho, while the main body, Avith himself at the bead, had just left Iluntanevilleon its tray from War 7, saw,! This retrograde movement Price says is in - obedience to Orders from Jeff. Davis, but his men utiderstOod that it is in consequence ortlfe Relit - mai forces under General Pope, and the fear :hat Snipplies ft out the South would be Out off. It in believed that the movement Will be a Most tlifiacivanta - genus one for the Rebel cause. and eventuate in its speedy overthrow in the entire State.— The late - rig:irons operations of*Genernl - Pop_e have thus not. only had immediate tiut. will have ultimate results of vast importance. The military operations in Missouri during the last trie7Woeks have resulted in the cap ture of two thousand five hundred prisoners, including seventy commissioned officers, also of twelve, hundred horses. an immense amount of stores, and the entire clearing of the State this side of the Osage - river of the Rebel foreve. At Washitigton'atteli gratifiCation is said to be felt at the manner in which Secretary Sew ard bas settled the Trent affair. 'no rebels have raised a secession flag on Pubick church, and a large force under Gen. Jameson, consisting, of Seven Pennsylvania regiments, has gone to remove it at all line ani . General McDowell's division was reviewed On Saturday, nt Ball's crose.rnnds General McCall's division was reviewed at the same time, at Langley's. by Governor Curtin, Se cretary Cameron, and Assistant Secretary of Virar Scott. General Witdswo,rth's. brigade went. to Fairfax court house oit Friday, and brought, away a quantity of forage. Colonel Berdau is recovering front his accident. An immediate attack is expected at York town. The publication of the Northern Day Book was suspended for a day, owing to want of paper. A railway collitdon occurred on the 21;th, near Augusta, by Which three per u red =1 Adispatch from Natdiv;lle snys that Tom l'littenden in ndyaneing with .11,000 men on linphin.,,vtile. Ile in ,iisiatit forty tulles from it. The I.ratieh of the Not (helm )tynic o f Kentucky at. Gla-gow has been seii.cti by :he tei,eh+, who found therein :1•7 000 in hills Fists thousand ra,•ti of General Ito,ll's army have cr,nted Urren river, and are within five miles of General Hindman. A great battle is imminent. We have news of another Federal victory in Mi-souti. On the 28th Oen. Prentiss, with 459 men, encountered a rebel force numbering 900 men, under Col. Dar'vy, at Mount 7,14 M, floonccounty, and complotely routed them. 130 welt: killed. and wounded, lir:sorters were captured. 95 horses tunl 1(.5 guns. The Federal loss was three killed and eleven wounded. The rebels had licrnod another train (Ti ihe ; , .:ortli Nilsson( i Railroad. and threaten to destroy all the cars on the road, to pi eletit their being used by the Federal artny during the winter. The settlement of the Tricot affair hot excl . (e 1 . grueral satiatnctieu in New Yerk. The Herald speaks of Mr. Seward's management of the whose tattiness as masterly. The bridges on the Palmyra river, over the lbrins amt North rivers, have been burnt by the rebel. Several transports hove joined the Burnside expedition, now fitting out at Annapolis. - Our gunianats exchanged a few shots os the 26th with the Cole Island battery,. near Charleston. Five of' them have anchor ed there. Twelve gunboats passed up to White Point, on the NorthEdisto river, threat ening G{+rivral Evans' forces The Cliticleston Courier says that. the North Carolina batteries ilisablod a few Fedora',gunboats on Tuesday The 79iti New York regiment lila...made a reconnoissance fifteen miles from If'eaufort, capturing six rebels, Our troops are entrench. ing themselves on Ty bee island, the flre'from Fort PubiJki not injuring them. A rebel host which had come down the Warsaw channel to reconnoitre, `.1114 chased and driven ashore by a gunboat, and two of her crew captured. I . The officers and crews of the stone fleet sunk in Charleston harbor have returaed to New York. From Fortress Monroe we learn that the Rebels succeeded in capturing on Sunday a water boat which was being towed down from Newport News. It was private property,... , _ There was no news front the'South General iluer has announced to Gen Wool that he is ready to forward two hundred and fifty Fete reel prisoners in exchange for the Confederates recently releas , :id. It is anticipated that