The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1862, Page 2

adslenbe, and since there was no oagamong them sb know no one could learn the object of the visit. All chastise, with s@\ority, the disturbere of ordor, a igh shall subd ect- ing them to tho military commitiee w! be ap- doubt and ture. Some thought it was the | pointed to proceed against ail classes of delinquents. } residing at Vera Cruz; others the Admiral Vera Cruzams, you have nothing t apprehend. ‘the French squadron, and some that the visit wasnot | You kuow tho Spanish soldier, and your very of an official character. During the conferenco the band | attitude has just proven it to me. your: of the Isabel played a number of faucy dances, aud the | seives, therefore, to your business, and confide ia what visiters on their were saluted by hoisting tho | will be the pen satisfaction for this army, after hay- French and English flags amid tho thunder of cannon. | tng ful the mission with which the Quoon bag ‘Balf an hour later we learned that they were the com- | eutrusted it, to return to their country fn the assurance Manders of the (wo frigates we had seen in Sacrificios. of having deserved your friendsip. Tam grieved to the soul at being unable to.comimuni- \UEL GASSETT, to you the intimation which Senor Lopez Cebaloos a Comman¢er-in- of the Spanish Forces. to the yrnaned ferme big you will Vaita Cruz, Deo. 17, 861. ibtless receive rough another chamme! 4 eesti yea, We apite ofa furious uorther which raged, | ANQTHWR “PROCLAMATION 70, THE VERA, CRUZANS, the disembarkation was acoumplished with incredible en- . After the surrender of the place bad be demanded of the Governor to whom twenty-four hour. were given to decide, I have been told that tho Governor replied thut he had orders to retire as soon as he should see that he could offer no resistance to our forces, and he did so according!y. Gassett had arranged the disom- Darkation with the greatest pradenco, and! havi satisfaction of announcing that not the slightest accident , Grand royal and distinguished Ordor of Charles il., aud of the American of Isabel, the Catholio, &e., &c., &e. Having reassumed the supreme military and civil coms mands, in view of the peculiar circumstances in which this country is placed, and being decided to punish with all the severity of the military laws those who may com- mit a crime, in whatever manner, against public order, personal security oF the property of peaceful imbabitants, have determined to direct as follows:— Article 1. This city and the other points occupied by the Spanish troops are deciared to be under martial law. Art, 2. A permanent military cominittee is established to take cognizance of all kinds of odences. Art. 3. Light offences will be punished by civil process. Art. 4. Every person baying in his possession fire- arms, of whatscever kind, will deliver them at the chief Police station in this city, within twenty-four hours from the publication of this proclamation. MANUEL GASSETT, Vera Cavz, ec, 17, 1861. PROCLAMATION OF THY MEXICAN GENERAL URAGA. Heangusrmmes, Vera Cruz, Dec. 12, 1861. Considering that a forcign armed force has appeared in the waiers of the Gulf, and that the Mexican soil may be invaded at any moment: that, in such an event the su- preme government hag ordered the evacuation of the city of Vora Cruz and Yortress of Ulloa; that it is the duty of every Mexican to rueh to the defence of the independenc 9 and integrity of the territory, 1 have resolyed to do. cree:— Article 1. From the momeut the foreign armod force disembarks, hatever uation it may be, all communi- cation is forbidden the cftizens of this place, whether from withont, inwards, or vice versa, uniess with a pass- Port from these headquarters. 2. The transgressors of this regulation shal! be consi- dered and treated as spies, and their goods confiscated, 3. Communication with the points occupied by tbe in- vaders is also forbidden, The individual who shall bo apprehended between the lines of operations shail like- wise be treated as a spy. 4. Those who should transgress, for the purpose of fur- nishing victuals or other succor to the enemy, shall be considered as traitors to the country, (orfoiting whatever may be found in their possession, al! other property of theirs besides being confiscated. 5. It being ordered that cattle and ail kinds of animals ve withdrawn inmediately from whatever point a foreign force may occupy, all objects of that nature which may be found within+a radius of eight leagues twenty-four hours after the eccupation of said point shall be consi- dored as public pro} seized by the natioual forces and sent to the 1 government storshouss, without the fresponsibility incurred by the owner for bis disob:- dience being interfered with. 6. Within tbe period of tweuty four hours after the ‘The Guadalquiver was the steamer eelected to take on dogg the chief of the staif, who wont to make the sur- known. Our Hag already covers with its shadow the city, the forts and all the public buildings o: Vera , and we are now awaiting with the greatest anxiety the commencement of operations. Our little army is im- patient, and he who understands the spirit of tho Spanish woldier—so enthusiastic in itseli—will not be astonished. The health of all, as well on board the shins ®@ on shore, could not be better. All anxiously expect ihe signal to commence the campaiju in earnest, auc you may be persuaded that they will ight with the devotion of their ancestors. And if ‘this be ihe fase among the soldiers, what may we not expect {from he oificers? of us who are ready to shed our blood for our country have already shed it in the ravine of An , in Morocco, Geuerai Gasset, under whose orders we are now, is tho samo who led us to victory there. ‘Time does not permit any more, but I hope to ve able bo write at greater length by the next mail. The following additional detaiis 1 find in La Prensa. After an introduction im the usual congratulatory style U continues: — We wili pass over other details about the move- ments ef the squadron and the order in which the ves- ‘els came, as being of no importance, summing up ail by saying that, on the 10th inst., at noon, all the vessels hai anchored at Anton Lizardo. Afterwards the chiets of the army went to pay their respects to General Gassett, and those of the navy to General Rabalcaba. The French and Fuglish Consuls re- siding at Vera Cruz also, on the same day, went on board the steamer Isabel la Catolica, to visil (he navel Con mander-in-Chief. following is an account of what occurred subse- a taken from the Chronicle of ike Expeditionary drmy, a copy of which periodical bas been seni us by the editor, Don. M. H. d’Acosta:— ‘The equactron being now at Anton Lizardo, the Admiral | endeavored to obtain the necessary information about the State of the city, in order to comply with superior orders with as much discretion and as little risk as possible. With this intention he went on Wednesday, the 111i, to 108, to return the visit of the consuis,to confer | with them, and inform himeel! as {ar as might be neces- sary to the realization of the object of the exretitionary forces. On his return he acjuainted the genera! con manding-in-chief with the facts he had learned, and it | publication of this decree the owners of horses ip this “was arranged that on the following day four fi “s | city shall seud them inwards to a distance of eight should be stationed in the harbor riticios,and that an | leagnes trom the coast,or those who prefer shal presert ‘Officer of the genoral staff and another of (he navy © i | themselves Ww the Chief of the Treasury Depariment that goon board the Guadalquiver, proceed tu Vera U 4 | he may purchase them for the national service. Those Ytimate to the Mexican Governor the surrender of tie | whe allow the twenty-four hours to clapse without hay- ing done one or the other shail be punished in conformity with the laws and their horses takeu from them. 7. Within the peri Tt hours owners of mules