Mason and Slidell will go to England in the Cunard steamer Niagara which is underoorders to sail on Wednesday. As the Niagara passes Fort Warren in leaving Boston harbor the transfer of the Rebel Com missioners to English protection will be ac complished in the quietest and simplest Way Intelligence from Kentucky reports the ad entice of the Federal forces and the probabili ty uf,a battle at au early day. 4- ,4 For the Cathode ITenthl. EDUCATIONAL. Messrs. Edttors :—Please permit me, through the columns of your excetlene, , paper, (to brudly express to its numerous reti4) . s, the great pleasure that a stratig.mr has lately had to visiting the Free Schools of CarlThle. It is t ulv gratifylag, and, indeed, pfeas ant and protaahle, fur tie to vistt the many interestmg schools 01 this place, ;et.d see with what care and ability they ore conduct. 0,, The System; though independent -of the County Superitnendency, appears to work admirably, and gives toil satisfaction. to all those conem tied, and affords ample means for every youth of the place to procure a liberal education. ' Pet haps one of the m-st prominent thitors, which Wilt very tendilbdiscerns in this School system, is thoToOtihness. Schools all being gratle,d, a scholar, in order to pass from one grade to another, must emelt!) to a certain qualification. Doubtless this molt° is kept 'in view. "That whatever is worth doim_ t.t all, is-worth doing well.'' The very cordial and easy !mintier in which the teachers receive- vishora i clearly shows thtiiF proticiencylin the great-work ,iatttusted to them, and-leaies • one under the 'honest impression, "That teaching -the young idea how to shoot," has its pleaSures as, well as its pains. :The harmonionS working of this excellent system of Schools, is doubti osn owilig,,to`a.vory groat extent, to the careful manageteent on the part of its Direetor3;and co operation of the patrons of the &Imola. Well may -the people of that intelligent cow attinity, be 'proud of their- tioble. kat itm crease a growing steal in the great cause, of, popular education. May• their interest in three ducation of their sons and daughters he increased and perpetituted, Mid, although Southern Iteb, Ilion ,has shed ti,gloum ,over our happy land, and British threats _stare its bi(the fake,. still:let thEeducationttl.cotirtimot the people of your beautiful inland ever,. milliard and 'upward;- add 'their motto that .of- the7youth, - I - 7,who - .ltorti . ,thel7:hatitier, ttniid ice. and }mow, iviih the 'strange Ativicei Excelsior.' • ' . • ALIQI,US. Cedar Itum•Dee. 25tb1861.: , ..,, , A.E.l.oSTt.Y.litr.--Misallikrriel.Finti: has just • sent ick ittr,"Broinidi, -the-artiSt who, is charged-with the' deeoritien, r ol the Capitol, a splendid -prOsent of . sktive buttons and ai brolvA Pilt:with• sixiy diimends.fottining the' Grand ikeyfew or the Pesinitilv sin la Ittegorve Coipc General McCall's Division, 'near Langley, was reviewed on Sunday afternoon in the preaence of Goienor Curtin, Hon: Simon Canintant, Assistant Secretary of War 'Nom as A; Seta; Adjutant General Thomas, and a large number of eivilianq. The arrival of Govenor Curtin and Secretary Cameron was entirely unexpected to the Reserve. Corps, and although the not ice _'of the intended review was not given until noon, at one o'clock the fifteen regiments of Reserves, together with the cavalry and artillery compris ng the division, were properly ar ranged on the ground. he revieW 77 teo place -on Johnson's hill, „ „ The weather was delightful, and I have never Seen the Reserves appear to better advantage. They performed the,. various evolutions with the precision and regularity of veterans, and elicited the ecominins of all who witnessed the review. Their recent victory at Drainsville has inspired them with new courage and unbounded confidence in their-officers. The Bucktail Rifles were under the command of Captain Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel Kane being confined to his romp at Washington. After performing the usual military manomvres, the carriage cot:fait:in: the distinguished visitors was drawn up in front of the Reserves, and Govenor Curtin 'was introduced to them by General Ord. lie spoke as follows : Fc/lorc Ciß'_e,.fc—ln Washington on bui:iness oonnected Wilk the military organi cation in Pennsylvania; I thought it could be no desecration or th i; sacred day for me to come• out told look at the guess or the brave men who are illustrating the power of this nation to suppress insurrection and break down the, conspiracy which n w threatens our Government. I think it no desecration of this day. Tin re cue he no desecration of this holy day by men viho :ire engaged in the tirdst righteous war that ever had ext trace on thin green earth. I said to you on the 10th day of :- , tiptember, when I presented eolilirs of the regiments of the Reserve Corps, that i• 9119 w , nten In the laic !hal 011 }oar return to the Stale of Pi niisvkalliti the battle I which roll dtstin ur teed yollfSfdrUS should lie inscritied upon the matidardn cad filed among t hi' fit tililveS of the SitataTil tiv• r ory of the 14.. di von performi•d. But 1 scarce expect, that it it uhl So soon beeom.! tny pleasa n t duty. to make it record so sacred to the people tif Penn..) Ivania. On cw.onelticion with the General comuntintim thin division I have ordered that on the standard of ;his brigade there shall be iteicrib,ii ihe first bailie in which the Reserve cope of / en iis .406 , 1 ?later fine, - and, thank 0011,.in %yid. h they .. have come 0111 victorious and iii , tinguished. My !idiom, ciiizons, when you left. Penn syl‘ ania,-yonr orgem:4ation ark s j us t Com pleted. When it was my pleasure to see you in Septendiel, amt had nog advanced tar in dt .cipiniv!; to day I find you write martial ap. pearnitee aed steady tramp of regular sot n d yon cannot imagine what n thrill of pie isure and of pride was felt in Penn sylviitinia, fled how the great heart of your miiiiveSinie palpitated will joy when the telegraph 'first nnitouncel that a part if the H(.6lrvi; "+-sops was ei gaged, find afterwariN; at miduiglit. th .t their battle was crowned with v.etor the mime, of all the people of Pennssl• vania, I thank rot; I thank y-u for the holmr von have it-fleeted upon the glorious Ull lieystone Slate; I thank you for your courage. Thousand of people at your homes rt joice over the result : Thousand, more will follow You, if nerd he, - in-this war ; and at all times when our Government is in peril, Pennsylvania, from the Delaware to Lake Erie, every man in the Stat.-, every dollar of our material wealthy all of our bliscid and yfreasure, stand tipoti rthe side of j •right and )truth, and they atilt, ttis ever, he 'kat to the Constitution and to an organized, legitimate Government. In Pennsylvania we know but one sentiment. —the,President -of the United Stales. The visible head of this great nationality, and ihe Con titutiotial agents of the Government., Pennsylvania will inoqt heartily support in this frightful exigency all the ofiim-re in coin mond, from the v ouiliftil general who now stands at the head or the armies of this coup try, to the lo vest officer in power, nod to all who represent legitimate authority re owe implicit obedience in this emergency. That your deeds may be as illustrious rts, those you performed on Friday week ; that your efforts may again he crowned with vic• tory. to be inscribed 01.011 yun i r banner, is my earnest wish; and now. in taking leave of you, let me as , mre you that, right and morn ing, in the church and nt the family altar, fervent prayers ascend to Heaven for your safety and Jour success I commend you to the care of these Gene rals, who lead you, and the Government that protects you iu your rights I go hack to Pennsylvania refreshed by this interview. and prouder than ever I have be" of the gallant. spirits comprising the Reserve Corps Penn sylvania espects every man to do his duty %Sidi that stogie word tailing upon your ears, I bid you farewell Heftily cheer,. were given for Governor Cur tin, „Secretary Cameron. General NleCall, Ge neral Ord, and the Union, and the regiii,enis were dismissed. Previous to the rovieie, the party visited the division hospitals, and spoke a kind word to each of the euldiera wounded in the recent en gagetnent. G , neral Ord spoke in the highest terms of their .bravery, and suygested that medals should he awerdod to certain of the soldiers for meritorious conduct. The colors will have ihe inscription referred to placed upon them in a few days and return. od jo the different regiments Injurious Pilhet of the Prohibitory Prot:thine lion. Mont tho Louudo 'I i(1305 The proclamation which h.m just been issued,prohihri-ing the export ofatnenition and other warlike stores,• has