shail present themselves in tuo Mayor's office to five a statement of the number of beasts they have in the city, and the places wherein they are kept. ‘those who act contrary to this regulation shalt be subject to the snune penalties as siated in the preeeding 8. The M who, failing in his daty, shal uot take ar nee ot lis country, but remain in the enemy's ranks, shall be considered ag a traitor. ce This could not be done before Thurs: , Ror on the following day, i 4 northeast wind which arose prevented ‘it and readered a landing at the whart of Vera Cruz im Freer and it became therefore necessary to wail int day, the 14th, At geven in ibe morning tbe Prin- cosa d’Asturi » Petrovila aud Bereaguela { lett for Sacrificios, ane Guadaiquiver proveesed to Vera Cruz, where the t: officers disembarked ou the wharf. The Governor of the place replied that in @bedience to orders received from his goverumeni, he JOSE LOPEZ URAGA. published that moriing a prociamation reqiiving ‘There is nothing else in regard to the landing at Vera ail the forces should sbauden the city and the forts; 7 gi ins that no resistance would be offered to the entry of the expeditionary army, nor to the occupation of the city, Notwithstanding this Le desired to reply officially withia the twenty-four beurs given him. Accordingly, on Sunday, the 15th, he replied that he was abandoning the place ‘and retiring with his trovps. In the mean time thore anchored in the harbor of %: Aicios, besides the frigates previously mentioned, t1 ateamers isabel la Catolica, Francisco ¢ aod Guadalquiver, the transports of war ) Ferrol,and tue merchant steamers Cu Payro ¢ ‘Oceano. Cabs, Cardenas and Maisi. On the following day, 1th, in the morning went from Sacrificios to the anchorage of the Ca- San Juan d’Ulloa, the war steamers Isabel lo Francisco @'Asis and Guedaigniver Doiwith: the reiterated supplicatious of ihe city governmen| Tespectable citizens of Vera Cruz, the troope could not take possession of the city that day, on account of the | wind and tide preventing any boat from approaching tie | sels of (he French portion of They are the screw ship-f- , with Vice Admiral M. Julien de la i troops on hoard, and the frigates La nig and L’Astree, Thy English war . have returned, and are now ois aromor here that the English, in antici- witn the Vaited States, will withdraw pation in tie afutirs of Mexico. imself ia w quiet way. I y place of public amusement, hi there } Tn the Diario of the 26th appoars a shost paragraph to the effeet that Hayti had d the Spanish government the $25,000 agreed on for the damages done jist summer a long letter from Yucatan, describing a battle between some of the con- tending part it is not worth translating. The In- dians, it would appear, had ‘snuffed the battle from whart. afar.” aud, like birds of prey, were preparing to take Ou the 17th, in the morning, taking advantage of som> | advantage cf it. hours of caim weather, Brigadier Geners! Dou Carios | Vessels continse to arrive as usual from Southern Vargas, second in command of the expeditionary (orces, | One catue in yesterday—her sixth irip. I capnot who had been appointed Civil and Mi) nor of | discover that she brought any news. The steamer Van ee cit sombarked with Capte 9 doaguin Wbaney and | derbilt, of which I spoke in my last letter, has since left fo SééCh1 officer of tho frig: twoaidsand | harbor homeward—that is, southward bound. An some officers of tho staff, ongineers and actillery. Ali isin port. She brought a were cordially received by the muitifude which crowded } cargo of “l it said that she brought @ ily gover . | something elve. the General were two It is time to close this enormously long letter. Ihave picked companies of the infantr: tercio jan old Spanish nase for pi Civil Guard, under the command gro, and the bend of the stot the King. AL the same time Capicia Don Rafael Arias navy, appointed Governor of tie Castle of San Juan @’Uitor, accompanied by two naval licute Hentensnt. two midehipmen aud one hundre manded by Lioutenants J.mence end Delgado, disembarked and took possession of the Castie of San Juan. ‘At half-past eleven the Commander-in-Chief, Don Manuel Gassett, disembarked with ali his staf, being re ceived on the wharf by the Brigadier Governor, the com- mittee of the city government, and @ great unmber 0: the people, and at tweire o'clock precisely thes Of Spaiu waved in the city and on the casile to the Of military music, appearing, as it spread its folds to ( wind, to smile at its oid and dear friends, Captain Ibaner was gained Captoim of the immediately set about arranging tie details ot end the naval comumadaucy. Tho disembarkation had to be susp the state of the bay not perm: tug i sibie to continue it until the 19th. The entire expedi's ary force is now (Deeember 20) on shore. ‘The inbabitants of Vera Crus wever tire of condition of the Spanish army and navy. @ very different siate of Laing, they cau nothing new to say of the Opera, T have heard goud judges, who are also old resitents, say that Muzio is tho best director and has the finest orchestra that has ever been in Havana. The operas intonded for next month are “Sonpambula,’’** I Giaramento,’ “ Marta” aad “ Macbeth.” Exchange ‘¢ still New York 14; to 24); othera Yondon 14 to 1434; other houses onteide. Nothing doing in sugars over. The stock very small and 8 BUD: quotations 8%c. to 1 Arrival and Reception of Gencral Prim. } OC HAVANA CORRESPONDENC Havana, f 4, 1861. | Enthucivem of the Cotalonc—The Secession Flag Removed from a House by Order of the Captain General—Coptain Denkin’s Cos of the Sveamchip Baltimore—St. Domingo— mored Union Onitresk at New Orleans Not Con- fomed—The lifect of the Late News from England—Ex chunges—Serions ilnass of Gen. Prim’s Child, &c., &e. Weare inthe midst of (he excitement attendant oa of the hero of Morocco, Don Juan Prim, Conde Macques do los Castillejos, the future Cora- om the 17) and f miring the | | | he arriv: | de Reus ani that a soldier can have at the same time morality, disci | mander-in-Chicf of the allied forces tn Mexico. This dis- piine aod Kis. ccpetitiocary rn ta tinguished gentleman arrived ut noon yesterday» $0 Spain, and is greeted and applauded eveu by | on boggd the war steamer Antonio Ulloa, aad was re d the mest vlenting detractors and calvinnistors | with every demonstration of joy by his covatrymen, who Stee Couve . Se ere cet ones “$ and cheered 09 best they couid, At about ‘en o’eoek the Ulloa wes signalized, and a coupla of Wttle steamers, loaded with officials of ali ranks, ent oul to met Ber and escorted her into the harbor, -in- | the bande ow board playing General Prim's hymn. nd to preserve the spirit of patriotism, morality and discipline, Fiold Marsha! Dou Manuel Gasset, why vom. mands them, being the ret to sv ¢ aipple of those virtues. The Mayor of Vora Cruz received the Commar Ghee in the City Hall, afvor whic the Spanien fia was | Tye Genecal. who” was ia uniform, stood on aoe i ne i ee Conc ca thers in'sahortapsecn | th wheelbouve, ant saluted the delighted crowds Ge condition of the city was explained tohim. The (encral | onshore by frequently lifting bis cap. Immediately on replied with dignity, assuring protection to the iphabi- tants of Vera Cruz, and guaraniceing security and order, his remarks being received with marked demonstrations of joy and gratiiude. His Excellency was then ayom Panied to the house prepared for him in the pria-ipal Street by Mesers. Angiada & Co., and there he received landing be, in company with his wile and little gon and staff, which uumbere twenty-seven persovs, entered car riages which were in waiting and procecded to the palace of the Captain General. 1 thought the demoustration of “ (here he received | tne Catalans would have been snore fatal to the illustrious ae Weal to oft Kim their renpects snd | ctor thea were the Moorish ballets, fwenty at © Tn the meantine General Vargas commenced onpying | time tried to embrace him, and the poor man was uearty Gran uctripnand ie: the etgentoniee J luow crushed to death. Kien half way up the grand staire vernment ches under bis charge. | of the palace the Catrions stilt bug on to bis lege and tn the Castle of Gam Juan heavy ar it is std | arms and clamnored (or a chauce to touch bin. On lear eighty or one hnndred pisces, «ome of + rifled), in a tation, the tiselatigntite’ Cote } ing, aCier a sumptucgs c lang were again on hand, prepared for new demonstra tious. This tima they waited for him at ome of the city | gates througa whieh be pase, ond wanted toteke ase from the carria d dra bim all the way to ain Genoral’a quinta, or country seat, which he ceapy while he remaims om te istand: Wil Lig Berviceadie state, and quantities of a ons, were found. Many guns abandoned by the Mexican troor their retrens were found in verions place Our troops have taken po-sresiou of Cruz as enemies, init 45 proteciors of the country they have ov Cupid. | As we have been informed by oilfiver# who hove | the le Fetarned (rom there,the people were in admiration of } the the order, morality and excellent bebavier of Cur troops, at PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL GASSENY 1 THK | General worl not allow ln (riemds to pay him (his labo TROOPS OF THA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. rious honor, and proceaded quietly on his way. From Maxwax Kxranmmosany Diveqoy,Grveear Stas) | 7 Gewanal ORDER OF vie 16a DRCKMHER, 161, | the palace to thequinta he rode in au opeu carriage Ox Tam Mocamno swore.) — | without ony military escor! of display of any kind, He Sovomns—in every place ‘he Spanish soldier fmds gi | had changed his uniform, and was dressed in w (ali suit flots mementoes of his valor and devotion. Ov in gio. pene very shores still exist the (oolpriuts of Hernanie Cortes of without amy decoration wholewer, His wife who, with o hanéfel of Spe Mine planted beside the ban | sat bevide him, and a couple of aids occupied the back ner Of Castile the emblem of the cross aud of civilization, | carring itt . Stertling the world with is deods of wonder. ‘lo.¢ayour | Set Im another carringe were little boy mission in likewise glorious; \t @ to demand of the Mex | And ture, and in a third were the city can government satisfaction for the insults offered (o ovr | Governor and another official, Im this style they fisg, the fuifiiment of treaties, and to prevant | proceeded through the street le Muraila, whic 4 repetition of violenee i our fellow conniryinen, | ft ere, as was shown a short while pedo in | covered throughont |t# entire od as ont companions in arm in Asia proclaim | Dy their acts, that Spain can never be jusuite? with im punity, and that distance i* nothing when honor s con- corned. Un taking command sis div sion, L have not {tated to insure the happy accomplishment of the vo Gortakion, bee age I Koow that recourse is never bed in | whler the cirewrn of ylaying anything bus ain to your valor and enth m: that your d ine | Prim’s bymp. An officer in full uniform ived him equals your ardor, and thas yun will be as humane and | % the door of the dwelling Louse, where le remained NEroLs towards the conquered as you arc powerful and | “boat halt an hour, when he reap Coreibie towards those who oppose you in batile. a dozen oftiear id, after & Soldiers, our brilliant equadrou shares our labor. avd dens, the whole party proc " ‘al no doubt having bethor app Je, Dresmgine has inauguraied (bem with a happy voyage, presaging a charger, whieh ix nes jeagth with Spanish fags, through the gate of the same name, trom which the digs } tance to the quinta is pot mach over a mile On arriving at this charming place be wor received by a guard of honor and a band of music, whicl was totally incapabie , the hia piebaid famour as bia nt hina ot if not quite. sure victory, and the city af Vera Cruz has ootmprebeaded ¢ th how uncless would be ail cexisiance against thore who, in | maste Tt ie a splendid’ Audatosian horse all, powe rfl these sawe regions, have been conquered so many times, , #ha bee ifally oe ies Paaish o ioe he Without counting their own oF ibe ] General ought to be proud of him for ke is the horse that Md you then meet with ober: bore him unseat bed through the batdefelds of Morocco, ! Tue Marques do los Castiilejor is about forty-five yeara enthusiasin on that account diminish, your m Rave been sooomplished, you will siill be at the beginning | o age, Lut looks eight or tem years older, from the care Of it. BH uation will be prvaenved to you Wo prove that von | NOM expramion and jucrows in is Vrenged face. Hla fre Spruinrts, hat you will never sitay from the path | height ia five feet mine or (en, aud hie air and bearing | those of # thorough soldier, He ie iaclined to fat, and Of honor, and then our magnanimous Queen and all Spain | will say “Those ate thay whe have avenged in Mexico | Pronians (0 rivals it Ui Tepe te Malacom the en, a0 0 out econquered the inve porn : f . : the insults offered to our flag, and 1 nered th Preaslon of commienance is agreeable, and l have no howe who were formerly ov e " Snore ‘oag lve toe re — dowb( thas, uae = traly brave meo, his heart is good NUBL GASS| 1 Gu ndin and bis natare kindly ete ee Generel Conemanding ‘The Marquees, his wife, i¢ ® plain, unpretendiag looking PROCLAMATION TO THE PROPR OF VERA CRUZ. persom, and a Mexican by birth.” They have but one mave—The Spanish troops that ocenpy ¥ child. a boy of four years, who wear’ @ tiny injlitary wot come for conquest HOF interest: uniform, aad probably thiaks himeelf as great as hie fa. tion for (he non ther At night 9 great many of the hovses in the cily wore the necensity for hat such | {llumipated, and » multitude of bangers waved in noard: not be repeated, alone bring them. Until | every street; but the contre of attraction war the calle do pa, have been atiained, here aud wherever | ia Muralla, which was aplendidiy ilinminated and adorn. may lead it, the Spanish army, with its rigorous { od. Al the flags were two large revel ones, which ine, Will know how to preverve public tranquillity, | altgacted considerable notice, and one Texan—the lone Vor COME; 19 protect percefal inhabitants, and | sia, with rod, White nad blus stripes, With its excep, r| | 4) tion of these and one French, all the rest wore Spanishf Sere wee awe or three ite arches, on the 2 one of which a band wi Moet dignity onvioyed congratu- making a very disagreeable noise, Inscri and all sides, promenaders: very orderiy and themselves i bomenoniz and the malority were undo te ly countrymen and admirers pra waa Pen a Spanish quarter always cons; when purely Spanish “+ their manner described, aud requesting their Captain General, with his usual amiability, complied with and the obnoxious the Consul’s insigu: eee we joneral ota one o’clo: k to-day Gonert held a jon at the palace, when he was naiatone The ai on by all the dignita- ries and officials in the city, the ws of the army and navy, and a vast number of private individuals. To- aise he intended to go to the Tacon theat: ied to its utmost capacity, but the sudden littie boy interfered. ‘The performance was very apropos to the occasion—a Spanish historical drama, entitled “Guzman, the Good ;” for Guzman, who was Governor of the city of Tarifa,as your readers may remomber, was distinguished for his exploits against the Moors in Spain, in one cf tho many wars which were waged between them ond the Spaniards. Qur iHlug: tious vislier has ! every reason to be proud of the attent shown him. He will remain cight or tem days in Havana, and leave d ract for Vera Cruz, All the foreign emma wae. that wero here left to- day, probably tor Vera Cruz. Spanish troops continue to arrive. Two merchant vessels arrived to-day, bringing nearly three hundred men. I supposo @ great many more will come in the same way. Nothing has been said publicly of the outbreak in St. Domingo; nevertheless, I vonturo to say my information is correct. In tho mouatain parta the people are in arms, pe the government will have lots to do