already exec Msed A float injurious effect upon certain branches of our tiMmtilictures. Conspicuous timoiigrthe sufferers are those who have Of late turned their attention 16 the malinfae tare of osdatocce, in the formation of which, and the machinery requisite .for carrying it on, a large amount of capital has been em barked. In Birmingham the loss, it is saidruill be very' ,sprious. la Liverpool the injere us effects :,re pointediy. felt in various ways. For a consider:tide time past Captain Pak,: ly has been extensively employed du tnanu; lecturing the particular species of ordinance known us the "Blakely gun,''' fur which had order 4 from different foreign Govern., intits, and many gunsof large calibre which have been ordered are; nearly re dy for de livery. or these there are three - 200 potholer gaits of 9-inch bOre, cacti weighing trout 140 to 180' cwt; " IWO - 120 pounders of 71. inch here, Weighing abotit.7s cwt:_; and,:eight or ten 56. pounders; besides numerous smaller guns, 40 poundersoir oho :taftcwt.,just the thi n g for a mcreloit akii'to bit arecd witb. — Ti nis litiiiii to lAlibSts- ,there are ninny light field guns all 'ready forilelivery ; but the royal proclamation prevents them from 'being sent anywhere 'in the -meantiiite. xhis islet •to be rather . hard: at. thei' present juncture ns the home Government dues not patronize the, 4. lilalcely •ttn,'!,.. and', lit the. fircettoLincentint will -not allow Othez,GoveriifT merits with which .we hitppeu to be on friend-. Itrterms to have them. 7, , ser Tut: HON. A. 13. FILY, member 'of COngre, , s from New York, who - was among the' speeketOrs 31M - lbattie bt. Bull - num and tatrea 'prisoner ~by enemy, waq 'released - on' Wednesday in - exchange for the Hon. C. J. .F„aulkner, of Virginia, who was iiherated from yori_' ; Warreii, on parole , fOr r).?..j. • golu4 an .GAII4 alLitrs. 'EFTURNED I.loM.ti"..—Cellottol WIVI. M. PENoose, of this place, returned borne 4 few days ago, having_ resigned some weeks pre vious, on account of pilwate tinti family inte rests. Before leaving the' field. ho gallantly led his brtice regiment, (the Sixth Penn'a. Re serve) in the battle of Drainesville. The official report of Gen. McCall mentions his name -among .titost_ who - did—honor...to:Ahem. selves and to their country. GOOD LucK.-L-Our friend, Johnston Moore with his son and Mr. J. Keony, return ed on Tuesday from a hunting excursion on the Broad -They brought with two very_ fine deer, I:I 9 the result of their trip. They , car ried the celebrated' Minio rifle, and one of the "animals exhibits an ugly hole. made by a ball from that weapon. A smoking venison steak is a capital viand for a New Year's din-, ner. We know. xtg),.. We call attention to the adver tisement in another column of the " Prople'a Express Line," which runs daily he.fateen Bal timore, Washington', Ste., and carries Freight. at the lowest rates. Persons having goods or grain for Washington. can have them de livered by this line promptly, and avoid the great delay complained of. • )3..., - I,.The 84th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Murray, passed through Girlisle on Tuesday last, on their way to ftntnney, Va., This regiment has never seen service yet, having been in camps Crossman anti Cu-tin since their enlistment. The movnment now look, nA though they were intended to join Gem , , senora .8, j if so, they will meet what they are anzious for —a chance at the Rebels. TROPIIIES F THE FIGHT —Our townscums Geo. IV. Welsh, who is attached to Ftt;ton's Battery, which did mull signal service i the Brainsville fight, has sent home some trophies cdplared in that action, Anon.' t i tra. , •6•v 13 a reilit.iry cap, made of line cray material bound with's; gold cord, and having a if:Tp• hull : d hole through it. T e ball retssed in at Itlp front, tearing the top, of the visor and came out behind. just above the ha , d. The 1711111 who wor, , that cap didn't struggl inneh. Thu name upon it is "W. G. Co. D." T ti next article is very food civilian's overcoat, fr he pocket of which were token two letters, dated Gitdiak-n. Ala., and a bires.i.!,l from Joel Lewis and Ann Charlotte 'Lewis to their •'clear sor' Augustus Lewis ," wln, is prohrtYy now sleeping neath the and of the Old Do mioion, n errii,le warning to is ri - icreant riinrq L.:VI! the most doleful account of the wale ,o. affairs in Alnlinam. he mother says "You woul-i n. t know Gladsen hardis. there are not gi oils vaultyh in it for one store, and they are so high it seems impossible to get anvl ning." The other thin !s are a very thm9v, rough overcoat arrd blahlict. marked. 