to put them own. ‘This rerainds me of 2 story that was circulated here a fow daws ago of a Union rising ia New Orleans. It was said there bad been bard fighting in the streets, and that the Unionisis were defeated. For my part, I do not believe one word of it. We have bad wwo or three arri- vais from New Orleans since then—one on Sunday and one, tho Mejor Barbour, to-day—and I cannot find the ramor coniirnied in the slightest particular. The steamer Vanderbilt is still here, afraid to stir, most likely. The steamship Paltimoro, which takes this letter, leaves very early in the morning. Somebody bas been trying to injure hor commander, Cuptain Denkin, by insisting that be saluted the secession flag in this harbor on a former occasion, by lowering the Stars and Stripes when passing a vessel which was flying the former, Coupled with this accusation is, of course, the charge that he is a secessionist of the darkest dye. Now I know, from Captain Deuliu’s statement, sworn to before the Consul, and from a private conversa- tien with Captain Denkia, that both charges are untrue. His consignees lore are strong sympathizers with (he South, but it does not follow that Captain Denkin must therefore be a secessionist. I beg to say this much on behalf of an innocent and upright man whom, perhaps, some private cnemy is trying to get displaced from his employment. ‘The music loving world of Havana has been treated by Muzio to ‘+11 Ballo in Maschera,”’ the first time the Ha- Daneros have had an opportunity of hearing that fine opera. It las hoen given three nights in succession, and has given tue mest perfect satisfaction. By the way, one o?/your numerous correspondents here has stated that there are two opera companies in operation here. That ig. mistake. There is a company travelling through the istand, and another in Puerto Rico, but there bas been only one in Hayans since Suzio commenced. He bas no compel itora. Business in Havana is extremely duil. There is no- thing doing im froigite, and little or nothing in sugars, which are quoted §3/ .or No. 12. The probability of war between \\e Uniled States and England caused a conside- rable advance im exchange to-day, that on New York be- ing quoted at threo per cent and London fifteen per cent. ‘There is c neicorable excitement and great auxiety to see the next news from New York. : ‘The English steamer Clyde sailed for Vera Cruz this af- ternoon. P. 3.—I have just been informed that the illness of Gen- eral Prim’s little boy is the croup. If ho should lose his only child now it would be @ melancholy opening of his career in the New World. Our Key West Correspondence. Kur Wesr, Dec. 25, 1361. A Cruice om the Coast of Culba—The Fymous Yacht Wan- @erer—Her Sperd—Matters in Wavans—Phe News of the Demand of England in the Trent Affair at Hovanam Beacuation of Cedar Keys, Florida, by the Roiel,—How Christmas Day was Spent, & Availing myself of the tnvivetion of Liontonant Com. manding Spotts, of the United Statos schooner Wan- derer, to accompany Lim ou a cruise to Bavana and the coast of Cuba, I sailed from bere ou the afternoon of Saturday fast. We passed Sard Koy at six o'clock in the evening, and at one o'clock in the morning the Moro light waa in sight. The Wanderor bas lost none of her famous reputation for speed; she moves through the water quiet- ly, yet with great rapidity, and is admirably adapted for her present station, where a vessel of speed is required, Sinco she bus passed into tho porsersion of Uncle Sam many alterations and improvements have beon made in her. A battery of two twenty-foors and one twelve- pounder howitzer is her present armament, and ber crew consists of sixtecn pickoa men. Sie is in the most thorough order, and either at anchor or under sail isa sight to make an American proud of, While we were bove to off the Moro, waiting for sun. rise to enter the harbor, the royal mail steamer Ciyde passed us, also bound in. This steamer we knew to bo from St. Thomas, with the mails,and with intetligence respecting the Mason and Sidell affair. Of course we were anxious to hear the news, and we felt relieved when the firet rays of the rising sun told us that no further im podiment to our entering the hrbor remained. The win’ being unfavorable after passing the Moro, we ‘obiigeri to beat into the harbor, and did pot reach our anchorage until eight o'clock. Wo anchored with her Mojesty’s ship Challenger on one sido, the gunboat Plover onthe other, and a French geaboat ahead; and I am glad to say the Wancerer dit not suiter by ‘comparison with either: A crowd of jersons were on the mote as we wore beating in, and wo could hear the remark, “How Dbeautiiul,’”” even at the distance we were from therm. ‘Afier the decks were cleared yp and awnings hauled ont, Captain Spotts, Dr. Carnictt, of thearmy, attached to the garrison at this place, and nayes!f wont on shore, and, ou calling on (he Consul Genoral, loarued that England had pe emptorily demanded the release of Mason and Slidell. Havana was jubilant at the news. Al the population are the friends of secession, and half the American resi- Gents are of (ho same wey of Winking; consequently they were all rejoiced at having the assistance of Jand which they consider eufficient toestabtish the indepen. dence of the Confederste Siates, and at the same time give us a sound threshing Atte i and receiving the maiis for Key t Pickens, and several officers of the army for the same points, we sailed for this place, where we arrived last evening at sundown—our pastago over being delayed by light northerly winds and a strong easterly current. By tho arrival yesterday of (en men, residents of this place, from Cedar Keys, from which place they came in an open boat, I learn that nearly all the rebel troops have been moved from there to Fernandina, in anticipation of en attack from our forces, as a large fleet was off the har- bor. This we anppose to be the expedition from Port Royal, under General Viele, and bave no doubt of his en- tire success. As soon 45 forees, Cedar Keysabould would then give ts both end: 4 Southern Fiorida be virtually in our possession, Cedar Keys would aiso furnish us an admirable depot for the army of the Gulf, being about midway betwees this placp and Fort Pickens. it is healthy, and on Sea Horse Key, THE MAILS OF THE NORWEGIAN. Opinions of the British Press on the “Stone Fleet’ and the “Humanities” of War. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN FRANCE, Queen Victoria’s War on the O'Donoghue and the Irish Americans, &e., &. ‘The mails of the Norwegian, in this city from Portland, Dying files of European journals to the 19th ult. The pa- Pers aro ono day later than those to hand by the Etna, but the news is not 60 late as that by the Asia. ‘The details aro interesting. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Times, writing on the a ‘ultimo, says:— ‘The dela ion has decidedly changed hands. From having beon ‘‘Catholic,”’ with a tinge of Orleanism, it will now bo ‘Catholic’ and Napoleonian. Tho greater Portion of the property has, ee ens; been bought for 120,000 francs by @ person ging to the imperial household. It is amusing to witnoss the implacable feel- ing against everything suspected of Orleaniam. Legiti- mist, republicanism of the deepest dye, communism, socialism—all are viewed without misgiving, or, at least, with patience; but for Orleanism there is no quarter—no mercy, With the certainty of ruin on the one hand, and dmediate benefit on the other, the choiee of the Ami dela Religion can hardly be wondered at. The religious society of Friends—Quakers—of Great Britain has addressed a memorial to the English Cabinet im opposition to the policy of a war with America on the Present issue. The Quakers say:— We would further suggest that, after the vast sacrifices which Engiand has made for the abolition of the siave trade and slavory in our possessions, and by other coun- tries, which bas been an object so consistently promoted through life by the statesmen whom we are now address- ing, it would be deeply humiliating if, by being inyolved in this war, our country should ultimately find itself in active co-operation with the South and slavery againat the North and freedom. ay The Dublin Hvening Mfait, of the 19th ult., understands that her Majesty’s writ has passed the Great Seal super- seding The O'Donoghue in the commission of the peace for the counties of Cork and Kerry. [This step is taken in consequence of his speech at the late Irish-American meoting in the Rotunda, Dublin.—Ep. RERAtD. | ‘The Madrid journals of the 13th ult. state that in the Congress M. Olozaga had added some observations to his speech on the address, and the Ministep of Foreign Affaira afterwards replied at great iength, dwelling principally on the Mexicam, San Domingo aud Moorish affairs. The Novedades, Iberia and Discusion had been seized, THE AMERICAN QUENTION IN ENGLAND, ae, An English Glance at the Stone Fleet—The British Government Lecturing on the Humanities of Wa f¥rom the Loudon Times, Dec. 19. | ‘The longer the civil war in America lasts, the more evi- dent become the signs that it is brutalizing at least oue of tho combatants. If we had opportunities of watching tho deeds of the Confederates as closely as we follow those of the fedorals, wo might possibly find that the progross to- wards savage v co is NOt very unequal in both parties. So far, however, as events have publicly trans- pired, tt is the North which ts growing fierce and bloodthirsty; at is the high professing Puritans who threaten to murder catd Moods es te olen of Now Tork wat Baston, claim- 2 ing credil for civl!isatton and literary taste, who ave exuting in the commission of wanton destruction. War is terrible enough at best, but even war has is mitigations among civilized men. Woe do not in Europe when wo take a city cut the throats of all the women and children, as she Caipings have dove in China; neither do wo burn down the city and sow salt upon the site, 9s was. sometimes done even in Europe iu barbarous di Wo do not torture our prisoners after the munner described in Mr. Cooper's redskia novels. As civilized and Christ- ian men, we put some bridle over the worst instincts of onr anitual nature, even inour moments of most intense excitement. There are things we are ashamed to do in the heat of conflict, and we count that mau a mere villain who, when there isno fight raging, can enjoy revenue without danger, aud can tee! « ferocious joy in the inflic- tion of surflering. There ure bad sigus iv the recent news from America. Already have the Northern government threatened t» hang npall the pysoners they may take at sea, and al- ready have they fled prisons with condemned rictims whoin they boast that they are about to put to death. /' is quite clear, accurdiny to all (ans, Divine and human, luat the fetteral government have no more right to hang these men afier taking them privoners at sea than they have to Wngany prisoners theytake on land. It would be murder to do so. ‘But wo much fear that this crime would have already been committed if it bad depended solely upon the will of the Northern republic. The Southerners, however, also hevo prisoners, and prisoners of note. ‘they have chosen from them by lot a number, equal to that of the seamen threatened, who are to uudergo the same hardships and to endure the same fate. Here are the first steps taken towards @ fiendish emulation in human suerifices. Mean. time the two sots of prisoners are tortured by comfortlesa dungeons, hard usage and prison diet. ‘Tho House of Rep- resentatives takes avother eager step forwar:! iv this downward path und addresses the President to inilict thedorture of condemned celis and starvation upon the captives taken from under the British dag. this would be but a signal fora further r would vat send other officers of the Northeru army into clo: finemeat in the prisous of the South. it isa game of Lorture, the North leading off, ad the South fol- lowing suit. Up to the present moment no actual murder ‘bas been committed. We may, however, expect every day to heur that some one of these prisoners has di under the hardships he ts enduring, and that a prisouer on the other side bes been publicly hanged to revenge his death. If this dreadful play of death for death is once ‘begun, it must go on till the prisons are emptied on both sides, and the war betweeu the Anglo Saxou Americans will be like a war of cannibals. Again, there are limits to the rights of destruction which even a aation at war may exercise. Wo read in Grotius, and other writers upon the state of war and peac that ali people who deserve the name of a nation have iu ali times respected things which are beneficial to the whole human race. Thus Ubere isa rule derived from the authority of Holy Writ that fruit trees shall bo spared wherever found. The implements of the Lusbandman have also been Le'd sacred. To conquer, and not lo destroy, is the viyhtofa bedi nalion of civilized beings. Yot we ars told, with a dastardly exuliation, that fleets have gone forth from New Loudon and New Bedford, laden not wiih soldiers aud arms, but with stones; and (hat these fleets. ‘with their stouy burthens scuttled broadside, have obliterated for years to come, (he channels of entry by to thos cursed cities, Charleston and Savannab object is \ to repos. “OF the effectivences of such a stone blockade,” writes ihe exutting journalit New York, “there cau’ be no doubt. The ‘main sh: nel leading to Savaunab is but iwo hun. dyed and fifty yards acros# m the sarrewest pice, and can be perfectly barred by half a dozen of these vessels. Gharieston harbor is equally eligible te the same treat- meni. Ovce sunk, these old buike become points for the accomulation of allavials which the rivers bear down, one of the group. an excellent piace would be found for a hospital. Since'the war, a force of several hundred men hae been stationed on (he Sea Horse Key, and | of severs) gums, commanding the chanbel way, 3 | They conld offer but aggalt re-istance, and this place could } be wrested from “Secestia’’ by a boat expedition without { mueh trouble or tose. 1 wonder that it ceived the attention of our government, for once | possession, and the tressie work bridge between Way Key f and the main land being destroyed, there is net force enough iu Floriéa to wrest it fromus. The men from | whom I derive the above information have been for come me@ past prisovers in the bandg of (be rebel, baving | | rect deen captured in fisbing smacks off Tampa. They were permitied to leave when the (foops were withdrawn from Cedar Keys ‘Since my tifet there have beew no errivals from the Gul coast, and bet twofrom the North. The pilot bont Zou- aye, from Mystic, arrived on the 234, ana the Green, frum Boston for Ship Island, with horses and com mitsary stores, yesterday, The horses have suffered severely. Thirteen have died, and tho remainder will have to beturned ashore for afew days to gi hance to recuperate and have beter accommodations made for thet Jay being Christinas. Key West is out in al) te glory and Stripes are fluttering over the houses of | those who are known to be in reality strong s ‘and the drum and fife can be heard hoading n ily those in New York are skating on Central or enjoying the pleasures of a sleigh ride We have to-day received the first cargo of king fish ‘This is the greatest delicacy of Key Weet, where the in- sist principally on green turtio, Almost Key could be seen marching home with , Which are hel igher estimation for ‘a Christmas dinner than the fattes! or most tender turkey. They caught by trolling on the reef, and vary from two tosix feet in length. ‘They furnish admirable gport for the amateur fisherman, as they are very powerful, and require strength and activity lo get them safe on board a erork BOARD, Parapmiraias, Jan. 2, 1862, Stocks firm. Pennsylvania State 5's, 75, interest oN: Reading Railroad, 17%, Merris Canal Long Island Railroad, 95%; Peonsylvenin Railroad, 5 Sight ex change on New York at