10th Vir , dnia, - N:7,0 ; A pall IP and bridle, and two pairs of gloves. These articles were nil crttnred immediately after the action by Nkr. Welsh and seat home to his friends in Carlisle. A WLEE OF PRAYER FOR 1862.—The Committee of the Foreign Evangelical Alti mice, composed of distinguished persons from inn st of the prominent denorninatnons of Christendom, have published their annual cir cular, recommending the observance ,of the first week in January. 1862, as a tieason of prayer f r the conversion of the world. A i siunilar s ason was observed at the commence ment of he past year, in this plate, by a un in n of sird 4 religious congregations, of different dencrainations with a remarkable degree of unanimity and profit, and it is proposed that a like method of proceeding he pursued at the opening of the present year. Accordingly the pastors of the same congregations have adopted the pirin proposed by the Committee of tho Alliance with respect to the subjects for each day of the week, and hereby announce that the following order of * exercises will be uh.erveti: viz: SUNDAY, January 5, 1862.—Sermons by each pastor in his oven congregation. nn the I Holy Spirit ; his divinity and personality; his rflices and operations. Prayer for the Lord's bles log upon the services of the week. MONDAY. 6 Humiliation mud confes-ion of sin: as individuals, as families, as churches, as a nation. Thanksgiving and praise tar ye cent religious awakenings. Sermon by Rev. JAC:OI3 Foy, at 10 o'clock, All , in the See nod Presbyterian church, and prayer meeting with brief addresses, in the same church, in the evening at half past, 6 il' ' cluck TUF.EDAY, 7. Home objects fin' prayer: tae conversion of the ungodly the cessation of intemperance and immorality ; and the of vital religion in our tattilliesand household, among our rulers, the riots and poor our sol diers and sailors, the authors of Our literature, secular and religious. Sermon by Rev. C. P. Wlttu, in 'the Emory Church, at 104 o'clock, A. M., and pray eve meeting, In the some place, at 04 o'clock, P. M. Wkinicsuar, B.—Foreigu objects for prayer; the revival of pure Christianity and the c:- tension of religious liberty in Europe and the lands of tie East; the overthrow of every turns of anti-cliriwitin ervir; the .eouversion off_thepiionee_ of Israel; • the prevalence of Awe among all- nations, especially is Amer• ica; and a yet more uhubilant blessing upon our brethren nitd sisters engaged in the work of missions, Christian education soil litera ture in tortign lands. Sermon by Rev W W • EELLs. in the Methodist Episcopal Church, first charge, at 101 o'clock, A M., ntd prayer meeting, in the evening, it: the same place, at, .Giro'olook.! • Ttionsnar. 9..—The Church of God and the Christian ministry ; the increased spirituality of the church audits more decided separation from the world; brotherly love, sympathy and union of labor atoong the Lord's people; a high standard . of -piety arid power among Christian ministers and all their fellow.labor• ers: the outpcMring of the Spirit upon 'our universities and colleges, and on the ,rising ministry - at large; the conversion.of .tho young and a large blessing upon Sunday and other schools.. Sermon hy,Rev. Sam.. Pllll.OB, in the First Presbyterian Chureh,n't 10i o'clock, A; NI., and praver'nteeting in the same place, at ti o'clock, P. Al. ' . .Futnat. 10 —The word of God ' • that it may be received.with 'increasing - faith, reverence and love; that its assailants map be enlightr ened end brought-into the way of truth ,;•that the power of the divine Spirit may attend its -private study, and its circulation throughout - the werld: Sermon by lies. 4strii A. Boss, In. tho First Lutheran clhurch, at 10i: o'clock, 'A 'M.,'end-prayer meeting -in the 'evening at S.kreens.r„.l)..The.Lord'sl Day: that is dlvines.inntitutton . .moy he redognited tind Val • dealeratit rt at home and, ahrend . niny:erease.— Sermon by RSV; dou:isON, 1). in the' oertnan.lteforteed Church, - .nt 150 to'ol, - A. M- and , prayer Moetieg a:teatime ohurchVit SIMI)AT; 12.-t-Serrootts exClhe .: Figtle t. ;dan. v irst uPt I rn '4f t h I . x,i