par, Puuapanrath, Jan. 2, 1 Flour firm, but dull. Wheat firm: sales 10,000 bushels, 40 a $1 45; red, $l 30a $1 35. Corn firm at 590. a'60e. Onte dull at 38¢. Mots pork, $12 a $12 50. Lard doctined at 634. Whiskey advanced. Freighta firmer; small vessels scarce and wanted for the West to dies and of tho sands which the tides carry back. ‘there isa matural tendency in euch ports to form obstruc|ous,and ai} we have (o do ig, as the physicians say siat’ na. Becoming thoroughly imbedded in (he saud, these ulations but advance with time, forming ineon- querable obstacles to reopening the harbors, and estab- lishing 4 blockade which the highest pressure diplomacy of the world will bo utterly powerless (o raise” If (his be true—and we believe the fact of the attompt ix oetab- lished—it is an act of hostility to the whole human race ‘The civilized Greek refysed to pul ont ‘she o Greece e savage American sails in sulk recuvity ki lyse all the wnset by which the Sowhern Sta! cammunicote in all time to come with the ower v “it must be confessed.” saye this exuliing Vandel, “there js something wonderfully gratifying in this silent, resigtiess piece of phadauenthgnn juatice. The calmness 0} peothod ig dpe, ind a chef dome in its way: no Vulgar theatric#] vengeance, n ng of the city mashes as (hose hoated braggasts of ( barieston threaten- od, buta silent blight falling on them ae (hough out of she night—deadly, inevituble—and jeaving those portidt- it in a petrified death in lite. People who would do an act like this would plock the san out of the heavens to pub their ememies in darkness, or dry up the rivers (hat no graes might forever grow on the soil where they | had been offended, Yet sneb mow ack for our sympthies, and there aro a scattered few among us who are not | ashamed to identify themseives with (hem aud their ) dotugs Of negroes, who are mar about the vity cheering for | Once again, the government of the North, in the Mir, Lineoth.” Tirecrackors are the order of the dayeand | #£o0Y of ite disappointment and is rage, is evi fireworks of the night, thereby making me believe ic | “ently about to make an attempt to xpread mas nearer the 4th of July than (he 25th of December. The | tere through the unprotected dwellings of their weather is delightful, and it seems absurd to be setting estranged brethren, That the division ef these two by nn open window dreased in white clothing, while in all | Yast countries must occasion the extinction of storey uo one | who looks thoughtfully upon passing events can doubt. Tia independent States cannot stand side by side without the clement of slavery ooring forth. Bet this design of the North has nothing to do with slavery ag & principle. It contemplates the negro enly as an instrument of revenge, It means, not the subjection of armed men in (wir fight, but hovritte deeds commitiod upon defenseless whites of every ogeand sex, Here, again, we believe that the auceoes of the scheme will not by any means corrospoud with the atrocity of the conception is terrible act for men calling themavlves civilized to have even ceutem- plated. 1¢ is terrible alike for whites and for blacks ; for tt seeing that, aft citing these black men to work out this unmanly revenge, the North does not propose to endure their presence. Mr. Lincoln, like one of the dexpols of the Old World, undertakes to transport the whole race, slow and Free, lo some lervitory which no while man desires, but which ir. Lincoln will buy for them, that he may never more be a sable fo Al! these things are as yet but in their commencement Some are only throateucd; others are only tentatively begun. They promise, however, in their develoepment such scenes of horrér as the world has never seen since men fought like wild bew Against such methods of war we proteat att the , Aa inst bloody reprisals, aainat thé wanton destruction of those harbors which a bevel gent Creator has given for the enjoyment of all His crea taros, againgt incibations to domegts rapine and murder, ), Dee. 11-] institutions, ‘of thought are all alike . They carry on war ina manner very different their neighbors, and the means by which they seek fp. bresocve poses are anuslly eoceniric, Our readers are ie i u's apreal ek ete the Department of the on. Navy at Wi ton, and that amor Sa the Northern ‘sentiments were entertained not representatives, se the hour probable just demands, and the painful conclu- sion Heh Oa language and demeaaor of a ae erties ted wast toadtty ieee sl are, st though more in sorrow than in ‘anger, for & sont it which nothing but an imperative sense of duty could oat ie are to give credit to the intolligence brought we are to give by the Inst steamer, wo have been mistaken all this time. I$ appears that President Lincom has declared prote: It is further stated that ‘no anxiety is felt on thie subject by “the administration.” Now, if theso statements ure (rue, we must arrive at one | i two kpcscine pape bese must either assume that incoln means to make the necessary reparation the out- rage committed on board the Trent or that he te eight that we will seek none. If we could suppose that he apeaks from the first of these motives, we should sincerely re- joice at the certain prospect of peace. But we confess that our misgivings upon this point are very strong. Even though President Lincoln may be willing aud anx- ious to do us an act of simple justice, we have grave doubts % his ability todo so. It is abundantly clear that serious lifferences of opinion exist amoxg the chief members of the federal government. It is no less manifest, from the present temper of the Northern States, that to restore the “rebel envoys” captured in the Trent would raise a storm of unpopularity against the Cal at Washington which might be attended with the most disastrous results, Is President Lincoln able to overcome these difficulties, and prepared to encounter these risks ? Is he of political ability and of moral courage sufficiont for the purpose? Has he in the course of his official carcer E ngecteed decided proofs either of the one or the other of these qualitter? No one who has watched with an impartial eyo the course of ovents in America during the past twelvemonth can answer these que: in the affirmative. On the contrary, it is pretty evident _ President Linco!n is but slenderly endowed with ose Qualities and accomplishments which are necessary to form great statesmen. He is deficient alike in natural powers and in education. It is one of the delusions of this utilitarian age (hat success in private business fits a man for the conduct of public afairs. President Lincoln had ‘been au energetic and successful man in the various call- ings in which he had successively engaged, but accident has now carried him beyond his proper sphere. We doubt hig power, even if he has the will, to do us justice. e are inclined to think, however, that President Lin coln takes quite another view of the matter. It is suili- clently notorious thet the forbearauce which Engiand has for yoars past exhibited towards America has been attributed by the politicians of the latter country to fear. We need not use any eircumlocution in the matter. Thebombardment of Greytown, a ploce under British pro tection, was @ strong measure; $0 was the dismissal of our mLassador during the Russian war, and so was the srizure of San Juan, Yet none of there affairs led to war; and this affair of the Prent will blow over in lake manner wivhot any such teriitie result, Such, we haye every reason to fear, were tho © viewa entertained by the fede- ral goverpment when the last mail left Wash- ington. It is to these that wo are inclined to attribute the confidence expressed in the con- nuance of peace with forcign Powers. Wo may be mistaken on this point, aud we sin- cerely trust we areso. Every party, and we believe eve- ry individual, in this country is anxious for peace with America, Nolhing Lut a sense of absolute necessity will in- duce us to have recourseto war. But the cabinet at Wash- ington knows by this time that we are resoived, st all hazarda, to maintain the national honor, and that, if am. ple raparation is refused, we are prepared to uphold our just rights by force of arms. ‘The more, indeed, that tho nature of the outrage committed on board the Trent is considered, the more unwarrantabie it appears. Neither history nor!aw,can furnish nad Precedent for so extraordi- uary @ violation of neutral rights. Even during the hot test period of the great Freuch war, when Uw rights of neutral nations were leas regerded than at any other po- riod of modern history, bo parallel can be foand to the case of the Trent. Aud the exercise of uniawful power is sill more remarkable on the part of a nation which has over kevelofore contended that the rights of belligerents ought to be diminished and not increased. HE PRESIDEVT'S MESS Opinions of the Paris Press on the Paper* [From the Paris Moniteur, Nec. 18.} It will be seen from the telopraphic extragts that the reserve in the message wiih regard to the. a of the ‘Trent must not be hastily interpreted in a sunse tavora- ble tothe maintenance of pacif: relations between the United Statesand Engiand. The langraye of Uresident Lincotn, such as results from the una ysos we bave re caived, in no way implies the sentiment of a fault com- mitted’and of a reparation to be made. The Presi‘eat considers his conduct prudent and wise tow: i nations, At New York the mossage was con derate, which may serve toaceount for any ig the public mind, At London different view is talon of it, at cording toa telegraphic despatch, that the doc im no way satisiactory, and that itappears to i war AGE IN FRANCE, {From the Paris Siecle, Dec. 18.) The document ag makes no mention of tha aflair of the Trent, but this silence must not be interpreted too strongly in favor of peace, if it be true, as the despatches aifirm, that the federal Congress has voted thanks to Captain Wilkes. besides, by calling on the Congre ajopt ample measures for tho de lakes, rivers and ports, shows tl takep, and that he expects war. the President would maintain silence would adopt a decisive line of poll t redoubtabie institution, excited as much curlosity of the Trent. The President discusses the problem, aud proposes to solve it by paying an indemnity to tho pros prietors of slaves. Measures, he says, may bs taken tor establishing colonies of emancipated sla nee of tite Counts, huis resolution i which would suit them better; Aud the black population nay is be comprised in such colonization? ‘Transportation’ the expression which should havo been used, for the m sure referred to in the Message cannot be otherwis garded. Thenegroes of thi of the climate of America; and, im fact, the: supporting it is ome of the reasons by whic made to prove the necessity of slavery and to justity its maintenance. to the free negroes of the Northern States, they live very well under the severe climate of that country, and the question may be asked by what right they could be condemned to exile. The North, in emancipating the slavx, has trinmphed over v's political fears,tmi not over its preyudices against color. There are in the North two races in presence, and perhaps the whites would \hink it very clever to take advantage of the occa. sion io get rid of the negroes, and to send them, pretext of emancjpation,to die in s new Lib is not such a solution which ia expected from America under (rom the Paris Debats, Dec. 18.) Unfortunately Unis document is far trom giving any satisfactory information relative to the question which now occupies public attention. [6 contains no explicit mention of the affair of the Trent. We lositate to judge Of President Lincoln's Message (rom the oxtracts—per- bape incorrect and incomplete—transmisted by the tele- graph. But if we were asked (0 state what impression it has produced (n our mind, we «bould admit that we do not think [t at allconciiitory. Wo regret to find m it recrimimations, more or teas rounded, bot in oppertune, which stems midresged ‘collec ely and in- qiscriminately (o all foreign nations. The President ap- pears to think oniy of lis grievances against fore States," and recars to the sibioct two or by " order | E nguiag? ite ‘Midenia ble bitterness. But tha pa most worthy of attention and most significant of t ige-—the only one in 4 is possible to find any ir of the Trout, is that in which Mr. Lincoin says: porpose to review our discussions w cause, whatever might be their wishes or disporitio the integrity ef ovr country and the siability of ear goy- ernment mainly depend hot pon them, but apon the iriotivm, and allegiance of the Amori- Y Certainly this Is bigh-toned language, but, ore we can giv it our approbation, we Inist 4 vinced that it is armony with the reality of the posi tion in which the Americas governinent and péople now placed. The most favorable interpretation put upon it is to regard \t as a concession made to jar passions, On the whole, this document, so far as we know it However, we will not go so far ae (9 say with the Kngl ih journals that the message v8 thé commencement of war,” and tue do not think we indulge an eelveme optinem in remark ing that it dors not abeolutely exclude of a peaceful. solv ‘Tue question remeins open for Congress to di Such pily remiajns for a peaceful sol chanoe 1@ Still promising enough to authorize ng that the cause of peace is not yet hopeless. The information come to band by the same mail as (0 the dispositions of the - American publi¢ are not of a very paciiic character. The woast of these symptoms is that the Congroas has pasaed a vote of thanks to Captain Wilkes, The British West Indian Fleet. Our Bermuda correspondent writes ~ | Her Majesty's ship Medea, from Kogland. arrived hero on Monday, Necember 16. Her Majesty's ship Immortatite arrived hare on Tues day, December 17 The Sinking of the Tagboat Moses Taylor. ‘The body of William Augustus Smith, engineer of the tughoat Mosos Taylor, who was drowned by the sinking of the above vessel on Tuesday morning, was recovered yesterday. CoronerMollins held an inquest vipon the re. mains, when it appeared in evidence that the boat Ley | aleak forward, and sank before deceased could get out hia bet. ‘The oocssion of the leak could not be ascertained, Deceased was thirty years of age and wag a native of this state. is far ftom being as conciliatory as we might | reasonably have expected vinder existing circumatances. | NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. ' eee eiediy Fonrasas Momuox, Doo, 81 1861.» A vegro who came into Camp Hamilton this ‘afterncos Fevorte that large camp of the enemy at place. Bolbst wag broken up, and a genera! slampode to ¥ heavy ie, piace on, Saturday. nig. ‘They shad seve Nit }, but thoy were all removed. The cause of tho alarm wag a rumor that an advance would bo madg by General Wooten Sunday, . fog of rane by General Magrudor to Hamp- pases » with a small packet of lovers for tho North. Seven officers composed the party, ‘They remained at Har some timo, appeared to Scag Demalins ing to obtain ia- formation of our contomplated ts. Their ap- pearance at this time, and with 6% small number of letters, loads to the supposition that ey wore desirous of ascortaining tho truth of tho current rumors of an ad- vance on our side, i Edward Johnson, Captain in tho Naval Brigade, who bas been found guilty of various misdemeanors by a Court Martial, and sentenced to be dismissed from tho service, has had his sentence confirmed by General Wool. Fortasss Monaon, Jan. 1, 1862. Captains Shillinglaw and Manson, of tho Seventy-niuth Now York regiment; Lioutonant W. Dickinson, Third regi’ ment infantry, United States Army; Licutonant J W' Hart; Twentieth Indiana regimont, and Corpora! ‘Phomaa MoDowoll, of the Seventy-ninth New York, arrived here from Richmond last ovening by a flag of truce from Nor. folk. They are part of the 250 to be released in exchange for ‘an equal number, who wero sent to Richmond last week. ‘Their stories are listened to with tho greatest interest, but add little to the numerous similar statements which have alroady been published. A groat improvement in the treatment of prisoners i said to have taken place within the past two weeks. The above named soldiers go to Baltimore to night, on the way tothetr homes. The remainder of the number re leased aro expected here to-morrow afternoon, and @ number of our wounded, making a tolal of 284 to bo re. leased, aro oxpected in a few days. Last night a flag of truce also brought the captain and crow of the schooner John 7’. Crouch, from Alexandria for Dighton, Mass., with coal, which is reported to have beached inside of Cape Henry on Friday night last. New Year's calla aro being made to-day, and most ef tho officers have called upon General Wool this moralug \o pay hjgp their respects. A flay ruce carly this morping brought over a young lady to go North. Captain McQuade, of the Thirty-Afth New York Volum- teers, and @ lieutenant of the regiars, died in Richmead ou the 26th of December. OUR FORTRESS MONROE CORRESPONDENCE. Forrnass Moxon, Va., Dec. 30, 1861. ‘The Rebel Pirates Talsing owr Water Schoouer—Hpisode wt Board the Baltimore Steamer Georgiana—DPvovort Mar- shat Brigham Deleds a Female Rebel PEmissary—Vo luminous Despatches Found About Her—Aleo a Commie- sion for a Baltimore M. D.—She is Put Hors de Combat, and Acknowledges the Corn—Tie Would be Rebel Doctor in Fort McHlenry—What the Lady Did—Important Ta- formation from Yorktown—30,000 Rebels at thut Place— Negroes Pressed inlo Servics--Magruder Asks Jeff. Davis Whether to Burn Yorklawn—The Reinstatement of Cagt. H. Lb, Lawson—Siateenth Massachusels Voluntesrs, dc. In my letter of yesterday, in giving the account of the capture of the water schoon erwood, from the Now- port News boat Kxpress, I not aware that any one had remained on board, inasmuch as the report reached us that the crew had manned the lifeboat and put back to Newport News. Since then, however,! found oul that Jobn Kiewin, the master of the schooner, remained on his vessel,and was subsequently taken priconer, Tho robela greatly boasted of their feat, and some of the Loat's crew, coming to mect our flag of truce to-day, asked our men ‘whether they wanted any water?” The ferryboat Morse, commander Hayes, from Brooklye, having a nine-inch gun on board, was about tho first vea* sel that took position in bombarding the Sowall's Point battery, and among the Iasi to leave the scone of action- On tho steamboat Georgiana, Capl. Poisson, plying be- teen Old Point and Baltimore, an episodo happened while making her usual trip on Saturday night from here, which uipped some of Jeff, Davis’ operations tu the bud. Among some ladies coming from Norfolk by flag of teuce was one masculine looking woman, registered as Mra: Baxley, who said that she was bound to Baltimore, Cap- tain Phineas A. Dayis, our efiicient Provost Marshal, oyed this woman with suspicion, and communicated his dis. trust to his assistant, Charles W. Brigham, who rane regularly on the Georgiana. When the flag of truce came up il was almosi time for the departure of the Bal timore beat, aud in consequence of that no strict examt nation of the passengers’ effects could be had at that time. Tho baggage, letlers, &c., of ihe passengers were found correct, thd the boat was allowed to proceed. Mrs. Bax: ley appeared gay on the passage, aud at tho breakfnat table the next morning she inade some remarks which attracted the attention of Mr. Brigham, who asked hes jocasely whether she was a secessionist? Zo which abe answered “Yes."’ After (he gangplank was run out, tha boat haying landed at Baltimore, Mrs. Baxley was heard to say that she “thanked God that she had arrived home safe,” and when about stepping ashore Mr. Brigham tapped lier on the shoulder and requested her atlendance in the ladies’ cabin, As soon as the roomn waa reached she took off her bonnet, between (he lining of which was found upwards of fifty letters sewed in, and she exclaimed (hat, having been found ont, she thought it beat to doiiver over the “con trabands’ und be allowed io proceed on her way. But Mr. Brigham josisiod upon it that she had others, when in Ler shoes and stockings numerong other letters were also found. The lady was herenpon closely guarded until the Provost Marsha! of Paliimore was informed of the circumstance, when he at once seut a lady to éx- amine Mra. Bexley with more scrutiny. Almort overy. possible placo about her clothing was filled with lettera from Secessia for rebel sympathizers ia Baltimore, but in ber corsets waa found « document which, whea taken by the lady examining the smuggler, Mrs. Baxley rushed alder, and, geiting hold of the paper, tore it im two, The lady examiner rushed at Mrs. %., at the same ling agsisiance. Mr. Brigham, who stood out. j@ the operation was going ou, rushed intothe saloon and found Mrs. daxley hors de combat, but van- quished, and the docnment, though torn, iu the posses. sfon of the Provost Marshal's nid The document proved to bea commission from Je. Da- vistou Dr. Septimus Brown, of Baltimere, also passes and direction (or him to run th» fodoral wlockada, inorder | we wi rebel dora ‘The other documents in the keoping of (his female smuggler proved to be treasona. | ble corresponaence, and by this time some of the iapit- | ented parties ara closely watched, if not already immured ima dongeon, Dr. Septimas Brown was immediately after (aken prisouer and turned over to the tender mars ci@s of Colonel Mor ria, at Kors MeFlenry, Mra. Bayley was taken (0 9 hotel and several police off- cers placed on guard over her, Whilo looked in her room | she dropped # note out ot the window addressed to her { i jover (the rebel doctor), imploring him, for God's sake, ta all was discovered. She was aiso quite dishoartened, A thai she had braved all dangerg for the sake of ud. when on the point Of havieg accomplished: hed desires, the cap of happiness was dashed lina at she was a drinking from it. nly and dal ro to got her lover ‘au ceeded, she was oniy detected in he transactions when dbout com- pleting ber mission, Sha stated that when ihe flag of trace neared Ok} Pout she wae appbehensive that she from her seemed to be her | into the rebel # | he be ed bere, but the Provost Marshal having pas lightly, she did not apprehend Carther an- noyancd Great credit is due to Mr. Brigham, and when be mada hie report thie mor vatoran complimeuted hita ing to General Wool tho old the highest terms, on his In # memorandum book it was fowhd that (bia fair apect- ‘ox8 the Potomac by a negro, | Lientenant awaited, and carried fehmont 4 Marshal Davis, of thia Point, also deserver y in pointing out this rebel smuggler. va |. Wetmore, Captain Mowey, rom Now Flaven (0 bionticoke river, while coming down (he hay this morning, pwked ip a canoe containing six negroes, in an exhanaled condition, One of these Deimg « very inceiligent darkey, reports that the six of thom having been impressed Lo dig on intrencumante at Yorkiown, plauned their escape, which reeniiod ax above stilted by them, stealing @ canoe and trasting to Providencs for y' On conversing with then T Mud that (he rebel have a force of 30.000 men at Yorktown | ad Congheavy gine in positing at Glouconter Point. Alt negroos in. Mathews county are drafted to build in- ny nil Magruder telegraphed to Jett, Y nts. Vale, aking whother he should abandon Yorktown. aud burn it, when the arch-rebel Davis answered to await the reanll of the Buraside expedition. Had not Captain Mosley 80 opportunely found the six mon they cettainiy would have been lost. Tn November a general court martial convened at Carp Hamilton, at which Colonel J. W. Andrews, of tho First Delaware’ Vohintears, acted as President. Among otber cases tried and officers arraigned was Captain Henry 1. Lawson, of the Sixtoeith Massachusetts regiment, who was charged with wilfully falsifying th mugtor rolix. According to the'Army Regulations ho had to be and the testimoay wus found to hay Neo rt fou ‘The case was referred to